smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Only fragrant flower
A bunch of geranium leaves;
Filling, with spicy odors,
The very air breathe.
Sweetest of flowers to me,
The dewy, modest pink;
White as the driven snow,
Just tipped with fairest pink.
A token of purity,


Sweet flower, thou seem st to be;
An emblem of Gods pure love,
OF peace and modesty.
As pure as thee, sweet flower,
From guilt and stain as free;
AS free from all care as thou,
OH could only be.
Yes, give me instead of the gaudy-
Instead of the vain seeming flower,
One, pure as the pink and as modest
That around me its fragrance may


shower;
That reminds me not Of the proud


world,


OF the self-loving, naughty, or cold,
But one that reminds me of loveliness,
OF love, which is better than gold.
Only single flower
A few sweet geranium leaves;
My gift, though thy beauty fade,
My love to thee still cleaves.
Thy leaves may grow withered and old,
But cherish thee 1 will;
In the close chambers of my heart
I'll treasure sweet thoughts of thee


still.


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Year: 1874

| fear not. Too many hours have been
spent in idleness and play. which should
been employed in laying up rich stores of
knowledge, with which to refresh our minds
in after life. We do not value our time as
we ought, and we know not how to prize it
till it has gone from~us. We should remem-
Der that
Year: 1874

Agricultural.


WASHINGTON, November lS.-The Com.
missioner Of Agriculture says the demand
for semi.tropical fruits fer experiment in
Southern States is very great. and it is be-
yond the ability of the Department to sup
ply them. The Chinese tea plant is especially
in demand. and many thousands of young
plants have been distributed during the
year.


4 Buoy Astray.


The signal office in this city is in receipt
of the following telegram from the sergeant
in charge of Cape Henry station:


"A large buoy. supposed to be tho channel
marker, came ashore one mile south of Lynn
Haven bay"


The Case Of Satanta.


In regard to the recent dispatch sent by
order OF the President to the Governor Of
Texas, 1t is stated that without forming or
expressing any opinion as to whether or not
Satanta had violated his parole, the Presi-
dent and Secretary Delano, fearing he
might be executed before the evidence
could be fully collected, considered it mere
~ just to delay his execution. 1t 10 today
ascertained that during Governor Davis
incumbency the sentence of Satanta was
commuted from death to imprisonment tor
life. and under this Communication he has
lately been placed in the Texas peniten-
tiary.


Indias Affairs.


The annual report of the Commissioner
of the Indian Bureau has been prepared,
and is a generally satisfactory statement Of
the condition OF these wards of the nation
during the past year. The commissioner
has little to say regarding the recent war
fare in the southwest, except to express his
commendatiOn Of the policy of Furnishing
the marauding savages in pursuance OF
which General Mills and other expeditions
inflicted sharp chastisement on the Kiowas,
Comanches and ArapahOes, who had been
raiding and slaughtering in Texas and New
Mexico.


The proper mode of treating such Indians
whom he classes as wild and intractable is,
in the commissioners view, to feed $them
while they are peaceable and punish them
promptly and severely when they take to
the war path against the whites. Of the
other divisions OF Indians. classified as more
or less civilized, and comprising the large
majority of the whole number, the com
missioner speaks most encOurag;ngly in
respect to their permanent location on re.
servations, and their disposition to farming
and the pursuits Of peace. He recommends
new legislation by Congress for the purpose
Of extending the jurisdiction of national
and State laws over the Indians, and as far
as possible making them amenable to the
courts Of justice the same as ordinary citi
ZauS,
Year: 1874

