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THK SAME CLEAR SKY i heart! You beat beside my own l uM sight we (seed the valley vie , vud marked th iuouu against the bin ilia Hlowly, while a gentle moan, Mobbed slowly through the elins and ilted Away to alienee, as the wide Fair landaoupe all grew ailvei-strown Here la the soene unchanged: Above Halls still the uioou that saw our love. The aamu Mtura ahlne, the same trees sigh, The aame olear sky la apread on high. The aame (air vistas frontwards lie: But you, noteveu know I weep, Pit ! away, mo aound aaleep. THE PEIGE OF A DRINK. Ten cents a glass: does any one think That, that Is really the price t a drink? Tea eeu is a glass 1 hear you say : Why that's not very much to pay. Ah I no. indeed, 'tis a very Miiall auui Tou are passlug over twlxt dnger and thumb Ami ir thai were an 1 1. i you gave away It wouldn't be very muoh to pay. The price of a drlukr Let him decide Who ha a lost bin oour.ige and loat his pride a hi lives a groveling neap orciay. Not far removed from a beast to day, The price oTTPvlnk? let that one tell Wbo sleeps to-night In a murderer's cell And feels within him the Ores of bell. Honor and virtue, love, and truth All the glory and pride of youth. Hope or manhood, the wreath of fame. High endeavor and noble aim These are the treasures thrown away As tbe price of a drink from day to day. Ten cents a glass. How Satan laughed As over the bar tbe young man quaffed The beaded liquor, for the demon knew The terrible work thai drink would do, And before tbe morning tbe victim lay With his life-blood swiftly ebbing away; And that was tbe price he paid, alas, lr tbe pleasure of driiiklng a social glass. t'lie price of a drink : (fyouwantto know W bat some sre willing to pay for it. ao Through that wretched tenement over there, Where dingy windows, aud broken atalr, Where foul dUeaHu like vampire craw la With outse etched wlnga o'er (he mouldy walls There Povert y dwells with her hungry brood, Wild eyeu sh demons rnr lack or food: There Sbame In a corner crouohea low; There Violence deals its cruel blow : .And Innocent ones are thus accursed 'To pay the proe of another's tblrat. Ten cent a glass; Obi If that were all The sacrifice would Indeed be small; Hut tbe money's worth Is tbe least amount We pay; and whoever will keep account, Will learn the terrible waste and blight That follow this ruluous appetite. Ten oenta a glass: Does any one think That, that is really tbe price of a drlnkf A DAY IN TADOUSAC. When the head of the shipping firm of Freyteau, Wall et Cie in Montreal sent young Noel as their agent along the lower St. Lawrence, the other part ners grumbled loudly. They were shrewd Americans Noel a mere lad, Canadian-French, gay, crochety, wordy. Fie had, too, heavy sums to collect, and there was an ugly story afloat that his rather had been a professional gambler. Pierre Noel now was old and imbecile, but his son persisted in taking him with him everywhere, and paid him an exaggerated respect. Wall et Cie grew very uneasy about their money. Blood, they said, would tell at last. But M. Freyteau was obstinate in his likings; he would not recall the lad. All they oould do was to send the younger Wall to look him up now and then, and to take a rigid account of his receipts. It never occurred to Louis Noel that he was suspected. Nothing short of a blow on the face would convince that careless fellow that anybody was his enemy. He made his headquarters at the lonely village of Tadousac for a reason, and he supposed the same rea son brought James Wall there. The two men one August afternoon met in- the orchard of an old pension behiud the village. The wind was frosty, and Noel brought a bench out from under the trees into the open sun shine for a young girl who was with them. James Wall sat down upon it beside her, crossed his stout legs com fortably, drew out the Quebec paper and looked at the quotations in lumber. Noel walked away. He could not come near Hester Page to-day. She had dropped a word or two to him last night, a mere nothing when one repeat ed it, yet very different from the cool, amused criticism with which she had met him heretofore. He had repeated the words a thousand times to himself to-day. Could it be? He could not speak to her before Wall. He felt as if he must cry out with this sudden madness of hope that sent the blood through bis body like flame. He wandered about irresolute ly, climbed a tree for some russet pears for her, and left them lying on the grass, lighted a cigar, smoked furious ly and let it go out in his mouth, then began to sing with a tremendous dis cordant clatter. Mr. Wall shuddered, then laughed, compassionately glancing at Miss Page. They were both admirable musician, and often sang together with that ac curacy and neatness of effect which pe culiarly marked tbe words and move ments of both. 