smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

No ESCAPE FOR THE SEDUcER.-"No
man will ever prosper who has the curse
of a ruined woman upon him. The mnr-
derer of the body can be tried and exc
cuted by the worlds laws, but the mur-
derer of the soul IS tried by heavens
laws, and the execution is sure as divine
justice"


Aunt Betsey said this as she folded
the white hands of beautiful girl, and
put white flowers and green leaves about
the marble cold forehead. There was
tiny babe beside the girl mother. The
house was hushed, and there was mourn
ing such as people know. Half glad
that the mother and child were dead,
the rest Of the family must perform the
last sad Office of burial. ard bear the
family shame. A haunted housei A
ruined home God the architect, and
man the spoiler. The curse is there. and
the destroyer cannot escape Won'dm's
Journal
Year: 1877

Away from the roar and the rattle.


The dust and the din of the town.
Where to live is to brawl and to battle
Till the strong treads the weak man down.
Away to the bonnie green hills


Where the sunshine sleeps on the bay,
And the heart OF the greenwood thrills
To the hymn OF the bird on the spray.
Away from the smoke and the smother.
The veil Of the dun and the brown,
The push and the plash and the pother.
The wear and the waste Of the town;
Away where the sky shines clear.


And the light breeze wanders at will,
And the dark pine-wood mods near


To the lght-plumed biren on the hill.
Away from the whirling and wheeling.


And stoamlng above and below,
Where the heart has no leisure for feeling.
And the thought has no quiet to grow,
Away where the clear brook purls,


And the hyacinth droops in the shade,
And the plume Of the fern uncurls


It's grace in the depth Of the glade.
Away to the cottage so sweetly


Endowed meath the fringe Of the wood.
Where the wife of my bosom shall meet me
With thoughts ever kindly and good;
More dear than the wealth Of the world,
Fond mother with bairnies three.
And the plump-armed babe that has curled
Its lips sweetly pouting for me.
Then away from the roar and the rattle,


The dust and the din Of the town,
Where 10 live Is to brawl and to battle


Till the strong treads the weak man down.
Away where the green twigs nod


In the fragrant breath Of the May.
And the sweet growth spread on the sod,
And the blithe birds sing on the spray.
Year: 1877

LONG LIFE People who live calm
and easy lives, and who are sure of dai-
ly employment, are apt to outlast the
feverish brain-worker, who exists by the
use of his wits. Scarcely anything has
such an influence in promoting longevity
as an assurance felt to be we'll ground
ed, of a comfortable provision for life,
for all the ordinary wants of our station.
Not long ago man died in the work.
house, where he had been taken care of
ninety years. He had no anxieties for
to-morrow's bread he had no quarter
day to provide against in default of
which wife and children would be turn
ed into the street from the elegant man
sion. He had no bills to meet at the
bank, which if not paid by day and
an hour, would involve protest and pub
lie ruin. He was happy because he was
free from care. An aching brain is more
trying than weary arm. The man who
handles tools often sings at his work,
but there is no music in the counting
house, where the capitalist weaves the
web, and unravels the tough knots of
great and complicated business.
Year: 1877




SHUN AFFECTATIoN.-There is nothing
more beautiful in the young than SIM
plicity of character. 1t is honest, frank
and attractive. How different is affec-
tation! The affected are simply unnat-
ural. AS for originality. if they ever
had it, they have crushed it out and
buried it from sight utterly. Be yourself,
then. young friend. To try to be some
body else is worse than folly. 1t is i'm
possible to attain to it. But suppose
YOU could succeed in initiating the great
est man that ever figured in history;
would that make you any better? By
no means. You would always suffer In
comparison with the initiated one, and
be thought Of as shadow of substance,
the echo of real sound, the counterfeit
of pure coin. Let the fabric Of your
character, though ever SO humble, be at
least real. Shun affectation.
Year: 1877

when the grass shall cover me,
Head and foot. where am lying;
When not any wind that blows.
summer-blooms nor winter-snows,
Shall wake me to your singing;


Close above me as you pass,


You will say chow kind she was"
You will say. show true she was"
When the grass grows over me.
when the grass shall cover me.
Holden close to earth's warm bosom
While laugh, or weep, or sing
Nevermore. for anything;
You viii find me blade and blossom,
Sweet. small voices, odorous,
Tender pleaders in my cause,
That shall speak me as was
When the grass grows over me.
When the grass shall cover me
All. beloved, in my sorrow


