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Interesting Insurance Statistics.

At the annual convention of the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters, just
held In New York, the principal COM
panies of the United States and Great
Britain were represented. The treas
urer's report for the year showed the re-
ceipts to be $134, 900, and the expendi-
lures $133, 900. The capital employed
the past year was $50, 600, 600, an in
crease of 100000 over 1874. The
dividend on this capital averaged 1872 lis
per cent. The total amount of premiums
received in 1876 by the American COM
panies was $50, 900, 600, and by foreign
companies 81, 900. 600, a decrease of
l 70-100 per cent. as compared with
1874. The losses for the year past were
1923, O0O,O00 and the increase in the
amount of risks assumed during 1875
is 5000, 900. The loss rate the past
year steadily increased, and remunera-
tive rates should be adhered to.
The report of the Committee on In
cendiarism and Arson was presented.
It shows that during the past year at
least 35 per cent. of the number of fires
were caused by incendiaries, while 55
per cent. of the property destroyed was
lost by the same cause. The report rec
ommends offering rewards for the arrest
and conviction of incendiaries.
The fires for the year were 3,946, and
were caused as follows Defects, 1858
matches, 214 spontaneous, 100; acct
dental, SIT carelessness, TIT; miscel-
laneous, 343 unknown, 461 incendiary
and supposed incendiary, 1913 petroleum
in all it's forms, 3O8. Defective fues and
foul chimneys cause daily fires.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04
Two Mighty Hunters.

81 hear they're having great goose
hunting now over on Long Island. said
Mr.. Magruder, IN the boarding house,
last night.
" Are they9" said Mr.. Magufin. q
never had much luck shooting geese.
81 suppose not, " said Magruder, COM
arms, heya I never res d about geese
but what | think of a days sport | had
down on Shinnecock bay one day last
year. The geese were flying very thick,
and took my V gun and -
Your v gun9" interrupted MIR.
Magufin ; sswhat is v gun9"
You will learn further on In the mar
ration" answered Magruder, continuing
his story--ss and went down there. One
morning we saw coming up from the
south what suppose was the biggest
flock of geese that ever few. They came
along in their usual way, flying in tri-
angle, with the leader on the point
toward us. got fisherman to help
hold the V gun, and took aim and let
her go. The charge just cleaned both
wings off the leader, and then spread out
like v, and-I am afraid you will
scarcely believe me, Mr.. Magufin, but
it just went down the inside of each line
of birds and carried away their inner
wings as though they had been chopped
off with Ratchet. Losing their balance
from having only one wing piece, they
were thrown violently together by the
continued tapping of the outside wings.
Every bird was killed by the shock of
the collision, and they fell on the earth
in line that measured 491 feet. There
were just 800 birds 4O4 pairs and
the old head goose that was the leader. :"
"Your speaking of long-necked Great
ures, }" sail Mr.. Magufin, calmly, re-
minds me of my giraffe hunt in South
Africa. Great sport, giraffe hunting.
We had one hunter who was such fast
runner that he would often get clear a.
head of the party and catch giraffe all
by himself. Then he'd take couple of
turns of the CRATES neck around tree
and hold him until we came up. One
day [ was out alone and I came across
two tremendous CRATES together away
from the woods. sneaked up behind
them, grabbed them by their heads and
tied 'em together by their necks, and
there had EN-"
Perhaps you'll kindly tell us, seid
Mr.. Magruder, show you got hold of
their heads"
What You don't mean to tell me,
Mr.. Magrlder, that you don't know how
they hunt giraffes9 Why, you ignorynt
loon, giraffe hunters always wear stilts!"
--Nee0 York Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

From information compiled in regard
to the coming seasons drive of Texas
cattle, it is estimated that it will reach
$4,000 head. It is probable that one
fourth of these cattle will stop in North
ern Texas. Some of these will be
shipped, but most of them will go to
stock new ranches in that part of the
State. The other three-fourths will be
divided between Wachita, Dodge City,
Hayes City and Platte river. The bulk
of this immense number of broad horns
are COWS and warnings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04
The First News of Washington's Death.

There never was more striking or
spontaneous tribute paid to a man than
here in Boston, when the news came of
Washington's death Q799). It was a
little before noon and often heard
persons say at the time that one could
know how far the news had spread by
the closing of the shops. Each man,
when he heard that Washington was
dead, shut his store as a matter OF
course, without consultation, and In two
hours all business was stopped. My
father came home and could not speal9
he was so overcome my mother was
alarmed to see him in such tate, until
he recovered enough to tell her the sad
news. For some time every one, even
the children, wore Grape on their arm !;
no boy could go into the street without
it. / wore it, though only eight years
eld.-Lafe of George ISck3aOr.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

~ s.Durx AND cLIrroRD IAn1En.

