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The New York herald., 1869-01-09

POTATOES slow of sale, but price were generally
1a7ss ST. peachbows 80 SO so; Jackson whites a 5
ga 20; buckeyes 81 70 ~; monitor 81 So Delaware
PETRoLKuMCrude In bulk was slow OF sale, bu. steady
value There sales Of $50 bbs AZ lSc Refined was
held with increased armness but the busness was light and
white balance this month at 80 AT the close the
prices 32c S2Ao for lots on the spot and
s e & a Sr q former oss aor pee sa so bS
June i.oo March, AZ 33c 400, for febraay, Al
s2c o January at 32c and so from april to June
at siH.
sUGAR-The market for dull there being scarcely
any demand, but prices were unchansed The sales
10 hhas elarihea pemerara At o,s ise; ard
Inferior 70 common refining 1o%c. lie fair % good
fair refining llAc. lssc. good 70 PRIME rehnns ilcs
grocery isc sxc centrifugal lhdr. boxes l0,sc
1Sc nolascs, hhds and boxes, e4c melado 7c &C.
Dutch sandara a Nos s ss1s ie q ii c
Porto Rso-RsSni5g grades, IKE: iiNci grocery do
quotations, wiz Hard l5c l5,c soft white, 1876
Ike: yellow 1886. a i3a&c. and estra o., l4Ac
sxEDs.--Lnseed In better demand, and sales were
made OF 2C0U bags Tmour 81 90 gold duty paid, and
1850 do do. at tho price Grass were du but steady
al Is S clover, 50 for timothy and ~ 80 81 90
sprLTEs-sesian was active aud shade better.
The 225 tons Silesan at Csc. Sic, gold .
SoAP.-Castile was quiet but steady we quote, loc.
l5hc. . ~
quote:-lsc. a l2c. IN hhds and uerces
TALLow IN fair demand at steady priees and safes
made Of 65,0 olss. at &c. a lls%c, 49,,
ToBAoco.-Kenucky in improved demand, chiefly FOR
the extent Of sls prices ranging from To- 5 cents
For seed leaf the market exhibited FAIR degree OF ACTIVITY,
s,es l5 cases STATE at ss go ohio a. ss sc n Svi
s5 new do n, SOC sc. Spanish quiet sales rs bales
Havana at 81 81 land . do Yara on private terms
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-20

fiii Company National ln IA chsrNier, offers, BY
reason Y u Large Capital LaE Rates q Premium, and
New Table, the ml-t ls-ir-,s meAns " Insurine fe
Yet presented ~ TIE tubBr
The rates M premium, h-nE largely reiueed, are made
svorabs ~ the Insurers A those n tha best Mutual
HrttIa.. MA lvoia an tha complications and uncsr-
utss 70 Notes nIyiiand4 INA TIE misunderstandfnss
tsh td latter - sut VI cause the Policy Holders.
Several new ana atractiva tables are presented
pAer sd uny ~ UNDERSTOOD prove eptahls 10
IRE public, such lhe iNCONE PRODUCING POLICY
aud RETURN PREMIUM POLICY. In the former the
oiicy holder not only secures A ns--anse, payable
AZ DEATH but WIN receive living after per "a 81
iss years annual income e1Va u Ten Per cent no
per -sral 0f the par of hs policy 10 The latter the
ComPiny agree4 ~ return "a ths asursd the total
amouHf af moneg Ne has paid p, in addition y ne
am7aHt af Die policy.
Ile attention of persons contemplating nsurng their
rvss adrsAsaH the of insurance ibe already
'-,,a 4 canned tte special advantss offered BY the
Nations Ls Insurance Company
Circulars PapHhiets apa On psrieulars given on sp-
atiou KY he Sranch once " Ga Company IN this
..r .5..s Gsnern Agents.
ga- LOCAL AGENTS ate wanted "a every city and
-.ln anl applications from competent partiee ior
s..h agencies With sutbe endorsements should BE-
adar ssed ~ the Company's GENERAL AGENTS only,
in fheir respective districts.
