smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

The case Of the colored cadet is
happily disposed Of without threat
cning any very serious conse.
quences, either to the West Point
Academy or to the general militia
ry service. The charges were so
clearly proved that the defendant
was forced to an admission OF the
unmilitary offences alleged, but
claimed, in Piles Of justification
or apology, that it was after all
but "a little unpleasantness," an
affray such as often occurs in the
cadet corps, and not really deserv-
ing of the special importance
which had been attached to it.
The only point upon which there
was conflicting testimony was
that in relation to the blow which
the colorcd cadet inflicted upon
his white fellow-cadet with 3 dip
pcr-whether it was the jagged
end or the smooth bottom Of the
culinary uteasil that had been
used, and whether it was the side
or the top of the head which re-
ceived the blow. The defendant
admitted the bottom Of the dipper,
but denied the top Of the head.
The Court was not long in making
up it's verdict: but, as the decision
goes through the War Department
to the President for approval or
otherwise. it will be some time,
lingering weeks perhaps, before
the public anxiety is relieved as to
the final result.


The fact is, that poor Smith,
seems to have g hard time among
his white brethren, they not being
very fond Of the "man and bro
ther." He will scarcely be sble
to remain at West Point, much
longer, even if he gets out Of the
dipper scrape.
Year: 1870

Buy A HoME.-EVery laboring
poor man should buy himself a
town lot, get that paid for, and
then work to make the necessary
improvements. A little here and
little there will in due time pro-
duce you 8 home of your own,
and place you out Of the landlords s
grasp; remember that fifty dol
lars year saved in rent will in 8
very few years pay for your home,
and the money it costs you to
move and shift about, without any
lots OF furniture and time, pay the
interest on q FIVE hundred dollar
Judgment against your property,
until you can gradually reduce it
to nothing. You can all buy that
vay-why do you not risk it? Ii
YOU fail, you are no worse of-l'
you succeed, as any careful man is
sure to do, you have made a bome
and established a basis equal tc
many anothcr's: which will start
YOU in business.
Year: 1870

\ girl in San Jose is possessed
of a devil in the shape Of a bush
whacker's ghost. The spirit, on
being questioned, ref::.ed, through
the mouth of the girl: Il was
what You call a bushwhacker, and
was killed by this girls father,
and, as 7 still feel . spirit Of re-
vengc against him. I have taken
control Of her to further my de-
signs have nothing against tue
rirl. and intend to do her no harm.


Apparently; the evil spirit went
on to tell many things which had
happened between himself and
the girls relatives, (all Of which
was true and finally told them
that there was q letter on the way
10 them, giving information Of the
severe sickness of a little sister OF
the girl, whom be was using for
his evil purpose. The letter al
luded to arrived in a few days,
confirming the truth Of what had
been foretold. The relatives Of
the girl, with whom she was lily,
ing, thinking that the child might
be insane, sent her to private
asylum in Alameda County L few
days ago. and have learned that
she is not disturbed any longer
by the revengeful monster. The
spirit had tod them before that
he would leave the girl when she
should be removed from her rela-
tives, but he would enter into
some other member Of the family.
\ day or so ago I letter was re-
ceived from Missouri, stating that
the father Of the girl was afflicted
in q manner which exactly CORES
ponds with the former disorders
Of the child. The story comes
from the parties directly connect
cd with the strange affair, who
are upright, honorable people.


Nevada rauchmcn use Sheep
Year: 1870

The more We sink into the in
drmities of sge, the nearer we arc
to immortal youth. All persons
are young in the other world,
That state is an eternal spring
ever fresh and fourishing. Now,
to pass from midnight into noon
on sudden, to be decrepit one mir
ute, and all spirit and activity the
next, must be an entertaining
change. To call this dying is al
abuse o. language.
Year: 1870

From the New York Sporting TimesI


The advancing strides OF journalistic enterprise In hs
country among the striking exempfcations Of the
activity Of the age all that the business Of
The daily newspapers expected to lay the breakfast
tables Of their patrons each morning eptome OF oil
that going on at home and abroad The Of
armies, the transactions Of paaments and legislatures the
latest Intelligence relating to finance and trade must be had
whatever and cost by the journal that would stand
in the foremost rank One of artists has produced ne
swift and commodons steam yacht built expressly for the
purpose OF boarding inward bound vessels and speeding
back to the city with the they be able to furnish
To the mercantile community such agency 10 invaluable,
NEW YORK HERALD has kept its leading position among the
newspapers Of the world
Year: 1870

