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FllIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1878.
TJIE LITTLE FOLKS.
An 01d-Fahloncl Time.
Come, Mary and Buai, let'it run out and play
The mornluK la lovely, th bird ainglnji gay ;
The world baa a welcome for traveler, we kiuw,
Bo off for a holiday, come, let n go.
We'll atray by the mcadowa of aweet-aorntnd grain ;
We'll atioll through the brook, and the fences
we'll climb.
Though weary and dnaty, we will nofootnplaln, ,
But glory in having an oUl-faahloned time I
An cld-fKhionea tune I an old-fashioned time !
We glory lu having old-fashioned time 1
The barn we will aoour, and rifle the cent
Of egg that are aurely the blggntit and best ; ,
Well aet all our traim, and expectantly wait
For the rabbit and wcazlea to Dibble our bait.
Weil ride in the agon without auy springs,
And laugh till the reborn shall answer in rhjme,
While the bird from the tree-top rxnltiugly aings.
"Oh, are we not having an old-fashioned timet"
An old-f tmhlout d time t an old-fashlonrd time ! '
O, are we not having an oUl-faahtoued time I
We'll rake up the Lay, and we'll follow the plow ;
We'll be on Kood tmus with the hore and the oow ;
The dear HtUe plga and the chicken we'll feed.
And down to the water the duck we will had.
In aeareh of their treasure the wood we'll ex
plore ;
Unmindful of danger the tree we will climb,
For up in the meadow or down by the thorc,
We're bent upon having an cld-fuhlonnd time !
An old-f wbioued time! an old-fashioned time!
We're beut upon having au olU-fashtouod time I
Come, Mary and fctnK tx young -Ahllo you may,
And put all the fun that you cau m your pUy ;
Be lively and ch-erf ul you dear little prude !
One may frolic and yet not be naughty or rude.
And w hen we arc old and have Borrow and care,
Then awect lu our 1k arts will thctte memories
chime,
A we ning the old aong aud togethor declare
There.' nothing so ttweet a an old-fashioned
Uutl
An o'd-faHhioned time ! an old-fahloned tima I
There'a nothing to nice a an old-fashioned time S
Jtwphin J'vllard, in Youth's Companion.
An Old Stwry Retold.
I don't know just what to do ! In tho
first place, Buck dreadful things happen
to people who steaUtories. To bo sure,
I have not stolen any, although the one
I tui going to tell you is very much like
that splendid ouo "The Giant in tho
Bottle," that I read iu an old fairy-book
years ago. Now, that was onlv a story,
and I read it, while this has just hap
pened, and so must bo true ; and yet the
two are so much alike that I can't under
stand it at all, unTcss who knows ? un
less the "story folks" are real people
shut away in books, and once in a while,
ay every hundred years, they come out
from beneath the covers of their prison,
and live the self-same stories over again.
Though I cannot quite understand why
the two should be so much alike, yet this
mush I do know : when tho old giant, or
his double, reappeared upon the scenes
for the second time, it was at tho begin
ning of our famous Centennial year,
187(5.
At lirst no one had any idea that it was
a giant.
For months uod mouths something had
been tho matter with one of the wheels
in tho great printing presH. Now this
little wheel had u great deal of hard work
to do, and its shaft, instead of being a
single one, was double, tho two pieces
beiDg f.ecurely fastened together. As I
6aid before, something was tho matter
with this wheel, but just what no one
seemed able to tell. The more it was
oiled the louder it creaked ; the bands
were loosened and tightened, but with
the same result.
44 Creak, creak, creak," it went from
morning till night, making its shrill
voice heard above all the din .of the
surrounding machinery.
There were those who could have told,
had they been asked, but no one thought
the bits of black type knew anything
about it ; arjd they were lazy fellows
these little black types ; so they said to
themselves, 4 4 We have enough to do
now from night till morning, aud from
morning till night, we are kept slaving
away upon the pages of this great news
paper; now if little 4 creak' gets out
there'll be columns and columns more of
work to do, and we'll never get a mo
ment to rest ;" and they clattered away
the louder, hoping with their noise to
drown tho sound of his pleadings.
And so it went on until one day a wise
man came into the great room where the
little wheel was, and passed up and down
about the machinery, looking to see if
everything was all right.
44 Ah, what is this what havo we
here ?" he exclaimed, as he stop2)cd be
fore the little wheel, and bent down to
listen.
44 Let me out! let me out I let mo
out !" cried a shrill voice from within.
