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Too Much To Believe.

One day Farmer Robson's old hen
came scratching about in my meadow,
and just then the pretty schoolma'am
tripped by with two of her children.
She was talking to them about the fish
called the sturgeon.
eyes, my dears, she was saying. 81
read it this very morning in the Popular
Science Monthly. Nine hundred and
twenty-one thousand six hundred eggs
have been found in n single sturgeon Z"
"My what lot - exclaimed one of
the children; "and if every egg gets to
be sturgeon, and every one OF the new
surgeons lays just as many, just think
what heaps and heaps of grandchildren
Il sturgeon must have.
The teacher laughed They walked
on; and suddenly L heard sort of gulp.
1t was the old hen. / never in my life
saw any living creature in such state.
She was so mad she could hardly keep
inside of her feathers.
Nine hundred thousand eggs !" she
exclaimed (you would have thought she
was only trying to cluck her head off,
but Jack understood every world, ''nine
hundred thousand eg-gug-gug-g
Don't believe word of it Never was
such thing since the world began
sturgeon, indeed, Never even heard of
such bird. What'l school-teachers say
next, l wonder2" Nine hundred thou
sand egg-gug-gug-eggs indeed"
The last L saw of that hen, she was
strutting off Indignantly toward the barn
yard to tell the other hens all about it
From "Jack-in-the-Puipit," ST. NichO-
las for AprH.
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/. Influence of GnOd Words.

When Robert Moffat, the missionary,
was in England, he told an amusing
story of poor African, who lived near
one of the missionary settlements, and
whose dog, by some accident, had got
possession of Testament in the native
language, and had torn it to pieces, de
vouring some of the leaves. This man
came to the missionaries in great dismay
and laid his case before them. He said
that the dog had been very useful ami
NAL, and had helped to protect his prop
erty by guarding it from wild beasts, and
also i'll hunting and destroying them;
but he feared it would now be useless.
The missionary asked him how this was.
AS for the injury done, that was but an
accident, and the Testament could be
replaced by another copy. THAT is
true" said the poor man, "but still
am afraid the dog will be of no further
use to me. The words of the New les
lament are full of love and gentleness,
and, after the dog has eaten them, it is
not likely that he will hunt or fight for
me any more.
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Fond of Beasts.

In one of Landseer's early visits to
Scotland he stopped at a village and took
great deal of notice of the dogs, jotting
down rapid sketches of them on bit of
paper. Next day, on resuming his Jour
ney, he was Mortified to find dogs sus-
pended from the trees in all directions,
or drowning in the rivers with stones
round their necks. He stopped a weep
ing urchin who was hurTying off with a
pet pup in his arms, and learned that he
was supposed to be an excise officer who
was taking notes of all the dogs he saw
in order to prosecute the owners for I'M
paid taxes. Another time he went to
Portugal, and the King sent for him to
express his admiration. "Ah, Sir Ed
win, said his Majesty, 81 am glad to
see you; I'm so fond of beasts.
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CHIT.CHAT FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Cherry-Cheek.


/" Come Cherry-chcek," called mamma,
Leave snow-fort, rink and sled
The hills are tinted with mellow pink,
The sun IL going to bed.
In our cosy supper-room
I've drawn the curtains red
Come, Cherry-check," she said.
And slowly mp the steep
His tiny sled he drew.
Then whole round heavens were soft and calm,
With not "a cloud In view:
And aiar ON the edge OF the world
One little silver spark
Came ont alone in great wide place,
And waited Tor the dark
And h heard, in the frosty air
OF the dying winter day,
His fathers coming sleigh-bells chime
A half-a-mile away;
harpy little boy
And something made him say,
80 Dear Godi what beautiful world you've made
-AnRa BoyHioa ireriH, ia 81. Nicholas .tOr april
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26.s9O,l6s.s5 $50, $500


