smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

"CoME Home; the Beans are
burning" Last Sunday morning a
family living in the suburbs of the
city went to a suburban church,
leaving a little girl about seven
years of age and a boy about twelve
years of age in charge of the house.
The church was situated but short
distance from the house. The fam


lily were to have beans for dinner
and these were left in a vessel on
the stove to cook. The little girl


while playing, suddenly began to
smell the oder of burnt beans, up
on which she rushed out of the
house over into the chuch where the
pastor was gravely and earnestly
preaching the profound word Of
God. The first person of the fam
lily the little girl espied was young
lady cousin, and to her in a loud
voice which startled the assemblage
she cried, "Come
home, come home, the beans are
and Immediately rushed
out again. The astonishment was
great, and all the solemnity of the
preacher as we'll as of the congre-
cation disappeared beneath broad
smile at the righteousness of the
matter.-Louisville (Ky.) Courier
Journal.
Year: 1874

A PITIABLE SIGHT. There is no
more pitiable sight than that of a
husband and father reeling home at
the end of the week, having left
the greater part of his weeks wages
at some drinking saloon. We think
of the patient, toiling wife and hun
CRY children, and the miserable
Sunday, and the coming week in
store for them, and the utter hope
lessness of their future lot, and can
find no words of denunciation strong
enough for the man who grows rich
by tempting brothers weakness,
when he does so, that for
his victim there is in this world no
redemption.
Year: 1874

Mayor Boyd sold his running
horse, Red Jacket, to a member of
the Boundary commission. The
wrote for the pedigree Of
the animal. Mayor Boyd's answer
was characteristic; lie was siredby
his father and id blythe man who
last owned him.
Year: 1874

Coon ADvIcE.-The Baltimore Ga
zette has a sensible article, entitled
"Don't frighten the children" which
we annex:


at is an old warning, but as treat
ed anew in Scribner's may not be
without effect; Never frighten chill
dren: don't shut them up IN dark
rooms: never let them comprehend
what lightning is, or take any notice
of either in their presence 1t is one
of the most painful things in the
world to see a child run to hide itself
from a thunder storm, and in nearly
all cases where it does so, some one
has blundered. Never attempt to
control a child by making it believe
that something terrible will happen TO
il. sBoSie' viii catch it, or the black
man will come for 1t, or some terrible
specter or other will haunt it. Those
children who have been shut up in
dork rooms as punishment, frequent
ly feel the effect Of torture until late
in life. It is strange how these ter
rors cling to the person in after life
become, as it we're, engrafted into
them, and so firmly fixed that reason
cannot dislodge them A mother,
therefore, that viii use such means to
compel obedience is weak, cruel and
uuvise: a nurse who employs them is
simply unfit for her position"
Year: 1874

How TO TALK.-If you have the
ability TO amuse, talk often in COM
pany, and in a way which shows
that you understand what is said
around you. But do not talk long.
In that case you are apt to tire
your hearers There are many
persons who, though they have no
thing 10 talk OF, never know when
to leave of talking. There arc
some who labor under so great and
Unsuitable a desire for talking that
they will even interrupt others
when about TO speak. We should
in society never talk of our own or
Others domestic affairs. Yours are
of no interest to them, and theirs
should not be 10 you; beside, the
subject is Of so delicate a nature,
that with the best mention it is a
chance il We do not make some
mortilying mistake, or wound She
feeli6gs OF some Of the company.
Year: 1874

From Correspondence Inter- Ocean.


i In all these beautiful little cities on
the Northern frontier, we find the re.
ports vf gold discoveries have preceded
us, and the Black Hills expedition and
its results are the topics Of converse.
tion everywhere. Old erontiersmen are
recollecting what they have heard the
Indians say in years back, and have ad.
, ded fuel to the fame until it has already
reached
A GLOW THAT WILL SOON BE FELT
all over the country. The border news
papers, especially those on the line OF
the Northern Pacific Railway, are full
Of gold stories, gold hopes, and plans
for golden realizations. They have is
sued extras in which they proclaim the
discoveries in trumpet tones, coupled
with the convincing argument that


TIE NORTHERN PACIFIC


is the only feasible and the shortest
route to the Black Hills. There is no
doubt but this is true, and it may give
this country an impetus which will ben
eft not only the railroad and it's towns,
but the whole territory Of the North
west.


