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The "Check.Deposit" SWindle .

IT may be remembered that about two
years ago the country bankers in the
West were swindled out of considerable
sums of money by the check-depoSit'
scheme. The men in this peculiar and
eminently successful line were well'in-
formed regarding the intricacies of bank
ing, were apparently well acquainted
with leading bankers throughout the
country, and could use their tongues 10
such advantage that they rarely failed
TO create a favorable impression and to
get advances on worthless checks Their
manner of operation was this: 4 we'll
dressed fellow would call at a bank and
present letter OF introduction purport-
ing to be from some mercantile firm in
Chicago. This document would recon-,
mend him highly and the hope be ex'
pressed IN il that the one 10 whom 1t was
, 1875-02-13
4 Remarkable bog.

ALMOST every one whose business
brought him TO the Central Police station
has seen Captain Jack" the fdyorite
/ pohce dog. For the past two years the
Captain has been regular visitor at
l the StatlOn-houSe, coming there almost
nightly. lie was owned by wcllknuwn
gentleman Of this city. who took the best
| possible care Of him. and lie had all the
! comforts of nice home. Strange 10
! say, however, he preferred the company
/ OF the night men 20 that o.: his lcgiti-
mate master Jack" usually arrived at
( the station shortly before eight o'clock
/ IN the evening when the night men were
formed IN line preparatory TO their going
on their respective hcaIs when he would
single out one of the men lhc scarcely
/ ever went with the same man twice. and
t3lIoT close behind him on his beat dur
IN" the entire night. returning with the
officer III four U'tlOCk in the morning
After the officer Aad hun" up his belt
and baton the " Captain" would waE his
! tail in token Of pleasure n having faith
fully performed his duty. and would then
make bee line for home
Capt Jack had remarkable faculty
for seeming out providers and drunken
men IN alleys, and whenever he came
across ore OF these might BIRDS he
would utter sharp howl, attracting the
officers attention Numerous aurglarie-
have been avcrrcd and burglars brought
To Justice through the fundamentally ot
this remarkable dog when policeman
was engaged in hand-tolHand combat
with some sncak-,hct The Captain
would watch for an opportunity, when
with astonishing aIaclity hr would
grasp the rascal hy tue throat with hl~
teeth, and hold han anil De- could be
handCuffcd The intelligent creature
knew every nook and corner I'm the city.
WAS seldom seen on the streets in The
dav-time, and would never follow "a
.' relief man." tut aS soon ass the bell
struck the hour OF cj.ht he was
al his post with the squad The men,
of COURSE, treated him kindly, and
many paIroiman on his lone
ly beat shared his midnight lunch with
" Captain" What Is more remarkable
- Jack would never accompany new
man. Instinct appeared to have taught
him to ascertain patroiman'S nature
before venturing out with hlm- hun
dred incidents OF this remarkable Great
ure's sagacity, which would have done
credit to a human being and which were
worthy of emulation, might hc narrated
of the Captain" did space permit y
few nights since hc was found dead IN
IN alley by policeman, when upon eA-
animation it Was found that some one
had poisoned him. The news spread
rapidly among the men, and an apparent
feeling of sorrow came over them as
though they had lost some valued friend.
And they had Captain Jack was Of the
specie known as shepherd and a power
ful dog, and his presence Is nightly
missed al the Central Station.-ItrrH
Free Press. O.
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IN Unpleasant Predicament.

