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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-20

c1yrL APPROPRIATIONS - washington,
5 Feh,,ary 1s.-The sundry civil approprias
i,on hin, as completed by the Sub Commit.
. .ssa on S Appropriations. provides for about out
$4,000. ZOO. which is several millions Tess !
than last year. Chicago gets saoe, o9o, ana
cincinnati. st. Louis, and Phiiaaelpna'al
s3s5. 900 each, for public buildings.
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by wellington Goddln.
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
Office corner Of Eleventh and Bank streets.
GALE AT AUCTION OF VALUABLE
- LOT AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
MARSHALL AND MADISON STREETS.-At the
request of the trustees. will sell at auction Oh the
premises, on WEDNESDAY the 21st of February:
1877, at 4 o'clock p NJ, that truly beautiful LOT
located above. fronting 40 feet running back 30
feet to an alley 10 feet wide.
TERMS: Al SALE W. GODDlN,
fn lR Anctioncer.
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In pursuance of the power given us by a GER
tain paper duly executed and dated the Sd day
Of January, S77, from the heirs Of Caroline Phil
fps, deceased, we shall proceed to sell, upon
the premises. at public auction, on MONDAY the
26th day OF February, 1877, at IL O'Clock H., that
TRULY Observation-Disclosures AND M
PROVED PROPERTY situated as described above,
now occupied by Charles ". Green. Archer &
ton occupied rental OF about $4,000 per year.
This property is located in an improving and egi-
BILE part of Main street, and offers for Investment
most adI ambiguous opportunity to capitalists and
others, 1t is growing steadily and regularly IN
value and will ut all times command fair rents and
prompt tenants. Each building has good front on
Main street, and extends back good DEPTH A plat
of the property will be exhibited at sale, showing
dimensions Of each lot.
THE TERMS, which win be attractive and liberal,
will be announced at time of sale.
Special attention is called to this important sale.
and parties wishing 10 avail themselves Of an oppor.
tunity to purchase Main-street property will attend
W. l.. ROYAL.
..u A. NJ KELLEY,
fr1o Trustees.
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The Packard matter was not Weldon
it was badly done.
self-made men are apt to worship 'nei'
maker.
To what length may the widow go wlses
,shc desires a new parent for her GalloEen ..s
She NAV so one stepistber.-- Worces'e'
Gazette,
70 Mrs, I.ireraore Intends T" desNser
more lectures, will she please asieet ses,,e
m a,oss enticiny subjects than "S'lperileous
IWnnen," Let stipsfluity take any shape
but that
Harriet Beecher Stowe strsas the teatness =
ero,,, h,,- brother Henry by remarksag that
.stbere Is no free-love nonsense among
lSrds.S
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JEWELRY.

EXECUTORS NOTICE. Having quail
/ f,I fed rs executor OF the estate OF ANN 4.
BRIGHT deceased, i hereby request all persons In
debted to said estat to make Immediate payment to
me- and all persons having claims against said estate
c.iesi - = = JAMES n. WALSH,
$500 Executor Of Ann r. Bright, decess d. 81
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DEPARTURE or STEAMERS.

DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS.
dor PHILADELPHIA, PRO MEFn
steamer pAITkAsc AS Gapan cARR vii asssSs
freight for the above ports until TUESDAY the
Passage to Philadelphia, Including meals and state
ro0"'' 20 "''''D' W.P. PORTER, Agent.
fe2O-1t 2425 Dock street.
DOR NEW YORK.-The Old ~Ees,
,ls,msp nb oSfsSRossSp caDn WSIsEH Vii
sail TUESDAY, February 2oth, a. O'Clock A: a.
Freight s d, until Snsa nd Ho sysnnr
warded With dispatch to all points North, south, east,
and west; also, 10 foreign ports.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassen.
Cabin fare to New York, $l2; round-trip tickets
$50. Steerage $6 and 80.
For freight or passage, apply to RI ,.o,t.
fele-2t Company's Wharf, Rockets.
MERCHANTS sTEA ,scEFS
II LINE TO BRAZH,-FOR PER-essssegs
NAMBUCO AND BAHIA.-Steanship CAsSlNl
will sail from Pier 81 East rner, March lst at 9
on d. low bss 81 For further Information apply to
the agent '' il. 3. BoRIAND, 70 wall street:
CHEAP FREIGHT RATEsea 49,
AND THE WEST,
AND THE
The steamers SHIRLEY and DEFIANCE will
leave from Twenty-second and Dock streets every
WEDNESDAY Il y Il; and sATIRR p I at 4 r
northern, and western points II low rate.
Twenty-second and Dock streets,
fec aud 903 Main street.
PHILADELPHIA. RICH NfEFss
i MoND, AND NORFOLK STEAM, ssS= .s.5s4sss
SHIP I,ISE.-FOR PHILADELPHIA PROVE
sTATEs THREE TINES LIS; WEEK ~ tursner
TaTRSRAY and SATURDAY and RcRm fond
Meeting at Providence with Boston and Providence
railroad for Boston, and by our Fail River line for
the same city rid Cape Cod, landing at Old Colony
0''''' 'AN ''' W: r. PORTER. Agent,
2425 Dock street. Richmond.
WILLIAM 7. CLYDE & CO..
No. IL South T y q TiI rR'la ! san,
my17 No. 20 Devonshire street. Boston.
OLD D0NlN dSNr sTEAAsH1P it zne
FOR NEW YORK.
Tns H qVs & t5sE ss Se
DAY. and SUNDAY at high water.
These ships are entirely new, and were built ex-
prcssly for this route. .
They have splendid saloons, state-rooms, and bath
rooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attentions are un-
surpassed
Goods shipped by this line are landed regularly At
New York on the company's covered pier, 81 North
river.
Frcights for points beyond New York forwarded
with Dispatch and no charge made except actual ex-
penses incurred.
Freight received until P. NJ. daily.
Cabin fare to New York, $12 round-trip tickets,
$50. Storage, SO and 10.
For further information apply to
GEORGE w. ALLEN & CO., Agents,
nv 10 office Companr's wharves. Rockets.
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GROCERIES,. DE.
NEW-CROP GREEN TEAS.

N
Our fifth importation of NEW TEAS now land
ing direct from China vfa San Francisco and the
Pacific railroad This shipment was selected With
Of Shanghai under orders for "GUNPOWDER
TEAS OF THE BEST QUALITY and they are
without doubt, the FINEST TEAS imported.
We offer this stock to the trade at prices as low as
similar goods can be purchased ia other markets.
DAVENPORT & MORRIS,
fc 14-2w importers.
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INSURES AGAINST LOSSES 81 FlkE.
H. X ELLYSON, President;
WILLIAM II. HAXALL, Vicc-Presdcnt;
ROBERT T. BROOKE, Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
H. X EILYsoN. ALFRED T. HARRIS,
BOILING w. HAXAL;., CHARLES CAMPBELL,
CLAY DREwRY, GEORGE w. ALLEN,
JOHN W. WRIGHT: RICHARD II. MEADE,
EDWARD MAYO, WILLIAM ID. GIBSON,
THOMAS POTTS, CHARLES L. TODD,
WILLIAM III. HAXALL, John +. TANNER,
A. D. WILLIAMS, L. d. CRENsHAW, JR.,
JOHN AuERN, ". w. TIMBERLAKE,
TuOs w PEMBERTON, #. WILEY DAVIS,
w. S. DONNAS, JR., FRANCIS L. lSDELL,
EDGAR D. TAYLOR, ). I. RoSENBAUM,
THOMAS Z. LANGDON, OF Baltimore.
ASSETS JANUARY 1sT, 1877.
United States registered bonds, fves
1881, market value. ..............S 56,UOO w
City of Richmond registered bonds, 8
per cent, market value. 23,2OO w
City of Boston registered bonds 6 per
cent, market value .;......;;....;.. ll,4oo w
si per cent. market value .......... 1920 90
aFEss S5Ss 1893 60 60
p real eslatt e valued at seo,604j 24,626 90
colIaterals s79,64i BOZ 62,o66 so
od IN cnmnauV.S Office. lo,545 25
Interest due and accrued. ........... 1,S02 16
Premiums III hands OF agents........ 0,o6a 92
Ofice-furnture ..,......... .............. e0S 90
Bills receivable for premiums........... AZ 81
s2s2,os4 rs
IN Il
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO KAILRoAp,l
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT., !
RICHMOND. VA. December |. 1861
ON AND AFTER DECEMBER 3, 1916,

