smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

: For US to be able to see objects
clearly and distinctly, it was ne
cessary that the eye should be
J kept moist and clean. For Ahis
purpose it is furnished with a lit
tie gland, from which flows q
watery fluid (tears) which is spread


over the eye by the lid, and is


afterwards swept off by it, and


runs through hole in the bone


to the inner surface of the nose,


where the warm air, passing over


it while breathing, evaporates it.,


1t is remarkable that no such gland


can be found in the eye Of the


fish, as the element in which they


live answers the purpose.


If the eye had not been fur
nished with a liquid to wash it,


and lid to sweep it off, things


would appear as they do when we


look through dusty glass. Along


the edges of the eyelids there are
a great number Of little tubes or
glands, from which flows an oily
substance, which spreads over the
surface of the skin, and thus pre-
vents the edges from becoming
sore and irritated, and it also
helps to keep the tears within the
lid.


There are also six little mus
cles attached to the eye, which
enables us to move it in every
direction; and when we consider
the different motions they are
capable of giving to the eyes, we
cannot but admire the goodness
of Him who formed them, and
has thus saved US the trouble Of
turning our heads every time we
wish to view an object.


Although the eyes of some an
imals ars incapable of molten, as .
the fly, the beetle and otherinsects,
yet the Creator has shown his
wisdom and goodness in furnish
ing their eyes with thousands oflit-
tie globes, and by placing their
eyes in front of their heads, so
that these little insects can see
almost all around them without
turning their heads.


A gentleman who has examin-
ed the head of a fly, says that
the two eyes of a common one
IRE composed of 5000 little globes,
through every one of which it is
capable of forming an object
Having prepared the eye of the
iy for the purpose, and placed it
before the microscope and then
ooked through both, in the man
Ter of the telescope, at a steeple
which was 229 feet high, and $50,
eet distant, he says he could
plainly see through every little
hemisphere, the whole steeple In
7erted or turned upside down.
Year: 1867

There's a jolly Saxon proverb


That is pretty much like this
That man is half in heaven
When he has woman's kiss.
But there's danger in delaying,


And the sweetness may forsake it;
So l tell you, bashful lover,


If you want kiss, why take it.
Never let another fellow


Steal march on you in this;
Meyer let laughing maiden


See you spelling for kiss.
There's royal way to kissing,


And the jolly ones who make it
Have motto that is winning


If you want kiss, why take it.
Any fool may face a cannon,


Anybody wear crown;
But a man must win woman,


If he'd have her for his own.
Would you have the golden.apple,
You must find the tree and shake it;
If the thing is worth the having,
And you want kiss, why take it.
Who would burn upon desert,
With forest smiling by?
Who would give his sunny summer
For bleak and wintry sky?
Oh! ] tell you there is magic,
And you cannot, cannot break it;
For the sweetest part of loving
Is to want kiss and-take it.
Year: 1867

TRUTH WELL STATED.-It is not
often that we find the truth from
a Radical source so freely admitted
and we'll stated, as it is in the fol
lowing from the New York Times


cit is impossible that the whites
and the blacks of the South should
be mustered into opposition camps
politically, without a consequent
hostility in all the relations of
life. The only hope lies in har-
mony of sentiment, based on a
conviction of harmony of interest.
And the systematic crusade which
is now going on, which tends di-
rectly to a disturbance Of these
relations, may we'll cause disquiet
and resentment to the whites in
the Southern States"
Year: 1867

