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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-06-17
The South Sea Bubble,
An extract from a sermon of Rev. T.
DeWitt Talmage, ON stock gambling:

An extract from sermon of Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage, on stock gambling:
For the warning of young men, l shall
specify but two of the world S most gigantic
swindles-ene English and the other Amer
lean. In England, in the early part Of the
last century, reports were Calculated of the
fabulous wealth of South America. A
company was formed, with a stock of what
would be equal to thirty millions of our
dollars. The Government guaranteed to
the company the control of all the trade to
the South Sea, and the company was to
assume the entire debt of England, then
amounting to one hundred and forty mil
lions of dollars. Magnificent project! The
English nation talked and dreamed of
nothing but Peruvian gold and Mexican
silver, the national debt liquidated and
Eldorados numberless and illimtable!
When five million pounds of new stock
was offered at three hundred pounds per
share, it was all snatched up with avidty.
Thirty million dollars of the stock was SUBJ
scribed for, when there were but five mil
lions offered. South Sea went up, until in
the midsummer month the stock stood at
one thousand per cent. The whole nation
was intoxicated. Around about this
scheme, as might be expected, others just
as wild arose. A company was formed,
with ten million dollars of capital, for
importing walnut-trees from Virginia. A
company for developing a wheel to go by
perpetual motion, with capital of four
million of dollars. A company for devel-
oping new kind of soap. A company
for insuring against losses by servants, with
fifteen million dollars capital. One scheme
was entitled: ga company for carrying on
an undertaking of great advantage, but
nobody to know what it is-capital, two
million five hundred thousand dollars, in
shares of five hundred each. Further in
formation to be given in a month";"
at nine o'clock. Before night a thousand
shares had been taken, and two thousand
pounds paid in. So successful was the
days work, that that night the protector
Of the enterprise went out of the business,
and forever vanished from the public. But
it was not perfect loss. The subscribers
had their ornamented certificates of stock
to comfort them. Hunts Merchants Nag
azine, speaking of those times, says, that
"f from morning until evening, Change
Alley was filled to overlooking with one
dense mass of living beings, composed of
the most incongruous materials, and in all
things save the mad pursuit in which they
were employed, the very opposite in habits
and conditions What was the end Of
this chapter Of English enterprise? Sud-
denly the ruin came. Down went the
whole nation-members of Parliament,
tradesmen, physicians, clergymen, lawyers,
royal ladies, and poor needle women-in
one stupendous calamity. The whole earth
and all the ages, heard that bubble burst.
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Xye,rhoro, Reform school.

