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money you could put aboard this

money you could put aboard this
boat"
There was painful pause, and
after while the pilot continued:
"Our injines gin out once, and a
crowd of alligators took a tow-line
and towed us forty-five miles up
the stream to Vicksburg!"
"They did? ?"
"And when the news got along
the river that Capt. Tom was dead
every alligator in the river daubed
his left ear with mud as badge of
mournin', and lots of 'em pined
away and died! 2"
The passenger left the pilot
house with the remark that he did
not doubt the statement, and the
old man gave the wheel q turn,
and replied:
Thar's one thing I won't do for
love nor money, and that's to make
liar of myself. / was brung up
by good mother, and I'm going
to stick to the truth if this boat
doesn't make a cent"
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The Two ROOtblaclxs.

During slight lull in business,
the other day, two little bootblacks,
one white and the other black,
were standing on a corner doing
nothing when the white bootblack
agreed to black the black boot
blacks boots.
The black bootblack was of course
willing to have his boots blacked
by his fellow bootblack, and the
bootblack who agreed to black the
black bootblack's boots went to
work. When the white bootblack
had BACKED one of the black boot
b ack's boots till it shone in a man
ner that would make any bootblack
proud, this bootblack who had
agreed to black the black boot
blacks boots, refused to black the
other boot Of the black bootblack,
until the black bootblack, who had
consented to have the white boot
black black his boots, should add
five cents to the amount the white
bootblack had made blacking other
mems boots. This the bootblack
whose one boot had been BACKED
refused to do, saying that it was
good enough for a black bootblack
to have one boot BACKED, and he
didn't care whether the boot that
the bootblack hadn't blacked was
BACKED or not. This made the
bootblack who had BACKED the
black bootblack's boot as mad as a
bootblack often gets, and he vented
his black wrath by splitting upon
the BACKED boot Of the black boot
black. This reused the latent pas
sions of the black bootblack, and
he proceeded to boot the white
bootblack with the boot which the
white bootblack had BACKED. A
fight then ensued, in which the
white bootblack who had refused
to black the unblacked boot Of the
black bootblack, BACKED the black
bootblack's visionary organ, and
in which the black bootblack wore
all the backing off his BACKED
boot in booting the white bootblack.
The fraternity of bootblacks after
wards convened and denounced
the actions of the white and the
black bootblacks as one of the
blacklist pages Of bootblack history.
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Buying or Credit.

The practice of buying on credit
the necessary articles of the house.
hold is fatal to good economy. The
housekeeper has always to pay
dearer when she does not pay cash.
The tradesman must have inter-
est on his money, for a man viii
never, in q business community, be
willing, to forcgo it. To the ordi-
nary cash prices Of the article he
therefore adds the interest which
he may accrue during the time
that credit is allowed. This, how
ever, is not all. There must be a
premium exacted by the dealer for
the risk he runs in trusting his
goods to that class Of more or less
dangerous customers who never
pay ready money, Even the most
honestly disposed Of these are Of
ten unsafe debtors, for they are
such as are imprudent enough to
anticipate their incomes. The
credit system, moreover, is a temp
tation to unnecessary purchases.
There is sort Of check in the
sight and touch Of the hard won
money to the disposition 10 dispose
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Duty.

The path of duty is the way to glory,
He that walks il, only thirsting
For the right, and learns to deaden
Love of self, before his journey closes
He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, which outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
The path of duty is the way to glory;
He that ever following her commands,
On with toll of heart and knees and hands,
Thro' the long gorge 10 the far light has won
His path upwards, and prevailed,
Shall find the topping crags of Duty scaled,
Are closed upon the shining table lands,
To which our God Himself is moon and sun.
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The Truthful Pilot.