Not many months ago, says IN


Pittsburg Sunday Leader, a youn
divinity student of this city, mod


est yet brimful of talent, ant


earnest in his profession, receives


a call to one of the most pleasan
jcities of Northern Ohio. II,


deemed it his duty to accept, ant
in a brief time won the love ant


admiration of his flock. He no


only graced the pulpit in his gos
Ipel ministrations, but was the life


and spirit of the social circle


No gathering of the young folks


of the congregation was complete


without the parson. He possessed


the happy faculty of entering into


all their amusements without in


the least compromising the dignity


Of his sacred Office. He was a


good preacher and a good fellow,


and especially the admired of all


the ladies. But it was not to be
thus always. At a party given


by one of his flock not many weeks
ago, at which our ministerial friend
was present, he was openly chal-
lenged by a mischievous and fun
loving damsel, just budding into
the full charms of a perfect wo-
manhood, to kiss her. Did he
accept the challenge? We rather
think he did. Could any one re-
sist the sparkle of those bright
eyes, or the mischievous pout of
pair of cherry lips that would
haye tempted the good st. Antho-
ny from his propriety? In the
presence of the whole company he
overcame the wellfeigned struggles
of the young lady, and brushed
from her dewy lips salute as chaste
as Diana, to say nothing of its be-
ing delicious as nectar or KnoXs
strawberries. But, alas for our
young divine! The kissing did
not meet the approval of the old
er heads of the church. The dea-
cons and elders and the sanity old
ladies, who either never had young
blood in their veins, or had forgot
ten its quality in the sluggishness
Of vitality, met in solemn conclave
and voted the proceeding-our
young clergyman's kiss-a mon
strous breach of ministerial privi-
lege, and deserving of public CEN
sure and reprobation. Not one of
them would have objected had he
kissed one of the mothers in Israel;
the crime was not in the kiss itsIlf
but in that the kisser and kissee
were both young and ardent
The upshot of the whole affair
was that the young clergyman
got notice that his conduct in the
kissing aforesaid had brought grave
reproach upon the church, and
bis resignation would be accepta-
bic. He resigned, Of course, and
is at home awaiting another call
and this is the penalty he pays
for that unfortunate kiss.
Year: 1867

The editor of the Clark County
wis Advocate, who recently no.
titled his readers that he should
publish no paper the following
week as he was going out of town
on business, makes the subjoined
queer announcement in his last is
sue: "Mrs. M. (the other J of us)
has returned from her trip to Min
nesota, and resumes her old posi-
ton at the case; for which we gra-
ciously promise bed and board, if
she can live on faith, wear short
dresses and vote our ticket in
1868"
Year: 1867




To Cory MANUsCRIPT.-The fol-
lowing was communicated to the
Society at Paris by Charles Caque-
lent:


Put a little sugar in common
writing ink and with this, write
on common writing paper, sized as
usual. When a copy is required,
take some unsized paper, and mois-
ten it lightly with a sponge, and
apply the wet paper to the wri-
ting and pass lightly over the un.
sized paper a moderate heated
iron and a copy is Immediately
produced.
Year: 1867

A new feature in the New York
Prostitution bill requires all per-
sons frequenting houses of ill-fame
to first receive a permit from the
Board of Police. This is pro-
nounced a beautiful idea.
Year: 1867

A cross-grained old bachelor
says that "tin" is the fayorite
belle metal now-a-days.-Er.


Probable true, tut it must not
be forgotten that there is also O
great deal Of virtue in brass.
Year: 1867

repaired to the rural districts; but to a
much greater extent by the accessions
which are every day made to the popula-
tion of Richmond.


In view of these facts, would it not be
well for capitalists to turn their attention
to building7 No period could be more
auspicious than the present. Real estate
(unimproved) is selling below its intrinsic
value, and our master mechanics are pre-
pared to enter into contracts at very low
prices. We know Of recent investments
in real estate which are paying as much as
fifteen per cent. on the amount invested,
and no good citizen could desire more.
We throw out the suggestion, and hope to
see those who have the means act upon it
at once.
Year: 1867

1t is not too much to say that of all the
languages of the earth, the English makes
in ivs written form, the widest and most
extravagant use of letters. To spell Eng,
lish has been pronounced the "most diff
cult of human attainmcnts," and if it be
considered that there is not one well-edu-
Gated man in a thousand who has gained
the mastery over this art, the epigram will
be found as true as it is pointed. Formerly
the modern device ofspacing was unknown
and if the words of the manuscript did not
exactly correspond to the length of the
line, the printer clipped or added letters al
bis pleasure, as towards for toward, &C.
Sc.-Ne,r York Times.
Year: 1867

A SOLDIER WANTS TO GET Our OF
SERyIcE.-On yesterday Judge Meredith
awarded a writ Of habeas corpus to William
James Keebler, who petitioned that he
was in custody at the Libby prison. He
is native of Georgia, and enlisted in the
United States army during last January
(then under sixteen years Of age) without
the consent of his mother, his only sur
viVing parent, and now claims his release
on the ground that the Government had
no right to enlist him at that age, even
with the consent of his parents.


