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Year: 1875

Any one investing in these Bonds has the
satisfaction of knowing that his bond is GER
tain to be paid ut maturity; and further that
he assists in buildiog in the city of New York
o permanent Temple Of Industry. which will
be an ornament and pride to every hmeri-
can.


Each Bondholder, until his bond is re-
deemed, is part owner Of twenty two acres
OF land situated in the heart of the city of
New York, and estimated to be worth Two
Million -Four hundred Thousand Dollars.
And the building which is estimated to cost
Seven Millions.


The excavations for the foundation was
commenced on the 10Th of May. 1875. and the
building will be ready 90 receive the goods
from the Centennial Exhibition at its close.


No investment for people of small means
was ever offered OF equalins the Bonds Of the In
cured BY mortgage which makes the principal
safe, and eminently secure, and in addition to
which each bondhelder participates four times
year, in the allotment Of premiums above
named.


The difference between these bonds and a
lottery ticket is, in n lottery the helder must
lose his money or draw a prize, while the
holder Of an Industrial Exhibition Bond can
not lose his investment. but must have re-
turned to him the principal and small rate
Of interest added, and in addition has an op-
pottunity to draw premium ranging from


The Board of Directors and the Trustees Of
the mortgagage are among the most eminent
Of the business men of New York. and is of
itself a guarantee that the bonds are a safe
and desirable investment.


The Company is not responsible for any
money sent. except 1t be by check, postal or
der. draft or express payable to the order of
the Industrial Exhibition Company.


Circulars sent on application.


Address.


Industrial Exhibition Company,


No. ~ East 18th Street,


l23dkwt New York City.
Year: 1875

WILL BUY A QUARTER BOND OF THE
w, Industrial Exhibition Company Of New
York.


Each Quarter Bond participates in -Four
series allotments every year, until it is re-
deemed.


The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter of the below named pre-
Year: 1875

GAxBLINo.-No passion can lead to
such extremities, nor involve . man in
such a complicated train of crimes and
vices, and ruin whole families 50 CON-
pletely, as the baneful rage for gam
bling. 1t produces and nourishes all
imaginable and disgraceful sensations;
it is the most fertile nursery Of covet-
BUSINESS, envy, rage, malice, dissimula-
tion, falsehood, and foolish reliance on
blind fortune; it frequently leads to
fraud, quarrels, murder, forgery, mean
ness, and despair; and robs us in the
most objectionable manner of the great
est and most irrecoverable treasure
time. Those that are rich act foolishly
in venturing their money in uncertain
speculation; and those that have not
much to risk, play with timidity, and
cannot long continue play unless the
fortune of the game turn, rs being
obliged to quit the field at the first
heavy blow; or if they stake everything
to force the blind goddess to smile upon
them at last, madly hazard their being
reduced to instant beggary. The gam
bier but rarely dies.a rich man; and
those that have had the good fortune
to realize some property in this mis-
erable way, and continue playing, are
guilty of a two-fold folly. Trust nc
person of that description, of whatever
rank or character he may be.
Year: 1875

POWER OF BEARING HEAr.-It is
generally supposed that the human
frame cannot endure great heat, and, if
exposed to it, will soon sink into ex-
haustion. This is true in hot climates,
to which people have not been accus-
toned. But in this case the effect may
be due to influences from vegetation,
or to some disturbances Of nature. 1t
is certain that artificial heat is far great
er than the heat of the sun is in the
Torrid Zone, may be borne without
special suffering or harm.


The British Journal Of Science says
that the men in iron establishments,
work without any Inconvenience with
the thermometer constantly at one hun
dred and twenty degrees, and in pits
for making the Bessemer steel at ono
Lundred and forty degrees. In Tur-
kish baths the shampooners are often
busily engaged for four or five hours in
succession, with the temperature at one
hundred and ten degrees. In the Red
Sea Steamers the stokeholo marks one
hundred and forty-five degrees; and in
enamel works, the operators are COM
PEELED daily to endure heat of three
hundred degrees. The elastic power of
the body to accommodate itself TO ex.
trcmes is wonderful.
Year: 1875