IT is reported that Senator Corbett, Of
Oregon, intends as soon as Congress meets
and is ready for business, to introduce a
bill for the elevation of gold notes to the
gold standard. 1t will provide that the
notes Of banks established on q gold basis
and which are redeemable in gold, sliAll
be receivable in payment of duties on i'm
ports. 1t is held by some, and IN fact by
the very persons who drafted the gold
bunk bill, that the omission of u stipula-
ton like the one proposed was entirely IN
oversight, as the originators intended that
the notes should answer every purpose Of
gold coin. This defect, rs they call It, Is
said to have chilled the enterprise OF
many who intended to organize gold
banks, and for that reason they think


several will be started when the bill for
remedy becomes law. -l1aaa
Year: 1870

observation-disclosures who have not
been in the habit of drinking buttermilk
consider It disagreeable, because 1t is
slightly acid, in Consequence OF the pres
ence Of Tactic acid. There Is not much
nourishment in buttermilk, but the pres
cnce Of the tactic acid assists in the digcs.
ton Of any food taken with 1t The
Welsh peasants almost live upon oat-cake
and buttermilk. Invallds suffering from
indigestion will do well to drink butter


milk at meal times.-ScitntVic american
Year: 1870

mand for his work. He will soon
learn the principles and habit Of our
civilization, and his expenses will keep


pace with his progress 10 that direction.


His children will be Americanized, and


we hope Christianized. The result will


be that the harm anticipated will not
come, but, in some way or other, all
classes be benefited by the change


which takes place. One thing our gov
ernment can do 1t can prevent heart
less spectators from making merchan-
disc of Cinnamon. 1t can prevent any
system Of any contract serVitude which
would compel the new conner to work
in America for Chinese wages. Let
the Cinnamon stand on an equal foot
ing with all other classes. Let the laws
of trade-of supply and demand-regu-
late this matter. Above all, let all re-
member to do unto others-though they
be negroes, Indians or Chinamen-as we
would that others should do to US This
is the royal law which works i'll to none.
The plain principle faithfully observed,
society will suffer no deterioration or
serious injury Toledo Blade.
Year: 1870

see a young man write too well, that
indicated bloodlessness he liked to
see some exuberance in youth, but
where the stream ran too full he pro-
vided a hume as well as a dam.


We need the niceties Of culture quite
enough, no doubt, in this new country
but we need broad and hearty manhood
more. Whose fault is it that our old
est university has but two of its gradu-
ates in the United States Senate, and
two more in the Housei Is it the fault
of Harvard, or of the nation7 We
Judge of Harvard itself 1t is a weak
thing to say, "Politics are bad, there
fore let college-bred men keep out OF
them" Unless college training emas-
culates, let the men whom it tranr take
hold of politics and set them right.
"Sit on the world and steer it," as EN-
merson judiciously recommends. Tell
your young men that they are to be the
leaders, and not the weaklings, of
American life. Do not begin, for in
stance an innovation the wrong way and
by letting the graduating class (as at
the last Harvard Commencement stand
at a desk and read their essays, instead
of speaking them Of-hand. If there is
any point of education in which an av-
erage American surpasses an English
man, it is in the ability to stand on his
legs and face an audience.


1t is no slight thing to able to speak
your mind without stammering or
shrinking, and it is shame to see eur
oldest college adopt any practice that
looks the other way. The demand of
this nation is for men of positive force.
After that, the more cultivated the bet
ter. What men respect in the most
brutal demagogue or the most unscru-
pulous financier is not the brutality nor
the tricks, but the strength that lies be-
hind them. When men Of refinement
have as much pluck, and vigor, and
persistence as these hearty and ihdom-
table sinners, they can beat them with
their own weapons. But the world
will never come rightSide-up while vir-
tue implies timidity and culture means
bloodlessness.
Year: 1870

