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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-11
LOST AND FOUND.


EOuND-On my premises, a red and white COW
L The owner viii come forward. pay lZsTyH
chsrgee and take her away. B. W SUN XAT
Mf, 9TH street road apl1 St
I OsT-In the Capitol Grounds, on the 10Th inst,
will be rewarded on leaving it at 9l2 2lst street
W. apl1-2t$'
i OST-On Tuesday. the 9th inst, o white bU IL
IL DOG, about ten months old. Answers
to the name OF Jack eavs and tail not cut ;2x
lett eye white: suitable reward will be@-
ave :. CAPITOL Hin. sRML r. Hilton. spii r ats
DC Gold Band BRACELET, half oval, ornament
cd with O chased leaf pattern. 1t il ons OF pair
The finder will receiAe the above reward upon leat
Office. apiI-2ts
co REWARD Lost on the 10th inst either at
and sts, at Lansburgh store. 9TH ST., or pass
ing frem to the other of the above named stores
aPACKAGE, containing Black Silk Basque, cut
and pasted, ready for making. The above reward
4 and r. aplI -2t*
I OsT-On SATURDAY. last, probably IN driving on
IL the Avenue, q PLAIN GOLD BRAOELET,
with owners name inside. A liberal reward will be
Office. ap9-2t
I OsT-A white POINTER DOG with yellow
IL spots; END of tail scratched with briers;
ward Of s. be paid for his delivery to 90
A. sHECkELs, at foot of 18th street. ap9 ST.
OST-On Tuesday night last, going from Penn
81 lvania avenue and 18th street west to I'd and
streets northeast, LADY'S MINK FUR BOA
The hLder or any person giving information where
calling at 525 l4th street, office Of Boston
Post ans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-11
."IT ACTS LIKE A OHARM

DIR. TUFTS HAIR DYE COLORS BEAU.
ap9 cost TIFUL BLACK
nFBOpNDARY AND SILVER SPRING
W. MISUNDERSTANDING TO this road are
net ned that election for directors will be
held on FRIDAY. April Il, at Board OF Tr .de
TO M. Polls open fr, m 10 to 5o'clJck By order Of
corpcfatoTs. SIMON WOLF,
4. fOBRINER,
aySN j. r. d. MORRISON Commitee
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will positively close
FRIDAY, 18TH INSTANT
Now IL the time to subscribe. Meeting for nav
ment Of dues and sale Of money O'Clock D. m sam.
DATE S.cretary's Office corner 9th and D., Y NJ q
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-12-24
A Curious Mania.

The peculiar vagaries into which the lot
terry mania will lead people are often as in
teresting as they are pitiable for contem-
plation. The intoxications of drink and
of hope are equally fatal to success in life
when too much INDUCED in; one will work
nearly as much damage as the other.
A singular instance of the destructive
tendency of the "policy'' fever, and of its
tenacity, too, has lately come to light in
Baltimore. A few years ago grocer died
there, leaving his wife the store and prop
erty, worth So, 2,000 on which she managed
to live comfortably. One day customer
mentioned to her that friend had made
two hundred dollars on a lottery ticket, and
this so worked upon her mind that she be-
gan investing in that way until, in short
time, she had expended all she owned and
had received nothing.
Since then she has opened lodging-room
for men and boys, where bed can be had
for fifteen cents, bench for ten cents, and
an old blanket on the floor for four cents.
The room is we'll filled every night, and, as
affording shelter, is the means ofdoing some
good; but that is not the motive for which
the establishment opened. The poor wo
man is as ardent as ever in her belief that
she will some day draw fortune, and she
requires of every lodger that he will try tC
dream of the lucky numbers and must tel
her of them in the morning. Whenever
she draws anything on such information sh'
gives part to the dreamer. In this wa,
she lives along from day to day, putting he
few cents of surplus into worthless paste
board tickets and receiving her dividends
of disappointment.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-12-24
A Puzzled Judge.

