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SATURDAY EVENINGS


Whssa nav Dspsdlor arut CONES 10 ths saxsgs bs.s,
precanAns are taken and records made, kss hs nay
always ~ fdsntiMed, and th lin e.ss benk lsss,
the uwnsr Rsrsef eannot be aglfanae4. sr
The huzess Of thia inatitut0n Ii confined excn1vey
70 shs receipts and Of Savings Deposi end kan1s
es9esiese fhhFust Ne osmneFsial or 0enernl uenk-
ing b~alnsss y gaasaetsd. ~
certain proportion Of the fands arc invested b leiz
nRon real esafs n the city ~ ehieaso In a11nf sask
oena prsfsrsnce ~ always given % spplls11nn1 4eu
4epontoEs q enA1nans who have accumnlatsA n ~
1ns1tn len aacie9t f1nds 70 pay 7or Ict Of grsnn1
end desire 70 bcxrow sons<hing moro % I'D iksn h
~snPelras and fRn1kies.
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TALES OF THE BORDERS
REcoLLECTIoNs OF FERGUSON.
ny HvaH MILLHK.
IooNcLU UDKD.l

| IoozcLUBED.l
rose to leave the room for / could re
STRAIN my feelings no longer.
"Stay, Mr.. Lindsay" said the poet, in ,
feeble voice 81 hear the rain dashing or
the pavement you must not 90 till it abstes
Would that you could pray beside me T.
but, no-you are not like the dissolute com
panions who have now ell left me, but you
are not yet fitted for that and, alas can.
not pray for myself. Mother, mother, se<
that there be prayers at my lykewake for
'HerIykswake, Il was piously spens
In social prayer and praise.
Performed by judclous men,
Who stricken were In days
And many Leavy, heavy heart
Was In that mournful place;
And many . weary, weary thought
On her who slept In peace
They will come all to my lykewake, mother
sNn 4 sbsS bsSk Fs a. hssysR hsB sBmss s1Ef M
you know, and they looked down upon me ;
and was no son OF cousin of theirs, and 90
they could do nothing for me. Oh, out they
might have looked less coldly But they
will all come to my grave, mother; they
will come all to my grave and they will
say-'WOuld he we're living now to know
bow kind we arep But tney will look as
coldly as ever on the living poet beside
tbem-yes, till they have broken his heart
and then they will 60 to bis grave too. 0
dearest mother, do lay your cool hand on my
brow"
He lay silent and exhausted, and, in . few
minutes, could hope, from the hardness Of
his breathing, that he had fallen asleep.
"How long," inquired Of his sister, in q
low whisper, "has Mr.. Ferguson been 10 un-
well, and what has injured his head:''
"Alas 70 said the girl, my brother has
been unsettled in mind for nearly the last
six months. We first knew 1t one evening
on his coming home from the country,
where be had been for q few days with q
friend. He burnt large heap Of papers
that he had been employed on for weeks be-
fore-sOngs and poems that bis friends say
were the finest things be ever wrote but be
burnt them all, for he was going to be q
preacher of the word, be said, and it did no,
become q pree cher of the word to be q writer
of u hit rhymes. And o sir his mint has
been carried ever since but he has been
always gentle aud sffectionate, and bis sole
delight has lain in reading the Bible. Good
DR.. Erskine, of the Greyfriars, often comes
to our house, and sits with him for hours TO-
gether for there are times when his mind
seems stronger than ever, and he says won.
derful things, that seem to hover the minis
ter says, between the extravagance natura
TO his present sad condition, and the higher
fights of philosophic genius. And We hac
hoped that he was getting better but,
air our homes have had n ead ending Ht
went out, . few evenings ago, to call on NJ
old acquaintance and, in descending I
star, missed footing, and fell TO the bottom
and his head has been fearfully injured b.
the stones. He has been just as you hav,
seen him ever since and, oh much fen
he cannot now recover. Alas my poo
brother i-never, never was there more af
fectionats heart"
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rhurlow weed. Advice TO YOung man.

