smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

A REroRr. DIREor.-A clergyman
from q neighboring town and one Of hi.
elderly parishoners we're walking home
from church one icy day last winter ,whe n
the old gentleman slipped and fell fat
on his back. The minister, looking at
him moment,and being assured that he
was not hurt, said to him-aMy friend
sinners stand on slippery places" rhe
old gentleman looked up as if to assure
himself Of the fact, and said. II see they
do; but / CAM t.
Year: 1859

NCthing that affects our influence
is Of little importance. Our position
in society depends much upon oul
manners. A lady is known more by
her manners than by her dress. Silks,
velvcts and laccs can be bought by
money. The proprietes Of life arc
learned only by a delicate tact, and
an acquaintance with good society.


Home politeness is rarely consider.
ed as OF SO much Importance as tire
ally is. We are too often inclined to
treat strangers with more respect than
those Of our own household. Child
ren, especially, are supposed TO have
no particular claim upon our polite.
ness, and are often treated with as lit
tie consideration as the dogs which
they pet. Ii we would have our chill.
dren civil to ourselves and to others
we must be civil to them. A request
is often better than 4 command. A
kind "thank you," is u return the
smallest favor may claim. Children
and servants are entitled to our po-
liteness as well as guests and strang.
crs.


If We would be civil abroad, we
must be civil in our own home. We
must cultivate the beautiful in onr
daily lite. We must seek for the per
feet in our manners, as in Our morals:
and no where should we seek to shed
such radiance as when surrounded
by those whom we love, and who look
up to rs as patterns of what they
should be. Home should be the sane
tuary of all that is hOliest, of all that
is attractive and charming. There
we should be the most agreeable and
lovely, and there we should endeavor
10 develope our idea of perfection.


If we always practice what we
know, We shall ever be learning more.
Ii we allow ourselves to become care
less in our manners and mode OF life,
it will soon be obvious that we are
tending to barbarism. We can scarce
ly be too particular in regard to our
manners in private. y true lady is a
lady everywhere-in her own room as
surely as in tue most fashionable par
lor.


"The greatest danger in home life"
writes Timothy Titcomb, "springs
from its familiarity. Kindred hearts,
gathered at common freside, are far
too apt to relax from the pToprieties
Of social life. Careless language and
o careless attire are too apt to be in.
dulged in, when the eye of the world
is shut off, and the ear of the world
rannot hear" If We suffer ourselves
to be overcome by this danger, we
need not seek to appear well when we
most desire it. We must have high
idea Of what we may be, that we may
continually strive for Advancement
THE higher you aim, the higher you
will reach" is remark OF Fenelon
that fairly imprinted itself on my mind
and it has helped me many times to
set my standard, where, without its
influence, never could have planted
it. .....


We should not be satisfied with
anything but the best to which we may
attain. The snares, and labors, and
weariness Of life often tempt us to dis
couragement, but we must be Of good
courage. We must remember that
we cannot afford to lose any good we
may have obtained. We must not
suffer our manners to deteriorate, but
rather let them improve, that we may
be able to elevate others who have
possessed fewer advantages than our
selves.
Year: 1859

READING THE BTBLE;-I will an
swer for it, the longer you read the
Bible the moro you will like it; it will
grow sweeter and sweeter; and the
more you get into the spirit of it, the
more you will get into the spirit Of
Christ.-Romaine.
Year: 1859

The New York Evening Post announces on
the authority of private letter from an in
innate personal friend of the novelist, that
Charles Dickens will visit this country du-
ring the ensuing autum, and give the read
ings from his own works that has been so
successful in England
Year: 1859




Intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague,
Renittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb
Asue, Periodical Headache, or Bilious
Headache, and Bilious Fevers, indeed
for the whole class Of diseases origi.
mating In biliAry arrangement, caused
by the Malaria Of miasmatic countries.


No one remedy is louder called for by the
necessities of the American people than a sure
and safe cure for Fever and Ague. Such
we are now enabled to offer. with perfect
certainty that it win eradicate the disease,
and with assurance, founded on proof, that
no harm can arise from its use in any guam
tity.


