smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

to enforce the laws? 1t is in the face of
this disregard of duty or utter incom-
potency on the part not only of the civil
authorities of the counties where dis
turbances have occurred, but of the
Governor, that the Legislature is about
to confer upon the Governor the power
to declare martial law whenever and
wherever he pleases This is q
dangerous power to confer upon q
functionary who has been so lax in the
execution of the power already placed
in his hands, and which every candid
man must admit is amply sufficient to
secure peace and good order Throughout
the State. If the civil au-
thorities would act, they would receive
the encouragement and efficient aid, if
necessary, of every good and law-abiding
citizen. These outrages should be pre-
vented by the arrest and punishment OF
those by whom they are perpetrated,
but that is the work of the civil authori-
ties. They have not shown their inabil-
ity to do this. for they have never made
the effort. Until that inability is clearly
shown the military under martial law
should be held in allegiance. .-Nashrittt
Dispatch
Year: 1869

The silent system Of punishment is now
in operation in the Holloway model
prison Of London. Under its rigid rule
it is an offense for prisoner to speak
one word, and he is never addressed, ex.
cept in whispers, so that be may be in
prison two years without hearing the
natural sound of the human voicel The
effect of this is so terrible on the mind
that prisoners will speak out in despera.
ton, at the risk of any punishment,
rather than endure that horrible silence.
The prisoners never see one another, but
remain in perpetual solitude. One poor
wretch, driven to desperation by nine
months solitude and silence, recklessly
broke out "For Gods sake, Governor,
put me in another cell Put me some
where else | have counted the bricks in
the cell / am in till my eyes ache !"
The request of the tortured wretch was
refused. There is fine hole in each cell,
and, as the warders wear shoss of India
rubber soles, the prisonsr can never be
sure he is alone. Those condemned to
the treadmill have to ascend twelve hun
dred steps every alternate twenty min
utes for six hours. And this in place
so hot and close that prisoners often lose
in perspration three stone in as many
months. Every day the prisoners are
taken to chapel so arranged that they
can see no one save the chaplain, and him
only through an iron grating. And this is
the order Of devotion. Warders are con-
stantly en- the watch, lest for single in
slant they, through the whole Of the SER
vice, depart from the rigid rule of "eyes
-isht" Thav mnst loak steadfsstlv at
the preacher; must raise and lower their
prayer books with the elbow squared,
and all at once, like soldiers at drill.
They may Hot scrape their feet without
having afterward to explain the move
meRt. They may scarcely wink an eye,
or sigh, without danger of rebuke or pun
ishment.
Year: 1869

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those dcleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Nigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
Year: 1869

Are two of the most common and virulent dis
orders prevalent on this continent. to these the
Ointment is especially antagonistic. its mOdus OPP
erandt is first to eradicate the venom and then
complete the cure.
Year: 1869

z The story of Cinderella is familiar to
every one, and yet thsre are few that treas
urc it up as in any respect true. But it has
a foundation and a reality that really need
no fairy godmother, with her pumpkin and
hsr rats, to make sn entertaining tale. 1t is
as follows:


In about the year 1880, French actor
by the name of Thevenard lived in Paris.
He was rich and talented but had no wife,
and we may believe he had never loved any
one but gave all his affections to those ideal
characters that he could represent so finely
on the stage. One day as he was walking
leisurely along the strests of Paris, he came
upon cobbler's stall, and his eye was at
tracted by dainty little shoe which lay
there waiting for repairs. His Imagination
began Immediately to form the little foot
that must fit such little shoe. He examin-
ed it well, but only to admire it more and
more. He went to the stall of the cobbler
again but could learn nothing with regard
to the owner of the shoe. This only in
creased his eagerness, and made him more
determined to know to whom it belonged.
Day by day he was disappointed, but he
was not discouraged. At last the little foot
needed the little shoe, and Thevenard met
the owner; poor girl, whose parents be-
longed to the humblest class. But the ar
dent actor thought not of caste or family
His heart had already pronounced the little
one his wife. He married the girl, with nc
question of what people would say. and
felt JOY enough in hearing the tread of the
light, nible feet through his silent rooms, to
pay him for the sacrifice of peoples ap.
proval. This is the true story of Cinderel
la, aud from which the child-romancs
sprangn -
Year: 1869

