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PAW PAW. MICHIGAN.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tho Bast.
Tho wife Of Alexander Agaaata, ion of the
lato Professor, died last week in Uoston. m
,,. uini'iiiii, superinduced by fatigue in attend
Ipg upon her fathcr-iu-law.
OabtB agents Ul York Htato that orders
have been rOOtiVM that no more ritleH MM
lu'. ilod by tho Cuban forces, an they have cul
tured more than sufficient to ann all tho men
tbiit they can pal at present into tho held.
Tho ti nil Of m-Mayor Hall, of New York,
ha resulted in Ins acquittal.
The extotiMvo dry goods llrm of Jordan.
Marsh I i .... Boston, is charged with frauds
on tho revenue to the amount of 000,000.
and tho book! and property of IS bOOM have
b00B MfBOd by an silent of the Treasury De
partment. These frauds have, it is alleged,
been carried on systematically for a series of
years.
A lialumore dispatch states that tho lili
buntn rtOMMT Kdgar Stewart in lilting out in
that port for Cuba.
The United States Hloop-of-war Juniata,
having onboard tho surviving peaaeafon Of
ilie ;i .;iuiiiH, arrived at New York tho othof
.lay. and an examination of them was at once
comuiencod by tho United States District At
torney. It iH stated that thero is a concerted
plan among tho prisoners to profess utter ig
norance of Mio Virgimus' lnist-ion at the time
die was captured, and all facts relating to her.
They have agreed to this scheme, it is sup
posed, iu order to avoid trouble with the
t'nited States Government, in case it should
be proved that the neutrality laws were vio
lated. Miss Eliso Holt, tho well-known actress.
died in Pittsburgh, a few days ago, of pneu
mouia. A cheeriugaign of tho gradual recovery of
the country from tho effe-ts of tho recent
financial crisis is shown in the fact that nearly
all of the largo manufactories in New Kn
gland are resuming operations.
The west.
A watch factory is to bo established at l.ock
ford, DL
Tho town of Lincoln, New Mexico, was
lately the scene of a bloody tragedy, in which
David Warner, Mr. Herrold, J. L. (ilynn, and
Juan Martin were killed. Martin was a con
stable, and, with a posse, tried to arrest the
others. Warner killed him. Tho Sheriff's
party killed Warner, and tho other two named
were also found dead, riddled with bullets.
Edward Schwar.voogel. his child and wife,
all Prussians, and recently from Baltimore,
Md., wcro found in their room at a hotel in
Cincinnati, the other evening, tho two former
dead, ami the latter dying, from inhaling the
gas. which they luul neglected to turn oil
before retiring.
Fivo hundred and thirty million dollars'
worth of goods wero sold in Chicago during
the past year at wholesale alone, being a gain
of IS per cent, over the same business of 1871,
and a gain of ftl per cent over that of 1870.
A frightful tragedy was enacted at tho vil
lage of Riga, near Dodson, Ohio, on Christ
mas Day. A party had assembled to have a
hooting match, and two brothers, named John
and Henry Stone, quarreled about loading the
riflo used. John called Henry a liar, when
Henry drew a revolver and shot John, killing
him instantly. Tho spectators being much
excited, caught and hung Henry to the limb
of a tree, and, when taken down, life was ex
tinct. Too much whisky caused it all.
Chris, Uafferty. tho murderer of Policeman
O'Meara. of Chicago, who has been thrice
convicted and sentenced to death, and who
was to have boon hung at Waukcgan on the
2t;tli of December, has been granted a super
sedeas. 8t. Louis has established a soup and sleep
ing house for the deserving poor.
A Davenport (Iowa) hotel waiting-maid has
fallen hoir to a million dollars iu Ireland.
The groat bridge of the Chicago, Alton and
St. Louis railroad, at Louisiana, Mo., has
been completed, and trains are passing over it.
Judge (ioddin. of tho Seventh Judicial Dis
trict of Kansas, has given a decision in the
disputed Osnge lands in favor of the settlers.
Tho case will be appealed to the Suproino
Court.
Tho accounts of the Treasurer of Leaven
worth county. Kan., are in confusion, and a
committeo who have examined them report
that that oflirer is "short'' 160,000.
Through the negligence of a turnkey, eleven
prisoners ipiietlv walked out of the Peoria
(111. ) jail a few evenings ago.
The report that the nigineers of the North
western and Illinois Central railroads had
j iined in the late strike u,ir premature.
The earnings of the Illinois Central railroad
for the six months ending Oct. . '11 were
I80,8b2.631 an excess of $1,018.68 over last
year.
David A. Gage, tho defaulting ex-Treasurer
of Chicago, lias turned over his property to a
trustee for the benelit of the city. Tho prop
erty is valued at r.VJs."'0ii, while tho deficit in
his accounts amounts to 507,000.