That which protects from or prevents this
disorder must be Of immense service In the
communities where it prevails. Prevention il
better than cure, for the patient escapes the
risk which he must run in violent attacks of
this baleful distemper. This "CuRE" expels
the miasmatic poison of FEVER AND AauH
from the system and prevents the develop
ment Of the disease. If taken on the first ap-
proach Of its premonitory symptoms 1t is
not only the best remedy ever yet discovered
for this class of complaints, but also the
cheapest. The large quantity we supply for
dollar brings it within the reach Of every
body; and in bilious districts, where FEVER
AND AuuE prevails, every body should have It
and use it freely both for cure and protection.
1t is hoped this price will place it within the
reach Of all-the poor as well as the rich. A
great superiority Of this remedy over any
other ever discovered for the speedy and GER
tain cure of Intermittents is, that It contains
no Quinine or mineral, consequently it pro-
duces no quinism or other injurious effects
whatever upon the constitution. Those cured
by it are left as healthy as if they had never
had the disease.


Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence
Of the miasmatic poison. A great variety Of
disorders arise from its irritation, among which
are Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Headache,
Blindness, Toothache. Earache, Catarrh. Asth-
ma, Palpitation, Painful Affection of the
Spleen, Mysteries, Pain in the Bowels, Colic,
Paralysis, and Derangement of the Stom ach.
all of which, when originating in this ce,ase,
put on the intermittent type, or become period
ical. This CURE" expels the poison from
the blood, and consequently cures them all
alike. 1t is an invaluable protection to immi-
grants and persons travelling or temporarily
residing in the malarious districts. If taken
occasionally or daily while exposed to the in
fection, that will be excreted from the system,
and cannot accumulate in sufficient quantity
to rpen into disease. Hence it is even more
valuable for protection than cure. and few will
ever suffer from Intermittents, if they avail
themselves Of the protection this remedy af-
fords
Year: 1859

a QUARTER.-A boy worked hard all day
for quarter of 4 dollar. With the quarter he
bought apples, and took them to town and
sold them in the street for dollar. With the
dollar he bought sheep. The sheep brought
him a lamb, and her fleece another dollar.
With the dollar he bought him another sheep.
The next spring he had two sheep; two lambs
and yearling sheep. The three heeces he
sold for three dollars, and bought three more
sheep. He now had six, with a fair prospect.
He worked where he found an opportunity,
for hay, corn and oats, and pasturing for his
sheep. He took the best care of them and
soon had flock. Their wool enabled him to
buy pasture for them, and by the time he
was twenty one he had fair start in life, and
all from quarter earned in one day.
Year: 1859

nsn- a correspondent of San Francisco pa
per says men go to the Legislature to make laws
for the State The fellow is a muggins, and
don't know much If he would just keep run
of the Legislative proceedings, he would learn
taht part of their duty is to cut out work fol
Congress to do. Already they have instructed
Congressman on many points. The affairs o.
Kansas also come within the scope of their of.
fetal duties. Many of them, indeed, manifest
more interest touching the affairs ofthe people
of that Territory than of those of California
Its a pity that such do not go to that land o.
their love-
Year: 1859

THE CALIFORNIA PANTUER.-The California
Painter is cowardly animal, and never attacks
a man except impelled by extreme hunger or
danger to its young. Speaking of this animal
the 4lta says:


When full grown Panther sees a man he
usually starts at once to run, and he will often


flee from dog alone. A gentleman of our ac-
quaintance once out hunting and was
creeping through some brush and timber to get
near to deer, when he felt heavy body strike
his back. He started very suddenly, and looked
round, and saw a Panther, which had jumped
down upon him from tree. The beast seemed
more astonished than the man, and, after star
ing for minute, started and fed at full speed.
He had probably mistaken the buff coat of the
hunter for calf or deer
Year: 1859

SHASTA CoScURs.-fhe Sonora Herald sug-
gests that the miners make a united effort
throughout the State against the Chinese work
ing in the mines. The Herald will perceive that
the miners of this county " concur" They are
determined to use all proper means to rid them
selves of this vile and most disgusting nuisance.
Year: 1859

A NOBLE SENTIMENT Some true heart
has given expression to IT'S generous ma
ture in the following beautiful sentiment;


