smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

"Oftentimes l have seen," says Oliver
Wendell Holmes, ga tall ship glide by
against the tide as if drawn by some invis-
ible tow line, with hundred strong arms
pulling it. Her sails untitled, her streamers
were dropping, she had neither side wheel
nor stern wheel still she moved on very
stately, in serene triumph, as if with her
own life. But | knew that on the other
side of the ship, hidden beneath the great
hulk that swan so majestically, there was
little toiling steam-tug with heart of fire
and arms of iron, that was tugging it bravely
on; and knew that if the little steam-tug
untwined her arms and left the ship, it would
wallow and roll about, and drift hither and
thither and go off with the rehuent tide nc
man knows whittier. And so have known
more than one genius high-decked, full


freighted, wide-sailed, gay pennoned, that
but for the bare, toiling arms and brave
warm beating heart of the faithful little
wife that nestled close in his shadow anC
chung to him so that no wind or wave coulC
part them, would soon have gone down with
the stream and been heard of no more"
Year: 1878

TROUBLES. - There are many troubles
which must be endured by the sustaining
help of patient fortitude. They come sooner
or later, in one or another shape, to all
Among them are such things as loss OF
fortune, untoward circumstances, blighted
hopes, defeated plans, bereavement, the mar
rowing interests, and the loneliness of later
years. These mingle with and are inter
woven with the brighter, more joyous ex.
periences of humanity, and together the
darkness and light are blended in the per
sonal history Of every member of the race
But there is set of annoying and yexatious
things, which most people make merit OF
bearing serenely, yet which should simply be
set aside and lifted out of the way. There
is no credit due to anybody for exercising
patience where firmness and strength of will
would have made it unnecessary, Scrap
bOOL
Year: 1878

That is very tender story concerning
faithfulness in humble places, which Jean
lngelow has related for us. 1t was in one
of the Orkney Islands, far beyond the north
of Scotland. On the coast of this island
there stood out a rock, called the Lonely
Rock, very dangerous TO navigators. One
night, long ago, there sat in a fisherman S
hut ashore young girl, toiling at her spin
ning-whee, looking out upon the dark and
driving clouds, and listening anxiously to
the wind and sea. AT last the morning
came and one boat, that should have been
riding on the waves, was missing. 1t was
her fathers boat. And half a mile from
the cottage her fathers body was found,
washed upon the shore. He had been


wrecked against this Lonely Rock. That
was more than fifty years ago. The
girl watched her fathers body, accord.
ing to the custom of her people, till it was
laid in the grave; then she lay down
on her bed and slept. When the night came
she arose and set candle in her easement,
as beacon TO the fishermen, and guide.
All night long she sat by the candle,
trimmed it when it flickered down, and
spun. So many hanks of yarn as she had
spun before, for her daily bread, she spun
still, and one hank over, for her nightly
candle. And from that time To the time of
the telling of this story, for fifty years
through. youth, maturity, into old age-she
has turned night into day. And in the
snow-storms of winter, in the serene calms
of summer, through driving mists, decep


tive moonlight, and solemn darkness, that
northern harbor has never once been with
out the light of that small candle. How


ever far the fisherman might be standing Out
to sea, he had only to bear down straight fol
that lighted window, and he was sure of safe
entrance into the harbor. And so far al


these fifty years that tiny light, flaming thus
out of devotion and selfsacrifice, has helped
and cheered and saved. Surely this wa,
finding chance for service in an humbl,
place. Surely this was lowliness gorifieC
by faithfulness. Surely the smile of tn,
Lord Christ must, have followed along tn,
beams of that poor candle, glimmeriug from
that humble window, as they went wander
ing forth to bless and guide the fishermen
tossing in their little boats upon the sea.
Year: 1878

SHADOWS ON THE DOOR.
The door Of my room is half-open.
And over It come and go
Shadows Of those In the other room,
Who are passing to and fro.
The door Of my ne Is half-open,
And upon II constantly see
The shadow Of my dearest Lord
Who Is coming soon for me.
love to watch his shadow,


SO dear, so full OF grace
But what will II be when he really comes,
Aud see his lovely face7
He will enter through the doorway,
glad, o sweet surprised
And shadows shall die in the cloudlsss light
That beams from his loving eyesl -Seleeied
Year: 1878

