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Year: 1873

The reception OF Senator POmeroy by
his associates Monday was Of q very chill.
ing character. He came In after business
began, but not single Senator went for.
ward to speak to him, and after he had
made his personal explanation the only
persons to congratulate him were Har-
Ian, Flanagan and Chaplain Newman.
There is o general disposition, however, to
give him every facility that the CON-
mi,tee can offer to show the truth Of his
denial. It Is understood that he will not
deny that the sum named was paid to
Yorke, but will endeaVor to show that 1t
was for another purpose than to secure
hi, vntp
Year: 1873

Ia the opinion Of the Philadelphia Prs,
the suppression OF the iranking, nuisance
is "auother splendid AchiO vcment OF the
great Republican party which must be
accepted by the nation and by the world
as proof that whatever uusighOy evil
dences OF corruption or moral infrmity
may occasionally come TO the surface,
there is still among our public men a
strong undercurrent Of purity, integrity
and sell sacrificing patriotism"
Year: 1873

A male telegraph operator, in one city
after repeated efforts, got an answer from
4 young lady operator in another city.
he then sent this message: II have been
trying to catch you for the last hall
hour" In a moment the reply comes
tripping back to him over the wires from
the telegrsphic maiden: "Thafs nothing ;
there's a young man here who has been
trying to do the same thing Tor tho last
two years, and hasn't caught me yet"
And 1t Is likely very fortunate thing lOr
the young man that he didn't.
Year: 1873

A good story Is told Of the students Of
an institute which is located in the New
England States. A year or two since,
Just before Lent, the Principal Of the
school lecturcd the boys upon tho pro-
priety ol abstainlng from some accustomed
article of diet during Lent, and desired
each one to write the name Of the article
upon slip Of paper, and hand them to
him next morning at the opening Ol the
school. The papers were handed In, and
upon every one written the significant
word, "HaSh."
Year: 1873

late in the week. when g. G.. and l. @. and Union
Pacific became prominent, advancing over two per
cent each. The position Of speculation just at pres
ent is marked by special features. As far as we
can learn, the large spectators are exerting them
selves but little in the way of affecting the course OF
prices, but the smaller fry are generally holding
stocks in larger or smaller amounts, ex-
pectng the January rise" always held
out as bait by the cliques previous
to that month, in order that they may get rid OF
their stocks The small speculators above referred
to will doubtless be compelled to sell out, and the
big fish will again have the stocks under their con-
troll New alliances between the magnates Of the
street will doubtless be effected. and every
thing probably be rosy again for another brilliant
campaign in the stock market


To-day the market has developed no new features,
though in consequence of rise in London, Enc I'M
proved to 63!. The general market was strong dur
ing the morning and made some slight Improvement
on the closing figures of last night, but singularly
enough despite the more favorable features ot the
bank statement, and the better supply OF loanaoie
funds offering on CALL the afternoon market was asag-
ging one and prices gentyyielded all over the ista
marked indisposition to engage in new enterprises
being observable. So far as there was any special
activity in any of the list it was noticed in Erie,
Lake Shore Pacific MAIL Western Union, New-York
Central and Union Pacific, the variations being
more fully set forth in the subjoined table. In the
Investment miscellaneous, Coal, and Express stocks,
there was nothing to report The general market
closed weak The opening highest lowest, and
closing prices of active stocks were as follows:
Year: 1873

State Bonds were quiet and with slight inclina-
ton to lower prices. Outside of the regular holders
of these bonds but little interest is manifested in the
business The following were the bids
Year: 1873




The following is comparative statement of the
export of specie for 81 years from the port of New
York to foreign ports, from jan to JAM 4, 1872 and
for the corresponding period of the undernoted
Year: 1873

COME AT LAsT.-The epizootic has made its appearance in our town; several animals, horses and mules, are affected with it. In the instance of this epidemic, which has invariably proven so fatal elsewhere, the virtue of our climate IS fully sustained. IL is Of a very mild type, and with but ordinary care and attention not . single animal will tf lost
Year: 1873

PickpocEets do not enjoy life in
California. An old "bull whacker"
felt a strange hand in his pocket
there recently, and pulling out his
pcnknite, with a blade that weighed
"a pound, cut off the MANS hand at
the wrist and threw it after him,
with the advice. to ''put it in
whisky, where it would keep"
Year: 1873

New York engineers and machnists in
view Of the panic, propose settling all dis
putee with employers by arbitration.


