smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

It has never been definitely set


tied to the satisfaction of the public


who the Man in the Iron Mask


was, but generations to cone vii


know all about Dick Palmer, who


inside of something worse than a


mask. His mother sent him after
a brass kettle, which ere 6fthc
neighbors had borrowed, and or
the way home the boy turned the
kettle Npsiae down and put it on
his head. Another boy gave it a
blow and it shut down over Bick 5
face as close as a clan in its shell,
6ne of the ears digging into his
head behind, and the other press
ing on his nose. The victim shout
ed and jumped and clawed at the
kettle, but he couldn't bulge it.
A man came along and lifted at it,


but Dicks nose began to, come out


by the roots, and the man had to


stop. A crowd ran out of the cor


ner grocery, Dick S mother was sent


for, and the boys danced up and


down and cried ooh Golly r.without


ceasing. One boy said they would
have to take aeold chisel and drill


Dick out of the kettleSand another


said they'd have to melt the kettle
off, while everybody raped on it to
see how solidly it was on. Then


they tried to lift it out, but Dick
roared 'murder.n until they stopped.


Some said grease his head, some
said grease the kettle, while the
boys mother sat down on the curb
stone and sobbed out, oh. Richard:
why did you do this? The cro7"e
took 1t oly;itwasn't their funeral;
and a boy with a brasskettle on his
head isn't to be seen every day
Tsars fell from the kettle, and a
hollow voice kept repeating, I'll
never do it again Finally they
had Richard on the walk, and
while one man sat on his legs and
another on the stomach, third
compressed the kettle between his
hands. and the boy crawled out, his
nose al scratched and twisted out
of shape, a hole in his head, and
a hump on his forehead. His
wildly embraced him. all
the boys cried Hip la!n and little
Richard was lead home to loaf
around on the sofa aud have toast
Year: 1874

THE LAsT HoURs OF PAREPA Rosa.
A foreign letter says: | have re-
Gently heard some touching details
connected with the last hours of the
beloved and lamented parepa Rosa.
She was in usual health and spirits
during the days that Immediately
preceded her death, and one day she
net only rehearsed the whole OF
"Loheugrin," bat also entertained
some company IN the evening. That
night Eer child was born-dead. On
learning of the fact Of tie death Of
this ardently expected and long desir'
ed infant, the shock seemed TO turn
the poor mothers brain; she became
de irious, wildly accusing herself Of
the death of her child by imprudence
and over exertion, and in that state
she continued till her death Her
husband is sadly broken down both
in health and spirits by this great
loss, and though he is now engaged
in forming an English opera troupe
to travel the coming season through
the leading cities OF Great Britain. he
is said to BE- totally indifferent and
spiritless, possessing scarcely shad
ow OF his old business energy and ar
tistic enthusiasm.
Year: 1874

MKT SAUCE. Take Il bunch of
green min and chop it fine with a
knife, or rub it in a mortar; add !
pound of fine sugar and half a pint
Of sharp vinegar. Stir or rub well
and serve cold. To be eaten with
roast lamb.


FRENCH LoAF.-Put q layer of
tomatoes on the bottom OF your
pudding dish: then a layer of sliced
onions. sliced very thin; little pep
pcr and salt; thcna layer OF bread
and butter, and so on ill your dish
is full, the last layer tomatoes.
Boil one hour, slowly; if large, two
hours will not be toe long.


SPANISH PUFrs.-Put into sauce
pan teacupfull Of water, a teaspoon
ful of powdered sugar, half tea
spoonful of salt, aud two ounces OF
butter. While boiling add sufficient
-four for it to leave the sauce pan;
stir in one by one the yolks of four
eccs, drop a teaspoonful ata time into
boiling lard, fry them light brown,
and pour white wine and melted but
ter over them.


To Dry GREEN CoEN On n warm
bright day take Il shallow box, set
slanting where the sun will shine full
upon it. Spread clean cloths in
your box. Prepare your corn as
YOU like, and spread it evenly over
the bottom Of the box; then cover
very closely with window sash
The heat will be so great no fly can
live Your corn will dry in one day
and be perfectly clean.
Year: 1874

To SHOE AN UNRULY HoRsE.-A
gentleman long resident in Mexico,
! says that 2 good way to manage q
horse that will not be shod, is to
take a cord the size of a common
BEDFORD, put it in the mouth of the
horse like bit, and tie il tightly on
the animals head, passing his left
ear under the string, not painfully
tight. but tight enough to keep the
ear down and the cord in its place.
This done, pat the horse gently on
the side of the head, and command
him to follow 1t subdues any horse,
and he becomes as gentle and ooe-
dent us well trained dog.


