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GAME AND Fis n.
INSURA
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance AssO citation
mi1 OF MEMPHIS. TENN.
OFFICE. NO. o UNION STREET.

First Question-How much per annum will
it cost a man Of thirty'hye TO insure his NE II
the old mode2
Second Question-How much will II cost II
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association o.
Answer-About ssl 90, payable at intervals
Third Question-Why this difference for the
same riskf
Answer-1st. Because by this plan the Asso-
citation only calls for enough IN initiation nice ices
ing expenses), and the 81 at death to pay losses.
I'd. If there are no deaths. no tax.
Fourth Question-How can you afford TO in
sure so much less than the old mode.
Answer-Because we do not charge enough
in advance TO pay you one-half back in divl-
dends out Of your own money paid in premiums
Fifth Question-Isa policy of insurance upon
the Mutual plan the same IN all respects, save
Answer-After the Association has issued
$500 policies, and is kept TO that standard in
numbers, there Is no difference. except that
you are taxed only at the death of a member (;
while in the old mode you are taxed whether
losses OF not. and that in advance.
Sixth Question-Will policy holder in this
Association receive dividendf
AnsWer-Yes; from all accumulation Wtuch
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus interest
Seventh Question-How are your funds IN
vested2 n.-.L
Committee, on unincumbered real estate. val
ued at twice the amount Of the investment. or
undoubted city acceptance.
Eighth Question-Does the Association pay
TO the heirs Of the policy-holder two dollars for
each enrolled member who has heretofore paid
all assessments, should any member fail to
pay on last assessmentp
Answer-Yes; as the Association holds in its
permanent fund, paid in by initiation fee, an
amount in excess Of any amount II will be az
one time called upon to pay on the death OF a
We insure from Is to 50 years. SIT
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when at dawn of the succeeding day the
Pennsylvania, the Democratic organ,
then under my direction, appeared with
"Mr. Webster's Great Speech on the
Tariff. II had taken his old speech on
free trade, delivered in 1924, when he
was q member of the House, and con-
yerted it into supplement, Of which
many thousands were printed and sold
before the joke was discovered. The
Democrats we're delighted-the Wings
furious, especially Mr.. Greeley, of the
Tribune, who had come over to hear Mr..
Webster, and who bought several copies
of the old speech, thinking it the new
one. u
But Mr.. Webster enjoyed it hugely,
and when his friend, George Ashmun,
handed him my Extra, he laughed heart.
lily and said, | think Forney has printed
a much better speech than the one !
made last night. Was not that genu-
inc manliness? The other incident hap
pened after his defeat for the Wing nom
nation for President in 1852. | was
then Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives of the United States, and one OF
the editors of the Washington Union,
published by that fine specimen of man
hood, General Robert Armstrong, often
nessee. Everybody knew that Mr.. Web
ster keenly felt his rejection by the
party he had so honored and served.
The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to
make him the candidate in the Baltimore
Wing National Convention, though inef-
fectnal to prevent the foreordained Sc
lection Of the brave but vainglorious
Scott, had gone to the hearts of the peo-
pie, adding not only to the grief of Mr..
Websters friends, but as the result
proved, to the forces of the Democrats,
who were largely assisted by their old OPP
ponents in the ensuing election which
made Franklin Pierce President.
Indifferent to or ignorant of the fact,
large concourse of the Wings of WASH
ington City concluded to serenade Mr.
Webster at his residence on Louisiana
avenue. / followed the procession. 1t
was an exquisite moonlight summer
evening. The crowd was dense, the mu-
sic delicious, the cheers inspiring. A
long time elapsed before the statesman
appeared, and when he did he looked
ike announcer OOrlOldHuS. hODcu III MS
dressing gown, he spoke few minutes,
hut in manner l shall never forget,
His voice. always clear and sonorous,
rolled with deeper volume over the
crowd. There was no bitterness, but an
inexpressible sadness in his words, and
when he bade them good night, and said
he should sleep well and rise with the
lark at the purpling of the dawn-drop-
ping no syllable in favor of General
Scott-the serenaders retired as if they
had heard funeral sermon. / walked
to my editorial den and wrote a leader
on the scene, so full of the emptiness Of
human ambition, and the ingratitude of
political parties. The following verse
from Byron closed the article:
As the struck eagle stretched upon tho
plain, ia
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart,
And winged the shaft that quiyered in his
heart,
Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel
He nursed the pinion which impelfd the
steeli
While the same plumage that had warmed
Drank the last life-blood of his bleeding
hraaQt
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THE MYSTIC CLOCK.

