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Year: 1874


BIZ MRS HRLRN Il. ORCUTT, OF DERBY CENTRE, TO he
DAUGHTER FLORA, BEFORE MARRIAGE.
How many times upon my breast,
In helplessness you've lain;
and mother tried, with tenderest care,
To soothe your every pain
You now have found anotheFs love
More sweet. more dear to you;
Dear girl, o may ii ever prove
as constant, kind and true.
Our homes on earth are sundered far
BY mountain. lake and river;
But when from earth We pass away,
Shall we not dwell togetheTl
Your darling brother now on high,
Still loves and cares for you
Although you cannot see his form
Fit through the ethereal blue.
God too, my child. with watchtul eye,
Looks. from his throne above,
Upon your every action here,
With more than mothers love.
Yet storms will come and cloud your sky,
And troubles oft assail;
Then look to him with prayerful eye,
Whose arm can never fail
AS down the stream of life you glide,
Keep ever in your view
The cross whereon the saviour died
He shed His blood for you.
Go Flora dear to your new home,
Though far away from mine;
Your mothers blessings and her prayers
Are still, as ever, thine
Year: 1874

up the ponds and scorches the leaves of
the trees, these poor victims faint and
pant in hunger and thirst. If they are
dying on the ak7t thasSty day, little
water will be put on the lips merely to
wet them. They have no hope of ever
cheering their widowhood in the world.
A learned Brahmin, the principal of
Calcutta Sanscrit College, is earnestly
engaged in redeeming the condition of
the widows, by introducing the system
of widow marriage.
Year: 1874

ETzHB application of water in this Wheel is some


E thing new in Hydraulics. The whole stream is


81 presented to the Wheel in sluiee gate, and


y operates as perfectly each and every bucket
at once as though each bucket fed through a
gate or suce OF its thus avoiding large
of friction, and leakage attendant small apertures
and Fly Trap gates The power by avoiding frie-
ton. results in giving more force TO the water and
consequently more power to the Wheel. The last five
years hard trials successfully encountered has practi
cay set at rest the credit and ability of the Wheel
perform all that has been claimed for it. The ease and
slight expense with which is set in place the relia
BILE and permanent character of the power it delivers
the slight loss experienced by back water, together
anchor ice be removed and the readiness with
which the amount of water used can be aseertained
makes the Wheel agreeable TO all who have in care
the running OF the power while the actually ascer-
tanned fact that portion of the gives its full
effective force just in proportion TO the used
from the first to the last inch. makes it desirable
economy of water, variable amounts, while the
price of the Wheel low for the amount of power
furnished that any one who wants power just as
well have first a second class Parties who
have been and using this Wheel TO drive all
kinds of machinery under all amounts of head and
with varying quantities of water ready and
willing 10 give practical reasons for the preference
they manifest in the of this Wheel any and
all others they have used Five years it
launched entirely its merits by the maker, who
well OF all creditable and discre(it-
able which used TO puff machines and new
improvements. 1t felt that if the Wheel was
better than those that had preceded it, the community
would be able TO hnd out the tact and candid enough


to appreciate it. Experience demonstrated the above
/ principle o be correct,
Year: 1874

The operator is just about to with
draw the cloth. His back is toward
you. The index finger of his unoccu-
pied hand marks the place for the eye.
Every nerve in your body is braced for
the ordeal. The cloth is drawn, and
the noiseless and unseen fingers of the
prepared plate are picking up your
features one by one and transferring
them to its mysterious surface. What
an influence is this you are under and
which you cannot explain, which weak
ems every nerve and unloosens every
cord and muscle, and sets free upon
and over you myriad of sensations
you never knew before. The eye of
the camera glares upon you like the
eye of an offended and threatening
power. Prickling sensations are felt
in under your scalp, and heat evolved
within with amazing rapidity fushes to
the surface of your body and leaves it
pierced with thousand pains. You
stare at the mark with an intensity that
threatens to obliterate your sight.
Heavens how slowly the time drags.
Your eyes grow weaker and weaker,
filing with water as they die out. You
know they are closing, but you cannot
help yourself. Will he never put back
that cloth? A thousand reflections
upon your appearance, on the sounds
in the street, on things irreverent and
disastrous to your composure, flood
your mind, and take such hold upon
you that you cannot shake them of.
And yet no move to restore that cloth.


