Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1874, Page 2

A HERO, AND A MARTYR. BY CHARLES READE. Furni tzdus Tribun’, for pr . y Mr. Res (corTis Paou ¥ eRoay’s STAR. Passing ovet anessy j «) avla tow melancholy cases, tn whi ad dived and groped th , aad restored dest dodiat co their friend me now to a pasiage, waich ath I shoakl hesitate to relat to me; bat, if | were to yield and siar it, achapter of ha- Tevealed to me, would by a> be ed to my grave and hidden trom of other ages and nations it was—james Lam’ ¥ Clyde one evening at the hour lowed at that epoch. Cooper, that kept the So- cried to him overtie window, i@ Lambert, there is a laddie in the ciety’s hoa: “Kim, dar James Lambert, but the boy had ;& bystander directed him to the place; Dut it is not so easy to mark the exact spot where a body bas disappeared in the wa‘er; and James Lambert dived twice and camo ap Without the child. He dived a third time, aud groped along the bottom. He was down se long that the cry Others scouted drown! Tae under the w t up he wae drowned too. the idea. James Lambert ad known him crus the Ciyde, t, from back to bank. Some apsed since the first alarm, peo- 1 across the green and down the re was juite @ crowd there mar- gazing, when ap cames James Lam- bg, with the child in nis aras. ‘There was a roar of exaltation at the sight, Jame= Lambert did not hear it, and did not see the crowd. (Take note of that fact.) H Whole soul was in ie lovely boy, that lay wh and inanimate He ran into ¢! ¢ hoosa, he opans like a bonny biue bead it was. was happy; I was happy. I gied the mpy baicn « hiss and hands him to and ord going oot the g I saw the thought me. I rins back P ir-feot there’s a band: ie 5 and oot I a and t o'me made the or Iwas lke a I went for My blutd gat sair. ‘Heeoh,” et oO” when I ted ¥ claes, Rymby Iseea ing on ms (7), sto a hedge near by. Sof wer and there was my clacs. Shehal put tiem seide for me, ye ken, and keepit ber ee on them Wars that theachtful 0” ber u007” It was tudee ’s bundic, and eam’ forad at dixpairsed like. y was walking to and her een doon, reflecking like. She and Icame tober. So she askit and L tell’t ber 1 was a cotton nd they caed me James Lambert. So lowkit at me fall, andsays she, ‘Ja: ted? ‘Ub yes, ma'am,” says [, So she lookit me all over, ina as way; and she sayssaftly, ‘James— at ere married—for yere s So ye sce, sir, I could z for her ee tell’t m2 mair nor ber words—it I had na had the wife. But then I'd no hae had the wite. So it comes a” to the bed 4 b Tra, with wagged on m me who I wa spipner, h I stared with surprise, for to ms it di not seer: « the same thing to marry hi sympathy, switt intelligence, and plent money, and to marry poverty, pl medive: However tirize eon, sions. But | proposed and we drank :t cordially. By this time I conclude { have so spoiled the readers of John Lambert, that thoy will care for no passage of his extraoidinary career, taat does not otter some new featare. Sv I go from water to the double peril ofice aud water at tae freezing point “It was a hard winter; and I hal charge o’ the gentlemen Delonging to the skating club. So Th Bat | was ad to go to Hugginttold to Clean wastit there. {was arme:] wi' laddersan’ Mon, ony fale can etand and @ drooning body. And I gat an affront intil the bargain; they castit in my teeth that { was partial, and saved the rich afore the poor. Noo I let naebody droon, bat my bargain was with the club to save them fret, so bebooved to keep to the contract. Aweel then I did nae execation there worth speakin 0”; the thing I’m coming tae was at @ bend of the Clyde they ca’ ‘tue beat bog.” A number was skating on the river, and the ica began to heave an’ shake wi’ So 1 chased all tue boys aff we’ my belt and warned the men: but some folk winna be warned by me. The ice breads under a labor ing man, and in he goes, andthe tide sucked hum under in @ moment. I ran to the place as fastas I could and under the ice after him. Aweel. I soomed, and soomed, and did na cat bim. I seomed, and soomed, ay hoping t bim, bil I had ‘nae chance to come back alive, if 1 did naturn. Bat just as turned my feet struck him. Then my hairt got up again, I ertppit Bim I dragged him back wi’ me, and scomed and soomed for my ain life the noo, ae weel a= bis. Eb, mon, i was amaist gane. But I wedns loose him. ‘IT was baith live, or belth cee. I'm just givin’ in, when I see the light o” the hole, mak for’t, and get him oot, aud on the ice, and dizna it keep breaking direcxly g, Uli We are helpit ashora. Noo iil tell ye afarca. I’m haulding ths chiet pris- oner by the collar, aud shaking other neif (/") at them a” Ye ken I wanted to tsicht on them, for saying I riekit myself mair for the rich than the puir. But a’ I could say wow — wow—wow’_the brethe wi back to wy body. And while { was-wow—wow—wo' ing’ at them, abd gripping my coptire lik mollyfactor, dizna he turn roond and thank me ina brief discourse vara ceevil. J giowered st bim, | lossed bim an’ rolled away backwards to glower at him. He could hae re- peatea his catecheesm, and | coald only baash sn’ biather. The man was a better man than me; for be had been langer in. Oa, | declare: that on the bank, sune as ever I could speak.” I come now to the crowning feat of this pliil- anthropic and adventurous life; and Idoust my power to describe it. 1 halt before it, itke o: that feels weak, and a mountain to climb; for such a feat. believe, was never done in the water by mortal man, nor ever will again while earth stall Inet. _ James Lam? ert worked in Somerville’s mill. Like most of the bands he must cross the water to get home. For that purpose, a small ferry- Dost was provided; it lay ata ttle quay near the mill © Awirew had charge of it ashore, and used to shove