smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

Tune" Your MiSsionn
Cast thy bread upon the waters,


fe who have bat scant supply,
Angel eyes will watch above it,


You shall find it by-and-bye;
He who in his righteous balance
Doth each human action weigh,
Will your sacrifice remember,


VIII your loving deed repay.
Cast thy bread upon the waters.
Poor and weary. worn with care,
often sitting in the shadow


Have you not cTuatb to sparef
Can you not TO those around YOU
sing some little song of hope
As you look, with longing vision,
Through Faiths mighty telescopei
Cast thy bread upon the waters,
You who have abundant store
IL may float on many billoWs,
IL may strand on many shore;
You may think it lost forever,


But as sure as God is true
In tins life, or in the other


IL Will yet return to you.
Cast Thy bread upon the waters,
Far and wide your treasure strew
Scatter it with willing fingers,
Laugh for Joy to see it 90!
For If you too closely keep 1t,
1t VIII only drag you down;
Ii you love II more than Jesus
1t Will keep you from your crown.
Cast thy bread upon the waters,
Watt 1t on with praying breath,
In some distant. dOOmful moment
1t may save soul from death
When you sleep in solemn silence,
Meath the morn and evening dew,
Stranger hands which you have STRENGTHENED
May strew lilies over you.

Cast thy bread upon the waters,
be generous IN timel
Soon for you the day will darken
And the stars viii cease TO shine
What are all the pearls of Ceylon,
What Is every earthly gem,
To the white robe of the ransomed
And the fadeless diadem?
Year: 1866

a@- A horticulturist advertised that
he would supply all sorts of fruit trees
and plants, especially pie plants of all
descriptions A gentleman thereupon
sent him an order for one package of
custard pie seed, and a dozen mince
PIE plants The gentleman promptly
hIled the order by sending him four
goose eggs and small dog.
Year: 1866

HAVING bought the right and license to rsa and
II sell Seth ;. Drew's improvement in mode of cut
ting boots which patent consists of cutting with but
one seam, and without crimping, we therefore eau
ton all against using selling boots of this make
IN the county of MIffiIn. J. Y. S. Smith and S D.
r Foop, Shop and Township Rights will be sold by
+ r Loop All wishing TO avail themselves of this
new and desirable loot, which is at least twenty
Per cent of advantage to the wearer over the old
can do so, by writing to P F. Loop. Call and see.
Year: 1866

THERE have been numerous deriva-
tions given to tho name Fenian. The
most probable is that which deduces the
name of Finn, the most celebrated chief
tain of Erin in the earliest period of ira
dictionary history. The ancient Fenians
or " Finnis men" make no inconsidera-
bic figure in the earliest annals of Ire
land, and seem to have been the war;
riors of their day. "Their great leader,
Finn" says Pinkerton, in his enquiry
into the History Of Scotland" "was a
man of great talents for the age, and for
celebrity in arms. His formation of II
regular standing army seems to have
been a rude imitation of the Roman le-
gions in Britton." The legends con-
corning their chief, abounding in Ire
land, are most numbcrlcss. He is fabled
to have made the famous Giants Cause
way as Il highway over which to lead
his bands to Scotland. There is scarcely
a hillside in "the auld country" but,
while it preserves his profile on its out
lines, pcrpetuates the history of some
one of his wonderful exploits. Whether
the prerequisites for membership into
his band were at all times rigidly en-
forced, or whether they are still adhered
to by the Fenians of modern times, we
cannot say, but an old and venerable
historian tells us that before a man
could he enrolled into the ancient broth
crhood he had to promise: First, when
he was disposed to marry, he should not
follow the mercenary custom of insist
ing upon portion with a wife, but,
without regard to her fortune, he should
choose Il wife for her virtue, courtesy,
and good manners; the second, that he
should never offer violation to woman,
or attempt to ravish her; the third, that
he would be charitable, and relieve the
poor who desired meat and drink, as far
as his abilities would permit; and fourth,


that he would not turn his back or re-
fuse TO fight with nine mon of any other


nation that set upon him and offered to
fight with him." The same yeracjous
writer informs us that in the admission
of recruits to the ranks of the Fenians,
in the days of yore, there were a num-


