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Year: 1877

A colored seaman named Blennan. Of
the bark Jasper, now At New York from
Sierra Leone, was seatto the Chambers
Street Hospital on his arrival, suffering
severely from n dislocated jaw, which he
painfully informed the surgeons was done
while he was taking, but he refused to
state further particulars. Before he was
fully cured he left the hospital, being
very restive and anxious to get away ,
and though he. was promised 10 return he
has not since been heard from. He re-
turned TO his vessel, bus could not be found
when reporter went to obtain the par
ticulaIs of his strange case, which had
caused much comment.


Capt Miller, of the Jasper, made the
following statement


"People won't readily believe a man
could get lockjaw while talking. Blen-
nan was the cook on the voyage, and he
was alone when his Jaw got out OF joint.
1t was on the 20th of August that the ac-
cident happened. had turned in, but
was aroused by the boy, who rushed in
TO my cabin saying the cook had lock- jaw,
He could not talk without great pain, but
when asked him what the matter was
be said behad lockjaw. got my medical
books and 81 Iudledthe treatment of lockjaw
but for six days he could not eat or talk
in spite of my remedies. He is better
now, but his jaw is srin out OF place, and
it is still painful for him TO eat or speak.


"BlenDan is a very profane man. /
never knew a man TO swear such terrible
oaths as he would swear when angry.
BY talking he meant that he was swear'
ing at the time. He was making a fire
in his cook stove, and he could not get
the fire to burn. This angered him and
the boy says, he ripped out some fearful
oaths in consequence, cursing Almighty
God as the cause of his trouble with the
fire, and calling upon his maker with ter
| rible imprecations TO let the fire burn
1t was in the midst of his profanity thai
his Jaws became locked, and this is, real
ly, the whole truth of the matter


After this visitation Blennan was una
Die 10 do anything dunng the rest of the
voyage. aud even now il would be I'm
, posibl for him 10 indulge n profanity
except at the cost of much suffering A:
| Captain Miller says, the case is very
quiet one, aud many people who are mo-


SuperstiuouS will regard his misfortun,


as dir ct punishment of the sins o.


which he was guilty.
Year: 1877

Last evening between five and six o'clock
policeman Gibbons found man unconscious
lying on the pavement near Stotsenburg's 8
foundry on Front street. A conveyance


was procured and the man was conveyed to
the City Hall where he was put in a cell,
the officer thinking that he was intoxicated,
bat on visiting the cell some time after and
finding him still unconscious DR.. Ogle was
summoned, who directed that the man be
Immediately taken to the City Hospital.
The Water Witch wagon was procured, and
accompanied by Drs. Ogle and Shortlidge,
the Hospital physician, and Thos. johnson,
Chairman of the Hospital Committee, the
man was conveyed to the City Hospital.
He was still unconscious when the physi-
clan left about 10 O'Clock last night. He is
. young man about five feet high, tolerably
dressed, and had scar on the right side
of his chin and extending down on his neck.
Two boys saw him sit down on q step and
fall off on the pavement, but thinking he
was drunk passed on.
Year: 1877

Ihe Panorama Of the Pil0rt..'s Proores,


1t is very rarely indeed, that Panorama
Is exhibited which combines pleasure and
instruction equal to that now in view at the
institute Hail. The house was well attenS
oed and promises fair for good audience
tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1t is
well worth going to see if you can get time
10 10 SO. The transformation scene was
very grand. We would advise our citizens
10 avail themselves of the opportunity now
ohered, as 1t may be a long time before the
exhibition will again visit our CITY.
Year: 1877

