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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
The Great Iowa Tornado.
The Physical Aspects.

1t is now possible, says an Iowa cor
respondent, to give something like a
connected and consistent account of the
tornado which wrought so much de-
struction of life and property in this
county. 1t was not so at first, when
everybody who had suffered from it was
at his wits end as to what he should do
next, and in very unfit state to give
an account of what he had seen and
done during the disaster. The wit
nesses generally say that for some time
before the storm burst upon them they
heard loud noise, which they describe
as being like that of distant thunder,
the rumbling of train of cars, can
nonading, and the like. The sky was
clear or clearing (for rain had fallen in
the morning), and the people were sur
prised when, shortly after hearing the
roar of the wind, they saw hail descend
ing in sheets and each drop of enor-
nous circumference-as much as five
inches in some cases. AS to the tor
nado itself, some describe huge black
cloud shaped like o balloon and gyra-
ting rapidly, which came down from 100
or 200 feet in the air where it was first
seen, and as it went along, demolished
or absorbed all in its path. Others saw
two clouds and others three, which
seemed to be playing and tumbling
about each other till they coalesced like
drops of mercury merging into each
other and went on in their path of de-
struction but all agree in the balloon
form, with its pointed peak toward the
earth. Claps of thunder came from it
frequently, but there seems to have
been very little lightning. Its rate of
speed in going from Haysville to the
Iowa river was about twenty seven
miles an hour; there are no means of
measuring the velocity of its gyration,
but it must have been enormous, as
from side to side in its path huge tim
bers which had been sucked up were
driven deep into the ground. Mr.. Mar
burg was standing within a short dis
tance of it when it passed, but did not
at first feel any violent wind. 1t was
hurrying towards the school-house
where his children were, and he ran af-
ter it. Then he got within its draught,
and was hurried along so that in his
running he sometimes went eight feet
at leap. At times it would bound
from the ground and go up for 200 feet,
and again descend within quarter of a
mile from where it started. Sometimes
it returned upon it's path, and at others
separated into two or three parts, one
of which would go in one direction and
another in another, but again all would
come together. In hue it was intensely
black, and when it descended upon an
object completely hid it from sight So
far as [ can learn the domestic animals
showed no symptoms of fright Gas in
such instances they are commonly re-
ported to do) at the approach of the
storm, except those which may readily
be accounted for by the great noise
and the descent of the unusual hail and
rain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Anxiety About Children.

Parents, whose prudent care for thei1
children we would not diminish, may
internit much of the solicitude with
which they are apt necessarily to worry
themselves. This gratuitous anxiety
often, moreover, defeats its own object.
1t renders the child, by constantly re-
minding it of the risks to safety, un-
naturally timid, and prevents that calm.
ness of mind and development of ami
NAL courage essential for the prudent
avoidance of and bold resistance to dan
ger. The overwatched children are no.
toriously those who are the most con.
stantly exposing their health and lives
to hazard. They are so accustomed to
move at the will of another that theil
own volition loses its power to great
extent, and becomes hesitating and un-
certain. Their muscles, accordingly,
act with little precision, and render the
step faltering and the hold insecure.
The child who is left free to run, climb
and Jump, though he may apparently
expose himself to thousand risks, gen.
orally escapes danger by his habitual
readiness of expedient and practical
precision of movement. The freer child
rem have, moreover, the advantage of
protecting themselves by various means
of security denied to those kept under
too close a supervision. Swimming,
riding, running, leaping, using firearms
not to speak of wrestling and fighting
all of which may in their turn become
important means of safety, are the ordi-
nary acquisitions of the emancipated
boy, but seldom of him who is subjected
to an unceasing parental control. 1t is
obvious, too, that the greater freedom
of the one is more favorable to health
than the constraint of the other. 1t is
equally advantageous to the moral as to
the physical health and development
that the parent should not allow his
anxiety about his children to become
too apparent, or to interfere too much
with their freedom of conduct. The
self-reliance and independence of char
acter which are essential elements of
all human excellence are to be acquired
only by learning early to act from yolun-
tary motive. If the parent fixes him.
self as fnger-post at every turn, the
child will hardly ever find the road of
his own accord, and must necessarily
lose his way when deprived of his habit
ual guide.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
A Remedy for Rheumatism.