'These Canadians are restless in body and mind as grasshoppers." James Wall's thick tones grew complacent and Intimate with Miss Page. Were they not both Americans ? This Noel and all unfortunate foreigners belong ed to a great Ultima Thule outside of the states. She smiled, looked deliber ately at Louis, then at Wall, then down to the pale blue web she was netting. What with her deliberation, the pale blue net, the creamy gown fit ting close to her neat, rounded figure, and her lustreless brown hair and yes, she made a centre of calm, of deli cate color, which suited the faded hue of the autumnal day. Mi. Wall scan ned her over his paper, pursing his thick lips.with gusto. He had been calculating her merits and defects for a long time, but his mind was now made up. True, she had not money enough to pay hex share of the board bills, nor brilliant beauty to push them on sociably iu Montreal. But some indefinable latent power in the faint- colored little woman had conquered him. As much of the man as was not given up to lumber interest or to wor ship of James Wall was genuinely in love with her. He was a poor man, greedy of money; yet he meant to mar ry this penniless Baptist minister's daughter. Why not tell her so at once? Noel!' he called; here, Noel!' (It was just as well to lether know their relative positions, and that this scamp ish fellow, whose infatuation for her was the talk of the village, was only the paid servant of the firm.) 'I wish on to finish that report I start for ome to-night By the way, I will take all your collections with me.' Noel did not move. 'D'ye hear? See to it at once' 'Chut! chut! No hurry.' Louis loung ed over the low stone wall, looking down the mountain. Below him was the uneven street of Tadousac cut through beetling gray-cliffs; the old cottages, perched here and there, each sending out throng I its steep red ox The vol. ni. yellow or tinned roof a sleepy drift of smoke. Lights shone through the win dows of the little ancient church ; the door was open; he could see Grigneaux the fat beadle, climbing into his high seat; then came Father Matthieu up the hill, half a dozen children of the habitans, with their wax-like features and glittering black eyes, tugging at his gown. At the foot of the hill roll ed the silent, fathomless tide of the Saguenay that mystery of the North, black as a line drawn lay Death through the live beauty and comfort of the hills and village. Just then the notes of a French horn filled the air with a melancholy sobbing. Louis save a quick nod of satisfaction. This was his father; he always knew that the old man was happy as long as he was filling the world write his melodious piping. Some young fellows, his com rades, on the pier caught sight of Noel. 'Hi! hi! Louis!' they called. He shouted bacK, waving his hat to Pere Matthieu, who laughed and nod ded. Two Sisters of Mercy, pacing decorously in their black robes to the church, glanced furtively up and smiled to each other. The whole village knew and liked the merry fellow and the old father of whom he was so fond. The irate clicked, Wall, tired of waiting on him, had gone angrily away. Thank's to Godf chuckled Noel He hurried towards Hester, then stop ped short in a spasm of shame. Who was he r To go to her to ask her to give herself to him ? The first man in the world was not fit to touch her! Look at her sitting there, the sun shin ing full on her ! Her hands went with their work, in and out, in and out. The monotony of motion maddened him. For two years he had followed her faithful as a dog. It had been al most enough to see her, to hear her speak now and then. If he told her now that he loved her he would risk all this: she would drive him away. Never to see Hester again? Never? If she married Wall ? For a moment he could not get his breath the world gaped empty about him. Then his blood swelled with sudden triumph, Why, he was not a child; he was a man, and that was the dear woman that he loved! He went to her, leaping over a fallen tree, and threw himself breathless on the grass. Hester, amused, looked down at his sensitive ace and burning eyes. 'I heard you singing, Monsieur Noel,' she said after a while. Oh! Did you like my voice? eager ly. 'My father does. I don't know. He is a great musician. Perhaps would you like me to sing to you now?' 'No,' Hester smiled. 'You you can talk to me instead,' she added shyly. Noel did not answer. He rose slow ly, and leaning against a tree looked steadily down into her face. She saw how he trembled though she did not raise her eyes. The very wind was still. A cricket chirping in the stub ble counted off the long minutes; far away swelled and sank the low chant ing in the church. Hesters fingers still went in and out of that wearisome net, but they shook now; she could not see her work. It seemed to her as if all had been already said between them. 