New York-Inquiry at the offices Of the
principal steamship lines shows that the for
eign export trade, at one time seriously threa-
toned by the financial panic, is in a healthy
condition and that largo shipments ayo made
by every outgoing steamer without material
alteration in rates.


New York The Times says: The ques-
ton Of general currency payments in green
backs and national bank notes is about to
solve itself. Most OF the banks are paying
all demands when preferred to the certifica-
tion OF checks, and the difference against the
checks Of other banks that from their position
decline to pay out large sums of currency, is
only Is and d per cent. Some first class banks
are not only helping their neighbors to green
backs and sending currency to their country
correspondents. hut they are paying their
debtor balances at the clearing house in green
backs in place of relief certificates. The prac-
tical condition Of the question il in favor OF
The voluntary resumption of currency pay
ments in a very few days. No bank that
hopes to retain their old accounts of value or
expects to acquire new accounts of desira-
bic character, city or country, will deem it
prudent to have ii known that il il behind its
neishbors.
Year: 1873

On the first of next month, the fol-
lowing provision in the merchant ship
ping act of the United Kingdom, passed
last session of parliament, as to the du-
ties of masters of British ships in case
of collision will come into operation :
In every case of collision between
two vessels it shall be the duty of the
master or person in charge of each ves-
sci if, and so far as he can do so with
out danger to his own vessel, crew, and
passengers (if any to stay by the other
vessel until he has ascertained that she
has no further need of assistance, and
to render to the other vessel, her mas
ter, crew, and passengers Gf any such
assistance as may be practicable and rs
may be necessary in order to save them
from any danger caused by the collision
and also to give to the master or person
in charge of the other vessel the name
of his own vessel and of he port of
registry or place to which she belongs,
and also the names of the ports and
places from which and to which she is
bound. If she fail to do so, and no
reasonable cause for such failure is
shown, the collision shall, in the ab-
senco of proof to the contrary, be
deemed to have caused by his wrongful
act, neglect or default. Every master
or person in charge of British vessel
who fails, without reasonable cause, to
render such assistance or give such in
formation as aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if he is a
certificated officer, an inquiry into his
conduct may bo held, and his certificate
may be cancelled or suspended"
Year: 1873

Be very careful not to pull down your
shirt sleeves, or up your collar, or, in
fact, to do anything to your costume as
you enter tho ball room. IL implies
nervousness or uneasiness with yourself
to do so and your one great endeavor
in all societies, should be to thoroughly
at your ease, and satisfied, without van
ity and coxcombry, with your dress and
appearance. Do not stand idle but do
not dance overmuch. The one implies
a small number of friends, the other
wastes valuable time, and prevents your
keeping that constant lookout all around
YOU which is essential to SUCCESS. Be
introduced to movable people quietly
there is no necessity to advertise to by
standers that. you did not know them
before. Never talk much to woman
you have only Just made the acquaint-
anco of nor eagerly. She may be al-
lowed to suppose you wished to know
her, but not that her acquaintance is
any particular acquisition to you. Above
all things, my dear boy, | entreat you
not to stand in the doorways, nor herd
with other men upon tho landing. tits
simply advertising yourself failure.
Tie yourself to the veriest wall flower,
gossip with the dowdiest mother, dance
with the most disappointed Of the
maidenhood, rather than. sink to this.
Sitting in the corners comprises very
large subject, or, rather, array of sub
jects. 10 know how to sit in the cor
ners we'll and prlldently, requires vast
experience and a steady head so, until
you have much extended your acquaint-
ance and your knowledge of humanity,
would recommend you to avoid that
most agreeable of the pleasures of ball
going. II is not for novice at once to
penetrate to the inner depth of fashions
mysteries, and | shall, therefore, put off
my advice on this subject until come,
in future letter, to the great subject
of flirting, which, of course, comprises
the art Of sitting in corners. London


