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The terrible disaster which occurred
lately mt Smyrna, when cafe and con-
cert hall built on piles running out INTO
the sea gave way suddenly during the
acrobatic performance and one hundred
persons lost their lives, seems to have
been one of that numerous class OF accl-
dents which never ought to occur.
Everybody in Smyrna, says the fdH
Mall Gazette, knew that the cafe was
unsafe, and might topple over into the
sea at any moment yet no steps were
taken to prevent two hundred and fifty
people assembling in the doomed build
ing, which, with hardly any warning, on
the 9th OF January leaned forward and
disappeared in the sea.
A correspondent of the Levant Her.
aid, writing from Smyrna, gives the fol-
lowing account of the tragedy: con
Saturday night at 10 O'Clock we heard
what sounded like the report of can
non; it was the kivote giving way. The
people living near the scene of the dan
ger say that the sounds were most
appalling First one loud crash like
firing of cannon, one long wall, and then
a deep silence, soon broken, however,
by the screams of those who got their
heads above water. Some had chung to
the ceiling of the cafe and could not draw
themselves up until the hands which
held on to their legs gave way.
cit is said that most of the boatmen
who volunteered their assistance first
rifed the pockets of the sufferers and
then drew them into the boats. Sixty
seven corpses have been found, but many
more still remain in the deep mud,
which the quay stones have forced up in
great quantity. The clown of the aero
bat troupe was saved and rubbed dry,
dressed at Mr.. Mirzen's house, and ran
back to seek for his wife and daughter,
the latter aged II years. The former
had been got safe into boat, when,
looking round, she screamed out, Ny
husband. and child cannot have been
saved = and jumped into the sea. She
had expired before they brought her up
again. Her daughter and the actresses
were all to be seen at st. Antoine's Hos
pital, lying dead in their stage inery. A
Greek who escaped says he was awe
struck at the moment they rocked right
to left by the scene which was being
acted by the acrobats at the time
namely, Death running after some one
and causing great laughter among the
spectators. At that very instant the cafe
gave way.
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Causes OF the Trojan War.

In the early part of the twelfth cen.
fury before Christ, the gods held feast
in honor of the marriage of Peleus and
Thetis, to which all the gods and god
desses except Isis, the Goddess of Dis
cord, were invited. Isis was enraged by
this slight, and to be revenged of the
gods, she threw golden apple into the
assembly, on which was written, 1.-The
apple for the fair one" Then conten-
ton arose among the gods MS to whom
the apple should be given, for Minerva,
Juno and Venus each claimed it. II
finally was agreed that they should ac-
cept of the decision of Paris, shepherd,
son of Priam, King of Troy.
So these three goddesses repaired to
Mount Ida, where Paris tended his
flock, to obtain his decision. Each OF
the three used all the means in her power
to obtain the decision in her favor. We
nus offered him the most beautiful
woman in the world for his wife; this
offer he could not withstand, and so he
decided she was the "fair one.
Helen, princess of Greece, was the
most beautiful woman, and she had
been sought in marriage by all the
princes of Greece, and they agreed that
whatsoever of their number she should
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The Teeth.