Tho Antiona! Crop Itimrtt r, of the 2'.th ult.,
publishes returns from the States of Illinois,
Minnessota. Wisconsin. Iowa, Ohio, Kamas,
Missouri, and Indiana, in relation to the sup
ply of bogs for the current season, showing
that the total number fattened in the States
named is I 1-10 per cent, less than for the
season of '72. Tho comparative' falling off iu
each State is as follows: Illinois, 5 percent.
Minnesota, 10 :i-10 Wisconsin, I 0-10; Iowa,
6 5-10; Ohio, 2-10; Kansas, 7 0-10 ; Mis
souri, 7 :l-10; Indiana, 7 S-10.
The report of the produce trade of Chicago
for tho ast year shows a marked increase
fir preceding years. The receipts of bread
stuffs aggregate :.;.7.!1..V.h bushels, against
MIMtl bushels in ls72. There were re
eciv.d the extraordinary number of 4, MO, 000
live hog, and 7fi;i,000 head of cattle. The
value df t lie jiroduee revived -hini.e; the year
la ri!4fl,tMKl,0t)n.
The State ISeOBSrS1 AhsoriatioiiH of IflBMMS
WiHcoiiNhi, Indiana and Michigan held their 1
annual ooiivontioiin lant. week, and tho attend
ee., Bbowa that great importance Ih attached
to iiMMH)eeaaataBBi
HaB8sa Baasaeai sswaaa
wero recently
"".:r,i 8J MetBSS
Iop. 50.nria
Point, Win. fatlmalsil
A party of trikin railroad BBSjtaaaBl wont
tO tll I llLM,f.-lllllMi. txt llin Uff.. Jll.
JIali-.,i, and Indiai.ajoliH railroad, at IikTimii-
a)oliH. and. while ono held a revolver to tho
j ... .il- ... I'' I ''11. ! I I 11
noan oi the watchman, tho other
and diaabled ten locomotive.
broke up
The enumeration of the achool chiidr. n m
Indiana, just completed, shows 631. HS hit.
and i),183 colored school children. Total,
140,181
The 8outh.
JohnS. lb.pl. ins, the wealthiest citi. n of
Baltimore, is dead.
Washington.
Prosidunt Grant is reported aw saving t h.,!
he hit no intention of w lthdrawin;: i at- MMft
ination of Attorney-General Williams as ( ulsl
Justice of tho Tinted States.
An Associated Pros telegram f n mi Wash
ington sajB: Tho law of 17M! making it the
duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to ap
pear BafSSB Congress personally, or in writing,
and explain his views on tho tiuui ices, lias
never been repealed, and a member of the
House proposes to offer a resolution, after the
holidays, requiring HOOMOMJI Kichardr-.ni tu
appear in the House and explain his views on
WVOnl tinancial propoMt ions : anion others,
bis proposed increased taxation.
Madam 1 tumor in busy Vith Cabinet change.
Tho latest is that Secret ar lh hard-. n and
Mr. S. ibonek, Minister to the Court of St.
James, are about to exchange official posi
tions. A Washington dispatch of Dec. '25 says : " It
is safe to bay that, upon the resembling of the
Sonate. the nomination of Williams as Chief
Justice will be withdrawn. It is ascertained
that if a voto wore taken on his confirmation
in a full Senate, thero would be a majority of
eight against him on tho Republican side,
without counting tho opposition, It is con
fidently predicted that Caleb Cushing's name
will be sent in next."
It is stated that tho estimates for river and
harbor improvements will be cut down from
1 20, oi to. otM) to 88,000,000.
Several of tho members of the Senate Com
mitteo on Privileges are hard at work on
schemes for amendments to tho Constitution,
relative to the election of President. At the
lirst meeting of tho committee it partially
matured a plan before the session began,
which Involves the abolishment of the Electoral
College, and makes the election by a plurality
instead of a majority.
The President has appointed Caleb Cashing
to succeed Gen. Sickles as Minister t Spain.
The President has pardoned liingold. Young,
Neil and Harkins, of Alabama, who are now
serving out terms of imprisonment for Ku
Kluxism. During eighteen months past lifty-
uine persons who wero convicted of Ku-Kltix-lhin
have been pardoned. About twenty appli
cations for pardon are still ponding beforo the
Attorney-General.
Orders have heen issued from the Navy De
partment to discontinue the recruiting depots
at Toledo, Detroit, New Orleans. Pal: iniore.
and various other points which were opened at
the beginning of tho complication with Spain.
It is rumored that tho President will nom
inate Gen. Schenck to bo Secretary of the
Treasury, vice Richardson, the present Secre
tary, to bo Secretary of the Interior, and
transfer Secretary Delano from the latter de
partment to the mission to England.
