smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

Ane WaCerpury I (Conn.


American contains an account
of successful surgery that is


worthy of notice. 1t is the
case of Miss Hattie Thomas,


who more than a year ago,
while in the employment Of
Edwin Smith,, a manufacturer
of buttons in Naugatuck, had
her hair torn completely of
her head from the nape of the
neck to the forehead, including
one eyebrow and part of one
ear, by beng caught in a re-
volving shaft. The wound was
worse than the .scalping by an
Indian, who merely cuts a
circle of three or four inches
in diameter about the crown,
and leavea his victim tonsured
like Roman Catholic monk OF,
triar. Such cases of scalping
are on record in which the loss
of the natural head covering
was supplemented by an arti,
fetal toupee, But in this case
exposure of the entire skull
threatened death by exhau8-
tion induced by suppuration.
The American Of that place
says:


At the time it was supposed
the victim of the holrid main.
ing could survive the shock
but short time, and if she re-
covered from the shock to her
nervous system, her life would
he but of short duration, as
she could not long stand the
agony of the pain from the
wound, nor the drain upon her
constitution by the suppura-
tion, that must inevitably take
place. DR.. s. @. Barrett, then
Of Naugatuck, butnow residing
in Waterbury, who was in al
most constant attention upon
the sufferer, found that she was
likely to rally from the first
effects Of the accident. He,
therefore, determined to resort
to the process Of skin graft~
ing" discovered about three
years ago by M. Reverdin of
Paris as a means of saving the
the life Of his patient. About
six or seven weeks after the
accident, when the wound had
ben brought into a healthy
state by suppuration, the ex-
pertinent was tried, the patient
herself furnishing the first ''seed
skin" from her arm. The
method Of removing the skin
required is, simply to clasp the
piece between the thumb and
finger, raising 1t up, and clip
ping off with knife or scissors.
This first attempt was q sue
cess, and greatly encouraged
the doctor, who continued the
experiment, still taking the
''seed skin" from the arm of
Miss Thomasybut the excessive
discharge from the head wound
and the additional drain from
the new wounds, necessitated
by the removal Of the skin,
made It absolutely necessary
that the doctor procure his
supply Of "Seed skin" from
other sourOsS, Miss Gibson,
her faithful nurse and partiou,
lar friend before and after tho


accident, volunteered to fur
nish the next supply and when
the lady was exhausted, and
the experiment continued to
show every indication Of suc>
cess, the doctor mutilated his
own arm for the benefit Of his
patient and the elucidation Of
science. And not the least
noteworthy circumstance is that
of the lady friends of Miss
Thomas came forward and vol
unteered to furnish as faras they
could whatever new material
was needed. Thus the doctor,
at various times and from diff
ferent persons, took sixty-four
pieces of seed skin" varying
in size-the larger pieces being
ficiently large to cover "a
silver half-dollar. These large
pieces were, in some instances,
divided and subdivided, so that
the number Of separate pieces
Year: 1872

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.]


1t is estimated that Pennsylvania has
gone Radical by q majority ranging from
fifteen to twenty five thousand. The in
dlca:ipns are that Indiana, Ohio and Ne
braska have gone the same way. OF
course the figures contained in our dis
patches, which are meager at best, will
be modified, aud in some instances
varied. But there is no reason to expect
a mn aterial alteration 10 the general result
1t is an uuequivocal success for the Grant
party:


We therefore say to our friends every
where, be firm and defiant, give not an
inch of ground, and hold yourselves
ready for any emergency. This is the
first time We have gone into action, and
we have met repulsc That repulse
should inspire our energies and our
courage. 1t should unite US against the
enemy. 1t should bring accordance and
unity Of sentiment to our much divided
ranks. A defeat of this sort is often the
medium through which great aud pows
full organizations are formed. The Re.
publican party itself was thus repulsed
in 1856. Our Liberal movement is
hardly two years old. 1t is the natural
antithesis of Radicalism and If free gov
ernment is to continue in America its
principles must prevail in the admins
tration Of the national government. The
old parties will pass away with the con.
test. The party of the future is the
party of Liberalism, Reform and Peace.
What may lie in the immediate present
will develop itself from day to day
But nothing is clearer than this; that we
have only to be firm and steady, to main
tain the integrity of our convictions, to
repel the suggestions of the time serving,
and scoru the seductions Of the corrupt,
holding fast to our faith and standing BY
our colors and our guns. There is safety
only in this plain and open course. We
shall for our part pursue it, neither
daunted nor despondenl; but hating Rad.
icalism only the more as it shows itself
the more corrupt, powerful and danger
Gus. We sincerely believe it to be the
essence Of all corruption in the state.


