smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

SIS it possible for a persons hair to turn
within short time" There are so many
instances on record that there ought TO lie
no longer any doubt upon the subject. In
the late Arctic expedition nearly every
mans hair became grayer, aud in some ca
ses white, but assumed its natural color
when the men returned to lower ATTITUDES.
In many cases the human hair is said to
have turned gray from grief extreme care,
or sudden fright During an outward pas
sage To Australia (says q correspondent the
ship ~ss in suffered greatly in the British
Channei twice we were nearly wrecked.
having LOST three anchors and two cables.
The pilot who had charge was constantly
on watch, only snatching a few minutes
sleep here and there, as opportunity afford
ed On the whole, he had very anxious
time indeed, and when he eventually left
the ship I'd the Isle Of Wight he certainly
looked t"enty years older. | thought his
hair had decidedly turned grayer this may
however, have been ouly Imagination, and
therefore ought rather to be considered a.
an impression than actual fact. Within the





last lew months n fresh case of the posi-.
bility OF the color of hair changing has come
under my notice. An old gentleman, aged
eighty nine, residing in my Immediate
neighborhood, lately died For many years
his hair has been perfectly white, but few
days before his death some OF his hair be-.
came black, giving the appearance of his
having dark brown or black hair. Here it
Is interesting to note that in his younger
days bis hair was light After the death
OF this gentleman the tips OF his hair for
about An inch assumed the original color,
became white again, have heard of an.
other instance where. after death the hair
turned from white To black Dpgs seem to
be affected with regard To their hair ia like
manner AS human baings. lately read Of
q case where black Newfoundland dog be-
Game gray in n few weeks, and the write,
declares that the only cause for this sudden
conversion was grief
Year: 1878

Since Edison invented the telephone aud
phonograph he has more orders for new ia :
ventious than he can attend to. One party
wants him to invent boneless shad an
other asks him To give his attention to a vas
meter that won't always lie in favor of the
company third desires pocketbook thai
will always contain a dollar or two, and
while he is about he might as we'll iutuse
some of his inventive genius into a flight OF
stairs that won't ereak like all possessed
when man sneaks into the house at night
Year: 1878

The English Chancery judges have re- gently drawn the line between legal nui- sance and sentimental grievance. A man in Brighton built house so incon- veniently as to deprive aneighbor of the use of his best bedroom. This room had abay-window, and the indiscreet neigh bor had built his house on such plan that some of it's rooms commanded full view of this window at a distance of seventeen feet. Ladies could not use the room, and the hospitable owner of the dwelling could not entertain his friends. He brought a suit against the owner of the new mansion as the author of a public nuisance, and the case finally was laid before the Chancery judges. But the bench decided that there was only one test of legal nui- sance Was it injurious to the health of the complainant, or did 1t interfere with the passage of light and airP If not, it was only sentimental nuisance, and dam- ages could not be claimed
Year: 1878

Now that the Mineral Resources of Arizona arc being rapidly developed, agricultural products will be in great demand and the Farmer will quickly find himself King, and while enjoying home comforts will reap largely of the golden harvest of the hardy riinor. Prospectors who are searching the moun- tains for hidden treasures it may be poor as Jobs turkey--will in d moment find themselves Bonanza Kings and be able to revel in luxury the rest of their days; but all men cannot become owners of rich mines! All men cannot

 become wealthy farmers! To the great mass of man. kind the price of pork an l beans will still be an object.
Year: 1878