The survivors of the crew and passengers of
tho Virginius have addressed a memorial to
President (irant expressing their heartfelt
and grateful thanks for tho energetic meas
ures taken for their timely rescue and delivery
from death or a sentence to a chain-gang or a
Spanish prison.
Foreign.
Gen. Ignacio Dousalcs has been elected
President of San Domingo. The new admin
istration, it is said, will attempt to annul the
lease of Samana Pay.
A dispatch froni the Hague MMOVBOM
that the Sultan of Acheen, seeing defeat in
evitable, has given in his submission to the
Dutch commander.
Advices from Santiago do Cuba repo n nt
the situation there as very serious. A short
time ago twenty-five citizens were aire, ted,
and after a mock-trial, without any evidence
being adduced against them, they wero told to
go home. On their way they wero cruelly
waylaid and killed. Only one escaped, and he
was riddled with bullets. The Americans are
continually in fear of their lives, and bitterly
complain that nothing has been done to re
dress their wrongs.
An otlicial denial is given in London to
tho story of the New York Timm, that the En
glish Government has demanded the punish
ment of Gen. Purriel.
Boohefort, tho Communist, is reported to
have died recently in the penal colony of New
Caledonia, whence ho was banished.
The siege of Cartagena, Spain, is being vig
orously pushed, and tho early fall of tho city
is predicted. The besieging forces have mad.
a breach in Fort St. Julian, one of the strong
est defenses.
A Perlin telegram announces that the 'ini
peror of Germany is recovering.
Tho ollieers of tho Transatlantic Steam bip
Company, in Paris, to which the steamer Ville
da Havre belonged, have investigated the dis
aster, ami fully exonerate tho officers and
crew of the lost steamer from tho charges of
cowardice and neglect of duty.
Francois Hugo, son of Victor Hugo, died in
Paris on the 2iih of December, aged It y ars.
Ralph Keeler. Cuban correspondent of the
New York TWOWW, recently fell overboard
from a steamer between Havana and Bantls '".
and was drowned.
A desperate conflict between a band of Car
lists and a Republican force occurred re
cently beforo Rocayrentc. in tho provinco of
Valoncie, Spain. The insurgents were de
feated with heavy loss in killed and wounded.
Marshal Paaine has left Versailles for Sto.
Marguerite.
Tho steamer Gipsy Queen sunk iu Um r. it
Thames on the 2'.th of December. Sixty per
sons wero on board, eighteen of whom wero
drowned.
A Havana dispatch states that tho steann r
Yn ginius has been condemned as a lawful
prize by the Prize Court in that city.
A Madrid dispatch reiterates the statement
!.. il. fl i ml !... 11 lalliail ,
ll,ai
toiieiuanu me resiuuiion oi mo mhw u- i
i;inius. as well as indemnity, basing its demand
wmm the decision of Attomev-( iencral Wil-
hams that sho ha1 no right to sail under the
Ann - rieim lla-;. Tl:f Captain-General of Cuba
ha- been invested with extraordinarv owot h,
and BerrW relieved of hti esBBBBBi at San-1
tin''
The KiiKliHliHteamor IWklow was wrecked
near Gibraltar rsoentta
and twent-ono out of
twenty-three of those on hoard were lout.
It in denied that Spain has any intention
of demanding the return of the Htcamer Vir-
gtatBBj
Advice from Cartnpena say the insurgents
are preimritie; o ll y from the city.
Political.
Judge Hager, of Han Francisco, lias been
eloctod to the hort term in the 1 nn 1 States
BSBSta from California. Ho takes Mr. Ca-
t
sci i uuaipireu lerin, wmcn runs uu .umcn
4, 1H75.
The majority for the now Constitution in
Pennsylvania 1H 1 15,110.
The Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, i
nauied as the probable successor of Gen.
Sickles as Minister to Madrid. He was for
merly Mounter to Portugal.
A Washington correspondent saya BoBSiOM
Sumner and Schurz will unite with the Demo
crats in criticising unsparingly the conduct d
the Administration in the Yirginius affair.
Judge Duiell, of Louisiana, who is 1 1. rea died
with impeachment, has made a direct
propeisition to the Washington Administration
to resign on condition that he bo guaranteed a
foreign mission. His proposal WM rejected.
The Grange.
Delegates 1 roiu the granges of Northwest
ern Missouri, Eastern Kansas and Southern
Nebraska met in St. Joseph, M .. on Doc. '21.
and organized a District Council. The con
vention was well attended, and a VOfJf har
monious organization was .effected. The
platform of tho Illinois Tanners' Association
was adopted by the Council, with some slight
additions.
