smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

nose, il irritates the surface. causing
sneezing. while q little Of IL put on the
tongue gives a strong taste Of tobacco 70
the whole mouth and throat A com
mon cigar Is supposed 10 contain one.
twentieth Of a grain. and yet not q part
Of the leaf is destitute Of t.


IL We change the chemical action In
this strong solution OF tobacco by the ad-
dition Of few drops Of sulphuric acid
and half ounce Of caustic soda. we shall
evolve another form Of the poison, heav.
Ter, sinking TO the bottom the prussic
acid OF this plant known a. nicotin. This
Is so terribly poisonous that should = few
grains be put on n stove and escape In a
large audience as in a church or theater.
Il would produce violent coughing. asth.
ma, etc, upon many hundreds Of people.
One hundredth Of a grain (or forty-eight
thousandth Of an ounce (of this pricked
into the skin Of human being-one not
accustomed 10 tobacco-will produce gid.
diness, nausea and faintness. This may
be found in the average dried leaves in
the proportion Of four 10 Eve pounds In
every hundred Of tobacco. This IL what
the chemist can extract from Il. this mic.
otin not existing in free state in the
common leaf. but in an alkaloidal state.



Of a most remarkable character.


BY employing q high steam pressure
still another oil is obtained containing a
per cent Of nicotin called empyreumatic
oil A similar oil Is obtained from that
deadly poison known AZ fox-glove.


IL the reader would know more Of the
deadly effects Of this oil, let him pound
up the bowl Of an old black pipe and
AZ IN .ssst q ~. a.
fifteen common cats II he would see
them killed in FIVE minutes. Or, II not
accustomed TO tobacco in any way, let
him breathe few times through this
empty pipe, just such as the common
people daily use. and note the dizziness
and nausea.


IL matters but little whether one ohews
or smokes, 40 far as the action Of the
poison is concerned The juice In the
mouth is no more certain 10 afflict one
than the smoke IL IL passes into the
lungs. by which process the mucous sur
face Of the throat and air passages alb
sorb tho poison OF the particles Of burned
tobacco. IL one doubts the peculiar ma.
ture Of this smoke. let him pass Il
through water or through a white and
clean linen cloth. by holding IL 10 the
mouth and forcing the smoke through
IL, and he will observe the yellow tinge
after a few whifis pass.


There are those who smoke ten cigars
each day, which Of a certain quality will
contain twelve grains OF a poison
enough, IL combined with water aud Ia
ken into the stomach. or put under the
skin Of three men. 90 kill them in few
minutes The amount Of one two-hun-
dred- and -iortieth Of an ounce put on the
tongue and not swallowed, would soon
prove fatal.


It is strange. q marvel. that intelligent
persons will become the slaves Of such q
poisonous plant, when the chemist, a. a
scientific man. has never yet been able 10
assign any place to u In the animal econ
omy, no possible use for IL ia the build
ing up Of the body. and no possible con.
nection with the promotion Of health.
Year: 1877

President Porter. in Yale, gave the
following advice to the students Of that
the other day:


Young men. you are the architects Of
your own fortunes. Rely on your own
strength Of body and soul. Take for
your star selfreliance. lnscribe on your
banner, Luck is a fool. Pluck is = hero.
Don't take too much advice-keep At the
helm and steer your own ship. and re-
member that the art Of commanding 10
TO take fair share OF the work Think
well Of yourself Strike out Assume
your own position. Put potatoes in a
cart. 90 over = road, and the small oncs
90 TO the bottom. Fire above the mark
you intend 10 bit. Energy, invincible
determination with a right motive. are
the levers that move the world. Don {
swear Don't deceive. Don't read nov.
els. Don't marry until you can support
= wife Be in earnest. Be self reliant.
Be generous Be civil. Read the pa.
pers. Advertise your business. Make
money and do good with H. Love your
God and fellow men. Love truth and
virtue. Love your country and obey Ia
laws"
Year: 1877

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF


GEORGIA.