IN A CONVERSATION WITH ROSS AND NC KAY
the practical miners who accompanied
the expedition, and who are now at Bis
marck, both expressed their intention Of
organizing, as soon as possible -


A RETURN EXPEDITION


to prospect the country more thorough
~. Chicago spectators can find no
better field in which to plant the seeds
Of fortune.


The return trail Of the expedition to
Fort Lincoln leads directly to the gold
country, and by the most direct and
feasible route; and there is no doubt
that Bismarck will be the point of gem
eraf embarkation should expeditions be
permitted to 60. The indications that
we saw in the Black Hills seemed to
show that " z


THE WINTERS THERE WERE NOT AT ALL
-.... .. - SEVERE, r.- ...
and from the fact that there were not
visible traces of freshets, we judged
the fall of snow was usually light; and
it may be that party can start out
this fall to spend the winter there.
Year: 1874

How did people get in the habit of
shaking hands? The answer is not far
to seek. In early and barbarous times,
when every savage or semi-savage was
his own Iawgiver, Judge, soldier and
policeman, and had to watch over his
own safety, in default of all other pro-
lection, two friends and acquaintance,
or two strangers desiring to be friends
and acquaintances, when they chanced
to meet, offered each to the other the
right hand, the hand alike of otfense
and defense, the hand that wields the
sword, the dagger, the club, the toma-
hawk, or other weapons of war. Each
did this to show that the hand was
empty, and neither war nor treachery
was intended. A man can not well stab
another while he is in the act of shak-
ing hands with him, unless he be a
double-eyed traitor and villain, and
strives to aim a cowardly blow with the
left while giving she right and pretend
ing to be on good terms with his victim.


The custom of hand-shaking prevails
more or less among all civilized nations,
and is the tacit avowal of friendship and
good will, just as a kiss is of warmer
passion. Ladies, every one must have
remarked, seldom or never shake hands
with the cordiality OF gentlemen, unless
Year: 1874




The InfexibIe, the latest pattern of
war ship, now building for the English
navy, is an extraordinary vessel. What
may be called her distinguishing char
acteristic is that she will have, in the
sense of vulnerability, no "wind and
water-line" at all. Every one must
know that the vitals of man-o'-war
lie along the belt of her foatation-a
breach of her sides in that region let's
in the sea and swamps her. The Infexi-
BILE carries all her side armor upon a
central space 11O feet in length. 1t is
twenty-four inches thick, and protects
with that monstrous wall of solid iron
her engines, her crew and her battery of
four eighty ton guns. Along the rest of
her-fore and aft-there is no vertical
armor, but thick inside cushion of
cork of enormous buoyancy, more than
sixty feet square in section, surround
ing bunkers full of coal for the supply
of the ship. A horizontal deck of thick
metal extending fore and aft from the
citadel, at depth of six or seven feet
from the water-line, will cut off all this
unarmored upper portion from the real
head of the vessel. Thus if the enemy
should send shot or shell through every
coal bunker and corner of the Infexible,
forward and aft, letting in the water ev-
erywhere, he could only-if the design
answers expectation-lower her single
foot in the sea. Her citadel, it may be
confidently expected, he could not
pierce at any rate with guns at present
in use. In a word, the constructors of
the Infexible give an enemy the upper
slices of the ship, except her citidal, to
do as he likes with, and it is by making
the ends fioatable under any circum-
stances that the iron work of the pom
derous citadel, with it's turrets and free
board, can be carried. The ram and the
torpedo are therefore the only perils
which threaten this forthcoming fight
ing ship but, perhaps, these also might
be provided against if her bottom under
the water deck were constructed in
many compartments.
Year: 1874

it be with each other. The reason is
obvious. 1t is for them to receive hon.
age, not to give it. They can not be ex-
pected to show to persons of the other
sex warmth of greeting which might
be misinterpreted, unless such persons
are very closely related to them by
family or affection, in which case hand
shaking is not needed, and the lips do
more agreeable duty.
Year: 1874

the shady porch your pipe will die out
and fall from your aged hand. You
will sleep. The sound of faint, sweet
music will reach your ear, and in your
dream you will see the faces of wife,
sons and daughters-those laid away
years ago before the frosts of time
whitened your hair. Some one will
come to wake you. They will see your
smile and wonder if the dreams of the
old are thus blissful. They will touch
you and start back. The old man will
have gone to bis rest. Go now, old
man-maY the world be kind to YOU"
Year: 1874

