smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

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was spending the night in a hotel al
Freeport, III. After breakfast l went into
| the sitting room, when I met pleasant,
chatty, good-humored traveller who, like
myself was waiting for the morning tram
from Galena We conversed freely and
pleasantly on different topics. until, see
ing two young ladies meet and kiss each
other in the station, just about the tlme
the train was approaching "Come, SAID
ne taking up his satchel, ''since we are on
SO sweet subject, let us have practical
application. [ will make a proposition to
you. [ will agree to kiss the most beautl-
ful lady in the cars from Galena, you
being the judge, if you will kiss the next
prettiest. I being the judge.


This proposition staggered me a little,
and I could hardly tell whether he was in
earnest or in fun; but as he would be as
deeply in it as [ could be, I agreed, pro-
viding he would do the first kissing, though
my heart failed somewhat when / saw his
jet black eyes fairly dance with daring.


eyes" said he, 'Ill try it first You
take the back car, and go in from the front
end, where you can see the faces of the
ladies and stand by the one you think the
handsomest, and then 1 will come in from
behind and kiss her.


[ had hardly stepped inside the cars
when I beheld at the first glance one Of
the loveliest looking women my eyes had
ever seen. A beautiful blonde with auburn
hair, and a bright sunny face full of love
and affection, and as radiant as the morn
ing. Any further search was totally un-
necessary I Immediately took my stand
in the aisle at her side. She was looking
out of the window earnestly, as if expecting
Gonna ora TTba hoolT door IF tbn pay
opened, and in stepped my hotel friend. |
pointed my finger at her, little dreaming
that he would carry out his pledge, and
you may imagine my horror and amaze
ment when he stepped up quickly behind
her, and STOPPING over her, kissed her with
a relish that made my ''mouth water.
I expected, of course, shrek of terror and
row generally, followed by q knock down,
but astonishment succeeded astonishment
when [ saw her return the kiss with at least
compound interest.


Quick as flash he turned around and
said:


''Now, my dear sir, it is your turn,
pointing at a hideously ugly, wrinkled old
woman who was sitting in the seat behind.


''Oh, you must excuse me you must y
/ exclaimed. 81 am sold this time. /
give up. Do tell me who you have been
kissing"


s'Well," said he, ''since you are man of
SO much taste and quick perception, I'll let
you off,


And we all burst into a hearty peal of
laughter as he said, 'srhis is my wife. l
have been waiting for her. I knew it was
safe proposition.


He then told the story to his wife, who
looked ten-fold sweeter as she heard it.


Before we reached Chicago we had ex-
changed cards, and discovered that my
genial companion was an Episcopalian
preacher of Chicago, whose name I had
frequently heard.


Whenever L go to Chicago, L always go
to hear him, and heartier, more natural
preacher is hard to find. He was young
man then; he is now one of the ablest
divines in the West
Year: 1869

water enough to completely cover the tea
so as to wet it thoroughly. Set the pot on
/ the cooking table, if that is handy (it need
not be set on any thing that is hot) and
In five minutes pour in boiling water
enough for the first cups, and pour out inn
mediately. If q second cup or cups are
wished, and tea enough has been put in
the pot, add boiling water in sufficient
quantity. This rule applies particularly
to Japanese and Hyson teas. I do not
know that black tea would be as good made
in this way as if stepped longer. That may
depend on taste"


To REMOVE OLD PUTTY. Dip a small
brush in nitric or muriatic acid, and with
it anoint or paint over the dry putty ad-
herring to broken glass and frames of you
windows. After an hours interval thr
putty will become quite soft and easily rec
movable


CORRESPONDENT Of the Cincinnati
Times says that the following recipe will
preserve all kinds Of grain and garden
seeds from the ravages of cut-worms, birds,
etc: One pound sulphate of iron, one
pound aloes. Dissolve in water heated to
90o or $50, and pour over one bushel of
grain, and In similar proportion Tor a
greater or less quantity


COOKED meal is nearly double the bulk
OF uncooked, yet quart tor quart it goes as
far. The difference is that much of the
food is undigested unless cooked.