Der of rules to be Observed: "Tlfe par


ents must give up all rights to revenge
or compensation for the candidates


death-a very necessary regulation in


state of society when the punishment


for IL death was either revenge or eric.


lie must be able to compose verses. He
must be expert with his weapons; and


he was exposed to Il very good test; he


had to defend himself against the jave-


Inns of nine soldiers thrown ut once. He


was to run through a wood pursued by
some Fenians, in order to test his fleet


ness and agility. lie must be able to
hold his weapon without shaking it; if


his hand shook he was rejected. He


must be so swift and so light of foot as


not to break rotten stick by treading
upon it; and, hardest of all to do, he


must be able, without stopping or less
ening his speed, to draw thorn out of
his fOOtn
Year: 1866

WE find the following North German
legend in "Thorpe's Yuletide Stories,"
one of Bohn's antiquated stories. 1t is
too beautiful to remain in the sole keep
ing of antiquaries: "Thcre was moth
er who loved her first child with her
whole heart, and thought she could not
live without it; but the Almighty sent
Il great sickness among children, which
seized this little one, who lay sick on its
bed even to death. Three days and three
nights the mother watched and wept,
and prayed by the side of her darling
child, but ii died. The mother, now
alone in the wide world, gave way to
the most violent and unspeakable grief;
she ate nothing and drank nothing, and
wept, wept, wept three long days and
three long nights. This the mother did
without ceasing, calling constantly on
her child. The third night, as she thus
sat, overcome with suffering, in the place
where her child had died, her eyes
bathed in tears, and faint from grief,


the door softly opened, and the mother
started, for before her stood her departed
child. 1t had become u heavenly angel,
and smiled sweetly as innocence, and
was beautiful like the blessed. 1t had
in its hand a small cup that was almost
running over, so full was it. And tho
child spoke; son! dearest mother,
weep no more for me; the angel of


mourning has collected in this little cup
| the tears you have shed for me. If for


me you shed but one tear more, it will
overflow, and shall have no more rest
in the grave and no joy in Heaven.
Therefore, O dearest mother! weep no
more for your child; for it is we'll and
happy, and angels are its companions.'
1t then vanished. The mother shed no
more tears, that she might not disturb


her child's JOY in Heaven"
Year: 1866

lover you admired will live forever in
your husband. Nestle by his side, cling
to his love, and let his confidence in you
never fail F.; and my word for it, the hus-
band will be dearer than the lover ever
was. Above all things, don't forget the
live he gave you first. DO not seek to
emanclpate" yourself-do not strive TO
unsex yourself, and become Lucy
Stone, or Rev. Miss Brown; but love
the higher honor ordained by the Saw
iour of old-that of a loving wife. a
happy wife, a blessed mother, can have
no higher station, needs no greater
honor.
Year: 1866

''Then hear Thou in Heaven, Thy dwelling place,
and do and judge Thy servant, jusufying the
righteous"


The noble captive, who, for so many months,
has lingcrcdin his prison, is soon to be brought
to trial We are powerless to help him, how
ever much We may yearn to do so. But though
we may not stand beside him in his dark and
trying hour, we can :car him on our hearts to
that 7! 'onc, upon which sittcth the Judge OF
all men-that loving Father, whose ear is al
ways open to the cry Of the suppiant. From
every church, from every home, from every
closet, from every heart, shoald ascend the
daily prayer for him who suffers for US. Our
hearts have agonizcd through so much woe,
that we must all have learned the blessed
power Of prayer, the glorious privilege Of in,
tercedirg with the Father Of mercies and God
of ali comfort Let U.s. with one heart and
with one voice, plead with jehovah that he
would listen to the soTrowful sighing Of the
prisoner, that He would raise up His mighty
power, and save him from sbis enemies, and
from she hand of all that hate him. Let our
faith be strorg, our prayers earnest and our
God, even our own God shall give him His
blessing. b.
Year: 1866

