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Il. WHITMORE.
Publisher and Proprietor
LINES TO MY DARLING ONE.

Write me very often,
Write to me very soon;
Letters to me are dearer
Than loveliest flowers in June.
They are affections touches,
Lighting of friendships lamp,
Fitting around the heart-strings
Like fire-flies in the damp.
Write to me very often, dearest;
Write in the joyous morn,
Or at the close of evening.
When all the day is gone.
Then, while the stars are beaming
Bright on the azure sky;
When through the fading forest
Cold the wild winds sigh;
Draw up the little table
Close to the ERE and write
Write to me soon in the morning.
Or write to me late at night.
Oh, write to me very often,
For letters are links that bind
Truthful hearts to each other,
Uniting mind to mind;
Giving to kindly spirits
Lasting and true delight.
five would strengthen friendship,
Never forget to write.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

llth. The greatest amount insured in any one
risk is $40, 900, except in special cases.
10Th. The amount insured in any one city,
town or village depends upon its size and
how built.
depends as above.
18th. Certified copy of the Charter of the Com
pany, as filed. heretofore.
18th. General Power ofAttorney for agents to
accept service Of process previously hled.
GEO. L. CHASE, President.
]. d. BROWNE, Secretary.
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PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY
of Hartford, Conn.,,
Made 20 the Comptroller of the state
OfTennessee, ON Jan. 1, 1871.
ASSETS AT MARKET VALUE.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, !
COMPTROLLER's OFFICE, 7
SHUTTLE .Tanuarv 1at. 1871.

STATE OF TENNEssEE,)
COMPTROLLER OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, January LIST, 1S7l.)
I. Ed. R. Pennebaker, Comptroller of the
Treasury, do hereby certify that the Phenix
Insurance Company, located at Hartford, in
the State of Connecticut, has produced TO me
satisfactory evidence that said Company has
complied with all the requirementso of the laws
Of the State of Tennessee. imposed on inslr-
ance companies; aud l further certify that III.
complied with the requirements Of the laws Of
the State, made and provided in such cases.
Wherefore, said Insurance Company has au-
thority to take riska and transact the business
of Insurance in this State, at Memphis, Ten
nessee, ED. r. PENNEBAKER,
i3S-l55 Comptroller of Tennessee.
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INSTITUTE.
Mechanics' Institute.

1ERETs AT ODD FELLOWS HALL. u
WI o'clock. Regular business meeting, first
Wednesday night Of each month. Regular
colloquial meeting. every Friday night.
NJ. BURKE, President
+. STffH. Secretary. l4-t
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 40
nnnnir of Hartford. 20.
HARTFORD, January u, Isl.

HARTFORD, January IL, 1911.
Personally appeared George L. Chase. Pres
ident. and j. b. Browne, Secretary of the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and made
oath that the foregoing statement. py them
ment of the affairs of said Company, and ex-
hibits SO far as can be ascertained at this date,
its actual condition on the Slst day OF Decem-
WI -'''' GEO. SUMNER. Notary Public.
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STATE OF TENNESSEE, J
CONPTROLLER's OFFICE,
Y Lauurrrrrp Ianuarv 1kTl

L EAR. Pennebaker, Comptroller Of the
Treasury. DO hereby certify that the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company, located at HARTFORD,
in the State Of Connecticut. has produced to
has complied with all the requirements OF the
laws OF the State Of Tennessee. imposed on in
sursnce Companies; and l further certify that
Henry A. Littleton, agent OF SAID Oompeny,
has also complied with the requirements o. the
laws OF the State, made and protided in such
eases. Wherefore, said Insurance Company
has authority to take risks and transact the
business Of Insurance ia this state, at Mem
pms ED. r. PENNEBAKER.
Iss-l50 Comptroller Of Tennessee.
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LIABILITIES.

