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Pith and Point.

A DOCTORS motto Patients and long
suffering"
OF all trees the elder is supposed to
be the oldest.
ONE who is often under c]oud-The
photographer.
A CONVERTED grocer has forsaken the
error of his weighs.
WHEN is a convalescent like lazy
tinker? Because he is mending slowly.
IT is impossible to have the last word
with chemist, because he always has
retort.
A DUTCH Congressman remarked
even / vas elected, l thought l would
find dem all Solomons down here, but l
found dere vas some as pick fools here
as mineself."
"IF man bequeathed you hundred
pounds, would you pray for him ?" said
a Sunday-school teacher to pupil.
"No," said he, 81 would pray for an
other like him."
"MANY children are raised with the
bottle, but many more deserve to be
raised with the boot" remarked Quiz,
on discovering that his landlady's hope
full had been shaving the cat with his
new razor.
A CERTAIN little fve-year-old miss in
Milwaukee is very fond of sausages. A
few nights since, as she was saying the
Lords Prayer, she stopped as she re-
peated the petition, Give us this day
our daily bread?" and asked, Mamma,
/ DONE he ri va sousopas too ."
Chow DO you pass your evenings ?"
inquired one dry goods man to another.
"Nell, at night store my mind +; and
during the day 1 mind my store"
"And how do you collect your debts ?"
CT write them, if they won't oblige me
by paying, I'll oblige them to pay me.
A GENTLEMAN whose crest was boot
and spur, and who had had it painted
on his carriage, one day saw two boys
carefully examining the adornment.
One boy said, 81 wonder why they have
painted that on the carriage?" 81 dare
say" replied the other, because he's
a shoemaker"
An Irishman, on receiving the first
wages in this country, asked his en-
ployer in what way he could send
pound of it to Ireland. He was told that
he would get for him bill of exchange,
when he could inclose it in the letter he
wished to send and post it, Pats coun-
tenance fell, and he exclaimed cit
can't be done now, there's law agin it
for / see on all the street corners they've
put ticket up saying, Post no bills. ,"
To PERSONS about to marry, the fol-
lowing stanza upon the Specification of
the days of the week may prove OF
service:
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all p!
| Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at all.
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Some Of the New Spring Fashions.

With the gray and brown costumes,
the gloves or hat, or its trimmings,
must be carefully matched in shade.
Indeed, for Easter, many ladies are
having hats made of the material of the
costume, the design consisting only of
large, full crown, surrounded with a
band of torsade and ornamented with a
heron's plume and dagger or buckle
or large clasp of cut steel.
The Chesterfield handkerchief of
white twilled silk is worn around the
throat.
Gloves are perfectly plain, with small
gilt buttons for fastening, riveted on.
Necklaces are disappearing, but
bracelets are worn upon the upper as
well as the lower part of the arm in
evening dress.
Small mask walls are revived, bor-
dered with fine jet fringe. Skirts
=" cling" more than ever.
A new hustle, highly approved, is
made of cork.
All dresses are demi-train, and fitted
with buttons and loops for the street.
The redingote dies, but the polonaise
survives-sensible because the latter is
better adapted to summer, and it will
be easy to resurrect the redingote when
it is wanted.
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mo. 81

AN ACT to amend an act entitled 4" An act TO au-
thorlze and empower the Board of Control of
State swamp lands to make an appropriation of
State swamp lands to aid i'll the construction of a
railroad from the Straits of Mackinaw TO Mar
quette Harbor. on Lake Superior" and TO add q
new section thereto.
SECTION /. The people of The State Of Mich
igdn enact, That an act entitled IAN act to
authorize and empower the Board of Control
of State swamp lands to make an appropra-
ton of State swamp lands, to aid in the con-
struction of railroad from the Straits of
Mackinaw to Marquette Harbor, on Lake Su-
perior, approved March twenty-tirst, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, be amended by
adding new section, to be section five, as
follows:
SEC. 5. The time limited in this act for
constructing said railroad shall be and the
same hereby is extended for the term Of tive
years from and after the thirty-frst day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and
all the powers conferred upon said Board of
Control are hereby revived, renewed. and OK
tended until said railroad shall have been con-
structed and all such powers shall be and
remain in full force and have the same effect
as though such powers had not been before
this time in any manner exercised; and said
Board of Control shall have full power and au-
thority to rescind. modify, or amend any reso-
luton or regulation they may make, or may
have made necessary to secure the early
completion of said railroad.
SEC 2. This act shall take immediate effect
Approved March "a, 1874.
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Manners.

