smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

+ A Louisville paper tells of
the shrcwd manner in which
two peanut vendors took advan-


tage of the curiosity inherent in


mankind thus: A man stopped


in the street in front Of a hotel,
and began to look at one of the
fourth-story windows with an
opera glass. A man coming
ut.of the hotel observed him,
walked out into the street and
looked up to see what was the
matter. Then a policemen me-
andered leisure..y up, shaded his
eyes with his hand and eyed the
window intently. Three or
four clerks from the adjoining
stores sidled out and joined the
knot in the street. A man with
a cart of peanuts drove along
side and halted Pedestrians
stopped, inquired what it was,
and directed their attention to
the mysterious window.





BY this time small boys were
reinforcing the group from
every direction; the crowd al
most blocked the way; windows
across the street were thrown
up; curious faces peercd out; a
Subdued murmur arose as the
people swaycd to and fro. Ev-l
erybody wanted to know what
was the matter, and somebody
started the rumor that the cleI k
of the hotel had laid wager
that he could walk from the win
dow and roll wheelbarrow on.
a rope to be stretched across the
street. The man with the OPP
era glass gazed fixedly at the
window, intermitting now and
then TO wipe his glass with his
handkerchief.


The crowd began TO get rest
less. The man with the peanuts
had sold out his stock. Then
the man with the opera glsss
jumped up into the wagon and
took seat beside the man with
out the peanuts. The twain
looked around and smiled, bow
ed their thanks for their liberal
patronage, and the man viii!
the opera glass, content with
the sale his partner of the pea
nuts had made, had the impu-
dence to arise and offer his OPP
era glass to the highest bidder.
Year: 1879

The Valley Of Silence.
Out far on the deep there are billows


Thatnever shall break on the beach;
And have heard songs in the silence


That never shall float into speech;
And have had dreams in the Valley


Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen thoughts in the Valley:
All, me how my spirit was stirred! =
They wear holy wells on their faces,


Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass down the valley like virgins
Too pure for the touch Of word.
Do you ask me fhe place of this Valley,
To hearts that are narrowed with care !?
1t lieth afar between mountains,


And God and his angels are there;
And one is the dark mount of sorrow,
And one is the bright mountain Of prayer
Year: 1879

SATURDAY, August 23-6 p. NJ.


In the street vocabulary ragged describes to-
days stock market and perhaps the word "rgged'
would also apply well to certain features. At tho
opening the speculation was feeble and a decline
ranging from a to per cent recorded. Erie lead
ing the way. President Jewetts refusal to answer
the commission regarding the earnings of
the road being regarded unfavorable
indication Lake Shore. however. came to the
rcscuethe old story of lease to the New York Gen.
tral more furbished up and circulated.
purchases made to corroborate them. and the
stock went ballooning and more. From s6ls it went
up heavy transactions to ss76, was active at the
latter figure for some time and fell OIL - IN
the final dealings. Northwestern declined ys
with the general depression in the morning.
but recovered and closed at advance of q
for the day Concerning the rumors Of lease by this
road of the Chicago. Burlington and Cedar Rapids
line such contract will probably be consummated.
At an adjourned meeting to-day the directors of the
Northwestern Company decided to tlke the lease,
guaranteeing three per cent upon the stock OF the
Burlington and Cedar Rapids for five years,
and i've per cent thereafter. They will also guaran
tee the bonds. but the leased road is to assume
all lawsuits pending against it. AS the Burlington
road cannot hold meeting without five days notice.
it has fixed upon Friday next for the consideration
of the proposal and a meeting has been called for
that day. Directors OF this road express the opinion
that the lease will be made They believe
that it will benefit their own company. but
will be a heavy drag the Northwestern
for the first year Lake shore leading the way with
marked advance natural that the other stocks
of the same ''set' should also appreciate. Western
Union for the day made advance of 25s per cent.
and Michigan Central a. while Wabash was only
steady st. Paul alone of these stocks showed weak
ness. and closed point below the opening prices.
The failure OF its officials to contradict the state
ment that the published earnings of the road in
clude receipts from about six hundred miles moro
hne than were embraced in the earnings for last
year had depressing effect upon the
stock. This increase OF mileage is said to
include the Western Union road (212 miles, the
Southern Minnesota n67). and the Davenport and
Northwestern Q75) making 554 miles additional. To
the report that the average yield Of wheat in Iowa
and Minnesota will not exceed twelve bushels per
acre must also be ascrbed in part the weakness of
the St. Paul shares. Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern recorded advance OF "a for the day. while
Delaware and Hudson closed 4 below the opening
figures Considerable activity displayed by
Pacific Mail. which advanced q the days opera
tions. The bank statement-a synopsis Of which
will be found below-shows some important changes
in the averages for the week, and is worthy of at
tentive perusal.


