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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telcsxams of Accompanjins Pales.
Monday, Nov. 2. Several leading
Carlists are reported to have recently waited
on Don Carlos at Tolosa, and represented to
him that it is useless to continue the war. A
detachment of Republican troops stationed at
Granollers has mutinied and several of the
offenders have been shot.... The Secre
tary of the Treasury has directed the
Assistant-Treasurer at New York to sell
$500,000 in gold each Thursday during the
month of November. The aggregate will be
2,000,000 The base-ball season closed on
the 31st ult, the Boston club (Red Stockings)
still retaining the championship.... The
private secretary of Count von Arnim was
arrested in St. Louis recently. He had
with him the letters taken from the German
Embassy at Paris, and according to a St.
Louis dispatch of the 1st had sailed for Eu
rope the day before. The arrest was made in
obedience to f request from the German Gov
ernment.... The Coroner's jury, at Detroit,
investigating the cause of the boiler explosion
on board the propeller Brooklyn, charge the
Captain, the Second Engineer, and others
with the disaster. They find that the safety
valve had been tampered with and that the
boat was racing at the time.
Tuesday, Nov. 3. Cuban delegates
have recently nrrived at the Carlist head
quarters in Estella, authorized by the
Madrid Government to propose a gen
eral release of prisoners on both fides,
with the view of sending them to Cuba
to quell the insurrection. Don Carlos expressed
himself williog that Republicans should go
to Cuba, but refused to agree that the Carlist
prisoners should be sent thither, except by
their own consent.... Thursday, Nov. 20, has
been appointed by the Governor as Thanks
giving Day in Ohio....Diggs, County Solic
itor, and Morgau, Tax-Collector, Republicans,
were arrested at Selma, Ala., on the 2d, under
the Enforcement act. They were charged by
an Independent Republican ' candidate for
Tax-Colleetor with conspiring to intimidate
colored men from voting the Independent
ticket. The United States Commissioner
bound both over to the District Court
Thursday, Nov. 5. A London tele
gram says the French Government has issued
orders expelling all Spaniards from the front
ier towns to prevent their participation in
in the attacks on Irun by Don Carlos. The
bombardment of the latter town began on
the morning of the 4th.... A Berlin dispatch
says a representative assembly has been de
cided upon for Alsace and Lorraine....
The Democrats of Washington, D. C,
turned out in force on the night of the 4th to
celebrate the recent victories. Leading Dem
ocrats were serenaded, among others Senator
Thurman and the editor of the "Washington
Sentinel, both of whom responded in congrat
ulatory terms...; Mayor Spencer, of Atlanta.,
Ga., and other prominent citizens have been
arrested for violation of the Enforcement act
. ...Gov-Beveridge, of Illinois, has issued his
proclamation setting apart Nov. 20 at
Thanksgiving Day. . . . Atty.-Gen. Denny re
ports the final settlement of the war claims of
the State of Indiana with the General Govern
ment, amounting to over $3,000,000. The
balance due the State is $112,307.05, for which
the State has secured a warrant on the
United States Treasurer. . . . A band of vigilants
hung two horse-thieves at Allentown, Mo.,
sixty miles below St. Louis, on the niht, of
the 2d.
Friday, Nov. 6. A Berlin dispatch
says the relations between Russia and Spain
have assumed a thoroughly cordial character,
and it is expected that the Spanish Republic
will son be recognized by the former power
. . . .Recent dispatches from Bayonne say the
troops under Jovellar have defeated the Car
lists at Albocear with considerable loss. Large
bodies of insurgents have . oilered to sur
render at Maestrazzo. Gen. Loma has em
barked with eight battalions for the relief of
Irun . . . .The chief authorities of the Catholic
Church have decided to hold a great
international Catholic Congress in Lou
don, with the object of . maintaining the
doctrine of papal infallibility, reasserting the
Pope's right to temporal as well as spiritual
power, and declaring it to be the bounden
duty of all Christians to return to the alle
giance of Rome The Protestant Episcopal
Convention, which had been for some time in
session in New York city, adjourned on the
3d, and will hold its next session in Boston,
1877. Previous to adjourning a pastoral let
ter was issued.... A recent Omaha dispatch
says: "An omeer sent from rort ilcfherson,
Neb., a few days ago by Gen. Ord,
to visit all sections of the grasshopper
district, reports that he finds no
cases of actual starvation, but much
suffering, some of which has been relieved
from various sources. Relief must be given
or hundreds will starve before winter is half
over. Within ten days many will be without
a pound of corn or flour. The present aid
they are receiving is but a drop in the bucket
unless the Government aids them. The alter
native is fearfv.1 to contemplate."
Saturday, Nov. 7. A Paris dispatch
says Italy is about to issue a note to the
European powers calling attention to the
dangers likely to accrue from the
intrigues of the Vatican; declaring that
the Government can no longer tolerate
permanent conspiracy in its own
capital, and urging the powers to dis
continue th custom of maintaining ambassa
dors at the Holy See.... A dispatch from Hen-
days says the Carlists are hurling petroleum
shells into Irun... .According to the official
returns the Republican majority in Iowa at
the October election is 39 ,000.... Two congrat
ulatory Democratic meetings were held in
New York city ou the evening of the
5th, at which speeches were made by
Governor-elect Tilden, Senators Thurman,
Bayard, Stockton, Senator-elect Eaton, and
others.... A New Orleans dispatch of the tith
inst. says the Committee of Seventy had
adopted a resolution inviting "the people of
Louisiana to meet at their respective places
of worship on Thursday, Nov. 19, to return
thanks to Almighty God for their deliverance
from political bondage."
THE S0VEMBER ELECTIONS.
The latest news received up to the morning
of the 7th from the recent State elections in
dicated tire following results:
ILLINOIS.
The Opposition have rrobablv trained six
Congressmen. The following are elected:
First District, B. G. Caultield. Dem.. s-ain:
Second, C. II. Harrison, Dem., gain (doubtful):
Third, C. B. Farwell. Rep., reelected;
Fourth. Stephen. A. Hurlbut. Rod . re
elected; Fifth, Horatio C. Burchard, Ren
-1 . j . V. TV , T 1 1 1
re-eieeiu; cum, .1 uum.ts j . nenaerson, xtep.;
Seventh, Alexander Campbell, Ind. (probablv);
Eighth, Greenbury L. tort, Rep., re-elected;
Ninth, Richard II. .Whiting, Rep.; Tenth,
John C. Bagbv, Ind. (probablv);
Eleventh, Scott Wike,. Dem.; Twelfth,
William M. Springer, Dem.; Thir
teenth, Adlai E. Stevenson, Dem., gain ; Four
teenth, Joseph Cannon, Rep., re-elected; Fif
teenth, John R, Eden, Dem., re-elected; Six
teenth, William A. J. Sparks, Dent., gain
(probably); Seventeenth, William R. Morri
son, Dem., re-elected; Eighteenth, William
nartzeii, w;m, gain; .Nineteenth, William B
Andprsmi- Ind Inrnhihlv) Ir I'l!..
