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Year: 1872




They occasionally encounter fearful cx-
periences in railroad travel out West, an
example of which has Just come to our
notice, as described in the Gold Hill, New.
News. 1t relates to the passage OF Il train
of cars through q burning tunnel, and
depicts u rough, daring and heroic deed
on the part of Johnny Bartholomew, as
the engineer is famliarly called This
passage of L tram from Reno through the
burning tunnel, the other side of the
American Flat, will have to stand record
ed rs one of the most brilliant rs well as
! fortunate dashes ever made under such
circumstances. Johnny Bartholomew, one
OF the best engineers that ever mounted a
locomotive says the local Journal had
on this particular occasion happened to
change off with Charley Mccormick the
regular engineer of the Reno; therefore
was the hero of this occasion There was
no trusty watchman or anybody else to
give warning of the impending danger
and the train was around the curve and
into the tunnel before the fire which was
raging there could be seen.


The tunnel is six hundred and fifty feet
in length, and the fire being at the OPP
posite end, there was little time tor think
ing, or in which to weigh chances, and
certainly not enough for stopping. The
deep. red roaring flames and dense, black
smoke were ahead and it looked like at
tempting a mad rush through 1ophct, but
there was no other way for it. The lives
of the passengers and all hands Were in
the care of Johnny Bartholomew, and
nobody knew it better than he. His first
impulse was to reverse the engine and
whsle down brakes, but his quick con-
clusion was that that wouldn't do, as he
would be liable to fetch up in the very
midst of the raging flames, SO with a reso-
lutte Jerk of the lever he ''threw her wide
open" The Reno gave an angry snort
and rushed madly forward like a freed
the fiery mass. Johnny held fast to the
tried to think of some prayer, for he knew
that the chances of life md death were
about equal just then. He imagined he
could feel the hot rails bending under
the wheels, and both felt and heard the
blazing timbers and other fallen obstruc-
tionr on the track, being dashed aside by
the trusty cow-catcher. The women pas
senger screamed, and even the stoutest-
ne'iteu Hiou 4ulNeleu Win sluueIl lclI tS
they dashed through the fierce, hot light,
but in another instant the gauntlet was
passed, and they safely slowed down in
the cool, gray morning daylight beyond.


Dirt, stones. and blazing bits of timber
on the COW catcher, and the shower of
burning Goals covering the trsin, showed
how dangerous were the distractions so
safely passed, yet they had rushed through
so quickly that the paint on the passenger
coaches was not even scorched. Johnny
can not rush an engine through that tun-
mel to-day, for every timber throughout
its entire length burned out AS clean as a
shotgun, and huge cavings of earth and
rock render it impossible tor many days
to come. Boston Globe.
Year: 1872

Two brothers named Morse, from Pc
taluma, were camped few days since
near that town, hunting deer. One morn
ing one of them went up the hill from
camp to kill a few quail for breakfast,
while the other remained to prepare the
meal. Presently he who went out came
in sight of a large, powerful buck, and
quickly changed his charge and fired.
The deer ran down the hill and the hunter
after him. The animal had hind leg
broken, and it happened the camp was
right on his route. and he jumped directly
over Morse, upsetting the coffee pot and
scattering fire in every direction, and
frightening the bold Nimrod not little.
The buck took up the hill again, but with
out effect. After while the animal came
abound to camp, where the dogs had
meanwhile arrived, and they attacked
him and had lively struggle. Finally,
Morse made out to shoot him, and he tell
dead upon the bed. where, before the y
could get him off, he bled profusely.
Year: 1872

Last Friday Senator Sumner delivered
aspeech Of some length, in the Senate in
which he made q terrific assault on Grant
Although the differences between these
two characters are personal in their ma.
ture, and while VIC do not give the forme,
credit for any amount of conservatism N
yet his remarks must be admitted as true
IN this case. lie arraigned Grant ss q
gut taker, nepotist and q failure; de
clared that he spent bis time with fas,
horses, in palace cars, and lettering at
the seaside. The public acts of bis od.
mlnlstration we're as fully sssailed. He
maintained thas his government was
personal one that it commanded no
respect at home or abroad that it had
done nothing to commend it to tho couu.
try; that it's reduction of the public debt
did not deserve as much credit as that of
A johnson that it was false to the coll
ored people. and failure as far as it had
anything TO do with reconstruction
while its foreign policy, of which it had
attempted TO boast, was the lost disgrace.
ful muddle of the age.


