The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-11-29
TOPICS OF THE TIME,

TOPICS OF THE TIME.
The bankrupt law should be so
amended as to give poor man achance.
As it is now it costs $S5 to go into bank
ruptcy.
The Department of Agriculture re-
ports reduction in thea ggregate yield
Of cotton, from the last season, of four
per cent.
The era of the lion and the lamb has
come in Bulgaria. The Turks and Rus
slams lam each other, and the correspon-
dents do the lynn.
Another asteroid has l,een discovered
by Michigan astrolomer. They will
swarm In yeoI, or two, and we shall
nave TO use mosquito bars to keep them
out Of tie house.
What is the cause of the recent series
of earthquakes? Here is nut for some
young scientist to crack. Why are they
more frequent this year than last, or any
other in the last ten years.
The London correspondent of the
New York World says that out of the
fifty-eight American masons who land
ed recently in England, fifty-fve were
Irish, two German, and one French.
There seems to be some foundation
for the report that the trunk railroads
have combined to make heavy advance
in rates this. winter. A heavy move
ment Of freight from the West is ex-
pected.
While New York manufacturers are
talking about engaging Chinese cigar
makers, San Francisco manufacturers
are discharging their Celestials and re-
placing them with whites. There seems
to be quite difference of opinion be-
tween the two cities.
The missionary business is likely to
be carried on in the future through the
efficacy of steam. The Methodist Mis-
sionary Conference asks Congress to
build road into Liberia and establish
a steam line, so that missionary labors
may be more successful.
Orville, Ohio, boasts of a glass coffin
factory. The first lot has been sent to
undertakers in various parts of the
country A stock company is being
formed for the manufacture of glass
cofiins. The amount required -$95, 900
is nearly all subscribed.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, author OF
"That Lass O Lowrie's," is out in let
ter stating that the stories she wrote
when she was girl are now being re-
published as new. She protests against
this publication, because the stories arc
not such as she would write and can
write now.
The Temperance party in England
have sustained heavy loss by the
death of Major General Eardley vii.
mot. Fifteen years he was one of the
foremost British officers in sanctionine
tho temperance movement in the army
and in order to influence his men he be-
came total abstinence man.
Mrs. Belle Lynch, who, ON her hus
bands death, assumed charge of tho
paper at Ukiah, Cal, of which he hat
been editor, cannot complain that she il
not treatedwith perfect equality and jus
as if she We're man. Already she hai
been thrashed by two indignant readers
and the people have solemnly resolved
to drive her out Of the country.
An important though little know
business in Westfeld, Mass, is tn,
manufacturing of piano legs. Some S0I
carved legs per month are turned out
They are made out of white wood, ant
carved mostly by hand They are sen
unstained and unfinished to the plan,
manufacturers who color and polish then
to suit the instrument for which the,
are designed.
The case of S. r. W. Gill, the Pitts
burg lawyer who disappeared recently
is peculiar to this extent-he left larg
balance in bank. But investigation
shows that he is in arrears to the exten
of 100000, and that the money il
bank is not his. For several years Gil
has been engaged in mortgage an
stock transactions, and had won consid
cradle fame as shrewd investor. Hi
clients, among them many rich farmers
trusted him implicitly, and he CONTROL
ed large sums of money. The none
left in bank belonged to these clients
but he carried much more away wit
him.
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Drowning Her Sorrow.
Detroit Free Press.
At late hour Friday evening, a We
man about 40 years of age, and appal
entity greatly excited, entered Mich