CORR PUFFs. heaping, tablespoonfuls
of -four, three of corn meal, three eggs,
one pint of milk and little salt. Beat very
light and bake in a quick oven fifteen min
utes Fill the cups half full.
Year: 1869

The Rev. DR.. Bushnell, in his new book,
'sThe Reform Against Nature, writes on
this subject as follows;


s'There is one matter where genuine
reform would accomplish more for women,
as verify believe, and take them out of
the corner that now pinches them great
deal more certainly, than to give them a
right of suffrage and of civil Office; having
also the further advantage, that 1t would
give them q more open way to the proper
womans life, for which they are better
made, instead of taking them off into quasi
battles with men, for points OF precedence
and prerogatives of government which do
not belong to them and never can. 1speak
here of a reform that takes off or somehow
loosens the the embargo on women, as re-
spectS advances toward marriage. The as
sumption now is, that women must be first
lassoed and taken, courted long and skill
fully then and almost to the death, before
they can venture an approving look. If
they cannot be conquered then, they must
not be had, and they must take this ground
themselves On one side there must be a
close fence of prudery, hard as possible to
be got over; and on the other, the man
who will try, must 60 to it bravely, which,
alas! for his modesty, is likely to be quite
impossible. Full three quarters OF the men
who get stuck in their bachelor life and are
never married, are, in fact, the most Unborn
adorers of women; such as never In their
lives can muster courage for any advance
just because the shrine they look upon has
too much divinity in it for their mortal ap-
proach. Of course it will not do for un-
married women to put themselves in way
of being suitors to men. That kind OF
suitorship would even be an offense, and
raise sense of revulsion; nobody would
recommend to women that they get over
their modesty; but the almost cholic string
ency of what are called good manners, in
this matter might be relaxed, without real
impropriety and with great advantage, The
present iron-clad modesty, which ls SIM
ply ridiculous in either party, might be SO
far mitigated as to let feeling feel its way,
and carry on its own courtship; requiring
no restrictions save the restriction ofwords
and formal advances, and allowing nature
to interpret and work out her problem,
hampered by no unnatural coyishness. :
Women cannot be forward and bold, but
they are now great way further off than
they need be"
Year: 1869

The Rev Z. NJ. Brown, Baptist minis
ter near Paris H.. has become insane and
is subject to the most remarkable freaks. =
His first freak was the collection of two
large piles of rocks about twenty-five feet
apart which he called his batteries, he
threatened to kill everybody who chanced
to come that way. He gave his brother
the passwords with which he could pass
the batteries. The password to the east
ern batteries was: cam a soldier OF the
CROSS" The password to the western one
was: Amazing grace, how sweet the
sound that saved wretch like me-" His
brother passed the eastern work or battery,
but the madman sternly commanded that
he should not approach any closer, at the
same time raising large stone in menac-
ing manner. He retreated hastily. Sub
sequently he entered the fortress again and
escaped with slight bruise by coming in
contact with a missile hurled from the
eastern battery.-By this time there was
large crowd stationed at distance devils
ing plans for compelling the reverend mad
man to evacuate his works. At last it was
agreed that several should take very small
stones and throw close around him in Or
der to get him to throw all his missiles at
them and they could capture him without
any danger. They threw at him for some
time before he pretended to notice them.
but at last he began throwing at them as
fast as he could, when the eastern battery
was completely destroyed he turned toward
the western, but to his intense surprise
that ''battery'' had vanished. He was
| completely unarmed, and he began to ad


vance toward his brother, crying that he
would surrender himself. Just at this mo-
ment some of the party who had been
slightly bruised by the stones, let fly vol
ume at him, when he fell heavily to the
earth, having been hit and hurt considera-
bly,. They then rushed upon him and
carried him to the jail.-Cnloroform was
administered to him. This narcotic ex-
erted its soothing influence and he fell in
| to profound slumber-the first


worthy of note for ten days and nights
This was resorted to very frequently. A
friend who remained with him all night
had narrow escape from death. During
an apparently lucid interval the madman
suddenly embraced him, snatched the chic
roform handkerchief, and tried to stuff it
down his throat After very severe strug-
gle the watcher threw the maniac off, and
soon subjected him to an sesthetic. Chica-
go Times.
Year: 1869

