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Year: 1873

A SURE REMEDY to prevent caterpilars. inch
worms, or any insect getting on the trees. Take
cotton batting and bind it!round the body of the
tree, and tie a string round the batting to
keep it in its place. have done this on thirty
pear trees, and not an insect can pass over the
batting. You will see the worms on the tree
below the batting and then they are easily
killed. A GARDENER.
Year: 1873

Ho FOR OLD ORCHARD-The Grand excur-
sion of the Montgomery Guards to Old Orch
ard comes off to-day. The occasion will be a
very pleasant one. Opportunities are furnish
ed for various games. and the music for dare
ing will be provided by Chandler's Band. A
band concert and dress parade will take place
on the beach
Year: 1873

The CAMMETT BENEFIT.-We trust our citi-
zens will respond generously to the call for aid
to the family of the late George Fl. Cammett
The benefit concert comes off at City Hall this
evening. The array of taleat advertised gives
promise of most excellent entertainment, so
they who attend can enjoy themselves and do a
charitable deed at the same time.
Year: 1873

MYSTERIOUS DIAPPEARANcE.-Last evening
pupil OF the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
at Hartford, Conn.,, arrived on the eight o'clock
train from Boston to visit some friends in this
city. She was seen to get cut of the train, but
after that no trace could be found of her. Her
baggage was found at the depot, but no clue
which would lead to her discovery. All the
hack offices were visited but none of the hack
men had seen her. The utmost solicitude is
felt by her friends, who hunted the city all
over last night for her. They cherish the hope
that she may have gone on to Lewiston toyisit
some friends she has in that city.
Year: 1873

TRY the Elmwo0d fold edge Collar, the best
collar ever used.


Mrs. MANCHEsTER.-Thisl lady who has now
such wide reputation for curative powers
over obstinate diseases is now at the United
States Hotel. She has never sought notoriety
by sensational means, preferring that the pub
lie should become acquainted with her through
the medium of her profession, and her reputa-
ton rests upon the results of her treatment of
difficult diseases The afflicted should lose no
time in testing her wonderful skill, as she re-
mains but ten days longer. june25-d3t&w1t
Year: 1873




No matter to what pitch Of high re.
solve, not to say vengeance, public senti-
ment may be worked; no matter how
clearly the law may point out the course
Of justice, or how strongly men may for
tify their hearts against the weakness of
feeling, appeals for mercy are often
Dstronger than evidence, and the weak
ness of the heart becomes the master OF
the will. This is cxempl6ed in the case
Of Foster, the car hook murderer, in
New York Some time ago there APP
peared to be little doubt that Foster
would suffer the extreme penalty Of the
law, hc having been condemned to death,
Public opinioa was strongly in favor Of
making an example for the sake of just
ice. Foster was to furnish that example.
His doom seemed to be sealed. Expect
ancy was confident that /. could not be
ballcd in this case Arrangements were
in progress for the execution of the law.
In the meantime an appeal for executive
clemency was preparing, commensurate
with the exigencies Of the desperate
cause. 1t was headed by petition to





dcmncd man, supported by atlldavts Of
the jurors who had found him guilty.
But the most remarkable feature Of the
appeal was the petition Of the widow Of
the murdered man. The sorrowing wo
man in widows weeds appears among
the rigid ministers Of justice IN the very
shadow Of the scaffold like an angel of
mercy-mcrcy that droppeth like the
gentle dew from heaven upon the earth
beneath " The ministers of the law stay
their hands, and public opinion falters
and gives way before it. If any earthly
thing can save Fosters life it is this pc
titon from the widow OF Avery d. Put.
nam:


To the Governor ofMs Stste Of Mw York:


l wish 10 address you on sub ect
which, as you can well understand, is in
every respect most painful te me. re-
fer to the case of VIM Foster, convicted
OF the murder Of my husband, Avery ID.
Putnam. The intense suffering which
I have endured in my own loss, and Ia
seeing my child left fatherless, has made
me deeply sympathize with the widowed
and tho fatherlcss, and SO plead for his
life for the sake OF his innocent wife and
children, who are involved, with me a1d
mine, in neverdying sorrow. 1t would
in no way ameliorate my sorrow to know
that the law had taken his life, thus, per-
haps, robblng his family and friends Of
the hope that by heightened years that
husband and father may, by repentance
of his sins, become worthy Of the mercy
which infinite love extends to all. do
not presume to put forward my views on
such q matter, but IL my wishes are Of
any importance, do implore you to re
gard those innocent ones. For myself
aud my family it could only reopen our
wounds, and add another horror to the
past, to have to reflect that this man has
died, and thai another wife 10 widowed
and other children left fatherless, besides
being disgraced | believe that many
persons for whose opinions have great
respect think that the punishment should
be reduced to Imprisonment for life, and
Year: 1873