Rep., is probably elected State Treasurer, and
t.tter, upp., jjiate scnooi Superintendent.
The Opposition have a majority in the Legis
lature. WISCON-SIV.
The 8tate Legislature Is probably Republi
can in both branches. The CongTeooional
delegation is prooaniy as follows: First Dis
trict, Chas. G. Williams. Rec re-elected ? k-
oud, Lucien B, CaBwell, Rep.; Third, Henry S.'
Magoon, Rep; Fourth, " William Pitt Lvnde,
Ref.; Fifth, Samuel D. Burchard, Ref.; Sixth,
Alanson M. Kimball, Rep.; Seventh, Jeremiah
M. Rusk, Rep., re-elected; Eighth, Alexander
S. McDill, Rep., re-elected.
MICHIGAN.
The new Constitution overwhelmingly de
feated. The woman suffrage amendment also
defeated, but it received a larger vote than
was generally expected. Bagley, Rep., for
Governor, is elected by a majority of about
3,0K. Balance of State ticket Republican.
The Republicans have a majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot. Congress
men elected: First District, A S. Will
iams, Dem., pain; Second, Henry Wal
dron, Rep., re-elected; Third, George Willard,
Rep., re-elected ; Fourth, Allen Potter, Dem.,
gain; Fifth, William B. Williams, Rep., re
elected; Sixth, George II. Durand, Dem.,
gain; Seventh, Omar D. Conger, Rep., re
elected; Eighth, N. B. Bradley, Rep., re
elected; Ninth, Jay A Hubbell, Rep., re
elected. KAXSAS.
Osborne, Rep., re-elected Governor by about
12,000 majority. Congiessionai delegation:
First District, Wm. A. Phillips, Rep., re-elected;
Second, John R. Goodin, Rep., gain;
Third, Wm. R. Brown, Rep. Legislature Re
publican. MISSOURI.
Hardin, Dem., elected Governor by about
35,000 majority. Legislature Democratic by
a large majority. The following Congressmen
are probably elected: First District, E. C.
Kehr. Dem, gain: Second, Erastus Wells,
Dem.; re-elected; Third, William H. Stone,
Dem., re-elected; Fourth, Robert A. Hateher,
Dem., re-elected; Fifth, Richard P. Bland,
Dem., re-elected ; Sixth, Charles II. Morgan,
Dem., gin; Seventh, John F. Phillips, Dem.;
Eighth, Ben. J. Franklin, Dem; Ninth, David
Rea. Dem., gain; Tenth, R. A. DeBolt, Dem.,
gain ; Eleventh, John B. Clark, Jr., Dem., re
elected; Twelfth, John M. Glover, Dem., re
elected ; Thirteenth, Aylett II. Buckner, Dem.,
re-elected.
MASSACHISETTS.
Wm. Gaston, Dem., elected Governor over
Talbot by about 7,000 plurality. Balance
State officers Republican. Congressmen elect
ed: First District, James Buttington, Rep., re
elected; Second, Benjamin W. Harris, Rep.,
re-elected; Third, Henry L. Pierce, Rep., re
elected; Fourth, Rufus S. Frost, Rep.; Fifth,
Nathaniel P. BanKs, Ind., gain; Sixth, Charles
P. Thompson, Dem., gain (over Butler);
Seventh, John K. Tarbox, Dem., gain;
Eighth, William W. Warren, Dem., gain;
Ninth, George F. Hoar, Rep., re-elected;
Tenth, Julius H. Seelve, Ind., gain; Eleventh,
Chester W. Chapin, Dem., gain. The Legis
lature, which is largely opposed to prohibi
tion, will stand: Senate, Rep. 24; Dem. 16;
House, Rep. 151 ; Dem. 85.
SEW YOKK.
Tilden, Dem., for Governor, has a majority
of from 30,000 to 40,000. State Assembly
Democratic by about twenty majority.
The Congressional delegation will prob
ably 6tand as follows: First Dis
trict, H. B. Metcalf, Dem, gain; Second,
John G. Schumaker, Dem., re-elected; Third,
Simeon B. Chittenden, Rep.; Fourth, Archi
bald M. Bliss, Dem., gain; Fifth, Edwin R.
Meade, Dem.; Sixth, Samuel S. Cox, Dem.,
re-elected; Seventh, Smith Ely, Jr., Dem.;
Eighth. Elijah Ward, Dem., gain; Ninth,
Fernando Wood, Dem., re-elected; Tenth,
Abram S. Hewitt, Dem., gain; Eleventh,
Benjamin A. Willis, Dem., gain;
Twelfth, N. nolmes OdelL Dem.; Thirteenth,
John O. Whitehouse, Dem., re-elected; Four
teenth, George M. Becbc, Dem.; Fifteenth,
John II. Bagley, Jr., Dem., gain;. Sixteenth,
Charles II. Adams, Rep., gain; Seventeenth,
Martin I. Townsend, Rep.; Eighteenth, An
drew Williams, Rep.; Nineteenth, William A.
Wheeler, Ren.; Twentieth, Henry H. Ha
thorn, Rep.; Twcnty-tirst, Samuel F. Miller,
Rep.; Twenty-second, Geo. A. Bagley, Rep.;
T wentv-third, Sc ott Lord, Dem., gain ; Twenty
fourth," William II. Baker, Rep.; Twenty-fifth,
Elias W. Leavenworth, Rep.; Twenty-sixth,
Clinton D. MacDougall,Rep., re-elected;
Twcntv-seventh, David A. Pierpont, Dem.,
gain; Twenty-eighth, Thomas C. Piatt, Rep.,
re-elected; Twentv-ninth, Chas. C. B. Walk
er, Dem., gain; Thirtieth, John -M. Davy,
Rep.; Thirty-first, George G. Hoskins, Rep.,
re-elected; Thirty-second, Asher P. Nichols,
Dem., gain ; Thirty-third, Walter L. Sessions,
Rep., re-elected.
PEXN-3YLVANIA-
Democratic on the State ticket by from 3,000
to 9,000 majority. Legislature Democratic on
joint ballot. Congressmenelccted: First Dis
trict, Chapman FreemanRttp.; Second, Chas.
O'Neill, Rep., re-elected; Third, 8amuel J.
