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Year: 1872

FATAL RESULTS From A LAMP EXPLOSION.
One evening last week colored man living
near Odessa, named Jonathan Hinson, received
fatal injuries from the explosion of a coal oil
lamp. Before retiring he attempted to extin-
guish the light by blowing down the lamp
chimney. The flames were forced into the
lamp and the explosion that followed threw
the ignited oil into the face and over the
person of the man, burning him so sh ockingy
that he died after two days suffering. Tho
man was respected by all classes in Odessa
| lie leaves wife and several chill lren. The
accident is, or should be, warning to the
! public,
Year: 1872

Mary had little lamb,


Its fleece was white as snow,


And everywhere that Mary went


That lamb was sure to go.
II went out one day and returned so dirty
that nothing but Moore & Brothers Whining
ton City Soap would restore it to its original
color.
Year: 1872

The hot solar that rpen the harvest dis
diseases II the liver be all predsposed rregu
laes, this the in which bilious may
spated weak stomach too, is weakest in the
vitality through pores by excessive
perspiraOn is great that wholesome tonic combining
also the properties of dusive stmuant and gentle exh
rant in many cases necessary health and under
eumstances should be dispensed with BY sck deb
tated Cf all the preparations thus refresh
TAIN and ortiy the human frame there will
with Hosteers Celebrated Stomach Bers They
been weighed In the balance of experience and found want
Ing have been recommended the first medic
nal specific not beverage and in spite Of interested
stI0n from innumerabe quarters stand after twenty
trial at the head of all proprietary medicines intended the
prevention and Of all ordinary complaints Of the stomach
the liver the bowels and In the unhealthy dis
trcts bordering the rivers Of California HOsette
Stomach Bers be cssed the standard
species Of intermittent ettent fever The people who in
habit those districts place the implicit confidence in the
preparaona confidence that increased by the
results Of its operation


As bers, so-csed the perncious character
sprngng like fungi every side, the public hereby
warned against the frauds Ask Hosetters
ters See that the abe and remember that
the genuine article Is sold in bulk but IN bottles only


july Sd


! Talk at the Toiet.-Every lady's maid
knows that the bewtching beings who pave
their triumphant way with conquered hearts,
regard splendid head Of hair the most effec-
tive Of all womanly tacinations. They believe,
and they are right, that they can lasso as many
beaux with the luxuriant ringlets and glossy
braids as they can kill at sight with their
beaming eyes Hence in their toilet talk -
among themselves and with their attendants,
the merits of preparations for the hair are
freely canvassed and the latest results Of this
discussion seems to be the almost univeral
adoption of Lyons KathaHon as an article
better adapted to promote the growth and
beauty of the Chief Glory of Woman " than
any other at present before the world. They
say that without irritating the skin of the head
it eradicates dandrutf and that it penetrates
below the surface to the roots of the hair, en-
(, dowing them with new life and vigor.
Year: 1872

The success of this renowned Fertilizer
in all sections of the country proves it to
be the BEST and CHEAPEST Manure
in the market. Possessing all the active
properties of PURE PERUVIAN GU
ANO, together with the more durable
quality of DISSOLVED BONES, it is
unsurpassed in its effects on all crops.
Year: 1872

Do what you can to make sunshine in the
world. Lift up the curtain.


We do not mean the curtains which darken
the spirit Of your brother, your friend, your
neighbor, or even Of a stranger, il the curtain
strings are within your covenent reach.


Lift up the curtains and let the sunshine in !
Light is better than darkness and how cheap it
is


A kind and cheering word to one who is in
trouble, and is perplexed, and also most discour-
aged !; werd Of heartfelt sympathy to the affi-
icted loving word OF c0nnsel to the young ; a
word OF assurance to the doubling soft
word which, though it buffers no pArsnips, tur-
meth away wrath, TO the prejudiced and nnrea-
sonably provoked; all such words as these are
sunshine to those to whom they are spoken.


Il have never found anything else 30 cheap
and 80 useful as poiiteness," said an old travel
or to us once.


He then " ent on 10 state that early in life
finding how useful it was frequently to strang-
ers, to give them some information Of which
they were in search, and which he possessed
be had adopted the rule always to help every
body he could in such little opportunities as
were constantly offering in his travels.


