smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

back ith Wa broad white band such as is sometimes
used In tying up the Jaws of corpse; the neck was
enctrcled With broad band Of the same color, when
was intended to be mistaken for lace, while the wrists
were rounded about with huge rufies at least one
foot IN circumference. The queer nsafe,
rufles, begat, in fact, in the mind of the spec
tator the impression. OF corpse seated bolt
upright with closed eyes and thrilled with occasional
to its feet the impression was In no wise diminished,
except chat you naturally wondered that a corpse
should get up without being helped. Tie figure got
wonder that corpse should have the gift Of articua
ting so excellently. The subject spoken was the
coursed upon for about three quarters OF an hour,
and ended with an improvised pvem VERY carefully
prepared for the occasiOn and the little corpselike
figure sat down, wrapped its shawl about II,
and with carefully closed eyes and occa-
sonal shiddefs OF spasm waited for the audience 10
retire. 4 I.-
Year: 1868

express command of God then IL Is even stronger In
obliging to observe custom which is practically
sations-viz fasting. The scriptural argument for
fasting Is based on Gods express command IN both
the Old Testament and the New; on example, Moses
with which God has regarded 1t, and on the reward
which Our Lord promised to those who unostenta-
tiously and sincerely engaged In this duty. The oce
OF the Church In regard to the yearly fast Is simply
to arrange as the time and the duration the duty
Is most emphatlcally enj0ined in the Bible. The
Church simply gives regulations as to Its perform
anre. All who keep the first day OF the week holy


instead of the seventh defer TO the authority OF the
Church TO an extent which logically obliges obeu-
ence in every other required particular, ministry,
reed, liturgy.
Year: 1868

AUV
for purnoses OF horseback riding and was an thai
account deemed Objectionable from the fact that
bride road to answer its purpose involved surface
visabe the road being subject to paved intersections
for purposes OF cross travel and heavy traffic
IN every Two hundred feet. a couple Of further
modification, was adopted in which the bride road
was excluded. These plans contemplated respec-
lively the following subdivision Of the space al
Year: 1868

rupt expenses Of tho Government, and
thus dispense with taxation, and leave
the money with the people. Pay the
debt as rapidly as possible; remove the
curse Of negroism in the South, and lei
the white man govern himself and help
US pay our debt; tax the people equally
and reduce taxation reduce tho amount
Of Interest VIC must pay by paying part
Of the debt in grcenbacks; restore the
Union and obey tho Constitution. Pur'
sue this policy and business will brighten,
our national troubles will DO over, OUT
credit will be At pai, and u specie cur.
rency re.establishcd.


Tho Jacobins refuse to do this, and
ought to be turned out.


The debt must be paid, but We must
commence to pay it now, OF it never will
be paid; the people in power have learned
to be estravasant, and cannot quit it il
they wished to; q change can make it no
worse; o change will reduce taxation,
and ensure the payment Of the debt.


let US 60 for changs and turn the
Jacobins out. -Clcarfeld Republican.
Year: 1868

Never were any people on the
earth so taxed as are the masses Of
the United States to-day. Every
article which they uso bears its
trcbled or quadrupled burthcn.-
The amount of revenue derived from
tho toll and sweat of the laboring
men of the North is literally cnor-
nous. Yet, quarter after quarter
the national debt is being steadily
increased. The Lancaster intclli-
gencer treasurer's report shows
deficit of nearly TEN MILLIONS for
tho last quarter. How could it be
otherwise when we are paying four
timos as much as any Democratic
administration ever expended for
the purpose Of subjccting the whites
Of ten States to the accursed rule
Of set Of barbarian negroes? A
large majority Of the white men Of
the North see the criminal folly Of
the Radical policy; but there are
multitudes who are still stupidly fol-
lowing the lead Of the men who are
so rapidly sapping the strength Of
the nation and undermining the
very foundations of our free institu-
tions How any man of even ordin-
ary capacity, unless he be an Office
holder, can support the republican
party for an hour. longer is some
thing We cannot comprehend.
Year: 1868

