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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

ITO LET-TO A PRIVATE FAMILY ONLY, FOR ONE
year from May l. first class brown stone full sized
high sloOp four story furnished House, between Broad
way ana Fourth avenue. Apply at room &, 27l Broad
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

rINO LET-FURNISIIED, CHARMING FRENCH ROOF
i House, minutes from Liberty street Jerry: all
improvements, II rooms, $75 month Apply to A. NJ.
CAPEN, 3Gl Broadway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

To LET-AT WASHINGTON HEIGHTS TWO HAND
j. somey furnished Cottages for months and IL do
also Gothic Cottages $1,000 and ST. ZOO also one small
brick rooms, 5000 also Parts OF Houses Croton water,
improvements; 80 minutes to Dey street.
A. b. MILLS, Agent III Nassau street, room
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

A THREE STORY HOUSE, IL BETHUNE STREET,
N Bank and Hudson, good neis borhood, TO let;
parors three rooms deep can be divided up for two
families; rent low.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

A SMALL BRICK HOUSE EIGHT ROOMS, SIXTY
"A ninth street, boulevard. in good order with all
modern cOnvenences; location very desirable.
Also
three story brick House l64 East Twcntyeigh street.
near Third avenue, IN good order rent moderate.
Also
2263 Third avenue, i2Id street. House and Store.
Apply to j. A. VAN BUSkIkk. 81 East Tenth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

ITO LET-FURNISHED AND UNFINISHED, FIRST
l. class Houses Fifth avenue Twenty fourth,
Forty second Forty Streets Lexington and Madi-
avenues. SLADE CO. % Union square.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

ITO LET-AT SIPS PER MONTH FOR SIX MONTHS,
20 West Forty third street, nicely turnishcd yearly
rental, unfinished, $l7Ul
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

VNT LET-FINE BASEMENT, 1852 THIRD AVENUE
l. 25x60 splendid neighborhood for business S25 rent
open; be at any time.
II. M CONDIT, 139 East Twelfth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

"A nished, linen. &c, near Nth avenue below Thirty
fourth street, suitable for first class boarding purposes
WILLIAM TUCKER 20 Fifth avenue,
Twenty 81 xth street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30
HERALD SUNDAY
DwELl.1NG HOUSES TO LET.
Furnished.

A HANDSOMELY FURNISHED THREE STORY
a brown stone ouse, in Forty seventh street. between
Sixth and Seventh avenues, rent very low.
p. ii. GRADY, 81 sixth avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

A FOUR STORY HIGH STOOP BROWN STONE
N 25x65 lot 10O to 10 Forty first street. Sixth
avenue possession April l.
Cs. PECK& CO., 1s1 Fifth avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

ITO LET-AN ELEGANTLY FURNISHED FRESCOED
l. House, excellent neghborhood, Central Park;
$50 per month Apply to owner. W. T. HORN. 67 Wall
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30

T,O LET-A LIGHT, AIRY WELL VENTILATED
l. Basement, at SIS Broadway, near Twelfth street;
best business locality in the city inquire Of p KAHLER,
OnD
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
OTTR RAIL WAY EN- TERT' RISE

1t is almost impossible to conceive the
rapid development and growth of the
railway interests of the United States
during the past forty years, and the vast
wealth accr,ling to this country from
this one department of our national
workshop. The latest official compila-
ton of the American railway system,
extending to Jan. /, 1873, has been
received, which shows that since 1880,
during which year there was constructed
30 miles of railroad, up to the beginning
of the present year there had been con-
structed in the United States 67, 104
miles of railroad, of which 6,427 were
built during the past year. The total
number of miles of railroad in the Uni
ted States since 1880, and the proper
tionate increase each year since that
date, will be found in the tabular state
ment annexed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
DJTORCE IN P4RIS.

The Paris statistics of divorce, says a
London paper, have just reached us.
The figures are remarkably low. The
fact that France is Roman Catholic
country, and legal separation is not ac-
knowledged by the church, as well as
the compacency with which looseness of
life is looked upon, may account in some
measure for this. In 1872 there were
2,47S petitions for separation, of which
over 1000 were presented by wives.
Twenty-seven applied for separation af-
ter less than one year of marriage, 430
after years, 1S0 after 10 years, 1863 be-
tween 10 and 20 years, 5 after the silver
wedding epoch, and there were SO that
could not state how long they were uni
ted in misery. Of the total, 844 Of the
marriages had no children. Fundhold-
ers and professional people figure to the
number of 500 praying for relief, mer-
chants AL, farmers and others 499, arti-
zans 996, servants 6S.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
SCOTCH FMS IN AMERICA.

