smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

The Saturday ReUietg has recently
published an article, alleging that the
merchants Of London have acquired
the habit Of drinking during business
hours, and that the custom Of taking
freouent glasses OF wine is rapidly
gaining ground in that city. The
amount Of mischief produced by the
habit Of tossing of glass Of sherry at
odd moments, either out OF a private
bottle or at a public bar, IS alleged 70
be incaIculable and, It Is asserted
that from this cause paralysis is great
ly on the increase among the merean-
tile community of London. The list
Of young men who every year die
from paralysis or are reduced to per-
manent imbecility, it is stated, would
startle those who have never paid any
attention to the subject. The cause
of these melancholy deaths, it is said,
Is frequently misunderstood, and is
usually explained as OverwOrk or the
strain of business, or the anXieties OF
speeulation. The Saturday Review,
while admitting that mercantile work
Is carried on nowadays so as to tell
severely on the nerves, yet asserts
that the wasting disease and high rate
of mortality, which are. becoming
such marked features Of London life,
are to be attributed to the free use of
stinulants during working hours, en-
feebling the mind and paralyZing the
frame. The Saturday Review, as a
remedy for the melancholy state OF
things above described, advises a res
olute abstinence from all stimulants
during the hours of work, and a per
sistent endeavOr to reduce, as far as
possible, the worry and fatigue usually
attendant on the life Of man Of bus
iness. It is also recommended that
merchants should establish their resi-
dences within walking distance oi
their counting-hOuses, and thus by
daily moderate exercise in the open
air preserve the essential repOse oi
mind and body.-Phild. Ledger.
Year: 1871

Mr.. c. w. Fay, Of the Trenton Sen
tinel, is after Grseley's agricultural
Iaurels. Here is q sample Of what he
knows about it:


The proper time to pull hemp is
any Friday that a good judge may
select. Castor oil beans succeed best
in the bowels Of the earth. They
will soon work their way out. Ihe
best preparation for hops is a toad or
two in each hill; they will make
vines fairly jump. The usual time to
put in rye is early in the morning.
Some husbandmen, especially those
in the city, run it in at intervals OF
half an hour until bed time. The
practice is only allowable in case OF a
dry season. In reaping wheat, never
take it by the beard it is apt to cake
on the stomach. Corn in the ear is
ant to affect the hearing; II eaten
green it will make the voice husky {;
when dealt out as army rations the
kernel should always be served frst,
and then the men privately. Never
plant your potatoes earlyi it IS the
early potato that gets the worm. It IS
up hill work with them after that. To
be certain Of the right kind of squash
es, compare them with your head. In
adopting this rule I first mistook
pumpkins for squashes, but by con-
tinued, careful comparison, 1 soon
learned to detect the difference In
making cider out Of apples I found It
a pretty tight squeeze, notwithstand-
ing my long connection with the
press. If you lay in a supply Of old
wine be sure to make it Of elder ber-
ries.
Year: 1871

HIGH HEELs.-Dr. VIM. II. Pan
coast. Of Philadelphia, recently per-
formed a painful operation on the foot
of an interesting little girl, which had
been deformed by wearing the equally
fashionable and abOminable high
heeled boots. He takes occasion TO
warn all ladies, young and old, against
the dangerous practice Of wearing
wrongly-eonstrueted shoes, with al
pine heels two and a half to three and
a half inches high, which necessarily
force the toes against the fore part Of
the shoe, and thus cause the foot
within q short time to assume unnat-
ural proportions, tending to cripple,
or even render lame for life, the sty-
lish young ladies who patronize them


We condemn the Chinese practice
of COMPRISING the feet Of young chill
dren into unnatural shapes and
dimensions by the use Of wooden
I'moulds," forgetting that We allow
our own daughters and wives to do
exactly the same thing. DR.. Pan
coast expresses it as his opinion that
the painful operation he recently per-
formed sis only the beginning OF q
large harvest of such cases" Moth
ers and young ladies, beware!
Year: 1871

As a town is but an aggregate Of in
dividuals the rules Of life which bring
an individual TO prosperity may be
considered with great advantages.


