smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

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This man, who was alive after the
accident which the paper said caused
the death of Van Scooter and Griggs,
and who had made arrangements for
transportation of their remains, and
now here in this coffin to all appear
ances dead! Then / remembered
that the dead stranger said that his
deceased brother resembled him very
closely. But two brothers are not
apt to have red eyes! Such coin
cidence as this was beyond the pale
of probability.


While 1 gazed at the corpse the
other eye unopened little, and L
was sure there was fraud here, but to
show that dad discovered it might
cost me my life. So I very quickly
replaced the lid of the coffin and took
a moments time to think the matter
over.


I remembered my conversation
with the express agent, which we
feared had been overheard by the
clerical-looking stranger, and could
only come to the conclusion that the
whole thing was deliberate plan to
murder me and gain possession of
the $4,000 in my charge. There
was no denying that the man with
the red eye was alive, and l had ne
doubt the other man was also. Kneel-
ing down, I placed my ear to the
side of the coffin, and could hear
him breathe quite distinctly. 1 re-
member that it was the intention of
the attendant who had boarded the
train to enter the Car at Redwood,
estensibly for the purpose of seeing
the bodies, and could not but doubt
that the three men intended to attack
me after the train pulled out from
the station, and rob the car before
our arrival at the pext stopping place.
There was but one station between
us and Redwood, and / knew we
would be there in ten minutes more.


l had no time for hesitation, in
an instant had decided on plsn OF
action. AS quickly as possible 1 piled
several heavy boxes of merchandise
on top of the tEo coffins, and then l
knew 1 was safe. Scarcely was this
accomplished when we ran into the
station.


Immediately found txo or three
officers. First, the man In the coach
was secured. He was highly indig-
nant that he should be disturbed on
such a solemn mission. But it was no
go. He was handcuffed In less than
two minutes, and marched out on the
platform.


1t was an easy matter to secure the
two quondam dead men. They were
taken greatly at disadvantage, and
were deprived Of all power to resist
almost before they became aware how
their nice little scheme terminated.
All three had been we'll armed.


Bound and guarded, the three mis-
creants were taken to Redwood and
lodged in the county Jail.


Before left took look at them
through the grated door of the coll /.
When l paid my respects to the man
with the red eye he smiled a little and
remarked patronizingly:


you're pretty sharp, young man.
1t takes middling keen boy to out
wit u.s."


''Permit me to sympathize with you
in your sorrow at the loss of your
dear brother, just little"
Year: 1879

iarity. He is said to be surpassed in
the knowledge of law by such men as
Shellabarger, and even Jerry Wilson,
who get small fees, while he makes
about 100000 a ye.r. General
Butler, in short, is most proficient
manager in politics. He is the Sam
Barlow of the Republican party. He
keeps around him set of men who
will go instantly on distant errands to
examine mine in the south of Cali
fornia to throw costly litigation into
a stock company and take in both
contestants. to sell a grant of land
in Europe; to obtain pay from some
foreign government for arms, to put
an insurance company on the ground
floor in the Alabama claim, &C., &c.
AUGUST.
Year: 1879

THE DEMOCRATIC papers of this State
pretend to regard the result Of the elec-
tion in New York as an indication that
the electoral vote of that State will GER
tainly be given to the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency in 1880. They
are welcome to all the comfort they can
get out of the result. With the Cover
nor, State officers and Legislature in
the hands of the Republicans, the pros
pect for the Republicans is certainly
encouraging. In short, New York may
be put down as certain for the Republi-
cans. The election of the State officers
proves that The Republicans can carry
the State next year.
Year: 1879

There is nothing more common than


for persons to be continually finding


fault with the police II none Of them


happen to be about when any out


rage or robbery is committed, without


taking any thought. There is small


force in the city, and q part Of 1t worth


nothing but to aid repeaters to carry


elections for the Democrats and drink


free toddy whenever they can get II.