The Department of Agriculture is in
receipt of advices from the United States
Consul at Dundee, Scotland, conveying
the information that Benjamin Reid &
Co., nurserymen, of Aberdeen, Scotland,
have presented to this Government,
through the Agricultural Department
10000 plants of the true Scotch fir or
Highland pine tree, for distribution in
the Western States, where tree shelter
is of paramount Importance. These
plants are sent in packages, each con-
tanning $50, by the steamship Pennsyl-
vania, and the owners of the vessel, the
State Line Steamship Company, have
kindly undertaken to convey them free,
so that the plants are delivered at New
York free of expense to this Government
Messrs. Reid & Co. consider the Scotch
fir tree as well suited for extensive plant
ing in the West, it being very hardy and
and of free growth The timber is also
of value for most domestic farming pur-
poses. These esentlemenp propose, should
it be acceptable to the United States
Government, to place at the disposal of
the Commissioner of Agriculture, either
this season or the next, an additional
number of 10000 Scotch fir, properly
packed and delivered free of expense to
any steamer that may be named, sailing
from Glasgow to the United States.
These trees average eighteen inches in
height, and as the planting season for
this class of trees is now Mt hand, the
Commissioner proposes to distribute
them in the original packages from New
York, where they will be delivered to
suitable parties who desire to test their
usefulness on the treeless plains of the
West, and are willing to incur simply
the cost of transportation from New
York to the point of destination.
Washington iStur.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
BURG, ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND SATURDAY,

test for yourself whether or not my hair
and whiskers are genuine"
But this bill?"
"The bill is perfectly accurate. Only
the wigs and the whiskers were hired
last winter to complete the costumes of
some friends at private theatrical in
Philadelphia, in which l acted the part
of venerable father with beard and
trcsscs of flowing silver"
"Thcre,' cried Berry, triumphant in
her turn, as she suffered Mr.. Elsley to
clasp her in his arms. 81 was right
/ k,tc,0 he was true and genuine. And
| ,oiU marry him..
Which she did, much to the disgust
of Aunt Myrtilla and her ally, Miss De-
sire Dutton. And what is more, she
persisted i'll being radiantly, Extensively
happy in her new relation, instead, as
Aunt Myrtilla prophesied, coming home
in fortnight.
Upon my word, l don't understand
it at all, said Aunt Myrtilla.
And it is not likely that she ever will
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
he year, as follows

This makes total for the year of
81 ,432, 100, and taking into account the
fact that but a comparatively small
proportion of the frauds committed are
discovered, the exhibit is truly serious
one. The Commissioner report states
that in New York the amounts realized
by the Government are mainly from
seizure, made for the most part on
board of vessels, of goods imported from
foreign countries. The larger suits
against prominent firms of New York
originate with the examination of i'll
voices. Smuggling in small articles is
in that city also carried on to a consid-
erable extent, amounting for the last
year to $500, 900. The amounts result
ing from these seizures are divided
among the informer, the naval officer,
and the Government, the Government
only receiving one-half, except when the
informer is a revenue official, when the
Government receives two thirds. The
Commissioner states that the amount
the Collector of New York has received
during the past year is about $50, 900.
In Boston the case is similar, with the
exception that smuggling is done on a
lesser scale. The greatest difficulty ex-
perienced, however, is in preventing
smuggling across the Canadian border.
Smuggling at the Southern ports is not
in proportion to the extent of the i'm
portations, owing mainly to the inaccessi-
bic character of the coast.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
CUSTOMS FRAUDS.

