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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, JANUARY 5, 1882.
VOL. II.-NO. 8.
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WEEK.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
The  Guiteau Tfial.
Is the Guiteau trial on the 2Sth the eross-ex
cmiuation of Dr. McDonald was resumed. The
qnestitms were directed mainly to the subject
pftempoi-ary insanity, and the  witness was
asked if, in his practice, he had not met an instance of temporary insanity.  Witness replied
that he had, hut that the patient died after as
ilhv*ss of twenty-four" hours. In explanation of
a remark he made on his direct examinationas
to Guitt-au's-'playing- a part in Court," witness said he helieved   Guiteau   had   been
ffli^uins*- what he   believed   to  "be insanity,
mil with  that   idea   had   been playing   a
■part   Dr. Randolph Barksdale, Superintendent of the-Central Lunatic Asylum near Richmond, Va., had visited the prisonerin Jail said
had observed his conduct in the court-room.
He believed he was sane, both when he shot
the President and since.   He also said he believed {Jnitean was feigning- what he called in-
saaitv in court.  Dr. John II. Collender, Superintendent of the Tennessee State Insane Asylum gave similar testimony.   He did not he-
lieve the Deity ever inspired a man to take
human life. After recess, during- the continuation   of v the    cross-examination,    Guiteau    again   became     abusive,   and    the
counsel for the  prosecution   insisted   thai
'   the motion to remove the prisoner to the Book
should be- considered by tho Court.   After
il^teninrto remarks of counsel on- both sides
Judge-Cox said;  "It was hardly necessary to
sav^thatthe conduct of the prisoner had been
in "persistent violation of order and decorum.
In the beginning the only  methods: which
could be resorted to to suppress this disorder
were such ai, must infringe the Constitutional
right.* of the prisoner, and that was a conclusive     argument     against     them.      Until
Saturday   last   no    other     method     had
been    proposed.   Then    this     proposition
(which   he. had   already     had    ill    mind)
was submitted.  It had hitherto been an impression shared by the Court and counsel that
the prisoner's conduct and language in Court
would afford the best indication of his mental
and moral character, and contribute largely to
the enlightenment of Court and jury on the
question of his responsibility.   It was, therefore, on the express desire of the District-Attorney, that the Court had allowed' such latitude of conduct in order to furnish the experts.
an opportunity of diagnosing- the prisoner's
case.   As it now appeared, the opinions of tho
exoerts had been largely founded on the exhibitions which had taken place on the trial,
and, If they had contributed  to  enable those
experts   to   reach     their     conclusion,    it
would   be     a   complete,     vindication    of
the  view of the District-Attorney as to the
proper course to be pu**sued".  At this stage of
the trial, however, this object seemed to have
been accomplished".' The trial  was now  approaching: its close.   The   experts had  had
ample opportunity to make up  their judgments and pronounce them before Court and
jury.   It was incumbent on the Court now to
impi'se such restraint as the circumstances of
the ease admitted, and which would conduce
to an orderly conduct of the ease.   The prisoner had a right to hear the-testimony of the
witnesses.  He could not be {jagged or sentfout
of court.  The proper place tor a prisoner on
trial for a felony was the dock.   He could only
come within the bar to be arraigned and to receive sentence.   If the Court granted   him
the privilege  of -sitting  beside   his   couu-
fcei   it  was  a    privilege    which   could   bo
withdrawn    summarily.     While    the    prisoner had   an   undoubted    right   to   act   as
his own counsel, or to appear by counsel, he
could not exorcise both rights simultaneously.
Having accepted  counsel, the prisoner  had
waived his own right to appear as such in per-"
s m."    On consideration  of all the circum-
szanees, the Court thought the motion would
have to be  granted, and that the  prisoner
should be placed in the djek, but he did not
mean the prisoner should be exposed to any
danger. He should have the fullest protection.
The prisoner then quietly said that, if allowed
to remain beside his counsel, he would keep
qtjict, but the Court ordered the Marshal to
pldce him in the dock.   Mr. Scoville resumed
his  cross-examination,   asking    a   question
which the prosecution declared to bo irreverent.   The  Court allowed the question to be
asked.   The witness replied that he should not
consider it an  insane  delusion for a man to
profess himself as "a member of the firm of
Jesus Christ & Co." unless there were other
evidences of disease.   A  plaster cast </f the
prisoner's head was handed the witness, who
said the head was quite symmetrical, but ho
• attached no importance to the shape of the
head as indicating sanity of  insanity.   He
thought Guiteau hud not been feigning insanity in the court-room, but merely exaggerating
his characteristics of self-conceit, impudence,
audacity and insolence. Atthispeinttho Court
adjourned.
The Guiteau trial was i*esumed on the 29th
at the usual hour.   On taking his  seat in the
prisoner's dock the defendant- said he noticed '
as he rode frcm the jail to the court-room that;
the guard to the van had been withdrawn.  Ha/ j
wanted to say emphatically that he could take I
care of himself if turned loose, but so long-as
he was in the custody of the Court, the Court
was bound tovprotect him.  There; was more !
"danger of his being shot in the van while |
riding to and from the court-room than ever;
and he asked Judge Cox to order the giuard to '
be continued. The Judge said that the arrangements for the safety of the prisoner were
in the hands of the Marshal. Dr. Collender's
eross-examlnatlouwas resumed. Mr. Scoville
offered a letter, written by Guiteau, asking- :
a loan of "Senator Cameron, and asked
witness if he thought such a letter was evidence of insanity. The answer was in substance that it was evidence not of the insanity, but of the unbounded cheek, of the
prisoner. It seemed to witness to be entirely
consistent with his character and habit
through life, of soliciting- money from sources
where he had no reason to expect it Mr.
Scoville read the hypothetical question of the
defense and witness replied that, upon that
hypothesis, the prisoner's insanity was a self-
evident proposition. Dr. Walter Kempster,
Superintendent of the Wisconsin Northern Insane Hospital, had devoted his ;
attention to the study of insanity during:
the last fifteen years. He did not attach much \
importance to the shape of the head in deter- i
mining- the question of sanity or insanity. ;
Witness related incidents within his knowledge
of persons who had committed crimes whllo
acting under the influence of Insane delusions,
and Ueiined what he considered Insane delusions to be. In such cases the delusion (or inspiration as they claim it to be) comes to the
person suddenly* and he acts quickly and impulsively. Witness did not believe in the distinct type of Insanity denominated moral insanity. That was simply a convenient term
invented to excuse the commission of heinous,
crimes. Witness had never seen a. case where
an insane man, after committing a erlmo,
paraded his insanity and urged it as an
excuse for his crime. Dr. Kempster was
asked if the belief of the prisoner's father. L.
W. Guiteau, that disease could be-cured by
prayer, should betaken as evidence of insanity. He replied;- "By no means. AVc all know
that thousands and thousands of sane people
prayed daily for the salvation of President
Garfield's life. They would hardly have done
so if they had not. entertained some belief in
the efficacy of prayer." The hypothetical
question of the -prosecution was read and the
witness said that, taking the faet3 set forth to'
be true, the prisoner was unquestionably sane.