The extreme fluctuations of the day in leading
stocks Ia shown in the following table of prices:-
Year: 1879

The Asbury Methodist Episcopal church. at the
corner of Wooster street and Washington place, has
fashionable congregation. and among its trustees
are many eminently respectable citizens. OF late.
however, the police have noticed people at unimely
hours stealing into tho basement where the Sunday
school Is located Late Friday evening q woman
hurried the way from the ecclesiastical
ediiice. and. accosting q policeman told him
that she Mrs. Susan Jackson, and
that she had met female friend. who had dccoyed
her into the company of three men. They had gone
to the church together and been admitted, when one
of the went of with the other woman while the
other two assaulted her. Officers King and Mclion-
igal, to whom this narrative recited, hurried
to the church basement where they
prised the jantor. David oliver. lie told the
officers how the had made their
escape through now building next door. There
pitcher of beer in the place which he offered
the officers, at the same time telling them to give
the aflair no attention. King and McGonigal, how
ever, took both him and the woman into custody,
and brought them to the Jefferson Market Police
Court yesterday. Oliver said that he had several
times caught people entering and had reported 1t.
He was told, he said, to prevent them, but had not
been able to do so. The magistrate sent him to the
Island for six months in default of $500 bail. lie
also committed the woman, and took care that the
trustees OF the church should be notified.
Year: 1879

Money loaned early In the day ut to per cent for
call loans on stock collateral and about per cent
lower on government bonds. Good paper dis
counted at to per cent. Money to Stock Exchange
borrowers was quoted throughout at the early
figures although in the closing hall hour some were
accommodated at per cent. The bank statement
showed an increase OF Si.072675 in the surplus
serve. making the amount now held in excess of the
legal percentage s2.479.225. The changes In the
Year: 1879

National Live Stock Journal.l


The most important thing for the
swine breeder at this season Of the year
is to get the greatest possible growth
from his spring pigs. There is no period
in the life of a hog when so great y re-
turn for the food consumed ID possible
as during the first ak m"'t' ;,


- advantages of skillful
feeding are apparent. Unless great care
be taken, the growth of the pig will be
seriously checked when it is from three
to five weeks old. The milk of the dam,
which was anple to promote a rapid
growth in the litter of pigs during the
first two or three weeks, is not sufficient
to answer the demands of the same lit
ter as they grow older, hence the pigs
should early be taught TO look elsewhere
for part OF their sustenance. This is
an easy matter; a little milk or nutri-
tious food of any kind, in liquid form,
placed conveniently BY, where the pigs
Year: 1879

can have access to it at all times, but
beyond the reach Of the SOW, will soon
do the work ; and it should be replenish-
ed frequently through the day. If this is
attended to, there will beno " stunning
of the pigs at this critical period, an
their growth will be uniform and rapid.
A good clover pasture is valuable add
junct, and helps wonderfully. The true
secret of successful pork making is to
push the pig from the date of birth until
it is big enough for the market and
the earlier the age at which this point
can be reached, the greater is the return
for the food consumed.