{ Don't be afraid of little fun at home.
good people. Don't shut up your house lest
the sun should fade your carpets; and your
hearts; lest hearty laugh should shake
down some of the musty old cobwebs
there. II you want to ruin your sons, let
them think that all mirth and social enjoy
ment must be left on the threshold without,
when they come home at night


When once home is regarded as only a
place to eat, drink, and sleep in, the work is
begun that ends in gambling houses and
reckless degradation. Young people must
have tun and relaxation somewhere; if they
do not find it at their own hearthstones, it
will be sought in other and less profitable
places.


Therefore let the fire burn brightly at
night, and make the home-nest delightful
with all those little arts that parents so per-
fectly understand. Don't repress the buoy
ant spirits of your children; half an hour of
merriment around the lamp and freight OF
home blots out the remembrance of many a
care and annoyance during the day, and the
best safeguard they can take with them in
to the world is the unseen influence of a
bright little domestic sanctum.-T1e Little
stone Press.
Year: 1869




A short time since very enterprising young
merchant, who is the happy possesscr of q
wife as beautiful rs heart could desire, had
occasion to visit Mobile. he was gone but
u week, and returned sooner than was expec,
ted Reaching home at an early hour when
the gray of tho morning was mingliug with
shades of night, he of course found the tsm>
lily all in bed. Proceeding directly to his
wlfss apartment, he raped for admission
at the same tirno announcing who he was.-
At the mention ct his name he thought Ee
detected a smotheTed exclamation ofsurprise,
aud ther sOme one got hurriedly from the bed
and sought refuge in closet adjoining his
bed room. All this he heard distinctly, rs he
waited in tie cold with the demon of jealousy
tugging away at his heart There was some
one in his wife's room there could be no
doubt of that and some one had sought rot-
ugc in close. was equally clear. Who else
could it be than lovcrp Mad with Jealousy,
furious and indignant, he could scarcely wait
for the door to be opened before he burst into
tho room and made for the closet. His wife
iuterfered and begged that nc wouldn't open
the door concealing the disturbcr Of domestic
peace. He dashed her aside furiously, but
She clung to the tails of his coat. Tho strain
made upon those useful appendages at last
compelled them to give way, and the angry
benedict threw wide open the door OF the
closet, and 10 instead of the cunning libertine,
his eyes rested on ono of the prettiest girls
imaginable. She was passing the night with
his wife and trying to avoid meeting him
in dishabale, brought about rather embarras-
sing denouement. The gentleman, however,
it may be as well to state prosecuted his
searches no further, and instead made hasty
retreat.-Ne,o Orleans PicGy,ne


1.-THE fellow alluded to in the above, was
just about as big fool as some specimens of
humanity who have wives III this section.
Year: 1869

every one of them who sealed his devotion
with his life; we here revereutly do honor.


We dedicate this monument in the spirit
taught us by Kcntucky-whose magnanirnity
was as generous as her soldiers had been brave
wherever Kentucky regiment fought dur
ing that terrible war, there glory abided
though fratricidal arms were pointed at each
Others breasts, the invincible courage of her
sons high advanced the opposing banners to
victory. But she, when peace came forget
ting all but the glory achieved, declaring the
true amnesty, crasing from her statute book
every harsh law, turned from the past and
bade her children be united in their labors Tor
common destiny of peace and prosperity
around all and held them in her great heart.
Without bitterness, trying to forget all passion
and bury all hatred, remembering only the
glory, heroism and sadness Of the past, we
here dedicate this monument alike to those
who have died and those who havo survived
"a memorial to the lofty qualities aud noble
courage OF the dead, and u promise of a like
devotion in the living. No inscription is en-.
graved upon its entabletures-the furled ban
ner of n lost cause drapes it in mourning, and
happier times must carve its notices To-day
we only weep and pray-weep for the living
rather than the dead-weep for the bereaved
the stricken, the desolate; pray that God may
heal the wounds bind up the broken hearts.
and teach us patience that we may quit our
selves like E.en. His ways are inscrutable.
Bowing in revereut faith to His DEGREES, aud
recognizing his hand in all things l cantot
believe that all the prayers the tears, the faith


the endurance, the blood OF those four years
were wholly in veir. He will unravel the
mystery in His own good time our part is to
obey, and though we turn with suddened hearts
from the past and enter with firm steps the
future, never, never, never will we forget or
neglect the dead. who died by us and for us.
# we do, may God forget US. [AppIause.l
Year: 1869