A communication from Rev. James Hay
ward, pastor of Mount Zion Church, of the
Methodist Episcopal denomination, on Jack
son street, calls our attention to an article
which appeared in the Picoyune on the
ninth instant, which states that two broth
ers were torcibly put out of the church and
beaten for the reason that they had voted
the Conserv ative ticket. So far as politics
are concerned the statements are untrue.
The disturbance raised in the church on the
Sunday night in question was made by sew
eral colored men who were strangers to the
officers Of the church. They wers put out
because they were disorderly, and for no
other reason. Disturbance of church meet
ings by the ungodly are not uncommon
and at any ether time it is probable the
event would never have been noticed, save
by the police; certainly it could never have
been tortured into the semblancs OF po'
litical outrage. Nr. Hayward is hard
working preacher. and no politician. and
his words are worthy Of belief.
Year: 1874

As the steamship England (National line) was
about to sail for Liverpool, at four O'Clock yester.
day evening" from pier Al North River, an Incident
occurred which illustrates the heartlessness OF
some persons clothed with little brief
authority. family composed OF man
and wife and three children. who had
taken steerage passages for Liverpool, got on
board. One OF the children fine looking boy Of
twelve or thirteen years, was paralyzed and the
doctor of the ship ordered him to be at once put
ashore again. The mother demonstrated in tho
most plteous manner, saying the boy was born in
England, and tnat they mad made a great struggle
to make up the price OF their passage to the Old
Country; but 1t was all TO no purpose, the Doc
tor was inexorabe In refusing to receive him.
The unfortunate boy was removed from the ship.
to the great Indignation OF a large crowd tnar
had congregated on the pier, his mother ana sister
accompanying hlm and crying most bitterly. Here
the worst feature Of the whole affair was made
apparent. The heortless father remained on
board with the elder boy and the mother and
daughter refused To leave the poor boy who mad
been forced ashore. AS the ship moved out Of


the dock The screams Of the wretched woman


were heartrendlng, ana after It's departure they


remained sitting at the gate OF the pier, picture
OF utter woe and misery. They are utterly pcnn-
less and are NJ subject for charity. An 0ld man
on crutches, who had something wrong with his
| legs, was also refused Ambulance on board.
although he protested hia ability to take care ol


himaelfS
Year: 1874

Pursuant TO adjournment on the 22d inst this
Board held short session yesterday but aid not
take up the tax levy Tor 1875 as was expected. Al
though on Monday afternoon secret session or
the Board, at winch all the mombers ere present.
Year: 1874




A Long Branch correspondent OF the
Jewish Messenger says: have heard
Long Branch compared to Brighton, but
I really do not see the resemblance; In
the first place Brighton is city all the
year round, while this is only Temporal
rysummer camping ground. Then-this
is the great difference between the two
at Brighton one may any day see a noble
lord or a parliamentary leader lying at
full length on the beach, dressed IN a
rough summer suit aid with straw hat
cooked ov,r his eyes. throwing pebbles
into the sea, or lady of noble rank
dressed in plain calico and wide
brimmed straw hat hunting for crabs
sapd star-fish while here people sport
more dignity than in town, even wear
purple and fine linen and iewelry the
first thing in the morning, and low
Year: 1874

Last year a correspondent of Notes
and Queries, considering that the then
recent passing of a bill whereby future
elections to the house of commons must
take place by vote by ballot, drew up a
synopsis of the composition of that
house when the ballot was thus en-
grated, after many failures, during the
last half century. His enumeration
may be properly placed side by side
with a second synopsis which he pub
lished in the Notes and Queries in the
month of June. The first column shows
the house of commons as it stood in
April, 1878, before the ballot came into
operation the second shows what was
the result under the ballot of the gen
Year: 1874

The delegates to the National Cotton
Exchange convention have adopted a
standard of classifcations which is said
to be unsatisfactory to the New York
dealers, being too low as compared with
the long usage of that market. Accord
ing to the New York types New York
low middling is little better than old
fashioned strict good ordinary.
Year: 1874

Our Paris letter to-day holds out brilliant
promise of new sensational dramas at our
theatres next winter, especially as the great
adapter himself is on his way to New York.