ny SYDNEY AND cLIFFoRD LANIER.
.. s;n,s ROSTERS crowed, Ole Mahster's riz,
De sleepdn ltime is pas
wake up dem lazy Baptissls, "a
h.evue Deass asslqhtiIy IN de grass, grass,
Dsy's sssghtity iss de grass.
one EHaE.s.sr,s bIowed de mornin' horn,
He's blowed powerful BIAS;
O BapEfs' come, come hoe de corn,
Yoas's mightsly IN de grass etc.
be Meth dis teams done hitohed; o fool,
De days a-breakin' fas';
Gear up dat lean ole Baptis' mule,
Dey'S nightly IN de grass. etc.
De worfmen's few an mons'rous slow,
De cottOn's sneddin' fas';
W1aoop, look, jes' look at de Baptis' row
Hats msiqhtsty IN de grass. etc.
De iaybird squeal to de mockin' bird: "Stop
Dom gimme none o. yO' sass;
Better sing one song for de Baptis crop,
Degfs NIGHTLY IN de grass" etc.
An, de ole crow croak: /" Dom work, no, no :
But de fiel'-Iark say q Ysas, yaas,
AMI spec you mighty glad you debblish crow
Dat de Baptissds' IN de grGss!" etc.
Lord, thunder us up to de plowin'match,
Lord, peerten de hoein' fas',
Yea, Lord, hab rnussy on de Baptis' patch,
Deyss nightly IN de gr0sS grass,
Dey's ntightily 6ss de grass.
-ScribneT for May
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04
Singular Accident.

A singular and inexpIcabie accident
recently happened at the plate glass
works at Jacksonville, Ind. The
Waterman was startled by hearing q
loud noise in the setting-up room re-
sembling the breaking of glass. He
feared that all the glass in the room had
been broken, and on going there found
about LOCO boxes of glass shivered In
the room had been stored about LOCO
boxes of gloss, from 3Ox7O to 4Ox6O
double thickness. The boxes contain
ing the glass were standing on their
ends, about six inches apart, and by
some means they started falling Like q
row of bricks, increasing with force as
each box fell, and going as fast as a
railroad train, until the end box was
reached. Nearly all the glass was
broken.
Books most influenced by hard times
~ !,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04
A Sherifr Shot BY Bnf5alO Bill.

W. f. Cody" Bnfalo Bill "a few
weeks ago went to Texas, and after he had
been there while the Sheriff o. Young
countyEattempted to arrest him; but he
resisted. The Sheriff and he drew their
weapons at the same moment and fired
together. The Sherifgs shot took effect,
but Buffalo Bill missed his mark. he
grasped q rife, however, and fred, the
shot piercing the heart of the Sheriff,
killing him instantly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

weaker and weaker, and his country's
ACKNOWLEDGMENT is only question of
time, and very little time at that. Mean
while, England quietly waits tho parti-
ton by Austria, Russia, and Germany,
knowing that France is powerless to III
terfere, and that Egypt must fall to her,
thus opening her pathway to her Indian
possessions. - Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

No reduction is made in the pay prop
er Of colonies, Observation-Disclosures, ma
iors, captains and frst-lieutenants. The
committee say that these are the hard
working officers of the army, whose long
and faithful service entities them to
the highest consideration, and whose
pay, not being too large, should not, in
the opinion of the committee, be re-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04
Army Salaries.

The following table, compiled from
the bill proposed by the House Commit
tee on Military affairs, shows the reduc-
tons in salaries of the various grades OF
army officers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

Some unknown friend Of Winslow, the
Boston forger, has been taking up the
paper forged by him, and it is feared
that if Great Britain detains him much
longer there will be nothing to try him
ON when he returns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

Books most influenced by hard times
are pocket books.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-04

Old to ourselves, but children yet to be
In the strange cities of eternity.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

