Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1875, Page 6

tras Twhy | « aud said © She Said I, You wail nd you give this r hey baist to make the with Jim Preach for the If they Pernay! twoull get em beck again if E<hoald holler Seid che. -°T think ool that weeds some werk and pains: J gues that Tecan gon team If you Ti give me the rem= a 1 the tim bor | por ‘em. and might as well afer T hy she rose and mood astep or two ieataid 4 ty cute this way. Said be. Fwont u ght down the aisle nly thonglt she d kill « con careful how she hit. and «truck so sharp you, which was Jim and nt to work and whipp and wont w ee | ich, She dain t call ‘em cowards, but whe made “em feel Dhe snch And when ther .» why Jim bad Tits econige trance Seid be: “That teseh: *. ob’ she's mighty | stron Ane new there's nothin’ like ber: them boys would walk for nile ‘Fe do some little errand. just te get one o' her smiles. | Aad Joe's improved amazin’: but he will use slang t. d to-day at dimner, “She's the boss «choot Be vou bet cFY time Tee her with the children piss oh’ she's mighty Tskeuld think a drop of hartshora on a pint of water ought Te be & great desi stronger than ) woukl be ina qnart Aad oof think a drop of gowt, in poople who are than if twere put in some folks six | FN DANGEROUS COMPANY. We had not been ten days at sea before my mind misgave me, and I began to dread ait wafortunate termination to our v matiers hai gone wrong from the very be- Binning. There had been trouble with the @rew. who seemed to have an idea that @nnial drunkenness was the proper s! man’s existence: and who. as long as a six- pace lasted. obstini refused to zo ¢ rd. in many eases having to be hau fom the wharf over the sile like so 1 suspended animation. Then when we had * Seen warped out into the river, and were awaiting the Captain, we found that he had been taken suddenly and violently ill, so that @ week's delay followed, ending fn a appointment, and the coming of a new | man of quiet, genial aspect, whose | seemd to augur a termination of — and he was welcomed accurd- ‘or ® merchant outward bound is by no Means the paradise existence in the mizids of | ardent school-boys, bitten with a longing for a life atsea. Twenty-four hours of the life on rd and its ‘discomforts effectually siekened me: bat then I had chosen my ves- sel for reasons of economy, knowing that every five-ponnd note would be, pee mp of priec: up ess value in a new home; so I mz Mind not to be discontented. but to bear that fell to my lot. I had taken my pas- Sage to Buenos Ayres with the full intention ef roughing it for some years to come, and Sherefore I argued that it would be eow: nly te turn te) wt the Arst trouble that fell to my . But really it was trying work, in spite of the strongest determination. The swiors were soon in that pleasant state despondent misery which succeeds a long a bauch. and. as if giving the unfortunate sengers the credit of being the cause of their wufferings. lo<t no Rey tne gh pene the said sufferings upon theirheads. I said upon their heads. but the feet as frequently suf- gered, buckets of water being dashed’ upon g them—of course accidentally—if we ven- tured on deck during holy-stoning times. We same to grief. too. over ropes, over the stow- ing of ad in a variety of ways durin those first diays—our sea-going friends looked wpon US as an inferior race of bein; as lnbbers, it was their duty to a: f goof temper. this w ee. whom. ict. But wll pretty Well got over, in time for the rough weather we encountered down channel, and right Way across the bay of Biseay, sufficiently bad to confine us all. sick and Batehes for 1 wand tossing. well, below dreary day of pitehing the ship's timbers groanin’ s and creaking to a devree that seemed to ah.caien filling pleces. ture to yourself, you who not been ©n ship-boanl. « gloom 1 prison. | With stout beams crossing every bere and there. the light Stealing feebly ough the WS, the alr yay breathe hot. foul, aud stifling. the hatch abote you battened WH, so that. save at special tinies, ther is no communication with dee nd New,” every fellow-passenger either bemoaning his na: d fate or € ine <Toaning as he lies prone in | the helpless misery of sea-sickness oh sneery ot ickness. ui Kk @ould be foresee: trips to farof lauds wou ¥ reduced in | pumrere. { A couple of days’ respite came last in the shape of fine weather: and in the reaction tuew! by the bright sunshine, and tree, ik air we breathed on deck, the troubles of the past were forgo’ he captain still | wremed all that wa it: but there ple Was a flushed and heayy look in his counte- very Bance that [| did not like. i before long I bad another opinion upon the subject: tor, in conversation. I found that the second mat« had been at the same school as myself; and logether we went over the old days and com- pared notes. as I walkel the deck with him far into the watch. | The weather this thm ned foul once more mate vedd I but iced the deek ale had somewhat mo- course this is in confidence.” -" he continued. to make of him: and sometimes ft) “IT den't know what metimes J think he's md, athe ix given to drinking How he got appointed to this ship. I cant tel. Mr. Ray don't say anything, but he ix ene of those men who think all the more: and ef course he'll be particularly careful, lexi the captain shoukt think that, as first mate, ne Is jealous because the command was nol Placed im his hands.” No more was eae ee but ae many bad passed, we that the man who ye entrusted with a fine vessel, a valuable cargo, and, more