smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

Little or no attention has been devoted
TO this subject in our country, and yet
it is one which should not be treated with
indifference. In England there are seve-
raj large factories where it is made for
ocean steamers especially; and if found to
be a profitable business there, we dc not
see why it may not be made so here. 1t
is generally composed of coal-tar mixed
with saw-dust and coal dust, all heated to-
gether and then pressed into square Llocks.
Fine coal aud saw dust, that would other-
wise be considered waste, are thus conver-
ted into u useful fuel, capable of being
packed neatly and carried to any distance
--Scientifc american.
Year: 1859

Most men make the mistake of living
too much outside of themselves. They
throw themselves into the out-of-door ac-
tivities of life with an ardor OF devotion
that unhinges their true nature. They 40.
cumulate wealth, they acquire knowledge.
or they cultivate accomplishment until
they become warped, cramped, or de-
formed d-one portion of their powers ex-
panding at the expense Of others.


How many men who have spent their
lives in some worldly pursuit, find them
selves in old age, the slaves o iron habits,
and incapable of enjoying all the higher
and purer pleasurers of lIfel


Now lie was not given meiely for All
outward effort, but mainly for inward cul-
tivation. We are to make the most of
ourselves-give all our powers due expa1-
sion, and cherish an inner life that will
make us independent Of outward circum-
stances. The man who lives only in
his worldly pursuits is ever in danger of
moral bankruptcy. When the outer
world ia Is him he has no inner world
from which to draw strength for the
battle of life. Not long since man in
this State hanged himself because Ill.,.
health deprived him oflhe power to labor.
When he could no longer work. he said,
he no longer wished 10 live. He had
lived too much in his labor, and had neg
lected to provide an iuner retreat from tie
pains and misfortunes ofile.


What a miserable mockery it is to know
that we have accumulated fortune, or
achieved an object of ambition, if in the
pursuit we have wrecked our manhoodl
Inward growth, not outward accumula-
tion, is the true object of existence
Life, rightly lived, mounts ever upward,
and may reach at its latest hour its
happiest condition-the crowning beauty
and perfection Of earthly existence.
Year: 1859

There is nothing short of revelation that
more beautifully or satisfactorily proves
the existence of an Almighty mind than
the fewness and simplicity of the ultimate
elements of animal and vegetable life,
Thus, there are but four elementary prin-
ciples essentially necessary, and but six
generally employed, to form every variety
of organic life; nitrogen, carbon, oxygen,
and hydrogen are the basis, to which sui
phur and phosphorus may be considered
supplementary. With these, infinitely
varied in their atomic proportions, are
built up not only the whole animal king
dom, but also every variety of theYegeta-
BILE world-from wheat, the ''staff of life, /"
to the poison of the deadly Upas tree. 1t
is also worthy Of remark that these four
elemental principles are those also of
which both air aud water may be consid-
cred in truth and fact as being the original
elements Of organic life.-Dr. TOuLmi".
Year: 1859

The inner and the outward life; how
unlike, and yet how strange the thought,
that they are component parts of the same
existence; and how often it is, that the
outward, defaced and SCARED by contact
with the clashing elements which propel
the Car of human progress, is but an I'M
perfect mirror of the angel of the soul; that
yelled nun who has retired to the heart s
sanctuary as its convent, and whose beau
tiful face we sometimes behold, looking
out from the mortal bars which contine II
a prisoner. -


1t is pleasing thought which is enter
tanned by some, that angels impress the
tender and susceptible minds OF children;
yet even more pleasant to indulge the
fancy that every spirit brings with it to
It's mortal abode miniature of Heaven;
and why may we not trust this is even so?
that those holier yearnlngs of our nature,
for something higher and more sublimated
than we can here enjoy, are the pulsations
of the diviner part of our being?


And yet how little we strive to adorn
the temple of the inner life-nor only this,
but darken it's windows by the dust aud
cobwebs of the outward, until the inner is
paralyzed, and sinks into lethargy, to awa-
Ken no more until its unnatural partner,
the outward, shall have been consigned TO
its final prison house, the grave.


