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VOLUME XXII. -- - WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COPNIT: 2 PENNSTISANIA, FRIDAY - MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1868.
YOU ALL
lIAVE HELM 07
ROOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
- HOOFLAND'S GIIIMAI TONIC,
Prepared - by Dr. 0. - M. Jackson, Phllattelphti:-.
Their Introduction Into tido country from Germany
occurred. M.
1825.
TREY CURE)) YOUR
FATHERS AIQD MOTHERS;
And will cure you and your children. They are , 7-
_ dliihrent _ om_the_many ,
;preparations now in - the country
called Bitters or Tonics. They are
to tavern propa ration, or anything
like one; but good, honest, reliable medicines. They
are
The greatest known ronsclitsfor
isiver Complaint.
DYSPEPSIA,
RerYowl , Debility,
JATTEDICE,
iseases_of_the_Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising; from a Disors
dered ,Lirer, Stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles,
- • ••••• .s-of-Blood-to-the-Head-rAcidi -
of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
bnra. Disgust for Food. Fulness
Or- eight-in-the-Stomach,
Sour Eructations, Sink- -•
ing or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach., Swim.
M of the Head, Hurried or
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering
at the Heart, tfooating Sensations
Choking o r
Sensations
when
'When in a Ly- in g Posture,
Dimness of Vision, Dots
or Webs before the Sight, Dull
Pain in the Head, Deficiency
of Perspiration, Yellowness
of the Skin and Eyes,
Pain in the Side
Back, Chest, Limbs, etc.,
Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burn
ing. in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings
'ir :.. toy, • lqt • z ; ... •• a of . • trite.
.5 +aces , tca . , ;sense o . 1 e ever or 1 i•e3 we
Hoofland's German Bitters
is entirely vegetable, and contains no
liquor. It is a compound of Fluid Ex.
tracts. The Roots, Herbs, and Barks
from which these extracts are made
Co
are gathered i n Germany.
All the
an
child virtues.
are extracted from them by
a se re ntill e chemist. Them
extracts are then forwarded to ills
country to be Used expressly for the,
manufacture of these Bitters. There is
no alcoholic substance of any kind used
In compounding the Bitters hence it is
the only Bitters that can be used In
cases where alcoholic stimulants - ate
not advisable. .
Hoofland's German Tonic
is a combination of aR the ingredients of the Bitters,
with Pons Santa Crue Burn, Orange, etc. It is toot
for-theAanse-dierfrlat at. nap Filler, • •
.use alcoholic stimulus is required. You will bear in
, Olird that these remedies are entirely .iitrvrent from
any others adrertise — W7lfirlho cure of (Tie thseases 71a717d,
VOW being smentifle pr,paralions of medicinal extracts,
while the others are mere decoctions of rum in some
_form. The TONIC is decidedly one of the 77103 i pea.
tarsi and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public.
Its taste is exquisite_ It is a pleasure to take il, while its
life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal qualities hays
soused it to be known as the greatest of all tonics.
MITITTiITY.
There ft no midieine ' equal to Moffatt& s Getmah
pm,
Bitters or Tonic in aces of Debststy,
They impart a gone and vigorto the 'whole
system, strengthen the appetite, cause
an en
j oyment of the food, enable the sto•
mach to digest it, purij y the blood, give a good, sound,
h e althy co l a g texims, eradicate thf yr Iloso tinge from the
eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and change the patient
from a short-breathed, emanated, weak, and nervous
invalid, to a full fared, stout, and vigorous person.
•
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong . by using the Bitters or
Tonle. In fact, they are - Family Medi
cines. They can be administered with
perfect safety to a child three months
old, the most delicate female, or a man
of ninety.
These Itentedirs are Ile best
Blood Purifiers
ever AmmeN, and win rare all diseases resulting fro*
bad blood Kelp you, ' -4. blond pure; keep your
liver in order ; keep : i .t. your digestive oeganz
in a sound, healthy e , ': - condition, by the use
of those remed, es, .....:c. . - .-.,' and no , disease. wilt
ever assail you The test men in the country recommend
them. if years of honest reputation go for anything
you must try these „preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Perins3lcanhu
PIIII.ADRI.P7IIA, March 18, 1867.
