Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1874, Page 6

t mortal eye THREE F When the lamps wer RENCH MAR “began madame, ‘ ago sie Was not Madame de Cou surprise in her bl ame, laughing. father in a cou desolate with property was « ng her father’s death Seked me 1 board in Paris, , and always be- uk I have found He has a tine and such an exc could only sce how well h «l of his regime e evening [ had an opportunity to speak to the colonel. *W . ‘Madame, your cousin is charm- rather too tall.’ ene! had a giant's ooke on horseb enchant for little wor ho occasion for you y not mentioned it to ‘I showid like to n, of course.” termortro#,” sald he. celles, but u ‘only not so fat they are very happy * Doesn't she think be is too fat not «I dare say she would be very indignant if you were to say sv, - “* Now for marriage Nv. 2 ‘A short time before my laughed mac called en we. ‘That is a strange idea o to marry your cousin to that great fat colon he. +1 have a friend who would suit n ‘itis rather late to be married in ten days.’ , I am sure.” sieur, | havea sister-in-law, a young widow, © haudsomer than pleased with r’ ‘Nothing = to-morrow, ar [riend might bi ish I could see Dine with us the day you and Madame Auber, dulia to mec ris really very |. Auber could not restrain his u, Madame, she is adorable! It wy friend can please her he is et me see: to-day is Tuesday. Wall, | Thursday, if you and your sister and M. Lefort Will dme with as, my friend “ Tharsday came, the dix Ahad told my sister what tion, ami we were naturally a little curious to He was a good-looking man. man to be en- ill be there.” r aud the guests. was in contempla- wee M. \ ernon. about fifty years of age. “Oh, madame, wasn’t he bald?” asked . be was a little, on the top of his “1 hate bald men. How old wassho?” “A iittie under tuirty.”” *-I should not think she would have married him if she was so ** Well, my dear, he had a fine soctal position e fortune, hotel in Paris, house inthe egant carriage, and servauts in liv- Tt was a great temptation, and then she oang, you know. Well, dinner we bai returned to the parlor. M. Auber seemed restiess and tdgety. for he ia ofa very impatient temperament. Lefort,” said he, rising, +1 should like to show you & painting by Paul D. I had seen the p times, but I followed without a word Wouldn't you like to see it too No sooner was the door closed than he asked in was not very roche in the next Z hundreds of sister think of my fric sieur, Lesa should [ ge rs g. Opportunity to speak so her. Ke Se'more suitable to know M. Vernon's impr 1 saw that in an ‘There ts no need of asking Bim. He is enchanted.’ ‘Truly, she is tue moet beautiful creature I ever saw,’ said M. “Far two young aud lovely for me ‘That remains to be seen, ‘Ask her, madame—just as well ae any time.’ ‘But M. Vernon must go | / ‘Certainly, madame;’ and he opened inte the parlor. « don't you wish wseethis beautiful painting’ Have you no taste fer the arts?’ S| “M. Auber wishes to know how you are pleased th bis friend.’ ‘Heis very well,’ said she coolly—‘rather old.’ ‘@b, madame, is that all les, it wonld said M. Auber. ‘ome then, Julie, “Early the next morning M. Vernon called mother, ‘and a my himto the be immediately of her daughter. oe) and madame looked rigid THAT HORSE. | withastonishment. “ Bat if the engagemsat yqq, ‘Carioas Equi | Mate broken she would never find @ Nasband was Renee ee oe after sach an intimacy?” “To-Day.” “That would make no ditterenes,” Tre ee men fal i | Joined, ‘unless a girl were engaged six or seven | | It is probable that shoald never have years, and the man broke hisengagement then, | DoUght @ horse if I had not beon strongly urged assometimes happens. She would have lost | t do so by other persons. I do not care a great | her fresh young beauty, and her heart might be , deal for riding aud Ageia and if it ever did so set on Her faithiexs lover that no vther could | Occur to me eae it ‘would, perhaps, be a nice “ 4 me nece cl ror the ‘Cand they are kept {rom infecorous firting | tained from the investment. It always seemed nd manwuvres to attract attention, too,” said | to me to be much cheaper to hire a horse at a I. with @ glance at my young Americans —not { liveryetable if only an occasional drive was de- ey i iy, how- | sired; and I cling to that theory yet. But every- cree? Deeded tho hint particalerly, BOW- | heay clea seemed to think that Lought we omt'a ‘They can flirt enongh afterwart,” said | horse. Mrs. Adeler was especial iy anxious 0. elie, spiritedly. © Don't you remember that | Sdoutit. She insisted that we were doing very Piees Me .. Obk bee cole cis, cnt | well id the world, and che did mat ose tmetane cr the young officer at the Grand Ho’ Tnever | baving means if we were to live always as we saw any such flirting in America.” did when we were poor. She said sie often “Don't talk, girls,” said Emily, “I want to | Wanted to take a drive along the river-road in hear about the third marriage.”” the ovesing with the children, and she tre- “Well,” resumed madame,” “I felt a good | quently wished to visit her friends in the coun- deal of complacency ‘n my success, and it | try, but she couldn't bear to go with a stcange formed h cablect of conversafion atmay’naxt re. | house, of hich une knee nothing ception. ‘I am disgusted,’ said Madame Bel- | My friends used to aay, “‘Adeler, I wonder val. ‘Ihave been trying all winter to bring | You don’t keep # horse and take your family about a marriage between two of my friends, | Out sometimes;” and they hammered away at and ithas failed at last. I will never try again | the theme until I actually began to feel as if if I live a thousand years.’ ‘lam ready to try | the public suspected me of being a higgardly again to-morrow.’ ‘Pray, be so kind as to give | aud cruel tyrant, who hugged my gold to my me some assistance, then,’ said Madame ©., | bosom, and gloated over the misery of my wire wite of the Minister of Marine. ‘lam looking | 8nd chbildre a ere because they coudn's for a suitable wife for Emile, as I am ve have ahorse. Pcopie used to come dowa from sirous thathe should marry. Young m the city to see us, and, after examining the exposed to so many temptations in P: house and garden, they would remark, “Very tresses and grisettes, ard all that k cbharming!—very charming, indeed! little nough to drive a mother di paradise, i i; but, Adeier. why don’t you Il be twenty-five next month.’ buy a horse?” IT gradually grew nervous upon “Tshould think he was oll enongh to find a | the subject, and was tolerably well convinced wife for himself,” whispered Alice. that there would never be perfect happiness in “His salary is twelve thousand franc my tamily till! purchased a stee some | is not bad fora young m nad bis kind. At lasf, one day Sen-enderfer, who ¢o something more for him when he lives next door to me, had a cream-colore | ‘IL know a girl that will horse knocked down t him at one of thos Madame Betvil, eagerly auction sales which are known {athe rural Van Winkle, that she bad ‘sw as © Vandues.”) And when I saw is an interpolation. I am afraid ther drive past the house every after- ladies nad not the pleasure of being acqua noon with that cream-colored br with Monsieur Van Winkle.) “*The admini-- | family in a dear! trator of the Lyons railws most nineteen, the mo: lovely, and her mar te, and n-wagon, and observed basa danghter al- | how he looked in at us and smiled superctl- amiable, the most | fously, as if he was thinking “there lives a r willgive her a hundrad | miserable outcast who has no horse, and cau’t thousand frances. ‘That is very reasonable,’ | get one,” I determined to purchase at once. said Madame C. ‘I shall be under everlasting | 1 have not had much experience with horses, obligation to you it yoa willspeak to himotoar | but I found one whose appearance and gait | sor With the greatest pleasure in the world.’ | Pleased me, and I was particularly drawn to- ‘Madame Belvil had an interview with the | Ward bim because the man recommended hun tnistrator of railway. He would make in- | 48 being “urbane.” { had ueard many deserip- sabout the young man. The resalt was | tions of the points of a good horse, but this was ac and in a week the friends of both | the first time I had ever meta horse whose most | families, ading M. Lefort and myself, re- | prominent characteristic was urbauity. It ceived an invitation toa soires at Mad ~ | seemed to me that the quality was an excelleat His, whiere the two young people would mect | ove, and 1 made a bargain on the spot and drove for the tirst time. Ii was very embarrassin, ome. : z for them in the presence ore many curiv ~: “Mrs. Adeler,” I said, as I exhibited the pur- observers. Mademoiselle Therese was lovely, | Chase to her, *-1 do not think this horse is very with long fair curlsand that delicate blond | fast; I do not regard him as in the highest sense beauty which isso rare inFrance. 1 pitied the | beautiful; he may even be deficient in wind; his | poor child, she was so distressed at the thought | tail certainly is short; and I think I can detect of being on exhibition, as it were, and looked | in bis forelegs a tendency to spring too far for pale and then flushed alternately ward at the knees; but, Mrs. Adcier, the hors “Tam glad I am not a French girl,” said | 's urbane. The man said that his urbanicy Helen. amounted to a positive weakness, and that is And fhe young man was scarcely less a why I bought him. Ita horse ix not'urbane, my tated. They hardiy dared to loo! ach | dear, iC isuseless, no matter what its merits 1a oiher, swere as silent as deat-mutes the | otherrespects.”” me j | whole evening. The next day his father mate | She said that had been her opinion trom early r a formal demandof M. Thouvel for the hand of | ¢hildbood. his danghter. His tath ing to do with it “*fdo not care greatly, Mrs, Adeler, for ex- and the young man had noth- | cessive speed. Give me @ horse which can pro- exclaimed fell ceed with merely a tolerable degree of celerity pa- | and [am content. I could never comprenemt aid madame. “M. Thouvei horse can trot a mile in two answer, and the marriag: F un- place shortly after, as is usual in France.” | Bappy because another man's horse trots the Aud shall you be married in , | same distance one second sooner; it is, of te course, supposing that they were not ranmug ame’s pi for money. One second of time ne + How else any especial diiference to me, even Fives mahurry, What I want ina horse is not |~9 see. _ swittness, but urbanity. 