smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Whose raiseth aAs,l fihiueth horsl
| for the Lord is countd in the number o
those who give aims day and night, II
private as well as in public. He will finC
his reward All his SINS will be forgiven
him. and never will any fear come over
him and dishonor his heart.


Let your colt be domesticatcd and
live with you from his tcnderest age, and
when a horse. he viii be SIMPLE docile
faithful, and INJURED TO hardship and ia
tigue.


"If you would have your horse to
serve you on the day Of trial, if you de,
sire him then to be horse of truth
make him sober accustomed to hard
work. aud inaccessible to fear I"


Do not beat your horses, nor speal,
to them in a loud tone of voice; do not
be angry with them. but kindly reprove
their faults. they will do better thereafter,
for they understand the language Of man
and its meaning


"If you have long days journey be
fore you, spare Your horse at the start
let him frequently walk. to recover his
wind Continue this until he has sweated
and dried three times. and you may ask
Of him whatever YOU please he will not
leave you in difficulty. ,


Use your horse as you do your
Ieathern bottle if you open it gently and
gradually, you easily control the water
within, but you open it suddenly, the
water escapes at once, and nothing re
mains to quench your thirst


" Never let your horse run up or down
hill if YOU can avoid it, On the contra
ry, slacken your pace. Which do you
prefer, was asked oi a horse, the assent
or descentp A curse be on their point
of meeting was the answer


+" Make your horse work and work
again Inaction and fat are the great
peril Of a horse, and the main cause Of all
his vices and diseases -


observe your horse when is drinking
at brook. IL, in bringing down his
head, he remain square, without bending
his limbs. he possesses sterling qualities.
metrically.


-Four things he must have broad,
front chest, loins and limbs; four things
Tang, neck, breast, fore arm and Group /.
and four things short, pasterns, back,
ears and tail
Year: 1874

SPEEDY CuRg FOR A SPRAIN The fol.
lowing is good, aud in many cases has
enabled persons with sprained ankles to
walk in twenty four hours entirely free
Of pain Take a large spoonful OF honey
the same quantity Of salt. and the white
of an egg beat the whole up together in
cessanty for two hours, then let it stand
an hour, and annoint the place spraned
with the oil which will he produced from
the mixture keeping the part well rolled
with u bandage The following recipe
for sprain in the bac'; is also from the
practice Of an emrent physician. and is
said to be an almost intalliblo cure
Beat up well four table spoonfuls of ci'
der vinegar with theyolk of an egg then
add thirty drops Of oil or spirits of tur
pentinc, mix them thoroughly, and drink
the whole on going to bed at night
Year: 1874

"CoME IIoME: THE BEANS ARE Burn
ING. Last Sunday morning family
living in the suburbs of the city went to
a suburban church, leaving n little girl
about seven yeare of age and boy about
twelve years Of age in charge Of the
house The church was situated but u
short distance from the house The fami
" were to have beans for dinner and
these were lef. in vessel on the stove to
cook The little girl while playing, sud-
denly began to smell the odor Of burnt
beans, upon which she rushed out Of the
house over into the church where the
pastor was gravely and earnestly preach
ing the profound word Of God The first
person Of the family the little girl espied
was young lads cousin, and to her in a
loud voice which startled the assemblage
considerably, she cried, "Come home,
come home, the beans are burning, and
Immediately rushed out again. The as
tonshment was great, and all the solen.
nifty Of the preacher as well as Of the con.
gregaton disappeared beneath broad
smile at the righteousness Of the matter
-Louisrike Courier Journal
Year: 1874

SEALING WAX ron FRUIT CANS Use
say five parts of resin to ono Of becswax,
both pure STIR just long enough to mix
them well. Much or rapid stirring cause s
it to bluhbcr, and so makes air holes


Apply hot when cold, turn the cans
down side wise on a dry table few
hours. If not alright you will find a
drop or two Of juice under the mouth OF
the can. If SO. melt your wax and go
over it again. Don't set them away till
you know they are right. use cool.
dry. dark, frost.proof closet above the
ground, and never sweeten my fruit; cx


cept strawberries, to preserve the flavor


which you cannot do in any other way
Year: 1874

Ev A stingy husband accounted for
all the blame Of the lawlessness Of his
children in company by saving his wife
always gave them their own way. Poor
things! it's all have to give them, was
the prompt reply
Year: 1874

cD- A school girl in Davenport was
over heard trying to convince school
fellow that she liked him better than sue
did some other urchin, OF whom 10
seemed jealous "Of course ! like You
better than do Bill, she said !" for
don't | miss words in my spelling lesson
ON purpose, so as to be down to the toot
Of the class where you are Y"
Year: 1874