The passenger, who was going
down the big river for the first
time in his life, secured permission
to climb up beside the pilot, a grim
old grayback who never told lie
in his life.
"Many alligators in this river p
inquired the stranger, after o look
around.
"Not so many now, since they
got to shootin' 'em for their hides
and taller" was the reply.
"Used to be lots, eb :"
~ don't want to tell you about
'em stranger" replied the pilot,
signing heavily.
"Why 4"
"Cause you'd think was lyin' to
you, and that's somethin' / never
do. / kin cheat at keerds, drink
whisky, or chaw poor terbacker,
but I can't lie."
"Then there used to be lots of
emf" inquired the passenger.
"Pm most afraid to tell ye, mis-
ter, but I've counted 'leven hun
dred alligators to the mile from
Vicksburg clar down to Orleans
That was years ago, afore a shot
was fired at 'em."
"Well, I don't doubt it," replied
the stranger.
"And I've counted 5,429 of 'em
on one sand bar !" continued the
pilot. at looks big to tell, but q
government surveyor was aboard,
and he checked 'em off as I called
out"
"I haven't the least doubt Of it,"
said the passenger, as he heaved a
sigh.
"Tm glad O. that, stranger. Some
fellers would think I was liar
when I'm telling the solemn truth.
This used to be a paradise for al
liga'ors, and they were so thick
that the wheels of the boat killed
an average of forty-nine to the
mile I"
ais that sol"
"True as Gospel, mister! I
used to almost feel sorry for the
cussed brutes, cause they cry out
cen most like a human being. We
killed lots of 'em, as l said, and we
hurt a pile more. l sailed with
one captain who allus carried a
thousand bottles of liniment to
throw over to the wounded onesi"
"He didp
"True as you live, he did. /
don't 'speet I'll ever see another
such q kind, Christian man. And
the alligators got to know Capt.
Tom and they'd swim out and rub
their tails agin the boat and purr
like cats an look up and try to
smilep y
"They wouldr
"Solemn truth, stranger. And
once when we grounded on bar,
with an opposition boat right be-
hind, the alligators gathered around
got under her stern, and bumped
her over the bar by grand push !
IL looks like big story, but !
never told q lie yet, and l never
shall. wouldn't lie for all the
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The boomerang.

A traveller tells US something o.
the singular weapon used by the
natives of Australia, the boomer.
ang. He saw them used by the
natives. They ranged from two
feet to thirty-eight inches in length,
and were of various shapes, all
curved a little and looking, as he
describes them, something like a
wooden new moon. They were
made of dark, heavy wood, and
weighed from one to three pounds.
In thickness they vary from half
an inch and taper to a point at
each end.
One of the natives picked up the
piece of wood and, posing it an
instant, threw it, giving it q rotary
motion. For the first 100 feet or
more it went straight ahead. Then
it tackled to the left and rose slight
ly, still rotating rapidly. 1t kept
this latter course for a hundred
feet more, perhaps, but soon veer-
ed to the left again, describing q
broader curve, and q moment
later fell to the earth six or eight
feet in front of the thrower, hav-
ing described nearly circle in the
air.
Another native then took the
same boomerang and cast it, hold
ing it with the same grip. 1t took
the same course, but made broader
curves, and rs it came round the
black caught it handsomely in his
right hand.
Another native next threw Il
and lodged it on the ground about
twenty feet behind him, and after
it had described a circle OF 200
yards or upwards. After him they
all tried it and but one of them
failed to bring the weapon back to
the spot where they stood.
Carnbow, a native, then selected
from the heap of boomerangs an
other one, and cast it with a short
jerk. 1t few very quickly for
forty or fifty yards. wbirling like
top. Then it darted into the air
mounting, fully 100 feet, and hung
stationary for moment, then set
tied slowly, still whirling, till he
caught it. Two others of the blacks
then did the same thing.
Meanwhile had with my knife
shaved q little Of the wood
from the convex side of one of the
boomerangs. This is now offered
to one of them to throw. He took
it without noticing what / had
done, poised it, but stopped short,
and with contemptuous glance at
my improvements threw it down
and exclaimed
"Bale budgery I" (no good.)
The others then looked at it
cautiously, but it was bale budg-
cry also to them. No one could
be induced to throw it.
Myers asked them why they did
not use il, but they could not give
definite answer. 1t was plain that
they did not like the way it poised
when they held it in the hand, yet
l could not distinguish any differ
ence whatever between this and
the other weapons. ~
Burleigh then walked to dis
tance Of 200 feet or more from the
blacks and bid Carnbow to throw
at him. The native looked at him
a moment rather curoiusly, then
comprehending'what was wanted,
he selected one Of the heaviest
missiles, and. tornine half round,
threw 1t with great force in a direc-
tion almost opposite from that
where Burleigh stood.
The weapon sped smartly for
sixty or seventy feet, then tackled
In nm instant and few directly at
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pe Of the teachers in q public
school at Taunton, Massachusetts,
wishing to impress his pupils, in
quired the other day., "Do you be-
lieve my head Is stuffed with cot
ton 7" "Yes, sir" said a very
prompt, but slightly deaf girl, who
had misunderstood the question.
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A young lady attended a Mason
ic entertainment in Keokuk, Iowa,
last week, was much disconnected
on learning that banquet had
been prepared. On looking at the
elegant tables in the supper-room
she exclaimed: "Good gracious I
Are they going to sit down . I
didn't expect that--I--I amt fixed
to sit down." Her escort looked
at her "pull back" for q moment,
and then found place alongside
the mantle-peice where she could
take her supper standing. But 1t
was q narrow escape. 80
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Nervous Cows.

