smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

instruction" Some of Gods children are
slow to learn, and will tax our patience and
perseverance, and some are rash and tickle
like Peter, and will require fOrbearance and
pity. Some who appear to be sincere say
we ought to supply our own destitutions, and
then look abroad. Their idea might seem
plausible if their works went together, but
those who ignore foreign missions commonly
do little at home And some one doubted
because the difficulties seemed at first to be
insuperable; but to our joy we learn that
the labors of our brethren abroad are as
much blessed as the labors of our ministers
at home in proportion to numbers. AS DR..
Robinson says, "If the prospect of success
were the only inducement to pray, even
then the difference would be very little,
for the heather are about as likely to be
saved as the impenitent pleasure-seekers and
world-seekers around US, who have again and
again rejected the offers of mercy"


SENEX.
Year: 1875

1t was touching word of our Lord, "The
Son of Man is come to seek and to save that
which was lost" Not only to saue but to
seek! Not only in the awful majesty OF his
sufferings to make atonement for the guilty,
but to search them out and save them by
His love- Precious proof of tenderness that
makes Him twice Saviour AS the faith
full Shepherd, he sought, with small success,
the lost sheep of the House of Israel. In
the dreafql hour of his anguish on the cross,
His eye ranged over all the generations that
had stood, or should yet stand, upon the
earth, and saw His own that were given Him
in the covenant of grace-and thus ne sought
them in His representative powers to redeem.
In His comprehensive prayer of intercesslon,
he sought those whom the Father had "given
him out of the world" In the constitution
of His Church, He provided the ministrations
which, in all the lapse of time, should gather
the lost into His Kingdom. From His
throne of glory, His royal eye looks down
upon them as they are born into the world,
and bestows the grace through which they
shall be brought into His fold. BY His
providence and through His discipline, by
His Church and through His Spirit, lie
seeks still as when upon the earth He sought
Sweet comfort d us all, this individual care
of Jesus seeking still the lost until the con-
summation of all things, when His Kingdom
shall be full All gratitude is faint, which
attempts the praise of such condescension;
all service is scant, which hopes to requite
such boon.


And is not Christ our pattern here 3
Shall not we too seek the lost? ls not the
Church His representative on earth, until
He shall come again in the clouds of Heav-
en-? Must we not exemplify His patience,
His tenderness and zeal? Many searching
questions are covered under the admission OF
this responsibility. Do Christians send out
prayers from the closet, that run like swift
messengers of mercy to seek the lost! The
amazing peril in which they live, does it lie
with such pressure upon our hearts that we
must needs 20 up to the throne of redeeming
power to bring them back to God? DO we
break forth enough from conventional rou-
tine to come In contact with the lost! DO
we see them in the thickets of sin where
they are caught, or at the foot of the preci-
pice where they have fallen? Are there
none who are deemed too abandoned to be
sought-wretched slaves of sin, who are
shut out by the assumed authority of virtue
in society around them from the possibility
of reform? Is there enough Of human sym
pathy for such as are struggling, in degra-
dation and shame, to recover shattered
will and drag themselves up the sides OF q
shiny pit? Oh, that man was merciful to
man, just when he needs all human mercy in
the depths of vice and guilt! May "the
mind of Christ" be in us, in this thing for
she that converts the sinner from the error
of his way, shall have soul from death,
and shall hide multitude of sins. rs. W.
Presbyterian.
Year: 1875

EE Ariosto tells a story Of fairy
who by some mysterious law of her ma
ture, was condemned to appear at GER
tain seasons in the form of foul
and poisonous snake. Those who in
jured her during the period of her dis.
guise were ever excluded from partici-
patton in the blessings she bestowed
but to those who, in spite of her loath.
some aspect. pitied and protected her
she afterward revealed herself in the
beautiful and celestial form which was
natural to her, accompanied their steps
granted all their wishes, filled theil
houses with wealth, made them happy
in love, and victorious in war. A use
full moral might be drawn from this lit
tie fable, in favor Of showing kindnes.
and civility to the most degraded ane
unhappy.
Year: 1875




A striking contrast! Or one side of
the iron fence a beautiful house and
handsomely laid-out grounds; the grass
on the lawn was like soft green velvet,
and here and there were patches of scar.
let geraniums, stately white lilies, and gay
verbenas. And in the midst Of these
bright-hued flowers and carefully. trained
shrubs fountain, guarded by white mar
BILE nymphs, tossed up its sprinkling
spray.


