smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Certain fundamental laws Of nature are deman-
ded by the human organism. AS life requires con-
slant and regular action, there is necessarily con-
tinual wearing out of material and q correspond
ing accumulation of efete matter, which must be
thrown of through the different channels of the
system. This is absolutely necessary to a health
full action Of the human machine; but should these
channels of egress become obstruCtcd. or blocked
up, disease and suffering would be the legitimate


result. Nearly all females. married single, at
stated times suffer from these distractions leading


TO headache leucorrhea loss of appetite, hystcria,
prolapsus, loss of col0r prostration, emaciation,
etc. There is one remedy whichswill cure this
condition Of female life known as English Female
Bitters, the grand triumph o female regulator.
Year: 1879

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
HoRK,-One Of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and others
to stop at when in New York is the Grand
Union Hotel. nearly opposite the Grand
Central Depot, kept on the European plan
you therefore only pay for what you get.
Everything is first class, and prices mod
crate, adapted to the stripgency of the
times. You save the expense of carriage
hire, and by leaving your baggage check
on the counter of the Hotel, your baggage
Year: 1879

This popular remedy for all bilious COM
plants is growing very popular as fami-
ly medicine. One dose is more effective
than all the pills and blue mass you can
take 1t operates directly upon the liver
and leaves no deletrious effects. Every
family should keep a bottle of Msguire's s
Cundurango in the house.
Year: 1879

Sit on Il cake of leo and try to
counterfeit the expression Of an
Esqulamaux dog in n similar
position.


Leave off your vest and scarlet
suspcndcrs, and csconcc yourself
in the breezy solitudcs of COM
modious dustcr.


Sleep on the roof of Il piazza, and
gaze upon the trembling star
while the south winds wait to r
intoxicated soul the amorous I IL
lings Of the tom-cat. "


Go out in tho woods with a prct-
ty girl, and allow her to fan tho
mosquitoes off your noble brow.
Sit on a book agent--he is the
coolest animated thing known.


Pour cold water down your
back.
Year: 1879




The English people have Just awakened TO
the fact that the elder of the two sons of the
Prince of Wales is a probable heir to the
throne, and that he is, as such, an interesting
person. At the same time they remember,
with mixture Of amusement and amazement,
that thoy know almost nothing about him.
In fact, they are rather puzzled, when it Is
necessary TO speak of him, to know how he
is to be called He is, in full, Prince Albert
Victor Christian Edward. He used to be
styled Prince Albert Victor Of Wales. Popu-
larly he has been known as Prince Victor.
When he was studying on board the Britain
mia he was called Prince Edward. Out of
the abundance Of titles it is not easy to make
a choice and the British public seems to be as
much ''at sea" metaphorically as the Prince
now is literally in attempting to discover
anything interesting or gossipy about one
who, if he lives long enough, will be the ruler
of vast empire. The Prince was born at
Frogmore Lodge, Windsor on the sth of
January, 1864, and has, therefore, nearly
completed his sixteenth year He was born
and has lived, that is all the English people
know about him-accompanied his parents
in their travels here and there, and his fea-
lures have excited some mild interest in the
family photographs. But, in general his his
tory and his person are unknown and his life
has been almost as obscure as that of any
boy in the kingdom.


What has now drawn attention to him is
his sailing, in company with his brother,
whom oil English folk know as Prince George
Of Wales, on voyage round the world. The
two princes have been trained on board the
Britannia, and now they go as cadet midship-
men on the ship Bacchante, which sailed
from Portsmouth harbor on the 18th of Sep
tember, and proceed to Portland, where after
a week spent in drill the ship was to depart
for short cruise in the Mediterranean. and
to pass the winter in the West Indies. OF
course, very little will be heard from the
young princes while they are absent on this
voyage and they will return year or two
hence tall striplings, one of them just COM
ing into manhood. As they are the only
sons of the Prince of Wales, the succession
would pass, in case of their death, to the
daughters, and once again the British throne
would be occupied by woman. Boston i'd
Uertiser.
Year: 1879

away or that some alteration has been nicely
done. Her meals are served with the same
ceremony as at court, and she always dresses
specially for them. When her dinner is an
nounced she enters the room, makes cere-
monial courtesy to her suite, and takes her
seat, eating with excellent appetite and talk
ing sensibly enough
Year: 1879

