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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-05-12
4 SirCRH UinN.

On MONDAY night, ct midnight, the
signal station on the top CT Mount Wash
ing,on reports northwest gale blowing
4. the fearful rate OF 40 miles an hour
rs shown by the aucwOmetor-and n
temperature IS degrees below zero. This
IS !he highest force ever attained by the
wind in New Ergiand,so faras We know.
A gale Of sixty or seventy miles IN hour
will often blow down trees. In the hur-
ricane o.! the tropics, a force Of 100, or
even ITO miles an hour is not uncommon.
No human being could stand before such
a gale. The people in The chained down
hut conlryc to examine the anomomotor
without cmcrsing-clse they would lie
swept OF bodily. and hurled down Tack
crnan's Rtvine The roar of such 4
mountain gale is terrible Beyond words
II rtjOrd Times.
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slupor succeedod lhe applause.


Then, in the midst OF silence like that
OF the tomb, the Old man raised his voice.
lie said:
"A negligence has endangered this ship.
Al this moment she is perhaps lost. To
be ut sea is TO face tho enemy. A vessel
ut open sea is an army which gives battle.
The tempest conceals, but does not absent
itself. The whole sea is an ambuscade.
Death is the penalty of any fault COM
mittcd in the iaco OF tho enemy. No
fault is reparable. Courage ought TO be
rewarded, and negligence punished"
The words tell one alter tho other,
slowly, solemnly, with sort OF incxora.
bic measure, like tho blows of M ax upon
oak.
AaI the old man, turning 10 the SOL
dicrs added, "Do your duty"
The man upon whose breast shono tho
cross of Saint Louis bowed his head.
At sign from Count du Doisberthclot
two sailors descended between the decks,
then returned, bringing the hammock
winding sheet. The ships chaplain. who
since the time of sailing had been "a
prayer in the officers quarters, accom-
panied tho two sailors; Sergeant do
tached from the line twelve marines,
whom ko arranged in two ranks. six by
six the gunner, Tiihont utterln. word,
placed himself between the two files.
The chaplain cruc.ix in hand, advanced
and stood near him.
March - said the Sergeant.
The platoon moved with slow steps
toward tho bow. The two sailors who
carried the shroud followed.
y gloomy silence toll upon the corvette.
4 hurricane moancd in The distance.
a few in,tants later there was nash;
a report followed, cchoing among the
shadows; thea MI was client; then came
The lhud OF body falling into the sea.
The old passenger s.ill leaned back
against the mainmast with folded arms,
thinking silently.
BoisJcltcc!o, pointed loHarl him with
the Ioreiingcr ol his let, hand. aad .a!d.
in II low voice to La Yicuyil.c,
The Ycndec has found bead
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Qottrp
MOONSIIINE.
III GL. RAYMOND.

The hills rang back oar parting jest;
The deac, dear day Va, ovtr;
TIE sun was low beyond the west:
We walked home through tae clover.
Our words were gay; bui tho ,bts astray
The parting Kept rcsscit'ns,-
"Iac oil old way,' it seemed @ say;
"The sunAarc always sc;,ins'
Tacu gazing back with longing soon,
Ai once my step grew bo,l-r;
FJr, bright am new, spiel tie mCol,
just over my right shoulder.
I turned about, AMI b1dc her looS:
w were not -uperstitiors:
We joAcl about that sh.uin. h,1&,
Bright bai., and skies au>pic.ous.
We .1kcl; bl; GA I Thought With Voc,
IN, bright bait lures mc ouly,
And like the rc.t is doomed 10 90,
And leave liie dark and loscly.
"Pas y3n horizon, earth Is strcNn
With broken m33l-," / toll her;
Each bore bright hope too each moon,
When over my right SHOULDER
"Al8s' o ;rUs: in each new lfh;
\ man were moous,rUcS surely,
A luaauc~ We laughed outright,
And Uel walked oa d'mutc.y.
But soon I spiel, my moon beside,
Tle OH roam out the ucS ONE!
thought, "WoalI hope ulllcl abide,
S..;e every change, q true onc2
Whl, woulj she say - a,Scl her soon,
All tl,E ber hau 70 hJI1 hc.:
"Ah love- she -,Sbel, ";, nisa: thc moon
/, )yes uy right shoulder"
-Oh dai N,c.
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StlrtttO StOtn.
Fsom Vic;J, IIcso's "Nmety-;hyc,."
The STORY OF THE GUN.