SOcietY,
Year: 1873

The two cigar steamers OF Mr.. Ross
Winans Of Baltimore make frequent
trips in the British channel, although
their officers taken pains to prevent any
knowledge of their capacity for speed
from becoming public. Ono of these
steamers was built at Cherbourg and
the other on the Clyde. The latter is
about 400 feet long, and is built on a
different plan from the original cigar
steamer, which now lies at her wharf in
Baltimore. Instead of a wheel in the
center the vessel has two propellers at
the extreme points Of the cigar. The
cigar portion Of the hull is submerged,
and an eyewitness describes the whole
appearance Of the vessel as he saw it re-
Gently in the harbor Of Southampton as
"that of an ordinary ocean steamer
pearched on the back of a whale" Mr..


winans hopes to obtain speed OF
twenty miles an hour by propulsion


.I-..o Win his strange craft.
Year: 1873

BRASDRETu's PILLs.-We cannot recover our
health save by taking out impurities from the
blood. Some believe when we are sick there il an
excess of some blood ingredients usually, perhaps
of Albumen. We know that Brandreths Pills take
out all that is injurious and finally restores the
health As remedy for costiveness, and an anti
bilious physic, they have no equal.


Principal Office, Brandreth House New York
and sold by Druggists.
Year: 1873

THE REASON WHY.-The immediate
cause Of premature fading or blanching of
the hair is an obstruction Of the oil vessels
which afford the coloring matter. The re
mote causes may be general i'll health,
trouble of mind, etc. Hence, in order to
restore its natural color and beauty the oil
vessels must be restored to their normal
condition. 1t is on this principle that Ma
TURE HAIR RESTORATIVE is compound
cd, and it has proved complete success,
wherever faithfully applied 1t is not a
poisonous dye, Consequently the effect is
gradual, and in severe cases two or three
bottles arc necessary to produce the dcsir-
cd result See advertisement.
Year: 1873

Which is bound valuable
from
ted with boiler every modern Improvement The





walks and drives approach hotel which is
the lucky winner who will debt the
furniture and fixtures and be the realizing
The grounds six delightfully."- song the river In addition
this grand prize other will consist
dwelling situated Winona H.
One best Fiuo-S -Scionackers newl
Horse Buggy and Harness
Zcl> Billiard Table new1 $50
Two ash Prizes OF
Two Cash Prizes
Ten Cash Prizes of
Thirty Cash Prizes of s. $50
Which, with the Hotel, valued


Makes a grand total of



the drawing will take place
Year: 1873

About six years ago, young coupie re-
siding IN the vicinity of Rock Ford, Ruth
erford county, Tenn, were married. The
young man was comfortably well off, kind,
considerate and affectionate. The young
lady belonged to an excellent family,
had hosts Of friends and vas con-
sidered the handsomest girl in that sec
ton. The two had known each other
from childhood, and everything indicated
that their married life would be a happy
one. The fair bride was eighteen years of
age, and Der husband was a few years
older. After the marriage ceremony, the
young couple settled near the home of the
father Of the young lady, the husband hav-
ing purchased farm adjoining. In due
course of time children came to bless their
union, and so far as their neighbors knew,
the life Of this couple passed as pleasantly
and happily as that Of welded pairs should.


In the vicinity of the home of the per
sons referred to, lived q cousin Of the hus-
band's-a wild, harem-scarem sort of a
young man, full Of life and fun, and this
cousin was always heartily welcomed to
the home Of Mr.. -. Time passed on,
and the husband noticed that his wife was
not as ahectionate as she had been in the
past, but DO thought Of her unfaithfulness
crossed his mind until about ten days
ago, when he surprised her reading
q letter which she seemed disposed to
conceal from him. To bis inquiry as to
whom the letter was from, he received an
evasive answer, and as bis suspicious had
been aroused, the husband took occasion
during the wife's absence from the room,
n O kx0 laftnr b
she had placed it. This letter proved. to be
from his cousin Tom, and he learned there
from that the writer had sent the sum of
Year: 1873

Sl75 to his wife, and that a plan for an


elopement had been matured, it having been


arranged that Tom would send a vehic le


for the lady on certain day, and that he


would meet her az point indicIted.


