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"Lo" as a Stage Driver.

A correspondent, writing from Dead
wood, in the Black Hills, says The
woods in this vicinity are full of Sioux.
They have left the new Territory allotted
to them and are scattered over the plains
from here to Missouri, in bands of from
twenty to FIVE hundred. They are kill
ing but few men, for they are smart
enough to know that they are not strong
enough to Withstand the whole army.
But anything else that n diabolical dis
position and life at an agency can sug-
gest they are in for. Last week they
captured cattle train loaded with -four,
blasting powder, etc. They emptied
the powder ont in the snow, filled up the
kegs with -four and snow and tried to
nail mp the kegs again. They also cap
tured a Bismarck coach, and, after the
driver and passengers had fed to the
foot hills, attempted to run the machine
themselves. One lusty old warrior rugged
himself out in woman's waterproof and
mounted the box. AS whip he did not
shine very resplepdent, for he soon got
the horses tangled up and frightened and
upset his load of kindred upon the icy
road. Then they got some axes and
went for the treasure bcx chopping at
the hinges and doors as long as their
axes lasted, without being able to break
it open. Why was not that particular
safe filled with dynamite? These playful
reds are also givt n to alb 'orption of horses
and cattle, burning of hay ranches, etc.
and many other cute but unappreclated
Jokes.
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An Intelligent Horse.

About three o'clock yesterday after
noon, NJ. G. Hartwell's horse, attached
to light open wagon, was standing near
the corner of Michigan avenue and Row
land street, and was not hitched to the
post in front of him. In the wagon was
seated Mr.. Hartwell's four-year-old
daughter. Suddenly two dogs engaged
in a fight, and, swapping, growling, and
biting, the CANNES rolled over each
other until they were exactly beneath
the unfastened horse. The horse, with
almost human intelligence, turned his
head as though to satisfy himself that
the little girl was in the wagon, and then,
instead of starting off on a run, as might
have been expected, he instituted a
series of powerful, yet careful, move
ments with his hoofs, and succeeded III
kicking the ours away from each other
and beneath his hae(s. >~-1etfnH Ere"
Pyess!
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4 S,,eikh Who Was NDt Inynlnerable.

The death of Sheikh Julaodeen, the
perpetrator of the B,yazid massacre,
from the effects of wound received IN
skirmish near Idgyr some time ago, at
fords the Erznronm correspondent OF the
London Times an opportunity to relate
some curious facts. AsSheikhs are sup
posed by the credulous Kurds to be In.
Vulnerable, if not immortal, the fact OF
Julalodeen's wound was carefully con-
cealed. When bis death was imminent
his son assembled all the head men OF
his trfbe and stated that his grandfather
had Just been sent down by the prophet
for the purpose of removing his son from
a world now about to be given up to the
ravages of G;aours that for the sins OF
the Armenians in Van the place was to
he handed over by the prophet to the
Russians, but that the holy man Julalo.
deem was to be spared the humiliation OF
such a spectacle, and would move to
Paradise that nighs. 1t was fortunate
the prophet took him. If the Russians
had, the end of rope would have been
his fate
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4 Pathetic Poetic PLAGIARISM.

A timid girl, with her delicate hand
half revealed, half concealed in a
init, came in and laid a poem on our
desk, which opened as follows:
How dear to my heart is the goat Of my child
hood,
When fond recollection presents him to me {;
The beautiful beast which whene'er he was
riled would
Make everything fly from the presence OF he.
NV mischievous Nan was the frowiert butter
That ever did butt a stone fenco till it fell ;
He'd see it coming-a scream he would utter,
Then brace his four legs and 60 at it pell-
nell.
On, how he would buck it An iron.bound
bucket,
He once tried to buck it, and died in the we'll.
We read it over three times, for it
seemed familiar. Then we asked her
poirt-blank if she wrote it herself. She
fixed an eye on us while the other went
out the window (poor girD and she said
in a faltering voice that she did. So we
accepted one verse, at 80 much. It is q
very pathetic little picture of rural
felicity, but it certainly reminds us OF
something wo hive seen before some
where. =-NeW York Graphsc.
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Thu Indian Freshmen.

