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~ N-. IaFt Ti.ss gives lis; of
Hb ssrI a. harks whith have
rHuF .ar# .rs srnrY sncs l~Si These
HHa asEts tal sHms 10000 de-
srt sha=s tgErrratr deposits
sa.rrrfI rr rrarg tg.u10.oo0. Thele
ra.a tra9srr. srrs ras tutl loss.
'aF aasra.sr utiEE uaci 1000 de
s go ns rs. p.ii si cents on
TH s. snt rF.u.i-fs the other ; per
HsfHF Htg Ibf B1uiiug Green
t gtfH un ari has patti IS per
Tts Nauaas' fa.iei 80 100000,
EHI hts sHre ra.I fu1 yer cent. The
MaTsFf fsr.ri o. rlurl miilion, and
Hrs Ha.s ~ psF Crnt The Mechanics
sr.t Irsirrs Hgsi dHpasitDrs St.454,OOO
. aFr f t..-ri its Hr p, and has since
Fs.a s1 prf rgrf Tlr Seruriiy has paid
t-t5 So rrlt 20 debt Il $500 900.
fhs leDfrsI Puk wrut down under a
l-it a tso HFi aHi La, ~ yet declared
ra diFii~na. TIE Peoples has paid 80 I.
pss c-Bt 90 drlt & $4,000. Mutual
hsuvet. ~ psr cent. uu $4,000; Ger
man p t"~n, - pr cent. on S22O.436;
Atiugtnu Square, Il per cent. ON $751;
80 B,Dd street, S. per cent. on 81, l,7ss,-
600; Nee Amsterdam. IS per cent. on
$4,000. The German. of MOrrisania,
with a debt Of $23O,OO0; the Clinton,
Ni,h a Debt of Sss,OOO, and the Clair
mont, with a debt OF 100000, have as
yet declared no dividends, but the first
is expected to pay - per cent, the Sec
ond % per cent, and the third 60 per
cent. The Central Park and Arlington
Square are not expected to do anything
for creditors. The failure of these in
stitutions is attributed mainly to two
causes-shrinkage in values, and frauds
on the part of managers. For the lat
ter, no one has been punished, though
indictments have been found in some
cases.
, 1877-11-30
4 Ships Crew Poisoned.

On the arrival At Souih1mpton ~ a
Scotch seaman named Wm. lnman. a.
extraordinary story Of poisoning A. ssA
has been revealed, II IL alleged ihAs
while the bark Cr0pn Prtacs. commAn3si
by Capt. Robert CochrAue, and bsi0cgihg
to 81. John, New brunswick, ga -
voyage in November last from she Prru-
Wan coast to Falmouth, the ford supp .s,l
to the crew WAS unit Tor uss that In
consequence, the whole Of the fosvcasiia
hands, fourteen in number bscame ill,
and that six Of the sailors diri. The
Crolrn Prince arrived with iFe-h crrw
in the Clyde few days ago, and Sf,sr
communication with the mAriEe Aaih1ri-
tiles, the Captain has been committed
pending inquiry. lnmau states that the
vessel left Pabelion de Plea, in the Souih
of Peru, on October 4th lEst, boani
home, the crew all told numbering
twenty. .one. OnNovember 10Th, ~hen "a
Cape Horn,a new cssk Of por& was taken
out. On the Goth, part of il Was boiled
into soup, of which the fourteen forecAs-
tie hands partook on the 2lst, and on the
following day the whole became i'll, yom-
iting and showing other signs Of extreme
illness. On the cath ten Of the men were
completely prostrated, and next day all
the fourteen were down, except lnmAn,
who, though very i'll, was able to assist
the officer to shorten sail. During the
next fortnight, the ship lying under tho
two lower topsails, the suferings ot the
men were fearful. Inman could not sleep
at night owing to the intense pain, and
his head often swelled to great siIc.
His limbs we're so weak that be could
scarcely crawl along the deck. AT the
end of the fortnight, three of the crew,
Tom Beaufort, Londoner, Andrew An.
derson, Swede, and William Williams,
Polander, went mad, apd ran about the
deck quite delirious. This so frightened
the captain, whom Inman describes as q
cautious seaman and kindhearted man,
that he tried to make for the Falkland
Island, distant 300 miles. Port Stanley,
the principal harbOr in the Falkland
Islands, was reached on Decem Der 7th.
AS the anchor was let go, the Polander
Williams died in horrible agony The
day after the Swede died, and two days
later the LOndoner succumbed To his suf-
ferings. A week after the remainder Of
the crew had gone to the hospital at Port
Stanley,an Irishman named Sullivan, and
a Dutchman died. On January l2th,
Harris Edwards, a native of Msrgate,
shared the same fate. The doctor stated
that they had all been poisoned by pu-
trid pork. On April I'd last Inman left
Port Stanley for Montevideo, accompan-
led by two shipmates, John Aird, of Wa
terford, and Alexander Buckley, an Eng
lishman. subsequently they sailed on
board the royal mail steamer TGgus, and
have arrived safely at Southampton.
When they quilted Portsstanley four of
their comrades were still in the hospital.
Inman is unable to walk without the aid
of staff, and does not expect to be dt
for work for several months.
, 1877-11-30

