smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

you might know her? She has
two upper front teeth, is tall, but a
good deal inclined to stoop, one rib
on the left side gone, has one shred
of rusty hair hanging from the left
side of her head, and one little tuft
Just above and a little forward of
her right ear, has her under jaw
wired on one side where it worked
loose, small bone Of left forearm
gone-lost in a fght-has a kind of
swagger in her gait, and a 'gallus'
way of going with her arms akimbo,
and her nostrils IN the air-has been
pretty free and easy, and is all dam
aged and battered up till she looks
like a queensware crate in ruins
maybe you have not met her?'


God Forbid" | inyoluntarily
calculated, for some how was not
looking for that form of question,
and it caught me little Offmy guard.
But l hastened to make amends for
my rudeness and say: Il simply
meant l had not had the hoDOr-for
] would not deliberately speak dis
courteously of friend of yours.
You we're saying that you were rob-
bcd-and it was a shame, too-but
it appears by what is left of the
shroud you have on that it was a
costly one in its day. How did"
A most CHASTITY expression began
to develop among the decayed fea-
lures and shriveled integuments of
my quests face, and was beginning
to grow uneasy and distressed, when
he told me he was only working up
a deep, sly smile, with a wink in it,
to suggest that about the time he
acquired his present garment a ghost
in a neighboring cemetery missed
fone. This reassured me, but I
begged him to confne himself to
speech, thenceforth, because his ia
cial expression was uncertain. Even
with the most elaborate care it was
liable to miss fire. Smiling should
especially be avoided. What he
might honestly consider a shining
success was likely to strike me in a
very different light. ! said I liked
to see q skeleton cheerful even de.
corously playful, but 1 did not think
smiling was q skeletons best hold


MARX TWAIN.
Year: 1870

The recent fire at La Crosse determines the
question whether or not burning fluid will ex-
plode. There are still supposed to be persons
who, from interest OF ignorance, question the
fact, notwithstanding the daily deaths and
conhagratiOns which arise from the use Of
every variety Of the burning oils. On Satur-
day a man in the southern part Of the State
was burned to death by attempting to fill
coal-oil lamp while it was lighted. We
mention this, of course, because it is the most
recent one that occurs to US. live should
search our f-es for a few weeks past we might
collate any number desired. The fact is well
known, but every one who handles the dan
gerous fluid seems to think himself exempt.
It is some other mans burning fluid which Is
explosive and dangerous. No such accident
ever happened to him or his family and never
will so far as he knows. OF course these peO-
pie pay the penalty of their carelessness every
day but they also involve others in trouble
and sometimes in death thereby, and the only
hope we have Of regulating this matter is to
regulate the fluid If it cannot be made nom
explosive, or if men cannot be prevented from
selling the explosive article, the public will
be driven to abolishing the use of It. This is
the effective way of regulating these matters
1t may take some time to give dog the name
Of being mad, but it can be done and the dog
Is apt to be summarily abolished when it is
done The press, therefore, should raise the
CRY of 'mad dog" against these fluids and
keep it up.-Toiedo Commercial
Year: 1870

Twas a Jolly old pedagogue, long ago,


Tall and slender and sallow and dry;
His form was bent and his gait was slow,
His long, thin hair was white as snow,


But wonderful twinkle shone in his eye;
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
LET Us he happy down here below;
The living s,ould live though the dead be


dead,"


said tie Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He taught his scholars the rule OF three,


Writing and reading and history, too;
He took the little ones up on his knee,
For kind old heart i'll his breast had he,


And the wants of the littlest child he knew.
Learn when your young" he often said,


There's much to enjoy down here below,
Life for the living and rest for the dead"


Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago
With the stupidest boy he was kind and cool,
Speaking only in gentlcst tones;
The rod was hardly known in his school
Whipping to him was a barbarous rule,


And too hard work for his poor old bones;
Beside it was painful, he sometimes said,


ave must make life pleasant here below,
The living need charity more than the dead,
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He lived i'll the house by the hawthorn lane,


