smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

RAPID NUTRITIoN.-It is the opinion Of
medical authorities that the fundamental
distinction between the strong man and
the weak, the energetic ruler of men and
things, and the feeble imbecile,-is simply
this: that the process of nutrition is car
ried on with greater ease and rapidity in
the one than in the other. What was it
that enabled Napoleon to undergo those
prodigious privations, without which his
genius would have availed him so little
An uncommon faculty of rapid nutrition.
Now the two great fellow partners in this
work of nutrition are these: FooD, which
furnishes the capital; and STIMULUS,
which invests it,-that is, influences each
part of the body to take up from the
blood, so much of the food-nutriment as
it stands in need of Outdoor exercise is
the best stimulus :" but multitudes can.
not get that. Such persons will find the
used of DIR. Gottleib Fisch's Bitters un.
speakably beneficial


This subject continued next week under
p" Verdict Starred.
Year: 1874

People should beware of those impostors
who copy DR.. Pierces original style Of ad-
vertising, by offering various sized rewards
for cases of Catarrh and other diseases
which they can not cure Those who do
not possess sufficient intelligence to write
an original advertisement are not likely to
have made great and valuable discoveries
in Medicine.
Year: 1874

FAIRFIELD GRANGE, Patrons of Husbandry,
held their regular meeting at Masonic Hall
last night. The meeting was an inter.
esting one, and much routine business
was done and work assigned to the different
members of the Grange. The Grange re.
solved to hold meeting for work at the
same place on next Thursday evening at
O'Clock. All members will on this occasion
bring some eatables with them, and after the
business Of the meeting has been concluded
short time will be spent in social inter
course among the members.
Year: 1874

A Saratoga correspondent writes
"The old beaux at Saratoga are very
numerous at present. They come here
and danpIe parasols and fans in return
for invitations TO parties and Germans
during the winter This is easier than
calling now and then, which gets to be
a terrible bore with the old beauX, who
like their cigar and newspaper and homo
comforts Of an evening, and are not 70
be coaxed out unless there is n swell
affair with a wine supper TO repay them.
So here they are dangling fans and
doing penance. and next winter they
will be invited again, because they were
so attentive at Saratoga. The OLD
beaux are growing bit heavy in figure,
and show a few crows feet, but on the
whole get themselves mp well hnd' as
they are acknowledged society men,
the young ladies are satisfied 70 nave
them at their heels.


"The old girls who are havked about
from one watering-place TO another are
also well represented this season. These
Young ladies are expert in casting
die-a-way glances, hanging their hands
fn-fashion, and in all the gushing tricks
of maiden-hood. They are striving to
make the most Of themselves with 3
deadly effort, and are really very styllsn
in their fine toilets, with escalloped
foreheads, hair parted on one side, a, ana
bonnets pinned on captivatingly. ibis
old stock have been waiting IN the
market FOR rich husbands, and could
now be bought cheap"
Year: 1874

A writer in the London Review says :
" Ladies who deck their hair with MIN
ic bloom have IN general little idea of
the way in which those false flowers
grow. They wear them light -heartedly
in the gayest scenes, and think not that
they are transplanted from the saddest.
They put forth their leaves and delicate
hues in sitting garrets, in fetid back
kitchens, or in hot, over-crowded fac
tories, where the health of those who
made them was whitening away, where
the gas burners are often without glass
or shade, and gas stoves are set on the
tables to heat the tools, while hundred
women and girls, from nine years of age
and upwards, bend over their hot-house
plants. Some hold the hand stamp
which cuts through sixteen folds at a
time of the muslin or silk that is to make
the leaves or flowers. Others vein the
leaves by pressing them between dies,
or paint the petals separately with a
brush when the centre is to be left
white. Most of them are busy with the
finer work of constructing the flowers.
They gum and wax, dust for bloom with
potato flour, or with blown glass pow
der for frost they twist paper or silk
thread to the stalk, and make the foun-
dation on which the petals may stick.
Slender wires are run through the bios
SONS, and a small gofering iron gives
them their curl. All this is straining
and fdgety work, especially by gas
light, with blistered fingers, thumb
nails worn to the quick, and the dust of
paints and other materials inhaming the
eyes and preparing patients for the
Ophthalmic hospital. The bright blues
and carmines try the sight sadly, and
the latter causes heaviness In the head.
Arsenic green and verdigris blue are
now seldom used but enough is left to
poison the poor flower girl's' existence.
She works in London fourteen or fifteen
hours a day, and sometimes longer.
After thirteen hours work girls often
take home sufficient for two more
hours "
Year: 1874