n
There is little mystic clock. AlV
No human eye hath seen,
That beateth on; and beateth on,
I From morning until cen. b
And when the soul is wrs pped in sleep,
And heareth not sounls
1t ticks, ard ticks the living night,
And never runneth down. E...-...r 81.
Oh, wondrous Is that work of art
Which knells tho passing hour;
But art ne'er found, nor mind conceived,
The life-clock's magic power.
Not set in gold, nor decked with gems,
BY wealth or pride possessed;
But rich or poor. or high or low,
Each bears il in his breast.
When life's deep stream, mid beds OF flowers
All still and softly glides.
Like wavelet's step, with gentle beat,
1t warns of passing tides.
When threat ming darkness gathers Ger.
And hopes bright visions fee,u,
Like the sullen stroke Of the mutfied oar
1t beateth heavily.
When passion nerves the warriors arm
Fer deeds of hate and wrong,
Though needed not the fearful sound,
The knell is deep and strong.
When eyes to eyes are gazing soft,
And tender words are spoken,
Then fast and wild IL rattles on
As if with love t were broken.
Such is the clock that mees1lres t1e--
OF flesh and spirit blended
And thus twill run within the breast,
Till this strange life Is ended.
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The Residence of Mr.. stewart, the
Millionaire, i'm New York.
New York Cor. of Washington Patriot.l

New York Cor. of Washington Patriot.l
Cold as a snow-bank in December
rises Stewards marble palace at the cor
ner of Thirty-fourth street and Fifth
avenue. Fronting on Thirty-fourth
street, the main entrance is reached by
fight of eighteen marble steps, the
portico supported by six Corinthian
columns. The architecture of the build
ing is Corinthian. The windows on
Thirty-fourth street number twenty
three; those on Fifth avenue nine. The
size of these is in proportion to the
hight of the different stories, and each
contains single pane of French plate
glass. Those on the first or'parlor floor
have pretty little balconies. The house
is three stories high, not including a
fine basement and vaulted roof The
white marble stairway is in the center
of the building, and leads to the upper
part of the house. The floors of three
stories are of Italian marble. The first
contains the breakfast-room, with panels
of yellow and gold, brought out by the
scarlet bordering.
On the right of the entrance is the
reception-room, frescoed in blue and
gold. This leads into the grand saloon
on the east, which has handsome win
dows on Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth
street Fror: the grand saloon we enter
Mr.. Stewards billiard-room, in green
and gold and through this walk into
he picture gallery, containing fine
collection of works of native and for
eign artists. On the north side are
placed paintings by Americans, and to
the other sections belong pictures
brought from abroad. Above all are
heads of French and Americans who
are distinguished in the works OF art,
and we here recognize Rosa Bonheur,
Laroche, Meissonier, Church, Bierstadt,
Clifford and Huntington. The Horse
fair, - by Rosa Ronheur, and cattle
piece by her brother, occupy spaces at
either end of the gallery. Churchs $
magnificent picture of Niagara, and
Bierstadt's Rocky Mountain Scenes,
also have places assigned.
On the second floor, several beautiful
rooms form Mrs. Stewards suite; these
are ornamented with rich dark woods
The room on this floor Immediately
above the grand saloon is the guest
chamber; the billiard room, opening
from this, is frescoed in blue and gold
The rooms above these are said to be
designed for distinguished guests.
In this suite we find no marble, but
here everything is simple and elegant;
attached is a billiard-room, also espe-
cially intended for the guests. The
wine-room is near this suite.
The servants apartments in the upper
stories are convenient and comfortable,
and, in the basement, the kitchen, laun-
dry, attic room, and, in fact, every Granny
and square inch are perfectly finished.
But even surrounded by all this gran
deur, those accustomed to. the dainty re-
6nement of smaller home, where the
individuality of each member is not only
seen but felt, realize the lack which gold
can never supply.
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Saturday, February IS, 1871,
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

