smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

The Washington correspondent of the
New York World says;


Among the lobby women last winter
was the daughter of a present United
States Senator, whose father years ago
refused to let her marry the man of her
choice. She elOped with him; he de-
ceived her by mock marriage, he hav-
ing two other wives, sO-called, living
He took all her jewels, and even most
of her clothing, and abandoned her. She
went to the bad headlOng, refused all
Overtures to return home, and the faith
er and daughter used to pass one anOth-
er in the Capital year ago-she a wan
ton and he a SenatOr-and never speak.
Nor did either betray the event to any
one. He called her dead she consented
to be dead even to him.


Another Senator's wife, who is an in
valid, cannot be unaware, for no one
else is, that her husband has stocked no
less than six of his mistresses on the civil
service as clerks, and that he adds to the
number every session. 1t will be inter
esting to note how he votes on Mr.. CTa-
gins anti-MOrmon bill


Another Senator, a Southwest carpet
Dagger, fOisted his mistress on the Treas
Ury Department last year, and was in
fuential enough to have her salary con-
tinued while he sent her to New York
to undergo an abortion. She died. The
Senator himself drew the arrears of
pay Ostensibly for the mother of the muir
dered woman, who has yet to see the
first cent of it.


Another honorable, this time of the
House, was driven out of a leading hO-
tel six. years ago for notorious conduct
with a married woman, and that with
the consent of her husband. That hUs-
band is now clerk of that COngTessman's
committee, his wife is the COngressman's
mistress, and her son is q page on the
floor of the House, and waits on his mu-
tual fathers every day.
Year: 1870

What is the natural duration of man
How long shall we enjoy this stage Of
action? Wherever the human heart
palpitates, the question is reiterated,
how soon must / render up this tene-
ment of clay2 Diligent research, OBJ
servatiOn and scientific Investigation
have thrown much light on this subject.
Florence, Hufiand, Walker, and others
have shown that animals, and even
some plants, live on the average about
five times the time required to mature
them. For example, the horse natures
at about five years, and his average
duration of life is about twenty-five; the
OK natures at three and lives about IF
teen; the sheep at two, and lives about
eight; the camel natures at eight, the
average duration is about forty years.
So if you would ascertain the average
life of any animal observe the time re-
qUired to mature them, then multiply
that time by five, and you hove the
| time of its pFOpable length of davs de-
signed by nature. This method Of cal
culating the longevity Of animals ap-
prOXimates the truth nearer than any
other that has ever been adopted. Con-
ditiOns and surroundings have much to
do with the longevity of animals as well





short lived, owing the kind of treatment
they receive. The animal is said to be
matured when the bones cease Il. grow
in length or hight. Now If this course
of reasoning is correct, then man is
centenarian, for it requires about twen-
ty years on the average, to mature him;
multiplied by five would give him an
average duration of one hundred years.
Many reach this age, but niue-tenths Of
the human family die before they reach
half that time; and why? look around,
watch and study, and you viii find a
hundred and more causes to cut short
expectation of life. Much suffering,
early and untimely death, might be
avoided, if a man took as much interest
in his own bodily welfare, as he does in
other things of much less Importance
OTthODGtbic Journal.
Year: 1870

The evidence appears to be pretty
well settled that this whole Western
country was once inhabited by a race of


beings of gigantic stature, who were not
only hard-wOrkiHg, industrious fellows,
but well up in many of the fine arts.
What their laws, institutions and code


of morals consisted of, we shall probably


never know as printing presses and in


terviewing reporters were scarce in those
days, but from the numerous mounds


scattered over the country, which the


learned savans tell US were the work of


their hands, it is quite easy to assume


that they were heavy on the dig and


took much delight in welding the spade


and shovel. They would be useful
fellows to have in these days OfrailrOads
and canals, it is to be regretted that the
race died out before the present system
Of internal improvements commenced.