AN OLD FoRT.-In Florida the old
fort formerly called st. Marks, but since
the purchase from Spain, Fort Marion, is
constructed of coquins stone. The fol-
lowing is an interesting description of it ::
This fort is over century old, having
been built in 1855. 1t cost immense
sums of money, and is strong enough to
have withstood, in its time, several for
midable sieges. 1t is probably the most
stupendous, and certainly the most inter-
esting piece of masonry in the United
States. 1t contains dungeons which are
said to have witnessed scenes of inquisi-
torial atrocity, and whose floors have
been stained by the bloody tyrannies of
dark and cruel age. There are also
chapel and numerous guard-rOoms for the
accommodation of soldiers within its
massive walls. The whole is surrounded
by a moat, which was formerly crossed
by two ancient drawbridges Modelled
after the old feudal forms of defence, each
bastion is crowned by turret for senti-
nels, and has an air Of antiquity bordering
on the romantic, as we'll as being exceed
ingly picturesque. Over the main entrance
is engraved,in solid rock, the arms of Spain
and an inscription in Spanish, which in
forms the stranger that the fortress was
finished in 1856, when Ferdinand VI.
ruled the dominions of the mother
country. Don Alonzo Fernandos de
Herida was governor and commander-in
chief, and the engineer of construction
was Don Pedro de Brazassy Garay. 1t is
said that, in 1919, when Florida was pur.
chased by the United States, many Of the
old Spanish records, that alone could shed
light upon the obscurity of the early his
tory of this region, were conveyed in Sc
crecy away to Cuba.
, 1877-11-30
The Grain Markets of Europe.

A dispatch from the United States
minister to Greece to the State Depart
ment asserts that the United States can
now and henceforth control, to a large
extent, the grain markets of Europe.
He says Russia has been our only COM
petitor in this trade. Under the most
favorable circumstances for Russia Gas
has been so clearly demonstrated in the
report sent by the Odessa committee on
trade and manufactures, to the Council
for Trade and Manufactures at st. Peters,
burg), the United States has had the ad-
vantage Of that great cereal producing
country. Our machinery, railroad sys-
TEN, elevators, and simple customs regu-
lations combined, have enabled US to
place our grain on shipboard fifteen per
cent. less than can be done in the ports
Of Russia. The gigantic war in which
the nation is now engaged certainly can
not lessen those advantages. With such
an outlook, it is not too much to assert
that with reasonable effort on our part
we can control the English, French, and
Italian markets. Anticipating the future
course Of this trade, British capitalists
are now building six Of the largest.
sized iron vessels for the transportation
of breadstuffs from our shores on Eng
lish account. We should not only strain
every nerve to meet the increased de-
mand of Europe for breadstutfs, but we
should also supply ships to carry the
same.
, 1877-11-30
A Real Evangeline.

The story of Evangeline is repeated
with wonderful fidelity in all its details
in the experience of a young French girl,
a resident of Marseilles. She was en-.
gagged to sailor to whom she was to be
married on his return from a voyage to
New York. He did not return, and after
year she got berth as stewardess's as.
sistant on one of the Havre steamers, to
come here in search of him. On the pas
sage rich American lady became inter.
ested in her story and resolved to help
her find out her lover. In New York
she learned that he had gone to Canada
For months she travelled about the Do
minion, sometimes close on his track and
again losing every clue as to his where
abouts. She returned to New York, and
one day while standing at Broadway
crossing waiting her turn to get across,
she saw the object of her long search on
the other side. She shrieked his name
and ran into the middle of the street, but
a policeman caught her and saved her
from the wheels of the string of vehicles.
'Angel of God there was none," and she
never again saw the Gabriel she had so
long sought and nearly found. She
learned then that he had sailed for San
Francisco, and so went overland to Cali
fornia to meet him. Arrived on the Pa
citic coast, she found that her lover had
fallen overheard just outside the Heads
and been drowned. Meanwhile the body
of youSg man dressed in sailors clothes
was cast ashore on the beach, carried to
the coroners office and, not being identi-
fed, was inferred in the public cemetery.
A water-sodden pocket.book was taken
from the dead man, which contained only
a few letters written in French and unad-
dressed. The girl, hearing of this, went
to the cOroner's office and found that the
letters were hers. The waves had tardily
and partially recompensed her devoted
search, and she was able to find the grave
of her lover.
, 1877-11-30