GIVE PLENTY OF DRIYK-A plen-
tiful supply Of water is quite indis-
pensible 10 the welfare of farm stock
Too cold water is injurious and waste
frl. A bucket of such water will
destroy the good effect OF several
good feeds. The water trough
should he emptied as soon rs the
stock has been watered. Many tar
mers believe that sheep can hive
without drinking, but this is u great
mistake. All animals fed on dry
iced need water frequently.


To PREVENT FLIES ANNOYING
HoRsEs. A well known French
veterinarian anoints the inside of
a horses ears with Il drop or two of
hujle de cada, IN oily liquid obtained
from the wood ofjuniperus oxycerus,
in order to save the animal tiom an
from flies. The oil need
not be applied more than once a
week, and it is perfectly harmless
when thus used and is a sure preven
rivn
Year: 1874

mistake refusing TO work for persons who had never
objected paying their demands too late 10 be OF
much benefit 10 them. Wnen they applied for work
yesterday they Informed that other had taken
their places at less wages. meeting OF sevedores
held yesterday at the OIL 20 OF JOnn Wilson IN O-
slip to consider what action should be taken regard
tue 'lODgshorcmen. Only few persons were in
Attendance. but resolved that for the present
only nOn-soccty men should DO employed In order,
however. 10 obtain tho OF all the stevedores
meeting called for that purpose for after
noon at the same place.
Year: 1874

The SPANISH ARMY IN CUBA.-Four hundred
and fifty Spanish soldiers, under command Of
General Rojo, were landed at Havana yester-
day to reinforce the army in Cuba. We have
reported the fact Of the landing Of military
contingents from Spain for the same duty
quite frequently Of late The muster counts
up two hundred three hundred and fifty, four
hundred and fifty, and it has been set down
as high as six hundred in one instance. We
never hear of any troops either disabled or
relieved from colonial service, being returned
to Spain. What becomes of these gallant
fellows9 The Spanish soldier is noted for his
bravery and his ability to endure fatigue.
The army in Cuba is unable to cope with the
insurgents. Its commanders are always cry
ing out for reinforcements. The logical in
ference is that the men are either killed in
action or die off rapidly from disease, and
that Spain has found in Cuba an exhaustive
drain vent in which she may gradually bury
the bulk of her military population without
achieving anything
Year: 1874

TIE New MAYOR would commend himself
to the admiration of business men, without
distinction of party, by appointing Edward
Cooper to be Comptroller in the place of Mr..
Green. Mr.. Cooper will not accept. Is
there no way Of showing Mr.. Cooper that
nothing would crafty the people of New
York 30 much as the acceptance Of this Office
by Mr.. Cooper?
Year: 1874

and thousands are flying with terror from the
threatened aspect of new wars to the protect
ing shadow of the United States.


1t is not at all unnatural that Germany
should protest against the continued policy of
blood and iron. What comfort, what peace
what repose can remain with q people who
expect at any moment to hear the drum-tap
which summons their sons to war. proud
and valiant race will make the ultimate sacri-
fee at the call of patriotism. That is a noble
phase in our civilization. The Frenchmen
did so when they marched in ragged battalions
against the combined armies of Europe. The
Russians did 30 when they preferred to die
in the ruins of Moscow than live under a
foreign sword. The Germans did the same
when, under Frederick they fought the allied
power of Russia, Austria and France. But
the proudest and most valiant of men will
shrink from an endless series of wars. Napo-
leon, the greatest Of captains, led his armies
ofFrenchmen, the vainest of people, from one
glory to another until the earth was covered
with French glory, hike an aurora in the
heavens. But even France, loving war and
fame, and commanded by the supremely gifted
captain, even the France of Napoleon the
Great, mutinied, and, when the enemy came
into Champagne and Paris sullenly refused to
drive him back. Many wars had made the
nation weak and weary, just as many wounds
will break down the sturdiest frame. So it is
with Germany! Three wars in ten years
three glorious, advantageous wars /; so much
blood and so much iron, and still no peace
Alas no sign of peace only the tramp Of
armed men, the clank of the armorer's ham,
mer, the voice of the drill-master, the beat of
the alarming drum, the daily summons to the
barracks and the exercise anger and menace
in Parliament, hatred in France and envy in
Russia-nothing but 'sblood and iron I" This
is the present aspect of the Fatherland.