it off with a lever, and re- ceive it . He often h a its return. an pert thoug! Temonstrated, and hat yell rus and that will bea’ your lite.” An- in reply, told him (o mind his own busi- Less. Weill, one evening James Lambert wanted to boat-load. Tats was seme- bow connected with bis having bought a new bat: perbsps he wished to avo crowd of werkpeopie—here 1 am tot very clear. How- evel Watched the great wheel, and the mo- ment it began to waver, previous to 5 be ran for » Bud darted " But, as b ked in an upper story, ful Gozen got in e beat before him. He , bat Andrew would not til e full; abd soon it wascrammed. rt th ( wasa shame of bim to let 20 many on be ‘This angered the man, and, when the Lost was so crowded that her ale was not far sbove water, he shoved et away in the fir « To heli—_ye beggars! This rough launching made the over-laden boat wobble. The women got frightened, and before the boat had gone twenty yards she up- set ip dark, icy water, teu feet deep. It was night. fure the boat coupit ( a’ few to me that eould. for th I the water, them that hadn a haud o’ them that had carried me doon like leed. + Now it isan old saying anda true ene that © After-wit is everybody's wit.” Were I to re- inte at once what James Lambert ac:omplished hundreds would imagine they could have done the same. To correct that self-deception ani make men appreciate this hero correctly 1 stop here and entreat my readers. for the ine struction of their own minds, to barrative and shut thelr eyes, and ask them- selves how it was possible for mortal man to es cape Growning himself, and to save those who were drowning him. You have seen that itcost ‘Lim the skin of bie mer > Et cene a single baker. Here he was elu and pinned by at least four desperate drowning creatures, strong es Kons in their wild despair, and the weight ot * he cried. athegither, they a’ kenned me. haud 0” me,had aude’ me, and iney twelve people more bi on to those that clutebed him, so that the united weight of them sll carried down the strong swimmer like a ‘ue tp @ sack. “«Sirr, when veve twa feet i the grave, your caind warks hard. Ididoa struggle, for it was se mair use than te wrastie wi @ kirk. I just trauchtened myself oot like a corp (W), and etthem tak’ me doom to the bottom o’ the them yet. Ye shall understood, sirr, that when folk are drooning, they dinna settiedoon till the water Gils their ‘and drives the air oot. At (R) Seairt and skir!—Rnn and squeal. Scairlt French * Sertir.” By and 0) ob mo—Beckoning to me. the a8 | strokes we may be ms things on at the hedge, | the high tide. | 0’ us, and sae we go floonteria’ | Eh, mon, | | Sret they waver up and doon at ssirtain inter- | vals. Aweel, sirr,{ waited for that, on the grund. I wasthe only ane granded, ye’ll ob- sairve. A slight upward movement commenced. I took advantage and gied a vi'lent spang wi’ my feet against bottem,'and wi’ me choosing my time, up we a’ came. My arms were grip- pit, bat T could strike oot wi’ my feet, ani be- fare ever we reached the surface I lashed oot like a deevil for the quay. Aweel, sirr, wi’ ai! I eauid do, we didna wend abune a yard,or may be a yard and a hauf, and doon they carrie! me like leed. I strauchtened myself aa wo sank,andI granded. Ths lave were a’ roonmi me like a fon (.). I bides my time and when they are inclining upward I strikes fra the grund; an’ this time, mair slanting cowards the | quay. That helpit us, and in a dozen vi'lent gsined twa yards this time. | Then doon like leed. Plays the same game | again, up, and doen again. And noo, sirr, there was something that turned sair against us; but then there was something for us, to it was against us that they their pint o’ water by this cime, and were na | sae buoyant: it was for us that’ the water was shallower now, may be not mairthan twa feet | over heed. Nuvo this twa feet wad droon us as | weel as twanty; but wi’ nae mair than twa tect | abune us, I could spring up fra the grun by mere | toree; for the gran gies ye an awfu’ poower for a foot or twa. | upagain, and still creeping for the quay, and | the water aye a wee bit shallower. Lhe next news is, I gat sairepent, and that was bad: bat to bol!ance that, some folk on the quay gat rap:s avd boat-hooks, and pickit off ane or twa that Was the nearest: and now tka time I cam’ they pickit one off, and that lightenod den; and by water bar- mby I drave a couple into shailo wi? my When 1 ws el’, and fewer folk ng me doon, I got to be maister, ani thovit ane, and pu’d sntther in, till we landed he whole eaxteen or seventeen.’ Bat my wark a8 na done, for I kenned there were matt ir he river. I saw the lasto’ my ala band s: | then oot into the Clyde, wherever I heerd ries, and sane I fand twa lasses skirling, kes ‘em by their lang hair, and tows ther he quay in a minute. Just as I'm law, r) thir twa, | beary a cry im the vara mi: j othe river. and in I splash. It wa: d her Elizabeth Wh ye lang daftie,” says I, and beg Lo sn’ behold i'm grippit wi'a man | under the water. [t was her eweet-hatrt. was hauding him doon. The hizay was a’ reic | but she was dro ning the lad; pairts (.Y) th | twa’ lovers—for their gude—and taks ore, one ineach hand. Aweel, sirr, I save and then I plunged in again, and but there was nae mair to be'seen noo; three puir lasses were drooned; bid 1 did na ken that at the time. Aud noo I'll tell ye a farce. I’m seized wi’ a faintness, and make f the shore. and the lights 0” my een; and think: e this time.” asgee begins to 1, *1'll uo see ye a, it was ail I or the are life, to drift to the hinder part of the quay. I just grippit the quay, and sobbit. were a’ busy with them I had save them noticed me, aud I wad ha’ been drooned that night; but—wha d’ye think saved me that had saved sae mony?