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Year: 1872

/ From the Cincinnsti Gazette, August Is


Our citizens will remember how the


showers came night before last, in fre-
| Gnent sue cession. pouring torrents. while
they lasted, but stopping after brief
pour. Well, there were, at s o'clock on
that evening. seven men at the point in
Sycamore and Abigail streets to which
is completed the great sewer which is
really an uptown extension of the big
Eggleston avenue sewer. Their bust
ness is to clean the open end of that
sewer. SO as to prevent delay to work
men engaged in constructing it up Syc-
amore street 1t had occurred to them
that by stirring the sediment at the bot
tom of the sewer the waters from the
showers would wash it away, and their
work would in this way be greatly expe
dited. After long cessation in the rain
they went into the sewer some distance
and continued their work. While so en-
gagged. one of those heavy. sudden show
ers which characterized the evening came
up and poured down its tremendous
streams The frat warning they had of
their peril was sudden rush of wat
ers upon then, carrying the whole party
off their feet, The four men nearest the
mouth of the sewer escaped with diff
Guilty, battling up stream against pow
erful current, the other three we're carried
down toward the river by the galloping
tide of the de6led waters. Two of theC
caught at man hole near the canal and
succeeded iu making themselves heard
by their four fortunate companions who
had escaped. They were drawn up to
the solid ground by these But John
Clark. one Of their companions, was not
go fortunate. He continued to travel
down to Court street. where he made a
short turn aud thence proceeded before
the every moment increasing volume of
waters to Eggleston avenue sewer. where
he made a turn to the right, whence it
was straight road to the river. Mr..
Clark tells the story himself. He says
he proceeded down in the darkness, his
back to the press of the waters and his
face to their current As he could not
stand up, he put himself nearly as pos
sible in sitting position and went down
the stream very mueh boy slides
doUn hill on sled. only Mr.. Clark had
no sled. Coming to the mouth of the
sewer, where its waters discharge into
the Ohio river, he cried for help. Mr..
Lewis, who lives in a tenement wharf
boat at that point. and who Hires row.
boats to parties, heard his cries, came to
his relief, and saved him. Mr.. Clark
last night. exhibited a badly torn pair of
pants, and pretty roughly bruised
body.
Year: 1872

Among the "reminiscences told of the
Franco Prussian war is the account of a
curious duel between two subordinate
officers Of the French army.
"You intend to fight a ouel ch p
asked the commandant


Yes Colonel Words have passed
which can only be wiped out by blood
We don't want to pass as cowards."
"Yery well. you shall fight. but it
must be in this way Take your car
bine.. place yourselves on a line facing
Maimaison. where the enemy is. You
will march upon their garrison with
equal step When sufficiently near their
posts you will then fire upon them. The
Prussians will reply. You continue to
advance and fire. When one falls the
the other may turn upon his heels. and
his retreat shall be covered by one of my
companies


elm this way concluded the com
mandant "the blood which you both de-
mand will be spilled with profit and
glory. and he who comes back will do sc
without regret, without the remorse oi
having killed or wounded with his own
hand Frenchman, at time when
France needs all her defenders and al
her children If you both fall, who
shall cay that you are towards! lmay
also add that thus give you an excel
lent opportunity for putting couple Of
Germans out of the way. service thai
will procure for you a good recommenda
tion for reward and promotion


The matter was arranged as the com
mandant had dictated Attweuty PAGES
from the walls of Malmaison, one of the
adversares was wounded, staggered and
fell. The other ran to him. raised him
up. and carried him off on hi. shoulders
amid a perfect hail storm of balls-both
thrnceforth, entitled to the greatest honor
and respect from the whole regiment.
Year: 1872

we all want TO know how good an(
strong men have made their ways in th'
world. They were orce boys like you.-
What steps did they take to become tru,
men I An eminent merchant in New
York. Mr.. Jonathan Sturgis. tells US c
little of his experience. which. am SURE
every boy will be glad to hear about


