smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

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Yesterday at High Mass In the st. Louis
Cathedral, the Rev. Father Mothon, Domi-
nican, who breaches the sermons at the
Cathedral during the Lenton season, chose
for his subject the creation of man.


The eloquent preacher said: will speak
of mans material creation, that Is. his body.
Man is too prone TO ENJOY without thinking
the bouDties of God, and he ought from time
to time to think OF the One who has created
him.


considered In material point OF view. His
formation Ia divine, such as no architect can
rival. Man has his muscles, his flesh, his
bone, which assume all forms and act ac-
cording to his will. Mans body is not only y
miraculous structure, but 1t Is a formation
so extraordinary that mans genius, however
excellent cannot initiate 1t la the invention oi
the most complicated and perfect pieces Of
mechanism.


We must, when contemplating the organic
structure of man, recognize the stamp OF the
divine moulder, who has, as 1t were, impressed
his mark on his sublime work. The circula-
tion Of the blood, the mesh of arteries and
veins the sensitive muscles, are the master
pieces Of the One who has created, framed and
organized these parts.


And yet all this is nothing compared to the
expression of the face of man, for when his
brow lghtens with the glow OF intelligence,
when his eyes CLEAN in anger or become
dimmed with tears, when genius virtue and
love shine upon his brow and impress upon 1t
beauty that has no parallel In the wonders
Of creation, then we recognize and revere the
wonderful ways Of the Creator.
The face Of man Is the mirror OF his soul
and the soul is the mirror of God. Our body
is truly only q little mass OF clay, but 1t is
welded to our soul by an indssoluble band, a
piece OF clay upon which our soul imprints
all It's virtues and all its vices. Very often we
feel some kind OF irresistible attraction and
sympathy for avery ordinary looking person
Why2 Beca, Sc probably that person has q
face expressing ingenuity and innocence. And
very often we turn with disgust In seeing
certain faces which, as by Especial providence
of God, seem to hear the imprint of evil In
stincts and habits.


The Church always speaks OF the feeblenesa
OF our instincts, and when she points us the
right way not only does she save our souls, but
she tells us to take care OF our cOrporeal
structure Of our future, Of Cur honor and OF
our entire life.


II we wish our children to sustain our name
with honor not only before God but before
men, let us make them virtuous men. The
ancient sages used to say In speaking Of the
prosperity Of people that the commonwealth
needed "me7,s sa11d IN cOT,pOre sanO," or a
healthy soul Ia healthy body.


The Rev. Father Mathon is very popular In
New Orleans. This is not the first time that
he has preached here, and those who heard
him last year at the Cathedral did not fail to
greet him again this year.
Year: 1879

Throughout this world in every land where
there breathes and lives true Irishman will
the name of that great and holy man, St
Patrick, tenderly and reverentially spoken.
ascend to Heaven, for In the faithful Irish
heart he ranks first above all other saints
In the annals of the church,


In every land to-day will Irishmen unite to
commemorate the birth of the man to whom
the land of their fathers and the whole Catho-
lie race owe so much.


st. Patricks history and his many deeds OF
mercy and works of love are known to all,
and for ages to come, as long, perhaps, as
this world lasts, will they be remembered
and his name revered.


AS has been their custom for years past
our Irish fellow-ctizens celebrate his natal
day by services in the several Catholic
churches of the city, and by a grand parade
which will be participated in by all the Hi
bernian benevolent associations, and by sew
eral military organizations.


Theday promises to be fair and the display
fine.
Year: 1879

The house at the Academy Of Music last
night was an unusual one for Sunday even
ing's performance, and the opening Of Pima
fore was greeted most cordially.


The cast, or nearly all of them, were suf-
fering from colds and were not In voice, but
In action showed that they had been carefully
schooled In their respective characters. We
do not propose to criticize the company on
their first performance here, and will await
this evenings rendition before we say what
we think.


