davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30
The LAST RAILROAD SLAUGHTER.

IHE LAST RAILROAD SLAUGHTER
A graphic picture of the Mast Hope ca
tastrophe is drawn by New York
World correspondent. He says the view
was one of the most horrid and sicken-
ing spectacles that mortal eye ever look
ed upon. 1t is said that mother per-
ished with her three young children in
her arms, all being crushed helplessly
together by the telescoping of the cars.
When last seen she had gathered them
all in her arms, and thus, unconscious
and wounded, they were slowly consum-
ed by the flames. The young and ten
der bones of the little ones were quickly
destroyed, and but few shrivelled pieces
could be distinguished from the larger
pieces of the mother. The remains Of
Rev. Mr.. Hallock made the best pre-
served relic of humanity in the sad list.
The limbs are gone, but the trunk and
head remain. The thigh bones protrude
through the crisp-burnt flesh, and indi-
cate that the clothing on the cushion of
the seat served as some protection from
the flames. The position of the form
shows that the body rested easily in the
seat during the process of combustion
The skull, also, is quite perfect, although
the extreme heat had thoroughly dried
the bone. The sharp edges around the
top, where it is broken, seem as though
there had been fracture. This leads
to the theory that when the car was
broken up, the tops of the seats were
hurled violently forward, and some of
these driving pieces crashed through his
head, Draining him and causing instant
death. 1t is thought that he was not
burnt alive, but that he died some time
before the flames reached him; view
confirmed by Mr.. Weaton, the brother
in-law of Mr.. Hallock, who states that
he saw Mr.. Hallock instantly killed.
The unfortunate gentleman was on his
way to Broome county, with his brother
in-law to spend the summer with him,
when he met his death. The testimony
of those who last saw the car leads to
the belief that nearly all the victims
were killed or stunned in the first terri
BILE crash, and that none were actually
roasted to death by slow fire, as was at
FIRST supposed.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

LOVE INTRIGUEs IN EGyPT.-An
Egyptian girl or woman, concealed be-
hind her Shs-bak (window) sees pass
man who pleases her fancy. She calls,
and, rs the head Of the unknown is
raised, flower, a note, or handker-
chief, is dropped at his feet. This is not
yet rendezvous, but an invitation to
come again near the same place. At the
moment the favored one leaves the spot.
the door opens, and eunuch or negress
follows him. This servant is charged to
know who he is, where he rests, what is
his name, and condition in life. The
day after, in passing by the same house,
if flower, or token, again falls from the
same window, the lover knows that the
report of the servant is made and that
his suit is. favorably received. "Now,"
adds Mahmoud I translating into fairer
English his odd expressions,) els the
dangerous time. Sometimes at the cafe,
sometimes in the street, you are met by
an old woman, who tells you that such
and such a man has beautiful daugh-
ter, who wants to be married. She has
the beauty of princess, and all the
charms that can tempt the imagination.
"I wish to see her." says the lover.
"Impossible," replies the dame
"Gaze upon the beauty of child of the
faithful before marriage-Mohammed
forbid"
81 wish to see her." repeats the lover,
unmoved, and he slips piece of gold in
to the woman's hand"
"You shall behold the glory of her
eyes," replies the woman, softened.
"No-more," repeats the lover, and
another backshish is pressed on the wo-
man.
"You shall behold her rosy mouth
filled with teeth beautiful as the pearls
on the Sultana's neck"
"More! !" And at the third gold piece
the woman leaves the lover, saying
You are a prince, and am your
slave~
From that moment the interview is de
termined on. The best occasion is gen
orally that of the mosque or the baths
In the shadows of the former, at a prop
er moment, the girl will remove her vel
even so far as to expose her neck ant
shoulders, that is, if some jealous eunucl
is far enough away As to the bath
this is thing more full of danger ant
coquetry. The master Of the bath j
nearly always in the intrigue. He ha
two backshishes to gain; one on the par
of the woman, another from the lover
The eunuchs or slaves, rest at the doc
of the bath. These immense halls hav'
a cupola on high, pierced with thou
sand little holes, each of which is sup
posed to be covered with glass but tn
lover discovers that some are not thu
closed, when he is led by the master t
the roof of the building, where, if he b
wise, he will be able to judge of tn
beauty of the woman he loves, as sh
rests in all the charming seglige of tn
bath toilet.-Appleton's Journal.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30
My Ideal.
.4niscellmau.
The Tobacco Evil.

