smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

was very proud of my first indcpcn-
dent command, when the government char
tered the yacht Sybil, vessel of about six
ty tons, and fitting her out for service sent
me in her, with only two other officers and
crew of thirty men, to do duty on the
coast of Florida.


The crews of vessels in that locality had
often been murdered by the Seminolcs,
against whom the United States were wa
ging war of eXtermination.


The Florida reefs had been particularly
designated in my orders as a part of my
cruising ground; and in obedience thereto,
rs soon as had reached the head of them
at Cape Florida, ran inside and took the
yacht to an anchorage for the night just
to the southwark of Soldier Key.


The next morning with breeze as light
as the breath ola baby, we made sail down
the reef, all hands gazing with delight on
the fowery and luxuriant tropical verdure
which met the eye upon the clusters of
small islands inside of our course.


With all sail set, the wind was so light
that we did not get more than three or
four knots an hour out of the fairy craft,
so concluded to have my gig, beauti-
full boat of six oars, built like a racing
shell almost, got out for the purpose ofin-
specting some of the islands, to see if
could find game or fruit on them.


Leaving orders with my first officer to
fire gun for my recall if the wind fresh
ened, l pushed off from the vessel, and the
boat sped through the water, almost like
an arrow through the air, impclled by a
crew both young and vigorous. who took
pride in the boat and her speed.


Observing about mile inside verv
pretty little island with half a-dozen tall
palms or cocoanut trees, | could not vet
tell which, on it, | stcered for it.


The nearer | got the more beautiful it
seemed. Flowering plants and vines be-
meath the tall palms, a sand beach az white
as snow for bordcr-that was the pic
ture


Before reached the beach my frequent
exclamations made the men look over their
shoulders to see the beauties which elected
my admiration, and though they said moth
ing, the sparkle in their eyes told that
they appreciated the sccne, 7


Seeinga small lagoon or bay making up
amid the Towering verdure, stecred into
it. and in few moments we were at a
1anding-place.


Here new surprise awaited us.


A small boat, only large enough for
single person, and shaped almost like a
sea shell-a delicate frail thing, made of
Spanish cedar and tastefully ornamentcd
with shells of various colors-laid on the
white sand close by the water.


In it were pair of small oars, also in
laid with pieces of pearl-shell.


This is surely an enchanted island, and
fairies must inhabit it, said as leaped
ashore, and telling the men to stay by the
boat. walked up narrow path through a
small orange and lemon grove, fragrant
beyond description.


had got near the centre Of the island,
which did not contain an area of more
than couple of acres, when l paused sud-
denly, for before me on a grassy mound
beneath palm-tree lay something that
looked too angelic for this earth.


1t was young female asleep SO perfect
ly beautiful in form and feature that I
hardly breathed while my eyes drank in
her charms lest should wakcn her.
Year: 1868

The last story.is of two dogs who fell to
fighting in saw mill. In the course of
the tusslc, one of the dogs went plump
against saw in rapid motion, which cut
him in two instantly, the hind legs ran
away, but the fore legs continued the fight
and whipped the other dog. We will not
vouch for the truth of this.
Year: 1868

Self-help is the best help in the world
when once a man applies to it he will not
apply to any other help. A work man, if
he devote himself to the special duty Of
making home happy, and of improving
his condition, will soon raise himself a
bove what demagogues call the oppressed
Glasses.
Year: 1868

A poor fellow protested to his lady love
that his two eyes hadn't come together all
night for thinking about her. Very like
ly, replied the sweet plague of his life,
4" for l see your nose is still between
them"
Year: 1868

A crusty old batchelor, not liking the
way his landlady's daughter had of apPro-
priating his hair oil, filed the bottle with
liquid glue the day before ball to which
the girl was invited. She staid at home
in consequence.
Year: 1868

CURE FOR Sore THROAT Mix quar-
ter of an ounce of saltpeter. finely pulver-
ized with three ounces Of pure honey.
Dilute it with vinegar, and use it as a gar
gle. Or take small spoonful of it into
the mouth, occasionally, and let it dissolve
slowly.
Year: 1868

The power of emphasis and punctuation,
rs well illustrated by the following, in
which the comma changes the whole sense
of the sentence:


Let the toast be dear woman.