"Oue of my first lessons" Gays Mr.
Sturgls, "was in 1913. when | was eleven
years old. My grandfather had a fine
flock Of merino sheep which were care
fully tended during the war of that day.
was the shepherd boy. and my bust.
ness was to watch the sheep in the
fields A boy who was more fond Of
his book than the sheep was sent with
me, but left the work to me while he lay
under the trees and read. did not like
that finally went to my grandfather and
com planned of it. l shall never forget
the kind smile Of the old gentleman as
he said:


Never mind. Jonathan, my boy, if
you watch the sheep you will have the
sheep"


"What does grandfather mean by
that {? l said TO myself; l don't expec:
to have sheep. My desire was moder-
ate, and fine buck was worth a thou
sand dollars. could not exactly make
out in my mind what it was, but | had
great confidence in hin, for he was a
judge and had been to Congress in Wash
ington time; so concluded it was all
right and went back contentedly to the
sheep. After | got into the field l
conld not keep his words out of my head.
Then l thought of Sundays lesson
Thou hast been faithful over few
things. | will make thee ruler over many
things hogan to gee through it. 'Nevor
you mind who neglects bis duty be
you faithful aud you will have your re
ward


81 received second person soon after.
| came to this city as clerk to the late
kymen Reed. A merchant from Ohio,
who knew me, came to buy goods. and
said: Make yourself so useful that
they cannot do without you took
his meaning quicker than l did that of
my grandfather


well | worked upon those two ideas
until .lr. Reed offered me a partnership
in the business The first morning after
the i.~r'"errh;p was made know, Mr..
James Geery the old tea merchant, call
ed TO Congratulate me, and said: You
are all right now. have only word
of advice to give you be careful who
you walk the streets with" That was
lesson number three.


And what valuable lessons they are
Fidelity in little things; do your best
for your employer; caretullness about
associates Let every boy take these
lessons home and study them well They
are the foundation stones of character
and honorable success.
Year: 1872

/ The Japanese women are nos pretty
tut they have charming natural manners.
with beautiful y-sl,aped arms and tiny
hands. The young women are all as re
maikable for their superb whito teeth as
the married ones are for their hideous
black ones. This custom originated some
two or three hundred years ago. and is
supposed to chow the wife's devotion to
her husband. One of the Mikado's
wives. SO goes the e-legend. was very iove-'
iy, and to show her Indifference to her
personal appearance. and to prove her
love for her husband blackened her beau
tiful teeth and shaved off her eyebrows
This was considered such sacrifice, that
all living wives mot to be outdone by
Mrs. Mikado) followed her example The
custom has become compulsory.
Whether the married women like thus
to blackeu their teeth or not is disputed
among foreign residents here. The men
compel them. however, to do it, whether
they like it or not, Cor it is the great sign
by which a man consecrates and shows
off his female chattei to the world Who.
ever has backened teeth is no. to be
touched by other men. on pain of death.
The eyebrows of married women, may
as well add lcre, are shaved, and their
lips roughed. Needs there. then. thi.
penalty of death


A merchant, who seems to bc rich in
the good things Of the world, has just
let oue of our ladies peep into his wife's
inner bed chamber, and here i, the brief
result of her explorations


Little or no furniture no chairs, no
bcds,ead-nothing but mats to sleep on
A toilet box was on the floor near the
wall-about the only piece of furniture
in the room In this box there were
FIVE drawers. and two laquer basins on
top. In the top drawer of this box there
was metallic mirror, like our hand
glasses. In the second drawer she kept
her powder, pain'. wax. brush, tooth
powder and brush. Two little drawers
come next in one che had her false hair.
and in the ether fancy pins. gilt paper.
and other fxings for her hair. In the
lower drawer was her pillow, which is
placed under the neck when sleeping on
the mats. go as to prevent the hair from
being rumpled 1t is made of wood, and
covered with paper on the top. The
powder looks like starch, and when they
use it they mix little water in it, and
rub it in like paste; and they have two
brushes that they use to rub it off with.
The paint looks green, and turns red
when put on the lips and cheeks.


