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THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE OF THOSE HAND
SOME FOUR STORY DWELLINGS ON COR
BETWEEN Q AND STREETS.
By virtue of three several deeds Of trust, -
In Liber No. $50, at pages 49, 1T, and l79, lls3
respectively, of the land records Of the District OF
bidder on the premises, at 4 O'Clock pm. on MON
DAY. the Sd day of February, A. D. 1879 the follow
Of Washington, District Of Columbia, according to
Chapman, Exley & Richards subdivision. 20 wit
Lots No Twenty one, Twenty two and Twenty six.
each being 20x90 feet and each containing 4story
brick dwelling house, with modern conveniences
money in cash all cash the option of the purcha
ser) and tho residue in two and three years,
annum, payable semi annually from the day of sale,
to be secured the property sod by deed of trust
ance. A deposit of 800 on each house viii be re-
quired at the time Of the sale. The houses will be
purchasers cost. A. HYDE, r,e..
janlO-Gts @. N THOM, I Afussees
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N0{iTD GERMAN LLOYD-SrEAMsHEP
~ LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK, HAvBx, LcapoE,


AND GEORGETOWN,
C2Saec:ssz2 Gt Pkiiddefphsa sctSh We2e,s
Ltzze I.sr BOSt0,., PS0pfdeEce. oHS
tite Nee EJs0Iau6 StGte$.
Sailing Days.
gEora Philadelphia Saturday, ST Il Z.
Erora Weshington-Mondsy, at II T. a,
Frorn Gecret town-MoIday, at r n
Ereigbts received daily until 2. n. Zarocya
oils Of isG:ng given 70 Boston and sfrsso -
Providence, and FAN River Com @ssssS $500
gignets wishing their goods landed at
Georgetown wka-f VIII please have thsm marked
nGeorOstc1o7i, d. C."
For ful intc-mstion apply 20 =. q. JOHNSON 4
Washington, n. o.; g. f. HYDE 50 Water street,
Georgetown. y. c.; WILLIAM 2. CLYDE 90.
General Manasers, 70 Scutb whsfYss, Philedel.
nhtA raa-2lly
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AUCTION SALES.

