smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

year Several localities which gave Democratic majori
ties last year give Union majorities.


The Democratic majority in Of the Southern
ties will show gains but it is believed the Republican
gains sufficiently in to the sectional vote
for Grant


In San Francisco all the Wards show large Union gains
but the Democrats will probably have small majority,
These majorities last year nearly 1000. portion
of the Union municipal ticket is certainly elected Union
Congressman in two northern districts probably elect
Democratic Congressman is probably elected in the
Southern District This would show Union gain Of one
Congressman
Year: 1868

Owing to an insufficient draft, yesterday, the
smoke from the luss of Tammany Hall settled around
the cupola and an alarm raised that the building
was on fire. This discovered to be false Nell
Bryant was informed that his minstrel hall in the base
ment OF the building was burned He was conslderaoy
reeyed ON reaching the scene TO find that the informa
tion was untrue. The news that the building was on
fire spread rapidly through the city and crowds called
wholly or partially destroyed The performances at
Bryanps Minstrel Hall were continued as usual.
Year: 1868

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: As OF Pennsylvania, beg leave to send
you this simple expression OF my thanks for the influence
and power of THE TRIBUNE in this State THE TRIBUNE
carried Pennsylvania It not only did that, but it d.
rected and controlled The policy which
was pursued late In the and which led to the
proper results was ell foreshadowed in your columns
six months year ago.


Yours in the assurance Of glorious victory,
BEDFORD Pa, Nov. 3,,1868 ID.
Year: 1868

dependence, are worthy of the organization on
whose banners they are to be written in the
coming contest Its past record cannot be
blotted out or forgotten. If there had been no
Republican party slavery would to day cast its
baleful shadow over the Republic. If there
had been no Republican party free press and
free speech would be as unknown, from the Po-
tomac to the Rio Grande, as ten years ago. If
the Republican party could have been stricken
from existence when the banner of rebellion
was unfurled, and when the response of mo
coercion was heard at the North, we would
have had no nation to-day. But for the Re-
publican party daring to risk the odium of tax
and draft laws our flag could not have been kept
flying in the field till the long hoped-for victory
came. Without Republican party the Civil
Rights BILL the guaranty of equality under the
law to the humble and the defencsless, as well
as to the strong, would not be to-day upon our
national statute book


With such inspirations from the past and
following the example of the founders of the
Republic who called the victorious General Of
the Revolution to preside over the land his tri-
umphs had saved from its enemies, cannot
doubt that our labors will be crowned with sues
cess, and it will be success that shall bring
restored hope, confidence prosperity and prog
ress South as well as North, West as we'll as
East and above all, the blessings under Provi
dence of National concord and peace .4.. (.


,a. Very truly, yours,


lSignedl SCHUYLER CoLFAX.
Year: 1868

The beaten prosecutors of the impeachment,


Sumner and others, console themselves with


the spiteful assumption that though the Presi-
dent has escaped verdict of guilty, the brand
of moral conviction is upon him, since large
majority of his tricrs have pronounced him
guilty. The important question of Mr.. johnson
is not what a prejudiced or corrupt Senate
think of his conduct but what the people think.
In this aspect of the matter, the suggestion of
a moral conviction loses its force. Five of the
States now represented by Radical Senators,
who voted guilty, have in their latest elections
declared against the Radical party, and would,
if they were properly represented, have voted
the other way. This would have made the
vote stand 29 for acquittal to 25 for conviction.
Two other Democratic States cast divided
vote that should have voted solid for acquittal
This would make 81 for acquittal to 90 for con-
viction. If to these were added the 20 Senators
from the South who should be there, and who
if they truly represented the South would have
voted for acquittal, the vote would be 81
for acquittal to % for conviction In this fair
and just view of the matter, the brand Of moral
conviction is transferred from the brow of the
President to those Of the Radical Senators.
Rich. WhiO
Year: 1868

" The circulation of the SPECTATOR is
about as great as the combined circulation
of both the other papers published in this
place, and has as many subscribers in this
county alone as are contained in the whole
list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1868

