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IMPORTANr BANKRuPr DECISION.
The RuIe for Determining the Majority
In HumBsr and Value OF HANK
Fapt's Creditors.

The Rule for DETERMINING tho majority
In HumBsr and Value OF HANK
Fapt's Creditors.
John B. dilday, q bankrupt, had 19
creditors whose claims amounted TO
over $50 each, and f7o creditors whose
claims were under $50 each. The reso-
luton for composition with creditors
was adopted by o majority In number
and tLfes.fourths In value Of the credi-
tots assembled OF the first rnesting.
That resolution was subsequently con-
frmed by the signature Of the bankrupt
and II OF the IS creditors whose debts
amounted TO over $50 each, and also by
the signature Of one creditor whose
claim did not amount 10 $50, In certi-
iyirg the result Of the proceedings be.
fore him 10 the United States District
Court, Register Dwight, Of New York,
raised the following question Does
the act require that the confirmation oi
the resolution for composition shall be
made by two.thirds in number Of all
tie creditors, or in estimating such
tHo.thitds shall those creditors whose
claims exceed 800 oach alone be.
counted?
Judge Blatehford gave his decision
In this case, In which he said "If IL
should he held that, in ascertainiug the
number Of all the creditors those hay.
ing debts not exceeding $50 each must
be recokned, while in computing the
asseiting two.thirds Of such whole
numbers those having debts not exceed.
ing 500 each must not form q part OF
such two.thirds, Il might happen that
no one OF the creditors would have a
debt exceeding $50. There would be
numerous creditors, but as no one OF
them could be reckoned as forming q
part Of the two.thirds, the assent OF
two.thirds in number would never be
obtained. Or, the numbers in the pres
ent case might DO reversed. There
might be thirteen creditors With debts
not exceeding $50 each, and five With
debts exceeding $50 each. There
would be eighteen creditors in all, yet
only Eve could ever be counted in the
tyo.thirds, and thus there never could
DC Lu9 Hhhtub 4hO AhAl
guage OF the statute II fully satisfied
BY q construction which avoids such o
result.
The meaning Of the statute ia that IN
calculating q majority, creditors whose
debts do not exceed $50 each shall be
reckoned in calculating the majority ID
number. It requires no strained read
ing OF the language to insert the word
calculating, In each instance, between
the word IN and the words the ma
iority. Such is the sense il the entire
clause be read as q whole, without the
insertion OF the word calculating in
those places, and the insertion Of that
word only makes more evident what is
really the meaning Of the clause as a
whole" 'N' :,
AS, in this case, tho number Of all
the creditors to be reckoned was
thirteen, because there were only thir-
teen whose debts exceeded $50 each,
and as eleven Of those signed in com.
position, tho resolution was duly con-
iirmed by the signatures Of two.thirds
OF the thirteen, and the proper order
will be entered calling the second
meeting Of tue creditors.
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ont Of WORK.

At least seventy thousand people are
ont Of employment in New York city.
In many OF the poorer quarters whole
families are without the barest neces.
saries OF life, and in others they subsist
wholly upon the charity Of neighbors,
themselves lily provided against the
long siege that famine will lay at their
doors, or upon q credit from the grocer
they cannot long hope TO maintain.
While the men OF these families are
searching hopelessly for employment,
the women are beirg necessarily dun.
ned for grocers' aud butchers bills and
by landlords for rent Hundreds gather
at the Guild doors daily, clamoring for
food, and to-day the treasury Of the
Guild, oven to the reserve fund, is ex-
hausted. An urgent appeal for aid is
made by the volunteers, who are able
to care for all the helpless ones in the
city II they can only receive m instant
and hearty support from those who
have food, clothing, and money to give
and are generous.
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A Good story.

Edmund Yates tells us Of a good
story going about IN London, which
may be interesting to purists Of pro-
IHow do you do, Mr. Gilbertp Z" said
Mr.. & TO one who 10 very particular
as TO the breathings Of his name.
"Pardon me-" replied Mr.. Gilbert,
"not Gilbert, but hilbert; soft, Like
the ,g in gentleman
"Dear me-" replied x, III
thought you pronounced ii hard, like
the q In 'blackguard ]"
Mr.. Gilbert collapsed, and left, for
he cit that he had been hardly used,
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women In The Grange,

AT the recent special session OF tho
Maryland State Grange, some new
moves were resolved upon. "That we
are satisfied that the presence Of women
In The grange as an active and equal
coworker Is the strongest guarantee we
have OF an abiding usefulness; /; that
this grange urges upon the Patrons OF
Hus6andry, in all their efforts, to keep
in view the Importance OF so encourr-
aging the mill, the loom, and the anvil,
"a 10 have them everywhere near tho
t,low, and so facilitate exchanged that
Z library and reading.room should,
wherever possible, be o feature OF tho
subordinate grange, and wo recon.
mend each grange TO take one Of more
periodicals published in the interests
Of tho Patrons Of Husbandry,"
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Fall sIckness.