The comedietta Of the ''Hapy Pair" which
preceded the opera, was very pleasantly given
by Mr.. Frank Drew and Miss Estelle Nor
timer.
Year: 1879

st. Paul Pioneer Press: The majority OF
the people of New Hampshire feel as fish
may be supposed to feel out Of water, because
no State election is impending as has been
Hampshire will no longer fire "the first gun
of the campaign" as OF old.
Year: 1879

crime 1t is usual to say that he belongs to one
Of the best families. II the same man runs
for Office it will be found on the opposite


stump that he belongs TO ono Of the worst
families.
Year: 1879

Whenever newly-elected Republican SEN
ator supposed to be favorable to third term
for Grant arrives at Washington, the con-
tractors and thieves, whose occupation ID
gone since Grant stepped down and out raise
a collection, hire brass band and make night
hideous with what they call reception.
Year: 1879

People are dying every day of throat and lung
complaints who might be saved by timely and
uerseVering use Of the New Louisiana Remedy.
That remarkable product of our swamps is
everywhere winning golden opinions.
Year: 1879

DR.. Graham having passed very cred
liable examination before the Army Med
ical Board, was commissioned an assistant
surgeon in the United States army in
IS. and ordered to report for duty to
the commanding officer at Fort VI kayett,
Texas. There were no railroads in the
western country at that time, and the
usual way of getting to Texas was by the
Mississippi river to New Orleans, and
then crossing the Gulf, to stage it up
through the State DR.. Graham was
very desirous of examining the Western
country mineralogically, so applied and
received permission from the War depart
ment to 90 by way Of Arkansas and the
Indian Territory to his post.


On his arrival at st. Louis he shipped
the greater part of his baggage by way
of the river, and taking only what he
could carry on horseback, started on his
journey. While in st. Louis, at the
Planters Hotel, he formed the acquaint-
ance of a gentleman, who, learning where
he was going, gave him letter of intro
duction to his brother, who was a farmer
living on his roate il Arkansas. 1t is
not necessary for us to follow him on his
road, or tell what discoveries he made in
the interest of science; sufficient it is that
one day, toward dusk, he reached the
house of the gentleman to whom he had
the letter, and dismounting, knocked at
the door and presented his letter to the
Judge (even in those days every one was
Judge in Arkansas. who would not
have needed it to have accorded him an
open-handed welcome: for travellers were
a god-send, and news was as much sought
after then as now. After a short visit,
he proposed to so on to the next town,
about four miles off, where he intended to
put up for the night. The judge would
not listen to his leaving, and was so cor
dial in his desire for him to stay that he
would have been rude not to have done
so. The judge, after directing one of the
servants to attend to his horse, invited
him into the dining room, where he was
introduced to the wife and daughter OF
his host, and also to a substantial West
ern supper, to which he did ample justice.
Year: 1879

o larks sing out to the thrushes.


And thrushes, sing out to the sky;
Sing from your nests in the bushes,


And sing wherever you fly;
For I'm sure that never another


Such secret was told unto you
I've just got baby brother!


And wish that the whole world knew.
have told the buttercups, truly,
And the clover that grows by the way;
And it pleases me each time. newly,


When l think of it during the day.
And say to myself. Little Mary


You ought TO be as good as you can,
For the sake of the beautiful fairy


That brought you the wee little man."
I'm five years old this summer,


And I'm getting quite large and tall;
But thought till saw the newcomer,
When looked in the glass, was small.
And / rise in the morning quite early


To be sure that the baby is here,
For his hair is so soft and curly,


And his hands 80 tiny and deari
stop in the midst Of my pleasure


I'm so happy l cannot play
And keep peeping in at the treasure.


To soc how much he gains in day.
But he doesn't look much like growing,


Yet think that he will in year,
And l wish that the days would be going,
And the time when he walks would be here.
o larks sing out to the thrushes,


And thrushes, sing as you soar,
For think, when another spring bushes,
can tell you great deal more
l shall look from one to the other


And say, Guess who I'm bringing to your"
And you'll look-and see-he's my brotheri
And you'll sing. Little Mary was tue"
Year: 1879

Never lean with your back against
anything that is cold. Always take off
your wrapper and lean with your back
against hot stove.


Never begin a journey until breakfast
has been eaten. If you deviate from
this rule you will gradually gravitate
into the great army of tramps, and that
will prove unhealthy in the long run.


In sleeping in cold rooms, establish
the habit of breathing through the nose
and never with the mouth open, never,
except in fly time. Then you can justi-
iably keep it open early in the morn
ing and shut it occasionally in self-de-
fence.


Never keep the mouth open at night
when sleeping at summer boarding
house lest mice that are hunting their
places of abode in the bed-tick mistake
the orifce. This would compel you to
perform the painful duty of shutting
down on them, which would be bad for
the mice, and it might spvil yvur appe-
tite for breakfast.