And up on gently rising knoll stood
the house-a fine stone mansion-ap.
pearing both graceful and substantial !;
the home of luxury and refinement.


This within the gate.


Outside-a man clad in travel stained
and tattered garments. His face had
once been handsome, his dark eyes once
shone with clear, steady light, his form
was once borne erectly; but now all was
changed.


Intemperance had taken away wife,
children, friends, property, and manhood.
Feeble, poor, and homeless,he wandered
about-only ga tramp" For hours that
day he had travelled along the dusty road,
the hot sun beating down upon his head.
Tired, hungry and footsore, he had at
last come to what to him seemed pal
ace beautiful; and so no wonder that,
under the shade of the trees, he paused
to rest. e


The bottle in his pocket had been
drained the afternoon before. Fortunate
ly be had come to no place where he
might fill it again, and so, for .he time,
reason reigned in the mans mind, and
with it came the old, bitter remorse be.
cause of his sin, the old aching sorrow
and shame because of his degradation.


But he strove to drive away the un-
comfortable feelings by murmuring at
Providence. And he said, as he looked
at the handsome house and grounds,
"And / say God is cruel and unjust to
give some people 80 much anG me 50
little p


Then conscience whispered, "God also
gave thee many things, but thou with
thine own hand didst cast them away y


The bitter truth cut deep into his
heart, and laying his hot forehead on the
cool iron railing of the fence he wept.


Suddenly little hand was laid on the
bowed head of the tramp. He hastily
glanced up and saw standing before him
little girl, Birdie Leigh, the only child
of the gentleman who owned the house
and grounds.


A gentle, refined child, within whose
dark luminous eyes was sanity look a:
if she had, during all the eight years O
her young life walked hand in hand witt
God. Her little rosy mouth seemed
made for smiles and kisses and lovins
words,and the curls that clustered abov,
the broad, white brow were as bright a.
the golden sunshine which lay in lon:
slanting rays of light upon the greer
grass with look of tender sympath,
upon her fair little face, she said:


"Poor man! what is the matter p


The deep wells of the tramps hear
were touched as if by an angels wing
A sob choked him so that he could no
speak.


"Are you tired ?" then the sweet voic
said Nf


Was he tired All, yes! Tired o
meeting temptation and having it gail
victory after victory over him And
a glass of liquor were held to his lips
even while in the presence Of that sinles
child and with her innocent eyes npo
him, he would eagerly drink it-so weal
| was le--this poor tramp!
Year: 1875

wWhen you wish to know what the


weather is to be, 60 out and select the
smallest cloud you can see. Keep your
eyes upon it, and if it decreases and dis
appears it shows the state of the air,
which will be sure to be followed by


fine weather; but if it increases in size
take your great coat with you if You are
going from home, for falling water is
not far off. The reason is this: When


the air is becoming charged with elec.
tricity you will see every clond attract
ing all lesser cnes toward it until it
gathers into shower; and, on the con-
trary, when fluid is passing of, or diffu-
sing itself, then large cloud will be
seen breaking in pieces and dissolving.
Year: 1875

THE Village Council met last Monday evening and after auditing small accounts,

 it was ordered that any person desiring to occupy a lot belonging to the corpo -ation,

 might do so and have clear deed to the

 same for slO, provided such party would build house thereon worth slOO and be

 an actual resident on the premises. Itwas

 also ordered that steps be taken Co im- prove the streets leading in and out of

 town on the south. The work to be done

 will very likely be let by contract, notice Of which will be given so that bids can be prepared.
Year: 1875

PLEASE notice the advertisement Of the "Centennisl Gazette and Journal of the Exhibition" Interesting reading and beautiful pictures may be had, and from samples on a reduced scale, sent to us, we believe them 10 be very handsome.
Year: 1875

