smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

REMARKABLE BALLOON AscENsIoN.-A reporter
of the Titusville Herald had a rather unusual ex-
perience at balloon ascension at Cory, of
which he writes


was special reporter for the late balloon as
cension, and therefore had the best seat that
could be afforded me for the occasion Our car
was a small basket, and there not being room
for myself and the engineer inside simply tied
a rope around my neck and hung over the out
side. All things being ready they cut the ropes,
and away we went, sky high. | had heard of
Ascensionsts, +" Second Day Advent" ;" " Up
in a balloon, boys" How's that for high, "
and even of men being hung, but never before
experienced so much in few minutes. We ar
rived at " Constellation" when the machine
stopped, and not having any sand bags to throw
over, it was necessary to throw over something
as near sand as possible, as nothing else would
cause US to rise higher. 1t was ascertained that
was made of clay, anG orders were given to cut
the rope. My hair stood up; | knew it would
ease up on my neck, but was afraid it might
spoil my boots when | landed. However, the
rope was cut, my hair still standing, which for
tunately caught on the willow basket, and we
went up to the moon.


We now resolved to start home, as we were
out of gas. The engineer tied the rope around
my feet, threw me over, and held the rope in the
basket We went down as fast as | wanted to.
When almost down | caught the end of light
ming rod in my month, swung my feet around
and landed on a roof safely. | came near jerk
ing the old balloon to pieces, stopping so quick
] shall not go up again.
Year: 1871

LOUD CALL FOR TUTTLE.-The Pttsburg Re
publican publishes the following advertisement
" 500 Reward-For the apprehension of Genus
Tuttie, tall man, about fifty years, has consid-
cradle money and high forehead, long face
and lantern, awed man, bad man with a fist
like giant, and has often beat me, and want
him to end his days IN penitentiary where he be-
longs, and he a blue coat with very
large mouth and one blue eye and a hideous
looking man, and now living with the seventh
woman, and me having one child to him, and
he is gone off, and | want him brought slap up
in the law with blue pants, be ought be arrested
and has 500 of my money, and bald-headed
rascal, full of fattery and deceit and she is a
bad woman and her little girl calls him papa
and is called Eliza Jane Tills, and boy blind
of one eye, and he is not a man what has got
too much sense, nor her, and he stole one hund.
dollars and some of my gold and silver, and
ought to be caught, and | will never live with
him again, no, never, he is a disgrace, and
would like have him caught up and compelled
20 maintain me and his child as am his Lawful
welded wife, and have the certificate of marriage
in my possession"
Year: 1871

TERRIBLE PREDIcTioNs.-There is a young Ger
man girl in Louisville, Ky, named Carrie Klein,
who ciaims to have predicted the Franco-Prus-
sian war during a seven months trance when she
was fourteen years old, and who now offers
positively frightful batch of prophecies, the pro-
ddc+ion of another trance. Her conscientiously
definite statements are really curious, and much
more interesting than Ma am Klebert's. This is
what she said, on March oath, in her entranced
condition " In seven weeks from to-day a war
sign will appear in the heavens, which will last
fifteen weeks and then cease. This will be the
forewarning of terrible war between the whites
and blacks in the United States The first bat
tie in the war of races will be fought in April,
1872 ; the war will be brief but terribly bloody.
After this war has ceased three years, another
war sign will appear in the heavens, indicating
a renewal of the present in Europe. This
will last about three years, and all Prussia will
.glorify. Nine years after this war ceases an
other war sign will appear in the heavens, above
the whole world, which will forewarn the people
all over the world of religious war. This will
be terrible even unto one part as unto another
of the whole face OF the world. 1t will last
nine years and will temporarily cease for seven
years, when beasts wearing seven horns, each
of the form of a huge sabre, will appear to the
world in large numbers, and the people inhabt-
ing the world will stand in fear The oceans
will become red and no vessel can stand upon
their face. Men will cease to write. Ten years
after the appearance of this beast upon the earth


a cross will appear upon the face of the sun, and
although the people were surprised to see the
moon cover the sun, they will be still more sur
prised to see this. This cross will cover the sun
seventeen years. when God Almighty will de-
stroy the earth. Ny friends, take warning"
Year: 1871

AN Indianapolis gentlemens claim for divorce
is based on the ground that when he married her
four weeks ago, his wifes hair was black, but
now it is red enough to entitle her to the front
rank in torchlight procession.
Year: 1871