44 Well ! well !" said the wise man ;
and reaching down in his pocket he drew
out a steel bar, and began to undo the
fastenings of the wheel's shaft.
When the bits of black typo saw this,
they fairly shook in their cases, for they
knew what was coming.
After one or two turns of the steel, the
shaft of tho wheel fell apart, and out
dropped a tiny black roll of something,
just what the wise man could not tell,
so he put on his glasses and bent down
to examine. As he looked, it began to
nnroll, growing larger and larger. First,
out c.imo a queer little bunch that
looked like a loot, and presently it was
followed by another. Then on either
side of tho roll appeared tiny hands
that stretched themselves out to make
room for a pair of arms : and, last of
all, with a 44 ke-choo 1" that, large as
he was, fairly made tho wise man jump
up popped a tiny head.
44 W-h-y really !" said the astonished
wise man and he took oil his glasses
and gave them a vigorous polishing, to
make sure he had not been mistaken.
But no. there it stood, tho oddest-look
intr little creature he had ever seen.
44 Who are you?" he at last found
voice to ask.
44 I'm the Frince of Story-Tellers, your
Honor, was tho shrill reply.
44 And did you really come out of
that?" pointing to tho wheel's shaft.
4 4 To do sure," answered the elf, bob
bing his little head up and down to give
emphasis ; 44 to bo sure 1 did.
"Well well well," was all tho as
tonished wise man could say.
44 Perhaps you won't believe me," con
tinued the elf, 44 but I'm a regular giant,
onlr civo me the chance to grow. I know
I look rather small now: but who
wouldn't, after being crowded into that
tinv holo for nobody knows now long.
But now that I'm safely out (thanks to
you) won't I give it to them, though I
and his black eyes fairly twinkled with
. delight.
44 (live it to them who?"
, . V Why, the fellow who put me in there,
for you see I've ns much right to a place
on this great paper as any of them. When
it was first started there were a good many
of. us, and to I agreed to wait until my
turn cam. .1 After a littlo the others gut
jealous of mo they wanted to do all the
talking themselves aud they began to
plot against me. Thero was General
Topics, and Old Politics (he's awful),
and Literary Notes, and a host of others ;
and, one night when I wasn't susect
ing 'em, they got after mo they nearly
killed me I thought at first I was dead
and buried, but it seems I was only
stowed away in tho shaft of the wheel.
Now I'm out again, and won't they
catch itP
44 Why, what are you going to do?"
asked the wise man, rather anxiously.
44 Ila ! ha 1" laughed the little elf.
44 You'll see." Then, raising his hand to
his head, he gave a defiant nod and van
ished from sight.
Now all this happened only the day
before the ushering in of the new year,
187G. Always a busy time, then it was
doubly so, and when our wise man had
finished his round of duties, and was at
liberty to sit down and think over his
adventures, the day was far spent. In
all his life, nothing like this had hap
pened before, and the longer he thought
about it the moro puzzled he grew.
Then, to add to his con'usiou, his head
began to feel queerly, and ho saw such
strange sights; the chairs in tho room
got up and oourtesied to the table, tho
one that ho was sitting on giving such a
violent lurch that it sent his hood down
with a jerk, and he fell back, unable to
rise,
I suppose there are those who would
say that he went to sleep, but I firmly
believe the elf bewitched him.
When the bells struck 12 that night,
they mode such a noise as has seldom
been heard. In the midst of the clangor,
the charm was dissolved, and the wise
man, opening his eyes, sat bolt upright,
trying to remember what had taken
place. Then, to satisfy himself that it
was all a foolish dream, he thought best
to go the rounds once more.
44 Of course, I shall find everything all
right," he said, as he turned into the
narrow passage that led to the great
room where the little wheel was; but the
words were scarcely out of his mouth be
fore bump, bump, down he went over
great piles of something that filled the
passage. They felt like newspapers,
and so, reaching out his hand for the
light, that fortunately was still burning,
lie began to examine them. Yes, they
were copies of his own beloved paper;
but what was the matter with them ?
how odd they looked. The heading of
tho first page was all right, but under
neath, in place of the current items of
the day, were stories for children, enig
mas, rebuses, charades, etc. They filled
tho second page, the third and fourth,
md so on through tho whole paper; not
a line of anything else could he find.
44 Horrors," he groaned, 4I am a
ruined man. Who could havo done this
wicked deed ?" then, gathering himself
up, he moved wrathiully toward the
great room.