The Republicans special says that this
merely indicates the general tenor of his
remarks. The friends of the President
on the floor who we're even characterized
among other things as q senatorial ring.
gave the speech close attention, as is not
their wont usually when Mr.. Sumner
speaks, aud took notes for reply. They
evidently regarded it as an opening of
the campaign in Congress, and promptly
moved an indefinite extension of the ses.
sion from Monday.
Year: 1872

The editor Of the indianapolis Sentinel
was present at the delivery of Voorhes',
speech at Terre Haute the other night
and thus speaks of the effect of the
effort:


scarcely murmur of applause greeted
MIN as he opened his speech; no word
OF encouragement fred his heart as he
proceeded; and he closed bis oration
amid as profound a silence as the grave
which, in after time, will close over his
political career that be so gracefully
foreshadowed Mr.. VOORHEES, was dis.
appointed The manner of his speech
be'okened that lie saw at glance that
he had made mistake, that the people
were not with him, nor could he By the
w'tchery Of his eloquence or any Of the
arts OF ora'ory stir them to applause.
Year: 1872

aud senates and Cabinets. They are passing
exactly through the came experience run
ming the same course that their distinguished
aud disappointed predecessors did. Tue
people whom they would rule aud drive and
turn In this and In that way seom very pa
tient and submissive, but when election aay
comes around they have a way Of getting the
Bit between their teeth and going Just Us they
please. It was 90 In New Hampshire few
weeks ago. Connecticut has just repeated
tue lesson. The people thoroughly under
stand tho situation. They know very well
the motives and the purposes Of their stupid
aud Ignorant politicians; stupid and ignorant,
nasmuch as they do not appear to be
able to understand that II ls their place
To obey instead ot IN command. to sorye
instead u to rule, We would not Wish TO be
understood as counsslIng blind submission
to every popular whirn, trimming OF the po-
liticl back 10 every popular breeze, for that
Is mere demagogism and charlatanism.
There Is another and medium course which
our politicians should pursue and must pur-
sue to be successful and to retain their hold
hpon public favor. New Hampshire and
Connecticut teach MS that 1t ls not that which
the dissatisfied and sorohead Republicans
are now pursuing.
Year: 1872




The following address to the Ameri
can people. Submitted by the Committee
on Resolutions, vas adopted unanimous
Iy:


The Administration now in power has
rendered itself guilty of wanton disre
gard of the laws of the land, and of pow
ers not granted by the Constitution II
has acted as if the laws had bindir &
foree only for those who are governed.
aud not for those who govern. 1t has
thus struck blow -at the fundamental
principles of constitutional government.
and the liberties of the citizens. The
President of the United States has open


y used the powers aud appointments of
his high Office, for the promotion of per
sonal ends. He has kept notoriously
| corrupt and unworthy men in places of
power and responsibility, to the detri
ment of the public interest. He used
the public service of the Government as
machinery of partisan and personal
inhuccne. and inierferes with technical
| arrogance in the political alfsirs of States
aud municipalities, he has rewarded with
influential and lucrative Offices, men who
had acquired his favor by presents, thus
| stimulating the decentralization Of our
political life by his conspicuous example
He has shown himself deplorably une
quail to the tasks imposed upon him by
the necessities of the country. and cul
pably careless of the responsibilities OF
his high Office


