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PERSONAL.

II OK S.:-Address on note Of "Wednesday evening.
H 10y C. H., requesting interview ~ d m l. n ~
understood. Please call again this week same place
3. IN. all.2fr
E'ANNlE:-Blessings. You exaggerate conse-
save me- none would be lost. Hopeiessness meaDs
ny hiaddened rum BE courageous, YOU are
noble. Save. R0BERT. am o.
I ETTER SIGNED "C.7 MANY THINKS
II Please grant an Interview. Confidential B.
tween and 2. m. ale 81
nj rs. IL. J. FRENCH, fhe CELEBRATED ReltGbL
All Cotyooyanf oad Test Medium, can be seen a
I29 nth street northwest; also, gives deiniaiCns @.
hair. IN s-a-
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HAVE YOU SkEN
THE LITTLE WORLD:

II not, We adyis" you to call soon at lOOg 7th
size heiween and l. streets, near Began & Wv
lac - The Little World is kept by Nichols, dealer
" Hosiery Fancy Goods, Jewelry, Stationery. No
t"ns &C, &C. and Is supposed to be the chea store
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DRY GOODS.

In dOOUS.
STRING ANNOUNCEMENT.
100000 STOCK OF DRY GOODS.
S25IoV i'm DRESS GOODS.
$1,000 in CLOTHS and CASSIMFRFs
looo IN HOSIERY and FANCY GOODS.
SsNU Ia LINENS and WHITE GOODS.
$500 IN STAPLE GOODS, &C.
NEW GOODS OPENING DAILY.
Three hundred new PARAS0LS and sun I'M
IL ST.
PACAS.
sSONE PRICE TO ALL.
BEGAN 4 wYLIr,
ai-tr lois and 1920 7th street northwest.
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HUE FOE sA L K.

Housk FOE ALE
The large FOUR STORY HOUSE. with thr...
story extension, ga street, nearly new, twenty
ro0ms. furnace gas aud water, with large yard ani
Stable IL rear The whole perty has been recently
put IN complete repair and is very convenient for
lara e, genteel family, or for boarding house viii
be ssld low. Inquire at Freedman's Bank oepo-,ts
Treasury, Pennsylvania avenue fe n e,tf
EoksALE-The sTOCk, GOOD Will ana TIT.
AIlkks OF the Millinery and Fancy Store. No.
5Os Market space, bet. 7th and SIN streets north.
west. Uy96ml X. LENZBERG 90
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MEDICAL, &c.

<AHD4Shb, 0os
he. BINGHAM, OF NEW YORK,
EDITOR THE
ADserIoaR Electro MEDICAL JosraaL
treats Pafsl Sis rheumatism, CataTrh the Eve AMI
lar, esk Lungs, Cancers, Blood POisons. and al
Nervous Chronic Diseases. Once Rooms a z lsfh
street, near Pennry lyana avenue. aIl-lws
s.STATUyoLENCE,' OR THE WILL CURE
- Ink GREATEST DISCOVERY
- OF TIKI MORLD
BY Il all diseases cured. No medicines used, aua
20 lay ing on OF hands. Taught b. Ms. J. Il Ell
lot, 452 street northwest. ap7-tr
II AIDES suffering from weakness, ifregulNrity, or
LSeINOus Debility, can have skillful treatment "
siating case, and addressing Mas. A. Z. Kosher,
Washington, ID. c. a5-lm'
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.-Hapyg Rsissr
" for iOnRg Mes from the effects Of LrrOrs ana
Abuses la early life. Manhood restored Impeai-
nients &c Marriage removed. New method Of treat
ment. New and remarkable remedies. Books aud
Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes Address.
10IcdTd Association, No. south 9Th street; PhiIa-
delrha, Pa an institution having a nigh reputs-
ten Tor honorable conduct aad professional
SKILL mar30-e02n
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KONDs II DENOMINATION Of 40. sIeo
- c-dV, $50, ftD, Ssoo, and : 90 pa ing lot.
d per cent, running irom . o. 10 years Irterl-,
AID principal collected without charge FoT sale b.,
j. r. BRODHEAD.
hiS I'm S3S Pennsylvania aVer1e
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X AhE CHANCE TO purchase a good STORE Aas
II bn kLLiNS cheap, near new market, 10
slTtets No. i1t2. Price, $500; terms easy.
HAMiLTON a PEARSON,
no n n. NJ. g. A. Building. sih ard -ts
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