With the roses and woodbiue over the door
His room was quiet, and neat and plain,
NJ ....;A ,f ,c,,, f,.E +1,ara hold ,,airr


And made him forget he was old and poor
AZ need so little" he often said,
| And my friends and relatives here below
Won't Itigate over me when I'm dead"


Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
Then the jolly old pedagogue's wrinkled face
Melted ansover in sunny smiles;
He stirred his glass with an old school grace;
Chuckled and slipped, and prattled apace,


Till the house grew merry from cellar to tiles
'I'm a pretty old man" ne gently said:


81 have fingered long time here below;
But my heart is fresh if my youth is deadr


Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He smoked his pipe in the balmy air


Every night when. the sun went down,
While the soft wind played in his silvery hair
Leavingits tenderest kisses there


On the jolly old pedagogue's jolly old crown
And feeling the kisses, he smiled and said,


"'Twas a glorious world down here below
Why wait for happiness till we are desd?'
Said the jolly old pedagoge, long ago.

He sat at his door one midsummer night,


After the sun had sunk in the west,
And the lingering beams of golden light
Made his kindly old face look warm and bright


While the odorous ght wind whispered resi-
Gently, gently, he bowed his head;


There were angels waiting for him, know
He was sure of his happiness living or dead,


This jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
Year: 1870

-----A-lA-~aa


After taking my gymnastics re-
gularly for three or four weeks, I
am prepared to testify to their ben
eficial effects. 1 can now raise a
beefsteak with my teeth with the
greatest Of ease, will engage to hold
a barrel out at arms length with a
man in it, only stipulating that
both heads be knocked out. At
raising things with the single ex-
ceptiOn perhaps of rent money!, 1
have no superior. Iraised a bunch
on my head with forty pound club
the other day that made me look
like a double-heSder. was trou-
bled for a day or two to tell which
was me and which was the bunch.
Had the bunch shampoOned and
wore my hat on it one entire day.
Didn't discover my mistake until
the bunch went down, and I lost my
hat of.


realize the advantages of prac-
tising with the weights. I find that
1 can endure "stage waits" at the
theatre better than I used to do, and
I can wait on the table with an easy
grace to which I had previously been
a stranger. I have impaired the
weight practice to several Of my
most importunate creditors, inducing
them to wait until fall, thereby tax
ing a heavy weight off mymind


Swinging clubs, climbing ladders,
lifting weights, and practicing with
dumb-bells have developed and
strengthened the muscles ofmy arms
to a wonderful degree. I can bring
myself up with one hand now. Be
fore 1 went to the gymnasium I
couldn't bring up a child-not in the
way he should 90.


1 have practiced holding out
weights until l can hold out almost
anything. 1t is a great thing to be
abe to hold out. How many more
temperance men we would have if
they could only hold out. If they
would join the gymnasium when
they join a temperance society they
would be all right.


began with holding out induce
ments, then I held out against a
bribe for my political influence, and
finally was astOnished to find myself
able to hold out through a concert
by the Hutchinson family, a species
of endurance l wouldn't have been
capable Of few weeks ago. III
can't hold out I can't hold any
thing. I am going to try to hold
out faithful


There is one thing / am very
deficient in, and that is bad practice.
Parallel bars confuse me greatly, for
where there are two bars parallel to
each other l am at a loss which to
Patronize,all things being equal. The
slight experience I have had with
bars convinces me that they are
weakening, and as a veteran gymnast
| wouldn't recommend them.


