smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

A. an instance of the effect Of heat and
cold in expanding and contracting the
iron OF the dome Of the National Capitol,
it is stated that the colossal statue sur.
rounding it inclines four and . half
inches to the west in the forenoon, and
the same distance to the east in the alter
noon. This fact has been ascertained by
fixing . plumb line to the statue and
dropping it to the rotunda below. As
the morning sun upon the east side Of
the dome heated the iron and caused an
expansion on the side of the statue il
was thrown westward four and half
inches. In the afternoon, when the sun
upon the west side heated and expanded
that part OF the dome. the statue inclin-
ed to the east Q similar distance.
Year: 1874

A lawyer in Augusta who is already
Justice of the Peace, applied to the Gov
ernor and Council for commission au-
thorizing him to solemnize marriages. He
was informed that, in order to procure
such commission, he would have to file
a certificate of his ordinatian as minister
of the Gospel.
Year: 1874

A BARGAIN-WILL SELL OR EXCHANGE, FOR
n lightly encumbercd Real Estate in near the city,
OF the hest paying Bar. Dining and Hotel opposite
the prnclpal market IN the city, Principals please ad
dress w. X, Herald office.
Year: 1874

Through which every desirable article


in New York is furnished at the


lowestrates without extra charge.


Our Own Fireside is Home Journal
in its fourth year. 16 large pages with
illustrations. Price, $3.50 year.
Every subscriber makes selection of a
valuable premium from the many offer
ed. Those subscribing now receive the
paper the remainder of the year free of
charge.
Year: 1874

:. "Tell them to wear symphonies in colcr.
II they are pale. wear light symphony; if
lney are ruddy, wear dark symphony; but
always let the symphony in the dress har-
NOME with the symphony which God has
made IN her OF the lily face and the golden
hair, IN her OF the ashy, sandy face and the
gray hair, and in ber of the dark brunette
face and the dark hair"
Year: 1874

A gentleman at Lake George, after waving
his handkerchief for half an hour or more at
an unknown lady, whom he discovered at a
distant point on the shore, was encouraged
ba warm response to his signal to approach
his charmer. Imagine his feelings when, on
drawing Eearer, he saw that it was his own
dear wife whom he had left at the hotel but
short time before. 'Why, how remarkable
we should have recognized each other at such
a distance" exclaimed both in the same
breath; and then they changed the subject,
Year: 1874

Gossip and Gleanings.
Nothing will tes. mans strength OF pur-
pose and steadiness of eye so thoroughly as
the endeavor to balance an eel on the end of
his nose.


A correspondent of the Lyons Republican
declares upon his sacred honor that he saw
two moons at one and the same time. Sister
crusaders how long is this Internal traffic 10
go on?


Little Johnnie is dead, but before his spirit
was waited to the angels he requested that
watermelon vine might be allowed to wander
at will over Lis green grave, that it might be
a warning to future generations.


"On his dignity" ."-Affable Old Gentleman
(who has unintentionally entered smoking
carriage). ''Dear me! How long is it since
yon learned to smoke, my boy"


Precocious Young Gent.-"Shan't conde-
scend tgratify impertinent curiosity."-
Punch.


In beginning the world, if you don't wish
TO get chafed at every turn, fold up your
pride carefully, put II under lock and key, and
only let it out to air on grand occasions.
Pride is garment all stiff brocade outside,
all grating sack-cloth on the side next the
skin. Even kings don't wear the delmati-
cum except at coronation.


"They parted in sorrow, they parted in
tears" The husband was to remain at Bor-
deaux, for he had situation there; the wife
was to 60 to London as governess, and they
filled the railway station with the noise and
sorrow of their parting. ''Do not cease to
love me, and do not forget that you are the
wife Of decent man," said the husband.
''Never, never" said the wife, and she pulled
out her handkerchief and tied a knot in it,
that she might remember.


The obituary poet has broken out in new
spot This time it is Mississippi doctor
who laments CLOS. One," presumably
patient of his, in this lugubrious gush:
Speak lowly. tread lightly, for the loved ore is


dying;


She is crossing the river that bars us from God;
Weep fondly-but then there is no in crying


She's but travelling the path that her Saviour


hath trod.


