smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

The poets have sung, and the
scientists have been puzzled, and
the New Jersey people have ex-
hausted their best-read savants upon
the mosquito question. But the
Minneapolis Tibune gives the ori-
gin Of the dear, darling little buzz,
ing insect in the following:


The Red River Indians have Il lc-
gend respecting the origin of mrs
quitoes. They say that once upon
a time there was famine, and the
Indians could get no game. Hun
dreds had died from hunger, and
desolation filled their country. All
kinds of offerings were made to the
Great Spirit without avail, till one
day two hunters came upon white
wolverine, a very rare animal.
Upon shooting the white wolverine,
an old woman sprang cut of the
skin, and, saying she was a "Mani-
to-" promised to go and live with
the Indians, promising them plenty
of game as long as they treated her
well, and gave her the first choice
of all the game that should be
brought in.


The two Indians assentcd to this,
and took the old woman with them
which event was Immediately
succeeded by an abundance Of game.
When the sharpness Of the famine
had passed, the Indians became
dainty in their appetites, and COM
planned of the manner in which the
old woman took to herself all the
choice bits; and this feeling became
so intense that, Notwithstanding her
warnings that if they violated their
promises n terrible calamity would
come upon the Indians, they one
day killed her as she seized upon
her share of fat reindeer which
the hunters had brought in.


Great CONSERVATION Immediately
struck the witnesses of the deed,
and the Indians, to escape the pre-
dicted calamity, boldly struck their
tents and moved away to q great
distance.


Time passed on without any cat
astrophc occurring, and the game
becoming even more plentiful, the
Indians again began to laugh at
their being deceived by the old
woman. Finally a hunting party on
long chase of reindeer, which had
led them back to the spot where
the old woman was killed, came up
on her skeleton, and one Of them, in
derision, kicked the skull with his
foot. In an instant a small spiral
like body arose from the eyes and
ears of the skull, which proved to
be insects. They attacked the
hunters with great fury, and drove
them to the river for protection.
The skull continued to pour out its
little stream, and the air became
full of avengers of the old woman's
death. The hunters returning to
camp found all the Indians suffer
ing terribly from tho plague. and
ever since that time the red men
have been punished by the mosqui-
toes for their wickcdness to their
prcserver, the Manito.
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies (as usuan, we
solicit a share of your patronage.


To the Gents-remcmber it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small; consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

From the Fat Contributors Saturday Night.


Always attend to checking your
self. If you feel like swearing at
the baggage-master, check yourself.
If you have = trunk full Of clean
clothes to check, you should be adc-
quate to q check shirt.


When you vacate seat for mo-
ment, place plug hat in the seat
Some one will come along and sit
down on it, thereby preventing your
hat from being stolen.


Passengers cannot lay over for
another train without making ar
rangcments with the conductor. If
q man has been on a "train" for q
week or so, no conductor should
allow him to lay over for another on
any account.


Ladies without escort in travel.
ing should be very particular with
whom they become acquainted
They needn't be so particular with
those with whom they are unac-
quaintcd.


Keep your head and arms inside
the car windows, if you would keep
your head and "carry arms"


Never talk on politics; it encour-
ages some "nimshi" to take vote
of the passengers. :


No gentlemen will occupy more
than one seat at a time, unless he
be twins.


A gentleman should not spit to-
bacco juice in the cars where there
are ladies. He can let drive out Of
the car window while the train is at
station, if the platform is crowded.


Always show your ticket when
even the conductor asks for it. If
you get out Of humor about it don't
show 1t.


Never smoke in a car where there
are ladies. Get the conductor to
turn the ladies out before lighting
your cigars.


Never use profane language in
the car. Go out on the PLATFORM
Profanity is never thrown away on
q brakeman.


If you cannot sleep yourself do
not disturb the "sleepers."


Look out for pickpockets. Pick.
pockets are never in the car, you
know, as you have to look out for
them.


Provide yourself with sleeping
berths before starting. No careful!
man will start out on o journey with
out a good supply Of sleeping-berth
IN. B. Those put up in fiat bottles
are the best, as they are easily car
ried in the pocket.


