smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

ond; but it seemed now that one or the
other, or both, must be killed.


"Sir," said the man with the cigar,
turning to me, II believe Master Jac
queS to be an honest man, but though
can vouch for his wine, can't vouch
for his pistols Before that gentleman
and make target of one another, be
so good as to throw that FIVE franc piece
into the air, to see how my pistol car
ries."


did as he desired, and tossed the
money about seven yards high.


| heard the report of pistol, and the
piece of money fell indented. ~


bet, said the man with the mustache
that / pierce that leaf vibrating at the
extremity of yonJer bough."


And before the other could answer, the
trigger was pulled and the leaf was
pierced.


Bet" continued the man, with the
most ridiculous coolness, that l shoot
you clean through the pupil OF the left
eye, and lay you dead, and that you miss
me.


The other was as white as ghost.


i believe you, he said, trembling
from head to foot, and throwing his pis.
tol down. II guess your motives and
admire your stratagem, and, as am not
prepared to die, shall take the road back
again to Marseilles. Z"


In fact, we saw him deposit himself in
the imperiale of the diligence.
turned to the mustached gentleman
CO.. la IL sa1 k,
take glass of wine with him in the
travellers room, and with great good
humor proceeded to solve the enigma.


He was friend of the young lieuten-
ant, and famous as the most deadly
shot in France. He had received let
ter the day before from his friend, beg
ging him to come to F. and help him
carry out ruse which he trusted would
enable him to marry the girl he was pas
sionately in love with.


The mustached gentleman complied,
left Paris, and reached F. in time to
receive from his friends lips particulars
of the stratagem he and the young girl
had concerted between them.


The stratagem was perfectly success
full. The little red-faced man. as / after
ward heard, on his reaching Marseilles,
wrote to the father of his intended bride,
apologizing for not having been able to
keep his promise to go down to them.
You may believe he took good care not
to inform the father of the real reason
that had prevented him from paying his
duties to his betrothed.


The red.faced man, however, had no
intention of breaking off his marriage,
until he was accosted one morning in
the streets of Marseilles by the mus
tached gentleman who asked if he still
persisted in his intentions to marry the
young lady.


" Certainly" was the reply.


Then" said the other, if you want
to reach her hand you will have to mount
first on my dead body, and, secondly, on
the dead body of the lieutenant. Are
you prepared to scale these fortresses2"


I" Certainly MOI"


."Then go home; write to the lady's
father that circumstances compel you to
abandon your promise to wed her. l
shall know by the day after tomorrow if
that letter has been written. If yes,
will be your friend, and help you, as /
have helped the lieutenant, in any homo
rable love scheme you may choose to
enter upon; if no, be prepared to meet
me in the evening.


The letter was written, and six months
after the young lady was married to the
lieutenant,
Year: 1872

aware that southern : tate judges have at
tempted to exercise any such authority.
cannot therefore regard the further continu-
ance Of this power of suspension as at all
vital to the future success of this law All
the operative and active parts of the law are
permanent and remain in full force-the
power to use the military forces in aid of the
law and the civil officers, as well as the penal
sanction


Z nder the suspension of the habsas corpus
last year in a few counties in South Carolina
all that was done was simply this, that the
United States troops aided the marshal in
making arrests. This might as well have
been done without suspension Of the writ
as with. The marshal has always the right
to take sufficient force to make arrests The
power u suspend the writ seems to have been
regarded IN the South equivalent TO a
proclamation of martial law, and suspen-
sion Of all civil law, Of civil tribunals, and
perhaps this misapprehension has added some
what Of wholesome fear of the law. The
strong friends Of the measure and its bitter
opponents seem still to labor under the same
apprehension. | cannot regard it as go
powerful either for good or for evil. But
still, for myself | would be willing to fur
ther extend the Presidents power, as one Of
the restraining influences in favor of contin-
ued peace and order in the South. That il
would lie abused or used improperly in any
way by the present Executive | have not the
s slightest fear
Year: 1872