The Sex OF EGds.-Is there any
way of ioretelling the sex of eggs? Yes
When on examining an egg, by holding
it between the eye aud the light of the
sun, or of candle, the vivifying speck
Is seen exactly on the top, such an egg,
it is said, will produce male bird; but
il, on the contrary, the speck be on one
side, il will produce a female. 1t is
said, also, that the sex of the embryo
bird may be distinguished by the shape
Of the egg; as if the egg is elongated in
shape it will contain male, but if MOI Q
globular it will contain female. So
that if these indications be true, either
sex may be progagatcd at pleasure,
which is not yet known to be the case
in any other class Of animal creation.
So says the ,Stock Groloer.
Year: 1870

"Geatlemen Of the jury" said .
Western lawyer, ~ don't want TO in
sinuate that this man is covetous
person, but | will bet five to one that
if you should bait steel trap with q
new three cent piece, and place it with
in three inches Of his mouth, you would
catch his soul. / wouldn't for mo-
moment say that he would steal, but,
may it please the Court and the gentle.
men Of the Jury, wouldn't trust him
in room with red rod mill stones, and
the angel Gabriel to watch EN-"
Year: 1870

Judge Grisr, Of Now York, was onca
trying a cause in which laundering
jury returned an unjust verdict. As
the clerk turned to record it, the Judge
said "Mr. Clerk, that verdict is set
aside BY Che Court. Il may as well be
understood that in this State il takes
thirteen men to steal mans farm
Year: 1870

WALL STREET. |


MONDAY, June 13-6 +. ID.
We Wall street markets to-day were utterly duii'
The speculative spirit is entirely arrested by the un
certainty as to what action Congress WIZ take on
the Currency and Funding bills. The bill OF Mr..
GARFIELD comes up at the morning hour tomorrow
On the eve Of its revival the stock Exchange was
not disposed to do anything and was thinly at
tended all day. The feature Of the day, however, was
the


FURTHER DECLINE IN GOLD,
the market for which literally broke down under the
accumulation OF influences which have been directed
against the premium Of late, and the price
at the close settled to 1875. The fiatterng exhibit
Of our foreign trade showing the exports, even IN
gold values to be In OF the imports accounts
for the inactivity In exchange which has SO puzzled
the foreign bankers The 'bulls'' In the Gold Room
endeavored TO make some use of the fact that the
coin interest Oh the portion OF our debt held abroad
always occasions necessity for gold shipments, but
they forget that experience has 80 for shown that
large percentage OF these coupons go back rein
vested in our bonds. The decline In gold this morn.
ing started our bonds mp TO S914 in London this
afternoon the effect OF which was in turn the final
decline here to 112x. The course OF the market is
cbnwu I'm he tahle.-
Year: 1870

JUuEC TICSUHULs


Wiludrn KnaEe1er Us. Adam RitteT.-This action
was brought to nulllfy an agreement between the
iingants on the ground Of false representations
The plaintiff bought house and lot from the de-
fendant on his defendants representing it to be in
good order and renting for $4,000 per year. He and
his wife went to see and examine the house before
bargain and brought suit to obtain their money
back on the ground that the house was not IN good
repair and did not rent for what was stated The
Court dismissed the action on the ground that no
fraud was shown by the evidence, plaintiff and his
wife having admitted going to see the nouae.
Year: 1870



He had bowed down to drunkenness;
An abject worshipp9r;
The pulse of manhood's pride had gone,
Too faint and cold to stir;
And he had given his spirit up
Unto the humblest thrall;
And, bowling to the poisoned cup.
He gloried in his fall.
There came change: the cloud rolled of,
And light fell on his brain:
And, like the passing of dream
That cometh not again,
The shadow of his spirit fled;
He saw the gulf before:
He shuddered at the waste behind,
And was q man once more.
He shook the serpent's folds away,
That gathered round his heart,
As shakes the sturdy forest oak
Its poison vine apart;
He stood erect: returning pride
Grew terribly within,
And conscience sat in judgment on
His most familiar sin.
The light of intellect again
Along his pathway shone,
And reason, like a monarch, stood
Upon its golden throne;
The honored and the wise once more
Within his presence came,
And fingered oft on lovely lips
His once forbidden name.
There may be glory in the might
That treadeth nations down:
Wreaths for the crimson warrior,
Pride for the kingly crown;
But glorious is that triumph hour
The disenthralled shall find,
When evil passion boweth down
Unto the God-like mind.
Year: 1870

would have been up in balloon, boys,
up in a balloon" "


