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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01
The Coal Nine Disaster.

PHILADELPHIA May "a Pittston
dispatch dated $50 p. NJ, says that tn,
shaft in one mine is on fire, and that al
The miners are inside, and none can es
cape. The seconddispatch says the wes1
Piitston shat, is owned by the Lehigt
Valley Railroad, and is worked by Blak,
& Co., of New York. There is only one
outlet, and part oi the men have been
saved, and no particulars have rs yet
been obtained, but it seems to be a rope.
tition OF the AvOniale catastrophe.
\ dispatch dated Pittston the 27ti
says the scene about the shaft is one o.
great distress and anguish.
Tw" fire engines from Scranton and
one from WiIkesbarre are on the ground.
|; is though, that no water will be thrown
in from the top Of the shaft but it is said
that the shaft will be filled with wafer
within tweniy-four hours, SO that even
if they are moi suiicatcd the poor fellows
must drown. There is apparently no
escape for them. From thirty-fve 10
forty men aud boys are in the mine.
LATER.-Thc fire engines are playing
on the ruins, whcih are so hot that no
one can approach them before morning.
\ dog has just been sent down the shaft
of the mine and was brought back alive,
which fact encourages the belief that the
men are still alive.
1t has now been asccrtained that there
are thirty seven men in the mine. W
engineer for the Pennsylva.
MIA coal Co. was lowered a distance Oh
feet, as far as he could penc-
with safety, and when drawn up repored
the air ut that distance below the surface
favorable tor the men which are entOmb-
ed. An exploration is being made, and
is thought the bottom Of the shaft vii, be-
reached before midnight and hopes are
for the safety of the men.
The greatest excitement pevails through
out the whole valley.
STILL LArER.-A communication has
ut last been had with the men in the minis
and it is known that all them are alive,
though none have as yet been rescued.
The Keystone marble works OfJacoby
md Prince, on Market 2lst streets where
by fire this morning. A large
amount of furnishing m.rblework was
. troyed. Loss, $4,000. Insurance,
$4,000.
PlrrsroN, May 2s.-All tho men in
mines, thirty eight in number, have been
brought up, eighteen Of whom xsrs.deads
At half.past Twelve last night, the citizens
in eifecting an entrance to the
sottosn Of the shaft and brought to the
surface Andrew Morgan they also found
Hiram Curtis, dead, lying with his face
n the water. The exploring party are
to proceed with the utmost
'aution and frequently are brought out
n an asphixiatcd state with the foul gas |
every one of the men brought up for
he past two hours was found stone dead !
The excitement, is almost indescriba- |
lie. Thousands Of people crowded ar
'und the mouth Of the pit, and in their
sgerness to see and hear were with diff /!
culty kept outside Of the rope which |
5 stretched around the shaft.
Many Of the men, after they became
ware that the shaft was on fire, retreated /
ehind the partitions, in the mine, stuffed .
he cracks with their coats and with mud t
D prevent the smoke from reaching them. !
nd in this way were saved.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01

Tuesday, the Both of June was sener.
ally observed throughout the United
States As decoration day" This day
has been set apart by common consent
rs time for decorating with flowers and
garlands the graves of the heroes who fell
in their country's service. This beauti.
full custom serves to bring back many
sad thoughts of the "tentcd field" vet
il affords an opportunity for those who
have loved their country and its defend
ers, to cast little tributes of love and af.
lection over the dust of that coun,rv's
martyrs.
Many lonely scpulchres received no
decoration that day, except that given
by the flowers Of Spring; but down from
spirit-land "angci heroes" looked upon
the decoration ceremOny-all together
having that same love for a common
cause as when they felt the magic el-
bow touch"
Let the people keep ever green in their
memories, the sacrifices of the fallen, by
at least oncca year going to their graves
and casting thereon beautiful flowers.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01

The much agitaied question as to
whether counties can issue bonds in aid
Of railroads is settled by late decision
in the Supreme Court Of this State, IN the
affirmative.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01