In lengthy article on the above sub.
ject, DR.. Hall concludes that II persons
In the country where intermittent feyers
prevail would adopt the precaution, in
early fall, to take their breakfast before
going ont OF doors, and keep . blazing
fire upon the hearth in the living room
during the morning and evening, feyers
and chills would almost entirely disap.
pear as prevailing disease.
The Importance Of Kidding apartments
OF the dampness and sharpness Of tho
morning and evening air, and the ex-
pulsion Of all miasmatic PARTICLES, can
not be over estimated by those who
would have good health.
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AZ the Old GATE.

And 60 We have met here again, loyei %
Hero Is my hand once more i y s'f
And with It the heart, now s.ricken-,s
80 proud IN the days'oi yore. = 7
Iknew not how much that loved you.
When that word was spoken BY mo
That sundorOd our lives that night, dear,
. And cent you over the sea. l1f1-iiI7
Hero I have sat Al alone, loyo, l'.s IN
In tho frst fresh hours of spring, ,ilfp
when the blAekblrd allied tho twilight !.
With the songs that It used to cling FL,
In Tho golden fan Of thai autumn
That buried my hearts delight;
Bat neyor a song could I aIng, loEO, r
In tho calm Of tho falling night,
IhayO waltodlong by this gate, love, IA.
Fora gleam Of the dAysut old, ,pb
Whom the sunsets Of summer came down, love,
On their wings Of amber and gold, N
And fingered amongst tho tasaels go9 D.
of!tlist bright laburnnm troo:
ThssO was glory eboyo, mid tho branches,
But never a gloam for me.
"a lsi;srs ssfFfffn
You thought that my heart HRs cold, love-
rkhew that It seemed 20, theni i.,,t
Dut maidens Of seventeen years; dear,
Are not to bo judged with men.
There's beauty Of trust We must soar to; n
There's aloyo 10 which We must grow,
AndthCse yoars have unsaid that word, dear
That spokstO youilong ago. =.
There's a lingering kiss on my lips, love-.
II has lain since yours touched mine, K.
Therea aloye in my llfo that Ia yoarnlng
To cling to- yOur heart ~ IT. shrine,
Ali now you hayc taken that kiss, love-,
And with itcrush6d out tho past; -
1hAyewAited long, long at tho old gate =,
1hare waited, hut found you At tiastt
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A onAnrApnE BunRAu. The Free
office Of the Bowery
branch Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, Of the city Of New York, 1874 Bow
cry, furnishes employers promptly with
farmers, gardeners, laborers, ETC., free
Of charge Address with stamp in.
closed), Rev. John Dooly, General
Secretary. Tho bureau last year fur
iahed 1908 persons with situations,
most Of whom went out Of the city.
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AYE, to die For, when the roses
bleomed again, they decked hers and
her babes death robes. And when
they come again, oh, may they blossom
o. NY gtave! -
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Letter from BolckoW,

BoLCkow, Mo-, November 30, 1874
EDI-OR REPUBLfCAN-I see by last
weeks issue fyour paper that it has
changed hands. AS general rule,
when We get good thing we do not
like 10 part with it; so with Il good
county paper-when the editor spares
DO pains or expense to make his paper
interesting. as Brother Paul has done,
he is bound to succeed in making both
friends and money. We are sorry to
see Brother raul retire from the pepper
but perhaps after the present editor has
given us his style of running paper we
will be as well pleased with it as we
were with the past editor. You must
allow us to critEise little, as long as ii
does not araOunt to much. We suppose
your rules are about the same in regard
to correspondence as the former editors.
With shfs understanding, we take the
CS l.S thought that the correspondence
between Mr. Petree and Nr. Sanders
was Il little stale towards the last, bot
suppose it was interesting to the par
tie, concerned. Ii they had taken the
same trouble 10 give items from differ
ent parts OF the county. they would have
interested more of the patrons of the
paper However, that is left snr the
editor to say, what shall 20 into his pa
per Good bye, Brother Paul. .'long
may You live and prn,psr-" Perhaps
YOU had better come to our town and
star; Il paper; We have the livelicst little
town in N"sthwe>t Missouri, and every
body thsI lg3> any energy III all l. m:Lk-
inr moHsr We are nvrrrln with Sti:,n-
ger, every day. lr would he impossible
to ks+p run oi their nanIes. To say noth-
what they intend 10 do. Our pork
house is killing abont four hundred hogs
Il dav, ;lrd einploy about forty hands
Business in General is very good, and
the health WAS never better.
George Tecum>ch Bryan, of your
city, WIS in town last week, and gives
'lIjse ilattering account of our town
in the last issue of vour paper. but for
gcs 10 say anything about its morals and
temperance We boast of being strict
lymoral and temperance town; no
one gets drunk, and we
have not had fight in
a a'.coon's age" 1t is TIE report th;1t we
are to have saloon here before long.
We hope the report il not correct. as L
saloon would certainly he II drawback
to Us. Barnard boasts of Il saloon and
ana at least ,nc fight Il week, but We
think we c;an do without either.
h. MAKER.
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SAVANNAH, MO-, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1874.