-" THURSDAY y o January Goth.
Stock of eRocrR1EsSs I1esbtons and~
OF S. c. Hill Co ala So louisiana ave SIS
nue.. &Enh1Ak
jan2s-2t THos BOWLING. Auctioneer.
TRTsTIEEss.s SALE Il OF ySA ,t IMPR9vED
Of the District Of Columbia. the undersisnedIi
front fG the sis. aay ~
S2e ay ass s at o'clock the south twehty
hun and pinsteen is in the city Of Wssh l1
brick store and dwelling This Valuable business ne
and at the northeast corner of sh
Terms OF sale: One. fourth cash; balance in s;x
f sweI to and eighteen s months the
:SS he sfopsr9
cHAs. W HANDY 5 SSsFE oSsM Trustees ss.
MaSpaR a., AB2 eye s SALE - rosrroSED until
hour 3srs and place; BY order Of Trustees
~ TIE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED until
SATURDAY, February LIST. 1879. at same hour and
jan2s 2aw&ds CHARLES W HANDY. Auc.
RlRCH & ROBEY; Anctioneers.
ID 93s and $40 Louisiana avenus
PEREMPTORY SALE OF FALL TOP CAR
RRtRANG WS#fr Doc C3R's ,, PeHEToN SIDE BAR
LAND PLATFoRM Wagons. AND ooohi-
Having received large consignment E-H
Of dn the G ab9ve direct from factory # .
sei them at our bazaar. on THURSDAY, January
10Th; commencing at 1O19 O'Clock, without reserve
0's' TO 'h BI f5S sA ko GBssr auets
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Hates OF Passage.
By kteAners carrying steerage, $50 and 100 geld.
accerctng to accommodations.
By steamers nos carrying steeraee, $50. tlOO snd
$50 gold, according to accommodations
Tickets TO Paris, g15, gold, additional.
Return tickets on favorable terms- Tickets issued
NJ special low rate Of csc gold during tbs fsu and
winter season
Steeraee At very low rates Steeraga tickets from
Liverpool and Queenstown. snd al other parts OF
Europe n lowest rates.
Through bills Of laden given for Belfast, GLASGOW,
HAvre. Antwerp and other ports on the Continent,
and for Mediterranean ports.
For freight and passage apply - the Oompany's
ofaoe, No Bowling Green, or both steersSo and
tHly CHAs g. FRANCKLYN, Agent, NY.
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1873 rEs$ $ SSSAa 1878
20 TIE NORTH, WEST. AND SOUTHWEST.
Double Track, Steel Rails,
sPLxsDD SCENERY. MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
TRAINS Leave. .WAsHfNdToS 'f from Depot,
s5afE and q ss ae ad | ss tS VIII
lor Oar to Pittsburg and Sleeping Oars from
bur ds ss Rs g e. 6 SSs sasse
,oI 1sg,MSkS ANR RoToMA Sn.a
FAILS and the North, at 10 pm daily. except
asy eass and q Ees 4 5
70, a Ned da9y g,s s1 eS% SUI Sunday DAY
daily With Palace z. Cars as sftsc6ed ino Limited n
press Of Pullman 4arlor Oars. 9:S0 Am daily.
for Brooklyn. N. T., al through trains connecs ct
Jersey Cty with boats OF Brooklyn Annex,
ins double ferriase and journey across Nsw
for PhlIsdslRhi.. go 30 and lo:ls g. daily
Tor Baltimore. 100 s:sS, 50 Il and 20 Sna1a =.
a any 10 eII SIS s dsiIyy $780, 7lo
For PSps's oIss5 Lins: TOO m. and 40 p. m.
sor AansPolss: TOO 4 q. and 40 Pm. daily. az.
T WAY k APP RAALIEE1ANDRIA AND WASHING
s1 s,n snd II = 80 p m On sundaya Am. and
ror Resaond and the South. so q. m and 20 p.
Eo.S ~ r. RFs2 s,: e. aa,. i,n.
9, 10. II an; ], 8, 40, 8, 6 rs. and Ii p 10.
On Sunday at 200 and 10 .. m. and 6: 16 p. ID.
I e
avenue; northeast corner Of sixth street and Penn:
q asds from
1otelO and residences
L p. FARMER, General Passenger Agent
FRANKTHOMSON General Manager. nova
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LINE.

NOTION
With It's visy OK diminishing tho ckances or SOL
Eson. ths Steamers Of this Line take specific courHs
for al seesoIs Oi the year.
On the outTard passage from Queenstown to Nsy
York or BO6&bN, crossing the meridian Of 80 1t -
lss, or nothing to the north Of 49,
CT 20 st a. lst or nothing TO the north Of Al
SHl OUNARD sTEAMsHIP COMPANY LIZ.
TIED.
Befsceen Neac York and Liverpool, OoIijSs
at Corh Harb0r.
.s, os EES doH fsn ra3M nv aof Feb u
Batavia. We'd Jan Is Batavia. Wed, Feb. -
Aseris. Cd. Jan % Algeria. Wed, Feb 26
Parthia. Wed, Jan % Parthia. Wed, March
BcythtA 90. Wed, Feb. 81
And every following Wsdnesdiy from Nsv Yns
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1anl0cts U. N. THOM. J A"'
THOs. E. WAGGAMAN. Real Estate Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF PROPERTY ON STREET.
SOUTHEAST. IMPROVED BY A SMALL
g1sr s sna y virtue Of deed o; dated
Ct At the Of
o Off for n "a the
CITY of II 81
front Of ~ feet next adjoining the east % feet of
FERNS Of sales third cash balance in six and
twelve months, with interest at per cent, secured
BY deed ct trust the az Of s
are with IL the days e fa rs
coat ana1 ths Trustee
YOUNG b MIDDLETON. Auctioneers.
TkgsgTEEs' SALE Of 4 NEW THREE TEG STORY FOB
E1RF 2 NSbrH sHRE2 S5E
1!!S, is7is Only recorded IL Liber sss, folio IA:
Of and at the request of the party secured
thsreDz w FL Ct gD5s IL s0at
1875 at O'Clock pm. an that certain piece or par
@ b and ID sna n Sy Of
lot numbered thirty two S$2l. IN sgbdivision Of
square numbered Elk hundred and seventy-six
t676), together with the improvements, &c.
Terms: ODe-third cash; and the balance in six
twelve and eighteen months from day of sale, for
which notes Of the purchaser will be taken. bearing
interest at eight per cent per anntlm secured by
deed OF trust and insurance on the property sold or
az cash at the option of the purchaser deposit Of
300 required at time Of SALE and al recording and
serve the right to resell the property, unless terms
day: SreSase time OF SALE
,.na4-eosdbs S y +. 8 sT a3sES: Trustees
TRUsTEEs' SALE OF THE VALUABLE RESI-
By virtue q deed Of trust, dated June 18th X,
Lana Keeoeds BOOK rs. page ls2 snd at tSe
request Of the creditor secured thereby, we viii SELL
at public auction, in front of the premises, on
SATURDAY, February LIST, 1879, at O'Clock in the
afternoon, all that piece or parcel Of land lying and
being in the city of Washington, and known and
Designated on the ground plat thereof as lot num-
bered twelve (12 In square two hundred and seven
teen CID, according to Kidwen's subdivision
thereof al as more fully described in said deed Of
with the residence and improvements thereon sub.
ject to all lawful prior liens on said premises
Terms Five hundred dollars cash at time Of sale,
and the alance In equal instruments in three, six,
nine and twelve months respectively with intaresf
at per cent, secured by deed Of trust on the
property,
| R Err Z HHx E bnfggTHLER,s Trustees
DUNoANS0N BROS. Aucts. ian20eo&abs
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1000 pair MEMS CALF, sewed, peeged, single,
double and top soes, ut $3.50, at the BOSTON
SHOE HOUSE, 49l Pennsylvania avenue.
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STEAMER DIR