The cross-examination of the witness was continued until the hour of adjournment without
eliciting any answers favbrableto the defendant. ■  . '   ■ ' "■' ' '■?:'_   '  *-  '■
As Gititeat; entered the: court-room on the
SOth ult. he stepped up to Mr. Scoville and
eald: "If you will only keep quiet to-day, I
will laugh this ease out of court." As soon as
he reached tile-prisoner's dock he announced
in a loud voice that he had received a telegram
from JJoston- which stated ■ that all Boston
sympathized with him, and that he ought to be
President. Pausing a moment, he branched
offiriid a rambling harangue, quotingSeripture
and'.comparing himself to the "meek and
lowly? Jesus," who used plain language,
though sometimes severe. "I have been accused of using too harsh language," he added,
"but Itake my pattern from the Savior of mankind. I shall submit my name to the
next Matronal Republican Convention.
I shall expect to be before it.
There are only two men In the country
who want mo- hung: one is Judge Porter, who
expects to get $5,000 from the Government if I
am convicted, and the other is Corkhill, who
expects to get bounced, and who knows I am
the cause of it." Tho cross-examination of
"Dr. Kempster was then resumed. Witn«va
did not believe in temporary insanity, in the
sense that people could be insane and recover
' from.'it in an hour; he thought Sickles was
sane when he shot Key. At the conclusion of
i>f Ki,mp3ter*3 cross-examination theJJistnct-
Attorneyannounccd that he had but one more
-witness to introduce on the part of the Government Mr. Scoville thoughtthedefense womd
require the whole Of. the iirst week In January
before the else doXiid be concluded on its part.
Dr. John P. Gray, Superintendent of the nfcw
York State Lunatic Asylum, stated that h? had
maae the study of Insanity his business sine';
1850, and had treated or investigated over 1.J.0JO
eases. He had never seen an instance, where
the only evidence of insanity was immorality
or wickedness. Insanity in itself had no more
tendency to excite to crime than neuralgia or
any other dlseas?. He had made a thorough
examination of the prisoner m the jail. During his -conversationivith tain: he asked him.
' "If ft* President had offered you th^>. pans
Consulate would you'bnyc shot hinv, and he
.•repliedt   " W.elI,.ltbaC would haye settled the
From Washington.
It is announced that, a larse number of Sep-
Xa ZwfeentlrfiledwKh the Clerk of S
flS ^°USe 0t ^Presentottves by Lynch,
the colored contestant from the Shoestring
mstnefc of Mississippi, have unaccountablv
disappeared.
Rec-extly in a letter to Colonel Bliss in regard to the Star-route suits. Attorney-General
urewster expressed the sentiment that the uttermost penny lawlessly taken from the public Treasury must-be, recovered.
Dr. Botntox has refused to take any remuneration whatever for services rendered
during the Alness of the late President Gar-
held. He has also refused, to take anything
for his services during the* illness of Mrs. Garfield, and returned aSl,000 cheek which General Garfield sent Mm thea-esfor.
A C05.-GRESS1GXAI, Committee recently summoned Governor Murray, of Utah, to Washington for consultation as to legislation re-
cuiired by the Territory.
to  the   conclusion  Ihrlt .the poll
lion    justified    it. .,_!   g™*}uMy__yyg™
The inspiration was in the lorm oi a pnjs-iun
upon me to act. "The examination wag in
.profit-SB when the Court f'-lj«»''npr!/
The East.
A. tew days ago William M. Evarts and otb
ers issued a callnpon the. American people to
contribute §350,000 for a pedestal to the Bar-
tholdi statue to liberty, in New York harbor.
Is New Haven a few days ago the funeral
of the late Dr. Leonard Bacon occurred, Dr.
^Voolsey, ex-President of Tale College, conducting the services. The pall-bearers were
Dr. Francis Bacon, theRev. Leonard W. Bacon,
theBev. Edward W. Bacon, the Rev. Thomas
R. Bacon, and Theodore and Arthur Bacon,
lawyers, all sons of the- deceased.
Ii< Oswego County, New York, the other
day, a school teaciier named Fuller undertook
to punish Nellie Cook, when she and her
sister Lizzie bit his fingers, blackened his
eyes, broke his watch and made Mm beg to be
let aloue.
A avood-chopper of Rutland Vt., Matthew
Stewart by name, returned from New York
the other dsjr with a go>»d pile of money paid
bim by tbe administrate* of A. T. Stewart's
estate to settle his claim as an,heir.
A few days ago a fire in- a jewelry factory
at Attleboro, Mass., creatted by the use of
naphtha, in cleaning sinks, caused a loss to
three firms of §1*13,000.
The statement was recently made by the
expert who Is investigating the financial condition of the city of Newark, N. J., that the
defalcations of Palmer and Hall will probably
aggregate $300,000.
Lo>" Moore killed Miss Beffle Cushman and
himself with a revolver at BUddeford, Me., a
day or two ago. They were* engaged to be
married, and jealousy is the sepposed cause.
Durix& the year 1SS1 the business of New
York, as exhibited by the retairns of the clearing-house, reached the unprecedented total of
§49,400,000,000..
The driver of a baggage transfer wagon in
New York City left the Grand Central depot
the other night with a load of eleven trunks,
most of which contained costly clothing. He
stopped to deliver one package, and wMle in
the house some thieves drove away with the
wagon: and rematnin'g trunks. Latsr in the
night the wagon was'found in another portion
of the city, and it contained but one piece of
baggage.
Aeew days ago the health officers of New".
York found in a tenement-housed, family of
six persons prostrdite with small-pox.
The fund for the endowment of a Garfield
professorship at Williams College had swollen
to §35,000, on the 29th, and only 815,000 remained to be raised.
William Tcxlt, Jr., who served as an
election officer in Philadelphia and made
fraudulent returns, a few days ago plead
guilty and was fined $100, sentenced to imprisonment for six months, and debarred, from
voting or holding office for seven years.
The well-known railroad builder Colonel H.
S. Macomb, and Lieutenant-Colonel W. R.
Price, of the Sixth United States Cavalry,
died in Philadelphia a few days ago.
George Wood, of Philadelphia, who personated Frederick Schultz. on a jury, was sentenced to seventy months in the Penitentiary
a few days ago.
Messrs. Kilgore akd Murray, ex-Treasurers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
withheld from the State three-fourths of the
money received from liquor licenses in 1875,
1S76 and 1877, amounting to about §155,000.
Treasurer McCallin turned over recently to the
Pennsylvania State Treasurer $42,867, being
the amount recovered iu suits brought against
the ex-Treasurers.
Savixgs Basics in Massachusetts have depositors to the number of 738,951, and the
amount of money deposited by them amounts
to §230,444,479.
A VEy days ago Colonel T, H. Talbot, a
Boston lawyer, residing at Brookline, Mass.,
sued a weekly newspaper for §5,000 for falsely
announcing that he had come out for Ben
Butler, thereby causing Talbot to lose a nomination for State Senator.