The Masters of Subordinate Granges
throughout the State of New Hampshire, ac
companied by their wives, assembled at Man
i -he-tor on the '21th of December, and organ
ized a State Grange. A constitution and by
laws wero adopted. Resolutions were also
adopted against special privileges asking more
for themselves than they are willing to grant
for other industries; denouncing trickery,
bribery, and corruption iu elections ; favoring
equal and just taxation; calling upon the State
to give its children a moral and liberal educa
tion ; acknowledging the rights of woman by
admitting her as an euual in the Order: de
manding justice and economy in public affairs,
and recommending the Order as a bond of
Union stronger than armies.
Coneral.
The Virginius prisoners, who were nu
reudered at Santiago de Cuba, say that when
the officer! from the Tornado boarded the
Yirginius, one of them, in hauling down tin
flag of the United States, tore it into ifbbooi
and trampled upon it, asserting, with an oath :
This is what I have wanted."
Tho steamer connecting Cairo and tho Ken
tucky shore made its first trip on the 24th of
December. This is tho last link in the Missis
sippi Central railroad, which makes a through
all-rail route from Chicago to Now Orleans.
Ah a result of the tinancial troubles in Japan,
a part of tho young Japanese students who
have been studying at Ann Arbor, Mich., have
boon recalled home.
The railroads operated by the Pennsylvania
Company are seriously embarrassed by a
striko of the engineers against a reduction of
wages. There has also been a temporary in
terruption of tho running e.f trains on the
Illinois Cential and Chicago and Northwestern
roads from tho sanio cause.
The announcement has been made that the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company will fund
all the interest on its bonds up to and includ
ing January, 1878, ItttO uTQ JOOf 7 pOT OOllt
coupon-bonds, convertible into the Company's
tirst mortgage bonds at par. and into the land
of the company at 25 per cent, off from regu
lar prices.
As is customary at tho (dose of navigation,
the managers of the great east and west trunk
lines, like the New York Central, Erie, and
Pennsylvania roads, have met iu New York
and raised their freight rates.
Tho striko of tho locomotive engineers on
the lines operated by the Pennsylvania Cen
tral lias met with a sudden check in the shape
of kii official manifesto from the chief of the
Protherhood of Engineers, who announces
that the strike has been inaugurated in direct
and open violation of the rules, advises those
who have quit work to resume again and pre
vent others from stopping, and warns them
not to interfere with tho operations of tho
railroads. The roads aro gradually getting
into running order again, and the presence of
the militia at various points where tho excite
ment is t he greatest has had a good effect.
Doyond the throwing of a train from the track
near Cincinnati, one or two similar attempts
in Indiana, and tho shooting of a non-union
engineer at Indianapolis, no serious violence
has been used by tho strikers.
John J. Patterson, of Now York, has sent a
letter to Secretary Fish, declaring that he is
the registered owner of tho steamer Yirginius.
Ho protests against the opinion of the
Attorney-General by which he and his vessel
were condemned on ex parte testimony, fur
nished by Spain. Ho states that the Solicitor
of the Treasury gave him a bill of sale of the
steamer; thereupon he (Patterson) truly
swore that, ho was the owner, and tho Govern
ment gave her an American register, which
has ever Miice protected her.
Visible Supply or (train.
The visible supply of gniin, Including
tin; stocks iii primary nt tho pfiaeipN
points of accumulation at lake and
Onboard POffta, in transit by rail and
frozen in in transit on the New York
e'anals, was, Dee. 18, 1878 1
Oat,
..-7.r.i7
w.ooo
86,360
388,864
BJfTO
'.tr.,7 1.".
88,867
1,040
80,339
188,738
4,388
80,000
170,000
384,336
4:. !,( HI
Barley,
848.
338,901
.'.fcl.lHHI
188,716
416,014
sV.70
:t,'.T.'.'
I,t.s7
818,149
48,669
44,638
36,931
16,887
140,000
1 1,000
80,178
IO.IHHI
In tirr at
N'. w York .
AUnmy
lluiralo
'liie:iK
Milwaukee. .
Duliith
Toledo
.tr..it
Oftwetfn
St. I.uis
Barton
I ironta
Montreal
'Philadelphia .
' Baltimore . . . .
hit.
bu.
1 ,4t'i J,."'.-.
12,000
680,710
r.:,;i,7s'.
576,5H
s,hi;.-
3M,610
AMt
853,303
117.1J7
,ffl
, 141,738
, r.-.7,74ii
386,000
. 66,688
1,914,388
41, ."
401,807
888,048
M
1830Q
l
880,788
s:2,n ji
173,808
;hi
J4J,7'.ih
jl.'.,iKKi
188,81 .'
184,717
1.1IKI. Othl
Itail Hhipni't
so7,lii'.t
On N. V.cuiiaU. l,4oo,(KK
VI Dec, 18, 78, ,9,017,1 '.' 6,033,388 3,397,866 3,000,669
VI D. c. 8, "W. .8,497,300 6,610,813 3,331,661 1,860,818
VI Dec. 14, "73, .8,061,188 '...' i:i,444 ;t.-u.v.'14 8,118,480
Kftiinateil.