The effect OF the persecution of the Count
Won Arnim will be even greater in the future
than in the present 1t is not Bismarcks
fault that he is not political martyr; and the
failure to ruin him utterly, to make his name
infamous in the annals of Germany as that of
Arnold is in our own is the beginning of the
decline of Bismarck's rule. As on the shore
at night the nghtnings flash and flicker in
answer to the flames that leap from the storm
at sea, SO the Germany which is in America
will flash back its indignant answer to the
Fatherland. Every German who reads the
dispatches we print to-day will make his infu-
ence felt in Europa Every German at home
will feel the stronger and act the bolder for
the sympathy Of America Bismarcks fatal
blunder in revivIng the prosecutions by which
other empires have fallen and by which all
great religions and faiths have been estab-
lished marks the beginning of change in
Germany and new era for Europe Hitherto
the world has seen only the strength of Bis
marck and the splendor of his policy; now it
is to behold the weakness Of the man and the
fundamental error Of the theory by which he
rules
Year: 1874

The LATEST Mill RIvxR DISASTER, although
not SO terrible and tragic an episode as that
which happened. last May, just as plainly
points moral, and that very stern one.
The freezing of the cement, which should
have firmly united the great blocks Of granite
Year: 1874

in tho dam, caused it's crumbiing upon the
slightest pressure Of the giant Of power which
it was meant to confne. and the foods burst
forth almost unimpeded. A fragrant lack of
wisdom and of prudence was evidently the
cause Of this calamity.
Year: 1874

HE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING of Captain
Bourne, Of the Brooklyn police, yesterday,
was sad affair. The Captain was showing
reporter some pistols, who took one up, and,
while testing the spring of one of them,
unfortunately shot the Captain through the
heart.
Year: 1874

and iron. But is there to be no end of this
policy? Germany naturally asks this ques-
ton as she remembers her three wars, and
sees new issue which may be more terrible
in its results. 1t was thought that the
humiliation of France would usher in an era
OF lasting peace; that the feud of generations
had been fought out /; that the Father
land, ''where German is the name for
friend and Frenchman is the name
for fend," had at last been consolidated. But
no sooner is the war with France at an end,


and with an appalling loss of men and treas-
ure, than q new war is threatened. The
patriotic spirit of Germany was invoked to
aid in national unity and the destruction of
France. The religious spirit is now invoked


to overthrow the power of Rome. The mean-
ing Of this new summons is that Europe is
brought into position akin to that before
the Thirty Years War A great crisis is i'm
pending, Mr.. Disrael hints 1t in the tone Of
prophecy. Victor Hugo relates it in the
rhapsodies Of his verse. Evangelical clergymen
pray for it. The Protestant nations are called
upon to be ready to do battle against the
woman of Babylon. In the meantime the
Pope, who, with all Of his infallible wisdom,
is not the best tempered of men, showers
anathema after anathema upon all who would
raise hand against st. Peter In Germany,
in France, in Russia, in England, but one
voice is heard-the voice Of the drill-master.
The manhood Of Europe is in arms. The in
genuity of its artisans is taxed to make more
terrible cannon and easier means of army sup
ply and transportation. The Parliaments in
France and Germany vie with each other in


the alacrity with which they vote money to arm


the country. The policy of blood and iron
extends over the Continent. Germans find
Year: 1874

LET US HAVE PEACE BY ALL MEANs.-An
enthusiastic member of the Universal Peace
Society burst forth in the following style at a
recent meeting:


Give me the money that has been spent in
war, and 1 will purchase every foot of land
upon the globe 1 will clothe every man;
woman and child in an attire that kings and
oueens would be proud of; will build a
schooI-house upon every hillside, and in every
valley over the whole babitable earth; will
supply that school-house with competent
teacher: will build an academy in every
town, and endow it; college in every State,
and fill it with able professors; will crown
every hill with church consecrated to the
support in it's pulpit an able teacher of right
eonsness, so that on every Sabbath morning
the chime on one hill should answer to the
chime on another, round the earth's broad
the song Of praise, sbonld ascend like an
n1iversal holocaust 70 heaycDs
Year: 1874