A resolution was introduced in the
negro convention of louisiana, of
"thanks to God for the success Of
the radical republican majority"
A vote Ct thanks to congress and tho
devil, would come nearer the true
sources of such success.
Year: 1868

ass5' A L,,,dna paper tells the fol-
lowing anecdute of distinguished
dramaflsr there : A painter, or one
hat fam would have that name, sent
him picture, saying that be would


be so glad to have his opinion on it.
The dramat'st wrote back to say that
he was 10 Judge of paluiing, and that


1t he was he had nn tltYe to write down


his opinion The inportunate artist


returned the picture, saying that time


was Of no Importance to him, that he


would gladly wait until the drauatist
could record his opinion, and that he


would be oFerjoyed if he would also
give him motto The disguised
dramatist sent home the picture once
more, reiterating The statement that
he could not give his opinion. The
motto was, however, a different mat.
ter He would give motto with the
greatest pleasure. and the one he
would suggest was a line from Tenny-
US "May Queen -


ali it comes again, III take it for sign"


70 A piece of candle may be
made to burn all night in a sick
! aom, Or elsewhere, where a dull
light is wanted, by putting finely
salt on the candle. until il
the black part of the wick.
In this way mild and steady light
may be kept up through the night.
ilom small piece of candle.
Year: 1868

How TO BIZ MILLIONAIRE As there is no roy
abroad 10 learning, NJ aso there is no short cut 10
exceptional affluence. II is possible, according
to statistics for only one thousand men in the
United States to grasp 100000 a year. Or
rather sucti grasp il Impossible, for 1t would be
grab Of all the surplus yearly products Of the
Union, which no conceivable Thousand men could
make successfully writer in the Galaxy, how
ever, enumorstes few Of the conditions, positive
and negative, which may be regarded ~ indispen-
sible to the average achievement Of million
aires position -


You must be worry able man, as nearly all
millionaires are.


You must devote your life TO the getting and
keeping Of other mems earnings


You must eat the bread Of carefulness, and you
must rise early and lie down late.


You must care little or nothing about other
mons wants, or sufforings, or disappointments.


You must not mind it that your great wealth
involves many others's poverty.


You must not give away money except for ma
teiial equivalent


You must not go meandering about natuo, nor
spend your time enjoying air, earth, sky aud wa
ter, for there is no money in it.


You must not distract your thoughts from the
great purpose of your life with the charms Of art
and literature.


You must not let philosophy or religion en-
gross you during your secular time.
You must not allow your wife or children to oc-
cupy much Of your valuable time or thoughts.


You must never permit the facinations OF
friendship to inyeiglc you into making loans,
however small.


You must abandon all other ambitions or pur-
! poses and, finally


Yen must be prepared to sacrifice ease and all
fanciful notions you may have about tastes and
luxuries and enjoyments, during most, If not all
of your natural life.
Year: 1868

the two extremes of disreputable and of repu-
table human gregariousness; yet If you attend the
one. YOU will hear somebody offering a resolu-
tion that the man of color should be vigOr-
ously suppressed, while if you attend the other
Won may chance to listen to debate about the
propriety of setting dusky shepherds to watch
over sheep of the opposite complexion.
This is what has just happened at
the great meeting of the New-En-
gland Conference in Boston. The Bishop
(Ames) had stated that he intended to transfer
a number of colOred preachers to the n. 4.
Conference resolution approving Oh this
being offered an exciting debate ensued. Sew
eral of the brethren expressed the opinion that
"not one church could be found willing to ac-
"cept colored men as pastors" while others
were quite of an opposite opinion. The whole
matter was finally left in the hands of the
Quar- terly Conferences, who are to recognize or
ignore colored preachers at their pleasure. How
much discretion this leaves in the matter to
the Bishop we are not sufficiently familiar
with the discipline to determine; but we
must confess that we think it decidedly
discouraging, after eighteen hundred and
sixty y-eight years of Christianity, pure ana
impure, defled and undefled that any religious
body should be found debating whether the
messenger of glad tidings should be white, OF
whether black man can possibly preach the
word of God acceptably save to black con-
gregation. BY and by, there will be doubts
arising whether any minister should be or
dained who is not five feet ten inches high and
who has not blue eyes and Roman nose.
We should like to. have John Wesley (sOme OF
whose first preachers were cOal-heavers) come
to life, that he might be delighted by the growing
refinement of a portion of his modern disciples
A Methodist congregation which allows an
organ in the choir, and does not allow black
brother in the pulpit would be very likely to
hear from him, if he were once more on earth,
and TO receive from him lecture less remark
able for suavty than for apostolic severity.
We can imagine him preaching under such
circumstances from Gen. iv, g. with profitable
JUNCTION.