"rhe frlendiess sailors ask for only what ls :
right.n



There are 1876 vessels Of different classes In the
harbOr and the sailors deserted them all, aud
hence they are Tor the present virtually "wrecKed
in portn Their cargOes are rocking on The tide,
and the commerce OF the port, which amounts to
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars, suddeny and
Unexpectedly held In check.


AMONG THE SAILORS. 81 II
The sailors. contrary to what might have been
expected, were not rf0t0us dlsorderiy, but
quiet sober and determined. They consider the
reduction OF their wages to the extent OF twenty
five per cent as highly unjust and claim that the
salaries previously given were barely suficlent
to enable them to support their wives and
families At the forming OF the procession
this morning there were no drunken or threaten
ing demonstrations, and the parade, while ap-
pearlng, from Its rude, motley dress, exceedingly
peculiar and grotesque, was very orderly and dig.
nlded. There Is no telling how long the strike
viii last nor what its dnal Issue win be, but the
excitement along the wharves 10 very great In
deed.


THE SHIPPING MASTERS


The action Of the men took the shipping masters
entirely by surprise, and at the hour OF tins writ
ing they have not had sufilcient time to decide
what they will do All they state is that the ship
ping business from the port OF Philadelphia has
been dull OF late that they cannot afford to pay
the sailors as much as they nave given them in the
past.
Year: 1874

CONFINED. We learned, this forenoon, that private dispatch from Washington states that the Senate had confirmed the nomination of Judge Dunne, as Chiet Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona. Our devil and many others, who do not know a confouuded thing about the new man, are desirous of knowing whether or not Grant and the Senate have d0Ils we'll
Year: 1874

Our dispatches state that the lower branch of Congress has passed bill fixing the total amount of legal tenders at s4Oo,0OO,o GOO, a sum :hat ought to be sufficient to give us all A few grecnbacks.
Year: 1874

Sidney Smith cut the following from
a newspaper, and preserved it for him.
self: "When you rise in the morning,
form the resolution to make the day a
happy one to u feilow-creature. 1t is
easily done-a left-of garment to the
man that needs it; kind word to the
sorrowful; an encouraging expression
to the striving-trifles in themselves
as light as air, will do at least for the
twenty-four hours. And if you are
young, depend upon it, it will tell
when you are old; and if you are old,
rest assured it will send you gently
and happily down the stream of life
to eternity. BY the most simple
arthmetical sum, look at the result:
If you send one person only happily
through the day, that is 365 in the
course of Il year; and suppose you live
forty years only after you commence
that course OF medicine, you have
made l4,6o0 beings happy atall events
for time"
Year: 1874

Mr.. EDITOR: When it is remem-
bered that Mr.. Tiffany is editor and
proprietor, or ut least the political ad-
wiser and financial backbone, of the
Express; when you consider that the
paper was started with money aOraaag
from the Republican party; and when,
sir, you consider that the same paper,
after encouraging and working up the
Peoples Ticket last Fall, deliberately
sold out to the ring it had shown up,
don't you think the following, from
Mr.. Tiffany's paper, the immensest
piece of cheek of the day?


AS against this man, whose record
is so foul, look at that Of Mr.. Tiffany
senior, gentleman of irreproachable
morals, OF warm and manly instincts,
of great dignity of character and of un-
questioned enterprise, integrity and
Intelligence. During his long residence
here he has gained the friendship and
esteem of all who have known or
come in contact with him. He has
not nor never had any connection
with which this city is and has been
beset. No one can place finger on
an act of his that would not bear
the closest scrutiny and the most
rigid criticism. He is the spontane-
Gus choice of his neighbors, who ap-
preciate his worth and know that the
best interests of this city will be safe
in his honest and sagacious keeping
There is no man who can say he is the
tool of any clique or the instrument of
any ring. Everybody knows that
when elected he will administer the
affairs of this city on the highest prin-
ciples of right and for the benefit of
of the whole people. AS between
him and Beaudry there can be no
comparison, for Tiffany is that no.
blest of all creatures-an Honest Man.
Year: 1874