7,find linnfland's Berman Bitters" is not an vntox
bere2 age, but is a good tonic, useful in disorders
of the dignity,: organs, and of g red! benefil in cases of
debility and want of nervous action, in the system.
Yours truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM 170 N. JAMES TROMPSON,
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
PIIIL•DEILPHIA, April 28. 1888.
I consider Hoeflanti , s
German BitAL- ters II a ratuatde
iftwitcine in case of attacks of
Indig es tion • • or Dyspepefa.
I can certify this front my experience of
llc. 'Yours. with respe H ct,
JArniEs TOMPSON.
FROM RRV. JOSEPH jf. HENNARD, I). D.,
mastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, PllllRdelphlo.
DR. JACKSON—DEAR SIR:—/ have been frequently
requested to connect my name with recommendahons of
different kinds of , methcines, but regarding the practice
es out of my appropriate sphere, .1 have in all cases de
clined; hut with a clear proof in various instances, and
parlieutar!y in my own,lamay of the usefulness of Dr.
Ifooftafid's German Bitters t l ' depart for once from my
tuna/ course, to express my full con, iction that for gen
oral debility of the system and especially for Liver
Complaint, it in a safe and valua,de
je kti lo
pteparation. In some cases it may
fail; but usually. I doubt not, it will
be very beneficial to those who sayer .
from the above causer. Yours, very respeetfidly,
J. H. h:E.V.Y A RD, -
Eighth, below Vmact stead.
CAUTION
• Hoofiantret German Remedies are counterfeited. TM
genuine have the signature of C. 111. Jackson on
the frond of Ng outsult wrapper of each bottle, and the
name of the article blown in each bottle. ..d.ll others are
counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 00 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5 00.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up In quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofbseura German Remedies
Dud are so universally used and so highly recom
mended;=D and not atom the Druggists
to induce you &
to take anything else that he
may say is just as good, because im
Mikes a tariurprolit on it. Theme Reme
dies will be son by empress to any locality upon applica
tion to Ns • ,
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,.
AT TEE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE.
No. CI ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. EL EVANS,
. Proprietor,
Formerly C. Id...TACISSON
These BeMadles are for sale by Drag.
gists, Storekeepers, and Medicine Deal.
'as everywhere.
Do sat forget to examine loaf iutidesoli *hie
man to get Wyman&
Sept 25 '6e.
oot and Shoemaking.
am 5.....
THE subscriber wool d inform the public that he
~ . is at all times repared to make to order Gents
arse or fine Boots, also coarse or fine work for
Ladies or Misses. including the latest style of last
ing Gaitors. Repairing done at short notice. and
measures-taken in private families if desired and
the work delivered.
TOO% J. HOTALNGBWORTH.
May B—if,
LEUNU;i
There was a trial and execution in Dublin,
more than a century since, which excited
great interest. It wai that of a surgeon, well
known in society, and esteemed for his amia
ble character, and remarkable for his human.
ity to the pour ; he lived in a retired state.
It happened that one evening that the milk
woman found the street door ajar, and not
- being answered when she-knocked at it, she
made her way to the kitchen She had no
sooner entered it, than uttering a piercing
scream, she called loudly for help The
passers-by and persons from the neighboring
houses were soon on the spot, and the kitch
• -6 •I iv r a.4ol—tlin
thole presented itself. The youitnan
w o was servant - to - t 1 - e - surgeon-was- ynag-on
the flags, while her dress was stained with
blond which had issued from a wound in the
side In looking about the floor, a surgical
instrument was found, which also was stained
with blood.
A Medical man who was present ascer
tained that it was the instrument which had
inflicted the death wound. On a further
search, a shirt, saturated with blood, was
found huddled up in the 'coal hole; it was
marked with the initials of
,the surgeon's
name.
lie was immediately seized, and, though
protesting his innocence, he was evidently
under great agitation. The silent witnesses
which were brought against him we r e
thought sufficient to prove his guilt, and all
attempts to account for their having been
found near the unfortunate girl were scouted
in the cross-examination.