Very patient, / can wait


Knowing that, or soon or late,
There will dawn a clearer morrow;
When your heart will moan. "Alas,
Now / know how true she was:
Now know how dear she was"
When the grass grows over mel
Year: 1877

IFrOfH tHt IVPtkH biuV.I


The republican county central committee
of Leavenworth on Monday, formally
"read the Leavenworth Times into the
party" We believe the Times was read ont
of the party year or two ago. As the
Times supports the Hayes administration
and pulls hand full OF hair out of the
head OF the Republican governor of Kansas,
now and then, we are in fog as to the ex-
act status oil the paper, after the late ''read-
ing in
Year: 1877

A YOUNG son of wm. Mcneil Clough's fam
lily was thrown from a pony, into Three Mile
creek, yesterday, and thoroughly drench.d
The pony after running into the city, was
caught at the corner Of Fifth and Shawnee
streets by Officer Yerkes.
Year: 1877

Don't put an enemy in your mouth to steal
your teeth. Avoid deleterious dentifric,s.
Rely ON Sozodonf. Nothing can be purer or
more certain to prevent the teeth from be-
coming diseased. After each brushing they
red.
Year: 1877

The Continental Club mel last night at Mrs.
Mckee, corner of Fourth and Pine street.
The evening was spent in dancing and social
conversation. Whitehairs band furnished
the music and Major Shreve done the prompt
ing.
Year: 1877

THE BEST WEEKLY PAPER.-The
DELAWARE GAZETTE for this week is
now ready, and the present number be-
yond a doubt is the best weekly paper
that has ever been published on the PEN
insula. Besides the vast amount Of gene
raj reading matter, editorials and local
matter, it contains an accurate account
of the Battle of Brandywine and the cere
monies which took place there on Tues
day last, 1t makes an excellent paper
10 send to distant friends, and can be
procured at this Office ready for mailing
at five cents per copy.
Year: 1877

SALE OF LoTs.-To-morrow Mr.. ]. T.
Head will sell at public sale Al manufac-
turing and dwelling lots. The sale will
commence over Eleveeth street bridge at
8 O'Clock. and at the conclusion of the
sale there it will be continued over
Third street, and from thence to West
Wilmington. This sale will afford an
excellent opportunity for real eatate
dealers, as all the lots are excellently sit
uated, and in section where the price
Of property is bound to advance, The
lots will positively be sold.
Year: 1877


Folded hands. Old objects seem to hover
Around the new-before the longing eyes
Old perfumes wander back from fields of


clover,
To bind new beauties to the lost surmise.
Folded hands in silent resignation;
The old love calling back the scenes of


yore,
Till grief should grow a summer medita-


ton
A sorrow with the sadness gone before.
Folded hands. in DEATHS unconscious fash


ion;


The striving ended and the sad hope gone
To rest beside the slowly dying passion,
With nothing left to build that hope upon,
All gone, save the sad sweetness of the


yearning,
Which fingers softly, and which will not


go;
But stays to teach that task we're ever


learning
That love is but martyrdom below.
How oft, when upland down life's path we


wander


We have to stop just where we should


begin
And filled with sadness, mourn and weep


and ponder
Der what is not, but (ah me y might have


been!
Year: 1877

causes may defeat every effort made in the
direction lie is working.


The old story of the girl who put all her
eggs in one basket, when going to market,
is repeated over and over again. She drop
ped her basket and her little fortune was
gone. Had she divided and carried them in
two separate quantities, half would have
been saved for her. So with the farmer; if
instead Of all wheat or corn, Or any other
one kind, he will divide his crops and plant
some of each there will never come a season
when all fail.


