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The Talmud.

Jews, Protestants and Romanists all
agree in receiving as canonical the books
of our Old Testament. But as the
Romanists would add to these the
apocryphal books, so the Jews insist on
adding their oral law. They say that
when the written law was given to
Moses, inscribed on two tables of stone,
God also gave another and verbal law
explanatory of the first, which he was
commanded not to commit to writing,
but to deliver down by oral tradition.
When Moses came down from the
mount, they tell us that he rst repeated
this or j law to Aaron and his sons, and
then to the seventy, and finally to all
the people, each of whom was obliged
to repeat it in his hearing to insure
its correct remembrance. Just before
his death, they say, he spent month
and six days in repeating it to them
again; and then, they assert, he COM
mitted it in special manner to
Joshua, through whom it was impaired
to Phineas, and SO on through the long
line of prophets, and afterward of
teachers, down to the time of Judah
the Holy, who lived in the second
century, by whom it was committed to
writing lest it should be lost. This
work, consisting of six books, is the
famous Mishna of the Jews, which,
with its Gemara, or commentaries, con
stitutes their celebrated Talmud.-
Scribner.
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Symptoms Of HydrOphObia.

From a recent lecture on this disease
by N. Bouley, French veterinary sur
geon, the following precautions and
hints for detecting hydrophobia in dogs
is extracted
Beware of dog which begins to be
sick. All sick dogs, as principle, must
be suspected.
Beware, especially, OF one which is
sad, morose, and seeks for solitude !;
which does not know where to rest !;
which goes and comes, rambles about,
snaps and barks without reason whose
looks are dull and gloomy, and whose
bright expression is lost,
Beware of the dog which looks about
and attacks imaginary phantoms.
Beware of one which is suddenly too
affectienate, asking for your caresses by
his pitiful and repeated cravings.
And thus you will protect yourselves
from danger to which you may be Elk
posed in your home from dogs kept as
family pets.
The bark of the mad dog is thorough
ly Characteristic 40 much so, indeed,
that any one familiar with it can decide
with certainty the presence of a rabid
dog when this barking is heard. 1t is
not necessary, either, that the ear be
long exercised to familiarity with the
sound to obtain this certainty of dag
nosis. Instead of the normal and sue
cessive banks, it is hoarse, lower in
tone, prolonged, and not so strong.
After the first bark made at full
strength, series of five, six, seven or
eight others Immediately succeed, low
cred in strength, and thrown out from
the throat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-02
Crooks Campaign.

During the recent campaign against
the Sioux Gen. Crooks troops have
marched $500 miles, the General and
his staff accompanying them from first
to last. Only seven months have been
actually consumed in accomplishing this
distance, which would make an average
of 472 niles per month. The spoils re-
sulting from the four principal battles
fought and from the Red Cloud agency
affair are 395 tepees captured and de-
stroyed, representing the homes of near.
ly 5000 Indians; about 5000 robes and
tons of other camp equipage; $50 Indians
captured; estimated 300 killed and $50
wounded, and 1850 ponies captured.
Gen. Crook has lost total OF % mel
kille d in battle and SO wounded, while
three have been lost by accident and dis
ease.-Cheyenne Sun.
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THE LITTLE fULnS.
A Nut Crack

A Nut To Crack.
There old woman who lived in q hut
About the size OF a hickory nut;
The wallis were thick, and the ceiling low,
And seldom out doors did the old woman 90.
She took no paper, and IN no DOCK
NDf any sort was she seen to look,
And yet she imagined she knew much more
Than any man or woman had known before.
They talked in her hearing Of wondrous things
OF the dazzling splendor of Eastern kings,
OF mountains covered with ice and snow
When all the valley lay green below.
They spoke Of adventures by sea and land,
OF oceans and seas by cable spapned,
OF buried treasures-but though she heard,
She said she didn't believe one word!
And still she lives in her little hut
About the size of a hickory nut,
At peace with herself. and quite content
With the way in which her days are spent.
Little il troubles her, suppose,
Because very little she knows,
For, Keeping her doors and her windows smut,
She has shriyeled up i'll her hickory nut.
And you, my dears, will no larger grow
II you rest contented with what you know;
But pitiful object YOU ill dwell
Shut up inside of your hickory shell.
Wide ADake.
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Belgian Offer to Coin silver for the
United States.

