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ot Property, But
BoUtnLoHiX.
A tremendous flood ocourred on (he
evehiwroT the 19.h in the towns of
Wrentham and Norfolk by the break
ing away of a dam which retains (he
wate* of Whiton’s pond, the eonroeof
Mill river. The sudden bntsting of
this .asm hOrJod & tremendous
supply of provisions, irat rockets and
other signal apparatus. With a fair
wind Boynton generally gets a small
sail. He also uses a double paddle to
propel himself along: ’
Foblielty. ff §
Arthur Helps, in his book on Social
Pressure, says a good thing which is as
applicable to'America as to fts$ spot on
„ thn habitable globe : " A great danger
upon (hs lands' below, eweeping'away 1 larks in the love of publicity, which
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; A Story for Mothers,
mills, bridges, country roads ana dame
m its course, a&d causing damage to
the extent of between §100,000 and
§200,000.
Half a mile below this mill was the
saw and grist mill of the Elliot Felting
company, known as Fisher's mill Such
was the force of the waters on reaching
here that it burst the thirty-foot dam
and carried along the saw mill, a por
tion of the establishment, as though it
was a toy shop. Down the stream half
a mile further was the tr ck of a New
England and New York railroad, some
forty or fifty feet above the river bed.
Beneath this the water usually passed
by an arched oulvert about ten or fifteen
feet io width. So firm was the embank
ment of sand above the culvert that it
stood apparently intact for the space of
an hoar, and then being uodermiued, it
caved in for a distance of 150 to 200
feet, forming aa impassable barrier to
the waters above. When the road-bed
sank, a freight train' was within one
honored feet of the place, though not
in motion, but the great volume of
water had aheady passed the railroad,
and harried on to the achievement of
its greatest feat, forty rods below, at
the city cotton mills. So thorough was
the work of demolition that the cupola
alone remained standing upon the plain.
The machinery and water wheel snared
the fate of the structure.
One body was swept down on the
flood, bnt it was supposed that of a man
for some months missing. So far as
known no lives were lost, bnt the dam
age to property is very large.
A Postponed Burial.
The pall-bearers at a funeral in North
Carolina were lately relisted from duty
in a manner not anticipated. The
funeral ocourred at the titneof the re
cent flood, and the. procession on its
way to the cemetery had to cross a small
creek. In crossing the creek, which
was rising rapidly, the wagon stuck
fast, and those in charge of the coffin
were rescued with difficulty. No sooner
was the wagon-bed relieved of the
weight of the ten bearers than a new
tro able ocourred. The box of the wagon
rose upon the water and floated away,
carrying the coffin with it. In vain those
in the procession attempted to recover
tiie body. The wagon-box capsized
and disappeared, bat the boffin floated
stall, ana, despite the energetic efforts
to secure it, was carried away by the
raging waters and soon lost io right in
the distance. Naturally* this little oc
currence prevented the consummation
one of the first requisites, for such an
ooflaston. Day*- afterward, when the
flood had subaided, a ooffln was disobv
ered upon a pile. ef driftwood, thirty
miles from where the accident at the
funeral occurred. It proved to be the
ope lost, and was, tt»0Mfea£b.
uninjured in any way; so that the cere
monies were not prevented, only post*
poned.
- , Crossing the Channel.
The life-preserver in whioh Paul
Boynton undertook to ones the English
channel last week, from Dover to-Beti-
logne, a distance of forty miles, failing
oniy on account of darkness overtaking
him seven miles-from shore, when the
accompany isarboat look him in out of
thnW^ is thus described:
Sir. Boynton’s dress is mostly of In
dia-rubber, and is so arranged that it
can be inflated, and render'd not only
buoyanCm
the ooast ot Ireland, landing with
safety. Recently, in London, he gave
an exhibition on the Thames, he and
two others Costing from. We
to Greenwich, the trio eatiag,
and smoking en route More .
uton gave an exhibition in the pies-
ijesty, in the waters of
on, whiA resulted hi ae^rai
*®ssK£5
wearer can carry not only a
comes .to be a besetting sis, sometimes
even of the greatest minds, and which
leads to falseness, restlessness, and to
a most dangerous desire always to stand
well with that public, which is snre,
very soon, to be made acquainted with
all that the lover of publicity may say,
or speak, or intend. Publicity is also a
great absorber of that time which might
be much, better spent. The desire for
knowing everything about everybody—
what he or she thinks, or says, or does,
on any trivial occasion—occupies now a
large part of the time of the Civilized
world, and mast be a great hindrance to
steady thought about a man’s own con
cerns, and abont those subjects which
ought most deeply to interest mankind.