IL is hardly necessary for us to repeat what
we have so often said, that we ask nothing for
any man simply because he is black. We only
claim that, other things being equal, color
shall not be permitted to operate as disquall-
ficaton We would not force any pastor,
whether black, white, red or yellow. upon an
unwilling congregation; but we shall have re-
spect for that congregation only which can give
a tolerabIe and decently religious reason for
It's rcluctgncp
Year: 1868

The efforts of the managers of our city
schools several years past TO make teaching more
systematic and practical has resulted in placing the insti
under their charge in the very front rank Of the
schools Of America. cursory examination only is
needed to show that great progress has been made in
methods OF teaching and the matter taught.


We notice that recently Prof ID. H. Cruttenden has
been employed TO give series OF lectures upon Teach
ing as Science" before the members Of the Saturday
Normal SCHOOL, his opening lecture last Saturday, the
Professor claimed that the time had when teaching
could be ranked science in regard to the logical order
OF its principles and profession in the practical sp
pcaton OF these principles to use He further claimed
that the natural order Of the development OF
the mind be easily understood. and that II nsruc


begins at the right point and proceeds by the meth
ods pointed by science the desired results inev
table.


We believe that this effort TO elevate teaching to rank
OF science long step in the right direction. and
trust the work OF Prof Cruttenden will not fal
short OF its promises.
Year: 1868

nrer and prosperous for having the South o. part
oftthe country made misaKs In crushing ts attempt
to get out"


Reply.-We quite agree with The Times that
a disaffected South, retained in the Union by
force would nowise strengthen the Republic,
but rather weaken it-that, if only thus to be
retained, it were far better let go. (We have
hitherto maintained this doctrine at some cost,
when we did not have The Times for an aliy.)
A Union of States pinned together by bayonets
is our utter detestation. And we certainly
think it cas mistake to crush the attempt
of the Rebels to get out of the Union ii they
are indeed the Southern people" But that
they are not, nor are they even majority OF
that people. They can only be made such by
dehumanizing Four Millions of our loyal coun-
trymen. That may yet be done, and the Union
thereby fearfully, perhaps fatally weakened
and imperiled but not with the assent, nor
even the connivance, of THE TRIBUNE
Year: 1868

which, like its name, is synonymous with the
sterling qualities of soldty, steadfastness and
security. It's popularity is doubtless proper
tionately attributable to its abolition OF the
usual restrictions on travel and occupation, its
helpful acceptance of notes in part payment OF
premiums, the division of its profits, in the
shape of dividends, among the insured, and
the engraftment of the non-forfeiture plan on
its system.


The Mutual Life of New-York is ten years
older than the Knickerbocker, is still advan-
cling, and the largest company OF Its kind In
the world. The Connecticut Mutual and the
Etna Life of Hartford, and the Equitable Life
of this city, are following rapidly in its foot
steps, and rendering the race closer and more
exciting every year. The Phoenix Mutual OF
Hartford, although of smaller proportions than
the preceding, is, next to the Knickerbocker,
the most remarkable for growth. The chart
to which we refer, issued by The Insurance
Times, a monthly devoted wholly to insurance,
is entitled to thoughtful examination. Vast
as are the totals it exhibits for 1867, they will
probably be much exceeded by those of 1868
There can be no halting hereafter in the march
of life insurance. 1t is already great popular
fact, and is becoming a universally recognized
truth. It may fuctuate as everything In arr
and nature does, but in its comprehensive
sweep it will doubtless be progressive for ages
to come, and extend its sway to the utmost
bounds of civilization.
Year: 1868

We have had any quantity of good advice
since our article city railroad fares, all which
may be condensed into this one point The
railway companies. after getting authority to
rob the people of seven-eighths of a cent, the
same people having paid the companies one
eighth Government tax, by some process only
known to the initiated, have managed to do
away with the limit of time originally put to
their right of theft. We are assured that the
revenue law now authorizes to all coming time
these poor hard-used, beggared corporations,
to pick from the small change of shop girls
and prentice boys nearly twenty per cent more
than they first asked for, or the local law ever
intended they should have. That is to say,
from "a shop girl who lives at SiXtieth-st and
whose place of slavery is at the City Hall Park,
they take over and above their just dues, two
cents per day, IL cents per week, or SO "A a
year, TO say nothing of extra fares on holidays.
Of this SO q, thus robbed from the sewing
GIRL the poor starving stockholders pay 7S cents
to the Government and themselves pocket the
remaining s. 4G.