Once there, what a sight met his as
tonished guze 1 The room was all aglow
with light, and busy at work close be
side the great printing press stood a
giant, whose head nearly touched tho
ceiling.
"Why who are you?" at last ho
found voice to gasp out
I am the Prince of Storv-Tellcrs.
your Ilonor," said the giant, with a low
bow; 44 don t you remember how vou
helped me out of the wheel's shaft, only
a lew hours ago 7 And then, as tho
wise man did not speak, but only stood
staring wildly at him, he went on:
44 1 told you I'd fix 'em. didn't I ? and
I have; you won't see anv thine: of Gen.
Topics or Old Politics or any of the
rest oi them about this paper again.
I'm going to run it myself, now. 1 ve a
few thousand copies out alreadv per
haps vou saw them as you came in ?"
44 Yee-s I Baw them," answered the
wise man, absently, for he was trying to
think what he could do to prevent further
miscuiei. .fortunately, he was not only
a wise man but the son of wise parents,
and as he stood there the remembrance
of one of the famous stories they used
to read to him came back.
44 I'll try that old trick myself," he
said. Then, stepping nearer tho giant,
ho pointed toward the little wheel.
44 You don t mean to say that you came
out of that?"
4 4 To be sure I did," answered the
giant. 44 Why, you saw me do it."
44 Impossible I exclaimed tho wise
man, 44 1 can't believe it."
4 4 Just wait a moment and 1 11 show
you about it," said the giant, and he be
gan to roll himself up. It would have
made you open your eyes to see the way
in which ho disappeared, growing smaller
and smaller until nresentlvall vou could
see was a tiny black roll perched upon
the wheel s shaft.
44 Now are you satisfied?" piped out a
shrill voico from the roll.
44 Wonderful I Wonderful I" exclaimed
tho wise man, 44 but still I think you are
rather too large to be stowed away in the
shaft.
44 Undo it and see."
Vith eager ringers the wise man
forced it open, and down dropped tho
little black roll ; then, quick as a Hash, he
hail secured the fastenings, and the giant
was once more a prisoner.
44 Let me out, let me out, he cried,
struggling within.
44 Never 1" ans-rered the wise man.
44 You've made me trouble enough al
ready, and, now that I have you safely
stored away, you'll never see daylight
again.
Then how the poor fellow begged and
plead with the wise man for his liberty.
At first, like the old giant in the fairy
tale, he offered unlimited treasures of
gold and silver, but it was of no avail ;
the wiso man was deaf to all his en
treaties, until at last he made a wonder
ful promise just what it was I ought
not to tell, but I am sure some of you
can guess. And did he get out?
think so ; for when the first paper of
the new year appeared, much to the sur
prise of eome, 44 General Topics and
Politics, and the rest of them," had been
crowded into a smaller space, to make
room for the Children's Corner. Thero
tho 44 Prince of Story-Tellers" reigns
supremo.
And did he keep his promise? I nm
quite sure ho did ; for that was only two
years ago, ami already each week huu
drcds of . new voices welcome 44 our pa
per" with shoitts of delight. -
And the aweet aprloa bloaaom are not mora fair
Thau the children' facea, that erery where 1 ''
Hasten to (ireet it, while bright eye tell
1 he rlf-oame atoi y we love it wall, .
AVt Ywk 1'ribune ,,,.) , ,
I'A POLITICAL BEttlXISCESCE.
Chief Justice Chase and the) Democrat lo
t . Con y cotton of 1868.
From the Washington Void.
The fact that Salmon I'. Chase was
watching the Deniocratio National Con
vention in New York, in 18G8, with a
rare degree of expectancy is tolerably
well known. But that lie labored to se
cure tho nomination of that convention
for President has not always been sus
ceptible of proof, nis 44 friends " were
there, of course, and it has always been
thought that perhaps they were unau
thorized to act for him to the degree re
marked at that timo. The following let
ter, written by Mr. Chase to a gentle
man of this city, who was representing
him in New York during the convention,
is made publio for tho first time. It
settles the point conclusively that Mr.
Chase was anxious about the result of
that convention. The Mr. V. referred
to was Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, who,
at one stago of tho convention proceed
ings, was decidedly in favor of the nom
ination of Mr. Chase. Altogether, the
letter is quite an interesting contribu
tion to political history: 4
Washington, July 4, 18(53.
My Df.au Sib : I was pratitied bv your note
which camo to-day. Whatever the result I
shall never forget your good ollices. The re-
f'orts by letter and telegram to the press seem
o warrant your hope ; but I do not forget tho
difference between outfide speculation and in
side decision, and Bhall acquiesce cheerfully
whatever tho vent.