—an auld decrepit man: haw! baw! haw! He had a hookit stick, aud | gied me the handle, and towed me slong the é vio shallow water, and I gat oot, wi? his +, and swooned deed away. I'm taald [ lay negleckit awhile; but they fand me at last, and then I bad fifty nurses for an Have I exaggerated? Does history record any other example of a ian being clutched by & great number of drowning p ried to the bottom, and saying tuem 4 1 aud then dashing in and saving sin detail? F Way of illustration let the reader imagine zobreila-frame, and oniy four or five curved Whalebones attached to the top part of the up- Tight; now fasten several other curved whal bones high up, to each of those four or tive curves. Now plunge the whole frame into The folk nane of he out. B. an . | carried away jae nov I’m nae suner doon than | But f gat weaker, and dazed like, | | | I hadna’ the power to draw mysei’ oot. | Almost any other man, finding, in a certain Tase biped, vani'y too strong for Ss wonld hove vented the disco toues, either of warmth, or of piteous complaint; but this man sounded bke @ patient, inquiring Flilosopber; certainiy a faint tone of regret | plerced through, but no more than became a tbilosspher, gently disappointed in mankind. To me who have seen s0 much storm ng, and biubdering over trifies, this thoughtfal, un- complaining, diguity was as pathetic as it was noble. | If the man seems egotistical, his discourse being all about himself, you mast remember | thet 1 kept drawing him oat, and that the trae balance of the dialogue ts not presented, since I have suppressed the greater part of my ques- tons, as not worth printiog. I ovght also to tell you that his manaer of relating his exploite had no toach of vanity, nor bousting, nor seif-gratulstion. It was @ thing both strange and fine to see Low he was ut of the dark present into those Telighted by the san of momory. | As he related, the whole man quivered with | excitement. When he was telling me how he | dived for the little boy, opposite “the dead house,” I took his hand, an nder cover of sympathy, being a prying scoundrel—I furtive- ly felt his pulse. It was beating abont one huo- dred and ten to the miuute, Ais heart was o more doing the deed, and his poor blind face shone | with angelic gooduess, and gleaned with heroic rt | glowing seen 2. Phis hero and martyr has a foib!e, not an un- common one in G ; but stul asad fault. He is too fe uch. Bookmakers’ morality will say, “Why reveal the infirnilt such @ meni” I'll tell you; r 0 years the first raphy will bave to be land; go'd medal of the Humane is the sliver about twelve jtme. | . Be bas never received eitber. | © He betier ves every order and decora- " the Sovereign gentle . Yet not y from the yal- ¥ grow like buttercu of this tmmortal hero. nt @ Saver 0 r as ever in +; and a focl in apite of Volts public honor paid him is this idge has been built mas A © Ulyde dark night; gratis clit vert. and th A PASS P ny. Se mach for Ons Ons. ¥f ot imperia are tae e | Parish, ¢ | pence & week. | fo thir bas but om 2 man @lorns dhe Barony Bat he was earning t when he fell blind. So that t benetits to mankind, does not 1 for hia calamity, by tive-sixths, phiianthrople feats are left tie altogether. I propose, then, to those w: country, to depart from the stil! precedents o: favages, and to take wider aud more enlighten- ed views of heroism, beginning with James Lambert, since they t beg’ a better. They > govern have the exampl 8; 8h ows civie honors on the heroes who save, a8 well as on the heroes who kill propose to the Hm Soc to bestow their goid medal. Anything less woud be nu compliment to this great Saver, 8 for the English public, m this narrative appears in au journal, hundreds will intiuential tock toimprove Ja water Ull the upright touches the ground. Not one of the sixteen curved pieces will touch th ground. Bat, in the water, ifa persoa, male or iemale, clings to a fixed upright, that’ pereon's body doats up more or less; at all events, it i clines tow: the horizontal. ‘ow James Lambert, by artificially straight- euivg bis body, made himsef the stick of tuat haman umbrella, or the upright post they al! | clung to directly or indirectiy, and so were kept outing im a curve, instead of sinking to the | bottom. This enabled him, but only by pa- tiently and artfully watching the fluctuations up and down of those floating bodies, to spring at the nick of time from the hard ground, and carry them all to the surface for a few seconds. ‘The rest is detail, aud bis own narrative makes itclear, Butsee what intellectual and moral | qualities were here combined. Genius is often without courage; courage is generally withoat genius, aud eo indeed is bare skill; and, in des- yerate danger, how eftem has genius lost its ead, and blundered like an idiot; how often has courage lacked invention, and reliod on pre- cedent, that did not fit the novel danger, and so lead itto death. Bat this man, even as his body touched the water, was all cool courage and swift inventive genius. He did not repeat | bimself, as mere skill does. Hugged in the water by a single man—the baker—te hit, with prompt invention, on the one way to save bot lives; he used the baker's own chest as a ful- rum, and so tore himself free. Bat clutcied | by adozen, and more, he never attempred to get free at all, but straightened wud scitfened fmeet into an upright post, and used the ground as bis fulcrum, to save himself and those who were drowning themse'ves aud um. 1 come, now, to the sad ending of all these glorious deeds. James Lambert was up the river working, bot at what business I forgot. Aa euginser fell into the water, and sank for the last time be- fore James could get to the place. Following the direction of persons on the