5th. Liabilities to banks, or others
due or not tdue......,:..:..,.-......
9Th. Losses adjusted and due: .:.-....----
7th Losses either unadjusted or oo, 90
Sth. Adjusted and not due............S l62,s92 ~
9Th Losses in suspense. awaiting
further proof f.................-....
10th. All other claims against the ~
Company, unpaid dividends b2O w
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LIST. The name of the company is the HART
FORD FIRE lNsuR4NcE CohpAnf' anu Is
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statement of the Condition
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.,
On tho slst day of December, 1870;

Made to the Comptroller of the State Of Ten
nessee, in conformity with the laws OF said
State.
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It's excssdinEly larre circulation throughout
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
Phenomenon ut Niagara Falls.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Sun.

NIAGARA FALLS, August 2.-While
crossing the upper or new suspension
bridge to-day, | had occasion, while
conversing with friend, to point
toward the falls with my walking cane.
As soon as did so, heard distinctly
at the end of my cane buzzing noise,
like that made by electricity passing
from heavily charged battery to a
sharp-pointed rod Repeating the ex-
pertinent, the same noise was heard.
| stopped several passers and tried
their canes with the same result, ex-
cept in one case, where there was no
ferrule on the cane.
/ Immediately supposed that this
might be an electrical phenomenon,
and sat to work to test the correctness
of my supposition. | took key and
held it at arms length toward the
Falls, and heard the same sound. FL
nally, at dark, returned to the bridge
and pointed my cane in the air, and
had the satisfaction of seeing "A clear,
beautiful electric brush on it's end. The
best point to observe this beautiful
and interesting phenomenon is in the
middle of the bridge, and the came
must be held at arms length, SO that
its end may be at some distance from
any part of the bridge The success
of the experiment seems to depend n
good deal on the direction of the wind
and the amount Of vapor blown over
the bridge. To-day the wind IL strong,
and drives the wind directly from the
Falls to the bridge, but an occasional
shifting or lulling of the wind would
cause a cessation of the electrical noise
or light
Ny explanation Of the phenomenon
is this As Franklin with his kite and
key caught the lightning from the clouds
of heaven, so here from the Suspension
Bridge, surrounded by the mighty
falls, we may stand and gather on our
walking canes the electricity generated
by the falling waters and contained in
the floating mists. EthInk suitable ar
rangemeDts might be made to collect
enormous quantities of electricity from
these mists, which might be used in
producing grand and striking effects,
thus adding another attractive feature
to the sights at this wonderful place.
s. II. LOCKETT.
Professor Of Engineering, Louisiana
University.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
The Power OF Music An Affecting Death
Scene.
From the Oswego Times.

Much has been said aud written upon
the subject of the power of music in
the accomplishment of various ends,
and particularly uring the past week
has our attention been more fully aUll-
ed to the affects in various manners of
the noble art We have to record
another instance, at once both touching
and beautiful, occurring in our very
midst. A few weeks ago, a young man
named Ormes, residing near MInnetto,
CHANGED to wander into the West Bap-
fist Church, in this city, and
while there the choir connected
with the church sang beau
tiful hymn with such effect as to deeply
impress him with reference to his souls
salvation. He went away with the
beautiful sentiments of the hymn i'm
pressed upon him, and as he himself
soon after expressed himself, it was the
means of his conversion. A short time
ago he was taken i'll, and was conscious
that his end was near. He felt himself
as saved, and expressed II wish that the
choir might come to his residence and
"slng him away to Glory" The request
being made known, the choir, under the
leadership of Mr., Warren Gardner,
complied Immediately, and visited him
Several pieces were sung, to the delight
of the invalid listener. At last the
particular selection which had been the
means of his conversion was sung to him.
When the music had ceased, the singers
looked up for his approving smile, but
he spoke not His eyes were forever
sealed, for in the midst of the beauti-
tut strains of music the spirit of the
young man had fled and returned to
God who gave it. The scene can not
be described. Here was pand OF
singers conscious that, through the use
of the talents given them, they had led
n soul to Christ, and finally had light
ed his spirit across the dark river Of
death. Words had they none with
which to express their feelings, nor
can feeble pen do them justice. This
is not the first instance in which an
awakened sinner attributes his saliva
ton to the power Of music; but it is
rare that such a combination of circum-
stances as the above can be truthfully
recorded. Who doubts the power of the
divine art of musici
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
A Singers Sudden Inspiration.

