smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

It is said that the Ameri-
cans are the only nation who
sleep with their windows open
in their bedroom at night, all
other nations dreading the
night air as so much deadly
poison. .t.,,.y alt
Year: 1871

EIGHTEEN Of the thirty eight men
imprisoned in the West Pittston shaft,
which took fire on Saturday morning,
were suffocated in the mine. Hercu-
lancan efforts were made to rescue the
unhappy sufferers and at two o'clock
on Sunday afternoon, all the men we're
brought up but eighteen Of them we're
dead and the remainder asphyxiated.
The scenes about the mine are said to
be indescribable. The following il a
statement Of one Of the miners, Rob.
ert Cox, who was taken out alive:


We went in ut a.m. Ny brother Rob
ert cut through from one air-way to an
other aud turned on the gas, and six
miners came out with him before their
shaft was up. The air was SO bad they
could not work at all This was about ff-
teen minutes before The fire, and seven
miners came up to the top at five
minutes before the fire was dis
covered. The first intimation
We had of the fire was a
sound through the mine as if there
was an explosion. An English miner
said There is fire about fifty yards
from the bottom Of the shaft, in the west
side l then ran to the bottom Of the
shaft, and saw the fire coming down. Ran
back to my comrades and told them we
are all lost the shaft is on fire! We
were seven in all. We then ran to the
foot Of the shaft and burning timbers were
coming down. We threw Oh water and
put out the fire, but the smoke became so
intense that we were nearly suifocated.
Dense volumes poured down the shaft and
filed the place. We then ran over to the
west side in the direction of the river
bridge, down the slope and got in at door
with eleven Others, making eighteen alto
gether in that place. The smoke came
upon us SO badly that We gathered up
lot Of stuff from the tracks and plastered
the cracks of the door, and also stuffed
our coats in the holes, which stopped the
smoke for some time. We had time for
thought and reflection now. No one expect
ed to see daylight again; all believed it
second Avondale. We all sang hymns,
and prayed to God in His mercy to save
us, as We all felt doomed and beyond hui
man aid. We ran back and forth through
the gangways for fresh air. At Bis this
evening Patrick Farley groaned twice,
and was found dead when the men came in
the place after the fire. then went over
to the west side for my coat TO help 10
stop out the smoke, as VIC would be suffo.
Gated very soon. Men then passed carry
ing back their comrades who were dying
in their arms. More men were outside the
door crying out in distress and anguish
and calling upon God for succor. None
expected to come out alive.


The mules were kicking and neighing.
The boy told his father, while crying,
1--WE will come out safe and, If We must
die, let US die like men," The father and
son both came out alive. At 7:30 p. m.
became insensiblc, and remained so until
was brought out by my brother Robert,
about o'clock on Sunday morning. Cox
is an intelligent Irishman, aged about 20
wears.
Year: 1871

We publish this morning a very
full report Of the proceedings had in
the organization Of the House Of Rep
resentstives Of the FOrty-second Con-
gress. The vote in the election Of Off
GERS stood 126 Republican to SO Demo
cratic. Blaine and all the officers Of
the last Congress have been reelected.
The next movement Of interest viii
be the appointment Of committees by
the Speaker.
Year: 1871

however high the position they Oc-
cupy, here take occasion to say,
with the lights thus before US, we
would do so again.


The committee entered upon the
discharge of the duties imposed upon
them with a full determination that.
TO the best Of their ability, they would
vindicate the rights of the people; but
while they are ready and willing to
vindicate the peoples rights, they are
unwilling to prosecute this case fur
ther, when they have no grounds to
believe that they can, from any proof
within the knowledge or reach Of the
committee, prosecute this case to a
successful termination. In view of
the facts above stated, and the further
fact that the people demand at our
hands such relief as we are able to
give by legislation, the committee
would respectfully recommend the
adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That further proceedings
in the impeachment Of Powell Clay
ton be dispensed with, and that the
action of this House heretofore taken
be set aside and cancelled; that the
Senate be informed Of the action of
this House in the premises by the
Clerk Of the House, and that the Com
mittee as the Board Of Managers be
discharged.