Inconelusion 1 can say gymnastics
are a good thing. They bring
age back to the spring time of life,
(if age can withstand q backward
spring. and teach youth the ropes
Clubs are always, dumb-bells are
profitable and entertaining com
panions, even if they be deaf and
dumb, lads are all the better for be
ing intimate with ladders, there is no
board equal to the spring-board for
the same price, and as my German
friend remarks, the weights and
pullies 'fs pully." 'GHs''
Year: 1870

cused person from running away, but where sucn an
object as the safety OF the prisoner is no longer
citizen should have the fullest knowledge. The Dis
uict Attorney might step IN and control me
actlons OF the Grand Jury by fayorlng MS
friends and punishing his enemies. In times OF
puolc excitement the grand Juries themselves wouiu
paftake OF tins excitement and become monster
secrecy. The fact that grand jurles only "charge
citizen with an offence was no answer, lor, even
though ina0cent the charge followed MN througn @
NE, and nc was pointed at as q man VINO hao peen
indicted. There was always doubt as 10 whether
ne did not get clear by some technical pom. OF aw
aerous in ID V character @ ter that was reason Why is
power should be curtailed instead OF being enlarged
Inc necessity OF knowing what witnesses mao Deen
sworn and their testimony, arose from the peculiar
nature OF the offence at the public polls where there
was Q crowd and confusion where witnesses were
liable TO mistake, and where the defence COULD py
having time. very likely gain opportunities for
re0uttal or explanation. With all the public lndig.
naaion ne SHARED 10 .nem.uepS ar1
tried without fair forms and q fair chance for de.
fence The public did not desire victim, with o.!
the public indignation. There was no cause Tor rgld
defence,


The District Attorney said ne would be brief In his
reply The Court could not assume that the Grand
Jury took any minutes. There was no law requiring
them to do So and II they did 1t was no part OF the
record OF the court. He might come into court
with greater prOpriety and ask the parties 70 lur-
nlsn HIM information as to where. and when these
forgeries were committed. The defendants knew
more OF the cases than the prosecution. lie would
like to know the particulars OF the meeting OF
the canvassers on Sunday evening, who was
there and what was said; Also OF the
meeting held IN the Auditors once what place
they agreed upon, who was there and what was
said. The canvassers knew all about 1t; ne didn't.
He held that the indictments already drawn mad
furnished the parties with more than usual
amount OF particulars II the Court wanted inior
nation as to the method In which grand jurles kept
minutes, ne could show them some specimens In mis-
Office although they were not public records.


After some further argument the Judge took the
papers and reserved his decision.
Year: 1870

The following record Will show the changes in the
temperature OF the weather for the past twenty
hours in comparison with the corresponding day OF
last year, as indicated BY the thermometer at
Hudnut's pharmacy. HERALD Building corner Of
Year: 1870

The National Bank OF Jersey City sent round mott.
ncation to Various firms in New York yesterday not
to receive $50 and 800 bills OF that bank for the
present as the plates for said bills have been stolen,
and illegal bills printed from those stolen plates put
into circulation.
Year: 1870

There are but few inventions or discoveries
partment of labor. To have supposed, year ago,
that the dirtest garment could be washed clean,
in twenty thirty minutes, by boiling alone,
would have been regarded indication of in
sanity. But it has been demonstrated beyond any
doubt that this process not only cleans the clothes
but that garments thus washed become whittier and
clearer the longer it is used. Some people suggest
that clothes will get yellow after awhile. by being
washed in this way but such surposition has no
foundation in fact, and is contradicted by the
perience Of every lady who has adopted this mode
of washing.


Everybody who has tried the machine in Shasta
have expressed themselves highly pleased with
its operations 1t must be to be fully appre-
ciated, its full merits cannot be properly set
forth in ordinary advertisement


Public and private tests have been given of this
apparatus for the last six months, and more than
million of people have witnessed its success. Ten
thousand boilers were sold in New York City in less
than five II onths, from stand, and at this time
the orders reach about hundred day. Ne
used it as directed that did not recommend
it. 1t has been recommended by more than five
thousand persons in less than six months. Among
the names those of the most distinguished cit
liens of the United States but the best reconmen-
dation is to take the boiler and it yourself Do
just you directed and you will be more than
satisfied 1t appeals to us all a matter of econ
omy, and can be shown to be the best kind of an
Investment. 1t will return yearly dividend in
cash of TWO HUNDRED PER CENT. on the
money invested. For instance, we will suppose
! your white clothing such as bed and table linen
ladies and genticmens' wear, and childrens cloth
ing, only cost you $40 year. They will last twice
as long washed in this way as by the old method.
Thus, you actually save $50 year by investing 10
or 200 per cent annually. There is family
scarcely but spends moro than here stated but this
is taken as a very low average of this branch of
family expense Added to this is the great con-
venience and comfort of the thing which, all taken
together, makes it luxury which no. family can
well afford to be without.