'Hester,' he broke out at last, 'you must have known it this long time. I suppose it seems mad folly to you. I know! I'm only Louis Noel. I'm a headlong, good-for-nothing fellow. But' He caught her hand and strok ed it passionately in his cold fingers. Hester glanced up at the pension windows. She did not forget to be decorous. No! Don't speak yet!' he cried. Don't send me away yet! I know the Americans think me flighty a vau- rien. But I can work! 1 can make you such a happy home here in Tad ousac. Oh, I know all your whims and fancies! I ra a weak little fellow, but 1 love you so that I could keep trouble away from you as if I were a god.' Hester looked at him thoughtfully. She had known for a year that each of these two men would ask her to be his wife, and she knew precisely what au- wer she would give them, but she was not going to be hurried out of her orderly course. Louis drew back. 'You will not take my love?' His sudden pallor, his relaxed fea tures annoyed her. What was the use after all of snch wearisome tragic emo tions ? I will see yon again,' she said coldly; we are not alone now. Mr. Wall Wall stood within the gate. Noel turned and joined him without a word. As the men went out together a branch of woodbine struck against one of their faces. Miss Page when she was alone broke it off and shyly put it to her lips with a bright blush. Bring the reports and money have,' HAid Wall when they reached the house. The money,' stammered Noel; it is in a seah-d package. Is it necessary to count it?' Noel's suppressed excitement as he left Hester had startled Wil. tie eyed his dazed face now with sudden sus- Dicion. 'Bring me the money, he said sharp ly. Louis ran up to his chamber. There were steps overhead, then a pause, ren minutes, half an hour passed. Then the door opened and he stood in it. He looked shrunken and years older tnan when he went out The money is gone, Wall,' he said. The money? Gone? What do you mean?' The package. I sealed it yesterday. 1 looked it La my deck' Owosso Times. OWOSSO, 'And it is gone ?' Noel Bank on a chair near the door. Wall went up to him. He was a power fully-built man, and he towered over Louis who was but a puny young fel low. 'Bring me that money!' he said. Noel pushed him away steadily. 'Keep your hands off of me. I must think this means more to me than to you.' Wall drew back. There was a mo ment's silence. 'It means ruin to you. Look at me, Noel. This will not sur prise the Arm. They have long sus pected you. You cannot pass it off as an accident. Now listen. If that money is not within my hands in an hour, I must return to-night and make all known. Even if Freyteau will not censent to your arrest you will he dis charged.' He lowered his voice. 'Miss Page will not be likely to marry a pen niless vagabond and a thief.' 'What of Miss Page?" said a clear voice behind him. Louis stood up. Wall turned and faced her, a slow heat of triumph rising in his heavy jaws and half -shut blue eyes. There had been some softening ol pity m his tone just now, but now he remembered that this man was his rival, and was in his power. James Wall was not the man to delay using that power lor one remorseful mo ment. 'Monsieur Noel is in difficulty,' he said, gravely looking down and rubbing ms weil-kept nails as though in embar rassment. 'His returns to the firm there is a delicieucy of several thousand pounds.' Hester went quickly up to Noel. There was something wholesome and invigorating in her decisive step, in the keen common sense lighting in her brown eyes. 'xoucanset this right of course?' she said. "I have not spent the money, it was in my desk yesterday." She looked at him a moment, then for the first time in her life laid her hand on his arm. 'Monsieur Noel, you are not your self ! You have been robbed. Why do you stand here? Why do you not make search , arrest the servants ?' Noel avoided her eye. '1 will not do that,' he said. "They did not take it." 'He does not understand of what you accuse him,' she said impatiently to Wall, who laughed contemptuously. 1 do understand. I will search for the money again.' He turned to Wall: The boat will not be in for an hour. Give me that time.' The stupor was shaken off. Some thing of his usual gusty awkward ve hemence was in his manner as he went out. But when Wall said : 'He knows he will not bring the money hack,' Miss Page secretly felt that he was right. She took up her netting and and seated herself by the window. We will wait here until the hour is over,' she said quietly, and Wall recog nized himselt as a prisouer. A stronger will than his had resolved on justice for Noel. He ceuld not go out as he intended to published the theft in Ta dousac. 