smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

RUNAWAY AccIDESr.-Y yesterday afternoon
Il horse attached to a light SeWng-machine
wagon took fright at an engine on Broad
street and ran away. Two gentlemen
{Messrs. Gogger and Conway were riding
in, the wagon at the time, and one Of them
thrown out and very severely injured. The
injured party was taken into drugstore on
Broad street near Seventh and medical aid
summoned. DR.. Ross dressed his injuries.
Year: 1872

There is immense wisdom in the old proverb ;
.'He that is slow to anger is better than the
mighty"


an enemy, I should make him hate somebody"


To punish ourselves for others faults is SUI
perlative folly. The arrow shot from another 8
bow is practically harmless until our thought
barbs it, II is our pride that makes another 8
criticisms Tankle our self-will that makes
another's deeds offensive our egotism that Is
hurt by another's self-assertion. Well may we
be offended at faults of our own, but we can
hardly afford to be miserable for the faults OF
others.


A courier told Constantine that the mob had
broken the head off his statute with stones.
The emperor lifted his hand to his head, saying
"It is very surprising, but don't feel hurt In
the least"


We should remember that the world is wide
| that there are a thousand millions of different
human wills, opinions, ambitions, tastes and
| loves; that each person has different history
constitution culture, character from all the rest
that human life is the work, the play, the cease
| less action and reaction upon each other OF
| these different living atoms


We should go forth into life with the smallest
expectations, but with the largest patience
| with a keen relish for and appreciation of
everything beautiful, great and good, but with
a temper so genial that the friction of the world
cannot wear upon our sensibilties and equanl-
nifty so settled that no passing breath nor accl-
dental disturbance shall agitate or ruiie 1t and
with charity broad enough to cover the whole
worlds evil aud sweet enough to neutralize
what is bitter in it determined not to be of
Tended when no offence is meant, not even then
unless the offence is worth noticing.


Nothing short of malicious injury OF hattery
should offend u.s.


He who can wfully injure another, ia an OBJ
iect of pity rather than resentment, and it is a
question whether there il enough of a tlatterer
for whoe-souled man to be offended with.
Year: 1872

Just what the Western Rebels expect by the
election of Horace Greeley is thus set forth by a
correspondent of the Wiliamsport Epitomist


The rebels are jubilant and certain that times
will be better if they only elect Horace Gree
ley. They believe that, il Horace were Presi-
dent, the government would pay them for their
slaves and that the confederate soldiers and
widows would draw pensions. This is what the
speakers tell them and many of them believe tt.
Year: 1872

Commercial oil of turpentine is a
good antidote to poisoning by phos-
phorus. The two substances form a
compound in the stomach resem-
Fling spermaceti, and this can readi-
ly he removed from the system.


Laudanum or other anodyne is
sometimes taken by mistake or 9th
erwise in excess. Swallow strong
coffee or the whites of several eggs
instantly All these things are to be
done while the doctor is coming.
Let every family remember that
sweet oil, the whites of eggs and
strong coffee antagonizs a larger
number of poisons than perhaps all
other things together.


If laudanum, or any other poison
not burning the throat, is taken and
is promptly discovered, the best
plan is to get it out Of the stomach
instantly, which is done by stirring
tablespoonful OF ground mustard
ia a tumbler Of water, and drinking
it down at once; almost before 1t is
down the whole contents OF the stom-
ach begin to be elected.
Year: 1872

This bill became a law Just before
the session closed, making some
changes in existing postal reGula-
laiions which are of general interest.
The most important is the authori-
zation Of one cent postal cards for
correspondence or for printed circu-
lars, similar to those which were in
troduced in Great Britain two years
ago, and which are now i'll use in all
European countries. The House
provided in the bill for cards with
flap to cover the writing. The Sen
ate changed this to an open card.


