smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

Atmospheric currents are common
ly attributed to the combined effects
of heat, and the rotation of the earth.
Air rises in the warmer Iatitudes, and
colder currents set in from the North
and South latitude to fill the gap.
But as these cold currents have par
taken of slower rate Of rotation than
prevails nearer the Equator, they are
too sluggish for the faster regions and
therefore the earth's surface slips I'M
der them, so as to give the impression
of wind flowing from the East to the
West, very much on the principle of
the wind raised by fastgoing Iocomo-
tive. If this is a true explanation of
the trade winds, it is somewhat diff


cult to understand how a ship can
make westing by them any more than
the locomotive can get blown back
wards by the wind it raises. It is
now asserted that the heat of the
warm districts has very little to do
with the atmospheric current, and
that there is a dominant and primary
movement of the whole atmosphere
around the globe from West to East.
Subordinate currents are produced by
local causes on the surface, but the
great westerly current prevails still in
the higher parts of the atmosphere
over these, and it is the fundamental
movement to be recognized in all
study Of the winds. This is very i'm
pOrtant if true. AS no terrestrial cause
can le supposed for such a universal
movement of the atmosphere, 1t is
referred to celestial influences.
Year: 1871




NOVEL SUBSTITUTE FOR GUTTA
PERCHA.-A singular marine plant is
washed upon the shores in the vicini-
ty of the Cape of Good Hope, South


Africa, which has come into conside-
rable use as a substitute TOR gutta per-
cha and similar substances, in the
manufacture of fancy articles, such as
canes, picture frames, inlaid work,


etc. 1t is of dark color, and when
fresh, it is thick and fleshy; but when
it is dried it becomes compact, and its
surface looks like a beautifully grain
ed deer's horn. After it becomes dry
and hard, it can be rendered soft again


by sleeping in water, and in this con-
ditiOn it may be stretch and formed


into various shapes. 1t can also be
reduced, when dry, to powder, then


made plastic by soaking in water, and
in this condition it may be struck into
almost any shape in a die press-cOm-
ing out of the moids like articles
formed of gutta percha. The plant
is prepared for its Industrial uses by
cleaning it first with weak caustic al
kali, and then with dilute sulphuric
acid, after which it is washed, and
before it is quite dry it may be pressed
into sheets or any other form. 1t
then may be rendered very hard by
STEPPING it in hot solution of alum,
after which it is removed to a hot
room, where it is dried, and retains its
shape afterward. Reduced to powder,
it may also be mixed with various
substances, like india rubber, and
nodded into a great variety of articles.
Year: 1871

The table is instructive, because it
shows how futile have been all the at
tempts made by the South since the
war to encourage immigration, and
how useless it is for us TO 90 ON so.


There is in the mind ofthe emigra-
Year: 1871

EARLY ISTPREssIoNs.-Go to
brick yard and take a brick, freshly
moulded, and press a leaf upon it 4; a
gentle pressure of the finger will
suffice. Yet subject that brick to the
kiln, and it viii come baca with the
inefiaceable. Build IL in
to a house, and you may see ii across
tile street. The childs mind is the
moist brick. Delay not to bring the
truth of God into contact with it.
Under his blessing and beautiful
impression will last eternallv.
Year: 1871

No. q PINE-sT.


offer for sale at 20 per cent and accrued interest in
rency, and recommend as an investment of the most
undOubted character, the 7 Per Cent Bonds of the
GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY.
They have so years to run, principal and interest
payable in gold, coupon registered interest Octo-
Der and April. They are secured by first mortgage
220 miles of finished road and 100 miles more in
progress, and on a Land Grant of million one
hundred and siTty thousand acres Of lumber land IN
Northern Michigan. The road extends from Fort
Wayne where it connects with the extensive system
of roads centering at that point, northerly, and
having been finished through the rich agricultural
region of Southern and Central Michigan has now
penetrated the Land Grant. The lands have been
recently put upon the market, and are being rapidly
sold By the terms of the mortgage the proceeds or
the land must be invested by the Trustees III the
purchase of the Bonds. which insures their constant
rc-purchase from the holders This Land Grant IS
estimated to he worth $12,1O0.0ou and is probably
more available for immediate sale than any other
Land Grant ever made TO any company. The whole
issue is Fl ght Million Dollars, Of which more than
six millions have been disposed Of This road Is run
as a connection of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and has the powerful support of those companies
and their numerous affiliated lines. These Bonds
have been sold in large lines to the most prudent in
VeStOTS.
Year: 1871

