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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10
The Occurrence and Use of Nickel,

Nickel was discovered by Cronstedt
in 1751. In color II is between q yel.
lowish white and steel gray 1t has
q bright luster, which II retains even
in moist air; 1t is as hard as iron, Is
perfectly malleable and ductile, fuses
at temperature but little lower than
wrought iron, is magnetic, and has a
specific gravity of ss. II does not
occur native, and is on the whole quito
rare, being generally found combined
with arsenic. The following statistics
Of the production of nickefare from the
Berg and Huttennldnnischen ZeitHng for
1871 and 1872:
The production Of tho Prussian
nickel works was, In 1869, about 43i
tons, worth over 100000 in 1870,
I63 tons, worth 100000. This quan.
tity was produced in eight establish
ments, employing $50 workmen. Tho
total production Of nickel ores of Prus-
sia in 1870 was only 62 cwt., worth
1866. Saxony produced, in 1870, G7
tons Of nickel, worth S96, ,177. Austria
produced but very little in 1870,
her nickel, cobalt and antimony only
amounting to liz tons, worth s3,2S9.
Hungary is larger producer of nickel,
yielding, in 1869, 40 tons of cobalt
and nickel products. Norway in the
same year produced 60 tons nickel
ores and 6,000 pounds nickel, and
Sweden, in 1865 yielded 120 tons of
orc and 1900 pounds Of nickel
Great Britain shows as good as mono.
In 1870, 1000 pounds were obtained,
worth sl35. Belgium produced -
tons, worth $4,000. The largest
nickel mine in the world is the La
Motto mine in Pennsylvania, where
copper and lead ores are also found
A deposit feet thick extends for q
long distance. The pig iron from the
lead furnaces there are rich in nickel.
Tho Chinese have long employed
nickel with copper and zincc to make
an alloy called packfong. In Europe
nickel has only been used for about
fifty years, an alloy known as argen.
tan or German silver being made OF
copper, zinc and nickel. The princi.
pal centers of the German silver (Neu-
silber) were manufactured at Berlin,
Athena, Iserlohn, Hanover; outside Of
Germany, Paris, Vienna and Birming-
ham are the principal places for its
production. In Vienna 1t is known
as packing, China silver, or alpaca sill
ver. The French call an alloy of cop
per, zinc and nickel, packfong or cuivre
blanc, also maillochort, after an En-
glishman named Maillet, who opatented
II in 1927.
Nickel is also used nlono for axlcs
and other parts Of machinery for Chi.
rurgioal instruments, in Matchmaking,
&c. 1t afso serves for covering other
metals, or nickel plating
Another use for nickel, which is at
tracing much attention now, Is for
coins, tho new German coinage law
prescribing It's use in certain small
coins, in which it follows the example
not only Of the United States, but also
OF Belgium and Switzerland. This
has caused an immens incieasc in the
price of nickel abroad, and greatly
disturbed the market price Of German
silver
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

CHINESE TRusr.-In all places in
China you may sec string of coolies
rushing through the streets carrying
loads Of money. There is not q police
man to be seen, except occasionally at
the gates or in time Of trouble. You
may SEQ shroff with lot Of dollars
in q fat tray, examining them intently
as they pass, click, over his thumb;
sometimes posse of idlers, consisting
of chair-bearers, coolies, cooks and
servants, all looking on. There does
not seem to bc even the suspicion that
anyone might attempt to kick the tray
over and bolt with what he could get
in the scramble. Why, even In that
nest of iniquity, Hong Kong, you may
SEQ at that most comfortable OF
buildings, tho Oriental Bank, a lot Of
Cinnamon counting and examining,
perhaps, thousands of dollars that are
being paid TO them, and some OF
the greatest scoundrels unhanged
passing constantly; perhaps they
think tho men in the streets would
most likely be honest enough TO catch
them, but It is rather doubtful II they
dare. Money and valuablcs are ex-
posed in way that would mover bo
dreamed of in England /; and tho simi.
larity of dress, tho narrowness and
crowded state Of the streets in China,
all would aid in tho escape ola robbcr.
-Ticelpe Years in China.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10
A Tree that Keeps a Standing Army

