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, 1876-06-04

The nefghborhood Of Ninth and L streets
(says the Washington Sunday HerahO was
thrown into a state OF excitement yesterday
morning by an infuriated middle-aged female
clothed in black, with short red hair, and armed
with an lntercsting-looking cowhide, with which,
with hendish delight, she cut the air right and
left, as she bowled along at tcn-knot speed.
Hating in front Of q espectable-lookins house,
she attracted tho attention of the inmates By
throwing a brick against the Goor. Half Il dozen
heads were thrust out OF as many windows,
among them that OF well known young gen.
tleman recently married. The excited woman
observed this, secretcd her cowhide, and With
saintly smile said:
''Tom, come down here; would speak with
you moment"
Thomas complied with the request, and, ac-
companied by Ills blushing young bride, opened
the door and confronted his visitor. That an
cicnt Institution cleared the front steps in one
bound, caught Tommy's left car in q irn grip,
and began to bclabor linn numerically, saying
as she did so:
'1You young wretchi You PUPPY! You I'M
grateful whelp! OVllackD Got married, did
You! Run uif from your mother, and marrics
TINT gal there, do you? {Whackt Thack!
wl,acRD Now, sir, jest git yer things ready
{wlack) and come home! I'll let yer know that
until yer are 81 (sl,ackD ger ain't going ter git
out Of my clutches !" (whack)
TOMS wife rushed to his assistance st this
juncturc, saying:
"Tom, my darling, slap her good, and como
iu."
But Tom tea1fuuy replied, as IN extra sharp
cut landed Oh his neck: .-..
II can't, my {oucl) darling; mother says
mustn't" Meckly he descended the steps. and
was led off by his mamma, followed by u large
crowd. The newly-nlauc bride went into tic
house, slammed the door, and quiet rclsned-
, 1876-06-04
He Got There.

LElF01E F7tt ITES5.
A man who had been long bombardcd by
hard times entered a yard On Lafayette avenue
yesterday and stretched out in the sliade o. q
tree. The gardener came out and asked nm
what business be had there, and the stranger
replied:
III seek solitude aud rest. want to be tar
from the madding crowd"
''You'n have to gt,'' said the gardener.
II shall stay here till have solved the great
problem Of lite,' was the quiet answer. .,o
4 policeman was brought around there 70 see
II he would, and he seized the old vag's coat
collar and inquired:
ssWill you walk into my parlor3"
~ am looking for solitude!'' shouted the
stranger, kicking with all his might z,.
It took three officers to get him our tle niin
where the solitude was thick enough to be cut
lengthways with IN old jack-knife.
, 1876-06-04
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Adventures with Rat---Confes.
sion of Faults.
Shoes and Stockings Representing the
Seasons.
l. Mothers Sacred observation-disclosures
Feminine Notes.

HERO-WOESup.
a little maiden read her books,
And only loved the more
Sir Philip Sidney every day
Than even the day before.
And, when her suitors came to roo,
She mutched them in her mind
With Philip Sidney, one and all,
But fur they fell behind.
For this one lacked the court1incss,
And this the pCrfect grace,
And this the learning rare and wide,
And this the handsome face.
And so she sent them allaWay,
But only loved the more
Sir Philip Sidney every day
Than she did the day before.
maiden of the fancy bright,
II it conld only be
Sir Philip should himself o'crleap
For You the centuries three,
And come upon his doughty eteed
A-ridfng to your gate,
And for your favor crave and sue,
And for your answer wait
ween you'd look him through and through,
hut never BID him stay;
In favor Of hIs fancied self
You'd send himself away.
.St7itAe3s for JuHe,
, 1876-06-04
n RAT

