smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

black diamonds, which are frequently in
fine particles. These savings are valuable
to be used when the requirements of cook
lug or il particularly sharp airs do not de-
mand brisk fire. Even the ashes that es-
cape through the sitter, when made into a
mortar with water, are servIceable. They
may be used advantageously in preserving
the fire in CRATE, and it is surprising how
much of what might be otherwise condemn
ed as waste, can thus be made to yield avail
able heat.


Coal should be kept under cover, exposed
neither to the sun, the rain, or the frost.
lnsensible combustion and waste by the ac-
ton OF the elements rapidly diminish the
heat producing qualities of even the hard
est anthracite coal. By some this possible
waste is estimated as high as fifty per cent.
This may be an exaggerated estimate,
but that 1t is considerable the observation
and experience of twerty years variant US
IN confidently affirming. Even the fine dust
left in the coal bin is valuable Mixed in
to mortar, as we advise with the ashes, it
gives out an intense heat, greater than that
of lump coal because the more readiness
with which the oxygen of the atmosphere
can rmeate the mass; and here we may
give few words OF advice. Small sized
coal Is more economical than large coal, es
pecially for household purposes, if the crate
Is adapted to the size, for the reason Just
stated. To prove this let one take lump
oi anthracite large as a mans fist, All
alive, and crack it so as to expose he in,
terror, 1t will be found to be entirely black
inside aud undi>turbed by the heat


These practical suggestions and facts, un-
accompanied by scientific reasons are sub
mitted for the consideration of our readers.
We might have given the philosophy of
combustion as applied to anthracite coal.
but preferred to make few simple state
meuts, leaving our readers to trace tn : truths
back to their source. We are confident. how
ever that an observance OF these rules will
result i'll a valuable saving of coal.
Year: 1868

at the first settlement, and state to rhe Off
GERS what had happened, and he promised
to do so. He once more blessed the brave
woman who had saved his life. and tt en- set
out. Late in the afternoon two officers ar
rived at the cabin, and when they were shown
the dead bodies they recognized. them at
once and proceeded to remove them And
ere week had passed, whole settlements
blessed the Boz der Heroine for the work she
had done
Year: 1868

SECOND MARRIAGE Some one says that
nobody enters second marriage with the
sane reverence or carnestneSS, with which
he contracted the first. He is older aud
colder: familiarity with the estate has bred
Indifference the being at his side Is not "A
trembling pure little soul whom all his strong
chiyalrous nature ruShes forth to protect,
but nice sort of person. who Is going to
look after his servants and see that his linen
is kept in order.
Year: 1868

A DECISION AS. TO PRoMIssoRY NOTES.:
The Supreme Court has decided npon writ
of error that. q promissory note is rendered
void by any change Of date afterjts delivery.
In the case on trial it appeared on the face
of the note that "Septembern had been
stricken out and October IL" substituted as
the date, after ono of the parties had signed
the note, and without his knowledge or con-
sent. The court showed that it was rule OF
the common law, as far back as the reign OF
Edward Ill, that an erasure in deed voids
it; and the same rule had been held as ap
plicebla to commercial paper-it having been
established in both English and American
jurisprudence that material alteration in
any commercial paper without tho consent of
the party signing to the change extinguishes
his liability. The alteration of the date,
whether to hasten or delay the time of pay
ment, has been uniformly held to be material
To prevent and punish spoh tampering, the
law does not permit the plaintiff to fall back
upop the contract as it was originally. In
pursuance Of q stern but wise policy, it annuls
the instrument as to the party sought 70 be
wroneed.-New York Times.
Year: 1868

MARRY OR PEalsH-The Louisville Jour-
nal tells OF a young gentleman Of the west
end of that city taking unto himself a wife
under rather peculiar circumstances. He haa
Gaau paying nis court 70 young lady in that
quarter, for some time past, but had made no
matrimonial arrangements, either present or
prospectively. Tie paternal ancestor OF the
damsel, believing it was time for the young
gentleman to come. to terms, went to him
with pistol, and pointing it in the direction
of the>young mans Uranium, told him that he
had no time for unnecessary foolishness, bu,
must either marry or die. The youth tool
no time to deliberate, but anewered 'Eniarry,'
ct once, The old gent, therefore, marched
him up to the county clerks office, made him
procure license, took him down home with
him, sent for. q preacher and had the young
folks united in short order, and they are now
enjoying the blessings of married life.
Year: 1868