Among the varied means Of defense
developed by plants in their ceaseless
struggle for existence, there Is per-
haps none more wonderful or effective
than tha. Of q species of acacia which
abounds on the dry savannahs Of Cen
tral America. II is called the bulls
horn thorn, from the strong curved
thorns like bulls horns, set in pairs oil
over the trunk and branches. These
no doubt help to protect the tree from
the attacks Of browsing animals; but
It has more dangerous enemies in the
leaf cutting ants aud other insects.
Against these the troe maintains nu-
merous standing army, for which it
provides snug houses stored with food,
nectar to drink, and abundance Of lus-
oious fruit for dessert
When first developed, the thorns
are soft and filed with sweetish
pulp, much relished by q species Of
small springing ants, never found ex
cept on these trees. Making hole
near the point of one Of each pair Of
thorns, these ants eat out the interior,
then burrow through the thin partition
at the base into the other thorn, and
treat II in tho same manner. The
hollow shells thus formed make ad-
mirablo dwellings, none of which are
left untenanted, rs any one may dis
cover by disturbing the plant, whom
tho little warriors swarm out in force
and attack the aggressor with jaw and
sting
The leaves Of the plant arc two.
winged and at the base Of each pair
Of leaflets, on the mid rib, is a gland
which, when the leaf is young, secreies
a honey.like liquid, Of which the ants
are very fond. This ensures their con-
slant presence on the young leaves,
and their most jealous service in driv-
ing off other insects.
A still more wonderful provision Of
solid food is made for similar pur-
pose. At the end of each Of the small
divisions Of the compound leanot, there
grows small fruit-like body, which,
under the microscope, looks like q
golden pear. When the leaf first un-
folds, the little pears arc not quite
ripe, and tho ants are continually en-
ployed going from one to another TO
see how they come on. As tho fruit
like bodies-whlch appear to have no
athor uao than N n nj, fond--da not NIL
ripen at once, the ants are kept about
.ho young leaves for considerable
time. When an ant finds ono suf-
ficiently advanced, II bites the point
of attachment. then, bending down
the prize, breaks il off and bears il
away in triumph to the nest.
These ants, q species Of pseudomyrmd
are found, as already noticed, only on
these trees and that the trees really
keep them as body guard seems evi.
dent from the fact that, when planted
in localities where their little protec-
tors do not exist, they are speedily
dcfoliated by leaf cutters, which let
them severely alone on the savannahs,
while their honey glands and golden
pears offer no attractions 10 the ants
Of the forest.
Apparently both acacias and pseudo
myrmds have bcen mutually modified
In the course Of time, until they arc
now quite dependent on each other
for support and protection.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10
VOL. 40--WHOLE NO. 1874.



'sThe shortest way BY half mile
come 80 very Often by IT, .aIIt.
Il up the road, across the stile,
And through the meadow. Shall We try Il 2
The days were not without a charm
when talking son and looking silly,
Ny love and 1 walked arm-in-arm,
Aud lanes were lone and fields were Silly.
We found 70 many things TO say
That always, In the shiny weather,
We took thc--wel. the Shorter way,
a. To bs a leases time sessshrr,
We spsks about thut, goednesa know
On topics Of cohfabulation)-
About the weather, suppose,
Tho crops, the harvest and the nation.
Al all events, although the talk
Was neither wise nor very witty,
We ended each successive walk
With "llome aready-what n pityr
We might have lost little ground
Through coming by the road selected.
But both agreed that VIC had iound
The journey shorter than expected.
Can Lives experiment support
The paradox that Love proposes
Does any path seem very short,
Unless Il be a path Of rosesi
We seldom end the nearer way;
And five hit rpon and take Il,
by creeping on frvm day 70 day
II seems as long as length can make Il.
The road to fame is never brief.
The way to wealth Is dull and drcaryj
All earthly routes, IN my belief,
Are very long and very weary.
Nsy--one that leads through eare and strife
IL short when nor,als once begin IT,,
We take the "ncar cut, out Of life,
Although we take the longest In IL.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10
The Philosophy Of Rain.

