smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

pure as can ever be had by mortal crea-
lures. All [ remember yet dear.
venerable face, with locks and beard as
white as the snow on winters hillside,
with features expressive of wisdom and
love, with eyes beaming with feeling and
kindness [ remember yet that dear,
venerable face, how it reflected purity
and piety by the last Pickering of the
Sabbath candles How it moved slowly
and thoughtfully while ending the re-
citation of the Song of Songs in melo-
dious, even, undulating voice! [ remem-
Der the straight figure how it rose from
behind the table, turned the eyes heav-
enward and uttered the proclamation of
"Shema" and the night prayers in the
now dimly-lighted room Nobody saw
this piety, no strangers eye beheld this
devotion. Father, who art in the bosom
Of God, I saw it, I remember it | saw
it many and many time I will remem-
Der it until the. light Of this life shall
grow dim for me, and the ''day which will
be all Sabbath shall dawn upon me !
Pooh, I am growing sentimental again


| forget that I am in the company Of
American boys, who al TOO enlightened
for such nonsense. You respect my
feelings? I thank you. I wish you
could share them But your fathers are
too practical to give you the chance.
The last was perhaps too bitter a re-


mark Excuse me. Let me now con-
tinue the description of the Sabbath.


In the morning, of course, every one
went to the synagogue, dressed in the
best their wardrobes could afford Along
with the necessity of pouring out their
hearts" before God there were also at
fractions there which cannot be we'll
estimated by those who have not ex-
perienced that life. The reader with his
choir was sure to give one or two new
soul-stiring tunes to the impressive
prayers. Those tunes were none of those
which, however artistical, well-timed and
harmonious in themselves, are in perfect
discord with the meaning Of the prayer
none of those which are too simple for
the cultivated taste of the artist and too
fine to become popular they were tunes
in which the meaning Of the words
played the first part, the soft warbling
of confidence and hope, the joyous shout
of triumph, the deep sounds of graft
tude, and the cry of exultation at the
contemplation Of heavenly bliss, were
all there They were understood by
every one, for every one understood the
prayers and knew their contents. Q
could not name five women from the
congregation of about five hundred fam
lilies in which [ was brought up, who did
not thoroughly understand their Hebrew
prayers.) They were caught up by the
children who sang them afterward they
impressed the old people who hummed
them when going out of the synagogue
and, indeed, they were as natural and
we'll fitting to the occasion as an excla-
nation is natural at any sudden out
Year: 1878

invited by the master of the house on
his way home from the synagogue.) In
deed [ have known men who did not
enjoy their Sabbath meal if they had no
poor man to participate in it. During
the meal, hymns were sung in the inter-
mission between the three. dishes of
which a Sabbath meal consists. Those
hymns, let me tell you, we're none of
your cant about angels with harps," or
"glorifed spirits" or a communion of
saints, and the like. They were (aye,
they are stilD of eminently practical
themes in oriental garb, it is true, but
without any mystic extravagances They
exhorted the Israelite to observe the
Sabbath as day of rejoicing, rest from
labor, physical and spiritual recreation.
No mention about sinners, punishments,
or anything that could bring sad
thoughts no exhortations to impose
the Sabbath on those who do not wish
to observe it; no examples drawn from
the miserable life Sabbath-breakers
nothing of that stuff in the hymns (and,
in fact, in none of the prayers for the
Sabbath. They were chaste and elegant
Hebrew poems, composed by those who
felt what the Sabbath was.


Who can describe the rejoicing of the
child when it was able to sing with it's
father Who can depict the joy of the
mother, the pride Of the father, at hear
ing their offspring sing those hymns ?
The greatest cynic would not have the
heart to sneer at the false notes and
somewhat too loud voices and the lack of
decorum which that singing would cause
in enlightened society were he present
at truly heartfelt celebration of the
Sabbath. The Sabbath meal was a great
festive occasion with the ease and COM
fort of the privacy Of the family circle.
After the meal and the praises rendered
to God for the enjoyment thereof, one
or two neighbors would drop in to have
a chat. Business was not to be men
toned The Sabbath bride, having un-
yelled her charms, has thrown her veil
over all worldly affairs and cares. Con-
gregational matters, the orations of rab-
bis and their merits, the progress of
children at the school and who was the
best teacher for certain branch of
study, the state Of the poor and the
charitable institutions Of the city, the
merits of the students of rabbinical
learning, the state of the synagogue Ii
brary (every synagogue in Russia is
provided with a good library Of Jewish
works), afforded material for conversa-
ton IF two or more gentlemen Of the
company had some learning, a learned
discussion would invariably ensue. And
late in the evening, when the Sabbath
candles had burned down to the very
edge of the Sabbath candle-stick, and the
company had dispersed with the hear
ty congratulations of the good Sabbath" ="
every member of the household went to
bed with hearts as light, feelings as ten
der and as elevated and thoughts as
Year: 1878