In conference com mittee the style
of the card was left to the Postmas-
ter-General, who prefers the open
card, and will order that Kind only
to be manufactured. The face OF
the card will bear onc-cent stamp,
and will be provided with lines for
address, ard the back will be ruled
for the letter. The price Of the card
and stamp will te only one cent
1t will probably be three or four
weeks before they will be ready for
sale, as the plates for printing are
yet to be prepared. The postage on
circulars, newspapers, and other
transient printed mater, which un-
der he old law was two cents for
every four ounces or less, is now one
cent for two ounces or less. Small
circulars, which formerly cost two
cents to mail, Can now be sent for
one cent-an important reduction
to business men who use the mails
largely to advertise to their business,
The change is now in force, the law
being immediate in its effect. The
First Assistant Postmaster General
refused to-day to recognize the law,
however, when an attorney laid the
question before him, after having
been tod at the post office that his
circulars with one-cent stamp
would not be sent. The official
claimed the right to suspend the op-
Grafton OF the law until it could be
promulgated to the post masters
throughout the country, This claim
is regarded as iDdefensible. The law
is now operative, and everybody is
entitled to claim its benefits post
masters being expected to know its
provisions as we'll as other people
Year: 1872

The topic before the Boston Con-
gregational Ministry at Park street,
recently, was the proposed religious.
amendment to the Constitution OF
the United Statos. The brethren, OF
whom nearly q hundred were pres
ent, regarded the movement as one
which can result in no good, but
from which much harm is to be
feared,
Year: 1872




Following close upon the decease Of
his wife, Lieutenant-GeneralR r. L. Ewell,
one of the most distinguished and best
leaders of the late Confederate army,
died early yesterday morning and was
brought here for interment by the side
of his wife AS we write Il o'clock A.
NJ, all the bells in the city are tolling,
and business men are closing their houses
to attend the funeral He was sick ff-
teen days with typhoid fever. When
told that he could not survive heremark-
ed with the calm sympathy characteris-
tic of him:


II don't want any monument raised
over me; only plain headstone and a
footstone like those over the grave of
my father and my mother, in Virginia.
My rank, while in the Confederate SER
vice, might be inscribed upon one of the
stones, but l wish nothing in the inscrip-
ton which will cast any reflection upon
the government of the United States"


General Ewell had been in the habit
of wearing pair of blue infantry pants,
which he had purchased subsequent to
the war. Upon one occasion, not long
before his death, and when he could
speak only with the greatest difficulty,
he said of them:


after all my fighting against the
United States so long, it is strange that
an old pair of infantry pants should kill
me at last"


He attributed his death to having put
them on during the cold weather, after
having worn a much thicker pair.
Year: 1872

The "Ohio Liquor Law''-the system
which Illinois has just adopted of re-
pressing the trade in intoxicating drinks
by making the vendor responsible to
some extent for the behavior of a'drunk-
ards making quite a sweep through
the country. After being tried with sue
cess in Ohio, it has carried the conserva-
tive Legislature and Governor of Hi
nois in its favor, and made its appearance
in the Wisconsin Legislature, with strong
backing in the way of petitions, and
with every prospect of passage. 1t seems
likely that the Ohio Law will become as
much subject of popular discussion
and of angry clamor among the rumsel-
lers as the Maine Law was eighteen or
twenty years ago. 1t is to be hoped that
it will prove more capable of enforce
ment, and more efficacious in striking
the evil at which it was aimed, than
Neal Dow's nostrum proved. Legisla-
ton against the traffic In intoxicating
beverages has never been very successful.
From the Lycurgan code, which aimed
to discourage drunkenness by much the
same method which the Homeopathic
doctors now cure, or claim to cure, their
patients, down through the law of the
French monarch, who clipped an ear of
all his inebriate subjects, to the Yankee
system already referred to, the legal en-
actments against the wine traffic have
been lamentably inadequate to their pur-
pose. Statistics show that the habit of
drinking some kind of alcaholic bever-
age has steadily increased during the
last fifty years in all countries.
Year: 1872

One of the most influential Democrats
in the Illinois Legislature is the Hon.
VIM. W Morrison, gentleman of pro-
found political sagacity. In speech
the other day he produced a stir among
the Republicans by uttering the follow
ing words Il expect to vote for Re
publican for the Office of President Of
the United States next November l do
not think it will be one of the class the
Republican majority of this House would
like. 1 do not expect to vote for a Re
publican whose acts the majority of this
House dare not have Investigated before
the country but do expect, and mean
what say, if am afforded an opportu-
nifty, to vote for Republican for Presi-
dent, and also for a Republican for Gov
ernor of the State of Illinois, and also
erpect aohen Z do 50 to do Il icth the De-
nlOcracy. am in earnest about this I
may be mistaken, but this is my belief. "
This is simply the keynote of the mi
nority policy for 1872, and on its adOp-
ton generally will rest the success of. the
Anti Grant movement.
Year: 1872

