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IXC03IE TAXES
The Letter of Commissioner Raum to
District Attorneys.
Treasury Department, Office
of Internal Revenue, Washingtou,
Sept. 28, 1S7G. Sir: A suit has been
pending in the United States Circuit
Court for the District of Rhodolsland
wherein the United States was plain
tiff and Rowland G. Hazard was de
fendant for the recovery of Income
taxes withheld. The defenad set up
was that during the year Inquired of
the defendant having made no return
of his Income, the assessor of his dis
trict made return for him, and that
such assessment having been paid,
the government is now precluded
from any further inquiry or assertion
of indebtedness
To this 'plea the attorney for the
government demurred, and a full
hearing haB just been had before Mr.
Justice Clifford elttibg; with District
Judge Knowles holding the Circuit
Court, and the demurrer has been sus
tained. A report of this decision baa ap
peared in a Providence journal, and
will appear in the next number of the
Internal Revenue liecord.
While this question was in contro
versy I have refrained from giving
general ciirectiohs for the institution
of proceedings against parties alleged
to be thus Indebted to government
for taxes evaded through neglect to
make returns.
Ifow that it Is judicially determined ,
that this class of taxes is still recover
able, you will proceed without furth
er delay to bring suit therefor against
any and all such persons in your dis
trict against whom there is in your
opinion sufficient evidence to sustain
such proceedings. Respectfully,
Green B. Raum, Com.
IS THIS REFORM !
The Tilden People in Arkansas Rifle
the Ballot Roxes of the Recent
Election.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 25. The
Democratic Tilden reformers put up a
job last night and broke into the
County Clerk's office, and stole the
tickets from the ballot boxes which
were cast at the late election. The
Republican eandidates.who had been
counted out at the late election were
contesting for the offices, and this rob
bery was perpetrated to destroy the
evidences of their election and 6creeu
the judges from prosecution.
A Card from Senator Hitchcock.
Omaha, Sunday, Oot. 1, 1S7G.
To tho'Kdltor of the Republican:
I have read your ibsue of this morn
ing with regret. It shows to my
mind too strong a disposition to fight
over again the convention contest,
and to attack those republicans who
were on the losing side. This is all
wrong. It is unwise and impolitic as
well as unjust.
A convention by far the largest and
ablest ever asSem'Iiieu In this state,
has, after an excited contest, conclud
ed its labors and nominated its candi
dates. They are candidates, not of a
faction or section, bufc of the whole
patty.
In such a hot contest doubtless
many things were said and done
which are now regretted. Why con
tinue to stir up unpleasant memories ?
Why not close up the ranks and
march on together for a common vic
tory ? I am sure this Is the feeling of
t,,e Kreat body of tho republican par
ty. Here and there an occasional dis-
rgn
Izer may be found, but their
numb
bers or influence are but slight.
Let them who wish: attack me to
their heart's 6ontent. Let them lay
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inal calendar, aud then assert that I
am a fool nnd an imbecile. They
"prove all these things to their satis
faction" every day.
Let them do it. My faith that the
people of Nebraska have intelligence
enough to discover the truth about
my public service, has never faltered,
and I know they will do right. My
enemies strengthen me much by such
outrageous abuse.
Let tho Republican not make the J
same mistake. P. W. Hitchcock.
One of Wattcrson'slies.
Camden, Ark., Sept. 14, 1876.
To the Editor of the Inter-Ocean ;
If the devil should close his reser
voir of lies which he opened for the
benefit of the Dernocratfo party after
the St. Louis nominations, the "re
form campaign of Tilden and Hen
dricks would collapse in less than a
week. Look at the following from
that high toned reform orcau. the
Louisville Courier-Journal:
"The way in which the Arkansas
radicals begun tho work of buildiug
up the schools of that State was
characteristic of that party. They
appropriated 3S0.000 for schools, and
ut the same time created school su
perintendents and other officers whose
salaries amounted to $67,000, leaving
vio.uju ior stealage, aud not a conti
nental red for the sohools."
The only truth' contained in the
above extract is in its first paragraph.
