smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

Special to the Union and American,


KNoxvILLE, May 27.-There was n
immense crowd of people in Knoxville
to day, drawn hither by the Industrial
Exposition, but mainly to hear ex Presi-


dent Johnson, who had been invited by


the mechanics to address them on this
occasion. The mechanics of Knoxville,


as well as of Knox and the surrounding


counties, were out in full force, and there
were thousands of other citizens. At


an early hour il the morning process


sion OF mechanics and citizens was form
ed, which was about mile in length
President johnson rode in carriage in
that part of the procession composed of


tailors. After marching through several


of the principal streets of the city the


procession moved to the fair ground.


Though the weather was excessively hot,


and Mr.. johnson spoke under great dis


advantages, owing to the confined at


mosphere in the Exposition building,


aud theloud noise made by visitors walk


ing ID be upper story, he neyertheless


thst be was proud Of being mechanic
himself He.said he would address his
,udience in reference to measures involv
ing the highest interests of the labor
and mechanism of the country, and then
spoke against the policy of the State in
allowing penitentiary labor to come in
conflict with honest labor as a general
thing he thought prisons and penitentia-
ries did not tend to reformation of the
criminal.


In regard to capital and labor, he said
that capital was always seeking to obtain
labor on the most favorable terms, and
labor was always seeking to obtain the
highest wages. Referring to the late
war, he said that England was no friend
of the South, but was disposed to aid
the South in her conflict with the North
so as to weaken the power of CONNER
cial rival. The President spoke of the
high position which the industrious and
frugal mechanic might reach and in
stanced his own case as an illustration
he also spoke at some length of the Ma
tional debt, and said that the interest
upon it was one hundred and fifty mil.
lions of dollars at six per cent. This
had to be paid by the labor of the coun
try; no nation had ever yet paid any
large public debt without Reputation.
The debt contracted in the revolutiona-
ry war was nearly all repudiated. But
we had not the right to make this debt
permanent. He said it would be just
and equitable that the six per cent. paid
by the government as interest, should be
applied to the reduction of the principal
in semi annual instalments, which in
sixteen years and eight months would
liquidate the entire national debt. Mr..


johnson also discussed the constitution,
and said that every good citizen should
cling to it as the chiet ark of his safety.
The President was frequently spplauded
during the delivery of his remarks. and
at the conclusion was enthusiastically
cheered.
Year: 1871

The idea. that the soft side of plank
makes the best couch when one gets used
to it, was long ago expounded. People
who know ''what is what" who read the
newspapers and mean to be somebody,
don't believe a word of it. Those who
have settled down to Diogones in the
rub life accept the doctrine. 1t is true
that the tired man or woman will sleep
soundly on hard bed, and habit may
make the hardness dear to them. 1t j,
also true that Napoleon's soldiers slep
while on their march homeward from
Russia, and some of them may have been
attached to locomotion and slept united
Notwithstanding all this. those who have
once felt the almost human kindness and
warmth of hair mattress beneath them
cannot go back to straw and husks with
out pang.


We do not recommend softness, but
elasticity: Feathers, except in very cold
weather. are unwholesome, because they
retain an excess of warmth about the
BODY. and also be cause they absorb the
iusensible PRECIPITATION thrown off by the
pores, and permit The body, to reabsorh
the excremeutitious matter. A bed OF
soft, fresh straw, evenly distributed and
covered with thin cotton or wooileu
mattress, may be good resting place,
and furnish sweet sleep. But how can
man or woman rise refreshed, from a
couch of sirlw or shuck mattresses, which
has been in nightly use without renewal
for series of years? Yet there are por
tions of this very land of plenty
whsre travellers put to sleep upon just
such beds as this.
Year: 1871

A curious and instructive example Of
the abuses possible under the present
system of impanDelipg juries in the courts
Of this city was afforded in the court of
quarter sessions on Tuesday. This anus
ing and anomalous parody of justice
was duly reported in the local columns
Of the Public Record yesterday, and con-
sisted in the calling Of three citizens to
act as jurymen, not one of whom under
stood a word of the English language or
had the least intelligent idea of the po
sition he was expecting to occupy or the
duties he had been selected to proform.


