smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

contingency Of war. II is idle to ask. whers "a
il 70 beG Between whom! For what object.
or Oa what presensol These points Gro demon-
strated by recent experience to 10 past autieipe-
ton or conjecture. II can not be th0ughtat an
unlikely that the next quarter Of q century viii
be like the last quarter. neither better nor worse


neither more peaceful nor less, It may bo much
less fertile in dangers, and yet justify precaascn.


Had war proceeded only from one point Of The
political heavens during the last quarter ol
century, had It been merely a revolutionary var.
starting from one focus, with one spirit and one
aim, then it would bo The comparatively easy
duty Of the Great Powers to keep a ssesdfast
watch upon that one quarter Of the horizon. But
this can not be said now. for France herself.
whatever her faults and her follies. caa not bo
denied to have caught her fever BY infection from
her German neighbOrs. She saw fighting in
which others were winning glory. territory. aud
power, and yielded to that instructive rivalry
which even brute creatures exhibit in Ike crcum-
stances. Even justice can not bs done wiIhout
provoking desire. Bot all the Great Powers.
aud Powers risen to new greatness. have latterly
either gained or lost. either triumphed or suffered
disaster. In either case, and in any case. either
ambition or the thirst for vengeance has been
aroused They who hnd themselves advancing
will wish to realize their political progress; they
who know too we'll they have been driven back
ward in the great race win naturally desire to
repair the damage. Every nation in Europe has
politicians who want a turn OF affairs, soldiers
who want opportunities, whole el=sses ready to
welcome any general movement that would help
them to break their letters and shift their bur
dens, and give them one more start in life Com
merce and prosperity are found to do as little to
secure Us against war as heavily-laden hssts to
keep down the rising of the wind and sea The
German Emperors while they have, doubtless.
had to think q little Of each other, and good
deal Of France, have really most legitimate and
sufficient task before them in the preservation OF
that Peace for which they, above all Others, have
become answerable. We look to those who
actually hold the gates Of war in their hands.
No doubt it is the FIRST, if not the only object Of
these interviews to secure for Europe a needed
respite from blOOdshed and destruction. We
must wish our Peaeemakers every possible sue
cess ulisgiving, Of course, will present itself.
Whether we wish it or not, We may find ourselves
reverting to war Of principles The new Al
lance, if it act at ALL viii have to act not 80 much
against one State or another as against the old
revolutionary demons Of oar nursery days. A
European Alliance can hardly fail to be monarch
ical and aristOcratie. The Holy Alliance aimed
at vast dead more than it could do or ever did;
this Alliance may accomplish more than it in
tends
Year: 1871

DOcIoNs Sept. ~, ASt4.


The summer now closing is likely to be long
held in unhappy remembrance as a season Of
disasters, In all parts Of the country, on the
water and on the land, accidents have taken place
in quick succession. Lives have been destroyed
BY The score or even hundred and with accom-
panying circumstances of peculiar horror. The
public mind seems now thoroughly aroused to
demand more careful protection for travellers.
There are means Of guarding against many Of
these accidents. No! a few Of the worst rail-
road disasters might have been prevented by the
adoption Of brake used on the Pacific and many
other Western roads. 1t may be instantaneously
applied by the engineer, aud will bring train
running thirty miles an boar 10 stand within
its own length, Pecuniary interests, il nothing
else. will exact moro care on the part Of great
corporations. BY the collision which took place
on the Eastern railroad near this city short time
since, the Company los; in a single moment a
hal; million Of dollars, most Of the sum going as
damages to the sufferers, Was there ever
people 50 reckless of life rs the Americans
They seem not only to have feeble instinct Of
self-preseFyation. but to lack the sentiment Of
honor which aetua,ed the witty Frenchman who,
in excuse for something that looked very ike
eowardice. said that he felt bound TO take good
care OF his life. for it was present to him.
While on the subject of railroads mention should
be made Of the
Year: 1871

o men, I will tell you story.


g Once there was q young man, and he
had a young wife and a young child,
and small purse, and no house at all.
So he found a secluded place where they
could board, and yet be quiet by them
selves Thus his wife was free from the
cares of housekeeping, and had nothing


to do but tend her baby. But this young


man inspired with wisdom from above
-or with the instincts Of a long line of
lFentlemen, which amounts to the same
| thing within himself it is too
much for a womanitO be constantly with
a. baby. Patience and nerve cannot
stand it, She needs variety and free
DOM So he committee what ninety
nine nnen--anda women 4tOO-Out of a
hundred would call objectionable eX-


travagauos. With a small salary, with
cut household cares, he exercised the
most rigid personal economy, but-kept


a Tufse to help his wife take care Of the
baby. -i.ETE .nau


What is the result?