No observing person can have
care of herd of cows long with
ont noting great difference in the
character and disposition of the
different animals. In fact Mrs.
Partington observed about folks.
there is as mnch difference in cows
as there is in anybody, and the
feminine peculiarities that we are
ap. to note in our own kind, NAV
many of them, be detected among
the domestic animals. Some cows
are so phlegmatic and good natur-
ed that moderate amount of ILL
nature does not seem to disturb
their equanimity. Others are nat
urally vicious, and will kick and
hook without provocation. There
is another class that while not VIC
ious, are so nervous that they may
easily be made to appear ugly, and
in time become really so, in conse-
quence of rough handling, or care
lessness. 1t requires a considerate
and good dispositioned man to
manage such cows and get along
with them. They must be humor-
ed, spoken kindly to, and gently
handled in milking. Swearing at
them, or beating them, demoralizes
them fearfully, and makes them al
most useless in a short time. 1t is
often among the very best mixers
and butter-makers that these ner-
vous animals are found, and we
cannot afford to have their value
thus impaired. No violence should
be allowed among the cows at any
time but if you should have i'm
patient help, or are quick-temper-
ed yourself, let some person who
don't get mad so easily, milk the
nervous cows.
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Capital and Experience.

Harpers Magazine has the follow
ing: The drawer was chatting a
few weeks ago on the piazza of the
United States Hotel, at Saratoga,
with a bright German gentleman,
retired from business, who related
following anecdote:
"Going down to New York on
the night boat" said he, 81 got to
chatting with German acquaint-
ance, and asked him what he was
doing"
"Vell," he replied "shoost now
l am doing nodings, but / have
made arrangements to go into
piziness."
'Glad to hear it. What are Won
going into 2" I'D
"Vell, goes into partnership
NIT man."
"Do you put in mnch capital :"
"No; l dosen't put in no gapi-
tall" ,
"Don't wapt to risk il +; eh r.
mo, but puts in de experience.
"And he puts in the capital r.
"Yes, dot is it. We goes into
piziness for dree years he puts in
the capital, puts in de experience.
At the end Of de dree years will
have dc capital and he will have
de experience"
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.JubiIate.

