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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22
SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.

Paid UP capital, Sg0O,e0O.
FROM THE TWENTY-FrRST ANNUAL
STATEMENT FOR 1876.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22


Net profits for 1876. ................ s29,t5s %
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY.
Valued ut their cash market value:
Real estate ...... ..................s tt8,is2 W
United States bonds. City Railroad
Company, city and j. and @. N. y. Il.
first mortgage. bank and insurance
stocks .......................... 15s,3oo "a
Bills receivable premiumsj. ......... If,7ss a.
First mortgage notes and pledge notes 193.7e0 %
Cash In bank. ......................... ss,g7b go
Premiums In course Of collection. n, 1865 80
Amounts duo by insurance companies s.2W 81
s5T4,4 90
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08
TITLE XIV.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

Sec. 20 The County Superintendent o; the Com
mon Schools in this Territory CO, tanning ten or
more Organized districts shall hold annually q
Teachers Institute. at such time as may be agreed
upon between him and the Territorial Supcrintend-
ent, and such Institute shall continue in session
not less than one or moe than Eve days. He shall
give at least ten days notice ofthc time and place
of holdin. such Institute. by publication in some
newspaper published in the county.
Sec So Ii shall be the duty OF all teachers engaged
in the county. and of all persons holding ce,tif-
caes, to attend such Institute. and participate in
the exercises thereof and all teachers who may have
tute all adjourn their schools for the time during
which the institute shall be held
Sec. 81. All teachers wAo may adjourn school for
the purpose Of attending the annual Institute, shall
be allowed tae same pay Will! ihactual attendance
a. when teaching.
Sec - Al persons desiring TO teach Il district
school Ias-f zpply for certificates 10 the Caunty
Superintendent daring tbs session u the Teacacr-
Institute and IL -hs te TIE du'y uf the County u
psriuirildent to al u h~ a---laBce two fesclssrs
holdins ar.i--vs4e crrtI5cAi-r. a.d together they
shsl exauin, the I-fsp1. app a. io- evrTiacs,e-
>er -. Tier ga - fse zrstrs q. comfy
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t51ctf- -A1- ~u-iTi~ tb- h...s-- - tens fs- s,r
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08
.rnnnI. nrrlcEts.

Soc - whcl any school officer = superseded
nv election q heTwi,e. ne shan Immediately uc-.
liver to hi. successor ia Once a.i booA- pai'G,
and MONEYS pertaining To his Office: and every such
Officer who shall refuse Ia do so, crWno snal VIII
fully muil ate or destroy any such b"ok or papers
or any part thereof. or VINO >hall pi-apIy any mo
news ntru<ted to him by virtue Of his Office shall be
deemed guilty Of misdelncanor. ana SHAH De pun
ished by fire in The discretion oil the court ho' 10
exceed one hundred dollars.
Sec Il. Every person elected or appointed TO any
Office mentioned in this act shall, before entering
upon the discharge OF the dntie- thereof. take an
States the Or anc Act Of the Territory and 10 pro-
mote the interests OF education and faithfully DIS
charge the duties Of his Office according TO me pest
of hi. abilities In case such officer has written
appointment or commits sion, his oath snail he en-
dorsed there on and sworn to before any o'hcer au
thorised to administer oatlis. School officers ar
hereby authorized TO administer all oaihs appcrtan-
ing their respective offices without charge or lee
See 81 No School Director. or other school Off
shall be. directly or Indirectly interested many
contract that may be made by Board OF which he is
member and any contract made in violation OF this
provision shall be null and void.
Sec. ~, All fines and penalties not otherWise pro-
vidcd for in this act shall be collected ny an action IN
any court of competent Jurisdiction, ana shall be
paid into the county school fund Immediately afer
collection.
Sec. "A. ANY parent. guardian. or other person,
who shall upbrad, insult, or abuse any teacher, IN
the presence of the school, shabe dee ned guilty OF
amisdcmeanor and liable to a line of net less than
ten dollars more than one hundred doarI.
Sec. - Any person who shall wiltully disturb
any public eenoo or any puohc schooI meetiug,
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
liable to fine OF not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars.
Sec IS. In any District Clerk shall fail to
take the census provided for in this act at the
proper time. and If. through such neglect. the dis,
irc shall fail to receive its superintendent of school
moneys said District Clcrkshal be Individually La
Bile tn the district for the full amount lost. and
it may be recovered in sui brought by any citizen
OF such district in the Ofand for the benefit OF
such district
Sec. n. All cases Ofdisputes in relation to school
matters not properly belonging to courts ofjus
ticc. may be referred first to the County supcrin-
tendent and appealed 10 the Territorial Superin-
tendent. whose decision shall be final.
Sec. IS. All printing or binding required under
this act shall be executed in the form and manner,
and at the prices of other Territorial printing, and
shall be paid in like manner, out ofthe general
fund OF the Territory.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08


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by the holders
Fourth. To make Annually. 81 the fir; Of SEP
t,rnbcr Of each wear financial report !lr t"c last
preceding sc'Uol sud fiscal yeGr ending w,ia An
ust th.sty-hr-t. 10 the County Superintendent at Of
Common Schools In ,uch form q. may be require!
hy law.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08
MISC EILASEoCs.

