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®w JtttgenrB fplaindcaler. 1 J. YAH SLYKE, POTLISHKR. HcHENRY, ILLINOIS. THE LITTLE FOLKS. The New Vntmenta. There lived an old man in the kingdon of Tease, Who invented a purely original dress ; And when it was perfectly made and complete, He opened the door and walked into the street. °' * he'd a loaf of brown bread. In the middle of which he inserted his head; , His shirt was made up of no end of dead mice, "The warmth 6f whose skins was quite fluffy and Kice; His drawers were of rabbit-skins; so were his shoes; His stockings were skins, bnt it is not known whoee; His waistcoat and trousers were made of pork J • ' His button? were jujubes and chocolate drops ; His coat was all pancakes, with jam for a border. And a girdle of bifcuitu to keep it in order; And he wore over all, as a screen from bad weather, A cloak of green cabbage leaves stitched all to­ gether. He walked a short way, when he heard a great . naise Of all sorts of beasticlcs, birdlings and boys; And from every iong street and dark lane in the town 5 Beasts, lirdsee and boys in tumult rushed down. Two COWH and a calf ate his cabbage-leaf cloak ; Four apes seized his girdle, which vanished like smoke; 'Three kdilH ate up half ofhiB pancaky coat, And the tails were devoured by an ancient he-goat; An army ot dogs in a twinkling tore v;/hi« Pork waistcoat and trousers to give to their puppies; And wkile they were growling and mumbling the chops- Ten boys prigged the jujubes and chocolate drops. He tried, to run back to his house, but in vain, For scores of fat pigs eame again and again ; They rsahed '.mt of stables* and^hovels, and doors, They tore oft his stockings, his shoes, and his drawers; And now from the house-tops with screechinge descend, •Striped, spotted, white, black, and gray cats with­ out end; They jumped on his shoulders and knocked off his hat, When crows, ducks, and henR made a mince-meat of that; They speedily flew at his sleeves in a trice, And utterly tore up his shirt of dead tuice ; They swallowed the last of his shirt with atfrnull, Whereon he ran home with no clothes on at all. And he said to himself as he bolted the door, " I will not wear a similar dress any n o -e. Any more, any more, any more, never more !" •--Kdirard tear. The Ear-Falriea. There is a part of fairy-land where all the music goes, and all the sounds, good and bad, which mortals make. The fairies there have more ears than any- fcliing else, and at a distance look like nothing but ears. They know a bad noise from a good one in an instant. If a pin drops, they can tell from the sound whether it is crooked or straight, and they judge all the world by its noises. The world, on the whole, is so bad, and the ear-fairies are so sensitive, they can­ not pass many happy hours. Otto and Greta lived very near the border of this land, but while they were very little their innocent noises gave nothing but pleasure to their fairy neighbors. As they grew elder, how­ ever, they grew rougher, and, instead of playing together like little lambs, they often snapped and snarled at each other like the wild beasts of the forest where they lived. If nobody biit their old grandmother had listened to them they might have grown tjp^be as savage as any of them; for 6lie, poor woman, was so deaf she couldn't tell the growling of a bear from the cooing of a dove. It was, therefore, lucky for those chil- •drej) that one day, after a most disgrace­ ful wrangle, made terrible by pinches and blows and screams, a little fellow with cotton-wool in his big ears and a great smell of laudanum about him stepped out from behind a tree and or­ dered them to be quiet. " There isn't a man, woman or child in my kingdom," said he, "that isn't in agony from your dreadful noises. We have borne with you long enough. Now come with me." They were too frightened to speak, and allowed him to lead them on without a word. His path took them away from the grandmother's cottage, awav from all the scenes they knew, toward a thick­ er part of the wood than they had ever ventured into. At first their guide looked very stern, and from time to time wagged his great t ars at them in a frightfully unnatural manner. They had never been threatened by ears before, and they knew not what to expect. But as they went on, always m silence, the little man grew happier and his ears calmed down. Before long he pulled the wool out and threw it away, with a pleasant smile at the children. - " You have given me a chance to get well at last," he