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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-03
Perception of the Blind.

The organ of vision is considered the
most delicate organization of the human
frame: yet many who were born blind
have been enabled to see by surgical op-
erations, and the following is an inter
csting fact concerning one Of that class:
A youth had become thirteen years of
age, when his eyes were touched by a
surgeon. He thought scarlet the most
beautiful color, black was painful. He
fancied every object touched him, and
he could not distinguish by sight what
he perfectly we'll knew by feeling, for in
stance, the cat and the dog. When his
second eye was touched, he remarked
that objects were not SO large in appear
ance to this as the one opened at first.
Pictures he considered only partly col
ored surfaces, and miniature absolute
ly astonished him, seeming TO him like
putt ng u bushel in pint.
Stanley, the organist, and many blind
musicians, have been the best perform
ers of their time; and schoolmistress
in England could discover that the boys
were playing in a distant corner OF the
room instead of studying, although a
person using his eyes could not detect
the slightest sound. Professor Sander
son, who was blind, could, in a few mo-
merits, tell how many persons We're in a
mixed company, and of what sex. A
blind French lady could dance in figure
dances, sew and thread her own nee
die. A blind man in Derbyshire Eng
land, has actually been a surveyor and
planner of roads, his ear guiding him as
to distance as accurately as the eye Of
others; and the late Justice Fielding,
VINO was blind, on walking into u room
for the first time, after speaking few
words, said: This room is twenty-five
feet long, eighteen wide, and twelve
high" all of which was revealed to him
with accuracy through the medium of the
ear. Truly, 1--WE are ieariulfy and Won
derfulIy made"
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-03

The catching of terrapins has been q
heavy business along the shores and riv-
ers OF the Chesapeake this cold weather.
The average price this season was about
$15 per dozen in Baltimore. 1t is said
there are about 1000 persons engaged in
catching terrapins on the bay inlets in
the early part of the season, and that
about 100000 terrapins are annually sent
to Baltimore, from which point they are
shipped to all parts of the country, and
900.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-03
AmpSen.enrs,

WOODS THEATER. - Miss Charlotte
Cushman made her second appearance
as "Meg Merrilees," last evening, to a
crowded house. This evening she will
appear, for the only time here, in her
world-renowned impersonation of Lady
Macbeth" She will be ably supported
by Mr.. b. Macauley as "Macbeth." Mr
Power will assume the part of "Mac-
dutiv
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-03
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.
. WEATHER PREDIOZIONs.

Probably clearing this afternoon or evening,
with possibly some light snow or sleet; fair or
PARTLY cloudy tomorrow forenoon.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-03

r 0. o. F.-Odd- fellows Protective Associa-
Il tion-Assessmen due ON death of Brother
VIM j. Kneppor. II S. ID. SMITH, Sec'y.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-03
DIED.

BURNS-On Monday, March ]. at 5P. M, Of
consumption. Miss Eva, eldest daughter OF
Mary A. and Jno. v. Burns
Funeral from the family residence, SIS Gest
treet, Thursday, 4th inst, at o O'Clock A. III.
Friends Of the family invited. ma2-St*
Boston papers please copy.l
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

THE WEEK OF PRAYER. The "Week Of
Prayer" which is observed by the mem
bers of nearly all Christian denominations,
occurs in January. The following is the
programme
Monday, Jan. 4.-Thanksgiyine and
Confession: Review of the past. Prayer
for grace TO express gratitude, not only
with the lip, but in the lite. Humiliation
for personal and national sins; Prayer for
the riches Of mercy, and power to overcome
temptation.
Tuesday. Jan. 5.-Nalional Objects for
Prayer: For kings aud all in authority /;
for soldiers and sailors; for the rich and
the poor; for prisoners and captives; for
the prosecuted and the oppressed.
Wednesday, Jan. G.-Home objects for
Prayer; Our children at home. In busi-
ness and abroadi for guardians; for uni
versties aud colleges for the Christian
ministry; and Sunday schools.
Thursday, January 7.-Foreign Objects
for Prayer; The extension If religious
| liberty throughout the world the preva-
lence Of peace among nations the increase
of harmony, sympathy and service among
| Christians of all lands the subordination
| Of International intercourse, and the in
crease of commerce and of science TO the
spread of Christs kingdom.
Friday, Jan. s.-Missionary Objects for
| Prayer; For the conversion OF the house
of Israel for the spread nj the gospel in
heather lands, and for the deliverance ol
nations from the YOKE of superstition.
| Saturday, Jan. 9.-Prayer for Religious
Revival; On the churches throughout the
world, for their increase In zeal. spirituali-
~ aud devotedness and for a clearer wit
ness for the truth among them.
Sunday, Jan. l0.-Sermons The essen
tial unity Of ChriSt's chursh, and the obll'
CATION binding on all Its members, 10 man
Hest u" h"in the hand Of peace"
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In An UnpIea.snt Prcdlcsm.nt.

