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dress, in which our women gan show
much more creditable haRdiwork than
anything they have yet done in paint
ing, let alone sculpture. Tie action Of
the committee. At lPhiIadelphiaS was in
blind indifference to the high esteem in
which needlework is-held in England
where specimens of lace. embroidery,
and dress form one Of the most attrac-
tive end elegant departments, of the
Museum at Kensington, of which Peer
esses are the interested patrons and CON
tributoss and in which. the Princes
Louise herself is an enthusiastic asna-s
teur. In my way Of thinking, the Phil
adelphia ladies have dono uleig,sex an
injury by emitting to pay proaser 4nspeet
to -Jiief pectifaf arts, and 50 eIevating.
them from the level of trades and
drudgery. A very curious andintereSt-
ing department At tlle exhibition would
be specimens of fine needlework from,
the days Of the revolution down. The
excuse of the COMMITTEES that to admit
such things would bring down on them
all the dressmakers and tnilliners in the
country,) is as unreasonable as to ex-
clude all machinery because the whole
patent office might be offered. It was
theirs to choose what to oaexhibit. This is
question which ought to interest every
woman in the country who wants to see
proper balance OF respect shown ite,all
branches Of womans' duty and work,
to sewing aud dnessmakipg as. well as
making poor clay figures and pictures
out of drawing. ~ as
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELEe4IoN.
You can't imagine thew;ld delight with
which the news Of the glorious triumph
! in New Hampshire was received by the
Republicans OF New York. If there
is any one thing that the New York
4 lRepubFcan breads, as a. business man
and aside from any political feeling, il
is the return Of the democracy TO pow.
err, for it meauss to him tie old Tweed
rule, which is another nameetor ruin
The sentiments of the Republicans, o
the city was we'll expressed by a promi
nent business man at the Union League
, Club. 'tThe election and tho victory,
said he, sis not an endorseme ut OF Bel
knap aud the thievss-it is a veIdic
, that the Republican party is not respon
| sible for the acts Of a few corrupt men.
t And speaking of this election, it ii
t singnlafaliow IL tears into the sindepen
e dents The Tribune has awakened t
e the fact that the Republican party i
I the only one that ever did any iuvesti
!, CATION in itszow rauks, aud the onl
t one that ever published its own thieves
S It really seemed to feel good over tn
e IRepublican triumph inthe Granite State
{ and read more as it used to before Hoi
$ ace Greeley went insane than It has fo
g years. Il wohEd not Besing,flar ii I'll
i Tribune should get tack into tic r,
i publican fold, and be - power IN I'll
g party once mora, - g PIErRo.
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a Mouse Ika.lsA Man.

An extraordinary Occurrence was
brought to lighn atean irqnese held on
the body of man in South London,
recently. ID 8 seOfiszr0orla where many
young girls were at.work mouse sud-
denly made its appeafaace q table.
causing, of course, coneidesable commo-
tion and generag stasssg5s1e. The in
.truder was seized, howaveE, by young
imam who happened to Be present, but
the mouse slipped out o. his fnnd, and
running up his sleeve, came out between
his waistcoat and shirt at the neck. The
unforknmte nlau had his mouth open,
and the mouse, on tho lookout for some
convenient place of eoneealmeHt, enter
ed taesmanss mouth, and she, In his
fright and surprise, swallowed r. Tllat
a mouse tmhs exist faFsx a,~eousiderable
time withouE much air has long been a
popular befief, and was unfortunately
proved TO be a fact in the present in
stances for the monse began to. tear and
bite inside the mauss throat aud chest,
and the result was That the unfortunate
fellow died, after 4 little time, in, honi-
bic agony Severed witnesses eorFobo-
rated the above facts, and medical tes-
Etimony 90 20 thescanse OF death having
been given, . verdict Of ssaccidelitai
DEATH was returned lss ss,sl ~ $
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vhe f1llomillo atory g told Bal lN.asl

The following story Is told in. NNVzasli.
irgton OF ahe late Senator Saulsburyf Of
The Senator had the repd-
gtatfon dHsfng ssset late years Of his sens
torial terra st inlbi hing very freely, and
1T = told Of him tisat BE was acciistonled
room ii the iradssiilg beflge DC rose, and
when asked I,Y b friend why liellad two
cocktails, he ssaiiaii that alter taking
one fia talt u Ige mot man aud tlousha
il would be nseasa pstgto treat tlIab 9TH
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se = - T - TT
Furniture Warefoon1s-
EDEn GR At