The partisans of the Administration
assuming to be the Republican party.
aud controlling it's organization have at
tempted TO justify such wrongs and pail
late such abuses, TO the end of maintain
ing a partisan .ascendency. They have
stood in the way OF necessary investiga
tioDs andindispeusable reform OF serious
faults which could be found within the
present Administration of public affairs,
thus seeking to blind the eyes of the
people, they have kept alive the passions
and resentments of the late civil war. to
use them for their own advantage. They
have resorted to arbitrary measures in
direct conflict with the organic law. in
stead of appealing to the better instincts
and latent patriotism Of the Southern
people by restoring 10 them those rights,
the enjoyment of which is indispensable
for successful administration of their
local affairz, and would tend to move a
patriotic and hopeful national feeling.
They have degraded themselves and the
name of their party. and are fully enti-
tied to the reprobarion Of the nation, BIZ
base sycophancy to Elective power aud
patronage unworthy of republican free
men. They have sought to silence the
voice Of just criticism, to stihe the moral
sense of the people. aud subjugate public
opinion By tyrauical party discipline
They are striving TO maintain themselves
in authority for selfish ends. by an un
serupulous use of the power which right
fully belongs to the people, and should
be employed only in the service of the
country.


Believing that an organization thus.
led aud controlled can 10 longer be OF
service TO the best interests OF the repuD
lie. we have resolved TO make an iDdepen-
dent appeal to the sober Judgment. con-
science and patriotism of the American
people.
Year: 1872

From the Kansas City Times, April "a.


Pleasant Hill had a sensation on Mon
day-s first class one in every particular
Matt Carr and - Upton, two railroad
men, have been residing in Pleasant
Hill for some time The former is re
ported to have been married man, his
wife and children residing in the Indian
Territory. lie was temperate 10 his
habits, aud was looked upon as a hard
working. Industrious man. The latter
was rather intemperate.


Il appears that these two men agreed
TO commit suicide Carr was TO cut his
throat with razor, while Upton was tc
blow his brains out with revolver.


Monday morning Carr, who had been
boarding at the Kentucky House. failed
to come to breakfast, and at about hall
after eleven o'clock the proprietor went
to the room which he had been occupy
ing. and found him lying on the bed. a
razor by his side, and his throat cut from
ear to ear An inquest was held and
verdict of self destruction brought in by
the jury. His remains were buried yes
terday. Nothing was left to explain the
reason Of the act.


Upton, it was rumored, had departed
for the woods near by. there TO carry
out his part of the compact by blowing
his brains out with a revolver. The
Marshal started on search for him. but
he was arrested in saloon and his re
volver taken from him He was lodged
in the calaboose. When arrested he
stated that he considered that the author
tiles had no right to interfere with man
when he wished to shuttle of his mortal
coil. From the action of the authorities,
they evidently dissented from his opinion
Year: 1872

am told uy an Illinois Congressman n


who called upon the President and found


him poreiug over n list of lis former
friends in that State who had "gooe
back on him" He had not anticipated
such showing at Cincinnati from hi-
own State. aud, while not at al anxious
about il (of course not.) he nevertheless
threw out a gentle hint that little fur
thcr information from that State would
be desirable. Never mind, never mind,
said the loyal Congressman, with lofty
wave of the hand, as if to sweep Gin
cinnati and all concerned into the At
lantic ocean, never mind these sore
heads and malcontents. for the masses of
the people are with Us, just as they were
in 1868 and we will sweep the State by
forty thousand majority" Comforted
by this sanguinary piece of information.
the President lit fresh cigar, and Hi
nois troubled him no more that day
But the writing upon the wall will np-
pear again. for great State cannot be
disposed of with a contemptuous wave Of
the hand through a cloud of tobacco
smoke
Year: 1872

This convention of those who till the
soil will meet again in ST. Louis on the
9th dag of May It will be no repre-
sentative of merely local interests, but its
intentions will be co.exten.ive with the
Agricultural interests of the whole couu
try. From 1.-THE murmuring woods of
Maine" TO where the orange groves of
Florida send their fragrant breath on the
breeze that sweeps seward to greet the
sailor with delicate perfume of flower and
fruit-from the pines of Carolina to the
far Pacific slope-the entire country
will be concerned in its proceedings. II
will be politico- economical as we'll as
agricultural,-not political indeed, in the
sense of Democrat or Republican, but in
that broader sense which touches every
man, woman and child in the land. One
of its objects is to awaken the farmer,
and through him the whole country, to
full appreciation of the vital nature of
the part which plough. drill and reaper,
thresher. cotton gin and sugar mill, play
ib the economy of our country. 1t is
not to be denied that the farmer has been
too long and too often the half paid and
over worked servant of the speculator
and capitalist. IL is q significant fact.
that when the crop is to be put 10 prices
are up. and when the crop is gathered
prices are down and the farmer receives
but n piitance in return for his long and
patient struggle through winters cold
and Summer heats.
Year: 1872

from lands end TO lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who-are on the road to
an unsiuely grave with bilious comclaints,
there is but one truly great and reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