Always be at the railroad station
in good time to take the train. Bet
ter be an hour too early than min
ute too late, unless you arc on your
way to be hanged.
Year: 1872

At a recent meeting of the Royal
Society a paper on "Further expert
ments on the effects of alcohol and
exercise on the elimination of nitro
gen, and on pulse and temperature
of the body," was presented by DR..
E. A. Parks. 1t contained detail
ed description Of experiments made
on a soldier-a Scotchman-who
had been brought up on oat meal
and milk, and who at one time had
been in the habit of taking more
than a fair amount of whiskey. AS
a soldier, however, he bears the
character of steady man in the
enjoyment of perfect health.


His experience as to the effect of
alcohol is noteworthy. He COM
menced the exercise and brandy Pc
riod of the experiment with be-
lief that the brandy would enable
him to perform the work more
easily. but ended with the opposite
conviction. The brandy was taken
in four doses at 10 a. m., 2 D. m.
and 6 p. M, in an equal quantity of
water, and the work was chiefly
done in two hours Immediately sue
ceeding each dose, and from 6 to 8
a. NJ. The two hours work from
10 a. m. to IL m, Immediately after
the first foar fluid ounces of brandy
was drank, he thought was done
equally well with and without the
brandy. The man affirmed that he
could tell no difference, except that,
to use his own words, "the brandy
seemed to give him kind of spirit
which made him think he could do
a great deal of work; but when he
came to do it he found he was less
capable than he thought" After
the second four ounces of brandy he
felt hot and thirsty; but on the first
two days he thought he worked as
we'll as on the "water days" On
the third day, however, be had pal
pitation of the heart, and was sur
prised to find he was obliged to
stop from time to time, because, to
use his own words, "of his breath
ing not being so good"


The third four fluid ounces of
brandy, at 10 p. m, produced on
all three days narcotic effects i'm
mediately after taking it he became
heavy, felt the greatest indisposition
to exert himself, and could hardly
refrain from throwing down his
spade and giving up work. He
worked with no vigor, and SO the
second evening thought his muscu-
lar power decidedly lessened. On
the third evening, as it was raining,
he could not dig, but took walking
and running exercise under cover.
On attempting to run he had palpi-
tation and got out of breath and
was obliged to stop, so that he
stated, on the next day, "if he had
his accouterments on and had been
ordered to double he could not
have obeyed the ORDER" After COM
ing in from work on each evening
he fell into heavy sleep from
which he was reused with difficulty.
This lasted three or four hours,
after which he was restless and
sleepless.


The mans own judgment was, at
the end of the trial. that he would
prefer to work without the brandy;
and when asked his reasons, he
mentioned "the increased thirst, the
heaviness in the evening, and the
tiuttering at the heart"
Year: 1872

Since Mr.. Irving's picture Of
contented man, we have not seen so
graphic y portraiture Of an English
traveller which stands SO much in
contrast and which is SO true to the
life as the following from the Lon
don Times:


"Thc ordinary Englishman does
not seem to make tho best use of
his holiday-so say shrewd obser-
vers, and SO, too, the Englishman
himself confesses in many ways
"He takes his pleasures sadly"
His heart is always home-bound.-
Wherever he goes his first inquiry
is for letters and the news; his next
for somebody who will talk about
home things and old acquaintances.
1t is notorious that the real traveller
the man who wishes to throw
himself into new world, and be
himself a part Of every new scene
Of life and phase of existence-has
everywhere to break through 3
charmed circle of semi-attachcd
countrymcn, all dragging him back
to the home he would forget for
passing hour. Nine out Of ten arc
simply trees torn up by the roots,
pining for the dear, familiar SOIL
OF course it may be said that even
if the long suffering father of the
family finds his holiday one more
burden, his wife and children see in
it the only mitigation of their exist
encc. No doubt it is they who drag
him far away from his haunts and
occupations, and what they do with
such power of compulsion they do
with good heart. 1t may be admit
ted, too, in good many instances,
that the watering place is healthier
and pleasanter than London in the
late summer and autumn. If the
place be well chosen, the lodging
airy and clean, the weather favora-
BILE, the drains all in good order,
and everything else as it should be,
then the children, and perhaps the
mother, too, will bring back that
sometimes tleeting and treacherous
commodity, stock of good health,
the rose soon to fade, and the "tan"
soon to be washed away. But ma
ny sad experience warns us that
the summer holiday is the greatest
risk Of the year. Not only the place
and circumstances, but the whole
manner of life, is changed. In the
midst of unusual dangers, every sal
utary precaution and every rule of
the British nursery is neglected.
Wet sands, dry cliffs, muddy pools,
hot suns, evening chills, irregular
meals and other things utterly pro-
hibited in the home rule are braved
as if there was a charm in the air,
or the spot, or the salt water and
the sea-weed superior to all ordinary
Influences. Yet experience repeats
the lesson every day. 1t is quite IS
necessary to look closely after the
health of delicate women and chill
dren at the seaside, or on the open
down, as in a third-rate quarter Of
the West End of q fashionable or
questionable suburb"
Year: 1872

