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Costing Too Muchs

A case was mentioned in New !ork o. Q,
a man dying worth 81, 600 whose iunera, 3;
cost S575. Just $75 more thsn thaS ~, =,
the celebrated Earl of Chestertield; WIZ
limited his funeral expenses to $500, ana
was the first to pat down such prepo9s, s
ferrous expense. When Baron Anseaat n lait
Rothschild died not long ago, ne iets ts
100000, 900; but his funeral dlan M = .sess COS.
probably as much rs that OF the poor
man mentioned.
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ExOrCfsm Of Ague.

DIR. s. B. Dogget, an eminent profess
sional gentleman, is curiosity in his
way, His modes of treatment are new
and novel. His methods of practice are
wholly original with himself. In short,
he is the medical phenomenon of the
nineteenth century. The doctor came
to this city, says Fort Wayne paper,
during the northern Indiana fair. He
sojourned for time at the Central
Hotel, where his practice assumed man.
moth proportions. The doctors signs
were unique specimens OF high art.
He cut out SOME of DR.. 8. Clay
odds pictures, and also got some pic
lures from a book published by Ken
nedy, owner of the Medical Discov-
cry" and from another issued by the
Surgical Institute Of Indianapolis,
and pasted them on his signs. DR..
Doggett makes specially of ague. he
says that physicians who use quinine.
for ague really introduce deadly poison
into the systems Of their patients. DR..
Doggett doesn't poison those whom he
treats, but he robs them, which is about
equivalent. A good natured fellow
from the country who tried his treat
ment for the ague, thus described it to
our reporter "The first thing, paid
him a dollar. He gave me bottle OF
queer looking stuff, which he said was
fluid electricity.
: "I was to take that when I went
home, and as soon as the seue left me
(Which be said would be at once) tho
rest Of the electricity would congealand
make a frst.rate article OF hair oil. l
sat down in his room, and he produced
from his boot legs two drum sticks. with
which he played tune on the table,
for the purpose, as he said, of drumming
the ague out Of me. Then he produced
short stick, with rag wound about
the end of it, to which he attached
sponge. Upon this sponge he dropped
some solution and Immediately begun
to pound me over the head and about
the body very vigorously. Then he
sent me for O bottle Of the best gin,
which got. Soon after he sent me for
four red corncobs. ..
"While was gone he drank the gin
and filled the bottle with water. l found
one red corncob and went back. Then
I sat down, and he made cross out OF
the drum sticks, which he placed at my
feet. He rubbed my head and body
with tho corncob, and told me that the
ague had ell left me and gone into the
corncob, and that If I buried the corn
cob in the ground would never have
any more trouble with the ague."
"Did you bury the corncob ?" asked
our reporter. e. i
eyes," said Doggett's victim, "but
I've had the ague ever since, and if I
see the doctor again, by the Jehosophat,
I'll lick him, or get my money back"
It is rather strange that in an en-
lightened and intelligent community a
crazy ignoramus like this Doggett could
victimizo people in the manner above
described; but such is the fact. He has
been in the city several weeks, and we
are credibly informed hes gathered in
numerous dollars from ignorant and un-
suspecting persons who have applied to
him to cure their ague or headaches.
Doggett is really demented, and should
be looked after by the authorities. He
makes pretensions TO being fortune
teller as well as doctor.
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A Sum In Arithmetic,

There came into our school one day
Awhile haired man. With pleasant smile
q Q greeted us, and sitting down,
Said he would like to rest awhile,
Twas time to have arithmetic.
The teacher said: "Now all give heed;
Put up your books and take your states,
And do the sum which I will read
Our books went in, our states came out;
And then the teacher read the sum;
We tried and tried and tried again.
But couldn't make the answer come
And then the old man said to us
With kindness twink!ing in his eyes
"Who gets the answer first shall have
A silver shilling for prize"
Then Tommy Dole resolved to cheat,
And, slyly taking out his book,
When he supposed he was not seen,
A hasty glance inside he took.
At once the answer Tommy finds,
"And now I've got it, sir, he cries;
The teacher thinks Tom worked the sum,
And tells him he has won the prize.
But that old man had seen it all;
Those twinking eyes had watched the trick
"Well done, my boy" he said; "you seem
To understand arithmetic.
"But now, before give the prize,
Ill let you try harder sum;
Another shilling you shall have
II you can tell how that is DONE"
And then, with kindest voice and look,
He gently said to Tommy Dole:
"Whst shall it profit you, my lad,
To gain the world and lose your soul?"
Then Tommy Dole hung down his head.
The tears begun to fill his eyes,
And all the scholars wondered why
he would not take the silver prize.
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The English Iron Trade.