He stands like statue cut from flint.
And you-quivering from the sole of
the foot to the crown of the head, with
eyes blinded by tears, with perspira-
tion oozing from every pore, and every
muscle strained until it seems ready
to snap and let you down upon the floor
mass of disfgured and palpitating
flesh. He need not put up the cloth
noaO. The opportunity which he con-
trolled to reproduce you in perfection
is gone. It matters not now how it
looks, only that you may get away and
he at rest. You grow hysteric in your
despair. 1t settles down upon you like
a cloud COMPRISING your throat within
it's grasp until your breath surges back
on your lungs as if it would rend them.
A weight is pressing upon you. You
struggle to wrench yourself free from
the dreadful oppression, and yet not
muscle of your body is in motion.
What dreadful thing is this You must
shrek; you - The cloth is up-the
thirty seconds have expired, and you
are photographed. -Danbary Nea0s.
Year: 1874

One feature of the temperance revi-
val is both commendable. In certain
places a pledge is now circulating
among young men by which the sign
ers bind themselves to refrain from
asking other men to drink. There is
nothing that is more absurd, in itself
considered, than the theory that man
is under obligations to pay for the
drinks consumed by his friends. No
man thinks of asking friend out to
take social pair of boots or a friendly
barrel of -four, and yet he is regarded
as committing breach, of etiquette if
he ventures to drink without asking q
friend to drink with him. No man
would feel otherwise than insulted if an
acquaintance asked him to accept o
friendly fifteen cent stamp, and yet he
feels himself insulted if he is not asked
to drink fifteen cents worth of ardent
spirits. The exceeding folly of the
custom is equaled only by the evil in
fuence which it exerts. Many q man
is forced to drink by one of o group of
acquaintances when he is not in the
least thirsty, and he is thus in turn
compelled to invite them to drink a
second time with him to the detriment
not only of his purse but of his health.
1t is not too much to say that at least
one-half of the ardent spirits consumed
in New York City is drunk by men who
do not want it, but who are compelled
by stupid and senseless custom both
to drink when invited to do SO and to
invite others to drink with them who
had much rather not do anything of the
kind.


The pledge against " treating" ought
to produce good results. 1t commends
itself to all sensible men, and the fact
of having signed it gives them a suf-
fcient excuse for ceasing to observe a
preposterous custom. The new pledge
ought to be vigorously circulated, and
the more signers that can be obtained
for it the more hope there will be of
putting an end to the folly Of social tip
pling.
Year: 1874

So far as can learn, says CORE
spondent writing from the California
coast, the Farallon sea lions are seldom
disturbed by men seeking profit from
them. In the egging season one or two
are shot to supply oil to the lamps of
the eggers and occasionally one is
caught for exhibition on the main land.
How do they catch sea lion? Well,
they lasso him and odd as it sounds,
it is the best and probably the only
way to capture this beast. An adroit
Spaniard, to whom the lasso or reata is
like fifth hand, orlike the trunk to the
elephant. steals up to sleeping con-
gregation, fastens his eye on the big
gest one of the lot, and, biding his
time, with the first motion of the ami
NAL, with unerring skill, filings his loose
rawhide moose, and then holds on for
dear life. 1t is the weight of an OK and
the vigor of half a dozen that he has
Juggling at the other end of his rope,
and if score of men did not stand
ready to help, and if it were not pos
sible to take turn of the reata around
a solid rock, the seal would surely get
away. Moreover, they must handle the
beast tenderly, for it is easily injured


Its skin, softened by it's life in the
water, is quickly cut by the rope its
bones are easily broken and its huge
frame, too rudely treated, may be SO
hurt that the life dies out of it. AS
quickly as possible the captured sea
lion is stuffed into a strong box or
cage, and here, in a cell too narrow to
permit movement, it roars and yelps
in helpless fury, until it is transported
to it's tank. Wild and fierce as it is, it
seems to reconcile itself to the tank
life very rapidly. If the narrow space
of its big bath-tub frets it, you do not
perceive this, for hunger is it's chief
passion, and with a moderately full
stomach the animal does well in cap
tivity, of course with sufficient water.
Year: 1874

