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nm'miim ssvsn ojptmk weembwo.
0,love, betoro we trart to-night,
mtott, the loat" I will» ia upoScn—
Uefore tUo rtnij ban touched my hand,
V'» .pnw, true, etirttaa love tho tolton—
Iteforo the church with hnly rlto
ilor WcsatuK ou onr lovo has Riven,
took rtraiaht into my ojea with 5 ouro,
Antl ntiewor mo In night ot Heaven,
"7? mi™ vHtlilii yonr "heart of hearts
Oiiollngerlng shadow of regret—
J"?0, 'honglit that jou have chosen ill ?
unl upeawlia not too late oven yet.
U there in all thla world of ohm
vno you have ever known or Been,
«honi, lf jou hail earlier seen or known,
lou would have crowned yonr chosen queen t
I pray yon tell ma now,
old yon bound no moro.
Ib there?   _
AuiU nil! hi™,,. ,.„	
I will not flinch to hear the truth.
It o.,ii<a not be bo nafl, bo eoni,
To kuow lt now, aa it would bo
ft by and by a shadow fell
upon tho sunshine of our home;
Ho, If you over lovotl me-te!l.
I'd hold you pure from blamo, dear lore
And I would leave you free as oir,
To woo and wiu that happier ouo;
All thla for your dear sake I'd bear.
I will not nay how 1 wouid pray
■That God might havo you in H1b care;
That would lie ottjr—whoti I think
Of you, my heart ts all one prayer.
But cou'd I Join her name with yours,
And call down blessing .(Tom abovo
Ou her who had robbed mo of my all—
My lire—my light-ray onlv lovo?
1 ea 1 even that I'd try to do ?
Although my lonely heart should break,
I'd try to soy, » God bless hor I» too,
Through blinding tears for your sweet sake,
I'm looking up Into your eyes;
lint, though my own with teara are dim,
I read that in their truo, eloar depths,
Which tells mc, " Yen may trust iu him."
T will—I will!—Itneedn no words,
Though yours nre flowing warm and fast.
And eloquent with truth and love;
Forgive my doubts—they aro the last I
—C/iambetrs' Journal.
A WOMAN'S WISH.
S—ssTs
W-'JJZSX-*,-*.
"Would I were lying ln a field of clover,
Of clover cool and soft and sweet,
With dusky clouds In doep skies hanging over,
And scented Bllenca at my head and feet
Just for ono hour to alio Ihefawlt tif .ivWryj •'--
'-..•qites^lMwtfrfi^'.^
4»^t«iiKii'W»j!rri».'r»^rtK%iaWEwr>' '  •"'
Disdaining wisdom's whistles, duty's beck.
All I it wero sweet, where clover clumps are meeting
And daisies hiding, so to hide aud rest;
Xo sound except my own heart's steady beating
Booking itself to sleep within my brcakt.
Just lo lie there, filled with the deeper breathing
That comes of listening to a f reo bird's song 1
Our souls require at time* tbW full unsheathing—
All swords will rust if scabbinl-ltept tjo long.
And I am tired—so tired of riitid duty,
So tired of all my tired hands find to do I
1 yearn, I faint, for some of life's freo licauty,
Ita loose beads with no straight string running
through.
Aye, laugh, if laugh you will, at my crude speech,
llut women sometimes die of sueh a greed—
Die for tho small Joys held beyond their reach,
And thc assurance they havo all thoy need.
Founo-A Diamond Bins.
I saw it kicked by tho careless balmo-
ral of a jaunty nun=o. I saw a fat morsel
ot humanity make for it with a hey!
broken into diverse hey-es-eys by pudjjy
trotting, nnd I stopped and secured it,
thereby causing tho fat ono to pull up
short, stare, at me with two black currants set iu a dreary expanse of dough,
insert n dumpy thumb in an orifice of
the same expanse, and trot back again
with that stolid resignation under disappointment which is tho peculiar attribute of the London infantilo population.
Having ascertained the nature of my
prize, I proceeded to meditate on the
proper courso to pursue, which medication resulted in tho following advertisement :
Found.—This evening, Wednesday, in Regent's Tark, nearly opposite tho Now College, a
valuaMi' diamond ring. The owner mav re-
corer it by calling at No. 11) Winton placed etc.
Before noon, on the following day, I
was milking my most courteous bow "to a
venerable-looking old gentleman, whose
white face and benevolent smile added a
double charm to the grace with whieh
he stepped forward, and, waiving ceremony, extended his hand, saying:
" Xou liave. taken a great weight front
my miud, my young friend, and must
"alliSw mo to thank yon."
J* The insinuating delicacy of  tho ad
jective (I am not more than 45) was,
perhaps, not without ita effect    I ac-
.^^Sfil'tel .the»reJ&BSd.Rl£dfi«L of amity in,
respectful silence.
"A young man," continued the patriarch, " may possibly find it difficult to
Aindersfcuid how the loss of a trinket
.^jWtWj be tho source of positive suffering
^^ to an old one ; but—I nm alluding to
my lost ring—thero are associations
connected with it whicli—ahem 1 This
is childish; you will excuse my emotion."
I bowed profoundly in the presence of
his natural emotion.
" I havo passed some hours of sleeplessness and distress, from which yon
have been the means of relieving me ; 1
feel deeply indebted to you. Thero remains nothing now but to reimburse you
for—"
"Excuse me, sir," I stammered, rattier hurriedly, "but, if the ring is yours,
you can undoubtedly describe its
armorial bearings."
"Armorial bearings, bit ! It was a
diamond ring."
"Certainly."
"A plain diamond ring," repeated tho
old gentlemnn, sternly. "Do not attempt to play tricks on me, young man.
I will point out to you directly—"
" What sort of a ring was yours ?"
"What sort?   Oh, come,  as ifyou
cHdn;tknow-that'sgooa."
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VOLUME III.
ckARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1880.
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NUMBER 35.
recovered from my lady governess,whon
there is a dash of wheels to the door,
nnd a young follow, flinging tho reins to a
groom in livery, springs, up tho steps to
tho door-boll,
" Oh, dash it I" he begins, breathing
out a volume of stale tobacco, "I beg
your pardon, and that, but the old woman—dash it 1 that's my mother—told mo
I should find my ring here; sol ordered
out tho vessel and -the cats and spun
along like ninepence for it."
"I shall be very glad to restore tho
ring I was so unfortunate to find whon I
can discover its owner."
"Discovorl dash it 1 didn't I tell you
it's mine?. I say, I wish you "wouldn't
bo so precious alow—I don't want tho
cats to catoh cold—I've just had 'em
shampooed, y' know, napthmd, and
that.''
:^MSW$M.
"Not know my own ring, eh 1 I know
{t's worth a couple of ponies. Come,
lot's hear the damage and I'll stump up."
" I cannot givo up the riug unless you
describe it."
" 0, dash it J don't chaff a fellow now.
I don't care a hap about the thing, only
it belonged to somo defunct party, and
tho govornor would cut up so deuced
rough. I've got heaps of 'em. Come,
111 swap yon any ono of these because of
govornor."
7. respectfully declined tho proposal.
" Well, dash it," explained the young
fellow, as though struck with a sudden
idea, "what a couple of muffs we are!
I could tell you in a minute if it's mine,
dash it!"
I replied that I was very sorry that I
conld not obligo him, and, adding that
he had hotter obtain nn exact description of the thing from his governor, I
recommended him not to keep tho cats
longer in tho cold.
Mem. I am getting exceedingly tired
of my treasure-trove. I retiro to my
room with a view of dressing to go out.
I am informed that a lady wishes to seo
me, and I am afraid my mental calculation was not complimentary to tlie lady
in question.
A tall, graceful figure, draped in heavy
mourning, rises at my entrance. Sho
opens the negotiation in some confusion, turning away her face. Shehascome
(o me in the hopo of regaining a ring,
carelessly lost, the parting gift of afond
father to her brother nnd herself.