As for the balance, Watterson is as
loose and reckless with his figureB as
Tilden was in swearing to his income
return. Yes, Republican school man
agement in this State was character
istic of the party. Now mark "how
plain a tale" shall put this Tilden or
gan down. During the years 1S69,
1870, 1S71 nnd 1872, the Republicans of
this State built 1,758 school houses,
379,052 children attended tho public
IIlili.lliB 3 kb'WVA&BbKL lilmiIyA
schools, and $1,374,212 90 was expend
ed for educational purposes, leaving
$60,000 in United States bonds In the
State Treasury, which tho last Demo
cratic Legislature unlawfully appro
priated to pay themselves per diem
and mileage. Sixteen thousand dol
lars of the State University fund went
the same way. The proceeds of the
sale of all sixteenth sections of pub
lic lands, donated to the State by the
General Government for school pur
poses, has been either stolen or squan
dered by our Democratic cormorants,
until our free Ecbool system stands as
it does to-day a shriveled, grinning
skeleton, a monument of Democratic
hatred, malice and stupidity.
The Republican party is the con
science of the nineteenth century.
What was the condition of the coun
try when the Republican party came
Into power? I know there are those
with envenomed tongues who de
nounce this party men who, if they
had had their own way, would not
have allowed us to have a oountry to
day. The Democratio part3' made it
the duty of citizens to hunt fugitives
Eeeking liberty. Such a law would
disgrace tho statute books of hell.
Laughter. No man ever voted for
such a law who wad not a rascal. I
intend to tell the truth if I am strong
enough, and I tell you I have an ex
cellent constitution. Laughter.
This crime crept up into the Supreme
Court. That court was a farce. I
know all about it. In 1861, if a negro
had planted corn and the crop was
ready for harvest, and a Democrat had
come along to steal it, the Supreme
Court would have decided, with their
spectacles pushed baok on their bald
pates, that the corn belonged to the
Democrat. Loud applause. This
was the spirit of the good old party
of reform. Loud applause. Imag
ine the condition we were In when
the Republicans came into power.
Justice and Mercy $ere vagrants. At
the North the Democrats were ready
to give anything for an office. The
Southern States took up arms took
up arms for what? Why, for the
right to steal from 4,000,000 of people
of different color. I believe I am su
perior to the black man and so su
perior that I can get my living with
out robbing him. Laughter The
Democratio party commenced the war
against the Union. Tne question was
Are you for or against the Union?
The Republican party offered all that
it could it almost got into the dirt,
but the South rushed to war. The
gj-tjob- Iwpub'llcnii prtrty. -urrt" every
Union-loving Democrat in the North
struck hands to fight for the Union.
Are you sorry the Republican party
won In 1S60? Are you sorry th'e' great
Lincoln was elected? Ingersoll.
What TVill Rent Tilden.
The elements which are to beat Mr.
Tilden, so'far as the state of New
York is concerned, are several :
First, his disregard of his official oath
in not bringing plunderers of the new
capitol building to justice for having
stolen $2,000,000 of the taxpayers'
money ; second, the admitted loss of
the reform elements in the city of
Brooklyn, which gave him over one
third of tho state majority for govern
or; third, thebecret iniluence of Tam
many hall, which is working
against him; fourth, his inabilty to
bring over any republicans, for the
fact that he and Tweed were responsi
ble for defrauding their candidate,
Grlswold, out of his certificate in 186S,
by keeping back the returns, and
countlug 59,150 majority in New York
city for Hoffman ; fifth, the release of
Tweed and the protection of the offi
cial in whose custody Tweed was ;
sixth, Tilden's abandonment of specie
payment and surrender to the inflat
ionists ; aud seventh, the false charac
ter and fraudulent acts of Mr. Tilden,
as they will be known and understood
before the canvass is over. No man
can carry the weight of nets like de
frauding the govermeut out of taxes
to the extent of securing relief through
congress; of inadequate income re
turns made to the internal revenue
department of over issue of railroad
stock, and defrauding innocent hol
ders out of millions of dollars of prop
erty, as was decided in the United
States supreme court in 1S65, In the cel
ebrated case of Julius Wadsworth and
others, aud by which division over $2,
000,000 of stock had" to be made good ;
of compelling the state of Michigau to
sue him for laud taxes"; of making an
alliance with notorious ring men ; of
packing state conventions at the point
of the bayouet, as Erastus Brooks, ed
itor of the New York Express, said
Mr. Tilden did do ; of compelling poor
laborers to take four mouths' notes
ior tneir weekly labor, and then
shaving the notes at the store of Wet
more & Rllden, as stated by the Chica
go Tribune. These and many other
transactions like them, are moro
than the intelligent people of this
country are willing to Indorse, by giv
ing to the author of them the seat of
the president. Brooklyn, A7".
ffus, Dem.
