smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

A lady in Louisville paid ssventy-five
dollars. we are told. for having her face
eDameled for the ball given at the Gait House
to the Grand Duke AfExis. The enamel was


warranted to last three days. and so it did.


The lady was taken i'll upon her return home


from the ball, her face became greatly swol-


len. the most acute plan succeeded, and it
was only by the employment OF the best
medical skill that her life was saved. This
statement We have from an undoubted
source.


But the case Of this lad yiis -ssot so bad as
that Of another Louisville lady who became
enamcred of the Odious fashion of enameiing
the face. She visited another city, far to the
eastward, some five months ago, for the pur-
pose of having her face enameled according
to the latest Partisan mode. She had he ard
that ncted Partisan was engaged in the
enumelng business at the city in question
| and to him she went upon her arrival Fol-
the sum of five hundred dollars he agreed
to enamel hsr face so scientifically that the
enamel would remain undamaged for three
years, and year or two longer if extra care
was taken in washing the face according to


his prescribed method. The devotee of fash
ion concluded the bargain, and paid three
hundred dollars Of the sum named. the bal
| ance to be paid in yearly instailments


divided into three years.


The ladyrrceived the enamel and return


ed to her hons in this city. Since her re-


turn she has disappeard from society. There


was so much poison in the enamel that it,
effects we're almost total paralysis of thu
facial nerves, and what was once a truly
oea utiful face is to- day a distorted, disfg


ured and ulcerous one.


The lady's beauty has disappeared for


ever. and if her physicians succeed in saving


her life they will have accomplished NOR


than they had right to hope for. Her eye


are terribly inflamed and disfgured, and th'
ksight of them fast failing.
Year: 1872

A teacher in an Illinois district school re-
ceived the following excuse from an indig-
nant patron: Miss Brown want you to
strictly understand that you hant boss Of
my Children if you keep maria for ben late
you Will have trubl you need not think
Wee are Slave becas wee bant Wee liv inn
free land adoo.''
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions Who are on the road to
an uutimsly grave With bilious complaints,
there is bot one truly great aud reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

We hear the remark ohen about these
days" OF two evils, choose the least !"
aud this proverb is quoted to jussify vo.
ting for Grant or Greeley. according to
the voters idea Of which is the least evil.
Those who are satisfied with one or the
other. are not obliged to discuss the qucs-
ton; they have their man aud will vote
for him. But there are many who do not
like either Of these candidates. and are
ready 10 decide their course Of action by the
answer to the question, =" which is the bet
ter Of the two?"


We think it unfortunate for the country
that the people are required to vote for 9.
lcc,ors. instead Of being allowed to vote
directly for the man Of their choice. In
that ease il would be much easier for the
voter to keep n good conscience and cx.
press his individual preferences. than il is
now. Ills vote might not tell upon the
result, but il would be his declaration. and
a full discharge Of his duty us citizen.
And il is also unfortunate that the prac.
tice Of nominating by conventions has be-
come the political law. so that in reality
only the managers Of party, not the mass
es Of the people. have much to do with Sc
lcc,ing candidates for Office. So wide.
spread and deep is the dissatisfaction with
the manner in which several recent con.
vcntions have been constituted and manip
ulatcd. we might hope that their day il
over. But it is hard to break up old us.
ages, and We shall probably go on as be.
fore. being led to the polls by those who
ought to follow.


1t is not our duty to vote for one mar
because he is less objectianobc than an
other candidate. II he is not. in oul
judgment, a suitable man for the Office i
j is not right for us to vote for him. Thil
is no rule that We lay down for other peo
pie. Every man must judge for himself
having the same means If making hi'
judgment that We have. But as there il
no law to require us to vote at all, aud i
we do vote VIC may vote for any person.
whom VT may select, VIC cannot be requir
ed to vote for man whom We regard un
Gt for the Office he seeks. If we regar,
his election an "evil," VIC will not hav,
a portion Of the responsibility Of inaictinl
The evil upon the country. But so help
lcssly arc the people in the hands Of polit
ical managers, it is very harG for one VIII
does not surrender his conscience to party
to be independent and honest in the ex
preston Of his political preferences. Th
only way open is to select the candidut
whom We are willing to trust with the Of
fec. aud vote for him regardless Of party
or else vote for one not 10 nomination, o
abstain from voting altogether As 4
voting for one whom We regard unfit, be
cause he is the candidate Of n party, W
cannot do it. though others can -Ne'