Randall, Dem., re-elected; Fourth, William
I). Kellev, Rep., re-elected; Fifth, John Rob
bins, Dem., gain; Sixth, Wash. Townsend,
Rep., re-elected; Seventli, Alan Wood, Jr.,
Rep.; Eighth, Hiester Clymer, Dem., re-elected;
Ninth, A. Heir Smith, Rep, re-elected;
Tenth. William Mutchler, Dem., gain ; Elev
enth, Frank D. Collins, Dem.; Twelfth, Win
throp W. Ketchum, Rep.; Thirteenth, James
B. Reilly, Dem., gain; Fourteenth, John B.
Packer, re-elected; Fifteenth, Joseph
Powell, Dem.; Sixteenth, Sobieskl Ross,
Rep, re-elected; Seventeenth, John
Reilly, Dem.; Eighteenth, William S.
Stenger, Dem, gain; Nineteenth, Levi Maish,
Dem, gam; Twentieth, Louis A. Mackey,
Dem, gain ; Twenty-first, J acob Turney, Dem,
gain; Twenty-second, James . H. Hopkins,
Dem, gain; Twenty-third, Alexander G.
Cochran, Dem, gain; Twenty-fourth, John
W. Wallace, Rep.; Twenty-fifth, George A.
Jenks, Dem, gain; Twenty-sixth, James
Sheaklev, Dem, gain ; Twenty-seventh, Al
bert G. Egbert, Dem, gain.
XKW JEKSKT.
Judge Bedlc, Dem, is elected Governor by
nlMut 12.000 majoritv. Legislature Demo
cratic by 1 1 majority. The Congressmen elect
ed arc: First District, Clement H. Sinnick
son. Rep.; Second, Samuel A. Dobbins, Rep,
re-elected; Third, Miles Ross, Dem, gain;
Fourth. Robert Hamilton, Dem, re-elected;
Fifth, Win. W. Phelps, Rep, re-elected ; Sixth,
Frederick II.Teese, Dem, gain ; Seventh, Aug.
A. Hardenburg, Dem.
VIRGINIA.
Congressmen elected: First District, B. B.
Douglass, Dem, gain; Second, Jas. H. Piatt,
Jr., Kep, re-elected; mini, uiioen
Walker, Item, gain; Fourth, William II. H.
Stowell. Rep, re-elected; Fifth, George C.
Cabell, Dem, gain; Sixth. John R. Tucker,
Item.; Seventh, John T. Harris, Item, re
elected; Eighth, Eppa Hunton, Dem., re
elected; Ninth, William Terry, Dem.
TEX NESS EE.
State Democratic by 40,000 to 50,000 ma
jority. Legislature largely Ltemocratie. ton-
gressmen tiecteu: first uisinet, minium
McFarland. Item gain: Second. Jacob M.
Thomburgh, Rep, re-elected; Third, George
G. Dibreil, Demgain; Fourth, John W.
Head, Dem, gain; Fifth, John M. Bright,
Dem, re-elected; Sixth, John F. House, Dem,
gain; Seventh, Washington C. Whitthorne,
Dem, re-elected ; Eighth, John D. C. Atkins,
Dem, re-elected; Ninth, William P. Caldwell,
Dem, gain; -Tenth, H. Casey Young, Dem,
gain.
KESTfCKY.
All the ten Congressional districts proba
bly Democratic. Democratic gains in the
vote throughout the State.
LOUISIANA.
The Conservative State Central Committee
report the election of Moncure, their State
Treasurer, ascertain. Many colored people
voted the Conservative ticket. Democrats
probably gain five Congressmen.
MINNESOTA. .
Legislature Opposition on joint ballot
Congressmen elected: Mark II. Dunnell,
Rcd, in the First District, re-elected; H. B.
Strait, Rep, re-elected, in the Second; Wm
S. King, Rep, in the Third. Republican ma
jority in the State on Chief Justice about
5,000.
MARYLAND.
The six Congressmen all Democratic a
gain of two.
ARKANSAS.
The Democrats elect the four Congress
men a gain of three.
GEORGIA.
The entire Congressional delegation, nine
m number, Democratic a gain of two.
RHODE ISLAND. '
The Republicans elect both Congressmen
in this State.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
D. II. Chamberlain, Rep, elected Governor
dv irom iu.uuu to majority. The live
Congressmen are all Republican.
ALABAMA.
The Democrats elect six Congressmen cer
tainly a gain of two. Many colored voters
supported the Conservative ticket. Legisla
ture Democratic. Democratic majority on
Mate ucKei iroin iu.uuu to rj.uuu.
DELAWARE.
Returns incomplete, but all three counties
probably Democratic. James Williams, Dem.
(gam), elected to Congress.
VERMONT.
Dennison, Ind, in the Second Congres
sional District, is elected over Poland, Rep,
uy a large majority.
TEXAS.
Returns from the principal towns show a
large Democratic majority In every district."
l lie loneressional delegation 01 six la item.
ocratlc.
TXORIDA.
Both districts probably elect Hepublicans
to Congress. Legislature Democratic by
twenty majority.
ARIZONA.
The election of Stevens, Ind, to Congress
is generally conceded.
NEVADA.
Woodburn, Rep, is probably elected to Con
gress, uraaiev, item, lor uovernor, probablv
elected by about 1,000 majority. Legislature
probably itepublican.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
O. Jacobs, Rep, is elected Delegate to Con
gress by about 500 majority.
There wili be a large opposition majority
in the next lower House of Congress.
THE MARKETS.
November 6, 1871.
NEW YORK.
Cottox. Middling npland, 14;4&U?ic
Lite Stock. Beef Cattle $10.0012 50. Hogs-
Dressed, $8.0038.25; Live, $6.00&f.50. Sheep
Live, $4.25(5.50.
Brkadhtufts. Flonr Good to e holce, $5.05
5.90; white wheat extra, $3.756.15. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $1.051.08; Iowa spring. $1.0T1.09;
No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.10&1.12. Rye West
ern and State, BBsi-JOc. Uarley flK1.3a.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 88Jc. Oats
New Western, 6061c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $ 19.80 W.OO.
Lard 1414!4c. Cheese 12bc.
Wool. Common to extra, 45ti8c.
CHICAGO.
Liti Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.25(5.75;
good, $1.0034.75; medium, $3.253.75; butch
ers' stock, $2.00&3.25; stock cattle, $3.Soa
3.40. Hogs Live, $5.0036.30. Sheep Good
to choice, $3.754.50.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 3138c. Eggs-
Freeh, 22S23C. Cheese New York factory,
15ltc; Western, 1415c. Pork New
Mess, $17.5017.75. Lard 12i12V4c
Breadstuffs. Flour White winter extra.