Religion is life rather than science,
and there is q danger peculiar to the
intellectual man of turning into spec
ulation what was given to live by.
The intellect, busy with ideas about
God, may not only fail to bring man
nearer to the divine life, but may ac-
tually tend to withdaw from it. For
the intellect takes in but the image of
the truth, and leaves the vital impress
sins, the full power of it, unappropri-
ated. And hence it comes that those
truths which, if felt by the unlearned
at all, go straight to the heart and are
taken in by the whole man, are apt in
the philosopher and the theologian to
stop at the vestibule Of the understand
ing and never to get farther. The
trained intellect is apt to eat out the
child's heart, and yet the "eXcept ye
become as little children" stands un-
repealed
Year: 1874

Grace and glory are one and the
same thing in a different print, in II
smaller and greater letter. Glory lies
couched and compacted in grace,as the
beauty of u flower lies couched and
concealed in the seed.
Year: 1874

So far as I can learn, says a CORE
spondeut writing from the California
coast, the Farallon sea lions are seldom
disturbed by men seeking profit from
them. In the egging season one or two
are shot to supply oil to. the lamps Of
the eggers and occasionally one is
caught for exhibition on the main land.
How do they catch sea lion9 Well,
they lasso him; and odd as it sounds,
it is the best and probably the only
way to capture this beast. An adroit
Spaniard, to whom the lasso or reata is
like a fifth hand, orlike the trunk to the
elephant, steals up to sleeping con-
gregation, fastens his eye on the big
gest one of the lot, and, biding his
time, with the first motion of the ami
nal, with unerring skill, filings his loose
rawhide moose, and then holds on for
dear life. 1t is the weight of an OK and
the vigor of half a dozen that he has
tugging at the other end Of his rope,
and if q score of men did not stand
ready to help, and if it were not pos.
sible to take a turn Of the reata around
q solid rock, the seal would surely get
away. Moreover, they must handle the
beast tenderly, for it is easily injured.
It's skin, softened by its life in the
water, is quickly cut by the rope its
bones are easily broken; and its huge
frame, too rudely treated, may be so
hurt that the life dies out of it. AS
quickly as possible the captured sea
lion is stuffed into strong box or
cage, and here, in cell too narrow to
permit movement, it roars and yelps
in helpless fury, until it is transported
to its tank. Wild and fierce as it is, it
seems to reconcile itself to the tank
life very rapidly. If the narrow space
of its big bath-tub frets it, you do not
perceive this, for hunger is its chief
passion, and with q moderately full
stomach the animal does well in cap
tivity, of course with sufficient water.
Year: 1874

The operator is just about to with
draw the cloth. His back is toward
YOU. The index finger of his unoccu-
pied hand marks the place for the eye.
Every nerve in your body is braced for
the ordeal. The cloth is drawn, and
the noiseless and unseen fingers of the
prepared plate are picking up your
features one by one and transferring
them to its mysterious surface. What
an influence is this you are under and
which you cannot explain, which weak
ems every nerve and unloosens every
cord and muscle, and sets free upon
and over you q myriad of sensations
you never knew before. The EYE of
the camera glares upon you like the
eve of an offended and threatening
power. Prickling sensations are felt
in under your scalp, and q heat evolved
within with amazing rapidity flushes to
the surface of your body and leaves it
pierced with thousand pains. You
stare at the mark with an intensity that
threatens to obliterate your sight.


Heavens ! how slowly the time drags.


Your eyes grow weaker and weaker,
filling with water as they die out. You
know they are closing, but you cannot
help yourself. Will he never put back
that cloth? A thousand reflections
upon your appearance, on the sounds
in the street, on things irreverent and
disastrous to your composure, flood
your mind, and take such hold upon
you that you cannot shake them off.
And vet no move to restore that cloth.