General agents ~ the Company.
jar COOK b C0., N-v York, fr New ylrk state and
N0rtuern New Jersey.
~ n. CLARKE a co., OK Penney wants and southern
Erw Jersey
JAT CONS 3 90. We hingtou, p. e., for Maryland,
Delaware FirRuia, District % Columbia, and
Western flfEira.
NJ "A. ELLIS rn.. Chichga, Illinois ior Illinois, To-
una Wisconsin
Han. STEPHEN MILLER, a.. Paul for Minnesota.
s.. A. EEAS CO.. Derfuif flr Michigan and Northern
Indiana.
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BEAUTIFUL eKtract-A handsome Young
lady just helped out Of mud hole.
Wa~r sort ofa reception do babies first
receive IN this world Cordial
rouSe physician, asking permission Of
q lady 70 kiss her, sha replied, mo. cir, ]
never like TO have a Doctors bill thrust III
my face"
An impecunious country editor duns Biz
patrons % follows: IA man might a. well
attempt to quench the ybosphorescent emAn-
ations from the tail end OF lightning bug
with squirt gun, as TO try to run a news
paper without money
1WTE, wife, what has become u The
grapes Y" ~ suppose, nay dear. the hens
picked them off, was her modest reply.
Hens hens-some two-legged hens, Y
guess" said her husband with some impetu.
osliy; V which she calmly replied, ''My dear,
did you ever zee any other kind M
A WELL KSowS lawyer, Mr.. Marry AZ Who
declared he had never opened any book after
be left school but n law book, once told A
jury, when speaking OF chimney On fire
'Gentlemen, the chimney took fire 1t pour
ed forth volumer OF smoke ! Volumes, did
say whole encyclopa iiss III
A FoUR YEAR Oh WEAsEL.-A banker of
this city sends this A short time since,
four-year old, who was 40 small that he wGs
obliged 70 stand several feet off from THE
teler's desk, IN our bank, ID order " be
seen, presented check for sixty dollars.
The money was handed over-the boy beng
known-aud our little friend departed
Some i've minutes later he rushed into the
bank, looking Tie picture of fright, And
breathless a. soon As be recovered sufi
cientIy, be said
"M-m-Mr., did You send for the M
NO, certainly not Why dO YOU ask s'
"a m-man came up 10 NINE il The street
and said you paid me too much money, ana
be wanted to take II from me.r
"Did you give X ~ him n"
"No sir. Iare9 him did hs eafcA " ,.sa.
X asleep, and ran back b you l'-Ht1rai
Nee Yorker.
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SODA BsCUTr. Three tin-cnps 0f four,
Of lard, 4 o. sweet milk, I tsaspoonful OK
soda, Of cream tartar
CooKIEs.-One cup oi butter, 2 or sugar,
eggs, tablespoonful Of sour cream, l
teaspoonful o. soda -four
"A PooR MAS's CAKE.-Two cups of four,
cup Of sugar, egg, I teaspoonful Or cream
Of tartar, mixed With four
Tart CRTsr --0ne cup OF Isrd, table
spoonful Of white sugar, white or | egg.
3 tablespoonful Of water, -four sufficient
70 roli out. IL you love nice tart crust try
this
PIcKLED GRAPEs--Drop grapes into hot
spiced vinegar The better the grapes the
better the pickles. Put up iar or these,
and you will Be sorry you had not put up
more.
SODA CAKs.-Onc cup Of sugar, table
spoonful Of butter, egg, teAspnonful or
saieratus dissolved IN one cup OF sweet milk
| tea-spooniul Of cream Of tartar rubbed in
one pint of -four, nutmeg. To be baked im
ned'ately after mixing together.
