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Year: 1873

The Ugly Side OF Life Insurance.


NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Philo T. Ruggles,
Receiver of the Electic Life Insurance
Company, states that he ia at present totally
ignorant of the condition of affairs. He is
determined however to make rigid exam
ination of the accounts to find out what
become of the funds. The officers of the
company made detailed statement show
ing the cause of suspension, the history of
its alliance with the Merchants Life Insur-
ance Company, aud the secret of the dissp-
pearance of the fun Is. The Eclectic Com
pany has been in existence between four
and five yeas and up to 1878 did good
business, its policies being all held through
out the country. For the past two years
the rate of deaths has increased rapidly,
the company paying ten hundred and three
thousand dollars in losses last year, being
80 per cent more than it could afford. In
addition to this the competition among the
different companies has caused a greater
expense in obtaining business. 1t is the
opinion of some of officers of the Eclectic
that by careful management the business
might have been carried on and they would
advise policy holders to keep up the
premium.
Year: 1873

BALTIMORE, Sept. 16.-At the meeting
of the Grand Lodge this morning an
amendment to the Constitution to change
the time for the annual meeting OF the
Grand Lodge 80 as to permit its session at
a later season of the year in case Sonth-
ern civ be selected was adopted.
Year: 1873

goes, his hosSs are glad to gel rid
Of him. He is vulgar; heis coarse;
he is dirty; he is rude. If he IS
lodged in palace, one trembles
for the pictures, and resigns the
carpets forever. His high-born
courtiers amusc themselves cut
ting the flowers out Of the tapes
try, and the heads out of the roy
al family portraits. If he proposes
to prolong his visit, the honor is
declined: and Gar and Kaiser
and Queen show a like alacrity in
passing him over he border. He
is bidden to a banquet. and after
he has once sent 4 refusal, he
changes his royal mind, rises from
his bed, and presents himself at the
door Of the distracted host---whcn
the meats are all cold and broken,
and the guests have gone home.
lie keeps an emperor waiting for
hours, and insults every lady Of
the court who is not handsome
for even court-ladies are some
times ugly. He advises Kaiser
Wilhelm to hang "that old woman
Augusta" He bedaubs the gowns
Of the royal ladies who sit beside
him at dinner. He throws his
food on the floor if he does not
like it, and he spits on the au-
diencc when he goes to the opera.
Oisome other incidents Of his tour
perhaps it is as we'll not to speak;
maybe the stories are not true.


We do not wonder when we are
told that Queen Victoria was cross
the other day at the review. But
it was very unreasonable to expect
the Shah to be agentleman. lie has
never been taught TO think Of the
rights and feelings Of other people.
BE has mover been taught that be
has an equal in the whole world.
The essence of courtesy is con-
sidcration for others, and how
should he have learned that? He
has been bred to sel6shness and
brutality; and it was not to be ex-
pected that he should k W
enough to change his manners al
together when he came in contact
with a higher kind Of civilization.
Perhaps it is just as we'll that we
have seen him as he is. A fascin-
ating illusion has been dispellcd
but the world is none the worse
for learning the truth, even when
error is so much more agreeable.
Year: 1873

A little girl attending Danbury
school lately had her dinner stolcn.-
No clue could be obtained to the thief,
although it was sought with tears.
Finally a mild plan was hit upon.
\ tempting doughnut with filling
of cayenne pepper was placed in her
pail. and the result was watched. Be-
fore noon little boy was seen at the
pump working it in lively manner.
It seemed if he had had two hundred
pairs of arms he could have used them.
The fire was out: however, and enough
of the structure saved to take across the
knee for Just few minutes.
Year: 1873

There Is a terrible outcry because
the farmers of Illinois, who are fight
ing the railroads, made a stand and
elected their candidate, in a judicial
election. Well, the railoads have
been looking after judicial elections
for along time. a great number of
Judges on the bench are owned by
railroads. Hundreds of others are
running up and down the country on
free passes given them with the
purely business purpose OF affecting
their decisions fsvorably TO railroad
interest Why should not the farm
ers own a few Judges? There is not
a railroad man of large intelligence
IN the country who does not know
that the great corporations have
their representative IL the lowest
and highest caucuses, and as keen
an eye OIL the eletion of judges as on
that of member of Congress; and 1t
IS popular knowledge that the SD
preme Court of the United States
was, in the opinion of the chief JUS
tice himself, packed in railroad in
terest.
Year: 1873

