smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The following brief record of this
eminent soldiers military services will
be found interesting at this juncture /:
"Previous to the war SO disastrous to
France and so destructive to the mill
tary reputation of her chiefs his record
was brilliant one. After finishing a
severe course of study at the Ecole
Polytechnique he entered the army in
1881, when he was 20 years old, was
sent to Africa the year following, and in
the arduous service of the campaign
there so distinguished himself that he
was promoted to the grade of Lieu
tenant in 1886, and received the cross
of the Legion of Honor on the battle
field for his bravery and skill. After
serving in Spain in the campaigns
against the Carlists he returned to
Algeria with the rank of Captain in
1889, and took part in all the most
notable expeditions of the war there.
When the Crimean war broke out Capt


Bazaine was promoted to the command
of brigade of infantry, and during the
siege of Sebastopol conducted himself
with such bravery as to merit honorable
mention in the dispatches of Marshals
Canrobert and Pelissier. He subse-
quently was made a Division General,
and commanded the French portion of
the expedition which reduced Kinburn.
At the close of the war i'll the East he
was appointed inspector of several ex-
peditions of infantry, and had the
dignity of Commander of the Legion of
Honor conferred ON him, and subse-
uuently, in 1868, received the Grand
Cross. In 1862 he took command of
the Mexican expedition, succeeding
Gen. Forey, and, so far as military force
could effect them, was successful in at
tanning the objects of that ill-starred
campaign. Marshal Bazaine commanded
one of the main divisions of the French
army when the Franco Prussian war
commenced. Only small portion of
his command took part in the battle of
Forbach, where Gen. Froissard was so
thoroughly defeated by the Prussian
Commander Won Cohen. One of the
charges against the General is that he
omitted to advance to Froissard's aid in
sufficient strength to be of any use"
Year: 1873

[ filed and drank off neat; but they
had not got a horse cup" They were,
he said, all running, and it would take
hours to find them. SO started again.
/ do not remember much more of that
wild, moonlit ride; I became drowsy
and half delirious, just retaining
strength enough to 60 straight. How l
did it l do not know, as for the greater
part of the day there was no road, and,
even in daylight and with nothing the
matter, | should have hcsitated in more
than one place. However, Providence
or instinct guided me right ; and, as I
was afterward told-for l remember
nothing about it-I reached the town at
a. m.-inst eleven hours after | had
left. I had finished the whisky on the
road, and it was to that the doctor as
cribed my ultimate recovery. For nine
days / was in high fever and delirious,
and it was more than six weeks before |
got up and for years afterward the
wound did not heal. Even to the pres
ent day it occasionally bursts out afresh,
and will probably continue to do so to
the end of my existence. e.-Chambers'
,I0ui00l,
Year: 1873

AN instance of the horrible fatality of
the yellow fever in Memphis is related
In one room of house father was sit
ting dead in his chair, the mother was
dead in another room, two daughters
were sick with the fever, and the only
person about the house in health was a
child too young to even carry drink
to the stricken girls.
Year: 1873

The Canon City Times tells the whole
story of Anna Dickinson's ascent of the
Rocky mountains after this fashion:
GA plain, closely fitting corsage, short
skirt, extending just below the knee,
trousers wide at bottom, a few inches
longer, blue stockings, with white arrow
worked from ankle up, low quartered
shoes, like a gentleman's Oxford ties,
Anna made Government pack -mulefeel
that life had no further charms, for she
rode to the top in the same style as her
escort Mercy! and did she? To be GER
tainly, madam, and was none the worse,
we assure you. Her principal esquire
seemed to think her in excellent humor,
and said that she was behaving very
well, indeed; for, Lord love us, she has
the reputation of being terrific scold !;
and what voice! some of our party on
the lake could distinctly hear her as the
party came down the mountain, mile
distant"
Year: 1873

A story comes to us from London Of
a whale that committed suicide by
hanging itself by the tail. Some time
ago the East India cable suddenly re-
fused to work, and steamer went to
see what was the matter. When the
spot where the defect was supposed to
be had been reached, and the cable was
raised, an immense whale appeared
along with it on the surface. The ami
NAL, of course, was dead and its body
already far advanced in decomposition.
The tail, though it measured twelve
feet in diameter. was still well preserv-
ed, and twice firmly entangled in the
cable. 1t is supposed that the whale
tried to rid itself of the parasites which
greatly aiilict animals of this kind, by
rubbing its body against portion OF
the cable where it hung over q preci-
pice at the bottom of the sea, and thus
got entangled past the possibility of ex-
traction,
Year: 1873