1t has long been commonly believed
that the water in which unpeeled pota-
toes have been boiled is poisonous. 1t
is now said to have been discovered that
this poison, like many others, possesses
certain remedial properties.
The disease for which it is particu-
larly recommended is rheumatism, and
there is some evidence which goes to
show that the belief in its efficacy is not
without beneficial effect.
A laborer, wilhelm q state of perspira-
ton, few days ago, became chilled by
a sudden fall of rain. This brought on
an attack of rheumatism, which made
him so lame that he was quite unable
to pursue his usual avocation. The
potato water was recommended to him.
He tried it in the evening, and much to
his surprise, found himself on the fol-
lowing morning as well as usual. He
believed the result was attributable to
the use of the potato water.
Another case was that of o man who
had been drenched by exposure to a
cold storm. The second day afterward
he was seized with sharp pains of al
most unbearable severity, and indica-
tive of infammatory rheumatism. He
used the potato water, and experienced
immediate relief from intense suffer
ing.
This remedy should be used only ex-
ternally. The potatoes should be boiled
with the skins on, and the water applied
as hot as it can be borne, to the part
affected, by rubbing. Of course we
know nothing as to whether it would
produce any such effect in other cases
as it seems to have had in these two.
Carrying a raw potato in the pocket
has a similar effect. Many very serious
cases of rheumatism have been ef-
feetually cured by this very simple
! thing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Action Respecting Forests.

A very important bill was introduced
into the last .. S. Congress by Mr..
Haldeman, of Pennsylvania, and has
now become q law. 1t provides that
every future sale of government land
shall be with the condition that at least
ten per cent. of the timbered land shall
be kept perpetually as woodland and
if the land be not timbered, then the
patent is to be issued on the condition
that ten per cent. of the quantity is to
be planted with forest trees within ten
years, and kept forever as woodland.
If this be done, an abatement of fifty
per cent. is to be made on account of
the expense of the planting. A viola
tion of this agreement is to be met by
the forfeiture of the land. 1t is also
proposed that any one who may wish
to acquire title to the public land, under
the homestead act, can do so by proof
of the fact that he has had, at the end
of three years after taking possession, at
least one acre under cultivation with
timber for two years, and that this shall
be continued until one acre in every ten
is planted with trees, in clusters not
more than sixteen feet apart.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Beauty of Chinese Bridges.

Some of the bridges in China are of
extraordinary beauty and magnifcence
There is one near Pekin built entirely
of white marble, elaborately ornament
ed. Others are found over the canals
of still greater magnifcence and with a
grand triumphal arch at each end and
some, instead of being built with arches,
are flat from one side of the canal to the
other, marble flags of great length being
laid on piers so narrow and airy that the
bridge looks as if it were suspended in
the air. From the amazing facilities
afforded by the numerous canals for
transportation of goods by water, these
bridges do not require to be built of
great strength, for only foot-passengers
use the bridges, which is the reason
they are of such an elegant and fanciful
construction. These bridges are built
with a number of arches, the central
arch being about forty feet wide, and
high enough for vessels to pass without
striking their masts. The great eleva-
tion of these bridges renders steps nee
essary. They resemble, in this respect,
tho old bridges of Venice, on. which you
ascend by steps on one side, and de-
scend on the other in the same way.
Chain bridges were not made in this
country for more than eighteen centu-
ries after they were known and used in
China
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
A Hawks Attack on "Kite.y