on 3TH ST., BETWEEN 7TH AND sTH AVS.
Lff rear buildng.-A respectable woman to do
geLtlemens washing at her house to do days
The New York herald., 1873-08-31
CLERKS AND sALEsMEN.

4 RELIABLE SHORTHAND WRITER DESIRES "A
IA situation as stenographlc law clerk, smanuenss
correspondents writes plain longhand and 100 words
Herald Office - "
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

A DRY GOODS CLERK EMPLOYED DURING TIL
"A day wants something to do evenings bedroom
taken as payment Address BUSY, Herald office.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

YOUNG LADY OF PLEASING ADDRESS WANT.
~ ed-As sale swoman; business light; not open even
ings wages $S good reference with business
experience preferred Address g. ii. T. box "a Herald
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

90 WEST 10TH ST.. TWO STAIRS, ROOM IAN
LfA American widow wishes a lew gentlemens or
families' washing at her own home. Call address
Mrs CAVERNEk.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

A OPERATORS WANTED ON LADIES' UNDER.
"A. wear at your homes; we sell new first class
ferrage or car fare to pay after October shall
!iTer & the work at your homes take it away when fin
Of the prices we pay for shirts So 5 large
size, 81 chemscs from 81 20 - 50 night dresses from
s. 81 drawers from 81 to $s75 gentiemens sh rts
from $b to 81 hunts garment factory and sewing
chlne agency ll5 4th av, corner OF 18th also b5
GreenpOint av, GreenpOint,
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

WANTED-IN PROVISION BROKERS' OFFICE
W young man to take charge OF the books contracts
and correspondence. Salary moderate Address, giving
age reference and resdence PROVISIONS box oS9 Post
office.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

GENTLEMAN FRoM CUBA AND HIS son "A
"A years old, who speak English French and Spanish
wish stuations the father head waiter and the
cashier or any other position In resp Gable hlue
80 9Th =
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

YOUNG SCOTCHMAN, 81 DESIRES SITUATION
n as light porter in hotel or wholesale warehouse In
city first class city references Address L. NJ Herald
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

90 EAST ST ST, TOP FLOOR.-A YOUNG wo-
CfA man as Irst class laundress; would take few
ladies' and genucmen's washing at reasonable prices
CaIl all the week.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

WANTED-A CHILD'S NURSE NOT SUBJECT TO
~ telsckness TO accompany family to England (;
oss references required Apply to doorman Broadway
Monday and Tuesday, - ~
, 1873-01-26