A P.vnis roiTOMpondfTit mentions an
1 tlnntinn uimoi in tl.uf I
amusing; jiiAu.mt... v,. " .
city 111 tno ivue ue miwuu oi.
Honore. There a tloetor's oflot and a
ootilterei's shol) are side by side, their
BjgBJ ovei lapping 4-aeh other, bo that M
a .dance the wavtarmg man, t liourli a
. , , i i .i
tool, may roan. it. i. "t'l'""
physician," ' Kills hi .order It strikes
us that Dr. li. is interesteii in naving
I a 1 mJ ih.iuik uirftiu ll tl Cti 1
posiuon in t. -e r
Consi'mition or Food. As a general
rule, cattle, horses and sheep eat three
per cent, of their live weight of food
per du that is, very near their own
weight' every mouth. Hut there is a
vast rtifhrajBfwi among them as to the
probable result of their consumption of
food. Some will merely keep alive,
while others will increase in weight and
size, Off produce miik in much greater
proportion for the food consumed.
Speech-. Makiutr In Cougre.
The style of unicli of the speaking
ihoWl that the pruver meeting BJtd tin-play-house
have boon its nurseries.
Those who have taken pin y-;iet rs as
models, are inflated, emplnitie and pain
lull j Blow, Bueb memberH say, "Mr.
Speaker, 1 ask leave to introduoei bill,"
a if the utterance vfvrv a startling
truth that had never burst upon the
world before, Tbej bTi tho tbontrienl
BBgl and vulgaritH-s, and say ehe-yild
for child, me for my, with much bist$
prqfitndo, swelling' and po . ing. Such
protenoios promiiooj rnnoh, um nlwicfi
lulls short. Those who have taken tin
Oil 11 louder and tho preacher as their
models, are also unpleasant speakers.
Then ns, and has been, a tendency in
certain OI the priesthood to run into a
nasal, snitHiug tone in the exorcise of
NpiritunI functions, under the mistaken
notion that it adds solemnity to the
words. This influence is very percepti
ble in Congressional apclYmir. and
s-.uietimes becomes so marked that we
expect a speaker to reach the climax,
raise himself on his toes with a tremu
lous shake and pronounce the " Yea,
veri-ly ' of the Praise-God Harebone d
Puritan memory. In the speaking of
Congress, it is worthy of remark, that a
great body and prominent stomach lend
a certain weight to the words pro
nounced. The dapper man with an
insignificant voice is thus at a disad
vantage, for let hirn apeak us he will,
his words do not have the iniportan N
of the men who delivers his over a greet
abdomen supposing them to be of
something like equal talents. This was
lilt! it rated in the presentation of a gold
BnufMxX to Lord . Jeffreys, a man of
great mental stature but small in the
aeah. Se who presented the box w as
large compared to the diminutive
nobleman and of dignified manners ;
alter j ronouueing the usual compli
ments, he handed the box to the noble
man With a grand bow ; the theatrical
ease of word end manner took a wot the
little man's faculty of speech, he thrust
the box into his pocket and sat down
without saying a word. In the same
way, the big men in Congros occasion
alb bear down upon the small, lean ones,
and if they cannot take away their
speech, they do sometimes disconcert
them with their ponderous ways and
utterances. .ScvVyn r'.s.
A Bit of Secrcl lllslory.
The following extract is from an arti
cle In the OtUaxSf magazine for Decem
ber, written by lion. (Jideon Welles,
ex-Seoreterj of the Navy. The period
alluded to is immediately after the de-
feat of 1 p in front of Washington,
and when the advance of the victorious
enemy upon the national capital carried
dismay t hroughout the country :
11 At the stated Cabinet meeting on
Tuesday, the '2d of September, while
the whole community was stirred up
and In confusion, and affairs were
gloomy beyond anything that had pre- ,
viously occurred, Stanton entered the
Council-room few moments in advance
of Mr. Lincoln, ami said, with great ex
citement, he had just learned from
Gkm, Halleek that the President had
placed M Clellan iu command of the
forces ei Washington. The information
was surprising, and, in view of the pre
vailing excitement agafflst that ollicer,
alarming. The President sooon came
in, and, in answer to an inquiry from
Mr. Chase, confirmed what Stanton had
stated. ( reneral regret was expressed,
and Stanton with some feeling remarked
that no order to that effect had been is- j
BUed from the War Department. The
President calmly, but with some em
phasis, said the Order was his, and he
would be responsible for it to the conn- j
try. With a retreating and demoralized
army tumbling in upon us, ami alarm
nd panic In the community, it was
necessary, the President said, that
something should be done, but there
seemed to be no one to do it. He
therefore bad directed McClellan, wlio
BJMW this whole ground, who was the ,
best organizer in the army, whose fac- !
ultv was to ortrsnise and defend, and
who would here act upon the defensive,
to take this defeated and broken army
and reorganize it."
