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Year: 1873

An act regulating the forfeiture of life insurance policies, now before the legislature of New York, reads as fol- lows:

 SECTION 1. No life insurance company doing business in the State of New York shall have power to lapse or de- clare forfeited any policy hereafter is- sued by them, by reason of non- payment of premiums or interest, or any portion thereof, until the expiration of thirty days after such payment of premium or interest becomes due, according to the terms of the policy, nor shall any such company declare any policy forfeited unless 8 notice in writing, stating the amount of premium or interest due, and when due on said policy, shall have been addressed and mailed by the con- pany issuing said policy to the insured at his last known post-ofice, not less than thirty nor more than sixty days before said payment becomes due, &C., cording to the terms of the policy; nor then unless the policy-holder shall fail to make such payment within the said thirty days after the same becomes due.

 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect i'm mediately. .,tE ....s 9
Year: 1873

Nowadays there is little sympathy expressed for a man who neglects to in sure his property and loses it by fire. So it will be, some day, with the wife and mother who is left destitute simply because she failed to urge her husband to insure his life for the family. Women should investigate life insur- ance. It is their helper in the day of need. It costs but little and guarantees fire on the hearth and meat in the larder, down through the distant years. The Old. New York Life Insurance Company, at 346 and 348 Broadway, New York, will send full particulars on application.=Cone.
Year: 1873

A friend of ours who is chief clerk in the Governmental Dispensary, says that no medicine chest is now complete without John- son's Amodyne Lininaent. We always supposed it was prescribed by law; if it is not it ought to be, for certainly there is nothing in the whole nadterid medied of so mnch importance to the soldier and the sailor as Johnson's Anodyne Li1ainent.-COn.
Year: 1873

Persons fond of star gazing, may see the planet Mercury just now in the early evening, if they look in the right place. It wrinkles with pale rosy light, little above the ewestern horizon, and directly under the bright planet Venus between seven and eight o'clock,
Year: 1873

The crumply horn is a good indica- tion; full eye another. Her head should be small and short. Avoid the Roman nose; this indicates thin milk, and but little of it. See that she is dished in the face-sunk between the eyes. Notice that she is what stock men call a good handler-skin soft and loose, like the skin on the dog. Deep from the loin to the udder, and g. very slim tail. A COW with these marks never fails to be good nailker. I
Year: 1873

CHUDREN'S ears ought never TO be
boxed. We have seen that the passage OF
the ear is closed by a thin mem brane,
especially adapted to be influenced by
every impulse of the air, and with nothing
but the air to support it internally What,
then, can be more likely to injure this
membrane than a sudden and forclble com
preston ofthe air in front of it? If any
one designed to break or overstretch the
membrane, he could scarcely devise a
more effective means than to bring the
hand suddenly and forcibly down upon
the passage of the ear, thus driving the air
violently before it, with no possibility for
its escape but by the membrane giving
way And far too often it does give way,
especially if, from any previous disease,
it has been weakened. Many children are
made deaf by boxes on the ear in this way.
Nor is this the only way; if there is one
thing which does the nerve Of hearing
more harm than almost any other, it is
sudden jar or shock. Children and grown
persons alike may be entirely deafened by
falls or heavy blows upon the head And
boxing the ears produces a similar effect,
though more slowly and in less degree. 1t
tends to dull the sensibility of the nerve,
even if it did not hurt the membrane. |
ii
who died from a terrible disease Of the
ear He had discharge from it since he
was child OF course his hearing had
been dull; and what had happened
was that his father hid often boxed
his ear for inattention Most likely that
boxing on the ear diseased as it was, had
much to do with his dying. And this
brings me to the second point Children
should never be blamed for being inatten-
tive, until it has been found out whether
they are little deaf This is easily done
by placing them at few yards distance,
and trying whether they can understand
what is said to them in a rather low tone
of voice. Each ear should be tried,
while the other is stopped by the finger.
| do not say that children are never guilty
of inattention especially to that which
they do not particularly wish to hear; but
| do say that very many children are
blamed and punished for inattention when
they really do not hear. And there Is
nothing at once more cruel and more hurt
full to the character of children than to be
found fault with for what is really their
misfortune. Three things should be re-
membered here: l. That slight degrees
of deafness, often lasting only for time,
are very common among children, es-
pecially during or after colds. 2. That
a slight deafness, which does not prevent
a person from hearing when he is expect
ing to be spoken to, will make him very
dull to what he is not expecting; and, 3,
That there is kind of deafness in which
person can hear pretty well while lis
tening, but is really very hard Of hearing
when not listening.-Popular Scaence
Monthly.
Year: 1873