"Judge Marshalps simplicity of charac-
ter and Observation-Disclosures have been the
theme Of a number Of anecdotes. The one
best known is about his puzzle over the
buggy and the sapling. Turning aside one
day to avoid one of those awful mud holes
which abound in Virginia country roads,
the axle Of his buggy encountered stout
sapling. The sapling was between the
hub of the wheel and the body of the bug
gy. Too Big to bend down, and too sup
pie to break, this sapling seemed to the
judge to be wholly unconquerable. What
to do he knew not He got down out of
the buggy the better to apply his great in
tellect to the knotty subject, and to study
it thoroughly up. While pondering vainly,
negro man came along. "Uncle," said
the Chief-Justice, "I wish you would tell
me abou. this saplng. / can't get over it,
and don't want to stay here all day and
miss court. What do you think had bet
ter do?" The negro could, not repress a
broad but silent grin.
"Why, ole marster," said he, ~ spec
de bes' thing you kin do is to back yo' bug
gy twill you git clar NV de saplin', den
turn de hade (head) NV yo' hoss, and den
you kin void de saplin' and go to cote slick
as goose-grease.
"Thank you-thank you kindly, uncle, I
should never have thought of that in the
world. You are man of superior mind.
There's half dollar for you" And the
judge drove joyfully of.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-12-24
Metal Paper-Hangings.

Paper-hangings for walls are known to
everybody. 1t is now proposed to use hang
ings made of metal and an account of this
new invention, which comes to us from
Paris, has been read before the Society of
Arts. The metal employed is tinfoil, in
sheets about sixteen feet long, and from
thirty to forty inches wide. The sheets
are painted, and dried at high tempera-
ture, and are then decorated with many
different patterns, such as foliage, flowers,
geometrical figures, limitations of wood, or
landscapes. When decorated, the sheets
are vanished, and again dried, and are
then ready for SALE Tinfoil is in itself
naturally tough and the. coats laid upon it
in preparing it for the market increase the
toughness. Tho hanging of these metallic
sheets is similar to paper-hanging, except
that the wall is vanished with weak kind
of varnish, and the sheets applied thereto
Thus in this way room or house may be
newly painted, without any smell of paint
to annoy OF harm the inmates. Moreover
the tinfoil keeps out the damp; and as the
varnish is damp-resister, the protection
to the room is two fold. Experience has
shown, also, that cornices, mouldings, and
irregular surfaces may be covered with the
tinfoil as readily as fiat surface hence
there is no part of a dwelling-house or pub
lie building which may not be decorated
with these new sheets; and; as regards style
and finish, all who saw the specimens ex-
hibited at the reading of the paper were
made aware that the highest artistic effects
could be achieved at pleasure.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-12-24
Madame's Petition.

One of the celebrities of the Moscow bal
let lately called upon local official with
request that he would give her the usual
formal permission to take n months tour
in the provinces for the benefit of her
health, retaining her salary during the time
of furlough. The man in the Office re-
ceived her very politely, and asked for her
written petition.
81 have no written petition" answered
the artist 81 had no idea that such a thing
was necessary"
"Not necessary, madam? Why, nothing
can be done without it,"
What am to do, then ?"
"Here are pens, ink and paper be so
good as to sit down and write while l die
tate"
The lady obeyed the petition was writ
ten signed and folded.
"And now," said the representative of
justice, "you have only to deliver it."
"To whom?'
"To whom?" repeated the official, with
slight smile at her simplicity. "To me,
of course %
And taking the petition which he had
himself dictated, he produced his spectacles
wiped them carefully, adjusted them upon
his nose, read over the whole document, as
though it were perfectly new to him, dock
eted and fled it in due form, and then turn
ing to the impatient danseuse, said, with
the utmost gravity;
Madame, l have read your petition,
and regret extremely that cannot grant
litw
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Gbe Tiltes, New Bloontielo, 1)a.

tell her, that lonely as was, had hoped
to find true friends where / had only dis
covered those false indeed. Then learn
ed that she was the child of an old and val
ued friend, and my last discovery was best
of all. She was willing to make an old
man happy"
"She's an impudent thing, to come here
in this way" replied Mrs. Lansing.
"Dou't speak in that way of my wife,
madam. Goodbye Where are the girlsP"
They were not to be found.-American
| Publishers.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-12-24