The writ is made returnable tomorrow
before the Circuit Court of Richmond.
Year: 1867

INTERESTING LETTER WRITTEN BY MAX
MILAN JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH.-The
following letter was written By Macmillan
two days before his execution:
Quect0ro, Prison of Las CdpuChinas,
18th of June, 1S67.-Dear Baron Lago,
Minister Of Austria to Mexico: am done
with this world my very last wishes are
in regard only to my mortal remains,
which will soon be freed from all pain, and
in regard to those who must survive me.
My physician, DR.. Basch, will have my
body brought to Vera Cruz. He will be
accompanied only by my two servants,
Gull and Tudos. | have ordered that my
body be transported without any pomp or
solemnity to Vera Cruz, and that on board
the vessel that is to bring it to Europe no
unusual ceremony take place. l have
awaited death calmly, and wish to be
left in the same stiffness while in my coffin.
You will take measures, my dear Baron,
so that DR.. Basch and my two servants,
who take my body in care, may accompany
it to Europe on one of the two war vessels.
Over there wish to be buried beside my
poor wife.


If the news of my poor wife's death
should not prove true, my body should be
placed somewhere until the Empress re-
join me in death. Have the goodness to
see that the necessary orders be forwarded
to Captain Groeller.


Have also the goodness to take measures
so that the widow of my faithful compa-
nion in arms, Miramon, can 60 to Europe
on one Of the war vessels. | reckon the
more on the fnfilment of this request as
she is charged by me to remain with my
mother at Vienna.


again thank you from my heart for the
trouble which you take on my account,
and remain your well-wishing


MACMILLAN, NJ. P.
Year: 1867

FUEI. SUpPLIEs.-Our enterprising fuel
dealers (now quite numerous in Richmond)
have made such arrangements for full sup
plies as will elIectually prevent an ex-
haustion the coming winter. Heretofore
Especially when there has been pro-
tracted cold season. coal and wood have
generally fallen very far short of the de-
mand. Those who have been the longest
and most extensively engaged in the trade
say they have never known the market
more abundantly supplied than now. This
will be encouraging information to many of
moderate means, who are unable to pur-
chase only as their necessities may de-
mand.
Year: 1867

PETITION TO ABATE A NUIsASCE.-At
the special meeting of the Council held
Monday afternoon last petition numcr-
ously signed by persons residing in the
vicinity of Clay and Fourth streets was
presented. This petition sets forth that
the circus and accompanying exhibitions
which have been heretofore he'd in the
locality mentioned were great nuiSances,
inasmuch as they seriously annoyed the
peace and quiet of the citizens residing
thereabouts, and prays that the Council
will grant such relief as may be in its
power. The petition was referred to the
Committee on Police, who are fully en-
powered to take such action in the matter
as they may deem right and proper.
Year: 1867

FINE ToBACCo.-Several specimen leaves
of very fine article of tobacco grown
this season in the county Of Powhatan have
been left with us, and may be now seen at
the Dispatch counting room. These leaves
, measure thirty four inches in length, and
are seventeen inches wide. The only
fertilizer used in the culture of this
tobacco was that made by the Southern
Fertilizing Company of Richmond. Its
enriching qualities have been most salts
factorily established in this instance.
Year: 1867

The VOTING YEsTERDAY.-The voting
yesterday in Monroe and Jefferson Wards
progressed quietly and slowly throughout
the day. A small vote as compared with
the two days previous was polled. We
append the result:
Year: 1867

A NUIsANCE.-A dead horse attracted
a considerable crowd of boys and loafers
10 the corner Of Main and Twentieth
streets yesterday afternoon. If the wea-
ther continues as hot as it was yesterday,
and the animal is not removed at an early
hour to-day, but few will be able to remain
in the vicinity.
Year: 1867

House, 1t is high time the American
Congress should in conslderate man
ner settle this much agitated question
in some form or another, and no longer
banter over the scheme Of every member
who is pleased to present one,
Year: 1867