Coon ApvIcE.-Foolish spending il
the father of poverty. Donot be ashamed
of work, nor Of hard work. Work for
the wages you can get, but work for
half price rather than be idle. Be your
master. and do not let society or fash
ION swallow up your individuality-has.
coat and boots. Do not cat up and
wear out all that you earn. Compel your
selfish body to spare something for pro-
fits saved. Be stingy to your own ap.
petite, but merciful to others necessi.
ties. Help others, and ask no help for
yourself. So that if you are proud, lot
your pride be Of the right Kind. Re
too proud to be Lazy; too proud to give
up without conquering every difficulty;
too proud to wear coat that you can-
not afford TO buy; too proud 70 be in
company that yon cannot keep up with
in expenses; too proud to lie, or steal,
or cheat; too proud TO be stingy.
Year: 1875

WHAf 10 DO vYrR TnocDLR.-Dou't
try 10 quench your sorrow in rum or
narcotics. II you begin this, you must
keep right On with It until il leads you
10 ruin; or you must add physical pain
and the consciousness, of degradation TO
the sorrow you seek to escape. OF al
wretched men his condition il most pit
iful, who, having sought TO drown his
grief in drink awakens from his debauch
With shattered nerves, aching head and
depressed mind, to face the same trou-
BILE again. That which et first was
painful 10 contemplate win, after drink,
seem unbearable. Ten to one the ia
tai drink will be again and again sought
until its victim sinks . hopeless, pitiful
and total wreck.


Work is the true remedy. III mis-
fortune hits you hard you should hit
something else hard-pitch into some
thing with . will. There's nothing like
good, solid, absorbing work to cure
trouble. If you have met with losses,
you don't want to lie awake thinking
of them. You want sweet, calm, sound
sleep, and to eat your dinner with ap-
petite. But you can't unless you work.
If you say you don't feel like work, and
so loafing all day to tell Tom, Dick
and Harry the story Of your woes,
you'll lie awake and keep your wife
awake by tossing, spoil her temper and
your own breakfast the next morning,
and begin to morrow feeling ten times
worse than you do to-day.


There are some troubles that time
only heals, and perhaps some that car
never be healed at all, but all can b.
helped by the panacea, work. Try it,
you who are so afflicted.
Year: 1875

The TArrLER.-A restless busy body,
with an unnatural and prurient lust of
gossip, perpetually itching to connect
himself with prominent or notorious
people, babbling to one of the stories
of the other, and rushing about with a
sort of feeling that the responsibility
for the conduct of large part of the
universe was resting on his shoulders,
a figure as can well be imagined. He
is so loose a talker with % little con-
ception of the value Of words, such ev.
ident lack Of common sense, and such
overwhelming idea Of his own impor-
tance in the transactions he narrates,
that even if his honest purpose be ad-
mittsd, very little weight can be given
to what he tells.
Year: 1875

s Two brothers down East were
noted for the earnestness with which
they took part in public worship. One
day the elder brother, in descanting ou
the characteristics of each said: Broth
er George can eAhort and sing. but he
can't pray. can pray his shirt Of
Year: 1875




Olive Harper's Letter in Globe-Democrat.l


The women Of Palermo are verify love
ly, with bright air in their carriage, and
their great black eyes. They seem to
! love the sun, and take no precaution
against his ardent kisses, for they are all
dark, but they are all beautiful


The better class dress exquisitely, but
modestly, in black. Lace and grena-
dimes form the material of the most of
their dresses, and they almost all wear
the black lace mantilla over their heads,
instead of hat This mantilla is the
most graceful and coquettish headgear
imaginable, and ia generally fastened to
the head by flower. Every lady car
ries "a fan, even the poorest; and this
fashion of carrying fan is not confined
to the women alone, for you see hun
dreds of men with fans in their hands.
Que soldier, on guard had his musket in
one hand and fan in the other


/ drove out to see the suburbs, and |
can truly say | never saw so many ele-
CANT residences in my life. Every house
was set in the center Of beautiful park,
where every kind Of plants, trees and
shrubs added to the beauty. Statues
cleaned through the lRbyrinths Of shrub
berry, and, in fact, everything combines
to make Palermo the dream of poets.
The deep blue Of the clear sky, the luxu-
RANT vegetation, the grandline Of noun
tains to the rear, and the sea to the front,
leaves nothing out of the landscape that
would be pleasant TO the eye.


