smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

1t 10 said that the disorder with
which Geuersl Lee is threatened is dis
case Of the cart He is troubled will
shortness Of breath, and after walking
or any unusual exercise, pants q grea
A AL
Year: 1870

Charity not only covers up a multi
tude Of sins but is generally q good
thing, and y handy thing to ave in the
house. A truly charitable man is a
moral big thing on ice, and Charitable
woman deserves wings and all the an
gelic attributes. But how often are the
efforts of these benevolent roosterS and
charitable hens sadly misdirccted
W hat in thunder is the practical use in
sending tracts to hungry men, or Biblrs
t. heather who can't read u word. Ii
Is like sending bottles of soothing syr
up to old maids, who shouldn't have
any use for it. The latest philan-
thropic folly has been perpetratcd in
England, where some charitable but
brainless society has distributed mil
lion or SO of penny hymn-books in the
Navy, But Navy chaps who shave
themselves will probably utilize those
hynE books.
Year: 1870

'Tis sad, yet sweet, to listen


TO the soft winds gentle swell,
And think we hear the music


Our childhood knew so well;
To gaze ont on the even.


And the boundless fields of air.
And feel again our boyhood's wish


To roam like angels there!
There are many dreams Of gladness


That cling around the past
And from the tomb of feeling


Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms we loved SO dearly


In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely,


So fair to look upon.
Those bright and gentle maidens


Who seemed so formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly


For such world as this;
Whose dark, soft eyes, seemed swimming


In sea Ofliquld light,
And whose locks of gold were streaming


Der brows SO sunny bright.
Whose smiles were like the sunshine


In the spring time of the year
Like the changeful CLEANS of April,


They followed every tear!
They have passed--likc hopes-away,


And their lovelness has fled
Oh. many heart is mourning


That they are 18th the dead
Like the brightest buds ofSummer,


They have fallen with the stem;
Yet, oh. it is a lovely death


To fade from earth like them!
And yet the thought was saddeninS


To muse on such as they,
And feel that all the beautiful


Are passing fast away!
That the fair ones whom we love


Grow to each loving breast
Like the tendril the clinging vine,
, Then perish where they rest.
And we can but think Of these,


In the soft and gentle Spring,
When trees are waving o'erus,


And the flowers are blossoming;
And we know Winters coming


With his cold and stormy sky,
And the glorious beauty round us


Is budding but to die!
Year: 1870

collection is now being taken up among the
pupils Of all the public schools in the city, the eltire
amount contributed to be expended In erecting a
statue of George Washington in the Park as token
of the reverence felt by the children of New York
for the Father of his Country. The Board or Educa
to this movement and the principals OF the several
schools have been directed to pay over the amounts
recei ed, as soon as collected, TO the Beard, under
whose supervision the disbursements Will De made
The children eft at per ect liberty to contribute
whatever sum tley please or feel able 10 spare but
no more than ten cents Il taken from any pupil
In order tnat contributions from the rich and toe
poor may be equalized 10 some extent Consider
able sums have already b en- received under tn ar
rangement, and IL Is expected that the pro LOS ID
statue may be unveiled ana ded dcated to the memory
less ilaD a wear.
Year: 1870

ed to fiow through the hose; the dog
was apparently but just alive. The
heart had ceased to beat so far as could
be observed. The beast lay upon the
table motionless, and all its muscles re-
laxed. The tongue and jaws were blood
less, and there was nothing but the
slightest respiratory motion that show
ed any life left. The experimenter
stated that within short time, If left
alone, the dog would die. Then began
the second and last part of the expert
ment the restoration of the animal by
the injecting of the fluid In the mortar
back into the veins.


For this purpose the jugular vein was
opened. A canula or short tube with @
stop cock was inserted into the vein, the
stop cock being for she purpose of pre-
venting the ingress of air. A syringe,
holding about an ounce, was filled with
the de6brinated blood, and discharged
into the vein. The effect was immed
lately perceptible in the persplration Of
the dog; at the third syringe full, the
heart began TO beat receptibly, and
shortly afterward the dog winked;
when about half of the extracted blood
had been restored, the beast astonisbed
the audience by getting up on his four
feet and looking about the room.


