Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1874, Page 5

THE .UHLCAGO DAILY, TRIBUNE: SATBRDAY, JANUARY 3, 1874, RAILROADS. The Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad Controversy, S Judge Tipton Refuses the Application {or Discharge of Receiver = . Hinckley. charscter of the Board Not Altered L by the Change in the Directory. Other Railroad Matters, special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. roomsaios, Tk, Jun. 2.—To-day the Gil- Clinton & Springfield Railroad case as- sumed snother shape, 2 motion being made be- fore Judge Tipton, in Dloomington. by ox-Gor. Palmer, on belialf of the xoad, to_ discharge Re- caiver F. C. Hinckley, who i8 now running the aud turn everything over to the Directors. Gov. Palmer’s motion was based upon the re- cont chinge in thie Board of Directors, by which Sfesare. Melvin, Black, and Wilkiams went out of the Board by resigning their positions, and tho clection in their stead of T. J. Carter and B.F. mr, of Spriogfield, and H. Magill, of Clinton, which occurred on Wednesday, Dsc. 8l The argument in support of the cpplication was. that the offending Directors hav- far gon out of tho Board, and their places being pow occnpied DY Wic. in every way unobjection- £5le, the Judge should return tho property o its S woers. 1t was urged that tho Directors could asge the roud to much better advantee than % Beceiver, and could mako it more highly ro- punerative to the stockholders; that the in- Te of the road was diminishivg under the ansgement of the Recei nd that it would Jo msnifestly unfair to keop the owners of the ot of posscssion of the properts, when ey bad done everstning they could to purge {ls Directory of men who were obnoxious to the Ccurt. Gov. Palmer stated that ho did not ob- jest to Mr. Hinckley. the Receiver, pereovally, ot to any Receiver Lolding the road after the recent change in the Bonrd of Directors. ¥r. I Crawford, conusel for the Receiver, resisted the miotion, first, on the ground thatthe Juige could nat, in vacation-chambers, cancel an arder made by tae McLean County Circnit Court interm time, when the caso had been continued ol the mest term. To grant the spplication soad simply be to apnul an order of Court ede in term tume, not the subgtituting of ono Beseiver for another, but fhe absolute rescind- ing of the whole action of the Court. If, however, s Honor shou!d bo of opinion that he possess- o poer to grant tho retief that was ssked for, then the Receiver wanted time to properly wewer tho application. Notice hed been given him only the dav before, and bo was enti- Hed to timo before being dispossessed of such saiasble property. If the case procceded to that soiat, he should be prepared to show several {iiigethat would vindicate the necossity of kecping tho road uuder Mr. Hinckley's mausge- e, ‘Jndze Tipton, ater examining the authorities, cae to the conclusion that he had not power, sitting out of term time, to dischorge the Re- cewver, He also said that the chenge in the Beard of Dircctors did not alter the character of the Board, for the reason that the Morgan Im- rovement Compuny etill have power, by hold- ingthe majority of the apparent stock, fo elect euelr Dizectors 28 they choose, and as the tock beld by that Company is tho very boza of contention, it being alleged that their stock wos frandulently issued, he could mot ussome that the new Directors represented any duferent iuterest from cld ones. It wasnota Juestion of tho personal purity of the new Di- . ‘ectory. 1twesa question wko held tho bons fide stock of the road, and as thet guestion was still to be determined, Le could not anticipate it by returning thie roza to the possession of men who were under the control of the very stock ths! hes been the main subject of controversy. He tacrefore declined to grant_application, S0 tze 10xd will rewain asit is, in Hinckley’s hands, at leust for the present. THE WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY. Bemoval of Dr. Twombley and Ap= pointment of Prof. Bascom to the Presidency=-easons for the Change. Special Lnspateh to The Chicaoo Tribune. Foxm pu_Lac, Wis., Jan. 2.—Pasties here, a8 sleevhore in this State, are signing a petition protesting 2gainst the removal of Dr. Twombley, Prez.dent of the State Univi The Com- monu:eal/h, this evening, containa the following on th2 question of & chsugein tho Prosidency. I:s iuformstion I have reeson to believe is cor- roct: e now heve the personal assurance of a gentleman aully informed of all the circumstances of the case, ad in whose integrity we place tle fullest contidence, Wt the best infercsts of ibe Univenity demand the cizngs that bean decided upom, and ibat the Board of Regeuts aro unanimous, and 80 Hrm in their convi: tions tist 1o uflvenco 1hat can be brought to bear fafavor cf Dr. Twombley willdnduco them to modity their opinions or consent to retain Lim. We docr'presurme to utter axe word againet the caaracter <2 Dz, Twolbley a5 & gentlemun sud an educator, but our L'gh estimation of the gentlemen composivg the Board of Regents sutisfies us that they would not have d@isploced him were they not certain a betler man would take his place. We lave only the good of the University at beart, and, though Dr. Twombley were our 1arest friend, W could offer o objeetion to his zemoral under such circumstances, Prof. Buscom, Who &a engaged for tho position, comes Lighly recom= mend>d sa & finished schiolar and successful teacher, ST. LOUIS. - Kxrifinl Statistics — Mceting of Gov- emors—Finance and DBusiness—Fhe Working-men. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. §1. Louss, Mo., Jan. 2.—The morning papers bere all kept up the obsolete custom of publish- ing & review of the business of the year, issuing immense sheets on New Yenr's day. It is not likely that any of them will ever do the thing 52in, on account of the great Inbor and expense tovolved, and the inadcquate reimbursement for the same, either in money or in patronage. The statistical showing is fuir enough, but ratber in places, if the journals of other cities saw fitto pick flaws in the statcments. Governors Hendricke, Boveridge, and Woodson wiliallbe in the city mext Vednesday. They will sttend 1he opera together, and atterwards Lavea recepiion and baquet at the LaClede o Thereis no chango to note in the financial €itustion, money being reasonably easy, aud the aversge transactions going on as usual. The Dumber of destitute peoplo is incressing, but the great efforis made by the benevolent,coupled ¥ith tho remarkatle mildness of the season, Fuflice 50 far to keep things quiet. The work- ingmen expect to make s great demonstration in ebruary, o .+ Taore haa not been any local news for the last thres weeks interestiug to readers at o distanco LomBe, Tows. IOWA CITY.. Election to Fill a Wancancy in the Clfice of Sherits-=}3usiness in the Courts, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. $ Iows Crry, Is., Jan. 2.