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Year: 1874

Incidents of the fire are narrated


some of them being of the most


heArtrending description. During the


height of the excitement q little girl.


scarcely IN her teens, appeared at one


of the upper windows gazing upon the


horror stricken people below. All eyes


were directed to her, in the expectation


of seeing her follow the example of


others who had jumped from the win


dows at the risk of life and limb. Those


who were holding beds beneath the


windows grasped them more firmly to
receive her, while scorces of voices
shouted to her to jump. The light
shone full upon her face, which was
Wreathed with a beautiful smile, as
though she had caught glimpse of the
other world already; as the people
gazed she slowly turned around and


disappeared forever from mortal view.


Whether she became insensible from
the smoke or whether the terror of the
moment had deprived the poor child of
reason, will never be known until the
dead give up their secrets. Another
incident that has been narrated as an
actual fact, but which have been una


bic as yet to substaEtiate, is almost in
credible, though not beyond the range
OF possibility. It is said that a little
fellow scarcely dozen years old, jump
ed from one of the upper windows to
the ground, and when the spectators
rushed forward to pick up the maDgled
body, they were astonished to see him
spring to his feet, apparently uniniured,
and start on a run TOR his home. Burst
ing into the house IN breathless haste,
he shouted TO his mother, '' The mill is
all on fire !" and then he suddenly drop
ped to the floor lifeless, the fearful
sixty-foot jump having resulted in fatal
internal injuries which the excitement
of the moment prevented his feeling.
1t appears that many of the deaths and
severe injuries we're caUsed by the peo-
pie striking upon the ladders which
were run up to the third and fourth
stories. One little girl struck between
two rounds in such a manner that her
back was instantly broken, and her
head hung down swaying back and
forth, and while the body reclined in
that position a man and woman in turn
struck against it, bounding off again TO
the ground. All the persons who at
tempted to escape from the attic did not
make clean jump to the ground. A
rope was thrown out of the window by
somebody, which reached good part
of the way to the ground, and quite
number slid down this rope as far as
possible, and then dropped the rest of
the way, thus escaping instant death
though all were more or less injured.
Two of the girls-Alice Stafford and
Nancy Mullen, who we're among those
who used the rope-had their hands
badly burned by the friction, and the
former had her back injured and both
ankles dislocated by the fall. The per-
sons who availed themselves of this
rope would have escaped serious injury
had not the rope caught fire by the
flames bursting out of the windows and
burned off some forty feet from the
Y. HeraId's Fail RiUCr |
Year: 1874

There must, aud viii be, a radical
change in the conduct of the rising gen
Grafton of planters. The younger men
are I think. convinced that it is a mis-
take to depend on western and northern
markets for the articles of daily con-
sumption, and for nearly everything
which goes to make life tolerable. But
the elders, grounded by a lifetime of
habit IN the methods which served them
we'll under a slave regime, but which
are ruiuous nowadays, will never cor
rect themselves. They Will continue
to bewail the unfortunate fate 10 which
thew think themselves cOndemned-Or
will rest assured that they can do very
we'll in the present chaotic condition of
things. provided that Providence does
not allow their crops to fail. They
cannot be brought to see that their on
lv safety lies in making cotton their
surplus crop that they must absolutely
dig their sustenance, as we'll as their
riches, ont of the ground. Before the
war. a planter who owned plantation
of two thousand acres, and two hun
dred negroes upon it, would, when he
came to make his January settlement
with his merchant in town, invest what
ever there was to his credit IN more
land and more negroes Now the more
land he buys the worse ne Is on DecausS
he finds it very hard to get It worked
up to the old standard, and unless he
does, he can III afford to buy supplies
from the outer world at the heavy prices
charged for them-or if he can do that,
he can accomplish little else As most
of his capital was taken from him by
the series of events which liberated hls
slaves. he has been compelled, since the
-. - -rnderta ka his planting opera
tiops on borrowed capital, or, in other
words. has relied on merchant or mid
die man to furnish food and clothing
for his laborers, and all the means nee
essary to get his crop, baled aud
weighed, TO the market The failure OF
his crop would of course cover INN
with liabilities; but such has been his
fatal persistence in this false system
that be has been able to struggle
through, as in Alabama. three sncoes-
sive crop failures, The merchant
Year: 1874