Sun-baths cost nothing, and are
the most refreshing, ifs-giving
baths that one can take, whether
sick or well. Every housekeePer
knows the necessity Of giving her
woolens the benefit Of the sun from
time to time. especially after a
long rainy season, or a long absence
of the sun. Many win think of the
injury their clothes are liable to
from dampness, who will never re-
feet that an occasional exposure of
their own bodies to the sunlight is
equally necessary to their own
health. ThesUn-bath costs nothing,
and that is a misfortune. for people
are still deluded with the idea that
those things only can be good or
useful which cost money. Let il
not be forgotten, three of Gods
most beneficeRt gifts to man-three
things the most necessary 10 good
health-sunlight, fresh air and wa
ter, are free TO all; you can have
them in abundance, without money
and without price, if you will. If
you would enjoy good health, then
see TO it that you supplied with pure
air 10 breathe all the time; that you
bathe for an hour or so in the sun
light; and that you quench your
thirst with no other fluid than wa
ter.-HaIPs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1873

Perhaps no announcement could
have come 20 the public of st. Louis
and Missouri more painful than that
of yesterday evening, that Major
Henry Ewing was no more. Dur


ing the long and severe illness Of


this gentleman, his friends had clung


70 the apparently well grounded
hope that the worst might pass


away speedily and that he might


soon take his WOntcd place IN our


mids1 But the hand Of the disease


had taken a hold upon him which


medical skill could not shake loose.


His constitution never quite strong,
and his system, never robust, had


been so undermined and shattered


By his intense application 8 the


business Of his nCWapapCr since the
cupcrauve power left 70 second ille
efforts Of his physicians. He had id.
deed become convalesceHt, to an nDs
pearRnce, wheu suddenly that re-
lapse, which "a so much 70 be dread
cd in cases like his, set in and sealed
his doom.


During the years that Major Ew-
ing has wrought among us, he has
won much distinction, but more OF
regard and affection. His was one
of those natures to which the whole
world seems kin, and he absolutely
had no foe. There we're none TO say
sught of him while living that was
unkind, and there are none in all the
great city whereof he was such an
active and valuable citizen, who are
not his mourners now. In his busi-
ness relations he was so situated
that his dealings were with all-his
patrons were the whole public-and
he was universally respected and
esteemed In social relations he
was equally without reproach. He
leaves behind him the kindliest
memory in every heart.


He had been taken from our midst
in the noon of his promise and the
midday of his manhood. Death has
come into the busiest midst OF our
community and plucked away one OF
the brightest and best beloved OF the
workros. Major Ewing had inst be-
gun TO see in the near future the
fruitiOn Of his hopes and the reward
of his toll Under his wise man
agement and propelled by his tire
less industry and his excellent tact
his newspaper was on the high-road
to success, and he was the undispu-
tedEarchitect Of its fortunes and
with them his own. Thus with the
goal of his ambition in sight, he
was stricken down in the midst of
bis striving. just as he could be-
gin TO contemplate the honorable
rest that is the fruit of manly toll,
he was gathered to a rest that Is
never broken or disturbed.-St.
Louis Rep.
Year: 1873

The Medical Home has the follow
ing recipes, which may be ofvaIue:


a tea made of chestnut leaves
and drank in the place of water,
will cure the most obstinate case of
dropsy in q few days.


A tea made of ripe or dried whor-
tie berries, and drank in the place of
water, is q sure and speedy cure
for a scrofHlous difficulty, however
bad.


a tea made of peach leaves is a
sure cure for kidney difficulty.


4 plaster made of fresh slaked
lime and fresh tar is a sure cure for
cancer, which with allits roots, viii
soon come out.


