Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1878, Page 7

«Through P assure J my dear boy, I am ext » appear ankind In this matter; but, be- tae r the best. 1 sure see Rosie as usital™ f replied. wnt! HM. be ee Shall be pieaced to see you azzutn hy nt. Good nig . 1 could throat was ch “i char: pe of Lawn te: nus, on her dre sa Head ay across the commen. and t tT shee tears asf w r ‘ Wa her unfort tely, no Oecnpa- t 1 clerk Inv bank ws, had necessitated a t and T was one of the th’s sakery few lines, requestiag ui most cheerful on to shar fora fortnight vod bore bed 1 replie . accepuits Iwent up to London. 3 i on the Sole Did Fk sinted With bo: fhe, “will yor this busin OM to-morre’ your expe adiy;“Iwillse. When am ly. Wf yon de i to sumiething nd down the sir hospitable [rich reste tal of our d it—for we had our —We were silt n the sub. of the Parties occa open wind claitmed— a glare there Is yonder? Isa fire, jad, you're richt Usdown hy str Jol of our cuests house rail brother. We'll di cover my a hurry. 1 T groped unsuece d from tay not ti t ate etvilly Lin reply to nett L had not ~ by a recless darin: EApANY Of tx and whi ' my Ours pulled th thwar sas to what th did shall be t om trivi © was fi camght by the wed round rying mi ne bend of Uh down, and uw tim ar of falling sith them to the lurid sky. ‘Those Water only serve to aggravate the t, and not to quenels it; such a fire as Unat; the b felt. distiuetly. * winked to e 1 gtistened side by on the above the stable nd shrieklag for assist P rushed in to offer id they ae un~ sat COI hoppy inmates clad in evening dress, looked kei and earthly in the tery glare. One Was were men. Taking off thetr © m by the sleeves. and to the lower roof in safe jor this, Well done, b. British chivairy ts lishmen and Irpskinen can hed and waited: pulling in 1 I pulled away to the opposite on the river, now almost whotly and sto! but still itself un- Er Can it beta man or ued uno’ 1 all the rest, who ound the stab arrived and were doing good sei vived the solitary form an tister cout, and Wembiing ou the Flood—Through Fire.” | moment was ap.” T shouted, + up in the boat. The nd rattled, Jum) nt. ‘One look to heav swiftly running river, to be lost. I pulled in p:” As T spoke J rose ks winked once more f yelled in my excite- a—a glance down to the and the person f ad- dressed leaped feet "first. Unthinkingly, 1 moved suddenly: the Hight gig rocked. In'vain Tattempted to recover my balance; the Doat Tipped over, and If diong into the water, ath the thw sank; ap my mind When one pms to become I know not so that Iwas sets of my life my mental } 2 plank. nz a body risi The son ly c. the fivin and how those good f drove up agains? Weal floated a les de i impe no doubt at traction and wood, Esut anion. Lt lank, T mana mat atl tis time e hor could we discern ¢& fast subsiding tire was ‘The steady planks k wards the Dunk, bat 1 ore just then, a: ay fast bobbed ach the she No, tt must be Noy ery restless ¥ tous, but th noise Wa: w What ff the Mill W he sinice we wheel our doom w ofa He the bawk. Teal », but en dt nib Lis progress was hot sre We would tind footir | Ube eddy would ass fe Boated row Ww covered With Gebri planks start why, but in that Circumstay tot vie tin curiing eddies did not e's distant thumd «t after me together rts. das f did so [ thought of Rosie, and die. iff must; but J sirug- or life the while. unwillingly under water the | busier than at all other halt Ww inany |. from very different from Thad plenty S, to utter a undern ath Ts . half Sank again, rasped someti ip close by, T raised the ried to Save was hted to find that he too was tloat- 1 supporter of my arin: ends tossed about down Stream together. rds the othe: natrots law or ich exists eve: iug close to my us upon the trt far bel pl floating with ns to- was hot very anxious S the river sides w look rout the water, from We should soon ‘b= in parently thought otrer- mt and grew very im- Is coming n passing the very minute. I knew too w the huge over: a in the Teouli pl be- on the top of hose mighty pa 3. We had two channels to choose trom —one ‘ ever the weir, the other beneath the whee ihe suction to the latier was tremendous. 1 swam st slippery piles an was burning in a iy yards or amoment. [ealled Tyelied again. nion Was wre A loud 1 er 1 tng Ros T has time it was. nl Dodity and Ss Wanderi lite bern. nL suppe AWOKE TO CONSE tones that [had only ju er, ind had been tit Five weeks! so. or somebody irs onto? Tsubraitt was down again In the welcomed as 2 natured quizar ery were tn day but wha preserver of the “soe da heart.” The ‘The door open appeared. Mechanical T looked at ber Lclasped her In my Roste, iy daril pubt about orwhat?) F down the streain. ie Was Iny OWN At 1 kK Heaven! Very litle explanart ‘Temple round ¢ P water. ud Silent as Wwe © eael othe Stopped thi © just kr in or two father arr mandir his daug i presery n tit ein the bun A and almost undts; bilng In every 10) Hambolit } might double itself in 19 highest instance of fecun- tity.” In the states and in Canada popula- tlon Is supposed to double in 25 years, ‘This is the next highest instz Again, the po sibie number of children to marria; since it has been sometimes attained, may ‘be number? I family at 4. sald to be others. nation, fecundity. What is the check been vice, misery, or moral restrasat? The last ithas never been, nor has it been in great part either cf the others. In the heaith- fest countries, where food was to be had in re the parents were in the en- nt of full vigor of life, where every en zement Was given to fecundity by appor- abundance, wh tunity for marri short of the po morais, favorable therefore conclude that able, and that repreduction of the species will | the man, “my wife will be standiug at the ga:e, roportionately inerease.