My eyes rested on tho crape about lier
dross—on her pale, beautiful face, from
which lhe blush of confusion aud timidity had faded. Deferentially I request
lier to describe it.
"A large diamond, handsome," she
believed, " but valuable to her for far
otiier reasons."
" But," I snid, gently, " chased on the
gold inside the ring there is—"
"A crest *, I am aware of it," she answered, sadly, "but I know nothing of
THE DEAD PAST.
A Uecortl ot tlia Important Happen-
iiiffsi of lino Ifoar IgfiO,
CHRONOLOGY.
SAWOAItV.
2. Great floods in England and Prance.
S. rarncll and Dillon arrive at Now York.
•1. A. Gypsy camp is found in Prussian Silesia,
witholcven person*'sitting around tho remains
of n fire frozen to death.
5. By a flro at East Turner Hall, Now York
oity, live persona lose their lives.
0. Pour persons consumed in, a San Franoisco
Ure.
11. The island of St. Kitts, West Indies, devastated by floods ; 200 lives are lost.
15. Terriblo wind-Storm in Oregon causes
lessor lifo and property.
10. A. terriblo conflagration oocnrs at Toltio,
Japan, burning fifteen acros and destroying tho
lives of ovor 100 people.
21. Colliery oxplosion near New Castle; En*
in Onbit passes tho Spanish Cortes.
■w*Sl
inOnbap.__.
23. A flood in the Cauca valley, New Grenada,
destroys §1.000,000 worth of property nnd a
number of lives.
25. Tbe steamboat Charraor burns near tho
mouth of Bpd river, in Louisiana ; eight lives
28. Fiftcon miners killed by an oxplosion in
Saxony.
31. News is received of horrible massacres in
Afghanistan.
FEBIH1.UIY,
1. Steamer Bongore, from Ponrath to Gibraltar, founders, and thirteen of her crew
drowned.
2. Temblo hurricano in tho Philippine islands.
5. Ton Chinamen cremated in a wash-houso
fire in San Francisco. Nino negroes burned to
death in a cabin near Columbia, 8. O. Tho
$1,000,000 Court Honso at Dalian, Texas,
burned.
8. Two hundred Turkish soldiers killod by
tho fall of a barrack at Constantinople.
9. The Dublin Theater Koyal burnod ; oight
lives lout.
10. Burning ofthe City Hall at Albany, N. Y.;
loss, .51,000,030.
IU. A family of nino persons drowned by tho
flood near Jlayficld, Ky.
17. An unsuccessful attempt to kill the imperial familv of Russia bv explosion of a mino at
the Winter Palaco /ails; ten soldiers aro
killed. k
10. Hght men killed by the explosion of tho
boiler of a Peoria (IIL1 distillery.
20. Twenty Demons killed by the explosion of
shells In tho Valparaiso (South America) arsenal.
21. Bark Btrathnairo, from London for Melbourne, sunk by collision, and sixteen persons
drowned.
29. A steamer between two East Indian ports
founders, sixty-live lives being lost.
MAltCir.
1. Tlio St. Gothard tunnel tlirough tho Alps
is cut through.
5. Twenty-three persona killed by a boiler
explosion ui Glasgow, Scotland.
ti. Tlie Kansas Insane Asylum at Osawatomie
burns.
7. Great flre in SL Paul, Minn.
11. By a train running oft tho track of tho
Midland railroad, in England, about a dozen
persons are killod. ,
12. Twenty persons aro killed by a collision
between two excursion trains near Atlantio
City, N. J.
l(i. Tho town of Enroks, Nov,, is a Bocond
timo almost wiped out by (Ire.
17. Great parade pf Knights Tomplar in
Chi'sago.
September.
2. By the giving way of a pontoon bridgo
ovor tho river Ebro, in Spain, over 100 ofiicers
and men woro thrown into the water, most of
them being drowned.
8. The steamer City of Vora Cruz founders
off tho cpast of Florida, and only thirteen of
her passengers and orew of Beventy-si^ are
saved.
i. Gon. Roberta defeats the Afghana undor
Ayoob Khan, uoar Oandahar,
9. By an explosion of firo-damp In tho Sea-
hnm (England) colliery, 140 minors lost their
Kves.
18. Tho steatner Aurora, from Oporto for
Southampton, founders at se»; fifty person*
(tra drowned. ,
,   22. By a land oiido in the Province of
..-nrih'g, Witt.Jhirftt^.i,^^k.i,.»,ii «.■»,
J*I. John A. Suiter, tho discovororof goldh
JMifteito; at Woriiington, agod 78.
-JS. Wept. Goij. T. IL Holmes, of the Confed
tsi^tti service ; at Fisycttovillo, N. 0., aged 70,
" '• > SVhY.
* Georgo "Ripley, President of the Now York
>?iic Company, and a distinguished author r
i..A£at.i)d \'^rl: - -1 na *
" fc-Villinin E. Carter, Chiof Justlco of tha
Swrome Court of Connecticut. /
■Jr*. Jos^ <Tt. Chandler, for many years odltoe
«.tho united Stales Gazette and member of
.Cb^tetiK from 1819 to 1855, at Philadelphia,
"~ S3. '
Tom Taylor, tho noted English dramatist!
.option.
, wj-ljiTohn A. Campbell, At ono timo Governor
tapWyomhiL'. and later Assistant .Secretary of
.'9. T" *
MifS^iiiranpiroTn?EwTS)a'«oWiers.
ocroiiEii. .,
8. Fifty minors suffocated in a mine at natto^
vritz, Germany.
9. Thirty porsons killod and a proat many
sevoi'cly injurod by a railway collision at Pittsburgh.
11. Baltimoro celobratea her 150th birthday.
18. Nows is received or tho starvation of 500
of tlie 700 inhabitants of the island of Si-
Lawrence, Arctic ocean.
14. Completion of tho Cologno Cathedral,
commenced six centuries ago, is celobrated,
15. By the exnlosion of a cooker in Haas ifc
Powell's dislillory, at Chicago, soven porsons
aro killed.
10. A storm of unoxamplod severity sweeps
over tho Northwest, accompanied by snotf;
many vesBols and a number of lives lost on the
lakes. Tin- Goodrich Lino Btoarter Alpena
founders, wilh a loss of about eighty lives,
none he ing saved.
IS. Victoria, the Apache chief, killed in JIox-
ico and his band scattered.
2<i. Tlio cast of England visited by a terrible gale, and many ships and lives lost.
JfOVEMJIKH.
8. Sixty robbers, who plnnderod tho Brazilian
town of Jannaria a year beforo, are surprised
by soldiers and killod.
i. By tne breaking of the hoisting apparatus
in a Belgian mino sixteen miners are killed.
5. A typhoon passes over Japan which do-
I molisties' 1,000 residences in Toltio and drown3
t 100 tlshtrmttu   News received of tho loss of
I tlie Jeannette and a number of whalers in tho
' Arelic sea by being crushed by tho ice.   Thirty
i Kurdish marauders in Persia are crucified by
! their lenders for disobedience of orders.
;     8. Tbo propeller Zealand goes down on Lako
Ontario with all on board, sixteen persons.
9. About twenty persons drowned by tho loss
i of thestiamcrThoniasKingsfordjOnLako Ontario. „
! 11. Seven men bnrncd to doath in n petroleum blaze near Bradford, Po.
I 12. Forty-seven mintrs killed by eoal-tuino
I t xpltision m Nova Scotia.
j lti. The Minnesota Stato Insano Asylum at
} St. Peter burned, and a largo number of tlie
! inmates lost their Jives.
li). The Kurds Back a Persian villago and put
^^ Judgo Jacob JJrlnkorhoff, of tho Ohio
8«Kai40 Court bench for several years; at
*W*eia, Ohio;
rpi    * '   AX1KIVST.