g| One very cold night, a jolly old fel-
low, who had been drinking too freely ut o
tavern, started for home in gig, and on the
way was upset and left by the side OF the
road. Some persons, passing a short time
after, discovered him holding his feet up to
the moon, and calculating to some invisible
person, .t Pile on the wood: it's miserably
cold fire. =. t-s.sas
Year: 1868

sar Money is SO plenty in New York that
loanS were made on Monday at the, rate of
one per cent. per AMMAN, and it was pressed s.,
ON bankers at Two or three per cent, This
is without precedent in our financial his
tory.
Year: 1868

We are now printing and circulating
1913, 500 copies Of The WEEKLY TRIBUNE
We believe that exceeds by many thousands
the weekly issue of any other political journal
in the world-7he La Crosse Democrat being
our only serious competitor. We hope to reach
100000 before the close of the Presidential
canvass.


Not twenty copies are sent out by us that
are not paid for though a very small per
centage Of our edition are paid for by others
than those who receive them, as we have
already stated.


An eminent ex-member Of Congress, who re-
tired from public life many years ago, in send
ing us a large subscription, writes: ...


al have abored for years TO sustain our nationality,
and entire independence unimpeachable honor and un-
tarnished fame. And public paper has 80 ably faith
fully and efecualy sustained those principles as The
TRIBUNE. Consistent. faithful ardent and earnest as
well as truthful believe it the best document for the
people now published within border and hope it will
continue In zeal and earnesness In the same ne until
the policy Of Protection for tho good of the people, as
well as liberty and equality, shall be firmly established
throughout tho length and breadth Of the land. Very
truly, your friend, --- ----. IL. W.
Year: 1868

Praised by some as the very perfection of
political wisdom, the British Constitution pre-
sents, nevertheless, certain anomalous features
truly puzzling to men who have been trained
to the simplicity of republican ideas of gov
eminent. An English Peer is forbidden to vote
in England at elections for the return OF rep
resentatives to the popular branch of the Leg
islature. Nor may he take an active part in
such elections, an annual resolution OF the House
of Commons declaring void any election i'll
which Peer has nterfered This prohibition
doubtless had its origin in the fear that the
Lords might secure a complete monopoly of
power for themselves, by so influencing the
elections as to get returned to the Lower House
those men only who were devoted to their or
der But in spite of constitutional usage and
annual rule of Commons, the Peers have always


managed indirectly to control the elections to
such an extent that each successive House for
the last two hundred years has been filled with
men either related to Peers by ties of blood or
pledged to support the interests of their order


An English journal says it is perfectly well
known that the Peers do interfere in elections


in every conceivable way short OF appearing on
the hustngs and recording their votes; and it
is a notorious fact that the Duke of Devonshire
selects, though he does not exactly nominate,
the members for four counties. Among the
questions collateral with that of Parliamentary
Reform, this interference of Peers in elections
is engaging particular attention in England at
present. During the recent session Of Par
lament it was proposed in the House of Com
mons to change the annual resolution rendering
any election void in which a Peer may inter-
fere into a statutory provision, under which
any spiritual or temporal Peer interfering at an
election should be held guilty of misdemeanor,
and liable therefor to period OF imprison-
ment. The proposition was, of course, peremp-
torily rejected, the Commons not being yet pre-
Year: 1868

M,SHNrTAS COOPERATIVE RELIEF ASSOCIATION
All Life Insurance is intended to make provision TOR
survivors by stated payments during the hfetme Oh
the person insured. Many young merchant OF
clerk can pay 800 TO 500 per annum to secure an
adequate provision for his family in case OF his cary
death: and thousands have thus been saved from
hegparv and wretchedness. Whether this or that
form of Life Insurance is best do not decide but
the Manhattan Cooperative Relief Association seems
to combine the features of a Benefit Society with
those of ordinary Life Insurance. The initial pay
ments are very moderate but of course all that the
members receive they must pay-there IS no escape
from this law Those who live longest VIII pay most
those who die soonest will secure to their iafnliie'
great advantages at small cost,


We believe tho officers of the Manhattan 10 DO
honest and responsible, and their plan fairly set
forth in their prospectus, to which we direct those
contemplating Life Insurance, leaving each to Judge
for himself.
Year: 1868