He fingered week or moro in great suffering,
rnving about his vito and child, now conducting
IN orchestra, and then singing snatches Of songs-
He died on Sunday last. His funeral Was on
Thuraday, in the midst Of the fearful storm It
was very simple funeral-a worry sad funeral.
Although the time Of services had been an
nouuced in both the English and German papers,
just four persons found their way to the Hos
pitai, upon whom the deceased had no claims
except those OF common humanity. By the
time they arrived, the service had been already
read, not friend or acquaintance having been
present, and they four then took charge OF the
body and placed it upon tho cars for nosehiu in
charge OF the undertaker''s assistant, and poor
Grosscurth went to his grave alone in the midst
OF that piti1eas storm, which WAS fitting type Of
the storm which had beaten upon his life, and
swept him out Of it.
Whatever his life may have been, whatever
his faults may have been, could there ho more
pitiable story than this? In whole city full
OF acquaintances, with hundreds here who had
clung to him while he WAS in his fortunate daYB,
and we're willing to elevate themselves By means
Of his fame, With many relatives, even, residing
here, he dies in q hospital; without
friend at his bedside, and goes to his grave with
no one but an undertaket's assistant to see to
his burial. Is it an improper question to ask,
whether there is any charity in music2 Since
his death, the four who provided for hia burial
have decided to purchase lot in Rosohill Cemo-
terry, where fnendleas musicians and artists OF
genius may be docently buried, and some me-
mortal Of their lives be preserved It is the inten-
ton to remove AIr. Grosscurth's body to this lot
and erect 3 stone over his grave, and also to re-
move the remains Of Henry Ahner from
the old City Cemetery to the same spot,
and ever thereafter to keep this lot sacred to
those who die helpless and almost friendless, in
poverty and neglect, as died Ahner and Crosse
curth. This is a. matter which appeals not only
to charity, but to common humanity. It is an
act Of tardy Justice which musicians should take
into their own hands. 1t will require but
small amount to effect thisp1.pose; and We there
foroappe1 to the Singing Societies, and to all who
profess an interest in music, to lend helping
hand ANY contributions to this end may be for
wardod to Florence Ziegfeld, Esq, at the Chicago
Academy Of Music, who will hold them in trust
and apply them rs the Committee shall hereafter
designate.- Surely, il there is any charity in
music, this much should BIO done for tho sake Of
common humanity.
, 1873-01-26
USURY IN LAW AND IN EQUITY.

OouA1 LIN LAW dNU In EAUI4.
It is very evident, from a recent decision in the
Bfitiah chancery Courts, that, in spite Of the re-
peal Of laws prohibiting usury, the Courts of
Equity will exercise discretionary power to
prevent the collection Of out1ageously e1orbitant
rates OF interest The casa which called for the
decision that promises protection Of this nature
WAS the result OF youthful a1istoc1atio profit
sacy. Lori Guernsey, when minor, Ind con-
tracted debts to the amount of :s4,ooo. To can
:: eel these and provide himself with funds, he
contracted with money-londer Of the tradition
nj name Of Morris to pay GO per cent interest On
$4,000, on which he received s6,80o. three
months interest at this rate having deem deduct
ed from the principal to begin With. This con-
tract WAS made after Lord Guernsey had become
of legal sge, the money being advanced upon
his expectations at the death Of his
father. The father died within year,
though man Of middle age, and Lord Guczn-
sey became Lord Aylesfori with an estate of
.e2o, cooper annun. Upon attaining his property,
he young nob1etnan offered to pay Morris the
principal in full and interest at the rate OF is
:oer cent per Ennum but tho money lender,
trusting to the repeal Of thu usury laws, insist
ID upon bis bond, and sued. Lord Aylesford
hereupon asked the protection Of the Court OF
;hancory, and received it. There is an English
aw for the protection Of Infants ;" against
1e 1npacity Of money-lenders; but
ae present case could not come under that Law,
, 1873-01-26

a phyaician connected with Guys Hospital, in
London, has discovered new method Of treat.
ment for CAGES Of hysteria, which is g1avely pub
Hshed by Guys Hospital Gazette. He states that
he has found by experience that, when
u young woman goes into Mysteries and COM
mences yelling and refuses to be comforted,
all that has to be done is to seize her by the
throat and choke her, aud the fit immediately
passes of. This may be a very good remedy for
paupers; but the physician who tried this rezne-
dy upon wealthy patients would undoubtedly set
the whole family into Mysteries, and find himself
elected from the house by the hysterical pater-
fanilias in the most summary and hysterical
manner ina sKinab1e.
, 1873-01-26
DR.. STRAUSS "OLD AND NEW.r