$5.006.'25; spring extra, $1.255 00. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, 8484'4c. Corn No. 2, 73
73c. Oats No. 2, 4647c. Barley No. 2,
$1.161.18. Rye No. 2, 8JS2!4c.
Wool. Tnb-washed, 4557c; fleece, washed,
4050c.; fleece, unwashed, 27C&35C.
Lumber. First Clear, $50.0053.00; Second
Clear, $17.0049.50; Common Boards, $11.00
12.00; Fencing, $11.0012.00; "A" Shingles,
$3.003.25; Lath, $2.002.25.
CINCINNATI.
Breadstuffs. Flonr $ l.!W5.10. Wheat Red,
$1.08. Corn New, 6062c. Rye 91c Oats 53$
5tc. Barley $l.axai-4'J.
Provisions. Pork .... Lard
12!i13J-ic.
ST. LOUIS.
Live Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.30
5.50. Hogs Live, $5.256.50.
Breadstuff. Flour XX Fall, $4.254.75.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.051.06'4. Corn-No.
2, New,7071c. Oats No. 2,:5253c Rye No,
2, 8788c. Barley $1.081.10.
Provisions. Pork Mees $19.7520.00. Lard
1213'iC.
M1L.VV A(j tt.HB..
Breadsttjffs. Flour Spring XX, $5.255.50.
Wheat Spring No. 1, 96397c ; No. 2, 86
8H3C. Corn No. 2, 7071c. Oats No. 2, 46
46!4c. Rye No. 1, 69390c. Barley No. 2, $1.14
1.15.
utiKuri'.
Bbbadsttffs. Wheat Extra, $1.15&l.irV4.
Corn 7!K&S0c. Oats l!350c.
TOLEDO.
Breadbtuffb Wheat Amber Mich, $1.05
1.0fi; No. 2 Red, $1.031.03V4. Corn
Mixed, New, 65tf 67'4c. Oats 5051c.
CLEVELAND.
Bbeadstttffs Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.091.10;
No. 2 Red, $1.031 .04. Corn New, 65366c.
Oats 5051c.
uurrALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $!.256.55. Hogs
Live, $6.1236.75. Sheep $4.004.75.
EAST LIBERTY.
Live Stock. Beeves Best, $6.257.00; me
dium, $5.23?Ji.00. Hogs Yorkers, $5,753
6.25; Philadelphia, $6.503.7o. Sheep Best,
$4.7535.00; medium, $4.00&4.5a
Public Debt Statement.
The public debt statement Nov. 1 is
as follows:
Kir nor Punt lwtTlfltt
Five per cent, bonds
Total coin bonds.....
Lawful money debt
Matured debt
Legal-tender notes
Certificates of deposit...
Fractional currency
Coin certificates
Interest
Total debt
' $1,182,183,250
&J8,52o,200
$1,720.7(18.450
14,HTS.0fl0
14.748.W10
382.075.2i7
52,525,000
48.151.025
22.070.400
37,115,670
$2,298,072,772
$90,089,241
16,396,770
52,525.000
Oah in Treasury
Coin
Currency
Special deposits held for the re
demption or certincates oi de
posit, as provided by law
Total in Treasury
Debt less cash in Treasury
Decrease during October
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, principal outstand
ing 64.623.M2
Interest accrued and not yet paid... 1.292.470
Interest paid bv the u nited states. 24,-.vi
Interest repaid by the transportation ..
or mails, etc a,w,,t-i
Balance of interest paid by United
States i8,p-ii
.$ 159.01 1,011
.$ 2.139.061,761
6S1.434
The Tresldent's Thanksgiving Proc
lamation.
Washington, Oct. 29.
The President lias issued the following
proclamation :
By the President or the United Statue:
"We are reminded by the changing sea
son that it is time to pause in our daily
vocations and offer thanks to Almighty
God for the mercies and abundance of
the year which is drawing to a close.
The blessings of free government con
tinue to be vouchsafed. The earth has
responded to the labor of the husband
man. The land has been free from pes
tilence, internal order is maintained and
f eace with other powers has prevailed,
t is fitting that at stated' periods we
should cease from our accustomed pur
suits and from the turmoil of our daily
lives and unite in thankfulness for the
blessings of the' past and the cultivation
of kindly feelings toward each other.
Now, therefore, recognizing these con
siderations, I, U. S. Grant, President of
the United States, do recommend to all
citizens to assemble in their respective
places of worship, Thursday, the 26th day
of November next, and express their
thanks for the mercy and favor of Al
mighty God, and, laying aside all politi
cal contentions . and all secular occupa
tions, to observe such day as a day of
thanksgiving and praise.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington on the
20th day of October, 1874, and of the in
dependence of the United States the
ninety-eighth year.
(Signed) Uj S. Grant.
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Fight with a Cottgar.
A letter from Fort Griffin, Texas, gives
the following account of a little episode
in frontier life:
" On the bank of the Clear Fork of the
Brazos River John Selmanand his family
were sitting in theirlittle cabin, enjoy
ing the comforts of a brilliant fire, when
their dog set up a fierce barking. Mr.
Hewitt, who lives with Mr. Selman,
walked out to see what was the matter
and discovered a large cougar. Mr. II
stepped back to get a gun, leaving the
door open, intending to return in a mo
ment, .but their morning visitor did not
choose to wait for bis return and followed
immediately into the house. The first
introduction the intruder eave himself
was to leap upon a little child, taking
hold of its neck with his monster teeth,
inflicting some very serious wounds.
Mrs. Selman, the mother of the child,
grabbed it and released it. The animal
then made an attempt to recapture the
child from the mother, and Mr. Hewitt,
who is gifted with uncommon size and
unusual strength, knocked the monster
down and kicked it under the bed. Mr.
Selman bad got bold of a gun by that
time and as the cougar came from under
the bed shot it. the ball entering the left
side of its neck, ranging back and com
ing out through the abdomen. But that
only infuriated him more than ever. He
then leaped upon the bed, tearing the
bed and bedding. The door had got
closed during the fracas and the wild
animal having become dissatisfied with
his little prison, like a lion in a cage,
leaped from side to side of the room,
upsetting the chairs, table and other fur
niture, at the same time uttering the
most terrific screams imaginable. At
last Mr. Selman got hold of another gun
and shot it through behind the shoulders.
It then jumped atthe fire, grabbed its
mouth full of live coals, and stood there
and growled until Mr. Selman opened
the door and Mr. Hewitt took it by the
tail and dragged it into the j-ard, where
it died. It measured eleven feet nine
inches in length."
The Future.
