smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

For sometime past crest number Of


newspapers throughout ths country


have been making inquiries Is to
whether the DR.. Luke P. Blackburn


who has just been elected BY the Demo.


crats to the Govsrnorship Of Kentucky


is the same DR.. Luke P. Blackburn


who tried, during the war, to intro


duce yellow fever into Northern cities


but the Kentucky papers manifest great


reluctance TO discuss the question ol


identity. The Philadelphia Evening


Bulletin says that there is almost q


certainty that the Democratic Governor


is the very scoulidrel who endsavored


to psrpetrats this ,nonstrous crime


against humanity, for 1t is inconceiva.


BILE, If he were not that person, that


his friends would not promptly make
the fact apparent. obably just about
the time when the doctor Is comfortably
10 Office appeals will be coming thick
and fast from the Southern country TOR
help for the yellow fever sufferers from
the Northern cities which the chosen
leader Of the Kentucky Democracy
tried to infect with the same disease.
II Is impossible to conceive of a greater
outrage against decehcy than the at
tempt Of great political party to raise
to the highest Office in the State man
who has been proved guilty Of such
loath some crime. 1t is not only an in
suit to the North, and precious com
mentary upon the Southern demand
for an era of reconciliation and peace,
but it is an act which dehases Kentuck
Ia ns themselves. Blackburn's conduct
was SO infamous, so completely with
out the boundaries of the rules OF civil
lized warfare, that he ought to be re
garded even by the advocates Of the
lost cause with contempt and loatbing.


If a Republican physician had gone
down South during the war and tried
to ilfect the Southern camps with
smallpox or yellow tever for the pur-
pose Of breaking up the army, and then
al ;erw ards had been elected Governor
of a Northern State, what ho vi would
have been raised against him by Dem
ocratic papers, yes, and by Republican
papers too. But all the while that DR..
Luke p. Black burn has been candi-
late for Governor of Kentucky to which
,fice he has just been elected, there
mas not come word of protest, though
il was well known that Black burn was
The same malignant scoundrel who
went North during the war and tried
70 infect Northern cities and camps
with small pox and yellow fever. Such
! man should be booted and hooted |
through the land, insulted by man and
'corned by woman, instead of being
,lected Governor of a sovereign State.
Thank fortune the concilated ex rebel
Democracy elected him.
Year: 1879

OFcoURaE tits expected the "Herald"
must blow its little penny trumpet in
lauding the City Council, and if the
latter were but to rap its snuff box
the "Herald" would have to sneeze.
The maudlin little thing of doubtful
gender, is growing saucy on Sheriff
pap and Council sap.
Year: 1879

An English doctor, writing about
sleep and sleeplessness, observes that the
state narcotics produce is not sleep, but
a condition of narcotism that counter
feits sleep, adding When man says,
L want a quiet night, l will take
sleeping draught, he speaks in parallels.
To express the fact plainly he should
say, l want a quiet night; / cannot OBJ
tain it by going to sleep, or am afraid
TO trust to the chances of natural rest, so
l will poison myself little, just enough
TO make me unconscious, or to slightly
paralyze my nerve centers, not enough
to kill Ifthis fact could be kept clearly
before the mind, the reckless use of
drugs which produce a state that mOcks
sleep would be limited The state Of
inaction which is brought about by
natural sleep is very different from that
which is produced by paralysi9of any
degree.
Year: 1879

The smallest perfect achievement is
nobler than the grandest failure.


The veil which covers the face of fu-
turity is woven by the hand of mercy.


1t is said with life as with coffee, he
who drinks it pure must not drain it to
the dregs.


If we were all permitted TO put our
own valuation on ourselves there would
not be a low priced man in the world.


This is true philanthropy that buries
not its gold in ostentatious charity, but
builds its hospital in the human heart.


Every person has two educations-one 9
which he receives from others, and one,
more important, which he gives him
self.


Miseries come unbidden and always
stay too long, while joys must be sought
for, and when found are apt to slip away
unawares.


There is a great deal of unmapped
country within us which would have to
be taken into account in an explanation
of our gusts and storms.


Every PERSONS natural weight of af-
Fiction is frequently made more un-
happy by the envy, malice, treachery or
injustice of his neighbor.