The indication OF tho general scope OF DR..
Strauss new book, entitled "Der Alte und Der
Neue Glaubo," has already been given in the
columns of Tile TrmuNE. 1t is sufficient for
the purposes of .is article to recall the fact that
it traces the growth of inddeity, and carries the
license Of free-thinking to the most extreme
lint that has ever beon touched. It
is significant Of the interest which this volume
is exciting that Mr. Gladstone Bhould have
felt himself called upon, when making speech
to some students, = few weeks ago, to denounce
it. That so busy man as the leader Of the
British Government must necessarily be, should
have taken the time to read q volume entirely
foreign to his sentiments and pursuits, is sufi-
cient to provo that DR.. Strauss has presented his
theme with power enough to create the most
general and vivid interest. It is equally signid-
cant Of the growth Of liberalism in England
that Mr. Gladstone should be criticized in turn
for undertaking to answer DR.. Strauss ut the
time and in the manner which he chose. Though
the excuse made by Engliah journals for re-
buking Mr. Gladstone'H speech Vas, that neither
the occasion nor the scope Of an educational ad-
dress warranted anything like q refutation Of
DR.. Strauss views, yet the tone Of the cdticisms
shows an indisposition to accept mere general
protest az d sufficient answer to man like
Strauss, who studies history faithfully, and
adapts bisreasoning to facts, no matter whAt
his conclusions may be.
The tenor Of Mr. Gladstones comments on
Dr.. Strauss and his followers is that too COM
monty adopted BY tho ministers Of the Gospel in
meeting the deductions Of the scientists and
ratiouaIsts. His answer was, that the FREQ
thought Of to-day appears to be sroving and
.vAgrant more than free - aud his advice to his
hearers is to hold fast TINT which is good,
after the manner Of St. Paul This kind
Of treatment is not what was to be expected Of q
man of Gladstone's caibre. It may serve the
purposes of an address to school-boys, in whom
it is thought e1pedient to instl traditional and
conservative ideas Of religion. It may be the
proper pabulum for peaceful village cong1ega-
tons, rhen Aoryod up by enthusiastic timer
, 1873-01-26

Is there no charity among musicians? 4 re-
cent circumstance, OF peculiar sadness, Which
happened in this city, makes the question IN ap-
prop1iate one. Three years ago, William G1osg-
curth came to this city Ho was q musician OF
more than ordinary ability, and conductor Of
excellent talent. He had served as leader OF
orchestra in Italian Opera seasons, at the East,
and Was competent to drill singers and place an
opera upon the stage in good style,
IS via proved by his remarkably sue
cessful presentation Of the "Magio
Flute," assisted by the Concordia Maennerchor
and solo talent Of this city. The professional
troupes never gave more remarkable perform
anco than did poor Grosscurth, with this e1-
tremoly difficult work. He made name and
reputation by it at once in Chicago, and for q
short time everything waa rosy. But he WIS not
q man who could endure success, nor WIS he q
m-n who knew how to improve success. He
was visionary. lis head WAS full Of wild, i'm
practicable schemes. He Was e. 'essivelv nor
vous ir tsmpe:s: lent ana very eccentric In
habit,-ao much 60 that those who could
not understand him knew not how to make nl-
lowances for him. He was thoroughly unb1-
anced man, and, outside OF the technical know!
edge and duties Of music, his mind Vac unset
tied. Such men arc always rude and brusque,
and make violent enemies, but they suffer most
themselves. And 80 it happened that he alien
ated many friends, and the alienation reacted
upon himself. He knew nothing Of, and cared
nothing for, money, and squandered it as feet as
he got it,. Then misfortunes began to come,
and they came in storm, as they always do.
He found himself without employment, without
friends, without pupils, and without money. His
wife obtained divorce and left him, with her
child, and thus the only thread which connected
him with life was severed. It made his future q
blank, and it made him utterly careless and reck-
less. So he went down, down, down, with fear
full 1apidity. It Ia unnecessary to detail the
steps. It would DO unkind to his memory to-
day, sleeping under the snow ut Rosehil and,
as the anow covers him, 60 should q kind indnl-
eence cover his foibles and faults, from which
be suffered more keen1Y than any other.
First, desertion by everyone, then poverty,
then sickness, then insanity came. One day, by
The merest accident, the Manager Of the Mu-
sich Academy, in which he Ind taught three
years ago, and who had been compelled to re-
move him, heard Of his condition, and went to
him. It was one Of the most extremely cold
days Of this winter. He found him sick and out
of his mind, lying upon an old lounge, without
Ere, without covering, and without attendants.
BE had him removed to St. Luke's Hospital, and
ordered that ho ehould have the best Of care.
It wss too l.te, however, for any miuistrahons.
, 1873-01-26