How many are there, with whom we
are daily associated, whose inner life is as
invisible to us as the angels are, and
whose nobler thoughts are like the flowers,
fragrant and beautiful, yet ever voiceless,
finding no dialect to render themselves in
telligble to the ear rendered heavy by the
outward life.
Year: 1859

Ey-If any people in the world ever
needed an apostle To cast their devils out,
it is ours who live in this water logged
country. The miasmatlc poison of our
Swamps and Marshes becomes veritable
devil in the blood, to revel in the "Ague
Cure" is said to be the apostle we need,
and some of our neighbors who have tried
it, confirm the report.-J0yanak, Piano,
XL.
Year: 1859

Over the beauty of the plum and april
cot, there grows bloom and beauty more


exquisite than the fruit itself-a soft, deli


cate blush that overspreads lis blushing


cheek. Now if YOU strike your hand over
that, and 1t Is once gone, it is gone for
ever, for it never grows but once. The
flower that hangs in the morning i'm
pearled with dew-arrayed as no queenly
woman was ever arrayed with jewels
once shake it, 80 that the beads roll off,
and you may sprinkle water over it as you
please; yet il can never be made what it
was when the dew fell silently upon it from
heaven. On a frosty morning, you may
see the panes Of glass covered with land
scapes. mountains, lakes, trees--blended
in beautiful fantastic picture. Now lay
your hand upon the glass, and by the
scratch of your finger, or by the warmth
of your palm, all the delicate tracery will
be obliterated.


So there is in youth purity and beauty
of character, which, when touched and
de6led. can never be restored, fringe
more delicate than frost-work, and which,
when torn and broken, will never be re-
A man who has spotted
and soled his garments in youth, though
he may seek to make them white again,
can never wholly do it, even were he to
wash them in his tears. When young
man leaves his fathers house, with tbs
blessing of his mothers tears still wet
upon his forehead, if he once lose that
early purity of character, it is loss that
he can never make whole again. Such is
the consequence Of crime.
Year: 1859

HINTS on THE PRESERVATION OF THE Piano
FoRTE.-The New York Home Journal has the
following valuable hints on this subject


The Piano should be closed when not In use in
order to prevent the collection of dust pins &C .
on the sOundboard and also to prevent the strings
and actionn from the i'll effects of sudden changes
of ofternperature. Nothing Injuries piano so nric
as extreme heat, whether arising from a bright
nre In front Of ii, or what is worse. the hot air
from the furnaces in such general use; few pianos
can resist the injurious action of the latter Care
SHOULD be taken to prevent moisture of any kind
from getting between the keys, particularly when
cleaning them, as it will cause them to stick
Moths are very destructive 10 pianos and should
be kept out of them by placing luInp of camphor.
wrapped in paper to prevent evaporation, in the
Inside corners Any hard substance placed on a
Piauo, VIII cause J.'rI"y noise. ana l INC -
part Is unprotected by clotl cover. that also win
often rattle Young pianists would injure the
pianos less, il they would refrain from strik king
the keys with such force; light touch. with a
judicious use Of the loud pedal, will yield far
better and equally full tone, IL they exerted
all the force at their command. Were this fact
more generally attended to, fewer strings would
be broken. one cause of tine piano remaining in
tune would be removed. and less injury would re-
suit To the .'action" of the piano. These various
annoyanses often attributed to inferior tuning
or defective make, when neither is the cause


Few are aware of the benefit to be derived from
having their pianos regularly tuned and kept In
order; every new piano should be tuned at least
once a month, and none should be allowed to re-
main untuned over three. Whe1 piano is half


note below concert pitch and ii is required to
be drawn up, IL should be tuned twice, the second
tuning about month after the first, or it will not
stand well in tune.
Year: 1859

a man without religion is at best a


poor reprobatc, the football of destiny,


with no tie linking him to intinity and
to the wOndrous eternity that is begun


within him but woman without it
is even worse-a fame without heat,
rainbow without color, a flower
without perfume. A man may in some
sort, tie his frail hopes and honors,
with weak, shifting ground tackle, to
business or to the world; but a wo-
man without that anchor called Faith
is drift and a wreck A man may
clumsily continue kind of moral res
possibility out of his relation to man.
kind but woman, in her compare
lively isolated sphere, where affection
and not purpose is the controlling mo-
tive, can find no basis for any system
of right action but that of spiritual
faith. A man may craze his thought
ana BRAIN to trustfulness in such a
poor harborage as Fame and Reputa-
tion may stretch before him but
woman-wherc can she put her hope
in storms, if not in Heaven? And
that sweet truthtulncss, that abiding
love-lightening them with the pleas
ATTEST radiance, when the worlds
storms break like an army Of smoking
cannon-what can bcstow it all, but
q holy soul-tie to what is above the
storms, and to what is stronger than
an army with cannon Who that has
the love of a Christian moth
er but will echo the thought with ell
ergy, and hallow it with tear
Year: 1859