'Unfortunately,' he said, 'suspicion has been directed against this young man for some time. A charming fel low, too! A thousand pities!' Hester I lingers steadily went m and out of the blue web, but she remained silent. Noel on the upper floor halted at the door of a chamber next to his own. Within the French horn sounded a wailing cry. He stood a minute, drew a long breath of gathered strength and went in smiling. M. Noel, seated by the window, rose quickly to meet in in, laying down his instrument care fully. He wore a velvet jacket, and cap on lus long white hair. Noel took as much fond pride in devising pictur esque costumes for his father as a wo man would for her baby. His features were sensitive and fine as those of Lou is, but the eyes were shallow and glas sy and there was a perpetual deprecat ing smile on the mouth. Is it time for our walk, my son ?' he said, speaking the pure French of the old families of Quebec. Louis with the smile still on his face placed a chair. 'We will talk a little first, father.' Standing behind him.his hands on his shoulders, he glanced at the clock. Not an hour! Yet if he frightened the old man he could dis cover nothing. He talked of indiffer ent matters, and then said: How did you amuse yourself to-day, sir?' 'With my music, Louis, and I stroll ed across the mountains.' With these, also?' taking from a drawer a pack of greasy cards. M. Noel started up pale and trembling as a guilty child. 'They are not mine! i ney were lent, to me! I only play a little game of solitaire.' Why, assuredly! Do you ever wager with yourself, sir? One hand against the other ?' Why I never tried that!' chuckling, delighted. 'I wager with Jacques when we play. A trifle bah !' And the money you play with? You hide it as you used to do? Here there where Jacques cannot find it?' M. Noel nodded complacently. 'Trust me for that Nobody will ever find it. Why, there are places among the rocks' Louis looked out at the vast stretch of mountain ledges over which his father had wandered that day. The clock ticked faster. Father,' he said coming in front of him. 'My son! Who has hurt you?' The gentle face was full of wild terror. What have they dene to you? You never looked like that in your life, Locic.' MICH., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1882, 'Never mind. It's all right father, all right.' kneeling down before him j and soothing him. He thought if he told mm tue truth surely uod would waken some snark of intelligence in the poor dead brain to help him. The hour was nearly over. His strait was desperate. 'There was some money in a package in my desk, father. It is gone. Do you know where it is ?' The tenderness faded out of the blue eyes. They grew by turns perplexed, vacant, men cunning. 'An, Louis! You want to find out my hiding-places to store your money. Va! Va! We old people have our little secrets, eh?' clucking with his tongue. Noel started up. Oh, for Ood's sake! You are my father! Be a man again! Come hack this once to save me!' A shadow of comprehension strug gled into the vacant face, like life gal vinized into a corpse. Then it died out. 'You frighten me,' he cried; 'I did not see the money.' Louis was no fool. He saw how he could shelter himself by leaving the crime where it undoubtedly belonged. It would probably be condoned as the act of an imbecile. He threw his arms with a shudder around the old man and reverently kissed the gray head. 'Do not be frightened, father,' he said gently; 'nothing shall harm you.' A moment later Hester hearing his Arm steps without rose. 'He has the money!' she said. Wall also rose. 'You have found it?' No. 'Noel, all of his life vehement and passionate, stood now quiet and reso lute, while Wall swaggered uncertainty- 'You know the consequences, Noel? You are accountable. I can do noth ing for you. I shall telegraph to the firm from Quebec and return to-morrow.' 'The money,' said Louis slowly, 'may be forthcoming by that time.' 'So late a repentance will li.mil v save you,' sneered Wall. 'If it were not for Freyteau I would order your arrest at once. He turned irresolutelv to Miss Pace. bowed, and without speaking left the room, going immediately down to the little steamer which lay at the pier. Hester went up to Louis. 'You do not defend yourself.' she said, with a queer choking in her voice. MNO. 'You did not even say that vou were not guilty ?' Their eves met. There was a lono- silence. Noel put his hand up to his mourn uncertainly. 'I can say nothing.' He turned away. She stood still, her clear eves follow ing him, her unconscious fingers tear ing the web she had netted bit by bit. It fell in a hean on the floor. She came to his side with a little rush as Pere Matthieu entered the room. I will speak for you then.' sliding her hand into his arm. 'Ah, Father congratulate us! 1 have accepted Mon sieur Noel. I must announce our be trothal. It is our custom in the states.' The good Father was shocked at her want of decorum. Her cheeks burned, her eves shone with so;t brilliance. Come, come!' she cried. 'We may yet be in time to tell the news to our friend lames Wall. It will cheer him on his oyage.' She almost dragged Louis down to the garden which overlooked the pier, on which a little crowd had gathered. He held her back. You shall not blast your life forme! Why do you do this ?' 