The assurance you give of tho friendship of
Mr. V afford me real satisfaction, lie in
a man of whose friendship one may well be
proud. Even when we havo differed most
widely. I have always admired his pluck and
consistency, snd have done full justice to his
abilities and energies. The propositions con
tain little that I dissent from, except as to one
part of the Reconstruct ion laws. I have al
ways favored the submission of the question
of reorganization after disorganization by war
to the entire people or the whole state ; and,
whether right or wrong, constitutions have
been framed in eiuht of the States under
which Senator and Representative have been,
or soon will be, admitted to Beat in Congress.
But there is no use in discussing this now.
Dr. Mclllhaney has taken some notes of con
versation wita me on this point, which he will
hand to Mr. Long. You can use them, of
course ; but I do not want to have them shown
to anybody else except Sir. an liuren.
I await the result very quietly so quietlv
that I am almost ashamed of myself when I
think of your anxieties and labors in New
loik. Yours most sincerely,
p. r. Chase.
The Bland Silver Bill.
We print below the Bland Silver bill
as it passed the House, and as amended
by the Senate Committee on Finance,
The Ilouse bill ends with tho words
printed in brackets. Tho Senate Com
mittee on Finance struck out the words
in brackets and added the words which
follow, printed in italics. The reader
thus has both bills before him:
in Act to authorize tlte free coinage of the
standard silrr dollar, and to restore its
legal- tender character.
lie it enacted, etc., That there shall be coined,
at the several mint of the United States, silver
dollars ot the weight of 412V grains Trov of
standard silver, as provided in tho act of Jan.
18, 1837, on which shall bo the devices aud
superscription provided by said act: which
coin a. together with all silver dollars heretofore
coined by the United States of like weight and
iineneB-4, shall be a legal tender, at their nom
inal valno, for all debts and dues, publio and
private, except whore otherwise provided by
contract and any owner of silver bullion may
deposit the same at any United States mint or
assay office, to be coined into such dollars, for
his benefit, upon the same terms and condi
tions as gold bullion is deposited for coinage
under existing laws. And the iecretary of Uw.
atreasury is aulftorized and directed, out of any
iooney in the treasury not othenrise approprU
will, to purchase, from time to time, silriT bull
mn at tlie inarket price thereof , not less than tiro
Tilhon dollars per month, nor more, than four
million dollars iter month, andcausettie same
to be coined into such dollars. Ami any gain or
seigniorage arising from this coinage uhall be
accounted for and paid into the treasury, as
provided unthT evisling lairs relating to the
subsidiary coinage; provide d, that tlw amount
of money at anyone time invested in such silciT
bullion, exclusive of such resulting coin, shall
not er.ceedfive million dollars.
3Iaine Liquor Legislation. .
The latest Liquor bill introduced in
the Maine Legislature is one which its
originator, Gen. Neal Dow, trusts will
be more effective thau the present 44 Pro
hibitory law" toward uprooting the traffic
which ho is fighting in the Pine-Treo
State. His new bill provides that the
sale of liquor is to be punished by a fine
of $200 and six months' imprisonment at
hard labor; second offense, a year. No
liquor is to be brought into tue bate,
even for private persons. People are to
be held responsible for liquors found on
their premises, and the burden of proof
as to ownership rests on them. Appara
tus for selling liquor found is to be
deemed evidence of guilt. If a team is
found drawing liquor, tho horses and
vehicle are to be confiscated. Common
drunkards are to be sent to jail for a
year, but released on conviction of the
seller. Drummers for liquor houses are
to be fined $1,000 and imprisoned for a
year. Onisers obtaining convictions are
to bo paid premiums.
England and Turkey.
Tho Hon. E. J. Morris, of Philadel
phia, lato American Minister at Constan
tinople, says, in an interview, that t,n
gland opposed the first treaty of com
merce between the United States and
Turkey, and opposed the conceagion of
trading in tho Black sea. He declares
that the commerce of tho world is in
debted to Bussia for the opening of the
Black sea, and expresses the opinion that
England is more interested in closing
me uaruanenes to Binps oi wur than
Turkey, the Porte knowing that Con
stantinople is really safer with the fleets
of all the world riding before its walls
than it is when they are excluded.
A Lasting Keepsake.
44Lookheah, mar's John, ain't you
gwine to gib mo no keepsake dis New
Year's ?" asked an elderly darkey, who
hail evidently been out calling, of a young
gentleman on Commerco street.
