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Yol. XXXTI. 1 ! EALJ1IGH, Kl C, , WEDISTESli AY MOIllSTIlSTdh, JTJLY 6, ! 187cj. 'I ' No. 26.
W. a.
SMITH
puopnrETOKS.
& CO.,
Fan basins.,
"Parrhasias, a paiut-r of Athcus, amongst
those 0!yntUi.ii: cj.p..vj Philip of Maci-dun
brought homu to suit, i-ught oue very old man ;
and, when be bad uim his house, put him to
death with extreme tcrtrw and torment, the bet
tor by bis example to express the pains and pas
sloss of his Prometheus, whom he was about
to paint f '
Parrhaslns stood, ff&drg forgetfully
Upon lfis canvass. TUcri Promctbcus lay.
Chained to the cold ruck uf Mount Caucasus.
l uc vulture at bis vitals, and the links
Uf the lame Lcmni&n lee'crinir in hisi flesh .
And, as the painter's laind felt through the dim
"in mystery, ana piucueu ine Shadows wild
Forth with its reucuing fancy, aud with lorm
Aud color elad them, his tine, rarnist iri
Flashed with a passionate arc, and thcifuiek curl
t his thin uostril, aud hid quivering lip.
tub iikc iuu wiiiuii a unuiiuug irom Uls
fli'Lt
- M Bring me the cuntive now !
My hands feel skillLi, ixc the shadows lift
From my waked spirit ai-ily and swill ;
' Aud I conld paint the bow
Upon the bended heavens around me play
Colors of such divinity tc day.
11a bind him on his hack !
Look 1 as Prometheus in my picture here
iuicK or me limits I tana with the cordial
. Now bend liimjto Ui'i rack !
Press down the poisoned links into bis lUh !
And tear agape that betiintf. wuuiidlrcsb ! - -
" So let him writhe ! How long
Will he live thus? Quick, my good pencil, now !
What a flne agony works upon his brow !
Ha ! gray-haired, and so strong ! -How
learlully he stifles that short moan !
Gods lift could but paist a dying groan !
Pity' thee! So I do!
I pity the dumb victim at the altar !
But does the robed pries! for his pity falter ?
I'd rack thec though I knew
A tbousaud lives were perishing in thine
What were ten thousand to a laine like niiue ?
Ah ! there's a deathless name !
A spirit that the smothering vault shall spurn.
And, like a stead tot planet, mount and burn
And though its crown of flame
Consumed my bruin to ashes as it won mc
By all the tiery stars ! I pluck it on me !
Ay though it bid me rifle
My heart's last fount lor its insatiate thirst
Though every life strung nerve he maddened
first '
Though it should bid me stifle
The yearning in my throat lor my sweet child,
Aud taunt its mother till my brum went wild
All I would do it all
Sooner than die, like a dull worm to rot
Thrust foully iu the earth to be forgot.
Oh heavens but I appall
Tour heart, old man! lorgive ha! on your
lives
Let biin not laint ! rack him till be revives !
Vain vain give o'er. His eye
Glazes aiiace. He does not ieel you now
Stand back ! I'll paint the deatU-dew on his
brow !
Gods ! it he do not die
Hut for one moment-oue till I ccliiise
Conception with the scorn of those calnilips!
Shivering ! Hark ! he mutters
Brokenly now that was a dillicult breath
Another? Wilt thou never come, oh, Death !
Look! how his temple flutters !
Is bis heal I still ? Alia ! lilt up his head !
He shudders gasps Jove help him so he's
dead."
flow like fc uiountaiu devil In the heart
Rnles the unreined ambition ! Let it once
But play the monarch, and its hauirlily brow
Glows with a beauty that bewilders thought,
And unthrones peace lor ever. Putting ou
The very pomp ot Lucifer, it turns
The heart to ashes, and with not a spring
Lclt in the desert tor the spirit's lip,
We look upon our splendor and forget
The thirst of which we perish !
The Great Utah Mystery The Iicovery
of the Outlet of Great Salt Lake.
To-day we give the facts as we have them
relative to the discovery of a subterranean
outlet to Great Salt Lake. This inland sea,
the briniest of all the waters of the worid.
and which former investigations pronounced
as being kept at its level by tiie action of
..yaporation, has itself solved the mystery of
""the mountains. The lofty hills anil all "the
lovely islands have for countless ages found
a mirror for their grand majesty in the bo
som of our lake, and its burnished face has
been kept bright with the crystal supplies
of a thousand streams from out the roaring
canyons, clefts and snowy reservoirs of the
Kocky chain. The eye of science has scanned
with care the agencies which, it was sup
posed, held the arjueotis wonder in Its place,
und the llumlioldts ami Siliinans of two
continents saw no escapement fur thu"IIang
ing Sea " save through the a?rial pathways
of the snn. Manyyears ago the bureau of
topography sought to explain the perma
nent equilibrium of Great Salt Lake, whose
thirst absorbs a greater supply of fresh wa
ter than Michigan or Eric, but still the re
duction was the same. Every trial said its
shores were saved from flood by the evapo
rating power. This is no longer a theory,
and never was correct.
One night last week the schooner Pioneer,
Capt. Hannah, on her voyage irom Corinnc
to Stockton, when at a point in the lake be
tween Fremont and Kimball Islands, nearly
opposite this city, came suddenly in contact
with something which the Captain thought
more solid than water, believing his vessel
to have stranded upon rocks. Instead of
this, however, the men on the Pioneer dis
covered that she was in the whirl of a
maelstrom, for the vessel immediately re
volved in a circular current ; and the motion
was so rapid in the revolutions made that
the tnrn could scarce stand at their duties.
Capt. Hannah being an old sailor, and un
derstanding the danger he was in, at once
added sail, and a brisk wind blowing at the
time, the craft was, after about half an
hour's detention, home beyond the vortex
of the eddy. He inlorms Gen. Connor, the
owner of the schooner, and from whom we
get these interesting facts, that while in the
trough of the ugly hole the deck was far
lower than the water outside the whirlpool,
and that he owes the safety of the vessel
and men to the stiff breeze which fortu
nately sprung up at the time. The noise of the
waters as they descended denoted that some
mighty airless cavity below gave strength
to the suction, and the surging, frothy foam
above was like the boiling of a mammoth
cauldron. That this is the safety valve of
Great Salt Lake there seems to be no doubt,
und we can reasonably assume that similar
openings arc numerous on the bottom. The
steamer Kate Connor will lie ready iu two
or three days to go on the hike, when the
general, accompanied by a party of gentle
men from this city, will go and examine the
maelstrom.
The men of the college aud university
will again be called to make a scientific sur
vey of this great discovery, und geologists
and chemists will, in the waters of the Utah
Mediterranean, find many valuable lessons
to impart to student and graduate. How
marvellous are nature's works around us !
Utah Eeporter, 104A.
Wendell Phillips.
The wedding of Mr. Weudell Phillips,
many years ago, nau about it a touch ot
romance. The lady who is now his wife
was an aholitiomst and an invalid.
