smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874




Once a white rose unfolded its delicate
petals to the soft sunshine, and filed all the
sweet morning air with its delicious fra.
GRANGE. Pure as heaven, its snowy leaves
bearing upon their unsullied whiteness no
trace Of the soil from which it was fed and
nourished, it grew most fair and lovely.
1t lived it's brief, bright day, and when its
glory had departed, and the delicate leaves
grew withered and yellow, it futtered, leaf
after leaf to the ground, and perished ut
terly. Other blossoms made the garden gay
with vivid coloring. Other fragrance filled
the Summer air, distilled from thousand
odorous petals. Only the rose tree mourned
the withered flower that crowned its life
with perfectness, and filed its days with
glory and rejoicing. Only the forsaken
stalk remembered the stately grace and
loveliness that reigned in proud supremacy
so brief time, aud was forgotten by all
else. Aud each fresh, dewy morning saw
the rose tree bathed iu tears of memory and
love, the purcst pearls that were ever offered
on affections shrine. And so the white
rose was not wholly lost, nor quite forgotten,
though the passer.by cared not that it had
ever bloomed within the garden, for the
thoughtful few had marked with tender
watchfulness the queenly growth and fair
unfolding the beauty, and the purity, and
fragrance and then the fading, falling leaves,
and the deserted tree, bereit and lonely.
Think you they could regret that it had
blossomed there so fair and fragrant, though
its life was short, and though it passed away
as if it had not been | tell you nay
A thing of beauty is joy forever"
Nothing Of all that lives can ever perish
utterly, but treasured up in memory, and
cherished with steadfast faith that mocks
the power of DEATH and antedates the res.
direction glory; all that we have loved is
garnered up, awaiting that most joyful day
when, laying down the toys of earth and
sense, we rise to higher life, and find again
the loved and lost awaiting us.
Year: 1874

The mere lapse Of years is not life To
eat aud drink and sloep to be composed
to the darkness and the light; to pace round
the mill Of habit, and turn the wheel Of
wealth, to make reason our book keeper,
and turn it into an implement Of trade
this is not life. In all this but poor
fraction Of the consciousness Of humanity
is awakened. and the sanctities still slumber
which make it most worth living, Knowl.
edge, truth, love, beauty, faith, alone can
give vitality to the mechanism of exist.
ence the laugh of mirth which vibrates
through the heart, the tears that fresheu
the dry waste within, the music that brings
childhood back, the prayer that calls the
future, the doubt which makes us mediate
the death that startes US with mercy, the
hardships that force us to struggle. tn,
anxiety that ends in trust, are the true
nourishments Of rational beings.
Year: 1874

UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE AND Posr orrox.)


NEW YORK CITY


OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT July l5 1874.
Sealed proposals will be received This Office unt
Il NJ OF the o0th day of July 1874 for furnishing and
hverpg at the United States Court House Post Office
New York city all the plate and other glass
the building callcd Tor In the schedule.
Copies OF the specifcat tons and schedule be had
application at this office.


Proposals must be made inclusive and exclusive Of
port duty.


samples Of the glass proposed to be furnished mast
company each PROPOSAL, and the whole must be de
hvered unbroken and in perfect order within two
months from date OF acceptance of proposal.
All bids must be accompanied by a penal bond OF two
responsible persons the OF five thousand dollars
C$5OW that the bidder will accept and perform the
tract awarded him; the sucicncy OF the security to
be certified by the United states Judge Clerk the
United States Court the District Of the
trct wherein the bidder resides.


The department the right to reject or all
TO do


Every bid must be made on printed form be Oh
tanned at this office and must conform In respect
to the requirements Of this ADVERTISEMENT or IL will not
considered.


Proposals Will not be received from parties who are
not themselves engaged in the glass trade.