From time to time the skeletons of an
unknown race have been discovered i'm
the different mounds mentioned, I'D and
down the Mississippi river, the last dis
cOveTy Of the kind being made near Po-I
tOsi, Wis, little over a week ago. A
young man by the name of Patterson,
brother-in-laW to S. NJ Langworthv,
Esq.l of this city, was engaged with a
number Of men in digging out for the
foundation Of saw mill, near the bank
Of the river, In digging out this it be-
came necessary to remove one of these
ancient mounds or tUn1ui. The work
men had descended to the depth of about
seven feet, when they uneaFthed two
human skeletons, the bones of which
We're almost entire, and in a good state
of preservation. Upon taking them out
an accurate measurement was made of
the skeletons, when one of them was
found to be RepeI1 and q halt feet and the !
other eight feet IN ECngtb. The laws of
each were filled with double rows Of
teeth, while the cheek bones were very
high and prominent. Under the bones
a large collection of RFrOW-heads and
strange toys were found, which had evil
IDENTIFY been buried with them,


Strange to state, the worllmen, instead
Of preserving these bones carted them
off into the road, and it is feared
that the great majority are nov wasted. |
1t Is highly probable that other skeler
tons exist in that Yicinity.-Dubuque
Times.
Year: 1870

Through purple mists that DER the hills arise,
Fair morning. broke across the eastern skies,
And bathed in rosy light. stretched far below,
The vale and gentle slopes ofsweet Cerdo.
There shono the glttering sword and saber bright:
There two great armies closed in deadly fight.
Twas evening and the sun set low
In yonder veil Of crimson glow;
And as the last CLEAN died away.
So gently shut the eye Of day
The scene is changed the bright days WORK is done,
And many heart prOcaims, the dear thought victory


won.
In dreams see beaufiJus maiden weep,
WHO, with the silent star, her lonely vigil keeps
Through al, her fondly loved and loving heart
In truth still clings TO him who did heroes part
And Oft at evening, viii the aged mother wait
Within the sunken door, or besides the broken


willow gate.
Yet there her fading eyes grow dim with watching


vain,
For DER that silent threshold her joy viii never cross


again.
Then gentle maideIi. stay thy bitter tears;
Ye patient wives in duty hush thy troubled fears,
And faithful sister cease to mourn thy brother slain,
Though you on earth may meet no more again,
he finds rest beneath his native sod,
A home in heaven, and friend in God.
Then noble mother on whose brow the silvery locks


are waved,
o. learn to hold sacred the lonely soldiers grave.
So let the glorious sun, as ike mighty shield
FAN sofly on those graves upon the battlefield.
There DER the Darrow path where once they trOd,
Sweet daisies bloom among the tangled grass and


raise their deWy eyes to God.
Year: 1870

Moist air is vulgarly called heavy,
whereas its tendency is to ascend, except
when it ceases to exist as air and assumes |
the form of water or ice. In proportion |
as air is mingled with vapor of water it is
consequently disposed to ascend, but like
the fat surface of wide board at the bot
tom of an ocean of water, it ascends very
slowly, unless one end of the board is ele-
vated so that it may approach the surface
"end foremost" instead of its broadside.
In that case, as everybody has noticed, it
is projected much above the surface by the
accumulated momentum or motion and
relative weight.


Man lives at the bottom of an aerial
ocean, or ocean of air, As miles deep, and
q "aat board" or stratum of vapor of wa
ter constantly covers and spreads out in
his atmosphere, powerfully disposed to as
cend but held down to the surface of the
earth by weight Of air above equal to
about thirty-six tons on the roof of every
house that covers a lot twenty feet square.
Sometimes, in the providence of God, one
end of this board or stratum of vapor gets
tilted up and then the whole stratum rush





whole board follows the uppermost end to
the surface of a tub of water when filed
while confined by stone to the bottom
and suddenly liberated at one end. A
spoonful of air compressed or reduced in
bulk to the size of pea gives out heat
enough to ignite tinder or set on fire a
piece of punk at the end of piston, con-
sequently if doubled in bulk it absorbs
heat or produces cold enough to freeze
water, thus expanding as it ascends and
is relieved from the enormous weight of
our ocean of air. The stratum of vapor
expands and not only loses its own tempe
rature but enters the region of perpetual
cold in the upper air-the result is the
nucleus of hail stones, not only frozen,
but reduced perhaps seventy degrees below
zero, each capable of freezing tumbler
full of water. Just as a small snow ball,
rolled from the top Of hill increases as ii
descends, so our molecule of ice Cor rather
snow) increases in size as it falls toward
the earth, especially in warm weather
whom the lower stratum of air next the
earth will preserve seven-fold as much
water as inuisible vapor than during win.
ter; consequently the size of the hail stone
must depend on the heat of the air at the
surface of the earth, as the nucleus OF
original particle in the centre is colo
enough to freeze all it meets and cool tn,
air for many miles around. Upon break
ing hail stone this nucleus will be seel
as fbrous mass, and not gradually fro
sen as the surrounding clear ice.