—Thero is much ex- fflflnenl regarding the oftics of Sheriff, which is % bafilied by the Board of Supervisors nest Handey. A Democrat was elocted to the ofice Lt fall, but died shortly after election, snd be- fore ingtallation. Owing to the sickness of oue Dember of the Board, it 13 thought a Republican be appointed in his plece. 352“" Distriet Conrt meets on Mondsy next. 5 importsut State cases will come p, AMODE threo of seduction and one of arson. Ihe mad Jury sits at the sawe time, and it is said Pt vor to indict every liquor-dealer ACurious Custom Among the Kabyles. Therg {77 the Sentleman's Magazine. Imn"‘ is & very cunoas cunstom prevalent k7 g the Kabyles called the anaya, which thoy Mmally respeci. The anaye is both s pass- Tt 2ad's eafe-conduct, with this difference, : u& insicad of its beiug delivered by the legal &nty_of any constituted power, every Kabyle v, e right to giveit. Not only is the for- &tz or stranger who travels in Kabylin under amgml@cfion of the anaya free from violence mlal}uianmay. but le is also temporarily e 0 Lrave the vengeance of bis enemies or K.yffi’:‘“’ due for sn anterior crime. The fuely oonfer it on people who are un- lnown to them; they only give it once to a fugi- tive; they regasd it 48 worthlees if it s bosn eold, and any one who obtains it by strata- gem incurs the penalty of death, ar- der to prevent fiaud, the anaya is usually made known by an ostenmsiblo sign, Tho person who confers it delivers at the same time, n0d 88 an extra guarantec, an object well-known to belong to him, such as agua or a stick. Sometimes hio sends oue of his servants, or even accompanies his protege himself. Tha value of the anaya is in proportion to the quality of the person who gives ic. Coming from a Kabyle of an iuferior position, it will be respected in his village and in the irmmediate neighborhood ; but if it is given by a man wlo i8 csteemed in an ad- Jjoining tribe, it will be renewed by a friend, who will eubstitute his own for it, and £o on nutil tho traveler reaches the end of Lis journey. If itis givon by 3 marabout, its value is nnlimited. While o Kabyle Ch:ef can only give his protec- tion within' the circle of his own government, the safe conduct of & marabout reaches even to places where his name is un- known. Whoever is the bearer of it can uavel all throngh Kabylia without fear of mio- estation, whatever way bo the number of his cuemies or the naturo of their grievances against hiw. o will only Lave to preseat himselt to the marabouts of the different tnibes, and esch will hasten to do honor to the anaya of the pro- ceding marabout, and repluceit by bis own. A Kabyle bas nothing =0 much at hears es tho in- Violability of his anaya. In giving it he engages not only his own parsonul honor, but also that of bis relatives, b friends, his villsge, aud, in fact, the tribe to which be bélungs. A man who would not be able to find a friend to aid him in avenging lumself for . personal insult, could cause tho entire population of his village to rise if it werc a- question of his anaya being_disrespected. it is cstremely raro that that ever happens, but tradition has. nover- theless, preserved to posterity 8 memorable ex- ample of it. As the story runs, & friend of a Zounoui presented lnmself ono dayat his houso and asked for the anoya. In the master's ab- seuce, the wife, who was rather embarrassed, gave the sugitive o dog which was well known iu that part of the courtry. Ehortly after he had left, the dog, covered, with blood, returned alune. ‘Uhe inhabitants of the village aasembled, and, following the traces of the auimal, discov- cred the traveler's body. They deolared war upon the tnbe upon whose territory the crime had been committed. A great deal of blood was shed, and the village which was compro- mised in the quarrol bears even to this day tho name of Dacheret-el-Kelba, * the villego of tne dog." —_— THE HAND-IN-HAND CLUB. An Institution for Workingmen. From the Lizerpool (Ena.) Albton, Dec. 13. Nearly two years sgo it occurred to several Livorpool gentlemen, among whom Jr. W. 5. Caine and Mr. Samuel Smith wero prominent, that the workingman was drawn to the public house not merely by the drink, but by the light, the wamth, the comfort, the society, and the smusement’ which were to him procursble no- ‘where elso. The iden, it will be truly eaid, was an old one, but thereare times whea old ideas come into contact with a bigh enthusiasm which warms them into 8 new life, and what has been a platitude becomes an inspiration. It was o in thiscose. It sppeared to thesegentlemen that if the varied attractions of the public house could in any way be presented to tho working- man without whose coucomitants which bad proved themselves ko daugerous thero might be found in the attempt something approximating to a solution of a most perplexing problem. The ides did not remain long in this iypoihetical shape. Premises were {aken in_ Park-road, and were fitted up with billiard-tables, bagatelle- boards, and other popular means of amusement. A reading-room wss provided with various news- papers and periodicals, and srrangemeuls were made for the supply of tea, coffeo, and other re- freshments, both liquid and solid. The institu- tion was entitled the Hand-in-Hund Club, and the workinmmnen of tho ueighbor- hood were invited to enrol themselves 8s members by .the psyment of » subscription which. seemed merely nominal. The enterprise- was in every way a success. and the originators soon began to think of extending their operations. ‘I heynow turned their minds to the northern end of the town, and finding at the higher end of Great Crosshall street & building wnich seemed suitable it was at once secured. It had been & Welsh chapel, and was in every way admirably sdapted to the pur- poee. The’ necessary preparations were ‘made, and on the 13th of March last the new Hand-in- Hand Club was opened in & portion of the town where certainly it was_most needed ; but where it would as cortainly have tocoutend with tho raost furmidable difficulties. -Wo think that a lit- tle skeich of what 18 doing and has beeu done there’ will prove that it Las notcontonded in vain. . , The building is situated at tho top of thestrect which has been mentioned, aud the eutrauce is reached by tuming two or threo yards round the coruer. ‘The visitor first finds Limself in a short wide vestioule, on one side of which 18 the offico of tho manager, with & small window ac which non-subscribers pay their penny for admission, and on the other a’bar at which all the refresh- ments sold in the building can be obtained with- out payment of tho fee for entrance. These conaust of tes, coffec, cocoa, various tempesnnce drinks of the lime-jnice and spple-wine order, meat pies, nnd various liuds of lighter confec- tionery. Inside the building is another bar, on which™ the various solids and liquids aro arranged with an amount of taste und cleganco which wouwd do credit to the most fashionable restaurant in the fown. Mrs. Williams, the wifo of tho manager, who presidea over this _department, has abun: Qaut reasonto be proud of the appearance it