Mr.. J. H. Samson, of this city, who has been
connected with the reform school, several years
we believe, sends us written statement of facts
relative to outrages tolerated by the manage
ment of the institution, which, if true, deserves
the attention of those in authority. According
TO this statement, one person employed in the
reform school, in charge of one of the shops, is
accustomed to beat and otherwise maltreat the
boys in most brutal way, and that he is al
lowed TO do this without interference on the part
of the superintendent. Mr.. Samson gives the
particulars of several cases of such brutal out
rage; and if the person named is guilty of do
ing what is charged against him, he ought to
be dismissed from the institution in the most
summary manner, and then receive without
stint or mercy all the punishment the
law makes possible. We, of course,
know nothing of the facts beyond what
is written down in the statement before us,
excepting that another gentleman says to us
verbally that he has witnessed at the reform
school brutalities similar to those described.
We make this reference to the matter, because
those who make the charges say they can not
get a hearing before the trustees. They aver
that they have reported the matter to the trus-
tees and to Others in authority, but have never
been allowed an opportunity to prove the
charges as they are ready to do by strong ar
ray of witnesses. In a word, they complain
that they can not get hearing for the charges,
and that some influence contrives to get dis
missed from the institution every employee who
attempts to bring these brutalities to the atten-
zion of the authorities. 1t is certain that such
charges ought to be investigated in the most
thorough manner. If they are unfounded, let
this appear; if they are true, let the guilty
person be dealt with as he deserves.
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Few of the residents in the lower part of the
city of late years but are familiar with some of
the incidents we are now relating. They have
often seen in the twilight of summer evenings
singular apparition. Suddenly, on the ban
quote Of Music street has appeared an old man,
with long gray hair, and clad in the costume Of
half century ago. The garments were faded
and worn, but revealed richness which in ear
lier days were more fitted for a court than an
American metropolis. He was a very tall man.
although hunchback, and but for the deformi.
ty would have been of gigantic proportions In
the breadth of shoulders, the deep, powerful
chest, and long, nervous arms resided marvel
GUS strength, while the lower limbs, fashioned
in magnificent strength and beauty, arrested at
tention and commanded admiration wherever
he appeared. He spoke to no one, looked at no
one, but in silent abstraction pursued his lonely
walk far into the night Years went by and
night alter night little children paused in their
play to watch the receding figure of the lonely
man.
1t must have been forty years ago that he first
came among us. He looked middle aged then;
but as the years flew by the sturdy frame re.
mainad flexible and active, but his hair grew
gray and his face was scanned with wrinkles.
He lived in little brick building that set
back from the street. Wild vines crept over
the crumbling tiles and wreathed fantastic
shapes on the chimney tops. In the yard beau
tiful flowers bloomed all the year round, and
their rich perfume made the air censuous and
sweet. AT window shaded by a trellis work,
hid in the bloom OF roses, the old man sat OF
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afternoons and watched the suns decline, No
one else was ever seen in the h0use-no one
ever crossed the threshold; and so he lived, q
smileless, sad old man, in q lonely house.
But one day, not great while since, the
neighbors saw that the blinds in the house were
closed. The old man had not appeared on the
street for weeks, and the grass had begun to
grow from the clnks of the marble slabs at the
door, and it began to be whispered about that
the old man was dead
AT last, one day. the neighbOrs went in (they
were poo people, but kindly and true) Sure
enough he was dead. He lay pallid and stark
on pallet of straw. There was few scattered
chairs around theroom and plain table. Only
one object arrested the eye Near the body was
rich casket set in mother of pearl and gold.
Jewels flashed from the costly lid, and wreathed
in the dust of diamonds were engraved the
Lilies of France" in a coronet of gold. They
opened the box and flashed on their eyes the
Bourbon diddem. 1t was stolen the night of
August, 1880, when Charles the Tenth abdi-
Gated the throne of France in favor of the duke
of Bordeaux. Underneath it was manuscript
written in French. 1t contained only these
Words
81 am Charette, the Verdean general. Maria
of Sevoy was to have been my wife. She was
taken from me and given to the Comte d'Artos.
could have forgiven this, but he deserted me
when most needed his help and assistance.
revenged myself and procured his overthrow,
and am happy since he died in exile"
This was all. Over his life silence now draws
veil. His Maynard passions, his inward con-
fiicts, none can estimate. Lonely and sad he
persisted in exile; none could appreciate his in
iuries; let none judge too harshly of his life
N. o. Picdy1tRe
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appeared to be light, and he was sure of good
thing. When the eXpressman took the barrels
away the detective coolly walked to the express
office to secure his prize. But the driver Of the
wagon, as is sometimes the case, entered the
barrels in his book and took them to the stable,
to save unloading and loading again in the
morning.
The detective, not finding the contraband
goods at the office was quite sure of case of
fraud upon the revenue. He called up the agent
and made known his business. The agent ex-
planned and thought the missing property might
be found at the stable. Away went the detec-
tive and found the barrels at the stable. Pull
ing off his coat and rolling up his sleeves, he
proceeded to unhead barrel No. 1, and went
through itexpecting in each dive to fish out keg
OF brandy or something else as dangerous. No.
was an innocent package, ard SO were all its
fellows, as the detective found after going to the
bottom of each. They were quickly headed up,
and the official went to the watering trough to
wash off the brine. The hostler here appeared
and threatened to polish off the intruder for
spelling his horses water; and the detective
went off under the shades of evening with his
coat over his shoulder and his arms reekingwith
filth, to find some congenial spot where, unob-
served, he could wash and be clean.-Portld1d
Press
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