'Because I love you,' she sobbed. At that instant Wall, stepping from a little bateau on to the deck of the steamer, looked up. He saw her cling ing to Noel s arm; started and hastily drew back; the bateau rocked, over turned, and Wall with the Indian boat man was struggling in the water. The Indian, who swam like a fish, easily gained the land, but Wall was washed a helpless lump under the steamer, and then drifted down into the black resist less current of the Saguenay. Hester was a gentle creature, but she certainly did remember at that moment that the drowning man was the only witness against Noel. On the con trary, Louis in an instant was his old self, frantic with excitement, shouting, kicking off his boots. Where are you going ?' she said sharp ly. 'Why, Wall cannot swim,' he cried, plunging into the rushing flood. Both men disappeared in the night. The whole village gathered on the pier, crying, swearing, talking at once, Pere Matthieu ordered out boats and went in one himself, which presently brought both men ashore Louis was conscious and staggered to his feet They laid Wall s heavy body under the trees and stood about it with their lanterns, while Pere Matthieu drew off his coat and put his ear to his breast. He is alive,' he said. 'Carry him' But Hester's keen eyes saw what no one else did. She swooped down on the prostrate body like a white bird on its prey. 'Stop! she cried wildly, draw ing something from his breast. 'Take witness all of you that I take this from him. It is a package marked 'Louis Noel. Five thousand pounds.' Oh, I.ouis! Louis!' Noel put his arm round her and led her away. Her passionate love filled him with such a new keen joy that he did not fully understand the meaning of what had happened. When he did he only said humbly: 'Then I wrong ed father. God forgive me! Let us go to him, Hester.' He was eager to tell him that the American girl of whom tbe old man was so fond had promised to stay with them in Tadousac and be his wife. Here surely was heaven opened. When James Wall, clothed and in his right mind, entered the pension an hour or two later, he found the three together chattering and laughing. They grew silent as he approached. They tell me I owe you my life, Noel,' he said hoarsely. Louis turned away. It hurt him to see the man's humiliation. It did not hurt Hester one whit. 'Here is the money,' she said, sweet ly smiling, tapping the package. 'Mon sieur Noel will himself transmit it to Montreal.' Wall looked into the soft taunting eyes one breathless moment. 'I did it for vou, woman,' he said, and turned away. Louis Noel never mentioned Wall's name after that day. But his wife often did, always adding, 'There was much good in that man after all. AT THE CAPITAL, THE TAX BILL HEADY FOR EXECUTIVE APPROVAL CONGRESSIONAL RE-APPORTIONMENT AT A DEAD LOOK lill FIRE RMLIEF BILL SAFELT THROUOH BEGINNING OF THK KND The tax bill was taken up by the Senate on Tuesday of this week, and gone over as carefully in committee of the whole as it was by the House, Tuesday and Wednesday and a part of to-day being occupied in its consideration, until finally at noon to-day the vote on its final passage was reached and the bill passed by a vote of yeas 80, nays 2, Senators Ambler and Brown voting no. m the course of its cousi deration the Senate made forty amendments to the bill as it passed the House. A few of these, on being submitted to the tax commission as required by the law cre ating the commission, were disapproved, and the Senate reconsidered and rejected such, yet leaving about thirty actual amendments to the bill. At a session of the House this evening these were all concurred in aud the bill now goes to the go v rnor for his approval, which it is sure to receive at the earliest op portunity. The state will ihen have a new system ot assessing and collecting taxes, which no previous legislature with all the other work on its hands has been able to devise and pass. After comparatively little wrangling less than was supposed the Senate on the 3d took up the congressional re apportionment bill, hurried it through the oommittee of the whole and finally passed it by a vote of 23 to 5 nays, those voting no, being Senators Ambler, Vndrews, Kilpatnck, looker and Welch. The title of the bill was chang ed so that it is simply "a bill to divide the state of Michigan into eleven con gressional districts." ach district shall be entitled to elect one represen tative, the districts to be constituted of the several counties, and numbered as follows, to wit: Urst, Hi- First District aliail consist of. the county of Wayne. Seoi,d, l i.i' second District shall consist or the Couuties of Mourot, Lenawee, Hillsdale ami VVaehtenaw. Thin'. The Third District shall consist of the counties of Jackson, Celhouu, Branch, Barry and Eaton. Fourth, The Fourth District shall consist of the counties of Berrien, Cass, SL Joseph, KhI- amutoo anil V i;i Buren. l Mli, the Fiftli District shall consist of the counties of Allegan, Kent, OUawa and Ionia. Sixth, I he Sixth District shall consist of tbe counties of Livingston, Ingham, Oakland, Shiawassee aud Genesee. Seventh. Tbe Seventh District shall consist of the counties of Maooiub, St. Clair, Sanilac, Lrtpeer, Tuscola and Hurou. Kightb. 