davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
IDEAS ABOUT INDIA.

The account given me by the oldest
and best informed of my native ac-
quaintance (and I am not talking here OF
Benganli demagogues, but of men hold
ing it may be or who have held high
office under Government and deservedly
trusted by iD of the gradual estrange-
ment which has come about within their
recollection between themf elves and the
English in India, is most instructive.
In the days, they say, of their youth. 80
and 40 years ago, though there were
always among the company's officers
men who from their abuse of power
were disliked and Justly feared, the
general feeling of the natives toward the
English civilian was one of respect and
even of affection. The Indian character
Is affectiOnate, enthusiastic, and in-
clined to here worship; and the English
in early days, from their superior knowl-
edge and strength of character, ex-
ercised no little fascination on the
native mind. Nearly all the older men
talk with reverence and esteem of GER
tain teachers who instructed them in
youth, and of certain early patrons to
whom they owed their success in after
life; and they willingly acknowledge
the influence exercised over themselves
and their generation by such individual
example. The English official of that
day, they affirm, had more power than
now, but be exercised it with q greater
sense Of responsibility, and so of honor
in its discharge He took pains to know
the people and, in fact, he knew them
well. Except in the very highest ranks
OF the service he was readily accessible.
He lived to great extent among the
people and according to the customs of
the people. He did not disdain to make
friends with those Of the better class,
and occasionally lie married among
them, or at least contracted semi-matri-
mOnial relations with the women of the
land. This may have had its conse-
quences in other ways, but it broke
down the hedge {, f caste prejudice be-
tween East and West, and gave the
official a personal interest in the people,
which no mere sense of duty, however
elevated, could supply. The English
man of that day looked upon India not
unfrequently as his second home, and
taking the evil with the good, treated
it as such. England could only be
reached by the Cape route. Travelling
was tedious and expensive, the mails
few and for between, and many a retired
officer had at the end of his service be-
come so welded to the land of his adop.
ton that he ended his days in it in pre-.
ference to embarking on new expa.
triation. 1t is easy to understand from
this that the AnglO-Indian official of the
cOmpany's days loved India in way nc
Queens official dreams Of doing now
Also that, loving it, he served it better
than now, and was better loved in re
turn.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
NAGtiING.

Women pre-eminently excel in the art
of nagging. The female nagger is the
exact counterpart of the male bully. The
household bully of the ordinary variety
may be described as one who is maniac
ally intolerant of household defects in
small things, who has a ludricrously in
aated notion of what is due to him as the
bread-winner and central figure of the
establishment, and who has never seri-
ously attempted the discipline of control
ling his more disagreeable humors.
Mean and contemplate as from the
point of view Of the social mOralist this
creature is, he is not probably the cause
of much positive discomfort, and even
misery, as his equivalent, or superior, in
petticoats, Men worry and fdget, oc.
casionally rap out violent words with ILL
conditioned vehemence. and, in the judg-
ment Of feminine critics, generally de-
moan themselves as brutes. But if vag-
ging, as a fine art, is to be studied,
women alone can illustrate it in its per-
fection. The first thing to be said about
this delightful little feminine idiosyncrasy
is that it is not so much a momentary
feeling of temper as an inborn trait of
disposition. The lady who nags in the
most accomplished and the most aggres-
sive fashion never gives way to violence,
and is famous for the ease and evenness
of her spirit. She is tranquility and dig
nifty personified. If her manner is ever
criticised, she remarks with perfect truth
that she has done nothing, said nothing,
and only wishes TO be left alone. But
articulate speech is quite unnecessary for
the most trying attacks which the nagger
can make. A certain little laugh, the
slightest of noises which accompanies the
process of clearing the throat, a look of
persistent silence, may be quite enough.
To nag effectually there must be dis
tinct kind of "raw" established, and
when this has been done, it will depend
almost exclusively upon the artistic apti-
tude Of the nagger whether enough cay
enne pepper is rubbed into the sensitive
part. Nagging, in other words, must be
relative. The lady who nags must know
when and whether she can render the ex-
istence of her victim temporary burden
by speech or silence.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
IRON IN EGYPT.