Having a fortune in her own right, she
thought of devoting it to emancipation ;
but Knowing now money lett in that way lb
likely to be wasted, she d'.-ennil it best to
transfer it t" individual in whom she had
entire faith. She had been for sometime a
sincere admirer of the distinguished orator,
and had reason to heiieve that he had an
affection for her. Thinking her end was
drawing nigh, she sent tor Mr. Phillips, and
alter unfolding her plan, told him the best
thing to do under the circunisUnccs was for
them to be married ; that he would then
have a right to her property, and could
devote it to the caua; they both so earnestly
loved. Ho was much touched by her can
dor and generosity, and in a few days they
were married. That was twenty years ag(
and Mrs. Phillips, though very delicate, is
still living, and bids fair to live for many
years to come. The pair are devotedly at
taehed to each other ; and what seems to
have been merely a business affair has pro
duced all the happiness of the most Jro
mantic and poetic mat rages. He was
wealthy before his union, and since then his
own and his vife s means have been liberally
expended in the cause of humanity and
freedom. Apart from his remarkable ge
nius, Mr. Phillips is a man of irreproachable
habits, living and acting up to an ideal
standard as. nearly perhaps, as is possible
ipr men,
A Novel Revenge Forbidding the! Bans
in a very Practical Manner AiWed
ding Party Itombarded. ' ' j
The Louisville Journal of Thursday sayg:
A yonng man. Louis Jaqucs, was yester
day tried in the Police Court on a charge of
disturbance; and as the case was rather pe
rn liar we give a brief account of it, 'with
holding the names of the assaulted! parties.
-. Some time ago a young gentlcmei of this
city saw and fell desperately in lovil with a
young lady, also a resident hcrl. The
young man, believing in the truth of the old
proverb, that ' faint heart ne'er wUi fair
lady," made determined and desperite love
to the fair one, and was at hist overjoyed at
receiving from her a confession tliat the
adoration was mutual. Arrangements were
' promptly made to have the marriigc bell
tolled, and alter the lair one bad een nl-
I lowed ample time to prepare the inuvitablu
orange wreath, and nil the necessary Sara
togas with her outfit, the happy youth don
ned his spikc-tailelcoat and wliit kid?,
and, accompanied by the friends and rela
tives of both bride and groom, proceeded
to the church with his blushing bride. Op
position, however, met them at the door in
the person of Jaqucs, who had armed him
self with a number of stones front the ma
cadamized street, and wiih a quantity of
the same "articles of war" in reserve, com
menced a savage attack upon the party and
the house. The guests were astounded, the
bridegroom enraged, and the bride's nerves
received a shock from winch she ..did not .
soon recover. After continuing the assault
for a few minutcs.the attacking party endeav
ored to "retreat in good order," but was ar-
reated and locked up on a charge of distur
bance, its, onlay, when the case came up
for trial. Judge Schoener was, on hearing
the evidence, impressed with the belief
that amusement of the kind irdulged in was
worth twenty five dollars to any man, and
in consequence requested the defendant to
contribute that amount towards the support
of the city government. JNo reason was
given in court for the attack, but it appears
probable that it was instigated by the
"grccn-cvcd monster."
A Balloon Duel.
Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever
fought took place in 1808. It was peculi
arly French in its tone, and could hardly
have occurred under any other than a French
state of society. SL dc Grand pre anil M.
le Pique had a quarrel, arising out of jeal
ousy concerning a lady engaged at the Im
perial 0cra,; one Mademoiselle Tirevit.
They agreed to fight a duel to settle their
resectivc claims ; aud, in order that the
heat of angry passion should not interfere
with the polished elegance of the proceed
ing, they postponed the duel for a mouth
the lady agreeing to bestow her smiles on
the survivor of the two, if the other was
killed ; or at all ctents, this was inferred by
the two men, if not actually expressed.
The duelist were to fight in the air. Two
balloons were constructed, precisely alike.
On the day denoted, De Grundprc and his
second entered the car of one balloon, Lc
Pique and his second that of the other; it
was in the garden of the TuiUeries. amid an
immense concourse of spectators. The gen
tlemen were to fire, not at each other, but at
each other's balloons, in order to brirgthem
down by the escape of gas ; and as pistols
might hardly have served for this purpose,
each aronaut took a blunderbuss in his car.
At a given signal the rope that retained the
cars were cut, and the balloons ascended.
The wind was moderate, and kept the bal
loons at about their origiual distance of
eighty yards apart When about hall a
mile above the stir.'aec of the earth, a pre
concerted signal for firing was given. M. le
Pique fired but missed. M. dc Grandpre
tired and sent a ball through Lc Piques
balloon. The balloon collapsed, the ear
descended with frightful rapidity, and Le
Pique and his second were dashed to pieces.
le urandpre continued bis ascent triumph
antly, and terminated his a?rial voyage suc
cessfully at a distance ol seven leagues
Irom Paris.
A Horrible Atrocity in New Jersey A
Woman Beaten to Insensibility and
thrown on a Stove by her Husband.
A man named Donohoc, keeper of a low
groggcry on Iiiver street, Newark, has again
outraged the feelings of humanity by so
brutally and feloniously beating his wile
that her life is imperriled. Only a short
time since lie was sentenced to the State
Mson for a year for his rullianism, but
through the pleadings of the present victim
of his fiendishncss his sentence was commu
ted to a line.
The first intimation of yesterday's deadly
assault was the running of Mrs. Donohoe
into a neighbor's recking with blood and
pursued by her husband, who, as she sunk
exhausted on a chair, felled her to the ground
with a blow from him. Owing to Donohoc'a
reputation for ferocity, the neighbors were
afraid to interfere, and remained silent but
horrified spectators ot his atrocities. Wnile
she remained motionless on the floor he par
tially disrobed her, and taking her in his
arms threw her on the stove, whereby her
forehead was severely cut by striking against
kettle, the hot water in the latter nlso
scalding her person. Finding her still alive
he threw her down a flight of stairs, and as
she lay in a lifeless condition, he told the
shuddering bystanders if they would carry
her home he would withhold any further
brutality; but no sooner had she been de
posited on the floor of their hovel than
Bonohie impressed the heel of his rough
shoe on her face with such stamping force
that the blood oozed from her ears, nose ana
mouth. Donohoc then shut the door and
remained inside with his victim, and as all
the witnesses of the deed of blood wero
afraid to prefer a charge against him, the
police refrained from making any attempt
to arrest him. It is the opinion ol those
who beheld the shocking outrages that the
unfortunate woman cannot survive.
The 4th District.
The Kenublicans of the 4th Congressional
District have nominated J. H. Harris, Esq.,
us a candidate to represent that District in
the U. S. House of Representatives. That
he has been so nominated is evidence or ins
possessing the qualifications for a member
ship to Congress. Bnt in his case we have
something more. He has been a prominent,
active politician since the close of the war.
It is admitted that be is intelligent, wen
informcd, indeed, possesses talents of a very
superior order, and, as a public debater, has
but few equals. Indeed, he will be pleased
to meet his Democratic opponents in debate
during the canvass, and wc arc sure that
whatever have been their reputation lor
ability or success as canvassers, the Repub
licans will readily abide the result ol the
gujieriuriiy, to whomsoever benefit it may
inure.
It is a deserved compliment to his race,
therefore, which has been properly icndeicd
by the Kepuuucans oi mat iisirici,
and colored. Every true and thorough l!e-
nublican will, therelorc, come forward
nromntlv and name inaniuuy lor jur.
Ilarris' election. In view of the correctness
and sacredncss of our principles, and the
evil tendencies and bad consequences of
those of our political enemies, the duty ot
no Republican will have been performed
who allows anv vote to be lost to .lames 11
Harris, which he can control or influence.
Mr. IPs position and influence entitles him
to the united summit ol every lover ol law.
order, peace and good government, anil wc
hope he will receive them.
Of Mr. Hawkins, the other candidate for
Congress in that District, we know lest
But knowing that the Republicans of the
District bad entrusted mm with the banner
in this campaign, would be sufficient evi
dence to us that he deserved and should
receive the vote ol every friend of the cause.
