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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-12
INCENDIARISM IN CONNECTICUT.

BRIDGEPORT. Fep H. 1875.
An attempt which was partially successful, was
made last night TO burn up valuable property in
three different places la this city. In view Of the
frozen condition OF the water pipes and short
supply OF water, the Illustration OF the nendlsh
plan Is almost miraculous. The nrst are broke out
at half-past eleven last night in pile OF lumber
owned py the Sewing Machine Cabinet Company.
in East Bridgeport When discovered the fire had
got neadway, and 1t was not put out TIL 100000
leet nad oeen destroyed. The second nre was dis.
covered at two O'Clock this morning IN pie OF
lumDer, belonging TO the II m VI Beecher Haw-
ley situated bet cen the tracks oil the HousatUnc
ana tue New u rk, New Haven and Hartford rail-.
roads, west side. The nv drafts III this section had
become frozen, and oeiay In getting water en-.
aoled the fames 70 communicate with second
sumed, the loss reaching $1,000. Wnile these two
1res were 10 progress Ore was Klndled on the
east slIe against the coal sneds OF A. T.. NASH
co. THIS was put out without GAZING on the en-
glnes. on examining the premises nunoer or
writings sud pieces OF paper we're found beneath
nre had been gindled with the intention
oil drawing attention rom the others Fortunately
Tor the city there was no wind. with three nrcs
occurring during the WIND and cold Of the night
previous Bridgeport might nave been reduced o
asnes To-Day John ana Henry Doty, TWO young
men VINO uld not give a satisfactory account Of
themselves, we're arrested on suspicion oil having
starred the nres.
PrsLlc scHooLHousE BURNED.
At an early nour THIS morning the pup lc school
house IN wnat 10 known as the NIL Plain disiri ct
TOOK DIE from Q defective Cue aud Deiore asslst.
ance coulu be summoned was entirely consumed.
Loss, $4,000. Insurea IN the Wssschssssr Insurance
Company Tor e2,ooo.
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WALL STREET NOTES.
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE coMpAN

EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The fifteenth annual statement OF this corpora.
tion has been published, and shows net cash assets
December 81 1874 OF s24 69O5l2 The total llabili-
ties, including capital stock and reserve tor re-
insurance OF existing policies are S22,3l9, 100
leaving o total surplus over legal reserve OF
So, 6e2, 5S7. from which undivided surplus the So
cetv ha: declared reversonary dividend which
IS avaIlabe on the settlement OF the next annual
premium to participating policies.
THE ERIE RAILWAY
Directors held a meeting yesterday at their ONCE
corner OF Duane ana West streets. 1t VIII be seen
that Mcawoer-like the company have large
hopes OF the future, winch, perhaps, have been
discounted In the past after some routine bust
dent, made statement. substantially as 1ol-
lows -
That the months Of October. November and December
SeiSs du and he % at wh Was moved Were
low ana on East bound traS IRREGULAR hat the month
ing but 1t began to during the last week OF
eded ndcaon o. That he had
reason TO hope more avoraoe 70 us at the end OF
that 70 ascertain the result for the hrst quar- s
iss taken 'nd ne tue '; the
a sma e IN Foa Sd Where ha
payable IN coin by the same process reduced It to
ss "s sf S I as
Of the sea IL the e Inc
expenses Of the company. thus showing the, amount
with winch that quarter was properly cha-geabe. The
more than equal to The amount thus incurred and charge
ace o was res WSc might be m
POOR PACIFIC MAIL
was the subject OF many rum0rs on the street TO.
day. or course 1t was conceded that the company
had lost the subsidy" on which SO many thou
sanus had been useessy and corruptly squan.
dered by former direction. and now 1t only re-
mans TO see how the cree fight" between the
present managers and the company viii ter.
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PRESS NOTES ON THE ARKANSAS
MESSAGE.