will have a full school before winter is
over. Those who wish to attend school
can not better themselves elsewhere. and
can rest assured that Mr.. Stalev will use
his utmost endeavOrs to enhance his
pupils in their studies.
TIE Touring mil, belonging TO Simp-
son Il Co., is not doing much at present.
as there is not water sufficient to enable
them 10 run constantly. Hope we will
be blessed with some rain soon.
We are sorry to report the departure
of our picture gallery, for we had hoped
it would remain with usthis winter. The
artists, Mr.. Pyles and lady, are far
superior to any OF the chemical art who
have ever stopped at this place. They
are stopping Il, Guilfors at present
hope the citizens of that place will give
them their undivided parsonage.
More anon. BOAZ.
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School Days.

Where is the individual who does not
love To think OF his school days, his
youthful companions sports and pleas
ures, and last, but not least, even of
those hours of close application spent in
preparing lessons for recitation in order
to secure lasting benefit for ourselves
and win the pleasant srAle of cur teach
er; for, II our lessons, are not well re-
cited, We will fail To sac the pleasant
smile and besides we will feel guilty for
not doing our duty. While it is right TO
make every effort to please our teacher.
we should remember that We are prepar-
ing our lessons fer our own benefit.
Whcn we think we are cheating our in
structor with our halt learned task, We
are cheating ourselves to Il tar greater
extent. We should endcavor to cult
yatc ear minds, 80 that We may be OF
some benefit to our race If We have
talent and opportunity, let us do all We
can 10 improve the talent God has in
trusted to our care. and for the faithful
care of which he will require lis TO rem
der STREET account. Just think. for Il
moment, OF the thousands OF children
who are entirely dcsiitate of the superior
advantages tha: we enjoy, and yet some
of the most distinguished characters
spring from this class. Now, if those
who have 50 limited an opportunity can
accomplish SO much. what ought TO be
accomplished by those VIII" have the
most unlimited opportunities? What j
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From WhiteSville.

WnITESyILLE, Mo, Nov. 2G, ia.
EDITOR REPiBIICAN-Aftcrs carefully
securing my old journalistic stick, ]
will attempt 10 siit out the most import
ant items of our city and surrounding
vicinity, and communicate the same, I'M
exaggerated, to your valuable popcr.
First, our land is once again cnshroud-
cd in the SHOWS of winter. The roads
are intolerably rough; notwithstanding.
the farmers visit the city all the same,
consequently the winter trade far sur
passes the most sangaine expectations.
II. Cline has just received Il lot Of
cheap clothing, and proposes To sell all
other goods al starvation pyiccS. He is
selling No. suits at 80 AMI so. Simp-
son K Huffman are also doing 4 thriving
business.
Our old friends, RathburN & Gile-
ham, have nice grocery store, and do
Il good business, giyanS general satisiac-
Iion.
Our school is pro~reS sing nicely under
the supervision of the very efficient
teacher, Mr.. Hanson Ward.
Our much esteemed friend, j. ID.
Staley, is engaged in teaching Il select
school; although there are but few
pupils in ATTENDANCE as yet, we hope he
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BRASS BAND TEACHER.
PHYSICIANS.

