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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
iai- ' Flugera.
HI MM. B. M. PAMOM.
. fUST. JOS try me M !
Look al poor i lotaM ami nee tsotf flight
V.i; r Q wtBSOS ami chair aud floor,
Enough U ilrowu VoAy before your eight.
Dear, BBSSfctJ t'.uger tbat stiSBSlSf find,
aai from in 'ruing till Btarry eve
I i I :!..- in this, turmug 't that,
NotOlBf ' oat OOB0d) 1 SO believe.
Marks tt Anger on paint and glaaa,
lu.l nuger-tipe, what shall I do?
Tie tb n togi ther, all huiih and tight,
80 thai tin- Htlll 1 BBS! R't through ?
Daisy h okad "i through aval of blue,
Bolamwlj lo k-.i, and aabaiss' the thought ;
Whi B fll : I n baby doll,
The laal now BinrblM inaintna hail bought ;
In tOBC fOStlO, I could but blHSS,
Th assart 1 tisn. " rsj mu oir, 1 Aaas."
Dear lule lingers, we can't ' tut off,"
Diiiil'U d white fingers a eer you see
Of path nee well uk an abundant store,
for, can fuUji taught, u alaaaiag thajrll-bp,
fly FoolUh Fingers.
II I'N. LE ALREBT.
The ringers on one of my hnnds had a
piarrel the other day ; at least 1
dreamed they ilia, and that's justas well.
It seems they thought I was asleep, and
took the ohanos to pitch into one an
other. The first I noticed of it there was a
general OOmiBOtioil, Slid the middle and
ring fingers were pnshing each other
tery tfiuefallj. Eschof then wanted
all the room.
"Now -nil just staud aside," said
Mr. Middle : "I'm the longest and Ing
est, and have the best right here. You
are always sticking yourself up and
getting IS the way. I'll have you un
derstand that the middle of the hand is
ail mine, and if you know when it's
good for JOU, you 11 keep away."
At this lira, King was so indignant
she could not speak, and Mr. Fore
Finger, jumping up in a great flurry,
shouted :
11 No. yon don't either, von insolent
fellow ! Mrs. Ring and I aun down
into the middle just as much as you do,
end, putting us together, we occupy
more of '.he middle than you do. If
you don oehuve yourself we will take
you in hand together and (rive
yon rooh a thrashing as you never had.
You are a great overgrown lubber,
good for nothing but to get in the way
of better people."
At this Mr. Fore stretched himself
up as high as be could beside his
neighbor, while Mr. Middle looked
down on him with great contempt, nnd
said sneeringly :
" Out upon yon ! You are so much
of a nobody that I never think of you
except when 1 want to touch Thumb for
some great business, and then there
you are, blundering around in the
way."
"Humph!" retorted Mr. Fore,
" pretty talk, indeed. Mrs. King aud I
have bee:: n love these years, and we
cau't enjoy each other's company for
you and your impudence."
Here those two drew back as if pre
paring for a light. In doing so Mr.
Middle crowded Mrs. King so that she
cried 1
4 'You are pretty fellows, to be sure.
I abhor yon both. I wouldn't conde
scend to associate with either of you.
Haven't I always wore the wedding
ring 1" lie I em directly connected
with the be irt ? T heard my owner read
ing aho'.- ii to-day, and now do yon sup
pose I'll !- anything to do with either
of yon low-bred fellows f I just wish
you Would tight so au to pull SSOD other
out by the R Ote, and then I'd be el. ar
of yon it all to myself, the
only pr pi t n v for lady of my blood
ami nezl t th heart !"
At thil npeeeh Miss Little Finger
QUiYered over SI she fairly screamed :
"I guesi there! somebody in the
world beside yon, Mrs. King. You are
the meanest, most conceited thing I
vi r saw. There ii no getting along
with you, J ' u put on so many silly sift
juel bejpauee some dunce used to think
you were Bloter connected to the heart
then th n tutus. I'll have you under
stand I've just as much to do with the
heart as you. And more than that, I'm
nicer and prettier than you. You are
too big t . i.v. I'm just as graceful
and nice ai 1 in be. Everybody admirea
me. They -tick the wedding ring on
you just because you are so homely as
to need something to makeyoo passable.
I'm handsome enough without it."