Y., Ar-
fraudulent Reformers.'
Mr. James R. Doolittle, of Wiscon
sin, is remembered as one of those
treacherous politicians who, obtaining
Republicain support by false pretens
es, seek early opportunity of deserting
to the Democratio camp. This treach
ery is accomplished under the guise
of "Conservative Republicanism,"
the acts of desertion are styled "Inde
pendents," and the "Independent
.3R0WNVILLE, NEBRASKA.,
Conservatives," developed into a ma
lignant Copperhead Democrat be
comes a blatant "reformer." The
latest exhibition of this sort of politi-
reform of which this class is capable
Is found in the recenl discovory of a
spurleus secret circular, purporting to
emanate from the Chicago office of
the National Republican Executive
Committee, and addressed to post
masters in Wisconsin, the objeot be
ing to entrap "doubtful Republicans.''
This ciroular ha3 beeri traced to the
private office of ex-Republican, ex
Senator, and present Democratio
manager, James R. Doollttle. As a
specimen or political trickery, Impo
sition and forgery the Doollttle circu
lar is unique. It serves, however, to
show to what baseness a man de
scends when ho abandons hope and
becomes a reformer. Republic.
This makes us think of our great
reformer, Tipton. Tipton and Doo
little make a pair of them.
LoTC.aud Mischief.
One sunny day Love chose to stray
Adown n rosy path forbidden,
Where mischief deep In ambush lay.
And watched his snare neatu the flowers
hidden,.
Love tumbling In h"egan tc shotll
For mlbchiefs aid, lest ho should smother,
"You little deamon, let rao out,
Or I'll report you to your mother."
Said Mischief, "I'll not set you free
Unless you share your power with mo,
And give of every heart you gain
One-hall to joy and one-half to pain."
Love strugglod, but In vain, alas !
He was not born to prove a martyr,
And sad to tell ! It came to pass
He gave In to the llttlo Tartar,
Love flew to Venus In a pet,
And cried, whon ho had told his story,
"O, Queen of Beauty, never let
That llttlo Imp wea half my glory."
The goddess, with n look sedate.
Replied ; "I cannot alter fate.
But you shall conquer still my boy;
I'll make love'spaln moresweet thanjoy."
A TOUCHING STORY.'
The Original of "East Lynne."
It may be not generally known,
yet it ib ptobably true, that the fam
ous novel of "East Lynne,1 although
written In England, had the ground
work of Its story in a singular mar
riage which took place in this oity,
the notice and the attending circum
stances at the time being copied by
almost every paper in the country.
The matter was about as followd:
"AjMrrJrM., aolerkln-a down:
town house, fell In love with a young
lady whose father was a well-to-do
Second etreet jmercb'ant, and after a
proper season of attention the couple
were married. Both soon found out
that they were'not happily mated,
and after a marriage of seven years,
during which time they had three
children, two boys and a girl, they
both agreed to part, the husband ap
plying for a divorce, on the.ground of
incompatibility of temper. The di
vorce was granted, aud.the wife went
home to her father, who had through
indorsiong lost his business aud all
his property. The daughter'saud his
own misfortunes weighed so heavily
upon the father's mind that duriuga
moment of mental alienation betook
his own life, leaving his daughter
penniless, and to rough it with the
cold charity of the world as best Bhe
could. The woman, a brave little
creature tried every way s'ho knew
how to gain an honest livelihood ; in
fact working so hard giving music
lessons and doing embroidery for old
school inatea that her health gave
way, aud, having no money to pay
her board, must beg, starve, or go to
tho poorhouso.