"W- E. Weld, who recently died at Philadelphia, left an estate of §21,000,000, the bulk of
which goes'to four grandchildren,
"West and. South.
A eew days ago, at West Point, Va., an ex.
plosion occurred on the steamer West Point,
while she was lying, at her wharf, which blew
out the entire side of. the steamer and set her
on fire.   Nineteen persons perished.
There passed through Augusta, Ga., the
other day, between 500 and 600 negroes from
South Carolina en. route for Arkansas. It Is
expected that a large emigration will follow.
Recently by damming up a mill ditch at"
Pueblo, Col., the Santa Pe Road got rid of
-fifty famiiies-who had squatted on its lands,
but injured many who had good titles to their
home3.
The §200.000 worth of bonds recently stolen
from D. P. Ellis, of Cleveland, have been returned to that gentleman. It is stated that
he paid S3Q.OO0 for their recovery.
In the vicinity of Navajo (New Mexico)
Agency, small-pox is spreading at an alarming
rate. A requisition was recently made on the
Interior Department for the immediate shipment, of vaccine points enough to vaccinate
500 persons.
A reward of §2,003 was recently offered by
the authorities of Caldwell, Kan., for the arrest of the cow-boy raiders, and the Mayor
had made application at Washington for the
aid of the military forces in Indian Territory
in making the capture.
Ox the 28th the Mississippi River was open
its entire" length,- from New Orleans to St.
Paul, and steamers were leaving the lower
ports for grain.
At New Orleans the other day Mrs. N. T.
Coppege took a loa ed revolver and taught her
iour-year-old child how to use it. A day or
two after the lesson the little one took aim at
her, and the bullet entered her brain.
The pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church of
San Francisco,. Rev. Charles W. Hencs, who
had shown signs of insanity, killed himself
with a razor a few days ago.
Recently an outbreak. among the negroes
of Plymouth, N. C, was threatened, and the
Mayor demanded military protection from the
Governor.
The other, day Colonel L. M. Bell, a planter
near Hamburg, Ark., beat his wife to death,
and was lyched by his neighbors.
Am. unknown man at Gore, Ohio, the other,
night opened the door of the residence of Mary Terrell, a-widow, and sent a bullet through
. her brain.
A detachment of the Second Cavalry from
Fort Custer was recently seiit by General
Terry to the Upper Yellowstone, to protect-the
Northern Pacific, constructors from the mar
rauding Crows.
Ik an affray at Bellfont. Ala., recently between rival merchants, W. D. Martin, C. M.
j Fennel and John Maftiix were fatally shot.
Leadisg citizens of Bismarck held a meeting a few evenings ago and adopted resolutions favoring a division of Dakota, thesoutb,-
ern half to enter the Union as a State-
. A ebw days ago Mrs. Cruz, of Florence,
"Cal., gave birth to sixperfectly-formed female
'children. ,
A youxg son of A. II. Turner was shot-dead
by a son of Dr.'T. P. Russell at Oshkosh, Wis.,
the other day. Young Russell was playing
with a loaded gun, when it was discharged
with the result stated.
The famous Missouri land swindler, Robert
•L. Lindsay, was arraigned at Steubenville, 0.,
recently, and sentenced to nine years in the
Penitentiary.
' At Dallas, Texas, a few days ago thirty
leading Republicans held a secret conference
and outlined an independent movement, selecting G. Washington Jones for Governor and
Joseph Brinckley for Lieutenant-Governor.',
Gabriel White, a colored man, was hanged
at Watersboro, S. C, oathe 80th.ult. for the
murder of Frederick Bellinger. William H.
Erb, who killed his wife, suffered execution
in the jail at St. Louis on the same day.
A few days ago Esoii Boliu, a carpenter residing at Rogers, Ark., was shot dead In bed
by his wife. She claimed that he had killed
two men, was a horse-thief, and had twice
threatened her life. Her three elder children
were sent to the poor-house at Bentonville,
and she took an infant with her to jail, where
she killed herself with a knife.
At the port of Chicago during 1881 the customs duties aggregated §2,928,319. The direct exports amounted to $3,343,215, of which
about one-third was carried in American vessels.
Ox the night of the 29th ult. the Missouri
River closed at Sioux City. On the 30th ult.
ice gorged a round the pile bridge- of the Omaha Road, and swept away threelymdredfeet of
the structure.
Foreign Intelligence.
A few days ago the Peace Hill Indians destroyed a portion of the British telegraph line
•near Edmonton, in the Northwest Territory,
carrying off miles of wire.
Ix reply to a recent address by English Liberals, Secretary Forster said the state of Ireland would not justify the release of the imprisoned Land-Leaguers.
Recextly the South Arklow lightship, on
the coast of Ireland, was run down by a four-
masted vessel, believed to be from the United
States. Three steamers left Queeustown in
pursuit of her.
Aeter quarreling with Father Hyacinthe,
recanting the Loyson heresy, and re-entering
the Church of Rome, then abjuring Rome
again in an American Episcopal Chapel, the
Abbe Riehery recently performed afourth evolution by publicly retracting in the Loyson
Church, Rue d'Arras, so much of Romanism
as Father Hyacinthe rejects, and has written
to the papers that he made a great mistake in
separating from him.
Recextly Francisco Alamilla, a Mexican
political leader lying in jail at Humarguillo,
was shot without judge or trial.
By a collision a few days ago the steamer
Providence, valued at $1,200,000, was sunk in
Turkish waters.
The report of the Chinese Custom House,
made recently, show* that nineteen ports of
the Empire are open to. foreign commerce.
The imports of the country last year aggregated■ .§331,891,855, and the exports $112,971,-
765.
A scheme for assisting farm servants to
emigrate from Ireland to the United States is
encouraged by a 8500 subscription from Secretary Forster, made recently. The police in
County Cork arrested a man named Cornell
with a number of loaded revolvers" in his possession, aud a, list of persons upon whom outrages were to be committed. A large quantity of rifles, bayonets and cartridges were
found in tbe vault of a Protestant Church in
County Clare.
The eminent French painter and engraver,
Pierre Giraud, died in Paris the other day.
Ix 1878 the anti-Socialist law was promulgated in Germany, since which time 225 Socialist societies have been dissolved and 758
Socialist publications have been suppressed.
The consolidation was recently announced;
of the Great Western Railway of Canada, the
Credit Valley, the Ontario & Quebec and the
Toronto, Gray & Bruce Roads.
The other day the Bank of Halifax, N. S.,
stopped the city's credit.
Ix Warsaw, Poland, 1,700 persons were recently arrested for participation iu the anti-
Jewish riot growing out of the church panic
of Christmas Day. The prisoners arc mostly
young men.
A pew days ago a passenger train made a
successful trip through the recently-completed
tunnel under St. Gothard Mountain, in the
Alps, The time occupied in the round trip
was eighty-three minutes. •
It is reported that three steamers have been
lost recently, two of them in the Mediterranean. One hundred and ten persons were
drowned. •
LATER.
