smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

BY about the middle OF next May, the
public will have seen the last Of the pres
ent 3 cent stamp and begin to get acoustic
med to something red or possibly new
tint. The best and fastest color known,
the green three, has proved a placer for
stamp washers who take off the oily can
lceIlaliOn without acid or alkali and set
the stamp afloat again. So far the de-
Ipartment has found no way out Of the
difficulty. and tho long series OF expert
ments just completed has resulted in
nothing more than the assurance tha,
lgreen is the poorest of stamp cOlors. Al
the time j; was adopted no other natt,


used II for its unit Of letter postage. AID
with Its disase the common s'asnps the
world over will run To red and prowns.


With the change Of color, Nav !. there
will be change in design. The medal


lion head Of Washington will be relieved
by an open space OF white. anil the scroll
work will have different pattern. Alto


gether the new stamp win bear some re-
semblance 10 stamp OF sixteen years - o


which most people have forgotten. The


white background Is adopted in the hopt
that any attempt to wash the stamp will
leave this part irr-trievably soiled.
Year: 1877

Whar! fight for worthless vain coquett'
for heart!ess jilt?-not |!
Ny mettle, Sir, was at Worcester proved
I dread not the sneering lie
OF spiteful tongue, nor the jetrs o
those who may give me coward
name;


I'll make him cat his words who dares t.
fling ia my teeth the same!
For my sword is now. as it ever was, ant
l trust will eyer be,
As prompt to defend It's masters fame a
in the days of chivalry.
l will fight for my king. l will draw m,


sword to uphold the canse of right /;
For truth, for justice, for all who sr,


weak, will fight with all my might
But because woman looks awry, and j


may be casts glance
On other men than her chosen knight
shall put in rest my nee,
To uphold her folly and fatt-r her whlm


and cause brave man to die.
Unwept by the tickle cause of strife? No


I, my lord, not !!
So carry this message back to him who


sent you this wild-goose chase,
That l, like himself, am of noble blood


and think it no disgrace
To keep sword in sheath for so weak /,


cause as wilful beauty's frOwn.
What! fight for one who loves neither ot


us-we two Who have fought for {


crown!


Nay, nay. such fight for woman's whim


would be but The strife Of fools.
Each of US knows the other brave: let us


wait till our anger cools.
Let Us keep our swords for stronger


cause.-the cause of right and good;
Just "whistle our fair one down the


wlnd,' and shake hands, as two wist


men should.
Year: 1877

The President to-day sent in nearly
all the nominations which remained un-
acted on last Monday, and at the head of
the list was the New Y York custom house
slate which the New York Republican
delegation, except one man, had this
morning asked the President to Withhold
especially the collector and naval Of
ficer. They made the request on the
ground that the Senate Committee had
BY a nearly unanimous vote, decided
upon an adverse report; that they could
not be confirmed ex cept by united
Democratic vote, and that further pres
sure by the President was disturbing the
harmony of the Republican party in New
York. -'t


Thurman and Voorhees,, sustained
Conkling's position as to the improper
form of the nominations, and intimated
that hereafter the Democrats would at
tend to their own business and let the
Republicans settle their own troubles
Judge Davis also confirmed Conkling's
position. After nearly two hours spent
in debate on this point and on the right
of the Senate to haye the reasons of re-
moval, they adjourned without reaching
a vote or their return to the President
as informal and Illegal. 1t will probably
be carried by nearly unanimous vote
il they were not withdrawn.


THE SILVER BILL.
The vote on fixing day for the con-
sideratlon of the Silver bill, Al yeas to IS
nays, is considered test vote on its
merits, and shows it has a two-thirds
vote in favor of 1t as it passed the House
and that If vetoed there is twosthird
majority in both houses to pass it over
the Presidents head. Even Stanley
Matthews bows before the storm in Ohio
and takes the ground that the entire
public debt can be paid in silver coin of
the same standard as existed before the
demonstration. The demonstration in
the Senate is notice to the President
that he does not represent the people in
financial matters, and that he is already
President without party to support
him.