Beware the cup. In these days Of raging
thermometers and busy Corouers it is fraught
with peril 1t amazes US, sometimes, to think
how long the people of America have been
permitted to so on dallying with this living
death, unwarned by the monitions of science.
1t is seldom that scientific men have been so
criminaly negligent as they have shown them
selves to be in this matter of iced tea. They
have been prompt enough to warn us of the
poisonous qualities of everything else we
like to eat or druk from the bill OF fare, and
starved US down to bran-5read Diet and new
comes along DR.. Holland in Scribner for July
and assures US that the Graham system of diet
starves more New Englandsrs to death in six
months than die from all other causes in
year. Blessed be the name Of Dr.. Holland
for that statement! He doesn't put it quite so
strongly as that, but that is the way we believe
it. Scientific men, learned men in the pro-
fessions, have compelled US to drop the lus-
cieus strawberry in terror, by screaming out to
us that it would give US the hydrophobia. They
have made US heart-sick with apprehension BY
showing that the tempting peach in our hands
was reeking with the deadly prussic acid. They
have filled our ice-cream with poisonous I'M
purities. They have forbidden US to drink
water that has passed through iron pipes or
lead pipes, or that has stood in wooden veg
sci, or lain in a cemented cistern, or rippled
from the rock of the hillside, impregnated
with heaven and chemistry only know what
awful substance, until one restriction after an
other has made it the only safe way for man
to get a drink of water for him to lie down on
his back, open his mouth, and wait for the
Year: 1878

A MAINE correspondent of the World,
writing under date of July 9th, does not
speak favorably of the Greenback prospects !:
He says: "The Democratic candidate for
Governor, DIR. Garcelon, already stands on a
hard-money platform, so that the vote for
Mr.. Smith, the Greenback nominee, will
show the exact strength of that party in the
State. 1t is safe to predict that it will be
much less than has been claimed, either by
the Greenbackers themselves or by the press
generally. Indeed he who should predict
that the State will go Republican, as usual,
with perhaps slight decrease in the major
ity, and that five Republican Representatives
will be elected to the next Congress, might
be reasonably certain that his prediction
would be verified. He might so further and
boldly assert that the Greenbackers will nev-
er more be heard of in this State as party
after the coming election"
Year: 1878

Ex.Gov. PALMER of Illinois, in his testi.
mony before the Potter committee, gave the
following candid opinion of the condition of
Louisiana during the presidential canvass
"Some of the murders were political without
doubt. Partisans on both sides were guilty OF
them. Negroes were just as likely to murder
those who differed with them as white people.


1t would be impossible 10 state what proper
tion of the violence was due to politics. 1
should think the political murders were COM
paratively few. I do not believe they were
confined to what are known as bulldozed
parishes. should not like to say they were
sufficient to hinder a free election; nor am
willing to state that the feeling throughout
the State would permit fair election. Still
theoretically free election, such as intelli-
Year: 1878

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersignec by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Year: 1878

JANE GREY SwIssHELM administers
stinging rebuke to labor agitators. Among
other things she says: '1f workmen refuse
10 recognize and be governed by the laws of
nature, which bind men together as opposites,
the compliments of each other, they must
suffer the consequences. He is the working
mans true friend who says to each one,
''Paddle your own canoe" All this twaddle
about taking care of them, as if they were a
flock of tame pigeons, is an insult. 1t is bad
enough to be woman and have men make
spheres like toy balloons and put one in to
stay, but it must be worse to be man and
have to be taken care of like little plaster-of-
paris Samuel saying his prayers. A human
biped with beard must feel nice to have
political economists discuss him as if he were
one of a thousand bags of wheat which were
to be disposed of to the best advantage.
Pears to me if were man, with all the
waste cabins and idle fields in this country
before me, should save Agitation Commit
tees and ex-Secretaries the trouble of talking
about me; for, if I did not raise my own
pork and beans, it would be curious"
Year: 1878

THERE was a little conundrum put to So
Ion Chase some time ago by correspondent
of the Lewiston Gazette, which Mr.. Chase
apparently finds no time to answer. 1t has
to do with ''them steers" and is put in these
words; Suppose the Resumption Act was
to be repealed, and the financial policy of the
Government fully committed to this scheme,
would he be willing to sell ''them steers" and
his farm at their full market value to-day and
receive therefor note payable in three years
from date, at Z per cent. interest, payable in
this fiat money that he proposes to food this
country with? 1t is my opinion that when
his note became matured, and he should take
his principal and interest and undertake to buy
another farm, then he would see what shrink
age was. The farm that he would be able to
buy with the money he got for his first farm
would not be large enough to make respect
able back yard for Pat Murphy, and the steers
would probably be about large enough to
work it'll Now this would not be the case If
the money they proposed to put in circula-
tion had any real value, and this is question
1 would like to ask any one who is sympa-
thizer with this wild cat scheme, and who has
property that he has acquired by years of in.
dustry-if he has confidence enough in this
fiat money to part with his hard earned prop
erty or money and take his pay in this stuff
in three years from now? If not they are
voting for what they knoao is robbery
Year: 1878

