davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1877-12-25

THIS instrument, devised by N. Woillez, fol
rcsuscltastnK asphvxtatetl persons. and parttcu'
larly those who have been in danger Of death by
drowu!nE, ia claimed to be superior to all othcl
inothods. It conststs OF shect.iron cylinder,
largo enough to receive tho body Of ail adult
person; This cylinder Is eiosod al one cnd, and
tho body Ut thu pattcnt is Inserted, feet Tore.
most, al tho open end up to tho neck, round
which diaphragm Is placed n such manner
Al to provcnt air from entering tic cyltndor.
drawn oil from the cylinder, with tho result ol
causing partial vacuum, when tho outer air
By Its weight forces itself Into lungs through,
tho mouth and nostrils. wllcl, ara posed to
the external alr; by m opposite action OF tue
pump tho uir Is allowed t0 rc.entcr tho cylinder,
and respiration Is thereby initiated. A glass
plate inserted in the cylinder euao!ce tho op,
rrator to watch the movements Of tho chest,
which rises md talls, rs In life, with tho nter.
nuto working Ut tho pump; these may 10 70.
pcatcd about eighteen times minute, and ai1
uxGct Imitation OF natural breathing IL thereby
effected.
, 1877-12-25
De khLB,


Sptetat Cor.t.pandtnte Of Ths 1rtbuns.
DE KALD, ILL.,, Dec. 2..-Tho Do Kalb Reform
Club last night elected ollleers as follows:
President, tho Rev. l.. Curtis; Vice-Pfcsidcnt,
LoreMzo Price; Secretary, George Stone; Treas
mrer. II: K. Ilcin'cr: Chaplain, the Rev. l.. IL.
Holt. 1t "a reported that the outgoing Prcsi-
dcnt, Mr. Lum Durham, will enter thu fccturc-
Held, aud speak from Lii own experience. Sir.
D.. Is trl1u tc,npefance-reformcr, il q
reformed man, and no u,x, has done moro to
build up tho temperance work in Dc Kalb than
lc has.
Tug grass u starting up green, trees are
budting, and tho weather ID spri,ig.l!ke and
waftn but there are n0'bottoms to tho roads.
, 1877-12-25

Tho following ts rcated by GEORGE Outram
Of the latu lfenty Cockburn, who was noted Tor
his readiness vi roUartee:
. A man who waa accused Of murder hail the
and, rolylng on Ills powers, never doubted thai
the trial would teFnipaso In Ills Requittal. lIu
llad not orercstImatctl tho talents IT hts coun-
sci. What man could do was demo for him, but
clcnt 10 overthrow the accumulated evidence
brought ngainst him. After retiring for a
short time to Deliberate. the Jury returned a
ycrlict Of guilty, and tho prisoner was son
:npon Wedncsdy, sl.o sSth ot November G cur cur
rent" Tho unhappy criminal remained silent
tilt ho heard h!s sentences read, but before bis
removal trum tho bar bo burat forth Into vcho-
mont rrotestations Of hls !nnoceuee, aud loud.
ly csrnplalncd to hla counsel that he had not
rot juatIcc. "No," coolly replied h.s eloquent
defender, "you havo uot got Justice yet, but
you will vet 1t on Wednesday, tho 229th.h
, 1877-12-25
RELIGIOUS,

..,s ...,. 1919 A,:,N A A'"'e'ans
t17'o theie 3eeoias "ecSsy meet'aR Yesterday
morning IL their rooms, Il Randolph street,
President custb occupied the chAr, DR.. Eyerts
~. 49,. IL, .1soe n,A w." pss!es. tna
NV. 1.t.s" s.essae' - ". vN"ey ana III r ALLISON
gase akctcaes VI tnelF s4huay sermons.
Dr.. Anderson, In tbs Interest of tho Womun's
e"s., a taa,, ,tas Ua.h' paesentea arc
80 sA.s y ~4|'as wv oap1's. PaatoH
" MuossG sna'n: I u" mailer was referred to
The ReTs- Dfs. Morgan and fIcwctt, they to TO-
RI. ,,t.c,..,or =, :, pan.ns,s'..
,,n I.s. WonS.. y .ss'.sy nru' .&Ae"
W i4ss .uoueAJ' "as 1csunca. ~. Evcrsa
opening thc argument. tlo held that 1t WAS =
necessity of tho Church to help tta poor students
who arc studying Tor tho ministry, oroyided.
, 1877-12-25

