davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
A Woman Jumps Overheard ana Saves
a Nan from Browning.


Sunday afternoon Mr.. Thomas Nc
Laughlin, a mechanic at the CharlestoWn
Navy Yard. with his wife and Mrs. Captain
John Trimble, came to Hull in the steam
er. At Hull they took q row-bOat for a
sail. Mr.. Mclaughlin after a time COM
planned of dizziness, from the effect Of n
former sunstrOke, when the ladies pro-
posed to take the oars. In standing uo to
change his seat, Mclaughlin fell oYsrboord
and Immediately sank. Observing that
the man in the water was unable to swim
or help himself, Lrs. Trimble at once
seized the painter of the boat and heroic
ally jumped overheard. As the drowning
man rose 10 the surface, she caught him by
the arm with one hand and held on to the
boat with the other, Mrs. Mclaughlin in
the boat also holding on to Mrs. Trimble.
The cries of the women for help were
heard from the shore, and boats put of at
once to the rescue. Fortunately, q boat
from Fort Warren, roWed by two men, and
having on board Lieut.. Zalinsky, on his
way to Hull, was within hailing distance.
and made Tor the scene of difficulty with
such haste that two oars were broken. Up
on reaching the scene of disaster, Lieut..
q. jumped on board and soon succeeded in
getting the dFo Gning man and his brave
preserver into the boat (the former being
in an insensi5le condition), and quickly
took them on shore to the Oregon House,
where Mr.. Mclaughlin soon revived under
skilfal treatment.
The Ian old of this house OR. Halring-
tom acted very generously, furnishing dry
clothes and giving the unlUcky ones q
nights lodging and meals without charge.
The boarders at the Oregon also generous
ly contributed S55, and forwarded the same
10 Mrs Trimble, in token of their appre-
citation Of her courageous efforts in saving
the life of Mclaughlin.
Mrs. Trimble is the same lady who, some
months since, was on board the schooner
Emily Hillard, commanded by her hus-
Dand, bound from port in Maine to New
York, which was driven into Nassau BIZ
stress OF weather. In this difficulty, Mrs.
T., by the force of persuasion and GOODNESS
in danger, induced the frightened and mu-
iinOus crew to return to the pumps, after
they had given up ali hopes OF saving the
vessel, her husband being lashed to the
wheel at the time, by which action the
vessel was saved.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
RadGr-B Baden - The Gambling HeIis
CIoSaS

The following are extracts from q letter
received in Liverpool, from a hotel keep
er in Baden-Baden. The letter is dated
July 81: q
You are quite right in supposing that
this war is ruinous to us here. 1t just
broke out as Baden began to be full.
Our house was beginning TO do very well,
and, bat for the war, We should have had
all our rooms occupied during the past
fortnight. Unluckily we have not
had a soul with us in the hotel. My SER
wants are all gone, either to the army Or
home. There are no flowers now on our
stair cases or balconies and everything il
shut up, Just as if one we're in the middle
of winter. Gambling salons were closed on
the 31st or JIly, bCt the band still
plays at eight in the morning and at seven
in the evening in front of the Maison de
Conversation. There are, however,
still a few strangers, including
the Duchess of Hamilton and the
Princess Monaco (nee Lady Hamilton).
Prince Galitzen and about three dozen
Russians and Americans we're also still
resident in the town. We have but few
Englishmen, but they would be away If
they could oAly get money for their trav-
cling expenses home. Oar bankers say
they have no money-at any rate they
won't part with any. The weather
is fine and pleasant. We have
had plentiful rains, and all the
vines are looking well, and we have plenty
of everything. We have no troops in the
the town, and de not expect to see any.
We have, however, made up three hundred
beds for the wounded and have collected
large sums of money for the support of the
wives and families of those who have gone
to the war"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
a Now MntIre Pn,rnr

