The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-03-21

The old, old story of the danger of
allowing any man to handle money, has
again been told in the history of the
Scrgeant-at-Arms of the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives. He is re-
ported $1,000 Short" and go will have
to suffer- Had he managed to annex
three more ciphers to the amount be.
fore he was discovered, they would
gladly compromise with him for 25 cents
on the dollar.
Montana has population of $4,000,
and not one business failure has occurred
during the past year. This prosperous
showing Is due to the fact that when q
man is on the verge of bankruptcy his
accommodating ncighbors take him out
and hang him to tree. Thus business
integrity is encouraged and thrift is
stimulated
Information has been received at
army headquarters, Washington, that
Sitting Bull and his army, from the
mildness of the winter and the abundance
OF buffalo, in place of being i'll starv-
ing condition are in good fighting trim
have plenty of arms and ammunition
and are ready for an aggressive move
ment.
1t is reported that Gen. Sherman's
recommendation that second lieuten-
ants in the army should not be permit.
ted to marry has excited the ire of that
class of embryo warriors, who think
they are not only competent to COM
mand an army, but to provide for and
rule household, which is often more
difficult matter.
The announcement of he suicide of
n clerk discharcd from the Interior De-
p0rtmcnt suggests its cause in stating
his recent discharge. The life of clerk
makes such machine of man, that
once cut off from the occupation thus
afforded and the support derived, ho is
helpless and hopeless, and the next step
is easy to suicide.
The news from Brazil is not very en-.
couraging. As in the United States
tho cry is ."dull times" and no money
-apdworse-for there is famine pre-.
vailing over a large portion of that
country from which the people are flee
ing. Heavy losses are reported in the
coffee trade, and the public treasury is
empty.
Tho price of n kiss in Virginia ap-
pears to be dependent upon the de-
mand for vegetables. A wife in Harri-
son county recently, being in want of
cabbNgcs for dinner, went into neigh
bor's garden and traded three kisses for
three heads Of cabbage, and her brute
OF husband is now suing for divorce.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean thinks that
the United States are suffering less
than any other country from the hard
times. From the prevailing bankruptcy
in Chicago, absence of money to defray
the ordinary expenses of the city gov
cnment, the Inter- ocean is evidently
"going it blind"
Russian rulers have superstition
about anniversaries. 1t was so managed
that the treaty of peace was signed on
the czar's birthday; and now it is dcsir-
cd that the European conference shall
meet on the anniversary of the sigma
ture of the treaty of Paris.
a life insurance company claims that
Mr.. Tweed forfeited his policy by his
flight to Spain, And if this isn't enough,
we beg to inform the company that the
old wretch occasionally smoked cigars
and did bad spelling.
A resident of Woodwich, Me-, eighty
three years of age, recently offered
young lady who is about sixty years his
junior, $4,000 if she would become his
wife. She consented.
Bismarck is reported in bad health
again. He is overworked and exhaust
ed. How little shall it profit man if
he gain the whole world and lose good
digestion.
Chicago, making virtue Of necessity,
is cutting down expenses. A material
reduction has already been made in the
police and fire departments.
Roumania wants tho money Russia
promised her. In this Roumania re-
sembles a great many other people we
know of.
livery man has his tender spot, says
the editor of the Detroit Free Press,
touching his forehead gently.
A Chinese Book.
The British Museum has just secured
through its agent in China a splendid
acquisition. This is gigantic compen-
dunn of ancient and modern Chinese
literature. This extraordinary COM
pilation was made under the auspices Of
the Emperor Kang Hi, printed with
movable type cast for the purpose un.
der the direction of Jesuit missionaries
and finally used in A. D., 1885. The
collection cnntnins hntwnnn & 900 and