C. B. NEAL,


CHARLES MINOR,


JOS A. MEEK.
Year: 1871

\ LESSON IL CoNvERsArIoN.-If If
our talk is toprosper, the subject of it
must be led up gradually, and, what is
more, naturally; the conversation
reaching it by easy stages, and as one
may say, in the course Of nature. And
this leading up, must, you are enifeated
TO remember, be the work of destiny,
and by no means brought about by you
who wish to profit by it. Next in mag
nitude to the fault Of dragging in your
subject neck and heels, is the error of
leading up to it yourselfin forced and
unnatural manner. You must wait for
your opportunity. Selfcontrol and pa
tience are as necessary to the attain
ment Of conversational, as of any other
distinction. You must be patient then,
but You must also be vigilant; com


bination Of qualities rare but indispen-
sable to those who would be great in
anything. You must be ready when
that opportunity which has been spoken
of does come, to seize it and hold ii fast


\ lou must hold your remarks, your de
scription, your story, or whatever it is,
in check, as skillful gillie does deer
hound, but you must be ready to let it
slip when the right moment comes. II
that moment is missed, your chance is
gone. Not the proverbial mutton, not
Queen Anne herself, are more utterly
dead ;han is a subject which has once
been disposed Of and dropped. You
can not revive it; to assert that such
a rcsuscitation is possible would be tc
mislead many unotiending and, per-
haps, deserving people. If a good
thing comes into your head after the
opportunity for letting it loose upor
society has gone by, the best thing you
can do is to gulp it down altogether o.
keep it by you, in case use for i
should come in the course Of time.


[ [CoyHIW Magazine.
Year: 1871

How many psrsons are there that 20
to bed at reasonable hour? MANY
Will sit up reading and conversing until
twelve, one or even two, o'clock at night.
This is kept up and finally becomes a
habit and when they do retire, cannot
sleep. They gradually loose flesh, be-
come dispeptic and debilitated; being
unable to account for this ehaciation,
they consult physician. Certain meds
icines are prescribed, and still the diff
Guilty exists. The medical adviser has
probably neglected to interrogate his
patient as to his habits, and he too, il
at a loss to know why his remedial
agents have not the proper salutary
effect. The patient now changes ply
sicians, and so he continues until from
exhaustion he is compelled to remain
IN bed, and nature regains ter grand
recuperatlve power of sleep; and the
patient apparently RECEIVERS for h few
months. when if the same habit is com
tinued, he relapses into his former cons
dition. Many persons will tell you
that they cannot go TO sleep if they go
to bed at nine or ten o'clock in the
evening, and this is true, when the hers
vous system has been abused; but
when persons retire at d seasonable
hour, they will soon fall asleep. and
one hours sleep before twelve o'clock
at night will do the system more good
than three hours after that time. Sit
ting up late at night impairs the eyes,
and destroys the complexion, which add
much misery to the life of young ladies.
Young men should bear in mind, when
they inAict their society on the fair sex
till late hour of night, that they can
leave when they feel inclined, but their
hostess is compelled to entertain them
during their visit -Medicdl Reporter.
Year: 1871

Ifa cat doth meet a cat upon d gar
den wall, and if a cat doth greet a cat,
oh, need they both to squall? Every
Tommy has his Tabby waiting on the
wall, yet he welcomes her approach by
an unearthly yawl. And if kitten
wish to court upon the garden wall,
why don't he sit and sweetly smile, and
not stand up and bawl, ard lift his
precious back up high, and show his
teeth and moan, as if 'twere collie more
than love that made that teller moan.
Year: 1871

Forever and ever the reddening leaves
Float TO the sodden grasses;
Forever and ever the shiyering trees
Cover and shrink to the chilling breeze
That sweeps from the tar-oiI sulien seas,
To wither them as it passes,
Forever and ever the low gray sky


Stoops over the sorrowful earthi
Forever and ever the steady rain
Falls on bare bleak hill and bauen plain,
And flashes on roof aud window pane,
And hisscs upon the earth.
Forever and ever the weary thoughts
Are tracing the self same track;
Forever and ever, to and fro,
On the old unchanging road they so,
Thro dreaming aud waking, ,lhro' JOY and


woe,


Calling the dead hours back.
Forever and ever the tired heart


Ponders o'er evil done;
Forever and ever through cloud and CLEAN
Tracing the course Of the strong life stream
And dreary and dull as the broken dream
Forever the rain rains on.
Year: 1871