- R ED 1TIfAeIs -
s4s<4 sStfreilAskd fIlsenttre hlt crest Of g
Il Collar IN the late firm of Graf & Colnr. IN
flsf Furniture Dl1sb1ess, takes this oIoftunlty
"a return his thanks TO the citizens o! Ainseny
aud vfefslify who have 80 generously, lEetFoh-
tied him In the past, and iniiy ASK e =
ssovf{aE1naglce OF the same. E Al klnls OF nlf-
Iif.5 IrsTsf on alad an ff ured 20 ofsler
NJ lowest rates. sse n BEL 1144s = II f letAh
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THE BIG BANK FAILURE
s1toUsE-LARoR MARKET = DREw's
aFArLURE-TuE woMEN's cENTES-
1S1Ar-Tl1E NEW HAMPSHIRE ELEC-
41oN.
New YoRK, MAReH 90, 1876.
- TILE BIG BANK FAILURE.
To the surprise of everybody, the
Bank of the State of New York closed
its doors Tuesday. This was one of
the oldest banks in the city, and was
presumed to be one of the soundest, ami
tnosfailure created a profound sensation
on ssthe street. Stocks went down
trightfully, other banks shlvered in an
tieIpation of runs, and for willie it
seemed probable that 3 panic would
sweep over the street. But, fortunate
ly, the event passed without a wide
spread trouble.
This failure lets in flood of light
on New York business and New York
business men. When this staid, solid
old bank-this eminetly respectable
Financial institutions" went under, and
It's affairs came to be Investigated, it
was found that none of the directors,
or, for that matter, any of the officers
knew anything about its management
/ that not one of them had ever looked
Into it, there had never been regular
meeting of the board, and that tht
whole management was left in thC
I hands of one man, the Vice President
4 Patrick! As matter of course Mr.
Patrick had lent himself 100000, h,
had lent the "Attrition Flour CO.
100000 on 100000 of its stock
which stock was worth about four cent:
a pound, and equally as a matter c
course every shyster concern in Nev
. York in which Mr.. Patrick was inter
ested, or felt friendly toward, had it
! money on just as worthless security
Tie directors were all surprised whe
tho. failure was made known to them.
The effect of the failure will be ba'
in one sense and good in another.
will be bad because it will unsettIe col
hJence, and make distrust. It will /
good because it will compel directors
look into the management, and see whs
is being done with the money wit
;. which they are entrusted. All Il
hauks, with few exceptions, are in
tight place. Their securities are n
sound. Real estate was their fAvorit
security and on real estate loans ha,
been made quite up to It's value. Blu
r alas, real estate has shruuk i'll vali
m over half since these loans were mad
:. and wher the banks come to foreclo
only halt can be realized. Busile
men dread to have the condition of Il
,rsI bauks looked into, for fear that tht
wiz all be found TO be rotten, whit
would result in such smash-up as tt
city never saw. They prefer to sll
their eyes aud let things DRIFT, hopil
that something will turn up to let the
: out. But it las got to come. Ne
i York is rot at the bottom of its trotl
L.
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sdinples danced ot,f ON. keS cheeka .6aaf :.
she made. mo fcniark tcni4. leAnifsa Est-
ward nj tIy6 6safl,9 6eSi{efISgh aaelee
wiess lbef shnvgvugxera 1|ffeAagufl1ie fnsmsms
ssTl,e fact "a M 20 n fn,tA. aloal.s,.,
Don't. speak .llesse i arc fSer1,on
ait because Il Ii fsseessa 81 M ilsV ii bila
tiors buS {offs are assssss flisel liBH9slerss
couldsee iyan sanil ao gAaeasinh ,Hnsilup
wlyend saw .snpoaher-.--bet .fhAe n. mof =.
what. I meant ~ sstvs.st5 hAm S6vS kok
hot,eless & 49, To,e s,ssissS ;sdi 66QajV sSss
Z 5snd,.tT 49, selA H. TsgsEsf
tbint "a earrvsNstav.se;slIrn rnes 81 1S1IL g,,,s.
Iidea .that n Va. yalnsh 80 Is "a 1erv :.
thin and small afisv vos Enoye - -.
Here Nh. ma v6s9 ) fgycsS1EP ~
stolua srt;ele from - spy,,s $780, fiDl ~
laid ditaupon yRasa1a lapv I'D saal' IA. sRtSi
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Albany
Raf a0lise & ISaFber Shop.