We again entreat the Legislature to put a
stop to this barefaced swIndling. The Origi-
nal act of Congress authorizing the plundering
of every man. woman or child who rides in a
city ear of 90 per cent more than the actual
fare was disgrace to legislation. 1t is, perhaps,
very smart to say that this and that article of
merchandise is equally advanced. If these
roads were simply private affairs, we should
not presume to speak; they might charge six
dollars instead of six cents, if they saw fit
that would be none of the publics
business. Bat they were chartered and
given great privileges, expressly on public
grounds; they are public carriers they get
for nothing u franchise worth millions per
annum; they are directly under control of the
civil authorities; and when it is known, as it
surely is, that by cTamming their cars inside
and out, and carrying citizens as a Dutch
merchant carries picked herrings-the greatest
number in the smallest space-we surely find
that our sulerings have reached quite as much
as we ought to bear The seven-eighths of a
cent exaction may be according to law; if So,
the law is nothing less than the legalizing of
very mean theft the authorization of highway
robbery. for which the empowering authority
ought by this time to be heartily ashamed.
Year: 1868

We are reminded that the name ku'Klux is
possibly a modification of the Infamous title
Golden Circle, the Greek word for Circle being
Kuklos A slight variation from the true pro-
nunciation would give the existing popular
name. Whether the villains now banded as X.
X. KS are direct descendants of the Knights OF
the Golden Circle, we cannot say but their
conduct warrants the conclusion that they are
lust the offscouring of that treaeh erOns gang
Year: 1868

The Democrats of the Assembly yesterday
passed their campaign sham Excise Repeal bill.
To show the hollowness of their pretense OF q
desire to serve their rum-selling and rum
drinking friends in this city, substitute, EN-
bodying all that was asked for in their behalf
last year, was offered from the Republican
side, and unanimously voted down by the
DemOcratS
Year: 1868

The New Jersey Legislature yesterday passed
over the Governors veto the bill to repeal the
Registry law and the bill to repeal the
Sunset law, which required the polls to be
closed at sunset. These retrograde acts which
throw around the ballot-bOx the confusion and
darkness so essential to Democratic ascendancy,
will stand as fit monuments of the noble work
of the present Legislature of New jersey.
Year: 1868

MEMPHIS, April "a special dispatch from
Little Rock The appeal says that has just
arrived there from Vcksburg with the Intelligence that
Gen. Glem Will not recognize the Legislature Of Arkan
sas He holds that he has authority TO dissolve that
body and will rot unless attempt made To seize the
been made from headquarters Of the result OF the voting
| ON the Constitution,
Year: 1868

The New York Herald concludes an
editorial on military candidates, with
the following glowing but just eulogy
OF the greatest military genius In the
world, General Robert E. Lee:


But il the Democratic Convention
must nominate soldier-if it Must
have name identified with the glo-
ries OF the war-we will recommend
"A candidate for its favOrs. Let IL nom
mate General Robert +. Lee. Let il
boldly take at once the best of all its
soldiers, making no palaver or apollo
gy. He is better soldier than any of
those they have thought upon and a
greater man. He is one in whom the
military genius of this nation finds
its greatest development. Here the
inequality will be in favorof the Dem
ocrats; for this soldier, with a hand
full of men whom he had moulded
into an army, baffied our greater
Northern armies for four years /: and
when opposed by Grant was only
worn down by that stdlld strategy of
stupidity that taccomplishes its objects
by mere weight. With one quarter
the men Grant had this soldier fought
him magnificently across the territory
Of his native State, and fought his
army down to stump. There never
was such an army or such q campaign,
or such General for illustrating the
military genius sandpossibilitics Of our
people; and this General is the best
Of all for n Democratic candidate. Ii
Is certain that with half as many men
as Grant had he would have beaten
him from the field in Virginia, and
he affords the best promise of any
soldier for beating him again.
Year: 1868