Manners are more important than
money. A boy who is polite and pleas
ant in his manners will always have
friends, and will not make enemies.
Good behavior is essential to prospect
ty. A boy feels well when he does well.
If you wish to make everybody pleas
ant about you, and gain friends wher-
ever you go, cultivate good manners.
Many boys have pleasant manners
in company and ugly manners for home.
We visited small railroad town not
long since, and were met atthe depot by
little boy of about eleven or twelve
years, who entertained and cared forus,
in the absence of his father, with as
much polite attention and thoughtful
care as the most cultivated gentleman
could have done. We said to his moth
er before we left her home
You are greatly.blessedin your son
he is so attentive and obi sing."
eyes" she said, 81 can always de-
pend on Charley when his father is alb
sent. He is a great help ana comfort
to me"
She said this as if it did her heart
good to acknowledge the cleverness OF
her son.
The best manners cost so little,
and ale worth so much, that every
boy can have them. Childrens AdUO
cate.
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GENERAL LAWS OF MICHIGAN.
Passed at the Extra Session Of the Leg
tslature in 1874.


AN ACT 10 amend section one hundred an twenty
four of MI act entitled " An act to amend chapter
ninety-three OF the revised statutes OF eighteen
hundred and forty-six," entitled :" Of courts held
thirteen, eighteen hundred and hfty-hye, being
section five thousand three hundred and seventy
two of the compiled laws OF eighteen hundred and
seventy-one.
SECTION /. The People of the State Of Mich
iqan enact, That section one hundred and
twenty-fonr of chapter one hundred and
seventy-eight, being section five Thousand
three hundred and seventy-two OF the compiled
laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be
amended 30 as to read IA follows:
(5372) SEC. 124. II before joining issue In
any cause, the defendant therein shall
make and file with the justice an
affidavit that he has good and sub
stantial defense on the merits thereof, and
that the Justice before whom the same Is
pending is a material witness for such de-
PENDANT, without whose testimony he cannot
safely proceed to trial, and shall state in said
affidavit facts material to the issue which he
expects to prove by said justice, the justice
shall, il he be satisfied that he is material
witness for the defendant, make in his docket
an entry of the filing of such affidavit, and an
order that the suit and all the papers relating
thereto be transferred to some other justice
in the same township or city, or to some other
Justice in any township in the same county
adjoining said township or city, to be named
in such order, who shall thereupon proceed to
hear, try, and determine the cause in the
same manner az if the suit had been original
ly commenced before him, and with the like
effect. Or the justice may in such order, IN
his discretion postpone the hearing of said
cause to such time and place i'll the same city
or township, or in any adjoining township in
the same county, AZ he shall see fit ; at which
time and place the justice to whom the cause
is transferred shall attend and proceed to
hear, try, and determine said cause as afore-
said.
Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March %, 1874.
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making a grand total OF 1898, 234,-
101 A.

OCcuPAT1oN.-Wha glorious thing
it is for the human heart Those who
work hard seldom yield to fancied or
real sorrow. When grief sits down,
folds its hands and mournfully feeds
upon its own tears, weaving the dim
shadows that little exertion might
sweep away, into a funeral pail, the
strong spirit is shorn of its might, and
sorrow becomes our master. When
troubles flow upon you dark and heavy,
toll not with the torrent rather seek by
occupation to divert the dark waters
that threaten to overwhelm you, into
thousand channels, which the duties of
life always present. Before you dream
of it, those waters will fertilize the
present, and give birth to fresh flowers,
that will become pure and holy in the
sunshine which penetrates to the path
OF duty, in spite of every obstacle.
Grief, after all, is but selfish feeling,
and most selfish is the man who yields
himself to the indulgence of any pas
sion which brings no JOY TO his fellow
men.
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a Lesson OF Gratitude.

