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Year: 1874

PertIs OF the Brave Fellows who Go


Down to the Sen In Ships-The Ad-


ventures OF a Shipwrecked Crew i'm


the Indian Ocean.


How many and various are the perils of the
brave fellows who go down to the sea in
ships. Romance cannot add a suggestion to
the reality of their adventures fact is not less
marvellous than fiction. In February last the
bark Arracan, of fGreenock, was on a voyage
from Shields to Bombay, coal laden, when she
took fire from spontaneous combustion. The
crew took to their boats, heading for the NAL
dive Islands. The boats kept company for
three days, when a separation was agreed
upon because the currents offered such OBJ
stacles to their holding together. The master
in the long boat headed for Cochin; the
mate took the gig; the second mate, and
hero of this narrative, with four Of
the crew, had the pinnace. Both mates
continued their course to the NAL
dives, but after time Websters boat
was injured by heavy sea, and unable to
keep up with the gig soon lost sight Of her.
Up to the 9th of March the pinnace was kept
working to windward. Then the water and
provisions gave out, and far from land the
crew were threatened with the horrors of
thirst and hunger which must end, II no
Proyidential aid came, in the awful death
which comes of starvation. In their eX-
trcmity the crew cast lots to determine who
should die that the others might live. The
ships boy was fated but Webster, who had
been sleeping during this awful lottery, was
aroused and saved the lads life. Then when
Webster slept again the crew determined to
kill him, but the grateful lad whom he had
saved thwarted the plan by waking and
warning the intended victim. On the next
day, with his gun folded in his arms, Webster
dropped OFF to sleep, but was speedily
aroused by the struggling for the possession
of the irearm which was to be used for the
taking of his life. Three days were they
without tasting nourishment, when one of the
men, half craZed, attempted to sink the boat.
Webster prevented. Two days passed YEARLY
on without incident, when the same man re-
peated his threat to sink the pinnace, or, fail
ing, to kill the lad Webster pointed the shot
gun full at the mutiueer's breast, and, If the
cap had not snapped, would have taken his
life. Putting another cap upon the gun Web
ster found better game in a bird flying over
the boat. He dropped it, and the greedy crew
made short work Of it, bones, feathers and all.
For five days more the crew just kept alive
by eating the barnacles which attached them
selves to the bottom of the boat. On the
sixth day some Of them became delirlous.
One fell into the bottom of the boat exhausted,
another struck him with an iron pin; the
blood gushing from the wounds was caught
by the other men in tin vessel and eagerly
a,.l,N i,
which the men bit one another, Webster and
the boy doing what they could to prevent
serious violence, and keeping the watches,
which the Others had entirely abandoned
Finally on the thirty-irst day out they were
picked up 600 miles from land and carried
into Calcutta. The other crews were never
heard from. Safe in England Webster wears
an Alfred medal, the gift of the Queen.
Year: 1874

1t is a very common remark that one
who has money can make moro money ;
but that does not always follow, for it
depends upon the individual. However,
almest everybody can save money, and
even q small sum will produce gains by
putting it where it will accumulate,
after some years, to an amount that may
be invested to some purpose. In this
way good deal of suffering and poverty
that now exists would be avoided, if
habits Of economy could take the place
of some other habits that O large class
of humanity are prone to. Though they
are diligent in their daily labor, some
men never put anything aside for a
rainy day.