Since there is, just now, 'a'dearth Of
everything sensational, we take occa-
sion to recall the attention of ouI
townspeople to the efforts of many
deserving young gentlemen to erect a
handsome hall, for the varied uses to
which it can be applied. 1t is stock
company, regularly chartered, and
an accomplished architect has pre-
pared a plan combining convenience
and taste, and properly adjusted to
the audiences which the town can
furnish on occasions of interest
Without such hall, we all feel that
there is something needed in our
midst which is supplied by every
town that aspires to the dignity of a
corporation. We have warehouses
and depots for the accommodation OF
trade; but as for refined amusement
a place where the ladies of the city
may cOngregate. in comfort and COM
modious ease to listen or to see
where is it? We have q courthouse,
q perfect model of unsightly incon-
venience, and being public property
is, of course, open to the free en-.
trance of every blackguard and
blackamoOr whose presence is an eff.
fectual bar to the entrance of any
lady.


Under this state of things, the la
dies of Clarksville are as effectually
cut off from lectures, instructive and
amusing exhibitions, as if old Spitfire
had decreed their exclusion by the
presence of a regiment of his ragged
"melish" nightly on guard. Now il
seems to us that spirit of gallantry
alone should prompt every gentle
man i'm the city to do his part toward
an enterprise that looks first, and es-
sentially, to the amusement and hap
piness ef the fair sex, who are ex.
cluded from drinking and billiard
saloons and other resorts of o more
or less equivocal character. Lee.
lures, literary and scientific, exhibi.
tions illustrating truths in philoso.
ply, ETC., are all interdicted to the
intelligent and accomplished ladies
of Clarksville by the selfishness o.
that masculinity which, content
with grosser pleasures, forgets that
the more elevated tastes of woman
covet something of a more refined
and exalted nature. But this taste
must remain ungratified so long as
the men deny them the commonest
facilities for its qualification.


If the means for the accomplish
ment Of this enterprise We're gratuit.
ouslY bestowed, it would be small
matter. equitably distributed; but as
we believe that the investment will
pay, as stock, We invite gentlemen tc
investigate its claims upon them, and
resolve, for the sake of the town and
the enjoyment of their fair friend.
and relations, that there shall be q
decent hall to sustain the credit of tn,
place, and to invite among us those
rational amusements which give
health and tone to society and add nc
little attractiveness to any town
wherein they may be met.


The young gentlemen of the com
pany are laboring diligently for the
accomplishment of this object, ant
though intended as a gymnasium
valuable institution-its construc
tion will make it equally fit for othel
public uses. They need help, and w,
hope they will get it to the extent O
their needs.
Year: 1868

Take the pillow from the cradle
Where the little sufferer lay;
Draw the curtain, close the shutters,
Shut out every beam Of day.
Spread the pail upon the table,


Lay the lifeless body there;
Back from of the marble features,
Lay the auburn curls with care.
With its little blue-veined fingers
Crossed upon its sinless breast,
Free from care, and pain, and anguish,
Let the cherub infant rest.
Smooth its little shroud about it;
Pick the toys from off the floor
They. with all their sparkling beauty,
Meier can charm their owner more.
Take the little shoes and stockings
From the doting mothers sight,
Pattering feet no more win need them,
Walking in the fields of light.
Parents faint and worn with watching,
Through the long dark night of grief,
Dry your tears and sooth your signing
Gain a respite of relief.
Mother, care no more is needed


To allay the rising moan,
And though you perchance may leave it,
Itcan never be alone.
Angels bright will watch beside it


In its quiet, holy slumber
IT'LL the morning then awake it


To place among their number.
Thus golden link is broken


In q chain of earthly bliss
Thus the distance shorter making


'TwiXt the brighter world and this.
Year: 1868

A woman who has a good figure does
not require too low a dress to make one
ware of it: but badly made girl cannot
suppose that undressing herself will prove
" has the bare fact denies.
Year: 1868

1t is q matter of interest to those who
contemplate applying for the benefit of the
Bankrupt act to remember that unless ar
plication is fled before the fist of January,
1869, they will be required to pay so per
cent of their debts.
Year: 1868

The committee of both houses of the
Legislature, visited the Insane Asylum one
day last week. The Superintendent of the
institution failed to do his duty when he
allowed them to return.