A gentleman was once making in
quiries in Russia about the method of
catching bears in that country. He was
told that, to entrap them, pit was
dug several feet deep, and after cover
ing it over with turf, leaves, etc., some
food was placed on the top. The bear,
if tempted by the bait, easily fell into
the snare. But" he added, eff four
or five happen to get in together, they
all get out again" How is that p
asked the gentleman. "They form a
sort of ladder, by stepping on each 9TH
er's shoulders, and thus make their es-
cape" But how does the bottom one
get out q All these bears, though
not possessing a mind and soul such as
God has given us, yet can feel gratitude
and they won't forget the one who has
been the chief means of procuring their
liberty. ScampeIing off, they fetch the
branch of tree, which they let down
to their poor brother, enabling him
speedily to join them in the freedom in
which they rejoice. Sensible bears,
we should say, and great deal better
than some people that we hear about,
who never help anybody but themselves.
The Carrier Dove.
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mo. 6. |.
AN ACT relative 10 taxation.


SECTION /. The people Of the state Of Michi-
gan enact, That whenever it shall come to tho
knowledge Of the supervisor or proper assess
ing officer of any town, city, or ward, that
any land liable to taxation in said town. city
or ward at the time of taking the assessment
of the preceding year was omitted from the
assessment roll of said year, it shall be the
duty of the supervisor to enter said land upon
the assessment roll of the current year at a
proper valuation Of such property for assess
ment for the year in which said land was
omitted from the assessment roll.
SEC. 2. The Board Of Supervisors of the
county in which said town, city or ward is
situated shall, at the next annual meeting
after such assessment, proceed to levy taxes
upon the same at a rate per cent. not exceed
ing the rate per cent. OF taxes imposed upon
the land in said town, city or ward for the
year in which such land was omitted from the
assessment roll.
SEC. 3. The whole amount of the taxes levied
upon land omitted in the tax levy of the pre-
ceeding year shall be deducted from the ag-
gregate amount OF taxation to be levied upon
said town. city, or ward for the current year,
before such tax for the current year Is levied,
aud shall be collected or otherwise disposed
of by the same authority and in the same
manner as are ordinary taxes for the current
year.
SEC. 4. The assessment provided for in the
first section of this act shall be made within
the time, and in the same manner, and sub
ject to tho same provisions Of law as to as-
sessment and review and otherwise. IA is the
assessment for the current year; and the lands
placed upon the assessment roll under tho
provisions of such section shall be placed
upon a part of said assessment roll separate
and distinct from the lands az assessed foI
the current year. and immediately preceded
by a statement which shall distinctly set forth
the year in which such land was omitted from
the assessment roll, and for which it is then
placed thereon.
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A PARODY ON oEs. ALBERT rrKE's " OLD CA,


Where cobwebs are thick and ceiling low,
And the dusty floor looks dark below;
Where trunks and boxes in lonely pride
Are gloomily ranged round the rough wall side
Where pictures hang that are old and dim,
Where old hats lay devoid OF brim,
Where the past over oil In dust IL wrote,
Hangs on . nail the old dress-coat.
The well-worn tails are idly dropped,
Like sea-bird's wing that the storm hath stopped.
And down from the shoulders, one by one,
Hang the threadbare arms whose work was dune
While busily back and forth between
The spiders stretch the silver screen,
And their struggling victims wearily tote
Across the breast Of the old dress-coat.
The glossy cloth that luster gave
Rots slowly away to its hidden grave;
The green mildew creeps DER it's decay,
Hiding the moldering past away
Like the hand that plants Der the tomb flower.
Or the ivy that manties fallen tower,
While fading colors, once remote,
Throw their somber hues DER the old dress-coat
The heeving breasts are dead and still,
Bat the light winds play with the flaps at will,
And laxily swings its shabby tail
IL floats it's length from a rusty nail,
Like pendulum moving the hands OF time
That meet and part at the noon-tide chime,
And the arms together kindly foat
As if to greet DER the old dress-coat
Oh. many time In the olden day
I've brushed its folds and dust away,
And desked myself for the evening ball,
Where the dance was Wild and love ruled all
And laughed AS whrled in the giddy dance,
At tho girls sly look and admiring glance,
And felt youths music's sweetest note,
As l sauntered along in my fine dress-coat.
But now, as turn from its moldering pride,
And look in the broken glass at its side,
The face that see is graver grown,
And the laugh that hear has a soberer tone,
And the form that gave it such graceful swings
Hath bowed meath the weight of sterner things
But love to think Of the happy hours
| danced in my coat mid music and flowers,
Ere the steps of time in its rude march smote,
And crushed the pride of my old dress-coat.
Great Western Monthly.
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Time to Look Out.