THE WISE MAN.-The learned man
is only useful to the learned; the wise
man is equally useful to the wise and
the simple. The merely learned man
has not elevated his mind above that
of others; his judgments are not more
penetrating his remarks not more
delicate, nor his actions more beautiful
than those of others. 1t is wholly
different with the wise man; he moves
far above the common level; he OBJ
serves everything from a different point
of view. In his employments thee is
always an aim, in his views always
freedom, and all with him is above the
Year: 1871

Man has three kinds of friends on
earthj but, for the most part, he does
not know them well till the time when
he is called from this world in order to
give account of his conduct. The first
Of these friends, wealth and possessions,
remain behind; the second, his rela-
tions, accompany him only to the
grave, the third, his work of faith and
labor of love, follow him into eternity,
even to the throne of God, where they
will be recompensed each according to
his works, and even the cup of cold
water whiclis given to one who thirsts,
will not be unrewarded. How thought
lessly, then, does the man act who does
not concern himself in the least degree
about such true friends
Year: 1871

SUFFRAGE WITHOUT EDUCATION.
Horace Mann expresses the danger to
our government Of universal suffrage
without universal education as follows;


The human Imagination can picture
no semblance of the destructive po-
tency Of the ballot box in the hands
Of an ignorant and corrupt people.
The Roman cohorts were terrible; the
Turkish janizarios were incarnate
iiends; but each was powerless us a
child for harm compared to universal
suffrage without mental illumination
and moral principle. The power Of
casting a vote Is far moro formidable
than that Of casting d spear or javelin.


On one of these oft-rocurring days,
when the fate Of the State or the Union
is to be decided at the polls, when over
all the land the votes are falling thick
as hail, and we seem to hear them
rattle like the clangor of arms, is it
not enough to make a lover Of his
country turn pale to reflect upon the
motives under which they be given,
and the consequences to which they
may lead? By the votes Of few
wicked men, honorable men may be
hurled from office and miscrcants ele>
waited TO their places; useful Offices
abolished and sinocures created the
public wealth, which supported indus
try, squandered upon mercenaries
enterprise crippled; the hammer falling
from every hand; the wheel stopping
in every mill; the sail dropping to the
mast in every sea; and thus capital,
which had been honestly and labori-
ously accumulated, turued into dross.
In fine, the whole policy Of the govern
mcnt may be reversed and the social
condition of millions changed to CRAFTY
one mans grudge, or prejudice, or re-
81, nce. In word, if the votes which
'frhi 50 cUprj, sly into the ballot box or
our days of election v2sacate frcm wls'
counscls and loyalty to truth, raa93!
will descend like bencdictions from
heaven 10 bless the land and fill il with
Joy and gladncss, such as never have
been known upon the earth since the
days of paradise; but if, on the other
hand, those votes come from ignorance
and crime, the fire and birthstone that
were rained on SodCm and Gomorrah
would be more tolerable.
Year: 1871

A remarkable surgical case is res
ported at Sedalia, Missouri. George
Gardner, Of that place, had his foot
crushed on the railroad, and being too
much exhausted from the effect of the
injury to admit of amputation, it was
question of life or death to save the
ankle joint and to form a skin covering
for the crushed and mahgled stump.
This was done, it is related, by trahsS
planting or grating on the wounded
part from time to time a small portion
Of skin from another part of the body
Pieces of skin not SO large as grain
ofwheat were taken from the patients
arm and grated on the lacerated stump,
where they took root, as it we're, formed
nucleus for growth, and gradually
spread till the whole stirface was cum
pletely covered with a sound and new
integument of skin, and the young man
has good ankle joint and beautiful
stup. The surgeon in charge does not
claim to be the discoverer of this treat
ment, the credit ofwhich is due 10 a
celebrated surgeon of Paris. Bug the
present case is believed to be the n. At


~
clearly defined and eminently successful
treated in the United States, and as
such will undoubtedly excite much in>
terest in scientific circles.
Year: 1871