SHADOws.-Nos a hcarthst1ae shai.
you find on which some shaiow has uaf
fallen or is about 10 fall Iou all pfoh-
ably find that there are fow hJuseho.ts
who do not cherish some s1sr0u %
known to the world; who have MT s1u.e
trial which is not their pecuiiaf messsn
ger, and which they DO not talk ahaui.
except among themselves, some h1ps
that has been blasted some s1poctafiua
dashed down; SONS wrong, real ~ SOP.
posed, which some member oi the h1uss
hold has suffered; trembling annlsfiFs
lest that other member shDuld ne sar.
ceed; trials from the peculiar iempTra-
ment Of somebody in the house. 30 sama
environment that touches u sharp fr1m
without; some thorn In he hcsts sam1
physical disability that cnpp.es oar en-
ergies when you want o. alse them the
most; some spot in the house where dsath
has left his track, OF painful lisieainEs
10 hear his stealthy footsteps cJming 1a.
KINDNESS gives birth % kindnrss.
, 1877-11-30

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tnr t~e-. 1hs lHrlu.iv. tarusrs and
alhsr wha make ths trltsctiaa q huory
q pEtlou 81 thslr asCupa'iun.
II. AusoIn. Chirf EBg5resr ~ the
Csliiruia Blard ~ state Harlo' Com
tzissioucrs. b in Baltimore, ior the par
poss ai siudyiuE q system ~ haTJor i'm
provrmenis, construction Il pier, etc.
lie has cruferred with engineers Of New
York. Philadelphia, Boston and Portland
(Me on the subject.
TnE Montreal Journal of Commerce says
a valuable discovery of silver has been
made at ST. George, y. b., on an island in
the river. Some United States cit Zens
secured the property, and have taken out
about two tons of ore, each barrel of which
is said to be worth $500. The people of St.
George are getting excited over the dis
covery, and the neighboring country is
thoroughly searched for the precious
metal.
THE quantity of coal raised from the
mines OF Great Britain reached 100000
600 tons in a year, for the first time in
1866. In 1875 it amounted to 1874, 125, 1866
tons, namely, 115, 334, ,359 tons in England
and Wales, 1S,665,6l2 tons in Scotland,
and 1875, 1875 tons in Ireland. Durham,
the greatest coal field, keeps its lead, its
years product now approaching 26,OOO,.
900 tons. Wales produced above 49,
100000 tons.
THE merchants who lost property by
the Pittsburgh riot in July, are strongly
inclined to hold the Pennsylvania Com.
pany responsible for the losses; the
railroad company hold the city of Pitts
burgh, or the county of Allegheny, re-
sponsible, and the latter are disposed to
hold the State of Pennsylvania RESPONSE.
BILE at least for part of the damage, hold
ing that undue and illegal interference on
the part of the State authorities infuriated
the populace and precipitated the devas-
tation. 1t is curious mixture of ques-
tions, which it will take years to unravel.
FROM statistics recently published by
Norwegian authorities we learn that the
number of horses per 1000 inhabitants
is, in the United States, 297; Russia, 225;
Denmark, 179; Sweden, 1853; Austro-
Hungary, 0S; Great Britain and Ireland,
85; Norway, "a; Germany, SO; France,
76. The number of horned cattle per
1000 inhabitants is, Denmark, 6S7;
Great Britain, 300. The number of sheep
in Spain, 1,34S; in Great Britain, 969;
in Belgium, 112. The number of goats
in Greece, 913; in Great Britain, 8. The
number of swine in the United States,
671 in Great Britain. 112; in Greece, 3S.
, 1877-11-30
THINGS WE LIKE TO SEA- real laC

THINGS WE LIKE TO SEA- real lady
who can carry parcel a father at place
of amusement with his children; young
man with clear eye, and fresh, virtu-
Gus, unhackneyed face; shop girl neat
ly dressed, and without sham ornament.
alton; man of business going home at
night with boquet for his wife; a shop.
keeper, civil to and patient with poor
woman who, with baby across her arm,
ventures to buy one shilling article; a
dressnaker who is scientific enough to
perfect eft" and yet leave your breath.
ing apparatus in Christian working-con.
dition; shop that is not an emporium"
a milliner who didn't come from Paris
a jolly domestic who likes the family; a
bride with her pet, small house; young
father with his first boy.
, 1877-11-30
A Coop ONE.-During the first year