Well, they have been married a doz-


en- years, and have, should think,
about six dozen children. AT least, the


moment you step one foot in the front
entry children swarm over the balusteTs
"


can hardly tell whether it is because
there are so many of them or there is so
much of what there are. But the moth


er of the whole brood is, at this moment


a healthy, happy, handsome, charming


woman; as dignified as a queen, as


fresh and merry as a girl, and just as
| fondIy and foolishly and-if you will


pardon the Word-spoonily in love with
/ her husband as she was the day she
married him. And he is as deep in the


mud as she is in the mire. They be-
have perfectly well in company, and a


stranger might be with them a great


while and not suspect the state of things;


but once you get familiar with the house
and YOU are constantly in danger Of sur
/ prising them making love to each other
| in sly corners, and you have to put on


as much blindness and deafness as if


they were engaged only last week.
Let alone that a happy home has
y given Them such light hearts and clear
i brains that they have feared like Solo
4 mon, and received not only the happi-


ness they asked for, but the richness and
4 honor which they did not ask for.
Il Go thou and do likewise.
Year: 1871

Which will you dO-smile and make
your household happy, or be crabbid,
and make ali of those young ones gloomy
and the elder ones miserables The
amount of happiness you can produce
Is incalculable if you show a smiling
face, a kind heart, and speak pleasant
words. Wear pleasant cOuntenance,
let joy beam in your eyes and love glow
on your forehead. There is no joy like
that which springs from a kind act or a
pleasant deed; and you will feel it at
night when you rise, and through the
day when about your business.
Year: 1871

and be tormented by our own burning
passions and by our fellow devils, and
suffer unspeakable anguish; and yet we
would prefer that devilish state to heav-
en-, just as the human devils in this
world prefer their horrible life and sur
roundings to the society of good Chris
tians.


Reporter-I understand how it must
naturally be as you say; but I do not
see where the punishment which God
! inf1icts on sinners for the sins they COM
mitted in this world comes in.
Year: 1871

Hitchcock-Very well; then how can it
contribute to your peace of mind to see
and believe that if you go to hell from
the world of spirits, it will be because
you will have become so vile and loath-
some in all the attributes Of your spirit
uaI nature that you will prefer the soci-
ETY. of devils to that of angels, and the
wickedness and corruption of hell to the
purity and holiness of heaven?
Year: 1871

II is rlmorcd that some Of the Committee Of
Seventy particularly dislike the pressure secretly cx"red
by the Ring men have Mayor Hall appoint Judge Car
dozos Gratz referee BXby to the position OF TWEED
in the Department Of Public Works. The Mayor has sig
n1ed hs Willingness to regard the wishes OF the people
in this matter and to appoint man acceptable to the
Reformcrs David NJ. KOcler, member OF the Produce
Exchange and u very popular man in tho Eighteenth,
Nineteenth and Twenty first Wards has been urged tO


Ill that position by Of the Committee Of Seventy
who SAY that his labors and his liberal contributions in
the late campaign cntitle him 10 recognition for
vices rendered The Germans also favor koehe for this
position.
Year: 1871

THE POPULAR COMMOTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY.


BRUSSELS, Tuesday, Nov. %, 1871.
The agitation against the Ministry is una
bated Petitions to the King for the dismissal OF tho
Ministers pouring in from all points OF tho country
An immense Of people s assembled in front OF the
Paais de Ia Nation The appearance Of the multitude Is
threatening; but q strong force Of troops Is ON the
ground and although they do not attempt to disperse
tho crowd they In preventing vio-
lencc persons destruction Of property. Cries or
"Rcsign resgnw are heard on every side OF the pal
ace The temper Of the people is dangerous and the Sit
uaton critical The impression is that the ministers will
yield and tender their designations to the King.
Year: 1871