1 wontl rather have The Remaance of Divorce. kind-h ras — eked «lisp EE WIVES CONTESTING MATRIMONIAL tenor S & horse prdades BS For awhile lenjoyed baying a horss, and I felt glad I had bought him. {t seemed very pleasant to down by the river bank apoa & picasant eveni th the coo! breeze blow ing in trom the water, and the coantry around beautiful with the brigut foliage of early au (me of the curieus sit on and divorcee ia tunate Benedict 1a ust been argued in the General | apreme Court on an aj oh AN order sustaining’ excofe wich green he iges aud ripening cro, by one of his wives to the report sasteeaa oe the Gum Gee se ice Walter W. Price, when a minor, exthe iaval Poke att oe ; | married in 1539, in Birmingham, England, Su- | quiet Journey over the level road, and past the fragrant fields in the early twilight; ant as w came home amid the deepening shatows, we soning to this coat Phey | ‘ott could find pleasure in watehing the schuon. ously sigue ager! We aapaentions tn ar Puce | tar on in the channel ling out their lig and im the fo! ing September she was marri- | We could see the rays streaming eoscisiisbne ed to aman 1 d Green. A month afterward val of ripplingsurface, and moving w Price married Caroline Juliet Barton, and tive Susagely with tie nipton of the wate children were born, all of whom have now at- ‘ometimes, upon going out, we would over- tained their majority. In Qctober, 18%1,he mar- | take Sensendefer in his dearborn, and then it ried lis third wife, having, weanwhils, obtain- | Was felicitous to observe how, when I touched ed @ divorce from the second one. After his | My horse with the whip, the horse put bis head third marriage the second wife filed an appli- | down, elevated his abbreviated tail to a huri- cation te have the decree of divorce openet so | zontal position and left Sensendeter far behind, that she could come m, claiming she had bsen | flogging his cream-colored horse with such fary Geceived in the nature and prosecution of the | 48 would surely have subjected him to the ré- proceedings between ber and her former hus- | proaches of the Society ior the Prevention of band. Pending this application, the @ | Cruelty to Animals, if that excellent organiz- appeared with an application to be alls tion had been present. My horse could ach interpiead so as todetend her own rights, claim- | @ tolerably rapid gait when he desired to do xo, ing that the second wite had instituted her pro- | That fact mude existence in this worit vt ceedings through collusion with Price, her own | 4nguish and tears seem even more sad to 5: husban!. It appeared at the same time that | Sendefer than it had doue previously. I fe the first wife was living, and the ref to | sure that he would have given fabulous sau: it whem the matter was snbmitted, denied her ap- | Lis cream-colored horse could have trotted a plication, and reported that both the second and | mile in @ minute—just once—when we were third marriages whe: lid. The third Mrs, | upon the road together. I began to think it was Price excepted to t sisting ‘iat she had | just as well, after all, to have a progressive not had any opportunity to defend her rights, | Borse as a slow one. and that, therefore, the referee’s report was But when the novelty of the thing had passed, erreoneous, so far as it declared her own mar- | My Old indisposition to amusements of that kind tinge invalid. When the Judge at Cham’y adually returned. I drove less treqaeatly, tock the report he sustainea this claim, and t e day my man said td me, Mr. Adelor, that ease}went on an appeal tothe General Term, | hose is a eatin’ hia head off, sir. If you don’t sannah § He lived with b b er, who was several years lide abo: @ year and then } where it is now pending a decision... 1°! | take him out. he'll be so wild that he'll bust the Tribune, With inst. machine to flinders, sir!” — The threatened catastrophe seemed s9 alarm- A Trousseau on Short Time. ing (hat I took him out, although [had impoct- It does not take long preparation for a mar- | @t work to do at home. The next day I aban i wanted to stay up in the city to go to the Rete, of Michinen nad Teen — we thi | tecture; but that morning early the horse dis- | he was forty. saa had no Simms to lose. He went oy grrr : arming amount of Eelakinoes, and 1 mto a dressmaking shop in Detroit one morn- gan ieee 2 “ ing and asked the Lead business woman if she raphe Lope hr ogg = smoneened could make ® mermo arom by three 0% ck in orth ing off wt least the exuberance of his theafternoon. Shessidsbe could. John Quincy | SPitits. 2 went out and camo back immediately leading | ,,0n the following Wednesday T came home in Sn Audrey locking git! cf about saventeen, ing to retire at an early hour. At hal: tstx arm. She agreed to help to make the dress, Mee Sh eee ponent a pbs ike Saneine and sat down at a sewing machine and helped: et ae tein toes lest oe dobn walked up and down in front of the shop, | musket now, if you come within forty fect o| time and the girl put in it. In the meantims | drove twenty-four miles at'a frightful spocd. Soh had baled a preacher looking xaxn and | Ho¥%es,perlips, have gon> further and fxor Iie. He eald that was a branch of his heneces | emaller regard for consequences. “Nothing but | He was retained. Joun asked the propristor | ® Tecollection of the cost of the horse restrained Of the sbop if she any objection to the use of | Me from driving him into the river and leaving se Sake Ceincy Adnan cotton aaa ait | _ By dagrose the desploabiatuute became ‘ns deey stodey SGA moe, artes Pen nA | curse Of my existence. If I denivet ts ge ow 2 making sanctuary. John emptied his pockets | J0uThey, the restlessness of the horse bai first a nickels and es, all th he to beowrcome. If I received an invitation to Seshel tn bulk, 4325 By const ge gy & party. the horse must be exercised beture- the preacher for having detained him. Ant | band. IJ bad an important article to write, I that business pair walked out into the wits | ™USt roam arouud the couutry behind tat world, arm in arm, looking