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS to-
day decided to give ex-Secretary Of the Navy
kobeson and others, accused by the report Of
the majority OF that committee OF malfeasanee
IN Office, four weeks in which to prepare de-
renee, and in order to allow them the fullest op-
portun1ty to do so will hold sessions during tie
Congressional recess.
Year: 1878

No people are such thorough nuisan-
ces as those who are perpetually med
ding with the business of their neigh
bors-who are always on the alert for
anything suspicious-always ready to
believe the worst of anybody. What is
it to you if your neighbor does bring
home a brown paper package and COW
cred basket? ? You will live just as long
if you never know what they contain. 1t
is none of your business. And If your
fighty neighbor, Mrs. Iightfoot, indul-
ges herself in a new bonnet, while her
devoted husband wears patched boots,
you need not fret about it-he is the
only sufferer, not you. No need of max
ing hue and cry over her supposed ex-
travagance. The money did not come
out of your pocket, and consequently it
is none of your business. What if the
minister does call on Ann Smith twice
a week ? Why exercise your brain about
it? Suppose she has an awful temper
and powders her face as she says she
does-her temper will not trouble you.
Mind your own concerns What differ
ence does it make to you if bold Maria
''cuts OUT modest Mary?


You need not torture Mary by long
stories Of what you have heard concern
ing the matter. II thought | would tell
you, my dear. | speak for your good.
Somebody should put you on your guard
against that treacherous girl" AS a
natural consequence, modest Mary, her
womanly pride aroused, shrinks into the
background, leaving the field open to
her victorious rival So you crush a
good girls heart because you will not
mind your own business. What if they
have three dozen pairs of stockings al
Squire Hills. Haven't they a right to
As long as you do not do the washing il
need not trouble you at all. What right
have you to watch their clothes-line ?
Employ your time better 1t may be
perfectly true that dashing Mrs. Gray
signals to young DIR. Wilde from hel
back windows. But who gave you the
privilege of watching lady in her own
house, where, if in any place, her priva.
cy should be sacred? Her disgrace is
nothing to you; it is none of your bust
ness. If we had our way, meddler'
should be punished like any other offend
ers against the rights of others.
Year: 1878




BooKs.-Books are not made for fur
niture, but there is nothing else that SO
beautifully furnishes house. The
plainest row of books is more significant
of refinement than the most elaborately
carved s;deboard. Give US home fur
nished with books rather than with fur
nlture-both if you can, but books at
any rate To spend several days at a
friends house and hunger for something
to read, while you are treading on cost
ly carpets or setting in luxurious chairs
and sleeping upon down, is as if you
were bribing your body for the sake of
cheating your mind. Books are the
windows through which the soul looks
out. A house without them is like a
room without windows. No man has a
right to bring up children without sur
rounding them with books, if he has the
means to buy them. 1t is a wrong to
his family. Children learn to read
through being in the presence of books.
The love of knowledge in young mind
Is almost warrant against the inferior
excitement of passion and vice.
Year: 1878

The process of making the hollow rub
Der balls used by children for playthings
is quite curious, and may be interesting
to those not familiar with it. A Hol-
yoke writer thus describes it: The up
per room of the mill is prepared to push
this branch of the business for few
months and Will probably turn out some
10000 dozen of these balls between
January and June. These balls have a
solid surface, are made from different
process from that of making the soft
rubber balls which are perforated by an
opening, and, of course, are much more
firm, durable and elastic. The sheets of
rubber prepared for the balls are cut in
to strips of double convex shape. The
edges of the strips are moistened with a
preparation of rubber and naptha. by
which they are joined firmly together,
three of the strips being used for one
ball.


This part of the work is done by girls,
and skillful girl can earn about $l.5O
per day. When the strips are Joined to-
gether, the ball is very near the shape
Of a Brazil nut. Before the last opening
is closed, small quantity of carbonate
of ammonia is put inside, which, when
subjected to strong heat, will make the
rubber expand and fill out the ball mold.
The opening is then closed with the ad-
hesive mixture and it is placed in an
iron mold of the size and shape of the
ball desired. The molds are packed into
frames in which they are subjected tc
the heat of the vulcanizer.