A TOUGH YARN.-A strange circumstance
is related to us as having occurred on Mon
day. Several ladies had assembled in the
tentwhere the MANNED man was lying, who
was run over by the cars a few miles west
of this city, about week ago. The man
had one of his arms badly mutilated, and
the doctor found it necessary to amputate
his arm above the elbow The portion am
putated was taken short distance from
the house, wrapped in linen, placed in a
box and buried. On Monday the wounded
man became very restless, and was evident
ly experiencing torturing pain, and made
frequent efforts to move the stump of his
arm, but without avail. lie told tho ladies
that his arm was bent, and that it was caus-
ing him great pain. After trying various
efforts to relieve him. all of which were in
vain, they proceeded to where the arm was
buried, exhumed, Strengthened it out, and
returned it to Its resting place. On re-
turning they found the sufferer compare
lively relieved and able to move his remain
ing part of the arm with perfect ease and
comfort. The ladies relate this singular
incident and youch for it Corjane (GdL }
RPDoTter, ~
Year: 1869

IT HAS generally been hard to introduce
a new article to the public, but We predict
it will not be so with Frank Miller's Ma
chine Oil, because any article OF. so general
use, when it has real merit, viii be appre-
ciated. For Farm Machinery this Oil must
take the lead.
Year: 1869

OH let the soul its sIumbers break
Arouse Its senses and awake,


To see how soon
Life in its glories glldes away,
And the stern footsteps Of decay


Come stealing on
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away so fast,
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream 10y


Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier lot let us hope 10 find


Tomorrow than to-day,
Our golden dreams OF yore were bright
Like them the present shall delight


Let them decay.
Ourlives like Fastening streams must be,
That into one engulfing sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea OF death whose waves roll on
Der king and kingdom. crown and throne


And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivuletis glide


To that sad wave;
Death levels poverty and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by side


Within the grave.
Our birth is but starting place;
Lie Is Ine running OF the race,


And death the goal;
There all our glittering toys are brought
The path alone. all unsought,


Is found OF all.
See then how poor and little worth
Are ali these glittering toys OF earth


That lure us here!
Dreams of a sleep that death must break
Alas! before IL bids us wake,


We disappear.
Long ere the damp of earth can blight,
The cheeks pure glow Of red and white


Has passed away.
Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his fingers there,


And where are they3
Where is the strength that EpuTned decay
The step that roved so light and gay,


The hearts blithe tone?
The strength Is gone. the step is slow,
And Joy grows wearisome and wo,


When age comes on.
Year: 1869

THE WOMAN's PRoBLEM.-Women
will not go astray of their mission for
want of sensible advice. One of the
best Scraps of this recently put afioat
is i'll an address to the Woman's Par
lament by Mrs. Demorest, herself q
pretty successful woman. She says
that useful, compensated labor af-
fords the only means of Independence
and of growthn that will prove satis-
factory. Suffrage and sentiment will
make the women no better off than
they are, but honest work, well done,
will achieve wonders. 1.-The world
has need of every resolute worker"


Square yourself for use; the stone that may


FIT in the wall Is left not in the way.
Year: 1869

Oh! book of terrible majesty, and
childlike love of sublimily that crushes
the heart with the rapture, it never
shoue more strongly than there in that
lonely hut of WissahicOn, when 1t saw
the murders heart.


Now look how wonderful are the ways
Of Heaven. That very night as the
widow sat by her tireside-sat there
with q crushed heart and hot eyellds,
thinking of her husband, who now lay
on the drenchcd soil Of Paoli-there was
a tap at the door. She opened it, and
that husbund, living though covered
with wounds, was in her arms.


He Ihad fallen at PaoG, but not IN
death. He was alive, and his wife pan
ting on his bosom.


