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Year: 1874

through the upper decks almost smoth-
ering the pilots and inducing them to
believe the steamer was on fire. Not a
man of them moved, but, clinging to
the wheel with all their strength for
twenty minutes, they kept her to the
wind, and RAINING under the shelter of
the island, the steamer was safe. The
storm subsidized as fast as it had risen,
and, backing out, the steamer contin-
ued on her way down the river"
Year: 1874

SOMEBODY boasts in a western news
paper of being the happy possessor of a
first-class oroide watch which runs an
hour in forty minutes, and with the as
sistance of two hands has gained enough
to pay for itself in three weeks.
Year: 1874




One of ire most remarkable escapes
ever made was made by M. de Chateau
brun during the Reign of Terror in Par
is. He was sent to execution with
twenty other prisoners but after the
fifteenth head had fallen the guilloiine
got out of order, and a workman was
sent for to repair it. The six remaining
victims were left standing in front Of
the machine with their hands tied be-
hind them. A French crowd is very
curious, and the people kept pressing
forward to see the man arranging the
guillotine. By degrees NJ. de Chateas
brun, who was to the rear of his COM
panions, found himself in the front line
of the spectators, then in the second,
and finally well behind those who had
come to see his head cut off. Before
,the man could get the guillotine in
working order night began to fall, and
M. de Chateaubrun slipped away.
When in the Champs Elysees he told
man that wag had tied his hands and
robbed him of his hat, and this simple
individual cut him free. A few days
later NJ. de Ohateaubrun escaped from
France.
Year: 1874

A JEALOUS Burlington, Iowa, crusader
has cut off her husbands whiskers, and
says she'll razor rumpus with his beerd
the next time he comes home with it on I;
nobody is going to come around that
house beered. She whipped one of the
boys because she saw him whisk around
the corner of the house, and then shut
him up in the closet, because he wined
about it. The other night her husband
offered to supporter, and she said he'd
better let her catch her at it. She'll
break up thi.s guzzling if it gets her at
lagerheads with every men Der of her
family. That's the kind of man she is.
Year: 1874

riage-ways are TO be formed between 1t and each OF
the fifteen streets leading from all sides toward the
Capitol; the course of these approaches, with one
exception. will be curved, but each curve is to be
governed by reference to purpose of convenience.
Where two purposes of convenience come in cOmpe-
ttion, that one is to be allowed the advantage by
yielding to which greater breadth for turf surface
will be gained; and by humoring this secondary
purpose as much as possible. without essential
sacrifice of convenience Oh the WHOLE two ehptical
spaces are to be obtained measuring each from
400 to 600 feet across in which field of slightly
dulating surface may be formed, unbroken, except
by a few groups Of trees.


sUDORDISATION OF THE GROUNDS TO TIE BUILDING.


As the trees to be planted grow, the larger part Of
the road and walk space will be shaded but the OBJ
ject of happy compositions Of the foliage with the
Capitol and of pleasant views from important points
of the Capitol is not to be sacrificed to the object Of


making it's courtyard in all its parts and in all
sons. perfectly cOmfortableloungiDg place exer
else ground.


The same principle Of subordination to the build
ing will prevent the introduction in any part OF the
ground of local ornaments, whether In flowers,
leafplants, other objects simply curious or beau
tifu IN themselves. Those matters only will be
decorated which by their position and form carry
out, repeat and support the architectural design.
nor will any decoration be such as to hold the eye
of an observer when in position to take a general
view of the Capitol


The carriage-court viii be bounded opposite the
building by walk esplanade, laid with
colored tile, and this will be separated from
fhe broad turf spaces beyond it by struc-
ture combining the purposes OF parapet or barrier
and q seat so curved in plan, that unObstructed
views of the Capitol may be obtained from 1t at
various distances from 100 to 800 feet from
Year: 1874

pavement OF ways in the business part OF the
city blocks trap rocB, ana granite adapted
10 heavy traffic and In part irregular blocks offbue.
stone. He recommends that the latter, as well as
cobble stone be gradually replaced by Improved pave
When streets have little heavy travel carriage


way Is OF btumin0u5 concrete, aud wood aud macada


and these approach the boundary they give place to
gravel Some OF the cOncretes make excellent pave


me en and others worthless The repair VI the
will involve large outays, but the former with
imprO Ovements have been suggested will have solved
problem OF pavements for localities al least which
dispense with stone blocks, and yet require some
thing more substantial than gravel or macadam.


