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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

This IS Mr. Ralph's room, Is it 7" said
Martha, with her hands in her rufiicd
pockets, as she stood regarding the apart.
ment that had just been opened to be
busted and aired.
Yes this is my ncphew's roc m," said
the old lady. He comes out once in ,
while, and always keep it ready for him
I've no family of my own, you see, ant
Ralph seems very near TO me-"
Dear me !" said Martha, what a lo
Of photographs over the mantle "
Miss Rachel nodded.
That middle one--it looks little bi
like you, Martha, | declare"
Does it 2' lisped Martha nnocently
as,she looked into her own smiling, sauc,
eyes, under a fringe of crepe hair
:" It's my nephew's sweetheart" wen
on the earrulous old lady" the gal h,
loves the bast in all the world"
4" Are they engaged 2" Martha asked
the tell tale roses dying her cheek as sh'
gently spoke,
"Well no, not exactly. ! guess She
rather pretty, but She's got nothing of he
own, you see end there's Almira Playtai
the one on the left hand edge of th,
chimney"
The one with the twisted nose ?
roguishly asked Martha.
Her nose NAV be little to one side.
severely demonstrated Miss Rachel "bu
hands oue is that handsome does, ant
Almira has thirty thousand dollars in th,
bank
Ny y cried Martha, opening her eyes
wide. :. Thirty thousand dollars, ma'am
l should think Mr.. Ralph would marry h>l
at once"
4" So he ought" SAID Miss Rachel, rub
bing her spectacle glasses vehemcntly
Shed have him in minute-so all the
nclghbors say. But he's just possessed il
love with that little Pcronel girl lle'c
rather work for crust day, with her tc
share it, he says, than to marry Elmira
Playillr with all her money"
"rhat is noble OF him." cried Martha
with sparkling ewes. 81 respect blm lor
it. II mean should respect him for il
if"
" "Well, | don't see what it is to you one
way or the Other tartly broke in Mis-
Rachel. "Just give the room . good dust
ing, that's all ask of you. for as like a
not Ralph will be here tonight,
Tonight" cried Martha, aghast.
Yes, tonight Why shouldn't he!'
That was just what the little serving
damscl could not answer,
81 must go away this very eveli.9
she thought to herself as she polished away
at the claw-iooted old mahogany table
" Because if he should come and find Inc
here-Oh, good gracious
She dropped her duster in dismay, for
there stood Ralph Penryn before her, with
all his six feet OF altitude, his brown eyes
twmkling mischlevCusly beneath their
long lashes.
Patty" he cried, dis this the story of
Cinderella and the Little Glass Slippcr"
"No," she answered, coloring like a
whole garden OF roses It's the story OF
naughty little girl who could not be sat
isiicd without finding out whether"
Whether Ralph Penrhyn really loved
her or not" he finished the hesitatng sen.
tence. "Well. what do you think2"
The question was what Aunt Rachel
thought some ten minutes later, when she
came in, and found her nephew and Mar
tba the housemaid whispering behind the
muslin curtains. / know what | should
have thcught-that wedding was very
imminent.
SO it was; and Aunt Rachel consoled
herself that after all, ten thousand dollar;
was a very snug little fortune.-Ledger.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
A Nation Of PIgmics.

To the south OF KaiIa and Susa, there
is very sultry and humid country,
with many bamboo woods, iRhabited by
the race called Dakos, wh' are no bigger
than boys ton years old, that is, only
four feet high. They have dark, olive
colored completion, and live in COM
pletely savage state, like tho beasts,
having neither houses, temples, nor
holy trees, like tho Gallas, yet posses
sing something Of an idea of higher
being called Yer, to whom, in moments
of wretchedness and anxiety, they pray
not in an erect position, but reversed,
with the head on the ground, and the
feet supported upright against tree
or stone. In prayer. they say:
oyer, il thou really dost exist, why
dost thou allow us to be slain? We do
not ask thee for food aud clothing, for
we live on serpents, ants and mice,
Thou has made us. Why dost thou
permit us to be trodden under foot?"
The Dakos have no chief, no laws, nc
weapons; they do not hunt, nor till the
ground, but live solely on fruits, roots,
mice, serpents, ants, honey, and the
like, climbing the trees and gathering
the fruit like monkeys; and both sexes
go completely naked. They do not
marty, bat live indiscriminative lives OF
animals, multiplying very rapidly, and
with very little parental instinct; the
mother nurses her child for short time
only, accustomIng it to eat ants and ser
pents rs soon as possible; and when it
can help itself, it wanders away where
it will, and the mother thinks no more
about it. They have thick, protruding
lips, fiat noses, and small eyes; the hair
is not woolly, and is worn by the women
over the shoulders. The nails on the
hands and feet are allowed to grow long,
like the talons of vuliures, and are used
in digging for ants and in tearing to
pieces the serpents, which they devour
raw, for they are unacquainted with fire.
The spine of the snake is the only olna-
ment worn around the neck, Dut they
pierce the ears with a sharp-pointed
piece of wood.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