Poor Hans ~ wrote German to friend
who had been inquiring after his son she hit
himself NIT a rattlesnake and vas sick into his
ped for weeks in te month Of August, and all
his cry was Water water! And he couldn't
eat nottn at all till he complained of peing a
little peter, SO he could sthand up his elbow
and eat cup o tea"
Year: 1868

A clergyman lately travelling in the oil region
saw child stumbling and falling. He kindly
picked her up, saying, Poor little dear, are
you hurt?' when she cried out, Il amt poor
dad has done struck lie p
Year: 1868

When the spirit of Radicalism is exercised
from the government, it will leave the nation
exhausted by its long struggle, but its madness
will have departed, and it will clothe itself again
in the beautiful garments of peace-reason will
resume her seat in its mind, and benignant love
in it's soul, and it will sit a queen, to whom all
her subjects may swear fealty, because the
promise of their lips will be ratified by the i'm
pulses of their hearts -Reters6urg Indec
Year: 1868

Commodore NJ F. Maury is about to return
to his native State and give her the benefit of
his superior attainments by taking charge of a
department of the Virginia Military Institute
His acceptance of the appointment made by
the Board of Visitors some months ago, has
been communicated and bis arrival at the In
stitute will be about the last of June.
Year: 1868

Generation after generation says fine
writer, "have felt as we now feel, and their
lives were active as our own. They passed like
vapor, while nature wore the same aspect of
beauty as when her Creator commanded her to
be- The heavens shall be as bright over our
graves as they now are around our paths. The
world will have the same attractions for our off
spiing unborn as she had once for our children
Yet little while all will have happened The
throbbing heart will be sted, and all will be
at rest Our funeral will wind its way; and
prayers will be said, and then we shall be left
alone In silence and darkness for the worms =
And, it may be, for short time we shall be
spoken of, but the things of life will creep in,
and our names will soon be forgotten. Days
will continue to moye on, and laughter and
song will be heard in the room in which we
died: and the eye that mourned for us will be
dried, and gisten again with joy and even our
children will cease to think Of us, and will not
remember to lisp our Names
Year: 1868

AIMING AT PERFECTION is no man.
ner of inconvenience in having pattern pro-
pounded to US of so great perfection as is above
our reach to attain to, and there may be great
advantage in it. The way to excel in any kind,
is to propose the brightest and most perfect
examples to our imitation. No man can write
after too perfect and good copy and though
he can never reach the perfection of it, yet he
is likely to learn more than by one less perfect.
He that aims at the heavens, which yet he is
sure to come short of, is like to shoot higher
than he that aims at mark within his reach
Year: 1868

A WASHINGTON dispatch says that
to demand his nomination for the Vice
Presidency on the ticket with General
Grant, as concession to the Radical
element of the country. Ohio will
probably be unit for Grant and Wade
at Chicago.
Year: 1868

Mrs. Stephens, in her Monthly Mag.
azine, gives a certain class ofmon, tho
tue like of whom are seen in every
community, the benefit of her opinion,
as follows:


Our own private opinion of the Iady's
man is that he is thoroughly oonCemp-
tible-a sort of the life hardly worth
thinking about-a handful of foam
drifting over the wine of life, somethiuy
not altogether unpleasant to tho fancy
but of no earthly use. A woman of
sense would as soon be put to sea in
man of-war made Of shingles, or take
up her residence in a card house, as
of attaching herself to a lady.killer.
Women worthy the namo are seldom
deceived into thinking a lady's man
the choicest specimen of his sex
Whatever iheir ignorance may be,
womanly intuItions must tell them that
the men who live for great object,
and who's, spirits are so firmly knit
that they are able TO encounter tho
storms Of life-men whose depth and
warmth of feeling resemble the current
of somo mighty river, and not tho
bubbles on It's surface; who, If they
love, arc never smitten by mere beauty
of form and features-thaJ these mon
are moro worthy even of occupying
their thoughts in idlo moments than
the fops and men about town with
whose attentions they amuse themssl-
YES. II we wero to tell him this ne
would only laugh; he has no prids
about him, although full of vanity; and
1T matters not to him what we broadly
affirm or quietly !nsinuate.