bank, he tlang himself trom a bridge and dived | for the man. But the others had not marked | the place precisely, and when, after repeated efforts, he brought the man to land, life was sone forever. ‘Io use bis ows words, “It was a a jump. He had lost his tife, and I lost my | sight.” t was winter, and he was perspiring freely | when he jumped into the icy water. } ¥ +4 svon after, a great dazzling seized him, | and followed by darkness. It cleared atter a ime, he saw again. But the same thing | occurred at intervals; and, by degrees, the at- tacks came oftener and remained longer, until | at last the darkuess settled down, and the light | fed forever. | Think of it. This twenty years he can no | longer see the ‘Dominic's noise,” nor ‘the three stanes,”’ nor the ‘peat bog,’’ nor the ‘‘dead- house,” nor the Clyde itselt, where every bend | le the scene of some great good feat he did. | More than fourscore eyes he rescued from the darkness of the grave; yet upjust fate, and | dire calamity, have not lett him one poor orb, | to see the blessed day, and the faces oi those he bas saved. Now turn back to the story repo: trom Tie Glasgow Times, and surely you will say that it wae arare, and noble, and poetic distress, and worthy to he sung by some great pout. Tani no poet, and cannot adorn so strong a tale; therefore I have aimed st that which all | honest men can attain, if they will buat take | trouble, viz.: the exact truth. I traveled to see lim. I'stayed in Glasgow many days to know him. I tock him down to the Ciyde, and veri- fd every spot, and got bim to tell me each princ'pal incident over again, at its own site, and J noted down his very words, as well as 1 could The next thing was to reseue bis featar from oblivion. { asked him to mest me at the photographer's. He did so. But, horrible | <. relate, dressed as all Scutchmen dress on ** said i, severely, “‘was it in this clerical sult you saved so many lives?” | “No likely,” said he; “except yon earle that | | was bathing 0’ the Sabba’ day. “Sion, I was for | coming in my auld clues that I wrought in at the mull yon time; but the wife cried shame; she wadna let me.” Observe how devoid of common sense is com- mon sense the moment it meddles with the | things of genius. So Isent him back for his old clothes, and I now present you not indeed the | hero himself, but his true wreck. The picture will mislead you, unless you will allow for that | ead misreprésentation of the manly mouth which takes place when a hero loses his front teeth. Observe the thin straight lips, and the | strong chin: those lips, when the teeth were be- hind them, marked iron resolution. Add to the | straight, thin, American mouth, an eye full of | fire; and, by’ the wreck, you may divine the | mi (An electrotype of this portrait was for- | Warded by Mr. Reade, but has not yet reached H us—Ed} OBSERVATIONS. James Lambert is of ordiaary size, but very | clean-built and wiry. The sigas of great ac | Uvity stullinger abouthim. ‘The easy attitude in which I first saw him was that of a man who could spring across the room in @ momentfrom where be In manner he is two men; sometimes grave, slow, and thoughtful, sometimes fiery and viva- cious; and the changes are well timed; for he relates bis feats with French vivacity. bat makes bis reflections in a slow, thoughtfa!l way at is Scotch allover. Itis just possible that “race” may have a hand in his vivacious half, for he admitea French progenitor, and “ Lam- bert” is a French name. I have not known him long enongh to draw his whole character; but to what ts reveated in his recorded acts 1 can add one trait; he is a man without bile. I otfer one exam describin; | oyster ther | variation of the performance sets in. ambert’s condition. The best way to do that would betotecure hima fixed aud large in cTease of income for the years he has to live. It is out of my way, butin this one case, I would receive and acknowledge donation with this object, aud so, I feel sure, would you, Sir. But I also wish to procure h'm the b’ess boon of personal sympathy. I will not encour- age @ raid of staring dunces, pragmatical char- istans, and gaping quidnuncs; for that would do him barm, vot good. But I will give his present address toany ladies and gentlemen, who may be able and willing to go to him inthe right spirit. Any such superior soul, who will visit him in pereon, aud with gentie hand draw him Swhile trom the things present, which he can- not see, to the past, which he can see, will mount high on what’ an old author calis’“‘the ladder of charity,” for this will be charity in a very refined and gracious form; it will be chari- and brains. None willrepont such a visit; though his estate his humble, he is one of nacure’s gentlemen; fit company ‘for an emper- or; and he j« a sight better worth seeing, than half the public shows; for he is @ man without his feliow. Cases Reape. =o —— How Oysters are Born, How they Grow, aud Why they sare uot Eaten in Summer Monthy Protessor Lockwood, in a very interesting article inthe December number of Popular Science, gives a history of the birth, growth, and utility of oysters, which will be found very pleasant and ! betructive reading: A FISH THAT TAKES HIS OYSTZRS IN THE WHOLE SHELL. We are reated in a boat, and gliding througn the phosphorescent scheen, scon near tle oys- ter-bed. Itis a moonlight night, about the closeot summer. Hark! what singular sound is that ? Boom! boom! boom! Atmost sepul- ebral, and, strange tu say, it comes up from be- neath the waters. One would think they were Nereids’ groane. The oystermen, whore capi- tal Hes invested there, hear it with sad fore- bodings of loss, which they cannot weil sustain. It is one of a school of visitors who come with marauding es. The