smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

We find the following account of an as
cension in July last, by Mr.. John Wise,
at Chambersburg, Pa, in the Franklin
Journal:


At three p. m. thunder gust was ap-
preaching us from the northwest, and,
with a view of entering it, the balloon
was cast loose at twenty minutes past
three. The ascent was moderately rapid
and upon gaining an elevation of a thou
sand feet, it was discernble that the
storm could was passing US too far to the
east, leaving the balloon outside of its
drawing in influence. 1t was mush-
room shaped nimbus, bulged out above
and below, trailing its lower ragged edge
somewhat behind, and it seemed to labor
between contending forces, as it swayed'
and halted in its onward march. The on
ly great difference manifested now be-
tween former experiences and the present
one, was the very low temperature of the
air we were in. Looking upwards | saw,
at a considerably greater elevation, an
isolated grayish colored cloud, of an OBJ
long shape, occupying space of about a
thousand acres, q say a thousand acres,





more Of farms below, aud this outline
gave me an approximate idea of its di-
meusions), and it seemed to be quiescent.


My attention was now wholly directed
to this, to me, new kind of meteor. The
cold increased as we mounted up, aud
much faster than is usual in rising with
balloon. When yet at least thousand
feet below its apparent concave surface
and ragged circumference, we entered a
fine drizzliug shower OF snow, which be-
came more copious as we rose towards the
cloud, until we reached the point Of the
most visible deposition, which was equal
to snow fall; and as we rose from this
point it seemed to diminish in quantity,
until we reached the lower surface OF the
cloud, where it ceased, but we could still
see the snow falling below u.s. While it
was at a freezing temperature below, as
soon as we had fairly become involved in
the cloud, the air began to grow warmer.
In the cloud 1t was not nearly so dark and
dingy as in thunder cloud, but the light
was of greenish tint. When we emer-
ged from the top of the cloud, the heat,
or rather the increase of heat, was sud-
den, and the sun, shining on our necks
and hands, produced an effect can only
compare to the contact Of an acid spray,
producing burning sensation


The cloud just mentioned showed no
bubbling up upon its surface, as in the
case ever a thunder cloud, and whatever
may have been the action taking place
Within it, it was of most placid charac-
ter. Ga suffering the balloon to drop
down through it, We again encountered
the snow, less in quantity, but the cold
sudden and intense, and Immediately both
of US became hoarse, with painful, irri-
tating sensation in the windpipe, indicat-
ing corrosive action there. May this
be the action of ozone upon moist animal
membranes l have great reason to be-
lieve that such is the explanation of the
fact, as it seemed to me that the mere
change of temperature could not produce
that marked effect. | may mention, in
this connection, that have frequently
experienced the same sensation upon
! entering a storm cloud
Year: 1871

As small pox prevails to some extent
in Central Pennsylvania, and is espe cia-
ly virulcnt just now in Philadelphia, we
give below some excellent suggestions
published by the Philadelphia Board Of
Health in regard to its treatment:


"IIavo the patient placed in one of the
upper rooms Of the house, the tarthest
removed from the rest of the family,
where is to be had the best ventilation,
and isolation Keep the room constantly
we'll aired Remove all carpets and wool,
en- goods, and all unnecessary furniture.


Change the clothing of the patient as
often as needful, but do not carry it while
dry through the house, but first place it
at the bedside in bucket Of scaldiug wa
ter before removal from the room


Boiling is the surest way Of disinfect-
ing all contaminated clothing. If infec
ted clothing cannot be washed at once,
let it be set to soak in water,t which may
be added a saturated solution of perman
ganatc Of potassa, or of chloride OF lime,
about teaspoonful to the gallon


Small pox is supposed to be most con
tagious during convalesence, therefore
strictly observe that the patient does not
mingle with the family until all the scabs
are entirely off and only alter, thorough
publication by washing an entire change
of clothing. After the patient is we'll or
leaves the room, let it be purified 10y the
use of disinfectants, by whitewashing aud
scrubbing the paint and floors with soap
and water, and let such rooms or apart
ments be welI.:aired before being again oc,
cupiei.