The Commissioner of Customs has
just prepared report for the use of the
Secretary of the Taeasury on the
amounts of custom frauds on the Gov
ernment for the fiscal year ending the
Both of last month. These frauds
represent cases settled by the depart
ment, and show to what an alarming ex-
tent the system of swindling is carried
on. An exact copy of the figures in the
report show the frauds in each city for
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
GREA TEST HEIGHTS ATTAINED BIZ
BALLOONS

BiLLOOAS.
Mr. Coxwell, the English aeronaut,
and Mr.. Glaisher, the eminent meteorol-
ogist, have made number of high as
tensions together. The most remark
able of these took place September 5,
1852, when they attained the greatest
altitude ever reached by man. Mr..
Glaisher estimates this to have been
between $4,000 and 81, 900 feet, or about
seren miles. His last observation, made
before the greatest elevation was reached,
showed an altitude of $4,000 feet. He
then became insensible, and so remained
for the space of about seven minutes,
the balloon meanwhile ascending until
it was checked by Mr.. Coxwell, who
seized the valve-rope by his teeth, as
his hands were helpless.
September Is, 1904, NJ. Gay Lussace
reached height of 22,977 feet, his as
cension having been made for scientific
purposes. Blanchard claimed to have
ascended to height of 32, 900 feet, and
Margat, Garnerin, Robertson, and
others have claimed to outdo this, but
in most cases their balloons were too
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
VOLUME II.
TIE RER.iL LIFE.

The farmer who, in days of old.
From house to house his produce gold,
Well ripeued fruit and shcayes of gold.
seemed to us, children Of the town,
A trif,e coarse and wcndrous brown;
We wondered how his ample hard
Became so horny and so tanned,
and deemed his heavy shoes would i'll
Bcfit the ght-hceled dancers skill;
Bnt they who meath his roof should try
The test Of hospitality,
His honesty without u flaw,
His love Of liberty and law,
Would find howe'er concealed from view
The roughened diamond pure and true.
He need not mark with anxious eye
The tluctuant markets usury-
Nor had he need to watch or wall,
The lightness of the baker. sca'c--
His own sweet loaves from ovens NAV.
Shall careful wife or daughter draw,
Wcll-p!cased the household board to see
Crowned by her active ministry.
His fields OF grain that richly spread
His towering maize, with tassclcd head;
Ille It"iHp lttuS iIttlN l''uI
The creamy nectar's balmy store;
The poultry roaming proudly hIcst,
The ivory treasures of their nest,
The bees that herd in cone-like bower
The honied essence or the flower;
The garden roots that bidc their time,
The fruits tha. fall, tn" vines tina cli;ub
4 p'cntcous atlLl"tJt Suip!y,
Which even Parsian luxury,
With all its wire-drawn art and fame.
Perchance might scorn. but need not blame
Ho for the flax fields blossoms blue,
And lustrous leaf surchargcd with dew;
Its tibrous stem the wheel shall stir
OF many a thrifty cottager.
Oh for the white flock wandering nigh
Through pastures green, with patient eye;
Their silken fleece by wOman's care
Transmitted for her household dear,
Arms them the kcenest blast to bear;
And will such useful labor cheer
With sweet content her sheltered sphere.
For she from loom and distaff drew
Nor thread alone, or warp and woof,
But -rngth to bear and will to do,
III ! kept neuralgia pains aloof,
The arm that in the dairy wrought,
Gained muscle firm by action free;
While buxom health and cheerful thought,
The priceless gifts of industry,
inspired the vigor that sustains
The mystic nerve and flowing veins,
Lends to the cheek ruddy glow,
And keeps the forehead fair,
Even though chill age had sifted snow
Amid the lustrous hair.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
NO DIFFERENCE.