This, of itself, was ludicrous enough,
but the farce ran great risk of being
transformed into tragedy, when one of
these men was actually impanneled, in
Quoted into the jury box, suffered to
listen to testimony in tongue which
was, to him, mere gibberish, and finally
allowed to record his virdict in the case
under trial, upon the strength of an sex
planation" given him by an interpreter
after the case had been dismissed and the
jury had retired for consultation.
Year: 1871

The duty of railroad companies not
only to carry passengers safely, but also
to protect them from annoyance and in
suit, has just been judicially declared in
suit against railway company in
Maine. The plaintiff in the suit, being
in one of the company's cars, surrender
ed his ticket on demand to brakeman.
Shortly after, the brakeman, without
provocation, approached the plaintiff in
his seat, and, accosting him in loud
voice, denied that he had seen or receiv-
ed the ticket, called him liar, charged
him with trying to evade the payment Of
his fare, and with having done SO before;
and, leaning over him and bringing his


istsdown close to his face, violently
shook it there, and threatened to split
his head open aud spill Hisise brains erirsh.
there on the spot, with much more to the
same effect The defendants, although
we'll knowing the brakeman's misconduct,
did not discharge him, but retained him
in his place, which he continued to oc-
cupy at the time of the trial. The jury
was instructed that the case was prop
er one for exemplary damages, and they
returned verdict for SIS. $50, which the
court declined to set aside, laying down
the law as follows:


The carriers obligation is to carry
his passenger safely and properly, and
to treat him respectfully; and, if he in
trusts the performance of this duty to
his servants, the law holds him responsi-
BILE for the manner in which they exc
cute the trust. The law seems to be now
we'll settled that the carrier is obliged to
protect his passenger from violence and
insult from whatever source arising. He
is not regarded as an insurer of his pas
senger's safety against every possible
source of danger, but ne is bound to use
all reasonable precautions as human
Judgment and foresight are capable of to
make his passengers journey safe and
comfortable He must not only protect
his passenger against the violence and
insults of strangers and co passengers,
but a torfiori against the violence and
insults of his own servants. If this
duty to the passenger is not performed,
if this protection is not furnished, but.
on the contrary, the passenger is assault
ed and insulted through the negligence
or willful misconduct of the carriers
servant, the carrier is necessarily re-
sponsible.'
Year: 1871

A convention has been called by the
Dominion Annexation Society to meet at
Niagara Falls on July 4. Annexation
has not been much agitated in Canada
of late. The question was indirectly an
issue in the late Novo Scotia election,
and is apparently losing ground. The
party opposed to confederation, which
party embraces all the annexatiOnists OF
that Province, though retaining majori
ty of the Legislature, lost several mem


bers. Previous to the election the ar
gument was used by the CoDfederatioDists
that victory for the opposition would
be one iu favor of annexation to the
United States, and the result shows that
in Nova Scotia annexation is not SO
popular as it was four years ago. If this
feeling has extended throughout Canada,
the time for holding the convention is
inauspieious. The Canadian advocates
of annexation have also made another
mistake The convention as called, will,
if all the delegates attend, be so large as
to be uowieldly. Two delegates from
each Congressional District of the United
States. and two from each Parliamentary
District of the Dominion, will, If all
send delegates, make convention con
sderably larger than our National nomi
mating conventions But as the interest
In annexation on this side of the line is
confined to small circle, there is danger
that the convention will be 80 palpabie a
failure as to extinguish, for the present,
the hopes of its promoters.
Year: 1871

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PITTsoN. Pa, May 27.-The West
Pittsou Shaft, owned by the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad, and worked by Blake & Co.,
New York, is one outlet, and the miners
are in fearfnl danger.


LATER.


Some men have been saved. The scene
about the shaft is one of great distress
and anguish. Two FIRE engines from
Scranton and one from Wilkesbarre are
on the ground.


1t is thonght no water can be thrown
into the shaft from the top, but it is said
the shaft will fiji with water in twenty
four hour; so even if the poor fellow are
not suffocated, they must drown. There
is apparently no escape for them. From
thirty FIVE to forty men and boys are in
the mine.


