Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1871, Page 6

THE TWO SHIPS. A: | stood by the cross on the lone mountain's crest Looking over the atimate sea. | trom the lea: fh fi enfin iad aback— the distance the clouds break away ! tes gl wing portals I see. The song of the sailers fi ; So I think of the luminous foot-primts that bore ‘The comfort o'er dark Galilee, And wait for the signal to go to the shore, Tothe ship that 1ewalting forme. |” THE LOST DAHLIA. ‘There was trouble at the great white stuccoed house on the hill side, with its extensive gar dens aad grounds, overlooking the village. Its mistress, Mrs. Gen. Harmon, was very angry: a the T was in disgrace, threatene: with dismissal; and all the servants and all the family were more or lex« nncomfortablethrough the vexed temper of Madame. And yet the eause of it all was a very slight thing in itself merely the loss of a tlower-root—a dahlia. Bat then Mrs. Harmon would have told you, What she had alrearly repeated a hundred tim: that this dablia wasa very unique and con: quently precious species; that she had purchased it in France. at a high price, one of two plants which an old disabled soldier, with a taste for flowers, had, he said, succeeded in producing by means of several successive years of careful culture and experiment; and, ve all, she had been certain of this dahlia taking the prize offered at the approaching great horticultural fair for the finest and rarest specimen ot flowers. Several other vainable ones she had. bat t rticular dablia— l'imperatrice,” as th ‘renchman had called it, in honor of -‘la be Fugenie,"—this dablia was to be the crowninz Jory of all. Never before had been scen Ennis or ‘such size, of such perfeet formation and of a hue so gorgeously uniqne—a vivid ting between richest carmine and most glowin son, tipped at the edges with imperial And now the precious root was los x Rivers, the other great and ri the neighborhood, most things—Mrs. : tainly obtain the prize and honor of possessing it, of which the mistress of Fairview was so anxiously, and some people said so foolishly, ambitious. «It must have been Duncan’s fault,” said Mrs. Harmen, excitedly. ‘He was careless with it. I cannot concelve how otherwise the root conid have been lost. I remember perfectly that after myself taking it out of the jar of sand I placed the bulb in some dry moss in acorner of the green house shelf, and pointed it out to Duncan, tellin; him that it must be set out to-day. Ani now it is net to be found! and noone but Dun- ean has entered the green-house since I left it yesterday. He has been making some srrenge- ments mre Says—clearing away rubbis! and no doubt he misplaced and lost the bulb. I have several times lately observed him to be careless, and I suspeet, lazy.” mamma!” observed Emma, a gentle, ng girl of fifteen; knew, and not so brisk as = © younger.’ He has been complaining of rhenmatism.” “ You know nothing abont it, child,” mother, impatiently. “My sple Here the tears actually came inito her eyes; and she added, “I gave the value of $25 for J would give as much azain for its reco for a tlower? it. There is but one hen we will find it, mamma!” shoated Wal- ter. afew yeare younger than his sister; “me and Witlie. Yoo prom 25 to any one who will find your lost dahlia root?” “Yes,” replied his mother; “to you or any one else who will find and bring it to any: me unburt.”” Bat though the boys, as well as Emma and the gardener, and some of the servants, searched all the afternoon, the mi root was not to be discovered. So Mrs. Gen. Harmon, never at any time @ very reasonable woman, mourned over her loss, and soothed her aggrieved feelings by dismissing the old Scotch gardener, Duncan, and taking in his place one younger and More active, though by no means as skiliful as his And Duncan, smarting un- der a sense of injustice, went forward and of- fered his services to Mrs. Rivers, who had long Been desirous of ing them. Thas Mrs. Harmon “spited nobody but herseif,” as is gen- y the case when people act hastily in a pas- Now Duncan’s successor at Fairview was a fan man named William Watson, who had ng been in love with the pretty daughter of the widow Luttrell, who ——- that poor little @ottage at the far end of the village street, and eked out a scanty pittance by taking in ig, Or any such job that offered, while Rose went out sewing where she could find the work to do. Watson had long been anxions to supplant Duncan, and it was, in fact, partly owing to bis artful rey ntations that he had at length su ; and his hope was =o in view of the a is and retty "s cottage at Fairview, Rose might be flauced to marry him. Great, theretore, was his chagrin, as well as resent- ment, when he fow for a second time his offer of marriage ted by the daughter of the poor widew; his ili-feeling was in- creased on learning that Rose had ali pre- ferred his own cousin, Robert Ward, and that the two were to be married as soon as Ward could afford to purchase or build a small cot- . But then the young man was, like his anced, very poor, @small trade in the village as blacksmith’s assistant, and it would Pm 4 be a long time that he and Rose would ve to wait for their cottage. Meantime, thought Watson, who was vindictive, something it be done to break off the match; and he never wished this so ardently as when he saw the you! bright and happy-looking, Geephte t y, saunter slowly past his own door on Sunday evenings on their way to and from church, and fancied in their smiling looks that they were triumphing over him. So the spring passed and the summer came blossoming into the gorgeous luxuriousness of July and August. On the Ist of September was to be the great horticultural fair at Lexit mn, the county town, about twelve milesdistant from our little village. Mrs. Senator Rivers wanted some dresses made for the little girls for this par- ticular occasion, and, as was frequently the case, applied for Rose Luttrell’s services. So one Murning,about a week before the Ist of Septem- ber, the young girls set out for a three mile walk to Mount Joy, whose turreted roots and many chimneys, rising above a magnificent grove of old trees, she could see quite plainly from her own little cottage. She was to pass the day at Mount Joy, and in the ev rning the work with her for completion at home. Rose was used to walking, and two or three miles along the pretty, picturesque valley road was very little to her. Nevertheless: from farmer Brown, by whomsbe was presently overtaken, the oifer of a ride in his wagon. Little less than two miles from the village