Utter paralysis seems to have fallen
upon the iron trade in Englands Mills
are closed or closing every where, work
men are idle, and the inevitable distress
is painfully visible. The cause Of the
sudden and complete stagnation does
not seem to be fully understood, but
the fact that it extends throughout the
principal manufacturing districts Of the
continent makes it probable that the
threatening attitude of Russia and the
unsatisfactory condition Of affairs in the
east may have something to do with it.
Anxious uncertainty as to future
movements is much more disastrous to
trade than an immediate declaration of
war would bs; for war brings its own
development of new and active indus
tries, which go far to fill the place of
those that are interrupted.
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How Fashions are Made.

The New York correspondent OF the
st. Louis Republican writes : A pretty,
wealthy girl, Of good family, Of this
city, while recently in Philadelphia,
struck the fancy Of Chinese merchant
who was in charge of the Chinese ex-
hibit at the Centennial. He openly ex-
pressed his admiration, said: II like
You muchee, come see me muchee, ="
etc., and presented her with many nov
elites of Chinese manufacture, among
them some beautiful scarfs OF Canton
Grape. One of them is of dark crimson,
peculiarly becoming to this pretty
brunette. So she wears it in coquettish
fashion about her throat, and tied in q
long loop, which reaches below her
waist. Suddenly all her female friends
are in quest Of these long Canton Grape
scarfs of crimson hue.
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A Singular Accident.

A very singular accident happened to
Mr.. Brook Smith, of Crownwood, Texas.
He was walking along the principal
street of the town, when, suddenly feel
ing q stinging sensation in his right
hand, he raised it from his side side, and
found the forefinger gone. He was hor-
ri6ed. His hand was bleeding tho dis
membered finger lay on the ground at
some distance from him. He naturally
was very much at loss to account for
the mishap. Several persons went to
his assistance, among whom was a physl.
clan, who stopped the flow OF blood and
dressed the wound. It was ascertained
that man who was examining a rifle IN
gun store several hundred yards dis
tsnt accidentally discharged the weapon,
and the ball did the mischief.
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The Sunday Law.

The Lawand Order Society of Buffalo
has one hundred members who have
contributed 800 apiece, payable in
small amounts as required. for the en-
forcement of the Sunday liquor and e1-
else laws. They especially intend to
apply the civil damage law, under which
liquor seller is made pecuniarily re-
sponsible for all the harm done by his
traffic. At the outset they we're opposed
by the police and excise commissioners,
who deliberately hindered them in every
possible way; but an order has been OBJ.
tanned requiring the dereliot officers to
answer to the supreme court for neglect
Of duty,
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PriYateering.