\ slop, made Of corn and oats, ground
in about equal parts, with IA little oil
meal added, makes the best food for the
SOW while sucking, to increase the flow
of milk and this, with clover pasture
and plenty OF soaked corl. during the
summer, will promote q rapid and
healthy growth of the pigs
Year: 1879




One of the chief products of mans
on every one of his toes, and cultivate
a splendid buniOn Oh his instep, all at
the same time. But he has this falling
he never knows when to stop cutting
his corn. When he sits down of all
evening to pare it, he cannot resiss the
temptation to take off one more slice,
and he higgles away until the mischief
is done. The tiual stroke is generally q
master one. He hacks off a piece as
big as biscuit, cuts his toe Oft, and
starts the blood. Then he yells, Dad
burn the luck !" filings the razor across
the room, tells his wife she will be the
death of him some day with her con-
founded carelessness and hobbies off
to bed, leaving his astonished wife to
wonder what in creation she had to do
with the mattel. When man is dis
covered reading his newspaper. in the
barn, it is safe to conclude that the
carpet-pounder and the Whitewasher are
abroad in the house. And when you
see him carrying home a basket of
champagne, accompanied by a half
dozen jovial friends you know his wife
is visiting her relations, and that he is
making the best of his time, while she
is absent. Man is smart enough to in
vent almost anything, from a, jumping
jack to a telephone he can dodge his
creditors, hoodwink the public and
make his wife think he is attending a
course of temperance lectures !; but
when the time comes for him to leave
this vale Of tears, he knows he has got
to throw off his winter clothing and 60.
When death has business with man,
it generally finds him at home. With
all his intelligence, and his faculty for
discovering hidden things, one man out
of hundred can't wake up in the mid
die of the night and tell within forty
feet where his clothes are scattered.
And in the morning his room looks us
if man had been shipwra"l-....,n -, IN .
windstorn Mi Mn is of a high order
out he lacks the efder.


Yours manfully,


SLIM JIM.
Year: 1879

Of self-sacrltlce, with the heroes OF the
Lost Cause ? Will it make us wiser and
our daughters more modest and virtuous
than those Southern women, who with
ont advanced views upon the subject of
female suffrage, We're yet in themselves
the exponents OF all that is purcst and
most beautiful in woman's life.


We do not need the ballot in Louisiana
to protect any Of our just rights and
privileges. Every Southern woman has
a protector and champion i'll every
Southern man. We have trusted them
Il long time, can we not trust them still
longer, to make our lives as peaceful
and happy as they have been i'll the past?
Must it be by our own action that we
turn from the tried peace and protection
OF a quiet life, to the stormy surges Of a
political sea for whose skillful navigation
we have neither taste nor adaptation ?
Against the shrill outcry for Woman's
! rights, and the pernicious free love
doctrines, which seemed their outcome,
against all restless seeking for " rights"
where right does not exist, the Louis
lana woman has hitherto closed her
ears. She could see no better and more
useful life than the one she led. She
held the old fashioned belief that God
in making her child bearer aud child
rearer Lad given her glorious destiny.
| She understood that in the government
of the world there must be division of
labor and she was perfectly satisfied
with her own pportionment, for II she
was not warrior or statesman herself,
she reared and influenced those who
were. She saw plainly how her do
mestc duties cont1icted with the politi-
cal life into which men throw themsel-
YES with such zcst and these duties were
to her higher and more important than
a voice in public affairs. The restric-
ton of franchise has not hitherto been
detrimental to her. Will her nature,
her aims, her general well-being be
elevated and enlarged by the freedom
of the ballot box.


| take no sentimental view of this
subject, on the contrary | leave the
sentimentality to the advocates of the
measure. 1t is for them to trace out
the wonderful Utopia of what they call
woman's freedom. Like the Utopia of
old it is bora Of impossible conditions
send sustained by unnatural laws. 1t is
freedom TO embrace q npStioDahin good
and eschew all old tried truths and
restraints.


As woman whose work lies outside
the bounds of domestic life, have had
ample opportunity to give the subject Of
woman's suffrage" my closest atten-
ton, and to view it in its every phase
for good or evil. | feel that in this
protest against it, am supporting the
closest ana dearest Interests OF my Lou
isiana sisters, whatever scorn such opin~
ions may draw upon my head from the
advocates of female suffrage. IF I
knew I was to fight this battle single
handed, / would still take pride in re-
cording my name in this protest, as a
Southern woman, strong in q cOnvic
ton that the position Sue has taken is not
only in harmony with natural laws and
revealed religion, but that any act which
takds a woman out Of a useful and legiti-
mate sphere is iniIlical to both and
destructive to her own interests.