Sin always begins with pleasure and
ends with bitterness. 1t is like a colt,
which the little boy said was very tame
in front and very wild behind.


We should enjoy our fortune as we do
our health-enjoy il when good, be pa
tient when it is bad, and never apply
violent remedies except in an extreme
necessity.
Year: 1879

Time! what is timer A power stern, bodiless
That we may feel, but never see. We gaze
With aching eyes into the past, and there
We see thousand shapes of light and gloom
Floating like atoms in the pallid beams
Of mourniul memory, but the perished year
Is all unseen. From thence we sadly turn,
And gazing on the future, we behold
Dim, countless forms trooping from its dark
Unlathomed ocean to the lonely shore
OF earthly being, but the coming years
Are all invisible. And then we pause
And gaze above, around, beneath, and
Our eyes are startled by the mighty deeds
OF the passing time; the iron weight
Of his stern presence rests upon our souls;
We feel the awful specter touch our brows
With his cold, death-lke finger; and we hear
The deep and mingled roar that rises up
From all his mighty doings on our earth;
And yet he has no form to cast its gleam
Or shadow on our sight.


George d. Prentice.
Year: 1879

Iowa has an agricultural college that
gives a course Of domestic science and
art, with an experimental kitchen for the
use of the Sophomore and Junior girls.
A creamery for teaching the art of butter
making is in full operation, and veteri-
nary department, with a full course of
instruction, has been estaE lished.
Year: 1879

What do w1 mean by being saved2 Is it an earnest purpose to live pure life, be honest, faithful and true in all our relations with our fellow creatures, to be loyal to God and man, striving to live up to our highest and best con- victions or does it mean something else; and if so, what?

 What is good common sense7 Is it plain, frank and fair statement of something whlci, common people can understand, and which is adapted to their real wants or is it a granu mythical statement of something beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals?

 We ought to get the most real happiness we canin life every day, living not as though each day was our last, but our first. cheerful sweet and happy contentment this day, makes an indelible impression upon all our future. If the product of each days labor has been cast in the right mold, we need have no nor bid fears about the future. ''RECIPE"
Year: 1879

->*a* We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under their notice. aE CORRESPONDENTS are requested to send in their communications so as to reach us on Monday of each week. as we cannot insure the insertion of any correspondence received after

 hat time. -'
Year: 1879

We regret to learn that the fever which was 90 prevalent in the Me. silla Valley two years since has again made it's appearance, and in an equal ly virulent form. The cases are not so numerous in the immediate vicin. ity of Las Cruces and Mesila, but farther south at La Mesa, Chamberi- no, and as far down as Fl Paso, the disease is spreading very rapidly and the mortality is said to be unusually great. To add to the general distress. the Rio Grande continues dry, the corn crop from Dona Ana south has been lost through lack of water, and flour already commands price far above the means of the poorer classes

 Barncastie's stem mill at Dona Ana is the only one now in operation in the entire valley, and as it runs only during the dGf the supply of four falls very far short of the demand

 It seems certain that very great dis tress will prevail during the coming fall and winter. -S1cer City Herald.
Year: 1879

The popular idea about Nevada Is that it is worthless except as min ing country, and yet it Is one of the greatest grazing States in the Union Within the past six months four counties of Eastern Nevada have shipped thirty thocsand head of beet cattle to the Eastern markets.
Year: 1879