It's TO be regretted, the Engineer thinks that large
proportion OF the pavement OF carrage-ways Is OF
wood, the life OF which, IN this District very short
Unless preservation measures De takeD than mil.
lion square yards Will have 10 be replaced within few
years. and the process OF repair 10y which this Is done
Is o very expensive One the decay Il mainly from the
surface. Ths Is the case even on PennsylvaDa-ave.
Tho crushing OF the nDer by cart wheels, and split
ting OF blocks facilitated by the shallow depth In some
cases. free entrance to the water with which
avenue has been constantly and literally sprInked IL


is about four years since this pavement laid and t
extensively repaired mt II Is now In deplOr


aLe condition He says that whenever coating OF tar
as been applied whether purposey or by acciicnf A
marked preservative effect has been observed. tough
surface OF coal tar and coarse sharp sand can Ls
applied ut about per square yard and the fo
OF the pavement prolonged at least sufficiently "
than repay the outlay. This has beon tried O small
scale only but It has gwen satisfaction He doubts It's
utility upon heavily Travelled streets but on the majority
of the streets he IT, Tue avenue
should have "a more desirable pavement at once.


Ho notices that the macadinizng OF Four-and-one-
h,If.s from Maine-aye 10 PeuDsy Iyluil Arsenal Va
put down with utter disregard Of The terms OF tao
and satcs that other persons have been placed
upon It. The cheapest and best material for the
streets and country roads gravel OF which there Is an
abundance. The alleys being mostly OF cobb e-stone,
1t Is impossible to Keep them IN good sanitary condi
ton, aud he recommends that smooth concrete pave
be laid In them Tho foot pavements mainly
brick and ho recommends the continuance Of Its
Some OF this work has however been badly done The
parking Of streets has not only improved their appear
ance has reduced the cost The further improve
prov for. and the general charge should DC given
the Psrkiug Commission. which hss wet with
Year: 1874

Unless o tree has borne blossoms in
spring, you will yainly look for fruit on
if in autumn.


II charity can cover a multitude Of
sins, il may possibly be SO stretched as
to cover q multitude Of opinions.


Silence is the periectest herald OF
Joy; we were but little happy II we
could say how much.


Reverence the highest, have patience
with the lowest. Let this days per-
formance Of the meanest duty be thy
religion.


Such is the blessing Of o benevolent
heart that, let the world frown as y
will, IL cannot possibly bereaye 1t Of oil
happiness, since u can rejoice in the
prosperity Of others.


Truth enters the heart OF q man
when Il 10 empty and clean and still /;
but when the mind Is shaken with pas
sions as with o storm, you can never
hear the voice OF the charmer, charm
he never SO wisely.


The manner Of doing q thing always
has q large, II not the largest, share In
determining its effect. The greatest
act may be spoiled by the way in which
IL is done, and the homeliest act Of
kindness may be discharged with q
grace that shall hint OF heaven.
Year: 1874

Lewis claims to be the banner county,
the official returns showing only three
votes for Maynard and l16 for Porter.
The returns of Moore county are re-


ported with the old counties out of
which it was formed, but as a county


she cast over zoo for Porter and only
three for Maynard. We therefore
clam for our county the above honor.
Year: 1874

