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do hves 1881, registered 1o9I I0ssS; do do. do,
coupon l095I lo9ss do. 45s 1884, registered. 1855
1864
Tux UNITED TREASURY.
Revenue receipts to-day 500. 600; customs
ceipts 5000 Bank notes received redemption,
$50 900 gold Of interest," Ss1 900 in redemp
ton OF nve-twcnty bonds and 81. 500 silver coin
STATE BONDS.
State bonds at tho Board were dull, the only sales
having been OF Missouri long Sizes which steady
~ 1851. Tennessee skies sold 421, and Louisiana
sevens consolidated, at COZ.
RAILROAD BONDS.
Railroad bonds were irregular, but generally
lower with the largest decline In the Delaware and
Hudson issaes, to wt:3x per in the lss4s and
per IN the lS9l's. The other changes fol-
iows:--An advance Of per cent in Hannibal and st.
Joseph cghts convertbles, l per cent In Albany and
susquehanna seconds, Il in Milwaukee and ST Paul
e,ghts. hrsts and u in Michigan southern seconds
There was decline OF per cent In Leh,sh and
wilkesbarre consols In st. Louis and Iron Mountain
nrsts. u IN Milwaukee and ST Paul &c. and n. d.
visionl ONO aud Mississippi seconds and Central Pa
ciGc gold bonds q In Union Pacific sevens, land
grants, and IN Central Pacific lrsts (San Joaquin
branchl
FOREIGN MARKET
Tho London advices report steady market for con-
soils United States bonds at the closing quotations
Of yesterday Erie sold down to IA decline Of y
per cent The Bank OF England gained ESQ 900 bullion
on balance to day. Rentes at Paris recovered 70
1907 l0c Tho closing prices were:-Consols both
for money and account, 95< e5X; old '65 bonds,
l05k; '67 do, l0sA. n l094; tcn.iorty do, 1857;
new lives do, lO73s; Erie shares, ~. Rentes in
Paris closed at 1861. exc The market for silver to-
day Is uncertain and hai with quotations about &c.
SHARES.
The sales OF city bank shares wero as follows:-60
Phoenix at os, 95 Importers and Traders' At ls5, 80
America at 1887, IL Continental At II 90, aud 20
Hanover at o.
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON SPOT DULL FUTURES CLOSED STEADY
FLOUR DULL--wHEAT LOwER-CORN FIRMER-
OATS FIRMER-wHIsKEY FIRMER-PoRK
DUIL.-LARD UNCHANGED--PETRoLEUM NOM
INAL-sPIRlTs OF rURPENTINE QUIET-RosIN
QUIET-oILs FIRM--CoFFEE sTEADY-sUGAn
sTEADY-FREIGHTs FAIRLY ACTIVE.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2-6PM.
Business was moderate almost everywhere to-day
and there were comparatively few important changes.
On Change the bursting OF the Chicago wheat bubble
excited some comment, but surprise. and its in.
huence on the market here very pcrceptble-the
market remaining dull and nominal. but at decidedly
lower prices Corn was nrmer, as were also oats.
whiskey was higher. Pork dull and nominal
Lard was without decided change Frcights were
fairly active Cotton the spot quiet Futures closed
steady. Coffee aud were steady Oils remained firm
PETROLEUM dull and weak Naval were quiet
CorvgE quiet but steady. The balance Of the
cargo OF the ottsnbuy, $500 bags sold Baltimore
private terms The market for mild coffee steady
During the past 3iOO msts Java Sl4s bags Mara
csb and 81 Lagusyra sold In lots Tor
within tho range and LOO bags ST. Domingo transit to
Europe. The stock Of mild coffee In first hands fol-
lows Java 1890 grass Maracaibo. 2s2 bags La
guayra $40 d. jamaica lOO4 do St Don't lingo, s. 754
do sayania o5i do Total stock, sos7 bags 10 200
mats Java We quote Ordinary sargoes i71sc l7Hc
fair do. Ishc iekc good do. 1896 DOC prime d.
2osc 2oc. extreme range for lots, ike &c.
,os good isc iss4c gold 80 days. Java. govern
ment bags. 22c. 23c do. mats 23c 24c. snga
pore. isc. 2ie. Ceyion les 2lc; Msrscaibo. is4c
2Oc Laguayrs, lSmc 2Dc. jamaica l5c y 1yc. 81.
Domingo 16Sc. lie. Porto Rico, lsc 20xc Costa
Kica isc. ale; Mexican, lSc. 2Oc. Manila ISc.
iyl.c; Augostura. I9c Zoe Savaniila. 1870, zoe
Curacao, lSc . Ice.
CoTros the spot was quoted dun and an ged
but sales made at FULLY Lice below quotations.
aud instances at still further decline Futures
led steady and Lice higher compared with Tues
days closing prices. but the advance was lost and
prices fell still lower during the day The marke,
close steady with tbs closing prices showing rs
compared with last evenings closing prices OF 3.2c
re The closing prices today compare with Tuesdays
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CLOSING YRIcEs--3 p. N.
THE MONEY MARKET.