happy. Bliss is | Lorse for two or three hours, holding him in cheap in Michigan. ” “ with such force that my hands were made too unsteady for penmanship. If { wanted to take A DevovT CLeacyMAaN sought every oppor- | 4 Tow on the river—an exercise of which | am tunity te impres« upon the mind of his son the a ‘ely fond—that accursed animal hat to fact that God takes care of ail his creatures; | be dancea up and down the turnpike in order that the falling sparrow attracts his attention, | te keep him from kicking the sable to pieces. and that His loving kindness ix ov His | And he was recommended to me as “urbane. works. Happening due day to see a crane wad- He made my life unhappy. I became de- ing in quest of food, the good man pointed out | pressed and morose, and even sometimes when fo bis son the periect adaption of the crane to | amid a circle of friends, there was a provo | Set bis living in that manner. “See,” «ait he, | tion to laughter, and I participated in the ge 7 how his legs are formed for wading’! What | eral hilarity, L’would suddenly become ¢ long, slender bill he has! Observe how nicely | scious of the fact that the horse was in | he folds bis feet when putting them in or draw- | existence, and the mirth would be exting ing themout of the water! Fle does not cause He mingled with my dreams the slightest ripple! He is thus enabled to ap- bob-tailed horre consuming sp2ctral proach the fish without giving them notice of his | outs and kicking with millions of legs distar ved arrival. “My son,” said he, “it is impossible to | my rest at might. [ rushed with him over look at that bird without recognizing the good- | countless leagues of shadowy rowl, and plunged nese Of God In thug providing the means of sub- | with him over iucotapreiensible precipices. sistence.” “Yes,” replied the boy, “{ think I | He orgauized himself into hideous nightmare sce the geodness of God, at least so far: 9 c r sle} crane is concerned; but, atfer all, tather, dome | ate flied all the hoor ad ere eh and filled all the air of that mysterions slur or = think the arrangement alittle rough on the | land with the noise of his demoniac nelghing. 5 The reality was bad enough, without the un- A Tenon’s Tuiacs.—There isa story told of | eA! noctural horrors. Imight have wold tio Nilson and Capoul, which will be relished by | Brute, but my wite really wanted to have a all who have observed and envied the privileges | hOT8e, and I wished to oblige her. But it was Which, in tis impersonation of iove of“ Mar- | YeFY Wearing to bear about constantly the feel: Fuerito” or “Martha,” that ardent tenor so ov- | 104 Of Te#vonelbility which the wnlmal engeat- dently enjoys. It seems that the Swedish | ered. I had to choose between driving him con- nightingale has often been trembling with sup. | tually and'having the lives of the members of indignation at the caresses of Capoul | ™¥family imperiled when they took him out, at the very moments when the audience have | 8% the consciousness that, whether there was supposed her to be most responsive te his pas- | Sickness or business, storm or earthquake, sion. On one occasion, however, she had her | Calamities or death, the horse must be driven, revenge. It wasin‘Faast.” Capoul in that | 8T@dually placed me in the ition of 4 man character, was kneeling in impassioned en- | 2° is haunted by some dreadful specter, which treaty by the prison pallet of “Marguerite” | clings to him and overshadows him forever usd She, ‘him the while with that look of | forever. softe: told upon me. ‘The perpetual nervous ded pomion, hich Neves Cains |. Gocgee Bh! Geena Tomy ol wpon me locks with a caress ineffably light | me. 1 took up two in my strap. reality she was pulling his hair | 1% appetite which enabled me to find enjoy: tan thy wnfortanata, anor | Montedfuieas asa tts Wee mi of Me teed oy ng vent to @ high “G” that the nelgh of the horse came eddying up through ime cimen of the back war taken in charge at the Un policeman, and escorted charge that be had rs depo, where she ad Seem Sos, Crasher Senne, bovering about i ny Fg i : i to find one. When asked if she to only. Into service, contemptuonsty rep|i “Mrs. Adeler,” I said solemnity, “that one URstoh ae’ as tuatito eee meen ee spilt horse down therein the stable now has rodaced ger.” Se enema bn gp Pomoieneore f nar Ba-Fourteen Quincy fathers have sigued an | but Ftc seca es Petonie Bele ‘agreement not to mt thats denghtors to take re upon om Pipmions 1 matt gs mat. that meaner, Mi Pe Dew to Dake bread. a tell you, Mrs, Adoler, tbat I svall go stark, staring mad! Take your choice; other horse or have a maniac husband.” She said, of course, she would do without the Bat the afiiiction was suddenty and unex, edly removed. My horse had a singalarty brief tall, and I thought that it might be that some of bis violent demonstrations ia the stable were induced by bis inability to switch off the files which lighted upon sensitive portions of the It occurred to me to get him up an arti- fictal tail for home use, and 1 procured of thick rope for the a Who Drift.a for a Week on a Cake of Ice, ‘We condense from the Bay City Chroutcle of Wednesday the follow! Tible experiencesof McSwan apd Smith, the two men who were nearly seven day aginaw bay: Wm. Geo. Smith weut out on the bay on Wednesday, December 31, 1873. to fish. They took with them to the shore sundry sup- plies of provisions, &o. from home several days. on to the ice, however, only their blankets, fish- eighs, tools for cutting holes LADIES’ GOODS. ppAlTiMoRE