g74qsaE TTNDERSICsNED MOULD II ESP tcCT-
ftlllv thank the citizens Of AfslAn an9 "a VI
fTsfw Tor tie liberal patronage 1esl owe ~, gss
e.sfslFys 4 continuation of tisetr fnvoFs Eor InS
sacnnainodatIon Of transient cnssoaet, an
81 q uea4 little sh0r next door TO lay ioE DIE, e
Sa1e1Sf1 n i'll ii Ds work sssszl 80 , t's
= attendance to Nzl1 ul1tsl
Dee. IL, 1874 s1s. = tsnssA-ss
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Il 800 900 HOUSE.

SIOU,UUU HOUSE.
Doyou remember the failure of the
ssetnilleuto banlxing-l,ouse of Duncan,
Sherman & Co. ? OF course you do !;
aud you remember also that they didn't
pay scarcely anything on the dollar, and
their creditors were fearfally indignant.
It is comforting to take up Newport
paper and read that NIr. Watt Sher-
man, one of the partners, is building a
cottage in that 'Scity by the sea- the
cost OF which is only 100000! and
this fora summer residence only. Fail
ing is not very bad business, after all.
If a ruined man can afford a 500 s000
house, ,whatonght one to have who sticks
to his legitimate business, and goes OH
regularly? The president OF the big
bal.k failure of Tuesday will probably
build himself a cottage next year.
THE LABOR MARKET
Isiin q fearful condition. One publish,
ing househ has discharged thirty clerks
since Jan-lst,. everyone of whom are
now out of employment, and viii be
till trade revives. The great metal
house Of Phelps, Dodge & e.. notified
their employees that they should be
compelled to dismiss oue-half of. them
wherenpon the men held a meeting and
resolved to work for one-half wages
provided the Whole foro should be kept
on. TO this the house consented, and
the men arc doing the best they can an
tirsdasa aE6e tSsds upx One spa1aAe
Iurer 10 the city who never, till lsst
year, employed less than 1900 man
has l,ut 400 at this time. He dis
charged 600 last week. These are bu
sample cases. The whole industry O
the cifyis psrDlyzed, and distress isno
only widespread. but universal. T,of'
] who have work, are dpipg il for Iii
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The neaok aud plum trees ia Georgia
are "a fsiI9 bloom. Gmrtlen truck IS Ill 9Olaa-l
ing asll egetaEiela peepihe out oS tbs.
grd dans III every tloEss - sssa s. :.
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.Fiea aalsss m. ,s;rpsai A,ldSssisoss 4 gem
sllne leap year match. and the lady sltll the
counting and proposing, aud the marriage
.anuoutflN ksSslk reads, a Atalelia Church -
Jacnb SNickstro1s IN Of GaI9as married
on tla8 1assI InstN
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our NEW YORK LETTER

rHr BIG BANK FAIBUEE-s100, 900
E1foF-sE-LABoR MARKET = DREw's
aFAILURE-TuE woMEN's cENTES-
S1Ar.-TuE NEW HAMPSHIRE EIEc-
I1ON.
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barest and closest possible subsistence,
and they are exceedingly fortunate.
Where one has work, ten have none Al
all, and what they are living on. Heav.
en- only knows. can hire ten thousand
women tomorrow for IS a week, wo
men skilled in the labor they co, and
men can be had in droves for dollar 9
week more. Wlen will the good time.
come ?
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
INDEPENDENT STATE CONVENTION.