STILL LATER.
The fire engines are playing on the
ruins, which are so hot that they cannot
probably approach them before morning
A dog has just been sent down the shaft
of the mine, and was brought up alive
which fact encourages the belief thai
the men may yet be saved.
Year: 1871

AUGUSTA, GA, May 26.-Jefferson
Davis arrived here last evening, when
be was serenaded at the Planters Hotel.
and to day held reception. Mayor
Estes rendered the bospitalities of the
city. In response to repeated calls and
cheers, he made his appearance on the
balcony of the hotel, when he was in
troduced by Henry W. Hilliard. Mr..
Davis said he recognized the peculiar
claims Georgia had upon him, and him


self upon Georgia, for in the ancient city
of Augusta his father had identified him


self with the revolutionary struggle for
liberty. IF the late struggle tor the
principles of constitutional liberty had
been crime, twas his misfortune, for
which he had fully suffered. He was
aware of the eagerness which every word
he might utter was watched for and mis-


represented. He wanted to be silent,
not from apprehensions of the result to
himself individually, but his utterauces
were made to affect the interest of the
Southern people. He did not conceive
that the principles of the Lost Cause
were dead, or that the truth should re


main crushed. He counselled fortitude
and forbearance, believing that the South
could afford to be patient under her
wrongs till the return of justice achieved
the rights of every free man of the
period, to which he confidently looked.
With his feeling, he was fearful to trust
himself to speak, because he could not
think one thing and speak another. He
looked forward. however, to the time
when he might with propriety speak to
his fellow. .citizens as his heart moved him,
and bade them farewell, expressing a
hone that God would be with them.
Year: 1871

REFERRING to the resolution of the
Democratic State Convention of Penn
sylvania, the New York World, in a
double loaded editorial, exu!ts over the
fact that the Democratic party "in the
four most important, populous. aud veal
thy States of the Union, bury dead issuesi
and the party, to borrow Scripture ex'
preston, is about to renew its strength
like eagles There are signs from every
part of the country, North and South
that the whole Democracy is resumine
the progressive spirit which characterized
it in the palmy days Of its supremacy"
Year: 1871

There will be pressing need of men Of
ability and experience in the next State
Legislature; and if gentlemen who have
neither of these qualifications will presis'
in thrusting themselves forward, the
Democracy of the various Representative
and Senatorial districts should net delay
in rebuking their pretentions by putting
forward as their candidates men who will
have weight in the General Assembly
1t is not every man who is qualified as
legislator; and aspirations OF such Dem
ocrstic candidates as are not qualified
should not be engaged.
Year: 1871

In Horace Greeley's speech at New Or
leans on the 18th, he said be had hatred to
NO one South now. He believed the best
men should occupy the best place without
reference to by cones. Had there been
amnesty, there never would have been
Ku-K -Klux.
Year: 1871

: The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uncasiness


and pain in the side. some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-


ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costive,, some
shines alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hav-


ing left undone something
which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
#spirits. Sometimes many or
Year: 1871

GEoRGIA.-Just as the polls closed on
the third and last day Of the election,
says Georgia paper, and it was known
that the heaviest Republican district in
the State had been swept, horse and foot,
Congress, Legislature, and Tor constable,
Heaven sent down its white ballots all
over the city and country"-meanipg
that the wintry fakes began to fall-and
"never did snow look 80 beautiful" More
prosaic editors tell US in solid figures of
a wholesale Democratic triumph for sell
government, against the tayonet, in favor
Of constitutional liberty and as the
night Of the 22d instant saw this end
assured, one may readily imagine how
Christmas day came in with new cause
for thanks and hilarity, the joy Of sue
cessful encounter, and thanks that an
abominable oppression is now at an end.
The administration with all its strength
hurled itself on the State; the State
thrashed it out.
Year: 1871

Senator elect Vance from North Car
olina is disqualified, and will have to
included in general or special bill Of
amnesty before his disabilities can be
removed and he can take his seat.
Year: 1871

Supposed Victim Of the West6eld Calamity.


