Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-10-01
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HURD AND HoUGHTOE have added a vol
ume 10 their four editions of Dlckents
Works, which Is unique y q s Id y
" Master Humphreys Clock" taxing It's
name from the first and larsest portion o.
the volume. It may be r~enenoSfea tHdb
Mr.. Dickens commenced in 1870 the pnoIl-
Master Humphrey was the p~rIneiPal Lila
acter-an old gentleman of n prattllng tu5n
of mind, Who acted as a sort OF chairman OF
an antiquated club, Whose meetings Wert
heId under the shadow ofhls. tan CLOCK, out
of b case of which came manuscript rolls
offs cries. MIR. appea ana SO
do Sam Weller and his father, and even g
third Weller in the person OF Sans small
SON Tony, who is a miniature 1'keaesS u
/ tuition of that patriarch u1Splays IN 4AtSI
est in pints ana quarts II stentQ 70 oe t Is
nor intention TO In ms
framework various short stores, Dub aIter a
| while. getting warmed with the taleoI tnt
| Humphrey d hIs friends die away, reviv-
| ed only occasionally to remInQ OF the OIlgt-
nal plan and thu~ explain the tItle- me
| iOId curiosity shop" and "Barnaby Rudgt :"
were both Included thus in Master Aum-
entz Of 1t. The fiction OF Master Humphrey
was then dropp-d, not to be resumed; and
ne portions printed have never until now
ben puhli~hed in collections. OF MI DICK
| els Works, Here they are to be found, and
will be read with interest as II forming a
The second portion of the book consists
| ofthe various Christmas Stories Whieh the
I author has written since me puDl1ca!lon OF
IGAAC OANlCA tAo bCNNEA
There is preseRted-wbat to many will be
he most VALUABLE portion of the boOk-an
exhaustive Index of all the characters nam
! in Dickens Works, with n few character
izing epIthrIs, and the ma ne of the story IN
which they appear, with a list Of all the
pages in which their words aud ACTIONS may
| ne fouDd This really great Indt4 sJflkts
one anew with astOnishmenJ ~ Inc 1nulbl-
Jude of people whom Mr.. 5cken has
created No wonder they need a Directory
of their residences. Who can keep in has
| head the number of the street where each
resides? Las ofal Isl curious list OF FaInlI-
/ luStI ates well the indebtedness OF the world
0 This master of frlieitous phras-s.
This volume gives 20 Hurd q Houghton,s
| on editions a completeness which no other
editions in America or England, possess
! andIhe purchaser may take hIs choice, ac-
| cOfdfng to his taste and his pocket, btIWeen
Tie cheap, Compact, readable ~"6Ione' ne
rich y illustrated, elegant riverside int
volumfnOns, graceful "Househo1d, ahuthe
pictures, its wide margin, and ITS limited
edition or one hundre copies only 10 SUD
scr1bers.
PACKARD's MoNTHLY.-The contents OF
the October numbrr are as follows: Inc
f cts about Wo king Women, by Eleanor
XII k; Why the Peace Jubilee was a Must
cal Failure, BY Jer me H,'pk1hsi gu en-
Victoria in her Prims. by Ms. Dodge HUI
inors of the Departments, by W. h BaD-
BarroWingasaF Fine Art, By Thos. W. Knox
Fifty-two reasons for not golng 10 EfaEeI
Meeting. by Emily S. Bissell; Am I "a Ro-
mans Rights Woman by Mrs. Mary r
Tucker; An American Woman, BY Ed.
mund Kirke. &c, &c. s. s. Packard, s3I
Broadway, NY. SLOO.
EVERY SATURDAY Boston: Fields, 0s-
good COY. has the follow ng lis of articles
IA it, latest issue: Heinrich Heine. the
F~ortnighily R-vlew; Mrs. N. TrideW.s For
une-1II., IV.-The CoTnhiu Magazine
Where do SOM Things Come FrotnF Al
he Var Round; Life and De@th at =. Bre,
acasE5N., J oG BIacII'
woods Magazine; Lying a. a S~ciencE, lem
pie Bar; Lot 2I7, Chtmber's j. UFnal; The
mIIlan's Magazine Foreign Notes ;. Sum
mer Weather, Dublin University Magazine
IRON the Insurance Chronicle Cincinnati
Tor Augusta
The National Life Insurance Company. o.
the United states of America, oompletet
the record Of its first fiscal year on the hrSi
INST and il is a brilliant one. That It's sue
cess is without a parallel IN the story o.
| life Insurance, IS sttested By the Tact tina
within twelve months, it established it'
agencies, published and distributed / g lit
erature, made itself widely known through
out the country by ajud1ctous system of ad'
veTttsing, and issued 7,0I0 pol1Stes, SleldlnG
in premium receipts $45i,5o2 a, ana 6Sp e.
Sent1mg INSURANCE t. the hno9nL o. 9l5,u1SL
400. These are big figures, and they e1htbt
a business nearly double That ever done BY
any oihef IN the Worl1ln a roIrts s
ponding period OF its existence. -Iudred
out OF hfty eight companies doing business
in New York in 1868 we see that only nine
the Ounge of that number establishes
over ten years, aud the agencies Of each n
complete working order for the full perlont
issued more policies than the National dur-
lug thei, fiscal year. When we take lnto
account the dizziness of general Duslne~s
Ind the cons, queut scarcity of money
among the people,, the sharp compel 1on
of life Insurance, and the admitted dtficui-
ties of IT'S successful prosecution, which
have characterized the business during the
past year, " g regard the results above indi-
Gated as truly splendid, and the sure guar
antee of an enViable career of prosperity
and usefulness in The future.
Low cash rates, ample security, a plain
mustn't So contract OF so much insurance 1oT
20 much money, (avoidtnR all the complt-
cat OnS and Hucerta mite s of notes and uiVi-
ends,D officers and directors whose names
are s. Ony for honur and ab Icy
Throughout the land, active and Intelligent
agents of I'm Questionable character and
Standing in their respectivelocali ie>-theSe
are the factors that nave worked out the
signal achievements of this company,
which deserve its success, aud the conf
dence Of the insurinR public.
d. W. Rhodes, Esq, represents the Nation
al in THIS County.