VIII enttle a member to certificate OF ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS, to be paid at his death
to his legal heirs or assigns whenever such death
may occur.
A member, or his heirs may name a successor; {;
but IL notice of the death of member to the Sec
retary is not accompanied with the name OF q sue:
cessor, then the Society will put in successor and
fill the vacancy according to the Constitution OF
the Society - - -
ments of five dollars are made, the remaining un.
paid part will be deducted from the one thousand
Dollars due his heirs his successor will then pay
only t,oo dollars annually during his lifetime, and
the mortality assessments
H9- Male and Female from fifteen to siXtynye
wears of age of good moral habits, in good health
hale, and sound OF mind, irrespective OF creed or
race, may become members. For further inioma-
tiOn address L. w. CRAUMER,
(Secy U. B. Mutual Aid Society.
LEBANON, PA
Agents TAINTED!
Address
ID. S. EARLY,
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~ The u. B. Mutual VII
Aid Society Of Pennsylvania,

Present the following plan for consideration to
aeh persons who wish TO become members;
The payment of SIX DOLLARS on application,
FIVE DOLLARS annually for -FOUR YEARS, and
thereafter TWO DOLLARS annually during life,
with prorata mortality assessment at the death
OF each member which for the FIRST CLASS IS as
follows;
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agents Wdnted !
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mA Onn TO BE CREDITED TO

CA OON TO BE CREDITED TO
34sOOO MUTUAL POLICY HOLDERS.
The PENNSYLVANIA Central Insurance Company
having had but little loss during the past year the
annual assessment on Mutual Pollcy-holders VIII
not exceed 60 per cent on the usual one year cash
rates, which would be equal to a dividend OF 4O
per cent, as calculated In Stock Companies, or
deduction OF 2 per cent, on the notes below the
usual assessment; and as the Company has over
500 600 in premium notes, the whole amount cred;
amount to $4,000. Had the same policy holders IN
,sured in Stock Company, at the usual rate, they
would have paid $1,000 more than IL has cost them
in this Company. Yet some of our nelghbor
agents are running about crying Fraud FRAUD !!
and declare that mutual company must fall
falling every year, or how many worthless stock
companies are represented in Perry County
today. -
cannot break. -
JAMES II. GRIER,
6 25tf Secy of Penn'a Central Insurance Co.
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As- AGENTS WANTED FOR THE AMERI
CAN WASHER in all parts OF the State. 81 l3i
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03
PERSONAL.

Judge Miller, Of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District Of
Wisconsin, has decided that a bankrupt
cannot sell his homestead and claim his
store as a residence By moving into it,
and orders the store and lot to the bank
rupts creditors.
Rive years ago the person Of the Mi
kadO OF Japan was held 30 sacred that Il
was crime punishable with death for
any one to make a drawing, painting or
likeness Of him. Now he has had his
photograph taken, and copies are sold at
NeddO for fifty cents each.
The New York Sdr says that Ihther
r. Marsh, one Of the leading members
OF the New York bar, was called IN 10
take charge Of tine editorial department
OF the Times during the campaign
"when an occasional brain became ne
cessary in the conduct Of the fight"
Mr.. Anthony ComstOck, the com
plainant on whose affidavit the Wood.
hull party were arrested, and are still
held in jail, is yoang New York mer-
chant, who has been engaged for q year,
81 his own cost in seising obscene lit
sTsture and bringing those engaged IN
the trade 20 trial and the peuitsniisTy
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03
NOTES ABOUT COTTON.

Cotton owes its kingship quite as much
to the tenaeity with which its tibres
adhere to one another, as to their length
or fineness; and were it not that the fibre
produced by the bonlbdT, or silk-cOtton
tree. is too smooth, cotton would find
in it a powerful rival. Cottonwood is
the dOwny bed in which The seeds of the
cotton-plant are enveloped, and is the
product of hot countries. 1t has several
Varieties, that cultivated in Algeria and
in Southern Europe seldom attaining q
hight of over twelve inches, while at
the equator the plant grows as high as
an apple-tree, and bears a fruit twice
as large as that of the Algerian species.
The cotton grown in the East Indies is
of very inferior quality, its fibre being
short and hard; yet it was largely used
in manufacture, during the war in the
United States. Chinese cotton is yellow,
and hence the peculiar color of the fabric
called nankeen.
The cotton-plant is probably a native
of Africa, and Livingstone found it III
the interior of that country along the
banks of all the rivers. The ancient
Egyptians doubtless imported from
Abyssinia their cotton cloth for mummy.
wrappings and for the garments o.
priests aud mobiles, and from them the
Jews inherited the employment of that
texture for the robes of their priests: for
where the Bible makes mention of .fRt
linen, we must read cotton, as flax doe:
not grow in hot climates. From Africf
cotton-culture passed into Persia anC
Georgia; then into India, and from Indis
to China. In the latter empire all tht
clothing of the poorer classes is of cot
ton, of extremely firm texture. Indeed
so strong is the cotton cloth manufactur
ed by the Chinese, that it Is impossible
for man to tear piece Of it across
and the people of China and India refuse
to buy European cotton manufactures
calling them mere spiders webs.-Dr
SAGE, in Popular Science Monthly fO
December
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03
Nonresident Notice.