FROM SERF TO NoBIE.-SaTS foreign letter:
Of al! the romantic stories in the Arabian Nights,
there is none more extraordinary than the little
episode that has just occurred at St Petersburg.
You will have noticed that an attempt was mace
to shoot the Emperor, which was frustrated by
the prompt action of a Young man who stced
near the would-be assassin. That yeung man,
acting from a monetary impulse in striking
down the arm be slw raised against his sovereign,
was afterwards so frightened at his own rashness
that he ran away as fast as his legs could carry
him. He was pursued and brought back to the
presence Of the Emperor, at whose feet he thrcw
himself in state Of abiect terror, as if he haa
been the assassin himself The Emperor raised
him, embraced and kissed him, and proclaimed
him Russian noble from that hour. The ro-
nance Of the st2ry is this: The new Russian
noble, only five minutes before was q poor Hitter
ate drudge in snail in St. Petersburg
\ week ago his habits and daily occupation were
of the most vulgar and mcnial character. To-day
he ranks with the most ancient nobility OF the
empire. A subscription was at orce seton toeS
to provide him with means to sustain his new
dignity, and presents are flowing IN upon him
from every direction. His photographs displayed
in every shop window, prayers are said Tor MIN
in ali the churches, and retinue Of tic tRars
own servants are in constant attendance upon
am
Year: 1866

The down train Tuesday night from Petersburg
to Norfolk had two cars thrown from the track,
about twelve miles from Norfolk, by an obstinate
bull that tried to butt the engine out OF the way
The bull was knocked into thousand pieces. No.
body WAS hurt
Year: 1866

For some time past the Bureau and military
authorities have been engaged in setting mat
ters straight. Ali the plantations on which
there are no valid certificates have been re-
turned to their former owners, and those on
which there are only few have been return
ed, subject to the certificates. Of the original
settlers, few except these two hundred remain
on the islands; the rest have moved back into
GpOryia whence thew came
Year: 1866

anything still due to the negroes, after they
had purchased the necessary meal and bacon,
there were beads and cheap jcwclry sure to
attract the negro's cye-.displaycd in the
storc to absorb the balance Of his earnings.
Thus, while they were apparently paid fair
wages for their work, more than half their
earnings were every day taken back from
them in the shape of profit on the goods in
which they were paid in lieu ofmoney. Gen.
stcedinan asked who leased the plantation.
lie was told Mr.. Underwood, Of Boston. This
Mr. Underwood does not reside on the plant
alton.
Year: 1866

1t is idle to say that, holding secession
to be constitutional right, they might
assert it at any tiau, and for any purpose
which pleased them. When war issthe
cost of the practical assertion of any right
it can be justified only by the fact of vi
tai grievance for which there is,no other
redress, or by the purpose for which it is
intended to exercise that right. That
was the justification Of our great revolu-
tion of l776. But what is Jefferson Da-
Wis as the official representative of the
rebellion Of 1861? He is man who
deliberately plunged his country into the
most fearful war, and flooded it with
blood that he might whip women and
sell children at his pleasure. His pre-
tense was State sovereignty, his purpose
was human slavery. That was the object
for which he and the other leaders ''fired
the Southern heart" For this they di.
rected the war. For this they starved
brave men at Andersonville and Belle
Isle, tortured them into idiocy, and shot
them like dogs. For this were Southern
Union men seized at night, and before
the eyes of their despairing wives aud
agonised children hung and shot and
drowned. For this they drove thousands





and thousands of couseripts to die upon
the field of battle. For this Jefferson
Davis's garments reek with innocent
blood, and his name is stencil.


Here is a pretty martyr, with his ham
and eggs and panned oysters Here is
christian hero; and General Miles must
beremoved if he does not bow low enough!
Here is model American, who must be
magnifed into a Spielberg victim and
sufferer of the Bastile if his mullins are
not toasted, and his beef steak is over
done Our readers will bear US witHess
that we have not advocated vengeance,
that we think the trial of Davis for trea.



son mistake, and that we are ready to
take, with fair precautions, all the neces-
sary and inevitable risks of the situation
But the maudlin sentimentality that would
drape with the dignity of a aityr for po-
litical opinion man who for such pur-
pose waged a war we believe will disas-
trously recoil upon those who foster it
We have no wish to revive dead feuds or
to use harsh words, but we can conceive
no greater misfortune to the manhood of
American youth than that,,thoy should be
taught to regard Benedict Arnold as an
honorable man, or Jefferson Davis as
guiltless and unfortunate patriot.-Ha,-
per's Weekla.
Year: 1866

