smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

dealers who pander to this wretched
taste make no secret Of their prepara-
ton, but advertise it far and wide, and
it viii give some idea Of the widespread
demand which exists for these poiSons
when tell you that during the year 1910
there were manufactured and sold III
this country alone over l., 100000 gallons
of Il certain well known patent wash for
the face and neck. While on this sub
iect must not omit to mention Il prep
aration, which | will not name, for the
removal Of freckIes As it certainly does
remove freckles, its sale has enormously
increased in the last two years. A few
months ago | analyzed a specimen, and
was Mortified to find that it contained %
per cent. of corrosive sublimate. At
present it has a large sale, and it is re-
tailed at q nigh price"


care there any cosmetics which I'M
prove the skin and are harmlesSP"


"None, except fresh air and pure
water. Carbonate of magnesia is quite
extensively used, and is not, perhaps,
positively injurious; but it makes the
skin look tough and old, and in time
stops the circulation of the blood in
small vessels of the face. Whiting has
the same effect. The better and more
expensive rougeS made from pure cochl-
neal, or cochineal carmine, are not in
furious when used in moderation and
washed off every night, but the cheap
kinds all contain aniline, and are very
poisonous. Bay-rum contains no ingre-
dent which is chemically injurious, but
even that is liable, if used too often, to
dry up the little oil globules and make
the skin dry and harsh"


Il suppose the use of the poisonous
cosmetics is almost entirely confined to
wOmen?n


"Well, not exclusively. fancy many
would be rather aStoniShed if they knew
the number of young men who partici-
pate in this evil with their sisters and
mothers. And another thing, too, of
which YOU may not be aware is, that
there are hundreds of young men, mostly
of the upper and upper-middle classes,
who wear corsets. The habit is injurious
to young woman, but it is thousand
fold more 50 to young man, for phys
ical reasons which have not time to
enter upon. | did not suspect this habit
until about a year ago, but since that
time | have discovered that its existence
is by no means unfrequent."
Year: 1879

Prof VirchOw, the celebrated Berlin
physiologist, went last spring to Asia
Minor for the sake of rest and recrea-
ton, and passed a large part of his va
cation at Hissarhk, on the invitation of
DR.. Schliemann. On his arrival at His
sarlik he found several of the working
men engaged at the excavations suffer-
inc from an obstinate fever, and, al
though it is long since he gave up prac-
tice, he took them under treatment. He
cured them, and Immediately his repu-
tation as magician was established
there; and as there were many sick peo-
pie everywhere in Asia Minor, and no.
where doctor or an apothecary, the
fame of the great magician spread with
great rapidity from village to village.
Every morning when Virchow left the
little wooden shanty in which he slept
he found first a few persons, then a
crowd, and at last mass of people en-
camped in front of the door, and wait
ing patiently, but with eager glances,
for his appearance. To send them
away was impossible, for they needed
his help sOrely, and they had often come
from very long distances, on foot, on
horseback, on camels, Or carried on lit
terS and in baskets. But to help them
involved an almost complete sacrifice
of rest and recreation, for they were
many, and the consultation generally
demanded the employment Of two or
three interpreters. The sacrifice was
made, however, and it has an odd re-
suit For the purpose of making some
geological observations, Virchow had u
hole dugin the bed of dried-up river
in the neighborhood, and people noticed
that, until the hole filled up with water,
the magician every day climbed down
there and made some curious researches
by means of a lighted candle. As soon
as Nirchow had left HiSsarliS people as
Sembled around the hole, lined its sides
with neat brick work and marble, bap-
tised it Virchow's Wen,n and now,
since the magician has gone, they bring
their sick to his well to be cured by
drinking its water and by ablutiOns.
Year: 1879

Grapes may be kept by packing
them in jars (every bunch being first
wrapped in soft paper) and covering
every layer with bran, well dried, laying
a little Of it in the bottom of the jar,
then a layer of grapes, and so on, a layer
of bran and grapes alternately, till the
jar is filled; then shake it gently and
fill it to the top with bran. Then lay
some paper over it, and cover the TOP
with bladder, tied firmly on to exclude
the air; then put on the top Or cover of
the jar, observing that it fits close. The
jars should be placed in a room where a
fire can be kept in wet and damp
weather. Use fuller's earth for "heat. >
Sprinkle on as you would common
starch or keep it in a muslin BAG. 1t is
a sure cure. Can be bought at any drug
store. Ten cents worth is about a half
of pound.
Year: 1879