In regard to food and medicine always
rely on the advice of physician, who
should be sent for as early as possible
Year: 1871

a correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman says he has under his care two
invalid ladies. One has been paralyzed
on the right side for nearly three years,
and has been utterly helpless most of that
time. Her vision has been very imper-
feet here knowledge of past events has
utterly departed from her; recently she
appears to be recovering her recollection,
and can count as high as twenty" He
attributes her prostration entirely to the
use of a popular 'hair restorer" The
other case is not so bad, but bad enough.
For the past year her eyes have been an
occasion of constant torture. The reting
has become SO sensitive to the light as Ia
make dark room indispensable. Wheels
of buring fame revolve constantly before
her eyes, attended by lightning like flash


es, which are terrible to bear. She is
another victim to the poisonous lead con
tanned in the same popular nostrum."
Year: 1871

bilities of citizcns? Whatever hasty
prejudice may affirm, it seems to us
plain enough that every year supplies
additional force to every argument in
favor of compulsory education.


1t is we'll known that lazy, thriftless,
ignorant or intempcrate parents, in
great numbers, put, even upon their very
young children, the task of securing, by
beggary or by i'll paid work, a daily pit
tance for the advantage of their oppres
sors How numerous the class Of chill
dren thus deprived Of schooling may
be We do not exactly know; but at any
rate it is large enough to swell what are
styled the dangerous classes with fear
full rapdity Children having such
parents, and being subjected to such
wrongs, ought to be sought out by the
activity of the law The State cannot
afford to bring up an ignorant and per-
verse crowd of Juveniles to make war on
its peace and its security. Yet that is
what is being done, and will continue
to be done, until we have education
guaranteed as birthrieht to every
child in the community, old enough to
use and enjoy it.
Year: 1871

The Brooklyn Eagte, in an able
article on Newspaper work and work
ers," truthfulIy remarks that there is
no other profession bur enjoys immu~
nifty from observation as to its modes
The preacher writes ia the privacy Of
his study, aud can coucoct platltudes,
or pad out plagiarisms that would be
the ruin of editor aod reporter. The
lawyer consults his client, and organ
ICES his campaign in private, bringing
into Court only as much as makes tor
his cause and against the ease Of his
adversary. The doctor plies his po
tons, and launches in his lancet in
secret, If the patient recover, it may
be the medicine, or it may be in spite
Of it if he die, it may be pills or Pro
vidence: the physician is scathless.
None of these come to light that their
deeds may be improved


Moreover, the work of the press is
continuous as well as constantly public
There is no peace in our war. There is
no rest for the weary. Space is no
more annihilated By telegraph, than
time by journalism The evening and
morning are not merely the first day,
bat all the seven. Night is annihi
lated as to all its quantities Of reposc.
Every minute of every hour Of the
twenty four is occupied by some work
ers, doing some work that shows itself
in the newspaper of the morning and
afternoon. Repetition is as impossible
as rest. Facts are ever new. Com
ments must be as fresh as facts and
the edition is a rcmorsclcss giant that
eats up all the seconds The making
Of newspaper is perpetual motion in a
thousand fields In such work, de.
handing ceascless effort, permitting no
pause, exacting eternal and ever vary
ing exercises, it is impossible for wheat
to be unmixed with chatF. for accuracy
not to be impaired by mistake, for
injustice not occasionally to be done.
Year: 1871

IFrom the New Jersey Mechanic


Education in our country is prime
necessity. Our theory of Government
requires that, for its successful support,
the people shall know enough both to
govern themselves and to share in the
Joint government of one another. Re
publican institutions distribute among
the many what monarchy reserves to
the few. For this reason, Education
lies at the base of popular liberty. The
ignorant. vicious an degraded must be
ruled by force The enlightened, vir
tuous and upright classes voluntarily
maintain order Of themselves, and exact
1t of others.