have used Simmons Liver Regulator for
constipation OF my bowels, caused by tempo
rary arrangement of the liver, for the last three
or four years and always when used according
to the directions, with decided benefit. think
Il is a good medicine for the arrangement of
the liver-at least such has been my personal
HIRAM WARNER,


Chief Justice of Georgia.
Year: 1877

New Jersey must be very ungallant
State. short time ago an outcry was
raised in Jersey City against female
jailer who held the keys of the County jail
and kept watch and ward over the inmates.
An envious male--a politician, of course
coveted the salary and perquisites pocketed
by the fair jaileress. and his fellow politi-
clans united with him in denouncing the
outrage of keeping q woman in a fat public
office. The feelings of the unfortu-
nate prisoners, who were of course,
pleased to see kindly, handsome face
at the gratings of their cells instead of the
hard features and black beard of the con-
ventional turnkey, were not taken into
account. but To "dcad set" was made to get
the female out, simply because she was n
female Soon afterward a rumpus was
raiscd not in Jail, but in a Newark church.
because q courteous Presbyterian minister
allowed q lady to preach from his pulpit
There was no allegation that the fair
preacher had not advanced orthodox doc
trines or had not delivered q good discourse
But the gown she wore was one belonging
to her own sex, and SO the church emptied
the vials of its wrath over the head Of the
gallant gentleman who had yielded her his
pulpit, and he was removed from the
ministry.


Now comes the turn of the Rev. Phoebe s.
Hanaford, Universalist preacher, who has
for two years and half filled the pulpit Of
church on Jersey City Heights, and who is
now sacrificed to the prejudices Of the anti
petticoat party. For two months past nut
terings have been heard among the congre-
cation, in which the two words ''pants" and
.'petticoats" have been the most frequently
audible. 1t became evident that man
preacher party was growing up in the
church, and, as the event proved,
this party increased in strength un-
til it became majority Of the congre-
cation. 1t was resolved that the reverend
Phoebe should be got rid Of But how
They could not strip her of her gown-that
was not to be thought Of But they could
drive her out of her pulpit by vote. SO a
meeting was called in the church, and ter
rible was the struggle and fierce the wordy
war between the Phnbyites and the anti
Phebyites. The latter triumphed. The
reverend lady was deposed by close vote.
She avows her intention to keep on preach
ing, however, and she will keep her word.
Her friends will continue to hear her voice,
Year: 1877

the downtown streets by the transfer of the


heavy freight business to tho water front
these thoroughfares would be free for or
dinary traffic. If this city is to become the
equal of Paris we must offer to strangers all
the attractions of the beautiful capital of
France. We must have our we'll shaded
boulevards in the northern sections Of
the city. our fountains of pure water
flowing freely but not wastetully, our
streets regularly paved and cleansed in an
effective but economical manner. so that
every dollar expended will go to the broom
and the dirt cart instead of into the pockets
Of ornamental officials. Our sewer system
must be remodelled and the appearance Of
our streets must not be marred by un-
slightly structures. Give us all these con-
ditions and improvements within reason
able time and we will promise to New York
an enduring prosperity and ON unrivalled
greatness
Year: 1877

Recorder Hackett, in his charge to the
Grand Jury yesterday, called attention to
tho frauds which have been already brought
to light in the management of life insurance
companies, and justly branded such offences
as the ''meanest of crimes" The Recorder
expressed the opinion that some of the dis
honest and illegal acts of the trustees and
guardians of such institutions might be
brought to the attention of the Grnnd Jury
for the purpose Of investigation, and he ex-
horted the jury to ''probe them, no matter
in what portion of the body polite they may
fester"