OF course the last remark Ia applicable


to but few Of the force. Even II every


policeman on the force was an eagle In


swif.ness and q Samson in strength he
could not be everywhere at the same


time, and he could not succeed in cap.
turing all the higbwaymsn and rob-


bers that infest the city and show their
dexterity in shooting and robbing quiet
citizens on their way to their homes
with their days earnings in their pock-
cts. For instance, in the Fifth Dis


trict, in which the highway robbery


was committed on Saturday night, there


are but two policemen, and the terri
tory over which they are expected to


watch extends from the Delaware river
to Riddles mills, q distance Of some
three miles. Then we are creditably
informed that there being but two men
on that district, they are ordered to
spend most Of their time in patrolling
Market street principally from Tenth
out to the city limits, that being the
most thickly settled portion Of the
ward. From this it will be seen at q
glance that it is impossible, with our
limited number of policemen, to afford
that protection so often needed in re-
mote parts of the district. Then it
must be remembered that robbers are
not fools. They always take care that
no policemen are about when they
commit their outrages, and a pal sta.
toned at some convenient corner can
easily give notice of the approach Of
one If he should be attracted in the di-
rection OF the outrage. Even had q
policeman been within two squares Of
Saturday nights outrage he could not
have caught the would-bs murderers
Of MIR. Tott, and it is extremely doubt
full that even if there were double the
number on the force on duty that such
cases could be prevented. The eficien-
" OF city police force is increased by
he. morale of the force, and as that is


increased it becomes more Of a terror
10 evil dosrs and to great extent be-
ZONES barrier to the commission of
,rime. Were every policeman in the
city of Wilmington an experienced de-
lective, which they cannot all be, their
moral force would be more than dou-
bled, and highway robbers would be
nore careful and guarded in the com
mission of crime.
Year: 1879

Joseph Graham loft at our Office on
Saturday three sugar beets which grew
in his garden in the Ninth ward, one
weighing 13 pounds, another l2, and
the other II. For size they cannot
well be beaten. They are rather too
large to yield great amount Of sac
charins matter, but will make coed
feed for COWS, sheep or swine.
Year: 1879

with no principles the followers osNhich
do not think for themselves, must be
an entire failure when applied to the
Republican party which is principally
made Of men who do their own think.
ing and their own voting without dicta-
tion. Let Republicans everywhere


profit by the New York lesson.
Year: 1879

Nature, in her luxuriance, has clothed
the hills and the dales with herb and
shrub, whose occult natures merely re-
quire the earnest application of the scien-
tific and inquiring mind to reveal their
curative properties, for in the vegetable
world kindly providence has placed
healing for all nations. The only speci-
fics for any disease yet discovered arc
vegetable in their nature, and while
quinine has been accepted as the only
remedy for one class, the extract of the
buchu plant is rapidly taking its place as
sovereign remedy for other OF those ills
which aillict humanity. The type of
disease to which it is remedial is broad
one, and its manifestations are legion,
but it may be stated in general terms
that all diseases of the urinary organs,
whether caused by climate, irregularity,
or Self-generated, submit at once to the
operation of its power. lIelmbold's
Buchu, for all such complaints, is the
result of long research, and is acknowl-
edged superior to all other preparations.
Year: 1879

When the cheated term" is upon us,
care should be taken to avoid excessively
heating the blood, which tends to the
attack called sun-stroke. They who are
temperate and hygienic in their eating
and drinking are much less liable to
sun-stroke than they who eat "evcry-
thing they want" and drink wine, whis-
ky, or ale. Then, too, the hygienic and
they who practice abstinence with re-
spect to alcoholic beverages, when sun
struck, recover much easier from the
attack than the drinkers. This is the
testimony of all physicians OF expe-
rience.