A Long Branch correspondent OF the
Jewish Messenger says = have heard
Long Branch compared TO Brighton, bus
/ really do not see the resemblance. In
the first place Brighton is city all the
wear round. while this is only temporal
Tysummer camping ground. Then-this
is the great difference between the two
az Brighton one may any day see a noble
lord or parliamentary leader lying at
full length on the beach, dressed IN q
rough summer sur and with a straw hat
cooked over his eyes, throwing pebbles
into the sea, or lady OF noble rank
dressed in plain calico and q wide
brimmed straw hat hunting for crabs
and star-fish while here people sport
more dignity than in town, even wear
purple and fine linen and jewelry the
FIRST thing in the morning, and low
necked, short-sleeved dresses, broad
cloth and kids late at night. This IS
certainly the most ridiculous feature OF
Long Branch life. To see, as have
seen, women coming ont Of q breakfast
room at eleven in the morning dressed
in silks and laces is a sight worth tfaV-
cling for It makes one feel sorry Tor
the husbands of such women, and sorry
for the women that they have not prl-
vate milliner privileged to tell them
what is aud what is not rational or even
excusable. in female fashiOnB.
Year: 1874

It is generally supposed that the hu-
man frame cannot endure much heat,
and if exposed to it will soon sink IN
exhaustion. This is true in hos climates,
to which people have been accustomed.
But in this case the effect may be due
to influences from vegetation, or To some
disturbance of nature.


II is certain that artificial heat, lar
Greater than the heat of the sun of the
torrid zone, may De bore without
special suffering or harm. The British
Journal of Science says that men 10
iron establishments work without IN
convenience with the thermometer con
stantlv at 100 degrees, and in pits for
making the Bessemer steel at 40 de
orees In Turkish baths the sham
boomers are often busily engaged for
four or five hours in succession, with
the temperature at 110 degrees, In the
Red sea steamers the stoke hole marks
145 degrees; and in ensmel works the
operators are compelled daily to endure
a heat of 200 degrees. The elastic pow
er of the human body in accommodating
itself to extremes is wonderful.
Year: 1874

A writer in the New Quarterly Review
says: perhaps the most singular of
the contents of the Portuguese newspa-
pers are the obituary notices. Written
in a STYLE so exquisitely rompous and
stilted as to make the foreign reader in
cline at first to think them ironical


These long eulOgies on the dead are
paid for as advertisements, and are gen
orally signed with the name of one of
the relatives of the deceased person.
A few extracts will suffice to show how
false emotion and a false style can des-
ecrate feelings which it is only common
ly decent to hold back from Observa-
tion st is now seventy-two hours since
the pious Mr.. A. B. ceased to exist
L is now seventy-two hours since the
most evere affiiction has stricken the
hearts of his bereaved relations in their
most tender flores It is now seventy
two hours since he died, in the summer
of his life, as also in the height and
summer of his virtues. 1t is now sew
enty-twO hours since this great man,
great in his intelligence and In his prac-
tice of all the Christian virtues ; and
so on through long list of paragraphs,
bes inning with the same minute chre-
biological calculations, and all full of
the same rhetorical foOlishness. The
deceased gentleman, if recollect right
ly, had kept a cigar shop in Lisbon.
Another similar and very curious de
velopment of Portuguese journalism is
the insertion of paid eulOgies of literary
productions. use the expression Gu
rious only because the payment is
avowed and open, being honestly signed
with the name of the friendly critic,
and placed in q column set apart for
advertisements. It is impossible alto
gether to disapprove of this practice.
It is odd that it has not yet occurred
to Portuguese critics to enhance the
value of their approval by occasional
dispraise. never saw an unfriendly
critique in a Portuguese Journal.
Year: 1874