The people are not likely to receive much
protection from the present Legislature
against the dishonesty of life insurance man.
agement. There is IN evident intention at
Albany to so muddle and confuse the issues
involved in life insurance reform as to defeat
any legislation that seeks to sweep away the
unsafe and fraudulent companies, to place
greater restrictions on those that remain in
Year: 1877

year ago Mr.. Charles O'Conor was pros
trated by illness, and it was supposed, even
by his medical advisers, that the attack
would end in death. The last scene was
hourly looked for by the busy gatherers of
news for the press, and the usual obituary
notices were no doubt in type in the offices
of all the leading daily journals Of the
country 1t was universally believed that
the grave was about to close upon the great
lawyer whose name stood at the head of the
New York Bar. and the man whose strong
integrity had been SO often useful to his
fellow citizens, both as an example to the
we'll disposed and as q terror to
evil doers. When, to the surprise
of the doctors and the qualification
of all, Mr.. O'Conor 'threw physic to
the dogs" and recovered as it seemed, by
the strength of his own will, everybody
looked upon him as one risen from the grave.
So severe had been his sickness and so COM
plete his prostration that no person believed
he would do more than drag along few
additional years of life and then pass quietly
away The Charles O'Conor of the past
really seemed to be buried, with his vigorous
intellect, his acute and accurate perception,
his inexhaustible store OF legal lore and his
comprehensive judicial mind, although the
convalescent was again seen moving about
among his fellow men.


We now see how great On error it was to
suppose that the active mind which had car
ried the frail body through so severe a strug-
Gle between life and death would not re-
assert its power as soon as health was
restored. The world looks on at this re-
markable man once more playing the prom
inent part in great drama of life; concen-
trating his wonderful faculties on the study
of the most momentous and difficult prob
lem that has ever been presented to the
statesmen of the Republic; fight
ing the great constitutional and legal
battle with vigor unsurpassed by any OF
the associate or opposing counsel; arguing
his case with subtlety, keenness, and at
the same time broad grasp of constitu-
tional law and of public right which almost
cast the greatest efforts of what we may we'll
call his first life into the shade. 1t seems
now almost as if decree of Providence
had forbidden the grave to close on Charles
O'Conor until the passing away of this
threatening crisis in the life of the Ameri-
can Republic.
Year: 1877

The New Jersey Legislature, by very
decisive majority in both houses, has passed
the bill empowering any Judge Of the
Court of Oyer and Terminer to grant writ
of error carrying with it stay of proceedings
in capital cases. At present the Court of
Pardons alone can grant writ Of error in
such cases, and hence convicts chance Of
obtaining new trial, or of at least securing
the consideration of his application by the
Court of Errors and Appeals, is correspond
ingly small.


The bill is of course designed to save the
lives, or at least to delay the execution Of
Ryan and Oschwnld, who are sentenced to
be hanged on Friday next Public sympathy
is with the doomed men, and there is q
general belief that they ought not to suffer
the extreme penalty of the law This is
proved by the large majority cast for the bill
in the Legislature. But it is said that
Governor Bedle docs not approve Of
the bill. and designs to keep it in
his possession without action until after
the execution. We can scarcely credit this
report. The Governor as q member of the
Court of Pardons has put up the bars that
prevent the escape of these men from q ter
rible death. If he sets himself obstinately
in dogged opposition to the views and will
of the State in the matter there will be more
disposition to believe that the application
made to the Court Of Pardons should
have been granted. If Governor Bedle
on grounds of State policy thinks fit
to veto the bill he should do so at once and
give the Legislature chance to pass it over
his veto if it should deem it proper to do SO.
BY pocketing the bill he resorts to trick,
rendered possible by the State constitution,
to cheat the Legislature out of it's legitimate
voice in the matter and the two doomed men
out of the last chance for their lives. Gov
ernor Bedle cannot afford to descend to such
sharp, pettifogging practice when the lives
of two human beings are at stake.
Year: 1877

existence, to provide for more strict and
responsible supervision over the affairs OF
such institutions and to purge the Insurance
Department of incapacity, carelessness and
corruption. Recorder Hackett's charge is,
therefore. most timely. Three or four dis
honest life insurance and savings bank
officials with cropped heads and striped
clothes would efectually put a stop to the
frauds that are now boldly and impudently
nracfisAd
Year: 1877

The Loss or the George Washington


None of the circumstances of the wreck
ing Of the missing steamer are definitely
known, although the HxRALD's special de-
spatches indicate that our correspondents
have made all Investigations that would be
possible even to government commission.