James Burgess, who lives north of Sol
der creek, while sinking a well on his
farm q few days ago, came in contae,
with cottonwood log. over foot in d.
amcter, at the depth OF twenty-six feet.
1t was cut into by An Ak, and found to be
in good state Of preservation.-7s Topeka
Commonwealth.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01

The Council Grove Democrat says sthe
Macc-coburn prize fight was fizzle,"
and requests the gentlemen" to come
upon the kaw lands 10 try hand at pu-
gitism. Hese S conycni;aity ofspiri,s.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01

Bishop d. W. Clark, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, is dead.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-01

Russell county is settiin, up rapidly.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
STRANGE COINCIDENCE,

About fourteen months ago the
Steamer Right Way exploded her
boilers two miles above Thibodaux,
killing some fifteen persons, and
wounding as many more.
1t will be remembered that
several persons, who were standing
on the levee as the fatal steamer
was leaving our wharf, noticed and
remarked that there was a singular
kissing sound about her machinery O,
steam apparatus. In o half hour af-
terwards she exploded.
Captain Ben Lane, who, seated
upon balcony Of O hotel at Point
Clear Mississippi, witnessed the
explosion of the Steamer Ocean
Wave, on the 2Sth of August last,
by which great number of lives
were lost, in writing a description
OF the same says 'The boat gave
out a queer kissing sound some
time before the explosion"
Can any of our Engineers ex-
plain this ? Is there any warning
given by a boiler previous to an
We would be pleased
to have some experienced En-
gineers give us their opinions on
this point. Certainly the coin
cidence in these two cases is re-
markable, to say the least of it.
EXCHANGE.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21

ESTIMATES OF THE SUGAR CRop.-
New Orleans merchants and editors
are making wild and injurious esti-
mates of the probable yield of the
present sugar crop. The Pioayune
believes that the crop is 80 good
that 225,OOO hogsheads of sugar
will be made this fall; and we have
received the annual sugar circular
OF Messrs. E. A. Leonval & Co., of
ITO Gravier street, New Orleans, in
which we find that they estimate
the present years product at 175,-
OOO to 100000 hogsheads.
AS we have constantly been tray
eiing among sugar planters through
out the entire year, and riding over
the cane fields in various parishes,
we think that to calculate the yield
at 1000 hogsheads of sugar would
be q reasonable estimate; but from
all we have seen and learned from
reliable sources, we fear that it win
fall short OF that last season, which
was about 145,OO0 hogsheads. The
crop is much worse than that of
last year, and the almost general
failure OF stubble can, will make Il
necessary to reserve for seed a much
larger amount of cane than us,,al
which will fully counterbalance the
increased acreage on which our New
Orleans friends are making calcula-
tiona-Sugar Planter.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
HONOR WASHED IN BLOOD

We wish there could be a "nev
departure" in tia tone of society
which demands that wounded homo,
| should be washed in human blood
The tongue of slander is glib and
active. An evil word spoken in
haste is indiscreetly conveyed, and
its repetition often exaggerated.
Bad blood is generated and human
blood flows, desolating the house.
hold, leaving widows, and orphans
the victims of passion, and wound
ed honor washed in blood smells
no sweeter for the lurid ablution.
These thoughts come upon read
ing the sad tragedy enacted last
Thursday in New Orleans. Mr..
Rainey having been in business
with Mr.. Boyd was dissatisfied with
his management, and spoke Of
Boyd as a thief. Boyd called on
him and asked him to retract. He
refused. Boyd shot and killed him
instantly without any warning or
threat. Roth parties moved in
respectable circles. Boyd was a
cotton pressman. Rainey was the
book-keeper of national bank.
Has Boyd proven, by being mur-
derer-for in law he is nothing
else-that he is not q thief ? if he
had never stolen before, has he not
stolen precious life from orphan
children which he cannot restore I?
Why was this killing Because
society had heard the whisperings
of this foul SANDER and unless
Boyd killed the man who called
him a thief his friends and ac-
quaintances would cut him as
coward and paltroon.
How little there is of true cour-
age in all this. How blamable the
whole affair, and yet the surface OF
present society is rotten with this
polluted principle. Men should
learn that time wears out slander,
and that rectitude Of conduct gives
the lie to cowardice. There is true
bravery in leaving the slanderer to
perish in his own corruption.
We need a "new departure" to
correct this evil in society, for the
sake of widows and orphans.
Planters Banner, Sept. 13.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
NEWSPAPER WORK.