Sec. So Whenever the WORT ne or his occurs in
this act, referring To either sup rinicndenis, III
rectors. or Teachers, il shall be Understood to mean
also she or her.
Sec. 40. This act shall be known a. the Wash
inson School Law, and no o,ner title or reference
shall be necessary
Sec. 81. All acts part of ac.s upon any sub
ject matt contained in this act, shall be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08
Peculiar Effects Of IntOXicantS.
MALT LIQUORS.

Malt liquors, under which title we
include all kinds Of beer, porter,
and ale, produce, when taken in
excess, the worst species OF drunken
ness; as, in addition to the intoxi-
eating principle, some noxious in
gradients are too generally added to
them, for the purpose Of preserving
them and to give to them their bitter
flavor. The hop of these fluids is
highly narcotic, and brewers often
add other substances, to heighten its
effect, such as hyoscyamus, opium,
belladonna, cocculus Indicus, lauro-
cerasus, etc. Malt liquors, therefore,
in whatever quantity they are used,
act in two ways upon the body, partly
by the alcohol they contain, and part
ly by the narcotic principle. In ad-
dition to this, the fermentation which
they undergo is much less perfect
than that of spirits or wine. After
being swallowed, this process is con-
tinued in the stomach, by which fixed
air is copiously liberated, and the
digestion of delicate stomachs mater
tally impaired. Cider, spruce, GIN
ger, and table beers also, in conse-
quence of their imperfect fermenta-
ton, often produce the same bad ef-
fects, long after their first briskness
has vanished.
Persons addicted to The use of
malt liquors increase enormously in
bulk. They become loaded with fat;
their chin gets double or triple.
the eye prominent, and the whole
face bloated and stupid. Their cir
culation is clogged, while the pulse
feels like cord, and is full and
lahoring, but not quick. During
sleep, the breathing is s.entorius.
Every thing indicates an excess Of
blood; and when a pound OF two is
taken away. immense relief Is OBJ
tanned. The blood. In such cases. il
more dark aud sizv than in other
persons. In seven cases ON. of ter.
t.'y who indulge 20 excess IN the
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08
AMERICAN 4 FOREIGN
PATIENTS.

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ices Tor obtaining and conducting a re-
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may ne revived. Special attention given
n 70 interference Cases before the Patent
fringment Suits in different States, and for
al litigation appertaining to Inventions
Patents. Send stamp to Gilmore Z; Co.
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Arrears Of Pay and bounty.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
Character in Women.

Women are generally more devoted to
their friends than men, and display in
defatigable activity in serving them.
Whoever has gained the affections of
a woman is sure to succeed in any enter
prise wherein she assists or advises him ;
men draw back much sooner in such
cases. Who is not astonished at the
courage shown by a woman when her
husband, whose misconduct has perhaps
thousand times offended her, is threat
ened with imminent danger? Who does
not know many instances of the most
heroic devotedness on the part of the
sex? A woman spares no effort to serve
her friends. When it is a question of
saving her brother, her husband, her
father, she penetrates into prisons-she
throws herself at the feet of the ruling
powers. Such are the women of our
day, and such has history represented
those of antiquity. Happy, 1 repeat, is
he who has woman for friend.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
NO.. 18.