Our children are nursed too much 10
childhood. Bridget carries them when
they should walk, helps them when they
should help themselves, provides amuse.
ment when they should be left to seek it,
Fortunate if the evil goes not deeper II
a father has attained eminence in business
or a profession through earnest effort and
unremting toll, how apt is be to shield his
son from a similar life and curse him with
the gift Of uDearned gold Rather let him
hestow on his son his rich legacy of expe.
rience and inspire him with the highest mo.
tyes in life A mother who has been
trained to habits Of industry, whose mind
has been disciplined in the best schools ex.
claims, " My child shall not toll as have
labored.n "I'll do this work for my chill
dren,' said a mother, for they may not
always have a mother" That was the
reason for teaching them the tasks. II
these we're the utteranccs Of mothers whose
minds rose no higher than the tucks and ruff
fes on their daughters wardrobe, no sur.
prise would have been occasioned, for the
fashion hooks afford a sufficient field Of lit
erature for such, and the education of the
whole being is not often discussed in these
works but parents who know the value Of
thorough mental culture, complemented
with a practical application Of it every day
Of life, fail to bring their children up to a
level with their attaiumeuts They shrink
from leading their children as they were
led. The hill Of science is less rugged for
this generation than it was for the last; still
it is an up hill path to-day to all real
knowledge. The short road to education
is not the latest scientific discovery; nor
are lessons in practical life-duties gained
by intuition. Parents are shirking duties
that God will hold them responsible for
ueglecting, and in consequence of which
wasted lives are every day cast on the ocean
of eternity
Year: 1873

No girl should be Indifferent to her per.
sonal appearance. God meant woman to
be attractive, aud it is one of her duties to
carry out this design. But that dress is to
be all, is more than we can believe. Just
because we love to see girls look we'll, as
well as to live to some purpose, we would
urge them on such course of reading aud
study as will confer qualities which no
mOdiste can supply.


A well known author once wrote pretty
essay on the power of education to beauty;
that it absolutely chiseled the features that
he had seen many clumsy nose aud pair OF
thick lips SO modified by thought awakened
and active sentiment, as to be unrecogniza.
Bile. And he put it on that ground that We
so often see people, homey and unattrac-
tive in youth, bloom in middle life into a
softcned Indian Summer of good looks and
mellow tones.
Year: 1873

Along a rough, muddy country lane, a
man drives pair of oxen yoked to a heavi-
ly loaded wagon. A little girl is seated
upon the bank playing with the beautiful
spring flowers. At the noise made by the
ereaking wagon, she looks up, and her eyes
chance to light on something else besides
the team 4 poor little birding has fallen
out Of its nest in the bushes, right into one
of the deepruts 1t will surely be crushed,
for it cannot help itself But little May
hastily springs forward dropping her flow.
ers, and crying, " o man, please stop, till |
take this poor little bird out Of your way
1t has fallen out of its nest, and | will try
to find the nest, and put the little thing
back The farmer good-naturedly pauses
while May tenderly rescues the poor little
bird from its peril, then starts on, and
leaves her searching for the birds nest
But he has received lesson which he will
never forget. He says aloud " There's
that tender-hearted little child making such
an ado about that miserable bird Her
heart would have been broken, had run
over it, What would she say if she could
see the way treat the cattle sometimes
| don't believe I'll ever kick horse, or
beat a dog, or stick pitch-fork into the
oxen again Sure as | do shall see that
pretty little girl and the bird right before
my eyes"


What going, father? Why don't
you wait aud 20 up to tea with me2"


"No, | guess I'll 60 on. want to stop
awhile at Lizzie's,"


Well, be careful about the crossings


Yes daughter, and I'll be homein time
to have the house warm, aud the kettle
boiling for you


Is that old gentleman your father
Mrs. Conklin? | thought he was dead.
Oh, no lie has always lived with me
since mother and my husband died." re-
piled the lady, looking tenderly after
her father, as he passed slowly down the
street.


