smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

He is generally fve-and-twenty, for
We do not allude to old bachelors. He
dresses well, but not anxiously. It does
not much matter to him if his gloves
are not buttoned, or if the parting of his
back hair is not that of a man who owns
himself; who has no one to think of
when he does anything or says anything
He consorts with gay fellows, who
smoke great deal, and he smokes a
great deal himself He doesn't mind
owning to have been out very late last
night, and being unable to find a place
forh his latch-key when he reached home.
He changes his boarding place frequent
ly, and is generally ahead Of his salary.


He laughs at engaged fellows and
pities married ones. He is .of.hand in
his manner, and pays great attention
in a jolly sort Of way to the last new
pretty girl. He patronizes the bur-
lesque opera, and goes alone With bou-
quets to fling to the most fascinating
performer. Even then he is tickle, and
the sylph with black hair, who is his
idol one night, is quite forgotten the
next for the blonde in blue and silver.
On the whole he is extremely happy
has brighter eyes, fresher lips, and
nicer hair than any other kind of man
you meet, and seems to have "disen-
gagged" and "not in love" written in
every dimple.
Year: 1869

The Acadians in the Opelousas and
Attakapas country of Louisiana are the
most peasant-like of all our rural people.
Simple and frugal in their tastes, their
only cares are their herds, their fields
and their boats. They have the super
sttions and reverence of the French
peasant combined with docility and a
certain latent fire not unlike the Italians.
Strong in feeling, with hot blood easily
excited, they have vein of passion and
sentiment running through their fibres
which makes them peculiarly susceptible
to the influence of music. They have
among them many quaint and wild
soncs. full Of pathos and tenderness,
which are not unlike Moorish songs
when heard at night on the lake or
amidst the tropical luxuriance of a for
est. Their music is all more OF less sad
and plaintive, and generally sung in a
minor key. The airs of their songs are
always simple and totally devoid of
ornamentation, and are not to be con.
founded with the nervous, irregular
dance-music of the negro population,
whom they detest. One could we'll i'm
agne himself in the Bay OF Naples
when listening to one of the boatsmen
of Barrataria singing as he floats home
ward.- St. Louis Home Journal.
Year: 1869

The American is the newspaper read
er Of the world. He has an Unsuitable
greed for news. lie can never get
enough of it. He would rather content
himself, any time, with a poo: break
fast, and a bloadside of interesting
news, than the best breakfast, dinner
and supper in the world, with no news
at ALL He Graves it as topper does his
toddy, Or smoker does his pipe. He
could hardly exist without it: for to be
without the news is like being out of the
world. He will pay any price, but he
will have it. A Londoner, who was in
the daily habit of reading the Times,
and the Times only, on being told that
it was the custom of American business
men to take several papers, had some
difficulty in crediting such wanton
extravaganza. "What do they want to
read the news so many times for? Isn't
one paper enough?'


The truth is, we are not content with
the naked news; we want the news
with the variations. One paper may
have some trifing details of a transac-
tion or occurrence not possessed by
another; there may be two sides to the
affair, and party spirit may color each
journals report of it; and then, there is
the equitable American desire to hear
different reports of the same event; so
that the genuine newspaper reader is
never satisfied that he is in possession
of the whole matter from beginning to
end till he has read it in two or three
journals. He is then "posted' for any
emergencies of conversation, dispute, or
action that may await him.


In the main, we read daily papers for
news, and the more news it gives, the
better We like it, No amount of able
editorials and essays, no amount of
wholesome reading that is not news, and
no accurate conformity Of journal to
our own political views, will atone for
lack of the specific commodity we are
in search of. Able editorials and essays,
wit, humor and sound political doctrines
are all secondary to it. These it may
have with advantage; the other it must
have, Or perish from want of support.