a RAW.
Yesterday morning (says the Burlington
Hapk<ve) a lady who lives ont in West Hill was
moved, by reading the "city lyric" OH the sub
iect, to 20 down into tile cellar and see how the
moisture was, She did not go down, however,
for the water was there before her, and had been
there ali night, and had driven the rats out to
higher ground, like the pocr people in Happy
Hollow. She had not more than opened the
door when T. grcat rat sprang between her
dress aud pet-oh-ur-oh-skirt and scranl-
bled up to an kncasy resting-plaee. The
next instant the lady had him in her nervous
grasp, holding dress, skirt, and rat with des-
peratc grip, despite the wrigglins and squir1ning
of the rodent. And back into the kitchen she
went, and the matinee opened. The lady is
good church-mcmber, and has never taken
lesson in dancing in her life, hut she waltzed
across the kitchen, and galloped through the sit
ting -room and pollzaed down the hall, and schot-
tisched back to the dining-room, and reeled
back into the kitchen, where she jisged, and
shu1llcd, and pirouctted, never missing a step,
and furnishing her own music all tue tlnle,
while her sister and three children ran after her,
shrielzing aud wailing for help, under the i'm
preston that she had gone mad, and bcsccching
ct last, when tic orchestra was out OF breath,
and, when she told thcm, they oil shrieked IN
chorus aud ran out Of the room, but returned,
climbed up On the table, and begged hcr to turn
tho rat loose. Perish the thought, she said.
In all her wild dance, white striy:-
ipg to quiet her nerves, she had
cling to that rat. 1t had caused her too much
fright to escape now. She held on to him, end
wasn't going to let go Of him TIL the headsnlan
was ready. A council Of war determined that
the best way to kill rat was to put him In
BAG aud pound or drown him. Thclafy ordered
the galleries cleared, and then, with many
shrieks, and trembling but determined hands,
she e1nptied the rat into the bag
that her sister had given her, and
called in tile family. When the house IVES
again in session, the rat was chased into .
corner Of the bag, the lady who had captured it
nut her foot on the bag to keep Etnl i'll his
place. and her sister, posing the heavy poker
over the rat, took good aim, raised the poker
high above ler hcaI, shut her eyes and averted
her head SO that she might not see the carnage,
and then, su1lmoning all her strength, struck
the deadly blow. A loud, piercing scream, that
curdcd tie blood with the intensity Of Its agony,
followed the blow, and as the executiouer
opened her eyes, she behell the unfortunate
raat1atchcr at the other end OF tho room, seat
ed on the floor, swaying to and fro, nursing hcr
bruised and beaten foot, while the rat, greatly
frightened by the noise, ran out OF the bag,
Jumped On the baby's head and scared 1t into
Commissions, leaped from the baby on to the ta-
Bit, Aoppcd into crock Of butter, scrambled
through pan Of milk, jumped OIL tho table on
to the window-sill, and ran under the house to
conceal its emotion.
, 1876-06-04
ARTISTIC sHOE-MAK1NG.


Some weeks ago (says q Washington CORE
sponlcnt Of the Detroit Free Press allusion was
made to the notice given By the shoemaker In
Brussels to customer in Washington that he
intended to mike four pairs Of shoes on herlast,
No. 121z, for the Exhibition, and each pair
should represent one Of the four seasons. How
be proposed to do this was q mystery until the
shoes arrived, and now I must give the readers
of the Free Pres m idea OF the poetry it is pos
siblc for an artist to put into shoes and stock
ings. Such stockings as those about to be de-
scribed, one can imagine, might say TO the
striped hose OF last season q. bds. Spring IS
represented by shoes embroidered with tiny
spripg flowers the straps across the low shoes
have knots Of pleated Swiss muslin. The Whlte
silk stockings accompanying these are embro1-
dcred with Wild and garden flowers. Summer
IS denoted by shoes on which are squares
wrought in straw on blue ground, bordercd
with ears of corn and field flowers ssaliful4y en-
broiGercd- The stockings are silk Of hnc o1 Tue
skies lu summer, embroidered with do"efs 70
match the shoes. For autumn the shoes are o1
dark stuff, embroidered with dead leaves, a1aa
garnisEel with knots of i peculiar sl!ate oi
leaves in process Of decay. The. stockings OF
brown silk arc embroidered with gaslands o.
dead leaves. Winter is Suggested u siots each -;
ri which is made of the wilblc sllA oi Ast.e
c7,ninc, the fur Of tie animal =t.c, oz cissc'
, 1876-06-04