This dialogue took place in a store. The
incident struck home to the heart of a young
girl who was standing little apart wait.
ing her turn to be served She thought,
" How kindly she spoke to the old man,
and how lovingly she looked at him as
one would at little child. wish | could
always remember to be kind and patient
with my father. so often forget that he
is old, and what a tender, loving father he
has always been to me. But by Gods grace
| wW try to remember and do better in the
future"


Oh this unconscious ministering How
much good it does If we only knew. 1t
behooves US to be careful Of our words, our
actions, and even our looks. ."-Christian
Banner.
Year: 1873

"A mans purpose of life should be ike
a river which was born Of a thousand little
rils in the mountains; aud when at last il
has reached its manhood in the plain, though,
if you watch it, you shall see little eddies
that seem as if they had changed their
minds aud were going back again to the
mountains, yet all its mighty current flows,
changeless, to the sea. If you build dam
across it, in few hours it will 60 over it
with a voice Of victory If tides check ii
at its mouth, it is only that when they ebb
it can sweep on again to the ocean. So
goes the Amazon or the Orinoco across a
coniinent-neyer losing its way or changing
its direction for the thousand streams that
fall into it on the right hand and on the
left, but only using them to increase its
force, and bearing them onward in its re-
sistless channel.-H w. Beecher.
Year: 1873

Commenting upon the fact that not one
woman was saved on the fated Atlantic, al
though many bad the same chance of life as
the men, an exchange says " The strength
Of women at the crises of their life depends
on their physical culture while children.
Let parents be no more ashamed of their
girls brown faces and fists than Of their
boys. Let them train and clothe them so
that they can run and climb aud care for
and protect themselves. Let them take
them with their brothers into the harvest
field A boy is not ashamed of work no
more should be girl. The refinement that
shuts girl out of Gods sunshine, and al
lows her no rougher work in doors than to
embroider worsteds, or tap ivory keys, OF
dust marble mantel, is refining her off OF
the face Of the earth to give place to the
daughters of the servants Of the kitchen"
Year: 1873

Let him who gropes painfully in dark
ness or uncertain light, and prays yehe-
mently that the dawn may ripen into day,
lay this precept well to heart, which to me
was of invaluable service Do the duty
which lies nearest thee, which thou knowest
to be duty Thy second duty will al
ready have become clear. Carlyle.
Year: 1873

Ga the trial of Sir Roger Itch
borne for perjury the ground ta-
ken by the prosecution is that he
is not Sir Roger, but that he is one
Arthur OrtoD.


A strong point made by DR..
Kenealy. counsel Tor the defence,
in his opening, was that Or.on
at eighteen was five feet nine
and halt inches high, while Rog-
er, when he entered the Carbim-
eerS-at a subsequent date
measured only five feet eight and
a half inches, and now-supposing
the claimant to be Sir Roger
measures just five feet nine inch
es. He could not" said Dr..
Kenealy, 'have grown half an
inch"


A juror, however remarked
owe ought to have the time the
measurement for heightwas taken,
as it is we'll known that man is
half an inch taller in the morning
than he is at night"


This fact in regard to persons
being taller in the moruiDg than
at night has long been Known
Several years ago man who had
long been striving to get on to the
police in this city, at last succeeded
in obtaining an appointment; but
when he came to be measured he
was found not to reach the stand,
ard height, and that time this re.
quirement was strictly enforced.
His physiciAn. sympathizing with
the mans disappointment, told
him to 60 early the next morning
and bemeasured over again. The
man did as directed, aud was de.
lighted to fnd himself enough
taller to just pass the exemina.
ton Exchange.
Year: 1873

It may not be generally
known, but the fact is none the


less patent, that the genuine


tea-plant is growing profusely


all over the suburbs of the city,
and presents quite a thriving
appearance wherever it is found.