3J| ftsru, William O. Btltlor, an officer of the
t< 1832 and tho Mexican vrar, and a caudi-
Jor Vico Prosidont with Lewis Cass, in
Carrollton,- Ki',, agod E3.s
"      "ehftHijslttt,«t penaltyUmU j at
. a^r m-.—-E.t. - ■-*-- ^T. ^   -   - -*-i
VUbou, the cciohratodcpglish
.,._-„., _._ — ;,agod30.   ..^^.f sy*rr 'V-,.,,
4.7.«&t-<!0vrHf HibM y. Johnson, candidato
. fof V^.Pj'esliHsrit'-.with- Douglas, in 18G0 ; in
-JolTcrwS comitj, Ga., aged 08.
"jlTy (™ Bull, tho celebrated Norwegian violinist'; HBergeii, Norwav, agod 70.
" 10i AalesA. Seddon, Confederate Secretarv
ot War-fat Richmond, Ya., aged C5,
.22^ J&s., Chillies Kean, widow of tho eelts-
bhtftifEnglish actor, herself known on the
nhsi WtSlws Elton Tree t in England.
jillymg. Gen: Albert J. Meyer, Chiof of tbo
TMtwStatea Sitinat Service, familiarly known
a( 'ropProbs;" at Bnffalo.
?2ise6fBf Ouray, leader ofthe Uto Indians ;
in Sbn|S|rfi Colorado,.
2H EIIGov. Paul O. Hcbort, of Louisiana, aft
olR«rMtbo Mexican war nnd in the Conf edci!-
atbftraitft UtMow Orleans, aged 62.
g9, Siilfc,GM$or<?> tho well-known artist; at
NivfYbi'jt,,   ■'■'
"■fflVItt&ert MeCaelland, ex-Governor of Mich
THE FAMILY DOCTOR,
D? we odd a pjpt of ppi'o witter to a
pint of impure water, we dilute the impure water, mid it is made that much
the more puro. If we add a dozen pints
of plu'e ttoter to it, we dilMe it still
more, and .bring it nearer purity yet;'
but if 'wo add a certain number va<?xe,
instead of tho impurity becoming diluted,' it is absolutely destroyed, and Dr.
Lotherby, of London, says thttfc the
water is perfectly pure. It is the samo:
way with impure air. A certain quantity
of pu£e iiir wlded to it, dilutes the bitd,
air and makes it less noxious, whilo if a
certain quantity mpre is ndded, tho impurity of the air is destroyed, as is tho
caso with impure wator. Any person,
cau judge of tliis from tho good effect of
much pure air upon bad (iir.
Thb following-Huts concerning tho usa
of iea-inay provo 'useful: 1. Whosoever
uf«;* tck. should do, Hi. in jrre
mpal, Tint lienor bo "takorf beforo ciitiiiK)'
botween meals, or oil an empty stomach,
as it is too frequently done. 3. The
best time to tako' tea is after a hearty
meal, 4. Those who suffer with weak
nerves should nover take it at aU. C.
Thoso who are troubled with inability to
si eep nights should not use ten, or, if they
do, take it in the morning. 6, Brain-
workers should never goad on tlieir
brains to overwork on the stimulus of
tea, 7, Ohildren and the, young ahould
never use tea. 8. Tho overworked and
underfed should nevor use tea. 9. Tea
should never be drunk very strong. 10.
It is better with considerable milk and
sugar. 11. Its uso should at onco be
abandoned when harm comes from it
12.  Multitudes of diseases come from
lgtiiijsnd|Secroiary or tho Interior in President j the excessive uso Of ten, and for this
tki-w* ft.i,t„At. .* tim^i .«** ne, , roosou thQgo who oanno(. tise .,. ^thout
up of the artillery barracks at Santiago, Chili.
9. Thirty villages Bwept away by a Hood from ,
the river Vistula on tho Austro-RtiSBian j
frontier. ;
10. By a firo hi tho great weaving works at 1
I Moscow.   Russia,   twenty-four   persons   aro
i bnmed to deatli. !
;,       ,.-        -,-, .        ..   -       I     11. BoUcr explosion in tho flaxsecd-mills at
• heraldry, nnd have never given it more i i*ra„uf,,rt, Iud., by which ton employes were
than a second glance.    My brother is ; torn to pieces.
ft Twenty-four soldiers'killed by tho blowing I 2"u l^oplo to tho sword.
 *-*■■•• 18. Twenty BailorB and soven passengers lose
tbeir lives by tho wreck ot tho coaster Oilsa off
Wales. Twelvo men suffocated in a coal mine
in Help urn.
211. Tito British steamer Mildred founders in
intd-nccan with a crew of twenty-eight
24. By .collision between the French steamer
Ouclo Joseph and tho Italian steamship Or-
d.ving, sir," sho said, lifting np her pale
face to mine, " Only this morning ho
missed the ring from my finger, tm&as-
ily ; w wero alono in the world ; it is
the only relic left of one so lately taken
frt'ui us; how can I tell him it is lost?" i
" I am sorry to pain yon," I eaid, try-
iug to be firm, "but it would bo moro
satisfactory for all parties, and cause
but little delay, if you could obtain the
description from your brother."
Without a word sho turned away; the
mtmrnfnl resignation of her air nnd attitude touched me, and as nhe turned I
saw n tear roll silently down and fall
upon the hand stretched to tlie doorhandle.   I couldn't stand it.
"Stop," I exclaimed, "one moment.
I am sure—I feel certain—I may trust
yon.   You will tell me—"
I take the ring from its security; I
hold it out timidly for tho blue eyes to
V aVUlUUlCl
I see vet the look of delight overspread Iter fine features—I see the. expression of almost childish pleasure in
her eyes as she looked up at mo and
elosped.her hands and cried out: "The
ring, tlie ring! O, Alfred, my dear
brother!"
21. Parliament prorogued by tbo Qneen, and j
new elections ordered. j
-   Al'JCME.. -
1, By a fire-damp explosion in a coal nnne in
Bilgittm 150 miners aro killed. ',
2, Nine murderers aro hung al various places j
in the United States. j
3, Trinmph of tho Liberals at the English |
Parliamentary    elections.     Mohammed    Jan
killed
Her hand was upon it; such a tremu-
I beg your partlon," said "I, drawing i lous, happy eagerness in her glance;
back from the outstretched hand, "but, I »uch a ciuessitg fondness in her way of
as the ring in my possession is surely j titigering it. How pretty she wns.
engraved with a crest and motto, I con-! "My dear child (I am 45), it gives
elude it cannot be the ono you aro in | me sincere pleasure—"   Then I stam-
1tf
h
search of."
The old gentleman eyed me for a moment keenly.
"I am afraid you ore right," ho
sighed, in a tone of deep dejection; "I
must seek further. Alas! what a melancholy termination of my hopeful jour-
noy,"
"Speed the parting, welcome the
c. ming guest," is a very good motto.
I made no attempt to detain my venerable friend; but as he turned toward
the door I nm certaih I saw, beneath
the silver hairs, a lock of dark and shining brown.
My next visitor was n lady, extensively got up, of imposing height and carriage, rouged, scented, spectacled.
"We meet under singular circumstances," began this lady, with a condescending haughtiness; "I am the principal of a college for young ladies."
With a deferential bow at tho honor
done me,I begged to know what hadpro-
cured it.
"In the hours of recreation wo are
accustomed to promenado in the park—
n delightful spot, so suggestive of the
blushing country. During our ramble
yesterday a young lady under my charge
was so unfortunate as to lose her ring.
You, sir, are the fortunate finder."
"I certainly did, madam, pick up a
ring, but—"
" Ah, how grateful my pupil will bo at
beholding It again!" exclaimed the
teacher of youth, clasping her hands ecstatically.
"Describe it."
"Describe it 1 4 diamond ring, handsome and massive, but plain."
"And the crest?"
"Tho crest! All, that my yonng
chargo were •with me 1 Stupid to havp
forgotten. The crest of the Daloraines.
Itis a lion, passant or—? No, I am
WTong. Unfortunate that she should be
too unwell to accompany me. But it is
immaterial; I will take it for her inspection ; she will recognize it immediately."