At a gathering of intelligent young
men in wine house at New York, where
Choleric was the speaker Of the evening,
he expressed his sentiments on the Sab
bath in the following manner:


What was thinking of? Well, | will
tell you candidly, and [ hope you will
take no offense, Twas making compari-
sons between you and my landlord, and
I am really at loss to decide which is
the smarter you, a set OF boys who
have seen college life and who cherish
lofty aspirations, or he, simple crafts
man in the full sense of the word. This
is not fattering to you, is it +? Let me
state my premises. [ find myself in
your company once or twice every week.
I am your equal and you treat me as a
gentleman. Whenever | am in the hu-
NOR to talk little, you listen to me
with some interest (if knew that you
listened out of mere courtesy [ would
refrain from talking), and very often
you even make some very fattering re-
marks about my talk. | know that you
mean it, or else you would not have in
vited the reporter of the Bugle the other
day and introduced him to me as friend
from New Orleans in order to make me
feel easy in his presence. He gave a
very glowing desert ption of the club
without constitution and bylaws and
made sort of genius of me. Suppos-
ing even that you did it for your own
sakes, ambitious to figure as intelligent
people before the public, it proves any
how that you are not ashamed of me
and really consider my talking of some
interest. Now, my landlord has never
been to college, nor has he read any
good book. He has good education for
a working man, .. e., he can write a
letter and run up column of figures
[ chat with him, and very often, too.
He will listen to me with pleasure
whenever my conversation turns on
practical matters. He admires and


NOTE-*At the request of many friends, we
reproduce here our chapter the Sabbath,
which has been published in the '"Thoughts
1877. The Biography of Lassalle will be con-
tinued after this
Year: 1878

praises me whenever do some ''smart"
work about the house, (the other day L
hung up the mosquito bars by a very
ingenious contrivance, and made a
couple of chicken-coops). But, when
ever I sail off in conversation In
my own fashion, he listens patiently Tor
some time and then he arouses himself
as though just awakened from con-
fused dream, and says, II have often
told you my opinion. You are ei't per5
t6iittetes @emiirsz z8ii6lel." Now, you all
know what this means. Ponder on it,
and try to solve the problem, if you can.


The spice box reminds me Of home,
and of the holy Sabbath as my country
men observe it with all the ceremonies
of ancient usage. 1t was a grand, a
glorious day that Sabbath. On Friday
evening it was welcomed like bride, on
Saturday night it was dismissed with all
the courtesies due to a queen. During
the twenty-four hours or more OF it's
stay, there was feeling of pleasure, of
repose, of sanctity and Of devotion prev
alent with young and old. The 7rwJ
77,A, or additional soul' came into
every member Of the family with the
sundown of Friday. The two angels of
peace accompanied the head of the
household home after he had greeted the
bride in the synagogue. The poorest
house was lighted up with number of
candles, the tables were set and orna-
mented with as much care as though
they were set for great party. The
fragrance Of the prepared meals filled
the room. The housewife was dressed
in the best she had and yet light and
airy so that she could move about with
ease and grace. Having blessed the
Creator of light "who has ordered us to
kindle the Sabbath light" she sat wait
ing for her husbands return. Good
Sabbath p was his congratulations on
entering the room. The hearty and sin
cere reply was the wish Of good year"
in return. The man after this exchange
of congratulation and good wishes well
coined the angles of peace who had ac-
companied him from the synagogue, and
sang the praises of the good housewife
in the words of the wise king Prov.
xxxi) The children, all dressed in fes-
tive garments, came up to him for bless
ing He solemnly laid his hands on their
heads and bestowed on the boys the
blessing of Ephraim and Menasseh, for
whose sake the royal bard had invoked
the power and the help of God Cps. Xxx,
b. and on the girls the blessings of
Rachel and Leah who had built up the
house of Israel. The housewife witnessed
the solemn scene with tears of emotion
in her eyes.