PoRr JARVIS, June l5.-At fire in
Port Jsrvis this morning, alter all the
persons were removed from the burning
building, the widow ODell became
possessed Of the erroneous idea that her
child Was still in the house and rushed
in through the smoke and fame and
was burned to death.
Year: 1874

Some of the most celebrated aphor-
isms ever given to the world are those
of Cardinal De Retz. AS writer, the
fame of De Retz rests upon the "Me-
moirs," "most striking and brilliant
work." But his maxims have their
value, rs the reflections which q great
and able man formed from long expert
ence and practice in great business.
This was Lord Chesterfeld's opinion,
and he adds, "They are true conclu-
sions, drawn from facts, not from specu-
lation." We subjoin few of them:


Weak men never yield at the proper
time.


There are no small steps in great
affairs.


l am persuaded that greater qualities
are required toform good party leader
than to form an emperor OF the uni
verse and that in the order of the
qualities which composes him, resolu-
ton should walk hand in hand with
iudgment-I mean heroic judgment,
the principal use of which is to dis
tinguish the extraordinary from the i'm
possible.


Upon men of small understanding
nothing makes so deep an impression
as what they do not understand.


When fear rises to a certain height it
produces the same effects as temerity.
Fear never applies the proper remedy.


We should never play with favor We
cannot too closely embrace it when it is
real, nor fly too far from it when it is
false.


A man who distrusts himself never
truly confdes in any one.


Men never believe others can do what
they cannot do themselves.


The effects of weakness are incon-
ceivable, and l maintain that they are
far vaster than those of the most vio-
lent passions.


l have remarked that ill-founded
cnmities are ever the most obstinate.
The reason of this is clear. As oflIenses
Of that kind exist only in the imagina-
ton, they never fail to grow and swell
in that receptacle, too fruitful in evi!
iancics.


To commonplace people the extra
ordinary appears possible only after it
has been executed.
Year: 1874

vet they lie SILL because We no
work for them. Last Saturday I took
pity on Leeds, and offered him the job
of doing my hand-carting. | told him
that would give him dollar and a
quarter day; but he turned up his
nose, and asked me not to insult him !
And vet he owned that his family were
suffering. But do you come to my
place tomorrow morning, and you
shall have something to do, if it is only
to hold your bench. I honor you for
your manly independence.


Peter grasped the old mans hand
with Joyous, grateful grip, and
blessed him fervently.


That night he gave Mr.. Snow notice
he must quit, and on the following
morning he went to the bindery. For
two days he had little to do, but on the
third day heavy job came in, and
Peter Stanwood had steady work. He
was happy-more happy than ever, for
he had learned two things first, what
noble wife he had; and second
how much resource for good he held
within his own energies.


Our simple picture has two points to
it's moral. One is-.no man can be
lowered by any kind of honest labor.
The second-while you are enjoying
the fruits of the present, forget not to
provide for the future for no man is
so secure but that the day may come
when he will want the squanderings Of
the past.
Year: 1874

tics in Pcnnsylvnnia.


The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
publishes a lengthy and interesting de-
scription of the treatment of the insane
poor in certain county almshouses in
Pennsylvania. The Bulletin states
that terrible abuses have grown up in
this connection which only need ex-
posure to bring about speedy reform,
and announces its intention of publish
ing all the facts that can be obtained
concerning these abuses. A visit to one
county poorhouse betrayed terrible
condition Of affairs in the Insane De-
partment.


All sanitary measures were neglected,
and sickening odor prevailed in the
department named. The insane pau
pers were confined in wooden cages,
having only small opening protected
by iron bars, to admit air and light.
The interior of the cages were covered
with piles Of dirty straw and filth, and
the atmosphere was indescribable. In
cage No. was an agricultural laborer,
clad in rags. He was quiet and civil,
his arrangement not being of a violent
character.


He had been shut up in that filthy
box for eighteen months, simply be-.
cause they had no other place to put
him in. In the other cages the scenes
presented were even more inhuman and
revolving. The unfortunate inmates
were nearly naked, two of them wholly
so. They crouched among the straw
and litter in their dens, some asleep or
in a stupor, and all suffering greatly
from the wanton neglect of their keep
ers. Some could not rise from weak
ness, their limbs having been so long
in crouching attitude that they could
not move them.