William Wirts letter to his daugh-
ter ON the "small sweet courtesies of
lite, contains passage from which a
great deal of happiness might be learn
ed; 81 want to tell you a secret. The
way to make yourself pleasant to others
is to show them 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 Cor them
by showing them what Stelne so hap
PLY called the small courtesies, in
which there is no parade, whose voice
too still to tease, and which manifest
themselves by tender and aileciionate
looks and little acts ofattenticn, giving
others the preference in every little
employment, at the table, in the field,
walking, sitting aud standing"
Year: 1871

TRUTH IN BRIEF. Anybody can
soil the reputation of any individual,
however pure and chaste, by uttering
suspicion that his enemies will believe
and his friends never hear of A puff
of the idle wind can take a million of
the seeds of a thistle, and do work
of mischief which the husband,man
must labor long to undo, the floating
particles being too fine to be seen, and
too light to be stopped. Such are the
seeds Of SANDER, so easily sown, so
difficult to be gathered up, and yet so
pernicious in their fruits. The SLAM
derer knows that many mind will
catch up the plague and become pois-
oned by his insinuations, without ever
seeking the antidote. No reputation
can refute a sneer, ne: any human skill
prevent mischief. y
Year: 1871

Such is the injustice of otr fallen
nature, that we are pleased with com
mendations which we know we do not
deserve; and court praise for abilities
and qualities which we are sure we do
not possess.
Year: 1871

Humboldt regarded Tie climate of
the Caspian Sea as the most salubrious
in the world. Here he found the most
delicious fruits that he saw during his
travels, and such was the purity of the
air that polished steele would not tar
nish even by night exposure,
Year: 1871

The finest quality in human being
is that nice sense of delicacy which
makes it impossible for him ever to be
an intruder or a bore. Those who
look for faults, find faults, and become
fault finders by professions but those
who look for truth and good, find that.
A little meditation on this sentence
would be profitable to all.
Year: 1871

CHARITY IS NOT SELFIsHNEss.- 1t
is not charity to give penny to the
street mendicant of whom nothing is
known, while we haggle with a poor
man, out Of employment, for misera-
BILE dime. 1t is not charity to beat down
a poor seamstress to starvation price /;
TO LET her sil in her wet clothes sewing
all day; to deduct from her pitiful re-
mmcration if the storm delays her
prompt arrival 1t is not charity to
take a poor relative into your family
and make her slave ofall your whims,
and taunt her continually with her de-
pendent situation. lis not charity to
turn man who is out of work into the
streets with his family, because he can
not pay his rent. 1t is not charity to
exact the utmost farthing from the
widow and orphan. 1t is not charity
to give with a supercilious air and pat
ronage as if God had made you, the
rich man, Of different blood from the
shivering recipient, whose only crime
is that he is poor 1t is not charity to
be an extortioncr-not though you be
STOW your aims bv the thousand
Year: 1871

WILMINGTON, August 25.--For two
days past we have had reports here that
yellow fever prevailed in Charleston. In
formation received to-day removes all
doubt as to its existence there, and, it is
feared, in epidemic form.


A letter, received this morning from one
OF the most prominent clergymen of
Charleston, states that a malignant type
OF yellow fever is there, and that the wri-
ter himself has seen four cases.


Information from many sources states
that the disease is there and that it is
thought to be spreading.


The city authorities OF Wilmington tel
egraphed to the mayor of Charleston for
Information, but have received no answer


Notwithstanding the above testimony,
the Char lesion papers of yesterday say that
the health Of that city was never better
than at the present time.
Year: 1871

upon the Louisiana division OF 226s miles from New
Orleans to the Sabine River. This will pr badly be
the most valuable portion OF the whole line as it will
be the only rail communication by which the enor-
nous productions of Texas can reach the Southern
metropolis.


