smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

"A correspondent Krites from Maine to


know if 1 can tell him where to go to


find Buffalo, and post him up about the


business generally. Certainly I can,


for I've made it my special study ever


since / determined not to go myself.


First, he must get hrst-class ticket for


the West,-no matter what railroad he


goes by ali are equally bad, and the


chances of getting to his destination


alive are too problematied to build upon


to any extent. II stylish, and fond of


show at funerals, take rosewood coffin


along with you, for they give you moth


ing but pine in st. Louis; and further


along on the prairies you'll find only


bark, principally furnished by the pra-


irie dog. BY all means take the rose


wood convenience with you; even If


y. u should not use il, there's nothing


like making a handsome appearance


when you are a travelling. Tell them


to let you off at Hays City, on the
Kansas Pacific road, ASK them to let


you on as easy as they can. Iknow all


about this fourising metropolis; 1t was


laid out by brother of mine, who tried


to trade me an interest in it soon after,
for a-double barrelled shot gun and a.
pointer dog. If you ask me how it is


laid out can only reply generally, for


my recollection of the original plan is


somewhat indistinct, but at present one


can safely say that it is laid ont fiat.


The population of Hays is active and
enterprising no stranger has ever got
away from among them with any money.
II yon haven't money they'll take your
clothes and saddle-bags, for they're
large-heated and hospitable. out there,
and don't mean to be mean about small
things. Arrived at Hays, you are in the
heart of the buffalo country. Buffalo
used to come into the streets of the
town occasionally, butt local paper
printed editorials about them, and this
finally drove them of, One old. bull
fingered on, but after they had finally
to him as the monarch Of the
Plains something over ten thousand
times, he too lay down and died. To
get buffalo now you have to go out
about five miles from town, but you
can get tolerably well killed by an In
dian without going half so far for it.
Spotted Tail will call on you himself, if
you send him your address. It's a
great place to go for health, especially
if your physicians have recommended |
to you. You can get doz-
en- arrows rooted in you without going
much beyond the city limits. The
savage comes upon you with a spring :
a hair-spring, SO to speak. If you
have no hair it dosen't matter much,-l
be Just takes the bald place along with
him Yes, my friend, Hays City is the
place you want to steer for, if desirous
to find Buffalo Lo, Lo, the poor In
IN Every .Satladay.
Year: 1871

Our very pleasant contemporary,
Hearth and Home, tell IFS young read
ers how to take a coin out of water
without wetting the hand, and this is
their method: Fill plate with water
to the depth of about quarter of an
inch; coin is then placed in the wa
ter; piece of paper is then lighted,
and put, while burning, on the surface
of the water, and covered with a tum-
bier. As the paper burns under the
tumbler, the water viii rush up under
the tumbler, and leave the com in the
plate, when it may be lifted without
wetting the fingers. This is very in
teresting experiment, as it affords a
good illustration of the expansive pow
er of heat, and of the pressure of the
atmosphere. But we viii tell our
young friends of more wonderful and
equally simple method of doing the
same thing. Suppose You were re-
quired to take coin from the bottom
of deep jar, or even apail of water,
without wetting your hand, and sup
pose further that your naked hand was
thrust through the water, how do YOU
suppose it could be done9 Simply by
shaking a little lycopodium, (sub-
stances that may be procured cheaply
at any drug store, over the surface of
the liquid. Then plunge your hand
boldly but steadily into the water and
it viii not wet you in the least. The
cause of the waters not Hetting the
hand is the same in principal as that
which causes the dewdrop to stand in
spherical. drops on. the cabbage leaf,
and the water to roll off the ducks
back without wetting it. BY n some
what similar power, spiders and ether
Insects walk on the surface of water
without wetting themselves, and with
C..s sinking in the liquid to any per-
ceptible degree.
Year: 1871

A CORRESPONDENT of a Berlin paper
writes that the inhabitants of the coun
try and the small towns in France are
industrious, frugal, virtuous, and in
comfortable circumstances but lack
public spirit, and have no desire 10
take any political action being content
ifthey can get along unmolested They
voted for the Emperor not from any
Predilection for him, but because they
were told their vote would secure a
peace government.
Year: 1871