4 NAN named Salisbury, who lives
about six miles out on the Grand EIyer
road, purchased a cheap cutter "I d
Michigan avenue dealer Yesterday, ana
not having a horse he made arrange
ments with a farmer, who Was also IN the
city. and who lives near nim- 10 ride
home with him. He accordingly sealed
himself in the back OF the farmers
,raoon. and instead Of fastening the
,bi5Is Of the cutter 10 the wagon box he
held on 10 them WI his hands. Every
thing being ready the farmer who Is IN
fortunately quite deaf, gave the whip 10
his horses and drove off. IS they passed
a schOol-hOusc on Grand River avenue
the BOYS were Just coming out, and see
:ng a chance for fun they al once com
menccd firing "a fUsila3e oil su""-5'.llS
against the half-frOZ"n SaulsH-iy- lie
bc-ecched them 20 de-I-r. but seeing that
he Was unable 10 use hlS hands l-ty
followed behind him al respectable oiS-
tance. keeping up the cannpnade All 'ig
time Salisbury screamed al the ,gP ~
his voice. but the farmer, VINO ula h"'
hear sound, and who was anxious 10
get home. II being somewhat cold ,iid
not turn around, thinking, perhaps ih4t
SALISBURY Was all right. But he was All
wrong. The boys were bound 70 mahe
( him lei 20 Of that cutter, and they nn-l-
! Iy succeeded. Salisbury saw the sn"N,
! halls coming from every direction anu
I As be could not protect h's face ne was
compelled to drop the cutter. he ll-ilHs' X.
diately jumped up, and after having N
dUced the deaf farmer 10 orlnS Ms l'---i 81
10 a s,and-still got of the wagon l-- ai,-
ran back nearly half mile to [ecylsI t,.-I
his sleigh. He swore that be wouid huE'
down dire vengeance on his turHeIi.'5I-,
hnt Of course there wasn't a boy 70 Or
seen within a distance u tJur 5locAs.-
/ T-,..s, T-ss pr-SR
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nonsense, which dies out with the honey,
moon. You can find women enough TO
write poetry to, and to talk sentiment
with, married or single. As for your
wife, she's the woman that keeps house
for you, and the sooner you make heI
aware of the fact the better. When |
marry, Jones, my dear fellow, it will be
with no idiotic idea of perpetual court
ship in my mind. I'll begin as l intend
to go on, and be master, depend upon
it."
But not my master" whispered pref
" Mrs. Armstrong, mot mine"
Mistress Armstrong, them spoons,
whispered Biddy at the stairs just then.
Hetty Armstrong gathered up the
spoons which had slipped down into her
lap. She looked at them as she did so,
Theywere solid and elegant, as was all
her silver Her eyes glanced about the
room, which wealth and taste had made
the perfection of elegance and comfort.
Her room! She heard downstairs the
merry chat of her guests, the sound
of music and dancing. She re
membercd that in the kitchen her
servants were making ready sup
per fit for d king. She turned to the
mirror; handsome woman, still young,
and elegantly dressed, looked proudly
back. An hour before, all this, the
woman included, she would have given
TO Charles RokewOOd had he been a beg
gar. Just twinge of pain went through
her heart. One tear stole down her
glowing cheek. Then she gave a little
bitter laugh.
Il alone am queen of me" she mis-
quoted, and ran out to give the spoons to
Biddy.
- Ii was hard to find them" she said,
but here they are at last"
And she laughed little louder than
usual, and not quite naturally.
1t was the merriest Christmas party OF
them all, said every one of her guests,
and Hetty Armstrong seemed the merrl-
est there. But no one saw her when the
door was closed upon them and she was
alone in her chamber No matter how
brief love-dream has been, the awaken
ing is hard, eSpeciallyif if it is sudden,
Hetty ArmStrOngrefuSed Charles Roke'
wood the next day, and people who
guessed it blamed her bitterly. As for
Charles himself he was amazed and
injured, and deeply grieved, for ne never
guessed that his lecture on married life
had a second auditor; nor that Hetty
would have SAID Yes" instead Of No
but for the crack in the door of the china
closet
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one of Sheridan'S Practical Jokes.

Another example, in our opinion, O! a
high order of practical joking, malicious
though It be. is the following one related
hv Moore of Sheridan: The Rev Mr..
O'Bicrnc, aftcrward Bishop of Meath,
having arrived at Shcridan's country
house near Ostcrlev, it was proposed
that on the next Sunday the clergyman
should preach at the village church. On
his obieCting that he was not PROVIDED
with IA sermon Sheridan offered 20 write
one for him if he would consent TO
prcach II. The offer was accepted The
next morning Sunday hr- O'Ricrue
fuuud the Ms. by his bedside. Having
read il over and corrected some tLcOlog-
zeal errors, such as at Is easier for a
camel. as Moses says" etc, he went 10
tbe church and delivered the sermon in
his most impressive style, to the great
satisfaction, As be thought, of all the
ronCrcgation. among whom Was Sher-
dams wealthy ncighboT, Mr. c.. Some
months after Mr. O'BirTnc found him
self cut by the whole family oi the
Rs. with whom he had previously
hcen intimate: and on expressing MS
surprise at this treatment WtS informed
that Shcridan's sermon had been from
beginning 10 end a personal attack upon
Mr. C. who had rendered himself
very unpopular by his harsh conduct to
he moor and 10 whom the congregation
had applicd every sentence the PREACHER
had delivered The sermon Is preserved
hut II Is unfortunately too long TO quote.
The text i. " For the oppression Of The
poor. for the signing Of the needy. now
will | arise, saith the Lord; viii set
him in safety from him that pufeth at
him" Psalms xii, > The wfole dis
course Is 50 grave and sccmly that 1t
needs AN acGuaintance with Sheridan's
intention to appreciate the subtle vein oil
irony that runs through It'll tle ear
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4 Heroic Boy.

