smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

There are two things that puzzle me.
One is, the amount of misplaced virtue
in the world that is to say, the i'm
mense quantity Of downright goodness
scattered around among the commonest
sort Of people; among people about
whom there are no social safeguards
whatever, and who would be quite up
to the moral standard of their neighbors
if they gave loose rein to all manner
of passion. I tell you when man who
has been surrounded with pure inau-
ences,-1 do not mean with austerity
or fanaticism, from which he would be
likely to suffer reaction-when a man
who has breathei no atmosphere but
that Of moderation and decorum, looks
back upon his own life, and trembles
at his hundred hair-breath escapes
from utter ruin of one kind or another,
he cannot help wondering what keeps
the unprotected classes from going al
together and utterly to the bad
Scrtbners for March.
Year: 1874

faot that from is nostrils 8 breathed3
forth the life essehcs Of humanity with
allits businessrelati ithout bread
the artisans hand would be p.lsied, the
brain Of genius dos1nant insthe womb Of
time, and oonditien Of inertia ip the
world Of thought, for sent;ent life must
eat that it may think. 2 &


We know that there is sort Of fun
gus growing ont Of the extravagances
Of humanity, shining through the world
in the guise of manhood, that are ever
ready to elevate their snobbish noses
and cry kentry," fertilizer and rustic
&c.; they are very we'll known by the
odor (musk) and system of style they
support, airy bubbles floating noiseless-
ly along upon the great ocean Of events,
exploding here and there with meteor
like flashes and as soon forgotten.


For them we have no thought farther
than is actuated by the spirit Of charity
for the waste they are making Of life's
opportunities, but we do feel and know,
that, as class, we are not understood
and appreciated by the world of sense
toward whom we look for reciprocal
tion Of interest that should be mutual
and protective. Our labor is certainly
legitimate based in nature, and deal
ing with the first principles, and those
principles involving as they do the
needs and wants of human life and in
dustry, will, Of necessity, make for them.
selves place in due time that the world
is bound to respect. Already we think
we have the key to the solution of this
problem, only requiring time to disclose
the result. G..
Year: 1874

PAPA. Don't Bury Me DEEP. In
the spring Of 1862 little girl died in
Vermont of consumption, aged eight
years and three months. a few days be.
fore she died, she called her father to her
bedside and said, Papa, when ] die,
don't bury me deep,-not more than so
deep" holding UP hsr emaciated arm,
and measuring from her shoulder. "Oh,
it is so hard to be put down SO deep in
the cold ground and please don't place
any marble slab on my grave, it will be
so dark under it, and press so heavy on
my little breast. Sod my grave nicely.
and plant a tree ut It's head, so the wild
birds can come in Its branches and sing
for me After pause she continued
" But it seems to me would rather have
our binds sing for me than wild birds
Couldn't YOU let brother Willie and sister
Emma bring our cage Of little birds ont
to the cemetery Sunday morning, and
leave them To sing to me all day Z Then
when you are all at church it won seem
so lonesome out there by myself v A
few days after Anna died, and her affee.
,ionatc parent did everything as she re-
quested.
Year: 1874

SMUT IN WHEAT The Prairie Farmer,
in answer to Il question, gives the follow.
ing information respecting smut:


Theorists diacr in relation to what is
generally known as smut in wheat
Jethro Tull states that the difficulty was
common in England, till some wheat ta-
ken from asunkcn vessel was sown. This
produced waeat free from smut, and
from that time forward the practice Of
soaking seed wheat in ocean brine, or
water made artihcially salt. became gen
eral. Land that contains salt is not liable
TO produce smutiy wheat. Applying
lime and salt directly to the soil seems to
operate 10 prevent rust. but it is better
to treat the grain than the soil Sulphate
Of copper, commonly known as blue
vitriol or bncstone. is now generally
used, instead Of salt, to prevent smut.
An ounce and quarter OF this salt, dis.
solved in as much water as will cover tho
wheat. is regarded BY many persons as
sufficient quantity for bushel. The
wheat may remain in it an hour. For
convenience in sowing. many afterwards
sprinkle the grain with dry limo.
Year: 1874