The RorrESNEss OF FREECH SocIETY-It
is barely possible that there is a high, serene
and noble atmosphere in French life which
the stranger cannot see that there are homes
where domesticty, peace and the virtues are
eushrned where men are faithful and vir-
tuous and women constant and true where
children are not cribbed, confined and guard
ed as hateful criminals bent upon forbidden
follies There may be these species of
French people, but if there are can't under
stand where they find their amusement, their
literature, their relaxations. | know of no
contemporaneous works that are not tainted
by the same vice of no novels that do not
turn upon adultery few studies in which
the huInanities are not made subservient to a
wit that has the exquisite finish that comes
to the flower after its full blossom, TO the
fruit after its fruition, a physical perfection
on the eve of putrefaetion. The French in
tellect is overripe. 1t is jaded with triumph,
tired with success 1t is in the rottenness Of
ripeness. Grown-up France amuses itself
with such dramatic PHILOSOPHERS as those
which / have purposely outlined with mea-
Rreness The youth of France is amused by
follies compared to which even the foregoing
are harmless and of good repute. If French
youth has been, for the last twenty five years,
the thing that we see to-day, it is no wonder
that Bismarck and his philosophic German
brethren pushed France to war with such in
difference as TO its reputation and such seren-
ity as TO its result. If there is not revolu-
ton in the training of French young man
hood and young womanhood, don't see how
it is possible for the nation to hold its place
among the people of the world.-PdrtS Let
ter to Chicdgo Times
Year: 1879

THE COMMITTEE selected by the City
Council to examine and report upon the
water pumps, unanimously agreed TO
recommend the putting in Of a new
wa er wheel and the renewal of the two
water pumps operated by the water
wheel. These pumps have been running
about so years. They render more SER
vice, at cheaper rate, than any other
power. OF course this improvement
should be made; and the Council is
fully justified in seeking the means to DO
it with. The Council also adopted a
recommendation of the citizens commit
tee to set aside one-ttird of the net pro-
ceeds Of the Water Department as !e-
newal fund.
Year: 1879

MARSH or low meadow lands around
His city that are sometimes flooded bv
the giving way of the river banks, were
sold a great many years ago for yery
II tlitg price per acre. Previous to lSGl
il had advanced in price until it sold, in
many places where buildings could be
erected, for from 5000 to S4O0 an acre :;
and during the initiation period since 1864
il lose SO high that some persons asked a
thousand dollars an acre. We very we'll
remember urging some Of those par les
to sell their lands and pay the
debt, that existed against them but il
was difficult to make some of these own
ers believe that the day would ever come
Wien their marsh would not be worth as
much as they asked for it, or less than il
cost hem. They lost their opportunity
TO realize handsomely, just as other real
estate owners did, and they are entitled
TO as much consideration as the ow ners
Of ether real estate are, and no more
Their misfortune should not be made the
calamity of other real estate owners who
are SO unfortunate as to have properties
on their hands that will not sell. no,
bring in sufficient rent to pay interest and
taxes.


1t is question as to whehe marsh that
is to be used for building upon for manu-.
featuring purposes should not be exemp,
from taxation for period of years. We
think such law well guarded as to the
amount Of land to be used for the pur.
pose around the building, would be wis,
and proper. But the size Of the lot OK.
enpted from taxation should be pre
scribed. Let it be named, whether nm,
acre or two acres one hundred fee
square or three hundred feet sqllare-
otherwise building may be erected on
marsh lot to manufacture feed for COW
and horses, and exemption claimed 10
the whole of it.


There is now rolling mill on Chris
tiana Avenue that has been buit for
Llumi or Of years that has never bee
used, We believe, at all. 1t belongs 20
corporations, and whether the act cover
this rolling mill Or not we do Lot know
but presume it is not intend, d to be retro
active as in that case the taxes tina
have been paid since it was erected wi
have to be refunded.