By this time each of the four Angers
was' mad St all the other three, and
tood OH SI much M it could, looking
funny enough. 1 don't know that they
ever w dd nave come together again
in the world if it had not betl for Mr.
Thumb. He stood up very still and
dignified, and said in a deep bass voioe,
very slowly, and with a good deal of a
sneer :
" Wall, well, yon are four of the shal
lowest fools 1 ever saw. (lot up a reg
ular family t'.ght about nothing. I've
half a mind to give you all a good drub
bing. I'd like to know what anyone
of yon would do alone. You'd cut a
pretty figure wouldn't you, flopping
around in the air with no one to lean
on?"
"Shut up!" they all cried together,
seeming to forget their differences in
common opposition to Uncle Thumb.
"Shut up, You've no business mod
rHinginoUl idlairs. You don't belong
to our family. You are not a finger at
all, bu . Th : .'1'. Nature set you away
off by y tuse you lire not lit
to be in good company, you short, clum
sv old s imp, you ! '
"All right," said Uncle Thumb, cool
ly ; " I'm glad I don't belong to your
family if you keep up this kind of a
rumpus all the time. I'm an old bach
elor and i'an get along alone shove my
own way through the world. But I
guess you'd all wish me back if I were
gone : y .. em to make a good deal of
me, anywuy. "
Now it seemed to me that the best
way to stop this quarrel for good was to telegraphs, and all its millions of group
let each one of the very independent ing men, and all the science and progress
folks try to do some common thing , of ages will soon be given over to boys
alone. 9 - I bold my thumb to pick up j of the present sge boys like yon? lie
a pin. Ti' ringers nil ngreed they j liove it, and look abroad upon your in
wouldn't help him, but would see how 1 heritance, and get ready to enter upon
he made out alone. Thumb made a dive J its possession. The Presidents, Kings,
at the pin iu his olumay style, but in
stead of picking it up he knocked it
out of the window. He hung down his
bead, and all the lingers pointed IftMHhV
selv s at him t c rnf ullv.
"Now," said L "Mr. Thumb has
failed; suppose Mr. Middle tries it.
He did. b it BOttld only roll the pin
around. S they all tried, but none
could pick it up.
" You are a pretty set of independ
ent people," Bnid I, and not one of you
can pick up a pin alone ! Now, Thumb,
you stand aside, and let them try it al
together." So they tried, and such a
trial. Of cour c they could do it easy
enough altogether ; but they scrambled
this way and that, twisted aud twirled,
bumped and jumped, and got so much
mixed up with it that they hardly knew
themseWes.
"Now," said Middle to Fore, "you
must turn yourself around aud we can
do it."
"But I cau't turn," said Fore,
"you must do that."
" I can't, sure."
"Then we will have to give it up, if
Thumb does laugh at us."
" Four sound lingers, and all together
you can't pick up a pin," I exclaimed.
" Now try it one at a time with Thumb."
With Thumb's aid any finger could pick
it up.
"Now, said I, "stand up all in a
row, for I must give you a lecture."
Up they stood, looking very sheepish,
and I said :
"You are neither of you worth a
straw alone. Iu almost everything two
of you must work together, and in some
cases it takes all to do what is necessa
ry. Your usefulness and happiness de
pend upon helping one another. How
silly ami mean it is for you to quarrel.
It is cutting your own head Off. And
there are some boys and girls just like
you, always annoying and hating
the very persons who help them, and
without who-e help they could do noth
ing. Sometimes they think themselves
independent of others, when really they
canuot do some simple thing without
them any more than one of you could
pick up a pin alone." Chicago Stand'
ard.
An lron-Clnit lint's .est.
The pretty schoolmistress stopped
by the stump and read a very wonder
ful thing, one tine day iu July, to the
children who were going with her to
look for cresses at the brook so won
derful that I am going to ask the edi
tors to get the same magazine and copy
the storv out for you. The story was
told by Prof. Silliinan, and it came to
him in a private letter from a friend.