One thing is certain. The campaign of
1874 will not be decisive upon the cam
paign of 1878. It looks as if the Democ
racy would have control of the Fort 3'
fourth Congress, and a number of State
Legislatures in which they have rarely
had majorities. By its mistakes we shall
profit. "We shall, in turn, play the part
of the critic, and it will be singular if the
party of Bourbon instincts and repudia
tion doctrines does not itself proclaim
disaster in the hour of success. The Re
publican party still maintains its hold
upon the intelligence of the people. It
begins to-day the battle of 1876 a battle
which will be earnestly fought, but whose
issue we believe, under the new inspira
tion it will receive, cannot be doubtful.
For the present let Democracy shout
itself hoarse over the spasmodic triumph,
while Republicans, profiting by the se
vere, and perhaps needed, lesson it has
received, begin to perfect the plans for the
contest before it. We lose no heart and
we shall give no quarter. Iloehaster (A'.
Y.) Democrat.
What Then J
We have been defeated! What then?
Shall Republicans sit down in despair
and mourn over a battle which is lost?
It is not their wont so to do. Fortunate
ly they know how to endure defeat as
well as enjoy triumph. They gained
their experience in darker days and under
more trying circumstances than these.
They were beaten back at Bull Run, but
they rallied again. They were mowed
down at Manassas, but they came back
to the conflict with renewed determina
tion. They learned what it was to be
whipped, but they never learned what it
was to despair, and it is not a good time
to begin now. The unexpected suc
cesses of the Democrats have made them
wild with joy. They are already scram
bling over the spoils like a gang of high
waymen drunk from the capture of wine.
While they are carousing and fighting
and cursing among themselves let Re
publicans keep cool and be ready at the
proper time to strike a blow which skall
send these gamblers in principles back
to oblivion. Since writing the above, as
will be seen from a paragraph elsewhere,
we have less ground for complaint, and
in Chicago may fairly claim a triumph.
This has beem won by hard fighting, and
is worth rejoicing over. Chicago Intcr
Ore in. -
A Kansas City Romance.
The Kansas City Times of a recent date
tells the following story:
It was over forty years ago, in the
State of Indiana, that two lovers ripened
into one and started out in life with one
resolve. Hand in hand two forms turned
to the West to seek a fortune, which
seemed to stand upon the mountain tops
and beckon them on. It was summer in
the shades of the forests upon the slopes
and spring time in the valleys, so that
the journey was made while nature was
tendering an ovation to the earth.
For two years these two dwelt to
gether away from kindred and early as
sociates, fortune meanwhile laying its
treasures at tkc door of their household.
To add to their comforts and joys a beau
tiful child tripped before them and
learned songs from the murmurs of the
sea, which she sang beneath the thatch of
the house that opulence had built in the
valleys.
Suddenly there came a change which
caused as strange a story as has seldom
been told. The wife, still in the bloom of
womanhood, abandoned the roof of her
husband, taking the child with her. No
reason was left for her action, and the
husband went on about his worldly af
fairs, trusting time to bring a solution
of what appeared to him to be the most
mysterious occurrence in the world.
After awhile he heard mat sue was mar
ried and living in the States.' He kept
the secret close - in his heart and
continued to amass a fortune, which 10-
dny is estimated at f 100,000. Soon lie
received an appointment as United States
Interpreter of the Flathead Indians in
Oregon Territory. But in the midst of
his cares he forgot not the days when he
had loved a fair thing in the East, and
the pilgrimage they had made together
across the Western main. Twenty-five
years ago he came back with the hope
that he might find the object he still cher
ished withthe fondness of youth. In
quiry was of no avail, and he returned
to the spot where the only delightful
period of his life had been passed. Fif
teen years were added to his life, and
still the story of the old, old love came
back to him. He was growing infirm,
and once more, he reasoned, before the
summons would come, he would make an
other effort to find the only bride his life
and heart had ever known.
He arrived in Kansas City Tuesday
morning, having heard that the object of
his search was living with her second
husband in Water Valley, Clay County,
Mo., four miles distant "f rom this city.
Tuesday night be was under her roof.
rorty years of separation! lhe bride
had grown gray and the innocent child
was in the prime of life, married and
living happily with Iter mother.
The father and husband told the story
of his life and his fortuue, and again
asked the wife of his youth to make
another journey with him to the land
over the mountains. This she refused to
do at this time. An arrangement was
made.however, which will, if carried out,
again bring the twain beneath one roof,
to close the last chapter of life as they
Degan tnc earlier one as man and wile
He is to visit Indiana, where he will re
main during the winter. On the opening
01 spring he is to call this way on his re
turn, where he will be ioined by the one
he has loved and to whom he has been
faithful for fortv weary years.
This is the story as it came from the
lips of a man in whose face there was
a shadow, yesterday, of the sunlight of
spring; upon whose lips there were
whispers of hope, and in whose heart
there sprang up anticipations that seemed
to make age forget his Duruens.
Who will not wish him another bridal
journey over the mountains for the sun
when the nest spring-time kfc.a.11 come?
Step-chtid'6 wisdom You know that
it's only the first step, mother, that costs.
A PEIiSIsilf LOVE-SONG.
An ! sad arc they who know not love.,
But. fur from pa!ions tears and smiles.
Drift down a moonle sea. beyond
The silvery coasta of fairy lcles.
And sadder thev whose lomtins lips
Rifi empty air, and never touch
The dear, warm mouth of thoxe they love
Waiting, wasting, suffering much.
But clear as amber, fine as inusk.
Is life to those who, pilsnm-wise.
Move hand in hand from dswn to duxk.
Each morning nearer Paradise.
Oh ! not for them shnll angel pray;
They stand in everlasting light;
They walk in Allah's mile by day,
And nestle in his heart by night.
T.Ii.Aldruh.
YOU AND I.
Tiuitino thro' the meadow sweet.
You and I together;
Pleasant was the waviuz wheat,
(iolden was the weather.
Iiobins, piping in the sky.
Told their happy story:
How the moments wandered by.
Lost in summer's glory!
Love, to us. was nil complete
Brighter than the weather
Tripping thro' the meadow sweet,
You and I together!
Purple leaves arc falling now,
Blighting if the weather;
At the tire-wide here we how,
You and I together.
Stili we hear the robin sin
As In days departed;
Still my arms around you cling.
Blithe and happy hearted!
Lite, to uh, i nil complete,
'Mid this wintry weather.
Waiting for the summer sweet,
Yon and I together!
Geo. Cooper, in Hearth and Home.
A TRUE STORY, REPEATED WORD
FOR WORD AS I HEARD IT.
BY MARK TWAIN.
It was summer time, and twilight.