York Obscrter.
Year: 1872

from lands end to lAnd'a end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road to
40 un6mely grave with bilious oom5lsints,
there iS bat one truly great and reliable
remedy, and that is ..
Year: 1872

BIsuor WmTEHoUsE recently under-
took to illustrate point In his SER
mon, by telling his congregation how
no had once been lost on the prairies
of Illinois, and had wandered for
long time. weary and almost hopeless.
At last he saw light. and made his
way slowly towards It, shouting for
help. "Just rs thought could 60
no farther" said the bishop, land
was about sinking down in despair,
tho door Of n cabin opened before me,
and tho long looked for Sucker came" "
The unintentional pun brought the
house down.
Year: 1872

A PHILADELPHA thief, who was re-
Gently carried to photograph gallery
to have his likeness taken, was SO
much averss to the operation that
when the first landing was reached he
burst through the glass door, falling
upon a roof. and then jumped to the
ground, a distance of twenty feet. To
his surprise, the intrepid officer in
charge followed by the same perilous
route, and after brief chase recap
tured him.
Year: 1872

WHILE we are about to teach the
Japanese farming, they are able to
reciprocate tho favor by teaching US
what they know about paper making.
And this is not little. They have
paper which is waterproof, and Of
which garments, handkerchief, hats.
umbrellas and purses are made; and
also paper warranted to wash, and OF
sufficient strength and pliability for
any use. The British Government has
presented reports on this manufacture
to the English Parliament; it Is to be
hoped that we may be equally favored
by our officials.
Year: 1872

A LoUIsvr.LE woman, Indignant at
the harsh treatment Of her husband,
revenged herself recently by sewing
him up In the quilt while he lay asleep
on tho bed, and then severely whir-
ping him with cane.
Year: 1872




To the numerous letters asking information
general reply ALL There Is not interest enthusiasm
enough among sensible people for either Grant or
Greeley to disturb hair upon the head OF bald man.
All the Grant interest centered in the offices and their
incumbens Assure three fourths Of them that Greeeys
chances are better than Grants, aud in "a hours
they would be out-and-Ou genuine, old Abolitionists
OF the Greeley pattern, and each mothers son OF
them would be the particular discOyeIer OF Gree
ley's fitness for the position, and the man
who first suggested the Cincinnati Convention
the origin" with its surplus of Democratic editors,
who are ALL OF course Grantiss from principle On the
other hand, there large portion OF our citizens who


ara on the fence" They have little care aud ess IN
terest They do not believe that Grant should be CANON
lied his wisdom shrewdness administrative purity,
by the use OF "rngs lead the Administration they
please They sick Of corruption, swindlng. endless
Offices and consequent heavy taNatOn ana would cast
vote to abolish It all II they thought Rhode Island could
do IT,


Then there s another class very respectable In char
acter and numbers, who are pronounced Liberals and
will vote for Greeley and Brown, IN conjunction with
the few Democrats among These men see In
the new movement hope Tor tie purin-
cation OF the administration OF our public
affairs They are sanguine that victory Will attach 10
the banners reform, ana that the Cincinnati Conyen
tion laid broad and deep the foundations OF hving
party of the people. This class Is increasing instead OF
diminishing, every day. We have thus brey and truth
fully answered all our anxious correspondents brom
careful survey of the Held, we think that the ofiee
holders will carry the State, unless the coalition enter
into the canvass with spirit and do something beside
waiting public opinion 10 drift out OF the ineshes OF
old party lines while also satisfied that major
this Administration and Its oce-hoders In power for
an
Year: 1872