44 What sort of a keepsake do you want,
uncle ?" asked tho youth.
44 1 wants sumfin what is gwine to last
sumfin to tako wid mo when I dies, so
I'll always think of ye when I Bee it
sumfin what won't wear out."
44 How would a bottle of whisky do ?"
4 Foah God, dats de berry keepsake
I'se been droamin' of I" San Antonio
Express.
MICHIGAN 1TEX3.
Minister's new $1,000 Court House
is ready for occupancy.,
TiuutB is a Moimon society otmsisting
of twelv member in Westville, . Mont
calm COUnty. ; ,,i i ,,.;...-...
The law for closing saloons on Sunday
was never enforced in Houghton county
till last week. ; '
Tub Ionia Sentinel saya several flocks
of wild turkeys have recently been seen
feeding within the city limits. . t ,
- A petition has been sent to the Post
master General to change the name of
the Fentonville postofnoe to Fenton.
A new secret society, recently organ
ized in Ohio, called the 44 Knights of
Labor," is reaching over into Michigan.
The Governor and Railroad Commis
sioner are on a tour of inspection of the
Menominee railroad, in the Upper Pen
insula, which is to receive a land-grant.
LaFayette McMubray died at Hast
ings a few days ago from lockjaw, re
sulting from the loss of a finger mu
tilated in tho machinery of J. L. Wilk
ins' croquet works. He left a family.
A LAuaa green-house at Brady Hill
Cemetery, East Saginaw, owned by Wm.
T. Arnold, tho sexton, and filled with
valuable plants, was totally destroyed by
fire recently. Loss, $850 ; no insurance.
One of the farmers' institutes, con
ducted under the auspices of tho State
Agricultural College, held a four days'
session at Saginaw City last week, a large
number of people being in attendance.
Dr. Van Deusen has rosigned from
the medical superintendency of the In
sane Asylum at Kalamazoo, and will
leave it March 1. Dr. Geo. C. Palmer
will succeed him.
The fourth of the Farmers' Institutes
for this season was held at St. Johns last
week, the Court nouse being well filled
with farmers from tho surrounding
country.
The dead body of Mrs. Deborah
Green was recently found in her house,
seven miles south of Jackson, with her
head split open. She had evidently been
murdered for her money. The old lady
lived alone.
A son of Mrs. Terney, of Carrollton,
a young lad about 12 years of age, while
skating on the river recently, broke
through the ice and was drowned. This
is tho second son Mrs. Terney has lost
within a year in the same manner.
A large dwelliner house, at East Sagi
naw, owned by H. P. Smith aud occu
pied bv two widow ladies. Mrs. Burdick
and Mrs. Paul Brown, was nearly de
stroyed by fire the other morning. Loss
on building. $2,000 ; on furniture, $1,200.
Insurance, $1,400. , .
The wife of D. M. Howard, of Dover,
ended her life recently by jumping into
a well. She had been subject to spells
of insanity, and, a few days before, was
returned convalescent from the Wayne
County Asylum, where she was sent
for treatment last September.
Congressman HcnnELn writes the
school authorities of Houghton that tho
high-school cadets of that place will
probably be permitted to retain their
muskets, and that another army olhcer
will possibly bo detailed to take the
place of Lieut. Ingalls.
Tiie Secretary of State has issued a
circular calling upon the "non-commis
sioned officers and musicians of the
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Michigan In
fantry, having claims for pay during the
month of August, to apply to that de
partment for blanks with which to file
their claims.
Michigan financial reports show that
the State bonded deVt has decreased
$217,000 since Jan. 1. A series of bonds
amounting to $243,000 fell due at that
date ; also $29,G10 interest has been
paid leaving the interest-bearing debt
now at $1,159,000. The reports of the
State banks to tho Treasurer show total
liabilities, $2,813,251.35; resources the
soma.
Arrangements have been completed
for the construction of a railroad be
tween Saginaw and Vassar, to be com
pleted within a year. The road will be
twenty miles long, will connect at Vassar
with the Detroit and Bay City road, and
at Saginaw with the Saginaw Valley and
St. Louis, and Jackson and Lansing Di
vision of the Michigan Central. Work
is to commence at once.
The Circuit Court Commissioner has
filed his report in the university chancery
caso under tho decretal order of Oct. 26,
1877, refening it to him for accounting.
The summary is as follows:
AOAINHT ROME.