I never was anything, dearest, till I
knew you-and I have been better, hap
pier, and more prosperous man ever
since. Lay by that truth in lavender,
dearest, and remind me of it when I
fail. I am writing fondly and warmly !;
but not without good cause. First your
own affectionate letter, lately received !;
next the remembrance of our dear chill
dren, pledges-what darling ones ! of
our old familiar love; then delicious
impulse to pour out the overfowings of
my heart into yours and last, not
least, the knowledge that your dear
eyes will read what my hands are now
writing. Perhaps there is an after
thought that, whatever may befall me,
the wife of my bosom will have this ac-
knowledgment of her tenderness
worth-and excellence-all that is
wifely or womanly, from my pen.
Year: 1874

Nearly half a century ago, when that
beautiful section of the country, now
thickly dotted with villages and i'm
proved farms, along the Nolachucky
river, in upper Tennessee, was compare
lively a wilderness, the hero of my
story had an adventure with a panther,
which have often heard him relate,
and which I shall never forget.


Immediately after nightfall he found
that he was lost in an extensive forest,
without even a path by which to find
his way out. His first impulse was to
dismount, lie down and try to rest until
morning but with the hope that he
might be heard, he resolved to halloo,
which. to his horror, was Immediately
answered by loud, shrill cry, which
was soon repeated much nearer him,
and again in close proximity to him.
He was riding young, but spirited
horse, and at once knew that his only
safety was to remain upon him if posi-
BILE.


The panther was now crouching before
him-the noble horse leaped furious
ly over him-the panther in turn leap
ing over both horse and rider. He gave
the horse the rein and bade him go
through the trackless forest. The
fight was rapid and inexpressibly ter
rife; and great drops of perspiration
fell from the riders brow, as he felt
the keen breeze, made by the panther
in leaping over him. Hatless, lacera-
ted and bleeding, the rider was carried
over fallen trees and young saplings,
until the bride caught over one, as it
sprang back to its place. Having no
knife to cut the rein, various attempts
were made to bend down the sapling,
or unbridle the horse with last des-
perate effort the bride was loosed, and
the horse, maddened almost to despera-
tion, again bounded forward until he
reached cleared field, and having been
trained in a regiment of light horse, (of
which our hero was Colonel he leaped
the fence and the pather gave up the
chase.


A light was seen in the distance,
which, when reached, proved to be the
abode of a friend, who took the horse
and bade our hero 'go in > and upon
going into the house and seeing the
scratched and bleeding condition of his
guest, declared that he would not have
put up his horse for all he possessed,
if he had known of his hair breadth
escape.


The next day, after hearing of the
adventure, Maj. James Britton and
others started from Greenville with a
pack of hounds in pursuit, and reach
ing the locality, soon struck trail, and
on reaching the river beheld a large
panther emerging from the water on the
opposite side, which finally made its
escape.


The adventurer, bending under the
weight of nearly four score years and
ten, now lives within 18 miles of
Athens, Ga, having survived all of ten
children but three. He worked on the
Arsenal near Richmond, Va, and has
built forty public buildings in Tennes-
see and North Carolina, and was q
member OF the Georgia Legislature
during the ar.
Year: 1874

Seen from the Chinese side, the
Great Wall resembled a huge earthen
mound, crowned with battlements built
of brick. Everywhere it had an old and
dilapidated appearance. In some
places it had been altogether destroyed.
On the Mantchoorian side, on the other
hand, the Great Wall seemed construct
ed of bricks, resting upon pavement
of stone. It is fanked by square tow
ers throughout its whole length. These
are placed at the distance of about two
bowshots, in order that the enemy may
be everywhere within range. It de-
scends into the sea in two parallel piers
or jetties, which slope so gently that
one can ascend to the top from the wa
ter flowing between them. The largest
ships may approach within two miles
of The wall, and, indeed, it is the very
place at which visitors should in future
disembark.
Year: 1874

A pretty little maiden


Had a pretty little dream,
A pretty little wedding


Was the pretty little theme,
A pretty little bachelor


To win her favor tried,
And ask her how she'd like to be
His pretty little bride.
With some pretty little bushes,
And pretty little sigh,
And some pretty little glances
From a pretty little eye;
With a pretty little face,