Dan Foorhees carried of the prize of
place ON the Finance Committee over
the hard money men in the Democratic
caucus.
Year: 1877

From the National Live Stock Journal


Tho tendency, year by year, is to
work up more closely every product
of the farm. 1t has often been said
that. the farmer wastes, for want of
knowledge, a splendid margin Of
profit The dairy interest has its
great waste as well as other depart
ments of agriculture. Butter repre-
sents only one-third Of the milk, but
when this is made all the rest is gem
orally treated as refuse, and fed to the
pigs and calves. Now, the cascin of
the SKINNED milk has greater food
value (thOugh not commercial value)
than the butter. There have been
many efforts to save the cheese of the
skinned, milk, representing, as it
does, one-half, at least. of the food
value of the whole milk. That we
may realize what an enormous
amount Of excellent human food goes
to waste for want of proper knowl-
edge how to utilize this skinned
milk, we have only to look at the sta
tistics of butter production in the
United States. The lowest estimate
that can be made for 1876, based up-
on the census Of 1870, is 650,000,0 900
pounds Of butter; and it is well es-
tablishcd, that for each pound of but
ter made, two pounds of cheese may
be taken from the skinned milk,
This would yield l.3O0,0O0,000 pounds
of cheese rs the natural production OF
tho milk from which butter has been
made. Now, if We only value this
cheese as equal to ordinary beef, as
food, then it would represent l,733,.
333 head OF cattle, dressing 75(
pounds Of meat each. And If this
lcheese were so we'll made as to be
Year: 1877

A WASHINGTON letter-writer tells US
that at the late Cabinet meeting the
President said he did not want to make
any more appointments at this time
than were absolutely necessary. He
wanted to postpone action on as many
as he could until it is definitely known
whether his Southern policy is to be
success or not. Secretary Evarts briefly
stated the condition of the diplomatic
service, and what changes, in his judg
ment, should be made. The mission
to Switzerland is now vacant, and
should be filled, and he submitted the
various applicants for this appoint
ment. A general discussion then en-
sued as to the qualifications of the
several applicants, but no appointment
was decided upon. 1t is also under
stood that Secretary Schurz submitted
the names of several persons to fill the
vacant assistant secretaryship in the in
terror department, but no decision was
reached. The Southern question was
not discussed at all, the meeting being
devoted exclusively to a consideration
of appointments. The statement in a
New York paper that the President has
adopted the general rule that when an
officer has served for eight consecutive
years this period of service will operate
against his reappointment, is pro-
nounced by members of the Cabinet to
be devoid even of the sempIance or
truth. The President has adopted no
such rule, nor does he intend to pursue
such policy as this statement would
seem to indicate. On the contrary,
where an officer has served eight years,
and shown himself to be both capable
and efficient, this will work in his
favor, and lead to his continuance in
the civil service, unless there be other
serious reasons which would necessitate
change. 1t is asserted very positively
by members of the Cabinet that the
President does not intend to turn a man
out who has held Office eight years un.
less the interests of the service demand
a change.
Year: 1877

THE article widely copied from the
New York World, giving the Mexican
version of the story of the Alamo, is
the substance of an excellent historical
lecture delivered by Col. Ford (Old
Rip), late of the Constitutional Con-
Year: 1877

How many suffer torture day after day, max
ing life burden and robbing existence of all
pleasure owing to the secret suffering from
Piles. Yet relief is ready to the hand OF almost
any one who will use systematically the remedy
that has permanently cured thousands. No
drastic, violent purge, but gentle assistant Of
nature.
Year: 1877

when she will repent and want to live, and
she will live and not try suicide again. |
see two or three women of that sort every


week, and as many more who come for
other drugs not aimed at their own life
III didn't give them something they would
go on and find some of the idiots abound
ing in our business who would be mere
credulous or less conscientious. When a
woman really wishes to commit suicide
she jumps into the river. Cutting her
throat or blowing out her brains messes
her corpse so that she doesn't like it; be,
sides she is coward TO physical pain, and
If she takes poison it is usually in mo-
ment of passion or despair, and in the ma
jority of instances, no sooner has she swal-
lowed it than the love of life reasserts IL
self. Curious things, women.r-N 2
World
Year: 1877