- r, 80.
, ,"T - W." S I"' S MN -, 'o'. ,.,, in ,b7
service. O., lle French R,ya.i>.S. carried .
my stcr:ogs passenger, whose name wa,
known oaiy 70 The Captain aud h'' ehici
V,"'c' 'T' ''o '''' 80" ~ ~ ,'''' -, , ~ ~.
..I 81 -, ~ ~ - T,., -, ',' l'.,..i -
c,rron,dc in The -ua.d,cs Interrupt, a
conversation between these three m,n,
and Ihc description o' i&' scene OF "I'-
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'e '' '''o ''' ','''' - Wv
'' ." V''l o'' t'''''','-'' ''.'' ~ 80, 80
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can "'''Po' 90 vessel ''' '.'-' SCI "''''''
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Il -" '"'' ''''"' Us '.''''''T ~.
comes >"''''"'l some '"'''S'' '' ''''
>'p' '"''''." o'.'. o. l. Is Il "''''''
""''" transfers L>'.' '"'o "'"N''''
i"'' mss turns up'A Us "H'c''' N'' 'A'
rapid mJ'cneI,' %. pdI'rd o''i rolls
with tdc Io'inS, pich'S W'A the pi'cA
uS; goes, comes, p1a'e5. seems To-
mediate; resumes is course, ruShcs
n'OuS the SaiP irom end to end hoe an
arrow, circles aboutSp;inS' aside, eyadcs.
rcars, breaks, kills. cN,crnin'-es. l. is
U"''e,nS'r'm "hicA assaults = wall IL
IT'S own c'p.ce. Moreover The oaIietaS
ram l. metal, Inc wall Is wood. It Is The
entrance OF matter INTO H'ei'y- o"e
might say th1t IhiS c'cf"ai Save a'cnSeN
itself Il seems aS II the power oi er"
hidden in what we c." ia'":m''c ooj,c''
iiads 4 ven, and bursts sudIculy out. L
has az air Of having lost patience, o..
seeking some fierce. obscure 'cIriou'Io"i
nothing more iacNosaOic than ih.s rage oI
The inaaIma'e.
Iac mad mass has tho bounds o'
paniler' 'Ao "''sH. ol "H e'eP"'"'' 'n'
aS'.'lY 0' 4 mouse, '"' o''''n'''! VI 'n'
AK 'Ao 0"eNP'''l1N'9S o' ''i' s"' - '.''
Fap'di'y oi HSAIA'n~' Tue "e"'",S' Oh ,"'
tomb. L weighs wv Pounu', al" u
rebounds AHc a e"'.1 'a'', - "',@''' Is
= WIZ "''''' ~. OP'.! ~"' - IL 80 - :,
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Terms.
Raies OF Adyeriisinn

-. 90 Per Near---l.5O IL Paid in
Advance.
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-"Why. Charlie, | am surprised to see
you make face at your mcthcrn Char
lie frightened up at cncc ard rc'oricd,
"Why calculated to laugh. bu, mani
ma, my face slipped
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-05-12

