smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

If you are subject to unlimited company,
and your means do not al, ,ow you to set be-
fore your guests as good table as they keep
at home do not distress yourself or them
with apologies If they are real friends,
they will cheerfully sit down with you to
such a table as is appropriate to your cir
cumstances, and would be made uncomtort-
able by any effort In your power to provide
a better one than you can afford. LII your
resources are ample, live in such way that
an unexpected visitor shall occasion no dit
ference The less alterations made In fami-
iy arrangements on account OF visitors, the
happier for them as well as you.


Never treat the subject of having compa-
ny as if it were a great affair. Your doing
this will excite your domestics, and lead
them to imagine the addition to their usual
work much greater than it is; your own
cares too will be q eatly magDihed. a calm
and quiet way Of meeting all sorts OF do
mestic vicissitudes, and of doing the work
Of each day, be it more or less equalize the
pressure Of care, and prevent it becoming
oppressive.


Be composed when accidents happend TO
your furniture. The most careful hand Is
sometimes unsteady. Angry words will not
mend broken glass or china but they will
teach your domestics to conceal such occur
rences from you, and the only explanation
ever given you will be, that they came a.
part. Encourage every one whom you en-
poy to come Immediately and tell you, when
they have been so unfortunate as to break
or injure anything belonging to you. The
cases are very rare, in which it is better to
deduct the value from their wages.


In the best regulated families there will
be some laborious, perplexing days. Ad.
verse and inconvenient circumstances will
cluster together. At those times guard "a
gainst two gs-discouragement and IT,
ritabillity. If others look on the dark side,
find something cheering to say if they fret
sympathize in their share of the trial, while
you set them the example of bearing your
part in it well.
Year: 1865

1t is not generally understood how cloth
ing keeps the body GOBLIN hot weather, and
warm in cold weather. Clothes are gener-
ally composed of some light substances,
which do not conduct heat; but woolen sub
stances are worse conductors than those
made of cotton or linen. Thus farnel
shirt more effectually intercepts or keeps
out heat than linen or cotton one; and
whether in warm or cold climates, attains
the end Of clothing more effectually. The
exchange of woolen for cotton undershirts,
in hot weather, is therefore, an error.


This is further proved by ice being pre-
served from melting when it is wrapped in
blankets which retard, for a long time, the
approach of heat to it. These considera-
tions show the error of supposing there is a
positive warmth in the materials of clothing.
THE thick cloak which guards Spansard
against the cold winter is also, in summer,
used by him as a protection against the di-
rect rays of the sun and white flannel is
our warmest article Of dress, yet we cannot
more effectually preserve ice, than by wrap


ping the vessel containing IT in many folds
of the softest flannel. Black clothes are
known to be very warm ia the sum- but they
are far from being so in the shade, especially
in cold weather, when the temperature of
the air is below that of the surface of the
skin. We may thus gather the importance
of attention to children S clothing. 1t is an
absurd idea that. to render young limbs
hearty, the body must be exposed to the un-
due influences OF our capricious climate.
Year: 1865

SOLDIER GovERNoRs.-Major General
Cox without much doubt, will be the Union
candidate for Governor of Ohio. 1t was in
view of the strong current il his favor that
Governor Brough got out of the way by re-
tiring gracefully from the field. The turn of
politics in Ohio is not peculiar. 1t will be
the same in other States, not alone for Gov
ernor, but for other offices of honor and en-
olument. In the progress of the principle
no doubt good many noses will be put out
of joint but it will prove to be necessary
result of the war, rather the ending of it. 1t
was the remark of one soldier to another:
"Bill, when this war Is over, We who do the
fighting and live TO get home, will own a
philosophy of the remark is worthy of con
sideratinn
Year: 1865

THE MUTINY AMONG TUE COLoRED
Troops AT FORTRESS MoNRoE.-The state
ments first given in regard to the mutiny of
the colored troops at Fortress Monroe have
greatly exaggerated its nature and extent.
An authentic account is now given, from
which we learn, that the mutiny was caused
by some rebels putting it il the heads Of the
soldiers of the I'd colored cavalry, that they
were to be sent to Texas as servants for the
white troops, and they would be kept there
for five years. Believing these stories,
they determined not to go. They were soon
undeceived. being informed that they were
to go as soldiers, obedience was required of
them. The troops on this quietly went on
board the vessel bound for Texas. Thus
ended the last attempt to bring the negro In
to disgrace.
Year: 1865

