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Year: 1872

We call the special attention Of the Public
to the fact that these Companies do a FIRE
Insurance business exclusively hence
their Assets are pledged Solely to their
Patrons as security against Loss by Fire,
and are not weakened and diminished by Ma
rine, Inland and Life Liabilities, as is the
case with Companies combining the several
branches Those desiring


RELIABLE FIRE INSURANCE
ut fair rates. are invited to apply at tho Offices
Of the above Companies.
Year: 1872

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Year: 1872

FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS wheth-
er in young or old, married or single, at the
dawn of womanh00d or at the turn OF lilo,
these Tonic Bitters have no equal.


EE- SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. ga


They are u Gentle PRrgatiye as
liar merit of acting rs a powerful agent in re-
Loving Congestion or Inflammation of the
Liver, and all the Nisceral Organs
Year: 1872

Ex.QuKuRs.Ep.-Thc Chinese work.
men at tho North Adams shoe factories
have cut oil their qaeues In token Of
their desire TO be excused from any
longer connection with their town,
their native land." They now regularly
attend the Methodist Church,
Year: 1872

smarting under the indignities he had
suffered, in not only having his pet crow
killed, but being compelled to eat por-
ton OF it, went to the headquarters Of
the Bucktails and made complaint TO the
Colonel against the big sergeant. The
Colonel at once sent an orderly for Ser
geant Smith, rightly supposing he must
be the person referred to. lie obeypd
the simmons at once. lie pushed the
door ot the tent aside and entered the
presence. Swapping his heels together,
and standing erect in the position of sat
tentiOn," he brought his hand quickly to
the visor of his military cap and gave
the Gust stomary salute 10 his Colonel.


Sergeant" said his commander VERY
g'avely, edo you know that gentleman ?
pointing to the old Virginian.


"Yes, sir" promptly answered the
other.


GLOW did you become acquainted with
him, sergeant ?"


ave dined together yesterday, SIR
promptly answered the culprit.


The roar Of laughter which followed
this reply need not be described, nor the
manner in which even the old VirgiEian
joined. The sergeant was sent back to
mis- quarters, and the interview between
the old aristocrat and the Colonel was
ended by an invitation TO the latter to
dine the next day at the old mansion.


Whether this story has any bearing
upon the present practice Of eating crow
or not, / cannot pretend to say, but
have little doubt that the pet crow of
the old Virginian was quite as palatable
to him as Greeley is to some of those
who are compelled to swallow him.
Year: 1872

Of all the love affairs in the world,
more can surpass the true love of big
boy for his mother. 1t is love, pure
and noble, honorable in the highest de-
gree TO both. do not mean merely q
dutliul affection. mean a love which
makes boy gallant and courteous to
his mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he is fairly in love with her. Next
to the love of her husband, nothing so
crowns a woman's life with honor as this
second love, this devotion of the son to
her. And | never knew boy to "turn
out' bad, who began by falling in love
with his mother. Any man may fall in
love with the fresh faced girl, and the
man who is gallant with the girl may
cruelty neglect the worn and weary wife.
But the boy who is lover to his mother
in her middle age, is true knight who
will love his wife as much in the sere-
leaved autumn as lie did in the daisied
spring time.
Year: 1872

1t don't pay to hate people. If You
don't like man, skip him. If he is
mean enough to hate he is not worth the
loss of vitality it takes to hate him.
Give him wide berth and let plenty of
fresh air circulate between him and your
self 1t is more healthy.
Year: 1872

A HUSBAND AND WIFE REsoUED.-Peter
Finn and his wife Bridget, of New York
City, never could agree. They intended
to cross the Catharine ferry to make q
visi. in Brooklyn. On the way they en-
gagged in one of their periodical wrangles.
At the foot of Oliver street they quarreled
violently. Mrs. Finn said she was tired
of life and ready to die, and so saying she
ran across South street and sprang off the
pier. Her husband ran after her, calling
her back in the most endearing terms.
Officer Frank Murphy leaped into the
water after Mrs. Finn. When Mr.. Finn
saw his wife struggling he exclaimed: :" Ii
Bridget dies, I'll die with her." With this
he also sprang off the pier, and as soon as
he came near enough to his wife he
tightly embraced her and both went
down. The officer got into boat close
by and waited for the couple to rise to the
surface. As soon as they did the officer
grabbed them. In the struggle of the
woman to rid herself of her husband, the
officer lost his hold, and they went down
again. When they rose the second time
the officer met with better Success and
managed to haul them into the boat ex'
hausted. They were taken to the police
station, and there were well cared for.
Year: 1872