Continued, hopeful, persistent effort;
a resOlute embarking Of all the means
and on some occasions Of more than
sIl-possesed, when the venture, ac-
eording to well established rules Of
busineSs. promises good rewards; q
suffieient clear head to distinguish be-
tween what is illusory and what real
these It will be conceded are essential
conditions and qualities Of success
One or two or indeed almost any num-
Der of mistakes may be overcome by
the Individual who possesses and VIII
exercise the qualities we have alluded


But the counterpart Of these quali-
ties want Of faith and trust and con-
tinuity of purpose refusal to risk
anything even when the result Is the
most promising; a ready yielding to
disappointment and adversely, can
work out but one result and II an in
dividuaI so constituted should achieve
success, it must be reekOned q scratch
rather than a legitimate fruit OF known
means. The struggle continues thro'
the entire business career OF each IN
dividual. Whenever the obvious
means of success are neglected the In
dividual falls to the rear.


The case Of the individual is an eDt.
tome Of that Of the town ertenSO, in
our new country. The town or city
which would prosper must have that
vitality Of purpose, that perennial hope
that faith in combined effort, that
readiness to risk something that much
may be gained, which signalizes the
successful individual. Each iHdividu-
al must render cambined effort posi-
BILE by being willing to yield some
thing Of his judgment and to defer
something to that Of others.


A town which is 50 unfortunate as
to be made up Of individuals 50 stub
born and Opinionated as to make all
concerted action out Of the question,
because each will act only upon his
own views has little chance Of sue
cess. Impracticability and inefheien-
cy are qualities nearly akin.


As the question how to get forward
in life Is ever new and recurring, and
forces itself always on our attention,
a word calculated to excite reflection
as to the means applicable to eOmmu-
mites as well as individuals, can new
er be properly eonsidere out Of place.
st. Joseph Gazette.
Year: 1871

A SECRET.-William Wirt's letter
to his daughter, on the ''small sweet
eOurtesies Of life," contains a passage
from which a great deal Of happiness
might be learned: Il want to tell you
a secret. The way to make yourself
pleasant TO Others is TO show attention
The whole world is like the miller at
Mansfield, who cared for nobody
no, not he, because nobody cared for
him. And the whole world would
serve you so If you gave them the
cause. Let every one see that you do
care for them by showing them what
Sterne so happily called the small
eourtesies, in which there is no parade
whose voice is too still TO tease, and
which manifest themselves by tender
and affeetionate looks and little acts
of attention, giving Others the prefer
ence in every little employment, at
the table, in the field, walking. sitting
and standing"
Year: 1871

A STORY WITH A moral.
New York Journal Of Commerce says:
A preeOcious son who was an expert
in cards, and was seldom on the losing
side, came home one day, bringing
several dollars which he had acquired
in his small way Of gaming, and ex-
hibited his gains to his father with
quite an air Of triumph. The thought
ful parent shook his head and told
his son that the money was not hon.
estly acquired. "But I did not cheat,
said the boy. ''I hope not" replied
the father; "but did you give the
loser any equivalent whatever for it?n
The boy hung his head, and the par
ent added, Money is honestly ae-
quired where there Is an exchange Of
products or services, and the receiver
gives an equivalent for It; to take
another mans property and give him
no equivalent for It, Is to rob or cheat
him.
Year: 1871




How DO BEES MAKE HONEY?-M.
Quimby, in the Rural Nel0 Yorker
says: .-.


lam decidedly Of the opinion that
they gather 1t and deposit It in the
hive without any modification what
ever. There are few things we can
say we know are not so; but it seems
TO me to be too late in the day for any
one to maintain that honey Is manu-
factured by bees. As for their making
honey from molasses, I win not say
know they never viii, but I do know
1 never could induce them to use o
particle Of it, and have tried numer-
Gus experiments with it. The foun-
dation for the belief that they ever use
it, probably lies in the fact that bees
viii gather the sugar that settled in
the bottom Of mOlasseS casks, but OBJ
servation viii show that it is only the
sugar. never could detect them
carrying on one drop Of liquid molas-
ses.