THE unkind Horace Greeley says:
1t does seem rather hard to refuse Mrs.
Woodruff the privilege of making
speech on Woman Suffrage in the Rep
Hail in Washington. But
perhaps this is only the beginning of o
reform; for we cannot
see any reason why Congress should
find a hall for every man. or woman who
wishes to deliver an address, oration,
lecture, or appeal. The building was
put up at the national expense, and o
large sum of money spent on it for no
such purpose. People who must lecture
or perish should be willing TO pay at
leas. for the gas; and if they have any
thing to say which the public cares to
listen TO, the public will not object to
paying small fee for admission and
permission to listen. as.
Year: 1871




A GENTLAIEN at Savannah the other
day, who had evidertly not kept up
with the times, had dozen on the half
shell at a fashionable restaurant. I'm
bedded in the oysters were a crab and
a pearl The latter he threw aside,
remaring that the Savannah people
did not know how to open oysters, for
they left the shell, which interfered very
seriously with digestion. He asked the
proprietor to be '.more carefulln future
The pearl he spit out was valued at one
hundred dollars, and is the largest ever
found in an oyster in that region. The
oyster came from Thunderbolt.


A STRIKING ExPREssIoS.-Among
some of the South Sea Islanders the
compound word for hope is beautifully
expressive. 1t is a BldRdOJdRor, or the
swimming thought floating and
keeping its head above water, when all
the waves and pillows are going over.
A strikingly beautiful definition of
hope, worthy to be set down along with
the answer which deaf and dumb per-
son wrote with his pencil in reply to
the question, "What was his idea Of
forgivenessgn cit is the odor which
flowers yield when trampled on.
Year: 1871

I take part of scoke root (some-
times called poke j about the size of a
small fist, eut into slices; also dozen
or so of snallsized potatoes. I cut
out wedge-shaped piece of the potato
from the middle, leaving one end whole.
/ puta slice of seoke where the potato
was taken out and give the cow some
potatoes, and occasionally one with
the scoke in it One portion is gener-
ally enough. Iconsider the remedy a
sure cure.-J. s.
Year: 1871

An old farmer was out one fine day
looking over his broad acres, with an ak
on his shoulder and a small dog at his
heels. They espied a woodchuck. The
dog gave chase and drove him into a
stone wall, where action Immediately
commenced. The dog would draw the
woodchuck partly out from the wall, and
the woodchuck would take the dog back
The old gentlemau's sympathy getting
high on the side of the dog, thought he
must help him. So putting himself in
position with the ak above the dog, wait
ed for the extraction of the woodchuck,
when he would cut him down. So an
opportunity offered and the old man
struck, but the woodchuck gathered up
at The same time, took the dog in far
enough to receive the blow, and the dog
was killed on the spot For years after,
the old gentlemen in relating the story
would always add "And that dog don't
know to this day but what the wood
chuck killed him.
Year: 1871

Very LATE.-The Pittsburg Gazette
is responsible for the following: ..


"Over in Chester county, lately clock
peddler was tramping along, hot, dusty
and tired, when he came to a meeting
house, wherein the Society of friends
were engagaged in silent devotion. The
peripatetic tradesman thought he would
walk in and rest himself. He took a
seat upon bench, doffed his hat, and
put his clocks upon the floor. There
was painful stiffness in the meeting
house which was broken by one of the
clocks, which commenced strikingly fu-
riously. The peddler was in agony, but
he hoped every minute that the clock
would stop. Instead of that it struck
just 43O times by actual count of every
Friend in the meeting, for the best dis
ciplined of them could not help numbering
the strokes. Then up rose one OF the
Friends at the end of the four hundred
and thirtieth stroke, and said: Friend
as it is so very late. perhaps thee had bet
ter proceed on thy journey or thee will
not reach thy destination, unless thee is
as energetic as thy vehement time piece." I"
Year: 1871

A button manufacturer in Williams
burg, Mass, dreamed twice, the other
night, that his dry.house was on fire, and
the fancy made such deep impression
that he hastily dressed himself and
went to the dry house to find fire start
ed precisely as Le had dreamed. He
was on the spot in season to prevent a
serious conaagration, but few moments
later would have been too late.
Year: 1871