A short time ngo (says the Philadelphia Bnl-
ktiul Mr., Grimes and his wife were sitting to-
gcther, one evening, and they got to talking
about their married life and past troubles, until
both OF them grew quite sympathetic and a.scc-
tiouate. 1t last, Mrs. Grimes suggested that it
might help to kinllc afrcsh the fire Of love in
their hearts if they would freely confess their
faults to each other, and promise to amend them.
Mr.. Grimes said it struck him as good idea For
his part, he was willing to make clean breast
Of it, but he suggested that perhaps his wife
had better begin. She thought for moment,
aud then this conversation ensucd:
Mrs. Grimes-ss We'll, then, William, / am
willing to acknowledge that l am the worst
tempered woman in the world"
&. G.turaing and looking at her)-A Louisiana,
that's about the only time you ever told the
sauare-toed truth in your life!"
Mrs G., Indignantly" Mr.. Grimes, that's
perfectly outrageous. You ought to be asham-
G.-"Well, you know it's so.- You have got
the worst temper Of any woman ever saw"
good-tcmpcred rs you are" .. .
G.-"Tfaat's not SO. You're Us cross as i
bear. II you were married to craven image,
you'd quarrel with it.''
Mrs. G.-'s That's an outrageous falselood;
There isn't any woman about this neiShborhood
that puts up with as much as 10 without get
ting angry. You're perfect brute"
G.-ssIt YOU that Is the brute"
Mrs. G-aNo it isn't
G.-"Yes, it is. You're as snappish as mad
dog. It's few men that could stand the Ike OF
you"
Mrs. Gift you say that again, I'll scratch
your eyes out!" u
Mrs. G-"you do, CHI Well, take tbatl and
that! fcutI1ng him on the head).
-"You let go Of my hair, or I'll murder
you" ,, 80, it, zoo
this very night. won't live any longer with
such monster" ........-.,,
G.-aWell, quit, get out-the sooner the bet
ter. Good ritldance to bad rubbish, and take
your duls with you"
Mrs, G.-"I'in sorry I ever married you.
You amt tit to be yoked with any decent
woman.n
Good-bye. Don't come back soon."
Then Mrs. Grimes put on her bonnet, and
went around to her 1nother's- ar. Grimes 1nt;
hasn't yet confessed what his principal fail
ing is.
, 1876-06-04

Miss Cozbitt, an American artistic, said to oe
possessed OF voice of remarkable power anu
culture, and whose dramatic abilities are aso
very highly spoken Of, will make her oGDus ~
the New York Academy Of Music IN Engiisn
opera on June 5. 'sNorma being the lnltia1
work Of the season.
, 1876-06-04

Average speed from Chicago to Clinton (includ-
ing stops),. IS miles per hour:
Average speed from Chicago to Clinton deduct
ing for stops), 58 miles per hour.
Average speed from Chicago to 0maha tinclud-
ing stops), Is miles per hour.
Average speed from Chicago to Omaha (deduct-
lug stops), 4Sai miles per hour.
fine from New York to Mississippi River
(Clinton}, - hours.
Average speed from New York to Clinton tin
cludiny stops>, 1875 miles per hour.
Time from New York to Omaha, 80 huurs and II
minutes.
Average speed from New York to Omaha {ine1ud-
ing stops), 42 miles per hour.
, 1876-06-04

Runs earned-Louisvil1e, 3.
Gmpire-Mr Daniels, Of Hartford.
Time Of game-One hour and forty-hve minutes.
HARTFORD vs.. c1SClNNAII.
SDxcIct Disua4ch i6 The Tribune
HARTFORD, Conn, June 3.-Thc Hartfords
md Cincinnatis played to-day, only 200 persons
being present. The Hartfords played sharp
game, and until the eighth inning not Cinci1i-
nati man reached frst base. Gould Gid in the
eighth, but was LETT at first, and in the ninth
1T By C:eck, q passed hall By Allison, a2tt
, 1876-06-04

THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ..
The week Just closed has placed Chicago still
further in tic lead, and St. Louis is now press
ing Hartford for the second place. The West
has won II and lost 10 of the games played in
the East The present week will transfer the
Chicagos to Philadelphia, ST. Louis to Boston,
Louisville to Hartford, aud Cincinnati to New
York. The following is the standing Of the
clubs to date:
, 1876-06-04
sTNIrED STOCKINGS. Iiuns. outs. Errors.


At $50 the carriages were ordered up, and at
6 30 the party were safe back In town.
, 1876-06-04