presents; and the quality of what 18 sold iy squally commendsble, if wo may judgo from the ten, coffes, snd cocos, each of which wo were kindly permitied to taste when we paid a recent visit of inspection. Half a pint of any of these boverages can be obtained for three half- pence, and e mounfully remember that we have often paid four times the price for very in- ferior fare. The cleanliness and tastc exbibited in the refreshment department aro shown throughout the room. To say that tha Hand- in-Hand Club is merely comfortable would be to give it fainc praige. Comfort Goos in- deed yeign everywhers, but in addi- tion there 1s _ throughont 8 measure of elegance and refmement which few workingmen are _unsble to appreciate; and which, doubtless, does its part in softoning the manners and Lumanizing the nature. As wo enter, the refreshment-bar is 1umediately to the right, while to the left js_the ofice of Mr. Will- inms. the menager, and fartber on o well fitted- up lavatory. Down the centro of the room are three full-sized billiard-tablea of good meke, and on cach side of these, running the wholo levgth of the room, is an elevated bench of some light wood, comfortably upholstered with Teather, on which sit those who are watching the games, or awmting their turn to play. Pohind these seats the bagatelle-players are accommodated, and on the left side there aro also two ordinary tables for thoso who prefer the less scicntific game of dominoes. Advancing to the extreme end of the room we find a stairease leading to what what we suppose wae onco the ohool, but is now converted into s skittle-alloy and American bowling-ground. Here, 88 overywhero vlse, we saw mothing but order and good humor, the preservation of which is doubtless owing to the strict enforce- mont of the rule which prohibits any acd all gambling under pun of expuleion, This is almost Lho only restrictive law, and no-will deny that it is an absolutely necessary one, Return- ing to the Jarge room, we ascend another_stair- case, and find ourselyes on s gallery which rmos yound two sides and ono cnd of the building. Here is another billisrd *and bagatelle table, and here also is one of the main features of the club, a capital reading- room—light, snug, comfortable, aud. well sup- plied with the best Jocal and metropolitan news- pepers and periodicals. Tempting arm-chairs appeal to the tired workman, and on tho tables ia to be found food for the mind which is as at- wractive, wholesome, and nutritious as tho food for the body which is supplied below. : Some ides of tho widespread intluence of this club msy be gathered from the fact that, since the 18th of March, nearly 2,500 montbly tickets have been disposed of, in addition to the yearly tickets and the pennied which have becu paid by casual visitors. Some hundreds of pounds—we are notin possession of the exact figures—have been paid to Mr. Groom for the uge of the bill- iard and bagstelle tables, and from facts com- municsated by Mr. Willinxos, it is evident that the institution has been self-smpporting from the oatset. The Korse at Agricultural Fairs. The Hon, Charles Dudley writes to the Ot- tumwa (Ia.) Courier to_complain of the dispr- ity in premiums on stock offered by the Wapello County Agricultural Bociety. Last year, Le am:? they g\lid 81,185 on horses, 3106 on g:gsi ) [ %310 ou cattle, and §591 on all other kini ek, - In that $1,185," says Mr. Dudley, “ we paid §832 for the best horses and colts for breed- ers, for roadsters, for all work, for buggics and saddle, and for everything for which the noble il is useful” to the country or fo tne world, and $850 for racing, tbst is of mno Dbenefit to sny one es- and gamblers. Is there any ?fld;pfh::fil:: lu'mergs. take o little iuterest in the scgiety? Bhall we conlinus ta land anr influence to make gambling rospectable, by cn'lhng[lhe race-course an agricnitural fair, and attending it and appointing the judges; or shall we mse cur influence to make the Society what it shoald be,—= society that Jooks after the in- teresis of agricuiture and the mechanic arts, £nd labors to develop the resl interests of the countrv? Let the farmer, the merchant, tho mechanic, the manufacturer, and all that feel a real interest in the welfaro of the county. come out at the January meeting and make the Bo- ciety what it should be.” THE LAST OF A FAMOUS SECT. Tragic End of 2 Remarkable Beligious Detusion. From the New York Times. The newoe of Jozuna Southeott, seventy years ago, was an exceodingly familiar ono in London. Py some the bearer of it was culled = maniac. by 10 lese than 100,000 others she was looked upon as a prophotess and priest. . Born in 1750, this woman, unil her 40th year, was a domestic ser- vant, and then suddenly burst upon tho world as the herald of nmnew Christian belief. She claimed supernatuzal_powars, issued marvolous prophecies which had been revealed to ber in dreams, and 1or over twenty years was the leader of a gect known as the Southcottians, which ex- cited the laughter of the most incredulous and the amazement of the moro impressionable. The prophetess beguiled her followers by the assurance bf the advent of a sccond Shiloh. Shortly before her death, which occurred in 1814, she snnounced that she herself would ive birth to tho object of all her believers’ opes. Her dooth-without any such result was, of couree, & great disappointment to ber 100,000 followers, who rapialy dieappented, perhapsto scek other meane of relioving themselves of their superabundant religious enthusiasm, The couse of Joanna's death was proved to be dropsy. and to guch an extent bad tus uscon- scious Lumbug imposzd upoa tho world that medical treatios irom tho most eminent physi- cigns of the time were written upon the subject of the demise of the ** dropsical manize of G- lisham.” A fow weeks 220 & truucdyocm\m:d at a houss called the * Royal Munger,” in Walworth, Lou- don. Aman had committed suicide after at- tempting to murder his_step-dsughter. It was found thet the ¢ Royal Manger ” was the home of the lnst of the Southcottisus, and that tho death of the suicide left only ono believer in the famous second-birth theory. When Jomnna Bouthcott died, sho had either bequeathed her mantle to, or it had beon assumed by, a woman tismed Wood, who at the death of the prophotess was 98 years of age. This woman, now at the age of 96, is tho priestess of the * Royal Alanger.” Not alono is she the inheritress of the gifis of Jonuna Southcott, what- ever these may- be, but she clams the gift of epecial functions to herself. In 1843, rs. Wood, being then a widow with aidaughter, married ngain. She was over 70 years of age at the time, but the bridegroom was a cooper named Peacock and ouly about 25. Peacock was 2 Southcottian, and doubtless considered it an horor to bo weddod to the Elsha of Josnna, 1n tho lapsc of years tho sect dwindled away until the dwellers in the * Royal Manger” came to be ita only professors. Indeed, . Pea- cock’s doughtor, by her first marriage, was, at least, partly a skeptic; in her