: Two or three bills looking to the


abolition Of tho INCOME tax have al.


ready been introduced in Ccr.grcss-


prompt recognition Of the general


and impatient public sentiment which
demands the repeal Of this linguistic
rial and odious tax. The sentiment
of the last Congress was strongly in
the samo direction, and the measure


was only defeated by the rarliamcn
tary devices Of tho minority in oppo,
sition. Through the influence of n
few dissatisfied members, the House
failed to pass the Senate measure, on
the plea that the action of the Senate
should have first originated in the
House, because it provided for the
raising of money. The popular de-
mand that straightforward Legislation
shall be had upon the subject cannot
be much longer resisted. The, state
mont of the Secretary of the Treasu.
ry that it is practicable to dispense
with all internal taxes except those
on spirituous, vlnous and malt Ii
quors tobacco and stamps; and still
secure revenue of hundred and
ten millions of dollars from internal
taxation alone, is IN important move.
ment towards tho abolition of this
tax, as is also the suggestion of the
President in his message to the same
effect as tho statement Of Secretary
Boutwell,. 1t is to be hoped, thero-
foro, that thcro will be no more par
liamentary finessoing to avoid the re.
mova of an inquisitorial and unnc-
cessary burden, and ono which has
caused such grevious complaint
Dal. San.
Year: 1871

Many years ago Major Stone, of the
Fifteenth British llussars, then sta.
toned in India, had gold watch and
chain stolen from his drawing room


table. Collecting all The native SER
wants of whom he had any suspicion
together, and making them j,in hands
he told them that presently his God
would give them u shock which
would, however, be harmless to ali
but the culprit but thot il ho wcro
among them he would il about an
hour turn green and silently die.
The black fellows grinncd incredu-
lousy, when the wires of very pow
erful battery, prepared and conceal
ed beneath the table, were brought it
contact with the two end men. Sc
severe was the shock that thrco of
them fell to the ground. Tho Major
then remarked that if the guilty one
came to him within half an hour he
would apply an antidote that would
save his life. The effect of the shock
upon the imagination of the supcrsti-
tious thief was so great rs to induce
belief in the prospect of turning green
and dying, and ho soon came, watch
and chain in hand, to beg for mercy
and the an.idotc.
Year: 1871

Leading Republicans in Washing.
Ton, says tho Patriot, attribute their
defeat in Texas to bad roads. Hay.
ing only four days in which to trans
port their voters from one precinct to
another, they arc unable to vote often
enough to win. II the election had
lasted another week, they would have
shown different result but four
days were too short, especially as
military transportation is notoriously
slow.
Year: 1871

How many persons die who know
but little of love except through their
intellectual powers Love is the
crowning grace Of humanity, and the
golden link which binds one fond
heart to another. When love pre-
sides, the restless fea-s of many
slecplcss nights are forgotten in a
"pcacc which the world can neither
give no: take away" Coleridgc
describes love as an absorption Of telf
in an idea dtarer than self. When
one is disappointed in love, and if tho
disappointment and pain is 30 great
he can shift his own abode ut will,
and taking as it were tho wings Of the
morning and "ny to the uttermost
parts OF the earth and be at rest"
When woman loves tondcrly and
loses the object of her affections, she
never participates in the pleasures of
the world, and her sl,imbGrs arc bro.
ken by melancholy dreams, and econ
he sinks into an untimely grave, mono
knowing the cause which has blighted
her happiness but this should never
be the case, "for it Is better to have
loved and lost than never to have
loved at ALL" Woman was mado to
be loved, and it is nothing moro than
natural that she should expect to be
. in every instance, for she was given
to q man as an be- lpmate, and it is his
duty to protect and provide for her. a
true woman can never love manwhUm
She knows to be idle and lover Of
intoxicating drinks. "Wo should
never marry whom We cannot love,
and, never love whom we cannot hoh-
Or" if We do all our future happiness
will be blasted, and when "poverty
comes in at the door love will fly out
the Window" When tho young meet
together all formality must be thrown
aside, and friendship is kindled into
warmer feeling, and soon love is
generated for under whatever cir
cumstanccs human nature is placed,
it will be human nature still. "Na.
tural love only is blind spiritual
love dwc'ls with wisdom,' and it is
here where love exists, for they only
love truly who love wisely.