That night there was a prayer and
Thanksgiving in the wood-embowered
cottage of WisSahicOn.
Year: 1869

nostril, with the end of the ore-fnger
feel along the outer edge of the right
jaw till you feel the beating of the arte-
ry directly under your finger, the same
as the pulse in your wrist, then press the
finger hard upon it, thus getting the lit
tie fellow in a tight place between your
finger and the jaw-bone; the result will
be that no drop of blood goes into the
side of your face while the pressure con-
tinues; hence the nose instantly stops
bleeding for want of blood to flow; con.
tinue the pressure for five minutes, and
the ruptured vessels in the nose will by
this time probably contract SO that when
you let the blood into them they will not
leak. Bleeding from a cut or wound
anywhere about the face may be stopped
in the same way. aEl
Year: 1869

The NosE BLEEp.-There are two
little arteries which supply the whole
face with blood, one on each side these
branch off from the main arteries on
each side of the windpipe, and, running
upward toward the eyes, pass over the
outside of the jaw-bone about two-thirds
of the way back from the chin to the
angle of the jaw, under the ear. Each
of these arteries, of course, supplies Just
one-half of the faces, the nose being the
dividing line: the left nostril is supplied
with blood by the right artery, and the
right nostril by the right artery. Now.
supposing your nose bleeds by the right
Year: 1869

mark" tells an unpleasant story of Grant
on the authority of "old man Blair The
latter says he took pains to inform Grant
that Gen. f. p. Blair did not wish to embar,
rass the Administration BY holding office
under it, and that he would resign the posi-.
ton Of Pacific Railroad Commissioner in a
month or sooner if Grant wished to make a
change before that time. Up to this time
Grant knew nothing Of BIair's holding an
Office under Government; but when it was
brought to his notice in this way he imme
diately ordered his removal, denying even
the privilege of voluntary resignation. The
same day that Gen. Frank Blair, Of the
Federal army, was thus graceIessIy removed
Gen. Longstrect, Of the Confed rate army,
was appointed to fat place.
Year: 1869

Historically they johnson worst enc
mics are not Of that party which brandlsh
daggers over rulers whom they don't like,
alive or dead Union.


Of course not. That party didn't try to
brandlsh any dagger over johnson while
President. The only difference between
Booths assassination Of Lincoln and the
attempted Impeachment Of John son, is
found in the fact that the first was the act OF a
madman representing nobody, and IN which
nobody whose existence was worth the breath
necessary to preserve it, sympa'mzed
while the second was deliberate, malicious
outrage directed by the Republican party to
the same object as the frst-the removal
from Office of man who stood ike q wa.
Of FIRE between them and their psrtizan
schemes. Mankind will pity the madness
Of Booth, while it will anathemetise the
crime Of the Republican party.
Year: 1869

The Union says our obituary of Mr..
johnson "fell as fat as beuediction at a
funeral service" OF course it did, to those
who delighted to remember at his supposed
grave what they are pleased to call "crimes
and inconsistencies of his life" 1t is nsIu
raj that the tears with which the Union
would water such sorrow live in an onion.
Year: 1869

The Generalization OF the times is so
great that the editorial profession even has
not entirely escaped. 1t is stated on good
authority that there are twenty-five or thirty
editors and ex.editors in Congress.
Year: 1869

Gen. Stoueman is reported to have re
moved Wells from the office Of Governor Of
Virginia and assumed the Office himself
How uncertain are all things official in the
land of carrpet-haggers
Year: 1869

