XL.—CHICAGO.1. It is the evening of October 9, 1871. The great city of the West is settling down into the quiet of the night. The Sabbath has ended. The churches have closed, and citizens of all ranks and kinds are peacefully resting in their homes. The guardians of the night are all out, faithful to watch, quick to detect, and prompt to act. Three hundred thousand people throw off the cares of the day, and seek their needed repose. No cause ofalarm, save the wind, which since noon has risen from a gentle breeze to a fierce gale at sunset. Even now it increases, and in the morning papers we may expect a catalogue of chimneys blown down, and of houses unroofed. Beyond this there is nothing to fear, and all is well.View of Chicago from Madison Street Bridge, before the Fire.2. A little way out from what is now the heart of the town was a section covered with piles of lumber and rows of wooden tenements ready for the torch. The lights are flickering through thedark alleys as a poor woman takes a lamp and goes into a hovel to milk the cow. The blustering wind bids her be careful. An uneasy movement of the cow, and the lamp is overturned into the straw and litter of the stable. A flame shoots up, and the milker has scarcely time to reach the door when the whole building is on fire. She, with her children, rush into the street, as the flame comes in through roof, window, and doorway of her dwelling. Then the roar of the wind-swept flame and the appalling cry of fire!3. But the city is prepared for these accidents. The fire-bells ring out their alarm. Trained horses take their places by the steam fire-engines, and the heart has scarcely time to beat before they are on a mad gallop down the streets. In a moment a thousand jets of water will subdue the fire, and the city will again sink to quiet rest.4. But, swift as the firemen speed to the scene, the flame is swifter still. Borne on the wings of the wind, it leaps from street to street. It is no longer a wind but a tempest, and a tempest of flame. The track of the devouring element broadens and dives toward the heart of the city. Men, women, and children rush frantically to get out of the path of destruction. Down go miles of statelyhouses and blocks of business. The reservoirs of grain, the vast hotels, and the spires of churches appear for a moment through the glare, then melt away into ashes. The whole world is in flames!5. While hope remains, men are active; but now they stand in sullen despair. They look on helpless and hopeless through the long hours of the night. The first rays of the morning reveal a scene of widespread and total desolation. The heart of the city has been consumed. Twenty thousand of its inhabitants are homeless.6. One consoling thought is left. The fire-fiend is at last curbed, hemmed in on the east by the lake, on the north by the river which stretches between it and the homes in which seventy-five thousand people are peacefully asleep, all unaware of the devastation that has been raging so near them. Surely the fiery foe will not reach those homes. The river is their protection. The comforting thought is but momentary. Already a livid cloud is sweeping across the narrow stream. Burning brands and glowing embers are borne on the wings of a fierce tornado straight toward those peaceful homes.7. The scene that ensues has no parallel in the history of the world. Who shall arouse thosesleepers and warn them of their peril? Who, now, when the flames are already at the doors, shall bear away the sick ones, the aged, the little children, the babes, to safety? Alas! whither shall they be borne? The lake on one side; on the other, a narrow pathway leading toward the country to the north, along which the flames are rushing with mad rapidity. Every other way of escape is cut off.8. Many plunge breast-deep into the lake, and there during long hours stand many hundreds of people, feeble women, some with babes in their arms, many sick and aged, till the fire subsides and rescue comes. Nearly one hundred thousand souls are fleeing before the merciless flames. During that fearful Monday this great throng continue their flight without food, without water, scorched by the hot blast, their clothes and often their hair on fire; the stronger bearing the weaker in their arms and on their shoulders, they rush on, every moment pursued by the flames. Many sink to the ground to rise no more, how many never will be known.9. Finally they are in the open country. It is a strange, weird place to pass a night in, a graveyard, but it is a place of safety from the foe thatall day had pursued them. And there, about ten o'clock at night, as they see the last house on the other side of the city limits crumble to ashes, they sink down to their dismal bivouac, many pillowing their heads upon the graves among which they lay.10. Many were the "heroic deeds" that had been wrought on that fearful day, heroic deeds of husbands and wives in rescuing each other and their children, of children in rescuing parents and brothers and sisters, of many in helping the helpless when sore pressed themselves, and of all in maintaining the brave, heroic fight against such fearful odds.11. And now opens another chapter of the "story of heroic deeds" in the history of the Chicago fire. It is the story of the heroism of sympathy, of charity, of generosity, of dauntless energy. How shall these thousands of homeless ones, with winter impending, be sheltered? How food gotten to the famished crowd in the graveyard, who have not tasted food since Sunday night?12. The city stricken is still quick to act. During Monday, while the conflagration is still raging, relief committees are