they came to what was called the Five Corners,a point where no less than that number of roads met. ‘There was a nice country tavern here, together with a- and asmithy. As they passed the latter they saw the smith come out, and with Black p a boardin frout oft written, “This prop- said the old tone of disappoint do a bet! r answered he * money t the the smithy, and the house e little white edin multitiora wod a little apart from the shop. “Going to let it off cheap, as in this case time’s ©” more valley to me than money. Five han- red fur the whole lot!” Wal, now, that is a low figure!” Must be paid, though, betore the first of Sep- tember, as I'm bound to be off by that time, Wouldn't let it go off so easy if I warn’t pressed for time, and obleeged to give such short notice. ‘smith finished nailing on the board as he ke, and returned to his shop, whilst tarmer jrown drove on. “I say, Rosey, that’d be @ first-rate chanes for Bob Ward,” said the old man, turning to her with s look of interest. “+ Better speak to him Inte gloom of the mountain a ship Hes at rest, | | e sails on a far reaching track, | | | people, whom I thought best abie or willing to make the loan, but they either havn't the money, er don't want to part with it.” “There is cousin William,” said Rose, hesitatingly. “ He has plenty.” “I spoke to him first,” said Robert, with a shadow coming into his clear blue eyes— offer- ing interest on the loan; but he hadn't the money, be said. I think, Rose, he hasn’t any over-good will toward me ‘now, dear.” She un- derstood him. id, with doesn't « Let bim have good or ill will,” sh: ® little defiant toss of her head. “It matter. We can do without him.” But it was with rather asad heart that Rose, on the last day of August, set out to Mount Joy. carrying home the completed dresses that would be wanted next day at the great fair at Lexing- ton. She walked the whole way, this time, a+ far as the Five Corners, and there stopped to | Test in the shade of the fruit trees in front of the smith’s cottage. The notice was still conspicu- ously nailed in the front of the shop. You haven't yet had an offer for your place, Mr. Simpson?” she asked of the smith, who passed her, appearing very busy. *Plenty offers—money ain’t paid down, though Except young Watson ‘li take it. Just left a little while ago, and promised to get the money out 0” bank to-morrow at Lexington. Don’t in- tend to take down notice till bargain's made and money paid cash. First that puts the money in my hand's to have it.” Kose walked on. Her feeling of ind! toward William Watson was changed in’ indignation. What could he want of the who wasa g ayy own? No doubt the ‘proposed purchase was t spite her and Robert, and. as the thought curred, she perceived the object of her indigu m approaching on horscback r the road. She did not desire to meet hi only was she angry with him, but he was 1 as she well knew, the sert of young man with whom a girl would be willing to be caught walk- ing alone on aseciuded road; and Rose, secing that she had not been perceived, turned hastily into the bushes, crossed a low fenee, and straiz through the wood in the ‘om of Mount Joy. There was no path- through this unfrequented —w and Rose had ked some dist retarn, bringing | | ments in reference to the effects of he: sheaceepted | Se | and his tive hundred dollars at the Fiv: | that way, he bebolds Robert busily at work | whilst Kose, prettier than ever in her lost the “bearings,” as sailors say, and hal wondered out of jo direct course. “She paused on aslij ee open space, and looked around, ‘he first object that arrested her at- tention was something red—gor, yasiy red and vivid—gieaming out from a neig) hboring taicket like a blazing jewel. It must be a flower, of course—thongh not even the suberb cardinal- flower bad ever seemed to the girl's eyes halt’ so. splendid in its gorgeous hue. And’ when she Feached it; she | in almost ranearoas sur- prise and delight at recognizing in this jewel of the woodland a dahlia and such a dahiia! There were several bads alrea: nearly opened, though but one in fall blossom—a blos- som just opened and pertectiy developed. i will get Robert to remove it to our gar- den,” Rose to herself; ‘and this lovely blossom I will take to Mrs. Rivers. fond of flowers. I wonder how it came here, away in the woods; and there is part of a basket, halt buried in the earth, near it. Yes, it is ac” tually growing ont of an old wicker backet. Asshe passed the Mount Joy garden, can was throwing over the palings a handful of rooted-up weeds. His eyes were instantly c w of the flower which Rose carried in its stem wrapped in some wet moss to Pp itfresh. And when she showed the blos- som, and told him how she had found it, the old man’s shrewd gray eyes kindled. He knew ail in an instant. “It was Mrs. Harmon's lost dali- She is so “<J'll gie you a gnde price for the plant, Miss Rose,” he said, persuasively. “* What price?” asked Rose, wonderingly; for ithad not occurred to her that any one would with to buy the dower. + Aweel, 1 man, reflectively, as he is head—*say 31."° Duncan was a Scotchman, shrewd and econ- omical, yet he felt half ashamed to impose on the girl with such an offer for this rare and splendid plant. And seeing that she hesitated, he fancied she knew something of its value. “You think it's worth mair, mayhaps?” he suggested. “Oh, no,” said Rose, with a half-absent smile; I was only wishing it worth $100. “ Eh, gude guide us! $100 for a wee tower!” So Rose, in defending herself trom the charge of such ‘unheard-of merceneriness, uncon sciously told her story. Duncan had a good heart—“au fond,” as the French say—and’ lis sympathies were aroused for the lovers, whilst, atthe same time, his ation rose’ against his suecesser at Fairyiew—Watson. « V'll tell ye wha’ tis, Mist Rose,” he broke in at the end of her story— Gin ye'll gic me that flower, and the hail plant, root, bud, an’ a,’ Lill hae see ye Tae that, an’ mait, i’ the same bank wi’ that donnie chief yonder, and I'll before handed wi’ him, or my isame’s nae Duncan.” So the bargain was agreed to on the 5; the old Scotchman, with spade and bas bi put out for want 0’ $100. pot; and the digging up with the earth undisturbed about its routs. “« Hech, sira!” said he, with @ chuckle, “but it’s the leddy e” Mount Joy wull win the prize this time; an’ I'd gie anither hindred dolldrs 0° maist to see how Madam Harmon will open her big black eyne when they fa" on this at the {air to-morrow. De'll kens liow iteame ere, thon! The way in which the root had really’ com: there was afterward