The treatment of one who has been
sun-struck is similar to that required in
apoplexy, rs the brain-congestion is sim
liar. Cold ablutions over the whole per-
son and ice to the head, considered the
best method by many physicians, may
do with strong, robust persons, but the
majority of cases would sink under such
treatment. A better method is to make
hot applications, or alternate hot and
cold. If hot water can not he OBJ
tained at first, bathe the head with tepid
water, and with the hands moistencd,
rub the extremities, the neck, and the
whole length of the spine, rubbing in a
downward direction TO draw blood from
The head. As soon as boiling water can
be obtained, put a dry blanket around
the body, then wiring flanncls from the
hot water and apply them quickly TO the
region of the stomach, liver, bowels, and
spine over the blanket; also immerse
the feet in hot water, or wrap them in
hot fannels as far as the body. Re
wiring the flannels once every five or
eight minutes for half an hour or more,
then remove them and apply cool water
in the same way, either by cool towels
OF by sponging with cool water dry well
and rub the surface lightly and briskly
with the hand until glow is produced
As soon as the patient can swallow, give
hot water TO drink-plenty of it-with
occasional bits of ice or sips of cold
water.
Year: 1879

Breathes there n man with soul 50
dead who never TO himself hath said, Il
would like to draw prize in n lotteryg'
1t is such an easy way of solving the
complex problems of life that Mt one
time of worriment or another it enters
into every unsuccessful mans wool-gatl-
ering But it is oftener bad than good
luck to carry off the big prize in the lot
terry. Money that comes easily always
goes rs easily. Here is story in an ln-
dianapolis paper of a young man who
did well enough until he drew prize of
5000 in a Louisville lottery. The
money was wasted in riOtous living, and
when it was gone drinking and gambling
had become passions with him. His
debts have been settled again and again,
and his embezzlements have been kept
out of sight, but he is now lying in
county Jail in Illinois. Another young
HoOSicr, who drew asprize of $1,000,
squandered it in few years, and is now
as worthless a vagabond rs can be found
i'll the West.
Year: 1879

. Many people look upon the compass
as an introduction of the fifteenth GEN.
tury, but it seems TO have been well
known in a primitive form in the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries In one of the
popular songs written in the time of
King John, Il is said that the sailors who
60 on long voyages TO Eriesland or to the
east know their way by observing the
Tramontane or Polar star; but, when
the sky is covered with clouds, and they
could no longer see the stars of heaven,
they had contrivance, which was this
They took a needle of iron and put it
through piece of cork, 80 that one end
remained out, which they rubbed with
loadstone, and then they placed il in a
vessel full of water, and, whichever way
the end of the needle pointed, there,
without any doubt, was the Polar star.
This formed primitive but fairly per-
feet mariners compass.
Year: 1879

How To GO 10 SLEEP.-Sit down in an
easy position, relaxing all the muscles
of the body, and let the head drop for
ward upon the breast rs low rs il will
fall without forcing it. Sit quietly this
way for few minutes, freeing all the
viii power of the body, and a restful,
drowsy feeling will ensue, which will, if
not disturbed, lead to refreshing sleep.
If the slcepless fit comes OH in the mid
die of the night one can sit Up in the
position described. Stiffness of any part
Of the body must be avoided and it is
well to bend the body forward after ly-
ing down, rather than to keep it straight
or thrown back upon the pillow. The
writer suffered several years from sleep
lessness caused by severe pain and ner-
vousness, and was taught the above by
n physician of great experience and
ability and found through it complete
relief Many persons similarly afflicted
within the writer's knowledge have tried
it, and always with good results.
Year: 1879

When we are young we waste great
deal of time in imagining wAat We will
do when we grow older, and when VIC
are old we waste an equal amount Of
time in wondering why waited so
long before we began to 4 anything.
Year: 1879