NoA.oI no ss sNsEHEav EHNoa PAS
been recently built and f Urn:sSsd1N' wa,sa n.s
aovs Ell ~ Isn S9II.sn L. the only hoot
SsEnon Wat aP ass sSas r, q i, Me-,
g mansion and Erounds a'i'-hsaio1
Is ses s a sTsss xn.,
HHsodLI,HasHoBTH, s1It Lsdies' Mount vernon
corsn- '''he' ~ NJ LOT
SUHmEE ARRANGEMENT.
FOB NORFOLK Fof sEH4Ss MONROE And TEL
THs LAKE 'G csp s.ssPi ro1 sss,nsr Lazy CT
nssass s sHa r day 4 MsSn sseS We'd
Eorthern points; Returning, Leaves NorfoIS svnsx
Tuesday Thursday and SATURDAY. q ocloci ~
FOB P9ToMAg RIVER LASDINea
MOOD. leaves her wharf, terminus Of rN-a
.sn s ans IL n sss ssl line .ss &
man FomIi aid Lonar rGs Snrr soDn,nr :, ,n,.
asy Tssasy ssa sia s. Days sailing Mon
Fer furt, er Information. apply ut tins o.e. ov.,
Mn ssah 6a01 :; oos Is
yrees os called for on ssspR1IGst9P :, Kn9ss IL
IN. steslners JOHN d 4n ana " 1S KNIGHT.
H Hternately leave Per Al East River. New ~eSxes
SoIA, StoIy o-turGsS, al O'CLOCK r. ~ 3 SSSEA
fe0rgetoVIl every Saturday. and Afexa1-a>HsEfazas
6ria same Cay.
Freight tskeG st lcxes, ra.ss Fo- Information
apply ct of1ce ever Metropolitan Bank l5to gtrass
er 70 Il r - phNHAM. Agent, Water etrssk.
Georgetown
ap9l-tr SAMUEL BACON, President
N0fiTH GERMAN LLOYD-BrEANsHxP
~ LINZ BETWEEN NEW YORK, HAvBx, LcapoE,
SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
The steam. re of this company VIII Ssn every Sat-
QrIisy from Bremen Pier, foot of Sd 81, ~SsLEs
Robokeli E-'tes Of passage; From New kG2Xs
Fork to HAVE, London Southampton %as*faeMs
and Bremen, fret cabin, 800; second cabin, $50.
gold. steersSe, $50, currency. For freight or pas-
sage apply to OaLRIJHS 4 90, Bowling Green
New fprh.
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T J. GEORGES,
d. Manufacturer OF GENTS Fine BOOTS SHOES
and CATERS,
Corner 9Th and streets, under National Hotel
SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT.
Repairing neatly executed. New Elastics inserted
In Caters by patent machine price Is cents to 81
janS-1m
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1NTHE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
i OF COLUMBIA.

