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National Republican., 1883-01-19
THE SOCIETY

Tho reasons for the increased patronage re.
ccivod by the Society during the past five
years ares
1st. The fact that the percentage and
amount of its surplus over its liabilities, ac-
cording to the State Insurance Reports -four
per cent. valuation), are larger than in any
other one of the five largest life insurance
companies.
Cd. The percentage of dividends earned for
policy-holders, according TO the same reports,
greater than in any othcr one of these compa-
nics.
Sd. Tho Society issues q plain and simple
contract of insurance, FREQ from burdcnsomo
conditions and technicalitics, INCONTEST-
ABLE AFTER THREE YEARS.
dth In the event of death, u policy which
has become incontestable is paid Immediately
upon the receipt of the proofs of death with
u legal release of the claim, thus q0ording pecu-
MARY relief to the family as quickly as If The
amount 'rerc Government bond, and avoiding
the annoying delay Of weeks and months and
sometimes years of vexatious litigation which
many have experienced in other companies.
9Th. The Society has no contested claims on
its books.
9th. The popularity of the Society's tontino
system of insurance, which provides full in
surance in case of death, and gives tho great
est return for the money paid by the policy
holder if ho lives, with more advantageous
options to meet an insurers need at the end
of tho term than any other form of policy
ever devised.
Persons desiring life insurance will hest
consult their own interests by communicating
with the officers Of tho Society or any of It's
agents,
HENRY b. HYDE, President.
JAMES w. ALEXANDER, First Vice. President.
SAMUEL BARRowE, : Second Vice President.
VIM. ALEXANDER, /: Secretary,
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Female Clerks in Paris.

The editor of the Toltdire publishes
some interesting statistics furnished
him by the Administrator of the Credit
Foncier and Bank of France on the en-
ployment of women in these establish
ments. NJ. Jansen, the head of de-
partment at the Credit Foncier, states
that he has always had full reason to
be satisfied with the lady clerks. They
were first brought in as supernumera-
ries during the emission of the Lottery
Loan of 1879. Just then the CORE
spondence was phenomenally great 1t
was necessary to verify more than three
millions of subscriptions, to say moth
ing of the myriads of hoaxing letters
that were received. The fair super
numeraries showed a genius for dis
tlnguishing serious demands for scrip
from fictitious. Eorty-four of them
were at first brought in. The number
was raised to one hundred and twenty.
and then to two hundred and two. In
divining hoaxes they rendered very inn
portant service. Subscribers for fun
they discovered generally borrowed
their names from books or transposed
ordinary ones. When the lady clerks
ceased to be mere supernumerarics,
they got with astonishing quickness into
the routine of the business. They are
chiefly employed in writing letters. as
cashiers, and, when they are good ac-
countants, in striking balances. There
is feminine division in a separate
wing. Nothing is so rare there as
errors of inattention. At the Bank of
France~the highest character is given
OF the lady clerks. They have been
found scrupulously honest and obedi-
ent to necessary discipline, though
more quick in getting through business
which is not in the ordinary routine
than the other employees. Quite re-
Gently the Governor of the Bank of
France and the Board of Directors es-
tablished a retiring annuity fund for
the men. 1t has also been decided
when auxiliary clerks are wanted to
prefer women TO men, because of their
quickness in learning their business
The regular hours of work are from
nine to four. Extra time is always
paid for Salaries are not locked when
.Sness Is certified London Nevs.
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A Call Bird.

