smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

behind the crown. The roll is scarcely an
inch deep, yet when covered with shired
SATIN it makes the small bonnet much more
dressy than were the closer fronts worn dur
ing the winter. The best Partisan milliners
have sent out this new shape in the most
expensive braids, trimmed with the richest
materials used this season.


The Nevada (Cal.) Herald has been
shown curiosity in the shape of a trout
which had become petriffed in the root of a
tree. The fish measures about six inches in
length, and shows very plainly the spots on
its sides and back. It is very perfect, and
looks almost as if ready to glide TIN ough the
water. 1t was washed out of a mining
claim about two years ago. 1t must have
run into the hole in the root of TIE tree for
hiding place and there have been caught
and petri6ed.


There is a law in force in Arizona
under which every person butchering cattle
for public use is required to file a bond in
$1,000 with the county commissioners, cons
ditioned that he viii keep the hide and ears
OF every animal killed for the space of
twenty days, for public inspection, and that
he will keep a record of all cattle purchased
by him, and of all brands and marks on
same. A fine of from fifty to one hundred
dollars is imposed for every. day on which q
butcher carries on business without having
filed such bond.


The Russian peasants, though officially
under medical supervision, find it herd to
secure the services of doctor. The physi-
clan of district with perhaps fifty thousand
inhabitants scattered over fifty square miles
can but hurriedly pass through the village
once every month. Under these circum>
stances many of the peasants, when sutferin g
from disease, resort to coniurers, who prac-
ticestheir incantatiOns with holy water, and
to the trainers of tanned bears, who lay the
sick man on the floor and compel beaI to
walk over him several times.
Year: 1879

The attention of the poorer classes is
directed to the suitability of dates as an
article, says an English exchange, OF
food at once cheap and nutritious. Dates
are extensiveiy consumed by the lower
orders in Egypt, as also by the Arabs in
the Persian Gulf, with whom oates and
bread form the principal diet: Those in
better circumstances cook them in differ
ent ways, such as frying them with q
little butter or making them into an
omelet with eggs. Formerly, the only
dates imported into the London market
were those from Egypt, called Tahlat,
which were aud are still sold by grOcers
at from eight pence to ten pence per
pound. But the Tafilat, albeit q large
and fine looking fruit, have q tough skin
and are far less EucculenJ and nutritious
than thoss now brought from Ai'BRsrah
and the Per-ian Gulf These latter are
disposed of Wholessle in boxes or straw
sacks at from ten shilliDgs to fourteen
shillings per hundred>weight, and are
hawked about the street for from two
pence to four pence per pound. a more
general demand Tor the fruit would
probably lower tie retail price; and it
would be q great boon to the poorer
classes il they could be convinced that
one pound of dates, costing about three
hslf-pence, contains as much nutriment
as half pound OF meat, ard much more
than the same weight OF many of the
articles Of food for which they pay six
or ten times the price.
Year: 1879

TIE Dutch settlers in South Africa
are exceedingly fond of rhysic, and al
though extremely penuTious in all other
ways, niggaIdly in fact to the last penny,
they will not scTuple at the slightest
symptoms of illness to send for doctor.
Should surgeon once obtain repute,
deservedly or otherwise, his fortune is
certainly made. The most ridiculous
circumstances often insure to him this
good luck, and the amount of money he
receives yearly is sometimes very sur
prising. General Cunynghsme was told
that a medical practitioner lost his credit
by simply prescribing the use of liberal
ablutions TO an elderly lady. Her hus~
band WAS dreadfully angry, making his
remonstrance in the following terms /:
" Young man, you are a stranger in this
country, and recommend new customs,
which are contrary to usages which we
know to be the true rules to health.
have been now mar led to my 'vrow' for
thirty~five ytsTs, durin4 which time
water has scarce touched her body. 1t
is not, sir, by your persuasion that such
inroads can be made into our manners
you are ignorant Of our modeof life and
do not understand our wants."
Year: 1879

The Swiss experiment of getting along
without capital punishment of crime lasted
just five years, and the penalty of death was
restored by p vote of "a to Is ia the federal
council.