So very few articles of iron Of un-
questionable antiquity have been dis
covered among the remains of ancient
Egyptian art, While objects of bronze
have been brought to light in abund-
ance, that many have doubted whether
iron had been introduced into Egypt be-
fore the time of the Ptolemies. But it
is very certain that other and neighbor.
ing people who never reached so high q
stage of civilization as the Egyptians,
knew well the manufacture and uses Of
iron, and it is scarcely possible that the
builders of the monumental works Of
Old Egypt should have neglected 80 use
full metal. Besides there are chemical
reasons why the iron remains are 80 few
and the bronze relics so many. Yet il
would seem that the ancient Egyptians
had marked preference for bronze
weapons, implements, and ornaments
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
NO FLOODS THIS YEAR.

Unless the unexpected happens
there will be no great floods in our
rivers this year. The danger is now
past.
The Mississippi is twenty-One feet
lower at Vicksburg; the Ohio is twenty
nine feet lower at Cincinnati and eleven
feet lower at Pittsburg than last year
at this time, and the only river that is
higher now than last year is the Upper
Mississippi at st. Louis, and there 1t Is
only six inches higher.
Last year the rivers began to rise in
the first week of February, and in the
middle of the month the Ohio was at
the unprecedented height of seventy
one feet at Cincinnati; Pittsburg and
Wheeling were submerged, and Con-
gress and the whole country were
called upon to help the thousands of
persons who were made destitute by
food.
This year there has at no time been
serious danger Winter has glided so
quietly into the lap Of Spring that the
movement has scarcely been noted.
The gradual change has melted the ice
by degrees, so that the pent-up tor
rents have wasted their forces and
have left the hope that with mild
weather the prosperity of the parts OF
the country usually inundated will be
manifested in generous crops.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
THE BAYARD FAMILY.

The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore american, in alluding to
the families of the different members of
the Cabinet, remarks: Mr.. Bayard's
family has been in its relations TO
Washington society extremely exclus-
i've. Its members have indicated as
plainly as though they had said so in
words that they did not care for many
acquaintance, and that they proposed
to be very careful about choosing ther..
What their course will be as success
sors to the Frelinghuysen family, who
have led the social world, is hard to
say, but it is pretty evident that they
will not forget pretty large share of
their exclusiveness. The impression
prevails here also that their enter
tainments will not be extended to so
many people as were those of their
predecessors. Mrs. Bayard is an in
valid, but has, happily, two daughters
who will be able to Officiate in her
stead when she is unable to appear
One of these, the elder, is noted in
Washington as a most daring and
graceful horseback rider. At one time
she rode over the hurdle course at the
race track after the close of the races,
taking all the dangerous and daring
leaps with her thoroughbred horse,
and proving herself one of the finest
lady riders in the country. The Bay
ard family's part of the social work of
the next four years will be well
done whatever there is of it, though.
judging from the past, their entertain
ments will not compare in size or num-
bers with those of the Frelinghuysens.
Mrs. Whitney, wife of the Secretary OF
the Navy, is noted in New York fol
the elegance of her entertainments; SO
society here is expecting good deal ot
her. OF course, she is possessed o.
plenty of wealth with which to make
her entertainments as numerous and
elegant as she may desire, and it viii
not be surprising to see her the best
| entertainer of the Cabinet"
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
THE CAMEL VS.. THE OK.

. The camel has twice the carrying
power Of an OK. With an ordinary load
of four hundred pounds he can travel
twelve to fourteen days without water,
going fourteen miles day. They are
fit to work at five years old, but their
strength begins to decline ut twenty five.
although they lvs usually until forty.
They are often fattened at thirty for the
butcher, their flesh tasting like beef.
The Tartars have herds of these animals,
often one thousand belonging to one
family. The Timbuctoo breed is re-
markRble for speed, and used only for
couriers. going eight hundred miles in
eight days. with a meal Of dates or grain
ct nightfall.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
WASHINGTON CITY.