Proposals must be enclosed In sealed envelope, en-.
dorsed Proposals for Plate Glass, &C, for the United
addressed to CALVIN I. HULBURD. superintendent
Year: 1874




Everywhere. Dressmakers say that never
have they been called upon to alter and re-
model dresses and suits so frequently as at
the present time, and a general determine
tiOn seems TO have been made to wear out
clothing which would once have been cast
of, or bestowed on some worthy object.
This laudable economy, but we fear the
promenade will assume a somewhat dull
appearance in consequence of it. Quite re-


Gently overheard a conversation on a ferry
boat between two loud talking dry goods men
and the whole burden of it was, mo busi-
ness, no business "There is no use in
talking about business" !" said one of them,


because there isn't any. Everybody wants
TO buy on long time, and nobody will sell,
and so every thing is at a stand still" An
interesting case Of "see-saw" between riches
and poverty, during these times Of fortune
making and warning, has been reported to
me by rriend. and give It as an illustra-
ton Of panic effects. A broker residing in
one of the suburbs had accumulated goodly
sum Of money, and believing that ''as we
journey through life we should live by the
way" he eet up a fine carriage, and every
morning might have been seen driving to
the ferry In good style. But suddenly, Like
the Graphic bfll0on, his fortune collapsed;
carriage and horses were sold, and he began
over again. Fortunate, however, was he in


the possession Of friend who kept car
rage, and who now volunteered to call for
NPin each morning and drive him
Year: 1874

nv HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen Of the City
w of Nanitowoc, have ordered the building Of a
sidewalk on the stsde OF 9th street ON the north
line of lot in block 10 south to Chicago street
the I'd ward of this city,


Notice is hereby given that the owners Of property
stuaed on the east side of 5th street from the north
line of lot in block ITO south of Chicago street. in
the I'd ward are directed to build good and subsfn
tia sidewalk within 10 days from the date Of this
notice said sidewalk 10 be not less than five feet
wide. of sound two inch plank with curb plank and
on the established grade of said 9Th street,
ding to the record in the Clerks ofre Of the City of
Man;toroc GEO GIBSON,


Street Commission IT.
Year: 1874

At the house of a colored woman by
the name of Mag Blutbey, on the corner
of Tenth and Wooster streets, there
reside colored man and his wife by the
name of Fisher, who are the parents of
q girl child baout nine months old who
is certainly one of the greatest curiosi-
ties of the human species that we have
ever heard or read of. Ex-Policeman
William III. Harris, who visited the
house on Sunday, and examined the
child, informs us that its skin is per-
fectly white, although its parents are
both of dark ginger cake complexion.
Its form and features are perfect up to
the bridge of its nose, the chin, mouth
and nasal organ being not only well
formed, but really handsome in their
symmetry and general appearance f; but,
commencing with the eyes, the face and
head has the appearance of an animal,
more resembling white bear than any
thing else of the animal species our in
formant could call to mind. The hair
is of whitish color, and like the wool
of sheep. Its eyes are round and
piercing, resembling those of a mink,
and revolve in their sockets in very
peculiar manner. They cannot bear
the light of lamp or candle, and are
Instantly closed when one is brought in
the room, and are only kept open in the
day time, when the room is somewhat
darkened. It has no eyebrows, and the
lid is of peculiar formation, in no par
ticular resembling the eye of human
being. 1t is very timid, and when any
one approaches it has the appearance
and actions of a rabbit startled from its
lair. Here is fine field for those who
make human nature in its various forms
and peculiarities an object of study and
ANALYSIS.
Year: 1874

A woman passed through Truckee
who had walked the entire distance
from Kansas City. She has followed
the railroad track closely and has been
fifty days making the trip. Nearly ev-
cry conductor and brakeman on the
railroad between Omaha and Truckee
has observed her as they passed her on
their respective trains. She was very
reticent in conversation, but claimed TO
have a recreant husband somewhere in
California, whom she was seeking. Nu-
merous offers were made her of a ride
on the freight trains, all of which she
peremptorily refused. She declined
trusting herself to the dangers and un-
certainties of railroad travel, and walked
every step of the way.


Her dress consisted of pair of loose
Turkish trousers, made of canvas, sim
liar in texture to that used by miners
for hose in hydraulic mining. A woolen
sack protected her neck and chest, and
q small striped shawl was wrapped
around her shoulders. In height and
size she was rather below the medium.
Her features we're rather coarse, and,
as may be supposed, severely bronzed
by exposure to the sun and weather.
The distance from Winnemucca to
Wadsworth-136 miles-she made in
four days, at the rate of thirty-four
miles day. She made no halt in pass
ing through Truckee.