We are honestly in the belief that its
leaders are body Of unscrupulous des.
peradoes, bent upon the ruin of the coun.
try. Yesterday should be put down on
the calendar as All Roguss Day. II
certainly presents US victory for three
at least, Of the most conspicuous rogue:
the history Of party debauchery evel
produced. More than this need not b,
said, for more than this cannot be fairl,
laid to the charge of the sth Of October
| 1872,
Year: 1872

A correspondent in Salt Lake City
states that the i'll feeling between the
Gentlles and Mormon. in that place is
rapidly increasing, and fears that the
political excitement Of the campaign will
vet result in serious riot.
Year: 1872

ACCIDENT On Saturday evening, one Of the


circus employees was struck in the face by q


falling board, which injured him so severely
! as to prevent his further appearance in the
ring during that performance. tf
Year: 1872

TOO MUCH LAW AND TOO LITTLE JUSTICE.


To me razor Of The TrtbUne.


SIR: Ii seems to me that there has been q
great waste ef words, teclnicates, and legal obscuf-
ties In arriving at clear and definite conclusion on
very plain question The night Of the State TO prosecute
genencay the interest Of the whole people specih
caly IN the interest Of less than the whole people, when
there has been violation Of the organic law special
statute official malfeasance, an infracton OF the
rights Of the humbest citizen, in person property,
by its own voluntary act, on demand OF one or more
OF the aggreyed persons, needs no argument and no
precedent The purpose OF government is TO protect
the weak against the strong, the yiruous against the
vicious Protection and allegiance reciprocal obli-
cations between the sovereignty OF the individual and
the sovereignty expressed in the government. The
government cannot abrogate rights which are inaen-
able create irresponsible officers diyest itself OF the
obi cations which essential to its existence. The
creature is necessarily subject to the creator The law
and its officers creatures OF the State and the officer
dIvest himself of responsibility TO the state
The de aco the people; and all officers are the
OF the people and responsible for The faithful
discharge Of their duties.


The money involved In the Tweed and Connolly suits
belongs to the taxpayers from whom 1t was taken and
not 10 the State On the State must put IL into
the City Treasury TO aid in quidating the common debt
Of this city The suit on the part OF The state 70 recover
In the OF the State Is proper exercise of
erenty for the protection Of the people, but does not
follow that the money, when recovered shall NIL the
State Treasury Courts creatures OF the Sae they
collect and pay out on receipt to the injured clzo lhe
responsibility OF the creature to the State may be
forced without any other authority than that which is
vested in the State, and Is always implied every lcgs
latve act H. IN the exercise OF hat authority money
is recovered its disposition after and
has nothing to do with the real question. Has the
State right to hold it's creatures responsible
breach OF trust ~ III the malfeasance is in abuse Of
monetary trusts, then the enforcement of the STATES
right must affect the recovery OF the money II these
views untenable then 1t follows that the city of
New-YOrk or the injured taxpayers have the right 10
proceed independently OF the state State laws to
adopt such measures they may deem necessary 10
yindicate their rights. We have too much law and too
little common sense and justice. J.B W.


Nec- YORK, July II, 1872.
Year: 1872

LARGE SHIPMENTS OF SpECIE.-The steam
ship Great Republic has just taken in one ship
meut the vast sum Of one million one hundred
and eighteen thousand dollars in specie to Japan
aud China. This shows how our trade with
that part of the world is enlarging, and shows,
at the same time that China and Japan con-
tlnue to be the great gulf of the precious metals,
as they have ever been. This has been and is
tho case particularly with China. There is an
enormous and constant drain of specie from
this country to both the old continents-to Asia
on the Pacific side and Europe on the Atlantic.
fortunately we have the precious metals to ex-
port. Our mines continue to yield large
amount, and gold and silver have become like
cotton or toOacco-articIes Of trade. Still, as
the precious metals are considered the basis Of
value and the regulators of the money markets.
every great commercial nation ought to prevent
as much as possible too great drain of them
from the country. We ought to begin to con-
slider what articles We can supply the Asiatic
markets with, so as to make the balance OF
trade more favorable without the shipment OF
vast amounts of the precious metas.-N T.
Herald.
Year: 1872

