smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

DIR. Van Der Hork, the German
traveller to the Arctic circle, says: On
one occasion we had a curious adventure.
While crossing lacustrine part of the
river called Kioalmeiaure, in the early
part of the night, we were suddenly sur
rounded by swarms of lemming
(MyOdeS t0r9udtuS), an animal like
the mountain rat. They swarmed about
the boat, and tried to Chamber into it,
so that it was with the greatest difficulty
we could keep the fierce little creatures
from boarding us by beating about with
the oars, at which they would set up
sharp, shrill screams similar to those of
a muskrat. After some time we sue
ceeded in passing them. These little
animals come unexpectedly down from
the mountains, no one knowing exactly
whence, and appear in millions, swarm
ing over the whole country, eating up
almost everything that comes in their
way.


Neither rivers nor lakes seem to deter
them, both of which they swim with
ease, usually keeping on their destruc-
tive path until reaching the open sea,
which they vainly endeavor to cross,
never swerving from the direction once
taken until they sink exhausted beneath
the waves. Thus perish countless num-
bers. They commit great ravages, and
are rs dreaded in the North as the locusts
are in Egypt. Years, however, elapse
between their reappearance, or until
they suddenly descend from their rocky
retreats. The Lapps tell us that they
rain from the sky, many of them stating
that they have actually seen them fall.
Year: 1877

Let me tell you of one home which
will never be desolated by drunkenness.
Among the pictures in the sitting-room,
where the children meet father and
mother in happy companionship many
times day, hangs a total abstinence
pledge, with the signature of every mem
Der of the family upon it. And the
parents take pleasure in it, speaking of
it with satisfaction, thanking God for it,
keeping the idea prominent in the minds
of their children. No intoxicating liquor,
for any purpose, ever comes into that
house. Neither for cooking, for medi-
cine, or for cleaning, is child ever sent
to purchase alcohol, or any of its foul
kindred.


Parents, for the sake of the children,
the dear little children, whom you can
not keep in your arms always, keep up q
public sentiment in the home that shall
be guard to them, when they go out in
the world; set them an example like the
north star to guide them, and then, and
always, pray to our Father to "deliver
from evil.
Year: 1877

In st. Louis a little three-year-old,
who is now man, was taken for the first
time to church by the family, and but
toned into the pew, which was near the
pulpit. Reaching the sermon, the min
lister took his text "Behold / stand at
the door and knock" Sliding up to the
pewdoor, the little fellow raped smart
ly on the inside of it, speaking out loud
ly enough to be heard all around -
knock, too" 1t took both preacher and
hearers a long minute to get into sober
enough condition to go on with the SER
mon.
Year: 1877

Breathe thou but lowly,


While am slowly
Nearing thy cottage so charming and neat;
Strains soft and airy


Wake ye my fairy
Not from her slumber so gentle and sweet.
Not violently


Rustic, but gently
Whisper, oh, zephyr, through leaves of the lime
So that thy signing


With my voice vieing
May to the dreamer in unison chime.


Dreams are like singing,


Down for us bringing
Glittering stars from the mansion above;
Song is but feeling


Unuttered, revealing
Innermost throbbings of friendship and love-
Singing or dreaming


see Thy Aoaming
Features before me and thy form Of grace;
Now doubt torments me,


Now hope contents me,
That also l have in thy dreams place.
Year: 1877


Whose blood lept madly when the trumpets


brayed
To joyous battle mid storm Of steeds,
Won rich kingdom on battle day;
But in the sunset he was ebbing fast
Hinged by his weeping lords. His left hand held
His white steed, to the belly splashed with


blood,
That seemed to mourn him with his dropping


head;
His right, his broken brand and in his ear
His old victorious banners flap the winds.
He called his faithful herald to his side
$50 tell the dead 1 come" With a proud


smile,
The warrior with stab let out his soul,
Which fed, and shrieked through all the other


world,
aye dead my master comes" And there


was pause
Till the great shade should enter
Alexander Smith.
Year: 1877

What is the difference between the
strap of horse car and the conductors
bell-punch The one is an inward check
upon the outer man and the other is ah
outward check upon the inner man.
Year: 1877

The repudiationists have been defeated
in the Richmond Convention, but they
have also defeated the most prominent
candidate of the other wing bv coalition
with the Holiday faction. The rest Of it
is, in measure, satisfactory it is certan>
ly in every way creditable TO the State.
The inevitable disintegration of the party
that holds the State solid has been post
poned, but the radical differences of opin-
ion that were developed in the Convention
show that the agencies would promote dis
ruption are at work, and that only the
heat Of new national issue is required to
secure the every ~way~desirable .breach
The question at home in the Convention
was, however, one of vital moment to the
honor Of the State, and everyone must re-
joice that the escutcheon of Virginia has
been preserved from the blot Of repudla-
tion.- Brooklvn Times.
Year: 1877