The result was. that, out Of the merest trifes
OF assistance, rendered in this way had grown
some of the pleasantest and most valuable ac-
quaintances that he had ever formed.


How many great men have testified that their
VIII ole lives have been influenced by some single
remark made to them in their boyhood.


And who cannot recall words spoken to him
self in his childhOod, to which, perhaps the
speaker attached no importance, but which sunk
deep aud immovable INTO his memory, and
which have never lost their power over himF
Year: 1872

the book he advocates is the best But
in reality there is very little to choose
between any of them, and the poorer has
just as good a chance of being adopted
as the best. In fact, there is not two
per cent advantage of any one arithmetic
over another. Adams New Arithmetic
new about half century ago, is nearly as
good as any of its successors Colburn's
Mental Arithmetic, issued in 1924, is
still preferred by many judicious teach
ers children mastered the principles of
the English language, as soon and as
we'll by the aid of Lindley Murray as by
any later book-maker the school atlas
es of 1885 gave the pupil all the coun-
tries, canals, and railroads of England
and the United States, which no one
now on sale in Boston processes; geom-
etry has slightly improved in two thou
sand years, and the newest text books
are poorer than those of a generation
since our best Greek series is more than
thirty years old, and the careful retouch-
es that Professor Crosby is now giving
it, amount to very little for the tyro.
This remark does not hold quite so true
of the Latin books, and we know that
all textbooks on botany, zoology, and
mineralogy other than Gray's Tenny's
and Dana's are worthless But what
agent is ever paid for introducing these ?


Meanwhile the cost of textbooks bring
the education of many a bright lad and
lass to premature close, and they take
to the shop, the street, and the boudoir
just when their education is in the milk.
Massachusetts, can build geography or
an arithmetic for herself as perfectly as
she can State House or Penitentiary.
Let her do it then
Year: 1872

II wish to hear song tonight"
Said grandma, with smile,
'Win not my daughter sing for me,
And thus the time beguile?'
"SDgf without accompaniment? ~
Why mother, how 'twould sound
The very idea makes me feel


Like sinking to the ground"
The patient mother smiled again.
And to grandchild near
Said, "Let me hear your pretty voice,
Will you not sing my dear?
"Oh my guitar is out of fix, ~ - -
cannot mend the string
And my teacher says without it
should never try to sing"
"Ah me Come Ned can you not sing?
I've sung you oft to sleep,
Not very many years ago,
a With dtties like DO Peep 41IeftsFr
ayes, will sing if Belle will play"
The little fellow said
But sister not in the mood


And hurried him to bed
Then grandma thought upon time
When people used to sing, &3i
And not depend for music


Upon n key or string.
Year: 1872

Next mail will be apt to bring us Presi- dent Grants second inaugural, when we will be able to see his ideas regarding the future. If not two lengthy, we will endeavor to print it in full.

 It is said that the leading feature of his second Administration will be Territorial Expansion, so that Canada, Mexico, British Columbia, San Domingo and perhaps Cuba, may help us celebrate the Tooth anniversary of the Republic.
Year: 1872

A friend has called our attention to the fact that the Methodist Episcopal Church authorities have quite recently voted the sum of S6,000 to be used in Arizona. This is the Church which Rev. c. A. Reeder so ably represents, and we thank it for its thoughtfulness and generosity.
Year: 1872

While the sensational knights of the quill of San Francisco have never yet gone further than to interview live men and women, those of Virginia City and Gold Hill have been buzzing veritable spirit.
Year: 1872

Thanks to the correct public sentiment of San Francisco, Mrs. Fair was deterred from insulting the moral sense of the country with her proposed lecture. Even the Sheriff refused her protection.
Year: 1872

The news from Mexico is rather flat Peace reigns throughout the country, and dispo- sition is shown to settle all difficulties with the United States. How long this attitude will be kept is hard to foresee
Year: 1872

FSiio,c- Lftizcos Of ohio. You all
know that I am u candidate in the in
tcrcst of reconciliation and everlasting
peace. IAppiause.l I desire a union
between the Northern and Southern
portions Of our country which shall
leave behind it no sting of humiliation
no sting of undue cxultation on the
other. / believe the war for the Union
was righteously fought in the interest
of no sect or party, but in the interest
Year: 1872