than all, the lives créw, was one of those un- | who, hot content with the of this life, are ite out some th » and culminates at Engen those borribie Mts of mania known tremens. to make an; ‘sai- . — that the two mates upon themsel et t i ves the management of wea ther agein bri day after day gi bat little of the that he was confined a <= the bore 4 ~ : only known to a few; but I could that the t mate. Mr. Ray. looked anxious than usual, and taking the on deck one night, I me tening, Pos pleasantly by. captain, see Rity of being along Talk with my triend, to learn that the cap- Se from one fit to seek the azacans 3 “Pity we not leave him behind alto- i "Se though a noe dozen ”* said friend. for this sail with ‘a madman on slow weather. The bet latitudes wer. ‘There was a t, and at a dolphin or bonito: and at last, paut- ith the heat, we lay beneath the a! w | with an | tinned " The next moment there was seamen, who would. no doubt, | ly by with varying @ reached. | | I v the sails sible. ra down upon our heals. aid refl-eting fro sea, whir lished m Ww as they b Uy rollin ed and fell with: Rough coy « ne a wu tak tain’s cabin “How has he been t “Worse t were Ray, I take seb | in-so dom: Further ce lowed hy Medi mani le ee fim to the h: vod heavens, Anderson ‘what's to be done’ you no medicine: Yes; eines? a in his “ked him i ti a. @ and crew. Anderson fetehed the old sailor, who | rolling up, turning the lump of tob: nd from his remark it was evi- 4 been enlightened upon the busi- | his mou dent he hi ness in “De n “but ot it »mparati ve there was grow m © more rose, cach day apparently than the last. p were seated ene evening, watching the last glow made the re ta change was coming: wd des sound of bre: on deck. None of the soas not to alarm jralenn. without a breath of winl to fill < from the yards, the m the swell as the sea ato much as a ripple ings were ast mirror of po- with the tar so heated poo! of the night ot time for the 1 lower before the en Anderson, rk that he and then our nup by Mf. Ray passing dling as if t the eap- lay?” Tasked. was the reply “If 1 make ‘a prisoner of him, and mand. He'd be quite justified versation was cut short by the | reappearance of the mate, who beckoned to | nv companion. } pmething wrong,” he ¢: leaped to his feet aimed, as he and quite as” quickly I fol- hway, exclaimed Mr. He ’s a maniac.” I said. but how are we todeal Just listen.” peaking, there came x n. Bat xe on was held: and then it nd to do al the he growled, “what 2 thing it is as nv one Will go on wasting precious liqu nd furnfng Diessings inns this would be the end on it, preach maz come along. Now, look’ I hispered, as we descended: « ont [ knowed said Rey as I open the door, all step quietly in together. He ‘ll dash at us the same as he did at mea little while ago: but he can only tackle one man atonce, so that while he is engage! the 4 must secure him.” had hardly nerved ourselves for our WwW task, and the mate was holding up bis hand #s & Signal as he unlocked the door, when we were staggered by the sharp report of @ pistol simultaneous with which there was a dull thud close by my ear; and I started back hy my head. ; With the knowleige thata bullet had just passet through the cabin door and whistled Then came a loud, followed by a couple more poth of which passed through harsh pistol: e pa- that we beata retreat tool once more on deck, the perspiration from his forehead, and looked from one to the oth > @S mach as to say. indeed, a t nts no one spoke. T' ed to recover him: firmly and quietl casting away our lives it What shail we rying position; and for a Mpoke, ‘Then Mr. Ray and spoke out should only b> we were to go in now. The only plan I can suggest ix to wateh him through the skylight, and go in n he is asleep.” “Idon't think he can do any mischief in the mear him soor “Well, I ping off “Yes: i ntime,” . id * gal ; but dunno; that re in the mag: volver thing? Isaid; “but we must seize the old sailor dryl What if he keeps “Ts there powder on board?” I said, with a strange tremor in my voice,as I turned to Anderson. “Yes. a heavy lot of ithe said haskil and as he spoke, his eyes glanced iuvolu’ tartly in the «lirection of the boat Another shot ade us all start; and now passengers and crew began to colleet, eagerly asking what was wrong—questions, thougti in dread of a rush at the boats, w whic forebore to answer. The peril, though. was indee’ great, for in one small cabin, especially streagthened for its reception, a large quantity of powder was stored; and if one bullet —— to through, the chances were w Ass nat the heat evolved in its passage wou'd explode all, and in a blown te moment » atoms. the whole vessel would be There were two courses open to us: to seize the boats at once, and push off, or to make a bold and manly effort to subdue the mad- ma hang. our breasts as we stood snother, and then I saw the oldjsailor we paltas of bis hands and rub thein gently to gether. ae » feeling owl ». that would be li in on him at , in whose hands our lives seemed to must have pervaded all looking at one the n_ proposition, As he spoke. we heard the cabin door un- locked; then the rattling of keys and the crashing of a door, when peered do there gu pered I sha ing deau power. non. “Quick: - Then, leading cabin sta | find our prog: which re ~Quie! the door our for ! x 5 ul he liny will our part, «He's got into the powder room!” er forge zed up at us fixel—right toa degree. & few moments, horror and dread of impe: hs ha VirS, Wi he « ple entry, ighted splint