Madame Erminio Rudersdorf, who
gained laurels ut the Boston Musical
Festival, writes from London to Henry
G.. Watson;
| much wish to give you the reason
for my reading of the phrase in Mendels
sohn's " Lobgesang, after the tenor
solo, Watchmen, will the night soon
pass z" The German text repeats the
word, "vergangen's (departed), and
would make your criticism perfectly
Just. The English translator has alter
ed the sense, and gives it tnus The
night is departing-departed" Yet
hitherto had always read the phrase,
according to it's German meaning, when
an incident which occurred to me alter
ed my conception Of the same. On my
voyage to America in the Scotia, We
had very stormy and deplorable wealth
er, and though l was perfectly well, yet,
toward the end of our run, / became
progressively weary of the constant
gales, and homesick Two evenings be-
fore our arrival at New York | WAS
leaning over the ships side, looking
YEARLY out upon the dark and troubled
waters and the low ering and angry sky,
through which the noon now and then
family and vainly tried to break, and
kept singing to myself, " Waterman,
will the night coon pass-will the night
soon passf 1t is departing l"-when,
with sudden rent, the storm tore the
clouds away from the face of the moon,
which poured its full light upon me,
and out | sung with all my power, "N
is departed I" And then suddenly the
reading of the phrase as / sung it at
Boston came upon me, the soft consol-
ing whisper, 1.-THE night is departtng,"
and the triumphant outbreak on the high
4, "departedi" proclaiming that day
and light and victory hal come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
One of the Evils Of Being Professional
Joker.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser

From the N Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Mark Twain is such an incorrigible
wag that no one knows when he is in
earnest or when he is laughing. He is
one of the queer specimens of hunani-
ty; underlying fact with fiction, and
delighting in making fiction read like
fact. When he means to be serious,
people think he is funny-and when he
means to be facetious, he is sometimes
as melancholy rs a mute at funeral.
His latest effort is a story about a re-
markable Beecher Church at Elmira--a
church which is TO have attached to it
series of supplementary buildings
designed for all purposes. There is to
be refractory also bathroom for the
poor, and carriage and horses with
which the convalescent sick are to take
the fresh air; likewise series of
parlors, regular teu-drinking, and "A
free library, and beneath the church
itself n row of stalls, in which to shell
ter horses. during the time of divine
Service. The oldest part of the pro-
gramme for this conglomerated mass
of enterprises is the manner n which
the sum has been raised-for Mark
solemnly declares that S53. 900 have al
ready been subscribed, and $4,000
more are promised. The story runs
that confidential circulars were sent
out by Thomas Beecher, requesting his
parishioners to contribute according to
their means and inclination, for four
years, or IN one sum, MS they choose
and that the response to this appeal
was instant and liberal. The appeal
was a set form, and the accompanying
subscription paper closed with these
words "Trusting the Lord to help
me- | hereby subscribe the sum as noted
above" This whole business might
be regarded AS genuine, if Mark Twain
had had nothing to do with the first
announcement Of it. But the incredu-
lous insist in regarding the story ms
one Of his best jokes, and the local
editors IN Elmira have not discovered
the wonderful things he describes Yet
the plan is not a bad one. Why
shouldn't the congregation of n church
make itself comfortable, and feed and
cure its sick--even take them out to
ride, and give them water beds TO
sleep upon If this story is true, Mr..
Beecher deserves credit for what he
has done. 1t is an invention of Marks,
the hint is good one for any enter
prising body of Christians to accept
and improve upon. In any event,
Marks description is lively reading for
n hot day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
A CALIFORNIA ORCHARD.
An illustration of the Wonderful Pro-
ductiveness OF the Pacific Coast
From the Marysville Standard.