own words, sho “gould not quite take it all in.” But ther? came a disciple in the shape of an old soldier from Ireland, who had been converted by & dream, and who joined tho Peacock menage, and assisted Mr. Pescock in the cooperage. These three—tho old crone, her husbsnd, wiio might have becn her grandson, and the es-warrior, turned cooper and disciple —lived on their quiet Lfe in Walworth waiting and hoping. Mis. Pezcock daily protested that tue demolition of Satan's power would soon 2r- rivo, and the triumph of tho saints immediately ensue. Under all other systems, which were good in thelr degres, the old priostess averred Satan bad been allowed to go up and down 1n the earth. She had his “indictment” ready, and a jury of twelve saints would literally * &1l upon him.” _The poor old creaure uover gave up her belief, buc has been expecting its cou- summation every hour. The remuant of the Southcottians had no big- ofry in them, They uttended the parish church or the meeting places of any denominations, only claiming to themselves e front place in the future contest with Satan. About trelve months az0 things began 10 go wrong with this forlorn little baud of believers. In tue language of the uobelieving daughter, *tho visions dropped off,” and poor Peacock beesme impressed with the conviction that, epite of tho trenchant *in- dictment,” Satan had got the better of him, aud was watching withont intermission to carry him_off. The unfortunate man’s mind was’ clearly upset; bat, instead of sending Lim to & lubatic asylum, his wife and step- ‘ doughter determined on kecping him among thew. Forten Jong mouths they watched fest Le should lay violent hands on himself. One nignt ho ecvaded their vigilance 2t last. Left alone for & moment, be sprang out of bed, and was rushing down stairs when ho_met his step- daugbter. ~Wildly apostrophizing her as the tan he dreaded, he seized aud attempted to kil her. Aseshe, stauned, fell to the xround, ho darted to a closet, and there cut his throat will arazor. Of the self-intlicted wound the hapless believer in the secord birth died the next morn- ing. The daughter of the priestess, since her recovery, has become more skeptical than ever. The soldser is now a confirmed heretic, and the successor of Johanna Southcott remeins the solitary believer in hor own prophecies, and the Tepresentative of one of the most remarkable «-religious " delusions of the age. FILIAL DEVOTION. Hlow n Girl Delivercd fler Wicked Brother ta Justice to Save a, Vener= abié Father from Ruin, Syracuse, N. X, (Dec, 30) Correapidence of the New York lerald, David D. Chidester. of this city, a notorions fugitive from justice, has becn brought into the bands of the luw through the efforts of his half- sister, Hatuie F. Chidester. This young lady fenrlessly undertook to play the part of & de- Lective, to capture her fugitive brother, in order to save her aged father from ruin, he being solo security on the bmil-bond of his sou. Phe facts of the case aro these: David D. Chidester 18 the son of a superannuated Motho- dist preactier, & respected cirizen of this city. The = young man las been a wayward o i i warly yeste aud o fim- ited purse of his old father has been mony~ timed druned to savo him from prison. In July last young Chidester forged a Inortgage an property in this city belongiog to gentlewan in Brooklyo. This fraudulent instru- ment Lo came noar negotiating in this city, & fortunate circumstance preventing. He was ar- rested for the forgery, however, and at a hearing was held in €1,500 bail to appear for trial. His father, having property velued at sbout that amount, signed tho ball bond. The case was called for s hearing in Noverber. Young Chi- dester hnd fled to Canada, and did not_sppear. His bouds were declared forfeit, and ruin stared the nged father in the face. All tho savings of a lifa of strict cconomy and self-denial were tobe swept away througls the baseness of an ouly uon, ‘At this stage the Lalf-sister of tho fugitive determined to make =n effort to save her griof- stricken father. Owing to the fact that ehe had been raised by him, her mother baving died when she was an infant, and her brother having grown up in charge of his motner's relatives, the two bad never mot until about a vear ago. “The young lady at once formed an ardent sister- Iy ffection for David Chidester, and endesvored to influence bim to lead 2 better life. In retum for her puro sisterly love young Chidester mado advances to her that turned her affection into the deadliest hate, This was about the time he ias arrested on the charge of forgery. When Chidester fled to Canads he wrote to his sister. Sbe, forming a plan which bas been carried into successful execution, unswered, aad o warm correspondenco was kept up bevween thom. About the middle of November, Miss Chidster roceived a letter from her brother, Eroposing that she join bim in a trip through the Southern States. Ho waid that he would not dere to cume into New York State, but suggested that she meet him at somc point in 3assachusetts, whence they would proceed soutbward, unknown to eny interested parties. Miss Chidster pow Jmew that hor time had come to carry out har She replied to her brother's letter, ac- plans, ! quicscing in his proposal, and appointed Berk- shire, Mass., as the meeting place. Ho wrote approving the appointment, and said he would mect her thero on the 25th of November. She proceeded there in due time, and called upon Depuiy Sheriff Mansir. To him she told her story, and requested the officer to be in readiness to take her brother into cnstody when he arrived in Berkehire, Young Clndster did nolcome cn the day appointed, but bis sister received a telo- gram from him, s follows: MoxTrELIER, Nov, 24, 1673, Harhr: Can't come till Toesday., Wait, DAVE. She waited antil Tuesdsy. Chbidester did nob come. Towards evening she received the fol- lowing dispatch : MONTPES Dec, 2, 1873, Harrie: Delayed. Wil come Thurs ‘\;)uz. - el AVE. Miss Chidester weited until Thursday. She a8 dissppointed again. Not hearing further t‘;am hup rother, ahe concluded to return to Byracuse. Bhe lett directions office in Berkshiro that all telegrams sddressed %o her should be first shown to Deputy Mansir, and then forwardad_to her. On Saturday, the -6th inst., the following dispatch was forwarded to her from Berkshire: - - i S1, ALnaxs, Vt,, Dec. 6, 1815, Harrie; Cant ge to Berkshire, eet me at Springfield on Salurday, at the Massasoit Liouse, Dave. Miss Chidester started at once for Springfield. Deputy Mansir, haviog first seen the dispatch, proceeded to that city, and reached it on Satur- day evening. No sign of young Chidester could Do discovered. The young lady reached Spring- Beld on Sunday. Her brother did not come. Miss Cnidester now began to despaiz of Beeing him. She believed that he was trifling with her, and did not intend to come. She was apout to return Lome, when she reccived the following telegram; RUTLAND, Vt., Dec. 7, 1873, Hurrrz: Detained here. Be in Springfield, sure, Monday morning. Mect