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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Abstract OF Public Laws.
Constitutional Amendment In the States.
Party Platforms.
Tresid Mt Hayes Inaugural.
President Haycs's Civil Service Order
Secretary Sheunan's Letter on Bonds
Election Of L. :. Senators
Attorney General Dovens on Civl Service.
Principal judicial Officers, L. 3
Principal Departmental O1lcers, L. =.
Iron and Steel Tables.
ForesI Trade IS.
Revenue and Expenditures.
List Of Appropriations.
Coinage and fmmigra alton.
Railroad Tables
Debts Of Cities.
Gold ana silver Tables.
National Bank, Currency and Savings Baui,
internal Rev. Tables.
Electoral Vote for President since 1864
Customs Receipts at all Ports. L. ..
Executive aud Diplomatic officers.
List of XLyth Congress and Committees.
Popular Vote for President since 1864.
Governors OF States, &c.
New-YorK State Government
Public Debt u.
Election Returns from each State and Territory alphabet
oaly arranged.
For sale by all booksellers and Dealers by
mall, postage paid, for 25c, Address,
THE TRIBUNE.
NETWORK,
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rrRoPFAN rINANCIAL MARXErs.

LONDON Jan $3.50 p. m.Consols 94ols FOR money, 95
and account L. bonds ls67s 1855 NewJersey Cen
rial ConsO. Illinois Central "a Pennsylvania Central,
SO New-Jersey Central To- The rate Of discount for three
bills IN the Opcu market 2's per cent which IS
per cent below the Bank Of England rate.
LONDON Jan. 80 m.-Consols 50 "a for money. 99sls
for Paris avice quote five cent rcDtes JOS
fruucs 60 certmes for the account. 49,,
LONDON Jan 81 p nj onspls to,.s TOT hohey, Us
Incs Central, 74H NewJersey Central.
l5 Paris quote per rentes at los francs
80 centimes for the account.
PARIS Jan s.-kNchange on london 2S francs II CEN
times for short sight.
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Nrw pnbiicallone.

ALL THE WEDDINGS,
n Approaching Marriages and Engngements
Al! the Receptions and teitanments:
II Iall: 'he guests and costumes;
NEW YEARS DAY IN .EW YORK:
TIE Ladies and their callers;
NFW YEARS DAY IN WA~HINGTON:
Festivities in the White House;
UOugs and Movements in society throughout the NOtd
HOME JOURNAL.
For sale everywhere single cOIsfs, cents.
Delivered in city OF mailed tree ans whore.
NORRIS PHILLIPS & CO., 3 Park place, Newiorf
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Fnl,owing are the totals for 1877:

1Otol..
The Weld o. the Comstock mines is As per cen; gold
OF the whole bullion product of Nevada. 81 per cent Is
gold and ot oil So-called silver or base bullion ~ per
cent is gold The gross yield for 1871 shown above Is
in round numbers. follows.
Lead per cent sj0sj. $50 Gold AZ per cent s6l2ssH
Silver. AZ per cent 41,2OG,9J7 - 49,, -,
The gross product. the States and Territories of the
limited states named for the last eight years, were as
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has declared semi -annual dividend of 5 per cent
payable on demand
The earnings of the Wabash Railway Company 70,
the fourth week in December were:
1876. 1877. Decrease
$l264O7 SO e92.Os9 20 e343is "a
The Daily Bulletin publishes the following state
ment of railroad earnings for December:
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GENERAL MARKET REPORT.


AsHEs-In jobbing salej Pots 4Ea4sse Pearls &c
BEESwAX-Quief, unchanged; western anal So"'"
26ad27c. =, -. ,,xoo, r,url sz1c.;
Red and Red Tipped 4d5c; Medium Green or,es
BUILDING MATERiAIse@abIrine. " W., -. Up Myer,
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The following securities to-day were sold at the
Exchange salesrOom:
100 shares capital stock Of Wells Fargo Co.. s57s
100 of the capital stock OF Panama Railroad C0ll5
100 shares % the capital stock Chicago aid North 49,
western Railroad Company common stock).... 31i4
shares of capital stock OF Panama Railroad lib
81 900 bond Of Wabash Railroad Co.. due 1907, funded
100 shares Chicago, Milwaukee and ST Paul Railroad
Co common 80. 3sla
100 shares Union Pacific Railway 67s
preferred ....................... 24ss
200 shares and Brokers Association So
300 shaes Western Union Telegraph ........... 77a
shares Bankers aud Brokers Association the lot
Tho receints off our an1 QraIn at the Driucinal
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The following shows the exports exclusive CT spe-
ce) from the porr of New-York to foreign ports for
the week ending Januarys:
1876 1877. 1873.
S5,l6g,3a6. $3,9sla3o. SG477,5i4.
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The receipts of -four and gram at the primers
ATLANTIC norris this Sth day of January wore:

The following were the receipts and shipments at
and from Chicago and Milwaukee to-day, as re-
ported by telegraph
Receipts. Shipments.
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Fourth week December estimated
Tic following roads have recently reported their
earnings for November:
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GROSS EARxNos ron pEcEMBER, ls77 ANp ls7e.