To understand tho philosophy oI
this beautiful and often sublime pho.
nomenon, so often witnessed and sc
very essential to the existence ol
plants and animals, n few facts derived
from observation and long train o.
experiments, must be remembered -
|. Wore the atmosphere here, every
whero and at oil times, of a uniform
temperature, we should never have
rain hail or snow. Tho water alb
sorted by it in evaporation, from the
sea and the carth's surface, would de-
scond in an impercoptiblc vapor, OF
cease to be absorbed by the air whom
It vas oncc fully saturated.
. The absorbing power Of the at
mepborc, and consequently its en-
pacity TO retain humidity, is proper.
iionately greater in warm than in cold
air. Tho air near tho surfacc Of tho
cirth is warmer than II is in tho ro'
jons Of clouds. The higher We as
nnd from the earth the colder do we
fnd tho atmosphere. Hence the per
totual snow on very high mountains
d the hottest climate.
Now, when from continued oyapo
rltion tho air is highly saturated with
vipor, though 1t be invisible and the
sly oloudless, IL its temperature i
stddcnly reduced by cold currents lie
sfnding from above, or rushing iron
q higher TO a lower latitude, by the
mbtion of q saturated air 10 lower
latitude, its capacity 10 retain moist
up is diminished, clouds are formed
aid rain is the result. IL condenscs
ID tcools, and like n sponge filled will
water and compressed, pours out th'
vater which It's diminished capacit,
chnnot hold.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10


RIcHEs.-Thc man with good, firm
health is rich. So is the man with a
clear conscience. SO Is tho parent Of
good, happy children. SO Is the clcr-
gyman whose coat little children Of
tho parish pluck, as be passes thom at
their play. SO Is tho wife who has
the whole heart Of a good husband
SO is the maiden whose horizon Is not
bounded by tho looming man." but
who has purpose in life whether sho
ever met him or not. So is the young
man, who, laying his hand on his heart
can say, u have treated evory woman
l ever saw as should wish my sister
treated by other men." SO Is tho
little child who goes 70 sleep with q
kiss on It's lips, and for whose waking
q kind blessing waits.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

How TO INSERT ScREws IN PLASTER
WALLs.--lt is often desirable to in.
scrt screws 10 plastercd walls, without
attaching them to any woodwork, but
when we turn them in, the plaster
gives way and our effort is vain. And
yet screw may be inserted in plaster
so as to hold light pictures, etc, very
firmly. The bcst plan is to enlarge
the hole 10 about twice the diameter
OF the screw moisten the cdgcs Of tho
hole thoroughly with water, and I'll
II with plaster Of Paris, such as is used
for fastening the tops Of lamps, etc,
and bed the screw In the soit plaster
Whom the plaster has set, the screw
will bc held very strongly.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

A Washington policeman recently
indcavorcd TO take his accustomed rc-
pose by leaning against lamp post,
but smell Of signed wood quickly
led to tho discovery that the lamp post
was nearly red hot On further invcs.
tigation he found that hole had
been drilled through ono side TO the
interior, and looking through this he
saw blaze Of Ere rushing up through
the hollow part Of the post with o
buxzing sound. Attached 10 the lamp
post was letter box, which was also
quite hot. 1t appears that the under
ground joint at the foot Of the post
had sprung leak, from the careless
ness Of the laborers 10 digging on the
street improvement, and that the gas
escaping through the post had become
ignited,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

A Chinaman entered a store in Ho-
lena, Montana, tho other day, and
walking up 60 the counter, deposited
a grasshopper thereon, saying, as be
gazed upon the clerk with confding
look: "Hc too much hoppcc all hop
peo-stop him. You sabbce p The
obliging clerk at once commenced
measuring off musquito bar, to the in
tense delight OF the heather. The
grasshoppers had been destroying biz
garden and wanting to purchase SOME
mosquito bar, but not knowing the
name Of the article, he brought th,
destroyer with him, and tho CLERK
understood in n moment the articl,
needed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