The late Fenian movement upon the
Canadian border was lesson that the
Canadians should profit by, but it is not
thought they will, 50 long as they persis
in setting upa new nationality through
the proposed confederation The Toronto
correspondent of the New York Herald
asks: Now that confederation has been,
owing to various causes, rendered GER
tainty, it becomes an important question,
what will be its fruits !? The advocates
of the scheme claim that it will consoli-
date British power on this continent and
serve as check upon the expanding pol
icy of the United States that it will re-
duce the public expenditures, Tighten the
burdens of the people and become the
nucleus Of a great nation in the future,
with one arm clasping the Atlantic and
the other the Pacific ocean. I must con.
fess | cannot see it in this light. The
interests of the various colonies are 10
many instances so diametrically antago-
nistic, politically and religiously, that
confederation is. destined to breed local
jealousies, array one colony against an.
other, and in the end one after another
will seek safety in Withdrawing from the
compact and entering tho American Union.
The assertion that expenses Of govern
ment will be lessened is erroneous. With
ten or dozen local legislatures where
now there are but six, of course there
must be increased expense In all depart
ments Of the civil service. With many
new offices created for needy friends and
ministers, the colonies will soon find then
debt millions where it is nov thousands
That confederation will render the colo
nies more defenslble is all moonshine.-
The moment they aspire to nation, as
they will under confederation, England
will consider her duty to the colonies full
filed, aud say to them, as she has already
limited through the London Times and
other organs, that if they wish to have Q
nationality they must defend themselves
The colonists thrown upon their own re
sources, must tax themselves thirty Oh
forty millions per year to organize ant
maintain standing army or failing il



that, complacently await a war between
England and the United States, to fall {
| prey to conquering army of Americans
or witness the snufing out of their nation
atty and upon its ruins the erection of !


new Irish nationality by half q milliol
Year: 1866

1t is natural that the great powers of
Europe ahould pause upon the very edge
of war and reflect if there be no alterna-
tive. 1t is so long since there was gen
eral war upon the Continent, and every
war has such inevitable horrors and SO
doubtful conclusion, that it is not strange
there is eluctance::to strike the arst blow.
Once struck, there would be no reooil.-
Once begun, war could end only in re-
construction of the map, and an enormous
debt, weighing upon every belligerant
with crushing force.


Yet we do not see that war can be ca
silly avoided. If the considerations were
merely dynastical, they could be settled
in Congress. But they are national
and involve the most absorbing passions.
Italy will go into no Congress which does
not accept the cession oe Venice to the
Italians as preliminary. Yet Austria
can not consent to relinquish Venice
without fatally impairing her prestige as
a great power. Prussia can not consent
without some equivalent that France shall
stretch her line to the Rhine; yet where
is the equivalent that can be offered p
The call Of Congress is wise, if only to
show that no accommodation is practical
BILE. Italy is infamed already; Garibaldi
has been summoned to the head of the
volunteers. A large 4oui has been taken.
The people believe their cause to be sa-
cred. 1t has the sympathy of the world.
The eager Italians believe the long looked
for hour is already striking How can
they pause? If the ministry order Gar
ibaldi back to Caprera they must be ready
to face an insurrection. Austria must
therefore, as it seems to us, surrender the
Italian portion of her empire or there
must be war.


And if it comes and desolates Europe,
let US learn its lesson. 1t is simply this,
that any settlement of great political con.
vulsions which is reactionary will very
soon revenge itself upon those who make
it by plunging them into deeper trouble.
The English revolution of 1916 ended in
the death of Crom we'll by the return of
Charles III and the old Stuart regime.
1t was a reactionary settlement, and it
ended eighteen years later by the menace
of vast war, which was avoided by the
peaceful and "glcriors" revolution of 1858
md a settlement which was not reaction.
ary. The revolution of 1887 in France
was finally composed by the settlement Of
1915 which was reactionary. 1t was
made in the interest of certain families
and not of the nations nor of the people
of Europe. Consequently there have been
discontents and dangers and overthrows
until now, after fifty years, the settlement
is to be changed either by Congress
which is improbable, or by the sword.
In this country we are doing for the
Union what the settlement of 1915 did
for Europe. Let us take care that it be
not reactionary like that, but in the di.
rection Of the war itself, ike the glorious