FREDDIE TENNY, of Allegheny, only
ten wears old, is mate TO the boy who
stood on the burning deck, if somebody
would only sing him into fame. His
father and mother being away for all
night, Freddie was left to keep house
and take care of his younger bTOther-a
five-year-old. During the night Freddie
was awakened by smoke, and nearly
sufFocated. He saw that the house was
on fire, the floor having caught from
Goals that had fallen from the stove in
the diningroom. He gathered up his
little brother and set him out in the cold,
and then proceeded to carry water IN a
pail and put out the fire. He eXtln-
cuished the flames, took his little
brother back to bed, and both slept well
till morning. In the morning Freddie
called in a family who lived in another
mart of the house TO see what had hap
nened. Two holes were burned through
the floor-one two feet in diameter and
the other one foot. The little fireman
had saved the property, and probably
some lives, and had all the fun 10 HIM
self. He was charged to take care OF ms
little brother and keep house, and he did
il like a mans. Louis REPUBLICAN.
, 1875-02-13
4 DruidicaI Wedding.

The following description OF a mar
riace in the DruidIcal days Is given IN
Saintine's MYTHS Of the Rhine:
At Il place where two roads meet the
cracking of 4 whip is heard; hogs, sheteP
and small oxen are driven aside TO make
wav for a kind Of procession consisting
of grave and solemn men and women
Ii Is Il wedding.
Two Young people have just had Their
union blessed by the priests under tne sa-
cred oak. The bride is dressed IN black
and wears a wreath of dark leaves on
her head. She walks in the midst OF her
friends. A matron who walks on her
left holds before her eyes white cioth
il is a shrOud, the shTOud in which sIe
will be buried one of these days. On
her right a Druid intOnes chant IN
which he enumerates in solemn rhythm
ALI the troubles and all the anAleues
which await her in welded life.
From this day, young wife, thou alone
wilt have 10 bear all the burden Oh your
united household.
YoU will have 10 attend the baking
oven 10 urovide fuel and 10 90 IN seaTch
of food: YOU viii have to prepare INC
resinous torch ami the lamp,
You will wash the linen at the iouh-
tain. and you Will make up the clo'hlhs
You will attend to the COW ana even
IN the horse. if your husband requires H.
Always full Of respect, you VIII wan iil
On linn, standing behind him al Ms
meals. I'll,
1.-The expresses wish 10 take you Win
him to war, you viii accompany MN nm 70 70
carry his baggage, TO keep ms arms ~ ~
coed condition, and to nurse him Il lie
should be sick OF wounded.
Happiness consists in the tulhllmen' o.
duty. Be happy, my child ~
What is still more strange Is tAaJ tH,'
dolorous wedding song but sllghilyoAi
tered. Is still in some parts OF rance a
this day addressed TO brides ny Ioca
minslrels.
, 1875-02-13

CRIssY HECRER, living at Whites Val
lev. Pa. deliberately burned herself to
death the other day while under the IN
fluence of an extraordinary deluslon
For five or six years past she has al
times been subject TO temporary insan
ity. during which she imagined she had
committed sins against her ImmanueI
which could only be absolved by burnt
offerings. In one of these spsSnS she
erected an altar and set il on IRE, VIII
The result above stated,
, 1875-02-13

Mississippi laDorers are well paid
co,sidering the hard times. Ordinary
tsrm hands earn 3 and s. per week and
board. In England this class receives
much less than this.
, 1875-02-13
selfr5ed e3tlisteAa'w.


-ur EuIGRANT LASSIE.
, 1875-02-13

! DISCIPLE Of Darwin at the Sydenham
CrrsrsI Palace writes: Yesterday l
nqssed an hour watching a chlmpanzee
LpaerIv as large as a child ten years old,
whom il so strongly rssenb!ed IN rs ac-
tions as to humiliare ne Uy the lhcoh-
tesrible relationship.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-21
Every Fay Al Increase lns Flesh and
Weight b seen AID Felt.
The Great RIced Purifier.