While beneath the aerial ocean we ma,
recognize this and electricity as "supend
ed like the sword in the fable by singl
hair, and invited by the policy of ou
Legislators who compel SO much swearing
and profanity which constantly ascend
from every state as another sort of incens
should to invoke this in greater proportio
In order to avert the infinite and inevita
BILE result. SIGMA.


Port Penn, May 14th, 1870.
Year: 1870

"'Tis better to have loved and lost, than nevel


to have loved at ALL"


/ looked up as repeated the quota
ton, for felt sure heard a sigh from
the quiet corner where my Aunt Ethe
sat in her usual place. Tennyson is my
iavorite poet, and this betrayal of hcl
sympathy with my taste made me
pause in the passage of tho exquisite
sin Memoriam" | had just been read
ing, aud she met my gaze, half smile
curling the lips that never would purs,
up like those of other maiden aunts Of
my acquaintance.


Dear Aunt Ethel far back in my
childhood l remembered her us the
same quiet little figure in the same place
in my fathers cozy back parlor. A
face pure in its expression as that Of the
Madonna" that hung on the wall op
posite, soft, shining braids of auburn
hair, folded away from her fair, smooth
brow, not wrinkle marrcd its intellec.
tual beauty, but the earnest, almos,
mournful, expression of the brown eyes
seemed ever to my childish fancy telling
tales ofsadness. How often wondered
what were the deep shadows that lay in
their depths


This evening Aunt Ethel and were
alone; my sister Louise and Evalyn, had
gone out with brother Fred, and the
younger ones had all been sent to bed
Aunt Ethel's embroidery lay for once
on the table by her side, and her hands
were folded idly in her lap. or what
was she thinking, with that far.away
look on her face ! Could the sentiment
l mad just read have anything to do with
her thoughts 7 After silence of a few
moments l arose and kneeling beside
her looked up into her eyes. She took
my hands in her own, and said in low
sad tones:


"Lola my darling, do not read such
sentiments They are false, though as
Tennyson expresses them, very beauti.
full"


"Why Aunt Ethel w cried, almost
Indignantly, "surely you are only teas.
ing me. IL is better to have felt the
emotion of love once than to 60 through
life unloved and unloving, even if we
can only have the memories of lost
love-" Whom she answered me her
voice was full of pain.


"No, no, Lola, there is nothing in
life so utterly miserable as u heart be.
reit of what was all its JOY aud bright
ness"


l looked at my Aunt in amarcment,
in all my life l had never seen her SO
moved, aud all my old suspicious were
aroused.


"Lost lost ~ she murmured as if
forgetting my presence, "Cecil how
wretched is my fate ! Living, yet dead
to me forever -


l sat quietly essaying to comfort her
10 my childish fashion, by softly kissing
the taper fingers once on which tho tears
were fast falling. That evening was a
new episode in my life. felt intui-
lively that nothing more must be said
upon subject that brought up memo.
ries Aunt Ethel seemed struggling daily
and hourly to forget.


My home at Lougwood was pleasant
one. Every comfort and luxury that
loving hearts could desire we're scatter.
ed profusely around me, and yet | loved
Aunt Ethel and her quiet ways far
more than my elder sisters gay com.
pauy and pleasures. No change of any
sort occurred until my eighteenth year,
when Aunt Ethel's health appeared to
be declining. l was with her almost
Year: 1870

About twenty years ago an iRfant,aged
about five mont hs, was abandoned by
its mother and left at the door OF the
residence of gentleman near Harrison
burg. A note was left with the child,
stating that it had been born the previ-
Gus December, and requesting that IT be
named Maria Catherine. 1t was well
dressed, and gave evidence of having
been under the care of person OF taste
and refinement. The gentleman at
whose door the little waif had been left,
having a sufficient family OF his own,
sent it to the county almshouse, where
it was left in the tender care of pauper
nurses, and in short while it disappear
ed from public interest and sight. Last
week a letter was addressed to the clerk
of Rockingham county, from the moth
er OF the child, making Inquiry as 10 its
whereabouts. The mother says she was
compelled, from the fear OF losing her
own and the childs lite, to leave it as
she did, intending to reclaim it when
free to do so. Twenty years have pass
ed and only few weeks a ago death
relieved her of this fear and she imme-
diately took steps to recover her child,
who is now, if living, grown woman.


