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Year: 1869

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[From the Boston Evening Transcript. Nov. 20.l


The storm OF this morning eliminated IN gale
that was scarcely eClpsed In fury by tine memorable
gale OF september last. For about twenty minutes,
between half-past eight and nine O'Clock, the wind
was ut Its height.


The Coliseum received Its finishing stroke. For
several weeks workmen have been busily engaged
In taking 1t to pieces and asserting the mass OF
valuable lumber for sale. Their progress at best
mas oeen SLOW o. ana up 70 s n rn m9rng ey ha
and minor details Of interior construction. The
building was thus lett without those safeguards TO
an erect position that would have probably rendered
the work undertaken by the contractor for its
val an Improbable job.


At eight O'Clock from fifteen to twenty men were
at work within the walls, but were compelled to
tieslst just before the fall by the torrents Of rain
that poured down upon them, and took
Office, near by. Tne contractor did not follow
them, but sought shelter for d few moments beneath
Portable one he lett the structure for his overcoat,
which he had left in the Office before mentioned.
He was hardly clear OF the entrance on the outside,
when violent gust OF wind lifted the roof trusses
aud they came cfushiag down on to the centre door,
closely followed BY the huge columns that were the
main support OF the roof


The side walls were not materially affected by this
blow but fteen minutes later another violent squall
sent the west wall and gallery in with tremendous
breaking the lumber badly The southeriy end next
succumped to the force OF the gale succeeded by the
railing outward OF two-thirds OF the easterly side
and about the same proportion OF the northerly end
All that remains standing OF the proud pile Is
about 100 feet OF the norheasery corner wall, the
largest portion maintaining Its perpendicular, beng
on the easteriy side.


The scene Of destruction presented is almost inde
scribable. TIE ends OF the ponderous columns are
badly shattered. the Jagged extremtes OF beams
and broken knees protrude in every direction from
the mass OF svered chips into which the boarding
has been so summary converted. The damage to
the lumber thus broken cannot fall far short o
$4,000, which Is severe reduction on the grea
expectations of the fortunate chance proprietor o.
the colossal structure, though 1t has relieved tht
lndividnai VINO contracted TO take IL down OF wha
threatened to prove serious embarrassment.
Year: 1869

NEW RAILRoAD.-The Long Island Railroad is
making survey for a branch railroad from jamaica
to Rockaway. IL is probable that work Will be COM
meBced early in the spring, and that trains will be
running Ia time Tor the next boarding season.


The IRON MINES At QUoGUE.-The company about
engage In the manufacture OF steel from the IRON
ore recently discovered at Quogue an account OF
which appeared In the HERALD weeks since
making ex tensive preparations for the prosecu-
ton OF their new enterprise. The factory Is nearly
completed, ana twenty-five car loads or coal, In
tended Tor tue WORKS passed over the new Branch
Railroad a day or two since. Specimens OF the ore
have been recently exhibited and 1t "a pronounced
an excellent quaIy, capable OF producing the finest
steel.


SHOOTING CAsUALTY.-oD Friday morning young
man named W. +. Brown, Jewelier, living at
Greenport while cunning in the woods near that
place met with q sad accident which VIII probably
deprive him OF the use OF his right hand. He waa
using double gun and attempted TO discharge both
barrels at the same time. IL seems that but one
barrel was discharged, and while in the
act OF reoadIng the loaded barrel II went
on, the charge passing through the palm
OF the hand near the thumb and completely sever
ing the two first fingers OF his hand The wounded
fingers nave been amputated, and IT IL feared that
VIII be necessary 10 remove the entire hand.
Year: 1869

quiet beauty In delightful sheltered situation on
the plains, and 'spreadsn itself with becoming dig
nifty and honest pride over q considerable area The
coach soon whir's through The busy streets, and
VIII leave you at the finest hotel have seen west
OF the Missouri river One feels at home Immediately
IN Denver ana rejoces at the fact that here an IN
dustrious, intelligent ana hospitabe people have
butt up q justly celebrated city.
Year: 1869

REMARKABLE SEr-Old farmer GruG
was one morning tugging away with all his
might and main at barrel Of apples, which
he was enieavoring to get up the cellar
stairs, and calling at the top Of his lungs for
one Of bis boys to lend helping hand, but In
Year: 1869