Likewise, I have satisfied myself
that bees never visit more than one
kind Of blossom during one sxeur-
sion; have known exceptions. There
Is no evidence. however, that, as Is
maintained by some, they were par
tieular about storing each kiad Of
honey by itself in the hive. One may
discover clover honey, diseOlored by
/ buckWheRt, which Is neither pure
/ clover nor buckWheat.
Year: 1871

The rule regarding talk, when
YOU have nothing to say, say 1t, )" ap-
plies equally to writing. When you
really have something to write about,
do not peck and scratch round the
subject like a hen; pOunce upon it
boldly like an eagle. Almost every
article presented by unpractised Wri-
ter to magazines-no matter how ad-
mirable the subject-drifts to leeward
for one or two pages before the writ
sr gets steerageSWay on his thoughts,
and the reader finds out where he
wants to sail to. This fault could easi-
IL be avoided by properrevision. Cut
out all that does not bear on the sub
ject discussed; every useless adjective;
every effective repitition Of the same
idea. Then consider whether you have
said what you wanted 70 say in the
best language at your command II
not, write on till you are satisfied
Then eOndense and prune. Do not
seek for striking metaphor or spright-
" epigram, to decorate your article
If such occur naturally, that may be
put in, but with caution. Consider
whether you really gain anything by
them; whether they really add force
to your writing, or merely datter your
vanity at the time. Afterward, when
all is done in the way Of argument,
you may here and there carefully add
an apt quotation orpungent wittieism
to attract attention and make some i'm
portant sentence sndp, like the cracker
on q coach-whip. Remember, TOO,
all the time, that faculty in compost
ton, as in all other accomplishments,
can only be obtained by practice and
perseverance


,sThe grace in writing, comes by art not
As they move easiest who have learned to


dnnce"
Year: 1871

There is a paper printed in New
YORK under the title Of "Canajohar1e
Radii.n A Louisville scribe thinks
it a conundrum, and responds i
think he can but whisky straight Is
much better.H
Year: 1871

| aio CONSCIOUS Oh no wrong lntent, tnat they


should be


MURDERED BY GOVERNMENT ARMS


in the hands of Papagoes and Mexicans


One of the chiefs said: 81 no longer want
| to live; my women and children have beer


killed before my face, and | have been un.


able to defend them. Most Indians in my
place would take knife and cut his throat
| but | acW Ire to show these people that ali


they have done, and all they can do, shall
not make me break faith with you SO long
as you will stand by us and defend us in q
language we know nothing of to great
Governor we never have nor never shall
see." About their captives they say:
SECT them back for us our little BOYS
will grow up slaves, and onr girls, as soon
as they are large enough, will be diseased
prostitutes to get money for whoever owns
them. Our women work hard, and are
good women, and they and our children
have no diseases. Our dead you cannot
bring back to life, but those that are living
we gave to you, and we look to you, who
can write and talk and have soldiers, to get
them back" | will assure you it is no
easy task to convince them of my zeal
when they see so little being done.


| have pledged my word to them that
never would rest easily, day or night, until
they should have justice, and Just now
would as soon leave the army as to be Or
dered away from them, or to be obliged to
order them away from here. But you well
know the difficulties in the way. You
know that parties who would engage in
murder like this could and would (and have
already make statements and multiply affi-
dayits without end in their justification. |
know you will use your influence on the
right side. believe, with them, this may
be made either means of making good
citizens of them and their children, or drive
them out to hopeless war of extermina-
ton. They ask to be allowed to live here
in their old homes, where nature supplies
nearly all their wants; they ask for fair
and impartial trial of their faith, and they
ask that all their captive children living may
be returned to them. Is their demand UNI



Unless some action is taken to convince
them that government means kindness and |
ustice, and they are driven away desperate
md disappointed, blinded by ignorance,
age, and superstition, | assure you could |
hardly command men to fire on them; and |
fail to do for them now everything in
ny power, | should expect it to be remem-
'ered against me when | am finally called
o account, as my gravest offense and great
st life responsibility. This letter has been
lastily written, but not inconsiderately.
lou may consider yourself at liberty to use
as you like best. | am willing for a copy
f it to go to the Indian Department. Cap
ain Stanwood will by this mail send full
ccount of the matter direct to division



If you are able to accomplish anything, I
now you will crafty yourself, and your
nxiety to do SO has already gratified,


Yours, very respectfully,


ROYAL Z. WHITMAN.


e First Lieutenant Sd U. S. Cavalry.
Year: 1871

GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN Weregret


to learn that General John A. Logan is
lying dangerously i'll at his home, at Car


bondale, Illinois. We trust his sickness
will not reach fatal termination. General
Logan is one of the most prominent and
powerful young statesman of the West,
and the country can ill-atford to spare such
a man at this crisis. We hope to hear of
his speedy recovery.
Year: 1871

Temple Of Hono,'-We hear that a new
lodge of the Templars of Honor IS to be es-
tablished on Church Hill. They take life
pledge not to use intoxicating liquors, and
their initiatory ceremonies are said to be in
keeping with the solemnity of the vow.


