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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-31
THE MONEY MARKET.
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FRIDAY, May SO-r. NJ
The Legislature having made Decoration Day
legal holiday. tho Stock and Gold Exchanges ana
Banks suspended business, so that there Is no'lns
20 report from the street."
The Erie Railway Company report weekly earn
kags commencing Nov. !, 1872, as follows;
49, 1873. 1872.
Sever dayS Seven otvb
For week ending Nav 3D.. tiSSSe S I'VE
Previously repOrted..........-. S6Ss'I5e sosi'Ioo
Total earnings SINCE NOv. l.toO'4.oo '''-''
rncreaSa for week. .......-.....- S'eiV
increase for 6mOnths and three 49,.
weeks TO date. ................ 29l,25O
The annual statement of the Phenix Mutual Lie
Insurance Company of Hartford, presented IN an
ether column gives fatterng exhibit of the results
If last years business The receipts were $S,5OOOOO
expenses including death claims, dividends and Tor
lapsed and surrendered policies, $2OOOOOO Ihenet
assets at the close Of the year were nearly Ss2oO
CO., The company have in force 5000 policies IN
surfing $1 $4,000. Compared with the other Connec-
ticut companies the Phenx during the past year has
exceeded them all in its business as will be seen by
q comparative table accompanying the statement IN
another column.
The June coupons Of the METROPOLITAN Gas Light
Company will be paid at the National Bank Of the
Commonwealth in this city
The Philadelphia stock market is unsettled; Penn
sylyania Skies, lO9 Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road 24 Reading Railroad ST. Pennsylvania Rail
road 81; Gold. lls3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-31

THE CONSOLIDATED 80 YEARS PER CENT GOLD
BONDS of the ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHEASTERN RAIL
WAY Co. issued upon a completed trunk line (be-
tween st. Louis and Nashville, Tenn.) earning NOR
than enough to pay interest and operating expenses
Price % andinterest. Sold by
WINsLow & wilson,
20 Willam-st.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13
Vol. XIX. Whole No. 9Sl. No. 90
Baby's First Tooth.

The Danbury -NeUS man details the
following pleasing dones ic event: MIR.
and Mrs. HARRISON had Just finished
their breakfast. Mr.. HARRISON had
pushed back, and was looking under the
lounge for his boots. Mrs. HARRISON
sat at the table holding the infant Har-
bison, and mechanically working her
ioreiinger in its mouth. Suddenly she
paused in the motion, threw tho aston
ished child on its back, turned as white
as sheet, pried open its mouth, aud
Immediately gasped, 'Ephraim!' Mr..
HARRISON, who was on his knees with
his head under the lounge. at once came
forth, rapping his head sharply on the
side OF the lounge as he did so, and, get
ting on his ieot, inquired what was the
matter. % Ephraim, said she, the tears
rolling down her cheeks and the smiles
coursing up. 'Why, what is it, Arlne-
thea! said the astonisned Mr.. HARRISON,
smartly rubbing his head where it had
come in contact with the lounge. Baby
she gasped. Mr.. HARRISON turned
pale, and commenced to sweat. Baby
has. o, o, o, Ephraim. Baby has
baby has got tooth.' Nor screamed
Mr.. HARRISON. spreading his legs apart,
dropping his chin, and staring at the
struggling heir with with all his might.
Il tell you it is. persisted Mrs. iIar-
bison, with slight evidence OF hysteria.
%, o, it can't be- protested Mr.. Har-
bison, preparing to swear if it wasn't.
Come here, aud see for yourself said
Mrs. HARRISON, Open its little mousy
wousy for it own muzzer. That's
toody woody; that's blessed little
'ump o'sugar.' Thus coniured, the heir
opened its mouth sufficiently for the
author of its being to thrust in his fin
ger, and, that gentleman having convin-
ced himself by the most indubitabie evil
dence that a tooth was there Immediate
" kicked his hat across the room. buried
his fist in the lounge, and declared
with much feeling and vehemence that
that he could lick the individual who
would dare to intimate that he was not
the happiest man on the face of the
earth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

