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Joke on the Lightning Rod Man,

Max Adeler tells this story in the Phiadel
phia Saturday Port:
Up III Blossburg the other day a LIGHTNING
rod man drove up in front of Il handsome edi.
nee standing IN the midst of trees and shrubs
ana spoke 10 Mr.. Summers, who was sitting
on the steps in front. He accosted Mr.. Sum,
mers rs the owner of the residence, and said
to him:
81 see you have no lightning rods on this
house"
NO" sad Summers.
Are you going to put any on:"
wei, hadn't thought of it," replied Sum.
mers
you ought to. y tall building like this is
very much exposed I'd like to run Won nm
one OF my rods; twisted steel glass Tenders
nickel plated tips-everything complete
May put one up to show you? I'll do the
job cheap"
"Ccrtainly you may if you want to. | have
not the slightest objection" said Summers
During the next half hour the man had his
ladders up and his assistants at work and NJ
the end OF that time the rod was up. He
called Summers out into the yard to admire
it. He SAID to Summers:
Now that is all well enough, but if it was
my house I'd have another rod put on the
o'her side There's nothing like being pro.
tected thoroughly"
That's true" said Summers, ait would be
better" S' -
"lll put up another rod shall l." asked the
man
Why, of course, if you think it's best"
said Summers.
Accordingly the man went to work again.
and soon had the rod in its place.
That's tirstrate job" he said to Summers,
as they both stood cycling it, ~ like such a
man as you are. Big hearted, liberal, not
afraid to put dollar down for a good thing.
There's some pleasure in dealing with YOU
] like you so much that I'd put a couple more
rods on that mouse, one on the north end and
one on the south, tor almost nothing"
at would make things safer, | suppose"
said Summers.
Certainly it would. I'd better Go it, hadn't
l--hcyg"
Just as you think proper about it, said
Summers.
So the man ran up two more rods, and then
came down and said to Summers:
There, that's done. Now suppose we set.
tie up"
do whats"
why, the jobs finished, and now I'll take
my money"
You don't expect me TO pay you for those
rods, hopeg"
"Of course do Didn't you tell me 10 put
those rods on your house?"
My house" shouted Summers Thunder
and lightning! never or dered You TO put
hose rods up. 1t would have been ridicu.
ous Why, man this is the court house, and
I'm here waiting ifor the court to assemble
I'm on the jury. You seemed to be anxious
o rush out your rods, and as it was none of
ny business 1 let you go on. Pay you for il |
Iome, now that's pretty good"
The Blossburg people say that the manner
II which that lightning rod man tore round
own and swore was fearful But when he
'ently. He didn't fancy the place. !
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THE STORY OF PASIO.
An Episode in Attic Banking.