Young Donaldson, the daring aeronaut,
who made a balloon ascension at Reading,
Pa, on the 30th of August last, and
performed a series of trapeze feats when
a mile or more from the earth, repeated
his thrilling performance in Norfolk on
Monday last There was no basket to
the balloon, but its place was supplied
by a trapeze similar to those used by Cir
Gus performers, and above the trapeze
was placed hoop, secured to which was
a suit of heavy clothing to be used by
the aerial voyager when he encountered
the cold currents. The Norfolk Journal,
in describing the ascension, says that
when the balloon was released from its
moorings and reached a great altitude
Donaldson suddenly and apparently with
little effort threw himself into sitting
posture on the bar, kissing his hand to
the crowd below, suddenly, pretending to
lose his balance, he fell backwards, Sill
ding head downward until he caught by
his toes on the side ropes that suspended
the trapeze bar. In this perilous po-
sition he swung to and fro several seconds
"a time which seemed an age to the
awe stricken crowd below II was Gu
rious to observe the varying emotions OF
the crowd-as varying as the dispositions
of each individual. Some were thrilled
with admiration of the courage of the
daring man, and kept their eyes rivited
on him. Others shuddering with horror
turned away with pallid faces and beating
hearts aud covered their eyes with theil
hands to shut out the dreadful sight.
Year: 1872

During the period of twelve years,
from the beginning of 1859 to the close
of 1870, . 267 800 Germans have arrived
in this country. The largest immigra-
ton of this thrifty class of our foreign
population in single year took place in
1869, when the aggregate was 1896.
The war with France stopped the tide for
several months, so that the total for the
year 1870 fell to 81 1,000-but since the
peace, the old desire of the Germans to
find new homes has returned with such
vigor as to create alarm in the Cabinet
at Berlin II is not therefore, surprising
to hear that the government of the new
empire is devising schemes by which to
keep the German people upon German
soil The first indication of this move
ment is the account Of an agreement be-


tween the governments of Berlin and
/ Vienna to divert towards the Austrian
Empire the flood which is once more set


ting westward It is understood that no
! measures of coercion Will be employed 10
effect the result, but Bismarck and Beust


have settled the preliminaries for the in
direct exercise of powerful influences.
The German Empire is overstocked with
labor, and wages are low but Austria
lacks supplies of workmen, both in her
factories and her fields, and offers prices
fifty per cent. higher than is now paid
under the rule of William. The bait is
tempting, and will be be likely to draw
off many enterprising Germans who have
hitherto regarded the United States as
the land of promise.
Year: 1872

Some time ago there came to Lexing
ton a man representing himself as an
agent of paper in St. Louis, of particu-
larly enterprising character, entitled the
Merchants Express, which was to con-
tain all sorts of matter important to
business men. The price of this paper
was 81 80 a year; the price current which
it would contain would be entirely worth
the money, but for fear that was not
enough, each subscriber should receive
100 pass books, with an advertisement
of his own particular business on one
side of the cover, and an advertisement
of an insurance company on the other,
the later paying the expense of both ad-
vertisements for the sake Of the circula-
ton its own would receive.


With such presentations, he obtained
subscriptions from about $50 people in
and around Lexington. He sent two
copies of the paper to some, and no pass
books whatever. 1t is now known that
the same individual has gone to other
towns and cities in this State, and has
practiced the same deception, with SINH
lar results. He is still in Kentucky,
and if the story of his doings is handed
around, it may succeed in preventing his
fleeing any more.-LeriRgton Press.
Year: 1872

The Omaha Bee of the 18th ult., has
the following singular story;