MoxdaYj 2d instant, the legal New Year's
Day, was generally observed throughout the
United States as a holiday. Iu Washington
the President held a grand reception, which
was very. largely attended, and other receptions were held by the ladies of Cabinet
officers.
The .Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, closed on
the evening of the 31st ult. Director General
Kimball delivered the farewell address.
After the inauguration on the 2d of Dawson as Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Corporation, largely composed of Land Leaguers, re_
fused, by a vote of 28 to 18, to pass the cusl
ternary compliment of a vote of, thanks to ex-
Mayor George Movers, in retaliation for Ms
refusal a few mouths before to 'convene a special meeting of the Corporation to confer, the
freedom of the city upon Messrs. Parnell and
Dillon. In his progress through the streets
the unpopular ex-Mayor was hissed by a mob,
but no personal violence was offered.
At Siianesville, O., on New Year's eve the
Knights of Pythias were holding a festival iu
Goller's Hall, which was densely packed with
people. Just as the band began playing the
lloor gave way withacrash, precipitating.about
300 people to the first floor. Two- persons
were kille.l outright, three fatally burned and
a large number of others were more or less
seriously injured.
Ix the walking-match at New York, which
ended on the 31st ult, Fitzgerald made over
582 miles iu six days, surpassing all previous
walkers. Norcmac was second, with 565 miles.
Fitzgerald will receive about -$2,000 and- the
silver trophy; Noremae §800, and Harty ?400.
New York City reports for the year' 1881
the erection of nearly 2,500 buildings, at a
cost of §47,000,000.
Bv the burning of a boarding-house at Rich-
burg, N. Y., on the 1st, Gilbert Abcrs and
wife were seriously burned, and their three
children perished in the flames.
Twexty-foum horses were burned to death
in the livery stable of George P. Kendall &
Co., at Worcester, Mass., on the 1st
Thaiss were detained at Petersburg, Va.,
on the 1st by a fall of ten Inches of snow.
The day was the coldest of the season throughout Canada.
Ix the Guiteau trial on the 31st ult. the examination of Dr. Grav was resumed and occupied the entire day. That wickedness, not an
insane delusion, prompted the prisoner's assault on the late President sums up the opinion expressed by Dr. Gray. Among the
principal reasons assigned by the witness
for believing in Guitcau's entire sanity
arc that there is no evidence, in his
opinion, of Guitcau's having even exhibited
any symptoms of insanity; that the prisoner's
self-control and preparation for his safety at
the time of the assassination are inconsistent
with Hie behavior of insane persons under
similar circumstances, and that the; prisoner's
chum to he insane, and to be prepared to make
such a defense, is utterly inconsistent with
any net or habit of action that U|e witness
hful observed among tiw josanoi
Piercing the Divide.
The recent completion of the Alpine tunnel by the Deliver, South Park <& Pacific Railroad Company demonstrates the daring nature of the nineteenth century engineering,
and in addition thereto the tunnel is an object of interest as a work of no ordinary character. Through the courtesy of Superintendent C. W. Fisher and Chief Engineer Evans,
the JXhvs has been enabled to present the following facts regarding the huge artificial
cavern.
The tunnel is situated in Alpine Pass and
pierces the great continental backbone. The
summit of the mountain is also the boundary
line between Chaffee and Gunnison Counties,
entering the tunnel in the former County
and emergiug in the latter. The town of Hancock is situated about three miles to the east
of the eastern eutrance, and Pitkin, iiinemiles
away, is the first towu encountered while journeying westward.
The elevation of the tunnel was one of the
serious obstacles encountered while performing the work. At ah, altitude of 11,524 feet it
enters a mountain whose crest is 12,000 feet
above the sea, and constant changes were necessitated among the workmen, for only the
most robust could endure the effects of that
rarified atmosphere. From the eastern entrance to the western exit the tunnel is 1,773
feet in length, while its height is 18 feet, with
a width of 16>i" feet.
The work Was commenced about two years
ago and, it was pronounced finished on the
second day of the present month. While the
benefits accruing from the work to the railroad comjfany warranted the expense, it waa
nevertheless expected or anticipated that, ore
▼cins or bodies would be encountered. Any
hopes of-such a nature were not realized,
however, for throughout its entire length decomposed granite was the predominant characteristic Of the rock. The interior is finished
throughout With California red wood, and
when completed the aggregate cost of the
work was found to be $203,000. By means of
the tunnel Gunnison and all points westward
are brought eighty miles nearer to Denver,
while the disadvantage-; accruing from a coa-
stant warfare with the snows are greatly
diminished, as snow sheds for ashort distance
from either end of the tunnel will protect the
track and permit uninterrupted transit, when
this would not be practicable were the road to
traverse the labyrinth of canyons necessary to
gain the desired point
To a certain extent railroading at very high
altitudes is even now experimental, and the
difficulties to be surmounted are more serious
than would be imagined from a hasty glance
at the subject. Shorter curves and steeper
curves than were deemed practicable ten years
ago arc now constantly and advantageously
employed by the mountain roads, and thinking men are beginning to appreciate the advantages to be derived by employing tunnels
as a saver of distances, while the danger from
floods and snows incident to the traversing of
water-course canyons are ah important factor
in the estimates embodying the original cost
aud the repairs.—Denver ffews.
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Death from Hydrophobia.
One of those curious and dangerous episodes that characterize the miner's life in the
snowy mountains of Colorado was brought to
the attention' of the reporter yesterday. Tom
Cox and'Jim Null are two miners working far
up on the bleak, snowy slopes of Mount Elbert near Twin Lakes. They sleep in a tent
hear the mouth of Golden Lode, iu which they
were working all night, when they went into
the tent for the purpose of going to sleep.
One of them got in bed: and, enveloping himself with the blankets, was snug and comfortable and drowsy in a moment. The
other, not in so great a hurry, noticed that the
melting snow was dripping through the roof of
the tent and right where he had to sleep. He
couldn't stand a wet couch, and, arousing his
companion, asked him to getupsothat the
bed might be moved to a position where the
melted snow would not touch it. His sleepy
partner growled out a refusal. There was a
hot reply, and in less time than it takes to
write it the two men were engaged in a fierce
personal encounter. They were both clad in
their uight shirts alone, anda small tent isbut
limited space for two angry men to fight each
other In; They had hardly clinched before one
carried the other through the front flaps of
the tent.
Right here It is necessary to say that the
tent was pitched oh the fearfully steep slope
of Mount Elbert, and there wasn't more than
two feet of level ground between the front of
the tent and the precipitous slope of the
mountain. This slope was covered with four
feet of soft snow, and it extended down for
2,01)0 feet before there was a resting-place. In
the fierce fight between the two miners they
were carried down the dizzy slope, and, with
their hands upon each other's throats, they
' went? whirling down, the mountain likeapair
of bowlders. They had gone "but a short distance when anger vanished in the presence of
a possible death, and each man-tun ed his
attention to the paramount work- of saving
his life. Down they went along the fearful slant of the great mountain, and at each
revolution they sunk in the soft show
sometimes head first and sometimes feet
first They were paralyzed with fright, and
no sound escaped their lips. The further
down they-went, the greater the momentum
of their bodies, and when about 500 feet from
the point where they started, they bounded
in the air and alighted in snow so deep that
they stuck fast. After arduous efforts they
managed to extricate themselves and get back
to their tent, bruised aud bleeding and their
quarrel healed. No matter what, the future
has in store for these two men, they will
lever forget the time when they were whirling
Aown the snowy slopes of the continental divide of North America, and a snow drift saved
them from landing 1,500 feet below, in a condition in which none but the Coroner, and the;
undertaker wonjd feel any practical interest
in them. The}- are the best of friends now,
and will, doubtless, continue &o.—Lcadville
Chronicle.