Somo Now York journals aro spreading
rumors Of failures mud busiuesa oinbarrassments
which seem to have NO foundation in inct. The
ouiy danger yet present III that reports Of this
nature may actually give rise to distrust and
suspicion among merchants. Tho situation Ia
one In which not to fear IL not to he hurt. We
do look for a panic in the stock market, but
there ia no reason why tint should affect
legitimate business.
Year: 1874

cles and its restoration would not ma.
terially increase it. At the end of six
years the tax could be repealed, and these
great public works would stand forever as
monuments to the wisdom of the present
Congress. | do not believe, however, that
it would be necessary either to issue bonds
or to levy additional taxes.


The inauguration of the system of in
ternal improvements indicated would so
stimulate the business energies of the
country that we would find it easier to
raise the additional revenue required than
it now is to meet existing obligations.
Year: 1874

FESTIVAL. ladies' of the First
Presbyterian Church, Of this place, in


tend to hold a Strawberry and Ice Cream
Festival on the evening of the 18th of
June. These ladies are industriously
collecting a nucleus for building fund
for church, which they hope to erect
during the coming season. 2Gidi7 ass
Year: 1874

STRAYEO-A small red and white COW
s-rather more white than red-with g
rope around her horns. A liberal re-
ward will bs paid for the return of said
COW, or for Information of where she
may be found, on application at this
Office.
Year: 1874

peat their swindling practices upon the
people and upon the Government. It
"a we'll known to all that the Northern
Poetic Railroad Company was bank
ruptod and its credit destroysd by the
faithless management of the Govern
ment subsidy appropriating to private
use the grant made for public work.
To stake the same Company again with
the funds and credit ofthe Government,
would be an act of reckless folly, like
setting up O bankrupt who had squan-
dered the money OF his creditors in
stock-gambling. 9q5s ya
Year: 1874

Having full faith fin the country, they mean to stay by it until the day of general jubilee shall come, when all can rejoice together in its peace and prosperity.

 Drop in and examine our stock.

 Exchange sold on all parts of the world.

 Photographic transfers made with any section of the country.

 A few more of those "Donr mention them q Ieff.Ssss0.6s
Year: 1874

THE MESILLA NEWS of last Saturday says Bishop Salpointe has been appointed agent for the Papago Indians, which say ing is erroneous. The Papagos have been assigned to the care of the Catholic church under the policy of the Administration which gives to the several religious de- nominations the selection of agents for certain Indians and holds such denomin- ations responsible for the good conduct of their agents. All the Indians of Arizona were thus placed in charge of the Dutch Reformed church, but that church never asked the appointment of one of their own members for the PapagO nor Cachise Indians; and so neither the Catholic church nor Bishop SalpOinte asks that Catholic be appointed agent for the Papa gos, and we have seen letter written by the Bishop wherein he expresses his en- tire satisfaction with Dr. Wilbur and that he does not care to have another agent.

 THEl MINER says that Charles Webber got hisIright hand caught in the saw of a
Year: 1874

CHINESE SUPERsTITIONs.-One very ex-
traordinary way in which Chinese supersti-
ton shows itself is n connection with the
system of ancestral worship, to which they
attach extreme Importance. They seem to
believe that the unseen world is in a certain
way, counterpart of things visible, and that
the spirits of the departed stand in need of
the same support as they did when living
foe d, clothes and houses--reduced, however,
to a state suitable for the invisible. which
they seem to imagine is to be attained by the
process of burning! They have a curious
way of carrying their superstition into effect.
Having to provide, not on the day OF the
funeral alone, but in perpetuity, for the com
forts of the departed, they take care tnat
clothing, furniture, and money snail cost tnem
as little as possible. They therefore manufac-
ture limitations of these necessarles IN paper,
the paper money being covered with tin or
Gilt foil; and on some occasions paper
house, ready furnished, is burned and passed
entire into the unseen world.