The Director of the Mint at Brussels,
Belgium, has made proposition to coin
silver for the United. States Govern
ment. He states inst the mints of Eu-
rope are closed against silver, and the
European market is in deplorable
condition. He thinks that by using his
bullion. houses in Brussels, Paris, and
London for purchasing bullion and coin
ing it at his mint, great stability would
be given the silver market, and the
United States would thereby be able to
coin the trade-dollar to an extent suffi-
cient to control the India and China ex-
changes. He is further of opinion that
the American silver-mining interests
would also be promoted if his PROPOSE
ton was accepted.
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THE BUSINESS FAILURES OF 1876.
Evidence of the Country's Return to n
sound and Healthy Financial Condi-

Evidence of the Country's Return to a
Sound and Healthy Financial Condi
ton.
[From the New York world.l
The annual circular just issued by the
Mercantile Agency dun, Barlow & Co. }
throws much light upon the business
casualties of the past year and the pros
poets of business in the near future.
Notwithstanding the financial disasters
of the past four years, and the gloom
and depression which have attended the
country from 1873 downward, there are
many things which should bring com
fort for the present and hope for the
future. The authors of the circular say
it is undeniable that the past year has
witnessed marked Improvement in the
value of many leading staples, as com.
pared with the prevailing prices in 1875.
1t is equally fact that, in extent Of
profitable trade, there has been per-
ceptibla gain, while in many branches
of business, much larger number have,
i'll 1876, added to their available surplus
than during the year preceding. Nor
should it be forgotten that while the
year gone by shows an augmentation of
business failures, it also exhibits sat
isfactory increase in the wealth of the
country. "!Cotton, grain, sugar, to.
bacco, gold, silver, petroleum and nu-
merous other resources OF this great
continent have been produced in guam
titles sufficient to yield $1,000, 000." 1t
becomes matter OF sincere congratula-
ton that, while the producing power of
the nation has thus been exhibiting it.
self, the people have clearly demon
strated by lessening OF importations
and restricted purchases of both domes-
tic and foreign goods that they have
learned the lesson of wise economy.
Looking at the business failures Of
1876, the circular shows the number to
have been 1852 greater than il 1875,
but the liabilities are $40, 942, SGT less
in the former than in the latter year.
The failures were 1902 in 1876, as
against 7,740 in 1875. The liabilities
in 1876 aggregated $191, III, 1856, while
those of the year preceding amounted
to $20l, 069, 1853. The following is an
exhibit of the financial disasters in bust.
ness circles for the past four years
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With a view to the enlightenment of
unsophisticated and, therefore, fire.
quently puzzled perusers of party out
pourings, Mr.. Punch has prepared the
following definitions and explanations of
some of the chief words and phrases in
the verbal armory of the party contro-
versialist. The personal pronouns in
these cases will, of course, be understood
to refer to the person speaking or writ
ing:
ALI Remarkable and Respectable
People-Ourselyes
Everybody-That portion of the COM
munity, small or great, which sides
with us.
Nobody-Eyerybody who holds or ex-
presses opinions antagonistic to onrs.
The Opinion of the Country-This is
arrived at by an exceedingly simple
aritbmetical process, namely, by sub
tracing the views of "Nobody" Tin the
above sense) from those of " Everybody
Gas before deinedD.
Common Sense-The opinion common
to all those who agree with us.
Blatant Conceit-The impression on
the part of our opponents that they have
right, equally with ourselves, to opin-
ions of their own.
Well meaning but Misguided People
Persons whom it may be desirable to
depreciate but impolite to abuse.
Pestilent and Pretentious Socialists
Persons of precisely the same way OF
thinking or speaking, who may be at
tackled with impunity.
Spouting-A depreciatory epithet for
ell talk but our own.
Nostrum-The specific of rival pre-.
scriber.
Faction-Departure from our pet pro
gramme.
The Herd-The world minus on,
clique.
Imperial Interest-Nationa selfish.
ness-with big S.
Humanitarianism-A scornful syn.
onym for any form of humanity that
happens to run counter to Imperial
interest"
Intelligent Public Spirit-Open advo.
cacy of our views.
Fatuous Fussiness-Public advocacy
of any others.
Atrocity-Venal errors on the part Of
our clients.
Atrocity-The indignation of those
who dare to denounce them.
Sentiment-The root of all-politica
evil.
Inverted Commas-A mechanical bu
compendious and observation-disclosures
swerable-method of tacit perver
sion and mute depreciation. What ,
shrug is to the scandal-monger inverted
commas are to superfne critic
| Punch.
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STATES.
1t will be seen from the foregoing that

