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STATE oF-o

-, clerk Of the -, the same being a
Court OF RecOrd, do hereby certify that -
whose genuine signature appears 90 the foregoing
affidavit, the time Of signing the same lua.
tics Of the peace IN and for the county and Stste
aforesaid, duly qualified snd that ali his official
sets a. such are entitled 60 full faith and credit
In testimony whereof, / have hereunto set my
hand a. clerk, and affixed the seal of said burt on
bis-day Of -, Isl.
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EThe steamer John Msude was sunk i'm
the Mississippi yesterday By striking on an old
snnken barge. No lives were lost. The boat
and cargo viii prove total loss.
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BOND.

LfTscftoaS.
~1nsert the names OF the principal and sureties
in full in the body Of the bond; also the date The
certificate on the inside should be signed By JUS
tice Of the peace, adding his oHcisl title, or, II
Know ali men by these presents, that -,
Eff, I'm the State Of -, principal, and -
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STATE OF Il
COUNTY OF -,kSs
On this - day Of -, IS-, personally an.
peared before me and surettes
In the afuresong bond, TO me known 70 be the per-
sons named In ts'd bond as sureti-s, and Who have
executed the same &c such, who being b. me duly
sworn, depose and aud each for himself de poses
and SAYS, be has executed the within bond thst his
piece OF residence If correctly stated therein that
he lie the owner Of real estate worth the sum herein
alter set against bis nsme aud above all debts
due and owing by him, and eli judgments, mort
gage, and executions against hIn after sll0 Eing
al eXemptious OF every character whatever, the
total sum thus assured amounting 90 81
dollars
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u
Q permanent home, where every manufacturer oSn
exhibit and sell his goods, and every pstentee
prove a vast benefit TO the whole country.
For this purpose, tbs Legislature Of the State Of
most wealthy and respectable merchants, aud these
gentlemen have purchased less than eight blocks
Of the most vaIusbIe land in the Oily Of New YORK.
The building 10 be erected will be seven stories
high $50 feet IN height, surmounted by magnil-
cent aome, and will cover space Of - acres. It
msde freprCof The bonds, which are ali for SD
each, are secured by FIRST mortgage on the lAad
popular, the directors have decided 90 have quar-
terly drawings OF Sl50,UO each this money being
Every bondhoIder must receive ~ least sIl, but
be may receive
100000;
Or s%OOO, or $4,000, or g. 600, or sSOo0, &c ke.
EVERY BOND
purchased before January 9Th, ls7s. viii Psrtici-
pate IN the
THIRD SERIES DRAwISG,
Held MONDAY, January 4th, IsTs.
c PIrAL PREMIU M............,......s IOO.o Ve
These drawings take place every THRHE
MONTHS, and eventually EVERY BOND Wal
participate in them.
Address, for Bonds and full information,
MORGENTHAU, BRUNO a. co.
FINANCIAL AGENTS,
IS Park Row, New York.
femit by 5rsfs on York City Banks, Regis
tered Letter or Post Office Money Order.
,o.-noryxx-S ynfpossrpIU uunuu
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EoTE.-Whep the oath is taken before Justice Of
the pesce. or any other officer not using q seal,
cert Judge Of United States court the certificate
Of the clerk Of court OF record must be aided
Ger his seal Of Office that the person who admins
tered the cath Is duly qualified ss such officer
Bids OF 5000 and upwards must be accompanied
by q certified check, or draft, some solvent na-
tonal bank, to the order Of the Postmast
General equal 70 1ye per centum on the present an
nusl pay the route; in OF service, not
less than five Der centum Of the amount Of the bond
secompanyin the bid, If said bond exceeis e5Ooo.
The proposal must be signed by the bidder or bid
ders, and the date OF signing aff xed,
Direct to the "second Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj, Post Office Department, w ashtngten, ID. Or"
marked % Proposala, State Of ~
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Oath REQUIRED BY Fiction 245 Of an Act Of CoaPreSs
approved June Is, l74, 10 be ABrsd 70 Each BID for
(auytag the Msil, and TO Be 1dkea Before an Offer
Qualified 20 AdWtHISfeT Odfhs.
T. =, Of -, bidder for carrying the
that have the ability, pecuniarily, to fulhn my
Obligation as such bidder; that the bid Is made fn
goo faith and with the intention TO enter int
tract and perform the service in case said bid shall
be accepted.
Sworn to and subscribed before me - for
the E OF -, this - day Of -,
A. D., la /, and in testimony whereof L tsEAI.]
h.rtunto subscribe my name and affix my
official zeal the day and year aforesaid.
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FORM OF PROPOSAL, BoHD, AND oERTIFI.
CATE.
PTOpOs1L