We were sitting on the porch of the
farm-house, on the summit of the hill,
and "Aunt Rachel" was sitting respect
fully below our level, on the steps for
she was our servant, and colored. She
was of mighty frame and stature; she
was sixty years old, but her eye was un
dimmed and her strength unabated. She
was a cheerful, hearty soul, and it was
no more trouble for her to laugh than it
is for a bird to sing. She was under fire,
now, as usual when the day was done.
That is to say, she was being charted
without mercy and was enjo'ing it. She
would let oil peal after peal of laugh
ter, and then sit with her face in her
hands and shake with throes of enjoy
ment which she could no longer get
breath enough to express. At such a mo
ment as this a thought occurred to me,
and I said:
"Aunt Rachel, how is it that you've
lived sixtv j-cars and never had any
trouble?" "
She stopped quaking. She paused,
and there was a moment of silence. She
turned her facb over her shoulder toward
me and said, without even a smile in her
voice :
"Misto C , is vou in 'arncst?"
It surprised me a good deal ; and it
sobered my manner and my speech, too.
1 said :
" Whv. I thought that is, I meant
why, you cmCt have had any trouble. I've
never heard you sigh, and never seen
four eye when there wasn't a laugh
in it."
She faced fairly around now and was
full of earnestness:
"Has I had any trouble? Misto
C , I'se gwyne to tell you, den I leave
it to j-ou. 1 was bawn down 'mongst de
slaves; I knows all 'bout slavery, 'case I
ben one of 'cm my own se'f. Well, salt,
my ole man dat's my husban' he was
lovin' tn' kind to me, jist as kind as you
is to yo' own wife. An' we had chil'on
seven chii'en an' we loved dem chil'en
jist ue same as you loves yo' chil'en. Dey
was black, but de Lord can t make no
chil'en so black but what dej' mother
loves 'em an' wouldn't give 'em up, no,
not for anything dat's in dis whole world.
" Well, sah, 1 was raised in ole Fo'
ginny, but my mother she was raised in
Maryland; an' my ouis: sne was tum
ble when she'd git started! My laiS!
but she'd make de fur Uy! Whn she M
git into dem tantrums, she always had
one word dat she said. She'd straighten
herse'f up an' put her fists in her hips
an' say, ' 1 want you to understan dat 1
wa'n't bawn in de mash to be fool' by
trash! l's one o' de ole Blue Hen s
Chickens, is!' 'Ca'se, you see, dat's
what folks dat's bawn in Maryland calls
deyselves, an' dey's proud of it. Well,
dat was her word. I don't ever forgit it,
beca'se she said it so much, an . beca se
she said it one day when my little
Henry tore his wris awful, an' most
busted his head, right up at de top of
his forehead, an' de niggers didn't fly
aroun' fas enough to 'tend to him. An
w hen dey talk' back at her, she up an'
she says, Look-a-nean:- sne says, -1
want you nisrgers to understan' dat I
wa n t bawn in oe masn to oe 1001 uy
trash! I's one o de ole Blue Hen s
Chickens, is!' an' den she clar dat
kitchen an' bandage' up de chile herse f.
So I savs dat word, too, when 1 s rued.
" Well, bymeby my ole mist is say she s
broke, an' she got to sell all de niggers
on de place. An' when I heah dat dey
gwyne to sell us all o'l at oction in icicli
mon oil, de good gracious! I know what
dat menu!"
Aont Rachel had gradually risen while
she warmed to her subject, and now she
towered above us, black against the stars.
" Dey put chains on us an put us on a
stan' as high as dis po ch twenty foot
high an' all de people stood aroun'.
crowds an' crowds. An' dey'd come up
dah an' look at us all roun', an squeeze
our arm, an' make us git up an' walk, an'
den say, Dis one too ole,' or Uis one
lame,' or ' Dis one don't 'mount to much.'
An' dey sole my ole man an' took him
n im'rt if o A axr Yn or? r r anil 111 XT Vl 1 1 n 011
a vv a j T vu uv. y is..u i w 11 J "
take dem away, an' I begin to cry; an' de
man say, ' Shet up yo' dam blubberin','
an' hit me on demouf wid his ban'. An'
when de las' one was gone but my little
Henry, I grab' him clost up to my breas'
so, an' I ris up an' says, 'You shan't take
him away,' I says; I'll kill de man dat
tetches him!' I says. But my little
Henry whisper an' say, 4 1 gwyne to run
away, an' den I work an' buy yo' free
dom.' Oh, bless de chile, he always so
good! But dey got him dey got him,
de men did; but I took and tear de clo'es
mos' off of 'em, an' beat 'em over de
head wid my chain ; an' dey give it to me,
too, but I didn't mine dat.
44 Well, dah was my ole man gone, an'
all my chil'en, all my seven chil'en an'
six of 'cm I hain't set eyes on ag'in
to dis day, an' dat's twenty-two year ago
las' Easter. De'man dat bought me
b'long' in Newbern, an' he took me
dah. Well, bymeby de ytnirs roll on
an' de waw come. My marster he
was a Confedrit Colonel, an' I was bis
family's cook. So when de Unions took
dat town dey all run away an' lef me all
by myse'f wid de other niggers in dat
mons us big house. So de big Lnion of
fleers move in dah an' dey a6k me would
I cook for dem. 4 Lord bless you,' says I,
4 dat s what I s for:
44 Dev wa'n't no small-fry officers, mine
you, dey was de biggest dey i; an' de
way dey made dem sojers mosey roun'!
De Gen'l he tole me to boss dat kitchen;
an' he say, 4 If anybody come meddlin'
wid you, you jist make 'em walk chalk;
don't you be afeard,' he say; 4 you's
mrncr frn-a rrW '
44 Well. 1 'thinks to myse'f, if my little
Henry ever got a chance to run away,
he'd make to de Norf, o' course. So one
day I comes in dah whah de big officers
was, in de parlor, an' I drops & kurtchy,
so, an' 1 up an toje em doui my xienry,
dey a-listenin' to my troubles jist de
same as if I was white folks; an I says,
4 What I come for is beca'se if lie got
away and got up Norf whah you gem
men comes from, you might 'a' seen nim.
maybe, an' could tell me so as I could
fine him ag'in; he was very little, an' he
had a sk-var "on his lef wris', an'
at de top of his forehead. Den dey look
mournful, an de Gen'l say, 4 How long
sence you los' him?' an' I say, 'Thirteen
year.' Den de Gen'l say, 4 He wouldn't be
little no mo', now he a a man!'
