smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

this follows upon the heels Of a decll-
nature Of preparation"


This quotation reminds US Of the well
known remarks addressed 10 q hostler al
an inn, commencing thus: "Extrlcste
this quadruped from this vehicle; see
that he gets sufficient amount Of uutfi-
Dent; and when Aurora shall have again
gilded the Eastern horizon l will reward
you with proper compensation"


But we have not time to pursue our
observation isrther this morning upon
the contents Of the Educational Monthly
for November. We may have occasion
to refer to 1t agSin-either to the number
before us or some future issue.
Year: 1874

A stormy Saturday Night and Sunday


and a Lovely Monday-S"The Branch''


Blooming-The Presidents Movements


The Indians Not Blown Away, and tho


Other Squatters All Right.


LONG BRANCH. August TO- 1874


After the storm calm. saturday night was the
roughest night OF the season oa the Jersey coast
from Sandy Hook TO Cape May. the storm came
down from the north, and in the height OF Its Jury
1t was from point little to the west OF the
north: for. had 1t been nor'easrer, there would
doubtless have been some wrecks along the coast
As 1t was, 1t blew the coasters or the shore; but
1T did not blow the big tent OF the Warm Spring
Indians into the sea, for Donald Mckay and his
troupe, being old campagners, when they disc0v-
cred that she gale did threaten to carry their
tabernacle into the surf, took down the poles
and dropped their saturated canvas upon the
ground. Some oil the other squatters along the
blun adopted the same precautiOn; but they are
ALI rectus In C1lsid and in full blast again this
morning.


The storm expelled all nocturnal stroIlers from
the beach, but II filed the ballroom at each of the
hotels, and the ladies' say that in driving in the
gay cavaliers, even from the piazzas into the
mop, II was good storm and they hope that about
nine O'Clock just such drenching down pouring
of rain and just such driving wind Will come on
every SATURDAY nlgnt TO tne end OF tne season.
because they will then be sure OF gathering of the
beaux on Saturday night where they ought to be.


Sunday was squaly, rainy day; but, thanks to
the council oI ministers concerned Tor the capital
idea, we had religious services in regular church
form at each oil our principal hotels, and many
were drawn into the dropplngs OF the sanctuary
who had not attended the preaching OF the Gospel
since the war. But from one end OF the line to the
other the preachers carefully suppressed the
temptation to harp upon Beecher and TltOn, and,
no doubt, because they, too, had concluded 70
wait for the verdict from Mr.. MoulrOn.


Monday has opened upon us, the brightest and
most beautiful summer day OF the season, and the
surf Is pronounced by Miss Jones as perfectly
splendid" The roads are in excellent condition
Tor driving, ana before sunset this afternoon
everything on wheels for ten miles down this
shore and for twenty miles round Will be out; and
II the President Is not called of on some little ex-
cursl0n Dy rail he will give his pair OF magnificent
bays q twenty-mlle run arOund by Red Bank after
dinner, and Mr.. Murphy will likewise be there.


The rumOr is a1oat here this morning that the
President Will not be candidate iOr q third term,
and that he will declare himself at the proper
time. Not having as yet made up his mind in
favor OF Blaine, Butler, Conkln9, Morgan, Fish,
Logan or Robson as his successor, 1t cannot be
expected that he will declare himself or the
course. When he has made up his mind you
know, and picked out his man, all the other ex-
pectants OF the republican church will get an
offclal notice that the succession Is provided for
and that they must wait little longer.
Year: 1874

A SAILORS DESCRIPTION OF HIS BRIDE.
"A seaiariDg man, who was recently
married gives the following description Of
his bride aud her apparel, which we think
will put some Of the "social papers" to
the blush


"My vile is just as handsome craft as
ever left millinery dry dock, is clipper
built, aud with 6gure.head not often
seen on small craft. Her length of keel
is five feet, eight inches, displaces twenty.
seven cubic feet Of air, of light draught,
which adds to her speed in ballroom,
full in the waist, spars trim. At the time
we were spliced she was newly rigged
fore and aft, with standing rigging of lace
and flowers, mainsail of Valenciennes
Her frame was of the best steel, covered
with silk with whalebone stanchions.
This rigging is intended for fair weather
cruising. She has also set Of storm
sails for rough weather, and is rigging
out small set Of canvas for light squalls,
which are liable to occur in this latitude
sooner or later. She can run down the
helm beautifully, and can turn around in
her own length if handsome craft pass
es her."
Year: 1874