From CnamDerS JOuTnal


We mentioned some months ago that
a member of the Chronological Society
had succeeded in replanting teeth
which had been extracted in conse-
quence of disease. To the process by
which this was accomplished he gave
the name "reimplantation." Another
member of the same society has now
had the operation tried on himself and
with success. The tooth which had
been for some time painfully affected
by changes of temperature, was careful
ly pulled out, to prevent straining or
tearing the gum; the dental canal was
cleansed, the decayed part was scraped
from the crown, and stopping applied
in the usual way, and then the tooth
was replaced in its socket. The opera
ton lasted about half an hour; for
three or four hours there was dull,
aching pain, which, however, entirely
ceased before noon of the following
day, though some tenderness remained
This in turn disappeared; and by the
| end of fortnight, the replanted tooth
did without difficulty all the duty
which tooth is expected to do. From
this it will be understood that a tooth
slightly diseased at the root need not bt
thrown away, and that persons who oh
| ject to an artificial tooth may with pro
per care retain the teeth which nature
! gave them.
Year: 1872

Ths personal element these Letters was unquesOntey mat
which gave them their It certain that the descabe s
and unworthy actions Of the Beseged is the ehrOoer will
TO be taken truthful narrative Of the great
Year: 1872

Editor Dispatch:-Your last w.ek' s
paper contains correspondence from
Port Townsend in which find state
ment that is not correct, and upon which
I wonld like to throw little light thro'
the instrumentality of your columns.
Your correspondent states that meet
ing was held in Port Townsend, "for
the purpose of raising funds to build a
new church on q beautiful lot on the
hill, and that it was purchased through
father Prefontaine, by subscription, some
years ago."


The purport of this statement would
be that Father Prefontaine is not enti-
tied to any other credit but for having
bought the lot after the money was col
lected. l do not criticize the intention
of the correspondent; he was probably
so informed; but in order that the pub
lie may not be deceived as regards the
extent of the sacrifices that the Catholic
congregation OF Fort townsend have
made heretofore and are going to make
in the erection ola church, will say,
as a fact, that the two beautiful lots on
the hill were bought with my own
money not cent having been collecte d
in Port Townsend nor in any other part
of the Sound. Had been recognized
in the correspondence, if not as bene-
factor at least as the first and very lib
eral subscriber towards the church in
Port Townsend, I would never have said
a word; but statement so unfair could
not pass with me unperceived; for I,
like an American, love fair play, fair
statement and everything that is fair and
honest. Your humble servant.
F. X. P.
Year: 1872




q We have received a copy of the
brief of Henry Beard, Esqr., Of Wash
ington city in the Maynard Land Case.
Mr.. B. is an able land lawyer, and the
brief before US fully supports hisreputa-
ton. The case was submitted on the
18th inst. to the Commissioners Of Gen.
eral Land Office. From his decision al.
appeal will be taken to the Secretary OF
Interior, and it is before this officer that
the main contest will be had. There is
then, still further appeal to the Courts
who ever gets the Patent-so possibly
the contest may be protracted ONE
We hope, however, all parties will ac-
quiesce in the decision Of the Secre-
tary, when it shall be had.


