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Something New at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.

Under this head we one month ago made men,
ton OF an interesting and valuable collection OF
arms Of every age and nation that were soon to be
exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on
Fourteenth street. The last few weeks have been
devoted to preparing Q place for the collection,
which will be on view, II present arrangements
hold COED, on and after the Goth OF this month. Ii
includes not less than 5000 pieces, and is the
property OF NJ. II. Cognat, Of No. 20 East Four
teenGh street. M. Cogniat has resided in this city
for the last 30 years, and mas applied the greater
portion Of that time to acquiring the arms and
Announcements to which we are allu1ing Almost
every conceivable weapon known 20 warfare dur
ing the Middle Ages finds representation, and in
addition there are valuable collection
OF seals and coins, some wonderful jewel
boxes OF the time OF Louis QlatOrZe and store of
miscellaneous antiques such as none but patient
CLEANER OF archaeological wheat would have &C
quired. Among articles that might be specialized
are halberds, rapiers, arquebuses, helmets, pow
der horns and steel caskets OF the fifteenth, six
teenth and seventeenth centuries; arbalests on
wheels, from the eleventh to the sixteenth CEN
fury; pistols OF the seventeenth century, swords
OF the time OF Louis Treize and Louis QuatOrze,
repOuSSe metal dishes, old ROuen 1aience, ma
jOlica, Sevres, tiles from some of the principal
Chateaux Of France, Persian and African arms,
Indian kncknacks, dirks, daggers and panels.
This armUry has been kindly loaned to the museum
by NJ COgniat, and will constitute q unique fea-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-10

long and painful pulm onary disease. his funeral
Will take place to-day. wnen his remains Will be IN
tered IN the government cemetery with due nom
0rs, guard Of marines being detained 70 IRE the
customary salute he deceased, who WAS native
Of sweden, served as on enlisted nan IN the United
states Navy for many years. On June 8, 1872 ne
received nis warrant az bOatswan. having passed
the customary examination. HIS last cruise at sea
vas on the Wyoming. He was regarded as an ex-
@ llent officer, and many personal acquaintance
WAL mourn his l0ss
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-10
DEATH OF AN INEBRIATE.

man name not given), with only one leg, IS
years OF age, said to have been q clerk in tea
store who lived in East Fortysixth street, died in
Jefferson Market Prison on Thursday night from
the effects OF intemperance for which he had been
arrested. Mr.. Wilson, keeper OF the prison, In hts
note sent TO the Coroners ONCE JAILED to give the
name OF deceased. Coroner Kesser was notified.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-10

STAMPS ON DRUGS.
Mr.. scHUMAKER, DEM Of N Y, presented memorial
OF the druggists OF New York and Brooklyn the
peal Of the internal revenue laws requiring stamps
drugs, &c.
REVISION OF BANKRUPT
Mr.. O,NEILL Tep.) Of Pa, presented memorial from
the National Board Of Trade for Commission consisting
OF the Attorney General and merchants bankers
and manufacturers to revise the Bankrupt law for
national system OF quarantine.
TREASURY ENTERTAINMENT.
Mr.: E. H. ROBERTS, Qepo @ N. r. from the Committee
Treasurer Hihouse, OF New York. with $l55000 the
ceeds of the sale internal stamps emLeZzled
from his office without any neglect OF mis- own. The bin
was passed.
CHoRPRyNIyG
After discussion which turned the reference of the
Chorpenn claim Dust before the recess TO the Judi
CARY Committee instead OF to the Committee Claims
Ky commented severely upon IT, the reference having
been made open House. but petition under the
rule and the latter gave notice that he would to
discharge the Judiciary Committee from the cOnsidera
ton OF the subet giving reason there.O that
Mr.. Cessna, OF Pennsylvania who peculiarly
nected with the claim was member OF the Judiciary
Committee. and would BE- therefore, judge OF has
A number OF private bills reported and passed
EULOGIES DEAD MEMBERS
At three O'Clock the death Mr.. James Brooks
announced by his successor Mr.. Cox, DEM and euoges
OF the deceased were pronounced by Messrs Cox and
WOOD, dem) of New York; DAWES, rep) OF Massa-
chusetts. and KELLEY. Gep) of Pennsylvania.
The death of Mr. W. d. Foster, OF Michigan, then
and WILLIAMS epsl delivered euoges his character
The House them at quarter past four adjourned with
the agreement that tO-mOrrows session should be de-
voted exclusively to debate.
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INDICTMENT FOR RECKLESS BUILDING.