There seems no doubt about the full re-
sponsibility of the New Jersey Central
road for the accident at Oceanport. The
draw-heeper seems to have done all of his
duty that was made known to him in a
routine way, and this all that can be ex-
pected from men in his position. lie car
ried out the instructions of his employers
and cannot be held answerabIe for not & Z
ing beyond them. The position of the
company is worse. Their drawbrdge
seems to have been public th0roughfare.
The Lever by which the draw was opened
was accessible to everybody, and there
was nothing to prevent any malicious, or
curious, or careless person from manlpu-
lating it 50 as to endanser coming train.
A slight arrangement, 50 slight as net to
be visible to the bridge-keeper, might be,
and was nthi5 instance, sufficient to wreck
train. This is scandalous recklessness,
and the blame for it goes to the general
| management of the road. 1t is to be
hoped that there are not many roads run
with such criminal carelessness as is shown
in this case. But we have no security that
this accident may not be repeated on othe1
roads, ard the attention Of their managers
be first drawn 20 q defect in their manage
ment by its fatal results. The least securit,
against such result will be the award 0
ample damages to the Sufferers by th
Oceanport disaster against the compan


which is S, clearly accountable for thei


Injuries.
Year: 1877

great hope was to live in history
through his success with his railroads,
and to secure it his estate was given
to William. The old man said to
his doctor: "Had l died in 1888 or
1896, or even 1854, the world
wouldn't know that | ever lived but
| think | have been spared to accom-
plish great work which will remain,
and think l have fixed it so that
it cannot be destroyed by the stock
market. If l had given my daugters
S3,000,O00 or $5,0OO,000 apiece
the first thing they would do would
be to put William out and Torrance
in. The next thing they would be
quarrelling among themselves, and
their stock would be thrown on the
market until it would not be worth
40. / have secured Canada South.
ern so that nobody can injure the
road"
Year: 1877

Gen. Sherman protests against the bill
which has passed the House limiting the
army to 10000 men. He turned up before
the Senate Committee on Appropriation
with this protest last Tuesday, the very
day after the House had passed the bill
against which he protested. 1t was gross
piece of impertinent interference. What
right has he to protest against the legisla-
tion of the House, to dictate the strength
of the army, to say what amount of public
money shall be expended upon the mill
tary establishment? Congress should curb
his attempts to go outside of his office, or
issue his protests against the action of the
House, upon which he is dependent for his
salary,
Year: 1877

1 will give you secret for turn
ing an ugly thing into "thing of
beauty" If your parlor has win
dow with disagreeable view, make
it an ornamental window thus: Get
autumn leaves and press them; | am
very SUCCESSFUL in merely ironing
them with hot fiat iron exactly in
manner of smoothing a garment,
until the moisture is dried out of
them. put the iron right upon
the leaves, and though somo will be
spoiled, get plenty so that that
there will be good ones enough left;
for this process, although a little
"risky' is preferable to some care
full methods, as it gives the leaves a
lIost brilliant color, and rich, CLOS
sy surface and they keep it all the
winter through even in the case oil
the most delicate tints. Having
prepared the leaves in this manner
glue them upon sheets of paper just
the size of your window pa1es. Take
white paper, or any delicate tint, a,
best suits your taste, and arrang,
the leaves upon it in graceful d,
signs; then glue the sheets upon til,
Ipanes of glass, entirely covering tn,
obnoxious window; cover the who'll
with coat of white varnish an,
step back and view the effect. Yo,
can not imagine until you try it
how pretty this will be.-Fora
.JnOnthM.
Year: 1877