organizing; the houses of those who are left with houses are being opened tothose who have none; the sound of axe and hammer is heard on every side, erecting barracks and temporary cabins; men and women are gathering stores of food and clothing; and loaded wagons are making their way around the burning city to reach the encampment in the cemetery and on the open prairie. The telegraph has also been set to telling to other cities the story of the great calamity. Before and during the night trains of cars come from the whole country for many miles around, loaded with food, clothing, blankets, and even delicacies for the sick. And so on to Tuesday morning the half-famished, homeless multitude once more welcome their morning meal, and before night the whole vast multitude on the streets have obtained some kind of shelter.13. And now the return click is heard at the telegraph-offices. Cities too distant to send food send words of cheer and money. As the day wears on, the wires can scarcely carry all the messages of sympathy which come pouring in. London, Paris, Berlin, all the great cities of Europe, vie with each other in liberality, and send their substantial offerings through the cable under the sea, and, before the sun sets, messages of organized aid come from distant Calcutta and Melbourne. The thrill ofhuman sympathy had encircled the earth. Nor did the supplies fail until the people of the grateful city cried, "Enough!"14. In the old Arabian story, the palace of Aladdin is built in a single night by the aid of magic. But now the wonder wrought by the genii is surpassed. From the ashes of that terrible night a new city grows up, marvelous in its freshness, its strength, and its beauty. No need of magic here, or rather the only magic needed is that of self-reliance and the sympathy of the world so bountifully expressed.15. With a full heart the poet Whittier describes the scene, and the lesson to be derived from it:Men said at vespers, "All is well!"In one wild night the city fell;Fell shrines of prayer and marts of gain,Before the fiery hurricane.16. On threescore spires had sunset shone,Where ghastly sunrise looked on none.Men clasped each other's hands, and said,"The City of the West is dead!"17. Brave hearts who fought in slow retreat,The fiends of fire from street to street,Turned powerless to the blinding glare,The dumb defiance of despair.18. A sudden impulse thrilled each wireThat signaled round that sea of fire;Swift words of cheer, warm heart-throbs came,In tears of pity died the flame.19. From East, from West, from South, from North,The messages of hope shot forth,And underneath the severing wave,The world, full-handed, reached to save.20. Fair seemed the old; but fairer stillThe new, the dreary void shall fillWith dearer homes than those o'erthrownFor love shall lay each corner-stone.21. Rise, stricken city! from thee throwThe ashen sackcloth of thy woe,And build, as to Amphion's strain,To songs of cheer thy walls again!22. How shriveled in thy hot distressThe primal sin of selfishness!How instant rose, to take thy part,The angel in the human heart!23. Ah! not in vain the flames that tossedAbove thy dreadful holocaust;The Christ again has preached through theeThe Gospel of Humanity!24. Then lift once more thy towers on high,And fret with spires the western sky,To tell that God is yet with us,And love is still miraculous!THE END.Mental ArithmeticBailey's American Mental Arithmetic35 centsFor Advanced Grammar Classes, High Schools, Academies, and Normal Schools. Though only recently published, this book has met with the highest favor, and is already in satisfactory use in the best schools.Dubbs's Complete Mental Arithmetic35 centsFor use in any school where Mental Arithmetic is taught. 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1. It is the evening of October 9, 1871. The great city of the West is settling down into the quiet of the night. The Sabbath has ended. The churches have closed, and citizens of all ranks and kinds are peacefully resting in their homes. The guardians of the night are all out, faithful to watch, quick to detect, and prompt to act. Three hundred thousand people throw off the cares of the day, and seek their needed repose. No cause ofalarm, save the wind, which since noon has risen from a gentle breeze to a fierce gale at sunset. Even now it increases, and in the morning papers we may expect a catalogue of chimneys blown down, and of houses unroofed. Beyond this there is nothing to fear, and all is well.
View of Chicago from Madison Street Bridge, before the Fire.
View of Chicago from Madison Street Bridge, before the Fire.
2. A little way out from what is now the heart of the town was a section covered with piles of lumber and rows of wooden tenements ready for the torch. The lights are flickering through thedark alleys as a poor woman takes a lamp and goes into a hovel to milk the cow. The blustering wind bids her be careful. An uneasy movement of the cow, and the lamp is overturned into the straw and litter of the stable. A flame shoots up, and the milker has scarcely time to reach the door when the whole building is on fire. She, with her children, rush into the street, as the flame comes in through roof, window, and doorway of her dwelling. Then the roar of the wind-swept flame and the appalling cry of fire!
3. But the city is prepared for these accidents. The fire-bells ring out their alarm. Trained horses take their places by the steam fire-engines, and the heart has scarcely time to beat before they are on a mad gallop down the streets. In a moment a thousand jets of water will subdue the fire, and the city will again sink to quiet rest.