a Swiss TRAGEDY.-A Webster Parker
murder is reported from Geneva, Switzer-


land, the victim being a money-lender
named Vioget, who took all kinds of Sc
curities for loans and lived alone amid his
accumulation of pledged property. A Apro-
longed disappearance of this man prompt
ed the police to watch his apartments, at
which they one night discovered man
trying TO make forcible entry He was
arrested and confessed that he gave Fieget
a rendezvous at his own apartments IN
street of the Faux Wives, on some business
connected with loan he had Of Fioget-
auarreling with him about the money.
Vioget accused him of being cheat and
thief, and enraged at this accusation he
knocked him down with g hatchet, and
afterwards murdered him. The deed was
no sooner accomplished than he felt horri-
fed, not knowing what to do with the
body, but at last decided to adopt the hor-
ribls process Of cutting it up into small
pieces with the intention of burning them
in the room he occupied. Investigation
proved this story true, and the body was
found cut up as the murderer had descrlb-
ed. In one bucket were the entralls, IN
another quantity Of CONCEALED blood, in
a trunk and in cupboard other parts OF
the body. Portions of the limbs and the
greater part of the head, Of which only the
bone. calcined remained, had been eonsum-
ed in the furnace.
Year: 1872

feel the beauty of goodness. With his
own weak hands Alfred could not move
the outside world but he held such power
over the heart of one whose hands were
str ong to do the bidding of an active mind
that he made himself widely felt, and al
ways on the side of right and benefcence.


And not alone through Leon did his
pure life blossom and find fruitage in the
world. Virtue seemed to 90 out of him,
whenever human soul came near enough
to draw from his full charged life and
electric current.


Yes, the mother was right God had
place in the world for the poor cripple,
and work for him to do, and the world
was better because of his Hfe-poor,
inefficient and cramped as it seemed in the
eyes Of ALT. S Art4ur.
Year: 1872

ENCOUNTER WITH 4 SHARK.-A recent


number of the Honolulu Gazette gives the
following account of the narrow escape Of


a native Sandwich Islander from being de-


yOured by a shark


We learn from Kawaibae that about
/ two weeks since native Kaaoio was at
tackled by Z shark while on his way from
( TIC shore 10 The usnlng ground IN the bay.
The old man was going out in a small
canoe, which, by his weight, was depress-
ed IN the water 50 that his legs were but


few inches above the surface. He had
Just passed beyond the reef and was pad
ding along unaware ofany danger, when
large and hungry shark made a break for
him. The Jaws of the ravenous fish closed


upon the mans thigh and the canoe, max


ing hideOus wound IN the former, some


eleven inches long. and tearing the flesh


from the bone nearly half the circumfer-
cree Of the thigh, leaving it hanging down
in shreds as the teeth drew away, and leav-
ing IN the wood Of the latter three or four
teeth, broken of. The man was nearly
dragged out of his canoe, and at the same
time was almost swamped by the onset of
the fish, which, disappointed Of its prey,
Immediately disappeared. The old man,
though bleeding profusely from his several
wounds, was able TO get his canoe back to
shore, thankful for escaping with his life,
and on landing received from Mr.. Chill
ingWorth and his native neighbors what
ever help they were able TO bestow. From
Mr. Chillingworth we hear that the wound
is doing well and that the old man is in
fair way Of recovering. The teeth that
in the canoe were two inches
across the line where broken, thus indica-
ting shark OF unusual size as well as
strength The accident has caused the
natives of Kawaibae to regard the placid
waters of their bay as somewhat more un-
safe than they have heretofore been con-
sidered to be.
Year: 1872

+ IHE FAMIsHING INDIAN-An aged In
/ dian, half naked and famished, wandered
into one Of cur Western settlements, beg


ging for food to keep him from starving
While devOuring the food given in char
ity, bright-colored ribbon, from which


was suspended a small, dirty pouch, was
seen around his neck. On being question


ed, be said It was charm given him in


his younger days and opening it displayed


q faded, greasy paper, which he handed


10 the interrogator for inspection, It


proved to be a regular discharge from the


Federal army, emitting him to pension


tor life, and signed By General Washing
ton himself Now here was a name which
would be honored almost anywhere, and
which, if presented IN the right place,
would have insured him support and plenty
for the remainder Of his day; and yet
be wandered about hungry, helpless, and
forlorn, begging of the charitable bread to
keep him from famishing, What a picture
Of men with all the promises of Jesus in
their hands-and Of Christians, too, with
the charter Of their inheritance in full
possession-yet starving in the wilderness.
Year: 1872