LEARNING N TRADR.-It vas wise law VA
tho ancient Jews that the sons ot evun Ia
wealthieet men should be made 70 serve nm ap-
prenticcship TO come useful OccupatiOn, 90 thas
in case of reverse VI fortune they might have
something TO fall back upon The s1me sx-
lists 10 Turkey, where eveEy mMna ever
an himself must learn q trade. how sorGmm@t@
would Ii be now, rad it been Law Am thls
country. Would 70 God / had trade y 70
the CRY az thousands Of returned soldiers, north
and south, who find themselves ruined In pocket,
with no immediate prospect Of gaining liveh-
hood Il should teach parents that whetever
else they give their sons, they should give them
a trade.-New Yorker.
These words OF wisdem should be written
In letters Of gold and made familiar 70 every
mead Of family. OOe Of the social ey'ls On
our day y-psrhAps the greatest--is tnat So
few Of our s0ns are apprentIcHd 70 usneH.
With y trade, NIL young men can Commences
the battle OF life" with pFospect, ~ nm
dustriOus and frugal, Of acquiring iortene
Dr. a cOmpesency. A trade 10 capitsi. WIN
which young man commences BUSINESS
a. ter few years OF industry MeCnAn,Ss
| heif has ability for other occuPataonas cMm
| easilv adapt himself 90 che chmnges DE.
Frankliu was . printer. The late DaDisl
Canv was "a shoemaker. Professor HENRY
was q slversmith-
Parents In moderate Circumstances w
even n prosperous business, vino refuse cr
NEGLECT 20 give their sons tradee, doom the
mcst u them 70 . life Of dependence. A
reliance upon clerkships, ct the best, is pre-
carious. Sill more pFscarioos is the nm
which 20 many livs, Of dePsndsncs upon
Office. This, whether sesMQRs 0f high on low
Office, e tho lagt Rhts %. ,-hich thonght1nl
parent should subjsct son. Bot generally,
the worst thing that can happen 70 this elhss
10 success. Once bitten with tasts of oilicss
all legitimste occupationa Dseome irkaome.
The man, old or yonng. Who gsta Into once,
and, nm mn inevitAhln cDrollQrys gets outs a
unfiIted for other employment for hle- II
is rare, Indeed, that . man who has been q
few years In ogacs ever settisss or ever en'
deavors 20 sstain, down bo labor. lt - PsiR'
fnl, beyond a1pesamonp 40 nee fhe maserAE
haftAlions Oh idle meh who beIenguer Al Wn
J, public Offices fof empIoymene And tnAs
y : roun-r y, Safy Aii 6theF4. Rbsts iabSr K
only so.Es sqasst, hslF ss-iatz ~ rsn1nsrA1
aasst ss..spsS Slassd, gsdrAipg $50 askassnF
.abE era E-n tsiRHa 4
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The Loss of a Wife.

In comparison with the loss of q wife all
other bereavsments are trifIng. The wife
she who fills 10 large space in the domes-
tic heavens she who busies herself 80 un-
weariedly for the precious ones around her /;
bitter is the tear that falls on her cold clay !
You stand beside her coffin and think of the
past. Il seems an amber color pathway,
where the sun shown on beautiful flowers. or
the stars hung glittering overhead Fain
would the soul hnger there. No thorns are
remembered save those your hands may un
Willingly have planted. Her noble, tender
heart has opened to your inmost sigh. You
think Of her now as oil gentleness, oil beau
ty, all purity. But she is dead The dear
head that laid upon your bosom rests In the
still darhness upon . pillow Of clay. The
hands which have ministered so untireingiy
are folded, white and cold beneath the glOO
my portal. The heart wnose every bes
measured IN eternity ol love lies undeI
your rect. The flowers she bent over u
smiles bend now above her in tears, shaking
the dew from their petals that the verdur'
around her may be kept green and besuti
ful. There is no white arm over your shoul
der-no speaking face to look up into th'
eyes Of love-no trembling lips to murmur
oh, it 10 too sad
There is . strange hush IN every room; M
light foosstep passing around. No smile ..
meet you at nightfall. And the old clocl
ticks and strikes. II was such music wher
she could hear il Now II seems u kneii q
the hours through which you watched tn
shadows Of death gathering on her swee
face.
And every day the clock repeats. the oil
story. Many another tale it telleth, too
beautiful words and deeds that are register
cd above. You feel-oh, how often-tha
the grave cannot keep her.
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Poverty Market is the name gwen, by one
who knows it well, to Brick lane, and up to
the present time it has held its own against
the splendid building designed by Miss Bur
dstt Coutts to supercede the hucksters'
stalls, the costers' barrows, the Babel Of con-
fused cries, the doubtful vegetables, the
questionable flesh, and the meat about which
there can be no doubt and only one ques-
ton, that now usurp the roadway and
good deal Of the pavement of this thorough
fare on Saturday night. As it is now Sum-
day morning, and church is not over, there
are neither stalls nor barrows drawn up near
the curb, but the butchers shops, the gro-
GERS, the cheap BARRIERS, the green grocers'
and good many other establishments, are
10 full swing. That is to say, most of the
inferior kinds of each are dong q ready
money business with people who, being the
work people Of masters almost rs poor as
themselves, have TO wait for their scanty
wages until their employers can contrive to
get paid their own, and so, after hanging
about till they are sick and faint and weary
on Saturday night, leave their marketing till
the morrow. IL needs little observation to
note how poor they are. The appearances
Of flower in bonnet, of bit of clean col
or in dress or shawl, Of the poorest attempt
at feminine ornament or care in the dispo-
sal Of . dress, is . matter to distinguish
amidst the groups of faded, worn, and weary
| looking women that surround the butchers
stalls. One butcher, ut all events, knows
the condition Of his customers for he ad
vertises himself, by means of . painted sign
- the "poor mans friend," and recommends
himself pictorially, and a. unlike the origin
al as possible, % specimen Of over-feedinf
on prime joints. At many Of the shops, neckl
Of mutton, shoulders Of such unthriver
sheeep that the brick -colorsd lean and vel
low fat together look like preparations,
nameless scraps and pieces Of beef and veal
and saltsd pork Of . pale greeDish hue, ant
shrivelled appearance, bear 10 large pro
portion when compared with joints such q
are ssss q ordinary shsmbles, that thi
Sunday trads nnst dispose OF the leaving
OF the week, end ose almoet turns with
sense Of wholesome felief 20 the two o
three shops where sheep's heads and fresl
rfpffsl are axposed for sale. Az some Of th
stalls is 10 painful TO watch the keen, eager
hungry scrutiny with which the women cal
enlate bow far the proifered bargain sill g
fesnts w the waiting mouths At home NOR
! So stiIl 70 witness heW small scrap 1
Dss2|d vet how hard to make the none
br the potatoes that are to exc il oul
~ long psst poon before the poorest Q
t kxk1 Poverty Market carries home the Sun
,s dinner, wondering, may bes how
LkAsn md Aring enough 70 cook g, -
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Combined Life and accident Insurance On
der one POIicv and Premium.