This friend was part owner of some
property on the Oregon coast contain
ing a saw-mill which had never been
set fairly at work. Close by was
dwelling-house for the hands, and when
they cleared out for lack of work, a
quantity of things were stored there
to Is, packing for tho engine, six or
seven kegs of large spikes, besides
knives, forks, spoons, etc., in the clos
et, and a great stove in ono of the
rooms. (Now. the editors will please
add the rest -f the story ; and you, my
dears, will please bear in mind that the
writer is talking about the California
wood -rat) :
"This house," he says, "was left
uninhabited for two years, and being
at some distance from the settlement, it
was frequently broken into by tramps
who sought a shelter for the night.
Wher. I entered the house I was sal
Ished to see an immense rat's nest on
the empty stove. On examining this
est. which was about live feet in
height, and occupied the whole top of
the store (a large range), I found the
outside to be oompoeea entirely of
spikes, all laid with f yrametry so as to
r. sent the points of toenails outward.
In the center of this mass was the DO) t,
OOmpoeed Of finely divided libers of the
hemp packing. Interlaced with the
spikes, we found the following : About
three dozen knives, forks and IpOOns;
all the butcher-knives, three in num
ber ; a large carving-knife, fork, nnd
steel ; several large plugs f tobacco ;
the outside casing of a silver watch, dis
posed of in one part of the pile, the
glass of the same watch in auother, and
the works in still another ; an old purse
containing some silver, matches, and
tobaCOO ; nearly all the small tools from
the tool-closets, among them several
large augers. Altogether, it was a very
curious mixture of different articles, all
of which must have been transported
some distance, as they were originally
stored in ditl'erent parts of the house.
" The ingenuity and skill displayed
in the construction of this nest, and the
curious taste for articles of iron, many
of them heavy, for component parts,
struck me witli surprise. The articles
of relue were, I think, stolen from the
men who hud stolen into the house for
temporary lodging. I have preserved I
ketch of this iron-clad nest, which I
think unique in natural history."
From. " Jack-in-tke-JPulpU," St. ifich
olni ior NoVWlibi r.
iiiikx t ut oni WaiHaaaaw.
"When papa asks some of his d ar old
cronies to dinner, aud they come in high
neck cloths aud out of-date black OOMS,
and you girls fancy it does not mucll
matter what you put on the limp mus
lin that hangs awry, or the good gown
that never did lit well, but which it
would be a shame to put away don't for
a moment imagine that they do not see
it. If you have an ugly and easy way of
doing up your hair, keep it for another
occasion. It will pass better with young
Poodle, who may take it for the new
style, than with these old gentlemen.
He will bear with it, perhaps even p
prove of it, if he has only m ver seen it
before; but they will wonder what in
the world the child has done to herself.
No more observant spectator in the
world than your silent, uuimpressible
looking innocent old gentleman. " Mr.
Smith," Of L. It. Waford.
A Word to Uoya.
Boys, did you ever think that this
world, with all its wealth nnd woe, with
all its mines and mountains, oceans,
sens and rivers, with all its shippings,
its steamboats. 'railroads, and magnetic
t. mriiofs, statesmen, philosophers,
ministers, teachers, men of the future
all, are boys now.
r
Kcrp lour Promise
A boy borrowed a tool from a car
penter, promising to return it at night.
Before evening ho was sent away on an
errand, and uid not return until lata,
Befoti he went be was told that his
brother should see Ike article returned.
After he had come home and gone to
bed, he inquired, aud found that the
tool had uot been sent to its owner.
He was much distressed to think his
promise hud not been kept, but was
persuaded to go to sleep, ami rise early
and carry it home tho next morning.
By daylight he was up, and nowhere
was the tool to bo found. After a long
and fruitless search, he set off for his
neighbor's in great distress, to acknowl
edge his fault. But how great waf his
surprise to flud the tool ou his neigh
bor's door-stood ! And then it appeared
from tho print of his little bare feet in
the mud, that the lad had got up in his
sleep and carried the tol home, and
gone to bed again, without knowing it.
Of course a boy who wafl prompt in
his sleop was prompt when awake. He
lived respected, had tho confidence of
his neighbors, and was placed in many
offices of trust and profit.
If all grown folk felt as this boy did,
there would be a good many traeks of
bare feet found some of these bright
mornings ; and what piles of teols and
books would be found at their owners'
doors ! Jhrt nlt)t)i (il Journal.
How Timber .May be Multiplied.