The Baltimore american thus relates
remarkable experience which befell
well-known merchant of that city, who
had manufactured large kite for the
amusement of the son of a friend whom
he was visiting in q neighboring town
CATER the kite had gone up nearly
half mile, large crowd of country
people collected to admire it, as such
magnificent toy had never been seen in
that neighborhood before. While the
spectators were admiring it, a very
large hawk was seen to fly slowly out Of
neighboring grove and go directly to-
wards the kite. The hawk approached
within q few feet of the strange-looking
object, and then circled about under it
for perhaps five minutes, when he few
Just above it and again circled around
several times. Suddenly he hovered
directly over the kite, and after looking
at it intently for short time, darted
downwards, and striking the paper,
passed directly through the kite, coming
out on the other side. After this strange
experience, which no doubt puzzled the
hawk vastly, he flew off for short dis
tance for reflection, but still keeping
the kite in view. Not being disposed
to give it up 50, he quicklysreturned to
the charge, and this time fastened on
the long string of rags that we're used
as tail to the kite, which he tore and
scattered in the air in a savage manner.
Finding, however, no resistance on the
part of the kite, he became disgusted
or scared, and few away towards the
woods from whence he came. The gen
tleman says that whenever the hawk
made an attack he would retreat little,
as if he expected the strange bird was
going to return the assault"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14

L took it up to the vicarage, and said
"I told you it was all the bishop"
What do you mean, Mrs. Acton, eh Z?
Our bishop married Who is she, /
wonder ?" ..
"She t0as Mrs. Henry" I replied,
calmly.
"Who ?" cried the vicar.
MRS. Henry-our schoolmistress.
And then l gave her message, and
told them all about it.
"Mind, we must say nothing" said
Mr. Ambrose. "It is their secret, not
ours"
To which we assented, and therefore
it is that no one has known the rights
of the storytillnow, though it happened
full six months ago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Disappointed.

/ thought, tonight, to see thy face,
And mourn not for the sun gone down;
But now the shadow in his place
Hangs on my cheated heart its frown.
1 could not doubt that thy dear voice
Would cheer me more than bird or Lutte
How can my heart tonight rejoice,
With bird and string and voice all mute
The breath Of June upon my cheek
I bore, impatient for thy kiss;
My fainting lips their anguish speak,
The sweetness of thy breath to miss.
Oh, why did thy sweet steps delay,
Since bird and song and breeze are gone
Sighted for hope of thee, the day
Without thee night puts sackcloth on!
We're 1 away, thou shouldst not chide
One needless moment Of delay;
I seek my sunshine at thy side
Thy voice my song, thy smile my day,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14

LoTs OF CoA1.-The total amount of
coal estimated to have been mined in
the United States last year was $4,000,
900 tons; of this 20,0O0,OO0 tons was
anthracite, over 100000 Cumberland,
and over $4,000, 900 bituminous. For
the same year Nova Scotia mined $780,
$50 tons, 154, ,092 of which she sent to
the United States. Great Britain
mined 12O,000,O00 tons, and exported
over 100000, of which she sent 233,
1874 tons to the United States. During
the year the United States exported
400. 1878 tons.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14

It is asserted that Of two hundred
seamen wrecked on the Jersey coast
during the past two years, not single
life has been lost. This shows in re-
markable degree the efficiency Of the
life preserving apparatus introduced
some years since.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05

leans, and Anglo-Saxons, which may be compared to feet. for fleet, ness, to the body for quantity, and the head for Knowledge. Bus1-
 ness men are generally aUiaite nse'a.
 There are about 40 whites in and
 about town, and 300 of all coiors
 in a town three years old. 8 h,, !; When the coming rail road has
 been completed, Florence will he one of the Ce,aters of Arizona, TOT business, beauty and attraction.
 We will now take the liberty to extend a hearty invitation i'll ad- vance of future probabilities to the inhabitants of Yuma, to come on the first tra5p up to Florence, where : zephyrs stir, verdure grows, blossoms shed their fra gerance, and fruits ripen, and here hold a grand picnic, under liv- ing bower. But if not before, In ,76 when the Centennial Celebra- tion has awakned the joy of the Ion Sabbath, June 22d, Mrs: Ruggles, wife of the proprietor of Florence, presented her infant daughter, for baptism, to be sa- credly named "Florence," conse- quentIy there will be Q Mss Fto- renee living at Florence. Than which a more appropriate name, could not have been given. May she grow with the town for Is years. a6 GLEZEN.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05
Not Generally Known.