Priyateering is game in which great
prizes are won. For example,, in 1745,
when the Scotch rebellion embarrassed
the English government, the proprietors
of two privateers waited on King George
II. and offered S3,500,000, their share
Of prizes, as loan to be immediately
employed in the royal service. 1t was
thankfully accepted. The SUM repre-.
sented in purchasing power treble what
it would now, and the value of the en-
tire capture may be estimated by the
fact that, including the casks, the treas
ure weighed seventy eight tons, thirteen
cwt., and was brought to London IN
forty-fve wagons and deposited IN the
tower.
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variably concentrated on US. As we
crossed once I had q lively race, and,
though man and horse about ten yards
ahead of me toppled over, ! passed
through safely. A. ... .,,.a
This was about one o'clock in the
afternoon, and we had not had anything
to eat since three o'clock of the previous
afternoon. About four O'Clock the vol
leys grew fewer, and some Of the men
got chance to go to the pack train,
which had arrived meanwhile, and get q
bite. BY sundown all WAS quiet. A
count Of the tepees after the fight show
ed that the villagehad contained between
1870 and 200, and the warriors are eeti-
mated at between 400 and 500. General
Mackenzie reports twenty-five Indians
killed, but fully fifty men must have
fallen. Our killed numbers six and our
wounded twenty-five. 49,.
In the captured tepees were found
several articles showing, beyond doubt,
that the Cheyennes of this village were
in the Custer massacre and the Rosebud
fight. We have captured about 500
ponies and totally destroyed all the
tepees and most of their contents, in
Guiding the winters supply of dried
meat. Besides what was destroyed,
over fifty pack horses were loaded with
buffalo robes, ETC., taken from the
lodges by our enlisted Indians. A
quantity Of ammunition which the hos
tiles had no time to take off with them
was also destroyed. ,... -. -
Among the Indian dead were said to
be three sons of Dull Knife, one Of the
leading warriors OF the Cheyennes, who
was heard on the bluffs encouraging his
men to be brave during the fight. "
Several times, while the battle was in
progress, white flag was shown from
the crest of the mountain On the south,
but it would be withdrawn Immediately
after, and volley would follow it's exhi-
bition. After the fight it was shown
again, on the hills at the head of the.
canyon, and some interpreters were sent
out to talk with the Indians. They said,
however, they would not surrender now,
that heap OF their men had been killed
and the rest wers ready to die. The in
terpreters returned, and we expected a
night attack, but were not disturbed.
We left the canyon to-day, and are now
camped about eight miles away, on cur
return toward the supply camp at Crazy
Woman. o.,
This is considered by experienced
o.icers to have been the most hotly con-
tested Indian fight for years for the
numbers engaged on the ether side.
Lieutenant McKenny was graduate
from West Point in 1871. He was q
native of Memphis, Tenn. He was o
fine soldier, distinguished for bis manli-
ness and bravery and beloved by all his
comrades, who sincerely regret his
death. 't "' 3.s.a 30 .''.r:..
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Another Farmer Caught.

The Providence (R. I.) Journal says:
One would think that the lightning rod
swindle had been so effectually exposed
that victims would be few in the centers
of civilization. But We heard OF man,
resident of Providence, who was
notified day or two since that his note
for $50 had been left ct a Pawtucket
bank for collection. He says travelling
lightning rod peddlerproposed to '.rod"
his house for $15, and that the terms
were accepted. The peddler directed
the man to write his name IL a little
book the rodman carried in his pocket,
as guide and reference for the man
who would follow to do the work. The
name was written in the little book as
requested, and now appears as the sig-
nature to promissory note payable at
the hank
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How It was Taken,