It makes no kipd of difference who the
nominees of the Democratic or Conservative
party may In: No farmer position, merely.
ot any man, entitles bim to support now,
Piunctples, Not MLS. should be the battle
cry. The former position ot certain men
may have been very gimd, while their present
position in support of a party, ami pnn
doles so bad as is I he present anti Rcpub
lican organization, is the; very best cause for
their ilcleat. Salem Adcncate.
In a case in Germany, where a little girl
died from injuries received by her clothes
catching fire while locked up in a rom by
herself, the mother was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment from manslaughte,
through carelessness.
A Voice from the Great West,
We publish below an article clipped fiom
the Chicago HejitMican. This widely circu
lated journal speaks for the great West:
and its condemnations of Kukluxism are
hearty and soul refreshing. The Iicpuhliatn
says: . : ,v '
"Despite the assurances of the Democratic
press throughout the country that things
are nil lovely in the South, and that the Ku
klux organization exists only in the imagi
nation of Judical editors, the facts are every
'day making stronger the proof that the
people of certain portions of the South wore
never in greater danger of assassination
than now. In North Carolina the Kuklux
organization is so stiong as successfully to
defy the power of the law. They are
thoroughly organized, and some sections of
the Statu are completely in their hands.
They arc using their power in incendiarism,
robbery anil assassination; and no existing
legal power in the State is sufficient to reach
them. If artestcd on suspicion they can
corruptly establish an alibi, and if not, the
jury is either composed of Kuklux, or dare
not bring in a verdict of guilty.. The
Jtsileigh (North Carolina) Standard, day
after day, gives much of its space to de
tailing the horrible outrages that the law
less robbers have committed against
peaceable citizens, for no other reason than
that they were obnoxious because of their
supposed friendliness u law and order,
kiov. lloldcn has hecu obliged to call out the
militia of tlm Htate lor tho suppression of
the Kuklux and other murderous organiza
tions. In South-Carolina the condition is
not more promisiug for the peace and pros
perity of the State. As usual, the vengeance
of the midnight murderers falls 'most
heavily upon- ill unfortunate blacks and
their friends, and the barbarities practiced
upon them arc in all respects equal to those
practiced upon our border settlers by the
Indians. These bloodthirsty marauders
openly avow their belief in tho universal
assassiuation of those whom they stigma
tize as "carpet-baggers" and "scalawags."
They arc unceasing in their efforts to mis
represent the negroes, to degrade them, to
crowd them out of employment with a view
ot importing white labor to take their
places. The Kuklux favor driving the people
to the Mississippi bottoms. Their mandate
is, practically, " either die or get to the Mis
sissippi bottoms. That is the only place
for you." Their puiposc appears to be the
annihilation ot the colored race, or the ren
dering of them powerless by persecution.
The Kuklux Klan is made up of those who
are Democrats in principle, who have
always voted the Democratic ticket, and
who are preparing to vote it in the future
Yet there arc certain Democratic journals
that are trying to secure the colored voters
by pretended regard lor their welfare. These
journals ought, for their own political inter
est, to denounce the Kuklux outrages, which,
unless suppressed, will most assuredly des
troy the very liest chances of their securing
the colored people for the Democratic party.
Their project of attempting to secure the
colored vote is, at the best, the desperate
game of a ruined party, and is the height of
idly iu the North, while their Kuklux
friends in the South arc commitiiig out
rages upon them, that find pa nil lei only in
an Indian massacre. One thing is certain.
The Kuklux must be put down, even though
United States troojis should be required for
the purpose. Five years of peace policy
have tailed to convert the Kuklux to a love
of law and order. The asperities of the re
bellion have not died out They seem to be
concentrated in the Kuklux, and to flame
forth as blood-red as in the hottest period
of war. . Are our citizens in the South to be
protected from these murderous bands, or
are they to be their victims until the advent
of auothcr administration ?"
What the Democrats Want.
: Andrew J. Stedman has commenced the
publication of a Democratic paper at Dan
buiy, Stokes County, called the Old Contti
tvlivii. Iu his salutatory he says, "The first
and chief object to lie accomplished, and the
prime purposes of this paper, is to abolish
the present infamous constitution of North
Carolina, aud to rc-cstabliah in the stead
thereof the good old constitution of nur
fathers."- N. C. Standard.
The good old constitution ol our fathers,"
in North Carolina, whose restoration is so
earnestly coveted by the Democracy ol that
State, embodied, among others, the follow
ing "good old" Democratic principles:
L Branding the flesh with red hot irons.
We do not suppose the entire Democratic
party is in favor of going back to this "good
old" custom; but those who are, will not be
rebuked by their fellow partisans.
11. Cropping the cars ot petty delinquents,
was a permitted punishment under the "good
old" Constitution. This is a species of cru
elty which even Democrats should discoun
tenance.
IIL Whipping Posts and Pillories for the
poor who found themselves unable to pay
such trifling fines as were imposed upon
them for trifling offences, was the "good
old" custom. This is a pleasant illustration
of Democratic sympathy for the rich, who
arc never subjected to the Whipping Post
or Pillory, because they always have the pe
cuniary means to escape the degradation.
IV. Imprisonment tor debt was another ol
the "good old" customs sanctioned by the
'ood old" Constitution whose restoration is
the primary issue with the Democracy ol
North Carolina. What do the Democracy
this way think of it?
V. The "food old Constitution ol JNorth
Carolino also withheld the right of suffrage
from the colored man. This prohibition
would be renewed by restoring the discarded
instrument. And this is the real reason for
this agitation.., The Democracy, not of North
Carolina merely, but of the whole country,
will fight lor a restoration of this prohibi
tion. On the whole, wc congratulate the Demo
cracy everywhere upon the proof which this
man btediuan gives, mar, Democracy still
lives, in all its beauty, vigor and vitality, in
at least one Statu in the Union. And this
little leaven may, in due time, leaven the
whole lump. Long live Progress ! Albany
If. T, Hve. Journal
Hon. L. P. Olds,
It is
gratifying to see sonic of our best
and ablest men as candidates for the legisla
ture in various parts of the State. This is
peculiarly the case in the Wake Senatorial
District. Judge Olds, by his splendid legal
and literary attainments will be placed at
once among the leading members of the
body, tor which he has been designated by
the Republicans of Wake. He will, ot
course, lie elected. Ills high moral and so
cial position, his unswerving devotion to the
nrincinles ot the llenubiican party will ren
der him a most efficient representative ot
the people in the body to winch he will be
assigned, and they will have an assurancp
that in him they , will have an abloanda
true friend.
i The promptness and cfllciency with which
he has discharged the- various duties de
volving upon him as Attorney General, at
test his ability and useluincss as u public
servant.
We take this occasion to say of Mr. P.
B. Hawkins of Franklin, who has also been
selected to represent, in part, the same Dis
trict that no truer or more reliable Senator
will be returned to that body. By his in
telligence, attention to duties, and especially
to business of his constituents entrusted to
him, be will deserve the coufidence reposed
in him by an enlightened constituency.
Salem Advocate.
MoTiiEit. Lamartine tells a story that
exquisitely illustrates a mother's love : "Iu
a spring freshet, a- river wildly washed its
shores, and lent away a bough wherein a
bird had built a cottage for a summer home.