At dinner lately given in London to


Mr.. Justice Hawkins, on his elevation to


the bench, with the view, perhaps, of en-


couraging the jnnior members Of the pro-
| fession, he related in amusing terms the


history of his first brief On his first visit
to the Hertford Sessions he was astonish-
ed at the offer Of brief to defend a man
| charged with stealing whee1barrow. He
surveyed the document with awe and ad-
miration, but expressed his difIidence at
his inability 10 do justice to bis client
The local solicitor assured him that his
task would be ofthe simplest possible kind,
as the prisoner was seen to steal the wheel
barrow, which was subsequently found in
his possession. "All you will have to do
will be to make speech to the jury"
urged the attorney, but the future Judge
was still 10th to undertake the response
bllity, and eventually the brief and the fee
were handed over to Mr.. Rodwell, the
present member for Cambridge. Mr.. Haw-
kins watched the progress of the case with
feelings that may be imagined but cannot
be described. In the result the prisoner
was convicted, and sentenced to seven
years penal servitude. As he could not
BY any possibility get d greater punish.
ment had he been defended by Mr. Haw-
kins, that learned gentleman took heart Of
grace, and made solemn covenant with
himself that if ever again he got chance
of defending prisonerfor stealing wheel
barrow or any thing else he would defend
him to the best of his ability.
Year: 1877

A good old colored man named Uncle
Jim Hill set himself up as phrenologist,
and barber was his first subject He
placed the barber ON chair, felt of his
head for q long time, and then remarked,
William, you is too sanguine. When you
lend money you expect it back. You are
bilious. You want to be honest, but you
hasn't the necessary character; you ism t
hopeful you is bowed down with grief
most OF de time; you has an ear for mus
ic; you has de worst feet on Kentucky
street; you is de right sort of a man to
wheel coal down hill for big wages" Will
liam rose up, pitched Uncle Jim over the
stove and under the bed, and split panel
of the door as he went out. The aged
phrenologist was at the City Hall next
evening to get advice from the police, and


when advised to go out of the trade, he re-
piled, "Seems like shall have to, for 1'ze
getting too aged to be frown over cook
Year: 1877

One of the queerest features Of that queer
Charley Ross case was the incarceratian of
the man Westervelt, who was friend and
"pardner" of Douglas and Mosher, avowedly
for the purpose of forcing a confession
from him of the whereabouts Of the child.
The man has been in solitary confinement
since their death, his family suffering at
times for food free pardon ready for
him as soon as he tells all he knows.
Under the circumstances, as he still keeps
silence, it is fair to conclude that he knows
nothing.
Year: 1877

1t is curious how seldom prize competi-
ton produces good work. At the annual
meeting of the American Medical Associa-
ton in Chicago last week, the Committee
on Prize Essays reported that only ten had
been offered, and that neither of them was
worthy OF any prize whatever. Yet doubt
less during the past year many able papers
upon medical subjects have been written
and given to the profession without the
incitement of proffered premium. 1t is
with poetry as with science. The English
universities each Of them annually bestows
prize for the best copy of verses-is there
any ordinary reader who can name half a
dozen of the successful productions? Per.
haps the reason of the mediocrity of prize
work of all kinds is to be found in the un.
Willingness of really able men to be re
garded as laboring not for science or art
but material compensation of filthy
lucre. The plan of such reward is toe
definite an appeal to motive which is mo-
the best. The best is done by the bes
because it is the best, and, being done fo
ITS own sake, is its own reward
Year: 1877

How often has the remark been made
that man addicted TO his cups, cannot
give them up. Thus public sentiment has
contributed to fasten the chain that links
the inebrate to degradation. While God
is continually saying to him, turn ye, turn
yc, from your evil ways why will We die p
the world inculcates a sentiment diametri-
cally opposed to the commands and eX-
postulations of the infallible Jehovah, when
it says he cannot turn, he mas lost the
power. We should extend helping hand
to our afflicted brother to raise him UP,
and inspire him with hope that if he will
put forth the remaining strength that he
has to reform, and trust in God, that he
will not be disappointed. There are on
record bright examples of the power of the
will over human conduct. The will power
is given to man, and God substantiates the
truth of the statement, when he says "ye
will not come unto me that We might have
life" If the signers to the Declaration of
independence in l77G had not willed to
throw off the oppressive yoke Of George the
Third, we would not have gained our
freedom. The same spirit that inspired
their will, inspired their courage to contend
with their enemy. 1t is said that dauntless
resolution was depicted on the counte-





the pen to inscribe his name to the immor
tai document. 1t is said that among these
signers was one that had been an idle ard
dissipated man until he arrived at the age
Of thirty. Having then thrown off the
yoke Of bondage to king Alcohol, he was
the better prepared to rebel against the
usurpation of George the Third.