The Independent voters of the state of Hi
nois are hereby requested to send delegates
to represent them in State convention to be
held in the city of Decatur, February l6'
1876, beginning at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the
offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Treasurer, Secretary OF State, Auditor, and
Attorney General; also to select forty-two
delegates to represent the Independent party
of Illinois in the National Independent Con-
yention, called to meet at the city of Indiana
polls, Indiana, May II. 1876, for the purpose
of nominating candidates tor President and
Vice. President and To transact such other
business as may properly come before said
convention.
The basis of representation in said conven-
tiou will be Ms follows: One delegate for
each county in the state, and one for 10000
population or major fractional part of the
number.
IL is evident that the great producing
masses can place no confidence in either of
the old parties as they now exist. 1t is hoped,
therefore, that the great body of the people,
without regard to past partisan distinctions,
will promptly take measures to be fully re-
presented in the convention, and thus show
their so-called political leaders and would-oe
master, that they are tired of leyaliZed inJus-
tice and robbery IN the Hame of party.
All who are opposed to forcible specie
contraction and financial ruin will be wei
coined. JAS. NJ. ALLEN, Chairman
r. NJ SPRINGER, Secretary.
Chicago, Dec. 90, 1919.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
WHISKY CROcYEDNRH

The big squeal in Chicago mentioned in
our last has lead to sundry striking results
Among others, it has caused Bristow's hight
ming TO descend on the heads of Boss Hes,
Ing, the great German leader and proprietor
OF the Staatsseitung; on Jacob kehm, e.'
superintendent of police; on b. II. (or "l'ui-
falo') Miller, the retiring county treasurer
and on Jacob Minty, ex-deputy collector
Abou, all the distilleries in Chicago have
been seized and placed under bond, and as TO
the local officials and politicians, the arrest
of Hesinp. &C., is said to be but the com.
mencement. The grand jury is now IN ses
sion at Chicago, and every man who in any
wav had connection with the crooked, IS
shaking in his boots
At st. Louis the case of Mckee, of the
Gtobe. Democrat, has been set for trial on the
90th of this month Maguire's indictment
will come on for trial on the 25th, and that
against Gen. Babcock on the 3lst.
While the business is dumping lively" at
Chicago, however, there are still unpleasant
signs of disposition to "let up' in the pro-
secution, apparently in the interest Of Bah
cock kilograms fran st. Louis and spring
field, at least, complain of the strange inter
ference Of the attorney general by orders
from Washington for cutting down the clerl
cal force necessary for the preparation OF the
evidence required IN the com.
ing trials at st. Louis. The policy is so III
timed as to justify at least very unpleasant in
ferences. Ifthere Is any reason tor seriously
crippling the prosecution in this manner,
except deliberate intention to help the
criminals out of the trouble by assuring an
inefficient presentation of the cases against
them, the heads of departments who are re-
sponsible for the move should do themselves
Justice by presenting that reason without
waiting for call from congress.
AS still adding emphasis to this sugges.
ton, Times dispatch from Washington as
serts that "Very trustworthy authority here
is responsible for the intelligence that docu'
mentary evidence apparently duplicating
Fred Grant and Orville Grant IN the whisky
frauds has been concluded and forwarded to-
st. Louis for the use of the grand jury. Dill
gent inquiry and comparison from all sources
likely to be informed confirms this point.
The documents in the case have been under
examination for weeks, in skillful hands, and
the result is said to be the implication OF the
two Grants
In the light of these suspicions, the Bah
cock trial at St. Louis will be watched with
intense interest, and the vigor or laxity of the
in that case will unques,ionablyI
be taken as the measure of Grants wish toI
push TO the end or let up on the whisky pro-
;uciitiOns
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

Statistics of the gold 9nd silver product of
the Pacific coast for the past year foot up an
aggregate of very nearly eighty-one millions
An Increase of six and half millions over
the Weld of 1874 The Increased yield has
been In Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, Montana,
Arizona, British Columbia, and Mexico. Cal
ifornia, Idaho. Utah, and Washington have
fallen of, chiefly, II is supposed, on account
of scracity Of water. A yield vf ninety mil.
lions is expected for 1876, of which Nevada
will produce fifty millions.-Chiodgo Times.
The product of our gold mines has more
than averaged 80 millions year for the last
20 years, or total, $4,000, ,O00, 900, and yet We
are told there is not gold enough to serve as
a basis for $70o,0000OO Of paper money. say
$500, ,000, 600 The statement is as absurd as
IL would be to say that with q surplus oi
5O0,0Ol0oo bushels of corn, we are unable
to furnish the 20O,c00,00 bushels needed tc
supply our dis,illeries. The country tha
needs the gold and Is therefore willing to pay
for Il gets 1t, and the quantity is, for all prac
tical purposes, unlimited. NO. corn II
worth today in Chicago, in greenbacks, -
cents, or ~ cents In gold. Let man who
really needs half a million of gold offer l,
100, 900 bushels of corn for sale in Chicago
during the next month or two at 40 cents, and
he will get the gold so quick it will make
his hesd swim.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

