smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

servant occurred in Brussels a few weeks ago.
A colonel of artillery, who had accepted an in
yitation to dine with a lady Of high rank, had


a violent attack of toothache at the last


moment, and decided not to go. Hastily


his orderly. and told him to deliver it; telling


him also to bring him his dinner when he
came back The man delivered the note and
kfhen waited at the house as il for an answer
The lady asked him why he waited; anc


he gravely, replied that he wanted his
| told to take it back with him. The lady wa,
highly amused, and had large tray pr
pared, which she gave to the orderly, ant
/ q ided half bDttle of champagne, with In
strnctions to produce it with the dessert Th
| man returned 10 his MASTER lodgings, anI
Year: 1878

@ueStfOn-What Remains 1eI W he


Done In Congress.


Washington Cor. Atlanta constitutional


/ had long talk with Senator Hill on the
financial question. He says that the only
thing that is needed now to make the country
happy and prosperous is repeal OF the tax
Of 10 per cent on State money. He says that
he is satisfied that the law is unconst1tu-
tional; that they have no more right to de-
prive the people of this issue than they, have
to say that they shall not incorporate bank
He is going to take charge Of this matter and
push It through with all his ability and yigor.
He says he would have done it at this ses-
sion, but that it was necessary that the cur
rency question as to the relative value OF gold,
silver and greenbacks should be definitely set
tied before any steps were taken on this line.
At the next session he Will make IL q
speciality. He says it will lower the rate oi
interest in our State to six per cent, ana put II
In the power Of our farmers and business men
to raise money on their lands and other prop
erty at q reasonable rate of interest f9l
twelve months or longer If necessary. he
says we have and will Keep the s34O, 600 600 IL
oreenbacks in circulation; that this with the
gold and silver and national bank bills,
they do not retain them, will do to bank on
We can then get money In Georgia Wisaou
Year: 1878

If Horton or Turpin or Ward or Otis should
gobble UP the assets Of the various bankrupt
concerns with which they are severally con-
nected, they can rely upon the bar association
to declare that their integrity Is all right; and
Judge Lawrences high moral horse" can be
hired to carry them around for a day or two
in the full sight Of the entire community.


When Sherman was permitting New Or
leans lottery gambler to pay the expenses of
the Louisiana commission, of which Judge
Lawrence was member, Sherman may be
said to have been taking little exercise or
Lawrence's 'thigh moral horse."-EC EChicagc
Times. June 10.
Year: 1878

One thing which viii favOrably im-
press an American toward the English
is the universal politeness which IS
everywhere prevalent. I say in the
end, because at first, when a Yankee
lands here fresh from the breezy inde-
pendent style which prevails among
our people, he is inclined to fancy that
poiteness is OverdOne, ane that it is a
sham, a something which lies all on the
surface. This may be true to a very
considerable extent.


When a shopkeeper, after you have
purchased tuppence worth Of some
thing after you have taken up half an
hour Of his time, bows you out and
says. "Thank you, thank you very
muchl" and does it all with an air Of
deferential regard, you cannot help
feeling that this volume Of thanks
comes from no deeper source than his
lips; you may suspect the motive and
rather despise the manner Of giving it
expression, and yet you cannot but like
and be sOOthed by the fattery involved
in the whole transaction.


Have you any good. smoking tObao-
COZ" I asked an old lady, who stood be-
hind the counter Of a tobacco shop.


''Thank you, sir Yes, sir; ere is
some, tenpence the hounce, strip


I examined it, smelled it, and con
cluded I didn't want it.


''NO, I believe not. It's not just
what I want"


''Thank you, sir! Good morning,
sirl Thank yOUI"


This Is not an uncommon case. The
red-shirted bootblack touches his cap
as you approach, and he thanks you
and touches his cap as you give him a
penny for his labor; or, if you decline
to patrOnize him, he is very apt to
touch his cap with his dirty fOre-fnger,
and say ''Thank you, sir" all the
same.