and arrives at Gordonsvllle 1T 1880 p. ST. and AZ
riyes at Washington At 1850 i. ".
Mall trains run daily Except west Of GOrdonsyilS
on sunday.
Express trains run daily, stopping a. junction,
Noel's. Trevilllan's Gord0n-vllc. Charlottesville,
Staunton, Goshen, Mitlboro', Covington, and all
regular stations west Of CoyinstOn.
Accommodation trains run daily Except Sunday,
and connect ut Gordonsville for Washington.
Mail and express trains connect At GorOnsyi!le
for Washington, aud mil train at Charlottesville
FOR Lynchburg and the South.
Express train connects IT Cincinnati with the
trunk lines for all points in the West, Northwest and
Southwest, including California; Oregon. and TcXas.
Mail train ARRIVES 1T Richmond al 1870 L. VI.
Express train from Cincinnati connects AZ Cor
louisville with the Virginia Midland railroad,
irving at Washington at 1870 \. d., ana arrives at
Richmond a. $50 A. NJ. connecting with the Rich
mond and Danvile and Richmond and Petersburg
trains for all points South.
Through coaches from Richmond TO Washington.
Accom- modatiou train arriv res III $40 A. VI.
Secping-cars run on uiPh.-rains.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked 10 all
principal points.
For rates, information &C., apply AZ Company's
offices. and ut S26 Main street. Richmond. Va
CONWAY X. HOWARD.
General PaSsenecr and Ticket Agent.
W. H. s. DUNN.
Engineer and uDeriuIpuicnt.
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TOR PHILADELPHIA, PRO- NFEFn
Il yIDENCE. AND BOSTO N.-sszszkssssss
Steamer ALLIANCE, Captain CARR. will receive
freight for the above ports until TUESDAY the
goth instant, at 10 O'Clock.
Passage to Philadelphia, including meals and state
''''"' go ". P. PORTER, Agent.
70 Colt 1926 Dock street
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~ Es.sE.s:EI:sa sss:s.a1:a go
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Real EIstaN Agent sEu Nuetuntcr'
11I3 Main street, opposite Dispatch ONCE.
TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK HOUSE
/ IND LOT ON JACKSON sTREET;S.ealBy, VII
tue of deed of trust dated 9th Of April 1870, exc
cufed by A, r Brooksrfd Wife to the ne osrslgned
rs trustees and recorded in the Richmond Shancery
Court, d l. 100 B., paue 44s and de1anit having WIG
therein secured and bsing required SO TO do BY tllG
beneaeiar as traee sSe ~i n se
r. " ON EERRIIEY:Y, 1877, at AZ O'clock 2. 81. =.
the following REaL ESTATE DESCRIBED In saio
en- ~ rcrt.io LOT OF LAND I'm the city Of
Ricbp,nnS. with n SMALL BRICK HOUSE on It.,
frontjnp 81 fetES inches on JACKSON street, near
Ciarke street, and running back sretween parahei
lines n feet Emcre or less) to an aley.
TExMs: Bytcrisent Of parties interested, T ar DC
moni5,s. interest added and secured by trust-deed
SOLOMON JOHNSON,
DANIEL HENDERSON,
A. r. BE0OkS,
Trustees.
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MERCHANTS STEA MSHIP <.fEF,
WI LINE TO BRAZIL-FOR PER-sscEssfsss,
NAMBUCO AND BAHIA.-Stealnship CAsSiNl
will sail from Pier 81 East rtser, March 1st. at
p. NJ. Rates of passage and freight have been fixed
on low basis. For further Indignation apply to
70 New York,
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.