HIS NAME. - The Overland Mmhty
gives little anecdote of Prince William,
one of the highest chiefs in he Ha-
waiian kingdom, who is quick witted,
and as ready at repartee in English as in
his native tongue. A few years ago the
somewhat pompous and patronizing
French minister at a royal reception
turned toward Prince William and, hav-
ing for the moment forgotten his name,
vet wishing officially to recognize him,
said. And your name is-?" pausing
for a reply. At once the prince who
did not care to be patronized-threw
himself into a theatrical attitude, and
with capital rendering of this apt quo
tation, replied, my name is Norval.
On the Grampian hills my father feeds
his flock frugal swain" Nobody
could more thoroughly enjoy than did
he the confusion of the courtly French
man, who knew too little of English
literature to comprehend the force of
the extract which go much amused the
by.standerS.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
SINGULAR CRIME.-A most extraordi-

SINGULAR CRIME.-A most extraordi-
nary use of advertising as a means for the
promotion of crime was recently revealed
in the criminal courts of Australia. Two
young men named Nichols and Lester,
both from England and both persons OF
some education, after pursuing criminal
lives for several years with varying sue
cess, hit upon the idea of using the ad-
vertising columns of the newspapers to
assist them in their desigus. Nichols
began the business by advertising in the
Sydney journals for companion to a
lady in the country. Numerous appll-
cants presented themselves, but only
those were selected who were well pro-
vided with luggage. These were en-
paced and sent one after the other into
the bush, where they were robbed of all
they had While serving term IN
prison for these robberies Nichols be-
came acquainted with Lester, who was
serving a term for forgery, and when
the two were discharged they concluded
to uAite their interests aud try then
fortune together. By advertising they
got hold OF young man who had some
money. took him down to the river
Paramatta and murdered him, having
first drugged him with laudanum. En-
couraged by their success in this in
stance, few days afterward they cap
tured and murdered another victim, anC
might have proceeded with their worl
indefinitely if their last crime had moi
been discovered. The facts in both o
these cases were brought out on the tria
of the culprits, who were convicted ant
promptly hanged In Sydney, the cit,
which they had made the center of thei
operations.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
BRADFORD PUBLISHING COMFY
RATES OF ADvERTIsINu,
Song Of Autumn.

The sunbeams fall In golden shower
Over the yellowing grain;
The fruit, overrpc, drops hour by hour,
And tho asters are here again.
A pensivc hush broods like charm
Over meadow and sea-
A pause IN Natures choral psalm,
An unutterod melody.
But where are the folds OF emerald green,
With clover and white-weed set,
With the scarlet lily's dazzling sheen,
Aud reaches of violet?
The thistlcs have given up the ghost,
Aud tho naples have turned to gold,
And iho summers eloquent story, at most,
Is but n tale that is told.
The rose to the wind has given her breath,
The bird has. .bequeathod his lay;
And have given my heart till death,
And after the Judgment-day
Then what care though the fields bo brown
And the violets ewes be hidf-
Summer for me has woven crown
To wear and be comfortcd!
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
A AD1rrERENcE,-A man down in Main

ADIFFERENCE.-Am man down in Maine
who recently got intoxicated and COM
mitted some misdemeanor, for which he
was imprisoned, is determined to de-
fe,d himself in future against the risk OF
such disgrace. He accordingly pub
fishes in an Augusta paper this card:
Whoever sells or offers to sell to me
any intoxicating liquors OF whatever
nature, or whoever sells any in my pre-
sence, will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law.-Summer s. Brick. "
He appears to End it easier to defend
himself against others than against him.
ssli,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