There is no Turkish homelife. by
home.lile, ] understand the frequent
gathering together under the same roof,
and in the same room, of the members
of family, and all the influences and
attendant circumstances which such fire.
qucnt gatherings imply. The Turkish
house consists of two parts, one for men
called the selamlik, and the other for
women called the haremlik. These are
usually the two wings of the house, and
are commonly altogether separated from
each other by central hall, Thus the
men have their part of the house and the
woman theirs Neither is sallOwed, with
out permission to enter the territory Of
the other. In Turkish house, the men
and women do not take their meals to-
gether, do moi sit around a table, and
can hardly be said to feed decently. 1t
is quite possible for men and women
who do not know the use of a fork to be
very clean about their food, but the use
of fork is a great step toward cleanli-
ness in eating. A Turk holding con-
siderable position in the state will take a
handful OF boiled rice from the common
dish, and after having squeezed all the
water out by working it well in his hand,
will put the lump into the mouth of a
guest as mark of peculiar favor There
Is slovenliness about Turks at their
meals which is probably due to the fact
that men and women do not take their
meals together. The object of the meal
is solely to eat. Small tables, usually
without cloths, the dishes ready for
every ones fingers. and the absence Of
score of small conveniences which
every European tables furnishes, could
only be tolerated by people who get
their meals anyhow. What is said Of
breakfast applies equally to the other
meals during the day. The civilizing
effect upon household of requiring all
the members to meet together, the atten-
tion which has to be given to dress, and
to certain prophecies of life, the conver-
sation which takes place, are all SO
many influences which the Turkish house
is entirely without. The truth is that
the separation OF the women from the
men absolutely destroys every thing
worth speaking of as home life, and
causes the life Of a Turk in his ewH
house to be utterly wearisome and stupid


Cor. koad0R Times,
Year: 1877

A touching incident has Just occurred
in connection with the death of Lieuten-
ant William Van w. Reilly, who fell
with Custer in that terrible fight on the
Little Big Horn last year. At the time
of the battle he wore seal ring with his
crest cut upon it, aud this, together with
his clothing, his sword, his pistols, and all
his belongings, was torn from his dad
body and carried away by some one OF
the foe who had helped kill him His
mother, unable to secure his remains,
and longing for something that had been
with him to the last, tried in every way
to recover it; she offered immense re.
wards; she had iac-similes OF the die
made and sent to the different agencies
along tbesfrontier, and she wrote to all
the commanding officers in the Sioux
country, describing il, and a few day:
since she received official notice from the
war department that the ring had beer
found. 1t was taken from the finger o
one of the fifteen hundred CheYapnes
who came in the other day Tor tleifan


nual supply Of forgiveness aud aglnh
>uition. - Cincinnati CO0matia
Year: 1877

The Burlington Hawkeye, speaking OF
the scheme Of shooting ramrods with
string attachments into the windows of
burning hotels, observes This is in
deed grand idea. The only drawback
to its practical operation is that terri
fed guest standing at window shrieking
and howliug for help, would have been
very much surprised, and not greatly
tranquiled or reassured on finding HIM
self suddenly transfxed with three-toot
ramrod and coil of string, And unless
the fire department is vastly better on
the shoot than the police, the probability
is that not window in the hotel would
have been broken, while the streete of st.
Louis would have been full Of bowling
firemen and weeping citizens, pulling
iron ramrods cut of each other"
Year: 1877

"Her individuality permeated with
its mixture of womanly tenderness an
statuesque classieality the scenes in
which she was interested" says a power
full writer on the New York press. This
is great improvement on the rolling
pin female of our course western humor
- L0aisciM C0Wieie ,I0mnNL
Year: 1877

At last passage was made, and one
by one, weak, but still alive, the FIVE
men were borne on brawny arms to the
light of day. This was yesterday after
noon. Hundreds of thousands all over
the land wept with Joy. In London the
excitement knew no bounds. The home
secretary was questioned in the house of
commons to know if the news was
authentic; the queen telegraphed to
Wales for confirmation crowds gath.
cred around the newspaper bulletin the
papers are full OF the praise of the res
cuers, the details of the rescue and the
strong endurance of the men who were
saved. The Welsh bravery of last week
will be sung in the Eistedtodds Of the
Cymri tor ages.-M Y Herald.
Year: 1877