A newspaper cotemporary of ours mar
rates the following short incident
Doctor" we said to a splendid spec
linen of the profession, " tell us some
thing about the baneful effects of tobac-
co."
Its effects, sir" he replied, " are evil
and only evil, and that continually and
it is perfect mystery that gentleman of
my profession care so little, do and know
so little about poison that is doing mis-
chief at so terrible rate"
"Sir," the doctor continued, "I was
on council of physicians the other day,
ON the border of this town the patient
was young man Frustrated by the par
alysis he was deprived of the use of
his lower limbs from the abdomen to the
toe we overhauled him we withdrew
and talked about antecedents and prob
able causes, and came to no satisfactory
conclusion. Dissatisfied and impatient,
1 inquired of the attending physician
whether the poor fellow used tobacco.
90, no" he replied, I guess not,
and with an air of nonchalance, added,
what if he does that can have moth.
ing to do with his case"
"I did not ask you," I replied
"about the effects of tobacco. but simply
if the patient used it,
Grufiy he said, Go and see"
Stepping to his bedside, l said, " My
young friend, do you use tobacco p
With squeaking voice, more cat-lik'
than human, he answered, use lit
| tle."
".How do you use it ?"
&c smoke little"
did you smoke this morning ?"
" Yes, little"
E" Did you smoke at noon p
Yes, a little."
Before I quit his side I ascertainec
that he had actually consumed sixteel
cigars day, and the poor fellows sou
was so obfuscated by smoke that he con
sidered that prodigious amount but lit
tie T!
"This," continued the doctor, ma,
seem strange, but the strangest of all
the fact that his attending physician, reg
ular and we'll bred, did not know, in tn
first place, that his patient used tobacco
and secondly, if he did, he did not kno,
that rank and deadly poison could hav
anything to do with his case.'
We are indebted to- the medical pro
fession for the most effective testimon
against this most popular poison henc
we have no wish to arraign it and d.
nounce It in wholesale style. But, az
count for it as we may, on the score {
selfshness or ignorance, the main bod
of the profession is mournfully derelic
in duty touching the ruinous effects {
this great and fashionable narcotic.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

WALKING EREoTLY.-Not only adds
to manliness of appearance, but devel-
ops the chest and promotes the general
health in high degree, because the
lungs, being relieved of the pressure made
by having the head downward and bend
ing the chest in, admit the air freely and
fully down to their very bottom.
If an effort of the mind is made to
throw the shoulders back, feeling Of
tiredness and awkwardness is soon expe-
rienced, or it is forgotten. The use of
braces to hold up the body is necessari-
ly pernicious for there can be no brace
which does not press upon some part Of
the person more than is natural, hence
cannot fail to impede injuriously the cir
culation of that part. But were there
none of these objections, the brace would
adapt itself to the bodily position, like a
hat, or shoe, or new garment, and would
cease to be brace.
To maintain an erect position or re-
cover it when lost, in manner which is
at once natural, easy and efficient, it is
only necessary to walk habitually with
the eyes fixed on an object ahead, little
higher than your own, the eve Of q
house, the top of a mans hat or simply
keep your chin very little above hor'
izontal line, or, it will answer to walk
with your hands behind you if either
of these things is done, the necessary
easy, and legitimate effect is to relieve
the chest from pressure, the air gets in
more easily, develops it more fully, and
permeates the lungs more extensively
causing more perfect purifcation o
the blood, imparting higherhealth, mor'
color to the cheek, and compelling {
throwing out of the toes. To derive tn
highest benefit from walking, hold up tn
head, keep the mouth closed, and NOV
briskly.-Jornat Of Health.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