The maddcst individual in America
is Delaware man who has been taking
cod liver oil four ycarsfor the consumption
and has just found out that he never had
any consumption.
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The stationary breeching which prevents
rccoil, was not in use Mt that period. As
4 heavy wave struck the port. the cmron-
ade, weakly attached, rccciled, bust its
chain, ami began to rush wildly about.
Conceive, in order to have an i,lcl of this
strange sliding, drop Of watcl running
down pane of glass.
At the moment when the lashings gave
way, the gunncrs were in the battery,
some in groups, others standing alone,
occupied with such duties rs sailors per
form in expectation of the command To
clear for action. Tho carrona,lc, hurled
forward by the pitching, dashed into this
/ knot of men, and crushed four AT the lirs,
blow; then, flung back and shot out anew
10y The rolling, it cut in two iilth poor
fellow, glanced off 10 the larboard side,
and struck piece OF tho battery with
such force rs to unship it. Then lose the
CIV Of distress which had been heard.
| The men rushed toward the laddcr-thc
gun deck cmplicd in the twinkliag Of an
eve. The enormous cannon was left
alone. She was given up to herself She
Was her own mistress, and mistress OF The
,csScl. She could DO what she willcd
with both The whole crew. accustomed
TO laugh in battle. ucmbled now. TO
dcsc,ibc the universal terror would be
| Impossible.
/ Capt Boisbcr,hclut and Lieut. Vicuyilc
although 10th intrepid men, stopped At
Inc head Of the s,aiis. aud remained
mute. pale. hcsi,a,ins, looking down on
The deck. Sonc one pushed them aside
with Lis clbov and descended
II WAS their passenger. the peasant, tho
man OF whom they had been speaking
moment before.
When he reached the foo; o the ladder
hc stood still.
The cannon came and went along the
deck One nigh, have r,ncicd it the
living chariot OF TIE Apocalypse. The
marine lantern o,,i.aims from the cell
jus added j.zzyu. waitl at lights ana
shadows to this vision. Tho shape of the
cannon WAS undis;ingui,h.h't fom the
rapidiy OF It's coarse; ROW il looked
BLACK in The lieh,, now j, cast weird rc
lcvlious Though lhc gloom.
|. kept on TO-, work OF destruction. Il
hld already suffered lur other pieces.
and d.g txo ctcsicc, Ia the side, for
,lua,c,y above the wa,cr.,ioc, though
the, would ic,k in cl>c a >llall should
c,m, On. 1t dashed t,c.l nluucally
a,lia,l the frame work: The s,iid tie
acaa,, resisted. their carved lo.m giving
Them crca, strength. bq. they c,eakcd
uu.iu3u,'y under the assaults of thi,
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The Captain promptly recovered his
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Subscribers can tcU, by examining tie sols,eJ
ss, a,,ss.Icd 90 t5c,r pspcis. the amount tu" and
g. 81, u.tslr- to await iheu-eri,t- ui tsr advanced
l.. znSuis. caH send 90 us ty mall oy hand 20 the
l,. - Ecut. Sept '.a,' Ou tIc clip, means
o.. Asf ei b, paid tor 90 Thar date. When Nancy
D. srst c.ae should b. taken 90 examine the clip,
sra a liiv iuoary To- uotctt+GcI 81 .,L.u tvu weeks,
~, Shouts 0C 1apr.svt ci lt.
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against the side. was lost. The crew
uttered Simultaneous cry.
But the old passenger. until now i'm
movable, made spring more rapid than
all those wild whirls. lie seized bale o
the false assignats. and. AT The risk OF be-
ing crushed, succeeded in llingng il
between tho wheels OF tho carronade.-
This maneuyer, decisive and dangerous
could not have been executed with more
adroitness and precision by II man trained
to all the exercises set down in "DLro.
sells Manual of Sea Gunnery."
The bale had the effect OF plug. a
pebble may slopa log. tree branch turn
an avalanche. The carronadc stumbled.
The gunner, in his tun. SciGing z this ter
riLlc chance plunged his iron bar bctwce
The spoSeS oil one OF the hind wheels
The cannon was stopped. 1t staggered.
The man, using the bar ~ Il lever, rocked
il TO and fro. The heavy mass turned
over with clang ike a falling bell. and
the gunner, dripping with sweat rushed
forward hcadlong. and passed Tho slip
/ ping. moose of the liIcr rope about the
bronze meek of the oyerihrown monster.
1t was ended. The man had conquer.
/ ed. Tao ant had sujdied the mastodon
/ the pigmy hAd taken the lhuudSrbolt
prisoner.
I marines and the sailors capped
/ their hands.
The whole crew hurried down with
cables and chains, and in an instant the
cannon WAS securely lashcd.
The gunner saluied the passenger.
"Sir," ho said 10 him, .'iou have saved
my life"
The old man had resumed his iuIpassi
bic attitude, and did not reply.
The man had conqucrcd. but one might
say that the cannon had conquered nlso.
Immediate shipwrcca had been avoided,
but the corvette WAS by no means saved
The dilapilalioa of The vessel seemed
irrcmcdiab!o. The sides had five breaches
one OF which, very large, wa1 in The bow
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useless in their frames.
The carronalc which had been captured
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B1t dJrmg the whole Time lhis tragic
diversion had lasted The crew were 50
absorbed 10y the one Question OF lie OF
death that th'Y noticed hit!c what was
passing outside The sceno OF tho duel
The l"@ had thicNcncd; The weather h"d
ch'n@e'i inc VIM h'' u'''eh inc 'eSSe'
nj wi'!i II hAI gpl Odt ol us fuale' /"
plain sight ui Jersey and GIcrnsey, Tar
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G5t 0gfo5O 4rmotrat,