j, The undersigned, whose post office I'D.
poses to AIRY the mails of the Usited States from
july i, 1875, 10 June SQ, Isl, Oh route 10, be-
tween - and -, State OF -, under the ad-
yertisement OF the Postmaster General, dated De
cember 1874, with celebrity, certainty, and securi
ty }" for the annual sam OF - dollsrs; and III this
proposal lie accepted he will enter into contract with
sureli to be approved by the Postmaster General,
within the time prescribed In said advertisement.
This proposal Is made with full knowledge OF the
distance Of the route, the weight OF the mail to be
carried and all other particulars iR reference
route and serycei and, also, after careful exsmns
ton Of the laws and instructions attached % edyer
tisement Of mail service.
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IsruE SUPREME o9qRT0r THE DISTRICT

PosrpoHEMrSrs IMPOSSIBLE UEDlR
THIS PLAN. ~
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Subscribed and sworn before me this day Of
-, lG-
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FXTRAOTs FRnM LAWS. ETC

Odtd % Mai Contractors carriers, FsaI,,ysd bu
Aot Of COrgTeSS, JEIe iS72
D., 40 solemnly swe q or aft rm) that will
faithfully perform ali tbs duties required OF me- and
aostsin from everything forbidden by the laws in
relation to the establishment Of post Offices and post
roads within the United States and tina. will hon
etly and truly account for and pay over any money
belonging to the said United States which NAY
come into my posi- essioa or control. So help me
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TINITlD Stairs NAIL,
Maryland.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