said. "I haven't been so free from pain for six mouths." Still the children answered not a word. He was growing more pleasant because they were quiet. Perhaps if they kept <juiet he would grow so pleasant as to let them go home again. But when he walked them along fur­ ther and further, and gave no sign of relenting, Otto lost courage andpiteously begged to be set free. " Can't let you go," said the captor, "until you have been punished. You won t have to wait long," he added cheer­ fully. And they shook with terror at his grim smile. with intentness, and their own guide had one which Otto declared afterward grew a mile while he was looking at it. This was so very astonishing he made up his mind to whisper in his very lowest whis­ per and ask the meaning of it. " Please tell me about it, please do," he said so softly he was afraid he only thought it. But to those ear-folks his whisper was a shout. Down went the trumpets, and all tne little fellows came tip-toeing to­ ward the corner where the children were, turning their heads in every direction' and listening rather than looking for "Naughty boy," said^thedr guide, "you spoiled the prettiest music we have heard for many a day. A little girl forgave her brother for shutting the door hard on her poor doll to make two little dolls of her, and she was saying the sweet­ est words to him, although her heart was broken, and he was growing sorry and good, and it was so beautiful." Otto began to sayhe was sorry, but the minute he uttered a sound the host was upon him. " Who is this that disturbs us with his mortal voice ?" asked the biggest eared one, whom all the others obeyed. " I didn't mean to," stammered Otto. "We can't have any noise here. Our business is to listen," said the chief. " Can't vou read ?" And then the children noticed for the first time great letters on the gate, and on the woolly turf, and on the backs of the-sheep, "N. N„which must mean "no noise." Their captor then explained that these were the children whose dreadful noises THE CONTRAST.' ^ - Before and After Marriage, as II Appears to a Cynical Youth. [From the Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-Eye.] ' When you see a young man sitting in a jparlor, with the ugliest 6-year-old boy that ever frightened himself in the mirror clambering over his knees, jerk­ ing his white tie out of knot, mussing his white vest, kicking his shins, feeling in all his pockets for nickels, bombard­ ing him from time to time with various bits of light furniture and bijouterie, calling him names at the top of his fiend­ ish lungs, and yelling incessantly for him to come out in the yard and play, wliile the unresisting victim smiles all the time like the cover of a comic almanac, you may safely bet, although there isn't the sign of a girl apparent in a radius of 10,000 miles, you can bet your bottom dollar that howling boy has a sister who is primping in a room not twenty feet away, and that the young man doesn't come there just for the fun of playing with her brother. They were very pretty and there was apparently five or six years' difference in their ages. As the train pulled up at Bussey, out on the A., K„ k D., the younger girl blushed, flattened her nose uervously against the window, and drew back in joyous smiles as a young man cameiidashing into the car, shook hands tenderly and cordially, insisted on carry­ ing her valise, magazine, little paper bundle, and would probably have car­ ried her had she permitted him. The passengers smiled as she left the car, and the murmur went rippling through the coach, " They're engaged." The had given them all so much pain--that other girl sat looking nervously out of he had brought them to be punished ' " and made over, as he had been ordered to dp. "Let all business be suspended until this case is settled," the chief cried with a loud voice. As business with them meant keeping quiet, they all proceeded to make a noise. "Louder," he called out; "louder, louder," until no noise on earth was ever equal to it. The poor children were stunned and terrified. They clapped their hands to their ears, but could not shut out the dreadful noise. Their heads began to swim, and they fell in a swoon on the soft earth. This was their punishment. Just what they had done; was done to them. But now all sound ceased, and the elves clustered about the prostrate children and ten­ derly ministered to them. They were bathed with fairy lotion, and soon they were in a gentle sleep. Then the fairies put into their young hearts a love for all sweet sounds, and while they were dreaming their pleasant les­ son they bore them swiftly home to their own little beds, where they awoke the next morning very different little souls from the Otto and Greta of the previous day. And before the fairies left the cot­ tage they opened the ears of the old grandmother to hear the pleasant tones of her children's voices, which never af- j terward had a harsh note in them. Otto and Greta grew up to love music and to make it, and in their hearts it was all hearsal the breastplate changed position, and the dagger went to Mason's "heart. He died instantly. Mason and Rumble were fast friends and members of the' same chureh.