1t will be noticed that there is truth, as well
as poetry, in that highly ornate third line,
which erect barrier against any overflow
of the lachrymard


A gentleman at Lake George, after waving
his handkerchief for half an hour or more at
an unknown lady, whom he discovered at
distant point on the shore, was encouraged
ba warm response to his signal to approach
his charmer. Imagine his feelings when, on
Year: 1874

Little Johnnie is dead, but before his spirit
was waited to the angels he requested that
watermelon vine might be allowed to wander
at will over lis green grave, that it might be
warning to future generations.
Year: 1874

without you, without you, my darling,
Without you what more can i say.
To show you how lonely my heart Is,


Whenever your heart is away?
wait, and watch for you, dearest


With never a doubt or fear,
But that some tomorrow will bring you,
Some day of all days in the year.
How many to-morrows there have been,
How many to-morrows may be
The longest but brings me the nearer,
That day of all others to me.
And often. | fancy hear you.


Your hand ON the latch of the door,
Your voice in the hall and your footsteps
Closer-closer me once more.
With glad ewes half shut, now / see you.
As strong. and as brave, and a. true;
And eves know. even in darkness,


Belong 10 no other than you.
| know that, at last it If over


The wearying trouble and care;
And courage and comfort come back with
The touch of your hand on my hair.
Year: 1874

DIR. Hall says, the best medicines in
the world, more efficient than all the
potations in the medica Dldteria, are
warmth, rest, cleanliness and pure air.
Some persons make it virtue to brave
disease, ''to keep up" as long as they
can move a foot or wiggle finger, and
it sometime succeeds; but in others
the powers of life are so completely ex-
hausted by it that the system has lost
all power to recuperate, and slow and
typhoid fever sets in and carries the
patient to a premature grave. When
ever walking or work is an effort, a
warm bed and cool room are the very
first indispensibles to a sure and speedy
recovery. Instinct leads all birds and
beasts to quietude and rest the very
moment disease or wounds assail the
systeIa
Year: 1874

A writer in the Melbourne TOCn and
County gives the following interesting
account of a funeral among the semi
savage natives of Australia. The body
was first carried away some half a mile
and covered over with leaves and
branches, being watched by the lubras.
Then fires were lit on high mountains.
and made to emit large volumes OF
smoke, bidding the members of the
tribe within sight to haste to the spot;
they again, as / understood, thus tele-
graphing to the others further away.
BY the following morning many had ar
rived, and shortly after sunrise arose
and continued long time those native
walls, to which 1 know of nothing to
liken them, and which We could dis
tinctly hear-wails of strange quivering
cadence of most melancholy sound,
borne upon the keen morning breeze


Which. eehoing back from mount and hill,


Rolled on the wintry air 10 Ill,


With dirge Of death Ger savage rung,


By wild aud untaught voices sung


Then commenced after a while the
to us-most revolving ceremony per-
formed by these blacks, Of each eating
morsel of the departed one.


This is almost, you might say, spe-
cies of religious superstition, they vir-
tually believing that with the swallowed
portion all narrowing regrets at the loss
which death has brought them are dis
sipated: and if they do not eat thereof
they will grieve to such an extent as to
cause their death, or some dire calam-
ity. Indeed, this belief is so strong
among the wild ones, that its non-ful-
fllment produces species of consump-
ton, or wasting away, and the being
becomes haggard and emaciated, even
tually often in reality dying. Some
days after they had buried the remains
a mob came up from the far country,
and the bones were e1humed, the late
arrivals smelling the poor clay, and
departing again in peace and tran
guilty.
Year: 1874

THE pretty Elce paper that looks so
pure and delicate, is made in China
from the pith of a great tree not at
all as we make paper from poplar wood,
but by simply cutting it into thin slices.
And thousands of years before Moses
was born the Egyptians made paper
from the great papyrus, or paper reed.
by carefully peeling out the thin layer
between the bark and the heshy stem,
and pressing and drying the pieces into
sheets. Many story of ancient times
has been found written on this paper,
and stored away among the linen wrap
pings of the Egyptian mummies, Just as
well preserved and as legible as if it
had been written last year.
Year: 1874