Yesterday the body Of an unknown man, abour
forty years OF age, and having on black pants linen
coat, plaid vest and cal(skln boots, was found In
the river at the foot OF King street. There Is no
skin upon one side OF the face OF deceased, and no
hair upon his mead, which fav0rs the suppositiOn
that he was one or the victims OF the Westfeld
calamity.
Year: 1871

Few men who handle horses give pro-
per attention to the feet and legs. Espe-
cally Is this the case on the farms
Much time is spent of morning rubbing,
brushing and smoothing the hair on the
sides and hips, but at no time are the feet
examined and properly cared for. Now.
be 1t known, that in this six thousand
years old world of ours the feet need more
care than the body. They need ten times
as much-for in one respect they are al
most the entire horse. All the grooming
that can be done won't avail anything, If
the horse is forced to stand where his feet
will be filthy. In this case the feet will
become disordered, and then the legs will
get badly out of fix, and with bad feet
bad legs there is not much else of the
horse fit for anything. Stable prisons
generally, are terribly severe on the feet
and legs of horses, and unless these build
ings can afford dry room, where horse
can walk around, lie down or roll over,
they are not half so healthy and comfort
able to the horse as the pasture, and
should be avoided by all good hostlers in
the country.
Year: 1871

From six to ten drops of the concen-
trated solution Of chloride of soda in
wine glass full of pure spring water, tax
en- Immediately after ablutions of the
morning are completed, viii sweet the
breath, by disinfecting the stomach,
which, far from being injured, will be
benefited by the medicine. II necessary,
this may be repeated in the middle of the
day. In some cases the odor arising from
carious teeth is combined with that of the
stomach. IF the mouth is we'll rinsed
with tea spoonful Of the solution of the
chloride in tumbler of water, the bad
odOr of teeth will be removed
Year: 1871

One of our peculiar sided, gaunt Yam
KEGS latel y emigrated and settled down in
the West. He was the picture of a mean
man, but as he put himself to work in ear
nest to get his house to rights, the neigh.
bors lent him hand. After he had
everything fixed to to his notion, a thought
struck him that he had no chickens, and
he was powerfully fond Of sucking raw
eggs. He was too honest to steal them
and too mean to buy them.


At last thought struck him-he could
borrow. He went to neighbor and thus
accosted him:


oval l reckon you han't got an old
hen, nothiu' yon'd lend me for few
weeks, have you neighbor z"


Il will lend you one with pleasure, "
replied the gentleman, picking out the
very finest in the coop.


The Yankee took the hen home, and
then went to another ncighbor and Dor.
rowcd dozen of eggs. He then set the
hen, and in due course of the time she
hatched out dozen chickens.


The Yankee was again puzzled; he
could return the hen, but how was he to
return the eggs? Another idea-aud
who ever saw Yankee without one-he
would keep the hen until she had laid a
dozen of eggs.


This he did and then returned the hen
and eggs to their respective owners, re
marking as he did So


oval, [ reckon I've got as fine dozen
of chickens as you ever laid your eyes on,
and they didn't cost me cent nuther. -
Year: 1871

Our ears are every day panied by &C
counts of kerosene lamps exploding and
killing, or soaring for life, men women
or children y simple knowledge of the
infammable nature of the fluid would
probably put stop to nearly all the ac-
cidents. AS the oil burns down in the
lamps, highly inaammablc gas gathers
over surface, and as the oil decreases the
gas increases When the oil is nearly
consumed, a slight jar will often infame
the gas and an explosion is sure, dealing
death and destruction. A bombshell is
not more to be dreaded Now if the lamp
is not allowed to burn more than half way
down, such accidents are impossible
Always fill your lamps every morning !;
then you never need fear an explosion
Half a tcaspoonful of salt added to the oil
of a lamp which holds pint, will take
away the disagreeable odor sometimes ap.
parent, and, it as said, prevent the forma-
ton of a dangerous gas. 1t is a simple
remedy, easily applied. 1t is also assert
ed that the salt makes the oil last much
longer, but we have only hearsay concern
ing it. Kerosene is the best antidote for
severe burn or sclad Immerse the
wounded part in cold water for mo
ment; dry with a soft cloth, taking care
not to rub at all, Then bathe in kero-
sene, and the terrible pain ceases. We
know not of the philosophy of the mat,
ter, but we do know that it is the most
efficaeious remedy for severe burns or
scalds in the materia medica.
Year: 1871