--AVio York Times. Submarine Volcano. The Honolulu Gazette contains the aocoun*. of a remarkable submarine vol­ cano outbreak in Kealakeakua ba3r near the entrance to the harbor. The natives report that an eruption occurred at 3 o clock on the morning of the 24th ap­ pearing like innumerable red, blue, and green lights. In the afternoon several boats visited the eruption, cruising over the most active part, where the water was in a peculiar state of activity, boiling and appearing as if passing over rapids, or very much like the water at Hell Gate, New York. Blocks of lava two feet square came up from below, frequently striking and jarring the boats. As the lave was quite soft no harm was done. Nearly all the pieces, on reaching the sur­ face, were red-hot, emitting steam and gas strongly sulphurous. A rumbling noise was heard like that of rocks in a freshet, caused, no doubt, by the erup­ tion of lava from the submarine crater, which is supposed to be a crack or line of rupture extending at least a mile from shore. Another rupture, doubtless a continuation of this submarine fissure, was traced inland from shore nearly three miles, varying in width from a few inches to three feet. In some places water was seen pouring down into the abyss below. A severe shock of earthquake was felt by those living at Kaowaloa and Kell during the night of the eruption, which must have preceded THE MORMOSS* ing some one. At last he came. He bulged into the door like a house on fire, looked along the seats until liis manly gaze fell on her upturned, expectant face, roared, ^Come on! I've been waiting for you on the platform for fifteen minutes !" grabbed her basket, and strode out of the car, while she fol­ lowed with a little valise, a bandbox, a paper bag full of lunch, a bird-cage, a glass jar of jelly preserves, and an extra shawl. And a crusty looking old bachelor in the further end of the *car croalaxl out in unison with the indignant looks of the passengers, **. They're mar­ ried !" ' dedicated to the fairies who put them in tune.--JVeiv York Tribune, Boys' Work. " I wish, John, you would drive a few nails for me in the wood-house," said Maggie to her brother. "I have been wanting them this long time, but always forgyt to ask .you. " " Why not drive them yourself, Mag­ gie ?" asked her father. "Why, I don't know how, father. I don't believe I could do boys' work," she said, doubtfully. " Come, my girl, I will show you in a minute how it is done. Go on mending your harness, John ; we will attend to the nails." Maggie drove in all the nails success­ fully, and so pleased was she with her success that she would have set a double row around the shed, I think, if her father had not concluded that these would answer for the present. "There, that little lesson helps to make you independent, my girl. Now I will (teach you some day to catch and harness up a horse. You have already learned to drive a gentle one. Learn to sharpen a knife, and whittle, too, with­ out cutting your fingers. Don't let the doors creak for want of an oiled feather, or the little children's boots get hard in the winter for the want of a little grease." You, too, boys might learn t© advan­ tage how to make yo\jr beds and sweep a room, and sew up a bag on a sewing machine. Don't ask any one to sew on a button for you when there hangs a cushion with needles in it, and mother's thread basket is so handy. A little cooking will never hurt you. Many a beefsteak and fresh fish have I cooked in my day, and mother says I can beat any girl making a pot of coffee. I do not often get a chance, nowadays, but I have seen the time when my knowl­ edge of the business came just in play. No telling where you will be cast away some time during your life. The most helpless people I have ever met are those who can only do one sort of work. Learn to do something very well, in- the