Wherever or whenever Mr.. Greeley has
laid his views before the people they have
met with hearty approval After each
successive speech Or letter his fricuds have
tried to induce him to desist from further
efforts, declaring the effect to be SO favorable
that any additions might tend to impair the
good of the last. But again has Mr. Gree
ley come out in another speech or letter and
again have the masses been compelled to say
well done One speech and one letter has
succeeded anothers, and each with better eifct
than the last, until his warmest friends have
concluded that he knows his business better
than they, and now rather than say stop,
they see the good results of his canvass and
proudly say, extend it. The truth is, Mr.
Greeley does know lis business better than
those who would criticize him. and this fact
The Sacramento Union sees this and appeals
TO uncle Horace in an entreating way not to
20 out West, intimatng that his manners and
ideas are so much at variance with those of
the sturdy people of the interior that they
will not be appreciated. That his dry home
talk compared with the fiery eloquenc of their
native orators, will fall as "A dead weight and
will be the cause of lis losing many votes.


In Horace Greeley the luboring masses Of
the United States have friend more inhuen-
tial and able than any Of the present age.
They know his works and appreciate them,
and we look upon it as folly to presume that
they will not extend grateful welcome to
the man who has devoted an industrious life
in the cause of common humanity
Year: 1872

M1sFoRTUNEs OF KEEPING BAD COMPANY
Under this heUd our reghbor of the 1rg4s
cnumcrates the misiortunes that have befdlle!.
us in the last few weeks, and attributes them
to our political course in this crisis. We
ON the other hand, think that Proyiden e has
shown its approval Of our course by almost
miraculously preserving US from these many
dangers As to onr being bachelor, we
are still young, and have many long years IN
which to better our condition in this respect
before we reach our neighbor's time of life
who, we are sorry to say,is still in the enjoy
ment of single 'cussedness," and who still
odheres to the wckcdncss of his ways; for
him we see no hope Reform, neighbor,
repent, come over to the right side, and per-
hopS you might induce some young lady (or
old one) to overlook your past wickedness,
your years, and the prospect Of that much
dreaded skatn5-rink on topof your head and
consent to take pity on you. While there is
life there is hope, Mac.
Year: 1872

MpoNTAnoN.-A special dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune says that he work of tax
ins voters INTO Pennsylvania to assist the
Radicals at the October election in that State,
has already commenced These restless sa-
bic sons of Ham, when asked what they are
going into Pennsylvania for, say, "Dun-no
work guess" They seem to have no
idea as to what railroad they are to work on,
or what company they are to work for.
One thing they all say is, that they expect
to get "tu de job" sometime in October. 1t
appears from this that we had better make
up our minds not to be disappointed if the
o.d Quaker State does not go at the State
election just as an honest man, from present
indications, might think it would.
Year: 1872

TROUBLE IN NEyADA.-Sagebrush Nye
has been shamefnly defeated at the prim
rics in Nevada, and the tools Of Grant who
run the mint, say this is an insult to THEN
mJesty's highess. This is prina tacic
evidence that Grant and Nye are Of the same
stamp. The railroad company found Nye to
be man of their kind, anl promised to re-
elect him, bat the people come in with then
y and repudiate him and all his kind.
This Of course Includes Grant and the rail
road lords The true spirit is awakened
among the masses in our sister State, Ncya-
da, as well as at home, and we are glad to
know it. 1t shows that the people are no
longer willing to be governed by money bags
instead of brains and submit to the dictation
Of men whose political sagacity grasps moth
INC more worthy than schemes for robbing
the people.
Year: 1872

PERsoNAL.-Goyenor Walkup, leading
editor Of the HERALD, has been confined to a
severe, painful and dangerous bed of sick
ness for the past six weeks, but is POW able
to sit up little at his residence, and we
hope will in another week be able to help us
some in furnishing editorial matter for the
ILERALp.
Year: 1872

If the people are becoming so arstocratc
as to refuse to vote for man because he is
poor, they cannot vote for Cogghs; though
this is 'he only crime his most bitter enemies
can find against him.
Year: 1872