—[ The University ‘THERE IS VERY SELDO! val of religion as that at Fall Hundreds of men the most intelligent of the ‘tion. CaS streets, in oftices, conversions are occurTins mn 13 uni- Sersal topic re ccversation. No place ts large i meetings in, and all agree erongh to hold the = od ator | that incaleulable “He's alr ci you lubbe: und like that er Off, Cant ye: hay Loot aint Hurt ito Twas due in 1, and got b ount of her John to thank H cogerhe <2 y fate upon any considerable scale. S himself calculates the average In Switzerland the average ts pat it Is not is mother. into statistics any further, we out fears of contradiction that in the however crowded. or however scat- , has actual fecundity approached possible ge, t bie number. uation, wealth—all com- bined have not produced anything like what this theory might lead us to ex, ‘iver, Mass. The whole city fs de- " ve the power of the gospel. Se anor ed cod dal with some chil- dren, have been converted, including some of te T reached gt ligt nthe mill in 1 me, down ay and darted for th i me as we parie: at last. “Oh. Rosi in heave mutch—no more. now wea [felt whe: her's quart But wien [4 told me in my ist pulled throug Dr bed neart: rad spc Ay this ye don’t stir, F et now, OF nee.” ‘The ¢ attons on my re- : noticing my id — wd the real facts— aint Lucky fet rides ove r fathers here, too.” 1 them to come in, Hambiyn, and s the sughteror his house and WT rose as she ¢ one brief second, the next I arins, sie, can It be you, in- ke had come to thank x her life that night ise Was burned. ed, then. No wone fast while we floa ast, She is imine that tweaty up as shi a * had been quite unable KS wie the « the saquel. mdon TL was > comp: to ma ras. we has never approacii- The possible rate cies 15 satd, upd Y.t0 be a i like this, aS ed. according to the it in some parts of But how much smalier n England for instance, » The calculation . Now, every married Without enterins | may aftirm with- se Of No reason of this? Has the he population fell far Health, then t. We may the possibte 15 not prob- uso remarkable a revi-— which is now occurring n- | | | { | t | waves, and Walks securely upon the bosom of and | the d Ee ne THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST. “ There was a fellow traveling around in that country,” said Mr, Nickerson, “+ with a morai- religi ms show—a sort of scriptural pdnorama— and he hired a wooden-headed old slab to play the pimoforhim. After the first night's per- formance the showman 83, “My friend, you seem to know pretty much all the tunes there are, and you worry along first-rate. But then, don’t you notice that some- times Iasi night the piece you happened to be playing Was a litle rough on the properties, so to speak—didn’t yon seem to jibe with the gen- eral gait of the picture that was passing at the time. as it were—was a littie foreign to the sub- ject, You know—as if you didn’t either trump or follow suit, you understand?’ “+Well, no,” the fellow sald; «he hadn't no- ticed, but it pono be; he had played along just as it came handy." “So they put it up that the simpte old dummy was to keep his eye on the panorama after that, and as soon as a stunning picture was reeled ont he was to fit it to a dot with a piece of mu- id help the audience to get the idea 1, and warm them up like a camp- ing revival. That sort of thing would co: mpathles, the showman Said. * There was a big audience that night—mostly ddie-aged and old people who belong to the urch, and toox a strong interest In Bible mat- jers, and the balance were preity inch young bueks and helfers—they alwa + Well. the showman began to swell himself up for the lecture, and the old mud-dobber tackled the plano and ran his fingers up and down once or twice to see that she was all right, and the fellows behind the curtain commenced to grind ont the panorama. The showman balanced his weight on his right foot, and propped his hands over his hips, and tung his eyes over his shoulder at the scenery, and Satd: “*Tadies and gentlemen, the painting now before you illustrates the beautiful and foush- ing parable of the Prodigal Son. Observe tie 1 appy expression just breaking over the features of the poor, suffering youth—so worn and weary with his long march; note also the ecstasy aming from the uplifted countenance of the aged father, and the joy that sparkles in the eyesct the excited group of youths and maidens, aid seems ready 10 burst into the welcoming shorts from his lips. ‘The lesson, my friends, {5 as solemn and instructive as the ‘story is tender d beautiful.’ “Tre mud-dobber was all ready the second speech was finished, struc Ob. we'll all get blind drunk, When Johnny comes marching home!” “Some of the people gigeled, and some groaned a little. The showman couldn't say a word; he looked at the pianist sharp, but he was all lovely and serene—he didn’t know there was anything out of gear. panorama moved on, and the suov ed up his grit and started in fresh, Ladies and gentlemen, the tine picture now unfolding itseit to your gaze exhibits one of ine st notable events La Bible history—our Savior d his disciples upon the Sea of Galilee, How and, how awe-inspiring are the reilections Heh Une Subject Invokes! What subliuity of faith is ied tous inthis iesson trom. the ed writings! The Savior rebukes the angry and when an “ All around the house they were whispering, - Oh, how lovely, how beatiful? and the orches- tra fet himself out again; “A life on the occan wave, Anda home on the rolling deep!" “There was a good deal of honest s turned on this time, and considerable no man to himself; but the ftllow a knot ona log, and scemed to thin he was doing first-rate. * After things got quiet the showman thought i make one more stagger at it any way. is confidence was beginning to get ky. The supes started the panorama long again, and he says: and gentiemen, this exqutsite paint- the ratsing of La us from the aviour. The subject has been skill by the artist, and nd tenderness of ex has he thrown into it that I have f K ing repres dead by our handled with marvellor such touching sweetness pression known peculiarly se ms to be even cted Lo tears by looking at it. Observe the haif-inqutring look upon the Observe, also, the attitnde aviour, who takes him * ot his shroud with one aints with the other toward the distant city © Before anybod: the » the innoe up: could get off an opinion in nLold ass at te plano strack + Come rise up, William F And zo along’ with me!" «Whe-ew! All the solemn old flats got up in a huff to go, and everybody else laughed till the windows rattled. “The showman went down and grabbed the orchestra and shook him up and says: + “This lets you out, you know, you chowder- headed old chin! Go fo the doorkeeper and get your money, and cut your stick—vamose the y hd gentlemen, circumstanc no control compel me pre- —[Murk Twain, LITTLE BERTIE'S PROCK. ley, He w non the It acomb street, peoring i acing Into open windows at junk buyers, ead now and then entering at Jeys 10 inspect ‘rickety old vehicles standing in front of ba 7 “Ws att th he answi i the you as foolish. been looking around for a whole andl may have io keep it up for an- for a rag-buyer; 'd know his it again, but £ haven't ere he ves or where Pil find bi eal something from you?” was the hesitating teply ested for anything er was wondering what the cause couitl be, When the man sald: ated to tell you, but perhaps R aime. But you see [have old ob, and I don’t look as If I had any cash are. I’m only a poor laboring man, rent- cottage Up by the reservoir, and, though I've only the ox! Woman with me, it’s often that we have barely e2ough to eat. When there's plenty of work one of us is sure to fall sic "| against us. | struggle with us, and som°¢ | darkness and wish we wer’ de | folks? shi | Eve stood ob the stree: oat of the | uy | when we are in beaizh the world goe: [tis a sof of a lite and death imes we sit In the SHEBE Att. His Personal Traits and Acquire- ments. (Letter from Angio-Indian in a London Journal. I first met Shere All, the present Ameer of Cabul, in March, 1869. He was then about fifty years of age, of middie stature, with marked aquiline featui and with a fine, soldteriy Leann 2 Shere All struck me asa man of re- niarkably good common sense, and his powers of conversation were very great. During his stay at Peshawur, both on his way to Umballa, and on his return to Cabul, he held daily levees and spent most of his time in friendly inter- views with the Europeans and natives who vis- ited him. In his lengthened conversation wish Evropean visitors (with whom he always took tea), he evinced a very correct acquaintance with the leading facts of European history. ‘This was all the more notable because he was unable to read or write, and had acquired his information from conversations with those of his attendants who were able to read; and a spec clerk acquainted with English has al- been kept at Cabul to translate articles and telegrams trom the Indian newspapers. I found he knew much of the history of Napoleon the First, Peter the Great, Alexander, and even Alfred the Great. His favorite character was peeeeos: snd on no account wouid he yield the palm to our Wellington. s sense of humor was Very great. “I know AVaLe, done di but you Eng- ish Were just ”) yearsago! * Once when he wi unusually talkative, he said, “ How dreadfully afraid you English are of the Rus- sh * * Not in the least,” I replied; “we shall ‘ent neighbors some day!” “Ah,” be |. “if you were not afraid of the Russians, you would not make so much of me.” He ted not to be impressed with the beauty of h ladies, and several times remarked as he passed them, ** Ali ¢ you keep all your pretty women at home!" He frequently ex- pressed his abhorrence of low-necked dresses and short-tailed coats, and said such advances e of civilization were contrary to his for they were forbidden ‘by the y bottles told ot requent departures from the strict Injunctions of his religion, and when at Jalandar, where he vi reived in the most trier manner by Si th, he did noi hesitate to suggest that brandy was much more suited to his ved in tuabters than in small Thea 's youngest son, Abdullah Jan, was with him, and ‘appeared to be a youth of Some he was then about 12 years of age. He i read and write Persian, and was then ring Engl rotten spoke of his st son, Yahoob, in terms of admiration, told me he was a