The Undine Temple will inaugurate a
course of lectures on general subjects this
winter, and expect to induce Cough, Josh
Billings, and other popular lecturers, to
come to Richmond.
Year: 1871

Dangerous Hole IN the .SidewaM. There
Is dangerous hole in the sidewalk on Vir-
g'nla street, between Cary and the Danville
depot, which needs attention. Yesterday
morning lady was passing along that
street, and without noticing the place,
stepped into the hole, and was considerably
bruised and Jared. The neglect on the
part OF those whose duty it is to attend to
the streets and sidewalks, will yet result in
the city having to pay heavy damages.
Year: 1871

clear understanding of their misfortune.
They say: "We know there are grea
many white men and Mexicans who do not
wish us to live at peace. We know that
the Papagoes would not have come out af-
ter us at this time unless they had been
persuaded to do so." What they do not
understand is, while they are at peace, and
are conscious of no wrong intent, that they
should be
Year: 1871

The railroad is being fast finished up for by MT. Seymour, the engineer of the lower portion, that the track is laid from Flaw. leyville to within mile of the Housatonic bridge. The bridge will be completed in 8 few days and track laying will be pushed ahead rapidly. The next bridge, at Beaver Hole Rock, will be put up in short time, work having already been commenced on it. The tunnel will be ready for ties and track in few days. The deep rock cut near Sherman Woodruffs is at last finished, work having been commenced there the 10th of last January. The railroad hands say they shall be off in g short time and the cannonading along the line will soon give place to the rushing engine and screeching whistle.

 = Samuel Baker is digging out the eel lar, and the Garfield brothers are framing the timbers for the new store in Washing ton Hollow. Messrs. Beach and Titus are hauling stone and timber for the station house, which will be rapidly pushed for ward. Lively times will be the order of the day now. W.
Year: 1871

HANGING ENGINEERS. Conn. West e'n Nesos, commenting on our views of the proper punishment for railroad slaughters, infers that we propose some species of tor ture more dreadful than hanging. The Ne,cs misunderstands us. We do not be- heve m any KInu or punsnWeEJD Dy U01ture, not even in hanging, the sole relic of that once prevalent barbarism. What we did propose was that by legislative enactment the single question put to the jury should be that of the criminal carelessness of rail- road employe or official, leaving the pun ishment discretionary with the judge. No'0 the jury have to decide upon the punish ment as we'll as upon the guilt of the &C., cused. If they find him guilty of murder in the first degree, they in effect sentence him to death; if of murder in the second degree, to perpetual imprisonment. It is the practical confusion of the question of guilt with that of punishment which occa- sions so many remarkable jury verdicts in cases of homicide. To avoid this and to present the simple question of guilt to the jury and the entire responsibility of it's punishment to the court, is all that we pro- pose in the matter of ''railroad slaughters. !"
Year: 1871

WINE OF LIFE.-We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement lin an other column of our paper) of the Warn CT s Proprietary Medicine Cos Wine of Life, the curative properties of which enough cannot be said. We hear from families, ev- cry day, eulogizing it's virtues as Tonic, alternative and pleasant Stimulant We say to our readers try it and be convinced as we have been.
Year: 1871

Curious CAVES IN ESGLASD.-Some curious
caves at Guilford, England have lately been
explored. Historians have referred to these
caves, and they are said to have been places Of
refuge in the revolution of 1858, but the entrance
to them had long been blocked up, and their
existence almost forgotten. They are in the
western face Of the chalk cliff which is about
l6O feet above the sea level and are eight in
number. Their northern extremity is about 100
yards from the Castle Keep. with which they do
not seem to have any communication. though
probably within the encie1te wall of the medieval
fortress, they had been used as quarries in
medieval times, bnt their origin was doubtful
possibly prehistoric. They we're still nearly
filled with rubbish. which the corporation Of the
town proposed to have cleared out.
Year: 1871