1t frequently proves unhealthy to keep
the mouth open too much, even when
you are awake, especially if you are
talking to a man much larger than YOUR
self.


Never 60 to bed with cold or damp
feet, unless your companion has been to
bed at least an hour, and you are sure
it will not awaken him to warm them on
his shins.


When hoarse speak as little as posi-
BILE. This is also healthy rule to fol-
low when your wife is house-cleaning.


When going from warm atmosphere
into colder one, keep the mouth closed.
When going from a cold atmosphere in
to warmer one-well, never mind
about that now.


Never stand still upon the ice. AL
ways put on pair of skates. and sit
down occasionally. This will keep you
warm.


Keep your chest we'll protected. AL
ways lock it. and carry the key with
you. This is especially important if
you have diamonds in it.


But why multiply rules when people
will persist in saying it Is easier to
preach than practice.
Year: 1879

There is one social dishonor about
which no one thinks it worth while to
say much in reprobation. but which does
more harm than any other known to us
we mean the dishonor of repeating
conversations, opinions. circumstances,
not made under promise of secrecy, but
which high sense of honor would treat
as confidential, if haply high sense of
honor were the rule. 1t is odd that one
of the best things boy learns at school
is to eschew tale bearing and keep faith
with his companions. while one of the
most common practices of society is to
betray the trust contained in talk. and
repeat to all what has been told in i'm
piled confidence to one. This habit Of
repeating what we hear is as fatal to the
best intercourse of minds as to the finer
feelings of society.
Year: 1879

l. To fumigate and cleanse the air
of an apartment, we know of no more
simple way than to heat a common iron
shovel quite hot, and pour vinegar slow
ly upon it. The steam arising from this
process is pungent, and Of disinfectant
character. Open windows and doors at
the same time.


2. All chances of infection will be
prevented and all efiuvia destroyed from
dead bodies by wrapping them in sheets
saturated with solution of carbonate
of camphor.


5. An effectual and inexpensive de-
odorizer is obtained by dissolving half
drachm of nitrate of lead in pint Of
boiling water and two drachms of COM
mon salt in pail of water; the two So
lutions are then mixed and the sediment
allowed to settle. A cloth dipped in the
liquid and hung up in the apartment is
all that is required to purify the most
fetid atmosphere. 1t is recommended
for its cheapness, pound of the mater
ials costing about twenty five cents.


4. A pail of clear water in a newly
painted room will remove the sickening
odor of paint. Coffee pounded in a
mortar and roasted on an iron plate,
sugar burned on hot Goals. and vinegar
burned with myrrh and sprinkled on the
floor and furniture of sick room are
excellent deodorizers.


5. When the space to be disinfected
is large, chloride Of lime may be dissolv-
cd in water and sprinkled when required,
or cloths dipped in a weak solution of it
may be hung up at intervals throughout
the apartment. In the dlsinfection of
purifying substances. water-closets, &C.,
it is applied directly and destroys the
noxious exhalations as they are formed.


6. Dissolve one pound of green cop
eras, costing seven cents, in one quart of
water; sprinkle the solution about, and
in few days the smell will pass away.
Year: 1879

USEFUL ONLY TO THE CORONER During the
past week no less than three miserable
young men crossed IN love have killed
themselves. How many others have wished
they were dead can never be known, and
there is not room in the newspaper to give
LIST of them if attainable. The young
man who commits suicide under such cir.
cumstances as these puts himself to the
very best possible use in furnishing business
for the coroner. lie could hardly be uti.
Lied in any other way.-Philadelphia Times.
Year: 1879

DEFEAT OF THE BELL PUNCH.--The Con.
necticut Senate Tuesday unanimously voted
TO indefinitely POSTPONE the bill providing
FOR the establishment Of the bell punch
register system in that State. This seals
the fate of the measure.
Year: 1879

Drummers taking out licenses to sell
GOODS in North Carolina will have to pay
800 for each license unless it is to sell liquor,
when they must pay 5000 each. The new
iaw eXempts them from the payment Of any
are now required to take out licenses.
Year: 1879