Emile Lamrn, Q frenchman, S1as intro.
duced to the world q new motive power IN
the shape of ammonia. This alkaline gas
is composed of three parts of hydrogen to
two of nitrogen, and is produced in large
quantities by many decaying vegetable and
animal substances, giving them their odor.
Il used to be produced by the distillation
of horn shavings, and hence gained the
popular name OF hartshorn. 4 most i'm
portant quality of this gas is the facility
with which it is absorbed by water. In
this vehicle it returns to the earth to nour-
ish vegetation, and after having beCn ex-
haled by decaying substances, and
the same characteristic renders it
available as motive power. The density
of the gas Is half that of air and of am
moniated water one quarter less than of
pure water. The vapor at heat of 60 de-
grees exerts pressure of 100 pounds TO
the square inch, while water, to give an
equivalent in steam, must be raised TO 325
degrees. With thu same heat, ammonia
requires about three times as much room
Tor expansion as steam. This gas has no
action upon any of the metals except cop
per, and, on account of the low temperl-
ture required, will not wear out machinery
like steam. Speaking of its application to
horse car zen which it has been tried), q
writer in tae Engineering and Mining
Journal says: Its cheapness, when compared
with steam, is owing to the fact that one
steam engine, if it could be made to pro-
pei one hundred street cars with ease,
would be much cheaper than one hundred
steam engines, each requiring a separate
fire and an engineer, beside the regular
conductor of the car; but the case is far
different with ammonia, as a single en-.
gineer at the station can superintend the
supplying of two hundred cara with iqui--
fed ammonia in sufficient quantity to run
any distance within the limits Of q large
city, by means of single fire under the
stationary boiler in which the ammonia
gas is hquifed. Further, hquefed am
monia can be compared, if 1 may be per-
mitted the expression, to bottled-up pow
er, which can remain in o reservoir for
months or even years, and be transported
anywhere in any desirable quantity; and
then, at once, without any further prepar-
alton, can be used for any purpose desired;
aud by the simple turning of a faucet can
be made to act as powerfully as when first
liquified. The estimated cost of construct
lug and erecting machinery necessary to
propel twenty-five street cars, by ammonia
is S23, SEQ. The cost per day of maintain
ing hquifying process at station, and
charging twenty-five cars, each car making
seventy-two miles per day, is estimated at
S25. The per centage of loss in ammonical
gus ct the Louisiana Ice Manufacturing
Company for one year amounts to % per
cent.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16

A LEGAL ANECDOTE.- the carly day
OF Vermont jurisprudence the strict deco
rum which now very generally distinguish
es the Nsw England bar was comparatively
unknown. Nothing was moro common
than sharp alterations between the bench
and the bar; such wranglings, indee /, as
would now be termed contempt of court
were they to occur only between the law
yers themselves. On one occasion Judge
Tzrner, who was then plain Esquire" had
addressed a sound argument to the court
and sat down. The judge, who chose to
argue the question rather than decide il at
once, replied in feeble argument, which
The lawyer in his turn demolished. The
Judge rejoined by repeating, without any
material variation, his first reply, and then
'olosed the pleadings" by an adverse de-
cision.
''Your Honor's two arguments" said
Turner, addressing himself partly to the
court and partly to the bar, ''remind me
of a stoiy. A foolish old woman in Con.
neticut, bsing one evening at a party, was
greatly at less for something to Say. At
length she ventured to inquire of gentle
man who sat near her whether his mother
had any children. The gentleman politely
pointed out the absurdity Of her inquiry
L beg pardon exclaimed the old lady,
perceiving her mistake, you don't under
stand me; 1 meant to inquire whether your
grandmother had any children. '"-Hcfpsr'S S
DTdtpeT.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
The Bows Vino Want 70 he Clerks,