fti-hermen call it the bigdrum. This drum fish is known among naturalists by the name Pogonias chromis. The acknowledged beat of this scamp is the Gulf Stream, trom Cape Cod to Florida; and a ter- ible fellow in this Pogonias, tur he is recorded as having attained the great weight of eight; unds. One of twenty-five pounds would be ur akordipary affair. Their mouths are fur- nisbed with pavements of hard teeth, a little rounding on the top, and éet together exactly &# are the cobble--tones of the obi city high- ways. The function of these dental pavements is to crunch the young oysters, which after be- ing crushed are thus swallowed shells and all. As theee monsters come in shoals, they some- times inflict serious damage on an oyster bed. Not long ago, at Keyport, New Jersey, a visit of this character cost the oyster planters some 210,000. Said ‘‘an eminent naturalist, No fish has teeth strong enough to crush oyster shells.’ This is certainly a mistake. I believe that oystermen regari a three-year-ol oyster as comparatively safe in this respect, and their ap- prehensions appertain to the yonuger beds. HOW THE STAR-PiSH TAKES HIS OYSTERS. It is curious to read the siily stories that are told in the name of Natural History. There is one that says that the star-fish puts its agers or rays into the oyster’s shell, ang From every pointof consideration i ridiculously impoesible. A more sober judg- ment is that given by some naturalists, namely, that the sea-star protrades its great sac-like stomach, and envelops to a great extent in, aud so lelgurely digests the mol- lusk outof its unopened shell, much as a cod- fish does the shells It swallows. After having seen young star-fsles eat small specimens (that is, such as were sulted to their size,) of oysters, mussels, and scollops, which I have fed to them | in ap aquarium, I give the following as based ou a number of observations: Having brought the oval, or stomach critice, exactly opposite the nib’ of the oyster, tho star embraces the bivalve with its’ five flexible rays, aided by the hundreds of sucktiug-disks on the tiny feet. Thus positioned, the star-flab clings iirmly, but keeps itself quite still, and | waits very patiently. After a while, the instinct of the oyster will be at fault, and it will open, as if no énemy were near. At this momont, as it seems to me, is injected from the oral oritice of the star a baleful “sidereal blast.” It is a something that paralyzes the mollusk; because, from that moment the valves of the oyster are opened to their full exteut, and the hold of the fiexible rays is relaxed. Instantly & sing ry) are withdrawn and set back to back —the stomach is protraded, and the doubled-up star intrudes itself into the oyster, the evicted stomach leading the way In the movement, and abrorbing its victim. If the famous “India- rubber man” could throw backw: arms, legs, and head, and in this position could then infuse himself, stomach first, into # partially- opened writing-desk, he would rival this feat of the sea-star, without the villalny of injecting chloroform through the keyhole. GROWTH OF TRE OYSTER. If, now, to this ok draft, occasioned by the anchoring, the shell-growth, and the deyelop- @ internal organs, one should add the necessity of procuring tvod i the ueual amount, and by the usual means, would not the com- | bincd demand be exhaustive Lm gy the little creature’s powers and reso It should be observed, too, that now the fuod necessity is more urgent than at any other ‘ied of its ex- istence. It is also observable that the banquet | prepared is ampler than at any other time. ¥ is surely @ striking instance tn lowly qaar- ters of @ wise conversation of material and toree. dene oe that ga on. is Giffen, ent; yy Some naturalists; that it is taid to drep off, abd to be wasted, but as I have witneseed a similar utilization of an otherwise useless member in other larval i believe that observation will establish . And how remarkably tnis internal thie yrogromtng ts, the little of almost magic transforesa- change, so rapidly fer! “it fe a series tions. The | L*e JMING of M or more in length; at four years, It is large an} amply Teady for market, or even at three fone — conditions of the growth have been fayor- WRY NOT EAT OYSTERS t¥ SUMMER’ According to the popular notion, which, in the main, is correct, the spawning season of the oyster embraces those months which have no r in their spelling, namely, May, Jane, July, and Avgust, the four warm months of the year. | The fact is, that oysters generally do their | spawning during these four months; bat a few | are Hable to spawn whenever the water is warm enough, and large numbers pass through the Frat without spawning; and these, were it not or the diffleulty of assorting them, woald be available for food at any time. Bat the preju- is universal against their use during the S$ months. That they are not in as good condition then as during the cooler montis, is Tensonable to suppose; Dut that they are all ne- cessarily unwholesome in the warm months, is far from beiug proved. In business phrase, | oy-ters in spawning time are said to be“ miiky.” his means the presence of an opaline fiuid in considerable abundance, and which has to do with the wants of its young—perhaps, remotely, | sort of fiuid amnion. HOW OYSTERS ARB BORN, Our bivalve, however, docs not spawn after | the manner of mollusks generally. It is, in its | viviparous. It does not emit’ eggs; the proper tims, sends forth its young alive. The eggs are dislodged from the ovaries | and committed to the nursing care of the gill nd mantel. At t each egg seems to be in- | Itis of # yollowish color, | ent progresves, | changes, first to a gray, brown, afterward ‘to a violet. that the time of eviction ts at hand; for es her writ to thateffect. And won- dertul little beings they are when the writ | ives to vacate the homestead, for whole | sof them can go gracefully, and without | ng through the maziect evdlutions in that | st sphere—a drop of water. As cited by Fellowes, in the American Naturalist, sys M. Davatce: “Nothing is more curious @ microscope, these tit a drop of water, in ‘ng ene another, in every direction, rtonching and Bever mee it bas, indeed, | & prodigivus family to tarn ont upon the world. | But when this time does come, though winter | be near, her ac y, and the wee | om home. ‘They d from the shell, Filled | valves are suddenly snapp Ty snap etits a small wht nilky fluid be with a won oud. | init, this | ed oh) ho ting fry; | , they ara alm ible, In- Ieoant the offspring? 