NEW YORK, July 26.-Cotton In moderate request !;
sales 1850 bales; middlng upands 20Ac. Four-sales
OlOO bbls state and western shade hmer and in good
demand; state SAC q $780, Ohio $3.50 a 6,a5; western
$3.50 a $685. southern $40 "a SO. Wheat Arm for prime
spring, with light offerings and good export demand
high rates of freight check bsness sales ls 600 bush
No spring S3S % lao closing strong 40; prime
white state SIS o. 1855 the latter for fancy winter red
and amber western Sl,45 q l,46 Corn a shade better
and good export and home trade demand with some
speculative demand; sales Ill 900 bush common mixed
western IS a 67Ke; good to choice do IS a SOC. Oats
a. &c better and in good demand; Ohio 66 a lie;
western 63 a 6Shc. Pork lower; new mess Sl4,25
prime Sl5o q S2. Lard lower, at 81 "a l09e Butter
dulli Ohio 10 q lsc; state Is @ Csc. Whlskey firm !;
western free SIC; Rice quiet; Carolina SIC Sugar
firm; Museovado @ l0nGi fair to good refining sS q
99tc; Coffee Arm; Rio lSh @ Ice. Spirits turpentne
weak a. size; rosln quiet at $50 for strained Petro
leum dull; crude IA q l4hc; refined 2559e. Tallow a
sac. Wool quiet and very firm; ubbed lie; pulled 58h
g 6Oc; Texas IS "a 4Sh; California spring clip 40c fall
33c
CHICAGO, July 26-Flour unsettled lower and rregu-
lar; extra spring $525 a $50. Wheat quiet; No spring
Sll44 q Lac. Corn easier and less active No 2
mixed 49S "a 49Hc. Oats in fair demand but declined
nc; No 2 40 a 40Hc. Rye active; No 2 SIN q 5SAc.
Barley in fair demand; No 2 spring 30 a coke. High
wines strong at &c Provisions dull and weaker Mess
pork at S375 "a H. Live hogs steady at S425 a $500
Receipts300O bbs -four q 600 bush wheat 253 900 bush
corn 1000 bush oats, 1000 bush rye 5000 hogs. Ship
ments3O0O bbls -four 80 900 bush wheat 900 bush
corn, 5000 bush rye, 5000 bush barley.
20c
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THE PRETTIEsT WOMAN in New York society, last
winter, was rough skinned, freeked faced lady In
Dayton, Ohio, but one year ago, She used Hagan's
Magnolia Balm upon her face and hands with such per-
sistency, that her complexion became her greatest
traction. 1t will do the same for any one 1t will
obliterate saOwness, Moth Patches, Ring Marks,
Sunburn, &c, give marbellke complexion and
perpetuate the bloom of youth for years. What the
Magnolia Balm is to the complexion Lyons celebrated
Katharon is to the hair 1t not only beauties the hair
but stimulates Its growth and prevents 1t from falling
out turning gray All Druggists keep these articles
iylO deoplm&w
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-27

For the of Bowel or Summer Complaints acts like
magic upon Dysentery, Diarrhea Cholera Morbus Collie
CTamp, Sick or Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia, DC. giving
immediate relief Free from opiate, and never produces
Costiveness. Designed for children as well as grown
persons Sold by all dealers in medicine Please give 1t
trial. Prepared only by Edward Sutton OF Providence
X. L. dSm jyl9
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A DETECTIVE IN TRoUBLE.-A fishing yes.
sci arrived at this port last week from the bay
with full fare of mackerel. In the cargo were
seven barrels which were to be forwarded TO
Boston Immediately, and an express company
was requested to send their wagon for them.
Somehow the order was not fulfilled until dusk,
detective were aroused, and the aforesaid barrels
became objects of great interest to him. He
loitered on board the vessel, made a good deal
of talk with the skipper talked about their tr;n
and in order to try his muscle amused himself
py ENDING up, some Of the full barrels that
lay on DECK somehow the suspected barrels
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do do income l0s.......S2k @182K
Union Pacific railroad stOck............ 2g%
The stock market has been dull and lower ON the
of sales and the decline been general though
not marked, and the entire list off about one half
per cent average. when the demand short
contracts encouraged seadier Tone and the decline
was checked The largest dealings have been in Lake
Shore, Ohio Northwestern, Pacific Mall, and Union
racine and operators are anxously awaiting the action
of the Lake Shore stockholders at Cleveland tomorrow
Some believe that the additional fifteen million OF stock
VIII be voted and that the question of the amount of
cash to be called up thereupon will be LEFT the
tive committee OF the board of drSctors but advees
from cleveland give II as the opinion of .eadlng
men, that If the stockholders receive any assignment
new shares they will have to pay par them Many
observers think the market will decline heavily If the
new Lake Shore stock Is distributed so as to give
substantial profit tO present bndera
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LATHST MARK E'rS.
NEW YnRR arnnr nrApRrn