FIRE ASSOCIATION OF
VIRGINIA.
plOOiOOo--
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. . ...rraa sAEEs--Ta.. Day.
nv 4. 3. Cook, Auctioneer,
,.s. ro1r, {aneeruor6trcet.

a - $4,000 By Il. Is. CUoxS 7kuS'. 1900
NO. % Governor street.
.TrousEHoLp FuRNiLTU]lRIEs, ,, Bn0Ts,
III SHOES. :, I Gil Al a. ,ny nnc,sn,,-
r rdrs n "a assortment Of HOUSEHOLD FuRsl-
TURF, s2ps4s.sI.in sgd n nAK ExTENsIoE.TABLEs,
MMHsEEESIT and PAINTED WARDROREs,
WWNs,NIIT HAIR-CL 9TH PARLOkSUpT,
New TIN.SAFES, s.Hef ts
Hg fROTH SOFAS and PARI0a CHAIRS,
JGlUBLE and SINGLE MATaRASSEs,
FESDERS, CRATES. ann Fk0EIs;
ROCKING and HEATiNG.SqOVEs,
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, &c, &c.
ALSO,
c,ans NrEN,s ROOTS, SHoEa and GATHERS
70 90 E, Is. COOK, Auctionets.
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THROUGH PASSENGER.

RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND CHEspy.yp1
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS. "''"D'
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TosT sTRAyED, AND FOUND.

T OST, Sunday night, on Franklin street
1 4 between Eighth and Foushee. on Foushee be-
tween Franklin and Main, PLAIN FAN with an
old-fasiioued SILVER CHAIN attached .Ihe chaip
is of little intrinsic value, but one dollar VIII DC paio
for Its delivery ut 100 east franklin street.
re Colts
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Cd CLOVER HILL COAL. 30.
eDfs LUMP per ton, delivered, 35;
HAIL per ton, delivered, "a.
Our HAIL the cheapest crate coal ever Gftes ed.
Special arrangements made with manufacturers
for our ENGINE COAL ut very low price, qualify
considered. Yard, Seventh and Byrd stree;s r,
ia Commercial Agent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
DOmeSfic Hints.

Barley Water.-On two ~spoonfuls of
crushed barley pour n quart of boiling
water, cook ten minutes and strain.
Then add a glass of Calls foot Jelly, or,
if not to be had, add lemon favoring.
Kisses.-Beat three fresh eggs to a.
stiff froth and stir in five spoonfuls finest
powdered sugar flavor with lemon. But
ter a pan and lay in white paper; drop
the mixture on it in cakes of a teaspoon
full each. Sift sugar over and bake in.
slow oven for half an hour.
d.Lamb.-Cut up the lambins small
pieces, place in a skillet with one chop
ped green onion, salt, pepper, one bay
leaf, and peas in quantity'with the meat,
a little of the cold lamb gravy, -four and
butter and water just sufficient to cover
it evenly; let simmer one-half hour.
When done add the juice of lemon.
Chocolate Cake.-One cupful butter,
two cupfuls sugar, three cupfuls milk,
one-haff te~aspoonful soda, n teaspoon
full cream tartar, five eggs, leaving out
two of the whites, three and a half cup
fuls flour; bake in a large sheet-iron pan.
The cake should be about one and a half
inches thick when baked. For frosting,
two whites of eggs, one and a half cup
fuls pulverized sugar, two ~teaspoonfuls
vanilla, six tablespoonfuls grated choc-
olate; spread on bottomside of cake when
taken from the oven.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
GradatiOns of Guilt.

The wisdom of many people, and of
all ages, ordains for the punishment of
the same act various degrees of severity,
according to the influence of circum-
stances, or the guilt of the offenders.
Thus, homicide may be only killing by
misadventure, or willful murder, or high
treason, according as the case may be.
1t is, therefore, strictly OF principle that
the act of converting to ones own use
the money of another, exhibits, in the
light of our lofty civilization, various
gradations of guilt, which, after the
manner of criminal statutes, are signi-
fed by appropriate names, the amount
of the ~spoliation being in this case the
principal criterion. Thus:
Taking 81, OOO, 900 is called a case of
Genius.
Taking 100000 is called a case of
Shortage.
Taking $4,000 is called a case of Lit
Taking $4,000 is called a case of In
solvency.
Taking $4,000 is called a case of
I~rregularity.
1aklnS S0,uUu Is calleu u case ol LIE
falcation.
Taking $1,000 is called a a OF Cor
ruption.
Taking $500 is called a case OF Embez'
element.
Taking 800 is called a case of Dis
honesty.
Taking $50is called a case of Thievery
Taking $25 is called a case of Total
Depravity.
Taking one ham is called a case Of
Wa on Society.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
Farm and Home Breyfties.