Ar public meeting, called by the Mayor of
Jackson, few nights ago, for the purpose of
expressing the views of the people relative to
retaining the Board of Public Works part
of the municipal government resolutions ia
voring such retention were adopted by large
majority.
A MAJORITY of the stock of the First National
Bank of Mt Clemens, which has heretofore
been owned by citizens of Detroit, has been
purchased by residents of Mt. Clemens.
Cor. WHEATIEY, of Grand Rapids, is organ
izing company of one hundred men TO go to
the Black Hills. They will start about the ST.
of May. The company will recruit at Miles,
Kalamazoo, and one or two other points only.
The Chicago Journal says Lake Michigan is
undoubtedly frozen entirely over at the south
end which is the first time such thing has
ever been known.
TnE East Saginaw new Driving Park Asso-
citation have published their programme. The
races will take place June %, extending over
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Frost IN New HAMPSHIRE. = This
matter-of-fac story is from the Nashua
IN. H. telegraph of Sunday "There
is an unoccupied house in Barnstead,
Belknap county, having a chimney in
the center. The house is % by 30
feet. The chimney is built so as to
support the stills and beams. The frost
has got into the cellar and frozen under
the chimney and raised it up seven
inches. lifting the house free from the
ground except some nine feet, where it
touches, the underpining. In places it
is two or three inches from the UNDER
pinning, and can be rocked by touch
ing it with the hand. 1t has attracted
good deal of notice from the cisizens
of Barnstead."
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Frost Fair.

When Master Jack Frost can get his
own way, he proves a great tyrant, and
locks up lakes and rivers in countries
where such performances are least ex-
pected. Even old Father Thames, in
the southern part of England, has been
Mt times shut up by him in prison of
ice. Once when the river was frozen
over the Londoners held what they
called a frost fair.
In the beginning of December, 1868,
frost set in and lasted to the 5tn of
February, upward of two months. The
river was frozen, as an old writer says,
" to that degree that another city, as il
were, was erected thereon; whereby
the great number of streets and shops,
with their rich furniture, it represented
great fair, with variety OF carriages
and diversions of all sorts; near White
hall, a whole OK was roasted on the ice.
Bull-baiting, puppet-playing, horse
racing, and other amusements, were
generally indulged in; and persons of all
ranks mingled in the new scene of life.
Large boats, covered with tits and
decorated with sails and flags, were used
rs sledges, some being drawn by horses,
and others by the watermen, who were
frozen out of their usual employment.
Coaches piled up and down the river as
regularly as i'll the streets. A double
line of booths form street, in which
were shops for the sale of refreshments,
draperies, and places for small wares.
Printers set up their presses on the ice,
and earned large sums by printing the
names of people for sixpence each.
But, oh most inglorious termination
of the fun Master Thaw slipped in
unawares, and off rushed printers, show
men, and spectators in great hurry.
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The Tennessee Flood.

A Tennessee gentleman, describing a
railway ride during the recent flood,
says that the cylinders, pistons, and con-
meeting rods of the engine were all un-
der water. The engineer piled up wood
in the bottom of the fire-box of the To-
connective, and built coal fire on top,
by means of which he was enabled to
keep up steam enough to get through the
water, but they had to stop at the foot
of the ascending grade and kindle a
larger fire. From Stevenson to Bass
Station they passed in fatboats through
water from three to thirty feet deep. In
som, places the telegraph wires were on
a level with their shoulders as they sal
i'm the boat. The Tennessee river in
places was twenty-five miles wide.
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Chr Grus 1ortherner
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
FRESH TOPICS.

ANN ELIZA YoUNG's success in her suit
against Brigham has created something of
a stir among the other Mormon wives
Many of them begin to think it would
be so nice to Lave $1,000 a year and no
Brigham bothering about.
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MEssRs. MooDY and Sankey, of Chi
cago, the religious revivalists, are at
present causing a great sensation in the
city of London. A cable dispatch says
the attendance at their meetings is Sim
manse "
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A HOUND chased fox seventy miles in
Adams and Berks counties, Pa, the
other day, captured and killed it, and
was found exhausted by the side of the
dead body.
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PERSONAL.

