smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

To which the story-teller answered very
deliberately:


IF it please yonr majesty, il is impossi-
bic to tell you what happened afierwarl be-
ore have told iou what happened first"


And then he went on again:


"And then another locust went in and
carried otf another grain of corn, and then
another locust went in and carried OFF an
oth~r grain of corn. and then another IJcusi
went in aud carried off another grain OF
corn"


The king listened with unconqnerable pa
tience six months more, when he agail IN
ierrtpied him with II; rrg


f" oh. .rienll am weary of your To-
Gusts How soon do you think they will
have done


To which the siory-teller made answer:


90 king who can tell? AT the time to
which my story has come, the locusts have
cleared away small space, il may be a
cubit, each way round the inside of the
hole; and the air is still dark with locl,sts
on all sides. But let llle king have patience
and, no doubt we shall come to the end OF
them in time" .m


Thus encouraged. the king listened on for
another full year, The story teller still going
on rs before. " And then another locust
went in and carried off another grain of
corn, and then another locust went in and
carried oft another grain of corn and then
another locust went and carried off another
grain of corn" till at last the poor king
could bear It no longer, and cried out:


Oh, man, that is enough Take my
daughter! take my kingdom take any
thing--everything only let hear no more
OF yonr abominable locusts {"


And so The siory-teller was married to
The kings daughter, and was declared heir
10 the ihrone; and nobody ever expressed
a wish to hear the rest of his story, for he !
said II was impossible 10 come to the other
part of it till he had done with the locusts.
The unreasonable caprice Of the foolish
king was thus oyermatched by the ingeni-
ous device OF this wise man.
Year: 1861

A YES OR No.-A simple yes or an
emphatic mo, may cost you fortune-may
cost you troop of friends-may cost you
a political promotion-may cost you char
acter--may cost you your soul. How many
public man has had his whole career de.
cided by bis course in some trying emer.
gency, CT on some great question of right,
he Is led up into the mount of temptation,
who're some gigantic iniquity bids him bow
down and worship it, and promises, in re-
turn, all the world and the glory thereof
From that moment of trial, he comes down
hero or fool. The die is cast. If he
has honored justice and truth, then justice
and truth will honor him, if not, his bones
Will be lett bleaching on the road to pro,
motion he can never reach Cayler,
Year: 1861

Our stock of these articles is very complete, and
has been imported expressly for trade We shall
continue to receveby nearly every vessel at arrives
from the Atlantic States additions to our present
large stock.
Year: 1861

OVER BArHISG.-If fish is deprived Of its
scales ii will be chilled to death, and reasonin o
analogically and knowing too that human skin
scales are destroyed by the alkali Of soap, a
mas may wash himself too much, may actually
wash the scales of his body, leaving the pores
60 unprotected against heat and cold and OBJ
structions, that death will inevitably ensue in.
deed, physiological research proves that if a
third Of the skin is is removed from the body b4
scalding or other means, fatal termination il
unavoidable 0bseryant persons know how soon
the skin becomes pale, shriveled and tender.
even on the harder hands, if kept great deal
in cold water. These are suggestive considera-
tions for those who believe that continual water
sioshings are Indispensable to health and ion-
gevity.-HaiFs Journal of Health.
Year: 1861

A SAVAGE RAcE.-In "Glimpses of Batan-
ga and Gaboon, we find mention Of race of
savages remarkable for their energy, strength,
and slight but picturegqae attire. A group of
them strolling down Montgomery or Washing
ton street would make q decided sensatior.-S.
F. Journal.


The Pangwes, in some respects, are very ro-
1narkable people; among savages l do not know
that 1 have ever met men of more impos-
ing bearing. Their form form is indicative of
strength and energy rather than grace and
beauty. Their statue is of medium size, bat
compact and well proportioned, and their gait is
alike manly and independent. The complexion
of both males and females is two shades lighter
than that of the maritime people, and though
decidedly African, are decidedly regular. But
their hair, and the mode in which it is worn, is
perhaps the most striking characteristic about
their appearance. 1t is softer than the usual
negro hair, and is usually plated in four braids,
two of which are worn in front and two back
over the shoulder, and Frequently reach more
than half way down the back. At the same
time their bodies are smeared over with a red
ointment, which neightens the singularity of
their appearance to remarkable degree. They
wear no clothing except narrow strip of dark
cloth between ther legs. Their legs and arms
are decorated with rings of brass and ivory. A
broa,i-Lladed dirk or knife, in a sheath of snake
or guiana kin, is attached to leatherr thong
tied round the middle A hatcbet of peculiar
shape is carried on the shoulders, ana the men
are seldom seen walking out without a bundle
of long sp ars in one hand. White round beads
are very muct admired Broad belts Of them
are worl around the arms and legs and they
are worked into hair SO as to form complete
te&d-wig.