remembered by Mrs. Har. mon herself. She had placed it, with the dried mots in which it had been enveloped, not om the shelf, as she had supposed, but inva little wick-r basket on that shelf, and this basket the ct dren had the same evening appropriated gattiering gentian roots in the woods, ind thes t, with the precious dahlia root sti i When, late the following da son, returning from the fair, pi tert oO smithy, he was told that the place had been some hours previous to Robert Ward every time he is under the necessity of p Lis shop, plenty of customers matronly bloom, is equaliy as bn r iticlse, fustract man’s loan has been paid long ago, and the Wards are great friends. He stili« shows his splendid dahlia ut all the flower-fuirs, and relates, with a chuck how he gained m of it; and if any one questions the strict honorableuess of the pro- ceeding, he puts down the objective with “Heck, sirs! but it was a’ providential,”’ an’ P'm nae ane to fly i’ the face o’ Providence. ss Tue Potsonovs INrLUENCE oF INTENSE Heat has been fully demonstrated by M ard, a French scientist, who has recently published an account of some curious experi- at upon avimals. It appears from these that heat, when it attains too high a degree, acts like a poison and destroys feeling and motion. But its char acteristic In some sort is to act directly on the muscular element. ‘he loss of the muscular properties necessarily pro ing the action of the heart and circu de; heat which must not e ed animals is trom (Rewmur,) for mamma 4 to &. In each case the maximam diff ly from the 9 V's normal tem ward medium, the temperature of which is kept up by that of the bloed—a certain atmosphere ot heat, so to which should remain unalte ta of this heat brings the most serious cou- nee with it as soon as it exceeds a very few ar potsons, the: Those must Lear a direct action npon the contra: lar element, such as the antiar (the the dpas antiar), the vas and th American vegetable powsons. T! probably bave the sam blood as heat. The precis the blood is thus analyzed b biood of an animal killed by heat black, the oxygen it contains is fermed into carbonic acid, DEATH IN THE AIR. The Death of the #ronaat, Prof. Wil- be . Deseribed at Length—A Th \- A correspondent writing from Paoli, Indiana, says: Should I live to bea hundred years old, the horrible scene witnessed by me on Saturday last will never be effaced trom my m-mory. I see it betore me now, and since that da been haunted ever since in dreams by upturned faces and anguished eyes, straining to watch in its descent through the air the body of aluman being, which ina tew seconds was dashed, mangled and bleeding, upon the earth at my feet. f would have written of it before, but the sight so unstrung my nerves that [ was rendered utterly incapable even of collecting my thoughts, much less of putting on paper a delib- erate account of the facts in the case. Tosee a man whom scarcely a minute before I hail spo- ken to as a friend, jerked up into the clouds and then hurried down again, his hair streamin, Wildly behind him, like that of Lucifer harled over the battle mentsor heaven—ta!ling, falling, whirled, doubled up, and then spread out, nis arms apart, as if rushing to embrace death, Well unstring the strongest nerves; and 10 this are added the agonized cries of the dying man’s wi litehed my arm and shrieked i! will he di I wonder that even yet, with these things in my mind, I am able to record what I heard, telt, and saw. You have doubtless received by tel briet dispateh telling how Professor W well-known aecronaut, fell while attempting to climb into his balloon, and how he was ieiioil, but tacts so meager are but an aggravation. will there curred. The Agi county had been holding jays, and no greater inter is commonly connected w of the industrial products of ishing community. f fair attached to such exiti- large and The farmers came in ng with them their wives essed in a gorge ray as their circumstances would permit rge pumpkins and enormous squash new patent churn and washing-machine, and the country boys lounging about and gazing in open- mouthed admiration of the volubie gentleman who displayed with all the eloquence of a Cicero his infaliible toothache ersdicator, rccel ved thei due share of attention, and before long the interest in the fair was on the way Bat it had been announced that on Saturday, the last day Of the exhibition, Professor Wilbur, the great American aeronaut, would make an ascent in his balloon, ax he had done one week beture at Croydon. It is not often that the inkab- itants or Orange county have an opportanity of witnessing such a sight, and, curiosity beingon p-toe, itisnot to be womlcred at that wh Saturday arrived the fair ground was full almost to suffocation, while on tie outside of the en- closure a great crowd had assembled to witness the flight of the great ship of the air. [twas the ayest day of the week; eyerybody was in holi- day dress, the girls looked their prettiest, the farmers their florid, and the country beaus were pe-ueckticd and invested it ing not only with the rainbow, but with the utmost powers of anoline. The centerof attraction was, Of course, the inclosed. space where the batluon Was to be inflated, about which gathered an eager crowd, lovking wt everytuing connected with the expected event, stidying the ropes the ering about to find where the gas was to com? Kom, snd pestering the amiable professor with questions as to how the gas was made, what tuade the balloon go up, and other things of the The protessor laughed good naturedly, exp aning as much as possible, and everybody was jolly in the anticipation of witnessing that to them most unusual of things—a balloon as- cersion. At about 4 o'clock m the afternoon the infla- tien of the balloon was commenced, and as the Dag swelled out almost to bursting and strage gied to be free, everybody was on the qui rire, those remote tom the spot straining their necks Ss, and even upon the Tt had been announced litor of the Orange County Union apany Professor Wilhurin hisascent and grent things Were expected (rom the report w his well-known ability ax a descriptive T gave every reason to believe would be forthcoming in the next issue of his newspaper. ing beside the profescor, laughing ga necessarily disjointed couversa- tion with him, tor he was busy with preparations for his Hight. He bad just nodded his head and said laughing! good-by, old fellow. Pll see you again soon hen Mr. Knapp stepped into the car, and the professor, who had hold of the rope fastened the car to the body of the