From The New York Evening Post.
NJ, George Perrot has cast much light upor
the manners and customs Of the Greeks dur
ing the period of their most brilliant orators
IN a series OF articles contributed to the Reru
dcs DeHr W0pdes, entitled "Demosthenes anC
HIS Contemporaries" One OF these mono
graphs is especially interesting for the pic
ture 1t gives Us Of the Greek bankers of tn,
day; while the story of the suit brought b,
The son OF sopros Minister to Satyros Prince
ol NE BosphoroS, against the banking firm
ol taslo, Is as interesting i'll Its details as
many OF the causes cclcbrcs-as infinitely
elaborated rs one of Emile Gaboriaus
novels.
1t was the custom among Athenian bankers
TO deposit money in the
PRESENCE OF A THIRD PARTY
ana lhls was deemed safer than written re-
cept. The third party might be the clerk
(wno was usually the slavc) of the banker
ana II is upon this custom that the plot of the
story OF "Pasio" hinges.
=, AL me close Of the Peloponncsian war
'hcIe existed at Athens n large banking.house
hlcIcs'rates ~ Antisthencs." Archestrates
Iau save named PasiO, who soon distir
guishcd himself by his intelligence and ac
1NHy ~. business; 50 much so that his mister
3hanumltted him, and finally, retiring from
business with his partner, handed over 10 him
Ile D'hh IL Is certain that in 304 b c. Pnsio
Nae leau ol the house, which became very
prosperous ana important Among his cuS
solnris was me wealthy foreigner Sopmos
1nNoi'lu ol oa'yros' Prince Of the Bosphoros
, ne la''er ilad commercial treaty with the
Athenians, which WAS found mu,u.lI' ,',' 'i0
able, the harbor of Pir,eos recciyi4c III IL
Quantities OF grain from the Bosphoros
s0PKos HAD A son,
VINO wished to see Athens His father nI.ood
al MS disposition handsome sum in money
ana sent him to the PirGus with several car
goes Oh wheat and other provisions. The
young man Was 10 combine business with
pressure dispose Of the cargocs to the best
advantage Tor cash, and try and turn penny
with The proceeds on the Athcnian Boursc
lie iiad letters from Sop9os 10 PasIo, who, OF
course, received him handsomely, introduced
nun To The b. 81 society, doubtless showed
MN 'hc elephant, possibly instructed him
no" 10 hsht the tiger helped him TO sell
his merchandise, received The procceJs ON
deposit, and promised to pu, him "on The In.
siuc rack" of the most PROMISING ventures
of &c bank
Al or few weeks OF this pleasant combi.
natlun OF business and pleasure
A DIsAGREEABLE SURPRISE
was IN store for young Sop;eos. By The arri.
"a. a ship from home news was brought of
luton in the palace. Soppos had dis
pleased Prince Satyroa. who had cast him In.
o isOn. His property had been coniiscated.
N 5aiyros was about 10 send deputies 10 |
Ii rs TO lay hands upon sil the merchandise
u ioney nf the former Minister. The trade |
I PIiuces Of the BOsphoros was too i'm.
% % To Athens 10 be particular about such
J SOpep, Minister and SopUoS uis.
: we're ino dificrcn; persons.
-psT son Of Sorro- consulted hist
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

Last, but not least, we proclaim it among our
purposes to inculcate a proper appreciation
of the abilities and sphere of woman, as is
indicated by admitted her to membership and
position in our order, Imploring the con
unued assistance of our Divine Master to
guide US in our work, we here pledge our
for all future time to return by our united eff
fort to the wisdom, justice, fraternity, and po-
litical purity OF our torefathers.
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NJEMORAN DUN BOOKS, a lsrye And
vi beautiful assortment sio an & HapemSn'
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The Hindmest takes the Lantern.

! In all monasteries monks are apt to be tar
dy at midnight vigils and drowsy when in
their seats Their pcccadlloes were howev.
er shrewdly curbed by an abbot who once or.
dained that whoever entered the chapel last
should carry lantern round and round till
he caught some brother mapping. Then he
might rouse the sleeper hand him the Ian
tern and take seat while the other sets out
in quest of seeperS.
1t fares with land.hunters as with monks.
Those who take time by the fore-lock, take
the most comfortable places, but the lag
CARDS must take their lanterns, and pace
many weary round before they can catch
one OF their torcrunncrs mapping and Dust
him.
The public domain is 80 large, that If
homesteaders occupy it no faster than they
did in the last decade, they will not exhaust
1t till the end of five centuries. But in truth
they take it up faster and faster and the de
siiable portion of public lands is less than
half its area. The acres within reach of rail
roads are still smaller fraction. Among the
three thousand who have bought farms in
Nebraska of the b arlington & Missouri Rlv-
er Railroad, every man in gong to his pur
chase, has probably passed homesteads every
way rs valuable, which he might once have
occupied as free grants. We all know Ion if
we only knew Uhen
But the best thing about Nebraska is, that
the government has sold none of its newer
portions to spectators, but that its matchless
farms are owned by railroad, whose line is
valueless unless the country it traverses is
settled and improved. Hence the low rates,
fares, treights, interest, the rebate for speedy
culture, the long credit, and long-deterr,d
iirst payments, &c, by which the Burlington
" Missouri River Railroad Company pro
mote settlements along their line. But here,
too, the most comfortable seats are fast NIL
ing; the laggards take the most pains, for
they must carry the lanterns.
PROF. J. d. BUTLER.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