A rumOr comes from England that
the duke of Cambridge is about to re-
tire from the command Of the British
army. He has fallen victim to gout,
and for three months has been unable
to take any exercise. George William
Frederick Charles, second duke of
Cambridge, is the grandson of George
Ill and q cousin of Queen Victoria.
He was born in Hanover in 1919. At
the age of eighteen he was appointed
colonel in the British army, and eight
years after was promoted to the rank Of
major general. In 1850 he succeeded
his father as duke of Cambridge IN
1854 he was made a lieutenant general
and in 1856 he was made q general. He
commanded the first division of the
army sent to the Crimea, and led his
troops at the battle of the Alma and at
Inkerman. in which latter engagement
he had a horse shot under him. In
July, 1856, he was appointed COM
mander-in- chief of the British army,
and in 1862 he was created a field
rparshal.


The duke has been fast liver, while
he has been a good soldier, and now at
the age of only fifty five it seems he is
compelled to retire from active service.
For many years he has been living with
Miss Fairbrother, who was an actress,
and, in her youth, quite celebrated for
her beauty. The relationship has been
known to the public for so long q time
that Miss Fairbrother is generally re-
garded as the dukes wife, though no
marriage has ever taken place, and she
does not reside In his official residence.
They have a number of children, who
90 by the fathers name of Fitz-George,
and some of the sons are officers of the
army. Some of the queens sons have
been considered a little loose in their
morals, but with such an example set
before them by the oldest member of
the family, it is not surprising that the
moral teachings of their mother should
have been sometimes forgotten.
Year: 1874

Last year a correspondent of Notes
and Queries, considering that the then
recent passing of bill whereby future
elections to the house of commons must
take place by vote by ballot, drew up a
synopsis of the composition of that
house when the ballot was thus en-
grated, after many failures, during the
last half century. His enumeration
may be properly placed side by side
with a second synopsis which he pub
lished in the Notes and Queries in the
month of June. The first column shows
the house of commons as it stood in
April, 1873, before the ballot came into
operation ; the second shows u hat was
the result under the ballot of the gen
Year: 1874

The delegates to the National Cotton
Exchange convention have adopted a
standard of classitications which Is said
to be unsatisfactory to the New York
dealers, being too low as compared with
the long usage of that market. Accord
ing to the New York types New York
low middling is little better than old
fashioned strict good ordinary.
Year: 1874

extension of our railroad system must
stop. In the hurry of speculation the
work has been poorly done, and the rc-
sources of the country must be expended
in bettering what We have ms cad oi
adding to it. This advice Is sound,
and probably indicates the railroad pol
icy of the country for some time u
come, for the reason that it is about tia,
only policy left.
Year: 1874

BAxARD TAYLOR writes from 1celanC
that he offered an Icelander piece O.
money for some small service and the
man laughed and ran away 1t is then
in this remote land that the hotel seq
want Of the future is to be sought.
What a paradise a watering-plaee would
be whose servants laughed at the Offer
of a gratuity. But they must be taught
not to run away.
Year: 1874

FARM FOR SALE.-Desirably located
in the town of Goodhue, l3 miles from
Red Wing, with good new dwelling
house, and in a good state of cultiva-
tion. The sw1 Of sec. 8, till, one
hundred and thirty acres under cultiva-
ton. Also the n19 Of the neA of sec. l8,
till, with seventy acres under the
plow, will be scld as one farm or in sep
arate tract.


Inquire at this Office or of William
McGuin on the place.