EF An Ohio woman riding on TIE
cars with her boy said he was six, ard
when Billy" spoke up andsdeclared he
was ten the good woman drew him Owe
her knee and had satisfaction for the half.
fare she was obliged TO pay.
Year: 1874

One OF the misfortuHes that Wilmington sui
fers now is The lnfiiction upon her people OF q
quality Of gas that is calculated TO impair II not
assist to destroy the sight All must know how
painful 1t sometimes is to sat under light that
seems but fickenBg shade, through which tie
organs of vision endeavor TO peer in vain efforts
to see with distinctness. Tins rs nearly the CON
dition in which We find ourselves 50 frequently
aud almost utterly without hope for relief


No one can calculate the mischief that results
from such imperfect lighting OF the city. The
youth who sits down TO study his lesson isr the
following day is often SO annoyed that he Is IN
duced TO slip away from duty-oldcr ones who
perhaps would pass their time III study are driven
to the street and may take up around the bar at
the saloon. The poor woman who has her work
10 finish finds herself embarrassed, while the lie
is utterly unable to plete the darning oil baby
OIL it may be papas stockings. The tailor, whose
customers are urgent, and the milliner, whose ell
forts OF industry and eRdeavors 10 please carry
her deep into the hours OF the night, with thou
sands and tens OF thousands oi others are some
times batlled and Kindred SO with bad gas that
they are ready to abandon ii altogether and iesol
TO oil, and would do so in innumerablc instances
were it not for The isk OF HE and property. How
long is this TO be endured? When will Whining
ton lealn that her real estate and her laboring,
productive people are all suffering terribly IN
pocket and health from The tad quality OF gas
which is sold at double its worth, and build
works Of its own. This the city couid do and
save from $4,000 to 100000 year TO her treas
ury and taxpayers, and at least 80 per cent te
all gas consumers by supplying far better arIi
Gle OF gas at 81 per thousand feet.
Year: 1874

TABLEAUx OF ERIN.-Burke's Tableaux
OF Erin gave performance last evening, al
the Opera House, which isiriy delighted the
audience present. There will be matinee
this afternoon, and another performance
this evening. The audience should be
large.
Year: 1874

The long continued controversies between
the many creditors, constructors and sup
pliers of materials and others, with the
Calcasieu, generally known as the Western
or Texas division, of the New Orleans,
Mobile and Texas railroad, have come to
an end. This result has been accomplished
by compromise and by great sacrifices on
the part of the plaintiffs. As long as they
were united and continued their determined
warfare there was an irremovable cloud on
the title of the road. Just so long as they
persisted the building Of the road was on
impossibility. Bat on the other hand, their
claims, which they had every reason to
consider as cash when the contracts were
originally made, would remain unsettled
until the road was once more started
toward completion.


These conflicting considerations have at
last produced q result which might have
been expected from conference between
public spirited men. Messrs. Boynton
Brothers and Bushnell, S. Is. Cole & Co.
l.. j. Dodge and I. L. Carter have agreed
10 dUduuOu huu CouscNt W u O1SmlSS0l OF
their suits against this road. For their claims
they are to receive certain interest in the
bonds of the road nearly commemorate
with an equivalent in stock.


The consideration which induces them to
consent to this compromise is the guarantee
of those who have been put in possession of
the road that they will either complete the
road or sell it to responsible parties who
will do SO. The sacrif ces that these plain.
titfs make. are great, but they are made
willingly, in the hope that the road on which
they have expended labor, time and money
will become q success. The cloud on it's
title will be removed, and the interests of
the community and of commerce be ad-
vanced, and the prosperity Of New Orleans
be incre ased. It these advantages flow
from it they. although perhaps after even a
longer delay than the law would enforce,
will be benefited.