We are informed by a promi-
nent mechanic Of this city, and


an old resident, that he uses no
other tea in his family. He


plucks and dries what he re-


quires for his own use and says
it is equal to any black tea Of
fercd Tor sale at the grocery


stores. If some shreWd New


Englander were here he soon


would make a regular business
Of preparing a tea crop, and he


would make money by the op-
Grafton. The leaves can be
dfleu IN JnG onaQe, ana Will curl
of themselves naturally in dry
ing. The crop would cost moth
ing but the trouble of pIucking
it, and wagon-load could be
gathered in an hour without
half trying. If some of that
kind Of people who are always
grumbling about having moth
ing to do would try the expert !
ment Of preparing this tea for
market, we think they would
find it a lucrative business, and |
one, too, they would pursue
with avidity as soon as they
found how readily they could .
dispose Of all manufactured
JGckSOnUtTe Union.
Year: 1873

Freight Rates advanced on tn,
Wisconsin 2ailrOads-LegisIa


tive Restraint Threatened.


The proposed increase of the


rates for freight on the Wiscon-
sin lines by the Chicago and
North-W estern and Milwaukee
ISt. Paul Railroads causes great
excitement among the farmers
Throughout the State. All the
leading newspapers denounce it
and warn these companies that


they will in the end lose by the


imposition. The local managers


Of the road are said to be op-


posed to any increase, but say


that it is commanded by Eas-
tern stockholders. The wheat
crop Of the State is the best
since that Of 1860. but all the
other crops are small. The far
mers are consequently very in
dignant at this attempt to in
crease the already heavy char
ges made by these roads. The
Eceaiag Wisconsin, Of the 18th
inst says: We learn that the
new tariff Is to take effect on
the 25th Of September, and that
s. is to be the additional price
on a carload Of wheat; this is
nearly two cents per bushel.-
We expect that this change will
be to diminish three cents per
bushel the value Of the wheat
remaining in the granaries Of
the farmers Of the West. One
consideration the railway should
not overI0ok-We know some
thing OF the sentiment Of the
people of this State, and Of the
men who are likely to give di-
reciion to public affairs after the
November election, and we say
deliberately that if the proposed .
freight increase is carried out
4 pro rata freight bill will pass
he next session Of the LegisIa-
me and become q law, and that
he present exemption Of rail-
way property from taxation will
be abolished, OF the license
'aised from three to SIX percent. |
N their gross receipts. We |
state this now for the benefit of |
Eastern shareholders who can
control the Eastern directors"
Year: 1873

There was intense excitement
IN Elizabeth, New Jersey, the 9TH
er day over the discovery of an
apparent plot to destroy the town.
In the pocket Of a man who had
been arrested for drunkenness,
was found a letter from a person
i'll New York, who informed the
arrested party that he might ex-
pect him soon, and the first thing
he should do, upon his arrival,
would be to blow up Elizabeth
1t was discovered, subsequently,
that the writer referred TO his wife.
Year: 1873

The hanging OF Mrs. Surratt
will not stay under, however
much those engaged in the horri-
be outrage may desire that her
execution may be forgotten.-
Whilst many "A scoundrel goes un-
hung who ought to be hung. and
there is not much said about it af,
ter the first excitement is over,
the hanging OF poor old inuo,
cent woman by set Of political
scalawags who came to the top of
power during the bubbiing of a
revolution, keeps alive, and those
engaged in the infamous business
are trying to escape the response
bility by attempting each one to
saddle it upon the other. Holt
and Johnson are now engaged in
shuttle of this kind. The fact
of the case probably is that the
one is as "deep in the mud as the
other is in the mire."
Year: 1873

DR.. Sam Bard is about to start
another Radical paper at At
lanta. The greatest trouble
DIR. Bard encounters III life is
that OF determining when he
goes to bed at night whether
he shall wake up in the morn
ing IL Democrat OF a Radical
With the certainty of making
two dollars by the operation,
he would know exactly what to
do.
Year: 1873

One Of the editors Of the
Green Bay Advocate found that
in making change a bartender
had passed one of those new
counterfeit 500 notes on him.
Editors cannot be too careful a
bout scrutinizing change that is
paid them, III cases where they
buy so largely. We have been
fortunate thus far.
Year: 1873

In a recent suit at Fort Wayne
a husband swOre that his wife had
the temper OF Satan. She WIS in
The audience, and. to prove how
lalse were his statements, shn
buried stick IF wood and dknocked
HIm out OF Tia; witness tox.
Year: 1873