I am aware it requires often good
deal of self-denial to carry such an
object into effect, but if people would
consider to what q small sum saved
daily will amount in twenty-five years,
placed at interest at six per cent. in
banks, where, IS q general thing, it is
figured mi-annually, they would be
surprised at its results. In this way
they could be replenishing their own
Golfers to the diminishing of many
others, that would be double benefit
to the community at large. In the fol-
lowing figures are the results of small
sums saved for q period of years. Let
young and old begin, and the day will
come when You will be thankful you
tried the experiment. The table of
principal and interest on sums saved
daily, with interests compounded semi
annually, would be as follows:
Year: 1874

Some people are always too late, and
therefore accomplish through life moth
ing worth naming. II they promise to
meet you at such an hour, they are never
preseut until thirty minutes after. No
matter how important the business is to
either yourself or to him, he is just as
tardy. If he takes a passage in the
steamboat, he arrives just as the boat
has left the wharf, and the train has
started a few minutes before he arrives.
His dinner has been waiting for him
so long that the cook is out of patience.
This course the character We have de-
scribed always pursues. He is never
IN season at a church, at place of busi-
ness, at his meals, or in his bed. Per-
sons of such habits We cannot but de-
spise. Always speak in season, and be
ready at the appointed hour. Wewould
not give a fig for a man who is not
punctual to his engagements, and who
never makes up his mind to a certain
course till the time is lost. Those who
hang back, hesitate and tremble-who
are never at hand for journey, trad
ing, sweetheart or anything else-are
poor sloths, and are il-calculated to
get living in this stirring world.
Year: 1874

The execution of the notorious Coun-
tess Du Barry is described as follows
by an eyewitness "Upon arriving at
the Pont au Change 1 found a very
large crowd assembled there. 1 had no
need to ask the reason of the assem-
blage, for at that moment l heard the
most terrible cries, and almost immedi-
ately saw come out of the court OF the
Palace of Justice that fatal cart which
Barrere has called the bier of the living.
A woman was in that cart, which slowly
drew near the spot upon which 1 was
standing. Her figure, her attitude, her
gestures, expressed the most frightful
despair. Alternately red and deathly
pale, she Struggled with the executioner
and his two assistants, who could
scarcely hold her upon the bench, and
uttering those piercing cries which
had first arrested me, she turned inces-
sanity from one to the other invoking
pity. 1t was Madame du Barry, being
conveyed to execution. Only about
forty-two or forty-three years of age,
she was still, in spite of the terror
which disfgured her features, remark
ably beautiful. Clothed wholly in white,
like Marie Antoinette, who had preceded
her q few weeks previously on the same
route, her beautiful black hair formed
a contrast similar to that presented by
funeral pail cast over a coffin. In
the name of heaven, she cried amidst
her tears and sobs, save me save me !
/ have never done i'll to any one save
mel The delirious frenzy of this un-
fortunate woman produced such an i'm
precision among the people that those
who came to gloat lover her sufferings
had not the courage to cast at her C
word of insult. Every one around ap-
peared stupefed, and no cries were
heard but hers-but hers were so
piercing that / believe they would have
drowned even those of the mob had
they been uttered. During the whole
route she never ceased her shrieks for
Life life T and to struggle frantically
to elude death, which had seized upon
her already. Upon arriving at the scaffold
it was necessary to employ force to
attach her to the fatal plank, and her
last words were Mercy mercy But
one moment longer, but one-and
then all was still"
Year: 1874

Inever saw garment too fine for man
or maid there never was a chair too
good for a cobbler or cooper to sit in
never a house too fine to shelter the
human head. These elements about us,
the gorgeous sky, the imperial sun. are
not too good for the human race. Ele-
gance fits man. But do we not value
these tools of housekeeping little
more than they are worth, md some
times mortgage home for the mahogany
we can bring into it? l would rather
eat my dinner off the head of a barrel,
or dress after the fashion of John the
Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on q
block all my life, than consume all my
self before / get home, and take so
much pains with the outside that the
inside was as hollow as an empty nut.
Beauty is great thing, but beauty OF
garments, house and furniture is a very
tawdry ornament compared with domes-
tic love. Ali the elegance in the world
will not make home, and would give
more for spoonful of hearty love than
for whole shiploads of furniture. and
all the uphoIsterers Of the world could
gather together. Theodore Parker.
Year: 1874