Our public school system was cstab-
lished and is supported for the purpose
of securing to all American youth a fair
average knowledge Of the elementary
branches of instruction 1t aims t"
qualify the rich and poor alike for the
various ordinary eallings of everyday
life; and, as system, it has worked
we'll If not always perfect in opers
ton, still it bears the marks of having
been planned by about as much wisdom
as usually enters into human contriv,
4ances.


Of late, however, this system has
fallen short, precisely at the point
where its advantages are most wanted
1t lacks the power to benefit them who,
for various reasons, are growing up
without any education worthy of the
name Sensitive as Americans are to
everything which may be supposed to
interfere with personal liberty, stTli the
question will have to be met before long
Whether or no there should be a
Compulsory education Ought there
to be a law to enforce the rights Of
ignorant youths to receive the advan-
tages of some schooling?


We think there ought to be such a
law. Parents are, indeed, the natural
and legal guardians of their children.
But they are not exclusive owners of
their offsprings. They cannot do with
them IN all respects as they may please.
They cannot deny them food or shelter
They must take care of them. The
rights of the children, and the rights Of
the State, defended by righteous law.


The State not only guards the rights
of children to certain extent, but,
when the children have become grown.
then the State claims it right to use all
male adults. Accordingly, it enrolls
them its militia, or puts them in the
jury box. AS, then, the State does in
terfere with the domestic affairs of
households, and forbids unnatural cru
city to youth of tender years, why
should it not ward off aud prohibit that
style Of cruelty which enforces ignor-
ance upon those who have d natural
and social right to receive knowledge
Hardly can more grevious wrong be
done to young lads and young misses
than that which is done to many OF
them, by Withholding from their eyes
the light Of knowledge. A compulsory
education would remove that wrong.


Furthermore, as the State expects to
claim service of all its adult citizens, on
what ground can the State be denied
the privilege of preparing the rising
generation for the duties and RESPONSE
Year: 1871

The abundant crop and the excellent
quality of wheat this season will find
ready market in Europe. In Prussia
aud France the grain crop will be en-
tirely too light to feed the people.
Nearly all the seed has perished.
England is generally compelled to
import for her own use, and will be
certainly obliged to do so this year,
while in Asia the crop is a total failure
and gaunt and famine invade the land
of the Medes aud Persians In wes>
tern Europe the crop prospects are
some better. In addition to our ability
to aid the suffering, the receipts of our
farmers will be swelled by good prices
and an active market.
Year: 1871

and Consumption.


Probably never before in the whole history Of
medicine has ything won so widely and SO deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through a long
series of years, and among most of the races of
men 1t has risen higher and higher in their estima-
ton, as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to the various affections
of the lungs and throat, have made known as il re-
liable protector against them. While adapted to
mildGr forms Of disease and to young children il is
at the same time the most ecctual ICmCdY that can
be given for ncipient consumption, and the dam
gerOus affections of the throat and lungs AS pro-
vision against sudden attacks of CPORp. it should
be kept on hand in every fanily, and indeed as all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antIOte for them,


Although settled COHSumIfioH is thought in
curable still great numbers of cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured
and the patient restored To sound health by the
cherry PrctOrGI. So complete is its MYSTERY
over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
tOFGt they subsitie and disappear.


singers ana Public Speakers find great pro-
lection from il.


-ISthma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.


Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Chcrry PPctOr0I in small and frequent doses.