Here, friend, could you lend me one
of your loose sticks ? My nest wants
repairing, and I've no time this morn
ing" said magpie to her neighbor.
by all means, said the neighbor
and the magpie, promising to return it
the next day, flew off with the stick.
could you lend me another stick p
she said the next morning +" the wind
has damaged me in the night. 1 am
not safe, and have so much work to do
in repairing that I've no time to look
for timber"
The neighbor looked dubious, but
after little hesitation, lent another
stick. which the magpie vehemently
protested she would bring back with
the other the next morning.
:" am really ashamed to come !" she
said the third morning. "but could
you lend me another stick Somehow ]
have got out of order at home, and what
with one thing and another, haven't
time to look for timber.
Take it" said the neighbor, in no
satisfied tone, and directly after the
magpie had flown of, declaring louder
than ever that she would repay all she
owed with interest the very next day.
The neighbor began to prepare for
moving to a far distant tree It's all
very fne," she said; ga stick is but q
stick, but, if l don't cut this connection,
l shall soon have to go about begging
for sticks myself"
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JULES VERNE's ingenious narrative,
Give Weeks in Balloon" utopian
and improbable asitis, has been equaled
by an actual occurrence. Some weeks
ago intelligence was received that the
wreck of balloon had been found near
Natal, South Africa. A package OF let
tiers found near the wreck established
the fact that it was one of the many air
ships dispatched from Paris during its
siege in 1871. A well-known Paris
savan, who has given the subject of
ballooning a great deal of attention, in
a letter to the London Times, demon
strates that the wreck is none other
than that of the Richard Wallace, which
left Paris under the charge of nj. Laca-
10 three days before the capitulation.
When last seen NJ. Lacazo was passing
southwark. The theory is that he
found an air-current blowing from the
north that carried him, probably IN the
night time, out over the Mediterranean
Sea. Having ballast to the amount OF
/ 1902 pounds, he could, by Throwing II
nj, maintain high altitude. Subse-
quently finding himself over the Sahara,
the aeronaut may have concluded TO keep
on until he reached the sea-coast orsome
other European settlement. The hlch,
ard Wallace was of the same size anu
capacity as the Vile d'Orleans,, which
carried NM. Roller and Deschampes
GOO miles north of Christiana III Nor
way.
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Kite Time.


Three OF the jolliest fellows
Are Johnny and Harry and Ned:
They're always in mischief OF some kind,
From rising till going to bed.
One day when the wind was tremendous,
They thought they would make such a kite
Az no one had ever seen dying
"A giant " they cried in delight.
SO they took all the big poles that Katy
Had placed under jacket and shirt,
And you might imagine her horror,
To find the clothes down in the dirt.
The rest of their freaks aud adventures
Were such as all youngsters have done,
TIL the hour when the kite, in fury,
Determined to go II alone.
And sailed away of in its triumph
With the barn for bit of tail.
And Johnny aud Harry and Neddie,
Poor voysgers, frightened and pale.
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Georges Reason.