THE Coon OLD TIMEs-George
William Curtis, in his lecture on "Wo-
men Of the Past and Present." SAYS a
good word for the new generation -
We cry ont against political corruption,
and Justly fear for the moral founda-
tions of the government. / have seen
a man in the lobby of the Legislature
brandish bank bills, and openly boast,
That makes the laws" While l
WINGED. ! remembered that in the time
of Walpole the British king bought men
as he would launches of meat. When
foolish Imagination sighs for the old
time, it forgets that the old time was
cruel, superstitious, and gross. The
men Of the old time hated personal,
political and religious liberty; they
were times when men died faster in the
open country than in the dirtiest lane
of our city to-day. The whole progress
of civilization is in the emancipation
from the theories and manners of the
old time. We do not excuse our own
age, but when we sigh for n return of
the past let us remember that its great
est glory was in the divine discomfort
with those times. One commanding
and supreme indication of the world S
progress is its higher and better esti-
mate of woman. The position of wo-
man is always the ties: of society. To-
day as | stand in the ample halls of
some great school, filled with the hum
of industrious and happy life, remem-
her that in the girl of the age of Peri
cles all scholastic diligence would have
been accepted as evidence of evil design.
In the golden aye of Athens, the most
accomplished women belonged to an out
lawed class On the subject of
fashionable women, the lecturer said
The dress of fashionable woman
and never were men SO alive to it as at
this moment-the dress of a fashionable
woman, SAYS the social moralist, costs
hundreds, yea, thousands of dollars
at is shameful 1t was not SO in the
simple old time" Softly, softly
Here is Queen Elizabeth. three hundred
years ago. who died the happy owne,
of three thousand dresses, and who is
sued her solemn proclamation agains,
extravag gance i'll dress. We hewail oul
society, so giddy, so gross. Young men
content to drive fast horses and PLAY
billiards; young women in the fines,
DRESSES, bobbling on high heeled shoes
that pinch their feet into Chinese de.
formity, in bonds that squeeze THEN
waists. 1t is shameful, We cry. But
were the olden times much simpler =
In Smollett's Humphrey Clinker." the
picture of society one hundred years
ago, We see famous belle dressed for
a ball. II was not six hours in tn,
hands of the hair-dresser, and he stuffed
my head full of black tow that would
have made quilted petticoat. And
vet it was the smallest head, with ole
exception.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

MAKING THE Best OF THINGs.-Fus-
sy people want everything just so, and
expect that the sun, moon and stars
are going out of their way TO oblige
them. The first lesson of wisdom Is,
accept cheerfully the inevitable.
You can scarcely understand how
much sweet and wholesome wisdom lies
in simply making the best of things.
If we fancy We are going to make cir-
cumstances bend to us, we shall be con-
tinually running our heads against q
stone wall. The wall will never stir
out Of our way, but we can easily go
round it.
We cannot help or hinder that very in-
dependent thing, the weather. 1t viii
rain or shine. be hot or cold Just as It
| was sent. / have seen foolish people
who made themselves quite miserable
about the weather. 1t was never going
to rain again, or it would rain forever
The wind blew too strongly, or else
thew were suffocating for a breath OF
airi Their time was filed with COM
plants Of things they could no more
alter than they could alter the earth's
orbit.
There are others have known COM
pletelv conquered by dust, flies, or mos
quitoes. Such things are troublesome
and annoying, to be sure, but can we
avoid them by fretting and fuming?
Fly-spects are bad enough, but a fret
full disposition is thousand times
worse. Let the flies buzz and the mos
quitoes bite. if they must. but try and
keep Yourself sweet and tranquil.
| remember reading Of a philosopher.
who was so very poor he had everything
stripped away from him but a misera-
bic straw bed and one wreiched blank
ct. The weather became intensely cold,
and to preveat freezing TO death be
wrapped himself completely in the
blanket; and cut holes for his eyes,
nose, and mouth. Here, he says, he
not only existed, but was very happy.
You have beard the story, perhaps, OF
two little street beggars who. on . bit
ter cold hight, crept under. an old door.
Instead Of lamenting over their misery,
one says TO the other, "Ah, Pete, what
do you s'pose. the folks do who baint
got any doorI" -
Such examples of cheerfulness under
grea, evils, should surely help US To
meet the little evils of life in the right
spirit-Times Of Blessing.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

THE PIPER AND THE LoRp.-Once
when Victoria was at Balmoral with
her retinue of lords ard ladies, her mu-
sicians and her grooms, a neighboring
noblcman, not remarkable for his depth
of mind, came to see the royal pageant.
His Scottish ear was charmed anew with
the music squeezed out Of the bagpipes
by the royal piper, and he resolved to
add such 4 charm TO his castle.
Taking with him his attendants, and
putting on the pompous airs of great
man towards an inferior, he approached
the piper, who was prouder If his vic
tory over that doleful windbag than
ever Alexander was of his conquest,
and addressed him thus:
MY good man. l like your pipes, and
the music YOU make ON them. and Two
resolved to have piper of my own
well. sir. said the naughty Eolus, in
n tone which meant, What do l care
if you have! =
4 came to ask il Won can get piper
for me = continued the lord.
i can; score Of them, il Won like.
What kind o piper do Won want
Il want just such piper as YOURSELF
replied the lord with the air of man
who felt that he had bestowed great
/ boon on an humble person.
This was too much for the pride Of
I the piper. and drawing himself up to
his greatest height, he roared out in n
con.emrtuous tone:
That. my lord. Gamma do, for while
lords like We are plenty, rirers like me
are verra scarce
The lord walked away little crest
fallen, aud understanding the reproof to
be:
, "An humble man at the head Of his
profession is Of more worth than no.
bleman at the foot of the line
a cobbler who mends shoe well is
moro valuable man to the world than
the shiphuilder who. through careless
ness or incompctencv. sends ship to
sea with imperfect machinery.
The ditcher who drains worthless
swamp till it may yield seed to the sow
er aud bread to the eater, is worth
much more to his fellow men than the
lawyer who. hv unwise counsel, compile
Gates difficulty, thus making bad
matter worse.
Whatever We do, let us DO it well, and
try to stand first in our own line Of Ia
Dor.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