The straight, wide streets have always
the sea or a mountain for background,
and a delightfully."- fresh breeze always
keeps the air pure and refreshing here.
Every garden is enriched with statuary.
The houses enclosed in. these gardens are
the residences of the nobility, and also Of
large number of foreigners, who have
found Palermo so delightful retreat
that they have set up their household
gods here for good and all.


After dinner we took carriage again
and drove to the long pier or bulkhead
along the shore of the harbor. This is
some two hundred feet wide and two
miles long, and is used as fashionable
drive. Almost the entire population 60
to this place every evening, and walk
along under its double rows Of trees,
where gas lights illuminate the scene.


Thousands Of magnificent carriages
passed and repassed, filled with beauti-
full women ia superb toilets, and the men
dressed in the highest style Of fine art,
which means like colored waiter, and
the long double. rows of gas lamps, Of
which every one had four burners, made
the scene one of ravishment. Boys with
bouquets of orange flowers and night
blooming cereus, made the air heavy
with perfume, and the light SO brilliant
and the sweet music, and the gay throng,
aud the prancing horses, and rustling
trees, all went to create in the partici-
pator the idea that this was not real, but
some sweet dream.


On one side was the water, black
as shadow and contrast with the bril-
lance Of the street could make it, aud
above the dark sky where the stars even
seemed to shine but family.
Year: 1875

On the down-hill side of life the constitu-
tion is beset with inhrmities for which Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters is the best of all reme-
dies. InvigOration is the most reliable means
Of resisting disease, and is particularly neces-
sary at "a period Of life when the decay of the
physical energies renders the system less able
than formerly to resist its attacks. The cheer
ing warmth which this prime tonic stimulant
diifuses through the chilled veins, the un-
wonted .steadiness which it gives to the totter-
ing limbs Of age, the prompt relief which it
affords from those maladies which are most
common in the decline of life. constitute il an
inestimable blessing to the old and inArm.
Among the testimonials TO the excellence of
this most salutary medicine Of which its pro-
prietors are constantly in the receipt, many
are received from persons Of advanced age,
who speak with unmeasured praise of its
qualities as an invigorant and preventive.
Year: 1875




The costume of the Dalesmen is some
times described as having been pictur-
esque; as before stated, the material Of
which it was made was homespun, and fire.
quently undyed, white and black heeces
being mixed to save the expense OF
dying. 1t is curious to observe that the
homely material, which is still made in
scme parts Of Scotland and Ireland, has
lately been pronounced by fashion to be
superior for country wear to the most
finished products for the steam loom; so
that now the most elegant ladies' do not
disdain to wear dresses of the self same
homespun, OF which our ancestors made
their " kelt coats. These coats were
ornamented with brass buttons, as
were the waistcoats, which were
made open in front for best, in order
to show frilled shirt breast.
Kuee breeches were the fashion
for centuries. They we're buttoned
tight round the body above the
launches, so as to keep up without
braces, which IRE Of modern invention.
Those used for best had knot of ribbon
and four or FIVE bright buttons at the
knee, and men who could afford il had
them made Of buckskin. Their stock
ings, which we're conspicuous part Of
the dress, which were also made from
their own WOOL the color being generally
either blue or grey On their feet they
wore clogs on ordinary occasions but
when dressed in holiday costume they
had, low shoes fastened with buckles,
which we're sometimes of silver. At.
the present day this style Of dress is
nearly obsolete in our wales, but some of
the old Dalesmen still adhere to what
was the fashion of their youth. Some
four or five years ago four Of the old
statesmen of the district happened to
meet at Grasmere Fair, and stood talk
ing together fer some time After a
while one of them noticed that all four
were dressed in knee,breeches, and
thinking it a strange chance which
had brought together what in these
degenerate days were, probably, about
the only four pairs of breeches left in
the country, they agreed that it formed
fitting occasion for friendly glass and
a good "crack" about auld lang syne
They were a connecting link between
the old times and the new, and probably
among the last to wear the costume Of
by-gone age. The dress of the women
was not less primitive than that of the
men. They wore homespun linsey-
woolsey petticoats and long tailed bed
gowns, blue linen apron completing
the attire. The statesman's daughter
who first communicated to her native
dale a knowledge of the glories of
printed calico is said to have created
tremendous sensation, and more than q
nine days wonder. The clogs worn by
the women differed from these Of the
men in being pointed at the toes, and
having brass instead Of iron clasps.
Their bonnets we're made of pasteboard,
covered with black silk, and in shape
somewhat resembling coal scuttle, the
front projecting nearly a foot beyond
the face OF the wearer. Bonnets were
bonnets in those days, and served to pro-
tect the head and face from sunshine
and rain.
Year: 1875