Let the toast be, dear woman.
Year: 1868

The Central Democratic Club of this
city on Saturday night unanimously re.
commended to the Democrats of Wheel
ing the Immediate formation of town.
ship and ward Democratic Clubs.
Where preferred, the Club recommended
that two wards or townships unite in
such organization, meeting at some
point equally accessible to both. The
meetings for these township organiza-
tions will bc held on Wednesday even
ing. We expect to bo able tomorrow
to give tho places of meeting. The inn
pertance Of these township Climbs can
not be too highly estimated. They
bring the wsrk of organization right
down to the people; they unite a party s
strength; they discipline its forces
they bring in recruits, and on election
day they roll up majorities. With the
opening of the campaign, we must now
work in earnest. We call upon every
working Democrat in the city to enroll
himself as q member of his township
Club.
Year: 1868

tain hight, and the marsh's treacherous
soil did not resist you; through sickness
and through hunger, through nakedness
and through want you sought the dread
day of battle, there to imperil your
lives fer the preservation of the Union,
for the integrity of the territorial do
minion Of the Republic. And 10, on the
day of victory: when your hearts are
full of joy, your brows wreathed with
glory, your, conquest is taken. as by a
thief in the night, and sold to an alien
race.


Your arms rescued the Union; may
your votes rescue what is more pre-
cious than the Union-the glorious
principles of Republican liberty.
Year: 1868

But if such is the irresistible conclu
sion from these premises and facts, how
is that conclusion affected by con-
sideration of the concomitant measures
-"the disfranchisement of the political
intelligence of the Southp If the addi.
ton of four millions of people, hitherto
slaves, to the active political citizenship
of the country be in itself measure OF
extremely doubtful value, when viewed
in relation to the future strength of the
Government, what shall we say when
we consider that it is not merely an ad-
dition, but substitution Not merely
clog of ignorance added to the exist
ing Intelligence of the land, but an alb
sulute substitution of that Ignorance
for intelligence-of the clog for the
wheel. Intelligence, brains govern,
says Wendell Phillips, and so do be.
lieve. But is it, therefore, wise to
knock the brains out of ten States OF
the Union in Government where the
people must govern themselves, or not
be governed at alli The poor fowl at
the block, with its head severed, evinces
abundant action; but whom the gal
vanic action is gone, it is a mere spas
modic, con Sulsiye fiutter. In this be-
hold the counterpart of the political
action of these ten States during the last
two years.


am no apologist for secession which
l opposed, fought and abominated. But
may the good God of Heaven also pre-.
serve me from being a partisan bigot, to
be led by babbling idiots, or knave to
be guided by designing demagoguGs.
May the folly of the one never hide
from me the facts of history, nor the
villainy of the other induce ME to at
tribute crimes to my adversaries in or
der to satiate a malignant lust for re.
venge at the expense of the liberties oil
my country.


But we are nos left to our own un-
aided reason to guide us in our conclu.
sion. The same authority which guided
us in our estimate as to the capacity OF
the negro for self-government, the same
two-thirds majority of the Congress OF
the United States of America, likewise
comes to our assistance in estimating
the offence committed by the disfran-
chised intelligence of the Republic, and
the conditions upon which it may again
be entrusted with public affairs. And
before that enlightened body the ques.
tion is not "Was Joseph Z. Brown a
leader in the movement of secession,
from its Inauguration to the end; and
if so, in how far did that movement
prove him disaffected towards repub.
lican principles, and thus unworthy OF
the elective franchise!" but the ques'
tion is, in how far does he believe that
ignorance is a better guarantee for the
safety of republican institutions than
intelligencef The question is not
how many drops of loyal blood art
trickling from the fingers of Joseph E
Brown, Of Georgia, or from the finger,
of any other man into whose hands the
ballot is thrust by Charles d. Drake, o.
MissoRri; but the question is with what
eagerness will this monster, trickline
with loyal blood, grasp the hand of the
free and independent American Negro
and lead him to the support of the Rad
ical party, Not secession, not rebellion
Year: 1868

One of the first acts of tho Clubs to
be organized on Wednesday night
should he the passage of resolution
thanking the editor of the Hntelligencer
tor his e,comiums upon the Democratic
party of this city. As q Democrat re-
marked at the Club meeting on Satur'
day night, "his villainous abuse will do
more to arouse the Democratic party
than dozen mass meetings"
Year: 1868