The barber who shaves you says
Thank you" when you turn your face
over so that he can shave on the oppOs-
ite cheek; the cabman, the bus con
ducter, the bridge tender, everyone to
whom you pay money, always receives
it with pleasant acknowledgement.
1t may be that you knOwsthat in every
one Of the cases not one is animated by
any true spirit Of p0liteness; and that
while thanking you with his lips he
may, in his heart, regard you as a nui-
sance, a barbarian, or anything else
Observation-Disclosures, the polite
uess is there, it is agreeable, and it
eommends itself as far superior to the
surly independence in use among
Americans Of the same class.
Year: 1878

The greatest feat of an Arab hunter
is to capture an ostrich. Being very shy
and cautious, and living on the sandy
plains, where there is little chance to
take it by surprise, it can be captured
only by weIl-planned and lOng-cOn-
tinued pursuit on the swiftest horse.
The ostrich has two curious habits Of
running when alarmed. 1t always
starts with oUtspread wings against the
wind, so that it can scent the approach
of an enemy. Its sense of smell is so
keen that it can detect a person a great
distance long before he can be seen.
The other curious habit is that of run
ring in a circle. Usually five or six os-
triches are found in company. When
discovered, part of the hunters, mount
ed on feet horses, will pursue the birds
while the other hunters will galOp away
at right angles TO the course the Os-
triches have taken. When these hun
ters think they have gone far enough
to cross the path they think the birds
will take, they watch upon some rise of
ground for their approach. If the
hunters hit the right place and see the
OstriChes, they at once start in pursuit
with fresh horses, and sometimes they
OVertake one or two Of the birds; but
often one or two Of the feet horses fall,
completely tired out with so sharp a
chase.
Year: 1878

Integrity of character and truth in
the inner man are the prerequisites Of
success in any calling, and especially so
in that Of the merchant. These are at
tributes whlck never fail to command
respect and win admiration. No one
fails to appreciate them, and if they do
not pay" in the vulgar sense of the
phrase, they bring an amount Of salts
faction and peace to the owner that all
the wealth of Cresus could not yield.


There is no better stock in trade than
these principles; no capital goes so far
or pays so we'll, or is so exempt frOLH
bankruptcy and loss. When known,
they give credit and confidence, and in
the hardest of times will honor your
paper in bank. They give you an un-
limited capital to do business upon, and
everybody will endorse your paper, and
the general faith of mankind will be
your guaranty that you will not fail
Let every young man, upon cOmmenc-
ing business, look well to these indis-
pensable elements of success, and de-
fend them as he would the apple of his
eye. If inattentiVe and reckless here,
he will imperil everything. Bankrupt
cy in character is seldom repaired in an
ordinary lifetime. A man may suffer
in reputation and recover; not so the
man who suffers in character.


Be Just and truthful. Let these be
the ruling and predominating princi-
pies of your life and the reward will be
certain, either in the happiness they
bring to your own bosom, or the success
which will attend upon an your busi-
ness operations in life. or both.
Year: 1878

The advantage Of kindness to COWS is
Wel illustrted by the following aneo-
dOte; A man had a fine COW that, week
after week, was MIXED alternately by a
couple Of hired men. He observed
that the amount Of butter he carried to
market weighed about a pound more
each alternate week. He watched the
men and tried the COW after they had
finished milking; but always found that
no milk had been left in the teats. Fin
ally he asked the Scotch girl who took
care Of the milk, if she could account
for the difference. "Why, yes" says
she. "When jim milks, he says to the
old COW: Sol my pretty muley; SOP But
when Sam milks, he hits her on the
hip with the edge Of the pail, and says:
Hist, you old brute'"
Year: 1878

While the emperOrs oe gsrmany and
Austria were visiting at Is6hl, a young
lady desired to present the former with
a costly bouquet, but her courage failed
her at the last moment, and she begged
an officer in Prussian uniform to per
form the Office for her. He at once
complied, gave the Emperor William
the present, and returned to express
his majesty's thanks to the fair donor.
who was rather surprised to see this
Prussian officer then enter the Emper-
Or's carriage and take a seat beside
him. On asking who he was, she dis
covered that it was the Emperor Of
Austria in PTussian uniform,
Year: 1878

The celebrated tower OF London is a
structure Of ancient origin. It is said
to owe its foundation to Julius Cesar;
but there does not appear to be very
conclusive evidence Of the truth Of this
assertion. No more celebrated citadel
is 20 be found in Europe, and it is the
only fortress of the great English me-
trOpOlls.
Year: 1878