GAMBLING AMONG PIUTE INDIANS i From
the Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise. About the
only vice which our Piute Indians are addicted
to is gambling They are iuveterate gamblers
because it is the only way they have OF anus,
ing themselves Among the lumber yards ana
great timber yards about the mines these warm
DAYS, there are to be seen groups OF forty ana
ffiy. male and female, all cargerly engaged IN
card playing or wisttully looking on. In ramb-
ling about town, half u dozen such groups may
he met within single day. Half dollars seem
to be quite plentiful among them, and not un-
frcouently gold coins are to be seen put up as
stakes. Some of the women are quite as sharp
as the men and are up to all the lodges known
10 the Whites understanding marked cards as
well as the most experienced American sport.
The proprietor of a drug store in this city tells
us that a souaw who comes TO his place to buy
clrts will take only certain kind. Although
he can see no difference iu the cards ne is sell
ing she will at once pick out what she wants,
and will call them out by the backs as fast as
he could by looking at the faces.


This squaw and her brother are the big gam
hlcrs OF all the camps in the neighborhood of
this place, aud also those of Gold Hill, and
have things pretty much their own way. A
good illustration Of their love of gambling is to
lc found in the case OF young P!ute, at Fort
Churchill few years since, when that mlll-
tary post was in full blast. He first lost his
money, then his blanket, and one article of
clothing after another Finally, when he was
nearly naked, his opponent offered to play him
for his hair, he to be allowed to cut out lock
of certain size every time he won. The win
Mug Indian was tacetious and so cleared the
youugster' ) head of every hair upon it, except
a bunch left here and there where they would
present the most ridiculous appearance. When
turued loose in this shape the boy became the
laughing stock of the whole camp. The In
diaus-squaws, bucks, and all-fairly screamed
out with laughter, aud lay down aud rolled up
on the ground as the comical figure met their
gaze.
Year: 1872

Tbe Bedeged Resident life which, reflected in his hfa
, , TO have been full Interest and Of that very variety
which one would fancy that Life among the population Of closely
invested city must be deficient"
Year: 1872

The personal these letters unqueion2by that
which gave certain that the depeable a
and unworthy actions which Besged the chronce' viii
have to be taken any truthful narrative Of the great
Year: 1872

Probby Of the campan amply satisfied our
picturesque The description Of the battle Of
Grayeotte page Of Taus and for aT VTdn
might stand BY the side Of Thacyd4es narrative Of the plague
Year: 1872

The custom in Asia of women burning them
selves Is OF the most remote date. The fol-
lowing description of one of these funeral
rites Is gl7en by traveller of undoubted ye-
racity, who was present on the occasions. "a
young woman. twenty years Of age, having
been informed that her spouse died at two
hundred leagues distance, resolved to celebrate
his obsequies by burning herself alive In
vain was it represented to her that the news
was uncertain; nothing was capable of making
her change the resolution she had taken. We
saw her arrive at the place of her suffering
with such extraordinary gaiety and confidence,
that | was persuaded she had stupefed her
senses with opium. At the head of the retinue
which accompanied her was band of the
country music, consisting of haut- boys and ket-
tle-drums. After that came several single and
married women. singing and dancing before
the widow, who was dressed in her richest
clothes, and whose peck, fingers and legs were
laden with profusion of jewels and bracelets.
A troop of men, women and children followed,
and closed the procession. The funeral pile
was made of apricot wood mixed with branch
es of sandal and cinnamon. She beheld it afar
off with contempt, and approached it with ap-
parent c0mpOsure; she took leave of her
friends and relations, and distributed her or
naments among them. | kept myself near her
on horseback, along with two English mer-
chants Judging, perhaps, by my countenance
that was sorry for her, to comfort me she
threw me one of her bracelets. which luckily
caught hold Of When she was seated on the
pile, the attendants set fire to it, and he poured
on her head vessel of fragrant oil, which the
flame instantly seized on; thus she was stihed
in moment without being observed to altar
her cOuntenance Some of the assistants threw
in several cruises of oil to increase the fire. and
filled the air with frightful cries. When she
was entirely consumed, her ashes were thrown
into the river.
Year: 1872