Never deserta friend when the enemies
are around him--when sickness falls on the
heart,- when the world is dark and cheer.
less is the time to try true friend. They
who turn from the scene Of distress bctray
their hypocrisy, and prove that interest
moves them. If you have a friend who
loves you and studies your interest and
happiness, be sure to sustain him, Let
him feel his that former Kindness is ap-
preciated, and that his love is snot thrown
away. Real fidelity may be rare, but it
exists in the heart Who has not seen
and felt its power2 They deny its worth
who neverloyed friend or labored to make
friend happy.
Year: 1859

NARA Kentucky paper says it is get
ting to be fashionable in that quarter to
enclose a dollar with marriage notices
when sending them to the printer. A
go0dly custom that ought to prevail every
where.


Six dollars to the printer and priest,


No sensible man could refuse


Five dollars to render him best


And one to publish the news
Year: 1859

III ~


A popular lecturer at Chicago lately advo.
Gated with some plausibilify, the drinking and
dancing customs of other countries, as means
of promoting social intercourse. and adding to
the animation and grace of general society
To this the congregational Herald replies
with some very apt remarks:


The value of social life has been unduly
magni6ed. 1t lis of far less moment than do
mestic life. That q man should please and
entertain his neighbors or acquaintahces, for
few o Lents or hours, it may be. while he
is with them dHiudles into insigni6cance by
the side of the question, whether he makes
happy the companion of his life. and his chill
dren whose veal or woe for time and eternity,
depend much on fathers influence. That q
woman shonld be fascinating at the social
party what is it compared with shedding the
radiance of love and Kindness on husband and
children in her family. Any social life that
would interfere with these most sacred home
duties, will prove curse, not alone to the
families Immediately affected, but to society at
large. We shall owe no gratitude to him
who shall so solve the social problem as TO
disturb the happiness of the 6reside.
Year: 1859

There died in Geneva an old man of the
ly left -hehind him an immense fortune. bat
also character for extended henevolence
And the Tsraelites came from far and near to
attend his funeral Such a collection of no.
ses had not been seen in Geneva within liv-
ing memory. And there we're Rabbis of Ga.
neva, who made fac speeches, and there were
Rabbis from other lands who spoke also, and
they all praised him who had gone to sit in


Now there was one Rabbi from Calmar in
France who opened his mouth wide in praise
of the departed brother.


He spake and said: Twenty years ago,
when passed. poor, starving wanderer. thro'
this town of Geneva, this good man lent me
two hundred francs to ease my rough road
toward Calmar and never to this day has he
asked me for farthing of the interest or cap.
ital of that kind loan. He will 6ud his re.
ward in Heaven. Hallelujah, Amen eAF


Thus spake the Rabbi and departed again
toward his home, with his beard wet with
tears. B 1t lo,I when he arrived in the bosom
of his numerous family, there came to him a
summons to appear before court. The
heirs at-law of the defnnet Rothschild had q
bill against him for two hundred francs, that
he was Obliged to pay. With many groans.
be was compelled also to disburse compound
interest for twenty years, and the tears which
he had shed were of no avail. The heirs had
brought the entire Jewish community of Ge.
true the trite saying thou shalt not kiss the
dead. Foreign Correspondence.
Year: 1859

A GRANDMoTHER AT TwENTY-SH YEARS
We bave been informed Of remarka-
bic instance Of early development in Frank
lin county. It is that Of negro woman
belonging to q gentleman in that county,
who gave birth to female child at IA
years of age. The daughter improved up
on the example of her mother, and gave
birth to child at ii years Of age. So
that there is only difference Of 26 years
between the ages of grandmother and
granddaughter. Richmond DisPatch
Year: 1859

D3@ An extraordinary circumstance took
place at Oshawa, Canada, recently, mare
giving birth to three healthy foals. Strange
TO say, the mother took fright at the singu-
lar predcament in which she found herself
placed, and ran off and left her offspring
After little persuasion, however, she con-
sented to own one of them, and gave it
food, but would have nothing to do with
the other two, one Of which she kicked so
as to cause lis DEATH The other forsaken
one has been carefully nursed by hand, and
is doing well.
Year: 1859

The following was originally printed in 1869, an
has been recalled to the mind of some book worm b.
the publication of Charles Eeades new novel:
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song
Love that is too hot and strong