were some good cambric handkerchiefs.
An Old portmonnaic held but "A cents
in money, few postage stamps, a
ticket for Studley's omnibus line, New
York and New Haven railway, and an-
other, ''good from |. G. and l.. depot
only,' signed "P. b. Strader," and
dated 1871. An old needlebook or
housewife held in the pocket several
printed pages Of the book of prov
erbs torn from a Bible, and a fly-leaf
apparently from the same volume.
bearing several texts, written in del
icate, womanly hand. There was also
loose, short lock of very fair hair.
looking like that of child. This was
taken, think, from the pistol pocket
OF the trowsers he had on, as were also
two small lamp-mats, knitted in wors.
ted. His boots were Of unusually
small size, AMI indicating a slenderness
OF foot Which confirmed the statement
l mad heard as to the smallness and
slenderness Of his hands. A small
piece of tobacco was also found in a
pocket. His shirt-studs were of gold
or gilt. and were engraved with a lit
tie leaf. Several paper collars were
wrapped in Woburn Mass J Journal
of October 4, 1873. There wss a
watch-key, but no watch nor was there
any knife or scissors, although the
name had been cut from every garment.
In one case something was left behind
that looked like an initial d; and in
the needle-book was Il worn piece of
white paper on which was written in
pencil, j. o b Morgan City" This
- might equally well be interpreted
''2 or 90 Now, had this scrap of
paper been i'll the pocket-book, it would
have seemed that it might be the name
OF the owner, but being in the needle
book, which was not so likely to be
carried IN the pocket or lost, this seem
ed less probable.
In conclusion Mr.. IIigginson saws ::
There ls something very tragic in this
effort at elf-obliteration-thc name
pershing first and then the man-and
1t IS sad thought that this Young life
was ebblns away among those lonely
bluffs, beneath the same glorious Oc-
tober sunshine that brought JOY and
strength TO all others.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

A NEW Snow PLOUGH.-An inven-
ton BY Signor Abbiatti of Il new plough
for cleaning the tracks OF sIea.n and
stl Get railroads, is attracting attention,
and the claim is made for ii that it is
both expeditions, thorough, and cheap
The machine, which operates on the
snow or ice, is a heavy revolving saw,
or fan, which cuts into the opposition
deeply, and sends the fragments tiying.
The snow Is thrown to great distance
on either slde,or,' case Of a very deep
bank it is taken up and hurled backward
upon platform cars, bv which it can be
removed. The new invention promises
to make new era in winter travel, and
to defeat the plans of the Storm King
who nils up the cuttings an'i clogs the
tracks. On the railway in muuntaincus
regions, the new plough must be dcsir-
able.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

screcching like locomotive with bad
cold and close behind clattered the
insurance patrol-wagon, which vehicle
no sooner came to halt than two men
leaped from it with a great roll of tar
paulin, with which they ran into the
parlOr and unrolled over the sofas and
centre-table. Surrounded on every
side, nv house rendered bedlam. l
sought out the sergeant of the police,
and humbly asked what it all meant.
"Why, you see, Mr.. Gimmell,' said
he, 'your district alarm-box struck so
fierce for police messengers and fire,
that, in duty bound, we all came to see
what could be done in the premises"
"My wife set the machine a-going,"
said l, and then proceeded, in my airy
wardrobe, to seek my spouse, whom l
found leaning out of our back chamber
window, intently regarding the yard.
She was supported, in flank and rear,
by my neighbors, armed with guns, bats
and cues.
81 tell you, the robbers are down
there, and | didn't ring for fire. at
least, l did not intend to-"
Madam" shouted policeman at
the back stoop, in a voice not to be
contradicted, "there are no robbers
here
but heard them with my own
ears" persisted my undaunted wife
l heard them trying to climb up the tin
waterspout.'
That was it, was it," asked the
cerulean guardian of the peace.
"ies, just determinedly snapped
out Mrs. G..
Loud, long and hearty laughed that
policeman, and between his resonant
outlaws he gulped out -
1T was-ha! ha! ha a!-a-he ! he
he IA cat-ho no. ho,-a PLAYING
with--ha ha ! ha "a empty tin toma-
to-can-ha ha which it are rolling
around this here blessed yard for you
all to see ! ha! ha! ha''
My wife began TO weep, the neigh
bors to laugh, the patrolmen to con
denim their own eyes, the iircmen TO
smell the bottle and the three messen-
gers to dance triple jig in the hall
way. Did comfort my solitary wife !:
No: left her to the tender mercics of
the police sergeant, and consoled the
crowd with the amber-colored contents
Of q decanter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