They are kept in place in the frame
! by iron rods along the side, and when il
is full, iron plates at the ends are screw
ed down tightly upon the molds to hole
them in place. These iron plates arr
about three-fourths of an inch thick, anC
SO strong is the expansive force of thu
rubber in the molds that they have ben
this thick iron into curve. If one o
the molds should work out of plac
while vulcanization is in process, tn
molds will fly out with noise like tn
report Of a dozen pistols, and the worl
is spoiled. The action of the heat doe
the rest. When the molds are opene
they contain the perfect round balls


with no mark of the places where tn
pices were placed. The slight ridg
made by the mold is ground off by


stone used for the purpose, and the bal
is done. This IS but one process of rut


Der work. Besides the hollow balls al
made solid balls of rubber, etc.
Year: 1878

To hit sleepy worshiper on the head
with a contribution box is merely a
bump of benevOlence.


Why is the money you are in the
habit of giving the poor like newly
born babe? ? Because its precious little.


An old bachelor explains the courage
of the Turks by saying that a man with
more than one wife ought to be willing
to face death at any time.


A negro teamster in Nashville declares
that he must either give up driving
mules or withdraw from the church, the
two positions being incompatible.


"Sam, I'm going on long journey"
Sans eyes were moist, but he encour-
aged the sick man by replying; "Neb-
Der mind, massa, its all de way down
hill"


This is said to be the last reform song
of the democracy
Year: 1878

BEWARE lit is related of gentle


man in India that he went into his Ii


brary one day and took book from the
shelves. As he did so he felt slight
pain in his finger like the prick of pin.
He thought that pin had been stuck
by some careless person in the cover Of
the book. But soon his finger began to
swell and then his arm, then his whole
body, and in few days he died. 1t was
not pin among the books, but a small
and deadly serpent. Beware there are
many serpents among the books of to-
Year: 1878

1t cast a gloom over an entire church
fair the other night, when the minister's
son walked up to the grab-bag and
prize-cake table, and demanded that the
game be explained to him before he
bought any more chips.
Year: 1878


day. You may not see them, but still
they coil beneath the flowers and foliage
of fascinating literature that is thrown
out from an ever-working press. You
may not feel their poisonous fangs but
your children, charmed by the plot of
the story, may be led on to the fatal
spot, where they shall not only feel the
sting, but writhe by reason of its dead
ly poison. All when the light of eter-
nifty shall reveal the record of ruined
souls, of how many will it be truly said.
poisoned by the serpents among the
books
Year: 1878

A good wife rose from her bed one morn,
And thought, with a nervous dread.
OF the piles Of clothes to be washed, and
more
Than a dozen mouths to be fed
There were meals to get for the men in
the field,


And the ch ldren to fix away
To school, and the milk to be skinned
and churned,


And all TO be done that day
1t had rained in the night and all the


wood


Was wet as wet could be;
There were puddings and pies TO bake,


besides


A lot of cake for tea
The day was hot, and her aching head,
Throbbed wearily, as she said:
"If maidens but knew what good wives


know,


They would be in no haste to we'd
Jennie. what do you think [ tod Ben


Brown"


Called the farmer from the well;
And flush crept up to his bronzed brow,
And his eyes half bashfully fell.
at was this" he said, and coming near
He smiled, and STOPPING down,

Kissed her cheek twas this: that you


were the best


And the dearest wife in town"
The farmer went back to the field. and


the wife.


In a smiling and absent way,
Sang sna.ches of tender little songs
She'd not sung for many day.
The pain in her head was gone, and the


clothes


Were as white as the foam of the sea,
Her bread was light and her butter was


sweet
And as golden as 1t could be.
sJust think" the children all cried in a


breath,
tom Wood has run off to sea,
He wouldn't, know, if he only had
As happy home as We"
The night came down, and the good wife


smiled
To herself as she softly said:
" 'Tis so sweet to labor for those we love;
It's not strange that maids will well"
Year: 1878