Gen. Sherman, in ali interview with Delegate Mccormick yes- terday, asserted that the order for the removal of the companies of the First Cavalry from Arizona was prepared prior to the death of Gen. Canby, and with no refer ence to the Modoc troubles, but because those companies had served more than their allotted time in that Territory.
 He further stated that the re- cruits already sent to the Fifth Cavalry and Twenty-third In- fantry would more than replace the number of men withdrawn from the Territory, and that hencef0rth the ranks of these reg iments would be kept filled, and thus Arizona would have an effec- tive force as great or greater than that had hitherto. He also said there had been no thought of ta- king Gen. Crook, from the Terri tory. Washington Repu6lico'1 of June 5. -
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05

The Citizen of the 2Sth contains the following just tribute to the public worth of Arizona's Dele- gate:
 This Territory has reason to be proud of her Delegate. He now stands one of the thirteen to prepare for the grandest ID, ternational exposition of this age, and many are the compliments Arizona. gets in consequence of furnishing such ne man therefor. He has Arizona affairs Tn me best condition it is possible for Delegate to effect in Washington, and in his two moniks' absence abroad, Arizona will have macy words spoken which will rebound to her Rubrtantial benefit. Under all the err cu,nstanees, it is better for tbe Territory that he should make the Vienna visit than remain in. Washington during the hot sea son, W hen little is doing, or return to Ari- zena for an exchange of courtesies.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05
From the Tucson Citizen of the 2sth.

From the Tucson Citizen Of the 2otn.-
 We have a reasonable rumor that NataZa's band of about 200 warriors, located some fifteen miles south of Apache Pass on the Cachise reservation, recently left for Chihuahua intent on war, and that at last accounts Agent Jeff lords had gone to investigate the matter. Cachise does not acknoWl- edge this band as his, but has for Q long time permitted it to remain on his reserve. We also learn that the band has borne a bad reputa- tion all the time but was .pemlt- ted to have the protection of a home on reservation upon which troops cannot go for war purposes. Such is the beautiful workings Of the peace treaty with Cachise.
 Private adyices from Apache, of the 18th ult., say a report had just reached there to this effect: Sometime previous, Ut J. B. Bab- cock, Fifth Cavalry, with force of troops and Indian soldiers, was seat in pursuit of the Apaches concerned in the San Carlos out break in which It. Amy. was killed and an attempt made to massacre Agent Larrabee. After some hard marching into the mountains, he overlook the guilty party, compelled a fight, killed fourteen Indians and took six prisoners. Two of the Indian sol diers were wounded, one of them so severely that he may not reeOV- CT. The Lieutenant was struck with an arrow which did him TO injury. sa.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05
Cuba and Central America.

The struggle going on between Cuba and Spain is one of the scan- dals of the age. That it has not been put an end to long ago IS principally owing to the unwill- ingness of the United States to act in an unfriendly manner to- ward Spain, or to throw any ob- stacle in the way of it's progress toward republican government.
 That our Government would be justified in interfering is un- deniable. The right of every na- tion to worry, persecute and mas sacre its own discontented subjects is, in its way, quite as great a fallacy as was the pretended right of every planter to "larrup his own niggers." So the non-in- tervention idea is simply the off spring of selfishness and cowar- dice. The Cuban insurrecti0n against Spanish rule has now been progressing for about six or seven years with considerable vicissitude of fortune for both
 sides. The insurgents have not been able to expel the Spanish forces from the island nor to cap pure any of the large towns or cities. Their want of military or ganization and their lack of war like munitions have compelled them to do their fighting on the mountains and in the woods. On the other hand, the Spaniards have never been able to gain any decisive success over the rebels, much less to disperse them. The only result of the struggle, so far, ihas been the sacrifice of hundreds
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05