The Travellers also combines with any approved form
Of full life Insurance, when desired the payment Of
weekly indemnity for totally disabling injuries BY Ac
dent-thus combining all the benefits Of both Life and
Accident insurance under one policy and premium, st
rates less than most companies charge for Life nsuFanes
lone IBIS form Of policy meets with much fAvor and
. Travellers Is the only company that writes It,
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In It's Life Department, the Travellers has already, In
s hrst twenty months business written over 700 poll
ees-a greater number than any other life company In
thesAme lime with excepnon).
In iu Accident department t has written upwards OF
III, 900 policies, and
Paid Three Quarters Of a Million in Losses,
including 400 losses by nonfaal injury and ia
death losses by accident In which the large Of
tSos 900 realised 81 OS4 received in premiums.
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Northwestern Department, Chicago
THE PIONEER COMPANY.
THE ORIGINAL
Travellers Insurance CO'y,,
OF Hartford, Conn.
Assets, Jan. 4, 1S6S. 90AO, ,s9S. 81
INSURES
AGAINST ACCIDENTS

Causing Death or Total Disability from La
Dor Business.
ACCIDENT POLICIES written for any term from one
month 70 year, nsurng from t9OOt 70 IN case
Of fatal accident e3 TO $50 weekly indemnity for TO-
tally disabling Injuries caused by accident ct an
eOst 70 SIS per OOO ding TO occupation and
vnd hazard
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sirion to support the authorities, and it ID
hoped that no serious disturbance will re-
suit.
The EXPORT Coal TRADR.-The total ex-
ports Of coal from the several ports Of the
United Kingdom during the past month
reached 929 1854 tons, being q decrease Of
67,4S8 tons when compared with October OF
1857. The returns for the Yorkshire ports.
the Severn ports, and the scotch ports, show
. slight decrease whilst the Northern ports,
London, and Liverpool show . great falling
off, the decrease ut the latter port alone be-
ing 80, 2,198 tons. The exports Of coal coast
wise from the Mersey during October
amounted to 1886, and the Imports Of
South Wales and other coal coastwlse to
6AlQ tons
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This company lobbied all through last

Tnis company lobbled all through last
session for more, commencing with the mod
est request of fifty million dollars, but they
finally managed to get q bill though the
Senate giving them one million. 1t is now
on the speakers table among unfinished
business. An attempt will be made to pass
it without the usual reference to q committee,
but it is thought il will fail. The line must
be drawn somewhere, else every town IN
Kansas and Nebraska will want branch to
the Pacific Railroad built at Government ex-
pense, with a margin for political purposes.
Besides the through line built by the two
companies chartered by Congress, the ma
tional Government has subsidized five local
branches built and controlled by companies
chartered by State or Territorial Legisla-
lures. l apprehend the Government will
try and see how these work before going
further.
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From The New York Herald, of Dec 15
Jobbers already at Work. Local branch
es of the Pacific Railroad.