The San Francisco Bulletin has writ
ten an open letter to young man of
Waldoboro, Me-, who wrote to enquire
what the chances we're of his succeeding
if he went to California, and the answer
made to the question is one which is
worthy of extended circulation. as it ap-
plies in part not only to California, but
to the entire country. The Bulletin says
if the applicant has a trade which he
thoroughly understands, and is not afraid
to work hard, that there is an exceeding
ly good chance of his getting along, and
in time of his making money. The state
is as yet unsettled, in the sense that it
could without trouble support several
million people, and hence there is an
abundance of room for those who come
to be u part of the bono aud sinow of tbo
community. But for unskilled labor, or
for those without capital who desire light
work in offices, there is not the least de-
mand, the supply already being far in
excess of all possible requirement for
long time to come. The Bulletin there
fore advises its questioner, if he belongs
to this latter class, to stay where he is
unless he is so fortunate to arrange in
advance for some position which he can
enter into as soon as he arrives on the
Pacific slope. The advice is good, and
can be given at present to those living
in the country who are thinking of going
in search of employment to any of our
large cities. Until one has tried it, he
can form no idea of how hard it is to
find employment for men who are simply
unframed laborers. No matter how will
ling they are, there is little that they
can do, and for this little there is a host
of competitors. Those who are fairly
educated, who desire to enter stores and
offices, find that they have to take their
chances with young men who, for pur
pose of acquiring knowledge of the
business. are willing to serve two ol
three years without pay. If they possess
some special training. can sell boots and
shoes, or sort wool, or understand The
rudiments of any one of hundred forms
of business, their chances are immensely
improved but the tendency of time II
to make all men specialists that is
that they should, in order to get alont
we'll, understand some particular art
profession or craft. The period whel
young man could come green from tn
country. and find his way speedily t
the top of the mercantile ladder, ha
long since passed away, never to return
Year: 1879

A WoMAN's GLovE.-A woman's glove
is to her what vest pocket is to a man.
But it is more capacious, and in ninety
nine instances out of hundred it is
much better regulated. A man will
carry two hundred dollars worth of small
change, four matches, half a dozen tooth
picks, short pencil, and yet not be
able to find a nickel, or match, or a
tooth-pick or card. when he wants it.
Not so with woman. She has the least
bit of glove, and in that glove she car
ries the tiniest hand and wad of bills,
and the memoranda for her intended
purchase of dry goods. and car tickets.
and matinee checks. and maybe dimin-
utive powder bag. We have no idea how
she does it-how she manages to squeeze
those thousand and one things into that
wee space. But she does it every time,
and the glove never looks the least dis
composed, or plethoric, or ruffied. And
when woman wants any article con
cealed about that glove, she doesn't seen
to have the least trouble in the world
getting at it. All that is required is 1
simple turn of the wrist, the disappear
ance of two fairy fingers, and the desired
article is brought to light! 1t is won
der that no savant can explain.


Th;o I;na 6Ila fha oolumn
Year: 1879

Little by little the time goes by
Short II you sing through 1t, long If you sigh
Little by little, an hour day,
Gone with the years that have vanished away
Little by little the race is run,
Trouble, and waiting, and tell are done.
Little by little the skies grow clear;
Little by little the sun comes near;
Little by little the day smiles out
Gladder and brighter on pain and doubt;
Little by little the seed we sow
Into beautiful yield will grow.
Little by little the world grows strong
Fighting the battle OF Right and Wrong;
Little by little the Wrong gives way.
Little by little the Right has sway;
Little by little all longing souls
Struggle up nearer the shining goals.
Little by little the good in men
U5auOy human AOut
Little by little the angels see
Prophecies better Of good to be;
Little by little the God Of all
Lifts the world nearer the pleading call.
Year: 1879

When two women meet at the fence
there is no harm as long as the talk is
loud and the tones fra. but the moment
the head begins to nod, the voice drops
to murmur. and the tones sound hushed
and mufied. then you may know that
scandal, or SONS ones character. is made
a sweet morsel for the occasion. Every
good man sits down and weeps.
Year: 1879

THE SIGNAL SERvICE.-COngreSs voted an ap-
preparation In the sundry civil bill OF s31500O
for the expense OF the observations and reports
of storms under the signal service OF the War
department..
Year: 1879

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AMERICAN PORK
The U. S. consul at Mannheim reports to the
Department OF State that discrimination Is
made against pork from the United States.
police regulation In that district requires all
pork from America to be micrOScopicalIy ex-
am1Ied and each piece marked by the inspector.
This regulation does not apply to any other
country.
Year: 1879

On Tuesday a large party Of Nor
mon converts passed through the Taxing
district en- route for Salt Lake City. A
reporter of the Avalanche was at the
depot when the train arrived. There
were about $50 in the party, and they
were squalid in dress, ignorant looking,
and altogether the reporter concluded
that they were taken from the poorer
and lower walks Of life. The reporter
had just obtained from young lady in
the party that she was going to Utah
"after husband" when the leader came
forward and put an end to the conversa-
ton. He gave his name as Elder j.
Morgan, and explained to the reporter
that converts were frequently dissuaded
from going to their destination by per-
sons talking to them, and that on this
account he had interdicted all converse.
tion.