A PATENT RAr.TRAr-Tho local
editor Of the Burlington Iowa)
Hapkeye says a man has invented o
rat-trap that does not require any
bait, and will fetch . rat every time
Il reaches for him. 1t operates on
tho principle Of stomach pump,--the
inventor Is q "retired physician, tho
sands Of whose life have nearly rum"
etc. and the trap is placed nt tho
entrance of the rat hole. Whom IL Is
wound up the suction begins, tho rat
comes. He may hold on TO the ground
with his teeth, and hump his back
and paw dirt, and weep and yell for
the police all he wants, no comes out
Of that hole backward, Is draggd into
back compartment, whero steel
glove drags bis hide OF and lays II
aside for q kid glove manufacturer,
whilc the carcass 10 pushed into q
little furnace and incremAted.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

The 81. Louis Globe speculatcs
concerning the obituary Of the futurc.
We append one or Two specimens
Charles Pupler; 3ilbsj crcmatcd
July 0, 1879.
For wife Of above sec third pickle
bottle on next shelf.
Little Tommy. Burnt up, scptcm.
Der i6, 1862.
Jane Matilda Perkins. October 3,
1865. Put up BY tho Alden Corpse
Cremation Company. None genuine
without signature.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

There Is a bush story Of negro who,
for bottle of rum, agreed 10 strip TO
tho whist and lie on his face, 10 be bitten
for q quarter Of m hour BY mosquitoes,
at the Joggins Of New Brunswick: Hc
endured his posts manfally, and had
nearly won his prize, when one OIL the
|lumbcrmen who stood by laid on him
q piece Of live charcoal, when tho no
gro wrigglcd and twisted about fright
fully, al last, unable 70 hold out,
|"wooh not bargain for dat dat Is
dragon iyi"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

A Tennessee lady presented her hus-
band with twins, and In due season
added triplets. "Dear me y exclaimed
an astonished ncighborj ~ Sposc Mrs
stebbins will have quadrupcds ntst,
and then ccntipedcs| tIt.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-10

when is a match frivolouss When
II makes light Of things.
, 1874-03-29

your valuable space. The main point YVES h
new dress, and bIrs. Dobbs WAS thinking of tIii
ahade, and scrutinizipg that pattern, wishing sh
2! could buy them nll doubling il she could bu
any Of them and our faces grew longer as the
salary shorter. Presently, with one Of m,
happy INSPIRATIONS / said to her
i Mrs. Dobbs. thore is no dollar that does 20,
! 50 much good as tho ope you don't spend" -
She looked At me- a Little pefp!exed, and pres
entity she said, ;" why, Doctor, ooht nnoef
| stand yon:
] 80 SAD, Inc nanasotnes1 oress ID the ons
you don't ouy
"Oh, yes, thats lrne. Inc oest dfees eVel
had was the sllk tnat Mrs; tafgehead gave me
| When ane came rom fhl1aae1pnla. nne Dou6ht
| II as Homer d conooays; II con1dn't nave cost
| less than-
;fa- Uopns, SAID l, 1nterrupnng her' the
! handaomest and every way the best dress is the
one you aon,t nave
iNie was more puzzled than ever, and was
forced to explain; ........:
"AlT5. Dobb8, said /, all the dresses you
ever bought haye WON OF, haven't they 7"
! Yes, aaid Bne, very Promptly all q them.
haven't decent thing to my nane- There is
my bombazine--"
''Wait moment" Z said, for was mortally
afraia to have her get up that topic; ''and did
you ever buy dress, did you ever have dress,
any way, that you didn't see some misgivings
over; that you didn't see some defect in ;; that
you didnsl rather wish that you had bought tbs
, 1874-03-29