to an iron-bound chest, whic ready blackened and charred at the the hate! ing down, I could see through bis whole fram | 1 he turned to us, his voice Was so husky as to be almost inaudible, eemed tohave robbed him ot nhe sprang up, the man “he exclaimed, « the way, he oi. wing bim arrested». ted all our efforts. whispered Ra & coop or grating, and le: ashed. gave way reveal to us, standing perfec YY cautiously tremor run- nd when when he whi t his countenance ¢ * the closed «i whieh inmy boty had my limbs should have rushed on at pugh to be Pam it w Anderson x Way at the doc uitin vain, fora few + the old sailor | returned in an instant. with # couple of mar- line spikes. which were inserted just once more heard the © ackle of a mat ly un the captain, hoiding Itseemed as if at the slightest motion the chest_which rned was filled with cartridges, for the ‘upply of one of the petty armies en: Paraguayan war—would expl lowed by the other chests and around. Tuen came the ca laugh, and we hea drive vou out, then, strong as you are.” 1 afterward in regs pilet ain’s low chuck- him say: “This Then, with a gesture of impatience, he threw down the fresh match from was about to strike it, did not sound buman, out hands, was door remain r. | never once di om # start from tie horrible dream of seeing the captain. match-box in hand. burnt-out-splint, took a the box which he held, and when, with a cry that Anderson leaped upon blow struck But the danger was not passed; and with- losing a moment, 4 hisown cabin. Water was abundantl. Lied is Oe charred side of the box; and 's . we him out into ay ifr. to make the ca ter ina way that restored every screw was driven in. I act; for his second own on the deck and cover his face with his was to sit in that position for fully a » ithout waking with applying alight lo the edge of the cartridge-chest oe s7-Gallant man, Victor Emanuel. went from Kome to St. spects to the Empress R hi ~ lomo to is re- or Austria, WS he kneeled | owe | tone, “I've always been afeared they JOE GATTER’S LIFE INSURANCE, BY Hf. A. BERTON. onl? He was th» model boy of Bangfield. While his idle school-mates were flying kites and playing marbles, the pradent Joseph was trading Sunday-school tickets for straw- berries and eggs. Which he converted into currency of the Republic. As he grew up, and his okt school-mates purehased crava' ard hair oil at Squire Tackey’s store, it was the industrious Joseph who Stood behind the counter and took their money. When the same boys stood on the street corners and cast sheep's eves at the girls, the business like Joseph stood in the store door and templated these same — with eyes such as hunery eat casts upon a brood of young birds whom he expects to eat when they grow old- er. Joe never wasted any time at parties; he hever wore fine clothing: be never drank nor smoked. In short, Jo® was so industrious that by the time he reached his majority he had a thousand dollars in the bank and not a solitary virtue in his heart. For Joe's money good Squire Tackey had an earnest longing, and soon had it to his own uccount; while the sign over the store door read “Tackey & Gatter.” Then the yuire wanted Joe's soul too, and so earnest was he that Joe soon found it necessary to re- mstrate with his ie ‘on’t do, squire,” said ia ligion's all very wellin its place, but when a man ses the sale ofa dozen eggs, profit sever his partner is talking religion rd that omer gets tired here else, then re- n soul nee than many eges, Joseph,” “That's just it.” don't + and there’ o use trying to mix And while we'r king, don’t yon think we might be mixing some of the settings of the molisse: with the brown sugar?—twill make it wei much better.” The squire sighed, but he could not mitting that Joe was as good a parti man could want. In one of Joe's leisure moments it struck him that, if he were to die, nobody would lose a cent by the operation. The idea was too exasperatin «i soon the local agent hoted insurance companies ceased to enjoy that tranquility which is characteristic 0: business men in the country. Within a fort- night two of the agents were arraigned befor: their respective churches for profane braw!- ing. while Joe had squeezed certain agents into dividing commissions to the lowest unit of devisibilit~ and had several policies in the eee es ° safe al the store. The Squire, his partner, was Patagonian Mutual, share of the Agent for the and endured his fall ree agony Joe had caused. But when he had handed Joe a policy and re- ceipt, aud taken the Genin and counted i twice, and seen to it carefully that ali th bills were good, the good Squire took bis re- | venge. _ “Joseph,” said he, insurance yet; against only of . @ junior partner stretched himselfon the counter and groaned. He knew the Squire Was right. He had heard that same story from every minister he had ever heaid. Joe Was so agitated that he charged at twelve and a half cents some calico he had sold at fit- teen. Only one Agent! But the shrewd Joseph rejoiced to think that those who represented the Soneph Great Agent differed greatly in the conditions of the insurance, and that some made more favorable terms thai others, and that if he could get the ministers thoroughly interested in hima, he would have 8 good opportunity for comparing rates. The good men all wanted Joe, for he was a risin, young man, and could, if the spirit moved tim, make handsome subscriptions to good purposes. So in their zeat they soon regard- ed each other with jealous eyes, and reduced their respective erceds to