The New York Ersning Post, of Dec. Goth
records the death of the Rev. Henry Boehm
better known as Father Boehm, the Oldest
preacher OF the Methodist Church In this
country, and probably the Oldest clergymal
in the world. He died at the age of 10l
years, at the house OF his granddaughter near
Richmond, Staten Island. He was chosen by
Bishop Asbury as his travelling companion,
in the spring of 1903, and travelled with him
until 1918, when the Bishop appointed Faith.
er Boehm Presiding Elder of the Schuykill
district, comprising the whole territory from
Wilmington to S!roudsburg, between the Sus-
quehanna and Delaware. For more than
thirty years Father Boehm had been In the
New Jersey Conference, and as early as 1s42
was on the list OF supernumerary preachers
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

Mr.. Reuben 7illiams, of Ft. Wayne, is the
victim of Joke. A lot of clerks were dis
charged from the treasury last week, and
press reporter undertook 10 name their sue,
cessors, putting in the list the name of Mr.,
Williams as joke. Morton saw the list, and
supposlng the appointment had been made,
telcgraphed to Williams asking it he would
accept. Williams, like Barkis, was willln'
enough. Then Morton found out the true
state of the case and telegraphed to Williams
that II was mistake. Williams replied that
he wouldn't be "insulted' in that way, and so
Morton had to 60 to work and get him the
appointment.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08

ANOTHER CHARLEY Ross has turned up at
ST, Albans, Vermont The boy, if not the
veritable Charley Ross, is the most accom-
plshed liar of his age the world has ever
seen. He gives CONSISTENT history of his
abduction, his connection with the abductors
and full history of his own wanderings and
doings up la date. Also describes minutely
and correctly the hsuse sf Mr.. Ross in Ger.
mantown, and the town itself, giving the
names of his teachers playmates, &c. lie
Sas partially identified at first as Jimmy
Blanchard, a boy who had run away from his
mother at Milford, n. H., but when his mother
sent his clothes to 81. Adams they were found
too large for him every way. Nevertheless,
Mr.. Ross having been telegraphed TO and re
fusing to visit ST. .llbans, the boy was on
Thursday sent to his supposed mother at Mil
ford, Y :. H., and il she disowns him, he may
next be conveyed to Philadelphia.
The Ottawa free trader., 1876-01-08
O. A. U.

AS q revival of Know Nothingism, but un
der a new name and with modified pro
gramme, the "Order of the American Union
was started up last summer by lot OF seedy
politicians at the east who had run out" in
all the other parties. The order seems early in
It's inception TO have captured Gen. Grant
who, by way of giving it a grand impetus for
ward, made his astonishing speech against the
pope at Des Moines last fall. We do moi
gather from any publications in its behalf
that the order is making much progress in
|capturing votes for Grant and third term
but to avert the odium into which 1t was rap
idly falling from its suspected unaduterateo
Know Nothingism, its head center manager OF
chief fugler-one George d. Weeks, whoever
that may be-has furnished the press of Ne"
York city for publication the following epi
tome OF its "principles:"
a. We accept the Bible as the basis OF all
moral, religious, governmental and educa
tional undertakings.
III. We yield an unhesitating support to
the Constitution and government OF the Unit
ed States and of the several states.
Iii. We urge that the present system OF
our general unsectarian free school organZa
ton Shall be maintained lnviolate.
nv. We claim that no part of the pupllc
funds shall ever be used for the support OF
maintenance of any sectar:an school or insti'
tuition whatever.
I'VE are opposed to any interference 10 po
litlcal affairs by any man or body OF men
acting in behalf or by direction of any eccle
siastical body or power yet we make no war
upon anv mans religious creed.
THE objects and purposes Of our order are
few aud simple, and we give them publicity
The ways and means Of conducting our busl-
ness matters, the methods by which We pro-
pose to secure the desired results, are recu-
liarly our own, and we intend to keep them
to ourselves. Third term or one term,
Democracy or Repubicanism, Hard mon.
ey or soft money Crooked whisky or
straight, fare entirely outside of our aims and
plans, and receive no attention whatever.
Well, if they stick to that text, they are
likely to find few to fight with them or about
them, and will doubtless soon find themselves
dropping into sweet oblivion.