In one of his terrible menaces, jeff Da-
Wis declared that when all the men ofths
South were put to death in battle, the wo-
men would seize their weapons and beat
back the Northern yandals. When cap
tured. the President evidently thought
that the time had come when the women
must maintain Southern chivalry He
would himself lead them in petticoats
Year: 1865

An employee in the Surgeon General of
fee at Washington has discovered new
use for petroleum. His invention consist of
a simple process of adhering the debris of
dust focal mines ofyards with petroleum and
in humps or BACKED masses, which ignite
readily without use of soft Goals or kindlings,
lasts longer, and gives out more intense
heat than ordinary anthracites, and costs
bout half as much.
Year: 1865

RELICS OF THE PAST. Some classes OF
persons will become obselute by the purify
ing process of war The negro drivers occu-
patton is gone the poor white trash of the
South will be renovated and be turned to
some good account; the doughfaces of the
North will become an extinct race. The
auction block, the slave whip, the enegro pen
will disappear, or be kept in museums, as
curiosities of an ancient barbarism.
Year: 1865

A Negro was arrested last week near
Fortress Monroe charged with stealing
$1,000 from book-keeper. He denied
his guilt. lie was tied up by the thumbs
When in his torture he admitted he had
stolen the money, and said if his thumbs
were united, he would show where he had
li'l it. He was securely handcuffed, and
started with an officer to find the money.
While crossing Mill Creek Bridge the ne
gro, hundcuife;l as he was. bounded over
the parapet into the water below. With
his hands shackle1 he sank at once, and
rose no more. The above got into the
the Boston Post this week, by mistake
Year: 1865

Nor FEDERAL.-Captain Boggs,
while in command of the Steamer Con-
nccticut, was shown an order, while in the
port of Bermuda, regulating the anchor
age ground for federal and confederate
vessels. Disregarding this order he was
sent for by the governor, whom he politely
informed that it did not apply to him.
What says the colonel, are you not
an officer of the federal navyf NO, SIR
said the captain, i belong to neither the
federal nor confederate navy. l have the
honor to command the United States gun
boat Connecticut, and am an officer in the
United States Navy. | therefore, sir con-
,jder that | have right to anchor in the
harbor where l please. l know of nc
such force as the federal navy
Year: 1865

DISCHARGE TIE MARRIED SOLDIERS
Many of our contemporaries contain strong
appeals 10 the Secretary of War TO dis
charge from the service every married
MIN, who is now serving As 4 private in
the ranks. OF as non-commisSionedo officer
in our armies The number of them. they
say. is too small TO occasion any material
loss TO our military service, while in nearly
every case their families are suffering. and
in very many cases the suffering is heart
reniing.
Year: 1865

A simple mode of keeping butter in
warm weather where ice is not handy !;
invert common fower-pot over the but
ter. with some water in the dish in which
the butter is laid. The orifice AT the bot
tom may be corked or not. The porous
ness Of the earthsrnware viii keep the but
ter cool.
Year: 1865

The blueberry crop is extraordinarily
plentiful this season The quantity Of
tins fruit picked and consumed ripe and
drled tor winter use, is great. Blueberry
picking forms an important item in the in
come OF many poor families.
Year: 1865

There is disease to which the doctors give many
names but which few of them understand. 1t is
simply weakness-a breaking down Of the vital
forces, Whatever its causes, fand they are innu-
merable y its symptoms are n the main the same


Among the most prominent are extreme lassitude,
loss of appetite, loss of flesh and great mental de-
preston. digestion and Stomach Cough are
also frequently concomitants of this distressing
state OF body and of mind. The common remark in
relation to persons in such condition is that they
are consumptive. Now, what these unfortunates
really want is rigor rtal strength and as certainly
as dawn succeeds darkness they can recuperate
their systems and regain perfect health by resort


ing to HOSTETTER'S CELEBRATED STOMACH
BITTERS 1t is as clear that life -reviving
Tonic is required in such cases. as that the dying
fame of an empty lamp requires to be revived with
a supply Of oil. Perfectly pure and innocuous,
containing nothing but the most genial vegetable
extracts, and combining the three grand elements
of a stomachc, Alternative, and genial invigor-
ant HOSTETTER'S BITTERS are suitable to
all constitutions, and are applicable to the dis


