smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

l dare say very many will differ from
me in opinion, and say hard things in ref
erence to my lack of taste and want of ap-
probation of the so-styled wonderful, but
l am bold to confess that my first impress
sion on reaching the pyramids of Sakkara
was one of disappointment. From what l
had read, and from all had heard tourists
relate from time to time regarding the won
derful size Of the blocks of stone compos-
ing these great structures, was led to
imagine that the individual blocks Of stone
were so large that it became a difficult
matter to form any clear conception as to
the manner in which they were piled one
upon another The blocks of stone, when
i had looked well at them, did not convey
to my mind any very exalted idea of mag
nitude; neither could / for the life of me
see any real difficulty where laborers, as
we read, were numbered by the thousand,
in raising any one of the blocks of stone
comprising the mass Of the pyramid from
the base to the summit To put this mat
ter to a more practical test, we carefully
measured some of the larger blocks in the
Gizeh pyramids, and by calculation we
found that the heaviest block of stone
making up the structure Of the pyramid
did not exceed two and half tons, and
that by far the greater part were, of course,
much lighter.-J X. Lord; IN Land and


Wnfer
Year: 1868

from the Helena (Montana) Herald, Feb. 15l


Serious fears are entertained that there has been
trouble on the Mnscleshel. No word has been re-
ceved from Hawey, the eastern end OF the route,
for two months. During that time three parties
have left here for there, all OF whom should have
been back before this The first OF these left about
the 1st OF December The second left about the 10th
OF December and consisted OF four men, and the
third left about one month since and consisted Of
twelve men. We have already given In our columns
reports OF numerous robbertes which have
been perpetrated by Indians on this route
and have noted the threats made by the
savages that they would force the abandonment OF the
line and that they would scalp any who might m


future attempt TO travel II. II IL feared that these
threats have been put into execution, or, at least
that the men who have been sent have been set
afoot and that the stock Of the fort may also have
been stolen, thus leaving no animals upon which
men could be sent through. But even In this case 1t
is supposed that the express agent at Fort Hawey
would attempt to send some one through on foot.
We obtain the above facts from Mr.. s. 8. Huntly,
who manages the carrying OF the mails through the
section OF country referred 10, and under whose d.
rection the above mentioned parties have been sent
out. Another party OF six men left Diamond City
for Fort Hawley on Thursday and we hope an early
report from them may dissipate all those fears
which our people cannot refrain at present from In
duping In.
Year: 1868

WORTHY OF THoUGHT.-That the
next Presidential election will create
a more absorbing interest, and at the
same time excite kecner apprchen-
sions in the public mind, than any
election that the country has ever yet
witnessed, says the Keokuk Constitu-
ton, is u fact universally recognized.
The extent to which if will tell upon
the country for good or for evil is in
calculable. If power again passes in-
to the hands of the Radicals, the
American people have seen the las:
of tina: liberty regulated by law, -
which has been their pride and their
boast for nearly a century. II they
ever regain it it will be only by the
bloody ordeal of revolution.
Year: 1868

LET THE CHILDREN SLEEP.-We ear
nestIy advise that all WHO think great
deal, who have to work hard. to take all
the sleep they can get without medical
means. We caution parents, particularly,
not to allow their children to be walked
up of mornings-let nature wake them
up, she will not do it prematurely; but
have care that they 60 to bed at an early
hour; let it be early until it be found
that they wake up themselves in full time
to dress for breakfast Being walked up
early. and allowed to engage in difficulI
or any studies late. and just before retir.
ing, has given many beautiful and
promising child the brain fever, or deter.
mined ordinary ailments to the production
of water on tbs brain. Lot parents make
every possible effort to get their children
TO go to sleep in pleasant humor. New
eT scold or give lectures, or in any way
wound child 8 feelings as it goes to bed
Let all bapish business and every worldly
care at bedtime, and let sleep come tc
a mind at peace with God and all tht
world.
Year: 1868