For the cure of small pOx, apply
raw onions halved under tho arms,
IN tho hands and on the bottom OF
feet; change ofteni diet, chicken
broth.
Year: 1873

interrupted, excitedly, COR may be
forced to strike you to the earth"


Robert, you are a fool"


This was too much for the already
excited man; and, before the other
could guard against the blow, he
was struck in the face, and went
whirling down the precipice, and
was dashed upon the rocks below.
The next instant the angry brother
would have given worlds to be able
to recall the deed.


''Ierciful heaveHi wAat have l
donew he shrieked, staggering back,
as Amy fell fainting at his feet.


The moon hid itself under cloud,
and the air seemed dark with howl
ing fiends. His brain Whirled; and,
with the fearful word murder"
trembling on his lips, he fed from
the spot and was lost to view in the
darkness.
Year: 1873

ence OF his unWonted enthusiasm,
he had drawn a number of capital
lists and men of business into a mi
ming enterprise, and he felt pledged
to the work of its SUCCESS.


cat an early day our charter was
IN hand when an election of officers
was held and your father made pres
ident Of the company. The care and
work, the anxieties and disappOint-
ments be endured for the next year
or two, in his efforts to mansge the
company Affairs, broke his spirits
and impaired his health. Money
was poured into the mine like water
into sand; assessment after assess
ment was made, until each share
holder had paid in thirty dollars o


share. 1t was impossible for me 70
take thirty Thousand out OF my bus
iness without destroying il; so


was forced to sell half my stock at a


loss of fifty cents on the dollar.
| carried the balance at a crippling


cost. But your father paid st each


assessment, until he had sixty thou


sand dollars locked up in certificates
that commanded no dividends and
ceased to be quoted at any price il


the stock market.


sIw will not detail the experience


we had in copper mining. 1t was 8
continued series of disappointment


from the time ground was broken un.
| til the work was abandoned. Ore was
found but never in paying quaint.
| ties. What was sent TO town paid


US about mill pound for dollar
| expended in procuring It. Our su.
| perintendent whose calls for money
were incessant always wrote in the
most glowing terms. Every indica-


ton was good. We were surely ap-
preaching one of the great lOdes


which other operators had struck IN
| that region, and the moment we


reached il our stock would 90 up to,
| and far beyond par. But the lode


was never found. At the end of 8
wear and 2 half the mine was aban-
doned.


al shall never forget the meeting
of directors at which we voted 10
| stop work. Your father who pre-


sided at the meeting, sat in the chair


more like q statute than a living
man. At its close / walked with
\ him. he was not inclined to talk
L saw that he was deeply mortified
add evidently much troubled. He


had put sixty thousand dollars into
this bubble, and it had burst. The
| land, for which we paid twenty
thousand would not sell for enough
to meet the claims that still stood


against the company. So all Wsi


gone. As we paused at d corner O
the street where our ways parted
| he said with much bitterness: sTC
think of my being such = fOOll
| cannot account for It, except on thl
hypothesis OF temporary insanity
! In less than an hour after nut M
name down for two thousand share
OF that accUrsed stock, 1 knew tha
| I had committed the greatest blum


der of my life, and nothing but
| morbid sense Of mercantile homo
Year: 1873

as caterer to the sensation-lovlng masses of the
people, contend that an undertaking OF this kind
protesting to have object beyond the moment
airy qualification OF a sight seeing and thoughtless
crowd should be more soberly and seriously pom
dercd.


He was pleased to inform me still further that
Professor Wise had difference with the managers
OF the enterprize; that he complained OF being sold
In the agreement and his plans sacrificed to gain a
cheap expedient for sensation. In other words,
Professor Wise has been sacrificed an advertise
ment OF a profitable speculation.


The public are long acquainted with Professor
Wise. They acknowledge his courage, integrity
and scientific knowledge. He will not retreat
from the project on which he has embarked. lie
VIII 60 on unfalteringy to the end; and though
IL Is plain TO see that he has been en-
trapped, that he is asked to encounter perils
needlessly multiplied, he will not draw
BACK. AS he has said. he could not consistently
pack out OF his position now, for no matter what
excuse he might give his motives would be MIS-
construed. l am, however, of different way OF
thinking and believe n Professor WISE consult
ing MS own interest, as the managers OF this bal
loon nave consulted theirs, Withdrew from his
contract he would forfeit little Of the esteem
in which he is Held. Should such a catastrophe AS
many anticipate befa this project those Who
through n selfish parsmony and an unholy striving
for notorlety, drove Wise ON his fatal mission
should be held to a strict accountability.


