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The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
WILLIAM c. RALSTON.
The Extravagances of the Noted Caiifo mia
Pioneer.

William c. Ralston was probably the
most extraordinary man California ever
has known, and he left mark on bis
State which can never be eradieatcd.
Whatever may have been his sins. iol-
lies and weaknesses his genius can never
be questioned, and it would no more
be possible to write history of Cali
fornia, without mention of Ralston's
name, than to sum up the career of
India and forget what is owed to War
ron Hastings. The great monument he
has left to his name is the Bank of Cali
forh!a- He organized it, put his for
tune into il, drew those of other rich
men into it by his rare personal mag
netism and the administrative power
which all men intuiuyely recognized,
and in a short time the Bank of Cali
forua became what il has stree re-
mained-the leading financial institu-
ton of the Pacific coast But the
Bank of California did not salts
fy RalstOn's ambition. 1t was
but the instrument of his
great primary aim, which was
to increase the glory and the con-
sequence of California and of Ralston.
He built magnificent house at Bel
mont, on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
and entertained in style which has
never been approached by any CaIifor-
nian before o. since. Not a tourist or
party of note came to the State bat was
carried down TO Belmont in q special
car, banTueted, driven from one end of
the county to the other. had the ball room
thrown open and city and county con-
voked, and then, more often than not,
sent under the guidance of one of Raj
ston's friends to visit Yosemite. BIG
Trees and the Geysers at their hosts eX-
pense. In all this there was a strong
flavor of snohbery. of course it was os-
tentatiOuS. il was ornate, it lacked re-
finement; but it had character of IFS
own; it had a sparkle and a dash and a
glitter that was different from the ordi-
nary entertaining rs Ralston was unlike
every other parvenu. Nothing that he
did had in it a suggestion of the com
monplace; everything was gigantic, be-
wildering, prince-like, often absurd,
but always original. | remember
Wnen the bufIlnBafne party was ON
here. He invited the entire embassy,
together with number of the most
prominent men in San Francisco, max
ing company of one hundred and ten
in all. down 10 Belmont TO dinner. The
party were assembled in the library
| awaiting the announcement OF dinner.
when 10! the wall in front of them
moved almost inaudibly, then rose
slowly, like the curtain of a theater, and
disappeared in the ceiling above, while
beyond lay revealed the great banquet
ing hall, blaze of light chrystal and
shimmering silver and gold. The COMP
de-theGt,e had its effect, The strangers,
in spite of their good breeding, were IA
| dazzled and astonished as Ralston could
! possibly have desired. Every thing was
/ on the same great scale. The house at
Belmont has something like q hundred
and twenty bedrooms. and is the larg-
| est as we'll as the most beautiful private
| residence in the State.-C0r. Providence
| Journal
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
NUMBER 2.

What do Won think tie minister said
TO the children after prayers that night?
1t was this: That's plucky Iltllc
Bantam OF yours. boys" they both
turned pale. Garry began 10 cry. He
continued: II wish could obtain one
Just like him for my little sickly boy N
home He is very fond OF such pets
Was ne not good? Elmer told Ffank
contidentially. IF that minister wOuid
only stay here / should JOIN the church.
his church, right of" so would i.
said Frank. she's the man for me; ne
knows enough 10 admire Bob
When not doing anything else Boo
was certain TO be teasing Tabby- She
did not care one Jig on her own ae-
count, but those kittens Of hers they
must not have their eyes pat out before
they were fairly opened to the glorles
of this beautiful world All her moth
erIv instincts and feelings forbade It
One lovely summer afternoon when
the entire family were absent excepting
Katy KOS-ta-ma-lasky-JOhn NlSOta
said she hsd no eyes or ears for any
thing else-Tabby got her back up at
Bob. First she cuffed him. then she
spit IN his face, and had about hiaue
up her mind TO eat him alive.
when he escaped from her clutches.
He flew or to the soap barrel and
crowed over her.
Tabby, doubly enraged. sprang up
after him. Her weight tipped the
cover off and Boo fell into the barrel
Tabby fell in too. but she got out
again. Bob never did. At least not
until next morning. when Elmer 6shed
him out. Then he was dead. OF course
he was
What vast pity so little, 50 hand
some. so plucky bind should have
met his death in soap barrel
Long aud sincerely the children
| mourned for him. They laid him ten
| DERBY in little tin box and buried him
| in shady corner in the garden
Elmer put white palings around his
grave, and Carrie planted a white rose
| bush upon it. Frank set up little
headstone, upon which was printed
/ BRAVE BANTAM Bon"
Jennie Heksry, i's ". 7. Tribune
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
THE CONGO RAILWAY.
The BoIdEnterprIse of Confident Marches
ter Merchants.