SINGULAR DREssEs.-In recent lee
ture delivered in Philadelphia, Monsieur
du Chaillu thxs describes the dresses of o
negro king and his court, with whom he
met in his travels in africa


skiing Diapo was dressed in swallow.
tailed coat, about the style our grandfath.
ers wore, and that he must have procured
from some traveller, and nothing else be-
sidesi His prime minister had on q white
shirt, one sleeve lost, and which could
not have been washed for two years and
nothing else! The second head man had
necktie on, and nothing else The third
head man had hat on, and nothing else!
Another one of the suite had a pair OF
shoes on, and nothing else After the
king and his ministers, came his wives
His chief wife carried an umbrella, and
wore no clothing whatever !
Year: 1868

YouNe MAN Have you brain as
big as q mustard seed Have you as
much care for the future as three-weeks'
old kitten2 IF You have, consider we'll the
recipe, which is warranted, if strictly OBJ
served, to keep you forever in poor
man shoes Drink three glasses of ale
and two of whiskey every day smoke a
fifteen.ce cent cigar after each meal; take al
least one buggy ride week wear a cane,
dye your hair, and keep dog. That'll
do the business for you, sure l-Dyauat-
u OhronscEs.
Year: 1868

A neighbor of ours Who had repeatedly
been urged by some giggling female ac-
quainces to accompany them to skating
yard, at last yielded, no longer able to re-
sist the Establishments of his bewitching
tormentors. He went. He said he put
on q pair of skates aud struck boldly out,
the next thing he knew he was himself
in bed, the minister sitting beside him
singing psalm, the doctor courting his
wife, and the undertaken measuring him
for walnut coffin.
Year: 1868

DYING HoURs or BucHANAN.-The
night befolc his death goblet of water
was brought to him from favorite spring
on his estate. On drinking it the old
man said


Doctor, I do not know if the spirits
of the dead ever revisit the earth, but il
mine should ever do so, doubt not that
would be found vandering around that
old spring"


Mr.. Buchanan was very particular in
regard to the monument over his remains.
He expressly stipulated that there should
be nothing expensive, merely simple,
oblong tomb. the Oap.stone to be of the
finest and most durable marble, on which
he especially requested should be cut, in
Roman letters, the following inscription,
and nothing more'
Year: 1868

I'm pc c hment.


Now that the House has resolved upon
impeachment, the mode Of proceeding in
such cases becomes matter Of interest
The House must appoint commtte to
draw up the articles. with the power to
send for persons and papers. When the
articles have been reported to the House
and adopted, five managers will be ap,
pointed by the House to conduct the i'm
parchment before the Senate. On an
appointed day, the Senate will convene as
Il High Court Of impeachment. Chief
Justice Chase presiding. Each Senator
will take an oath as juror in the case.
inform the House Of the readiness Of the
Court. The managers appointed by the
House will appear and seat themselves
within the bar. The Chairman will read
the articles of impeachment. The Chief
Justice will advise the managers that the
Senate will take proper action. A sum-
mons will be served on the President, and
the trial will commence. AT the conclu-
sion of the evidence the Chief Justice will
direct the Secretary to read the charge,
and each Senator will be asked in turn.
by the Chief Justice, whether he believes
the President TO be guilty, and will answer.
An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
Senators present is necessary to conviction.
The next question asked of every Senator
will be whether the President shall be
disqualified to hold any Office of emolu
ment or trust under the government of
the United States.


What are the chances Of conviction
The present Senate is composed Of ~
Republicans and 10 Democrats, with one
vacancy in Kentucky and one in Mary
land-the latter created by the election of
the rightful Senator. The former will be
filed by McCreery, now chosen. The
latter will remain vacant. Only 80 Sana-
tors voted in condemnation Of the Presi-
dent upon Mr.. Wilson'S resolution but it
is believed that the remainder may DO
brought up to the mark.


The President may challenge the array,
and deny the power Of such Senate to
try him. 1t is not a fair jury when ten
States are excluded, and Senator after
Senator has been expelled.