SURRATT.- No information has yet
been received at the Navy Department
from the steamer Swatara with Surratt,
the conspirator, on board. 1t will be re-
membered that the Swatara sailed for
home on the 4th Of January, and it was
then thought that she would reach here
by the lst of February if she should
make the trip under steam. The Wash
ington Star says that the cause of her
non-arrival is that it was necessary for
her to come a great portion Of the dis
tance under sail. Being third-rate
steamer, she can carry but a small guam
tity Of coal, and her commander not
wishing to stop at any ports, it is very
probable that he uses sail whenever the
weather permits. 1t may be week or
two yet before her arrival. As before
stated, She will come Immediately to the
Washington Navy Yard, should the
river permit, and the prisoner will be
handed over to Marshal GoodiDg for
safe keeping until the trial. 1t is not
improbable that the Swatara may be
used for the prison-ship should the jail
not be deemed sufficiently secure.
Year: 1867

The FBNIAN OUTBRBAK.-The Fenian
uprising in Ireland cannot amount to
anything and indeed it seems to have
been nearly put down already, after a
brief day of riot and outrage in Killar-
ney. But the news Of the rising has
been sufficient to fire anew the Fenian
heart here, and there is great excitement
among the members Of the brotherhood
at New York and elsewhere. John H.
Gleason, who took the place of Stephens
as central organizer, few weeks ago,
has issued an order that the various Fe-
nian circles hold public meetings as
soon as possible to devise means to CO.
operate with the revolutionists, and in
order to get up as much enthusiasm as
possible, the leaders say the two vessels
which were reported on the coast Of Ire
land were sent from this country, where
the organization under Stephens was
most severely denounced, and they also
assert that Stephens is in Ireland at the
head of three hundred officers, nearly all
of them from this country. There is
probably a very small modiCum OF truth
in these reports but no matter for that
if they only have the eject TO get the
"funds' flowing in again, which is
what the leaders seem to care the most
about.


OF the Irish county OF Kerry, where
the rising took place, we find the follow
ing brief Typographical and historical
| description;


The rising has taken place in rug
ged, mountainous country, the county of
| Kerry, where the peasantry familiar
with every foot Of territory, could easily
| evade and bid defiance to a considerable
! body of troops. The shannon river on
/ the north and the Atlantic on the west
render it accessible to aid from the
! ocean, and it is a significant fact that
! for months past it has been rumOred
| that native pilots from the Shannon
/ have been in this country in the pay OF
the Feuians. The SlievenamOU and Gal
tees mountains are full Of historic in
terest. 1t was along this range that the
Earl OF Essex, with thirty thousand
troops, suffered defeat in 1899, the spot
where the battle was fought being known
as the Pass of Plumes, from tie number
of British cavalrymen who fell in the
strife. The Slievenamon hills were the
scence of Smith 0'Brien's rising in 184S.
Kerry is a maratime county in the south
west of Ireland, with the estuary Of the
Shannon river as its northern boundary
the Atlantic ocean on its western edge,
and the counties of Limerick and Cork
forming its southern and eastern bound.
ary. It's population is about two hun
dred thousand persons, a large proper
ton of whom speak only the Irish
tongue. This region is extremely wild
rugged and mountainous. The town o


Killarney, where the ''rising" is said tt
have taken place, is situated near th'
center of the county Kerry on tht
famous lake of the same name. 1t ha:
q population of some SIX or seven thou
sand. Kenmare is another town in th'


county Kerry, situated on the high roac


from Cork to Cahirciveen, near to III


residence of the late Danniel OConnell


It lies in very isolated district at th
head of Kenmare bay, and has coaven


lent harbor and pier. 1t is approach


able from the ocean by vessels Of heav
| burden.
Year: 1867

Much is said, pro and con, as to the
capabilities Of Iowa for fruit growing.


Whatever its merits or demerits may be,
on this question in general, there are
some varieties Of small fruits that do as
well here as they can do anywhere, and
among them are the hardy kinds of
grapes Any farmer, with q little care,
can raise this valuable fruit in the great
est abundance, and no one should allow
the present spring to pass without set
ting out at least half dozen vines
For those who cannot give much care to
their growth we have no doubt the Con-
cord is the best grape grown, rs it will
bear more neglect than any other and is
Year: 1867

drawing mental figures-not Of srithme-
tic, but Of rhetoric and love. Oh! thefe,
out Of that last little word that slipped
of my pen has popped my secret; be-
fore l know whether you will give me
the promise have asked Of you In ex.
change for my condolences. Well, l
shall have to trust you for it.