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A Singular Reunion.
A brother and sister'have met after a separation of twenty years, and the meeting has
been brought about in Davenport by the little
son of the sister in a most peculiar way. One
week ago yesterday the raft steamer Clyde,
wentfnto Davenport oh her way North; and
Captain Douglass tied up his boat for awhile
In order to permit some of the crew to go
ashore and make purchases. Among others
who went ashore was Aaron Carter, a.rafts-,
man. The weather was very cold, with a keen,
northwest wind. While going along the street
Carter met a poorly-clad little boy, who was
running along, crying bitterly. Carter asked
him what was the matter, and the little lad
sobbed out: " I'm cold."-"Come with me,"
■aid Carter, and, taking the boy, to a clothing
store, he bought him' a suit of warm clothes
and a pair of mittens, lie then asked the boy
his name. "Aaron Dunlap," was the reply.
Carter was thunderstruck. *' Aaron Dunlap!"
he cried. "Where are your father and
mother?" "Father is dead," the boy replied.
"Well, take me to your mother, then, as
quickly as you can," said Carter. The boy
took him to his humble home, and when Carter entered the house the boy's mother rushed
into his arms with a shriek that made all the
other occupants of the tenement house rush
into the hall to see what was the matter.
Carter had found a sister whom he had -not
seen since the year 1862, when he went to War
With a Maine vcgimtnt.—DMcnporl Demerol.
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—The icourse Of true love never did
mn smooth. The Baroness Burdett--
Ooutts' love for Ashmcad is to cost her
$075,000 a year.   -
—•Nearly one-seventh of Ireland is bog.
Much |s reclaimabje, b«j[, at great cost.
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.
School taw.
-The following are recent official rulings and
decisions*
1. The District Board prescribes the studies
to he taught in a school, and the teacher is subject tu such rules as the Board may adopt. No
parent can insist that his child shall be placed
m particular classes, when hy so doing; others
will he retarded in their studies; nor can he insist that his child he taught studies not in the
prescribed course of the school. Where a
study is not connected with other studies to be
pursued; and proficiency in it is not requisite
in order to pursue such other studies ill the
same course, ttie parent has a right to prohibit
such study. But while a parent may have tho
right to say that his child shall not pursue a
particular study, yet the school must not be
burdened and annoyed by irregular study.
2. A District Board's right to make regulations for the government of a school includes
the power to determine length of terms and
vacations, the time of opening and closing the
daily sessions, and to make aud enforce needful rules for the prosperity of the school.
:>. When a district at its annual meeting decides that School shall be. maintained nine
months, ifcbecomes obligatory upon the Board
to provide for nine months' school. .Should
the Board fail to do so, its members are liable
to fine and removal from office for neglect of
duties.
How to Care for the Sick.
Michigan   Items.
James Taylor, one of the earliest settlers of
Kalamazoo, died suddenly at noon on the 25th
of apoplexy.- Mr. Taylor was sixty-eight years
old. and left an estate of $100,000.
There is a strip of Michigan along the Lake
Shore where figs are said to grow and thrive
out of doors, and where peaches, plums and
grapes come to maturity in good season. It is
stated that last year the shipments of these
fruits from this portion of Michigan amounted
to 2,500,000 bushels.
The Secretary of the Chicago Relief Committee-reports the receipt of $34,319.31 in aid
of the sufferers by the recent great forest
fires.
At the recent meeting of the Breeders of
Michigan, at Lansing, the following were
elected officers for the ensuing year: Presi
dent. William Ball, of Hamburg; Yice-Presi-
dent, George WT. Stuart, of Hamburg; Secretary, I. H, Butteriield, of Port Huron; Treasurer, B. J. Gibbons, of Detroit. Nine directors were also elected; three for one, three for
two, and three for three years.
The thief who robbed the store of E. P. Kidder & Co., of Grand Rapids., some weeks agoi
was arrested in New York City on the 24th.
He has been taken back to the scene of his
thieving exploit.
A resident of Kalamazoo, who was an officer
in a Michigan cavalry regiment as the time of
the capture of Jeff Davis, says that a private
soldier took from the saddle-bags of the Confederate President $ 14,000 in gold coin, which
he buried and left for a year, when he removed
it and gave souvenirs to members of his regiment.
The following are the Detroit wheat quotations: No. 1 White, §1.35@1.35V£; No. 2
White, §1.32@1.82>£; No. 2 Red, §1.37®
1.37K.
For the week ending December 17,1881, the
reports received by the Secretary of the State
Board of Health indicated a considerable increase in the area of prevalence of pneumonia,
and a considerable decrease in that of bronchitis, an unusual occurrence if real, as bronchitis and pneumonia usually increase or decrease under similar meteorological conditions.
Small-pox has made its appearance in Kalamazoo. On the morning of the 25th ii daughter of, Cornelius Domino,' who has been at
work sorting rags in the paper-mill, Avas taken
sick, but the doctors were unable until two
'days later to determine whether she was affected with small or chicken-pox. Now they say
it is unmistakably the former. The residence
was closed and. guarded from the flrst. It is
thought that the disease was communicated
from infected rags.
William S. George, a leading' journalist of
Michigan, for many years chief editor and
senior proprietor of the Lansing Jlepubliean,
died in Lansing on the mining- of the 27th,
aged fifty-six. He was born at Derby..N. H.,
educated in the common schools; and at fifteen
wrote articles for the press in favor of Harrison's election. He served .four years as apprentice in the office of the White Mountain
JEgvs at Lancaster, N. H. At seventeen he
was a first-class journeyman printer. In 1S44
he edited the political columns of the Vermont
Phoenix at Bfattleboro, and for six years previous to 1857 was journeyman printer, foreman
and proof-reader in Boston. He was an assistant editor of the New Bedford Standard,, and
for several years, editor and proprietor of the
Nprth- Adams Transcript- He sold the lattei
paper in 1860, and became an assistant
editor of. the Springfield liepiiblican
under' Samuel Bowles. Two years later
he removed to Michigan, and was assistant
editor of the Detroit Tribune one year, when
he took complete control of the business and
mechanical departments, In 1869 he "purchased a half-interest in the State printing office and bindery. In 1873 he assumed editorial charge of the Lansing Republican. For
many years he was a member of the Republican State Central Committee, and was a delegate to the Republican Convention in 1876,
He had held many positions of public trust,
and at liis death was President of the Central
Michigan Savings Bank. He was public-spirited, and gave munificently to all charitable
purposes and needy poor. His health failed
from overwork about four months ago, and
he sought rest and recuperation at the seaside. He returned home December 17 somewhat improved. A sudden relapse was soon followed by death. He leaves a wife and three
children.