The House Military Committee TO-DAY.
considered without coming 10 any con.
clusion whether they should continue the
investigation or request the President to
order Q board Of inquiry In the case Of
General Howard. ~ -.
Year: 1874

ANOTHER REHERsAL Another rehersal by
those intending TO take part in the concert for
the benefit OF the Home for Friord dless Children
and the Catholic Male Orphan Asylum will take
place this evening, in the fourth story Of the
Grand Opera House, at s o'clock, sharp.
Year: 1874

Grey hair, the glory OF old age, Is
apt in the present day to arrive before
befitting years, and then an innOcu-
Gus dye is not Objectionable. We
would warn our fair readers against
pulling out grey hairs. 1t is quite
possible that improved health may
restore their eOlor-we have seen an
instance of this in our own family (;
and if not, the soft grey hair which
has never been unrOOted (Or broken
of under the delusion OF uprOoting it,
will always lie hidden among the
hair while the grey hairs which
grow again after being pulled out, are
stiff, short, and have habit Of stand
ing erect Never pull out 3 grey hair.
But prevention is better than cure.
How are ladies to preserve the color
and abundance Of their tresses! We
believe that the best and most inn
portant rule for so doing is to keep
the head cool and clean. But the for
mer is nearly an impOssibiiity in these
days OF frizettes and false hair. One
thing, however, IL certain. II our
ladies would preserve their own abBn-
dant tresses for another land probably
widely differently fashion, they must
get the head cool during the night and
before dressing the hair the next
morning. To effect this, the hair
must be taken down and well brushed
at night with q soft brush, parting IL
about to cool and clean 1t; and then
it should be piaitsd and suffered to
hang about the shoulders all night.
In the morning the roots should be
well washed with rose water, or cold
soft-or rain water, IL pOssible-the
latter Is the best. Then IL must oe
dried, before IL Is dressed by rubbing
gently and shaking out or brushing
with q soft brush. This treatment
will remove seurf, which Is, we De-
lieve, one Of the causes Cf prem nsals atqre
grey hair, and which undoubtedly
Weskens the roots Of the hair snd
prevents it from growing, beefdes be-
ing horribly unsighty.
Year: 1874

The Legislatureat its last session
appropriated $4,000 for the purpose
Of making certain specified improve
ments in the State Library. The
work has been done in 8 satisfactory
manner, and there remains unused OF
the sum appropriated 8, 2,96+S5. This
amount could have been judieiOusly
expended In further Improvements,
but the Library Commissioners did
not feel at liberty TO go beyond the
authority delegated to them by the
General Assembly. The sky-light
above the library room ought 70 ee
enlarged, the walls and ceiling should
be painted, the floor carpeted and a
little inexpensive furniture added
for all Of which the fund heretofore
appropriated is sufficient.


I recommend that the Librarian OF
the Commissioner be authorized "a
Year: 1874

Accuse me not offaithlessness!
Thou knowest that am not thus!
Not mine the fault that love and trust
And confidence have gone from us.
Have gone from us? Have not said
That love can never, never die?
Until, and after am dead,


My love for thee will triumph high
Above my pride, that fain would crush
1t down into the very earth;
And could curse the fate-but hush.
Enough such thoughts are given birth.
A wretched idol it must be


That can be set aside for clay;
And blind the eyes that cannot see
How lightly 1t was put away.
Mistaken love that gives its grief
Unto the strangers eye and ear;
And that grieve not has belief,
Because l will not shed q tear!
Remember well! in olden time


Were vows of faith e'er made oy me?
And did not with doubling words
Tell thee the chord must broken be?
And yet the low, unspoken prayers
That floated up to Heavens shrine
Were not less earnest, less sincere
o, woman! than were words of thine.


y
In my own fair and sunny South
We have a dangerous, glittering thing
That, when by perils closed around,
Will turn upon itself its sting.
Such is thy heart; more just than thou,
It will not seek to burden me
With pain more bitter than have,
But turns its venom unto thee.