The following Is her recipe for black
ing the teeth:


Take three pints of water. aud hav
ing warmed it, add half tea cupful of
wine (saki!) Put into this mixture .
quantity of red hot iron allow it to
stand FIVE or six days, when there will DO
a scum on tie top of the mixture, which
should then be poured into a smalt tea
cup and placed near the fire. When it is
warm, powdered gall-nuts and iron filings
should be added to it, and the whole be
warmed again. The liquid is then paint
ed on The teeth by a soft feather brush.
with more powdered gall-nuts and iron.
and, after several applications, the desired
color will be obtained.'- Broofs' Sertn
Months' Run
Year: 1872

Speak kindly in the morning, it lightens
the cares of the day. and makes the
household and all other affairs move ON
more smoothly Speak kindly at night for
it NAV be- that before dawn some loved
one may finish his or her space of life
for this .warh aud it will be too late to
ask forgiveness
Year: 1872

Ir is easy in the world to live after
the worlds opinion it is easy in solitude
to live after your own; but the great man
ia he who in the midst OF the crowd keeps
with perfect sweetness the Independence
of solitude
Year: 1872

Probably very few, even those persons
who are generally well informed, have the
slightest conception of the various process
es by which those wonders Of modern imi-
tative art, popularity known as chromos,
are gradually developed, step by step, to a
perfection which almost defies discrimina-
ton in comparing with the original.


The picture to be copied is covered with
a transparent sheet of oiled paper, on
which tracing of every outline is made.
This outline is then transferred to itho-
graphic stone, known as the key" A
number of plates, equal to the number OF
tints desired, is next prepared, and an inn
preston from the key is printed on each.
With the original before him the artist
fills in with a crayon such portions of the
outline on each plate as he wishes to have
reproduced the particular shade assigned
to it.


The untouched portions of the plate are
then covered with peculiar preparation,
and galvanic bath, nicely governed,
does the work of an engraver, but does it
a hair, and finer, if necessary, than the
naked eye, can discover, = Each plate is
printed in'its turn on the paper, and every
impression must be SO adjusted to its pre-
decessors that there shall be not the slight
est variation.


When it is considered that as many as
twenty or thirty plates are often required
that some portions of tint are presery-
ed pure to the end, while others are cover
ed and affected by one or all succeeding
impressions-the marvellous skill and
knowledge of various combinations of
color required of an artist who essays to lay
out and complete the plates of a chrome.
may be family imagined by those who see
and admire the splendid results of his la
bOrs
Year: 1872

When your horse first shows signs of the dis
Give Immediately warm bran mash with a
large dose of Damon's Stock Powders. to move
the bowels and stimulate the action,of the kid
neys; then rub the throat and chest freely and
vigorously with DR.. Harts Great Relief. This
will relieve the swelling and soreness of the
times your horse will be all right again.
Year: 1872

an able statesman, and gentleman of in
corruptible integrity. His presence in the
National Senate Chamber, through the
combined influence of antagonistic politi-
cal elements, marks an epoch in the histo-
ry of our public affairs, which augurs well
for the future prosperity of North Caroli-
ma. 1t is to be hoped that Judge Merri-
mon will be in full accord with the policy
of the Administration, that the State may
be benefited thereby.
Year: 1872

Fever and Ague Cured for Fifty Cents.


The is net remedial agent in this world that will
cure Fever and Ague and all that Malarious Bilious
Scarlet, Typhoid Yellow and other fevers aided By
kadway's PillsJ so quick as Railways Ready Relief


Derb bottle.
Year: 1872

TNHE SANTA RITA SAW MILL CO l are now prepared to furnish all kinds of

 Lumber and Shingles at the Lowest Prices and of the Very Best Quality ever offered in this market

 Parties wanting any kind of lumber will please leave their orders at the store 0. promptly flied 25tf
Year: 1872

Our facilities for purchasing and ar engagements tor selling are fully completed and we now offer to the trade Full Stock of Merchandise in each department, com prising all articles enquired for, and sals- ble throughout the Territory.

 We sell at small advances FOR CASH, and are positive that it is to the benefit of every Interior Merchant to buy of us-in- stead of San Francisco or elsewhere
Year: 1872

Is on time to minute when the debtor says s come tomorrow at 9 o'clock"

 Sits on the steps and waits for his re- turn when he says |" I am just going to dinner"

 Insists on stepping out to make change when the man "has nothing less than Q twenty"

 Will go for an old stager every day for month with a cheerful countenance about that little account.