1t will be seen from the foregoing that
the failures in this city were sixty-four
less last year than in 1875, while the
average liabilities fell from SOL, 1859 in
1875 to $37,479 in 1876, difference in
each case of $l4, 900.
1t would be interesting to refer to
other matters set forth in the circular
review, did space permit. Enough,
however, has been given to show that
the tide of disaster is lessening, and that
the country is making some approach
toward placing its business affairs on a
more sure and profitable basis. The
circular encouragingly says by way of
conclusion "The steady improvement
in the value of the currency, the stabil-
ity of the credit of Government is.
sues, the approach to par of gold and
other values by natural causes, the
steady demand at excellent prices for all
the products of the land, are all circum-
stances which point to healthy COD
dition"
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A Tremendous Clock.

The great clock at the south end of
the Crystal Palace at Sydenham is now
in working order. 1t is almost coun-
terpart of the great Westminster clock,
with the exception of the striking and
Ginning apparatus /; and the dial is said
to be the largest ever constructed, being
forty feet in diameter, or nearly 1900
square feet in area. The hands, with
their counterpoises, weigh nearly quar-
ter of ton the minute. hand measures
nineteen feet in length, and moves half
an inch at every beat of the pendulum.
The distance travelled by the point of
the minute-hand is nearly four miles a
week. During seventeen days Of OBJ
servation the variation was eight seconds
only.
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Fish Culture I'm Michigan.