The CRUST OF THE EARTH. If we bury
Il thermometer fifty feet below The sur.
face Of the earth, the mercury will re-
main ut the same point the year round, in
winter and in summer, showing that the
influence of The sun does not reach below
that depth. If we carry the thermome.
ter fifty feet lower, the mercury will rise
one degree, and will rise in the same
ratio fol every fifty feet I've 20 down. 1t
can be easily calculated at what depth all
known substances will melt. This would
not exceed fifty miles. 1t will thus be
seen that the crust or solid part of the
earth is exceedingly thin, in proportion
to the diameter; not SO thick rs an egg
shell, in proportion 10 the size Of the egg.
With crust so thin. constantly cooling,
and producing pressure upon the inter-
nal masses, it is not strange that the bed
OF oceans should be elevated in single
day, and whole cities have been sunk in
the same space Of time. The side of a
volcanic mountain once bloke away, and
the livid masses flowed out, forming a
river twelve miles wide, which in its
course, melted down six hills 900 leet
high. filling up valleys 600 feet deep. and
spreading over surface OF LOO square
miles.
Year: 1871

Says the Scdala (Mo) Times: The
case Of George Gardner, OF this city,
who, rs our readers may remember. had
his fool crushed on the NJ, X. & T. X. r.,
some time since, has given rise to an ex.
pertinent and result in surgery OF great
interest to the profession and destined to
command the attention of scientific read.
ers everywhere. 4 report OF the case will
doubtless find its way to The medical jour.
nails but we may without impropriety
give al outline of the experiment.


1t has always been difficult to cause
the healing of wounds where any large
surface of skin was gone, rs nothing but
skin will produce new skin and this only
for hort distance (less than an inch,)
round the margin. Hence in making
amputatons it has always been consider
ed necessary to preserve flap of skin
to told over the exposed end of the limb
in order to form covering OF skin and II
good "slump." But in Gardner's case
the patient was too weak 10 admit OF
amputaton and it was question of life
or death to save the ankle joint and to
form skin covering for the crushed and
mangled stump.


This was done by a wonderful process.
viz: by transplanting or grating on the
wounded part from time to time small
portion of the skin from another part of
the body Pieces Of skin not so large
as 4 grain OF wheat were taken from the
patients arm aud grated on the lacera
ted stump where they took root, Is il
we've, formed nucleus for g:owth AMI
gradually spread till The whole surface
was completely covered with i sound
and new integument OF skin, and The
young man has good ankle Joint and II
beautiful stump. The surgeon in charge
| (whose name we are not at Liberty 10
use does not claim TO be the discoverer
of this treatment, the credit of which is
due to celebrated surgeon of Paris-M.
Reverdin, we believe. But the present
case is believed to be the most clearly
defined and eminently successful one yet
treated in the United States. and snch as
will undoubtedly excite much interest in
scientific circles.
Year: 1871

rs to the best way of choosing one from
so many, and said he:


Boys, only want one, and here are
n great many; how shall | choose"


After thinking moment. he invited
them all into the yard, and driving nail
into one of the large trees, and taking
a short stick, he told them the boy who
could hit the nail with a stick standing
little distance from the tree should
have the place. The boys all tried hard.
and after three trials each, signally failed
10 hit the nail The boys were told 10 come
again the next morning. and this time,
when the gate was opened, there was
but one boy, who, after being admitted.
picked up the stick, and throwing it
at the nail hit it every time.


"lIow is this ?" said the oversecr.-
"What have You been DOING


And the boy looking mp with tears in
his eyes said:


lyon see, sir, have poor old moth
er, and | am a poor boy. have no
father, sir, and thought should like to
get The place, and so help her all | can
and after going home yesterday, / drove
nail into the barn, and have been try
ing 10 hit il ever since, and | have come
down this morning TO Try again"


The boy was admitted TO the place.
Many years have passed since then, and
this boy is now prosperous and wealthy
man, and at the time OF the accident at
the Pembcrton Mill he was the first to
step forward with gift OF one thousand
dollars TO relieve the sufferers. His
|
Year: 1871

AT recent Sunday school concert in
an Eastern city, an anecdote was related
TO the children, which is too good to be lost
One ot the corporations of the city being
in want of boy in their mill, piece ol
paper was tackled on one of the posts,
in prominent place. so that the boys
could see it as they passed. The paper
read;


boy Wanted--call at this Office to.
morrow morning"


At the time indicated. host of boys
were at the gate. All were admitted,
but the overseer was a little perplexc,I
Year: 1871

Situated on the confines of the city. near
the swamp, on st. Andrew street. This
school bids fair to attain the same pros
perity of the Keller institution, of which it
sisted of the usual melange, in which music
ana oratory was blended, and from the
evidences of careful training the future of
the school is destined TO be auspicious.