a. The Captain of the Prince Al
fred admitted that he knew the child
had the small pox three days before the
ship arrived at Victoria, yet no precau-
tions whatever were taken to prevent
contact with the passengers until the
morning of the arrival at Victoria, and
only then upon the suggestion of pas
senger. On the contrary, the parents
of the child who were in attendance
upon it, and the walters who attended
the room were permitted to mix freely
with the passengers, and the latter reg
ularly waited on the public table and
cleaned the state rooms of the other
passengers. Ct
Year: 1872

The State of Iowa has, during
the last three Or four decades, shown
a wonderfully steady and rapid in
crease in population. In 1910 it was,
next to Wisconsin, the most thinly
populated portion Of the Union. In
1850 it ranked in population the TWEEN
tyscyenth among thirty-two States
in 1859 the thirteenth among thirty
six, and now it is the eleventh among
thirty-seycn states. IF Iowa only goes
on increasing npopalation at the same
ratio there is no reason to doubt that
ut the next census we may find her
taking rank as the sixth or seventh
state Of the Union.
Year: 1872

PRoF. IIuXLEY's IDEAL CnuRcu. Il can
conceive the existence Of an established
church which should be blessing to the
community-a church in which week by week
services should be devoted, not to the iteration
of abstract propositions in theology, but to
the setting before mems minds of an ideal OF
true, just and pure living; place in which
those who are weary Of the burdens Of daily
cares should fud moments rest in the con.
temptation of the higher life which is possible
for all, though obtained by so few; a place ii
which the man of strife and Of business
should have time to think how small, aftel
all, are the rewards he covets, compared with
peace and charity. Depend upon it, if such
a church existed no one would seek to dis
establish it.
Year: 1872

1t was n source of much trouble once to
some fish to see number of Holsters SWIM
ming backward instead Of forward. They
therefore called r meeting, and it was deter.
mined to open class for their instruction,
which was done, and number of Holsters
came for the fish very gravsly argued that


if they commenced with the young ones, as
they grew up they would learn to swim
Alright. AT first they did very well, but af.
terward, when they returned home and saw
their fathers and mothers swimming in the
old way, they soon forgot their lessons. So
many child, well taught at Sabbath school,
is drifted backward by bad home influence.
Year: 1872

This doctrine of spiritual publication by
purgatory does not take into account the real
enormity OF sin as the voluntary transgres.
sion, by an intelligent being, Of the known
will Of God but proceeds upon the old pagan
philosophy that sin is physical contamina.
ton resident in the flesh which may be ex.
terminated like a cancer by the knife and the
fire. Beside, if purgatory is necessary pre-.


ude to heaven for sinful souls, why pray
that men should be delivered from it More.
over, this notion of purgatorial publication
changes the whole basis of salvation under
the Gospel, from grace through Christ to de.
sert through obedience rendered and penalty
endured. When soul emerges from thi'
purgatory into heaven, how can il praise
Christ for puri6caton which it has wrought
out through its own suiierings2
Year: 1872

Many and many thing in this world,
many thing most necessary to be done, is
not done for this simple reason, chiefly, that
it is not begun. Those to whom the doing Of
it belongs, are daunted at the difficulties they
perceive or imagine They look through the
whole process Of the doing and see, or think


they see, how one difficulty after another will
present itself, till the many " mickles" " of OBJ
stacle become one mighty "mucke of i'm
possibility, and discouraged at the prospect,
they suffer themselves to be fairly whipped
out of the field by their own men of straw.
Year: 1872

There is no truth in the philosophy of the
affections better established than this, that an
emotion excited in the mind, but not express.
ed in appropriate action, soon dies away, and


the difficulty Of exciting the same emotion in.
creases by every instance Of suppression.
For example an emotion Of anger is excited,
aud you refuse to give it utterauce or express
sion in actions and it subsidies and dies, and
in a little time the same exciting cause will
be insufficient to move you. The same law
holds in regard to the benevolent emotions.
If the mind is excited by the scene of mis-,
ery and you do not act in accordance with it,
but refuse relief the emotion dies. and this
may become habit so fixed and strong that
no appeal of distress will move your heart.
Year: 1872