If there is any truth in the numerous dis
patches which now reach us almost daily from
Spain, that country must be on the eve of a
general collapse. Among the people and the
umy dissatisfaction is said to be universal,
oltbreaksare expected in almost every province,
and a financial crisis is near at hand. Gen.
Prim aud his friends have fixed upon Lisbon
as the place of their meeting, and two mem
bers of the new Portuguese Cabinet, who are
intimate friends of Gen Prim, are favorable to
a revolution in Spain.
Year: 1868

We insert elsewhere in our columns this
morning, another letter from Professor Morley
to The Oondon) Times, giving several additional
reasons for his belief that the poem recently
discovered by him in the British Museum is the
genuine production of Milton. Professor Nor
leys arguments are not without weight, in a
critical point of view, but it is still certainly
safe for the reader to reserve his judgment for
the present, and await further disclosures.
Year: 1868

The most important period of the canvass is
fast approaching, and the necessity for active
work will soon be imperative. The friends of
Grant and Colfax can do nothing that will bear
better fruit than to put forth unceasing efforts
to circulate The SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Send
it everywhere, and the defeat of Seymour and
Blair will be overwhelming.
Year: 1868

The Republican state Central Committee have their headquarters at
the rooms Of the National Committee the nh Avenue Hotel No D
All communications to the Committee should be addressed that
place Nj is Chairman and Mr. James Terwger Secretary
ofthe Executive Committee.
Year: 1868

Chief-Justice Chase, in his charge to the
Grand Jury for the Circuit of West Virginia,
called their attention to three classes Of of
fenses, VIZ: Against the revenues, against the
currency, and against the mails. Relative to
otienses against the revenue, he said, with
mastery force, and simplicity of truth that
is impressive:


"The war which the nation has been recently engaged
for the preservation Of the National Union and Govern
meu endangered by rebellion made the contracting OF
large debt inevitable This debt IS me price Of Ma
Nola erisenes and binds Trcrocaby me good aih Of the
1ope It's involabe obligation has been recognized by
a solemn act OF the nation IN adopting the 8lVth
Amendment OF tho Constitution OF the United States,
which declares that the validity OF the public debt of the
Omitted states, authorized by law, including debts IN
Cured FOR the payment of bontes for services in sup
pressing nsurrccton or rebellion. shall not be ques'
toned There differences OF opinion as TO the mode
OF payment required by the American people through
their Government nobody questions openly, II any
body AZ all that ne DEBT contracted must be paid and
pad IN perfect good fdih The law OF the amendment.


that tho validity of the National debt shall not be ques
toned. was already written upon the hearts OF
the people before they made II part OF the Con
sttuton To provide for the reduction and final pay
mcn OF this debt and for the annual expenses OF the
Government taxes are necessarily imposed In other
words the equal proportion TO be contributed by each
citizen asCcrtaned by law He who wthh0ds MS just
proportion deprve the rest o the people Of exactly the
amount withheld His fraud operates theft The sum
total necessary 10 meet the obligations OF the nation
must he raised Fraud upon the does not re-
duce that sum- IL merely shifts the burdens evaded by
the fraudulent upon others who pay their full proportion
All honest men, therefore, have common cause against
the dishonest You, gentlomen represent the honest


men, and II your duty to that no defrauder OF the
revenue who be brought to justice escapes merted
punishment. The higher I'm Office and the higher in
social position the delinquent may b. the more unremt
ting and searching should be your diligence in inquiry
and prcsentment."


Countcrfeiting the currency he showed to be
a robbery of the poorer classes, whom it is the
peculiar duty of Government 10 protect from
wrong. Chief-Justice Chase doubtless i'm
presses the Southern people as one Of the most
able, learned, and digniied of all the carpet
"baggeTs," to whom they stand indebted for
the number of loyal men necessary to carry on
the machinery of Government.
Year: 1868

Plenty of Coal for the New Enterprise


A correspondent whose letter appears IN the
San Fran ncsco Bulletin OF a recent date, notices
the discovery OF coal near the line OF the Central
Pacific Rail- Dad, not lar from the dividing line
of Humboldt and Lander counties. The dis
covery OF coal east OF the Sierra is of the greatest
moment to the railroad Interests which are now
assuming such vast Importance. Without coal
the chief dependence OF the Central Railroad
would be upon wood taken from the Sierra; and
although there Is at present an abundance of
wood in the mountains, yet for hundreds OF
miles beyond there Is not enough to stock a
railroad for any considerable length OF time,
and hundred wood burning locomotives would
sIlp the mountains OF all accessible timber at a
very rapid ate. The discovery of coal anywhere
on the Eastern Slope, or IN the great Central
Basin, must be OF vital consequence to the
railroad.