A few days ago it was our pleasure to
ted about two miles south of Yuba
City, in Sutter county. The proprie-
tor is the owner of 426 acres mostly bo-
som land, lying along the west bank of
the river. The soil is rich, sandy loan,
and composed of the yearly deposits of
the rivers many wears ago. No better
or richer land can be found in the
State, and the orchard we shall briefly
notice promises to the pride of the
Briggs Bros, who have a state reputa-
ton as orchardists and fruit growers.
Before reaching the orchard proper
we rode through field of $50 acres Of
castor beans, growing IN the most
luxurious manner-whlch field, blythe
by, is TO give place to a new orchard
next year, the fruit trees for the same
at present growing in the nursery by
the side OF the field of castor beans,
and containing 1000 one year old
budded peach trees, 10000 plum trees,
5000 Eastern walnuts, 25, 900 California
walnuts, 200 apple trees, 800 italian
chestnut trees, etc.
Passing along through this forest of
young trees, we arrived at the present
peach orchard consisting of 600 trees,
two years old, and some Of them bear
ing this season $50 pounds of peaches.
These trees have made a remarkable
growth, owing to the rich ground upon
which they are planted, and in another
year will make tremendous yield of
fruit.
We next went into the cherry or
chard, containing three thousand of
the thrifty young trees ever seen on
any ground. The different varieties,
fifteen in number, gave this orchard Il
variety of aspect, and broke mp the
usual monotony of the steeple-like
formed cherry orchard. These cherry
trees were allimported from Rochester,
n. T., about three years ago. Off to
the south of this wonderful wilderness
are two Thousand five hundred plum
trees, of twelve varieties, and five hun
dred apple trees, mostly of winter
varieties.
Passing the peach orchard we reach
ed the apricots, two thousand two
hundred in number, which are also
two years old, and have borne IA fair
crop the present season. This orchard
presented a sad sight in one respect.
The late heavy storm had Frustrated
many OF the trees entire, while III 9th
ers the limbs had been torn off as If n
tremendous tornado had swept over the
place However, the trees were heal
thy and stout, Notwithstanding the
limitations here and there.
On returning from the orchard by
the wagon road we had entered, we WIS.,
tied Briggs Brothers steam power cas-
tor oil mill Here we found a magnifi-
cent draulic press, with eighty pounds
pressure add possessing a capacity of
COMPRISING three hundred gallons of
oil per day. The mill also contained
twenty tons of castor beans and two
thousand five hundred gallons of oil,
nicely bottled and cased and ready for
market
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
\ Big Dairy.

1t is said that the second largest dali
ry in America (the first being that of
Chas Webb Howard, of California; is
located about four miles from St Louis
There are 800 COWS in the stable,
They are attended by Swiss mixers.
The chief food used is ground corn,
mixed with malt and oat meal, cooked
by steam. The average amount of ma
terial consumed per day is about 400
bushels of malt, 5000 pounds of cut
hay, fifty bushels of corn meal, fifteen
sacks of bran and oat meal; cut hay
and bran mixed together are also fur
nished. The summer pasturage of
this mammoth dairy embraces an area
of over 1000 acres of fine rolling land
with numerous springs of cold water
The average daily yield of milk at the
present tine is 800 gallons, with eight
gallons of cream.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
Some Household HINTS,