u.
al-In equity, No. 569S, doc IT,
The above entitled cause having been referred 70
the auditor to state the trustees account and the
distribution of the fund in his hands: Therefore
the creditors Of Charles H Patterson and all other
fore me, prove their claims and be heard touching
the matters referred. on WEDNESDAY, the 29th
day of January, 1879 at 10 O'Clock am, at my Office
tanlItf.4f THOMAS HOOD, Auditor
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

The rush is great from a. m. to 8 pm. Call
early st the great BOSTON SHOE AUCTION 49l
Pennsylvania avenue.
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A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF GOLD AND
SILVER WATCHES. IN MEMS, LADIES'
AND BOYS SIZES, AT VERY MODERATE
PRICEa
II. W. GAIT, BRO. q co.
~
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THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the subscriber
of the District Of Columbia has obtained from the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia holding
testsmentary on the personal estate Of JOHN
NEENAN, late Of the District Of Columbia, de-
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same.
with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber, at or
otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit OF the
said estate. Given under my hand this 9TH DAY OF
January, 1879. BERNARD KILMARTIN,
ianI1IsWaws Executor.
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WIGS, $lO; Toupes, IS; Front Piece, o.; Fri
w zettes, Braids Curls, &c. Hair Cutting, 25c.
ct the French Establishment GIG 9Th st.. opposite
8. Patent Office. 3an16-tx
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FIVE CENT SHOES
"A great demand at the BOSTON SHOE AUCTION
HOUSE, 49l Pennsylvania avenue
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
Glycertne In Diphtheria.

According to the Medizin Zeitung, OF
Vienna, Professor Glars success with
the use of glycerine in diphtheria adj
mits of no doubt. He first prescribes u
gentle aperient, either in the form of Il
mamma draught, or Of few grains OF
calomel, which last he holds to be a
powerful antiphogistic remedy, and
when properly used Of great value.
COincidentally he directs cold COM
presses or cloths to the neck and head
or even to the chest, carefully renova-
ted according TO the elevation or de-
preston of the temperature, cold or
iced water being at the same time
given as a drink, and then commences
ut once the use ofiron-glycerine, which
consists of two ounces of snhydrous
glycerine and twenty drops of the
liquor sesquichloride of iron. OF this
mixture, half teaspoonful is given
every half hour throughout the day
and night. AS soon as the symptoms
appear to be mitigated the quantity is
diminished to a teaspoonful every Sec
ond hour; and In the intermediate
period, mixture composed of glyce-
rine two ounces, borax two grains, is
similarly given by a teaspoonful at a
time. The iron glycerine is progress
sively given at longer periods, and is
gradually replaced by the bOrax-gly.
cerine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
The Shining Little House.