The New York Tribune says: 1.-THE
total national debt is now but fraction over
twenty-three hundred millions, having
been diminished by two hundred and if
teen millions since General Grants acces-
sion to the Presidency. o, that we might
keep on paying at this rate till the
very last dollar were wiped out las it
might be in less than twenty years"
Year: 1871

This wine is prepared to take the place of
Whiskey and other spirits known to be made up
of Fusil Oil aud other deleterious articles. The
Wine of Life is distilled with great care espec-
tally for those who require 3 healthy stlmuiant,
an d for the use of Medical Men and Nurses in


the sick ON, in place of the villRinous Brandy,
Whiskey, and other Liquors now in use, and 30


often depended upon. In fact, 1t is constant
complaint of Physicians in this country, that 1t


is impossible to procure Brandy, Whiskey and
Wine for their patients. We ask the Medi-


cal faculty and the public to give Warmers Vim
um Vita or Wine of Life q trial, and we ask
chemists sn1 physicians to analyze it, then speak
of it according to Its merits, compare 1t with
Whiskey, Brandy, and other such articles, and
see the difference. If they find the Wine of Life
is pure and wholesome, and the other Liquors
poisonous, (which they certainly will do,) then
they are morally bound to prescribe and recon-


mend the Wine of Life to their patients and
| friends as the best stimulant and tonic in use,
and as q valuable substitute for Whiskey and
| Brandy but should they find it not pure and


what the proprietors claim for it, let them pub
| Iicy denounce it. It is the Physicians duty to
| learn and find out which is the most wholesome
| st mulsnt for his patients and to do SO he must
examine andlook into the quality of each article,


and learn for himself if the Wine Of Life has any


peculiar merits to warrant its general use. The


proprietors claim the Wine of Life to be more


wholesome and far superior and cheaper than


whiskey or brandy, or, in fact, any other article


in common use, and ought to be used in every


family. Everybody should give it q trial. 1t is


q new thing, only been in use about one year, ei


it has already gained great name and won


derful sale, and whoever once tries 10 always


recommends it to his friends. It has the same


strength whiskey, but it is peculiarly pleasant
even delicious, and any one would be crazy tC
take whiskey, &C., ifhe can get the Wine Of Life


1t is for sale by Druggists everywhere, in quar-


bottles, price one dollar can be bought by thu
case containing dozen bottles for ten dollars
We challenge the world to produce q purer
j cheaper, and nicer article than Warmers Vinun
/ Vita, or Vino of Life. Take bottle of it hom
q and give 1t o trial. doaw-thur- &w1y
Year: 1871

Formerly, the miuor Bonapartes were of an in
offensive character. They wrote poor novels, worse
epic poems, or books about OrnitholOgy but this
Prince Pierre Bonaparte seems to be little better
than staggering bully Of the worst French type.
There was canard that ho had been il.used by the
Marseillcs mob; and to confuto this story. he
wresto The Independence Beige that he has not been
in Marseiles for seven years "and there. as else
WHERE" he says with swagger, "people are able to
Judge what becomes of those who have the ill-for-
tune to raise o hand against me-" Old Napoleon
would have made short work of such BOnaparte
as this We do not know exactly what he would
have done with the family nuisance-but something
dreadful and conclusive undoubtedly. The maniac
Prince" Prince of what would have soon
found himself under surveillance moro rigid than
agreeable.
Year: 1871

ia ono of money and engineering. and ought
to be calmly and fully discussed. Let com
mittee of property-owners consult competent
engineers, and confer again with tho oncers
Of the road. Our own impression is, on nasty
view of the case, that the track below the
tunnel should be sunk and arched over, as II
il at Park-ave. This would immensely In
crease tho value of the adjacent property
would more than double it in many cases anu
il il only reasonable that the owners OF es.
totes 80 benefited should bear proportion OF
the expense. It is preposterous to ask inc
road to bear it all for even railway corpo-
rations have rights which private citizens arc
bound to respect.