CHERRY CIDER.-The following IA lhe
Main Shaker receipt for making cherry wv
der To make one barFel-30 gallons N
apple cider, . quarts az dried black cherries
quarts " dried blueberries, quart of el-
derberrles. 75 pounds Of brown sugar. IL
you desire to make smaller quantities than
one barrel, you must proportion the quaint
~ OF ingredients Accordingly.
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A good story il told of M. Sayrs, "
Lexington, KY.
Mr.. Sayre lisps little, and good story
is told 81 him, toe better for ia truth. Some
years since Ar oFerseer of one of Bis farms
told aim ne needed some hogs or bis place
Says Mr.. Sayre
Very well, 70 and buy four or Eve thous-
snd pighth right away, and put them On Che
farm"
The man, accustomed to obey, and that
without qIestioning, asked
"Shall take the money with me to pur-
chase with g''
mo thir They All know ne. Thend
them here-ll ply fox them, or give you
money 70 pay wnen you get then"
The overseer went Biz wav. ana III two
weeks returned, when The following conyer-
sation took place;
swell. Mr.. Sayre, can't get that many,
pigs. | have ridden All over the country.
All abeut, and can buy but between eight
and nine hundredr
Eight 0r nine hundred WhatY"
IL ght or nine hundred pigs
Eight or nine hundred pigth Who
told you " buy that many pigth Are You
a fooy'
"You told me 70 buy them two weeks
since have tried To 10 it.n
"Eight or nine hundred pigth nevef
told you any thuth thingl"
bot you did-you told me 10 70 and buy
four or five thousand Pigs
III didn't % nu such thing 7 t0ld YOU
70 ~ and buy four or dve thows and their
little pigth, and you have done Il .houlI
think 4"
Mr.. Sayre had pork 70 selI the next fail.
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rr~m me ~. 1. MxpreHns
The journals in ths western part of the
state, 40 likewise some nearer home, are
earnestly urging return 70 the apprentice
system, especially ID printing Offices. The
Rochester Union puts the case Ia this way
SIS i fact painful TO contemplate that
ia almost every workshop in this conntry
there are j1urneymen who are botches, aud
wholly incompetent TO execute good work.
These M or boys are, In many instances,
demanding and receiving fnll wae ~, while
competent workmen, who have acquired
knowledge Of their trade, receive no more.
This state Of things IL the result or lax laws
10 relation to apprentices. "A boy who has
been six months at trade thinks lie has aIl
the knowledge requisite, quits biz place and
inds employ meas ~ journeyman. With
out law 70 indenture and hold apprentices,
there will be q continuance Of this state or
things 70 the great prejudice Of good mschan-
ics, and to the disadvantage OF both master
and apprentice
With reference to the practical operation
Of things, as they now exist, the ed TOR tells
Us:
9 @Tt u now difficult 10 induce e.propris-
tors OF first-clAsa printing Offices 10 the cities,
70 take apprentices, because they have 10
confidence that they will remain longer than
few months, no matter what they NAV
promise TO d0.n
There 10 now before the legislature bill
designed 70 meet the proper remedy, and
providing:
lst. That the apprentice shall be legally
bound to serve his master al leasE fiVe
years. Nasr. Y
"a. That the master shall be compelled
70 learn the apprentice every branch Of bin
| business 70 which he IL apprenticed, with
such day Or night schooling ~ may be nee
essaFy for the successful conduct of the
same when free.
3d. That The master shall be responsible
for the moral a. well a. the mechanical train
ing OF the boy.
4th. That heavy penalties shall be fm-
posed upon every master who harbOrH 0r
gives employment 10 any Lad apFrnmhaued 40
another, unless hIs indentnres hmWh been
cancled DIV mutual consent
6th. That after faithfully serving hls
timas the apprentice shall recahge enrtIHs
cate stating the number Of years NC haa
served, the trade he haa learned, And hin
general Qualifications Mo q workman, from
his master.
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Working People
eed not lose any timeI AZ the savings Bank . ktp
open on
ShTU RDhf EVENINGS
Tor their convenience.