Of tho Central Natiouals WAS At hls desk yester-
day morning. fecl!ux considerably better than
he did last week. Up to date he has heard
nothing from BIZ. Endicott, although every es.
fort u 1n4king to asceftata h!s precise where
abouts. When found, the gentlemen Who are
on hia track will make note OF 1t, report the
tsst to the Receiver, and visit Chlsa:u, with 3ts.
Endtoet ID thelF company. Tha investigation
into Mr. Endlcott's connection with the bank
stlll goes On, but tbs Receiver wlll give " hint
Of what hs u srying to find until be lnds 1t, II
haply he may. The work Of prostug up claias
y progressing with reasonable rspidity, 100 hay.
ny be<n tla4 up tp date. The K<xstYer's
, 1877-12-25

Tho deaths last Neok numbered tea,
Aldermen wero scarce around the rookcsy
yesterday.
Harrison street, from Sherman TO Canal, Ia
being planketl. 4 portion Of tho work hos been
dono, but tho bad weather prevented it, prog.
Eeas yesterday.
The city's oilco-cmployes secured III extra
holiday yesterday, and q number Of persoua
WHO called around at tho CltJ-IIall wanted to
know why tt was thus.
F1ro-MaEshal Bcnner'a Asststauts and oftIce
employes were In hist, feather yesterday over q
nice lot Of fat turkeys With which ho presented
them, aeeonpan}lng shs eift With hts Chrlstmaa
compliments.
There we're reported at the Health Onlco yes.
teFday four casosof smallpox and varlutoId, at
No. 8t4 h(ilwaukec avenue. Qs3 south atay
atfeet. and 1910 llinman ssFest,-two hetng at
the latter p'Ree.
Tomorrow morning Judge siooro will taks
up tho clty'a personal .pFopesty.tax cases, which
arc seventy III number. They arc from old ip.
under tho asscssment Of l37A--on account u
alleged excessive taxation.
supk Hickey will not eat any more goosc.
Ito sats goose-KreAas mar be good fur tllo
Group, but Gooae.soup i8 not good for his tnte-
nor. I4o would sooner haYa wolt-picklcd
Rt9'sioot any ume, Christmas Or no Xuas.
THIS VIII explain 10 sonle sxtent the lack OF
CltJ-taAll items from hla department.
During the recent visit OF the Aldesmaptc Fire
and Water Committee aud The underwriters tl
tho different cnGfna.houscs of tho Fire Dgpart-
ment. the buys Of 10. u, on West Lake 4trcet,
pleasea them hugely vish : nlcc lunch. 10 which,
member Of the company. VIM was chosen Ly tho
visitors from among Tho others, showed then,
how we'll they kao" their business by ''hitehlng
, 1877-12-25
ltiDlNGT0N. MIcH.


EpFfiaI C0fFfspendente o. The 7Ft6slns.
LuDlNdroNt Mtc1l Doc. 29.-EIcveh pro-
peilers Of tic Northern Transit Line, running
In connection with tho Flint j. Pcro Marquette
Hallway Company, nRgrcRatiug tonnage Of 4, ,s05
tons, tayo arrived during tho week ending
to-day from milwaukee,. They each brought
1@0oo bushels Of wheat, In nil $4,000
bushels, besides considerable rolling freight,
flour, pork, etc. This Is for shipment
to Europe over tho Flint & Peru Marquette and
Grand Trunk lines vla Portland. Nc. A
sketch Of the Ludinxton i1arbor and surround
!ngs, Including our. thriving city, Is being taken
BY competent artist for publication in Harper's
4udgaxtae,
, 1877-12-25

Why Judge Howard and His Companions
Were Shat.

