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Year: 1874

As the manager Of the gift concerts
given in aid of the Public Library OF
Kentucky, my position creates an i'm
portant trust in behalf of the Public
Library Of Kentucky and the ticket
holders of the fifth gift concert. The
Public Library Of Kentucky and the
ticket-hOlders are jointly interested IN
the amount of the drawing. The larger
the fund to be distributed In gifts, the
greater will be the gift awarded to each
lucky ticket-holder and the more the
amount realized by the Library. To


have full drawing is so manifestly To
the interest ofthose interested, that, rath-
er than have fractional drawing on the
30th inst, I deem it due to thetrust con
fided to me by the ticket-hOlders and the


Public Library of Kentucky, that short
pOstpOnement be made to enable me TO
dispose of the unsold tickets and have


full drawing. Though the very large
amount now in bank would enable us to


distribute handsome gifts, yet we should
feel disappointed In this our last concert,
should we be compelled to make frac-
tional drawing, however large.


We have received so very large anum-
Der Of letters from all parts of the coun-
try from those most largely interested,
urging a postponement if all the tickets
be not sold by the Both, that we feel
strengthened in our sense Of duty to the
Iticket-holders and the Public Library,
to make the postponement. Under the
circumstance, we have determined Ii
the interest Of all parties, topostpone the
concert and drawing to Saturday Febru-
airy q, 1875, at which time the drawing
viii positively take place; and, as a guar
Iantee Of good faith toward ticket-holders
we pledge ourselves to refund to any
Iticket-holder his money, upon presenta-
ton Of his ticket, should the drawing
fail to come Of at the day now fixed. The
past, we feel assured, VIII be sufficient
guarantee to all interested that they VII
be fairly and honestly dealt with. The
money paid for tickets is sacredly pre-
served against all contingencies until af-
ter the payment Of the gifts, after which
the expenses are to be reimbursed and


the Public Library Is to be paid its prof


its. THOS, E. BRAAILETTE,


Nov. %, 1874. Agent and Manager.
Year: 1874

drawing room, library and study.
Though choice and very beautiful as the
stock is, MEssRs PALMER & HILL are
resolved that no fancy price shall char
aeterise a single article, for disposing of
them only to cash customers, and being
desirous to have few or none left on


hand at the close of the season, they


have marked them at the merest profits
hence none deed experience the slight
est difhdence in examining and pricing
them indiscriminately. Besides these
being manufacturing and wholesale con
fectioners-they are making a speciality


of selected candies in boxes of any size


at wholesale prices, forwarded to any


address on receipt of remittance, while
they are confidently assured that a per


sonal inspection of their extensive and


varied stock of goods, constantly on


hand, viii give unbounded satisfaction,


as they keep only the purest and best


makes, which they invariably warrant.
Year: 1874

Complaints without number have es-
capped the lips of passengers to and from
our depot on the dangerous character Of
a small step down from the platform on
the street sidewalk at the east end of the
station. There being no lamp conven-
iently located, if personis not prepared
for it, on dark night he must come to
grief, as many have done before him.
The company will confer great boon to
the travelling community by having this
popular grievance remedied before a
broken limb induces inquiry, "Who is
liable to compensation"
Year: 1874

Considerable surprise and disgust was
crested on State street the other day to
witness a fellow from the East Side tax
ing wagon home from the repair shop
by attaching the tongue Of the wagon to
the horses tail, and making the poor
brute thus jerk it home because he had
not brought harness with him. Howev-
er, the novelty of the scene was appre-
cisted by the owner and bystanders, ii
forGbly illustrates how little protection
our city affords for-animals.
Year: 1874

Two worthy deciples of ''old Tubal
Cain" on Friday evening lastforsookthe
bellows temporarily to indulge specu-
lation to secure Christmas turkey with.
Out of sixteen they caught three-nice
young birds-and in view of a coming
feast are looking out for large hearted
Granger to exchange grain for horse
Year: 1874

after the first Of January zoe shall
hare to prepay the postage on all
papers GOING OUT OF THE
COUNTY. Subscribers at a dis
tance please note this fact, as s0e shall
only send to those agbo pay IN adrance
after that date, as a0e cannot afford
to eOait for our pay and pay postage
also.
Year: 1874