St. Louis Home Journal.
Year: 1869

PATENT TREATMENT FOR LoAFERs.-
The Cincinnati Enquirer makes note:


An admirable idea lately inspired a
Milwaukee photographer, and he has
put it in practice. Annoyed by the
congregation of swarm Of well-dressed
loafers, obstructing the approaches to his
gallery, he quietly brought his lenses to
bear upon them, and after day or two
was able to exhibit a variety Of capital
portraits in groups. These be placed on
exhibition. to the CONSERVATION and in
tense disgust Of the loafers; and now
not a biped of that description can be
induced to pause long enough to firt"
a handkerchief within q square of the
artists den. There is practical sug-
gestion in this that is worth the atten-
ton of the authorities. Let photo
grapher be employed one hour day,
for week, at the principal street-eorner
loating resorts. An exhibition of his
works would be more effectual in dis
persing the nuisances than a whole
platoon of police.
Year: 1869

Half, al least, of the disappointed
men one meets with are the victims of
ill-grounded hopes and expectations
persons who have tried to lean upon
others, instead of relying upon them
selves. This leaning is poor business.
It seldom pays. Energetic men land
they are the classes generally looked to
for aid) do not like to be leaned upon.
If you are travelling i'm a railroad Car,
and great hulking fellow lays his head
against your shoulder and goes to sleep
you Indignantly shake him off. It is
the same in business. The man who
does not attempt to shoe his own row."
need not expect any one to hoe for him.
1t is nonsence for any man to pretend
to the dignity Of being unfortunate who
has depended upon others when he might
have cloven way to fortune for himself:
Year: 1869

The London Lancet says: Our old
friend tight-lacing has again made his
appearance. Beaten back for a time,
probably more by fashion than by the
spread of knowledge, he has not been
killed, but has only recoiled apparently
for better spring, for his victims are
as numerous and pitiable as ever. The
folly is one which was formerly to be
found mainly in the drawing=room, but
now it also fillso streets. 1t is lament
able to observe at every turn woman,
young or old, who moves forward in a
STOPPING position, unable even to hold
herself upright In consequence of the
constraint upon the muscles of the
back If the evils of tight-lacing were
confined to the distorted appearance
which it never fails to produce, we
might regret, indeed, to see the female
form divine so defaced, but it would
scarcely be in our province to comment
upon it. But, as medical practitioners,
I'VE see its effects every day in the train
Of nervous and dyspeptic symptoms by
which it is constantly indicated, and in
the still more gave and internal mis-
chief of permanent character which is
often caused by it. Until some little
physiological knowledge is made part
of female education, and is considered
an accomplishment" we suppose it is
OF little use to protest against the cruel
injury to health which women thus
inhict upon themselves. The matter is
one that is "worse than crime-it is
folly" for beauty is destroyed by the
process which is intended to increase
L.
Year: 1869

Nj. Green, the famous diver, tells
singular stories of his adventures, when
making search in the deep waters of
the ocean. He gives some new sketches
of what be saw at the "Silver Banks ~
near Hayti:


"Ihe banks of the coral on which
my divings were made are about forty
miles in lehgth, and about ten to twenty
in breadth. On this bank Of coral is
presented to the diver one Of the most
beautiful and sublime scenes the eye
ever beheld. The water varies from
ten to one hundred feet in depth. and
is SO clear that the diver can see from
two to three hundred feet, when he is
submerged, with but little obstruction
to the sight.


1.-The bottom of the ocean, in many
places, is as smooth as marble floor !;
in others it is studded with coral COL
ums, from ten to one hundred feet in
hight, and from one to eighty feet in
diameter. The tops of those more lofty,
support myriad Of pyramidal pendents,
each forming a myriad more; giving
reality to the imaginary abode of some
water-nymph, In other places the PEN
dants form arch after arch and as the
diver stands on the bottom of the ocean,
and gazes through these in the deep
winding avenue, he finds that they will
fill him with as sacred an awe as if be
were in some old cathedral which had
long been buried beneath 'old oceans s
wave Here and there the coral ex-
tends even to the surfrce of the water,
as if those loftier columns were towers
belonging to those stately temples that
are now in ruins.


"There were countless varieties of
diminutive trees. shrubs. and plants, in
every crevice of corals where the water
had deposited the least earth. They
were ali of faint hue, owing to the
pale light they received, although Of
every shade, and entirely different from
plants am familiar with that vegetate
upon dry land. One in particular at
tracted my attention, It resembled a
sea-fan of immense size. of variegated
eolors, and the most brilliant hue. The
fish which inhabited those 'Silver
Banks I found as different in kind as
the scenery was varied They were of
all forms, colors, and sizes-from the
symetrical goby to the globe. like sun
fish E; from those of the dullest hue to
the changeable dolphin from the spots
of the leopard to the hues of the
sunbeam from the harmless minnow to
the yoracious shark"
Year: 1869