4 German agricultural paper recon-
mends the application of kind of sand
compost upon messy meadows as highly
successful. Sand, or sandy soil, is piled
up, and daily watered with the liquid OF
stable drains or sinks. To prevent the
escape of ammonia, a sprinkling of gyp-
sum is applied. This compost is to be
worked over, and after four to five weeks
it is fit for use. The writer claims that
the heavy sand smothers the moss, while
the fertilizers promote the growth of the
grass, and he refers to his favorable re-
suits as proof.
Year: 1871

Don't be afraid of little fun at home
good people ! Don't shut up your house
lest the sun should fade your carpets and
your hearts, lest hearty laugh should
shake down some Of the musty old cob
webs there If you want to ruin your
sons, let them think that all mirth and
social enjoyment must be left on the
threshold without when they come home
at night When once home is regarded
as only place to eat, drink, and sleep in,
the work is begun that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation Young
people must have fun and relaxation some
where ; if they 90 not find it at their own
hearthstones, it will be sought at other,
and perhaps less profitable places. There
fore, let the fire burn brightly at night,
and make the homestead delightful with
all those little arts that parents so per-
fectly understand Don't repress the
buoyant spirits of your childrn half-an-
hour of merriment around the lamp and
fire. light of home blots out the re-
membrance of many care and annoyance
during the day and the best safeguard
they can take with them into the world
is the unseen influence of a bright little
domestic circle
Year: 1871

PACIFIC SPEECH OF PRINCE BISMARCk-A COM


PROMISE ADOPTED.


In the German Diet, on the Sd of June, the
bill for the Incorporation of Alsace brought mp for
third reading. Clause agreed to with only two dis
sentent votes On Clause Prince Bismarck stated that
the attitude during the last discussion was
not attributable to any selfw He had not, perhaps
employed sufficiently explicit expressions, but that was
due 10 the fact OF their not having been prepared before
hand The difference between his views and those OF
the Parliament consisted in his considering that the
wishes and requirements Of the country we're not su-
eenty taken into account in the decisions arrived at by
the Parliament 1t was possible perhaps that even before
1873 he might be in position to propose that the Asa
tians should take part In Parliamentary legislation; he
might also admit them before that date to the Federal
Council He persisted in the wish for longer term Of
dctatoral power because he believed that the Govern
mept would for time treat Alsace in more generous
manner than Parliament He pointed ont the pecuiar
ties OF the country which 1t would be necessary 10 handle
with care mentioning as instances the positions OF
LAWYERS and baiffs whose offices had hitherto been
aconed by purchase, and who would therefore have 10
be Unidentified II the present arrangements were Inod
fed such abors as these notifications would render
necessary were suitable for the action OF Parliament
otherwise the duration Of session would be lllnaDle
He begged that II after his long absence enc MS ro
the manner in which he argued question tnat ne was
laboring under any deep,seated nl,hunor Ihe HOUSE
discussion Prince Bismarck stated In order to avoid any
Misunderstanding that the participation OF Alsace IN
The deliberations the Parliament would not be ident
ea with the Introduction OF the Imperial Constitution
I'm Asace, but would rather be sort OF preparatory
course In the bill it was provided that some portions
~ the Constitution might be put in force before the
validity or the bill ceased, and TINS might Oe uOe WIN
regard to electoral rights without thereby restFetng
was then adopted as proposed Dy tne COIlnllgee;
provides that the dictaoral power shall last unt the
Isl of January 1873. After short debate the remain
inc paragraphs and subsequently the whole bill, were
adopted.
Year: 1871

corporate seal OF the bank the resolution OF action OF the
stockholders 10 the Controller OF the Currency.


T. Notice OF the proposed removal should be pubsbed
not less than four consecutive weeks in newspaper pun


hed In the place where the bank Is situated, and IN
newspaper published in NewYork City.


s. Upon removal list Of stockholders oaths Of direc
tors and certificate OF election appointment OF ONCE
should be filed in the Office Of the Controller Of the Cur
rency.


The Controller Of the Currency received on Saturday
letter from the bookkeepor Of bank, who desired to
know how much the outstanding circulation OF his Dana