The legal electors Of this State have


lust passed the annual hazard of hav-
inr the result of their franchise over,
slaughcd by fraudulent votes. That
they passed the peril successfully, and
had margin Of Il few hundred votes
OH the right side, no thanks are due
to the protection of the Laws What
ever was done towards guarding the
ballot-hox from fraud, was accomplish
ed 10y the voluntary vigilance of pris
vatc citizens. Ii was understood that
a desperate attempt would be mado
along the border counties to effect tho
importation and colonization Of voters;
and the precautions takcn TO guard
against these measures were as near.
ly equal as possible to the emergency,


But it is the duty of the State itself
to furnish these precautionary meas>
ures and inasmuch as the RcpuLli.
cans have IA majority in either branch
of the Legislature, the responsibility
rests upon them for providing some
adequate protection at the earliest
possible day. of course the mos;
tangible measure Of this sort which
couid be effected would be a Registry
Law. The thing ought not to be left
until the meeting Of the Legislature.
but some competent member should
between this and January mature and
draft bill, based upon the New
England, the New York, or the Michi,
gan Registry Acts, embracing the ex.
cellence Of all Of them, and such i'm.
provements as experience may have
suggested, and the bill should be


among the first introduced in either
House that out Of it. before the close
Year: 1859

The following graceful tribute to Lad
rankin is from the pen of Elizabeth Il
hitter, sister of the Quaker Poet of Anne.
Try:


Fold thy hands, thy work is overt


Cool thy watching eyes with tears;
Let thy poor heart, overwelricd,


Rest alike from hopes and fears.
Hopes that saw, with sleepless vision,


One sad picture f4ding slow;
Fears that followed vague and nameless.
Lifting back the vail of snow.
For thy brave one, for thy lost one,


Iruest heart of woman, weep!
Owning still the love that granted


Unto thy beloved sleep.
Not tor him that hour Of terror,


When the long ice-battle o er-
In the sunless day his comrades


Deathward trod the Polar shore.
Spared the cruel cold and famine,


Spared the fainting heart despair
What but that could mercy grant him i,
what but that has been thy prayer,
Dear to thee that last memorial,


From the cairn beside the sea
Evermore the month of roses


Shall be sacred time to thee!
Sad it is the mournful yew-tree


Ger his slumbers may not wave;
Sad it is the English daisy


May not blossom on his grave.
But his tomb shall storm and winter
Shape and fashion year by year
Pile his mighty mausoleum


Block by block, and tier on tier.
Guardian of its cleaning portal


Shall his stainless honor be.
While thy love. a sweet immortal.
Hovers o'er the winter sea.
Year: 1859

high-tragedy sorrows on the inevita-
BILE, nor feel an earthquake in every
family jar; who sees her husband
united with herself indissolubly and
eternally in their children-she, the
wife in very truth, in the inward as
in the outward, is heroine, though of


an questionable type.
Year: 1859

NARY PRAYER.-There is rule at
Oberlin College that no student shall board
at any house where prayers are not regu-
larry made each day. A certain man fit
ted up boarding house snd filed it with
boaiders, but forgot until the eleventh


hour the prayer proviso. Not being q
praying man himself, he looked around for
one who was. At length lie found one. a
meek young man from Trumbull county


who agreed to pay for his boarding in pray.
ing. For while all went smoothly, but the
Year: 1859

A Vicious Doc, on 18th street, after
tearing child's face, and biting lady severely,
has been sentenced to death, but the difficulty now
il, to tell where be is and how he can be got At
Unlicensed dogs ought to be killed. whenever
caught In the street, for of all nuisances by day
night, estrny ours are the worst
Year: 1859