A still more shocking sight, however,
was revealed on proceeding to the
basement of the hospital. There, in a
similar cage, lying on q heap OF loose
straw, was q young woman. twenty
years of age. She is dumb, distorted,
and idiotic. For eighteen years she
has been confined in the poorhcuse,
and six years she has been confined in
the cage, her only clothing piece OF
coarse bed ticking.


She is 30 weak from lying that she
can neither move her limbs, rise nol
walk. The almshouse in which these
terrible sufferings were witnessed is ten
miles from Easton, Penn.


The Bulletin, in concluding the ex.
posure, calls upon the State to see to il
that the Board OF Public Charities does
it's duty in wiping off this deep stain on
civilization and humanity.
Year: 1874

If this love that is gliding life's summer
Had come i'll life's spring,
How my soul would have met the new conner,
With garment and ring;
With sacrifice offered in gladness,


With hope for the beautiful years
Alas from the depth of my sadness.
greet it with tears.
Too late do we stand at the altar


Too late you rejoice!
Too late do you tremble and falter


At the sound of my voice!
The hand that you hold has grown thinner,
The heart has known anguish and fears;
am yours, o victorious winner!


salute you with tears
You say that loves golden September
Is faithful and strong;
You marvel that should remember


LoTe's May-time of wrong!
The sorrow for YOU is all over;


Ny heart is prophetic in fears,
AndNeeSor your kiss as my lover,


offer my tears.
What give to the cheek in its whiteness,
Praise lost to its bloom?
What turn from the eyes in their brightness.
Aud worship their gloom?
Tie rose in it's freshness and beauty,


You crushed in your earlier years;
Will you cherish it, faded, from duty'


Ianswer with tesrs.
Year: 1874

We learn from reliable source
that before Carleton, of the Stand
ard, would consent to do battle for
Gates as a candidate for Congress
he first exacted from him a promise
that he should have some position
equal in salary to the Oskaloosa
post office. This accounts for the
unscrupulous lying about Sampson
which fills that sheet, and the people
will understand the mercenary mo-
tive that prompts it. But Gates had
better watch his man, and see to il
that no one augments the thirty
pieces Of silver with which he bought
his editorial Judas. An editor who
could lick the dust from the feet Of
Loughridge with a relish when the
vision Of a post office was before him,
aud then 30 soon as that vision faded
thrust his editorial poniard into the
y:tals OF the man at whose heels he
had trotted like lousy spaniel, is
capable Of concocting even worse
falsehoods than have yet appeared
in the Standurd In connection with
the Congressional contest in this
District.
Year: 1874

On Friday night q young somnsm-
bulist, in the shape of son Of law
yer, residing in the Third Ward, was
completely cured of the disease. He
went into the room where the hired
girl was sleeping, and she got out OF
bed and knocked him down with 3
chair. The moral is obvious.
Year: 1874

claims to do this, and if it be true-and owl
dence indicates that it is-the part this Alden
process is to play in the agricultural and COM
mercial interests of our State, and especially the
FOOTHILLS, will be wonderful. 1t is called fruit
dryer, but in reality, as we understand it. it
does not dry the fruit, but rather removes the
water In few hours by pneumatic evaporation.
leaving the fruit much reduced in size, perfectly
cured, but still retaining all the properties OF
substance and flavor it had in its prime fresh
ness BY this process the water is merely ex-
tracted, and by simply soaking in water you
again have the fruit in its original size with all


its substance 1t is in this respect that it so far
excels the much more expensive process of sun
drying. The conditions of natural drying are
such, as we all know, that decay commences
before evaporation begins, and continues
through every stage until the essential fayors
which constitute the richness of the fruit are
lost. When the day shall come, and if the AL
den fruit preserver is all that is claimed for it.
that day is not far distant when every pound of
fruit that can be raised here will be cured and
placed on the markets of the world at q price
which will return to the producer as much per



amounts in his home market every acre of our
land will rise to twenty fold its present val
ue, the country will be thckly studded with fine
orchards and vineyards, and comfortable vine
clad cottages, and we shall all see better times
We all know what an acfe of our foothill soil
would be worth, if within one mile of San Fran
cisco, where a ready market could be found for
all the fruits we could raise, and if we can so
cure and market our fruits as to yield the same
price to the producer will not the soil be worth
as much? These ideas we gather mainly from
pamphlet on the subject, which shows by fig
ures and facts the profits to the producer by this
method of preserving. 1t seems to be matter
at least worth knowing something about, and
we give these ideas in hopes that some of our
enterprising farmers will take pains tc investi-
gate the merits of the process thoroughly, and
if found to be all that is claimed for it, secure
one or more in this part of the country, that
we may begin without delay to reap its benefits.
Year: 1874