A pilgrim to Stratford- d-on-Avon says that
the home of Shakespeare was near what is
known as the Chapel Church. The grounds
remain, but all vestiges of the dwelling have
been removed. The site of the famous null
berry tree is pointed out, and also the well
at which Shakespeare drank, and that is all.
The mulberry tree was planted in the
early marriage life of the poet, with his
own hand. 1t grew to be a famous tree.
Under it was the poets favorite seat.
Under it Ben johnson, Garrick, Dray
ton, Macklin and other merry wits Of
the age often met, and took counsel. In
the house the poet, within one month af-
ter he made his strange will-in which he
bcqueathed to his wife his "second- best
bed"-died- it is said, of a fever
contracted by carouse with Ben johnson
and Drayton. "He drank too hard" said
his biographer, "and contracted fever"
His dwelling house went into the hands of
the rector of the church, whose name was
Gastrll People called to see the mulber-
ry tree. The Reverend Rector was incom-
moded. lie cut the tree down and sold it
for frewood. The enragcd people made
the place too hot for him. They broke
his windows, and finally drove him from
town. He took ample revenge, not only
on the people of Stratford, but on the world
at large He had the house removed by
pieccmeal-lcft not vestige behind, and
sold it for fuel.
Year: 1869

sale of Pools In tho City Last Evening.


within few days the opinions formed Of the iiar-
ward crew have been most favorable, and many
look forward to the great International struggle to.
day with the brightest hopes for their success.
Whatever be the result the contest will undoubtedly
bc close and determined one. IL would seem that
hitherto the betting has been largely Id favor Of the
oxford crew, but atterly the Harvard men have
won golden opinions even from those who nave re-
gardcd the performances with some uneasness.
From five to on the oxford crew the betting has
changed TO less than two to one Moreover, there
are great many who confidently anticipate that
the Harvard crew viii not only make splendid ex-
hibiiion, but win carry or the hOn0rs oil tne DAY.
Last night Or. Underwood sold some pools at / l6O
broadway. There was quite large audience and
not o little enthusiasm manifested In the proceed


ngs. Though at first there was some hesitation
exhibited large number of pools were dip0sed OF
toward tho close, the ruling figure OF the evening
varied until late whcn the Harvard rose sQmsw uat
pops being RQld N 4Q u W.
Year: 1869

The Chinese -isuriinsssne Trenty-RepOrted
Rejection Of II by the Chinese Govern.
rnent.


The teiegraphic news which we published


yesterday to the effect that the government at


Pekn had refused to ratify the treaty made


by Mr.. Burlingame with the United States,


must be received with great deal of suspi-


cion. 1t comes from Hong Kong by the way


of London, and therefore through British


hands all the way. 1t has the impress of the


old British party in China, which has been Bit


terly hostile to Mr.. Burlngame and his mission


from the first. AS to all the talk about the


mission being inimical to the Chinese people, it
is balderdash. The parties who make such
representations mean by the people of China
themselves, and perhaps limited number of
Chinese at Hong Kong and the seaboard towns
as well. And it Is possible that there may be
in the empire considerable party of old Chi
nese tories, which opposes any progress or in
novation. But Prince Kung, the enlightened
statesman, who appointed Mr. Burlingame
and gave him instructions what to do, is
still the Regent of China, and we know
that the government there Is absolute,
at the same time that it is paternal in
character. We believe Mr. Buringame is
too ssgacious to exceed his instructions or
to do what would be inimical to tho goverr-
ment he represents. Indeed, the objection
made to him here and In Europe has been that
he was too much of Chinaman. Then these
reports are more doubtful when we consider
that the treaty with the United States was
made fifteen months ago and that the text of
it must have been in the hands of the Chinese
government a year, or nearly so. Would it
take year for that government to come to
conclusion on such an important matter
Would Mr.. Burlingame have been permitted to
60 on all this time making treaties similar in
character with the European Powers? Such
a supposition is incredible. Nor can we be-
lieve the report that the American Minister
at Pekin, Mr.. J. Ross Browne, has expressed
himself in the manner stated with regard to
in his position would have been guilty of thus
acting against the interests Of his country and
the liberal policy inaugurated by the Chinese
Embassy. The whole story has on the face of
it the stamp of British canard, emanating
from the old opium smuggers and enemies
both of the United States and Chinese pro-
gress. We must regard it with great sus-
piciOn and wait for further news before COM


10 m
Year: 1869

PEELED to keep surf boats and life preservers
always In readiness in case of accident We
believe the law requires them to do 50 but in
this, as In many other cases where human lite
is at stake, the law is q dead letter.