You can never forget her. She was
so very young and innocent and pretty.
She had such way of looking at you
over her hymn book in church. She
alone, of all the world, did not think
you a boy at eighteen, but wondered at
your size, learning, and faint foreshad-
owing of a sandy moustache, and believed
you every inch a man. When at those
stupid evening parties, where boys who
should have been in the nursery, and
girls who should have eaten suppers of
bread and milk, and gone to sleep hours
before, waltzed and firted, and made
themselves i'll over oysters and cham
pagne, you were favored with glance of
her eye or whisper from her lip you as
cended to the seventh heaven immediate
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

CYcLoNEs.-The frequent recurrence
Of cyclones in Bengal is phenomenon
which deserves scientific inquiry. 1t
may be said that science can do nothing
to avert these fearful storms, and that is
true, but it can do something to enable
the inhabitants Of threatened districts to
guard against them. The use of the tel
egraph, for instance, enables people to
prepare for cyclone as soon as the di-
rection in which it is travelling is ascer-
tanned. In a recent visitation of the
kind the inhabitants of Dacca were
warned of the cyclone hours before it
reached them. In former times cyclones
were SO common in Lower Bengal that
Mr.. Rainey of Jessore states that the
Sunderbunds were converted by them
from populous territories into the dreary
wastes they still remain. The chief de-
structive agency has been the storm
wave, rising sometimes to the height of
forty feet, and sweeping every living thing
off the face of the country. In the cy-
clone of 1854 (the worst recorded in this
century,) the storm wave drowned 5512
persons out of population of 5000 on
the island of Saugor alone. The recent
storms seem to have been less serious,
but the Indian Government must have
seen the necessity Of adopting some ad-
ditional measures for the security Of the
shipping and the villages and towns ly-
ing along the banks of the Hooghly.-
We are glad to learn that they are now
"engaged in discussing the propriety Of
embanking the Hooghly up to Calcutta,
as it has long been embarked near the
mouth Of the river" Some such step as
this is essential if Calcutta is to retain
its old commercial importance. The
alternative harbor" supplied BY Port
Canning appears to have been relinquish-
ed, and even that was not absolutely Sc
cure against cyclones and storm waves.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30
A Clergyman who Took a Buss.


was spending night in q hotel in
Freeport, Illinois. After breakfast l
went into the sitting room, where met
pleasant, chatty, good humored trav-
eller who, like myself, was waiting for
the morning train from Galena. We
conversed freely and pleasantly on diff
erent topics, until seeing two young ladies
meet and kiss each other in the station,
Just about the time the train was ap-
preaching, Come" said he taking up
his carpet bag, "since we are on so sweet
subject, let us have practical appli-
cation. win make a proposition to you.
will agree to kiss the most beautiful
lady in the cars from Galena, you being
the Judge, if you will kiss the next pref
test, I being the judge" This PROPOSE
ton staggered me little, and could
hardly tell whether he was in earnest or
in fun but as he would be as deeply in
it as could be, I agreed, providing he
would do the first kissing, though my
heart failed somewhat when saw his jet
black eyes fairly dance with daring.
eyes," said he, "I'll try it first. You
take the back car, and go in from the
front end, where you can see the faces Of
the ladies, and stand by the one you think
the handsomest, and then will come in
from behind and kiss her"
had hardly stepped inside the cars
when I beheld at the first glance one Of
the lovliest looking women my eye had
ever seen. A beautiful blonde with au-
burn hair, and a bright sunny face, full
of love and affection, and as radiant as
the morning. Any further search was
totally unnecessary, l Immediately took
my stand in the aisle at her side. She
was looking out Of the window earnestly,
as if expecting some one.
The back door of the car opened, and
in stepped my hotel friend. / pointed
my finger at her, little dreaming that he
would carry out his pledge and you may
imagine my horror and amazement when
he stepped up quickly behind her, and
stopped over her, kissed her with a relish
that made my mouth water" expect
ed, of course, shrek of terror and a
row generally, followed by knock down
but astonishment succeeded astonishment
when saw her return the kisses with at
least compound interest. Quick as a
| flash he turned around and said Now,
my dear sir, it is your turn" pointing at
hideously ugly wrinkled old woman
who was sitting in the seat behind. "Oh,
| you must" exclaimed, +" am sold this
time. l give up. Do tell me who you
have been kissing" 90 Well" said he,
since you are a man of so much taste
and quick perception, I'll let you off,
And we all burst into hearty peal of
laughter as he said, This is my wife
have been waiting for her. knew it
was safe proposition" He then told
the story to his wife, who looked ten-fold
sweeter as she heardit. Before we reach
ed Chicago we had exchanged cards, and
discovered that my genial companion
was an Episcopalian preacher Of Chicago,
whose name I had frequently heard
Whenever l go to Chicago, I always 60
to hear him, and a heartier, more natur-
al preacher is hard to find. He was a
young man then he is now one Of the
ablest divines in the West. r
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30
What to Drink.