REMARKABLE FAcrs.-The piles under the
London Bridge have been driven FIVE hund-
red years, and an examination of them in
1915 showed them to be but little decayed.
They are principally elm. Old Savoy Place,
in the city of London, was blilt SIX hundred
and fifty years ago; and the wooden piles,
consistinh Of oak, ELM, beach and chestnut,
on n recent examination, were found to be
perfectly sound. OF The durability of tim
her IN a wet state. the piles Of the bridge
built by the Emperor Trajan over the DAr-
ubc, afford striking example. One of those
piles was taken up and found to be pe'rifcd
to the depth of three-quartcrS of an ilch ;
but the rest of the wood was not different
from its former state though it had been
d.ive1 sixteen hundred years,


DoNATroE TO YALE COLLEGE 1t was sta
ted at a late neetirg of the Alumni oe Yale
| College, that the scientific department of
That institution haa received during the
collegiate year a second donation Of $50 900
from Joseph e. Sheffield, Esq, of New la
ven. The course of education in this de-
pertinent is essentially that or the Polytoch-
mic schools of Europe, ard is designed to
| lit Young men for ccmmeccial and other
pursuits, as we'll as Tor the direct applica-
! lions of science.


|
Year: 1861

A body of fifteen hundred free negroes
in New Orleans have been armed drilled
daily. The non commissioned officers
were selected from the negroes them.
selves, but they are commanded by the
whites. The whole body have enlisted
for general service, and were subject to
be ordered to any point. at the option of
the authorities. Slaves, too, were being
armed in many eases, N 7. Uerald


The arming of free negroes in the
South to fight against the Government,
says the Chicago Tribune, is counted all
right and proper down in secession but
if free negroes in the North were to be
armed and mustered into the service,
what howl would be raised. not only in
tho South, but among the half wcaned
doughfaces in the North. What is sauce
for the goose should be sauce for the gan
GER.
Year: 1861

spectacle such as the world has rarely, if ever seen. To speak of subjugating such people, so united and determined, is to speak in language incomprehensible to them. To resist an attack on their rights or their liberties Is with them an instinct. W neither this war shall last one or fifty years. is problem they leave to be solved by the enemy alone. It will last till the enemy shall have withdrawn from their borders-till their political rights, their al- tars and homes are freed from invasion- there and then only will they rest from this struggle to enjoy that peace-the blessings of which with the favor of Pro violence they have secured by the aid of their own strong hearts and steady arms.

 JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Year: 1861

FEMALE PATRIoTIsM.-There is no feature Of the
present revolution, that will be regarded hereafter,
as beautiful and attractive than the universal
and selfsacrifcing devotion of the women. From
childhood to venerable age the spirit animates
all-the same pure fame of patriotism burns in ev-
cry bosom.


In late list of contributions to the Soldiers Re-
lief Society, we notice the following:


"0ne pair Of socks, from a lady Sc years old
her first attempt at knitting"


And, upon inquiry, we find that this lady is the
last surviving linea descendant of the revolutionary
statesman and soldier, who gave utterance to the
famous sentiment Millions for defence, but not a
cent for tribute"


Nothing Can be more touching or encouraging
than the personal tribute, and personal participa-
tion of ALL from the youngest to the most aged in
providing comfort for our brave defenders. When
the history of the revolution is written the patriot
ism Of woman, modest well as true, no less heroic
than gentle, will grace its brightest page.-Charles-
ton Mercury.
Year: 1861