All this excitement and influx of
masses of men and the consequent irreg-
ular squatting anywhere upon unoccu-
pied ground, began at once to produce
discord and a fever Of speculation in
real estate. \ certain corporation
claimed to own the whole town-site un-
der a patent from the Government, and
tried to exact payment from every
tenant: but the illegality of this was as
serted, and pending decision, every body
not only laughed at the company but
proceeded to buy and sell original squat
ter-claims as though no better title was
ever in existence-a suppOsitiOn prOba-
bly, true at that time. Town lots rose
from nothing to fabulous prices in day,
and fortunes were made and OppOrtuni-
ties neglected accordingly.


Next came a period OF dumping"
that is, getting forcible or fraudulent
possession of property. Men would call
with paper having legal appearance
and politely inform some man occupy
ing the cabin they coveted that they had
bought the property from the owner.


You know, pard," they would re-
mark, affably, THAT you just settled
down here cause it was convenient like,
and nobody said nothing about it; but
now the owner thinks he Orter have
some good from his property, and we've
bought it. We don't want to be on
pleasant, but it looks like you'd have to
yamOOse."


"That's all right-no offense," the
shaggy-headed cottager would reply,
quietly; "but | reckon eff the owner or
any body else wants this yere cabin
they've got to take it, and they've got
to hold over me, and get up right 'arly
in the mornin', too, " and he lays allowing
hand upon the hilt Of his siX-shooter,
while the would-be jumpers anathema-
tie their way out Of the door.


There were, however, clear cases of
tenancy of land where no title was held,
and here the occupant, if unruly, was
likely to find his cabin timberS falling
about his ears in the middle of the
night, under the vigorous stroke Of a
band of citizens who proposed to see
the real owner put in possession then
and there. Needless fellows would
insist upon putting their trading shan
ties or dwelling-houses anywhere in the
streets and alleys set apart for public
use, and then down would come a squad
of police, hitch span of horses to the
underpinning and raze the obstruction
in ten minutes. Hard words were a
matter of course in all these little pub
lie and private transactions in real es-
tate, and every day or two a man was
shot or beaten half to DEATH but pub
lie opinion and the numerous witnesses
quickly and loudly decided the right of
the case, and the Coroner's jury was very
likely to formulate the popular verdict.
Truth to say, the rOD pQpuH in these
cases was usually about right. Outside
Of a case Of robbery by " bunko thieves" u"
if a man gets shot in Leadville, it is safe
to conclude that he has got his deserts.


Speculation in tOwn-lots did not last
very long, J0wever, and now real eS-
tate is dowF to a pretty solid basis of
value. The probability is that the fu
ture will see a decline in prices, as a
whole, rather than an enhancing Of the
value Of real estate within the corporate
limits, as no doubt Leadville has seen
her highest trademark of population
Scr56ner for October.
Year: 1879

How to cook green corn: Hold the
small end of the ear of corn in the left
hand, resting the other end in a pan or
dish; then with very sharp knife shave
off the cap or crown Of all the grains on
the ear; then, holding the ear in the
same position in another pan, scrape
vigorously downward on it with the
knife until nothing is left on the cob but
the grain husks. If the corn is very
tender and the supply limited, the caps
first cut off may be put in with the
scrapings, if otherwise they should be
thrown aside. Having prepared in this
way the quantity of corn you wish to
cook, have upon your stove a saucepan
containing-say for one quart of corn
one pint of boiling water, into which stir
the corn and let it boil slowly for three
quarters of an hour, adding lump of
butter the size of an egg, the same bulk
of sugar and salt to your taste. Do not
boil it down dry but leave it about the
consistency of cooked corn starch. The
sugar may be omitted in cooking sweet
corn. Cooked in the ordinary way, the
common white field corn is neither pal
atable nor wholesome, but prepared as
above it is little inferior to sugar corn,
and is good enough for any body.
Year: 1879