balloon, shouted “Let go!” But he had spoken too soon aud was unable to reach the car, but still unw kept the rope in his hand and en- deavored t 8 to his place, succeeding on: © far as to get one arm over the rim of the ba: ket, where he hung dangling and straggling. His motions and the tact that the basket cate incon- tact with a rope which had fastened the balloo: tothe earth while it was being inilated, upset th car when it was about twenty-five feet from th groun Knapp fell stunned to ¢ ground, re was no time for caring tur flim now, for terror held everybody spell-bound. A sbout of admiration went up trom those who were too fardistazit from the s know what an accident had befallen the adventurers, and who suppesed that the ascent was being mae sans contretemys. But to those in the immediate vicinity of the ear the sight was an awful one, and for a moment everybody seemed paralyzed with terror, and stood rooted to the spot without nitering ery or word. The balloon lightened by the tallof Mr. Knapp, shot upward with dread- fully imereased velocity, and a scream of terror which chilled the blood of the hearerscame down from the upper air, where the doomed aeronant hung utterly hopeless of escaping death. At my side stood a woman who, as I afterward heard, was the Professor's wite. Her eyes were bursting from their sockets, and her face pallid and ghastly with fear. She clutched the air as if for support, and with one hand grasped my arm, still locking upward at the balloon which, swifter than an arrow, shot through the air. Up, np, it went, growing smaller and smaller in its flight, and then, with increased velocity, it g: a sudden start and shot yet faster towards the clouds. ‘Then a speck was seen far up in the air, grow- larger and larger as it fell. 0, my God, cried the woman, who clung to me with icon grasp, “he will die—he will be killed!” Yet her eyes remain fixed upon the falling body. At first it seemed like the stick of a rocket coming | down with the speed of light; then it was doubled pears. This, says M. Bernard, is we | pear poe ee ap excitement of the vital and normal properties of the red The black blood of the rabbit articles. Kitea by heat is still living; it absorbs oxvgen by contact with the air, and again becomes ruddy when taken in time. Between 0 and 70 degrees, however, the blood coagulates, loses its vital properties, and cannot again become red. Heat above @ certain degree kills the muse! without killing the blood. The chemical chars acter of this poisoning of the muscles by neat is the most obscure part of the the subject. It now Temains to chemists to analyze the phenomena whieh accompany the muscular rigity and abo- lition heat. Thechemical action of about it, my girl. He's a fine, steady fellow, Desh seterstety se: aioe on cqrtained. M. Clande Bernard's or a, “I don’t think he has the moncy,” said the 2 Some or 4 , blushing, but with a 1 look back at Ley em ole ep & and the cottage, with its garden, its | Toperasely, snding out, the ‘action 9 ctegae eh rae os fone taoaghfully, «1 | Upon these Semants, De pee net enh made some ‘ help him along « ‘He's sure | STeat discoveries initiated an ly fer. to succeed at the Corners, the for a smithy in the coastry round, and thou, Co-orgRation in New Exa- ain’t much to spare. I wouldn't see him at ccess of the co-operative move- for a few dollars or 40.’ }) Mase., has encouraged slag ten epee hor work than on Loony Some Hock? k= tage at the Five Corners; and when, Kobe ive Boot and Shoe Company ‘ard came In, late in the Portsmouth less than two yeurs half hour's talk with her, she craft, who, with their “1 can’t do it, Rose,” he said, regretfully. large amount of energy “I've but $300 she vets, a8 you As a result of their own much there fs to do with And from small begins ry place for business !"” exvelionce of their “« = such @ pretty cottage—already built, ns, coming to be well known and ap- “I wish I cout to get aching tees took ing at the bright, eager face be “Couldn't you try, Kobert? Farmer Brown will help you, you know.” ix Evrorr.—The Robert came in. next evening, looking rather | mine hours movement continues to gain excited. Farmer Brown had promised to loan ts master engineers, him $100, * all the ready money he could sera; fronfounders and machinists of Notti 2 together. This, with his own, would ma ve ily m: concession to their e400. orkmen. Work has been suspended in twenty nly $1 more!" exclaimed Rose, joyously | of the large factories at Chemnitz, Saxony. ing her hands. The number of workmen who have struc! ut there ts the difficulty, Rose. Ont | amounts to about 6,500. The men demand a wanting would spoil the w howon earth | reduction of the hours of work to ten hours, with am I to get this $100? I di y two or three per cent. extra for overtime, | will be absent some months. up like a ball, then seemed to unfold, and whirl- ing about with agyratory motion, with hands and | legs spread out. Tt scemed an age while the min ng, for before he loosened his grasp the balloon must have been at least a mile from the an age to the poor wife who band rushing towarg her and death with the speed of light. When abont ali 2 mile from the ground his body ceased its ory motion. assumed a perpendicn}ar posi- came down head tirst k the me od nee fi within 1 safely tray- nd, cared fur it, A Literary Pair. New Vork correspondent of the Louisville Journal writes as follows: The Ludi mmer has set in and vacations areover. Ti artists an rs who have been out of town lave ne all returned to the city and to their Work. One of the latest arrivals among them, Mr. Parton, who has been spending the Sum- mer at Newport, I saw lately Broadw king rn. on his alternoon waik with lus wite * Fans ‘They have both enjoy Newport and speak in the highest terms of its climate and seciety. Parton worked like a horse, as usual, all the time while there, be- sides bathing daily in the surf and driving ou in a one-horse phacton with his wife. He wil! soon start on a Winter's lecturing tour, and The home of this literary pair is a most pera Ad grrioe thor- oughly expressive of comfort and filled with books and other proofs of taste. A colossal bust of Clyde stands by the window on a pedestal and peeps through the curtains at the visitor coming up the steps as if it were living. Chro- mos and engravings, encircled by living ivy, hang on the walls. On an et with weil? bound books, stand busts of Beecher and But- ler, moral my ing-room is up stairs, and is a veritable liter Gen, simply farnisbed, and rich with the odor of Russia-leather bi ‘The general