A great many persons here were aware
of her coming, but thought she would
not make her grand entry until about
the middle of the forenoon yesterday;
but the walk of this remarkable pedes-
trian was mysterious and past finding
out" and she strobe on ahead of time,
arriving here at such an early hour that
scarcely half dozen were able to take
observations of the event.


It had been the intention to give this
wonderful woman a sort of triumphant
reception in Truckee (and surely the
occasion warranted it), but she stole the
march on us and passed along rapidly,
silently, and determinedly, as il bent
on an important mission, the fulfillment
of which admitted of no delay, circHm-
locution, speech making, nor public re-
ceptions. The case is, we venture TO
say, one of the most singular on record.
Republican.
Year: 1874

The following extract and the con-


cluding portion OF the address OF Hon.


w. W. Lang, worthy master OF the


Texas state grange, are timely:
The opponents of the order of Pa


irons of Husbandry accuse us of parti-


san objects, just as they might, with


equal propriety, accuse us of endeavor-


ing to form a new church, or interfere


with the present modes of religious
worship.


The only restrictions in the organic
law of the order are, That no religious


or political questions shall be discussed,


nor religious or political tests applied


to applicants for membership. This


does not mean that we should be any
the less citizens, or release us from any
of the duties or responsibilities of cit
izenship; nor does it in the slightest
degree control the course of our free
dom and conscience, thought or action.
What the social and moral influence
may be upon us, it is sine rely hoped
that we be none the worse, but the very
reverse is expected, and that we will be
better citizens.


Let us steadily pursue the legitimate
purposes of our association. uninfiu-
enced by the prejudices of our adver-
saries, looking TO the rectitude of our
intentions and the justness of our prin-
ciples, as our vindicaation from every
calumny.


The education of the farming inter
est in the knowledge of their own bus
mess is of the utmost Importance. To
educate is to improve their labor, to
promote their we'll being and TO elevate
their calling. Following Immediately
in the footsteps of such amelioration is
the augmented prosperity of the gen.
eral community. Let me, in the name
of the order, aud for the sake of the
great interests intrusted to us, invoke
your earnest and especial attention TO
the business before You. You are as
sembled under no ordinary circum-
stances. The suffering and oppressed
people of the state are looking anxiously
but with hope and confidence, to this
powerful and popular order for the in
auguratior of some system of agricul-
tural reforms that will work their own
and their country's deliveranoe. AS
cooperation is the vory base OF our
noble order. let their be cooperation of
thought and effort in all your works. |
Let prudence and wisdom guide your
counsels. Let harmony and modera-
sion mark your conduct, sustained and |
supported by the convictions of right !
labor with faith, hoping to attain the
of great good, enlist
ing the sympathies and securing the |
cooperate ton Of all other industrial in
terests in the cause which you are so
zealously laboring to promote. You
may rise to the full importance of the
duties and responsibilities resting upon
you, and may you, in your conduct on
this occasion, exhibit the truth and
beauty of holy scripture, when it de-
clares Chow good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in
nnity."
Year: 1874

Mrs. Westmoreland, the Georgia au-


thoress and lecturer, tells the following


sad incidents, hitherto not made public,


connected with the sudden death a few


months ago, in New York, of Miss


Alexander. She was the daughter of


an old and highly-respectable North


Carolina family, and, it was under


stood, went on the stage with a view to
assist her parents, whose fortune and


health had been broken by the war.
Says Mrs. Westmoreland


/ heard from Wallack's own lips the
sad story of the very tragic death of a
Miss Alexander, who had been engaged
to play the leading part in "Man of
Honor" a play specially written for


Wallack by BoHcicault. They had en-:
gagged lady first to take the part, but
for some reason or other she disap.
pointed them. Then Mrs. J. B. Booth
was engaged, and three days before the
opening night she came with tears in
her eyes to say that she hadn't sufficient
confidence in herself to play the part
that she believed she would fail, and
for these reasons begged to be allowed
to withdraw from the engagement.
Fearful of failure, she was allowed to
depart, and in despair the manager and
author looked about them for heroine.