To turn to the other side of the
picture, the husband after a few
months' released from the marital
bonds, again married, aud at the same
time of which wo speak had not only
tho three children by the first wife,
but also in addition thereto, a little
two year old girl by &10 second wife.
The latter lady being ill, the husband
advertised for o nurse and house
keeper, which notice reached the eye
of the first wife, andshein her trouble
went to the former partner of her
heart, told him of her ead condition
and applied to him for the position in
bis household. The husband knew
not what to say ; but after giving her
ample funds for all Immediate wants
asked her to call again at his office on
the following mornimr. promising to
consult his wife about tho matter in
the meantime.
Promptly as per agreement wife No.
1 was on time, as was he husband,
and from there they went to the resi
dence where the two wives had their
first conversation ending in their
agreement for the first, wife to come
and accept the vacant place, which
she did, seemingly delighted at hav
ing a peaceful home over her head,
notwithstanding the very strange cir
cumstances under whicnsuch shelter
was given. Necessity demanded that
tho entire past should be obliterated,
and the new house-keeper treated as
other help ; that she must care for the
children her own offsprings and
the other child the same as any hired
nurse would do; that she must eat at
the seoond table to care for her charg
es. All these things and even more
humility did tho poor woman show,
never by sign, word or look exhibit
ing the least evidence of discontent.
What, however, must hav.e been the
true feelings of her heart
when seeing another filling the
place that she had once tried, as she
thought, so hard to'fill!
THTJESDAY, OCTOBEE 12, 1876.
The above is from the files of an old
Cincinnati paper, but the sequel, as
told us by one conversant with the
whole facts is stranger than what we
have narrated. When the cholera
was raging in our city In 1868 tho
second wife was taken very ill with it,
and being Informed by the physician
that she would have but a fe.w hours
at most, as she was then in a collaps
ed condition, Bhe asked that all go out
of the room, excepting her husband
and the house-keeper, when she told
how much she dreaded leaving her
little child amongst strangers, and as
dying entreated them both to marry
again. The proposition was a strange
one, but both promised, and in a few
months afterward, when the second
wife had been dead a sufficient
length of time not to cause remarks,
the two were again married, brought
together after a cruel separation of so
many years, and, we believe are liv
ing happily together in a cozy West
End house. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Kissing Edwin Booth.
A San Francisco paper relates the
following: Edwin Booth Is proverb
ially opposed to having his private
trumpet blown, but a little incident
of hi3 overland trip is too good to be
lost. It seems that in the same parlor
car with the tragedian and his family
was a lady more remarkablo for the
loudness of her style than forhre re
finement. She repeatedly stated that
she would gie a hundred dollars to
kiss Booth. At Omaha a poor emi
grant attracted the attention of the
travelers as they returned to tho car
after dinner. He had started for Cali
fornia, but had been robbed while
asleep. Booth's eyes fell upon his
gorgeous admirer, who was standing
near. He want up abruptly to her
her and asked : "Did you say you
would give a hundred dollars to kiss
me?" She replied, 'I did,' and open
ed a purse defiantly. He passed his
arm around her neck and, gave her a
sounding smack, held out his hand
for the fee. This was given. Booth
wheeled arrund aud forced it into the
emigrant's hand.
The Cruciflction.
The Philadelphia Eyenirig Journal
publishes the letter of a tourist in
Europe, who recently witnessed in
the town of Ober-Amergan a very cu
rious religious ceremony, which has
already been described in the novel of
"Quits' In the year 1C33, when the
vlllagevas" ViSited-'by "a pestilence,
the monks induced tho inhabitants to
make a vow "that, in thankful devo
tion and for edifying contemplation,
they would, every ten years, publicly
represent the Passion of Jesus, the
Bavlor of the world." The corres
pondent says:
Sunday was the day of the repre
sentation; and as the theatre was a
temporary inclosure, we had the glorl
our mountains and the blue sky as
worthy scenery for the great tragedy.
Four thousand persons were present,
of whom the greater part were peas
ants from the Tyrol, though next to
us were Priuces from Russia, the
Duchesa of Parma, and the Count de
Chauiford. The performance em
braced every scene in the life of our
Redeemer, from the entrance into Je
rusalem to tho ascension.
