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Year: 1874




A gentleman in our Office yesterday re.
lated TO US q plan that a gentleman at
Martins Ferry took 10 collect all OF his
debts. 1t was this: He gave credit to
every one that asked 1t, and II any one did
not pay as soon as he thought they ought
to, he would Immediately go to his closet,
and in fervent prayer he would offer up
petitions, asking the Lord to put 1t into
the heart Of that person TO come and pay
the debt he owed him. In a short time
the person would come to pay the debt,
and would generally say-that they had
neglected TO come and pay the debt as
they ehould, and the longer they put of
paying the debt, the more their conscience
would goad them about not having paid
it. Our informant says the gentleman in
Martins Ferry says he never lost cent
that was owing TO him.
Year: 1874

to see this sensitive feeling Of the English
become red hot. Especially when we
take into account the declaration OF Arch.
bishop Manning that the Congress Is ior
the aYowed purpose Of asserting and ad-
vancing the claims Of the Pope "to world
wide allegiance" Upon this point we
may look out for thunder from the
Thunderer.
Year: 1874

The BLIND BEGIN TO SEE.-The most OBJ
stinate and obtuse Republican journals are
beginning to open their eyes to the present
corrupt condition of the Republican party,
and from day to day we notice acknowl-
edgements from papers of that faith to the
effect that the old party must shortly die.
The leading Republican journal of the State
of Nevada says "the Republican party can
not continue its lease of power merely be-
cause it has the Republican name. 1t is
now suffering both from apathy and insur-
rection." Its reign, though brief, has brought
upon the country high taxes, and evil deeds
sufficient TO curse us for several generations
TO come, let the government hereafter
be administered ever SO wisely, and when
dead and gone we think the mourners will
be few.
Year: 1874

In the District Court Of the Fourteenth Judicial
District, of the State of California in and for
the County OF Placer.


Nellie Winters vs.. Francis Winters.
Action brought in the District Court of the 14th
Judicial District of California, in and for the
County OF Placer, and the Complaint filed in
said County of Placer in the Office of the
Clerk of said District Court.


The people of the State of California send greeting
to Francis Winters, Defendant:


VOU are hereby required to appear in an ac-
Il ton brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the 14th
and for the County OF Placer, and to answer the
complaint filed therein "a copy of which accom-
panies this summons), within ten days (exclu-
sive of the day of service) after the service on
you of this summons-if served within this
county; or, if served out of this county, but
within this judicial District. within twenty days
or, if served out of said District, then within
forty days-or judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer of said
complaint.


The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this court, dissolving the bonds of matrimo-
ny existing between you and this plaintiff, and
awarding to her the care and custody of her
minor child, Frank winters,-al of which is
more fully set forth in said plaintiffs complaint
on file, herein copy of which accompanies this
summons.


And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as above re-
quired, the said plaintiff will apply to the Court
fer the relief demanded in the complaint.


Given under my hand and the Seal of the


District Court of the Fourteenth Ju-


dicial District of the State of Cali
[srAL1 fornia, in and for the County of Pla-
Ger, this ninth day Of April, in the


year of our Lord One Thousand


Eight Hundred and Seventy -Four.
n3c-2m b. F. BURT, Clerk.
Year: 1874

In the numbering Of their houses,
says the Danbryy News Man.
Londoners have achieved the great
est success. Iou will frequently
find the Erst and last number on
street directly opposite each
other. This apparent impossibility
is easily performed by numbering
first one side OF the street and then
back on the other side. Let us
suppose a case. Yon want No. $40
Oh Great Christopher street. You
find one end Of tha: avenue, look
up at the number Of the first house.
and learn Gas you are sure to do
nine hundred and nincty>nine times
IN every one thousand searches for
the highest number) that it is the
first number, No. l. Thunder
and lightning :" you cxcjaim, and
at once put up the street at lives
ly gait, looking neither to the right
or left, but keeping straigh: ahead,
and thinking only Of the fact that
you have to pass four hundred and
twenty houses before reaching your
number