A living witness was also produced in
court, an old lady who deposed that She lived
in the house directly facing that where the
surgeon resided '
• that her drawing room win
dow commanded a view of his premises, and
that it was customary with her to watch his
movements. She deposed that she had not
taken her eyes off of his houSe all that day
on which the murder was perpetrated ; that
no one left or entered the house that day but
himself; that he went home about four o'-
clock, his usual hour for returning; and that,
on knocking at the door, it was opened by
the servant, who, to the best of
. her belief,
shut it fast when her master went in ; and
that she saw him, three or four times pass
the windows of his sitting room ; that the
last time she saw him was about half an hour
before the murder; that she observed him
look down both sides of the street, and then
shut down the window ; he held something
in his hand, which she thinks may have been
a surgical instrument; but this she would
not positively swear.
In summing up the evidence, the horror
which the prisoner had betrayed, when look
ing on the body of his murdered servant, was
eloquently dwelt on as a crowning proof of
guilt. The defence was weak and meagre—
a bare denial of the crime being •its chief
substance. A thrill of horror pervaded the
court. The jury retired, a brief space suf
ficed for .deliberation they returned with.
a verdict of "guilty." The Judge having
donned his blank gap, exhorted -the prisoner
on the heinousness of his crime, and pro
nounced the fatal sentence.
It is said that the condemned showed much
fortitude throughout 'and persisted to the
last in asserting his innocence. He was
brought to the place of execution amid a vast
concourse and the execrations of the people
We were told by an old gentleman that his
father remembered having been held. up in
his nurse's arms 'to see the procession pass
to the place of execution. He was often
spoken of in the social circle as one who had
been held in much estimation. His untime
ly end was lamented, but.there were few who
believed it undeserved.
It was after the lapse of several years that
some one who bad emigrated to America re
turned. lie, was ill and troubled in mind;
something lay heavy on his heart and dis
turbed his conscience; he made his confes
sion to the priest : He bad been the "sweet
heart" of the murdered , girl ;•she had let
him in by the back way, early in the even
ing, to take tea with her. As they sat side
by side, be asked her for a kiss, which be
would have snatched when she denied•him;
she took up her master's surgical instrument,
Which she bad to clean, and which ley on
DO THE RIGHT.
Do the right, oh child of pleasure !
Let thy heart be free from stain
Spurn from thee each selfish treasure r
v e_the_good4ind-thou-shaigirin-t:
In the gilded ballots of beituty
Oft the demon Joth invite ;
Bear in mind thy noblest duty—
Shun the wrong and do the right E
Do the right, oh child of sorrow !
Never let thy hopes grow faint !
For the sunshine comes to•morrow--
:trive - tobv - a - worthyrit - .
E'en though life to thee seemsdreary,
And thy prospects dark as night ;
Never let thy faith grow weary--
Banish wrong and trust the right!
o_the_right-tind-never-falter-!
Never be ashariied to own
That the right thou wilt not palter !
Nor its happiness disonin.
Bea good and faithful seivant—
Though
your station in the fight
May be humble, yet, if fervent,
Thou wilt conquer with the right !
Frr7252 1 1,‘' . 7 n-- .710
1;01110 tzt 1 1 1 0
4. • - 4. 4.. t Efkreali iSTerW•l:3
the table beside her, and shri pointed if - tb. I
ward him jestingly ; in a struggle she fell on
it, and.it pierced her side; he snatched the
shirt, she had in her lap to mend, and
staunched the blood which was flowing with
it ; but life soon ebbed awt4, - and be saw
the girl - that he loved—who-had-been-laugh
lug and talking with_him but a few minutes
before— lying dead beside Hip; his agony
only gave way to instinct of self-preservation,
when he thought he heard the sound of ap.
preaching footsteps; he thrust , the blood
stained - 6EIW ib the coal hole, and setting the -
Ball door ajarhe concealed—lrimself-behind
it, and when the crowd had collected on hear
ing the alarm, he mingled_ with it, rind then
passed into the street, and on to the quay,
and getting on board an American ship, he
sailed in a few hours. When he learned
that the surgeon's life had been forfeited, he
was overwhelmed with anguish. The only
reparation in his power was to clear his char
- acrer ---- from — th - e dt - cAdful reputation ; hu t
though he felt a relief in this net of Justice, —
yet he could not undo the injury inflicted.