CLOSING OuT.-Simmons, Olson &
Bush announce their determination to
sell out their large stock Of goods at
greatly reduced prices in order to close
out their entire business. Mr.. Sim
mons commenced business in Red Wing
over eighteen years ago and Messrs. Oh.
son and Bush about eleven years ago.
These gentlemen all commenced busi-
ness in this city bare handed, and by
constant application have built up neat
fortunes and have decided to retire from
trade. They have the largest store and
by fourteen to fifteen thousand dollars
the largest stock Of goods in the city.
The store and goods belong to them and
every> cent paid for. The goods were
all bought for cash and bought by men
who from long experience understand
how and what to buy, and when they
say that they propose to throw their inn
mense stock of general merchandise in
to the market to close out, it means
very low prices to all purchasers. The
goods being all their own, they can do
with them as they please, and they pro-
pose to get rid Of them. Every body is
invited to call and examine complete
line of samples with prices attached and
satist themselves.
Year: 1874




Editor Of Grange Aduance:


S1R:-I wish to proclaim to the pub
'hc through your valuable columns,
brief sketch of my former life. As l
seek this opportunity for the first time
in, my life, I ask all young men who
read these few words to be careful and
understand my meaning. I speak from
my heart as warning to all. / am a
a young man Of respectable parentage,
and have been led by temptation, step
by step until I am now sentenced to
the States Prison for the term Of one
year. Now young men, I beg of you
to abhor the ways Of vice, and think
twice before entering INTO the way OF
temptations that You know nothing OF;
otherwise you will meet with the ter
rible misfortune with which have met.
/ have disgraced myself and people and
all my relatives. 1twould be very hard
for parents to think that their Youngest
son is in such disgrace, but thank God
they do not know. Friends, if you will
allow me the privilege to call you such,
because we are offsprings of Adam and
Fave, base as have been, and basely
as have wandered from the path Of
honesty there is no reason that l can
not come back and live as a young man
ought to live, in an honest and upright
manner toward my fellow man,
and show to the worldly ac-
tions that l mean to do right. AS
this is my first time to enter so far into
sin, I hope that the community will not
be too hard upon me, because lam now
a reformed young man.. / seek this
opportunity simply because / wish all
to know my exact condition and mind.
If all young men who meet with such
misfortune would make such statement
and try to live up to it in their future
lives, there would not be so much thiev-
ing and rascality throughout the world.
We scarcely take up newspaper now
adays without reading of some terrible
tragedy or rascality that has been COM
nitted or enacted somewhere. I am
not the only one by any means that has
been tempted to do what they ought
not to have done, so l have confessed
before many that l did the great wrong
of which I have been accused Of, and
I thank God that my time is limited
to stay within the stone walls and under
the iron bars, and if kind Providence
permits me to live through these terrible
trials, then will show the world, by
the grace of God, that I am different
man. Now I ask all young men who
are just starting in life to bear
these few words of warning in mind;
keep away from temptation and wicked
ness, and keep straight upon the path
Of honesty and you will prosper in all
things. When you are likely to be
tempted, think of one who has served
the term of five months and ten days
within these stone walls of the county
jail. bid you farewell, I have felt it
my duty to say something to the public.


S. w. r.
Year: 1874

and told wonderful stories about the
richness of his claim. He said he was
going on up to Prescott to procure lum-
ber, and would shortly return prepared
to work his fabulously rich mines. He
took into his confidence ex-Sheriff
Warden and offered to take him to the
mines on his return. After Buffers
departure for Prescott, Warden formed
party and started in search of the
new Ell Dorado, no doubt intending TO
beat the original discoverer. At all
events he did not seem at all anxious
for Buffers return from Prescott, but
organized his party and started out
Immediately. From the description
of the country given by Butler (espe-
cially about creek or river running
into the Gila on the north side between
here and Yuma, which statement is
denied by all the Oldest settlers), and
other facts, it is believed that the
whole story was planned with the de-
liberate intention of selling Warden,
in which Butler has fully succeeded.
Year: 1874

Small IFire-Attendamce at the Fair.