Not long since a Des Moines man, whl!o
travelling on business, had occasion to stop
at town on the Il. and NJ. road. The
train arrived about ono o'clock In the
morning. Our traveller found nobody at
the depot except the walchman, and by
him he was directed to a hotel. He follow
cd the directions and in due time reached
the guest house and entered. He gave sew
eral distinct alarms, but was unable to
make anybody hear and so he started on =
voyage of discovery TO see If he could find
bed. Amer running about some he found
door that would yield, and entered well
furnished room in which was bed. It
was the ladies' parlor, but that no didn't
know, and 1t had been engaged for the uso
OF newly married couple who were al
that very moment enjoying the congratu-
lations Of their friends at a nuptial party q
square away. The Des Moner was tired
and sleepy, and didn't fool away any time
in getting to bed. He carefully placed all
of his clothes under bis pillow, slowed his
boots and his baggage under the bed, said
his prayers and bounced in, and in exactly
three-quarters OF minute he was asleep.
with them the clerk Of the hotel, who had
been in attendance on the festivities. Tho
groom mOdestly remained in the office un-
I'll his wife had retired, merely escortiug
her 10 the door Of the room, all uncon-
scious that the bed within was already occu-
pied. The maiden wife entered ana COM
menced 10 disrobe. Pins were drawn,
strings united, Fuckers unraveled, cores
cut; there was a surgng of white lace and
atumbler Of orange blossoms there were
swapping Of stays-and the light was turn
cd down very low, and the dalnsel went TO
bed. Then she Immediately went out 9f
bed, and the cattle on thousand hills
didn't make half as much noise as she wa.
making by the time she reached the floor.
She whooped, yelled and screamed like an
eagle, and whistled like an inebriated
steam engine, and in tue midst Of the din
the Des MOiner awoke and instantly COM
pretended the situation. lie commenced
TO apologize, but by the time he had reach
ed MADAM, lis mistake" the door opep-
ed and in strOde the husband and clerk,
armed with bootacks and stove wood. For
The next five minutes the Des Mouer was
kept busy dodsing the missiles fired at
him by the infuriated pair, and at every
shot the new wife would evoke ano.aIoi
edition of yelps. Finally the representa-
tive Of the capital city obtained a hearing
long enough to explain. the husband ex-
planned, the clerk explained, the wife told
him to "git,' and held the tongs before her
eyes while he gathered up his wearing ap-
parel aud slid out Of the door, and peace,
sweet peace, came down over all. The
clerk gave the Des Moines chap a shake
down IN another ro IN, and the play end
ed.-Fron, the Des Moines (Iopa) Register.
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THE MAN WHO LIVED TO BE Hun
DRIED AND TwELvE.-George LIbau, who
lately died in Monroe county, Pa, at the
age Of III, was born in Mount Bethel, Pa,
and moved from Northampton TO Monroe
county, half a century ago. AT that time
he was worth about $4,000, which he afler-
ward lost In real estate speculation, and
at the age OF rs he began life anew, buying
the farm upon which he lived and main
tanned himself and household TO the day OF
his death. Mr.. Labau was a noted hunter,
and 1t is told Of him that, amer he was 100
years old, he sometimes slept in the woods
the coolest nights OF winter weather. II Is
also said that at the age OF l05 he worked
all one winter in getting out cord-wood,
walking several miles daily, and that
when he was l07 he got out railroad ties
during the winter on contract. He voied
for Washington at the first presidential
election, and, last November, went three
miles 10 deposit democratic ticket in the
ballot box. He never had n doctor till q
few days before his death. He left SO
lineal descendants. His father, who died
at the age of Ill years, seven months md
five days, married a second wife 80 years
old when he was in his e5th year, and he
outived her.
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For several days Little Joe drooped and
shivercd and refused to eat, and at length
he sent for Mr.. Wise, but Mr.. Wise was
out of town and did not return Cor q
week and though when he got home, the
fret thing he did was to visit Little Joe, he
came too late, Tor Joe would never again
rise from the straw pallet on which he lay,
nor use the cruiches that nov stood idle In
the corner.
His eyes frightened, and he smiled faint
ly as Tom entered like breath of fresh
ar--so strong and fresh and vigorous that
it made one feel better only to be near him.
"Why, JOE, how Is this7'
The little cripple paused to gather up
bis strength then he said: "Busted agin.
Mas Tom, and you can't nuvver sot me up
no mo-"
"Oh, stuff! DR.. North can, If l cant.
Why didn't yoH send for him when you
found was away"
az dunno, sir; nuvver thoughl bout
it,"
Turning to the woman with whom Joe
lived, "And why the ID didn't you do
It p said Tom angrily.
"I didn't know Joe was 30 sick, said
she. "'Taint no use sen'in' for no doctor
now. l jes' been tellin' Joe he batter not
put oil maxim peace wild &c Lor1.'
II don't reckon de Lord Is mad id me,
Nabey. What IL done TO him? | didn't
uso to cuss, an didn't play marbles on
Sunday, COS conldn't play 'em no time,
like de boys dat had feet"
"Ef you don't take keer, yon'l be too
late, like Kiah. l Amt sayin' where Kiah
is ow,-tsnt for me to jedge," said Nancy,
"but you better be a tryin to open the gate
o paradise"
Piping the words out slowly and painful
ly, little Joe replied, 81 don't bleeve
kcer bout goin' less Kiah can go in, too :;
but / spec he's dar, COS 1 don't see what
de good Lord could ha' had agin him. He
oughtn't 10 thought hard o. nothin' Kiah
done, cos lie warn't nuvver nothin' but
fee niger, an didn't have no ole mas to
pattern by. Maybe he'll let us bofe In.
l know Kiah's waitin' for me ewhar,
but dunno what to say to Him. You ak
Him, Mas Tom
He spoke more feebly, and his eyes were
getting dull, but the old instinct of servI-
tude remained, and he added: "Ain't you
got nothin' to spread on the no, Nancy, so
Mas Tom won't git his knees dirty"
Immediately aud reverently Tom knelt
on the clay floor, aud, as nearly as lie re-
rnembered it, repeated the Lords Prayer.
"Thanky, Mas Tom," said Little Joe,
feebly. "What was dat-ole ms-used TO
--sing? 'Ob, Lam o'--God-I come-I-." ;"
The words ceased and the eyes remained
half closed, the pupils fixed.
Little Joe was dead.-Lippineou for No
renlbcr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