THE HUMAN HAIR Some folks don't
seem to care mach whether the SUNNI. Of
their Uranium is we'll supplied with proper
capillary sppendages or not, butthe ma sjority
dislike to have thei. hair fall of, especially


aides. Those who are wise use Natures
Hair Restorative, and the result is q fine
healIhy growth Of natural hair. 1t is the
most sensible and effective remedy ever
offered to the public to promote the growth
of failing hair. The human hair is such q
beautiful ornament that it is to be wondered d
at that anyone will for q momentneglect to
pay proper attention to its culture and
dressing. No object in human nature has
excited more attention than beautiful hair.
Year: 1872

According to the statements of DR.. Rubio.
the number of lunatics is much greater in the
northern countries, where the consumption
of spirituous liquors and the use of tobacco
are much greater than in southern countries,
where the people are very sober and small
smokers. According to Moreau, not single
case of general paralysis is seen in Asia Minor
where there is no abuse of alcoholic liquor,
and where they smoke kind of tobacco
which is almost free from nicotine or the
peculiar poison in tobacco. On the other
hand, insanity is frightfully increasing in
Europe, just in proportion to the increase in
the use of tobacco. 1t is, however, to the
young that the evil of smoking is likely to be
the most disastrous. Whatever benefit may
be derived from smoking in maturity and old
age, it is obvious that the young cannot need
the fictitious aid of n narcotic. Parents should
look to this, and prevent the most deplorable
physical or moral consequence of this habit
to their children. Many young man dates
the ruin of his health back to the first whiff
of tobacco, which, by dint of nauseating
practice, he was at length able to smoke, in
the foolish imitation of manhood. That
smoking must iniure the digestion and impair
the nervous system of the young, seems GER
tain, and that it may lead to drunkenness or
excess in drink is more than probable, from
the thirst it necessarily occasions. .- ..
Year: 1872

A Washington correspondent of the New
York Times gives the following account of
an interview with Colonel Mosby, the ex-
rebel guerilla, after his late meeting with
President grant. A friend called upon the
Colonel, when the following conversation
ensued


Friend Well, how do you like President
Grant?


Mosby.--Oh, he is very plain. One don't
feel small in his presence; you don't feel
that awe or reverence one has when ushered
into the presence of General Lee. was very
much pleased with Grant and my reception.


Friend.-How is the issue down your way


Moshy.-Well, think it hest to go for
Grant James Barbour is for him; General
Paine and one or two other ex-Confederate
Generals are for him.


Friend.-How is it with your friend Gov
ernor Smith-"Extra Billy?"


Mosby-Oh, he is for Horace


Friend.-Well. what is your opinion of the
political situation?


Mosby. IL think it would be to the interest
of the Southern people to go for Grant than a
dried up vegetable like Uncle Horace He is
q free loveist, an agrarian, Fourierite, and
if elected might have Susan Anthony or Lucy
Stone in his Cabinet. Grant could benefit the
South more than Greeley, because he would
have the power in and out of Congress to do
positive acts of friendship for them, whereas
Greeley could not.