Between tho scenes from tho New
Testament were typical tableaux from
the Old Testament. In some of them
there were four hundred persons, all
of whom were natives of Ammergan.
A ohorus, like that of the old Greek
tragedies, sang sacred song3, or, in
recitative, explained the tableaux.
We entered tho theatre at 7 o'clock,
and, with an hour's intermission, the
performance lasted till 4:30 o'clock.
My Protestant feelings were shocked
even more than I expected when 1
first saw our Redeemer represented
by a human being, and I regretted
that I had come, and yet the perform
er was the very beau ideal of the old
Italian painters. In face and figure,
almost unique; noble and dignified
in his actions, and his voice faultless ;
no one could have filled the part more
perfectly; but the scenes enacted and
tho words spoken were so sacred, that
I was both shocked and pained. Du
ring the crucifixion, however, all my
scruples vanished, for the illusion was
perfect.
Every minute detail m'entioned by
the Evangelists was preserved, and
even the agony suffered by thepriuci
pal performer was real, and not
feigned. He is, indeed, often ill for
days afterward, and nothing but the
convlotion that it is a solemn duty
could induce many of tho others to go
through with their parts. "The Do-
scent from the Cross" was copied from
Reubens Picture. In Antwerp, after
which followed the entombment, the
earthquake, and the resurrection. The
spectators so completely sympathized
with what they saw, that they were
all in tears, and not a word was spo
ken. A glorious triumphal song by
the choir closed the strange perform
ance. As a dramatic representation,
nothing could be more impressive,
and so admirable is every feature of it
that your admiration would scarcely
be better satisfied with the master
piece of Rubens.
During the past yearover one thous
and negroes were assasiuated in the
State of Mississippi by the Democra
cy, and the reign of terror Etill con
tinues. Negroes and white Republi
cans are constantly being assassinat
ed or driven from their homes in the
interior counties. Jackson papers soy
the city is full of refugees. U. S.
Senator Alcorn, in a recent published
private letter said:
"The Democrats of the South took
Greeley for President and they will
take any body else. Allthey want is
to be let alone, with the knife and re
volver they will attend to the negro
nnd nrliito T?nniillifnio "
Is it a wonder that Democrats do
not like to hear about "bloody shirt."
A Chineasc GamhlingDcn iu Snn Fran
cisco. Ten o'clock in the evening, once
more in the streets amidst throngs of
jabbering Celestials, with gambling
houses, theaters and opium dens in
full play. Crossing the street we en
ter a tea store kept by a Celestial
sporting the namo of Wing Hong.
He bows courteously to our ealuto
and S.lVfl' "Onnri (nvun (rnnomnn "
-.--j w . w.., ...U.WU.
"John," exclaims a friend who accom
panies us, "these gentlemen come all
the way from the States and want to
see gambling den. You show ua we
give jou two dollars." Euough said.
Two dollars! It will purchase enough
chickens for a three days' feasi and
John prepares to accompany us. Pas
sing up Dupont street we paused in
front of a dirty two-story building.
In front of the basement door, on a
low stool, sits a Chinamen, with
hands crossed, smoking and apparent
ly the very picture of inattention
and listlessuess. As quick a3 he
catches sight of us he stamps on the
pavement with his foot, a rattle of
bolts is heard, a bar falls into its place
with a heavy thud, and the entrance
to the den' is secured. This Celestial
is continually on the look-out for
"Melicaus," whoby him are all looked
upon as policeman bent upon destroy
ing that business that furnishes him
and his co-partners a livelihood.
Wing Hong steps up, a lively conver
sation ensues and the result of it Is
that the door swings open and we en
ter a low, narrow passage. Advanc
ing peihaps fifteen feet we come to
another door, opening which we find
ourselves in the den proper, a room
thirty by forty feet, brilliantly lighted,
but rather shabbily .furnished. In
one corner on a slightly raised plat
form stands a Chinese woman, gotten
up In a gorgeous manner regardless of
expense, playing on a clarionet.
Every few minuts she breaks out In a
wild refrain, that our informant tells
us i3 the 'Song of the Jasmine Flower.'