'WefA HltHt.
eo,r,,pona4aee 81. Lovis c,os>. o.,uorro,
ArsTty. Ter. Dcr. ol-NaI- Jnhn II lam.
.or,-.an,t,,,s sn,.n ao..,,..,,as 49, ~ 'e.oot u.
.Sa"n' eo'ea eo'1p@ntS ~ 4e4as slate
at Houston, Ilo was called unon bv TIM To1n.
rorrc.mn,,cnt ~ tl,o Ctohs' T,.,, ,.rnt ,,r ~,
n,,rno.o ~ ~ ,r,orv,n,, wv ,,o ,as',a. ."a ,no
which was ctcorfully accorded.
~ would like to bo informed eomcrhat
about tne textures of tho countrv ro,,nsl obant
Fl paso, 40 often Of latu menttuncd In thu % fi..
paselle'," remarked tic d'.D. correspondent.
Mal Joncs, tho Ran9cr-1vc been there and
ran tell you oil about It, Firstly, then IA to Fl
Paso ftho PassA Tho FL pasn on tho Tcxo.
csllci yfan,;Ii to Iistinrusb Il f.o " = Poso so
on tho McTicnn sille. IN s,naii vnom ini'af,tt"1
aimDst aitorc.Ior by noxiaams. Tr1o ara I'M
few Anlertcans in It. It Is not tic county-snat
tertained. M o''' - WV ''''' to"''@'4' GU
C0r.-Iytat. then. IA TIM countv..cat3
NinI, Inn..srfs T. n ntt,e tior"I ~ %,"., Ag,v.-
can hamlctw<niicI Ysietc tweiyo nina hcia,r I1
Thon egajp, further down tbs rIyor. IL !. s3cosro
tnnta,minn sn,nc ;TG n,,ahi,nn,. III Mnrioans' Mio'
viii ~ cl,nncc stIirs"%n;, ~ ~ a,M.iaas,
san E1i,ar!n. Tia s1,,na nj II, ,n'st, 4.
q stnaiI Mexican tow, eteht ,ni1cs aAI hclo,s ~
sornrrn onI tw"nty'nr, f,nn, RI IT, oe'uM ~,
tt,csn nioc"n % a,s ~ chteas ,v uax,o All
Tor thaat wboi" rcn;on isSuo.Snp * 3,t n Mcx'scn
country, whose people, with the exception, of a
few American settlers, aro one a1l1 tn unison
With the dnellersaouth Of tho lilo tstanlu. They
other tirs, snd, Indeed. a considerable pronoI- or
t[ou Of tic Mcxtrans in FL i'abo County srre
born IN Mexico. To show you ths sentiment Of
this population last October, or, | NAV say, the
wus ordered by Gov. Hubbard to recruit q com
pauY Ut Rangers there, to servo for putting
down the marnulers aud thisyes copstautiy
in tho habt Of crossing over fron Mex
leo Into Texas. prODoscu To 9ennr
Garrta, a leading Nextcai, ctttzen of FL Fust,
and the head vi 0nc Of the oldcst and rnnst nf
entail fatn{lIca Of ttlu placu, to 1Iyu thu MuxI.
cans tho privilege Of forming tic coll,uany them
e0lycs. mi vuarontreinr ilrst-cIass nr,ns. n
the Iatrst mid fnost lnInrt,ycI etyle fo Is, mr.
ni4hcl by tho State uoycrnmcnt. This nleascd
, 1877-12-25