Soap is an excellent preservative Of
the teeth. Indeed, for the prevention
and removal of this tartar we know of
no dentifrice equal to it. There are
many people, however, who never think
of such thing as cleaning their teeth.
OF all such We ask, how can you have
anything but poor, miserable, decayed
teeth? What right have you to expect
anything but untold dental torment
and agony? Would you expect always
to have clean face if you never washed
it? Have they self-preserving and
protecting power of their own so that
they need no voluntary care exercised
upon them? Nay, verify. On the other
hand, like every other portion of the
human body, if left to themselves, they
have wonderful and remarkable self
destroying and decaying tendency, and
not only do they possess this deteriorat-
ing power in themselves, but they have
innumerable aids and helpers in this
work of destruction. The very elabo-
rate and richly-cooked indigestible food
with which our American tables are SO
heavily laden is by no means a lazy as
sistant in their employ. But there are
many minor causes, and of some of these
we propose to speak. First, We would
mention that of using pins in connection
with the teeth. Nothing should be
allowed to remain on or between the
teeth after eating everything should be
carefully removed. Never, however,
use pin or needle for the purpose. A
regular tooth-pick of broom-corn, OF
something of that kind, is the best thing
we know of. We have sometimes seen
persons so rude and barbarous AS to
take fork with which they ate their
food. This, however, is too serious a
violation of all good breeding and deco
rum to need special denunciation here.
Drawing back and forth upon fine
white thread between them will often
times remove what may have lodged
there when other means fail. Some per,
sons seem to have great propensity to
put and keep pins III their mouth, a
dozen or so Mt time. Without speak.
ing of the great danger which arises
from this practice, of swallowing and
becoming choked by them, we pass on
by saying that everything made of steel
or brass should have as little contact
Will tHt tettii 'ts pOSSlDie Carpenters
often holdhails in their mouths, especial
ly when engaged i'll lathing. Very con.
venient this may be, no doubt, but q
bad practice Notwithstanding. Most, il
not all, metallic substances. except sill
yer and gold, are very injurious to the
enamel of the teeth, and there is really
not often any valid reason for Fastening
on their premature decay by such reck-
less habits rs these.
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A Bold Exploit.

The following is from the diary of the
late Mr.. Adolphus, the barrister and
historian
MAY Sth, 1S40.-We had a dinner
party, among them Mr.. Mathews and
Curran, who told an amusing story of
an agent to a nobleman in Ireland. 1t
was known to some ruffians in the neigh
borhood that he had collected large
sum for rents to his employer. In the
middle of the night he heard thieves
breaking into his house. He jumped
out of bed, and arming himself with a
carving-knife, stood behind the door,
and closed it, SO that only one could en-
ter mt time, which one would be shown
in the moonlight while he remained in
the dark. -Four of the thieves entered,
and were dispatched one after another,
without not knowing what happened.
The fifth saw CLEAN of the blade in the
moonlight, seized the man, and ire
mendous scuffle ensued. The agent
struck several blows with his weapon,
but made no impression. He was got
down, and his antagonist over him,
when, feeling the knife, he found
the point was bent. He had the
presence of mind to press it strongly
against the floor, so as to turn
it back, stabbed his adversary dead, and
as he was alone in the house and could
have no assistance till the morning, re-
tired to bed He was knighted for the
exploit. Some one said to him,
wonder you could go to bed while there
were on the floor the corpses of five per-
sons whom you had killed ? His an
swer was, 1t did make me very uneasy;
l could not get wink of sleep for very
nearly an hour ="
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How to Manage Runaway Horses.

The New York Times makes these
suggestions on the above subject: AL
ways stick to your horses SO long as they
are fast to the carriage. If line breaks
or the bits give way, step out of the fore
end of the carriage, even when the team
may be running, take hold of the har-
ness and spring on the back of one of
the animals. Once astride of horse,
one can reach forward, grasp his nose,
and soon check his speed. When a
horse is running toward you, as he comes
ND. stand so that he will be within reach
as he dashes past ; then make calcutta
tons to seize the reins near the bits with
with one hand and to grasp the name or
the top of the names with the other
hand. A man may expect to be carried
twenty rods but if he will hang to the
reins horse will soon stop.
We saw q fine horse running away a
few days since, with wagon and load
of barrels. After passing hundreds of
persons who tried in vain to stop him, a
lad sprang to the rear of the wagon as it
passed, climbed up among the barrels,
went to the forward end, and the lines
being on the ground he stepped along
on the thills, got onhis back and stopped
him before he had run one-eighth OF a
mile. The numerous accidents IN con-
sequence of horses running away sug-
gest the eminent importance of teaching
them the monosyllable, whoa A horse
is never half trained or half educated
until he has learned that whoa signifies
to halt. But, in the first place, transfers
must be educated to employ that word
Mt no other time than when it is desira-
blo to have team stop. When the
word is used let it be spoken with full,
open and sound voice.
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choose should have her, and that the
rest would protect her from being car
ried of from her husband, and if car
ried off, would aid in restoring her to
him.
Helen chose as her husband, Meme
lans. Paris, guidedaby Venus, came to
Greece, and enticed Helen to elope with
him, and they fled to Troy. Menelaus
called the princes of Greece together,
and told them what had happened and
reminded them of their promise. The
princes swore that they would stand by
him and help him recover his bride
So fleet of eleven hundred and
eighty-six vessels, each carrying about
fifty men, was gathered at Anlis, in Boz
Gotta, and placed under the command of
Agamemnon, the brother of Menelaus,
to make war upon Troy.
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Juvenile Prayer.