The following anecdote was related Dy
Mr.. Webster in reference to his connec.
ton with the celebrated Dartmouth
College case, in which the New Hamp-
shire Legislature attempted to interfere
with the ancient charter OF that institu-
ton in which, it may not be forgotten,
Mr.. Webster triumphed, by the decision
of the United States Supreme Court
confirming the claim of the college.
While engaged in the case, Mr.. Webster
told the president that as the original
charter was granted, and the endowment
made, by Lord Dartmouth expressly for
the purpose of civilizing and instructlng
the Indians, question might arise on
this point ; and, so as no Indian had
been attached to the school for long
period, it would be we'll for the presl.
dent to 60 into Canada and bring some
of the aborigines within the walls OF the
college, 80 that jury could not find that
the charter had been abrogated on that
score. Accordingly the president went
and found three choice specimens aud
brought them to the brink of the river !;
and after some delay he procured boat
and began to ferry them across-When
the young Indians, not precisely under
standing the object of 80 much kindness
on the part OF the president, and espy-
ing the walls of the college on the bank,
had not only their wonder excited, but
grew suspicious that, if once within
those walls, it might be difficult to es.
cape. Whereupon the young Indian at
the bow of the boat cast a significant
glance at his associates, gave the war
whoop, and, quick as thought, they all
plunged into the middle of the river and
swan for the shore. Said Mr.. Webster,
"The falling of the walls of Jericho on
the sounding of the rams horns could
not have astonished Joshua more than
this unlooked.fur escapade of the In
dams astonished the president. He hal
Iooed, eutreated and tried to explain all ;
bnt the Indians kept straight on their
course to the shore, and made with all
their speed for the woods-the last
President Wheelock ever saw or heard
of them" So Mr.. Webster had to 60 on
with the case without the Indians. This
anecdote used to amuse him exceeding gly
and Judge Story would join in with his
happy, light-hearted laugh, which only
those who knew him can appreciate.
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WhOOping Cough.

1t is said that Doctor Tschamer, OF
Gratz, has discovered that a fungus
grows upon the skins of apples and or
anges which is precisely similar to the
fungus which forms the peculiar germs
of infection in whooping cough. He
writes to us, says the London Sanitary
Record, that on oranges and apples
which have been kept some time may be
found dark brown and black specks
which, when scrnped off, appear as a
damp powder. Under the microscope
this powder is seen to consist of the
spores of fungus identic j with those
of the whooping cough fungus, Taking
two of these specks from the skin of an
orange, Doctor Tschamer introduced
them by strong Inhalation into his
lungs. The next day tickling Of the
throat began, which gradually increased
until at the eighth day thoroughly de-
veIoped whooping cough set in. The
expectorata, Oh microscopal examlna-
ton, exhibited the same white corpuscles
whica characterize the expectorata OF
the usual children's whooping cough.
Should this discovery be confirmed, there
is an additional reason to see that chill
dren abstain from eating apples with the
skin on, and from chewing orange peel ,
which many are so fond of doing.
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A Straw for q Life.

An Illinois jury found man guilty
of murder in the first degree; but as the
laws of the State allow jury to decide
whether hanging or imprisonment for
life shall follow such verdict, and as
nine of the jury were in favor of the
former sentence and three for the latter,
there was hitch in further progress
until decision was reached by pulling
straws The three iurymen favoring a
life imprisonment drew a short straw,
and a verdict in favor of hanging the
prisoner was accordingly rendered. But
the affair came to the notice of the
Judge, who thereupon granted motion
Tor q new trial, end fined the thres Jury
nea one hundred dollara eRah,
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NrS. Sarsaper'S Ear.MuffS.