On a stool at her feet sits a man play
ing an accompaniment on a one
sfrlnged rFdilIe. - At theothos. oudi of
the room, behind a counter, sits the
banker, who ovii3 and controls the
den. Ho is a fat, clever-looking fel
low, and seems the very personifica
tion of good living and contentment.
On the counter at his right Is a large
pile of Chinese cash, round metal
coins with a square hole in the center,
about the same size as the oldfashion
ed United States cent. One thousand
of these are equivalent to one dollar
in our money. Behind this pile sits
the assistant, with a wire peculiarly
shaped at the end. Before the coun
ter is- an excited throng of Chinese
making bets on the "count" which
as fast as they are offered are recorded
by the clerk at tho left on n book
kept for the purpose, the bank taking
odds against all offers. When the
bets are all in the man at the right
takes the wire and dexterously rakes
the pile of coin into piles, four in each,
until the exact result is obtained.
For instance, if there are one
hundred and sixty piles those who bet
on the even number vln, those
who did not, lose. Bets are also made
as to the exact number of coins in the
whole pile. And this is all there Is
about the game, yet simple and easy
as It appears it possesses a wonderful
fascination for hundreds of Celestials,
who come hero nfghtly to squander
and gamble away tho small amount
of money they have worked so hard
to earn. Easy as it seems to gues3
the number not one in a hundred ever
does it, and there is not an instance
on record where anyone broke the
bank. "We are hero as visitors, but
out of courtesy to tho banker let us
try our hand at 'busting the bank,"'
says my comrade. To this I assented
and stepping up to the counter bet four
bits that the number of fours in the
pile will be an odd one. If odd win9
I will get back my four bits and one
dollar besides, the betting being two
to one in my favor. The "counter"
shuffles the coin, divides it into piles
and even numbers win, I try again
with same success, while the banker
nods condescendingly at me, nnd says:
"Yell bad you no win him, hopee you
catchee him nextti me." Not if I
know myself, yon bland-looking
Celestial scoundrel, you. "Good
night, John," we say. "Good eenen,
come again uder time," and passing
out we are once again in the open air.
Cor. DetroilFi-ce Prc3s.
Phrenoligizing a 3Iinlster in Texas.
A blind phrenologist lectured the
other night at the Christian church.
There was a large crowd of Iadie3 and
gentlemen present. At the close of the
lecture a committee was appointed to
select candidates for examination.
The lucky man was Dr. Felix John
son, Cumberland Presbyterian pastor
of this city. The blind man of sci
ence proceeded to say that the doctor
was fond of the fair sex In fact, as
Josephus said of Solomon, "immod
erately fond of women;" that if hi3
wife were to dio he would lose no
time in looking out for another ; that
he had a splendid appetite, loved good
VOL. 21 NO. 16.
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eating, aud liked to "dine out," and
was sure to make it understood that
when he did that Dr. Johuson waB
there, etc. Some ono in the audience
wanted to know about his religion.
The sightless scientist resumed :
"Publicly he is very religious, but
privately be is not troubled with pie
ty; ho has a fine mechanical head,
and whjle he would make a fine
blacksmith, he would not make much
of a preacher."
Here the doctor turned very red in
the face, aud said :
"Sir, I have been a preacher of the
gospel for forty years!"
The blind man shook his head, as
much as to say, "That's too thin."
During the whole time the audience
waa in a roar, and the fun was prodl
g i o u s. Paris ( Tex. ) Press.
THE "SIISSRiG LINK."
Discovery of a JInnian Skeleton with
Tail-Boncsi
From the Charlottetown (Prince Edward's Island)
Examiner.
I am a farmer residing on the Nes
bit road, East Point, and engaged, as
most of my neighbois, in procuring
mussel or marsh mud during the win
ter months. At the southern end of
mjr land Is a creek, about which lies
a considerable tract of marshy land.