very fair English sch a fine soldier, The 7 san, but to the Afgh oke Pushtu; he could ierstood in Hindustani s litary words of comma nglish.” He bas had the reputation of being an author, fora ook agdinst Wahhabyism bears his name, but if Was written by a Moulyie in the name of the ameerof Cabal, He always seemed much in- terested In the manner mustoms of the English people, hours on sub- jects connected with our natiot and domestic fe. When it india, he bougut ail the second- hand uniforms of European ofticers he could lay ils hands on, for the use of his stat nd he als purchased rather an extensive lish ward- robe for himself. THe sati the European dress was the dress for soldiers, and the Orientai dress for women and priests. When asked by Lord Mayo how he liked the dress of the High- nd regiments, he said it was “ territie,” but “was It decent? REAL CARE AND SHAM. The sturdy bishop of Mar tublic speech, rp remarks on frivolity of soctal life, and read the follow- ing letter from a young wotuan to illustrate: “We breakfast about 10, Breakfast occ best part of an hour, during which wi letters, and pick up the latest news in the After that we have to go and answer and my mother expects me to write invitation. orto reply tosueh. Taen onservatory and feed the nd parrots, and cut off the dead leaves and faded flowers fre plants, ‘Then it is Time to dress nd al 2 o'clock we meh, AtS my mother likes me to go with her when she makes he . and we then come home to a5 o'clock tea, when some friends drop that we get iy to take our drive cand then we go home to dinner, after dinner we go to the theater or the opera, and then when we get home Lam si dreadinlly tired that 1 don't Know what to do, This is an ‘ated pleture, of cow at least, however true of English’ society could hardly be asserted of any considerab’ portion of thiscommuniiy. Yet the cares or What are magnitied into cares of some people hardly be of greater importance than feed- the canaries and parrots and cutting off @ Jeaves and faded towers. There is a atal facility in multiplying cares about no- i, until we seem to be absorbed and com- ly taken up with vanities and nothings. The more compiex elvilization gets, the more burdensome it becomes, until we are fain to ran in any direction from the tread-mill a We have built for ourselves. Take, for instance, the single item of the supply of food toour human necessities. Plenty isthe first essential; then we must have variety and deli- ‘Y, then fine ware from which to eat and an ve the other refinements are gr. yadded, until the performar hunger amid plenty becomes a feat of or- ganization, co-operation and execution, not at all inferior in difficulty to the original problem of procuring the raw material of food itself. It Mnally comes to this, that there 13 more dis- tress over the failure of the domestic to scrub the silver or brush up the crumbs than there would once have been over the absence of the dinner entirely, Perhaps it ts still truer of ap- el that the demands of fashions impose on this generation more labor and vexation than the Weaving and home manufacture of gar- ments did upon the celebrated grandmothers. ‘This tendency of civilization to complicate rather than simplify our lives should be resisted at every turn, Let us be sure that these mod- ern “conveniences” are not Ge to impose some new and embarrassing fetters, quite different from the opportunity for enlarging life which is anticipated fromthem. Keep the ssities of life well within bonds and find something outside of them, of a more ennobling character, for all the léisure which can be made. It is very easy to fill up leisure with ad and buried four little Bertie, up in the poor of Elmwood. ‘That little grave up there is all that keeps us here—we cling to li t we may keep towers growing green ther smany a time and felt ike going to death at one jump, but that grave se up to Warh me back, On my way home at ‘ve feared, time after time, to find the hotse deserted or a corpse on the floor; bat that litde grave has restrained my wife the swine ‘longside as was she?” asked the officer, his replied the man, “and id ever coming to bless. tts. We had luck enough before she died. [had lay In and day out; ny wife was singing the whole day long, and when T started tor hnowledve that Bertie would e through the bars of the fect up faster than anything queried the o1 , a3 the man paused. Welt” she took sick anddied. [don't want » tell you than that, or PH be breaking hit down hete in the stree wonder it ve been drinking. It was tare ATS AZO She dic it her voice rings in my “ar to this hour t Sif Thad left her at home. 1s the h the wife, sir—a jo the door, think- and T never go in tlook at me ‘with rey not having our dead darling on r “Tye lost 10 ch be turned his head away, bu know how the wife treasures up lresses and stockings and hats and We put ali those things away and, though it almost broke ou z bundle down and look it over, we show had to do it every Sunday, and there nta thing which hadi't been tear-wet be- fore the first year was gone. These relics were our riches. We wouldn't exchange them for the wealth of any man you can name. One day, about a month ago, a rag-buyer came along. You may think it funny, but even the west of the poor sometimes have rags vo seil. Ms wife made up a little bundle that day hough to get a lincup, or something of the kind—and tn some