1t was supposed by some persons pres
g mt that the experimenter would repair
the severed vein and artery, stitch up
the dogs neck, and let him convalesce,
and remain monument of inductive
science; DIR. Freer intimated that the
dog would live if properly cared for;
| but as it was not of much account, and
science could be advanced by the death
of the brute, he would proceed to put
it to death in the most scientific manner
possible, in truth, he would givea spec
linen of murder as fine art, which
even De Quincy never imagined.


DIR. Freer proceeded to explain the
deleterious effects of air in the blood.
Air in the lungs was necessary to the
performance of the life functions; but
air in the blood was deadly poison.
The canula had been used to prevent
air from getting into the veins; the
syringe had been carefully filled to the
very point, so that no air could possibly
be elected. Introduce few globules Of
air into the blood, and syncope and
death follow. The blood after death.
from this cause, is found in frothy
condition. The experiment was tried /;
air was forced into the vein, aud the
dog was soon in extremis.


But before the victim of science was
permitted to die, the professor intro
duced bellows into the trachea and
produced artificial respiration. The
dog revived and finally had to be de-
spatched by the division of the medulla
oblongata!-Chicago Times.
Year: 1870

The Empress Eugene was received in


the most enthusiastic manner by the Sui


tan of Turkey. In fact, the Grand Turk


squandered more money than he could


well afford to entertain his visitor. A


correspondent who travelled with the EN-


press thus describes her apartments at


Constantinople: l will content myself


with giving your readers sketch of the


kernel rooms of the suit inhabited by Eu-


genie of France leaving the vestibules and


outer halls, which are hung with the mag


nificent draperies of Scutari and furnished


with Arabian splendor, to the imagination


After having implored any whose eyes are


weak to put on green shade or read this
under a parasol, lead them to the recep-
tion saloon. 1t is a hall fifty metres long
by thirty-fve wide The furniture is gilt
wood, covered with rich Lyon silk, pale
blue and white flowers. In the the centre
of this room is large table, on which is
massive silver clock, with Candida
brum, of the same metal on each side, and
two colossal Sevres China vases mounted
on gilt pedestal. From the ceiling hang


five chandeliers in Bohemian crystal and
down each side of the saloon five Candida
bra of the same, each holding fifty wax
lights. These are mounted on gilt tripods.
At each corner of this principal hall is
saloon, and all four are fitted up in the
most fantastic style.


From the reception room We 20 into the
Empress private rooms, and stop first in
her boudoir The walls are covered with
striped silk, red and white; the divans,
arm chairs and cushions are gray, with
blue and gold pattern. In each corner a
massive silver brassero the chandelier and
branches for wax lights are also massive,
but this is only the frame in which meal
culable riches are -agglomcrated. Thus,
there are cups set with pearls, glasses
that are inlaid with gold in past ages by
Indians, who have carried the secret of
their art away with them. Persian goblcts
inlaid with gems, and, better than all, a
view of the Bosphorus from one of the
windows, that can not be bought for any
amount of dollars. pass over the laces,
the gold and silver fringe, the Smyrna
carpets, the brocade and velvcts. The
curtains of her majesty's bedroom are of
Turkish material, with double sets under
meath of Scutari silk the bedstead is gilt
wood: the mirrors and pier glasses were
ordered from Paris, and they almost line
the room all round the armchairs, which
are gilt, are surmountcd by doves of sill
yer and gold, and there is such profusion
Of Asiatic display that an Empress alone
could sleep thus surrounded. Any one
lot accustomed to stare at diamonds would
2e kept at Bcllerbey awake blinking,
From every window in the chateau vista
If kiosks, minarets and cupolas is visible
t is fairy land, and long pipes and lin
lid wave from sunrise to sunset.
Year: 1870