Ihave climbed to a snn-lfghted hilltop,
And gaze down the path of the years,
And afar in the haze of the distance
A vision OF beauty appears.
One sweet day of my life hangs before me,
With its halo of brightness around;
remember the glow on the landscape
The day that my lover was crowned.
Crowned-the king of my heart and my future
Fear hung not one cloud in the sky,
AS we sailed up love-lghted river,
Its beauteous isles gliding by.
remember the sweetness of silence,
The breadth and the depth of tone,
The wonderful measure of gladness
That came with the whispered "my own.r
Tonight am counting them over
The twenty swift years that are gone;
And still can be proud of my lover
Though the brightness of youth is now flown
have wept over trials and crosses,
Have many want unsupplied:
But think have gained from my losses,
And rejoice that my gold has been tried
/ have passed through the valley of shadow
The valley that no man hath trod-
Where the mother in joy or in anguish
shrouGht byhe perirto God b 20
4 have seen the sweet eyes of s.sy- hahies ~ I
Give answering smiles to my love-. sais,
have closed the dear eyes of my darling,
To open in beauty-above.
"And why do tell you our story?"
Perhaps you would question me thus,
When in all the events of our journey
No strange thing has happened to us.
am glad may stand as a witness
That love is not always a cheat:
That God is a very near helper


And life in His service is sweet


SALEM, OREGON, August 4th.
Year: 1872

Fall or the Thermometer to SO Degrees


Prospect of Change for the Better


Historic Hot Days.


There was marked falling of in the register of
the thermometer yesterday. The highest point
reached at three p NJ. was IS degrees, being nine
degrees less than on Thursday and fourteen less
than on the warmest day of the cheated term"
The day was, however, close and far from being
cool. The skies were overcast and the indications
pointed towards rain. There was light fall OF rain
a short time before noon and at three p. M. few
drops also came down. The changes for the past
twenty-four hours, in comparison with the cores
ponding day last year, as registered at Hudnuts
Pharmacy HERALD huildinn are "a fOllOWa:-
Year: 1872

ELMIRA, N. Y, July 4, 1872.
Hon. A. B. CORNELL, Chairman Republican State


Committee


DEAR SIR-Four years ago the republicans OF this
district and Of the country cast their votes for Presi
dent for man who up to that time had never acted
with the republican party and who declared that "if
he was anything at all, he was democrat" They
felt that success with him was better than defeat
with some one else. Four years have passed and
they have wrought a change In the minds Of the
republicans and OF the people OF this country. An
opportunity is now offered to the republicans
to vote for 'the father Of the republican
party" and for the lifelong advocate OF
its principles, and to the people to elevate
to the highest ONCE In their gift man who has
always been honest, faithful and true In every posi-
ton In which he has yet been placed. The people
believe he has sufficient intelligence for the office
of President and that his intelligence is more valu
BILE than the experience OF the present dispenser OF
Presidential patronage. His long years OF un.
the country and his untring labors in the cause OF
popular rights have given Horace Greeley strong
hold upon the sympathes the affections and the
hearts of the people hey Know S hm IN 70 S De @ aee aan
for President at this time, as Lincoln was
twelve years ago. They believe that the
same Providence which selected , LIN;
put IL into the hearts OF the people to elect him. still
cares for the interests OF our country and the well
fare and happiness OF our people, Believing thus
majority OF the electors of this district have
resolved to vote for Mr. Greeley at the
approaching Presidential election. Not wish
S to that OF Of majority Of my republican iends IN the
district and being earnestly In favor Of the election
of Horace Greeley for President, have to request
the Republican State and Executive Committees.
Respectfully yours, ). q. TABER.
Year: 1872

Thousands fan prey to disease, not because
the maladies that affect them are necessarily
fatal, but because they lack the requisite amount
Of active vitality to make valiant resistance to
the enemy. 1t is wise precaution to keep the
body always in a state of defence-always pre-
Pared to ''fend of" the germs of epidemic and
other disorders and to battle the evil influence of
damp miasma and sudden thermOmetrieal
changes. There is no difficulty in doing this. 1t
is fact as well authenticated as that two and
two make four, that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is specially adapted to this purpose, and for the
simple reason that its invigOrating and regulat-
ing properties are superior to those Of any other
medicine in the world During the twenty years
that it has been in general use, ample opportuni-
ties have been afforded to compare its medicinal
properties with those of other preparations claim
ing to be OF similar class, and the result has
been its adoption by the American people as the
standard tonic of the age, its introduction into
every civilized portion of the western hemis-
phere, and an annual sale which dWarfs into in
significance the demand for all its would-be COM
petitors.