All Editor Pleads His Own Case ami
Wins.
A funny suit against an editor has
been decided in tho Circuit Court at
Waukesha, Iowa. The Fays, proprie
tors of the La Belle House at Oeono
mowoc, brought an nction before a Jus
tice to recover $97. 0i for meals and
eJgBM furnished Ashley D. Harger,
editor of the Ooonomowoc TUnes,
Harger set up a counter claim of tftJO
for "pulling" the La Belle House.
Judgment was rendered for the plain
tiff, and Mr. Ilaiger appealed to a jury.
The case excited much interest, Harger
being well liked, and having a soli inn,
earnest manner of making very wittj
remarks. lie testified that Fay would
say to him: "Harger, I've got a nice
dinner to-day come in." " No, I thank
you, I'm going home." Fay would pre
vail on him to stay, and after dinner the
following colloquy : M Fverytliing in
there ail right, Harger ?" "Everything
excellent." Dessert all right?" " ex
cellent." M Ice cream all right?" " De
licious, Mr. Fay." " Very well, re
in mbet this i" your paper next w. ek."
In return for dinners and cigars, Harger
says that he told a .great many lies I
editorially worth more than a tliousand
dollars. He would never have pre
sented ti bill for the lies had not Fay
fallen out with him and wanted pay for 1
the dinner . Harger pleaded his own
Base, and the jury found a verdict for
inn, winch threw tne costs upon the
. . '.
hotel keepers
A om-.AT dial of intoxicating liquor
being sold in Afton, Iowa, the nndsunt-
cd ladies of that place latelv nimh
raid upon the sinful saloons, knocking
out the heeds of the barrels, shivering
the decanters and tumblers and every
where desolating the festive haunts of
Bacchus, 2 of them being dreadfully
demoralized. The Mayor did not inter-
fi.ro in. til tl.j.ci.i ........I Amn-rmiu l.n.1 MM.
menced operations' upon the "billiard
ImMmm Um ti, i,.t..f..r..,.i o,,.i ,w....i...i
the indignant wives and mothers to go
home.
In n pool across n road in the county
Of npperary is stuck up n pole, naving
I affixed to it a board w ith this inscription:
" Take notice, that when the water ifl J
J over this board the road is impassable." '
Prof. Agassi Ills Methods of Work.
Cainl r. New York Tribune.
He was always indifferent to nn ney
where science was concerned. He spent
it lavishly whenever he could get it,
often for things which would not make
show for the public, but which were
invaluable for the pursuit of scientific
truth. He was not a business man nor
a financier. If he WBIlteil BMHiej fflffhll
museum he would appeal to his friends
and the public, and was sure to get it.
Tin n lie would spend it rapidly fof col
lections or improvements, confident that
he could get more when he needed it.
He was also Ungnlaiij unmethodical
in his habits. Men who live and work
by the rule would be puzzled 10 under
stand how Agassi, BBBJUbged 80 b B0
much without these helps, He lived
and worked by inspiration. If he was
suddenly seized with an interest in SOBM
m-m -ttitic Inquiry, he would pursue it at
once, putting by other work in which he
, had just fairly got Started, "I always
I like to take advantage of my productive
moods," he said to me. Thus often he
J had several ironw in the tire, onlv one of
which might ultimately be finished.
Probeblj be sew that tbelael iron prom
i seii to work up bettor then the first.
He never could be made to work like 8
machine, turning out a definite quantity
at regulsr Intsrrsla, He never i it
j bound to regard the rule ths! yon muet
finish one thing before you begin
another, so emphatically presented in
the old school-books. His was a meth
od of working which would be ruinous
to any man who had not his wonderful
faculties, his fsr-sight and Insight,
With his great logical brain and his
marvelous powers of u hesitation, there
WSS united a certain telescopic intuition
which made his view of probabilities
something more than a guess. He never
proposed his own methods of working
as a model for others. )nce, however,
in my presence near relative ventured
to ask him if he did not think he would
accomplish more if be finished ne
thing before he began another. "Every
msn must work according to his own
method," he replied. He was in himself
a greel ot ntradiotion of ths methods by
which many have won success. He
achieved, but it WSS alter his own way.
It was frequently a hard thing to get
him to sign a paper, or write a letter
(except for aomebody else), or to look
over accounts off reports, or do little
routine work. Yet he could never have
attained his great emimnee in science
if he had not paid in this departm- nt
great attention to the minutest and ap
parently the most insignificant details.