The course Of the money market is unchanged,
and loans are as usual reported at % and per oent
for demand and A and for the remainder of the
year. Prime mercantile paper is selling at to per
cent. The Treasury at Washington received S33O,OO0
National bank notes for redemption


Government bonds were strong under continued
demand from the late buyers and close on the basis
Z IL Z .tc.A..
Year: 1874

The NEXT SENArE.-It is said that a
neat calculation results in majority OF
four for the Republicans in the next U.
S. Senate. We have no doubt that there
will be several in that body now who
will be found voting in the next Senate
opposed to the Radicals; and we should
not be surprised that the Democrats
controlled the Senate before the end Of
Grants term.
Year: 1874

1t is said the Commercials rooster on
Wednesday morning was its last fling at
the Ring candidate for Governor. The
rear of the retreating bird alone is seen.
while the victorious bird is in the act Of
plucking its feathers. They are mere
wood cuts, however, and bear no resem-
blance to the beautiful Democratic roos-
ter of the GAZETTE.
Year: 1874

In fourteen years the Radical party
have spent in trying to put the negro on
an equality with the white man five
thousand millions Of dollars of the white
peoples money, and have not yet suc-
ceeded,
Year: 1874

The Sentinel. determined to figure up the
cost of the new Court House to something
like 100000, adds IN the cost OF the ground
and also the cost Of the County building,
erected some fifteen years ago. Why not
go back to the beginning and count in the
old Court House too
Year: 1874

"1f we boil its eggs," says our French
man, land then return them to the nest
whence we have taken them, the raven
will Immediately fly away Without
hating, he will cross lands and seas until
he arrives at the island on which Alodri-
Gus was buried; and there, even, he will
remain only long enough to pick up
little magic stone. He now returns, at a
single flight, with his precious burden to
his deserted nest And now, o wonder!
hardly does he touch the eggs with the
stone when every trace of the boiling dis
appears. The bird having no further use
for the stone, being now sure that the
eggs will hatch, lets it fall. At this mo-
ment we must be at hand to pick up the
stone. AS soon as it is in our possession,
we must have it set in ring. This ring
is priceless. If we touch anyone with it
who is in fetters, or door that is locked,
the fetters will Immediately fall off and
the door fly open.'


Besides these very useful properties
the ravenstone possesses others that may
be made to contribute greatly to our
amusement: For example, our author
says that "he who puts it in his mouth
will be able to initiate the song of any
bird he chooses" !"


And the blackbird! Although its pow
ers are not equal to the ravens, they are
still very remarkable. Witness: IF we
hang up the feathers of its right wing
with red thread, in house that has not
been occupied, no one will be able to
sleep in it so long as the feathers remain
hanging. If we put its heart under the
head of person asleep, the person will
tell all he has ever done in answer to our
questions; while if we throw its heart in
to well-water, together with the blood of
a lapwing, stir, and then moisten the tenn
pies OF any one Herewith, sickness and
perhaps the death of the person will be
the consequence"


"These are veritable facts" says the
author of LA Magic Naturelle," "as I
myself have frequently proved by expert
ment"


Did he ever verify this one also?


Ii any one eats of the brain of the
eagle, powdered, mixed with the juice of
hemlock, he will not stop till he pulls out
not only every hair on his head but every
hair on his body"


After having recorded all these extrav.
agant superstitions the author of the little
volume informs those who have any inter-
est in being informed on the subject that
when one would have recourse to these
secrets the trials should be made under
favorable planets-Jupiter or Venus,
when the object to do good; when to do
evil, under Saturn or Mars.-Heurth and
Home.
Year: 1874

A CENTRAL MICHIGAN editor, whose
death the Free Press chronicled only a
few months ago, was probably as persist
ent man as ever started out on "dun"
or looked for new subscribers. He was
once out on jaunt in the township of
White Oak, Ingham County, sticking to
every farmer until he got his name and
money, and it 80 happened that he came
to house where death had called few
hours before. The farmers wife was
children were grieving over her loss when
the editor knocked at the door.


whats up!" inquired the editor as he
fore him.


my wife is Dead" replied the farmer.