SO generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates of them here or do more
than assure the public that its qualities are fully
maintained.
Year: 1871

Broken the golden cord


Severed the silken Ire;
Never again will the old days come
Darling, to you and l.
Dead tho beautifr past


Scattered around its bier,
Pale thoughts lie thick and memories
OF days that were dear.
Memories Fold them up,
Lay them sacred by;
What avails it TO dream of the pastl
The future for you and |,
Broken the silken cord


Severed the golden chain,
Linking us with the beautiful days
That never can come again.
Year: 1871

The st. Louis Times, OF a late date
speaking of the Cairo and Fulton rail
road, says: ave learn that over two
thousand men will be put TO work eail ly
in September, and the entire half from
the State line to Little Rock will be
completed next summer"
Year: 1871

WHAT A MAN KNows-What a man
can write out clearly, correctly and briefly,
without book or reference of any kind,
that he undoubtly knows, what ever else
he may be ignorant of. For knowledge
that falls short of that-knowledge that is
vague, hazy, indistinct, uncertain--I for
one profess no respect at all. And l be-
lieve there never was time or country
where the influences of careful training
were in that respect more needed. Men
live in haste, write in haste.-I was going
to say think in haste, only that the word
thinking is hardly applicable to that large
number who, for the most part purchase
their daily allowances of thought ready
made. You find ten times more people
now than ever before who can string words
together with facility, aud with general
idea of their meaning and are ready with
theory of some kind about matters All
that is very well so far as it goes, but it is
one thing to do this and quite another to
know how to use words as they should be
used, or really to have thought out the
subject which you wish to discuss.-Lord
Stanley.
Year: 1871




From the Lond Saturday Review.J


From the common talk about courage, one
might fancy it was fixed, permanent quality; on
the contrary, there Is nothing so Auctuating and
so dependent on varying external circumstances
There are not only many degrees, but many kinds
of courage: individual and corporate courage
the courage of stupidity and of intelligence, of
hope and despair. And not only are there all
these varieties of courage, but the same man
may possess, or be possessed by all of them at
different moments. 1t was the surviving Zouaves
who fought so desperately at Worth, who ran
journal we read that the Mobiles with Garibadi
in the east Of France, are skulkiDg in ditches
sc'lmperlng off across fields, or hinging them
selves Oh the ground in abject terror, while other
Mobiles at Brie and Champigny on the Marne,
are attacking the Germans with impetuous and
persistent daring. Yet in both cases the Mobiles
we're drawn from the same stock and if their
positions had been exchanged, would doubtless
have behaved in the same way. Indeed, many
of the very Mobiles who ran away from Orleans
III tne uTst IustAnCes gIeae bravery "hen
first led back to Orleans by D'Aurele, but again
lost heart gradually in the three days fighting.
The behavior of body of troops is By no means
an accurate measure Of the personal bravery Of
the individuals composing it, or even of the ma
jority of them. The courage corporate, which
drags the coward to heroic DEATH" is familiar
feature in the private history Of armies. Il may
require more audacity to run away under the eye
Of comrades than to stop and fight but beyond
this, there is infectious spirit Of bravery which
is irresistible, and of which very little leavening
may at propitious moment be sufficient to Ieaven
the whole mass. Fear is equally contagious; and
just as many poor creature has been carried
forward, helpless, and unwilling. by the mere
force of the surrounding enthusiasm, into some
heroic exploit so have brave men been similarly
swept away in tide Of panic. II the plain, un-
vanished history Of any war were written, not
the least startling page would be that which re-
Year: 1871

STRANGE DOMESTIC ROMANCE One of the
parties to the following strange story has just
made US acquainted with its particulars Thirty
three years ago, the second son of family in
which there we're three boys, being desirOus Of
bettering his condition in life, left England for
this country, with an indefinite idea as to where
he might settle, and only once thereafter, in a
letter from New York, had his family any in-
formation that he was aliye. -Four years after
wards. the elder brother came to this country,
and has since been reputably known in this city
as a member Of one of the most active professions
We are Precluded from saying more on this head.