Money easy at ~ a per cent on call and
closed at per cent. Foreign exchange Is again lower
tho leading bankers having reduced their asking rates
to 483 for sixty days sterling and IS for demand
The following were the rates Of exchange New York
at the Underwent toned cities today:Savannah buy.
ing u, selling ID; Charleston scarce; buying q pre-
MUM, selling u premium; Cincinnati, dull, buying
par, selling l-l0 ST. LOUIS rs premium New Orleans,
commercial $40, bank "a ; Chicago, 25 discount
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold opened at lo5ss against 1861 the close last
evening and closed to-day at lO4s The carrying
were 2h, and ~ per cent
Gold clcarngs at the National Bank of the State Of
New York;
Gold balances ...........,........xl747 648
Currency balances. $50, 235
1oiu cieared... Ia, 3o2, QUO
One of the causes Tor the decline in the gold pre-.
mum has been the reporting Of bill to-day by the
Finance Committee Of the Senate authorizing the issue
$3.50 oo0o 600 of thirty years four per bonds to
redeem an equal amount Of Treasury notes. not more
than $250Oo, 900 Of the bonds be issued OF the
notes to be retired in any year, than
200, 900 In amy one month. The bill also authorizes
me issue OF silver coin 10 tho amount OF $50 600 0O0
whch must include the amount OF silver coin already
authorized 10 be Issued to be exchanged for green.
backs All the legal tenders thus retired shall he can
cellcd and destroyed. IL Is not at all likely that any
SUCH measure as this VIII become a law during the
present session OF Congressnrst because the time
loo Short and second because there arc too many in
1atonists In the Senate and House.
GOVERNMENT STOCKS
Government bonds lower this afternoon and
closed ievcrsh at the follow ng quotations United
States currency sixcs 1913 1234 do d. 1884, regis
Tered, 1llH ll1%; do. do, do, coupon l12A q
il21; do. do 1865, registered. los 1851; do. DO,
do, coupon, los 1854 do. do, do new, registered,
10SA 100; do. do, do, do, coupon. lOSL 1881 |;
do. do, 1867 registered, ll1% a ll2; do. do, do.
coupon, l1ix lllM do do, 1865. registered IFS a
llG; do. do, do, coupon, 1l5 l16; do. tcn-ortes
registered, 1908 ITO; do. do, coupon, llsA ll3l
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ADVANCE AND DECLINE