Burneth soon to waste.
Still would not have thee cold,
Not too backward or too bold
Love that llsteth till It's old


Fadeth not in haste.
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song
If thou lowest me too much
1t will not prove as true as touch,
Love me little, more than such,


For fear the end.
lam with little well content,
And little from thee sent
Is enough with true intent
To be steadiast friend.
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song.
Say thou lov'st me while thou live,
to thee my love will give,
Never dreaming todeceive


While that life endure:
Nay, and after DEATH in sootb,
! to thee will keep my truth,
As now, when in my May of youth,


This my love assures.
Love me little, love me long,
..H Is the burden of my song.
Constant love Is moderate ever,
And it will through lie psrsevere
Give me that, with true endeavOr
will it restore.
suit Of durance let it be,
For all weabers that for me
For the land or for the sea,


Lasting evermore.
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden Of my song.
Winters cold, or summers heat,
Autumn's tempest on it beat,
can never know defeat,


Never can rebel.
Such the love that would gain,
Such the love l tell thee plain,
Thou must give or WOO in vain;
SO to thee farewell.
Love me long, love me long,
Is the burden of my song.
Year: 1859

About the only really interesting feature Of
the great Union-saving meeting in New York,
was the letter OF ex-President Fillmore The
wholesome truths it tells, and its out-spoken
manly tone, commend it to favor, and go far to
soften the effect Of his Albany speech during
the last presidential canvass. 1t must have had
a refreshing influence upon meeting that had
no admonilion to utter against the treason SEN
timents which have been the staple Of nearly all
the democratic speeches in congress during the
present session. Here is a sample


'In an evil hour, this Pandora'S box of
slavery was again opened by what | con-
ceive to be an unjuStitiahe attempt TO force
slavery into Kansas by the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and the flood of evils
now swelling and threatening to overthrow
the Constitution, and sweep away the foun.
dations Of the government itself, and del
uge this land with fraterDal blood, may all
be traced to this unfortunate act. What
ever might have been the motive, few acts
have ever been so barren of good, and so
fruitful Of evil. The contest has exasperat-
ed the public mind, North and South, and
engendered feelings of distrust, and, may
say hate, that fear it will take years to
wear away. The Iamentahle tragedy at
Harper'S Ferry is clearly traceable to this
unfortunate controversy about slavery in
Kansas"
Year: 1859

to the election and stand by the Union.
even though the congressional delegation
from Georgia, as gravely announced by
Mr.. Crawford, shall seek to prevent the
Inauguration Of the new president. Nay
even though every state 10 the Union
north, south, east and west, shall repudiate
the election, Maryland will insist on obedi-
ence to the federal government, and rally
to the flag Of the Union


Baltimore Patriot.


Our noble band of sisters, all embarked
in on common bottom, need not be taught
their duty by set Of gassy, politicians
such as are likely to constitute the staple
of southern convention Is there the
most remote probability Of another aboli
tion raid into a southern state, after the ter
rible lesson that has been taught the trans.
gressors ? We think there is not, and
that the present agitation fora southern
convention either a senseless cry from timid,
panic-stricken would-be leaders of the peo-
pie, or q well planned scheme for an ulteri-
or purpose which It is not prudent
to avow. If the former, we regard it as
wild, Missionary and supremely ridiculous.


Sarannah Ga Republican.


We need hardly say that deeply
as we should regret the election of black
republican as president, we should be far
from regarding such an event as o plea for
diSsoIVing the Union. While we have
constitution and laws, we Of the South,
equally with the North, are bound to nc.
queSce in the choice of chief magistrate,
legally and constitutionaly effected. As
well might the North invoke the union as
the sole remedy, in case Henry A. Wise, or
any other STAKEHOLDER, should be elected
president. Whomsover the people may
elevate to the highest Office in their gift,
the South should respect, until either
through his own action, or that Of hostile
Congress, some law should be pasesd plain.
ly aud palrably at war with the guarantees
of the constitution and the rights and lib-
ertis of the slaveholding states.