A COOP ONE.-During the first year
of the war, says Vermont paper, when
change was scarce and some large firms
were issuing currency of their owp, a
farmer went to store in neighboring
town and bought some goods, and gave
the merchant five. dollar bill, of which
he wanted seventy-fve cents back. The
merchant counted it out and handed it
over to the farmer; who looked at it a
moment and inquired: whats this1"
"It's my currency" said the merchant
"Wal, 'taint good for nothin' where l
live" said the farmer.
"Very WE'LL" replied the merchant,
"keep it until you get dollars worth,
and bring it to my store, and will give
you q dollar bill for it."
The farmer pocketed the change and
parted. A few weeks after he went into
the same store and bought goods to the
amount of one dollar, and after paying
over the identical seventy-tive cents he
took out a handful of pumpkin-seeds
and counted out twenty-five of them and
passed them over 10 the merchant.
"Why," said the merchant, "what's
thisl"
"Wal, said the farmer, "this is my cur
rency, and when you get dollars worth
bring it to my place and will give you
dollar for it."-Wo0AsOckG Patriot.
, 1877-11-30

Poisonous WELL WATER.-The dam
ger incurred by drinking water from
highly respected old wells, whose reputa-
tion for purity raises them above the
reach of suspicion, becomes more evil
dent each day. Outbreaks Of fever are
continually being traced to we'll water
which from contamination has become a
poisonous fluid, bringing disease and
often death to those who drink it. The
latest case of this description has just
occurred at Galashiels, where there has
been an alarming outbreak of typhoid
fever, which, according to the British
Medical JOurnGL is believed to have orig
mated in public we'll in the market
place, from whence large number of
the public obtain their supply of water
The result of analysis that have been
made of the water of this and other wells
in the neighborhood shows that the wa
ter in the we'll in question contains Or
ganic matter in considerable quantity.
Under these circumstances the we'll has
been closed against public use. 1t is to
be regretted that the analysis was not
made and the well closed before instead
of after the outbreak of fever. The mere
fact of a well being largely used by the
public is quite sufficient reason for the
sanitary authorities of the district in
which the we'll is situated to keep
watchful eye on its waters. The princi-
pie of "leaying well alone" is about the
most dangerous that can be adopted as
regards these old parochial denominations.
Pail Nall Gazette.
, 1877-11-30

ALWAYS win fools first. They talk
much; and what they have once uttered
they will stick to; whereas there is al
ways time, up to the last moment, to
bring before q wise man arguments
which may entirely change his opinion.
-Heips.
, 1877-11-30

A CLERGYMAN who was annoyed by the
squeaking shoes Of his parishioners re.
marked that some people had "too much
music in their soles."
, 1877-11-30

EIGHT girls in Macon, Ca, the other
day, graduated in gowns Of their own
make, and then pvt in type their "com.
positiOns.N
, 1877-11-30

IT is sad moment for bachelor when
he finds his hair is so thin that he is una.
BILE to hold pen over his ear.
, 1877-11-30

KINDNESS gives birth to kindno,s.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-17

There have been two or three members OF
the United States Senate who were preach
clS. OF these we recall Everett. of Massachu-
sets; ColQuitt, Of Georgia; and Upton. of
Nebraska In the House there have been Il
few ministers, notably, billiard, of Alabama,
and Seelye of Massachusetts. There has been
but one member Of cabinet, besides Mr. Ey-
crett, who has added preaching to politics, and
he is Secretary Thompson, Of the navy, The
Rev. j. {. Fletcher, writing in reference to
him in the indianapolis Jo'raGi, says: when
on IA visit to Terrc IIautC few days ago | as.
certaned fact about our Secretary of the
Navy, which, though il greatly rebounds 10
his credit, | have never seen noticed IN print,
and which, | have no doubt, as far as he Is
concerned, would remain forever unnOticcd by
the press As ! was on my way to church, i'll
company with one of the Oldest citizens OF
Tcrre ilaute, noticed a carriage driving in
the direction of the country, and my compan-
ion remarked, That carriage contains Hon.
Mr. Scott and wife. Mr.. Scott is the cX-mcm-
Der of congress from this district, They are
gong to II little country Methodist church in
the vicinity of Secretary Thomp>onS farm
1t is there that Col Thompson is in the habit,
when at ho.lc. OF each Sabbath CXpounding
the Scriptures to his farmer neighbors. He is
now spending his vacation with us, and every
Sabbath he really preacheSi the Gospel In
this he is ably encouraged by his wife who Is
one of the salt Of the earth
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-17
\ Doc. a Man, and "A Mule