Yes, this poor, lonely, forlorn old
bachelor scribbling dull law papers eve
ry day In his dingy Office, does love that
sweet Lilly; and he would give more
to possess and cherish it, than to be sole
owner Of all the golden mines in the
land. It almost frightens me to see
this bold avowal staring me right IN the
face In black and white. But after all,
am proud Of 1t too; for it Is an article
Of my creed, that to love nobly and
truly is ., high honor to a man or a
woman. Besides this, I know that there
II no actual danger Of any kind In my
case, because you can never find me
out. You don't know where live, nor
anything about me. So don't suspect
every Timothy you see of being me.


Neither will You ever know whether
get my Lilly, unless I chose to tell
you. I hope every day that I may, and
pray for it every night in the silence and
darkness for l believe that if one may
ask God far daily bread, it is certainly
RIGHT To nrav for love to feed the hungry
heart.
Year: 1867

Society of Friends, told the poet that
he was on his way TO contract for a lot
Of oak timber. which he new would bo
used in building gunboats at Ports
mouth, and asked him whether he
thought 1t was exactly in consis, ency
with the peace doctrines of the Quaker
denomination. Without saying any
thing calculated to decide the question
the two friends arrived at their parting
place, when Whittier shaking his
friends hand, said: Moses If tree does
furnish any of that oak timber thee
spoke of be sure it is all sound.n
Year: 1867

atcd with limited liability; and every worker
therefor is entitled to become stockhOlder
therein to the extent of his means. Who
shall say that this is nothing, since they
do not own what they cannot pay for?


Mr.. G.. j. Holyoake of London, whose his
tory of this movement, now before us, is no
less interesting than his account of Co0pcra-
"tion in Rochdale,n which we noticed years
ago, gives a curious example of one of the
obstacles inteposed to the easy success Of
such efforts by the very abuses they seek to
overcome. In one recent instance, resO-
Lutte effort was made to extirpate adultcratiOn
"a prevalent commercial crime, which is under
mining the health of millions. A stock of the
purest and best old Java coffee was purchased
by London philanthropist, and offered for
sale in one of the poorest quarters of the great
metropolis, with intent to run out the miserable
stuff usually retailed as ground coffee but
the public taste had been so corrupted by long
use that it preferred the flavor of the current
mixture of burnt rye and ground peas to that
of the genuine berry so the attempt had to
be abandoned.


If any publisher in this city will reprint Mr..
Holyoabes pamphlet, we shall be glad to give
him our copy.
Year: 1867

We would gladly deem all men honest if they
would let MS. We always wish to believe that
those whose views differ from ours are sincerely
intent on promoting the public good; yet, when
anti-Resumptonsts tell us that they wish to
get back to specie payments so fast and so
soon as we safely can-that they differ with
us as to the means, not as to the cnd-we are
compelled to say that then acts do not tally
with their words.


the Iron Age-cOntestng the sOundneSs OF
Hon. +. A. Conkling's Resumption resolves
submitted to the Chamber of Commerce-asks ::


"what the legal money OF the United staesl Is IL


III the former what need Of any agitation this sub
ecti II the latter, would not change from paper to
metallic currency increase the amount Of the indebted
ness of the community % per cents


els it just that debts contracted In currency should be
paid in gold at greater value y


Who does not see that the above queries
point directly to eternal insolvency as the only
just, bencicent policyg For, if it be unjust
to resume so that debts contracted when the
premium on gold was % per cent or over shall
be paid after Resumption, it is clearly unjust
to require men to pay nOlC debts contracted
when the premium on gold was over 80 per
cent kThe very decided approach to Specie
Payments already made since Lee surrendered
is just as wrong and oppressive AS full Re-
sumption would now be, according to The Ages
logic.


Probably, One-thrd of the real estate Of the
country was under mortgage in 1S6O-every
mortgage debt having been contracted when
gold and paper were at par. In the course of
our great struggle at least half these mort
cages were paid OFF, most of them when gold
was from 90 to 100 per cent premium. Now, then,
if it be unjust TO require payment i'll full when
gold and paper shall again be at par of debts
contracted when gold was at 30 to 40 per cent.
premium, was it not even more unjust to al
low debts contracted prior 20 the war to be
maid on, :" Legal Tender" when that was worth
so much less than cold Or must all laws be
made and construed 10 fave; &rS;3cr- &rS;3c!rc-; regard
less of " hat Is honesty due 10 clcdito.oi


If Tie Iron Age cherSbcs alY desire tlat