If your t1at-lrons are rough and
smoky, lay little fine salt on fiat sur
face, and rub them well it will prevent
them from sticking to anything starch
ed, and makes them smooth.
Rub your griddle with fine salt before
you grease it, and your cake will
not stick.
When walnuts have been kept until
the meat is too much drled TO be good,
let them stand in milk and water eight
hours, and dry them, and they will be
as fresh as when new
1t is good plan to keep your different
kinds of pieces of tape, thread, &c, in
separate bags, and there is no time lost
IN looking for them,
Dat straw is the best for filling beds,
and 1t is well to change 1t as often as
once year.
Cedar chests are best to keep hannels,
for cloth moths are never found in them,
Red cedar chips are good to keep III
drawers, wardrobes, closets, trunks,
etc, to keep out moths.
When cloths have acquired an un
pleasant odor by being kept from the
air, charcoal, lald in the folds will soon
remove It,
If black dresses have been stained,
boil handful of tig-leaves IN a quart
of water, and reduce it to pint A
sponge dippedi in this liquid and rubbed
upon them, will entirely remove stains
from grapes, BON bazines, etc.
In laying up furs for the summer,
lay q talluw candle in or near them. and
danger from worms will be obviated
TO prevent metals from rusting, melt
together three parts of lard, and one OF
resin, and apply very thin coating.
1t viii preserve Russia iron stoves and
CRATES from rusting during summer,
even In damp situations. Tue effect is
equally good on brass, copper, steel,
etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
A Agricultural items.

The Agricultural Society of Breslau,
Germany, offers prize of 800 in gold
for the steam pillow apparatus which
work best al trials to be made on farms
near that city in summer.
CURRANT JELLY WITHOUT CooKINe
Press the Juice from the currants, a
strain it to every pint put pound of
fine white sugar; mix them together
until the suggar is dissolved then put
it in jars seal them and expose then
to hot sun for two or threedays.
RECIPES FOR WATER PROOF GLUE.--1.
If for out side work, mix dry powdered
white lead in ordinary glue. If for
other work, dissolve your glue in the
smallest quantity of water possible,
then thin with linseed oil 2. Take
of glue twelve parts, and of water or
skim of milk sufficient to dissolve then
add yellow resin, three parts, and when
melted, add turpentine, four parts.
Nix we'll together
Mix one and a half barrels of water
with as much honey as will cause an
egg to rise little above the water ;
then boil the mixture to one barrel
Swimming off the surface. 1t will be a
fine red or wine color, and clear; then
remove from the fire, and when cold,
put it into barrel, leaving the bung
hole open for several days, until fer
mentation be over then stop it close,
and put into a cold cellar.
HoP BEER. Take one quart of hops,
three quarts Of wheat bran, and three
quarts of molasses; boil them III three
gallons of water for an hour: strain
the mixttre; turn into pals or kegs;
when lukewarm, add half a pint of
yeast; let 1t ferment over night, and
bottle the next morning. Tie down the
corks tightly, and in two days it will be
fit to drink, and will keep 50 if rightly
corked. 1t is nearly as good as beer
made with malt
A STANDING antidote for poison by
dew, poison oak, ivy, etc, Is to take a
handful Of quick lime, dissolve in wa
er, let 1T stand half an hour then paint
the poisoned parts with it. Three or
four applications of it Will never fail to
cure the mo aggravated case. Poison
from bees, hornets, spider bites, etc,
are instantly arrested by the application
of equal parts of common salt and
/ bicarbonate of soda, well rubbed in
on the place bit or stung.
/ TO REMOVE WARTS. Dissolve an
ounce Of white vitriol in five table
spoonsful of water, put into a vial, and
rub the warts three or four times a day
and oftener If convenient. In two
weeks they will be gone, without pain
orscar. Other remedies are to moisten
the tops Of the warts once day with
creosote: or burn piece Of linen or
cotton on any piece Of steel and rub the
moisture left by the burning on the
warts, repeating the operation three or
four times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
An Angel in the House.

How sweet it We're, If without feeble fright,
or dying of the dreadful beauteous sight,
An anger came to us, and we could bear
10 see MIN issue frem the silent air
Az evening IN our room, and bend on ours
hls DIVINE eyes, and bring from his bowers
news OF Gear friends, and children who have never
Been dead indeed-as We shall know forever
Alas we think not what we daily see
ABOUT our hearths-angels that are to be-
Or may be f they will. and We prepare
!heir souls and ours to meet in happy air
child friend, a wife whose soft heart sings
In unison with ours, breeding its future wings.
.e. Leigh Hunt.