Down the white and whirling stream drifted
the green branch, its wicker cup of nnfledg
ed song, and fluttering beside it, as it went,
the mother bird. Unheeding the roaring
river, on she went, her cries of agony and
fear piercing the pauses in the storm. How
like the love of the old-fashioned mother,
who followed the dove she bad p'utked
from her heart all over the world. Swept
away by passion that child might lie. it
mattered not ; though he was tawing away
with him. the fragrance of the shaticred
roof tree, yet that mother . was with him, a
Ruth through all his life, and a Rachel at
his death."
The best capital to begin life on is a cap
ital wife.
Miscellaneous.
The pace that kills
fortune. -Running through a
' Wild cats are killing many sheep in the
jState of Maine. ( . '..
' Ah insane gentleman in Chicago went out
gunning the other day, his game being street
car horses, and was arrested. ' -
An Indian near Fort Scott, Kansas, recent
ly traded two mules for a set of false teeth,
and proudly wore them, necklace fashion.
A fifteen foot shark, one of the largest, if
not the very largest ever caught, Is ou exhi
bition in the London Museum.; , .... ,
It seems too bad that after all Theodore
Tilton has done for her sex flint Red Cloud's
sanaw wants his scalp for a door mat.
The new Mayor of Washington, D. C, M.
S'. Emery, states, in his inaugural address,
that he is a Radical Republican. He was
jelected in opposition to the regular Repub-
!ican nominee. .. ;!
Some people are never contented.; After
laving all their limbs broken, their heads
mashed, and their brains knocked out. they
(will actually go to law and try to get further
damages. ' "
I Mrs. Sarah Larcam, a Carroll county Ind.,
widow, captured two burglars in her house,
(he other night, by charging nil them unex
pectedly .with loaded moskcC , -,
Lit is rumored that Mr. A. T. Stewart has
ffercd the use of his Fifth avenue palace to
the Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, during
bis contemplated visit tu our country next
year. .
How to rid , itself of the grasshopper
plague is Utah's engrossing question. All
the available force is fighting the insects,
and all kinds of receipts aro advocated.
Driving a flock ot sheep hurriedly over a
field of grasshoppers is said to depress the
f critters " as much as anything.
Pleasant Goode, the negro servant of Gen.
Maxcy Gregg, and sexton of an Episcopal
church at Columbia, S. C, died a rew days
ago, and at his funeral some of the most
prominent white citizens acted as his pall
bearers. : , .
i It is estimated that one-fifth of the meat
supply of Paris is veal. At the commence
ment of the present century the price of veal
was half a franc per pound. It is now three
times as much or one and a half franco.
Hon. I. C. Lash.
It is due to this gentleman to state that
be did not desire to be a candidate for Con
gress at this time. We have long since
known, and have more recently been in
formed, that he bad no desire to become a
candidate for the position he now so hono
rably and efficiently fills. Iodecd he only
became a candidate before, in compliance
with tha: peculiar combination of circum
stances which caused such an unanimous
and pressing call upon him that placed him
in the present Congress. He greatly preler
red, then as now, to be permitted to retire to
private life, where he could attend to his va
ried buaine.-s avocations. In going to Con
gress at all, it is a great and a noble sacri
fice to principle ou bis part, losing thereby,
as lie was, far more, by inattention to busi
ness, than all his salary.
No man in the district, we are assured,
endorses more heartily the nomination which
has been made, than Mr. L., and none will
give to that nomination a freer and a more
ready support. This, alone, demonstrates
his patriotic devotion to principle.
: In Mr. Lash, the people have had a true,
an able, and devoted representative, with
whom, we can justly say, they are "well
pleased." And when his term shall have
expired he can certainly retire with their
blessing ot "well done, good and taithtul
servant." Salem Advocate.
Liuiitkikq Detectiso Feniahs. -The
Hamilton (Ont.) Timet, of June lltb, says:
Thomas Knoll, of the township ot Ash-
hodel, county of Peterborough, was, with
bis horse, killed by lightning a lew days
ago. At the coroner s inquest papers were
lound in his possession, one of which was a
subscription list for the benefit of the Fe
nians, and which amounted to $400. An
official of the township headed the list with
$40! The circumstance has created great
excitement in the neighborhood of the oc
crrrence. Further developments will - m
doubt arise nut ot the investigation, . All
who subscribed money to aid the remans
arc, of course, as guilty in the eyes of the
law as though they were taken while engaged
in active hostilities with the Fenian inva
ders. They arc. in fact, guilty of treason,
or treason-felony, and are liable to suffer
death, on the charge being proved against
them.
Jjf no State, probably, is the situation
of affairs so bad as in North-Carolina. Vio
lence and terror arc holding there high'car
nival, and the record of the past twelve
months is a terrible one. Within that time
no less than five hundred citizens have been
whipped and scourged by desperate ma
rauders. Not less than twenty women have
been violated, and at least ten men mutila
ted in the most shocking manner. In the
presence of these outrages grand juries have
been for the most part powerless, or if in
rare cases they have found indictments, the
indictments have been seldom followed by
convictions. The Solicitors and Judges
have been as powerless as tho juries. In
timidation has gone hand in hand with vio
lence, and the eivil authorities have been
overawed. Governor Holden is the only one
invested with power who appears to have
retained his courage, and refused to become
weak ot resolution or lacking in pluck.
Richmond Journal. .
: The Chicago Republican says : Colonel
John Brownlow, son of Senator Brownlow,
writes from Washington to a friend in this
city, under date of the 19th inst., as follows :
14 Father is steadily improving. Ever since
his trip to New York he has been getting
better. With improved health he is recov
ering his old buoyant spirits, and be is hope
ful that no rebel will occupy his seat until
after the 4th of March, 1875. Ex-Surgeon
General Hammond, whom he consulted in
New York, gave a most lavorable opinion
of his case ; said complete restoration to
health was possible, and very great relief
absolutely certain.'
' The Two Angels. A traveler, who spent
some time in turkey, relates a beautilul par
able which was told bim by a dervieh,- and
it seems even more beautilul than Sterne's
celebrated figure of the accusing spirit and
recording angel : .VEvcry man," says the der
vish, "has two angels, oue on his right shoul
der and one on his left. . When he does any
thing good, the angel on the right shoulder
writes it down and seals it, because what is
well done is done forever. When he does
evil, the angel on the left side writes it down,
and be waits tut midnight, it liclore that
time the man bows his head and exclaimr,
'Gracious Allah ! I bavesinneil ; lorgive me "
the angel rubs out the record ; but if not, at
midnight he seals it, and the beloved angel
on the right shoulder weeps."
. The following notice has been sent to
all bankers and brokers on this continent.
United States Notes, Series of 1861).
Two thousand notes, of ten dollars each,
from No. H 3,530,001 to No. H 3,532,000.
both inclusive, were stolen from the treas
ury. No $10 notes, of a number higher
fian H 3,236,000 have been issued.
: Pleuse look out lor the stolen Notes. A
liberal reward will be paid to any person
through whose instrumentality the thief
may be detected. Hold parties presenting
the stolen Notes, ' (if suspicions attsch to
them) and in any case ot presentation notify
i J)Vi-DPINNEK.
I Treasurer XJ. S.
is. icw days since, a woman residing in
this city returned, after an absence of four
months, to bud that her husband had ob
tained a divorce and had married another
woman. On inquiring the cause set np in
court, she found that it was on. account ot
protauity. From the, way she swore ven
teancc on her faithless husband, the woman
he had married and the lawyer that had
obtained the divorce, the plea was well
grounded. , Whether it was sufficient cause
for divorce is an open question. Terra
Haute Ind., Express.
5 An Essay on Sunstrokes. .
I Another illusion ;of. youth haa vanished.
