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81 think" said mamma, "that I'd
better tie up these little hands, so that
they can't do any more mischief don't
you ?"
Yes, said Claud, hesitatingly.
So mamma laid his arms across each
other and tied them with his handkerchief.
And then she told him the whole story
OF the birds-how the mamma and papa
birds came there in the spring, and
found that coy little place under the
rose-bush, and how they went off and
brought horse hairs and other things,
and made nice little house, and then
the mamma bird laid four eggs, and sat
on them all the time, and hardly left
them a minute till the little birds broke
open the shells and came out And
then when she was gone out to hunt up
something for them to eat, naughty
boy came and carried off one of her
dear little babies.
Claud hung his head and felt very
much ashamed, and very sorry, and
promised that if his naughty hands
wanted to touch any more birds ne
would come right to mamma and have
them tied up.-Littie Corporal.
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HOw'S This for High {.

Abner McIlrath, the Euclid (O.)
giant'and fox-hunter, the father of a
race of tall boys and girls, had reunion
of his family at the old homestead in
East Cleveland formerly Euclid) on
Thanksgiving. From the Cleveland
Voice we learn that there were as
sembled father and mother, seven sons
and four daughters, thirteen in all. The
height of the old gentleman, who is now
81 years of age, is six feet and one-half
inch. The height of the wife is five
feet nine inches. OF the seven sons,
four are each six feet and five and a
half inches, and three, six feet two
inches in height, while the four daugh-
ters are each five feet eleven inches in
height, and the height of all combined
in eighty feet three and half inches
The oldest son is Chief of Police of st.
Paul, and another son is a member of
the Cleveland police. The father in his
day has lifted Zoo pounds of iron.
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Buffalo Heads.

Attention was attracted yesterday to a
building on Broadway which has been
closedup forseveral months, and around
the doors OF which swarm of hungry
dogs were lowering, shutting the air
savagely and whining piteously. Every
once in a while the door-over which
boards had been nailed to blind the
inauisitive ndividuals-would open, and
fragments of hair and gore be thrown
out to the hungry ours waiting for their
sanguinary feast.
Entering the building, our reporter
was received by two men with bare and
bloody arms, each holding in his hand a
sharp butcher knife upon the floor
were rows of CORY, grinning, CHASTITY
heads-some old, some young, some
bearded, others without boards, some
with and some without hair. From some
the eyes had been gouged out, and from
others the flesh had been cut off from
the cheek bone, leaving the teeth ex-
posed, grinning and CHASTITY to look
upon. The two men before mentioned
closed the door and locked it, and pro-
ceeded to slash and cut the flesh from
the bones and from the necks and faces.
Upon the walls, hanging by their hair,
are several remarkable heads, dried and
grizzly. Two or threeof them have large,
heavy, black and brown boards, and are
evidently the heads of old fellows who
have seen much frontier service, as
their countenances, even in death, have
fierce and wild aspect. In room to
the rear of this gloomy, horrible place,
was noticed pile of fresh scalps, most
of them of brown or black hair. Some
female sealps were noticed in this pile.
1t is without doubt the most horrible
array of bloody heads seen together
since the days of Dunton and Robes
pierre. There was also large quantity
of poison, sufficient in quantity to
poison the entire city. In reply to our
reporters several questions, the two
men engaged in cutting the flesh from
the lifeless heads said
"No we don't mind it. 1t did APP.
pear somewhat horrible at first, but we
have got used to it now. These heads
are mostly taken by men employed fol
that purpose, by Mr.. Beverly r. Keim,
of the Kansas Pacific railway. They
are in great demand in the East, and
we are unable to supply the demand
We poison and dress about fourteen
heads each month. We have done as
many as twenty in one month, but We
only average fourteen now. Yes, sir,
they are costly, but the Kansas Pacific
never spares expense in its advertising
and then it is their own patent device
and as long as buffaloes are plentiful
they will continue in the business.
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The Automatic Telegraph.