BY the time you have gone near>
ly that distance you are suddenly
confronted by a wall or building
ahead, and fatter yourself that the
journey is aC an end. You look up
to the nearest door with the exS
pectation that you are seven hum
dred and something, and are amazed
to see that you ere barely half that
with but few houses,ahead of you.
You hurry on with bated breath,
searching every door with hysterical
eagerness, only to find the expecta-
tion Of some unraveling of the
hideous riddle baseless fabric.
You reached the last house on that
side. It is 420. You look across
to the opposite door ; it is 421. To
the next; it is 422. You call
policeman and tell him your trouble.
lie explains that the number,
Judging from the surroundings,
must be at the lower end of the
street, and his information is not
exactly ike the trickling of crystal
waters over messy rocks, but it is
knowledge, and knowledge is pow.
er; and you knock your head against
q post, and pick up your weary and
perspiring legs and start on again.
When you stand before $40 and
ma JnaV IL il eAucEly uppoeito No
l, the language with which you
clothe your ideas fits better than it
looks.
Year: 1874

What makes poor people poor?
Such aquestion would naturally be
first answered by a decisive laugh.
How absurd! one class exclaims.
By following the scriptural prccept.
and taking no thought for the NOR
row, boldly asserts the sceptic.-
Because there are too many too
conscientious to disavow the claims
of others connected with them by
family or friendly ties, puts forth
the self>righteous, Idleness and
crime, declare the Industrious and
prosperous. Now each and all
these reasons may, no doubt claim
some consideration as means pro-
ducuive of poverty, but the simple
and primary cause is, after all,
more plainly and better stated in
the latter part of the maxim which
Year: 1874

New York wholesale merchant got
his per cent. Then the Railroads
and Steamers got their return
freight and the insurance man got
another per cent. Mcssrs. Tucker
must have q per cent, and


Here the clerk reached down and
pulled me out with 4 jerk, and 10
and behold, my old master, the
man who raised me. said he would
take me, " that be wanted some
norTard homespun, and [ was bun
died and an now at my old home
n Wake, expecting shortly to be
cut up.
Year: 1874

FEEDING PoULTRY.-Pou,try require an
abundance of nutritious food and warm, dry
quar,ers, not only by night but by day also.
They should have all the meat and fish scraps
they can eat, and variety of grain. Indian
corn, while being capital food to keep the
birds fat and warm, is not the best grain, by
any means, to make them lay. Oatmeal. flaw
oIed with a little salt and pepper, is remarka-
bly, nutritious, aud one meal a day off this,
with corn and meat scraps for the other meal,
is vastly nete than any other food that can
be placed before them.


We have found that wheat screenings, and
the refuse or small wheat such as all grain deal
ers have sorted out, are good producing foods; !;
but oatmeal once a Gay; Indian meal once,
and a luncheon ON scraps will make hens lay,
If they have com Portable, warm house to
live in. esa afI-


In the case of poultry, many, by strange
oversight, neglect to give their fowls green
food in the winter. The avidity with which a
cabbage is eaten if thrown to the hens will
attest to the necessity for such variety; and
we have found that rowen hay, if soaked two
or three hours in warm water, is much relish
ed by poultry as green food.
Year: 1874

A BIG THING ON IcE.-A ''ruuner'' for a
Milwaukee house was a few days ago in La
Crosse, anxious to get across the river on the
ice, but was told it was dangerous, so he got
on his hands and knees and crawled across,
hauling skiff on the ice to get into in case
the ice broke. After he had crawled about
half across, and was tired and discouraged,
he heard a noise behind him, and thinking
the ice was breaking, he got on his knees
and said his ''Now lay me-" just as load
OF wood came mp behind him. The ice was
a foot thick, and some other runners had
played it on him. He is searching for the
fellow who told him the ice was thin.
Year: 1874

PHILADELPHIA Dec. "a, 1873.
SELDOM if ever, pick up newspaper without
I seeing among the first items that arrest my at
tention tfe record of terrible boiler explosion
Very MANY causes are assigned for this loss OF life
and property great deal is said as to what should
he done and what should not be done: But scarce
y ever hear it said that these explosions are due TO
an accumulation of Scale in the Boiler and yet elght
out of ten nstanc that occur in our midst are I'M
doubtedly due to this cause.


Now, permit me TO say that manufacture a Com
position that will readily and thoroughly remove this
incrustation; and while am constantly sending 1t
over the United States, exact no pay for Its use u-
less it gives perfect satisfaction and fulls all he
claims make for it.