W. A. ToMIINsoN, of kalamazoo, and T.. s.
Lacy of Charlotte, have been appointed and
confirmed AZ Trustees of the Kalamazoo Insane
Asylum.
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JUDGE Mexican and Lawyer Whitney,
of Salt Lake, had disagreement during
session of the court After adjourn
ment, rs the parties were leaving the
court room, the irate attorney so far lost
his temper as to say to the Judge: +" III
you mean to say what L said was false,
you lie" The Judge, being man of
peace, didn't resent this foul imputation
by striking out from the judicial
boulder and catching the impertinent
lawyer upon the nose, but took other and
slrer means of admins rating punish
mcnt. SO when court met next morning
Mr.. Whitney was dumbfounded at hear
ing an order read by the Clerk to the
effect that "George Il. Whitney pay fine
of 800; that he is forbidden to practice
his profession in this court until, in spen
court, at such time as shall suit the con-
venience of the court, he shall, i'll person
or in writing, make an mequivocal ac-
ceptable apology for contempt of court;
that in default of such payment and
apology within one month he be dis
barred" Mr.. Whitney will probably
think twice before he again insults
Judge of United States Court.
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INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

SAGINAW CRY has a raftins-pn mandatory
which turns ont $4,000 per day.
The Mastic Roofing and Paint Company has
been organized at Kalamazoo with capital of
$50 900.
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RAILROADS.

The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Company commenced, last week. the distribu-
ton of large number of cal loads of new iron
between kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. A
large quantity Of the new rails viii be laid down
mt once
A MEETING of the stockholders Of the
Saginaw Valley and st. Louis railroad will be
held at Saginaw City, May 1st, to amend their
articles Of association to extend the
road to Grand Rapids, and increase their capital
stock to :S5O0O0.
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CRIME.

JOHN WELLS. OF Bloomfield junction, while
driving home from East Saginaw recently met
party of men, with whom he had dispute re-
garding the right of way, and was struck on
the head with an iron bar, iniuring him so
severely that he subsequently died. The par
ties engaged in the quarrel have been lodged in
jail charged with murder.
FANNIE T.. JONES has been convicted Of child
murder at Saginaw, and sentenced to seven
years in the penitentary. This was her second
trial. On the first she was found guilty of muir
der in the second degree. and sentenced to
eighteen years Imprisonment. new trial was
granted with the result AZ stated.
OK Monday night rich German Of Monroe,
named Jacob Sachs, shot himself in the head
with instantly fatal result.
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to New Guinea, Australia, the Sandwich
Islands, and San Francisco. The walk
across the continent will finish the un-
dertaking
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DEATHS.

Hon. RODNEY G. PAINE, one of the most re-
spected and influential citizens of Niles, died a
few days ago, aged 60 years. He had been en-
gagged in the banking business for forty years,
and no man stood higher in the estimation of
the public. He leaves large estate. He was
prominent in politics and private and public
enterprises, and held several offices in the gift
of the people of Western Michigan. The banks
and public schools were closed on the occasion
of the funeral.
MAN named Joseph Dunceith, working at
McTavish's camp. ON the Chippewa, was killed
last week by falling tree. The body was taken
to East Saginaw and an inquest held. Deceased
was q years of age and his home was at To-
ledo.
VIM. A. HANcE, of Windsor, Eaton county,
who had spent the greater portion of his life in
vestigating the principle of perpetual motion,
died recently, in the 6Sth year of his age.
Hon. RODNEY G. PAINE, of Miles, formerly
forty years a banker of that city, died few
days ago, aged 60 years. He was highly es-
teemed by his fellow citizens and at meeting
of the Common Council set of resolutions were
adopted eulogistic of his character, and appro-
pirate speeches made by all the Aldermen.
A LECTURE was advertised to be delivered at
Monroe last week. by Rev. Father Cooney, but
was postponed on account of the death Of the
mother of the lecturer in that city, aged %
wears
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WE are indebted to the Lansing Republican
for the following table, showing by counties
the amount of taxable and improved lands in
the State. 1t is remarkable fact that but little
over one-fifth of the lands of the State have
been improved:
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four days. The premiums amount to $4,000,
or II, 500 more than last year.
DETROIT has contributed over $4,000 to the
grasshopper sufferers of Nebraska and Dakota,
and is still contributing.
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CASUALTIES.