HAY IN BALEs.-It has always been subject Of
mingled wonder and regret to us that our farmers
had allowed the Yankees to monopolize the market
for this important article. Weregard the existence
of the fact as reproach to the whole farming in
terests of the State. Where upon earth is there
finer country for the production of hay, than chat
all around us, from the ocean to the Allegheny p
Surely not in Yankeedom, on the bleak bills OF Eew
HAMPSHIRE, or the stony soil of Massachusetts,. If
the Yankees can send it here in bales, and make
large profit on it. cannot our farmers on the lower
par: of James River, on the York, and on the Rap-
pahannock, do the same? Ship transportation is
the cheapest of ALL and they have as much at their
command as the Yankees The distance is compar-
atively so short that we should think the country
accessible to the canal and even that on our rail-
roads could come successfully into compehslon-,,
But now, thanks to this war, our producers VIII
have to compete only with one another The Yan.
KEGS are ruled off the track, and hope they Will
never be allowed to come back upon it. Let our
farmers put forth their whole strength IN this mat.
Ger. This article can be made source OF great
profit This may be known from the prodgious
quantities the Yankees have been in the habit OF
sending here. 1t costs less labor than most other
crops, and it can be grown all over the State Cen
tlenen farmers, wipe out this sreProach-Rieh. Dis
patch
Year: 1861

Extract from letter written to friend, by one
who recently visited the hospital in Richmond:


In rambling through the wards of hospital, to
which many of the wounded soldiers from Manasseh
had been taken for surgical treatment my attention
was drawn towards youth, whose soft, pale and
beardleSs face seemed i'll befitted to the fierce and
bloody scenes in which he had so lately participat
ed. His fair brow-unwritten by furrow from the
hand of time-wore the bloodleSs hue of polished
marble; and his slight frame had become relaxed to
painful and precarious exhaustion But for the
haErecum5ent posture, into which some kind nurse
had bOlstered his languid form, and the yet speak
ing sparkle of his rich blue eye, one might well
have thought the life spirit already gone The right
arm of this brave South Carolina boy had been
shiTered in the battles strife, and the surgeons
scalpel had left mere shoulder stump to mark and
round off the jagged point of severance. Taking a
seat at his humble cot side said "My friend, tits
sad thus to be manned and mutiliated at your time
of life" "Yes, sir" he calmly replied, and hrs
bright eye kindled, as from latent fires within ;
but took the chances for this before leaving my
mothers roof; and now, have no regrets to in
dalge" l dropped a tear on his only remaining
hand, and turned away-not without fervent
heartprayer to Heaven for that distant mother, and
her noble son. Fear you now, that the South can
be oVerrun ard conquered? Neverl while there is
Southern heart to throb, and patriotic arm to
strike, nor while that boy birth-land can grow
cotton enongh to weave a winding sheet for one
martyred herol
Year: 1861

DENoRAL1zArIoN OF WAR-At the commence
ment of the war in which the country is involved
much religious enthusiasm was manifested, and the
same may be said to be true at the present time
but notwithstanding the religious interest manifest
ed in many of our camps, and the religious service
held for the special benefit of our soldiers it cannot
be denied that the war is exercising very demor-
alzing effect upon many. We trembe when we
think of the number who entered the service con-
sistent members of the church, who will come out
of the with their morals despoied and their re-
ligious characters defaced Drinking and swearing
is on the increase fear and licentious practices
are ndulged in to an alarming extent.


Nor is the decentralization confined to those in the
service but it is extending to every class of society,"
Covetous desires and feelings are being cultivated
and there never has been time when the love of
money was more manifest in the actions of men,
Every feeling of benevolence justice Righteousness
and truth is being sacrificed by thousands in the
after mammon. The necessities of the poor are
taken advantage of and there is no limit to the
grasping Of tradesmen and spectators. The inter-
ests of the church are too much neglected and the
preaching of Christ and him crucied does not claim
that attention which it should Oil when will this
enrolling stream of decentralization be turned back ?
When will this fratricida war end? When will our
Invaders come to their and desst from their
wickedness? And when will peace be restored to
our once happy country?