An exchange in a able articl
on newspaper work and wol kers.
truthfully remarks that there is NJ
other profession but enjoys immu
nifty from observation as to it
modes. The preacher writes il
the privacy Of his study, and cal
concoct platitudes or pad ou
plagiarism that would be the ruiz
OF the editor and reporter. The
lawyer consults his client and or.
ganizes his campaign in private
bringing into court only as much
as makes for his cause and against
the cause of his adversary. The
tdoctor piles his portions and
launches in his lancet in secret. II
the patient recover, it may be the
medicine or it may be in spite of
it if he die, it may be pills or
Providence-the physician is scath-
less. None of these come to light
that their deeds may be reproved.
Moreover, the work of the press
is continuous, as well as constantly
public. There is no peace in our
war. There is no rest for the
weary. Space is no more annihila-
ted by telegraph than time by
journalism. The evening and the
morning are not merely the first
day, but all the seven Night is an
initiated as to all its quantities of
repose. Every minute of every
hour of twenty-four is occupied by
some workers doing some work
that shows itself in the newspaper
of the day and afternoon. Repeti-
ton Is as impossible as rest. Facts
are ever new. Comments must be
as fresh as facts, and the edition is
a remorseless giant that eats up all
the seconds. The making of a news
paper is perpetual motion in a
thousand fields. In such work,
demanding ceaseless effort, per-
mitting no pause, exacting eternal
and ever-varying exercises, it is
impossible for wheat to be unmixed
of chaff, for accuracy not to be i'm
paired by mistake, for injustice not
occasionally to be done.
Newspaper Reporter.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
AN INGENIOUS PRAYER.

The celebrated Dominican friar.
Rocco, is said to have once been
preaching IN the market-place at
Naples. 'This day." said he, ri will
zee II you truly repent your sins. /"
Thereupon he commenced q peni-
tential discourse that made the
hair Of the hard-hearted multitude
stand upright, and when they were
all on their knees, guashing their
teeth, beating their breasts, and
putting on all imaginable signs of
contrition, he suddenly cried, "Now,
you who truly repent of your sins
hold up your hands" There was
not one present who did not i'm
mediately stretch out his arms.
'Holy Archangel Michael" then ex-
claimed Rocco, 'thou who with thy
adamantine sword standest by the
judment-seat of God, hew off every
hand that has been raised hypo-
critically" Instantly every hand
dropped, and Rocco poured forth a
fresh invecive against the sinful
ness and psrversity Of his audience,
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
From the Household.
Teach your Daughters Cookery.

| A great deal is written about thu
importance of training our daugh-
ters to be experienced cooks, what.
ever their position in life is likely te
be. And that usually means, We
should teach them to prepare q
great many curious dishes in mos,
marvellous way, requiring unlimited
time and patience, not to mention
very generous supplies Of ingre-
dients.
Now, it may be very valuable at
times to know all about these curl
GUS "made Dishes" but for every
day use it would be we'll for us to
tone down our own childrEn's tastes.
We should strive to give them a
taste for simple dishes prepared to
perfection, rather than for elaborate,
highly seasoned ones.
Skill in simple cookery is one of
the finest and most useful accom-
plishments young lady can have.
Let her graduate in the art of bread
making, taking in the whole depart
ment. Nothing conduces moro to
the health Of household than good
bread, and every family likes vari-
ETY. in this article. She has here a
wide range for her ingenuity.
Simple mashed potatoes, nicely
seasoned with cream, salt and pep
per, are much better and more
wholesome than raw potatoes pared
round and round, like shavings, and
boiled in lard until they are brown
and crisp. They may not look
quite 80 fanciful, but I think any
hungry man would prefer the
mashed potatoes. Let the girls
learn to cook well-not TO drown
The peas in too much matter, nor to
take up the greens when they are
dark and poisonous looking; nor to
set on potatoes when they are
watery and half cooked; nor beef.
steak which has soaked half an hour
N lukewarm fat. Let them learn
% cook all these simple things per-
iectly, and then it will be time
enough for fancy dishea
Oil there is such o world of COM
;ort around tables where simple
.hings are done well The children |
yrow up with wholesome tastes that |
10 after years Of luxurious dissipa- |
ion can wholly root out. They win
lave sounder bodies and more Wig |
,rous constitution than the children |
# luxury, and viii escape many |
which highly seasoned |
fishes are apt to lead them into.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
p b. s. PINCHBACK,
Manager.
or TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ~6.N
PROSPECTUS
OF
The L0uisianian.