An explosion, followed by an inunda-
ton, occurred ten days ago. Nine men
we're imprisoned behind column of coal
one hundred and twenty feet thick,
which had fallen with the first shock.
There was a mystery about their fate,
but the warm hearts Of the south Wales
golfers decided swiftly that if sturdy
arms could unravel that mystery ere too
late, it should be done. Work was begun
and willing hands were superabundant.
Night and day the toll was unremitting,
and so it went for week before the first
ray Ct hope was given to the toilers. As
the time rolled on the interest grew, and
London held its breath in anxiety to
learn the fate of the imprisoned or en-
tombed At length on Thursday last
sufficient progress had been made to open
communication with a group of the men
five in number, the other four having
wandered away to other parts of the
mine. Now came the awful moment
Brave, treless, ceaseless, and sleepleSs-
the rescuers worked inch by inch to their
brethren in the living tomb, guided only
by their knockings from the gloom. As
the rescuers worked onward the voices of
the men in the dark could be heard
singing their Cymric hymns. Tears of
10y welled down faces black with coal
dust at the solemn sounds that told them
that God was STRENGTHENING the hearts of
their comrades to endure till they could
be saved.
Year: 1877

Two lines Of police also kept the space on Bonds IN
front of the ruins free from all persons except the IRE
men, who still remained pouring streams of water on the
glowing embers which the darkness rendered visible
Year: 1877

What is that legend of Mrs. Piatt's
poem about the bird in the brain ?
Birds are perhaps the most human of
creatures, and 1 should notbe surprised
if told we all carry more or less of them
in our hearts and brains. 1 have seen
the hawk looking out of the human face
many time, and think [ have seen
the eagle l credit those who say they
have seen the owl. Are not the buzzards
and unclean birds terribly suggestive
The song-birds were surely all brOoded
and Matched in the human heart They
are typical of its highest aspirations, and
and nearly the whole gamut of human
passion and emotion is expressed more
or less in their varied songs. Among
our own birds, there is the song OF the
hermit-thrush for devoutness and re-
igious serenity, that of the wOod-thrush
for the musing melodious thoughts of
twilight, tho song-sparrow's for simple
faith and trust, the bobolink's for
hilarity aud glee, the mourning-dove's
for hopeless sorrow, the vireo's for all
day and every. day contentment, and the
nocturn of the mocking-bird for love.
Then there are the plaintive singers, the
soaring, ecstatic singers, the confident
singers, the gushing and yoluble sing
ers, and the half-voiced, inarticulate
singers. The note of the pewee is a
human sigh, the piping Of the chickadce
unspeakable tenderness and fidelity.
There is pride in the song of the tanager,
and vanity in that of the cat-bird. There
is something distinctly human about the
robin his is the note OF -boyhood. |
have thoughts that follow the migrating
fowls northward and southwark, and
that go with the sea-birls into the desert
of the ocean, lonely and tireless as they.
I sympathize with the watchful crow
perched yonder on that tree, OF walking
about the fields. l hurry outdoors
when I hear the clarion Of the wild
gander his comrade in my heart sends
back the call. John BsHro"ghs, in
Scribner's Magazine.
Year: 1877

A pretty and accomplished widow,
living in Jackson, Miss, met at Sara
toga last summer handsome and in
telligent widower from Norfolk, Va; a
brisk Irritation led to an engagement,
and the lovers separated with the undeY-
standing that she was to return to her
home and break the news to another
lover, who had won her hand before she
went to Saratoga. But it was not SO
easy to be off with the old love as it had
been on with the new. The jackson
gentleman was wild, and despairipg, con-
demning her as an arrant iilt, and VOW
ing that she should marry him or else
remain widow. Letters from Jackson
to Norfolk ; the same from Norfolk to
jackson more of them by every pass
ing mail, and warmer day by day, until
the postal sacks were menaced with
spontaneous combustion ; final result
flight of the widow from her home ana
proposed secret marriage at Baltimore.
The arrangements were perfect, with
one exception. No allowance was made
for the weather. The storm came on,
the rains poured down and the floods
clapped their hands in the valleys of
Virginia. The lady reached the trysting.
point forty-eight hours behind time, and
in a state of mental and nervous collapse.
He was not there to meet her; she
trembled, sighed, telegraphed, cried,
waited two days, and finally resolved to
return to Mississippi. She took the
hotel proprietor into her confidence,
and after settling her account, started
for the Camden station but, as she
was stepping from the platform, 10! a
manly figure. 1t was the gentleman
from Norfolk, who had been tearing his
hair and looking for her in every train
from the South, except the one by which
she had come. They were married that
afternoon at ST. Barnaba's Church, and
went down the bay that night. One of
the first purchases which they will make
on going to housekeeping will be an
almanac.
Year: 1877