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
ali cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
1t as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve CON-
uanications that are not used.
Year: 1874

ga respectable person." says the Pail
Mall Gazette, "was arrested the other
day, in Paris, on the charge of picking a
pocket under circumstances which must
command the sympathy of the most
rigid moralist. He was returning home
from social gathering when the natural
convulsion to which Lord Dundreary
used to be so subject overlook him, and
he sneeZed i'm the most uncompromising
manner This usually satisfactory oper-
alton is not, however, entirely so to a
civilized person unless he can command
the assistance of pocket-handkerchief.
The subject of this crisis, therefore, felt
wildly i'm his pocket for the desired
article, but his faithful companion had
disappeared. Suddenly an emotion of
Joy, such as that with which a ship
wrecked sailor spies distant sail, lighted
up his fearful eye. He saw depending
from the pocket of a friend walking
few PAGES in advance of him red silk
handkerchief, large, soft and lustrous. A
few seconds more and he had buried his
still quivering and wistful nose in those
delicious folds, when the hand of police
agent was laid on his shoulder, and the
owner of the handkerchief turned round,
revealing the countenance of complete
stranger. The pickpocket mdlgTe hi was
about to be led off to the station when
certain papers found on his person estab-
lished his respectability so conclusively
that he was suffered to go home, duly
provided with a pocket handkerchief
obligingly lent him by police officer.
Year: 1874

These Samoans are the most lovely
race of savages with whom it has been
my fortune to meet; they have not the
fiat noses, thick lips, and frizzled hair of
the negro type, but have distinctly Eu-
ropean features, and a very pleasing ex-
preston. The color of their skin is a
tied to light fringe of grass around the
waist, and the women cOnfine themselves
in the way of tattooing to a couple of
thin blue lines across the lips. The men
are of great physical strength and enOr-
nous stature they have queer disdain
for us whites, and say that while we en-
ploy brute force, e, g., Armstrong guns,
etc, like bull, they have the reason and
intellect of the child who runs away
from the bull.


They live a happy, graceless life; the
earth, unasked, produces her treasures in
abundance they have no need to dig
when all is ready to their hand. They
bask in the sunshine, or bathe in the cool
waters of some retired cove, and can not
understand why we should come to thrust
our business worries upon them, to buy
their land and grow cotton and sugar, and





their island with convenient but intru-
sive roads; and, above all, why we should
send missionaries, who can't agree among
themselves, and who attempt to intro
duce all-concealing garments, of which
the want was before unknown. 1t isn't
half as pretty dress as the garlands of
fresh flowers with which they love to
adorn themselves in their artless and
primitive simplicity. They are not
moral, according to our ideas-far from
it, but they have a strong sense of the
aesthetic, and chastity does not rank as a
virtue among them, where the reverse is
no sin. They are very clever at ham,
mering out shillings into rude silver
rings, between a couple of stones, and
they also bring for sale little tortoise-shell
ornaments, inlaid with silver. Their
coiffure might have come from Paris or
London, for when was there bright red
hair was in vogue with both sexes. They
few days, which destroys the original
color of the hair, and produces bright
saffron tinge. When man becomes en-
gagged, the fair fancee often clips her
flowing locks, and brings them to her
Adonis, who plaits them in elaborately
with his own, producing most elaborate
head-dress. The disgusting way in
which they prepare kava, an intoxicat-
ing drink, by chewing, has often been
described, and do not care to repeat it.
Strangely enough the Samoans are just
one day behind all the rest of the world.
Their Sunday should be the same day as
in New Zealand and Australia, but as
their missionaries came from the east of
them, and forgot to miss out day in
their reckoning, they have perpetrated
mistake. 1t was Monday on board the
Nevada when we touched at Pango-
pango, but with them it was still the
Sabbath, and in consequence we were
unable to trade to any large extent
The Wonderland of the Antipodes.
Year: 1874

A good housewife is one of the first
blessings of the economy of life. Men
put a great value upon the housewife
qualifications of their partners after mar
riage, however little they may weigh
with them before, and there is nothing
which tends more TO mar the felicities OF
married life than recklessness or want of
knowledge in the new housekeeper of the
duties which belong to her station. Men
admire beauty, and order, and system in
everything, and men admire good fare.
If these are found in their dwellings, and
are seasoned with good nature and good
sense, men will zee their chief enjoyments
at home-they will love their home and
their partners, and strive to reciprocate
the kind offices of duty and affection.
Mothers that study the welfare of their
daughters will not fail to instruct them
in the qualifications of married life, and
daughters that appreciate the value of
these qualifications will not fail to acquire
them.
Year: 1874