dig ont mighty lively. But these
weapons, the name I've got, ana my
anxious look for gore frightened him nan
to DEATH" -,
eyes, everybody seems afraid of you"
observed the man from Troy.
"Afraid? I guess they are When L
walk into place everybody begins to
quake and shiver, though I have never
drawn blood in this town. There comes
the chap who acts as city marshal, sheriff,
chief of police, or whatever you may call
him. He's six feet high and weighs
over two hundred pounds, and yet see
how 1 can bluff him"
The official referred to was coming up
the street at leisurely gait, and when
he came along opposite the group, the
Terror leaped out with wild yell and
shouted:
Looking for me, are you Want to
see me bad, do you p
For Gods sake don't raise row
with me ~ whispered the sheriff as he
looked around for cover. 81 don't want
you, you don't want me p
You see how it works, continued
the little man as the official moved Oh.
"That man could make my heels b7 eak
my neck, aud yet he is afraid of me.
Here are some grizzly bear claws which
L bought in Omaha for two doll.':.:s.
Everybody around here thinks 1 pulled
the beast out of q hole in the hill, held
him by the ears with one hand, and cnt
these claws off with the other. There are
twenty notches in the stock of this rifle.
These folks around here have got an
idea that L have killed twenty men in
rows OF fair fights, but never even shot
at one."
There was period of silence, and
then the Terror continued:
"There's money in it, and it's rather
pleasant to be top of the heap, but this
thing can't last long. Some day before
long shall light down upon the wrong
man, and he'll dress me down and dive
me to the hills. I hope you boys will
have lots of luck. I've been square and
honest with you, aud now don't give me
away"
At that moment three men on horse
back came down the street, and the Ter
Tor jumped out with a screech and
shouted:
"Heres the holyhock you are looking
for. Here's the modest violet who
wants to be carved up and fed to the
wolves y
They wern't looking for him, and they
got away on gallop. The party from
the East went out among the diggings
and were absent whole week. When
they returned to Custer City, they in
quired for the Terror, and a hotel keeper
replied
"Yes; they did use to call him the
Terror, L believe, but they didn't know
him. He was whooping around here in
his usual awful style three or four days
ago, swearing that he must kill some
body, when tinsmith from Dayton,
Ohio, took his rifle and bowie knife
away, spit tobacco Juice on his hat, and
then kicked him the whole length of this
street. The Terror was an awful coward,
gentlemen--a regular rag-baby under
the bed, and he'll never be seen in Gus
| ter again."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
Boring for Coal and Finding Water

A subterranean lake or river was tap
ped by some men who were boring for
coal at Coe, Iowa, few days ago. When
they had penetrated seventy feet, they
heard heavy rumbling noise, which
was Immediately followed by a rush of
water, filling the six-inch tube, which
raised the drilling machine, weighing
some seven hundred pounds, many feet.
On moving the drilling apparatus, vol
ume of water was thrown into the air
twenty feet, and still continues 10 rise
seven or eight feet, when it spreads out
into jets like an artificial fountain 1t
is estimated that it discharges barrel q
minute. The water is pure and cold. A
stone thrown into the tube is hurled
back into the air, as is also rail, when
forced down into it,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
Some Improvement.

An old topper, whom nothing on earth
could part from his glass, met red
ribbon man of his acquaintance and
said
"Now, Tom, you don't drink any
more"
"No, sir"
"All your money is used up in the
family, eh?"
eyes, sir"
"Well, Tom, be honest now and tell
me if you feel any improvement-tel me
if you don't feel sneakish."
81 think 1 have improved" slowly
replied the reformer. ga month ago
could take all such slang and not say a
word. Now 1 feel so much like knock
ing you down that know I've improved
fifty per cent.
The topper didn't care about further
argument.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
Words of Wisdom.

1t is fraud to borrow what we are
OF able to repay.
Advise not what is most pleasant, but
what is most useful.
Christians should be humble and
thankful, watchful and cheerful.
You can't get anything in this world
without money, some say but this is
not true, for without money you get into
debt.
The mixture of an error with much
truth adulterates the whole ; as the
chalice of pure liquid is rendered dam
gerous by the infusion of drop of poi
son. We should therefore beware of all
error, however slight and inconsiderable
it may appear One error may soon lead
to hundred-ay, to thousand.
No man will hate good man so much
as he who has ill-treated him. Let a
man who you have injured hate you,
and there is an end to his enmity. Repa-
ration frank and full puts an end to his
hard feelings toward you, and even lays
the foundation to protracted friendship.
But let man hate you without a cause,
save such as his envy, or bigotry, or
vanity supplies, and his hate is endless.
1t is sad to be alone, to be in the world
and yet not of it to think only, to
dream with the eyes half open, and the
senses painfully acute I; to be a stranger
in the midst of buxom life, and yet have
no sympathy with single one of the
myriads of beings who throng the high
ways and by-ways of this bustling world.
This is dirge-like melancholy insepara,
BILE from seclusion from the busy scenes
of earth, which saddens the heart and
brings the tears OF sorrow unbidden to
! the eye.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
Fashion Notes.