The Mysterious Bed
A traveler while wending his way through
the_eastern_part_of_th c-S tato-of —N ew=Yor
stopped over night at the village of S—
with some friends, who were great wags
In one•of the bed rooms of the house there
was a bedstead fastened by pullies to the
ceiling. Night time came, and the traveler
was shown to this room . A girl led the way,
candle in hand, and after pointing out the
bed, departed with the fight, saying that she
needed it-for the other lodgers . . The travel
er undressed, and groped his way to the bed,
or to the spot where he had seen it but was
From - con - er - to — corn - er — h e — gropeci; — b - ut — the
search was useless. Somewhat frightened,
he commenced shouting, proclaiming that
the house was bewitched. The landlord and
two or three of his guests, bearing lights, an•
swered his emphatic summons, and rust as
he was about to tell the story of the missing
bed, he looked, aod lo! there it stood, as it
was before. Be tried to Worm them of his
inability to find the bedstead, but they only
laughed at him, telling him he must be crazy.
Bidding him good night, and advising him
to go to bed at once and sleep off his delirium,
they left him. As soon as they had shut the
door he made a dive for the bed, and landed
• • • • floor.---11-e-tbits-n-began to hallow mid
- yelrfoider - th - an ever, and darted for - the - door.
_ln_attempting_to_deseend_t he stairs he fell
headlong to the bottom, making such a ter
rible noise that all the inmates' rushed to him
to learn the cause of the disaster. Again
he told his story, but it was received with
ridicule. 'To satisfy him that he had been
mistaken, one of the guests proposed to en
ter the room with him and remain there un
til he should fall asleep. The proposition
was gladly accepted, and in about twenty
minutes the traveler was sound asleep. The
wags then gently hoisted the bedstead al
most to the ceiling, and commenced shouting
'fire, murder, Ste.' Thoroughly alarmed, he
sprang out of bed ; but the distance being
fully six times what.he had calculated, he
imagined that he had fallen over fifty feet.
Fear seemed to strengthen his lungs, and he
shouted like a trooper, proclaiming that the
house was haunted, and that the imp of dark
ness had attempted to fly away with him.—
The other gneßts who had entered the room,
coolly pointed to the bedstead, Raying that
it could not have moved ; but they were un
able to shake the belief that MR infernal
majesty had taken ref uge in the mysterious
bed.
A Comfortable Soul
How can a man be comfortable in soul un- .
less he respects himself ? How can be re
spect himself if he Knows himself to be a
mere .sham, a humbug fooling his fellow mon
but not deceiving himself ? . how can a man
be comfortable who is busy keeping up ap
pearances being all the time afraid of being
found out ? If a man lie in trade, he may
succeed, but his soul is not comfortable. If
a tann.advcrtise falsely, he may lure fish in
to his net and take them in; but he is not
comfortable. If a man flatter people whom
he despises, or speak ill of those whom he
ready re , -Nets, his soul is not comfortable.
The soul needs light and air. No man is
comfortable in his soul who feels it neces•
sary to keep back a secret. ills soul smoth
ers -
A comfortable soul l The man of dirty
thoughts is not comfortable. He who does
not occupy himself with honorable industry
that calls for intelligent plan and thought, is
not comfortable. Thoidle man has an un
easy soul. Useless girls are of unhappy
spirits. Unwilling slaves of fashion despise
themselves and are unhappy. Slaves of
habit are always unhappy, whether the habit
be chewing, drinking, smoking, fornication,
solitary vice or' what not. A man's soul
should be master, and no man can be com
fortable who has allowed his soul -to be de
throned or put - upon by a sick or lustful
body.