A story is told of prominent politi-
clan which now for the first time finds
its way into type. Some years ago this
gentleman and Senator NJ were in
New York, and about to embark to Al
bany on the Drew. An old German
emigrant woman, loaded down with
baggage, happened to reach the gang
plank at the same time. The noise and
confusion of the scene as the boat was
about to start bewildered her. Our
political friend, q gallant man, taking
in the state of affairs at glance, imme-
diately relieved her of the load and re-
quested Senator M to give her his
arm. The upper deck was crowded
with people, many whom recognized
the gentleman in question. Mr.. P
then marched them the whole length of
the boat, gracefully waving his hand,
and exclaiming: "Clear the wayl Make
room for the bridal party l'-Harper's
Magazine.
Year: 1874

We reproduce for the benefit OF our
readers the Democratic Primary Elec-
tion Rules, as adopted in County Con.
vention on October lst, 1878, and un-
der which we are now working We
hope our party friends will study and
eadcavor TO live up to them. In hon.
or we are as much bound to live up to
and support them, until they are
amended or changed in tho regular
way, as we arc the general election
law Of tho State. And this we are
satisfied all Democrats who love their
party more than themselues will do, TO
the utmost of their ability.


!. The organization Of the County Committee
shall be and remain as now constituted--that IA
one member for every borough and township, and
q Chairman, which Committee shall be selected
annually by the delegates, and their term Of Of
fee shall begin at January following their elec.
tion.


?. The number Of delegates to which each dis
trict entitled Is based upon the following rule
that Is to say Bach election district In the
county polling one hundred Democratic votes or
less, shall be entitled to two delegates absolutely
and for each additional one hundred Democrats
votes or fraction greater than one half thereof
polled in said district at the last preceding Gov
ernors election, an additional delegate, and un.
der this rate the following allotment of delegates
IL now made:
Year: 1874

While in California recently we met many persons who had come there for the benefit of their health. A large propor- tiOn were afflicted with pulmonary diseas- es, and when we told them of the wonder ful relief nearly every one thus afflicted obtained on coming to Arizona, they were astonished that so little had been said and was known upon the subject. Far be it from us to desire to entice any poor sufferer to come here for selfish purposes, but if the climate is such that nearly every one gets relief, and those not too far gone are cured then it is an act Of human ity to let these facts be known. Dr. G. $. Rose, acting assisting surgeon at Yuma has paid much attention to this subject, and he informs us that he has become well satisfied from observation and practical experience that Arizona is destined to be- come the Mecca for persons afflicted with lung diseases. He is making record and will before long publish the effect the eli mate has had upon patients that have been under his charge. We hope other physicians in the Territory will do the same. Thousands of cOnSumptiveS of the colder climates are constantly wandering over every portion of the globe, with the hope of prolonging life. We know of many who have come here, and with few excep- tions they have been restored to health when they have taken plenty of out door exercise and reasonable care ofthemselves. But it is said by many that the difficulty in coming to Arizona is great and invalids cannot stand the trip. This is great mis- take. The outdoor exercise is just what is required to restore health, and is far better than all the medicine that can be given. If the invalid is too weak to come by stage, then it is best to come by private conveyance, and each day his strength will increase on the road, and before his journey ends he will be surprised at how much fatigue he can endure.

 We hope those who have been benefited by coming here will make it known to the public, and the columns of THE CITIZEN will always be open for information of this character.
Year: 1874

LIFE ALTA CALIFORNIA Of March 22, says of late important decision:

 The supreme court decided in the case of Miller ys. Little that a federal home stead cannot be sold under execution for a debt contracted before the date of the patent. The federal law makes a provision for exemption for such debts, and the supreme court decides, McKinstry dissenting from the other four justices, that the exemption is valid. People who now trust men occupying federal home stead claims, before the patent issues, must not rely on the land for payment. Not even a mortgage would be valid. A debt incurred after the date of the patent may take the land. These remarks apply only to federal homestead claims; State homesteads are entirely different in their origin and rights.
Year: 1874