Looking iit the drawing of a fish made
by his artist, he said, after taking a sin
gle glance, " It :s a beautiful drawing,
but don't you see yon here left out two
or three of the scales?" This story,
which I have s en el -ewhere, is vouched
for by the draughtsman w ho formerly
drew his specimens for him.
The Philosopher! Stone.
One is surprised to remember how
many eminent men have believed in the
philos. .pher's stone as a means by which
everything could be turned to gold.
Roger Bsoon believed In ita production,
and Arnold de Yilleneuve profesaed that
he could increase the stone at pleasure.
In 1540 Henry L granted patents and
commissions tolindout the philosopher's
stone, "to enable the Kmc to nav all
the debts of the crown in real gold and
silver." No gold, of course, was ever
made ; but the king had a forge or
smithy built for practice in Psll Mall,
on the site of the first Carlton House.
Ripley, the alchemist, wrote on the
"twelve gates" leading to the discovery
of the stune, in 1-170; but he repented
his wasted life, and begged all men
would burn his books, which were
"false end rein." Basil Vslentine, the
Qermsn monk, was of opinion that the
metals were compounds of salt, sulphur
and mercury, and that the philosopher'!
stone was composed of the same nigiv-
grediento, Cornelius Agripps joined
the French alchemist m searching t or
the atone. Dee and Kelly sou-lit for
the atone, Boyle and s.r esse New
ton joined ins prooesa for "multiply
ing gld," for which a company was . s
tebliahed in Loudon. Leibnitz joined
a society of Roeicruoisnain Nuremberg,
in the purauitof the philosophers atone,
Bergmsnn, the chemist, relates Dum
ber of eases in which gold was supposed
to be formed by the use of the philoso
pher's stone ; though they were the re
sults of fraud, by secretly introducing
Into the crucible gold pretended to bST
l en obtained by transmutation. Bom
times crucibles 'were made with a false
bottom, gold or silver being concealed
at the real bottom : when, heat beinu i
applied, the false bottom disappeared,
and the gold r silver was found at the
bottom of the crucible. Sometimes
gold or silver were introduced in char- cver 18 ,iot dRM .alone to the great
coal the hole tapped with wax or in EMOUnt of organic matter, taken main
hollow rods with which the crucible was 1 V lrom the atmosphere m w hich this
stirred, the ends beintr closed with wax.
A common exhibition was to din nails
in a liiiuid. and t ike fJiem one-halt e, in
verted into the gold. These nails were
one-half gold ami one-half iron, tin-gold
being covered with something to con
ceal its color, which the liquid removed.
However, 00 the principle that " 'tis an
ill wind which blows nobody good,"
nine benefits have accrued to mankind
from the ancient pTBOtioc f an art
which La now considered a low elusion
ami imposture. The books of the
alobsmiat show the Bflaota of experi
ments ; and though they were guided
by false views, they made most useful
researches, and thus laid the founda
tion of experimental science andmoderu
chemistry. Two centuries ago, Sir
Thomas llrowne regarded alchemical
studies as the cradle id chemistry.
Ths Colorado Canal. Irrigation and
Iitid Comimny has been organized at
i,v'' war the ptirpoea of buying and
selliie-iiinds and constructing a canal
, . .
onfiteli across tne eastern poruou oi
the Territory of Colorado, the water of
which is to he used for irrigating the
arid lands of the Territory. Tire canal
will be very large, and is to have a
capacity to carry three hundred feet of
water, standing measure. It 1R pro
I,,,s,'d to tuni the waters of the Platte
river into the main channel or ditch.
Tll'rp b subordinate canala or
laterals, and reservoirs at such points as
maybe neceasary, and the water is to
bo ihl to aettlers at a rate not to ex- 1
ceeil two dollars per men oi srauuing
measure. The capital stock is ten mill-
ions of dollars, divided into one hun-
dr. d tin u -' .id shares. J
Agricultural and Home Talk.
To BKMOVi: free cs, take muriate oi
ammonia, ono-hslf drachm, lavender
water, two draehms, rain water, one
half pint. Apply with B BJBOflSjS 1WO Off
three times B day. It is harmless and
will remove them m I few BSeekS.
Tomato Catkit. Take six pound ol
ripe tomatoes, prilikle With salt, and
let them a stand 8 day Of two, then b il
and pans through a colander, then add
half a pint of vinegar, a teaspoon! ul
each of cloves, pSPP r, ginger and cm
oamon, and bou one-third away. L it
tle tightly and shake well before using.
Heuk is another ev.den.-o of the
heetthralneea of fruit diet, The
Indiana Ftormer publishes the experi
enceof Daniel A. Mills, of Bridgeport,
whose hogs were "dying at a fearful
rate" with cholera, until he turned
them into the apple orcha rd, when till
those which were not to sick to eat tell
to and devoured the windfalls with
gusto, and began to mend immediately,
" a marked improvement be;ng obvam
iu three or four days."