way or other Bertie’s frock— our dead ¢! Sunday frock—got mixed up with the ra; nel pe and was sold and carried off. My wife ha ine and lament since that day, ana I've lo and there and everywhere tn hopes to tind the mag man and get the precious reile back. It may seem a little thing to you, sir, but to us— we remember the first time she wore it—how proud she was—how we took her out walking—- OW much she looked like a rich man’s child ‘That dress had more tear-stains than all the other relies, and, though I haven't $50 worth ot furniture in the house, I'd give every stick of it and go into the street to tind Bertie’s Sunday nd the peop! frock. I don't ¢: ct to get it now. It has robably been shipped to the paper-mill ere this and we have lost it forever.” “1m sorry,” said the policeman. ¥ wand when I go home to-night,” ered watching and hoping; and as far as she can see me she'll know by my face that the search has not availed. I had rather lose a finger than meet her white face and reproachful look. I work” and “loafing” and imagine oneself tl from mere absence of exhilarating me effort or personal experience outside of the most oldinary selfish ways of life. is ‘Sometimes a good moral discipline to think over one’s burdens, separate the real and the nereseary from the fictitious aud the need- jessly assumed. ‘The yalue of the practice gc beyond personal life into pubite affairs, ‘The difeulties of public probiems arise more trom manufactured obstacles to Improvement and reforta than from real ones, however real the former Inay sometimes be made to appear.— [Speingfiel? Republican, BisMaRck’s EWS Some of the most interesting and not characteristic Judgments of Prince Bismarek tind no p ein the new volumes. Here is his view of English statesmen, ** Whenever I come to close quarters with the English government Tam and feel its pulse the more riick With Its of systen and consistent waver, and you find that there has been an election or a meeting or a newspaper articte which has thrown theui {nto a panic. It is just the same whether Lord Beaconstield or Mr. Gladstone is Mintste No Turkish Pas! are raid of the Sv nm than are these English Grand Viziers of public opinion, and, unfortunately, this Suitan ts not less capricious or jess uninformed than the othe vine One having observed that Lord Beaconsfield was a great party le: ler and that Mr. Gladstone was ,the Prince added: “ If Lord nsfield really deserves the reputation he lead his party much better than he di his country, and if Mr. Gladstone's finance admirable it must be conducted upon vers different principles from those of his foreign. policy."—[Lendon World, CANDIDATES for employment as teachers in the San Francisco public schools are compelled to undergo an examination. Printed questions are given to them simultaneously, and they are, in theory, made to write out the answers with: out previous Special preparation. It now trans- Pires that copies of the questions have been given beforehand to such candidatesas employed a certain tutor to prepare them for the exam- ination. The price was $100, ANOTHER F tre in the great flour mills at Min- heapolis, having the same origin as the pre- vious very disastrous one—an explosion of the impaipabiy fine flour dust in the air—must Cause fresh alarm to the milling and tnsurange interests. Upon the occasion of the former fire its cause was Investigated with some patience aud a fair degree of scientitic accuracy, and While it was pretty distinctly ascertained that such dust was produced commonly in mills of Modern construction, especially those that were ran on the “high miliing” system, and that the danger of its being ignited by contact with fire and then exploding was quite serious, no ete :- Uye measures have since a adopted to avoid the difficulty and remove the danger. Another fire, though not causing 50 Leavy a loss as the lirst, brings the subject up again and enforces its claim Co energetic treatment. 8e-Replying toa query why Mobile “should not get the $100,000 pee in the Louisania lot- tery this time,” the New Orleans Democrat says: ene the winning number will not be in the wheel.” wish we were both dead.” ‘ And with weary step and hopeless heart he dragged along, having such a misston as neither hope nor desj air nor love brings toone in ten thousand.—{ Detroit Free Presa, tr-One Nickel has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment at Paris for stabbing a Man, though the doctors tried to prove that he was irresponsibie, not being in possession of his five centses, tx~A commission, composed of ex) will mectin Berlin during the Easter noudays to decide on the measures to be taken for the com- pulsory teaching of drawing in the highe-: Schools. 