Such facts as may be inferred, however, are
enough to make the case one of peculiar
horror. To be wrecked upon treacherous
sands or in mid ocean is terrible, but in
either event there Is some reason for hope.


The Washington, however. according to the
mute yet eloquent witnesses to her fate, was
lost under merciless precipice Of rock,
where aid could not have been given even
had thousand sympathetic hearts wit
messed the disaster. The coast upon which
the fated steamer was lost is one which is
almost always shrouded in fog, and near
which the sounding line can seldom
give timely warning. Our correspond
ent reports that even fog signals
were lacking. So from the deck of their
ship, or perhaps from the frail boats to
which precious lives must so often be in
trusted, the doomed crew were dashed with
out warning by IN angry sea against an
awful wall of stone, which cruelty cast them
back again, until hope and endeavor yielded
to fate and death afforded a welcome relief
from despair. Why such coast has been left
destitute Of warnings to mariners may per-
haps be explained, but as nothing but the
special interposition of Providence can pre-
vent many similar disasters on the same coast
every year it seems only decent that the
Provincial authorities should be compelled
by the pressure of public opinion to estab-
lish such ordinary safeguards for mariners
as are erected as a matter Of course by the
governments of all other civilized countries.
Year: 1877

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION resolved
yesterday to invite rifemen from other States to
participate in the fall interstate matches The
crack shots of the South and West should be
represented ut Creedmoor; New York is modest
and does not care to shoot alone against the
world, even if her rinemen are always as sue
cessful as they have been.
Year: 1877

IT Is TINE that policemen should draw line
somewhere between who to assault and who to
let alone. While thieves move about without
harm and only sick and respectable citizens ara
clubbcd, the long suffering public may remain
quiet; but when police sergeants strike wronged
women with their fists the public will wonder
whether the Police Department is protective
agency a refuge for cowardly brutes. The
trial of Sergeant Granger will be closely OBJ
served by the press and the people.
Year: 1877

THERE Is One MAN in Brooklyn who tho
salary of the President of the United States caIl-
not tempt from his local duties, and that is
Sheriff Daggett. whose income is eighty thou
sand dollars per year. Hereafter Brooklyn boys
who are good will be told that they may become
Sheriff, not President
Year: 1877

A general desire having been EXPIRE ssed
by various religious bodies ir this State for
an official designation of day of fasting
humiliation and prayer in view of the threat
eoed continuation ofthe grasshopper scourge,
do hereby, in recognition of our dependence
upon the power and wisdom of Almighty
God, appoint


THURSDAY, THE 26TH DAY OF April,
Instant, to be observed for such purpose
throughout the State, and invite the people
on the day thus set apart, to withdraw from
their ordinary pursuits, and in their homes
and places Of public worship, with contrite
hearts, to beseech the mercy of God for the
sins of the past and His blessings upon the
worthier aims of the fnture.


In the shadow Of the locust plague whose
impending renewal threatens desolation of
the land, let US humbly invoke for the
efforts we make in our defence the guidance
ofthat hand which alone is adequate 20 stay
the pestilence that walketh in darkness and
the destruction that wasteth at noonday,"


Let US pray for deliverance from an
afsiiction which robs the earth of her boun-
ties, and in behalf Of the sufferers there
from let us plead for rcomfort to there SORROW
ful, healing for the sick, suecor for the per-
ishing and larger faith and love for all who
are heavily laden.


Let US. moreover, endeavor to deserve a.
new prosperity by new realization of the
opportunities vouchsafed us, and new
conservation to those things which make
for the well being of men and the glory of
God. J. S PILLSBURY, Goyerner.
Year: 1877