HEBREws.-TLe Je,cish Messenger says
there sre ''nothingarians" in the Jewish
as there are in other religious communi-
ties, and they include bankers and law
yers and such like who will not close
their business places on the Sabbath or
holidays. The Messenger thinks that
there are not less than eighty thousand
Jews in New York because the New
Year holidays found upwards of thirty
synagogues crowded to excess, and there
were at least twenty temporary shrlnes
opened for the solemn season, all full to
renletion. In the eastern section OF the
CITY. from Fourteenth to SEVENTEEN
street, there we're ten mfhor halls ftted
up as synagogues and all were .i. iuil. .am Inc
porary fanes seldom visit the synagogue
throughout the year; but the solemn
period has its effect even on them, and
] they assemble In public worship.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

CHEAP LIVING. - The cheapness of
living in France is due rot alone TO the
price of articles, but to the simple aud
unosten.atous manners of the people.
A writer in Fraser's Magazines gays that
however small or reduced the income of
gentle family in France. their social
position is not in the least affected by
their circumstances ; and that the gen.
eral diffusion Of wealth shown by the
French loan is owing to the economical
living and the thriftiness of the W nen,
who generally participate in the busi-
ness of earning livelihood. And then,
when the children marry, they continue
to live under the pateinal roof, as before,
in one family, thus reducing the expen
ses, and holding the families in a sort Of
communism until both parents are dead.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25


TIE FISHERMAN AND THE SEA SwAL-
Low.-An interesting association exists
between the sea swallows and the fisher
men of Lake Palageri in Lapland. In the
centre of this lake is an island on which
the fishermen build their huts in summer.
At early dawn the sea swallows gather
round these huts, and their cries admon-
ish the occupants that it is time to begin
the days work. The boats are hardly
loosened from their moorngs when the
birds start ont to find spot where the
fish are abundant. The boatmen are gov
erned entirely by the movements of the
swallows. When the birds stop and re-
double their cries, the fishermen know
they have found spot where they Will
be repaid for their labor. They hasten
forward, cast their nets. and soon have
the satisfaction of finding them well filled.
In accordance with the old maxim that
the laborer is worthy of his hire, the
swallows receive their share of the booty.
Every fish that the fishermen throw up in
the air is gracefully caught by the birds;
and, indeed, they are SO tame that they
sometimes come into the boats and help
themselves out of the nets. If one spot
becomes non -productN the birds lead
the way to another. )ward evening
men and birds return to the island, and
the birds hasten to clear the boats of the
share left behind for them by the fisher
men.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

BADLY OFF.-A Western editor relates
that he once stopped at a restaurant in
Washington, and, noticing that the
waiter was uncoElmonly sober, asked him
il he was sick eyes," very curtly, Il
is" "What's the matter ?" Why,
sir, Washin't tons the wus place ever |
see. When it's dry you can't see where
you're gwine, and when it's wet You
can't CO."
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.

One copy, one year In advance. .,,,."..Sl 10
II not paid within three months. ....." 90
No ovariation whatever from theseratss.
No Taper discontinued until allarresragst
are aid, except attho option OF the publishs
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
JOB PRINTING

OF all kinds neatly executed at the lowest livin Z
prices. Our Office Ia well furnished with matss
rial and stock for this department, and wc now
have experienced and competent workmen to
use them. II you want any printing done you
need not 30 to the city, or out Of the county,
for you can get as good work and a. low prices
at this office as at any other.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

Adelina Patti owns more diamonds
han any lady of the nobility in Europe.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25

Born DRUNK.-Among the names
registered ut the Tombs the other night
was that Of youth about Is years OF
age, who had been arrested for drunk
enness. But he was not drunk, nor had
he been drinking. He was, moreover,
in good, sound health, but gave all the
external indications Of being intoxicated
when arrested by police officer. Upon
protesting to the keeper of the Tombs
that he was not intoxicated, it was re-
vealed that the unfortunate youth had
been born natural dluDkard or rather
that he had always acted like such q
thing. He said that although in good
health, he had never been able to walk
without staggering. His speech was not
unlike that of persons in decided state
of intoxication and when excited he
would mutter and reel. The unfortunate
youth was detained until the next day,
and was not sent to the courts to be
gazed at through judicial spectacles. A
subsequent investigation of the case
proved that the lad had been telling the
truth about himself, but his condition
revealed demonstration of the natural
law that the child is a fair copy of his
parents. 1t appears that prior to mar
riage the father had been secret but
confirmed inebrate, and when the facts
became known to the woman thus sud
denly and unexpectedly, she wept in the
most terrible manner. Almost broken
hearted, she contemplated the future
misery in store for her. Months passed
away, when it was discovered that the
child, at thres years Of age, acted
strangely and at the end of six months
the unhappy woman realized all her
lorebodipgs. The effect produced upon
the mother was not without its influence
upon the father, however. Realizing,
in the midst OF tears of bitter anguish.
the sin that had been visited upon the
child, the man reformed. He has now
several bright children, and most ex-
emplary ones, too, they are. But the
boy that was brought into the Tombs
was not drunk, but had bad entailed
upon him life OF misery.-N. Y. Paper.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-03