No. Coz, X. DIN the Second Cnancery Court
Of SHELBY county, ,TennesSee.-Uly mpe BOisse
and her husband, Hermel O. Ia GrOuse, -.
Mrs Mary L. Trigg.
IT appearing from the bin which Is sworu
to in this cause that the defendant, Mrs
Mary Z. Trigg, is Justly indebted 70 the com
plainant. Olympe BOiSSe, in tho sum OF
.33l 40, with interest, due by judgment re-
covered in the Circuit C0urt OF the Lulted
States, Fifth Circuit and District OF Louis
iana, and that said defendant is a ncu-resi-
dent Of the State OF Tennessee, and that Tor
these causes an attachment was sued out ~
this court against the properly OF defend an i
Mrs. Mary +. Irigg, and the same was issued
and has been returned by the zne-t1- duly
levied on the property or said defendant
1t is therefore ordered 10y The CLERK and Mas
ter That she make her appearance herein,
at the courthouse Of the second Chaucery y
COurt,ln the city of Memphis, Tennessee, on
or before the first Monday in January, 1875 and
plead, answer. or de-lur 10 complainant :
bill. or the same VIII be taken for confessed
a. to her, and set for hearing exparte; aud
that a copy OF this order be published once a
week. for four successive weeks, 10 The
Memphis Appeal. This NoTembe IS 49,
A cOpy-attest:
NJ. ID. L. STEWART, Clerk and Master
By CRABTsEE BELCHET, ID. g.. ana 81
T. r. MfcOu, Sol. for compl'ts- .noH tu
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03
Attachment Notice.

llS215 A. DIN the First Circuit Court OF
Shelby county, TennesSee.-Martin & Lang
staff VS.. =. +. Birmingham.
IN this cause an attachment having been
Il sued out under section 3i55, Of the code OF
Tennessee, and returned into court, levied
upon personal property Of the defendant and
affidavit having been made that the defend
ant is indebted 70 plaintiff in the sum OF 500
for damages on breach Of contract, and that
the defendant is 8 nonresident of the state OF
Tennessee, or Is about to remove his proper
" out of the state.
II is therefore ordered that be make his per-
sOnal appearance herein, before the Judge OF
the First Circuit Court OF Shelby county, at
the courthouse In the city of Memphis, on the
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed BY law, or the same viii be proceeded
with exparte and that a copy Of this order be
published once a week, for four consecutive
weeks, in the Memphis Appeal.
Done at Office, this 2ith day Of september,
1872 FRANK TAFT, Clerk.
BY B. +. COLEMAN, Deputy Clerk.
NerfWether & Scales, Att'ys for PHI. ss25
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03
WHAT BURIED HERCULANEUm.