The for~i fan is the newest fancy.
Banged front hair is the style for little
girls.
The fan manufacturing center of the
world is Japan.
No silk for morning toilet is the
rule in Paris.
Chemsettes of various styles are very
fashionable.
Linen lawn and percale costumes are
in great demand.
Pique is on the wane as a dress fabric
for little children.
Black lace scarfs mako handsome
trimmings for white chip shade hats.
Spanish hounces are seen on nearly all
summer dresses for little girls.
Lisle thread gloves and black net nit
tens are in demand all of a sudden
Silk as an obstinate material, which
will not cling or drape, is at a discount.
Torchon, Clovis, Smyrna, and Imperial
laces are the novelties in lace this sea-
son.
Night chemises of colored Surah are
affected by fastidious women of luxuriant
tastes.
Scotch gingham is revived for summer
dresses under the name of Zephyr
CLOTH
Twelve OF fifteen silver bangles are
sometimes worn over the long gloves of
evening toilets.
Colored Hamburg embroideries and
Torchon laces are shown to trim linen
lawn and percale dresses.
Chip shade hats, light as feather,
are trimmed with pufis of organdy in
stead of ruches this summer.
Fashionable chemises are lavishly
trimmed with lace insertions and edg-
ings and tucks, but not with puHis.
Wild roses and buttercups, nasturti-
ums and forget-me-nots, are favorite
flowers for trimming summer shade hats.
Children's sashes are still worn very
wide, low down and loosely around the
figure, with deep loops in the back.
Fans for toilets of ceremony are of
satin and silk, with lace of fine artistic
design, or marabouts, or other feathers
for ornamentation. The sticks are de
rigeur of mother of pearl or ivory.
The Manila shade hats of the season
are trimmed with punches of roses and
knots of fringed ribbons, pale blue and
tilleul being the favorite colors. The
brim is lined with silk to match the rib
bons, and edged with Valenciennes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
One Danger of Blue Glass.

1t seems that the excitement about the
curative properties of blue glass, which
filled up so much space i'll the newspa-
pers Il little while Ego, has been produc-
tive in certain instances of more harm
than such periodical epidemics, if we
may call them so, usually are.
That blue glass has any curative prop
critics remains to be proved ; but that
glass of that color will concentrate the
rays of the sun, in lesser degree, as the
common burning glass does. was known
before General Pleasonton's book was
printed and made so much of in the
newspapers. A gentleman of Brooklyn
suffering from weakness of sight was led
by the advice of well-meaning friends to
use spectacles of blue glass, such as cer-
tain opticians are selling just now. The
result was that his eyes, already too
weak to be used much in ordinary cir
cumstances, were exposed to a terrible
glare and heat, which in less than a week
entirely destroyed the eyesight of the
sufferer. He is now totallg Y blind. This
is fact, and the gentleman would
doubtless be glad to have other sufferers
from weak eyes know of his case and
draw moral therefrom. Another SINH
lar instance has come under our observa-
ton, young lady being, in this case,
the dupe of the blue glass enthusiasts.
1t is worth bearing in mind that the
only property of blue glassthat has been
proved is its power to concentrate the
rays of the sun and produce extraordi-
nary heat. One of the most efficient
methods employed in Siberia to blind
political prisoners is to pass before the
eyes of the captives bright steel blade
heated to a red heat but it seems likely
that with the march of civilization the
Russian iailers will adopt another method
which will produce exactly the same re-
suit, that is, they will try blue glass;
NeW York Evening Post.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
VOL. VII.
Under the viOlets.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HoLMRs.

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Her hands are cold her face is white:
No more her pulses come and go;
Her eyes are shut to life and light;
Fold the white vestures, snow on snow,
And lay her where the violets blow.
But not beneath the craven stone,
To plead for tears for alien eyes,
A slender cross of wood alone
Shall say that here maiden lies
In peace beneath the peaceful Skies
And gray old trees of hugest limb
Shall wheel their circling shadows round
To make the scorching sunlight dim,
That drinks the greenness from the ground
And drops their dead leaves.on her mound.
When DER their boughs the squirrels run,
And through their leaves the robins call,
And, ripciing in the autumn sun,
Tho acorns and the chestnuts fall,
Doubt not that she will heed them all.
Tor her the morning choir shall sing
It's mathis from the branches high,
And every minstrel voice Of spring
That thrills be cath the April sky
Shall greet her with its earliest cry.
When turning round their dial track.
Eastward the lengthening shadows pass,
Her little mourners, clad in black,
The crckets sliding through the grass,
Shall pipe for her an evening mass.
At last the rootlets of the trees
Shall find the prison where she lies
And bear the buried dust they seize,
In leaves and blossoms to the skies,
So may the soul that warmed it rise.
If any, born of kindlier blood,
Should ask "What maiden lies below?"
Say only this "a tender bud,
That tried to blossom in the snow,
Lies Withcrcd where the yiolets blow
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21
How to Protect Melons.

Common land plaster is a sure protec-
ton to melon and cucumber plants, if
sprinkled on while the dew is on them,
and if put on as fast as needed. Finely
sifted coal-ashes mixed with plaster-half
of each-are just as good as pure plaster.
Lime should not be used, as it kills the
plants. Boxes of twelve TO fifteen inches
square, open top and bottom, and eight
to ten inches high, are excellent pro-
lection against insects, as well ms cold
spells of weather.