ADVANCE AND DECLINE.
The following the changes OF price in the prin.
spal activs stocks compared with those Of ycster
day.
ADvAscE-Atantic and Pacific, TX; G., g., c. and l.,
n Harlem, 1A Northwest, q; do preferred, q;
Ohio and Mississippi, u Panama. 3; Rock Island n;
United States Express, ~
DxcLISE--New York Central, x; Delaware Lacka-
Erie, n Hannibal and ST. Joseph preferred. "a; Nor.
's and Essex, Ia New Jersey Central, q; ST. Paul
preferred, y Union Pacific, a; Western Union, "a;
American Express, u; gold, g.
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sSr NJ Nlwassss .prns sslss 5000 bushels At
syyania At s5c Ole Western Sic Sac. Jersey
State shoeo white sold Al s Barley m". was "aes
Corn was in fair dema, and nrmer Sale. $4,000 bushels
yellow o2e ior soa,hsra white $1,000 SusSs. graded
The sales abou! . 90 bushels 4itse 4ae 5oc
tor tor sa.s s Msngs s a tor STATE mixed sse sss
Hxnr AND Jurx.-Markst qus. but steady: 100 bales
$50 for single sss for
s's ",s SPOT ."s % s " .a
SIZE gold {" arrive. M Manila hemp Ss ss. d.
o'se DC !; istle 5he; all gold
fhs sas. . ~a.
quote scubs een,rifuga and mixed 2sc s2c eisysd,
ss soc a.. mss . rehnns Sss 57e grocery
QUO New Orleans good 3oc; prime, Die choice, Ste
NAVAL sronKs Spirits turpensiue was quic. aud nom.
inaI with SINAI. joSsng sale. at Ne kSsin que. and
msrsIanssels ordsr aic .iSs Ko.!""s strained. 81
500 We risa w.ls a s
h ,Sws Kosin ,onS strained VI w bid good DO. y IS
soft and s!rsia spirits ssr H''' % %
.s & At s% s Of s ss er
sperm oil Tor export ON private terms We quote :seed
sso~ sD Sac shs %n:s
de- s %s. .a 81 "a o rs sr"ss
whale crude Northern 81 % do SOUTHERN 7c bleaehed
s winter
PErnoLEun- Refined IL now quoted IT Tie at which the
nned made, but without particulars The clos
Ss;.;;s fsaasd Phil:
vice. rom the Creek were follows: OH CITY market
G'sn ssS yss g.
~ generally quiet. Sa. prices were quite
lac R:r H.; state saa Western IL: r. SSo.st. e
y psi @si's Vest L
e
DO S
q. lie isc for iair prime state he iec to
AR good 70 prime western and
ss
1s 1ss es ss 80 d
April S
At $40 Cut meats remained quiet Fresh hams were
s:;;;I i. : ~
sc shoulder Bacon quiet sc for city and md
sassa 81
s,1 ma 90 M ' SIS
dull quoted At for prime Western andsl7 sls ior
ny: ;;Sss; ss isS .s is
sis' ~ 4, s;s ~ s
sie S4::S and SIS q "a Ss Ht
and so tierces OIL grade at 9c Refined quiet $50
tierce sold for Cuba at 9 and $50 tercos for South
America ON private terms.
RIcK-There was fair demand for domestic sorts and
prices steady. We quote Carolina. fair. Size
5ssc. good. oasc o<c prme. &C. 6%c; choice 6fyc
e Louisiana common 10 fair axe SIZE good to prime,
bond. 3lSc. 3ac, gold.
suGAR-Market for steady but quiet Sales were I25
hhds and COZ boxes Centrifugal ut 10 9l6s Refined
quiet Yellow about ic higher and scarce. We
quote Fair refining 95sc good do. ysc Cuba grocery
fair to choice s;sc ione do. centrifugal. hhds and
boxes, 75Ic. SC. Porto Rico refining. prime
$50 9esc grocery, fair choice. 0c lOtzc
fined. standard A. lie. of A, l0c lie crushed
iinc a lissc: powdered iilac. ilssc granuated,
1llc do second quality 1l4c. II c cut Loaf &c
Messrs Walt Creighton sum as foiiows:-.
Hhds. Bores Buys Melado
Stock (sscertained by actual
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PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
The closing prices Of Philadelphia stocks Were:-
MINING SHARES

The following were the opening quotations OF min.
ing stocks in San Francisco Gould Curry IL; Saw
age, s. Choar-Potosi. 81; Ophr rs; Hale Norcross,
O.; Yellow Jacket ID; Belcher. 8; Imperial, d; Vir-
ginia, consolidated 4G; California, a.; Overman. SO;
Raymond and Ely, O.; Eureka, G. ", 8; Best &
Belcher, SO; Kcntuck, z; Union consolidated, 9;
Alpha, 10; Meadow Valley, Vi Sierra Nevada, 8;
Mexican, II; Caledonia, s; Silver Hill, 8; Eureka,
consolidated Is; Justice, ~ julia, consolidated.
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.
COMM