A young lady recently went to the
opera house in Albany, and brought
into constant use an opera glass worth
$50. Toward the close of the last act
she replaced the glass in it's case. A
nice young man sitting beside her bent
forward and requested the privilege of
using the glass, as his own was imper-
feet. She courteously handed him the
case. He glanced at the stage, and then
at the audience, and handed back the
case, which she did not open, as the
curtain was falling. She went to an
other matinee, and on opening the case
found in place of the costly mother.ot
pearl glass a cheap one, worth less
than So.
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The Engineer gives instances o. ne ne
highest railway speed on record. Oa
several of the English railways q speeu
has been reached equal TO seventy a,;d
eight, seventy-fve, seventy.two ana a no
s;9tv-nine miles an hours. II somepocy
woald give statistics of the safest zah'
ways. il would be interesting
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Gould Do IT." What do you charge
quart for your milk hereT asked a
man, as he put his head in at the door
to q milk shop. "Eight cents" was
the reply. "Ain't you got any for
seven cents ?" "No," said the proprie-
for; "but," he added, with Q smile,
we can soon make you sone."
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A liquor dealer has a sign onsslae s q .,,s %
his place Of business, upon which 70 tas
letter, "I," painted red. WheT aSA""
it's meaning 6e replied "red'eye."
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reckless exposure alterWaru
Several of the soldiers were wounded
during the fight by bullets from hostiles
posted at distance beyond the reach
of their carbine balls, most Of the In
dians having the long range infantry
gun.
A belching fire was kept up by the
soldiers for some hours, while the hog
tiles fired with extreme caution. They
had crawled into the many caves in the
rocky sides Of the canyon, vShers were
lying down In tue dark ravines, while
many were riding on the fiat hills at the
end of the canyon, having the advantage
OF us N all points save numbers so far
as we then knew.
General Mackenzie's command dis
covered no little GOODNESS and bravery
in dislodging small parties from advan-
tageous points, and had some thl illing
fights at close quarters. They had no
towards to encounter in the Cheyennes,
some of whom seemed to court death by
their reckless dashes. About eleven
o'clock the heavy firing was checked Oh
our side. Meanwhile the hostiles were
taking their families through the ravines
to the hills, and firing from all points at
once to defend them and revenge them
selves for the capture of their ponies
and he loss of their village, already
set on fire. They crept cautiously from
one point to another, as their retreat
exposed them to our guns and we found
shelter from their bullets, fortifying
themselves as they moved about under
fierce fire.
Most of their guns covered a little
plain lying between the village and a. red
bluff under the crest of the mountain
forming the north wall of the canyon.
I passed across this path several times
during the fight, with General
Mackenzie and staff, and the fire was In
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03

Two Bills for Settling the Controversy.
Senator Wright has introduced a bill
in the Senate to establish court for the trial
of contested Presidential elections, provides
that after the count of the electoral vote by
Congress in joint convention, an appeal may
be made by either candidate to a tribunal con-
ssting of the Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court and Six United States Circuit or Dis
trict Judges, to be selected frsm the different
political parties. On the same dav MIR. Kuatt
offered a bill in the House prescribing the
method of counting the electoral vote. The
bill provides that On the second Wednesday
of 1877 and every four years thereafter the
Senate and House shall meet in joint session
to canvass the electoral votes. The President
of the Senate and the Speaker are to preside
and each house is to appoint teller who is to
keep the record OF the count. The President
of the Senate is to open the certificates of the
election and pass them to the Speaker. If no
question is raised the certificates then go to
the tellers. Hany objection is raised the two
Houses are to consider the objection in joint
session, each House having six hours
FOR debate, not more than two men,
,bers speaking alternately on one side.
When the count of votes is concluded, the
Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk. of the
House shall each read to the Senate and
House his own record OF votes as counted and
If it be found correct shall each give to the
president of the Senate and Speaker of the
House statements of the aggregate of votes,
sahereupon the President of the Senate shall
announce the result and declare elected the
persons having majority Of the votes of all
the electors counted by the joint assembly,
and if there be no election he shall SO declare
and thereupon the joint assembly shall be
dissolved, and the Senate shall return to it's
chamber. -
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03

these powers have been declared in uniform
practice and in tile adoption of 22d Joint rule
and the passage by the Senate OF Governor
Morton's hill the last session. It is per-
haps proper to add that should the House
positively assert its rights to participate in
The count, and should that right befdenied
and refused by the Senate SUPPORTED 3 the
executive power, we would stand in the pres
ence OF serioussdangers, not because OF any
party movements, but because of q conflict
IL the machinery of the government without
any tribunal for its adjustment l observe in
some newspapers the statement that secret
political society is being organized in this
State, the purposes Of which are dangerous
to the peace of society. ! think I am in q
position to know if there were any such move
ment IN this State or any portion OF it, and l
tee1 confident'in saying therefore that it is
false, as I believe, and as think and know.
and has its origin with bad men, for partisan
and bad purposes. The contest in this State
last summer and fall, on the part of the De-
mocracy and Conservatives, was eminently
tatr and open: There is no motive, as lam
sure there Is no purpose, to depart from that
policy. .ac;,.,,u,
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
A Boys Pocket.