A RIGHT SMART GIRL--She lives at
Ottawa, Canada, and this is how she
managed it: She thought it would be
just as well 10 commence Housekeeping
right away, and begin the new year
with training up husband in the way
he should 60, but her father thought
different. So she invited all her friends
to the wedding at certain church at a
given hour. OF course there was big
crowd, including the angry father, who
was prepared to forbid the bans with
shot gun. Meanwhile the young lady
aud her adored William went TO anoth-
er church and were quitely married, and
as they left the sacred edifce, she re-
marked that where there was VIII
there was way.
Year: 1878

a Middletown, Conn, farmer, who
put pail of milk into spring TO cool,
the other day, was surprised when he
went to get it, two hours afterward, TO
find instead of milk, a roll of butter
with bullfrog sitting on it. At least
so Hartford paper says, and asks US
to believe that the bullfrog had jumped
into the pail and churned the milk in
his efforts to get out.
Year: 1878

The southern portion OF Wisconsin
was visited recently by one OF the most
terrific and destructive tornadoes ever
known in the West. The day had
been oppressively still aud warm, and
during the passage OF the tornado across
the Stste there was no wind blowing
except that wbirling around the center.
The actual width of the track of the
tornado was small, being from few
yards to two or three hundred, bot its
cyclondal motion from north to south
was nearly six miles, and the cycles
were completed in about every ak miles
Of forward motion. From this it will
be seen that the tornado must have
moved over the country at a rate OF
speed OF more than one hundred miles
an hour, in addition to is revolving
motion, which was doubtless far grea-
ter. The tornado was in the form OF
an inverted cone of gigantic size, with


its points resting on the ground, although
this was not always true; fortunately
for those in the course OF the monster,
very much OF the time the cone point
was raised above the earth from ono
hundred to one thousand feet. In this
manner it passed over several miles at
a time and thus were many farms spar
ed from ruin. In these instances the
country over which the tornado passed
was treated to frightful shower o!
wood splinters, branches of trees aud
animals. Whether on the earth or sns-
pended hundreds Of feet above, this
whiring cone held in its its embrace
countless millions OF fragments OF
building, trees, straw, hay, cattle, sheep
and swine, thus atlording it's observer
view terribly grand. Numerous stumps
OF trees were feft in the track OF the
tornado with all the bark peeled of.
! Two oak posts eight feet long, sunk six
feet in the ground to support the up
rights of windmill over 4 well, and upon
which posts the wind could have no
grasp except upon the two feet above
the earth, were lifted cut and carried
away without disturbing the surround.
ing earth. Trees wore lifted up and
carried mile with tons OF earth adher-
inc TO the mass of roots. Horses, cat
tie, sheep and swine seemed to float as
lightly in the air az tho leaves o! tho
forest. The loss of human life is about
ffty. More than one hundred persons
were more or less injured, aud the loss
of property is very great.
Year: 1878

The Chinese astronomers ways are
curious and past understanding in these
western lands of science. 1t is related
that in the fifth moon of the present year
the learned men OF Pekin noticed that
the sun did not shine as brightly as had
been its custom. Instead of being
clear, it had to them red and lurld
look. The weather was dry and the sky
covered with a mist. Turning to their
scientific books their learned men saw
with amazement that these signs, By all
the laws of science and antiquarian
knowledge, gave warning of danger to
the imperial family. The tidings were
promptly carried to the throne. Orders
ut once went forth for the defense OF the
residence. The gates we're guarded by
soldiers and the line of wall was zealousiy
defended. A panic spread among the
people. Something was about to hap
pen to the emperor, thev said, and what
it was no one knew. To allay the dis.
quiet and to end the questions that ere
pouring in upon them. the authorities
at last said the government was on the
brink of O war with Russia. Some
triling discussion between Russia and
Chinese authorities in central Asia gave
color to the report. But suddenly the
illusions were dissolved. At the i'm