6 hijo de la ciudad de Matanzas, y D. Pc
dro Barreto, hijo de la Habana, estan en-
Ell monte huyendo de las partidas de ne
gros 8 palenques llamados insurrectos, So
licitan indulto por medic de los anteriores
para presentarse al Comandante Gonzalez
Boet
Como hace pocos dias que una partida
de negros asesin6 D. Antonio Andrian y
Estrada y q ID. Felix Artires, hijos de
Santiago de Cuba, cue iban presentarse
a la columna de GuAimaro, Sc va pronun-
ciando mas mas el 6dio y ell tenor de
unos otros entire las pocas fuerzas wanda
licas y de color que quedan en- ell campo,
y las poquisimas personas decentes que
venian quedando en- ell monte por resistir-
Sc Greer en- la inagotable generosidad de
la magnanima Espana.
El comandante Boet ha recik lido q %,
unos y a | IS otros, como enemigos que alb
juran de sus extravlos y solicitan clemen-
cia, socorriendo ademas todos.
Varios de los que Sc han presentado 10
han efectuado con armas y caballos asegu
ranao todos que ell desaliento es grande
entire los habitantes desgraciadlsimos de
la man1gua.
Suyo afcmo. S. S.
o. B. S. NJ.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-03
RESOL LUCION DEL PR0BLEMA

Nuestro colega El Progreso al re-
solver ell problema que lie propusimos
no ha estado del todo exacto en- sus
calculos, Confesa que de la cantidad
de las 1850 pesetas de Naranjito solo
ingresaron en- las cajas de la Diputa-
cion 825 6 sea la mitad de 10 recau-
dado. Esto va 10 sabiamos. Pero 5d6n-
de esta la otra mitad? He aquf la In
cognita de esta operacion que 10 ye-
mos perspfcua eD la respuesta connque
nos ha favorecido nuestro apreciable
adversario, Copiemos sus palabras: -
'Y % Que de esta suma solo sa-
tisGzo dicho pueblo y Sc recihieron en-
la Tesorerta del Ouerpo popular 825
pesetas, -porclas que Sc expidio ell COM
petente recibo, reintegrandose luego
la misma cantidad 4 las personas ms
critas, contorme a las bases estipula-
das en- ell emprestito." !" aa,A
Nosotros tenemos 9pruebasa feha-
cientes de que ell pueblo aludido sa-
tis6zo completa Ia suma por eqne,se
suscribi6, como looverannnuestros lec-
torres atestiguado por el ex-alcalde sr.
Peyrona. aa1 nsas.s
SQuiere lecir efcolega quela Corpo-
racion ha devuelto & los interesados la
suma recibida, 6 sea la mitadn ia
recaudada en- Naranjito? ST es asf, es-
tosno es 10 que deseamosl saber,o2 este
no nos explica donde estan los sotros
$165. SSignifcan las 3lfneaso transcri-
tas que Sc ha reintegrado a los iinte-
resados la mitad que noaneg6 "a yisi-
tar la Tesorerfai oproEinciala ESQ nno
puede ser Isl no Sc ha hecho 1mu1uy re-
ccientemente) pues la siguientel carta
que henlos recibido de- ia persona digr1
ma, veraz y competente iqueI9la GFma,,
prueba que entire sunI oalcaldes que que D no !,
di6 parte oportunamentesa a. laajusticia
Y url secretario que rindi6iIas 1caentas
del gran CAPTAIN; esta la Brm1la que
puede darapor resultadoIa alazaveriguas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-03