and disabilities of the feebler sex az to those
of men. jyl-2w
Year: 1865

This celebrated TOILET SOAP, in such universal
demand, is made from the choicest materials, is
mild and eollient in its nature Jragranly scented
and extremely beneficial in its action upon the skin.
For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers


jan Is eoly
Year: 1865

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. A
soldier in Sherman's army, with
throat cut from ear to ear, was
thought to be mortally wounded by
u council of surgeons, but the ono
under whose immediate care he
was thought he was justified in ma
king an experiment for the good Of
others, at the saine time having
great hobes Of saving the man. He
first commenced his task by cutting
through where the two upper ribs
met the sternum, and through this
orifice for forty days he has been fed
five gallons Of milk per week, and
some times his appetite required
five per day. lie is fat and hearty
and the surgeon think in two week
he will have him able, and the in.
side of his throat 80 nearly healed
rs to allow him to swallow by the
natural passage. lie at first intro.
duced Il stomach-pump, and thus
fed his patient, and after few houis
would clear his stomach in this
manner thus produced artificial di
&c, tionitill it was no ! niger nccess.
AIRY. a silver tudc is now to feed
him.
Year: 1865

"Those who walk together must keep Ia step"
Ayel the world keeps moving forward
Like an army marching by;
Heard We not that heavy football
That resounded to the sky2
Some bold spirits bear the banner
Souls of sweetness chant the song
Lips of energy and fervor


Make the timid-hearted strong!
Like brave soldiers we march forward
If you linger or turn back
You must look or get q jostling
While you stand upon the track,


Keep in step!
My good neighbor, Master Standstill,
Gazcs on it as it goes;
Not quite sure but he Is dreaming
In his afternoons rcposel
Nothing good" he says, "can issue
From the endless moving on,
Ancient laws and institutions
Are decaying or are gone:
We are rushing on to ruin
With our mad, new tangled ways"
While he speaks, thousand voices
As the heart of one may say
Keep in step!
Gentle neighbor, will you join US,
Or return to good, old wayss"
Take again the fig-leaf apron
OF old Adams ancient days,
Or become hardy Briton-
Beard the lion In his lair,
And lie down TO dainty slumber
Wrappd in skin of shaggy bear,
Rear the hp: amid the forest,
Skim the wave.in the light canoe?
Ali l see you do rot like It.
Then, If these "old ways" won't do,


Keep in step.
Be assured, good Mr.. Stands;ill,
All-wise Providence designed
Aspiration and progression
For the yearning human mind;
Generations left their blessings
i In the relics of their skill;
Generations yet are longing
'a For greater glory still; -oa
And the shades Of cur forcfatheys rs
Are not jealous of our deed,
We but follow where they beckon,
We but go where they do leadl


Keep in stepi
One detachment of our army
May encamp upon the hill,
While another in the valley
May enjoy its own sweet will.
This may answer TO one watch-word,
That may echo to another;
But in unity and concord
They discern that each is brotherl
Breast to breast they're marching onward
In a good and peaceful way,
You'll be jostled if you hinder,
So don't offer let or stay


Keep in step,
Year: 1865

Already, differences of opinion are
arising in the Administration party, as to
tho course to be pursued after the war
Ben. Butler, striving to out Herod. Herod /,
has made speech denouncing "clemency
to traitors" and not few of the more
bitter and blcod-thirsty Of the Abolition
party are condemning the terms Of sur.
render which Gen. Grant gave to Gen.
Lee. It is crcditable to the more inAu-
cntial in the Abolition party that they
repudate these sentiments. The New
York TriJane speaks out as follows -


"But we cannot believe it wise or we'll
to take the life of any man who shall
have submitted to - National authority.
The execution Of even one such would
have ever aided the Confederate cause.
Each would say to himself, "culpable as
he; we differ only in that l am deemed
Of comparatively little consequence
A single Confederate led out to execution
would be evermcfe enshrined in amillion
hearts as a conspicuous hero and martyr.
We cannot realize that it would not be
magnanimous to give the oyerpovered
disloyalty of the South such a shrine
Would the throne of the House Of Han.
over stand more firmly had Charles Ed
ward been caught and executed after
Culloden? Is Austrian domination in
Hungary are mere stable to-day for the
hanging Of Macy Sander and his twelve
compatriot Generals after the surrender
Of Vilagocs? We plead against passions
certain at this moment to be fierce and
intolerent but on our side are the Ages
and the voice of History. We plead for
restoration of the Union, against pol


icy which would afford a moment ~
qualification at the cost Of years Of peril
GUS hate aud bitterness"