Postmaster General Creswell, having
been taken to task for the compliment
airy expression In his report concerning
the automatic telegraph, last evening
resolved to make good all he had said,
and arranged with the company for the
transmission of the Presidents message
from Washington to this city. Accord
ingly, accompanied by Messrs. Rams
dell and Garfield, he took station in the
companys Office in Washington, while
Postmaster James represented him at
this terminus. Some preliminary mes
sages of greeting and arrangements were
first sent: then, at precisely four min
utes before ten, the Presidents message
was announced to be coming, and loud
whiz filled the office as wheel began to
revolve, turning off take" after "take"
of the document. The whiz continued,
broken only by short intermissions to
supply new tape, until eighteen min
utes and thirty seconds beyond the
hour, when it stopped as suddenly as it
began, and the Presidents message OF
$4,000 words was in the Office i'll the
form of twenty-three bundles of narrow
paper, hung upon as many hooks. The
time occupied in transmission was
twenty-five minutes and half, and this
with a single wire. The number of
words r,inute sent was 500. The
message was then transmitted to Wash
;ngton in about the same time it had
taken to come, and then Postmaster
James babe Good night" to the Post
master General, and Puck's promise to
girdle the earth in forty minutes was
put to shame.-NeW York World,
Dec TX
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Grandmother's Diplomacy.

Eva, the fair, with soft haxen hair,
And clear azure eyes, like her fatherand's skies,
Said shyly and low, with dimples aglow,
|" Mamma will you bring
little gold ring
From the town. when tomorrow you go?"
"Why, Eva, my dear, you are only child,
And should think of your books
Instead of your looks :"
So, sagely, the grave mamma smiled.
:" OF vain, foolish things,
Like jewels and rings,
Don't think till YOU re older my child"
Grandma, the fair. with soft silver hair,
Ina her eyes "long-ago" look,
With half-musing sigh her glasses laid by,
And dreamily turned from her book:
Rings, did YOU say?
My thoughts away;
| remember 80 well the first that you wore
You often had coaxed me for trinkets before;
And once, in the town OF Hamburger, bought
tiny gold ring, quantity wrought
How you danced and sang for JOY that day
DO you remember it, daughter May?
All, me! ali, me!
So long ago!
You scarcely were old as Eva, know"
Eva shook down the ringlets bright,
To hide in her eyes the inischieyous light:
Mamma carefully guided her seams;
Grandma went back to her "long-ago" dreams.
o! rare diplomacy,
Quietly wrought,
In the town ON the morrow the ring was bought
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Sinking of the Vile du Hayre.
From the London Telegraph's Account of the d
aster.1

From the London Telegraph's Account of the Dis
aster.l
That descent into the depths of the
sea with the sinking ship was an awful
experience, and one that fell to the lot
of m IRE than three-fourths of those who
were saved. 81 was standing" said an
American gentleman, "by the side OF
the vessel, certain that she was rapidly
going down, and that there was no hope
of being saved. would not have given
ten cents for my chance of life. If any
body had been on the point of discharg-
ing a revolver to blow ones brains out,
L could not have felt more certain OF
death. We went down with the ship. l
do not believe anybody, however well he
might have been able to swim, could
have helped doing that. She made an
awful vortex in the water. 1t seemed to
carry all of us along with her. Nothing
could have saved you except holding
firmly by some piece of wreck or life
belt and most of those on board, / am
sure, never even came on deck. L can
not say whether the ship keeled over or
not when below the water, but she
seemed to me to sink straight.
One lady is reported to have been res
cued with bag of gold, said to have
contained 9200, round her neck. The
first-class passengers included Capt.
Hunter, of the American navy, and his
three daughters. OF the young ladies
two were rescued; the other and the
father were drowned. AS they stood on
the deck, the father taking an affection
ate farewell of his daughters, he ex-
pressed his belief that his daughter May
would be saved. 81 know God will save
you," he said "there is something
for you TO do: you must go on again,
Miss May Hunter and her sister Anne
were two of the twenty-seven passengers
| who landed at Cardiff.
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The Wife of Prof. Agassix.