The food OF the spirits is managed more
simply still. The feast is spread, hot and
steaming; and the steam and fumes arising
from the repast appear to form the nutriment
of the spirits, for the substantial food is after
wards consumed by relatives. From this feel
ing with regard to ancestral worship results
the strong desire of every Chinaman to have
a son instead of daughter; for should the
male line OF his family fail, the ancestral
feasts cannot be properly performed, and then
not only his own spirit will be starved, but all
his ancestors will be reduced to state of
beggary.---Once Week.
Year: 1874

The editor of the Courier-Journal happen
ed across this item: "A magnificent punch
bowl, inlaid with gold, Of the most gorgeous
description, is to be presented to the most at
tractlve gentleman of the Bachelors Ger
man, in Washington, this Winter" But he
says they can't inveigle him into that sink
hole of corruption by the promise of punch
bowl.
Year: 1874




Advices from Japan of the party.
sent out at Government expense to
superintend the transit of Venus re-.
mind us that we have until now neg
lected to record our verdict against o.
class of high-toned nonsense that
seems to thrive only when we'll.
watered from National Treasury.
The search after the North Pole has
sacrificed many valuable lives besides
the expenditure of many millions of
dollars that rightfully belonged to
people, to whom the North Pole is
nothing like so attractive as the center
pole of a circus tent. The happiness
of the masses will not be affected if no
daring navigator ever carves his name
on the North Pole, nor will their
prayers be less feryent If no ship ever
sails through the Northwest passage.
The people do not care the price of a
broken Esquimaux sledge about the
North Pole, and they would be glad if
visionary enthusiasts would give over
the custom of spending their money
in fruitless searches for it. They have
Year: 1874

from an old English paper.


Inthe reign of Queen Elizabeth, dur
ingthe war between the Netherlands
and Spain, Sir Philip Sidney was ap-
pointed Governor of Flushing. In a
fierce engagement under the walls of
Tyutphen, Sidney was wounded in the
thigh by musket- -balland was carried
outof the thick of ofithe battle. Faint
and thirsty from excess of bleeding, he
called for water This was quickly
brought to him, but as he was lifting
the mug to his mouth he saw poor
wounded soldier who lay near him
casting his eyes longingly at the drink
Sir Philip moved the mug from his
own lips without tasting the water and
gave it to the poor man, with the
words, "Thy necessity4is greater than
mine.n srl


He fingered after this, in great pain,
for several days, and when he was told
that he must not expect to live many
hours longer, quietly said: 81 know
it; / know it,n and shortly afterward
exclaimed, ~ would not exchange my
Joy for the empire of the world. ~ His
last words to the sorrowful watchers
by his couch were, "Love my mem
ory; cherish my friends, their faith to
me may assure you that they are
honest; but above all govern your
will and your affections by the Will of
your Creator, in me beholding the end
of the world and all its vanities.n
g. He sank back upon the pillow His
eyes closed. His hands lay as if list
less, just where they chanced to fall


Sir said the clergyman, after a
long silence, Hif you hear whatI say,
let us by some means know it; and If
you have still your inward joy and
consolation in God, hold up your
hand.n Instantly the hand, which
they had thought powerless in death,
was lifted up and held out at full
Year: 1874

OUR little evening cotemporary has
grown very virtuous all at once. 1t
would not steal cent how from the
city if the opportunity offered. But a
few monthsa ago il was notsahove pro-
posing to the HERALD Company to
put up job on the city printing by
which. the tax payers would havebeen
swindled out of at least thousand
dollors. Itsis Nirtuous now and the
attack will probably last until after the
election.
Year: 1874

flowers, helped about dusting, and did
the thousand things children can he
Taught to do by a loving and patient
mother, But how came on the writing!
A remark that Harriet Beecher Stowe
made has helped me more in q journal.
istic life, extending now over many
years, than any one utterance. While
writing the successive chapters Of U3e.
Gle Toms Cabin, the most successful
an influential novel of the country,
she said she ''kept the pot boiling"
While moulding bread, washing dishes,
/ sweeping floors, she kept thinking what
she wonld say next, and when tho
housework was done went to her desk
and wrote it all down. The example is
safe one to follow, and in my case the
experiment was most happy. / kept
near me some volume Of science or lit
crature which I could read whenever I
had moment to rest, and If [ found
myself getting too tired to write, ab.
breviated my household tasks as much
as possible, and let some things so un-
done.