In the endeavor to establish another
Republican journal in New Orleans,
the proprietors of the LOUIsIANIAN,
propose to fill necessity which has
been long, and sometimes painfully
felt to exist. In the transition state
Of our people, in their struggling efforts
10 attain that position in the Body
Polite, which We conceive to be their
due, it is regarded that much infor-
nation, guidance, encouragement,
counsel and reproof have been lost, in
consequence of the lack of a medium,
through which these deficiencies might
be supplied. We shall strive to make
the LoUIsIANIAN desiderafum in these
respects.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
THE USE OF A LONG NOSE.

The following amusing if improb
able story is told of Mozart at the
time when he was pupil of Haydn
Haydn had challenged Mozart te
compose a piece of music which he
could not play at sight. Mozart
accepted the banter, and a cham
pagne supper was to be the forfeit.
Everything being arranged between
the two composers, Mozart took his
pen and sheet of paper, and in
five minutes dashed off piece Of
music, and much to the surprise oi
Haydn, handed it to him saying,
"There is a piece of music which
you can not play, and I can; you
are to give the first trial" Haydn
smiled contemptuously at the vision
airy presumtion of his pupil, and
placing the notes before him, struck
the keys of the instrument. Sur
prised at its simplicity, he dashed
away till he reached the middle of
the piece, when, stopping all at
once, he exclaimed, "How's this,
Mozart? How's this? Here my
hands are stretched ont to both ends
of the piano, yet there is a middle
key to bo touched. Nobody can
play such music,-not even the
composer himself" Mozart smiled
at the half-excited indignation and
perplexity of the great master, and
taking the seat he had quilted,
struck the instrument with such an
air of self-assurance that Haydn
began to think himself duped. Run
ming along the simple passages, he
came to that part which his teacher
had pronounced impossible to be
played. Mozart, it must be remark
ed, was favored, or at least endow-
ed, with an extremely long nose.
Reaching the difficult part, he
both hands to the ex-
treme long ends of the piano. and,
leaning forward, bobbed his nose
lgainst the middle key which no
body could play. Haydn burst into
IN immoderate fit of laughter, and |
lfter acknowledging he was beaten,
le declared that nature had endow-
ID Mozart with q capacity for mus
C which he had never discovered.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
PO e T r Y.
DON'T CROWD.
By 2. E. BROWN.

Don't crowd; this world is broad enouob
For you as we'll as me;
The doors of art are opened wide
The realm of thought is free;
OF all earth's places, you are right
To choose the best you can,
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some other man.
What matter though You scarce can count
Your piles of golden ore;
While he can hardly strive to keep
Gaunt famine from his door?
Of willing hands and honest heart
Alone should man be proud,
Then give him all the room he needs,
And never try TO crowd.
Don't crowd, prowd Miss; your dainty silk
Will glisten none the less
Because it comes in contact with
A beggar's tattered dress;
This lovely world was never made
For you and | alone;
A pauper has a right to tread
The pathway to throne.
Don't crowd the good from out your heart
BY fostering all that's had;
But give to every virtue room
The best that may be had;
Be each days record such a one
That you may well be proud;
Give each his right-give each his room,
And never try to crowd.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21

-Planche, in his "Recollections
repeats the following, as related BY
Rogers. the poet:
my old friend Maltby, the
brother of the Bishop, was q very
absent man. One day at Paris, in
the Louvre, we were looking at the
pictures when a lady entered who
spoke to me and kept me some
minutes in conversation. On re-
joining Maltby. I said. That was
Mrs.-. We had not met 40
long she had almost forgotten me,
and asked me if my name was
Rogers Malthy, still looking at
the pictures, said: And was it 2"
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
POLICY.