Among the passengers on the regular
train from st. Louis this morning was
well-dressed and well-appearing lady,
who made inquiries as to the whereabouts
of the grand duke On learning, she
expressed a good deal Of regret al not
having arrived sooner, and so conducted
herself as to cause inquiry. 1t was


learned that she belongs in a small town
near St. Louis, and is a maiden lady of
some twenty six summers, who has con
ceived the singular il fatuation that she
is the destined wife of the Grand Duke
Alexis She attempted to take passage
on the ducal train when it left st. Louis
yesterday noon, but was prevented. She
finally secured ticket on the regular
train. and arrived here only few hours
/ behind the one on which Alexis rode
She expressed determination of going
with him on his buffalo hunt, but failed
in securing a seat in the Pullman ears
She belongs to a good family, and has
plenty of means to carry out her whim
Of following his highness over the couD-
try, but so far her devotion has met with
no reward, Alexis not deigning to bestow
upon her a single glance She is not
discouraged, however, but seems conf
dent in the ultimate result of her mis-
sion, and as it is leap year she does not
have that modesty in the pursuit of her
object that is usual with maidens of an
uncertain age. She first met the duke
at his reception in ST. Louis, and to use a
common phrase, she has been "struck -
after him ever since. She says she will
only desist when he shall make her the
Grand Duchess. She remained at the
Ninth street depot all the time Alexis
was up town, patiently waiting for his
return. There is little doubt but she is
a monomaniac upon this subject, and
should be taken care of. The railroad
authorities will do their best to return
her to ST. Louis by the next train.
Year: 1872

IT has been frequently asserted that II
the same trimming were given women as
men, their intellectual capacity would
have proved itself the same The truth
or falsity of this can only be judged by
the career of those women who have
been educated like men. 1t cannot be
denied that many women have risen to
great reputation, yet it is certain that no
woman has produced work Of any value
in any line of speculative philosophy.
No memorable theory of being in gen
eral, of mind or matter, of history or
religion, has yet eminated from the pen
of woman. In poetry, many women
have been eminently successful, aud, as
novel writers, the women are far ahead
of the men. The sensational, the emo.
tiona1. and perhaps the patiently labori
oGs az The lhIhgs ia which they excel
and in which alone they can be said to
have really achieved greatness. This
experience would seem to suggest that
there exists between men and women a
native difference of mind, suggesting, if
not demanding, diversity of intellectual
discipline 1t is like the difference we
generally see in boys, one of whom is
especially bright in mathematics and cor
respondingly dull in language, while the
other is directly the reverse.
Year: 1872

The Missouri Liberals opened the
Presidential campaign, on Wednesday
with shout and a charge. They do not
so back, nor stand still; they move
straight upon the enemy's works. They
discern, as if by instinct, who is their
foe, and their fire converges directly up
on flm Their artillery is trained upon
the White House and the congressional
majority, and they do not even attempt
to conceal the fact that they aim at
nothing short of the defeat of the Ad
mlnistration party and the overthrow OF
the unrepublican and undemocratic poll
sYet force which that party maintains.
= speeches, the letters and the reso-
/ Is are all aimed plainly and boldly
= sident Grant and those who stand


aaAThey contain no apologies


suatons OF the movement
4 mot marked by the tremor and
re- eIvH.ance of men who, while believing
theyare right, fear they may be wrong
they have all the high spirit OF men who
know they are right, and all the bold
unquestioning faith of men who feel sure
OF triumph. Such words as "renegrades,
TRAITORS, selling out to the Democracy
and abandoning Republican principles
have DO terrors for the men who met al
Jefferson City on Wednesday they ran
this gauntlet in 1870; they bore all these
denunciations then, and not only came
out uuhurt, but they gained victory
over their denouncers which has left its
marks on them to this day. They are
confident that what was done in Missouri
two years ago can be done in the whole
Union now; and as the whole Union
needs deliverance from corrupt and pro
scriptive rule as urgently as Missouri
did. they resolve to attempt it with pre-
cisely the same method that has already
given one success.
Year: 1872

FROM the cincinnati Enq qulrer.


The Liberal Republicans of Missouri
evidently mean business. One of the
largest conventions ever assent bled in the
State, composed of the leading spirits Of
the party, met yesterday at Jefferson
City and adopted a series of we'll con
sidered and decidedly emphatic resolu-
lions, which may serve as a model for
other gentlemen of that party similarly
disposed. They also call for a national
mass convention to be held in this city
on the first Wednesday in May next, to
devise ways and means to hurl from
power those who are now disgracing "the
honored name of the party thereby
meaning Grant.