The sanctity of the Sabbath was then
declared over cup of wine, the symbol
of rejoicing. psalm civ. 15.) The
family sat at the table to participate in
the first Sabbath meal. Any family that
could afford it had one or two guests at
the table (poor wayfarers who had been
Year: 1878

You deserve to suffer if you lead miser- able, unsatisfactory life in this beautiful world, it is entirely your own fault and there is only one excuse for you,--your un- reasonable prejudice and skepticism. which has killed thousands Personal knowledge and common sense reasoning will soon show you that Greens August Flower will cure you of Liver Complaint or Dyspepsia, with all it's miserable effects, such as sick headache, palpitation of the heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness. dizziness of the head. nervous prostration, low spirits. &c. Its sales now reach every town on the Western Continent and not druggist but will tell you of it's wonderful cures. You can buy a sample bottle for 10 cents. Three doses will relieve you.
Year: 1878

The citizens Of Providence, Rhode Is
land. like their more northern nelSh-
pors in New Hampshire, seem to nave
found new and successful method OF
dealing with the tramp nuisance, when
s44ms 10 work remarkably well. 1t Is
the result of private enterprise and the
city only lent its influence. A society
started large wood yard. All the
tramps from the several station houses
were at once sent there. All beggars
found on the street were questioned.
and in reply to the usual plea 10
work, :" they were told to go to the
wood yard Even poor citizens, who
had been partially dependent on the
public charities for support, were sent
to the same place and given work. The
wages to all corners were fifty cents lel
dav. As this allowed the society tC
sell Their wood cheaply, and as there
was a general disposition all around tt
help along the enterprise, the wood yard
did a thriving and profitable business
The consequence has been that The
enterprise has greatly expanded, anc
during the last fall new lands have
been rented, new sheds put up and new
implements been introduced. During
the second season the number Of trampi
decreased just two-thirds. Many p9ol
but worthy people have been aided
without loss Of self respect, and much
distress avoided. The enterprise ha,
been a great success in every way.
is beginning to be demonstrated tina
the best method of treating the tram
nuisance is to set that fraternity t.
work. We would recomme the adop
ton of such a plan in Wilmington
though there are not SO many tramp
here as formerly, and we know of n
association better calculated to max
the trial than the Provident Assacia
tion.
Year: 1878

Detroit Free Press.l


A lonesome-looking boy was yesterday
hanging around woodward in the
northern part Of the city, when the owner
Of the yard, having both charity and phi
lanthrOpy for boys with tears in their
eyes, asked the boy why he didn't peddle
apples or do something to earn a few shil-
lings The boy replied that he had no
capital, and the woodward man took out
nickel and said:


Now, my boy, Im going to start you
in business. Take this nickel and 90 and
make purchase Of something or other.
I'll buy It of you for ten cents, no matter
what it is. Come, now, let's see what sort
Of business head you have on you


The boy took the nickel and went of,
but in ten minutes was back with a gallon
jug which he had purchased with the
nickel.


"Well, you are keener," replied the
man. 81 never saw one of those sold for
less than fifteen cents to any one. want
such jug, and here's its fair price &c
now and lay out your fifteen cents in ap.
piles and IN buy half your stock"


The boy did not return. Perhaps he
fell into a sewer somewhere; but you cam
make the woodward man believe so
When he lifted the jug from under tn,
table, where the boy had carefully place.
it, he found hole in the bottom larg,
enough to let in black-and-tan terrier.
Year: 1878

thenext meal. Hearing a rattle at the side
door, Jennie went to the door and opened
1t. As she did SO she was eanght from the
doorway by the whirling wind and carried
over the house, turning around and around
in the air as she went, and after approach
ing the ground on the other side she again
arose, and was taken by the whirling wind
over the stores and dwellings a distance Of
three-fourths Of a miie, being lowered so
that her feet could touch the ground as
many as eight times during the trip. Ex-
hausted; but in an erect position, she was
lowered to the earth as lightly as feather
would fall, having received no material
injury, though almost frantic with fright.
The storm proceeded on its way, leaving
her in sight Of the town, and in half an


hour she again putin an appearance at the
hotel, where anxious friends were bewail-
ing her sudden and mysterious departure.
Year: 1878