This being the season when game
killed by shooting, and probably con-
tanning the pellets, is eaten, it may be
worth while to caution those who con-
sumo the flesh of birds with avidity that
the proportion ofinstances in which shot
is found is probably small in compari-
son with the number Of cases in which
the pellets are unwittingly swallowed.
1t is a matter of speculation how much
mischief a shot may do when passed in
to the inteStineS, but the fact that anom-
alOus diseases have been set up by the
presence of very small bodies which
have become entangled in the folds Of
the mucuOus membrane renders it de-
sirable to put the public on their guard.
Occasionally the most disastrous results
have followed such small causes. We
have in recollection the case of a phySi-
clan who died after prolonged and un-
explained sufferingS, from the impaction
of Il very small nail which had found its
way into pudding, and was inadvert-
entity swallowed. A little care will
avoid this contingency, but, remember
ing that the bird had been shot, some
pains ought certainly to be taken to
avoid swallowing the miSSile.-LOnd0n
Lancet.
Year: 1879

The white of an egg is said to be a
specific for tish-bOnes sticking in the
throat. 1t is to be swallowed raw, and
will carry down bone easily and cer-
tainly. There is another fact touching
eggs which it will be well to remember.
When, as sometimes by accident, corro-
sive Sublimate is swallowed, the white of
one or two eggs taken, will neutralize
the poison and change the effect to that
of dose of calomel.
Year: 1879

Our readers have learned through
the columns of the ReOieao, of the
the fact that such apparently worth
less articles as pine straw and dog
fenne.s are actually being shipped
from this port to the North, the
former being used for mattress
stock and for a medicinal oil which
is extracted from it, and the latter
for tanning purposes, and now II
actually transpires that the white
sand SO plentiful in this section has
found its mission, package cf it
having been shipped By the steam
ship Benetactoy, which sailed for
New York yesterday Va. Re
Ule2o.
Year: 1879

A family man at Carson, Nevada,
who is somewhat addicted to drink
and passionately fond of "craw
poker" recently absen:ed himself
from home for two days and nights
in succession. His wife, driven to
distraction by his absence, sent her
son in search Of the delinquent
husband. After many hours spent
on that mission, the boy found his
father snugly slowed away in the
back room of Magee's saloon,
closely hugging poker game. The
son upbraided him for his unfcel-
ing conduct toward his mother
After patiently listening to the
boys reproacln, the old man said:


"My son, l cannot blame You
for addressing such strong language
to me your father | know am a
worthless wretch, who is setting
you bad example, but l will try
and reform tor you and your dear
mothers sake. Never take a drink,
my boy, and never acquire the fear
ful vice of gambling. Lead al
honest and industrious and upright
life. Never deceive any one by
word or action, nor utter false
hood even though your very
existence were at stake; then, my
son, You will grow up to be hap
pier man than is your wretched
father. Now, take this half-dolial
and run home and tell the ole
woman yon couldn't find me-"


That boy, under the influence O
his father, may become Congress
man. Who knows ?-Ec.
Year: 1879

At a dinner party the other even
ing in London, a gentleman sat
next to young lady vino wore a
pale Nilc-green silk dress, orna-
mented with yards on yards Of
costly lace she was very much
6ecoLtetee, and had on a necklace of
bri!liants; she was pretty, cngag-
ing, with the assured case of the
best society, Over the silkcn
shoulder, the white neck and the
laces of the young lady travelled
with laborious leisure n bug! The
bug was a Mexican beetle, with
FURNISHED armor Of the most gem
like hues, bat it was, nevertheless,
a live bug, crawling, after the slow,
painful fashion of its species, up
and down, crossing the expanse of
white satin skin, nesting in the
frills and losing itself in a wilder
ness OF rosebuds set low in the
corsage. The poor creature could
not escape, and reached no goal in
spite of its long journey, since it
was held in leash by fine silken
cord. Naturally, the insect at
tracted attention; the conversation
turned on beetles. The young lady
spoke of hers in terms of affection,
and called it a Sweet, darling pet.
Another fair one remarked that
she, too, had beetle al home, for
which she was having a golden
harness made, and that she hoped
to wear it the rext evening.
Year: 1879

THE CITY TAX RATE.-lt is gratlfy-
ing to know that the city tax rate has
been reduced below what it was last
year. 1t is hoped that this reduction is
not made in order to reduce the rate for
a single year only but that the amount
of money 1t will net will be found suffi-
cient to pay all the city expenses and
leave no floating debt to be wiped out by
q higher rate next year. This is one OF
the things that Mr.. Guthrie, Chairman
of the Finance Committee, was especial
ly anxious to avoid; and we have nc
doubt the Finance COMMITTEE shared
has desire in wishing to make a tax rate
that would cover ali expenses. The ia,
rate this year is ST. Is on the SloO. Last
year it was $1.20 on the 800.