Yes, there's another of 'em up stairs now
I know it, cause pa told me must be quiet
and sit down in the corner with my book,
aud mustn't play ball nor ask Willie Smart to
come in aud help me put my new puzzle to-
gether Then there's cross nurse that's al
ways scolding me for getting in her way, NO
matter where l get. Besides, Miss GadaIl
was here to-day, and she took me on her
knee, patted me on the blck just Ike cook
does when I'm choking, and said ny nose
was another degree out of joint bu. knew
better for this is the third time she has told
me SO, and it is no more out Of joint than-it
ever was. She's a hateful, goggle-eyed old
maid-that's what she is.


saw it, too. It's got little, round, red
head without any hair, with great, deep wrin-
kles instead of eyes, and when il cries it
opens its mouth IS wide as though it meant
to swallow itself. Pa helped me up on the side
of the bed, and told me to kiss my dear, pret-
ty little sister; and when l wouldn't and
called it horrd, ugly little thing, he said
was naughty boy, and then nurse shook me,
and said ought to be ashamed. | didn't
get to kiss my ma at a!l / knew better than
to try it, for once when another baby came, /
climbed up on the bed and, putting my arms
around her neck, hugged and kissed her, but
all the time had my knee right on the ba-
by's head, so L was whipped and put in my
crib without any supper because [ didn't
know it vas there.


Little Annie thinks it's nice to have a new
sister, but she was the baby before, and don't
know anything about it. l can remember
long, long ago, ma used to call me her ''sweet
little darling" and pa dandled me on his foot,
and said was fine fellow" and Aunt Julia
declared that was perfect little angel )"
but then Tom came, and all my pretty toys
were given to him cause he was the baby,
and l was cufed and scolded by everybody
'scept grandma, and she's good to mo yet,
though there's been two other new ones since.


l wonder where all the babies come from
Ma says the Lord sends them. / wish he
wouldn't send any more to our house we've
got uore'n enough now. 1t might be nice for
them if they could stay little always, but they
have to grow big after while, and then they
aint no better off than the rest of folks.
rather think if was a baby I'd ask the Lord
to send me where I'd not grow any bigger,
and then I'd have nothing to do but to lie ON
my back and chew my toes, and lave folks
say 1 was the "darliugest. cunuiDgest little
creature they ever laid eyes on"
Year: 1869

IMPORTANT PRorosALs.-The attention of
all parties interested is called to the adycr-
tisemcnt Of the Dover Company inviting
proposals for the transportation of coal and
iron ore, and for the delivery Of limestone.
Year: 1869

InE GREAT MEETING THIS AFTERNOON
owing to the inclcmcncy of the weather the
great Conservative mass meeting which was
to have taken place yesterday was post
poncd until this afternoon at ) o'clock.
There will be great speeches by some of the
greatest speakers Of the State, and the Cen
traI Committee renew the request made
yesterday that the stores he closed at AZ i.
NJ, so that everybody may attend the meet
ing on the Square.
Year: 1869

In waiting ourselves in imagination to our
own satellite, 1.-THE moon,) we have passed over
distance equal to thirty times the diameter of
our globe In advancing to the sun we travel
over distance equal to thirty that of the moon.


Before we reach Uranus, the remotest of the
planets, we have travelled space equal to
twenty times the earth's distance from the sun.
Thus placed at the limits of a system enclosed
In circle of eighteen hundred millions of miles
OF radius, our appreciation of distance would
appear to be exhausted, and we seem to be as
on the margin of an unfathomabe abyss. The
telescope, however, and the mural circle. enable
us to span the void, and the genius of man,
proud of the achievement-an justly, if fhumbly
proud-has crossed the gulf twelve thousand
times the radius of his own system, that we
may study the nearest world in the armament
OF heaven. Beyond this frontier lies the whole
universe of stars-their binary systems, their
clusters, and their nebulous combinations. The
observed parallax of one-fourth of second in
Lyre, carries US four times as far into the bosom
of space though beyond this, as we have no
positive measure OF distance, it would be as un.
philosophical to assign limits to creation as to
give it an infinite range In this rapid flight
into space, we traversed it but in one dimension
and the line which We have traced is but unit
in the scale of celestial distances Creation In
Its wide panorama is still above us, beneath us.
duu dIOuuu us. ne OFer-arcllng heavens still
enclose US, and innumerable worlds sparkle in
the canopy aaars...-. .-.,.-