SrILL fBEv Cohe.-Thoss beautiful gscds
Of every description, which are pouring
into Sam Perry great Clothing Emporium.
are the finest tha, have ever been seen in
the city. Everybody should 50 around and
see them without fall. they are Of the
best manufacture and viii pleass all &C
earl y and leave your order.
Year: 1869

When you see a young lady SO
very delicate that she can't make
her own bed, or put couple of
plates upon the table, and yet trots
all over town daily, with the speed of
a race horse, to tumble nonsense
with the Softpates, and Shippers,
and Jenkinses, and Duzenberries,
just chalk it down she's a piece of
goods you can't invest single pen
ny or pulsation in. A girl who
hasn't the muscle to lift three feath-
ers and pillow-ease, but can tire
locomotive and whole omnibus
line out of breath, is an institution
that, like prussic acid and garrulous
old maids, is to be kept clear of.
Young men will please to button up
the fact in their memory.-Port
Clinton Union.
Year: 1869

~The New York Sun is quoted
as saying that "before starting on
his present tour, Secretary Seward
stated, very explicitly, that within a
year there would be a breakup Of
President Grants administration,
which he pronounced the weakest
administration the country has ever
had" It will be remembered that
the same oracle predicted the col
lapse of the rebellion within ninety
days, soon after it's commencement.
If the predicted breakup holds off
as long as the ninety days fulfill
ment, there is no fear of any imme-
diate danger.
Year: 1869

To CLEAR A Room OF MOSQUITOES.
"A writer says: II have tried the
following, and find it works like a
charm: Take gum of camphor a
piece about one third the size of an
egg, and evaporate it by placing it
in tin vessel, holding it over a
lamp or candle, taking care that it
does not ignite. The smoke will
soon fill the room and expel the
mosquitoes. One night I was ter
ribly annoyed by them, when 1
thought of and tried the above,
after which l never saw nor heard
them that night, and next morning
there was not one to be found in the
room, though the window had been
open all night"
Year: 1869

We hardly supposed any body in this COM
munity was verdant enough to be humbugged
by the transparent little hoax in our last about
the discovery of subterranean lake in South
Ottawa, especially after the remark we added at
the bottom about putting steamer upon it, &c.
Yet it seems the gentleman from Wilmington,
the redoubtable head OF the Ottawa firm of
II & Father" swallowed the hoax greedily, and
organized party on Sunday to explore the lake.
With his usual precaution, he had prepared for
contingencies by taking along his steam engine
lin stone Jug. Arriving at the place of the
imaginary lake, it is said his disappointment and
rage was terrific on tho discovery that he had
been hoaxed Steam was got up Immediately at
rate to cause fears fer his safety; he got home,
however, late at night-in what condition, to use
his own classic language, "ask his laundrsss"
Year: 1869

CONFESSION Is Coon FOR THE SOUL.-The
proprietor of . certain institution in this city
claims to bear the Same relation TO the city of
Ottawa that Barnum and his museum did to the
city Of New York Il hss always been conceded
that Barnum was the greatest humbug of tho
age" &C., &c.


The above original, spicy paragraph, from the
Ottawa Republicans of the 14th inst, is the burst
ing forth of the giant intellect Of an envisus,
jealous tradssman Of this city, and was brought
before the public at the enormous expense of fif-
teen cents line. Justice to the great Snowman,
whose enterprises have always been az noted for
public favor q for financial success, demands
history of his connection with that unfortunate
exhibition that branded him as a humbug of
NO ordinary grade. After having successfully
brought out the Woody Horse, Tom Thumb and
Jenny Lind, he conceived the idea Of an immense
Cdmlp5)e! Hunt on the sands of Jersey City To
make success more complete he chartered all the
ferries for certain day and covered the city
with brilliant posters, representing the animal
at full speed, closely pursued by band of Arab
hsrsemen. A supersnnuated Crmp6)d at the
Museum, which had played second fiddle to the
Elephant of travelling menagerie SO long as to
imagine himself an elephant, couple of Mulat-
tos, dressed in turbans and Zouave pants, and
pair of spotted circus horses were at once put to
rehearsal for the great event. The day arrived,
and the rush for the ferries and ticket Office was
overwhelming. At the appointed hour the
mounted Arabs dashed into the arena, with lasso
and lance, and gave the signal to ''let her flick
err" The gate of high board inclosure opens
and reveals Baruum in a spasm of chagrin and
Disappointment trying with broken broom
handle to induce the animal to move On, but he
would not stir q peg. An alteration here en-
sued, the animuls still insisting that he was an
elephant, and to prove it he got his back up to
such extraordinary height that he has never
been able TO get it down since; and Barnum,
raving and distracted, tied a pack of lighted
| frs-crackers to the animals tail, which caused
him to hump himself in NEST remarkable man
ner and break through the inclosure, and he is
| said to be still roaming, in search of place
where he can be an elephant