"Is that sol" unused the editor, little
disappointed. "Did she die easy!''


"Dropped off like lamb"


"Did she say anything {"
mot a word-just went right to sleep
like"


II didn't KNOW" continued the editor,
sad look on his face, "but what she
might have requested you to subscribe
for the CASCADE, which you know is the
best paper in the country. If you want
| it III take your name right in, and under
the circumstances l won't charge cent
for the obituary notice!'


The farmer hung off for q while, but
before the editor welt away he had two
additional dollars in his pocket and had
written out an obituary notice for publ
cation in the next issue which the be-
reaved husband pronounced "a mighty
smart piece. Free Press.
Year: 1874

course it will be fashionable. ANYTHING


imported and with as high-sounding q
name as Russian p0mpon" cannot fail


to be.


KECENTLY lady walked into the rooms
Of the Home Missionary Society in the
! congregational House, Boston, and laid
$500 bill upon the table of the Secretary.
Dr. Barrows, with note containing these
words: "Please appropriate the inclosed
to the cause of home missions, and &C.
knowledge it in the next Home Mtssiop-
Gry as cash from II. Y" Having thus
done her errand, the lady walked out as
quietly as she came in.


THE New York varnishers and pol.
ishers are reorganizing their trades-union
with view of being enabled to regain,
with the opening Of the spring business,
their former rate Of wages, which, owing
to the financial convulsion of last fall.
we're reduced by an average 20 per cent.
Their present average rate of wages is
fifteen dollars per week, and they expect
to have it raised when the time comes to
eighteen dollars per week, at an average
estimate.


SHORTLY after the American steamer
Illinois left Liverpool on a recent trip a
man was discovered who had concealed
himself for the purpose of stealing his
passage. When questioned he handed
the officer card bearing the name of
q correspondent of New York
daily paper. He stated that he had
money, but refused to pay for his passage.
He was therefore confined in state-room
during his passage, and kept on prison
diet.


A TOUCHING story is related of young
man from the vicinity of Ebensburg, who
was violently attacked some eight years
ago with the Western fever. He followed
the track of the setting sun, and upon ar
irving at his destination he possessed but
a dollar in the world. After eight years
of incessant toll he last week returned to
his native hills, having accumulated the
muniicent sum of one hundred and
thirty eight cents over and above the
amount necessary to pay his fare back
Jo2nstoaon Pa.) Tribune
Year: 1874

The beautiful constellation of the Plei
ades is one of the most familiar in the
sky, but it is probably not generally
known how important a position is held
by one of its stars in the economy of the
universe


We read in the Book of Job of the
"sweet influences of the Pleiades," or
more literally of the "seven stars" but it


has been a puzzle to biblical scholars


what is meant by this expression. OF
this cluster Of stars, which Tennyson


compares to "swarm of f}reflies tangled
in silver braid," only six are now Visi-


BILE to the naked eye, but as many as two
hundred have been seen through power
full telescope.


In Greek mythology the group con-
sisted originally of seven sisters, one of
whom married a mortal, and therefore her
star lost it's brilliance and was no longer


visible. As the missing one was lost from
view long before the telescope was dis
covered, it is impossible now to tell


whether its light was simply bedimmed
or, as in some other cases, altogether ex-
tinguished:


The lost Pleiad has been the subject of
much interest to the poets and painters,
but in the estimation of astronomers the
6tfh1 C61llCu 0ANHOuC uOluS luC ulSL IAuAs
According to the German astronomer
Maedler, it is the sun around which all
the starry systems are revolving. After
seven years spent in the most patient re-
search he came to the conclusion that
Alcyone is the center or hinge of the uni
verse.


1t may not seem to us large and bright
enough to occupy so important position,
but it must be remembered that it is very
distant, and that its light is 537 years in
reaching our earth. Moreover, according
to Maedler's calculations, eighteen mill
ions of years are occupied in one gigantic
revolution of the universe around this re-
mote center.