Many inebriates have little hope of refor
nation, when thpV have sunk so low rs tC
be elected from the saloon, and have not q
kind word spoken to them, even by pro
Tossing Christians Said one whom Christ
had set free from his thraldom, " passed by
your Church often on my way to get
dram, and stopped occasionally to hear the
singing, and not one Of you said a word t
me about my soul. Now why did you no
speak to me?''


Mr.. Wesley i'm one oi his sermons speak
of venerable old clergyman who said
SINNERS of every sort have | frequentl,
known converted to God, but an hibitua
drunkard have never known converted
Mr. Wesley who sought more enlarged
sphere Of usefulness, and cried aloud il
his zeal, "The world is my Parish,i wen
down to the lowest grade of civilization
and extended a helping hand To the hope
less inebriate, and said to him, Look al
Behold the Lamb of God who taketh ava
the sin of the world y "This day is saly;
ton come to thy soul" lie said for the
encouragement that he had known Z" fiv
hundred incbriates converted, perhaps fiy
thousand" Let us be melted by the fat
Of Wesley, and labor to obtain from til
class of sorrowful experiences, all the r
cruits we can for Christ and the cold waiC
army. x K
Year: 1877

"A | -FUNNITUKE.


DE GIRAFFE TAYLOR,


SO Bowery,


Offering their immense
stock OF tho latest styles of Parlor Library Dining Room
and Chamber Furniture prices suit the times In
sequence OF removal whole disposed Of
before January Purchasers per
the next sixty days
Year: 1877

TIFF Committee on Camp Meet
ing for Mineral Point District met
at the VI. Z. Parsonage in this City,
and decided to hold Camp Meeting
near Belmont, TO commence on the
Monday, the 11th of June.
Year: 1877

\ most interesting discovery has
been made in the Sea of Tiberias of a
fish which incubates its young in the
cavities of the mouth, and, what is the
more remarkable, it is the male which
performs this part of the family func-
ton. As soon Is the female has depOs-
tied its eggs i'm the hollow of the sand,
the male approaches and draws them
into cavities of the mouth by process
of aspiration; here they are distributed
between the leaves of the gills, and in
the midst of the respiratory organs the
eggs rapidly develop. distending the
mouth of the male fish in the most ex-
traortlinary manner. and finally the
Young fish make their appearance,
packed in the gills like so many herring
all with their heads directed toward
the opening. From this place of re-
treat and safety they run in and out
until they are large enough to take
care of themselves. Ii is said that as
many as two hundred individuals are
sometimes crowded into the mouth and
gills of the male. The name of this ex-
traOrdinary fish is the Chromis poter-
fdloilios
Year: 1877

At the beginning Of the session with
the person before whom your art is to
be exercised, the smile, of course, is in
order. The features should then take
their natural position in repose; or
should, if the circumstances seem to re-
quire it, assume a grayer expression;
il might. indeed, be well 10 show the
lines of the brow somewhat drawn to-
gether, with a suggestion .: trouble, or
at least of concentrated attention.
Above all things, remember Il at when
your vis-a-vis begins with what promises
TO be a prolonged humorous narration,
your face must instantly relapse into
quiet. The smile may begin early in the
story-but should he slight and inconspic-
uous at first, gradually diffusing itself
over the entire countenance and coming
to climax with the point of the story
either in an actual laugh, or, still better,
i'm radiant smile Of appreciation, tip
toe on the verge of laughter, and a
hundred times more effective for it,
reticence. No one who has made Use
of this method will ever return 10 the
old and inelegant system-tiring to
yourself and unsatisfactory to your in
terlocutor-Of beginning the facial
audience, if we may 50 call il, at the
highest pitch at the outset of his narra-
ton, and vainly endeavoring to keep
up the strain upon the features to the
end. The consequence of such course
lis, that either the smile becomes hard
and mechanical, or that precisely when
most needed it altogether disappears,
and YOU are forced to some clumsy sub
stitute.