COLONEL JOHN H.SAvAGE is elect
ed State senator from the Eighth SEN
atorial district, and will therefore be
on hand to rise and make a few re-
marks when the subject of the State
debt comes up. We notice quite q
number of those who were members ol
the last two or three legislatures are
returned. This secures some expert
ence to start with and is favorable tC
the dispatch of business.
Year: 1878

FRED MAY, the young man who
used whip upon James Gordon Ben
nett, is trying to make up his mind
whether to go on the stage or to seek
his fortune in Omaha. It is said that
he will probably experiment with his
tall and elegant form, handsome and
well-cOlored face and silky brown
mustaehe before the footlights.
Year: 1878

A few Northern papers of the ultra
Radical class are greatly distressed on
account of the solid South. No COM
plants would come from that source
if the South were solidly Republican.
All would be lovely then, and the
Union safe. But the trouble is that
the eolored people in many States have /
become disgusted with the false pre-
lenses and often broken promises of
the Republican party. With the in
! crease of intelligence among them,
they have learned that it is to their
interest to cooperate with the Demo
cratic party. Take General Chalmers
district in Mississippi for instance,
where tho white population is
exceedingly sparse; the colored
people have everything their own
way, and yet have twice elected
General Chalmers to congress. 1t has
never been charged that any violence
was used or any outside pressure
brought to bear. So it has been in
various parts of the South that the
colored people have frequently elected
Democrats to congress and other
ohics. If this is free country, if
the franchise privilege means any
thing, the people Of the South have as
much right to be Democrats as the
people of New England or Pensyl-
vania have to be Republicans. A
party which has no better claims upon
the country than this one, which de-
liberately and unitedly stole the
Presidency, may long expect to see a
solid South. When the Southern
. States feel that they are treated and
regarded as equals in the Union then
they will divide upon ordinary ques-
tions. The Radicals seem to think
that we are in the Union like so much
conquered territory, but not of the
Union The verdict Of impartial man
kind will be that the conservatism
and prudence Of Southern statesmen
R such as Hampton, Gordon, Lamar
Young and others Of that sector
averted what might have been a blood!
war less than two years ago. Section
alism has died out and will be agi
tated no more by any true patriot
There is no array of solt
South as against solid North, o
as is falsely charged against tn
government, but it is solid against cor
ruption and violations of the constitu
ton repeated so often by Republica
administration since the war. 1t
solid for good government, for homes
men in Office, and economy in the ad
ministration of public affairs. Their
is good reason as yet for solid Soutl
and will be until the Democratic part
obtains control of the government an
inaugurates a new order of thing
The Republican party is responsib
for the sectionalism of the last tc
years, and its leaders who have sougI
to array a solid North against u
should be the last men to complaf
that the Southern States vote vii
the Democrats of the North. Aft
next spring both houses of congre
will be Democratic, and unless son
great blunder is committed, Dem
cratic President will be inaugural,
next time. After that the Republics
party will be powerless for evil, al
the country will for the first tin
since 1860 enter upon an era of pre-
perity.
Year: 1878




ment Suit Against Tilden.
New York, November lin a
suit of the government against NJ. J..
Sykes, treasurer and secretary of the
Chicago and Northwestern railway, on
a motion to show cause why attach
ment for contempt should not be is
sued against him for not producing the
books Of the company in court, Judge
Choate decided that Sykes was not in
contempt The case grew out of a
suit Of the government against Samuel
j. Tilden to recover alleged unpaid
revenue tax. This action has gone
over for a term by agreement Of coun-
sci
Year: 1878

The old saying, "It's ON i'll wind that
blows nobody good" seems to apply aptly
to the case of the citys distinguished pris-
oner, William M. Tweed The ex-leader
has now been under the public lock and
key, actually or figuratively, for about five
years, yet the city does not seem likely to
make much out of his imprisonment in the
shape of restitution or recovery of its stolen
money, and the confinement is no doubt
irksome to the whilom roysterer of the
Amcricus Club. 1t would, nevertheless, be
mistake to suppose that nobody is bene-
fited by the prolonged incarceration. Some
time ago Tweed rendered an account Of his
little personal expenditures for the purpose
Year: 1878