appear- ance of the house is like that of ‘any other culti= vated family, and it has nothing or ns ccatag Gat inte society of Mr. PB. “ An evening spent in . Par- ton and his wile is a treat Indeed. Both are 7s talkers, but Fanny Fern isthe ran ges | er fre excellent, and re peace an she talks it power, telling stories, in cular, with striking effect, She has had a varied experience, and her remin- of the of the lit ‘here is a heartiness, also, in her manner which warms one to her, and the visitor soon feels quite at bome in peaeerery. Parton talks quietly aud deliberately, but if at all interested, he ri into enthusiasm, and at intervals has flashes of fine sentiment, expressed in his happiest way. I have met few persons whose talk was tnore} suggestive, or wo com- mented more keenly on the events of the day.’ 87" A Western journal says: Mrs. Bennett of Relena, Ark., was wooed by Mr. Fiske, but she threw Fiske to the dogs. So he inocu her son with buckshot, and straightened his own spine with strychuine, and she is now without encumbrances. at Live @ak. AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL I® FLORID. « You will get supper at Live Oak, sir.” This | was said by the gentlemanly clerk of the Metro~ Reliten hotel at Jacksonville, as 1 paid uy bill. ‘he day was intensely hot. I'wasto leave by the 4). m. train for Savannah, and having taken but a light dinner, very naturally expressed some interest in the matter of supper. The assurance Of a supper at “Live Oak” was pleasant. My food friend, Dr. Mitchell, drove me in his bugsy o the station, and in wishing me a good journey as we parted, said, “You will get sapper at 1 — ia When I took my ticket I i ¥. leep ser at Live Oak,” was tho reply. fair rate, the “colored” car in front, with but a solitary passenger, while the “white” car, about half filled, brought up Thad selected a comfortable seat on ly side, and was busily engaged with my Rewspaper, when the conductor wuched my shoulder and ssked tor my ticket. “What time do we arrive at Live Oak?” [inguired. “Eight forty-five. “Sleeping-cars there?” “No. ‘The sleeping-car went down last night; but you'll get re. You will get a nice supper at Live Oak, sir,” he added, as if that would offset the lors of a night's sleep. “Allright. Ats:45, you say, we shall get there 2” “* Yes, sir.” [ looked at my watch. Four hours and a half yet seemed a long time to wait; but that “nice supper,” seasoned with a good appetite. would be all the more welcome after a wholes fast. [read and dozed, roused myself nok out at the swamps and the pines, then dozd again, au |, from dozing, slept and dreamed. e Oak.” A thundering gong sounded form. A colored waiter, with snow the ear, and in- vited “de ladies and * to sapper. A spacious saloon was just opposite the car: ass the plattorm, and following a crowd, [ ontered. A dozen cory tables were nicely set, the cloths a the china were spotiess!y Lottles and goblets glistened andsparkled in the | light of the chandeliers which hung overhead, a score of tidy colored girls, in bright ginghams | and white aprons, were in attendance, aud, as I took anoficred chair, congratulated myself on my light dinner, my long fast and my keen app tite, tor now I was to enjoy that long-promised luxuiy, supper at Live Oak. “ Yes, please.” “ What else, sir you please. Youshall select my supper before it, a couple of Jumps of loat su fous. Nice and nicely-eooked ham and eggs, broiled chicken, tenderloin steak, fried potators, ‘a la Saratoga,” oysters fried, oysters spiced and pickled, fresh garden radishes, hot biseuits, corn cakes and hard, golden batter were spread betore me, and to these ripe oran- ges, bananas, gray % Drawing my napkin from its silver ring, 1 was about to begin my feast, when a lou trom the engine whistle sounded aud—I awoke! The train stopped. * Live Oak! Supper!” was yelled by aragged darky, who rushed through the ear and vanished throngh the rear door. got up, rubbed my eyes, and ‘went for it” (not the darky, but tle sapper.) I looked over the way for the saloon of my dreams, but it wasn’t there. Close beside the train though, and on the platform, was a sort of tent, formed by some pieces of old canvas drawn over a rough irame- work of potes and boughs, and in wiich was a rough board table and the ‘capper at Live Oak.” Inthe rash I managed to secure a box for a seat, and a plate at the board. One ota halt-dozen ragged, dirty and dilapidated darkies came to me and demanded fifty cents, whi I promptly paid, and asked ‘tor some te “Got none.” *+ Some coffee, then.” ‘The cottve was brought. It was the genuine Turkisl ticle—one- half grounds and the other hal pme milk.” “ : r ail done gon 4 water,then © jot no water; all gone. Better look sharp, sir, dis zere train be off in "bout a minute.” Just then the whistie sounded, and the conductor shouted “all aboard.” I looke 1 around tor something to “grab.” A_pivce of boiled pork, a mysterious plaster pie, and som hot biscuits’ were the sum and substance of the “supper.” I canght up three of the biscuits, and jumped on the train just as it was moving off. ‘I took my seat, and at my leisure procee ed to investigate the biscuit. They were sour, musty and heavy. I tried honestly and fairly to do them justice, and only succeeded when I threw them out of the window. Disappointed, sad and hungry, I folded myself up as best could on a three-foot seat (I think Iran my legs out of the window and hung my head over the arm rest) and sought refuge in sleep, while a thousand mu-quitoes kindly and soothingly sung in my care of “supper at Live Oak!” ‘Women who Desire to be Rivals of Men. A writer in Temple Bar offers these plain words as hiscontribution to the discussion of the question of ‘women’s rights:”” ; It has been observed by Mr.Mill,andis e- quently pleaded by those of his adimirers who agree with his views as to the emancipation of wo- men, that we do not find it necessary to see that none butstrong-armed men are blacksmiths, and that, therefore, there must be somevother reason than that of unfitness for excluding womentrom | the yocations we have enumerated. But Mr. Mill has, on this occasion, yielded to the hee al tation of saying ingemous things, since the servation is by no means so pertinent or so con- clusive as is apparently supposed. Now and then, we imagine, men not sufficiently stron, armed do turn blacksmiths, and either they or their clients will be sure to suffer in conse- And that i &e., that would happen. If women are to be the rivals of men in all the tough, rough, and arduous Occupations of life, either they must