RARE PHENOMENON WITNESSED AT Me
TROPoLIs, ILLISoIs-A most remarkable
phenomenon was Witnessed yesterday morn
ing by some of the citizens OF this place. Di-
rectly after sun up, dark bank OF clouds lay
close to the horizon in the direction OF Pad i,
cab, obscuring the golden. haired King OF the
day, and just above this dark embankment,
mirrored in serene and deep blue sky, the
city of Paducah appeared, with all its spires,
houses, streets, wharyes, etc, clearly visible.
The mirage appeared about 40 degrees
above the horizon At the time the behOlder
could see three steamboats, at the wharf, the
Tennessee River, the tow-heads, and, in tact,
the entire city, all appearing as natural as
life, except that everything appeared msgnI-
fed to twice its natural size. A gentleman
who came down on the Fisk, verified the ap-
pearancc SO far as the steamboats, were con
cerned. This and one other are the only in
stances of the appearance of the mirage in
this section that we have ever heard ot.-.H1s-
sac Journal.
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THE SCIENCE RECORD FOR 1S74.-A compcndi-
um of scientific progress and discovery during
the past year, with illustrations, edited by Al
fred f. Bea ch, for sale by Osman * Hapemau.
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Lumber, Lath, Lime. Nails.
Builders Hardware. sc.
COLWELl, CLARK & CO.

Have on hand LUMBER of all cradles
Lath, Lime, Hair, Plaster, Cement
and Brick, Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile.
Dimension and Cut Stone, Ottawa
and Joliet Bubble Stone, Builders
Hardware Of all descriptions, and
Nails. Also Glass and Putty, Build
ing Paper, &c.
The whole of the above materials
having been purchased at the lowest
wholesale figures, we will either sell
or use them at the lowest market
figures. Being extensively engaged
in the
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Blank Books Stationery and Printing, Turn.
ishcd promptly and a: fair prices, by o,man "
Harcman
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HISTORY IL EIIENr

as to the results of the trial. 1t seems quite
likely that some compromise was made for
we find the clearinghouse of Pasio g. Co.
continued rich and prosperous. Forty wears
later DemoSthenes says Of him, without fear
of contradiction, "PaSio obtained public con.
tidence-a rare thing and marvellous among
men who operate upon the market and trade
IN money, to appear at the same time active
ana honest" {. III. w.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-12
PRAYERS and Rain.

A pious SOUL writing to the Louisville Cou
rier-J0uanal, attributes the extensive droutl
in some parts Of the country to the religious
indifference Of the people. They don't pray
enough, and because they don't, the heavens
become as brass, and all the fields are parched
to cinder. This theory does not hold very
well when subjected to an examination. On
the west coast of England, for example, the
rainfall is much heavier than ON the east
coast The percentage is much larger in
Southern than in Northern Ohio. On the
western slopes of the Rocky Mountains there
is unusually abundant rain, while on the east
ern there is comparatively none. More rain
falls III Oregon than in California, and more in
Northern than in Southern California.
Any one who will take up a good physical
geographical map will find all over the world
this inequality of rainfall, and with a little
study he will see that the same causes which
operate in one region to produce this Unequal
ity, operate in the others. SO far no one has
been able to discover that the praying habits
Of the people have made any appreciate diff
ference in the number of inches Of rain over a
given area OF country But it there is any
body confident that he can get up shower in
answer to prayer, and can demonstrate his
ability to do so, we are warranted in saying
he can find more employment than rain doc
tor among the Hottentots. He is needed now
in Minnesota, where the people, SO far as we
know, are more God-fearing and praying
people than those Of New Orleans, upon whom
10 less than seven-inch rain was poured last
Saturday Cincinnati Commercial.
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W0men as Lawyers and as Soldiers.
From the Albany Law Jcurnal.]


Mr. Justice Mott, in delivering the opinion
Of the Court Of Claims upon the application
OF Mrs Lockwood to be admitted to practice
rs an attorney, threw out some hints that may
lead such ambitious women to turn their
energies in another direction. 81 have
been" he says, at the bar and in the mill
t;,ry service, and my experience leads me to
the conclusion that women are as well fitted
for the one as the other. Another person
having had similar experiences may reach an
opposite result 1t is said that modern ideas
have brought down many occupations within
the reach of women which were supposed to
belong exclusively to men but in nothing
have modern ideas done so much of this
leveling as in the art OF war. In the hand-to-
hand conflicts of antiquity women were mani
testify unable to cope with the physical natures
of men, and from necessity were exempt But
ha nd-to-hand conflicts are as obsolete as the
wager of battle. The light, breech-loading
carbne demands activity rather than strength
Woman, as a soldier would have little to do
besides marching and shooting and being
shot. 1t is said that well-bred, intelligent,
honest woman will make a better attorney
than an ignorant, vicious, INSCRIPTIONS man.
This is true but it is equally true that q
healthy, active woman will make a better
soldier than decrepit man. Some considers
tons Of public policy also intervene in favor
of the latter course.
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Our Household Gods.