1 be Eighth District shall consist of the counties of Montcalm, (ilratiot, Saginaw aud Clinton. Ninth, The Nimta District shall consist of the couuties ot Bay, Midland, Isabella,Meoosta, Osceola, Clan-, Gladwin, Missaukee, Roscom mon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Alcona, Oscoda, Craw ford, Kalkaska, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpene, Preeque Isle, Cheboygau aud Emmet. Tenth, i i e Tenth Diatrici shall consist of the counties of Muskegon, Oceaua, Newaygo. Lake, Mason, Manistee, Wexford, BenEie.Grnna Traverse, Leelauaw, Antrim, Kalkaska, Char levoix aud Manitou. Eleventh, I he Eleventh District shall con sist of the counties in the Upper Peuinaula, viz., couuties of Mackinac, CbippewR, school craft. Delta, Menominee, Marquette, Hough ton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Isle Royal .nd Onton agon. It was generally understood at once that the House would not pass the bill without considerably amending it, and so the sequel showed. After spending two or three dayB in "fixing" a bill to suit certain would-be congressmen who are now members of that body, the House on the 8th instant, by a vote of 59 yeas to 28 nays, passed one that left the first five districts as in the Senate bill, but so materially changed the last six that we herewith give them as fol lows: Sixth. The sixth distiict shall consist of the counties of Olluton, Ingham, Livingston, Gen esee and Oakland. Seventh. Tbe seventh disttict shall consist of the counties of Macomb, St Clair, Lapeer, Sanilac and Huron. Eighth. I'he eighth district shall consist of the counties of Shiawassee, Saginaw, Gratiot, Montcalm, Isabella and Midland. Ninth. The ninth district shall consist of the counties of Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Osceola, Ivke, Mason, Manisteee, Wex ford, Benzie end Missaukee. Tenth. The tenth district shall consist o Ihe couuties f TuscoIk, Bay, Gladwin, Clare Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Crawford, osco (I , Alconn, Alpena, Montmorency, Otsego, Fresque I si , Cheboygau and Emmet. Eleventh. Theeleventh distt ict shall consist of tbe counties of Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Antrim, Leelanaw, Charlevoix, Manitou, Mack inac, Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Delta, Menominee, Marquette, Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Isle Royal end Ontonagon. In these amendments the Senate re fused to concur, and a committee of conference consisting of nine (one from each district) from each house, has been ordered, and is now in session. It is quite likeh that an entirely new deal all around will be the outcome, as neither house seems disposed to accept of the other's bill. NO. 43. The House on the 7th passed the Senate bill appropriating 250,000 in am or tne nre sufferers and f 15,000 to be divided among the lit tv schnnl Hi. tricts that lost their school houses by the fire. It passed as it had passed the Senate with the amendment providing that the money ($300) should not lc paid to the school districts until after the houses were built. The Senate to-day passed the House bill appropriating $100,000 for rebuild ing a portion of the main building of the reform school. The building hat, been built over 25 years, and is literally falling dowu. This is one of th mm. propriations urged by the governor in uis message at tne opening of the ses sion. The Senate has this afternoon passed three or four bills providing for repeal ing certain laws, made necessary by the passage of the main tax bill, allud ed to above. As they had previously passed the House, they are out of the way. Should the reapportionment muddle be settled promptly, the session will close within the twenty days (next Tuesday), unless the governor sends in extra work, as many Buppose he intends doing. Bohemian. Lansino, March 9, '82. DETltO.TT MARKETw. PBOOUGB AM. PROVISIONS The general produce market for the week has beeu quiet. Quoted rates are as follows: Mess pork, $18 00: do family, $18 00 clear, 20 00 lard, 10(311 for tierces, llfc for half barrels; hams. 1212c; shoulders, 8X 0c; bacon 12; extra mess beef, $12 25 for western au.l $11 bu for Detroit; dried beef. 121X. Pooxtby Market light, turkeys sold at 14 l'W . Chickens were sold at UuilSc. oer III ILOUB White wheat brands, citv Sti White wheat brands, country. uo whkat wmte bu Rib- bu- 1 21 1 28 0 I i 00 tJS . I B 3 76 1 e 60 . 2 00 2 10 11 15 i 12 I 18 20 28 4 50 12 x 14 75 80 2 25 ut 8 00 26 ut 82 20 I 22 7 40 7 60 10 $ 18 14 00 (f 18 00 0 $ 7 7 8 20 g 26 1 08 fl 1 10 75 I 1 00 Him 7 4 00 t rt l k)8N bu Oats V bu Applbs bbL Bablbt bu Chbbsb Ohio A Midi., Ib.. I)bibi Fboit Apples f tt. . 