44 1 never thought o' dat befo'! He was
only dat little feller to me, y it. I never
thought 'bout him grow in up an' bein'
big. But I see it den. None o' de gem
mn had run acrwst him, so dey couldn't
do nothin' for me. But all dat time, do'
didn't know it, my Henry was run otl'to
de Norf years an' years, an' he was a
barber, too, an' worked for hissc'f. An'
bymeby, when tie waw come, he ups an'
he says, 4 I's done barberin',' he says;
4 I's gwyne to fine my ole mammy less'n
she's dead.' So he sole out an' went to
whan dey was recruitin' an' hired hisse'f
out to de Colonel for his servant ; an' den
he went all froo de battles cverywhah,
huntin' for his ole mammy; yes, indcedy,
he'd hire to fust one officer an' den an
other tell he'd ransacked de whole Souf;
but you see didn't know nufiln 'bout
dis. How was I gwine to know it?
44 Well, one night we had a big sojer
ball ; de sojers dah at Newbern was al
ways bavin' balls an' carryin' on. Dey
had 'em in my kitchen, heaps o' times;
'ca'se it was so big. Mind you, 1 was
down on such doin's; beca'se my place
was wid de officers, an' it rasp' me to
have dem common sojers cavortin' roun'
mjr kitchen like that. But I alway' stood
aroun' an' kep' ihings straight, I did; an'
sometimes dey'd get my dander up, an'
den I'd make 'em clar dat kitchen, mine
I tell you !
"Well, one night it was a Friday
night dey comes a whole plattoon f'm
a nigger ridgment dat was on guard at de
house de house was head-quarters, you
know an' den I was jist a-bili)t,' Mad?
I was jist a. booiniii'! I swelled aroun'
an' swelled aroun'; I jist was a-itchin' for
'em to do somcfin for to start me. An
dey was a-waltzin' an a-dancin'! my!
but dey was bavin' a time! Pooty
soon 'long comes sieh a spruce
young nigger a-sailin' down de room
wid a ynller wench roun' de wais'; an'
roun' an' roun' an' roun' dey. went, enough
to make a body drunk to look at 'em ; an'
when dey got abreas' o' me dey went to
kin' o' balancin' aroun', fust on one leg
an' den on t'other, an smilin' at my big
red turban, an' makin' fun, an' I ups an'
says: 4 (Jit along wid you! rubbage!'
Oe young man's face kin' o' changed, all
of a sudden, for 'bout a second, but den
he went to smilin' ag'in, same as he was
befo'. Well, 'bout dis time, in comes
some niggers dat played music an' b'long
to de ban', an' dey never could git along
widout puttin' on airs. An' de very fust
air dey put on dat night I lit into 'em!
Dey laughed, an' dat made me wuss. De
res' o' de niggers got to laughin', an'
den, my soul ulite, but I was hot! My eye
was jist a-blazin'! 1 jist straightened
myself up, so jist as I is now,
plum to de ceilin', mos', an' I digs my
lists into my hips, an' I says, 4 Look-a-heah!'
I says, 4 1 want 3'ou niggers to un
derstan' dat I wa'n't bawn in de mash to
be fool' by trash! I 's one o' de ole Blue
Hen's Chickens, is!' an' den I see dat
young man stan' a-starin' an' stiff, lookin'
kin' o' up at de ceilin' like he fo'got
somcfin' an' couldn't 'member it 110 mo'.
Well, I jist march' on dem niggers so,
lookin' like a gen'l an' dey jist cave'
away befo' me an' out at de do'. An' as
dis young man was a-goin' out, I heah
him say to another nigger, 4 Jim,' he says,
4 you go 'long an' tell de Cap'n I be on
ban' 'bout eight o'clock in de mawnin';
dey's somefin on my mine,' he says; 4 1
don't sleep no mo' dis night. You go
'long,' he says, 4 an' leave me by my own
se'f.'
44 Dis was 'bout one o'clock in de
mawnin'. Well, 'bout seven, I was up
an' on ban', gittin' de officers' breakfast.
I was a stoopin' down by de stove jist
so, same as if yo' foot was de 6tove an'
I'd opened de stove do' wid my right
ban' so, pushin' it back, jist as I pushes
yo' foot an' I'd jist got de pan o hot
biscuits in my ban' an' was 'bout to
raise up, when I see a black face
come aroun' under mine, an' de
eyes a-lookin' up into mine, jist
as I's a-lookin' up clost under yo' face
now; an' I jist stopped rigid dali, an'
never budged! jist gazed, an' gazed, so;
an' de pan begin to tremble, an' all of a
sudden I launted! De pan drop' on de
flo' an' I grab his lef ban' an' 6hove
back his sleeve .jist so, as I's doin
to you an' den I goes for his fore
head an' push de hair back so, an' 4 Boy!'
I says, 4if you ain't my Henry what is
you doin' wid dis welt on yo' wris' an'
dat sk-yar on yo forehead? De Lord
God ob heaven be praise', I get my own
ag'in!'
44 Oh, no, Misto C , hain't had no
trouble. An no joy. Atlantic Monthly.
Homes in Iceland.
In a letter from Iceland to the Cincin
nati (Jommerrinl Murat Halsted writes
this concerning Icelandic homes:
Ihc exterior of many of the houses is
very pleasant. I lie lronts are clean
There are bice curtains and flowers at
the windows, and the display in the
shops is remarkable for variety and taste
ful in arrangenient. Within ttie evi
dences of comfort, intelligence and refine
ment are still more decided. We have
found invariably shelves crowded with
books, walls neatly papered and hung
with engravings or photographs and lam-
lly portraits, while newspapers and maga
zines abound. There are easy chairs and
sofas, writing tables, lamps of the most
modern style, tall stoves (evidently an
imported article ot lurniture), and per
vading order and cleanliness. It is pos
sible that our experience may be excep
tional, for it must be admitted that we
made our first calls upon the Governor,
Sheriff, Chief Justice, doctor, German
and r rench Consuls, and others of the
most prominent people of the town
to whom we had been commended
by letters of introduction. The people
seem to be full of intelligence, and, so
far, do not seem to be particularly lack
ing engergy. All the world knows the
reputation of Icelanders as an educated
people, but the impression abroad i3 that
they are wanting in vigor, and that wouiu
appear to be an injustice. Many of the
men are of good stature and many of the
women are fair to look upon. The
cheeks of the girls are as red as apples
or the oak leaf when the frost has crim
soned it full of a rich glow of health
while their forms are good and their
movements full of grace Perhaps their
cheeks are too red. and that few of them
are tall and slender, and that evidences
of hardship and penury are not untre
quent, but very often observed; yet
these are not the abject persons of w hom
the books about Iceland are suggestive
Of course a few days ashore may serve
to correct the impressions of first obser
vations.