What was the fate Of Herculaneum
during the eruption of A. ID. 79? What
special phenomena were displayed on
that side Of Nesuvius? What causes
buried ffOurishing city in an instant
out Of signt of the Inhabited world? 1t
has beeh proved that POmpeii suffered an
interment 80 incomplete that after a few
days its inhabitants could recognize
their dwellings, could encamp above
and clear them out; HeTculaneum, on
the contrary, was buried so deep that
the next day il was impossible to trace
a vestige Of ii. The ready answer 10
all those questions usually is; Lava
worked ali the ruin. Herculaneum,
was swallowed up under eighty feet Of
lava. IL works of art, brOnzes and
pictures have been miraculOusly pre-
served il was due to the impeneIrable
shield Of lava, yielding only TO cutting
tool, that protected them from the
ravages Of timen The explanation is
tempting. Fancy pictures waves Of fire
rolling uDOn the city, rising like the
tidal swell, sIIrging in through doors and
windows, sweeping around and mould
ing everything; then slowly cooling,
and preserving for posterity treasures
thai labor must unveil, repaid by their
10. .ONefS III uHIaIuleu DeaNl y.
This is really the opinion That all
Europe holds, and even at Maple almost
all visitors Of HerculaneUm declare that
they have touched the lava with their
own hands; and, in books written on
the yesuvian cities, more than one
Traveller affirns as positively that the
difficulty Of cutting the lava presents
the chief obstacle 10 the disinterment
Of Herculaueum. How can one venture
10 meet such convictions by asserting
that water, not fire, overwhelmed Her
Culaneum; that il was not torrent of
glowing lava, but a flood Of mud and
wet ashes that filed the city? How
UprO0t q prepOssession 50 deep that the
works Of geOlOgists and sdUdnts have
failed 10 snake it? DUfrenOy proved
that water alone swept over Hercul-
aneum heaps Of scOria and pumice
crumbled from La SOmma; Dyer, Over
beck, Ernst, Breton, and others, have
affirmed in various languages, to 10
purpose, that nothing but ashes, wet
70 paste and hardened by pressure,
coverd over Herculaneum; 10 one heed
ed them, and the blame continues to be
thrown on the lava, which makes ex-
cavation 50 costly and laborious.--A
Beuie ia Popular Science Monthly for
UCcClqHCg
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Nonresident Notice.

No. Gl0. r. DIN the Second Chancery Court
of shelby county, Tennessee.-A. ". Boyd
and others vs.. Isabella Walsh, Julius y
Walsh, Admir- Of Edmund Walsh, James 3.
speed, r. :. and T. c. Taylor, J. J.. and j. =
Finney. Rose Pritchard, Joseph I ElLsr.
- Goodwin and others.
IT appearing from the bill which Is s,Torr o
in this cause that the defendants, lisa ..s
Walsh, Julius 5. Walsh, Adm r, Jas speed,
r. 3 Taylor, T. c. TaylOr, J. /. Fiuney a.t J..
s Finney. Rose PritchaId, Jos. 4. E.deE and
- Goodwin are nOn-rCsidents OF the state
Of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered by the Clerk and Mas
ter, That they make their appearance herein,
at the courthouse Of the second Chaucerl
Court in the city Of Memphis, Tenn, on or be
fore the first Monday in January, ls.3, and
plead, answer or demur TO complainant s
bfu or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them, and set for hearing e1parte
and that a copy OF this order be published
once a week, for four successive weeks, In the
Memphis Appeal. This NOveul Oer Is, lsl2-
A cOpy-attest.
81 d. l. STEWART, Clerk and Master.
CRABTREE BELCHER, Deputy {. and y.
Estes * Jackson and Vance s. Anderson
soils for Omplainauts- uoit "a
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CREDITORS NOTICE.

No. 7Sl-In the First Chancery Court OF shelby
county,. J. AmmOnett, Executor Of J. n
Provine, deceased, vs. Sarah A. PTovins and
Others
VSHE Insolvency OF the estate Of J. u. Pro
vine, deceased, having been suggested.
and this cause having bee1 instituted Tor the
purpose OF winding up his estate ubder the
fnsolvent laws Of Tennessee:
N0tice is hereby given 10 all parties inter
ested, either as creditors or heirs, or who claim
to be such, 10 come forward and have them
selves male parties TO This Suit and file and
establish their claims, within the tiue pre-
scribed by law, tO-Wit: on or before the lltli
day Of April, 1879, foF residents and or OF be-
fore the llth day Of April, 1875 for non-rcsi-
dents of Tennessee, or The same vii be ior-
ever barred.
Notice IS also given that all proceedings In
the County Court, relative to the admiuistra
tion Of said estate, are enioined. and that siii
parties are inhi bited from further prosecuting
or beginning any suits in law or equity
against said estate, but afe required 70 come
Into this cause and prosecute their claims
here. Il Is ordered that e copy Of this order
be published IN the Memphis Appesa once "a
week, for four successive weeks. Oct 81. lc7-
f. a. COLE Clerk and Master
BY +. b. MCHESRY, Deputy G. AID p.
Humss q POsiOn, SOls. Tor ccmplut CfiLtH