More than one hundred thousand tons
of Algerian and Spanish iron ore viii be i'm
ported into the United States this year.
The iron will be used in Pennsylvania, in
competition with Lake Superior ore.


Farmers in the eastern part Of Penn
sylvania find it very profitable to raise their
spare for market. The trout pond on a farm
is becoming ss common as an orchard.


The Canadians are greatly incensed at
finding that many of their merchants, Just
before the new tariff was brought forward,
loaded up their shelves with American goods
which have escaped the duty and are now
retaiIed at an advance of 10 or 10 per cent.


English newspapers very rarely con-
tain in the obituary column notice of q
funeral, because, except in the case of an
eminent public person, 1t is not desired
that any but near relatives and very inti-
mate friends should attend, and men worth
million go TO their graves with less pomp
and parade than a New York car-driver.
A general order has been issued by
the postofice department abOlishing all
agents for the sale OF postage stamps
throughout the United States, and hereafter
the regular postofdce officials only viii be
authorized to sell stamps for the govern
msnE. This order, however, viii not pre-
vent anyone who may purchase stamps from
selling them


10 estimate what 8 bridge viii cot
any city If il is done by contract: Take the
highest figures presented by any engineer
and multiply them by the length of the
bridge in inches, point of two places, and
then add enough 20 prosecute anybody who
has anything to do with handling the funds,
and the result is-that the bridge is an OBJ
struotiOn to navigation.


The London Lancet offers this cure
for bone felon: AS soon as the pulls
which indicates the disease is felt, put dis
rectly over the spot a fly blister about the
size of thumb nail, and let it remain for
| six hours, at the expiration of which time,
directly under the surface of the blister may
/ be seen the felon, which can be instantly
taken out with the point Of a needle or 8
lancet.


The newest cottage bonnets, after
elasping the head closely, ron upward in tht


brim just above the forehead and low dow
Year: 1879

Dick plunged in than they plunged out,
and when he erswled out on the bank a
streak of dust away of through the
sage brush was all that the poor fellow
could see. Now came the tug of war
The team kept the road, and Dick knew
that by cutting across the country and
running he could head them of. There
was no one there to witness that race,
and to laugh at that big, burly, stark
naked man, outrunning the jack-rsbbits
in the valley of Beaver. When he over
took the stage and got the team under
control he didn't say much, but, picking
the cactus and the sage and the grease
wood from his limbs, he swore that if
the good Lord would forgive him that
time he would never wash any more.
And to this day Dick has kept his
promise,
Year: 1879

A colored man living in this city,
but who was slave in Virginia
before the war. still keeps up des-
ultery correspondence with frinds in
the Old Dominion. among whom, be
il said TO tbs credit OF 10th parties,
are his old master and his family.
Still another is a colored man who
used to be slave on another plan
tation. the proprietor OF which. a man
named Smith, had an unenviable
reputation for cruelty to his @hands. :"
This Smith Is now dependent on the
bounty of his FORMER slave and his
wife, who have taken him home to
their cabin. and during all the years
since the war have stood between
him and the poorhouse- But his
benefactor finds him heavy burden,
and expressed himself to this effect
In a recent letter to his Springfield
friend. The latter in his reply took
great deal OF pleasure In sending
him back, in real old frst family
Virginia style, Il should advise you
| to sell Mr. Smith"
Year: 1879

Early on Monday morning Mrs. Ann
Schneider entered one of the beer sa-
looms in Central Avenue, Jersey City.
She had been drinking. She said she
was cut of money. She asked the bar
tender to give her glass of beer. He
refused to do so, and then, he AYERS,
she offered to sell her one year old
baby for the glass of beer, became very
excited when this offer was refused, and
had to be put in charge of the police.
Year: 1879

The Knights of st. James will give their
third annual picnic and exhibition drill at
Prices Hill this afternoon and evening.
The Knights of st. Patrick will attend in a
body in the evening
Year: 1879