!We are bow told by 'an eminent physician"
that cases of sunstroke may occur in the
shade as well as in the sun.' Here is what
the physician in question says in the Hearth
und Some: -
" One of the sacred promises to those who
ire to inherit the better life h: 'That the
sun shall not light upon them, n'or any heat.'
To the inhabitants of , the 'dry and thirsty
land,1 it is remarked Jby.an author on sun
Ptroke, this promise was full of meaning..
This disease, or rather accident, has - nn
floubtedly been recognized in some' form
From the earliest periods of history. The
suffering of armies; in tropical climates is
frequently due to the effects of heat. La
porers exposed to the ;steady action of the
tun's rays in snmuter,' and so situated or
clothed as to interrupt Jree perspirntion, or
by their habits raising! the temperature of
the blood, are liable) sunstrokes. It fol
lows that so-called sunstrokes may occur
without exposure to the sun, and such is the
case quits frequently.! AH the conditions
may be present in the shade, and even when
the person is in a state of rest. . -
Though not strictly correct, sunstrokes
may, -tor practical, purposes, be defined to
be an Affection of the nervous system, due
to oveheitcd blood. The term overheated
must be taken in a relative and not a literal
sense; .for if the nervous system is in good
eonoliion, and the functions bf the body
otherwise well performed, tho temperature
Of the blood may be increased, wjthout dan
gerous or even injurious results. - But if the
individual isgreatly fatigued, or poorly
nourished or weakened by disease, so that
the nervous system is depressed or enfeebled
the effect of the sadden elevation of the
volume of the blood may prove most disas
trous. This result is produced, not by over
stimulation, but by actual depression, for
this is the recognized effect ot overheated
blood upon the nervous centres. Whatever
other and more subtle causes may be opera
ting upon the individual, this one will be
most apparent, and, if avoided, will save
the exposed person from an attack.
; " By fur the larger number of victims of
sunstroke are the intemperate ; they are pre
disposed, by an induced depression of the
nervous system, to poor nutrition, and by
super-heated blood from the use of stimu
lants. They olten fall dead in summer from
the cflccts of heat, even while sitting quietly
in the shade. Among laborers and soldiers
the intemperate are the subjects ot sunstroke.
The aged and infirm are liable to be pros
trated by the heat during the rise of tem
perature of the blood, excited by the heat
of external air. Feeble children, also, often
sink from pure exhaustion, due to the de
pression of heat.
" The premonitory symptoms are heat,
dizziness, great thirst, suffusion of the eyes,
followed by fainting or insensibility, like an
attacked ot apoplexy.
" As sunstroke depends npon several con
ditions of varying intensity, so its attacks
may be slight or great, according to these
conditions. In some cases it is but a tran
sient tainting, or perhaps only a feeling of
slight deoression, lasting for several days,
while in the severer forms death follows
quickly, as though there had been a verita
ble amp de soleil, or stroke of the eun.
"In the management of this disease pre
vention is eminently important It is an
affection which can always be prevented by
proper precautions, and the preventive meas
ures can be practiced by every one. The
one prime object must be to keep cool, and,
above all, to keep the head, the seat of the
great nervous cenlies, cool. It will not do
to cool the extrc-meties simply, for thus tho
blood is driven npon the brain and lungs
and fatal mischief may thus be created. The
whole body should be kept in as nearly the
normal temperature as possible. This may
be done by dressing in light and loosa
clothing, which allow the cooling process of
perspiration to go on unchecked. The Chi
nese fan their shaven heads, and so, if we
create a current of air around ns, we reduce
temperature. We should avoid all stimula
ting draughts which excite the circulation,
and tor ihe aame reason very active exercise
becomes dangerous. The feeble and ex
hausted should lie placed in airy rooms, and
be gently fanned. The laborer should rest
during the neat ot the day, drink cooling
fluids, and when at work frequently bathe
the head, neck and hands in cool water.
" W hen the attack comes on, the sufferer
should be taken to a shade, a mustard plas
ter should be apuiel, and over Ins bare head,
neck and chest, cold water should be dash
ed. This is all thr-t can bo done without
medical advice."
Fatal Accident A Man Torn to Pieces.
A horrible accident occurred at the
Laxdhy Mills, SL Louis, on Tuesday. There
were only a few men in the building, it being
dinner time, and the machinery was running
light, as there was not much doing at the
mill. Mr. GocseL the regular engineer, was
in the building on the other side of the
street, belonging to the same proprietors,
and Henry Dctrich, the assistant engineer,
was in charge, and was considered an expe
rienced and carclul man. About the time
mentioned he was engaged in carrying out
cinders and during his absence on one of his
trips the belt controlling the "governor"
either broke or slipped off. There was a
heavy pressure ot steam in the boiler, about
115 to 120 pounds, and the full force was
immediately transferred to the cylinder.
Iu a moment tho increased speed of the
machinery apprised Detrich of what had
occurred, and he hurried hack towards the
engine. A little delay of some kind seems
to have occurred, and by the time he reached
the engine the fly-wheel had gathered a ter
rific speed, and must have been revolving
somewhere about a thousand times in a
minute, the whirling rush of the great body
of iron and other machinery shook the
building. Dctrich, it is evident, understood
in a moment what had occurred, and ran
towards the small wheel controlling the ad
mission of steam to the cylinder, for the pur
pose ot shutting on the steam. In his baste.
and not thinking of the danger, be went
directly in tront ot the Hy-wheel, and while
quite close the accident occurred. '
rue immense wheel Had acquired a ve
locity that overcame the coherency and
strength ot the iron, ami in a moment with
a terrible sound, it flew into a thousand
pieces. The force exerted by the fragments
was something surprising. One large
piece of the rim, weighing thousands of
pounds, rushed like a ball Irom a cannon
through the floors ol the second and third
stories in a curving line, tearing the wooden
ioiils and other timber likenaner. and stri
king I'm tront wail ortne untldtng about the
middle ot the third story. This was a brick
wall ot unusual thickness, bnt the iron trag'
ments passed clean through it, leaving an
unsightly gap, and fell thundering on the
South side of the street Some smaller
pieces ot iron also passed through the upper
doors of tnc ounaing, ana uieir euccus
were manifesto! even up to the roof.
. In the direction piven by the revolving
motion at the time of the bursting, some of
the arms of the wheel stmck the brick floor
in front, one piece buried itself out of sight
like a wedge driven in by one hand of
Thor, and another stood with one end stick
ing out as solid as if the masonry had been
built around it. To look upward from the
place where the fly-wheel had been, enabled
one to realize the awful force exerted. All
the floors above were shivered along the
course taken by the Iragments, and the light
of day streamed in through the jagged rent
in the walls. Dietrich was instantly killed,
and two other men wounded.
Women and Laughter.
' Alexander Dumas, the younger, declares
that womeu do not like comedy. It seems
that women hate to laugh. No woman
wishes to laugh in public. A laugh depoet
izes her and contorts her visage. There is
a frankness in a hearty laugh which jars
with her diplomatic genius. A woman
throws away her best arm when she laughs.
Tho tear is what she triumphs ir. A humid
eye is always interesting, whereas an open
mouth never is. It is simply an abomina
tion People who think that a pretty girl
is never so pretty as when eyes and lips
lauoh together are thus corrected. The ex
pression "of mirth; does not reveal pearly
teeth it ." contorts visage," Shakspcare,
who loved to depict lively girls, and gives a
succession of smiles to Rosalind, Viola,
Celia, Beatrice, was clearly wrong ; Manana
is the true model. . The true woer is he
ho howls, 'the true wooer she who weeps
not occasionally but everlasting. " A humid
e is always interesting. '
Is this the wild idealism of a young man
ho retrards . women as the denizens of
another sphere f No, it is the deliberate
dictum of a middle-aged man, who should
pave found oat by this time that the other
sex- are not all etheral, not all sentiment, bnt
(lave certain practical duties in life, with
Which a perpetually humid eye would be apt
to interfere. . Tears over the breakfast table
Would seem depressing to the English mind.