ADVICE TO LADIES marry ing make your own match; do not marry any man to get rid of him, or to Oblige him, or to save him. The man who would go to destruc- tiOn without you will quite as like ly go with you, and drag you along. Do not marry in haste, lest you repent at leisure. Do not marry for a home and a living, when by taking care ofyour health you can be strong enongh to earn your own living. Do not let aunts, fathers, or mothers sell you for money or a position into bondage, tears and lifelong misery, which you alone must endure. Do not place yourself habitually in the company of any suitor until you have decided the question of mar riage; human wills are weak. and people often become bewildered, and do not know their error until 1t is too late. Get away from their influence, settle your head, make up your mind alone. A promise may be made in a moment of sympathy, or even half deIi1ious ecstacy, which must be redeemed through years of sorrow, toll and pain. Do not trust your happi- ness in the keeping of one who has no heart, no head, no health. Be- ware of insane blood. Do not rush thoughtlessly, hastily into welded life contrary to the counsel of your best friends. Love can wait; that which cannot wait is something of 8 very different oh aracter.
Year: 1875

The DIsAPPoINTMRNT OF EARTH.-In
our age, full OF new logical force and OF re-
lance upon reason, our young men, proud
and inpatient deal very harshly with the
evidences OF religion, and will exact proof
long afler a more thoughtful age would
have sought the place OF faith and hope.
We who have come to middle life have
discoN cred that we cannot have everything
heart can wish. When people are young
they use that poetic formula, but we know
well that man can only find a small part of
his hearts desire along any of earth's best
paths. The happiness, the success, the
fame man longs for will never come. 1t is
just thus all along the lines Of the souls
out-reaching, and thus young men ask for
a proof of religion which they will never
find. They laugh at our proofs because
they do not realize that the mighty dlsap-
pointment of earth is universal, and with
its dark cloud wraps not only the dreams
of happiness and fame and life, but the
evidences and faith OF the Chrislian.-Da-
Vid Suing.
Year: 1875

SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY have vital
and precious truths of their own to give 10
men, and they can develop together with
out interfering with each other. Should
science Increase its present knowledge ten
fold, there is nothing II can discover which
will enable it to close up that region In
man where the spirit communes In prayer
and praise with its Father, where the long
ing for rest is content in the peace of for
glyeness, where the desire Of being perfect
in unselhshness is satisfied by union with
the activity of the uuselfsh God, where
sorrow feels its burden lightened by divine
sympathy, where strength is given to over
come evil, where, as decay and death grow
upon the outward frame, the inner spirit
begins to put forth its wings, aud to realize
more nearly the eternal summer of his
presence, in whom there Is fullness oil life
In fullness OF love. No; as Christianity
can expand TO fit into the progress of poll
tics, and TO adapt Itself to the demands of
art, so II can also throw away, without los
Ing one feature of its original form, rather
by returning 10 Its purer type, all the ele-
ments opposed to the advance OF science
which men have added TO It's first slmplici-
ty.-StOpIOrd 4. Brooke.
Year: 1875

India rubber sidewalks are coming into
fashion out West. For small towns they
are Notwithstanding economy and
durability. The first experiment was made
in Danville, Iowa, where 800 yards were
put down on one of the principal streets.
All the boys in the place ran over it, but
there was no noise. A leading merchant
stopped In front Of his house, then jumped
on his heels. The elastic forces hidden in
In the rubber threw him over the gate to
the roof of the piazza. But afler few trl-
ais he was able to allght on the steps with
the graceful accuracy of flying squirrel.
The chief drawback to the walk is its odor-
GUS familiarity in hot weather, but 1t can
be neutrallzed by weekly wash Of borax
and coal tar. Its principal advantage is
that 1t can be stretched. As the town grows
1t Is pulled out toward the suburbs. Two
yoke of cattle can lengthen II three miles a
day.
Year: 1875

Tue proper way to live Is TO have no
theory of food, but to eat moderately, have
a variety ON the table and pursue the course
of a quiet gentleman who believes the
pleasures of the table are among the high
est If rightly enjoyed, and among the low
esl ifabused.
Year: 1875