Delinquent rrd-linM accounts or luiosing
ticket $1,892.70
Sub payiuonta on forfeited accounts 34J 60
HtubloM accounta 1,231.65
Total $3,46(1.85
AOAIKHT DOUGLAS.
8tub account, initialed and not reported
to Uetfeuta $1,175.00
The Commissioner rofers the vexed
aud disputed items $104.25, $G6. 19 and
$20.10 respectively reported in 18G7-8,
18G8-9 and 18G9-70 to the court for de
cision, and gives all the facts relative
thereto. He also takes up some special
accounts which he has examined and re
ports as to them. By these tho amount
against Douglas will be decreased $200. 10
and the amount against Hose $58.10.
Kittte Malonet, of Flint, aged 20
years, was awakened the other night by
a sharp pain in her left temple. On ap
plication of her hand she received a
sharp prick, and examination showed
tho ioint of a needle protruding. A
common needle, rusted, was extracted.
It was swallowed two years since, all of
which time her health has been poor,
and she has been unablo to work.
A burglar named Bobbins was ar
rested at Kalamazoo by the Sheriff, and
escorted to the jail for safe-keeping.
They had no sooner entered the jail
door than the prisoner broke from the
Sheriffs grasp and mado a dash for lib
erty. The Sheriff, in company witli a
large crowd, started in pursuit, and he
was, after a short run, overhauled and
lodged in jail. The thief had broken
into several houses the night previous,
and obtained considerable property.
At an early hour the other morning
the Kent county jail was discovered to
be on fire. Tho police department were
notified and twenty-six prisoners were
removed by them to tho police station.
The jftilWM constructed on tha i inside
with wood-covered boiler plates, and be
tween the plating 1 the flr burned all
day, ' A foroe of machinists waa set to
work cutting out the plates, and the fire
men followed with water. The building
is damaged to the amount of $10,000.
Fifteen of the prisoners were removed to
the Kalamazoo county Jail that after
noon. The jail was erected aix years
ago at a cost of $ 15,000.
SECUETS OF THE P0LK CIKCLE.
Voyage of DlaeoTery by Vtrm Other Na
tions Tli Howgat Kxpdition Ap
proved by ft- Ilouae Committee.
The Committee on Naval Affairs of the
National House of Representatives has
reported favorably upon the Howgate
Polar Expedition bill. The committee
savs :
We hare ascertained to our ftatlsfaction that
the results yielded by prior explorations in the
Polar teas have incalculably benefited the
whole world ; that the knowledge acquired by
experiment and discovery in that region can be
obtained in no other way and in no other sec
tion of the globe ; that such knowledge is an
important factor in the regulation of com
merce which is absolutely dependent, ho far as
decreaking tho perils of tho deep aud enlarg
ing boundaries of navigation are concerned,
upon the knowledge of physical laws.
Thero has never before been an opportunity
afforded ho promising in results as tho one
which now prose uta itself. To make such ex
plorations entirely wiccossful it is essential
that Bimultaneous observations be had at dif
ferent points within tho Arctic circle, and for
continuous periods of time. England, during
the present year, will fit out two vessels, under
tne explorer Nares, on a Polar expedition via
the east coast of Greenland. Hweden, in 1878,
nnder the auspices of lrof. Nordenskjold will
explore the Polar regions via Norway across to
Behring's strait. Holland has determined upon
another. Germany, under the direction of the
Arctic Exploration Society, has an Obi expe
dition, commanded by Capt. Wiggins, now on
duty. Russia, during the coming spring, will
Sush forward an ethnological expedition un
er the Ilelsingsfors Professor to the Vogels
and Ostyacs of the Obi and Iitysh.
After referring to tho ways in which
knowledge of tho different natural sci
ences may be advanced by this expedi
tion, the report continues :
Wonderful already are the discoveries made
iu each field of inquiry noted, but we are yet
in the vestibule. The region of the unknown
is Just beyond. We are invited thither. We
know enough to realize the wealth which
awaits us. Hitherto observations have been
limited and imperfect, the most Important of
them wnolly neglected. Accurate data as to
all of the sciences named are wanting. Geo
graphic discovery has hitherto been the ob
jective point. While this is praiseworthy,
while it adds a most important chanter to the
book of knowledge, it nhould not be the pri
mary object to which all others are subordi
nated. An absolute change of operations must
be had. This change will be effected by the
passage of the - bill II. It. 417. It meets tho
exact need. It provides for a long stay, which'
will give ample opportunity for observations
and the conduct of scientilio inquiry under the
most favoring conditions. It provides that an
intelligent system shall be pursued under the
direction of the National Academy of Sciences,
i Tho report concludes :
The honor of the American name is involved.