One of our exchanges lias the follow
ing to say in reference to this important
subject :
Much has been written about raising
timber, but all the light that can be
shed Upon the subject by nil the arbori
culturists in the land will not be amiss.
There is no want in the not distant fu
ture which has ho forbidding a look as
the increasing scarcity of timber. Our
forests are uat producing one-twentieth
of the supply we are annually OOPS Bm
ing or are destroying. More attention
should be given to its propagation and
preservation. It was said by some
philosopher that he who makes two
blades of grass grow where but one
grew before is a benefactor to his race.
If this be true, and none will dispute
it, how mucli more credit is due him
who makes a landmark by the cultiva
tion of trees? K uerence to this sub
ject brings back to our recollection a
suggestion we saw some time ago in
regard to a simple mode by which tim
ber may bo increased ou those tracts
of land upon w hich it is being cut away.
It is as follows : Plant the ground in
the fall with acorns, black and white
walnuts, butternuts, the seeds of the
ash, etc. The nuts should be covered
lightly with the soil and decaying
leaves, so that boys and squirrels can
not find them. Tliey will OOBM Up in
the spring, and if cattle are kept out of
tho woods as they should be by all
who would preserve the young trees
they will make u rapid growth under
the immediate superintendence of Dame
Nature herself, who has been pretty
successfully engaged in the business of
tree culture, more or less, ever since
the Silurian age. In the same way
cuttings may be put out in the timber
in the spring. The mulching of the
ground by tho falling of the autumn
leaves is the Best dressing that can be
put around suuh young trees, which, in
a year or so, will surprise you with
their raiid growth. We would discour
age no one who can do so from
planting OUt grove s OU 'the prairies,
which is one of the best works farmer
can do ; but these hints carried out
will enable many to utilize places now
going to waste, and get a good return
for their ellbrts.
Hjdrate or Chloral
At tho recent matting of the Chicago
Academy of Boienoss, Prof. Dolafon-
taine read a paper upon the action and
i-llvt of hydrate of chloral. He said it
w;is di' covered to jiroducc sleep in
L869. and had been UtttUj used as a
medioins. It srai tirt thought to act
limtfarly to chloroform. It was de
composed by alkali into a formation,
and this process h" thought tool; placi
in the blood. He did not think the ac
tion was the same as that of chloro
form. Experiments recently made iu
Franco baa proren that in oasei whsxs
Chloral !is usni, the blood iliscs WOTS
not coagulated but shriveled. He and
Dr. Simeon had poisoned a rabbit with
100 grains of chloral administered hy
podormioally in four doses. The effect
wan noted within one bonr, when it
commenced to lick the wall as though
wanting to get water. Then it had
down, MOams sluggish, slept, and later
died. I he post mortem appearances
were those of asphyxia ; the lungs were
red, the heart empty, and the blood WM
clotted as in asphyxia. A cat was
treated in the same way, and the blood
drawn from the skin ; it did not coagu
late, and the discs fell to the bottom,
no thought that the mode of action of
e'ul oral was by means of poison of car
bolic oxide, which is one of the most
poisonous oi substances. uarnonio
oxide kills by incapacitating the bind
OOrpnSOMl from being in the body car
riers of oxygen.
What a Hog DM.
An English paper has the following :
A striking exemplification of the naga
city of a shepherd's dog has just come
under notice on tho farm of Higham,
near Newlmrgh, in Eifeshire. The dog
belongs to Mr. John Uallingall. The
shepherd OB the farm happened to lose
a pound note, aud after many hours'
fruitless search for the banknote it was
given up as lost. A coine pup, only
lour months old, made its appearance iu
the field where it was supposed the note
had been lost, and with much impor
tunity endeavored to make himself
noticeable. The shepherd could not be
bothtJfOd with its oaressings, so grieved
wss he at his loss. After being ordered
off some half-dozen times, the dog even
tually stood upon its hind-legs, opened
its mouth, and there was the note,
folded just as it was when it went-a-missing
! With much wagging of its
tail, the animal laid the note at the
shepherd's feet. The animal was once
a di SpSSed one, but now it is a house
hold pet.
Thk first bridge built over the Ganges
has just been opened for triiflie.
Micliiffan Legislature.
The Detroit Free Pret of Nov. 7
gives the following as the provable
political complexion of the new Legis
lature from the latest election advices :
sl.NA.TK.