The ELECTRIC LIGHT IN BosToN.-A move
ment is on foot at Boston to light the harbor
1t night by the electric light 1t is thought
hy placing powerful lamps on Fort Inde-
pendence and the wharf of the Cunard
Company the harbor can be Illuminated
sufficiently to make it safe for vessels to
come up to the city in the darkest night.
Year: 1879

What a blessed thing it is that We can
forget! To-day's troubles look large,
but week hence they will be forgotten
and buried out of sight. Says one writer:
If you would keep book, and daily put
down the things that worry you, and see
what becomes of them, it would be a
benefit to you. You allow thing to
annoy you Just as you allow fly to set
tie on you and plague you; and you lose
your temper, Tor rather get it), for when
men are surchaFged with temper they
IRE said to have lost it; and you justify
yourselves for being thrown of your
balance by causes which you do not
trace out. But if you would see what it
was that threw you off your balance be-
fore breakfast, and put it down in little
book, and follow it up, and follow it out
and ascertain what becomes of it, you
would see what a fool you were IN the
matter. The art of forgetting is blessed
art, but the art of overlooking is quite
as important. And if we should take
time to write down the origin, progress,
and outcome of few of our troubles, it
would make us so ashamed of the fuss
we make over them, that we should be
glad to drop such things, and bury them
at once in eternal forgetfulness. Life is
too short to be worn out in petty worries,
dettings, hatred and vexation.
Year: 1879

On the mantle piece of my grand
mothers best parlor, among. the marvels,
was an apple in phial. It quite filled
up the body of the bottle. and childish
wonderment constantly was, 'How could
it have got there? By stealth I climbed
a chair to see if the bottle would IN
screw, or if there had been a joint in the
glass throughout the length of the phial.
l was satisfied by careful observation
that neither of these theories could be
supported; and the apple remained to
me an enigma and a mystery.


One day, walking in the garden, 1 saw
1t all. There, on a tree, was phial tied,
and within it tiny apple, which was
growing within the crystal. The apple
was put into the bottle while it was little,
and it grew there.


More than thirty years ago we tried
this experiment with cucumber. We
laid bottle upon the ground by hill
of cucumbers, and placed a tiny cucum-
Der in the bottle to see what would be
the result. 1t grew till it filed the bot
tie, when we cut it off from the stem,
and then filed the bottle with alcohol
and corked it up tight. We have il
now, all as fresh, with the little prickers
on it, as it was when we first corked it up.
Year: 1879

An observant spectator Will notice that
the first floor windows of a large house
at the corner of Norfolk street, London,
present a peculiar appearance. The
shutters are up, and they are covered
thickly with dust, while through the
chinks can be seen the blinds, also thick
with dust, and moldering away with age.
These shutters and blinds have been in
exactly the same position untouched for
forty years. During that time no human
foot has entered that room. And the
reason is this: Forty years ago-more
than forty-Lord Dysart was engaged to
be married. The day was fixed, the
wedding morning arrived, the breakfast
was laid out in the spacious and hand
some room, the bridegroom was made
ready to proceed to church, when it was
discovered that the bride was missing.
A note in her handwriting was found
addressed to the bridegroom, briefly in
forming him that she had eloped that
morning with his best man, gay and
gallant captain of dragons. The Tilted
bridegroom did not say much, but he
went alone to the rooms in which the
wedding breakfast was laid out, with his
own hands put up the shutters and drew
the blinds, locked the door and took the
key. He gave orders that the doors
should be nailed up and barred with
padlocked bars, and that no one should
enter the room again. When the house
was let it was stipulated that the room
in question should remain untouched,
and the sum of 5000 per annum was paid
to the tenant to compensate him for the
deprivation of the use of the room. The
room has never been entered since the
day he closed it, and there are the WED
ding meats" moldering silently away,
and the ornaments crumbling into dust
in the funeral gloom.
Year: 1879

An Arab may divorce his wife on the
slightest occasion. So easy and so COM
mon is the practice that Burckhardt
assures US that he has seen Arabs not
more than forty-five years of age who
were known to have had fifty wives,
yet they rarely have more than one at a
time.


By the Mohammedan law a man may
divorce his wife orally and without any
ceremony he pays her a portion, gen
orally oHe-third of. her dOwry. He may
divorce her twice and take her again
withoNt her consent, but if he put her
away by triple divorce conveyed in
the same sentence, he cannot receive
her again until she has been married
and divorced by another husband.