\ North Carolina WAGNER sold his dog TO a
Laurens county man the other day for half Il
barrel of sorghum syrup. The dog, however,
refused To be sold, and took refuge under the
wagon. The l.aurcnS county man crawled at-
ter him with piece of meat in one hand and
IL rope in the. Although there were several
spectators of the scene that cnsucd it As diff
cult to get at the iactS.-All agree that there
was scufilc under the wagon. accompanied
10y yelps and wells; but no one Is willing to
Affirm that the man had the dog or the dog had
the man. Finally, the dog, a. it would seem,
brushed up against the hind leg Of the of
mule and then all was still. II i not certain
what killed the dog One of the spectators
said he thought he heard trace chain rattle,
but when he went around to examine the mule
she was asleep. The man had lost his hat, his
coat and the greater part of his trousers, and
subsequent examination proved that the dog
died with one ear and handful Of hair in his
mouth -iN0rtd Consultations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-17

II My dear SAID the pnter yoW!tas " nis
young wife, one day, "doyou think It Is qunt
|dignifed for you to be romping out on the
lawn with those three young men, -,
pout, that showed the coral curve of her lip to
the very best advantage s. was only playing
croquci You charged me especially to Try
and make things agreeable to the boarders
didn't you.' ,,
This was on Monday On Tuesday, Mrs
Pensico went fishing with the three boardcrs
Pensico might have gone oo-perhaps-ohly
that the boat was capable of holding but lour
On Wednesday there was a picnic up thu
river, to which Mr.. Smith invited Mrs. Pcnsi
co. On Thursday Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Brown
had camp out" in the woods, Of which Mrs
i'cnsicO and one Miss Tomlinson, Of the neigh
horhood, formed an Indispensable accomphhi'
mcnt.
On Friday Mr.. Brown undertook to lay ou'
Mr., Pcnsico's vcrbena bed in true Landscape,
gardening style On Saturday it ralned, ana
Mr. Jones who was considerable OF an eiocu
Zionist read poetry alone to Mrs. Pensico, while
she darncd the family hose On Sunday, Mr.
Smith drove Mrs. Pensico to church ten
miles away, in an elegant little buggy, with Il
long tailed horse.
This is getting intolcrablc," said Mr. Pen
sicO
And he wished he hadn written that adycr
! tiscment.
But this was nothing to his chagrin on the
next day, when he found Mr.. Smith sitting out
under the apple trees with his arm around Syl
Was waist
Sir" Numbered Mr., Penoico.
En-" said the boarder.
Leave my premises said the grocer.
"I've Just paid weeks board in advance, y
suggested Mr.. Smith.
Take back your wretched dross," beloved
Mr. Pensico, ninging aroll of bills on the grass
go! Depart, Lose no time and take those
other two young men with you, I'm sick OF
boarlers"
And so the three young men departed. When
once the garden gate was closed behind them
Mr.. Pensico elevated his right arm theatrical
~ in the air,
"Neycr-never will receive another board
err into my family" said he. AS for you
false wife"
No; but is it honor bright about the board.
crs % Interrupted Mrs. PensiCO, with sparkling
eyes.
az swear i by yondcr rcrulcan blucH' SAID
Mr. pcnsico who had Just been reading ST.
Elmo
Certain sure :" said NJ, Pcnsico.
Certain sure" said her husband.
"In that case sad Mrs. Pensico, " may
rs well toll YOU now, as any time, that John
Brown and Ferdinand Jones are my cousins,
and that Charlie Smith is my brother
"Eh?' gaspcd Mr.. Pcnsico. Was twas
il n coRSpirdcy?"
They wanted board in the country said
Mrs Pcnsico, land you wanted boardcrs,'
4 heavy weight seemed to be lifted from Nj.
Pcnsico's heart as he remembered the arm
around Sylvia's waist So it was only her
brother! And little Sylvia hadn't played the
married hirl, after all,
He took his wife in hi, arms, and gave her
"A hearty kiss,
Ny dear" said he, you're a mschic,ou-
little girl, but forgive YOU. And guc,, we'll
give up the boardcr busnc,,
Which was all that Mrs Pcnsico wanted.
was determined to conquer him, thought
She and I've done it,