For the last two or three years my
self and sons have used the deposit
in this marsh as a manure, and have
made pits of considerable depth. Be
ing convinced that the lower mud
was the best, and our anticipations of
being troucled by the rise of water
in the hole proving unfounded, we
have used the same pits for tho past
two winters. Bearing this in mind, it
must be a matter of surprise that the
pit is now excessively deep. Tho
substance Is a kind of heavy black
peat. One day, In the latter part of
last month, myself, my son William,
aud a man in my employ, one Alfred
McAldufT, were engaged in procuring
manure from the pit. The two latter
were In the hole diggiugand loading
the sleigh, while I remained above.
I was about to light my pipe, whenfl
suddenly heard loud exclamations
from my son, followed by similar
demonstrations from his companion
I approached, and, to my infinite
surprise, beheld, projecting from the
mud, tho cerebellum of a human skull.
Gradually and with the greatest care,
we proceeded to free the remains
from the superincumbent earth, and
:at lengthy hs7Uthe.aatisf:istionb.to'dis-t
closo an entire skeleton of a full
grown human being. The skeleton,
speaking generally, was much tho
same as that-of a large male specimen
of the present Indian race. The skull,
however, was very much flattened
on the top, and the jaw bones very
large and thick. Tho lower arm
bones were much longer than the us
ual standard. The legs, on the con
trary were short to a noticeable de
gree. The discovery iu itself 13 suf
ficiently strange; but tho strangest
part of the story is yet to tell. Be
hind the figure, aud in a position di
rectly continuous from the back of
the spine, were nineteen small articu
lated bones. There cannot be the
slightest room for doubt that these
members represent theos3eou3 frame
work of a tail. Startling as this fact
may seem, it ir beyond dispute. Of
the great number of persons who
have been in my house to view thin
most interesting specimen of u de
parted race, not one has, in the most
explicit words, failed to indorse my
own first-formed opinion. It was, In
deed, argued by our minister that it
was quite possible that tho bone3,
though undoubtedly the bones of a
tail, might be merely those of one ta
ken from some animal, and used by
y . ,, .
the man as n weapon, offensive or
defensive. But tho position clearly
invalidate this argument. The handa
were folded in the front of the body,
and, therefore, could not have been
holding tho tail, which, as it appear
ed to make a direct junction with the
beck bone, could not have maintain
ed that slttuation without some sup
port. Add to this tho undoubted simi
larity of the bones, and plainly ap
parent articulatiton from the end of
the tail to the neck is conclusive. I
content myself at present with this
brief narration of this moat interest
discovery, leaving it for some future
time to comment on its immense im
portance as a link in the chain of his
tory of prehistoric man.
Silas Wilcox.
KoTTtoGetaWife.
A California correspondent of the
New York TiaK-s shows how John
Chinaman manages the matrimonial
lottery : A Chinaman in want of a
wife scrapes together hl3 wages and
sends the amount home, generally to
his father or mother, with an order
for a wife, and they go into the mar
ket and make the best bargain they
can, according to the money to be in
vested. Sometimes the amount is
small, nnd a really first-class article
cannot be had for the sum; but the
old woman generally does her best,
ehipa over the woman consigned to
her son, who meets her at the steamer
with his bill of lading, pays freight
and charges, and takes his property.
If any of yonr readers want to know
the price of the real useful wife of
this sort, of reliable color, warranted
to wash (Mondays,) I can inform
tbem, as my Celestial, Ah Sam, who
dusts out my office, has recently im
ported one. Sam sent money to his
ADVERTISING ItATRS.
Oneinch.one year.
Two Indies, one year
u e
5 aa
Each succeeding Inch, per year-
Lepai aavortisrinente at Icsal raJes-0esiBrc.
(1 Haes of Nonpareil, or less) flrat Iserttc, U.M
each subsequent in jerUon. Sec.
JE2 All transient advertisenients msst he paid
forin advance.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOUXTY.
S23Q55E2SE
mother, and in duo course of time the
purchase arrived, and Sam brought
her down for my inspection. She waa
as ugly a Chinese woman as I ever
saw. I said,
"Sam, not handsome, eh ?"
Sam says, "Not handsome much ;
handsome gal costs heaps money, and
all time kick up bobbery."
Sam had the correct idea of it, and
waa wisely content with a plain arti
cle, that waa raoet likely to stay with
him. Sam informed me that tho
original cost with freight and charg
es, was $300 all sho was worth, if I
am a judge of that epeoies of goods,
gained from a mild experience."