is the faircst he ever saw, without
any exception-he meant the baby
i got twenty-five dollars to boot,
not on the baby though, for in its
case the boot is on the other foot
and two or three sizes larger as near
as | can find out. ! am going to
harness the horse now, and go after
mother, she was born last night at
twenty minutes past ninc-I hope
you don't think | mean mother or
the horse, l mean the baby. She is
as hearty as q pig; eat an egg, a
biscuit, and drank three cups of tea
! mean Addie-she is getting
along nicely and if she don't have
any bad luck she will get along first
rate. She is subject to disorders Of
the stomach and they say that is q
sign of colie-I mean the baby-1
hope it is, for the nurse says colicy
babys never die. She talks about
her nose as she takes snuff mean
the nurse. I am going to name it
Edicma-I mean the baby. There,
Ive been reading this over and see
plainly that l amt fit to write. The
amount of it is, l am illustrated; |
am happy daddy, and that accounts
for it, so you must excuse me this
time.-R,uW Neac Yorker.
Year: 1873

We are not obliged to tell how
the following funny letter fell into
our hands the reader has to do is
to read it and langh att. We CON
graduate the new made pa-rl-ent,
and hope he will get over his con
fusion of ideas shortly, so rs to be
able to tell his baby from his horse:


DEAR SISTER EMMA:-I now take
my seat and sit down to take this
opportunity, to inform you thal am
daddy at last;Ythat is, suppose
| suppose l am, for Addie has got
nice, fat baby as ever made up
faces. We hope that these few lines
may find you enjoying the same
great blessing. Now this is to be
strictly business letter. Firstly,
as l said before, Addie has got a
nice baby. Nextly, have swopped
away old John and think I have got
pretty nice horse, it is girl
and weighs niEe pounds-1 mean the
baby-it is just as fat as butter, and
has a good strong PAIR OF lungs
She is rcd and has a bobtail-tho
horse l mean-and a white stripe
in her face, and is a good driver;
she has got blue eyes and dimple
in her chin-I mean the baby-and
just the prettiest mouth that ev-
or opened to receive pop; judging
from her teeth l should think she
was about six years old mean the
horse now-she is sound, smooth.
kind-I mean the horse or baby
either now-and the doctor says she
Year: 1873

Alter the Danburlan.


At this season Of the year, when
it behoovcs us to scrub and re-gray-
ell our bird cages, it's more than
likely that your canary will get out


In such case prompt and decisive
action is required. 1t is useless for
the whole family to collect and
shout at the canary and make des-
perate attempts to watt pocket-hard-
kerchiefs over him. Life is too
short to be wasted in this way.


And maddened efforts to clap hats
over him generally amount to very
little, especially when he is up a
tree.


And just here we may remark that
there are few methods of taking
exercise that may be relied upon to
hold ont like that Of following a
loose canary around village,
reaching out at arms length towards
him good-sized bird-cage, and en-
deavoring by series ofmonotonous
and irrelevant chirps to make him
believe he wants to go in.


Sugar and cuttlc-fish bone, as en-
gines of seduction, are not to be de-
pended upon. The-average coaxation
into cages by sugar Of the ordinary
canary Of North America is IN the
proportion Of q wheelbarrowful of
the one to = feather of the other.
We will state in this connection
that man with new shoes on, and
a big cage in one hand, can furnish
an interesting spectacle to over forty
bystanders by simply climbing a
tree to offer wiry Establishments to
an enfranchised canary.