The British system Of appeals is even more
technical and complicated than our own, and is
Just now the cause Of much wel1-founded COM
plant. First, there is IN appeal from Judge and
jury to the full Court; second, from the full
Court to tho E1chequer Chamber; and third,
from tho E1chequer Chamber to the House Of
Lords. The process is described as exceedingly
dilatory, and it is certainly clumsy and unfair
in the circumstance that two Judges may over
rule two subordinate Courts consisting Of nine
Judges. This system OF appeal, along with the
hereditary slowness Of the Chancery Court,
offer good subjects for reform, concerning
which the legal minds Of Great Britain are sgi-
tated Just row.
, 1873-01-26

-Aprinter in New York, named McGruder, shos
fellow printer. on Monday last. A quarrel
arose between the two the day. before, but
McGruder declared that he would not fight On
the Sabbath day, but would shoot the other
down like dog Monday, and he Kept his word
great many curious phases OF opinion con-
earning the observance Of Sunday hare been
developed OF lato, but the ideas OF
the murderous printer are certainly tha
most angular OF all. Tho amount of venera-
ton which he seems to have had for Sunday, and
Of contempt for Monday, involves the incest de-
gree OF distinction which has yet been made in
the discussions OF the Sunday question. It is
to be hoped, however, that notwithstanding his
queer views On the subject, he may nevor again
be allowed to use the IS shooting-stich."
, 1873-01-26

Tho example OF II. Alexander Duyal, who shot
himself because the notorious Cora Pearl would
not continue to shower her fsvors upon him
after his money wss gone, has been largely imi-
tated in Paris. Whenever man has the slight~
eat difficulty with woman nowadays, he pro-
Tides himself with revolver, forces himself
into her presence, and scatters his brains ovex
her silk dress. The women Of Paris have NOT
yet entered any general protest against tho GUS
dangers it offers to ther good clothes. They
probably consider it less Objectionable than tho
under sinilar circumstances.
, 1873-01-26

= .Great Britain has in hor system OF taxation
remarkable scale Of assessments upon what may
be classed under the general term Of 1uxu1iea
and amusements. Thus the owners Of race
horses pay tax Of 718 per horse, and tho revenue
received amounted to $4,000. The dogs of the
Kingdom were each taxed 91.25, yielding an ag-
gregate of revenue Of 81 ,2o9, $3.50. Over $500 900
was received from 1224, 939 persons for the priv
ilege Of carrying gun. Nearly half million
of dolla1s was paid for licenses to kill game
The manufacturers of playing cards sold 931 900
packs, for which they paid tax of 6
conts per pack Including the imported
cards., the consumption for the year was
over one million Of packs OF cards. Four
wheeled private carriages paid tax OF $40 each,
and other carriages Of 81 each, both yieldins
over TWO and half millions of dollars. There
is an additional t.1 Of $40 for any armoria1
design painted on the carriage; but inferior
heraldic designs aro taxed only IS each, aud
10000 persons paid one or tho other these
taxes, the revenue amounting to 9425, 900. The
taxes On horses and mules is 50 per head, and
859,921 animals paid the tax. The license OF q
horse dealer is 962,50 q year. Male servants
pay tax OF 1915 per head, and the ta1
was collected Of 1896 persons. Dealers
and manufacturers in gold and silver
plate paid nearly half million OF dollars tax
Almost as much revenue was paid On patent
medicines. Included in the list Of amusements
or lu1u1ies are divorces, the proceedings OF
which consumed 1928 stamps, at an average
cost OF 81 per stamp. The purely civil mar
riages paid for licenses at the rate Of $3.50 each,
only s25, 600. The aggregate tax from race-
horses, dogs, guns, game lconses, playing cards,
nriyato cnrrinceB uBe Of coats of arms. horses
and mules, horse dealers, male servants, dealers
in plate patent medicines divorce stamps, and
civil marriage licenses, was over Slo, 100000.
, 1873-01-26

The matrimonial misories OF the Byron family
did not end with the death Of the poet. a suit
is now pending in the London Divorce Court Of
Wcn:wor us. Wentworth, Buscartet and
Argaiz. Lord Wentworth. the plaintiff, is q Peer
in right Of succession to his grandmother, Lady
Noel Byron, aid is the eldest surviving soE OF
Ada, the poets daughter. Lady Wentworth is
tho daughter Of q clergyman, who, two or three
years ago, attracted great attention in London
by her beauty, and WAS very e1travagant-
60 much 80 that Lord Wentworth was obliged to
advertise that he would not be responsible for
her debts- The charges against her arc Of a
much graver character, however, than mere e1-
travagance, and are creating great excitement
in London.
, 1873-01-26

The discovery Of petroleum Is reported sin--
! ultaneously from Alabama and from Ecuador.
I. comes at time when these two districts arc
scarcely to be congratulated On their new Sta
ple- When the Pennsylvania oil producers are
forced to stop pumping, and to plug up their
flowing wells, there ia not much hope that
Ecuador or the State of Aabama will profit very
extensively from their acquisition Of petroleum
deposits. Fortunately, tho reported discovery
cannot reasonably be regarded as meana
adopted to secure immigration. It may be that:
the people OF Ecuador and the State Of Alabama
do not want any influx Of strangers. II they do
not, they could not have adopted more certain
means for keeping people away. Tho American
public has been too severely burned by oil on
ane occasion to 60 near its fires again.
-c
The application Of Miss Susan B. Anthony
be discharged from custody, in which she is held
on the charge of Illegal voting, has been denied,
and the lady has thus been given the de-
sired opportunity Of carrying the question.
whether or not women have tho right
to vote, to the Supreme Court OF tho
United States. There is no reason to regret
that there is thus prospect for a decision from
tribunal which will put check to tho abottivo
little attempts that are made by women to vote
at every election that OCCURS The practice has
rendered nartyrdom altogether too common; 30
much go. indeed, that even Miss Anthony has
failed to attract Any special attention in her late
sacrifice Of persona1 liberty for the good Of tia
Cause.
, 1873-01-26

The plan submitted at the Boston Institute Of
Technology for making the Mansard rocf fire.
proof seoms entirely feaaible, and is very SIM
pic. 1t is sn iron frame, tustead OF & wooden
frame, slight in construction, aud susceptible OF
as much exterior ornamentation as the altitude
nous 1umber-yard which is ordinarily used With
the adoption Of this system Of construction,
there seems to DO no reason why cities should be
deprived OF the rich and handsome ornament
which the Mansard certainly furnishes We
should say, too, that such roof could be mora
easily pulled to pieces than the style now in use,
and this mode Of fighting fire at great height
is more eficacious than tho uae Of water.
:: It is said that Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher earna
$3.50 year,-925, 900 salary from his church,
$40, 600 salary as nominal editor Of the Christian
Union, and $4,000 additional income from the
New York Ledger and his occasional lectures
Mr. Beecher probably accepts this large sum OF
money az an inducement for tho enlargement OF
his profession. Ambitious young men who con-
template entering the ministry should take time
to consider, however, in simple Justice to them
selves, that where there is one minister who
cams s45, 900 year, there are fortJ-dve who do
not earn thousand year, and so On in proper
tion.. It is the old principle Of "Door preach.
poor pay"