The mother dates her letter from the
White Sulphur Springs, where she Is
spending the summer. Theletter is well
dictated. but is evidently spelled and
written in disguised manner. Many
of our citizens remember the child, and
the incident was mentioned in the local
papers at the time. Inquiry has been
made. hut the whereabouts ofthc child
are not vet discovered.
Year: 1870

Ey We should like to please an " Eye
Witness by publishing his account of the
alteration between Boudinot and Nc
Donald, with all ist surroundings, but
we had prepared short account of
the affair and must decline to publish.
In disturbance of that kind there is al
ways more or less said by parties, that
had not better been said--and which in
cooler moments would not have been ut
tered and by none more regretted than
the one making them; the publication of
which would do no good and only add
fuel to keep alive hostile feelings that
should be banished from every mind.
Our friend will, we think, on mature re
Election, think as we do on this point.
Year: 1870

Ex3- The Sheriff of Crawford county,
II. S. ANDERSON, made full and final
settlement with the County Court on Sat
urday Having before, made full
settlement with the State Treasurer, he
now stands free from any Indebtedness to
the County or State We make this
statement for his benefit from the fact
that it has been asserted and generally
believed that the Sheriff would fall far be-
hind in money matters, and that his
bondsmen would have to make up the
deficiency. Major Anderson has taken
charge of the Jail in the city and will
hereafter give personal attention to the
Office here.
Year: 1870

What class of men ought never to
die with the consumption Merchants
they have strong iron chests


- Chimney-sweeping must be an
agreeable business, for it scots everybody
that it tries it,


- Railways are aristocrats They
teach every man to know his own station.
and to stop there.
Year: 1870

ARsoS.-Between and Q O'Clock last evening an
attempt was made TO burn the carpet shop on Eighth
street, below Vine The fire had been kindled under
q cigar box The flames were discovered and ex-
tnguished before any great damage was done.
Year: 1870

The week closes upon very easy money market and
without essential feature While the general rates
call, where the collateral pledged approved, was


five and six per cent yet il urusy the case satur-
day night large balances were freely placed with the
leading bond houses low four per until Mon.
day. The currency movement s yet unimportant,
though the large gemens at the Western ports ren
der II probable that remittnoe- will he required from
this center shortly The discount market is quiet and
unchanged, except rather liberal supply OF pro
duce paper Offering. Prime mercantile acceptances
move on the basis OF the following rs,as.
Year: 1870

The Government bond market has been duh aud with
out hie with heavy feeling in all the issues The mar
kot Is considerably overst0cked, and holders, in the
absence or Treasury support throwing their stock
upon the street There was an improved tone TO the
market st the CLOSE.


Fisk Hatch report as follows at u. m:
Year: 1870

This is the way the Fox girls produce their
spiritual rsppings Fasten one end Of piece
Of elastic band, four or FIVE inches long. to the
middle OF pound bar Of lead. and .he other end
10 a ring large enough to receive The toe Of your
shoe Take another piece Of elastic band eight
inches or more IN length fasten one end TO the
ring and the other 10 the right leg above the
knee. When standing, with the oontrivsnce ar
ranged a. described, the bar Of lead should not
come quite to the ankle. Of course a long dress
is necessary to conceal it. When sitting, the
raps can be made by putting tie toe Of the Jeff
shoe through the ring, ana wirh slight move
ment Of the foot causing the lead to strike the
floor. Que end Of the bar will be likely 10
come in contact with the floor = little before the
other end does, aaG thus produce the peculiar
double-kDock made by the Fox meiums BY a
slight lateral motion Of the foot. raps can be
made with such contrivanee or a table-ieg or
door. gentleman walking home with one of
the girls, one evening after II seaace, noticed
sound in connection with her step like that made
by wooden peg in walking and the embar-
raised girl said She could sss conceive what
caused it.
Year: 1870