AND OHIO RAILROAD. after December ¥Sth, IST3, traine leave WASHINGTON CITY as follows Barimore and Way B SnOORnE Gx the tor- | sent of Donwets and Hats. | tes im Millinery Goods Stow room in O07 Penne lonnia ay on Saginaw ; vie Metropolitan Iallroad, Intending to be They took with t N ZEPHYRS AND | CANVAS, SILKS AND ALL MATESIAL FOR EMBROIDERING STAMPING promptly atten MBS 6KLMA BL 614 9b street, No Branch Store, MISS E. A. McCORMIC 909 PayN. AvEXCE(up stairs) A large and olegant assortment of IMPORTED BONNETS and constantly on hand Orders for DRESSES, &c., filed by Miss GED. NEY. of New J EB. YOUNG'S Fashionsble Headquarters for Fancy @00b: argose. Thre was, too. jamorousness about the idea that the amount of jocalarity which that horse had occasioned had, thas far, been particularly small, the notion had yecu- liar attractiveness. I unraveled abuut cighteen i¢ nd fastened the other end to the horee’s I estimated, would enable him to witch a tly off the very end of his nose when he had acquired a little practice. I neglected to speak to the hostler upon the subject, and when he came to the stable that evening he examined the rope and concluded ing experiments with some new so he tied the horse to his artificial continua- the feed-box was kicked into kindling wood, and the horse was standing on three legs, with the other le hay-rack, while he had chewe: best boards in the side of the etable in front of sS5ee 53 UN VV EPPPP PP spears, two baud-si in theice, and some other fishermen’: The ice at this time was from four to six Inches thick, and the weather was steadily, but | not severely, cold. They spent the afternoon in tithing through the ice, and secured three fish. A southerly wind was blowing, and about ast four o'clock McEwan looked up and saw a man who had been near them ranning toward the shore. At the same instant McEwan | saw that the ice pleased me, and inches of the out Seuumcetee & ge et R CARS for Balen 3 3@ ands 4d P.M. 3 3 ® Unfortunately, had cracked in a long line about six rods from them, toward shore. Mc- Ewan called to Smith, and both ran toward the purpose of escaping to the shore, y reached it the crack, at first discovery only six or eight inches wide, had in- creased ‘so much that it was impossible to jump acrors it, When it was evident that there were no means across the crack otherwise, Mei wan and Smith set about choppirg out a cake of ice | large enough to hoid them, wuich they proposed er with their spear- poles. Betore they had hair cut out the cake, w that they were drifting into proved that they were BOUND HATS, crack forthe but before ti LEAVE BALTIMOR At 4-20, 8.20,649.6 40.7 . pitt 3:50. 8, @30, 3.0 “D SUNDAY FROM BALTIMORE. 3.42 A. Mand 12:00, 14 MAIN LINB. AIM LIND. INCHESTER VIA BRANCH the stall that NEW YOBK BAZAAR caught in the At 4 20,2 20,64 up two of the BINO UNUEBWEAS. INOHESTER ¥ At lowest market MEDBRICK Via Subsequently, I explained the theory to the readjusted the rope. tail annoyed the hostler so much while curry- ing the horse that he tied a stone to it to hold it The consequence was that, in a momant ef unusual excitement, the horse swung stone around and inflicted a severe wound upon the man’s head. The man resigned the next ENTH 6TREST, NE FRENOH STAROK EXame the best article in the world for doing up Musitn. It imparts ® beautiful gloss to the fabric beads fy OQ., Manufactarere, Baltimore, Mi But the patent however, they deeper water, and a trial already beyond reach of bottom with their Spear poles. The cast Bunda A rv Ninsimia VIA ME- OLITAN BRANCH | ‘except Sundae: Bars charg at 4PM, aud Sisenion wary the POR ELLICOTT’S MILLS ad eNO and 345 P FOR PITTSBURG cro METROPC AND OONNBLL x ndoned all hope ore at that point, and started ne west, in the belief that tt had not yet separated from the shore along the west. The ice which had been broken loose had also broken into many pieces, some large and upon which the m were was five or six acres in extent on to westward, times not over six or éight feet square. e became 80 much broken up that they | no longer proceed. a cake toward the shore, 1: poles for the purpese, when the water was so deep that toreach the bottom they had to put their arms into the water up to the elbows. But atter balf an hour of this despsrale work they were compelied to abandon all effort, and make their precarious way back to the | ice on the main t tinued into the fortunately a brig found & sécure over the ice to STATEN ISLAND. LISHMENT—#s The oldest and bs may be in the wor 615 Kb street. betwe N. B—Gnarantee given that no col bring your articles FISHER, FIEST OL SrEUIALTIEs UF concluded to introduce an improve- 1 purchased some horse hair and placet it upon the tail so neatly that it had the ap- pearance of natural growth. Wnen the new man came he attempted to comb ont the hors tail, and the added portion came off in his hant He had profound confidence in his veterinary skill, and he imagined that the occarrence in cemlition of the horse. he purchased some powders and gave the ani- malan enormous dose in a bucket of warm * In half an hour that p was seized with convulsions, during which he stab'e-door, shattered the stall ered four more boards out of dislocated his oif hind leg, and expired in frightful agony. He was more urbane after death than he had T contemplated his re- He was sold to gest of ite kind BLITAN ROAD and?.40P.M., y went over cakes som mn, to get them back in Then they tried to dicated a disea: ing their spear LE PROCESS tug. Grease spots removed effootually, so