While there is no very marked change
in the shapes OF tho hats and bonnets,
n different effect somewhat is given by
their being worn very much further
back on the head. a New York ladly's
journal say that the dressing OF the front
lair is now allowed to be perfectly seen.
With tho strings tied under the chin,
Ne present head-dress becomes bonnet;


A. 4 u Ikx =
Year: 1872

Dsday, and | can kick you out again to.
morrow and there's another man over at
the White House who can kick me out,
and the people by and-by can kick him
out and so We 60. But if you own an
acre Of land it is your kingdom, aud your
cabin is your castle-you are sovereign,
and you will feel it in every throbbing of
your pulse, and every day of your life
would assure me of your thanks for having
thus advised you.
Year: 1872

The "VANITIEs of MoNARCHs The
King of Sweden is said to be an excellent lock.
smith, and to devote much time TO the i'm
provement of that branch of mechanics. The
King of Portugal excels as a turner of wood
snd ivory. The members of the royal house
of Hohenzollern-possbly with view to some
future contingency-have all been trained up
to some useful art. The present crown prince
is said to be an expert bookbinder, and his
wife an accomplished miniature painter. The
Queen of Holland is poetess, but poetry is
an inspiration and not an art. Louis Napoleon
and Queen Victoria have both essayed to write
books. The wife of the Prince of Wales is
superb musician, and has but few equals among
amateurs as pianist. The Czarina of Russia
paints miniatures we'll The Queen of Belgium
is horse trainer and fearless rider, while
the Queen of Denmark is great housekeeper
and one of the best cooks in her dominion. 1t
Is also said that some of the junior male mem
bcrs of the royal family Of England are prof.
cient as practical composers, while the Prince
Imperial OF France is first-class typographer.
Year: 1872

Who LIVE LoNGEsT.-There is an obsoIes-
cent proverb to the effect that shoemakers'
children always go barefoot The significance
of this is, of course, that mechanics and profes-
sona men are slow to give themselves or their
families the benefit of their special avocations.
The proverb is strikingly corroborated by some
vitality statistics that bave recently been
elaborated by learned gentleman at Berlin


These shows that of all classes of mankind the
shortest lived are the doctors There is another
fact developed by these figures that conveys
grim sarcasm: Among the classes whose
average Of longevity is the greatest are military
men. The inevitable inference is that to de-
stroy human life is healthy; to save it, fatal.
Year: 1872

Has summer come without the rose,
Or left the bird behind ?
Is the blue changed above thee.
world or am blind ?
Will YOU change every flower. that grows,
Or only change this spot,
Where she who said, love thee,
Now says, l love thee not
Be false or fair above me;


Come back with any face,
Summer. do care what you dor
You cannot change one place
The grass, the leaves, the earth, the dew,
The grave, make the spot,
Here where she used to love me,
Here where she loved me not.
Year: 1872

An editor and his wife were walking out in
the bright moonlight one evening. Like all
editors wives she was OF an exceedingly poetic
nature and said to her mate, Notice that
moon; how bright and calm and beautiful I"
"Couldnt think of noticing it, =" returned the
editor, "for anything less than the usual rates
"a dollar and fifty cents for twelve lines
Year: 1872

About three months ago young fellow went
into Lowell factory and offered to marry the
girl who could jump the highest The POO
girls there employed at once began the spring
board exercise, and they have been jumping
ever since. Some of them have come to equal
Mark Twain's jumping frog, but the wished
for man tails to put in an appearance.
Year: 1872