nR. &. II. DAVENPORT having l9caic,l in
IL savannah, oilers his professional services
10 the citizens of savannah and vicinity. Oihrc
II his residence ON Main street, one block east .!
the square
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pleasant sight il is to see the children
tlocking from every direction to the
schoo'-roOms, greeting their teachers
and fricads with pleasant smiles, and
quietly taking their seats with minds
fresh and ready for receiving informa-
ton. Happy sehool-days! the pleasant
est part of our youth. We should strive
to- improve them, for they will not last
forever. We will soon have to leave the
place of instruction.. May We. then,
spend our time IN such manner that we
can reflect on our youth with pleasure
instead of regret. II.
Fashion.
What is fashion? 1t is anything and
everything. To-day it is this; to-mor-
row something else. What would be
considered fashionable to-day would be
laughed at tomorrow. 1 think that the
present fashion of wearing tight boots
and shoes and tight-lac1ng, is not only
very foolish, but injurious to health also.
Let dressmaker place sign before her
place of business, having on it "New
styles lust from Paris" and the ladies'.
from near and from far will flock in by
the dozen, all eager to be first in makine
a selection. think the fashion should
be anything that is nice and cOmforta-
BILE. There is no state of society but
what has its fashions. All are alike,
and all go to extremes. We fiad persoas
of all ages, and from every class of soci-
ETY., bowling, bending and cringing TO
what? To fashion. This is the goddess
of their idola.ry. They yield implisit
obedience to all her laws, no matter how
absurd, how lost to reason or corfmon
sense. Tine, labor and money are all
sacrificed at tn shrine The devotee of
fashion will keep mp with the style at
any cost Ifyou visit the dreSs-makcrs
shop to-day, you will find folds and plait-
ingS; morreT, rufiles and tucks; next
day. something qnite different The,
changes are So raI4d and varied that Il
contemplation Of them would produce.
dizziness in the light heads of sowe of
the devout worshipper> Of fashion. There
are many kinds OF sashion- but the one
that concerns me the most and gives mr
the greatest amount of trouble is the
fashion of writing compositions. IN
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POLITICAL.
The Senatorial Contest in Missouri
The Various Candidates and
Their Chances, &c.
lCorm-pen'irncc Chicago Tribunc.l
ST. LOUIS. November 23, 1874.

Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
ST. LOUIS. November 23, 1874.
With Legislature wherein the
in l. joint 5a!los OF l60. the party
nomination for the United States
~rnaioIship rendered vacant next
March by the expiration of Mr..
SchurZ term. will be equivalent to al
election. so that tn" whole interest
crntcr> in the pQsitios and strength
of the Democratic a~piEants.
These may be dirhtet into three
classes: the calfasiiaIcs who will get
complimentary votes OH the first bal
lot: thoSr ThUwill nave considerable
strength. but have no chance of being
clrstcl; and those between whom the
struggle will be after the other two
classes have been thiIncd out.
Governor Silas Woodson may be
ranked III the first class, though a lit
lie over u wear ago he would have
been considered Il formidable candi-
skitr.
Mayor Joseph Brown. Of this city.
will also receive n few complimentary
votes at the beginning of the ballot
ting: so will Hon. Thomas Allen.
President OF the Iron Mountain Rail-
road Company.
Govcrnor-clcct Hardin may also he
mentioned, bnt is not to be consid-
cred real candidate. Ills elevation
would place Norman j. Colman in the
Gubernat Orial Chair-a conSunnIaD;i-
tion which no one appears devoutly
TO wish.
OF the second class, John s. Phelps
will make Il strong run. Ike served
nine terms in Congress a. Il Repre-
sentative. During the war he re-
manned quiet. declining "a Ma jor Gen
erals commission aud the Military
GovernOrship of Arkansas, and, at
its close, devoted hiasclf To the work
of reconciliation. In 1865 he led the
'fOrlOrn hope" of the Democracy
against McClurG, and prepared the
way for the Republican overthrow
two wears subsequently.
Colonel Gceage & Vest was amem-
Der of the Confederate Congress and
the author oi the Missouri ordinance
of secession lie has deserved well
of the party Is lis best stump speak
or and ar interchangeable worker for
the ticket. The Confederate cle-
ment' hacks him and Cockrcll. and
on paper his chances are second to
those of no other candidate.
General Frank NJ. Cockrcll is the
OF hsr Confederate candidate, and the
very idol of the eX-r"bclS-who, by
the way. worked hard durin" the re-
cent campaign, and So consider tlanl-
selves entitled to the Senat orShip. cs-
pcciaily rs only ouc4>iXth of one. rote
gave Hardin the Govcrnorship ovec
their man Coekrcll. Cockrcll him
sclt'.s Il yonpg nrln of splendid pres
encc and far attainIents aid abili-
Ties. good lawyer aui pleasant com,
pmi.on, and the darlingo OF ,he MiSsou-
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Correspondence.
Letter from Rochester.
ROCHESTER, Mo Nov. 30. 1874.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN - Shakespeare