"I fear, madam, that I should scarcely
be justified—"
"Sir I"
"1 feel it my duty," I said, firmly,
"u ider the circumstances, to take evory
precaution against mistakes. I trust
the young lady is not too seriously indisposed to give you the necessary information,"
"Very well, sir. Exceedingly well,
sir. I fancied—yes, actually fancied—
that I wns spL-aking to a gentleman. Yon
will find, sir-, that the lady principal of
n. female college is not to be insulted
with -mpumty. Good morning"
\\siy liiH'i'owing this,   I njfl scarcely
mered ; then I sprang after her. "At
least you will leave your address with
mc."
"Ah, sir," she says, sadly,'handing
me the card on wluch she had been penciling,-"some day you will be sorry
for this.   You do not trust me."
Certainly I am a brute. The accent
of reproach in her voice haunts me; the
sorrowful glonco of her eye—how pretty
she is! I sit down to my breakfast in
^he morning, half inclined to call at tho
address given, and apologize for my
heathenish dL-trust.
How delightful to see hor in her own
peculiar atmosphere, ministering to the
sick brother who is all sho has in the
world; to look upon, if ono canuot enjoy, the beautiful tenderness of a gentle
sister to an afflicted brother.
But my letters wait, and I toy with
them. This-is a hand I know. What
does Fred want, I wonder ? I tear it
open I   I read :
Deah Jack : What a queer chance if you
have stumbled npon my ring. I was obliged
to run down to Itnmford late last evening, and
never missed it till wo slackened at Ilfoid. A
pretty taking I've been in. If it's mine, tho
creat is inside. Yoa know it—a mailed hand
holding a lance, and the motto: " Armed at
all points." Verily, truth is stranger than (lotion.   Keep it for me. Fhed Framo.
Idiot I Gull 1 It is quito useless to
call myself names. It is almost superfluous to ndd that wheu I called at a certain address in Boston Square, to inquire for Miss Lucy Hamilton, the lady
\vas not to be found. Probably the
"dear Alfred" had required speedy
i4iange of air; probably brother and sister were eyen embracing in rapturous
gratitude over the relic of ono lost to
them so lately. "Was that dear one not
lost, but transformed ? Had the silver-
haired plitriarch of the first visit
changed to the dashing buck of the
third ? ^jvri.-^ag }}}(>. virtuous teacher of
youth cf.,,., ».»>..*aer sister in masquerade? On my word, I believe so ; I daro
say they are enjoying the joke. Possibly it is a dodgo often repeated. But
what am I to say to Fred ?
loss of 1.390 killed.
9. SJven hundred men, women and children ,
btiriod alive atMandalay, Bunuah, aa a sacrifice i
to restore the King's health. i
12. Bv the explosion of a still in a creosote
factory," near London, eleven persons lose their
lives.
14. A schooner, with all hands, goes down
in Lon« Island Bound, during a severo gale.
17. Thirtv men torn to pieces by tho explo- j
biou of giant powder, ncor San Francisco.
18. JIarshfield, Mo., almost wiped out by a !
cyclono; about 100 lives and $300,000 worth of j
property destroyed. I
19. Seven men drowned off thu uurth shore i
of Michigan by the swamping of their sailboat ;
21. The walls of tho Madison Square Garden,
in New York, givo way, killing four persons \
and wounding several. :
22. Queen Victoria accepts tho resignation of j
the BoaconsAeld Ministry.   Nineteen fishermen
drowned off tho Scotch coast. i
23. Gladstone is asked to form a Cabinet. A i
life-saving crow of bcvcii men, off tho coaBt of j
Michigan, lose their lives. A Bon of Mayor Kal- J
loch, of San Francisco, kills Charles De Young, i
editor of the Olironick: I
25. Cyclone at Macon, Miss., kills seventeon |
persons.   Six p
tian cnunty, 111,
MAY.
1. A fire-works factory, near Paris, blows np.
killing a number of workmen.
4. A fleet of flBhing boats driven npon tho
coast of Oregon, and twenty-five of thu flaher-
! men aro dro.vued.
I     8. Fourteen persons killed at a flre in London, England,
ligia tho former is sunk antl 232 persons go
down.
25. The Persians ornament the walls of tho
prison at Tabroez with tho heads of 860 Kurds
Lulii-iLiiubattlfi,   „«. , j;-,.. . *cf   .>-_v-»j«»■
20. Propeller Simcoo jioes down with alt on
board in Georgian bay, Lako Huron.
28. Liont. Gov. Robinson, of Colorado, is
killed by miners near Leadville.
llF.rBJIIIEIt.
The Electoral Colleges meet in tlio virions
* ctiBt the electoral votes for
President.
in tho British navy.
10. One" hundred miners aro killed by firo-
damp explosion in a Welsh colliory.
11. A shipwreck off Nova Scotia causes the
death of a crew of twenty-two persons.
12. .Tav Gould's conservatory at Irvington, <
on tho HudBOn, is destroyed  by flro:  loss,
■fisi.oro.
18. About twenty boys lose thoir lives by
the burning of a wall-paper factory nt Buffalo.
Pierce's Cabinet', at Detroit, aged 73.
' .      \.     SBlTKitlBEKf i
£, Bfevetjaj, G.on. Torbert, e&valry com- j
manner during tho rebellion j lost at sea off '
thoIlotida.coast, aged 47. ' 1
p.* Marshall 0. Roberta, tlio well-known Now
l'ork'capltalist: aged GO.
}9. Iloh. Lafayette S. Foster, Sonator from
Connoptisnl from 1TO5 to 1807, and aciing Vies ;
Prpfitlent of llio United States for a time, during Johnson's term, at Hartford, agod 74.
22, Poftold McKay, the builder of olippor
BhipS } atJHamiJtofir Mass., aged 70, *
•   ,'•"'    <>ejroui;H.
5. Jacqh.es Offenbach, tlio celebrated opera
composer! at Paris, aged GI,
17. Jnlii D. Bates, widow of Hon. Edward
Bates, Attorney General under President Lincoln; at St. Louis.
19. Cbi& Jnstied33. G. Byan, of tbo Wisconsin Supremo Conrt; at Madison, agod 7Q.
20. Mre, Lydia Mjiria Child, tbo well-known
American '.anthores*; at Wavland, Mass.. aged
78. Alfred H0iry2he8iger.2LOrd Chief Justice
of the English Coii^t- of Ajipoals ; at London,
aged 42.   r
21. MajtaOiomas'L, Bntlar, Aid-do-Catnp to
pent, waa lost. In many States in whioh,
at the commencement of 'the present
Century, spring used to happen in February it is now delayed until the end of
April, and th6 growing of wheat has become altogether problematical! An- official roport from Illinois (July, 1879),
on tlie 'harvest, prospect, climate, etc.,
sajf that the crops had suffered greatly
from tho want of rains iii> spriJig.ftiHl
the continuing cold winds, and the cause
of both is referred to the indiscriminate
destruction of, woodland.—Minneapolis
Ti-ibune.
Artemus Ward.
When, i.n. 18C3, Ward conceived the
idea of making a lecture tour through
California—a groatiuidertnking in those
days—ho engaged tho writer to accompany him" ns an agent, offoring 1i salary
that innde tho insignificant pay of- a
Clovelap^l. ..'.'locaT.' 'blijili -vriiB""eUame.
going to excess should not use it at all
Dit. Dai* says inalato lecture: Whatever be tho plan of treatment decided
upon rest is tho fii$t principle to incul-
. cat© in -very * severe  headache.   Best,
wliich the busy man and anxious mother
' cannot obtain so long as they can mau-
i ago lo keep about, is one of the first
i remedies  for  every headache, nnd we
i should never cease  to enforce it.   The
i brain,,when  excited,  as much  needs
; quiet and repose as a fractured limb or
an inflamed eyo ; it is obvious that tho
- chances of shortening tho seizure and
. arresting tho pain -wfll depend on  our
" power to have tliis carried out actually.