Bsrnum has never claimed any great praise
for the exhibition but refers to it rs one of the
most successful financial and advertising feats
| of his life.


| MORAL:
Year: 1869

The adjourned meeting of the city council on
Thursday evening was held to receive and act on
the bill which it had instructed the City attor.
ney to prepare for presentation to the Legislature
to authorize the several towns interested tolpur.
chase the illinois river bridge, gravel road, &c.
The City attorney being absent, of course no bill
had been prepared, and in view of the fact that
this matter was now in other and more appropri-.
ate hands, the council took no further action on
the subject and adjourned.
Year: 1869

In the way OF beauty, variety and perfection
Of style in clothing the neither extremities COM
mend us 70 the big boot and shoe establishment
Of Child Il Bro. They can fit out with apprepri.
ate foot gear anything from doll baby to an
Esquimau1. They have certainly more novel as
we'll as stylish patterns than one would suppose
were embraced in the foot tailoring profession.
Their chow windows are curiosity.
Year: 1869

EThe general everhauling of our city financial at
fairs during the week in the various public meet
ings that were held, brought out prominently
the fact that our Board of Education have been
obliged to expena so much in the LAST two years
in erecting and repairing school houses that there
are NO means left to run the schools. The boar =
has debt of about $25,0OO hanging over ito,
which must be paid within two years. and to do
so, will absorb nearly the entire school revenue
during that time The voice OF the meetings
was decidedly that the schools must not be stop
ped, buSthst there must be increased taxation TO-
keep the schools going. At presen. there can be
levied for school purposes tax Of but six mills
the dollar. The board say, to keep the schools
open, they must have eight mills on the dollar;
also one mill for repairs, and temporarily a tax


of 8 mills more to pay present Indebtedness. The


board have had bill prepared and sent to
Springfield for passage by the legislature author


izing the levy Of these additional taxes.
Year: 1869

"A lie uttered by million is still a falschood,"
bat one truth like the following will survive the
wreck Of matter and che crush Of worlds, name.
ly to Wit: There is NO place in Ottawa where
you are surer Of 1T o, get better article
for the money than at Jrysa Megafins boot and
shoe store.
Year: 1869

Town collectors are informed that we have just
printed and now tor sale at eur counter, any
quantity of Tax Receipts. Orders promptly at
tended t, and sent by mail to any part of the
coRnty,
Year: 1869

THE Great Peace Jubilee which is
to take place in Boston during the
present month, and of which we have
already published several notices.
viii. without doubt, be the greatest
demonstration of the kind ever wit
messed in the world. An ADVERTISE
Inent of the Jubilee, which mas ap-
peared in our columns, has no doubt
been read by all, and conveyed a def
mite idea Of what is designed by the
Jubilee The inception, design and
execution of this mammoth under
taking have, from the outset, been
bewildering by their magnitude. All
our information, however, goes to
prove that the whole affair will be
carried out in strict accordance with
the programme, even to the monster
Bass Drum, whose heads measure
nearly eight feet in diameter, being
the largest drum in the world.
Year: 1869

TIE APPROACHING STATE FAIR
We hope that our friends Of the State
-asass- nj Il not .fsiI 70 keep this matter
prominetly before their readers. We
expect to have grand gathering here
on the occasion of the Fair. We believe
that Columbia enters fully into the spir'


it Of the occasion. Her municipal au.


thorities will do their part. The cit
izens generally will do theirs. Let US
have an industrial exhibition that will
give the promise Of brighter and better
times. Let every part Of the State do
its part. Let every County send its
contributions, personal and msterai. The
field to which we invite the good people
of the State is not the field of political
excitement, but the field of generous
and useful rivalry in the line ofin-
dustrial development. The question: is,
now, who is doing most service in the
cause of agriculture and manufactures,
and mechanics, and industry in general.
Other States are to have their Fairs, or
have had them. Let South Carolina
not be found in the rear. Let her join
the grand industrial columns Of the
great army of the country's workers.
She has made her mark in war, and re.
ceiyed her blows. Let her now make
her mark in peace, and receive its gen.
tie, useful and refreshing fruits. We
learn that ball and grand tourniment
are among the incidents to be expected
in connection with the Fair in November
next. We expect soon to have an
abundant supply Of the premium lists,
now in demand.-Columbia Phentr.
Year: 1869