pooeh Of the close Of Lent md tho fact that The
OF mutton IN the Eastern 1narleta has ADVANCED T.
point that makes Of that article luxury tat te
cattle MARKET basing their beef upon she snn,
s13ncea son t5n1 the feceP:ss.na'sd
claim that the upward tendency Of prtees eRass ,s
detar Western feeders from using undue hasa IN ~
perrnnenoa Of preaeu: prcca. The range Of :r7sa
paid during the week WAS s300s687, though me-.
Of tho trading was done within the range Of Il Tsa
GOO. stockers hare met with fair inquiry. sDs
ware readily salabe at 90 for poor to cora s
and ut 81 .2534.T5 for medium to PRIME Choice ~
md light heshy steers we're sold to local butrh
ers at $t.7595.12H, while they bought Of cnrnno,
aud medium qualities at s375@45o Good to chosaa
corn-fea Te1as :atue aere Ealahie at A.5Ga52 VIII
po1r to medium grades fetched $3.5094a5 Te,1
czlses arc In demand at 33.5096.00, according to
a,n.lty.
eurpiy was larger than usual for the closing day bt
all ene.chantable 6.eaea wete wanted, feH hrodrnJ
ri tue poorer sorts only remaining ia the yard u1sod
Re quote the market stead steady, @ - follows:
Extra aBceves-Graded steers, averaging 400
to 1,a50 lbs. "A
C1oica Beeyes-Fne, fat, well formed 3year 7'>'
to year old steers, averaging 1890 to
1,4Sq hs: 1.zsoteo
steers. ayeragng zoo to $50 ibs;..,.... 5.asasa
aging 1.iSs to 1.25o s,oo05os
nnd good to extra COVE. for city AouRlter,
e. aresagiuE s'4 to 1,1oo hs:;;,..:..;.. 4.oa9scu
asah. averaging 7o9 to 1,o5o ns::.-..;..- s.soe4s
stags bulls and scalawag steers. aooas.o
Cattie-Ie1as- corn-1ed 1ed--...-...-...-..-. 4.50a5n
Cattie-Ie1as. T1ntefed Horth. 250s4os
C2ttle-Te1as. through drnvea-.-- ----..... 175saa5
H0GS-The week has beeh IN active one and rrires
have rulsd steady and strong. Ths weeks Euprly.
though largo for the season, evenly distlbuti
that tho offerings ut time materially exceeded h.
requirements Of buyers anti the market Wig e,.l3v
sustained at S5.0095.2s for common ught, l. uss
heavy, uneven aud mixed lots; at $5,3OG5.4o for
medium, aud at S for good to strictly choac
Inferior descriptions sold down as low &45Qa475
wtile few extra assorted were taken ut $6lGGG Is
The bulk Of the sales were 1t s. .1G@5.50.
To-day there is good degree Of acdyt.y in tho d.
n10ud, and the market steady and firm at yester
days quotations. The supply was pretty liberal fer
the closing day but there buyers for Ill desrsb
LOTS and the market closed ateady at tha aboyo quota
HouRx
, 1874-03-29
MONETARY.

SATURDAY EVENING, March o8.
Until the currency expansion to which Con-
gress now stands pledged is fully clinched BY tue
passage OF 4 bill to that effect, there will be
greater uncertainty than egsr IN financial AFFAIRS
and gold will kocp1bobbing up and down With
svory rumor started in Wall street. Congress
ought to have grit enough now to settle the limit
ct grecnbacks at once, aud not keep the public
il suspense my longer.
There is nothing new to fepors in regard to
tho money market. The supply OF funds is al
abundant as ever, and the general belief is that
money will be more Abundant this spring than
ever before at tho same season Of the year.
New York exchange is scarce, and ls nomina11y
quoted at Soc per $1,000 premium, but there
is 60 little to be had that some Of the banks are
shipping currency to New York to make e1-
change.
The clearings OF the Chicago banks this week
, 1874-03-29