e at train. DAvE. Although having little faith in her brother’s .sincerity, Miss Chidester concluded to give him ‘one more trial. On Monday moraing she went tomeot the train,-2nd, sure enough, ler long- sought brother gracted her. After an apparent- Iy aifectionate meeting they proceeded to the Totel, going at once to her spartments. Tt hiad been airanged between the young lady and Deputy Madsir, that if young Chidester ar- rived, the officer, with neceseary aid, should fol- low him and her to ber apertments, 'when, on smgnal, sho would admit them, and they should tako tho entrapped fugitivo 1nto castody. The arrungement was carried oui to the letter; Chi- dester was arrcsted and handculfed. Bo artfully did Miss Chidester sustain herself, her brother did not know untd bo was brought to this city and Jodged in jail, that ehe had been the means of his capture and return. Old Alr. Chidester was in_entiro igoorance of tho girl's proceedings, and received the first intelligence of the arrost of his son from her Lips. It cannot be said that bo rjoices. Ruin threatened the afllicted old man ononchand; on the other is his son’s decp disgrace, as the walls of prison certainly riso bofore Lim in the near fu- Lure. e DEATH OF RACHEL HILL. The Latest Chapter in the Vanderpools Eicld Tragedy. Manitee, Mich. (Dec, 26), Correspondence of the De- trott Pust, An ovent bas to-dey transpired in this com- muoity reviving_once more tho memories of the celebrated Vanderpool case. It will be re- membered by those who recall tho incidents of that remarkablo cuse that at the time of the murder of Herbert Field he was residing with, 2nd a5 the protege of, an elderly lady namod Rachel Hill, whom ho styled his ‘‘aunt.” it will also be remembered that the couusel for the defendant, on_one or more trials of the cane, attempted to direct suspicion toward Miss Hill, and to challonge tho relations exist- ing botweon Herbert Field and ““bis so-called sunt.” But it will bo propor to say just here that those having the very best means of ob- serving and knowing their rolations, have never believed that any relation existed botween them, oxcept such as were entirely honorable and praiseworthy to both. At about noon to-day the rumor ran along the streot that Rachel Hill had been found dead in bed, in her house, where sho had dwelt all alone, without s single living compauion—even so much a8 & cat or dog. . Investigation proved the report true, and de- veloped the following atato of fucts: For some time past Miss Hill's principal busi- ness adviser bad been' Dr, L. 8. Elis, Postmaster of this city, and ono week 2g0 yesterdsy sho spent & part ‘of the day at his house. Whilo there she had s sinking fit, but soon recovored, althongh sho then expressed fears that she was going to die. On_the next day she started for Ler home in the First Ward, about 80 rods north of the swing-bridge, and on her way stop- ped at the drug store of W. E. Short end purchased about four greins of morphine, From the drag storo she went directly home, and thas was the last over seen of her alive. - In view of her protracted abecnce and known ill Lealth Dr. Ellis became alarmed for ber, and to- day at about 11 o'clock, accompanied by D.D. Ruggles, he procecded to her lonely rosidence. No &rgn of footstep was to be seen about it. No indication of life was visible. Looking through the window, a rocking-chair was visible near the stove with & Ebawl tnrown over thé bsck. A deatlly stillness prevailed. No response Was re- turned to their repested knockings. At last they foreed one of the windows, but progress to tho ulceping-room was barred by s nailed-up door in one direction and 2 locked door in another. Ono of these doors was forced and the spectacle of death presented itself. There upon the bed, in position as natural as if sleeping, and in all the calm repose of the sleep that kuows no waking, Iay the mortal remains of Rachel Hill. In a chair by the bedside was a tumbler of water, frozen solid. Upon the atand near by lay the remnant—abont half—of tha four grains of morphine, by the side of it a little revoiver, once tho proporty of Herbert Field. Over these a slate containing her last writing. At the top of the elate, iu & clear, strong_hand, wora brief di~ rectious for tho disposition of her property, sigued with the name below, in a weak, irreg pand, her last unuttered words,—words which thero was 1o ear to Lear, in the stillness of her last Lours committed to the unconscions tablet, T am very sick, and foel as if 1 was going to die. Look in the valise.” The last words were almost illegible. In the valise, which stood closo by, wero her papers, decds, mortgages, notes, etc., to the amount of 3,000 or £4,000, and o short letter directed to Dr. Ellis in refer- euce to the disposition of her property. This letter was dated Dec. 19, the day she was last seen alive. The decensed had apparently taken medicine from 2 bottle, which_still stood upou the table, bad dierobed herself and gone to bed. -Her clothing was scattered about tbe room as eho left it. Lverythiug seemed to indicato that sho had retired ‘sick, had taken an overdose of morphine, had written tho fow .words on the slate, and bad_fallen aslecp, never to waken again. The Coroner’s inquest found a verdict substantially to that effect. When found ske had probably been dead just about 3 week. Such - a spectacle of utter loneliness and ab- senco of Luman feeling and affection it has never been my lot to look upon before, snd no sadder spectacle has been witnessed in this community since the manly form of Herbert Field was cast up on the sands of Lake Michi- gon. Sinee his deathsho hasleda looely and isolated lifs. The wreck of a considerable fortune sho saved from the cohcern of Vander- pool & Field, for which shio furnished the chief capital. Although withont relatives, and without in- timato friends, she preferred to spend her re- maining days near the Jast scene of his life. On his account rhe hed left her homo in Maine to follow Lus fortunes in the West, aod now, within forty vods of the sceno of hia bloody death, she has vielded up the wasted remnaot of her blasted life.” S2 closes anotherchupter to this renowned tragedy. She was 58 years of age. She lefs no will. Her relatives are amm to reside in Alane, near Minot, and in County, Iows. COMING MUSICAL STARS. Iulow, Menter, Popper, Schumann, Joachim, Wachtel, Abt, and Liszt. * The last number of Watson's Art Jour na coutaing & letter from Leipsic, which gives soma important musical news. The writer says : *The future of tho United States concerming virtuosos is splendid. You may expect first the lion-pianist, Dr. Hans von Bulow, ex-son-in- law of Liszt. It is pretty sure that Bulow comes under the management of Uilmaun. It ‘is slso probabla that the charming pianist, Sophie Aentér, who married recontly the well-kuown violoncello virtuoso, Popper, who resigned his place as first violoncellist of the Vienna Ovpers Orchestrs, for traveling pur- poses with his wife, will visit the United