4 #2-A curious petition has just been laid be- fore the municipal council at Marseilles, beggiag that the clergy may be forbidden to sound the death knell every Friday in commemoration of ood publication of M. Ernest Renau’s “Lire of jesus,” Remarks of Uncle Jason A SPIRITUAL SEANCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Ccgne tack Fare, Miaees, Dey knot ‘Dats etanin’ on de ai0" Ob ebry little ribber, an’ ‘Dey wants you back some mo’! Wat doin’ wid a crown. dar, Wen dey is waitin’ here Faw to chuck di rel circulet Above yo" shinin’ car! Did Mosis in de ole time adameitwbo lub him fe n’ try to snatch a Bulzy crown ‘An’ det hls people go? Come back yere, Uncle "Lysses! wants you berry soon ! De cloud sm in de «ky An’ de blood am on de moon ! Dey knows you in de ole hut, Au’ wen de heart am soah, Dey greams about de ole tithe Au’ wants you backs some mo’ ! see UY. ¥. Graphie. The Rats of New York. THE DEPREDATIONS COMMITTED BY THEIR CON- STANTLY-GROWING TEETH. t {From a New York letter } ‘The curse of New York ilats is the rats, par- Ucularly those flats. so called, built over blocks or stores, A few years ago I took and furnished. One Of those flats at a rent of $100a month. In | a few months the cook came tn terrified. A rat had burst out of the sink, squeezing itself Ubrcugh the narrow lead drain-pipe, and ex- Picding outward as if gunpowder had fired it. They climbed In the windows of the kitchen, and ranged up and down the passage way, fatrly Lallooing with joy. One night I barred my bed- rocm, and all night heard the rats scratching to getin. Next morning I found that they had tore up the carpet with thelr teeth, bit the cor- ner off the doors and cnawed the Venetian blind slats to pieces. I sd up and departed. ‘These rodents ot N have constantly growing teeth, a pulpy substance being at the root, which feeds the tooth as the top is worn of by friction. If the rat breaks the upper tor th. the lower grows forward, fills up the sz and like a sword pi Ss the unopposing ja Our common brown rat is supposed to ha originated in Norway, and thence to have pas:ed over the globe in every ship he could get passage on. There used to be a rat in England different from the Norway chap, but the latter soon drove him out. The city rat ts almost as Wolf, and acts in combination like ad eat their own wound- ed companions; a rat caught inatrap by the leg Is very often assailed killed by his as- sociates, and the foot remaining In the trap 1s oiten supposcd by the {enorant to indicate that the anitnal chewed of his own leg. The male rats outnumber the female, as in the electoral comission, where there Were eight to seven. ‘There are really elght male rats to three or four female; it {s supposed that the delicate flesh ef the female rat tempts her gallants, and by keeping down the number of females, they keep down their species, much to the pleasure of ankind. Rats suffer much for water, and the common ‘ay of killing them tn New York ts to give them phosphorus, when they burn insideand run and howl until Uuey die, Li men he Say that s have beea known to nibble the horn of a horse’s hoof and to gnaw the callous soles of dogs’ feet while the dogs slept female rat, nevertheless, is an affect mother, and has to fight the he rat, who wants to make a meal off the children, Yet r: re exceedingly clean, and wash themselves after every meal; they ‘are also epl- cures, and when there is good meat and bad will eat the good and leave the indifferent. Semetimes naval vessels undertake to purge themselves of rats by means of chating pans hued with brimstone, and often the rats run along the cables attaching the vessels to the shore, and have to be knocked off with a billet or wood. The black rat was driven out of the F the brown rat, which stole all his females and bred upon them until all the Diack rats turned brown. ousekeceper, is sweet, one tabiespoontil of molass ‘ mall piece of butter, two eg CALFSHEAD Sovp.—Take a skit i head, one set of feet well-cleaned, put intoa pot and cover with water, let IU bon wntil all the bone: from it, @bout four hours.) then take out the head and feet, chop very fine, and put back into the pot with Sweet marjoram, cloves and black pepper to your taste: ada to this, before taking Irom the Tire, some forced meat balls; showd soup be too thin, add a litve flourand butter rubbed together. When done, have ready in the tureen two eggs. boiled hard and chopped tne one teacup of Wine and lemon si pour the seup over them, ‘To Dress TERRAPINS.—Poll_ them until you can rub off the skin; to each terrapin one wine- glass of Madeira and one of cream, season with cayenne and salt; rub the butter and flour to- gether, dredge a little tour in the stew-pan; to SIX terrapins one pound of butter. Srew Carrors.—Boil them, then nicely serape them, slice them into a stew-pan, pur to them haifa teacup of butter, a litte pepper, salt and acup of cream, simmer until yery tender, but not break them; before serving, rub a litte Nour in it. SOFT GINGERBREAD.—TWo Cups of butter, two ps Of Sugar, 1WO Of molasses, Six of four, six s, two tablespoonfulls of ginger, half cup of nuk, three teaspoonfulls of yeast powder, “A DEVIGATFUL WINTER DIET. of milk, six eggs. reserving the '$ of two, which beat to a suff froth, and n the milk boils drop in in spoonfuls; ina minute or two remove carefully to a plat beating the eggs light pour the boilin siowly into the egg, stirring the egg quickly sweeten It and place over the fire, stirring it all the time until it simmers. It must not boll. If it should curdle pour it immediately {nto an- other pan and stir until cool. Place sponge cake, moistened with Madeira wine (and on which preserved strawberries or other fruit has. been spread,) in the bottom or sides of a glass or china bowl, and when the custard 1s cool, favor with vanilla, aud pour into the bowl, placing the white balls carefully on top; then surround the bowl with ice, or stand It into gold water un- Ul required. MINCE PIES. Take a pound of beef, free from skin and strings, and chop it very fine; then two pounds of suet, Which likewise pick and chop; then add three pounds of currants, nicely cleaned and perfecUy dry; one pound and alt of apples, ile pea) and juice of a lemon, half a pint of sweet wine, halfa nutmeg, and a few cloves and mace, with pimento in fine powder; have citron, ange and lemon peel ready, and put some in each of the pies when made, AGE-MEAT. ge in the here mine: Tweigh, instead of measuring. For forty pounds of meat [ use one pound of salt, one-fourth pound of sifted saxe. two ounces of black pepper, Buy the pepper-eorn and grind it, It 1s much stronger Uan the ground found in the market. [have used tls receipt for many years, All Who eat of iny sausage prouownce tt good, [Germantown Telegraph. How Common Lamrs Waste Lignt.