Soft and delicate though he is, he Is
as lmpervious to Iidicule as a hod car
rier, and as regardless of honest con-
tempt as city alderman. Were you
to hand him this article, he would take
it to some social party and read 1t
aloud in the most melliduous voice, as
u homage to his own attraction,
Year: 1868

Black Jackn relates Ia the Frankfort YeOman
how Kentucky preacher broke up the offensive
habit of leaving church during service: One
day he was drawing his bow at venture when
a Dice young man started out. But A., without
lowering his voice, cried out "A word with you,
young man; you shall not interrupt the cOngre
cation by going out in time of service But,
psusing a moment, he said Now, remember,
took man to task over at Shawnee Run for going
out. and. brethren aud sisters, what do you think
he turned out to be? What they call lunatic
So go on, young man, maybe you are one of them
Sort After a while two or three young women
started out, aud he let out at them thusly Young
ladies', it amt good manners to walk out while
pres ching is going on But psusing a moment,
be exclaimed go on, forgot at the moment il
vas water million tme.' There was no more
going out that day."
Year: 1868

 An Act in addition to an Act for the regu-

 lation of Civil Actions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

 Sec. 1. The writ of repleyin to recover property attached may be signed by a judge or clerk of the Superior Court, by the judge of any City Court or by justice of the peace.

 Sec. 2. Where the value of the property sought to be replevined does not exceed one hundred dollars, the writ shall be re- turnable before justice of +he peace for the county where the plaintiff or defendant re- sides and an appeal raay be taken from the final judgement of such !rlstice by the par ty against whom the judgement may be given.

 (Continusd on F0arts PTel
Year: 1868

A dispatch from New York to the
Cincinnati Gazette says.


The opinion IS widely prevalent
here that the World has injured its
party irreparably. Numerous Dem
ocrats say they will now vote for
Grant and Colfax. It is thought the
Worlds course will change thousands
Of votes in this State alone.


A dispatch to the Commercial says:


Many prominent Democrats have
already announced their determine
ton to support Grant, or al all events
not to vote for Seymour. Among
them is McCann. the eminent Irish
Judge Of the Supreme Court, and
.eLief operator of the naturalization
machine.


Many Democrats den0unce the
Tammany Convention, and say the
politicians who secured the nOmina-
tiOn Of Seymour and Blair are show
ing the white feather in the hour of
danger. Whatever action is taken,
the Democratic vote in New York
will be reduced and the chances for
HOfman's election are very discOur-
aging.


It Is probable that many voters will
support Grant on the national ticket
and Hoffman on the State ticket.
Year: 1868




The frst accounts we have Of this


important product date back to the


year 1875, when some French astron-


Omerss who had been sent out to Bra


I'll to make observations, returned to
Europe with some Of the gum, The
article attracted but little attention.
however, and as late as 177O was only
obtained in one obscure place, a little
shop in London, its use at the time be
ing confined to the simple purpose Of
erasing or rubbing out pencil marks,
and hence its name, India rubber.
About the year 1920 experiments
began to be made with India rubber
1t was first used as an Ingredient in
backing and varnish, its availability
in the manufacture Of -suspenders. The
next important step was taken by a
ScOtchman named Macintosh. He
sprecd the rubber dissolved in coal oil,
on pieces Of cloth, which were placed
together and passed between rollers,
thus forming the materials from which
the celebrated BIaekintOsh coats were
made. 1t was not until later period
that the material engaged the attention
Of inventors and manufacturers in this
country The grand obstacle to the
general use was its susceptibility to
heat and cold, by which It was either
melted or made rigid.


