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rwAsHINGTON MARKET COMPANY

TwASHINGTCN MARKET COMPANY
The Adjourned Annual Meeting of the stoct.
ho,9eIs OF the Washington Market COMPANY will he
heId 81 the Metropolitan Bank on 18th street in the
SLN OF W ashinglsD, at twelve O'Clock noon ON
SAIUBDAf the fourteenth day of January. ISL
Ior the choice OF thirteen Directors the ensunS
year, ans = act on any other subject within ths
Warrington. D. G, January "a. I87l ja2.eoti
nEAh ELEMENTARY SINGING CLASS l.
~ 6eing organized at DR.. Osuidelds Aca!ems
M. Y. a Terms So per quarter Of ten weeLs in
sas anoe: Ihose wishing to Join will Please leave
'"o-- .eLIes Al eICe, della II
pIANo FOB sALE.-A fine toned sey 81. octave
= PiAko can be bought cheap By sppIy--
1 p =, % Deirsss street or to GEO. MA
DEDUCTION IN TEA. COFFEE ANn
III spices!
Have reduced prices on the following Gods IN
eoIrespcnd with lower tsrli rates.
TEAS reductd II cents per ID
COfFEES,'' cent.
PEpPER and AuLSPICE, redueei IL cents per II
MACE. IA go,
CLOVES, IN Cen, =.
CINNAMON. Igcen, :.
TAPI0CA.LGHcE and ORANGE PEEL
lmPORfkD BRAkDf. GIN Rim AMI
SCOTCH and IRIsH WHISTLES also will be ia
NV. BURCHELL.
.t1--N 1873: STREET.
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U PLsDGEs unsold At our last snctson al,
vii & sod q private sale At our OFIlCE, 20S
mia Avenue, AZ q slight advance over the amonn,
advanced Oh them.
deS-tf g. GOLDSTEIN 4 IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-06

IsAbELLA b. HOOKER,
JahH Secretary OF Com 'te of Arrangements
TTHE NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN As
lS ISOLATION " II give its first Of a series q.
hNe monthly Sociatles on MONDAY EVENING.
the 9th instant. At Liberty Hall. Ticket, for the
series. l, NAV De obtained OF the following com
mite ID :. Biue, %. kighth street northwest:
w l.. Hsrburs Registers Office: z. 3. Garret,os.
1884 g street northwest: c. 2. Athell. G0verument
Printin Office, And U. l.. PrOudon, War Depart
AZ
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n~hATIONAL SAVINGS BANK,
S CozsEn lSIH EJECT AND NV YolK Az.
PAYS PEB CENT. On DBPOSITS,
QGfs Hcx,s 3 70 4,
MANAGERS:
n. willard. VIM. stitch ney. Hon. Jos Casey.
Lewis Clephane. b p Brown, Geo. H Plant nj a.
Emery, A. u shepherd, w. b. Philip. noI-H
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~NOTICB TO PERSONS DESIRING TO
u9 LEAbN GERNAN-A special Course of In.
struct II German vill be Commenced At the

on JAM AIRY 10th, ISL, By ID. L. SILK 3. teacher OF
Ger an II the public schools. Terms for the
% ~ lessons, s3 Applications viii be received 1T
the College, Garner 7th and d streets, and q the
and y.
Private classes IN German and French can be
ssss. sc3-ly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
Rather Wet,

The rain must be very copious in New
London, FOR the Star of that place says
"Allowing us to be the Judge, the rail-
of the last two days would not have
been considered much of a shower by
Noah. In all probability the ancient
skipper would not have opened the UNI
brella, which he constantly carried I'M
der his arm, in anticipation of the flood
which he was informed would in the
course of time, be sent to his address
But to the people of the present day,
who know no flood, nor ark, it has
been, and continues to be, disagreeably
moist. With less than two umbrellas,
it is impossible to keep anywhere near
dry. Corner loating has suffered to an
extent hitherto unknown to the those
who faithfully follow that noble call
ing. The ducks even have been oblig-
ed to dive to the bottom of their re-
spective ponds in order to get out of
wet, and as many of the confish as
could afford it pursue their daily avoca-
tions in India rubber overcoats. But
like other storms this one will be over
one of these days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
Let i'm the Sunlight.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, in an arti-
Gle in the Christian Union, on mistakes
in our houses, specifies the s. exclusion
of sunlight as one. She says
We wish the importance of admit
ting the light of the sun, freely, as
well as building these early and late
fires, could be properly impressed upon
our housekeepers. No article of furni-
trlre should ever be brought to our
homes too good or too delicate for the
sun to see all day long. His presence
should never be excluded, except when
so bright as to be uncomfortable to the
eyes. And a walk in good, bright sun
so that the eyes are protected by
veil or parasol, when inconveniently
intense. A sun-bath is of far more
Importance in preserving a healthful
condition of the body than is gener-
ally understood. A sun-bath costs
nothing, and that is misfortune, for
people are deluded with the idea that
those things only can be good or USE
full which cost money. But remember
that pure water, fresh air, sunlight, and
homes kept free from dampness, will
secure You from many heavy bills of
the doctors, and give you health and
vigor, which no money can procure.
1t is well established fact that people
who live much in the sun are usually
stronger and more healthy than those
whose occupations deprive them of
sunlight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
4 Triumph OF Tailoring.