At length hearing of Miss Alexander,
she was sent for, Boucicault rehearsed
her, was delighted, and the play went
on. But alas for the certainty of
human hopes-how often are they
blighted, for when the "leading lady"
arrived at the theatre on the evening of
the performance, and descended from
her carriage, she was so much intoxi-
Gated that policeman had to assist her
to her dressing room. However, the
curtain went up-the play began-but
for the poor girl was not herself and
the stage manager was forced to ring
the curtain down upon her. The play
was ruined, the audience disappointed,
while manager and author were indig-
nant. The following day, of course,
brought the young girls dismissal.
This was followed by a stormy inter
view between the manager and herself
she pleaded upon her knees for hours
to be taken back, while he remaiEed |
firm in his denial, and before noon an
other day she was dead.


Wallack told the story with great |
deal of feeling, and said that during |
his whole career on and off the stage, |
nothing so tragic had come under his
He said she had much |
talent, and a brilliant future would
surely have rewarded her efforts had
she remained true to herself. She was
a native of North Carolina-had played
second lady to Janauschek, but had
been dismissed from every position on
account of her infrmity, which it SEEM
I'd nothing could cure. Wallack firmly
believes she died of broken heart, and
yet people laugh at such things as i'm
nrohah1e
Year: 1874

A good grindstone is worth saving.
If you leave it in the sun the top gets
hard and CLASSY. If the lower portion
is kept in a trough of water, the por-
ton so saturated will wear fast and con-
sequently become fiat. II you have the
stone hung true and keep il under COW
er, it will remain as sound as it came
from the quarry; that is, if it was uni
form in quality then, it will remain so.
If you have a water-tight vessel sus-
pended over the stone, with a faucet or
other arrangement for letting the water
On the stone regularly, to be graduated
at pleasure, it will be found not only
economical but very much more pleas
ant for grinding than on the stone as
usually kept. Let Western Rural read
ers try it. There is yet time before


new stone is ruined by hot weather.
Year: 1874

The fashionable girl of the period
now takes her sewing machine with her
when she goes to the watering-places,
for there she will get "ideas" which
the machine will work out. The wise vir-
gin keeps her dress goods in the piece
until she sees how the rival McFlimsy
has her summer toilet made and this
makes the rival McFlimsy lawfully
mad" for if there is one thing she
hates more than another, it is to have
her clothes copied.
Year: 1874

OF men like Butler was to II certain


extent unavoidable, though we hardly


think it was ever desirable. 1t was


when the party had set for itself II few


distinct and important aims determined


by the condition of atf;,irs after the war.


These aims Butler took good care to


pursue with conspicuous zeal. The


party holding the end more important
than the means, did not stop to criticise
him, or Others like him; he could be
trusted on the strict party questions of
the past ten years, for he was ready to
be faithful in these that he might have
free swing i'll other directions /; he cam
not be trusted now because it unfor-
tunatcly turns out that his interests and
those OF pure and sound government
arc not identical. We take the liberty
of suggesting that the party aud the
have had about enough of him
and of the selfsceking, the arrogance,
the want of principle and the generally
low standard of political life which he
represents.
Year: 1874

the other persons there did, they are
equally guilty, even if they went to
ColfaN after the fight was over, or left
it before the killing of the negroes COM
mcnced.


The demand OF Nash on Irwin to
serve as Il deputy sheriff is no excuse.
Nash had no right to attack the Court
house. His remedy was open ut law ;
he could not make it question of
battle who was the legal sheriff. For
four other prisoners, Gibbons, the two
Lemoines, and Hickman, the defense
claim that they were not present at
Colfax. 1t is not necessary to prove
that these prisoners were in Colf;,x on
the 18th. If it is shown that they, at
any time in April, We're in the con-
spiracy, they are as guilty as if they
tie.


If you find the accused are guilty of
this conspiracy, it is next necessary for
you to determine whether in this con-
spiracy Tiilman was killed. This must
be proved to your satisfaction before
any verdict on the last sixteen counts
can be rendered. You may, however,
find all or any of the prisoners guilty
of all or any of the counts charged.