San Francisco CALL


1t was a stroke of policy on the part
of our government to devise in the trade
dollar coin which should compete with
the Mexican dollar and eventually drive
it almost out Of the Chinese market.
After reaching that country it encoun-
ters an almost ignominious fate. The
Chinese send it to India for the purchase
Of opium, They go into the Calcutta
mint and come cut as rupees, which are
stamped with the native characters on
one side and the value of the piece on
the other. The trade of China with
India in opium exceeds that of all other
commodities, as is shown by the reports
of the Chinese custom service. The
amount returned for the last eight years,
exclusive of the amount smuggled, which
would probably double it, is 81, ,44O,93
pounds. The amount of American sill
yer which annually goes to India from
China to pay for opium is immense. A
base use for so beautiful coin as the
trade dollar, surely
Year: 1875

Washington, Aug. 2.-Ths public
debt statement shows the decrease of
the public debt since June 30th to be
81 ,l24. .SS7.


The several Executive department
buildings are draped in mourning and
flags throughout the city are ut half
mast, in respect to the memory OF Ex
President johnson.


An order was issued by Commodore
Ammen, acting Secretary OF the navy,
directing, in pursuance of the Pres
idents order, announcing the death of
Ex-President johnson, that the ensign
at each naval station and of each ves-
sci of the United States navy in COM
mission be hoisted at half mast frum
sunrise to sunset. and that a gun be
fired Mt intervals Of half an hour from
sunrise TO sunset, at each naval station,
and on board flag ships, and of ves-
sells acting singly, on the day of fun
eral, where this order may lie received
in time, otherwise on day after its re-
ceipt. The officers of the navy and ma
rine corps will wear the usual badge
of mourning attached to the sword
hilt and on the left arm for period of
thirty days.


An order was also issued from the
War department, reciting the order of
the President, and directing that in
compliance with his instructions, the
troops will be paraded at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, on the day after the receipt of the
order, at each military post, when the
order will be read to them and the
labors of that day win thereafter cease.
The National flag will be displayed at
half staff. AT dawn of day thirteen
guns will he fired and afterwards at
Intervals Of thirty minutes between
the rising and setting of the sun
single gun, and at the close of the day
national salute of thirty-seven guns.
The officers of the army will wear
Grape on the left arm and on their
swords, and the colors of the several
regiments will be put in mourning for
period of thirty days.


The number of deaths from yellow
fever at Barancas has been twenty-five
out of seventy-two cases. There have
been three new cases and one death
since Saturday.
Year: 1875

Croydon, Augusta Valen-
tine Baker was arraigned to-day to
answer an indictment charging him
with the misdemeanor of an assault
upon young lady in a railroad car
riage.


The trial was concluded this even
ing. and Col. Baker was found not
guilty of attempting to ravish the
complainant, but was found guilty of
indecent assault aud was sentenced to
imprisonment for twelve months and
to pay a fine of five hundred pounds
and the cost of prosecution.
Year: 1875

Smokers will read with pleasure the fol-
lowing anecdote cf that great man, Presi-
dent Grant. The Indianapolis Herald pub
fishes it One morning the President was
taking a stroll through the White House
grounds, with his hands behind his back
and cigar between his lips. When near
ing the gate opening upon the avenue, his
attention was attracted to man and child
who were standing near lamppost, while
the former endeayored to light a match for
his cigar. The wind was blowing strong,
and the child, wearying Of seeing his father
fail SO often, and catching sight Of the
smoking figure at the gate, cried out, "Wait,
pa I'll get you light" bounded over to
the ruler of the nation, before the aston
ished and embarrassed father could make
an effort to detain him. With merry
twinkle in his eyes, Grant handed the little
fellow his weed, who took it in triumph to
his father, and seemed puzzled at the look
of confusion on his face. But he lighted
his cigar from that of the President, and
with many apologies for his sons forward
ness, handed it back. A short converse
ton was INDUCED in, and Grant expressed
his admiration for the youths independ-
ence. This incident occurred in the early
part of the present Administration, and to-
day the father of the preeocious infant oc-
cupies prominent position under the Gov
ernment.
Year: 1875