selling for dollar and twenty cents.
I've just sold five hundred bushels for
that"
"1mpossible" calculated the farmer.
Not at all impossible. Don't you
know that by the last arrival from
England have come accounts Of q bad
harvest, and that wheat has taken a
sudden rise?"
"No, don't know any such a thing
returned the astonished Ashburn.
"Well, it's so. Where is your news.
paper? Haven't you read it? l got
mine on Friday evening, and saw the
news. Early On Saturday morning l
found two or three spectators ready
to buy up ali the wheat they could get
at old prices; but they didn't make
many operations. One fellow, who
pretended to be fancy sportsman,
thrust himself into my way, but, even
if l had not known of rise in the
price of wheat, | should have suspect
ed it as soon as l saw him, for read,
last week, Of just such looking chap
80 "'"A b NV hhSau VI cothC
rant country farmers by buying up
their produce, on sudden rise Of the
market, at price much below its real
value
"Good dav ~ said Ashburn, sudden
ly applying his whip to the flank of his
horse; and away he dashed homeward
at full gallop.
The farmer never sat down to make
a regular calculation of what he had
lost by stopping his newspaper; but it
required no formality Of pencil and
paper to arrive at this. A difference
Of thirty cents on each bushel, made,
for thousand bushels, the important
sum of three hundred dollars, and this
fact his mind instantly saw.
BY the next mail, he enclosed two
dollars to the publishers Of the Post,
and re-ordered the paper. He will,
doubtless, think good while, and re-
trench at good many points, before
he orders another dlscontinuance.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13
SeIeftso Storp.
Retrenchment;
Or. Uhat II Man Sdrtd by Stop
ping his Newspaper.

Nor mary years ago, farmer who
lived hundred or two miles from the
seaboard, became impressed with the
idea that unless he adopted close
cutting system of retrenchment, he
would certainly 60 TO the wall. Wheat,
during the preceding season, had been
at a high price but, unluckilv for him,
he had only a small portion of his land
in wheat. OF corn and potatoes he
had raised more tnan the usual quap:i-
ty; but the price of corn was down.
a.ld potatoes were low. This year he
had sown double the wheat he had eyer
sown before. and, instead of raising a
thousand bushels Of potatoes, as he
had generally done, only planted about
an acre in that vegetable, the product
of which was about one hundred and
fifty bushels.
Unluckilv for Mr.. Ashburn, his
calculations did not turn out well.
After his wheat was harvested, and his
potatoes nearly ready TO dig, the price
ot the former fell TO ninety cents per
bushel, and the price of the latter rose
to one dollar. Everywhere the wheat
crop had been abundant. and almost
everywhere the potato crop promised
/ to be light.
Mr.. Ashburn was sadly disappointed
at this result.
Il shall be ruined," he said at home,
and carried a long face while abroad.
When his wife and daughters asked for
money with which to get their fall and
winter clothing, he grumbled sadly,
gave them half what they wanted, and
said they must retrench. A day or
two afterwards. the collector of the
Post came along and presented his bill.
Ashburn paid it in a slow. reluctant
manner, and then said
Il wish you to have the paper stop
ped, Mr.. Collector"
''Oh. no, don't say that, Mr.. Ash
burn. You are one of our old sub
scribers, and We can't think of parting
with you"
''Sorry to give up the paper. But
must do it," returned the farmer.
Isn't it as good as ever2 You used
to say you'd rather give up dinner a
week than the Post"
''Oh, yes, it's as good as ever, and
sometimes l think much better than it
was. It's great pleasure to read it.
But l must retrench al every point,
and then | don't see how I'm to get
along. Wheat's down to ninety cents,
and falling daily
But the paper is only two dollars .
year Mr.. Ashburn.'
81 know. But two dollars are two
dollars However, it's no use to talk.
Mr.. Collector /; the Post must be stop
ped. If | have better luck next wear,
l will subscribe for it again."
This left the collector nothing to
urge. and he withdrew. In his next
letter to the publishers, he ordered the
paper to be discontinued, which was
accordingly done.
or this little act of retrenchment,
Jane, Margaret, and Phoebe knew
nothing at the time, and the farmer
was rather lOathe tn tell them. When
the fact did become known, a. it must
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2
s9ortrp.
Home e-Coming.