the solid, reliable facts, which Mr. Barber
wou,i llavcIns put before the public but
unfortunately the majority Of competent
experts do not agree with him and hay. no
sympathy with his schemes. We possess
no ;acties-.WeA are not here to spec
ulate upon the fall and rise of grain
Our work is simply to do the
best we can for the. masses whom
we represent and to make our living
out of the effort We have no interest in
the purchase aud sale, ,ofwhcat We write
simply as IAN outside observer of passing
events, To this position Mr. Barber can
not attain and do his duty towards the
New York firm for whom lie operates.
When he pens an article upon the subject
under discussion his views are naturally
shaped to conform to his hopes and his de
sircs. We state this with due respect for
the honesty ofhis Intentions Our rlimitcd
knowledge of human nature leads us to be.
licve, firmly believe, that man cannot
speculate in grain and ut the same time
prove competent advisor to producers as
to the best time to. SELL Shold he say
emphatically, "now is the tmc-bring on
your grain and let me buy it," they nat
urally wouldn't do any such thing. They
would conclude among themselves that it
was u pretty good time to hold on Our
candid advice to Mr. Barber therefore is to
either stop buying grain or stop writing
newspaper articles upon the subject. He
cannot successfully do both.


In conclusion we desire to state to Mr.
Barber that these comments were writ.
ten by the editors and it is therefore eli.
tirely unnecessary for him to run about
town to hunt up the author, thereby sub
jccting himself to numbcrlcss impos,,ions


We hold ourselves responsible. He can
talk things over withus.
Year: 1875

Abraham Mayer, who resides in the old
Bartholomew place, east OF the city, yes
terday made a very 81 gular discovery.
Supporting his porch is number of pill
lars, made of four boards nailed together.
While sitting on the porch he heard a
noise within one of these pillars, which
prompted him to investigate the cause
The sound seemed to be made by birds,
and he procured a saw and cut a hole at
the base of the pillar. From this hole he
drew out more than 400 dead birds, 100 or
more of which his son brought down to
the city for inspection. They were in all
stages of decomposition, from the bird
just dead to the skeleton OF those which
had evidently lain there for years. Two
live birds, whose flutterIng and noise had
attracted his attention, made their escape
as soon as the hole was opened. The larg-
er number were blue-birds, but besides
there were sparrOwS, wOod-peckers, wrens
indeed, miscellaneous collection of the
smaller birds of this latitude. To ascer-
tain how they came there was the next
question, and further search was made.
This showed that near the top of the pill
lar there was a small hole just sufficient
to allow the ingress of bird, but so near
the top that egress was impossible. The
birds seeing this opening went in, but
were unable to get out, and died of starva-
tion. This seems much like ghost story,
but the skeptical can see full peck of the
careasses of these birds at the Grand Cen
trail Dining ROoms.-Lafayetts Ind.
Courier.
Year: 1875

Charles d. Warner writes in & Pass
Ing the Cataract of the Nile,"
in the atlantic Monthly: As We
watch, almost breathless, the strain on
the ropes, look! there is man in the tu-
multuous rapids before us swiftly coming
down as if to his destruction. Another
one follows and then another, till there
are halt dozen men and boys in this
ieopardy-this situation of certain death
to any body not made OfcOrk. And the sin


gular thing about it is that the men are
seated upright, sliding down the shining
water like boy, who has no respect for
his trousers, down sand-bank. As they
dash past US, we see that each is seated
on round log about five feet long; some
of them sit upright with their legs on the
log, displaying the sO'es of their feet,
keeping the equilibrium with their hands.
THESE are smooth, Shiny logs, that a


white man would find it difficult to sit on
If they were on shore, and in this water
they would turn with him only once the
log would 90 one way and the man anOth-
er. But these fellows are in no fear of the
rocks below they easily guide their barks
out of the rushing floods, through the
whirlpOols and eddies, into the slack
shore water in the rear of the boat, and
stand up like men and demand back
sheesh. These logs are popular ferry
boats on the Upper Nile. L have seen a


woman crossing the river on one, her
clothes in basket, and the basket on her
head, and the Nile is nowhere an easy
stream TO SWiu
Year: 1875