The real way to catch loose can
airy, and the only way which can be
warranted for term of years, is to
collect all your friends and family
and post them around the tree OF
fence where the canary is at bay.
Let them all furnish themselves
with plenty of bits kindling wood,
sods of grass, Jumps of dirt, hunks
of bricks, curry-combs, booUacks.
porter bottles, and other handy mis-
siles, and let them fire away boldly
at the canary. fthe bird cowardly
turns tail and flies off, let everybody
follow and slam-bang at him with
thier utmost vigor. twill be hard
to confne this entertainment to youi
immediate circle. No boy whose
heart is in the right place and who
has any legs will refrain from the
pursuit, and there are men who
would leave dentists char tc
mngle in the fray. There are
cases, too, where funeral would
hang by thread, as it were, in the
vicinity of a canary-hunt. Even
from the windows of upper rooms
where sickness or dishabille may
detain unfortunate enthusiasts, there
viii come, ever and anon, q frantic
wash bowl ora whizzing lamp-chim
ney to testify the universally OF The
public interest. Of course, in this
rapid free distribution of fire-wooo
and paving material, it will not be
long before several ofyour relations
will wish they had brought tin um
brella along. But considerations o
mere personal comfort must not b'
allowed to interfere If you keel
this thing up long enough, and yo'
all fire pretty straight, you'll b'
sure to get your canary. And thel
you can have him stuffed. Beauti
i'ul glass eyes can be had for twent..
cents pair; but you had better bu,
your glass eyes by the dozen, for o
course you'll soon be getting anoth
er canary, so as not to waste IN
coon -SrriLuer'S for ,Juae.
Year: 1873

A CHICAGO paper tells story Of real
life thus Because she did not have
boiled cabbage for dinner last Thursday
week, Peoria husband wouldn't speak
to his wife all the rest Of the day ; stayed
away all night and took his meals down
town the next day, and since then has had
boiled cabbage three times every day."
Year: 1873

A MAN in Terre Haute, Indiana, has o
little private armory Of his own, consist
ing of one musket, carried by his grand
father in the revolutionary war ; another,
carried by his father in the war Of 1912
and third, carried by himself in the
war Of the rebellion.
Year: 1873

A Missouri woman said she gave a
railroad conductor ten dollar bill he
said it was two; she insisted; he persist
cd; she took out a revolver and snapped
it, and he gave the eight dollars balance,
not wishing to have any dispute with a
IoI,
Year: 1873

A snake who had lain torpid all winter
in bis hole took advantage of tAe first
warm day to limbeF up for the spriEg
campaign. Having tied himself into an
intricate knot, be was so overcome by
the warmth OF his own body that he fell
asleep. and did not wake uRtil nightlall.
In the darkness be was unable TO End
his head or Ais tail and so could not
disentaHgle aud slide into his hole. Per
consequences, be froze to death.


Many q suitable philosopher has failed
to solve that knotty problem, himself,
owing to his inability to discern his be-
ginning and his end.
Year: 1873

correspondent Of the London Times.
writing from Cartagena on the 18th inst,
says on that day the insurgent squadron
sailed out to attack the government neet when
Admiral Lobo ordered . retreat aud was pursued
for over an hour
Year: 1873

The nomination Of Mr. Williams
for Chief Jus,ice appears to have been
received with disfavor. No less than
fifteen Republican Senators, including
several o the most prominent Of the
body, express themselves in opposition.
One Senator said that the Supreme
Court was one OF the coordinate
branches OF the Government, the Chief
Justice in his sphere was the equal Of
the President and OF Congress, and such
a place was only proper to be filled by
one OF the most eminent jurists OF the
country. When the Senate went into
executive session to-day the nomina-
ton OF Mr.. williams was laid on the
table, the tacit understanding being that
the Senate would prefer, il consideras
ton Of the nominee having go lately
been q member OF the body, that the
President would Withdraw the nomina-
ton, rather than they should reject it.
1t has been customary for the Senate to
confirm at once member, or an ex'
member, when nominated for Office by
the President Judge Williams, when
member Of the Senate, was popular
with his associates, and as a debstor
appeared very creditably. After he was
nominated tor Attorney General the
Senate followed its custom and confirm
e1 him at once, but, while recognizing
his ability, many OF them do not regard
him az a fit person for this high po.i-
ton, and have therefore, though reluc-
family, felt compelled to withhold, for
the present a. least, their voice fog HE
"a N Z IN, G flnr
Year: 1873