Tailoring has been raised into the
domain of the fine arts III Germany,
the birthplace and the home Of the
great tailor Stultz, and seat of the
clothes philosophy which Carlyle ex-
pounded in the Sartor Resartus. At
the head of the Schneiderean brother
hood there is school which is known
as the "General European Clothing
Academy and to this high authority
was referred the important matter of
the imperial robe for the Emperor
William. A foreign paper tells us that
by putting their heads together the
rector magnitcus and senatus academl-
Gus have succeeded in devising gar
ment so thoroughly learned in It's con-
ception that it will puzzle many loyal
subject who may in future days study
the embroidery with admiring eyes.
From top to bottom it is nothing but
symbols, and there is not stitch with
out some hidden meaning, which IN
deed it requires almost dictionary to
explain. Forseeing this want, the ac-
ademy has published an Interpretation
in a pamphlet. We find the heraidic
eagle, which, indeed, looks very little
like "a bird of its name, supplanted by
natural eagle signifying soaring am
bition and unmastered strength and
to make the ambition aud strength
still greater, the academy has dressed
the royal bird in the new German col
ors-black, white, red and gold The
robe has a standing collar and some
thing very like ermine epaulets to sig
Nifty the martial origin and military
character of the empire. The sleeves
are to be wide and open, to denote
"dlgnity" and freedom of action. A
marshals baton is another symbol of
militarism, and some medallions at
tached to it represent the defeat of the
hered itary foe. Finally, there is a
gold ring, signifying the siege of Paris,
and at the same time the close of the
reign of conquest and territorial ag-
grandizement, a symbol, therefore, of
peace.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
The Cause Of Whooping-Cough.

DIR. Letzerich, the pathologist, who
some time ago published his observa-
tons on fungus supposed by him to
produce diptheria, has more recently
made n series of experiments with an
other form of fungoid growth which
he believes to be the cause of the very
infectious disease, whooping- cough.
The spores found in the expectorated
mucus, causing the irritation and
coughing, were allowed to vegetate in
to larger masses, and small portions
were then introduced into young rab-
bits 10y an opening in the windpipe.
the wounds thus made soon healed,
but the animal became affected with n
violent cough. Several animals thus
diseased were killed, aud the air-pass-
ages in each were found to contain
very large quantities of similar fungus,
These observations, SO important to the
advocates Of the germ theory, have
not. as yet, been confirmed by other
investigators in the same field
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
4 Miraculous Escape.
The Springfield Republican tells TIN

The Springfield Republican tells this
story
While train on the Boston and
Albany Railroad was running at a speed
of twenty five miles an hour, the other
day, On short curve between Rich
mond and State Line, the engineer no.
ticed Il man walking on the track some
distance ahead of the train. He blew
the whistle and rang the bell, but did
not seem to attract his attention. He
then made every endeavor to stop the
train, but all to no avail. The cow
catcher struck the man and threw him in
front of the engine against the boiler,
and there lie remained until the engin-
eer stopped the locomotive, when the
" stranger" jumped off and put his
fingers to his nose as if to say, " You
didn't kill me, did yeN' The engineer
and firemen took ii for granted that the
man was dead, and their surprise when
they saw him making mp faces at them
can he imagined 1t was a miraculous
escape; not once in a thousand times
would person escape death under
similar circumstances,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
1 Tough Story.
terprise.