MARY McGLAIS, of Ann Arbor aged 10 years,
while playing with some matches the other day,
accidentally fired her clothing, and, in her
fright, rushed downstairs, thereby tanning the
flames until they were beyond control. She
was terribly burned, and died in a few hours.
A FIRE at Negaunee last week destroyed the
shops and mill Of the Jackson Iron Company
Loss about so, 200.
The residence of Mrs. John Angel at We
mona, Bay county was totally destroyed by
fire last week. Loss, - 500 insurance,
- 800
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THE cod Man Bender" caught in
Arizona, admits that he is the party
wanted FOR so long time past, but de-
MES having committed the murders
Like a true son OF Adam, he shirks it
upon the women, and the women can't
be found.
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LEGAL.

Mr.. D. Il. SMITH, merchant of Jackson, was
recently arrested OH complaint of Hitchcock.
Esseltyn & Co., Detroit on the charge of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses, taken to
Detroit and imprisoned. He was discharged af-
ter several days, the court holding that the case
should have been tried where the offense was
alleged to have been committed in Jackson
Mr.. Smith has now commenced suit against the
Detroit firm for false Imprisonment, laying dam
ages at 100000
The sons of Capt. L. i. Ward of Detroit,
have appealed from the order admitting his will
to probate, ard the case will not stop short of
the Supreme Court.
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UNDER n wager of $4,000, Mark
Grayson, a Richmond (virginia) pedes-
trian, proposes to walk around the world
in six hundred days. He is to set out
from the City Hall, New York, April 3,
1875. and return to the same place No
vember %, 1876. The route planned
will include some 1920 miles, and, in
order to accomplish it, it will be neces-
sary to make over thirty-two miles a
day. This average is TO be made daily
q while on ship-board. The route will be
as follows: "From New York to Liv-
erpool by water thence to Havre, pass
ing through Manchester, Sheffield, and
London from Havre he will walk
through France to Lyons then, passing
through Genoa, Florence, Rome, and
Naples, he will go to Constantinople ;
from there, crossing the Bosphorus, he
will walk through the intervening coun-
tries to India then to Canton and Hong
Kong. China at Hong Kong he will
take ship 70 the Philippine Isles; thence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-06

Government subsidies in the shape of
money or lands to steamship and railroad
companies have become exceedingly I'M
popular and IL Is doubtful whether Congress
will ever again hold out such Inducements
TO private corporations. A new steamship
company is organizing In New York which
1t is said will not ask Congress for any aid
whatever. The steamers are to ply between
New York, st. Thomas, and Venezuela, and
are To depend wholly upon the legitimate
prefits OF commerce for support. The New
York journal Of Commerce IN noting the enter
prise says that after all too much importance
has been attached TO subsidies, as adjuncts in
the support Of steamship lines; and that
while the New York and Brazil company
have Withdrawn their vessels for want of a
sufhcient mail appropriation, a line has
been put on between Baltimore and Brazil
which expects to live without a subsidy
enterprises begun IN this spirit OF self
dependence deserve success
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Tho Annual Reports