THREE pens, three hogs, each nearly
full grown and about equal in weight
and t%hriftiness, were fed four months as
follows: One pen, soaked corn; n pen,
cooked corr meal one pen, dry corn. AT
the close of the experiment those fed on
dry corn had the most weight.
AvETERINARY surgeon of Prague is said
to have discovered that strong coffee has
a wonderfully reviving effect upon de-
crepid and overworked horses. In a very
short time it renews their vigor, smooths
their skin, and restores their full Ca
pacity for work.
IT is said to be an absolutely demon
strated fact that by. laying a small piece
of charcoal on a burn the pain will sub
side Immediately, and by leaving it on
for an hour the wound will be COM
pletely cured. Try it, somebody, and
report.
The London Gardeners Chronicle adj
vocates the grating of roses by the in
sertion of growing eyes in the early
spring instead of dormant eyes in the
summer The growing eyes are inserted
in the main stem, one on each side, to
form symmetrical heads. These make
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
..The sure witness

"The nineteenth century is the age of
novels" remarks a literary historian-he
might have added with equal truth, "and
novel impositions." Studied politeness has
been passed off on us for native refinement,
the forms of devotion for its essence, and
speculation for science, until we look
askance at every new person or thing, and
to an assertion of merit, invariably exclaim,
"Prove It'll" In brief, Satan has made him.
self so omnipresent, that we look for his
cloven foot everywhere-even in a bottle of
medicine. Imagine a lady, having a COM
plexion so sallow that you would deny her
claims to the Caucasian type if her feature
did not conform to it, purchasing her first
bottle of the Golden Medical Discovery.
The one dollar is paid in the very identical
manner in which Mr.. Taylor might be ex-
pected to purchase o lottery ticket after his
experience with "No. 104, 1853" with this
difference, his doubt would be the result of
personal experience, while hers would be
founded on what a certain practitioner (who
has been a whole year trying to correct her
refractory liver has said concerning it. AT
home, she examines the bottle half sus-
piciously, tastes of its contents carefully,
takes the prescribed dose more carefully,
and then proceeds to watch the result with
as much anxiety as a practitioner would
count the pulse-beats of a dying man. She
takes another dose, and another, and shows
the bottle to her friends, telling them she
"feels better" Her skin loses its bilious
tint, her eyes regain their %luster, her accus-
toned energy returns, and the fact that she
purchases another bottle is a sure witness
that she has found the Golden Medical Dis
| covery to be a reliable remedy for the
disease indicated. The lady wisely resolves
hat in the future her estimate of any medi-
cine viii be based upon a personal knOul-
edge of its effects, and not upon what some
practitioner (who always makes long bills
rhyme with pills) may say of it. DIR.
Pierce is in receipt of letters from hundreds
of the largest wholesale and retail druggists
in the United States stating that at the
present time there is a greater demand for
the Golden Medical Discovery and Purga.
tive Pellets than ever before. In affections
of the liver and blood they are unsur'
passed. .I-5t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
as much Growth the first season as the