An imperial plot !-RiclnOnd Wig (denJ
Is 1t collision 9-Scranton Republican (dem)
Let Arkansas alone !-Boston Globe Q'ep.)
new disturbing element-NecarE Advertiser
pep.)
What does It portendG Is there to be no peace
either Tor the South or the rest OF the nation ~
Baltimore sun (fnd)
or all the performances OF our Cesar there 10
none that has such reach OF audacity as this.
Harrisburg Patriot (den)
He seems to ask Congress to authorize him to
tip over the present government OF Arkansas by
force OF arms, and put that State again into the
hands of the minority.-Boston Herald (fnd)
The weakened members or Congress need not
be frightened by the mouthings OF the independ-
ent press washington Republican (adn'.
We know that there are republicans IN Congress
whose opinion and feeling about all this are iden-
teal with the opinion and feeling OF the great
mass OF American voters. They are at last iairly
shut up to the necessity OF making choice Of
masters. They cannot longer serve Grant and
their country. They cannot longer serve Grant
and their party.-Sprfnafel6 Republican (tnd rep.l
The tone OF the Presidents Message leaves the
full inference that If Congress takes no action ne
Will declare the recent Constitutional Convention
and election irregular and proceed to place the
Brooks party in power.-Hartr0rd Courant rep)
He hampers with danger when he calls back 70
life the Brooks usurpation In Arkansas.-Fort
wayne (Ind) Sentinel tdem)
On Congress the entire responsibility now
rests.-Frovtderce Journal (adn,. rep.)
There is no further step to be taken in order to
reach absolute rule. This 10 the real thing itsel.
Never was the nationai legislature 80 insolently
treated by any Executive In our NATURALIZATION
Post (den,.)
There IL trouble enough down South without
stirring Up anything new at present.-Binohanton
~. ~ Republican Oep.)
This Is despotlsml This ts usurpatonl This II
treason Let him who can make less OF these
successive acts and assumptions OF powerful
odnv Argus (dena)
Unless ne changes his course he Will not get
through his term without impeachment, even ~
republican nands. Portland Argus (dem.)
The President pursues consistently the path he
has chosen toward absolute power over the Com.
mon wealths OF the Union.-NorJolk Virofntan
(dem)
% lief be put In by the army as by the people,
Rortsnouah IN. H. Enterprise (dens.j
The most Infamous proposition ever made by
President OF the United States to Congress-Cht.
capo Times tden.)
lie needs friendly advice. for he 10 determined
upon . course that must. II persisted In, plunge
this country into very grave troubles-Harvord
Times (dsm)
It 10 nsrd to sss why the President deems It bis
duty TO recommend reopsning OF the old Sores
Sortland Advertiser (rspl
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THE COLLINS SURVEY.

FIELD OF THE INTENDED SURVEY OF LIEUTENANT
coLLINs-THE cANANDAIdUA AT AsPrNwALL.
UNITED STATES STEAMER CANANDAIoUA,(
AsPfNwALL, Jan. 20, 1915.
We sail tomorrow, on the arrival OF the mail
steamer from New YORK, for Uraba Bay 10 convey
Lieutenant Collins Darien expedition to the
mouth OF the Atrato River. All necessary stores
are on BOARD, and SIX men. picked from about
forty volunteers, have been detailed to accompany
Lieutenant Collins 10 The Pacific. This snip viii
send Us in BOATS something over 100 miles up the
Atrato TO the mouth OF the Napipi, where the
real work OF the survey begins. The boats Will
return TO the ship, ano the ship Will call
again for us Ia about three months
Your correspondent goes as volunteer and In
pursuit oil Kno Wedge. Arrived at Nappi, q sum.
Gent party OF natives VIII be engaged TO perform
the more iaoorious WORK. 40 the climate IL very
deauiy Tor v hite men.
We start thoroughly equipped. In the oest Of
spirits, aud with the Iuilest determination or All
hands 10 M ke the expedition success, and with
the 1Ymest reliance on the knowledge and a0tlity
OF our experienced chief, VINO mas ALREADY ex'
portd lour hnes across the nshmuA
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failed to realize its full value that she should not
be credited with her interest In ne stallion Jay
Could. appraised at $4,000: That the calm OF tns
Erie Railway COMPANY against the estate has NOT
been included: SAID claim was presented 10 the
eXecutrlx, ana amounted to S2.259,632 10; tnat
the amended claim OF said company was not IN
cluded said claim amour ting to $3,S7Sl9 Sc, with
interest thereon. Counsel Tor the eXeculriX
denied the right of the Erie Company to have
their claim considered by the auditor. After con-
behalf nf the Erie Company and Mr.. James Il. Ball
and Judge Homer A. Nelson for the execulrix, the
case was again adjourned
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IMPORTANT TO eRocERa-FouR CENTS psi
1savsss1 SO Wsss iSksssath street sew fess
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-12
JAMES FISK, JR.'S, ESTATE.

su MILLIONS CLAIMED By THE ERIE RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Mr.. willard Bartlett, the auditor appointed BY
the Surrogate to near testimony II relation to the
objections TO the accounts Ned oy Mrs. Fisk az
sxecutrx OF the late James Fisk, IT.. held another
sitting yesterday. Counsel for the Erie Railway
Company OBJECTED to the accounts, Tor the reasons
that tine inventory did not contain ell the per.
sonai property that has been or might have been
collected by the executrix; that she sold and sx.
ehAnged properly without Authority OF Jaw ana
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
The Slender" Style.