THE Daily Post, the regularly ac-


credited Democratic organ in Washing
ton, declares with great emphasis and
apparently by authority, that Conkling
will not again be sustained by any of
the Democrats in the Senate in any is
sue with the President upon questions
Of executive patronage. The Post
thinks it is not logical for the Demo-
Gratis to aid or comfort men who base
their political hopes upon keeping alive
the hatred of northern people toward
those of the south, and it classes Conk-
ling, with Blaine, Butler, Chandler and
others, as being actuated by this desire.
Year: 1878

They say Bob Ingersoll made more
money by lecturing last season
than any other lecturer, beating
Beecher and Joe Cook both. His
fees as lawyer are also said to be
r..pormous. In the goods of this
,oh rid Bob is getting rich.
Year: 1878

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative, or blood cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectoral.
Golden Medical Discovery
Is a Cholagogue, or Liver stimulant.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1878

Cablesram to the New York Herald.l


One notable feature Of the exhi-
bition, aud not the most creditable,
is that the Parislan cocottes have
already established their show place
within its enceinte. At three in
the afternoon every day the lovely
garden surrounding the pavilion
of the city of Paris, which, YOU
may remember, is in the very heart
of the main buildings on Champ
de Mars, is crowded with the silk
clad denizens of the demi.monde,
and there they hold their shame
less lovees.


The most notorious-that is, the
Year: 1878

The New Orleans Democrat SAYS
that the boys Of the First Louisi-
aua Brigade were fond of General
Jubal Early, but at the same time
entertained a sort of halfway
grudge against him (as old soldiers
will dO), on account of his always
getting them in the most awfuliy
tight places. Soldiers will have
their revenge, so when General
Early would come riding down the
line on his shambling gray pony,
the first man on the right who saw
him would exclaim in stentorian
tones: "Dar hep Whereupon, way
down the line, on the left, some
fellow would halloo in response.
''Whar he? And as the general
would come down the line the
whole brigade in chorus yelled out:
" Oar 60 old Jubal;" and Jubal
would make them see sights for it
when the time came.
Year: 1878

original color, auth the gloss and
freshness of gosth. Thin hair Is
thickened, falling hair checked, and
badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can re-
store the hair where the follicles are
destroyed, or the glands atrophied
and decayed. But such as remain
can be saved for usefulness By this
application. Instead Of fouling the
hair with a 1pasty sediment, it will
keep, it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of,


and consequently prevent badness.
Free from those deleterious sub.
stances which make some prepara-
tons dangerous and injurious to
the hair, the Vigor can only benefit
but not harm it. If wanted merely
for n -..-.-...
Year: 1878

tho evening and was checked at Wolf's cottage.
The wntnr supply WIS good, and was furnished
by artcsian wells. No lives were lost and no
one was seriously injured.


In 1869 this place was swept by n fire scarcely
less destructive than that Of to-day, the old At
lantic Hotel. the Greenwood. and many other
smaller places being totally destroyed. Tho
sito OF the fire in 1869 was nearly the same as
that Of to-day
Year: 1878

How long does it take. to trans
init message through the Allan
tic? The New York Journal of
Commerce has been investigating
the question, aud, simple as it
looks at first sight, there are
many singular and interesting
points In the answer. When the
electricity is applied to the ca
BILE at one end, two tenths of a
second pass before any effect is iell
at the other end. aud three sec
0nds are consumed before the full
force of the current is in action.
The first signalsis felt in four
.enths of a second. but the follow.
ing ones go through more rapidly.
AS many as seventeen words have
been sent over the Atlantiescahle
in minute; 6fteen can usually be
sent under pressure, and. tw.lve
words a minute is good working
rate. Messages Of twelve. words
are sent all the way from New
York to London in two minutes


A fact not explained by scientists
is at the electricity does not move
asrapidly from New York TO Lon.
don asin ibe opposite d rection.
Year: 1878

A very large majority of the
newspapers of Tennessee have ex.
pressed their condem. nation of
the refusal of the Legislature to
settle the State Debt. While
many of them opposed the sixty
cents proposition nearly all of
them favor the acceptance of that
of fifty cents.
Year: 1878

Remember thy Creator now,


While in thy youthful days;
To Christ thy Lo;d and Saviour bow,
And early seek His face.
Remember now thy sovereign Lord,
And give him now thy heart; .
And ponder well HE holy word,


And choose the better part.
Before the evil days shall come


And thou no pleasure take,
Or thou art called to thy long home
Thy last account to make.
The pleasures of this life are small,
And few they are at most;
But what If thou shouldst gain them al
And then thy soul be lost?
What gain or profit would you make,
When you come to lifs's goal, =
Or what exchange would you then take
For your immortal soul?
OF all the pearls and gems so fir
In&eean's caves we find,
What psarl or gem can we compare
With the immortal mind.
The body will while survive.