An entertainment will be given under the
Auspices of Harmony Council, Temperance
Reform at the Court House, on or about tie
27th of March, consisting of dramas and
music, vocal and instrumental Every effort
l. being put forth to make it success. Fur
tler notice next week.
Year: 1873

4 All indebted to us for subscriptions and
other work, will obligc us greatly and please
tbose we owe more, by calling and settling
tbeir accounts. We know that money is
searcc and hard to get-bu we trust our
friends will make am effort in our behalf
Year: 1873

rU FIX President Colfax had public
reception. yesterday, at South Bend, Ind.
He made a long speech, going over the
Credit Mobilier business from beginning
to end His fellow citizens then adopted
u resolution, declaring their confidence
in his honor and integrity undiminished.
as to both his public and private charac.
Year: 1873

1t is said there is boy in Concord,
N. H., who can repeat the mnltiplica-
ton table backward, and he is only 8
years old We know that boy. We
lived next door to that boy when we
were boy, and it is not SO long ago
but that we remember him distinctly.
He always went to bed at s o'clock, and
had slight cough. He brushed his
hair back of his ears, and carried a store
handkerchief, and when he played mar
bles it was to win. He always got home
from school before we did, and en-
ployed the interval in detailing to his
mother the betting" the boy next door
was getting. And, indeed, we were get
ting it, but there was no special interest
in it for other folks. He was the model
boy the boy our parents used to point
to, and speak of in tones of mingled adj
miration and regret, while unfittirg us
for sitting on anything harder than a
poultice. He never ran away from
school, nor stole money, but used to
throw mud on old people, when they
weren't looking, and unselfshly throw
the credit on us. And then to see that
boy come around into our yard with
lam on his bread. That was the last
feather-that was the climax to all the
sorrows our young heart knew. We
could have willingly forgiven everything
else, but that jam upset us. 1t went
right down into our heart of hearts, and
rankles there yet. 1t sent us into the
house bawling for jam, and getting it,
but not on our bread. We remember
that with ghastly distinctness.--Dan-
bury Nc"s.
Year: 1873

A Swiss philosopher has taken up
subject which has too long been neglect
ed by the manufacturers of boots and
shoes, viz a: the anatomical necessities
of the foot for better support. Many
sufferer from corns, bunions, and all the
ills that toes are heir to can trace his
sorrows to careless and inhuman
bootmaker. 1t is the rarest thing in
the world to get perfectly fitting boot
one which, on first acquaintance, does
not tear the skin off the tender portion
of the. heel, create ulcers upon the in
step, or so compress the nail of the big
toe rs to render disease a probable re-
suit. In measuring foot, says wise
man, the first thing to be considered is
the place of the great toe. Upon this
toe the whole weight of the body turns
at every step in natural foot. 1t is,
therefore, in a straight line with the
heel. A central line drawn from the
point of the great toe to the middle of
its root would pass exactly to the mid
die of the heel. Very few persons can
boast of big toe which does not, from
the unskilled making of stupid boot
maker, or series of the same, turn in
ward. No last or model Of foot SO
misshapen should ever be made the ex-
act size Cf such foot. There are many
sufferers, who in their agony have
heaped upon the whole boot-making
fraternity Il shower of interiections,
who will hail this addition to the SCI
ence of comfort with feelin. of Joy and
gladness.
Year: 1873

SAD RESULT OF LEA WING SO4I
LYING AROUND LOOSE.