A Paris fashion writer says CATER
more than ten years struggle against
bad taste we have at last arrived Mt
something pleasant to the eye of taste.
Grecian draperies are all the vogue now,
and woman, when dressed according to
the best acknowledged fashion Of the
day, resembles beautiful marble statue,
chiselled by a master hand. No more
puffs, no more orinolines the folds OF
the dress, falling ver the figure, are its
sole ornaments. 1t is nature it ia art
in all it's sublimitv. But stout fingers
must beware, their reign is overland
they hsd reigned long enough. With
them the waist had entirelydisappeared.
and m began to look like bags OF
flour, tied in the middle. In a word.
they looked like bundles Of fat dressed
up in SNOWY rags, like prize meat at
Christmas time. But they were the
fashion, and fashion called them PLUMB
II is only very, very lately that slim
figures have resssumed their once SUI
premacy, and English and American
girls may claim the merit of this. Their
supple, reed-like figures could not long
remain unnoticed and the elegance Of
their lithesome waists became the envy
OF their plump Parlsi.n cousins. The
Parisienne herself saw this, and saw
also that she could not longer contend
with those sylph.like nymphs Of outre.
mer. We, too, will be slim as we
were wont to be- they said. Tho result
was the abolition Of puffs, which dis.
guised the shape, and the re~introduction
OF plain skirts, which alone show of the
s%erpentine lines Of q well-made figure.
and tho Parisienne, with her easy grace
and matchless figure, is oncs more b.
fore us In all her pristine glory"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
Modern Women.

II Is q sad commentary upon our boastel
civilization that the women Of our times havl
degenerated in health and physique until theI
are literally o race OF invalids-pale, nervou9
feeble and back achy, with only here and then
a few noble exceptions in the persons OF th
robust, buxom ladies characteristic OF the sci
in days gone by. by q very large experienced
covering a period OF years. and embracing thl
treatment OF many thousands Of cases o,
those ailments peculiar to women, DIR. Pierce
Of the Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y, had
perfected, by the combination OF certain vegel
table extracts, a natural specific. which ha
does not exiol as a c~ure-all, but one which ad-
mirably fulflls a s%ingleness Of purpose, being
a most positive and reliable remedy for those
weaknesses and complaints that atiiict the
women of the present day. This natural
specific compound is called DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription. The following are among
those diseases in which this wonderful medi.
cine has worked cures as II by magic and with
a certainty never before attained by any medi-
cines Weak back, nervous and general debili.
ty, falling and other displacements OF internal
organs, resulting from debility and lack OF
strength in natural supports, internal fever.
congestion, Inflammation and liberation and
very many other chronic diseases incident to
women, not proper to mention here, in which,
as well III in the cases that have been enumer-
ated, the Favorite Prescription effects cures
the marvel of the world. 1t will not do harm
in any state or condition of the system, and
BY adopting its use the invalid lady may avoid
that s~everest Of ordeals-the consulting of a
family physician. Favorite Prescription is
sold by dealers in medicines generally.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

HEART DISEASE. Many persons suf.
fer with heart disease without knowing
it-suddcnly they drop of, and their
friends are astonished, on a post NOR.
tenn examination, to learn that they
died OF heart disease. The heart, like
the brain, is the seat OF life-its dis.
eases are of several characters. The
most common are valvular disease, fatty
degeneration, and functional dersnQe-
ment. II the liver becomes deranged.
and digestion is impaired, the heart,
through sympathy and ju~xtaposition,
becomes abnormal. The followingsymp.
toms indicate approaching disease
palpitation, giddiness, faintness, ner.
vous prostration, deranged digestion,
vertigo, cold extremities, ETC., ETC., for
which the old school Will administer
iron, opium, anthony, mercury, and
many other mineral poisons. Heart
disease is a blood disease-purify the
blood remove instructions to a limpid
circulation by taking that Vegetable
Alternative, Vinegar Bitters, and Won
will be a sound person in two or three
months.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
Peculiar characteristics