1 WSJ A-'air, D
1 loan Oawaai.
1 aal DaviSj L,
4 j 1 Oorcv. D,
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I Job K Solas, a,
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I win Cook, u.
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17 o M MiMitinvton, p,
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19 0 o W Kii.li, lod,
JO c v Babe tec. P,
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99 f L Wi IIm, It,
a .icrrtiiiali .n-tiVx, K,
M sn m um, tud,
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jii 1 a ffcaabaf, it.
27 A. li Morn.', 1,
js Wm l1 Whitney, lad,
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in Kdgar L dray, 11.
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doubtful. :.
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ALPXNA.
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aaav.
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BAT.
Andrew Walton, D,
h saw,
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3 a Bfawa, D.
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2 Oeo V Hobiimun, It.
1 M ilOUK.
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CAHH.
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a 8 B itiiiinuH, it.
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SI M I'll.
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U RAWS
a Danforth Kayaa, D,
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LJVINUHTOV .
-I JoUn Carter, B,
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MACOMU.
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MAHITH .
wi! (Me, D,
MAKgl'fcTTE.
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m OOSTA.
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MIDI. AM.
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atOMMB,
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MMMt MM.
Win Baekaa, D.
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OAKLAND.
1 Allen Oanpball, 1),
2 l i ter Dow, It,
I John D Hortoa, D.
OCEANA.
LKM.ANAW I l
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OTTAWA.
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BASIS AW.
1 (' D Little, I),
.' Joe A Bolton, i,
:i W 11 P Benjamin, i.
HANll A'.
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llodj Snatching.
Considerable excitement was lately
caused in Ann Arbor by the appearance
of ottosfl at the medical building with
a search-warrant for tho body of a
young man named Hill, who bail died a
few days before and was buried in the
county cemetery near Flint. Suspicion
that the body had been snatched by
Joseph McNameo and his sons, who re
side near the place where the robbery
was committed, was confirmed by find
ing the grave clothes in McNamee's
barn. It was supposed that the body
had been sent to a son of John Mc
Namee, a senior medical student. The
Under Sheriff of Flint and Hill's father
met McNaruee in tho express office at
Ann Arbor, but failed to recognize him.
He recognized them and left for Canada.
Through assistance furnished by the
aui horities of the medical department,
the body of Hill was found and returned
to Flint. The authorities claim that
the body has never been in their pos
session, and that they refused to re
fused to receive it when offered them.
ine developments in the case promise
to bo inters sting. It seems that not j
only have Joseph McNameo and his !
sons been engaged in the business, but
there is also ood reason for believing
that the once happy possessor of the
corpse himself and his father found
profit from the business. Tho two
families rtsido near a country ceme
tery, a few miles from Flint. On the
:20th youug Hill died. Three days
after, the MeNamees proceeded to dig
up their old partner. What was the
extent of the work done by them during
the juiht year can only be surmised.
Railroad Accident.
Particulars of the recent accident on
the Grand ltapids and Indiana Rail
road at Moline, show that the express
train was lato and running at a terrific
rate when an axle under the tender
snapped, and the rear coach and sleeper
were thrown from the track on their
sides, and drugged twice the length of
the train before being stopped. James
Abelsn, an elderly man from Kansas,
was instantly killed and his wife in
jured, though not fatally. Tho follow
ing were more or less seriously injured:
James Frear aud wife, Logan county,
hio, slight bruises ; Levi Eddy, Meu
don, left sido badly contused and in
ternal injuries, his wife cut on the head
and hands; Geo. W. Blett, Rockford,
collar bone broken ; two children of
David Kramer, of Marylaud, painfully
bruised about the head and body ;
Theresa Martin, of Watson, Allegan
county, and Mrs. W. C. Westley, of
Kalamazoo, both badlv bruised all over ;
two children of William R. Reebo, of
Pavilion, on the head ; one cannot live;
Allan McKay, Kalamazoo, shoulder ;
W. ('. Conant, Rig Rapids, arm and left
shoulder, serious ; W. F. Kenfleld, of
Ludington, internal injuries and three
ribs brok' n ; Dr. E. L. Tons, Fort
Wayne, shoulder crushed and collar
bone broken ; Wm. S. Royd, Lagrange,
Ind., back and leg bruised; M. H.