Even at this moment, large painting of
the majestic face of my Saviour hangs be.
fore me on my study wall But that is mere
pigment. Ten thousand-fold more real, more
inspiring, more soul.rousing is the image to
my eye of him who ever says "Look at me
learn of me-" Yes, and how earnestly he
says to all of us "Live for mel |" That
face meets all of us who profess TO be his
followers, in all the multiplied places, scenes,
and emergencies of our brief lives. Some
times we recoil from a disagreeable duty or
painful load. How promptly those lips of
our Lord seem to be speaking to us "Who-
soever will not take up his cross and come
after me is not worthy of me-" At another
time, we are cast down with disappointment
perhaps chill of despair is settling over our
hearts. Just then the dear divine face
draws very close to us, and we hear the
warm words: "Let not your heart be
troubled neither let it be afraid. Lo ]
am with you alway. My grace is sufficient
for thee" When we are tempted to resent
full word or dishonest deed, the countenance
rebukes us with the admonition, Wound
me not in the house of my friends" As
Peters tears were started by single look Of
his grieved master, so ours may well be STIR
red by every act of disloyalty to him. And
when we have come back, ashamed and dis
graced, from a cowardly desertion of the
right in an hour of sharp trial, oh, how that
face upbraids us, as Jesus seems to say
Gould ye not watch with me one hour 7"
Evermore is that divine monitor and model
before our eyes, teaching. rebuking, inspr
ing, encouraging, comforting, and guiding
us. Let me fasten my gaze on him Let
me open my ears to him Let me be ever
clinging to his garments and treading in his
footsteps, that wherever he is may be also
DR.. Cuyler in independent
Year: 1879

Fortunate indeed are the people who know
nothing, by experience, of days dropped


like beads lost from string, out of the
swift activities of life. Some of AIS know
enough of them. The world wears the same
bright face IL had on yesterday. The bees
swing homeward heavily laden. The soft
wind signs through the leaves, and the
shadows chase each other over the grass.
All is full of grace and beauty. Summer
reigns, and the earth is robed in bridal gar
ments. But what is it all to her who feels
so weary and discouraged that she cannot
lift her heart up from the darkness of de-
spondency She finds herself wishing that
u gray sky and gusts Of rain were here, to
sympathize with her mood, which is Knocked
by so much bloom and brightness. In the
city, the long, panoramic streets are never
so attractive as at this season. The win


dows fairly simmer with the display of
rainbow-hued ribbons. Fabrics of every de-
scription hang in rich folds to tempt the
gazer's eye. Gayly-dressed ladies and ele-
CANT gentlemen pass you on the promenade.
Everybody is happy and busy, eager and
glad. Everybody but yourself, and you are
aware OF discordance you are out of har-
mony with the spirit of universal good-fel-
lowship which seems to be abroad All
1ou ioi 10 W ktb hsbicoo
days, and feel that night has brought you
release from care and the need OF being
agreeable. 1t is day dropped out Aud
yet, dear friend, conscious Of having nursed
and petted the dismal and dumpsh and un-
worthy temper of mind, of which such
gloomy thoughts are born, do not entertain
it any with oomplacency. There is moth
lug brave in being morbid. There is moth
ing heroic in seli-pity Rather come out of
yourself. Look about for what is to be
done, and take hold of the work which comes


first to your hand. If you can find no work,
If it seems to be your lot in life to stand
aside and wait, then try to wait with pa
tience on the Lord An hour of Joy you
know not may be wnging its way towards
you. Think of the happy days you have
already had. Hope for happy days TO come,
and trample on the evil mood which causes
you to lose day. There are droppedout
days which, however, are very different from
these. They are caused by sheer physical
exhaustion by the despotism of headache,
by worn-out nerves, and fever in the blood.
How courageous are some good women, who
every week or two are obliged TO lie by aud
let illness. do its will with them One or
two such we have known, whose voices were
always sweet, whose smiles were ever CHEEKY,
Year: 1879