My preparation will remove Scale from any Boiler.
no matter how deeD may be the rcrusat!on, and at
the same Tune 1t viii prevent injury to the Boiler
from anything which may be held in solution by the
water contained in 1t. This article will absolutely
preyent the formation of Scale If timely introduced
The powder which manufacture has been care
tuljv tested by some of the ablest chemists in the
conntrr and its fitness to keep iron clean aud to
aserye it has been demonstrated by them in the
JS you will send for my circular with my terms and
81 nartcujars or give me a call, think will be
Ia a ~ CONVINCE the most scePtica that this compo-
s;tion sto =, will Justify all claim fol It,


'''' Very respectfully yours


GEO. w. LORD.
Year: 1874

The glorious songster of our Southern for
ests, the mocking-b bird, is in danger Of extir-
patton. Thousands are every year taken
from the nests, only to die in their cages,
like the inhabitants OF some plague-strcken
city. Many fall beneath the fire of miscalled
sportsmen, who shoot each feathered thing,
from humming-bird to a crow, and this
slaughter must be stopped. In one sense,
this noble warbler is the national bird of the
South, the pride and glory of that land in
which he is alone found. 1t would disgrace
the whole of this Southern country if so ex-
cellent singer were to perish without one
arm being put forth for his preservation.
Year: 1874

Your mother is your best earthly friend.
The world may willfully do you many wrongs,
your mother never; the world may persecute
you while living, and when dead plant the
ivy and nightshade of SANDER upon your
grassless grave. but your mother will love
and cherish you while living, and if she sur
vive you, will weep for you when you are
dead, such tears as none bnt mother can
weep. Love your mother.
Year: 1874

A Scotch minister recently in discoursipg
ious to him, concluded with this singular
peroration, ''My freens, it is as impossible
for sinner to enter the kingdom of heaven
as for a COO to climb up a tree wi, her-teif
foremost, and harry craw's nest; or far
500 to sit on the top of thistle and whistle
like laverock."
Year: 1874

A Buffalo Alderman had the misfortune
one evening last week to be taken to the sta
tion-house and locked up. He was very sleepy
at the time, aud his fiist words upon awaking
the next morning were, ''No sugar, if you
please
Year: 1874

IT has leaked out that scheme is
on foot to turn the water from one or
more Of the zanjas that now run
through the city over on the East side
of the river. 1t is whispered that in
case of his election Mr.. SABICHI will
favor this scheme which, if carried


into effect, will work serious incon-


venience and heavy damages to those


residents living in the Southern part
of the city. This will explain why the
voters of that locality arc almost to a
man opposed to the election of Mr..
SABICHI. To divert the water or any
considerable portion of it from its pres
ent channels to the Eastern side of the
river bed will destroy an immense
amount of property in the Southern
part of the town and involve the city
in long list of damage suits. We
mention these rumors, which appear
to be we'll founded, in order that tax
payers may investigate them and de-
termine for themselves as to their truth
or falsity. If Mr.. SABICHI has init
mated his willingness to aid this
scheme, he is not worthy the the con-
fidcnce of the people and his repudia.
ton should be decided and emphatic
Year: 1874

Our morning cotemporary having
espoused the cause of Mr.. SABICHI,
proceeds to give him coat or white
wash, as follows:


Mr.. Sabichi is gaining strength. He and
his friends point with perfect confidence to
his record as u Councilman and President of
the Council. He has invariably been found
voting on the side of the real interests
OF the city, laboring to advance its real inter-
ests.


This would read better and perhaps
be more effective had the Star always
held the same high opinion of Mr.. SA-
BICHTS official acts, but unfortunately
for its present purpose time was, and
until very recently, when it could not
see such wonderful merit in the rings
candidate for Mayor. In its issue of
June Goth of last year, while comment
ing on the proceedings of the Council,
the Star uses this language:


There was one feature of yesterdays doings
which we cannot let slip. a few weeks ago,
The readers of the Star will remember, an or
dlnanco was passed repeating ordinance
requiring all municipal laws TO be published
IN spanish paper, If one were in existence
in the city. That ordinance was passed with
great unanimity, Mr. Beaudry alone opposing
IL. The spanish paper here made the most
out of the action and held up the names of the
gentlemen who voted for the ordinance to the
apprehension OF the Spanish speaking popu-
latiOn. They were marked men, and the po-
litical vengeance of our native California
voters was assiduously invoked against them.