RESPONSIBLE FAEkEh5-
The following communication has been re-
ccivcd from the wcl1-known meatrpackers,
Libby, Mcneil St Libby, who do very large
business In Theoretically sealed can meats:
To the Editor u Tia Trtonnt.
CHICAGO, June 3.-Thc statement In the Chi
cago Times Hthat certain persons In this city
have been injured by eating pressed corned
beet" has been found, after careful dnVestiga-
tion Of the facts, to refer to beef put up in
rolls, and wrapped In cloth, and not at all SIM
liar to meats put up by Libby, lcNeill d
Libby, In hermetically y.sea1ed cana, which have
an established reputation all over the country.
Prof Horsford, OF Cambridge, the well-known
chemist, has made thorough and careful
analysis Of these meats, and from his report
thereon We quote the following extracts:
On opening the ccn tho aroma Of cooked corned
beef which exhaled was perfectly fresh, and most
grateful to the sense Of smell. The appearance OF
the meat may be described >s1 bEi1linnt ind It
perfectly sweet most acceptable to the palate. and
Unsurpassed by such plain corned beef a. am able
to obtain in the market The practical tests WeEc
entirely satisfactory. hare no hesitation, there
fore, IN pronounctng the sample perfectly sound;
and ~ am familiar with the process Of prcpdra-
ton pursued BY the parties may add that know
Of no reason ~ IN the ordinary work Of their es
tablishment every sample OF meat put up By them
should not be invariably wholly sound and health
ful.
The above testimony Is simply unhnpeachable,
coming, as it does, from one OF the highest au-
thoritics on the subject Of wholesome food In the
country. We shall continue the high standard
so Justly attained by our meats, and confidently
ernect the continued favor OF the public.
LIBBY, MCNE1IL & L1BRT.
, 1876-06-04
PUNISHMENT ENOUGH.

FUN1S1l451EIF1 L EA8VUO0.
In the Police Court yesterday {says the De-
troit Free Prexs) was witness WHO had refused
to obey subpoena, and who was accordingly
brought to terms with the aid Of an attachment
When the Police Justice asked him what excuse
he had to offer for his contempt Of court, he
replied that at the time they wanted him in
court he was standing at the altar ''gittin'
married."
May it please your Honor" hurTiedly inter
posed . bachelor lawyer who had overheard the
apology, IS respectfully suggest that the man
is already sufficiently punished, and beg the
Court to deal with him merciuliy in view OF his
recent atIliction."
tsAl,'' replied his Honor, SO it strikes nc.
You can go. You arc discharged, sir, anti may
Heaven have mercy on you!"
, 1876-06-04
OTHER SPORTS.
TIE pos1-oFFICE RIFLE TEAM.

The Post Office Rifle Team practiccd at their
Lakc-vicw range yesterday afternoon. The fol-
lowing Was the score out OF a possible 5o' at 0o
, 1876-06-04

the head is placed On top Of the slipper, near
the toes, 10 such wise is to appear to be resting
there naturally, thus giving material signifca-
ton to the oft quoted lines OF the poet:
Her feet bcneau. her pctticcat,
Like little mice cr-pt in aud unt.
The stocking above the winter shoe Is Of dark
brown silk, artistically embroidered, with lit
tie tree destitute Of leaves, the branches Of
which arc covered with SNOW, and this tree Is
surrounded with other trees with leafess
branches. The artist who conceived these
luminous ideas for tie adornment Of thn dainty
e1trcmities Of woman thus writes OF Ills work.
He says: s* do not need to express the difficult
ty which was presented by tho execution Of this
group OF shoes; it was necessary to be original
characterize 1 EACH season sufficiently without
falling into cccentricity, without overchnzgingg
the feet with an accumulation Of symbols"
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noe suy good. TIE time mas long gone by
when wOsGs eoult comfort me. Something
tells me that NY tongue Is doomed To wsg
forever tn the Jigger of that rem less I; :
gle There-tsere IL is coming ON me again:
q blue trip slip for an eigt t-cent fare, a bun
tr slip for a"
friend sank into peaceful trance and forgot
his sufieriDgs in a blessed respite.
How did finally save him from the asy-
lumf took him % neighboring uuiverst-
~ and made him discharge the burden of
his prosecuting rhymes into the eager ears
OF the poor, unthinking students. How is IL
with them, now The resu lt Is too sad TO tell.
Why did write this article? 1t was for q
wol thy, even Q noble, purpose. 1t was TO
warn you, re ader, IL you should come across
those mercfltss rhymes, 10 avoid them
ay old them as you would pestilence.
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A NAME THE SAND.