1t may be a fact less familiar TO tho
public, but il is well known to Prof
Agassiz' friends that his wife was his
complement and in every sense help
mate. What the Professor lacked in
order, method, or business habits was
abnndantly supplied by Mrs. Agassiz.
III was her graceful and assiduous pen
that recast and put into more classic
molds the Professors ready English.
1t was her constant encouragement and
stimulus that supported the Professor
In new and difficult undertakings. Her
counsel was always listened to with re.
spect. 1t is safe to say that we should
not have had so many of his works put
IN permanent form in English II IL had
not been Tor her earnest cooperation.
The Professor, as all know, was READY
lecturer, and always delivered his al.
dresses without manuscript. In all OF
his lectures and speeches near home,
Mrs. Agassiz accompanied him when
ever possible, and took copious notes,
and thus preserved the thought for fu-
ture use. All OF his communications for
the press passed through her hands.
She wrote much from his dictation, at
tended to a great many of his business
details, and in thousand ways for
warded his work. Every word of praise
we bestow on the silent dead is an I'M
uttered recognition of her who shared
alike his labors and his rewards.
Let us hope that she who knew him
better than any or all of us may crown
this life of devotion by completing and
giving to the world her own record
long since begun-of the genius and
work of him whose departure has left
such void in our hearts. Cambridge
Cor. NeaO York Tribune.
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The fifteen insurance companies
which have been sued for penalties
under the Iowa insurance law for not
filing statements in January of each
year, threaten to Withdraw their agen-
cies and loans from the State if the
suits go against them. AS they pay
$107, 1000 year into the State treasury,
their withdrawal would be serious loss
to the revenue. The whole amount
sued for is $4,000, of which $50, 200
would go to the school fund, and the
rest to the informer and his lawyers.
The Auditor of the State certifies that
the companies have complied with the
spirit of the law.
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THE King of Ashantee not only as
serts his sovereignty over Cape Coast
Castle and the other British settlements,
but tells his tributary chiefs of the in
terror that the Queen of England is one
of his wives, and manages his cotton
and tobacco plantations. A short time
before the war he sent word to the En-
glish that he had heard that the forts at
Cape Coast Castle and Elmina were in a
very dirty condition, and wanted them
cleansed and whitewashed, as he in
tended to inspect them.
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The Banks of England and France
Compared.
Paris Letter to Chicago Tribune. ]


The Bank of England was founded in
1894, and consequently is $50 years old;
whereas the Bank of France was
formed in 1903, the last year of the Con-
sulate of Napoleon, by a law which con-
ferred on it the exclusive privilege of
issuing notes payable to the bearer at
sight in coin, until 1857. It's charter
was renewed under Napoleon Ill, ex-
tending it's duration and its monopoly
privileges until the LIST of January, 1898.
The Bank of France is, therefore, only
20 years old.
The paid-up capital of the Bank of En-
The rest" or surplus, is. 15,5OOOOO
Total. sSS, 100000
The paid-up capital of the Bank of France
ls...:" 500, tOoOVo
The surplus ISL. neutrality-suspicious.. 1,SOOOO
Total. SIS, 900, 900
The capital of the English Bank is,
therefore, $40, 900, 900 greater than that
Of the Bank of France sell for 430 per
cent, while the price of the stock of the
English Bank is $40 per cent, showing
that the French Bank yields about
double the profit per share of the
| English Bank. which Is because 1T does
much larger business in proportion to
its capital.
The coin and bullion in the vaults OF
the two banks thus compare on the 9th
of November, 1873:
| DtLh vi 'TIu,,OOV,uV'
Bank of France ......................1 46,OoO,OO,
Showing a greater stock of coin in the
French Bank by so per cent. than in the
English Bank 4; that is, the latter had
but thirds as much of the precious
metals as the former, few days ago,
when the English Bank had largely
strengthened its stock of gold. Before
the Franco-German war, the usual
amount of gold and silver in the vaults
of the Bank of France was $500, 900, 00(
to $3.50, 000,0 while that of the Bank
of England rarely exceeded $l25,0O0,'
600, or scarcely half the average of the
French institution.
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A Lion Trap.