laundering in the index in politics is very
apt to be Intellectual and absurd. The Custom
house organ in this city is especially addicted
to it. 1t makes huge promises as to what it
will perform, especially in the way of vindi-
cation takes time to prepare; gives Ominous
intimatiOn of what it is doing; and when the
demonstration is made it literally amounts to
naught. This was the case, especially, with
the Swedish land job at Chicago. For days
and weeks we were promised a complete ex-
culpation of the President in q matter in which
his integrity was and is seriously impeached !;
and when it came it was a confession with
out avoidance, leaving the fact unquestioned
that Grant and Jones were part owners of an
estate originally acquired by fraud, and that
the moment the money was paid either by Jones
to Grant, or by Grant to Jones, and the quit
claim deed executed, the original agent in the
fraud was honOred by diplomatic appoint
ment, sent out of the country and clothed
with privilege which exempted him from ju-
dicial process, if any of the aggrieved parties
chose to resort TO it. OF this, however, we do
not seek now to say more, but desire to call
attention to another promise which will have
to be kept if at all, very soon. The Times
says, after referring TO the attacks made upon
Hartranft in Pennsylvania: We propose in
few days to give the results of careful in
" yestgatiOn into the facts of the caser This
is cautious, and rather more tentative in its
tone than was the boast about Chicago. In
Year: 1872

not our battle, but for Mr.. Curtiss sake it
would be pleasant to see Civil Service Reform
vindicated by the defeat of the officer who
deserted bis post for months to stump his
State in his own interest.
Year: 1872

A distressing rumor comes from Oregon.
After all that Mr.. AttOrney-General Williams
has done to secure his election as Senator
there now seems possibility that an anti
caucus movement in the Legislature may de-
prive him of it for the benefit of the sitting
Senator, upon whose estate the Attorney
General has prematurely administered 1t is
Year: 1872

A deaf man was hunting for game,
when grouse flew up and lit on a tree on
the hillside at the same time traveller
approached and inquired the distance to
the next station? Deaf pointing He
flew right up there. Traveller How far is
it to the next Station Deaf Mantle lit
right up there. Traveler-You must be a
fool. Traveller Yes, there is great many
around this time of year.
Year: 1872

From Halls Journal of HeaIth.l


In the latitudes of New England
and New York, going westward, the
month of March is the most disa-
greeable of the whole year, with its
changing temperature, its slosh and
mud, its cold, raw, piercing, damp
winds and although not as cold as
January and February, it is moro
prolific of dangerous diseases, great
ly promoted by the hurry of the peo-
pie for lighter clothing but it
would be agreat deal better to wear
the entire winter suits through
March, and even to the middle Of
April and even then, until the first
week IN May, to make no change In
the outer clothing, nor any in the
inner garments, except to less
heavy wooden next to the skin for
it is only for three hours embracing
l o'clock in the afternoon that win
ter clothing is at all oppressive
while the warmth Of MONDAY makes
the raw dampness of the morning
and late afternoon specially felt.


All changes to a lighter or cooler
garment should be made at dressing
in the the morning, and in any case
the change leaves the body chilly, If
soon after it is made the weather
changes to be much cooler, by all
means promptly, without half an
hours delay, resume the fun winter
dress. The, old, the young, the in
valid, in short, all persons of feeble
constitution, of small vitality,
should be especially careful to heed
these suggestions inattention to
which gives rise to the very frequent
announcements in the morning, in
the early spring, "Died suddenly
yesterday of pneumonia, - Of
ten the very friends whom we had
met in the street, or at church,
within a week, apparently as well
and as hearty as ever before.
Year: 1872

A gambler in his confession says:
'I once knew a Southern gentleman
who, although not ostensibly a pro-
fessional gambler, readily made
short cards a business. He was a
man of education and q fine CONVEX
sationalist, and a very elegant gen
tleman. He was fond of a little
game of draw, just TO kill time, you
know; but the result was that he al
ways got the best of it, and, ming
ling with moneyed men, his win
nings were large. I got into a series
of games with him, and as well as I
understood cards myself, I invaria-
bly, got the worst of it. I knew that
there was something wrong, and I
resolvedto discover it, If possible. I
carefully examined the back of the
cards, and, undeandinrgtg how this
sort ofwork was done, I very soon
satisfied my self thatthe backs were
all right. I watched his deal. His
shufliDg was square.