An Ohio traveller is telling the follow
ing story at Dayton. Her name Is
Prairie Ward. She says she has walk
ed all the way from San Francisco to
Dayton; that she is forty-nine years of
age; that her fathers name is Arm
strong; and that he was a Wyandot
half-breed. Her mother, she claims,
was daughter of Russell Bigelow,
Chaplain of the Ohio Penitentiary.
In 1926, when living near Columbus,
Ky, she was stolen by Comanche In
dams, and carried to the present Terri
tory of Nebraska, where, at the age of
thirteen, she was married to David
Ward, half-breed, by whom she be-
came the mother of eleven children.
Her husband afterward joined the rebel
army, and she stayed with the tribe.
They murdered the children, ate their
flesh, and danced in their blood. She
afterward escaped, taking the long
walk above mentioned, and is in Ohio
to find out her relations, having an
aunt living in Bellefontaine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25

. From among the old collins / Sc
lected piece of about twenty inches IN
length and eight in width-being the
section which had covered one side of
the face-putting it under my cloak,
and casting Que last, lingering look, 1
retraced my steps. When the negro
discovered the board under my cloak,
he said, 'Missus would not like to have
that taken away told him that what
I had taken away would be well pre-
served while all that is left would go
to destruction--and handing him a
piece OF money, no more was said. "
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
Something About the Dances Of the
piuteS.

A gentleman who has resided in this
State since 1852, informs us that the
late dances Of the Piutes in the neigh
borhood of this city, have all been of a
religious character He has been much
among the Piutes, and speaks their
language huentlv, has seen all their
dances, and is therefore able to give
some idea of their meaning He. says
the late dances, with the chants accom-
panying them, We're given in order that
the Great Spirit (Pah All, in their Ian
guage,) might favor them success in
hunting and fishing. In these dances
they always move solemnly from right
to left--always with and never against
the slln-asking in each song for some
special favor or blessing. Their war
dances are very different affairs. In
performing these they divide into two
parties, leaping high in the air, and, as
the two lines advance, both sides indulge
in the Widest yells and contortions of
face and limbs. They have a dance for
almost every animal found in the coun-
try, in performing which they initiate
the motions and actions of the parti-
cular animal after which the dance is
named. For instance, in performing
the ''snake-dance" they form in single
file, with their hands resting upon each
others shoulders, and move, as they
advance, in a zigzag or waving manner,
in imitation of the motion of serpent
upon the ground. = Virginia city En-
fp.glrjo1
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25

THE use of spectacles made of mica
is advocated by the eminent Dr. Kohn,
of Breslau, to protect the eyes from in
jury by solid bodies, and also,
being a very bad conductor of heat
from the mischief done to the eyes by
prolonged exposure to heat rays. The
same distinguished oculist has investi-
gated the condition of the eyes of a
number of compositors, and has made
one or two practical suggestions which
are worthy of notice. The predomi
nant affection of the eve produced is
short -sightedness, which increases with
the length of time the occupation is
continued. Out of 132 compositors
whose eyes were examined, sixty-eight
were short sighted, and of these fifty
one had begun the trade with good
eyes. The source of the artificial light
with which they worked seemed to have
some influence on the production of the
diseased state. Thus, of compositors
who worked with oil lamps. sixty-six
per cent. were short-sighted, while of
these who worked with gas, only fifty
per cent. were affected The tempera-
tine in the neighborhood Of the ewes,
when oil was used, was about seventy.
two degrees, and, when gas was en-
ployed, about seyeuty-six The higher
temperature, in the case OF gas, was,
40 doubt, owing to the employment Of
the naked flame. pg, koms sugges
tions are, that the flame always he sur
raUndejwith glass. So Is b diminish
tao heat that the sla1e be arranged
$50 as to throw the light more ON The
case the less ON the cQmposit0r's eyes;
and that small types be Abandoned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25

WITHIN few years, sulrhate of lime
has been used at the moment of fer
mentation OF wine aud cider in order
to prevent them from becoming acid.
The wine or cider thus treated soon
becomes clear and Of agreeable taste
Those who drink it, however, after q
short time complain Of pains in the
stomach, loss OF appetite, etc; this is
natural, and may Re thu, explained ;
4 certain quantity OF sulphate of lime
is dissolved hv the wine or cider, and
m aua cea b!a quantity Analysis re.
Gently made have yielded about 30 cen
tlgrammes of sulphate in a pint OF eli
der.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
A Novel Wedding.