There are new pieces Mt nearly MI the Paris
theatres, and the racy sketch of the several
plots given by our correspondent shows that
they are of character to suit our own boards
and to meet the current OF events in real life
on this side Of the Atlantic. To be sure there
seems to be something OF a sameness in the
main incidents of the plays but then the
standard properties of the French drama ore
capable of being placed in so many different
shapes. each attractive TO modern piayRoers,
Year: 1874

The ARREST OF A GERMAN named Schwick,
charged with having been concerned in OBJ
tanning one hundred thousand thalers by
forgery in Germany, will no doubt be regarded
by the gentleman as a singular piece of i'll
luck Three months ago, when intelligence
OF his crime was cabled to our police, the
steamers were closely watched, but without
success. The arrest was made on Monday in
consequence of charge of burglary lodged
against the prisoner. This charge appears to
have been unfounded, but Schwick was iden-
titled as the wanted forger, and will De sent
home under the Extradition Treaty.
Year: 1874

There has been less activity in yachting this
season than for some years previously. The
commercial and financial disturbances of last
fall have had their effect in that direction as
we'll as in Others and the June regattas of our
home clubs, while pleasant enough and sue
cessful in certain sense, were not larcelv at
tended 1t is to be regretted that the appoint
ments for the cruises are made so near to each
other as to conduce to slim attendance.
Several Of our yachtsmen who are members
both Of the New York and Brooklyn clubs
would accompany both fleets if the cruises
were sufficiently far apart to render it possible
or convenient for them to do so. The Brook.
lyn Yacht Club rendezvoused yesterday at
Glen Cove, and start on their cruise to-day.
The New York Yacht Club will rendezvous al
Glen Cove on August 4, and the cruise of the
Atlantic Yacht Club is also fixed for the early
part of August The Eastern Yacht Club, OF
Boston, will rendezvous at Holmes Hole on
August 4, and will arrive at Newport about
the same time with the New York
Yacht Club. The meeting of the two
clubs will be made the occasion of





the New York and Boston yachts will be
tested This will be the event of the present
season, and as many yachts belonging to
other clubs will doubtless visit Newport at the
same time, in order to witness or take part in
the races, there is likely to be a gathering as
brilliant as those seen at Cowes during the
English regattas. variety of contests is con.
templated, including steam yacht race and
Corinthian race, from which professional
sailors are excluded, and the owners and their
friends are captain and all hands. The Allan
tic Yacht Club would add to the success of the
event and find hearty welcome if they should
SO arrange their programme as to visit New.
port at the same time as the New York and
Eastern clubs. The Newport season will then
be at its height, and brilliant series Of races,
shared in by some of our best yachts, will do
much to redeem the dulness of the present
season and to give promise of greater activ.
ity and interest in yachting next year.
Year: 1874

MARY CREAM Is A HEROINE if she is only
, servant Of all work. She must be useful
yiIl to have in the house. When she heard a
vuspicious noise in the rear building of the
house in which she lives she did not scream
or faint, but armed herself with carving
knife and started to find out what was wrong.
She was rewarded by the discovery of dis
guised fiend, who was coolly proceeding to
net fire to the dwelling, a tenement house On
Washington street Mary seized the villain,
and as he endeavored to choke her she stabbed
him in the cheek with the knife. He then
discovered that Mary was too much for him
md fed 1t is to be hoped the insurance
companies will make up purse for the
heroine.
Year: 1874

naturally take the ladies' part, and be must
indeed lack debating power if be cannot prove
that there is more quickness of perception
and quite as much reasoning power
among large numbers Of highly educated
ladies than many gentlemen students car
make boast of. One of the chief advan-
tages Of the Educational Association
Is the opportunity afforded to those directly
interested in the subject of higher education to
meet and exchange views The result caunot
fail to be beneficial to the cause of education,
ard we hope that teachers of prominence in
the community will examine without passion
every side Of this most important question.
and endeavor to solve it in the interest Of
humanity.
Year: 1874

wheat at seaboard ports this year from July


to August 80 will exceed those Of last year
for the like period. Accounts of the remain.


ing stock OF wheat in farmers hands of the
crop of 1873 in the West are conflicting but
the indications, taken from all the reports, are
that they are considerably less than at this
date in 1873.