The last "hazing" affair at West Point
did not turn out just as its projectors
intended. The cadets are now in camp
and have to perform all the duties of soldiers
IN actual service. The members of the
older classes usually select this time for
tagging the "plebs," or freshmen, which
means that the "plebs :" are forced to black
the boots Of these swells and perform other
menial services, besides being knocked
round in very uncomfortable manner.
the other night "pleb" was placed on
duty as sentinel ON hill overlooking the
camp. While engaged in his nocturnal
duties he was attacked by his usual tor
mentors, who tried to roll him down the
hill. Instead of quietly submitting, he
fixed his bayonet, and. slashing right and
left, put his assailants to flight, one of
them being severely wounded. The COM


nanding officer, the next day, passed the
affair over with the remark that the sspleb''
should have run his bayonet up to the hiit
in the bodies of the attacking party. The
assault deserved more serious attention.
If the cadettes are at West Point to learn
the art of war, they should be dismissed if
they have no higher idea of their vocation
than to turn the domain of study into an
arena for the display of ruffianism.- Louis-
g;tle Courier Journal.
Year: 1875

The British ship Jessie Osborne, bound
from England to Australia, met the ship
Glance returning home in mid-ocean. The
outward-bound vessel hailed the homeward-
bound one as if in distress. The captain of
the Jennie Osborne informed the captain of
the Glance that one Of his crew hac gone
mad, had stationed himself up in the rig
ging and could not be reached or induced
to come down. He had with him chisel
with which he was continually cutting the
ropes and had badly injured some of the
crew by throwing blocks down at them. The
fnadman had now been up in the rigging
five days and every threat, pursuasion and
other inducemept to dislodge him had fail
ed. The captain of the Jessie Osborne did
not know what to do with this madman,
and called in the officers of the Glance tt,
advise with him and his officers. The
Glance advisors went aboard the other YES
sci and took a view Of the situation. The
madman was immovable. A consultation
was held, and it was resolved to shoot the
mad man and bring him down that way.
The best marksman ameng the crew was
selected as executioner, and he fired three
shots from revolver before he hit the man,
who managed to shield himself by lodging
behind the rigging. Finally the fatal shot
was 0red, and the maniac came tumbling
down like bear out of tree. When he
was quite dead the body was thrown over
board and the vessels separated. The ex-
ecution took place in the presence of both
crews, and the Glance brought home the
news of this strange incident at sea.
Year: 1875

At a recent meeting of the Palmetto
Guard were made the recipients of the first
Confederate flag raised in the late struggle,
and as this banner was identified with the
career of the company, it is doubly priced
as relic of the past. The donor, Mr..
John s. Bird, Of Laurens, an old member
of the company. in letter accompanying
the flag, thus tersely gives its history 'In
1860, before the passage of the ordinance of
secession by this State, Captain Edward
Mills of the bark Joes, belonging to the
Palmetto Line of New York packets, raised
this flag at his masthead in New York
Harbor, and his vessel was mobbed, but
they could not compel him to strike his
colors. On his return gold-headed pal
metto cane was presented to him by some
of the Palmetto Guard, and in turn he
transferred to them the custody Of the flag.
The secession of the State was quickly fol-
lowed by aggressive military movements,
and the flag accompanied the Palmetto
Guard in their various encampments. At
the siege of Sumpter it marked their parade
ground, and was used in the truce boat
that met the United States barges. The
Palmetto Guard occupied the fort imme-
diately after the surrender of Anderson,
and this flag was the first raised on its
walls after the salute and before F. j.
Moses, Jr., had arrived at the fort. The
flag remained with the company until they
were mustered for the war, and was then
taken by Mr.. Bird to his home, and has
since remained in his charge.-Charleston
Neaos.