14 e vapor to Peaches cbanbbbbibs per box Maplx Sugab per 100 lb. . .. Oniomb -J bu Eoos j doz.. Hat ner ton. hidbs -Green Cored. Hops shkbp Pblts eaeb FALLOW fj B Detroit Live Stook Market. The c.ittlo market has been moderately ac tive, prices were about 10c lower than last week. Oxen were about the same as last week. CATTLB. Steers extra per cwt 96 ooor 10 Steers good shippers 4 605 50 Steele butchers 4 605 00 Steers common grades 8 754 25 SHBBP. Per 100 lbs. 4 500 25 HOSB. Per 100 lbs 6 40(3 1 00 1 cauffht a severe cold, and unumlurina ou told me to use "Down's Elixir" I bought a ottle and in Itsa then three days my couh and sore throat bti vanished! If $ good. FVBLISBKR. Mew Market, M. H., Advertiser. Please send me six bottles Dr. salsa Man. drake Bitters. 1 never need a medicine that aia ms so much good as tb.s. 1BA Taylob, Holland, Mich. Hem v A Johnaoa'a ArulftHanri (til i.l is the best family liniment made. I he Meo Leges ( newspaper ) office at Consten- tinople has been mobbed by Greeks, the editor having charged the it ek patriarch with mis appropriating funds raised for education In Macedonia. The editor wes killed by .the mob, the ringleader of which has been arrested. Besotted From Death. William J f Vtnrrklt.. afl 14r.,... . III.. U. eays: In the fall of 176 I was takeu with BLBBMNO or tub LDNOS, followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 I was admitted to the hoepttal. the doctor said I had a hole in my lung as big as a half dollar. At one time a repoit went around that I whs dead. I gave up hone, but a friend told me or DR. WIL I.I AM HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNttS. I got a bottle, wbeu to my Burnrise, I oomuieuo ed to feel better, and to day I feel better th- n tor three years pest I write tbis hoping every one afflloted with diseaeed iungs will take DR. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAM, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. I can pos itively say it baa done more good than ail the other medicines I have taken since my sickness HOW TO SKCURE HEALTH. It seems strange bat any one will eafier from the many derangements brought on by an impure condition of the blood, when KCOVIM.'R A K.SAI AHN I A AMD STIU.INOIA Or Blood ami Livbb Stbdp will restore perfect health to the physical organisation. It s in deed a strengthening syrup, pleasant to take aud has proven iteelf to be the bbst Bvoov Pubifbb ever discovered, effectually curing Scrofula, Syphilitic disorders, Weeknees ef the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Melaria, ail Nervous dhr ordery snd Debility, Bilous complaints, and all diseases indicating an impure condition of tbe blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Skin, etc. end correct indigestion. A single bottle will prove to you its ni ni- as e health renewer, for It acts MKB A CHASM, especially when the oom- Slaint is of an exhaustive nature, having e ten eucy to leen the natural vigor of the brain end nervous system. HEKRY'ft CARBOLIC SALYI. The Bis Sal?b in the world for OntB Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Selt Rheum, Tetter Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Gome, end el kinds of Skin Eruptions. Freckles and Pimples Tbe salve is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction In every ease or money refnnded. Be sure you get Hbhbt'b Cabbolic Salts, as all others are bet Imitations end counterfeits. Price 25 cent. JAS. K DAVIS A CO., Whelesalc Drufftsto, Werett, Mlefcw, Ajaato. CONGRESS. March w. In the Senate the Calendar wee taken up and the bill for a commission on the alcoholic liquor teriff was further debated. The pending ameuduient, directing that not more than three of the five members of the commission shall tie of the same political par ty, was agreed to. Mr. H i ml moved to re quire that not more than three shall be Pro hibitionists. The amendment was agreed to, yeas 82, uays 10. The Chinese bill then cams Pi end after a long debate, iu which Messrs. Hawley, Joaet, Sherman, Miller, (irover, end Brown took part, the bill passed 20 to 1A In tbe House tbe committee on appropria tions deferred action until Monday upon the question of an additional appropriation for the sufferers by the overflow in the Mississippi Valley Bills were reported: By Mr. Bunnell a bill providing for the cancellation of stamps on tobacco exported by rail. Committee of the whole. For tbe admission into the Union of the State of Washington. Commit tee of the whulc. Dlreoting that all public buildings shall be constructed t the materia fouud in the state where the buildings are to be erected. Committee of the whole. The agricultural appropriation bill was considered in Commitlee of tbe whole, which reported favorably to the House, aud tbe bill paased. March 10. In the senate to day Mr. Moigaa reported