But there is another interest to be developed
by such discovery. There are vast deposits of
silver ores so Iebellious that they cannot be
worked without the fire process. Mines are Idle
where assays have been made showing yield
of silver as nigh as thousand dollars per ton.
1t the first smelling can be done on the spot, an
important step is taken towards success. The
MonteZuma metal Is now sent down in pigs,
containing silver lead, and antimOny, winch
are parted in this city. But this mine IS proba
others further south in the Reese river country.
Nothing more Is wanted than the discovery of
an abundance OF coal to insure new era IN
silver mining in the rich mineral belt which is
cut by the railroad. Mount Diabo coal is used
for parting silver, lead, and autmony, with
success, in this city. But with toleraole coal
near the silver mines, and with the improve
ments which have recently been made in dre
processes, the old difficulties in working rebel
hous ores will disappear.


We hear, also, OF other coal discoveries further
east in Wyoming Territory. These wall probably
be available for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Upon the whole, the fuel question is likely to
be settled in satisfactory way. These dis.
coveries are most important just now, not tor
the amount OF coal actually found, but rather
as indicating the existence OF deposits which
may be found in time, sufficient for ali railroad
and mining purposes.
Year: 1868

believed that. in bis anxiety to get


home, he urged his animal through the
bewildering storm as long as nerve and
brain could command. Arrived at the
river the horse had eyidehtly borne him
down the bank to the brink, aud In
stepping down he fell from It % the
gravel close to the wateF.--Chic. Trib.
Year: 1868

The funeral of Col Pope, who was murdered
in Franklin Parish, La. took place at Pana, Christian
County Yesterday After the murder Of Col Pope aud
Judge Chase the distracted wife requested assistance 10
have the body Of her husband laid upon the bed but as
sistance was denied She made application TO an under,
taker for coffin in which TO carry her dead husband
North but could not obtain The undertaken SAID
he had been waited upon by the Rebel murderers and
fold that he would be killed If he furnished the collin


livery stable man was finally Induced 10 agree 10 iur
nish team to take n coffin from adjoining Town. OF
convey the body thither preparatory TO ITS renewal
North: but this also failed ne also DelnR
threatened death II he fulfilled his contractso ho
said At lengh two planters nerceded win the uhder
taker offering hold him harmless. aud even shamed
him for his cowardce The bodies OF both the mureted
men were finally coined and borne North large con
course OF people among them many OF the old comrades
Of Col Pope in the SD Illinois, attended the funeral IN
body. very deep feeling peryaded the whole comnu-
nty company was hastily formed in Rlsanond, WHO
went down provided with muskets drum &c and buried
their martyred commander with military honors nrihS
volley over the grave rs he was laid to rest ,


Blooming gton Qlll Pantagraph
Year: 1868

CURIOUS ACCIDRNT.-On Sunday last
gentleman visiting al the house OF a friend in
tbis city, went into the yard of the latter to look
a, come of his fancy poultry Among the lot
was game-cock which our visiting friend
provoked to quarrel with hts boot he was
cautioned sgainst proceeding to extremee With
the rooster" but persisted, rather enjoying
the pluck OF the bird. He teased too long, for
lhe game cock becoming terribly excited made
wild dash at the irritating boot, striking one
OF ms spurs clear through it and inficting
painful and ugly wound on the instep of the
loot A surgeon had to be called in, and for a
time the injured man was threatened with lock-
Jaw al last accounts he was out of dagger
BpHGiO CCUytsr
Year: 1868

were.d that the pen Is nightier than the
sword: reasouing mesaphoric.lly, the
statement i true. But the hammer Is more
powerful than either, BY the aryumcn'
that deeds are more ccscnt than words
The pen inspires mankind to great effort.
By the gaoving words proceeding from it
TAe svord Aseks and carvs brilliant
name Tor him who wiclds il; bat before ii
advance, the nations Of the world shrink
back in dread and the women and chill
drcd cover in fear. By the light Of the
bursting shell, or the glare Of dwellings in
flames, it stands out and CLEANS balcfully
against the sky, and only over human an
guish and agony does it stride to triumph
and renown.