The Intelligence of n Cow.
A correspondent of the Providence
Journal eaj-s : Tn reading the article
in the Journal for March 30, on tho
"Power of Kindness on Mutes," there
was brought to my mind a circum
stance whloh happened when I was a
young lad, living at home on tho
farm. My father had a young cow,
that I commenced milking at fir3t,
and continued to for a long time. At
last It happened that I was absent for
a few days. When milking time ar
rived the cow was turned into the
barn-yard with others, and tho hired
man took the pall to milk her, hut sho
would not allow him to approach her.
My father and others tried their luck,
but with no better success. I had a
sister about my size, nnd It was final
ly decided, as the only way to arrange
matters, that she should disguisu her
self in a suit of my olothes. She did
so, walked up to the cow, sat down
and commenced milking. The cow
would turn her head occasionally and
sniff at the garments, aa if to satisfy
herself that everything was right, and
quietly submitted to the operation.
She was obliged to be milked In this
way till I returned home.
Extermination of Grasshopper
Greenwood, Cass Co., Nub., l
September 25, 1S7C. J
Editor Bee: Having seen several
raodea suggested for destroying
the grasshoppers next season while
they arc growing, I hevo concluded
to make public a plan of my own for
doing this business. I have triad It
to some extent, aud have found thatl
can exterminate all tho 'hoppers
that will bo hatched lou on my
farm with butv very little labor
and at a trifling expense. Two years
ago the 'hoppers hatched out on my
farm, and I concluded to.get up some
AhjJiS toer.Uie.m. Iw. In go
ing through where they wero thick
that everyone hopped up about six
Inches high. I thereupon made a
platform to pass under them as they
hopped up. I took a two by four
studding and made three runners four
feet long. Then I took sixteen-foot
boards and and nailed them on tho
runners. I then had a platform five
inches high. I bided it up tho buck
side nnd both eud9, leaving it open
in front. I then hitchsd a horse to
each eud runner, and went for the
'hoppers. In going one round of 80
rods I had over two bushels of 'hop
pere. Now that I had caught them I .
made o paddle similar to an oar for a
boat; I then went for them, but I saw
that was too much like mauling raite.
for thej' were so deep on the platform
that the heaviest lick would make bufc
very little impression on them. Of
late, however, I have thought of a
way of killing the pegts when they
hop Into the platform and I now give
it to the public. It is to have some
pans made, similar to bread pans, and
place them on the back side of the box
or platform, iu rows ; fill them about
one inch with coal oil, or take concen
trated lye and weaken it with water ;
make it first strong enough to kill
them. It is choaner than coal oil. and
. A - v
just as efiectual. The horses being
hitched at each end leaves noobstaolo
in front, and they hop up just as it
cornea up to them.
Now place a strainer over a barrel
and take up each pan after being fill
ed with hoppers, and strain them, and
you can use the same material again
for another raid. Two horses can
pull such a trap, made twenty feet
long, by using canvas for the back
side and end, as that would make it
lighter. In using canvas, build a
frame three feet high and taek it on.
Leave about a foot space from tho
front edge of the platform, as they
would not have to jump so high to
get Into them. By doing so they will
make two jumps, and be held. Now,
I think a trap might auswer one sec
tion of land as it gets over ground
very fast. I do not claim that it will
tcoop them up all the first time,
nor the second, but I do olslin that it
will thin out their ranks to a great
extent; so much so that we can save
our crops next season. Now let every
man bestir himself and prepare thia
winter to meet the enemy and give
them battle. By so doing you will
save your crops. I hevo also a ma
chine that I shall perfeot this winter
for killing them. I have made one
and it will work. Thry can be at
tached to a header harvester. Tho
hopper hops up onto the canvas as it
passBS along, and is run between two
rollers similar to clothes wringer,
and ia crushed. Tufa attachment for
a header can be made for $15,000.
Yours truly,
Ira TiNKirAjr.
A Russian paper announces that a
belief In the approaching end of tho
world has seized the Cossacks of the
Don. Many, especially aged people
are giving up worldly afthfrs, wear
ing a shroud and -ordering, their cot-ifins.