WARRINGTON, December /, lal
.rrop3saIs will be receis ed 81 the Contract Ofios
iN5 10 Be decided b. the osh Of March FOR e.1
Tying the mails Of the United States from JAY i,
ls TO June % lGs, en- the following routes in the
urcs and arrivals herein specified, viz:
sog-From Laurel, by Waters Store IN. o., sud
Wells Gross, On. o.,lto Clarksvflle, Il miles
Leave Laurel daily, except Sunday, at Gam:
Arrive q Clarksyille BY II m;
Leave Olarksville daily, except Sunday, OF
An I've ct Laurel by4pm.
Bond required with bid, $500.
s6es-Yrem Gsrdenyille IN. o. to Baltimore, Ik
miles and back, three times o week
Leave Gardenville Tuesday. Thursday, and
Arrive ct Baltimore BY 80 am;
Leave BALTIMORE Tuesday, tn ursday, and Sat-
Arrive ct Gardenyille By IL Am.
Bond required with bid, $40.
Nae-Trom sellman, by BesllsviIIe, to Pooiesyill.
Leave belmsn daily, except sunday, a. a 10:
Arrive ct Poolesvflle by 10 30 @ m;
Lesve Poolesville daily, except Sunday, OF
Arrive at selImsn byspm.
Bond required with bid, ESQ.
aOs-From Berlin to synepuxent, miles and lack
Leave Berlin Saturday assam:
Arrive at eynepuxent By Q 30 am;
Leave Synepuxent Saturday ut 10 an;
Arrive at Berlin by ii 30 a m.
Bond required with bid, 6l00.
aN-From Eewtown to New Church, IVA, - miles
ard back, three times q week.
Leave Newtown Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
Arrive st New church by IL SO an;
Leave New Church Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at II 81 IA;
Arrive at Hewtown by 5 D m.
Bond required with bid, $500.
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BY section sixteen Of the act Ct June 1871 every
person employed In the postal service is subject TO
oil pains, penalties and fOrfetures for violation of
the laws relating TO such service. whether he las
taken the above oath or affirmation or not
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" IHgyITSE uny OF JUNE,
Udder the provisions OF section 245 of the act sp-
Prov June 49, 1874 the Postmaster al has pre-
scribed the lst day OF June, 1875 before which
day inc contracts OF pted bidders must be re-
eeiytd ct the Department in Washington, executed
In due fern.
Accepted bidders not complying with this regula-
tion shsl be considered having failed to com oily
with their proposals, and the Postmaster General
may proceed TO contract for the service with other
parties according TO law.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED AT THE DEPAR MINT
AFTER JUNE j WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE
POSTMASTER GENERAL.
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dictated by combining two of these terms
thus, colorado saafuro signifies that the
cigar is little darker and colorado cldro
that it is a little lighter than colorado
should be.
There are two words which must find
place IN the tobacconists glossary
namely, the words which stare at you in
every street of every town in the world
of more than 500 inhabitants-vegas and
Vuelta Abajo.
The mystery of the word vegas is moth
ing but the fact that it is the Cuban name
for a tobacco plantation, and Fuelta Alb
sjo is the district in which most of the
plantations are found. Vuelta AbaJo is
low region of Western Cuba, south of
the Guaniguanico Mountains, which run
from Marielbai 10 the Bay OF Guadiana.
The best vegas lie on the bank of the
River Gayaquatate, on piece of land
about thirty miles long by seven deep
As rule, tobacco plantation contains
only one cdbdklerid, which is equal to
about thirty-three acres. Half OF it is
stocked with various plants to shelter
the tobacco, and, nevertheless, cabdllerid
produces as much as 1900 pounds, aver
aging about 500 per 100 pounds.
AS the tobacco crop Is to the Cubans a
matter of not less than $40 100000 year
all the people are willing to pray for a
rich harvest. When the insects peculiar
to the tobacco plant seem to be little
thick, at once regular days of prayer are
appointed, and the holy Martin, the saint
of tobacconists, has 10000 masses said in
his honor, to make him bless the crop
and pick off the insects. 4ppIet0n's
Journal
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Getting Rid of Troublesome Rela.
tons.

In a life of Lord Shelburne, recently
Published in England. the following in
genious though questionable mode of rid
ding oneself of a disagrecahle brother,in-
law is given;
Lady Arabella Denny was married
young to neighboring gentleman, one of
the Oldest families among the English
Irish, very good sort of a man, un;n-
formed and ignorant, but who had a
bro1her, Sir - Denny, a coward, savage,
and fool. who set himself to make her
life unhappy She knew that if she com.
planned. or even told her husband il
would make an irreconcilable breach be.
tween the two brothers, and therefore She
could not reconcile il to her principles.
She told me, however, that finding She
could not endure his brutality. and that
her nerves began to fail her, she had re-
course 10 the following stratagem: she
determined TO learn privately 10 IRE bis
toll. When she had practiced sufficiently
to become a very good shot she prevailed
upon him, without letting him into the
secret. 10 accompany her to the retired
spot where she had practiced, and showed
him dexterous she had become, telling him
at the same time that she suffered so much
from his brutality that, If he did not
alter his behavior, she was determined to
apply the skill she had obtained by som
ing behind him, or by the surest means
she could invent, his ill-usage having made
her regardless as 10 her own life. After
this conversation he Immediately changed
his manner. ana never afterward gave her
the least trouble.
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Profit In Cows.

There are but few farmers who fully
realize the true value of good COW well
kept. AS general practice three COWS
do not produce as much milk, butter or
cheese as one would If treated rightly
and profitably. No account is kept of
the amount of milk or butter produced
by each cow in the year. The farmer with
his cows is in the same situation as he is
with the balance of his farm. He keeps
no account and knows nothing about his
business. Two hundred and fifty pounds
OF butter per COW per year is not large
yield, yet there are more that do not pro-
duce more than half that amount than
there is that exceeds one half. There is
no poorer policy than starving and freez-
ing milk COW. There can be no more
improyiderce in any branch of agricult-
ure than in half starving and exposing
10 the storms of winter the COW that is
expected to furnish the family with
milk, butter and groceries. We have
seen this spring from three to five cows
staggering about straw stacks of farmers,
which will require nearly all the summer
to repair wasted nature, without supply
ing any of the rich, nutritious
milk which only comes from a
healthy, well-fed COW pSuch farmer
should either Keep a less number
or provide better shelter and more rich
food. One COW well provided for Is bet
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Havana Cigars.