BoNE-DUsr FOR Strawberries. Bone
dust may be sown broadcast over straw
berry-beds in early spring or any time
during summer. 1t is better to apply in
rainy weather, as then the soluble portions
are Immediately carried down to the roots
of the plants. If the Strawberries are cul-
tivated in hills, then handful of bone to
each will be sufficient, We usually apply
it upon the surface, and then work it in
with hoe or cultivator. The quantity to
be applied per acre should be varied ao-
cording to the richness of the soil if poor,
half ton or even ton will do no harm,
but much good. We consider bone val
uablc fertilizer for all kinds of soil, and
there is little danger of applying too much,
provided it is mixed with the soil
Year: 1870

aud Bernard. The exact experiments, howev


er, were net correctly interpreted, and hence


we had hypothesis, as OF caloric, of an electric
fluid, etc., which have to-day given way to


sound theories of molecular physics. Our age


10 one of induction, that is, it is character


lied by the perfect form of that which was i'm


mature and embryonic in the preceding peri
cd. Our age is marked also by an attempt to


make use of deduction. This method is yet


undeveloped, but it is the promise of a better
age soon to dawn. -
By this survey it Is seen that the present is
comparatively free from the past errors which
have hindered the progress of our art. Some
fossils of these errors, some traces still remain
but they are good material for study by the
curious, and should cause no solcitude as to
the future. The tendency of Therapeutics is
towards simplicity. 1t matters little whether
We say it is simplicity dependent upon ex-
clusion of useless material or whether we
claim that it comes from an orderly arrange


ment of details. The address closed by brief


quotation from Goethe's poem concerning the


riddle of nature 1t seems as if the reading OF


the great law which shall be to Therapeutics


what the Newtonian law is in mOlar physics,


cannot he long def rred. Its seal VIII be SIM


plicity, Si1aDler Ueri Si0nufo. 8, lbA ....
Year: 1870

Whatever shall be the issue of the coming
election in this District, land that Mr.. Lynch
will be elected can scarcely be doubted,) one
good result will have been achieved by the late
convention. The authority of precedents, be
they real or pretended, has been broken, and
it is to be understood hereafter, and we hope
forever, that the people do not mean TO be en-
slaved in their choice of public servants by
the tact arrangements or understandings
among politicians, but will exercise their
judgment untrammeled by any Unauthorized
bargains These can at best be binding only
On the individuals who expressly give their
assent to them. Nothing could be more ridic-
uous than the recent attempt to give them
the dignity and force Of law, and insist upon
enforcing them at all hazards. Those who
enter into any such agreements do it at their
own risk and cannot tasten the responsibility
upon any one else.


1t is the height of arrogance to pretend
that the people of this Congressional Dis
trlct must submit to the dictation of local
clique This is degrading public offices to the
catalogue of loaves and fishes, to be divided
round so that all may have a nibble. If this
system is to prevail, popular government is
Indeed failure, and instead of having an elec-
ton, it would be much cheaper and more ex-
pedltlous to put the names of the eligible can
didates in the locality from which the selec-
tioE is to be made into lottery, and leave the
issue to chance. That nominations have
sometimes alternated from one county to the
other in this District, is merely historical
accident. To pretend that it is ANYTHING
more is simply moonshine. The nominations
should depend upon the qualities, not the
residence of the candidates.


Nominations to office are no fit subjects for
trafhc. Delegates are not sent to conventions
with any authority to make promises for
their constituents to be performed at future
time. All such dickering is null and void
from the beginning, and if delegates from
York county acted on any other supposition
two years ago, they showed gushing sim
plicty which more experience in the ways of
the world will wear off, To trade away
present opportunity for a future expectation,
was entirely beyond the scope of their author
ity, and let the result warn them as well as
all others that the people have not yet sur
rendered their sovereignty to any such ex-
tent. 1t is to be regretted that the dsap-
pointed expectants feel so sore about it
But we trust that on the sober second
thought our brethren of York will see that
4, they have no good reason to waver in their
devotion to the Republican party. They have
not satisfactorily answered the arguments
urged in favor of Mr.. Lynch on the ground of
his valuable experience in Congress. Nosen-
slble business establishment turns off an en-
ployee as soon as he gets thoroughly broken
in. 1t is only in politics that this supreme
folly passes for wisdom.
Year: 1870

AL the head of the editorial columns of the
Democratic papers will probably appear the
name of the nominee of the State convention
"For Governor, of - >
The guns OF the campaign will probably be
Loaded with blank cartridges. The nomina-
Iion iaIls like wet blanket in Augusta, and
the defeat of the party will be sung in blank
verse next September:


Oh, wretched sinners that we are


All doomed to blank despair
Year: 1870

1t is to be hoped, for the credit of the gov
ernment, that the House bill granting the little
pension of three thousand a year to the widow
of Abraham Lincoln will yet be taken up and
passed by the Senate. The adverse report OF
the committee ofthat body on the-subject does
not meet the case. Whether Mrs. Lincoln has
or has not means sufficient to enable her TO
live respectfully in an obscure village OF Ger
many, where living is very cheap, is not the
question, but it is simply this: AS the widow
Of our murdered President, whose life was lost
in the public service, has not Mrs. Lincoln
claim upon the government which nothing
short of the moderate pension Of the House
bill will settle? We think that Congress should
have granted her, without quibblng, the salary
for the whole four years second term OF
service for which President Lincoln was
elected and upon which he had entered when
he was slain. AT any rate the pension pro-
posed by the House is small enough, and we
dare say that the Senate will not get rid OF
that little bill, which ought to be paid, until
they pay it. The objections of the Senate
committee are frivolous and contemplate, and
properly have nothing to do with the case


Then there is the claim of the widow of the
late General Gates, which, we apprehend, is
neglected by Congress because the poor
woman has not the means whereby to engage
the Washington lobby nor the inclination to do
so, but is disposed rather to rely upon the
justice of Congress and the merits Of her case.
And again, there is the long outstanding and
unsettled claim of Mrs. McCauley, widow OF
the former United States Consul General
McCauley in Egypt claim for moneys, &C.,
expended in the public service for which the
poor widow ought to be indemnfed whether
the sum, justly due, and for which she has
legal claim, be large or small. There have
been and are many claims, we know, made
upon Congress for relief and compensation for
losses and damages which are spurious or
extravagant but they should not be made the
excuse for neglecting claims like those we
have recited, the fairness and validity of which
are fully established; and Of all claimants
upon the government the poor widows Of
faithful public. officers who have died leaving
the government in their debt are among those
whose claims should first be recognized. acted


upon and paid.
Year: 1870

BACKWARD PRoGREss-It is stated that the
Chicago Board Of Education contemplates a
reduction in the compensation paid to school
teachers. This is the very worst thing that
can be done in comparatively new country


''Poor pay poor teach is new reading of an
old Indian saw. School teachers, considering
the great amount of good they are expected to
accomplish, are, as general thing, the most
poorly remunerated of any class of educated
professionals. But there is one school in
Chicago which common report says flourishes
there in an uncommon degree. That is the
''School for Scandal" in which teachers and
experts are both numerous and well cultivated.
Year: 1870

squandered in subsidies aud gwindling land
grants, attempt to prate about tho necessity OF
curtailing the extravaganza Of navy officers.
Mr. Scoaeld placed the matter in its true light
when he spoke Of the members in question as
scolds who were berating the naval authori-
ties for merely asking for the necessary
funds to carry on republican administration.
These same gentlemen will find their Nemesis
in the organized labor movement that is des-
tined to sweep them from the political arena
like chaff before the wind. There are now
nearly million and half skilled laborers In
this country out of employment, and the Navy
Department has done more to relieve their dis
tresses than any other institution in the coun-
try. Had the department been let alone II
would have continued to employ the same
number Of men throughout the year, and at
least seven thousand families would have been
saved from want This we know from good
authority.


The Navy Department has asked no money
from Congress- it has had no deficiency bills,
and only asked to use what money it had on
hand, and when the honorable member from
Massachusetts, returns to his constituents 1t is
to be hoped that he will be able to face them
with good grace and answer the questions
that will be asked him. He ia 80 good at
figures that we have no doubt he will succeed
in pacifying his constituents, provided General
Butler is not on hand to correct his statements
and figures, which sometimes most egregiously
err
Year: 1870

TO Dr.. Newman.