Kitty's going to join our Sabbath
school she's coming with me next Sun
day amt You, Kitty ?"
"Oh, don't know-I've never been
to Sabbath school-what do you have to
do?
"Why, you get saved, of course f; and
books and albums, and
II mean what do You have to do
have to study anything p
"Oh, it isn't like that. It's like
church, you know. When You first go
in You have to put your head down and
pray"
but can't pray" says heather Kit
ty. 9" don't know how to bow"
"Oh, well, do rs l do. Shut your
eyes and count mr."
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"a = "a. 80 Cracking Nuts.
When the snow is drifting, sitting,
Through the leafess maple boughs,
Il And the saucy wind is lifting
All the latches in the house,
Isn't IT fun, boys, to sit by the fire,
With all the good nuts that you can desire,
And Fanny or Kate
To ill up your plate?
while the hammer goes whack, whack, whack.
At "a rafting pace
On the flatiron's face,
The hickory nuts to crack
When the red flames, dancing, glancng
Up the sooty chimney tue,
Seem like summers lightning lancing
Fleecy smoke-clouds through and through,
Isn't it fun, girls, to sit in the Light
OF such a bright fire, on such u rough night,
And lind in the flame
Your fortune or name?
while the hammer goes whack, whack, Vhack!
At a rafting pace
On the fatirons face,
The hickory nuts to crack.
In his armchair, smoking, joking,
Grandpa tells us old-time stories
How the Yankees, wanting no king,
Conquered George and all his tories
That your grandfather lived 80 long ago.
And that he can tell
Old stories so well?
While the hammer goes whack, whack, whack
At n rafting pace
On the fatiron's face,
The hickory nuts to crack.
In her armchair noddng, plodding
With her needles, grandma sees
Through the smoke-wreaths grandpa hoOdlng
Our young ears with tales like these,
And O, boys, isn't it fun to behold her
Trying to set herself up for solder:
For the double chin
Won't let her begin
And now the old lady,
Is laughing already
While the hammer goes whack whack, whsch.
At a rafting pace
On the flatiron Is face,
The hickory nuts TO crack.
Let the north wind rattle, battle
Rake the tree tops /! shake the doors
We will sing, and laugh, and prattie
Where the CHEEKY hearth-fre roars;
For the boys and the girls, II is fun to gather,
On a stormy night in wild winter weather
Round the warm, bright tide
OF the chimney-sde,
While the hammer goes whack, whack, whack!
At rafting pace
On the fatiron's face,
The hickory nuts to crack.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-04

a YANKEE down in Maine has hit upon
novel way of raising money. The
State offers a bounty of SIG for every
bear that is killed. This Yankee, in
stead of engaging in the arduous and
dangerous business of hunting bears,
has gone to raising them. He has estab-
lished several bear-pens upon his farm,
which are stocked with young and vigor-
Gus bears of both sexes. As soon as a
litter is produced he kills them off, ex-
hibits their heads to the authorities, and
gets S16 each. The business is more
profitable than pig-raising He gets S16
per bear, and the bear meat for nothing.
Other farmers, jealous of his success,
are abandoning pork and going into the
benr business.
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Sowing DiscOrtl.