Prom O.. d. Prentice's Poems
|re l walked the ocean strand;
|early shell was ia my hand;
Popet and wrote upon the sand
MY name, the year. and day
inward from the spot passed,
lingering look behind cast,
ave came rolling high and fast
Aud washed my line away.
h so, nnethOught, twill quickly be
ID every mark on earth from me;
ave of dark oblivion's sea
VIII sweep across the place
ere have trod the sandy shore
lime, and been 10 be no more
ne, my day, the name / bore,
To leave no track or trace.
yet, with Him who counts the sands,
I holds the water In his hands,
low lasting record stands,
Inscribed against my name.
III this mortal part has wrought,
III this sinking soul has thought,
I from these fieeting moments caught,
For glory or for shame.
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SAD SKATING AND DRowNING AccI-
DENT.-The Wilmington, Del, papers fur
ing. of two boys ia a mill pond at Middieton
on Saturday: About II O'Clock a crowd OF
boys ventured close to the mill, and, sesing
the ice was too thin TO bear them, stopped
commenced bantering one another TO pro-
coed. The banter was accepted by Frank
Wilson and Curtis Layton, each IL. They
had nearly reached the shore when Wilson
broke through the ice, aud, screaming for
help, La ton, who was some distance from
him at the moment, started toflis assistance
but broke through: Managing 70 get out,
Wilson, and reached his hand TO draw him
from the water; the hand was eagerly grasp
ed by the dying boy, and In his last efforts
To save himself he pulled Layton into the
water ana they both sank 10 rise no more
alive. The bodies were recovered.
r3-Liyely: A Cincinnati couple three day s
married are after divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-22

TIN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A LEG
In the Brooklyn circuit court VIM. +. Engle.
hardt sued the Broadway Railway Com pany
for 10000 for injuries to his son, aged i5
years, who, while getting On the front plat
form of a car, fell and was run over, his leg
being so badly crushed as 10 require ampu-
tation. The defence was that the boy con-
tributed to the accident by getting on the car
while IL was in motion. Judge Gilbert
charged the jury that II was not con tri butory
neglect TO get on a moving ear and tie Jury
gave the father a verdict for $40 900.
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THE ATTLEBoRoUGH COMMANDS. -
When the "upper crust" about Attleborough
want an extra good time they get up fried
onion party. AT the last OF these festive &C.
casions pyramid of onions graced the CEN
ter OF the table, while fried, roasted, stewed,
boiled and sliced onions crowded each other
for room. The epicures OF the party rather
preferred them served up on clam and oyster
shells. From the manner in which the
onion pie disappeared, IL could easily be seen
that the judge, as well as the other high Of
ncials, appreciated good living Bucks
County Pd) Infeliigencer.
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By justin Mccarthy.
Anna seward and Major Andre. AN Or
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snicide. BY Albert Rhodes.
Transformation. By Nora Perry.
Parma and Bologna By M. X. W. 8.
Reuben Dale. By Miss Annie 7. HOseIls.
The Iraditisn Of Conquest. By Mrs.. q. NJ
Minor IRENE NoveIists. BY ii. James, yr.
Social and Domestic Life Under the An
Gent Regime. IRoN THE FORTHCOMING
son Kelly. By Marian Douglas.
Banberry. By Jsne @. Austin.
A Word or Two on Emerson. BY John Bur-
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Drift wood. BY PhiHp ounibtt.
Scientific Miscellany.
Current Literature.
Nebula. BY THE KDIToR.
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A CORN SHELLING MATCH.-The tar-heel
conventionist knows thing or two besides
making constitutions. He can beat all Gre
alton Smelling corn. The other evening a
strOlllDg peddler had newly patented corn
shelter hawking IL about Raleigh, and was
showing a crowd on the street how fast IL
could shell, when an old member from the
mountain walked up, dressed in blue jeans,
and cob-pipe in his mouth, and said TO the
peddler:
~ can beat that thing Smelling corn my
SELF"
"Well, sir, ;" said the peddler, ON give You
a machine for nothing IL you'll do IT."
GOOD as wheat" says conventionist, and
he searched over the pile for a red cob made
boy takett TO q fire and burn IL little,
and then squaring himself on the sidewalk
he seized the red COB with regular old planta-
ton grip In one hand, while he held the ear
OF corn between both legs with the other and
waited for the word ''go" from little man
in the crowd, who held the watch To time
them.
"Go!" cried the fellow and at IL they went.
But the little peddler was so excited in the
start that his shelter got choked, and while
he was scuffiing 70 unchoke IL the old MEM
Der coolly got up, and pitching his half
shelled ear Into the pile, said he TO the ped
dler:
al amt got time to shell against that
thing, Mister; IL would make me slow-mo-
TONED for life" and he stepped away lively,
the crowd shouting and the peddler mad
raleigh Correspondence Of the Tfcks6sug
Herald.
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cZ-Lively: A Cincinnati couple three days
married are after a divorce.