Let the husbandman introduce a good
breed of cattle and hogs, plant his cultivat-
ed acres with wheat, corn, oats, rye, etc.,
taking care to select good seed, study the
average, and know by experience which is
the most sure crop, and give most attention
to that that has rewarded most surely, and
he will be approaching a standard of judg-
ment and excellence in his calling that will
be gratifying to himself and improve his
credit and standing. and Farm.
Year: 1877

there are circumstances and events


occur to drag men to commercial
hich are unavoidable cannot be dis
but that a majority Of individuals
bonsible for their own failure is equal


Where one man is ridden down by
bspiring of natural causes, a large
i scuttle their own craft and 60 under
prm brought about by their own mis-
{ement and greed. The old-fashioned


given by careful and experienced
10 hasten slowly, is not needed as it
b be. An innate greed for gain pushes
h reason, and the candidate for COM
hl honor and place in the business
rather than grow slowly and surely
Ne will hazard ali on the cast of a die
to the wall. Many firms are seeking
much business on a capital of $4,000
lid be done with $50, 1000, and when
II of hard times comes, they read the
kiting on the wall and are found
This does notapply alone to mer-
ind manufacturers, but will find a
early every farm house to hang on.
armer is seeking to own larger
in his neighbor. He will SOW more
wheat, plant more corn, breed more
b a word, seek in everything to out
competitor regardless of merit or
l1lts. What might be called the pol
agriculture is study that is not suf-
understood by farmers, and the
t arc laid down to be obeyed are
n by too many. What does it sig
plant fifty acres of corn and only
much as might be obtained from
cres where good seed is selected and
given care and attention. The ia
the remaining twenty acres would
y put the thirty acres in condition
more than from the entire fifty
in the usual way. The instances
are where thrifty, sagacious farmers
|ng more net profit from fifty acres


economically managed than Others
Fing from four times the quantity


70 other reason than that the large
ot half cultivated and is more ex


q every way to own and manage


OF business studies his trade; he
the seasons and crops; know:
atural causes have prevented aver
ess, and will naturally reduce th'
Pde of trade and the standard of re
llty; does not try to sell furs il
OF straw goods in winter. There i


IN Which experience teaches tha
qualities can be sold, and other
Pey cannot. All these things ar


OF thoughtful, sagacious, success
pt business. Can as much be sai


edit OF the farmer? Year after yea
laht wheat, and each year realiz


crop; if corn is his hobby, h
us acresOnly with corn and mour


mat only yields him half croE
ee thinking there are laws govern
eience OF agriculture that must b


mat the chemistry of the soil, tn


OF the climate and ether natur.
Year: 1877

AAU&A OE IAV w 4N u LIN EALL-.1N AU


OF FREEZING.


Much benefit may commonly be realized
from careful preparation of land for plant
ing and sowing. The physical preparation
of the soil for the reception of seed is mat
ter of much Importance, for whenever the
land is not mellow, considerable portion of
the seed is likely to fail of termination, and
thereby to be lost


There are other benefits which are natu-
rally conferred upon ground by plowing at
other times than when it is required for the
reception of the seed. But the various kinds
of soils are quite unlike in that which relates
to the benefits they are likely to derive from
fall and winter plowing. A soil that abonnds
in sand is not capable of receiving anything
like the same measure of benefit from plow-
ing in fall or winter as one that contains a
large proportion of clay.


Sand has but feeble, if any, capacity that
is appreciable, for absorbing any of the fer
tilizing gasses (of which ammonia is the
most irportant), while clay, and especially
when dry, has the most remarkable capac-
ity for absorbing and retaining this fertilizer,
of any of the materials that naturally be-
long to soils


Clay, that belongs to compact soil, or
when it is filled with water, has no inpor-
tant value for this purpose. But whenever
it is thrown into ridges, so that large por-
| ton of its particles are exposed to the at
| mosphere, and to the influence Of Frost it is
rendered peculiarly valuable, and on account
of the facility which is furnished for the ab-
sorption OF gasses from the atmosphere.
Some of the clay soils, or the loans that
contain a large proportion of clay, sometimes
remains very compact, or in large Jumps,
even after they have been often plowed
| This is often on account Of the presence OF a
small quantity of some mineral substance
| This condition may sometimes be readily
changed, or by natural processes. which are
secured by mere exposure OF the soil to the
atmosphere. The most common of these
substances is the prot-oxide OF iron, Whlcf
is changed to a peroxide.


There are no available agencies that are
as effective for the reduction of compac
soil to mellow condition as the frosts OF {
| cold winter and the free success of air Whicl


they ultimately secure. Whenever sucs


land is thrown into ridges by deep ploWlnt


in autumn or early winter, frost is likely II


act as a disintegrator of such soil. In atdl
ton to this benefit, when the warm season


arrives it is in the most favorable condition
for the absorption of the fertilizing gasse
from the atmosphere, in addition to its othe
, influences.