Every drop Of the Sarsararll isn Res,ivcnt com-
nunirstss through The oioOsi, sweat, urine. sud
otoe. fuids and juices Of the System, the rigor of
lie, for repair the yates Of the boty With
and sound material. Scroiuia, syphilis, Gem
sumption srahd uiaI disease, GERS in the throat,
mouth umors, Nodes III the glands and Other
part Of he system, ssre eyes, strunorous dis
charles frcn the esYs, and the worst forms Of SIX
dIsAsses. eruplions, lever sOr-s, ecaid head ring
wsrm, -aIt rh.uIi, srysipeIss, acne, black sTOIs
worms In the fe.h, tumors eancsrs Ia the womb,
and al weakening AMI painful dischaIgs, ign,
e~eats los ofsperm and all ws.tes Of the lite prin
ciple, within the curative range OF this wonder
Of modern chemistry, and 'ew Gays use Will
yrove to any persUu us.rg IL for either oil disease
its potent poe er To cnre them.
Ifthe potent, daily becoming reduc d by the
waste, and de competition cat Is continually pro-
gressrs, succeeds in arresting these wastes, and
repairs the with new msterial MADE from
hcslt blbcd-a1d this the sarsap>rIlian will and
docs sccure-a cure is Ger, aiu Tor when once this
remedy commences it work of puri6cstion. ard
succeeds In diminishing the loss Of wastes, it
pairs will be rapid, and every day the pauent will
feel himself gro wing better sLd stronger The tocd
fosi dige,tiDg t.eter, appetite Improving and flesh
and weight increasing.
Not only does the ssrsaparil ian Rssolvent excel
all known remedial agents in the cure Of Chronic,
Scrufuious, Constitutional and Skin diseases bot
1t IS the only POSITIVE cure for
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er did an act that gave sorrow to his peo-
pie. No; content with faithfully observing
the free Constitution which his father
granted (on compulsion) to Brazil, it has
been his constant aim and en- Il avor not
only to make his people entirely free, but
to make them worthy also OF freedom. He
has abolished slavery without overturning
the system Of labor, and has invited and
assisted progress without yielding 10 the
demands of license. He has been foremost
in every good and philanthropic work, has
travelled necessarily over his vast country,
nearly two thousand miles square, seeking
everywhere methods Of developing its great
resources and raising upward its lowest
classes. Ee has been emphatically for
Brazil what Peter the Great was for Rus
STA, but in him the world knows no rude
barbarian genius with the mind of phil
osopher and the manners of Cyclops.
Don Pedro of Brazil has ever shown him
self refined, courteous, an educated gen.
tleman, free Of access, especially to Ameri-
cans, neither proud nor pom pOus, though
he has in his veins the mingled blood Of
the Barganzas, the Bourbons, and the
naughty Hapsburgs of Austria, delighting
in the society of literary and scientific men,
acute in discerning mems characters, slow
to punish, prompt to reward, the perfected
Adrian of Christian times and of the nine
tenth century.
The wonderful changes which this great
and noble man has wrought in Brazil can
hardly be appreciated by those Who have
not travelled in Mexico and Brazil and
compared them. He has given to hi
country q system of railroad travel which
though not yet worked out, will in time
make Brazil great commercial land. He
has encouraged and aided the develop
ment of steam navigation At suitable point,
along its enormous coast line, has stimulated
the culture of the coffee tree and the growti
of coffee and sugar-cane, and has wisely re
pressed the excessive thirst for gold anC
silver mining, which has been the curse Of
the Spanish colonizatiops. Little by it'll,
he has nursed love and comprehension o
free Institutions, and has cordially invitet
the immigration of citizens from countrie
nursed in ideas of absolute liberty. He ha
endeavored to systematic and increase tn,
inland commerce through the MaranoI
and its mighty tributaries. In Q word, h,
has been rot only the friend but the fathe
of Brazilian progress and reform, and hi
people idolne him. Here in this land hi
noble character is thoroughly understood
and admired, and he will receive such
welcome from our enthusiastic American
Is will convince him that the good deed
of q great man shine very far in thi
naughty world.
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TIE FIyIAI PLAGUE.
The Old Cannibals Starving Forty Thou
sand Deaths in -Four Months.