"Be content with little" There are
many good reasons for this rule. We
deserve but little, and so better is little
with the fear of God than great trea-
sures and troubles Herewith. Two men
were determined to be rich, but they set
about it in different ways for the one
strove to raise his means to his desire,
while the other did his best to bring
down his desires to his means. The
result was, the one who coveted much
was always repining, while he who de-
sired but little was always contended.
Year: 1874

Cork is the bark of an evergreen oak,
that grows in the south of Europe and
north of Africa, near the sea coast.
Removing the bark does not iniure the
tree, and new crop is produced every
ten wears
Year: 1874

A dear old Yankee lady being asked if
she had ever had her ears pierced by
the wall Of distress, said she couldn't
Just exactly remember, but she believed
it was done with shoemakers awl.
Year: 1874

A respectable person, says the Pail
Mall Gazette. was arrested the other
day in PARIS on the charge of picking
pocket under circumstances which must
command the sympathy of the most
rigid moralist. He was returning home
from a social gathering when the natu
raj convulsiOp to which Lord Dundreary
usei to be SO subject overlook him, and
ne sneezed in the most uncoinpromisiDg
manner. This usually satisfactory op-
Grafton is not, however. entirely SO to
civilized person unless he can command
the assistance of a pocket handkerchief.
The subject of this crisis, therefore, telt
wildly in his pockets for the desired arti-
Gle, but his faithful companion had dis
appeared. Suddenly an emotion ofjoy,
such as that with which a shipwrecked
sailor espies a distant sail. lighted up
his fearful eye. He saw depending from
the pocket of q friend walking a few
PAGES in advance of him red silk hand
kerchief, large, soft and lustrous. A
few seconds more and he had buliel
his still quivering and wasteful nose IN
those delicious folds, when the hand of
a police agent was laid on his shoulder,
and the owner of the handkerchief turn
ed round, revealing the countenance OF
a complete stranger. The pickpocket
n,algreiui was about TO be led of to the
station, when certain papers found on
his person established his responsibility
so conclusively that he was suffered to
go home, duly provided with pocket
handkerchief obligingly lent him by a
police officer.
Year: 1874

There is scarcely a fashionable ca
price that doesn't do good to some one.
Thus the ornaments OF white and black
let which have become the vogue in
Paris have restored prosperity to the
working classes of Venice. who we're In
a state Of great distress before the re-
vival of the taste for jet trimmings.
Year: 1874

Dns'r Want HIS EARS PULLED.-Sir
Humphrey Davy when child was pale
aud frail, but q witty little fellow
withal. At the age of six he was sent
to the grammar school, the master OF
which was Incompetent for his work,
aud celebrated only for his severity TO
the boys. Little Humphrey often had
his ears pulled, and one Jay he went to
school with large plaster on each ear.
what does that mean p asked the
master, with his usual barbarity. The
child looked up with an archly grave
face, and said, "Please, master, L put
on the plasters to prevent modification.
Year: 1874

During the recent building Of a bridge
in Holland, one of the trayerses, four
hundred and sixty-fye feet long, was
misplaced on the supports. 1t was an
inch out Of line, and the problem was
how To replace it. Experiments proved
that the iron-work expanded fraction
of an inch for every degree OF heat re-
ceiyed. II was noticed that the night
and day temperatures differed by about
twenty-five degrees and it was thought
this might he made TO move the bridge.


In the morning one end Of the pieces
was bolted down securely and the other
end left free. In the heat Of the sun the
iron expanded, and toward night the
free end was loosened. The contraction
then dragged the whole mass the other
way.