A sensible article in the last Phreno-
logical Journal ON the subject of "What
to Drink" contains the following in re-
gard to hot weather drinks:
The warm season, now upon us, will
increase our thirst. Water, pure water,
will be too thin for those who chew or
smoke tobacco, and they will want some-
thing they can taste something pun
gent, something bitter, tingling, bitter
They find what they crave in whiskey,
with fusil oil in it, or other similar
drinks. But to an appetite that is
healthy, nothing is more grateful or re-
viving, when thirsty, than water.
ITO the days Of the aged it addeth length;,
To the might of the strong it addeth strength;
Il freshens the heart, i brightens the sight,
'ris like quafing a goblet of morning light"
But even this should be used temper.
ately and in moderation. Many drink
too much. Nor should it be drank on q
full stomach. The less we drink of tea
coffee or water with our meals the better
Very hot drinks are bad. We are liza
BILE to take cold on going out after par
taking of hot drinks. Pure soft water
is the best. Hard lime water is much
used, and many prefer it; but no horse
OK, or other animal will drink it wher
he can get soft water. For the physio
logical effects of hard and soft water OIL
our bodies, see Pereira's great work OF
"Food and Diet" The people wan
knowledge on the whole subject. The
physicians are not agreed, and the worlt
is in a muddle. Quacks and imposter
step in with their nostrums, and sell bar
rels of their slops-"i in large quart bot
ties, to the destruction of the bodie
and sonls of men, women and children
"Light, light, more light is what i
wanted, and that light may be fonnd il
knowledge of the constitution Of man
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30
POLICIES WRITTEN IN THE

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies.
and at low rates at any agency in the country
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

"Charlie, my DEAR" sid loving
motherto hopeful son, just budded into
breeches, Charlie my dear, como and
get some candy" "Guess / won't mind
it nov, mother" replied Charlie, I've
got in some tobacco" i
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

suOulu udNc Detli III tho huieCiy, anu
girls who should have eaten suppers of
bread and milk, and gone to sleep hours
before, waltzed and firted, and made
themselves ill over oysters and cham
pagne, you were favored with glance of
her eye or a whisper from her lip you as
cended to the seventh heaven immediate
ly.
When once upon certain memorable
eve she polked with the druggists clerk,
and never looked at you, how miserable
you were. 1t is funny to think of now,
but it was not funny then, for you were
awfully in earnest. Once at picnic,
she wore a white dress, and had roses
twined in her black hair and she looked
so like bride that you fairly trembled
sometime, you thought, in just such snowy
costume, with just such blossoms in her
hair, she might stand beside the altar,
and you, most blessed of mortals, might
place a golden ring upon her finger; and
when you we're left alone with her for a
moment, some of your thoughts would
form themselves into words, and though
she blushed and ran away, and would
not let you kiss her, she did not seem an
CRY.
And then you were parted, somehow,
fer little while, and when you met
again she was walking with gentleman,
large well-whiskered man, Of twenty
eight or thirty, and had neither word
nor smile for you. And some well-mean-
ing gossip informed you shortly after
that she was engaged to the tall gentle
man with black whiskers, and that it
was splendid match" 1t was terrible
news to you then, and sent you off to
some great city, far from your native
place, where, after great deal of youth.
full grief, and many resolutions to die and
haunt her, you recovered your equanim
ity and began to make money, and tc
call love stuff and nonsense.
You have rich wife of your own now
and grown-up children--aye, even two o,
three toddling grandchildren about youl
hearth your hair is gray, and you lock
your heart up in the fre-proof safe o.
your counting-house when you go home
at night. And you thought you had for
gotten the little episode of your nine
; teenth year, until the other day when yor
read of her death in the papers. Yor
: know she was stout lady, who wore
} glasses, and had daughters older thar
; she was in that olden time but you
! heart went back and you saw her smil
} ing and blushing, with her golden hal
about her face, and yourself boy again
dreaming of wedding robes and rings
: and you laid your gray old head upol
, your ofice-desk and wept for the memo
ry of your first sweet-heart.-Maay Kyl
Dallas.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