This discovery is valuable to science
and was made by men of entire credibil-
ity, and the statements given are by
those who understand the sea and are
enthusiastic at the marvellous discovery
Year: 1870

For some time previous TO October, 1865 one J.
Kaona, had gathered around him a considerable
number of persons in the District of Kona Island OF
Hawaii These persons were held together BY the
bond of religious enthusiasm, and what is regarded
by the people delusion. dispute had arisen be-
tween them and certain other parties regarding the
right Of occupation of the land upon which they had
located, aud some difficulty having been experien-
ced it is alleged in serving the process of the law
upon them, the Deputy Sheriff. Richard B. Neville,
having called in the assistance of the posse of the
district proceeded TO the locality where they were
to process of arrest for resisting an officer in
the discharge of his duty, and encounter having
ensued, the Sheriff aud another slain. There
had been much excitement in the District previous
TO this event, which was naturally greatly increas-
ed by these deaths Messages were despatched to
the seat Of Government Immediately, calling for
sistance to maintain order. At the time, mes
sages were sent to Hilo, to notify the officers Of
the Government there. His Majesty's Government
deemed it expedent to dispatch a small military
force, under the charge of Governor Dominis His
Excellency, the Attorney General and the Marshal
Of the Kingdom, accompanied the force. Upon
their arrival at Kealakekua the Sheriff of the island
had arrived there and effected the arrest of several
Of the followers of KaOna 1t was then deemed ex-
pedent in the good order and the quiet of the
District, not only to those who were accus-
cd Of the homicides,-whch would be a matter of
course,-but likewise to the whole of those
who had collected around Kaona,-many of whom
were found to be IN very destitute condition,-to
disperse 1t will be at once, that it mat
ter OF necessary prudence to send sufficient force to
maintain law and order. The expenses incidental
TO this matter S3,673 90; and iuasmuch as the
Military Appropriation for the Biennial period was
not sufficient to bear this extraordinary dsburse-
ment, the Privy Council of State, by resolution,
dated Dec. so, 1865 and in accordance with article
18th of the Constitution, ordered the Minister of
Finance to pay this sum; a detailed account of
which will be laid upon the table
Year: 1870

the two men to me and as gazed upon one
of them, l was no longer in doubt as to
where had heard his voice before. It was
the driver of the express wagon who had
taken me from the depot, and who had first
given me the history of the house in which
we now stood. 1t was he who had address
ed his companion as "Jim," and now they
both moved along to the spot which had
possessed such fascination in my eyes until
had solved the mystery connected with it.


jim held the candle above it. moving if
to and fro, but taking care to shade the
blaze with his hand SO that it might not
shine out too brightly through the windows.


do you know whether any one has
been here to-day, Sam?" asked the one
who had not before spoken.


Yes, one sure that chap 1 brought
over from the depot t'other day was in
here this forenoon"


gave start of surprise. How did he
know this? Had my movements been
watched, and, if so, did they not know that
l was even then secreted somewhere about,
the house?


"He here! Then he must be q detec-
tive, as we thought he was, in the first
place" said the other, in evident alarm.


"No, don't think he isl returned nv
driver. GIVE made all sorts of inquiries,
and l have found that he is really an old
friend of Tom Jones's, and that prying his
nose INTO other folks affairs aint in his line
but If he makes it so, he had better not
have come to Wicklow, that's ALL


CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1870

WHY I left. the filthy and gloomy
w office of Messrs. Bite Sc Tear, cat
torneys and Counsellors at Law" as their
legend reads, and where | had acted in the
capacity of clerk for the past dozen years,
was for a two-fold reason. The first was,
my health was beginning to fail, from too
close application to my business, and the
old doctor who had been in our family for
years, declared that l must have country
air, and plenty of it, before | could hope to
be better and the other was, | wanted to
pay visit to my old friend and chum at
school, Tom Jones, whom / had seen but
once since | had entered the employ of
Messrs. Bite & Tear These reasons being
deemed sufficient by my employers, I was
granted leave of absence for couple of
months, and throwing together modest
amount of apparel l sailed forth for the
depot, and was soon whirling along towards
the place Of my destination.


had learned that the train did not run
nearer to Wicklow than half score of
miles; but / was told, ON board, that l
should find conveyance at the little way
side station which would take me there,
and therefore felt somewhat disappointed
when l stepped on the lonely unsheltered
platform, to find that l was monarch Of all
] surveyed, there not being road, or a hU-
man habtation in sight.