By the Jewish law it appears that a
wife could not divorce her husband; but
under the Mohammedan code, for cruel
ty and some other causes she may di-
vorce him. -


Among the Hindoos, and also among
the Chinese, a husband may divorce his
wife upon the slightest ground, or even,
without assigning any reason. She is
under the absolute control of her hus-
band


The law of France, before the revolu-
ton, following the judgment of the
Catholic church, made marriage indisso-
luble, but during the early revolutionary
period divorce was permitted at the
pleasure of the parties when incompati-
bility of temper was alleged. The Code
Napoleon restricted this liberty. On
the restoration of the Bourbons a law
was promulgated 8th May, 1916, declar-
ing divorce tobe abolished that all
suits then pending for divorce by mu-
tual consent should be void, and such
is now the law of France.
Year: 1879

This little sentence should be written
over every heart-stamped on every
memory. It should be the golden rule
practice, not only in every household,
but throughout the world. By helping
one another, we not only remove the
thorns from the pathway and the ankle
ty from the mind, but we feel a sense Of
pleasure in our hearts, knowing we are
doing a duty to a fellow creature. A
helping hand or an encouraging word is
no loss to us, yet is benefit to others.
Who has not felt the power of a little
sentence? Who has lot needed the en-
eOuTagement and aid of a kind friend ?
How soothing when perplexed with
some task that is both difficult and bur
densome, to feel a gentle hand on the
shoulder, and to hear kind voice whis-
pering, do not be discouraged I see
your troubles; let me help you" What
strength is inspired, hope created, what
sweet gratitude is felt; and the great
difficulty is dissolved as the dew before
the sunshine. Yes, let us help one ano-
ther, by endesvoring to strengthen and
encourage the weak; and lifting the
burden of care from the weary and op-
pressed, that life may glide smoothly on,
and the fount of bitterness yield sweet
waters; and He whose willing hand is
ever ready to aid US, will reward our
humble endeavoTs, and every good deed
will be "bread upon the water, to return
after many days." if not to US. at least
to those we love
Year: 1879

The growth of the nails is more rapid
IN children than in adults, and slowest
in the aged; goes on faster in summer
than in winter, so that the same nail
which is renewed in one hundred and
thirty-two days in winter, requires only
one hundred and sixteen in summer.
The increase of the nails of the right
hand is more rapid than those of the
left moreover it differs for the different
fingers, and in order corresponds with
the length of the finger, consequently
it is the fastest in the middle finger,
nearly equal in the two on either side
Of this, slower in the little finger and
slowest in the thumb. The growth of
all the nails on the left hand requires
eighty-two days more than those Of the
right.
Year: 1879

A mutual mistake was once made by
Lord Guildford and lady of quality in
the house of Lord Melville. There was
a dinner party, at which Lord Seaforth
was to be present. As Seaforth was deaf
and dumb, Lady Melville, before the
company arrived, sent lady friend who
was familiar with the dumb alphabet
into the drawing room, to be ready
against his lordship's arrival. It hap
pened, however, that Lord Guildford
was the first to make his appearance,
and the lady, taking him for Lord Sea-
forth, began to sign to him nimbly with
her fingers. His lordship happened to
be an adept in the deaf and dumb
alphabet, replied in the same way; and
so they went on talking in this noiseless
manner on their fingers till Lady Mel
vile entered, when her friend said
aloud:


'Wen, I have been talking my best to
this dumb man."


'Dumbp cried Lord Guildford, in
unfeigned surprise; "why, my good lady,
! thought goa were dumbp
Year: 1879

TRUTH IN BRIEF.-Anybody can soil
the reputation of any individual, how
ever pure and chaste, by uttering a sus-
picion that his enemies will believe and
his friends never hear of. A puff of
idle wind can take million of the
seeds of thistle, and do a work of
mischief which the husbandman must
labor hard and long to undo, the floating
particles being too fine to be seen ana
too light to be stopped. Such are the
seeds of SANDER, so easily sown, so diff
cult to be gathered up, and yet so per-
nicious are its fruits. They know that
many a wind will catch up the plague,
and become poisoned by their insinua-
tions, without ever seeking the antidote.
No reputation can refute a sneer, nor
any human skill prevent mischief.


Be thyself blameless of what thou re
bukest. He that cleanses a blot witt
blotted fingers makes greater blot.