Old Man Franklin, father of the goat
wagon mendicant, has a novel way OF
making living. He was passing
down Wheat street yesterday carry
ing in his hand curiously-shaped bird
cage in which young hooking bird
was screeching away for dear life.
"How much for that singer?" asked
a reporter.
This is my call-bird; he is not fol-
sale, responded the old man.
"What do you do with him?" queried
the scribe.
HE calls up the other birds and ]
catch them in this trap" was the re-
Spouse. Ibid you never see trap like
this?' asked the old man.
The reporter confessed that he had
never beheld such an affair, and the old
man got down on his knees on the side
walk and "set" the trap. The trap
consisted of wire cage, about half as
large as a candle-boX, and slanting to a
point at the top like the roof of house.
On each side was n wing made of net
work, and attached to the lower sides
of the cage by little hinges and operated
by stout springs. These wings were
passed out, and a trigger was set to
hold them in position. The young bird
was put inside of the cage to scream
and act as caller. The idea was to
let the young bird call the old one As
soon as an old one would fly down to
the cage and light on the trigger, the
wing would fly and secure it.
lit never fails" remarked the old
man, as he sprung the trigger, and the
wing closed against the side of the cage
with a crash.
do you catch many birds?" asked
the reporter.
q caught over forty hooking birds
last year with this trap. have Just
started for this year. but | caught two
Saturday and sold them for five dollars. -
The old man is about blind, and goes
into the woods and fields picking his
way along until he hears the silvery
song of the mockingbird. Then he sets
his trap and stays around until he hears
the wings of the trap spring together.
Sometimes he spends half day around
one spot. Verify, there are various
ways to make living.-Aaans (Ga. }
Constitution.
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Books as Furniture.

"What are books worth a dozen
good ones, you know-standard and
right up to the mark-for cash?"
Tins question was propounded by a
somewhat over-dressed man in an up
town bookstore. The emphasis which
he placed upon the phrase "for cash.
revealed the esteem in which he held
that article as compared with the COM
modify for which he intended TO ex-
change it.
- Do gentlemen often buy books by
the doZen?'' asked the reporter.
"Oh, yes" replied the salesman.
when his customer had disappeared.
81 have been sent for several times this
year to measure the shelves of libraries
in new houses, to find out the number
OF books required to fit them up. Books
are an important item in house furnish
ing. The comfortable, old-time sitting
room has made way for the formal IL
brary. AS a library without books
would hardly do, house owners are
bound to have them whether they pos
sess literary tastes or not. Besides.
they add tone and color to the room. A
customer recently said to me, frankly
enough: i don't pretend to read any-
thing except the papers, but there's a
home feeling in having books around;
they look well, too, and sort of encour-
age the children He told me TO be
sure and ''chuck" in few big ones to
put on the tables
The customer who Just went out Or
dered books for eight four-feet shelves.
He said that he did not care much for
literature, but that NOWADAYS a library
was almost as necessary as a billiard
room. All buyers are not so frank in
speaking about the matter. The ma
lorlty not only want books for their
decorative qualities, but TO give an ap-
pearance of culture.
Another harmless fellow who want
ed the reputation of a man of culture
always directed us to put in some books
that had been used little. He once
told me that he was bound to have a
library as big as his neighbours. and
whenever the latter. ordered n new
stand-up showcase he was going to do
the same.
Some of these folks have oueer
ideas. One of our customers insisted on
having all his books bound after tho
same pattern and numbered. Some
time afterward friend told him that
people were asking if he kept a circulate
ing library; so he had morocco labels
stuck on over the figures. But this
only made the matter worse. for his
guests were particular to ask him what
the labels were for. At last, in sheer
desperation. he sent the volumes to an
auction room, and we received his or
der the next dav for so rran, g.. r
books, each one differently bound. He
wouldn't have even a two-volume edi-
ton of anything.
"a wealthy man once sent in great
haste for neighboring dealer. saving
that he wanted his library closed out
Immediately and a new one bought
He was q Spectator in produce. bnt
some one had sold him law library.
sie liked the uniform appearance of the
volumes. and bad made the purchase
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MS PORTRAIT-AS PAINTED BY
MISS EDITH