In another place in this days HERALD will
be found long and well written document In
the shape Of letter addressed to us by Orson
Pratt, Sr, in reply to sermon delivered by
DR.. Newman in the Metropolitan Methodist
church, Washington, on Sunday, the Gath OF
April, and which was printed in full in tho
HERALD Of the following day. The letter will
no doubt be read with interest by our million
of readers, and it is certain to be reproduced
in every paper of any consequence throughout
the length and breadth Of the land. There
are those who will sympathizc with the views
advanced by the Mormon Apostle Most men
will admit that they are clearly put, and that
Mr.. Pratt has made as good case as 1t is
possible to make. Unless however, we
greatly mistake, the arguments of the Nor
mon Apostle will fall fat on the great mass OF
the American people. 1t was felt by all who
heard or read DR.. Newman's discourse that
he had exhausted the subject, that he
had stated the whole case fairly,
that his arguments were conclusive, and
that he had proved that Mormon polygamy
was not only not sanctioned, but condemned
by Scripture. We do not see that the argu-
ment built up by DR.. Newman has been
shaken in the least by all that Mr.. Pratt has
written. On this subject, indeed, our minds
are all made up, and it is not possible for any
Mormon sophistry to stem the tide OF feeling
which is setting in against this remaining
'srelic of barbarism." Mr.. Pratt concludes
his letter by an appeal to the ladies of tho
United States but we question whether, II
our women's rights women were even more
numerous, more foolish and more powerful
than they are, they would give these Mormon
doctrines any substantial support. 1t is our
opinion that both DIR. Newman and Mr.. Pratt
would do better if they would look at the ques-
ton more exclusively from New Testament
standpoint In the New Testament the teach
ing is clear. In our Christian civilization no
place is left for polygamic institutions.
Year: 1870

DECORATION DAY.-This is the day ap-
pointed in many places for the decoration Of
Union soldiers graves with flowers. Still, let
us hope at the same time that the living Grip
pies from the war and the widows and orphans
of soldiers dying in the public service will
not be forgotten.
Year: 1870

ADVICE GRATIS TO THE STATE OF YER
MoNT.-There seems to be some higgling
among the authorities of Vermont in regard
to paying the expense of sending off the
Fenian raiders who have recently centred
upon her borders. Vermont would act wisely
if she gets rid of these amiable adventurers
with the least delay possible. Otherwise, in
the absence of any chance to capture plunder
in Canada, they may take notion to pay un-
timely visits to the sheep pastures and hen
roosts of the farmers of the vicinity.
Year: 1870

AN AGENT OF THE BELGIUM 7 ELEGRAPH
CABLE COMPANY has presented memorial to
Congress for permission to land one end of the
cable on American shores, subject to State
jurisdiction and such rules as Congress may
establish. AS no land grants, subsidies or
money are asked Of the government for the
purpose, 1t will be a shame if the permission
is not given by Congress at least as readily as
the House gave incompatible acres to the
Northern Pacific Railroad last week.
Year: 1870

MASSACHUSETTS GIVING WAY ON TIE LIQtoR
QUESTION. Our last accounts from the Massa-
chusetts Legislature say they have modified
their liquor bill so as to permit not only some
indulgence in lager beer, but likewise in porter,
ale, strong beer and wines. Is this small
matter for the descendants of those pious
Puritans who used to shut up their hives of
bees on Saturday night to keep the thoughtless
bees from working on Sundav9
Year: 1870

PRIM OR SERRANo.-The question of king
for Spain appears to be narrowed down at last
to Prim or Serrano. Serrano has declined in
favor of Prm, and Prim declines in favor Of
Serrano. They both see, perhaps, that the
great struggle between the monarchy and the
church on the one side and the republic on
the other is coming, and they both shrink
from it. Short of this struggle, however, the
revolution in Spain will not be finished.
Year: 1870

The MoRMoNs seem disposed to be surly
and churlsh in their dealings with the United
States officials. Some time ago they closed
the court room Of a federal Judge while he was
temporarily absent, and more recently they
refused to let United States prisoners be con-
fined in the Salt Lake City Jail. The Nor
mons ought surely to understand that they
have sort Of judgment suspended over them,
as it were, in the Cullom bill, and any overt
act on their part will cause it to fall, and they
should therefore be especially careful.