The Bold Enterprise of Confident Tsnches-
ter Merchants.
Some of the most responsible of Man.
chester merchants have given their sup
port TO the new railway syndicate for
constructing a line on the banks of the
Congo, The plan of the promoters is 10
connect by railway the enormous stretch
of navigsble river above Leopoldville on
Stanley Pool with the eight hundred
miles of waterway below Nokki. Should
the project succeed it is hoped C. dcvel-
op an extensive trade with the heart Of
Africa. Goods will be brought down all
the tributaries of the mighty river from
regions to be measured BY tens of thou
sands of square miles, TO the starting
point of the new line, thence carried 70
Nokki by rail, and reshipped from
that port for Europe and to the New
World The design is bold. almost TO
temerity; but the names of the Isromot-
ers seem to show that there IS money in
it. Business men do not sink a couple
of millions in barely civilized quarters
of the earth without satisfying them
selves of fair prospect of profit. Per-
haps the chief gains looked for in MAN.
chester are to be derived from trade
rather than dividends. But, after all.
the one involves the other If ''the
Congo Valley Road opens mp new
markets 10 Manchester, it Will bring
profits to its adventurous shareholders:
and if these are left empty-hapded, it
can only lie because the merchants do
not thrive ST James Gazette.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
NOBLE RASCALS.
a Housebreaker Sends a Present to a Little
Girl.

n u 0useDFedEer SENDS ~ present t@ a L1tfIsS.
Girl. II
have heard burgling story where q
little girl saved her sick mother from
the awful shock and disquietude OF
burglars entrance. She was a sweet,
Innocent little thing, and, hearing 4
roise in the night, she fearlessly came
down stairs and found the dining-room
window wide open and man in tho
ROOM She asked the man what ne
wanted. The burglar, who must have
had touch of humor, answered that he
was nobleman aud that his favoYte
way of coming into a house was by the
window in preference to the door. He
would be very glad if she would let him
have the loan of the family plate. The
child said that he must be very
quiet, because her mamma was i'll,
but she would get him what she
could. She brought him all the silver
she knew of, but particularly begged
him to spare her little cup and spoon,
which he accordingly did. The man
was afterward discovered and convicted.
When he was in prison he begged very
naru that ne intghI nave dh ihVcfN Kew
with the child, and the parents, know
ing that the man had not acted so badly
as he might have done, took the child to
see him in prison. He was, perhaps, rs
much affected 10y her innocent praltle
a. by considerable number of dis
courses. Some time afterward a present
was sent TO the child TIN ough the ''nobll-
man" who preferred the window rs a
means of ingress and egreSs. Ill tie
HeOr ROnNh
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
a MARROW ESCAPE.
The Amenities of Life as Displayed b
Members of the =" Purfesh.''