We hardly expected such language
from such source, and yet it would seem
that every humane person would desire
to see the bloodshed stop where it is.
Year: 1865

Mothers often err in undertaking the
little giefs and disappointments oe chill
dron. The triAes which give them pain
and trouble would be nothing to US, so we
unreasonably exact Of them the same in.
differepcc. Did you ever reflect how diff
ferenl the same scene looks at your own
hight from that point from which your
little child must view it? If not, you
will realize it by stopping down beside
him and taking view of the same land
scape. So mothers shonld learn to place
themselves at the child's mental stand,
point in all their dealings with it.


A lady of great strength Of mind and
fine sensbilities. once told friend that
she never suffered 50 acutely, as once in
childhood when her mother carclessly
swept into the fire some Of the shining
silk of the milk weed plart. She had
Just found it for the first time in one of
her little walks, and was greatly delighted
with her little treasure, laying it out in
parcels, thinking of the enjoyment she
would have over it with her little com.
panions, assigning its various uses in her
simple domestic economy. Her mother
entered. and finding the litter on the car
pes, hastily and coOllg swept it all into
The fire, despite the chid'S eutreaties -
She, pcol, gripyed little thing, fled away
almost distracted, and for several days
could scarcely bear to look upon her
mothers face. To her it was ~ real a
source Of anguish, as for the millionaire
to see oil his possessions swept away by
the devourng flames.


Oh, neither, learn to reverence every
tender, loving thing in your little chijd's
nature. The world will harden it soon
enough without your hand aiding in the
work. Enter fcelingly into its little joys,
and add to EN- the double pleasure of
your approving smile Sympathizo with
its little griefs, and comfort with cheer
ing words of tender love the sobbing lit.
tie bosom. "As ono whom his mother
comforteth"-what sweetcr figure could
the kind Father above employ to express
bis tender pity for his sorrowing children!


Christian mother, be faithful to your
solemn trust tben, when angel voices
shall shout the harvest home, you may
stand bef re the great white throne and
answer to the summons "llere am |,
Lord, and the children thou hast given
MOI
Year: 1865

In drinking cell on Chestnut street,
above Twelfth, the other night, terrier
started rat The rat dashed out Of the
door, up the steps to the street, and then
straight across, A lady was walking up.
She was just in front Of the Chesnut
Street Theater when tho rat ran up the
steTs Of the ccller on the opposite side Of
the street. The rat was running for his
liic, the dog in pursuit of him was run
ming for good dinner The rat, when
about dozen lengths ahead, sprang upon
the lady's dre's, ran up under her cloak
and nestled close up under her sleeve
The lady shrieked with horror and dis.
may. SO piercing was her cry that a gen.
tleman ran hurrielly to her relief. She
pointing TO her arm, said, "a rat in my
sleeve" and again gave utteranee to a
piercing shrek The gentleman boldly
grasped the proturbance, and made Wig
orous squeeze. A better squeeze never
yet was made upon a lemon by first
class bartender. The rat bit through
the intervening clothing into the gentle
mans hand, with a painful bicuspidpl in


cisiOn The grip upon the beast, how
ever, was too vigorous. His lilo was
crushed out and he dropped to the ground


and the lady, sick, faint, unut'erably
mortified, declined any further assistance