. As a young woman was 'Walking along'one
evening, and a man looked at her and follow
ed her. The young woman-said : 'Why do
you follow met Ho answered, 'Because
I have fallen to love with you.' The woman
said, 'Why are you in love. with me My
sister is math handsomer; she is coming
after me, go and make love to her.' -The
young man turned back and saw a woman
with an ugly face. Being greatly displeas•
ed, ho turned-to the first woman aed said :
'Why did you tell me a falsehood?' The
woman answered, 'Neither did you speak
the truth, for if you were really in love w t ith
me, why did you leave me to look up my
sister ?'
Every man has a lot in life—some higb,
some low. Let us remember that in death
our lots lie side by side, encompassed by the
boundaries.of the graveyard.
Blitz and the Darkies
Blitz ? The name is synonymous with
witchcraft and roguery What a twang of
jugglery there is in its pronunciation —pres•
to change —magical words in th - errisoli , es are
no more identified with the In iraeuleus deeds
thin that .of Blitz; Ile is the prince of corn
jurors, and adds to his wonderful_ dexterity,
at legerdemain, the most remarkable power
of the human voice, known as ventriloquism.
Blitz is an arrant joker and loves to carry
out a praetieal joke. of file: Far sonic weeks.
past he has been frightening the market men
In New York - by eausiag that' dead 7poultf.. — y
and dressed pigs to talk all sorts of stuff, and
,to make formal complaint of the , untimely
end to which tbey have been brought. One
butcher, after throwing a half dozen turkies
into the street, because they would gobble,
though they were as dead as door nails, was
saluted with a terrible grunt from a young
.in , that he was offerin_ for sale all clean
and dressed for the table. Frightened huff
out of his wits the market 11181:1 — fairly — 'but
stick,' nor would he come Vack again until
piggy had been removed.
But the naughtiest thing that Blitz ever
did was to disturb a negro meeting some years
- ago - in — Belknap street, Boston. Tire—story
is not generally known, as it would perhaps
have led to some personal trouble to him,
had it been represented to the authorities.
All Boston knows or has heard of the ne
gro preacher, Father Snowden, who held
forth to his eolored friends in Belknap street
for so many years. It was a quiet summer's
afternoon when the house was pretty well
filled—there being a revival of religion go
ing on—when Blitz' with some other persons
Ithoug-h-lae---is-hirnselkts-aa-rk-as-a-mulatto-,.
house. It was pretty warm weather; but
things went on-nicely enough until the min•
ister had got warmed up in his subject, and
was u - sing words almost too long for a com
mon sized dictionary, when Blitz thought it
was about time to do something.
'And the Lord said unto Moses'—
'Bow wow wow,' came apparently from be
hind the speaker.
The congregation looked each other in the
face with countenances darker than—ever,
while Father Snorden, after stairing behind
himself, seemed to come to the conclusion
that the noise proceeded from the street, and
so he commenced a:aia.
' • n. t e .or. said unto Moses
'Staid - from under !'cried a voice, appar
ently at-the-top of the house.
The startled congregation rolled up the
liig whites of their 'eyes to the ceiling in
amazement, while the minister drew sudden
ly to one side, expecting something was corn
ing down.. But after a moment's pause all
.around seemed quiet, and so Mr. Snowden
resumed.
'And the Lord said unto Moses—' •
'Ain't you ashamed of yourself ! —take
your hands off of me !' said a voice proceed
ing apparently from a neat mulatto girl who
sat in the front pew and upon whom all eyes
were now turned.
'I didn't touch yer,' said the man next to
her, in amazement.
Some smiled and said, 'Sam Johnson ought
to be ashamed of himself to set so in meet
ing, and the minister frowned upon him in
a way That would have thawed a snowball
outright, after which air. Snowdon attempted
Once more to resume his remarks
'And the Lord said unto Moses—'
'Well, what did he say ? came suddenly
from the lips of an attentive listener in the
side aisle.
The minister was astounded. He looked
at the man as though his boldness had
electrified him, some of the congregation be
gan to think that under the circumstances,
the inquiry w‘s a very natural and appropri
ate one. AR to the minister himself, he was
a little vexed cow, and repeated with - em
phasis :
'And the Lord said unto Moses—'
'Fite•! lire I' roared a roice which seemed
to proceed from'the entrance of the house,
with startling earnestness.