1t hung in the sun, the little house,
1t hing in the sun, and shone;
And through the walls could hear his voice
Who had it all for his own.
The walls were of wire, as bright as gold,
Wrought in pretty design;
The spaces between for windows served,
And the floor was clear and fine.
There was plenty, too, to eat aud drink,
In this little house that shone;
lucky thing, to be sure, you'd say,
A house like this for ones ownl
But the door was shut, and locked all tight,
The key was on the outside;
The one who was in could not get out,
No matter how much he tried.
II was only prison after all,
This bright little house that shone;
All, he would not want a house Ike that,
No matter if t were our own
And yet, through the walls heard the voice,
Of the one who lived inside
To warble sweeter song each day,
1t did seem as if he tried.
To open the door, he. never sought,
Nor futtered in idle strife;
He ate, and he drank, and slept, and sang,
And made the best of his life.
And !, to myself, said every day,
As his CHEEKY song heard,
There's lesson for us in every note
Of that little prisoned bird.
We all of US live life like his,
We are walled on every side:
We all long to do hundred things,
Which We could not if we tried.
We can spend our strength all foolishly
In discontented strife;
Or we can be wise, and laugh and sing,
And make the best of our life.
Il H. H., St. Nicholas for February.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democracy will dodge the cipher
hunt if it dares to: otherwise not.
The World has an opportunity to
put in another agonized plea for that
"eesspool."
1t might be well for Southern Nul.
li6ers to remind themselves that
certain questions were settled by the
late war, and settled once for all.
Mr.. Hewitt is credited with saying
that cipher investigation will not
affect Tilden in the most remote degree.
Carry the news to Cipher Alley.
The Southern bulIdozers and ballot.
box suffers seem 10 have determined
not 10 be eclfpsed by That other
scandal and burned OF their party-the
cipher coparceny.
Mr.. Hendricks's scheme for a West
ern and Southern alliance in 1880 calls
from the South only one cOmment: NJ
Democratic candidate can be elected
without New York. Solemn anu re-
freshing fact.
Why dosen't some Democrat revive
Free Trade as Democtatic issue ?
turnIDg To Protection, aud when Eng
land Id suffering from me Oi the worst
financial End trade uepressiOns she has
ever known, il would seem 10 be q
god time to start Free Trade land
siiue in America.
The Butler-reiorm members of the
Massachusetts, House are unanimously
opposed To the proposed reduction OF
their own salaries. That is not the
Kind OF reform they are atter. What
they wish TO DO 10 tU reduce somebody
else's salary. Retrenchnent Was the
leading battle'cry vi their campaign,
but they did not expect to see the issue
take this fUrm.
The election of Vest to the Senate
from Missouri calls attention once more
to the TACT that the South is adopting Ii
uniform custom OI sending hone but
ex'Coniederates to Washington. They
are coming mp in swarms, and when
the next Congress meets the Demo
cratic party is going to have Ohe of the
livelieot circuses on its hands ever seen
in this country. 1t will be worse than
the cipher exposure for the party.
Jt Herson Davis has emerged from
otsruriiy long enough to write a col
umn letter in defence of the right Of
the people to instruct" their Repre-
sentative in Congress as to the course
he shall follow. He thinks that unless
this right is admitted and obeyed by
the Representative the ''cOrner'stOne
of our temple is crushed, and it were
vain to attempt to prop the super
structure" In the opening of his epIs'
tie Mr.. Davis observed that he islands
disinterested observer, upon the pO.
litical river" If he is wise he will
hire somebody to push him in without
liie'preserver, before he defends an
other exploded notion 80 false as this
Is.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
A Scene at old Hick6ry's' Death
BED.

Mrs. Wilcox was present at the Gen.
erals death, one bright and beautiful
Sabbath morning In the June of 1915.
and she describes il as a scene never to
be forgotten. He babe them all adieu
in the tenderest terms, and enjOined
them, old and young, black and white,
to meet him in Heaven. All were Ia
tears, and when he had breathed his
last, the outburst of grief was irrepres-
sible. The congregation at the little
Presbyterian church on the plantation,
which the General had built to crafty
his deceased vile, the morning service
over, came flocking to the mansion as
his eyes were closing, and added their
beWailment to the general s0rrDw.
Shortly after this mournful event,
Mrs. w. encountered an old servant in
the kitchen, who was sobbing - though
her heart would break. "Ole misSu5
is gonc." she brokenly said 10 tha
child, land now ole mAssa's gope;
dey's all gone, and dey was our best
frens. An ole msssa, not satisfied
teachin' Us how to live, has now teach
ed how to die"
The poor, unlettered creature did not
know that she was pararhrasing one OF
the most beautiful passages Ia TlckeiPs
eiegy upon the death Of Addison"
~He taught US how TO live, and (oh, too high
The price fer knowledgs) )tanghtu ~ how todie."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
Belmont Countx. Ohio.

born in 1856; member OF the Belgian
Congress, and wrote several works on
the bliud and the deaf mute.
William Henry Churchman, former.
ly Superintendent for the Institution
for the Blind at Indianapolis, Ind.
and an author of architectural designs
and reports for the institution. The
writer of this once had occasion to cor.
respond with him, and received much
finer specimens of autograph penmsn.
ship from him than was sent 10 return.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30