AN INDIANA WoNDER.-In the summer
of 1870 citizen of Greensburgh, Ind,
was examining the tower of the City Hall
with glass when he observed, springing
from the third crevice about the water
sheet on the east side of the tower, one
hundred and ten feet from the ground, a
little twig. But little was thought of it,
and il was scarcely discernable with the
naked eye. The next spring some inter


est was exhibited to know if the miniature
tree in its strange and exposed position
had survived the wintry blasts. II had
survived, and when sun and spring show.
ers came on put out its leaves plentifuly
and grew luXuriantly all the season. BY
this time it was easily seen with the eye,
but as it could not be approached in any
ordinary manner nearer than from the
roofs of buildings on the opposite side of
the street its species could not be ascer-
tanned. The third spring it put forth again
with renewed life, vigor and size. Instead
of dwindIing and dropping from the effects
of he winters cold or the summers heat
or drought. the atmosphere of justice from
below seemed to cause it to flourish extra
ordinarily. This season it was decided to
be n silver maple, sprung, no doubt from II
seed carried by bird or a whirlwind, and
lodged in that exalted place. By this time
the tree had become famous. Accounts Of
it had appeared in the papers but the sto-
ry was not generally believed. Neverthe-
less, the tree lived and grew. 1t was there
and no mistake. And so it has continued
until this day. 1t is now more than twelve
feet high, and is thought to be three inches
in diameter The top is quite bushy, and
in the summer season the leaves arc nu-
merous and luxuriant. Passengers on the
trains, who have heard of the wonderful
tree, ask frequently concerning i, and
trains have even been stopped by accom-
modating conductors until the skeptical
could be convinced. The rapid growth of
the tree is forcing the stones apart. This
can easily be seen with II glass. Ere long
the ambitious maple will have to be brought
lower, or damage to the building will fol-
low. The sheriff has already had several
applications from expert climbers to take


it down, but the people will not permit
their tree to be removed et.-GrcenSburgh
(md) Letter to The Chicago Times,
Year: 1879

head in II moment. au was about to try
and cnt mo out completely, when saw :,
foot above the snow, and so near to me
that | could touch it with my arms, al
though they We're not quite free yet. ut
once tried to move the foot; it was my
poor friends. A pIng of agony shot
through me rs saw that the foot did not
move. Poor Boissaut had lost sensation,
and was perhaps already dead.


Bebot did his best; after some time he
wished me to help him, 50 he freed my
arms little more, so that | conld make
use of them. could do bnt little, for Be-
bot had torn the axe from my shoulder as
soon as he had cleared. generally carry
an axe separate from my alpcnstock, the
blade tied to the belt and handle attached
to the left shoulder


Before coming to me Bebot had helped
Nance out of the snow; he was lying
nearly horizontally. and was not much
covered over. Nance found Bevard, who
was upright in the snow, but covered up
to the head. After about twenty minutes
the two last named guides came up.


| was 1t length taken out; the snow had
to be cut with the axe down to my feet
before could he pulled out. A few min
ules after o'clock NJ, we came to my
poor friends face. wished the body to
be taken out completely, but nothing could
induce the three guides to work any
longer, from the moment they saw that ii
was too late to save him. | acknowledge
that they were nearly os incapable of do
ing anything rs | was.


When | was taken out OF the snow the
cord had to be cut. We tried the end
going toward Bennen, but could not move
it; it went straight down, and showed us
that there was the grave of the bravest
guide Valais ever had, and ever will have.
Year: 1879

CLEANLINEss.-Ihat cleanliness is cs-
sential to health is II fact that cannot be
questioned; nor is it to be wondered at
when we remember that the skin of an
ordinary-sized man has been calculated to
contain about twenty-eight miles of pcrs-
piratory tubes continually eXuding more
or less moisture, and relieving the body Of
a large amount of waste matter The
mischief which must follow the obstruc-
tion of this immense drain by dirt and
other causes must be obvious. The skin
is also great breathing surface, which is
proved by the fact that if IN animal is
coated with an impermcablc varnish it is
suffocated in Il short time Just as etlectuaIly
as if it had been strangled with a cord
Lastly, the skin is n great absorbent of
various matters coming in contact with it,
and in this way lead, arsenic and other
poisons may enter the body. Cleanliness
is therefore absolutely necessary in O
promoting Il healthy perspiration, and
through this II uniform temperature of the
body; (2) in largely assisting the lungs in
the performance of respiration; (3) in
preventing the absorption of poisonous
matter. To clean the skin thoroughly
from the scurf and oily matter, soft water
will be found more eilectual than hard, its
solvent power for saline matter being
greater, and when soap is added the oily
matter is ut once saponihed and the cleans
ing is complete. Soap and water should
be used at least twice in the twenty-four
hours on the exposed parts the face and
hands, and the whole body should be
sponged daily with cold or lukewarm wa.
ter and soap. Warm water or the Turkish
bath lin suitable cases) should be used
about once II week, and will be found con-
ductive to health. Clea nliness in the mat
ter Of clothing is also very important, ms
through this channel germs of disease
are carried about which not only infect
the person carrying them, but likewise
those with whom they come in contact
Toronto Globe.
Year: 1879