—Did it ever occur to the reader that most of the ¢ won lamps actually waste one-half! or more of all the light produced, and are therefore doubly expensive? ‘Phe flame gives off rays trom its surface; but if we half cover the fame, half of the rays are intereepted and lost. ‘This is just what is done ina maiprity of lamps. In several Of the lamps DOW made this loss is saved by omitting the metal cap, and having the glass chinmey set down below the bottom of the flame. Such an arrangement ts equivalent to saving half the expense of oil. ‘The Argand prineiple isof great utility, This is an arrangement for having a current{of air pass up through the center of a circular tame, furnishing oxygen to its interior. The combustion is much more In- se, aud the light correspondingly greater,— TIOTS CABLE DisratTcn of inordinate purporting to emanate from a staff cor- respondent who has been sent across the seas to jind Mr, Edison, is an amusing jeu d’esprit in Saunders Irish News, When the correspondent landed in New York, President Hayes went tear ing down Broadway to the Battery in an open carriage, drawn by six cream-colored horses, and preceded by a number of outriders in sear- let and gold, and a squadron of siege artillery in full gallop. As they approached, the Presi- dent descended from his carriage, saluted the correspondent on both cheeks, and immediately raised a cheer, Which was at once taken up by his party and ‘repeated from the Battery to the Central Park. ¢ President carried his guests ci tothe White House, where they had birds- nest soup, blue fish, bread-frult_pilaff, and oys- ters In every style. After lunch the President drove the correspondent, out (without the artil- Jery) to see the sights in the immediate neigh- borhood—the Falis om as aoe — the Yosemite Valley, ant iposa. county. When he learned that the Irishman Yad crossed the seas to talk with Mr. Edison, the President urged him to do nothing of the rort. He remarked that the inventor was hard- ly ever athome, being generally in the Patent Office registering some new discovery, and be- sides he was so highly charged wit electricity that it was rous to approaca him. The President remarked that the inventor was fre- quently seen With a regular nimbus around his head, a sort of domestic aurora borealis, and one man who shook hands with him in a casual way, went home, took to his bed, and was pros- trated by the violence of the electrical shock. Mrs, Graves fell down stairs into a cellar, in Killingsly, Conn., and was badly sealded by hot water that she was basen a pail. Hercries oe a neighbor, who fell throug 1 the cellar opening and broke three ribs. Tuen Mrs. Graves’ little boy tumbled after the others and was Seriously injured. i t@-There is asect in India tre members of | which worship the late ~Cenerai Johan | Nicholscn, the hero of Delhi, as a demi!-god, | They are calied the Nickelsens. NOTIcz To mou The w. ng built a4, enn whae Roma Sy Sita geist vam gndrerurasabos 4. Fs . em Moe. La i BLAKE. steamer W. pting th in Nomini For additional inf Stion inquire at G. L. Sheriff's Coal Non 838 and 1114 Pennsylvania avenue, or at ‘older 8 7" * SUCKER JONES, Agent. QUMMER ARRANGEMENT. MAC RIVER LANDINGS. FOR POTO) Bteamer JOHN W. THOMPSON, Captain Jomm B. Woop, leaves her wharf, terminus of Tth and 9th street line of” cars, at 7 a, m., three times per week, for ‘Currio” Ne i and inter- Hediste landines each trip. Days of bullion, Men: ly at the office, over lay, Thursday and ‘Saturday. ‘or further information, aj Metropolitan Bank, Knox's "meee iar ea cxaxe jor _ orese Ofloe. ‘SAMUEL BAOON, Pree’ B. J. ACCINELLY, Agent ress Office, or at the STEAMERS FOR NEW YORK. The Bieamers JOHN GIESON and E. G. KNIGHT, alternately leave Pier 41 East River, Ne York, every Saturday, at 4 o'clock £ m iietame degre? Onurday, and e day. Sucre st Nae mie, Boy sere apply at office over Metro pa RP. A DEN! Agent, Water street, “spite BAMUEL BACON, President. ORTH GERMAN LLOYD-Sreausure ‘LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK, Havae, LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN. ‘The steamers of this company will aail every Bat- arday from Bremen Pier, toot of 3d st. ‘office, foot lJeaves Norfolk every , Bt 4 o'clock p.m plication at Knox's Ex- VERNON PAs- coe eae 3 fureiahedy = hes mausion trip 81, including admission | THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS THE EVENING STAR. THE WEEKLY STAR. The proprietors of THE Star pre public tts daily ana weekly editions, respective ly, 85 NOL Only the eompy ad best, but also the cheapest epitome of events occurring at the national capital. and of general news as well, ta