from the committee on forehru rela tions requesting the President to call the atten tion of the government of Nicaragua to the necessity of arranging by onvention for a final settlement of unadjusted claims existing between the United States and that country The senator stated that the amount Involved was from 8,000,000 to 0,000,000. Adopted. Mr. Vest Introduced a resolution authorizing the secretary of war to use vessels of the gov ernment on the Misisslppi and Its tributaries or the distribution ef supplies to the sufferers by the overflow. Adopted. Mr. Conger intro duced a bill authorising the construction and testing or an automatic meter to measure the quantity and the specific gravity of distilled spirits and malt liquors. The house went into a committee on tbe private calendar, but rose informally after dla- cussiug the relief of C. P. Chateau, and pawed the senate joint resolution authorizing the secretary of war to use government vessels for the transportation and distribution of the atlons furnished by the United Suites to the ufferers Oy the Mississippi river overflow. The oommittee then resumed its session. At tbe night session seventy-seven peusion bills were passed a d the bouse adjourned till Monday. The toad, though an uglv and reuul- sive looking animal, is really very ser- viceaDie. lis loon consists ol heetles, woodlice, spiders worms, slues and even snails. Kept in a garden or greouhouse thev will destroy an im mense number ol injurious insects, wniie aoing absolutely no harm. "Lives of great men always remind us that we are all subject to die," says an exchange, but never cough yoursslf away as lonsr as vou can raise 25 cents for a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Cavalry are pursuing natives who mutdered nine Europeans between Tunis and Eelrwan, several men of the band have been caught aud summarily deelt with. NBBveuBMBSS, and all derangements ef tbe nervous system, are usually connected with a diseased condition of the blood. Debility Is e frequent accompanimont. The first thing to be done is to improve the condition of tbe blood. Tbis is accomplished by taking Vmb TOiB. It is a nerve-medicine, and possesses a controlling power over the nervous system. Thirty Jewa with an aggregate capital of 25,000 roubles, have just settled in Palestine and will engage in farming. Dr. Pierce's "ttolden Medical Discovery" has become so thoroughly established iu public favor that were It not for the forgetfulnees of people it would not be necessary to cell atten tion to ite power to cure consumption, whum i scrofula of die lungs, and other blood dis eases, as eruptions, blotches, pimples, nloera, end "iiver complaint." Advices from the west coast of Africa report that a ferry boat, while crossing tbe Lagoon of Lagos, capsixed and forty-seven of the sixty persons on board were drowned. HOW WOMEN WOULD VOTE. Were women allowed to vote, every one In the land who has used Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" would vote it to be an unfailing remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex. By druggists. In the Parliamentary election at Northamp ton to-day Bradlaugh received 8,708 votes and Cor belt 8,087. WHAT PHYSICIANS AY. 8AN LEAMHiU, Ccd.. Jan. 8. 1277. Dr. K. V. PlBBCB, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dmr Sir, I have employed yoer "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" in my practice for tbe last four years. I now see no other alterative or cathartMt medioines in all chronic derangements of the stomach, liver, and bowels. I know of noth ing that equals them. J A. Mi i.i. be. M. D. MacLean is identified as a suspicious fre quenter of Windsor Oaetle vicinity last sum mer. Your stomach and hver are tbe offspring ot nearly all your ills. Why In tbe name of com mon sense don't you use Db. Holman'b Stom ach Pad, Piaster a' id Medicated Foot-baths f They won't fell you. A Prussian spy has beeu arrested at Lyons France, with maps and plans of defensive works of that city in his possession. If you are laaguld. constipated or generally debilitated from lack of rich blooa. try James Tonic Pills. They ere the greatest blood en richer ef the age, and when used tbe ubove troubles are unknown. Jas. K. Davis A Co., wholesale Agts., Detroit Mioh. JAMES COUGH PILL CO., Buffalo N. Y. Gladstone has officially stated be cannot pos sibly entertain an applies, ion for the remission ef extra tobacco duty. Important Notice Efficient, active men, with or with out experience in the business, are de sired by tbe Mtua Life Insurance Co. to canvass in territory where it is not at present r presented? Persons desir ing an agency should address A.C. WKONKB,Manager for Mich., teOOrlawold St., DBTROIT, MIOH. JFoheCrffoiougToldii, Hoarseness, Croup, Asthma, Bron J chitis,Whooping Cough, Incipient Contraption and for the relief of I' consumptive persons in advanced stages of the Disease. For Sale JbTllDTug- mm