A Danbnry woman bought box o.


soap and took it home. What followed


is thus related by the Nems: Subse.


quently, being engaged in baking, she


lost sight of the affair. In the mean.


time, the child looked over the box, and
finding the contents to be unusually at.
tractlve, undertook to eat them, but
failing in this, used them as blocks for
laying out townships, erecting towers,
and performing variety of other sngi-
neering feats. Pretty soon it fell to
knocking thom down with its hand, and
then to kicking them around with its
foot, and when this amusement lost its
attraction, it suddenly set mp q dread
full howl of agony, and started for the
kitchen. 1t was about this time that
the man of the house, who had been
abed up stairs, came down stairs in
pants and shirt, to get some shaving
water. When within four steps of the
bottom, he stepped on something which
Immediately disappeared with astonish-
ing celerity, and deposited him on the
floor below without the aid of the other
teps. He got up on his feet at once,
and looked about for the cause of the
accident. 1t was cake of that soap.
He picked it up, and with won 'erful
presence of mind, hurled it through the
glass of the first window. Then he
gathered up the shaving cup and brush,
aud went into the room. He went into
it Just as anyman would who had missed
four steps in coming down stairs and
lighting on another cake Just as he was
about to kick the door shut, that leg
shot away SO violently as to hurt the
roof of his mouth, and he came down on
one knee, with his head against the bu-
reau. The top of his scalp was some
what bruised, and one drawer was with
out its complement of knobs, and he
had bitten a piece from the tip of his
tongue, although no one would have
suspected that last by the flow of con-
versation that followed rs he bounded
to his feet. The appearance of his wife,
with her face depicting emotions of the
liveliest alarm, was welcomed rs prov
idential escape-valve for the wrath boil
ing within him, but he found his rage
turning to astonishment rs she suddenly
changed her motion, and dashed toward
him with her head down and uttering n
hysterical scream. As the instinct of
self-preservation is the loudest, he i'm
mediately proceeded to move out Of the
way of his sliding spouse, when he ell
cOuntered another cake of soap, and was
twisted completely around, and hurled
headlong against the center table, and
Immediately across her line of march
What became of her or the center table
in the crash that followed he cannot
tell. He remembers when striking the
table of seeing some twenty-five new
planets, with pyrotechnic display in
the background, and thinks he must
have heard q million fre-crackers go off
under . barrel. When he came to, he
was abed in q darkened room, with two
persons whispering in a corner, and the
air thorougly impregnated with flavor
of castor oil.
Year: 1873

BY THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
Somewhere in the graveyard that / know,


here the Strawberries under the chestuuts grow,
They have laid him; and his sisters set


his grave the flowers their tears have wet;
And above his grave, while write, the song
OF the matin robin leaps sweet and strong
From the leafy dark of the chostnut-trce;
And many a murmuring honey-bce


the strawberry-blosscms in the grass;
Stoops by his grave and Will not pass;
And in the little hollow beneath
The slope of the silent field of death,
The cow-bells tinkle soft and sweet
And the cattle go by with homeTarl feet,
And the squirrel barks from the shelteriEg limb,
At the harmless noises not meant for him;
And Nature unto her loving heart
Has taken cur darlipg's mortal part,
Tenderly, that he may be,
Like the song of the robin in the tree,
he blossoms, the grass, the reeds by the shore,
part of Summer evermore.
Year: 1873

The power of the human eye as exer-
cised by woman over man is doubtless ir-
resistible, but when a man imagines
that his own eye can exert the same in
fuence over the lower creation, and
that he has only to gaze fxedly on a
wild beast to subduc its ferocity, he oc-
casionally miscalculates his chances.
Thus, a professor in Vermont, who was
firm believer in the power of the hui
man eye, realized the truth of the doc
trine to his sorrow. Determined to con-
vince the skeptics of its truth, he Sc
lected ferocious bull, who WAS the
terror of the neighborhood, as the OBJ
iect of his experiment. The result was
not altogether successful. Surrounded
by retinue of Gisbelevers, the scien-
tific gentleman sauntered into the pas
ture where the thoughtful bull was
peacefully grazing. He fixed upon the
bull his eagle eye, but the bull quailed
not, neitherdid it retire in melodramatic
order, but the last thing seen of that
professor was his archaeological form
tossed twenty-seven feet into the air
and coming down on the other side of
the fence. His physical injuries were
slight, but his faith in scientific mes
merism as illustrated in bulls has been
greatly weakened.