FOuTIh Week OhtIlnatef.
Five weeks ending December 90.
Five weeks ending December 20.
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SALES FROM az O'CLOCK 10 CLOSE OF BUSINESS, 3
OFFICIAL REPORT ". y. MINING STOCK EX
CHANGE SALES, JANUARY 3, 1873.

EcoNp BoARD--l2 O'CLOCK VI.
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Nj ADAME I. MEAhS
vi English French and German no"rding and Day Scoo
Tor Young ladi, and children, 10 2@2 Madisonayep
REOfENED THURSDAY; JAN =; RS.
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THE MARKETS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE,
Ter North RlreTi Vessels Gad Railroads.

TUESDAY. Jan. 6, 1878.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

Enough letters, circulars, and pos
tai cards annually pass through the
post office in this city to extend, II
placed end to end, from one side Of
the Atlantic to the other; or, in round
numbers, they aggregate over 24O,-
600, 900 per year. To this must be
added over 100000 newspapers
which in the same periodare dispatch
ed, sud then roughly Appropriated
idea of the enormous mass OF mail
matter which Is handled in the lower
floors of the new Post Office building
will be obtained. II is curious to re
mark that the aggregate OF letters Is
more than half of the total number
dispatched in all France, ard ovel
four times as many as are forwarded
| in Russia, while a notion Of how ex
tensively news and information are dis
seminated in this country may be oh
tanned by comparing the above total o
newspapers transmitted from New
York alone with that representing tn
aggregate number sent in all Germa
ny g, 800, 600, } or even with the SAM
IN all Great Britain, which is onl,
about fifty per cent. in excess.
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The Jiiiager aud the Sa.ke,

A villager one frosty day found I'M
der a hedge, a snake almost dead
with cold. Moved with compassion
and having heard that Snake Oil was
good for the Rhuematiz, he took II
home and placed it on the hearth,
where il shortly began to crawl.
Meanwhile, the villager having
gone out to keep an engagement
with a man round the corner, the vii
layers son (who had not drawn a SO.
Der breath in week entered, and,
seeing the serpent unfolding its plain,
unvarnished tail, with the cry, 1--WE
got EN- again." fled to the Office of the
nearest Justice Of the Peace, sw 1re of
and became an Apostle of Temper
ance at 500 week. The beneiicent
snake then bit the villagers mother
in.law so severely that death soon en-
ded her suiierings--and his snakeship
then stole away, leaving the villager
deeply and doubly in debt.
Moral-A virtuOus action is not al
ways its only reward. a snake in the
grass is worth two in the boot.--[N.
York World.
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q Dear Mute yral,her.

Considering the fact that in teleg
raphy, as now practiced, all mesa
yes are read from sound, and that on
the quickness and good training OF the
ear depends, to great extent, an OPP
orators skill, one of the most remark
able cases Tin fact, the only one) on
record in this or any other country
was that of the late Samuel j. Hoff.
man. Having lost his hearing entire
~ short time after learning teleg-
raphy. he nevertheless continued the
practice, and successfully occupied
prominent positions as long ms he
lived. lie made use OF a soundcr of
his own construction. and received by
placing his hand over it in such a
manner that he could feel distinctly
every vibration of the armature. lie
would thus continue To receive by the
hour without breaking" and expe.
rienced no difficulty except when the
wire worked hard or the circuit
changed frequently; he obsiated thi'
by placing his fingers on the binding
screws of the relay, distinguishing the
characters by the variations Of tho
current. lie died in Florida, having
gained the reputation of being a mos
thorough operator and electrician.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

The statistics of the operations of
the Monett register in Richmond, for
four and n halt months, have just
been published. Frem the middle Of
September to the first of Feb.
ruary the people of Richmond
took 1866 alcoholic and 706,-
676 malt drinks. That was what
was reported by regulators. | think
that We may safely rely upon the eur,
rent belief that onc-thirl more are Ia
ken by persons who bought in large
quantities Tor home use, and only sold
by dealers who neglected or forgot 10
turn the crank. According to the of
fetal figures We take 1000, 900 drinks
per annum. According to my theo'
~ j,33O,00O. believe We have TO-
0O0 voters. The allowance per an
mum is i0S drinks per voter, or, il the
population il 10000, ~ drinks per
annum for every man, woman and
hild.--[Petersburg Index Richmond
letter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