Jan lbs ~ the Eras- At my feet. his fair face
flushed and weary.
ana really he looks In his tennis suit, Ike
Apollo Bcvidcrc.
Hyacinth and fair.haircd Gal of whose locks
49, one always hears.
We're thcy quite ~ yellow. and did they curl
ruund such very nice small carsf
Aicibiadcs Vas handsome. and quite too aw-
fully rash.
hut don't believe h. ever had such n perfect
blonde mustachc.
N samson was ne tall ami broad. and even
near 80 strong.
think thc way Dciiah behaved was just too
horribly wrong.
She should have died ~ rcmorsc Tor the deed
- she couldn't undo.
" the eyes the Phhisfincs put ont we're ten
dcr' laughing AMI blue.
lie nys his check 10 tho warm. sweet grass
and think az Abe perfect rusc
Of Grccmn sculpture. "'t"uu2 hut Jan has n
curve in his p0so
which. 81 course. isVsrS mt''u nicer Thch
thDrp'a Alexander "wDIl.
never doubted a single word OF the stories
the classics tell
or him and his wonderful horse; hut then. Of
course. you know.
They couldn't ride like modern men 80 very
long avo.
And-now ! must stop jams pulling my hair
. md calls mo an lawful guO~c;'
nut knuw-and all hi- teasing Is not OF the
slightest use.
Those good looking chap. Of old AMI Oiym-
plan gods above
Wcrc all very we'll in their way. but they were
not Just-my love.
-The Comncm.
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THE winds were whispering low, and the
sentinel stars had set their watches, if they
have any to set, up in the skies, as Mrs.
Tomly leaned from her chamber window
and asked lin a low and trembling voice !:
Is that you, Henry?" Now, it is a Pc
culiarity of Mr.. Tomly that when under
the influence he has great difficulty in
finding his home. He has once been ar
rested as n burglar, and several times
kicked out, so when he heard the female
voice say: " Is that you, Henry" he said /:
"'Fore l ansher that question I'd like ter
know If that's you, Sharah," holding on to
the front gate and leering up at Sarah's
chamber window. "Why, certainly, Hen
ry, it is me-" SIS this the corner of Aus
tin avenue and B streetD "Why, of
course it is, Henry" "Then," said Hen
~, Indignantly, as he swayed up against
the fence, "of coursh it's me-" What yer
ask fool questions for? Don't you know
your own usband?"-Philddelph Press.
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British Omnibus Drivers.

The life of an omnibus driver is some
what hard, according to the Pail Mall
Gazette. Every one sees him Flooding
along on his unobstructed course in
Picadilly or Oxford street, but few
realize the great distances over which
he travels. Here for instance are the
salient facts in regard to particular
instance with which l lately became
acquainted. 1t appears that eleven
horses are needed for the omnibus in
question; of these eight go out every
day. The course of the vehicle is fifteen
and of course the same distance back to
the stables in one of the suburbs. This
journey is performed four times in each
day, makidg daily journey of sixty
miles for the vehicle and driver, and of
fifteen miles for each horse, on eight
days out of every eleven. Though how
ever the horses get on the average three
DAYS in the stable out of every eleven,
the driver gets no respite at all He
drives his sixty miles day, Sunday not
excepted, which is equivalent to 240
miles week, 81 $40, per annum. For
this he gets 6s per diem, paid daily. He
is subject to a notice of twenty-four
hours He is liable to one third of the
cost af any damage from accident.
He has to provide his own personal
equipment, including topcoat, gloves
and driving whips, the gloves especially
being surprisingly large bill of expense.
A whip costs as. 3D., and it is extraor-
binary how soon the handle wears
through when it is held for ten hours
per day. So much for the duties of the
situation. The consultations are the
society of the various passengers and
the study of the temperament and pc
culiarities of the eleven horses who share
the drivers tolls. These have all
their names and histories; the names
being mostly comic, their histories some
times tragic enough. On the whole they
are well treated, and with steady, easy
driving often do their work for years
| together without a days illness. The
companies might do well if they provided
for their drivers having one week
holiday per year; and if they could
supply them with uniform top coat, OF
whip, or pair of gloves, after certain
| sufficient terms of service to warrant
the expenditure, the effect upon the mer
would probably be good. The twenty.
four hours notice seems also short fol
men in position so important. On the
other hand the pay is good, and it i:
satisfactory to think that whenever we
behold an omnibus driver we behold an
individual who is probably in receipt Of
more than f100 per year.
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Mn. @. +. BowEEs, of No. "a Common Street. Lynn.
Mass, says:
"while in the army at the battle of Spottsylvania,
Ifell while getting railfence and was badly In
jured and left for dead, but after time picked
up by comrades; and upon examination 1t was found
that my back badly hurt and kidneys seriously
Injured and have suffered the most cxcrucating pain
since and could obtain no relief although treated by
several physicians and had given up all hope OF get
ting help when was recommended 10 use Hunts
Remedy. purchased several bottles at one of ouI
drug stores in Lynn, and began t as directed.
and attend to business and am free from the
pains formerly had; and wish to say to my friends
and comrades that Hunts Remedy will do all that is
claimed for IT, andis worthy of all praise You use
my testimony when you have occasion 10. as l most
heartily recommend It to all that have kidney liver
troubles"
April %, 1888.
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Sale OF a ramou. rro,tlnr stallion.