Captain. This schooner goes into Var
mouth Harbor to night if she sinks at
the wharf. I've gottwo youngsters down
on the Cape, about the size of the m
boys, and I'm goiIg to do just what I'd
want any body else TO do if they could
change places
You know what the consequence will
bef'
No, I don't. And it wouldn't make
any differnece if I did. I'm able to
take 'em, and moreover, TIM willing
Head her north by east
1t would take too much time to tell
you how they tried 20 make us COM
Portable. We were put into hunks
while our clothes were drying, having
had hearty meal first, and it was not
long before we were asleep. When /
awoke found the captain standing BY
me.
Jump up, my lad said he; you're
almost home. We're off the Cape now,
and five o'clock you'll be in your fathers
house
Your father and Benny were nearly
dressed and were wild with delight.
I'm going to see my mother! I'm
going to see my mother!' Benny kept
saying, as one of the sailors was button
ing his jacket and lacing up his shoes.
Then We scrambled on deck. 1t
seemed such time getting from Bun
ker's Island up to the channel. Long
before we got to the wharf people had
spied us through their glasses and the
word had spread. 1t seemed as if half
the town was at the wharf, and you Eiay
be sure your grandmother and Benny's
mother were not in the rear.
You can imagine the rest as well as
l could tell it. It's part of the story
l always skip. l will only say that
Captain Crowell, who brought us home,
and who was discharged at Boston, was
offered the command of one of the finest
briggs that ever sailed out of Yarmouth,
and went down in her in storm off the
West Indies, ten years afterwards.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

CHINESE COMPLIMENTS Etiquette
requires, in Chinese conversation. that
each should compliment the other. and
every body belonging to him. To the low.
est possible point. 1t is affirmed tha.
the following is not an exagceration
What Is your honorable name:" NV
insignificant appellation is Chang
Where is your magnificent palace -
My contemplate hut is at Luchan."
"How many are your illustrious chill.
drenf' MY vile, worthless brats are
FIVE" How is the health Of your dis.
tinguished spouse 2" MY mean. good.
for-nothing old woman is we'll"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

been looking for you all the morning.
l want to give YOU a small donation in
cash.
He tried his best to look me in tho
face. but he could not. He was con.
fused, ashamed and vexed, even though
he was making money out Of it. As I
released his hand to get my wallet. he
skunk away, and after long search I
found him seated on the wreck Of Q ca.
nal boat eating n decaved orange and
wearing q disconsolate look. Standing
on the bridge I called to him:
Baxter! Baxter! I've collected some
money for YOU to buy another COW
with"
He threw away the orange, muttered
something that sounded like 'kussim,'
and hurried off down the tow path.
As an experiment it was we'll worth
seventy five cents.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01
but when she shook hands with him
under the oak, she felt herself trem-

but when she shock hands with him
under the oak, she felt herself trem.
bic.
= We are both alone said he. sLet
us keep each other company Then he
bowed her to the seat FROM which he
bad arisen and sat down beside her.
rs After that the FIRST question be asked
her WAS
Have ron been to the postofice ?
She said Yes
so have l. said he. win you read
my note
He placed it in her hand. It was a
duplicate of the one she had received
These foolish children have been
playing us trick said she; well, We
can laugh at it.
I don't feel much like laughing he
replied. we have been two very fool
ish people. think word on either
side might have mended it years ago
l will say my word now. I love you
yet; will you forgive me and be my
wife 2
| People would laugh So said she.
we will laugh, too said he
Come, Rosa, say yes.'
| When he called her Rosa it sudden.
ly struck her how long it was since she
had been called BY her Christian name
and she began to cry. Then he gave
her his arm; and they walked away
into the shadows; and they are to be
married this evening. and the fair post.
Office and your joke did it, girls.
And they were married, and nobody
laughed but a few sillies, and who
minded them?
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

A celebrated poet advertised that be
would supply Zines for any occasion"
A fisherman sought him soon after, and
wanted "a line strong enough to catch
n porpoise."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

What George Eliot calls warm rale.
ness" is identical with the hue of a
mans face who struggles wildly on the
edge of an orange peel, and is too pious
~ swear.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

If we may believe the Western pa
pers, when the land is tickled with a
hoe it laughs with potato bugs.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

as that cheese rich 2" asked Mr..
Bloggs of bis grocer Yes" was the
reply, there's millions in it"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-01

Fever, without asue. Is no grsat shakes