COMMERCIAL
LONDON, Feb. 2I-5 SOP NJ
PRopucE-Refned petroleum, Id per gallon spirits Of
turpentine. 2ss q 2Ss I'D per cwt.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 2l-5 30 r. NJ
PRoDUcE.-Spirits Of turpentine. Dds. 29s per
ANTWERP Feb. ~, 1877
Petroleum, $50 for fine pale American
LIVERPOOL Feb. 21-Evenng
Lnseed oil. 27s. Sd. per cwt.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 2l-5 T. NJ
CorrOs.-Futurcs quiet; uplands low middlng clause,
March and April delivery, 1932d upianis low
clause, shipped February and March, sail, 6a4d.
PRODUCE ExcHASGE REPORT
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 81, 1877
Pork-Eastern dull at 79s Western dull 67s BACON
Cumberland cut dull nj SIS short rib dull Ais long
clenr dull ut 4us short dull at 4s IamsIong cut
dull NJ As Shoulders dull at 3Is Beefndia
Lard-Prime Western dull Cos Talow-rlme city dull
aud nominal vt Ais Turpentne-spirs duh 2js I'D
Rosin-C COMMON dull ut 5s. 6d. line duh lOs 81.
Cheese-American choi'e frmer at TBS Lard oil None
No spring steady Vt los sd No do steady At los 5L
winter Southern In the market do Western steady
at los Cd CorMixed soft steady " 25s. I'D old aud
2as. Tor new.
FINANCIAL.
LONDON. Feb. 81, 1877
India Council bills allotted to-day At about I'D
rupee reduction.
The for silver to-day Is uncertain aud nat The
quotation is about 56d. per ounce.
BRAZILIAN COFFEE MARKET.
Rio JASEfRo, Feb. 20, 1877
Coffee market quiet prices maiutained no change; Rio
good hrsts 800 $50 reis ~ kiIos Exchange
London. 24,s.
SANTOS. Feb. 20, 1877.
superior Santos, 5000 I, $40 refs per 10 kios
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FINANCIAL.

A.
TuIRTY SECOND ANNUAL REPO
Of the
NEW YORK
LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
ONCE,
Mos $40 and 34S Broadway
January I. ts7z
Amount Of Net Cash Jan 1879 $50 iee so1 9
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Premiums .......----........ S30ioe<o 81
Interest
ecivci
accrued. -. 1914 Oso 81
Less
accruedJ an
|, 1875 2S7iD So t@69a9 o. Isi7.7o az
x37
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count including sp.cula-
tom February l, 1871. 3,141 $3.50 1887 S62
Receipts since January H.. 8, ~ 1923 2l,oO7 PAS
Totals .e12 3SS lOOO3 4Os74 lIu7
Sales since January 1...... $3.50 1897 ~ 263 433
Stock this day. February 81,
1877. ............... 379s 2.746 1861 ga
Comparing with stock Feb
rusry "a. lS76.......... 81 Alb GALS g. 78 2oaO
Comparing with stock Feb
ruary % 1875 800. 3I.4o5 33.os5 l76Io TO
Comparing with stock Feb

rusry "a. 1s76.......... 2l.4ls GALS 65.67S 222O
ruary IS 1875. 3I.4e5 aa.os5 i7sios TO
Comparing with stock Feb
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tiercos The market was dull
and nominal 1T lOs4c TO prime.
5iec City offered Vt &C. but without sales
xrY:-Rsceipts-5s3 bbs whiskey was 6rmer; SO
FRxIcurs-Tonnage for petroleum remained fairly active
and though rates were little improved still they well
Ing offered refined At 1isc TIC Late in the day /, was
months past ON the part of ehner Other classes Of
In moderate request In the of steamer
especially was lower. grain having been required to MI
the outgoing steamers Of this week ENGAGEMENTS TO
ib. bushels balance o. 6ushes) al I'D Der
20 lbs lots OF provisions us I'd To London per
SGD per s. ss and so Sa.%es q. "a I ps t
Charters:A Belgian ship. hence 10 Antwerp with 100
tons, heucs 20 Bremen. with 700 bSIs do a, s. 3D.
IS I'D: according to lay days; Norwegian bark,
residulm at A British brig hence to London with TO
bbs naphhs At As Cd Italian bark hence 10 Bcyront
tuty; bark reported BY telegraph from New Orleans TO
Lsahorn Nxpies Kentucky tobacco Ut AS 3d.
omitted III our last Il said not TO have been com.
pietedl hence to Bremen with 500 hills refined petroe
nm Al IS 3D. AN Austrian bark he Cork with
300 quarters grain at 49, 3D. shot lay days. American
bark. s25 tons with lumber, from Pensacola Cork for
Brunswick Ca to Gibraltar for orders Ariers with
lumber At or about SIS gold, the Italian bark 49, In
an American bark 1886 reported. from Noble to
Hsvre. with cotton. aud back with salt TO port
foreign port charges paid three Italian DsrEs reported
from Baltimore to Cork tor ORDERS With 400 quarters
grain each st as; Norwegian bark from baltimore
Cork Tor orders with 1900 at and for
voyage with g. ~ quarters grain NJ Is 3D., short lay
berth AZ or San rs"e.co with general
At current rates and an American ship 10 srrve 1893
tons succeed the foregoing for same voyage at market
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HAVANA MARKET.