The Amenities of Life as Displayed by
Members of the " Purfesh."
An oldish, thick-set man, with side
whiskers and bald head, got on the
train at Amsterdam the other day to
come into the city, and he was obliged
to take a seat alongside of young
man vino wore eyeglasses and parted
his hair in the middle The oldish man
seemed annoyed because he couldn' t
get a seat alone. and the Young man
took no pains TO conceal the fact that
he was mad at being disturbed.
THE place for dudes, said the old
man, as he wriggled around, lis III the
baggage-car.
"And the place for hogs" replied
the other, ais on a freight train.
Him. How do know you aren't
pickpocket?''
And how do know you aren't
murderer
HIM! I think I'd better cali the
conductor.
Don't give yourself away, old
man"
DOM you talk that way TO me"
And don't you try to bluff me.
At thak moment the conductor came
along, and as he took the oldish man :
ticket he gave both a sharp look, and
said:
IF one of you try any of your tricks
on this train I'll make it the saddest
event of your lives.
HIM, 'Scuse me, said the oldish
man to the dude as the conductor
passed on. II didn't know You be-
longed to the purfesh.
''And scpse me, partner, I'm just
ont Of tae cooler, and don't know any
of the new gang. Let's shake. ~
| J. Star.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
SA.BDATH-DAY READING.
HIS JUSTICE.
John. 4: 9.

John. 1: 9.
Not hard Master did deem my Lord,
But JUST, since He had pledged his royal
word.
And written in the chsnReless rolls on high;
The soul that sinneth, IL shall surely die;
So when in dreams [ heard the solemn call
summon my spirit 20 the judgment hall.
Trembling. I cried; In this my utmost
need
Still with His justice let His mercy plead"
10, to the door, with greeting hands, there
came
One with welcome. in my Lords dear name.
GraspiHg her garments hem, / poured my
plea;
20! tender Mercy! Lei me comewith thee."
" Justice must smits;" but, with radiant
look,
She showed the pages of the judgment-book;
" / am Ills Justice; hast thou never heard
Just o. fgfg,ce is written in His WOrdy'
ENTITY Huntington Muller, ia n. Y. LadcpcHti-
sflt.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
BOATING IN THE SKY.

Lazy clouds, go slowly floating.
That " 1uld lie NV kind of boating
Riding. gliding. high in air,
Bound for-oh. for an, wnere!
Do you ever sail so fur
That or steer against starr
And the moou-W no turns you round
When on her you run sgrounds
AS the wild goose quacks IL south,
Can = on see inside hts Tn0aIths
When the biuebiEd brings the spring,
Is IL pinned beneath his wing?
Have you ever seen that town
where the sun sta, when ne DOWN.
Is his hair all gold and curiys
How does he get up so eariYl
Who lives way on ,0nder tfll.
Always talking when it's stiilI
/ wonder. oh. do just wonder
II on We seen old growing thunder!
Cant he stop his childTens cisttert
Is he mad!-Or what's the matter?
Many queer things you must spy,
Riding there, so wild and high
Lazy clouds, so slowly floating.
That would be my kind o. boating
-J0iss FaRes Cheney. Ia 81 Nicholas.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
a COINCIDENCE.

In going 70 be married" he soft said;
She looked up IN swift surprise
The color from out OF her bright face fed.
The light grew dim IN her eyes
you're going TO be msTrieir" she echoes
low.
Her voice had steady tone:
hope you'll be happy where er ron GO
A cough hid q little moan.
Your bride viii be good and Irne.
know ron could lore none other
She steadily looked in bis eYes dark blue,
tender you Joy, my brother"
N going 10 be msrried-that is, hops
To De. though hardly knoE-
Dear love, shall longer pine and NOPE
tremble for fear of mo-
The color that cut of her face had fed
Came back with adeepcr hue.
ny isn't It fuUny," she shyly said.
That I'm 10 be married. too:
--hfo10Hry s!Auss.) Adr0odts.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10
A Timely Suggestion.

One hundred and twenty-six thou
sand miles of railway are now resonant
with commerce in the United States.
Each mile contains 5000 wooden ties
(the average life OF the tie IS ten years;
each year 10 per cent. of the ties is re-
newed). At so cents apiece the an
nual cost is more than $50, O00, 90. and
ten years from date every ne n0w IN
use viii have been renewed Thlnk
of the forests thus destroyed. aud of
the other means of consumption OF
timber products, in bridges, cars.
warehouses, depots and fuel, which the
voracious and Unsuitable railroads also
employ; and DO they replace any trees?
Not as yet But the eoarts have de-
clared the rights OF the States 70 regu-
late railroads IN many NAYS. and why
not as to their utilization for tree
planting along their lines on their 100
feet OF Tight Of way?-J Sterling Af''s'-
tom, a. Oatittg-
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10

An admirer of ex-senator Conk.
ling has sent that gentleman barrel
of hewing gum believing it III eure
his dyspepsia
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-03-10

An Indian sehelar AZ the Carlisie.
Pa, school wrote home. There
should be no Indians within she Unitsti
States wrapped ia Blankets when ether
people are 90 busy working.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-05-01
Patients at a Public Disp.nsary.