We all speak anu write too many hard
and bitter words. We try to break, not to
mend, the bruised reed While we strive
to be strong in faith, let us not despise the
faith Of the weakest; for there will come a
day to all Of US when, in the giving way oi
the powers Of nature and the pouring in oi
the great water floods, we may grasp at
something which may hold up and carry US
over. And then, not how much we have
searched out aud known. not how much we
have disputed and prevailed will help us
but how much we have lived on Christ and
imbibed Of his spirit.
Year: 1872

know y woman, pale and slight,
with heart In hopeless mood
Who often tolls throughout the ulght
To earn her husbands food.
While he, In strength of manhuOd's power,
Some gay saloon will seek,
And spend more money IN an hour
Than che earns in q week
Year: 1872

Educational Matters--A New School Build


Ing to be Erected-EiIiciency of Members of


the school lBoard-Greeleyism Played Out in


Petersburg. ...'..


PETERSBURG, VA, June IS, 1872.
TO tie Editor Of the State Journal:


Our School Board at its meeting last
night took the preliminary steps for the
erection of fine large school building after
the style of some of your finest structures
recently erected for that purpose.


The building will be for a thoroughly
graded school and will hold six hundred
pupils. The board will advertise in the
Petersburg, Richmond and Washington
papers, offering $3.50, for the best plans
and specifications. This liberal offer will
undoubtedly bring out one of the best con-
strueted buildings for that purpose in this
State. 1t is understood the new edifice is
to be erected on the fine spacious Ander-
son Seminery grounds in the heart of the
city. No better location could be selected.


Petersburg means to keep her vantage
ground as the pioneer in this State in the
great public school work.


While on this subject, | will state that |
am pleased to be informed that three of our
newly elected members of the school board
are constant and regular in their attendance
upon the meetings, and are recognized as
among the most active and intelligent MEM
bers of that important body. As they are
all three Republicans, their friends natur-
ally feel proud of the record they are
making, and regret that the fourth man has
not found it convenient to attend. am
sure if he should get into the habit of at
tending the meetings of the board and
visiting the schools, he would acquire such
an absorbing interest in the subject that
nothing,but the most imperative engage
ments would keep him away. | earnestly
hopen Republican will fellow the example
of some of the Democratic members of the
board and manifest no interest whatever in
the subject.


Greeleyism and all other "isms" except
Republicanism appear to be at a discount
here now. In fact, the enthusiasm has
about "boiled out'' Of the Greeleyites. j


... ... OCCASIONALLY,
Year: 1872

The WHIPPING POsT.-The Richmond
correspondent OF the New York Herald
who was a witness of the brutal proceeding
atthe county courthouse on Saturday last,
wrote as follows:
''This is the first Tease of the kind in
Richmond since the revival of the whipping
post. Judge Minor thinks it humane
way to deal with small offenders, but
others say it is not only cruel and bar
barous, but disgusting, if not ridiculous.
There is something solemn and impressive
about an execution either by hanging or
shooting, but the whipping post has not
one redeeming quality. The judge said 1t
was harvest time, and to send them to jail
would be to deprive the farmers of their
assistance in the field. 1t may become
common here, but it cannot fail to have a
brutalizing effect upon those who witness it
or those who intlict the degrading punish
ment.


SIT is surprising that Virginia, which boasts
the oldest and best civilization in the
United States, should cling to this barbar-
Gus custom of the days Of slavery. She
seems to be fond of her relics, no matter
how repugnant they may be to Christianity
and civilization"
Year: 1872

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-Two or three
evenings since respectable old lady, who
had just had a difficulty with her daughter
attempted to commit suicide by throwing
herself into the basin at a point near the
iron works Of Joseph Hall d Co., but her
action was observed by some workmen,
who ran to her rescue and succeeded in
hauling her out of the water before any
great damage was done 1t was found that
the unhappy creature had filled her apron
with stones and tied it around her neck SO
as to make drowning certain. She told


those who rescued her that she did not
want to live, and was not at all obliged to
them for their interference with her
plans. "-.-a....