BLUE LIGHT CURE.-At q recent meeting
of the Philadelphia Agricultural society, Gen.
Pleasanton read an interesting paper on the
effects of sunlight on plants and animals when
transmitted through blue glass. Geraniums
which had become unhealthy recovered their
vigor and became more deeply cOlOred when
covered with blue glass: and the branches of
the same grapevine showed remarkable
difference in their growth of leaves according
as they were or were not covered with blue
glass, the leaves on the former having dame
ter of six to eight inches, being of deep
green color, and perfectly healthy; while the
uncovered branches were Oaly two inches In
diameter, and of pale, sickly-yellowish color,
indicating feeble vitality. The paper also
mentioned case of the wife of q Philadel-
phia physician, who had for some time been
suffering from a complication of disorders
which had baff1ed the skill of her physicians,
and who, on the suggestion of General Pleas
anton. tried the following plan: Every other
pane of glass in one of the windows OF the pa
TENTS room was removed and blue glass sub
stituted, and the patient required to expose
her back and spine to the action OF the COM
bined blue and white lights for thirty minutes
each day, at the same hour. At the beginning
of the treatment she was unable to sleep or
eat, was in miserable condition and wasting
rapidly. At the end of ten days the pains IN
her back were less, her hair had begun grow
ing thickly, and there was remarkable lm-
provement in her general condition. In three
weeks she was almost entirely well.
Year: 1872

AN AUTOMATIC FAN.-A st. Louisian, an
italian, by birth, has invented and applied for
patent for an apparatus particularly useful at
this time, to which he has given an Italian
name equivalent to Cool Producer" One of
thsse simple and serviceable instruments is now
on exhibition. 1t is mounted on a table, and
is about the size of a sewing machine. Its
construction is particularly simple. To
steel axle resting horizontally on two uprights,
are fastened four fans of concave surface and
oval form, at different angles so that when they
are set in motion by clock-work and a heavy
weight they direct current of air with great
force COMPRISING it into One-third of its
original volume into sort of hopper with
valves leading into the air-tight, flexible tube
of india-rubber. which may be made of any
length desired. At It's extremity is st0p-
cock attachment in brass, resembling the nOz-
zle of garden sprinkler, but perforated with
infinitely finer apertures. The use of the in-
strument is apparent. 1t is placed at a win
dow or in a draught of air; the catch releas-
ing the weight is loosed, the clock-work is set
in motion, the fans revolve and drive power
full current of cool air through the tube and
out of the nozzle in a refreshing aerial spray,
The pressure can be regulated by the stop
cock and the machine will run for eight hours
without winding up. The fans make 240 rev.
olutions minute, and the hum caused by their
rapidly beating the air is not so loud as to be
unpleasant but rather tends to produce sleep.
For beds the nozzle is to be placed in the ring
supporting the mosquito bar, and jet of air
is thrown over the whole bed. When reading
or writing, it may be laid on the table, a joint
hinge permitting any direction whatever to be
given to the current of air. The force of the
instrument is such as to render comfortable
space of thirty square feet at distance of
five feet from the nozzle
Year: 1872

1t is sad thing pass through life only half alive
Yet there thousands whose habiual condition i,
of languor and debility. They complain of rc
specific disease; they suffer positive pain: but they
have no relish for any thing which affords mental
sehSu0us pleasure. In nine of this state
of assitude and stupor arises from morbid stomach
Indigestion destroys the energy of both mind and body
When the waste of nature is supplied by a due and
regular assimilation Of the food every organ starved
every function interrupted.


Now, what does common suggest under these
circumstances of depression, The system needs rous
ing and Strengthening; not merely for hour or two
to sink aiterward into more pitablc condition thar
ever as it assuredly would do if ordinary alcoholic
stimuant resortcd to- but radically and perma
nently.


How is this desirable object to be accomplished; The
answer to this question: founded the unvaryinc
experience of quarter of century, ia easily given
Infuse new yiger into the digestive organs 10y a
OF Hostetters Stomach Btters. Do time by
administering temporary remedies. hn wake the system
up lay recuperating the founain-head Of physical
strength and energy, the great organ upon which all
the other organs depend for their nurture and support.