1t was to Obviate this peeuIiarfty,
and render it Indifferent to all ordin-
airy temperatures that Charles Good
year devoted so much time and money
and hard labor, and, finally, with such
complete success in the invention Of
vuleaHized rubber, which now enters
into the composition Of a thousand
different articles. He accomplished
this great result by uniting sulphur
with the rubber while il was IN astafe
Of fusion, an idea which originated.
with Nathanial Hayward Of Boston,
but was carried ont to q Successful is
sue only by the patient genius Of Good
year. The tree from which this rub
Der is obtained grows to a height Of
eighty or q hundred feet, some fifty.
feet being without branches, the TOP
spreading out like an umbrella, with
thick, glossy foliage. On tapping the
trunk, a ayellOWish liquid, resembling
cream, flows out, which is caught in
small clay cups fastened to the tree.
The contents are then emptied into
large earthenware, in which the liquid
cOngeals, and is kept until wanted for
use. Sometimes a tree is cut from the
bOttomrt to the top, the incisions being
made about foot apart and from all
these wounds the milk will hOW. The
tree will bear this operation once q
fortnight. 1t is tapped in the morn
ing and at each cutting runs about a
gill Of rubber or gum a day, which is
1T for use as soon as collected. The
gum can be gathered the entire year,
but it is best in the dry season, during
May, June. July and August.
Year: 1868




A housekeePeF in the Prairie Far
mer lets Us into her secret how to do
this, and we here print what she says:


am neither a newspaper cores
pondent, nor an authOress; but for the
benefit of the sisterhOOd who do their
own washing, want to give a recipe,
which / have proved and know to be
good. 1t was given me by a friend
who has used it a number of years,
and says it will not injure the clothes.
Washihgday is the most tiresom Of
the week; to be sure machines and
wriRgers have done much to Tighten
the labor, but even with these, 1 wash,
more easily by using the fluid. l
wish some one would try this recipe
and report hOw it works. Here it is:


Five pounds Of sal-sOda, one pound
Of bOrax, one pound of unslaked lime.
Dissolve the soda and bOrax ia one
gallon OF boiling water, slakO the Lime
in the same quantity of boiling water;
then poor them both into eight gal
lans of-cOId water stir a few minutes
and let it stand until morning, when
the clear fluid should be poured of
into jars, ready for use, For two
pals full Of water use half a pint of
the compound. Soak your clothes
over night, putting soap on the sofled
parts. Ia the morning wiring them
out and put them on to boil, first put
ting some Of the fluid and soap into
your machine ort1b aud the dirt will
rub right of; then rinse well in two
waters. Sumo viii say twill not do
TO boil dirty clothes; fust try it and
your clothes win leok nicely, and you
viii not be neer as tired.
Year: 1868

He is a rich man who has God for
his friend. He is the best scholar
who has learned to live we'll A
handful of mother wit is worth a
bushel Of learning. You had better
leave your enemy something when
you die, than live to beg Of your
friends. Enjoy what little you have,
while the fool is looking for more.
Saying and doing do not dine togeth-
er. May you have good luck, my
son, and a wit will serve your turn.
Gifts break through stone walls. Go
not to your doctor for every all, nor
to your pitcher for every thirst.
There is no better Iooking-glass than
an old, true friend. A wall between
two preserVesyfriendshIp. A creditor
always has a better memory than the
debtor,
Year: 1868




The following anecdote Of the late
President Lincoln has never been
published, and unlike perhaps, some
Of the stories attributed to him, is an
actual fact During Mr.. IingOln's
practice Of his profession Of the law,
long before, he was attending the Cir
cult Court which met at Blooming
dale, Illinois. The prosecuting at
tOrney, lawyer by the name Of La
mon, was a man Of great physical
strength, and took particular pleas
ure in athletic sports, and was so fond
Of wrestling that his power and expe-
.rience rendered him q formidable and
generally successful opponent. One
pleasant day in the fall, Lamon was
wrestling near the Courthouse with
some one who had challenged him on
a trial, and in the scuffie made large
,rent in the rear Of his unmentiona-
bles. Before be had time to change,
be was called into court to take up a
case. The evidence was finished, and
Lam0n got mp to address the jury and
having on somewhat short coat, his
misfortune was somewhat apparent
One Of the lawyers, for a joke, START
ed a subscription paper, which was
passed from one member the bar to
another, as they sat by long table
fronting the bench, to buy pair Of
pantaloOns for LamOn, che being"
the paper said, na poor, but worthy
young man." Several put down
their names with some Iudicrous sub
scription, aud finally the paper was
laid by some one in front Of Mr.. Lin
coin, on a plea that he was engaged
in writing at the time. He quietly
glanced over the paper, and immedi-
ately took mp his pen and wrote after
his name, ''I can contribute nothing
to the end IN Uiel0" .o h on
Year: 1868