Gold-fsh-thOse brilliant little crea-
lures which add so much to the beauty
Of the brooks and lakes in this vicinity
were first brought here from China
and Japan about twenty years ago In
a very short time they became wild, and
filed many Of the ponds in LOngIsland.
At the West they are sti1 scarce and
highly priced, and large numbers are
shipped to the principal cities. The
''hard times" have greatly paralyzed the
goldfish trade; they are sold for a third
less money, and fewer are disposed Of
in a week than formerly were in a day
when the demand was active.
Year: 1878

b It dOesIook a little odd that the ladies'
will put three OF four extra yards Of
calico in their dress skirts for the sole
purpose, so far as any one has yet been
able to ascertain, Of giving themselves
the trouble to hold that tmuCh out Of the
dust when they walk.
Year: 1878

Long, long ago, says Yosemite cor
respondent of the Pittsburg Telegraph,
when the white mans foot had never
desecrated the Indians beautiful val
ley, when the Yosemites dYelt here in
perfect peace and security, there lived
among that tribe an exceedingly lovely
maiden. She was beloved by every one
who looked on her for the beauty Of her
form and face, and the sweetness of her
manner-all the young warriors strOve
for her favor, but she remained ''in
maiden meditation fancy free" At
length the Spirit Of the Night Wind,
charmed by her beauty, wOed her for
his own. He sang softly about the tent
at night, and watched lovingly over
her, but in day time he was powerless
to speak; but the maiden was resolute
against his suit, and when he found
himself feared where he would have


been loved, his love turned to hate, and
when one mOonlit night the maid walk
ed with a noble young warrior whom
she was learning TO love dearly, the
Spirit Of the Night Wind seized her
suddenly away from his side, and car
rying her to the top Of the high rock
over which POhOno poUrs its silver
stream, he cast her from him, and she
was never heard Of more; but the maids
pure spi it must attract the beauties Of
nature to her, for rainbOws hover about
the foot of the fall, and the soft, sweet
Spirit Of the Days Wind plays gently
with the stream, swaying it from side
to side, and sometimes throwing it so
far that it descends to the rocks below
in one shower of silver and golden drops
falling through rainbOws. So runs the
legend. The Indians have called the
fall PObOnO, OF Spirit Of the Evil Wind,
and never will one of them venture
anywhere near it when night has come.
Year: 1878

It has been proved in Nevada and
other silver-prOducing States Of tho
West that capital devoted to agricul-
ture pays better and more regularly
than if put into gold and silver mines
Year: 1878

It is a boy that can stay at his post
as long as there is any use of his hold
ing it, that is not afraid of threat nor
the presence of violence, and keeps his
work resoIutely in hand so long as there
is work to do. This is what is reported
Of August Doudel, the brave little tele-
graph operator who WAS shut up in the
Pittsburg telegraph Office on Saturday
night. He kept on telegraphing, doing
his duty, without the slightest regard
to the mob surrounding him. They
could not drive him away so long as
the connecting wires responded to his
hand. When at last they fired the
building, he quietly, and with touch
of humoE, sent his last message. Fires
too hot. Good night" :" and got away in
time, showing himself to be as sensible
as brave. Obedience to order and dis
cipline were never more needed than
now, and it is noble thing to die at
ones post, if thereby a trust is kept
that saves other lives or keeps destruc-
tion or rapine at bay. But to hit it as
accurately as this boy has done, to care
nothing for the risk Of life so long as
his magnets worked and he could send
intelligent replies over the wires, and
then to know when to quit, makes us
confess that the modern Casabianca is
great improvement over the Old
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
Year: 1878

~ Subscribers who receive their papers q n


with an i marked opposite their name,


either on the margin Of the paper or on
q a the outside wrapper, viii understand that 81
the term Of subscription paid for has expired.
Year: 1878

1 =
CORRESPONDENCE.


Special to the Gdsette.