States. Sophie is known as the best female pianist of the preeent day, and Popper as violoncello play- er is immense. Abt, the Chapelmaster in Brunswick, is work- ing hard to finish =u opera for the United Siates. As soon 28 tho work is done he will »send it im- mediately thither for study, and he himself will follow & short time after. The tenor Wachtel enjoys the best heaith ; ho told me, with & smiling face, that he will vieit New York again; that he bas not yot decided exactly the time; but you may expect him st any time, for he 18 very fond of the American dollars. Frau Dr. Clara Schumsna wishes to come also, but sho wants somebody who will guarantee her for six montbs $20,000 for her met part. That amouat would not be toomuch ; but the dif- ficalty is she wauts to come only with her friend, the well-known violinist, Joachim, in company Wwith hie wife, 3 very great sougstress, who wants also 320,000, making 20,000, Where is Barnum, or somebody elze ? ++§ix years ago Liszt got an offer for £100,000 guaranteed by fis friend and _publisher, Julus Schoberth, Lisztreplied: *Not yet, my dear friend ; let us talk about the matter inlater tim after Rubinstein and Balow have been there.’ Of caurse, after the visit of Bulow, Schaberth will remind his friend of Lis promise. Bat, alas! it is yet an unseitled gquestion, if the with Liszt, even could he have guaranteed to him 1,000,000 francs. *T1ig fame of your Thomaa orchestra is 80 ad- vanced here in Germany tbat Liazt, Rafl, and Wagner wish to have their worke performed by this society ; even more, for Raff has recently composed for Thomas a suite in five numbers, for solo violin and grand orchestra. Whata triuniph for Mr, Thomas ; aleo for Listeman and the members of that society ! * Another news is of Edward Mollenhauer's work, the Passions, for orchestra and chorus, decidedly & composition of great merit; the score has been- asked for the second time, by Chapelmaster Reinecke, for review, with the intention to prcdace it in the world-renowned Gewandhaus Concerta. T have to conclude my letter with a very sad piece of mews. Henri Vieuxtemps. tho great violinist and composer, has been strack with paralysis in both his arms, znd they are entirely useless.” IMPROVEMENT OF THE CURRENCY. Letter from Peter Cooper. New Yonx, Dec, 12, 1 To U. S. Grant, President : e iR . Hoxomep 8mn : Allow me to sy that the miil- ions of unemployed peoplo througlout onr country look with anxions hope to our Govern- ment for the adoption of somo plan which will inspire confidence in those who can give them the needed employment. This ouly can eave many from the desperation of starvation, as they have nothing to sell but their labor, and the 1neans for selling that is greatly impaired. The Constitution provides that ‘* Congress shall bave power to lovy and collect taxes, du- ties, imposts, and excises ;_to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and tho gen- eral welfare of theso United States.” There is nothing that can reliovo the present want, “ catablish justico, and promote the general welfare "’ 50 effectually as the adoption of & uni- form system of money, weights, and measures:" ospecially is this the case in the value of money, 88 money controls all other measures. ‘Having mysetf been & workingman through & long aud laborious life, I feel for tho condition of the working-poor, and would gladly better it if Icould. Thenumbernow in the employment of myself sod family are & special subject of solicitude. We bave at present not less than a thousand persons depending for their bread on the busivess carried on within the circle of our family. Thus far we have been able to keep two rolliog mills stdl running, and - two mills ~ for the manufacture of wire and springs. Desides, we give employment to ut 200 persons, 1n the manufacture of glue, oil, and isinglass. But wo bave four blast fur- naces now blown out for the want of sale for the iron. 'Fhe mining for thess furnaces must soon stop also, unless they can be put in biast again. No onecan contemplate the present state of things without feeling great snxiety for the prospects of the future. It i this feeling that prompts me to address you, as a philanthropist 88 well as one called by Providence to the b of our beloved couatry. 1 take the liberty to send you the printed copy of aplanthat Isenttothe Seoate and House of Representatives in 1865. I think you will agreo with me in the opinion that if some such plan for regulatiug the currency had been then adopted it would bave saved us from the rainous panic_through which we aro now paseing. It would have secured for our country the resump- tion of specio payments in the shortest possibie time, without doing violence to any great interest of tho country, If kome suchplan could even now be adopted, I am persuaded it would do much to inspire confidenco and revive trede and com- merco in the country. There is no form of wealth that can be msdo more secure then a legal tender that shall bo allowed tobe increased by the government as the incrcase per capifa of the inhabitants of our country, The Coustitu- tion already makes it the duty of Congress to establish a uniform system of money, weights and measures. This 18_indispensable to enable all the products of labor to be exchanged by means of & fair, reliable znd most convenient equivalent. To do this I propote that all duties due to the Government, and all debts due from individuale, shall be legally pid by simply adding to the amount of cur- rency necessary to the pavment of the duty or debt an amount, in currency also, equal to tho premium that gold las borne, in the averege, during the month preceding the maturing of such debts—the prewmium to be declared by the Government on the first Monday of overy mounth. When we have such a currency as can always be made to represent gold, without interfering with the commercial law that deter- mines _the value of gold, at eny tme—when this currency can only bo increased, by a legal restriction, 28 the inhab- itants end commercial transactions increase— then it will be the pecuniary interest of every man to return us soon a8 possible to & specie ba- sis; for then the smallest possible amount of currency will pay his debts. It will then be found that tho prineipal value of gold and silver will be to make purchases and settle balances with foreigu countries. We will thus securo legal-tender sud » paper circalation that will be mado as sure as a bond and mortgage on the whole property of tho country. This will fur- nish the necessary facilities for the honest busi- ness and banking of the country, and will save an amount in the mere convenience aud the cconomics of trade, and in the wear and trans- portation of metals, that will equal the intercat of the National debt. With the srdent hope that the beat means may be adopted to secure the highest welfare of the nation, I remain, yours, with great respect, Prren CoorPER. —_—————— THE STORM iN ENGLAND. Great Loss of Lifc and Property. The London Morning Posl gives details of the