Jny Hysterical ht when the dressmaker sends
n her bill, or when the green grocer calls
"or orders, would bo apt to discompose the
Sriton. But the Frenchman loves it. "The
ear is what she triumpl in."
t"For twentry actresses," adds Dumas," who
an draw tears, there is hardly one who can
rcite to laughter. ' The laughter of an ac
tress h seldom communicable, because it is
a surface thing. It is at war with the fe
male organization. A comical woman does
qt really belong to her sex, and other wo
ven dislike her. Nevertheless, glory to the
aughter-loving female who is not so much
4 bearded man incognito as an excellent com
panionable garam. We take it that the
reason an actress' laugh is rarely communi
cable is that an actress seldom laughs natu
rally. Yon hear an irrepressible laugh on
the stage ; it is generally a forced, hollow,
noisy cacchination. If actresses wept as
unnaturally their tears would be equally un-
sympathntio.-. A a rule the best aclriyses
manage sorrow better than, mirth, and thus
convey the lender emotions more readily to
the audience", . ..
4 I love Yon. . '
l A tired woman hushed to sleep her babe.
Beauty once made her face radiant, per
haps, but all that beauty is gone now. The
blue eye is dim and faded the pale brow
is covered with lines of care. Perhaps with
that far off look of hers she sees little graves,
green with ' many summers. Her home is
very humble all day she has toiled, and
the fainting spirit almost surrenders to fa
tigue the downcast eyes trembling with
tears she is so weary and every nerve
tingles when these boys come hungry from
school, some with a tale of sorrow that
mother must hear.
And after that they were hushed with
kisses or eludings. It is time to set supper
for seven hungry mouths, and the accus
tomed never-ending of putting away and
cleaning up, till the worn out creature won
ders with a sigh if there really will come a
rest for her an eternal rest.
At last she can rest her with weary limbs
in the corner rocking chair. The babe
whose eyes close fitfully to low lullaby, lies
in her father's lap. He is a plain man, that
good father, with an honest face and a
great heart, that would take in all the care
and sorrow of the houfehold.
The babe sleeps. With rude gentleness he
lays it on its mothers's bosom, and as the
ruddy fire-light plays over the care-worn fea
tures, he looks upon her with eyes suddenly
grow lustrous and beautiful. He lifts his
great hand softly till it rests on her should
ers, as he says :
j " 1 love you dear Mary !'
i How the poor heart leaps into love, light
and rest. How vanish the cares that trod
upon her weary soul 1 She no more remem
bers the toilsome watching, one renews not
now that the pretty babe with flushing
cheeks against her breast has worn her pa
tience threadbare with constant tears and
unrest. She forgets that the fire would
smoke, the broth burn, and the children
tease her, that the clothes line broke, and
that every limb ot her frame ached with
fatigue.
I What were those in comparison with the
steadfast love that has burned for eighteen
years, in the sunlight of happiness, through
the clouds ot despair, when beauty made
her winning, and when her charms ot loveli
ness bad gone and the freshness of youth had
departed forever? What cared she for
aught outside her home ? Though she had
many sorrows, such words thrilled her
whole being. ' .
J " I love you Mary I" . .
..
What I Know About Farming" After
. Greely. ,
j - BV MAKK TWAIN.
i "Turnips should never be pulled ; it
injures them. It is better to send a boy up
and let him shake the tree.
- t "The guano is a fine bird, but great care
is necessary in rearing it. It should not lxs
imported earlier than June or later than
September. In the winter it should be
kept in a warm place, where it can hatch
out its young.
1 "It is evident that we are to have a back
ward season for grain. Therefore it will be
well for the farmer to begin setting out his '
cornstalks and planting cakes in July in
stead of August
i "Concerning the pumpkin This berry is
a favorite with the natives of the interior of
New England, who prefer it to the goose
berry for the making of fruit cake, and who
likewise give it the preference over the rasp
berry for feeding cows, as being more filling
and as full satisfying. The pumpkin is
the most esculent ot the orange family that
wjill thrive in the North, except the gourd
and one or two varieties ot the squash. But
the custom of planting it in the front yard
with the shrubbery is fast going out of
vogue, for it is now generally conceded that
the pumpkin, as a shade tree, is a failure.
j"Now, as the warm weather approaches,
and the ganders begin to spawn" and soon.
I A correspondent of the Chicago Rehubli
can gives some interesting figures touching
the success of leading newspaper men in
New York. He tells us that James Gorden
Bennett, who began the Herald with 200
o( $300 borrowed money, in an Ana street
cellar, writing on a board, is now worth
over $5,000.000 ; that Manton Marble, who,
ten years ago, was a task writer on the
Evening Post, at $25 a week, is at present
sole owner of the World, value at least
$300,000, and has an income of some $75,
000 a year ; that Heurv J. Raymond, at the
time of his death was worth $300,000, and
made every cent of it out ot the Times ; that
Horace Greeley, with all his carelessness of
money, could be sold out for $150,000,
though he made his entry into the metro
polis a poor printer's boy, with all his for
tune in a small bundle of clothes swung on
a ?tick ; and that James andErastusBrooks
have estates valued at more than $150,000
each, all made from their earnings as own
ers of the Express. The value of the estate
oS William. Cullen Bryant of the Mtmina
Post, is estimated at from $600,060 to $700,
000, and the income of Henry C. Bowen, is
pujt down at from $900,000 to $100,000 a
f The End of the St. Thomas Aflair.
It has been already mentioned that the
King of Denmark has issued a proclamation
to, his beloved and faithful subjects in the
islands of St Thomas and St Johns', rela
ting to the abandonment of the annexation
treaty made with this country. It is a little
awkward for a ruler who had bargained tj
sell out his subjects, under no matter what
influences, to acknowledge at last that he
was not able to get rid of them ; but at the
same time it must be admitted that Chris
tian IX comes out of this transaction in a
manner more dignified than the Senate cf
the United States. The illusions to " the
repeated and urgent requests oi ths
North American government," and to the
initiative lor the treaty which " exclusively
proceeded from the United States them
selves," touch a weak point in the policy
winch the Senate has chosen to adopt, an 1
reveal the consciousness of the proud littla
Scandinavian Kingdom that it has been t
some extent trifled with. The convention cf
1867 is a document of which we have now
heard the last. We agree with the New
York Tiemes that for the sake of our national
.honor, it is to be hoped that the precedent
it embodies will in luture be avoided, and
we may add that its result ought to admon
ish circumspection and prudence in the St
Domingo and other contemplated acquisi
tions of foreign territory. Sun.
The steamer Van Zandt arrived at Alton,
ill., on the lUtn instant, naviug in tow the
largest raft ever afloat npon the Mississippi,
The raft contained 2,600,000 feet ol lumber.
and. covered an area of three and one-half
acres. - . .; , , .
t . , V , "" ' '
rom Death to life A Man IWashed
I Overboard Sixteen Honrs Floating on
Joist-Final Safety.
In a recent issue, says the Cleveland Her
Id of the 25th instant, wo made note of
(he supposed Joss of a man from the lum
ber barge Susan Ward, in tow wiih two
dthers, during the storm of Monday night.