This Boiler sells the best of any article ever offer
ed to the public Anybody after trying it fairly
will not let it go out of of the house.
Year: 1870

SmPwRECKED SoULs.-Shipwrecked
souls and crushed hearts are things met
with almost every day in California; but
the most pitiable are those where the
dreadful misery has been wrought upon
young and inexperienced girls BY men who
are old in years and adept in all the artifce
of the human heart. OF this latter class
there are great many in San Francisco,
who do nothing else, apparently, but lie in
wait for innocent, unsophisticated girls, and
lure them to destruction. A case of this
class came to our knowledge yesterday.
The victim was young and beautiful girl
One year ago she was the idol Of widowed
mother, and a circle of friends that would
have made any sacrifice for her To- day
she is an outcast, degraded through the
Vaccinations ofa man whose position in
society entities him to claim the preroga-
tives Of gentleman He became acquain-
ted with her through having business to
transact with her mother, and he marked
the fair young being as victim. He
thought not Of the misery he would entail,
not only upon the girl, but her friends and
relatives, and even upon his family, Tor he
was married man. He cared not for the
consequences to others so long as he was
gratified himself 1t is not our province
or intention to dwell upon the articles he
put in force to poison her mind and pave
the way for her fall 1t is enough to state
that they were crowned with success, and
the poor girl, now homeless wanderer,
carries in her arms the evidence of her
frailty. \ week ago she appeared at the
house in which the man holds the position
of confidential clerk and book keeper, and
entreated him to make arrangements for
her and her child's future support, but she
talked to a statue as insensible 20 feeling as
the Greek slave. She had been a petted
toy, but had outlived her power to please,
and, consequently, was an eye-sore and a
source of annoyance to him. Her impor-
tunities becoming too demonstrative, he
seized his hat and fed, leaving her to tell
her story to strangers-few, if any of them
however, feeling and sympathy for the soul
SO shipwreck.d.-S. f. Call
Year: 1870

yTyHE OLD BLOwHARD, THE BOSS OF THE


Pioneer Shop, the man that can't get white
man to work for him the man with the soft place
on the top of his head so soft the hair has all
fallen off. the man that built the sand-catcher for
Joe Mullen-the man that built wagon for Boice
that broke down in four months-the man that
ruined Sam Gilbert's horse in shoeing-I wonder
if he thinks he can make fools out of anyone else
because he is one himself. Go in old blow-ppe
vou have got the community all laughing at you.


NV name is JOHN Z. TIFFIN, pay for all my
Iron Steel and Coal.
Year: 1870

Fill the boiler with soft. water to within about
three inches Of the top of the inside boiler. Slice
up pound bar of good hard soap.


Bring the water to boil, and then place the
clothes in the hot water. The water will imme-
diately pour over the shell all around, and if it
boils raise the lid.


Keep up a hYt fire for twenty minutes. Then
take the clothes out ard Immediately SUBS them
through in soft water. If any shade Of the dirt
remains. few rubs will take it all out. Then
rinse them in clean water wiring dry and the wash
ing is done. Give particular heed to the following
SUGGESTIONS.


The clothes need not be wet before placing them
in the Boiler. 1t is of vital Importance to THOR
OUGHLY SUDS the clothing after boiling. Every
lady knows that the least particle of suds left in
the clothes to dry will cause the clothes to look
yellow. brisk fire is important in order to PRO-
duce rapid boiling. Time may be saved by stirring
or turning the clothes occasionally while boiling.
The cover should not be removed. except when
necessary, in order to insure quick work. If the
washing be large one, the clothes should be as
sorted, dirty shirts, for instance, will require
double the time of sheets, pillow cases, napkins,
&c.