PATERSON, N. J., Jan. Q, 1874
The Grand Jury to-day presented true bills Of
indictment for granddaughter against Alfred speer,
OF Passaic, for criminal carelessness In the con.
struction OF building ut that place, which fell on
December last and crushed two men to death.
Mr. Speer gave bail In the sum Of $4,000 to appear
Tor trial in April next
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WAdHING1ON JAIL y, IoI3
number of bills we're introduced and referred, in
Guiding by Mr. RANDALL, Mem) of Pa, to regulate
the drawing and summOnlng Of Jurors in the United
States, District and Circuit Courts.
PORTS AND DEFENsTvR WORKS
Mr.. SrARKwKA1HKR, of Connecticut from the Com
mttee Appropriation reported the Fertilization bl
which made the special order for Wednesday next
The bill appropratcs S9oA,W0. intending the following
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ELECTION OF MAINE STATE OFFICIALS.

AUGUSTA, Jan. ., 1878
The Legislature, In Convention to-day, elected
George @. stacy, Secretary Of state; II. N. Plats-
ted, Attorney General; BENJAMIN b. Murray, Adju-
tant General and p. y. Hurleigh. Land aren't
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PROFESSOR AaAssIZs WILL.

Rest Of His Estate 20 His Wife.
BOSTON, Jan. 9, 1874
The will OF Professor Louis Agassiz, at the Pro-
bate once in Cambridge, is as follows:-
Fiys-I give and bequeath to my son Alexander ]. r.
Agass such scientific books as he may select from
library hoping that when he shall have no further use
he will them rest OF my library OF seien
tinc books which hereby give to the Museum Of Com
parative Zoology In Cambridge:
Seropd give and devise all the rest Of my estate,
owned and hereafter acquired unto my beloved wife,
Elizabeth o. Apasz hold to her, her heirs and assigns
forever make provision for either Of my daughters.
ida and Pauline not from any want of affection, but
from the my house In Cambridge subject
mortgage the only remaining piece of property that
sole Of this my WILL and direct that she be
empcd from giving surety on her bond such.
NOVEMBER ~ 1859. L. A0ASSIZ
Though Mrs. Agassz was exempted from giving
bonds by the Will, she has preferred to do and
has recognized in the sum OF $4,000.
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A New gchrcyer.

Several weeks ago reference was made In this
department to new picture entitled "L'A0reu-
voir." painted by AdOlphe Schreyer and possessed
BY Mr. Schaus That reference included an alu-
sion to another painting from the same hand and
mentioned Schreyer ID now on exhibition at Mr.
Avery's rooms, No. IS Fifth avenue, Just above
Fourteenth street. where 1t holds post of honor
among ~ pictures recently brought to this country
by that well known connOisseur and picture
dealer. To say that this new Schreyer is power
full Is 10 generalize to q degree which be-
and ID nom the hands Of master, one
WHO 10r artistic purposes has devoted his life to the
study vi certain genus OF animals, and who knows
more about horses than most poets, even among
those considered eminent. know about human
nature. The theme 10 more dramatic and spirited
than 'L'ADreuvOlr.n it represents horse draw
Ing sleigh through deep snow. The scene y a
rude Wallachian landscape in the middle OF winter.
Tho genius OF the artist has cOntented Itself with
pOrtraying the action OF the horse. How supreme
the ar 10 IN the exercise OF this talent hardly
rloer bending forward urges his steed on through
the lonely and painless scene, shrOudeu with
snow ana infested with wild ANIMALS whose
alert and savage forms can Omly be OesCried
through al atmosphere Navy with particles Of ice.
The horse evidently hears and knows the signh-
canoe Of tue hue and CRY Oh his savage purSuers
and his terror gives desperate but irregular Inn
pulse to his iegs The theme rs one with which
Schreyer's genius is in full sympathy. 1t has iur-
nished MIN with number OF valuaOle motives, and
all Of them are powerfully expressed. With the
exception OIL the trees on tn lei hand side OF the
picture, that ignoring OF landscape detail is evi
dent which none but those who are eminent in this
school OF painting can afford 70 evlnce without
being charged with ignorance or atrecCatiOn. Mr..
Avery mas IN hts possession several ether valuable
pictures, which Will be worth returning to on an
other occasion.
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A New Picture OF BoughtOn.