In another column Of to-day's issue IN.
prospectus OF Littell's Living Age for 1878
will he found. This publication has all
ways been the chief OF Its kind in this
country, and having recently absorbed Ev-
very Saturday, 1t is now the only ecl,c 10
weekly in the United Stales. 1t has had q
successful career Of over thirty years, and
1t would be difficult TO overestmate lie
value to American readers as the only
thorough as well as fresh compilation of
current literature which embraces within
its great and generally inaccessible mass,
The productions of the ablest living writer's
in science, fiction, poetry, history, biogra-
ply, politics, theology, philosophy, crlti-
cism, and art. 1t has become almost indls-
pensable to every person or family desir-
Ing a satisfactory compendium of the note
worthy In the literary world, and In no
other known way, certainly, can so much
OF the best work OF the best minds of the
age be obtained so conveniently, or with so
little money, az through this moAl compre-
heuSive OF periodicals.
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~
catch, aud hold, and reproduce, and put in
practical use, what would lie Uniformed
fancies in most other minds. Nearly sew
enty years ago, the original OF that portrait
was boy of ten years playing with COM
psnions in the streets OF that village. On
short street a little below his home, was the
shop Of man who worked In marble, and
this boy watching him one day, while
wearing down, with an iron block and
sand, the uneven surface OF n slab, split
out of the quarry ledge conceived the idea
of saving blocks OF marble by means of
upright toothless iron saws working with
sand and water, and Fastening home con-
structed with his boy hands, his model.
This model attracted the attention OF many
residents of that village, some Of whom
still survive.
| And the boys father proposed to DR..
| Eben Judd, an enterpriSing citizen of that
place, to build trial mill after the model.
with one saw, which proved a success.
Soon the ringing music OF the toothless
saws eating into the marble, husbed long
centuries ago, on the shores Of the Mediter-
ranean, was revived in this Green Noun
tain village, and to-day the marble quar-
res oil western Vermont are filling the
world wi h their beautiful productions, and
princely wealth is the reward of theil
workers. In early manhood this boy GO
MUS was laid away in his grave, while
promising rich additions Of inventions Il
the mechanical Interests OF The age. Fo
more than half century, the sunshine anC
the rain has fallen upon his grave will
no stone to tell Of the sleeper there. How
fitting it would be for the marble worker
of western Vermont, 10 place shaft, GU
by their toothles' saws, upon his grave,
tribute to the SC MUS of Isaac Markham
MiddiebWry Register.
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How MUCu WAS HE WORTH 1"-Tbere
is terrible Significance in the que estions we
sometimes ask upon the death of a wealthy
man, if We only understood the real sig
nificance of the questions. "How much
was he worth ?" we ask. And the angels
might reply: "Worth? He wasn't worth
anything. His money is worth something.
His body is worth something, az a source
of fertility 10 the soil. But he wasn't
worth anything"
So we vary the question: "Yes, but how
much did he leaveY" "Oh, leave" II
might be answered: "Yes, will tell you.
He had houses, lots, bonds, stocks, god,