The following are the statistics of the
school:
Year: 1871

WE would call the attention OF our
country friends who want to get good
pictures to call on j. J. Thomas, who has
a very pleasant gallery on Commercial
avenue for their accommodation, and is
really the best artist we haye had in Cairo
for long time. II
Year: 1871

comes free man indeed, educated and en-


lightened in the principles of the govern


nent, when he cannot be held, as
now, under the thumb of his present polit-
ical owner. Then, of coursc he will vote
the democratic ticket, and not till then.
We know there are exceptions to this rule
an@ that number of the more enlightened
anu honest colored men of Cairo vote the
democratic ticket, and the number is daily
increasing. But whether he is in or out
Of the democratic party, we wish to give
the negro a fair chance in the race Of life.
We wish to have him educated, and be-
lieve he should be allowed every oppor-
tunity to labor for his daily bread-to be-
come an element in American society that
will aid the white man in pushing the
country forward to prosperity. And
all democrats desire this result.
But it will never be obtained
If the negroes become pro-
fcssiOnal pot house politicians and chronic
oftice-seckers; and they should teach
themselves this fact. 1t will be of great
benef, to them if they should learn it, and
profit by it,
Year: 1871

cd after the Italian. In ABOUT an hour al
ter the party in charge Of the wagon
started forward after the Italian and


found Bsebs on the roadside, about one
mile from the Mississippi on what 10 call
cd the Potts road. Suspicion immediate
ly fell on the italian, and on this informa-
tion he was arrested. The chief searched
him but did not and any property
on his person that could be
identified as that stolen from Bosbe. He
then took his prisoner into the presence Of
the wounded man who stated that the


italian was not the man who had assaulted


him-thst younger man had struck


him. Besbe is In dangerous condition,


and has only a confused recollection OF


the attack that was made upon him. The


affair is still involved in mystery.


| "A radical correspondent of tho Sun


says the democrats OF Alexander county


know they must have the colored vote


and are playing sharp game to get 1t
The democrats OF Alxsnder county do no,
need the negro vote TO elect their ticket
We can get along without ono vote cas-,
by a colored hand, and We do not propose


to worry ourselves about the way tn,
man and brother may vote Weknow he
: isyet too deeply stepped in pref udico-toc
= ignorant Of his own interest--too child
y like and bland in the presence Of his mas
ter, the white radical politician--too COW
u iardly--to break away from the pressure


which holds him IN the :rsdical traces
n and We propose 70 wait awhile until he b
Year: 1871

The talkative blonde of the late Press
Convention, shortly before the close of
the session, rose to a personal explana-
ton, and in his remarks betrayed rea-
son for antagonism to Governor War
moth, in which not few of the ''hungry
boys" from the country seemed to sympa-
thize


In his sweetly plaintive and slightly
nasal tones the gentlema explained"
that he came to New Orleans with his
''little bill" for printing the laws in his
valuable Journal the-well no matter
what; that the laborer was worthy of his
hire, and this especial laborer was deuc-
edly "hard up" that, taking Senator Sy-
pher to back him, he had his bill sub
mitted to Governor Warmoth, but to his
amazement and disgust the latter declined
to afix his autograph on the trivial pre-
text that he was estopped by decision
of the Supreme Court


He further explained that feeling out
ragged and impecunious, he applied to
the courts for relief, but there, in viola
ton of all principle, the Governor was
sustained, and, to use his own expression,
instead of getting justice, I was sucked
in =


Is not this good ground for impeaching
his excellency? Can such despotism be
longer tolerated? Is the country safe
when ''little bills" are thus contemptu-
ously treated? Is not this substantial
cause for launching whole columns of
abuse of the State administration upon
the dozen of readers of the Hogwallow
Slop Bowl?