A stupid kind of godsip becomes the
most pleasant and most absorbing topic
for the generality of men. I do not
agree with a certain friend of mine who
has told ue that * the folly of mankind
is a constant quantity;’ but I do admit
that this mlsome publicity I have de
scribed is one of the facts which speaks
most in favor of the view he has been
taking. If publicity conld.be, perfect,
there would be less to be' said in* its
disparagement. If every one wore bis
heart upon bis sleeve, we should at
least get rid of falseness, and the world
woald know with whom and with what
it was dealing. Bnt a studied publicity
is very dangerous. When all people
know what they may say or do is likely
to be made public, they will dress up
their, sayings or their doings to. meet
this appalling publicity. And that
which they deem will not be pleasing to
the public, though it may be the thing
of au others which the pnblio ought to
hear, they will carefully suppress/’
The Cucveb Bonapabtists. —A Paris
correspondent writes: "The Bjnapart.
ists cleverly selected the 15:h of Au
gust, a fete for FrenchOatholics, as the
fete of the Napoleons. The churches
are then filled, and all France has the
air ot praying for the imperial family.
In the evening there are fireworks in
honor of persona bearing the name of
Marie, and the Bonapartists, of course,
set down all this expenditure of'gun
powder to the aooonnt of the Napo
leonic dynasty. The violet being also
appropriated as their emblem, they
have confiscated to their profit one of
the most po£tllarfetes in France and
one of the most favorite flowers. There
Beam* » determination, however, not to
tolerate this monopoly, and for some
days ladies of all parties have been
wearing violets.”.
The most eminent organists of Paris
fm& band0n* ta well aa Warren, Mor*
gau, Zundel, of Trinity, Grace. *ud
other principal churches in New York,
have given to the Masoh & Hamlin Or
gan Oo. written testimonials to the su
periority of (heir cabinet organs, which
they .declare to have, excellencies not
fouM ih others,
A Second Father Matthew.—Who
is there (hat does out respect the
*y of Father Matthew, the great <
XOXX ot t6mp6HU10^t
ties bearjna honored juune ; r but there
ia one man who has struck a more sura
death blow to intemperance, and that
man is Dr. J. Walker, an old California
physician, who ha*.discovered in na
ture’s "meek and lowly herb*,** medic
inal "tonic” and gentle stimulant that
completely takes me mace of tins iaslt-
jpmbfo ulchiciiopoisons cslled "todea,”
to popular as a compromise between
strong drink and cold water, and does
away with the mania lor drink, and in
reality oujtivatea an involuntary disgust
for the same. It evett does more: It
r health. The discoverer of this
mihjnri stimulant is surely, en*
to the thanks of » whole nation,
it is sot extravagant to entitle him
sgr
lean people. Other books treating of domes-
tie medicine.oMike else and style of binding,
and not nearly aa well illustrated, with no col
ored plates, and some of them containing no
prescriptions making known no means of
Doir-fltiie for the disease which they discuss,
sell for from thrso dollars sii-i a th‘-f to five i
dollars. Were Dr. Pierpe’s work not published
jund witn bis own
have to be uot leas than four dollars. For
«e ......
compensate mm, not only for his‘ labor, bnt
also for the risk of pecuniary loss which he as
sumes in taking the chances of the enterprise
proving a success, and when the state, county
and canvassing agent bas each received his
profit, they have added to the expense of a
book, that originally cost abont §1.26, so much
that the people have to pay not lesB than §4
for it. The People’s Medical Adviser, on the
contrary, is placed within the pecaniary reach
of all classes by the author, who adopts the
plan of the grangers, dispensing with middle
men and giving the benefit of their profits to
the people, offering bis book at a price little
above actual cost of publication. That those
desiring the book may ran no risk of losing
their money in Bending it throngh the mails,
the author advertises that money addressed
to him at Buffalo, New York, and inclosed in
registered letters may be at his risk of loss
The author's large correspondence with the
people upon medical matters, which we are
credibly informed, frequently exceeds three
hundred letters a day, and requires several
trained and skillful medical assistants and
short-hand reporters to enable him io enter
tain and answer them, as well. as bis large
daily dealings with disease at the World’s Dfs-
the every day
the people. He endeavors in this work to an
swer. all .the numerous , questions relating to
health and disease that have been addressed
to him by the people from all parts of the
land, ana hence it contains important infor
mation for the young and the old, male and
female, single and married, nowhere else to
be found. All the most prevalent diseases of
both sexes are also plainly and fully consider
ed, and means of self-cure made known. Un
like other works on Domestio Medicine, it in
cludes the subjects of Biology, Oerebal Phys
iology, Hygiene, Temperaments, Marriage,
Reproduction, etc., all of which are treated in
an original aid interesting manner. It is a
compendium of Anatomical, Physiological and
Medical Science, and embodies the latest dis
coveries in each department.
The Queen of all Sewing Machines.
—In speaking of the merits of the Wilson
shuttle Bowing machine, it is sufficient for us
to say that we tnink the invention of this ma
chine marks one of the most important eras in
the bistoqr of this country; and when we con-
•Har tfie influence ifc has upon th? social well-
btpg of the masses, it is aiffioult to conceive
of an invention of more importance. . It has a
beautiful, noiseless movement; it makes the
genuine “lock-stich ” alike on both sides, and
does to perfection all kinds of plain and fii
used it, is snflldent proof of its merits. The
wsut of a sewing machine 1b deeply fe)t In
every household, ,and as the Wilson shuttle
sewing machine, on aocount of its extreme
simplicity and Iesu cost of manufacture, is sold
at a much lower price than all other first-elau
machines, it is meeting with the extensive
patronage that it so justly deserves, Mach
“* Tjoedatal “ '
' of trans]
jb the co: . . „
Canal 8t, Ne w Orleans, La. They send ah
it oktalogoo-and chromo circular free on
company want.a.few more
ajWhte r- , *--• - + , •
' Davis’ Pain Killer — This artiele
needs no comments from us, but the real worth
At so Valuable a compound compels us to give
publicity to It. The Pain Hiller we keepcon-
. >. — ^cneeo for a-hum-;
inihtered It for ails
both exterusl and internal,
i for public, patronage; it was
iws&hVin thecitys V- -*
wprld are Its patrons.