The Geographic announcement made a
few days agothat the famous trotting STALL
ion, Black Cloud, whose brilliant perform.
ance upon the turf last season won the as
constituent and admiration of horsemen,
had been sold by the estate of the late An
drew Cutter, of Parma, Mich. to M. v,
Wagner, Esq. Mayor of Marshall, Mich,
has proven TO be correct. Black Cloud is
q marvel of beauty, and is perhaps one Of
the handsomest horses in race that ever
trotted upon the American turf, having a
record of 2:1lk. He is large, finely pro-
portioned, and as black as black can be. I"
His hair is as fine as silk, and as soft as
velvet, his name and tail are long and
heavy, the latter almost touching the
ground. The noble animal passes into ex-
celleut hands. The purchaser, Mayor M.
V. Wagner, is not only an admirer a2d low
er of good horses, but is also a first-class
business man, of energy and enterprise.
He is large manufacturer, and is the bust
ness manager of the Voltaic Belt Co., of
Marshall, Mich, whose appliances have
been so persistently and skillfully adver-
tised. Black Cloud has been placed in the
hands of q noted Chicago driver, who will
campaign him this season.
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"YOU MAY USE MY NAME"

desire TO inform you what your valuable medicine
has done for me. was induced to try IL by a mem
Der of our family, ''who had been benefited by its
use" have suffered terribly from kidney difficulties
At times have been very bad, having severe pains In
my back. with general loss of strength aud vitality.
My urine was very bad, with q heavy sediment OF
brick dust, which was fast leading TO gravel COM
mcnced using Hunts Remedy, with a marked i'm.
provcmcn from the start the pains left the urine be-
came moro natural, and can truly say bottle ec
Jecfed permanent cure.
have recommended It to many persons both here
praise.
You are at liberty to use this letter my name In
any manner you may think best. that other sufferers
may learn the value of the greatest OF all remedies
Most truly yours. JOHN F. COX.
GO Pleasant Street.
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CATARRH and Hay Fever. For twenty
years was a sufferer from Catarrh of the
head and throat in very aggravated form,
and during the summer months with HAY
Fever. / procured a bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm and after few applications received
decided benetit-was cured before the bot
tie was used. Have had no return of the
complaint. Charlotte Parker, Waverlv
n. Y. See advertisement. Price 80 cents.
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Don't Believe Ill

Said crabby dyspeptic to friend who
had just told him that DR.. Guysott's Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparilla was permanent
cure for dyspepsia" don't believe it,''
and the crabby dyspeptic continues to en-
joy the horrible comfort that his dyspepsia
gives him. DIR. Guysott's remedy is per-
manent cure for dyspepsia. 1t strengthens
the digestive organs most wonderfully.
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Youthful Follfes

and pernicious practices are fruitful causes
of nervous debility, impaired memory, de-
spondency, lack of self-confidence and will
power and kindred evidences of weakness
and lost manly powers. Send three letter
postage stamps for large illustrated treat
Use suggesting unfailing means of complete
cure. WORLDS DIsPEYsARY MEDICAL As
ISOLATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
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MARY must have summer bon
net remarked Mrs. Rather to her hus-
band this morning, ''and think Twill have
my old straw hat pressed over for her."
"a chip of the old block, suppose"
rejoined R.-BoSton Courier.
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Loss ana Gain.
cHAPrER I.
'sI WAS taken sick o year 80
With billions fever"