sowing DtscOfu.
"Aunt Alice, think Sarah Lee is the
most disagreeable girl in our school she
is always making mischief. Now / have
helped her ever SO many times in her les
sons, and lent her my history, but she is
not in the least grateful. She told Mabel
that / was very proud of my curly hair,
and that my composition wasn't half as
good rs Mary Gray's.
"Were not both statements true -
quietly asked her aunt.
Laura blushed, but presently said !:
" / think it is very bad of her to talk
about me in that way. / suppose she
was provoked because L got above her
in spelling. | am sure it was not my
fault that she missed. told Mabel l
thought that was what made her so
spiteful."
You never talk against her, do You,
Laura?'
"No, indeed; / am sure / never
did"
"Take care, my child | think L can
convince YOU that you said she was the
most disagreeable girl in school, that
she was always making mischief, that
she was ungrateful, and spiteful because
You got above her. Now, did she ever
say anything half rs bad about you.
How would it sound if what you have
just said was told her, exactly as you
said it? Would you not be very sorry
indeed TO have her hear it ?"
Laura looked, as she felt, very much
confused, and she had no apology to
offer.
Always look carefully within when
any one speaks i'll of you, and see if you
do not deserve it, and cannot learn n
lesson from it, Then, before you allow
yourself to get angry, ask if you have
not said quite as bad things about the
other person. There are great many
hasty words spoken, which hurt nobody
but the speaker, unless they are repeat
ed. TO do this is tale-bearer's bust
ness that is strictly forbidden in the
Bible. Thou shalt not go up and down
AZ Il tale-bearer among my people. 1t
was wrong for Mabel to repeat the
words that gave you SO much pain, and
it is quite likely that she reported your
answer also. OF all seed-sowing, it is
poorest to SOW discord among those who
should be good friends. l think the
true course for you, dear, is to repent
truly of your unkind words, and seek,
by constant kindness, to be Mt peace
with your friend. As you are much the
greatest offender, it is proper that the
first step toward peace-making should
come from you.
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i'm which he may sit, or stretched at his
ease, resign himself TO sleep, without
interrupting his journey. These covered
baskets, or chairs, are the " camels' fur
niture," where Rachel put the limoges
which she stole from her father. tGen.
XXI. "a.
That species called the dromedary Is
chiefly remarkable for its swiftness the
Arabs say that % it will run over as much
ground in one day rs one of their best
horses will do in eight or ten. No doubt
this is an Oriental exaggeration, but the
prophet Jeremiah has good reason (Jer.
ii. 23) to call it the swift dromedary.
DIR. Shaw, who travelled much in the
East, had several opportunities OF vary
ing the estimate of the Arabs III relation
to the speed Mt which their ships can
perform Journey. The sheik, or chief,
who conducted the party to Mount Sinai,
rode a camel of this kind, and would
often favor them with display of its
abilities she would leave their caravan,
reconnoiter another just i'll view, and re-
turn to them in less than quarter of an
hour" The dromedary has but one
hump on its back the common camel
has two.
These creatures are not only of great
Importance in the East as beasts of bur
den. but also rs a means of subsistence
in that inhospitable desert. Their flesh
and their milk supply their owners with
food, and their hair Is woven into stutfs
for his clothing. This hair is not shorn
off, but is plucked off about the time it
is naturally shed. 1t was raiment of this
kind that John the Baptist wore made
of the shaggy hair of which we have
above spoken.
When a caravan of camels arrives ut a
resting or batting place, they kneel, and
the cords sustaining the load being I'M
tied, the bales slip down on each side.
They generally sleep on their bellies,
crouching beneath the bales they have
carried; the load, is therefore, easily re-
placed when they recommence their Jour
ney. Those which are used for speed
alone are capable of travelling sixty or
even ninety miles day.
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In a short time there will be scarcely
Judge on the English Bench who was
there two years ago. Such rapid change
is without parallel. The vacancies are
all by death or resignation.
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WHEN the eagle wants her young to
fly she smashes their nest.
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PELL, who originated the "bones" of
minstrelsy, is no more.
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THE London Lancet says night-work-
ers should use tobacco.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-09
TERRIBLE DEATH
A Man Falls Into a Well and Has
His Brains Dashed Out.