Made a Differkxce. A near-sighted
citizen stepped into a butcher shop yes
terday with the intention of orccring six
pounds of meat sent to his house, but
after sitting down on the butcher's rat-
terrier, which was lying curled up in a
chair, the citizen changed his mind and
went to another 6hop. It is curious how
the purpose of the human mind is some
times changed by the merest trifle. Dan-
bury u etc.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Do a little well and you do much.
TnK stage most universally used is
postage.
Get atop of your troubles and they are
half-cured.
TnE fashionable color for old age
Sage green.
When rain falls does it ever get up?
Of course it docs in dew time.
Eloquence is principally the ability to
howl without breaking anybody's win
dows. The last Parisian rumor threatens the
ladies with a revival of the big bonacts
of 1834.
The passionate are like men standing
on their heads they sec all tilings the
wrong way.
"A hard winter approaching." What
is the use of shivering before you feel
cold? JJoxton I'vt.
Teach iso a girl baby to talk is 41 sow
ing the wind " with a fair prospect of
44 reaping the whirlwind."
Ladies weigh more now than they
used to when "dressed up," by reason of
jet trimmings and ornament s.
In ballooning over Pittsburgh, Donald
son accidentally dropped a sand-bag into
a kettle of boiling apple butter.
A i.aroe bnld eagle tried to carry oil
a little girl in Erie County, N. Y., re
cently, but was frightened oil".
Silence is always a good thing whea
you have nothing to say, but somehow
people who talk the most say the least.
What is the difference between a
church organist and the bay fever? One
stops the nose and the other knows the
stops.
Hitherto-honored men of wealth, rc-
Kwlinir near Tlolidavsburtr. Pa., have been
discovered to be allied with a gang of
horse-thieves.
A suit has been instituted in the inter
est of the oyster fisheries to determine
the legal boundary between New York
and Connecticut.
Jail prisoners at Austin, Tex., are al
lowed an average space of live and a half
square feet apiece, and find their confine
ment very ex'Austin'.
Said one man to another: 44 If it wasn't
Sunday, how much would you take for
that lumber?" 44 If it wasn't Sunday I'd
tell you," was the very proper reply.
The St. Louisan never dies suddenly.
He walks around half a dozen years.
telling people about his liver and chew
ing quinine, before crossing the river.
N. Y. World.
Barrels of flour and fruit sent from
America to Queen Victoria arc always
turned over to one of the married ser
vants, w ho has rcd hair and a noso like
a bugle in a table leg. Danfuri Newt.
The swearing season is upon us. lor
every length of stove-pipe put up in
Whitehall the past week there was, on
an average, seventeen compound frac
tures of the Third Commandment.
Whitcliall (N. Y.) Timet.
Salt Lake seems to have lost its savor.
When the Saints first came to the valley,
says a California paper, the waters of
the lake yielded one pail of pure salt to
three of water. It now requires fiv
pails of water to yield one of salt.
We don't want to kick up a great rum
pus and be the means of fringing about
a dozen libel suits; but right here and
right now it may be well to remark that
tobacco is not injurious to tne Human
system. Now then, come on. Detroit
l'reg.
The Chicago Temperance Monthly is
the title of a new forty-eight page illus
trated magazine, to be devoted to the
cause of temperance, and the first num
ber of which will be issued in January
next, by Mrs. C. Augustus Haviland, of
the Gem of tus Went.
Prominent Boston physicians, who
formerly did a big business duiing the
hot season, scirrcely paid their expenses
during the past summer, owing to the
increased ueaitniuincss 01 tne city ami
the growing practice of going into the
country.
A Willi AMETTE (Oregon) farmer want
ed a hand to drive a reaper, and his
married sister, who was there on a visit,
heard him say he would pay f 1.50 a day
for a hand. She stepped forward.
claimed the job, took the reins, and kept
it up for several days, doing hrst-rate
work. .
Did vou ever notice, if you shave
yourself, that the moment you began
flashing the glittering steel aioui your
face your wife opened on you with a vol
ley of questions and kept you in a lively
conversational tournament, utterly ol
livious to the fact that every time you
spoke you scored the remark hy little
nicks on your chin anU along your jaw?
JSurltnyton Jlaick-JLye.
A man named Tclter purchased a
saloon on Michigan avenue the other
day, and yesterday while he was alone a
man entered, looked around and said:
41 1 am an escaped convict lrom .Jackson
and 1 want to be arrested and sent back.
Go and get a policeman and it will be
fifty dollars in your pocket." Teller
didn't wait to ask any questions, but as
he saw the man sit down he put on his
hat and ran to the Ninth Avenue Sta
tion, while the "convict" put two boxes
of cigars under his arm and went out the
back door. Mr. Telter saw through the
little joke when he got back, and he says
he can't be fooled again. Detroit Iribune,
A ijio dog went into a clothing store
with hi3 master yesterday, and while
skulking around under the counters ho
came upon the full-length mirror before
which customers stand to sec the fit of a
coat. The dog observed another dog in
the glass, and he uttered a warning
growl and showed his teeth. Two or
three clerks saw a chance for fun, and
they slid around and in whispered words
encouraged the dog to sail in and clean
out the intruder. He hesitated a little, and
one of the clerks poked him up by throw
ing a box of paper collars. That was
enough. The dog thought the dog in
the glass had made a pass at him, and
he opened his mouth, made a dive and
the glass was cracked in twenty direc
tions. There was a good deal of laugh
ing among three or four clerks until
thej' figured up and found that each
one's share would come to about two
w eeks' work. Detroit Free rrexn.
Yesterday forenoon a severe accident
occurred on Wakcman street, near Ban
croft, by w hich a German named Fred.
Hoffman lost the first three fingers of his
left hand. He was assisting to run a
circular wood saw, and stumbled over a
rail headlong toward the saw in rapid
motion. In falling his left hand struck
the saw and was terribly mangled; but
by the loss of his hand he probably 6aved
his life, as otherwise his head and body
seemed about to fall directly upon the
saw. The wounded man went directly
to Dr. Waddell's office, on Magnolia
street, who very skillfully removed the
first three fingers, leaving the thumb and
little finger. After the operation was
over the German asked for his fingers so
as to be sure that they should receive
decent burial, but they could nowhere
be found. In a moment, however, a
little boy threw a heap of light upon the
mystery by saying, 44 Pa, that dog has
took the fingers off." The doctor looked
out on the street, and there, sure enough,
was the dog making off with the precious
morsel. The doctor gave chase, spurred
on by the owner of the fingers, who in
sisted on their recovery, on the ground,
perhaps, of 44 right of burial." The Ger
man got his fingers. Toledo Commercial