A most curious case has just been decided
in Calhoun County. Mrs. Louisa Smith purchased a parcel of land, after obtaining an abstract from the County Register's office Which
certified that the title was perfectly clear.
Subsequently it appeared that there was a
•mortgage registered on the records against the
farm, and which the woman Was compelled to
pay. She therefore brought suit against C.
D. Holmes, who was Register of Deeds at that
time, to recover the amount Of loss she had
sustained by reason of his carelessness in failing to give a correct copy of the record. The
court awarded her the amount of the mortgage, §250, aud the costs of the ca.se. The defendant has appealed the case to the Supreme
Court. It is a cas6 involving a principle
Which will establish, a precedent, and, being a
hovel and nnportanftone, 4he legal fraternity
"of the State are anxiously awaiting a decision
from the Supreme Court.
The State Fish Commissioners have placed
2,000 young German carp in the pond at Poka-
gon, which will be distributed in small lots
next spring. The carp are fit for any water,
Mid arc suitable for small ponds and Jakes in
the northern part of the State. The lakes
and ponds must be free from predacious fish,
such. as bass, pike, etc., as* they destroy the
carp. Application fcr these fish should be
made to James "G-.'Portman, Superintendent,
Paris, Mecosta County.
A man named Fay, while walking on the
Central track near Eaton Rapids a few days
ago, was struck by a train and instantly
killed.
Kalamazoo is to be lighted with the electric
light.
JohnF. Simpson, who murdered his wife in
Detroit, last summer by shooting at her from
the roadside where he was lying in ambush as
she \vas walking along an tiiifrequcntcd street,
has been found guilty of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to the State Prison for
life. *
Levi Bishop, who for many years had Ticen
prominent among the members of the bar of
Detroit, died of jaundice a few days ago. He
had been President of the City Board of Education., and aRegeht [>( Mkiliigmi University.
A Grand Rapids dairy woman iu suing for a
divorce charges that, he-1 husband is a. detri-
inent to her business,
Some time since we feltmovedtomalce
Come suggestion on the importance of
endeavoi'ing to educate our daughters
in the most important parts of sMllful
nursing. It is a subject we have much
at heart, for we so frequently see how
many suffer needlessly for lack of knowl-
on the part of those who have charge of
the sick. • To be sure"? many have not
the comfortable appliances that seem
almost indispensable in the sick room.
In small, cramped apartments it is impossible to do quietly, or entirely out of
the sick-room, much that the' invalid
ought not to see or hear.
in such cases, patience, endurance on
the part of the sick and skill on the part
of the nurse, to keep all preparations as
far as possible out of sight, are all that
can he done.
But in comfortable homes, with the
sick-room at a distance from the kitchen, there is no excuse for many things
that are very annoying. We have-
known nurses to put a sauce-pan over
the grate in the sick-room to make or
warm over what they intended to be
choice dainties for their patient. But
nothing should be ever warmed up,
much less cooked, in the room of the
invalid. The sight or smell of the most
delicate dish will be wearisome to the
exhausted nerves, and when made is repulsive to the weakened stomach.
Make small messes. Better the patient should crave a spoonful more than
revolt at the abundance. Prepare it
far away from the sick room, -without a
word of consultation with any one except the physician, and bring it the moment it is done. Don't linger till it
cools or grows stale and insipid, and the
little that is. brought should he prepared
in the neatest, most attractive manner.
Select the daintiest china and silver,
and if possible bring with it a tiny vase
with one choice rose or flower whose
fragrance will not be too pungent;
spread a pretty, white, glossily-smooth
napkin over the small Avaiter; have the
glass like crystal and the silver "bright
as a ray from the sun. Anything to be
taken hot should be as hot as possible.
Anything needed cold should be like
ice.
JSTo high seasoning should be given to
an invalid; but what is allowed should
be the choicest and mingled like Eve's
repast for the angel in Eden. Remember that salt, pepper or sugar can be
easily added, but if too much is used it
cannot be remedied and the food be acceptable. A verv small proportion of
the sick care for sweet things; broths
and well-seasoned meat, when allowed,
fruit and acid jellies are usually more
sought after.
While endeavoring to surprise the
patient with something that one feels
sure will be relished, if the sick turn
from it, not yet able to relish it, "be patient. Do not urge or expostulate. Remove the dish, and when out of sight
reflect if you have not taken in too large
a quantity. If your judgment assents,
try something else, in a very small quantity, and an hour or two after prepare
the same thing that was before rejected,
but only a spoonful or two, offer it without comment, and in nine cases out of
ten, if really daintily prepared and
riresented, it will be taken with a good
relish.
Of one thing, a nurse, or one who has
anything to-do with the cure of an invalid, cannot be too cautious. In preparing broth, heef teas, or soups, let no
mote of fat be seen floating on the surface. ^Nothing is so repulsive as those
eyes of fat'on the top of a cup of broth
or soup. If Avell-made, few articles continue so long to be acceptable as good
beef tea: only be cautious not to give it
too constantly, lest it grow wearisome.
We lmre seen but few who make beef
tea in the way we imagine best secures
the whole of the juice of the meat, without any addition of water. We will
give a rule that is not troublesome to
follow, and, once tried, we think will be
more generally used. If near- a butcher, get him to chop a pound of lean beef
very fine (if you prefer, chop it at
home), take a thoroughly-cleaned glass
or stone jar, put the beef thus chopped
into it without any water. Screw down
the cover and set in a kettle of cold
water. We have always screwed the
cover almost as tight as for preserves,
or put in a large cork quite, firmly, and
never had one cracked or broken. The
waier should not reach the top of the
jar, even when boiling. Some set a
brick or some other weight on top to
keep the jar from tipping over; but if
broad at the bottom the weight of the
meat "will prevent that. Let it heat
very slowly till it comes to a quiet boil.
Keep it in that state full six hours. That
is the best; but if in haste it can be
made quite good in one hour. When
possible, beef- tea should be made the
day before using. Set the kettle off the
stove, when done, into a cool place, and
let jar and contents become perfectly'
cold before takingit out. When opened, turn into a bowl, let it stand a short
time to settle, and see,i£-any particle of
f at .-rises ;tO the top. If so, remove -with
great care. Squeeze the meat hard, a
little at a time, through a lemon-squeezer, to secure all the juice. Then salt
and pepper—if allowed—heat quickly
in a very clean sauce-pan, strain through
a tfean cloth, and give to the patient
either very hot or icy cold, as best relished.
We close now, lest Ave become tedious.