"In the silent cemetery all sleep
They sleep, these calm, pale people Of the past
Spring plants her rosy feet on their dim homes
They sleep! Sweet Summer comes and call'


and calls


With all her passionate poetry Of flowers,
Wed to the music OF the soft South wind
They sleep The lonely Autumn sits and Sob
Between the cold white tombs as If ber hear
Would break they sleep! Wildwnter come


aud chants


Majestical the mournfu sagas learned
Far In the melancholy North, where God
Walks forth alone upon the desolate seas
They slumber still! Sleep on, . passionless


dead:


We make our world sublime: ye have power
And majesty the living never hold"
Year: 1874

II is beautifully said that "no net OF
genuine charityis ever lost. Somewhere
in the conservatory of good deeds the
plant will put forth its blossoms and
perfume, perhaps IN the balm aud bril-.
lance oF the eternal morning. perhaps
in tho subdued light and murky atmos-
phero of tho mortal life"
Year: 1874

1t is rarely a man in descending back
stairway with an armful of things, and
having to open door at the foot, leans
against the door while doing it. The
performance is so devoid of interest as to
not admit of repetition, but sometimes
happens and this was the case on Friday
with Mr. Briggs of Elm street. He had
had little social gathering the night be-
fore, and was. now returning a few articles
borrowed from the family on the first
below. He had tin pail full of goblets
and preserve dishes, and one arm full OF
plates He sat the pail on the stairs to
free one of his hands, and press his knee
against it to keep it from sliding on. ,
This movement caused him to press
rather heavily against the door, but he
either did not notice it, or believed he
was resting against the wall. So in this
Ignorance or confidence he raised the
latch, and Immediately went plunging
down two steps and into the room below,
dragging the crockery and glass ware
after him, and making most frantic but
hopeless efforts to catch himself 1t un-
fortunately happened at this juncture
that the down stairs lady was in the act
of crossing the room with a pot of coffee
and platter of buckwheat cakes, and
had but Just time to incline her head
toward the open door when the catastro-
pbe was upon her, and she went down in
heap, covering herself with hot buck
wheat cakes, and her unfortunate caller
with hot coffee. The terrific crash
brought every other occupant of the
house to the rescue, but they were not
needed The temperature of the cakes
and coffee was of such a degree as to stim-
ulate the unfortunates to help them
selves, and they were on their feet in an
instant. The lady was led into another
room and had her head rubbed, while Mr.,
Briggs, declining the consolation of
quart bottle of camphor most admira-
ble remedy in a case of q scald, aud the
advice of his wife's mother to let her see
where he was hurt, at once shot into the
cellar, and barring the door behind him,
remained there in gloomy contemplation
for two whole hours, despite the warnings
of his wife that he would catch his death
of cold
Year: 1874

The teachers work is noble one, and
one in which the true teacher should en-
gage with all his energy, in order that he
may make it a success. There are those
entrusted to his care who must soon fill
the places of those who are now occupy
ing the prominent places OF our country.
Truly, then, it is subject which every
teacher should thoroughly consider; and
he should continually aim to instill into
their youthful minds a knowledge which
will be beneficial to them, and which will
qualify them for any position they may
be called to fill. This qualification does
not consist merely of book education.
The teachers work embraces more than
this The scholar may commit definitions
and rules until he may, parrot-lke, re-
peat them word for word as they are
found in the book, and still be utterly
ignorant as to their use or meaning He
who pursues q course of this kind will
lind by examination that his efforts have
failed, and the scholar-although he may
be puffed up with his ability to answer
questions as they are in the book, will
find that he has not accomplished his
work, but only made a start in the great
work before him. He should so instruct
his pupils that they may clearly under
stand what they are learning, and then
be able to.apply it for themselves under
Year: 1874

There is no one more missed from
Washington than Mrs. Sprague, whose
gentle, graceful manners made her beau.
tiful, aristocratic face eagerly welcomed
by the fashionable frequenters of our
Vanity Fair" The sorrows that came
to her were felt by all, and no woman has
ever descended so gracefully from the
dizzy heights of fortune as she; called in
the hey-day of her prosperity the queen of
American society, she is in her adversely
still queen. When the order was issued
by the Hoyts of New York for the seizure
of Senator Sprague's property. of course
the family residence was taken. Mrs.
Sprague with her charming children :,
gathered up her personal belongings in
the shape of pictures, statuary, etc., and
moved out to Edgewood, the late resi-
dence of her lamented father, and there in
great seclusion she lives. Her luxurious
carriage has given place to little rock
away, and her retinuc of servants re-
duced to four.