The GAME or FLY Loo.-The detestable
canker that destroys mems souls has made its
appearance among the little community of
pie asure seekers at the Yellow Springs, under
the auspices OF a celebrated alderman OF this
city, who is notorious for the alacrity with
which he will bet on anything, from the ju-
vene game OF "pick or po" to the relative
length of straws to be plucked out of hay
stack, and in the enticing form of Sly Loo"
1t is in testimony that every afternoon from
twenty TO thirty of the very flower of our
mercantile population retire to a private
room, and under locks and bolts give them
selves up to this satanic game. The players
solemnly seat themselves around a table, each
with a lump of sugar, and a card bearing in
plain letters his responsible name and repre-
senting so much money in front of him, and,
with silent gravity that would become a
matchmaking, and the illy.concealed anxiety
of men stalking their all on the cast OF die,
await the advent of the first fly. On the buzz
zing insect comes, sweeping now toward this
lump. then veeripg off toward that, sending
thrill after thrill OF anticipated triumph or
expected disappointment through the frames
of the anxious watchers,


At last the agony is over. The atomic in
sect, all unconscious of the important part he
is playing. the reversals of fortune that he is
causing, settles lightly upon a particular lump
of saccharine, and twentynine disgusted men
lose from s. to $25 each, while the delighted
representative of the sweet morsel chosen,
scoops in the whole pile. This decides one
"hand" at the dignifled game which has run
''poker," "seven up" and "Boston" completeiy
away from the Springs, and anoiher ana
another SPOT" and spots" adinfnitum are
made up and won and lost in the close, hot
room. while the deserted ladies' are langulsh-
ing for little male conversation below.-Cin-
c;nnoH Commercial.
Year: 1871

RIGHT MATERIAL.-The common plea
that anything does to exercise "the mind up
on" is an utterly false one. The human
soul, in youth, is not a machine of which you
can polish the cogs with any kelp or brick
dust near at hand; and having got it into
working order, and good, empty, and oiled
serviceableness,st start your immoral locomotive,
at twenty-five years old, or thirty, express
from the strait-gate on the narrow-road. The
whole period of youth is one essentially of
formation, edifcation, instruction. use the
words with their weight in them; in taking
of stores, establishment in vital habits, hopes
and faiths. There is not an hour of it but is
trembling with destinies; not moment OF
which, once past, the appointed work can ev-
er be done again, or the neglected blow struck
on the.coldir on. Take your vase of Venice
glass out of the furnace, and strew chaff over


it in its transparent heat, and recover that to
its clearness and rubbed glory when the north
wind has blown upon it; but do not think to
strew chatf over the child fresh from Gods
presence, and to bring the heavenly colors
hack to him-at least in this world.-Ruskin.
Year: 1871

To limited amount upon a railroad which is well
located for business, and has been already largely
constructed with the funds OF Its Stockholders can
not be otherwise than safe. This security increas-
ed ifthe Constructing Company is composed OF men
of high character aud OF ample means for success
fully carrying through any work that they undertake
Year: 1871

The Louisville Daily Ledger of the Goth
ult. says a somewhat novel surgical opera
ton was recently performed by Dr. Hawn,
of fLeavenworth, Indianna A young man
named Murchison, living in Meade county,
KY, met with a terrible accident while
working in q saw mill, by means of which a
piece of skin as large as the bottom of I
tin cup WAS torn from his hip. DR.. Hawn
was called to the case Knowing the ox-
treme difficulty experienced by surgeons in
getting injuries of the kind to heal properly,
the doctor was at loss how to proceed.
1t is well known that where large surface
of skin has been removed the cure is tedious
and difficult to accomplish. Nothing but
skin win produces Rew skin, and the exposed
surface will not heal further than inch from
the margin, after which the edges must be
trimmed again and q new growth started
the operation being repeated as often as nee.
essaTy, until the entire surface is covered
and the cure effected Not wishing to sub
ject his patient to this tedious and painful
process, Dr.. II. resolved to try the expert
LuOAlS VI OLlkIdANAGlOL Ills HEob luO6 was 10
take small bits of live skin from various
other parts of the body and graft them on
the exposed surface, but the patient OBJ
jected, on account of the pain attending the
skinning process, and the multitude of sore
places which would be left. The doctor
chen suggested that portion of the skin of
some inferior animal might be used, and the
patient readily consented. A rat, about two
thirds grown, was caught, killed, and quick
ly skinned, after which the doctor cut a
piece of the requisite size, trimmed it to suit
the exposed surface, cIapped it on, and fast
ened it with strips of adhesive plaster, after
which the whole surface was covered with a
coating of cOllOdion. The experiment sue
ceeded beyond the most sHnguine expecta-
tons. The graft took by frat intention, and
in ten days the cure was complete.