that they T show again. Kid Gloves cleaned on short notice. metaality guarauterd. flential horse AND INTREMEDI- kicked out ti 3 6.00 &. Mand ody. This attempt was con- ht of Wednesday, which was t moonlight one. piece of ice and lay down for the night, putting their sleighs on the wind- ward side, and so Inaking & tolerably comtorta- ble night with the aid of blankets. During Wednesday night and Thursday the wind blew steadily from the sonthwest. was in the second day, and still they were drift. ing toward the Charity Islands, as nearly as they could judge. waste any on Tbursday, but it was evident that it was not strengthening. Neither of the men ; had eaten anything since coming on the ice on They had with tiem the three | raw fish which they caught betor: | away, but they had no craving for food. This day they again moved to the westward, to get as hear the west shore as possible, in the hope e would ultimately drift that On Friday afternoon, the thirdday, while m ing toward the north shore, across the drifting wan’s hand-sleigh, which he i tocross trom one cake to another, down between two cakes, and he was in- Swith, however, was se red his spear-pole to ade and helped him oat, pretty thor- The drift was still eastward they had drif THE TRADES. BROTHER 1022 Pennsylvania Aye Fine Work a Specialty WRINGS FOB PUBLIO 194. M,ecd 7:45 PM Wost can be bad at the been during his life, and mains without shedding a te: a glue man for $8, and when he had departed | felt that he would fulfill a wiser and better par- contributor to the national! stock of Jue than as the unconscious persecator of his former owner. baring tickets at the BUILDINGS. PRIVATE BESIDEN TENTS FOR SALE OB EENT, Bisbed for Balis and Parties. HOGAN, Manwactarer 713 MARKET SPACB Between 7th ant Sb st for the oniy WNING MATEAAL A‘ NINGS, FOR PRIVATE RESIDENCES, HOTELS, PUBLIO BUILDINGS, MANUFACTURED M. G, COPELAND, 643 LOUISIANA AVENUS, GAMP MEETING TENTS or rent. HOTELS ANy -<0e-——_ The New Combustible. Says Galignani’s Messenger, a short time ago that a Belgian peasant had made the extraordinary discovery that earth, coa!, and soda, mixed up together, woukl burn as | well and better than any other combustible and the fact has since then been proved beyond ‘The way in which he foand th: He had been ecraping the fl cellar with a shovel in order to bring all the bits of coal lying about into a heap, which, mi asitwas with earth and other ‘imparitie To his astouishment’ he found that this accidental compound barnt bet- ter instead of worse than emitted much greater heat. gent man, he endeavored to discover the cau» and found that a great deal of soda, probabi the remnant of the last wash, lay voor of the cellar, have got into lis heap. experiments, and at length improved his suiliciently to render it practical. The publicity given in Belgium to this discovery ed trials to be made everywhere, has now been ascertain and one of coal and Boston soe did not seem to S$. B SHARP, Master of Transportation i General Ticket Agest KOONTZ, Gen'l Agt., Washington, — "TP HROCGH LINE BETWEEN WASHING TON, PHILADELPHIA na between Washingt the ice broke NEW YORE. | 100 end 9007 M. ay, a 700A. Mand ILADELPBIA day,et S00 AM and into his stove. cakes of ice. Me 1,00, 0:30 ant he expected, and Being an intelti- y in the water. ea FLAGS ter a 9.00 P.M. and Philedet- PLomaine axy Gas FITTING Those desiring to b Fitting done tua new 113 Pevneyivanis Work warranted and that ‘some of then made a tew on Saturday, so iar in that di | of Fieh Point Xcopt that of nights had uot been very col night was not fitth day, was th The storm was not of long continuance, bat warm rain cut holes AWays, as large asa omtortably 80. ratiroad advertieoment for on, Baltimore, ARnap- THOS. B SHARP, Master of Transportation, netal Ticket Ag GEO. 8 KOONTZ. Agent at Washington, MORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD, Kye Grit ann B STE +1873, trate will ren ae follo PO« Tading d that three was violent, and th: GAR PENTBER, BOILUER, OONTKACTHR, ure Carpenter rk speedily atiouded bo, talked of it, but only one, the Moniteur, w. #0 faras to make the experiment at its p ‘A certain quanti sandy earth was mixe coul-dust prescribed well incorporated with each other, and tt made into a paste with the solution above place of one of the boilers weakened, unti in thickness. y which broke and groz 5 es of the great field, and must soon hav of triable and stleu with the quantum of the two ingred: lath street, below & st. worthwer LOUMBING, GAS-FiTTING AND SEW attended to, on reas: BIEN, Pract) rt ear 6th street, no Rortbeast. Specialty ever, the wind sh ice began to join up ¢ ted to the northwest er together. There ady wind atter the storm, and they found breaking off from th New York an¢ Wotern Exp) ona, datiy. 