the committee seeking contributions to the RAN
ney fund little picture entitled "Winter Twi-
light'' followed very soon after by his small but
powerful sketch, ''The Lake Of the Dismal
Swamp'), he has been CO.. stantly increasing in
popularity, and ut intervals has given to the public
pictures which prove that something more than
popularity is his aim. One OF the strongest paint
ings that have lately come from his easel is one
that VIII presently be placed on exhibition at
GOupips, at the intersection OF Twenty-se
street and Fifth avenue. 1t mas not yet been pub
hcly seen, but when 1t is 1t will be pretty sure to
win the sympathles Of large proportion Of OBJ
servers. The painting Is called "rhe Heir Pre-
sumptlve." The scene Is o park surrounding an
ola ancestral residence. The time Is middle
autumn. The ground ID brownly bedded with the
gether mere and there The principal aaures are
three-a widow, her young son and an aged re-
tain, r. Mother and child are in mourning and are
vending .heir way up the walk to the house. A
little IN The background, pony led by black SER
want suggests that the walk has been extended to
IN the foreground IL busy tending young tree,
but stops to taAe OF HIS hat TO his little MASTER
the "helr presumpuve." One OF the subter
motions that give sweetness to the composition IL
that which arises from the treatment given by
the artist to the Old man whose Wlthered
hands are training the young sapling. The point
would have been lost had the artist represented
him busy at mature tree. The antthesis Is one
OF those genial and ineffable ones that are to be
felt rather than anayZeu. In other respects the pic
ture Is chiefly remarkable Tor the truth with which
1t repr0duces the sense Of loss and sadness In the
November landscape. Between the still ana
gloomy rows OF trees hoat to you that pensiveness
and yearning which are the true appanages Of
autumn alter autumn has lost the first relics OF
summer richness and begins TO mellow into decay.
And then the slow and stately step OF the mo her
ana the ingenious grace with which her boy
returns the Old mans saluGatlon recall that gentle
ana gracious arlSt0cracy whose members were re-
spected none the less for famllarizing themselves
with and taking to heart the sorrow and struggle
about 40 by So inches, ana VIII mold prominent
place In the G0upn gallery.
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How Dry IL was.

From tho Louisville Commercial,l
An honest old farmer from the coun.
try gave his recollections ofthe hot spell
as follows:
ut was so dry we couldn't spare water
to put in our whisky. The grass was so
dry that every time the wind blew it flew
around like so much ashes. There
wasn't tear shed at funeral for a
month. The sun dried up all the
cattle, and burnt of the hair till they
looked like Mexican dogs, and the sheep
all looked like poodle puppies, they
shrank up so. We had to soak all our
hogs to make em hold swill, and if any
cattle we're killed in the morning, they d
be dried beef at dark The woods dried
up so that the farmers chopped seasoned
timber all through August, and there
amt a match through all the country
in fact, no wedding since the widow
Glenn married old Baker, three months
ago. What few grasshoppers are left are
all skin and legs, and | didn't hear a
teakettle sing for six weeks. We eat
our potatoes baked, they being all ready
and we couldn't spare water 10 boil EN-.
All the redheaded girls were afraid to
stir out of the house in daylight, and,
tell you, was afraid the devil had
moved out of his old home and settled
down with US for life. Why we had tC
haul water all summer to keep the ferry
running, and-say, it's getting dry; let
take snthin.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CoNsuMpr1oN CAN pr CuREp.

SCHEHCK's PULMONIC SYRUP,
SoHENCK's SEA WEED Tonic.
ScHENoK's MANDRAKE PILLS
Are the only medicines that will cure Pull
monary Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop cough
will occasion the death of the patient; they
lock up the liver, stop the circulation Of the
blood. hemorrhage follows, and in fact, they
clog the action Of the very organs that caused
the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the
causes of two-thirds of the cases of Consump-
ton. Many persons complain of dull pain
in the side, constipation, coated tongue, pain
in the shoulder-blade, feelings Of drowsiness
and restessness. the food lying heavily on
the stomach, accompanied with acidity and
belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a
disordered condition of the stomach or a tor
pid liver.
Persons so affected, if they take one or two
heavy colds, and if the cough in these cases
be suddenly checked, will find the stomach
and liver clogged, remaining torpid and mac
tive, and almost before they are aware the
lungs are mass OF sores, and liberated, the
result of which is death.
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expect0-
rant which does not contain opium or any
thing calculated to check a cough suddenly.
NSchenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the
food, mixes with the gastric juices of the
stomach, aids digestion, and creates a raven
Gus appetite.
When the bowels are costive, skin sallow. or
the symptoms otherwise of a bilious ten
dency, Schenck's Madrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by
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N. E. corner Sixth and Arch sts., Phila.
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
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Nutritious Food.