Gray distance hid each shining sail
By ruthless breezes borne from me;
And lessening, fading, faint and pale,
My ships went forth to sea.
Where misty breakers rose and foil
stood and covered hopelessly;
For every wave had tales to toll
OF wrecks far out at sea.
To-day a song is on my lips;
Earth seems a paradise to me:
For God is good, and 10 my ships
Are coming home from sea.
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Politeness is the mother of peace.
She keeps familiarity and impu-
dence from being kicked to death,
and often saves herself . broken
head. -
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ADVERTISING RATES.

one two TIRE four tLT'o ga a Z Z
w'k W ks W ks w'kF mos n o's.. 4
, 1875-05-27

distop that h. Will not appear sRstnst h,m VIII
nssses sts often detalncd tn lens important
casos, snd II tho police authorities want to do
THAR duty thoy will lind ali tbs b,,nkooh partios
undor bonds or undor surveillance to appalr
when wanted.
Tho eeyentoon bunko-stoerers and other conf
denoe operators hnd lottery schomers will 10
called up for hOartng At Q o'clock thta morning,
betoTe Jnstico Hummerie'd, and somo concern 10
folt amopx respectable people regarding tho lts-
position Of the prisoners. fsincc thoy were
pulled they hare been very actively On.
Eagod In looking up fsoah victims. ard
hava mado things voty lively for the
foolish drangare and oilizena who have
fallon Into their hands Pending the present
canes they bannot DO arrested under tllc law, but
tho police authorities could take this matter In
tboir OWN han.ls and order every QUO Of them to
unit tho city forthwith In othor cities suct
tlserea arc ordered to report tn Ihe heads Of po-
lice nepattnoats and are detninod 10 that they
cannot do any mischief nutil they can gel ready
g leaso. strinennt vagraucy act Ia needed Ia
llitnots to tna'lro their imprisonment. Thoro Ia
cla!nor on all sides for the bouncing Of tho
A4indloss,
, 1875-05-27
THE COUNTY Bull DING,

Tp = W.. al, =, :. =, : y = !,
". o. loua8. ClefK OF Tue ffooAto couft
"enS 'e''o.uHS ~ """AoonA !" qA'os u ncA0n
The ShoFtH starts for joliet \ weok from to-
day with the couuty's n,ou,lly quota Of crirni
nats.
,,,
Judge Williams llnid conference with Judge
Booth, OF tho Criminal Court. yostorday at noon
Tho nature of lin conforonce v.s nal lo.rnsd
but WAS feau'iT imagined.
Tia habit of tho fomafo prjeonera occpnvfpu
tho windows Of tho jail md Eec,,inc M a ron.
sinual aud noisy cba,or With tlolr friends in tho
by cou1nsng them iu thor cola,
49,
~ lsony y. 1ne nempela o. tne connsy board
S..n ~ 4. t'iG county oalcIas, attohuod mo
.4n .a,. Ia a'! plotzScn ycstotuay aiteI
;.,~ ~ ".m y. Iau sno oneGs ~ IonolnE Tug pnilo
w .'. ~ "Gn.oa sie ana inc fepoffefs OF itcna
, 1875-05-27