HERIDA
Year: 1874

pn- The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 2}ao
Year: 1874

The observations made by Lord Rosse,
with his gigantic telescope, are very inter-
esting. His lordship assures us that every
object ON the moons surface. 100 feet in
height is now distinctly seen. Rocks aud
stones innumerable were seen, but 10 arcIa-
itecture, although such single arrtaGt1re
as the Tichborne House, for ilas5aaee, ought
to be distinctly visible, far more a street. a
village, or a large town. have 0ccasi0n-
ally had the liberty of viewing the lunar
orb through the most noble and perfect IN
strument now existing, and, strange TO say,
not vestige of green fields or of water ap-
peared, nor even a small reservoir-all
seemed desolate. There is something aw-
full in viewing such waste desert. Sup
posing we could view the moon with
magnifying power of 10000 times, she
would still appear at the distance of "a
miles, which is much beyond our optical
capacity. No animal resembling an elephant
OF lion could be perceived at such distance
besides we ought to consider that we only
have a bird 's-eye view Of lunar objects.


And as for inhabitants. it would only be
the diameter of their heads that could indi-
cate the habitability Of the moons surface.
Nay, though it were possible to view her
surface at the distance of two and a half
miles, it is then even doubtful if in such an
instrument living things could be perceived,
the vapors and undulations Of the atmos-
phere, together with the diurnal motion of
the earth, would considerably interfere with
distinct vision. The rare atmosphere of the
moon, if any, almost speaks volumes as to
her visible surface being peopled with crea-
lures, and the rural wastes which are thus
presented. Can it be that what we do see
of the lunar surface but desert district,


while what we do not see is not unlike the


face Of our planet?


That side of the moon which is turned
toward the earth is believed to be uninhab-
tied, to have no atmosphere, and to be like
q dead cinder or lump of Stag, on which


nothing lives or grows.


The moons surface is exceedingly rug
ged, traversed by immense abysses, and
studded with lofty mountain peaks, her


most extensive plain being perhaps no
larger than one of our ordinary fields.
Whilst there is almost positive evidence


that the stars are inhabited, the testimony
in favor of the moons being SO is only of a


probable character. Yet it is feasible to
| believe that upon the surface of the silvery
orb there exists a species of beings some
| what similar to terrestians. The reason
our large astronomical instruments cannot
discern actual traces of lunar inhabitants is
because those instruments are not powerful


enough. An object about sixty yards in


extent, that is about thirty times as tall as
| n man, is the smallest they are capable of
| discerning at such distance.
Year: 1874

The steamship invented by Mr.. Bessemer,
which is intended to obviate seasickness in
the passage across the English channel, is
rapidly approaching completion. The ves-
sci has been completely plated and the
fitting of her engines and boilers in place
win soon be accomplished. This work will
be done while the ship is on the stocks, so
that when she is launched she may at the
same time be sent upon her trial trip. The
vessel, so novel in her construction, is an
object of great interest, and scarcely a day
passes without several visitors from a dis
tance inspecting her. The ship is 350ft.
long at the water-line, and for 48ft. at each
end the deck is only about Aft. above the
line of fiotation, so that in rough weather
the sea will wash over these low ends. The
decks ON this portion of the vessel have a
considerable curve and the sides of the ship
are rounded off so that the water may
escape as speedily as possible. This form
of end has been selected with view to
obviate any tendency to pitching. Above
these low decks a breastwork is erected
about s feet high. It is 254 feet long and
all the width of the vessel. The whole of
the breastwork deck is to be devoted for the
use Of the passengers, and the portion fore
and aft of the paddle-boxes will be protected
with stanchions. The vessel will be pro-
PEELED by four paddle-wheels, and 80 feet of
the space between the paddles will be
occupied by the swinging saloon. Beyond
this and at each end the space is occupied,
nearest the saloon by the engines and next
by the boilers. At one end of the breast
work there will be accommodation for the
crew of the ship, and beneath their quarters
stowage room for passengers luggage, etc.
At the opposite end of the breastwork the
space is fitted with cabins for the special
use of ladies' and below these cabins there
is a saloon 25 feet long, and fitted with sofa
seats all round. Along the sides of the
breastwork deck, between the paddle-boxes,
there are other cabins for passengers, besides
smoke-rooms and refreshment-rooms. The
Bassemer swinging saloon is making good
progress, and already good idea of the
principle may be obtained by an inspection
of the work. The saloon proper is about
seventy feet long, twenty-six feet wide, and
very lofty. The weight of the saloon is
borne by four large bearings, one at each
end two near the center. The end bearings
are fixed on iron transverse bulkheads,
which are well-stiffened by fore and aft
ways to prevent them buckling. The saloon
will be one Of the most superbly- fitted
apartments afoat. The top of it will form
a promenade deck, and it will be fitted all
round with seats. The saloon will be
entirely under control of the machinery
invented by Mr.. Bessemer, and it is declared
that it will be kept perfectly free from
rolling during the passage across the channel
and passengers, it is expected, will not feel
any more unpleasant sensation than they
would in going up or down the Thames.
The ship will be supplied with two very
large life RATS, and she will be steered and
her capstans, etc. worked bv hydraulic
machinery.
Year: 1874