, It is a practical lesson to keep steadily j
in view in that there may lurk behind a
, simple hejidacho some lesion of unknown
magnitude, which may remain stationn- j
< ry if quietude can be maintained. There, t
j is a point worth attending to in the i
r treatment of all headaches.   It is tliat '
gssni, i&wsrlrws^r'Wii^
"HJ Overyintua' as agent who professes a,
desire to trav6l,*Jl nindo alVpreparations
to go, resigned my situation," and
anxiously awaited my summons.
As I wnitecl various articles wero sold
to pay expense's, I ate my stovo, I remember ; I think 1 drank up my bureau.
At length, when nearly everything had
gone, j, learned that Ward had gone,
too, taking another agent. I was naturally incensed, and resolved that there
would bo a severe settlement whon next
we met. I rehearsed tho anticipated
scene frequently, and resolved just how
I would go to work and annihilate him.
Our meeting was_ in New York in
July, 1SG4 I had heard of bis return
from California, and prepared to empty
the vials of my wrath upon his head.
My slumbering indignation flamed up
at once. I thought of the cooking-stove
I hnd devoured, and tho various articles
of household furniture I drank up, and
was about to go for him, whon Ward
suddenly rushed forward and, grasping
me warmly by the Land,/exojaimed :•
"Why, Gris, old boy, how are you?
Wheu did you get back. from California?"
As I looked at him, speechless with
amazement, ho continued; "They told
me* you came hom6 'around the.Som,'
but I never knew vou to go around a
horn yot—join mo."
Now Ward had a very persuasive way
of lockifighisarm in with another's, and
in a momentary fit of weakness I went
along.
"WardI" said I sternly, "I owo you
a licking on account of that California
ngency business, but Avijl put it off until
wo drink." • »
"Put it.off as long as*ypu want to,"
replied. Ward, in a tone ot generbns aq-
'-.-', '.,-■■■'. -jgtfi»»a*X SEWS. '. ■	
i '■ i.'l .'-j' — *
PiW*, is going ..to >littve a.«iga?-box
factory.'       ..   ■:',,*..
JBia Bapids lias tweBty-one saloons'
onto! the twenty-four in Mecosta county.
Judge Bpown, of the Fourteenth circuit, itt ajioftt to resign on account of tho   '
small salnry, '
Tins Eev. M. B, Taylor has been ap- '
pointed Acting President of 'Adrian College, vice George B. JilcElroy, resigned.
jfyra' anjjujd _ meeting of the Stato
Association of SCulualTlreInsurance
Companies will be held in Lansing Jan.
25.
Owing to the large amount of Canadian money in circulation in Alpona, the
banks have determined to deduct 0 per
cent.
The Trustees of ^.driari College havo
made an appeal for local and church
subscriptions to rebuild North- Hall, recently burned.
Itjawffl Q-. Buokikoham, a renidcnt of.
Flint for the past fprty-seven years and
the first Sheriff of Genesee county, died
lately, aged 83.
'The Michigan. Mult Biscuit Compass*.,
is one of tlie recent business organizfc-.Y
tions of Adrian. The biscuit is a patent '"
medicine, composed of malt, iron, otc.
The Michigan Central Company will
take thoir supply of ice this year from
Thornapple'lftke, in Barry county, whero
they have" already begun operations.
There have been fourteen deaths by
diphtheria in Clio, Genesqo county,
within Wo months, oiio entirg family of
four children, dying in- four day«,.*and
two children dying in one,-night _in,*'*n-
other J&ujiily.   .,,,.,       ^    '.'*"***"'
Thb K depot and freighj5htOU«e- of the
•'Grand.; .flwjid^nild -Indkn»itr«ulri>n4 ■*
. Itmwi* ttarii liur-i0f\ thfTtlt
gether wilh their coutenta.    Tlie Uri
VJ..
' '"p
•»
1 Ll
'"-•1
Gcn. Jaclfeop at the.battlo of Now Orleans,    Ut«uiio..». «.» u,j..v...v.».vo.    ^ .<.  *.».. , —* —- .   .      . _<--
and Snn.wprj3enend.6f New| Orleans niirler I the head bo elevated at night, and the    commodation, as though I Vita spfcakjng
PreStdei,lWadlsomsat^«v-ile Ky^;, »8«d «• J piJlow hard; for if jt be soft the M H«nt returning him «'Mw..'...^«iJi
m meoi. iu ouuicii, at   £,.„,„„ .„t„ .; „„,-, ,,„„„„r„„ i;A4.,..,!.:„i,  i owe me a licking^ pay mo when you g6t
ready.   I am in no'rjiUrry.*,,||on't,c&e
if yon never pay it."  :•■    s- ->\> -•**'*;
Numerous wero t^unaivailiiig; efforts -
thatlmdaa tSliring WarS id A, BettltH*
I HEII.
pleading Yirginia poli-
27. BtBhfe Daggetl
Richmond*Tiu
j;   NOV
8. T'ayetf(^^McMtlllen,,
tidan, at Wthovillo, VnJ" t)
9. K.L.,'Drikc, who font down theflnttoil'
well HftTitftstillO, Pa. /^ j
IL LucJitjS, Mott,'/no wotl-known Quaker !
philantbrolM^andatMliuonlst, at Philftdelpbii, .
,^KlxI83.   -1"' 'v" *
InKlji New Jertey.
10. Sir Charles York, Genoral and Constable
^^s^#ii«MI
sulks into it and beconies hot,-which, I
with some people,.is enough, to provojea j
an attack in the morning if sleep has i
been long nnd heavy.     * *       -J
Exceit a "Turkish 'bath,; nothing^is
moro efficacious in the soro throat of
•children or-adults than a wet compress
Doublo
„        fca
will SFsnuglyTinder tlio chin "and-~ov«»'
the  throat,   and let it extend jirountF
to the throat,
towel two or
■j^^m. y,tr.!i,,.iiHM»iia  *T.{
of tho Tower, who served with distinction at' from ear to ear.    Then bind a  thickly-
„,_,.-, tT__, j „„ folded towel over the wet pad, baring
tho towel wide enough to overlap the
edges of tho pad. It is best to pass this
outer covering over tho head, aud not
aronnd the neck after tho style of a cravat, tlio object being to exclude tho air
so as to keep np a perspiration over the
diseased parts.   But if the soreness Ls
ment* Whfen I would cpmmonce;i"Jf6w,
Artemus,- hoyr.'aboiit; thftt=*CoMfornift
NECROLOGY.
JTA ivu A1W.
8. Bishop Gilbert Haven, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church ; at Maiden, Mass., agod 59.
4. Georgo Jones, tho "Count Johannes," an
eccentric New York character.
G. " Yankeo Locke," a well-known comedian.
10. Frank Leslie, the well-known New York
publisher, aged 59.
20. Jules  Pavre. celebrated Prench statesman j Paris, aged 71.
28. James Do Mille, professor in Dalhousio
College, Halifax, N. 8., and a famous novelist.
29. Edward Middleton Barry, the architect
,    .....     ■ ,        ,.   „.  .     , who designed Uio  Euglish House of Parlia-
Six peoplo killed by a Btonn in Chris- 1 mont; nt London, aged 50.
FEBKDAIty.
5. A. E. Borie, ex-Secretary of the Navy; at
Philadelphia, aged 71.
It). Jolm Rico, tho last survivor of Perry's
victory, on Lako Erie ; at Shelby, Ohio, aged 88.
11. MrB. Tweed, wifo of tho lato "Boss" of
New York city; at PariB.
12. Samuel G. Arnold, for a short term Uni-
-l). Bv an explosion of powder in tho 8t i ted States Senator from
GotharA tnnnel, in Switzerland, eighteen work- t Providence,
men aro killed.
14. Milton, Pa., is wiped ont iy tho flames,
loss, $2,000,0110.
16. An explosion in a London (England) iron
foundrv kills tweuty-flvo peraons.