This was too much to bear tamely. Even
the minister rushed to the door and the af
frighted women screamed like mad, as they
huddled and pushed each other out of the
pews and down the aisle Bonnets suffered
some on the occasion, and when .they 'got
fairly out, they looked up to the top of the
meeting house, patiently, to sec the flumes
burst thronph the slated roof.
And there Blitz left them standing, their
eyes rolled heavenward, and Parson Snowden
in a brown study.
DIARY LEAVES.--I am sitting beneath
the shadow of the rocks. As I look out
upon the beautiful river, my heart is full of
tenderness, and my eyes are filled with tears.
It is a quiet evening, the sun is • sinking in
the western horizon and the little birds are
singing as if to lap me in content e'er they
wing their flight to a summer clime. Before
me the beautiful Susquehanna, whose broad
sheet of pure mountain water forms a mirror
for the skies, into which every twinkling
star gazes as if performing toilet service, pre
paratory to some grand planetary assemblage.
How sublimely grand the scene I The river
is one mile wide, dotted with islands of vari
ous sizes. 'Pale, chaste autumn has thrown
her mantle over hill and dale The broad
leaf of the sycamore has fallen on the waters,
and passed on with its torrent; the bak --- is'
putting on.its deep crimson garb, and just
over on the tall cliff are the spiral pine and
cedar in theireternal green: My soul is-full
and gushes forth, though my tongue speaks
not. The leaves are falling around me silent
ly—just as my lodect ones fell one by one
Be still sad heart; I dare not murmur, but
let my tears fall fast.' Sweet tears flow on
for.my dead, my darling,' sainted aid, - who
have passed from this beautiful world .to a
brighter 'home where there are do tears, no
graves. Ooly a little while and *e shall be
reunited in'the glory land, where mortal puts
On immortality.—llar. Telegraph.
CALIFORNIA CORRESPONDENCE,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
October 28, 1868.
Mr. Editor —Thinking a letter from here
at this time would be not uninteresting to
your- readers i . L- 2 ventitre- - to address them. 7
through your columns and give a brief de.
seription of the awlul calamity that befell us
a week ago—the Before go.
ing further, by year permission, I would pre
face this correspondenee by observing to
these of: readers whom I have promised
an occasional letter'• on my return to Cali.
1 - forniaTth at bereitrii-1 uI fi flecl-t h e ohllgat i o n-1
At six minutes before eight o'olockim the
morning of the 21st lost., San Francisco was
visited with the severest shock - of earthquake
it has ever yet known. The morning was
moderately warm and a dense fog covered
the town. Not a trace of breeze was per.
ceptible. The that indication we had of the
earthquake, was a low rumbling sound as if
e ilv - -- I he -,sid
something rei avily along th© side=
walk. The shoat commenced in the form of
slow horizontal motions, the effect being pre,
cisely such as would be produced on, a frail
wooden building by a person shaking the
door violently in an attempt to force it open.
-It—lasted 42 seconds-I_lo ng ime_for
terrible phenomenon—and gathered violence
as it continued until .the 'end. A. second
shock less severe and of five seconds dura
tion occurred a few hours later. Tremors
more or lesi severe have occurred daily since.
ITS SEVERITY
The motion of the first shock was so Ho
ver° that water W 39 thrown over both sides
of -a pail not more than half full. Tho de
struction of property is great and of the a-
IS I of of damage sustained it would be ut
' -
ref - mot - m - 41e degreeof accura - cy. Many - of l our
finest buildings are in some rammer damaged.
Fissures through which you can stick your
hand are commonplace, while dilapidated
wa la and iron buildings twisted a foot out of
lir are sugf., f estive of the severity of the
s r ock. The crash of large show windows
ad glass was general Chimneys were twist
ed and overthrown Heavy cornices and fire
walls were detached, falling heavily upon the
_pavements, and bricks,_ plaster and mortar
oelped - 6 make up.the general delnis. Man.
tle ornaments, shelved crockery and wares
were thrown violently from their places and
broken. Tanks and vessels containing water
a it oth er l quids, slopped-their-con tett ..
