, 1879-03-02

then she began airily: "Laws Bless me, no"
well you do look! And them telling ne ali tne
time ,hat you was a. the lase gasp! ,oo n ci
as YOU, unless it was my own poor husband TWO
DAYS before he passed awav,-hls eyes
was SO bright and his color so rosy, that ne
looked as if he might live for ten wears longer,
but next day but one We laid him out; It
vas a sort Of expiring rally, the doctors said
It's real mean nobody came IN to tell you the
news and cheer re up bit. There's been real
lots Of news since you was sick. Frinstance,
your old friend, Mr.. FlipGins, that used to i've
under the clods Of the valley, Died Of senile
debility, the doctors said, and be was sucn
tiue. strongIooking man, and nine wears
younger than you. As the minister. eloquentiy
said, when they was taking out the coffin, It
ought to teach us that our days are,like weaF-
er's<shuttlecock, and in the midst OF life We
are itSdes,h. Do vou feel any difficulty in
breathing and see fireworks dancing before
your eyes1 You do! Why, that was Just the
way mr. poor husband used to feei curing me
doctors thought he was getting better, but
knew better. I'D seen too many people die
With lust them SYMPTOMS, SO just went aneao
and ordered my mourning SO IS to have it ready
IN time. You just tell your. wife mourning +:
goods is doun-away down, just now, and. II T
The worst comes to the worst, therenl
be great saving in purchasing. ohe
may not want 'cm just now, for rTe known peo-
nlc sick like you to linger on for weeks, or may
be months; but we all must fade as q leal some
time, and it's best to be prepared, like thief IN
the night, for VIC know not the day nor the
hour. Lovely weather we're having to-dav,-
mild aud balmy as spring. In such weather aa
this man needn't feel at all dismayco ~ the
prospect Of dying and being la,d a~a5 ~ IN Ime
earth, all is 70 bright and pleasapt~ Of course,
you, being thoughtful man, have made az
provisions; but it you hayen't--for N the1f s3f
fast hours people are apt sometimes to overlook
these precautions,-you ought to while your
mind is clear. The surviving friends arc ~ so
likely to be overwhelmed With grief, and little
slip makes funeral go oil SO badly, ana II
isn't a thing you can have eyer q e. aga.nt aan,t
Well. must be going. Good-h5; II we don.t
meet here again, may we meet On shaI osauss, y,
ful shore, in the sweet by~and-by." anu lne
excellent lady departed, and the sick man LOG
h;s attendants If ever they let her in again he'd
break his will, and leave the WHOLE esIate ~
public charity.
FIRES FOR FEBRUARY.
The following is the showing Tor teofuary' ~
| reported BY Ben BulIwfnklc: Total numoer m o.
I alarms, 4G; total number Of Stills ~. INC nres
| from other buildings, II; false. u; unknown,
| 8; chimney fires, 7. spark from chimney 1al!ing
| an roof, (; defective chimney, 4: defective
nues, 2; carelessness with pipe IN closet, .; sup
| posed incendiary. 2; clothes placed roc near
| crate for drying, 2; bursting OF gas:p pipe, =;
friction, 9; and one each hot iron falling from
| furnace, capsizfng Of stove, accumulation o.
SCOT in an unused fireplace, hot asheS oepossteo
| in wooden box, dropping match among nay
iguit1on of spirits split on oor, 1snt'9n o1 saay it
| ines behind stove, burglars. children Will
| matches, rats with matches, spontaneous
| combustion Of chemicals, rehiudllnng Goals
falling from stove rags against stoVeplpe over.
heated oven, carelessness with lamp, defective
| range, dropping match among COTTON oat M
nycrheated peanut roaster, boiling over OF wax
i maicioueuess, boiiin. over OF grease, stoVep'pe
| through wooden partition. ignition OF sa"dust
| sronnd stcampipe, matches near stove, expo
| zion of gasoline, spontaneous compust'on, e1'
plosion of kerosene lamp-grease 1aillng On enl, t
| hers. stove TOO near woodwork, thaTlng our
water-pipe With torch, defective boiler. OF the
| h,,Idinrs 50 were brick aud 46 we're frame, oc-
| cuplcd IS follows: Dwellings, IS; cigar stores,
| /; barns, 4; clothing stores, 4: SALOONS, :
grocery stores, blacksmith snops' ooS! of
ices, :: hardware stores, :; planning
mills. 2; restaurants. 2; printing. oii1ees
.: and one each, meat market
| rollipe-unill, notion store. Founding home
society hall, tailor shop. laundry. note, n?uo, on
! timer bakery, furniture manu1actory' WOOD
workers, mochfne manufactory, hat-modelefs
ink manufactorT, lamp-post, boos store .oan'
dry, express office, hat and cap storc> shot man
ufactory, book bindcry, barber snoP; maaersss
1nanufactory, dry-goods store, boarding g-nouse'
railroad station, belt manufactors, orash mapo'
| factory, stationery store, peanut-s:anada.
Total insurance involved, $137, ,l0535; tota
loss, sG034G5; total loss to insurance a as os la
as settled aud partially acted upon, sou, 0aooo'
THE GERMAN SAVINGS BANK.
Mr.. O. q. Horton, Receiver OF the de1unc
German Savings Bank, flen an exhaustive re
mort Yesterday Of the condition Of the bank anu
bis doings since he was appointed Receiver, Dec
a, 1877. The following have been his total
RECEIPTS.
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