If deposed before the 4th of March 4.
the President Of the Senate will occupy
the Executive chair. Ben. Wade, one Of
the most reckless and beastly Of the Rad
ieal crew, is to take the leap forward
to be transferred to the White House,
there to remain till March 4, lS60.-Ltica
OJse,rer.
Year: 1868

CArARKH.-An exchange says the follow
ing is an effectual remedy for stoppages Of
the head catarrh Take one part Of finely
pulversyed saltpetro and mix with two
parts of white sugar reduced to -four. 1t
must be snuffed up the nose dozen times
or more day, according to the severity
Of the afflictiOn. *H
Year: 1868

The following copy Of letter, alluded
to by Senator Dixon in his speech in cx-
ccutive session. written by Secretary Stan.
ton to President johnson when the latter
resigned his position as Military Governor
of Tennessee, will be interesting at this
particular moment as contrast between
the way in which the defender Of the
constitution in 1865 and the same defender
in 1868 were regarded:


WAR DEPARTMENT,


WAsnISGToS, March 3, 1865.


SIR This Department has accepted
your resignation as Brigadicr General and
Military Governor of Tennessee. Permit
me on this occasion to render to you the
thanks of this Department for your patri-
otic and able services during the eyentful
period through which you have exercised
the high trusts committed to your charge.
In one of the darkest hours Of the great
struggle for national existence against re-
bellious foes, the government called you
from the Senate and from the comparative
ly safe and easy duties of civil life to place
yos in front of the enemy, and in position
OF personal toll and danger, perhaps, more
hazardous than was encountered by any
other citizen or military officer Of the
United States. With patriotic promptness
you assumed the past, and maintained it
under circumstances of unparalleled trials,
until recent events have brought safety and
deliverance to your State and to the intcg-
rity Of that constitutional Union for which
you so long and SO galantly perilej all that
is dear to man on earth. That you may be
spared to enjoy the new honors and per-
form the high duties to which you have
been called by the people of the United
States, is the sincere wish of one who, in
every official and personal relation, has
found you worthy of the coniden Of the
government, and the honor and esteem of
your fellow citizens.


Your obedient servant,


EDWIN NJ. STANTON,


Secretary of War.
His Excellency Andrew johnson, Vice
President elect
Year: 1868

Young Ladies.


If you are married man, your course
is clear enough; they regard you with in
difference; allow you to take seat at their
fathers table without troubling themselves
to crticise either your demcanor or your
dress. 10 them you are a dummy
monk--a monopolizcd individual; you are
safe in this Indifference except when you
oitciously offer your arm to them, and SO
stand in the way of younger or single
man. A married man, therefore, derives
at least one advantage from his double
state-the advantage of being regarded by
the book muslin and bare shoulders that
crowd metropolitan drawing rooms with
indifference, or may be contempt. Let a
married man presume to poster young
lady to dance with him twice in one even
ing, and he would be sorry to overheal
her comments on him ut the Tomorrow
breakfast. A Benedict must submit to be
snubbed by virgins. The truth must &c
forth: In the estimation of young ladies
family man is IL nuisance in company.


The above is from the pen of II homely
cross, old, ill-grained cuss who knows
nothing of the temperament of young
lady. Or experience is exactly the re
verse. IEe-that is to say, is, were, are
or an, a married man and we can't hely
it. "Aint sorry fur it nuther'' and we
never got scared at the conduct Of ladies,
old or young, in parlor, balls or excur.
Sions. The truth about it is that a married
man is supposed to be graduate in life
and young ladies are much less fearful o
Il word from him than they are of gree,
chap who is seeking for information. Nc
virgin" ever ''snubbed'' us. Get mar.
ried by all means if you enjoy society and
| be easily at home with the ladies of all
ages. There is no use for generation of
suspicious old GROWERS in pantaloonery
Get wife and become certainty in life
instead of myth whose destiny nobody
knows.
Year: 1868

The following kind and well-wrttcn ar.
ticle is too good and too crcIitable to the
heart of the author to be inserted without
commendation. We meant to have writ.
ten something like it, long ago, but forgot
it. Courtesy and social attention make up
the most valuable stock in trade, and yet
the most neglected by human beings. lie,
us all use more Of it hereafter