Door-bells rang. Do-ors-ilew-open-and-slrut
with great noise. Tail structures like stee
ples and towers I saw sway back and for
like drunken men. llorses started, break
ing loose, snorting and dashing furiously
through the streets with attached vehicles or
their riders. Dogs crouched trembling and
whining, snd on the suburbs fowls flew' to the
trees uttering notes of alarm. The public
cloaks stopped and the hour and the minute
hand silently pointed out the time of the
shook during the day. The Custom House
Post Office and City Hall buildings are sha
ken so badly as to make tearing down and re
building necessary. Factories, foundries, gas
works, churches and other large buildings
bear evidence in unmistakable signs of the
severeness of the, visitation. At the offices
of many of the newspapers the whole of their
type was 'pied,' every thing thrown into con
fusion, and it was difficult to induce work
men at any of the offices to set up an 'extra.'
EFFECT ON MEN AND ANIMALS
The different effect on men and animals is
curious. The first impulse with every per
son was a rush into the streets, whieh wore
soon filled with excited crowds all over the
city including many who had not completed
their toilets rushed tumultuously from their
beds. The women and children who wore
mostly indoors at this , hour, by their out
cries affectea the nerves of the strongest.--
Some rushed in frantic foolish excitement a.
long the sidewalk, without aoy clear idea of•
what they were doing or where they ware
going—others stood screaming in the ssreets
gaz;ng upward in expectant terrors at the
swaying buildings around thorn. One moth
er fainted, fell upon her child arid smothered
it. to death The men as a rule ran into the
streets laughing although there aro many ex
ceptions to this, while women sink down and
cry hysterically. -With the lower animals
the effect is more varied. Horses generally
snort with terror and run away. Dogs take
to barking violently, running about without
any apparent object. A lady reports while
standing feeding her fowls in her yard when
the great shock came, that the chickens ran
under cover at if a shower had occurred,
while turkeys ran to her, lay flat upon the
ground at her feet looking up into her face
as if for protection.
CA SUALITIES
The casualities aro thus far six killed and
perhaps one hundred injured. The damage
done to property it is estimated will reach
several millings of dollars notwithstanding
the easteredespatch,to the contrary. Con
sidering the nature and extent of the dam
age, it is a na . acle how we escaped with so
little I life. Had it occurred an hour
later when the people were on their way to
their respective vocations, we would have
fared much worse. At this time they were
all running about 'seeing the sights' congrat•
ulating each other that it was no WOl9O, and
chatting and laughing generally as if at a
show or fair..
IN THE COUNTRY.
In the bay and ocean counties the shock
W2B felt with equal and in some places more
severity. In Oakland the convulsions were
terrible. Boats crossing to this place thought
they had ran aground and the engineers sup
posed the machinery had broken. At San
Leandro the court House fell killing the
County Clerk and entombing many prisoners.
At Haytrard not a house :escaped damage,
the large. grahr warehouses were leveled with
the ground. The flouring milt in which I
worked a year ago was completely demol
ished, millstones and machinery pitched out
in a very unceremonious manner and now lie
promiscuously around. Every thing turned
sisiCaii 42;3r ear,
'topsy Wily.' Many of the people erected
tents in the open air, or beneath 'some trees,
and have occupied them with their families
since the earthquake. -
lIUNTINO OTHER QUARTET];
• So far as_hanting-housea-itr-eurreernedLtbe=
past week has been a regular Ist of April
with lib. Those living in buildings sear the
water front, were anxious to find buildings
resting on firmer foundations, "and the hills
were sought by numbers of people Frame
houses in- - good -demand- persons-re=
siding in briA buildings conceived the irc
_presei on-thn t-they-were-a-grea t oal-mo re
dangerous than those built of wood The
danger from fire was not considered. The
large buildings and hotels on our principal
streets that were filled before the shock wore
suddenly emptied. Small houses easy of
ac
cess were the favorites. The largest hotel
in the city the night following the shock had
only three occupants. Some people became
o-sensitiv e-tha t-t he-beating-of-the-b eart
would sometimes startle them. • Incidents re
lated of the panic stricken people are in some
cases intensely ludicrous. Although per
sons were pardonable or exhibiting fear, un
der the circumstances, the fact that their ae•
tions were law , hable is not chan•ed._
LAUGE.CABLE INCIDENTS
A gentleman was in his bath tub, when he
experienced the first shock, and without
waiting to consider what was to be done
jumped out, seized one of his wife's dresses
and rushed for the dour, pulling the garment
over his head while he ran. He gained the
street where his appearance caused consider
able laughter. Becoming quiet he realized •
the situation and left unceremoniously.