gy and wise discretion of the fathers that
enabled them, at so early day to evolve,
and amid all the perplexities and trials of
those turbulent times, so undauntelly to
maintain state polity that has ever since,
and ever will be, the peculiar pride and
glory of her sons, so long at least AS free
institutions continue to have Il home in
in this


"l.and Of the free and home of the brave"
Year: 1879

QUIcKrooT.--An Indian who had been
out hunting, had killed u deer, from which
he cut off Joint of venison, and hung 1t
up rs high rs he could in his wgwam.
He then went of into the forest to look at
his traps. He was not gone long; but
when he came back, to his surprise and
anger, he found that his fine joint had
disappeared and no trace of the thief was
to be found-tt least neither You nor
could have noticed any, however carefully
we might have looked. However, TIE
Indian snatched up his tomahawk, and off
he went in hot pursuit of the cuprlt,
straie hit through the forest.


He had not gone far before he met n
friendly white man, n trapper. who, seeing
him going along with his eyes fixed upon
the ground, asked him what trail he was
pursuing.


"I seek" said Quickfoot. "a little old
white man, with small gun, who has goo
with him little dog with IL stumpy,
bushy tail. He is robber, for he has
entered my wigwam and stolen my vcni-
son. will kill him and his dog"


MY brother, | saw not far from here
lust such II man. But how dost thou know
him SO well for you have not yet seen
him?'


II am in haste, but if thou wilt know,
listen: found Il pile of stones under the
place where my venison was hanging
Had the robber not been short he would
not have required these to stand on. lie
was old, for his footsteps were close
together. He was white, for his toes
turned in, which an Indians never do. l.
the gun had been long, it would not have
left the mark on the bark OF the tree. as il
did when it leaned against it. So, thou
seest it was easy, having eyes, to detect
the thief"


"But how did you know the cur, even tc
his tailP"


"Of what use would the eyes Of Quick
foot be, if they had not shown him tht
dogs feet were close together as he walked
on the sand; and that the short bushy tai
measured itself as he sat wagging it, while
his master was helping himself to m,
dinner. But farewell, must hurry, or
shall not get back my venison from tina
white thief"


With these words Quickfoot hurried
away, and was lost amid the deep foing,
of u western forest.
Year: 1879

than the highest point on the Union Pacific
railroad and formerly the highest point
on this continent. The air was light and
frosty rs we stepped out upon the platform
and among the flakes Of falling snow, but
it was 50 much purer than the malrrial
atmosphere that we had been obliged to
breathe only few days before on the
Atlantic seaboard, that we filled our lnngs
again and again with the true elixir Of
life, that was eXhilarating almost TO intox-


cation.


Through the rapidly falling snow we
could Just distinguish the twin peaks that
are 13,020 and 1920 feet in altitude.
They looked like two ghostly snowmen,
and seemed to smile complacently at our
dscomforture over an unexpected freak of
the wind rs it pelted MS with huge basket-
'ulls of snow. Rushing down the mountain
side to the west, with tile echoes reverber-
ating through the cannon. we caught ever
and anon glimpses of flying trees and
rocks. that appeared TO be enjoying race
as TO which should reach the snOwmen way
back among The mountain SUBMITS.
When the level stretch of table land on
the west side of the Rockies was reached,
we dropped ourselves back into our recin-


ing chairs and dozed away until long,
shrill whistle awoke us ms we drew up nj
the station of Alamosa.