T. j. Brettan Rafore g. A.
VS.. fMnore II p
J.N. .Hardaway & S. II. ForbesJ inoOie' - :.
TTACHMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
n by me in the above cause. on the ground
that the defendants are non-residents Of the
State, SO that the ordinary process OF law can
been returned by the proper officer. levied,
ETC., the defendants win take notice that this
cause is set for trial Monday, February 9th,
1871, at 10 o'clock a. M. before me, JUS
office in the city of Memphis, when and where
the defendants can appear and defend said
suit. or the same will be proceeded with
ex parte; and it is further ordered that this
notice be published once week for four con-
seeutiye weeks in the Public Ledger, q news
paper published in the city Of Memphis;
S. A. MOORE, j. P.
Logwood & Micou, Attorneys.
January q, 1871. lZS-l3i- -l4O-l46
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A Boston lady, who has been there, &"
saws that. in view of the awkwardness
with which men aid a lady in rising
from the sidewalk, she would much
rather remain in that position than have
such assistance. The gallants must not
be so gingerly, but take hold with both
arms, lift neatly and firmly, and not dis
engage themselves too soon,
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Attachment Notice.
]. Il. Robertson

VS.,
]. B. Russell, alias R. S. HEWITT
A TIA ACHMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUEp,
A by me in the above cause, on the ground
that the defendant is non-resldent OF the
been returned by the proper officer, levied
etc. the defendant will take notice that this
cause is set for trial on Monday, the 9Th
day of March next. before me, JUS
tice of the Peace for Shelby county, at my
Office in the city of Memphis. when and where
the defendants can appear and defend sad
suit, or the same will be proceeded with
ex parte; and it is further ordered that TINS
secutive weeks in the Public Ledger, a news
paper published in the city of Memphis.
In testimony whereof j have hereunto set
my hand and seal, February 9Th. 1911.
i36-l42-l4S-15il p. M. WINTERS, J.P.
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BOOK BIhDERY.
.------------------------
Franklin Book Bindery,
-AND -
BLANK BOOK MANDATORY.
No. Is West Court Street, Memphis
sc. TOOF, Proprietor.

nLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING. AND
ID bindirs Of every description. executed IN
a very superior manner, and warranted %
give entire satisfaction. -.
eE-N nv Blank Book paperemhraces BE nrsl
mills IN America; my stock consists OF tns
fre1f In the entire market. and prices 70 con
peie with any house In Memphis. farufs ~ ~
ordering elsewhere. ASl
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Daniel Mcfarland I'm an Insane
Asylum.

From the Indianapolis Journal, Jan. S0.l
On Friday last, during the call of the
docket in the Morgan County Common
Pleas Court, at Martinsville, Mr.. McNutt,
the attorney for Daniel E. Mcfarland,
stated that he had recently received in
formation that his client was at the pres
ent time an inmate Of an insane asylum
in New York, and asked for leave to
withdraw the motion for a new trial in
the case Of Mcfarland against McFar-
land. This was granted; and thus ends
the history Of this celebrated case, so far
as the courts Of Indiana are concerned.
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A Chicago man left 81 to each Of his
two daughters, and the rest Of his prop
erty to his wife, but authorized his wife
to sell the entire estate if otherwise she
could not raise the 81 to pay the bequests
to the two daughters.
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A HAPPY RESTORATION.