window, and once or twice gathered ! outbreak. It was quite severe, but her parcels together as though she would 1 damage is reported. leave the car, yet seemed to be expect- j " -- Divorced and Remarried. A mail agent on the Union Pacific rail­ road had a wife and little daughter at Omaha. Whenever he left home for a fortnight on the rail he would take the little girl with him a block or two from the house, and then kissing her good-by would send her back to her mother. Jealousy took possession of him without cause, and one morning, about two years ago, he carried off the child from the wife whom he believed to be faithless. The mother waited for the patter of the little feet and the sound of the little one's voice, and finally ran to the station, where she learned that her husband had gone West with the child. She telegraphed to him, she wrote to him; but received no re­ ply. Convinced that he had deserted her, and would never return, she sold her furni­ ture, paid a visit to some friends in Wis­ consin, and procured a divorce and a de­ cree giving her the custody of the child. She then went to Oakland, Cal., where her husband and her daughter were boarding, and took legal measures for the recovery of the child. About a fortnight ago husband and wife met in a law office --she with countenance cold and stern, and he with a hang-dog, sheepish look. The lawyers went out to lunch and left the estranged couple together. When they returned, husband and wife were holding hands. The writs were not served ; there was a remarriage the next morning. Statistics of Suicide in New York City. The records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics show a gradual decrease 111 the number of suicides. The total in New York in 1874 was 180; in 1875, 157; and in 1876, 150 in a year whose total mor­ tality was 29,152. Of the 150 cases re­ ported in 1876 only 28 were natives of the United States; of Austria, 2; of Bo­ hemia, 3; of Canada, 1; of Cuba, 2; of England, 9; of France, 8; of Germany, 69; of Holland, 1; of Ireland, 21; of | Poland, 2; of Scotland, 2 ; of Sweden, J 1; and of unknown nativity, 1. In 1874, 55 single persons and 88 mar­ ried ones committed suicide; in 1875 the record was, single, 21; married, 74 ; and in 1876 the rate was, single, 31: mar­ ried, 86. The various modes of suicide show a wide diversity of ingenuity. A compari­ son with the reports of two preceding years shows that the usual " Paris green" average has been maintained--among Germans generally- The lists «f the- East three years afford the following ex-ibits: Hie Secret ot Their Growth. (Interview with Chief Justice, McKean in tM New York World.] " Do you believe that the creed of the Mormons is based upon what appears to them to be true religions principles ?" " Perhaps I have said too much al­ ready. I should dislike very much to get into a controversy with them, but I will say that it is my private opinion that the majority of the men who go into Mormonism do it for the purpose of gratifying their passions." " Among the Gentiles even one wife is often regarded as an expensive luxury. How is it that among the Mormons a poor man is able to support several wives?" " Oh, that is easy to explain. A man who joins the Mormons generally makes money by it. Let us suppose a case. Say a European peasant comes over here with his wife, having been induced to join the Mormons in Utah. He immedi­ ately takes possession of 160 acres of good land under the law of Congress. Now, this is a great thing for a man who has probably never owned a foot of ground before. The land out there, you must remember, is very good. The soil is rich and deep, and the rainfall has in­ creased, I suppose, about 100 per cent, in the last fifteen years. Still the land has to be irrigated to some extent. Well, the man goes to work and puts up a lit­ tle hut made of slabs or logs and mud; then he gets a cow, - raises crops, and pulls through the first year. He mav have brought over a peasant girl to work for him at, say ^2 or $3 a week. He sees that he can just as well marry the girl and save the wages he would other­ wise have to pay her. He gets a baby as soon as he can, and the next year he puts this new wife of his, with her baby, upon another 160 acres of land. Per­ haps he lias been smart enough to build his hut just 011 the boundary of the farms, so that by putting up an exten­ sion the new ' family' can live in the same house and yet on another farm. Then, as he extends his dominion, he will many more wives, and with each of his