"Hobse-Men,” and others who pre
tend to know, toy that the hiring JUm-
tseUB.hftn better ue u*j8ar»ad •»»»«« SnKi-
■ ,’s P&toky Condition Powders; Give «
se a tahle^poonful everrnight for a week;
same every other night for d or 6 xfights;
same tor a milch cow, and twice aa much
for m ex. The addition of a lfttio fine «dt
will be. an advantage. > •
We have heard recently ot several
iot spinal disease cured by John-
fiie hand..
Exoblibob Axle Grease and Anti-trie
tioa Compound. Railroads, .Coal Miners,
Street. Can, Omnibus, and Manufacturing
Companies pronounce it the best Axle Grease
in use. Sendorden to A. H. Cocasecs A Co.,
wholesale drnggists, Nashville, Tenn.
A 8aoramento. district eourt
to the owners! ‘
of a
to one party and malty; and hitman
rights and motherhood pleaded tor an
other. ■ • . - * •/. T 5 ; r
Nine years ago Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Smith lost their two children and the
grief of Sh# mother was so great that
Mr. Smith Advertised for an infant for
adoption, thinking that a little one in the
house would 8ooupy the time and might
win the affections and save the life of
his sorrowing wife. Abont the same
time a Mrs. Ladd, of San Franeisoo, ad
vertised an infhht a. year old for adop
tion. The parties met and a bargain
was struck. The .mother, who was dis
tressingly poor at the time, entered into
a written contract with the Smiths to
wholly surrender her child to their
keeping and care and ownership. Thus
she gave and signed away Her flesh and
blood for its own good* and became vol
untarily ohildlessT
In time Mrs. Ladd’s condition changed.
She became Mrs. Goldin,, and well-to-do,
even wealthy. As years Irent on she be
gan to have ceaseless yeaynings for her
child and made overtures to the Smiths
to get her offspring back. * ?
In the meantime the Smiths’condition
changed. They were qditepoor, bat
loved the growing little" girl,'and pro
vided for her as well as they were able.
They rejected Mrs. Goldin’s offers of
money and lands in exchange forthe can
celing of the contract and the return of
the girl to her mother’s care and keeping;
Mrs. Golden then offered tb' mkks too
Smiths a present of a house adjoining'
her dwelling on condition that they
would live in it and bring her daughter
next door to her heart and home. This
offer the Smiths declined, probably be
cause they were jealous of the mother’s
influence and would not risk losing 'tho
affections of their adopted daughter.
They knew, the power of a mother’a.love.
They were immovable. No offers of
worldly gain could tempt them into tlfe
dangers of snoh a loss. This proves how
strong tbeir love was, too.
. The mother had been long contribu
ting to her daughter's maintenance, and
could restrain her’ yearning heart no
longer. The girl was now ten years old.
The case was taken to court. The girl
herself was bright and understood the
situatior, While her affection was
Btrong for her foster-parents she had
learned to love.her mother and to sym
pathize with her. She behaved her-
self becomingly. Toe judge passed
upon the validity of the contract, and
said that outside of all other considera
tions the interest of the child impera
tively demanded that he should award
the custody of her to her mother, and
it. was so ordered by the court. The
mother wept tears of joy as she olasped
her darling, and the poor old couple
wept tears of grief at the Iosb of theirs,
and the little girl wept between them
—she scarcely knew why. Probably
she had the strange feeling of being
loved too much for her own perfect
happiness just them There’s not a
mother in the land that will not appland
the decision of the court, and that’s ev
idence it is about right.—Af. Louie
jRepublican. .....
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"The Sutro tunnel, often mentiohed
in connection with the subject of Nevada
mining, is an unfinished work of unap
preciated magnitude. The famous
Comstock lode is in a fissure several
gold has been taken out of it. To
reach the rich deposit shafts are sunk
all along the vein, and some of thom
are two thousand feet deep. The low
est mtites are the moat productive, bnt
the air in them is sc hot that the miners
can only work on the system of five
minutes’ labor followed by fifteen, of
rest. This makes mining there very
unoomfortable and expensive. Mr.
Sntro’a plan is to ran a tunnel from the
foot Of the mountain, meeting the lode
at right angles, and then following it,
the total length being about eight miles.
This wonld famish a handier outlefc for
the ore besides draining and ventilation
the mines. The tunnel, whioh is abont
one-third done^ is fourteen feet wide bv
ten high, and will cost shout eight mil-
mineral lodes
on the way
and the ownership of
to the Comstock vein.'