 Doesn't mind edging into a crowd to ask fellow.

 Will take dollar in part if he can't get ten in whole, and credit it with thankful alacrity.

 Always suggests check when the mon ey is not at hand, as he can get it cashed tomorrow.

 Always has that account on top so the man can make no excuse for putting him off.

 Don't mind asking for it immediately after being treated or pleasantly enter tained.

 Is never in hurry can wait till you get through.

 Cuts. of the retreat of the dodger by crossing over to meet him, or follows him into store into which which he has gone to hide.

 Can cough or salute when the hard case wishes to pass by without seeing him. In fine, is patient as post, cheerful as duck, sociable as flea, brave as lion, l weather-proof as rubber, cunning as a fox, and watchful as sparrow-hawk.-- | Washington Chronicle.
Year: 1872

As men continue to shave and to be shaved, we transfer to our columns the following brief essay upon shaving, which is from the pen of celebrated authority

 "Never fail to well wash your beard with soap and water and to rub it dry, immediately before you apply the father, of which the more you use, and the thicker it is, the easier you will shave.

 "Never use warm water, which makes a tender face. In cold weather place your closed razor in your pocket or un- der your arm to warm it. The moment you leave your bed tor bath) is the best time to shave.

 "Always wipe your razor clean, and strop it before putting it away and all ways put your shaving g-brush away with the lather on it.

 "The razor (being only very fine saw) should be moved in sloping or saving direction, and held nearly fiat to your face, care being taken to draw the skin as tight as possible with the. left hand, so as to present an even surface, and to throw out the beard. .

 "The practice of pressing on the edge of a razor in stropping it soon rounds it the pressure should be directed to the back, which should never be raised from the strop. If you shave from heel to point of the razor, strop it from point to heel ; but if you begin with the point in shaving, then strop it from heel to point.

 "If you only once put away your razor without stropping 1t, or otherwise perfectly cleaning the edge, you must no longer expect to shave well and easy, the soap and damp so soon rust the fine teeth and edge.

 "A piece of soft plate-leather should always be kept with razors, to wipe them with.
Year: 1872

A new style of glove for ladies is made of opossum skin; it is very soft and durable, and can be worn in full dress.

 4 basket of flowers is considered by gentlemen to be Q very pretty and ap- propriate valentine to send young lady friend.

 Basque of different color and ma- terial from the skirt and overskirt, are fashionable for indoor toilets.

 For rough-and-readv wear, black Eng fish water proof cloth, trimmed with Hercules braid, makes the most service able costume.

 Gold jewelry, which IS never used in deep mourning, may be permitted when the mourning is light enough tO admit of white, but even then, to be in good taste, it should be associated with jet. T

 Indoor dresses are made up much palmer than formerly. Overskirts are frequently omitted, and the toilet is con. sidered complete with plain demi- train skirt and stylish basque.

 Blue can be worn with variety ot colors, and gray and brown as well.

 The hair is worn less puffy and frizzy than formerly, although the short curls over the forehead, so generally becoming have in no wise been abandoned.

 The skirt of a velvet dress, to be in perfect taste, should be moderate train entirely devoid of gerniture.
Year: 1872

THE GENERAL ORDER SYsrEM.-It will be 8 matter of rejoicing to the importers of New York to hear that the present troublesome general-order system is to be done away with. Collector Arthur said in answer to the question whether he had received any orders from Washing ton to discontinue the general order system, "I received orders some time ago to look into the matter and suggest some plan which might be adopted in place of the present system, and in pur- suance of that order I have suggested various changes to the Secretary of the Treasury. The present system will only be continued until new plan can be ap- proved. which will probable be in a short tune, as the Secretary and myself are in correspondence on the subject. Until approved by the Department it would be premature to state what the features of the new plan will be. N. r. DGpeT.
Year: 1872