goasamer thinness. They agreed about grace being free, and Joc Accepted that much promptly, as he did any- thing which could be had without price. Bat Jce was a practical man, and though he found fault with none of the ‘doctrines talked at yet hesitated toattach himself toany lar con tion. He finally ascer- 1 that the verend Barzillai Drift- Wood's church had no debt, and that its eon- tributions to missions and other religious inne were very small, so Joe allowed himself to be gat into the fine assort- ment of crooked sticks which the Reverend Barzillal Driftwood was reserving unto the day of Great was the rejoicing of the congregation At Joes saving aet, and sincere was the sors rv churches, who knew their you ain't through with you need to insure your soul isk in the next world, and there's row of the ot own creeds were less shaky. Butin the saloon and on the street Joe's religious act was cussed exclusively on Its merits, and the re- sults were such as only special spiritual labor would remove. For no special change was teeable in Joe. On Sunday he abjured the orld. but on Monday he made things uncom- fortable for the Widow Maenilty, whose hus- band had died in the death of Tacky & G ter, A customer ne oe some gingham, Joe's assurance that the colors were fast, ‘but the first wash-day failed to confirm Joe's statement. The proprietor of the stage line between Bungtield and Cleopas Valley trated horses with Joe, and was afterwards heard mentioning his hew property in language tar more scriptural than proy “Still, Joe was a church member, and that Was a patent of respectability. And as he gained years, and building lots, and hors and commenced discounting notes Spectability grew and waxed gr a t minds of the practical peuple of Buns int Even gool women, ret! mothers in Israel could not help thinking, as they sorrowed over the sand in the bottoms of th cups, and grew wrathful at “ranne hougit for --A 1 Superfine” of Tackey & ¢ ler, that Joe would make a valuable hus! So thought some of the young ladies of Bu field, and « ng ladies who can endure the idea of such aiman for perpetual partner can nify their opinions, Joe began to com- nd that he was in active demand. He atter as he would a sudden de- wand for Any commodity of trade, and, by skilfully manipulating the market, he was soon endbled to choose from a full supp! Thenceforwerd Joe was as happy as a bis nature could be. All his were paying well; the store was prosperous, he was successful in all his trading ente prises, he had purchased, at fearful shaves, | Scores Of perfectly good notes, he realized on loans interest which would cause a usury law to shrivel brought hi how elaine drag. nd erack, his insurance polictes fair dividends, and his wite kept » With economy and thrift. But the —the chureh seemed an unmitigated Joe attended all the church mectings— el to get the worth of the mone Hed to contribute t he had himseir # could get the , the interest even at the rate J general ‘htatties, did not balance Ub amount of his contribution. = Joe worried over the matter Hntil he be- cume very peevish, yet he came no fen vt # business-like adjustment of receipts and ex- ] penditure One day when his veneral, partner presented him a certificate of divi nd from the Patagonian Mutual, 266 y2° | 1 a ise of the church ¢ Cot Any dividends on that other in- surance you put me up to taking, partn that "gainst fire-risks in the next world, know. “Twill be tough if there's lake—eiu “Jose! ou | any ‘mis does take a sight of money said the Squire, ina sorvowfai dista't | look enough into your evidences when they took you into that chureh. How can a man | expect to escape on the day of wrath if li ail the time grumbling at che cost of his s vation? Mistake? If you don't know in your heart the truth of what you profess, there's mighty little hope for you, church or urel xow in my heart:” cried Joe. “That's a retty kind of security. Is that what Lv. 2 paying church dues for? Better ba knowv it in my heart in the first place, and saved the money. What's the use of believ- ing all these Knotty points, if they don’t make a eure nine for a man?” no cl “If your belief "t make you any better or hay © ined the squire,*‘you better agaip see if you've oy nar hold of it; those that’s got a clear title don’ find their investment as siow in making re- turns, while those that find fault are gener- ally the one’ that make a mistake.” “Squire,” said he, “isn’t faith the same thing as believi pe “Well, said the giana his_glas- ses, und taking from his the little Testa- which he administered oaths on how you believe. Here's a subject; *' believest in God: thou — well; the devils also believe and tremble." *” Ugh! Joe shivered. He wasn’t an aristocrat, but would any one fancy such companionship as St ep “Here.” sai rn y bearing on the subject vipers, warned ith to therefore, fruits meet for tance.” Sauisewrsr tone 1 iimelase Tas ire was iuee in: therhood of Pte “Now, see what it says in another place,” continued the Squire, ‘not ev one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shali enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the wili of my Fatherywhich is i ven! * ~Yes,” said Joe, grateful for heariag of no Vip. else the, { They dash forward, but soon fall. more horrible believers, “but what is his wil but believing on him? Don't the Bible that they that believe shall be saved?” Joseph,” said the Squire, “when you be- lieved in my store. you put ih your time and money there. When you believed in hoss tradin’ you devoted