be found anywhere, How well the public un- derstands this is conclusively shown by the ex. ceptionally wide circulats both enjoy not in the City of W shingt alone, but throughout all the States and Territories.” In order that the reades Rot now Caml a the paper and its strong hold on t understand at a glance npon wi great popularity ts based, the opinion of its contemporaries as to its my a pended. It Is needless to add that no person is £0 good a fudge of the value of any given news. paper as the men who conduct aeWspapers sent to ihe of some Hoboken,” Rates of pacsaie’ From New EAR fork to Havre, London, Southampton and Bremen, first cabin, $100; second cabin, 860, 01 Id; Steet $30, curren For fr rt or pas- ive apniy t0 OELRIGHS & 00.4 Bowling Green, Now York. Oct. (EYDE'S NEW EXPRESS LINE BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRIA, WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN, Donnecting at Philadephia with Clyde's Line Be Providenoe, Ne New England States. Sailing Days. From Philadelphia—Saturday, at 12m. From Washington—Monday, at 11 a. From Georvetown—Monday, at 7 p.m. Freights received daily unt m. Through sis of indie given {0 Provi ‘Fall River. Jeorsetown wharf will please have them marked For full information apply to J. H. JOHNSON & 20., 1202 F street northwest, and_12th-street 4 Washington, D. C. ¥. HYDE, 59 Water street, ‘With the view of the chances of ool- diminishing ision, een ha ane meee Oneee) tward from Queenstown to New age er Beno ree Chee at, OF ni the homeward cI the meridian of BO stad ints Or nobitmne to the north OF ad (HE CUNABD STEAMSHIP OOMPANY LIM- York and Catt Betewoon Now 7 ork aw Jfccroool, ing ‘or all seasons of, Rates of Pa: By steamers carrying wlecrage, 80 and 100 god, cecrauns to acoonmuodations, (By setiners not carrying steerage, 880, 8100 and as id, according to accommodations. ‘Tickets to Paris, $15, cold, additional. Return tickets on favorable terms. Tickets tsmmed st special low rate of 600 gold during the fail and winter season. ficcrase at very low rates. Bteorage tickets from uienrool and Queenstown, and all other parte of jowest ral "Throuwh bills of laden wiven for Belfast, Glasgow, Sd fer Moditehranean pore ns Oo 2® Sid for a aoe Rend bowtine. Geean oy both stecrage ad ice, No. bin, OTIS BIGELOW, 005 7th street, Washing- on, B. wey CHAS. G. FRANCELYN, Agent, N. ¥. RAILROADS. — pALToMoRE AND OHIO RAILROAD, THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK. National Route and ort Line to the rth, North No in. x ior = ded West To take effect Sunday, Nov. 17, 1878. LEA [ASHINGTON :1 15:05 a. m.—New York, Piiletaipes, and Boston Exprece, Ellicott City. On Sunday to Baltimore Ps ee ee Se essup” up » and Elk 2 = “ Annapolis and Way. (Pied- Oe aonk Becsavur, Wiucbaser, Haaoreteant aed it_of a Sales eRe :30 a. m.—New York, ‘and Bal- Shore Repress Parlor Curt New Yorke eed Fe ee Maa “and Piteburg Express Wreteriat’ wn Che eBtdonton Pullman “Car te Oleicuen 0 ‘on. daily. Grafton to Bandusky, daily, except Sat- urdny. 9 we = mon Sunday only, Baltimore, Annapolis E ‘Baltimore Express. at Blad - aera tinlieae: Deltsville, Taaxel ak ueecieraee: tion, Jessuj"e and Hanover. mechs m.—Baltimore, Annapolis, Ellicott City and 1:30 p.m.—New York, Philadelphia and Boston Express. Stops at Laurel. 11:35 p. m. on Sunday only for Baltimore and Way Btations. (30 p. 11—Baltimore, Bladens! and Laurel ‘Express. Frederick Via Relay. ‘Btops at Aunap- 143 p.m Ponit of Rocks, Frederick, Hagerstown, pm . Winchester and Roe ae On Sundays to Point of Rocks and Way Stations ve 1440p. Baltimore, Annapolis "Way Bta- tions. +5:30 p. m.—Philadel; Norfolk and Baltimore Ellico! ehy Expresss. Norfolk except Sun- day. Norfolk Passen ‘3 taken in the Cars di- rect to Boat at Canton. Stop at Bladensburg and Laurel. 6:50 p. m.—Baltimore and Way Stations. 17:30 puim-—Chicaxo and Columbus Express. Steep- ing Cars to Chicago. 18:10 p. m.—Baltimore Express. FE} Eve m.—Point of Rocks and Ws 92 a { fay Stations. . m.—St. Louis, Cin Louisville and iteburg Express. Pi Pittsburg, except Sunday. Puliman Cars. 120.15 p. ni. New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Express. Stopa_at Bladensburg and Laurel. Areping Car to New York, and Bpodtal Sleeping ar to Pusladely: ) Daily. On Sunday only. Other trains dally “all traine etop at Relay Station. novi6 1878 reali 1878 TO. THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST. Double Track, Steel Ralls, SPLENDID SCENERY, MaGNuricenr EQUIPMENT. In Effect 7:23 p. m., Nov. 10, 1878. a 10 a1 ‘1 40 p.m. daily, with Car to Chicago. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAO RAILROAD. for_Canandi Roateaten Dadaion Nisgara Asturday, with Palace on {op watklis For Williamsport, Lock x Haven, and Eunira, at 10:10 a > eXCeD = for ‘and 1:30 and_10:15 pm. ‘anily with Palace. Cars ‘Limited Ex. prest of Zarlor Cars, 9:30 am. daily, except Sunday. for, Brookisn, N.Y. all through trains, connect at Jere Gty ‘with boats of Brooklyn Annex direct transfer to Fulton street, avoid. rage Yerriage and journey across New for F 90, 5:30 and 10:15 aaily. eee pe een Get Sly exch Sunday ‘10:10 a m3 30, 8:30 9 40 Pope's reek Tins, 7:00 am. and 4:20 p.m CAMispoie, T3008 mi and 4:20 p.m. daily, ex- we sunday. cort 81 RE te rued For Bichupond and the South, 6:50 a.m. and 6:20 p. pets Soe eee themselves. 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