But Ave have suffered so much from poor
nursing, and been at other times so
comfortable and happy by the best of
care, that Ave greatly desire mothers
should see the great importance of having their daughters tknoAV how to take
good care of those Avho are sick and
suffering.—Mrs. Henry Ward Beeclier, in
Ckrislian Union.
but the dagger was immovable. These
attempts caused no pain. More poAver-
ful mechanical instruments were then
employed. The patient, who AAralked
well, and complained of no headache,
Avas taken to a eoppei'smith's, and by
strong pincers, the handle of the dagger
Avas fastened to a • chain Avhich Avas
passed over a cylinder turned by steam
power. The pincers, used for drawing
out tubes of copper, Avere so made that
the more they Avere pulled the tightei
they grasped. The man was then fastened to rings fixed in the ground, and
the cylinder Avas gently set in motion.
At the second turn the dagger came
out. The blade measured ten centimeters in length, of Avhich nine had entered
the interior of the skull. The patient,
who had submitted with the greatest
coolness to these manceuvers, suffered
no pain or inconvenience. Some drops
of Mood escaped, and in a few minutes
afterward the man Avas able to Avalk
aAvay to a hospital, where he remained
in bed for ten days, but Avithout feArer
or pain. He then returned to his work,
and the Avound gradually healed. M.
Dubrisay endeavored by a post mortem
experiment to ascertain Avhat parts of
the brain had been injured. He drove
the dagger into the head of a cadaver in
the same situation, and to the same
depth, and found that, Avithout injuring
the superior longitudinal sinus, it had
passed into the cerebral substance just
behind the ascending parietal convolution, and thus behind the motor zone;
the point had not reached thebase. The
difficulty in extraction had been due
solely to the fixation of the instrument
by the edges of the Avound in the bone.
—London Lancet.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
A  Remarkable  Wound.
An instance of singular tolerance of a
severe wound of the brain Avas recently
communicated by: M. Dubrisay to the
Societie de Medicine de Paris. A man,
aged forty-four, in an attempt at suicide,
sent a small dagger through his skull into the brain. The weapon was ten centimeters long and one Avide. He had
held the dagger in his left hand and given it Avith his right several blows with
the mallet, believing that he Avould fall
dead at the first blow. To his profound
surprise he felt no pain and observed no
particular phenomenon. He struck the
dagger in all about a dozen times. The
man Avas a drunkard, but Avas sober at
the moment of the attempt. When seen
about Iavo hours later the handle of the
dagger was projecting from the skull at
the junction of the posteriori and middle
third, a little to the right of the middle
line, and hi a transverse position. The
Avliole blade was imbedded, except a
part one centimeter in length. For half
an hour unsuccessful attempts Avere
made to get tlieT dagger out. The patient Avas placed on tie ground, two vigorous persons fixed his shoulders, and
aided by a strong pair of carpenters1
pincers', repeated attempts* were made,
but without succcti^. Tho patient and
assistants wgfo raised oft" top- groundi
Told by a Horse Tradei*.
"I Avas tradin' Avith a fellow one
day," the Aviry man with the keen eyes
remarked, "and a young felloAV he
lipped in and spoiled the trade. He
AAranted the hoss I Avas tradin' himself.
So I traded with him. 'E'oaa'-,' says I,
after Ave made the trade, 'if this hyar
hoss of yourn don't suit me I want to
come back in the mornitf and pay you
ten dollars and get my hoss back.'
•All right,1 he says, 'and I A\-ant the
same privilege.1 'It's yours,' I tells
him, an' he rode aAvay. Well, sir, next
mornin1, just as I Avas puttin* on the
saddle to go an' pay ten dollars an1 git
my oAvn hoss, he rode into the barn and
paid me ten dollars to git his'n. That
Avas a good hoss to trade. I only paid
ten dollars for him in the first place, an'
I made tAventy-eight on him by them
forfeit trades in less'n six"A\Teeks.
"I had a poAverful big cream A hoss
that was a stavin1 good hoss to trade.
One day a couple of f elloAvs met me in
toAvn, grocers they were, and they Avas
drivin1 aright smart four-year-old colt
for a -delivery hoss. They stopped me
and says:
"••HoAv'll you .swap-that big cream
hoss of yourn for this colt?'
" 'Oh,' I says,  'I never trade bosses.'
" 'Well,' they said, 'give us a trade
on this colt, anyhow, can't ye?'
" 'Well, no,1 I said, 'I never trade
bosses. But the cream is up at the
barn; you can go look at him, if you
Avant, and if you think you can make a
t.-ade, go ahead: I reckon I'll be satisfied.'
"Well, they drove up to the house
and I went on down toAvn. I neArer
Avent nigh the house; jest let 'em go up
and make their OAvn trade, all alone, fur
both sides. About noon I see 'em drivin1 abouttoAATiAvith the cream; splendid
lookin' brute he wTas.
"Well," I says, 'how d'ye sAvop?"
' Oh,' says they, ' we left the colt an*
fetched away the cream hoss.'
"Well,I Avas satisfied, but the next
day I met one of the boys. ' How do
you like the colt?1 he says.
" Fustrate,' I told him,'lie's a good
colt.   How do you like the cream hoss?1
"We-ell,' he said, 'we're willin'to
trade back if you are.'
'' It kind o' graveled the boys, 'cause
you'see I'd let 'em do their own tradin':
hadn't gone around to urge the cream
hoss onto 'em at all."
"Ihad a mighty fine ridin' mare,"
the boss-man with the tAvirikling eyes
AArent on,'" and old Seth Stringer hacla
splendid-looking dapple gray mare.
' Hoav'11 you trade for your dapple gray?-'
I asked him. He Avanted fifteen dollars
and I gave it. I took that mare home an'
I singed Her mane until it curled and
crinked like moss. It Avas handsome.
Then I trimmed her feet and put on light
shoes. An' I fixed her up one way an'
another till she looked like another hoss,
and when I put a saddle on her no livin'
man Avould have guessed she was the
same mare Avith aAveak back. When I
rode by the barn Seth hollered out:
' Where you going Avith that mare ?'
"I told him I AA-as going to take her
down to St. Louis to sell her to Bob
Staples. ' Hold on,' says Seth, ' I be-
lieA-e I kin give you as much for that
mare as Bob Staples can.'
" 'Well,1 says I' Avhat'll you give me
betwixt her and that bay ridin' mare I
traded you the other day?'
" 'Oh, Avell,' he said, 'I'll give you
twenty dollars,1 and I said, 'Make it
forty dollars, and you kin haAre this
mare.' ' Well, he give it, and I took
the saddle off the gray an1 put it on my
OAvn old bay mare, an1 .Seth hitched the
iieAV mare up to a buggy. As Ave Avas
driATn' out of the gate, the sill Avas
pretty high, caught the Avheel an1 the
mare shrank back a little. Seth tetched
her pretty smart Avith the Avhip, she
jumped, an'away her hind legs Avenl
under an' doAvn she went. Well, sir,
he just give one look at the mare, then
he saw it AA'as his oavii old mare; he
looked at me, 'Allright,'he says, 'that's
all right: just help me git her on her
feet agin.' She was jist a splendid look-
in' mare, but if she made the least quick
start, her hind legs wouldn't come.
They say if a hoss has good fore parts,
his hind parts is sure to come, but hern
wouldn't.