Many of our youth are afflicted with the
infatuariOn that city eleTkships are the
most eligible positions, while the trades
are not respectable" Let them learn
that intelligent mechanics have a better
chance of securing wealth, eminepce and
influence than the oveFcrOWded clerkships
can afford. The present and last Governor
of Connecticut, each, in his bOyhOod,
learned o trade, and thus became a thor
Ough master Of the business ia all its de-
tails, in which each has achieved a bril-
liant success. The most extensive manu-
facturer of siiverware In the world, John
GOrham, of Providence, declined the posi-
ton Of clerk In the eounting-room that he
might master the trade in his fathers sAOp
as regular apprentice, where he learned
thoroughly how to do with his own hands
all that ne has since had to direct others
in doing. A multitude of similar facts
might. be cited to show that the mastery
Of trade is one of the best prepara-
tiOns for practical life and prosperity in
business. Clerks are often paid less than
skillfUl mechanics, and are less independ-
ent. In their precarioUs position they are
liable to disappointments and humiliating
struggles with the thousands of others
looking for place. Every advertisement
for clerk brings q whole swarm of appli-
cants. How pitiable the condition of this
sUperabundance of book-keepers and ex-
changers, wasting their lives in ''waiting
for place." while our factories, railroads
and trades are elamoring for educated su-
perintendents, foremen, engineers, skiIlful
managers and cunning workmen. The pO-
sition of the educated and well-trained me-
chanie is far preferable TO that of average
city clerks. The latter may dress better,
talk more ghbly, bow more gracefully, not
to say obsequiously, but they compare un-
favOrably with our best mechanics in man
ly Independence, yigOr of thought, and
strength of character.
Too many of our young men leave the
homestead of adventures less safe and re-
liable than the arts of industry. A good
trade is more honorable and remuneratiVe
than peddling maps, books, pictures, pat
ent rights, and clothes wringers, or in q
city store, to be cash or eTrand boy, store
sweeper, fire kinder and counter jumper
generally Without in any way disparag-
ing the useful position of the clerk, our
young men may properly be cautioned
against further erowding this already ''ple-
thOrie profession" To the boys in the
country, we say, instead of aspiring to an
uncertain and precarious clerkship, stick
to the farm, or learn trade, and you viii
lay the brcadest foundation for prosperity.
Those who have well improved the OppOr-
tunities now offered in our free schools can
well afford to apprentice themselves at six
teen years of age, supplementing their ed
Ucation by evening schools, or by self
trimming in their evenings and leisure
hours.-B.G G.. AOrtkTTp, IN Hearth and Home
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
The Cest of War.

Eleven years ago when the French En-
berer determined to make war upon Aus.
tria, in alliance with Sardinia, he was
about to operate IN a country On the good
Will of wh2se inhabitants he could safely
reckon, and he would have the fortress Of
Alexandria and the port Of Genoa in his
rear. Nevertheless he aid not think II
prudent to enter upon the campaign with
out making the most ample provision for
every kind of want to which his troops
might be exposed. Although the army
numbered only 160, COO men, tents were
provided for nearly million. The sup
ply of bread TO the troops left IN France
was turned over TO the ordinary bakers, so
that the Government ovens might be
left free TO provide bread for the army Of
the Alps. Besides this provision, rations
| for 100, 600 men, and forage for 10, ,G00
horses, each for twenty days, were col
lecled and deposited in various towns OF
the kingdom of Sardinia. In prospect oi
battle more than 800 tons of lint and l, 00O
cases of surgical instruments were provid-
ed, The reserve of lint and bandages rep.
resented 2, 800, 600 dressings, and the med.
ical arrangements comprised everything
ecessary for Is coo sick for three months.
uch were but few of The preparations
made for an army or 1G0, 600 men. The
organization necessary for an army o.
more than twice that strength, and in ar
untriendly country, may be more easily
imagined than described.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
Climbing Mountains of Moss.


Not long ago was walkin in beautiful
wood. The grass was green and soft un-
der nv feet, and, here and there, among
the litt4e,- de-gy blades, there sn1fed end
nodded delicate wind flowers, blue violets
and pretty white coolwOrts. Over al, the
sunbeams were flashing and Pickering
about like golden birds, through the
shadOWy trees, or, in an undivided flock,
spreading their wings over the sward, and
making the woodland glorious enough for
fairy Kingdom.
sat down upon a mossy log. to enjoy it
at my leisure, and think what kindness
must be in the heart of the Great Spirit,
that he should take such pains to feed even
trees, flowers and tufts of grass, with food
convenient for them, and that he should
warm them with sunlight and refresh them
with rain.
Now, while I was sitting there idly-and
yet not idly, since I was thinking of the
goodness of God-I ehaneed to look down
upon the log where 1 was sitting, and
there l saw little black ant, toiling over
the moss, dragging dead worm. 1t was
hard work, that was plain. Every now
and then he stopped to rest for an instant,
and then travelled on, painfully, taking his
load with him.
DJ-luu-Dy Nc CttLll6 " u SEbab lOuultlu
of moss-an inch Highland he could not
get over it. While l was wondering what
he would do, saw a brother ant hurrying
up, who took the worm away from the tired
one, and carried it quite easily over the
mountain; nor did he stop there, but went
on alone, leaving number one to follow as
slowly as he liked. But after number two
had carried the burden very great way
as much as twelve inches-he came to still
higher moss-hills and could not climb it.
Away ont of sight, number one was looking
about him carelessly, and enjoying his
rest, when suddenly it occurred to him that
perhaps his help was needed. Maybe he
got a telegram; L am cure there wasn't time
for him to receive a letter if there bad
been any mail carrier on that route.
He hurried on as fast as his little feet
could take him-Oyer brown patches of
wood and curious pin-head lichens, and
pretty. red-fowered MOSES, until he came
up with number two, who, all this time
had waited for him patiently.
This time it took all the strength of both
ants to climb that mountain, and carry the
worm between them; and when they were
over safely, being both tired, they went on
together, sharing the burden; and the last
saw of them they were crawling into
the same hole and dragging the worm with
them.
Helping each otheri
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
A Bear Story.