The discoveries resulting from the in
vention Of the spectr0scope have proved
that there is very rapid motion among
what are known as the fixed" stars.
Some are approaching us, others drifting
away, at the rate Of from thirty to fifty
miles q second. 1t was long ago an
nounced by Herschel that our sun, with its
attendant planets, was moving toward
particular part of the heavens. It is re-
garded as probable by astronomers that
the starry movements, like those of the
great men in Spain, are all revolutionary
in their character, but some have fixed
upon star in the constellation Hercules,
instead Of Alcyohe, as the central point,
or hub, round which turns the wheel of
the universe.


Whichever point may he funny decided
upon, we cannot but wonder at the power
and reach of the mind of man, which is
able 10 penetrate into such immense dis
tances Of space, to measure the speed OF
such rapid movements, to calculate the
almost inconceivable periods of time oc-
cupied by the revolutions of the heavenly
bodies, and finally to "point confidently
to the starry magnet which unites the
astral brotherhood in one great family
Youths Comp0ni0n.
Year: 1874

THE latest excitement in Berlin is an
exhibition of drilled fleas. The exhibi-
tion takes place on large sheet of white
paper fastened on an ordinary table, to
which all the spectators approach in turn,
so as to be able to witness in all details
the extraordinary maneuvers of these lit
tie, but marvelously powerful and gifted,
rascals. Here you see one Of the MUS
cular t1eas rolling a small barrel along
with its feet, as the men do in the circus !;
there you see female of the species
walking along in crinoline and carrying
her parasol with all the afectation of a
city miss; at another place a Nell-trained
fellow performs On the flying trapeze-
without any danger to his neck, however,
since the biggest fall would not break
that; while below the trapeze, on the
paper, host of little ones are turning
somersaults at a fearful rate. The largest
specimens of the collection have been
trained TO draw wagons, drays, carriages,
etc. TO fix the harness properly on them
the t1ea"tamer places his pupils on piece
of paper covered with mucilage, where
they have to stick. He then, by the aid
OF watchmaker's loop, arranges strong
gold thread around their bodies and at.
taches 1t to the wagon or carriage. The
ladies of Berlin attend the exhibition in
large numbers and seem to take an extraor.
dlnary delight in the performance of the
little creatures, who are regularly fed
every m orDing from the arm of the great
ea-tamer, he being quite ready to shed
the last drop of blood for his darling little
pets. There has been no similar exhibi-
ton in Europe since the days of the great
Italian f1ea-tamer Bartolotti, of whom
number of more or less bloody stories are
still current, among others the following:
1t was on hot day in July that he pre-
sented himself at the court of French
Count, who called in his sdecollette-dressed
Countess to witness the performance along
with him. The little black fellows did
very we'll until, when they were about to
execute military maneuver, the gentle
men OF the troupe got tired of the per-
tormancc, and, with bold resolution,
TOOK leap straight into the bosom of the
Countess: Of course there was grand
scene. The Countess shrieked with
horror; the Count was laughing fit to kill
himself, and Bartolotti was ready to die
from anxiety for the life of his chief per-
former. At last the Countess hurried off
into another room, calling loudly for her
chambermaid. To Bartolotti the few
minutes that intervened seemed hours Of
agony, and when the chambermaid reap
peared, with the criminal between her
fingers, his heart beat triumphantly. He
stretched out his hand, called his darling
pet by name, but no sooner had he seen It
than, with an intense look of disgust, he
threw it aside, exclaiming, "Why, this is
none of mine!"
Year: 1874