The surface of the wound is covered with
fine growth of hair, and the rat skin seems
to answer every purpose.
Year: 1871

1t is estimated that there are two thou
sand Chinese laborers employed on sugar
plantations in Louisiana, obtained chiefly
from California; and a number of agents
have been sent recently to California, China
and the West Indies to secure a largo sup
ply of them. The majority of the planters
who have tried them prefer them to
negroes They ars extremely exacting in
regard to a precise fulilment Of the condi-
tions of their contracts on the part of their
employerP, but the higher wages paid for
job work sometimes lead them TO break their
own obligations. They are slow in their
tasks, but sure and nice. Their weakest
point is in plowing, as they cannot manage
mules. In this the colored laborers have a
great advantage over them, for no one can
manage a mule so well as a negro. But
the Chinaman cannot understand the mule
and the mule is quite as much puzzled by
the Chinaman.
Year: 1871

For the special benefit of our young 1r
married ladies and gentlemen who read the
Bulletin, we givs the following interesting
table. In order to ascertain the age OF an.
one who Is not in the secret as to how It y
obtained, get them to find out in what row
or rows of figures they can find their age.
Then all you have to do is to add the top
figures of each line together at the head of
the column or columns in which the figures
representing the age of the person ara
found, and you can tell them correctly what
their age is-ten, fifteen, twenty, up to six
ty-thrse. For instance, A is q years old.
He finds % in the Ist, I'd, 4th and 5th cOl-
umns. Now add the top figures of the col
umns together in which the q occurs, and
Year: 1871

The whole OF the Mountain Apache Indi
ans, of Arizona, have declared war against
the whites. 1t Is supposed to have been
caused by the recent killing Ofa hundred In
dians at Camp Grant There Is an urgent
request for military assistance iEom the
Apache Camp.
Year: 1871

The entire absence of spirit in the major
ity of written sermons induces the religious
press to urge that preachers should trust to
the spirit of the moment if they have any.
thing of moment TO say. The difficulty OF
such advice is that if q man can't extempor-
ize, there's no way which he can temporize,
and bungling On his part may make his
hearers temper rise
Year: 1871

To the honorable County Corrt of Shasta
County:


The Grand Jury Of Shasta County. impanelled
fer the January term 1871 of tis Court. beg leave
to report that they have carefully examined all the
Cases submitted to them and that they have found
four true Bills ind ignored three Charges.


We have sent Committee of four jurors to ex-
anime the County Hospital and they report that
pat found therein state that they received the
most careful attention from the Physician, and
that they have no reason to complain in any re-
spect.


The County Prison was also visited by one of
our Committees; the Prisoners therein are very
much satisfied with the food they receive. as also
with the Bedding. and state that they have no
reason to complain. The Premises were found
clean and we could hear Of no complaints.


The books of the County Treasure, County Clerk
and Sheriff were examined and found the same
kept in n proper manner, TO present correct
showing Of the business transactions of their re-
spective Offices


The thanks Of the Grand Jury are hereby ten
dereq to the District Attorney, Clay W. Taylor,
for the assistance rendered to thereby enabling
as to perform duties with the best facilities.
All of which is respectfully. submitted


JOHN GEORGE, Foreman
Year: 1871

Tomorrow the pro rata payment to
I've made on the school scrip of the sew,
'eral districts of this county, will be de-
elared' after which the payment will
be made on presentation of registered
scrip.
Year: 1871