gele which swept over the midlsnd and northern portious of England, Dec. 16: At Bheflicld, the chimney-stack of Mr. Rey- nolds fell, killing several people and injuring others. When the chimney fell, between twenty and thirty peoplo were buried in its ruins. addition to five dead bodies, which were brought out frightfully mangled, thirteen persons of both sexes, all severely injured, were recovered from the debris. It was feared that there were soveral corpses left in the ruins. Part of a foundry was blown down, causing the death of one man and so injuring another that ho was mot expected to récover. By the felling of o chimuey forty rods high in Saville street, three men were severely injured. In Milton stroet the stack at Messrs. Matthewmaa's works fell on the top of a boiler, bursting it and severely acalding several people. In many parts of the town roofs wera blown off. At Noiting- ham, s large shed used for drying bricks was blown down sod two men crushed to death, At Great Lumley, the property of the Earl of Dar- ham, about fifty collisry houses, nearly com- pleted, were blown down. At Heckmondwicke, newly erected building, three storics higb, conmected with the Westfield Iron Foundry, was completely destroved. The materials fcil upon an adjoining shed in which several men were employed, -and crusbed it; bat the workmen, _with one exception, escaped uninjured. Grest damage was also done to the houses around. The gale raged all day at Bolton. Six bouses, nearly com- pléted, were biown down at Staleybridge and al- most destroyed. In Harrogate and vicinity so high was the wind that at Wecton, & small station near the town, thewhole of the railway buitdings were blown down just as an early train from Leeds arrived. The guard was seriously in- gured, and the line for some time was blocked. n Hariogate iteelf several houses were un- Toofed, and one was blown entircly down. At Koaresborough, also, much damage was dono ;:{ tho storm, At Huddersfield the roof of ilnsbridge Church was completely carried awsy. A temific storm of wind passed over tho Peak of Derbyshire. Meany large trees were blown down, and considersble damage was done to farm produce and stacka, A nortnwest- erly gale of tnusual violence provailed on ibe Tsue, and considerable damage was done to sev- eral Louses in North and South Sbields and Tynemouth, some instances of narrow escapo to inmates occurring. Great commotion prevailed in the Larbor, several vessels having broken from their moonngs, but not much damage was done. A grocer's honse at Bowling, near Brad- ford, was completely destroyed. A bed ou which a young womsn was slecping was almost buried in the ruins, Considerabls dsmage was done to houses, and there Wero many narrow escapes experionced. A wagon on the Highland Railway was blown from a siding on to the main line, and was run into by & goods train. The engine was oversurned, and nine Wagons were emashed. The accounts from all parts of York- ghire, Durham, Shiclds, Newcastle, Glasgow, the west of Scotland, acd other ‘districts in the orth tell of an amount of damage to_property and loss of hfe probably uuequaled of late years in any gale, however severe.” Orange~Cutturc in Florida. From the Palatka (TIL) Herald, As avidenc: of what has been done in orange- calture ir the State, we cite a few instances. Dummitt’s grove, on Indian River,is perhaps the tirest in the State. It cost its proprietor to take care of 1t last year, $1,000, snd yielded 600, - 000 oranges, for which he was psid $11,000. This grove has 3,000 trees, which, with proper care, would average 8,000 oranges each, and giye sn annoal incoms of £30,000 to §75,000. H. L. gray-hawred hero feels still in the same mind a8 at the talegraph | Bo felt six y9ars sg0. Money don't play & part | Hart's grove, 8¢ Pala:ka, yields bim an income ‘ms yét of little moment. &R 815,000 to 320,000 per znnnm. Arthur Gion's grove, at Mellonville, of 1,100 trees, psy him 212,000 to £15,000 yearly, and is worth $100,000. Besides theso groves there are a great number of splendid promise ; but lxnving been planted of late years, the incomes derived from them aro Mr. DeBarry, of New York, has a grove near Enterprise, of 2.000 trees. Mr. Charles 3, Brown, of New York, hos ona op- site Palatkn of 1,200 trees ; and Mr. Jarzes Pat- terson, of Toronto, hss a grove on Banana River of 8,000 trees. MAYFLOWER TEA-POTS. Did the Pilgrims Partake of the Cup that Cheers? From the New York Journal of Commerce, A correspondent of the Hartford Courant (in whom we recognizo one of our most distin- guished antiquarian scholars) treats of a wub- Ject to which we have alluded not long since. To bis remarks, which are historically ¢onclu- sive, might be added the evidence of & knowl- edgs of ceramic art which, applied to these varions tea-pots and_other articles, shows them tobe fabrics of quite modern factories. Wo heve secn Mayflower specimens, so-called, which were mado of porcelain, invented in the eighteenth century. The writerin the Courant i Within tho last two or threo years, our at- tention has been called to at least half a dozen. tea-pots that camo over in the Maytiower. Each Dad a gatisfactory pedigreo, and all wero—sgo cousidered—in remarkable preservation. There may be & hundred or 50 of these MayHower toa- pots cheriuned as heirlooms by descendants of the pilgrims. . How maoy of them, we wonder, will figure at New England * tes.parties’ to-day And how many Doctors Dryasdust will feel it their duty to point out in the local papers to- morrow or next day tie fact that the Mayflower passengers Lud no tea to drink,—that the *cups that cheer but not incoriate’ wera not resorted toin New England till seveuty-tive years or more after the Mayflower discharged her cargo in the meighborhood of Plymonth Rock ? We are tempted to get the better of these captious critics by noting the anuchropism in advauce. 4 Holmes, in his ¢ Americsn Annals,’states, on the sutbority of FPresident Stiles, ihat tea began to be used in Now England about 1720 ; but this is 8 few—probably ten—yeara too late. Wo bave before us, in the Boston News Lelfer for April 80, 1716, Capt. Arthur Ssvage's ad- vertisement of ‘the best sort of Bohea Ted," for sale ‘very rcasouable,’ ‘at the White House, near M. Colman's church, Bostos and * Green Teas’ were offered for eale in 1718. * Superior Bohea'—but not the best—sold in 1719 for £1 8s. per pound (about $8.5)). We may infer from the price how common were tea- pots in Boston families with moderate incomes of a hundred years afler the Mayflower came over. Tea was not an habitual accompanimnet of the evening or morning meal before 1 £ven in London 1t was anknown till about 1650, and was a rare luxury till 1675, or later. In 1641, an English writer quotes & _foreign traveler’s stato- ment that the Chinese * drink g:a strained liquor, hot, of an berb called Chia,'—which was the name the Portuguese had borrowed from Japan for tea; About 1660, one Thomas Garraway opened a tes shop in London, and in his handbill adver- tisement ho mentioned the ract that the Chinese herb had been gold at from £6 to £10 a pound, and, ¢in Tespect of its scarcencss and dearness, it hath only been used as & regalia in high treat- ments and cntertainments, and presents thereol made to Princes and grandees, till the year 1657." 