additional children he puts up another 160 aeres. Now, you know, after the setUer has occupied a farm for five years, built upon and worked it, he gets a full title to the property from the Federal Government. Each of his wives, after he has lived 011 another 160 acres for the same time, can swear out a clear title as 4 head of a family.' This has always been done, and is done still. And thus the head of the concern, who came into the country a poor peasant, often be­ comes a regular patron, living in ease in the center of his dominion, while his wives and their children go on increasing their numbers and his wealth. Now you know just how it is done." and ordered his victim to be fed with hay, which was actually done, the Mayor pretending to swallow it, and being final­ ly tethered up outside the door. He was at last released, on the interference of an Albanian, but there is no redress, all Turks considering the outrage an excel­ lent joke. That is the kind of treatment which goes on in many villages, yet the Ministry quewtiuu the Christian # rioht of insurrection. 1875. 9 17 19 46 7 Already they began to love each other j deed, and make that your dependence f.. ' a ?°W 1 T wa^e^ along with j for a living, and add to it just as much arms around each other's neck. j skill and knowledge as you can. It costs Iruly it was not long before their walk nothing to carry knowledge. came to an end. They were in the deep- eat recesses of the forest and everything j 1 vnrh 1» was strangely quiet, when they saw be- fore them a great white gate, which dis- I A week or two ago, the officers of the appeared as their guide approached, and I steamer Tensas, while on their way up appeared again behind them as 'they the Red river, found it necessary, owing passed on into a large open field. Their I 'he low water in Bayou Macoq, La., footsteps made no noise on the thickly- oPPO0ite Franklin parish, to deposit in padded turf. Their own heart-beats the warehouse of the plantation a large were the only sound they heard, and yet I P01^011 °f the boat's cargo. Eight ne- tlie place was full of little elves tiptoeing ' ^roe8> armed and equipped, after the de- about and in awl'ul silence doing various Parture of the boat, entered the ware- Means of Suicide. 187«. 1875. 1874. Drowning 9 9 13 Hanging Cutting and stabbing 1 Gun (or piatol) shot 43 Jumping from a height 12 Butting head against iron cell ban ..-- Anwnic 5 Acid | Bi-chloride of mercury Cyanide of potassium 1 Corrosive sublimate 1 Chloroform Hydrate of chloral [ [ 1 Carbonic acid gae '. Laudanum 4 Morphine 1 Rat poison ' j Narcotic poison Opium '.".'.'.".1-5 Oxalic acid Oil of tansy [[[[ Poison not stated Paris green "..'.*.".". ".28 PrusBic acid [ 5 Pliosphoruf [*" j Strychnine 1 •Sulphuric acid, 1 Forcing head thro' iron bed raiibig*. *-- Jumping into machinery Carbolic acid 1 Hydrocyanic acid Metallic poison j Boating head with a stone 1 1 Belladonna !.'..*!! 1 -- Muriatic acid 1 Getting under freight trains. . . . . 2 -- -- Oil of bitter almonds '. '. '.2 --New York Sun. Maine Barbarians. About fifty years ago a family named Bubier went into the Maine forest north of Lewiston and cut themselves off com­ pletely from civilization. Recently they were discovered by a correspondent of the Boston Globe. Their hovels were scattered about in the patches of cleared land which they had made. The vagrant family had multiplied into several fam­ ilies, including over Afty persons, and was dwelling in poverty, ignorance and 1 -- 1 -- 1 2 . Spotted Tail's Daughter. Spdtted Tail has a daughter named • Slioukoo, which means the Red Road, who has recently been married to Mr. Lone Elk, a dashing young buck. There is a little bit of romance abont Shonkoo. Not long ago two Sisters of Charity visited their agency, and were presented to Spotted Tail during their stay. He was well pleased to meet them, and had a friendly "talk" with them at Col. Mills' house. In the course of the conversa­ tion they asked him if he would like to give them Shonkoo to go and live with them in a convent. He said yes, he would like it very much. Then they sent for Shonkoo and asked her if she would like to go; but she remained silent, vouchsaf­ ing no answer to their ^question. Her father urged her to speak, to say yes; but still she was silent, and the interview thus terminated. That night Shonkoo eloped with Lone Elk, to whom she man­ aged to convey the intelligence that her father was about to send her away. Shon­ koo is considered quite pretty. She has good taste in dress for an Indian woman, and understands English, but dislikes to speak it. She is proud enough to be a I*rineess.