Two st. Louis editors are said by Gin
cinnatian to be disputing as to which of
them is the tteldest citizen" One Of them
says, in answering to the other: "The
writer referred to was living in Missouri,
while yet the editor of the Despatch was
boring gimlet holes for wheat culture in the
granite hills of the paternal New Hampshire
farm, etc., his silvery voice had wooed a
rural congregation to slumber while he
preached Swedenborgianism to lost and
ruined world, and ere he soaked his clothes
in butternut to more fitly qualify himself
for the editorship of Democratic organ in
Dubuque"
Year: 1874

Next September picked team of the
best six shots in Great Britain, who carried
off the Elcho challenge shield last year,
will come to America for the purpose of
shooting match at Creedmoor for the
championship of the world, with native
born Americans, at long range-sOO, 900
and 1000 yards. The general impression
seems to be that our marksmen have poor
prospect of winning, long-range shooting
being practiced comparatively little in this
country, but it is suggested that we have in
the hunters of the West q corps of sharp
shooters from whom long-range marksmen
worthy Of any competitors could be obtained
with little trouble. The terms of the
match debar all artificial rests, but allow
any position of the body. With conditions
SO favorable to our frontiersman there is no
good reason to anticipate an American
defeat, especially if adequate means are
taken to spread the news of the approaching
contest among the hunters and scouts
through the military posts of the Vest
Bo$tnn Adrertiser.
Year: 1874

When the late King of the Sandwich
Islands was gathered to his fathers, he was
buried in feather cloaking which had
passed down to him through generations of
royal chieftains. When the remains were
to be placed in the coffin, and were removed
from the feather robe on which they had
laid in state, his aged father commanded
that the body be buried in the robe, as the
dead king, his son, was the last of the fam
lily, and to him, therefore, it belonged. It
will cost more than $100, 900 to replace this
robe, if it ever is replaced, for one million
of birds, possessed of rare red and yellow
plumage, were caught to furnish the mate
rial of which it was made.
Year: 1874

THESE type singers will be the death
os US yet if some grand reformatory
movement does not shortly overtake
them. 1t is very plain that an editor
has no "writcs' which they feel un-
der the slightest obligations to respect.
Last week when We wrote eve have
not the remotest idea whatever whether
Judge Wilder would accept nomiua-
tion if rendered. they made US say,
We have not the remotest idea that
Judge Wilder would accept" &c. Sew
eral other errors of lesser Importance
occurred in the same article, as when we
wrote, "We know it is very easy to
say complimentary words" &C., it ap-
peared as though We had written, eve
know it is not easy to say" &c. One
is never safe in trusting manuscript into
their hands. If an editor had nine
lives, he would still be cut down in the
bloom of his manhood if his feelings are
not made of the very best Bessimer
steel.
Year: 1874

at law in the hands of man unless we
know personally or by reputation that
he has fitted himself by course Of
study, and, in addition to that, has had
a large experience in the practice Of his
profession. But in the infinitely more
important case of our bodies and our
lives we are much less particular. 1t is
enough that man prete1,ds to be an
educated and successful physician, and
that he be stranger. These two things
are the only requisites, and one is just
as important as the other. We would
not trust him with five dollars of our
money, but we very readily trust him
with our health and life. We would
not take his note for dollar, but we
will take his medicine that is as apt to
kill as to cure for all we know. We
have no possible means Of knowing
whether he ever spent year or even a
month in the study of the human body
which the Psalmist says is most ''fear-
fully and wonderfully made.' We
do not know and cannot find out
whether he has the slightest knoMledge
of diseases and their cures. If he have
plenty of cheek and tongue, it is
enough; we are perfectly satisfied.