HAVANA. Feb. ~, 1877
Spanish gold. 12l I22k Exchange rising the United
States 81 days. currency IA discount; short sight DO
pa discount: 90 days, gold. 81 ~ premium; short
sight, do, 3 u 81 PREMIUM
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DISBURSEMENT &C

DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT
Losses by death. ..........-. 81. SAT o4s ~
Dividends and returned pro-
miums cancelled poll
c,cs..................... 2.5Io.6si
Life xnnutes, matured en-
downisnts and reinsur-
ances :. ,.................. 23s.:so -
Commissions. brokerages.
agency expenses and ply
siciAns lees. Js3oDl "
Taxes. Office Sud law
penses, salaries. sdvertis.
Ing. printing. 5c........... S76.6es 80
Reduction of premiums
United States stocks...... Iao.2S. $!
On other stocks. oo5U7 49, S.253. rs 81
Total So. $50 Sys ~
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$1,000 Us 0's, r, 'sl. b.

$1,000 Us G's, r, 81.
5000 do. 800. 49,.
600 do. ..........
1000 US 8's, '5I c......
IuUOu Us as r,'Dib3
1000 -2o's, r, '65,n
5000 h.2u.c. 10, N. BIC
ltNapi u > 5-2c's. G, VI
10000 do. ...... -.
lUDuU do.
lUDOO do. ...........
$1,000 Mo 6's. ib.,....
1000 Chi, X | 4 4 rs
lWDC. ~ ! 4 + reg.
3UUO Alb X Sus I'd ..
100 NJ 4 18TH.
5000 \ J Cen LIST. con
1000 NJ Cen cow.
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mets 70 NhnhTy J. 1871. SD '5S 1S-$32, IJ Bus -
"A detailed schedule Of these items will
accompany the usual annual report died
with the lnsnr rance Department. OF the State
OF New York.
cos,.................. ............... sso.si5 "a
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6O0tU U > ,-@u. c. '0s,n
1000 u $40. c.'o7...
1000 Us 1910. =. .....
5000 Tenn 6's. old. e.
lO0U La Is, con ......
5UU Alb X Sus I'd d.
$1,000 l. Il w h con. 81.
Zoo Erie I'd. ..
lCU l. Is n con. '0S..
1000 NY Cen list. c..
1000 North Mo lst.
300 Cen ia gb...
1000 Tn Pac kk LIST.
1900 Clev d r 4th. =.
lOOOT, PA W. W D..
1UOJ Tol a " LIST. .xc
1000 FOL u W Q BIDS.
100 ID Il II c rs, '94.
5000 Bur. u n N LIST
Z shs Park Bank.
30 Hanover Bank.
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From the undivided surplus Of 81 26 $40 the BOARD
Trustees has declared reversouary dividend available
settlement At next annual premium policies
pfoporonate their contribution surplus The
value the reverson be In settlement
policy holders . elect
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MORRIS FRANKLIN. President.
WILLIAM II. BEERS, Vice President aud Actuary
THEODORE NJ. BANTA, Cashier
D. ODELL. Superintendent oil Agencies
CORNELIUS X, BOGEkT, NJ. D., Medical Exam
CHARLES WRIGHT, NJ. D.. inerA
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-03-26

BLACK HILLS SToRIEs.-A party of
miners in the Black Hills recently COM
pared eyes and ears over a campfire.
One said: "When l was coming to the
Hills looked for Indians until | could
see mosquito mile away" Another
said that his eyes were weak, but he
could hear gnats jumping around on the
rocks four miles off. The next man had
listened for Indians until he heard the
mountain sheep light on their horns in
the Big Horn mountains 800 miles away.
The fourth with his head on his pillow,
had strained his ear until he heard the
Chinese mailing up tea-boxes. The fifth,
in crossing the Rocky Mountains, had
found a petrifed forest-big trees turn
ed into solid stone. AS he loitered on
the edge, deer started across the val
lev and was transformed in moment
into solid stone. A bird few past him,
and perching upon branch began to
sing. Suddenly the bird was changed to
stone. The song she was singing was al
so petrifed, hanging down from the beak
of the bird-a cold, cold stone Vir-
giaio City (Nevada) Enterprise.
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CHAPTER II.