The Republican party, says the
Springfield Republican, may almost
claim the boast of the Roman Emperor
that it found the Capital city built of
brick and leaves it of marble. 1t is at
least true that it has changed from a
squalid, pig-infested Southern slave
mart to a splendid city, whose public
buildings and private residences vie
with those of European capitals and
which is the Capital of Nation of free
men only. 1t has vindicated the grand
plan upon which Maj L'Enfant laid it
out nearly century ago ago.
The capitol itself is the finest capitol
inc building of the world, and crowns
q height from which radiate the great
and beautiful avenues, paved with
ashphalt, and adorned with statuary
and elegant residences. AT the other
end of Pennsylvania avenue is the vast
Treasury Department. with its sober
and impressive colOnade, a relic of
the Greek architecture, while on the
other side of the White House is the
new War, State and Navy Department
in more moderate style, the proud
est monument of the much-abused
Mullett. 1t is one of the most impress
sive of all the later additions to the
architecture of the city.
Pennsylvania avenue, between these
two centres of interest, has filled up
till it has ceased to appear Of an inter
minable length, being in fact only
mile long West of the Capitol, like the
Unter den Linden, Of Berlin, which it
somewhat resembles. 1t will be in the
future built up with finer class of
buildings than at present. Real estate
instead of being depressed over the
change, is rather eXhilarated.
Washington is likely TO become more
and more favOrite among American
cities, not rivaling the marts of COM
merce in their own field, but distin-
guished by being the political capital,
a centre of literary research and life,
and an open and democratic exchange
among all the leading forces of the
country. All roads will lead to Rome,
and the obscure lawyer of some distant
city going up to settle case before
one of the departments, and getting
out of town on the first train after his
business is done, may, in the dazzling
romance of American history, next
find himself there received by hurrah-
ing multitudes, and acclaimed as the
Chief Magistrate of that Great Repub-
| lie.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
THE STRANGLERS,

Brigandage is fast dying out in Mex
leo, thanks to the civilization which
always follows in the wake of the loco
motive but in the city Of Mexico itself
a band of robbers, known as THE Stran-
glers," are still in full security of their
powers These midnight murderers en-
velop their victim in their cloak, stiHe
his cries in its folds and then murder and
rob him. Until recently they had a fe-
male decoy, who lived in the best hotels,
and who would, in some way, get the
intended victim to follow her until she
reached the spot selected for his de-
struction, when a low whistle would
bring a dozen robbers from their hiding
place. The woman was captured few
days ago, and is now in Jail, but all eff.
orts to break up the murderous gang
have SO far proved unavailing.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
Compensation.

Not faithful heart nor valiant hand
Wins always honor's guerdon;
uncrowned, full many q hero falls,
Before the encircling Gordon,
The patient d6lver in the mine
It's wealth may not discover.
And bsauty's grace and tenderness
Repay not fondest lover.
Yet still the level balance waits,
Poised true by fate answering;
No perfect gift of heaven rewards
The recreant undeserving.
The tinselled baubels fame bestows
Are tarnished III the winning;
The goal attained through tears and pain,
But mocks the grand beginning.
o soul that see-t thy longed.fOr prize
Bestowed upon another.
Be brave to bear thy sore defeat,
Thy grief and anger smother,
Nor back upon thy toiling years
Look with regret forever;
Thou have the Lost that life can give
The rapture OF endeavor.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Mirth is like the fash of lightning
that breaks through the gloom of the
clouds and glitters for q moment cheer
fulness keeps up a daylight in the soul,
tilling it with a steady and perpetual
serenity.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Vineland, N. J., still clings to Pro-
hibitiOn. At the local election in that
place last week, there were $50 votes
polled for no license, and only 13S for
license.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Oscar wilde's new book, Impressions of Amer
lea" will be eagerly read by all who assisted TO
make the poets trip so decidedly pleasant. His
impression Of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup Is a matter
of little consequence, as the public have already
pronounced it the remedy for coughs and colds
par excellence.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Hard times affect immigration. The
number of immigrants landing at Cas-
tie Garden is "a per cent. less than at
this time last year.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Is your hair turning gray and gradually falling
OutG Hall s Hair Renewer will restore Il 70 iA
original color and stimulate the foilicles 70 pro-
duce a new and luxuriant growth. It also
cleanses the scalp, eradicates dandruff, and is q
most agreeable and harmless dressing.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Mr.. St: John is taking trip through
the South.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