NovxI USE YoR FLoUE-It 10 stated that
several hundred barrels Of unsouud hour have
been purchased In New York within few days
at price not exceeding g so per barrel, which
are to be used in distilIing for the sacturs Of
whisky, au article. the importance Of which.
commercially, few bat those directly interested
will understand.
Year: 1859

SALE OF MILK IN MAssACHCsrrrs-By law OF
the last Legislature, milk 10 hereafter TO be sold in
Massachusetts, by the wine measure instead Of the
standard now used. The gallon of the Winchester
busheby which milk 10 now sold contains 26S 9257
ther refore apparent that the future standard will
be ALTO per cent less than the present ope-quite
an important difference
Year: 1859

Dost see, within the range of mortal view,
A human form uprising on the sight?
1t is of one whose days can be but few,
And shroudcd in a pail as dark as night:
An aged sire with tott'ring step and slow.
With staff in hand, goes trembling ON his


way;


His brow all furrow'd DER with care and woe,
"His body bent in his declining day.
His hairs are silver'd DER with age and with
The sorrow which so deeply marked his brow
He journeys down life's weary road no kith
Nor kin are seen to gather round him now.
His eyes grow dim-be views life's closing page,
And lays him down to die, with no one near
His pains to soothe, his sorrows to assuage,
Nor DER his names to shed the solemn tear.
Al His hairs are brought in sorrow to the grave,
And he has made sacrifice of life
A human life-a soul-to Rum he gave
With death he stroye, and perish'd in the


strife.


The grave hath hid his frailties from the sight,
His merits (such he had) alike are hid,
Save to his Maker, who will judge aright
And reward him for the good he did.
Year: 1859

!. PORCELAIN WARE FOR NOTHING, and when we say
nothing we mean 81 80, which is next to nothing
for elegant china sets worth fifty or hundred dol
lars OF which fortunates daily become possessed at
Jndsons. 81 Camp street, by the investment of that
comparatively Insignificant amount Of spondulics.
The goods are there arranged in full sight with
bers attached to the lots the numbers there
closed in envelopes in case and they may select such
as peases their fancy, having first bought elegant
cup and saucer for 81 so. Who purchases will
always get something, and likely something worth
more than the money paid
Year: 1859

PHRENoLoGY.-Professor o. 8. Fowler the great
exponent of this science, finds that be is so much in
demand that he cannot leave the city at present. and
SO will remain week longer, during which his rooms
at the City HOTEL per advertisement will be open
10 those desiring chronological examinations.
Year: 1859

The sale of the McDonogh property in the First
District, which took place yesterday at the City
Hotel, under the hammer of the City Auctioneer, Mr.
N. vignie, was largely attended. The bidding was
spirited, and much of the property brought great
deal more than its appraisement. Much Of the pro
perty being bought in lump, the sale was concluded
yesterday consequently, the sale will not be con-
tnued to day, as previously announced. The follow
ing was the result of the sale:
Year: 1859

AMPHlTHEATRIcALs.-Anex extra noon performance
will come off at the Amphitheater to-day, in which
all of the brilliantly artistic troupe will take part, in
series of their skiful acrobatc gymnastc and eques
tran performances. But the most striking and pecu
liar feature of the entertainment will be display of
his singular skill in subjecting horses by Mr. Rarey
the famous horse tanner, who will show what be can
do in that way to the satisfaction Of all.
Year: 1859

OUR ScHooLs.-We are glad to announce
that the Schools In Van Buren, are in a
fourishing condition, the male school
Wallace Institute a daily attend
anee Of from fifty-ive to sixty, good part
OF them being scholars from a distance.
The Van Buren, FEMALE ACADEMY has a
daily attendance of from eighty to ninety.


Both these schools are of high order,
and no town in Arkansas can boast of bet
ter. Van Buren, presents as great if not
greater advantages for the education of the
"youth of our land than any other place
we know of in the State, when we take in
to consideration the known high character
of her schools, its health, the cheapness of
board and tuition, and easiness of access bv
land and river routes.
Year: 1859