Behind pretty little fan,
She smiled on the proposal


OF this pretty little man.
Some pretty little Gloves"


And some pretty little " dears,"
And some pretty little smiles,
And some pretty little tears;
Some pretty little presents,


And pretty little kiss,
We're some pretty little preludes
To some pretty little bliss.
This pretty little lady


And her pretty little spark
Met the pretty little parson


And his pretty little clerk,
A pretty little wedding-ring


United them for life,
A pretty little husband


And pretty little wife.
Year: 1874

ALMA, May 2. 1874
To his Excellency, Joseph Brooks Governor
Of Arkansas:


The people Of this section Of the county
were surprised to learn that the people Of
Crawford county are solid tor Baxter, as by
the Van Buren, official organ and Press. They
are the more surprised from the fact that such
a thing as Baxter man Is not known to live,
move or have being In this vicinity.


ALMA.
We find the above In the Little Rock Re-
publican OF the 9th. The Press has never
asserted that Crawford County was solid for
Baxter. We knew there were several Brooks
men In the county. and one In particular at
Alma, who thinks he carries the sentiments
Of that little town in his pocket--and that It
Is only necessary for him to speak, for all the
rest to say, Amen.


We do assert, and without fear Of success
ful contradiction, that the great mass CT the
people Of the county are for Mr. Baxter.
And almost tho first gentleman from the
country, that we spoke with after the open
ing Of the troubles at Little Rock, was one
from the town Of Alma-who expressed him
self warmly and decidedly for Gov. Baxter
ALMA" will learn in good time. that all Of
the citizens Of this enterprising little place.
do not "sneeze when he takes snuff"
Year: 1874

to the great question of how we can best
save ourselves from Powell Clayton and
his clique l see no other course than
to continue our support of Elisha Bax'
ter, the calling of the Legislature together
and Constitutional Convention, as the
best means of extricating ourselves IRON
this difficulty. ANON.
Year: 1874

ET Corporal Neis Of the Fort Smith
outfit who was out on guard, Saturday,
night at Little Rock for the Brooks force
was gobbledup by the Baxter picket, dis.
armed and kept in guard house over
night
Year: 1874

The Republican expresses itself in op'
position to return to specie payment
and advocates the issue of moro green.
backs; or i'll other words urges the policy
OF imitation, Notwithstanding the pres.
enormous issue Of paper money. While
1t Is advocating the issue of irredeema-
ble paper money, gold is gradually rising
and has now reached nearly Il per cont.
premium. The issue Of another hundred
millions of greenbacks would doubtless
send it up to 20 per cent, thus we would
have added one-tiftl to the cost of every
thing farmer or mechanic or labor had
to buy, but not one cent to tho wages he
would receive for his work.


There is now already more paper money
than can be put in circulation andevery
man who can furnish proper security can
be accommodated with money. The fault
Is not so much in the lack of paper money
as in the system. The government con-
trols all the Banks, and the owners of
the Banks fear to loan when they might
extend their capital much more than
they do.


But the issue of more notes would not
put more business in operation. 1t was
tried after the panic. If there was a dc.
mand for houses they would be built
But there is no demand; there are al
ready more houses in the market than
can be rented or sold at their cost. This
Is what we are told by builders. Now we
presume this is the same case with nearly
every occupation. Where there is an nc.
tual demand for labor the money will he
forthcoming. When there was an in.
crease in the circulating medium a year
ago it did not increase the price of grain.
on the contrary the produce of the farm
has actually decreased considerable since
and Hour which then sold at eleven do,
lars can now be bought for eight.


1t Is, however, not a little stranro to |
see the Republican papers advocating
one policy while VIC are told by the tcle. |
grams from Washington that the Presi. |
and Cabinet favor another.
Year: 1874

At the time Senator Bayard's Address
was published in the GAZETTE, we pro-
nounced it one Of the best and most fin
ished productions Of the kind we had
ever seen in print. We now publish an
article in another column, from the New
York Tribune, referring to this address
in the most complimentary language !;
and it will doubtless be gratifying to the
many gentlemen Of all parties who listen
ed to the Senator and expressed so much
admiration of it to read this article. 1t


tainly must produce thrill of plea


re in the heart of every friend of the


istinguished Senator.
Year: 1874

owen Taggert, man fifty years OF age, said to be
q native OF Ireland, returned to his home, No. 636
East Ninth street, on Thursday night under the
influence of liquor and seated himself on a lounge
uear the open window on the third floor, where he
went to sleep. 1t is supposed that during the
night he arose to get a drink and in doing so fell
from the window and was killed, as at or four
O'Clock in the morning his dead body was found
lylng on the sidewalk. Coroner kesser was nOti-
fed to mold an inquest.