The newspapers are often called upon
to chronicle the marriage of three
-years-and- ten to a blushlng,
sweet SIXTEEN" but seldom have an
opportunity to record the marriage of
couple whose united ages amount to
one hundred and fortyseven years. At
the residence of Mr.. Z. r. Dobbin,
"Pine Grove in the town of Water
loo, on the 18th nit, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr.. Samuel Soverhill,
of Newark, n. J. aged seventy-four
years., to Mrs. Amy Barclay, of Hills
dale, Michigan (aged seventy-three
years. The Rev William Snow, who
tied the knot which bound two loving
hearts as one,n is aged ninety years,
and otficated at the marriage of Mrs
Barclay to her first husband nearly
fifty years ago. One of the brides
maids, Mrs. c. Van Epps, has passed
her seventy-third year. The other, the
wife of the officiating clergyman, is
aged seventy-seven years. The grooms-
men We're all gray-haired, though not
so far advanced in age.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25
Out of the Old House, Nancy.
BY WILLIAM N. CARLETON.

An ,a worry ara inst a. rood - through
a an Tue hur r,en nI dnt~ re,ains for Won and T.
oni 80, ~ stand ~, The dnorstsr here and bid
the old house Qood-iy. T. ~
,,o. .,ar ,,.,ve ,,vea IN ,hese niueteen or twenty
"hA' a sn.n VIC w '''0N - ''-''
"ohuea - - ~ D'YtfIiT'' Z ~
wonder II stnck together and answered till to-day,
D., a,,ary In Al, lal loo yaa mn, IN here to STAY
ihiis 800, -. S.n ,;,, '''"' ''''s"'
And things that blossoroed Won. would have made
i ~, p a :, ,,,,,.,,, ,,i,t
.a sne soa,e ia w' ,hor as spre NJ day WOULD
~ hrask ''''' 'N' ~, T'1er. 81. IA
NvnaGabhnr Acc, come this way, inyitin' me to
- shale - 't.sFFI 10
.,,..,, e. 49,. 90 -e,obhcrs Was sometimes blue
amdIsad ~ - -. .... -. Sid.
1,or ,~I,as "a be,r and Wildcats was the nearest
for wolves i've an, ama s o,a,s anu - -
~, ,~I-in, ~ the c,earn we worked with all
but 'o ok ,a anhto % VIC -
Until Wv. vas fairly ont of the yoods and things
""' gum i'eA'
Inok nm there Mt our now house amt it thing
~ sees
rr.u and biz and handsome and new as new can be;
Ana npsr dsb to aay but what we own all our
selves
Look At our old log house-how little it now appears.
DIItt's never gone bac for nineteen or twenty
wears:
There's such thing ~ pl sisin thing for the good
II has done,
pr badly you remember how rich we was that night,
and fight.
We feel az proud ~ you please, Nancy, our
house that's new
Bnt we felt NJ proud under this old roof and good
deal prouder too.
Kitchen and parior and bedroon-we had 'em ali in
one
And the fat old wooden clock that bought when
We come West,
level best.
Loud was the squirrels chatter, and sweet the
of birds
And horne grew swceter and hrighter-our courage
began to mount
And things looked hearty and happy then, and work
appeared to count
And here one night il happened, when things was
And when YOU give out and cried, then like fool
'''' Give IN, ''
An, then we agreed TO rub all out and start the
90 thing agin'
Here il was. Won remember We sat when the day
was done
~" o"e:
And often "A anft word If love | waa soft enough to
''''' to sav.
Aud N. "a n,vos ,Xerc bo,ylin in the woods not
anu twenty rods a,,av'
Tho, o,,r ers,-horn habv- n regular little ioy.--
Thoneh fretted n little because it wasn't a bog.
WASH and smilesq '''' ''''eN'
ub, sa,tIors conc IN 600 that show halfa-dozen
wy miles
Wonder sat tbe cradle n bomely homemade thing ;
And many n night rocked il, proyidiu' you would
sing
STAY;
And So thnt cr,dle for MANY wear WAS never nut
away
uow .bcv hon, n comin', al cunnin, and fat An d
small
How they prowed twas a wonder how we found
But though the house was crowded, il empty seemed
that day
When Jennie lay by the fireplace there an moaned
her htc away
And right in there the preacher with Bible and
h mn-book stood.
"'Twixt the dead and the living and CHOPPED
And the little whitewood coffin on the table there
was set
And now as / rnb nv ewes IL seems az if | could
rben That Al of sickness II brought ON Won, Won
knnw,
Inst h, a thread you hung and Won cen Almost let
10;
Ana mere IL the spot tulnDlrt, an give the Bori
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25

Two large fires occurred at Montreal,
on Tuesday. involving loss of $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-25


4 FIRE in Bremen, Saturday night,
destroyed five warehouses.
The insurgent tribes Of Central Asia,
under the lead of Sadik, have com
menced hostilities against Russia.
The Chinese authorities are strength
ening forts and making other prepare
tlons which indicate that they anticipate
foreign war
The Japan Mail says the Chinese
customs authorities have trebled the
duties on opium, and laid q tariff on all
native goods coming from Hong Kong,
not hitherto taken.
\ JAPANESE mint, on the American
plan, ut Osaca, and the naval arsenal at
losa1sHa. have been inaupuated with
great ceremonies. \ postal system IS
being iuaugurated, commencing with
the route rom hi0to TO Ieli6,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-31
The Muscular Strength OF Insects.