I have the story of an incident at one
of the Richmond hotels which made me
laugh, although all readers may not see
anything funny about it. A Boston
man and two Virginians sat at the table.
The Boston man was shocked to hear
the Virginians call the c0lored waiter
ga black rascal" and niger" Surely,
he thought, the spirit of slavery is
strongly upon this people. He was care
full to call the waiter "his friend,"' when
ordering dishes, and to speak to him in
the kindest and most polite manner.
Notwithstanding his honeyed speeches
and bland smiles, he noticed that the
waiter brought the Virginians altogether
the best dinner. Upon reflection he as
cribed it to the terror awakened in the
poor walters mind by the rough speech
and overbearing conduct of these South
erners. No doubt he thought they
would shoot this miserable creature
dead in his tracks if he did not bring
them Just what they wanted, and in
good style. When the Virginians left
the table, the sympathetic but poorly
fed Boston man fastened to get the ear
of the waiter. Thirsting for evidence of
Southern barbarism, as well as for good
cup of coffee, he said to the waiter:
Here were those men who insulted
you, and swore at you and talked rough,
yet you brought them a much better
dinner than me, who spoke to you most
kindly and politely; how is this 2"
"Weil," replied the African, as he cast
a sly glance around, and wiped the per-
spiration from his black forehead with
the corner of napkin, "I know these
men talk sorter rough-like, but they give
me money, and you don'tp The Boston
man retired with feeling of disgust for
his colored Cincinnati CONNER
c;oL
Year: 1874

You may bring an enemy into their
camp if you choose. Shut up number
of rats in cage together, and leave them
without food. In process OF time they
will eat each other until all but one are
eaten. and this may be let loose. He has
got such strong love for his cannibal
diet, that in very short space of time
he will clean your premises, and then, in
the end, take himself off in search of
" fresh fields and pastures new"


Or, another plan of biting the biters is
to catch them by means of baited bal
anced valve, in large and deep tub, half
full Of water, with an island in the CEN
ire. This island is just large enough for
one, and in the morning all but the
strongest will be found dead or drowned,
he having possession of the SOLITARY en-
inence." This is a little French joke.


Or, il you are more mercifully inclined,
you can let them off with merely shock
to their nervous system, as follows:
Catch couple of big ones, and tar and
feather them. They will run and squeal
and squeal and run, and they and their
scared fellows will quit your premises.


You may also mortally disgust them
as follows: Cover the floor near their
holes with caustic potash; they will get
sore feet, and, licking their feet, will
get sore mouths; they will call their
friends into council, and with one accord
avoid such an unhealthy domicile.
Year: 1874

THE Bishop of Litchfeld is to return
to America in October, to urge upon the
General Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church the propriety of unit
ing with the Church of England, and all
its branches, under the primacy of the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Year: 1874

that they were once free, nor cease to make
efforts to regain that freedom they never
become entirely subdued and willing ser
wants whereas the others are readily
brought into the service Of man, and gen.
orally seem to lose all recollection or de-
sire for tie freedom Of their native plains.
They are thoroughly doeile and remain
so for Life after being once fairly con-
Ouered
Year: 1874

or merchandise, upon wharf or place
of storage, when the quantity specified
therein has not in fact been delivered
or deposited, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not less than one nor
more than ten years. Furthermore,
whoever, having given any
such receipt of deposit or
storage, or being in the possession
or control of such property, shall in
any manner ship such merchandise or
material, without the written consent
of the holder OF such receipt. except in
cases Of necessity for the purpose of
saving such from fire, food, or other
accident, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not less than one nor
more than 10 years.


whenever any property is received
by common carrier to be transported
from one place to another, within or
without this State, it shall not be law
full for such carrier to limit bis common
law liability safely to deliver such
property at the place to which the
same is to be transported by any stip.
ulatlon OF Limitation expressed in the
receipt given for such property.