In front of the hotels dzshabille was the
rtulT,,is it es. r • I_ . ! MINN -
er-at-one - was- bathing- in the-upper-story---
when the shock commenced, and forgetting
his condition rushed frantically into the hall.
A frightened lady in her night dress rushed
up to him, and grabbing his wet arms, im
ploringly inquired "oh what shall I do sir?
what shall I do?" It is stated shat he was
ungentlenianly enough to refuse to listen to
her appeals.
A young man rooming in a house on
Kearney St., was lying in bed when the
shock took place, and imagining the
-day of
judgement was at hand jumped from his bed
and rushed toward the stairs, to reach which
he had to pass his landlady's door. He had
tt_a_red_flattnel-shirtrand-that—
le for its shortnota. His lasuL-__
-was_remarka
lady saw him and being as much excited as
seized him by the tail of his garment at
the moment he reached the head of the
stairs. With a wild bound ho sprang on,
and both ho and the landlady tumbled to the
bottom. Ho believing the house was fallitig,
rushed into the street, while the lady went
back into the house, where she gathered 'up
his clothes and sent them to him.
THE PANIC STRICKEN,PEOPLE.
There are many easily frightened people
who are preparing to leave, beihr , unwilling
to live in a country where earthquakes are
felt. They are "determined to return immo•
diately to the Atlantic States. They are
willing to fade light nin,g,hurricane, sunstroke,
frost and fire. The loss of a steamer at sea
with a thousand lives and a million of treas
ure is nothing compared to an earthquake.
By a little reflection, any one can see with
all our earthquakes human lite is ten per
cent more safe in San Francisco, than in any.
other portion of the United States. In the
last ten years hundredsuf persons have died
in the eastern cities by lightning, sunstroke
and cold. In New York city alone last sum
mer there wore three hundred deaths by sun
strokes. Tornadoes rage over parts of the
west, sometimes destroying large amounts
of property. These are never witnessed
here and not more than half a dozen has died
by injuries received by earthquakes Which
is the safest ? If the purpose is to escape
death by natural canvulsions, then California
should be fall of people fleeing from eastern
lightning, which kills a hundred times more
persons every year than earthquakes do.—
San Francisco has neither torrid heat, nor
freezing cold and the whole year is servicea- -
ble for busincse and pleasure.
Habit has become ac important element
with us. An evil to which we have become
accustomed loses its terrors. Old soldiers
considered it fun to dodge cannon balls.—
When the first boiler explosion occurred on
the Mississippi many declared they would
never ride on a Steamboat. When the first
rail road collision occurred they declared
they would do all their travelling by stage.
Now nobody hesitates to go by rail or Steam.;
boat. But there aro those against whose
folly, it is useless so reason. _ _
The following can be read ao as to make
sense, but it takes a cute individual to find.
.out how. Just try it :
I thee read see that me,
Love is up will I'll havo
But that and you have you'll
One and down and you it.
Young man, don't flitter yourself that a
cardamon seed, a kernel of burnt coffee, a bit;
of flag root, or lemon peel, a clove, or any.
thing of that sort, wilt disguise the snip' that
has gone down your throat. „
A school meam lias adopted a new and
novel. mode of punishment. If the boys dis
obey her rules, she stands them on their
head, and pours water in their trowser legs.
A husband, on being told the; other even
ing that his wife had - lost her temper replied
that he was gl"-Ad of it, for was a , very tad
one.. . •
Mr. Snooks eaD4WiOEll4On ho dean
marry is, that hilt house is bet' large eueugh
to contain the consequences.
If you afoul] look 'spruce' in your old Igo;
doll% 'pipe in your youth.
1 : 1 :1;1 1- : 7,"
Mind 20
C. F. SPECK