The latcs, thing in ladies shoe. -
ladies' feet.
A great many Detroit hcis are
wearing comforiers this year.
It gives a parlor stove m unique
to paint the legs rel.
How to make one yard of rcd Han.
mel construct a skirt--put il at the
bottom and splice upward with calico.
II is in order for bootblacks to yell
out at fashionable bonnet, BLOW
yer bugles."
Corsets no longer wind up with n
crank. They are keyed up from he
hind.
Milliners ure in luck this fall. II
nothing else turns up their hats will.
Tonsorial artists have become so
skillfnl that they can now chang
hair 80 close to the regular State pris-
ON cut that only an old convict can
detect the cheat.
The fashion Of wearing cheap rings
over kid gloves still prevails. The
wearer can he set down rs very veal.
thy aud reined.
There are several new devices in
cuff buttons. On one there Is an en-
craving of a business man fhsccd into
bankruptcy by the extravaganza OF
his wife.
Pulse.warmers have undergone a
radical change in style, but We. Moth
ing can equal the tender grasp Of Il
young man with Roman mustachc.
This upsets me- as the mattress
said to the girl who was making Tho
bed f Detroit Free Press.
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Sop,e % Hs S,ns sgosns Heafsh
aud Morors

The Too Of American social life Is
in the tendency to luxury and cnemi.
macy among the wcll-to-do young wo.
men of our American cities and large
towns. They do not realize how this
dreadful mania for expensive pleas.
urcs. and life Of alternative idlencss
and amusement Is destroying their
health; abolshing true marriage; feed
ing the flame Of gross sensuality and
intemperance among young men, and
saddening the hopes Of the hest pa
rents Of the land. Some Of them
never will know il in this world. But
most Of them have no real purpose to
waste their lives in this wretched way.
And Il is q high crime in mothers,
teachers, ministers Of religion and the
public press to pander to this insani.
ty. Thousands of gcod.hearted young
girls are sacrificed every year when a
little wise aud loving guidance could
save them. But we feel that they
should be told that unless they change
this lie they will pass away like the
flowers Of June, and more hardy
and resolutc class occupy their places.
American society will shed every
class of triiiers. male or female, that
does not do it, work ,as the forests shed
their withered leaves. Let them
awake from their dream of social in
diligence; learn to live out of doors,
to build up their health; to cultivate
more simple tastes in dress, and more
moderation in pleasure; study domes'
tic economy; study social skill and
tact; fit themselves for the noblest
positions ever yet offered to their sex
and learn that woman is the soul %
American life, not the tinsel ON IL
garment.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

"Well, my son, you have got into
grammar, have your said a proud
sire to his ihickest chip the other
night. "Lct me hear you compare
some adjectives.'
Chip-"All right. Little, less,
least; big. bigger, beast; NOV, more,
most"
Proud sire--"llold on. sir. that's
not right; you--"
Chip--"roe, tore, toast; snow.sporc,
snort; 60, gore. govt; row, roar
ront-"
Proud sire top. | say; those adj
jectives-'
Chip - Drink. drank. drunk;
chink, chank. chunk; wink, wank,
wunk; think. thank, thunk-'
Proud sire--"You internal LITTLE
fool! What in the thunder
Chip-"Good, better, best; wood
water, west; bad wusser, wusi; bile
piler, bust; sew. sewer, soup; pew
poor, pup. Ouch, oh, geminently
dad, Obso-o."
The outraged parent had broker
into the recitation with n boot;iack.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

\ physician was called to prescribe
tor a somewhat illiterate old lady, and
as cod liver oil, in his opinion, was
the remed, for her complaint, he
wrote n pre- scription for the apotheca-
ry to put up, with the Latin formula,
sole ice. ASS" being an abbrevia-
ton of oleum jecoris assells, or in
plain English, cod liver oil. The
medicine was procured, taken, AMI in
few weeks the old lady completely
recovered her health. 4 neighbor
paid her visit after her recovery and
expressed surprise at her improved
condition, inquiring the secret 'of So
rapid restoration. "Why," said the
old lady, ait Vas that beautiful medi
cine, the oil of jack ass, that brought
me to my feet again"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