From the Nashville American.
A reporter Of the eAmerican gets the
following from the Rev. Mr.. Green,
pastor of West End Church: Mr.. G.,
on his rounds Of duty, stopped in to
visit family. A boy about ten years
old, had been complaining that his
suspender cut his shoulders, and by
order of his mother was emptying
the pockets in his pantaloons. The
contents Mr.. G. jotted down. and were
as q 7L follows 2 four: penny nails,3 screws,
of white and l piece of yellow chalk,
l piece Of green point, part of a gate
latch, 1 brass button, horn button, l
cartridge, 3 pieces of lead, one lump
Of ginger, Walnut hickory nut, I
piece of leather, part of toy balloon,
l India rubber band, l old tooth, l bar
rel plug, piece of red glass, piece
of icorice-and the boys shoulders
were relieved. III "a Z &x = s"iA73a j
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
IN the senah On ItAe 22dl thp ,rss. Il Z

In the senah On 1.-THE 32d, t1e les
olutionl lofferel by Senator Mitchell, OF oregon,
tor an Investigation into the electoral vote Of
that State was discussed, modified, and finally
agreed to as follows: Whereas, II is alleged
that the Governor Of Oregon has issued ! Ger
ti6cats vi election to one A. E. Cronin, as one
OF the electors of said State, instead Of issuing
such certificate to one J. W. Watts, alleging
that said Watts was ineligible to said Office Of
elector, Nov. 7h, 1876, the time Of such cleo
tton; therefore Resolved, That the commit
toe on privileges and elections be instructed
to inquire into the ineligibility of said J.W.
Watts and investigate the facts attending the
appointment Of said ELECTORS and pretended
electors, and report the same to the Senate !;
and Tor this purpose may employ q stenog-'
rapher, send tor papers and persons, admin
lister oaths and examine witnesses. Without
transacting any other business Of importance
the Senate adjourned until the 26th. L
s In the House, on tho 22d, a resolu-,
ton was adopted to pay the widow of the late
Speaker Kerr . sum equal to the pay and
mileage of the Speaker from the time of his
death until the end of the present Congress-.
Committees were appointed to ascertain the
privileges, powers and duties Of the House in
counting the electoral vote, after which the
House adjourned.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
Judgement Rendered.

From the Salt Lake Tribune.
IA man was saving wood yesterday
afternoon in a back yard. He severed
two sticks as thick as. your wrist, and
then went into the house, MARY
said he to his wife, ssmy country needs
me there's no use talking, we just 60
to slaughter all these Injuns no true
patriot can be expected to hang aronnd
a wood pile these days. e
ssJohn, . she said, if you fight Injuns
as we'll as you saw wood and support
your family, it would take l18 like you
to capture one squaw, and you'd have
to catch. her when she had the ague
and throw pepper in her eyes. =
John went back to the wood pile
wondering who told his wife all about
him.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
sAlnericanaPrOgress.


The most significant testimony to
the rapid progress that has been made in
building up American manufactures is found
in a lecture which NJ. Favre- Perret, of the In
ternational Jury at the Centennial Exposition,
has since his return to Switzerland delivered
to the watchmakers there. Therein he plain
ly tells the Swiss watchmakers that American
watches are turned out by machinery with q
marvellous precision and at cost which he
says terri6es him., because Of the danger to
which it exposes the Swiss industry. NJ.
Favre-Perret is watch manufacturer and an
expert in the business, which gives the more
significance to his statement, which he
clinches by saying that '',t the Philadelphia
Exhibition had been deferred for five years,
the Matchmaking industry Of the Swiss would
have been annihilated before they knew who
or how" And, as it is, he fears the Amer
lean will supply the Swiss watches in Euro.
markets. @Et& g. a.. ..sa'f
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03

such absence had occurred. tssec. 2. That
the time for making final proof and payment
by pre-emptors, where crops have been de-
stroyed or injured as Aforesaid, is hereby ex-
tended for one year after the expiration Of the
term OF absence provided for il the first Sec
ton OF this act !; and all the rights and privi-
leges extended bv this act to homestead and
pre-emption settlers shall apply to. and in
clude the settlers under an act entitled Gan
act to encourage the growth Of timber on
western prairies, = approved March Sd, 1873,
and acts amendatory thereof, ~ ~