How TO CURE A CoLD.-One method
of getting rid of cold in the head, ac-
cordingto Good Health, although trouble
some, is sometimes very successful. 1t
consists in abstaining, as much as posi-
BILE, from drinking any liquids. By this
means the supply of fluid to the blood,
which goes to keep up the discharge from
the nostrils, is cut off, and with it the
discharge itself. In this way bad cold
in the head may sometimes be cured IN a
single day. An equable temperature
also conduces to recovery. 1t is always
desirable in winter to remain few days
altogether within doors, and to keep
ones apartment at a constant heat Of
about sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit
This gradually induces the skin to per.
spire. by which its sympathetic friend
the mucous membrane, which has been
trying, however imperfectly, to do the
work of its neighbor in discharging the
secretions of the system, is relieved from
its efforts. Sometimes, and especially al
the very commencement of a cold, q
forced action of the skin, by which il
is made to sweat profusely, succeeds
This may be effected by internal medi
cines, aided by hot drinks, while the
body is well covered with bed Clothes
But far more effectual sodorific is pre-
sented in the Turkish bath. The cold
douche generally used after the bath
should be dispensed with, and tepid
! water used instead, as it is desirable tina,
the pores should remain relaxed.
cold douche would close them.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

"To man it is appointed once to die"
an appointment that isn't generally rel
ished by the most oficious of Us. We
like to go on foreign missions, but on
this one we don't exactly know how our
credentials will be received.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

ordered Drug Store and Book Store.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-30

A REMARKABLE SToRY.-The Con-
cord Patriot narrates a romance of real
life, the main facts of which are worthy
of being transcribed. Rev. T. B. East
man was born in Concord in 1918. His
father, Samuel, was apprenticed to a
blacksmith, and his indentures did notex-
pire till two years after his marriage, by
which time he had two children and was
largely in debt. When the Rev. Mr.. E.
was six years of age his father left for
Massachusetts,. ostensibly to obtain work,
but really to escape his creditors. He
went on a fishing voyage, and his family,
soon after. left Concord. Writing sever
al times after his return from sea, and
learning nothing, both parties gave up
the other as lost. The children grew up
and had families of their own. One son
was lost in Mexico, the eldest became a
clergyman, and the daughter married.
So things went on till a few weeks ago,
when Rev. Mr.. Eastman called ona lady
of his acquaintance, who incidentally
mentioned having met with his fathers
second family some nine years since
Finding her much better posted in his
own family affairs than he was himself,
he wrote to the Postmaster of certain
town and ascertained beyond doubt
that his father was living there. The
clergyman proceeded to the place in ques.
ton and introduced himself to his pa
rent, who was overwhelmed at intelli.
gence from those who, for half centu.
ry, had been to him as dead. The old
man, overjoyed, took his eldest born
home and presented him to the " second
family" for he had married again and
had four children, who are now grown
up and have children Of their own
The second wife was dead, and the old
man, now seventy-six years old, finds hi.
first wife, whom he left blooming young
woman, an old lady of seventy-nine.-
The family is again united, and the
father will soon be in Concord.