NEW ToRx, March ca-CoT1os-Dn1 and easier
middling upiaads, 167sc; futures closed steady
sales 19 SEQ bales; Match, Is 1916 els 3l3oc; Alr
1Gc; May, 16 13~ao@l6 9-lGe; June, 16 2oao@16 Is.
Ice July, ,17.zc; August. 173st917 23-32c.
BREADsTurFs-F1our steady; receipts, 10000 t-ls
suP1sts1e Western and State, s. .G06,15 to
good {6l5tS6,50 good to choice, s6.55S6.75; whl.s
wheat extra, SG.i5@7-10; extra Ohio, s6.3o97~5o =:
ST. Louis, S6.40a 1l-oo. Bye -four aud corn meal
unchanged. Wheat quiet aud unchanged receipts,
5000 bu. Rye. barley, and malt unchanged Corn
dull and lower receipts, 3, 000 bu; new Western
mixed, 83G88c high mixed and yellow Western, $50
SOC old d. 8S@92Ac. Oats dull 2ud lower; receipts,
5000 bu; mixed Western, so@G2c; white Western,
62H@G4c very choice do. CSC.
HAY AND Hors-Unchangeu.
GRoCLEIEs-Cbffce quiet and unchanged Sugar
hrner; fair to good refining, 7@7 &c Mozsses md
rice quiet nnd unchanged,
PETRoLguM-Firner; ctade, Ike; refined, 154c.
TuRpEaTI.;E-Steady at 4711c.
EGGs-Fir1u Western, Il \ @lG1c.
LEAIHER-Sseaay at 27,S@J0c; 0r1uoco, $40
27hc-
Woo1-steady; domestic fleece, 4e@65c; pulled, Is
@50c; unwashed, 1T@3oc.
PnovuIoS6-Pork tlrm; new 1ncss, $l6.60916.t5.
Beef unchanged. mddles quiet: long and short clear.
91sc. Lard tIm; prime steam, a71c spot; 1s.16o
March.
BUTTER AND CBEEs-Unchanged.
FHIsKx-Steady at o8c,
Observation-Disclosures copper steady: tngo., I2As,
2{h@2tAe- Pig-iron quiet Scotch. 31@42c; Amezt-
can, 2a@35c- Bar quiet Russia sheet, Hal:1c in
gold.
EAnS-CuChappeu
, 1874-03-29

Withdrawn from etore on Friday for city
consumption: 1887 bu wheat; 2,9C5 bu com i;
1916 bu oats J.; 2,661 bu rye; 1885 bu barley.
Withdrawn for do during the past week: 23, ,1o1
bu wheat; q, 424 bu corn; 10, 133 bu oats 9,7o2
bu rye; 2.917 bu barley.
The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning, up to 10 o'clock: &C cars
wheat; 116 cars corn; cars oats; cars rye;
ear barley. Total, 1o6 cars, or 1900 bu.
The following were the receipts and shipments
OF breadstufls ard live stock at this point dur;ag
the past week, aud for the corresponding weeks
ending as dated:
, 1874-03-29
NARKETS DY TELEGRAPH.

Tho Foreign Markets.
LrvEnpoo1, March % Ii T. m:-F1our, rs sd9
a8s Cd. Hteat-Winter, i2saI2s Cd; spring, los I'D
oils I'd; white, i1s 11d@1os id; club, 12s@los Cd.
Corn, 38s Cd. Pork, 62z Cd. Lard, E}s Sd.
.L1vEnroor, March 2s-1:so p. m.-Markeb un-
changed.
LIVERPOOL, March 28-2::3o p. n.-Breadstaas
quiet and unchanged
Losuos, March 28.--Auount Of bullion Rons ints
the Bank OF England haIancc today, CtD,C0o.
Consols for money, s11IG92; account, % 6as, l09
sis, 10o,z; lo4os 10isl: new 5s, 1o4.4. Ner Yosa
Central a6; Erie, 355<; preferred 81. sugar adoat
23s 9d@2{s- TurpenGne, 32s Sd.
PARIS, Mnrch 38.-Kentes, 5of CSC.
FaASHroar, March 2s-'62s, 387s.
L1vEnrooi, March 28-Eyentng;-cotton dull; mid
Sales, To- ooo bales American, 5,7o0; speculate. and
export, 1000.
Breadstuf1s quiet and unchanged
Cheese, 74s- Bacon-Long clear m1dd1ef, lis Short
, 1874-03-29
The Dollar We Don't Spend.

FToM The Vermont EhrunicIe ~.
we have TO calculate pretty closeut our house,
you know; aud the whole family are called into
councl when any important expenditure is to be-
made Well, the other evening, we were consid-
erinG the small remnant Of tho quarters salary
ana Mrs Dobbs was trying to reckon how it
could be made to cover everything. There YVES
her new dress, and neg coat for me, and 3
new carpet for the best parlor, and a
ancbtes aaw has LOT baaaaa Sa P5eaStns unmarried
things, with which I VII not occupy
, 1874-03-29
COMMERCIAL.

SATURDAY EVENING, March Is.
The following were the receipts and shipments
.of the lending articles Of produce in Chicago
during the past twenty-four hours, and for the
corresponding date one gear ago: