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they awaited the action Of their leader, who
humaneiy postponed, to the last possible mo-
ment, his Official summons.
Just as the suns disk appeared above the
knocked upon the door. with eyes red and swoi-
len with weaping. Lots wife opened it wide.
With sickening sensation fail to describe, I
awaited what was to follow. A suggestive rope
lay where it had been thrown, ut the foot of .
neighboring tree. With a shudder recalled
the many times Lot had sat under the shadow
knees.
Chris and George had followed at the heels of
the other party.
A resembling slap upon the shoulder nearly
sent me Keeling to the earth.
bricki"
for his lively tone was anything but appropriate
for the occasion.
"Come and see," and seizing me by the arm
he commenced dragging me toward Lots cabin.
A sudden revelation came to me: Lot had
committed suicide! Well, better so than the
hsngman's moose.
Entering the cabin prison. singular spec
tacle presented itself. The committee stood in
a dismayed group in the center of the room;
while Lots wife, stern and resolute no longer,
bent over the huge dismantled carcass of poor
Lion. Gone was the nerve, the passion and
power, which had, the night previous, support
ed and lifted her above her sex. Palmer more
meager, If possible, than usual. there was yet
something touching i'm her weakness; perhaps
because it was SO foreign to her nature
Lifting her wee-begone cOuntenance as l ap-
preached, she exclaimed, brokenly;-
I'D Almost rather died than a. done it: but
there wasn't no other wayi"
Hardly had the news of the escape spread
through the camp, when horseman, riding at
break neck speed, came, in the midst of a cloud
of dust, flying up the trail. In his hand he Dor
white signal, which he persistently waived as
he had advanced. Dashing into camp, he
threw himself breathlessly into the midst Of
the ''Nigilantes."
Where's the man yOu were going to hang"
Escaped"
"Thank God! for he didn't do it! Frisco Bill
has confessed the deedi'
Then the cheers that rang out might almost
rent the heavens in twain, but Lots wife, alone
with her sleeping children, crouched i'm MOURN
full silence over the form of her poor, dumb
sacritce-silent and faithful even unto death
L0keside Monthly.
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ARTIFICIAL OysTERs.-Grate as MANY ears
Of green corn As win make one pint of pulp;
add one teacupful OF -four. half teacup of but
ter, one egg, and pepper and salt 10 suit your
taste. Dropped and tried in butter.
CHEAP AND DKLIcArR SouP.-Save the
LIQUID the nice leg Of mutton was boiled in to-
large fraction of succulence and nutrition Of
the meat is in it. Remove the fat to- morrow,
and then put II over the IRE. Add onions, car
rots or turnips sliced thin, and some parsley
leaves; or Lima beans sweet corn and sliced
potato. with bits Of celery; add in either case
rice or barley-a tablespoonful of them dry to
aquart of liquor Is good rule. DO this, and
at a trifiing expense you may have a tureen of
soup ft to Get before a King.
SOUND TAHTs.-One teacup of butter, one
and a-half Of sugar, two well-beaten eggs, half
teaspoonful of saleratus, three teaspocufuls
water. -four to make them stiff enough to roll
out thin; cut them out with lumber. Battle
the top with the white OF an egg, and sprinkle
on sugar. They viii keep well four or i've
months.
To BEAuTIFY TKETH.-Dissolve two ounces
of borax in three pitts of boiling water, and
before il is cold add one teaspoonful OF the
spirits Of camphor. and bottle for use. A table
spoonful OF this mixture with an equal quantity
OF tepid water, and applied daily with a soft
brush, preserves and beauties the teeth, eNtir-
pates all tartarous adhesion, arrests decay, in.
duces a healthy action Of the gums and makes
the teeth pearly white
BEAN Sour is a dish that many people, and
especially children. would relish if properly
beans for quart of soup. Mash and boil until
well diffused in the water, end then ru n through
a collar der to take out the skins. Thicker with
about ole gill of wheat meal, and add a sprig
OF thyme il desired. Boil five minutes and salt
t. the tasta.-S fence Of Hsdltk./
LEMoN BUTTER FOR TARTs Is made by
using one pound of pulverized white sugar the
whites of six eggs and yolks of two, together
with three lemons, including grated rind and
juice; cook twenty minutes over a slow fire, stir
ring 1T constantly. 1t is splendid.
IT =
when the market will be supplied with CLANS
i offer you the following recipe for making
clam soup, which cannot be surpassed: Boil
for three hours knuckle of veal, with goodly
portion of water, and add one onion. Strain
and add the liquor of fifty clans. Thicker with
a tablespoon of flour, well rubbed with butter
the size of a small egg. Have your clans cut
in three pieces with the hard rind removed.
Beat the yOlk of two eggs very light, and put
into your tureen with chopped parsley and
half pint of milk. Just before serving drop
the clans into the boiling soup, letting them
boil up once. Pour into the tureeen, stirring
well its contents when doing So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-24

THE AUTUMN OF LIZZIE IL the solemn
thought connected with middle life, that ufe's
last business il begun in earnest; and IL Il then
midway between the cradle ana the grave, that
q man begins to marvel that he let the days Of
autumn feeling, 1t Is the sensation of half-sad-
ness that We experience when the longest day Of
the year Is passed, and every day that Follows Is
shorter, and the light fainter, and the feebler
shadows tell that Nature 10 Fastening With Ri-
gantic foot steps to her winter grave. So does
man look back upon his youth. when the nrst
come truth fastens itself upon the mind that .
man y no longer going mp hill, but down, and
that TIE sun g always westerning, he looks back
On things behind. When No were children Ne
thought - children. But now there Hes before
NJ manhood, with il earnest WORK, and then oad
age, ana then the grave, and then homo. There
= . second youth Tor nan, better and hOjior
thar he hrse, u he WIN leok On, and not lock
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Naughty Childrea Must be smaeked.

In her little bed We laid her,
After getting you know what
Dealt out to that naughty Ada,
In a very tender spot.
Yes, the nursemaid told her truly,
She would catch il for her cheek,
And her conduct quite unruly,
Misbehaving all the week.
When her mother went out shopping,
Meaning next to do the block,
Missile was employed in dropping
Into rows. like one O'Clock.
First. she punched her little brother,
Next destroyed a new chignon,
When they said they'd tell her mother
OF her awful goings on.
This, of course, we couldnt pardon,
When through utter willfulness,
She'd cut up Mas ODDLY Warden"
just to make her doll dress;
And when spoken to she Uttered
Audibly, and what was worse,
Ali our sympathies embttered,
By grimacing at her nurse.
In her little bed we laid her,
After getting something hst,
Though she cried, and begged, and PRAYED her
Dearest mamma, "plesse to not"
Hence we may derive a moral
Naughty children must be smackej.
WHIT n they're mschievous or quarrel
With each other-that's a fact.
Melbourne Punch.
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TrOttinS Extraordinary.