yourself to practising it. When you believed life insurance was a good | thing, you took out policies and paid for them, though you have complained of the Patagonian dividends. Now, if you do be- lieve in God, what have you’ done to prove € paid over a hundred dollars a year church dues,” said Joe, wrathfully, “not counting subscriptions to a bell and a new organ.” “That wasn’t for God, Joseph.” said the Squire; “twas all for you. God never? thank you for Speedin | anasylum for peupee fit to work. You'll find inthe twenty-fifth ebapter of Matthew a description of those that’s going into the kingdom of heaven— they're the people that give foo: and clothing to the needy, and visit the sick and prisoners; those that don’t do these things don’t go tn, wd ioe itmildly. Hedon’t say a word about belief there, Joseph; for He Knows that giv- ing away property don"t happen till a man’s belief is pretty strong.” Joe felt troubled. Could it really be that his eternal insurance was going to cost more money? Joe thought enviously of Colonel Pung, President of the Bua eld Railroad Company—the Colonel didn’t believe in any- thing; so he saved all his money wished he had some of the Colonel Joe’smeditations were interrupted by entrance of Sam Otirey. a poor fellow who owed Joe some money. Joe had lent Sam a hundred dollars, discounted ten per eent. for ninety days, and secured by a chattel mort- gage ‘on Sam's horse and wagon. But S: had been sick during most of the ninet and when he went to Joe to beg a few days of grace, that exemplary business man insisted upon immediate payment. It was easy to see by Sam's hopeless eye and strained featnres that he had not come fopay—he was staring ruin in the face, and as uncomfortable as if the amount were millions instead of a horse and wagon, his only means of support. As for Joe, he’ had got that hundred dollars and horses and wag- on mixed up in the oddest way with w and his partner had been talking was ut unbusiness like—he tried to make business busine religion, but he could not thought brisk! vr Peer ove ve ntand it, D suppose. “Sam,” said Joe, “Ill give you all the t you need at legal interest.” Sam was not sucha mental people would select to try good deeds upon. But he was human, and loved bis wife and children, and the sudden relief he felt used him to look at Joe in a manner whicl made Joe find a couple nlire Strangers in his own eyes. He hurried into the little of- fice, and when his partner looked up inquir- oung Man as senti- Squire—one of those commenced wri “Ti show you, ng rapidly. aid Joe, handing the squire the paper on which he had just putin writing his promise to Sam. “Joseph.” said the Squire, after reading the paper several times, to assure himself that his eyes did not deceive him, “it beats th widow's mite he gave the Lordall she had. but you have given Him mo I had in all your life until to-day. Joe handed Sam the paper. teamster the strongest ev iden - ity he had ever seen in Bungfield. He hal kKnownot some hard cases turning from th saloon and joining the church, but 1 these things Weraso w rful as this act ot Joe “s, Sam told th y, in strict confidence, to each of his friends) and the good seed was thus sown in soll that it had ed before. sant to relate that Joe ing notes and setilinganti- r butter, and that he devoted and money to good deeds, but it wonldn’t be true. Those of our readers. who have always consistently acted accord ing to their own light and knowledge are, of course, entitled to throw stones at Joe Gatter; but most of us know to our sorrow why he didn’t always act according to good prompt- ings he received. Onur only remaining duty is to say that when, thereafter, Joe's dividends came seldom, he knew who was to blau Patent Earth. Every part of the gardening or farming World bas its distinet phase of insanity. We have ours. We can put in a tremendous claim sometime on new grapes, or perhaps in enormous prices for new potatoes. In most other respects, however, American culture | @ has a bealthy pulse. It is worth our while now and then to turn from our own weak- nesses to those of other countries. We ma; laugh at our own, but there is jast as much fan abroad. A friend has placed in our hands a cirenlar received by him, in which the surprising re- sults of a certain earth—only fifty-five dollars a ton—are poetically narra’ ‘The proprie- torof this grand “earth, hen a wanderer und so-torth, discovered it and so on, With ajl | Cees Hall has been secured forthe month its wi nderiul properties. At an “enormous se" of Course he procures it for the Eng- pple, and the people of the continent, and ds anxious that the people of th States should also profit By his hi labors on beal! of humanity—only at fitty- five dollars a ton. It is wonderful in. its effects on “tomatum” plants, and it “beats the bugs” all around, That whic commend it especially to ts, however, is that with earth—at fifty-five dollars a “the problem of the de- the phyloxera is solved.” Some Vibad a vineyard which had bugs. He put the patent “earth” round three hundred vines, which are now a sort of Mecex to which all gaping vignerons are and ail the other grape vines in th re dead sticks. A terrible eh: this phylloxera when he goes abroad, Here in his American home he is more subdued, He keeps tne v itis sald, from grow: ing fast or maturing their fruit Well, bat he never went so fur #s to leave us aliogether with dried sticks. We suppose that few 5 ple who have ever read the long advertisements of the patent medicine men, ever had any idea what sick suffering ures they had ti i r lives. After reading the cajmand clear state- ments, we can readily understand why, in- stead of being paragons of health, as. we sup- posed. for so many y we were really standing with one leg in the gave. We get just the sane insight into the vegetable con- stitution by reading of this cireular. Time and agtin®” when we have looked on our blighted, be-bugged. and generally woe- beg iruits, we have sighed for the tw clime where” fruit-culture ! But no! this account tells is not so. This supposed fa- is a terrible temptation to fruits. Hundreds pt le ry Where, nearly 7 Aa,’ “Mulberry trees everywhere look Apiicet and plum trees in a dying coudien abound.” Rut on: waa! # blessing is this patent earth? “The dead and arou,!