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The PROPOSED PAYMENT OF Sill

THE PROPOSED PAYMENT OF Sill
VERA Washington correspondent
writes that there is considerable curiosity
about the proposed payment of silver
coin by the Government, which is to 20
into operation this week. The first pay
ment of any account will probably be
made toward the last of the week, when
tho clerks in the various departments
will receive their salary for the month.
1t is proposed to pay them partly in sill
yer. As most OF the salary OF Govern
ment officials is expended there, Wash
ington will be the first city to experience
the new sensation OF hard money cir
culatioD. The general impression ap-
pears to be, that as silver is not valuable
on account Of premium, there will be
little demand for it after few thousand
dollars have been put in circulation, be-
cause for all purposes of convenience
and trade greenbacks are preferable.
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In the District Court of the United
States. Western District Of Pennsylvania
JESSE & Z; cIaTF0GL, Hs'is' S5 NOTICE i. hereby
Bankrupt.
Given that mp application of D. C. Oys-
ter, assignee of the estate of Jesse Claypool,
Bankrupt, to it is ordered that a second
general meeting of said Bankrupt be held
at Ridgway in said District, Oh the 20 day
of November, A. b. 1873 at 8 o'clock M,
at the Office Of S. L. Woodruff, che of the
Registers in Bankruptcy in said District
for the purpose named in the twenty seventh
section of the Bankrupt act Of March End,
1867.
8. C. McCANDIEss,
u33-tw Clerk.
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AGSlI3 NYAlTtD
Elk County Directory.

President Judge-L. d. Wetmore.
Additional Law Judge-Ilon. Jno.
Vincent
Associate Judges-Chas. Luhr, ] v.
Houk.
District Attorney. X: P, Hail.
Sheriff-D. C. Oyster.
Prothonotary &c., Fred. Schening.
Treasurer-C. h. Farley.
County Superintendent-Rufus Lucore
CCmmissioners-Robt. Campbell, John
Barr, Geo. Ed. Weis.
Auoitors-Clark A. Wilcox, George d.
MesseL ger, and C. W. Barrett.
County Surveyor-Geo Wilmsley.
Jury Commissi i,ners.-Joseph kerner.
and Charles Mead.
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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18


4 NENTRILOoUIsT'S JOKE We re-
Gently, says a Brother editor, took a
walk on the wharf with a friend who
is a good vcntriloqUist.
Two hands of one of our steamers
were engaged in rolling off a cask,
when to the CONSERVATION and sur
prise of the persons engaged in per
forming that operation, voice was
heard within the cask:
''Roll it easy; these plaguey nails
hurt. I'd rather pay my passage than
stand all this.'
Holding up their hands, their visu-
ais expanded to the size of two sausers,
the laborers exclaimed
THAT beats the dickensi"
The mate coming up at this moment,
and unaware of the cause of delay,
commenced cursing them for their di-
latoriness, when from within the cask
the voice came forth:
You're nobody; let me out Of this
cask."
whats that?" said the mate.
"Why it's me-" said the voice; 81
want to get out; 1 won't stand it any
longer"
"Up-end the cask, said the mate.
"Oh, dontl you'll kill me, said tho
voice. "Oh how these nails prick
Look out-don'tr' again said the
cased-up individual, as the men were
turning 1t over.
Cooper" said the mate, "head the
cask and take that man out"
AS the adze sundered the hoops
and the head was coming out, tn,
voice again broke forth:
BE easy now; is there any one a
bout? 1 don't want to be caught.
Quite a crowd had now gathered a
round the scene of action, when ;
loud, cultural laugh broke forth
which made our hair stand on end
as the cask was filled with bacon.
''What does it mean?" says one.
1T beats my time, said the mate.
We enjoyed the joke too well t,
elbow" as we walked of arm-in-arn
with the ventrilOquist and magician.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18
An Impromptu Missouri Wedding.

y Missouri paper gives a detailed
account of how 4 bctrOthcd couple
were persuaded to anticipate the day
set for their wedding, and to have the
ceremony abruptly performed at a
Birthday party. At which They chanc-
ed to be guests II says Recorder
Theis was also present, and as soon
as he saw the young couple come in,
with an eye to business he suggested
that if anybody was present who
wished to be married, he was at their
service. The young couple at once
took the hint. The young man was
willing, but the maiden was back
ward, and would not consent. Adam
concluded to use a little diplomacy,
and so he saws, II will make a pres
ent of a S35 cooking stove TO any
couple that 1 shall marry tonight.
This proposition SO delighted the
company that others commenced or
fering presents. L. G.. Mueller said,
Il will give a nice bureau;" +. G..
Ahlers, And L Il spring mattress" :"
Fisher, the halter, "Call on me for a
rocking chair" Miller, the gun-mith,
I'm give n set of cushiOned-b bottom
chains" ;" Mr.. Woke, "And here's an
extension table," Mrs. Anna Niete-
book, "I'll give a $50 bcdstead :" Mr..
Gatz, Put me down for a fine look
ing glass :" Mrs. Mitchell, Here's a
breakfast set" Miss Fritz Notebook,
'.I'H give a clock - and so they went
on until the presents in the aggregate
amounted to about 800, the young
couple meanwhile blushing, and hard |
ly knowing what to say or do. Sever
al friends of the young lady got
around her, and told her she would
not again have such a favorable op-
portunity to make a start in the
world :" and Just as the party was
breaking up, about IL O'Clock, Mr.. |
who seemed to be working
in Adams interest, and urging OH the
match, came round to the Recorder |
and whispered in his ear, ''Stop a !
leetle, dot't all right, by chinck, we |
got Wedding anyhow pooty soon" |
Adam called halt. the company stood !
still in hats and bonnets, while the |
proceeded and said: II pro- !
nOunce you man and wife, and may
God bless you, and Miss STERN was
Mrs. Greene, to the intense delight
of all present.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18
NUMBER 40

Father Cary, of st. Peters church,
fun of life and vigor and earnest in
the cause To which lie devoted him
self. has sUcCumbed TO the fever. the
third of our city pastors who have been
takcn from us by the fell destroyer.
He was away mp IL the far north when
the terrible disease made its appear
ance in Memphis, but summoned home
on account Of the extra duties imposed
OH his fellow priests by reason % the
unusual mortality among our CathO-
lie fellow-citizens, he returned prompt
" and entered upon a holy work, at
which death found him Surely TO
him, as 10 Farther DAILY and DIR. Bow
man, IL was but a translation to the
brighter land, glimpses Of which must
come TO souls like theirs, so thorough
~ Ia communion with God Their
gain is our loss. We shall miss them,
for their good works remain to testify
of them. Father Cary was gentle
man Of much personal refinement of
manners, and was characterized by
devoted piety and strict attention TO
duty. He was "A worthy son Of the
church, a brave soldier Of the cross,
fighting sin, helping the helpless and
doing everything for the good Of his
race.-AppedL.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18

BY c. W. SEARS.

BY G. W. SEARS.
There comes month in the weary year
month Of leisure and heaIthful rest;
When the ripe leaves fall and the air is clear
October: the brown, the crisp, the blest.
My life has little enough Of bliss;
drag the days Of the odd eleven,
Counting the time that shall lead to this
The month that opens the hunters heaven.
And oh, for the mornings crisp and white,
= With the sweep Of the hounds upon the
track,
The bark-roofed cabin, the camp-ircs light,
The break Of the deer and the rifles crack.
DO you call this triningl tell you friend,
a life in the forest is past all praise,
Give me a dozen such months on end
You may take my balance Of years and
days.
For brickl and mortar, bread, filth and
crime,
Aud pulse OF evil that throbs and beats
And men go withored before their prime
With the curse paved in on the lanes and
streets.
And lungs are choked, and shoulders are
bowed
In the smothering reek Of mill and mine; ;
And Death stalks in on the struggling
crowd,
Buthe shuns the shadow Of oak and pine.
And to all to which the memery clIngs,
There i naught So sweet as the sunny
spots
Where our shanties stood by the crystal
springs,
The vanished hounds and the lucky shots.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18

LONGEyITY. Rev. Doctor NAYS Of
Knoxville, who has recently visited
Wythe county, Virginia, says there is
a couple in that county by the name
Of Shaffer who have been married 76
years, and who are each 81 years OF
age. o..
The Fayetteville Express gives two
notable instances: Mr.. Samuel Jones,
who lives on Coldwater creek in this
county, ten miles west of Fayetteville,
has now reached the advanced age Of
ninety years. His wife, Rachel, is
eighty years of age, and the two have
been married serenity one gears. Mr..
LOderic Robinson living on Mulberry
creek, in the new county of Moore,
thirteen miles north east of this place,
is in his ninety first year, and his wife,
Nancy, to whom he was married in
1916, is now ninety two years of age.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18
MAKING HAY

A warm and -uu.i.btrd morning.
Three Urt1e uuchins 8t play-
lit the shutter 60 watch them
They cry, '' H'c nrg making hay"
The plot Of EreensWsrd l. narrow,
Their scythe is a carving kEif..
But fingers are strangely eager,
Aud thuliing with re Ties, life.
They sec the Tcd cover lalIHus,
And pause, in plying way,
While one little hand i, stealing
some clusters "fo- mas hcquct."
%, dear little patient toiIurs.
There's never plot 50 small
Within the worlds bounIicss garden,
Where iubilant rain-drops fall,
And summcrry suUbes ms twiuklc,-
That does not ofcr you suu
some fragrant hay for the making,
II so you work with a Will
Aud though, il may De, unSaiuly
i the weapon that you take,
I know you can harvest bloS>oms,-
At lcsst for snothcr's sake.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18
The Poet whnttier Confused.

An amusing story is told of the
poet Whittier, who is as modest as he
is gifted. He was in the city not lO8g
since, and went to hear Rev. L. II.
Chaplin speak and lecture somewhere
up town. The clergyman was clo-
quent, as usual; his discourse, inter
larded with high-wrought passages of
rhetoric, closed with a stirring pOeti-
cal quotation, so well delivered that
the Quaker bard applauded with the
rest. Some one sitting next to him
inquired: '.Do you know, Mr.. Whit
tier, who is the author of that ex-
tract?" 'sNo, 1 do not. 1t sounds
familiar, and I like the sentiment -
''Why, the lines are yours, Mr.. Whit
tier. You must remember them
They are from your famous anti
slavery odes." so they are" said
Whittier. after little reflection, and
blushing like a school girl caught
reading her first lOve-letter. Il real
ly did not recall them. Indeed, they
sounded so much better than they
ever sounded before, that it is not
strange l failed to recognize them -
The poet, thoroughly sincere, did not
recover for some time from the en-.
/ barrassment of outwardly acclaimine
his own composition, but has now
/ come to regard II as 50 good Joke
/ that he tells 1t himself.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18

The SEVEN WONDERS OF THE World.
The seven wonders of the world are
among the traditions Of childhood. aud
yet uiuety-nine persons out Of one
hundred can not name them. They
arc the Pyramids; the teHsPie, the
walls, aud he haneing eartie'is OF
Babylon the ChryseIephantic statue
Of Jupiter Olympus, the most rcnoWn-
ed work Of Phidias; the temple Of
Diana at Ephesus, which was two hun
dred and twenty years in building, and
which was 42j feet in length, and 22O
feet in breadth, and supported by l27
marble columns Of the Ionic order, 60
feet high; the Mausoleum at Hallicar-
nassus, erected to the memory of
MausOlus, the King of Caria, 10y his
wife Artemcsia, i. c. 3j6; the pharos
at Alexandria, lighthouse erected
by Ptolcmy Softer, at the entrance of
the harbOr of Alexandria, 459 feet
high, and seen at distance of 100
miles; and, lastly, the Colossus at
Rhodes, brazen image of Apollo, los
Grccian feet in height.
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what One Manulaetory win Do.

To those who arc inclined TO be
lieve that manufactures are of but
little Importance, We will state a few
facts. One manufactory, employing
one hundred men, will support an ad-
ditioual five hundred people. Three
hundred families VIII disburse annu-
ally on the average $3.50, or S75, 900
per annum. This money will be
drawn into the town from the coun-
try outside, where the manufactured
goods are consumed; and the inter
est on the S75, 900 at ten per cent,
would be 81, 500. This gives only the
spending wages Of these workmen,
and when we consider the amount
paid out for material, which of course
is very large, and much of it supplied
by the adjacent country, that would
otherwise be valueless, we find n
large revenue coming i'll, which as
sists the landowner in improving and
! developing his lands. Besides, these
| three hundred families would require
a hundred houses, thousands of
pounds of agricultural produce, and
! thousands of yards of cotton and
! wooilen goods, thus giving health and
| impetus to every branch Of industry.
/ Why 1t Is that our people do not see
/ these benefits, we cannot understand.
/ There is not a town in our State but
what can sustain aud have at least
enough manufactures to employ one
hundred men, and if merchants will
not undertake it, we appeal to the
farmers for their own sake 10 COM
mence at once and start a factory
/ Then will you add wealth to your
selves and be a blessing to your com
munIty.-l Nashville Jour. Commerce.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18
MEMORY.