Only one creditor Of the road will thus
remain unsa tistied. That is the State of
Louisiana, and her position not being
affected by this arrangement, she will be in u
position, without compromising her interests
and her rights, to aid the work. No one
can doubt that she will do so.
Year: 1874

The PienyMne published some i'll -arrar ged
and half-digested statistics on Friday morn.
ing relative to the cost our telons put US to-
There is not an item OF value or correct


60 Inclusion in the whole article. Those fig


ures which are accurate, by accident prob


ably, are Of data which change day by day.


1t does not make logical or even lucid COM


parisons relative to them. A portion are of


estimates for 1873, and each item several


thousands under or over estimated. Its


estimate Of the cost Of q conviction IL eyi


IDENTIFY obtained from the REPUBLICAN of q


year ago. but in order to be strictly Plea.


yunish alters it and gets $l0O out of the


way. There is no necessity for giving


specific items, for the article was not writ.


ten to give information, but only TO attack


come officers and bolster up others.


After giving certain items, with tho


saving clause oi "nearly as follows youch.
ing for their inaccuracy. the object Of tho
article is disc losed. On the only correct
conclusion offe red, that the evil is in the
system Of fees, instead Of salaries, the off.
Ger deriving the greatest profit, the sheriff
is condoled with because he must receive it
in deprecated paper. Then tho greater
portion of the article is devoted to showing
how much the Parish Prison is like hotel.
The point is made that the prisoners have
got to be fed, and if city securities go down.
the she riff can not make 80 much money


Ergo, although be costs the city as much as
any two other officers, he is to be sympa-
thized with for being compelled to hold
such a position, and the rest blamed be-
carse the law gives them fees instead of
salary. The death Of ''poor Garrison" is
quoted to help out this conclusion.


This is absurd. If the system is wrong
all the officers working under it are equally
affected and stand on the same footing. If
one officer is to receive coincidence because
he can only get twenty-five cents for q
dollar certificate, the rest should have the
same. II the sheriff can not feed his pris-
oners with nearly four times as much as
they, perhaps their own families are incon-
venienced by the loss Of seventy eight per
cent of their salaries.


The conclusions of the article are as incor-
also to charge any Of these officials with
being not public servants, but jobbers and
They have been elected to
office under the terms Of the law. No
charge is made against them for unfaith
fulness. Ii they have done their duty those
who elected them have no legitimate com.
plant against them. Even if everything
the Peayune says be true. it has no cause
of complaint. for the injuries caused by the |
system. the discount on city paper. the poor
support of prisoners, are chargeable. not
on the officers, but the Democratic admin. !
istration that leaves the credit OF the city |
to one third Of its value when |
it took hold Of it.
Year: 1874

North, no South. In the Templar's ranks
will march men from all States, of all
creeds, who were for ard against the rebel
lion. and they will pass in review before
tho Generals of the force which won and
the cause which lost.
Year: 1874

Charles Dickens said that the first exter-
nal revelation Of the dry rot IN man is to
lurk and lounge; to be at the street corners
without any intelligent reasons; to be going
anywhere when met; to be about many
places rather than any; to do nothing tan
gible, but to have intention Of performing
a number of tangible duties tomorrow or
the day after.
Year: 1874

BY MAX ADELER.


1t is generally not worth while for q man
to notice reports about himself, but when
saw in q Pittsburg paper the other day
statement to the effect that had been
sutler in the army during the war, felt as
if | ought to refute the ealumny. When
my country, in the hour Of her deadly peril
called her sons to arms, the long roll Of the
drums had not ceased before | responded.
With heart filled with devotion for nv
native land, with soul fired by an ardent
desire to do something for her salvation, /
determined that I at least would not be
recreant to my duty or forgetful Of the
valor which | inherited from warlike and
courageous ancestry. Buckling on my belt,
I took leave Of family and friends and of
all that made life valuable to me, and
scizing musket I marched with glad,
exultant tread and flashing eye to the
recruiting station, there procured subj
stitute to whom gave that weapon and
my blessing, and charged him if he fell, to
die as | would have died, and to saturate
with gore that check of mine for two hum
dred dollars so that it would not be accepted
at the bank. Then [ went home again.
No, | was never in the army. went out
with the Pennsylvania militia, but somehow
we never got into what might be called the
thickest of the fray. don't know how it
was, but there was difidence, a certain
kind of bashfulness, about those militia
men, which induced them to refrain from
attacking the enemy with tiger-like feroclty.
No man can accuse us Of cruelty; we were
as mild as city milk, excepting when we
dropped our musl1ets on each others toes
or were hit by those Of our companions who
were aiming at a target.
Year: 1874