be treated Ly men as perfect equals, or must be deterred to, as they are now, at theater, in churches, on the croquet lawn, in railway carriages, and in conversation. On the latter rupposition, it is the clients who should sutfer, and we should witness the strange spectacle, to employ Mr. Mill’s comparison, of horses, being shod, forges worked, and wheels turned, accor- ding to the standard attainable by the weakest arm=! How much the affairs of the world would suffer by being conducted according to , this novel form of competition, for whiek 4 parallel is to found only in the Sports of those county fairs where the last animal in arace curries off the prize, it is supertiuous to point out. On the other supposition, that men would treat women on a footing of complete equality, the result would be less peculiar, perhaps, but immeasurably more revolting. We may see by the tussles and controversies in which the finest and most polite n res are inevitably involved, in court, on the hustings, in the press, in dialectics, how very diiterent would have to be the tone observed by men toward women from what it is no ‘There is nothing to be Ceo by supposing this world to be Utspia, and then minking arrangements accordingly. It is a world of rough work, hard knocks, accusations, reports, reproaches, imputations, jealous; hatred, and all uncharitableness, and there vot the smallest reason to suppose that it will ever be anything else. Nothing isachieved in it except by contest, and the irrepressible E, inspiresthe combatants on id that the introduc fe would soften its deness, and Hill it with ag These are silly dreams. M ite, deferential, and n to their own & fe with the nt of women ‘ate to women as these do not 3 and the . is that what would be introdueed by them into the labors ofp rblic life. On the score, therefore, of manners, 1d of the recipro- a) deportment of the sexes, society would uly suffer a eh ud achange for the worse. It is impossitl ver, for any one who has observed women With any attention, to doubt that,quite apart from any contention asto the nature and calibre of their mental faculties, y would, if left to hold their own with men in the cecupations we are considering, utterly fail to do so. ‘This is not the place in which physiological considerations can be entered into with any minuteness; but there can be no harm insaying, nd it is important to note, that the physical in- firmities of Women are at once more constant and recurring than those of men, and that, whether they are married or un: 5 ers of families or the contrary. Even for a aor their enduranee is not equal to that of men, an we —— ee ae — lived who coul through one- fatigues which are imposed ons doctor or barrister in large practice, to say nothing of those endured man who is at once a cumulatively, they are overwhelming, 3 tbe stsumer Bristol ome on wee! she f Hell on her tage heme New Tork. A. weltsireeoed ger man of about of age was sta’ 3 the d. Hailing a , i» uired if he would pick him e affirmati' rihiog: Temp ov tatoen skillfully Sam Pi come to life and some fait saw feat, and it was the vur- booep wrth the rear arene ones feared skraok wane af the wouter peeks Yo" the channel. Finally he came up, swam after and picked up his bat, which was floating away and’ war then taken aboard the tug. ¥ A DrTnort ornt, standing up to be married the other day, had to have her corset strings eut before she could “take this man to be her wedded husband” in the articulate terms sary to the completion of the ceremony. She was Inced up to the last hole, and when the kuife was applied, the crack of the Was like the explosion of a kerosene iP. | emergency exiete for the tmmediats tal pre | pro er ra August 19, 191. Fi F HULDING GENER: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. AN AcT fixing the time for holding the General Elections in the District of Columbia. ei oP utes a te ca aces strict aemvia. Reneral el therein shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of November of each year, Sheu. and be 4: fetter enacted, That whereas an Sher appecral Uy he orceperss ores mand aoe A Tere WILLIAM STIC! NEY, Approved, August 9, moet of the Council. - COOKE, Governor. ac tlm Re JOTIOk BY [HE GOVERNOR AND 5 TARY of the District of Columbia of the eub- Missiow to the peogie of the District of Columbia, for heir approval or disapproval, of an act of ‘the itislative Assembly of vict entitied “ An Bet authorisiag el of Columb =a jebt for #1 r and repairs in sai District by the iesutuz of four aiition of bonds, nod levying «tax for the paymont of the Interest as it shall aunuaily accrue thereon, and submitting tho act with the question #f the issuing of the fear mil lions of improvement bends to a vote of the people Mt A general election in said approved agust 19, “ meer ve Exxcotivs Orrics, DistTRICT oF Gouvmpia, Augast 21, 1871 Notice is heredy election in the Di: held on the fourth (being the twenty-second day of that m: th of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Colum: bia. entitled "An ect authorizing the District of Oo ia tocreate a debt tor special improvements aud repairs in said District by tie ineuing of f of bonds vided by eaid se 10 poopie of snid District their approval ordisapproval, tn con cation of i ms of be strict of Colambia, NL. STANTON, Secretary of the District of Columbia. AX Act authorizing the District of Columbia tocreate e debt for special improvements aud repairs in said District by the issting of lour million of bo and levying a tax for the payment of the int a it shall annually accrue thereon, and eubmitting the act with the question of the istuing of the far million of unprovement per Bip Drstrict of Colum: ‘hat in order that special im provements aud repairs of the strecte, avenues, alleys, and rouds of the District of Colambia may be commenced aud completed, and sewers and bridges be coustructed therein. an other ccessary public works be executed, the Gos ernor of said Dis authorized and empowered, for abd in bebalf District, to or cause to be issaed odor and one theaenrd aty yoars from the their issue, and te bear interest at the rete of seven per contum auntaily BEC. 2 And ve ti further enacted, That @ special tax fs herchy levied om the taxable property of the Di» trict of Columbia, for the period of twenty years, to Sn amount paficieut to pay the interset which may accrue or the said bonds during «aid period, whic tax shall re coll fn sums of two hundred aod eighty thoasand ring ewch of said years, Sates ably to the of the act of the Conge of the United States, entitled, “An