Coroner Kesser was yesterday called tc the
Morgue to hold an inquest on the body OF Adolphus
Richardson, thrty-nlne years Of age, late deck
hand on BOARD the schooner James Ponder, lying
at pier ~ East River, who died suddenly on board
the vessel Immediately after eating hearty
breakfast.


The body OF an unknown man, about thirty-fve
years OF age, five ieet nine inches in height, with
sandy complexion, light halr and mustache, was
found Off pier East River Deceased wore dark
alpaca sack coat, lignt pants, white muslin shirt
md gaiter shoes. The body apparently had been
IN the water but short time. Coroner Wotman
was notified.


John Maher. middle aged man, died in the
Park Hospital from the effects OF injuries received
by falling down q light OF stairs at No 36 Baxter
street. The body was removed home and Coroner
W0ltman notified


The body OF Join Dunn. drowned while bathing
in the East River on Thursday, was yesterday re.
covered. Deceased lived at the northeast corner
,f logth street and Second avenue. Coroner Volt
man was notified.
Year: 1874

EdIors J0U5aaI Enclosed you will
find letter to one OF our free school
teachers, which would seem to indicate
squally times to said teacher. ] hope
you will forward printed copy to the
Pilgrim Ashley and the learned Nc
Iver, SO that they can see with what
wonderful accuracy their pupils spell,
when writing to their teachers, these
very polite notes. This is genuine
copy, the original being kept for fu-
ture reference by said teacher as O sup
plement to his dictionary. Sut may
pull down his flag and pass it over.


TEACHER.


E: [ am quit the chool and all I
ask you to keep your hands of of Ne
if 7ou Ever put your hands on me A
gain gain you Win be sorry for it if
you want to fight me / will meat you
at any place and their wee will settle
the difficulty for [ Don't never evin in
tend to Take mother Whippen or ever
eney in Su!tin languidge. from you q
gain while my name is for have
don nothin Worthey of q whippen for
I thinke | be hnved my-Celf very
Well In chool for the tim / Have bin
goin and you cant Deni it you have
threten Whipin victouriah and if you
ever threten her you vii Have som
body else to try next Time for she
hose don nuthing To be threaten I
wante you to understand you cant dom
a ner over me be Caus your name is
-- have seen as big man AS You in
black smiths shops understand I com
by respectful family as you dair to
com by
Year: 1874

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the city of Los Angeles intends to make
The following i'm mprovements on COmme ercial
street, from its intersection with Nam street
to Alameda street. Said Commercial street is
TO be graded and constructed IN the following
manner, to wit: The sidewalk to be seven
feet wide, and made of wood. The curbing
shall be of redwood scantling 3Xl2 inches
This curblng shall be spiked TO posts AKA
inches square, set two feet in the ground. on
the inside of the curbing, and six feet apart
The covering of the sidewalk shall be two
inch plank, or one-inch plank doubled


The cutters shall be four feet wide, and
paved with hard cobble-stone The surface
of the gutter shall be ten inches below the
top of the sidewalk, and shall rise toward the
center of the street with slope of one inch to
the foot.


The bed of the road shall be cut down or
hlled up until it is eight inches below the
grade OF the street. On this bottom formed "a
layer of gravel, inches deep, shall be laid ;
over this a layer of coarse gravel or broken
stone shall be laid To the depth of three
inches 'hs'.' ''e covered by layer of cement
gravel an 10 be properly rolled.


Ihe SIDE slope of the S rect shall be one foot
TO thirty feet, and shall commence at the sur
face OF the cutters.


The road-bed shall conform to the estab-
lfshed grade of the street.


BY order of the Common Council.


NJ. KREMER, City ERIK.


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