604 Louisian: Bes!Cence, 329 34 street LINED PIPE siways on 4 ABPETS CLEANED AT THE STEAM CAR PET BEATING WOKKS, 490 Mai ta called for and retur BENZO BIOE. BALTIMORE ADVERTISEMTS OBJECTS OF ELEGANCE AND ART was kept up by ter ina few se brown crust, and then burnt bri rapidly consi med. is therefore well ascerti system can be univers: some important calorific power of the mixture compar bat Of pure coal, its price, and, above ail, a remedy tor the great drawback attaching to | lregrate consiierably a cake on wh . The sixth day, Monde they started for the east shore of the bay, having ted so far in that direction that they st reach the shore t three miles th came across asmali ducking boat fast m the id not try to move, but tray- iZ at night, when they found J parted the body of } further progress in that direction was barred. They returned to the westward, and taking np the ducking-boat on their way, endeavored to break their way through in it to the west shore, toward which they were then drifting. One of them, however, got into the water, and they were obliged to give it up again. they resigned themselves to wait for coid weather enough to stiffen up the ice, or to make new ic. between them and the shc S saw, in the directionor the Say the stoke of a steam vessel, and thought then that their friends were at last apprised of their situation and were makiz them. This was thesmoke 0: which went out come miles beyond the light «returned when the storm came or having discovered nothing. The tug’s smoke peculiar, and they recognized it at once as the Lad received that ansthing of their fate was known at home. The hope which this sight inspired of course died away dur Monday, when nothing more of the kind was y but without being very fact of the combuation but before the ly adopted there arc thought they could soon extra charge. natiand 3:40 that the wind h: 6:40 p m.,Accommods-| Balt dail), ex. Sunday 9:08 pm’, datiy, New 1 Zrk Mighl Exprees, |, Mp. acitic Bx-/1 a & Washington at ©:3 . ‘te with train. for Marl- end 2:10 p.m Marlboro’ et 11:10. m., aud 9:0 Paine leaving Wasbtn it—its foulin The Boston Transcript © the above word to designate that numerous class of writers who have given utterance to bat or memorable poem, and it enumerates the to » South Moxorours yex-wenday. m., New Fork San SILVER WARE, “One Henry Carey is supposed to be the a FOR USE AND ORNAMENT, thor of ‘God save the King.’ but wko rex ne of the young is attributed the ‘Marseill inspired , private soldier who conceived Is it on record that 4 kinson and Key ever made any other yers than ‘Hail Columbia’ and the ‘Star Spang Banner’ respectively? did compose some unsuccessful and now to! ten dramatic pieces, but so far as we k’ ‘Sweet Home’—thrown off hurriedly to tit so 2 music—was his only poetic effort. Poe was almost a poet, but the *Belis’ and * An- nabel Lee’ will be remembered nearly as ling ing Bowie at 10 6,’ or heard of th my eee moeiae SAMUEL KIRK & SUN, 172 West Baltimore st., EerasiisEgy 1817, *Wacht dm Khein?? an effort to save | the tug McDonald, aang Fe Lee northwest corner " Aveune, northwest co ner 6(yatre-t and Poway! uia avenge, can have their baggage called for tels and residenor to all pointe and West. Through tickets to Cincinnati, Golum Si. Louts, New Or. Franciscs, and ald nd southweat., John Howard Pay BALTIMUSE, M ch street ay D PLATED WARK. UJS28 Cb HoLipay PERsaNTs. Ladies’ Embroidered Initial HANDE ERC 5 Ladies Hemstitched HANDREUCHIETS Oe Corded Border HDEFS, broidere! HDK FS Gentlemen's Hemstitched HAND KERCHIRFS, < ud Printed Borderec | PPE Boys’ Printed Bordered HANDKEROBIFFS. Geutlemen’s SHIRTS. COLLARS and OUR FS. Fine TABLE CLOTHS, NAPKINS. 163 Baltimore st., Baltimore, BILLIARD TABLEs LOW FOR CASH ‘Onr new style bevel tubes guaranteed any in the world, altered to bevel. Pi and all BILL: ‘Send first sign they bos, Indianapolis, be, Chicago, Odiebi scarce expect one of my age,’ Ectward Evere't’s Charles Wolie’s ‘Burial 0 Joseph Rodman Drake's ‘When free- dom from her azure heights, Greene’s ‘Old Grimes Monday night brought the cold, freezing tem- perature which the castawa: and hoping for, and on the morning of Taes- day, which would have been their seventh day, they found that the oid ice had not only been materially strengthened and frozen together, but that asheet Of new ice had been formed stretching off to the west shore. Here was liverance, and none too soon. Though the ni before had been friendly in its freezing, it iad also been fuller of peril than the others. must have been a storm outside, for during the night the cakes of ice were ELD E. 8. YOUNG, Gen’ NSYLVANIA AIR LINE TO BALTIMORE. PHILADELPHIA NEW YO! ys had been looking and Albert ’ are monopoems: so are Charles Kingsley’s‘Three Fishers.’ and those wonderful lines of Charles Dickens on land’s ‘Rare old plant’—so replete with ten: and genuine sentiment, and so tree from the morbid fancies and distorted outlines wh mar the prose works—at least the later one: this brilliant author. BosTo! AND ALL Py IN TRE NEW outs 5 ENGLAND 1HKOCCH BETWEEN WASHING Naw YORK TUT TON AND WITHOUT CHANGE OF CAKS. wnt on this line is mew and of the mo fin proved finish. PULLMAN PARLOR CARS ON D. PULLMAN PALACE Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's «Battle hyms of the Republic,’ thatsoul-stirr strain, is the only one of her poems whioh even now can be called to mind.”* . constantly cracking ing. Once the cake upon which they ithin two feet of them as they lay They were com move three times during the night in consequence of the ice breaking When at last it broke within two feet of the as above noted, they got up and did not a, attempt to lie down to rest. abvut a mile during this time. About 7 o'clock Tuesday morning they were and got to the little boat left everything DAY TRAIN CONSTITUTIONAL eir blankets, QUESTS TO RELiGious Uses.