Very pretty indeed looked Lila Mar
chant in her velvets and turs, her beau
tiful golden hair surmounted by CO.
quettish little black velvet hat with a
red plume, as she gracefully skinned
over the surface of the large pond with
Lieutenant Tregennis and several other
cavaliers in attendance. AS for poor
Frank, finding all his attempts at ex-
PLANTATION repulsed. he was, with the de-
sign of piquing Lila, devcting himself
to group of pretty girls, who seemed
by no means displeased with the atten-
tions of DR.. Marchant's handsome assis-
tant.
Lieutenant Tregennis having, accord
ing to previous arrangement, called at
the doctors house to accompany Frank
aud Lila to the pond, had found his ri
val vanished and Lila in frame of
mind to encourage his own attentions.
"What firt she is !" thought Frank,
mortified and jealous, "and what a fop
that fellow Tregennls is. How | should
like to punch his head ''
And then he redoubled his assiduities
to the three pretty girls under his
charge, until at last at least two of the
trio began to fatter themselves that he
meant something serious.
The scene was very lively and inter-
esting one. 1t being the fashion now-a-
days for ladies to skate, large portion
of the fairer sex were indulging in that
pastime, whilst others, too timorous to
venture on the ice themselves, were col
lected on the banks of the great pond,
watching with interest the graceful evo-
lutions of their bolder sisters.
The black masses of civilians who
crowded the ground on either side of the
pond were interspersed with brilliant
patches of scarlet, the coats of the SOL
diers from the garrison. The officers, oi
course, were in plain clothes, or ''mufti,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-03-26

RIGHT SELF EsTEEM.-Nothing hurts
a man more than to seem small and ig-
noble in his own eyes. 1t is slavish
feeling that degrades the slave. A base
ambition makes the man that cherishes
it base. No one can debase you but your.
self. Slander, satire, falsehood, injustice
these can never rob you of your man.
hood. Men may lie about you, they may
denounce you, they may cherish suspi-
cions manifold, they may make your
feelings the target of their wit or cruel
ty never be alarmed never swerve an
inch from the line your judgment and
conscience have marked out for you.
They cannot by all their efforts take
away your knowledge of yourself. the
purity of your motives, integrity of your
character and the generosity of your ma
ture. While these are left, you are, in
point of fact unharmed. Nothing outside
of yourself can ever make you smaller
than you are to-day. If you shall dwin-
die; if leanness and inability shall come
to any faculty; if you shall lose what
makes you an ornament to that rank and
order of intelligence to which you were
| born-the loss will be a self-inhlcted
one. self-degradation is the only degra-
dation man can know Golden Rute
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TOBACCO.
A LATELY DISCOVERED PARABLE.

Then shall the kingdom of Satan be
likened to grain of tobacco seed
which, though exceedingly small, being
cast into the ground, grew, and spread
its leaves rank and broad, so that huge
and vile worms found habitation there
on. And it came to pass, in the course
of time, that the sons of men looked up
on it, and thought it beautiful to look
upon, and much to be desired to make
lads look big and manly. So they put
forth their hand, and did chew thereof
And some it made sick, and others to
vomit most filthily. And it further
came to pass that those who chewed it
became weak and unmanly, and said,
We are enslaved, and can not cease from
chewing it. And the mouths of all that
were enslaved became foul and they
were seized with violent splitting and
they did spit even in ladies' parlors, and
in the house of the Lord of hosts. And
the saints of the Most High were great
ly plagued thereby. And in the course
of time it came also to pass that others
snufed it; and they were taken sudden
ly with fits, and they did sneeze, with
great and mighty sneeze, insomuch that
their eyes were filled with tears, and
they did look exceedingly silly. And
yet others cunningly wrought the leaves
thereof into rolls, and did set fire to orc
end tberaof4l--.~s trru look very grave
and calf-like; and the smoke of their
torment ascended up forever and ever.
And the cultivation thereof became a
great and mighty business in the earth
and the merchantmen waxed rich by the
commerce thereof. And it came to pass
that the saints of the Most High defled
themselves Herewith even the poor.
who could not buy shoes, or bread, or
books for their little ones, spent their
money for it. And the Lord was greatly
displeased Herewith, and said, Where
Iore' this 'r-oste ,-and why do these little
ones lack bread, and shoes, and books ?
Turn now your fields into corn and
wheat. and put this evil thing far from
you; and be separate, and defle not
yourselves any more; and will bless
you, and cause my face to shine upon
you.
But with one accord they all exclaim-
cd eve cannot cease from chewing,
snufing and putting we are slaves"