Glove is passion so divine,


ccartion makes it less;


'Tis what We feel hut can't define


'Tis what we know but can't exprcss.'
Year: 1871

The first shock of winter tells tremendously upon
enfeebled systems Every knows that in
passing from warm region to a cold one or rice
versa, the body requires protection against epi-
denies, an acclimating medicine. All travellers and
voyagers admit this tits equally necessary to acc-
mate the system in passing the confines of one sea-
son and entering upon another Autumn is gone and
winter is here Prepare the frame aud the consitu-
tion to meet the change by course of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. This inestimable vegetable tonic
increases the stamina strength of those who take it.
and renders them proof to great extent against the
devitalizipg power of cold and damp. These two
agents prolific of disease as tropical heat and
animal vigor-such vigor this healthful and pure
tonic diffuses through the whole organization-is
repelant which they cannot master. large propor-
tion of the cods catarrhs and pulmonary complaints
which prevail in winter, might be avoided, by
Strengthening and regulating the system in advance
with this invigorant and alternative. Not that it is
recommended as specific for those complaints, but
1t is not only preventive of but specific for the in
digestion, intestinal Irregularities maarous evers
bilious attacks, and nervous affection, superinduced
by chilly and damp atmosphere
Year: 1871

WE have received note from Col Drew,
Secretary OF State, saying that there was no
occasion for him to sign the E. & N. A. r. r.
deed; but if he had been called on so to do he
would have taken time to examine it, as it was
the practice in his department to read paper
before attaching the State SEAL
Year: 1871

In an action of trespass for assault and in
jury, tried before the Supreme Judicial Court
claimed So, 900 damages for being struck on the
head with with hammer. The jury returned
a verdict of one cent damages.


Ten divorces wore granted last week in the
S. J. Court for Knox county. Eight of the pc
titioners were the wives.


The Free Press says Mr. Silas Kalloch the
faithful driver of the Eastern Express in Rock
land, was thrown from his wagon Saturday
evening at the railroad depot, and suffered a
broken shoulder and bruises about his head. "
Year: 1871

1t is estimated that seven hundred
and fifty lives were lost in the late tor
nado of fire that swept over the up
per portions of Michigan and WIS 0n-
sin. The loss of property was COZ sid
erably over three million dollars
Year: 1871

1t is not at all improbable that Gen.
Hancock will be a prominent car'di-
date for the Democratic nomination
for next President, provided there is
enough of Democratic panty left in
1872 to make nomination.
Year: 1871

A Boston teacher asked new
scholar who made the glorious uni
verse, but the boy couldn't tell; so
the teacher got a raw hide, and told
the boy that If he didn't tell he would
whip him. The boy looked at the
whip and smveled out Please, sir,
l made it, but | won'+ do it again y
The teacher tainted
Year: 1871

The recent Buchanizing performlnc of the
Washington administration upon Nj. Sumner,
the disastrous rout of the radical party in New
Hampshire. the hosting of the Jacobin military
scheme to control elections in the south, the
rumblings of discomfort and the .orebodings of
general disaster to radicalism that are beginning
to appear "all arsund the sky" seem to have
produced a painful state Of decentralization in
the radical discipline.


The scene in the Washington house of repre-
ssnsatives, yesterday, was disgraceful, but re-
freshing, nevertheless. For the first time in
years, the cock-eyed Marlplot from Massachu.
sets was brought into submission to the pro-
cess OF having his hide taken off. The opera
ton was evidently performed with skill, and
ability, and thoroughness. And that the opera
tor was afterward subjected to the same process
did not lessen the interest of the occasion. 1t
was only another phase Of the outbreak of fam
lily quarrel in which the country must profit BY
whatsver punishment either faction may be able
to administer to the other. 1t is n falling out
among political rogues that have arrived near to
the gallows, and are diagreed as to which vii
lain shall be hanged first
Year: 1871