Pablished Every Tuesday Morning, by
F. Z. SHAIY 4 CO,
EDITORS * PROpRIETORS,
D. h. SHAW. GRO. n. WATKINS,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-02

Colonel Davidson u, Penn, the cen-
tml hgure Of the recent outbreaks IN
New Orleans, wns bora ia Lnohbutg,
Va, in May, 1870, sprlnping from u
distinguished family 0f that common'
wealth, who removed ~ Louisiana
shortly after the birth Of this son,
whore ever since they have continued
20 reside. Young Penn graduated NJ
the Lexington, Va, military Institute,
in 1859, Like thousands Of other
young men In hla position and cir,
cumstances, he esp0uued the cause 0f
his section IN the late war Joining
the Seventh Louisiana Infantry, he
was NJ the battle Of Bull Run, and
was NJ al the ensuing engagements
that gave bfllllnncy 10 the career Of
"StOnewallN Jackson, In lhcl, HIS
"war record would be- history Of the
Virginia campaigns. Al twcnty'clght
years Of age lie was q veteran, senior
colonel commanding his brigade, when
the "Lost Cause forever disappeared
under the shades Of AppomattoS, Up
on his return homo he resumed the
management Of his cotton and sugar
estates, aud gave attention 20 the busl-
ness associations and details of his
mercantile house In New Orleans.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-02
FoRNEy's Sunday Chronicle favors

FoRNEY's Sunday Chronicle favors
the iden Of national convention To
consider the southern question. II
says: at Is time to put on the brakes,
aud we think the hest way 10 do II II
TO call together the hest brains of the
country IN II national convention, TO
revise the constitution In accordance
with the provisions contained within
that instrument for its own anlend-
ment. This would be infinitely better
than n new revolution, which is now
brewing, and may he precipllalcd at
the next presidential election"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-02

nLEACHED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. than In
ID the past fourteen years ut Wheats
l01d3t
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WE are now informed that the sur
veyors office of this county Is now
open for the reception Of applications
for homesteads upon the even sections
of railroad lands, and parties can now
secure home in Lamar county, at
low figures aud long credit. Some OF
these lands are the very best in the
state Paris Press.
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RAILROADS.
C1IANCaU OF ,T1NGT.
ToTAKE EFFECT
FRIDAY, JUNE S, 1874.
THE GALVESTON.
Houston and Henderson
RAILROAD.

Three Daily Passenger Trains.
Leave Galveston Of 6:l0 m and arrive at
Houston at $50 a m. 5,s.
Leave Galveston at 400 y m and arrive at
Houston at 800 p m.
Leave Galveston at $50 p IN and arrive at
Houston at $50 p m. u
Leave Houston at G:l5 u IN and arrive at
Galveston Mt 900 n m.
Leave Houston 1000 m and arrive &C CAL
weston at $3.50 p IN.
Leave Houston at $50 y IN and arrive nj
Galveston at ll.30 p m.
On Sundays, passenger train leaves Calves
ton Mt 1000 n m. Leaves Houston NJ zoo p m.
The Clio m train from Galveston connects
at Harrisburg with the Galveston, Harris.
burg and Han Antonio railway. Comets nj
Houston with the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railroad.
The ZOO D IN express from Galveston con.
meets with the Rouston and Texas Central
railway.
The 800 D IN express from Galveston con.
meets with the International and Great
Northern railroad nj Houston Mt . pm.
The 1890 q m train from Houston arrives at
Galveston at 2.3o p IN. Connects with the
Ticket offices, 100 fremont street, Calves
ton, and at the depots.
Communication tickets TO local points, one
thousand and Ave hundred mile tickets, can
be purchased al the ticket Offices OF this COM
paily or from Galveston ticket Office.
g. b.. NICHOLS, Superintendent.
II. n. ANDREWS, General Ticket Agent.
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fHG DAILY HGRALD,