We have all our household gods, whether or
not we recognize the fact, and we all pay them
homage in a fashion of our own-gods of as
sociation, Of harmony, of fancy Of long-ex-
pected realization. These supernatural visit
ors hide unsupported in many shabby place
and corner. Some are visible only to certain
people and at certain times others, again,
disclose their secret to any who have the gift
| to recognize their divinity and l, for my
part, honestly believe that nothing exists
which may not be made more worthy by their
touch, and none of US that may not benefit by
recognizing their existence in our daily life.
What god from Parnassus has laid his hand
upon those shabby garnet walls, upon the torn
curtain hanging from the pole, the broken jar
standing in the sunshine, with its sprouting
balsam plant The curtain is weather.
scanned and stained by wet; the jar is cracked,
the wall is smoked: but the blue serenity of
the sky outside shows beyond the balsam pot
and the ragged curtain; some mysterious har-
mony in those shabby russell tones is melting
to tranquility upon the gray: the faded blue
of the drapery is falling into shadow, the
bright eliminating flash of the fower-fames
a life into Ii all. Art seems to be a sort of
soul to life that reaches us, and uplitts with a
strange yet gentle might of inspiration. |
could imagine that real and mighty work of
art might even share in that same life which
belongs to natural thinos- Frightening and
changing from day to day; fading and dim
ming sometimes, and then again behold it re-
created for us, and standing as in a shrine,
supreme and triumphant and revealed.
SO, not long ago, was she of Milo revealed.
Suddenly and for one instant, she seemed to
thrill with divine and mighty life not life
such as ours, struggling for something
knows not what tor clinging to definite things
passionately experimenting for one moment
and forgetting the next This was something
beyond absolute, dominant and selfsuficing
that seemed to thrill with the sound of some
faint Olympan music, stirring. not to effort,
but to an existence more complete and more
supreme.
And it is no 81 all thing to learn from others
to like that which is to be iked-to see the
golden radiance Of the gods where it falls,
upon the head Of goddess or the fringe Of
garment nor shall We live our own lives the
less completely for such warmth and revivif-
cation C0rnsM Maqazine
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It's been the dream of many people to les.
sen expenses and add to comfort by having a
union. Several congenial parties will rent one
house, have one table and one set of servants,
one family one week, and one the next taking
the reins of government and providing l
have known three such experiments that burst
on the hands OF the protector like charge of
nitro-glycerine 1t can not be done The
nearest approach to this beautiful plan exists
in Paris In the Rue Godet de Manson | I'M
earthed an establishment Eight neat families
OF artisans on small salaries hired good, COM
Portable, roony house. Some strong minded
member framed the rules, which We're strictly
adhered to. The large room of the house was
their common sitting -room-no children al
lowed inside-the nice little inclosed court
was the children's play ground. So much
money was demanded of each, aside from the
rent, each week, and one week the first floor
took it, and going to the cuisine of the estab-
hsment, provided the meals for all hands; the
next week the second floor, and so on. A sort
OF rivalry was kept up as to who could furnish
the best table for the number of francs. The
experiment had been in operation for over two
years, with only one or two changes in that
time, but it worked to a charm. This country,
though, isn't the place for that sort of thing.
Divided, we get on very veil, but united, it's
the old story-charcoal and saltpetre! Fiz !!
bang Awful explosion -Neu York 0brres-
posdmoe 81 LOwis RepaabtiooR sn -aml
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THE GRA.SSHOPPERS
The st. Paul Press prints the following from
the praSshOpper district