The poet tells of the gems that shine
with "purest ray serene in "the dark
unfathOmed caves of ocean," but it is
not in those inaccessible depths alone
that the treasures of the sea lie hidden.
There is untold wealth diffused through
out the immensity of its waters, as Sc
cure from human avarice as if it were
in the abysses which plummet never
sounded Its very diffusion puts it out
of our reach. The fact that It is every
where makes it practically nowhere.
Some years ago certain French chemists
demonstrated that sea water contains an
appreciable amount Of silver. They de-
cided that, if it is equally distributed,
there must be at least two millions of
tons of precious metals in the whole
ocean, OF more than has ever been dug
from the earth. And experiments made
at widely different points prove that the
metal is thus uniformly diffused The
water of the Pacific of the coast Of Chill,
as analysed by an English chemist, gave
the same result as the Frenchmen had
obtained from the water Of the British
channel,


We have said that the silver in the
sea is useless to us because it is ditfused
through so vast a bulk of fluid. But
the fact that it has been possible to de-
tect it when thus difused, shows that if
chemical agencies can make solid sub
stances vanish frolI our sight, they can,
on the other hand, compel a body thus
concealed to show itself, even when il
forms only the minutest proportion Of
the mixture The delicacy Of chemical
tests is almost beyond belief A single
drop Of colorless liquid added to a gal
lon Of colOrless liquid may instantan-
eously produce well defined red OF blue
or yellow throughout the entire mass Of
the latter; and yet il may be less th,si the
hundredth part Of a grain Of some solid
substance in solution thai is made to
give such unmisfakable evidences Of its
presence.-J0WrHal Of Ctsmisfry.
Year: 1871

Its yearly sales are larger than those
of all other Sewing Machines combined.
This fact alone is the surest test of its
merit and superiority.


1t is an instrumental great versatility
in its operations. 1t will hem, fell braid,
cord gather, tuck more beautifully than
any other machine in use, without bast-
ing or any preparation of the work.
Year: 1871

It possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right--which enables the
operator tohandle thewerk more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carr,. the work from the operatorrequire
an ij.clination of the body forward (detri-
meatal to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use.
Year: 1871

A ONE and hal istory house, centrally located


n and in coed repair. Hard and soft water on the
premises This property will be sold at bargain if
applied for soon. Enquire at % Cedar st. mr9tf
Year: 1871

The Weather in This City Yesterday.


The following record Will show the changes In
the temperature for the past twenty -four hours ln
comparison with the corresponding day OF last year.
as Indicated By the thermometer at Hudnuts
Pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner OF Ann street,
Year: 1871

A Man Murdered at His own Request


Confession of the Murderess.


Some days since we gave an account of the
suicide, in house of bad character, of one
Daniel E. Heddep, q clerk in the paymaster's
department at Omaha. 1t now turns out that
the fatal shot. The following particulars are
from the Omaha Herald of April 49,


Last night, about o'clock, the woman who
calls herself Cora Clinton, whose name is fresh
in the public mind from her connection with the
late awful tragedy in this city, sent for Captain
ately in answer to the summons, accompanied
by Lieutenant Frank Schulter, also of the police.
Cora at once entered into conversation with the
two officers.


She told them that she had shot Hedden with
her own hand; that she wanted to be taken away
from ''this place" Captain butcher gave her
in charge of Lieutenant Shutter, who conducted
her to Jail. The city editor of this paper then
visited the jail. Cora then came out from her
cell, and was told that the reporters were pre-
sent and that If she had nothing to conceal she
had better relate the circumstances. She was
dressed in plain black, was pale, but did not
appear much agitated. Turning to us she said
-fI confess that killed him." We asked if
she meant Daniel Hedden, and she said, ''Yes.
She continued:-"He said he had taken lauda-
mum and asked me to shoot him. He wanted
that / should save his soul from the sin. l
thought that the pistol he had was the one he
usually carried and that is q seven-barrelled re-
volver. / intended to kill myself with the next
load. After l saw that there was no other load,
then threw down the pistol and ran out.


Cora is, when properly dressed, as she was
broad and full, and has an intelligent express
sion. She is capable of heroism. We asked her
why she sought to take her own life. She re-
piled, Because had killed him."