WHAT premium do the Democratic
PATRONS of the Mteliigencer pay for being
told that they have filthy tastes and
that in order to cater to them q journal
must necessarily descend to blackguard-
Year: 1868

Window Glass and Picture Glass. We are now prepared to furnish any size of French Glass up to 4 feet square and cut them to any desired size. We gre selling large quantities of Glass by the box, and are taking great pains to keep our stock full, call and see. Putty al- ways on hand at

 VESSELS & GATES.
Year: 1868

In my message to Congress of Decem-
policy shsuld be devised which, without
being oppressive to the people, would
at once begin TO effect reduction of
the debt, and If persisted in, discharge
it fully. within definite number of
years. The Secretary of the Treasury
fercibly recommends legislation of this
character, and justly urges that the lon-
ger il is deferred the more difficult must
become its accomplishment. We should
follow the wise precedent established in
1889 and 1916, and without further de-
lay make provisions for the payment of
our obligations ut as early a period as
may be practicable. The fruits of their
labors should be enjoyed by our citizens
rather than used to build up and sustain
money monopolies in our own and other
lands. Our foreign debt is already CON-
puted BY the Secretary of the Treasury
at eight hundred and fifty mil
lions. Citizens of foreign countries re-
ceive interest upon large porti,n of
our securities and American taxpayers
are made TO contribute large sums for
their support. The idea that such a
debt is to become permanent should be
at all times discarded as involving tax
alton too heavy to be borne, aud the
pay ment once in every sixteen years, at
the present rate of interest, of an
amount equal TO the original sum. This
vast debt, if permitted to become per-
manent and increasing, must eventually
be gathered into the hands of few,
and enable them to exert dangerous
and controlling power in the affairs of
the Government. The borrowers would
become servants to the lenders;the lend
ers the masters of the people. We now
pride ourselves upon having given free
dom to four millions of the colored race.
1t would then be our shame that ferty
Year: 1868

fearful illness succeeding her rescue to re-
oognizc her prcseryer, who with his fair hair
ed daughter, had cared for her tenderly
through her sickness. Then with surprise


she knew Kim to be the drunkard she had
aided eight years before. BY way of her
lawyer she had heard that he had become a
noble person, and was the kindest, most hon
cred man in the county where he dwclt But
she was not prepared to find in him such a
great change for the better The child, too,
little Maud, won her heart at once with her
gentle, kind ways. So her days of GONZALES
cence were made very happy by the two whom
she had aided in their wretchedness, for they
were very grateful and wished to repay her
kindness. Surely now the bread she had
cast upon the waters was returning to her
Year: 1868

THE LIGHT AT HOME.
The light at home how bright il beams
When evening shades around as fall
And from the lattice far il CLEANS,
To love, and rest, and comfort all
When wearied with the tolls Of day,
And strife for glory, gold, or fame,
How sweet to seek the quiet way,
Where loving lips win lisp our name,


Around the light at home
When through the dark and stormy night,
The wayward wanderer homeward flies.
How cheering is that twinkling light,
Which through the forest gloom he spies
Il is the light OF home He feels
That loving hearts will greet him there.
And safely through his bosom steals
The joy and love that banish care


Around the light at home.
The light at homc-how still and sweet
II peeps from yonder cottage door.
The weary labJrer b greet


When the rough tolls of day are DER
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that the beams impart.
The cheerful hopes and joys that How,
And tighten up the heaviest heart


Around the light at home.
Year: 1868

TnE USrRIED Boar" My boat has ney.
er been injured by the gale" said sailor,
pointing with pride to gaily painted yacht
that rode at anchor in the bay. d" have no
doubt she would resist the fury Of the Wild
est storm that ever swept across the British
Channel"


Your boat" replied the companion to
whom he spoke 3" is very fresh and bright to
look at; but she has never yet been in a
storm. Wait till you have tried her, and
she has resisted the strength of the gale, be-
fore you talk of what She can DO"


How many Of US are constantly boasting,
either by words or by actions, that we or our
friends have never given way to the sins
which have overcome many of our neighbors; ;
whereas if the whole truth were known, we
should have nothing to glory in on that ac-
count since our immunity from falling sim
ply arises from the fact that we have never
been exposed to the force Of any great tempta-
tion.
Year: 1868

" Silver aud gold have [ none e"
said Peter to the cripple at the heau.


tiful gate of the temple; "but such


as have give the" The hopeless


man extended his long thin hand for
a penny; but instead, received a per


feet cure.