act to prov &@ government for the District of Columbia, Proved February twenty-one. cightoen huindrad seventy-one, and in the same manner that the eral taxes of said District shall be collected, and be applied and uscd exclusively for the payment of the interest aunually accruing on said Lond, EC. 3. Amd be 0t further enacted. That the Gover- ion with the Secretary and the prepare said bonds for iaews aud sais On their face they shall be designated “spectal im provement bonds,” and shall be signed by the Gov- erber, countersigned 7, the Seeretary and Com) troller, and have afixed to them the seal of the BEC. 4. Amd de tt further enacted, That the bonds which may be prepared for issue ‘and sais as afore- seid, until required for said purposes, shall be de- Comptrolier of said District, and b permit any one or more of them t of his possession, except for the purposes of this nc and he shall give security for their safe kee: Tequired by the Governor; and roller, = fal Teport, from time te time, to the islative seem bij amount of sales, as well as of the that may have accrued or to be eight hundred asand res, and be sold by the peo the extant to hick bonds sbali Governor within said the issue thereof is aut b ise ule said the cout any work and settlement therefore be ut further enacted, That the im provements which may by virtue of this act shall be commenced and carried on according to the Provisions of the aforesaid act of of the wenty-first day of February, eighteen hundred aud exclusively forthe promotion of or. ea of Sze. 7. And the public interests Bec. 8. And 0¢ tt hey emacted, That if an: officer or employe ofthe’ sald District shall ase, oF i (to the use, of any of the money authorized to be raived by this.act, contrary to tue srovision, he Shali,on conviction thereof in the Crminal Court of the Lege phen = than one thousand doll BxC. 9. And be tt further enacted, That shall be sufimitted to the people istrict at the first general neld after in +t the fasui th hereinafter provided, vohy : oe Up ova ee ‘it shall be rior to said election. ole id. election shall be rinted, ‘snd d act. and of the reat rt said debt, 1 be in Fo! For the act of [Ap act authorizing Ste a debt for special im said District, by the ievaing of four million and levying a tax for the payment of the interest, as it shall annually accrue thereen, and submitting ihe act, with the question of the issuing of the four mil- lions of improvement bonds, to a vote of the people, at a general election in said District.” And for the issuing of four millious of improve- 1d a4 provided in said act. And the ballots against said act and the issuing of the bonds shall be as follows: AGAINST SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS. Against the act of the District of titled, bia . bonds, or of the the words following. to wit: RSPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS ‘of the District of Columb tocre: rovements and repairs in bonds, . * Au set authorizing the District create adebt for special mprovements and Fevaireip said District, by the isstiug of four mil Kiope of bonds, and li tax for the payment of rest as it shall annually accrue thereon, rr iting the aet, with the qui fesuing of the four millions of impr: toa vote of the people at s general Bistrict.”” rict. ud against the issuing of four millions of im provement bonds, as provided forin said act, ird. That aballot-box for ec ion district shall be provided by the Governor, ia which the bal lots for aud id for and acainst ene a in reste ie vf te, ag regards the pers-us ents Ctherwise,in sccordance with the laws aud 1 tions which may beapplicable to the holding of gen- Jections in said District. orpoarth. Upon ciosiug. the polls, the ballot-boxee containing said tickets shall be opened, and the bal ots shall do list immediately coun! tall, J Bf ree Hi i ing effect of | y THE GUYERNOR AND SEORE NOS sue District of Columbia of he sub- mission to the people of ct, for their ap- paid Distr o of an act of the Logisiative Rinceubly of sek District, approved “August Ib, said District ier entitied, "An act lew interest as it shel! nd repairs in said Dis Mions of bonds and levying reat as it shail an eToon, a iting the act. with question of the issuing of four million of im rrovetnent bonds. toa vote of the people ata genera! Glestion tm said District.” cr x DretRict oF Corew Notre 13 her mt election in the District of Columb! id on the fourth Wednemiay of Orrics, { August 2ist, 1871 at the next genera! which will be ember, 1871, (Dring the twenty-second day of that month.) the Sct of che Legislative Asombip of the District afore said approved August 19th, 1871, entitled “Ap act levying a tax for the paymert of the interest as it mnally accrne om four million dotiare ut thorized to be Jesned by the District of Ox »ereate a det epectal om 2 and repairs in said t by the ons of bonds, and levving a tax for the payment of the interest as it shall anaustiy pa, and submitti t rict ‘olumbia to create « jal improvements and repairs in said Dist the tesuing of four million of bon tax for the payment of the interr Soon. and subrnit cin niet by wd levying ® as it shall the met, with ually accra t ne of tm t at wgeneral be the fest general election afrer actentitied “ An act levying « of it shall co { bonds, an ‘ a by » Dist and submitting the act, fesuing of fourm Iltops of improvem: e people at ageneral election in said 1D, ae respects the said act. wilh bo beld as int ASE pt Said act i beroto subsoined and publica {is herewith rusde fatrict of Columbia, ment of She mter- anauaily accrue on four milion bends, sathoriz d te be iasued by the f Columbin by an act entitied = Au act Suthorizing the District of Columbia ty ereate Gebt for "e; cial improvements aud repairs in District by the issuing of i b levying stax for the payment sit shall annually accrue theroun.and ting the act, with the question of the isu tour mili of improvement bonds. to ® vote uf general eiection in the ssid Di«. = Bprople we die at enacted Dasirect of Colum Buthories] to be issand bia in accordance with the or ied “An act authorizing the tal the f bonds, and the levying = tax for the payment of the interest as it shall anon- aily accrue thereon.and eubsaitting the act, with the question of the issuii ment be od pen wrth period it to pay the daring said Property in said District of twenty years. te an amount sift interest Which may acerne on =. Bundred ond euchty thousand dolters.tn said years, agreeably to the p: Congress ¢ntitied © An act for the District of Columb twenty-first. eighteen