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
NEW DIRK, July 26.-God opened at ll2K, sold up to
ll2H, down to ll2A and closed dull at ll2h a ll2N
rates paid for carrying were q per cent to fiat
clesrances SS042SO00 Money continues very easy at
e per Cent Exchange dull and weak at ll0A a ll0N.
Governments opened steady fell of slightly about noon
but rallied and closed duh at opening prices.
Htsd S States currency s u.s.. llSx@
Hnlted States SKIES, ISSl. coupons n6h @ll6A
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IInpOtency,

and other diseases Of the provocative organs incident to
exhausted vitality in youth and middle age, explained
and how remedied See the New Pocket Medical Ad-
wiser Price rs cents. Call send for II to No. Bull
nnch 81, B0st0n MASS. d&wtf le5
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SueGiaI Aotress.
A Perllous season.

Glorious and delightful as the summer weather u.s. its
tropical heat is trial to the vital powers Even
the strongest sometimes Frustrated by Its Effects The
common phrase applied to this condition Of the body
general debility" New, general debility arises FROM
and includes variety of ailments. The liver is more or
less affected, the bowels either constpaed or too
much relaxed the stomach but half performs the work
of digestion, the appetite Is poor and the spirits de-
pressed This what Is called general debility II ia
general dsarrangement of all the physical functions and
requires a remedy medicine that will regulate them
ALL Hostetters Stomach Bitters is specially adapted to
this purpose Its general operation not confined to
single organ If the liver is affected 1t restores its tone
1.-THE stomach is torpid IL regenerates It, If the
tremulous and weak 1t braces and reinforces them
If the mind which ever sympathizes with the body, is
gloomy and Respondent 1t relieves the difficulty, and
soon brings the whole mechanism of the body into
harmony with the laws ofhealth.
There is civilized nation in the Western Hemisphere
in which the utility of HOsetters Stomach Bters
tonic corrective, and anti bilious medicine is not known
and appreciated Throughout the tropics tits considered
both by the people and the profession, the STANDARD
specific. While 1t is medicine fer all seasons and
all climates it is especially suited to the complaints
generated by the weather, being the purest and best
vegetable stlmulant in the world
Beware of the bitters made of acrid and dangerous
materials which INSCRIPTIONS parties endeaVorinR
to oist upon the people, Their name is LEGION and
public has no guarantee that they not poisonous
Adhere TO the tried remedy, HOsteters Bitters, sold
only In glass, and never in kegs or barrels
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DIR. BIcknen's syrup,

Five Per Cent. per Annum
Allowed for Money on Call. e. A. G0ODNOW
anb dr First National Bank.
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Or. Donaidson.. .eoo MAN ST..

DIR. Decentralization Main ST.,
treats the following Diseases most successfully:
HEART, LUNG, EYE, EAR, AND SKIN.
Also, all Female Difficulties and all Blood Diseases
Electricity used when necessary.
Office Hours from A. NJ to or. NJ. d3m te2
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Bathsi Baths! Baths

W. II. JENKINS would inform his friends aud the
public generally that he is prepared give Warm and
Cold Baths every day in the week and all hours in
the day. to both ladies and gentlemen Hair Dress
ing Rooms on Foster ST. The ladies will enter from the
Ladies' Hair Dressing Rooms, above their apartments
being entirely separate. Also, Shaving Hair Cutting
Shampooing and Dyeing, done in the best manner.
iYla
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Mathews a OhamDerIaln,