When brothers leave the old hearthstone,
And go, each ose. separate way.
We think. a. we go on a'one
Along our pathway. day bT day,
OF olden scenes and fic,s dear;
OF voices that we miss 80 much.
Ard me .nory brings the absent near.
Until we almost feel the touch
OF loN in. hands. and hear. onco mere
The dear old voices ringing out,
A. in that happy time of yore.
Ere life had caught shade of doubt.
If You shoul place against your ear
The shell "a plund red from the sea.
Dow a in it, hidden heart you'd hear
4 lox and tendr melodV;
A m lrmur Of the restless tide,
AyeirnigS. born Of memory.
AID, though IL longing be denied.
Tn. shell keeps singing Of the sea.
And sometime, v hea Old memories throng,
Like ghosts the memories of our soul.
We feel the yearning. deep and strong.
\ longing We cannot control.
To lay oui care and business By
And seek the old familiar ways.
And cross home, threshold, an sit down
With 5mrades of our earlier days.
Fer though our paths are sundered wide.
We feel that we are brothers yet,
And bv and Icy we turn aside
From huriNIng care and worldly fret,
And each one andcrs back TO meet
Iii brother b. the hearth Of home:
| think thu meeting i more sweet,
Because - tar aud wi We roam.
We cross the lengthrning brdg Of years.
Meet oul> rrtched hand, and faces tue;
The sieit e.oqu nee OF tears
spe lks w lie me that no words can DO.
But sh. the meeting holds regret!
The ,sd. sd story. often told,
OF hands hat ours have often met,
tlv> fo'd d under churchyard mould.
OF eNe- that >mi cd into our own.
Closed IN the q eamles> sleep of God.
A sweeter rest was never known
Than tn / :. beneath the graves white SOD
A tender thought tor them tonight,
tribute-tcar from memory;
Bene ith their covering of white
SWEET may their drramless slumber be.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13
Death uf the Flrst-born.

Fold NJ the richly 'hroidered dress,
Law by the prec Gus. tiny shoe.
The " hite-u -ulumed cap. the fl ken tress,
And little crimson stockings too;
\ mothers heart wi h grief is thrilled.
For Death the weare. :. pulse has sulled.
The ,Sy-blue eyes aye curiained in
" Nith lid. which seem - strangely dead.
While u'er the breast 30 pure from sin,
The dimpled hands are gently spread,
The merry. praitling voice l. hu she'd,
And ionue,t earthly hopes are crushed.
Away has flown the nest.in. dove.
An / lone. hcart-,mitien Rachel weeps
The babe hose iair face shines above,
IN ugh in th- tomb it. body sleeps;
The rosewood crib i vacant now
Alas. she must >ubmit-hut how:
Her lamp of Hope seems dimly lit.
No breath Of d.wy blossoms fair.
Thr windJw- of her heart admit.
No spa. King sunshine enters there:
Lii, now brood : al ara seems;
No blessing in the future CLEANS.
Why thu lame Il in sadness lone;
- - - - - '-ar- af anpui.h falis
Why grieye thai one 50 Young ha,' fi6wu.
" by b .ck to life the loved one cal:
4 lie. al bc-t. with ~ SO f.ausht.
That three->corc wears are counted naught.
Look up. hook up: the jlspei wallis
Arc uearer now thin e'er before,
With beekCning hand your loved one csll>;
For ?, ace anI> waiting tn re; come Ger
And gain he joy. the song and rest,
ithn the mansion, Of the ble,t.
-lGraphic
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