One day I procured q powerful
magnifying glass, and went careful
ly over n pack of cards that he had
won with the night before. A long
and careful search revealed in the
aces and face cards a series of tri-
fling concavities. The punches were
so slight as to be invisible to the
naked eye, but in passing my fingers
over them I could feel them. A
gam blers fingers are, or ought to be,
soft as velvet. Subsequent investi-
ton revealed his work. He had on
the inside Of his finger ring aminute
punch.


In the beginning Of a game he
would manage to tur1R the face of
the aces and face cards one at a
time, so as to bring them against his
punch, and then one indication, or
two, or three, in certain locality
would designate the cards. So nice
was his sense of touch that, when
dealing, he would naturally pass the
face of each card over his left mid
die fingers; and, no matter how
rapidly he dealt them, he would
know the position of all the face
cards in the pack. OF course this
gave him q heavy per centage, and
the result was that he invariably
won.
Year: 1872

A strict buttermilk diet viii cure
diabates.


a paint of haxsoed oil chalk and
vinegar will give instant relief to
scalds and burns. Keep bottle Of
it on hand.


An application of benzine, follow
od by Il warm bath for half an hour,
will cure the disgusting disease
known as the scabies or itch.


The yolk of an egg rubbed thor
oughly into the hair, and then wash
cd out with soft water, cleanses the
scalp and hair remarkably.


One part of hot water to two OF
vinegar and as much salt as will
dissolve; one tablespoonful every
honr for an adult; will cure dysen-
terry.


The loss of energy and vitality by
iIl-health, especially In this climate,
where there IS so much half-sickness
Is incalculable-much greater than
the actual loss of time by whole
sickness, which is estimated at from
one to two weeks per year for men
between twenty-five and sixty.
Year: 1872

What's cider


Apple ro;ted.


Is there alcohol in cider?


There is. The sugar in the apple
juice decays and makes alcohol


What is wine?


Graper-iuice rotted.


Is there alcohol in wine?


There is. The sugar in the grape
juice decays and makes alcohol


What are currant, gooseberry,
cherry, blackberry, and elderberry
wines?


They are made of the juices of
those fruits rotted.


Is there alcohol in them?


There is always. The sugar in
these fruit-iuices decays and makes
alcohol.


But suppO they are sour or acid
fruits?


There is sugar in them all, besides
the acid; and very often in making
the wine, more sugar is added to
juices, thus making more alcohol!


Is there alcohol in beer?


There is some always.
But that is not made Of fruit-iuice
No; it is made of grain.


How is it made?
The starch of the grain is turned
into sugar and washed out, and this
when fermented or decayed makes
alcohol.


Is there alcohol in gin?


There is great deal more than
there is in beer.


How is it made?


By heating the beer until the al
cohol goes off in vapor, like that
from water, and then this is cooled
and makes the liquid called gin.


What is this process. called?


Distillstion.


Does this seperate the alcohol en-
tirely from everything else?


It does not. Gin is only about
one-half alcohol; the rest is mostly
water that comes over in the vapor
with it.
Why does water come with it?
Because alcohol has n very great
attraction for water and Will not
letit go readily.


What else is made in this way?
Brandy is made from wine and |
cider in this way; whiskey from ro-
tatoes, and from various kinds of |
grain; and rum, from sugar cane.
How much alcohol is in them?
They are little more than halt |
alcohol.
Isit the same kind of alcohol |
that is III the beer and the wine?
Precisely the same.
Does the disdlling make any diff
ference?
None at all. 1t only separates
it more or less, If it is wanted
very strong, it is distilled three or
four times.


And where does it come from in
the first place?


It's all made by the decay of
the sugar.


Is there no alchool in the fruits
and grains?


Not any. We might eat quart
of grapes without making us tipsy,
while the alcohol that could be made
from them; would, by itself, kill us
very quickly.


But how can alcohol be procured
from fruits and grains, if it is not al
ready there?


BY chemical action, which chang
es the nature of things, which gets
soap out of grease and alkali, though
there is no soap in either.
What is this chemical action
that makes alcohol?
It is the decay of the sugar
There is no alcohol in the fruits and
grains designed for our food until
they are dead and rotten, and no
longer ct for food:


Are any of these decayed or rot
ten matters nutritious?
They are not. There is not so
much food in pint of wine or beer
as there is IN a single grain of wheat.
Are they poisonous?