If the delivery Of the remaining crop OF
1873 shall be less than last year and the e1-
ports shall be less, and if, at the same time,
the continental demand shall be continued,
dividing with Great Britain the cargoes ar
irving at ports of call in the United Kingdom
and still further dividing the export move
ment from Atlantic seaboard ports, there may
be short period of deficient supplies. And,
added to this, if there should be bad weather in
the British Isles during the harvest apprecia-
ton in values could not but be temporarily
the result, to be followed later on in the
season by a very considerable decline. The
middlemen holding the remaining surplus
of wheat would be benefited by an aG-
vance in prices, while tor those in the bread
stuffs trade in general during the coming crop
year Oi iotf-O dn dONdHCc III pfiCtS Ut tGC
close of the old and the advent of the new
crop would seriously injure the prosperity
of the trade during the coming crop year.
There is more maize in the country than
earlier in the year was supposed; but there is
not a superabundance. The domestic con-
sumption is large, and the wants of Great
Britain average about $4,000 bushels per
week, and America this year being about
the only source of supply, with move
ment Of 100000 bushels per week
from seaboard ports for the British Isles,
steady prices may reasonably be expected, and
if less than this amount is shipped from sea-
board ports weekly higher prices will prevail,
and if very much more than this weekly lower
prices will rule. The hay crop in the United
Kingdom is largely deficient which will give
an active demand all the year for American
maize at pretty full values. Southeastern
Europe will have very little maize for export
during the remaining part Of the year 1874.
Year: 1874

CHICAGO seems to be fated city in regard
TO fire. The devouring element has again
seized upon the unfortunate metropolis Of the
become ashes. There must be something
radically wrong in the fire department of the
Lake City, as on every occasion when a fire
breaks out there appears to be nothing in
that line sufficient to combat it.
Year: 1874

The Spanish authorities have displayed q
sense of awakening wisdom in modifying the
severe sentence of the court martial on Mr..
Dockray. For the CRIME of having visited the
insurgent camp a court martial sentenced him
to be shot, but the government OF Madrid has
interposed, and instead Of going before n
shooting party Mr. Dockray will bo con-
signed to the companionship of convicts for
ten years II it were not for the hope that even
this severe sentence may be relaxed it might be
questioned whether or not the extreme pen
atty would not have been the more merciful


But we hope that light is breaking on the
Spanish authorities in Cuba which shows
them how useless savage acts of repression
are in commanding even the respect of the
people MIR. Dockray has many powerful
Year: 1874

THERE CALL for more public baths
BY all means let us have them. Floating
baths be built at a trifing cost, and the
expense of keeping them up is inconsiderable.
cleanliness is next to godliness, and the more
our people bathe III the summer season the
greater will be the advantage to the public
health.
Year: 1874

friends In this country. and We would not be
surprised if they used their influence to such
good effect that within very short period
Mr.. Dockray will be set finally at liberty.
There are no really serious charges against
him. His fault has been one of lack of dis
cretion, and we have no doubt the Captain
General will consider few months imprlson-
ment sufficient expiation OF Mr. Dockray's
rashness in visiting the rebel camp merely
from spirit of adventure.
Year: 1874

Fortune-tellers are generally skillful physi-
ognomistf, and all the features of the human
face do their share in enlightening the under
standing of seers. The chin, at the present
day, is rather difficult to read, on account Of
the increasing custom of wearing beard. A
good chin should neither project nor retreat
much. A very retreating chin denotes weak
ness, and . very projecting one harsh strength
united with frmness amounting to obstinacy.
A pointed chin generally denotes acuteness
and craftiness. A soft, fat, double chin gener-
ally denotes love Of good living, and an angu-
lar chin, judgment and frmness.