Will Congress suppress this zealous spirit of
inoniry and adventure, or give it scone by the
passage of this bill and a meager appropria
tion of 150,000. To us it appears there should
be but one answer, and therefore we report
back the bill with a recommendation that it do
pass.
Cold Feet.
The feet should be washed in tepid
water every day or two, but not in water
so hot as to make them tender. In con
cluding the bath, dip them into cold
water, which closes tho pores natuially,
and then wipe and rub them entirely dry
and warm them. No business at the
desk or counter or bench no domestic
task or conventional circumstance is of
so grave importance as to warm one's
feet when they are cold. You can't af
ford the hazard to health incurred by in
difference to the discomfort nature is
giving you as a premonition of danger.
Keep yfflur feet dry. If, by accident, you
wet your feet, don't be foolish, and sit
still until death-damp steals your vitals.
Exercise common senso and remove the
wet stockings. U chilly, tako a wm
foot-bath, ending with the cold dip and
rubbing dry. . If, in a judicious way,
people would wet their feet oftener
clean up to their cars it would bo bet
ter for their health.
Kail roads of Seyen Great Powers.
The Jlailway Age prints the follow
ing statement of the comparative popu-
latidn, railroad mileage, and debt of the
leading countries of Europe, and re
marks that it is not perhaps generally
appreciated that the United States, with
a population less than that of Crermany,
has more miles of railroad than all the
seven great powers combined their
total mileage being 76,491, while ours is
nearly 80,000 :
MiUn of Xatutnal'
reputation. Railroad. Dtbt.
Russia 88,0U0,(00 14,(100 $1,840,033,015
Turkey 2 (.00,000 1,138 1,500.000.00
Oeraany 42,720,84 17,472 671,345,640
Austria 35,iX4.4:ifi 10,154 1,532,634,630
Great DritaJn. 81,783,700 16,664 3,625,296,580
France 36,102,921 12,246 5,000,000,005
Italy 26.801,154 4.817 1,851.622,640
That we have fairly beaten the seven
great powers as respects mileage, it is
very true, but, when looked at from a
commercial point of view, the victory is
rather a costly one.
Prosecution of Timber Thieves.
Secretary Schurz's war upon the tim
ler thieves is showing results. Already
190 civil and 38 criminal suits have been
begun, and $873,723 worth of property
seized. Iu Minnesota, the Government
has won all of the seventy-eight civil and
twenty-five criminal suits, realizing $13,
000 in sales and $3,775 in judgments.
Seventy suits have been begun in Missis
sippi, and $308,408 of lumber seized ; in
Florida, twelve suits, and $111,800 re
covered. The prosecutions in Louisiana
have just begun, and promise largo re
sults. Another Arctic Expedition.
Another Polar- expedition is being
formed in New York, whence, in June
next, it will start for the Arctic region.
The commander will bo the old North
ern adventurer, Barrv, and the party
will go by vessel to Republic bay, and
from there proceed in sledges across the
ice fields to the point reached by the
Franklin expedition. The adventurers
hope to make new discoveries and sur
vive to return in 1880.
A mav, living five miles east of Bloom
ington, Ind., tried to swallow too big a
chunk of sirloin, and it stuck in his
esophagus. It was so far down that his
breathing was not seriously interrupted;
so he went to the city for surgical aid.
A doctor rushed the obstruction down
with a poker.
PEOPLE AND TJIINtJS.
Iowa has 22,750 tradesmen.
The moonstone is again a fashionaVle
jewel.
" A Pennsylvania! has died from the
bite of a man.
, A war of 1812 pensioner has just been
married in North Carolina.
The physicians say that promiscuous
kissing spreads disease. . Heart troubles
especially. 4
There are no less than 124 foreign en
tries in the five great races of 1878 in En
land, and among these ore five American
horses.
Mr. P. T. Bahnum calculates that he
has sold, since he began his business of
amusement, no less than $83,000,000
worth of tickets.
Newsdealers in Boston and in Troy
have set a good example by stopping the
sale of illustrated sensational story
papers for boys.
Tue amount of sugar annually con
sumed in Great Britain is 900,000 tons,
being about sixty pounds for every one
of the population.
It is Dr. Fordyce Barker's opinion
that city women are healthier and hand
somer than country women, as a result
of better food and more diversion.