81 notice, Benjamin, said Mrs. Sar-
saper, at the breakfast table the other
morning, "that q great many ladies' are
wearing ear-muffs this year. wish you
would stop in somewhere as you come
home and got me pair. Will you?"
ooh, yes certainly my DEAR" re-
piled the husband, and seeing his oppor-
tunity, he began to laugh and choke,
with a mcuthful of coffee, as he con-
tinued, "if-ha ha !-if-if-
"Weu, now-if what" ?" demanded
Mrs. Sarsaper, getting red in the face,
"If-if-I can find pair large enough,
nv dear" returned Sarsaper, falling
back in his chair, and laughing till the
silver change in his pocket ratified and
set the canary to singing.
"Benjamin Do you mean to iuslnu'
ate that my ears are large!'
"Well, that depends altogether on
what you compare them with, my dear.
If we use. d street lamp for the purpose
they're very small, but if we take salt,
cellar or sauce-dish they're awful big.
He managed to get the sitting-room
door closed behind him just in season tc
avoid the necessity of having his head
shaved, but there is dent on the inner
side of the panel now large enough to
hold a fifty.cent coin, and the cottee'se'
is one mug short. Cincinnati BREAK
fnst T,1I}e
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What to Teach the Dogs.

A philosopher has said that true edu-
cation for bows is to "teach them what
they ought to know when they become
men,
What is it they ought to know, ther :?
First. To be true-to be genuine. No
education is worth anything that does
not include this. A man had better not
know how to read-he had better never
learn letter in the alphabet and be
true and genuine in his intention and
action, rather than, being learned in all
sciences and in NIL languages, to be at
the same time false in heart and coun-
terfeit in life. Above all things teach
the boys that truth is more than riches,
more than culture, more than any
earthly power or position.
Second. Tobe purein though ght, language
and life-pure in mind and in body. An
impure man, young or old, poisoning
the society where he moves, with smutty
stories and impure examples, is moral
ulcer, plague spot, leper who ought
to be treated as were the lepers OF old,
who were banished from society and
compelled to cry unclean, as warning
to save others from the pestilence.
Third. To be unselfsh. To care tor
the feelings and comfort of others. To
be polite. To be just in oil dealings
with others. To be generous, noble and
manly. This will include genuine
reverencefor the aged and things sacred.
Fourth. To be self reliant, and .self-help.
ful, even from early childhood. To be
industrious always, and self.suppotting
at the earliest proper age. Teach them
that sill honest work is honorable, and
that an idle, useless life of dependence
on others is disgraceful.
When boy has learned these four
things-when he has made these ideas
part of his being-however young LIE
may be, however poor, or however rich,
he has learned some. Of the most i'm
portant things he ought to know when
he becomes a man. With these four
properly mastered, it will be easy to
find all the rest.-Honae Arts.
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4 Eriand of REPTILES.

Mr. Frank Buckland, the distinguished
naturalist, keeps in his house many dis
agreeable treasures, which ne delights
in showing to his friends. Regardless
of fearful odors, he will plunge up TO
his elbows into a deep, dark tank, ana
draw forth Shiny, dripping, reptile, ,,
and ask cheerfully IF he is not a beauty?
Il reonires a strong stomach and no
small amount of diplomacy to know how
to act, for he is ready on word OF en-;
couragement to make another fatal
plunge and bring up the ether seven.
But another joy awaits you-if yon can
bear tin a jar, when he carefully hanls
ont ribbon-fsh and tells you it is the
next of kin to the great sea-serpent. At
that moment you heartily wish the great
sea-serpent would bury it's own reIa,
tives: but Mr.. Buckland does not, and
any one who would bring him the head
Of the family would be his friend for
life. On the whole he prefers live
snakes about him; but he has not yet
succeeded in getting his household to
agree with him. A live snake is consid'
ersbly worse than picked shake, see
ina that tho latter, they find, is pot te
likely 70 be found under thsis psl}ewa,'
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A YEARS FAILURES.
Record OF the Finap cinl Failures OF 1877