"My doctor pronounced me cured, but
got sick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides, and got so bad
Could not novel
i shrunkl
From 22S lbs. to 1901 / had been doctor
ing for my liver, but it did me DO good. l
did not expect to live more than three
months. / began to use Hop Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned, my pains
left me, my entire system seemed renewed
as il by magic, and after using several bot
ties 1 am not only as sound as a sovereign
but weigh more than did before. To Hop
Bitters owe my life."
Dublin, June 6, 81. II. FITZPATRICK.
cHArrERu.
Min TS Each ~ s sk
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years In
the most terrible and excuciating man.
ner.
No medicine or doctor could give me TO
lief or cure until used Hop Bitters.
The first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as well and strong
as when child.
"And have been so to this day"
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with a serious
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Boston's best ply
sicians-
Incurabler'
Seven bottles of your bitters cured him
and know of the
"Lives of eight persons
In my neighborhood that have been
saved by your bitters.
And many more are using them with
great benefit.
They almost .
Do miracles?" Mrs. f.. ID. Slack.
How TO GET SIcK.-Expose yourself
day and night; eat too much without ex-
ercise; work too hard without rest; doctor
/ all the time; take all the vile nostrums adj
vertised, and then you will want to know
hon to get ,oell, which is answered in
three words-Take Hop Bittersl
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% In n Decline"

DR.. r. V. PIERCE: Dear Sr-Last fall
my daughter was in decline and every
body thought she was going into the con-
sumption. 1 got her bottle of your
"Favorite Prescription" and it cured her.
OF all druggists. MRS. MARY HINsoN,
Montrose. Kan.
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WEAK lungs, splitting OF blood, consump-
ton and kindred affections, cured without
physician. Address for treatise, with two
stamps, WORLDS DIsPENSARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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INVENTORS ND-BooK-FREE.-Justo out
How great fortunes have been made. His.
tory of inventions; valuable to all who read
and think. Order it by postal card. N. w.
Fitzgerald, Solicitor, Washington, d. c.
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Don't Die in the House. Trough on Rats -
clears out rats mice, flies reaches bed-bugs l5c.
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Hcnry,s Carholic salre.

It the Best Salve for Cuts, Bruises, Sores,
Ulcers, Salt Rheum, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all kinds of Skin
Eruptions, Freckles and Pimples.
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THERE is so much sand in the strawber-
ries that are brought to market now that
they seem quite fit for the Decentralization
Commercial Bulletin.
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"A learned New York physician saw
there has been but little decline in
suPerstit4n in the last hundred years.
The only difference is that people do
not make theirbeliefs public as they did
then.
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CARMINE-TINTED foreheads and chins are
the latest craze among the New York
bellies. TO this complexion have we come
at last.-JSdn Francisco Post.
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AN exchange remarks that Mrs. Canoe,
of Cherrytown, is the mother of nineteen
children. What a time she must have pad
ding her own canoe.-Grit.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-Dr. j. c. Fiddler
says: "Persons who use Browns Iron Bit
tiers always speak well of it. 1t is good
medicine"
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AS WARM weather comes on wear Chroli.
thion Collars and Cuffs. Precipitation has
no effect on them.
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Mr.. HENRY CAKE was arrested the other
night for hammering his wife with club
Sort of batter-cake, as it were.-iSan Fran
cisco Post.
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For tremulousness, wakefulness, dizzi.
ness, and lack of energy, a most valuable
remedy is Browns Iron Bitters.
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WHY is an old coat like iron? Because il
is a specimen of hardware.
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it, 25c.
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PEOPLE should inform themselves about
the tariff. 1t is every mans duty.-N. o
Picdyune.
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OTTUMwA, IA.-Dr. j. n. Armstrong saws :
have used Browns Iron Bitters in my
family and recommend its use to Others"
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A MAN confessed that he married his
wife because she was good carver. That's
the kind of a help-meat every man wants.
CHICAGO Tribune.