Some Of them are. The alcohol
Is very po sonOus,-Jula Colman, IN
Youths Temperance Banner.
Year: 1872

admitted the truth Of that, but said the driving offof the. buffalo was death to his race, and he would fight Knowing he would be beaten. Col. Stanley gives the above as the sentiment of young chief of undOubted influence. He advises that when the railroad work crosses the Missouri, we must look for Sioux hostilities. He does not believe that negotiation can do anything with these wild and independent Indians, and thinks the only safety and securi- ty against a Sioux war is to guard the progress of the railroad west of the Missouri, with a force so large.aS to intimidate the Indians. In the same council alluded to in this dispatch, other Indians spoke detiantly and very impertinently. Spotted Eagle talked very calmly, without passion.
Year: 1872

Comfort and beauty are not the
privileges of the rich alone. Those
with slender means may have elegance
abou: them, if they win only stndy the
art of making most of what they have,
acting with brave disregard of con
ventional demands. A persons with
good taste and good sense, on the
smallest income, is more than match
for wealth, where these are absent. in
making home happy and attractive,
and extracting the truest enjoyment
out Of life
Year: 1872

pure spirit went home; without a
moments struggle, with the last
words OF the absolution still echoing
through the dying chamber, and the
faint response, "Thank you,' still


sounding in the ear of the loving Sn-
perior whose hand she held. and who
had watched over her day and night
as only mothers can. And there,
robed in her Sisters simple dress she
Jay and in her hand fresh, sweet
flowers; and around that inanimste
form, from early morning until late at
night, the poor crowded, kneeling,
sobbing and praying. Each had some
story to tell of her loving care. How
this one had been saved, both body
and soul; how the other had been
saved from lingering sickness; how
the third would have starved but for
her help thus kindly given; how the
fourth would have yielded to tempta


tion but for her kind, earnest words !;
and SO the theme was taken up ape re-
peated by one fearful face after the
other. Now what was the secret of
this humble woman's powerf Simple
in character, in word and deed, how
is it that she had such infiuencei The
answer may be found in the one word
Lore. She loved God with all her
heart, and this love extended itself to
all around her in thousand ramifca-
tiOns which the ingenuity of charity
alone can teach. She was likewise SO
thorough in her work, and with such a
destination Of everything that savored
of humbug or unreality. Whatever
her hand found to do, she did it with
all her might, az in the sight of God
an example which all may follow who
will seek the same means, and strive
to attain like simple and earnest
spirit. 1t was significant fact that
whereas hundreds of grand funerals,
with all the trappings Of woe, passed
unnoticed that week through our
crowded streets, this one alone, escort
ed by those "patroDs of our souls, the
poor" as st. Ambrose calls them, at
tracted the notice and sympathy OF
people of all classes and shades of
opinion. +" Yet, when we first came to
London they spat at us!D quietly re-
marked a Sister to whcm we were
speaking of this funeral. May we not
lock upon this change of feeling as an
indication, not only of the greater
liberality shown to our co-relgionists,
but of the way IN which the Sisters
work has told upon the masses in oui
great cities II London Tablet.
Year: 1872

:. A CHEERFUL HEART once heard
a young lady say to another, s' Your
countenance to me is like the shining
OF the sun, for it always gladdens me
with cheerful look A merry .or a
cheerful cOuntenance was one OF the
things which Jeremy Taylor said his
enemies and prosecutors could not
take away from him. There are some
who spend their lives as if shut up in
a dungeon. EVERYTHING is dark, gloomy.
aud forbidden. They mourn from tlay
to day that they have so little, and are
in constant fear lest what little they
have should escape out of their hands.
They look always upon the dark side,
AMI can never enjoy the good of the
present, for fear Of the evil that is to
come. This is not piety. True re-
ligion makes the heart glad, and when
its noble principles are felt and exer
cised, men will be happy in spite of
themselves.


The industrious bee does not stop
to complain that, there are so MANY
poisonous flowers and dtLorny branches
ip his road, but buzzes on gathering
the honey where be can find it, and
passing quietly by the places where it
is not. There is enough in this world
to complain about aud iind fault with.
If we have the disposition We travel


often in hard and uneven road, but


with q cheerful spirit and a heart to


praise God for his Inercies, we may


walk therein with great comfort, and


come to the end of our Journey in
peace.