Let the true Christians Of the whole country draw
nigh to God IN fervent earnest prayer, that the
power of Satan may be eSsened, and the cause of
righteousness strengthened. In God, alone, is our
strength.-C Christian Sun
Year: 1861

HAB1r.-"I trust everything under God" said
Lord Brougham, "to habit, upon which, in all ages
the awgiver, as we'll as the schoolmaster has mainly
placed his reliance habit which makes everything
easy, and casts all difficulties upon the deviation
from wonted course Make sobriety habit and
ntemperance will be hateful make prudence haoit,
and reckless profigacy will be as contrary to the
nature of the child as to any ofour lordshps Give
child the habit of sacredly regarding the :ruth
or carefully respecting the property OF Others or
scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvid
ence which can involve him in distress, and he will
lust as likely think of rushing into an element in
which he cannot breathe, as of lying cheating, or
stealing.
Year: 1861

Providing FOR THE FUTURE SENSIBLE Sua-
GEsTToN.-ln the lower branch of the Tennessee
Legislature on the 24th series of resolutions was
introduced one of which was as follows:


Resotred, That to make sure our defence against
the invading foe, large armies, on the part Of our
Government are indispensable, and while our ports
are bockaded We must depend upon the agricultural
of the Confederate States for sustaining
both the people and army of the Confederacy. In
our opinion, therefore, it becomes equally the pa
trotc duty and the best interests of those who do
not engage in the military service of the country to
use their best exertions to provide for the ensuing
year more than an ordinary quantity of provisions
And to that end would call the attention of our
respective constituencies throught the State, and
pecally those who may be engaged in agricultural
pursuits, to the importance of seeding a sufficient
quantity of their arabic lands to provide an abun-
dant harvest for the ensuing year to supply the
wants of the country and We would also call their
attention to the importance of raising increased
quantity of live Stock particularly cattle, hogs and
sheep-the two former of which are essential for
subsisting and the latter for comfortably clothing
our gallant troops.
Year: 1861

The PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM OF SOUTHERN Wo-
NES.-"O woman, in our hours of ease e"-the read
er knows the rest: she is charming bundle of tickle
fancies and impracticable whinsies very ornamen-
tai indeed, very dear luxury that will not answer
for human natures daily food" In those hours
of fOwery daliance her noblest uses are latent her
benefcent mission in waiting for the occasion, the
angel of comfort and healing within her is sleeping
But at the call of Distress amid the tolls of adversi-
IT, whether public or private, all this is changed
There is then fortitude like the fortitude of this
delicate creature no infexbty of duty and tirelesS
energy in doing good like hers. However bright
she may be IN sunshine, she is never brighter than
when the sky is darkest The sun may set in
clouds, the stars may be quenched in Storm but
only to her virtues to shine forth in unquench
able brightness. Romance and poetry have in all
time delighted to bear this testimony and nowhere
was it ever fully deserved and more fully
roborated than in the South, since the beginning of
the war of independence The enemy has no foe to
encounter more formidable than our women. They
are our true home guard. They never sleep on their
posts. Their patriotic ministratons are universal.
They fire the hearts of our soldiers everywhere


they sustain their patience and nerve their resolu-
ton with sweet memories and sweeter hopes, sacred
affections and high and pure aspirations They are
the heart and the religion of our cause. HOmely
and irksome the offices which they eager TO
perform. Their devotion spurns all conventional
distinctions in the path of duty and patriotism
With an instinct wiser than philosophy, they feel
the infinite value of small things, the incalculable
effect Of humble uses and therein are they mghtiest
and greatest, and thereby do they illustrate the
beautiful significance of that saving: They that are


last shall be first The South is rich in elements of
inyncbility. But depend upon it. nothing goes
farther to constitute the totality of her invincbe
power than the practical patriotism and the uncon


guerabe spirit of her women.-N o. Delta.
Year: 1861

BEAUTIFUL THoUaHr.-There have been so
many beautiful things said and written about death,
and SO many consoling and happy conceptions Of
the souls existence after death, that he must be a
bold writer indeed to essay to engage the readers
attention with extended article on this subject
few days ago while reading article in the Elec-
tic Mdgasine of recent date, We were touched with
the closing paragraph If the reader does not
with us that the idea and language Of this writer is
beautiful exceedingly" then we think he has never
touched his ear to the lips of dying child.