As for the present Board of Aldermen, VIC
beg them to let the matter entirely alone.
The action recommended by their committee
is of doubtful legality and undoubtedly unjust:
They have only few days more of official
life, and it would be more decent for them 10
spend their last moments thinking of their
sins than adding new oifenses to roll that is
long enough already.
Year: 1871

than those which were authorized by law
namely, o. 100000; and there Ia no informa-
ton in tho Office Of the COntrollcr-Gencrai'
derived from the Treasurer, that the state
debt has been increasod beyond that amount
A dark feature of the transaction is tho fact
that the act providing for tho issue of bonds
to provide for bills receivable expired by lin
itati0n on the Slst October, 1870; 20 the Off
cials who claim authority under it for this
oycr-issuc of six millions and moro arc
estopped from thereby making escape. The
Legislature will be very likely to take this
view and impeach these gentlemen, resolu-
ton to that effect being now under cOnsidera-
ton in the Lower House.


This exhibit is by no means an agreeaoie
ono. and if the dominant party in South Caro-
lima had been weak and shuffling in policy,
they would have attempted to cover 1t up and
ioin with the Governor in ascribing the decilne
in public credit to "the conspiracy; but the
colorcd men, who are largely in the ascendcncy
in the LEGISLATURE, and who compose major
itv Of the Committee of Investigation, nave
fcarlcssly and candidly laid bare the whole
disgraceful proceeding. Herein they offer
brave example to party leaders everywhere,
for they evidently believe that no party anu
no Administration can afford to appear 10
conceal any fraud or mismanagement' or any
thing that has an appearance OF either. "'ia'-
ever Republicans in South Carolina are IT,
sponsiblc for, Republicans arc also to DC
credited with exposing manfully. THE TEIB-
UyE has never had much confidence in the
honesty and craftsmanship of officials imported
into the South these men have helped to 40
for the political and financial fabric OF the
State what the Ku-Klux have done with tne
social frame Both have combined 10
prey upon the country, and set it back III i's
material and moral progress. Hence, we can
not be surprised at the recent revelations IN
South Carolina. But we hope that the State
is not so far prostrated thas it will not DC
able to throw off its incubus of debt anu
thieves, and regain its normal condition OF
prosperity and financial credit.
Year: 1871

The Prince of Wales is slowly struggling
back to life, and the sympathy not only of
the English people but of the world accom-
panies him in that wearisome struggle 1t is
the long fight against fearful odds which has
enlisted in his favor the plying regard Of all
who have heard of his danger. Had he sue
cumbed at once to the fever, there would
have been few words uttered in his favor
over his grave A few phrases asking
for a compassionate silence. an occasional


arraignment Of the Monarchy for all
that was Objectionable in him, would
have exhausted the extenuating con-
alterations which the utmost charity
of the world could bring forward. But while
the kindly nature of man remains as it is, it
is impossible that We can long watch a human
soni graphing with death, without at last
l'HIng our sympathics excited in favor of the
apparently weaker side. This is not to be Oh
J,ctcd TO- il common impulse lhat causcs q
Year: 1871

There is q monetary epidemic among the retail hat
dealers in Bost, six of them having failed within
ten days This collapse, we are Informed, is to be
attributed TO the enormous rents charged for shops
in all desirable localities. The Saturday Gazette
knows one retail dealer on WashingtOn.St whose
rent amounts to forty dollars day! A man must
have o capital run Of custom, and wealthy set of
customers, who can stand that. When o few more
hstters have gone into insolvency. it may dawn
upon the minds Of landlords that there is such a
thing killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
But it may be asked If lease is not worth what it
viii bringi Certainly, always provided the lessee
can pay for it what by its terms he promises to pay


but If he engages to pay q rent which no probable
business warrant 1t is bad for him, and in the
long run it must be equally bad for his landlord.
Year: 1871

Mr.. John Kenny, bill-postcr and repeater,
must have been very much astonished yester-
day, when in few hours he was tried and
convicted of voting several times at the late
Brooklyn election. 1t is not often that even
so direct q charge as this brought home to
Kenny can be proved beyond bubble. If
the Court now, will give this criminal round
term in the State Prison, his summary con-
vction and sentence will help keep up the
wholesome fear which has fallen on his craft
ovnrvvherp
Year: 1871