From the Chicago Times.
The convention of the Liberal Re
| pubicans OF Missouri, that met at } effer-
son City on yesterday, was an occasion
4 limits of that State. The attendance
and all the proceedings of the Conven-
| tion seem to have been commensurate in
intelligence and dignity with the great
results to which it may lead. The reso-
lutiUns that were adopted accept as final
| the results Of the war as expressed in
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
ments demand universal amnesty; re
commend the removal of duties that in
volye an increase in the price of domestic
products; urge the reform of the civil
service; denource the growing tendency
of the federal power to encroach upon
the vital principle of local self govern
ment, aud call for a mass convention of
those coincding in these opinions, to be
held at Cincinnati on the 81 of MAY.
This platform Is certainly one upon
which all opponents of the present ad
ministration can unite; and IS one, also,
that cannot fail to command the support
of an immense number of people, what
ever may be their present political as
sOciation.
Year: 1872

completion Of ihst road 10 BY no nssus
certainty, thouyh wo have fair prospect
Of that result. Added to shis, the farm
on which I reside 10 evt from one eoraer
nearly to another, through my cultiv.ted
fields, in . traverse direction for die.
tance Of more than mile. That un.
ssetniy gash stands there now, Pass. this
bill and speedily will be heard the iron
horse With bis sbrill whistle passing
through the county, securing mo larger
price for my Iaud, At least enhancing its
value Immediately. But, sir, before I
will consent to this iniquitous measure
violating the constitution Of our state,
imposing upon the people an addition to
the taxation under which they are to day
grooming and giving to the cormorants Of
:he ring" another prize in which 10 10.
sert their greedy beak aud taIons-t that
unseemly cash may remain in my land
forever, and will suffer the consequoces.
Gentlemen tell US that the capitalists and
railroad men are looking on as, watching
our actions, and If we do not pass this
measure, then farewell to all future aid
tor the development Of the resources of
our state. Sir, | know but too we'll that
the 6rst part Of that declaration 10 true.
The harpies Of the railroad ring are not
only Watching US from afar, ready to
exclaim with the war horse, ahi ha
when We pass this bill, but they are here
in our midst. They may b. seen in
Pharisaical guise stsnding on the streets,
at The corners, almost ubiquitous, and
there IS scarcely a member OF this house
who has not been approached BY them in
steslthy innocent guise, either covertly or
openly. In view Of all these circum-
stadccs should be recreant to the oath
have taken to my constituents and TO
myself were to vote for the measure.
In the language Of the illustrious sage Of
Ashland, whose counterfeit pseseutment
adorns the wall Of this house, II have no
hand to do il; have no heart to do 1t;
| cannot-I will not do it,"
Year: 1872

MESSRs. EDITORS: Permit me through
the CHRONICLE to thank the people of JEFF
ferson county and of the..3d Senatorial dis
trict for the many fattering solicitations
to represent them in one or the other
branches of the next General Assembly of
Tennessee. Having but littler political as
pirations, and belonging as / do to the
noblest of all professions, (the medicaD a
profession that is far more honorable than
the office of knight, nobleman or minister
of State, I would respectfully decline the
race in favor of the regular nominee.


Owing to my appointment upon the
Congressional Executive Committee and
to an over task of private and professional
duties would take this method of resign
ing my position as member and chair
man of the Jefferson County Republican
Executive Committee. Hoping my mantle
will rest upon one more efficient, and that
has more time to perform the duties of the
office.


Again, thanking you for the many
honors, both private and through the pub
lie press of the country, beg leave to re-
main your obedient servant, sincere friend
and fellow-citizen, J, NAT. LYLE.


cambridge, Oct. 1st, 1872.
Year: 1872

One of those unfortunate accidents th"'
sometime occur in printing.ofices happen
ed to us last night by which the iorn oi
the first page of our Daily was knocheu
into nj Tn view of the circumstance we
are constrained to apologize for the lack OF
our accustomed amount and variety of
reading matter in this mornings edition.