MARIA B. WILLIAMS.
Year: 1879

On Sunday night the 22d inst, the
store and dwelling house Of Mr.. Law
renee Carriere, situated on Bayou Ttche
in this parish, was totally destroyed by
fire. Mr.. Carriere was in New Orleans
at the time and his family came very
near being burned in their beds, barely
escaping in their night clothing. A
negro man, whose name we have not
been able to learn, lost his life in the
burning building, in his heroic attempt
to save the books and papers belonging
to the store. No one can form any idea
as to the origin of the fire, whether
accidental or the work Of an incendiary.
Year: 1879

Parish Court has adjourned, much to
the satisfaction of bis Honor, the bar
ami officers of the Court, as the weather
is rather warm. We understand that
Judge Fontenot has almost cleared the
whole docket, and unless new cases
spring up between now and September
the Court will have but a short term in
that month.
Year: 1879

Before you purchase elsewhere call
on Munzesheimer. Let him show you
the fresh groceries he has received and
test the quality and prices for yourself
He has every thing you can call for at
the lowest possible rates, and yoI will
never regret patronizing him.
Year: 1879

lHERB ARE TEN trade dollars in cir
culation now to one standard dollar
for the reassn that the trade dollar is
repudiated by the Government that is
sued it, and is not taken at par for Gov
ernment dues. The trade dollar ia a
swindle, though bearing the stamp of
the United States. The Government
ought to keep it at par the same as
other coins, and as soon as that is done
the standard dollar, which is Of less
value intrinsically, will take its place.
Year: 1879

About eight weeks ago Levi Waggen-
seller, an employe in Woods Cotton
factory, at Twenty-fourth and Hamil-
ton streets, near the Fairmount Water
Works, and thirty-eight years of age,
entered a Chestnut-street restaurant
and ordered supper. Waggenseller
had three false teeth. For nearly twen-
ty years the small plate which held
these teeth in place in the upper jaw
had done service without causing the
owner single ache or pain, and the
teeth had performed the functions laid
upon them as faithfully as could have
been desired in teeth of any sort.
Gradually, however, the small hooks
which held the plate fast to the jaw be-
gan to wear off, and one day, over a year
ago, the plate surprised its owner by
suddenly dropping out. To replace it
was the matter of a few moments, and
as the teeth were still firm in the plate
they continued to do their work. But
the plate itself was no longer reliable,
and frequently its owner would be an
noyed by it dropping out while talking
with a friend or even walking on the
street. Often on these occasions Wag-
RCHSGllOl NOhlNl bO W hiS ~
about his teeth, and once, while on a
visit to a married sister out at Darby,
the teeth dropping out, the sister re-
marked, playfully: "Leyi, if you don't
go to dentist and get those teeth fixed
you'll swallow them some day"


Waggenseller sat down TO his meal
in the restaurant and had about half
finished it when he felt something going
down his throat giving him intense
pain, which he thought was a bone.
He was soon undeceived, however, for
his hand flying instipRtively to his
mouth, he found his fifse teeth were
gone. Plate and all had'gone down
his throat, and he could feel them
lodged against his breast. That was
the last meal Waggenseller ever ate.
Alarmed at the probable consequences
he took up his hat and went to his home
in Hestonville. The teeth remained in
the lower part of the throat, causing
him at times severe pain. He could
Year: 1879

has been found more significant of wrong
than the notorious circular of the Demo.
cratic campaign committee of 1876, in
which they advise parade of Demo
cratic clubs on horseback, and their march
ing as organized bodies to the "central rem
dezvous," for the purpose of impressing
negroes with the sense of their united
strength. The recommendation Of systematic
warning to negroes that "we have the means
TO carry the election and we mean to use
them, 4" and the like. To ignore this as the
majority have done forces us to conclude that
the time has not yet come when fair review
Of the case and a just judgment in regard
thereto is possible.