notes, merchandise, farms. And he LEFT
Great God he left them all. He carried
""..tis W Gou5IlIrv 49, with him
~. UolIdUAnFI AM lpr sanAold NaaNalssGI,
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Little Joe's crfiTcues; Sded in the doA Evr1,
way, and Little Joe himself appeared, sob
bing bitterly, tears streaming down his
face. oh, Lordy, Mas Tom oh Lordy!'
"WhaI is the matter, Joe?'
"Oh Lordy, Mas Tom! Klahs done
gone!"
"Kiah! l. it possible! What was the
matter7" asked Mr.. Wise.
"Oh, Lordy ! oh, Lordy!' sobbed Little
Joe. "Me an him went down to de creek,
an was playin' baptizin,' an I'd done bap-
tized Kiab, an'-oh, Lordy Lordy !-au'
Kiah was jes gwine TO baptize me, an he
stepped out too fur, an his legs vas so
short he lost his holt on me an drowned !;
an l couldn't ketch him cos l couldn't
stan up widout uothin' to hold on TO. oh,
L0rdy! l wish nuvvur had ha heerd o.
baptizin' couldn't git him out, an
jcs KEEP on a-Aollerin', but nobody didn't
come til Kiah was done drownded."
II am sorry for you, Joe wish had
been there. But, as far as Eiah Is con-
cerned, he is better off than he was before"
said Mr.. Wise.
"No, he amt, Mas Tom" said Joe,
stoutly; "leas' ways, Kiah don't think SO
hisse'f, COS ef he had a wanted to die he
could ha' done it long an merry go. ]
don't b'leeve in no such fool talk as dead
folks beln' better of dan they was befo'."
Tom was silent, and Little Joe went on
with renewed tears ~ come up to az
you 30 gimme a clean shirt an par o
draws to put on Kiah. You needn't gim'
me no socks, COS he ain't got no feet. Oh
Lordy oh, Lordyl' sobbed Little Joe, sc
me an had jes' had feet like some folks
Kiah wouldn't ha' been drownded r.
Take this up to the house," said Mr.
Wise handing him a note, land Miss Mol
lie will give you whatever you want"
"Thanky, sir" said Joe. ~ know yot
Amt got no coffin handy, but you can GIN
me de money an l can git one. dom
reckon 1t will take much, COS Kiah warn
big"
Then Mr.. Wise wrote note for the un
dertaker, and directed Joe what to do wit
l..
The next day was cold and dark an
misty, and the pauper's hearse that con
veyed Kiah TO the graveyard was drive
so fast that poor little Joe, the only mourn
or, could hardly keep up as he hoppe
, along behind il on his crutches.
, The blast grew keener and the mi
heavier, and before Kiah was buried oil
0 OF sight the rain was falling in torren
/ that drenched the poor little cripple sol
D blng beside the grave, and the driver
> the hearse, a good hearted Irishman, sal
to him, "In wild ye, or get up here by M
an ye're a mind to, I'll lake ye back"
: But Joe shook his head, and prepared
o aop back as he had hopped out. "Thanl
ee, sir" said he, "but I'd rather walk.
= feel like would be gettin' ride out
: Kiah's funeral
i The wind blew open his buttonless shil
e and the rain beat heavily on his loyal lit
= breast, but he struggled against the storT
d and paused only once on his way hon
10 That was beside The goods box that he al
n Kiah had for a stall. Now II was dreuch
with rain and the sides bespattered wi
,e mud, and the newspaper that served for
t. cloth had blown over one corner and W
d soaked and torn, but clung TO Its old col
Il psnion, though the wind tried TO tear
d away and the rain TO beat 1t down. Lit
le Joe stood a minute beside It and eri
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Literary Department.
Charles Sunner.