Flatness Of chin implies coldness; round,
dimpled chin, goodness small chin, fear; sharp
indentings In the middle Of the chin point to
cool understanding. The color and texture Of
the skin, and of the hair and beard, have also
direct harmony with the features; these
should be studied more than they have BEEN
A facility in drawing faces sof great use to the
student Of physiognomy, as IL enables hin; to
note peculiarities Of features which no written
description would be capable of preserving.
Year: 1874

Captain Jack was certainly cunning
Indian, aud looked more to results than
to the equity of their attainment. The
day previous to his execution the post
chaplain was doing his best to prepare
the captain for the fatal hour, and nsrrat
ed to him the beauties Of the heavenly
Kingdom. The tale seemed not only to
interest, but to affect the tawny wretch,
who asked the chaplain if he knew all
about the happy land and the Heavenly
Father. The chaplain said he thought he
did. Well, said Captain Jack you know
all about Him; me give you ten horses,
you take my place tomorrow. Desirable
as horses are on the plains, the chaplain
did not encourage the idea OF exchange,
and intimated that the programme docid'
cd upon by the military court would have
to be carried out The captain suggested
that 'swop' was the best thing be could
do, and resigned himself to his doom
Year: 1874

Tue OTHER DAY lovely young wo man was
seen to jump into the Seine, where she perish
ed before assistance could be rendered. Her
body was exposed at the Morgue, where crowds
OF people went to see her, attracted By the ru-
NOR of her beauty. Even tn e authorities found
hnr 10
Year: 1874

Under special act, passed by the last
Legislature, providing for the collection OF
the delinquent taxes of 1929 and 1873
IA, the tax collectors of Placer county, it
will be noticed, as well as of other counties
where such delinquencies exist, have adver-
tised that if these taxes are not paid prior
to July 1st, 1874, twenty five per cent. will
be added to the amount thereof, and the
Controller is authorized to commence suit
against the delinquents, in the name of the
peopl, of the State of California, to collect
the same. The delinquent taxes in Placer
county, for the fiscal years named, aggregate
no small amount. Those knowing them
selves to be among the list, will save the
twenty-five per cent. additional, and the
cost of a lawsuit, by coming forward and
promptly settling what they must know to
be their just dues. The railroad company
figure largely on this list in Placer county,
and knowing, as they must knows by this
time, the determination of the people of
Placer to have what properly belongs to
them, it would be wisdom OIL their part also
to make prompt settlement. San Francis
co is delinquent, for 1872 and 1878, over
$500 900. This is large amount, an
amount which the money-bags of San Fran
cisco seem 10th to disgorge. and it is thought
by some that, in spite of the recent legisla-
tive act, they will still refuse to pay this
just debt, and appeal to the courts for pro-
lection. The courts may protect them, but
rest assured the people will be avenged.
They have suffered and suffered again, and
are still suffering from the fragrant injustice
imposed upon them by the railroad company
and the capitalists of San Francisco. The
history of the railroad company on the tax
question is too familiar to need repeating,
and that of San Francisco is no better
She never has been assessed at more than
half her value and never pays within hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of what she
owes on this low rate of assessment If
these great delinquents- Francisco and
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
were compelled to pay their taxes, as poor
men are compelled to pay, the rate of taxa
ton would be much less throughout the
State, and honest men would have reason
to rejoice. The burden of government
should rest equal on all, but it does not,
and we ask, if this iniquty continues, will
not the people of the whole State rebel !?
Would they not be right in doing so ? If it
is right for one to escape, it is right for all.
But it is not right for one. 1t is a fragrant
wrong that any should escape. This wrong
must be righted. If it cannot be done one
way, it must be done another. If the pres
ent law fails, we must have another more
binding And if the best legislation shall
fail, we must change the fundamental law
to cover the evil For the government will
be faulty, and the people forever discomfort
ed, until they can realize in fact, that
taxation is equal