depend upon it, my dear, he is an
imposter," said Aunt Myrtilla.
She was sitting in the roomy, old
fashioned farm kitchen, where the sun
shine photographed the small window
panes in spares of light Oh the floor,
and the dresser shelves looked like the
dainty furniture of IL dolls house, while
the wooden clock, half century old,
licked peacefully away behind the bower
of silver-gree southern wood and as
paragus, and the copper tea-kettle on
the stove hummed CHEEKY accompani-
ment.
Aunt Myrtilla was stoning cherries,
her fingers purple with the blood of the
shining fruit, her spectacles nicely bal
anced on her organs of casualty" "
And her niece Bernice-for shortness
called "Berry was washing china in
little blue wooden tub, with minia-
ture mop, which she whished and
splashed about in an eminently "house-
keeping" fashion.
depend upon it, my DEAR Aunt
Myrtilla was gravely enunciating, che
is an imposter."
"That's what you say about all of
'cm, aunty,' said Berry, with little
rebellious shrug of her shoulders.
"And it's true, my DEAR" said Aunt
Myrtilla "Men and currant jelly are
Just alike. You never know how they
are going to turn out
Glow do you know" saucily de-
manded Berry. "You never were mar
ried."
"No, and l never mean to be, )" said
Aunt Myrtilla tartly. "None of your
smoking, stamping, muddy-footed cree
turs about me! 1 never had an offer,
thank the Lord; but if l should, trust
that I'd have common-sense enough tc
say MOI"
"That hasn't got anything to do with
my affairs" said Berry. "NIr. Elsley
is handsome and stylish and agreeable
and l like him. l mean to marry him
too"
Berry"
"Well, why not, Aunt Myrtilla
Here l am eighteen years old, and quite
able to judge for myself.
"But what do you know about him
child?" sagely demanded the elder.
"What do I know about anybody, i
it comes to that?" pouted Berry.
eyes, yes, child; but if it was Hugl
Corey or Joseph Smithson, or any o
the other young men born and brough
mp in this neighborhood-
"Horrid bores, every one of 'em =
interjected Berry, under her breath.
But here is perfect stranger, come
to board at Desire Duttons, to sketcl
and paint and loaf around for his heaith
That looks suspicious on the very face
OF 1t. And there's no sort of doubt bu
he has heard of the hundred dollars
and the six silver tablespoons and 81,
silver teas, that your Uncle Eben prom
ises to give you, if you behave yourself
properly, and means to marry you fol
your property"
-" Nonsense, Aunt Myrtilla, laughed
the young girl, diving down to the bot
tom of the tub after one of the yer,
identical "silver teas" in question
while the brown ringlets danced abou
her pretty brow, and the dewy viole
eyes sparkled with ill-concealed mirth
"You shall no. talk so about Mr.. Els
ley"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02

frcttmg, and wasting of exciting bust
ness is done by others, and not by him
self. He never sells what he does not
own, nor buys what he cannot pay for
and, if he will, lock up. He reads men
with the intuition of prophet. He
locks his business affairs in his own bo-
son, and, he says, "changes his mind
when he chooses without being accused
of vacillation." He touches nothing
that he does not control. He is at no.
body's mercy; nobody can betray him,
sell him out, buy him off, or thwart his
plans.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
Old TIMES.

One of the most interesting features
of the centennial celebration of Ameri-
can independence, to occur in Philadel-
phia iii 1876, will be Independence Hall,
restored as near us may be to the con-
dition in which it was known to the
revolutionary patriots. At the cast end
of Independence Chamber the Presi-
dents dais has been replaced i'll exact
conformity with the contemporary de-
scription given upon the reception of the
first French Minister to the Republic,
and the identical table nd chair used
by John Hancock are restored to their
places on the dais. The thirteen chairs
used by the delegates in 1776 have all
been discovered, and six of them retain
their original leather coverings. All the
pictures i'll the chamber inconsistent
with its historical associations have been
removed, giving the spectator full and
interesting view of the doors, cornices,
wainscoting and other architectural
CudIttCtcllStlCS VI tiiC loolli, anu lHC L IL
lars which formerly sustained the ceiling
have been replaced. The committee
having the restoration in charge hope
also to obtain all the portraits extant OF
the signers of the Declaration of indie,
pendence.
They have practical way of rightine
things up in Canterbury, n. Fl. A
Manchester man, who had unfairly OBJ,
tanned farm from dying man, to the
detriment of the widow and children
recently visited it to cut the hay, go
his moving machine ready for use the
next morning, and retired. That night
about twenty men and women turned
out, prepared the hay by moonlight
sold the crop, and placed the money il
keeping for the rightful heirs, all before
daylight.
AT Court of Assizes in France maa
was tried for having murdered his fathel
and mother before closing the proceed
ings the President asked him if he hat
anything to say. BEG your pardon
Judge" says the rough, 81 want to asl
your pity for poor orphan
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02

The Rutland (Vt.) Herald, in speak
ing of the late Hiram Powers, the sculp-
tor, says that it was dream in Powers
youth that shaped his destiny. Powers
dreamed that he saw, across a river, a
female figure in white standing upon a
pedestal. At that time Powers had never
seen a statue, but soon after felt the sig
niticance of the dream on see ng a rough
statue by great artist From that time
his course was decided.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
THE GREAT ARCTIC RIVER Il WITCH
PAX