We learn from Chambers Edinburgh
Journal that a very interesting report on
the comparative nutritiye properties OF
food was lately presented to the French
minister 70 the interior, by Percy and
Vanouelin, two members of the institute.
The result Of their experiment is as fol
lows; Ia bread, 100 pounds are found
to contain 90 pounds Of nutritious mat
ter; butcher meat, averaging the various
sorts, contains only 81 pounds in 100
pounds; French beans, % poundsi peas
% pounds; lentals, II popndsi greens
and turnips, which are the most aqueous
of all vegetables used for domestic pur-
poses, furnish only s pounds; carrots ID
pounds, and what is very remarkable as
being in opposition to the acknowledged
therory, 100 pounds Of potatoes only
yield 35 pounds Of substance valuable as
nutritious. According to this estimate
pound of good bread is equal to 2
or 3 pounds of best potatoes; and 20
pounds of bread and 80 pounds OF
butcher meat, are equal to 800 pounds of
potatoes. Or, again, pound of rice or
of broad beans is equal to 3 pounds OF
potatoes, while ! pound Of potatoes is
equal to pounds Of cabbage, and to ?
pounds Of turnips This calculation is
considered correct, and may be useful tC
families where the best mode of support
ing nature should be adopted at the least
expense.
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JRDAY EVEN ING. OCTOBER 10. 1874.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.l

From the Brooklyn Eagle.l
A young man, living on Cumberland
street, this city, had, for many days,
suffered with severe toothache, and as a
dernier resort, he decided to go to a
dentist and have the offending bicuspid
taken out. With that resolution well
fixed in his mind and one dollar in his
pocket, be sought well-known tooth
carpenter on Greene avenue. The
dentist at once decided that two teeth
would have to be drawn. The young
man had not the nerve to stand the
" double extract" so he told the dentist
to bring forth the nitrous-oxide bag and
he would quaf himself away into insen-
sibility.
He took the mouth piece and drank
away at the gas The dentist.at last
thought he had enough. he spoke to
him. A rational answer was returned.
He must have more gas and the mouth
piece was again inserted between his
lips. When he had taken gas enough to
render two men insensible to pain, the
dentist thought he would apply we'll
known dental test to see if he was gone. "
"Billy?"
No answer.
He then touched the patients eyelid
to see if there was any muscular con-
traction, and, in so doing, accidentally
touched the eye itself. No twitching of
any kind. He must be insensible. The
forceps at once brought out tooth with
tremendous roots, and at the same time
brought the young man to his feet with
yell.
why in the deuce, Doc, didn't you
wait until sucked more gas"
More gas2 You took enough to put
two men to sleep, and besides, | touched
your eyelid and even put my finger in
your eye and you never showed twinge,
and that is considered an infallible test.
That's good; l wondered what in
thunder you we're fooling around my glass
eye for"
The valve, which was found to be out
of order, was repaired, the mans second
tooth drawn, and he soon went away
to himself, That's good, feel.
ing of my glass eye to see i I'd twich.
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CYcLoPEDIA.
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PnhliSherS' Agents.
Are now Canvassing the City for Subscribers Il
AppIetOn's American CyclOpedIa
Revised.

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IN volume issued every two months till the
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time, he will give prompt attention to letters
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President Union anu Planters Bank; j. NJ.
Pettigrew, President Chamber of Commerce.
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lis noticeable that when Mrs. Smith
has called her daughter Helen three
times and there is no response, she ac-
cents the syllables Of the name in very
unpleasant manner.
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The fall boonet is finely ornamented
with representative crocodiles; but no.
body need be alarmed-the beasts shed
no tears.
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FRUIT
WAVERLY HALL FRUIT FARM
KERR AVENUE.

mHE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO
furnish strawberry and raspberry. plants
In quantities 70 suit rurchasers. Orders leit
with Spicer 4 Ryan. adi Main street. shau
have prompt attention.
JOHN &. sPICER, Manaeer.
October /, 1874. ut
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MANHOOD REsTORBD-A VICTIM OF
WI youthful imprudence, causing prema-
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tried in vain every knoWn remedy, has found
4 sim ieself-cure, which be will send re 20
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