Charles summer.
~ HaNRT W. LosGYEILov.
uArlands upon his grave,
And flowers upon his htArse,
And 10 the tender heart and brave
The tribute Of this verse
His was the troubled life,
The conflict and the pain,
The grief, the bitterness Of strife,
The honor without stalu.
Like wlnkelried, he took
Into his manly breast
The sheaf Of hostile spears, aud broke
Apsth for the oppressed;
Then from the fatal held,
Upon nstion's heart,
Borne like warrior on his shield
SO should the brave depart.
Death takes us by surprise,
And stays our hurrying feet;
The great design unfinished lies,
Our lives are incomplete.
Back In the dark unknown
Perfect their circles seem,
Even As . bridges arch Of stone
ia rounded in the stream.
Alike are life and death,
when life in death survives,
And the uninterrupted breath
Inspires a thousand lives.
We're a star quenched ON high,
For ages would its light,
sun travelling downward from the shy,
shine on our mortal sight.
81 when great man dies,
For years beyond our ken
The light he leaves behind him Lee
Upon the paths Of men.
tAtlantie Monthly for JAEuLry.
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a Forgotten Genius.

Lost arts, sometimes drop into the bust
nesi Of their lille again in mysterious
way, making little or no impression, save
upon a few thoughtful and appreciative
minds. More than four thousand years
the Elhiopians of northern Ahica,s awed
marble with tonthless iron saws, by means
ofsand and water; but in the overthrow Of
cultured civilization, by war and con-
quest, this AIT was lost 10 the world, and
centuries rolled by giving no sign. And
how few now can tell how this most i'm
portant invention was revived. There is
hanging upon the wall of plain room, in
the village Of Middlebury, Vermont, por-
trait taken in the freshness of youth, paint
ed in the o!den style, and dinged by more
than half century Of years, but still hold
ing wKaf the living expression OF one
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s'%s non.s Ms 's so. ,. I I'D a'bzss;s 81; Lz7ne 4es

nor money, nor yet did he carly .. l. - q.
the blessing Of the poor. He left all-he
carried nothing away with him."
But his neishbor has died a man who
was rot known on Change nor in the tax
list. And what has he len ?" we may
perhaps, curiously ask. "LenH he has
left nothing; but he has taken much with
him. He has gone 10 heaven laden with
the blessings Of the poor, Of the helpless,
of the young, OF the aged, of the widow, of
the friendless; of those whom he, by his
counsels and his acts, and his prayers, had
blessed; Of those whose poverty he had re-
lIeved, whose Ignorance he had enlightened
ed whose darkness he had dispelled, whose
bodies and whose souls he had fed"
When Wilberforce died, Daniel O'Con-
nell said: "He has gone up to heaven
bearing million broken fetters in his
hand" Happy he, whatever he may
leave, or may not leave, on earth, who
goes thus freighted into the other world.
Good Words.
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The Aldine,
THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA,
Issued Monthly.
"A NJ vnineent Conception wonderful, Carried Oat.

The necessity Of popular medium for the repre-
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made to meet the want The successive failures which
invariably followed each attempt in this country to
establish art Journal did not prove the indifference
of the people Of America to the claims Of high art 30
soon proper appreciation of the want and an ab-
ty to meet II were shown, public at once rallied
with enthusiasm to its support, and the result was
great artistic and commercial triumph-The Adine.
The Aldine while issued with all the regularity, has
Of the temporary timely interest characteris-
tic of ordinary periodicals. 1t IL an elegsn miscellany
OF pure, light and graceful literature; and collection
OF pictures, the rarest specimens Of artistic SKILL in
black aud white. Although each succeeding number
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SCISSOR OF complete volume cannot duplicate tho
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