5 Boards and ingles that go to make up the bathing houses e piled ten feet high on the bluff, and steps icading down to the beach have disappeared. | You may walk a mile along Ocean avenue and | net meet man nor beast. The waves dash high | on the chore snd roar in @ very suggestive man- | ackmen have gone back,to | farming nd wood-haultng, the village sho keepers sell their goods 100’ per cent. cheaper than chey # summer, and the 1 un ip th areless and sl ner as ber any h Frereyx tol Pearl, of Fairy ashor nppos i m, of Fairport, and the body of a | boy, about fourteen years of age, buta evidently | frozen to death, the bodies being completely covered withice. The boy was lushed to the rigging. ‘The scow is a total wreck, and has the | appearance of having been run into. Nothing was found on board to indicate where the scow was from, or where bound. ———-. REAL ESTATE AGENTS, | poet ESTATE AGENCY, BEAL ESTATE BOUGHT 4ND S80) P UPERITY han TED AND CRU ANGED BY EDGAR SPEIUEN, at OM No. 643 7th street, opposite ate: ington. dect- T THE BEAL ESTATE EXOHANGS, No, O16 778 STEMET A, W. 2. F. M. PAEUTZ, Late with Bitch, Tox & Co. TABY PUBLIC, CONVE STATE AND GENERAL A Wash. im* BEAL nO YANCER, 5 GENT 061 )-co3u* _ INSURANCE COMPANIES. _ Pik& INSUBANOCE OOMPANY, uncy, Pa. Organized in 140 Assets, Januar 74... 89,766,194 56 fs old and able Company has estabiiehed an agency inthiscity, Mutual or Ossh Policies issuce at lowcet rates by J, BUSSELL BARR, Genoral Agent, decl-3t™ $13 7:h wtrect. FIRE INSURANCE, Biagara Fire (oaurance Vompany of New Yorx- > @1,908,279. Surpins, gSdecas. Bapubiic Fire Insorance Company ef How York- Assets, 870,008, Barplas, QA 00 Megnhattan Fire Ivsarancs Gompary of Sew Fork—Asects, 66,450. Surplus, $556,400. National Fire Insurance Qompany of Philadel shia, PB ts, $563,000. Sarpine, $365,000. Old Dominion Fire Insurance Gompaay of Vir dnla—Assets, $315,000. Surplus, B113,00, WILLIAM L. BRAMBALL @ O0., Agents, 607 7th etrest nortuwert. mayt Suse We havea scRrits stock of THREE PLAT, ich we are selene ALL LixgN off @t ONE HALF the original va Barenins S7ONE decl-tr DRY GOODS. FRONTS 47 HAL Psice SHI eT BOSOMS, in Dres* Goods, Shaw! FRICE TO att. BOGAN & W 101% and 1990 7th street nw. , Biankets, Flan nels, Oassimeres and Heavy Wiuter Dry Goods. vor NEW STORE—NEW GOUDs. an entire ne ter Dry Gools, bought «ithin the te redaction of 33 per cent less then any house south of Sew York And we intend to sell the same ata reduction per cent. less than any house in Washington, name a fow spectaltion: Best Merrimac (alicoes,3 cents. Good washing Oalicoes, 5% cents Yard wide n, Undressed, et 10 Cents.worth 15. Five quarter Sheeting Cott: Otteman W ater-9 Rav) Bloc Water-proof a1 95 conte, el L and they w WILL oP25 TURBSDAY, December 1, Cloth Skirts, rook Cloth, twoynrd= wide, ck Aipaces, 18 cents, worth 25; 25, worth 37 aught at suction worth 65; Mo- Nomber b: worth 7! k ie ask tion of ek for th ves. ‘we Ail op ce,south 2 cents, ‘Scents, worth #1. Ali the leading brands Cotton at wholesaio prices, Yard and a quarter long Towels at 12% cents. «™. TOWSON & ©O~., | | | | worth 20. ‘cents, ya.ds wits. our goods DRY GOODS MARKED DOWN. a Bi $17 +t Print utifal Very be rovi? tr Very heavy Oanian Flat Very beary Blank sree assortment & jack Rombazins, Q1 50, 2 25. isch Cashmere, 62c., 1, $1.25, $1.50 and N shades Onshmere, 5), worth 75.0 ital D « A oods, rexinoed fr as, . ghamn Laces, 25, 45, $9,62,75 cents Tr — OTL boys’ wear, §1, 4, Wc Docakt d nand ¢ ler wear in great 1930 Pa, avenne, pe @OUDS VELY CHBAP ar CAETER'S, 707 MARKET SPAC: ‘apes Mo! 75, cents, worth at bargains in Binck Bilka, ool Black Oashmere, 5-¢ Trew Dress Goods, 25 Dalicos, ouly $ cents, CARTER'S, 707 MARKETSPAOE®, . a 40 to 3) cents. LUTTREGL & WINE rnee Bit im Washington. uly G4. f Oloths for Men and Boze, agi. very cheap. hair Black (yp 88st er yard Cottons Mol Gosds in Hosiery oct31-Im ATTBAU db ed from AW ho lowest. Bargal low as U A MOBY TION TO PUCHASEBS OF Kt GOODS. Water Proof Cloaking redu y Yoo! Flannels at 25 cents. Oanton Flaunels at reduced prices. Blankets, Towsis and ns in Biack alwava en hand, at BaXTER’s, 1920 Pennsylvania avanie, $1.25to @) pular | Black Silks, 75c. and up. Graton jnst received j Stik faced Bonnoete. and the Oa ectt3-tr auples will be shown, utiful Ali-wool Serges at 800, per yard. k Oashineres(double width), De Ei ud Flannel Androres Cal: ‘and examine our stock. BRKODHEAD & CO., 1208 F street, between 19th and Lith. | peovnnap & co. ARE NOW OFFERING Woreted Bullion Fringe, somethi Yak Laces, Guipuire laces ae Velvet Bibbous and Beaded Bolts and prices; also, %5, worth 21 Velvet at $2 bah tp, for 7 . Orders for Coat Ve goods farnished . 