The people of Western Arkansas have
just cause Of complaint, in the manner in
which their mail matter is transmitted. For
some time back, we have had but one mail
= week from Little Rock, and that being
about five and a half days on the way. We
had understood, that new contract was to
have gone into operation on the 10th inst,
by which the Eas to be transported
IRON Little R001pto this place and Fort
Smith, tri-weekly-but SO far it has failed
to arrive here. We have had but one mail
since the 10th, viz. on last Saturday, and
we are informed that portion only of tha,
due here then, arrived at this place. the
balance having been left behind to accom-
lnodate passengers The Postmaster at
Little Rock can say whether this is true OF
not. Our citizens are forbearinp people.
but they are getting tired of the manner in
which their mail matters are managed, and
've think justly so. As it is now we get
our mail matter from New York, via ST
Louis, iii about the same TING that we dc
letters mailel ut Little Rock
Year: 1859

Too TRUE.-An exchange well saws
when rakish youth goes astray, friends
gather round him in order to restore him to
the path of virtue GentIeness and kind
ness are lavlshed upon him to bring him
back to innocence and peace No one ever
would suspect that he had sinned But
when poor confiding girl is betrayed, she
RECEIVES the brand OF society, and i. hence
forth driven away from the ways of virtue
The betrayer is honored, received-there is
no peace for her this side OF the grave. So
ciety4l no loving, helping hand for her,
no smiles of peace, no voice of forgiveness.
These are earthly moralities unknown to
heaven. There is deep wrong in them,
and fearful are the consequences.
Year: 1859

EH A very valuable discovery has Just
been communicated to the Academy of
Science. 1t consists of a very simple pow.
der, found to be capable of completely dis
injecting and rendering harmless the puru-
lent matter of wounds. often so fatal both
to the patient and the medical practitioner.
The powder is composed merely of chalk
and the residue Of coke after the gas has
been completely exhausted. OF this paste
or pomatum is formed. which, on being
spread on bandage and applied to wounds
50 hithy as to make the dressing or opera
ton OF them as lnsupportablc as it is dan
gerous, completely removes both smell and
injection, anu that without occasioning the
smallest Inconvenience or irritation. l
mention shortly this interesting communi-
cation for the benefit of your medical read
ers, whose attention will doubtless be di-
rected to more ample details
Year: 1859

Brass BAND--We understand that it is
in contemplation to establish Brass Band
in this city. Our citizens have made up
the requisite amount for the purchase of the
instruments and have sent for the same.


"Whd9o hath no music in his soul


Is fit for treason. stratesems and spoiIs.
Year: 1859

AnorAer Gif Entertainment.-We
call attention to the advertisement of
g. B. Cubberley who will dispose of a
blacksmith shop and other real estate,
together with quantity of lager, on
Christmas day. This is one of those
entertainments where no blanks are
drawn. Every ticket holder will be
entitled to the lager at least 1t will
be q rssl entertainment and on the
square.
Year: 1859

- The Editor of the Democrat
thinks the wooden composing stick
which we haA In the JOURNAL Office
down to the fire of 1856. was relic
of the Californian Office, and taken
from the Spaniards at Monterey. We
presume he is right.
Year: 1859

On THE TRAcK.-On Sunday morning man named
John Sherman sitting the track OF the Fourth avenue
Railroad Al Sixh street supposed to have been intoxicated
when be struck by the cowcatcher Of eiiht train and
pitched dow about thirty feet BY which he
sjred severe very fosgy the dme and the
engineer dd till the accident occurred wbeo he
his train and him board He sent TO Belle
ype Hospital.
Year: 1859

DOMESTIC TYRANNY.-We know highly
respectable lady. who makes her servants take
their meals standing When they dine they
are not allowed to sit down. Her reason for
this is, that she finds they do not eat so much


nor do they waste their time gossiping. We
wonder how the same system would work il
Introduced at sour, public dinners . We fancy
that the speeches would be shorter, and the
consumption of bad wine Infinitely less. u ID,
Year: 1859

Too strong light ina sleeping room is bad
especially if the bed is opposite the window /;
for to wake suddenly out of sleep, with a
strong glaring light on the eyes, cannot but
eventually iDjure the strongest and most heal


thy sight; and, when it is naturally weak, or
there is any hereditary disposition. towards q
debility in the organs, |, this custom must of
course exercise very pernicious effects. Per
sons waking from sleep should have the eye
prepared BY sabdued light first; and if the
sight be good the time occupied 10 partially
dressing, will be quite sufficient to prepare the
organs for meeting stronger body of light


This is especially to be remembered iu summer
time where the chamber has an eastern aspect.