The Jardin discrimination, Paris, has
Just received some living specimens of
the bird of paradise, which it has hither-
to been found rarely possible TO bring
alive to Europe. This bird is a native
of New Guinea, the inhabitants Of which
country endeavor to keep up the fable
relative to these specimens of the
feathered tribe, by persuading the
Indian merchants TO whom they sell
them that they have no feet, and that, as
they live on air and light, they have
neither stomach nor intestines. That
belief was encouraged by the form given
by the Papuan naturalists or dealers to
prepare them for sale, by drying the
bird with its plumes after taking out the
inside and tearing off the legs. 1t is
rarely found excepting in the countries
which produce spices, and particularly
in Australasia. New Guinea, which is
comprised in that part of the world, and
the Aroo Islands near, contain many
specimens. The pineapple and nutmeg
tree grow there in the midst of immense
forests, and supply their principal food.
The Papuans, barbarians rs they are,
derive considerable profit from the sale
of the bird, and take it with nets or
sticks smeared with birdlime. In the
latter case they take it alive, but as it is
very difficult to preserve, they prefer to
use the bow and arrow. The manner in
which this chase is carried on is very
curious. The men climb silently i'll the
dark like cats into the trees in which the
bird sleeps, pass the night in the forks
of the branches, and at daybreak shoot
at the birds while they are still asleep,
with very light arrows made from the
ribs of leaves of the palm-tree. Their
address is so marvellous that the bird
generally falls to the ground intact,
stunned rather than wounded. The men
continue as long as they can, and then
descend to the ground and proceed to
the preparation and embalming of their
victims. The Malays of Malacca are the
chief purchasers of the birds, which
they carry to the Molucca Isles, whence
they are sent to India, China and
Europe.
Year: 1877

A special dispatch to the London Free
Press from Ottawa, Ont, says The man
Somerville, belonging in Thorne, Pontiac
county, who became insane through a
practical joke being played on him,
passed through this city last evening in
charge of friend, on his way to the asy-
lum at Long Point, near Montreal. A
short time since a party of shanty men
were on their way up the river, Somer-
vile being one of the number, when they
all got on drunk, more or less. The
day following, Somerville was told he
had shot certain magistrate while
intoxicated, and that he would likely be
arrested. Ia order to avoid this, he was
advised to clear to the woods, and during
the night, he did so. 1t was fourteen
days before he was found again, and then
it was discovered that he was q raving
maniac, having become so through fear
OF exposure and want OF food,
Year: 1877

There were five of them from the
Monumental District, and having feasted
to their hearts content on the great
variety of holiday goods on sale, they
came tripping out of the spacious en-
trance of one of our dry goods stores,
when they espied nicely done up
package, apparently dropped by one OF
the many seekers after holiday goods.
A minute more and one of them had
seized it and they we're hurrying down
the street speculating as to it's contents.
IT hope it is a good-sized dress pat
tern," says the happy owner, as she
hugged it close for fear of its being
spirited away. eff it was mine I would
rather it would be velvet cloak" cried
one of the others, as she enviously eyed
the packet. "Oh, L wouldn't; I'd
rather it would be new hat" was the
comment of another; and so they specu-
lated until they reached home, when the
string was loosed, and their astonished
and disappointed eyes rested ON very
soiled and dilapidated pair of pants,
probably just exchanged for a new pair,
which the owner had worn off, leaving
the old ones for a more unfortunate
brother or ster.--BOStOR Journal.
Year: 1877

Dust, insects, dry air and over-water-
ing are the principal difficulties they
have to contend with. By arranging
some light covering to put over them
while the room is being swept, an occa-
sional Swinging in the bath-tub, kitchen
sink, or elsewhere, supplemented by
sponging the leaves of all smooth leaved
plants, this great enemy to plant health
may be kept under.


Insects may be kept off by hand pick
ing and brush ii needed, apply
tobacco water, or arrange a box OF bar
rel in which they may be thoroughly
fumigated with tobacco smoke.