65c. aud U (beat makes), I of the gin and Pruit A beantifal Lyons Gros for Trimmings and Ivot will be taken at New York prices. Belting at Ec5) We have ing BLAN 1 decl-tr to cee our pattorns end gf OUR PRIC Agts. Laurence BOOKS, STATIONERY, &e. BLANK BOOKS FOB THE NEW YEAR, the very best facilit K BOOKS cf any dostred pate: ny Which, order that they be properly ceasoned, should be made @ short por ‘ure Use. 1» THE TIME Ve Your orders. B ALWAYS Gnd all work is guaranteed. SOLOMONS & CH ‘8 Linen” ‘911 Pennsyivanii THE GREAT METROPOLITAN DOLLAR STORE. IMMENSE ASSORTMENT! BHEW FALL AND WINTBS GOODS BICES LOWER THAN EVEE! GOODS SETTZE THAN EVES NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY! Bere aren tow of the bargains offered :—Boys’ | abd Girls’ Bleriso Embroidered Osps and Hoods, acd Merine Fronch Hoods, Hand Kutt Zephyr Om and Hoods, Hend Knit Sacques, @1; Silk and Satin Quiited Hoods, very tine, aL ursnt 33, Infants’ Me- fue Cloaks, £2; Obildrene’; Misses’ and Lad's Leg. 1; Ladies’ fine Merino Vests anv rts, We. and regniar Hose, en's super stout British Socks, Large White Ohinese Sila Handke 1; Small de., very cheap; La- ched Hommed Linen UP to S00.; Mons” fae $1; Large size Sine Linen Dinner it Napki ; Turkey Bea Fi idrens? aud Ladies ry > BO. a 5 pa 1» SL; very baodsome Bill oldered Slipper Patterus only Kid Gloves for mon a od 160; Ladie six fine Ivory Handle 8, Dogskin Gsunticts, Table and Dessert sh; Rauives ouly $1.80; atx solid steel fall Silver Plated Ruive solid a ar Plated ert or Table’ Kulves. $2 por set; six Tablo- spoons of Forks, warranted piated ou White Meeal, ; six Teaspoons, warranted plated on White eal, $1; three wad five-bottle Castors, @1; fue ditto, $3; ‘best Butter Kuives. Wc., Napkin Kings, best plate, S0e.; solid nilvor ditto, $1; fae Bair at Clothes Brushes, 25¢ and 81; Bhbber Drewiag Com rench. piste M: S0c. and #1; iL Books and W: int 1 rora, 91; Bi ; oe from 260. upto $1; . Lunch Baskets, 25 and 60c.; Biawl Straps, 28 ic ticees mets Sect poe ne variety, end ‘. + BI It 18 tmpossible to enumerkte and describe the thonsands of articles. Qome and see for yourself, No trouble to show goods. Three floors of my large establishment re packed with goods to the ceiling. & B. SILVEREERG, r Corner The Lov ‘urser} hiv Halifex. Casket of Note, Lett Enrelo Ceck-tr Aicleen Ferrers, by Snean Morly, that 1; by Mrs, Kiloart, Politics for tile Lame P pes, Pass Books, Playing Oards, at the very the very best qnality for the pric: solo aud retail, at HE KING OF NO LAND, BY FABGEO. com plete, for sale at SHILLINGTON’S BOOKSTORE, 4s street and Pennsylvani mings by Galt Ham Ly y Gal ami | @ Habits of Wild Azimais, Young Americans, b 001 Td, ® Novel: by Jnstin 3or, T rue to Her Tro or the Art and Bewinix ter aud C ences: Jap Pi a Peno' EHILLINGTON’S BOOK! corner 45 street and Pay APMa® Paper = ince, by the author ‘The Nursery, for the ont find Hecht’ for the Youngest Readers. ister Nove Loena Doowe, by the Soens Dooes, by t mapas of Maid of Sker. Magazine for the Young; fllus trate: Chatterbox, beautifntly itimstrated. y Hoary 8. Fovte. est prices, and of 28 charged, whule- Low, > dee. avenu illnstrated. Sordhof, of Joup Carthy. Mystery of TORE, Fen. censed. Life and L METBOPOLITAN DOLLAB STOR, o0t2)-tr 319 Fru S?.. Weak Pewwevivanis Av, MPEKIAL HOTEL CAFE, SDJOINING HATIONAL THEATER. Ladies and gentlemen will be served with all the iments. Pil be opened to the public THURSDAY, No- be: Je bast ale 3.8 PEIRce, Pus PUNFALO LITHIA WaTER FOB SALE. Boly renee boul ceived, Splen New etyles of boau Grand opentag The Scottish P hilosoy rela is Booth Ammorien: by Pach ravels ik Gy The Paracloie, the Persouality aud Books. Far from the Medding Crowd. By T. Auimal Mechasisin By Prot. Marcy Hebrew History. By Kev Henry Oawies.... 2.0) A Ramble Round the Werld. By Baron Hueb- By - 150 ~ BBICY ncrsooee. wove 15.00 Life and Literature in the By Dr. Burst ‘ . 225 Maris Monk 3.00 ‘The Paraciete. An of the Holy Spirit 2.00 Bbymesand Jingies. “By M . 3.00 Oricutal aud Linguistic Btudies Prof, hitaey 28 WARREN CHiaTtT & WM. BALLANTESNE’s, 425 Seventh Street, iteratare in Hardy.,g1.5 Lo for the Holitars. id asgortmant of Jrvenile Books, itiful Writing Papers jast r of HOLIDAY Goops, AY, DBOEMBSB 71u. Bookeellers and Stationer: the Fatboriand; by ™. + by Burst, y Longfeliow. arooy. Ministry the Story of a Tomboy. ‘of new Javeulle, Books jast ree co. the RAILROADS. WINTEB SCHEDULE—Novexexzn 1%, 1574 330 >. 340 of Books, and Way Pi eg SO Metropolitan brawch ) RSs ittmore, Annapolis and [uterme!iate Balstmore and Way Stations ties Bagerstowns Winchester, and Way ag RS Metro Cry Breace.) Chicago. Bt. Louts, Lontsviile, Of pa Bo ‘tle, B45 430 5.10 nota Pel s. Brewkla: 08 p. m., Baltimore and Way Stat: arg, Bock ville Potnt'of Hock: some Gaithersba 8, Martiasborg *! v. Way Stations. oh and St. Lou ast Ex proes 7.00 p m. ond Relaw —7.28 and 7 o.—S 208 m and6 10 p.m, « tng the week Pinsbure Ts “ te wee Trains Stop qi Vietuet Hoisl, Relay 8.50 p.m., stopping es during = Stal SrA Sper tariner iuformation appl Obio Ticket Odicee, Wash: Pennsylvania svenne, 7 Pos) B. SUARP, Master of Transportation L_M. Oo U8, Gosersi Ticket Ageat. GRO. 8. KOONTZ, Gent Agent. BALTIMORE & POTOMAO RATLROAD meDRPOT CORMUR 6TH AND BetTaEars NW after Novenil a int in the city. 29, 1874, traine wil! rum as follows: #OK TRAINS AKRIVE AY ALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, .jnorthern #x- 6:28a.m.Rew York Ex- rex Bs Accom S38 ‘Limited Bx- 9:00 — for New York, ast jatiy Ox. Sunday, Par- 1 « wendy ey Balthinare and Battsdeton est a a ex: Norfolk, vis Baitimore Dress daily, oz. Scnday, @p. m., Accommeds- 4:03 p.m., Limited Ex- on, dally, ex. Sanday, for Philadel ly, ex. Banday. P. = from New York, F) ». his, dally,ex, Send: P. m., Accommode. © 'p. m.: Ciuciunati tion, except Sunday Expree 4 213 'p. may & frow p.m. dafly, New Baltimore and the west ¥ork Nig’ xpress. 