The mar who Brunts and gasps as he
gobbles mp the soup, and at every other
mouthful seems threatened with a
choking ft.
The man who, having by an accident
been thrown once in your company,
makes bold to brawl your name out,
and to shake your hand profusely when
you pass him in the street.
The man who artfully provokes you
TO play q game Of billiards with him.
and, though he feigns to DO a novice,
produce his own chalk. :
The man who can't sit at your table
on my set occasion without getting Oh
his legs to propose some stupid toast.
The man who, thinking you are mu.
sical, bores you with his notions on the
music Of the future, Of which Won know
a. little Is the music Of the spheres,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

Iceland. As the italian mines have,
according TO the last accounts, become
nearly exhausted, the new deposits will
effect a material change in the sulphur
trade. An Englishman named Locke
has purchased SIX square miles in the
region adjoining Lake Myvator, where
mountains OF nearly solid sulphur
exist, whose yellow hue is discernable
at O great distance.
LOBSTER FARM "A lobster-farm has
been successfully established in Boston.
On the seward side it 10 inclosed by
banks having matches or s%luices, so as
to admit Of the flow and ebb OF the
tide. Forty thousand Holsters, OF oil
sizes, we're planted here in the summer
of 1873, and in the winter following,
10, 600. were sold.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
The Accomplished Farmer.

The following extract furnishes an
illustration of what is necessary to con-
stitute the most accomplished farmer {:
"The idea that perfect farming consists
only in aptness Of labor and strength Of
muscle, is at war with true philosophy.
The sailor before the mast spices q
rope, steers the ship, or lows a boat
with perfect skill. Hurled into the sea
he rides the wave with composure, and
ia saved in countless %exigencies where a
andsmen would surely have persisted.
Tossed fearfully on the yard-arm, amid
the play of the lightning, and sleet and
the tempest, he reefs the sail with i'm
perturbable GOODNESS. Is he q perfect
sailor? Oh, no. Silent, thoughtful
students are at work in the national
observatories at London and Washing
ton, preparing the nautical almanac.
Maps and charts, indicating the shoals
and reefs and coasts, are prepared for
him at great expense and care. Prof.
Maury has published his directions for
taking advantage of the wind and cur
rents. By all the aids and appliances
which science has furnished, the mar.
ineer can indicate upon the trackless
ocean almost the precise spot he occ-
upies, and sleep with composure and
confidence. But is the profound scholar,
from whose deduction the ship is
worked, the perfect sailor? Oh no
But the man who unites the highest
practical aptness and skill in working
the ship. with the scientific comprehen-
sion that enables him to use all the
deductions OF nautical science, he is the
most perfect sailor. He may be found
among the officers Of the ship. The
most perfect union Of principle and
practice constitute q sailor. What is
the moral? Why, that in agriculture,
the most abundant knowledge of ali
known natural laws, and all applicable
scientific principles, must conspire with
the most perfect skill, aided by energy,
industry, economy, temperance and
health, to make the perfect farmer
Home Journal.
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.


Rosy and warm the freight falls
In the rich mans home tonight,
On the pictures hanging againyt the walls,
And the children's faces bright.
They have parted the curtains crimson fold
Away from the window high,
And their eyes look out at tho wbirling snow
And the dull and stormy sky.
Their dainty armcnts are rich and rare.
ThoIr faces are fair TO zee,
And the golden CLEAN Of their shining hair
IN bright as q crown might be.
And many q stranger stops to smile
At the picture warm aud bright
The beautiful children looking out
On tho dark and wintry night.
with tattered garments and faces thin,
Abroad In the bitter cold,
The poor mans children are looking In
Through the curtains crimsOBf fold.
The bleak wine tOsscH their rags In scOrn,
Their feet ara aching and bare,
While they gaze at the beauty and warmth within
And the children's faces fair.
] think as ] hasten along the street,
OF the beautiful home above,
Whore the rich and the poor alike will meet,
And share IN the Fathers love.
The Lord win open the shining door,
And gather his dear ones In,
This rich with their soft and dainty robes,
And the poor with their garments thin.
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DIR. j. Walkers California Vi