The strength of an insect can be
finely illustrated by feat that was
once performed by a beetle-oryctes
maimon-a variety that isquite common
in the United States. The beetle, for
want OF any box at hand, was put be-
meath a quart bottle full OF milk upon
a table, the hollow at the bottom allow
ing him room to stand upright.
Presently, to the surprise Of all in the
room, the bottle began slowly to move
and glide along the smooth table, pro-
PEELED By the muscular power of the
imprisoned insect, and continued for
some time TO perambulate the surface.
The weight of the bottle and its contents
could not have been less than three
pounds and a half, while that of the
beetle was about half an ounce, so that
it readily moved weight one hundred
and twelve times exceeding its own. A
better notion than figures can convey
will be obtained OF this feat by sup.
posing lad Of fifteen 10 be imprisoned
under the great bell OF st Pauls, which
weighs $1,000 pounds, and to move it
to and fro upon a smooth pavement by
pushing within against the side.
We have another instance OF insect
power that is quite as remarkable as
the one just related. A small kind Of
carabus, an elegantly formed ground,bee-
tie, weighing three and half grains,
was once fastened by a silk thread 10
piece Of paper, a weight having been
previously laid upon the latter. At a
distance Of ten inches from its load, the
insect was able to drag after it, upon
an inclined plane oftwenty-fve degrees,
very nearly eighty.fve grains, but when
placed on plane of FIVE degrees incli-
nation, it drew after it one hundred and
twenty-five grains, exclusive Of the
friction 10 be overcome in moving its
load.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-31
How Cod is Taken and Cured.

Now that our cod fishery has fairly
set in, every man, woman and child al
most will be hard at work, catching,
sailing, drying and packing the cod
fish. One of our fishing villages, at
this time, presents quite lively scene.
The small boats that have been out
during the day on the fishing grounds,
usually only a mile or two from the
harbor, are seen coming home in the
evening deeply laden with fish. On
reaching the stages, which are plat
forms of poles laid close together and
nailed to strong framework supported
by posts. and shores, and jutting out
into the water, the fish are forked one
by one out OF the boat and flung on the
stage, where they are opened and the
head and entrails removed, the liver
being carefully preserved for the sake
of the oil. Then the fish passes into
the hands OF the splitter,
who dexteriously lays it open, so
that it lies perfectly fiat. Next the
"salter" takes it in hand, and after re.
naming the proper time in salt, it is
spread out on the flake" to dry and
harden in the sun. While undergoing
this part OF the process it requires con-
slant attention. On the approach OF
night, or during wet weather, 1t Is piled
in little round heaps that resemble
small haycocks, the skin OF the fish be-
ing outward so as to throw of the rain
or dew. Bark coverings are spread
over these heaps when the weather Is
very bad. When thoroughly dried and
hardened, it is taken TO the store OF the
merchant, where it is "culled," or sorted
into varieties suited for the different
markets. The different kinds are
known as "Merchantable," MADEIRA, y
West India" and Dun" or broken
fish. The first named is the best quail
itv, the second degree inferior, while
the third is considered good enough for
the negroes; the Dun" is used at
nome. lUe oOuuuS VI GA
and tongues of the cod are picked In
kegs and make an excellen; article OF
food-when fresh they are esteemed a
delicacy. The cod-liver oil is world
renowned for its medicinal qualities.
The best is made without boiling, by
applying to the livers, when quite fresh,
a moderate degree of heat, and then
filtering the oil three times in success,
SION through thin flannel or similar
texture. When carefully prepared It Is
quite pure, nearly inodorous and OF a
crystalline transparency. OF this re
fined cod-liver oil about 800 tons are
exported annually, the value here being
$40 per ton. 1t is largely adulterate1
bv mixture with inferior oils by retail
ers and sold at very high price. In
the London hospital for the treatmen,
of consumptive patients it is found ina
20 per cent. improve while taking COD
liver oil, and with q great many 'ns
good effect is permanent-LsffT 'r0"
Newfoundland.