28 Pp. m., Southe: : Mixprevs, dnily rday m. for West. Traine ieaying Washington @t 9:38 8, m. 90 Tuesday and Fridey, aid 3:40 p.m. Isily, ay, connsct at Bowle trafas for Potted “Washington at 5:35 8. m snd m, connect at Odenton with trains for Ap- op oie, “SRraine arctving et Wasutuston at 9:00 3. m. and 9:15 p. Pamengers leaving thetr orders aorth west corner, of 18th street nhe, Dorth west corner 6h strest and cen have thetr baggage onilet fo" and ‘hotels and residenoe! to all points North Through tickets to_Oincinnsti, Jolam- fi napolisy Louisville, 8 jaaba, Ban. Fr: bet, North and Soat scle OnnsT IT Penneyivae als avenue, hooked at cy DUBABRY, General Bop’. ans tt Pass'r Agent. SORTHWEBT, “ = 70 . 10:15 p.m. 5 11:59 ». THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK ROUTR, etth slegent Be ano Palace State-room Bay aight Oars, with provements. aifeo hud red miles saved te Western and Oectral MAKE OONNECTIONS from WASHINGTON to the WEST an¢ throngh 'H withont change, NOB’ ALEXANDNIA @ WASHINGTON Bm ALEXANDRIA & FREDERIUKSBUE @ BB. Connan oF 8 ax SixTa Sraasrs. Logral trains te follows: EPip Connect with trains on ‘AST ZX PRESB leary eatty. ‘., arrive at Biohmond 10: ands febé-l HYee"'s mOTES, # , 709 @ STEEY, Bxrwrentrs avd ru Sve cres, bie MISCELLANEOUS, UND TOP “HoORYoRAULIC CEMENT,?> rnish the The undersigned arr ‘opared te fi above celebrated GHMENT fo dealers and soutract sat low rates 5 G.a J. M. WATERS, jo. FS “High etréet, Georgetown. 2036-8m N oA Park and Pou, Pop.and Boe poet Oak KL d-band Carriage taker Second ©, Cell before purchasing. elsewners, ‘BOI Lath strest, be: IDT 2 00., No, 319 D, Ww: By, end 86 W. Farctve timore. Md. may? -ty* L™ LIME Lime WOOD-BOBHT LIMB 96 cents per barrel. THOMAS FAUEY, B stroct, bet. 10th and Lith n. eye STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. DYRIN S™4T RUMEN T MSTA SCISEED To The oldest and i of ite way be in the wi ety Fi rf mreet, 0 SPECIALTIES segies Dress as oY in. ‘Kia cleaned on short notice,” erate; pouctuaitt secarantend. oe PES ES E*tteseisage ase bov23-tr ont EDUCATIONAL. 107 D He. 680 TENTH STREET, rir Sans and F streets, Washington, D. 0, IMPROVED SELF-WASHEB. finest Laces or the heavtest and no wear and tear. De sent to oer be on or: ee oraurips | | Drie AWNINGS f | Private Lowtences = ——s STEAMER LINES. BALtinoBE 4ND OBI RAILROAD, wines ABBAAGBERDT POTOMAC RIVER Lawn After this dute the sieamer PILOT 5 Fun as follows: Leave Washing TUESDA fog. a 7 o'clook, jon from Gth-street wia:y and BATURDAY mor for Le down as Corrioman, Wodnesday and Sunda: 7 Leave Slexanéria every T at No'cleck, for Landines returning « [take ferry be at 10 o'clock ®. m. arriving tn thme for th) tri) Pict B ® INGTON A From Pier WEDNESDAY at 12 m WM. Po F. A. REED, Alex WALDO a. PEAB Borten. hts 4 o tended to. AMERICAN MAIL STRAMSHIPS ONLY LINE AM Ne QUEERSTOWN ad LIVES INTERMEDIATE on CABIN Acoo PETRE WEIGHT & 60¥ rR PRILADELPRIA. Yor mn Fs as pre line ‘conwects et Phi Semi-weekiy Line a Boston and New Englaud st age te Boston by thief ettversd by K rel OP ne, oF at the Steamers? Whart,wil! } atic by a returning Po North Wharve o@ SATURDA ine a Or i aap Deine aw for aU =f NDBIA. vy GETOWN. D ave WASH Ne stow.iors ate. ere YDS, Agent for > arin, V 1B, BY Der DOR'* Bxprom $ or NS fiest-c W. PANE uN, A ANK anet iszeP w jo Bom PHILADELPMLS Ente by “Hew Exprose Ltue SOM BOSTON AND PROVIDED ® fi io “Oly ees Trea Line,” aoe « rmantion apply it Borton, ¢ 2 to the BOY Au ORDAY trom r L MAIL STRAMSHIPS, SETWHEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERP | TALLING AT 8 Of the Tear, the C&tward pamange f ming Meridian of $0 et 45 ia, o pward passage + OF nothing to THE BRITISH AND 89 Wator street, 0 ng the . * Line take @ «5 mm Gneenstown to ® Morta a MERIC CORK H4R8: Bronmors marked * do net carry mwoorage preven: ars. h Sere « yy 6 if PW Abe INGTON, NORFOLK. New DUSTON, AND PROVIDENOR. © The flue trop steamer LADY OF THE LAKS Tesemed ber regu trips to Norfork, will leave her wharf, fc ot gee ee ror MONDAY end . M., euChing, erin Sixth street, ev THUESDA river landings, oont the Mand with the 0 for of Li Yor ‘mserage passant, W Boiiding, orto OTIS posite As. @ ». w York. Boa. wirzauea, . ‘4.0. PL aud © ico, bo. 4 B an 0, "E BG: Pavent U Fb LYN, Agent, ps ot at the princi ps petal with stowat ed poe Specs ahaa = jorfotk. — at No wert Urdere solicited, aud BOUBE: 1 frouting on Ponnsy RTSON, Machinisis and Barime Butiders tention given to Jobbing and Be pairs, examinat work to iT AVPiece AND Ion FOR STO: 645 Lonisians a TaON F a FLaGs, on A”™ oz for Btores, Bisvufectored by JOHS 0. HOGAN, ‘TLS Market Space, between 7th and &th etreets Finge aad Oainp Meeting Tente for sale or rect a aye, ine Manufactured 1) 4. @. OOPELABD, one door east of Fth atret, man, ee, Public Bulitogs, U icis MES for Storm, at fector CAMP-MEBTING RATS lor sale of Agent for the Improved Mildew Proof Aw se amproced Style and Patiern, otels, Public Batiding, Olty @nd Goon Besidences a factory prices. Sole ageut for the only Genuine oot Bole ag fhe only mstewes Prost OUBES nnd SIGHE patnted fn the very intest je aud fu the most Garabie manner, a snorpuenty equipped Pos kind of work from tl Pome Ws AGE prom at to, on Tessonebie oy James LEN, Practical Piowber, Be: Louisiana’ avenue, sear 6th street, north side, Bosidence $2 th street wort at | LINED PIPE slways op band. wih-tr aOR BROTHER | Gs peck nad toy Printer LO19 Penneyivs: Avenne, south site. BOrts-1 ‘Srartaly. December 29. | SECOND AND LASTGRANDGIFTI CoNcERr IN alD OF THE Masonic Relief Association, OF NOBFOLK, va. VAY POSITIVLY FILED, TUESDAY, 29th December LAST CHANCE Ant orined by & (peseed March &: CO TIOKETS—6.000 CASH GIFTS. @250.000 TO BE GIV Cneh Gifts, ot Aft of. the Virginia Legislature Lvs. eegregsting....... PBRIOB OF TICKRTS. Whole Tickets..... Bia rete Bot Rey address”