settlement of England in 16S8.-Ec.
Year: 1866

One OF the reasons assigned by the
Democrocy why the Republican party
should not succeed, is the favoring by


that party of "nigger equality" that it
is "nigger party" and in favor of pls.
eng the negro upon an equality with
white men: This may be very good
argument for that class of Democrats who
lnstinciively feel that the negroes are in.
hnltely their supericrs, and it may do for


those who fearsthat the negro will rise
above them. Every effort of patriotism
liberty, justice and humanity, to lift the
burdens imposed upon poor race by ths
curse of slavery every effSrt 10 alleviate
their sufferings and instruct them in the
pathway of knowledge is stigmatized by
these demagogues as "nigger equality"
and that very soon the negro will be upon
an equality with white men. The intel


ligent inah has no fears of this kind. He
walks the eartL in the conscious dignity
OF the equality Of humanity, and as man
whom God made. He feels that if emo.
bles him who extends the helping hand
to the sons and daughters sf misfortune.
but never degrades He feels that the
sons of toll, whose hands are hardened by
honest labor are the equals, before the
law, OF kings and princes, and our young
republic 80 proclaimed it IN the ear of all
humanity, when she declared that
"men were born free and equal" The
poorest man in the land is enatled to the
equality, before the law, with the wealth
lest citizen. His cabin may be totteripg
and his wife may be in tatters, yet the
one in the castle and the other is as eaual.
ly protected by the laws Of the land as
the wife of the wealthiest nabob. The
unscrupulous politician, for the accom-.
plishment of his own selflh purposes,
will smother down the best feelings of his
nature, will shut out the voice of cen
science, and follow madly after the phap-
tom power. He distorts and garbles the
sentiment of principles honestly promul.
gated for the benefit of mankind, and
would prefer ruin to his country to the
defeat of his party. 1t is such as these
that are pratins about "nigger equality"
They call loudly upon the people tostand
up for their rights, that this is "white
mans government" and the oppressed Of
ether climes have nothing to do with it.
Certainly it is white mans government
as long as it is governed upon the prin-
ciples of truth, justice and hunanity.-
Whenever the ApericaL people are will
ling to concede that they are no longer
competent to hold the helm of the old
ship of State, then we will submit to be
governed by soy shade or color that can
safely guide us.-ATRstroE9 Republican.
Year: 1866

It's seldom we meet with true story
in the newspapers, and when we do we
seize upon it eagerly. The following
which carries conviction of its truth to
the heart of the reader, we present to the
public: "A late Wisconsin paper tells
of farmer who in the recent freshet, had
eighty rods of line fence, running east and
west, swung around by the water, carried
a quarter of mile from its original posi-
tion, and left in an exact line north and
south, and on the identical spot where he
proposed building a fence and all this
without displacing rail from its original
position.
Year: 1866

Teeth in RuiDs.-Are sure drawback on
personal appearance and personal comfort. There
fore keep them in good repair with that establish
ed Antidote for all the diseases that sssail them
fragrant s0ZODoNr. msyI2
Year: 1866

1t is great mistake in female education
to keep young lady's time and attention
devoted to the fashionable literature of the
day. If you would qualify her for CONVEX
sation, you must give her something to
talk about-give her education with this
actual world and its transpiring events
Urge her to read the newspapers, and be-
come familiar with the present character
and Improvements of our race.


History is of some Importance; but the
past world is dead, and we have nothing to
do with it. Our thoughts and our concerns
should be for the present world, to know
what 1t is, and improve the condition of it.
Let the young lady have an intelligent opin-
ion aud be able to sustain conversation
concerning the mental moral, political and
religious improvements Of our times.
Year: 1866

Do not assume that because you have
something important to communicate, it is
necessary to write a long article. A ire
mendous thought may be packed into a
small compass, made as solid as a cannon
ball, and like the projectile, cut down all
before it.


Short articles are generally more effect
i've, find more readers, and are the more
widely copied than long ones. Pack your
thoughts closely together, and though your
articles may be brief, they will have weight,
and viii be more likely TO make impression.


''Ye who write for this busy age, i" says
a late writer, "speak, use short sentences;
never stop the readers with long or ambigu-
Gus words; but let the stream of thought
flow right on, and men will drink it in like
water"