19. Uuilcd States Senator Gordon, of Georgia, retdgns, and ex-Gov. Brown is appointed.
25. Col. Hatch attacks the redskins in New-
Mexico, and kills fifty-five of them.
28. Twenty persons perished in the floods
causod by an excessive rain-storm in ToxaB.
29. The town of Savoy, Texas, is wiped out
by a cyclone; abont Ilf teen persons killed.
81. A fight with tlio Indians occurs in Now
Moxioo^in..«hieh.ftboat>,deleftyrhito, meft njr?
killod.
JUNE.
8. Gon. Garfield noraiuatod for Prosident by
the Republicans, on tho thirty-sixth ballot, at
Cliicago.
10. Twenty persons lose their lives by a cy-
clyno in Pottawattamie county, Iowa.
11. J. B. Weaver nominated by tho Greenbackers Ior the Presidency, at Chicago,
Rhode  Island;   at
19. Signor Brnmidi, tho artisMhrho designed
and execnted tho frCBCoes in tho Capitol at
Washington.
20. Ex-Congressman Lorenzo Danford, of
Ohio, killed in a railroad accident near Bel-
laire, Ohio. Benjamin Brandroth, tho famous
pill-maker j at Sing Sing, N. Y., aged 71.
MA It CM.
1. William Maxwell Wood, Surgeon General
of the United Statos navy j at Baltimore, aged
72.
5. Commodore Isaiah Hanaoomb, United
Slates navy; at Washington.
7. Judge W. H. Hayos, of tho Pcderal Court
Geruj
Waterloo j at London, aged 90,
21. Gov. JamesD. Williams, of Indiana: at
Indianapolis, aged 73. i
21. Sir Alexander Cockburn, Lord Chief Jus-
Ibo of tho Qnoen's Bench ; at London.
23. Prof. James O. Watson, lho celebrated
astronomer; at Madison, Wis., aged 42.
27. Gen, George B. Crittenden, who served in
tbo Mciicau war, and later • in tho Confederate
army; »t Danville, Ky.
30. Evarts W. Farr, memnerof Congress from
NowHurapshue; nged 40.
jojifinimiit.   c
11. The venerablo Madamo Thiers, widow of
ex-President Theirs.
19. Francis T. Buckiand, the English writer
on natural hi-story t at London. The Dnchess
of Westminster, Mistrcha of Queen Victoiit's
Robes, whoso husband is tho wealthiest person
on the globe.
22. A. L. Akerman, Attorney Generai ia
Orant's first Cabinet; at Cartersville, Ga.
23. MrB. John Walter Cross (Marian Evans),
tho famons Euglish novelist, bettor known as
George Eliot; at London.
business?" Tie would inteixupt--^'fOh,
novor mind that shipping, so hvtrry
j4-»Hj*».flBM/r it .Mil lljjfri tl^iniihi) j IM.
WMHr «rteifc'««*^- »*v
I hnve got oven, however, in a measure—I havo engaged anumber of agents
myself.—j1. M. Grisuiold.
township records wore also burned, Uie
agent being To.wn"01§Vk.
ArntKafcP.od Jacket desV<5yed Pin-
ton's building, ill whioh H. W. Jackson,
dry goods, and H. J, Vivian, merchant
tailor, did business. Jackson's" goods
wero entirely consumed and Yivia&'iJ
partly. Total loss, $25,000; Jackson
wns insured for only $12,000.
A baby of" Mrs. M.* Hollister,.of Koyal
Oak, was given a green boxto play ,with,
and shortly afterward it was taken\ery
ill with alarming symptoms; it soon
vomited a quantity of green coloring
from the''box, .and recovered. Had_ it
taken-a less quantity it might haye died
from the arsenic employed in most bright
green colors.—Rirminaham Eccentric,
The Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders' Association met, last week, in Pioneers' room of the btato Capitol, when
tho following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President—U. JI. Fellows, Manchester.
Yiso President—Lyman Cute, Highland.
Secretarv—W. J. G. Dean, Hanover.
Treasurer—A. D. Taylor, Romeo.
Directors—S. B. Hammond, Kaiamajtoo !
Arthur A. Wood, Saline ; R. J). M.'Edwarflj,
Napoleon j -William Ball, Hamburgh; E. K
Welch, Paw* Paw.
Pedigree Committee—D. P. Dewey, Grand
Blanc, Chairman ; E. W. Hardy,.Osceola j William Bedford, Marshall.
Tips State Grange elected tho following ofiicers for next year: Master^ Cyrus G. Iiuce, Coldwater; Overseer, A.
N. Woodruff, .Watorvliet; Lecturer, O.
L. Whitnoy, Muskegon; Steward.'S. A.
Tooker, Lansing ; Assistant Steward,^.
E. Greet!, North Farmington; Chaplain,
Salmon.Steele, Bear Lake; JSreasur'er,
S. S, Brown, Schoolcraft; Secretory,"J.
T. Cobb, Schoolcraft: Gate-keeper, A.
Bjirtlott, Lapeer; Ceres, Mrs. A. S.
Staunord, Ionia-; J?6fijbnt)r Mrs^ H. D.
"Blatt, -.Washtenaw;*. Born, Mrs, A. N,
Woodruff, Wiite'rvlielfLady- Assistant
^t^rani;* MSs. &. "E, Oreen; North IFarm-
jngton.'^.        -      •     - .
■« Tkb Srepqj-t of lhe State Salt Ihsp'ecjior
ft« the y£itt-;cnfling£Sov.'$0, lti80^-rfhon s
nine'inspection clistriets^in..the State,
with tha aggregate manufacturing canity, ol 3,15Q,000^nrrelWpr J#»70U,QOg
mm.
Fulling Up Snrdines.
The littlo town of Eastport, Mo., situated as it is at the most eastern extremi-
. ty of the United States, and frequently
      „...  ! called the  "jumping off' place," has,
low down on the throat, the outside i within the last few years, become the
towel may be tmssed around the neck; i center of quite an industry—tlie putting
vet, when this'is done, it is much more ; up of sardines. Extensivo factories
tlifiieult to exclude the air. The wot! have been built on most of the many
compress mav be put on cold or warm; 'wharves out into Passamaquoddy bay,
but, when cold, it soon becomes warm j and from small beginnings the putting
from the heat of the skin, ancl is really ) up of these little fish has attained Large
a warm vapor bath.   When the pad is j proportions.
taken off, the throat should be washed in The fish used are very small herrings,
cold water to closo tho pores, and then » whicli a few years ago were considered
well dried with a towel." Tliis is appli- j almost worthless, being used only for
cablo to croup and to. all kinds of sore
throats, and will be found moro clwraly
and equally as efficient ns grandmother's
stocking filled with ashe3.
Portrait or Uncle Snm.
In personal appearance, Unelo Sam is
a tall, bony, healthy-looking man, ap-
Earently of 15 ; for, though born in 1770,
e bears his age well, and seems to bo
getting younger every day. He loves to
brag ofliis establishment, and'puts himself on such au equality with the peoplo
that a train of hangers on are always at
his elbow.   Thoro are always at Ins ta-
', pomace.   They aro very abundant  at
j certain   seasons   of tho year,  and are
caught in largo weirs,  constructed for
j the  purpose, along  the Bhore of the
I neighboring islands.   Tho weifs some-
i what resemble a rustic fenco extending
out into tho water.   Tho fish swimming
in with the tide are left as tlio tide falls
The Hoys' Room.
Let your boys havo a pleasant, sunny
room to themselves. . If each one cannot
have a separate apartment, let him have j below tho wen.-, and ore taken by means
liis own bureau, and a specified portion I of dip-nets, by men who go into the
of closet-room. Let them havo substan- weirs in boats for that purpose. Some-
tial furniture, and don't allow a broken times a hundred hogsheads of fish, nro
chair, faded carpot, cracked pitcher, or taken at one time,
mirror, in their room any more than, you On reaching the factory the fish go
would think of ptittiilg them in tho guest   tlirough a process of drying, and then,
ble a number of gray-headed old fellows, ' chamber, which always looks so tasteful   when partially fried in olive oil, aro put
of Kontuoky j at3^6tll8ville, aged 69.