The Sacramento hecord says, The .1''gus
quotes, and their their devotees repeat that
Coggins is poor man. "lf so it were a
grevous fault, and grievous shall be the
fate of those who would descend SO low in
the scale of Republican institutions as to at
tempt to arraign him for it. We have
always known that it was great crime to
be poor, but this is the first time in the his
tory of our country that we have seen 1t
publicly avowed. There was day in the
brief history of the United States when
wealth was not necessary qualification TO
public favor and trust. Is he honest? Is
he qualified? were once the tests But,
alas Would to Heaven it were otherwise,
and we coald be spared the p,nful duty of
saying to the people, it is not so now. Mr..
Coggins can boldly and truthfully answer
these questions in the affirmative. But when
put to the modern test, Have you a surplus
fund ? Are you willing TO spend it for votes?
Have you been educated in stealing? Mr..
Coggins answers No, and the people say
some of them-put him out; he won't do.
Ny God, have we degenerated so much as
to discard an honest man for no other reason
than that he is poor? If so, may Heaven
save us. Would these same men 60
back and defe the record Of the immortal
Clay, and say he was not statesman, sim
ply because his friends gave him money TO
prevent him from becoming bankrupt?
Would they drag his moulding remains from
The grave and his sh ming soal from Heaven
and beseech God TO restore to life, lie who
lived and laborCd for the good Of his coun-
try, and for that alone, simply that they
might have the qualification of insulting him
by saying to his face, You were poor man
and unworthy Of our esteem? Cogs;ns was
nominated by body Of true, uncomupted
patriots, who still cling to the principles Of
their fathers. Honesty and capaLility were
the requirements, and in him they were not
found wanting; and we believe there still
exists enough who adhere TO the immortal
doctrine which has secured our greatness to
elect one honest and able man, though he he
as poor as the disciples of our Saviour.
Year: 1872

WHAT 1T Is.-The Sacramento Record
has, by the greatest care, and assistance
from Stanford Il Co., succeeded in Matching
out another chicken. As this fledgling has
been placed in a locality where ever watch
full vigilance is imperative in order to prevent
the many honest hearts from seeing things in
their true light, as the avenues leading to
a knowledge of the true condition Of affairs
are numerous and effective in the locality in
which it has been stationed, and as it be
comes the enjoined duty of this youngster to
watch these numerous passes and counteract
the good effects which may enter thereat,
they have conferred upon it the appropriate
name of .1,yus. Young Argus presents a
healthy appearance, and at casual glance
is fair to look upon, and these qualifications
would doubtless have been sufficient to re-
commend it to the people and secure for it a
prosperous career had it not, unintcntionally
perhaps, exposed its parentage. The people
know the Sacramento Record: they know it
is owned, body and branches by the Central


Pacific Railroad company. They know that
it is laboring in direct opposition to their
vital interests, and they expect no good from
it OF any of its kind The A'gus must be
aware of these facts, and we are surprised
that it should be SO thoushtess as to begin
at once to rehearse the sayings of its foster
parent, aa!d thus claim Page as uncle and
Stanford as godfather. Poor A'guS, we
fear thy youthful folly will lead thee to dis
grace. Thou hast recklessly proclaimed thy
antecedents, and the people, however unwill-
insly, will regard thy acts with suspicion


and though thou mayst occasionally speak
the truth, we fear it will be disregarded.
Year: 1872

OREGON CONrAMEATED.- The influence of
dishonest railroad corporations which has
been so fatal to honest legislation in this
State for the last five years has contaminated
our fair sister, Oregon, and threatens to
blight Eer happy prospects and burden her
children with ponderous taxation. What
Stanford is and has been to California, uol-
laday is becoming TO Oregon. lie is resort
ing to all kinds of treachery in order to place
N power such men as will use their influence
TO subsidjze him literally in his railroad pro-
jecs. The Oregon Legislature has United
States Senator to elect The principle can
dldates are Corbett on the side of the people
and Mitchell on the part of Holiday. Cor
Jett has made a good Senator and the peo
pie are satisfied with him, but it is feared
that the corrupting influences being brought
TO bear will defeat this able man and give
the high position to his opponent, who is at
best only second rate lawyer and void Of
any record which would tend to recommend
him to the position his designing friends
would force upon him.
Year: 1872