THE TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE of the 20th ultimo, says: Budd Smith, the man who has created such a great sensation in the East by churning eight pounds of butter, six quarts of soap, nine pounds of cheese and Shanghai rooster out of gallon of milk, a pound of butter and the yolks of two eggs, figured in this city some years since as the boss of a party of "nigger sing

 erS," known as "Budd Smiths Minstrels." He also held forth for time in White Pine in various capacities. He is just the man to make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before if there is any virtue in grating wax. It is said that while at White Pine he sewed apelican's head on the body of a black eagle and sold it to an amateur scientist from Boston as Nevada condor.
Year: 1874

lady to appear symmetrical, graceful,
beautiful, faultlessly rounded form,
when her dressmaker knows she is fiat
chested, sharp-shouldered, and as an
gular as an old style windmill? Is it
fraud for a young man to pretend to
be everything he is and nothing that
he is; to talk of work when he means
billiards; to prate of temperance with
his mouth full of caraway seed to kill
the smell of whisky; to affect lber-
ality which would not last day on
his own resources or industry; to play
a character which he knows is false,
and which he intends to throw off as
soon as he is married? fall these are
frauds under the Code the court might
render hundred divorces each day
for months to come, and not separate
a fraction of those having legal
grounds for divorce. Courtship is
conducted under false pretenses, and
in too many cases marriage is attained
through series of wilful misrepre-
sentations practiced by both sides.
Year: 1874

One of the amendments to the Codes
added at the last session of the Legis-
lature, provides for the unmarrying of
people who have been induced to the
compact through fraud by either party.
The gentlemen who drew up this law
should have accompanied it with a
clear statement of what is to be con-
sidered a matrimonial fraud. Is it a
fraud for young lady to smile and
look sweet when her own family know
her to be termagant and vixen? Is
1t fraud to excuse her late appearance
by saying that she was helping ''ma,"
in the kitchen, when, in truth, she
had cried herself to sleep over a sem
sation novel on the lounge in her
brothers bedroom up stairs? Is it
fraud for young lady to pretend to
be dead in love with her lover when
she knows it is only his money she
cares about? IL it a fraud for young
Year: 1874

We do not often boast, but we GER
tainly have reason to be proud of the
work the HERALD is doing for this
valley and Southern California. The
proofs and the indications of real, SUBJ
stantial good are really more than we
had reason to expect at this early
stage of our work to this end. Last
Saturday several individuals and rep
resentatives of parties called at the
HERALD office who had come to
Southern California directly through
the HERALD and HERALD pamphlet.
They are good, substantial appearing
men-men of intelligence, who will
make their mark wherever they set
their stakes. They have come to stay
to plant themselves with their fam
lilies here, and they represent many
families which will follow them if
they render a good report. Two of
these men are from Salt Lake City,
Utah; three from Walla Walla, w.
IT,; two from the Puget Sound region,
and two from Oregon. We have not
expected to draw large immigration
from these sources, but the HERALD
proves to the people in these colder
climates, even of our Pacific coast,
that the advantages and conveniences
of our lovely climate and our splendid
soil are so much greater than those of
their former locations, that they have
been induced to break up, come to our
glorious country, and to throw their
lots in with us. We welcome them to
this genial, sunny land, and bespeak
for them success. Who can estimate
the still greater benefit the HERALD
may be through the agency of every
frienu of our city and county, by dis
seminating still more widely the
truths-the facts relative to this, the
loveliest of all climes and best of all
lands, east as we'll as west.
Year: 1874

The dispatches printed in another
column of this mornings HERALD are
of highly dramatic nature. They
are serio-comic three-character play
that will be read by more eyes than
have glanced at the Ten Command
ments during the past fortnight.
THEODORE TILToN has spoke his
little speech and all the world
stands agape. The statement he pub
fishes proves him remarkable man
remarkably good-natured and remark
bly, silly. When it was announced
that Mrs. TILToN had explained all
about the alleged intimacy between
herself and HENRY, by stating that
when THEODORE went off after VIC
ToRIA she told her grief to HENRY,
and HENRY advised her to leave The
oDoRE and that THEoDoREs ISLANDERS
about herself and HENRY were merely
an attempt on the part of THEODORE
to get even on HENRY, we said it was
nice little story and did credit to her
imaginative powers, but we re-
gretted and still regret that she did
not lay these facts before an anxious
world some three or four years ago.