FINE W oRK.-Dr. Orplee is still to be found
at DR.. Dubois Office, where he is doing some
of the finest work we have seen in the dentistry
line for some time. We saw set of teeth on
gold plate, a few days ago, which the Doctor
had just finished that were as neat, a fit, and as
artistic in workmanship, as the art can produce.
While the Doctor remains with u.s. parties who
will have none but frst-class dentist operete
on their teeth, have chance to get their work
done at home.
Year: 1874

LA MoTsB once wrote book which had but
little or no merit, and its sale was accordingly
slow He at once got prohibition against the
readipg OF it, and they were all disposed of ia a
short time The question then is, will the
prohbtory liquor law, like the prohibitory book
law cause q greater demand for the article?
Let the prohibltionists answer.
Year: 1874

CLICK & BROCK of the Sheridan FIGURING
Mill are still grinding out the finest flour to be
had in the market. The Bear River flour has
wide reputation as the best But those who
use, and have used, the Sheridan -four say, that
II any difference, it excells even the Bear River.
We mention this because we know from a long
use of the Sheridan flour, that it is true, and
whenever we can tell of Placer beating the
world, and tell the truth, we like to do it..
Year: 1874

BELLEvUE.-Latest reports from this mine
Gays the miners all excited over the rich
prospect, and show their conidenee in the
mine by investing all the money they can raise
in Bellevue stock
Year: 1874

THE Grange at Rosevle, in this county,
though quite young, is one of the largest in the
northern part Of the State. The Lincoln
Grange will soon catch up, and at Sheridan
there is big talk of organizing another.
Year: 1874

New INVENTION were shown by A. Ii.
Dake, few days ago, what he called an I'm
proved Miners Gauge" of his own invention.
It is neat. and, we should think, a very handy
contrivance. Ry it person is enabled at once
to mark the exact bevel required on piece OF
timber to make it fit precisely any desired
place. BY this gauge any bevel or angle desired
can be obtained as easily and accurately as a
carpenter can square the end of board We
should think it would prove a great help IN
timbering shafts and tunnels, and If SO, Will
meet with great demand. Builders would also
find it valuable addition to their kit OF TOOLS
model is now being constructed by Adler the
gunsmth, which, as soon as completed, Will be
sent on to Washington with an application for
patent for the same.
Year: 1874

WHEATLANp is one of the livliest and fastest
growing towns In northern California. Though
We think the completion of the Colfax & Ne
vada Railroad will slightly, if not seriously,
check its rapid spread. We don't know whether
the people living there look with envy on the
promised success of this railroad enterprise or
not but we DO know that if they do they won't


own it, The town has at a recent election been
Local Optioned, which just now seems to cause
greater fear and trembling for its continued
prosperity than all the railroads in the country.
Year: 1874

ARTFUL DODG1NG-As illustrative of the


fact that Congressman, like ordinary mortals,
have weaknesses, it may be mentioned that a


proposition is now being considered by that


body for the abolishment of the Office of Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court. The reasons


for this step, as proclaimed abroad. are, that
the Office is not one recognized by the Consti-
ton, and is merely an honorary one at most,
being without extra duties or power; but the
real reason is to evade action on the coafrma-
ton of Williams, who is becoming more and
more obnoxious to members of Congress, in
proportion as facts are brought to light con-
cerning his lack of qualifications and fitness for
that high office. And as Grant refuses to with
draw the name Of Williams, and Congressman
dare dot offend his excellency by refusing to
confirm the unworthy nomination, they will
most probably exercise their powers in the
other direction. and do away with the office.
While this would doubtless be wise act. it
would be O terrible rebuke to Mr.. Williams.
and manifestation of weakness on the part
Of Congress quite deplorable to witness in :
body Of American lawmakers.
Year: 1874