t&otia IN Exetias. .......e.. ...old Chant
ALI. aA1SIs' EPISCOPAL.
Tho Chrsttnas services will he held at II
O'clock, tho Kcy. Henry g. Perry officiating,
With administration Of tho iIoly Communion.
CHURCH or OuN SAVIOR.
There will bo Christmas services at II O'Clock,
with u sermon by tho itcctor. tho ,1sev. ". J.
pctric, unt appropriate music from Mozart,
Weber, and Thomas.
cltRIsT REFORMED EPiscorA1~
a III? seT so1sr'F4S"s a a:8fi ntS 81 he @
Episcopal, plymouth cc1lRrcaatioual. ansl Mich.
lyon Avenue Baptist Churches have accepted
thu Invitation Of Christ Church. to toin In
Christmas serytces NJ tho lattcrs church, sltcli.
gan uyeNue antl THcnty.fourth street, 1t l0:43
n. IN. Services conducted by. Btshop Cheney
aud the Rev. r. ". Adams, and brief addresses
by tho other e1cryyIRen.
ST. rAuL's hErORMEn EPISCOPAL
insto and Anu st!eets vii! b. haIl o. il .. IL.
Sermon by thc Rev. DR.. Thomas, Of tho Cen.
tcnarY Methodist Church. bishop Fallows aud
othe! ministers will participate In the services.
ST. I0ilN'a REY0AAnp RrlsCorALr
There will be q morning sermon at this sclurrli
~ tl!c Rector, the Rey, n. d. Church. anl tho
musical programme will b. as follows:
onastorJt-;'' While Shepherds Watched
Their Flocks.". s.".*............ -. ......-
r 1'i3'n nsnm' '... dudley Dnek
ttot!a. ss.ts.s, .....sHHntet
pArT.sT CHURCH, nN1LEwooD.
NAltntH!&s etEF!SGn mn w uCIA u l5!l8 ClbuSc1
AZ a:lo r. l' ny tne TRINITY reformed Episcopal
congregation; Iao aertnen VIII he delivered by
tAe pastns: tac hcs' II. IL. 0os"of{tlt Anu tue
music will b1 Us follows;
Voluntary ............,.......... ..n,--
Anshnm-..' And there were Shepherds ".... Uauks
tilor'a IN Excslsla.'. ....."..". :" 50. --
GfmIa!1 sil!'la r!}e ;;o,],;.1;
ifn1,s ,ri,; ''''''''''''''''' haFffa
iisstonss' a.. '''''''''''' ''''''''' vo.oe1
jiymR--"liarkl &he Herald Angels Hinv n.-.n
Oisrtosy-tenof solo 49,, ...,. .by lii, L. Ue Calls
Hymn--'' Shout tho Glad Tidiugs s".....,.--
The regular choir, coustat!u0 Of sitaa Nettfe
Haker, soprano, Miss Nottlu b,uith, sIto. Mr.
Fred Il. Thearle, tenor, aud WF. j, q, Woods.
bassp, will be assisted on INA occasion by Hias
Louise aDodd, soprano, 3ilss Hcssio Hunter.
William sllAndrcw, basso. Miss Fannie B. Msck
will prcstdo ut the organ.
, 1877-12-25

report Il not yet rently. but will be In fow days.
Epon lss showing tho Comptroller will declare
dividend nf at least =, per cent, which will be
pali some time next month.
Tho Comptroller ot tho Currency has alRnt-
fed 10 Receiver Jackson, OF the Third National,
that he desires his report by tho first week III
Jannarv. Accordingly the Receiver and his
that end. They will keel, Mt thcir work pars
Of to-tlaY, notwithstanding Chsla.mns, and tho
expectation is that tho ComntroIcr will hare
tho report At the time designated The number
ing s an amount % ct 3tsn, ,oW. w. ''' 'epF''e
The people wl1o hare u tn their power todraw
dividends from the Fidelity nre not awaiting
thcmsclvcs Ct that privilege to any great extent
nowadays. For 4 fen days, when the Institution
first commenced paving out, the crowds came,
with little money In their pockets, md went
away with moro or lrst OF 1t securely lodged tn
the proper rcseplaclra beneath overcoass, over
skirts, md other portions Of the human wear
ting apparel. Among those who hare Eoos'ly
balances n. tho bank il butcher named Miller.
vino has claim on $f10U0. Ten per cent VI that
would in The estimation Of ordinary psop1et be
has exhibited no anxiety to ret It
out. There aro several ,tepositors whose
srcsiit balances vnry IRON $500 to 3, 200. Mr.
Sherman has take1i the pains to look over tho
books and ret tho statistics on these unpaid
claims. lie nnds, frar a partial examination,
that there arc 1900 Of unpaid balances mad,
UP of accounts exceeding $500 cacil mud divided
whose credit balances arc below 81 each. 0n
this tFst tttvhtcnd *l4,VJ remains to 10 paid
ont among 1850 people, At the present rate OF
paving cut. yhtcl, rarely exceeds ST OF $50 a
fmi'ti il exhausted.
That was another instance Of tanleDtnb1o
fGnoranrc on the part Of a dcnostor In the State
Savings INSTITUTION "ilich Gang 10 l'Gnt teater-
thy. y man IN lseha!1o1, Osf @foto 70 the
bank, addressing his letter to Its OLD officers,
md asking that they remit tho $500 duo him.
IIc had heard nothing OF the banks going
wnu1ti havc in in to rct lila fnoncy wn,lld hn to
demand IT, mid will no doubt QuGu his e1cs In
, 1877-12-25