SATISFACTORILY ANSWERED. We asked
our neighbor how he stood on the subsidy
question, and last week he answered that he
was "subsidy." This answer was very
clear to us, though it was mixed up and
served with heterogeneous mass of stuff,
and highly scented and deceptively favored
so as to conceal the poison from the more
careless reader. There was no occasion for
our neighbor to ask for authority to announce
himself in ravor of allowing mere majcrities
to vote the property of the minority into the
pockets Of monopolists, as that sentiment is
in exact harmony with every person we ever
supposed had right to attempt to control
his editorials. We are sorry that our neigh
Dor felt hurt because we cannot believe that
he is as free to denounce the railroad schemers
and plunderers as we are, but with a full,
or very general knowledge of all the trans
actions relating to the ow lership and control
of the Stripes off ,e from the m, Bogg,
sold it down TO the presen, time, we canno.
90 think or say. We would have no OBJ
j,ctons to giving the evidence upon which
we found our belief if it was demanded
even to naming the parties who would most
unquestionably have to coroborate our ideas
if placed under oath. We are pleased at
our neighbors subsidy answer, even adulter-
ated as il is, as it will enable each of us
to know where the Otl er stands upon these
plundering subsidy schemes.
Year: 1871

FOR SUPREME JUDGE.-We are pleased to learn
that j. ". Armstrong, formerly Of this place, but
now OF Sacramento, will be candidate before the
Democratic Convention for the nomination for
Judge oi the supreme Court. He is tried
Democrat and an able lawyer and if elected Wi
do honor to himself, and credit to the State. and
We, with a host OF friends in this county. will be
glad to have an opportunity to vote for him -
Amador Dispatch.


We learn from members of the bar of Sac
ramento that Mr. Armstrong il deserving OF
the above compliment, and would make a
most excellent and able judge.
Year: 1871

APoLoGY.-The editor of this paper has
been confined to his house for the past week
under medical care, and 80 unwell as to be
on bis back most of the time, and although
the editorial matter is all from his pen, be
feels that he must ask the subscribers to ex-
cuse any lack of interest the columns of the
HERALD may betray in this issue The
mind is willing, but the body weak.
Year: 1871

WILL You Be Our To-SIGHT.--To listen
sos lecture on 9 matter of fact subject is
not always strictly amusing. Neither is i,
always . psstime to deliver suoh lecture.
Tonight Mr.. BsbOOck proposes to address
our oitlzens on the manufacturing future OF
Rock Island, and will endeavor TO point out
certain measures calculated to secure il.
He will lay before his hearers many valu-
able suggestions, the result Of long expert.
enee and observation. His ability to enter
tain, and his capacity to instruct, will no
doubt draw out q good audience.


Itis always hard work to wake up COM
muni;J to anything of this character. The
majority are skeptical, while the
balance regard it with species
Of drowsy Indifference. Persistent
effort is required to communicate to them
mental impression sufficiently strong to De
of any practical benefit. Some few men
refuse to devote their evenings TO business,
while others are wholly absorbed in more
personal matters. But if We want to build
up Rock Island, increase the value Of our
property, and do something whereby ell
may be benefited, we nust take right hold
on the matter, and show . proper interss,
in it. We must be content to ssnd, dry
facts and figures, and to give close at,en-
siOu to all tina, sppertains to the public
welfare. If every man among Us should
settle down 10 his own little business, and
care for nothing else, our general interests
would soon be ruined. 1t is the duty Of
every good citizen 10 be always willing to
devote some portion of his time TO the sd-
vsnosmsnt Of the city in which he livss.
Mr. Bsbcock has employed much time and
money in becoming oOnversaHt with what
be Intends to talk about, and all who are
present this evening will feel amply repaid
for their trouble
Year: 1871

1t is mysteriously limited by
friends of the administration, that


the present executive will not be
"a candidate for reelection. This


Is an assertion much to be doubt


ed. There is no sort of question


but that General Grant aspires


to the denomination, and that he
will do all in his power to secure
| it.


With the prejudice that has
steadily grown up against him;
with a very considerable part Of


the community opposed to him
as their chief magistrate; with a
record that only enlarges to de-
preciate him; with few friends
outside of the presidential ring
to nourish his ambitions; he has
a pretty strong fight to make, but
he has the tools to do it with.