CitEAKiMi boots and shoes may be
rendered noiseless by putting a row of
small nails down the middle Of the sole
from the toe halfway to the heel. These
nails should be well clim 1. d OB the in
side of the shoe and covered with a
leather Off cork sole to prevent wear on
the stocking. If before the shoes are
made the shoemaker rubs on the in. ick
surfaces of each piece of -oh -leather
salve made of black lend and tallow, the
shoes will never creak at all.
Hal dreams are frequently caused b
a tight neck band, which prevents the
blood when it has reached the brain
from flowing freely back again. Com
pression of any part of the body should
lie avoided at all times, I. ut especially
during alssp, Ths lighter the bedclothes
are the more refreshing and sweet will
be repose. For this reason, comfort
ers made of delaines off Other thin wool-
en material and stuffed with wool, are
far preferable to those made of cotton.
and wanner even than blankets, since
the fibers oi wool are wider apart and
the same weight goes farther in retain
ing the warmth of the body.
To Clean VsinrnunD Paint. Save
the tea leaves for a few days, then st ep
them iu a tin pad or pun for half an
hour, strain through a sieve and use the
tea to wash ell varnished paint. It re-
1 uuiivs verv little "elbow lxdish." mm
X j ,
the tea acta as s atrong detergent, cleans
ing the paint from all its impurities,
and making the varish equal to new.
it cleans window sashes and oil cloths ;
indeed any varnish-d surface is im
proved by its application. It washes
window panes and mirrors much better
than water, and is excellent for cleaning
black walnut picture and looking-glass
frames. It will not do to wash unvar
lahed paint with it.
Hum matism n Siieki'. This disease
consists in a peculiar iullammation of
the mnsolee of the body, very frequent
ly causing considerable pain when they
are called into action. It is usually
caused by the exposure to cold, and
sometimes ahifta from one foot to an
other, occasionally degenerating into a
slow chronic form, and attacking the
sinews, ligaments and joints us well as
tne muscles. IBS necK and loins are
the parts most frequent iy attached,
either separately or Combined. The
former action causes the head to be
Oroassd in a bentposttion, and the latter
produces considerable stiffness and
w akm ss of the loins.
Fxxqx Goxoam. The Sural Sun
says : " There is a large quantity of
land taken up in the construction of the
old Yirginia zig-zag Worm fetJOi that
migjht be utilized by the planting of
fruit-trees. Fstiinating the width of a
staked and rider fence to be eight feet,
t very 1.615 yards of fence requires au
acre. Now the amount of land taken
up by the fences of a hum of 640 acres
cannot fall far short of eight acres,
winch, if planted with fruit-treeo and
sown in grass, would be a great im
provement over tin u usual briery and
bushy condition, and contribute some
thing to the enjoyment of man and the
sustenance of stock."
Boors as Mamuk. The Agriculturist
says : It has bei n found that the roots
of s good erop of red olover left on an
acre after the erop was removed weighed
6,580 pounds, off from three to three
and a hall tons. The same examination
gave an acre ol rye roots tne weiffht of
3,5lK) pounds, and of wheat ropts g, 100
pounds. All of this matter is valuable
lor Hie use of such crops as may be
grown both during ami after their de
composition. The well known superi-
oroyoi clover ess manuring crop, how
niatter is deposited. I he roots reach
de. ply into the soli, and on their de
composition they serve to draw moisture
from the subsoil, and by the decompo
sition of fertilizing matter to a
considerable depth they induce the de
scent of the roots of other crops to a
point where they are much more sure
of moisture during a drought than they
could be if . nearer the surface.
A DianBYAtan Bosses- v aed esse of
depravity in horseflesh is reported by
the Paris Fitnro. The favorite horse
Of a certain baron fell seriously ill, and
though every care was taken of the
animal, it rapidly grew worse, and be
gan to show signs of sinking. As a last
recourse the coachman, an American,
suggested that two glaaaH of brandy
with ginger should be administered
every morning. TWe cure was most
speedy; but ever since, the horse, hav
ing become neeustomed to stand at the
door of a wine-shop to receive its ma-
'"final ... vera-e, now stops at every
umii nr nut.. i. I., ,,..., ,t 1 l.. ...
........... m u imrn, nun ui
week, angry at not having his bitters
offered him, forced himself right through
the window of a liquor merchant.
In tho neighborhood of Hammery
Park, IVnn., aleVSBl be.us have made
their appearance in three days' time.
I-our ot these were killed, end the farm-
era and boys were, at last accounta, on
the mountains looking for the others.
One of the bears was killed by a man
who waded int 0 a stte am, and dispatched
u witti a club, alt r a long struggle,
amid the shouts of men and boya, and
t In cries of frightened WOBBSB ami young
girls.
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