Fourteen miles out from here, on the
ihawano road, lives Capt. VIM. Powell,
formerly CT heshenG, q man we'll known in
these parts as an old settler, O good hun
ter and clever gentleman. He keeps q
hotel, and his gun is handy instrument
to have in providing something appetizing
for the table. These preliminaries will
account for the fact of his making a recon
nOisance IN the woods the other day with
his trusty rifle, but we infer from the fact
that he had ammunition for but two shots
that he was not looking for big game.
Hearing a sound from tree, he looked up
and saw q sight which would have caused
n less fearless hunter 20 send for reinforce
ments. An Old she bear and three cubs
looked down upon him aud ''smole def
ant smile, +" showing their rows Of ivories.
But no Immediately moved on
the enemy's works, and brought down the
old bear with the first bullet, and o cub
with the second. Two more cubs were in
the tree, and the hunter was making q vain
search IN his pockets tor the wherewith to
shoot them, when out from the dark for
est came ominous sounds, and presently
reinforcement appeared for Bruins army.
The old he bear had snuffed the battle
from afarj and made a desperate charge
upon the despoiler af his household. Tnere
was no time for reflection. The attack
was complete surprise, the rife was emp
ty and there was 10 ammunition to fill it,
and the old hunter WIS forced to make
hasty retreat, leaving the field in posses
sion Of the enemy. The Captain reached
his headquarters in safety, and afterwards
secured his game. When he reconnoit-es
again he will look well to hiscartridge bsx.
We ore indebted for these facts to Dir. Rob
ert McLaren, of Angelica. Buy Ad-
rOcgse
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16

Wo3IAN's BRAINS The smaller size of
woman's brain may be made up for by the
greater activity of nervous fibre, and by its
proportional size to the body being equal
relatively to that of man. Still il is said, IN
reply, that men possess larger and stronger
heads for the same reason that they have
stronger limbs: that nature has fitted
them to 90 stronger work. But, according
to the London Lancet, when We pass to the
domestic and social relations of women, to
the emotional part of her nature, to her in
stincts and affections, which are also III
stinctive, and to the powerful influence
which these exert on her, and through ;her
on her husband and her children, no ply
siologist can doubt, We think, that there is
a corresponding relation between the deli
cacy Of the organization and character of
the physical structure of woman and that
of her usual duties in life. If, continues
the writer, woman are to marry and be
given in marriage, We fear that these duties
of life must form an insuperable obstacle
to their becoming bread-winnersa and brain
workers III the same sense that men are;
and what is more; We conceive that it
would be very grevious thing for cur
children and ourselves if it were other
wise.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
Foreign DynastIes.
T-o,,, A. rKHt--rns