The meeting between the loving pair
may, to use hard-worked reportial ex-
preston, be better imagined than de-
scribed; but there is no doubt that that
bridegroom mentally resolved that if he
left that train, or any other during his
bridal tour, for any purpose whatever,
his wife should accompany him.
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STATE or CoNNEcTIcUT,
County Of Hartford, }


HARTFORD. January IL, 1871
Personally appeared George L. Chase, Pres
ident. and j. d. Browne, Secretary or the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, ana made
oath that the foregoing statement, by them
subscribed, Is a true. full and correct state
ment of the affairs of said Company ana ex-
hibts, so far as can be ascertnined at this date
IT, actual condition on the 3lst day OF Deeem-
"e'' low GEO. SUMNER. Notary Public.
STATE OF TENNESSEE
COMPTROLLER OFFICE.
NASHVILLE, January !. lSIl.J
Ed, r. Pennebaker, ComptrQlier Of the
Treasury, do hereby certify that the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company, located at Hartford
in The State Of Connecticut, has produced 70
me satisfactory evidence that said Company
has complied with all the requirements Of the
laws Of The State Of Tennessee. imposed on in
sarance Companies; and l further certify that
Henry A. LittletOn, agent Of said Company
has also complied with the requirements OF inc
laws OF the State, made and provided in such
eases. Wherefore, said Insurance Company
has authority to take risks and transact the
business Of Insurance in this state at Mem
P"'9' FD. R. PENNEBAKER,
Iss-l5Ol ComptrolIer Of Iennessee:
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MISCELLANEOUS.

1lth. The greatest amount insured in any one
risk is 81, 900, except IN special cases.
10Th. The amount insured in any one city,
town or village depends upon its size and
how built.
qsth. The amount insured in any one block
lAthl Certi6ed copy of the Charter Of the Com
many, as fled. heretofore.
18th. General Power of Attorney for agents q
accept service of process Previously filed
GEO. /. CHASE, President.
j. ID. BROWNE. Secretary.
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THE PURSUIT.

Many precious moments had been lost
in the negotiation with the superintend-
ent and in the preparation Of the loco
motive, and it was not until after a run
at full speed for thirty minutes that the
anxious eyes Of the husband we're blessed
with the sight of the pursued train, com
ing up with it when it stopped at the
Railway station.
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Hartford Fire Insurance Co.,
On the slst day of December, 1870

Made to the Comptroller Of the State OF Ten;
nessee. in conformity with the laws OF saiu
State.
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ALOYE CHASE.
A Bride Abducted by a Railroad
Train = A Hot Pursuit. with a
Happy Result.

Brtue ADOucteO Dy hhilrOau
Train A Hot Pursuit with n
Happy Result.
From the New York Worldl
Stories of runaway wives are Of fire.
quent occurrence, but it is seldom that
such desertions occur on a wedding day.
Yet such an event actually took place
yesterday over in New Jersey A fond
couple were regularly married, and after
duly receiving the congratulations of
their friends, stepped into a carriage and
were driven to the depot of the New
Jersey railroad at Jersey City, intending
from there to set out upon their bridal
tour. Carefully and tenderly the happy
bridegroom escorted his blushing bride
to a palace car, and then stepped back
to the depot for a moment.
REMARKABLE ABDUCTION.
When he returned, to his consterna-
ton he found that the train had started,
bearing with it his bride, who was thus
compulsorily flying from him at the
rate of thirty miles an hour Deter
mined, however, not to be separated
from her who had SO recently been joined
to him for life, he rushed to the Office of
the superintendent crying, not Ny
kingdom for horse, but One hundred
dollars for your fastest locomotive. "
The superintendent, more moved by the
hapless plight of the bridegroom than by
the pecuniary offer, ordered the iron
steed brought forth, and the husband
mounted it in company with an engi-
neer and fireman, and swift as the wind
the locomotive sped out ofthe depot and
flew along after the preceding train.
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INSURANCE.

statement of the Condition
OF THE
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LIABILITIES.