1t is very sharp game in The mars
owners now coming forward and askin
to be relieved of tax and wanting th
city property holders to keep up the rive
Year: 1879

Four PER CENT. BoNDs.-Now that
j. is known that the four per cent. bonds
will be paid in silver there is greater
demand than ever for them. A special
from Washington says the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing as running oil
Sunday as usual, in order to supply tht
extraordinary demand tor per cent
bonds, the supply being far behind tie
demand. Such thing has not happened
before, it is believed, in the history OF
the Government since the close of the
war
Year: 1879

TIE DAILY GAZETTE is sent TO all parts
Of the country, postage paid, for THREE
DOLLARS a year. IN ADVANCE. 1t contains
all the local news and most important
Aews of the day. 1t gives In brief just the
news the farmer or the busir efs man need
at half the cost of the two cent papers
and as much as man ought to read Of an
evening or morning. Subscribe for 1t at
once by remitting a money order for q
year or six months.
Year: 1879

LOCoMOTION OF SEA ANEMONES.-
When about 10 seek u fresh home the an
emOne detaches itself from the rock upon
which it has hitherto hourished, and sweIls
itself with water 1t thus becomes almost
as light as the volume Of water it displaces
and the most gentle current or agitation
is sufficient to impe it forward. Thus it
travels onward till it wishes to again at
tnch ITSELF and the process is reversed.
The auemOne contracts, the water escapes.
and it sinks to the bottom, where, as good
or i'll fortune may betide it, 1t finds better
or worse resting place. Nor Is this the
only means of lOcomOtion the anemone
possesses. For short journeys it has a
reader method still, by simply detaching
its base, allowing the force Of graVitation
to do the rest. In other words, the little
creature takes It's chance Of rolling or
| falling into j more suitable location.
Failing the adoption of either of these two
methods, it is able to reach desired spot,
by another means, namely, by gliding
along the face of rock somewhat in the
manner of IA snail. Its hold on its original
home is slightly relaxed, and the base oil
its column extended in the direction to-
ward which it wishes to proceed. The OPP
posie portion of its column is then with
drawn. and slowly but surely tbe anemone
rakes its way forward. Its rate Of prog
ress is too slew to be perceptible to the eye
for, although it may on occasions travel
more quickly, an anemone will sometimes
occupy two or three days in moving an
inch. This rate Of lOcoalotion is not 4
rapid lit is true, but then the anemoue,
if it can think at all, which is opon to
doubt. has other matters to think about
than merely covering long Distances
Leisure Hours.
Year: 1879

The liquor traffic imposes tax Of 33
per cent on the people. The saloons out
number all other kinds of business houses
of any one class in the country. We pay
about one-eighth us much for education as
for rum; twice as much for intemperance
as for the support Of the government, and
fifteen times rs much to the dram shop us
to the church. We waste over seven hun
dred millions of dollars year for the de-
basement of the intellect and the destruc-
ton of the body. and pay with reluctance
less than one hundred millions for educa-
ton and culture; then we throw over if-
teen times as much into the seething
cauldron of rum as we contribute annually
to the cause Of religion! Are not these
startling statements? Do you comprehend
the enormity of this national vice? With
these facts before US is it strange that our
measure of misery is full? This vast waste
would provide school house, thoroughly
appointed, for every fifty of our youth, and
set teachers in the midst of them of the
highest possible culture. Aside from the
lamentable havoc and waste caused by the
use of rum, we are compelled to support
courts and prisons, and an army of official
beneiactors in the name Of charity that
would be almost wholly unnecessary were
the people taught to shun rum as their
greatest enemy. Then would We have
work instead of charity, plenty instead ol
starvation, clean and slightly garments in
stead Of rags, wholesome houses instead
of novels, and health instead Of beggary
and distress.
Year: 1879

A UTE RoMANCE.-So it seems there
was a romance connected with the Ute
outbreak. Max Lyman, II prairie scout,
who lived at White River agency Il year
and half, and knew the Meekers inti-
mately, tells this story to reporter OF the
Dubuque Times;