For two days this experiment was re-
peated, and the desired place reached.
We find no record that the heat Of the
sun has ever been employed in this way
before; the contraction aud expansion
of iron bars by fire heat has frequently
been used to move heavy weights over
short distances. Broken walls and
strained roof and arches have been
brought into place by simply heating
iron rods till they expanded, then taking
the slack by screws and nuts, and allow.
ing contraction by cold 10 pull the wall
or roof into place.
Year: 1874

THE Water Company's organ says:
Combinations that have axes to
grind are careful not to select the kind
of timber of which Mr.. TIFFANY is
made.n This is good; good as joke,
but as q matter of fact it reminds one
OF the young fellows conundrum. He
pointed out II young lady and said to
"a companion, "That girl is my sister,
but my father and mother are not her
parents.n The widdle" was not
solved for year or more, and then
only by the young man himself, who
admitted that he lied about it. Mr..
TIFFANY may not be the kind of tim
Der that a combination with an axe to
grind would select, but last year when
IL combination of Democrats had an
axe to grind they induced Mr.. TrFFA-
NY's little Republican organ to grind
it for them. This is the kind of tim
ber Mr.. TIFFANY's paper is made of.
If he he is made of better quality of
timber it should have shown itself
about the time those Democrats were
around.
Year: 1874

more numerous than her wants and to
this day the people of San Francisco
are paying more for the water they
use than for the bread they eat. But
the load became unbearable and lately
the citizens resolved to shake Off the
old men of the sea, which in the shape
of water monopoly was hanging
about their neck. They appealed to
the courts and found that the exclu-
sive franchise curse, though it
existed in fact, yet had no
existence in law. Having made
this discovery they are seek
ing the most available means
for obtaining their water at less cost
than their bread. Their other exclus-
i've franchise blights, one of which is
gas, will be disposed of i'll time, and
in q short time at that. The gas and
water companies of San Francisco,
that for n long time controlled the
city, dug up her streets at will and left
lIltll III IL W Illdil
and beast, and made consumers feel
that they had no rights which exclus-
i've franchise corporations need re-
spect, are shorn of their power and
now obey the law, rs all good citizens
should. This satisfactory state of af-
fairs has been brought about through
a determination of the people that
they and not the corporations would
rule. There are strong indications that
the people of Los Angeles have re-
solved to follow the example of those
of San Francisco. If they adhere to
this resolution they will soon have
good water and cheap gas; and when
a street assessment is ordered its OBJ
ject will not be defeated by an open
defiance Of the city authorities. The
will of the monopoly will not be the
law of the city and Los Angeles will
free herself from the checks and clogs
that have so long retarded her pro-
gress and development.
Year: 1874

If expression means anything the
taxpayers of Los Angeles do not pro-
pose longer to heed the dictation of
few gentlemen who have so long
played the autocrat over them. They


are not able to convince themselves
that their city is so different from
other cities that the great majority
should yield their prerogative to the
small minority. To this resolution of
the people, the old managers may
and will demur, but they can urge
nothing against its justice. They
love power and will not relinquish
their hold on the munici pal govern
ment of the city until com PEELED to do
so by the will of the majority. But the
decree will be spoken, and spoken in
language so emphatic and decisive
that they who have so olong command
ed will not hesitate to obey. Los An
geles ought to go forward. If she can
free herself from the checks to pro-
gress that are now holding her at
stand still, she will march onward
and ultimately attain that eminence
rs city which those who see not the
canker at her heart have predicted as
her future. If she would advance-if
she would keep pace in the van of
progress-she must break the shack
les that now hold her close prisoner.
No town or city can hope to prosper
that is deaf to the wishes and indif-
ferent to the interest of the great mass
of its people. For years rings almost
crushed the life out of San Francisco.
If street was graded, the work was
poorly done at a cost exceeding ten
times the value of a good Job. If a
sewer was to be built it cost the tax
payers thousands where it was not
worth hundreds. The exclusive fran
chises to which she paid tribute were
Year: 1874

SALT LAKE, November 7th.-It is
understood that the suspension of the
First National Bank is equivalent to
Il complete failure. The amount of
the liabilities is not yet known.
The Mormon press is greatly rejoiced
over the recent Democratic success.