Record OF the Financial Failures OF 1871
According to the figures presented in
Dun, Barlow & Co. s annual report, the
failures in the United States for the year
1877 are 8,S72 in number, being 22O less
than for 1876, in which year they were
9,092. The total liabilities for 1877 are
stated at $19O, ,669, 900 as against $191,-
117,OOO in 1876, or barely half million
of dollars less. For the three quarter
ending with September last, the number
of failures had lessened by 1876, with a
decline in liabilities of s., ,320, 900, as
compared with similar period in 1876,
but the casualties of the last quarter
have been 80 numerous and important,
that the ratio Of improvement for the
first nine months has not been sustained.
So frequent OF late have been the an
nouncements of suspensions, and so much
has occurred in the last few months to
impair confidence, that it is all the more
gratifying to know that the figures for
the whole year do show decreased NUM-
ber of disasters, with losses somewhat
less. The report says:
"But it is pregnant fact, illustrative
of the general condition, that the failures
of the past year approach so nearly those
of the year preceding, which were deem
ed very excessive, and that the failures
are really above the average of the four
years since the panic of 1878. Time
does not seem to improve these statistics
With the same rapidity that it did subse-
.quent to the panic of 1857 or 1861, for in
the four years succeeding these dates,
the number of failures and the amount
of liabilities steadily diminished, the
average rapidity declining, while this,
the fourth year since the panic OF 1873,
largely increases the average"
The average number of failures for the
four years prior to and including 1873
was 5, ,929, while for the four years end
il with 1877 the yearly average number
is +, 33. In 1871, for instance, the fail
ures were only one to every 163 traders,
while in 1877 the ratio is one in every
seventy-three. The average total yearly
liabilities prior to and including 1873
were 13O millions of dollars; the yearly
average for four years subsequent is l84
millions.
The record for 1877, divided geo.
graphically, is as follows
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A Machine to Restore Respiration.

This invention consists of sheet-iron
cylinder large enough to receive the
body of an adult person. 1t is closed at
one end, and the body of the patient is
inserted, feet foremost, at the open end
up to the neck, round which dia-
phragm is placed in such manner as to
prevent air from entering the cylinder.
An air-pump is then set to work; the
air of the cylinder is partially exhausted,
when the outer air enters through the
mouth and nostrils !; by reversing the
pump, air is allowed to re-enter the
cylinder and respiration is thereby imi-
tated. By repeating tho operation a
number of times asphyxiated persons,
and particularly those who have been in
danger of death by drowning. have been
completely restored'
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The Children.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.

When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me
To bid me good night and be kissed.
Oh, the little white arms that encircle
Ny neck in tender embrace!
Oh, the smiles, that are halos o. Heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face
And when they are gone, sit dreaming
or my childhood, too 10 ely to last;
OF love that my heart will remember,
When it wakes to the pulse of the past.
Ere the world and its wickedness made me
A partner Of sorrow and sin;
When the glory of God was about me,
And the glory Of gladness within.
Oh, my heart grows weak as woman's,
And the fountains Of feeling will flow,
As think Of the paths steep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must go;
OF the mountains of sin hanging DER them,
OF the tempest Of fate blowing wild
Oh, there is nothing on earth half so holy
As the innocent heart OF child!
The twig is 80 easily bendsd,
have banished the rule and the rod,
have taught them the goodness of knowledge
They have taught me the goodness Of God
Myheart is dungeon Of darkness
Where shut them from breaking q rule,
Nv frown is sufficient correction,
NV love is the law Of the school.
shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its Threshold no more;
Ah! how I shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door.
1 shall miss the good nights and the kisses,
And the gush Of their inn 1cent glee,
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
l shall miss them at noon and at eve,
Their song in the school and the street;
I shall miss the low hum of their voices,
And the tramp of their d0licate feet.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended.
And Death says, " The school is dismissed,
May the little ones gather around me
To bid me good night and be kissed
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Married Under a Burning Roof.

A local excitement and temporary
panic we're created in Wheeling, W. Va,
recently. by the discovery that the roof
of st. Alphonsus' Catholic Church, one
of the largest in the State, was OH fire.
The morning services were jnst over,
and large party had assembled to wit
ness marriage, when the smoke was
seen issuing through the ceiling. The
plucky bridal couple told the priest to
90 on, and the ceremony was completed.
Pieces Of the ceiling began falling, and
q general stampede ensued, in which
several persons were slightly injured.
The fire was finally subdued with loss
of about 81, 200.
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Hipp0phagy In Paris.