NEWSPAPER SPoNGERs.-An ex.
change well says that there nre many
persons who either take no paper at all,
or else take one from another city, and
when they wish to see what is tran
spiringin their neighborhood, they bor'
row the local paper from some citizen
more liberal than themselves. Many
men ofthis kind are engaged in business,
and frequently grumdle because people
do not patronize "home industry" when
they practice the very thing Of which
they complain.
Year: 1869

boil half an hour briskly, then wash
them thoroughly with some suds, then
rinse, and your clothes will look better
than by the old way oc washing twice be-
fore boiling. This is an invaluable recipe,
and every poor tired women should try it.


SAVE THE MANURE.-Farmersa are not
aware how much is on their farms that
with little care and trouble might be
made into valuable manure Everything
that can be decomposed, either in process
OF time, which the assistance of tho ele-
mentS, or by the aid Of chemical agents.
should be saved for the compost heap.
Select some place in the barnyard, or
adjacent lot, where it will be convenient
OF access, and there gather your compost,
adding from time to time such solvents As
may be Necessary. Here bring all the
weeds, sods, etc, that you are compelled to
dig and cut through the summer, and add
to these whatever You have of waste ma
terial-muck from the swamp, decayed
fruits, etc, and at the close of the year
You will be surprised at the size of your
heap.
Year: 1869

A RECEIPT WORTH ONE THOUs >Np
DOLLARS The ONO CuitIvatpr say
tine following receipt Is worth thousand
dollars to every housekeePer Take \
pound OF sal SODA and half pound OF
unslaked lime and put them in gallon
Of water, boil twenty minutes, let it stand
till cool, then drain off and put in
small jug or jar soak all your dirty
clothes over night, or until they are
wet through, then wiring them out and
rub on plenty of soap, and in one boiler
of clothes well covered with water add
one tea-cup full of the washing fluid,
Year: 1869

PREPARING NEW BARRELS FOR
WINE OR CIDER.-Pres. Starr, of the
Alton Hort Society says: To prepare
new oak barrels for wine Oreider, use
one pound of rum and four or five
pounds of salt, to four bueketsful of
water; heat boiling hot, and put one
bucketful at a time in the barrel rinse
thoroughly; let it stand an hour turn
it out and repeat the operation with
another bucketful. Finally rinse
with cold water and fumigate with
sulphur, and it viii be all right.
Year: 1869

or the STAR NURSERIES, Quincy, Illinois, offer
to the trade large quantity OF Osage Plants grown
rolling land and therefore very superior to those
grown on fiat land this wet summer. They will be
sold very cheap for cash. Those desiring plants by
the 1000 10000 OQO0 will do well TO correspond
with Them New Trade List now ready 47-im
Year: 1869

LAWYERS IN ENGLAND M. ID.
Conway, in one of his English let
ters to the Commonwealth, says:


1t is not little remarkable
more so here, / think, than in
America how completely purchase
BILE lawyers are. l heard a good
story of the late Lord Chancellor,
Richard Bethel. He was employ
ed by a party in certain suit to
frame a bill. Afterwards, the op-
posing party in the same cause
employed him to conduct their
side of the case, and, of course, to
oppose the bill which he had him
self drawn up for the other
Nothing could exceed the scorn
with which he denounced that bill.
1t was, lie declared, a blunder, and
imbecility from beginning to end.
in fact he thundered out, If the
court will allow me to say so, in
the whole course of my practice l
have never known a bill SO dis
graceful to be offered in any court
of law The bill was thrown out
of court. The poor. fellow who
offered it afterwards went up to
the lawyer, as he was retiring, and
said-'Why, Mr.. Bethel, you
drew up the bill YOURSELF My
dear SIR was the bland reply, "a
more perfect bill was never offered
to the court
Year: 1869

u Ex-President johnson, in
his speech at Knoxville the other
day, said that "after the battle of
Rull Run, the country was dis
mayed and five thousand troops
marching into Washington could
have the taken capital" 1t was
then that Congress declared that
the war was Waged for the Union
and Constitution, which declara-
ton was forgotten after the fright
was over, IA
Year: 1869