as much growth the first season as the
dormant eyes do in the second season.
BY placing some tomato-leaves around
a peach tree to protect it from the hot
sun, the discovery was accidentally made
that the c~urculio, which had commenced
its ravages upon the fruit, was entirely
excluded from the tree, and that ants
also were kept back. On sleeping some
fresh leaves of the tomato in water, and
sprinkling with this infusion other
plants, roses, oranges, ETC., in two days
they were also freed from the innumer-
able insects that had previously covered
them. 1t is believed that some active
principle in the tomato-plant, like helle-
bore, is destructive to insect. life, and
that this might be isolated and used to
destroy the insects and beetles that prey
upon u fruits and vegetables.
New YORK World: At a meeting of
the Western New York Farmers Club a
member reported that in 1874 he used
one hundred and fifty pounds phosphate
to the acre on a field of barley, and Sc
cured AZ 7-10 bushels per acre. against
% II bushels where the phosphate was
not used. In 1876, on two-rowedb barley,
he raised 428 bushels, against 25 Sc on
land not S MANFRED. He believes in
special fertilizers, and proposes the COM
ing year to use five hundred pounds
sown broadcast on potatoes; then to mix
one hundred pounds with wood ashes
and apply it in the hill. Another MEM
Der said: We ought to know what we
buy the special fertilizer for-if for po-
tatoes, buy a fertilizer rich in potash if
for wheat, one rich in phosphoric acid"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
Life Rescue.

The following simple directions are
from St. Nicholas for July: The true
plan to follow, when safety is the call,
is to swim, everything below the chin
well. down under water, the head well
back and resting centrally on the float
ing power. of the lungs. But what will
You do when your comrade is tired out
and drowning? That depends. 1.-The is
cool and reliable, get in front-of him,
let him place his hands on your hips (not
your shoulders) and you can carry him
quite a distance. That supposes that
both parties, rescued and rescuer, under
stand this. The weaker party is the one
that ought to drown, if he shows any
disposition to drown his friend by a mis-
cradle, cowardly death-clutch at the only
floating thing around him. In the case
of the death-clutch, go to the bottom
with your man and leave him there.
There may be an unpleasant wrestle, but
the real drowning man is ready to quit
his prey when he strikes bottom. The
better man has a right to come to the
surface and swim ashore.
But in a considerable swimming ex-
perience, and some rescues, there comes
one absolute rule: Never face a drown
ing man. He welcomes rescue so eagerly
that he will hug you around the neck
and take you down. The safest and best
thing to do is to get behind him, and,
unless you are l~eft-handed, put your left
hand under his right arm-pit. The lift
you give him will be enough in ordinary
water. He can be coaxed to help him.
self, and if he is a reasonable being you
can bring him to shore. If he is insane
with fright, recollect that you are to be
both prudent and heroic. Get away
from him, clutch his ankle with one
hand and tow him ashore. If the bank
is near, he is not likely to drown on the
way. If he does, it is not your fault
But a brave swimmer is master of hi:
element.
l once saw two young fellows rescue a
drowning comrade in a way that was re-
markable for its neatness. The poo
fellow was in mid-stream, cramped ano
exhausted, and barelyable to keep afioat
Which was first was never decided, but
in the critical moment each was behind
him, each with a hand under an arm-pit
he was almost a dead weight on theil
hands, and they swan him ashore, more
dead than alive. 1t was a struggle, but
they were the masters of the situation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
THE LITTLE BROWN SEED IN THE
r
BIZ IDA W. BrsHAM.

BIZ IDA ". BESHAM.
little brown seed in the furrow
Lay still in its gloomy bed,
While violets blue and lilies white
Were whispering overhead.
They whispered Of glories strange and rare, =
OF glittering dew, and floating air,
VI beauty and rapture eyerywhere,-
And the seed heard all they said.
Poor little brown seed in the furrow!
50 close to the lilies feet,
so Tar away from the great, glad day,
Where life seemed all completed
In her heart she treasured every word,
And she longed for the blessing Of which she
heard,
For the light that shone, and the airs that stirred
In that land, so wOndrous sweet!
III little brown seed in the furrow
Was thrilled with n strange unrest;
a warm new hope beat tremblingly
In the tiny, heaving breast;
With her two small hands clasped close in prayer,
She lifted them up in the darkness there;
Up, up through the sod, toward sun and air,
Her folded hands she pressed.
o little brown seed in the furrow,
At last you have pierced the mold
And, quiyering with a life intense,
Your beautiful leaves unfold,
Like wings outspread for upward flight;
And slowly, slowly, in dew and light,
sweet bud opens-till, IN Gods sight,
You wear q crown of goldi
81. Nicholas.