The husband was horrided at his discov.


cry, and Immediately carried the letter to
his Wife's father and asked bis advice. The
father at once accompanied his sOn-in-laW
home, and sought an interview with his
daughter, but she locked herself up aud re-
fused 70 see any one Of her own family.
Afterwards the husband told bis fsithless
wife that she was at liberty to go with bis
cousin, If she wished, and made
arrangements to divide bis
property with her. Last Friday week,
a vehicle drove up to the house, the wife
took her two youngest children (there being
three altogether) bade her husband good
bye, got in and was driven of. The de-
serted husband took his loaded rifle, fol-
lowed Der, and soon saw the cousin
who had brought desoiAtiOn to his
home, advancing down the road
to meet the vehicle. The woman
beckOned to her cousin to 90 back, and be
was just turning, in obedience to her re-
quest, when a ball from the rifle Of the
kinsman whose confidence he had so
sh2mefllly abused struck him in one
shoulder and passed out at the other. The
husband then returned to bis home, and
left the guilty couple to themselves. The
wounded man proved to be but slightly
injured, and he and the woman have dis
appeared from the country.
Year: 1873

THE Philadelphia Bulletin says: "a gov
ernment which depends for its success and
the consequent happiness of. the people, IS
this does, upon the intelligence and en-
ightenment Of its citizens, fails to do its
duty if it does not exhaust its resources in
an effort to cultivate every human being
within its reach" That is nice talk from
the organ Of party that forced upon Us
about million Of ignorant black voters.
In the race to retain power, the intelligence
of tie voter wssnot thought Of.
Year: 1873

II is stated that a party Of Americans
celebrated thanksgiving day on the shores
Of the Dead Sea, and that not even the
necessary turkey was absent from the
board. They sstonished the staid Arabs
with their enthusiasm at every mention of
''home, sweet home"
Year: 1873

THE great seal of the State of Virginia
was lost during the capture of Richmond
in 1865; aud e new one afJerward adopted,
bearing in place of the historic "Sic Semp-
er Tyrdnnis," the words "Liberty and
Union" But short time ago the old seal
was returned, and the question arose as TO
which was the eyal seal of State. The
matter was suomtted to the Legislature
which decided in favor of the old seal.
Year: 1873

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The locomotive of
the Freeport Express on the Northwestern
railroad coming in this city this morning
jumped khe track just as the train was pass
ing switch on which stood the haywood
local passenger train and into the latter in
juring Mr.. Clydesdale, wife, three DAUGHTERS
and son, who were sitting in the rear pas
senger car. Mr.. Clydesdale is reported to
be dying, but the rest of the family are
not seriously hure. The accident is thought
to be due to an accumulation of ice at the
frog or an imperfect rail. Fortunately the
passengers VINO were expecting to come in
on the haywood train were or the platform
or there might have bsan great loss of life.
Year: 1873

1 never had Npy stock in the company. 1
could not as IAdid not have its dividends.
If pressed to know if purchased st any
time any bonds or any stock of the rosd,
you can say did at the time they attempt


ed 10 embarrsss you when the value of the


stock was depressed, and l paid you the
full market value for it, paid you seven
thousand dollars in money for stock
and bonds. The stock | put Into
the hands Of Morton Immediately TO
sell as soon as it should 90 up reasonably


Ia the market, which be did. saw Morton
on my way through. He said he had never
held any stock ofzDtedit Mobilier for any
one. hut be did not wish to have his name
brought into the examination if it could be
avoided. am going to Ohio. l will see
Year: 1873

woman started, spat on the ground, and
began to mutter inaudibly.


"Do you know that poor old man ?'
asked Felicia, observing her companion S
emotion at the sight of her protege.


"That is tho son of my mistress"


"What, Nathan Levio'


eyes, he who would have left his moth
er to die of hunger, had it not been for
you, and who has left her to die of grief
and shame, in spite Of YOU


"He9 Why he looks himself the very
image of starvation"


"Ah, looks! But Nathan Levi isn't the
man to keep poor. He started in life with
dozen lemons; and in twelve months had
turned them into twelve hundred pounds!
AS long as he has even so much as himself
left to sell, he is rich man."