From the Kansas City Times We learn
that a terrible and fatal accident occurred a,
Westport abou, So'clock Thursday night, re-
sulting in the death OF an old and respectable
citizen OF that place.
Mr.. Rufus Bradshaw, a wagon maker by
trade, who worked in this city, but lived in
Wesiport, has been digging veil on his
premises, occupying his spare time morning
and evening in that manner. The we'll had
been dug about forty feet, and last evening
Mr.. Bradshaw went down 10 set a blast.
When everything was in readiness, q son of
Mr.. Bradshaw commenced drawing hi
father Lp, and when nesr the top, deceased
lost bis hold On the rope and fell to the bot
tom, where he lay without moving Or making
any sound.
Believing there was damp" or foul air.
in the we'll, lighted candle was lowered,
but As the lane was not ex;inguished, two
men gent down and brought up the lifeless
body of Mr.. Bradshaw. He had fallen on
the back of his head, crushing the skull, and
his brains were scattered over the bottom of
the we'll. Life va. extinct when the men
reached him.
On being drawn out OF the well enc of the
men became deaihly sick End also came near
falling at the point FROM which the deceased
fell, ard physicians think Mr.. b. inhaled
sulphur in the bottom of the well, which,
when he reached the pure air made him
sick and dizzy, thereby causing him to lose
his hold of the rope and fall.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-09
THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Dangers that the Observers are
Exposed to.

The signal corps which are to nave charss
of the station on the summit of Pixies Peak
are undergoing some experience during their
preliminary operations which are scarcely
likely to b. exceeded in hardship and dan
ger when they settle down to their perma-
nent work. A short time ago We reported
somewEa, serious mishap which occurred TO
two of them while going along the trail.
Nov We have another nishap TO record,
the sufferers being Messrs. L. A. Lehman
aud J II Smith, and the accident occur
ring last Saturday. The corps, a. most Of
our readers know, is encamped in Boehman's
canon, about a mile and half from the
peak. At $50 last Saturday morning
Messrs. Boehmer, Lehman, and Smith
started from town for the camp, aud imme-
distely afterward encountered q steady rain,
which continued without intermision until
they arrived at the lake. At that point Mr..
Boehmer left his companions and pushed on
ahead, Messrs Smith and Lehman follow.
ing some distance in the rear. After
travelling a mile or 40 the latter
we're oyertaken by a terrific storm Of
snow ard sleet, which soon rendered their
unistinguishzble. Exhausted BY the hard
climbing, and almost blinded by the storm,
the couple soon lost the trail, and found
Themselves on part of the mountain pre-
viously unknown to them. They wandered
around, vsinly searching for the camp, until
darkness came upon them, when they lay
down under the shelter of a shelving rock,
and there, withou, fire, food, or covering,
they composed themselves as best they could
for sIeepiess night. At day-dawn they re-
sumed their search for camp, and, after three
hours struggling over rugged rocks and
fallen timber, they at length discovered
Camp Howgale, reached it thirty hours from
the time When they left town, and having
neither tasted food nor he'd a moments sleep
during the time. Mr.. Lehman, We are glad
to say, has entirely recovered from the ef-
fects OF the exposure, but Mr.. Smith is still
suffering from its effects. Signal guns were
fred at the camp during the greater part Of
he night. 40 As to direc, the wanderers to it,
possible, bu: they were not heard.
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