The Baltimore AmSrican says: The
ethics of the question of a sound prOvOca-
ton to personal assault are so cloudy that
it is perfectly useless to endeavOr TO decide
the degree of provOcation which iustltieS
a man in turning to pistols as a remedy for
aggrieyed honor; but if duel were at any
time justifiable, it would be so in the case
of young man az Memphis. He attend
ed picnic, and in the midst of it the girls
organized a secret society and called for
candidates for initiation from among the
young men. The young men were not
backward in the matter they went into
the ceremony, not like sheep to the sham
bles, most cOnfidingly; but when they
came to the initiation, unlike sheep at the
shambles, they rsther liked it. There was
but one degree to the ceremony, but That
one was nice, consisting as it did of blind
folding each candidate and leading him
into the center of a ''magic circle " formed
by the young ladies', when he was made to
kneel and was kissed, being subsequently
made to guess who kissed him. Such a
programme would suit most men, and
some of those initiated wanted very badly
to take another degree. Finally the young
ladies admitted that one gentleman. rral
lady-killer, should be allowed the privilege
he asked for, and he accordingly kneeied
down with look of intense eompiaeency
upon his face that he should be thus select
ed as more attractive than other men. He
was kissed and the bandage removed from
his eyes, only to disclose TO him the fact
| that bis lips had been pressed by the ag-
| gressively protruding ones OF a swarthy
negro, who had accompanied the party as
waiter OF course there was a roar, and
Of course the lady-killer was mad. 1t ap-
peared, subsequently, that all the young
men had been deceived, the kissing having
been done by gentleman acting as con-
federate of the ladies, but there was no
balm in Gilead for the man kissef By the
negro. He must have satisfaction from
somebody, and he sought TO get IL from
the gentleman who WIS in league with the
ladies'. Notes have passed. and the Mem
phis papers talk of a duel and gore. sym
pathy would be wasted on the disillusioned
iady-killer, but it isn't at al surprising
that he wants to fight. He had aggraya-
ton enough
Year: 1875

In "a valedictory address a
Yankee editor wrote. IF we have Of
Tended any man in the short but bril-,
lians course Of our public career
let hin send US a new hat, and we
will then forget the past" A cool
fellow, that.
Year: 1875

Castor oil is an excellent thing to
soften leather.


Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleanses them well.


A solution of cyanide of potassium
is the best poison to kill insects of any
kind.


A pint of mustard seed put in a
barrel of cider will preserve it sweet
for several months.


A mixture of oil and ink is good
thing to clean kid boots with; the
first softens and the latter blackens
them.


a simple remedy for removing
freckles is pint Of sour milk and \
small quantity of horse radish. Let
the mixture stand over night, and use
it as a wash three times day until
the freckles disappear.


The leaves of geranium are an ex-
cellent application for cut, when the
skin is rubbed of, and other wounds
of the same kind; one or two leaves
must be bruised and applied on linen
to the part, and the wound will be-
come cicatrized in a very short time.
Year: 1875

but am not presumptuous enough t.
suppose that alone [ could carry il
safely over all the intricacies of busi-
ness"


''Be it as you will. lam gaining in
strength every day. We will have a
wedding here. Let Nell stay in her
old home, Walter! There is room
enough for all, and can not hope to
be here many years." go Dag
/. 81 will uever ask her to leave you.
want you to gain son, not lose a
daughter"


"Heaven bless you for all My first
care shall be to settle the new partner
ship, and we will have sign painted,
Baldwin 4 Grantley.'"


"But you are weary new. Sleep
while sit here and dream of my own
happiness


And in the morning, when Walter
told Nellie all, she bent over her Un-
Gle to whisper her happiness, and hear
him say heartily:


81 shall get we'll fast, Nell. and we
will have grand wedding. He is q
noble fellow, that Walter of yours,
and never again will I call him an
empty headed fop."
Year: 1875

He left q load of anthracite
In front of poor widows door.
When the deep snow. frozen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountain an6
moor.


This was his deed,


He did it we'll?


What was his creed?'


Icannot tell.
Blessed sin his basket an his store,''
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust cup.


He took the lead


In each good task,


''What was his creed?''


1 did not ask.
His charity was like the snow,
Soft. white and silent in its fall;
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves-a pail


For flower and weed,


Dropping below,


Nv hat WAS his creed?"


The poor may know.
He had great faith in loaves of bread,
For hung people, young and old,
And hope inspired kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold.


For we must feed


As well as pray,


''What was his creed?"


cannot say.
In praise he did not put his trust.
His faith in words lie never writ;
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed il.


In time of need,


A friend was he.


"What was his cleed?"


He told not me.
He put his trust in goodness, and he
Worked well with hands and head;
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.


Let us take heed,


For life is brief,


what was his creed:''


oWhat his hpliefp',