Tue original name for a cigar was Ia.
6acd, and the original inventors of mod.
ern cigars were the red aborigines o!
Cuba. The native appellation for the
plant out of which cigars are made was
cohibd. The suspicion that such is the
case must have sprung up in the minds
OF all intelligent persons who, on exam.
lnlng box OF Havana cigars, discovered
ON the outside of il the fact that the
cigars were made in fabrtcd de tdbdc0s,
Whlch-as everybody knows or does not
knoW-means mandatory of cigars,
anu, OF course, not a manufactory of
tobacco.
The nnest cigars that can be had are
the Nlgueras, which are made of the
nnest leaves, right on the spot in the
regds, and which are rather expensive,
ana even FOR any amount of money some
what difficult 10 procure. The ordinary
price fora Nigueras Regalia Imperial-a
SeVen.Inch cigaT-ranges between 5000
ana $500 per thousand-not in New
l ork, but in Cuba.
Many smokers, and even cigar-dealers,
IN New England are somewhat confused
IN regard TO The proper Interpretation of
some OF the names they see branded into
the cedar boxes. People often feel quite
confident that they buy or sell a particu.
lar quality of tobacco in the cigars when
they give them the name of Regalia
imperial, Regalia, Londres, Dana,
Lhtr operas, or any other of this class.
Inc TACT, however, is that these names
designate only the sizes of the cigars.
kegalia Imperial measures seven
inches, Regalia Britannica is little
smaller, Londres is of the medium size,
The Damas or Entr'operas are quite thin
ana small, fit to be smoked in the pauses
between the acts, at the doorsteps or in
The smokiBg-room of theater.
The quality of the tobacco is indicated
by the words supelfno, tiAo. superior,
6Hea0. The color and strength of cigars
Is stamped on the box with Bsaduro for
the strongest, osegro for the next in
strength, colorado for those of medium
strength, and claro for the light ones. The
intermediate shades Of the cigars are in.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

CINCINNATI is, with one exception, the
most densely- populated city in the
United States. New York averages IA. Y
persons to each clearinghouse, Cincin-
natl, S.S1; Boston, $40; Jersey City,
o37, and Chicago go.
THE quantity of Bcssemer steel ingots
made in England for the past five years
is given as follows by competent author
1871, $4,000; 1872, 10000; 1873, 496, 600
1874, $4,000.
THERE are just ninety-nine profes-
sional baseball players, or eleven clubs,
regularly playing at present in the Union
and drawing their salaries. The salaries
amount 10 good deal, but in some in.
stances the clubs amount to 80"
THE expectations from this country to
France in 1874 amounted to 214,210, 00t
francs, of which the American products
were valued at 199, 344 600 francs. The
expectations from that country to this
were: French and foreign merchandise
800, 36s, 600 francs, of which 29l ,275,O Ot
francs were of French products.
The Brooklyn bridge is to be beaten
before it is finished. Its rival, which il
TO be constructed over the Firth of Forth
Scotland, will be the largest in the world
The height will be $50 feet, and the mum
Der Of spans nearly 100. The great span
in the center is to be 1900 feet, or nearly
one-thiTd of mile, in width, and the
smaller spans $50 feet. 1t viii cost about
$40, 100000.
THK stock of gold in the world in 1S4e
vas estimated at s., 40, 0O0, 900, and the
production since then 81, 500, 000, 600, max,
ing an aggregate of S., $40, 0o0, 900. The
annual loss by wear and tear is estimated
at about $4,000 900, so that twenty.
seven years wastage would amount To
S504,0O0,000 leaving $5,3l5, 600 as the
stock Of gold in the metal, whether used
as coin or for other purposes. The
annual waste, it is believed, will be
greatly increased ia the future, since
three new countries, Germany, Japan and
Holland, have adopted gold coinage.
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linen scarf, pair of black silk gloves, a
hottie ~ old Ms3Gira wine and two