Bond, Bond's Mills, Mich., leg broken
and face bruised.
Fruit Statistic.
Tho total amount of fruit shipped
from Grand Haven during the past sea
son, the product of that section, was
240,400 packages as follows : Goodrich
Chicago line, 000,000 paekes ; Engle
man Milwaukee line, 30,000 packages j
American Express Company, 10,100
packages. There were about equal
quantities of peaches and grapes which
combined amounted to 1 ."(, 000 baskets,
valued at 850,000. This was the most
successful season, and gives the largest
shipment of fruit ever known in this
Hection. Apples are now coming to be
hipped, and there will probably be
60,000 barrels sent away.
State Treasury.
The balance of cash in the Htate
Treasury Nov. 4, 1874, wasi&WH.He.Hti.
Receipts during the week ending Nov.
11 were $10,481.17; payments during
Hume time 58,188.91 ; leaving a bal
ance iu the Treasury of $940,4!4. 12 ; a
decrease for the week of 27, 658.74.
The specific items are as follows :
HECEU'TH.
Tax hintoriea f 24 "21
State tax ilneda 4 40
Bedi iiiDtione H
I ' . 1 j : 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 taxea ft'2 6'J
Coum lea, tax b1v W.flSH II
" general accouut '2,6hi 00
" taxee aud rt-drmutioua (MM 49
Hh- .if eoSafflsi lawe 7 00
PSSdlata' lleeua.. U II
Fwh from Notariee Public 3 00
" Auditor General, for platn 7 00
Primary School, prim ipal 12'i 7ft
intereet Ml 7i
Hwanii)laud,,iriuciual Ill M
' " intereet 1W 00
Hnlvernity principal 425 00
" intfrvet 19 7:1
tforroal School, priselpa 1M iki
" " Interest MM
Asylum principal . SO 00
Htate building intereet I M
Halt SpriiiK, interest MM
Taxee on part-paid lauds IS M
Hwamp land deposit 100 00
Total tik),481 17
I'aymen IB,
lledeniptinn $951 69
Haluries Ml M
Awards Hoard of Auditors A,1M TI
Advertising sales 49S 00
Oondnotlns sakai 1,472 61
Psad for counties 44,401 75
Stat. Hoard of Health M M
Htate PliaOB 5,0K 00
Bxpi uae ..t ooarta '9
Soldlere1 Cenaatery, Detroit Ml
Fish C uiiuiiaslou 159 65
Total. tftH.lil ill
(iever Candidates.
It isn't often that a campaign as be
tween two opposing candidates is con
ducted solely on its merits, the rivals,
so far from indulging iu personal abuse,
publicly recognizing each other's mer
its. Such phenomenal amenity in pol
itics was witnessed in Michigan between
the candidates for tho Superintendeucy
of Public Instruction. It continued
even after election, when Mr. Rriggs,
the successful aspirant, supposing him
self defeated, wrote to Mr. Doty, his
presumed vanquisher, saying: " It is
comfort to know that by the ArWMSM
1 slaughter of tho innocents ' on Tues
day the Htate has made choice of one, at
least, who will prove a true friend and
earnest advocate of our educational
iuterests. I will endeavor to have the
old office at Lansing swept aud dusted
for your reception." Doty, upon ascer
taining that the votes were not in his
favor, responded : "I do not wonder
that for the moment you felt like enroll
ing yourself among the killed, wounded
or missing. Rut as the smoke of the
conflict clears away, I am delighted to
find you just where you ought to be, at
the head of tho educational affairs of
the State." Presuming that these pro
fessions of mutual good will are sincere,
their cordia.ity and good taste are com
mendable. Michigan Personals.
D. J. Arnold has been appointed
Judge for the Michigan Twentieth Ju
dicial Circuit.
Hon. E. W. Davis, one of tho earliest
settlers of Kent county, died on the Oth
inst. , in his 70th year. His death is
mourned by all the citizens.