TRULY SPLENDID.
DR.. PEice'e American Perfumes aro ~ fresh AMI
swcet u tho flowers from which they ara matlc
aud cannot b. improved Truly Ap!cndtd.
, 1877-12-25

w ''*' ''ss'.s Vts1f W. WV 87V
Of the bills discounted. %, 0i0.0J arc consider
cd good at oncu; *t1, II slow, but ultimate
" good: and ~. a.G,. or over la,f, doubtful,
and at least not culirctible at pscscnt. DcsiIcs
tho above, the bank las slO,74l OF stock in the
Isatona le'l!,s.'rance Company. and tl00 Ut
cd worthless. Thu EleeciveT also states that be
has fixed the probable valuation OF tho rcal
estate, based on Information received {tum tlo
jate officers Of tho bank.
tnE cla!tn OF 500 o1 Woodbridge, Blauke i.
Woodbridge Tor thtlr services In cloatn1 IN The
bank and putting 1t Ii Ills hauds, aud Jud9e
Moore ordered this amount to be paid thcln.
, 1877-12-25

~ Rt,ms q o1o;y :; I'LL, en,J Smart
lnas % iof lhe ee'cofa''o1' o' HOY eon'"'o"'o'
!, ..n,l a. follows: lows: ,,,,, o.., 49,,
nenedletua nnd aanns DEL. .sehamann. II = lat
t'lo,fa in E1celsts........ .htaner, In fiat
anthem q oHeftofJ-ine Aofn'ng
pece,so,,n, liz sono. II prnac Thibnat
1s"" sne i"''o""'s 10 tu' p'ok a"'"'' ao' "ss"'
',nsl'n. ,ng p.nyef: n.'sa:, ,c, MARSHA. a.,x,,,
CantAir mi Dsus Wiser.
catnr.. ~. .McFarren, In q tunlson)
Anthcu,-rhc Angel Gabriel. A. Al Morning Service
iiymn-,."cai on the Listening Ear Of
Sirht 49,; :;;;;...'.'''..Df. nJkes
Ns'e''''""'' ~; oTscs rFiscor%ta nys s'" A''A''
The excellent eio!r At tbIs Church, under tho
sttSsLlun ~ ~. ~ nanIhhae1i w. ~ Hssteteu
&c will 10 sung:
GristIas tt y. csrol ra Eota
5ahijste. h s .Duaic, buek
oae'to'1' 1a;;,31 :,::or.;
lh,SHa III, H. MsJs "is =. r..,r,,. nil,
rontlsr II Ihn toiln~;nr stirrtsona. '' ""'
,.."1.a ,..J.s t.s,.ssonsn t.S 0''S"'' ,r.,,.,
f.fo.In. ''"''p"""ap Iiovr isctsan i1ovi
Festival Re Dcn1,. .Ismbijoi,o
Ucncictaa a................... -. ....... Howe
-. ,, ,.;4rl.si sh!nsi ":::::" .Ei1sy
1utEoit ..."t eity's hum was h9rhed". Fay
HYMNS .liask the herald nngels ~. Mozart
- ~ come a.! y sH!talat '.'1tadIt!9nal
IshtlRue "e Noet s'uaU nnu sn"fo''''+' - ''nuan
alt " X. sI., ...-,.
III, no m us!cn p pat1 u 'ne sef'ees ~ tn's c'utca
~. '.aua. u0 .s..s =. ao."s, m.".a s.,,,.u uu,n,.
W.T. s. .'' n.1sn
..iJeued[ctus -. LambiiIottc
fliuria Mozart
oaestor5'.' :,;;,,s .;.;.;;;.'.''A' Adam
The musical programme ~ st. Mark's Will be
umler the direction Of Mr. IL. +. Fuller. with
Mt. l.. j. Henderson as organlst. At tho tnurn-
Ing service, ut f0:W O'Clock, tho folI0svinR
selections will be given:
volnntary-Themu with variations in A. go. 1lcsae
LYNN SHOUT ,hs Glad TIdings "......,..Axtson
*vsnlte ",:::, ..Tnr!c
Chaas- ..Tc marn r' "nasaeM s,9sTi
,mn. 9e''tS 1i.9kI tSs ici.i Apso;; Whitfield
Tif; henasssohn Pissal
llym',,a,.n.o come all ,e f''thi po,,non... n.nn
one,tury-.;ArIse, shine, fof Thy L{Eht IL
;i,a};sS E1ys,
AZ the communion service, the musical pro-
Erafalnc VIII no III lol'G"s:
III II I2s; Es:;e1ss IT. Giant
SaehtnJcl' Arr"naca for t1o ,er: ,, .aA"'
AftcfIuic-1 formers by H. +. Fuller, FoERmhf
Ar. 3ofts,s Er,scopAt.
Tim choir nj this church Ia con,posc,1 of n
o,,nrtettn and cl,Drus ,lnt]rr Inc iiuwtjon of
Nrs. Lr,nnci Freeman. the nrrnntst. Mtss
Itnla MntthcHa. who In. reccntiy returned
frum JncksunY1llc, Ill, Will sing on thia ocrn-
sion. The programme viii be ID follows:
,trth.m-..t,,i.. NM. ,our .ono. -,
hinh".,. .Hs,nt s'acn.
, 1877-12-25