S Search having been made for him, the only
hance of his being alive seemed to he in
lie possibility of hia having been picked op
by some passing vessel and carried to an
other port. "The surprise of the crcu' can
jell be imagined "when the missing ' man
appeared to their vision in the cnliin' of the
Ifarge in this port they were aNIinncF on
Wednesday. Noting alto he favored our
sanctum with a adl, knowing wc would,
flrom our- intcrert in' sailors, bo glad to
know of bisaifbty. '
j This is his: aarrativo in brief: Between
one and two o'clock of Tuesday morning,
when about twenty-five miles off this port,
during a heavy blow, portions of the deck
loads of lumber of tho-three barges in tow
df tlte steamer Dubuque were washed over
board, and James Molledy. one of the crew
of the middle barge, Susan Ward, went over
ith them. Tlie"tlarkness, tho wind and
tpe heavy sea prevented exertions being
made to look for him at the time, He was
a swimmer, aud made for the ;tow line of
the after barge, Merrimac, but the swashing
about of the fWting lumber and the surging
ojf tbcHne coiel,ed him to let go and relv
upotf the iWb?' This, too, although it
afforded him a support, compelled his being
jammed and knocked about to such a de
gree that if he had not been strong and
hnrdy he must have been obliged to let go
from sheer-exhaustion. Happily he. was
tiugh, and a swimKer beside. His experi
ence and observation had taught him that a
broad board was hardcrto manage in a sea
than a small one, and he accordingly, as
soon as he could see, picked out a joist
about ten inches wide and twelve feet long.
With this he shoved clear ol the mass and
give himself up to drifting. By this it is
not to be supposed he had nothing to do
bu to keep hold and float quietly along
npon the surface of the water. The sea
was, as we have said, heavy and broken ;
the joist would roll, and his hands would
have to ply lively to enable him to keep
hold ; at these times it would rear itself up
right, and again a new system of tactics
had to be adopted, and so he struggled du
ring the long hours from the time of his
going overboard at 1 o'clock ot the morn
ing till 5 of the afternoon, when he reached
shore The water was cold, and the risk flf
cramp was added to his perils. He had the
foresight, as soon as he conld. to get offhis
heavy outer clothing and put himself in as
free a condition for easy action as possi
ble. About 11 o'clock Tuesday forenoon
he got sight of land. He was then drifting
towards it, but in a few moments the wind
changed and he commenced drifting away.
Again the tickle wind shifted and set him
towards the shore. This time he deter
mined not to be entirely at the mercy of the
wrind and current, and by swimming availed
himself of the aid of the elements.
J He is much bruised, being, as he says,
"stiff, and black and blue all over." The
escape from drowning is wonderful, and is
clearly owing to his strength, hardihood,
and his being able to swim. An ordinary
landsman would undoubtedly have been lost.
Four
Young Men Blown up by Gnn-
j powder.
(One of the most shocking accidents that
we have ever been called upon to record oc
curred at Tete des Morts, a few miles south
of the city, last Monday afternoon. The
Catholic residents of that vicinity were en
gaged in holding a grand religious festival
peculiar to that faith, the ceremonies con
sifting of a large proeess'on composed of
men, women and children, who were dis
posed around several altars that had been
constructed for the occasion. As is the uni
versal custom, the priest appeared before
each of these and bestowed upon them his
blessing, when, at the conclusion of the
same, and in order to heighten the effect, a
large cannon was fired, which was stationed
ob a small eminence immediately back of
the church. The firing party was composed
of four young men, sons of fanners residing
in that neighborhood. Along in the after
noon they ran out of powder, when the
boys started after a fresh supply, and soon
after returned, with seven liounds of blast
ing powder, loosely wrapped in a piece of
bf own paper. 1 bey had got about ball way
up the hill, when some of the powder
spillcrt out upon the ground. The young
man intrusted witn ine tasK oi carrying it 1
was carelessly smoking a cigar, aud without
removing this from his mouth be stooped
over and commenced lading the powder up
with his hands, and placing it back again
in the paper. While thus doubled over the
pileot powder he commenced joking his
companions about the mishap, but in the
act of speaking, the lighted cigar drooped
from his mouth directly into the pile of
powder, around which at the time all were
closely huddled together. Quick as thought,
instantaneous as an electric flash, before one
of the party could think or dream of get
ting awav, a bright angry tongue of flame
shot heavenward, followed by a dull muffled
roar and billows ot black sulphurous smoke,
producing one ot the most terrible explo
sions and tearlut sights on record. The
consequences that ensued were frightful.
The ill-fated smoker was blown up in the
air a distance of ten or fifteen feet and fell
in a heap so scorched, blackened and dis
figured that he could hardly be recognized
as a human being. All ot the rest ot the
party were shockingly injured, their skins
being burned to a crisp, and peeling off at
the slightest touch, lcaviug nothing but the
bare quivering flesh. Every vestige of cloth
ing was blown from their bodies, the hair
singed off, and their eye sight destroyed.
Added to the other horrors the dresses oi a
large number of school children, who hap
pened to be standing near, caught fire, and
many were badly Burned, some so seriously
that their lives are despaired of.
One of the young men died on Sunday
night, and at last accounts the others were
just alive. The accident, as may well be
imagined, causes the utmost excitement at
Tcte des Morts, and was the prevailing topic
of conversation yesterday in many places.
We hope to obtain further particulars in re
gard to the terrible affair soon, when wc
shall hasten to place tlicni before our readers.
since writing tbe above wc learn that the
names of two of the victims arc Nicholas
Gercin and Nicholas Tyson. The boy that
died is the son ot a widow woman, and was
her only support Dubuque Times.
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A Frightful Leap A Woman Jumps from
' . a Train of Cars.
A few days ago, as a tram was leaving
Clyde, Ohio, a young woman, a German, and
apparently about 18 years of age, got upon
the train to go to Bellcvue. On learning
that the train would not stop at isellevue,
and that she would be under the necessity
ot going to Clyde, and return by tbe accom
modacioc train, she left her scat, walked to
the platform of the car, and deliberately
jumped off the train running at the rate of
at least forty miles an hour.
The train was stopped as speedily as pos
sible and backed up to the place where the
woman made the leap, ana she was found
lying in the sand a little stunned, but other
wise uninjured, not a bone broken or even a
scratch discernible ou her person. She was
taken up and placed on the accommodation
train and taken to Bellevue, and on arriving
at the place she walked from the train to
tus, which she entered, and was driven to a
hotel apparently as well as any person in the
crowd.
On the arrival of the express train the
conductor telegraphed to Bellcvue to learn
something in regard to the woman, and re
ceived a reply from a physician stating that
sue was all right
The clothing which the woman had on
when she mide the fearful leap was all de
stroyed by the lull and tnc violence with
which she was whirled into thu sanl and
mud. It seems almost miraculous that she
escaped with her life.
Souu mistinderstanpixu having occurred
rei&tive to the nrotiution of American citi-
aens in the West Indies, Roar Admiral Lee,
who will soon supersede Hear Admiral Poor
as commander of the No: th Atlatitic squa
dron, has received positive instructions on
that point and will use every effort to the
end that our citizens may be tally piotectecl
in all their rights and privileges.