>. Trees every where revived, when # few pinches of the patent earth were placed about the roots,” and so remarkable was the revivifie. tion that “thousands throng the vineyards where (he earth has been employed” inorder to view the almost supernatural lususiagce. Aswe have said, there seems to be an ine clination to push this thing in the United States. But we doubt whether it will go. A new grape or a hew potato we can stand; but # patent “earth” will hardly cateh our dust.— Gormalown Telegrap | A BRAVE WomAN KILLS 4 Ropner.— Thursday night, after eleven o'clock, thieves visited #& canal boat moored in a secluded { SAY | [Letters from Mrs. M. H. B. to St. Lowis Repub- asked the okt man, while Joe | | have ‘arranged to spend | Month of February in Live: Doz Dentistry in New York. ] have the toothache, and not only do ave the toothache, but they have den- | ¥ lists, and it’s hard to tell which Is tohave. A lady here has a beautiful black sh { his other end as if life ha » took a lap at his mug of cold water, and his tail. and lifted up his in such pro- longed misery that the whole house cried | hydrophobia. and got up on top of chairs and | tables. this animal been a twelve- | pounder instead of two, and affection the | only tie between the owner and the beast— | though it pulled her heart-string—“Claude” Would bave been shot: but it was the purse | strings by which he held on; he was worth | two hundred dollars. A doctor was sent for— the patient was found with his nose in an India rubber shoe, and his rat tail vibrating with a big ache—an ache the attendant phy- sician immediately pronounced to be. the tooth-ache. Imagine the astonishment ofthe family when the preseription for Claude was the dentist. His blanket was put on, his spirits encouraged, and off went the poor dear to have his teeth fixed. A regular practitioner was the operator. Claude was put into a neat little box, packed in with wool. His wondering countenance stuck out of a hole in the cover. A rabber- covered stick went into his mouth and kept his jaws open, and the inv tion co menced. Twoof his bas there was no doub loudly. notwithsts the geg. The Was itllowed a respite of some hours, which he reluctantly resumed his ha d three teeth filled with amai; nkered, Clande home to think of the n just suffered. The little dog’s dental bill was $20, ana that’s but one at his mistress’s troubles.” She | has paid $25 for his passage ac; four times. She has paid st done to a suit of furniture, from whi every button in every taft in the sp: anhour. She has paid innumera Sums for railway travel, foroflat trying, these hand-hea: aq officials, to part the tender poodle, cousidering 1! fs fessor Kirkwood is one of our most wide-awake astrono- makes an interesting announceny rd to one of the asteroids. It is well known that the orbits in which these little planets move are very elliptical. On them, Aithra by name, revolves in’ an or so eccentric that it has recently been dis ered that when it reaches its proach to the sun it is not very far re moved from that point of the orbit of Mars that is fartnest from the sun. There- fore a time must come when 4thra and Mars will chance to be near these points at the same time. It would be difficuft to prophes the result of such a neighborly encounter upon the planets themselves, or upon the | equilibriuin of the But as- tronomers have not yet worked out the prob- blem as to when the position will take place, and we may safely possess our souls in quietness, while t re Settling their math- ematical calculations, correcting their tables and making allowances for ali Kinds of per- turbations. If the plan y party should come off in our day 4 generation. we shail bave an astronomic; ent fo anticipate that will throw the transitof Venus into th nd be Ov- nearest ap- more astounding than the prres- $.—The tendeney of the J Ps lose his head’ at a tire | } WAS well illustrated lately at Rutland, Vt. The Herald thus enumer: { “A girl inone of the hotels sent during the first of the fire, eame rushing in when it was at Its height, and in breath less haste ran to her room. She j seized a hair-brash, and stuffing it into her | muff, started down stairs in the same haste, Jeaving her trank and other valuables in the | who was ab- quick! room. in her excitement, forgot her lit- | and left it to its fate. Ageous young men, however, amid thick smoke, «ind in close proximity to the flames, rushed up stairs and secured the child. { While one of the blocks was burning a wo. man came down stairs with an old cast-iron kettle in her hand. whieh she clung to with great tenacity. On reaching the sidewalk | She crossed the sireet, walked along that | side some distance, recrossed, walked along the sidewalk. and erossed back again, all the while carefully carrying the kettle. When she crossed the last time she was accosted by gentleman. who said: ‘Madam, what are ‘ou looking for?” She replied: ‘iam look. ing for a place to put this kettle down. The per volunteered to take it, and she ett perfectly satisfied.” Two cour- THE AMERICAN REVIVALISTS IN LAXD.