In Algeria there is great loss of life
and property by the depredations of
lions. The loss of property is estimated
at $50, 900 year.. The inhabitants cut
away the forests as means of protec-
ton against the wild beasts. M. Cheret
devotes himself wholly to their extermi-
nation. As an assisting means in this,
his life work, he invented a lion trap,
made as follows The frame and bars
are of iron. 1t is 10 feet long, 6 feet 6
inches wide, and the same in height.
Mounted on three cast-iron wheels of
small diameter, it can be moved on diff
cult ground. The upper part opens
with folding doors, like wardrobe,
which close of themselves at the slightest
shock given to springs of steel. Catches
retain the lids as they fall, and imprison
the animal as soon as he touches the
bottom of the trap. The plan is to
place this trap, properly baited, on the
ground frequented by the wild animals,
and then. when the game is caught, to
wheel the machine away to some menag-
erie prepared for the purpose.
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take you to the menagerie some day,
and show you a bear, though he may
not be grizzly"
40, that will be splendid" they both
cried /; and bidding him goodnight,
they went TO their bed, on the best of
terms with their uncle and all the world
l.
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WATER has a staple value in Colorado.
The Greeley Tribune of that State says
that while immigrants can secure an
immense area of land at small cost,
only such parts of it as are near water
rights can be cultivated. In the Gree
ley Colony there are no water rights
which can be bought Water to cover
eighty acres during the whole season is
said to be worth $500, and the sum OF
$3.50 has been paid for share of water
rights, the share not furnishing more
than water enough for twenty acres. In
that section of country water is more
valuable than land.
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CUBA is little larger than Missis-
sippi, New York or Tennessee, and has
about the population of the last named
State, perhaps ! 1888, 900, of whom 33, 600
are slaves. Cuba is 600 miles long, and
1876 wide at the widest point.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

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panied by the name OF the author not necessarily for
publication but as evidence OF good faith on the
part OF the writer Write only side OF the paper
BE partcu arly careful in giving names and dates to
have the letters and figures plain and distinct
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-02

BUDA, on the right bank of the Danu-
be, and Pesth, on the left, have been
consolidated, and Buda-Pesth is now
the Capital of Hungary, and the long
contention of the two cities, the first
claiming to be the Capital by right of
prescription, and the second by right of
population and wealth, is over. The
strife between the two towns has been
bitter one for hundreds of years but
it is now settled by the Diet, which, at
its last session, organized the new
municipality, the organization being
completed recently, by the election of
Mayor and other city officials.
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THE Courier-Jow7aL says that the
Milwaukee regiment rendered for the
Cuban war numbered 900 officers and
private. When the regiment reached
Cuba, the officers were to be sent home
on recruiting service.
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SHAKEsPEARE's "Seven Ages of Man.
Message, luggage, sausage, ramp
age, marriage, parent-age and dot-age.
, 1874-12-18
rELEGRAPR!C BREvlTIEs.

]. +. Wilton, son of Judge Wilson, Of Olnoy,
ILL.,, wnB married in Cincinnati last night to tho
daughter OF Dr.. D. y. Wheoler, Tho Wedding
Nus privato but was marked by rich presents.
Tho brilal party loft for tho South.
Ueothoyon'H anniversary was celebrated By a
coucert by tho Cincinnati Orchestra last night,
i'll which tho frat part of tho programme waa
composed entirely Of 1Icotlaoyen'a COMPOSITIONS.
Miss Julia lliyo played concerto in minor with
great s11ccoss.
Tho ,nc1pnndotl balance Of tho appropriation
for tile naa; Illinois StGtc-Housc, amounting to
about SGD.GD0, is oxpondod In this months esi-
natca Tno work WILL oouaoqucntly coaso on tho
building noxt week, aud remain suspended un-
til anotler appropriation is made.
Tho fall examination Of tho Aoadouaical De-
partmont Of tho Free Schools Of I,aSalio began
yastcrdaY afternoon, aud TilI be continued
through to~1ay in t;rcol;, Latin, md algebra.
tho pupils cyincea u high degree OF proficiency,
B:rongly a:tcstluJ thu oScollcnco Of their
teachers.
Il county ten,pcranca no,ycntion Of Two days'
duration, attended by twenty-five delegates lon
various purts Of LaSallo County, closed its Boz
sim in Insallie Wednesday,. \ county teM-
pcrauce u:ub waa for1uot. to hold thrco Bcs-
eious annually, tho first to 10 held at Earl
Yilio Oh tho suuuna TuestaaY Ut Aarch, 1875.
, 1874-12-18
MnRTt,S's Fa1,Ens FILED.