A RESPECTABLE YOUNG MAN WISHES A SITUA
"A ton as coachman and groom thoroughly understand
the of horses and driving; willing to assist a
garden the be.t city and country references Apply at
and "a West 18th at.
Year: 1870

show that the total strength Of the Prtis.
sian army was not zoo, 900 men. Probably
it would bc safe to put the whole force at
100000 men, Of whom the larger part are
before Metz. Accounts of the strength of
the French army are very different. 1t
can hardly be so large as the PrusslAn
army. But more than difference in mum.
bers is the difference in enthusiasm and
spirit. The Prussians are flushed with the
two great victories they have already
achieved, and by tho advance they have
accomplished. They have reason to trust
with houndless confidence in their gcner.
als, and in the final and complete success
OF tile splendid plans in accordance with
which the campaign has been fought. The
French arc full Of dismay and despair.
In their leaders they have lost oil conf
dence in themselves they have not tue
old proud trust Badly handled, poorly
supplied with food, they can only summon
10 their aid the energy ordespair. Should
q general engagement cnsue between these
two armies, who can doubt the result?
The line Of the Moscllc would hive to be
abandoned, and new line found along
the Mouse or ut Chalons. It would seem
to be the only chance Of success for tho
Emperor 10 strike ut the army Of the
Crown Prince on the south, backed up by
McAiahons force ut foul. Hazardous us
the attempt would be, Is there hope many
other course?
Year: 1870

TUNNEL TO LAKE misunderstanding
to the Auburn Stars and Stripes Won
Schmidt 4 Co., will commence tunnel for
tapping Lake Bigler within month or six
weeks. The tunnel will commence at the
head of Squaw Valley, where tt distance
through the mountain is abou, three miles.
The time necessary to complete the tunnel
is estimated at twenty months The pro-
ject has been talked of for years, and there
is no doubt of its being feasible, the only
question is, will it pay2 One thing in its
favor is, that the supply would be pc petu-
al and ample. The flow of one hundred
thousand inches from the lake to this side
of the Sierras wonld make scarcely any
perceptible difference in its height
Year: 1870

CIRcUMsTANTIAL EvIDENcE.The
terrible possibilities of circumstantial evil
dence are seen in a story in the Methodist.
The story is long and we condense:


A company are dining; one of the guests
shows a very curious and valuable gold
coin from the far east. 1t is eight squar-
cd, covered with curious devices. The
coin is passed around the table till it gets
to certain officer who remarks carelessly,
yes, have seen one like it before. y
Near the close of the dinner, the owner of
the coin remarked, "will the gentleman
who has the gold piece please return it,
There was a look of surprise, and some agi-
tation no one knew where it was but the
last place wi ere it was seen was at the
officers plate A gentleman, perhaps to
relieve himself and others, suggested, "let
us all be searched" The company agreed,
except the officer, who said, II give you
the word OF soldier that have not the
coin; yet will not be searched" This
increased the suspicion against him; but
while they we're celebrating, waiter came
in saying, IA curious gold coin had been
found in napkin that was carried from
our table" 1t was the missing piece!


The officer now claimed the privilege of
saying word: "The reason | objected to
search was that l had in my pockets coin
precisely like the missing one;' and he
produced it.


Evidetly if the missing piece had not
come to light, as it did, and the officers
piec' had been found Un him, it would
have been estecmed very strong evidence
Of guilt The gold piece was not only ex-
ceedingly rare and curious but the sur
rounding circumstaces we're all a ainst the
officer. Judge nothing before the time,
but iudoe inst Indictment
Year: 1870

On Sunday, as Grant l. Taggart and his
wife were out taking buggy ride, and
while coming down the grade above the
Toll House, something about the neck
yoke broke and allowed the buggy to run
violently against the horses. As soon as
the accident happened Grant jumped out
to check the horses, but they became
frightened and runaway ensued. Mrs.
Taggart retained her seat in the buggy
until the horses run some distance, but
not admiring their gait, she very coolly
jumped out and let them run.
Year: 1870

This week Mr.. w. S. Kidder returned
from San Francisco where he has been for
some time under Dr. Pardees treatment.
The Doctor succeeded in extracting a
piece of steel about the size and thickness
of dime from Kidder's right eyeball, but
found the eye too far gone to restore it to
sight.
Year: 1870

In the East. This coolie system is slavery
resuscitated, or slavery reconstructed. IT
the next Republican Congress does not
wipe it from the face OF existence, then
the Republican party is failure and libel
upon the name of progress and freedom
We speak as Republican in heart, and say
the existence of the party depends upon
annihilation of coolie slavery. As "hon-
esty is the best policy" interpreted in sell
fish sense, SO anti coolie slavery is the best
policy for any political party.