HUMANITY.
Year: 1873

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8, 1873.


An evening or two ago the superintendent of
the female cells in the Amshouse Mrs. Rebecca
Mcnamara, heard a noise down in the region of
the dungeons at one moment and the next she
heard wild and frightful cry. Rushing down
stairs she met Mary Bentley coming up, holding
bloody razor in her hand She had attacked q
woman named Mary Wkalen, whom she struck
laying open wide cash across her throat six
inches in width: The victim was found
in an insensible condition, resting In a pool
Of blood. All the circumstances OF the quarrel,
the struggle, or the precise moment in which the
woman tend dig the deed, are at present In
vOved in mystery.


Mary Whalen was carried to the hospital and IL
is doubtful whether she will recover from her
wound. The other woman freely confesses that
she did the deed: that she hated Mary Whaen, and
that it was her intent TO Kill her. She was brought
up before Alderman Butler this afternoon, and
upon the testimony that the bloody razor was
found upon the woman's person, and that knife
was subsequently discovered in her cell, she was
ordered to appear before Court charged with in
tent to Kill.
Year: 1873

Further Canvassing of the Situation
The Status OF the Money Market and
How Real Estate Is Effected Thereby.


The suggestions contained in these columns yes.
terday regarding landed property formed fruit
full theme OF comment in real estate circles during
the day. The offerings in the auction mart being
light, consisting only OF single piece OF property,
lett the hd6ttues OF the salesroOm to discuss the
general situation categorically and dogmatically,
as s usual among ha6ttues generally, who never
fail to justify the old saw In their own opinion at
least, that


LOOKERs-oN SEE MOST OF THE GAME.


The burden Of testimony, however was in favor
ofits correctness rejecting the condition OF the
market as 1t now presents itself to observation.
1t is just one Of expectation, buyer and seller In
prospective alike holding or ut the start to see
which W ay the current or transactions Is likely to
set Holders OF property wishing TO sell-that is
desirous to realize upon past investments-are. OF
course, waiting for strong market to declare It.
anxious buyers cOnnne themselves to inquiry as
yet, in the hope of some yielding from the frmness
now maintained later In the season. TO help the
solution oil this veXed question


THE CONDITION OF THE MONEY MARKET
has been brought in as determinate agency in this
ful monetary situation than other species OF prop
erty, and while liable to be Affected seriously by any
great financial CONFUSION, and more permanently
perhaps, certainly FOR longer period, 1t OverlOOk5


MERE sPASMs OF ACTIVITY


the result OF speculative manipulation or the Spe-
cial trade necessities that occur varOusly during
tine year The most that would happen in the real
estate market from such abnormal activity would
be the delay on the part OF capitalists earn
ing large interest OH call to seek the more solid
security, either in the way OF loan or investment;
but there Is generally money enough Offering on
real estate that can seek no other investment to
prevent anything like strngency in that market.
The following was the only public sale yesterday
PRoPERrY-BY A. J. BLBEcKKR, SON AND co.


(Supremc Court Sale


House and lot lSlxl0,2 II. 55th ST., 1858 IT, c. Of


EnO
Year: 1873

Theatre. he told to put the bag in the corner OF
told me to wait until heard q whistle. 10 about
three-quarters ofaE hour after heard the whistle
and saw Forester and Larry. Larry beckoned me
walked towards Fifth avenue; they told me to go
back to the other side aud follow them up.