PERILoUS ADVENTURE OF THE QUEEN
OF PoRTUGAL AND THE ROYAL PRINCES.
On the afternoon of the "a ut. the
Queen and her infant sons, who are
staying at the watering-place of asce5.
were walking on the beach of Mex
ihoeiro, near the rocks known as the
Boca do Inferno Mouth of HelD. The
place is full of basins, which are al
ways filled with water. Tue full force
of the Atlantic dashes on the beach,
and the waves often mount the highest
rocks, and in stormy weather the thun-
der of the breaker, is heard for miles
inland. The young princes ran along
the sands and left the Qleen behind,
when suddenly wave rushed anon
the rocks, and, surrounding tue princes,
carried them into one of the deep ba-
sins worn in the sand bv the action OF
til water. The Queen, seeing the
peril OF her sons, ran to save them.
bgt her d.ess catching on rocky
point, she fell into the water, but StI.l
managed to grasp the lntante Dom
Carlos. The danger was great. Inc
ocean was agtatcd after bOistcrOu>
day, and in second 4 roller might
have washed in and carried I'll before
IL 10 certain DESTRUCTION moreover the
water Of the basin was quite deep
enough TO drown the two youuL
princes. Fortunately the assistant
keeper of the Guid lighthouse. one An
tonla da Silva, saw the disaster, rush
ed into the water, and managed with
some difficulty to bring the two princes
to the shore, afterwards assisting the
Queen out of the water. The Queen
thanked the courageous lighthouse
keeper, and said she would never for
get the services he had rendered her,
and he replied that he was sufficiently
by having been able to assist
her Majesty under such perilous cir
cumStances. The Queen was carried
to the palace enveloped in sheets, and
it was some time before She recovered
from the effects OF the fright. After
wards she sent a special messenger to
the King to inform hlm OF all the par
ticulars of the accident. AS soon as
the letter had been read, his Majesty
conferred upon the lighthouse man the
order of the Tower and Sword. The
Queen also ordered her treasurer to
give him fl00, and the authorities will
promote him to 4 more remunerative
post London letter to the London
Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13
Chestnut Lore.
CELEBRATED TREES AND THEIR LE-