Silver aud gold are good in their
places, but there is something better


They secure to us the comforts and
Iuxuries of life; take away the fear
OF want and dependence, afford means
OF culture aud refinement; and are
an instrum mt in blessing aud saving
mankind.


Life is better than silver and gold.
\" All that man hath will he give
for his life" Money, watches, lew
elry are worth nothing when a steam.
er is sinking, or the flames pursuing
a man.


Health is better than silver aud
gold. Disease is bribed with heavy
sums. The best skill of the nations,
and the climates Of the world, are
tIleu aJ any expense.


An Uubroken family is better than
silver aud gold Oftena man would
deed away all his property to save
the life of a beloved wife or child.
while that life is fading away with a
rapidi;y which his wealth cannot
stay.


Innocence and peace of mind are
better than silver and gold. Many a
man, after some great sin, would buy
back at heavy cost his former state
but sin and Satan laugh at his hoard
of gold. They have got his virtue
and peace, aud will not soil at any
price.


Salvation is better than silver and
gold. 1t is the costliest thing in the
universe, but is not for sale. Every
drop Of Christ's blood is worth more
than a globe of gold. Many man
thinks he is willing to give half be is
worth to save his soul but salvation
cannot be bought A man with a
room full ofgold may perish, and an
other be saved who does not leave
two coins to close his eyelids.


TheFewillbe no use for silver and gold
in heaven. We read ofstreets Of gold,
crowns of gold, of golden eensors
and golden vials, but Of no coin to
purchase the various forms of bliss.
Friends put no pockets in the shroud
aud the white robes of tho redeemed
will need none, for there is no money. |
wauted to secure admission to the
scenes in the heavenly city.


Let the man who has silver and |
gold turn a portion of it into comfort
10 tho ,>oo- 81 --:-:4 80
death cannot part him from it, nor
the fires of the last day melt it.


Let the mau who has no silver and |
gold, if he i Christian, rejoice that
he has something better aud if not
n Christian, let him at once secure
for nothing what will make him rich
man for time and etornity.-Adranee
Year: 1868

Pass quickly. 0 Time! over buster
ing March. when sBoreas tue Rude holds
his court; and if you've the least bit of
feeling for me, let sun silowery April be
short. Hong the delights of the summer
TO taste. aud-pve q paticular reason
for haste. would it were possible could
arrange So we might have June before
May: hut as cant do it. q Genius OF
Rest! pleas let me sleep one month away:
he reason / wish summer so soon is
his - I'm engaged to be married in
June
Year: 1868

NEWSPAPER SPoNGHRs-An exchange
makes the following sensible remarks:
'There are many people in the world
who make it business to sponge the
reading Of there county paper without
any expense to themselves. Tney are
found wherever the paper is LETT lin .
shop, Office, or store Or barber shop. and
often borrowing it before the owner has
an opportunity Of seeing it. This is done
by very many who are aubndantly able
and whose duty would seem to be to
sustain there county paper by subcrib-
ing and paying for it
Year: 1868

TIE opinion is freely expressed at
Washington that lavish use of money
has been made to influence Republi-
can Senators, and the whisky Ring
Tuesday morning boosted that they had
disposed of two millions of dollars
during tie past ten days.
Year: 1868

THE New York Herald is of the opin-
ion that the Senate will convict John
ton after all. If heis acquitted, 1t says
it will be because the Radicals fear that
they will be worse off with Wade than
Johnson
Year: 1868

Have the courage to discharge deb
while you have money in your pocket.


Have the courage to speak your mind,
when il is necessary you should do so,
and to hold your tongue when it is pru-
dent you should do 30.


Have the courage to speak to friend
in o secdy coat, even though you are in
company with q rich one, and richly at
tired.


Have the courage to show your respect
for honesty, in whatever guise it may ap
pear; and your contempt for dishones
duplicity, by whomever exhibited.