BEAUTFY Your FARM-It is a great mis-
take to suppose that money spent in reasonably
improving the appearance Ofa place is thrown
away. 1t may be doubted whether there is
any more direct method to increase its pecu-
mary value. Certainly its market value will
depend very much upon its outward appearance
Tasteful and el-painted buildings, we'll
arranged gardens with neat fences, shade trees
properly disposed, good farm fences and ceanly
kept fields, will set off farm to great advan-
tage and make an amazing difference when it
comes to be sold. And even if it be not sold,
these things will add amazingly to the enjoy
ment of it by its possessor, if he be not blind to
everything but the dollar. Every man, too,
owes it to the community in which he is living
to contribute to general reputation and to
public enjoyment by making all his surround
ings as attractive as possible. There is such a
thing as paying too much attention to outside
and to show; but there is reason in all things,
and a measure Of time and attention and ex-
pense should be devoted by every one to
making his farm and his home more attractive
every year that he lives.
Year: 1872

To sell themselves to the highest matrimo.
nial bidder is fashion old and new among
young women in most of the social ranks.
Poets declare it, cynics growl at it, literary
PeneIOpes do reams of bread and butter about
il. Ethel Newcome is always seeking young
Farintosh; sly Elizabeth constantly PLAYS
bashful love and sweetness for Lovel's benefit.
But it is all under the rose; however plainly
the fact of the bargain is understood, the fond
pair have the wit or the grace to ignore it, and
to perform respectable comedy of truth and
affection before the world 1t isn't often that
We hear of such case as has lately been airing
itself in that dusty den, the English Court Of
Chancery. The heroine was young widow,
who, after becoming engaged to one adorer.
felt a ankering for the plumper purse of
another, who proposed huge settlements as an
inducement to break that engagement. She
kindly mentioned the fact to No. /, who firmly
but mournfully gave her up--and she married
No. 2 and his money That she should be
unhappy, that No. 2 should deceive and
maltreat her, and leave her almost penniless
were of course the results of this matter-of.fact
bargain. A tedious suit at law ends the story
and points its moral.
Year: 1872

A MOTHER CATS INvITATIoN.-A reliable
gentleman tells of his experience with a cat
which had been left for few weeks at his
house, during the absence of its owner. He
had not especially noticed her condition. but
had few times broken "house rules" and fed
the cat at table during meal times. One morn


ing she came and rubbed against him at break.
fast time, and finally touched his hand with
her paw. He fed her as before, when she left
the room, but soon returned Without LOOKING
at her he reached down to caress her, when
she gently laid wee kitten in his hand which
she had brought from the cellar. She seemed
greatly pleased at his attention to her little
one, and invited him as we'll as she could to the
cellar where he found two others. On his
return to the dining pom she tiled to follow
him, but he shut her in the cellar. A day or
two after the mother cat was charged with
abandoning her offspring and leaving them to
starve. They were found nearly dead, and
were immediately killed. But an investigation
soon showed the cause of her unnatural action.
by some failure of natures process she had
not been furnished with the material nourish.
ment for her young, and, knowing this, she car
rled the kitten to the dining-room as the best
method that she had Of asking that her little
family might be otherwise provided for. Her
experiment failed, but the charge that she was
cruel mother was withdrawn.-Bat. Sun.
Year: 1872

This was the announcement last night
from Washington of an event expected for
several days past. 1t is but short time
since the inventor of the telegraph, Pro-
fessor S. +. B. Morse, was hOnOred by the
erection of statue in Central Park. New
York, to mark the public appreciation OF
the genius that discovered a means OF ami
hiAting time and distance by the trans
Mission of messages over the telegraph
wires. We need not refer at this time to
the ooening Of the line of telegraph be-
tween New Orleans and Portland, twenty
five Years ago. when much stress was laid
on the fact that message went from Port
land 70 New Orleans in less than no time
The name cf Professor Morse will be re-
ye-ed as one of the greatest benefa4ors Of
the age.


The statue in Central Park, New York,
was erected IN honor CT Professor Morse
on the tenth Of June, 1871. On that day
the inventor Of the telegraph sent the fol-
lowing message to all parts Of the world:


Greeting aad thanks to the telegraph
fraternity throughout the world. Glory to
God IN the highest; On earth peace and
good will to men.