TWO HUNDRED MILES IN PORTY-PIvB HOURS
ON Wednesday and Thursday, the 1ith and
was the scene of an extraordinary trot-Mr
Martin Delaney matching his sorrel mare IA
small full blooded Morgan) to trot two hundred
miles in forty-ive hours for the small stake of
5000 The st. Paul Press says Of the first day:
The trOt was commenced yesterday at twenty
minutes past four a. m, Mr.. j. Cummings
holding the ribbons. The mare started out at
rate Of more than ten miles an hour. At five
minutes past ten she had completed the first
fifty miles. making it some five hours and forty
five minutes. She was then given a rest of
three hours and q BALI, and was started at lit
tie past half past one on the the second fifty
miles. At half-past seven she had completed
it, having made the first hundred miles in
fifteen hours, which leaves thirty-three hours
made the last mile OF the first hundred yester-
day the fastest Of any-fve and 0ne-haif min
utes. Those who witnessed the feat say that
the mare showed no sign of fatigue, never
feed at the end Of her days labor as briskly as
though she had just come from the barn.
Of the second the same paper says: Wednes-
day the first one hundred miles was completed,
and at half past seven O'Clock the mare was
driven to the stable apparently in as good con-
dition as If she had travelled one quarter of the
distsnce. Yesterday morning when taken out
of the barn at five O'Clock to complete the trot
she seemed little sore at first, but soon
warmed up and commenced her days work
with wonderful ease. At ten O'Clock she had
COmplcttu IulI -Onc Iullts, anu was WltnuraWn
until four minutes past twelve p. m. After this
rest, i'm which she manifested no signs of weari-
ness, she made her next seven miles in one hour
and two minutes. No pains were taken to keep
a regular account of her rate of speed. but in
general terms it averaged through the day
about six minutes and five and One-half seconds
per mile for the first fifty miles, and seven min
utes and two and one-half seconds for the
second fifty miles. After the rest given the
mare from seven until nine O'Clock in the even
iRg-all parties on the ground saw that she
would make her 200 miles, easily. She pursued
6sy even gait, and a few minutes past one
o'clock this morning completed the race, max
ing her last mile in nine minutes and thirty-one
seconds. Thus she won the wager and i'm three
hours less than the time given her. She trotted
of the track seemingly unconscious of the mar
vel she had performed.
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A BIRTHDAY.

The sunshine fiiskers on the grsss.
Ihrt ugh myfisi dancing leav--,
And clear snd high the song bird > triil-
As aCUuning nest ~ weayes.
fhe brook glides by with murmur soft:
Earth : voices are all in tune
fhi- opal day-May'~ greeting sweet.
4" her rosy sister June.
" Ia walks abroad this morn may reai.
In the beauty lavishei wide,
Natures my sterOus riddle plain.
Inst - long our souls has tried:
The meaning OF dark sullen skies:
lhe moaning winds and rain.-
Ih"y came that all the earth might bloom
In greater JOY again.
IT..
% patient heart, with ares be-et.
PcrChanCe thy winter lveth vet
In tears AMI pain:
Yet lii-'s gray dawn shall break in light.
fulhllrd, all hopes and dreams So bright;
Thine, glorious gain
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A COrnered Legislator.

A gentleman who now occupies a seat in the
upper branch, Of the New York legislature, but
at the time was member Of the assembly, re-
lates the following:
perkins was as honest man as ever set foot
In Albany. Money wouldn't buy him, and
knew it, but thought weuld have little fun
with him, SO went down to his room one even
ing and said Perkins, what do You think of
that underground railroad bin? Are you going
.wen," said Perkins Il haven't made MP nv
mind yet, exactly. / Am inclined to think il Is
q good bill; but Why do you ask?
Il thought you were in favor of r. said 1, and
as long as you have concluded to vote for il.
in It are paying i've hundred dollars for votes,
and a. 1t is coming mp on its final passage to-
morrow, you can Just a well have the money Is
not; you'n vote for the bill, anyway"
"vots for the bill! III be hanged first" cried
are being taken to pass this thing Is you SAY,
for for, one yin vote against it every time. You can
so, don't care anything about the bill, said
I. ~ was only trying to do you favor, and
companies are here in full force and are moving
heaven and earth to defeatit. They are paying
the same amount for "noes" and Is long as Won
are bound to vote that way, IN get you the Ave
hundred dollars all the same.''
Can such things be-" exclaimed Perkins,
the room in . whirlwind Of righteous wrath and
virtuous indignation. "Whsf state OF things
this Y! A plagIs on both OF your houses,
GAN right" said I - laid my hand on the
door, an get you i've hundred dollars for being
And q the jolly senator brought to mind the
horror Of perplexity In which this last propoei-
ton envoAved old Perkins, he roared Wifh
iaughter.-klbasy (N. ~ Hnes.
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n0One Of the 'cutest and most charscterietic
operations We have heard Of was perpstratsd by
afellOw In this country . few weeis aeo. He
was DESTROYS Of paying his debts BY going into
BANKRUPTCY, and being short Of the 100000
funds for the purpose, he borrowed the Amounts
from friend, and returned the amount ~
debt he owed to b discharged -LssisotsV( Ta.)
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ga letter has been received In New Orleans
Ing vhether II VIII b safe for him to yenfura
through New Orleans ON his way 10 Texas. pro-
ytded he b we'll armed and has passport dom
the German Emperor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-24