An inventor has demonstrated that it
in not necessary to groove rlf1e-barrel
along its whole length in order to get
good results in shooting. About four
inches at the muzzle are grooved-all
the rest is smooth, by which the initial
velocity of the bullet is much greater
than in barrel grooved from breech
to rnuzzle, and the flight of the bullet
is more direct, or, as shooters say, it
has a fiatter trajectory. 1t is found In
practice that the few inches OF growing
at the muzzle are quite sufficient to set
the bullet spinning.
Year: 1873

The AMERICAN MAN OF LEISURE
He is sort of lost dog. The people are
so busy, they have SO long associated per-
sonal Importance with action and useful
ness, that it is all mans life is worth to
drop out of active employment. If
Vanderbilt should quietly release his hold
of the vast railroad interests now in his
hands. and should never more show his
face in Wall street, he would practically
shrink to a nonentity. If Stewart should
retire to enjoy his piled up millions in the
quiet repose of his palace, he would cease
to be an object of interest to anybody.
1t is undeniablY true that there is nobody
in America who has so hard time as the
man of leisure. The man who has MOTH
ing to do, and nobody to help him do moth
ing, may probably be counted among the
unfortunate classes, without regard to the
amount of wealth he possesses.


This is doubtless the reason why so
many who retire from life of profitable
labor come back, after few months or
years, to their old haunts and old pur-
suits. They see that the moment they
count themselves out of active life they
are counted by their old acquaintances out
of the world. They become mere loafers
and hangers-on, and a certain sense OF
vagabondage depresses them. The climate
is stimulating, time hangs heavy on theil
hands, business is exciting, business asso.
Citations are congenial and attractive; ane
SO they go back to their industries, never
to leave them till sickness or death or ole
age removes them from the theatre oil
their efforts.
Year: 1873

CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR THE
ORPHANs.--We give place to the commu-
nication below from one of our most es-
teemed fellow-citizens with the greatest
pleasure. The suggestion is a timely one,
and will, we doubt not, meet with a
hearty response from the friends of the
orphans. We will take great pleasure in
forwarding this commendab.e charity, and
in giving the proper direction to any con-
tributions that may be left or sent to our
office


RICHMOND, December Is, 1878.
To the Editor Of The State Journal:


Won't you urge your readers to leave at
your office small contributions, say t,ceaty-
fre cents apiece, in order to raise fund
with which to give Christmas dinner
to the boys at the Richmond male orphan
asylum.


Those who were contributors for q
similar purpose last year should have
seen as / did the pleasure which those
poor motherless and fatherless children
evlnced at their kindness in order to
appreciate the good which their money
did; and am sure that had any one
witnessed the scene who had not con-
tributed he would at once have enrolled
himself as a standing subscriber.


Very truly yours, @. u. w.
Year: 1873

A CASE has just been decided in Massa-
chusetts in which wife sought to recover
from her husband, from whom she had
been separated, the sum of 1920. This
money the wife had earned before her
marriage, but had loaned it after that event
to her impecunious spouse. The court
gave judgment for the defendant on the
ground that no contract between husband
and wife for the payment of money has
any validity in law.
Year: 1873

NARROW EsCAPE.-As the incoming
mail train on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad was passing around the curve near
Williamson's crossing, about five miles
from the city, last evening, it came in con-
tact with cart and mule driven by q
white man. The cart was smashed up, but
fortunately the man was not much injured.
He IS said to have been very much intoxi-
Gated,
Year: 1873

LAID UP EARLY.-We noticed an indi-
vidual early this morning who must have
evidently gotten out ofbed aorong. His face
was bruised, and he was unable to steer
his course without assistance. A friend
took him in and laid him on table. We
trust he will get up straight.
Year: 1873

will be added to the amount Of said remaining
half OF the tax charged in every case where the
party assessed shall fall to pay said remaining
half within the time so limited"


"But in case any person having failed to pay
in the MONTH OF JUNE one-half of the city
taxes due from such person, shall fail to pay the
whole thereof on or before the SlST DAY OF
DECEMBER, there shall be added
Year: 1873




ing thankful that the greatest of all virtues
has contributed to keeping so much
strength and manhood alive.


After six o'clock last evening the appli-
cants for supper came trooping in thick
was scarcely Baltimorean among them.
They were mostly men from the Middle
and Eastern states, who had been thrown
out of employment, and were wandering
to and fro in search of the means to earn
dollar.


NIGHT LODGINGS.