Of showing where his money-or rather


where the city's money-had gone, nm @from
this it appeared that the kind friends who
had assisted in his European trip received
some sixty thousand dollars for their SER
vices. More recently Tweed accepted the
invitation of a committee of the Board Of
Aldermen to pass an hour or two with them
in friendly political chat on "twenty-six
several occasions" running over a period
OF about two months, and on each visit the
invited guest was honored with the escort
of two deputy sheriffs. The people are
now called upon to pay "little bill" Of
SSlS so for the expenses of Tweeds body
guard and carriage hire, being at the rate
OF S25 day for the deputies and Sc SO
day for the carriage. Considering that the
escort was never required for more than
three or four hours day, and frequently
for not over half an hour, and that the car.
riage conveyed the party from Ludlow
Street Jail to the City Hall and back,
short mile each way, both the deputy
sherlffs and the hack owner will be very
well paid for their services when they get
the money!
Year: 1878

We give to-day the report of an interview
with DR.. Isaac I. Hayes, in which will be
found his opinions on the practicability and
special advantages of that plan of Arctic ex-
ploration which has been distinguished as
Captain Howgates, but which, it will be
seen, DR.. Hayes claims he was the first to
propose. Dr. Hayes believes that this
colonial system of exploration, taken
as whole, holds out better hopes
of success than any other; but he
urges that in the precise manner in which
it has been proposed to proc sed it is likely
to meet with an insuperable obstacle. His
objection is to the proposition to make the
permanent basis Of exploration at Lady
franklin Bay. He would make this at
Smiths Sound, and his reasons as given are
ineligible and cogent. If the colony is to
be the basis of regular series of operations
for Polar discovery, through an underlined
number of years, it is imperatively neces-
sary that it should have open communica-
tions with the civilized world so arranged
that voyage can be made with certainty
either way in any year. This he holds, is
true Of the point named on Smiths Sound,
and not of the one on Lady Franklin Bay.
But with the main colony at Smiths Sound
he would, by his sledge lines, make point
of more or less permanent deposit at Lady
franklin Bay. Thus, in fact, he only differs
from Captain Howgate in the means pro-
posed for reaching point of deposit at
Lady Franklin Bay, and in the suggestion
to establish the more important supply
depot at the other point 1t will be seen
that DR.. Hayes states with force, philosophy
and knowledge of the subject his opinion
that the men will weary of their Arctic life
in short periods and that regular process
sion of recruits and supplies must be kept
up for every year that the colony remains.
In fact he puts this case so strongly as to
make it appear that the Polar colony system
is not very different from q system provid-
ing for an annual Arctic expedition.
Year: 1878

There appears to be growing disposition
to dispose of the excise question and to re-
lieve New York of its present embarrass-
ment by passing the Langner Assembly bill,
which takes cities having forty thousand
inhabitants and upward out of the pale of
the law of 1857, and thus places them under
the provisions of the laws of 1870 and 1873.
This would be satisfactory solution of the
difficulty. The liquor dealers, however,
are willing that the latter laws should be
made more stringent than they now are if
the temperance people desire any change.
1t has been proposed to increase the amount
of the license fee, and to this the dealers do
not object provided they can be protected
against unlicensed competitors. One suc-
gestion, indorsed by several large brewers
and distillers, is to prevent the sale of
beer or liquor to unlicensed houses by
making accounts for liquor or beer sold to
unlicensed retail dealers unrecoverable in
the courts of this State. This would be an
excellent provision if there were not practi-
cal difficulties in the way. The fatal obiec-
ton to the proposition is that unlicensed
dealers might buy their liquor and beer in
New Jersey, and their creditors being citi-
zens of another State could recover through
the United States courts should the law pre-
vent them from recovering through our
State courts. The suggestion, however,
shows how willing both wholesale and retail
dealers are to conform with any regulations
Of law in regard to the liquor traffic. how
ever stringent they may be, and this dis
position ought to convince all reasonable
temperance advocates of the wisdom and
expediency of passing a wholesome license
law capable of enforcement in the large
cities OF the State.