Some weeks back French Co
lionel was placed at the head Of a
regiment being formed in a Gen.
tral town-at Nevers, if we have
been rightly informed The Off
GERS spent their time in the cafes5
the soldiers in like manner went,
to the cabarets, every one coming
into barracks, when he liked, and
paying little attention to the beat.
of the drum; as to exercise, little
or nothing was done. ''This can
not last said the Colonel, and for
the next day he commanded a long
drill in person a march occupied
the afternoon. On the succeeding
day they had long march, and
after soup the soldiers were again
called ITO drill. MurInurs soon
broke out, and threats were ut
tered, of which the Colonel was
informed and on the third day,
after a long and tiresome drill, he
came alone into the barrack yard.
An old soldier, who had spoken a
good deal and had drank some
what at the canteen, came up to
make complaints, and in doing so
employed an insolent GESTURE
The Colonel very coolly drew a


pistol from his pocket, and blew
out the mans brains; be then
had the rappel beaten, and stand
ing beside the corpse, be said -
"You are 5000 here. and | am
alone; you can murder me, but
you will kill a brave man who


has punished a coward and trail
tor" The response was, "Vive
la Colonel )" and from that mo-
mept order and discipline were
restored. -.s-ra ... az.
Year: 1871

FROM the Cambridge (Mass. Herald.


There lives afamily in Dorches-
ter county, every dark,eyed male
member of which for the past fif-
ty years has gone blind at the age
of 20 to 25 years. Those with
blue eyes escape the terrible af11ic-
tion. There is a tradition about
this singular circumstance which
we lay before our readers as we
heard 1t; Some sixty years since,
SO goes the story, a beautiful
black-eyed girl of 20 from some
cause or other lost her eye sight.
Her misfortune brought penury
and want with it. Being reduced
to beggary, she was Wont to GO
abroad asking aims. During one of
her Journeys she visited the neigh
borhood in which resided the an
cestors Of those which are now
sightless. Instead of her help
less condition exciting, as it should
have done, a feeling of sympathy,
sle was treated with ridicule by
some of the younger members of
the house her evil star had led
her into. Tive of the boys, as
matter Of mere deviltry, took her
out, promising to conduct her to
place where plenty awaited. In
stead of giving her a safe conduct,
they carried her into a swamp
and left her. 1t is said that she
cried out beseeching them to put
her on the public road, but they
needed not her lamentations
Finding hersell about to be deserted
among the tangled brushwood,
she turned her prayer toa curse,
asking her Maker, in her revenge
tul anguish, to punish her betray-
ers, by making theil offspring for
seven generations as helpless as
she was. 1t is said that she was
found dead in the swamp, having
p,rished from hunger and cold.
This may appear somewhat ro-.
mantle, but whether the tradition
ary part of it be false or true, it is
assuredly a fact that the male Of
spring of the family referred to
lose their sight as Indicated
Hundreds of'persons in Dorchester
county will verify it.
Year: 1871

Of snow and curling clouds of


smoke; the ceaseless flash of


the busy rifles; the steaming


horses, urged to their utmost


speed; the driver, with his


broad sallow face all ll,ablaze with


excitement, shaking the reins,


and hanging forward to ply the


whip; the huge cumbrous sledge,


rocking and reeling over the


snow with it's freight of strug-
Cling forms-all this, seen in
the dim, uncertain light Of the
early dawn, has a weird and
ghostly appearance, sugges-


tive of an attack of goblin


highwaymen.upon one of those,
phantom mail-cOaches in which
the bag1Aan's uncle made that
marvellous journey which so
much astonished Mr.. Pickwick.


But "the pace is too stiff to
last, sas ourleaderobserye with
a knowing grin A run Of full
speed through half-frozen snow
tries the. feet even of a full
grown wolf too severely to be
continued beyond a certain
time; and in the face of stout
resistance, the beasts inherent
cowardice is sure to show itself
sooner or later. Already three or
four gaunt, shaggy haired vete-
rams, who had probably made a
good supperovernight, begin to
hang back, as doubting tie wis
dcIin Of riskin@ tliieif lives for
a hypothetical breakfast; the
speed of the rest slackens by.
degrees; and at length the
pack drop off, as if by
tacit agreement, leaving us to.
pass our way unmolested. As
We emerge again into the open
plain, across which the first
beams Of the rising sun are
just beginning to fall, We see
the last of our grim followers
sinking away like a belated
spectre into the ghostly shad-
Ows of the forest that we have
quilted.
Year: 1871

Young me6 to go to see girls
have adopted. a new way of obtain
ing kisses. They assert, on the
authority of scientific writers. that
the concussion produced by a kiss
will cause the flame of gas jet
to flicker, and easily induce the
girls to experiment in the interest
of science. The first kiss or two
the parties watch the fame to see
it flicker, bat soon become so inte-
rested in the experiment as to let
it flicker if it wants to. Try it
yourself. y
Year: 1871