Ii from this bourne, from which the as
Economical traveller alone returns, we look up-
on our course, our own planetary system ceases
to be perceived. Its sun is dim itself, but an
invisible point in the nebulous light that in
tervenes. Where, then, is our terrestrial ball
its ocean-its continents-its mountains-its
empires its dynasties-i thrones? Where is
our fatherland-its factions-its Christians, dis
unions, and its unholy wars? Where is our
home-its peace-its endearments-its hopes,
and its fears? Where is man-intellectual
monad-the only atom of organtic life that can
pierce the depths and interpret the enigma of
the universe, and yet the only spark of spiritual
nature which discaims the authority and resists
the will of the universal King? They have all
disappeared in the far-off perspective-th long
vista of space, whose apex, were it sun, the
hughest telescope would fail to descry No liv-
ing thing here meets the eye, and no sentiment
associated with life presses on the Affections
The tiny organisms of earth and ocean-every-
thing that lives and dies-all are ingulphed in
the great conception of the universe. The
strainlng mind cannot units the immeasurable
extremes. The infinite in space, the eternal
duration, the omnipotent in the power, the per-
feet in wisdom, alone fill the expanded soul and
portray in their awful combination the Creator
of the universe
Year: 1869

A man complaining of being turned out of a
concert-room, said that he was fired with in
dignation. IF you were fred,'' added a by
stander, perhaps that was the reason they put
you out
Year: 1869

l wonder at the beauty of this world I am
amazed before little f1akelet of snow, at its
loneliness, at the strangeness of its geometry,
its combination of angels, at the marvellous
chemistry which brought these curious atoms
together.


reverence the Infinite God, who made the
ocean, earth, air, three sister graces-for hand
maids to attend this fielding Of the sky | look
up and wonder at the stars am astonished at
the beauty OF that great constellation, Orion,
which every night unveils its majestic forehead
to the eyes of men. study Its nebula with a
telescope and it resolves itself into stars so dis
tant that those might orbs seem but fakes of
clouds to the unassisted eye.


In fancy clothe them with verdure and peo-
pie them with beasts, birds, fishes, insects and
the like. L have confidence in the laws which
lead and guide them, and are great revelation
of the omnipotence of God


But If compare them with man, with spirit,
its laws, powers, its imperial duration, and its
faculty of unbounded growth, and Orion, with
Its nebula, seen to be stars 1T is much inferior
to man as the snowflake to the constellation.


And when L reflect upon this world of con-
sciousness, the powers born within us, which
seem but as flakelets Of cloud now, but which,
seen through telescope, faith In God, revolye
themselves into stars too Distant to be seen and
only brought to consciousness in such soul as
L
all the starry beauty Of the world, forget the
JOY of trust that constellation taught, and find
delight i'll that higher JOY and nobler trust which
my own nature has revealed to me.


JESUS CAN SAVE ME-Mr H used to
take his little son into his arms and talk with
him about Jesus. The little boy never grew
tired of that sweet story. 1t was always new to
him. aaa of -1r.


One day, while sitting in his fathers lap his
papa said to him


Would my little son like to go into the King
dom of Heaven? ~


Yes, papa, he answered.


But, said the father, how can you get there?
Y our little heart is full of sin How can you
expect to go where God is?
But all are sinners, papa, the little fellow an
swered.


That is true, replied the father, and yet God
has said that only the pure in heart shall see
him. How, then, can my little boy expect to 90
there?