As the reduction in the estimated ex
penses is over $4,000, there is goo'
cause for believing great reform TO
the better has been effected, and a nor
economical policy will hereafter be per
manently established.
Year: 1879

THE DANGER OF FEDERAL INTER
SKRENcE.-The danger of the interfer-
snce of the Federal government in the
elections, cannot be too carefully guarded


against. The central power gradually
insinuates itself; growing more powerful
with each succeeding change. The advance
In one direction invites advance in an


other, until when it is too late, States
and nations find they are at the mercy of
the next ruler, be he good or bad. The
World in an editorial article setting
forth the issues in Ohio in the present
campaign concludes with the following
truthful language as to the danger to be
apprehended from the encroachment OF
the power ofthe general government upon
States andthe destruction of the restraints
which were vested to restrain the Federal
Year: 1879

In THE course of events now trans
hiring In Europe and this country 1t Is
hoped that the whole question as to the
standard of silver and gold will soon be
ssttled and taken away from politics
With which it should never had anything
tn do
Year: 1879

Last evening there was but one solita-
ry sinner arraigned before the Mayor
The charge was drunkenness and the
a ual penalty was imposed. This morn
ing, two cases of disorderly conduct were
tried In one of these fine of 81 was
imposed and the other was dismissed.
Year: 1879

than 500 and might even exceed that
figure, since the Republicans could not
now vote the men who had voluntarily
refused to pay their taxes and vote last
year under the lead Of the psstizans
ofthe Repub,ican and Mr.. Higgins, who
meet at Dover and formally dissolved
the Republican party and absolved all
who held connection with 1t from any
further party allegiance.


The Republican may blow its little
horn-wave the bloody shirt high in
air, and Mr.. Higgins may talk himself
hoarse In aJustice's Office as an ordinary
witness volunteering hearsay testi mony;
but the people Of Delaware have too
much good sense to place anv reliance on
the sensational reports rehashed by him
self or either Of the papers in his in
terest.


Now, with reference to illegal voting
all we have to say is, let those who COM
init this wrong be punished. Every
good citizen must stand on the side OF
the purity Of the ballot. We may feel
commiseration for the poor and ignor-
ant who are led to vote illegally by bad
men but we also feel a like commisera-
tiou for the poor and the ignorant who
yield to the temptations to commit the
crime Of theft. Yet the law must be in.
forced and society protected.
Year: 1879

The Lancet says that the sleeper is en- trely dependent upon the atmosphere sup piled to him for the means of carrying on the chemical purifcution and nutri- ton of his body, He must breathe the air that surrounds him, and he does this for lengthy portion of each period of twenty-four hours, although it is probable that m large majority of cases the atnos- phere has become so deteriorated by ths ex- plration of carbon and the emanations from the body generally that if the senses were on the alert some change would be sought as mere matter of preference. When per sou pieces himself in condition to take i'll all air without being able to exercise any control over it's delivery he ought to make sure that the supply will be adequate. not merely for the maintenance of life. but foi the preservation of health If n man wer, to deliberately shut himself for some six or eight hours daily in close room. with closed doors and windows (the doors noy being opened even to change the air durinG the period ot incarc rltIon), and were thcl, to complain of headache and debility h. would be justly told that his own want of intelligent foresight wits the cause of his suffering. Nevertheless this is what the great mass of people do every night oi their lives With no thought of their lm- prudence. There are few bedrooms ill which it is perfectly safe to pass the night without something more than ordinary pre- cautions to secure m inflow of fresh air. Every sleeping apartment should of course, lHive fireplace with an open chimney, and il cold weather it is well if ths lrtte con- tlins a small fire nt least enough to create m upcast current and carry of the vitiated air of the room. In all such cases. how evor, when . fire is uaea, it is necessary to from the outside of the house. By facile mistake it is possible to place the occupant of a bedroom with il fire iii closed house ill direct current of foul air drawn from lll parts of the establishment. Summer and winter, with OF without the use of fires, is is well to have pure ingress for pure air. This should be the ventilator's first concern. Foul air will find an exit if pure air is ad- mitted in sufficient quantity, but it is not certain pure mir will be drawn in if the inn pure is drawn away So far as sleeping rooms are concerned it is wise to let in air from without. The aim must be to accom- piish the object without causing great fan of telnperature or a draught The win dows may be drawn down an inch or two st the top with advantage, aud fold of muslin will form ''ventilator' to take off the feeling of draught. This, with an open fireplace. win generally suffice and produce no unpltnsant consequences even when tho weather is cold IL is however. essential that the air should be pure Little islikely to be gained by letting in fog or town thief
Year: 1879