The question that relates to the eN1eh
which nitrogen OF the atmosphere Is caps
BILE of comforting benefit to soils or to gro"
, ing plants seems to remain unanswered
Some persons have suspected that lnasnuc
as this element is SO abundant as nature
Year: 1877

The public are kindly informed by the
Union that what it says about the demo-
cratic convention of this county and the
candidature of the Independents is merely
a matter of news and not for electioneering
purposes. The public ought to be deeply
grateful for the information. In the name
of the democracy of this county we return
sincere thanks. Just at this time the
Union is il such good standing, and en-
Joys such an enviable good repute among
intelligent citizens for truthfulness, courtesy
and high-toned journalistic bearing, that
lectures from such source are like apples
Of gold in pictures of silver. Once more
in the name of grateful democracy, we
return sincere thanks for its delicate, time
Iy and unparalleled effort to furnish ar
item of news.
Year: 1877

While workmen were engaged in exca
waiting and removing earth preparatory to
the opening Of Bridge street, through Mr..
Arey's lot to the river, in Rock Falls, the
other day, the remains of human male
frame were discovered 1t had evidently
been buried without much ceremony, as
no signs of box, cofin or shroud we're dis-
covered, but the body was thrown into a
hole about three feet deep. The skull
was very thick. and broke like clay when
slightly touched. There is no probability
of the mystery ever being solved as to who
he was or how long he has lain there.
Year: 1877

LADIES who use Sozodont have only to
open their lips to prove its excellence.
Their white, cleaning, spotless teeth, and
fragrant breath will tell the story. There
is more demand for this wholesome and
unexceptionable preparation than for any
other deutifrice in the market. One day
its use will be universal.


Mend your broken clattels with Spald.
ing's Glue.
Year: 1877

The reduction of rates to prices demand
ed by the times has created a great in.
crease in the patronage of the American
House, Boston, and the result must be
very satisfactory to the proprietors. The
table and all other appointments of the
house are kept up to their old time
standard OF supreme excellence. IN 7.
Hotel Journal.
Year: 1877

CARE OF THE TEErH.-DesirSbie and beautiful as
sound teeth are, there is part Of the bodies of
young children thatis almost universally neglect
ed by parents. Scarcely one child in hundred has
regular. sound teeth, and the proportion of those
that covered TO greater less extent with an
unpleasant looking coat is equally great. very
little the part Of parents would largely Oh
yiate the difficulty, but the misfortune that few
parents willing to exercise such care And this
is especially the in America, where dentistry
thrves more vigorously. perhaps than in any other
country, aud all because parents are nesectful Of
their ehilirens teeth. The regular daily use of the
brush without any ether dentrihee than pure white
castle soap, aud the renewal of nisulaeed tooth or
two. would in most instances give not only pearly
Whioness, but regularity. both combining to greatly
enhance beauty, whether in man or woman, and es.
peciSlly in woman.
Year: 1877

! Did you ever think how strong the


growing plants must be to free their way


up through the earth? Even The Green


daisy tips ard the tiny blades of grass
/ that bow before Il breath. have to exert a
force in coming through. that. in proper


tion to their size, is greater than you
wOstld exert in rising from under mound


of cobble stones. And think of toad
stools-what soft, tender things they are,


breaking at Il touch. Yet, can tell you,
they're quite mighty in their way.


Charles Kingsley, the celebrated English
priest and novelist, was very close Oh
server of natt're. One evening he noticed
particularly square. hat stone. that was
about rs long, and as broad as. the length
Of three big brrdock leaves. He thought
it would require quite a strong man to lift
:. stone like that. In the morning he look
ed again. and 10. the stone was raised so
that he could see the light under it. What
was his surprise to find. on closer eXami-
sprung up under the stone in the night
and raised it up on their little round shoul-
ders as they came!