We saw her the other evening at
charitable entertainment. She wore deep
mourning; her face was pallid and care
worn but her smile was just as sunny and
her voice just as CHEEKY as when there
was nothing but peace and wealth about
her. Several years had come and gone,
each to us freighted with memories and
perplexities but we retained in our mind
vivid picture of Mrs. Sprague as we
saw her standing in the portico at the
White House one evening, giving the hour
for the return of her carriage to the
driver. She was on the arm Of her hon.
ored father, in whom was centered her
fondest love and widest ambition, and
was draped in a robe fashioned OF soft,
shimmering silk, over which fell foaming
waves of priceless lace. And there were
jewels about her throat, and amid the sun
ny tresses of her bonnie brown hair was
diamond star. She was the observed of
all observers as she passed in the brilliant
gaslight through the door at the White
House. The vision was SO beautiful that
we have always had it warm and fresh in
our memory All honor to Ohio's brave
daughter. who in prosperity and adversely
is still acknowledged "Queen of Society,"
From Washington Letter.
Year: 1874

Vt an early hour this morning a case of
murder and suicide occurred on Prince
street, between two former partners in
business, named Anthony Barle and Peter
Farchini. They were formerly in with
another named Sicardy. Barle did not
attend properly to business, which was a
source of repeated quarrels between him
and another partner who bought him out
V week % ago and and quarreied, ~ I but did did not not
meet again until this morning as they
were going to work. They quarreled again,
when Barle drew a revolver and shot
Farchini in the breast, after which he shot
himself in the head, both men being in
stantly killed.
Year: 1874

The Pastor--Pure and endless, Vet 1t
symbolic the loye that makes you one.
And now, having promised thus to be
faithful TO each other, and having sealed
your VOWS by giving and, receiving this
ring, IN accordance with the law of God
and by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the laws of the Commonwealth as
minister of the Gospel, l pronounce
you man and wife; henceforth one in
name, in interest, and in all the joys and
sorrows of life, until it shall please God
to part you by DEATH And what God
has thus Joined together let no man put
asunder. And may our Father in Heaven
bless you and make you blessing, and
enable you so to live life of faith In the
Lord Jesus, and of obedience to Him,
that you may enjoy the riches of His
grace here, and, in the world to come,
life everlasting.


Prayer was then offered, after which
congratulations were extended to the
ncwly-wedded couple. After supper a
general reception was given.


The bridal gifts were about forty in
number, and were exceedingly recherche


About nine o'clock in the evening the
bridal party took the cars on the Chicago,
Alton'& st. Louis Railroad for the latter
city, whence they will go on to New York
and Washington.
Year: 1874

Mr. BARON GRAHAM, of the English
Court of EXchequer, once had nine pris-
Oners brought before him to be sentenced
to death. The name of one of them hav-
ing been omitted from the list handed to
the Judge he sentenced only eight, much
to the astonishment of the one unsen-
fenced, AS the, Baron was opening the
door behind him TO leave the court the
clerk told him OF his mistake. Hprrying
back to the seat Ire had just vacated, after
taking pinch of snuff and putting on
his black cap, he addressed the prisoner
as follows, with a profusion of bows;
= My good man,,I really beg your pardon
for the mistake; il was entirely mistake


-altogether q mistake, assure you


The, sentence of the court on you is, that
you be taken to the place whence you
CAME, thence to the place of execution


aud there hanged by the neck until you
are dead; and the Lord have mercy on
your soul. do beg your pardon. / am
very sorry for the mistake, | assure you
SO saying, he made another low bow tc
the unhappy man and quilted the court
There is a big gold bar on the cOun.
Year: 1874

dITthuN UtCI IIIuUO pun tIEC UaIIh % pay
to the city six and half million of dol
lars, assumed to be still standing to its
credit. The case for the city rests on the
principle that the Broadway bank is liza
bic for the return to the public treasury
of the money paid out during the rule of
the late warrants, bearing forged endorse
ments, and that validity is supposed to be
lent to the fictitious signatures by the
initials or full name of E. A. Woodward
ia An entire illusion.