AN ENGINEERS ExPER1ENcE.-Accord- ing to the Niagara Falls Gazette one of tie night engineers in the New York Gen. tral yards at Suspension Bridge expe- rienced two radically different sensations in very brief period of time few nights ago. While running his engine he ob- served a man on the track in the imme- diate front, but too late to give the signal of warning before passing the spot. The ponderous machine YVES stopped as soon as possible and the trembling engineer took the back track with gloomy fore bodings to look up the corpse. His feel ings can probably be better imagined than expressed when he met the object of his search coming to meet him with fists doubled up, and other indications not favorable to the bodily comfort of the engineer. A speedily executed right-about-face movement was made, and the engineer outdistancing his wrath full pursner, reached his engine and fled ingloriously from the scene.
Year: 1872

A young man in Ohio having under taken drive was severely frozen. Here is the way in which he describes the sen

 sation After having proceeded about three miles on my journey my feet be- came very cold. By stamping my feet upon the floor of the buggy imagined was perfectly warm, as my feet trou- bled me no longer, and the cold sensa- tions through my body ceased. I, how ever, felt dull and sleepy, like man who is drunk. I didn't care for any thing At this point believe began to freeze, and ought to have known it, but felt so comfortable that I did not examine my situation. After l had driven about three miles further my hat blew of, but, being in hurry to reach Paris, did not stop to hunt for it. When had proceeded perhaps mile further, letting the reins lie in the bottom of the buggy, and paying no attenion to my driving, my horse shied off the side of the road and ran upon 8 rocky pile. l then attempted to get the lines and pull him off, when I discovered I had lost the entire use of my right, and could barely use the left hand with this one attempted to pull him eff the rocks, but the buggy wheels being locked, l could not do it. I then got out of my buggy, and in doing so struck the bridge of my nose across the wheel and cut it severely. I then went to the head of the horse, took hold of the bit and at tempted to pull him around, but he would not move. I then commenced to unharness him, with the expectation of pulling the buggy off the rocks my self, feeling all the tune very sleepy. When had almost completed the task of unhitching the horse from the buggy the desire for sleep became so great that could bear it no longer, and I laid down upon the rocks by the side of the horse and went to sleep. I must have lain there some fifteen or thirty minutes, when was aroused by the boy who found me. Upon his asking me where he should take me, told him to Paris, still not being aware of my critical con- dition. Upon arriving in Paris my feet were put in cold water, which entirely, I think cured me, as they do not hurt me. My left hand does not give me much pain, and I think will be all right, but my right hand was badly frozen, nothing seemed to do it any good, and I am afraid I shall lose three if not all four of my fingers. When I arrived in Paris I could give no account of myself, but the next day I remembered every incident.
Year: 1872

In the trial of Christiana Edmunds in England, for poisoning the mother of the prisoner, was in the witness-box. The unhappy lady, who had all the look of extreme old age, was for long time unable to speak for her sobs. There was something inexpressible pitiable in the story of her life, as she gasped it out in sentences broken with tears :; how her father, whose name she begged not to be asked to tell, had died an epileptic cripple how her husband had gone mad in the prime of life, and died raving lunatic; how her only son had been an idiot from his childhood, and had at last to be sent to Earlswood to die how her eldest daughter had attempted to con- init suicide, and had died victim of hysteria how the prisoner, the child whom everybody who knew her loved," had suffered from paralysis and hvsteria; and how she herself had watched steal- ing over her the symptoms of the hered- itary malady so fatal to her race, uu- til this last horror had come upon the end of 6 life of misery. All this was wrung from the wretched mother by questions gently and kindly put, but yet to answer each one of which was to her mortal agony. And in the midst of it all there came response, sort of vail ing cry from the dock. "This is more than can bear" No counsel can be justified in leaving a case incomplete; !; yet, if sudden inspiration had led Ser ieant Parry to close his case as Mrs. Edmunds was led from the witness-box. it is doubtful whether any verdict but that of not guilty on the plea of insanity could possibly have been returned. Un- fortunately the succeeding evidence weakened if it did not destroy, the pow erful impression caused by the widowed mothers story of her own and her child's life. That story bore the impress of truth, and yet the corroborating evidence was singularly weak, and at the close of the case for the defense the impression left upon the Court was that the plea of insanity had not been made out as forci- bly, as had been expected from the open ing speech. The jury brought in yer dict of guilty, unaccompanied by any recommendation to mercy, and the judge expressed his concurrence with it. Miss Edmunds goes to prison for life.