wended her way bomeward, -
Year: 1865

Never take "come and see me-" as
phrase in earnest, unless it is accompan.
led with date. An invitation without
circumstance is no invitation at ALL
Depend upon il, if any man or woman
desires your visit. "l)all on me when
you can make it convenient" "drop in as
you are passing" "make us a visit when.
eyer you have the time 'ospare,' are So
cial indcGnitisms by which men of the
world understand that they are not ex-
pected to do the thing requested. When
people wish to be cheaply polite, there is
nothing like this kind of vagueness.-
The complimentary small change Of So
ciety should always be iakOn at large
discount. 1t is never worth its face, or
any thing like it. Yet it is a convenient
medium <of exchange for all that, and
heavy debts Of gratitude that ought to be
requitcd in better coin are often paid off
with it. People who have more polish
than principle use it lavishly, plain, blunt,
honest men sparingly, or not at ALL
Whoever makes friendly visit, on the
strength of a mere "come and see me-
will be very likely TO find the family cir.
Gle as ungenial as the Artic Circle, and
to leave il with chilly feeling about the
heart that will prevent him from vcntur-
ing into the same latitude again But
when a whole-souled fellow whom you
know to be your friend grasps you by the
hand and says, "Come dine with me to-
day ; be sure to come ; We shall expect
you" 90 if you can, and you will be the
better for it, both in mind and body
Fon du Lac Press.
Year: 1865

I Mankind voluntarily manufacture ty-l
rants. These do not make themselves
any moro than poets We must have
somebody or thires to worship, and, if he,
can not find king or queen to be the
object OF our stupid admiration, We will
con Ter it on some general, orator, or dem
agogue, which many conCound with demi.
god. When we have got ;ho halter round
our necks We feel easy, for we know then
which way to 20; and that's just as We
are pulled How fortunate it is that one
man can not look into the brains Of an
other; if he could; adieu to- po 'ularity
and fame for superhuman qualities How
lucky one can look into another's heart 4;
if he coulG, where then would be the
confidence and subserviency of party
underling AID tool? Well, there have
been great men, but not so personally
grand as poets and chroniclcrs have made
them in order to comply with the cxigcn.
cy OF rhyme and the interest of history
There have been good mon, but not all Of
them 30 good but that others sould equal
them if they had mind to try it. The
memory is the most good nutured of. thc
faculties, and kindly becomes sieve to
the defects, and mirror 10 the shining
qualities of the great and good who have
preceded US Asto the hidden structure
Of mems minds, the differences are prob
ably about the same as in the cxterio
shapes and dimensions Of their bodies


so that there are few giants and no deni
gods on earth Autumn LcdUeS.
Year: 1865

EEThe specials of the New York
papers representing that JEFF. Davis had
requested permission from Grant to leave
the country are too silly to be believed,
jeff. has thousand chances Of escape to
one of capture, aud even if his case were
hopeless he knows too much to appeal to
Grant on the subject. He knoEs very
well that Grant has no power to let him
leave the country, and no right to do
anything with him, if captured, save, 70
turn him over to the proper tribunal p
be tried for high treason, ~
Year: 1865

To get the weight Of dressed sheep,
divide the live weight by seven, or get
the weight Of each quarter--that is OF a
sheep whose live wtght is lao pound,
each quarter will weigh 20>poundg. =
Year: 1865

An old hunter of southwestern Tex
as, who had long kept a pet panther OF
great size and ferocity, was recently
attacked in his cabin by Indians. He
let them gain the lower part of the
house, and then let the panther loose
among them, he being safely perched
upon the loose chamber floor through
the crevices of which he could fire up
on his foes, and watch the progress OF
events. But after the first howl and
spring Of the panther, no Indians re,
NAMED, except three killed by the
brute and one shot by the old hunter
The rest disappeared probably never
to return.
Year: 1865

The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has sent to Gov. Stone a
certificate for eleven thousand acres of
land to be located on any public lands
as indemnity for that number of acres,
sold by the Government in Butler coun-
ty, Iowa, but which belonged to the
State under the Swamp Land act of
eighteen hundred and fifty.
Year: 1865

"A woman in Detroit recently in a fit
of rage with her husband, threw his
favorite dog through the window.
The spouse retaliated by throwing the
baby after the dog, when "peace
was agreed upon.
Year: 1865

AN ACT prescribing the punishment for en-.


tiCing or aiding seamen TO desert the naval


service of the United States.


Be it enacted 10y the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That any person
who shall entice or procure, or attempt or en-
deavor to entice or procure any seaman or 9th.
er person in the naval service of the United
States, or who has been recruited for such ser.
vice. To desert therefrom, or who shall in any
wise aid or assist any such seaman or other per
sun in deserting, or in attempting to desert
from said naval service. or who shall harbor
conceal, protect, or in any wise assist any such
seaman OF other person who may have desert
ell from said naval service, knowing him Il
haye~deserted thereirom, or who shall refus.
10 give up and deliver such person on the do