A million dollar job has been lying on the
Speakers table since the july adjournment,
and is expected to be got through before the
holidays. It grants the right of way over
public lands to the Denver and Pacific Rrail.
way and for other purposes. The "other
purposes" gives one Of the Kansas railway
companies chartered by the old border ruf-
nan Legislature an additional bond subsidy
from our national Treasury of about 81 ,000,-
600. 1t may not be generally kno, n, but
Il is nevertheless true, that three of the To-
cal railroads in Kansas have been enormous
ly subsidized by the national government
to enable them to connect With the Pacific
Railroad. But not content with the direct
and indirect assistance of nearly $40, ,O00,-
900 already received, two of the companies
are now before Congress asking for more.
Tne road running from Ate iison, Kansas,
westward, has received United States bond
subsidy Of $1.600,00O, the usual privilege
OF floating similar loan under that of the
every alternate section of pub
hc land, the usual width on each side of the
road, one hundred miles long, and the priv
ilege of making treaty with the Kicaka
poo Indians, whereby the company got 150,-
600 acres of the reservation. In short, the
resources Of the company are about as fol-
lors3
n
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J. @. PATTERSON, President.
RODNEY DENIS, Secretary.
OHAs. Il. WILSON, Assistant Secretary.
EDWIN W BRYANT, Actuary
Hon. ELlZUR WRIGHT. Con1t. ActuAry
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-02

A NEw SrRsEr OAR.-A Detroit man has
recently been exhibiting in that city astean
street railway car. The following account
Of il, II correct, shows il to be considera-
BILE Improvements upon the ordinary horse
car. Il consists Of . steam condenser, and
appliances for attaching locomotive eng"
to the forward platform Of the car 10
manner, that neither steam, smoke, nor Gin
ders can escape, and the noise 10 not greater
than that produced by the working OF sew
ing machine The boiler 10 located upon
the platform, and occupies . space twenty
inches in diameter, with IN altitude of three,
while the engine ia completely hidden. under
the body Of the car, and protected from th'
dust, lrost, snow, etc, BY substantial cas
Ing Of wood and galvanized iron. The pro
peIling power is an endless chain Of TIRES
times the strength Of an ordinary half-lncn
log chain, and runs from the ergine TO tne
forward exle, and h connected with me nlno
axle by other chains of like ccnstrucHon'
makine oil four Of the wheels driving wnss's'
The engine Ii six-horse power.
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Tuu population Of Turkey 70 estImaseo
:. x0 OO1 600. Her army numbers total
r. nsSrIv 500. 900. Her regular army 10
.cmno.ed or 1855, 400 men. The reserve
s,nr smounss 20 2OO, 600; the auxiliary
trooos 20 100000 the irregular troops 70
90 600. The resources Of Greece when COM
pared with those Of Turkey assume insig-
niRcant proportions. She has populatiop
Of 1,5OO, 700, and her maximum army num-
bsrs shout 12,000 men, with at least 2,O0e
officers. Turkey has . good navy, uos il
numbers, bus strength ssd efacieneg
Greece has two steamers aid Squadron q
eoasting ship@ prfa xsrs
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CHAPTER VIII.

80 thou, my elder brother in misfortune,
By far my elder brother In the muses.,
With tears 1 pity thy unhappy fate l"-BURE
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$4,000