28. A. It. Corbin, brother-in-law  of
Grant; at Jersey City.
30. Richard Van RetiBsolaer, tbo last of tho
celobrated New York family of that namo, a
banker ; at Albany, aged 83,
APRIL,
5. Rear Admiral Thacher,   of   the United
States navy; at Boston, aged 74.
G. Gen. Jamea L, Roynolds, soldier and poli-
12. Collision on Long Island Bound botween i „„,. . .. T,ancn»icr p» a£,c,l 58
the Narrapansett and Stonington, in which the TiiVS c£L*£rt „,
former takes firo and goes down, with fifty pas-
who were his companions in youth, and
of whose services he continually speaks.
He loves to boast how Tom Such-a-one
saved his life at Bunker Hill, and how
Dick Somebody whipped a fellow tliat
assaulted liim at Eutaw. He often, too,
wipes his ej*es when he looks at the picture of a tall General, hanging up in his
parlor, who, he says, whipped a fellow
named Pakeuham, who onee tried to
take away ono of his girls and a cotton
bale. On theso occasions Uncle Sam
will bocomo greatly excited, and, taking
Off his cocked hat—which, he says, was
the gilt Of his old friend' Georgo Washington—will swear lie has the best land
"- the world, andean out-run, out-jump,
•^v5BJgl^iiiy' mau on the hill. In
ll," these are but eccentricities of a
cbfracter which is so mixed up with
g,»erous virtues "us to bo excusable.
^Though inclined to peace, he can sometimes play tho braggart, and is one of
those whoj while he will give his life in
the way of friendship, in the matter of
and neat. As regards tho decoration of up in small tin boxes bearing a Erench
tho walls, the boys themselves will soon brand, and cannot be distinguished in
furnish tho t pictures, if they can be as- appearance from the imported article,
sured there Ls a place where tliey can be Thousands of these boxes are put up iu
kept, and all fear of their being consigued j a day, almost a thousand persons being
Except a living man thero is nothing
more wonderful than a book ; a message
to us from the dead—from human souls
we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away. And yet these, in
those littlo sheets of paper, speak to us,
ronse us, terrify us, teach us, open theitf
hearts to us as brothers.
The polico of New Orleans discovered
an opium-smoking den 'in the oity, and
arrested the Chinese proprietor, ^he
place is said to have hod customers who
•were -well-dressed women,
sengers.
13. Tlio boilor of tho Spanish war ship Cuba
Espanola explodes, billing twenty persons and
wounding 113.
17. NcalDow nominated for tho Presidency
by tlio Prohibitionists at Cleveland, Ohio.
"18. Sixty-three peraons lose thoir lives in a
terriblo storm and waterspout near Dresden,
Girmnny.
24. Gen. W. S, Hancock nominated by the
Demoerats for President, at Cincinnati.
28. Fifty passengers lost by tho burning of
tho Long iBland sound steamer, Seawanahaka,
near New York eity.
JTSJliY.
1. Fonr persons aro killed by the oxploBion of
ibo loi'ri'Of thepleaBuro boat Mary, on Lako
llinuettitil.-a.
4. Seven persons drown by the overturning of
a yacht on White Bear lake, in Minnesota.
12, A raft with forty peiBons upon il breaks
to pieces in tho Black sea, near Odessa, and all
nro drowned.
- 15. By an explosion in a coal mino at Risea,
in Wales, 119 miners— all ih the shaft—aro
killed.
18. Cleopatra's needle, presonlod to the city
of Now York by tho lato Khodivo ol Egypt, arrives at that city.
21. She Jersey City tunnel, in process of construction, cavcB in, burying twonty-ono workmen,
22. Eighteen persons loso their lives through
the explosion of powder in tho artillery works
in Itooisk, Southern RusBia.
23. An excursion steamer rnns over a yacht
in the Dotroit river, and seventeen persons aro
drowned.
AUGUST.
1, The Chilian transport Loa blown up by a
lorpedo in Gallao bay, and 150 of her crow
killed.
10. W. A. Howard. Governor of Dakota Territory, and former Congressman from SBehi-
gan;" at Washington.
10. Dr. Edward Y. H. Kenenly, member of
Parliament, and counsel for Jtho Tichborno
claimant. *
26. J. Seligman, tho well-known syndicate
New York banker; at Now York.
38. D. W. Middloton, for twonty years Clerk
of the United States Supreme Court; at Washington.
MAY.
2. Ma}. Gon. Heintzolman, who commanded
a division in tlio Army of tho Potomac; at
Wash! ngton.
8. Hon. Georgo Browne, statesman and journalist, of Toronto, Canada, who was Bhot Bomo
weeks before by a discharged ompiove.
14. Chief Jiiuuco Sanford E. ChnrCh, Of the
Now York Court of Appeals; at Albion, N. 1.;
aged G5.
19. Ex-Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, formerly
United Statoa Sonater j at Nashville, Term.,
agtd 80.
20, D. K. Jonej, tho invontot and first maker of lucifer matches t at Chillioothe, Ohio,
aged 89.
CO. Richard B. Connolly, tho Tweed Comptroller of New York j in exile at fflarsoilles,
France, aged 70. •
31. Sherrnrd Clemens, for thirteen years
member of CongresB from Virginia', a paupor,
at St. Lonis.
JTHNE.     '  "I
G. John Brougham, tho noted dramatist unt
comedian j at New York, nged 66.
12. Ex-Gov. Albert G. Brown, ot Mississippi i
at Jackson, aged 67.
13. James A. Biynrd, ox-United States Senator frnm Delaware j at Wilmington.
17. J. B. Howell, editor of tho Kcolrtik Oati
City, onco United States l&nator from Iowa,;
at Keokuk, aged 64,
to tho dust-box is removed. They may
not bo of tho highest order of art, but
thoy indicate a taste for the beautiful
which should be encouraged. Again,
boys must and trill have all sorts of articles collected iu different stages of their
lifo, as every mother can testify, but
even the mostheteroj^meous collections
can bo mado to have places of their own,
so the boy can have his pleasure of possession, and the mother's pride in her
orderly honsoremainundisturbed. Then,
mothers, let "tho boys' room" be just as
warm, bright, and cheerful as motherly
love and sisterly ingenuity cau make it
(for, depend upon it, boys do notice and
appreciate little useful ornaments in
their room, even if they don't speak of
it), and if the room is often full of merry
bOy companions, drawn there because oi
bargains will stickle on the ninth part of   its attractivenesSj   don't  fret either be
a hair.  At any attempt npon him of this    causo of   the noiBO mado,   or confusion
character, he will shoulder his cane and
act out as many maneuvers as a half-
pay Lioutenant of infantry. On tlie
whole, he is one of those who will cudgel his best friend in a causo iu which
he is engaged, and embrace his bitterest
enemy in whoso conduot is observable
tJio smallest principle of magnanimity i
tod'honor.—Southern Literary Gazette. \
that will talco only a fow extra touches to
straighten, but be thankful that you
have succeeded in malting "homo the
best place" to the boys—a place where
tliey,and tlieir companions are always
welcome.	
.   Trees nnd Moisture.