The week before Christmas our Boston friend
had occasion to visit Harrisburg. Pennsylvania,
from which place he took night trim for New
York. An obstruction on the railroad few
miles west Of Philadelphia caused delay Of some
hours near q small way-station. Some Of the
passengers became tired of sitting in the cars,
and went out to explore the locality, particularly
with the view to the procurement Of refreshments.
In this accomplishment there was little chance Of
success as the place could not even boast of a
grocery. There are men, however, who are not
to be foiled in their intentions if any means can
possibly be found to carry them out, and some Of
these people happened to be among the delayed
passengers and respectable-looking farm house
being near, that class Of foragers invested it,
called up the inmates, who we're enjoying the
comforts Of their last morning hours repose and
prayed for supply Of anything fluid, from cold
water to cider, tea, coffee, Bourbon, or apple
jack. The owner Of the house good-naturedly
opened it to his clamorous visitors and dispensed
bis hospitality in various ways with no unstintsd
hand What seemed singular to many was the
fact that he would not accept Of any compensa-
tion whatever. although he bad entertained at
least twenty rather ex.emporaneous guests They
were oil prodigal of gratitude, and Of offers to
reciprocate at any time


Our Boston friend was one OF the farmers
guests, and after thanking his host with genuine
feeling be handed the farmer his card telling him
that bed. knife and fork, and spoon were ready
for him whenever he should visit Boston. The
farmer looked upon the card, and thea at the
presenter thereof, ,-gazed again and again at one
and the other. and having apparently at last made
up his mind, he said


Why, Willie, is this really jour
Year: 1871

From the Spectator of New York City we ex-
tract as follows The New England Mutual stands
forth a fitting type of what company should be
in regard its method Of business Seeking rather to
establish reputation for stability and soundness,
than to present novel and promising but untried and
unapproved features in underwritng conducting all
the companys affairs with the strctest economy and
adopting only those proved by experience to
be the wisest the directors of the company have sue
ceeded in establishing for it reputation for reliability
second to other similar organization in the country
Yet great is the degree of caution manifested in
the adoption Of every new measure, the company is
conducted in manner fully in unison with the pro-
gressive spirit of the age As regards its dealings
with policy holders, few companies more liberal
and honest.'


" The business of the New England Mutual is con-
Quoted in the most economical and able manner; its
terms liberal and just its success has been uni
form and extended and its perfect reaJiityaH safey
the natural consequences attendant upon the posses
sion of such features and which shoad be the great
desideratum with an insurance company, are in no
instance creeiied.'


For further particulars please call upon


CASTLE & COOKE,


49-3mc Agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
Year: 1871

The peculiar smile that accompanied the in-
quiry threw thirty-three years aside as one would
fold back curtain. Two brothers had met utter
this long intsrval,-the name on the card being
the direct cause that led to the discovery. When
the train left, short time Afterwards, il carried
one passenger less to New York. OF course,
the brothers had pleasant time in exchanging
their respective "reminiscences


But yet more interesting feature OF our story
is to come. Our Boston friend had the company
of his brother to New York. on his way home.
Having some hours to spend in the city prior to
the sailing of the Stonington steamer, they took
saunter around the streets to note the tempta-
tions spread out for Christmas prsserss-
lady reticue hit the taste Of the Boston brother,
and he determined to buy it and send il 10 his
sister-in-law. in Pennsylvania. The5 entered the
store to make the purchase, and nice RUSSIA
leather portemonnaie was added as Christmas
remembrance to Joe. which was the name Of the
Pennsylvania brother. The proprietor said the
names of the parties who were to receive the
gifts could be put on the satchel and wallet at
but little expense or delay, and the suggestion
was hailed as an improvement on the value Of
the articles. The names were written out and
handed to the proprietor Of the store, who ne
marked that he also owned the same surnama
This led to conversation, to explanation, and.
finally, to the discovery that three long-separated
brothers had there and then met face to face IL
would require an abler pen than ours to describe
the feelings entertained by the trio.


We are permitted to explain things ;hus far:
The third brother had been little wild in his
youth, and had entered the service Of Queen
Victoria, in which he had remained for eleven
years. His regiment had been ordered to Canada,
and, being desirous Of tasting freedom, he had
improved chance of stepping over the line. For
fifteen years past he has been in business in New
York, and has had worldly success corresponding
with that of his elder brothers.