This is Il case of Importance and mag
nitude to the people of the United
States and State of Louisiana. On one
side is involved pnbIic peace and order;
ON the other the lives of these prisoners.
But l trust that if they are guilty, you
will have the courage and manhood to
say so by your verdict. And may God
assist you in your Judgment.
Year: 1874

THREE STORY HIGH STOOP BROWN STONE
"A corner House on Lexington avenue, above Fiftieh
street. with without furniture; will extremely
low. will sell furniture sacrifice. Inquire OF HOMER
Third
Year: 1874

Wendell Phillips said in recent speech
that the time was coming when we might COM
municate instantly with San Francisco with
out either wire or operator The audience
laughed at him. Perhaps his statement is not
so extravagant as it seemed. Had the ordi-
nary work now done by the magnetic tele-
graph been predicted forty years ago it would
have been received with the same increduity.
The truth is that science, like politics and
love, always develops in unexpected direc-
tions. No sooner are men fixed in their scien-
tific opinions than some startling discovery
reveals their ignorance and shows the world
that all things are possible under the sun.
Ever since the invention of the use of steam
men have agreed that only hot vapor had the
least power: but quite recently Philadelphia
machinist exhibited an iron globe no larger
than gallon jug, full of cold vapor, showing
pressure of twenty thousand pounds to the
square inch, and neither time nor temperature
diminished its tremendous power. The dis
covery is said to have been accidental The
inventor was experimenting with ar engine
run by compressed air and vacuum. when
to his profound astonishment he stumbled on
the cold vapor secret and it was some time
before he could make gauge strong enough
to test its power. Until then he had not
imagined such discovery possible


Nature seems to coquet with the inquiring
intellect of man until he is sure of some great
secret, when she confounds him with dis
appointment; but in his less inquisitive
moments she reveals what he never dreamed
Of Modern science il q paradox. Water.
Year: 1874

This in the Catholic and Episcopal churches
is Trinity Sunday, great day with these de-
nominations Their regular services are so
selected and arranged as to be reminder of
the doctrine of which the day is commemo-
give any more heed to it than they do to any
other Sunday in the year. This fact may
easily be inferred from the themes chosen by
the pastors to-day for their meditation. DR..
Fulton, not satisfied with last Sundays talk
about the baptism Of Christ takes up the
will present the lessons that 1t teaches. His
evening subject we judge to be Of peculiar in
terest to ladies'" Few of the Perils
Threatening American Womanhood." OF
course the few implies that there are many
more but he will consider only the most
prominent perils to women. and will, doubt
less, give them such advice as they should hear
and heed DR.. Samson believes that lack
of faith is the chief cause Of spiritual failures,
and will so instruct his people to-day. He will
also explain the physical cause and the moral
end OF the Deluge, SO that readers OF the Scrip
lures may have more intelligent understand


ing OF chat event. Mr.. Gordon, of Chicago,
will portray the christian Rest and present
it as motive for Christian work. He will
also urge the Christian duty OF caring for the
souls of others. 1t will be Mr.. Hepworths
pleasing duty this morning to present sorrow
in its disciplinary aspects, SO that those who
are called to mourn may not sorrow as those
who have no hope. They need not if the will
Is consecrated to God, and the conservation of
that power is the important theme chosen by
Mr.. Hepworth for his evening discourse. The
"Minor Moralities," about which Mr. Clarke,
of Harlem, will talk, may become elevated in'o
major moralities by the Baptism of the Holy
Ghost" about which Mr. Davenport will
preach. We gave an account some time ago
ofthe Church Of England s mimicry Of Catholic
EMISSIONS and to which its advocates gave
the high sounding title of ''great awaken
ing" Later reports make it appear to be q
poor imitation of the original thing. But
such as it was, great or small, Mr.. Borham,
who has recently come hither from Great
Britain, will give an account Of it this even
ing and it may result in similar awakening
in the United States.


Birthdays and decoration days have their
uses. Every family and household has more or
less Of the former, and the patriotism Of the
Americans has taken on the form of the latter
Mr.. Mitchell will say some things wise and
witty about birthdays and Mr.. King will
draw from the churchyard floral decorations
such lessons as no doubt the people will be
glad to learn and to remember Other
pastors will present to their congregations
topics Of more or less local importance.