After nearly half year of failure the
police seem to have captured one of the
Manhattan Bank burglars. Young Hope,
who has been suspected of being one of the
men who watched the outside of the bank
while the thieves were operating upon the
safe, was arrested Monday night, at the
Olympic Theatre, and the three persons
who claim to have seen a man about
the bank early on the morning Of the
robbery believe they have fully iden-
titled him. If Hope was really one of
the party it is quite likely that he himself
may be worked" successfully enough to
divulge the names of some or all of his ac-
complies. Should the case end in the dis
covery and conviction of the gang there
will be a comparative scarcity OF skilled
laborin the speciality of bank breaking for
some years to come.
Year: 1879

reduction Of the wages of the laborers
employed by the New York Loan and I'm
provement Company on the Metropolitan
III" Railroad extension from o dollar and
q half to q dollar and quarter q day
was followed by strike, and the men
deserted the work. The company immedi-
ately employed other laborers, who were
and some Of the new men commenced work
yesterday morning at One Hundred and
Sixth street and Eighth avenue. but were
soon interrupted by the strikers and driven
away. 1t is stated that large force Of
police was on the ground at the time, but it
does not appear that anything was done to
prevent the outrage. The old laborers have
a perfect right to refuse to accept the re-
duced pay and to leave off working il
they choose to do SO. Their decision may be
foolish one, especially in view of the fact
that the construction Of the rapid transit
roads was blessing to laborers oil last
winter and supplied hundreds with en-
ployment who would otherwise have been
idle and have suffered severely. The
strikers have no right, however, to interfere
with other men who are willing to work for
a dollar and quarter day, and no such
interference ought to be tolerated for q
moment in this city. We have strong
police force, and whenever the offence is
committed the offenders should be promptly
arrested and severely punished. The laws
should be enforced under any and all cir
cumstances, but an attempt to obstruct the
construction Of the rapid transit roads is
doubly reprehensible, inasmuch as it inter-
feres with great public necessity.
Year: 1879

ciently indicative of two new points in saw
age warfare--.he apprehension that the
enemy can learn to use these implements,
and the admission that his men can be led
up and kept steady in the face of artillery.


England demanded that the military sys-
tenn Of the Zulus should be done away with I;
that the army should be disbanded that the
men should not be kept under arms, but
should be free to remain at their homes that
the government should consent to the posses
sion by the people of ordinary human rights !;
that British Minister Resident should be
accepted. and that the hing should recog-
nize as the frontier line satisfactory to the
British authorities. 1t will be good while
before this programme can be enforced in
Zulu but enforced it will be in all proba-
bility. And as it will lead to an ameliora-
ton of the condition Of the people it will
only be necessary to secure foothold in
the country in order to divide with the
King the allegiance of his subjects.
Year: 1879

General Todlcben is making his prepara-
tions to evacuate Adrianople in ten days,
which will be the most important step in
the final withdrawal of tho Russian army
from the conquered country. 1t will be an
unmistakablo evidence of Russia's good
will in regard to all the treaties, for under
her compact with Turkey she might hold
on q month yet and be within her right.


But as every object that could be
assisted by the retention of the troops
at that point is now accomplished, some
consideration has perhaps been given to
the natural desire of the men to get home.
1t may bo also that tho military administra-
ton would be we'll satisfied to get MI it's
men out of Turkey before the return of
warm weather; but what was taken home
by the Cossacks in the autumn may we'll
make them averse to further summer cx-
periences in pest-riddcn countries.