A man in Bethlehem has a can
non; and the other day, when he
was about to fire a salute, be
thought be would like to time the
shot so as to ascertain the exact
velocity Of a cannon ball. Only
one plan presented itself. He
placed his watch in the gun and
rammed her home, aud then touch
ed the old hOwitzer Oft. He ney-
er ascertajned exactly how long
it took to reach a given point, be-
cause friendof his who was stand
ing about a quarter of mile off,
suddenly had a lot of loose watch
works emptied into his right leg.
He was SO full Of wheels and piv-
OTIS and mainsprings and hands and
things, that be couldn't stand still
for minute. He says he feels as
if he could run for a month ii he
swallowed half,a,dozen watch
keys!
Year: 1873

The effectiveness of Paris green in
destroying the cotton worm is subject
of much discussion in the Southern
press. A letter from a cotton factor
and planter in Montgomery, Ala, writer,
to banking house of New York as
follows:


am just in from my farm: The cot
ton is all safe up to this time sti'l free
from worms where the Paris green was
applied. l am perfectly satisfied, and
SO are all who have properly rised the
Paris green, that we can now co mpletely
destroy the worms, and by its universal
use for one season in the districts sub
ject to them entirely extermin inate them.
This will be next to the discovery of
the cotton gin in giving an impetus to
the extension of cotton planting, and l
now think it is only aGuestion of prices
as to how much we can increase our
cotton crop. With no danger from
worm, we can make cotton profitably at
from 10 to IL cents per pound, ana |
the worm. The only question is, can a
sufficient quantity of Paris green be
obtained to go all over the crop south
of latitude 80 degrees north ? If so,
we can in one season exterminate the
worm. do not think there is a single
practical planter who has used it or
seen its effects, on proper application,
who is not perfectly satisfied that i. is
a complete success. have only tound
it necessary to make the applicat ion the
second time upon those spots where it
was put on imperfectly or the applica-
tion was Immediately followed by ex-
cessive rains. This is also the exact
experience of all of whom 1 have any
knowledge.
Year: 1873

The city man who goes into the coun.
try to spend the summer must make up
his mind to learn something of the rou-
tine of rural life. A New York man
who is spending the hot weather season
with , family on Pine street, was asked
by the lady of the house if he would
take hen of the nest, as il wanted to
set, and she didn't want it to. Ger
tainly," said he, and Immediately start
ed out to the barn where the hens were
kept, to crush out the maternal pros
poets Of this particular one. He went
straight to the nest to lift her of, and
reached out his hand for that purpose,
but Immediately drew it back again,
and tucked it up under the other arm,
and squeezed it little, while he drew
up his lips as if about to whistle some-
thing. Then he stood there and stared
at the hen, and she lifted up her head,
and stared back at him, winking her
eyes with singular velocity. "Get of,
won't you?" said he, after pause.
She nade no response. He drew out
his hand and looked at red spot on
one of the knuckles, and then put the
knuckle in his mouth to cool it, looking
all the while at the hen, and wondering
how on earth she moved so quickly.
The longer he eyed her. the less inclined
he felt to touch her, and finally he
climbed up post to beam which ran
over the nest, and working his way out
on it till he got just above the hen, took
off his hat and shook it at her, and ad-
vised her to get. But she only looked
up at him, on. eye at time, and cluck-
ed omniously. He told her if she
didn't leave he would come down there
and kick her through the barn, but i'm
mediately gave up the blood-thirsty
design VIII en- he reflected that it was
dumb animal, and couldn't reason like
a human being. Then he happened to
think of his pants, which were white
linen, and rubbed his fingers on the
beam to find them full of black dust,
which led him to work his body around
to look at the pants, aud while making
this very natural move, he suddenly
slipped, made a plunge to renew his
hold, shrieked for help, slipped again,
and then came down on top of the hen
and the nest, smashing them both to
the floor, upsetting barrel, and filling
the air with dust, feathers, hen noises,
and shrieks. When the family reached
the barn, the unfortunate man, looking
something like circus poster on legs,
had got on his feet, and was turning
around, and rubbing his head in an alb
stracted manner, and every time he
turned, an omelette on white linen base
came to view, while the hen stood up
i'll the furtheiest corner on one leg, with
a look of mingled astonishment and
reproach on her countenance. After
five minutes of industrious application
with a chip, the gentleman was escort
ed into the house, where his head was
bathed with spirits, and his comfort
generally attended to.