The minority regret that the result Of the
investigation in which the taking of testi-
mony continued till the last day but one of
Congress, and is still incomplete must be a
report that in obedience to the directions of
the House a great mass of evidence has ac-
cumulated which can neither be considered
or acted upon by Congress, and the advantage
gained by the public in the daily consideration
of It, upon which the minority insisted, is the
only matter of profit to any one.
Year: 1879

Last week, in Chihuahua, woman


went into a shoemaker's shop in front
of his dwelling, and was measured for
a pair of shoes. The son of Crispin said
to the woman: You have Il pretty
foot Do you think so 2 said she.
He replied: Yes. That is the pret-
tiest foot in Mexico The woman was
to. come back next day and leave ST,
when the shoes were to be commenced.
The shoemakers wife, hearing all, said
nothing, The next day the shoemaker
was out when the woman with the pret-
ty foot called according to agreement,
and the wife got her into the back room
and stabbed her to death. The wife
then cut a steak out of the dead woman's
leg, and packed the body under the bed.
The shoemaker came home and ate his
dinner. The wife asked him how he
liked the meat. He answered that it
was the best he had ever eaten.' The
wife then told him he had eaten
part of the prettiest leg in NIexico.' He
asked her what She meant She showed
him the body under the bed, and made
a dash at him with a knife, but he es-
capped and ran to the Palacio and told
the judge what had happened. The
judge summoned u guard of soldiers
and went to tile house. He asked the
wife it she had committed the murder,
and when she answered yes, and at
tempted to Justify the act, he ordered
her to be shot on the spot by the soldiers,
ana mas orders were promptly obeyed."
Year: 1879

reason seems to have vanis he'd for ever, Roussel has been condemned to five years imprisonment only, the iurols having found that there were extenuating circumstances.

 It is never too soon to go into the house when a stol m is rising. When the clouds are fully charged with electricity they are most dangerous, and this fluid obeys subtle attraction which acts at great distances and in all directions. A woman told us of bolt which came down her mothers chimney from rising cloud when the sun was shining overhead. N. P. Willis writes of a young girl killed while passing under a telegraph wire on the brow of a hill, while she was hurrying home before a storm. People should not be foolhardy about sitting on porches or by open windows, whether the storm is hard or not. Mild showers often carry a single charge which falls with deadly effect. It may or may not be fatal to stay out /; it is safe to be in the house, with the windows and doors shut. The dry air of 8 house is readier conductor of lightning than the damp air outside, and draught of air invites it. A hot fire in chimney attracts it, so to speak.
Year: 1879

The Hon. Elizur Wright, of Boston, President of the National Liberal League, and one of the founders of the American Anti Slavery Society, who is now in his seventy-ffth year, addressed the Ameri- can Temperance Lyceum at Clarendon Hall, yesterday afternoon. "In order to overcome temptations" he said, "and thus become able to conquer the great evil of intemperance, two things are especially needed at the present time. These are education and self-respect. There is within us 8 power of choice to rise above temptation, and this power can be only brought to use by means of education. Combine educatian with self government and an intense self respect, and you have power that will conquer not only the evils that arise from alcohol, but all others. The first thing, then, is to educate our children. Virtue cannot be made by compulsion merely. A good example is better than all the laws in the universe. Begin early to make children respect the truth ard themselves. One of the greatest needs in the cause of temperance is pa- tience. Failures have occurred again and agail through lack of patience. But notwithstanding failures, no other cause has come on so favorably in all the world. Good people of every class have entered upon it's work. Though we are often unsuccessful in large cities, we have succeeded greatly in small towns. The time is coming when tenn perance people everywhere will claim an exemption from certain kinds of taxa tion-taxation under which the con- sulner now suffers, but which should be thrown upon capital. If the great tax which is now required to support chari- table and pauper institutions should be put upon that portion of the population which is supported by liquor, then capi- tai would retreat. And this ought to be direct tax upon the whole property of the manufacturers of iquor."
Year: 1879

MosQUIToEs.-Mr. Seth Green, of fish fame, is very considerate. He kindly tells people how they can raise their own mosquitoes, so as not to be depend ent upon their neighbors. He says :- "Fill any kind of vessel with rain water, and place it in the sun, and you will have plenty in short time. But If you do not wish the neighbors to get the benefit of your labor, you should keep them confined by tying @ piece of cloth carefully over the top. All wig glers that you see in rain-water are young mosquitoes" Mosquitoes can be raised even more easily than that. II there is any little stagnant pool, drain gutter, or water standing anywhere, ir warm weather, just let it alone, and pretty soon you will have as many mos quitoes as you will want.