WmntAM J. Underwood, the murder
er of Charlotte Pridgeon, who was ac
quitted in Detroit recently, on the
ground of insanity, is not yet through
with his trials. A State law of 1873 re
quires that, iu criminal case3, where an
acquittal is had on the plea of insanity,
the accused must bo confined in the
hospital for the insane in connection
with the penitentiary until pronounced
cured by certain authorities. Perfectly
sane, Underwood does not relish the
thought of incarceration among lunatics
A clergyman who became much inter
ested in him proposes to pay Under
wood's fare to England, where his fam
ily resides, if the law will give up its
hold on him. This failing, his counsel
proposes to test the constitutionality of
the law under which he is held.
Meeting of the State Poinologkal
Society.
Tho State Pomological Society has
made arrangements to hold its annual
meeting at Ionia Dec. 1, 2 and
3. Addresses will be delivered by
I ion. J. Webster Childs, George Par
malee, T. T. Lyon, Hon. Alonzo Ses
sions, Professors Kedzie, Real and
Cook aud other gentlemen. The an
nual election of officers will take place
on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The Ionia
County Agricultural Society invite all
the officers and members of kindred
societies to attend as their guests. It is
expected that there will be a fine dis
play of horticultural products. ,
Men or Mystery. Kalamazoo Lodge
No. 7. I. O. O. F., gave a banquet re
cently, at the International Hotel, to
brethren representing the lodges at
Marshall, Three Rivers, Paw Taw, Rat
tle Creek, Vicksburg, Plainwell, Niles,
Schoolcraft, and Moudon. The Grund
Master of tho Stato delivered an ad
dress, which waB received by the au
dience with favor. Tho banquet was
enjoyed by all. The table was spread
for 150.
Postat. Affairs. Fxtablih d Im
perial Mills, Kent county, Milton H.
Hine ; St. Ignaces, Macinaw county,
Peter W. Hurcback. Diaoontinued
Alverson, Ingham county. Fostmanters
.1 tiftinfi d Austerlitz, Kent county,
Andrew J. Richardson ; Clear Water,
Kalkaska county, Frederick W. Oakos.
A Hi nter's Fate. Mr. Shawsbeck,
of Sanilac, was hunting deer in the
woods recentlv. and having killed one
he approached the carcass, and by th
culmination of heart disease fell, and
the hunter and his victim lay dead to
gether. ( 'A tea go Inter- Ocmn.
Are Oysters to re Destroyed ? A
gentleman who has much experience in
catching oysters, and who for years has
been familiar sith every oyster ground
in tho Chesapeake Ray, in conversation
on the subject of tho extinction of the
oyster a few days ago, said that a new
world miiHt be discovered to feed with
oysters before the supply in the Chesa
peake and tributaries would be sensibly
diminished.
JKN AMU JUM.
It really don't eeera long aeo,
Siii. r yuii m i tv Ji ii and I waa Joe,
lint forty year have (aaed and Roue,
Hinee we couimeiiri .1 to trudge aluug
Tee, forty yeura of wedded life,
Hiuce you became uiy hajipy wife ;
lint aow tbay aaU bm Paeie -i.,
And you have cuauged to Aunt Jeuuette,
Hut Htni i saraf will tarsal
W i ii you were belle aud I waa brau.
Ah, yra, it'a vi ry loug ao,
Baaat our fossa ',ve BoaasBassal to grow,
A n.l iVr our ...U the yrara have N
Ar.il p. o.!- i !l in ralln-r old ;
I 'm aure u dou't heeia bo to BM,
You'r' kill) -out), I'm Mixty-tin
It really dou't soem if 'twas bo.
Hut when the children iaM iib by,
They alwayw Bay 'bout you an. I I,
There' Aunt Jeuuette ami Vu . I
Ah, well, flod will aoou call um home,
And Baas iu heaveu w an&u roaai,
Aud wife, ierhaH it will be ao,
V.. ii 11 look like Jen, I'll look like Joe.
Theu we'll oommeuce our love ouce more,
Ae happy aB lu days of yore,
For thoee were happy day yon know
Aud aweet aud Joyful it will be,
To live throughout eterulty,
Ae bonuie Jeu aud loving Joe.
Pith and Point.
An unsatisfactory meal A domestic
broil.
The man who works a will The Pro
bate Judge.
Stephan Stern mit frau and 11
kd," is one item in the steerage list of
a late Hamburg steamer.