Mrs. AsT0R, the wife of the hundred
millionaire of New York, appeared at a
party which she gave at her Fifth avenue
residence, the other evening, in style
which would Justify any reporter in say
ing that she "literally blazed all over with
diamonds" On each of her shoulders
she had four stars the size of silver half.
dollars, made of diamonds. Her hair was
set very thickly with diamonds, and her
head seemed aflame with them. There
was diamond bandeau upon her brow.
She had diamond earrings, and a
diamond necklace of magnificent proper
tions. Upon the two sides of her chest
were two circles of diamonds, about the
size Of the palm of the hand. From them
depended lines and curves of diamonds
reaching to the waist, round which she
wore diamond girdle. On the skirts
of her dress in front were two large
peacocks wrought in lines of diamonds.
There were rosettes of diamonds on
her slippers. There were diamonds large
or small, but in every variety of form,
all over her dress and person, wherever
they could be artistically placed. She
presented an extraordinary and dazzling
spectacle as she moved languidly through
the dance among her friends. One of
the ladies present, a connoisseur in
precious stones, who kept cool enough
to take practical observation, says the
diamonds she wore could not have cost
less than a million dollars, and must
have represented her husbands income
for at least quarter Of year. The same
lady, who is familiar with court life in
Europe, says that the largest collection
of diamonds in possession Of any Eu-
ropean Empress or Queen belongs to the
present German Empress; but She adds
that even Augusta herself could not make
diamond show which would begin to
compare with that made by Mrs. Astor.-
". Y Paper.
Year: 1874

The snipe season has commenced on the south
side, and sportsmen are having good success.


The bay business at Atanticville has been nearly
ruined BY the closing OF the Inlet there, and
number OF the baymen are already seeking other
business.


Edward Nedenbacb, engaged In the mill OF Mr.
KocK, at Hicksville, met with o serious accident
yesterday. He was alone In the mill at the time
and had Just commenced work. when by some
means his left sleeve was caught In the machinery
and his arm was drawn IN until it was literally
ground OF near the elbow. He ran to q neigh
boris where surgical assistance was Immediately
procured, and 1t was found necessary to make q
further amputation In consequence OF the splin-
tered condition OF the bOne


About one O'Clock yesterday, while the family
were at dinner, female sneak-thief robbed the
residence OF Professor verot, in Union Hall street.
Jamaica. Nine. vtenot, thinking that she heard
some one on the stairs, went into the hallway,
where she encountered a German woman, rather
shabbiy dressed in black and carrying q small
satchel, who could apparently talk but little Eng
lish but who made pretence That she had little
boy whom she desired to send to the Professors
school, and asked for a circular, which she re.
Ceved aud departed. Shortly aiterward it was
discovered that the visitor had been up stairs In
Nine. VienOts room, and stolen from the bureau
two watches. one gold and the other silver valued
at S125 A pair OF gold bracelets, which also lay
upon the bureau, were not taken, and $25 in
greenbacks which was IN the upper drawer, were
Also left.
Year: 1874

From tile San Antonio (rexas) Herald.


We notice by our sprighty namesake in New
YORK tthe NEW YORK HERALD, that the City Coun.
Gil is scratching itself bald to find out the best way
to Kill the dogs or, in the language OF the poet,
"send them to the happy land Of canine" AS we
Will soon have to grapple with the same question
here we tender New York our sympathies and
suggestions.


We have heard somewhere that hair Of the dog
will cure It's bite, which is the OBJECT TO be accom-
pllsDed. This idea may be carried out, but how
about The pelon or no-nalr dO9sY They have rights
that Should not be overlooked. Poison has been
suggested, but IL Is too risky. People want to
Keep their children until the railroad gets mere,
when the heartbroken parents can realZe some
thing the darlIngs. Ii adults want to poison
themselves they know what barroOm TO 60 to.
Shooting Is stll more risky. The police are not all
good shots. The candidates are becoming thick
now, and Just suppose one or two OF
them should De elected by the bullet for
the long term. Or suppose some stranger
carry OH with him to his home a small lead mine
ana unpleasant "reminiscences Shooting WON'T
stand nre or hold water, or whatever the appro-
pirate pr0Ver0 may be. Catching and inpound-
,ng is too costly particularly as the police need
summer clothing Just now. Muzziing has been
suggested but unless 1t Is done with q shotgun iI
Is never effective. Besides 1t destroys the historic
beauty OF our city to nave dogs travelling around
Win their neads boxed up IN portable calao0oses
leave The dogs here; but then we Could not carry
our geographical position along, ana without 1t we
would be a sort OF Seguln OF place.


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