The record upon which its popularity rests is a
curiosity in deal literature for it includes an
almost unlimited variety of human ailments and
disabilities. In fact, no other remedy possesses
such variety of hygienic virtues, and it is to
these characteristics that it owes its prestige as
household medicine. my14 deodlw&w1t 3dp
Year: 1872

A day or two since VIM. Beard sent
word to Gen. Cooper, United States Reve-
nue. Collector for this District, that during
his absence some one had left barrel of
whisky at his place Of business and as it
was unstamped he didn't wish to get into
any trouble he hoped the. General would
send down and remove it. This was
enough for the Collector, and accompanied
by deputy Gen. Cooper, proceeded to
Boards store and asked to be shown "that
barrel Of whisky" Mr.. Beard, with a
twinkle in his eye, pointed to fellow snor-
ing in a corner dead drunk, and told him
that was the whisky he meant, as he judged
from his adaptability to inebriety that he
would hold about barrel. Gen. Cooper
resembles John Randolph in point of piety,
and persons passing thought he had gone
to see a lady who had disappointed him
from bis allusion to 'Helen Blazes." That
liquor wasn't gauged.-KnO1uile ChrOn-
icLe.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Sherman moved that the SenaCe re-
quest the House to return Senate resolU-
ton providing for final adjournment on the
10Th of May, and said that the business OF
the session was net now in such condition
as would admit Of adjournment on tie 29th
of May.


Mr.. Trumbull objected to the motion and
said it was discourteous to the House. That
body certainly could be trusted just as well
as the Senate to care for the interests of the
country.


MIR. Stevenson objected to any further
discussion of the motion and it went over.


Pacific Roads.


Mr.. West having called up the army ap-
preparation bill it was proceeded with.


Mr.. Stewart raised point Of order on an
amendment reported by the Committee
which allowed the Secretary of the Treas
ury to retain the amount due by the gov
ernment to various Pacific railroads on ac-
count of transportation of troops, freight
and mails, and 70 apply the same to the pay
ment Of interest on the bonds of said roads
guaranteed by the government.


The Vice President sustained the point
of order, but said he would submit the
question to the Senate.


Pending a vote on the question the
Senate went into executive session and
then adjourned.
Year: 1872

We publish in this issue a full report
of the proceedings of the Democratic
Convention which assembled in the Ope-
ra House yesterday. So far there has
been nothing done towards accomplish
ing the work for which the Convention
has met. We presume that some pro-
gress will he made to-day. The tone
and temper of the Convention is good.
There may be forty or fifty of the dele
gates who would be willing, if they
thought the people would submit to it, to
coalesce with Gov. Warmoth, and per-
haps place him or some one acceptable
to him at the head of the ticket, but we
think the majority of the body are deci-
dedly opposed to any such arrangement
T. The first move of the friends Of coa-
lition with the Governor was to reorgan-
ize the Convention that is, to- displace
its incorruptibIe and clearheaded and
determined President, Mr.. Head. But
it was defeated with ease, the vote to
lay the motion on the table resulting i'm
q minority of235. Yeas 265, nays so.


This was regarded as test vote, show.
ing the strength of the Anti Warmoth-
ties.


We have great hopes that any attempt
to effect such coalition as this will be
defeated, and that fusion of the Demo
Gratis and Reformers will be easily and
quickly accomplished. The Convention
Of the Reform party meets in the Mason
ic Hall, ST. Charles street, to- day. The
question of appointing committee Of
conference with the Reformers came up,
and it was decided to appoint o commit
tee of eleven members. The resolution
was adopted by acclamation. The COM
mittee which was appointed by the chair
is composed of some of the ablest and
soundest men in the Convention. With
such men there can be no difficulty in
coming to prompt understanding with
the Reformers, and that of a character
to give satisfaction to all who desire the
redemption of the State from gnisrule.