linen scarf, pair of black silk gloves, a
bottle ofs.old M1dera wine and two
funeral cakes" TIE age of the wine
was, in the case of married people, de-
termined by the time they had passed in
wedlock, for it was the custom for a
Young man when about to be married TO
send to Madeira for a pipe or two of the
best wine; part of this was used at the
marriage feast and the remainder was
used for funeral presents Ca the decease
of himself or his wife.
Schools were provided for by the
Dutch in the earliest days of the colony,
and the schoolmaster was very impoF-
tant parsonage In addition to the ordi-
nary duties of teacher he was the
chorister and bell-ringer of the church
he read many of the lessons" as well as
the Commandments and Articles of
Faith to the congregation, instructed the
children in the catechism on Sunday,
provided water for the baptismal service,
bread and wine for the communion, gave
the funeral Invitations, and tolled the
bell When the minister was absent the
teacher was to read from the pulpit an
approved sermon His salary was paya-
bel in wheat, delivered at Brooklyn
Ferry.
In their public records the Dutch seem
to have admitted EIcknames as matter
of course We read that it was directed
" that Old Bash deliver into the hands of
the Treasurer the scales and weights
that he hath" etc.; that Top Knot
Betty and her children be provided for
as objects of charity" and THAT the
Treasurer let Scdre6oueA have a new suit
and assist him in what's wanting"
A list of prices paid in the olden times
is provocative of much mourning to the
modern householder. Beef was three
cents per pound, eggs four cents per
dozen, butter six cents per pound, and
wheat sold at less than cent a pound.
There is little crumb of comfort, how
ever, in comparing these figures with the
price of labor; carpenters received forty
cents per day, masons charged forty
four. Farm hands worked for thirty
cents, but in harvest-time they increased
their price to thirty-seven cents. The
mail was at first managed by private en-
terprise, the carrier being postmaster of,
every town he visited. In later days
many years inside the present century
in fact, when the mail was carried in
coaches-it was the custom, when a vii
lage was off the post road, for the driver
to lay the mail for that town on a par
tlcular stone by the roadside, upon
which stone he would find whatever
matter he was expected to forward.
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The Antiquities Of Long Island.

The Christian Union, in reviewing a
work of the above title, summarizes the
ancient settlers of Long Island, the
Dutch, in the following interesting man
ner:
Burials seem to have been matters to
which the Dutch on Long Island devoted
the most careful attention. The frs,
money earned by young man after
coming of age was converted into con
and saved to meet his funeral expe.l ses;
it was considered a great disgrace, alter
the age of twenty-three, to die without
2 aving money enough to pay his funeral
expenses. 1t was also the custom to ap-
propriate new clothing for each member
of the family, to serve as burial suit
when occasion demanded, and such
clothing was never used for any other
purpose. We read that bountiful feasts
were prepared for funeral parties, and
that rum, brandy, gin, pipes, tobacco and
cigars were passed among the attendants
at funerals as simple act of hospital
ity- Funeral hospitality" reached its
height in Albany, however, for there il
became the custom to send out special
invitations to funerals, each invitation
being accompanied by . present of a
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ter than three starved ones. One will
furnish more milk. Children should

ter than three starved ones. One will
furnish more milk Children should
never be fed on milk drawn from a poor
cow, reduced to the bare possibility of
sustaining vitality. 1t is cruelty TO ami
mails to thus treat them. and it is murder
to the innocent children to feed them on
such food. The profit, the morality and
the responsibility of it require that q
man who keeps cows should provide bet
ter than is done in most cases in cold eli
mates. A man that would cheat his poor
old COW, which has thus far raised his
children, should be considered respecta-
BILE in NO society. There may be cases
where drought, Hood or devouring insects
have rendered it impossible to provide
bountiully for all the animals on the
farm, but in such cases the owner should
not be compelled to see the poor old COW
shaking her horns at him in his night
dreams. We plead for the COW. and it
three or five cannot be provided for, sell
off, and one we'll fed will provide more
than the three or five.-IOaca State Reg
lister