How ofr, in silence, secretly, atone,
We wander back along the Travelled road
OF life which lies behind Us. There We
strobe
with buoyant step; aud there, with many
grOan.
We picked painful way from stone to
stone,
Which barred our path. Onc while a
weary hill
Defeated ardor; then, again, rilI
In brishmcS, cheCrcd Us. All are pa,t and
gone.
But not forgotten. standing, fS we seem,
Beside the wall which hides futurity,
The long lost past Jchin rs gives a hope
Aud faithful promise Of security,
But noUe Of ease; or else there were no
scope
For tru-t in Col, and life were but dream.
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4 Rankrnnf Conccrn.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-William Selby.
State Superintendent of Insurance,
to-day filed a petition in the Circuit
Court, asking TO restrain the Mutual
Life Insurance Company from trans
acting any further business, especial
" from issuing new policies, rc-issu-
ing any of its risks or paying out any
money whatever. The petition fur
ther asks for the appointment of a
receiver and for a decree dissolving
and siding mp its affairs. Mr.. Sell
by'S petition IS based upOn the fact as
he alleges, that an examination of the
affairs Of the Company ordered by hin
I discloses the fact that the Gabilitie;
of the Company exceeds its assets 10y
$9Oi, 955 exclusive Of Sl00,000 capita
stoe'r
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Where advertisements are ordered 10 5e
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according 10 the space they occupy;
one inch 10 constitute square.
SherifIs, Clerks and Rangers. who send
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and civil district Offices, S5-all in advance
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18

NUTRIrIvE PROPERTIES OF APPLEs.-
1t is stated that by careful analysis
it has been found that apples contain
a larger amoTnt of phosphorous, or
brain food, than any other fruit or
vegetable, and on this account they
are very important to sedentary men
who work their brains rather than
their muscles. They also contain the
acids which are needed especially for
sedentary, men&the action of whose
liver is sluggish, to eliminate effete
matters, which, if retained in the sys-
TEN, produce inactiOn OF the brain,
and indeed of the whole system, caus-
| ing jaundice, sleeplessness, scurvyi
aud troublesome diseases Of the skin
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18
cnILpREN,s EyENINe HYMN.
nr Il. nE1nsM rpwaEDs.

BY 81. BETHaN TDwhEDS-
The Iittie bird. now ~rrL their ret;
The bsiy sleeps on mothers breast
Thou sivcst an Thy children rest,
God Ct the weary
The sailor prly eth ~ the ~eu;
The little oaes 10 mothers knee;
Now comes the pcnitcnl 10 Thce,
God % the weary.
The orphan PUTS awsy hi f-sr.;
The troubled hopes for happier years
Thou dric.t an thr mournrr's tc1r-,
God of tho weary.
Thou scnLe>t rest 90 Tired fyrt,
To Hiue toilcr-' >iumi,-rr sweet.
To srkinc hc1Its Tcpo.c complete.
God of Ihc weary.
L. cIici, PtTFieNity, ur pain,
None ever came ." Thee IN vain;
Thou makcst hlc q joy again.
God Of the weary.
Wc -lceV that wc may wake reneN'd.
To serve thee a. thy children should,
With love and zeal and gratitude,
God Of the wcaty.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18

RETRIBUTIeS.-There is an old lady
now living in the city Of Louisville
who, in 1925, succeeded in gaining
the affections of a married man, who
got divorce from his wife and mar
ried the lady above referred to. By
his divorced wife he had one son, who
is now living in Cincinnati, and is
wealthy. By the preferred lady he
had seven boys. The father died
some time ago, and the first son by
his second marriage was drowned at
sea, being a sea captain; the second
son was drowned in the Ohio river op-
posite this city; the third son was
hung as a deserter from the United
States army; the fourth was shot in
Louisville while settling up some
business with his partner; the fifth
was struck by lightning; the sixth
had his neck broken by a runaway
horse, aud the last died a natural
death after barely having escaped the
penitentiary for stealing.