Jjitro-Glycerine An Ejc-witnesa Ac
j count of the Worcester Explosion.
j A gentleman who was standing within a
dozen rods of the rear of the train in Wor
cester when the explosion occurred on Thurs
day, states that when the train stopped Hip
renrcar was lost to view in a Uonicniiou
cloud of dust, smoke ami fragments if ull
descriptions. Immediately succeeding t here
byoke.upon the ear a sharp crash. The air
Was full of debris; pieces of blazing mnIin
4-a portion of the freight were thrown to
ah incredible height, and, slowly falling,
alighted all ablaze, rods away, in tlic open
fields. Following the rear ot the explosion
fragments fell thick as hail upon the line of
tic road and the streets surrounding, and
when the cloud cleared away the results
wiere plainly visible. The three last cars of
.tie train were blown to fragments, and only
the fore truck of the third remained. . The
tijain stood si the time upon a grade or em
bunkment, high above the level of the street,
si that only one-third, perhaps, of the bnild
irigs -alongside were above the rails. The
oilier side was open country. ' For several
riids the buildings were demolished. Laths
and plaster were blown to the winds as ono
vrtiuld knock the ashes from a cigar; parti
tions were blown out, windows and sashes
splintered to fragments, bed clothing torn
from the beds and flung into all sorts of .
places, and ruin made of what were an in
stiant before secure and-quiet homes.
I i Below the cars and on tho track itself the .,
rails -were twisted from their places, the ties
were amiihilatcdpsnoi tha axles broken -ofl.",T
and driven into the ground for half their
lengths. In all directions the shattered and
broken iron work told a plain story of the"'
feaiful force that had been so suddenly de
veloped. For rods around the contents of
tlic cars were scattered upon the track:
pieces of cotton cloth, sides and scraps of
leather, shoes, furniture, stationery, littered
the road. The telegraph poles for several
hundred feet were blown to pieces, and tho
wires, twisted into fantastic shapes, drooped
from snch as remained standing. The wheels
of the cars were blown to iragments, and one
of the palls that play in the ratchet of thu
brake was picked up half a mile away. It
went whizzing into the kitchen of a house
wife and struck against the fireplace.
;The plateA of a large iron planing-machine
in the New York Machine Works was lifted
clear off its bed by the concussion. Children
white about the lips, and men and women
with scared faces, ran hither and thither.
One man, sick in bed with rheumatism, was
blown out of bed into an adjoining garden.
Soon was made manifest that remarkable
passion for relics, if not for plunder, that
characterizes so many persons. Things that
could not by any stretch of imagination be
useful were quickly snatched up and secreted.
Old pieces of leather, scraps ot writing paper,
envelopes, soleless slippers, a shred of mus
lin, a loot or two ot wire, nothing was so
small as to escape notice.
A Hebrew Wedding Scene in a Syna
gogueInterruption of a Marriage Cer
emony. 'Yesterday afternoon, says the Washington
Star of last evening, the synagogue on 8th
street, between H and I, was tilled to over
flowing by Isrcalites and Christians to wit
ness the marriage ceremony of Mr. Solomon
Ci.ro, ol New York, to Elizabeth Abrahams,
of this city.
iThe reader, Mr. Jacobsou, commenced the
service by delivering the nuptial address or
sermon in English, in which he spoke of the
duties ot husband and wife to each otUr
and to the world. During its delivery the
lather of the groom, Rabbi Caro, who was
to have taken part in the ceremony, had
been seated to tbe left of tbe desk. At its
close be was beckoned to by Mr. Jacobson,
but instead of continuing the ceremony, he
took a position in front of the young couple
and addressed them in Hebrew, saying that
it was against his conviction to continue the
service in the reformed style ; that he was
orthodox, and could not allow the ceremo
ny to proceed. The bridal party remained
in their places a few minutes, and then the
tbe bride telling the groom that they had
tetter return to bcr father's, they walked
down the aisle, and, taking the carriages,
immediately proceeded to Mr.- Abraham's
residence.
These proceedings caused considerable
surmise on tbe part of those present who
did not understand the Hebrew tongue, but
it was soon learned that the Rabbi objected
to the ceremony because ot the absence ot
the canopy, the use of which the strictly or
thodox Israelites (of which he is one) hold
to be an essential part of their marriage cci-
niouy. iuis canopy, which is maac oi Dine
ilk, and supported by Kwr post .held 1
young men of the congregation, is supposed
to represent the blue arch of heaven. It is
not used by the Reformed Hebrews, and it is
represented on behalf of tho congregation
here that they simply granted tlu
youthful couple (who are neither cf
them members ot this branch ot the Church)
the use ot the synagogue without any stipu
lation being made as to ine use ot the cano
py, i hat any misunderstanding or mtei
ruption should have occurred is deeply re
gretted by them, but they could not foresee
that granting the use ot the synagogue sim
would lead to such a result as it did in this
,sc.
The audience left the synagogue, most oi
them disappointed, but a number who had
invitations to the house of Mr. Abrahams
proceeded thither. Here the bridal party
had arrived, and after evening prayers
the father ot tbe bride signed tbe marriage
contract, and the ceremony was performed
with all the forms and symbols nsed by the
orthodox Israelites. A canopy was raised
in. the centre of the room, the polls at the
corners being held by the bystanders, and
the groom with the groomsmen and brides
maids having taken their positions under it
the bride was called in, and the Rabbi, after
the perliininary prayer, read tho marriage
contract and the ring having been handed,
to him by the groom he placed it on the
finger of the bride, and the pair partook l
nuptial wine. Rabbi Illowy read the seven
benedictions, and tbe wine having been
again presented was drank by the couple.
In conclusion the glass was broken by Dr.
Illowy on the hearth.
A Locomotive Taking Water at Full
i Speed.
The process of filling a locomotivo tank
with water while the train is at full speed is
a novelty in this country, though it has long
liecn practiced in Europe. The Hudson
River road is trying the experiment A
description of the process is thus given by
the Argus : " X trough has been constructed
at a point on the road, in tho center of the
track, twelvb hundred feet in length, fifteen
inches in depth, and eighteen inches wide,
lined with sheet rion, heavily painted. This
trough i3 peifectly straight throughout the
twelve hundred feet A short distance to
the north and east of it is a spring which
supplies it with water, the trough holding
10,000 gallons, which can be let into at will.
Locomotive No. 400 has been fitted out with
ail ingeniously formed pipe, curling from
the manhole in the tender, down through
the latter, in a position inside of the hind
trucks, where the pipe forms a half circle,
ay the end cf which is the nozzle, which
always points the way the engine goes.
Fastened to this nozzle is an iron bar,
which connects with a bar from a point
near the fireman's box, by which, when the
lecomotive comes to the trough, tho nozzle
o:-; pipe can be dropped instantaneously
irto tho water, while the train is running
at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The
nozzle sinks to oniy a depth of two inchts
in. the trough, yet even at that depth, when
the 1.200 feet is passed, over 1,634 gallons
of water will be found in the tender. Tho
fi -st experiment in taking water occurred
recently. The locomotive dashed over the
rt.ils, even to which is the trough, at the rate
ot' 35 miles tbe hour. As the nozzle struck
tiie water, the fluid rushed into the tender
with a roar like a young Niagara, and
when the trough was left behind, the lire
mau found his tender full. Every move
ment was crowned with success, and the
locomotive, later in tiie afternoon, was ai
ti'ned to the New York special train, which
left Poughkccpsie at 4:15 P. M., which train
proceeded to New York without stopping
a.iy where, a feat ai once novel, and giving
promise of greater deeds in the future. It
is next proposed to locate a trough between
Catskill and Hudson aad points on thu Ccn- '
tral road, so that in time trains, aided by
tliis process of stopping nowhere for water,';
n.av run through to Chicago in . 24 or 26
hours,' . -, ,