Though the palm starts bolt up from the
burning sand, the sand is not its sustenance.
The dust may have swept hot and sitting
round its stem but clear that dust away.
The sand grows humid as you dig, and by
the time you reach the white fibers of the
tap the veins of water flow. And as, by-and-
by, you gaze on the fringy rootlets in the
well you discern the secret of its joyous
growth. No matter that the sky is brass
and the desert dust, when crystal life is throb


bling perennial and plentiful below. Doubt
less this is a dry and thirsty land but il is
the land where ever and anon the eye is
gladdened by some goodly palm. In strarge
and unexpected places you meet with fresh
and lofty Christians. You wonder how they
thrive. They do not grow as the lily; for
the lily is found in green pastures, and they
do not belong to lifesome communion.
Nor do they spring as the willow; for IL
springs by the water-courses, and they have
not the benefit of the purest ordinances and
the most refreshful ministrations. They are
trees of the desert, like Enoch among the
giant sinners of an early world; like Joseph
among the wizards and the best worshipers
of Egypt; like Daniel in voluptuous Baby
lon; like David Brainerd among Indian
savages like Henry Martyr in stony.hearted
Persia. Their life is hid. So pure amidst
depravity, so loyal to God amidst idolatry,
so devout and fervent amidst atheism and
blasphemy, their Observation-Disclosures is
miracle. But beneath the dusty surface of
this goddess world there is well of water
springiug up to everlasting life. There is
no spot so barren, and no soil so burning,
no place nor period so adverse but faith can
find the Holy Spirit there. 1t needs only
faiths penetrating root descending beneath
the things which do appear to bring up
spiritual refreshment and invigoration where
Others pine and die.-PreSbyterian
Year: 1879

An aged minister said TO young brother,
"Speak short. The brethren will tell you
if you don't speak long enough" The coun-
sci is good, good for speakers and good for
hearers, good for writer's and good for read
ers. Length without breadth and thickness
is very poor recommendation in sermon, a
prayer or a newspaper article. The power
of condensation, abridgment and elimination
OF useless matter is greatly to be coveted.
When man has five minutes in which to
speak he will usually consume one or two of
them in telling the people what he is going
to say, or in informing them that he has
:" been thinking" of something which he
proposes TO relate, If men who have some
thing to say would say it, If those who have
had thoughts would speak them, and those
who had something to write would write it,
omitting prefaces, introductions and useless
and unmeaning remarks, much time and
space would be saved with no loss TO any
one. But how hard it is to be brief. 1t
takes gallons of sap TO make a single pound
OF sugar, but the sweetness pays for the
condensing. A little word said and remem-
bered is better than any amount of weary,
casual talk, which men endure and gladly
forget.-The Christian.
Year: 1879

The only way of gaining Christian com.
fort is through Christian conservation. He
who would have rest in Christ must be I'M
reservedly in the service of Christ. Christ
is never the truest helper until he is recog-
nized as a master. The failure to perceive
this truth is the cause of much vain seeking
after rest and comfort and peace. "Come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden" says Jesus, "and will give you
rest" How the multitudes would flock at
that call to share the benefits Of that prom
Use, il there were no qualifying clause to its
provisions. All have their burdens. Ali
want rest. All would turn to Jesus to tell
him of their troubles and to ask his help if
nothing more were required of them than
this. But he adds, as showing the method
of obtaining the desired blessing, Take my
yoke upon you, assume the livery of my
service" and learn of me; for am meek
and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest
unto your souls" All that puts another
face on the matter. Everybody would be
glad to have Christ as a servant; but not
everybody wants TO be a servant of Christ.
Christ is a servant. He came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister. But his
highest service is TO those who count them
selves his servants. His choicest ministry
is 10 those whose greatest joy is found in
doing anything for him. This is but one
among many of the Christian paradoxes.
Contradictory as it seems it is in accord
ance with the principle which underlies all
successful pursuit of enjoyment and eff


cheney in any sphere or relation of life. lie
who wants the joys of Christs service must
first be in Christ's service. Conservation
must precede comfort in the believers life
| lie must look TO Jesus for direction, before
he calls on Jesus for assistance. His first
thought in the morning must be, What car
! do for my Master not, What can my
Helper do for me So long as he is look


ing at Jesus merely as one TO give him helI
and comfort and peace, he will fail to fine
what he looks for. But when he looks a


Jesus as one whom he loves. and lives for
and is ready to die for; as one whose badg,
of service he is proud of, aud whom he en-
joys doing anything and everything for
then he will have help and comfort anC
peace, according 10 the order of nature il
all devoted service, and according to tn,
specific and unfaiing word of Jesus in thi


particular sphere. re.-Sunday-Scho Times.
Year: 1879

them after they are spoiled. III was
young I had rather till the soil than
to have the best trade in America. If
1 had a trade l would depend upon
everybody for work, and if none came
in, I should be idle and expenses 60
ing on. Somebody's children did not
do am hing, and my children must not
DO anything likewise, it is rot fashion
able IN town. l advised all to stick to
the land in preference to going on raj
roads or to oildom.