.erial household one day joy was
awakened by the first appearance on the
stage of history of his imperial highness,
the fifth prince. Thereupon the wise
mon of the East returned to their books
to find out where they had made their
blunder. It was laid down they learned
that the evil influences of crimson sun
and lurid sky were averted if rain should
fall within five days after their first ap.
pearance. OF course rain had fallen.
Year: 1878

We want our readers to stop just one
moment and look ct this matter. These
nurses who have gone out Of the pure
air of their homes to the plague-stricken
towns, to handle and tenderly care for
dead and dying men who are utter
strangers to them, need higher cour-
age than any soldier marching into the
thick of battle. They gain nothing,
neither pay nor glory. Their victories
are not watched by proud country, for
whose honor they gave their lives. If
they die no weeping nation will, year by
year, hang laurels on their graves. The
nurse is only mentioned in the news
papers as "one of twenty-five " arriv.
ine on such date, or Zone Of twenty "
who are dead. His name nobody knows.
If he falls, his friends only learn OF it
because he fails to return. There is no
battle.cry or martial music to cheer bis
soul in it's last struggle with death !;
in the future there is to be no roll-call
of victorious army, with the proud
answer to his name: "Died upon the
field of honor" He gives his life for
some poor plague-stricken wretch,
probably of less value to the world than
himself, in the poisoned ar OF q solitary
chamber, where there is none but God
to know. he is buried hastily in q
nameless grave, with shudlering and
fear, and quicklime is thrown upon the
body. The sacrifice he makes out OF
pure love to God and humanity, and
this sacrifice is now making, not by one
man, but every one of the hundreds OF
nurses sent out by the Howard Associa-
tion. Every one Of them carries his life
in his hand as he goes.-Nev York
Trjbune
Year: 1878

To those making long voyages the
question doubtless has often presentt d
;tself. Chow do sea-birds which are
seen at sea, far away from land, obtain
drink to s!ake their thirst?' This is the
explanation which is given in regard to
the matter by an old sailor. he says
that during some of his voyages, when
he has been at very great distance from
any place which would supply fresh
water, he has frequently seen large
numbers of birds lowering beneath a
storm. cloud, chattering, as he says like
ducks Oh hot day at a pond, and drink.
ing in the drops of rain as they fell.
These birds, he tells US, will sometimes
smell o coming rain squall when more
than hundred miles off, and will then
make their way toward it with swift
ness that is marvellous. There seems to
be great deal of uncertainty as to the
length of time that sen-birds can live
without partaking of fresh water but
it is supposed that their habit of endur.
ing thirst is increased by necessity, and
that they are often enabled to exist
without IL for many days, and sometimes
even weAks together.
Year: 1878

who has tried it says to mix up Indian
meal with water, so it will be crumbly,
and sprinkle the carpets it is just nice.
No dust rises above the chairs, and
hardly any as high as that. Sawdust is
moro economical, but not quite as good.


Spors ON LEATHER. Spots on leather
bindings or on the covers OF leather
portfolios may be removed by applying
white of egg and letting it dry in the
sun. Another way Of efecting the same
object is to mix two tablespoonfuls of
oil of turpentine with half an ounce OF
mustard and the same quantity of mealy
potato, and little vinegar. Apply this
mixture, put the soiled article in cool
place, and when it is dry rub off with q
flannel cloth.


To MAKE BAR SoAP.-Six pounds
oda ash, three pounds unslak ed lime,
eight gallons water put into kettle
when boiling hot, strain and return to
the kettle !; add twelve pounds of clean
grease; boil slowly three hours add
one-half pound finely pulverized borax,
dissolved in little hot water, stir we'll
and let cool in the kettle or turn into
wooden molds well soaked in water.
Cracklings or meat trimmings will do
for this soap if allow for waste, but be
careful not to allow too much, thereby
getting too much grease in.
Year: 1878