Yes. Colleen, time does bring about
great changes. Nine years ago a man
came to this town 50 obscure and hum
BILE that the tramps wouldn't speak to
him, and not long ago. when they
took that man over into Illinois to
hang him, half the town trailed after
him in procession, and paid twenty
five cents apiece for his photograph.
And then there was the young fellow
with the straight back and square
shoulders, who wore corsets and clerk.
ell in Il millinery store, and was en-
gagged to twelve girls on West, and
seven On North Hill. Well, the 9th.
er day we looked in at his house and
saw him in the kitchen, holding ba-
by in his arms, while he pumped dis.
mally away at an old-fashioned churn,
while his wife leaned over the back
fence and gossiped with the man who
brough, the .baled hay. Oh yes; its
a changeful old world. Remember
what the bible says, and "swear not
by the moOn-the inconstant moon.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

They are agitating in South Caro-
lima the question of abolishing the
penitentiary system, and hiring on,
their cpnvicts to persons or corpora
tions, who furnish them quarters and
provide guards for them. This mode
has been adopted in Georgia, and has
been found to work well and bring in
a handsome revenue To the State.
There are now 100 convicis hired
out at 81 each per year and their
clothing supplied.
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utRKETS


Trade T. ,lov and money hori to get holi of our
merchants arc horsmi however, Of hcttcr times.
The retail prices Cor provisions, Sc, ore ~ sil-
lows New hacon shoulders e. sidcs ~ Zoe hams ioc.
lard iOc 10 ne Wheat ,choicc mhct,si oo; oats,
nc rye, CO.. clover scci, $50. rlour, common 10
host, 500 80 $3.50 per hundred Butter. &c.
Ervs, igisc, Brown sugars,ioc white do, i2lsc.
Coffee. - r. 10 2,c Molts.c- 7ic to sioo salt. sl1i
per hushel larcI Nincrr inc. Irish POTATOES,
s0c. Torn. sl.oo per tatreL delivered. C'ul on
ear, tic; dc'ivcrcd Csc.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

As,onishcd Papa Angelina, my
daughter, how do you manage that
trail' You certainly don't 60 to enter
tainmcnts with that on2" Angelina,
with her "silv"ry laugh"--"O, papa,
is no trouble at ALL My puppy 4
only too delighted to hold it Tor me
Dear, dear, Auguslusl he doesn't
know ! call him my puppy, bless hi
dear little helmet hatl")-[SmaIl Talk
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

there wcrc M new i,atmcs of iutor-t Co note IN
commercial ahiir. yesterday iiulk mcat- i've
10 twenty days IN SILT we've hrll ai go O. b.
ior shoulders GsGi iaf ,rartih sidss. aui ~ 40 q
cor clear sides lari WIS hchi AZ - c er ticrcc, .,
ir kcg aud prime leaf aud s'sas-e Tor prime
steam new sugar-,nfc'l hams we've held ~ iu'.@
i0i,c Flour Va. quiet 90 500 iof extra 10 tam
ny brands. Wheat Va hot %, we'll sustained ai
a. et tel aud amicr, and issfl ~ Fr white
torn wa drin at sos tlc i"r new. oats we've firm
At 2aaso HAY was quiet Of s,> ou arri,al. hut
Ter Was steady ~ i2a2nc. Eia.. dull 90 l.ais' p,
rctatoc. we're heidati a0st on arrival
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Ihe HuekeDe

lti,avtii established nei, that TJllu', Euk
c,r riio ointment viii outc, % used arcorliug o,
directions, the .tscuus llirl"'a,llnuni, lloi-,
Ih',nut commonly Known a, iue Buslrsc, hs'
been hisbly esteemed b'r many Yeas, owing 9th,
trl that "a Iu-ss.-es ,iriu's o ing in ths hiilri
wineiple ealicl lsrulin With can BE- wilind ni
the ruro ol rhs. II ahr TED aiih that Terrible di,
rasr, u-e HurirSo rir uiuim.rti, ani ha rslir,si
Price o cents. sold by i0hor a sag,
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REMARKABLE SUCCESS !

Thr .ue,r.. ui tho ictling Ut,ult iatsr VI the
Wet. Tut tui, Nuu ifwtIr. is truly fruiatl aile,
Siuo iis w nr'uetinn 90 tlg .fla- Niiis bih
yeats agn. 1uE lInt 90 has steadily iHlNanfti ~
mvuf, aui o. nv ncknav t.igsi sr,'ni ~ uo paper
oi the kind in tho guuntrN, H. c.Uulnti"n y na.
tianal aul has iacu obtained thniugh the cn.fis Of
w. Vuhli.hers 10 fsftslure rai--t 1t hirh nufal
chsraftct, ant ti The slutr time sell " ~ price
consistent With tho ptesrut hart tlmes That thrl
saf ,ate ~ an VII ts-,, tho ihou tus ut rrlfefs
VI IuI trpufR srattclfl frum Maine 10 Texas and
nom Oft7snn ~ Ihuida witl lcaf testimony. IHF
CutsNuo i.euuFu v larr iott, eight eolumn
wrtklN IaTsr which contains si"fics both conp eie
anl continued n each nunlrr, written by The
i-st authors II the daf, aud graf variety II Ia
tfmaiinn Interesting 10 every one. The sui-rtir-
iion prise vt ruF iipuEE !. only si..0 Tef year.
Is~ttre pail, api u u equal iu ssets Iartignlsf 20
other raivts the stnts ehsrafter uhith ell 30
q yesf thr,e e,,pes ct this valuable psTet vii y
sent uanN uns ha senls 10 srnts ant thelf ~
drs4s a. Titl LTtSiEE. thioaga. ~.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