Of Standardization MAS made to Joseph 3. Cham
bstlln, nnter bond for A20, 900.
TITO will OF Jacob Philip N!oderhofer Was ap-
10 aia'lA Niedorhofsr. nndsr her Individual bond
for $4,000.
cn1M1xAL COURT.
Tho cases Of Patrick liaskins sgaEnst Joseph
1larklnA. and vico versa, Indicted for assault
will, inten. to kilt, vero called ypsterdav morn
ing. Tho Sthto's Attorney snid ho thought tho
dlnlculty cont. Ia nthlcably setllc.l II tme Herc
allowed, ars1 tho casas wcro continued.
Mary polandcr pleaded guilty 10 petit lsrfeny,
under indictment for grand larceny, and Wan ro-
nlnnded.
Tho Cases OF George barnes and william
Hood. ecrvanta at tho nrhnd pAciQu Hotel. In
slictcd 4 for grand larceny, were continued until
Tho caeo Of John H. Hoas and James l.. Honr,
indicted for an aasnult With intont TO Kill, begun
Tuesday, cloaod With \ verdict OF nok guilty.
Tlo Testimony waH unimportant showing that
bortood quRrsol.
Patrick uuerln, indicted for larceny, was
called for trial. and forfeited bis reeognizance.
Woodrord johnson. in,lictod for tho 1arcony Of
horsn and wagon, pleaded gntity to taking tho
property, but tac'Ained ali intention OF stealing
t,and wns rcmanded.
THE CALL.
JunaE uARv-103. t9a, 1gG, 200 10 203, 2o5 to
208 210 to 2l5, 3l8, ::..220, 22t.
JupaE JAMEsoS-59, 5!15 to IT,.
1upnE MooNH-4G, 81, 53.
JunnE ltooEna-lGo to 175, and act caao 1, o01.
JUICE FAnwELL--700 to 900.
JUDGMENTS.
8rfEH1oN CouuT-GoNF hsA1OfH-E. n, nt&tchf0rd
ct a VI Jamrs l.. Csnpbru, .ts,7.H7.-E. F. slootln
ss il. r. Lee anu oarrss r Lec, t'2,.2o-J:s $. Mead
kin'on s..l A. II. Quinn. stss.ho.
JunaE EL4aE.os-Iolln McDernott .. al. ~. Ed
ssss n.' ;ss @sa nsos st To- ~
JunoE punxs-unlrcrsat Life insurance Company
- f. h4Ct Sk,ifn m -
, 1875-05-27

THE WOMEN faTEaTafED IN THE WORK.
Several ladies interested ia the effort to pro-
sect quntlrupods, etc., from tho cruelty Of man,
mot In tho otfice Of tho Humane Society, Central
Block, corner Of Madison aud Market streets,
yosterday afternoon. Hiss Frsncea E. Willard
was called to tho chair. 3iiss S. E, Hargoy wAa
elected Secretary.
Tho following ladies' were present: Miss
willard and 3lcsdamos Dunastod, stoton, Dew,
Dcrfckaon, Sharp, Erorss, Smith. Char1cs
Whoalar, Prof. Whoelor, 1soler, Morrill,, Fiaby,
Loander Stone, Coroydoo, aud some others
T!loso ua,nos could not be ascortnned.
sono discussion aroso a. to tho manner OF
proceeding.
31sa Eyosts suggested that tho reform ahould
comnonco Ia tho sch0os. She had noticed, With
much concern, tho diAposition OF young children,
especially boys, 70 iling cats out Of upper-atoFy
p,ns aud needleH She rave biographical sketch
o. eA1ao @ nnako ownod BY her grandfather whsn
ahe was latto girl. sho l>eeatno quito attAchod
to tho 5ant,e. xheh. much to has sorrow, llaally
escaped into SON. q! tho atony fhstnessaa among
tho granite lills Of rem England.
Several ladies 1xrrs.aod their oonenrrnnca
with tho views at Miss E1.vts.
The following committee N.s snpointstf to
stir up tho rublio Service Co4mlttoo or tl,o 10
County Board relative TO IN Appropriation Of
bonot't Of tho Hnmaoo Society: Misn Frances
E: Willard, MIs. Mert,t', Mira. Smith. Mrs. Prof.
Whalon, Mrs. Or. noior.
Tho following resolution, offered hY nrzs.
Loauder Stono WAS adopted:
Rs:ot Ths: 4. as ',h s' M present pledge them
way that may Ia deemed beat, when Committee Of
coafesense 70 eons.t et thrse .di,s. aa* arranged
Tho following Committee Of Conference waH
appointed: Mrs. Inv, Mfa. Dean. Mzs. ioan1or
stoue.
On motion. Miss Willard Was addod to tho
, 1875-05-27
CRIMINAL