Mr.. SABICIII was u member of the
Council at that time and he was one
of the marked men. But he is now
the candidate of the Gas and Water
Companies, selected with especial
reference to his qualifications for their
purpose and because it is hoped he
will catch the California vote.
Year: 1874

Wnen IL uepfecaJeS SOuHuluS the
horn of detraction and letting fiy the
arrows of slander and villification, the


Star administers an unintentional, no
doubt, though merited rebuke to its
twin brother, the Express and indi-
rectly warns ii that its coarse personal
attacks on and false charges against
Mr.. BEAUDRY are disgusting the peo-
pie and weakening the cause it is paid
to support. This is eminently true.
Mr.. BEAuDRY is an old and highly
respectable citizen of this city and
the villificatioa of the Express, nor
its foolish questions and slanderous
charges will injure him in n commu-
nifty where he is so well and favorably
known. We have besides shown from
the Express own columns that only q
few weeks ago it was loud in express
sions of praise for Mr.. BEAUDRY and
filled columns in commendation of
his liberal public spirit and tireless
energy. There are none in this city
so ignorant rs not to know that but
for the influence of the Gas and Water
Company ring, the Express would
now, as it has in the past, regard Mr..
BEAUDRY as a worthy gentleman and
valuable citizen. All understand the
character and quality of the induce
ment brought to bear on our evening
cotemporary to secure its services in
the disreputable business of giving
the lie to its own record by slandering
and traducing gentleman whose
only fault is that he regards the inter-
ests of the whole people as paramount
to these of an oppressive, tyrannical
and eXacting ring. Occupying, as it
does, an unenviable and exceedingly
equivocal position, the Express cannot
affect the reputation of any one, and
especially of the gentleman on whose
head it is now pouring its billingsgate
vituperation. We foresaw early in
the campaign the style of argument
the Express would use against those
it was employed to oppose in the city
election contest, and we warned it
then that if it attempted the personal
abuse line, it might expect that incl
dents in its past history which it de-
sired to keep hidden would see the
light. In compliance with that
warning, we have shown that
though professionally Republican
paper accepting donations and contri-
buttons from the county committee of
that party it becomes the advocate of
a Democratic candidate with such in
decent haste as to excite suspicious
that it was not above betraying its
party and selling its influence to the
highest bidder for cash. In answer to
it's slanderous denunciation of Mr..
BEAUDRY we printed from its own
columns articles of a recent date prais-
ing him rs one of our most worthy
citizens, and detailing the great adj
vantages which would certainly result
from the liberal expenditure of his


private means for the public good.


The vile slanders of the cypress are
not injuring Mr.. BEAUDRY, but they
are SO many heavy blows on Mr..
SABICHI and we suspect that it is q
knowledge of this fact which prompts
the Stars rebuke of its twin brother,
and causes its warning of the evils
likely to result from too free use of
the "arrOws of slander and villitica-
ton.
Year: 1874

the first mass OF earth Saturday morning and al
once precptated the catastrophe. The gatekeeper'
as already said has at various times feared break
from the fact that stream of water flowed con-
stantly through the bottom of the gateway whlie
there were also number of small streams, some OF
them quite minute. along the bottom on either side
Of the center.


It's curious fact that while the gate-keeper mas
always felt most anxious of the spot where the
break actually came the proprietors OF tho reser-
vOr who had fears to its safety felt afraid OF inc
opposite side. As to these little streams OF water
gentleman familiar with the construction OF reser-
vOirs says that it is quite impossible TO con-
struct such dam that there shall
be absolutely no show of water on the lower side.
This gentleman was fully conyersant with the con-
struction and character Of the Williamsburg reser-
voir and says that he never felt there was ground
for alarm in such small streams as trickled through
it. The SOIL he says, was full of springs and from
these springs he thinks, came most OF the llttlo
water-hows.
Year: 1874

CONDITION Or lffE hUlNED hfpbh'Oi''
A SKETCH OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE RUINS


HISTORY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REsER-


voIR-ITS DIMENSIONS.