Means for identifying Depositors I:

When a Deposttor FIRST comes 10 the Savings BANK,
precsuons taken and records made that he may
always he identified, and in In book Is lost
the thereof cannot be defranded
The business OF this Institution Is confined exc svey
10 the receipts ard Of Savings Deposis an Funds
deposited IN trust No Commercial or Genera BaEk-
ing business Is transacted.
certain proportion o. the funds invested by los
upon estate IN the city Of Chicago in making such
ans preference is always given 10 applications from
Depositurs OF small who have accumulated In the
insitu ion sufficient funds % pay for ot Of ground,
and desire N BORROW something more 10 aid them IA
erecting buildings 10 be used permanent homes for
themselves and families
ss-Money remiised by Draft TO Europe elsewhere
for Depcsitors-
AS-fhs Plans Of Cheap Cottages, selected by com
mitt's o depositors In this institution, may be at
the Savings
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Pause not 70 dream Of the future before US,
Panse mol 70 weep the Wild cares thA. comes y
TIark how creations deep musical choa ~
UninterHnitting goes np Into heAven
Labor n glory the hying cloud hehtens
Only the waving wins CHANCES ana e..snsshs'
To him who nchiy strives. much 10 forgiven
Labor is worsh,p the bin is singing:
Laor s worship the wild bee is ringing;
Listen that elegant whisper. apspIinging,
speaks 10 Thy soul from natures great heart
From the Wild cloud aovs the nie-siving shower
From the duh sod blows the soft-breaihing hower;
From the fraii insect, the strong coral bower;
Only man, in The plan, eves shrinks from bis part
Labor 10 hfe--tIs the stin water falleth;
ldieness desparsth. bewaileth
Wind the Atch daily the dark rust Assahet6.
Play the s~est keys would'ss thu keep them In
Never the ocean wave falters In flowing
Aver the pure wind about us Ia bluwieg
N ore and rich blows the rose heart ~ growing,
More and more brilliant the tull-oeAm'ng moon
Labor % rest, from the sorrows that greet u.s.
Rest from all veKations that meet us,
Rest, from ain promptngs that ever entreaf us,
Rest fron the world o rsns that lure "a toah.
work and pure sluu hers shall wait on ths pillow
work, thou shall hoat cares coming oillow
Lie down ~earied meath woes weeping wilIo~ Y
Work with q stout heart and resoute Eil
L abor Is wealth. To the sea che pearl gloweth
Rich the queens robe from the fai cocoon no~eth
! rom the ighi acorn the Aruad fW est oweth
Temple nd statue the mar ls block hidts.
Labor Is health. L0 the husbaL dman geaping,
How through bis yens goes the hie-curr nj lea ing
How the strong arm, In its talwart pride sweeping
True q sunbeam the swift sickle glites.
0roop net though shame, siu and anguish are round
thee
bravely frg of the cold chain that bath bound thee!
Look 10 you pure heaven smiling be, ond thee
Rest not content In thy dArkness-a clod.
Work tor good, be il slowly;
Cherish some flower, be IL ever 90 lo~y
Labor, a labor Is noble and holy;
Let tiny great deeds bt thy prayer to thy God.
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IFFr IN@TRANCE.

The Tp AvKLERs aiso grants ai approved forms Of fan
r. Insurance DOW rates ~ preuur, either on the
lcw nr MrruAL Plan the former Il rates 80 loEs 70
I.a eauai ". large dividend in advance.
patttcp pafinE prces give All the profits 20 the a.
turrd Dividends available annually, 20 decrease the
4mount THE policy 70 lguliate next y ar's prcmt-
ars ar n purchase Indemnity Tor dsz 3hnE ir ures IN
aavanca he of ~ per week for each 81 900
asurai fhu- guaranteeing the dividend g that *
tf1r.
Ant run afa W endowment policies EoS-FoRFEIT ABLE.