You may say that the rule just given
is too simple to be regarded. But be-
hold the disastrous results that have
followed the ignoring OF method so
simple-so entirely within the reach o
all. History tells us of a man who rose
to the highest political positions on the
mere strength of smile. a discerning
and witty people associated the exer-
else of this gift with his very name.
He knew how to smile: but he did not
know how not 10 smile. The constant
use of this method of conversation gave
his features as decided set rs that


which was more artificially produced
in the case of Victor Hugo's ''homme
qui rit." His art was only half learned,
and the old adage was again proved


true, that little knowledge isa danger


Gus thing.


We might cite another case, in which
Year: 1877

How wise and sagacious the COWS be-
come that run upon the street. or pick
their living along the highway. The
mystery of gates and bars is at last
solved to them. They ponder over
them by night, they lurk about them
by day, till they acquire a new sense
till they become en- rapport with them
and know when they are open and un
guarded. The garden gate. if it open
into the highway at any point, is never
out of the mind of these roadsters, or
out of their calculations. They calcu
late upon the chances of its being left
open certain number of times i'm the
season and if it be but once, and only
for five minutes, your cabbage and
sweet corn suffer. What villager, or
countryman either, has not been
awakened at night by the squeaking
and crunching of those piratical jaws
under the window or. in the direction
of the vegetable patch: | have had the
cows, after they had eaten up my gar
den, break into the stable where my
own milcher was tied, and gore her
and devour her meal. Yes, life presents
but one absorbing problem to the street
COW, and that is how TO get into your
garden. She catches glimpses of ii
over the fence or through the Pickets.
and her Imagination or epigastrium is
inflamed. When the spot is surrounded
by high board fence, / think | have
seen her peeping at the cabbages
through a knot-hole. At last she learns
TO open the gate. 1t is a great triumph
of bovine wit. She does it with her
horn or her nose, or may he with her
ever-ready tongue. doubt if she has
ever yet penetrated the mystery of the
newer patent fastenings; but the old
fashioned thumb-latch she can see
through, give her time enough.


A large, lank, muley or polled COW
used to annoy me in this way when 1
was dweller in certain pastoral city.
| more than half suspected she was
turned in by some one; so one day
watched. Presently | heard the gate



latch rattle; the gate swung open and
in walked the old buffalo. On seeing
me she turned and ran like horse. L
then fastened the gate on the inside and
watched again. After long waiting the
old COW came quickly around the cor
ner and approached the gate. She
lifted the latch with her nose. Then as
the gate did not move she lifted it again
and again. Then she gently nudged
it. Then, the obtuse gate not taking
the hint. she butted it gently, then
harder and still harder, till it ratified
again. At this juncture l emerged
from my hiding place, when the old
villain scampered off with great precipi-
tation. She knew she was trespassing,
and she had learned that there were
usually some swift penalties attached
to this pastime Birds and
Psets."
Year: 1877

Tell me not in mournful numbers


Life is but an empty dream;
Doest thou never eat cucumbers.


Never with the collie scream:
Life is real life is earnest


Thou1t believe it in thy soul,
When with inward heat thou burnest,
And thine eyes in anguish roll
When no joyance. naught but sorrow
Finds thy heart from day to day;
While, each following tomorrow,


Still the penalty thou pay.
Life is long and health is feeting,


1t may leave thee an day;
Then be careful Of thine eating


Throw all cucumbers away.
In the worlds broad field of produce.
Csn'st no vegetable find,
Which, while not to health so odious.
Shall be yet unto thy mind
Take naught hurtful howe'er pleasant;
(By such things Is illness pred-
Thou mayst relish it at present;


Soon thou'lt mourn with aching head.
Lives Of healthy folks remind us


We may all our lives be well,
II no folly ever blind us


To eat noxious things pell-melL
II thou know this, tell another.


Let him likewise tell sgain-
Thst some foolish, thoughtless brother
Hearing. may be saved from pain
Let us then be up and doing.


Hearts against cucumbers set.
And the sickness they are brewing
Let no thoughtful mortal get!
Year: 1877

The moment man is satisfied with
himself, everybody else is dissatisfied
with him.


There are many shining qualities in
the mind of man, but none 50 useful as
discretion.


If we do not fatter ourselves the
flattery of others will not hurt us.


The man who minds his own busi-
ness has good, steady employment.


Never apologize for long letter ;
you only add to its length.


Retiring early at night will surely
shorten a mans days.


He speaks in his drink what he
thought in his drOuth.


True men make more opportunities
than they find.


An angry man opens his mouth and
shuts his eyes.