~ Persons are often troubled
by wasps. They can readily de
stroy them by the following meth
od: Saturate a piece of lint with
a strong solution of cyanide
of potassium, and place at the
outlet of the hole leading to the
nest. The inhalation of the cyan
ide destroys the insects very rapid
ly. and a nest full is thus quickly
put out of the way.
Year: 1869

THE PoPULoUsNEss OF CHINA.
What impresses a traveller III
China is the number of its people.
The land seems filled with men,
women and children. An intelli-
gent Cantonese once expressed
his idea OF the fact to an English
man in the following forcible but
not complimentary way: "You
are few and we are many. Ii we
Cinnamon were all to gel together
and spit once, we conld drown
out every Englishman in Canton
Year: 1869

- A good deal of sympathy,
mingled with a little sarcasm, has
been expressed here lately for an
American family whose daughter
was about to marry a Sicilian
prince, the said prince having
turned out bogus. The trousseau
was ready and the princely coat
ofarms was already painted on
the carriages, both of which mag
nifcent superfuities are for sale.
Another ''caution" to ambitious
American mamas who sell their
daughters for European titles
This is a bit of gossip so we'll
known in Paris that it was quite
sure to find its way into print. 1t
is fortunate for the ambitious ma
ma on this occasion that the dis
covery of the imposture was made
before the marriage. The trous-
seau can be sold or laid aside till
wanted; but how could the vile
pretender have been disposed oil
had he preserved his mask till the
legal formalities had all been gone
through! What an escape for the
intended victim as well as for the
ambitious mama.-[N. Y. Herald
Paris Correspondent.
Year: 1869




A GOOD ONE.-A young blood
residing not a half dozen miles
from this place was the victim of
rather a good joke on Sunday
night recently. He was trying to
be particularly "sweet" with a
young lady, and had paid her a
number of visits at the residence
Of her parents. The old folks had
somehow got the idea into their
heads that the children were most
too young to ''keep company and
conveyed the desired hint by call
ing the girl out of the room and
sending her to bed at 8 o'clock,
the lady of the house astonishing
the young man by bringing into
the parlor a huge piece of bread
and butter, nicely spread with
sugar, which she presented to him,
saying in her kindest manner,
''There, Bubby, take this and run
home to your mother; it's time lit.
tie boys were in bed" The would
be gay young beau hasn't felt as
though he wanted any more sweet
ness from that source since Con.
neauUiICe Courier. /.
Year: 1869

A g.eat deal has been said and sunr
about maternal love, but the ia,et has
yet t" make his appearance who is capa-


hle Z! doing justice 20 maternal cruelty.


We have it on old and respectable au-
thority that woman is an uncertain and
variable creature, and it is not all new TO
say that Der love often turns to hate, but
why a woman should dislike her own off
spring Is one OF the psychological mystic
rles not yet solved. Yet the thing often


happens, and when it does we have a
fair sample of the refinement of cruelty of
which woman can be guilty, and which
would be utterly impossible TO man. A
mother is capable of inhcting petty but
torturing cruclties which would never
occur 10 one of the other sex. A little
incident occurred yesterday on Nassau
street, which showed how cruel parent
can sometimes be. even 10 the most help
less being. \ well dreSse woman was
walking down the street leading by the
hand II little tCddler, not more than two
years old. The day was hot. the little
one tired, 50 that she could not keep
pace with her mother, and stumbled,
when the latter brought her to her feet
with a Jerk which extortcd cry of pain
from the child. n gentleman behind
the par who is passionately fond OF chill
dren, and who had seen the performance,
had his Indignation aroused at this, and.
stepping promptly up, picked up the babe
and marched coolly down the street,
soothing it with ''baby talk" (in which
he is an adept, and followed by the
mother, who, it is fair to say, had the
grace to be ashamed enough to blush for
her conduct. Arrived at one of the
cross streets, she expressed her wish to
turn down it, but baby utterly refused to
leave her new friend, and he carried her
another block, where the lady wished to
stop. The child still objected to recog-
nlzing her parent until pursuaded by the
gentleman, who then set her down, and,
lifting his hat politely to madam, left
her, we hope, a wiser woman. The ac-
ton was witnessed by many people, who
highly relished the rebuke BE gentle
with the little ones and have mercy on
their short legs, mamas.-CommerCtai
4 drcrtiSer.