I'm told that Canon Kingsley gives an
account of this in his book called. Christ
1ffas in the West Indies,' but it was in
England he saw this:


Knowing that he was so close an OBJ
server shouldn't be surprised if he went
still further and found out that one secret
Of the toad-stools being able to lift the
stone was that they didn't waste time and
strength in urging each other to the work.
but each one did his very best without
quarrelins about whose turn it was, or
whether Pink Shoulder or Brown Button
was Sinking his share. But, then. the
toad-stools must have been strong, too.-i
st. Nicholas.
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change of water or diet too free Indulgence of ice
water, exposure to sudden changes of temperature,
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
TO q gallon of
Year: 1877

He who stops at the Sherman House,
Chicago, and is not thankful in his heart of
hearts, that Providence has made such a
hotel possible, lis fit for treason, if human
ingenuity can make it.
Year: 1877

Browns GINGER win be found invaluable in all
cases of Cramp other disorders caused by change
of water or bad water, and few drops used regu-
arly by travellers will usually act as Preventive
and ward OF such attacks. To the aged and those
recovering from illness, q small quantity with o


little sweetened water will be found to give strength
and refreshment: the Ginger having no reaction,
which is the great objection to the oil alcoholic
sdmulants. Producing all the good effects OF q
Mustard Plaster, without the possibility Of blister.
ing the skin) Its application on flannel is most eff
cacions. And in the case of persons predisposed
rheumatism and Goufy Affections, It is Of great
service. fused to rub WITH


~ Beware of Counterfeits.
Year: 1877

FlatuleEcy, Sluggish Digestion. want of Tone and
Activity in tbs Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating TO be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists for o
Year: 1877

7.
A later dispatch says Joseph's move
ments subsequent to the proposition for
surrender have convinced Gen. Howard
that his proposition for surrender was
merely ruse to gain time for the escape of
his force.
Year: 1877

The father of Charley Ross hss consented that P. T. Barnum offer the following re- ward for the recovery of his son. It is sup posed that one of the conditions is that Bar mum shall have the privilege of exhibiting the child. if found:

 will pay sl0.0O0 in cash for the delivery to me alive of the kidnapped child Charley Ross, or for information that will lead to his recovery. l most solemnly and sacredly pledge my word of honor and my reputation as an upright business man, not to attempt for myself to discover the identity of the persons negotiating with me in this matter, nor to convey to any other person any hints or clews by which any accusation, or even suspicion, shall be directed against them. The parents of the child unite with me in this pledge, and agree, if their darling child is by this means restored to them, Co aban- don all attempts 10 punish any person con- nected with his abduction or concealment; they agree never to appear against such par ties, and with myself will use every endeavor to shield them from exposure. For the last three years these parents have suffered more than death, and now that Mosher and Doug lass, the rcal abductors, are dead. it is hoped that the persons who have the child in GUS tody will be willing to accept this reward and immunity. The reward shall be paid m current money as soon as the child is identified by it's parents. As an additional security to the persons bringing him. reas- onsble time shall elspse between his deliv- cry and the public announcement of the fact, that the parties delivering him shall have every opportunity to avoid discovery.
Year: 1877

"Fellow-sinners," said a preacher, "if you were told that by going to tho top of those stairs yonder (pointing to rickety pair at one end of the church,) you might secure your eternal salvation, I really believe hardly any of you would try it. But let any man proclaim that there were hundred soyer- eigns up there for you, and I'll be bound there would be such getting up stairs as you never did sec"
Year: 1877

The hardy yeomanry of New York and New England are wrestling with the ten line Colorado potato-beetle. Let them do their best, in little while they will have to wres,le with his friend and cousin the Rocky mountain grasshopper.
Year: 1877

A test case has been decided in q United States Court, which decides that the Indian, residing on a reservation and in charge of an agent, is an alien and therefore he has no right to vote.
Year: 1877

BISMARCK AS FABUIIsT.-Spcsking of his retirement, recently, Prince Bismarck remarked When man starts early in the morning on gunning expedition, he commences by firing at any game which comes in his way. going even out of his path to kill quail or partridge. Later in the day he becomes more fastidios, and as night approaches, with his game-bag we'll filled, wearied with the heat and toii of the sport, he cares not to cross a field to kill hare which his dog has started from cov- ert But should some one say to the sports man, "Just below hero you will find n wild boar, superb fellow l'' it awakens his ar dour and inspires n wish to crown the days work by a conquest of some importance. l have been on my feet long time. I am tired. Let Bulow or Camphausen bring down the quails or the hares Should you ind wild boar call upon me. I will come." Is the wild boar another name for the Russian bearl