4. But, swift as the firemen speed to the scene, the flame is swifter still. Borne on the wings of the wind, it leaps from street to street. It is no longer a wind but a tempest, and a tempest of flame. The track of the devouring element broadens and dives toward the heart of the city. Men, women, and children rush frantically to get out of the path of destruction. Down go miles of statelyhouses and blocks of business. The reservoirs of grain, the vast hotels, and the spires of churches appear for a moment through the glare, then melt away into ashes. The whole world is in flames!
5. While hope remains, men are active; but now they stand in sullen despair. They look on helpless and hopeless through the long hours of the night. The first rays of the morning reveal a scene of widespread and total desolation. The heart of the city has been consumed. Twenty thousand of its inhabitants are homeless.
6. One consoling thought is left. The fire-fiend is at last curbed, hemmed in on the east by the lake, on the north by the river which stretches between it and the homes in which seventy-five thousand people are peacefully asleep, all unaware of the devastation that has been raging so near them. Surely the fiery foe will not reach those homes. The river is their protection. The comforting thought is but momentary. Already a livid cloud is sweeping across the narrow stream. Burning brands and glowing embers are borne on the wings of a fierce tornado straight toward those peaceful homes.
7. The scene that ensues has no parallel in the history of the world. Who shall arouse thosesleepers and warn them of their peril? Who, now, when the flames are already at the doors, shall bear away the sick ones, the aged, the little children, the babes, to safety? Alas! whither shall they be borne? The lake on one side; on the other, a narrow pathway leading toward the country to the north, along which the flames are rushing with mad rapidity. Every other way of escape is cut off.
8. Many plunge breast-deep into the lake, and there during long hours stand many hundreds of people, feeble women, some with babes in their arms, many sick and aged, till the fire subsides and rescue comes. Nearly one hundred thousand souls are fleeing before the merciless flames. During that fearful Monday this great throng continue their flight without food, without water, scorched by the hot blast, their clothes and often their hair on fire; the stronger bearing the weaker in their arms and on their shoulders, they rush on, every moment pursued by the flames. Many sink to the ground to rise no more, how many never will be known.
9. Finally they are in the open country. It is a strange, weird place to pass a night in, a graveyard, but it is a place of safety from the foe thatall day had pursued them. And there, about ten o'clock at night, as they see the last house on the other side of the city limits crumble to ashes, they sink down to their dismal bivouac, many pillowing their heads upon the graves among which they lay.
10. Many were the "heroic deeds" that had been wrought on that fearful day, heroic deeds of husbands and wives in rescuing each other and their children, of children in rescuing parents and brothers and sisters, of many in helping the helpless when sore pressed themselves, and of all in maintaining the brave, heroic fight against such fearful odds.
11. And now opens another chapter of the "story of heroic deeds" in the history of the Chicago fire. It is the story of the heroism of sympathy, of charity, of generosity, of dauntless energy. How shall these thousands of homeless ones, with winter impending, be sheltered? How food gotten to the famished crowd in the graveyard, who have not tasted food since Sunday night?
12. The city stricken is still quick to act. During Monday, while the conflagration is still raging, relief committees are organizing; the houses of those who are left with houses are being opened tothose who have none; the sound of axe and hammer is heard on every side, erecting barracks and temporary cabins; men and women are gathering stores of food and clothing; and loaded wagons are making their way around the burning city to reach the encampment in the cemetery and on the open prairie. The telegraph has also been set to telling to other cities the story of the great calamity. Before and during the night trains of cars come from the whole country for many miles around, loaded with food, clothing, blankets, and even delicacies for the sick. And so on to Tuesday morning the half-famished, homeless multitude once more welcome their morning meal, and before night the whole vast multitude on the streets have obtained some kind of shelter.
13. And now the return click is heard at the telegraph-offices. Cities too distant to send food send words of cheer and money. As the day wears on, the wires can scarcely carry all the messages of sympathy which come pouring in. London, Paris, Berlin, all the great cities of Europe, vie with each other in liberality, and send their substantial offerings through the cable under the sea, and, before the sun sets, messages of organized aid come from distant Calcutta and Melbourne. The thrill ofhuman sympathy had encircled the earth. Nor did the supplies fail until the people of the grateful city cried, "Enough!"
14. In the old Arabian story, the palace of Aladdin is built in a single night by the aid of magic. But now the wonder wrought by the genii is surpassed. From the ashes of that terrible night a new city grows up, marvelous in its freshness, its strength, and its beauty. No need of magic here, or rather the only magic needed is that of self-reliance and the sympathy of the world so bountifully expressed.