"TILL DRArH Do Us PARr."-The Earl and
Countess Of Coventry attended the meeting of
the North Cotswold hounds at Elmly Cast& ON
the 81 OF April. The hounds were going at .
the fox for about two miles. The Earl was close
up, and his wife following. On riding at .
rapid galiop up to fence, his lordship was hor-
rihed to observe that beyond the fence lay an
old quarry, fifteen feet deer. It was then too
late to divert the horse, and both the horse and
rider fell into the quarry. The horse then broke
posed that the Countess observe the horse run
ming away without the Earl, and for this reason
she made for the same fence, cleared II, and
inst With similar accident, with, however, .
was but little shaken, It was at first thought
that the Countess was killed. Her horse Vas
found to have broken his back, and was shot
shortly afterward. Beyond slight concussion
OF the brain, and some severe bruises about her
head and face, the Countess u none the worse
for the accident.
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The Battle OF Life Anon. Plan,

Every day, every hour there is going on
around us veritable death-struggle. 1t ex-
cites little attention. People would be in no
hurry to read the telegraphic dispatches con-
corning 1t from the seat OF war, even il there
were any to read. Special correspondents there
are, but their letters are appreciated but by
few. Nevertheless, it can not be said that man
kind in general is not interested i'm the result of
the struggle. On the contrary, little as the at
fair is needed, 1t is Of very serious import to the
the well being OF our h6cks and herds is essen
tally dependent on it; the building of our houses
the fabrication OF our raiment, are to a large
extent contingent on it; nay, the soil bene sfh
our feet, and the very sky above our heads, :. -e
materially, very materially influenced BY IT,.
speak. Edward Forbes was wont to saw that
the movement Of periwinkle over a rock
might be of greater consequence to the human
race than the progress of an Alexander; and the
results OF the wars Of the plants assuredly of
no less impor lance, seeing that the very exis-
tence Of an Alexander depends in no slight de-
gree upon them. The campaigns we speak of
are real; they are not mental igments. or allie.
gOrical illustrations. Success in the practice of
horticulture, Of agriculture, Of forestry de-
pends on the action we men take toward the
combatants. If we remain neutral the weakest
goes to the wall, OverpOwered by the stronger;
If we interfere, We exert a powerful influence
for the time; but Immediately We cease to exert
our power, the combat begins again, and with
enhanced vi0lerce.
The essence of successful cultivation oster
consists almost entirely in the influence of that
hostile environment" to which, under natu-
raj circumstances 1t would be subjected. Its tn
that accounts In great measure, though of
course not wholly, for the oft-Observed fact that
certain plants, flowers and fruits attain far
greater perfection in our gardens than thew
ever do In their native countries.-N. r. Naeters,
IN Popular Science Aonthiy for Nay.
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A Fatal Tiger Fight.