The dear little fellows face grew very sad
His heart seemed full and bursting into tears.
ne laid his head in his fathers bosom and sobb.
ed out @ sl
- Papa, Jesus can save me-


Dear children, Jesus can save you. IF Won
would be saved, you must look to Him, for
there Is none other name under Heaven given
among men whereby we must be saved


7.f
Year: 1869

A novel wedding was celebrated in Memphis
lima, Mrs. NJ. Blackwell, on her way to the Red
River country with all her household goods, in
cluding several children, felt an aching void
and determined to fill the place of the late Mr.
Blackwell upon short notice Procuring mar
riage license with blank for the name of the
husband, she explained her wishes to the land
lord of the wagon yard where she resided while
ia transitu, who introduced to her young
strapping fellow named Daton, who was moth
ing 10th and the two were made one five minutes
afterward where they stood in the wagon yard
After the ceremony the new matched pair took
up their march for their new home.
Year: 1869

n@- We are offering our goods at the lowest
CASH PRICES, and we are determined to
give satisfaction to all who may need anything
in our line of business. a-f .55l


We solicit the citizens and Farmers gener-
allv who have not tried us to do so. We thank
all our friends for their past liberal patronage,
and respectfully request continuance OF the
same. Do not forget the place. Be sure to
call on


oct5-tf
Year: 1869

Papa, Jesus can save me.


Dear children, Jesus can save you. If YOU
would be saved, you must look to Him, for
there Is none other name under Heaven given
among men whereby we must be saved.
Year: 1869

To secure constant and thorough drilling, the
Glasses are divided into sections of from twenty
to thirty, which are taught separately. In the
lower Glasses the instruction is mainly given by
Textbooks and Exercises; in the higher classes
Lectures are combined with these. The Exami-
nations are both oral and written, and those for
proficiency and distinctions very thorough and
rioid
Year: 1869

A new description Of lavs Is being thrown
from the crater Of Vesuvius since the last erup-
ton, consiting Of beautiful mass Of eEystali-
red salt. This has hitherto been unknown in
volcanic natural history, and scientific bodies
are occupied in investigating the cause and
Composition Of the CRYSTALS.
Year: 1869

THE HOUSE OF LoRDs.-''By yielding now,
says the London Times, 'the reputation and
authority of the House of Lords will be estab-
lshed firmer than ever" IL is funny that the
authority of the House of Lords is always
shown in the same way-by its yielding to
what is against its will, by compulsory ac-
ceptance of what it hates. It was the same on
the Reform bill. The House of Lords suddenly
measure that if it had any authority it would
use It all to put the measure down; but It
establishes its authority" by mildly getting
out of the wav.
Year: 1869

In CINCINNATI they are agitating device
to make conductors on the street cars honest.
The conductor Is to have a number of printed
cards, and for every passenger who pays his
fare card is to be torn in two, one-half to be
given to the passenger, the other half to be
put in box in the car The number of
tickets in the box will indicate the number of
fares due at the Office. But how can the con-
ductor be induced to put all the tickets in !?
The company hopes to secure this by making
it every passengers interest to see that this is
done. For this purpose the tickets in the box
at certain date are TO be treated on the lot
terry principle and one or more drawn as
prizes, the prize money to be paid to the
holder of the other half of the ticket. There
are some defects here. The conductor may
not put the tickets in; but IL the whole ticket
were given to the passenger he probably
would deposit the necessary part.
Year: 1869

THE Iowa REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The
late Republican Convention of Iowa, in its
platform, endorses the administration, impair
tial suffrage, economy and retrenchment, the
Secretary Of the Treasury and the payment Of
the public debt. This is good as far as II goes
but if the republicans can see nothing else on
the road we are travelling they will be apt to
have their eyes opened in the coming October
and November State elections. Questions that
are considered settled are blank cartridges in
a political campaign. The people arc casting
about for something new.
Year: 1869

THE BATTLE or LUSDY's LANE,-The last
battle for Cuban freedom was fought in Can
ada There was more blood shed than In
several Of the recent battles fought in Cuba,
and the combatants stood up to the business
well We regret to record that the result was
against freedom, but this is the less discour-
aging, since we all know that the ultimate
triumph of freedom is as sure TO come as the
fifth act of the play. Unfortunately for our
illustration, the fifth act of the play comes
very seldom now for we have no plays, and
not even operas. Pantomime scorns the "act'
as a sublunary restriction.