The response from the New Orleans
Office was:


To him, whose ightnings have enlight-
ened the world. whose ways are in the sea,
whose paths are in many waters to Morse
the telegraphers of New Orleans offer their
congratulations,
Year: 1872




Unless the present scarcity and high
prices of iron are the effects of causes
which may be speedily removed, they
must operate as a serious check upon
the prosperity and progress of all civil
lized nations. The rapidly increasing
demand for and consumption Of this
rmetal.in its various manufactured forms,
has already been brought to halt and
enterprises of great utility, and even of
national importance are now awaiting
further developments upon this subject,


This enhanced cost falls with the
most severe and para wing effect upon
railroad building enterprises, and hence
indirectly upon the general interests of
commerce and production, so largely
dependent upon transportation facilities
Unfortunately, this large advance has
come upon us at time when the rail-
road system Of the country is being ex-
tended at the rate of some seven or
eight thousand miles a year, when new
building projects were about to be en-
tered upon in nearly every State and
Territory in the Union, and when vast
railroad schemes are being matured in
South America, Russia, Egypt, India,
China, and other non producing coun-
tries, which have just begun to develop
their material resources, and need IRON
to do it with, in immense quantities
and in every possible utilized shape


Where is all this iron coming from
And If the present deuand so much
exceeds the supply and forces up prices
to SO high. range, what may be ex>
pected of the prospective demand,
which promises to be much larger in
proportion than any prospective or
even possible increase of production +?


Il is difficult to perceive how the 10
creased supply, requisite to keep prices
within bounds, can come from Europe
It is very evident that the cost of pro
.ducton there is not likely tobe reduced
with mines growing deeper and more
difficult to work, and operatives clam
cring for more pay, or desertlng foi
other fields Of labor.


It really seems that, with our abun-
dant supply of coal and ore, lying close
to the surface and so easily mined and
brought together, we ought not on ly tc
be able to supply our own domestic
wants but those of nearly all the world
Year: 1872

RIVER NEvs.-The ice in the river is still
thick enough to prevent the arrival or depar-
ture of vessels. Fortunately, there were
comparatively few vessels in port awaiting
carg0es at the time of the freeze. There are,
however, several lying below Drewry's
Bluff bound up, awaiting a sufficient break
in the ice to enable them to reach this city.
Among them is'the schooner Ashland, with
Il load of coal for the City Gas Works.


Many vessels heretofore lying in the river
at City Point have been compelled to haul
alongside of the wharves to be out OF the way
Of the drifting ice.


The New York steamer was compelled,
also, to haul up at that point and discharge
her cargo, which will be sent to this city by
rail,
Year: 1872

ACCIDENT FROM A SKYRocKET.-Hampto
W. Curtis, young son of Captain John A.
Curtis, was seriously injured last night by
tue explosion of rocket in the hands Of a
boy near the corner of TWenty-fifth and
Broad streets. The contents of the rocket
struck young Curtis In the right eye, and it
is feared will impair his sight.
Year: 1872

GAs.-Strcets in darkness again last night.
River full Of ice and no coa!-ycssel. The
public are assured that the Committee on
Light are no,u doing all within their power
10 get coal to keep up the supply OF gas for
indoor use
Year: 1872

WERE man to conform more to the laws of
health and of nature, and be less addicted to
the qualification of his passions, it would not
be necessary to advertise Fellows Compound
Syrnp of Hypophosphites as a restorative for
the powers of the brain and nervous system,
while the worlds progress in enlightenment
would indeed be marvellous. m1Sd1w&wlt
Year: 1872

TRUE HosPITALITY.-I pray you, oh ! ex-
cellent wife, cumber not yourself and me to
woman that have alighted at our gate; or bed
chamber made ready at too great cost; !;
these things, ifthey are curious in them, they
can get for a few shillings in any village; but
rather let this stranger see, if he will, in your
looks, accents and behavior, your heart and
earnestness, your thought and will, what he
cannot buy at any price at any city, what he
may well travel twenty miles, and dine
sparely and sleep hardly, to behold. Let not
the emphasis of hospitality be in bed and
hoard; but let truth and love, and honor, and
courtesy, flow in all thy deeds.-Emerson.
Year: 1872

They have tribe of Indians in California
who live without sleep. What famous night
editors they will make with little training,
and what cheerful war whoop there will be
in the tone of the morning papers of the Cali
fOrnia of the future.
Year: 1872