Accordino to the Governor's message
Kentucky owes oidy about $180,000, and
ample provisions have been made to
meet this debt on its becoming due.
There were five steamers, twenty
nine ships and 101 other vessels built in
Maine last year, the aggregato tonnage
being 7G.308 tons. This is an increase
over 1875 and 187G.
A new design of postage stamps is
soon to be announced. They are pre
pared with inclosed borders of whito
to prevent the fraudulent practice of
4 4 washing" canceled stamps.
English authors produced and had
printed last year 3,049 books. Thero
were also 2,016 new editions, making the
total book production of England 5,095,
against 4,888 the preceding year.
The exportation of fresh meat is look
ing up again, and, on a recent Saturday,
six steamers arrived at Liverpool with
9,112 quarters of beef, 1,400 sheep and
50 pigs, all from the United States.
The total earnings of theJMexican rail
road, the only ntilroad in Mexico, for
last year amounted to about $2,000,000.
The total operating expenses amounted
to $1,500,000, or about 02 per cent, of
the gross earnings. ;
The largest oyster on record in the
United States was one taken from the
beds in Mobile in 1840. It measured
three feet and one inch in length, and
twenty-three and a half inches in breadth
across its widest part. ..
TnE English feed for fattening sheep
consists of cotton-seed and turnips.
They claim that it will put on the most
fat, is the safest feed, makes the best
mutton at a less cost, and produces the
best and strongest manure.
Clara Louise sang in Titusville tho
other night. 44 Like the smooth, unc
tuous trickling of tb6 oleaginous com
modity from a hundred-barrel well," says
the Herald. 44 were the liouid. oilv notes
of the handsome, bediamonded Kellogg
to the enraptured Titusvillers."
From 1870 to 1874 the Austrian Gov
ernment realized nearly $35,000,090
from tho publio lotteries; the ticket
holders won $16,500,000. In Italy the
net receipts of the Government lotteries
in three years reached $10,500,000, while
the sum won by the people was $20,
000,000. Thirty years ago J. "NV. Mackey left
Ireland a penniless boy. Twenty years
ago he was traveling in this country as a
44 drummer." Sixteen years ago he was
bankrupt. Now he owns some of the
richest mines on the Pacifio coast, and
has a yearly income estimated at $14,
000,000.
A huge mass of metal, weighing four
or five tons, resulting from melting down
counterfeit plates and dies captured by
tho detectives of the Treasury Depart
ment, has been laid as the" 44 corner
stone" of the foundation in tho erecting
shop of the engineering department in
the Navy Yard at Washington.
Ah Chuno, a San Francitco murderer,
has kicked the bucket, literally as well
as metaphorically. A prison-keeper
found him hanging by tho neck in his
cell. Ho had passed a cord through the
air-holes at the back of his cell, fastened
that end, made a noose of the other end,
put out the gas, and planted himself
upon a water-bucket. Then he kicked
the bucket.
In Falls county, Tex., a Miss Moore
was preparing for marriage, and invited
a friend, Miss Williams, to assist her.
In rummaging through some clothes, an
old pistol was carelessly handled by
Miss W., resulting in the shooting and
instant death of Miss Moore. She was
buried on the day that was to have been
the nuptial occasion, and the other
young lady, who was the innocent cause
of it, has become deranged.
Victor Hugo is so strong a person
that he can go ont in all weathers with
out a greatcoat It is his 44 custom, al
ways, of an afternoon," to take a long
ride upon the top of an omnibus, and, in
this elevated position, commanding a
view of the busy life of Paris, he jots
down his fast-coming ideas, and when
he reaches home throws them into shape.
It is asserted that he has written vol
umes on the knife-boards of omnibuses.
S. II.
The Sitting Bull business in the North
west acquires new interest from the re
cent statement of Col. Corbin, who was
one of the United States Commissioners
to treat with that chief. He says that
the treaty made by the Sitting Bull
Commission with the Canadian Commis
sion of the Northwest naturalized Sitting
Bull as a Canadian Indian, so that, if
the chief does cross the border and com
mit depredations in tho United States,
the Dominion Government will be re
sponsible for them.
Eads New Project.
Capt. James B. Eads has a new project,
embracing the improvement of the Mis
sissippi river from St. Louis to the delta,
near its mouth, His plan contemplates
a permanent channel depth between
Cairo and New Orleans of twenty feet a
low water, sufficient to float the large
vessels navigating the river at all sea
sons of the year.