Coghlan claims that he owns the navy
yard at Vallejo, and admits that he is in
favor of subsidizing railroads, or any other
corporations. lie has voted in Congress to
give Goat Island to Stanford, and in his
Vallejo speech of the 18th inst. he intimated
that they ought to have it, and if it was their
wish he would do what he could to procure
it for them He has labored from the com
mencement to make the navy yard Cogh-
Ian yard, and though he has sacrificed many
good hands, and deprived many wives and
children of their daily bread, he has pretty
much accomplished his design. If there are
any doubtful cases they will soon be rooted
out, and simon pure Coghlan men will be
placed in their stead, regardless of all other
considerations. This picked navy yard has
elected him once, and on thia he relies again,
and hence he talks as he thinks, knowing
that what he says can have no effect on
mire Coghlan's honesty though we denounce
the principle on which it is founded. Still,
no matter what motives prompt man, it is
gratifying TO have him speak The truth
Page, of the Second District, exactly of
Coshan's stripe, gathered up by the same
hands at the same shop, and intended for
the same purpose, dare not come out and
say so. In his district there are no navy
yards TO pack; the only appeal is 10 the
honest people, and they, he knows, are
nearly to man decidedly opposed to the
nefarious and plundering schemes of the rail-
road monopoly. Therefore, if he should
come out and acknowledge his true position,
tell the people that he was one of the tools
which Stanford wi.hed to use in the con
struction Of his little kingdom on Goat Island ;
lie knows, were he to tell the people of the
Second District that if elected he should
worship none bat Stanford, and him only
would he serve, that his political throat
would be cut in minute. At present his
only hope is to deny his god and plead de-
ceitfully to the people; but where, yes, where
is the man who will be so easily deceived?
Year: 1872

EVASION OF THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE IN
ENGLAND. Popular rights are so far recog-
nized in England that the elective franchise
has at last been legally conceded to tenants Of
small holdings. Under this law some two
thousand miners in the borough of Morpeth
claim registry as voters. The tenements they
live in belong to the colliery owners and are
occupied as part of the wages of the men,
with an agreement that they shall not be con-
sidered as tenants. The Revising Barrister
refuses to allow these miners to register or to
permit them q case to bring before the Superior
Court. At other collieries, where the miners
have made no such agreement, but instead Of
paying the parish rates themselves have
allowed the house owners to pay, as their
names do not appear on the rate books, they
too are excluded from registry and debarred
from the ballot Thus the law which con-
cedes to the industrious poor the right to share
in the choice Of Parliamentary representatives
becomes sham, which


Keeps the word of promise to our ear


And breaks 1t to cur hope.


Reform of that character hardly accords with
the ''liberal professions Of the dominant
party, and is not likely to win the approval Of
the large class whom it was expected TO benefit
Year: 1872

THE HORSE DISEASE Shows No ABATING
SIGNS in this city. Some deaths have oc-
CURED, and more are extremely likely to fol-
low. A disregard of the warming given in the
HERALD to keep all horses in the stable when
exhibiting even the mildest phases Of the dis
ease is bringing its Nemesis to the cruel and
avaricious. We have now reached the crisis
Of the disorder, and if all goes we'll may ex-
pect a gradual recovery after to-day in the
lighter cases. The telegraphic reports do not
vary the story heretofore reaching u.s. The
epihippic has not reached the South as yet
Oxen are being used in various directions
as a substitute for horses, and we under
stand some city firms will introduce them
to New York to-day. We shall be glad to note
the hour when this invasion by Taurus is on
it's last legs ; we believe that New York does
not want any more Dos on our streets about
election time, and that beef can be put to better
account