The "most married. woman OF


which there is any record, was un-
doubtedly TIE Harlem woman,
spoken of by Evelyn in his diary,
whose propensity for marrying had
finally to be checked by law. She


married her twenty.ffth husband,
and being now a widow, was pro-


hibited to marry in the future.
Year: 1871

The proprietor of a hotel was
busting about the other morn
ing with twenty things to. do,
when some one asked him why
he didn't call up his waiter. 81
shan't call him as long as I can
help it." replied he; ''for when
ne is in bed / know where he is,
but after he is upI don't know
where to find him.
Year: 1871

a very stroug movement, indorsed
by the Republican press, is being made
in Texas for division of that State
into the number oT commonwealth its
immense size and moderate population
would cntitle it to.
Year: 1871

1t is 10 mark Of a gentlemen to
swear. The most worthless and
vile, the refuse Of mankind, the drunk
ard and the prostitute, swear as well rs
the hest dressed and educated gentle


man. No particular endowmenls are
requisite to give q finish to the art OF
cprsinG. The basest and mcanest Of
mankind swear with as much tact and
skill as the most refined and he that
wishes to degrade himself to the very
lowest level Of pollution aud shame,
should learn to become 4 common
swearer. Any man has talent enough
to learn to curse his God, and impre-
cate perdi!ion on his fellow men. Pro
fame swearing never did any man any
good No man is the richer. or wiser,
or happier for it. 1t helps no mans
education or manners. It's disgusting
to the refined, abominable to the good.
to the mind, Improbable,
needless, and Injurious TO society.
Year: 1871

''Into each life some rain must fall, ="
hut let us trust that the days are not
all dreary, and LET us endeavor to shed
some sunshine from our own lives up
on the pathway of others; so shall we
lay up treasures for the shadowy days
which must come, sooner or later, to
oil
Year: 1871

An exchange says: "Solidilied beer
is the latest thing. 1t is lager, con-
centr.ted the way they do milk. so
that the amount you can hold on the
pint of knife will make you drunk
clean through. A man can carry
enough of it in his vest pocket to ruin
a temperance society"
Year: 1871

People may tell you of your being
unfit for some peculiar occupation Of
lite: but heed them not. Whatever
employment you follow with assidnily
and perseverance, will be found fis for
you; it will be your support in youth
and comfort in oil age.
Year: 1871

j


From the New York World.l stt Oo


One by one the friends of the Presi-
dent desert him. When he first entered
the White House the Radicals were en-
thusiastic inn their praise of the silent
soldier who was TO reconstruct the Union
and bring disorder out of the chaos OF
civil war by the mere rattle of his sa6er
in its sheath. Now his professed adj
mirers are limited to the circle Of his
own relations and the Federal Office
holders the, two being in most cases
identical Among the most persistent
of his trumpeters have been the Messrs.
Harper, who, in their several periodi-
calls, have lavished much praise upon
him. They, too, however, have at last
been forced to change their tone, and in
the last number of their magazine pub


ish the following bitter assault upon
him in the form of an extract from a


letter of Thomas Jefferson, in which the
writer saidrg ua su. l9n


The public will never be made to be-
lieye that the appointment of a relative
is made on the ground of merit alone,
iuninAuenced by family views; nor can
they ever see with appreciation Offices,
the disposal of which they intrust to
their Presidents for public purposes,
divided out as family property Mr.
Adams degraded himself infinitely by
his conduct on this subject, as General
Washington had done himself the great
est honor. With two such examples to
proceed by, / should be doubly inexcusa-
Bile to err. 1t is true that this places the
relations of the President in a worse
situation than if he were a strangers but
tie public good which cannot be effected
if its confidence be lost, requires this
sacrifice. ii
Year: 1871

they have any brain, that we have prem
i'ed to pay for both. Tho city did not
we beg leave to. inform the interested
world, pay for our sidewalk. If anybody
lost anything by its being put down, he is
the unfortunate man who gave us credit
for the lumber.


There was considerable excitement on
Commercial avenue yesterday. A man,
apparently in great distress, was seen ges-
ticulating in front Of Alba's barber shop
and otherwise acting in strange manner.
When questioned, he said he was incon-
solable; that the thought he had not al
ways been apatron Of Alba had driven him
to distraction. He declared that Alba
was the best shaver in the city-had
cleaner towels, sharper razors, and was
most attentive 10 his patrons. Go and A.
certain for yourself that he spoke the
truth.