fort has yet been made to secure the
desired end. steps should al
once be taken to do go. Il
the Kanawha Valley desire:
to hold it, what little shred OF local in
huence it may give them, or even upon
pa-tizan grounds, let the issue be made
now, so that the people may know next
fall just where their representatives
stand upon the qustion. This matter
is above partisan interests. 1t affects
all the people regardless of party. We
verify believe had the Legislature met
at Wheeling last winter, one half Of
the cost OF legislation would have been
saved, and that, without the necessity
of the present session. We have the
utmost respect for the Charleston
people, but they ought not to expect the
balance of creation TO suffer that they
may grow by any advantages, that
may accrue by reason OF its being the
capital OF the State. There are plenty
OF other places having an equal right
TO development through such patron
age, and as all cannot be gratified, then
place it at a point that will at least
yrove equally beneficial to all, and will
certainly give the people Of every part
OF the State an opportunity OF being in-
formed upon all State matters, and OF
advising upon short notice with those
who represent them.
Year: 1873

THERE lived in Brooklyn, not long ago, a
man possessed of a devil. He had inherit
ed the devil from his father, in the first
place, and had nursed it until it grew so
strong it took entire possession of him.
The devil was a very familiar one, and its
name was Rum. The man had many
noble instincts, and, better than all these,
he had loving, faithful, brave wife, who
made skillful war upon the demon, her
husbands master Recognizing the fact
that her husband was under an overpower-
ing impulse, that he lOnged and struggled
manfully to free himself from the passion
for drink, she bent all the energies Of her
woman-nature to the task of helping him.
She loved, and suffered, and toiled, until
at last the loving, and suffering, and toll
ing accomplished their purpose. She took
her husband by the hand, and shared with
him his struggle, until, after years of
labor, she Overcame his devil, and saw
him free man again. Her battle with
Rum had been fierce one. taxing and
wasting her strength sOrely, but she was
cOnquerOr at last Her husband stood
upon manly feet and showed no sign of
falling again. Several years passed away,
and this reformed man fell i'll of consump-
ton. The distinguished physician, from
whose lips we have the story, prescribed
alcoholic stimulants as the only means
possible of prolonging his life. The poor
wife was in terror, and begged the ply
sician to recall the prescription. She told
him other long struggle and her victory,
and said she preferred that her husband
should die then, sober man, than that he
should fill drunkard's grave year later.
But the freed spirit of the man was strong,
and he undertook to take alcoholic liquors
as a medicine, and to confine himself ab-
solutely to such times and measures in the
matter as the physicians should prescribe,
This he did, and during the months thus
added to his life he never once drank a
single drop more than the prescription
called for, and he died at last sober man,
as the wife had so earnestly prayed that
he might But the end was not yet. When
the loving and patient woman laid him in
his grave, and saw her long labors thus
ended in the victory for which she had
toiled so hard and suffered so bitterly, she
turned, in grief, to the brandy which had
been left in the house, and drinking it, she
fell herself into the power OF the devil
which she had fought so heroically.. And
| that woman died. not many months later, a


hopeless, helpless drunkard.-Heartb and
! Home.
Year: 1873

"OUR BABI."
In modest, quiet dwelling,i
Where ali is plain-nOt fine,
Lives a rosebud little darling,
A little friend of mine.
Earth seems to her play-hOuse;3
No doubt she does believe,
The house and all within 1t
Were made for GenievleYe. .
Her ewes are full of mischief
She's a pretty mouth to kiss,
She is something of a tyrant,
This pretty little miss.
She orders her two servants
To attend her night and day,
TO feed her when she's hungry,
And to join with her in play.
Or, if perchance, the twilight
Into the room may peep,
She calls aloud for some one
To rock her fast to sleep;
And if she wakes at midnight,
While the others are at rest,
They are reused from out their slumbers,
While she scolds her very best.
Yet, tyrant as she may be,
BY night as well as day,
There is no one knows but loves her.
There are anxious hearts that pray
That her life may be protected
For days and years to come,
For the brOWn-eyed little darling
Is the sunlight of that home.
What matter that her birthright
Cost an agony of pain?
Her winning smile and soft white arms
Have paid it back again.
What matter tho the parents
Hours of unrest endure!
Christ Worketh through our little ones
TO make us all more pure.
There is not in the breadth and scope
OF any human life,
An i'll without recompense,l
A Joy without a strife;
And were all anguish blotted out,
And naught but joy remain,
We'd know no God-we'd know no Christ,
For Heaven was gained through pain'
SO let her little majesty
Her countless changes ring,
Our hearts around the rosebud
Win ever fondly cling.
Well bear her mad-cap humOrs
Well laugh away her fears,
Wen sOOthe her angry spirits
While we kiss away her tears.
And in the distant future,
When the hair is silvered DER,
She will turn unto her parents
AS they turned to her before,
And with her loving spirit,
Which our rosebud will unfold,
Pay back their toll and trouble,
Over an hundred fold.