Ouray was in love with the Oldest
daughter of Agent Meeker, and | think
that had not this been the case every one
of the Meeker family would have been
butchered. He often told me that he loved
the white girl, and it made him feel badly
to think that he could never marry her.
have seen Ouray follow her around and
watch over her as if she was child. He
would do anything to please her. Ouray's s
sister knew that her brother loved the
Meeker family, and she took good care
that no harm should come to them. | was
there when the women were brought back,
and Ouray was so happy that he rushed
mp to the Meeker girl and shook her hand
for half an hour. He tried hard to stop
her from weeping. but she said "Ouray
you knew the trouble was coming all the
time, and | can never forgive you"
learn now that he is doing all in his power
to bring the bad Indians in.
Year: 1879

THE ToRTURES OF WITNESS SES. The
liberty which lawyers exercise in the ex:
animation and cross-examinatiou OF wit
uesses is practically without bounds, and
Il great many people of sensitive feelings
would rather suffer injustice with as good
grace rs they may, than expose themselves
to the badgering, the insults and the coarse
wittcisms which attend an examination


in court. 1t seems to be an established
principle that Il lawyer who is attempting
to break down II witness for the sake
of helping his client, or of showing his
own smartness, may 20 to almost any


length in irritating and insulting the vic
tim of his nterrOgltories. Many eminent
criminal lawyers have gained all the rep
utaton which they have-und it is enough
to secure them numerous cases and large
fees-by the brutality and coarseness
which they display in the examination of
witnesses. People attend the trih of cases


in which they are retained with the keen
zest with which they would 90 to min
strel show or cheap variety" perform
ance, and they count with confidence upon
being generously and gratuitously enter


aimed by the sharp thrusts of the counsel.
|
whole business is dastardIy, and that the
lawyers frequently use the privileges
of their profession and the protection OF
the court in making mean insinuations
and assaults which would secure them
prompt punishment if made under other
cIrcum But it is exceedingly rare
that Judges think it worth while to inter-
fere to check the license of the lawyers, or
to guard witnesses against their brow
beating. There would seem to be no 9 od
reason why witnesses whose attendance in
court and testimony before it are matters
of compulsion, and who give evidence
with timidity and reluctance, should be
regarded as fair game for their lawyers,
who twist their ulterances, malign their
motives, and blacken their characters,
without hindrance. Yet there are cases
without number in which The prisoner on
trial is treated with gentleness and courte-
s7 in com mparison with some Of the wit
nesses whose only fault is that they happen
to know something about the case on trial,
and have been summoned to tell what
| they know.-B9StOR J0uraGt.
Year: 1879

A CuuD's MARVELLOUS EsCAPE.-One
of the most remarkable escapes from in
slant death that we have heard of for some
time, was related to Wheeling, West
Virginia, paper by gentleman who was
on the train when the accident occurred.
q" A lady and two children were on their
way from Kansas City to Staunton, Vir-
gnia. The youngest was about one year
of are, and while its mother was asleep it
crppt back to rear seat, and. climbing up
to An open window, leaned quite Il distance
out. A sudden jar of the train caused it
TO tiy ont of the window unobserved by
any of the passengers. The train was near
Parkersburgh, and the mother happening
to awake Il moment after discovered her
loss, and search through the car falling
TO reveal the infant, she became frantic
with grief The passengers all enlisted in
the search. and, surmisng that the baby
had fallen out. the train was instantly
stopped and large crowd went back, and
at a distance of at least half mile, dis
covered the lost one sitting on a pile of
brush. where it had alighted, crying lusti-
ly, The joy of the mother in behslding
her baby safe was truly pathetic. 1t was
found that the child was totally uniniured,
with the exception of a slight brusc on its
head.
Year: 1879