The ''Tile Club" (of young New York ar
tistsl, recently went on q trip to the eastern
end Of Long Island, which trip is commem-
GRATED in Scribner for February We quote
the following about the home of John Howard
Payne
Payne declared that be had first heard the
tune of Home, Sweet Home" from the lips
of Sicilisn peasant girl, who sang it artless-
ly as she sold some sort OF Italian wares, and
touched his fine ear by the purity of her
voice. It is pleasant to think he did not crib
it from any old opera, but had certain pro-
pietorship in the air, as well as the words, of
the most popular song extant. t
The ''home" he was thinking of, as he
traced the deathless lyric in some London
rookery, was undoubtedly Easthampton. A
few years later, he expanded its opening
words in a magazine description of his native
town. "Many an eye wearied with the glare
Of foreign grandeur" he wrote (''Democratic
Review, February, 1889, "will, ere long,
lull itself to repose in the quiet beauty of this
village" The stenciled expressions of for
eign grandeur" and ''eyes wearied with the
glare" what are they but repetitions of the
opening of both stanzas-the pleasures and
palaces" of stanza one, ''the exiles.from home
splendor dazzles in vain," of stanza two !?
Easthampton is what supplies the sentiment,
the type, the foil, the contrast of the song.
Easthsmpton still exists, just as he knew it,
like vignette perpetuated in electrotype.
Tie ''tavern-sign in the center of the road is
gone, though, which he described swinging
between the two pests, ,"-"while the geese
strut with slow and measured stateliness to
their repose." The geese still parade down
the grassy street, getting between the visitors
egs every minute, and are as obtrusive as
they are in Psynes letters and descriptions.
Yes-it is an unromantic discovery, but there
cannot be doubt of it-''the birds singing
sweetly," of Payne's ballad, ''that came at my
call, were gsnders, and their sweetness was a
hiss.
From the age of thirteen, when he left the
ample hearth of his fathers house here, the
hymnist of Home" was homeless; that is,
until the theatrical structure of his latter
mcnths arose at the command of the Airiles,
and he lay down to die in his Arabian Nights
palace, hungering for the thatch, ''the soOty
chimney throat of this. delicious cot.'
"Thatched" cottages, by the by, were to be
found in Easthampton when Payne was a
youth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
WILLIAM EMERY.
What Blind Men Have Done.

The long list of names of the blind
who have been eminent in the various
branches of learning from the time oil
Diodatus, who lived fifty years before
the Christian era, to the present time,
Is well worth remembering. The fol.
lowing are some of those to whom we
refer:
Diodatus, of Asia Minor, celebrated
for his learning in philosophy, geome-
try and music.
Eusebius, also of Asia, lived from
3l5 to $40 OF the Christian era; became
blind at years of age; died at 25. And
yet, during so short a lifetime, this
blind man, by his theological writings,
has come to US, and will go down to
pOsterity, as one Of the fathers OF
Christianity.
Henry, the minstrel of Scotland, au-
thor of the The Poetic Life of Wal.
lace was born blind in 1861.
Margaret, of Ravenna, born in 1905,
blind at 3 months; celebrated for her
writings on theology and morals.
Hermann Torrentius, OF Switzerland,
born in 1916, and author of history
and poetical dictionary.
Nicholas Sanderson, Of Yorkshire,
England born In 1857, learned IN
mathematics, astronomy, and wrote a
book on algebra.
Thomas Blackjack, D D., of Scot
land, born in 1751; blind at 6 months;
celebrated for his learning in poetry,
divinity and music.
Francis Huber, OF Geneva, Switzer'
land, born in 1910; wrote on natural
sciences, bees, ants, and on education.
John Milton, born In 1908 in London;
author of Paradise Lost
John Metcalf, born In 1717 In En-
gland; road surveyor and road con-
tractor.
John'Gough, born In 1857 In England;
blind at 8 years; wrote ON botany,
natural hisory, etc.
David Macbeath, born In 1872 10
Scotland; learned In music and mathe'
matics, and inventor OF the string al
phabet fot the blind.
NJ. Focault, born In Paris Ia 1893;
invented writing apparatus for the
blind.
M. Knio, of Prussia, born blind, was
director of an institution for the blind,
and wrote on the education OF the
blind.
Alexander Rodenbach, OF Belgium,