SPRINGFIELD May IA reporter of The Rspub-
lcan, who examined the ruins Of the reservoir few
hours after the disaster describes the general aspect
as follows


Tho eastern section of the reservoir on which the first
break occurred has disappeared from the top to the
base with the exception Of few rocks at the Dotom'
almost TO the eastern bank Near the center OF the
stream wall which nelosed the iron tube re-
mains almost the upper side, but on tho lower


de considerable number OF stones have been carried
away by the force Of the torrent The western half OF
the reservoir has suffered less seriously though even on
that side only the portion where comparatively
little OF the pressure came, remains unniured Much
more OF of the stone wall, however, remains
here than other side that one can walk upon
the remains OF it to the center OF the stream.


or the whole extent OF the reservoir as it stood on
Saturday morning it is safe to say that not onesixth
now remains The feature that most impresses one
about the ruins the smaness Of the stone wall when
co,npared with the immense extent or water which the
reseryoir held This wall understood TO be eight
feet thick at the base Upon measuring section OF It,
however stood intact some ten feet above the bed
OF the stream reporter found it lacked about three
inches OF being SIX feet across The upper third
OF the wall az one looks across tue
clasm at what remained ON the eastern ede cannot fa


10 strike the average observer possessing only the nor
nation and judgment OF common sense. as seriously
lacking In ard stability. without applying
the ess which experts such matters Will doubtless
soon put IT, spectator from the opposite bank
hardly restrain the judgment OF Gmsey." as he views
the upper portion of the wall and the general impres
sion from inspection of the wall a whole. is that II
lacked the strength which great a strain demanded
HISTORY OF THE RESERVOIR.


The reservoir oi "A system OF dams and reser
yoire owned by corporation called the MIL Ryer suu
Year: 1874

1t is the earlycare of the colt which
makes or mars the horse. The danger
is generally in starving him rather than
over feeding hin. The point to be
aimed at is to keep him growing. He
may be fed fran two weeks old. At
that time, in addition to the milk from
the mare, he slould have handful-at
first oatmeal or oats, soaked in
sweet cows mhk or water. If the mare
does not give much milk this may be
gradually increased up to two quarts of
oatmeal or oats in a few weeks. No
corn should Is given to a colt at any
time, and all'th oats he will eat up
clean and with. an eager appetite may
be given without danger. He should
be brushed daily, so as to keep the skin
clean and free from seurf. It is well to
have a closed stall sext to the mare for
the colt, in which he may run loose
when not at pasture.
Year: 1874

The correspondent of the World,
writing from Chiselhurst, says:


At q quarter past eleven the gilded
gates of Camden Place were thrown
open and a carriage appeared containing
the empress prince imperial, Prince
Lucien BOnaparte and Prince Lucien
Murat. A great cry arose from the
crowd for the first time in his life this
young man, who to-day had attained his
eighteenthy year, heard himself acclaimed
as Caesar. 90 VjUe = Eimpereup{' was
the cry, and it was taken up anc&choed
and re-echoed by the crowd that lined
the way to the church until the shout
almost drowned the merry claugOr of
the bells of the Protestant parish church,
which at this moment began TO ring a
merry welcome. / was standing close
to the side of the carriage, as owing to
the density of the crowd it paused until
way could be made for it, and 1 looked
narrowly at the prince to observe the
effect which these acclamations might
have on him. He had taken off his hat
to bow his face certainly flushed, per-
haps with pride, perhaps with humility.
1t is no common face-he is yet so
young that no one can tell what there
may be in him-but it is the face of one
who has confidence in himself aud in his
"star." Throughout the whole Of the
day he bore himself with dignity, com
posure and grace. The empress was
looking extremely well. / had been
told she had greatly aged, but I could
not see it. She Is still handsome, and
as winning and charming as ever.
Year: 1874

President Grant, in conversation on
the subject of finances, said he had no
hesitate n IN asserting that he was op-
posed to initiation in the general ac-
ceptation of the term, to an increase OF
currency beyond actual business neces-
sites of the country, but at the same
time he had given no opinion eoncern-
ing measures before congress, r had
he indicated what his action would
be relative to any bill that might be
passed.