DR.. j. Walkers California vi
Iegar BittGrS are a purely Vegcta
preparation, made chiefly from tile
tive herbs found on the lower ranges
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Calf
mia, the medicinal properties of VIII
are extracted thcrcfrom without theG
of Alcohol. Tho question is aim.
daily asked, "What is the cause Of {
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR b
TERs" Our answer is, that they reno
the cause of disease, and the PATIENT
covers his health. They are the gre.
blood purifier and a life-giying princip
q perfect Renovation and Invigorai
of the system. Never before in t
history of the world has a medicine Be
compounded possessing the remark
qualities of VINEGAR BITrERs in healing
sick of every disease man is heir to. u
are a gentle Purgative as well us a To-
relieving Congestion or inflammation
the Liver and Visceral Organs. in Biii5
Diseases.
The properties of Dr.. WALKE
VINEGAR BITTERs are Apericnt, Diaphord
C~arminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diure
Sedative, Counter-lritant, Sudoritlc, Aif
tive, and Anti Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD u CO..
Druggists and Gen. ACTS, San Francisco. Cali'or
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS. NJ u
Sold by all Druggists md Dealers
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On the death of one OF England'e
most eminent physicians, all his effects were
sold by auction, and among other things was
a sealed packet, marked advice to Physi'
clans, which brought a great price. Tho pur.
chaser on opening the packet, read as follows;
Keep the head cool, the bowels open and the
feet warm" If physic is necessary, use Par
sons Purgative Pills they are the most scien-
tifically prepared pill that has appeared in the
last hundred years.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

Among the problems OF geograph.
ital science still remaining unsolyed is
mat regarding tho sources Of Irrawaddv
The great river OF Bnrmah ; and il was
announced at the recent meeting Of the
French scientific association that the
smp.ror OF the country had recently
h,ted ont an expedition for the purpose
OF settling the question.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

The most stylish collar that is worn
now is the Improved Warwick. 1t fits better
than any other on q low cut shirt. All the
edges being folded, and the surface looking 40
much like linen, we recommend all to try
1t. Ask your gents furnisher for the In
proved Warwick.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

VIZ received n very pleasant letter of
thanks from our old friend Kendall, since bis
return home, for q bottle Of Johnson's Ano-
dyne Liniment which We gave him, and which
he says has entirely cured him Of the trouble
some and dangerous cough he had when here.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

FosrER's first Texas drawing OF Gold,
Lands, and Houses, came Off 22d Of October
as advertised. The second drawing takes
same place, Houston, Texas, March 8.
See advertisement.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

-"Amateur gentlemen" says an old
lady. "is q pretty good description of q
certain class Of young men,"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

Foul Breath, Flatulence, Constipation, Bill
ious, Collie, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Pain in the
Pit of the Stomach are cured by TUFTS Pills.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21

Go TO Riverside Water Cure, Hamilton, Ill
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TRY YOUR LUCK

To every person sending us 50 cts. we WI s :
regularly. for ONE YEAR, IHE SOuNENlt
large. eight page, literary and faniliy paper
TIOSEKY PACKAGE, containing. 1O sht
GOOD writing paper 10 good Envelopes Y
Pencil, 1 Penhulder. = Pens, I photograph az
Jewelry is often worth more than we charge
roth paper and package. Remember all the abb
articles in an elegant package. Don't let thBp
goods than you ever bought before tor the mon
and may get a prize of jewelry worth double
price charged. The Paper q whole year aud
Package for only 50 cts. Address.
Bristol, Tenn
-6aAGENTs wanted TO sell our fine LngrIVl
From ~ to 80 a day easily made.
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Ok : con per day NJ home. Terms free. Address
VIZ ~@V GEO. STINs0N d Co.. Portland. Maine
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4O00 a month to agents everywhere. Address
p1OO EXCELSIOR M'F'a Co., Buchanan, Mich,
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WAuTcn AGENTS for the q Life and Elk.
AN ly .ploratiOns Of DR.. LIV.
lNGiSTONk.S Complete, authentic; a fresh
book. Price suited to the times. Address
B. b. RUSSELL, Publisher, Boston. Mass.
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snterpIisIng, useful c~itizens. EASTMAN BUH
son. the only Institution devoted " this special
and only one providing situations for Graduate
graduates 10 nearly eyery CITY anu Town. AaPr,l