He stands like statue cut from flint.
And you-Juivering from the sole OF
the foot to the crown of the head, with
eyes blinded by tears, with persplra-
ton oozing from every pore, and every
muscle strained until it seems ready
to snap and let you down upon the floor
a mass of disfgured and palpitating
flesh. He need not put up the cloth
now. The opportunity which he con-
trolled to reproduce you in perfection
is gone. It matters not now how it
looks, only that you may get away and
he at rest. You grow hysteric in your
despair. It settles down upon you like
a cloud compressing your throat within
it's grasp until your breath surges back
on your lungs as if it would rend them.
A weight is pressing upon you. You
struggle to wrench yourself free from
the dreadful oppression, and yet not
muscle of your body is in motion.
What dreadful thing is this ? You must
shrek; you The cloth is up-the
thirty seconds have expired, and you
are photographed. .-Dan6ury Ne'0s.
Year: 1874

Seen from the Chinese side, the
Great Wall resembled a huge earthen
mound, crowned with battlements built
of brick. Everywhere it had an old and
dilapidated appearance. In some
places it had been altogether destroyed.
On the Mantchoorian side, on the other
hand, the Great Wall seemed construct
ed of bricks, resting upon a pavement
of stone. 1t is fanked by square tow
ers throughout its whole length. These
are placed at the distance of about two
bowshots, in order that the enemy may
be everywhere within range. It de-
scends into the sea in two parallel piers
or jetties, which slope so gently that
one can ascend to the top from the wa
ter flowing between them. The largest
ships may approach within two miles
of the WALL and, indeed, it is the very
place at which visitors should in future
disembark.
Year: 1874

I never was anything, dearest, till I
knew you-and I have been better, hap
pier, and a more prosperous man ever
since. Lay by that truth in lavender,
dearest, and remind me of it when I
fail. I am writing fondly and warmly ;
but net without good cause. First your
own affectionate letter, lately received 4;
next the remembrance of our dear chill.
dren, pledges-what darling ones ! of
our old familiar love; then delicious
impulse to pour out the overfowings of
my heart into yours ; and last, not
least, the knowledge that your dear
eyes will read what my hands are now
writing. Perhaps there is an after
thought that, whatever may befall me,
the wife of my bosom will have this ac-
acknowledgement of her tenderness
worth-and excellence-all that is
wifely or womanly, from my pen.
Year: 1874

One feature OF the temperance revi-
val is both commendable. In certain
places pledge is now circulating
among young men by which the sign
ers bind themselves to refrain from
asking other men to drink. There is
nothing that is more absurd, in itself
considered, than the theory that man
is under obligations to pay for the
drinks consumed by his friends. No
man thinks of asking friend out to
take q social pair of boots or friendly
barrel of -four, and yet he is regarded
rs committing q breach of etiquette if
he ventures to drink without asking O
friend to drink with him. No man
would feel otherwise than insulted if IN
acquaintance asked him to accept a
friendly fifteen cent stamp, and yet he
feels himself insulted if he is not asked
to drink fifteen cents worth OF ardent
spirits. The exceeding folly OF the
custom is equaled only by the evil in
fluence which it exerts. Many man
is forced to drink by one of group OF
acquaintances when he is not in the
least thirsty, and he is thus in turn
compelled to invite them to drink n
second time with him to the detriment
not only of his purse but OF his health.
1t is not too much to say that at least
one-half of the ardent spirits consumed
in New York City is drunk by men who
do not want it, but who are compelled
by stupid and senseless custom both
to drink when invited to do 50 and to
invite others to drink with them who
had much rather not do anything of the
kind.


The pledge against " treating" ought
to produce good results. 1t commends
itself to all sensible men, and the fact
of having signed it gives them suf-
ficient excuse for ceasing to observe a
preposterous custom. The new pledge
ought to be vigorously circulated, and
the more signers that can be obtained
for 1t the more hope there will be of
putting an end to the folly of social tip.
pling.
Year: 1874

Nearly half century ago, when that
beautiful section of the country, now
thickly dotted with villages and i'm
proved farms, along the Nolachucky
river, in upper Tennessee, was compara'
lively wilderness, the hero OF my
story had an adventure with panther,
which have often heard him relate,
and which I shall never forget.


Immediately after nightfall he found
that he was lost in an extensive forest,
without even a path by which to find
his way out. His first impulse was to
dismount, lie down and try to rest until
morning; but with the hope that he
might be heard, he resolved to halloo,
which. to his horror, was Immediately
answered by loud, shrill cry, which
was soon repeated much nearer him,
and again in close proximity to him.
He was riding o young, but spirited
herse, and at once knew that his only
safety was to remain upon him if posi-





BILE.