If there Is any more mournful sight af-
forded by the daily routine Of the great
town than the gathering at public dis
pensary, | do not think that I care to be
introduced to it. An hour in the dispensary
o. one OF our hospitals the other morning
was enough for me- it was a melancholy
crowd that appealed to the ministrations of
the pla. %, but without exception crowd
made up of decent poverty The couple of
doctors were very busine8s-like, but neither
brusque nor inconsiderate, and in several
specially pitiful cases exhibited decidedly
unprofes ssional sympathy ard feeling.
One of the physicians informed me that
the greatest difficulty they have to contend
with is to get their patients to take medi-
cine inteligently. Their ignorance is al
most as deplos able in most cases as their
misery. Where dangerous medicines are to
be administered the doctors are always
afraid of the results till the patients turn up
again to prove conclusiTeiy that they have
not overdosed themselves. It is custom in
the dispensaries to charge for medicines at
their cost prics-itself the merest trihe, gen
orally, il the patient can afford to pay it.
The poorest people, says my doctor, will
always and willingly pay for prescriptions
If they can possibly scrape the money to-
gether; but there are others who can well
afford the expense who try to wheed!e help
out Of the dispensaries when they should be
buying it at the drug stores-Alfred Trum-
bic in New Y ork News
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-05-01
Aniline colors Unsuited for Painting.

In paper on the action of light upon pig
ments employed in painting, an Edinburgh
astist states that his experiments have led
him to the conclusion that Prussian blue in
oil is the most stable of colors He asserts,
however, that it would never do to employ
the heeting aniline pigments upon the same
canvas with the stable Prussian blue-paint-
ing one portion of d picture with the latter.
In fact, the aniline colors are found to be,
for the most part, cutie unsuited for paint
ing purposes, and some of them, as is well
known, are SO changeable in the sunlight as
to be used in the production Of Photographic
images. They are also extensively employed
for coioring photographs, their thin trans
parent character rendering them particu-
larly suitable for the purpose, it being pos
dble to see ths shadows and outlines of the
image beneath the layer Of color. Never
theless, photographs tinted in this way soon
lose their bloom, and ths co!ors are often
seen fading while the pictures are yet ex-
posed for sale in the shop Window Boston
Transcript
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-05-01
NJ worth telling, and I