New Orleans Bee.
Year: 1859

BaE- We should like to have our demo-
cratic friends commit the following to
memory. The hope that many entertain
that there may yet be Constitutional
process" Confederation of States" is
an old idea. The following is what George
Washington, in letter to Lafayette said
upon the subject:


" l agree with you cordially in your
views in regard to negro slavery. l have
long considered it most serious evil, both
socially and politically and l should rejoice
in any feasible scheme to rid our States of
such a burden. The Congress of 1887,
adopted an ordinance which prohibits the
existence of involuntary servtude in our
Northwestern territory forever. / consider
it wise measure. 1t met with the ap-
proval and consent Of nearly every mem
Der from the States more Immediately in.
terested in slave labor. The prevailing
opinion in Virginia is against the spread Of
slavery in our new Territories, and I trust
'0s shall haze confederation of Free States" {"
Year: 1859

acquainted. AZ high tide three fathoms OF
water can be carried in, but only twelve
feet at low tide. For this reason small
ships should only venture to cross the bar,
which assumes to strangers very formidable
appearance After crossing the bar the
water deepens to FIVE, aud soon after to
seven fathoms, which depth is found in
nearly every part. The entrance is between
low sand pits, and not more than thous.
and yards apart. From this the lake opens
at once, and presents broad and fine-Iook.
ing expanse Of water. It abounds in seal
and whale. Our informant, in speaking oe
the latter, remarked, that the place was
alive with them II is not likely that they
will prove so abundant after the approach
ing whaling feet have killed of the GOV
whales and driven them from their ancient
haunt. The Mexican Government, quick
to profit by the enterprise and industry Of
others, have already established an agent
there, who exacts tonnage duties from all
vessels entering for whaling purposes. The
waters being generally smooth, tho fisher.
les are pursued with case and success


Other valuable resources have been dis
covered in this lake. In it are Eve islands,
situated toward the western border, two OF
which arc found to contain immense deposits
of guano, and more or less exists on oil the
Others. The largest island is about three
miles long by mile in width, and on this
alone it is estimated that there are upwards
of two hundred thousand tons of guano.
Year: 1859

Henry Ward Beocher has "realiz-
ing sense Of what good coffee is. Ho
writes thus:


Breakfast is ready. A most useful
and salutary custom is that Of break
fast. One may work with the hand
without breakfast, but not with the
head-the machine must be wound up.
The blue must be taken out Of your
spirits, and the gray out Of your eyes
A cup of coffee-real coffee 49, home
Drowned, home ground, home. made, that
comes TO you as dark as a hazel eye,
but changes to a golden bronze as you
temper it with cream, from its birth,
thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly sweet,
neither lumpy nor frOthing ou the Java;
such a cup of coffee is a match for
twenty devils, and will exercise them
all. Involuntarily one draws ia his
breath by the nostrils. The fragrant
SAVIOR fills his senses with pleasure; for
no coffee can be good in the mouth, that
does not FIRST send a sweet Offering Of
odor to the nostrils."
Year: 1859

Something of the popularity Of the
war movement in France may be learned
from the fact that in the department of
Seine alone, $4,000 young men have
already volunteered, many Of them Of
very superior station.
Year: 1859

The Board Of army engineers sent by
to inspect the bridge at
Rock Island have pronounced it an i'm
pedimeut to navigation, and recommend.
ed its removal, as applied for by the st.
Louis Chamber of Commerce.
Year: 1859

The Cincinnati Observatory is TO be
removed from its present location. The
constantly increasing smoke Of the city
makes the atmosphere so obscure as to
render the great telescope useless dur
ing the greater part of the "a hours.
Year: 1859

Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail at the twilght's last


cleaning,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the


perilous fight,
Ger the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly


streaming
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in


air,


Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still


there;


Oh say, does the Star r-Spangled Banner yet wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dmy seen through the mists of the
Where the foes naughty host in dread silence


reposeS,
What is that which the breeze Ger the towering
As ii tittully blows, half conceals half dscloses
Now II catches the gleam of the mornings first


BEAM
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream,
lis the Star-Spangled Banner. oh long may 1t
Der the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh thus be ii ever, when Freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and foul wars desoa-


ton;
Blest with vct'ry and peace may the Heav'n res


cucd land


Praise the name that has made and preserved US


Nation;
Then conquer we must, for our cause is so just
And this be our motto-''In God is our trust :"
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall



Ger the land of the free and the home of the brave!