The panther was now crouching before
him-the noble horse leaped furious
ly over him-the panther in turn leap
ing over both horse and rider. He gave
the horse the rein and bade him go
through the trackless forest. The
flight was rapid and inexpressibly ter
rife. and great drops of perspiration
fell from the riders brow, as he felt
the keen breeze, made by the panther
in leaping over him. Hatless, lacera:
ted and bleeding, the rider was carried
over fallen trees and young saplings,
until the bride caught over one, as it
sprang back to its place. Having no
knife to cut the rein, various attempts
were made to bend down the sapling,
or unbridle the horse with last des-
perate effort the bride was loosed, and
the horse, maddened almost to despera-
tion, again bounded forward until he
reached cleared field, and having been
trained in regiment of light horse, (of
which our hero was ColoneD he leaped
the fence and the pather gave up the
chase.


A light was seen in the distance,
which, when reached, proved to be the
abode of friend, who took the horse
and bade our hero 'go in; and upon
going into the house and seeing the
scratched and bleeding condition Of his
guest, declared that he would not have
put up his horse for all he possessed,
if he had known of his hair-breadth
escape,


The next day, after hearing of the
adventure, Mai. James Britton and
others started from Greenyille with q
pack of hounds in pursuit, and reach.
ing the locality, soon 'struck trail, and
on reaching the river beheld large
panther emerging from the water on the
opposite side, which finally made its
escape.


The adventurer, bending under the
weight of nearly four score years and
ten, now lives within IS miles Of
Athens, Ga, having survived all of ten
children but three. He worked on the
Arsenal near Richmond, Va, and has
built forty public buildings in Tennes-
see and North Carolina, and was a
member of the Georgia Legislature
during the war.
Year: 1874

A pretty little maiden


Had a pretty little dream,
A pretty little wedding


Was the pretty little theme,
A pretty little bachelor


To win her favor tried,
And ask her how she'd like to be
His pretty little bride.
With some pretty little bushes,
And pretty little sigh,
And some pretty little glances
From. pretty little eye;
With pretty little face,


Behind a pretty little fan,
She smiled on the proposal


OF this pretty little man.
Some pretty little Gloves"


And some pretty little "dears,"
And some pretty little smiles.
And some pretty little tears;
Some pretty little presents,


And pretty little kiss,
Were some pretty little preludes
To some pretty little bliss.
This pretty little lady


And her pretty little spark
Met the pretty little parson


And his pretty little clerk,
A pretty little wedding-ring


United them for life,
A pretty little husband


And a pretty little wife.
Year: 1874

SENTESCED TO THE LASH BY A CoLoREp
JusrIcE.-We learn that Nat Nelson, colored
justice in Maugohic township, inflicted as pun
ishment upon colored man, convicted before
him Of laceny, stripes to the number of nine
AID thirty. The whipping was performed by
colored man detailed by Nat for the purpose,
and is said to have been done in very artistic
and efficient manner with young hickories-
West Point Va. Star
Year: 1874

FALSE ALARM.-Whcu the town clock struck
six O'Clock this morning some tremen mistook
the sound for tho fire bell, and originated false
alarm OF fire before they discovered their mistake
Year: 1874




@~lf any one doubts the announce
ment of Simmons, Olson & Bush, that they
are selling off their entire stock of goods at
greatly reduced prices to close out their
business, let them 60 and price their goods.
This firm are not Of that class of business
men who deal in catch penny advertising,
in fact they have never advertised any un-
til since they have decided to close out
their business and now they have felt that
every member of the community where thew
have lived and done business SO long should
have the advantage Of their low prices and
they have therefore made the announce
ment, and every one can depend upon it
that they will stand by and live right up
20 what they have announced.


The undersigned beg leave to an
nounce to the farmers Of Belle Creek and
vicinity that they have recently received in
their store in White Rock new stock of
merchandise, consisting Of Dry Goods,
Groceries, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, Hats
and Caps, &c., which. goods they are pro-
posing to sell at figures which are more
corresponding with the low prices paid for
wheat, than goods Of the same quality
bought in the cities, having made reduc-
ton Of 20 per cent. from former prices.
TO be able to prove the sincerity of our Of
fer we respectfully invite the trading pub
lie to give US call before purchasing any
where else, and judge for themselves.


Belle Creek (Whte Rocky, Oct. 10, 1874.


A. T. e. P. LINDHOLM.