Have the courage to wear your olt
clothes until you are able to pay for nev
ones.
Year: 1868

GONE DowN CELLAR.-During the winter
of 1868, the Mississippi River was frozen
over at St. Louis, and remained so for sew
eral days. Parties crossed the ice repeated
ly, and the citizens of Missouri and Illinois
met in friendly converse on the CLASSY sur
face, while below them flowed the great
river. The occasion was tempting; and
several persons wishing to turn an honest
penny, erected tents and booths on the ice,
and sold liquors therein, which, by reason
of being always on ice, were cool enough to
suit the most fastidious. One of these men,
who had pitched his tent further from the
shore than any of his companions. had been
warned that the ice might break up at any
moment but he refused to go, although the
others had left. So matters went on for
day or two when one morning, while the
proprietor was in his tent waiting for GUS
toner, the ice, which, owing to the constant
motion Of the occupant, had become quite
weak, suddenly gave way precipitating him
into the river, the rapid current of which
soon carried him out of sight. Almost i'm
mediately after, thirsty individual came
up and put his head inside the tent and ask
ell for the proprietor to which darkey
who had witnessed the occurrence, replied
that the boss had just gone down cellar
And so he had.
Year: 1868

How TO HAVE LOVING WlFE.-A cores
pondent sendsthe following to the Phrenolog
ical Journal


If you would have a loving wife, be as
gentle in your words after.as before marriage;
treat he- quite as tenderly when a matron as
when q miss don't make her the maid OF all
work and ask her why she looks less tidy and
neat than when you first knew her; don't
buy cheap. tough beef, and scold because 1t
does not como on the table "porter house !"
don't grumble about sGullling babies if you
cannot keep up s. nursery" and remember
that baby may take after its papa" in his
disposition don't smoke and chew tobacco,
and thus shatter your nerves, and spoil your
temper, and make your breath nuisance,
and then complain that your wife declines to
kiss you: go home joyous and cheerful to
your supper, and tell your wife the good
news you have heard, and not silently put on
your hat and go out to the 'club" or
lodge" and let her afterwards learn that
you spent the evening at the opera or at
fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife;
be .patient remember you are not perfect,
b t try t. let whisky, tobacco, and vulgar
alone; spend your evenings with your wife,
live decent, Christian life, and your wife
viii be loving and true-if you did not marry
heartless beauty without sense or worth; if
you did, who is TO blame if you suffer tie
consequences?
Year: 1868

A GoAr SroRr.-A good story is told of a
well known resident of Powers street, Brook
lyn, who, having occasion for the services of
a wet nurse in his family, was persuaded to
buy . goat. He purchased one, and being
of a domestic turn, after duly domiciling the
goat in his wood shed, proceeded to extract
the lacteal fluid himself STOPPING at the
proper section of the goat, the animal made a
sudden and quick turn, bringing to bear on hi
base its head, and sending him sprawlfng to
the other side of the shed. Gathering himself
up, he looked at the goat, who. raising him
self erect on his hind feet, also looked at him.
The man stood awhile. and then concluded to
send for the party he had bought the goat of
to come and milk it. Word was sent back
that nobody ever MIXED Billy goats /"
Year: 1868

When female is in trouble or afflicted with dis
ease, as weakness of the back and limbs, pain in
the head, dimness of sight, loss of muscular power,
palpitation Of the heart irritabiity, nervousness
extreme urinary difficulties, arrangement of digest
i've functions, general debility, vaginitis all dis
eases OF the womb hysteria, sterity, and all other
diseases peculiar to females, she should go or write
at once to the celebrated female doctor, W. K Do
herty, at his Medical Institute and consult him
about her troubles and disease The Doctor is
eifecting more cures than any other physician in
the State of California. Let no false delicacy p-e
vent You, but apply Immediately and save yourself
from painful suffering and premature death. The
Doctors offices are so arranged that he can be con-
suited without fear of observation.
Year: 1868

Challenges the world to produce anything in the
shape of Medicines that will remove aud eradicate
a Congh soreness in the Chest, prompt, no
matter what form the disease might assume. Hen
ley's Royal Balsam" is the best Medicine in the
world for Bronchial Pulmonory affections. For
Group or Hopping Cough, there is nothing on
earth that can equal it. All motherers and Nurses
ought to have bottle close by them, it will give
n child relief in two minutes. 1t is entirely veg
etable, and will prove blessing to the human
family,