5th. Liabilities to banks, or others
due OF not due. .........,..-
9Th. Losses adjusted and due.,,..-----
9TH, Losses either unadjusted or -. 80, 40
sth. Adjusted and not due....:,,.....S l6z,sSz -
9th. Losses in suspense, awaiting
further proof ............. .....-..:-..
10th. All other claims against the %
Company, unpaid dividends 62O W
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lat. The name of the company is the HART
FORD FIRE Insurance COMPANY, and IS
located nj Hartford. Connecticut.
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located at Hartford. Connecticut.
CAPITAL. 4'5
ID. The amount of capital stock. 90 ooo on
SAfSoN'NON "
Sd. The I.id p%0gnt 1U Of capital STOCK 900 90
4th. ASSETS ~.
Cash on hand end in bank"..4...-s 42,SIS ~
Cash in hands of agents and IN .o
course of transmission......"; loo, oO
Bills Receivable for loans, secured
by personal and collateral Sc ,,- oos 70
ReaI EstSts unencum bered ...... S44,1S5 O8
Rents and interest accrued, pay a.
able January fst, ISL; ;-..;...... Ei,zbi ~
Stocks and bonds as per schedHle - -.
fled in Auditors office.......,~s ,6Os,TIo 80
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-04-20

The Coattaraueus IN. y Union has this
to say concerning once prominent man in
that place, his downfall and the cause of it
"WHIsKEY HAS USED HIM Up There
is scarcely community or neighborhood from
Maine TO Oregon where this saying is not
used almost every day in the year, and alto
gether too truly. A subject of this kind is to
be found in almost every town. The mer-
chant has failed and whiskey has done it..
The lawyer with brilliant talent and large
business has fallen below the range of respec-
tability and confidence; whisky was the cause.
The politician with bright prospects before
him has played out and the account is charg-
ed to whisky. The judge of talent, age and
responsibility, is the subject of private and
neighborhood talk His enemies point with
derison, and his friends hang their heads in
shame, and whisky has done it, That kind
hearted neighbor and hard working man has
become pest in society and trouble to his
family. Whisky has beat him Whisky will
beat any man living, and that is just what it
wss made for.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-04-20
Louis Napoleon,

The ex-Emperor Louis Napoleon has been
received with many courtesics in England. to
which he returns as powerless as when he
| lett It, about twenty-three years ago. to launch
| bark upon the troubled waters which follow,
ed the oyertl row of Louis Philippe His
| life has been replete with vicissitudes and
contrasts. His childhood was passed in the
| >plendor of the first imperial court then he
| was an exile, driven from country to coun-
| try; then an italian insurrectionist; next
| he made himself ridiculous by his Ouixotic
enterprises at Strasbourg, and subsequently
| at Boulogne, both having in view the throne
of France; afterwards he was prisoner at
Ham, and thence escaped to England, where
he passed his time in literary labors, until a
nan of middle age he went to France. in
1913, to become the ruler of that country and
he most renowned monarch of Europe Du-
| ring his reign. in 1855, Napoleon and Eu-
genie visited Queen Victoria in her own do.
mnions Both the court and the people
| received him with enthusiasm. The palaces
Of Victoria blazea with festivities In honor
Of the lmp erial guests. The London Times
of that date said They were the associa-
tiens connected with Napoleon III the re.
| licmbrance Of his deeds and the knowledge
OF his 1orth-whicA pressed along his pro-
gress the millions who this week have given
to the world an imperishable testimony of
their appreciation, their amply-founded APP
probation, of fortitude in troubles, energy in
action, courage amidst dangers, and clemency
amidst triumphs. They honored the isdom
and probity which occupied mighty throne.
and honored the thousand princey qualities
which had won it; they honored the great
man who had retrieved the prosperity and
the power of France; they honored the good
| sovereign whose chief care is the welfare of
his people, who has opened up for France
| new career OF unprecedented success
w hat change in the position of the EN-
| peror since that time ! It is to the credit.
however, of Englishmen, that "fallen great
| ness" has been received at least with respect.
Whatever may be the merits or dement's of
Napoleon IN other respects, it is undeniable
that the sentiments of esteem and sympathy
for the English people which he expressed
when trst an exile in their country, we're
| carried with him to the French throne. and
that he was a true ally of England Moth
| ing would have been easier than for Louis
Napoleon to have encouraged the ancient pas
SION OF France TO ayenge Waterloo, but he
had the intelligence and irmness to shape
the policy of the nation towards its former
adversary in conformity with what he con-
celved to be Its best interests, as we'll as those
Of general civilization If anywhere the
fallen Emperor should receive a hospitable
refuge, it is in England