says:
can the worlds stage
And all the men and women merely PLAYERS;
They have their exits and their entrances
And one MAN in his time plays many paris
Some are made dalk and gloomy by
the presence of sorrowful recollections;
others again bright and rosy as the morn
ing's sun. Humanity, especially the
younger part, are prone TO forget all
that which may be Of sadden-
ing, and cling only TO that
which may be of pleasing rec
objection. The human race as whole
is fond of pleasure, consequently when
any new move, which promises to be
source of enjoyment to the young folks,
is on the tapis, each one looks forward
with uncomfortable anxiety 10 the time
when their anticipations are to be real
lied.
A short time since. the creme dc III
creme of Rochester society was extern
Sively stirred by the announcement that
a grand social ray.t was to I've given at
the residence Of Charles F. Steel Be
ing one of the frst and probably The party
of the season, the sjRe of the Independ-
ent Province were on the tip-toe of cX-
pectatioD uDtSl the much coveted invita-
tons were received. The invitations
we've gwen for Friday. November y.
II beiDg country party. it was not
Thought necessary TO observe city eti-
qnrtie; accordingly, at about seven
o'clock the guests began to arrive, and
were received by Mr.. and Mrs. Steel IN
their characteristic ho>pitahle manner.
The company was not large-in,hed,
many more could have been acconmo-
dated without inconvenieDce--b,n each
one seemed bent upon beng Is pleasant
and agreeable rs possible and ready at
all times to di>cumHn,fe themselves. if
by so doing they could add to the enjoy
ment oi thcE Hct1lIboY.
anon" tls-s present were Misses
Sailic anf Pet Sfsnks. Anna and Mag
cie Ford, Lizzie Croft. Emma Siyri>t
and Lizzie McMuran; Mcs>rs. Jane,
Rv;ga, Charles F. Boohcr, +. {. Matte
son anlF Hiram MattcsOn. OF Savannah;
Eley Piper, Fred IIccke., and last,
saough perhaps not least, Your cores
pendent .'pr;rtor," besides some others
whose names we Go not remcalber.
The party cnjoycd themselves IN the
superlative degree until about eleven
o'clock, when supper was announced,
ard while we do not 20 into rhrapSodics
over the good things that We're set be-
fore us. we can only say that the feast
WAS Just such IL Il person from their ac-
quain,ance with the host and hostess
would expect. After supper the eumpa-
ny enjoyed themselves some mprc. and
it was not until the "wcc smi' hours
in fact the smallest ones had loHs since
gone bv-that ts. last alicux We're spo-
ken, and the assembled pcrsoRs dis
pcrscd 10 their several homes, carryin"
with them The most kindly icclIHgs Tor
Mr.. and Mys. Steel, and feeling that
the evening Of enjoyment passed with
them had been such Il one Is cuIlid not
he easily erased from the tables of Iic's
memory. II Charlie ever gives another
party. we hope the first one to Tcrcive Il
Ibid" will be PREFOH.
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MEDICAL CARD.

riTARRII IU.OiT AMI Lung tFFFt-
I lin, can only i,. cHre'i h, proper iaiialin;:
instruments and remedies. Dr.inrs, ,DlEitine-s,
ncIIr.d-ir -ic aul nrr, oI~ head trh" and iaillnS
.irknr,-, ,sitr'i Tor permanent cure. -AlEdl
.,.a-.., should U. cured BY ,i"c,oring the cau-r.
Vegetable remedies the most cLi''ctu,l anti
'lor> u, ,ii>-.I-'.. FisiulL-inano cured without
Iii- u.s. Of the knife. The treatment oi nIplurrs
AMI iIrrnia- mad" Il specially. Trirssc- ni all elc-
sirab!e n,tk..> furnished at reasonable l'Tcrs and
short uufirr. ovarian tumpr- t'rItct ,uccr-s-
faily Addr".s Dr y =. DODGE, lG1 West
,J,rt-,u .Ircef Chicago Ill y
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All those Knowing themselves in,lebr.
ed to j. IF Tvner. will please come tor
wrr,i and pay tlra same, and save Mr'h-
III trouble. Z19
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SAVANNAH DIRECTORY,

fsrsrtissxrRts iR this column, fifty crris per line
tor orr grd,, Including the gf1ssrdi had. Those
,rho advertise in this coiunn reliable and
str1iqhiiortcGrd in their respective CIlingS