But there was one amusing statement
to offset this very serious phase of the
gentleman's explanation" For some
reason he suspected that his attorney had
not dealt fairly with him, and explained,
much to the edifcation of the convention
and the outside audience, that he had
agreed to pay the suspected legal gentle
man one hundred dollars, provided he
won the case, but, as it had gone adverse
ly, he felt greatly inclined to make the
lawyer pay the COSTS"
Year: 1871

The general dullness is not without its
occasional relief, and though no great
sales are reported yet the street is not de-
void of its little excitements


The registration of State warrants, so
that the "frst come first served" princl-
pie might be carried out, commenced on
Thursday, and by Friday noon it was
noised about that over million of these
securities had been numbered in the
Auditors Office, which had been crowded
to suffocation Immediately on the pro-
mitigation of Judge Dibbles decision.
From this judgment it seems doubtful
that an appeal will be taken, the parties
who applied for an injunction seeming to
acquiesce, though the injunctions were
refused. 1t is held that the Auditor can
make no distinction in warrants, except
to pay them in the order in which they
Year: 1871

Cundurango is plant native to South
America, and which has lately obtained
extended reputation as a curative for
cancer Its virtues were heralded from
one extremity of the civilized world to
the other within a very short time, and
inquiries as to how it could be obtained
were addressed in volumes to the State
Department at Washington, through
which the first announcement of the ex-
traordinary qualities of this plant was
made. And not without reason, for the
remedy was not advertised as specula-
ton, but was simply reported as an anti
dote to the most terrible disease known
to the human system. AS cundurango
grows wild and in great profusion in
South America, it will never be possible
to speculate upon it any more than upon
Peruvian bark, for the world can gather
it when the demand is extravagantly re-
munerative. Its virtues were not pub
lished by any doctor, nor was the remedy
advertised for sale by any agent, but the
public was informed in all particulars
about cundurango by one of those COM
Year: 1871

A New York Herald letter tells how Gen.
seral Halsted came by the name pet
" When a child, the murdered man was
called by his aunt Mrs. Blight, then Miss
Hatfield, pet The title stuck to him
? through youth, and when he attained his
majority he declared he would knock down
the first man who called him Pet He got
tired of knocking down, and told his
mother he supposed he would have to bear
with it. His family thought it appropriate
70 place it oa his e94R
Year: 1871

If we are not authorized, we should
be, to return the thanks of the late Re
publican Press Convention for the genu-
inc forbearance with which its proceed
ings were treated by the Democratic
journals Of New Orleans. Nothing but
sympathy for an erring brotherhood can
explain the silence which left untold the
mistakes and follies of the recent con-
Yention.
Year: 1871

mercial agents which the United States
sends into all countries for the purposes
of trade, and to secure valuable informa-
ton.


Some doubt having been cast upon the
reality of the discovery and some sus-
picions having been urged that the State
Department at Washington was allowing
itself to be used in the interest of newly
discovered medicine, Vice President Col
fax has responded in favor of the plant,
and in such way that no one will hardly
question its medicinal virtues hereafter.
Mr.. Colfax says that his mother was hope
lessly stricken with cancer which was
violent and active, threatening to destroy
her life in very short time. No remedy
could be found to arrest its growth until
cundurango was applied. In four days
signs of improvement were visible, and
at the end of nine days the patient per-
ceived that the disease is going away.
How it cures is as difficult to explain,
says the Vice President, as to tell why
Peruvian bark cures chills. 1t has quality
that separates the blood form the poison
which creates cancer. The patient in this
case is now almost completely restored,
although she has not taken the remedy in
full degree, owing to its scarcity.


The government of the United States
has dispatched an order to South America
for a supply of this remedy, and when it
arrives we have no doubt measures. will be
taken to place it within the reach Of all
at reasonable rates. In the meantime it
will be well to remember that there is
none in the country, and that any medi-
cine which may be advertised as cundu-
range, the new cure for cancer, will
simply be fraud upon the public.
Year: 1871

Naval Officer A. H. Latin, OF New York.
indicted by the grand jury on the charge of
perjury, had a trial before the Circuit Court
at Herkimer, New York, on July s. The
evidence for the defence was conclusive,
and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty
without leaving the courtroom.