—The London Standari of Jan says: -‘Ten thousand ands is to be toward the expenses of the mission of Messrs Moody and Sankey to Loudon. and the Agri- of March. In three succseding months they are to labor in other quarters of the capital. Our Liverpool correspondent writes that the» the whole of the rpool. A tempo- capable of accommodating 8,000 persons. is specially erected as a central hall for the occasion; and though y temporary cha rter, to be entirely ¢ ished within two months, it is to cost +: and the committee calculate that at £4,500 will be required to cover the whole ox- pense of the visit. They are confident the amount will be speedily subscribed, bow ever, without the necessity for a ‘general so- licitation.” The invitation to Messrs. Moody and Sankey was forwanled to those gentle- men in September last, and was signed by nearly one hundred of the clergymen and ministers of all denominations in the town. rly last month a numerously attended ntérence was held of the lewling ministers and other friends of the movement in. the town. M ywaS present. and the whole ts were compl ” rary buildin, Why so) three good They are: to be mad wiser, to be made nobler, and to be innocent- ly recreated. Books which neither confer in- formation which is worth having, nor lift th spiritual part of us up to loftier regions, nor, by judicious dive ion, refreshen the rind for further serious ef rts, are bac the reading of such is invariabl not tinoften the most dangerous Kind o: Reading is not, as so many people now- days Seem to suppose, good tin itse many things are which are by no means as highly thought of. Atl energy shat is not ine jurious, wasteful, or subtracted from some other effort incumbent upon him who puts i! forth, is good; as walking, riding, boatine, and the rest.” But the reading of which we speak cannot, under the most favorable con- struction, be regarded as ¢ On the con- trary, 14S the ve t form of laziness. ryat People fly flo it when they think they have nothing else to do, and they flatter them- Selves that by reading they something, and thus, nine times ont of ten, they exhonefate themselves from the oblica- tion of performing some duty which is dis- tastetul to them.—[ Temple Bi are really doing A HuMAN MonstEr.—Simpson Cabbage was tried in the circuit court of Page last week, for strangling his wife to death by choking her, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for fourteen years. The pec oe witness was his little daughter, aged thirteen years. The Courier gives a graphic account of the trial. Subsequently to his sentence he attempted to take Phis own life by choking himself to death with a cord, place at Wiiitamsport, In Which a poor wash- erwoman lived. Her husband was absent, and one of the fellows entered, and, taking her by the throat, threatened to kill her if she did not give up her money. She arose. ana followed by the robber, with a revolver close to her head, went to a looking glass and took out $160, all the money she had in the world. He then retired and con- versed with the robbers outside, when he returned and demanded more money. The poor woman, upon her bended ees. with a Bible in her band, told him she had no more, when he began VL examining the bed clothes. He again retired outside, and something about murder was said. The unfortunate woman now gathered her little ones about ber, extinguished the lights, and scisine shot-gun laid in wait. Present- ly the robber entered for the third time, with a dark lantern in his hand, and as soon as a in Mrs. Freed fired had pretty hand: Aner the had one ve ty alittle * ‘f entered the ‘boat, evi. master. It but was discovered in time to frustrate his purpose. He declared he would not leave his cell a live man, but we see that he has been delivered at the penitentiary.—Vatey Vir- ginian. PLUNDERERS OF THE SovuTH.—The Au- gusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, a democratic paper, admits it ‘baggers and ne- are not the only enemies of the south. tsays: +A Mississippian of high character writes as follows: ‘It is an unquestionable fact that three-fourths of the money wrung from the overtaxed y-hoiders of this state has gone into the of white men, at least halfof whom are “native and to the manner born.”’ That's the trouble in other ‘radical’ states. The negroes are cheated out spoil, and the white cai = of the t- rsne- eeeds in plundering because’ aid by the white lawag.”” MINCE PIEs.—Take a es of beet, free from skin and strings, and chop it very fine: then two pounds of suet, which likewise pick and three of currants ly dry, one , the and re, ofa of sweet wine, a put- el mace, With pi- a7-Men who cut a shine—Glazicrs. ag-A friend indeed is one who is not in ‘Iped ‘80 n sat down on { Bi expostulated he | An Metropolix ! N o] corner F and 1th stree Washington House Arlingt ence of a dozen unexpected comets with tails | Blount. James H..Ga reaching from the horizon to the zenith. | iH H | Burrows. J jomse v.18 3d street € nd 's Hotel. lowa, Wormley x Hotel 1. lad Hf street. 1413 Mamachuaetts aven ret porthwest ve N.Y. 11 H street northwest Florida, Ebbics Hours. ‘enn. Arlington Hote NTRS Eat « Pa) per. Henry Cragin 1 if dW Ve? altos ee avis, HG a) Arlington t GH, Maryland W2t Connecticut Mil Massachusetts "835 Vermont Congressional Ferry. 