These benevolent ladies do even more
than extend their charity to the filling
of empty stomachs. In the two empty
floors of their building they have sleeping
accommodations for some twenty of the
poor and needy. They allow homeless
stranger three nights lodging free, and if he
ted to occupy bed for ten cents a night.
The whole aim of the association
is to be Internationally benevo-
lent to those who are utterly des-
titute, but at the same time to obtain a
moderate payment from those who are able
to render the same. There are at present
only eighteen cots in the house, but if the
clothing were only furnished, Mr.. Duke-
hart, the superintendent, could easily make
room for hundred. 1t would be gen.
uine charity for provision to be made so
that he could accommodate this number of
destitute persons during the next three
months of hard weather. Several donations
have been received lately, but they do not
nearly cover the want.


THOSE TO WHOM PRAISE is DUE.


The ladies' relief association is deserving
of all commentator. They have estab-
lished in addition to the Calvert street
house, another in South Baltimore, and one
at the corner of Pratt and Bond streets.
The benefcence of these is only less than
that Of the present house. They have done
vast amount of good. and the charitable
men and women who have sustained them
are entitled to the highest praise.
Year: 1873

TEMPERANcE.--Ap public temperance
meeting will be held at Union Station
church tonight, under the auspices of
Crystal Temple of Honor and Temperance.
Fine music and speaking will be in order.
Year: 1873

SENT ON.-Charles Sharp and Robert
Clark, charged with burglariously entering
the dwelling house of Mrs. Howard and
stealing lot of wearing apparel. was sent
on to the grand jury of the hustings court
BY Justice White this morning.
Year: 1873

1t is between IL and o'clock in the day
that the largest charity of the association
is exercised. Between those hours all
poor lersons are served with their bowl of
soup. But there must be some system,
and to this end all those who apply for re.
lief are required to file their names and
residences. None are sent away empty,
but they must state where they live, and
they are then visited by some lady dele
gate of the association. Any one who is
found worthy receives season ticket,
which is good for supplies of soup and
bread until the beneficiary is able to make
a living bv work.
Year: 1873

Notwithstanding the large amount of
meat that is daily required by the soup
house, it is gratifying to know that during
the two weeks of its existence the associa-
ton has had to expend less than $12 in
this branch of supplies. The butchers
have been exceptionally generous In their
gifts to the ladies. The donations of veg
etahles have also been yery large.
Year: 1873

Extending from the north side Of Bridge-st,
in this CITY, in a northerly direction midway between
State and Whehasts there is street which has been
naved for many years TO the Of the houses
that front on BowlDggreen, then turns directly east
toward Broadway and stops abruptly at house which,
If is stated was erected when Broadway was wdened
The entrance the street from that thoroughfare Is
thus closed Formerly there was a lamppost at the
point where street changes its direction but Tor
three years the been unghted at night and
is resort for prO1igate men and women VINO frequent
it at night Cries Of Murder" and watch" often
emanate from Its recesses and 1t Is continual source
Of annoyance TO tho few persons residing in
the vicinity. The prominent feature OF the
street. however, is its terribly filthy condition
II is lined both sides with piles OF
manure in some cases. feet high 1t is used as re-
ceptace for the th and sops Of neiGhboTing houses
and nausestng odors arising from 10 have become
business In the vicinity that frequently they com
offensive odOfB I'LL the air and the street has not been
cleaned for hve years TIC manure heaps breeding
disease while tue hot sun pours down upon Nth and pn
tryiug In order 10 ascertain whether ths
street Is regularly laid out TRIBUNE reporter
ined ola city map which traced under the
name OF Whitney-st. Property owners IN the vicinity
state that they have for the paving OF the
street, and always understood that II public
thoroughfare II is the fact. the street cleaning
sent condition any event the Board OF Health have
maDifestly neglected one ilnpOrtan duty.


BoOTH-HoLDER AND HIS FRIEND AT COURT.
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: Although the action OF the Board OF


Health IN the booths Is considered
by arbitrary proceeding, let no one have his
by q iutusttcD. Those
Year: 1873

Err A Troy editor took his wife to
New York Friday. The conductor, when
he came along, recognized our Troy
brother as entitled to free passage, but
not knowing the lady, whispered to him,
Is this lady a friend Of yoursy NO,
no, said the Troy editor, in haste she
is my wife