The three w's-wine, woe and
wretchedness.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
If There Are

If There Are
Any who have not already been sup
piled by us with
WILTONS, at $3.50
we shall be pleased to have them call
now.
OUR BEST VELVETS, at $IOO,
come next in wear to WiltOns, and we
are selling them in large quantities
(same quality sold elsewhere at Sl.35
to S1.5O).
BODY BRUSSELS, at $1.OO.
OUR VELVETS, at .95,
outwear Body Brussels, and are in
Moquette effects.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, SOC. and up
= wards.
We did not make any of the above
to be sold at such low prices. Our
customers have, therefore, all the
more benefit.
J. & J. DOBSON,
Manufacturers,
SO8 & 811 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25
Furniture Of all kinds.

Pdrlor and Chamber Suits bureaus Beds;eads,
Chairs Lounges. Tables Stands Mattresses. Spring
Beds and every thing in the Furniture Line. guar
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality Of goods jan Off
Smyrna times., 1885-03-25

Now" said the bridegroom to the
bride when they returned from their
honeymoon trip, let's have a clear
understanding before we settle down
to married life; are you to be Presi-
dent or Vice-President of this con-
Germ P' 81 want to be neither Presi-
dent nor ce-President," she an
swered; 81 will be content with sub
ordinate position" "What is itP"
Controller of the Currency."-BOstOs
Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-19
TO the Patrons of the Ironton Public
School.

The remaining part of our schools five
weeks with the presently Will be devoted
largely to review work. We wish to make
this work especially thorough, as the pupils
will be out Of school for four or five months.
without a thorough review the majority
would have to spare two or three months
next year, in going over what they will have
forgotten. In this important work we wish
the assistance of our patrons in way that
. part, if not all, can render. We wish you
TO visit us on the next four Fridays and on
Thursday and Friday of the last week of our
work. We will devote these days TO reviews.
Your presence tciH stimulate each pupil to
prepare himself for this work. Certainly
the fact, which we are SO prone to forget,
that the education of our children is of more
importance than any of our other interests,
ought to stimulate us tpatrons) to admins
ter the requested stimulant.
]. B. SCOTT, Prin. OF IS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-19
The Festival.

We embrace this opportunity to expires
| our heartfelt thanks to our manv friends il
the Valley for the characteristic liberality il
arranging for and patronizing the Festiva
of last Friday evening, wiiei,, we dare say
was unprecedented, socially and f1nsacially
1t really seemed that the elements cOnspire(
to enhance the success of the occasion. FO
a few days previous, the weather was any
thing else than that which would give en-
enlargement to the hope that benehcen
providence would favor the enterprise,
which was born of hearts and minds entirely
estranged from anything denominational oil
selfish. But as the suspicious day wore
away, the great dispenser of light and life
poured his refulgence upon the Valley, and
quieted CUR fears with the assurance that the
weather at least, would lie propitiols. The
evening came To find all ready. Willing.
skillful hands, prompted by praying, trust
Ing hearts, had performed rs we'll as con
trived, and the results justly merfted the
compliments so frequently passed upon them.
The Festival was a grand success. The
systematic arrangement precluded all con-
fusion ia preparing and placing the edibles
before the most oFderiy and interesting COM
pany we ever met.
1t is due the committee TO say OF them,
they were ladies-Chrfstian ladies-w hos
integrity and dignity of character was suf-
ficient guarantee to the public that the oh :
ject was worthy one. Indeed women have,
i'm all the great movements of civilization,
performed a more important part than they
have been accredited with: but more espec-
tally does tiie Christian church owe a debt of
gratitude to noble Christian womanhood
that is only exceeded by that due TO the great
Master of Souls. Last at the Cross, she was
first at the Sepulcher, and her hands have
been more conspicuous than her name in
bearing the banner of the Cross to the be-
nighted 81 sGrth.
A peculiar ana veg eommendable feature
of the occasion was the doing away with all
caste, and hearty mingling of all.
Even the s.Binanzi" man, whose attention
to business has become local proverb, was
seen shaking hands end casting smiles which
showed that he felt sit was sool. to be there"
The substantial token of regard he deposited
with the cashier will class him among those
of pleasant memory. The business men
generally were present, and each IN his most
congenial mood. Pilot Knob and Arcadia
each was well represented and Rev. Hams
worth and Worsnop proved that they were
not only efficient leaders of the lambs of the
flock, but that, as manipulators of the knife
and forke they we've "workmen that needeth
not to be ashamed.n
In all, the festival was not only a saeeess
financially, bnt beneficial socially, doing
much toward breaking down those detesta-
BILE walls Of partition that cause so much So
cial ostracism.
The gross proceeds were $500; Total ex-
penses, $3.50; Net proceeds, $58.s0.
b. F. THOMAS AND MATTE THOMAS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-19
Tunnel Driftings..

