Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-11
Modest Merit.

the glance of an eagle, and said. Gem len, eZ
was walkin' round dis mawin' preached a
Oar was right smart O men roun' dar. an
cherry man o dem was pushin' an jammin
| an cawin' to be nearest to de dyin' anamul.
One man yelled out one fling, an den anodder
yelled sunthin' else, an de poor boss didn't
know whedder it was best to live or die. Did
rush inter dat crowd? Did 1 jump up an
| OdGers? Did l push all dem fellers away an
shrek out dat ia raise dat boss or die?' I'm
course you did,, replied Chowder Davis, as
ner bestowed upon him a look Of XXXX con-
tempt, and slowly continued. NO. gemcn
didn't! stood back on the Outsquirts o dat
dat I'd be cal ed on. If wanted. OATS my
prncrul. an OATS de principal dat 1 wants
to waccipa'e into cherry black man in de
country: Some foxes hab got de impresshun
dat de man wot does de mos whoopin' and
yelin' and attracks de mos attenshun am de
chap .wot makes de bigges pile O. cash. but
makes, five times de noise dat de costly ker-
ridge does. De burdOck takes up ten times de
room dat de tulip does, but de tulip hez de
beauty and mahket value. DE modest man
hez all de bizness chances dat de forward man
hez; ne Keeps on gainin' de respect of de
hen coop, while de blow hard rolls into de
ditch. Modesty am its own reward. 1t am
captain de bank it am first mortgage on i'm
proved real estate: it am purity far sort O.
religun Stand back Doans trv to git dar
befO all de rest. Doan be shOotin' Gil dem
NOUS Tor de simple sake of usin' up yer spar
time. As de poet says
"'De big suufower may rise above
De modest 'tater-vine.
An bag about its Sunday clothes,
An put on airs SO fine:
But when de winter howlS around,
And de snow lies at de ioah,
ID. big snL flower, oh! whar am he
De 'tater hez de foah''
"A NOVEL RIDE-F0ur Miles or More
Through q Solid Vein OF Coal in CUlor ado
An hour, and we are bowling along in coal
truck attached to a blind mule. through a vein
| eter. 1t is weird ride, this mile or more into
the lnky bowels of the earth, the faint shadows
| from our dlminutive lamps causing ghaStly
effect not at all lessened by the blackness of
| the coal on either side and overhead. Every
few feet we peer into the dusky depths of the
apparently amending series of side chambers.
catching quick glimpse of the little fire bugs,
as the miners look to be, as we pass so swiftly
on. We see not the forms of the men, their
faces, nor their hands, only the lamp-wicks
sickly taring from the unseen hats Every
now and then plies of powder in cansters al
most block up the entrance 70 the chambers.
and at one point We are shown the very fuse
| or two before.
But still the old blind mule trots on, and the
passing through and rapid CLOSING behind us
Of the heavy Oaken door, that preserves the
little of wholesome air left in the drift. is as ii
It barred us forever from the world behind
The ride in appears an age; the ride out, but
| OF moments time in comparison. There ar :
| elghty-Slx chambers, or rooms. as the miners
know them, in the main entry, ffty-seven in
anothey entry, and in all tour miles Of track,
| upon which the coal is carried to the outer
| world. The veins average five feet two inches,
| and run three and one half miles east AMI
west, and ten miles north and south: A hun
| dred miners are at work. and the yield ave.
ages four hundred tons per day. The gigantic
solid lump of coal eight feet nine inches long,
six feet across, and four feet four inches high,
| that attracted such great attention at the &c !,
tennlal, being beyond all comparison the
greatest single piece of coal on exhibition, WIS
taken from this mine. 1t weighed seven ton,
| and was cut and brought out of the mine in
three days. Rocky Mountain Tourist.
DIPLOMACY OF DoGs.-Compared to a cat q
dog is very simple and transparent creature
Sometimes, indeed, he is guilty of acts of de-
ception and hypocrisy, but they are crude and
Of a cat. Mr. Eorth's dog, for Instance, who
ate the pigeon out of the pie and stuffed UP the
hole with Mr. NOrth's ink sponge, was not an
with whom the present writer enjoys the init.
macy OF common household, has disgraced
herself this last week by what was, to all i'll
astuteness Would have Shown her the s fuii Ht
OF falsehood in the face of an alibi She h I'd
pee Gee9 ad tearl9g up p paper and strewng it about
servant, whose dutyit was to clean the carpet
asked her, with magisterial severity, "Who
tore those letters?" The culprit looked, at
first, terribly ashamed. and hung her head and
tail, in expectation of chastisement. till her
mistress, as a trial, observed, 81 wonder did
Gyp do 1T" (Gyp being the offenders usual
companion and fellow sinner, but as it CHANGED
2O miles off at the mOment) Instantly the
perfidOus little wretch perceived way of es
cape from the penalty of her own misdeeds by
throwing the blame on her friend, and looking
up brlskly, shook her tail frantiealy and al
most nodded, "YOu are right: it was that
wicked Gyp! As for me, am quite Incapable
OF touching piece OF paper.'-[Spectator.
PROTECTION AGAINST MOTH. - We have
every spring many modes offered of protect
| ing 1urS and WOOlens against the destructive at
| Jacks OF the moth during warm weather. We
have seen various preparations sold for this
| purpose, with long accounts appended of their
| being perfect remedies. Red cedar chests and
| closets are recommended and many people
cumber their houses with them at consider
able expense only to find out how grievOusy
| they have been disappointed.
| The best protection we ever tried has been
to tie up in close cotton bags all furs and
| W0OlenS at all convenient to be so treated,
| after giving them a thorough shaking aud
cleansing, and letting them there until they
are again wanted. These bags can be hung
anywhere out Of the way. II there are No
moths in the articles when tied up there GER
are sound. All can see that. But when the
clothes or articles are too numerous to make
| this convenient or desirable, hang I'D in the
wardrobe, after good shaking, and place lit
Tie bags OF camphOr all over the wardrobe,
| laying few in the bottom. Then, about every
three weeks, take out the clothes and shake
them up well. No moths will ever disturb
them'-l esrm so.s.ss, N!egreph.
! THE STATUES of Robert Fulton and the Rev.
| Peter Muhlenburg are to be placed in the
| National Statuary hall of the CanitOl at Wash.