In reply to the question where the
converts came from the elder replied
About fifty Of them came from East
Tennessee and North Georgia, about
thirty joined us at Decatur, Ala, and
an equal number at Corinth, Miss"
Year: 1879

[From the New York Tribunel


The Gar, at the head of the Russian
Church, has the right, it is said, to grant ab-
solution for sins. In exceptional cases his
subjects may request him to hear their con-
fession and absolve them. A short time ago
ayoung man presented himself at the Palace
and urgently demanded to see the Emperor
for this purpose. An audience having been
granted, the youth confessed that he had in
tended to assassinate the Gar. He was the
son of an exile in Siberia, and described in
the most elegant language the sufferings to
which his mother and sisters were exposed
through the absence of the bread winner. so
that finally, exasperated by the bitterness of
his fate. he had determined to revenge him.
self. The Emperor was touched, and granted
him his fathers pardon and considerable
sum of money. Less than month later an
other young man presented himself to confess
intention. This time his majesty was not to
be cheated, and said to the penitent: 81 ab-
solve you on one condition only; that you re-
peat to the Chief of the Police the confession
you have just made to me-"
Year: 1879

A little woman, with considerable anxiety
in her face, was searching the Central Mar
ket yesterday for flowers and seeds, and one
of the seed sellers explained to her:


'Here are some of the incest climbers you
ever saw. If you take them they will cover
your house by July and make it look almost
like Paradise


"They will, eh?" absently replied the
woman.


eyes they will. You don't know how
they will improve the looks of your house" !"


"But won't take any. Just as soon as
they made the old house look any better the
landlord would come around and raise the
rent on US. guess won't buy anything but
sunfower seeds and stalk or two of catnip."
Year: 1879

PRINCE WALDEMAR, the third son of the
German Crown Prince, who died last month,
was i'll only three days. His disease was
diphtheria, complicated by sudden oppres-
sion of the heart. 1t was at in the morning
that the doctors told his father that he might
retire to rest as there was no imminent dan
ger. AS he left the sick room young Walde-
mar opened his eyes and said in English,
ssGood night" which were the last words he
uttered. Half an hour afterward he lifted MS
head from his pillow, Immediately sank down
again, and was no more. It is related that
the White Lady, whose visits always precede
the death of some member of the royal family
of Germany, was seen on the eve OF the
young princes death by soldier on guard At
the castle.
Year: 1879

In Toxic, Yokohama, Nagaski, KanagaWa,
Hakodadi-in all cities and towns. whether
big or little, at hotels, restaurants, shops, oar,
rooms-credit is customary-so firmly nxea
that it is hard to pay cash. When you buy
ANYTHING, the clerk or salesman presents you
with chit-very much like a pad-on which
you write the article, its price and your name
and the thing is repeated if you 60 to the
same place dozen times q day. In fact,
you need no money for any ordinary purpose
until the end of the month, when you llqul-
date your chits and begin over again. 1t Is
counted very dishonorable not to pay your
chits. If you do not, your name is hung on
the wall of the establishment where you are
in debt, and you can get nothing more there


Still, in Japan as in every quarter OF the
globe, there are persons, and not few, VINO
don't pay; and who, when shut out from one
place, 20 to another. and make fresh bills.
The system is as bad as bad can be. Credit
widely extended is an evil in any community.
It hurts the man who gets it as well as the
man who gave it. Its tendency always Is
to relax principle, to encourage extravaganza
to dull sensibility, to weaken character. Hun
dreds, yea thousands, of persons in Japan to.
day have lost their sence of INTEGRITY, and
all idea of financial promptness, who would
not have done so but for this pernicious order
of credit The custom arose years ago from
the scarcity of small change, which rendered
is really necessary. But now, although cnange
is abundant, the custom continues, with no
signs of disruption or decay. Tradesmen and
everybody else suffer greatly by it, having, at
the end of each year, number of debts not
only uncollected but uncollectible. Business
never will be, and never can be, on any sound
or desirable basis in Japan until thorough
reformation shall have been instituted.
Year: 1879

"whataplagne these lovers are! Par.
ticulaily if one is not quite certain
whether they are cnamored Of ones
self or ones fortune. wish | knew
II And as she said this she gazed
thoughtfully after the retreating form
Of a tall, gentlemanly,looking young
man, at that moment passing slowly
out Of the gate in front Of her fathers
mansion,


Minnie was not beauty, as he,
roincs usually are, but she possessed
sunny, gleeful tember, u warm heart
and a well cultivated mind, which
amply compensated for all defcien.
cies Of form and face, so that among
the truly discerning she found many
and warm friends.