A report sent us by an undoubted authority on the subject of American for-
 —~~~ '-'   j estry proves that since   125   years the
Cooking in Court.       • I necessary moisture of the soil in North
Tho proceedings at tho Brighton ! America has decreased 7 per cent, every
Oounty Court, in England, were divorsi- i quarter century in consequence of the
fled one dny by an unusual incident. , wanton destruction of woodlands, and
namely, the cooking of some potatoes in ', that a further coutmuance of theso must
court by direction of tho Judge. A i most seriously affdot the climate Of the
wholesale-potato merchant was sued foi ! whole continent-, to tho great detriment
tlie. recovery of money which ho had I of .health ns well as the. fortality of tho
been paid for potatoes which woro al- j soil. That tho picture is not overdrawn
leged to be of a different kind from wo can easily prove from tho declino of
Uioso ordered. The Judge, after ex- < horticultural products. Erom many
amining some of bolh samples as well < btotos i" -which but a comparatively few
as of the potatoes supplied, felt that in j years since peaches were grown on free
order to enable liim to give a correct ' land this luscious fruit has enfarely dis-
judgment in the matter it woidd bo nee- i appeared, and many other garden prod-
essary to cook-specimens of each. This ! ucts With it. According to the " Keport
was necordingl/done, while other cases t upon Forestry," Southern Indiana, until
were being heard. The cooked potatoes J shortly, had a regular peach crop, whde
were then produced hi court and eaten, 1 now it is tho ride for suoh crops to fail;
the result being that the Judgo was sat- } almost the same is the case with regard
lie quaul
it not so i
..  plaintiff- . _ .....
ing.   The verdict was accordingly given i ket was in mpny places entirely killed
(or the defendant. 'by frost; }jj pfbers from 20 to -M>im<
wh.T.^'.^jflrti^iKri
oter4iiig^MrV,:prodncti0n.4of
barrols, 'or 2,500,000 bushels of salt.
The total amount inspected in the Stato
was : In Bay county, 1,031,8-11; Saginaw coimty, 1,115,6-14; Huron county,
25(5,811; Iosco county, 1-17,800; Midland
county, 41,402 ; total, 2,676,588. This will
make 13,382,910 bushels of salt, being
an increase of 3,092,742 bushels, or 620,-
748 barrels over last year's production.
Tne revenue duo the State Salt Inspo3-
tor the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1880,
is as follows: Duties on 2,676,588 bar-
rols at three mills per barrel, $8,029.76;
expenditures, salary of State Salt Inspector, 81,500; printing and offico expenses, §K)0; salary of Deputy Inspectors, §0,164.50; total, 37,054.60; balance, $65.70. The average prico during
the tears was 75 cents per bnrrel, and
the total shipments by water nnd rail
were about 2,400,000 barrels:
Official Census Figure*.
The following table shows tho population of Michigan by -counties according
to tho census of 1880, as officially ascertained and reported by the bureau at
Washington, all but seven counties being included. These figures are given
in the first column; the second column
contains the population in 1874, according to the State census; and the third
column contains the x'Opulation according to tlio United States census of 1870 :
CotttifiM. 1880.
Alcona S«M*
Allegan  i'-iS
A'.peua 8,i8e
Antrim B.M7
Baraga....  li«H
Barry 2M1»
employed in the business. These factories are controlled by New York firms.
There are, too, other ways of preparing these fish. One variety resembling
very_ much the potted herring, and prepared with mustard, aro called marines,
and find a ready salo in tho Western
markets. During the winter great quantities of herring, which aro too large to
put up in this manner, are frozen, and
are shipped in barrels to all parts of tho
country.
An Unpopular Man.
Bill collectors, who are only doing
their duty and trying to make other men
become honest and pay their just debts,
have ft hard timo of it. Everybody
thinks it is his right to snub the bill collector. Poor fellow 1 he is perpetually
trying to catch sight of the man who has
just gone round tho corner, who will be
bock in five minutes, so tho clerk says,
but who never comes,back until tho old
bill collector has gone. It is on record
that by some strange fatuity of fortune
a collector onco found his debtor at
home. Such a circumstance nearly took
liis breath away, for, like tho Wandering
Jew, he had been flying from pillar to
post for nearly a year, and. had never
once found the right man in tho right
place; but ho took out his battered wallet and presented tho account, yellow
with age, andhumbly asked for a settlement. "You must call again," was the
stern, imperative demand of tho man,
who never intended to havo money
enough to pay that bill, Tho victim
with the threadbare clothes _ and tho
worn-out shoes suggested that it was not
easy fo go up three flights of stairs tliree
times a day in order to find tho ominous
word "out" on the office door: "Well,"
Said the haughty debtor, " perhaps you
would liko to have me rent a room on the
first floor for the sake of my creditors."
Tlie old bill collector uttered a deep sigh,
put his wallet back into his pocket, and
walked into a Jxick alley where hirfhomo
was, while tho jaunty debtor sprang into
his landau and went up to the park for a
drive.   Such is life.
A Jf niDADEiiPHiA paper says tho late
marriage of a white Illinois girl toftjie«
gro wits a case of color blindness.
Benzie,...	
 <i,«a
Berrien	
 £6,180
Branch »
 ..27,911
Calhoun..........
 33,162
Cbarlovolx	
 «,M
ChcboyKan,	
  6,524
Chippewa........
Olaro	
 11,187
<%Bnt<m	
 27,531
 1,15'J
Grand Traverse  8,422
Gratiot ••••„„•;.;;
HUsdalc 82,726
Houghton  SHi
Huron 20,083
Ingham... 33,677
ioiiis 33,87;
IOSC3 6,K73
Itutrclia .12,168
laleltojal ,„ »J
Jackson ., A0J1
Knlaniktoo 8-1342
Kalkaska  'J>°37
Kent ..73,253
Keweenaw.............. %.. Ii*70
Lake 3|233
Lapeer 30,138
Loelanaw... ............ 6,253
J^enaweo...... *    .48,343
Livingston , .22,251
Mackinac 2,902
Maennb 31,627
UAtitateo    ....
Manitou 1.S8-*
Marquette..... , 25,803
Mason... > 10,083
Mecofita.*  13,073
atenominee........... ..11,081
Midland  8,894
Milwaukee  1,*W
Monroe... J3.023
Montcalm 33,148
Muskegon......... 20,58a
NinrayRO 14,088
Oakland 4',W7
Oceana..: ll,M!)
Ogeinow 1.014
Ontonagon .............. 2,565
Oaceola. • .•••"K"
Otaego.. 1,J«
Ottawa SUM
Presque Islo  3,113
Boscominon l,4SQ
Saginaw    ••■•
Sanilac «VMl
Sclioolcralt 1,575
StainwtiBECO 27,059
St Clair •-••ii'le.l
8t Joseph ...26,026
Tuscola........    *"i
VanBuron .,..,....30,807
Wafhtouaw	
Wayne    •'*
Woiloid »,81B
1874.
1,214
82,381
4,807
3,240
22'651
21,832
2,663
35,029
i6,726
ss.o.-.o
20,025
2,360
3,070
2,170
1,351
23,661
4,Vil
26,007
1,272
84,568
5^49
13,886
31,566
19,030
11,064
39.1W
28,370
4,782
6,059
37J088
82,2:14
1,250
62,671
5,415
1,813
25,110
5,031
46,084
20,320
1,496
28,307
8,471
657
21,046
6,361
9,132
8,490
5,3 !fl
606
31,111
20,815
10,376
8,763
38,1,81
2,400
6,216
29,929
1,615
48,409
16,292
1,299
21,773
40,688
25,C06
16,908
50,166
38,723
144,008
8,011
1870.
696
32,106
2,7! fl
l.SES
22,ip»
15,900
2,181
35,104
26,226
86,5t»
21,094
1,724
2,196
1.6*9
366
22,615
2'iii
35;i71
1,211
83,900
4*,443
11,811)
81,684
13,879
9,1,49
25,208
57.6H
3,163
4,113
30,047
32 054
434
50,403
4,2(5
548
91,345
4,676
45.585
19,336
1,716
27,618
6,074
8tl
15,033
3,263
6.012
1,791
C,285
iao
27,483
13,629
14,894
.7,294
40,867
7,222
12
2 845
2,090
26,65*
355
'39,b67
14,552
20*,858
86,661
26,276
13,714
28,829
41,434
119,038
650
I
"&.
Totals.... •      3,834,031   1,184,059
Tub aim of education should bo to
teach us how to think, rather than what
to think ; rather to improf e our minds,
so as to enable us to think for ourselves,
than to load the jneffioiy wHU thought^
of other men.
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