IS orr motto indicates, the LOU
,-ANhS shall be "RepmJlicm al ml
ta., qpd untieruH circumstances We
shall advocate the security and enjoy
mentof broad civil liberty, the abso-
lute equality of all men before the law,
and an impartial distribution of hon
or and patronage to all who merit
thpm.
Desirous Of allaying animosities, of
CELEBRATING the memory of the bitter
pistol promoting harmony Md union
snong all classes and between all in
terests, We shall advocate the removal
Oi all political disabilities foster kind
ueos and forbearance, where malignity
and resentment reigned, and seek for
iirness and justice where wrong and
oppression prevailed. Thus united in
our aims and objects, we shall conserve
our best interests, elevate our noble
sste, to an enviable position among
her sister States, by the development
dhf dimitable resources, and secure
lle iull benefits of the mighty changes
IN the history and condition of the
People and the Country.
Believing that there can be no true
liberty without the supremacy Of law,
'e'AaH urge strict aud undiscrimi- |
D'''Ag administration of justice.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
WHY CATTLE NEED SALT

A correspondent wishes the rea-
son why cattle need salt. 1t is be-
cause phosphate of soda must be
furnishes to the blood, whereas it
is phosphate of potash that exists
in grains and grasses grown on
souls deficient, as most soils are. in
saline or sodic compound. When
salt is take into the animal system
it is cholorine unites with the
potassium Of the potash while the
liberated sodium is oxydized to
form soda, and this combides with
the phosphoric acid from the
potash phosphate to form phos-
phate Of soda. Soda also exists in
milk. 1t is this which gives the
fluid it's slightly alkaline taste
when first drawn. If this be ab.
sent, as when cattle are not mn-
piled in some way with salt, the
milk is unwholesome. Cattle ara
apt to prefer grass grown on lands
top dressed with two or three hun
dred weight Of salt to the acre, for
the reason that the salt renders the
grass sweeter, more tender and
succulent The weight Of grass
grown on salted land is, however,
likely to be diminished in proper
non, as rankness Of growth is pre-
vdhted.-J d. WAaney. in Rurol
NaU YorZxr.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
EDUCATION.

T.. '' snail sustain the carrying out Of
On, ''iOns OF the act establishing
.. ''in'on school system, and urge
-, Paramount duty the education of
8. ''u'n' as vitality connected with
- OSn enlightenment, and the secu-
eo,. stability Of a Republican
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
RATES OF ADvFRTIsNo.


Transient advertisements, 81 - per
square first insertion; each subsequent
insertion, Is cents.
All business notices of advertisements
to be charged twenty cents per hns each
insertion.
JOB PRINTING executed with neatness
and dispatch.
Wedding Cards executed in accordance.
with prevailing fashions.
Funeral Notices printed on shortest no.
tice and with quickest dispatch.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
TAXATION.

We Shall support the doctrine OF an
"'aoie division of taxation among
'U'SS''s, faithful collection of the
S' economy in the expendi-
' Conformably with the exigen-
VI the State or Country aud the
oi every legitimate obliga-
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
FINAL.

e3;.,'. e'nefons, manly, independent,
h "'iOus conduct, We shall strive
nj Ouf paper, from an ephem-
s.bi;1 temporary existence, and
ss,,. It upon a basis, that if we
s,sD.. command" We shall at all
deserve" success.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21

srsa.on,s' o,' Of this cl.b are open each
AGn,"'sf' and their guests from ?
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Attorneys and Councillors at Law.
No. 9 Commercial Place. End Floor.

Strict Attention to all Civil and
Criminal business in the State and United
States Court.
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'''' Royal street .,