0-8. Gonn, Ferry. TW Fla: . J ta Als ati 413 4th street northwest 213 Lith street nerthwest = Arlington Hotel jd... 2081 T street MC. Texas, southwest ¢ Hamlin. Hannibal Me’. Willard'’s Hotel Harvey JM SIT Ech street northwest Hitchcock Neh... 60s Math street Hi TA Fatreet northwest politan Hotel tropolitan Hotel rs ies F str 516 1th Titan Hotel t F street norchwes meet northwest re Spragne, William Steve “ ‘IW A Stockton, JP Hi street J 0 Thorman. A.G 142 New York aveune Tipton. TW avenne sou tt House. Win, Minn. 2 Lafayette Sqnare Wright, George G., Lowa, 37 D street borthwes: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Adams. George M.. Ky. 1013 E street Aibert, William J Mu Alt Charles, Pa. 1283 F street. Mat Ky 320 Indiana arenw “eG. Me d. Richard P.. M Reese T adles NBM Bright, Join M Bromley BG 2 Hose H.. Me. 128 New York avent - Mich. National Hotel ry Butler, ROB Blass. NJ. ay and B et. evatheast Jor. RR. Tenn. Ebbitt House penter. LC..8.0., Ebbitt House, BOS. © Caldwell, John A tel Cannon i 5 Cason mas J t northeas Cessna, Jolin, Pa. street. Clark J, Willard’s Hotel 38 Mo, Willard's Hotel nan. N.Y.) Wormley's Hotel 1, Charles Cal 4a atreet. Lith street Willard's Hote? ational rows fan Hotel. rvin, Franklin. IN. Washington House K.. lowa. Nth and G streets. N.Y. Congressional Hote! NOY .. Willan Hotel Nation Hamil nats National Hotel Fenn... 512 12th street a N.Y... Arlington Hotei Willard» Hotel. 8.453 C street - 421 Lith street ¥ street nD. Me 6 Alvah, Mase vs ’ Crook. Crossland Crouse. L use orthiw ost L street northwest t. James Hotel y LEZ GG etrot Wortley 's Hotel. M litan Hotel, ize CA well CB Moses W aM Mich a Mt “street northwest New York aven Pylitan Ht 227 L street northoe- Texws, Natioual Hotel, \. Willard’s Hotel Kansas. 224 $1 street JM. W. Va. Metropolitan Hotei Maine. 1408 Hi street 2h A street south, corner E and 6th streets i J.T. Va. Metropolitan Hotel Horvison MH Tenn. 123 Letreet northwest Hatcher A.M dl street i Arlington Hotel, Willanl’s Hote! Ms S., Texas, Imperial Hotel [ass 6 LSth street Horthweet nd. 3d 101 Ht ¥ House. street northwes Houghton. ‘al. 407 4th s Howe, Albert Ro. Miss. 1213 K street phell. J. &.. Mich., National Hotel. a; , Hamilton House Eppa. Va. 'Natior ote S$. A.. Til, 953 H street. B.. Missouri. 22 1 street north: Ark 05 New York avenw a street. Lath st rect fi Ww i pe Nine Chas. ; Nev. Orceran street. Killinger. John W. Pa. Kuapp. Robert ML. TH. Willard’s Hotel. Lamar, LQ. 0., Mins. 1325 F street Lamison, € Willerd’s Hotel Lamport W. Hi, N.¥_, S14 1 street Willard’s Hot ashington SHonse. Arlington Hotel etropolitan Hotel J ur. Tenn. 1395 G street. ; James R.. Delaware Lenghride wo, Win, Lowa. 417 6th street northwest Lowe, D. P., Kansas, 190 F street. Lowndes, Lioyd, jr.. Md. 199 K street. Luttrell John K + S07 12th street Lansing, Wm Robbins, Wm. MN. C.. 23a Roberts, Eilts it Robinson, James W Boss, Soblesk). Pa IM Wie 8 w ew York aventa, er, Philetus «. Henry B T, Milton. Ohi 3 mo Hote! Willard Heeet Wormley » Hote? ¥.. Arti Pe x ¥ WwoNG x Hete} National Hoel Smart. Jae SONY. 1s F atreet Swath, A Herr, Pa, Willard’ s Hotel Smith, Gee La Smith. H BN. ¥., 108 New York av Smith. J. Ambler sai ho iz hb, Wae Ne Smit Suyder.o P Ark Southard. M.1..O r Stephens. Alex. Hf St. Jobn. Charis, NY Stone, Win. H.. Minnow: © Rowe! w 1 hortiweet nal Hote} | wh Wh y Whites National Hove! Whitthorne Wo ¢.. Tenn, Metropolitan Bete! Wilber D-NY. National Hotel Willard.@ W €2 bi Will National Hote! fant Paes S$) Mase, Wormbey + Motel vA. SW south A wtrert T., Mich. 800 E etrect noribwest SN Y., 828 28th etreer * BD, Olas, Continental Abote Young, JD. Ky 402 6th treet Young! P MOB’ Ga, Arlington Motel | wo a | Armetrong aah Chipman, NP. Db 6 2. Mon stir H T Cannon, GQ). Utah, Willard Elkin, § BN. Mo Welker Jolin, AXOTHER OPPORTUNITY ‘VEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POSSELE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS, IS OFFERED BY THE POSTPONEMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. TO TH One Grand Cash Gift 000 One Grand Oaeh Gift... 000 : ett = 000 2000 cack Pitt 4.000 cach 08 3.000 cach 000 Tio00 sack ooo B B00 mack 900 300 Carb Gifts, 100 cach 19,000 Caen Gite; "50 cach. 000. Whele Tickets, $50. Halves, 25. Tench, or each Coupen $5. Bleven W) a ym For Tickets, or information, addres THO. E BRAMLETTS, Agent and M Louisville, Ky Sctsmtnaweia thaw PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY. Death of Gov, jette— A. Fontpegetssatt brett February 27th. . — Ata merting of the Trustees of the Poblic Librarr of Kentucky, January 16, 175, i reeedved tha ‘ riggs. es. who, under the ki Hou Dhow fie. was the real or of the nonneed for February unequivocally take place further postponement or dela: ve y ever RT JOUN S.G ALx, Seoretar ications relating to the fiftly wed to the ander m 4s Pablle Lipeers oan, =a woat=y ie IRST GRAND GIFT CONCERT. SHORT POSTPONEMENT DAY FIXED FULL DISTRIBUTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Moctpelier Female Humane Associatien, AT ALEXANDRIA, v4 March 29,1875. LIST OF GIFTS. 100,000 > 100-000 : 75000 - 60000 30 yt . 4005000 22.170 Cash Gifts, amounting to......@1 000 PRICE OF TICKETS. Whole Tickets occu = Halves....... oO Co at Montpelier, former of The Association ts under the contro! of eight tras- tees, six of whom are Diennially lye stock - au6 ely Liao PORN tron eee” SSCOMAEEESE yA RERERIO* OPINION OF DR. STEUART, OF BALTIMORE. scant re Be