---Oorreapondcae# , Vovfc Hera}d. Looked Through Him. One day to Charlotte Cushman came an affected lady who said, with the evi­ dent desire to exhibit her very superficial learning, "My dear Miss Cushman, do I you read Emerson ?" " No," replied the famous actress, bluntly, without the least attempt to appear wise. "Is it possible vou do not admire Emerson ?" with a look of utter astonishment. I "Quite possible." Miss Cushman said J no more at the moment, but after a little J she launched forth into a beautiful and | dramatic recitation. Her finished rendi- I tion of several of Emerson's most brill- ' iant apothegms was simply magnificent, 1 ending with, " be yourself, do not imi­ tate--every great man is unique," using the words as if they were her own, and Why and McDonald Was Pardoned Joyce Wasn't, A queer story, which, however, comes from a seemingly trustworthy source, is afloat in St. Louis concerning what oc­ curred subsequent to the recent pardon of McDonald, the imprisoned whisky ringster, and also concerning the reasons which forbade a pardon to his bosom friend and accomplice, Joyce. The par­ don of McDonald, it will be borne in mind, was issued by the Pre» dent upon the solemn assurance of the prisoner's physician and others that McDonald was in such a condition physically that -to keep him in the penitentiary would be to sacrifice his life. McDonald did, indeed, appear to be in bad condition PEOPLE AltD THINGS. DR. SCHUEMANN has unearthed a relic that looks like a swollen base-ball bat. _ A SAN FRANCISCO bride made her wed­ ding trip upon a vessel on which she waa born twenty years ago. THB new Sultan of Turkey is the hua- band of onet wife, who is said to be a Belgian, very pretty and very clever. THE electric light is becoming conp* mon in Pans in connection with work* that have to be earned on during tin night A LITTLE girl in Savannah, Ga., waa bitten on the finger by a playful dog and died in nineteen days cf Hydro­ phobia. WITHIN five years the police of Phila­ delphia have committed eight murdem ahd shot seventeen persons without fa­ tally injuring them. MAssACHrsH ITS pays #18,000 a year for the encouragement of horse-trotting, di­ viding the mouev among thirty so-called agricultural societies. AN Edinburgh professor says of liter­ ary stimulants that the best recipe is, "Scott for boys, Thackeray for men. Shakspeare for heroes." ANDERSON M. WADDEIA, of Nashville, gave $5,000 to the widow of a man whom he had killed. He had been acquitted on a charge of murder. A WOMAN in Detroit tried to kill her­ self, and the reason that she gave was *hat she " got mad at the world" because it gave her nothing to eat. BREAD hereafter is to be sold in Read­ ing, Pa., by weight. A fine is imposed for not conforming with the law, as also for using improper materials. NEARLY 100,000 Germans are settled in some forty counties In Texas, particu­ larly Comal and Guadalupe, and they are highly successful as agriculturists. A NEGRO exhibited in Amoldville, Mo., has a tail like that of a pig j and he can curl it " just as natural as life." So says a letter in the St. Louis Republican. THE charger upon which Emperor William rode through his battles is dead. The old war-horse dropped oft' the other day, at the advanced equine age of 28. A SUMMONS has been issued at Cardiff against one Dr. Edgar Jones, who, it is alleged, cut open a woman's wounds after having dressed them, because she could not pay the fee. THERE was a fight at the burial of a man in Mayfield, Mich., for the posses­ sion of his child. The relatives were divided into two parties, and the hand- to-hand conflict lasted fifteen minutes. THE San Francisco Common Council has passed a special bill permitting a certain Chinaman to carry a pistol three months because his life is threatened by persons against whom he has testified. THE old mode of detecting a woodpite thief by charging sticks with gunpow­ der was recently tried by a Minnesota farmer, and it worked as well as ever. A neighbor's stove Was blown into pieces. while at Jefferson City, and there is reason to be­ lieve that the pardon was issued solelv A , ,. . on this account. When McDonald had ^ duo?ve*e<* secured his liberty, though, his conva- ^ Westboro, on the West Wisconsin nul- lescence was something abnormally rap- A eighty-three miles above Stevens id, and he was soon in Washington I ,P°1Ut " 18 eleven ^.