Departmental and bureau reports are COM
ing into season. They will be as concise and
Interesting as usual. The following extracts
from the report OF the Small Potatoe Bureau
have the true Centennial ring:
"In the division for the dottiug of is, the
work has largely increased, chiefly on &C.
count of the egotistical nature of the bust
ness transacted. The number of is dotted
during the T sal year was 1l3, SCI ,52ix. The
number remaining on hand uniottei, June
80. 1875, was 1s1 SOY.
elm the division for the crossing of It's there
has been a falling of OF 5S.16l as COMPARED
with last year. This l. accounted for by the
fact that there have not been so many It's to
cross, and by the additional fact that many
have been inadvertently Left uncrossed. This
serious omission will be remedied in future
because a uncrossed looks like /.
81 have TO report a gratifying spread of
temperance principles and practice among
the employees of this bureau. as evinced by
the circumstance that when any extra holt
day has been granted TO member OF tempe
rance organizations, the majority OF the
Clerks availed themselves of IL. Ii has also
been observed by CLERK specially detailed
for this duty, that all employees who left
their desks during office hours returned
chewing coffee beans OF lemon peel-thus
showing their love OF those essentially tenn
perste beverages, coffee and lemonade. /
have, therefore, the honor to recommend the
establishment of a coffee plantation and
lemon grove on one OF the public reserva-
lions south Of Pennsylvania avenue. The
force OF the objection that may be urged
against this enterprise, viz; that there
is rot sufficient winter heat in this
locality for the successful cultivation of
coffee and lemons, will not be OF long dura-
tion, as i anticipate that the next House of
Representatives will make il hot enough for
any thiT g."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-06

We don't know that Gen. Mcclellan is on
the Presidential track again, but 1t looks
rather suspicious that he has been inter
viewed by the Baltimore Gazette upon the
political situation; that he declared that he
was not in the field, and was seeking no Office,
and that he thereupon proceeded to express
himself In favor Of hard money through a
gradual return TO a specie basis; of reform In
the whole conduct of the government; and
that, in conclusion, he announced himself as
thoroughly identified with the democratic
party, looking to its success /" as the ulti-
mate means of restoring harmony to the ma
ton" Gen. Mcclellan thinks of making
Baltimore his permanent home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-06

The lard corner in New York, to which
reference was made In this column yester-
day, still continues, and 1t now looks as if
the bulls would finally bring the bears to
terms The case of a Mr.. Perry, who hal
contracted TO deliver lard amounting to
$1,000, but failed because he had agreed to
deliver it at 81 cents per pound, but found
he could not purchase IL now for less than
Ia cents, was brought before the produce
exchange on Thursday, but no decision was
reached. The corner has resulted in great loss
TO the lard dealers, since they are either COM
PEELED 10 buy at the bulls prices, or pay the
difference between the price named in their
contracts to deliver and the average market
price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-06

The hearty reception given to Gov. Cham
berlain by the Chamber OF Commerce of
Charleston yesterday, ana the congratula-
lions he received upon the reforms Of his adj
ministration and the increasing prosperit y
of South Carolina ought to convey a whole
some lesson TO the northern men whom ac-
cident has made chief executives of southern
states. Gov. Chamberlain has apparently
fulfilled his pledges in good faith, and the re-
suit is that mis- labors In behalf of the state
are fully appreciated by the people. The
case Of Gov. Chamberlain forcibly Illus
t,ates the truth of the proverb. Honesty is
The best policy" even In politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-06

from Ohio, 1S.0Q gallons Of the Aaose 80
s1Ok1 WARE IN the country, si.es NON
one quart 10 d Z gAlious, 20 be suld ct - =
cents Der esllnn; discount 10 the trade.
Also, 80 90 DO xes u HxDEA COLA n on had
boxes for - ceats. At
= LULLBHy.
cctO5w GIG Ream> lsanla sveaue,
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PERSONAL.

ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIFn not
ten order 'rcm me- Gao A LAM
Washington, ID. G.. bov. 6. ISIS. noTss
nlyokCEs LEGALLY OBTAINED FOR IN
- COMPATIBILITY, etc, r-iience uuneces-
cary; Zee after decree. Address r. q. Box 1887
Chicago, III. nov6- AZ
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RRUSH ERIN FELT HATS AND NEW
- STYLE WALKING HATS at moderate prices,
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