An amusing story is told in scri6ner's
Magaz,ne of a verdant youth who went to
buy the practice of a country doctor. The
doctor said his patients were SO numerous
that he could not remember them all, but
his horse knew them and always stopped at
their doors. The next day the country
doctor drove his customer through the
town, and as he said, the horse stopped at
nearly every door. The bargain was con-
cluded ane the money paid. The purohas-
er remained in town, and for several days
wondered why mo patients came. He ceas-
ed to wonder however, when he found his
predecessor had borrowed his milkman's
horse in showing him around.
Year: 1874

say to him that he desired to see him.
The sergeant soon returned with the
statement that Mr.. Brooks returned his
compliments, but could not see the
representative until to-day. owing to
business engagements. Whereupon
the reporter retired.


The excitement on the streets last
night, while 1t was very general, was
not boisterOus. While n general feel
ing of indignation pervaded everybody,
no effective demonstrations were made.
Year: 1874

twelve thousand hands are ut WORK az
different places between Lower Co,s'
and the northern line OF the state.
The utmost vigilance Is kept up night
and day. If n like vigilance had been
exercised from the very beginning OF
the flood, no doubt some Of the breaks
which have taken place might have
heen preyented.
Year: 1874

a million of neople proves itself ut
terly and ri4icu ously Intellectual.
There are judges who act as commit
ting magistrates, There is District
Attorney whose energy and activity
when employed in certain directions
no one questions. Is he doing nothing?


We are quite aware these are questions
which in one sense we have no right
to ask, and which, if pursuit be in
progress, it would be inexpedient to
answer, but they are irrepressible in
view of the admitted fact that there is
now but one apparent mode of redress
or rescue-and that by a shameful
pecuniary compensation. This is the
cause of every parent in this broad
land-especially for every parent who
can raise or borrow money enough to
pay ransom. The poor man has
reason to rejoice in the immunity his
poverty gives him. In any aspect this
case is dreadful to think upon.
Year: 1874

Some friend of Congressman Sloss


has written to a Memphis. paper an


explanation of his action in shooting


Long, the slanderer of his daughter,


from a window in Tuscumbia, Ala
He says The young lady was in
delicate health, being consumptive,
and by the advice of physicians, the
family spent the winter in Thomas
vile, Ga, place of no little repute as
q resort for those afflicted with coz
sumption. 1t appears that Long COM
menced his slandeJOus lies while the
family were in Georgia, and became
boldcr in his language since their re-
turn, about a month since, Still the
family heard nothing of those rumOrs,
those knowing Of them either being
Over-modest or afraid to tell. When
Mr.. Sloss came on the street on Satur-
day, having the night before returned
from Congress, he was made acquaint-
ed with the facts, and never got it from
his family, for they knew nothing
He wanted to attack the fellow on the
street Immediately, but was told by
his friends that Long was heavily
armed, and also had q sworn promise
of seven young men, whose minds and
morals we presume from this course,
he had perverted, to stay by him when
on the street, and fight for him if he
got in difficulty. This decided Sloss
as to his action, and lie took position
in Warren's store and shot him the
first opportunity that presented itself.
Six balls struck hinl-OIe grazing his
head, one penetrating back of the ear,
one through the neck, one through
the arm, and two in the body. He
was living yesterday, Tuesday but
his early demise is expected, after
which the trial will take place. Every
lawyer in the place volunteered his
but one, besides the Solicitor,
within two hours of the shooting
When the existence of this treaty of
Offence and defence became generally
none of the good class of citi-
zens blamed Mr.. Sloss for not expos
ing himself.
Year: 1874