Who ever feared the hammer or its
deeds? Those who rush along the iron
roads of the land-they who plow the wa
tiers of the river or the ocean--these ex-
perience the triumphs Of the hammer,
know we'll its power and how indispensable
it is. The pen may stimulate and incite
to greatness, but it cannot achieve it; the
sword bends all things to its will, but it
burns like consuming fire, and mankind
writhcs in agony before it. Only the
hammer is all powerful and peaceful. By
it thousands live and grow rich. With it
men amass wealth and build up the bull
works of the nation; hunger is kept at
bay, and famine is put to flight; peace ex-
ats her head, and hard-fstcd toll finds no
time or inclination to wreath the bow of
Mars. Thcpen bows to the hammer and does
it homage. A man may live in physical
comfort without book in the house, but
he cannot exist without being indebted to
the hammer or its equivalent. The pen
sings the phrase of the hammer andi inditcs
culogiums upon its numerous achievements;
few arc the monuments tho hammer deigns
to raise in honor of literature The pen is
mightier than tho sword, because is
achieves its object through reason and not
force, and also in that it is infinitely more
civilizing and humane in its effects upon
the world; but the hammer conquers more
territory than the pen, and is, in this way,
invincible No country is too remote or
wild, too savage to resist its weight nor
any metal, wood or vegetable power enough
to defy it, Without the hammer--a SYM
Dol of toll, as the pen is Of thought and the
sword Of violence-thc world could not cx-
list in comfort and refinement.
Year: 1868

The mental and moral medicine which
may be distilled from lazins~ Is q say
sf vholesone kind. Its eGects upea
the body scarcely require to be described
II is to be observed, that a lazy man always
has a god appetite, for iasiscs-, recollect,
is something distinct from idlescss; il may
perhaps be defined a. unscnseious idleses-.
The man Who is idle, and knows that he Is
idle, however much he may he entitled to
his relaxation. still sees within the rcccsscs
Of his own mind the mute, perhaps half re-
proachful phantom Of the work he has
abandoned. II his idlencss be compulsory
idlcncss, of course the case is still worse.
To be truly lazy, the patient must have no
sense of obligations upon him either pres
ent or future; he must not only have made
up his mind to do nothing, but must have
forgotten for the moment that there is any,
thing anywhere to be done. A man in
this state of mind sleeps the happy sleep of
child or dog, and eats and drinks in
the same healthy and natural fashion. But
anything short of this complete self-eman-
cipation from all care, all work, and almost
all memory, will produce just the opposite
effect. 1t is not on uncommon thing to
hear men say that they are never quite
well when they are idle; that they feel in
digestion, headache, loss of appetite, Ian
guor and what not. This is because they
are only idle, not lazy. Their brains, and
their hands have ceased to work but no
moral change has come over them. The
idleness in which most men indulge is but
temporary change Of habits. The idle
ness which is lazincss involves temporary
change Of character. We once heard a
man say that the greatest triumph that
could be achieved in dancing u quadrille,
was not only to be able to say nothing to
your partner with perfect satisfaction to
yourself, but also to be able to look us if
you wanted to say nothing. So in laziness,
it must be complete all round. You must
not only be able to abstain from work cheer
fally, you must be in such state as to
convey to all who see you that you never
even heard of work that you are good
tor-nothing fellow, supported perhaps, by
the bounty of your relations; man Of
whom people say, "Thc great hulkins lazy
fellow, I'd let him go to the workhouse be-
fore I'd keep him." When You have once
attained to that pitch of perfection in the
art of doing nothing, you are entitled to
call yourself lazy and may expect all the
benefits we have predicted from that estate,
but not till then. Is not what We say
borne out even by medical statistics! In
the eighteenth century, when good "Old
Leisure" was king, was not indigestion an
almost unknown malady in spite Of the
beer, port, punch, beef, plum-pudding,
late suppcrs and heavy breakfasts in which
his subject reveled." But the best author
ity on the subject is Solomon. Hear his
dictum: "For wisdom cometh by oppor-
tunity of leisure, and he that hath little
business shall become WISE"


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