A cross-road led away into what seem ed
to be the heart of wilderness, but which
one to take, the right or the left, was more
than l could possibly conjecture. Iprlyu un.
certainty and doubt, / blamed myself fol
not having written Tom to meet me at the
station, as he would have done, but then
wanted to take him by surprise. In one
thing had succeeded, and that was in sur
prising myself, for / had not the least idea
that such a wild, wilderness-lool1ing place
could be found before the end of a DAYS
ride from the Hub.


was just on the point of adopting thai
method which all lost travellers are sup
posed to put in practice, that of setting III
stick and bending my steps in the direc
ton which it fell, when, much to my relief
l heard the clatter of wheels, and lout
voice, apparently addressed to the beast it,
owner was driving, and in a moment more
rough-looking team appeared coming
down the road, and in little time it haC
driven round to the platform with a flour
ish.


"Going to Wicklow?" he asked, as h,
took me in at glance, and picked up til,
small mailbag, which, up to this time, hat
been lying unnoticed at my feet.


replied in the affirmative.


Get aboard then, amt got no time t,
lose Most half an hour behind time, an,
Old Mailkeys,at Wicklow, will be mad rs
hornet if I'm late. Any body would thinl
Year: 1870

HYDRoPHoB1A. Seeing there arc 50 many
cases of hydrophobia prevailing, send copy
OF recipe have for tho cure, or rather pre-
vention.ot that terrible malady, for publication
in the Gazette, as happily it may be the means
Of saving the life of some of our fellow beings.


Very respectfully, DAVID WALTON.


ACCoTINK, II NO., 1st 1870.


CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBIA. M edical science
seems vainly to have exhausted its skill in
search of cure for the bite Of mad dog.
The follow ing is Mrs. Goodman's celebrated
remedy which has been unfailing in every case
where taken before the occurrence of spasms.
1t consists of three doses OF elecampane root
taken in the following manner, viz: For the
first dose take one and hall ources Of either
the dried or green root; if green, crate as you
would horseradisb if the dry root, reduce it
quite fine, mix it in pint of milk fresh from
the COW and boil it down to hall pint. Take
this early in the morning upon an empty stom.
ach and eat nothing until after o'clock in the
afternoon. Forty eight hours after this take
two ounces OF the root prepared in the Same
way, boiling it down to half pint as before,
and take 1t IN the same manner. Again 10
forty eight hours take another dose of same
quantity as the last. This makes in all FIVE and
half ounces OF the root and three pints Of
milk; the directions are to be closely observed
using milk &resh from the COW, boiling each
dose down to half pint, taking the whole dose
at once, and upon an empty stomach, fasting
until four o clock, taking the dose every other
day. The green root is preferable. 1t is an
exceedingly nauseous dose to prepare or take
but is certain cure, if taken in time, for either
hydrophobia or snake bite. The gentleman
who gave US the recipe paid twenty FIVE dol
lars for it and was cured by it. Since then he
has prescribed it wit b certain effect in num-
Der OF cases, In one case TWO men were bitten
by the same dog, one took the remedy and is
living to day, the other refused to take it and
died in most terrible agony.-From Once 4
Month";
Year: 1870

gentleman, giving the name OF Eli II. Lord, yes
terday arrived IN this city from Baltimore and at
once proceeded 10 the Western Hotel in Cortlandt
street, where he put up In the afternoon he went
to see lady friend or by the Boston express train
from the New Haven Railroad depot Twenty seventh
street and Fourth avenue, and entered sleeping
car to engage berth therein for mis- fair friend
While in the doorway OF the car man Jumped past
him. while TWO others pushed him close to the door
OF the car. One of the men pushing against
him snatched from his shirt front IL handsome
diamond ana emerald pin valued at $500. The men
at once male good their escape Mr.. Lord, who is
merchant doing business at Syracuse N " reported
his loss TO the police but as ne could give no descrp
ton OF the robbers but little hope Is cntertained OF
securing their arrest.
Year: 1870

The following record VIII show the changes m the
temperanre or the weather for the past twenty four
hours IN comparison with the corresponding day OF
last year. as Indicated by the Thermometer ut Hud.
nuts pharmacy HERALD Building. Broadway, cor
ner OF Ann street,