A man run en- a railroad twenty
five years, came off with nothing.
They don't want him, he is too old
and crippled.


No man breaks up or staryes if he
works land. The good old fashion toll
will create an appetite, and a man s
sleep is sweeter to him with clear
conscience if he has made his living as
commanded, by the sweat Of his brow.


D. S. WRIGHT.
Year: 1879

AS regards industry, | like to see
every one do enough in the summer
SO that they can winter about the |
same place. l do not think all can
own a farm or be rich, but industry
and temperate habits will accomplish |
much. When | was poor [ saw dan
ger in taking the horse by the tail.
| soon found out that the head was
the safest place. When | came to
Fredonis was glad to get work q.
ialiua. BUT now / can own the same
farms. A man cannot expect to pros
per in any business now if he is not
diligent. Drowsinese will clothe a
man in rags There is more power
ty and misery in this country through
laziness and vice than there is
through drunkenness. If some had
half what I have got they would
want q man to drive them around
When the war came on, farmers were
full of cash. John said if his father
did not huy a buggy he would. Then
Johnnie and Freddie had to 60 to
college, and Susie and Matte to
boarding school, and hire help to do
the work, and to-day somebody else
owns the farm because poor farming
don't pay. 1t pail in their fathers
times; boys and girls are smart, and
they say the old ones cannot take
care of what they have got. When
a mechanic received from 81 so to
$400 per day cash, and quit at six
o'clock, he Was better off and made
more money than any farmer, He
could spend sevepty-fve cents at
night, which farmers had no time to
spend. But he was not always sure
of those chances. If he could not do
a days work no one wanted him, and
if no work he had nothing, and not
in any shape to work land. Now it
takes great deal of produce to fetch
money. But the farmer has work
and home, and ne wants part of
what he raises to live on, and can
sell the balance at going prices, l
never heard OF a painter losing money
by the banks breaking.


A man cannot be good Christian
aud be lazy; he must be up and doing
to fill his masters will. Those that
have the least of this worlds goods
can find the most to hunt and fish
and set up the latest at night, and
lie in bed the latest in the morning,
Those cost the most TO raise are of the
least account.
Year: 1879

| would refer to the last three months
business. The roads in good sleigh
ing condition; farmers from West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Garrett
county in great numbers have brought
in their produce and found ready
sale. They found good hotels and
quarters. After the National road
having been once put in a good con-
dition there is no doutto Of getting the
lost trade back. They know that they
can buy for cash, or in trade, their
supplies as cheaply here as anywhere,
and that the merchants of Frostbnrg
keep as good al assortment of mer-
chandise as can be found in any city
in the State. have heard the COM
pliment of lady connected with one
of the circuses which visited us last
summer, when she said to a certain
merchant she did not expect to find
such articles as she wanted here and
thought she would have to wait until
she reached Cincinnati.


Now, Mr.. Editor, I would lead your
attention to some evils which still ex-
list, knowing that everything is not
complete under the sun. You are
aHa are that our young ladies and girls
are hard at work in learning the
science of handling the needle, and
the sales of worsteds and yarns in
our stores are astonishing(y large.
While I see that with pleasure, and
every good citizen will Join me, l would
put such fact before such of our
young men who are carrying whiskey
bottles with them; who are not asham-
ed to expose themselves even at our
fairs; who are standing in alleys to
empty them, afraid of the swallowing
being seen openly, what do they bring
in for excuses? I tell you these
fathers who give such boys on payday
some spending money" should con-
slider what they are doing.


Before | close I would ask the at
tention Of our town authorities to-
wards our street lights. I think they
are extinguished too early on dark
nights, sometimes not showing church
people the road going home. 1 think a
couple of lamps kept up all night on
the principal street would not involve
the town in large expense.


1 hope you will excuse me for TAX
ing up so much of your valued space,
and remain yours truly,


CITIZEN.