6noak-thieves stolo two coata belonging 20
workmen ia Juason L Anderson'a shop On Wa-
bash Avonue, noar Congress street, yesterday.
Two rolls OF cloth wore ntolcu from In front Of
btannheimer Dro.hors' dry.gooda :ss ore, West
Madison street, yostorday. Tho stun IL valued
At $50.
Burglars entered tho house Of George ".
1leed, the editor Of tho Insurance Critic, No. ll8
Oakley streot, night before last, and carried oil
yaluab!os amounting to about $500.
About week ago servant girl Ia the family
OF Charles Converse. No. DIT Michigan avenue,
stole gold watch belonging to that gentleman'a
daughter, and eucceodod ih koopng cut Of
htsht. sho WAS ~ the employ Of Dr. Bon O.
11lIlcr, No. 1851 Indiana avenue, shortly baforo
the above occurrence. aud made away With sewers!
valuable EarRonts belonging to bis wife, Last
evening sho Has observed on Clark ntrece BY q
ofcer arrived aud took her 10 the Central Bsaton.
She Is noat and comcfy-ookiug gill Of Is
years, and gives tho pamo Of Della a1o3IspamRu,
aud says aIe has sister lying IN thts city ID
hor and prompted her to ateal tho articles.
which she confcsses having stolen, aud promlses
to return.
Coantorfeiters ara At work tn this city With
non,e new and o1cellent iaaisntions OF tho 35
bills Of tho First National I,auk Of Germantown,
~
passing sigAt OF tho BILLS At the ofics OF the
American Line Of ocean steamers. ]. II. Milne,
ageut, No. lao Lssa!le etteet, corner Of aIsdl-
SOU, lIa entered the oflIco Rbous o'cloci,
aud Inquired tho ratss Of passage 10
Liverpool in cabin and steaIage. lIe
waa informed, and concluded to tsko tho latter
At @3l. saying that he could not afford to pay
the higher rates IN this cabin. ticket waa fur
nished him, end no handcd the clerk so in bllls
Of tho 45 denomination. Tie notos wese ex-
amined carefully. aud readily accepted II goau-
Inc, aud 81 in cl,hnge passed ovor to the coun-
tnrfelter. who lciuurely walked of. Tho bills
WoFe a1amned again by oshors, and fonnl 10 bo
counterfeit. Complaint has beea mado to the
police oficeEs.
Tho aupes Of the buuko-ropors shonld b de-
tAtuod in future. in order to insure tlv prosecu-
ton Of tho sogueb. Mr. John Il. Snyder, 0f
Lancaasor. o.. had nothing olse In his venerable
heart lbut desire TO Ket back his S695 which he
Lust Tuesday, ard having secured that hs lett,
leaving the authorities III tho ls11ob, apd tlsro-
fore Charles Alien. tho SHARPER, VA dis.
charged from custody by Justice bum,usrfiuld
yesterday morning. Tha prosec,,tIne wltnegses
hsIe failed to sppear in number Of thaas cases.
and solna ntops A1o necessary in osdor to kesn
them to their complaint Whea thoy ire dupsa
they run to thu detectives. aud II hs ehaFpsr Il
szGestsd b Compromise vaah ths ytatan Ell con-
, 1875-05-27

Spscf0l D.&ndteA to Ths CHICAGO 1ttt1ns.
aT. PAUL, Minn., M4y 26+-E1-Auditor No
1lrathe anawer 10 tile Htato'e civil anit to recover
e94t 900. besides gonoral aud specific dontala OF
tho complaint, sataup claim at 8 per cent COM
mlseon on certain collections, the percentage
amounting 10 about 81, 600. The Attorney Com
erals replication asaorts that Mc1Iraths ool!eo-
t!ona 1nd handling OF tho sums On which he
olaims = commission, and also tho sums which
tho State declares lo llna EnisappropsIatstl were
oucroaclments upon tha dntieB and functions OF
other offlccrs, without request or authority from
tho State. The case will bo brought to trial at
the na1t term Of the Circuit Court.
THE SUPREME COURT or INDIANA.
Spsel0l Dsp1teh to T'hs Chtedao Tribune.
1ap1AsArotlA, Ind, May 20.-The May session
Of the Supreme Court opaned thia morning with
the cal. Of tho docket. hIhny prominent lawyers
OF the Htate arc In attendance.