once ~ fhiFd sGaFg ~ Glars a nFy'
an's AeH hgildiHE, ieFHfr ~ i'aH'aF
and MaiH hfFeeis, fiHsiarHs 0fiee-
Treat HppiH 10 seeaHa HfRFf,
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for their ONE HUNDRED PAGE PAMPH;;
LET. containing lists Of 1900 newspapers anu
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WY ANTED-Partner silent or active, with
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THE WEEKLY HERALD.

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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

AT a recent fire in Milwaukee two
boys were roasted alive in the burning
building.
The family of Pat Coleman, six per
sons, living near Hamilton, Ont, were re-
Gently poisoned from eating cheese.
VIM. Laberton, an old man, walked
into the fiy-wheel attached to az engine
in Evansville, Ind, few days ago, and
was torn TO atoms.
The other day, during violent
wind-storm, large stone grist-mill, near
Mount Sinai, L. l., was blown down, kill
ing five persons and seriously injuring
two.
The other day John f. Osborn was
blown to pieces near Virginia City, New,
by the explosion of 100 pounds OF nitro
efycerine which he was transporting in
his wagon.
A young man at a recent picnic in
one Of the towns adjacent to Chicago,
while swinging, struck box and broke
both legs below the knee.
Charles Levenbreke was instantly
killed, the other night, in Hyde Park, Ill,
by being struck by beam Of the pilot of
an engine. He stepped aside TO let the
engine pass, but did not step far enough.
james Cafferty, engaged in driving
mules in coalmine at Scranton, Pa,
was caught, lately, between coal car
and the side of the mine and so horribly
crushed that he died in ten minutes after
ward.
In the hurdle race at the New York
Hppodrome, recently, horse ridden by
Alice Costinego fell, going over the bar
rier and was killed. Before the rider
could extricate herself, other horses in
the race went over the hurdle, and one of
the animals struck her in the head and
breast with its fore feet, infiicting fatal
wounds.
The long wire bridge crossing the
Whitewater River, at Richmond, Ind,
shad long been considered dangerous A
short time ago the Council ordered it to
be closed for passengers. On the same
night Just as several children had crossed,
one of the lower sections gave way, and
the entire structure went down with a
fearful crash.
"A German lady living in Buffalo,
Iowa, has for year suffered with pains
in her stomach which she affirmed were
caused by snake. Recently she put
herself under treatment of doctor,
whose remedies caused her to eject por-
tons Of lizard which, on being put to-
gether, measured six inches in length.
The physician and woman are of opinion
that another Of the loathsome reptiles re-
mains in her stomach.
Charles Marshall, of Davenport, Iowa,
offered himself to young lady whom he
had long loved to desperation, and upon
being refused rushed madly from the
house and jumped down well, falling
astride of cross-beam near the bottom.
The beam saved his life, as the water was
ten feet deep below him. The impulsive
youth seemed quite cured Of his love
when rescued from his unpleasant posi-
ton, and remarked to his mother, who
was called to attend him, that he wished
he might never see the face of another
girl as long as he lived.
During violent thunderstorm at
Lincoln, Neb., Henry Brand, aged sixty
years, accompanied by his wife and son,
while returning from visit to a daugh-
ter, were struck by lightning. The two
former, occupying the back seat of the
vehicle, were instantly killed by the con
cussion. The son was severely shocked,
but recovered.