—The St. Louis Democrat of the 6th instant says ing case was decided of the circuit court. October 12 Ra NS PALLY (exS over Pennsylventa Air Line, leavii et the depot of the Balttmore a: porthoust corner of bent B fox. Adamacn, and Theatre Cor! AaanG! TAYLOR t Oo” 240 West Pratt street, Baitimore. P. HANSON HISS & CO, FINE FURNITURE, FEENCH GUODS AND ORNAMENTS, CUBTAIN MATERIAL, Ero., 46 NORTH CHARLES ST, 4iTIMORK An interest- by Judge Jones ‘etore the adoption of the exent constitution et Missouri, Madame | arque made a will, which contained a beqw of some twenty odd thousand doliars to ar bishop Kenrick, of the Catholic charc! new constitution now 1, section 12, that « \s chattels, to or for the support, use or benetit of avy minister, public teacher or preacher of the pel, as such, or any religious sect, order or iomination, shall be vod.” Marque changed the phraseology ef her wi!l at- ter the new constitution came in force, made the bequest to Kenrick without us’ his title, or sayin, office or connection with the church. advice of counsel the executor of the will re- fused to pay the bequest, and Archbishop Ken- rick instituted suit to recover it. It was proved that the testatrix intended the money to go the Catholic church and that she made the be- quest with that declared purpose; also, that the outlines of the new will were drafted by Father Fox, a Catholic priest, who sent them to an at- torney to have the will written out in due form. Judge Jones held the bequest to be in contr s- vention of the constitutional provision aid therefore void. froze and arrivin: Potomac rafiro streets, as follows, The ice was driven LINK, leave Washington 8:03 oKCept Sonday. = om Leave Baltimore at 9:15 a.m. ally, except Sum- Ceare, West Philndelphte at 12:52 p. Wiw York at 4:25 p. CHMOND EXPRESS, lave Washington at 1:13 p.m. daily, exce Ai beat Baltimore ne wy. Leave West Philadelphia at at New York st 10:10 again on the move, betore mentioned. but their sleigh and spear § they struck out for the ice-bridge ance between them and the shore, ‘med during the night. y land, and the new ice was only about three- fourths of an inch in thick: tough. The: dally, exceps It was ‘six miles to ven te the com: tur en ‘and the character at rors 5 wort eatisfacti jon, Doth as to style an’ Particuiar Bisbee dent ness, but it was very went in single file ever it as rap- e, and it bent and sunk beneath But itdid not break mith went throi McEwan with inconning Bar they descried some Indians on the ice near the shore, and soon one of them skated out to McEwan, who As soon as the Indian m. dally, except their feet at ever, a fatally, though was hel; ed out b: When near the that indicated Sunday. BIGHT BXPBESS, love Waehington at 9:09 Leave Haltimore at 10-43 p. ad | REMOVAL. REMOVAL. Leave Weet Philadelphia at 8: Arrivest New York at © TRAINS BETURS Fast Line, leave New York Srrive at Washington at Kucamona Be was ahead of Smith. came up McEwan got upon his hand-slei, and bade the Indian push him to the sho: The red man did s0, and McEwan sent him back for Smith, who was brought in the same way on shore again. The wonderful endu- Tance of the castaways was suddenly at an ent. They hed not eaten a mouthful since Weds day, until Tuesday morning, about one-quurter ot a pound fich which they had carried throughout their drittings. They bad not felt weak up to tle time of gettin, ve ont, and they were barely able loseph Meéach. Here DEVLIN&Co., KIO: Neca saat, leave Nev New York, b ew York Cent Ball Fore ne low as b when they took A Ducition Favorance To Rattways.—On each of the raw Sept. 1, 1873, Alderman Thamas R. Watson, of Paterson, N. J., was ejected trom a train y, between that city Passaic, while on his way to the latter place. He offered a ticket, good {rom Passaic to Pater- son, which was refused because he was riding trem Paterson to Passaic. As he refused to pay the fare, he was ejected from the train. Sio- sequently he caused the arrest of the brakemsn, Thomas Corwin, Peter Boice, and Thomas Shaw. Thetrial occupied two 3, concluded on Friday. Judge Barkalow, on 5 urday charged the jury that the ticket was a memorandum of contract, one way. The fact thatit had been custom to accept them either way did notestablish a legal precedent. The compan: charge one sum on the train aud another at the offices, provided that neither was HAVE REMOVED ne Checked ci, hovel: ences ob orders lef? at the tellowi infermetion can be Sortheast corner 13th street aud Peuns. ve.; porth- sast corner 6th etreet and Pouns. Pr Station Baltimore aod Potomec railroad, e aut pgm. ere tickets and on the Erie railw the house of Mr. were furnished with victuals, sparingly, but Smith gave w: cravings of appetite, It was 10 o’c McEwan ate to the weaken and ate rather impra- is Parrengrs Agent ALEXANDEIA & WASHINGION RB. B AND ALEXANDRIA & FREDERICKSBURGR.EB. SALOON PARLOR AT 1106 F street, Corzer or B anp SixTa Sreeers. Alexendrie ep folio’ an 3,4 6 2933) wan telegraphed the gl scue, Which went over city like @ flash yesterday afternoon. = eroes of one of the most wonder- reson record, at half- night,were in as comfortable condition as could is suffering from overeat- news of the final re: and was good only Bam’: Lewis,) ful adventui had a right to | ne expected. Smith ing on first landing, rently as good as ever, savin; feet. Of course, however, both ness, which t! struggle for lite n feel a weak- Ios ola notice so long as the CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, IMPORTED DIRECT, AND OFFERED UNUSUALLY Low. ‘These goods are of the newest and most exquisite workmanship, and in pot of SLEGANCE, BRILLIANOY AND CHBAPNESS 1878pzxxs Storrine « RatLway TRAIN TO Save a wine Boy.—On New Year’s da antel’s train was moving at the twenty mites an hour, 2 one-half mile south of 4 3 PE 2 wy § F zg 8 md ze z i 35; ‘3 § i é z § i # tor This horses, rhat E h the pat exch. the a t Fe increased : g i E | i