But Felicia, knowing from her own per-
sonal experience how easily money is lost
and how hardly gained, and being unable
to judge except from appearances, was
incapable of seeing in the apparent pauper
even so much as the potential millionaire;
so that the knowledge of who her ac-
quaintanee was increased her interest in
him and her pity for him ten-fold. On the
next occasion of her meeting him she drop
ped into his hand small coin or two
He glared at her wildly for an instant, and
then began to thank her no less wildly,
and in such terms that she was alarmed
She began to think that the poor creature
was touched in the brain, and it was with
additional gentleness, if such thing could
be, that, having overcome her first feeling
of fear, she greeted him on succeeding
days.
Year: 1873

Once more the days became weeks, and
the weeks were in fair way to turn them
selves into months. The hour at which
Mr.. Smith was to receive the Emerald into
his temporary possession was drawing very
near. Meanwhile, two events had hap
pened; the Holy Family was complete, and
Mrs. Levi had taken her leave of all things
in this world, Mr.. and Mrs. Cranstoun being
foolish enough to spend almost the last of
their few coins in giving her decent
funeral.


When her son heard of her death he
mourned for her according to the strictest
rites of his nation, sitting upon the ground
for the appointed number of days in a
passion of selfreproach, almost of self
hatred, that was by no means merely cere-
monal. But the whole period of his
mourning was otherwise sort of ecstasy;
for the green stone was never out of his
hands.


1t was for its own sake he had come to
adore it now, and not for the sake of the
visions that were fading away day by day.
Those that came to him now were rather
recollections than realities. 1t was less
now in the ocean Of green light than in his
own heart than the jewel FAIRIES had taken
up their abode; indeed the light itself had
grown Opaque and dull. He was like the
laudanum- -drinker, to whom his drug has
ceased to be delight, but has become a
terrible necessity.


A continual flood of words which seemed
to carry profound meaning, but in reality
were meaningless, like those poems COM
posed in sleep, which seem so magnificent
at the time, but of which the fragments
that remain dimly after waking turn out
to be sheer nonsense without either rhyme
or reason, kept ringing through the ears
of his mind, keeping time to one moneto-
nous and weary measure. The one con-
Meeting note that had pervaded all the
melodies and harmonieS of his grand vision
now seemed to have subdued them all, and
to be heard alone in all its nakedness. At
last he felt that, if lie remained shut up
any longer alone with his treasure, he
should 60 mad indeed. But he waited
until the days of his mourning were over,
and then, longing for the fresh air and the
one ray of human sympathy that remained
to him, and of which his long abstinence
had brought him even consciously to feel
the need, he instinctively shouldered his
bag and emerged once more from his den.


But though he arrived in sight of the
door of the Uanchisseris in Bean street
long before the usual hour, and fingered
about for good hour after it, the sun did
not shine, and he went his way with a
heavy heart.
Year: 1873

Well, even the bravest heart is no tails
man. Arthur worked bravely-too brave
ly, considering how inevitable was failure;
too bravely, considering that he had neith-
er been borne nor brought up to toll. l
have heard genius defined as the reckless
destruction of an originally SPLENDID con-
stitution; and l think that the definition,
if not containing the whole truth, and if
not very ineligible without much expla-
nation, is at all events Il splendid apsrcu.-
To do anything really great, man must,
consciously or unconsciously, strain him
self to the very uttermost; and it is only
the most splendid constitutions that can
answer to the strain that is need to achieve
really great things without breaking down
in the attempt. Arthur did strain himself
to the utmost, but his physique was not
that which can be strained without break
ing.


One morning, as he was putting the last
few touches to his " Holy Family" he be-
came aware of a curious singing in his
ears; then the objects in the room lost their
dstinctness, and he himself turned sud
denly sick and giddy. He was standing on
a scaffold, improvised out of stools, in
order to reach the top of his rather coloss-
he was conscious was that he was lying on
the floor among the scattered tools, that
he was feeling miserably faint and i'll, and
that he had an agonizing pain in his right
arm, which was doubled up beneath him
and which he could not move. On raising
his left arm to his face he felt something
wet which proved to be blood running
from wound in his forehead. 1t was in
this condition that Felicia found him two
days before Nathan Lewis return to the
world.


Doubtless the fall itself had been caused
simply by want of food, aggravated by hard
work and anxiety; but the result was a
fever and broken arm.


A surgeon was Immediately sent for, who
after the manner Of his profession, attend
eb to the case first, and thought of his fees
afterward. A glance at the state of things
showed him plainly enough that his patient
was not likely to be profitable one, and
he at first suggested removal to hospital
but Of this Felicia would not hear, and a
second glance at her showed the surgeon
that she was not altogether unreasonable.


But, though she undertook the duties OF
nurse willingly, it was bad time for her.
that women are far more capable than men
of supporting bodily privation, she ought,