When Napoleon objected to Prince
Leopold, of HUhenzollern, as a candidate
for the throne Of Spain, because ho was a
German, he virtually ignored the fact that
nearly every crowned head in Europe
traces his descent from aliens and foreign.
ers. For example:
France has Louis Napoleon for her En-
peror, the founder of whose dynasty, Gen.
Bonaparte, was Corsican by birth, and
Italian by race.
Victoria. Queen Of England, re;gns by
virtue OF her descent from q petty German
Prince, who had married the granddaugh-
Ter of James Ia Scotchman by birth. his
mother having been Mary Stuart
In Spain the Emperor Charles Y. was a
German by his fathers side. His dynasty
ceased IL 1900 Tor want OF 3 mail heir, anC!
q French Prince became King of Spain,
with the title of Philip V. Thus the hated
Eourbon line, now pominally represented
sJy the little boy in Paris, who calls him
elf Alphonso NiI., was established In
Spaiu.
King William of Prussia is Swabian By
descent.
The Emperor of Austria representsa dy-
nasty which was founded by Swiss SOL
der.
The King of Italy can show descent
only from the Counts of Savoy, and this
is actually rather French than Italian.
Christian TX, of Denmark, who is King
by arrangement rather than popular cleo
ton, belongs TO German family, long set
tied in Hoistein.
Sweden is governed by the grandson of
n French lawyer, who having risen under
Napoleon l., to the rank of Field Marshal
and Prince OF Ponte Corvo, was elected
Crown Prince of Sweden, and finally sue
ceeded to the crown.
The King of Greece has no Hellenic
blood in his veins, being simply one of the
sons of the King of Denmark, who isnot
himself Dane.
Belgium has for her Monarch the son of
Leopold, petty German prince, by the
daughter OF a Fronch princess. He is
grandson of Louis Philippe, OF France.
Strictly counting up, tie only monarch
les of Europe governed by native princes
are Turkey, Portugal, Holland, Wurtem-
berg, Saxony, and Bavaria. All the rest OF
the European soyereigns from q Greek
family. Yet, whatever their descent, the
sovereigns, whether native or foreign, be-
come national, in their respective localities,
when they reign. Louis Napoleon certain.
ly thinks more of France than of Italy,
whence his family came, and it has
always been to the credit of Louis
Bonaparte, his father, that he became
q Dutchman in heart and soul
as soon as he was made King OF Holland.
Because of this his imperial and imperious
brother accused him of neglecting his in
terests, and the result was, that finding it
was expected that he should govern Holland
only as French satrap, the mere lieuten-
ant of Napoleon, he took off his crown,
laid down his sceptre, and retired into phi
vate life.
There is no reason for thinking that if
Spain had adopted Leopold, of HOhenzoll-
ern, ne would have governed that country
as q German prince. His father-in-law, of
the SAKE Coburg family, became SO good a
Portuguese after his marriage with Queen
Donna Maria dc Gloria, that the lament in
that country now is, that he, not his son,
is not the present sovereign.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-16
More pIpIomatIc Revelations.

The famous secret treaty proposed by
Benedetti to Bismarck is not the only proof
in Benedetti's own hand writing of the
desperate efforts made by France TO extend
the frontier of the empire to the Rhine.
On the 5th Of August Benedetti presented,
also in his own handwriting. to Bismarck
the following draft Of secret treaty which
reads as follows:
ART. I. The French empire again as
sumes possession of the territory which
belonged to France in 1914 and is now part
of the dominions of Prussia.
ART II. If Prussia pledges herself to
obtain from the King of Bavaria and the
GraGd Duke OF Hesse the cesSion of the
territory which they possess on the left
bank of the Rhine and to transfer its pos
session to France. An indemnification of
the two German Princes is reserved.
ART. III. All the provisions uniting
the territory which is under the sovereign
ty of the King of the Netherlands to the
Germanic Confederation, as well aS those.
which refer to the rights OF garrison in the
fortress Of LuxembUrg, are annuiled.
The following letter, referring to the
above treaty, is likewise preserved In Ber-
lin in Benedetti's own handwriting:
Ny DEAR PRESIDENT In reply to the
COMMUNICATIONS WHICH nave Sent IfOm
Nicholsburg to Paris. in consequence of
our interview Of the 2Gth ult., have re-
ceiVed from Vichy the copy of a secret
treaty, of which inclose q copy. 1 hasten
to communicate it to you in order that you
may be able to examine 1t at your leisure
1 am at your disposition to center with you
about it whenever you think the right mo-
ment to have come. Yours,
Sunday, Aug. 6, 1866. BENEDETTL
One or two days before the 5th CT August
Benedetti demanded from Bismarck rhe
formal acceptance of the above conces-
sions, adding that, in case they should be
refused, there would be war ,GlorS c'eSi la
gue7Te). Bismarck replied: MorS c'eSt Ia
querTe and added that it appeared TO him
incredible that France should think of Sc
riously demanding concessions which it
was so entirely impossible TO carry out.
Benedict replied that he should advise
ths Emperor to insist on the demands, rs
nothing concerned him more than the pres
ervatiOn of the Imperial dynasty, for which
the extension Of the French frontier was q
vital question.