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Wages IN THE CoLoNT oF VrcroRrA.-
Skilled labor j. just now fairy employed
and IA each department. there Il q tendency
u IssFcas@ 10 the rates Or wages. The ioi.
lowing prices may Dc qE0F-d Of firmly main
tained :-Stonemasons and brickIayers. 10.
per day carpenters, o.. ditto; builders n.
bcrsrs, u. ditto; shepherds, $50 % Gao De-,
annum; shesrers, l6s- TO 1Ts. Der 100: ~
Per'or ditto, lss- per ditto hutkeepers. R22
per year; lads twho can MIX I2s. Der
week general farm laborsrs, l0s 70 So ditto;
three-rail fences (stuff laid on the line. l.,
3D. 70 - per rod; grubbers ard splltters
and fenceFs A.. ditto wood splissers. 81 8d
per ton; gardeners, Pa to 23s. and 28s
(frst class) per wsek bush carpenters. 18s.
70 2Os. yer week, with rs'ions general car.
penters undertaking bush vsrk, S0s ditto
black and shoeing smiths, sos ditto wheel.
wrights, 35s. to 40s. ditto; brickmakers 49,.
to 20s per ], 900, with raiions; married cou
pies without membranes (first class.1 from
E55 to G65 per annum ditto (sscond class. !,
E45 TO f55 ditto; female servants (rood.
country, f26 to f7S ditto lA1ndresses. f26
to 926 ditto cooks and housemaids' f2e
ditto nurse girls, 81. 10 TO- per week. Com.
mon labor may be quoted at o.. to "a. Der
day.
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DRsss.-Wcmen have no greater weak.
ness than men. Any opinion 20 the c,ntra-
Wy il founded on the fact that the dress ~
women ID more dsm0nstratiye and showv
This does not however. involve a rfealsr
expenditure A man sees the las or n SI0a
Owl 10 getting q SUIT OF clothes a wom.r
spends 70, and w accused on EndsfsnsihIa
extraEagance. Of Ten men and ten wo,rsn
taken N the street ~ they come. ii wiIl N
found that the men spend two dollars "a one
Of the women. or course q majority ~ 49, -.
wcn't admit this; but u Ia the truth. never.
thcless. ''ss'
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"Liyos there one With ,ouI y dead,

9 Livos there one with soul % dead
as not now to image the happy meeting be.
twixt bride aid bridegroom, and above all
the influence which this trial had upon the
happiness and religious character Of their
future married and prosperous lot 2
II is, indeed, long since have laid aside
the pack--to which, after good education,
had taken, from q wandering propensity :
ant taken up my residence ia the fiourishing
village Of Thornhill. Dumfriesshire living,
At first, on the profits Of my shop, and nov,
retired on my little, but, to me, ample COM
potency; but still have great pleasure in
paying yearly visit to my friends Of Mitch
eislacks, and in recalling with them, over q
meal, the interesting incidents
Of the snow storm 1874.
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adowment policies EoS-FoErEIrAsLr.

Combined Lifs ana AecidcHt Insurance ~
drr one P0liey and Premium.
rs TraveisFs ALEC combines with any approved form
t fuH Utg insurance. whsn Desired the payment ef .
sehy Indemnity totally disabling ininries BY aeet-
combining All the lrnefts o. beth Life and
Accident Insurance under ore policy and premium a.
ra es fHhr mrst companies charge for Life insuranca
atone IH iorm ai policy meets with much favor, and
ha Travellers ls the only company that writes it.
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THE PIONEER COMPANY.
THE ORIGINAL
Travellers Insurance Coy,
or Hartford, Conn.
Assets, Han. 4, 1865. SOAO. s99.SI
IESCRES
AGAINST ACCIDENTS

yluing Death ~ Total Disability from La
bar Business.
tr.rHa- POLICIES written i'r any term from one
1rh wv sna YEAR insurinr from s500t st0 600
r tI Incident ~ AZ 70 $50 weekly indemnity fnr to-
fv disabling inures caused BY accident, at annual
-s E Sll per 81 00u accOid ding 70 occupation and
rnH narHrt
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never wakene..; and that, by means Of some
spirits which they had taken Ia bottle,
they completely restored and conducted him
home.