Agree abilities.


| In journeying along the road of life, it
is wise thing to make our fellow travel
ers our friends. The way, rough as it NAV
seem, may be pleasantly beguiled with am
interchange of kindly Offices and pleasant
words. Suavity and iorbcarance are es,
sential clements of good companonship,
and no one need expect to pass pleasantly
through life who dose not habitualIy exer-
else them in his intercourse with fellows.
The lshmalte, whose hand is against eve
ry man, may die in ditch without a fin
ger being outstretchcd to save him. And
would we rudely jostle and shoulder our
neighbors Why tread upon each others
toes The gentleman is always careful to
avoid such collisions, for courtesy and loy-
! atty to his race are a portion of his moral
and religious creed to be loved and hon
ored of all, his highest earthly ambition.
lie seeks to turn away wrath with soft
answer, and if Il brawler obstinately beset
his path, he steps aside to avoid him, say
ing as Uncle Toby said to the fly, SEQ thy
ways; the world is wide enough for thee
and me.


s,
the subject, which we commend to the con-
sideration OF the worldly-wse and selfish.
1t always pays to be courteous, conciliat-
ing, and mild Of tongue.


The editor Of the Quincy Herald, hav,
ing become convert to the Christian
religion, uttcrs the following to his readers
in the last issue of his paper:


'We shall return to our duties as editor
of the Herald, if we return to them ut all,
a very different man from what we were
when We left them some weeks SINCE
We say return to them at all, for we really
do not know ut present what Gods pur-
pose is respecting us. Many of our read
ers have doubtless heard, and those of
them who have not shall now hear that a
great change has come over us; that Il
revolution has been wrought in our heart
that the things we once loved possess
attractions Tor us no more; that our hab-
its, thoughts, emotions, inclinations. feel
ings, aims, in short all there has been of
us, so far as it had respect to the things Of
this life, have been reversed; in a word,
that God, in His mercy, hath pardoned
our sinS--and thew were many-fOr when
we were made fully to realize Their enor-
nifty and extent they were fearful to be-
hold" ...
Year: 1868

The great Importance Of ventilation in


our sitting and sleeping rooms, in our
schools and public halls, is not sufficient
ly appreciated, 1t is startling to learn
the amount of carbonic acid emitted
from the lungs of our person, or from :,
single gas burner enough TO poison the
whole atmosphere of Il good sized room
in very brief period of time. Two
many persons think that winter temper
ature demands the exclusion OF fresh air
to make their apartments warm and
comfortable, wien the fact that in the
cold season we consume more oxygen
and consequently exhale a greater guam
tity Of the poisonous carbonic acid gas,


should lead to directly opposite course,
4 bedroom IN uuaer requires more centtla-
Year: 1868

first legislature under this act, and said
legislature shall meet at the time now
fixed by law for the meeting of the legis-
lative assembly Of Colorado Territory


Approved March so, 1867.
Year: 1868

NFII HUr-A whole brood of tinan-
cial fallacics is scattered by this short
paragraph from the Nation


If the great want of the time be
more @recnbacks, and if the more there
are issued the better off we shall he, il is
hard to see why Congress need be 50
much afraid of the Southcrners claiming
compensation for their slaves aud for
other damage suffered during the war.
What harm could possibly result from
issuing enough paper money, when once
the printing press is in motion, TO satisfy
them ? 1t would either revive industry
ut the South, or, better still, make in
dustry unnecessary, and would dliiuse
contentment through Il great many re
gions which are now the seats OF strife
and heartburning. Is it worthy OF
practical men to keep the South impov-
erished, merely by way of vengeance,
when one wagon-load OF engraved paper
would maks its people happy and pros
porous %
Year: 1868