The consumption OF horsehesh III
Paris, which commenced in 1850 in the
face of great preiudices, but which
steadily advanced and derived a great
stimulus from the siege, has this year
averaged one thousand animals per
month. The Parisians, in fact, consume
all the horses in the city which are past
work, and have even to obtain some from
a distance, while in the large towns hip
pophagy is also gaining ground.
It's advocates are, in these circum-
stances, naturally anxious that other
countries, especially those where meat
is at a high price, should supplement
their supplies of food by the flesh OF the
horse, which, they contend, is more nu-
tritious than beef, and could be had at
half the price. With view to promote
its introduction into English dietary, NJ.
Emile Decroix, who first, as soldier,
tasted horsefesh from necessity in Al
geria, and has since been one of the most
ardent propagandists of its use, invited
the REPRESENTATIVES of several London
journals to dinner, at which horsehesh
was served up in a variety OF forms
soup, boiled, roast, sausages, etc.
Some of the guests were prepared to
find that in this, as in 80 many other
cases, a taste had to be acquired, and
that the first trial was not conclusive.
The meat, however, was really palatable.
While well cooked, it was Intentionally
served up in a plain way, so that there
should seem to have been no attempt to
disguise it's favor by condiments: 1t
was slightly frmer and darker than beef,
but I can quite believe that NJ. Decroi9
has repeatedly had guests who supposed
themselves 'all along to be dining OH
beef.
Horses are never slaughtered for the
table before being incapable OF further
work, and in Paris the precaution Is
taken of inspecting them before being
killed as we'll as after; but even were no
such precaution taken, NJ. Decroix has
satisfied himself by personal experiment
that horses suffering from various COM
plants may be eaten with impuuity.-
London Times Paris Correspondent.
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Left them and travelled until nearly
midnight, when we met four others who
were also bound for the riots. Got 2
supper of them, consisting of roasted
potatoes, beef, and ham, which they
said they had got by begging. One OF
the party was very well dressed, with
plenty of cigars in his pocket. He wore
large, plain gold ring. We tried to
get his confidence, but failed, His ap-
pearance indicated that he had been but
O short time on the tramp. Another
man in this gang had large valise,
containg q light buggy harness. He
said he raised it this side of Springfield.
Left them and arrived at Huntington.
Slept in q barn by permission OF the
owner.
"July 25.-Went to Russell, but
could not get anything to eat by :>eg
ging, and being nearly out Of money,
returned to Westield, and telsgraphed
to Boston for funds. Remained during
next day July 26, waiting for money.
"July 26.-Received some money by
telegraph, and moved on; soon met two
tramps with valises going to the noun
tains; went with them. and soon met
another party of seven. They were en-
gagged in roasting chickens and potatoes.
Remained with them during the night.
These fellows had been four days in this
place hoping there would be strike on
the Boston and Albany road.
"July 28.-We staid in this place all
day. Three of the party went out at
night and brought in three hens and q
can of milk which they had stolen.
"July 29.-The party separated, to
meet between Chester and Middlefeld,
five taking the turnpike and the others
the railroad. The gang to which we be.
longed arrived at the designated place of
meeting on the morning of July 30.
Waited for the other party, but did not
find them till next day. OF the eight
tramps in this gang two are English,
(both cigar makers one thoroughbred
Irishman, and the remainder Irish
Americans. Their ages range from
twenty-five to forty years.
"Aug. 1.-The whole gang started on
the tramp toward the town OF Washing
ton; we met another party Of thirty-three
tramps in the woods about twenty miles
from Pittsfeld. In reply to a question
as to what they were up to, they said
they were waiting for a strike on the
Boston. and Albany railroad; that there
we're scattered aboat in that country
about four hundred men, who were all
waiting to join the strikers. The men
appeared ready for any plan Of pillage
and destruction that was proposed. The
proposition made to burn the small
depots on the road would have been car
ried into effect, excepting for our re.
monstrances, and the argument that it
would be laid to the poor men who were
employed on the road. The plan OF
soaping the rails in various places, for
the purpose of stopping the cars, was
discussed; but feeling sure there would
be a strike, nothing was attempted, they
preferring to wait.
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Mr.. Smith, who has to lug a scuttle
of coal up stairs three times day, reads
with prospective joy the announcement
thai Che cosl,delds Of the world will be
exhausted in A. 900 yeara,