a If the railroad
- strike reaches up as
/ @sNA far as st. Louis, il
| - will break into oul
| bread and meat ar
| range mentS here, a.
| ss3HSsEs3 it has nto the Indian
| - Nation Coal Miners
Mr.. Willoughby il
hosting ore from
the shaft, and MIR. O'Donnel has force OF
men loading it into cars.
| 1t is unsafe for visitors to attempt to go
into the mines by the entrance of Tunnel No.
8, as there is a constant stream of cars 60
ing out and coming in.
Born, to Mr.. Mrs. William Ginter, March
| 18th, a boy: mother and son are doing well.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Perry, March
| I4th, girl. Mother and daughter are ''as
well as could be expected"
Mr.. Simpson, the manager of this and the
Carbonate mines, was here last week.
Wanted-A missionary, with great patience,
to boss the mule whackers on the Knob.
Reference required, but none given III re-
turn.
1t is rumored that there viii be whistles
put on the blacksmith shops next week.
There is one on the carpenter shop, one on
the boiler house, two or three in the tunnel,
one on the shaft and one or two on the air.
compressOrs.
John Trauernicht and Billy Anderline are
carrying Oh shoo-fiy and tool factory at the
machine blacksmith shop.
You talk of the Inaugural at Washington.
Tt h,I in, pt.ny,
Row last Saturday night. If l have time !
willlsiye you description of ifs brilliancy
next week.
We have baby at our house, and every
body who comes fl. says it is ''rea pretty"
and $50 nice :" and $50 Iargem Now, as for
pretty, who ever saw baby three or four
days old but what is bald headed, face as red
as a boiled lobster, fiat nose, aud more
mouth than anything else! And for large
why am five times as large as it, and /
am considered rather a small potato myself.
understand that Henry Amelung is GO
irg to the Silver Mines to take charge of the
machinery. Henry is good engineer, and
deserves good place.
Jeweier A. Winkler, and lady, visited the
hill one day last week, and we were greatly
surprised, after reading in the REGISTER
about his being so unlucky, to see him up
here with lady: for the paper spread it on
SO thick that thought it would warn every |
one to keep clear of him. There are deep |
shafts, holes, and high rocks, all over here.
Another move or two, and old Mr.. Bonan-
"a will strike the Knob. Well, his prices come |
nearer fitting the wages than those of any |
body else / know of.
The Knob is booming again, thank you!
They are daily increasing the force, and also |
the shipment of ore. There is now regu- |
lar iron train.
Major V. Birtley has resumed command of |
the timber department, so now the boys
will be safe.
The new office on the hill is completed and |
ready for business. Harry Boughen is as
happy as boy with new pair of red-top
boots.