The real truth of the matter is,
that Grant wants nothing SO
much as to be the next president.
He may assure his friends, in the
interval of his dissipation, that
he does not care to run; that he
would just as soon retire, and all
that sort of thing; but everybody
knows that it is one of Grants
special ambitions, if not his high
est hope, to be made for another
four years the tenant of the White
house. For this end he is ingen-
iously laboring, and doing all
that he can, with an unpopular
at his back, to ral-
ly the masses of the people around
him for a second election.-.St.
Louis Times. ....... ....-.s
Year: 1871

Malicious journals published in
other States congratulate Rhode
Islanders that the adoption OF
the "narrow gauge" will at last
enable them to have a railroad
without laying either rail in an
adjoining State.
Year: 1871

The following will be regarded
one of the most eccentric freaks
of nature, if it be Il freak at all:


n gentleman about 25 years of
age, who had an untractable and
painful ulcer on his left arm, re-
sisting all previous modes of
treatment, yielded to the request
of trying the effect of transplant
ing Il piece of skin to the ulcer
from another person. The ulcer
was prepared in the usual man.
ner by his physician, and a bit of
skin, about an inch square, was
taken from the arm of a fine
healthy negro man, and imme-
diatcly spread over the ugly ul-
Ger, and then carefully dressed
and bandagcd.


The skin transportation had
the desired effect. Healthy gran
ulations sprang up, and the
sightlcss ulcer soon healed. A
few months afterwards he went
to his physician and told him
that ever since the sore healed
the biacE Skin commenced to spread,
and 1t auas rapidly increasing.
About one-third of his arm was
completely negroed. The doctor
himself is alarmed. The high
probability is, that the whole
skin of this white man will be-
come negro. This is Il now thing
under the sun. 1t would he rath-
er difficult to explain the phiso-
logical process which takes place
to bring about such skin chang
as this. Tho problem is, how
can the coloring matter of the
skin be so radically changed7 and
how is this pigment change prop
agated? 1t is certain that the
law of capillary attraction plays
no insigniiicantpart in the spread
ing procesS.>
Year: 1871

1t is said that homicide is IL
rare circumstance among the
Turks, and that no murderer is
ever put to death except upon
full personal confession of his
crime; otherwise he is held to
perpetual Imprisonment. it is
not u very great country for Grim
inaI lawyers, and still worse for
the whisky trade. The Turks
are Il very well-behaved, casy-go-
ing sort of people, and in this
respect set the Christian world
an illuStriouS example.
Year: 1871

In the ship-buildinG towns OF
Maine the Republicans fell be-
hind ut the late election. Where
the ruinous effects of Radical pol
icy were Immediately felt, there
the Democratic ticket was
strengthened. The lesson to be
learned from this is, that the way
to defeat tho Republican party
is to make the people better un-
derstand tho mischief of its leg
islation. This has to he done by
persistent, earnest hard work; and
wherever the Democracy do their
duty in this regard the results
will invariably be to their advan-
taGr.
Year: 1871

Ject in misstaiin@ Il single fact, but when


| read these high colored articles, gotten
up like some latent medicine swindle,
though Il western man now myself, |
should be false to the land Of my birth
if | could be silent and let these dclusions
be practiced upon those who might be
led to think that they We're reading facts
instead of falschoods. Travel this en-
tire country over, and sit down and talk


with the people. Don't talk about buy


ing or selling land, but ask them candid
ly II they find the West anything what
they expected, and the answer will be, SO
times out OF 100, no. | have asked this
question to hundreds, and have vet to
find the man who gives me a different an
swer. To those who have small farms


in the older states, instead of selling them
and coming West with the idea OF Let
tering yourself an family, all have to
say is, think the matter over seriously be
fore you leave your comfortable little
home and bring your chilircn into this
county, 10 grow up without any of the
comforts of life, because you think you
may get land cheap. My word for it,
You will be greatly disappointed.-1
"IIe>te,U Rcs1'eDt' IL Springfield RpUJE-
Year: 1871

The following is vouched for by several
English papers: "A white-throated wren
recently built its nest in letter-box Of
the Duke Of Rutlands game-keeper at
the links, near Newmarket, and pro-
duced six young ones. During its incu-
baton, the old bird took no notice Of
the intrusion of the persons who went
for the letters night and morning. A
short distance from this remarkable nest
is one built by a lark under the medals
on the line of railway between Newman
ket and Dullingham. The bird is sitting
upon four eggs. and takes no notice Of
the thirty trains which pass over the
line daily.