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DamS as Small as One Dollar !
VIII Be received from any person and Bank Book vii
Re furnl-hed without charge.
Married Women.
And Minor Children may Deposit money % that No One
else can Draw NJ
Societies.
Nav deposit Money from time 70 time and before ma nR
The FIRST DEPOSIT may Provide BY Vote, how and By
whom "a shall b- drawn out and provided cory ot
the Resolution b. furnished 10 tire Savings Baak
MONEY win be paid, uuiess ts provisions are strictly
ccIpurd With.
Depositors.
whether Foreigners Citizens have III Rights As
10 Property and In case Of Death any Money 10 their
Credit Wll be paid 70 their Legal Representatives,
whether they are 10 this country or eseNhere
Wills.
Printed Forms Of Wills have prepared BY Coun
sel ot ne savings Bank 60 that any Deposi'or may
legally designate some wh1 may tste arge Of his
Money aud Pr perry and be Guardian OF hts Children
10 case of his DeAh thus much Inconvenience and E1
pense may be avoided. An Uhcer Of the Savings Bank
without any charge Tor his servees) prepares WM for
any DePositor applying.
Interest
At the rate OF SIX per cent per annum, IL paid all
ol Five Dollars more. but interest is only paid
q half year day, that il rst daY 0f Januaa
and % the nrst DAY q July, Ia each year.
Interest is Estimated
from the halfysnr day for eTeiy month that The
a1ont then deposit has been IN the Savings Bank
the interest Is called for Is credited The
est day a ns~ deposit. The Of interest =
allowed on al sums vhsther large Or smsil.
If Money is Drawn Out
between the haifyeary Interest days Interest Is only
stopped on much A. Is thus drawn out, not what
remains.
Notice
il not ordinarily required before money is drawn as
sunicient funds are kept available 10 pay Dcpoetors
when they want to USE heir money. bat the %
qulTe notice reserved for the purp0ss Of preventing
4 runs which not allowed.
Working People
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sOLIrITORS ANn ATTORNEl

! E BARNES. sur. Gen, \. wash.
n y. HuAElrX Chief Medical Department. III 3. ~,
NasHingtan.
y. W. Bliss NJ. p wasbingtcn.
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TIKI Company National w M character oirsr

WM E CHANDLER. Washington, r. c.
gpuh6E HAhnNl, Philadelphia, Pa.
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l7I"T = - Alu5b fs8Fa q EVA pAAE
We reach the happy shore
where death dsided blends at Iast
ShAll meet % pHrt more
o father, u not that . gracious saying. and
worthy Of all accsptation!''
AZ length the door opened, and in walked
William wilson
The reader need scarcely 10 be told that
the saFacious dog hsd left his master fioun.
dereds and unable 10 sxtncate himself In d
anow wreath that the same fsithfal guide
had taken The 6earehers 70 the SPOT, where
they hund Wilson just 70 The Get Of falling
into FhSp-fSom which, indeed, but for che
proyid4ntiAi sagacity Of his dog, he had
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BRANCH OFFICE, Philadel'a.
FIRST National Bank Building.
DIRECTORS
nEEIGERS.

CLARENCE IA. LARK, Philadelphia. President.
hFNhA p. CNukE, Washington, Vice President
JAY COOKE. Charnaa fiHnuce and Executive Com
mitfe~
FIERsoN ". PEEr, Phisdelphia, Secretary an Ac-
tuRry.
~ TuHNER, Washington, Assistant Secretary.
FRANCIS 2. sMiqH, NJ. D., Medical Director.
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il not ordinarily required before money is drawn as
suifcient funds kept available pay Dcpoeitors
when they want to heir money but the ReBr
qure notice Is reserved the purpos3 Of preventing
4 runs II which are not allowed,