Is BEER YEAST WHoLEsoME?-Analyza-
ton of the poison of the cobra de capello, the
most deadly of serpents, establishes the singu-
lar and somewhat startling fact that its compo-
stion is precisely the same as that of beer
yeast Therefore if beer yeast were injected
under the skin, death would result as certainly
as from the bite of the terrible COBRA On the
other hand if the poison of the cobra were us.
ed for the purpose for which beer yeast is some.
times used to raise bread-it would undoubt.
edy have the same effect Yet who would
think for moment about employing the venom
of the snake to make light bread for his din
ner? Why, the cook who would commit such
an act would endanger his life. But why not
as soon the venom of the snake as the venom
of the still? One is as harmless, and as HARM
full as the other. Either injected into the blood
is certain death, while either, taken into the
stomach, is apparently harmless; but perhaps
only apparently SO, for it is not likely that
poison so fatal when sent directly to the blood,
can fail to be hurtful when communicated to
is through the stomach.
Year: 1874

Your every day toilet is a part of
your character. A girl who looks
like "fury" or a soven in the morn
ing is not to be trusted, however finely
she may look in the evening No
matter how humble your room may
be, there arc eight things it should
contain, viz: mirror, washstand,
soap, towl, comb, hair, nail and tooth
brushes. These are just as essential
as your breakfast, before which you
should have made good and free use
of them. Parents who fail to provide
their children with such appliances,
not only make great mistake, but
commit sin of omission. Look tidy
in the morning, and after the dinner
work is over, improve your toilet
Make it q rule of your daily life to
"dress up" for the afternoon. Your
dress may, or need not be, anything
better than calico but with rib.
bon, or somo bit of ornament, you
have an air of solf-rcspect and salts.
faction, that invariably comes with
being we'll dressed. A girl with fine
sonsibilities cannot hclp feeling ON.
barrasscd and awkward in ragged


dirty dress, with her hair unkempt, u
o stranger or neighbor comes in.-
Moreover, your self.rcspect should dc


mand tho decent appareling of your
body. You should make it point tt
look as well as you can, even if yor


know nobody will see you butyourself
Year: 1874

Senator Alcorn said in tho Senate,
and very pointedly, in reply to Conk-
ling that the iron-clad oath of Rad
ical Congress prevented honess and
respectable men from voting and
holding Office. This tells the whole
story Of bad government. in the South.
Year: 1874

The Cincinnati Gazette says: The
prcponderating voice of the West and
South is for sound money, for stable
standard of values, for earning money
instead Of forging it, and for keeping
faith instead of Juggling with obliga-
tions by a shifting currency,
Year: 1874

1t was an inadequate salary that
caused Mr.. Drummond, Commissioner
Of the General Land Office, to resign
his position. He wasn't true blue
Radical or he could have done Gland
Office business on salary of $1,000
per year. The rest of them can do it.
Year: 1874

A sample of tyranny Of men was
shown at woman's rights meeting in
Titusville, whore q gentleman entered
and told his wife, one Of the officers Of
the meeting, TO come home quick, ''as
tho baby had the collie"
Year: 1874

An exchange is in favor of making
Gen. Buffers birthday national fast
day. If Butlerism continues to flour
ish we will have several national fast
days without any Congressional inter-
farappa
Year: 1874

The Turkish Government has made
contract with the Winchester arms
company of New Haven and a gun
factory of Providence to bo furnished
with munitions of war. The order
was for the supply of about thirty
thousand stand of arms and great
quantity of cartridges.
Year: 1874

cI The Conservatives and Radicals
of Louisiana have at last reached com
pro mise. the basis Of which is an equita.
bic division of the Offices In every parish
Of the State. the preservation Of the pub
lie peace and fair registration, and an
election free Of Radical control and ma
nipulation. The Conservatives will no
doubt keep their part Of this bargsin; u
the Radicals also do we shall be prepared
Tor anything, the millennium included
Nemphis Appeal
Year: 1874

Er Mr.. Thomason is telling it on the
streets, that he has received letters from
Judge Rose and other distinguished per-
sons urging him to become a candidate
in opposition to Wiltshire, etc. We do
not wish to be understood as question
ing the truth of these statements, but we
desire to have it distinctly understood
that the Judge Rose referred to. is the
daddy in.law of j. n Sarber and not
Hon U. NJ Rose of Little Rock