A most astonishing case of self de-
struction, the victim of which was
mere child, almost a babe in years, has
just occurred in this city, says recent
number OF the Cincinnati Enquirer !:
Little Henry Kippits. seven years OF
age, who liveI at NJ. 50 Martin street,
because his mother refused him some.
thing he asked her, left his homo, and
bidding his sister goodbye, walked
down to the river, undressed himself
and jumped in, ending his childish
troubles and his young life at the same
time. Tho circumstances are these
Little Henry came home from school,
and as usual went to his mother for his
afternoon slice OF bread and butter. His
mother gave him piece OF bread on
which there was no butter, but he re-
fused to take it. She told him she
would not give him any butter on his
bread, whereupon he laid 1t down and
left the house. On the way he met hls
sister and bid her goodbye, telling her
she would never see him again, when
was the last seen of him by any OF the
family. His clothes were found on the
river bank back of Goodhue's stone
ward, near the Little Miami depot, and
the generally accepted theory is that he
went down to the river, and, undress-
ING, Jumped in and was drowned.
Year: 1878

Two men of st. Paul have patented
an express and postal car to be made OF
bullet. proof iron, fixed with brakes and
a coupler that may be operated from the
inside, and with springs by which the
doors and windows may be instantly and
violently closed at the will of the in
mates. There are loopholes and various
other means OF defence against train rob-
bers.
Year: 1878

The emperor of Brazil has invited
eminent doctors from Europe to Rio
Janeiro to study on the spot the true
character of yellow fever. and discover
remedy for it. Several have accepted
the call.
Year: 1878

An invention which merits notice has
just been introduced into parts of Ger
many. The invention consists OF milk
can, so arranged that the milk can be
poured ont to the last drop, but not a
drop of water can be added to it. In the
ordinary tin lid, which is securely locked
with q paddock after the can has been
filled, is placed a brass valve, which
opens outwards. When the can is
tipped to let the milk out the valve
opens and the milk flows out; but, to
add water, the can must naturally be in
an upright position, when the valve
closes by its own weight, and prevents
any water flowing in.
Year: 1878

It is not strange that cholera RACES in
India, where cleanliness and hygiene are
seldom thought of. AS an instance Of
the general intelligence, sail village
in the presidency OF Madras was lately
invaded by the scourge, and out of D
population of 100, ffty-six were attacked
and thirty-four died. Medicines we're
sent to the place, and the messenger
who carried them found the natives
washing the clothes of the cholera
patients in a large well that supplied
drinking water for the town. Examples
of this sort are constantly occurring.
Ignorance Stays many more than disease
does in every part of the East.
Year: 1878

The recount by the Board of County
Commissioners of the ballots polled at
the recent election revealed the fact OF
u Central Pacific Railroad expense or
freight bill having been voted at Mount
Rose precinct by a qualified elector.
1t was considered au independent
ticket, as the railroad agent had re-
ceipted the bill. 1t bore on its face the
certificate of the Inspector of Election
to the effect that it was put in the bal.
lot box by the Judges OF Election. to
whom it was handed neatly folded by a
legal voter.
Year: 1878

Some valuable cargoes Of freight
from China and Japan have passed
east over the Railroad this week,
Among them are tea, silk and cocoons,
or silk worms eggs. A special train
loaded exclusively with these eggs, and
running on express train time. passed
over the road few days ago. We
could not learn the destination of this
singular freight. bat it was probably ON
the way TO France and Italy, where
silk culture is carried on extensively.
Year: 1878

Fond du Lac Commonwealth: That
admirable business letter and sound
political document, the address Of the
Republican State Central Committee
has received the unqualified endorse
ment of every Republican paper in
the State, and it is so utterly invulner-
able in all points that no Democratic
paper has yet had the courage to tackle
it. This is indeed remarkable, and
shows the eminently sound principles
and position of the Republican party.
Well wager that the Democratic COM
mittee will not promulgate an address
or platform which cannot be riddled
and torn like rotten muslin. The
Republican party ought, for its con-
sistent adherence to such principles as
any sound business man can afford, to
win this fall; and if We are to judge
by an unusually good encouraging out
look, it will. If every honest man
voted according to his own honest
convictions, the Republican party
would receive 8o-thirds of all the
votes cast in this state.