^e-liah mile, where, with ^characteristic impudence j °tte ^ * twelve and effrontery, he actually called on the i T m ' '" " - - - • JOHN TURNER, one of the proprietors of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, got 8lo f t 1 h- loS were unprovided lllv; „ Ullt-r WCit3 UW1J> JUIU T onty as Charlotte Cm>hman could mere was no furniture , ntter them. Her purpose was obvious. human comfort, except blocks and pieces of log. But one person could read, and he wouldn't. Not a book or scrap of printed paper was to be found in the place. None of the younger generation had ever been to the nearest town. All were profoundly igno- rant of the world, and devoid of either religion or morality. They obtained a precarious subsistence from such scanty The lady had not recognized a single line of her "favorite author." "Why, I thought you did not read Emerson," said one. " Nor do I; but I have looked through him." things. The children and their guide paused and looked at them. Many were employed i»t. shearing the sheep, which were the only to be seen. Others took the wool and spread it on the ground, and everywhere it was needed to muffle sound, and occa­ sionally some would dance with pain and stuff the wool into their ears with frantic haste. Then the children knew some bad noise had been made in the world although they themselves could hear nothing with their little ears. Suddenly every one of them clapped an ear-trumpet to his ear ( where they came from was a mystery) and appeared to be listening with delight. It seemed to the children as if they were drinking in some sweet sound. The trumpets themselves stretched out like spyglasses house and plundered the cargo. After The British t'oal-Supply. A recent issue of the Colliery Guard- i -- -- ----- published in Great Britain, has the crops as their lazy habits prompted them , following calculation of the available coal- \ he game of the for- supply of that country. It is based on est and the fish of Dead river. In short, the estimated reserve of only the known the Bubiers, under the influence of na- wai fields : ture and solitude, had relapsed into a Tomt. President,as though he had never robbed the revenue and never been convict­ ed as a felon. This was too much for even the ordinary phlegmatic disposition of the President, and the story is that, after he had seen McDonald, he remarked briefly to a friend that, had he known the real facts in the case, the pardon would not have been granted, ana that he re­ gretted his action in the matter. Of the reason of Joyce's disappoint­ ment the account is that his constant in­ clination to make a rhetorical display was what made the serving out of his full term an absolute certainty. He was foolish enough on one occasion, in talk­ ing with a person certain to carry infor­ mation to Washington, to assert that he had the 'administration in his power, and could, if need be, force the pardon de­ sired. His statement was repeated, and the effect upon the mind of the President was that no pardon should be issued un­ der the circumstances. This is the story told, though it appears by no means cer­ tain that it was tne intention to release the arch plotter, Joyce, in any event.-- Cincinnati Commercial. securing all they needed, and not being i ^ of ; MldlaUdUff0rd8hire'.V:.'.:!!!! I Lancaster " 5,'M<;,'OOO.'OOO 1 South Wales 32,456,000,000 North Wales 2,000,000,000 Durham and Northumberland 10,036,000,000 able to carry oft" the whole, they set fire to the house, which, together with its contents, valued at about $1,000, was destroyed. Some citizens of the parish, indignant at the outrage perpetrated by these people, made an investigation of the affair, and some of the guilty parties Were arrested. One or two of the men turned State's evidence and related the whole affair, giving the names of the four principal leaders of the robbery and arson. A court was immediately organ­ ized, and the four ringleaders, after the testimony was given by those of their gang who had turned State's evidence* were hung. TEXAS horse-thieves are predisposed to a disease called external bronchitis. the savages that dwelt in the woods three centuries ago. An Extraordinary Homicide* A tragedy of a mewt peculiar nature is reported from Coal Run, Ohio. The young men of the public school at that place were preparing for an exhibition, and had under rehearsal an original drama for the occasion. To make the effcct more impressive upon the rural audience, revolvers and «4»wie-knives were introduced. In one portion of the play a young man named Mason was to receive