CELEBRATED TREES AND THEIR LE-
GENDS.
Early in the week, Jack Frost first
land his alcncicnnes ni.'ht-gown over
Mother Earth, and kept it there 20 late
IN the morning that the sun blushcd ROSY
red when he peeped over the hill top,
and found her still in dlSkdbiUe All
night, two, the wind vailed up the val.
ley, and >Oughrd monutouou>N through
the lpIcst, >waylug the great bouyns
with sort OF Runlc rhythm, and pll :
ing an Autumn reycrlc among the W his
perln@ leaves. Anon, the dense mist
lifted from valley and hillside. the deli
cafe traccry Of frost work faded ava,
the mellow Autumn haze gathered inthc
cmpurp!cd distance, catching and splin-
tcung INTO infinite atoms The slanting
suu.ray- Till the earth seemed all Dame
70 tAc voiuptuou, golden showcr ul
JOvc. Al such times there is hui one
thought III the boyi>h mind, or in the
mind OF man that still remember, hi,
boyh od-a thought as natural to the
day rs mustard to corned beef, bubble,
To champagne, or cOquetry to pretty
SIri-thc thought OF chcstnut,, The
frost has cracked the burrs, the wind
has ratified the mahogauy-colorcd nuts
on To the leaves beneath, and The sun
shine has filled the woods with the
warmth and glory of the da,s when
iaIc! on kln@u>hers are breeding.
Anu 80 'he baskets ana carts come out.
schoo' BOOKS and iarm castles are de
serted, and the chcstnutlimg i, the order
Va tHc u'l' We "iII 90 with them
lioih ONCE ahd Countln9-roOm, ton there
are memories Wakched by the chestnut
oonSh, as worthy oi the man as OF the
boy. IL ! 4 grand old tree, as familiar
to the pages Of history a. 70 nursery
lore. Oluo knows il from river to lake.
ana ~ absence IN kentucky i special
punishment "l Providence ior the sins Of
the STATE. IL >tartleS YOU, OF sudden,
ON me slopes oi the Alps, the sole
iamliiar countcnancc amid a strange and
lHhOspltabie liora. Ii mods its tassels to
you III the forests of Southern Eurenn.
aud waves welcome from the l.
slopes OF the Caucasus. 1t lifts ] ~ct-
rate leaves from out the woods vi Eng
land, and bends cordial greeting from
the landscapes ol Salvador Rosa. 1t
spreads Its one hundred and sixty feet
circumference on old Mount Etna, and
shel,er shepherds and their tlocks in a
hollow trunk that once held Joanna of
Aragon and her mobiles. In the glades
OF Worcestershire it carries YOU back
six hundred years and more, and shows
YOU on its sound trunk the mark OF
Richard of the Lion Heart and in the
forest OF OF Luccrnc, in Ia belle France,
it bears its prlcky burs as gay ly II, it did
one thousnd years ago. The Church,
too, owes it grave allegiance, ior i.
holds up the root of Westminster Abbey
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

Low SPIRITs.-The grand constituents
OF health and happiness, tie carninal
points upon which everything tuins,
are exercise for the body, and occupa-
ton for the mind. No ion seems TO be
great preserving principle of nature,
to which even inamimale things are
subject, for the wind. waves, the earth
itseli, are restless, and :hc waving of
trees, shrubs and flowers, are known to
be an essential part of their economy.
A fixed rule of taking several hours ex-
ercise every day, if possible, in the open
air, if not under cover, will be almc st
certain to secure one exemption from
disease, as well as from attacks of low
spirits, or enaui-that monster who is
ever waylaying the rich and indoIent.
1t Is hard to laugh it off especially in
these 'iays-when there is little to laugh
at. Low spirits cannot exist in the
atmosphere Of bodily and mental activ-
ty.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13
-<>s~~

One peculiar trait in the character OF
the Poet Laureate is his unusual shrink
ing from active life and public view
The world knows little ot his litc-it
knows him by his poems. Ii has evil
IDENTIFY been Mr.. Tenny sons desire To
escape observation, amt he succeeds in
doing SO very thoroughly. Few stran-
gers gain access to him, and consequent
~ many ill-natured stories have been
circulated at bis eXpen-c. One anecdOie,
however. NOT particularly ll-nature, will
bear repeating. A well known Prince
OF the House of Brun, wick, naturally
familiar with Mr.. Tennl sons shrinking
habits, vet anxious to .iav his respects To
the poet, in the neighbOrhoOd OF whose
home in the Isle of Wight he found him
se'f, made call unaccompanied and
strictly incognto. A page came to the
d )or: = Whom shall l say ? - The
Prince of Wales was the reply
Whereupon the page. putting his right
thumb to his nose, piayiully observed:
"Ha! yes Prince OF Wales! We knew IL
trick worth Two OF that! and slammed
the poets door i'll his Royal Hignness 5
face.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

Look aI,cr your boys nights; keep
them at home. and give them ii maga-
zine to read VI new game to play
petty rascality comes from sidewalk
loating, and the seed of consumption are
quickly sown among those WHO hang
about the corners Wien the bed is wait,
ing Tor them. Ten dollars for books and
little things to make home pleasant is
money well spent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13
HOW TO GET RICH!

How any man. woman. girl OK boy may get rich
FROM FIVE CENTS CAPITAL.
sent for TEN CENTS, and stamp for return
postage. Address, A. G. GRINDLE.
ly22 South Penobscot. Maine