The st. Paul Press prints the following from
the grasshopper district:
1t is pretty well understood that the grass
hoppers in this immediate vicinity will nearly if
not entirely, ruin the entire crop for this season.
In fact and truth, ninetenths of all the grain in
this county is now entirely destroyed by these
pests, and thousand different opinions are given
it is not in the nature Of things that they should
continue for another year. Others claim that
there Is prospect OF everything in the shape Of
vegetation being destroyed during the coming
season, but none seem to have theory at all
satisfactory to the community. People who were
IN good circumstances. last week are now con-
tronted with starvation. wheat-raising
IN almost every instance make up the
ing entirely destroyed their all is gone, and no.
thing left-credit, confidence and good faith in
the future, with their heretofore heroic courage
and ambition, are all gone. At this writing, July
"a, at noon, the sky is really darkened with
myrlads OF these pests passing over the
village to the north, and i'll case they leave imme-
dlately Madela may be able to save sufficient for
bread and seed. All the counties in this State
south and east OF us, have been completely raw
aged there is now no room to doubt: and it seems
that the State Government ought soon to take
action i'll this important matter.
Mr. Theodore Tilton retircs from the Golden
Age with the issue Of the number of this week
liz uoeS uot ledNe, however, WITHOUT an al
dition to the literature of the Plymouth
Church scandal It is impossible to read the
abstract of this installment and have any
clearer conception of Mr. Beechers wrong
doing and Mr. Tilton's grievance than before.
1t rather serves to deepen the mystery
and excite a suspicion of the sanity of
Tilton. He wrote his first statement, he
says, to save himself; the second APP
pears to have been written to save
Beecher. Mr.. Tilton would have us under
stand that the pastor Of Plymouth did him a
grievous injury, and deepened the wrong by
preserving silence when others We're attempt
ing to destroy Tilton's reputation. To put
himself right Tilton publishes a statement
which is calculated as much by what it con-
ceals as what it reveals to irreparably injure
Beecher Now he comes forward to say that |
he did not intend to injure Beecher or any
body else and he actually becomes the apol-
ogist of the man he accuses of having been /
guilty of wrong he cannot characterize 1t
is a hopeless middle as it stands.
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BANKERS AND BROKERS.
7 OUISIANA SAVINGS BANK AND SAFE
DEPOSIT COMPANY,
51............ Camp street ............51
CAPITAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500, 900

E. G. PALMER, President.
JAMES JACKSON, Vice President.
ED. CONERY, FREDERICK WING,
J. H. KELLER, W. II. THOMAS.
DAVID WALLACE. JAMES JACKSON,
E. c. PALMER.
Its capital gives security to deposits
Deposits OF Fifty Cents and upwards received,
and SIX PER CENT. INTEREST allowed
jy1O tt JOHN s. WALTON, Cashier.
'NHE FREEDMENS SAVINGS AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Savings Bank Chartered by the United States
March, 1867
NEW ORLEANS BRANCH,
1S2 Canal Street, Corner Of Dryades.
Bank Hours from A. NJ. to 3 =. NJ.
Open Saturday Night to receive Deposits from to
o'clock
Interest Allowed on Deposits.
c. d. STURTEVANT, Cashier.
apo 6m .HENRY BACAS. Assis' Cashier
NEW ORLEANS SAVINGS INSTITUTION,
1856 Canal Street.
TRUSTEES.
Dr. W. Newton Mercer
e. +. Generes David Urquhart
George Jonas, John G. Gaines
Thomas A. Adams, Carl Kohn
Thos. Allen Clarke, Christian Schneider,
Chas. J. Leeds, Samuel JamisOn.
Interest allowed ON Deposits
L. +. GENERES, President
oAM JONES, Cashier. ap1574 1y
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M H. APPLICABLE,
Successor to
MCINTYRE & APPLICABLE,
PLUMBERS
AND DEALERS N
COOKING RANGES and BOILERS,
BATH TUBS, WATER CLOSETS,
WASHSTANDS, KITCHEN SINKS,
LIFE and FORCE PUMPS, ALE PUMPS,
Sheet Lead and Lead Pipes, Brass and Plated
Cocks Of all Patterns,
146 Poydras Street.l
New Orleans.
N. E-Agents for Colwells, Shaw l. Wizards
Patent 1r,-Linel Pipe.
Hydrants put up, extended and repaired. my3
LNAIRBANK'S SCALES
COTTON BEAMS
OF All Kinds and Descriptions.
6HKIvERS LETTER PRESSES,
ALARM MONEY DRAWERS,
STEEL MILLS FOR GRINDING
CORN, COFFEE AND SPICES,
FAIRBANKS 4 CO.,
nytgH g Camp street
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