Overwhelming kills more plants than
dryness Pots in the house, especially
the handsome glazed ones, should be
provided with abundant drainage
broken pots, cinders, oyster-shells, any
thing to make open layer at the bottom /;
then layer Of moss, to keep the earth
from washing down, and then soil
made 30 open by sand that it will always
allow the water to pass through. With
these precautions there is no danger,
but where the surface of the soil fs
muddy an hour after watering, there is
something wrong, and plants will not
thrive, american AgricHItafisi.
Year: 1877

At Lawrenceville, Ohio, one night re-
Gently, Joseph Kunzier was shot by his
thirteen-year old son, at the instigation
of his mother. The husband and wife
had lived unhappily for some time, and
on the night in question the father had
gone to the village, and while absent
Mrs. Kunzier prevailed on the boy to
load the gun and lay in wait for his
father. The boy obeyed, and, conceal
ing himself behind woodpile, waited
for an hour, and when his father came
into the yard shot him through the
back. This done, he went into the
house, when the mother took the gun
from him and laid it by the side of her
husband, who, still alive, was crying for
help. She then returned to the house
and went to bed with her boy, but
neither being able to sleep, subsequently
arose and cooked supper, which they
ate. All through the night they heard
means and appeals for help from the
father. who was still alive, but paid no
heed to them. In the'morning a neigh
Dor came to the house to employ Kunz-
ler, and found him lying on the ground
in pool of blood, although still alive,
while the woman was some distance
away unconcernedly engaged in her do
mestic work. When asked concerning
her husband she replied tina t he had
shot himself. Subsequently the coro-
ner was summoned from Lawrenceburg,
and the investigation showed that the
man could not have killed himself.
Suspicion was direct ed to the woman
and her boy. The latter when separated
from his mother, confessed that he had
done the deed at her command, saying
that she had been urging him to do it
for year past. He also told how they
spent the night in the hearing of the
cries Of his father, yet neither came to
hia aaaiainncA
Year: 1877

argument on the part of plaintiff, in which I made several ,s,ints that seemed Ca me equal lv fatal to plaintiffs case, and this did when my health was such tha, could not arise out of my chair to ad lress the court, but had to make my argument while sitting Ii this is letting matter go by default, should be glad to be informed as to what II would be necessary to do in order 10 make a defence to an action.

 Not only did thus do all that l could to prevent the injunction from issuing but have been anxious to preserve every ilghi' 8" that ii your people thought hat a motion to dissolve could be made before Judge French, they might have the opportunity, and hence l went farther than perhaps II was necessary that l should have gone and filed. both wit, the clerk of the court and with the commissioner, such Te,crvatioa of such right as to make it ayailabIe, ii any th.ng couia. and thinking that ii might be that some one would Ice sent down from Prescott to nakc such q motion and take such other step or steps as might bc thoegat best. 1 have neglected io qualify as Govern or ta.though i have had my commission several daysl, and have writtcl the depart msnt that in view oi this litigation ] was feuful that injustice might bc done ii l qualified before thu arrival oi my sue cessor. and asked that might he allowed ,o hold my present office until relieved. This nave done at some little pccuniary sacrifice. and yeT am accused by your pco- p!e of being in the Tucson ring and work ing to keep the Capital here; when, really wanted to play in with the people here l would have waited until enjoined and then at once have qualified as Governor. and thus left your people remedyless; but that, al though my legal right, did not think would have been. or would now be, morally right. and shall therefore remain as Secfe- tary until relieved If my successor comes on within month or sol, unless directed to do otherwise by the Department of the ln- teriOr. l repeat, again, that the question oi

 where the Capital shall be is for the people to decide, and they having de- | cided that it shall he at Prescott, think 1t will % there and that this litigation will only delay it for time; yet this does not ] justify me in disobeying the order of a court

 and this injunction, although granted by a

 commissioner, has, when issued, the fierce | and effect of an order of court.

 ! only wish to do my official duty in the premises and am satisfied that when you ] know the facts you will take back all such 1 insinua,ions as those contained in your said 1 editorial. have written this only for your ] information and for the information of such

 of your friends as you see fit to make ac- ! quainted with its contents. have written 1 In great haste to catch the mail. and have

 not time to even read it once, therefore please excuse all omissions.

 Very truly yours, JOIN r. HoYT.