in round numbers say $6,O00,0OO Yet
the company is now before Congress asking
for an additional s., idy, in land and bonds,
Of about $4,000, 600 more. The railroad
from LeavenwortL, Kansas, has received a
large amount Of Indian lands. | have no
means at hand for sscertaining how much,
and rs the company have finished their road
and are not asking Congress for additional
aid it is important. The road running from
Wyandotte, Kansas, westward, has received
United States bond subsidy -. ........- ss 300 00o
Privilege of first mortgage 80O, 900
road 600 miles ................... - u. .OOo. 900
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rop the half year day BAox for sveiy moash tAsE u
amount then deposit has been In the Savings Bank
the interest 10 not called for, II 10 credited the intsr
- day . deposit The rate Of in&exsas
w,aHanw. h.&hn l.xw arr.Rn
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bstween the halyearly Interest days, saly
stopped on much 10 thus drawn out, mot whai
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TEE trades delegates Of Bristol, are con-
slderins the subject Of establishing Psrma-
nent board 70 take part IN the selectlon Of
failure Parliamentary candidates for the city.
REDUcr1ss or Woxxxss's WAoEs In MAD
siD.-A circular Of Ssnor R,vsro, the May
or Of Madrid, orders the daily wages OF the
workingmeu employed BY the manlaPahfy
"a bs roiuced one real. This alteration was
to taks@plsce on the 7th insk It is also
therein stated that workingmsn Who are mot
domicilsd citissns Of Madrid shall hencsforth
oe excluded IRON Aach smpioymsnt. The
workmen struck in consequence OF the re-
ductson made. The National Guard, which
~ cplisd together, showed svsJ dsspe-
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Working People
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i THIS INSTITUTION 10
Exclusively a Savings Bank
NO OTHER BUSINESS Is TRANSACTED.

Printed Forms Of wills have been prepared By the 0oan
tel Of the Savings Bank, 90 that any Depostor may
Money and Property, and be Guardian OF ns Childrsr
I'm case Of his Death thus mach ineonveniencs and M
pense may be avoided. An Ocer Of the Savings Banh
without any charge for his services) prepares W b
knV Depoaitof anDlvlna
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-13

Gen. Chalmers thought that those
who had signed The 0lhsr paper, should
sign this. He had withstrained his feel
ings the previous evening, and would
try to do so now, but certain things had
been said that hsd made his blood boil.
It had been said ~ certain parties that
the rich mea Of Asmphis had signed the
other paper, and II Others did not like it
they could leave &c alone. II these men
attempt to make a close ring and set
themselves up TO demand, Shylock Ike,
the word OF the bond, 90 they threaten to
do, he (the speGker), was for forming q
society that would crush them. lap
plause.] He appesIed, however, to the
better sense Of all, not to form two sccle-
ties, one to cut lhe throat Of the other.
Mr. Bingham also spoke In the sauna
strain, but no more names were OBJ
tanned.
Col. Moore moved the proceedings be
published In the morning papers. Car
ried.
Meeting adjourned to Thursday, 18th,
at 3 p,ms
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CHANCERY COURT YIN. II. Smith.
MGaoelIor.-Yesterdsy was motion day,
! Court stands adjourned until Monday,
when the calendar OF Thursday will be
resumed,
The following DEGREES were entered
Yesterday:
Webb vs Hendrix, final.
Shaw VS. Ayres, sale.
Stillmsn vs Stillman, reference, etc.
Bond VS. Il elsOn, judgment modified.
McCOmbs VS. James, reference.
Cubbins VS. Neal, interlocutOry.
Nelson VS. Claybrook, rsyivor.
Wsddell VS. Algee, sci facias.
Commercial Bank VS. Ford, decree ioE
complainant,
Jones vs Jones, sale.
Armour vs Park, reference.
Meath vs. Brooks, appeal.
Karr vs. Newsom, reference.
Buster vs. Hinson, sams,
Rice VS. Price, receiver appointed.
Rubbell vs Q1inlsD, sale confirmed.
PeploW VS. Sides, judgment.
Hum vs. Hough, on defendant.
MUNICIPAL oURT-Geo. W. WdldrdH,
Judge.-The cases published for trial In
this court yesterday were disposed OF.
Court stands adjourned until Monday
morning.
CIRCUIT C0URr-Geo. ", Reeves,
Jldge.-There we're no jury cases dis
posed Of In the above court yesterday.
It ia probable that q few cases on the
criminal docket will be taken up and de-
termined to-day. This will be the last
day of the criminal side OF this term.
The remaining three weeks OF the term
will be devoted TO the civil business.
Law CoURF-H S. Lee, Judgs,-The
first four cases on yesterdays calendar
were taken up and disposed OF. The re-
naming cases were continued over until
Monday next. To-day Is motion day.
CRIMINAL COURT. - Wnl. Hunter,
JudQe.-Iu this court Mike Pender and
- Lsrnegan, charged with being aes
~csesories to the murder OF q Hannes.
sey, who was killed 8 wesk or SO sgo, in
Memphis, were upon application, dis
charged from custody yesterday. The
petit juIies were empanneled and dis
charged until Monday morning, when
the regular business of the term will
commence. To-day the Court will be
engaged In hearing petitions for wrlts Of
habeas corpus, etc.