15. With a full heart the poet Whittier describes the scene, and the lesson to be derived from it:
Men said at vespers, "All is well!"In one wild night the city fell;Fell shrines of prayer and marts of gain,Before the fiery hurricane.16. On threescore spires had sunset shone,Where ghastly sunrise looked on none.Men clasped each other's hands, and said,"The City of the West is dead!"17. Brave hearts who fought in slow retreat,The fiends of fire from street to street,Turned powerless to the blinding glare,The dumb defiance of despair.18. A sudden impulse thrilled each wireThat signaled round that sea of fire;Swift words of cheer, warm heart-throbs came,In tears of pity died the flame.19. From East, from West, from South, from North,The messages of hope shot forth,And underneath the severing wave,The world, full-handed, reached to save.20. Fair seemed the old; but fairer stillThe new, the dreary void shall fillWith dearer homes than those o'erthrownFor love shall lay each corner-stone.21. Rise, stricken city! from thee throwThe ashen sackcloth of thy woe,And build, as to Amphion's strain,To songs of cheer thy walls again!22. How shriveled in thy hot distressThe primal sin of selfishness!How instant rose, to take thy part,The angel in the human heart!23. Ah! not in vain the flames that tossedAbove thy dreadful holocaust;The Christ again has preached through theeThe Gospel of Humanity!24. Then lift once more thy towers on high,And fret with spires the western sky,To tell that God is yet with us,And love is still miraculous!
Men said at vespers, "All is well!"In one wild night the city fell;Fell shrines of prayer and marts of gain,Before the fiery hurricane.
Men said at vespers, "All is well!"
In one wild night the city fell;
Fell shrines of prayer and marts of gain,
Before the fiery hurricane.
16. On threescore spires had sunset shone,Where ghastly sunrise looked on none.Men clasped each other's hands, and said,"The City of the West is dead!"
16. On threescore spires had sunset shone,
Where ghastly sunrise looked on none.
Men clasped each other's hands, and said,
"The City of the West is dead!"
17. Brave hearts who fought in slow retreat,The fiends of fire from street to street,Turned powerless to the blinding glare,The dumb defiance of despair.
17. Brave hearts who fought in slow retreat,
The fiends of fire from street to street,
Turned powerless to the blinding glare,
The dumb defiance of despair.
18. A sudden impulse thrilled each wireThat signaled round that sea of fire;Swift words of cheer, warm heart-throbs came,In tears of pity died the flame.
18. A sudden impulse thrilled each wire
That signaled round that sea of fire;
Swift words of cheer, warm heart-throbs came,
In tears of pity died the flame.
19. From East, from West, from South, from North,The messages of hope shot forth,And underneath the severing wave,The world, full-handed, reached to save.
19. From East, from West, from South, from North,
The messages of hope shot forth,
And underneath the severing wave,
The world, full-handed, reached to save.
20. Fair seemed the old; but fairer stillThe new, the dreary void shall fillWith dearer homes than those o'erthrownFor love shall lay each corner-stone.
20. Fair seemed the old; but fairer still
The new, the dreary void shall fill
With dearer homes than those o'erthrown
For love shall lay each corner-stone.
21. Rise, stricken city! from thee throwThe ashen sackcloth of thy woe,And build, as to Amphion's strain,To songs of cheer thy walls again!
21. Rise, stricken city! from thee throw
The ashen sackcloth of thy woe,
And build, as to Amphion's strain,
To songs of cheer thy walls again!
22. How shriveled in thy hot distressThe primal sin of selfishness!How instant rose, to take thy part,The angel in the human heart!
22. How shriveled in thy hot distress
The primal sin of selfishness!
How instant rose, to take thy part,
The angel in the human heart!
23. Ah! not in vain the flames that tossedAbove thy dreadful holocaust;The Christ again has preached through theeThe Gospel of Humanity!
23. Ah! not in vain the flames that tossed
Above thy dreadful holocaust;
The Christ again has preached through thee
The Gospel of Humanity!
24. Then lift once more thy towers on high,And fret with spires the western sky,To tell that God is yet with us,And love is still miraculous!
24. Then lift once more thy towers on high,
And fret with spires the western sky,
To tell that God is yet with us,
And love is still miraculous!
THE END.
Mental Arithmetic
For Advanced Grammar Classes, High Schools, Academies, and Normal Schools. Though only recently published, this book has met with the highest favor, and is already in satisfactory use in the best schools.
For use in any school where Mental Arithmetic is taught. Therapid introduction of this book on its own merit is the best evidenceof its sterling worth.
This book follows the same inductive plan and method of developmentwhich has proved so successful in the author's other works.
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Transcriber's Notes:Obvious printing mistakes have been corrected.Both "flap-doodle" and "flapdoodle" were used in this book.Page 35, illustration caption: "Roger's" changed to "Rogers's."Page 135, closing quotation mark added after "a pin drop on the deck."
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