By the time that dozen doses Of the great vegetable
tonic and nvigornt have been taken the feeble frame
of the dyspeptc will begin to feel its benign influence
Appetite will be created and with appetite the capacity
to digest what it Graves. Persevere until the cure is
OF J,esh and muscle bone and and BRAIN flows
through the channels OF circulation instead of the
watery rabulum with which they have heretofore been
imperfectly nouri-hnd June /, lS72-1m
Year: 1872

DAKOTA, May 10Th, 1872.
DEAR Wn1e:-In my last, said would
say something about the climate of the
northwest. Well, it is very cold in the
winter; some days it is from 15o to 20o
below zero, and high wind blowing most
all the time. There are generally some
warm days in the last of January and first
of February. At that time they plow and
SOW wheat; but this Spring they did not
get their wheat in until the middle of April,
and then it was cold. 1t is very dry; not
much rain falls here in the Spring. There
are no snow squalls or rain storms here like
there are in the east; but the wind blows
very hard and cold. The grass grows very
luxuriantly. This has been cold Spring,
and at this time we wear our winter cloth
ing, and keep up fire in the stove.


The people here are all new comers from
the East, many from Philadelphia and
New York. They live in houses built of
sod. They plow and then cut the sods in
blocks about IA inches square, and build
them up like bricks. They are built about
AXIS feet, one story high; the roofs are
nearly flat, with brush Or long grass laid
on the rafters, and dirt thrown on the grass
so they look from the outside like pile
of dirt. They make very warm house
much warmer than a log cabin. Some
have cellars under them, but they never
wall the cellar up; indeed there are not
stone enough to build a chimney. The
stove pipe is run out through the roof
Some have log houses sided up; but it is so
dry that the boards warp up and they are
colder than the mud houses.


Now don't think that the people are low
class; far from it, they are very intelli-
gent class-all well educated and have seen
something of high life. Indeed find them
hearty, good natured class of people
Their furniture consists Of one or two rude
bedsteads, one table, two or three chairs,
and some boxes. They make all their own
furniture, SO n cabinet maker would starve
to death at his trade, and as for an under
taker, why he could not live, for it is very
healthy. Indeed, it seems to me that they
live on health and good humor. The great
est drawbacks here are wood and water;
but water can be had by digging from six
to twelve feet, and the best well water |
ever drank. All who take up land break
enough the first year to set out from 500 to
1000 trees. The trees are what they call
Cottonwood; it grows very fast. The Cot
tonwood and Maple are the only trees that
grow here. Some places there is some oak;
but it is not good for anything.


The wheat and oats crops look very fine.
Nearly all are done planting corn. Farm
ing here is the easiest work ever saw.


W. r. n.
Year: 1872

Fire.-On Saturday last, about II o'clock,
A. NJ, tenant house situate north of High
street, near the railroad, belonging to Mrs.
Parker, took fire and burned down, with
out damage to surrounding property. Two
colored people, man and woman, were in
the house asleep when it caught fire, and
were rescued by some of the neighbors
breaking in and routing out the sleepers-
who were said to be drunk. They lost all
their clothes, except what they had on,
and what little of furniture they possessed.
The house was not very valuable, but had
no insurance on it.
Year: 1872

The great rise in the price of coal
in England is producing important
effects In that country, and also In
the United States, and it is predicted
that it will lead tomomentous results
hereafter. The influence of the in
creased price is already observable in
many different departments of bust
ness. In Great Britain railroads are
increasing their prices of transporta-
ton, and manufactures of many de-
scriptions which are dependent on
steam for q motive power, are threat


ened with serious losses in conse-
quence of the increased cost of pro-
duetion following the enhanced price
of fuel But it is the iron trade
which is certain to be the most ser
iously affected by the present condi.
ton of affairs, since without cheap
coal it is impossible to produce cheap
iron, and with the loss of power tc
produce cheap iron comes the loss o


large share of Great Britain's enor
nous iron trade. This country vii
in all probability be benefited by th'
increased price of coal in England
A new impulse will be- given to tn
development of our coal and iro1
mines, which are unequaled in tn
world in extent and richness. Th,
competition in England, where labo


is cheap, has heretofore operates
against the development of our mines