Among all the varied forms and phases
in which pride exhibits itself to the public,
there is none more disgusting and ridiculous
than that aristocratic or dandied form which
it assumes in the persons of those who seem
to consider it an indignity to be seen labor
ing with their hands, or performing any of
the drudgeries of life. They think it above
the dignity of a gentleman, in which char
acter they would like to be considered, to
soil their delicate fingers with mean en-
pIoyment, as they would call such employ
ment as most men engage In to earn, with
honesty, their daily bread. These men of
starch and perfume, would look upon it as
an everlasting disgrace to be surprised by
their consequential acquaintances in the act
Of rolling a wheelbarrow through the streets
in the transaction of necessary business, as
the immortal Franklin used to DO through
the streets of Philadelphia, or in carrying
provisions from the market, or in tilling the
land. This foolish pride is often heavy
tax, levied upon the purse Of its possessor,
for, often do we see such a person, in order
to keep up appearances, expend his money,
and subjecting himself almost to starvation,
and to every domestic inconvenience, to
prevent his pride being mortified, and to
support his fancied dignity. Such dandied
fops are the mere insects Of society, as per.
fectly useless as the guided butterfly which
hovers about the flowers in the sunshine Of
summer, but is swept away by the cold
blasts Of autumn,
Year: 1868

NEWSPAPER LAws.-We would call the special
attention of Post Masters and subscribers 20 the
TSQumER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws


l. Postmaster is required to give notice BY
letter. returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out of
the Office and state the reasons Tor its not being
taken; and a neglect to do so makes the Postmas-
ter repsoasibie to the publishers for the payment


2, ANY person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed to his name or another or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.


g. If person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount ckether Il be taken from
The office or nor. There be no legal discontin-
Rence until the payment is made.


4. IF the subscriber orders his paper to be
stopped at certain time, and the publisher con
tinues to send, the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, II he takes Il oat Of the Post Office. The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
for what he uses.


5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post office,
removing and having them unealed for, is
prima faeia evidence of Intentional fraud.
Year: 1868

you are of no creed. That the Catholic and
the Protestant and all others are equally
dear to you as men Kindness and sym
pathy will reach the hearts of our people
But reyile and abuse them, and your enc
mics catch up your words, and whisper them
into every Irish ear in the land.


Let men not fatter themselves that
Catholicity in its true Interpretation is op-
posed to Republicanism and universal suff-
rage. The bishops and priests to a large
extent may be opposed to those things
This is not owing to the Church SO much as
to the fact that they are Irish and share the
prejudices and feelings common to our
race.


At the altar of God the Church makes
men equal. The most violent Copperhead
in the land, if Catholic, mnst-for the
Church says so-kneel beside the blaekest
and lowliest African, and receive the body
and blood of Christ, from the same hands.
What is this but setting the seal Of equality
before God on all men?


1t makes us sigh to behold the littleness
Of some Republicans who cramp the spirit
of their great party to suit their own small
comprehensiyeness.


The very unchaugeableness of the Irish
should induce the Republican party to put
forth all their efforts to gain them over.


They are not of those who have 70 be
coaxed to stand by principle. You cannot
drive them from you by abuse if they are
satisfied that they are right on principle
The manner in which they are insulted and
abused by the Democracy fully proves the
correctness of this assertion.


In word, the Irish are true to liberty,
as they understand it. Convince them that
they are too sectional in its application, aud
they will enlarge their action


As has often been said, the Irish are all
right at heart, but their heads are wrong.
Their hearts have been cultivated by their
kindly natures, but their heads have been
"cut of by the English. Irish Republic
Year: 1868

and company of men enter and lay the un-
conscious form of man on the lounge. His
eyes roll wildly, and every Iabored breath
sends the foam from his mouth. The moth
er's heart is chilled with fear as she recog.
nlzes the form of loved son. But oh, hor-
rors what anguish rends her soul, and how
her heart sinks within her mind. Drunk
Oh, the agony of that moment of sorrow /
She would give thousand worlds, if they
were at her command, if she could blot out
the fact, but this is impossible, Oh, young
man, remember that it is a fearful thing
thus to trampIe under foot the claims that
God and man have upon you. Drunk Let
that never be said of you again.