0ld Pepys, the diarist,—always on thelook out for the novel and curious,—rccords his first tea drinking in 1660. ‘Idid send [to Garraway's shop, probably) for a cap of Tee, a China drink, of which I had mever drunk before.’ Several years afterwards, he found his wife actually maling tea at home, and learned on inquiry that it was to be used a8 a medicine, for *))r. Pell- ing, the Potticary, tells ber ibat it is good for ber colds.” “ind so—the passengers in the Mayflower never having seen, and probabiy neéver having heard of that etrange herb Chia, or Tee—we do not see why 8o many of them took the tronble of providing themselves with tea-pots—unless as prototypes aad symbols of what w2s to come in 1773. ~Then there was tea-making in Boston by the quantity—and the ¢ best Bohea was disposed of for less than £1 18s. per pound.’ *We hear from Boston’—eays the Courant of Dec, 21— “that last Thursday evening, betwecn 300 and 400 boxes of celebrated East India tea, by some accident | which bappened 1n an attempt to got it op rbore, fell overboard—that the boxes burst open and the tea was swallowed up in the vast abyss !’ “ In 1775, after the battle of Lexington, and when Gage was shut up in_Boston, an English writer in * An Ode to the Earl of Dartmouth,’ gave a bit of advice to the mimstry : # The stubborn Yankics let alone ; They burl defiance at the Throne, Aud all your schemes unsettle ; To mark your Act with more disgrace, They fling their tea-pots in your {ace, And scsld you with the kettle! e THE MISERIES OF CHRISTMAS, A Bill of Damages Presented by One ‘Who Has Been There. ¥rom the Rochester (N. ¥.) Union. Now just let us seo what Christmas has in store ior many a good, easy man who happens to bo the head of a_family _respectable in Lum- bers and deportment. During the past few weeks there s been & steady drain on the ex- chequer of the good, easyman,and he has looked with dismay upon his - unestisfac- tory balances and sbbreviated cash ac- count at the ' office. There has been an air of mystery about the homse for many days; conversation and work have ceased whenever ho has seated himself in his arm-chair after the day’s work hns been fiviched, and he has settled down for & week of enjoyment. His family go about like conepirators, and he, know- ing all the whilo just what they are up lo, as- sumes tho air of ab imbecile in pretending that he is oblivious to all that is passing around him. Induo timo it becomes necessary for him to make a lot of purchases, which he does with the feeling that he is being swindled, and run- ning the risk of having his pockets picked. The presents onco bestowed upcn the fam- ily, he finds that the children wanted some- thing else, or, his wife is_cross becauso Mrs. Smith across the way received a finer present than she did, while Smith i not looked npon as Leing worth half a3 much as the good, essy man. He matters ** Poor Smith.” When it comes to his presents he is astonished to behold a pair of new slippers which he can't begin to_geton his feat, a bead-worked smoking-cap weighing about four pounds, very ornmmental, an embroidered boot-jack which he Gestroys in his first attempt to utilize, a couple of fuzzy pen-wipers, which he mistakes for neckties; besides a number of other tokens of love and affection. which he has the sublime satisfaction of know- ing that e Las paid for, as the bills were sent in. Of conrse the good, easy man remaius at bome Christmas day, and basa feeling that it is an extra Sunday or that thers is a funeral in the Louse without the usual accompaniments. He over-eats & dinner, and is denied the pleasure of s cigaron the accountof the presonce of his m—th—r-in—law, who is nervous and can't endure smoke. Alas ! and if he goes forth into the strect Lo moets an army of beggars who, though as well able to enpport themselves 28 he is, under the cloak of Christmas practice unblushingly tho profession of the psuper. If he neglects to contribute to the box of the butcher, the baker, or the candle- stick-maker, he i3 looked upon 08 & niggard, and feels that he ought to apologize for having neglected a sacred daty. "The children, bless their dear hearts, having eaten 50 much candy, raisins, ‘and other trash that they have no appetite for dinner, spend tho time quarreling abous their presents, and crying over the many misheps (hat have befallen them. The sudden change of diet which they have in- dulged ip' hos surprised their etomachs, and an _internal revolution bes been the result. The candy of the morcing has be- come the camphor of the evening, and sugar- plums havo been supplanted by paregoric. The family physician, who was just sitting down to us Christmas-dinner, is abruptly called away to minister to 1njured innocents. He feels that ho has been wrooged, and makes it up by doubling his fee. The air is full of nothing but Christmas from morning until night. ~ en meet one another in the streot and sing ous: * Merry Cobristmas,” and **Same to you,” without the lesst care whether the other is merry or sad, gay or gloomy. The newspapers repest the O & olil utory, and inform' their readers that Cbristmas grew out of _the Saturnalia, and that in olden times it was celebrated with great cere- monies by our English ancestors, sod much more to the same effect. 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The firm of Churchill & Pope is this day disslved by matual consont. Frank C. Pupo will sign ia liquidatioa. The Geaeral Commission busiuess will ba coatinued st his old stand by CHAS. T. CHURCIULL, £9 South Wa- terat. DISSOLUTION. rmership lately exlatlng between Mzlcom Fra- porn ST B K water, wnder tr samoof M. Fraser & Co., bas beea thin day dirsolved, Al debts and ows credita, mfli'&‘:l n‘l“il"”«i‘ifl. R Y. B. ATWATAR, Highland Park, I, Jan. 1, 180 SPECIAL NOTICES. Schenck’s Mandrake Pills. table fa- e e v 'a injurioaae 5. Tiey S0 e e o ks saluable rvmeds 13 T, Sesultiag from 3 dizordo B e lalar, Lithous Disordsrs, vers, &c., &c., Mindaks il The Human Hair. Ma oon abase this delicate and mans By barniag I with alcobolic wasass [Lwith Crease, which has no afSaity for tE6 Th Is are compossd _excluslvoly of vey rr-dhnmziumd ‘Bltoug? taey cntirels sapezo of mercu actdirectly upon tha liver, 21l csaes of doraogement tifal orna~ plestoring fa, ~nd i3 Sed: s Eachatue, a composnd of L B e aanraled as & drossing for he baif,—is B bevbed. a0 is pacullarly 2:pted lo it Tasions conditions, preventing its falijag off and promoting i3 ‘bealthy growth. For atls by droggists evaryahere. “ Discretion bet rt of valor;” Lut all are not discreet. e e ed by discasca of the kidn-ys or grinacy e A tho. great dluretss, Heimboid's Eacha 1v1s warraotod. ™ tmitations. The Kiowaty the priTeLs PLOPHS AITANAE T e SR Y HENEY, ioe may Hy