Superintendent Jerome, of the State
Fish Commission, in his biennial report
calls upon the people to wait little for
the fruit to ripen, and to give him the
information as soon as any of the newly
propagated fish are caught. The ex-
penses of this commission from July 1,
1876, to Dec. l, 1876, were so, 263, and
the property is worth So. 921. No relia-
BILE returns have been received from the
shad family, nor is it haadly tine to ex-
pect news from them, as they are ever
slow in reporting themselves, as, in
New York and other States, little OF no
trace of them is discovered till the third
or fourth year after their deposit. OF
the salmon deposited, two have been
caught near Berren Springs, weighing
about two pounds each and another,
thirteen and one-half inches in length,
was caught In Maumee bay, Lake Erie,
and had the marks of the Atlantic
salmon. Schools of whitefish have been
seen, two or three inches in length, and
have been found in the NAV of the insa-
table hyena, the pickerel. Whitefsh
and salmon trout are, beyond all COM
parison, the most valuable of all fish in
the great chain of lakes. The fry of the
salmon and whitefsh have been dis
tributed by thousands in all the prin-
cipal waters of the State. The total
deposits in the inland lakes and rivers
are 1882, 900; Lake Erie, 400, 200 I;
Lake Michigan, 100000; st. Clair
river, 5000 Detroit river, 1878, 900;
making grand total of 100000
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"IF," says Mrs. Swisshelm, speaking
of the genus tramp, "they die of cold
and hunger rather than use the industry
and forethought necessary to preserve
their lives, let them die and welcome ;
whose business is it but their own
The world will have a good liddance,
and as for keeping their progeny alive,
it is cultivating pauperism and crime. I"
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According to the circular the business
disasters of the past year have fallen
with greater heaviness upon the New
England and middle States than upon
other sections of the country. cit is
significant circumstance, says the re-
view, "that the failures in the middle
States are one in every fifty-seven names
reported in business. while III the West
ern States the proportion is one IN every
seventy-,wo; but the comparison be-
tween the East and South is even more
significant, for in New England, with all
its wealth and solidity, one in every
ffty-nine has yielded to the pressure
of the times, while in the South, with
all it's poverty. its political and other
disabilities, the percentage of failures
is only one i'll every sixty-four. The
following table will serve to make this
disparity plain
SECTIONAL FAILURES AND LIABILITIES, 1876.
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Carefully prepared estimates of the
pig iron production of the United States
during 1876, compiled by the Secretary
Of the American Iron and Steel Associ-
alton, show atotal of 1850, 900 tons pro-
duced. This estimate will be supple
mented subsequently by the exact fig
ures, but it is very nearly accurate.
There has been steady falling off in
the iron production of the country since
1873, as will be seen by the following
table, giving the total pig iron product
for each of the last -four years
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show this we give the number OF pounds
of homemade, with the number ims
ported during the last five calendar
years. the quantity imported last De-
cember and November being estimated,
as the Official figures have not yet been
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Legi slative Proceedings.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24.-SENATE.-The Com
mttee Education, to whom was referred bill
to provide for uniformity of textbooks In the
primary and graded schools Of the State, reports
favoraby to its passage The concurrent resolu-
ton of the House. that the Legislature adjourn for
the purpose of visiting the several State insttu-
lions, was not concurred in, and all resolutions
looking TO such an adjournment were lost.
Several notices were given by Senators OF bills TO
be introduced, among which were: A bill to
amend the law relative to the taxation of the
liquor traffic bill to provide for the impeachment
of the returns of Justices Of the Peace IN cases
moved to the Circuit Court by appeal or upon cert-
orar Joint resolution to amend section Is, article
49, of the constitution OF the State; joint resolu-
ton for the relief of Philander M. Barker.
Several bills we're acted upon m the committee OF
the whole reported back to the Senate, and placed
on the order of third reading Senate bill No. 10,
providing for the compilation, printing and dis
trbution OF laws of the State relative to the sup
port OF poor persons to certain town and county
officers, having passed both houses was engrossed
and sent to the Governor for his approval.
!lHousE-Called to order by the Speaker pro tenn.
Absent without leave, Mr.. Morse Eight petitions
were presented. and six bills introduced. which
were referred TO their respective committees.
House bill No. % and Senate bill No. 10 were
passed; also n number of bills TO third read
ing. No bills reported and reconsidered.
rhe bill to protect the citizens of Michigan from
empiricism, and elevate the standing of the medi-
cal profession, led to long debate. One member
said that as he was q married man and father, he
could not favor the bill, IL might oblige HIM "a
get up In the night and look up a medical college
graduate TO prescribe for his child who might be
troubled with collie, when the loving mother OF
nurse could easily relieve the pet by ready dose
catnip or soothing syrup.
THURSDAY, Jan. 25.-SHNATE.-Little or nc
business was transacted In the Senate, the Target
share Of the day being consumed in committee o.
the whole.
HousE.-The concurrent resolution indorsing thu
compromise of the electoral count was voted down
by strict party vote The Clerk Of the House
asked and obtained leave of absence, ~
having been summoned to appear before
committee in Washington as witness.
The following bill was passed: To authorize the
appointment of a Commissioner Of Mineral sta
tistics, and defining the duties and compensauona
of the same. Section 1. Tho people OF the STATE on
Michigan enact that 1t shall be the duty Oh the oos
ernor Of the State of Michigan 10 appoint Ooni'
missioner Of Mineral Statistics in the Upper fenin
sua whose duty IL shall be TO make an annual =. re-
port TO the Governor setting forth IN detall sns
mineral statistics for the year. with the progress
and development Of mining and smelling INDUSTRIES ,
sec q II shall further be the duty OF sucn Com
missioner TO make such geological sno o'ner sur
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in town all through lonely Christmas
day. and eat commonplace dinner with
the housekeeper. And the Pink Parrot
langhed. = Vide AlOake.
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Some of this decrease is attributab