That ancient gentleman, Lord
William Lennox, has been writing
about the celebrities whom he has
known during his long life, and in
the course Of his "reminiscences tells
this story of the Duke of Yelling
ton; "The late Lord Derby, when
having one Of his country mansions
decorated, was having the central
floor either painted or tesselated. A
young man was at work ON one of
the walls, when the earl ordered a
number of slippers to be thrown on
the door-mat, desiring this young
man to order any one that came in
to put on a pair before crossing the
passage, and adding to the order,
'if one fails to attend it, you must
take him by the shoulder and turn
him out Soon after a party re-
turned from hunting, and the
duke, with his splashed boots
opened the door and rushed along
the hall. The young mar
Immediately jumped off the ladder
on which he was painting, and
seizing his grace by the shoulder
fairly pushed him out of the house
In the course of the afternoon LORD
Derby summoned all the household
and men at work into the study
and seating himself beside the grea


warrior, demanded who had haC
the impertinence to push the duke
out Of doors. The painter, all o


a tremble, came forward and said


1t was /, my lord 'And pray


rejoined the earl, how came YOU t,
do it?' by your orders, my lord


On this his grace turned round
Lord Derby, and, smiling, drew


sovereign out of his purse, whic


he gave to the workman, adding
you were right to obey orders
Year: 1877

There has been a great deal of
quiet fun in diplomatic circles in
Washington during the last three
or four days over the absurdities of
that eminent ex-candidate for a
senatorship in Florida, Mr.. Sanford,
who is now bringing his batteries
de cuisine to bear upon the state
department for a foreign appoint
ment. Mr.. Sanford gave an enter
tainment on Saturday night AZ
which, among other people, Mr..
Evarts and many Of the foreign
representatives were present. A
delicate blue ribbon was drawn
across the room to separate the
sheep of the diplomatic flock from
the goats of the general public.
The accomplished wife of the Aus
trian envoy, understanding nothing
of this sort of nonsense, and find
ing herself annoyed by the ribbon,
calmly united and dropped it. two
or three times, only to have it as
often replaced, until she was finally
thrown into convulsions Of sup
pressed laughter by an attache, who
explained that it was intended to
show respect for the eminent ccrps
of which she is so charming q
member. A sarcastic secretary OBJ
served that he should have thought
"red tape" a more appropriate line
of demarcation.
Year: 1877

Ny FRIgSDs-I am quite hoarso to-day and could
not make speech If | wanted To and am sure you
would not want me TO make one If could, Tor you
have heard me her, and everywhere oD III. sorts OF
cstions. There is one thing can to you to-day
and Can say IL To the people OF the United States


that when the President did me the very great and
distinguished honor 10 place me In bis Cabinet, tho
Year: 1877

There is q company formed under
charter of Louisiana, to make a ship
canal from a point opposite New Orleans
to a deep sea port. A survey has been
made, the project is pronounced feasible,
the engineers estimate is only a million,
and the projectors expect to induce capi-
tai by the prospect of returns The
elements of the project may be briefly
d. The excavation through such a
country is easily made, and a succession
of bayous and lakes has left com
paratively a small part to do. The
liver and sea currents will keep open a
channel of any needed depth, if sep
Grated from the river deposit of earth.
We remark that any project of making
the river open a deep channel, which
does not relieve it of the river deposit,
can only be temporary. The canal will
be a channel relieved from the river
mud. The extreme difference in height
of river and tides is about twelve feet.


When the river is low the high tides


would discharge the canal into the rivere
But one lock is required, which is at tn
river, and of bTrt small lift. Thus when
this canal is once opened, the channel
will be kept clear by river current and
tides The use of it can begin before II


is completed to full depth, as the ex.


cavation will be done by steam dredges
1t is so feasible that the wonder is it was
not done before.
Year: 1877

third, of the appreciation in the value of the
currency, that is, in the purchasing power of
the dollar. He spoke at some length of the
effect Of each of these causes, and in refer
ence to the last, said that however desirable
return to a sound basis for our currency
might be, it could not be denied that it'was
a severe operation upon the people or gov
ernments in debt, and that experience showed
that we were reaching the specie basis as
fast as a just regard to the interest of the
country weuld permit and that to force
resumption was neither just or polite. He
feared that forced resumption could not be
maintained, but thought that without arbi~
trary measures resumption would take place
in comparatively short time and would be
maintained. He explained the acts of con-
gress remOnetizinE silver, and advocated the
reconciliation of the dollar of our fathers
as an act of simple justice as well as of good
policy,