We feel the same way in regard to
THEoDoRE'S statement. 1t is fascin-
ating-a thrilling - story, and does
HI IN, nraof ora1it 90 n rouaIiCf b,,t
why in the name of morality and de-
cency did he not tell all this stuff four
years ago. What he says now would
have overwhelmed BEECHER then
and those who take no sides in the
dirty contest will wonder why man
so seriously wronged and possessing
the proof of his wrongs, should so long
remain silent. People cannot but
wonder if man who could tell all
this four Years ago and did not, is
worthy of belief now that he does tell
it. What TILToN publishes as having
been stated, confessed or admitted by
his wife amounts to nothing unless
she comes forward and admits its cor
rectness. 1t is upon the written
evidence over the signatures of
BEECHER and Mrs. TILToN that TIL
TON must depend for the mainten-
ance of his allegations. He publishes
letters written by his wife and
BEECHER admitting their guilt. If
the authorship of these letters is once
established the case is closed and the
worlds verdict must be in accordance
with the facts, even though the veil is
torn from the Plymouth Church idol
and woman steps down from that
high place where hidden sin may
dwell, to that lowly plane where ex-
posed vice is condemned to range.
The excitement over TILToN's arraign-
ment will soon sink beneath the in
tense anxiety for BEECHER's defense.
Year: 1874

Almost everybody adds testimony
tending to confirm the HERALD's Oft
repeated belief that Southern Califor-
MIA is rich-immensely rich-in unde-
veloped mineral wealth. The scarcity,
or rather the absence of water in
every gulch explains why the hills
and mountains of the southern coast
counties have not been more extern
sively prospected, and the fact that
but little prospecting has been done,
is the reason why but few mines have
been struck. There is great deal of
water in the mountains that could be
used for mining purposes, but it does
not run just where it is needed, and
therefore it has not heretofore been
used. The old prospetor has a horror
of ditch-digging and reservoir-build-
ing. If there is stream of water
running down gulch, he will dig for
gold in that gulch. If a creek has
plenty of water, he will examine it's
banks and bars for gold. But those
dry places, that can only be worked
at the expense of a long ditch, he
gives the go-by or only prospects with
the eye. A great deal of eye-pros-
pecting has been done in this part of
the State, and the old miners have
generally agreed that there was gold
everywhere, if they only had water to
wash it out. Lately men have looked
for water as we'll as gold. The hills
around the head waters of the Santa
Clara river are known to be rich in gold,
but for want of water they have been
only eye-prospected. Elizabeth Lake
will furnish all the water needed, and
five or six miles of ditch or pipe will
convey it to the mines. The mines on
the San Gabriel river are beginning
to attract attention, and in a short
time few thousand Cinnamon will
be at work in those placers. Pros
pectors in the hills near San Fernando
have recently found good prospects.
Within few miles of this city gold
bearing quartz lodes have recently
been discovered which prospect so
well that the locators have sent sew
eral sacks to San Francisco for assay.
The oil mines of Los Angeles county
are already sufficiently developed to
satisfy the most incredulous of their
great extent and richness. The quick
silver development in Santa Barbara
county is extraordinary. The cinni-
bar found near the surface is very
rich-equal to the groupings of the
now famous New Almaden. The
great gold-bearing ledge of Holcomb
Valley is prospecting up to the most
sanguine expectations of its owners,
while the placer mines in the vicinity
are yielding handsomely. New dis
coveries will continue to be made and
rich mines developed until the min
eral product Of Southern California
will equal that Of any other portion of
the State.