Articles much soiled may be left in for a second
boiling. White fannels may be beautiful washed
without FULLING) by this process. They
should be put in when the water is hot, and rinsed
out in hot water.


Colored clothes should not be mixed with white
and unless the colors fast they should never be
washed by this process. The most delicate laces,
cambrics, &C., such as would nearly fall to pieces
ifwashed in the ordinary way, may be was he'd per-
fectly, without injury, by this process. The almost
absolute necessity of using soft, or "broken -
mention here


No machine ever invented will entirely remove
the streaks from dirty wristbands and Collars
This Self washing Boiler nearly does it than
any other. device. Should shade or streak remain
it will be found to be reduced and softened as
disappear without the Of . wash-b board. bv
merely rubbing them with the hands, thus avoiding
all the wear and tear of clothing by washing. II
has been carefully estimated that clothing receives
more than 0NE-HALF ITS WEAR by the old
process of RUBBING, and consequently win Last
twice as long if washed BY this process, which
alone would pay for Boiler many times during
single year, in almost any family, to say nothing
of the important consideration CT saving labor.
For any required information call on or address


THOMAS GREENE,


Shasta, Cal
Sbas.a, April 2nd, 1870.
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep pit clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to ats original color
acih the gloss and
freshness Of yo,ah.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

Fill the boiler with soft. water to within about
three inches Of the top of the inside boiler Slice
up one pound bar of good hard soap.


Bring the water to boil and then place the
clothes in the hot water. The water will imne-
diately pour over the shell all around, and if it
Year: 1870

There was full attendance at the rooms OF the
Jockey Club last evening, and more than the usual
number were gathered at Riley's where the bidding
was somewhat heavier and equally spirited. Tic
favore at the last named place were the liuv-
die and Club Stakes, While ut the former bidding
was scattered all the for which there were
entries and in quite small sums. TSic aggregate
Of all the pools sold would probably fall short Of
$4,000.


Ihe following are sample OF those sold at The
Year: 1870

ROME, June. Ia, 1870.
The preamble OF the 1nfalibility decree IS still
under considerationin the Ecumenical Council.


His Holiness 10 certain Of majority in favor of the
measure Several members Of the minority repeat
their resolution to retire In case the proposition is
successful. The fathers who are in favor Of nfalli
bility contributing heavily TO make up purse TO
be given to the Pope. The minority decline to sub
scribe nything.
Year: 1870

AN ACT TO amend chapter 1l2 of the revised stat


utes, entitled ''Of guardians and wards.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in senate and assembly, do enact as follows


hundred and twelve of the revised statutes here
when any person, by excessive drinking shall be
unable to attend business shall be lost to self
control. and thereby shall greatly end anger his
health lite or property, shall be AN unsafe per-
CON 10 remain at large, shall by gaming idleuess
or debauchery of any kind spend waste
lessen his estate as to expose himself his family
40 DANCER of want or suffering, or the town to
Oh srge Or expense for the support of himself or
Ms f1nilv any friend or relative of such person.
any one or more of the supervisors or justices OF
the neace of the town of which such person IS an
inhabitant or in which he resides, may present
complaint to the Judge of the county court, set
ting forth the facts and circumstances OF the case'
and praying to have "a guardian appointed for hlm.
The Judge of the county court shall have power TO
authorize or direct the guardian OF any such per-
son, to commit such person to any lnebrla'e asy-
lum, either in of this state, to be designated
by said judge, by order. for term not exceeding
one year: proOtded, that such judge may at any
time within two months before the expiration OF
the term for which such person is so committed,
upon new evidence taken in the case, by order,
tehd the term for which such person is so COM
mltted not exceeding one year; the whole term of
huch commitment in case to exceed two wears
in all


Sec. z This act shall take effect and he in force
from and after ITS passage aud publication.


Approved March IT, 1870,