Yer Riverence is like a mile-post,"
said an old, grumbling Wicklow peas
ant, " for ye always points to a road ye
niver goes."
Formt'LA of divorce used by a negro
Justice in Desha county, Ark.: "As I
jined you, so I bust you 'minder. So
go, you niggers. You go ! "
A strono-armei American tooth-extractor
has just opened his tool-chest in
Rome. Persons who have seen him go
through the motions think that he is
destined to make 41 Rome howl."
Mr. Reroh's attention is called to the
fact that a number of women place
their furs away in snuff during the
summer. Hundreds of moths have
sueezed their heads off in consequence.
There is one thing no true Southern
youug lady will do and that is, marry
a young Northerner, no matter how
handsome, respectable, or desirable
before he asks her. Richmond (l'a.)
EnqutrtT,
French politeness at the benefit of
Mdlle. Dejazet. " What age is she ? "
said a republican, M she looks still so
young." "Citizen," responded the
person addressed, "In a little while
she will be twenty for the fourth
time."
A newly-married couple in Connecti
cut recently started out on the wedding
tour accompanied by a small-sized 2-year-old
infant, which they had hired
for tho purpose of deluding tho public
into the belief that they were old
stagers.
The French keep up their little jokes :
"An Alsatian woman goes to confess :
Father, I have committed a groat sin.'
' Well ! ' ' I dare uot say it ; it is too
grevious.' ' Come, come, courage.' 'I
have married a Prussian.' ' Keep him,
my daughter. That's your penanoe.'"
TnE Rochester Cninn says " Gilty,"
" guiltey," "giltey " and " jilty " were
written on a majority of the ballots
used in the jury-room in a recent crim
inal case tried by the Monroe County
Sessions. It is sad that a man should
be convicted in a court of justice on
such orthography.
A St. Louis woman, separated from
her husband, recently tent him a long
list of propositions, upon his accept
ance of which she would live with him
again. Womau-like she indicated the
only real cause of difference in a post
script, as follows : " Your mother
must leave tho house at ouce and for
ever." The Lewiston (Mo.) Journal says :
" An elderly gentleman recently en
tered a boot and shoe store in Lewis
tin, and purchased a pair of number
twelve boots. He remarked that he
had had his old ones eighteen years.
On being asked how he had managed
to make a pair of calf boots wear so
long, he replied that he had always
kept a horse."
A man was describing to Douglas
Jerrold tho story of his courtship and
marriage how his wife had been
brought up in a convent, and was ou the
point of taking the veil, when his pres
ence burst on her enraptured sight,
aud she accepted him as her husband.
Jerrold listened to tho end of the story,
and then remarked: "She simply
thought you better thou nun."
Rlack-and tans have gone out of
fashion, bless 'em I Tiny bull-dogs,
just as small as nature will allow, now
accompany French ladies on the prom
enade, and sit on the carriage seat.
The uglier the better, as the morose
expression of their pup features is a
grent requisite in their selection. Even
the parasols, buttons on one's gar
ments, and trinkets by the score, are
adorned with the bull-dog's head ; and,
a sure sign of a lady's visit to Paris this
summer, is the canine phiz that makes
the knob of her umbrella.
A Self-Propellleg; Fire Engine.
At Chicago, recently, S self-propelling
fire engine was tested in the pres
ence of the Fire Marshal, Police Com
missioners and a number of Aldermen,
with the following resnlt : With 500
feet of hose, 1 1 inch nozzle, 234 feet ;
with 500 feet of hose, 1 1 inch nozzle,
227 feet r with 250 feet ot hose, 1 1 inch
nozzle, 210fset.
The engine, as its name indicates,
does away entirely with the use of
horses, audit is this feature alone which
makes it a novelty, as in all other re
spects it is precisely similar to other
engines manufactured by the same oom
pauy. The wheels are connected by
means of an endless chain which runs
from the main shaft of the engine to a
grooved wheel on the hind aile, thereby
producing the motion. In winter, when
the streets are slippery, tho tires of the
wheels are studded with heavy bolts,
which allow a sufficient traction to be
obtained. The machine is steered from
the front, in much the same manner as
a hook and ladder truck. Its weight is
8,000 pounds. A trial of its speed
snowed it to 1 e capable of making a
mile h. foar minutes and five seconds.
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