~ o. SPicaaune,
Year: 1872

u Every man in the South ought to
remember that Sumner and Nye were
the only two men in the Senate who
voted against amnesty. The sooner
these political scorpions sting them
selves to death, the sooner that general
hand-shaking cover the bloody chasm
which has SO long divided the North and
the South" will commence.


N. O. Picayune.
Year: 1872

ET sudden rush of work particularly the
printing of Briefs compells us to neglect more
or less the present number of our paper. We
weuid also have wished to say word in reply to
the two columns of misrepresentation that the
Joasnai of last Saturday devoted to the COURIER,
but are compelled TO defer doing SO for the pres
ent-though the journal may rest assured that
It will lose nothing by the delay !; in the mean
time, and In consideration Of the fact that it
gives no proof of what it asserted q few weeks
since, we republish our first article, and renew
our demand for proof
Year: 1872

UA certain gentleman has always un-
derstood that the report of gunlwas good
for the nightmare. The other night he
heard his chickens making considerable
fuss, and concluding that they had the
nightmare, he just pointed his gun in the
direction of the coop and fired. The gun
was loaded with duck shot, and dar-
key residing in the neighborhood has
been busy qever since picking those bits
of lead out of his anatomy. The hens
have not had an attack of the nightmare
since.
Year: 1872

y We are requested to state that meet
Ing Of themembers of the Opelousas Fire CO.
viii take place at the Court House, this evening
at o'clock, in order to take in consideration
certain propositions which will be made known
OF the meeting.
Year: 1872

The denomination of Grant by his Office
holders at Philadelphia fell on the public like
a wet blanket The better and more think
ing class of Republicans still had lingering
hope that there would be honest intelligence
and sober second thought enough in that
convention to throw Grant overheard and
take up a new man. This portion Of the
party waited, clinsins TO this faint hope with
desperate tenacity until the telegraph spoke
announcing Grant as the nominee, and as
The dreaded reality took possession of their
minds they sullenly and silently went to their
homes, under the influence Of "a political chill.
Had some other name been announced VIC
verify believe there would have been some
life and JOY expressed and some enthusiasm
manifested, at least by the old stand-bys Of
The party. This news threw the rank and
file of the party everywhere into dependency
and ill-tempcr Nowhere in the whole United
States, outside of official rings, was the least
enthusiasm manifested. Even in San Fran
cisco, with all its Federal patronage and
officials, the reception of the news seemed
to shroud the city in mourning, and tney had
to wait a week and raise mouey to purchase
Il respectable demonstration. How could i
be otherwise, when the very name of Grant
and his official thieves stink in the nostrils
of all decent people? We hoped for Grants
nomination, and We are pleased. Now comes
the light between the people and their plum
derers; between liberty and tyranny; between
honesty and roguery; between decency and de-
baucLery; between the producer and the des


po'ler, aud between God people and the devils
'mps, and the people are nearly ready for it.
1t is, "Choose You this day whom you will
serve, God or mammon;' Grant or an hon
est man. The great masses Of the people
have no interest in perpetualing corrupt
administration of the Government AID Oh c.
lift the veil and expose Grant and his thieves
10 the light OF day, and to the eyes Of the
honest masses, and the battle is won if we
can combine the opposition in one army. 1t
will be no child's play, and 10 single political
| organization now in existence can beat Grant.
Hence, we have worked, and will continue
to work, for combination of all the honest
elements opposed to him. Though Grants
nomination is received SO coldly, and with so
much evident disgust, by the masses we


must remember that he holds in his hand the
army and navy, the sword and purse, sixty


thousand officials and hundred Of thousands
of dependents; and that every hoping thief
and all the great moned corporations of the
country will join with these in the great
struggle against the people. We have, and
will have, against Grant an unpurchasablc
majority of the voters of the United States 4;
shall we combine them against him and save
our country, or shall we divide into factions
and frlter our time away? The Baltimore
Convention must answer this question.