Mosby was of the opinion that Grant may
secure the votes of the Southern people il
they are convinced that they are no longer to
be subjected to persecution, but shall have an
equal voice in the Government, and that the
policy of his administration will be to restore
kindly relations between the sections He
says: II think the election will give General
Grant an opportunity of making friends with
the Southern people, and the Southern people
an opportunity of making friend of Grant
in other words, if he is for amnesty to us
tween the North and South had been settled
by the constitutional amendments, and he
(lfosby) would not be the one to roll away
the stone from the sepulchre where they had
been buried.
Year: 1872

The people of Virginia lately voted
upon a proposed amendment to the con-
stitution concerning usury, and the re-
turns show tlat they have ratified it by
a very large majority. Its purport is
that it shall be lawful to receive any
rate of interest, not exceeding II per
cent. per annum, which may be agreed
upon by the original parties and speci-
| fed in the note, bond or other writing
evidencing the debt. The motive OF
the amendment is doubtless to attract
capital to that State for investment, and
it may be safely predicted that such
will prove to be its effect.
Year: 1872

A recent number Of the Honolulu
Gazette gives the following account OF
the narrow escape of a native Sandwich
Islander from being deyoured by a
shark:


1--WE learn from Kawaibae that about
two weeks since a native Kahoio was
attacked by shark while on his way
from the shore to the fishing ground in
the bay. The old man was going out in
small canoe, which, by his weight,
was depressed in the water so that his
legs were but few inches above the
surface. He had just passed beyond the
reef and was padding along unaware OF
any danger, when large and hungry
shark made break for him. The jaws
of the ravenous fish closed upon the
mans thigh and the canoe, making a
hideous wound in the former, some
eleven inches long, and tearing the
flesh from the bone nearly halt the cir.
cumference of the thigh, leaving II
hanging down in shreds as the teeth


Grew away, and leaving in the wood o


the latter three or four teeth, broker


off The man was nearly dragged ou


of his canoe, and at the same time wa


almost swamped by the onset OF the tish


which, disappointed of its prey, lmme


diately disappeared: The old man


though bleeding profusely from his sev


eral wounds, was able TO get his cano
hack to shore. thankful for escapin
with his life, and on landing receive
from MI. Chillingworth and his nativ
neiehbors whatever help they wer


abIe to bestaw. From Mr.. Chillingwort
we hear that the wound is doing vel
and that the old man is in fair way {
, recovering. The teeth that RENAME
: in the canoe were swo inches across til
l line where broken, thus indicating
S shark of unusual size as well as strengt
D The accident has caused the natives
D Kawaibae to regard the placid waite
e of their bay as somewhat more unsa
l then they have heretofore been co
e | sidared to hen
Year: 1872

A RAILROAD RAcE.-The Vermont
Central and Passumpsic River railroad
lines are soon to have race to deter
mine which shall have the contract for
carving the British mails, the one
making the best time to have the award.
This is no new thing. Some 20 years
ago the Vermont Central and the Rut-
land roads were competitors for the
same business, and determined it IN the
same manner, the race being from Bos-
ton to Burlington. At that time the
Central was successful, beating the
competitor into Burlington by few
| minutes.
Year: 1872

AN old topper was brought before the
Omaha Police Court few days since to
answer to the charge of drunkenness,
and pleaded the constitutional provision
that he ought not to be tried twice for
the same offense, asking the Judge if
there wasn't something of that kind in
the law. The Judge said there was.
.sThen,n said the inebriate, =" if you'll
send down to Lincoln and bring Gov.
Butler up here, can prove by him that
| I haven't been sober in fifteen years.
It's the same old drunk, Judge-it's the
same old drunk"
Year: 1872

ARTIFICIAL SNow.-Condensation
and absorption ef moisture by change
of temperature sometimes produces.
very singular results. 1t is related
that at ball in Russia, after the room
had become very warm and the AR
very moist, some one Of the ladies
tainted, and instantly all of the gal
lants rushed to the windows to throw
them Open. Thus, instead of open
ing one or two windows, all the WIN
dows in the room were thrown wide
open, and the result was such a sud
den influx of cold air and lowering OF
the general temperature that the
moisture was precipitated in the form
OF snow, and there was presented the
singular phenomenon Of o heavy
shower of snow-fakes falling on
ball dresses and bare necks. A some
what similar circumstance once 0c-
cured in our own experience. The
doors Of . greenhouse having been
Inadvertently left open on cold ana
somewhat clustering day, a sudden
gust of wind carried a stream OF cold
air through the house; and although
before this the air in the building was
perfectly clear, yet the result was a
sn0wer Of snow.-1schnOiOgist.