hmudred a in the same manner that the ge District shall be collected, and be applint and gee exclusively for the payment of the interest annual accruing op said bonds; that this act shall be mitted to the each of us of the act ople, with the skid act of said Tis trict, entitled “An act authorizing the District ot Colnmbin to create a qebt f repairs in said millions of bovds and lev interest as it ict.” be held after v ot the District ol Ge, iy accrue : ing the act, with the question of the suing of four millions ‘of Improvement boude ta'a Falecat, the Peaple at a general ‘lection ka the said ist on ind to agai: this eet sball the words following, to wit: = Net The act for levying a tex for the pertod years for the payment of the interest as it shall an ually accrue on the four millions of bowds to be issued by the District of Columl ly to the Provisions of an actentitled * An act authorising tte trict to create ® debt for mpecial. imj and repairs in said District, by the issuing of four million of bonds and levying's tax for the payment of the interest as it shall annually acerue and submitting the act, with the question ieeuing of four millions ‘of improvement bonds, to yote of the people at « general election in the sald Fourth. Upon closing the polle, the ball against this taw shull be cooeted by Steet cers, and @ tally list thereof be sh. the completing of the counting of said ballots and du jicate returns of the votes cast in each election dis for this act together with statements of the ag fo Shall deat Bos of cack election dietriot oth oho sane of eacl with the said election and the others shall te placed? sealed envelope and be directed to the Secrs he District and he placed in his hhands by ‘ous or more oo] said election officers. ifth. On recerving the said envelopes containing therettrne ay aforesaid, the Sec ie RAMNe, ats gether the epuregnte 3 cast in each district; and after 4. ning eo shall ro the result to the Governor and file «copy of such certificate among the records of his office. Bixth. If itchall appear from said returns as certi- fied to by the Secretary that a majority of the © cast for members of said Legislative Assembly sh bave been cast + itshall be in full force and ef ernwr #hall pro claim the saine in the papers of the District im which this law may be published. If a mayority of votes shall be cast against this act it shall be void and 7 b eet. Ske.2, Amd be st furcher enarted, That with the publication of this act in the said for the period of three m: notice over the signature of th. ernor and Secretary of the District that it will be submitted te the people at the first geueral election after its pase. age for their approval or disapproval, and wcopy of fuch notice shal! be filed and recorded in of the Secretary ef the District, Sec. 8. And be vt further enacied, That whereas emergency exists for the bamediate taking effect this act In the event of its approval by the 4 Shall Ge tn force Gross and iver wn tredeseiay rom by the Governor. CHARLES L. HULSE, ats Haar of Deloeaten SPW ILLIAM STICK NET of the Oouticit an of eee ane ee OTICE AND PBOC! A" Newvinter pepe ee ‘An act authorizing the | ft od, which iax shail be coliected in sams of tw. | aid | r ae fo prepare for its superstructers; a0 Thai. prov sted that th ubmittind t people at the next and slall receive « majority of t ere of the Brctelattre Ameumbly SPC. 1. Amd Se ot ome apital stock Company, to mannd 4 lars: Promided That. before euch ante -iptton shad be made, antiatectors es dence thal b- forniehad to | the Board of Public W thatanch sabscription De adequate for (he purpose of completing the 4 * ) Caarantecs teenmc tty town ory to anid Board of P able further enaciet. That in order to maid sulmcription ti coupen bonds allen press the b lower rate a® f th “ at same to the pec ifahall be voted upon CHARLES &. AU he a Speaker 1 ' aloe WILL.AM STICANEY, Prontont of the € 9, ETD (pomamacrenr TOOLS, OF ALL KINDS. | STREET OR ROAD PLOWS, DIET OR ROAD KOC DIRT BARROWS, HEAVY IKON TRAY BARROWS WHEELAARROWS, WHIFFLETRERS, GRINDSTONES, | OX YORES, ROLLERS AMES & ROWLAND'S SHOVELS, STEEL STREET PICKS | 1CK HANDLES, CROW BARS, MATTOCKS, STREET HORS | RATTAN BROOMS | LOG AND TRACk CHAINS | TRUCKS, AXES, kc, &e., | STABLE FIXTURES, HAY CUTTERS, TABLE BARROWS, | CURRY COMB: HORSE BRUSHES, STABLE BROOMS, AXLE GREASE, CARRIAGE JACKS, STABLE FORKS, HALTER OHAUNS, BUCKET:, BASKETS, MEASURES, ae. my | the | JNO. A. BAKER, AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, LOUISIANA AVENUE, 0c 6-w between 9th end 10th streets, N THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS’ 1 UF COLUMBIA, UY DISTRICT rewe preme Court « of appointed TUESDAY the 2th day of D 3571. forthe final settlement and distrit Eyrecnal etat nid, ae oof anid deceneed, and of th said deceased order be published once a week for thr the Evening Star previous to thesaid day ent A. WEBSTER. Register of Wille. REME OCURT OF THE PLUMBIA. (ctor 15 ve | Willie J. Rider et al Ordered, by the Court | 2871. that ¢ Js made and rep. New in the a deototee vw ried entitied ‘RB NERT; inseried in the *'Ey three weeks before t it is further ordered that th referred to the Auditor ( tribution, ¥ the Vourt. A truer copy’ —R. J. MED | THE SUPREME TRIC A.WYLIE 8, Clerk, Re. oc ah-wiw COURT OF THE DIS OLUMBIA f October, ¥ { wo. 2564, Ba Docket 11 L. John- dered that the defendant # entered herein on or b urring forty days after th: will be proceeded with as Test—MacARTHUR, J. AMS, Asvistant Clerk ve Julins A. Fay. n otion of the © mpleinants, by Mr I their solicitor, it is in cass of default, Tus 604 4. MEIGS, OF B) LP. WILL [> THE ScPR tice. ots It fon. of | ine | de Holding a Tn the case of William T Kent. adi . *. a. of WINSLOW J ERADFORD. do 1 the edminist: at d has. with the » “mu reenid. app: ember, & 1) 1871 been collected and turned and where all the creditors and by d are notified to att ® stration rn TEK BERGMAN, late of eased. All persons hay d deceased are hereby warne some. with the i on, or before the 71 >t day uf November 1 otherwise by law claded from « the said estate. Given under my ba: b Tre day of November, 151 LAMBERT 4. PEROMAN Des w at” Admini+trator,c.t a. US1Ep State On, the petite n \ LIAM LEW rn t Xtenelon 2 of wg . ames for Photazraphi: Cameras It is ordered that ‘the testimony in the cane be closed on the 2d day January next .t 8 repert So shaipsh ot the Bath day of Seommntn eat eank ited ton the ay of January went that said petition be heard on the Ith day 2! "Ja: “ny pers this extension Pest M.D LRGGETT.Cominissioner, Dol-w St