THE & RElT ARCTIC RI YER WITCH
PAX.
This great river has it's source far up
in British America and up IN the ROCKY
Mountains, and runs for hundreds of
miles in British America, and then en-
ters Russian America (Alaska), Its
course from the source to the center OF
Russian America being northwest, and
enters into Behring's sea at about north
latitude G3 degrees.
History tells us that the width OF this
great river will average one mile for a
distance of 800 miles in length, though
in some places it is five miles i'll width.
History further tells us that it is navl-
gable for 1,SO0 miles, though boat
could not make more than one trip
wear, as the river is open but three or
four months of the year. In length and
volume of water it is exceeded only by
the Amazon, the Mississippi, and, per-
haps, the La Plata. 1t exceeds the
Nile, the Ganges, the Volga, the Amoor,
and has aflluents to which the Rhone
and the Rhine are but brooks. The
fisheries on the Amazon of the North
are said to be the best in the world.
Moose, reindeer, and hares abound on
this great river. 1t costs the natives
there but little exertion to procure their
food
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
PrOprictOrs.
NUMBER As.
SECRETS.

SECRETS.
I'd like to be a daisy
In the clover,
That I might look mp bravely
At my lover.
I'd bid the willing breezes
Bend me sweet,
That | might, as he passed me,
Touch his feet
I'D let the dew SO quickly
Start and glisten,
That, thinking had called him,
He would listen.
Yet would he listen yainly-
Happy me!
No bee could find my secret
How could he?
If ever of the clover
Couch be made.
I'd softly kiss his cyclids
In the shade.
Then would breathe sweet incense
All for him,
Aud fill with perfect bloom
The twilight dim.
What should do, | wonder,
When he went?
Why, l would-likc daisy
Be content.
Aack to live so bravely,
Peace ocrladen,
Has nc'cr been granted yet to
Simple maiden.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02

THE Sophomores of Amherst College
began celebrating the Fourth at mid
night of Thursday by firing cannon
stolen from the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College the night before. Four
policemen, being unable to arrest the
,nners, seized upon three inoffensive
teshmen, and marched them to the
ck-up, where they were released on
bill, and in the interval the Sophomores
id spiked the cannon and built fire
Pout it, which entirely destroyed the
ln-carriage. They have since agreed
pay the cost of rebuilding it, how
Fer, and the Freshmen have been dis
larged without trial.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02

The Chicago and Alton railroad pro :
poses to create an Indebtedness not ex-
ceeding $S,O00,000, secured by mort
gage or deed of trust upon the COM
pany's property, the money to be applied
to retiring the present bonded indebted
ness of the company and the better
equipment of the road with double
track and steel rails. A meeting of the
stockholders will be held on the 10th of
September to approve the proposition.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02

A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if
we can tell him how to keep his glasses
on his nose. We suggest that he sand
paper his proboscis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02

The Kendallville Standard states it
her neatly in this way: "Last Satur-
NJ gentleman in this city stubbed
'e quite severely against a trouble
peddler who had twice darkened
,or,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
VARIETIES.

A BAD miss-A misdcmcanor.
A FAST fricnd-The telegraph.
The height of Cupid-ity-Love-mak-
ing.
A BAD cane for cripple-A hurri-
cane.
The only genuine Fee-nians-Law-
ycrs.
DARKROOM device-Down with your
sawdust.
WHAT is the opposite of "too thin?'
Tooth out!
PoL1cEMENssay the best way to smooth
rough is to iron him.
"TnERE is limit to all things"-ex-
cept the appetite for drink.
PEOPLE who are under the weather
now are under very hot weather.
| A PLACE to look for "old saws -
Among the files of old newspapers.
In place of the golden rule, we find
the steal rule daily growing into favor.
GEN BUFFERS favorite exercises
Walking for his health and running for
Office.
The Goodrich mystery is solved, and
makes good rich story, fit for melo-
drama.
The opponents of the woman's rights
movement insist that at the time of her
creation woman was only side issue.
IT is suggested that young ladies are
SO anxious to get husbands because
every woman is amiss until she is mar
ried.
A WESTERN toast-Let come what
will come, for it is sure to come; so
come and let us take a drink! And they
all came.
"WHAT is the date of your hustle 2
was what an anxious papa OF Coblesklll,
N. Y, asked his well-drcssed daughter,
after searching for the latest copy OF his
paper.