A RAILWAY Up TIE VOLCANO VEST
vIUs.-The railway for the ascent of
Vesuvius is now finished. 1t is 900 me-
tiers in length, and will enable tourists to
ascend by it to the edge of the crater
The line has been constructed with great
care upon 4 solid pavement. and it is be-
lieved to be perfectly secure from all in
cursions of lava The mode OF transac-
tions, says the Engineer, is by two steel
ropes put in movement by a steam engine
at the foot of the cone The wheels of
the carriages are 50 made rs to be free
from any danger of leaving the rails, be-
sides which each carriage is furnished
with an exceedingly powerful automatic
break, will stop the train almost insttn-
taneously. One of the chief difficulties
of the undertaking was the water supply
but that has been obviated by the formt-
ton of two very large reservoirs, one at
the station. and the other near the obser-
vatory Scientific american.
Year: 1879

WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY If n
person falls in fit and begins to snore
loudly, with red face, it is apoplexy
Let him be seated, so as to favor the blood
going downwards, away from the heal ;
apply cloths to the head. or cushions OF
equal quantities of snow or pounded ice
and common salt. If the person is per-
fectly still, face pale, and there is no per-
ceptible breathing, it is II tit of faintng
Lay the person on his back. loosen his
clothing, and slightly elevate his head.
The faint is caused by mumentary cessa-
ton of the circulation of the blood to the
head If there is very violent motions OF
the hands and feet. and all sorts of contor-
lions, it is epilepsy. Let the man comfort
until he is tired; you cant hold him still ;
all that ought to be done is to keep the
unfortunate man from hurting himself;
there is no suffering felt, for as soon us he
comes to and finds himself lying on his
back he will want to know what is the
matter. Dizziness often comes instanta-
neously, and we begin to reel before we
know it. Shut the eyes, whether you are
walking along the street, looking over the
precipce, ascending ladder; the fear OF
dizziness disappears instantly if you look
upward.
Year: 1879

A. promised your readers in my pre-
vious letter upon this valuable and novel
discovery, of converting wood into pulp,
and hen into whatever is desired, to de-
scribe The machine to which alluded, l
wiI now attempt that desert ption. First
the wood goes through 4 peculiar crushing o
machine which softens it by pressure and
makes it easy to draw the fibre in the
pm ping or grinding machine. This same
crushing machine also chops or breaks it
in such way that it can be fed to the
grader, mixed with shavings or sawdust,
or not. rs you choose. The shavings, saw
ll-t OF other fine material add nothing to
the strength Of the articles to be made,
and if not in excess do not detract there
from, SO such worthless material-worth.
less alike for fuel or for Il fertilizer-can
oe Used in considerable quantity, with
better material, without injury; Or it can
be used alone to make many articles
where great strength is not required.


After the material is prepared as above.
let it be refuse lumber, brushwood or
whole trees, it is fed into the pulp ma
chine, which is in appearance like large
run of mill stones, with this exception
that the top stone is stationary while the
bottom one revolves. These stones are
rigidIy set in Il strong iron frame, and
nicely adjusted, SO that the quality of the
pulp can be fully controlled. A jet of
water, regulated so as to be just sufficient
to make the pulp of proper consistency, is
thrown into the top of the mill. Through
the hole in the top stone the crushed wood
Is fed through proper regulating ar
rangement. The pulp, ready prepared.
runs from this mill into vats, where it is
ready for the mold.


In the mold all superfuous moisture is
pressed cut, yet when the articles are first
removed they are damp, and 60 direct to
the dry house.


The stones for preparing the material
are a species of the burr stone imported
from France, being the toughest of the hard
quartz rocks known. The peculiar hard
ness and toughness of this stone is such
tha. the grinding Of Il woody fibre does
not seem to dull or iniure the cutting sur
face, and hence those mills are very dura-
bic, and are destined, doubtless, not only
to use up the waste material, but to make
Il valuable saving Of lumber, and thus in
considerable degree prevent the wanton
destruction of the forests of the world,
which for many years has engaged the
attention Of scientists.


As this machine changes the line OF
various manufactured articles. it will ere
ate new industries as well rs new wants


In recent t ial of strength in Portland,
Me-, betv cen the common nail keg and
the nail keg manufactured by this new
process 4 key of nails in each, was rolled
down two flights of iron steps on to the
side walk. The common keg was de,
molished the first trip and the nails scat
tered, while the one made from pulp was
rolled three times down both flights OF
stairs without material injury. This trial
very definitely points out the great
strength of the material.