The New Rebellion is in full blast
in Louisiana. One hundred Union
men, white and black, were killed or
wounded in Opelousas. The Progress
newspaper was destroyed and the edi-


tor lyDched. At Shreveport fifteen
Union men and four rebels were kill
ed. Similar reports are expected from
other quarters, as the necessary result
Of the revolutionary spirit of Tamma-
ny Platform. These facts afford a
text which is as good as a sermon.
We have to ask simply-what do you
think of it, and if the nomination Of
Seymour and Blair is attended by
such murderOus consequences, what
may we expect to result from their
Year: 1868

"What do you mean by cat and dog
life2" said a husband to his angry
wife. "Look at Carly and Kitty asleep
on the rug together. l wish men
lived half as peaceable with their
wives" "Stop," said the lady; 'tie
them together and then see how they
will agree"
Year: 1868

The Red Bluff Post Office is the worst
conducted institution of the kind in the
United States. The Post Master is 6isgrac-
ing himself and the Department. On Mon
day a package of letters was received here,
by the Trinity Centre stage, that should
have come direct from Red Bluff on Friday
Nor is this an isolated case. If the Nasby Of
the Red Bluff Post Office can't or won't at
tend to business he should resign, so that a
competent officer may be appointed to the
place.
Year: 1868

There's beautiful face in the silent air,


Which follows me ever and near,
With smiling eyes and amber hair,
With breathless lips, yet with breath Of


prayer


That | feel, but cannot bear.
The dimpled hand and the ringlet of gold


Lie low in a marble Of sleep;
1 stretch my arms for the clasp of old,
But the empty air is strangely cold,


And my vigils alone l keep.
There's a sinless brow, with radiant


crown,


And a cross laid down in the DUST
There's a smile where never shade comes
And tears no more from those dear eyes


flow,


So sweet in their innocent trust.
All, we'll! and summer is coming again,


Singing her same old song;
But, oh! it sounds like a sob Of pain,
As it floats in the sunshine and the rain,


O'er hearts of the worlds great tthrong.
There's a beautiful region above the skies,


And long to reacl, its shore,
For know | shall find my treasure there,
The laughing eyes and the amber hair,


OF the loved one gone before.
Year: 1868

EVERY CHRISTIAN A CHURCH.-As
man is little world, so every chris
tian is little church within ITSELF
AS the church, therefore, is sometimes
in the wane, through persecution, 9th
er times in full glory and brightness,
so let me expect myself to be some
times dropping under temptations,a ,and
sadly hanging down the head for the
want of the feeling Of Gods presence
at other times carried with the full
sail Of a resolute assurance to heaven,
knowing that as it is a church at the
weakest stay. or shall |, in my great,
est detection, hold the child of God
Bishop Hall.
Year: 1868

The FLY AND THE BEE.-A fly once
said to bee: "Tell me, my friend,
how it is that no one pursues and tor
ments you as they do me? have to
protect my little life from every one,
but you fly about in the air gathering
honey unbidden from the flowers. If l
venture to put out my trunk to reach
a crust of bread, or perchance to dip
into some more dainty dish, death
threatens me on the spot. think if
| could sting, and thus take ven-
geance on my foes as thou canst, that /
should be left in peace" "You are
mistaken" said the bee. "a much
surer protection to me is that by dill
gence / serve mankind" .