Rendas his earnest complete spectre
scopic observations of May 10 and
June 4 and 5, while its tail was form
ing. That marvellous instrument
which has alredy told them of the
chemical constitution of the planets
and the stars, now in the hands Of
this astronomer, reveals to them tie
spectrum of sol nucleus, in the
coma spectrum of gaseous nebula,
and in the tail a spectrum of gaseous
nebula, proving the non existence in
the latter of solid incandeScent mat
ter i'll any sensible quantity,
Year: 1874

Dickens tells the following story of
an American sea Captain:


On his last voyage home the cap
tain had on board young lady of re-
markable personal attractiOns-a
phraze use as one being entirely new,
and one you never meet with in the
newspapers. This young lady was
beloved Intensely by five young gen.
tlemen passengers. and in return she
was in love with them all very ar
IDENTIFY, but without any particular
preference for either. Not knowing
how to make up her determination ia
this dilemma, she consulted my friend
the cap. ain. The captain being man
of an orig iIal turn of mind, says to
the young lady, Jump overheard, and
Year: 1874

forca the sIeet-ca1s to make better running
time between Madison and Tweaty-secood
streets At present there IL sore need OF some
thing to accomplish this object, and the South
Side stages offer tho only means At present.
Year: 1874

likely to be-uothing will crafty him
more than for you to call upon him. AS
he heartily wrings your hand at parting.
YOU sorrowfully reflect how you could
have been so stupid as to let such fell
low bore you, and think with regret OF
the nice nap you might have had, in
stead Of which you have got most dis
agreeable "crick in the neck, through
straining your head across to catch what
he said when the train was in full mo.
ton. His dreary plattudes, his ego.
tism, his selfish disregard for your
wishes and comfort, and his pertinacity
in refusing to let you alone, or to say as
much as you sometimes felt inclined TO,
rise up in judgment against him, and
you make resolution that il ever You
are again victimized in similar man
ner it will certainly not be your fault.


The morose travelling plague is an in


Fiction of different kind. You enter
carriage, ard he greets you with
scowl which seems to Indicate that he
considers it an impertinence on your
part TO thrust yourself upon his pres
ence. You shut the window or open it,
as the case may be, and he at once com.
mences an alteration, whichis conduct
ed politely or otherwise, according TO
the amount of culture and moral train
ing which the combatants have received.
He glares at your hat.box ercarpet-bag,
and is up in arms Immediately II you
venture to put them in such a position
that they incommode him in the slight
est degree. He knows all the railway
company's regulations of by heart, and


is constantly practically demonstrating
his acquaintance Herewith If you
cough, or talk above a whisper, he
looks at yeu in such freezing
fashion that nothing bat your high
spirits sustain you. He is, indeed,
always gazing at you, and in pecu-
liarly disegreeable manner 1t is not a
straightforward look; for if you peer
straight into his face he endeavors to
appear not to be watching you, but to be
glancing in another direction. In short,
he looks at you on the sly, and his de-
meanor would lead to the conclusion
that he considered you thief. muir
derer a returned convict, or at the
least, debtor running away from his
creditors, whose every movement should
be watched with the keenest suspicion.
He is evidently haunted by the idea that
nine out Of ten strangers he meets have
ulterior designs upon him, which can
only be frustrated by great watch(ulness
and prudence. Hence, perhaps, his pc
culiarly disagreeable conduct
Year: 1874

influenced the climate and reduced the
amount OF rainfall.


But. whatever may be the causes, the
evil is OF such magnitude and horror
that it should at once be met without
regard to pecuniary 'expense. The
English people, who derive gross rev.
enue OF nearly two million pounds
sterling from the famine districts, and
whose Golfers are running over with
surplus wealth, owe it to themselves
and humanity to prevent such an APP
palling catastrophe as now threatens a
population nearly rs great as that o. the
United States. Let us see what the so
called Christian civilization of the age
will do
Year: 1874

GIFT CONCERT.
FOURTH aRAND GIFT CONCERT


FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Public Library Of Kentucky
OVER A MILLION IN BANK!


Success Assured!
A Full Drawing Certain
On Tuesday, 3lst of March next.