DEATHS.
JOfINSON-l,oc. 81, lB77, Mary Loul4s, daugh.
tor OF Ars. q. i. Jolnson. aged IL years.
Monn1sON-Of heart disease, Hugh Morrison,
1t ilHU Htate.kt,
Fuuera! It ) o'clock. from Mosgus 10 oakwood
Cemetery.
1NNEH-Funeral Of Alexander 4. lunes from
by carriages to liosehlll. Frlands are Invited.
METZlEK Sunday, Dec. 20, Of d!phtheretic
Group, Lillian T., beloved dauRhtor Of ]. r. 4nd
Caroline +. MctzgeE, aged year mouth and II
days.
fD BaTalo ts. " papers plcase cnpy.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
NUMBER 18
The Grizzly Bear.

The grizzly bear is the largest ard
most formidable Of the quadrupeds OF
California. He is one Of the most dam
gerous animals to attack. There is
much probability that when shot he
will not be killed outright. When
merely wounded, he is ferocious. His
weight and strength are so great that
he bears down all opposition before
him, and lie is very quick, his speed in
running being nearly equal to that Of
the horse. In attacking q man, he
usually rises on his hind legs, strikes
his enemy with one of his powerful
fore paws, and then commences TO bite
him. IF the man lies still with his face
down, the bear will usually content
himself with biting him for a while
about the arms and legs, and will then
20 of few steps and watch him. If
the man lies still, the bear will believe
him dead, and will soon get tired and
90 away. Blu: let the man move, and
the bear is upon him again; let him
fight, and he will bo in immediate dan
ger Of being torn to pieces. About huff
a dozen men on 90 average are killed
yearly in California by grizzly bears,
and as many more are cruelty mutila-
ted.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
They Took Him In.