Never think, reader that the dear ones you
have seen die had far to go to meet God after they
parted from YOU Never think, parents who have
seen your children die that after they left you they
had to traverse dark solitary way, along which
you would have liked Gf it had been possible) to
lead them by the hand. and bear them company till
they came into the presence of God. You did so,
if you stood by them till the last breath was drawn
You did bear them company into Gods very pre-
sence, if you only stad beside them till they died
The moment they left you, they were with him
The slight pressure of the cold fingers fingered with
you YETI but the little child was with his Saviour"
Year: 1861




The following seasonable remarks are by lady
who knows what she says:)


To be economical, you must need great many
things and never get them, you must make one pair
of Sunday shoes last seven or eight months, you
must have black silk dress, (if you are so fortu-
nate as to have one at ALL and that black dress
must last a long, long time You must turn it up
side down. inside over, and alter the sleeves dozen
times and still keep it for Sunday wear and when
YOU cannot By any means make it look new, You
must cut it up and make aprons OF it. You must
knit your own stockings, make your own dresses,
wash your own collars, make your brothers or
husbands pantaloons, etc, knit their socks cut out
the negroes clothes, and help to make them; be
always busy about something useful, and so set
good example for your servants who must be made
to patch their blankets and clothes in the summer
time when rainy days come, and they cannot work
out You must sell butter, and chickens, and eggs
to get money to pay for little things such as coffee
tea, sugar, spice, pepper, starch, camphor, pare
gorc caomel, and all the namelesS little items be-
longing to comfortably kept house. You must
make your own vinegar, your own carpets, your
own pickles, and your own preserves, and you Will
see how much shorter your store account will be
at the end of the year. And how much brighter
YOUR husbands, or your fathers or your brothers
face will be when he looks it. People are apt
to think that economy is dreadful thing, but it is
not the truth. We have to give up many foolish
wants, that is true; but are We not repaid, oh
more than repaid by the bright smiles and loving
words of the dear ones we love much. NJ
Year: 1861

has won for itself such Ienown Cor the cure Of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount the
evidence of its virtues, wherever it has been cm-
ployed. AS it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more than


assure the people its quality is kept up to the best
1t ever has boen, and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has ever been found 10 do
Year: 1861

Every spirit has its mission, say the transcen
dental crew
This is mine," they cry '' Eureka This
the purpose pursue
For, behold, a god hath called me, and his SER
vice | shall do!
Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou vert


destined for the same;
Sloth is sin, and toll is worship, and the soul
Who neglects the ordination, he shall not es,


cape the blame"
Oh my ears are dinned and wearied with the


clatter of the school;
Life TO them is geometric, and they act by line


and rule
If there be no other WISDOM better far to be a


fool!
Better for the honest nature, in its narrow path


content,
Taking, with child's acceptance, whatsoever


may be sent,
Than the introvcrted vision, seeing Self pre-


eminent.
For the spirits proper freedom by itself may be


destroyed,
Wasting like the young Narcissus, Ger its i'm


age in the void
iS'eH Virtue Is NOT virtue, when TOO consciously


enjoyed.
| am sick ofeanting prophets, self-elected kings
Over herds of silly subjects. of their new allie


glance vain
Preaching labor, preaching duty, preaching


love with lips profane.
With the holiest things they tamper, and the


noblest they degrade
Making Life an institution, making Destiny q


trade;
But the honest vice is better than the saintship


they parade.
Native goodness is unconscious, asks not to be


recognized
But its baser affectation is n thing to he de-


spised
Only when the man is loyal to himself shall he


be priced.
Take the curren: of your nature make it stag


nant if you will;
Dam it up to drudge forever, at the service of


your mill
Mine the rapture and the freedom of the torrent


on the hill
Straighten out its wavy margin make a tow


path at the side
BE the dull canal your channel, where the heavy


barges glide
Lo, the muddy bed is tranquil not rapid


breaks the tide
shall wander Ger the meadows where the fair


est blossoms call
Though the rocky lodges seize melting me


headlong from their wall
shall leave rainbow hanging DER the ruins


of my fall
| shall lead glad existence, as broaden down


the wales,
Brimming down the regal cities, whitened


with the seaward sails,
Feel the mighty pulse Of ocean, ere | mingle


with the gales
Nex me not with weary questions seek no NOR


al to deducc--
With the Present am busy, with the Future


hold n truce;
If live the life He gave me, God will turn it


to his use.