friend OF this strong, gentle woman, has
written an admirable sketch Of her, from
which have gathered few facts. She quite
undertakes herself in saying she never did
any thing worth while. Mrs. Thomas is best
known to large circle as a successful bee
keeper. Her husband Rev. Abel G. Thomas,
was minister Of the Universalist denomina-
tion, and she herself is forceful and inter-
esting speaker and enthusiastic worker among
the Universalists
Mrs Thomas accompanied her husband
| and shared his tolls and fortunes In many
fields Of labor. During the war she worked
increasingly for the sick and wounded SOL
diers In the hospitals Of this city. In this
time she wrote thousands of letters for them
with her own hand. The close Of the war
found both herself and her husband broken
in health. They retired to a farm, hoping to
find in country life fountain Of reinvigora-
tion. They finally bought farm at Tacony,
on the Delaware, just above this city. Here
living had to be made, and made off the
land.
Mrs Thomas set herself to this task. She
made the acquaintance of her neighbors, ex-
amined their crops, their hocks and herds and
studied their methods. From the first she had
the whole management of the farm Her hus-
band was an invalid and died some years ago
The lady whom Sorosis has just selected for
its head Is a most successful business woman.
She not only learned how to make living
OFF the farm, but she has, entirely by her own
efforts, laid up a handsome competency. The
secret of it all is that whatever she undertook
she did not rest until she learned to do it a
little bit better than anybody else She sells
honey and bees and butter and berries and
eggs and other products Of her farm. She is
said to have one of the finest small herds
Of fullblooded Jersey cattle In the
country. They commanded high prices
when sold. She has large and lucrative
| poultry yards, also Her country hone, ON
the Delaware, is lovely and hospitable. In
the winter Mrs Thomas is mostly at her
other home, at Fordham, in the edge of New
York city. Strange to say, although she has
been so successful in rural pursuits, she never
lived in the country at all before she took her
farm. Itshows what brains and perseverance
can do ELIZA ARcHARD.
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for from 5000 to 5000 apiece. One whose
mate went for s5,l8O. he'd handle knocked
Off and sold for 5000, making the Lost handle
worth s2, 100.
The whole art collection, however, is worth
nothing like what the lady paid for it. 1t is
a monument Of nothing SO much as the
avariee and dishonesty of tradesnen. 1t is a
miserable mean sort of excuse for such
people to say il they had not got her money
somebody else w1ocid have. The good
woman was fleece. right end left A Pres
hgts.;an preacher named CcnkEng is sup
posed to have got about s6O0, ,G:0 out of her
Among tie collection was vest number Of
rare and costly orchids. She paid s3o0, 600
Tor them, while they Were worth only 10 per
cent. of it.
The whole story IS remarkable Che.'les
Morgan sesimped and toiled AMI scherned
and lived like a beggar mnst Of his life to
heap up millions After his death fate in
grim irony, took the millions and tossed them
on the xindl4ike thist;edown And OF them
all it does not appear t;.lat one collar ever
went for the real good Of anybody
A. ]. BorHwELL.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-05-01

AFTER MIDNIGHT, COMETS MORN"

The years come and the yea1sgo,
And the leaves Of life keep falling,
Carrie, falling;
And across the sunless rivers flow,
With accents soft and whispers low,
The friends long lost arc calling,
Carrie, calling;
While autumn his red glory wears,
And clouds oppress thsssky like cares,
But the old griefs die, and new joys ars
born,
And after the midnight cometh morn
The years wake, and the years sleep,
And the past is full Of sorrow,
Carrie, sorrow;
The thoughtless laughs and the thoughtless
And each the fruit of his follies reaps,
For to-day is the fate Of tomorrow,
Carrie, tomorrow;
And new loves tempt Us to forget
The old, and old friends love US yet
So the old griefs die, and new joys are born
And after the midnight cometh morn.
The years laugh, the years sigh,
But the flowers for you are blowing,
Carrie, blowing;
As gjrlhood's days go dancing by,
And womanhood's blitha May is nigh,
With hopes and fancies glowing,
Carrie, glowing;
While Love his nets for you prepares,
And turks to catch you unawares-
And the old griefs die and new joys are
born
And after midnight cometh morn.
The years live and the years die,
And all they touch they sadden,
Carrie, sadden;
But still the heart can time defy,
Hope still with purple flush our sky
AMI sober friendship gladden.,
Carrie, gladden.;
And well as we have loved before
In autumn we can love once more,
For tbs old griefs die and new joys are
5- born
And after midnight cometh morn.
Albert Pike
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-05-01
Exti-patine the Song Birds.

It is said that ostrich farming has ceased to
be profitable in South Africa, because the
market has been overstocked. That the de-
mand for ostrich p1umss so largely increased
the supply Of ostriches encouraged the hope
that the use Of song birds for the decoration
OF easlies' hats, instead of extirpating the
whole race of them. may have contrary Of
ieei There IS no news vet, however. that
am uele is raising small birds for their i,!u1i
a.t. and the iTnmestiate prospect Is tli:.s,
owing 10 q stupid fashion, the woesss vii
eesss.-:o Ea vocal It is to be hope-. that a.
tias ~f,= ing approaches the proprieey Of lear,
te ses .:entoa lapwing the exclusive Use o.
h.s c. sebrated crest may be borne IL uis.;a s::z
feminine mind Life.