■■■■ It was hard work gettin' ahead o'
him," the bright-eyed "hossman" went
on, reflectively, and with an intonation
of admiration in his voie«. "He Avas
just the best man at tradin' bosses I evei
see. He had a boss in his barn that he
got off onto me. Good lookin1 hoss.
Well, Avhen I started out from the barn,
that hoss was fat, and before I'd gone
five miles, i hope to die if that hoss
Avasn't lean! You wouldn't think there
Avas a bone in him. He Avas a blowed-
up boss. That man beat any man I ever
see fixin1 up a hoss. You could put, the
leanest hoss you ever see saAv into Ida
stable, an11 hope to die if in forty-eight
hours that hoss wouldn't be fat. And
then he'd trade him off to you, an' in
six hours that hoss'd be so lean you
couldn't girt a saddle tight enough to
stay on him."—BurdetU, in the Hawk-
eye.
 ♦ . —	
—An attempt to get up a baby show
at Wallingford, Eng., last month, Avas a
dead failure. Only two infants were
entered for competitions and these wei'e,
so inferior in quality "that tho managers
decided to withhold the prizes, that-'had
been offered.     '' V
—Mrs. E. A. Freeman, it is said, revises   all the manuscripts of her husband, the historian.
—The Royal Museum of Brussels paid
'£6,800 for Rubens'picture, "TheMir-
: acles of St. Benedict,"
j —The Princess Beatrice has given
$2,000, the proceeds of her birthday-
book, to a children's hospital. "'
—Colonel Forney said a few Aveeks
before he died to a journalistic friend:
" I feel as though I had twenty years of
life before me yet."
—Lord Ebrington, aa'Iio is only twenty-seven years of age, Avill be one of the
youngest members in the present House
of Commons.
—Clara Louise Kellogg is still one
year on the sunny side of forty. Her
blonde wig, Avorn in Margaret, cost
$700, and is a yard long.
—Mark Twain failed in his efforts to
obtain a Canadian copyright on the
strength of a domicile in Montreal for
two Aveeks.
—For his services in connection Avith
the Electrical Exhibition, the son of
Hon. George Walker, our Consul-General at Paris, has been decorated as
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
—Launt Thompson is engaged in a
medallion of Bayard Taylor, Avhichis
intended to adorn his monument. The
sculptor avers that Mr. Taylor was the
handsomest American author since the
days of Irving.
—It is said that the abstracted Professor who is one of the characters in
Mrs. Burnett's nOArel, "Through One
Administration," now running as a serial in the Century, is draAvn from Prof.
Simon ISTewcomb, of the Naval Observatory.
—Charlotte Bronte thought it was-
wrong for her sisters to make their heroines, as a matter of course, beautiful.
They differed with her, and said it Avas
impossible to make them interesting if
plain. Her opinion not coinciding with
theirs, she offered to prove that she Avas
right—that she could make a heroine, as
. small and plain as herself, as interesting
; as any of their own, and thus began the
: noArel of "Jane Eyre."
—Castelar, ex-President of Spain, is
only fifty years of age.    He wrote two
: novels before he Avas eighteen, which
induced his relatives to club together
and gave him an education. While at
the Madrid University he Avas busily
engaged in all kinds of journalism.    At
' the age of twenty-two he was present
1 at a political meeting as a spectator".   It
1 was during the revolution of 1857. He
became excited, sprang to the tribune,
and made an  oration Avhich  gave him
• immediate favor«and honor.
HUMOROUS.
—Most Americans arriving in France
take Paris green.—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
—As any man may be compelled to
eat his words, he should never indulge
in bitter speeches.—Boston Transcript.
—We are inclined to believe that Darwin Avas right Avhen he said that man
sprang from an ape; some men don't
seem to have sprung very far either.—
Tanker's Gazette.
—Here Ave have a Clothespin. It is
made of White Pine, and has a grip on
it Like a poor Cousin. It Avould be is iee
to put the Clothespin on the Baby's
Eose. The Baby could not Help itself,
and the Clothespin Avould get in its
Work on the ifose for All it Avas Worth.
—Denver Tribune Primer.
—Some felloAV has discovered that the
coldest place on earth is Verkoyansk, in
Siberia; but for double concentrated
Articness he should drop in a if ew York
Fifth avenue mansion about an hour
after the arrival of an unfashionable
■country cousin and his wife and four
children.—JSForristown Herald.
—In-a recent suit before a Justice in
this city a lady reluctantly testified that
she thought that another NeAvark lady
might be a good enough neighbor if she
lived in a locality where the houses were
twenty-five miles apart and was so crippled that she couldn't come over to gossip or borrow.—Newark Call.
—Style for Winter—Without pretending to be an authority in the matter of
street etiquette, Ave would suggest that
during the prevailing cold spell, bald-
headed gentlemen be excused from lifting their hats to their lady friends. Let
them cultivate asAveetsmile and agrace-
ful Avave of the right hand in the air and
pass on.—Nem Haven Register.
—A West End man caught a butcher
telling the truth the other day. He was
looking at some poultry in the butcher's
sho'p and asked: "Do you call that a
chicken?" "No," said the butcher,
" that's a hen that was with Nbahin the
ark. She died of old age and is as
tough as the record of a Philadelphia
alderman." And as the man had always been lied to by the butcher, he
bought the fowl and thought he'd got a
nice spring chicken. But he found the
butcher had told him the truth, and he
Avasn't pleased at the display of honesty,
either.—Boston Post.
—A matter-of-fact young man from
NeAV York during a recent visit in Boston received an invitation from a lady
—an old acquaintance—Avho has just
blossomed out into a typical specimen
of the Boston esthete, requesting his
presence at her house on a certain evening "to meet two minds." It happened
that he had just accepted an invitation
to dine elseAvhere on the same evening,
and so he replied, expressing his regrets
that he could not avail himself of the
oppoi'tunity "to meet two minds" owing to a previous engagement "to meet
four stomachs."—Chicago Tribune.
The Ownership of Watermelons.    .'•*"
Who ever heard of anyone beinw punished for stealing a Avatermeloa? It Avas
tried once in Tennessee, three or four
years ago. Good old Judge Frazier, of
the Davidson and Rutherford Circuity
was presiding; an unlucky negro was the
prisoner; a very young laAvyer was defending him; twelve good men and true
Avere in the box. There was no doubt
that the prisoner had stolen the melon;
the proof against him was as clear as'
noonday. The'attorney called no witnesses whatever, but simply arose and
said: "May it please your Honor and
gentlemen of the jury, my client is
charged Avith stealing a Avatermelon. He
does not deny it. But this is a neAV crime
for our courts. I have stclen watermelons myself; the chances are that your
Honor has stolen watermelons; and, gentlemen, I'll agree to set 'em up if there
is a man on that jury Avho hasn't stolen
a Avatermelon!" The Judge jerked up
his head, took off his spectacles, and
looked with a startled but smiling stare*
upon theyoung scamp; the jurors nudged
each other ana snickered, the spectators
guffawed; but it is needless to say that
the brief aro-ument-for the defendant Avas
a successfm one with the honest, juiy-
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