AS her father was very wealthy,
many suitors kneltat the feet of Min
ME, who otherwise would have sought
u lovelier bride. But to all she had
| given II kind but decided negative,
until she had met with Walter Roby,
the visitor who had just bid her adieu,
He was young lawyer, who had re-
Gently come in to the village of Bel
mont, aud who, possessing a hand
some appearance, fascinating conver.
sational powers and bland, agreeable
manners, very soon. won the conf
dehcc and good will of tile people,
particularly Of the ladies'.


He DID not ut first, however, notice
Minnie with much attention, but in
the course OF a few weeks he seemed
to be suddenly enamored, and soon
became very attentive.


Though Minnie was much Halter
ed BY the apparent devotion OF the
handsome lawyer" yet she had a
large share ofthat rare but important
article-common sense; and as she
suspected that this asslduity did not
arise from n love OF her own rather
PLAN sell, she determined to prove
her lover. He had this very day
made her the offer OF his heart and
hand, and begged hers in return; but
Minnie had given him this reply:


"Mr. Roby, | am not prepared to
answer you Immediately. lshall re-
quire at least two weeks to reflect
upon it,"


He was somewhat daunted by this
cool answer to his rather eloquent
and ardent proposal, for he deemed
his handsome person irresistible
He urged her for u shorter probation,
but she would not relent, only tell
ing him that if she decided before the
time had expired she would inform
him.


Minnie sat long in her room that
night, devising some means to ascer-
tain his real sentiments. She thought
if she were only handsome, she might
rest assured he loved her, and then
she could return that love. She re,
volvcd many schemes, butnone seem
ed plausible; and finally, when the
bell chimed 12, she retired, resolving
in tile morning to impart her trouble
to her father, and implorc hisaid, for
she was motherlcss.


Morning came, and Minnie arose
unrefreshed and pale. As the break
fast bell rung she greeted her father
Year: 1879

Can you think OF taking a dowerless
wifc?"


ooh, yes" earnestly replied Herb
ert, 81 would never have told of my
love had she still been as in days
gone by"


The old gentleman smiled a pecu-
liar smile, and said, "Yes, Herbert,
she is yours-you are worthy Of her;
but l am glad, for your sake and hers,
that | am not SO poor that she will
be portionless bride. Butyou must
let Minnie tell you the story"


Minnie did tell him the story, and
Herbert WAS unspeakably delighted
at the idea that he had won the hand
of the heiress Of Mr.. Arlin's wealth;
but Minnie laughingly told him that
her poverty had lost her one lover
and won her another.


Herbert was also a lawyer, but be.
ing poof and without influential
friends he had many times been
nearly discouraged; but now he felt
his heart become strong within him,
more because he had won the hand
and heart he had SO long desired than
at the prospect of q portion Of hel
fathers wealth.


They were soon after married, and
Mr.. Arlin's handsome mansion was
thrown open to the crowd of friends
who gathered to witness Minnie's
wedding.


Before the day arrived, however
the story of Minnio's ruse had be.
come rumored forth in the village
and Roby, finding himself and his
selfish principles too much the topic
Of conversation, found it convenient
to leave Belmont for some other felt
! Of labor,
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT of the Hartford Cou-
rant has this interesting suggestion to make:
Some time ago the bauk with which the
writer is connected was threatened with bur-
glars. The attempt to rob it was made and
one Of the burglars was caught in the act and
is now serving out his term at Wethersfield
At this time and for many mouths after it
we kept secreted in our vaults, candle, a
monkey ,orench and a scre,o dricer to the in
tent that, if we were locked in the vaults we
should have the means at hand OF lberating
ourselves. What damning evidence this
would have been If we had been murdered.