The law regulating the inspection of
Illuminating oils prohibits, under a
penalty of $500, the sale of coal oil,
napths, gasoline, benzine. and other
product Of petroleum until the article
has been inspected. It also raises the
standard from 10 to $50 degrees Fab
renheit, and oil inspectors are required
to mark all oils that explode at q less
temperature, CONDEMNED for illumi-
mating purposes. Under the new law,
any person who sells oil of grade be-
low the standard, or neglects to give
notice to the oil inspector two days
after the oil was made, refined. or re.
ceceivd by him shall be liable to a ine
Of 5000, and the package of oil in his
possession shall be forfeited and seized.
Year: 1874

them in their yearly journeyings.
Many of them were innocent of any


crime until they began their north
ward pilgrimages. Perhaps the sight
of civilization makes them wild, and
they have a kind of innate. impulse
to destroy it. Perhaps their madness
is now and then caused by whisky,
but that is not always the case. The
drover is u physiological puzzle.
Why he should suddenly relapse
from the calm level of his peaceful
pursuits to the grade of a mauraud-
ing savage, it is difficult to discover.
Year: 1874

DEBATE on THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION.


WASHINGTON, Tuesday. May S, 1874


The debate on the three million Centennial bill
opened to-day. AS only four of the Is members
whose names were inscribed on the Speakers list as
desiring the floor got chance to deliver themselves,
the prospects are that it will be prolonged to weari-
some length. Mr.. Kelley made the opening speech.
and after recountpg in his best oratorical
style all the well-known arguments in favor
of the exhibition. managed very ingeniously
To attract the attention and arouse the
State pride of the members Of several States, who
from their distance from Philadelphia might be sup
posed to be indifferent to the project by dwelling
upon the undeveloped agricultural and mineral re-
sources of those sections-such as the tin mines OF
California the corundum deposits of North Carolina,
the tropical fruits Of Florida the mulberry trees Of
Arkansas the basis of future silk growing and the
adaptation of the Gulf States to the culture
of the ramie plant-all of which would
be drought into notice by the Centennial. The
speech of Mr.. Eugene Hale, IN reply, amplifed
about all there is to say against the advlsably OF
an appropriation, and against the devious and de-
SSays


they are now enabled to say that the Government
must provide means to hold the exhibition or allow
the country to be disTaced in the eyes of the world
The friends of the bin claim to have poed the
House and to be certain of fair majority in its
favor From present appearances the debate will
run two or three days


IMPROVEMENT OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.


The House Committee on Railways and Canals
TODAY considered the two systems proposed of i'm
proying the mouth of the Mississippi River. Ono
svstem. az is well known, proposes to reach the
waters of the Gulf by ship canal six miles long at
Fort st. Philip and the other proposes by an
of uttes to increase the current at the


onths of the river and thus forcing the debris into
the open waters of the Gulf Nine members OF the
Committee were present, land after the subject
was briefly discussed, for the purpose Of
Year: 1874

the womens Temperance Alliance visited the Board OF
Supervisors night and presented another petition
for tho passage Of order against the sale Of liquors
in the corner groceries Mayor Otis Informed them that
be hoard had subject under consideration, but said
n was a difficult subject TO legislate upon properly
The women were followed 10 the City Hall by large
crowd Of spectators.
Year: 1874

make shooting dfsaGreeabe task rather than n
pleasant pastime. All artillerists ana men ac-
qualuted with the mathe matcs and natural la wa
applicable to bailistfcs agree that a er PROTECTIVE,
passes over the nrst few hundred feet OF its ira
jectory the ef1ect Of very heavy charges is lost
upon 10 and the initial velocity but very little tn
creased even within the short distance named.


1t u to be hoped that the reasons given above
may have some weight with the lrequenters Of the
Creedmoor ranges, and that they may be con-
vinced or the desIrableness OF usinp only medium
charges In order to increase the accuracy OF their
practice. II this advice be acted upOn marksmen
WIN no longer need huge shoulder pads TO deaden
the enect OF the heavy recoil which must needs
result lroin their present system OF burning so
much pad powder To produce an effect tnat could
oe obtained IN cheaper better and easier way.