N. B.-I am acquainted with the locality. know
the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the murder was COM
mitted IN a mousse on the same side as the Filth
Avenue Hotel. waited BY the church on the OPP
posite side, the side Booths Theatre is on. l saw
them so into the basement; one wentin. Forester
stayed out and leaned on the railing (the house Is
in about the middle OF the block In lew minutes
saw the short stout man moving about on the
second noor, over the stoop; he opened the middle
window and fixed wire and string
y int. Se FORESTER Caught ths
end, and brought 1t over to me, and told me to
look out, and II any one g came by II only child
policemen, or the like, to pull twice; II any one
went up on the stoop to pull three times. Larry
then let down rope ladder; Forester told me
that they would come out at the front door when
they got through, and that he would throw the
ladder into the street and must st. take It, with & the
and went IN, and stayed in about an
ladder which they threw out, and threw it over
the churchyard fence, which think was board
fence. They then came out & and w., walked @ towards
Booths Theatre Forester said, "well, Benny,
we have done more than we intended to night;
but 1aye s00S Walked ad unite ,Se
came to the New England Hotel, corner OF Bowery
and Bayard street. Forester got two rooms, 55
and So or 65 and GO. We went up stairs, I in one
room, they in the other. went to bed. Forester
soon after Knocked and came In. He said


s.Now, Benny, we have laid this boke
out. He was going to squeal, and we heard o
woman up stairs, and fnding something NANCY
him. they gave me $500 IN $40 bills, mostly new,
and told me TO go to Boston. In the morning
Forester came into my room. He took me by the
throat and pressed me against the wall and said,
Now Just imagine that you're strung up like this
Now keep your mouth shut ana you'li pe al Iignt,
because yol are in It too" FORESTER said that
they would 70 out West for year or so until the
thing would blow over, and when they came back
they would see tnaL was all right


TTacy's description Of FoIyester AGO ABOUT
Year: 1873

LAST Sunday Mr. Hewitt and another man crossed a fresh trail that had just crossed the road about seven miles east Of the Ciencga. This band had about four teen horses with them, and were moving rapidly toward the Sar Carlos reservation: Montgomery and Derrick crossed the trail about two hours later, and are of the opinion that it was raiding party that had just come out of Sonora with stolen horses
Year: 1873

THE finishing stroke is being given to Congress street. The old adobe wall that has long been in the way was removed this week. It is now one ot the prettiest streets in the village Frank makes an excellent marshal, he keeps the streets clean and everything orderly except the dogs.
Year: 1873

THE Papago women are first in bring ing barley into market. They follow af- ter the reapers and gather up the heads that are left. In this way each woman gathers from ten to thirty lbs. per day, and after cleaning it nicely, they exchange it for flour ard such other articles as they desire. If every one would work as hard to pay their way and save what would otherwise be lost, the world would be much richer than now, and beggars would very nearly disappear.
Year: 1873

HARVESTING has fairly commenced. It may be interesting to some to kno" no" farming here is conducted. The lana IS plowed with wooden stick, though In some instances blows of modern manu- lecture have been introduced. The graln IS Irrigated several times and then cut with old fashioned sickles. A large Touho place is leyeled off and the grain is drawn by man on horse back, who ties rope to hide and attaches it to the horn o1 his saddle and then draws it backward and forward until the grain of the neld IS gathered in one heap. After which, horses are put on and compelled to run around in a circle until the grain is threshed, then it is thrown into the air until the chaff is separated from it. It is rather rude way of farming, but has the virtue that is attached to Masonry and other old institutions. It was done in the same way before Solomon built his temple, and as some insist that the world is constantly growing worse every day, this may be a good reason why no innovations should be made upon the way they did things 1900 years ago. We don't believe, how ever, in that theory. We are of the opin- ion that the world is constantly improv- ing.
Year: 1873

COMPANY H, 5th Cavalry has three children that were captured by them while in an engagement with the Apaches in Tonto Basin last spring. The oldest is about six and the youngest about three years old. They are bright eyed little fellows, and are great favorites with the soldiers, who care for them with the ten derness of mother, which proves the rule that brave men are always kind hearted. They all speak English and seem as happy as though they had been born in a soldiers camp
Year: 1873

ROBERT WALLACE was arraigned last Tuesday for fourishing deadly weapons in a threatening manner and plead guilty to the charge. Judge Titus gave him the full benefit of the punishment the law prescribes in such cases, viz: Six months in the county jail and costs of suit The proof was abundant that this same indi vidual resisted the officers, and in his own language took the town" Why he was not indicted on these grave charges we are at a loss to know. If he had been he would be compelled to serve a term in the penitentiary at the expense of the Territory instead of the county.