DOVER, DEL, April Is, 1873.
On Saturday afternoon last two young
men of this town named Marion Green
and William H. Wheeler, were drowned
in Shapespeare's Mill Pond near this
place. 1t appears that party of young
men numbering eight altogether borrow
ed a sail boat owned by some gentlemen
of this town, and started up the pond the
breeze being pretty stiff and fiawy, with
the sail reefed; after they had reached
the head of the pond the breeze having to
some extent, diedout, the party shook
the reef out Of the sail and threw over
board their movable ballast, against the
wishes of the more experienced of the
party. The boat made good sailing under
the light breeze, and when the dam was
reached, it was deemed perfectly safe to
wear the boat in place of going about,
but while performing the manouvre, a
flaw struck the boat causing her TO iibe
suddenly, and in considerable water
This frightened the occupants, mostly
greenhorns, and they at once sprang
up, causing the boat TO ,lurch and
fill to the gunwale, and founder imme-
diately. All the party were thrown in
TO the water, and four of them, Edalbert
Stockwell, Clayton Fisher, Green and
Wheeler, started at once to swim for
shore about one hundred yards off; the
other four clinging TO the boat which
was up. Stockwell was the first to strike
the shore, followed closely by Fisher
some distance off. Wheeler was then
about twenty yards from shore Swim
ming easily apparently all right, and
Green had disappeared. Stockwell at
once started for boat to take off those
who We're clinging to the bottom of the
overturned boat, supposing Wheeler to
be all right, and Fisher laid down on the
beach exhausted


a moment after Stockwell had left,
Fisher saw wheeler sink scarcely ten
yard from shore. One OF the young men
who had clung to the boat, saw Green
sink just before Stockwell struck
the shore. Stockwell proceeded TO the
boat he had seen, and took off the four


Walter s. Butler, Robert Van Dyke, and
Noble Rolfe. who had clung to the boat
The party Immediately started for the
town sending the alarm ahead of them.
A crowd was soon collected on the
banks of the pond, but nothing could be
done, until graphing irons could be
forged by a blacksmith. The boat upset
about half past three o'clock, but it was
at least two hours before anything was
done toward recovering the bodies, and
it was six O'clock before the first body
that of Green, was found. The graphing
was continued but it was nine O'Clock
before Wheeler's body was found. The
affair cast a gloom over the entire com
munity both being very promising young
men.


| Various theories as TO the cause of tho
drowning have been afloat, rs both the
young men We're excellent swimmers


being perfectly capable of covering
twenty times the distance they had To
swim TO reach shore, but the most prob
able is that the arch enemy.of swimmers
cramp, seized them.


A Coroner's inquest was held on Sun
day and a verdict of accidental dro wn
ing rendered.
Year: 1878

THE REPUBLICANS at Washington
cause it to be telegraphed over the
county that they are perfectly deligted
with the improved feeling between them
selves and the President. They do not
cause it to be telegraphed, however,
whether they have surrendered 10 Hayes
or whether Hayes to them, and the
country will probably find out before
long that there is a joke in this thing
somewhere.
Year: 1878

There Is 4 growing feeling in every healthy
community against the Journals which make
1T their special object to minister to perverted
taste by seeking oat and serving up in a Sc
ductlve form dlgusting scandals and hcentious
revelations


There IS good reason to believe the clean
newspaper is More highly priced today than
tan 1t was four or five years ago


1t Is also safe to predict that AZ people III
all ranks of life, who project their own at
least from contamination, become more COLI
sciOus oi the pcrnicioTs influence of certain
class OF Journals called cnterprising because
they are ambitious to serve mp dirty scandals,
they Will be careful to see that the Journals
they permit to be read i'll the family oro!es
are class that never forget the properties of
life.


Already men and women OF refinement and
healthy morals have had their attention
called To the pernlclous influence of bad lit
erature, ana have made commcndable efforts
to counteract the same by causing sound 1t
eTature to be published and sold at popular
prices.


These efforts are working a silent but sure
revolution. The best authors are more gen
orally read to-day than at any previous time.


The sickly sentimental story paper and
Wild ranger and pirate story book are slowly
yielding the field 70 worthier claimants.


To the praise of the decent newspaper, it
may be sad that where it has :; place in the
family and has been read :or years by young
and old, !. has developed such a healthy tone
and such discriminating taste that tie lii
eraturc VI the slums has no admirers. For
tnnately, the number OF such families is in
creasing IN the land, and as they increase,
the journal that devotes itself to sickening
revelations OF immortality viii be compelled
to ind It's supporters solely among these
classes that practice vice or crime or are
anbitEos to learn to follow such ways
(BoSton H,snH


Reader, ii you would preserve the moral
purity and integrity OF character OF you- chill
dren take into your family only clean
newspaper"
Year: 1878