SAN FRANCISCO, August ia fire
occurred this morning in store on
Commercial street, near Battery, but
was soon extinguished with but small
loss.


The attendance at the fair last night
was very large, although the exhibit
tion is by no means complete yet.
Year: 1874

j. NJ. FISHER, Esq. of Cabot contributes
to the JOURNAL a most interesting and
readable account of the early and later days
Of mail carrying and staging in Cabot.
from which we make the following copious
extracts:
Year: 1874

When, indeed, we compare tn,
murder of Mr.. Briggs with that of Mr.
Katscher, We see at once how widely
the cases differ in their essential details
On the North London line the traffic
is almost as rapid as upon the Metrol
itan Railway ITSELF But n few min
utes elapse between one station and
another; and at each stopping place
the crowd is so considerable that every
carriage door is sure to be opened
When, on tho other hand, we have Q
long line of rail traversing wide spaces
on the Continent from one town to
another, we see at once how much
asicr it Is for the assassin 10 ply his
trade, without fear of sudden interrup.
tion or arrest. Between Nesawislitz,
where Freund was last seen to get in
to the same carriage with Mr.. Kat
scher, and Cropin, where the unfortun-
ate gentleman was found dead, a pc
riod Of twenty-three minutes elapsed.
During this space Of time great
deal can be done by y powerful, res
olute reckless man. 1t is clear, on the
one hand, that the Austrian detective
police are far superior to our own in
following up trail to which they
have the slightest clue. On the other
hand, it is equally plain that the old
system of railway compartments can
not much longer be continued. In
America the cars form one long avenue
of seats, up and down which runs an
open gangway. With such an ar
rangement railway murders" if we
may use the phrase, is out of the qucs-
ton. 1t is the railway compartment"
alone that renders possible crimes such
as those of Muller and Freund. With
an approved system of railway trans,
port, assassination by rail will become
almost as impracticable as it is by
omnibus.
Year: 1874

ANOTHER GoLD F1ELD.-The London
Dispatch, in referring to the return of
the victorious expedition from Asian
tee, says:


"That it has removed that mystery
and uncertainty in which the gold ter
ritory has hitherto been shrouded. In
the recent speech of Capt. Clover at
the banquet given to himself and Cap
tain Sartorius at Liverpool, he de.
scribed the great gold wealth of the
country 20 miles north Accra, observing
that it was matter of surprise that this
fact had not been prominently brought
before the public. Accra was only %
days sail from Liverpool, and man
had only to take walk 10 miles from
Accra and he could dig up gold as
easily as he could potatoes in this coun-
try. The wealth of the Gold Coast
has long been a matter of history, and
has become as proverbial as the un-
healthiness of its climate. Beyond,
however, the exports of the precious
metal which have been ascertained
from time to time, very meagre informa-
ton has been obtainable as to the ac-
tual auriferous wealth of this much
abused territory, and the statement of
Captain Glover opens up field of
speculation as to what may the proba-
bic future of these settlements. No
one who has studied the history of gold
countries can doubt but that the re-
ported wealth of the West Coast will
effect a revolution in its relations to the
world; and neither apathy nor disap-
proval of our legislation towards this
enterprise will deter the thousands who
will rush to the Gold Coast from our
colonies, California and America, as
we'll as from our own shores. Its proxi-
nifty to this country forms one OF the
strongest inducements to adventurous
spirits here to at least have try at it,
and we may prepare very shortly to
find emigrant vessels laid on which
will carry their shoals. of adventurers
to this new opened-up Eldorado.
Year: 1874

@ A Yale student, who is evident
ly in the journalistic department,
writes twelve-verse poem which is en-
titled, "We kissed each other by the
sea-" swell what of it?" asks West
tern journalist; "the seaside is no better
for such practice than any other locality.
In fact, we have put in some very sweet
work of that kind on the tow-path of a
canal in our time but did not say any
thing about it in print"