1 of human lives and the laying waste of,a large area of the mos
 beautiful and fertile country il the world. If the combatant. wero left to themselves there would be every prospect of the horrid game of murder and de
 vastatiOn continuing for an inde
 finite period. "H
 -o Happily, however, there seems to be some chance that interven- tion on behalf of the gallant Gu bans will be offered before long. The Central American States, who have themselves suffered from Spanish oppression, but have been fortunate enough to achieve their independence, have declared their intention of assisting "the gem of the Antilles" Of course this means they are willing to take all the risks of war with Spain in order to help their brethren in Cuba to gain the blessing of free dom. Spain, degenerate and fal- len in many respects, is puncti- lious and jealous of her honor as ever she was, and would not hesi- tate to declare war against the most powerful nation on earth in defense of the least valuable of her possessions. But at present she has domestic troubles of no ordinary nature to contend against, and consequently her ability to inflict injury on others is greatly impaired. If the Gen. tral American States make up their minds to assist Cuba, they will not run much risk, and they will certainly accomplish it's SC. paration from Spain. They will have the sympathy and moral support of nearly every civilized nation. In particular, America will be well pleased to see Cuba thus generously aided by repub- lies allied by blood, language and common origin. It was uni. versally believed that our Gov. ernment was only awaiting a de. cent pretext to interfere and put an end to the struggle but such was not the case, because this country exhibited the greatest forbearance and maintained strict neutrality. The result of inter. vention on the part of the United States would naturally be the admission of Cuba into the Union; but however 1attering that would be to our national pride, it must be admitted that the erection Ol the island into an independentre re. public, which will ultimately bring abou! its admission into the Union as a State, is the most de. sirable ending to the insurrection, We hope that the Central Ameri' can States will assist their suffer. ing brethren and succeed in liberating them from the galling tyranny of old Spain.-S. f. Ctro'
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION The United States, according to a decision of the Cabinet, is to be divided into six districts for the facilitation of the civil service ex- aminations. The fourth district includes Illinois, Missouri, Min nesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, California and all the Territories, except New Mexico and the District of Columbia. All the candidates for this immense area must psesent themselves be- fore examiners sitting in Saint Louis! This is ridiculous. It would have been much better to have made the Pacific Coast a district by itself, and make San Francisco the place for exam ination.-.N. F. Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-07-05
SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1873.
Letter from Florence.

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 This town is one of Arizona's fairest, if not its best; for it has water privileges equal to any, has been unrivaled in the rapidity of its growth, and now surpasses all in the number and size of it's ar tifcially arranged shade trees, which in this seasorfadd so large Iysto the beauty of the place and comfort of the inhabitants, by their living hue of green, and the shaded walks under their spread ing foliage. e-s-.s
 This site was well selected and laid out by the Hon. Levi Rug gles, on the south side ofthe Gila, two hundred and fifty miles by way of the channel, from its mouth at Yuma. The location of a town is of no little importance in acountrywhere rivers represent human life; which, at their begin ings, are full of life, dancing over their pebbled beds, rollick- ing among the hills, like jolly children capering Der the meads; then, swelling into the full vigor of their. power and measure of their dimensions, like the natural man; and then, again begin to fail and slowly waste away along the line of their journey, and, as the human, disappear amid the sands. Hence the importance of wisely locating a town on such a stream. The zGila arrives at Florence in her maturity, and hesitates not to pour out with great hberality.
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 Its surroundings prove the fruit fulness of the valley of the Gila. like the valley of Egypt, along inc Nile. k There is a charm which clusters around fruit full fields, where the hand of in- dustry bas been crowned with broad fields of waving grain al ready ripened for. the sharpened sickle, or laying in winnOwed heaps ready for the market. In such locality gaunt hunger, like a bony skeleton, is not expected to be met by timid citizens at the corners of the streets, ghost-like, and with an open maw ready to devour. The danger of asearcity at Florence. in 1873, Is far out of sight; for the largest harvest ever reaped, since histo- ric times, will be chronicled sin this year. w.,
 In this town there is a Catholic church, the Land office for south ern, Arizona, one brewery, one saloon, a restaurant, the post ofhce and two well-to-de stores. :.
 The inhabitants are to be dis x.:.L n bx, Sb~oo loodipr 6ivi