PLUMBERS,
Corner Waldo and Exchange Bts., Worcester, Msss.
Bath Tubs and Boilers, Water Closets, Wash Bowls
Wash Trays, Sinks dc &c, fitted up abort notice. and
In 3 thorough manner. diff Tvs
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The Worcester Mechanics savings hank
IN CENTRAL EXCHANGE.
The Bank is open daily for the receipts of Deposits
Deposits put upon interest on the Fifteenth day Of
each month
semiAnnuAl Dividends in January and July.
HARRISON BLISS President.
Il. WOODWARD, TreAs'r
deel dawtf
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This Bank is open every business day from nine O'Clock
In the morning to Ave O'Clock in the afternoon
DEPOSITS from FIVE CENTS to ONE THOUSAND DOL
LARS received, and put upon interest on the first Of every
month.
DIVIDENDS OF INTEREST made In January and
July, and If not Withdrawn added to the principal
on the first of the following month.
Smallest sum entitled to receive interest Three Dol
lars. CLARENDON HARRIS
jy9 DIFF Treasurer
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mills, machinery establishments and factories
constantly employed in the discussion OF ques-
tons which arise in daily practice.
The value of the application of scientific
methods and principles is especially marked also
in the account which these methods take of
small influences. II is a common saying that
great accumulations are but the aggregates of
small elements. Great achievements in bust
ness, marked success in life, great works accom-
plished, are generally the results of strict atten-
ton to small things, to daily and hourly details,
small savings, and the judicious employment of
every moment of time and every scrap of mate
rial. Scientific methods give to all these small
influences their true and appropriate values, and
the small daily savings which scientific deduc-
tons demonstrate to be practicable in the en-
ployment of power and labor, and in the use of
materials, often constitute the only basis of
profit.
There are mines in Germany and England
which have been worked for hundreds of years
with success, in which the quantity of precious
metals in ton of ore is 80 small that in this
country the mines would be but temptation to
financial ruin. This successful mining does not
arise from the cheapness of labor in those coun-
tries, but from the economy and perfection of
the processes by which the metals are extracted
Thousands of tons of ores are, in fact, shipped
to Freiburg and Swansea from all quarters OF
the world, even from the interior Of our own
continent to be reduced by the careful and COM
plete methods which are practiced at those fa-
uOus CeuIIts Vi uneIdlutRlcdl INDUSTRY.
In the applications of machinery, it is OBJ
served, by every student what care is taken to
determine, by analysis and experiment, every
cause of loss of useful effect. The apparently
simple apparatus for the distribution Of steam,
in the steam engine-the valve and the mechan-
ism by which il is put in motion,-has been the
subject of more thought aud study than any
other piece of machinery, not simply because
the economy effected in single engine will re-
pay all this investigation, but on account of the
aggregate savings 10 communities which result
from the universal use of the best apparatus.
IL may seem TO many like too great refine
ment OF applied mathematics and mechanics for
an individual to spend years, or even months,
~ the minute scientific investigation Of the best
form for the water-wheel; but 1t is in this man
ner that principles and rules are discovered
which may be universally applied; and the
thousands of mills which are running to-day
share in the advantages of such Investigations.
Where economy in small matters is duly prac-
tised, there is little danger of extravaganza or
waste In larger matters, and scientific appli.
ances, scientific modes Of investigation, scientific
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DeIIclous. STRICTLY Pnre.
The World Is In Arms

L. MerrineId, Tuner of the Piano Forte. Orders
are received at WN. MEcoRNRY's, z. o. Block.
Jyl5 dS&Wtf
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-31

ABOUT Bonnets. oh, the bonnets of
my girlhood kind / wore to school ;
l really thought them pretty-I must have
been fool. And yet used to think
myself on hats jaunty miss perhaps l
was, as fashion went-5ut what was that
to this Oh, the lovely little pancake
the charming little mat it makes my
head SO level, and SO very, very fiat. Oh,
a sisters love is charming, as everybody
knows; and handsome neighbor's love
is nice that is, ! should supposed; and
the love of true lover is love that can>
not pall-but the love of new bonnet it
the dearest love of ALL