1t is stated that the Grand Jury have
found nearly one hundred indictments,
mostly against Alien Mormon, for il
legal voting ut the last election.


The great suit between the Rich
mond and Tersea Mining Companies
of Big Cottonwood was decided to-day
in favor of the Richmond.


There was n tremendous snow storm
here last night and this morning.
There are from three to five feet of
snow in the mining canons adjacent
to the city.
Year: 1874

THE best, because the nearest correct
definition of the political tornado that
has just swept over the Eastern States
which has yet been offered, is that of
Senator JOHN p. JONES which is that
ait is not so much Of a Democratic
victory as it is Republican defeat"
The lesson for the Republicans which
is embodied in this sentence they will
have time and leisure to learn, but it
contains whole volume of instruc-
tions to the victors. The people have
done this, not that they loved CESAR
less, but Rome more. They honored
the Republican party for the good that
was in it, but it was corrupt, and they
slew it. They voted the Democratic
ticket not because they loved the
Democratic party, but because they
could no longer trust the Republican
party. The Democrats are on trial
accepted in an emergency as the best
at hand-and it rests with themselves
whether they shall retain this situa-
tion or abandon it to other and more
competent public servants.
Year: 1874

GENERAL SHERMAN ON THE
LIGHT FANTASTIC Toe. The Gen
eral is an old genius, yet great IA
vorite with old and young. He is
extravagantly fond of dancing, and
some one wittily remarked: "He
never steps lower than the back of
a chair, or higher than the chaDde.
lier." He is thoroughly ungraceful,
but enters into the pastime with
such real relish and earnest enjoy
ment that one can excuse his walk
ing halfway up ones train, or in
the height Of his delight carrying
the greater portion of ones pref
tiest flOunce halfway across the
room, or in the lancers. for instance,
persistently going the wrong way
in the grand chain, thereby causing
the most laughable confusion, and
ENHANCEMENT of his lower proper
tions in the surrounding floating
drapery of the ladies. His wife and
daughters disapprove of round dane
ing, aud he one day said to me: 81
wish we had dancing at our house
Il like to see young people skoot-
ing around"
Year: 1874

Our soft naples have come through


the winter as sound as cOttOnw0OCs,


and where they have been cultivated


they look extremely thrifty; in short,


they are the most hopeful trees we


have yet planted. Such being the
fact, these trees ought to be planted


largely, and they will be. Men will,
after time, plant them by the acre
for sale. There is no great difference


between the hard maple, and the soft
maple for making sugar. The sap Of
the soft maple is not as sweet, but it
is more abundant, and the quality of
the sugar is light, and Of good flavor;
80, as the matter now appears, we can,
if we grow the trees, make maple
sugar here in small quantities, as well
as not. In ten years from. row, the
maple trees here in town cal be tap
ped, and it will be q matter Of some
curiosity to ascertain how the sap will
run where irrigation is required. Ono
thing is certain, there viii be no wad-
ing around through the snow and mud
to gather The sap, and no rain and
snow storms will make the work every
way disagreeable.- Greeley, Co.., Tr;.
bxHe.
Year: 1874

We are informed by an English pa


per, which is very exultant over the


fact, that "antiquary, after a long and
painful examination old documents


has discovered that the name of Chau


GERS mother was Agnes" 1t is proba.


BILE that no tongue will ever be able to
tell what a load this takes off our mind.
For years we have been haunted by a
dark and dismal dread that it would
turn out that Chaucers mothers name
was Mary Jane. It brooded over us
like nightmare; it haunted us like a
goblin. We would wake up at night
and feel the cold chills run down our
back as We meditated that that wo-
mans name was Mary Jane. We felt
that if it should be found out that she
had that name, all the happiness would
be blOtted from our life, existence
would become burden, annihilation
would be bliss, and groceries and mar
keting useless baubles. But her name
was Agnes, and things are serene
again. That is, they are partially
serene; we can not be entirely happy
until some other antiquary ascertains
if Chaueer's maiden aunt had wart
ON her nose. Clear this up, and the
world will no longer be q gloomy prison
for us.-Mar Adelcr.