Las iniciales que autorizan la ST.
guiente carta representa- otro nombre
de persona conocida en- la ciudad de
Cuba:
Gudimaro, 16 de mayo de 1872.
Hoy Sc han presentado al comandante
Gonzalez Boet diez seis individuos soli-
citando indulto, entire ellos los siguientes:
D. Martin Palacios Forum, hijo de
Santiago de Cuba, y .sobrinoi de Gabriel
Fortun.
d. Andres Martin y Castro, de Santiago
de Cuba, hijo del medico Martin de la
Villa del Cobre, el cual estuvo de ayudan-
te de Marmol y de Pancho Aguilera.
D. Brfgido Sandoval, venezolano, hijo
de un general de este apellido, que vino
en- la expedition de Quesada.
Pedro Gown expedicionario del Upton,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-03

He aquf 10 que La Tos de Cuba di-
ce1 sobre Ia interruption del cable:
6Por Ia Inspection general de telegrafos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-03
@. B. S. N. NJ.

Andres Martin Castro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-31

1000 bbls new 1872 Labrador Herring:
1000 bbls Bay Island and other New Herring.
1900 bbls Nos..2 and 8 New Mackerel. .'' -.
:; 800 bbls Extra Mess Bloaters, very line:
300 bbls Extra No. Msckerel :,
The above Fish l have now on hand, and will
sell lower than they can be bought south OF Bos-
ton. GEO w. HARRISON s. CO,
sep 16 AZ King ST., Alexandria, Va.
WINDOW SH A D 5. ,af,.
. An elegant assortment of new and beautiful
Rnff Rlne Green and White Plain Shades.
All of the best Shade Fixtures.
New styles of Window Cornices, Band and
Curtain Loops, &C., at NO
ap6 No. los King street.
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.MEDICHL.
.uEDIC.9L.
BALTIC. LOCK HOSPITAL,
DIR. JOHNSTON,

Physician of this celebrated institution, has dis,
Covered the most Gertaln h Sgeeay eSSa' ANU
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J. FERGUSON'S,

-, GG KING STREET,
FANCY GOODS AND
JEWELRY.
WHY 90 to Washington and Baltimore when
Won can buy cheaper and better at home?
Combings made into Switches, Curls, &c,
and all kind of Hair Work done on premises.
oct TT -
UNCOVERED SUGAR-CURED: HAMS,
u and Sugar-cured Shoulders and Breasts,
received and for sale by r.
AVERY s. DAVIDSON,
oct Is 22G King st., cor. Alfred.
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=. D ECIAL NOT I G +.

L n OF 9 E.
~ OFFICE OF THE PoToMAc FERRY Co.,
I>''' SEVENTH STREr WHARF,
,WAsulSaroN, ID, G., October oe,Is ., ION oon1oc-
The ssye9GF ss Fsry street. Boas tS of this ne
ton Wi'hb have we no further rinconyenencein getting
tensf te ns he Street k1Do1d id
srecsiy th''u '', $. S. HOWlSON,
ton. President
oct s.. ~. a ----------I--
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TALL TRADE, 1872.
e. j. MILLER,
Importer of and Wholesale Dealer in
China, Glass and QueenSWare,

Is now receiving his stock of the above goods,
to which lie invites the attention of country met
chants and dealers generally. Having the ben,
eht of fifty years experience in this business and
unusual facilities for purchasing, he is able to
offer his goods at as low prices as any house IN
the country, and all he asks is al examination OF
his goods and prices. Country! merchants COM
ing on the trains of the o.. A. s. NJ. r., and the
W. t. 0. R. +. can look through his stock and
leave their orders at night, as his house is kept
open for that purpose. ~ &c
Besides a egular stock Of CHINA, GLASS
and QUEENSWARE, number OF other
goods suitable for country stores, will be lollnd
Such as BRITANNIA and SILVER
PLATED CASTORS, SPOONS, FORKS, SC,
Window Glass and Putty, Stoneware, Fine Tea
and Dinner Sets, and variety Of Fancy Goods
all at lowest prices for cash.
THOS. B. HUDSON is still with the above
house, and will be glad to have call from MS
old friends. -. s. sep lS-3m.
DREsS GOODS! DRESS GOODSl
Epingclines, Satteens, Irish Poplins, Repps and
.... Mohairs. -- -
The new colors, beautiful goods and cheap,
received this morning by
oct Is WITMER & &SLA1MAhEk.