The Old CannibaIs Starving Forty Thou
sand Deaths in -Four Months.
Further information from FIJI conveys
still darker accounts Of the plague which
has recently passed over the new colony.
A resident of long standing, writing to
Victorian contemporary, says: "The death
rate is not vet made up, but the probabili-
ty is that AZ, 900 Fijians died during the
plague. The native population of FIJI il
now about one-third only of what it was
when landed here about twenty-five years
ago." The accounts given of the magnitude
Of the disaster are less narrowing than those
of the sufierIngs of the victims. "Very
few died of the measles, the majority dying
of subsequent disease in the form of dysen-
terry congestion of the lungs, etc. Want of
nourishment or starvation carried of
thousands. We are told that call work
was suspended for two month";" You
could pass through whole towns without
meeting anyone in the streets, which were
soon completely covered with grass. Enter
ing house you could find men, women
and children all lying down indiscriminate-
ly, some Just attacked, some still in agony,
and others dying. Some WHO were strong
enough attempted suicide, and not always
unsuccessfully. We are further told tn at
as the scourge became more permanent four
and five were buried in the same grave.
and generally without religious services In
some cases the dead were buried in the
earthen floors of the houses, in others, Just
outside the house. The burials were hur-
ried, and the probability is that some were
buried alive In many cases the husband,
wife and children all di,l. In one
village all the women aied, and
in another all the men. 1t is in
teresting to read of the different mental
effects produced by the torture of disease. L,
is not surprising that some made fruitless
appeals to the ancient god. Some island
tribes, who had only recently embraced
Christianity, considered that the disease
was conveyed by their religious teachers
and they dismissed them, and then aban-
doned their new religion. Among these
some were for killing the teachers, but their
wiser counsels prevailed. 1t is said that
one tribe buried alive one OF the teachers
wives, and her child, whose huband and
father had died of the plague, to stop in
lection. But while some some in their dis
tress fell back on their former superstitions,
the greater number are said to have borne
their calamity with fortitude, and to have
suffered and died under the influence Of
Christianity.-Sidney Herald.
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Soaring People 70 Death

A Brooklyn woman, so yeas old, and
her son, aged 26, spend their time in devils
ing means of soaring their neighbos to
death, and they carry on their silly tricks
unnolested. The Eagle says: aOf . night
when the children are playing in the street,
horrible spectacle will suddenly appear
from under the stoop. II will have horns,
q very red nose and huge goggles. In the
day time, when people are engaged in the
neighboring yards, head, such - one sees
in a pantomime, will be discovered gazing
at them over the wall. A figure clad in
white will slowly rise, rusty old sword
will be iiourished around, and then Tie
specter will subside. All day long strange
faces fit about the house and yard, and
faces of Undesirable ugliness and horror
gaze at the passers-by from the windows.
The favorite Amusement of this eccsutric
mother and son consists in frightening peo-
pie in the dark. The way they do il most
successfully is this: The son, with . we'll
got up spook On . pole, goes into the cellar
and partly removes the grating under the
basement windova The mother awaits M
stairs and gives the signal Of IN approsch-
victim. As the passenger drawn scar the
house, . white-robed ghost slowly rises
from the cellar, turns its horrible counsen-
ance toward the startled gaser asa then
elovly diaPpeaIaa
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AN IMPERIAL VISITOR.
Proposed Visit Of the Emperor of Brazil
to Europe and the United States

The Minister of Public works of Rio ia
metro has presented to the Chamber of Dep
uties request Of the Emperor to sanction
avisit of eighteen months duration to Eu-
rope and the United States.
In 1871, shortly after Don Pedro II had
taken measures for the suppression of ela-
very in Brazil. he made tour of Europe.
being received everywhere with the distinc.
ton due to his character no less than to his
rank. There was great disappointment felt
in this country that he did not visit this
country on his return, and it is generally
believed that such was his intention, but Il
was frustrated by an imperative necessity
for his presence in his own land. The ne
port that he will surely come here shortly
Is one that will be received with universal
satisfaction, for there is no anointed head
that wears q crown in any country of the
world that il 20 honored here rs his.
His father abdicaied when he was but
five years old. He may be said to have
been an emperor all his life, and vet.
though he is now fifty yean of age, he new