p" 81. Louis Globe.
Year: 1873

ON a recent trial in South Wales to
toot the validity of will, it was proved
that in 1867 the testator became impaired
in intellect to such an extent that he went
to the Post-office with postage stamp
stuck on his forehead, and requested to be
sent by mail to place he mentioned,
Year: 1873

Jury said a Western Judge,
''you kin 50 out and find a verdict,
lfyOu can't find one of your own,
got the one the last jury used"
The jury returned q verdict of su-
iCide in the ninth degree,
Year: 1873

time for explanations. The stranger, a
man rather below than above ordinary
height, whose fine, athletic form was
fully displayed by his closely fitting
buckskin garments, steppedquickly for
ward few PAGES, and firmly planted
his left foot in advance, threw up an
unusually long rifle, as though prepar-
ing to fire.


"For Gods sake, stranger, be careful
of,my child - cried Branson, while the
agonized mother uttered an audible
prayer.


Its our only chance. l know that
Indian, was the quick reply, and the
sharp click click of the hammer, as
it was drawn back, told that the criti-
cal moment had come.


By this time the Indian had nearly
reached the summit of the steep. That
he was wounded now became evident,
as upon a broad ledge Of rock he paus-
ed for a moment. This opportunity
was seized by the unknown. Although
the savage had taken the precaution to
hold the child up in front of himself as
a shield, covering nearly the whole of
his brawny chest. but leaving his head
uncovered, the stranger did not hesi-
tate III making the shot.


For one second, as it gained its posi-
ton, the rife wavered, and then instant
Iy became as immovable as though held
in wise. With clasped hands and
staring eyes the parents watched the
statnte-like form upon which so much
depended.


Suddenly sharp report rang out;
the white smoke drifted away, and as
the vision became clearer, they saw
the savage loose his hold upon
the child, reel wildly an instant, and
then pitch forward on the rocks. 1t
may be imagined that the father was
not long in reaching the place where
his child lay, and in few moments
more the little one was in its mothers
arms.


Tell us who you are, that we may
know what name to mingle with our
prayers, exclaimed the mother, as the
stranger prepared to depart.


My name is Daniel Boone" he said
and was gone.
Year: 1873

A STRICT Scotch woman of the Pres
byterian education was induced to at
tend service one Sunday at Trinity,
New York, this being her first appear
ance in an Episcopal church. After
service was over, she was asked how she
liked it, and gave answer that sit war
vera fine; but it war awfu' work for the
Sabbath dee"
Year: 1873

Do IT Now.-Dou't live a single hour
of your life without doing exactly what
is to be done in it and going through it
from beginning to end. Work, play,
study, whatever it is-take hold at once
and fipish it up cleanly and squarely
and then to the next thing, without let
ting any moments drop out between. 1t
is wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people ccntrive to make
of day; it is as if they picked up the
moments the dwindlers lost. And if
ever you find yourself where you have
so many things pressing upon you that
you hardly know how to begin, let me
tell you secret; tax e hold of the very
first one that comes to hand, and you
will find the rest ile and follow after
like company of well drilled soldiers;
and though work may be hard to meet
when it charges in squad, it is easily
vanquished if you can bring it into line.
You may have often seen the anecdote
of the man who was asked how he ac-
complshed SO much in his life. "My
father taught me, " was the reply, ''when
l had anything to do, to go and do it,"
There is the secret-the magic word
"Now."
Year: 1873

U We are informed the Saranae
could not find anchorage at Tacoma.
After sounding all over the harbor the
Admiral sent boat ashore with mes
sage stating that he would have to 90 to
Steilacoom for anchorage and would WIS.,
it them in buggy.