gptcidi Utsnatch 10 TIC Chirago TrioHns.
Ivp1ANApoL1s, Ind. Dec. l7.-Ilo pRpors in
tho case OF n[ortou tim alleged grain-bribor, Of
Newton County, were filed to-day IN tho Supreme
Court. and it was expected tho, case would be
heard thi4 afternoon, but it Is postponed until
tomorrow. Osal arguments will DO nude by
tho Hon. John II, Colfroth, representing Morton;
Col. 7. I. Dahart for Ray, tho Illinois State
Agent ; and by Atty.-Gon. Duslirk, If necessary,
to maintain tho interests OF tho Stats. Tho
caso attracts considerable attention, but tho
general Inference is that Illinois and tho Grain
inspector aro unduly excited.
opfe.al Dispatcl. to 3'he CAicgqo Tribune.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 17.-Tho counsel In tho
Morton (tho Kcntland grain-lealcr) case pro-
cceded to indianapolis to-day and presented their
motion for now proccediuB5- Dchart, III bo-
half Of tho Illinois ollicerH and ]. r. Coffroth,
iu behalf Of Morton. They first waited OH Gov.
Hendricks. and eRch side presented thoir vtows
Ut tho case to Ills Exccllency. Tho Governor
held that tho honor aud reputation Of tho Btato
Of Indiana wcra at static. aud TINT Morton onatt
to be- Immediately reluaudet, saving TINT le had
no right Or authority to order A1r. tiny to TO-
mnin ono 1nomont longer in Indiana with
Eis prisoner; that l,o only 1nad0 tho request for
him to do so. nnd Mr.. Tiny waH uulor no obllga-
tions to respect it; t!at tho case ml1Ht bo pre-
rcutet to tho Supreme Court ut once, or Morton
.cut 10 Illinois. They next wont before tho SUI
pro1ne Court, Where Eomo general conversation
WAS hut, but the case not formally presented.
At a. III. tomorrow tho caBo will bo called il,
tho Supreme Court. and tho poln.s Of error i'll
tho ruling Of tho Lower Court argued. There ia
no doubt that Morton will be sent to Illinois.
, 1874-12-18

business IL, THU t.itto III tho VoRt
VltiN SeilaOns

NMaf1cas tu ,TAfa Limo lii tho foRt
TlliH Scuautl.
C1sc1SxAyr. O., nec. 17.-Tho Cincinnaa
Price Current, tho loading authority upon hog
puckiug statistics, will publish Tomorrow norn-
ing very full preliminary report Of tho pork
pncking in tho West. Returns haye bcon re-
coiycA from points which packed last scason
o.tcnths Of all packed at intofior points. Tho
aggregate packing 10 dates ranging from tho 9th
to tle 10th OF December, al 279 puiuts, is given
ut l. lpU QUO head, ngnius 1,D37 900 lust aeason-
MI increaso Of 3.0U0. These points packed last
Hoason total of 1887, 900 out OF 2,054. .O00, tho
wllolo number packed ut interior points during
tho seaHou Of lS73-'74. Tho average Weights
Indicate failing-on of about 1t pounds
per bead, or 10 per cont, from last sea-
son, With fully n corresponding decrcaBo
III yield Of lard. No cstima.es for tho season
arc given, az it ia designed to fnraIsh such In
formation two wcoks later when Bltcl1 estimates
CHI be moro satisfactorily and reliably calcu-
lated.
Tho packing at tho nix principal cities is given
at aOlO.U00 to dnte, against .,1I0.o00 last year,
Interior points not board from. pnelsod lust aca-
eon l8G95l. Should thcao points show corro-
spending iucroase this acasor, tho total packing
at interior points III round numbers IL ,i0D0, 900,
and, including tho six lnaaing citee, will aggrc-
gate 3,A0u, 900, againBt ISL. 000 Inst year.