TheE, in the grave be cast,
But the immortal soul shall live


While eternity shall last. ~
The great conclusion let us hear,
The whole duty Of man;
For tio1 keeps His commandments here,
This is the gospel plan.
For God viii into Judgment bring
All things beneath the sun,
Good OF bad, every secret thing
That We have ever done.
Year: 1878

Perhaps the report that four persons un-
doubtedly parties to the theft Of Stewards
body have been taken into custody would
command more attention if it were tride
more specific, since the police are just now SO
much better watched than they ever watched
any one in their lives that it is not easily
to be understood how arrests Of this ilnpor-
tance could have been made without
the knowledge of the particulars
getting abroad. Doubtless the public will
use its discretion as to believing this story,
and it will also, in all likelihood, do the
same as to the fancy that the police stand
with their hands suspended over every one
concerned in the outrage-ready to seize
each his man at given signal. That story
presents to the mind picture rather too
much like what is seen at some summer
hotels when twenty colored gentlemen
in white aprons march down the
dining room each with dish Of
horseradish in his hand, with which
they all go through the manual Of arms,
and which they bring down with electrical
effect when the head waiter fourishes his
pepperpot. We would be glad to have the
police catch the men even with that sort of
style, but the assumption of that style
must be accepted as an indication that they
have not the men in sight.
Year: 1878

AS the streets are principally intended
for the use Of the public as thoroughfares
any permanent obstruction Of them by
structures in the nature Of shops is, Of
course, unlawful, and is more or less of
nuisance as the case may be. All
the streets in the vicinity of Wash
ington Market are obstructed in this
way to some extent and doubtless the
fact that all that part Of the city
is given up to such uses has
caused the Instructions to be looked
upon with more tolerance than they would
find in other neighborhoods. But Washing
ton Market tends to bubble over to extreme
limits when it finds its way as far as the
block in Vesey street east Of Greenwich,
and the Department of Public Works seems
to us to have decided wisely that obstruc-
tions there should be removed BY the
report it will be seen that this was resisted
by the clerk of Washington Market. In
what way does the clerk OF the market have
jurisdiction over streets that are not near
the market?
Year: 1878

It has been the custom in New York to
wait until we have heavy snow storm be-
fore considering how we can get rid Of the
snow heaps. As soon as the streets are
blockaded and travel either on foot or in
vehicles is rendered difficult the people
begin to complain, the press opens its bat
teries on the authorities and the Street
Cleaning Bureau discovers that it has no
appropriation applicable to the removal OF
the snow and ice. Then discussions as to
the best means Of relieving the city and
suggestions from theoretical street cleaners
commence, and the city goes on suffering
day after day, week after week and even
month after month, until the sun, the wind
and the rotting rain do the work which the
authorities are paid to perform.


It is to be hoped that this year the Street
Cleaning Bureau will prepare for the snow
before it comes and be ready with some
plan for its removal in advance Of our an
nual blockade. The streets have been bet
ter kept recently than for some time pre-
viously, and it is to be hoped that the i'm
provement observable in the street cleaning
work will not be Of temporary character.
If no plan Of removing the snow as soon as
it falls has yet been considered and decided
upon the authorities should at once set
about that necessary preliminary work,
either by advertising for proposals or per-
fecting their own arrangements. snow
blockade can easily be prevented, provided
the rreparationS to that end are made in
time and with ordinary intelligence. There
is no reason why the city should suffer as
it does winter after winter when the people
are willing to spend liberal amount of
money to avert the annoyance. and the
street cleaning authorities should strive to
make the present season famous as one in
which we have at last been enabled to meet
and overcome our most formidable winter
enemy.