Probably no revenue law more une-
quail in its operation or generalization
than that imposing their income tax was
ever passed by Congress. 1t bears
unequally upon the States, cities and
communities; taxes one class least able
to pay, and leaves the way open for
escape to great many we'll able to pay,
and directly or indirectly leads to per-
jury and all sorts of dishonest tricks to
evade the burden. To give an idea of
its operation the following table, based
upon the official returns from the income
tax Of 1868, is published. The sum
placed against each State is so much
head of the whole population:
Year: 1869

Mr.. a. I. Stewards peculiar success


in the manipulation of almost every
enterprise he undertakes, has awakened
the admiration Of thousands; and it is,
therefore, not strange that one mind
should desire to be enlightened as to
how he came by his multitarious faculty.
A correspondent proposes that Mr..
Stewart should write and publish the
history of his business career, so that
he, "a beginner in the game of life.
may see and know what goes to the
development ola good player. Will he
do it? We will hint to him that such
history would be all the more useful if
put into the compass of lecture and
delivered by the subject himself. BY
the way, would not Stewards life be
good card for Bonner! He is the man
who has other mems lives done with the
greatest success.


At one time there was little story
current, that if true, would serve as the
first fact in this history, and we furnish
it. 1t was, that after Stewart, then
young, had been certain time in this
country in the dry goods line, and not
over successful, he was called homc-to
lreland-to receive his share in the
distribution of some small Inheritance.
Having his money, and being on the
point Of returning to America he stopped
at some dealers Of his acquaintance, in
Belfast, and priced a small article in the
way of linen trimming. 1t was cheap,
and he invested in it his whole inheri
tance. This purchase he brought to
New York, paying the duty, of course
and here sold it for as much per yard as
he paid per piece. This has been spo-
ken of as Stewards first venture as an
importer of dry goods'-Neu York Her.
aid.
Year: 1869

An Irisbman, being asked by his
angry master what he did to the dog
every day to make him cry out, as If
cruelty treated. "Cruelly trait him, yer
honor? not I! never could hurt poor
dumb cratur in my life: but yer honor
bade me cut his tail, and so / cut only
little bit off every day, to make it more
aisy for him"
Year: 1869

A man whose wife hung herself in his
presence, on being asked why he did
not prevent the tragedy, replied, Il cut
her down three times last week: but I
can't be always cutting her down"
Year: 1869

IF the reputation for American
beauty is 10 be sustained in the future,
It will not be done in the great cities,
where fOolishness seems to reign RAM
pant in the way Of beautifiers. If the
sensible women Of the country do not
come to the rescue, our beauties will
all be blanched and faded and pim-
pied beyond endurance before many
years, No one can spend an hour
riding or walking through the fash
iOnable portion Of New York City, at
tend any place Of amusement, or go to
any evening party, without becoming
aware of the horrible fact that many
women of whom better things might
be expected, have fallen into the per-
nicious habit of applying to their
skins the ennamels which, under va
riOus attractive names, are advertised
and sold in all parts Of the land. Not
only faded faces, but cOuntenaDee so
young, plump, and pretty in outline
that they must, In their natural con-
dition, be attractive, are lacqueFed
over with an unnatural coat Of fine
porcelain, producing an effect such as
one might imagine II china doll was
afflicted with consumption. This
practice is not only disgusting TO peO-
pie Of refinement and sensibility, but
It Is deadly I'm its effects, the seeds Of
disease and death being hidden in ev-
cry attractive pot and jar Of those
mixtures, " hich are supposed not only
innocent, but also to possess the vir-
tues Of the undiscovered fountain Of
perpetual youth. Some who use them
will suddenly have q severe illness ;
and receive a private warning from
the family physician, will cease their
use, and recovering, 60 through life
with an extremely bad complexion,
as a reminder Of their folly. Others
viii drop suddenly, with their features
twisted to one side, and perhaps de-
pFived of the use of their limbs. 9th
ers will die outright, no one guessing
why. The effect on any particular
person cannot be calculated. What
one suffers paralysis from. may Kill
another outright The only safety il
in having nothing to do with any o.
these balefll preparations - making
up for any lack Of physical comeliDesI
in that mental aud inner beauty