Some of this decrease Is attributable
to the increased tendency to substitute
old rails for pig iron but this by no
means accounts for the total decrease.
The decrease of stock in the hands of
producers is estimated at 100000 tons,
the amount on hand at the close of
1876 being 100000 tons, and at the
close of 1876, 100000. The only States
which have increased their iron product
in 1876 over the amount produced in
1876 are Pennsylvania, Alabama, Texas,
West Virginia, Missouri and Illinois.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and
Michigan ire the largest producers of
iron, the first making, in 1876, 989, 900
tons, the second 383, 900, the third 49,.
600, the fourth "a, 000-these quantities
being respectively 1925 per cent, 1877
per cent, per cent. and Al per cent.
of the total production of the whole
country.
The consumption of pig iron in the
United States in 1876 was undoubtedly
much less than in any recent year. To
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veys as are needed for fully carrying out the pur
pose OF this act; 10 observe and 70 record by maps
and plans when necessary, especial facts which
may be developed in the progress OF mining and
exploration. Sec. 8. And II shall also be his duty
10 collect each year typical suits OF speci-
mems OF the copper and iron ore and rocks
from the Archean formations OF the Upper Peninsu-
Ia, and examine them mcroscopcally, and CLASH
fy them showing by geological sections their STRAIT
graphical positions; such collections to be at the
disposal OF the State Board Of Education. to be-
distributed among the educational institutions Of
the State. Sec. L. That annual appropriation
OF 81, 500 be made, which shall cover the COM
pensation and expenses of said Commissioner. and
also include the cost Of publication, under his con-
troll, OF 1000 copies Of his report. Immediate
effect.
FRIDAY, Jan. Observation-Disclosures In the
Senate was very light, with the exception of the
confirmation of 1000 notaries public. adjourned
until Feb. 8.
HousE.-The House, after very brief session,
during which nothing was done, adjourned until
Feb 3.
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Years endfa,
Webster Reformed.

: Detroit Tribune.
, 1877-12-31

Baultle, PfeufTr, Dor allem Sub blelben,
uno oa5 70 oft usrurtbeilte reibstreue
Spltcm blcibt cbenfatS oean 10 OFT lie
meiusn, cine Slfc biuellgerilcn 81 Ia.
beu, tritt III oleie nit osrictbsn z olioas
ritat, wte lein 8~or9dpger. Elm GriaBs
mann, nit oeia lie faum urlahc baben,
suirieoencr 3u lein. Der &onis bat
Osrrn D. Berr utter Dem NuSoruie
leines Seoausrns, nit Nnerfcnnuna lei.
nsS ueroienltuollen Wirfeas uno Ysr>
IslbuuS zines SroensJroBfreu3es ents
Iallen.
Das Sriess. uno bas 5inau5mini,
lterlum baben oarh semciniAaitlides
Sdrelbeu osm Yrdiiomm Der Abseoros
uetertammsr einea 1eiseentuuri 3use.
ianot, betref,no eiusn RreSit fir au6er.
oroentIide Bsoiriniiie oes De res. Der
uerlan9te areoit bettast 3,698, 400 DR.,
wouon 1 .309,172 ourb Grlibrlaun9cn
aus fraber bewiutsten Greoiteu unb
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teiu patriotiiber Noseoronster ourh
Na9sisbisfeit gum 0srrdtber meroe."
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bits auf Intrag oes &ris95min,l tiers an
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lino 5 Gb9eoronete: Notar Distl.
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(den 5tsallbulen i'm Sabre 1S7178 ID
folaenoe: Wtanden 6S2. Nirnbera
$40. Bar5bur9 AL, Nassbur5 422,
5irtb 376, poi 1872, N,seu5burs 277.
&ailerSlautern 270, BaDrtutb 253,
SaroSbut 239, Ans6ab 22O, Yallau
200. 8amocr9 1913, 5reuins 1877.
Sanoau l62. Wuuli. Del 157. Spep.r
1856, stsmpten 1853, Norolm9eu al,
Slwelniurt $40, AlAaHenburs 1856.
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burg a. 9. uno 3weibridsa i; 100.
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