At Oshkosh, Wis, three gamblers
laid plan to clean out fourth at
poker. The victim was dealt four
aces to induce him 10 bet, but was Civ.
en- six cards so as to make misdeai.
But "greeny' backed his four tor all
he was worth, and won, when his OPP
ponents charged him with having an
other card secreted about his person.
A search revealed nothing, and he
departed with his winnings. II was
afierward discovered that he had
slipped the extra card into a sandwich
which he was eating while playing,
and had actually eaten ii.
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no,s NJ HeQfuss

"Givc me halfpennti and you
may hitch ono Of these rings; and if
/, catches over n nail. III give YOU
three pence"
That sccmc,l fair enough: 50 the hoy
handed him halfpcuny and took the
ring. lie stepped hack to the stake,
tossed his ring, and II caught on ono
of the nails.
"will you take six rings to pitch
again, or three PENCE"
Three pence" was the answer; and
the money was put into his hand. lie
stepped of, well satisfied with what
he had done, and probably not having
an idea that he had done wrong. A
gentleman standing near him had
watched him, and, now, before he had
time to look about and reioin hi. COM
panions, laid his hand on his shout
der.
any lad, this Is your first lessen in
gambling"
Gambling, sir?"
"You staked your halfpenny and
won six half.pence, lid YOU noi''
"Yes; | did
"You did not earn them and they
we're not given to you; you won them
just as gamblers win money. You
have taken the first step in the path;
that man has gone through it, and you
can see the end. Now ! advise You
to 60 and give him his three pence
back and ask him for your half'Penny,
and then stand square with the world,
an honest hoy again
lie hal hung his head down, but
raised it quickly; and his bright,opcn
look as he said, "I'll do it, will not
soon be forgotten. He ran back, and
soon emerged from the ring, looking
happier than ever. lie touched his
cap and bowed pleasantly as he ran
away to join his companions. This
was an honest boy.- Morning Star.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

In Hartford, Conn, women receive
twenty-five cents per dozen for making
corscts, and the cotton thread, which
must he bought of the corset mani
iacturer, is deducted from the sum.
There are thirteen stitches To the
inch, and 5000 stitches in one corset.
An experienced needle woman can
complete a half dozen in day, aud
thus earn twelve and halt cents.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

Mr.. Theophilus PopP, of PopvilIe'
in Popp county, fancying himself to
he very popular with his lady love,
popped the question" to her under
the poplar tree, when she referred
him to her poppy, who, when asked
for his consent, laboring under the
influence Of ginger pop, popped him
out Of the door To the tune of pep
Goes the Weasel
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-02-22

Among the many good stories told
by Colonel Stuart, in his reminiscen.
ces of soldier, are the two follow
ing. A sentry ut Chatham, when the
captain of the guard questioned him
rs to his orders, replied, My orders
are, sir, that il a fire break out TN to
take my mnsket and shoot the nearest
Policeman" The officer suggested he
had made some mistake, but the sol
dier stuck to his text, aud with 81
pity the policeman" the captain of the
guard walked off without giving the
correct instruction, "lf n fire break
oai, fire your musket and alarm the
nearest policeman. A Scotch sulal
tern ut Gibralter was one day on
guard with another officer, who, fall
ing down a precipice, was killed. lie
made no mention of the accident in
his guard report, leaving the ad'len'
dun ~. d. Nothing extraordinary
since guarl.mounting," standing with
out qualification. Some time after
the brigade major came to demand an
explanation, saying, "lou say, sir,
in your report, nothing exiraordina'
ry since guard-mOunting, when your
brother officer ON duty with you has
fallen down precipice four hundred
feet, and been killed" "Weel. sir,
| dinna think there's any cxiraordi-
nary thing in it. If he'd iaun doom
a precipice four hundred feet and nc
been killed, ! should haze thought il
very extraordinary indeed, and would
hae put it down in my report"