Mr.. Joseph Gay, son of the comptroller of
public works accounts in the Nizanis territory,
in India, lately lost his life in an encounter with
tiger. Several persons had been killed by the
man eater, who had been infesting the neigh
borhoOd of Sanigram in the Chudderghant ii s.
trict. The operations OF the public works de-
partment had been seriously iuterfered with,
and Mr.. Marrett, the district engineer, and
young MIR. Gay started for a village near which
the tiger had been marauding. Each was
armed accompanied them. The party collected
a number OF beaters, who were set to work to
drive the tiger from his hiding place. Mr.
Marrett and one of the shkarees stationed
themselves under tree, while Mr.. Cav who b sd
no experience in tiger hunts, climbed up
the tree. Suddenly the tiger made a
spring from a thicket near by at Mr..
knees and fire. The ball struck the animal in
the lower jaw, completely .shattering it. The
tiger sprang upon Mr.. Marrett and, together
with the shikaree, they rolled over on the
to change his position so as to get clear shot,
lost his balance and fell from his perch on the
back of the enraged tiger, who turned upon
him hi' and mangled him feaIfully with his claws.
retts shot. When Mr.. Marrett, who had
swooned away in his struggle with the tiger, re-
gained his consciousness, he saw the man-eater
still mangline his victim. Unfortunately Mr..
Marrets rifle was useless, as il had been dam
aged in the struggle. The tiger left Mr.. Cav on
seeing his friend move about, and retired a
snort distance, only 70 return, however, to Mr.
Gays PROSTATE body when Mr.. Marrett and the
shikaree attempted to come to the rescue. The
heaters, who had remained passive spectators
OF the scene, were at length Induced to charge
in body, and they succeeded, with the aid Of
tom toms, in driving him to q neighborng hiIl,
where he soon disappeared. The injured man
was carried to camp, where his numerous
wounds were dressed. He appeared to be pro-
crossing favorably until about six hour AFTER
ward, when he complained Of choking sensa-
ton and died almost Immediately.
Mr.. Gay, after a successful academical career
in England, had but lately joined his father in
India, and was at the time Of the accident under
Mr.. Marrett's professional training.
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II III Il
STATE JOURNAL FOR 1873

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throughout the State to the very liberal
terms upon which the STATE JOUR-
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437O
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
l TCn TIES for the staru nistriot of ViF-

4370
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
LIED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of Henry B. Gaines. bankrupt
lin bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the 9th day of June. a. d., 1873.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been. to wit: on the 9th day of June,
d. 1873. filed in said District Court by Henry B.
.a,nas of Henrico county in said district.
,,,no has been heretofore duly declared bank
.,rt under the act of Congress entitled "An Act
:, establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States" approved March
ad 1867. for discharge and certificate thereon
from all his debts and other claims provable un-
der said act, and that the 10th day OF January, a.
1874, at 10 O'Clock a. m, before W. W. Forbes,
one of the registers of said court in bank
rurtev. at his Office in Richmond, in said district
Il the time and place assigned for the hearing
sc the same. when and where you may attend
ond show cause. If any you have, why the
of the said petition should not be granted.
Won are also hereby notified. that the second
and third meetings of the creditors OF the said
bankrupt will be held at the same time and place
0''''A- W. WV. FORBES.
Register in Bankruptcy
..,o-row for sd Oong'i Dist. Of Va.
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HEAT AND DISEASE. the
relocating of the furnaces in an iron estab-
lishment in England, says the British
Journal Of Science, the men worked when
the thermometer, placed so as not to be
Influenced by the radiation of heat from
the open doors, marked l2O degrees.
In the Bessemer pits, the men continue a
kind Of labor requiring great muscular
effort at 40 degrees. In some Of the
operations, of glassmaking, the ordinary
summer working temperature is consider
ably over 100, and the radiant heat to
which workman are subjected to exceeds
2l2 degrees. Ia Turkish bath. the sham
pooers continue four or five hours at a
time in moist atmosphere at temperatures
ranging from los to 10 degrees. In
enamel works, men labor daily in heat
of over 800 degrees. On the Red Sea
steamers the temperature of the stoke
hole is IDS degrees. And yet in none of
these cases does any special form or
type of disease develop itself.
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BANKRupT NOTICES.

30
THIS IL TO GIVE NOTTCE-Thnt on the
Il 2sth day OF Noy'ber. a. d.. 1873, warrant In
bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern District
of Va, against the estate of Stephen burlington,
of Louisa county, snd State of Virginia,
who has been adjudged bankrupt on his
creditors petition That the payment of any
debts. and the delivery Of any property
belonging to ssid bankrupt, to him or for his
use, and the transfer of any property by him
are forbidden BY law That meeting Of the
creditors of said bankrupt. to prove his deb,s.
and choose one or more assignees of his estate,
will be held at court of bankruptcy, to be
holden at the registers office. Richmond, Va,
before w. w. Forbes, esq, register. on the 18th
day of January, a. d., 1874. at 10 o'clock a. IN
DAVID B. PARKER,
de 22-M2w u. s. Marshal.