A daily newspaper. the Tribune, in
fact, had become a necessity. This
had the boys read in turn aloud as
mended the stockings and other articles
that needed mending. The exercise
was as beneficial to them as it was pleas
ant to me, think the children were
really happier during the months that
we thus did our own work than they
were before or afterward. Meantime the
sewing began to got behind, house.
cleaning was approaching, and felt the
need # breathing again the still air Of
the Mercantile and Astor libraries.


So when Mary brought me word that
she found an intelligent and capable
girl that she thought could come into
my family as an integral member of. it,
q friend and companion rather than a
servant and an underling, l was not
sorry to resign my place in the kitchen
to one who could worthily fill it. And
yet, on some accounts, I really believe
it would have been better if had kept
it myself. We saved during those
three months at least sixty dollars. /
paid Mary twenty dollars a month and
her board, and the waste the best girl
in the world causes would amount, at
a very low estimate, to eight more. l
gained, meantime, in flesh, for the
musular activity ] was obliged to go
through ba 'anccd the intellectual labor
| performed, and gave me sound sleep
at night and vigorous appetite for
food. l lost nothing in mental aptitude
for my work with the pen; nay, l
gained, for my daily experience made
me intensely practical.
Year: 1874

[from the Burlington Qowa) Hawkeye.]


The other day Bishop Haven took an
unfair advantage of gushing youth
at Marysvillc, in Marion county, Iowa.
The Bishop was dcdicating a Methodist
Church and soliciting subscriptions for
1t, and certain young man whispered
that if certain young lady in tho con.
gregat,on would marry him he would
give $500 to the church. And the
Bishop blurted it right out in meeting.
and the young lady, like Barkis, an.
nounced that she was willing. And
now that young man is exceedingly sor
rowful. Not because his possessions
are great, but the reverse. lie might
call his bride his life, and all that man
hath will he give in exchange for his life !;
but he can't give more than he has got.
And so neither for his bride nor the
church can that youngster raise a tithc
Of the tin that in the exubcrent fond.
ness Of his heart he so idly promised.
No recourse is left him but the cold
grave, or to cut and run from the costly
happiness he cravcd.
Year: 1874

The committee on appropriations
OF the House of Congress is daily in
session at Washington preparing the
legislative and Indian appropriation
bills to be submitted to the House at
an early day.
Year: 1874




but treat him we'll, or make their affair
public. They were all out on the We
randa in the evening, Jack and his
brother at some distance from tJessica,
when Carrie spoke up: "Oh. Jessica,
do you know my sister in Chicago is so
we'll she thinks she will be up here this
summer? only wish she could have
come with us--but she hardly dares to
travel yet. I never dreamed she could
recover, last winter. Do you remember
the time sent Bob over to bring you,
when she telegraphed for me {?
l never got such a fright in
my life as that gave me-and it all
seems like nightmare now. She was
so low all those weeks. I did not sup
pose she woull ever recover. But the
day before she started, she wrote, say
ing her physicians thought her almost
strcng enough to travel"


Jessica expressed her pleasure, and
Bob said, "And, by the way, Jessica,
that was the first ride you ever took
with me. have Carrie to thank for
that haven't I! remember my little
nag made good time that day. going up
Spring strsct.' And then Bob fell to
thinking of how bright his hopes were
that day in another direction, and his
face clouded.


But Jack Wilson, sitting near, heard
every word, and remembered. Surely
that was the very ride that had made
all the trouble. Had he been such fool
after all


He tried to speak to Jessica that even-
ing and the next morning, but she
avoided him. That afternoon Carrie
and Jessica announced their determina-
ton to climb to the top Of the highest
clitf-a feat they had been too tired to
attempt before. Two or three others
Year: 1874

A FOOL and lazy man stand worse
chance TO succeed as farmers than in
any other department of life To be a
good farmer man must have good
common sense, and he must reduce the
facts that nature reveals to him to prac
tice. He must follow nature, not force
her, He must be obedient to her man
dates,
Year: 1874

1T is said that nothing is better as remedy
for chafng, and also as preventive, than al
lotion of alum water. II should be applied
with soft linen or cotton rag at night, before
retiring. A piece of alum AZ large as q hazel
nut, dissolved in half pint of water, is sufi-
Gent II is good also for tender feet and soft
corns.