The pupils of Mr.. Jones school had
all. save one, entered the school and
taken their seats, when George Hardy,
the tardy scholar for once, came hurry
ing in, much out of breath.
"Why, George, said his teacher,
show is this l saw you, as l supposed,
on your way to school when started
from home. hope you have not been
away at play when you should have been
at school.
"No, sir 1 have not played any this
morning; thought could run home
and be back before school commenced. F"
But why did you wish to return
home2 Did you forget anything ?"
"No, sir"
What did you go back for, then ?"
If you will please excuse me, sir, 1
had rather not tell"
81 hardly think / can excuse you,
George you are very late, and you
know L have right to demand suffi-
cient reason for it,
George stepped up, and, placing his
lips close to his teachers ear, whis-
pered, q met boy who was without
shoes, and as had pair which had
outgrown, L went home to get them for
him"
"Was that the reason ?" asked the
teacher, looking upon the blushing boy
with love and appreciation.
"Yes, sir"
"Why, then, did you not wish to tell
me-"
" Because, sir, my mother says when
l give anything in charity, / must do it
privately, lest L should receive praise of
men, and become vain and proud"
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feat while covering the apple with both
hands, were all calculated to mystify
us, as it certainly did. To avoid sus-
picion, the trick should always be per-
formed in this way. The apple may
also be cut at right angles to the core,
but the breaks in the skin are more OBJ
servable in this method than in the
other. as the stem-hollow and calyx hide
the marks very effectually.
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NO. 5. |
No. D.
AN ACT to cede Jurisdiction to


AN ACT to cede jurisdiction to the United States
on certain land and for the purchase and con-
domination thereof.
SECTION /. The people Of the State of Michigan
enact, That the United States of America shall
have power to purchase, or to condemn, il
the manner prescribed by it's laws, upon max.
ing just compensation therefor, any land il
the State of Michigan required for custom
houses, arsenals, lighthouses, national GENE.
teries, or for other purposes of the Govern
ment OF the United States.
SEC. 2. The United States may enter upon
and occupy any land which may have been OF
may be purchased or condemned. or otherwise
acquired, and shall have the right of exclusive
legislation and concurrent Jurisdiction, to-
gether with the State OF Michigan, over such
land and the structures thereon, and shall
hold the same exempt from all State, county
and municipal taxation.
SEC. 3. This act shall take immediate effect
Approved March "a, 1874.
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Receipts from Spirits.

In answer to correspondent, the
Pittsburgh Commercial prints the rev.
enues derived by the Government during
the last eleven years from the manufac-
ture of distilled spirits. 1t will be seen
that, with the exception of two or three
wears, there has been steady yearly
increase in the receipts from the begin
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compantod by the name of the author not neces-
sarily for publication, but as an evidence OF good
faith on the part Of the writer. Write only ON one
side OF tho paper Be particularly careful, IN CIV
ing names and dates TO have the letters and figures
plain and distinct
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ALEXANDER MITCHELL, M. c., from
Wisconsin, is reputed to be worth
$40, 900, and to be the wealthiest
man in the West. He is native of
Scotland, and made most of his money
by banking.
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BARNUM is advertising in the London
newspapers for estimates for the con-
struction of his transatlantic balloon,
which he intends to finish early in the
summer
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AN ACT concerning submarine sites for light
houses, and other aids to navigation.
SECTION 1. The People Of he state Of Michi-
gan enact That whenever the United States
of America desire to acquire title to land be-
longing to the State, and covered by the navi-
gable waters of the United States of Amer
lea, within the limits thereof, for the site of
a lighthouse beacon, or other aid to naviga-
ton, and application is made by duly au-
thorized agent of the United States, describ-
ing the site required for one Of the purposes
aforesaid, then the Governor of the State is
authorized and empowered to convey the title
to the United States, and to cede to the
United States jurisdiction over the same
PrOUided. No single tract shall contain more
than ten (10) acres, and that the State shall
retain concurrent jurisdiction 80 far that all
process, civil or criminal, issuing under the
authority Of the State, may be executed by
the proper officers thereof upon any person
or persons amenable to the same within the
limits of land 80 coded, in like manner and to
like effect as il this act had never been
passed.
Sec g. This act shall take immediate effect
Approved March "a, 1874.
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THERE IS in Switzerland, on an av-
erage, one journal for 6,479 inhabit-
ants.