In no one is the feeling of devotion "a


his calling more apparent, aud, indeed


more natural, than the engineer. His
engine to him is thing of life and in.
telligence. Every locomotive differs
more or less rom every other. Each
one requires treatment peculiar to IL
self. Some must be handled tenderly as
high mettled racer; others require
handling like stolid, plodding old car
horse. Some have an appetite for fuel
for which voracity is no name at all:
others consume water as il afflicted with
an insatiable thirst; some possess the
pleasant habit of keeping themselves
clean and neat under all circumstanc
while others are inveterate smokers. y
and cover the engineer and fireman
with smoky scot. But with locomotives,
like men, the most detestable habit (iu
which even they sometimes indulgel ia
chewing and "spitting "-the latter
process being performed from the smoke.
stack, which rains a sooty filth over the
entire engine, brass ornaments and an
This habit fully justifes the name given
TO it by engineers, which differs some
what from that given above.
Year: 1872

II has been quite satisfactorily proven
that meteors, before they meet with the
retarding influence Of the eartb's atmos.
phere, often move with velocity seve.
raj thousand times that of cannon
ball at the instant of its discharge. Ifa
cannon ball could be made to move with
such velocity,rit would almost instantly
be destroyed, and disappear in streak
Of fame. 1t is probable, however, that
the impetus necessary to .impart such a
velocity would at once reduce to powder
any brittle substance like cast iron or
stone. Meteors which enter the atmos-
phere at any considerable angle from a
direct line toward its center are DETECTED
from their own course and soon move
from its influence. Such is, no doubt,
the case with many which are seen 10
fit across the sky, while many, if not
most of those which enter in q direct
line, are dissipated into impalpable gases
before they have passed half the dis
tance from the solar bounds OF the at
mosphere to the earth. to reach the earth
in a state of impalpable dust. ="
Year: 1872

MAKE NorE OF THls.-If you wish
to make a purchase, don't go away
from home to do it. Encourage home
Industry, and give your trade to mer-
chants and mechanics, especially
those who advertise freely. That Is
the way to build up lively business
In your own town. aud beuefit your
self as well as others. Every dollar
spent In a town is OF an advantage to
q place, in general, aud every dollar
spent abroad for articles which could
be bought on favorable terms nc home
Is like taking so much capital ous OF
the place. .....
Year: 1872

@r Carter says he can't fight the
United States government. He
would do it short hand if he ina
gined he could make a point, or
break one. Having gone back on
his faith, his party, his cause, his
friend. To go back is the only role
he fills with grace and determine
ton:


The horrible outrages on the
peoples rights generated by the
collection of sham representatives,
sprung from the registration laws
as maggots breed in carrion, can
easily be conceived by any intelli-
gent person.


In language like this Carriers own
paper goes back on Carter. To be
called ga sham Representative" is
really too bad. We always knew
that when a man was down, his
friends turned upon him. But We
did not look for it in this quarter.
Never.
Year: 1872

Suppose combatant declares his


intention of shooting his opponent


on sight, sallies out, meets him, sees


that he is well prepared, and then


backs out. Can this combatant,


then, pitch into his opponent and


damn him for defending his life?


Yet this is the platform Of the Fags.


They proclaim their intention of
subverting the State Government


by an armed mob and assemble to
make short work of it. But 10 |!
the State is well defended, and they
slide of. Then they vilify the
members of the Administration for
doing what they should in duty
bound. This is funny. What is
expected from a government which
they warned, that the whole town
is to shut up shops and go for it in
sections should quietly sit down
and let them do it ? What is a
Government, if it is not able to de-
fend itself when assailed ? Suppose
the Nation, when the rebels declar-
ed war. should have remained
listless, and thus invited the insur-
rectionists to take seats and be COM
Portable ? Would our own Nation
be worthy of respect ? The Fdgs
would have the State, when they
say that "not one stone of the
State House will be left upon an
other" to quietly,draw off and say
certainly gentlemen-tear it down
your heads level-destroy-|
smash up the State Government !"
The most ridiculous of assumptions
this is, That an Administration with
Executive and both branches of the
Legislature in working order shall
consent to be knocked into pi to
suit set of demagogues whose
only pretext lies in a minority.
This is the way things look.