a dagger thrust from Stephen Rumble. A sack of red liquid was con­ cealed under his clothes, and a wooden breastplate was to protect him from the blow. But in the excitement of re- Total 70,116,000,000 This deposit would furnish for 529 years the amount .used in 1875--133,- 000,000 tons. But not included in the above are numerous rich veins of coal recently discovered in North Wales, Staffordshire,Shropshire, and the Mid­ land. Besides these are the Scotch and Irish mines as yet practically untouched. MRS. MAYFIELD, a widow, of Stanford, Ky., fell in love with a tramp at sight, who came to her house to beg, and mar­ ried him, notwithstanding the threats of her relatives to put her in an insane asvlum. The Use of Opium in Oregon. The crime of using opium is alarming­ ly on the increase in Portland, and whertj but one den existed a year ago there are now five or six, patronized almost exclusively by young men and boys between the ages of 15 and 25 years. Why the authorities do not take some means to arrest this evil is a query that we are unable to answer. Every evening these low places are filled with those who have acquired an uncontrol­ lable appetite for this narcotic. On a late occasion two boys were borne home by their friends in a state of complete stupefaction, from the effects of several hours' indulgence. The following morn­ ing they were unable to attend to busi­ ness, and complained of feeling very badly and sadly in need of a stimulant. If something is not done to close these disreputable haunts it is impossible to predict where the evil will end.--Port­ land {Ore.) Standard. Turkish Ruffianism in Bulgaria. The London Times' correspondent at Constantinople forwarded recently a story illustrating the present adminis­ tration at Bulgaria. On Christmas day, a Turkish gendarme, enraged with the Christian Mayor of the village of Brank- ortsi, after a severe beating, saddled and bridled him, and compelled the poor wretch to carry him up and down the street, finally driving him to the village inn, where he threw tlie reins to the hostler, ordering him to walk his horse up and down. The landlord remonstrated, whereupon the ruffian knocked him down a bad shave twentv years ago. Leaving the barber's shop lie said he woidd " be d--d if he would ever shave again." He kept his word, and his beard flows to his knees. M. GUILLEMARE has reported to the French Academy of Sciences that, from the gum sf pine trees in a sandy waste between Bordeaux and Bayonne, he has extracted a very valuable oil, particular­ ly suitable whera a white and steady light is needed. A BILL introduced into the Legisla­ ture of Delaware enacts that where a bride and groom, or the bride only, are residents of the State, and leave the State for the purpose of being married beyond its limits, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. COUNT HERBERT DE BISMABCK, son of the Chancellor, latelv offered himself as a candidate for membership in the Vien­ na Jockey Club, but withdrew under a suggestion that he would be blackballed for his father's hostility toward the Catholic Church. SECRETARY ROBESON leaves his offioe in good worldly circumstances. Com­ modore Aulick, Mrs. Robeson's father- in-law, left her considerable property, besides $100,000 to her son, which, with the SecretaryVmoney,gives them control of some $300,000. A NEW MELPOBD, (Conn.) maiden, who found herself in unpleasant company af­ ter accepting an invitation to take a sleigh-ride with a young man, dropped her handkerchief on the road, and, when he got out to pick it up, plied the whip and drove home without him. EDWARD M. FRY, a San Francisco broker, married the daughter of a mill­ ionaire two years ago. They did not get along amicably. Lately they agreed upon a separation, divided their prop­ erty, and separated. He has gone to Europe to live, so as to be as far from her as possible. TIMOTHY DREYER owed a New Bedford merchant $10, and was frequently dunned. One day he said, ",111 pay you next Monday if I'm alive, and if I don't you may know I am dead." Mon­ day came, but no money; and on Tues­ day tiie newspaper contained an obituary of Timothy, furnished by the merchant. S RIG HAM YOUNG, JR., is orgwiiziiijj IS Salt Luke City, a company of500 Mormon families, which will colonize in Sonora, Mexico. The Mexican authorities have promised perfect religious toleration, and large grants of land. A rendezvous of the colonists will be established at St. George, Utah, and the march to the new land will be taken up ou the lOtu of April.