which no nOstrum can produce bu


that Of habitual serenity Of temper
and placid endurance Of what evil


beset as till we can remedy them ulti


mately, and untiring industry in som


congeniaI and profitable pursuit il


life.
Year: 1869




The building No. Ala Pennsylvania
avenue, occupied for some as the Con.
gress Clothing store" Is now being pulled
down to make room for extensive improve
ments. In taking down some of the par
titions to remove gas-pipe, daylight wa:
let in upon some secret wires, which,
being traced, were found TO extend
through the rooms of the whole upper
portion of the building, and, with other
apparatus, forming one of the most re-
markable pieces of machinery for gamb-
ling swindling ever exposed to view.


This machinery, as now laid bare,
shows that immense care and labor were
bestowed upon its invention and prepara-
ton. The gambling rooms were in the
second-story front Over them were two
garret rooms with dormer windows. In
the flooring of these upper rooms a trap
door had been cut about six feet in length
and three in width. The trap being tax
en- up shows an aperture between the
floor and the ceiling of the room below OF
a size to accommodate the gamblers con-
federate; and series of small perfora-
tions in the ceiling afforded him full
view of the cards held by the players at
the table in the room below. By his
side was the end of thin wire, which
passing along under the flooring of the
attic to the walls, ran down to the floor
ing of the room below (playing upon nice
ly adjusted pulleys at the angles,) and so
on until it reached point directly under
the card-table Here very ingenious
pedal arrangement came into play by
which, with springs of spiral wire, a tri-
angular piece of iron was made to work
up through a minute aperture In the
floor under the foot of the swindling gam
bier.


The victim in this operation, it will be
seen, had no show whatever. Green, the
reformed gambler" has shown the sys-
tenn of cheating by marked scards, but
that was clumsy and inefficient mode of
ascertaining what the opposite player has
in his hand, compared with this sys-
tenn of telegraphy, which, by the way,
can claim priority in time over MOore's s
invention. This system would not be Of
much use to the faro sharper, but must
have been fatally effective in the gamb-
ling games of twenty or thirty years ago.


In following the course of the wires it
Is noIced LIIdl pACAllS VI sui "oOl Aslu
been placed in every point where the
working of the apparatus would possibly
make a noise calculated to warn the vic
tim The operator of the machinery was
as silent as death, and not an indicator
appeared anywhere to give him suspicion
Of the network of villiany in which he was
entrapped. The punctrres in the ceiling
which gave a view of the cards to the
confederate overhead, were screened from
view by an ornamental oval of green
figured papering, and the aperture in the
floor under the card table, through which
the spring played, was concealed by the
CARPET
Year: 1869

Let cur possessions be what they may
marble palaces, broad lands, magnificent plate
orcaskets of precious stones"-they all sink
in the balance against Heavens great boon
HEALTH, and they cannot be enjoyed without
it. And yet how little is it valued and how
carelessly preserved. The laws of nature can
not be violated with impunity. Night revelry
luxurious living, irregularity of meals, and a
disordered appetite, will gradually destroy
the power and activity of the stomach How
many ladies and gentlemen eat and drink
disease at late suppers, and arise in the MORN
ing with headache, loss of appetite. feeling
languid and unrefreshed. There can be no
medical remedy that will turn lead into food
poisoned drinks into nutriment, but medi-
cal science can assist nature, supply exhaust
ed fluids, and TO great extent correct the eff.
fects OF disease. In all cases such as the
above, we recommend PLANTATION BITTERs
You will and them just the thing-at the same
time delicious tonic and appetizer.


MAGNoLIA WATTR-Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at half
the price.
Year: 1869

As before noticed in our columns, Miss
Martha Jane Cairnes shot and killed her
seducer, Nicholas McComas, at Jarretts-
vile, Maryland She has lately been
tried at Belair, Hartford county, Mary
land From. the first public opinion was
strongly in her favor. The conclusion of
the trial is thus described by cores
pondent of the Baltimore Sun:


The jury were out ten minutes. When
the jury re-entered, the crowd in attend
ance was cautioned by the Court not to
make any demonstration when the verdict
was rendered, on pain of arrest, and there
is no doubt that the caution was neces-
sary to repress the enthusiasm of the
brawny yeomanry clustered all around.
The clerk polled the jury, and after the
other fdrmalities, the foreman gave the
verdict of Not guilty." when a few fur
tive yells went up from some small boys
in the rear of the crowd who were not to
be deferred by the threatening terrOrs of
the Court. The accused, whose compo-
sure during the trial had been so gener-
ally noticed, could no longer bear the
strain upon her, and gave way entirely;
she wept and gasped for breath, and
SSeIleu III IllI1IucI1I VI 1dDIlAllS


With the assistance of the Sheriff and
others she was taken into an adjoining
room, the door locked to keep out the
crowd that was pressing upon her, and
after inhaling little fresh air she recov-
cred sufficiently to be taken over the street
to her hotel, where for long time parties
were constantly coming to inquire after
her. Later in the evening, with her
mother and others of her family and
friends, she left for her home near Jar
rettsville, the scene of the tragedy with
which her name is so closely connected.
Year: 1869

Opening Of ParIinmont-Tho Royal speech.


The ltalan Parliament opened in session Novem.
per IS at Florence The following royal speech. OF
which We published very full synopsis in the
HERALD last Sunday, was delivered by commission,
OF which the Minister Of Justice was the mouth
piece. AZ f0ll0ws:-


SENATOR'S AND DEpUTrEs-The King has been
Majesty was profoundly moved By the lively testmo-
nes OF afecton sent from every part OF the Kingdom
during his Illness and IS most desirous that his grati-
tude should 30 strongly expressed.


Providence has given TO the House OF Savoy son
and to Italy prince. The nation rej0ices at that
the dynasty which rules over IT, The King feels con-


dent that the prince will be fresh pledge OF unity
and liberty for the country.


with all the other Powers are OF most friendly char
acter. II peace IL the great desire OF all who are
anxious Tor the progress o nations t is particularly
so FOR the Italians who are engaged Ill work OF in
ternal reorganization.


His Majesty's government has not thought nt to
throw any obstacle in the way OF the bishops leaving
for the Council OF Rome. The King hopes to see
issuing from that assembly cOnciiat0ry language IN
the interests oi faith, science. religion and civza
ton. But whatever may happen, the nation Is as.
sured that the King VIII preserve the rights OF the
state and his own dignity In their integrity.


To form good administration and restore the
finances is the great wish Of the populations and 1t
Is what the King expects from the unanimous laDors
OF the Senate, Chamber OF Deputies and the govern
ment. The principal and most urgent condition for
attaining that very Important object to vote the
budget His Majesty counts on your devotedness
and activity for quickly accomplishing that act.
Afterwards some bills will be presented to supply
the wants OF the public Treasury. Also measures
will be iald before you to simplify the administra-
unity the Penal Code, re0rganize our land and sea
forces transform the National Guard and assign
to each person the amount OF the responsibility
which falls to his share in public business.


Gentlemen, an economic progress Is plainly to be
perceived in the nation, ana everywhere strong
desire manifested to gain instruction and to pro-
duce-erorts due to large practice OF general
liberty. Ills Majesty hopes that this improvement
Will be aided by the abOrs Of the Chamber ana that
every effort Will be made to favor the prosperity OF
the nation


The Senate nominated committee TO go and con-
gratulate the King his recovery also to feictate
Prince humbert on the birth or his son.
Year: 1869

Professor Kirchow were adopted relative TO female
training IN tending the SICK the forming OF sanitary
schools and thorough instruction in every branch
pertaining to female usefulness In this direction


II we have confined ourselves to q brief statement
OF the resolutions 1t II from the fact that the ladies'
OF America are very far advanced In matters relating
ference became quite evident from the statements
OF Mrs. Dogget who In brilliant and instructive
address showed what progress mad been made IN
the United States and to the great surprise OF the
audience, drew attention to the Agitator explaining
that 1t was eniireiY conducted by ladies', from the
addresses down 70 the type settlers.
Year: 1869

The noble record which Old-Felowship
has made for herself on the page Of history
and the still deeper impress of her silent and
kindly offices, written on the hearts and en-
graved in the memories of The widow and the
orphan should awaken an honest pride in
every trne Old-Fellow' heart, and with nm
earnest nraver of thankfnlness to Almighty
God. for the prosperity hitherto enjoyed. and
firm trust in the same Divine source for mid
in the future. we should renew our resolu-
'ions and purposes for still greater achieve
mentS.