A Joplin (Mo man, while on his
way home from Jefferson City, fell into
the hands of the wicked and covetous.
He vas on the way train, and Rear him
sat an innocent young man, IN whose
eye there shope only love for the human
race. In his hand he held three books,
very cheap looking books. The limo.
cent young man reached into his pocket
and took out $40 bill, and laid it be-
tween the leaves of one Of the books
and closed it up He then turned to
the Joplin man, aud with smile that
was very childlikc, told him he could
have the choice Of Oh he three books for
Sc. Our friend from the fuud Of lead
aud blackjack saw the edge of the $40
bill sticking out of the book, and he
thought 10 himself, "That fellow amt
SO sharp after all. III just take that
X ill.," He paid his Sc, purchased the
book, and, oh no, he wasn't made when
he found that instead & $40 bill
sticking from the end Of tho book, the
meek looking fraud had cut about the
eighth of an inch of the end of bill
and pasted it to the edge Of o leaf.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
Life in Hawaii.

A traveller in Hawai- writes as follows
regarding the island and its natives:
"The melon aud kalo patches repre-
sent certain amount Of spasmodic in
dustry, but in most other things the
natives take no thought for the NOR
row. Why should they, indeeds For
while they lie basking in the sun, with
out care Of theirs, the cocoanut, the
breadfruit, tho yam, the guava, the ba-
mana and the delicious papaya, which is
a compound Of a ripe apricot and a
cantaloupc melon, grow and ripen per.
petually. Men and women are always
amusing themselves, the men with surf
bathing, the women with making gar
lands, both sexes with riding, gossipiog
and singing. The people meet outside
each others houses all day long, aud sit
in picturesque groups on their mats,
singing, laughing, talking and qulsziug
the foreigners, as if the primal curse had
never fallen. A life without care and
a climate without asperitics, mako up
the sunny side of native life."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
A Remarkable Count erfeit.

There is in existence a remarkable
counterfeit cf the 1869 issnc, Of the
81 600 grccnback. Of these, seven bills
have been discovered by the secret scr-
vice officers, but no clue has as yet ap-
pearcd to tie operators who made them.
These counterfeits are so good that in
one instance, when one Of these bills
was at the Office of redemption in
Washington, it came within an ace Of
passing as genuine. Speculation is rife
as to who the engravcr can be. 1t is
evident that he is a man of higher tai
ent than any one now in the employ Of
the government, for he has succeeded
without the aid of the perfect processes
Of the government in making so perfect
a copy Of the bill as to deceive all
the experts not specially warned with
regard to it. Whoever this person is,
he seems we'll informed of the move
mcnts of the Treasury. Recently the
department sent warning circular
abroad, describing the weak points of
the bill. Among those stated was the
fact that the flourish at the end Of Mr.
Chittenden's name was larger than the
original, and that it had the appearance
Of scrpent's head. Shortly after this
the fifth bill, which was discovered in
Chicago, made its appearance. when it
was found that the flourish had been
picked out to conform to the original.
The unknown cngravor is better work
man than the famous Tom Ballard, now
in the penitcntiary at Albany for the
production of the $500 note that was
received 1T the sub-treasury Office of
New York. The indications are that
he works without associates, issuing on
ly one bill at a time; that his social
standing is good; as his means of get
ting these into circulation must be by
mediums above suspicion, and in this
way is battling every attempt to ottain
a clue to him from his respectable asso-
ciates. This is regarded as one Of the
most difficult cases ever undertaken by
the government service.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-13
Musical Fish.

We read that there are musical fish
in existence--fsh actually singing. Not
the merma;ds nor the sirens that the
old myths tell about, whose song was 80
sweet that they lured people to destruc-
tion, but perhaps the very facts upon
which those myths were founded. In
tho island Of Ccylon there is lake in
habi,ed by these musical fish, tho song,
if it can lie called song, not being one
sustained note like birds but q
multitude. of tiny, soft, sweet sounds.
each clear and distinct in itself, some
like the vibrations Of wine-glass
when its rim is rubbed by a moistened
ngcr. In the harbor of Bombay another
species Of fish producing sound like
an Eolian harp. Some fish make q graf
ing or grunting or humming noise, but
some MAKE very sweet sounds Fifty.
two species out of the three thousand
that are known are said to produce
sounds of some kind.