So long as people patronize humbugs,
we shall have them in every form. The
demand will always be supplied, and
we have ourselves only to blame.
Year: 1874

During the service held at White
Earth two weeks since Bishop Whipple
told the Indians of the devastation by
locusts in the southwest counties of the
State and told them that he had ap-
pointed that day for contribution to
be taken up in all the churches of the
State in behalf of the sufferers. Know
ing that they had been unfortunate with
their own crops and really had not suf-
ficent for their own needs he did not
urge that they should give, but when
the oftertory was taken up in the little
Indian Church, way out ''beyond the
pale of civilization" and among people
who have little cause to love the white
man or minister to his sufferings, it was
found that those ''savages'' had con-
tributed $50 toward the relief of their
afflicted pale-faced brethren. The
amount has been forwarded to Gov
ernor Davis and placed with the relief
fund. d.. a~.-
Year: 1874

Z, , } "A recent trial in Massachusetts, in.
volved the question whether Spiritual
ism is q form ofreligionor not. Alady
had the misfortune te: receive an injury
while riding on Sunday in one of the
cars Of the Middlesex railway company.
She was at the time returning from .
camp meeting Of Spiritualists. 1t was
in evidence that she was Spiritualist
by profession. The injury was clearly
proven, but the railroad company COM
plains that she had no righttto recover
damages inasmuch as she was travelling
in violation Of the Sunday laws Of the
State. The point urged was that she
was not travelling on account of necessi-
ty or charity, neither was she going to
or returning from a religious meeting.
For all this the jury returned q, verdict
Of $5, 600 in her favor. On appeal the
case was argued elaborately on both
sides, but the supreme court refused to
disturb the finding Of the court below.
1t held that she had as much right to
protection in riding from. her camp
meeting as Methodist had in return
ing from his. Her religion might be
very absurd, but it was a question for
her and her Maker, and not for the
courts.
Year: 1874

From the St. Louis Globe.]


A saddening scene was witnessed in
front of a fashionable bagnio on Sew
enth street, between Locust and St.
Charles, the other afternoon. Very
few passers-by were to be seen upon
the street, for it was about o'clock,
as the door opened and a woman was
carried out and deposited in a hack
which had been standing before the
msaisom de joie for some fifteen or
twenty minutes. A glance at the wo
mans face, as she was hurried into the
hack, revealed, in unmistakable terms,
the fact that she was deeply intoxicated.
The mouth was open, the jaws fallen
apart, the eyes closed, the face sodden,
and the helpless, heavy figure spoke of
hopeless despair. But the face was
one which would attract immediate at
tention anywhere. Dark flowing hair
covered face in which delicacy, re-
finement and beauty marked every
lineament; the eyes were a sparkling
and brilliant black, and the beautifully
carved outlines of the figure showed
that the victim Of intoxication was vet
young.


ssThank God, we are rid of her."
said the 'landlady, as she closed the
door.


Common place scene enough! Yes
hut the attending circumstances make
this case one Of mournful interest. A
few months ago the woman was one of
the bellies Of the first society of Cincin-
natl, and hundreds of the flower Of
the youth of that city have done hon.
age at her feet. Her father is the pro-
prietor of one of the most extensive
marble yards of that city, and is re-
ported to be worth several hundred
thousand dollars. Less than year
ago she was married to a young Saint
Louis physician Of wealth, culture and
refinement, who brought her to q, home
in this city, where she has since resid-
ed. Her husband had been VIC
tim Of the grossest dissipation be-
fore his marriage, and, soon after the
honeymoon, took to his former course.
Within the past few months he has
been several times arrested by the po-
lice, and those who read the police re"
ports of the morning papers are
familiar with his name. During the
progress Of this scene in front Of the
bagnio he was in waiting at a drug
store on the corner of Seventh and Lo'
Gust, and when the hack drove up to
the place he jumped in, and. the party
drove off. 1t is said that the wife
came to the house the night before in
search of her husband, whom she had
heard to be engaged in las on with
one of the girls, and that she remained
at the house all night, drinking wine,
with the result described above.
Whether shesfounds her husband or not,
the rumor is that she spent the night
With the s.landlady," whose disgust At
her victim Was. 50 sforcibly expressed
the next afternoon. ss* f@es4