If We may believe a dispatch from ST.
Petersburg. the vast preparations alleged TO
I've making for war between Russia and
Austria have suddenly ceased. 1t is said that
the pacific tone of the circular OF count
Andrassy has wrought this sudden change
and that the Russians are giving large fur
longhS in the army. We have often observe
that furloughs are always reported just before
season of military activity. but hope this may
Toe an exception to the usual custom.
Year: 1871

laving off any decisive legislation until it IL
too late. The tax is collected in March. ana
long before Congress will get t" work IN earnest
the machinery of collection will be in notion
So much for dawdlinG.
Year: 1871

Respectfully announce that, for the accommoda- ton of the ladies in this and the adjacent cities for whom our uptown store, corner of Broadway and Twentieth Street. is inconveniently distant we have completely re-stocked the Store corner of
Year: 1871

A little Boston girl joyfully assured her mother the other day that she had found out where they made horses-ssshe had seen man in shop just finishing one of them. for he was mailing on his last foot"
Year: 1871

KEEPING TO ONE THINe.-Every young
man, after he has chosen his VOCATION
should stick to it. Don't leave Il because
hard blows are to be struck or 1isapreeable
work performed. Those who have worked
their way up to wealth and usefulness do
not belong to the shiftless and unstable
class, but may be reckoned among such as
took on their coats, rolled up their sleeves,
conquered their prejudices against labor,
and manfully bore the heat and burden oi
the day.
Year: 1871

would kindly and respectfully suggest that.
both in the forming of Farmers Clubs and I'M
migration Societies, in East Tennessee great
care should be exercised in keeping out all al
lusions to politics. We can all enjoy our politi-
cal sentiments, and should do so, but we should
never suffer these sentiments to interfere with
our we'll meant efforts to develop and TO foster
the material interests of our section.
Year: 1871

and appraised by dsneese o keepers: and ID To



with their and bconn who bound
work the road the district, reads allowing days
work each with the and need
belonging to living on the ro whether such persons be sub
the tools being hOkc
the damage done thereby shall b by disnterce
appointed by the and paid for by the Police
Year: 1871

al in the silence that he did not repeat the
attempt. He was about in the act OF con
| tinuing his course down the descent to the
ford when his eyes fell on something by
the rivers edge, lying dark and still, hall
in the warter. A moment he stood, para
lyZed with horror, then came the wild de-
sire to rush away, away from that awful
thing, from that cleaning river and the
accusing trees-away, if possible, out OF
the worldi


But this impulse was gone in moment.
Eben dismounted from his horse and fast
ened him to tree, then with slow and
trembling steps went down to the foot OF
the hill, AMI along the bank, pushing
aside the thick bushes as he walked
Very soon he came out into the moon
light again, and at last the object which
he had seen from above lay in full sight
it was an old mossy log, nothing more.
Eben fell down on the ground, over
whelmcd with relief and thankfulness
He had not found the poor old man, but
! there was still chance that he might be
| living; and from the BOYS heart went ur
its first true prayer, that his folly might
he forgiven, and the old man be found ir
safety.


Then he rose to continue his search
when his attention was arrested by low
sound very near him, it seemed, yet mo-
the FLASHING water nor the murmurins
trees. Again pushing through the thick
ct, he heard more and more plainly, ant
soon with perfect distinctness, feeble
plaintive voice which kept repeating th'
words


"Oh, don't forget old Tin my, Lord
don't forget poor old Timmy!''


In moment Eben was by the old man'
side, with heart fuller of joy than it haC
ever been in his life. Timothy looked VI
to him with the same helpless, appealing
glance which before had tempted Ebel
to play his cruel jest, but which nov
moved him to the tenderest pity and com
junction. He tried to cheer and encour
age the frightened, childish spirit, aidec
the old man to rise, and almost carrie,
him up the hill, helped him up on hi
horse, and walked by his side holdin
him securely in his seat. Poor Timoth


sat bowed forward with weariness. but u,
tering no word of reproach if indeed h


was able to remember Eben's share in hi


misfortunes. But the boy needed no rt
proaches to deepen his sense of the wicl


edness of his thoughtless jest. Even IL
; poor old mother herself seemed to fe
this, for when at the sound of the horse
: tread she opened the door, and receive


her son in safety, the gentle tones of h
voice lifted a load from Eben's heart, Fl
he felt that by her, to whom he Ii;
caused so much anxiety and sorrow,


was indeed forgiven.-Christian Union