The peculiar arrangement Of this unrivaled
implement needs only TO be seen to be sppre-
ciated. Ask your neighbor what he thinks
about it No complication Of levers, A boy
ran manage it, and do better work than man
with walking plow, and twice the quantity
per day We have paid especial regard to the
improvement Of our implements and We only
import cuch as have the very latest improve
lents and best STYLES As our line is too extend
Year: 1878

The popular belief that bad cigars are made of cabbage leaves is not justified by the last official report on tobacco adulteration. This document contains a tabulated account of the seizures of spuri- ous tobacco made in the United Kingdom since 1864, and in the whole paper there is no mention whatever of the much-sus- pected vegetable. Its place in the black list is supplied by variety ofingredients large enough to rejoice the heart of any member of the Anti Tobacco League. The dishonest dealer in things smokea- ble is shown by the report to make use of three different sorts of materials be- sides that which he professes to employ. The first sort is required for the actual substance of the cigar; the second for improving it's outward appearance, and the third for imparting to it what is SUD- posed to be a better taste. In the former category the favorite substances seem to be the leaves of the lime tree, the husks of wheat and oats, cotton; yarn and ton qrlin bean. But there are numerous cases where the ingredients have been much more curiously selected, and have in cluded cocoanut fibre, small seeds, cotton, wood and bread. At one establishment fifty pounds of tobacco dust" were found and analysed, when it was shown to contain string, wood, nails, grindings of tobacco-pipe, dirt and all sorts of re- fuse. Another large class of materials is apparently used for securing the adhesion and consistency of the cigar when made

 Among these starch is the most promin- ent but it includes gum and amidine, blue, gum arabic, glue, glycerine and es- sential oils. The color of the fabrication is the next thing to be attended to, and for this purpose resort is had to yellow ochre, red sandalwood, logwood, lamp black and Venetian red. As for the flavor of the cigar, it is varied to suit the most diverse tastes, but the usual object seems to be to impart to it pleasing sweetness of tone. Accordingly saccharine matter, and especially treacle, is very largely pressed into the service. For those who like rather more decided taste, liquor ice, salt, logwood, glycerine and aniseed are used. It is in Dublin where the latter ingredient is most fashionable, while Edinburgh is fondest of treacle and sugar and East London is addicted to iquorice.
Year: 1878

NATIONAL POLITICS REVIEWED.
THE REPUBLICAN vICTORY-NO REAL CHANGE OF


ATTITUDE TOWARD THE soUTn-THE LAWS TO


BE ENFORCED.


Secretary Eyarts, in review of the political
situation, which is printed in The National
Republican to-day, states that there is
to be a thorough enforcement of the
law in the South The Secretary
says that the attitude of the President
is in reality the same now as it has
been. He has been disappointed, how
ever, in the fact that the assurances OF
Southern leaders have not been kept, and he
now intends to prosecute those who have vlo-
lated the rights of citizenship. Mr.. Evarts
regards the future of the Republican party as
very bright.
Year: 1878

Mrs. May Agnes Fleming will commence the
publcation Of her new and intensely interesting love
story next week in No. Of The New-York Weekly. It
Is one OF her best stories and is entitled Carried by
Storm" IL was written expressly for and can be read
only in The New-York Weekly.
Year: 1878

A notable little bird often met with in
Europe is called the 3turnstone. 1t has
earned this singular name by the manner
in which 1t procures it food, which is by
turning over,y with its strong, curved beak,
the stones on the seashore, in order to OBJ
tain the insects under them. Walking
along the seashore on the Scotch coast, one
day, an eminent naturalist once saw two OF
these little birds trying hard to turn over
Goldfish, but as 1t was six times as large as
themselves they found their task rather
difficult. Still they set bravely to work,
pushing away first with their bills and
then with their breasts; but Id spite Of
their ppsIing the fish would not turn over,
so thsy ran round to the other side of it,
and began to scrape away the sand to un-
dermine him, SO that he might turn over
more easily; and then with fresh energy
they set to work, but still the heavy fish
would not move. They tried again and
again without success. Presently another
turnstone came to their assistance. There
were three Of them now, and after repeated
trials and failures they at last succeeded in
rolling the Ash over. You may imagine
how much they enjoyed the rich feed Of
insects which they found where the fish
had lain. Their energy and perseverance
might be copied by many idlers Of the hu-
man race.