So important is this road considered 10 Louisiana,
that the State has made very liberal grants in aid OF
the enterprise. by direct donations by endorsement
ofits bonds and by subscriptions to the stock OF the
Company, amounting in all to over eight million
dollars.
Year: 1871




Under this head, the New York Commer-
ciai Adcertiser, not very radical Republican
paper, gives utterance to some sentiments Is
hat are certainly worth remembering:


The weak side of the American people Is to
forget and forgive. 1t is true these are humane
virtues. Just now we are exhibiting them in
marked manner in regard to the late G. L.
Valiandigham. Our people seem TO forget
tnat during our civil war he was almost as
malignant traitor as d rebel in arms. We
nave only to read his own writings to know
that he desired the success of the rebel arms
lor MS outspoken treason he was arrested,
I9hVicted, and sent through the rebel lines.
nc liaue no concealment of his sympathy
WIN treason. In order that the South should
win, ne was willing to have the Union perish.


ne was Us much traitor as jeff Davis.
rms is descratlng the grave" will cry some
people OF morality. 1T is heartless to disturb
the ashes of the dead, cries another patriotic
hypOcrite. Death, we know, is expected to
covera multitude OF lsins, and Vallandigham
ought to be forgiven as repenting sinner.
That great and good man, Chief Justice
Chase, with one eve on the White House
and the other on the grave, will be shocked at
the idea OF calling Vallandigham traitor.
He believed him TO be one whe1 a member
OF Lincolns Cabinet, and assented TO the sem
tence that exiled him from Ohio, He did not
then expect Vallandigham's aid to secure him
the nomination for President. The other
day when he did desire his aid he ''soft-saw-
dered" him with Courageous patriot Moses
come to lead his party out of Egyptian dark
ness-"God bless you for it." This sort of
political cant is not what should be taught to
the young men of America. When Chief
justice canonizes treason, political morality
is at very low ebb.
Year: 1871

COOP LANGUAGE.--Young people should
acquire the habit of correct speaking and
writing, and abandon as early as possible
any use of slang words or phrases. The
longer you put this off, the more difficult
the requirement of correct language will
be; and if the golden age of youth, the
proper season for the acquisition of lam
guage, be passed in its abuse, the unfortu-
nate victim will most probably be doomed
to talk slang for life. You have merely to
use the language which you read, instead
of the slang you hear, to form taste in
agreement with the speakers and poets in
the country.
Year: 1871

IT is worthy of passing note that
Chief Justice Chase withdrew from the
Supreme Court Chamber yesterday, be,
fore that once august tribunal was stu!ti-
fed by the reversal of its matured decis-
ion through the instrumentality of Grants
partisan appointees. He could not en-
dure the humiliation of the hour.
Year: 1871

TIE New York Tribune confesses that
ga loss of five per cent. on the popular
vote beats" the Radicals in 1872. If the
passage Of the infamous sedition or Ku-
Klux bill and the refusal Of amnesty do
not do the work, then it viii be time to
lose fe;th in human nature.
Year: 1871

TIE Sultan of Turkey welcomes Grant
to the brotherhood of despots with the
gift of costly carpet on which our in
veterate smoker can recline and Whit the
weed with oriental nonchalance.
Year: 1871

The decrease in the public debt during
the past month is set down at six million
dollars. The sum embezzled by Radical
delinquent officials for the same period
was probably much mere. A--
Year: 1871

CaITICIsING NEwspApERs.-Itisa a very
easy matter to criticisc newspaper but
to publish a live one, so as to interest,
amusc, aud instruct the public is no small
undertaking. Those in this community
who are SO prone to find fault with every
little item which does not suit their criti-
cal and exalted ideas, should buy type,
ink, and paper. aud publish an organ Of
their own. Let them try it for three
months only, and if it don't give them
some new ideas of the newspaper business,
then we are no judge of human nature,
The conceit would be taken out of such
individuals so quickly that they would
hardly know what was the matter with
Them. or whether they stood on their heads
or feet.-Erchange.
Year: 1871

- The favorite son of President Grant
is in luck. At West Point he was educa.
ted at the expense of the people; and
now hc has gallavanting commission iu
the Army, with nothing to do but drink
whiskey, play draw. poker and flirt with
the girls. Not long since he had leave of
absence to engage in the employ of rail.
way company, drawing the pay from the
company and at the same time his regular
salary as an army officer. Now he is to be
sent to Europe, at Government expense,
to have little play.day and opportunities
for Irritation on the other side Of the water.
Like flea on dogs tail, he rides around
and pays nothing. Who would not be a
Presidents son--or the Presidents sons
father.