The amount of Indian corn ex-
ported from the United States last
year has been understated at co.
100000 bushels in the figures pub
lished by some papers, The Bureau
of Statistics reports it at 70,860,-
9S3 bushels. For the year ended
June 80, 1876, it was 46,493,272
bushels. There has been a steady
increase for some years in this line
of export, and the same causes which
have operated to make Indian corn
more in request for food abroad will
undoubtedly work in the future, in
dependently of Mr.. Hewitt's pro-
posed stimulus of the New England
kitchen at the Paris Fair. The
quantity of this staple exported is
but small fraction of the product,
and it is not strange that our politi-
cal economists should become en-
thusiastic at the thought of convert
ing Europe into a devoted customer
for Indian corn. We should then
no longer hear of mazie being con-
sumed as fuel in the West, because
there was no better use for the SUI
perabundant crops. To enlarge the
market for this cereal would add
directly to the wealth and prosperity
of this country. Those who see the
most fun in Mr.. Hewitt's notion re-
eognize the great advantages of dis
seminating a sound knowledge Of
Indian corn and creating a fondness
for it among the nations that now
ignoranily reject it. The present
year is a good one for the expert
ment, as this crop promises to be the
largest ever known, though it may
not reach the 1,350,000,000 bushels
which we have seen estimated as the
product of the seaton. There is no
need of exaggerating the figures to
make an argument in favor of ex-
tending the market for Indian corn.
The possible yield of this staple in
the country peculiarly its home is
unlimited. We could grow enough
of it to feed all the peoples of the
earth if they would sink their stub
born prejudices against it.


While Mr.. Hewitt is trying to
help the export trade by teaching
foreigners how to turn our maize into
palatable food, the producers them
selves may do far more in this direc-
tion without any external aid by
taking little more pains in drying
the corn and preparing it for market.
The fact that Indian corn has been
heated on the passage across the
ocean because it was not sufficiently
cured for the voyage has probably
had quite as much to do with the
foreign prejudice as the want of skill
led cooks in foreign kitchens. This
hint, if properly acted on, will do
more for the export trade than Mr..
Hewitt's project, even should that
be successfully carried out.
Year: 1877

Texan. o.. forgetting himself, he took
the risk of sitting down in one OF the
ordinary Senate chairs. The result
was that the cane-seating, as well as
the legs, of the chair gave way, and
the next moment four hundred
pounds of solid Senatorial dignity
were gently dumped on the floor.
Year: 1877

The Summer Tourist will find no resort
possessing greater interest than this, which
quite rivals the exhibit in the Main Build
ing last year.


Admission Tickets, Price % Cents Child
Idete Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Mu.
scum and School of Industrial Art, in
Memorial Hall augN-d3m
Year: 1877

DON'T WANT THE ARMY REDUCED
The Republican don't want the army
reduced, aud, therefore, does not like the
address Of Senator Bayard, of which its
editor writes as follows:


Mr.. BAYARD AT HARvARD.-The Phi
Beta KAPPA Society of Harvard University
was treated on Thursday TO a two hours
speech from the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard.
His address was able and eloquent, but
based upon his pet political idea of opposi-
tion TO the use of the military arm of the
nation. His opposition to the increase of
the army, and the use of 1t for suppression
OF the rebellion, was we'll known, il not al
most openly manifested, and though IL is
good policy to modify his words, it is evil
dent the old opposition still remains. Why
should he infiict upon an intelligent society
two or three hours speech upon such an
effete and worn out theory, 1t is hard TO tell
There is nothing Objectionable in the Hon
that the opposition to the army that crush
ed the rebellion has become q chronic mem
tai disease with him, so that Mr.. Bayard
can scarcely make a speech without show
ing his antagonism TO the army.


The officeholders ard the Radical press
have so learned to rely upon the use of
the army to carry State elections for that
party that they overlook entirely the i'm
mense cost it is to the people. Senator
Bayard cannot be blind to the fact that
there are now living in this country about
three millions of trained soldiers men
who on one side or the other had receiv-
ed experience from being in the ranks,
with due proportion of trained and
skillful officers. These may at any time
be called upon in case of necessity. The
Democratic party is favorable to econom-
ical administration of the general gov
ernment and reduction of expenditures;
and the army is a good place to begin.
Mr.. Bayard no doubt agrees with the
Democrats in this matter and will favor
the reduction Of the army to curtail ex-
penses, let the movement come from
either side Of the political division of the
Senate chamber. 1t is a little curious
that the Radical papers are so strongly
averse to the reductions proposed in the
government military and civil service.
They certainly ought not to expect the
people to quietly bear heavy taxation to
keep their party pimps in good paying
places. Yet they do. They said there
were not too many men employed in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, but
the House appointed committee to ex-
anime, and they reported that of the 900
employed 800 was all that were necessa-
ry. After heartrendng objections the
force was reduced; but it now comes
from Mr.. Hayes officers that the force is
still too large. The people are fools if
they suffer patty to continue to tax
them for such purpose. Mr.. Hayes is
acting wisely in curtailing the force and
reducing expenditures in accordance with
the orders Of the Democratic House of
Representatives.
Year: 1877

no Fears OF an Outbreak.


1t any argument was necessary to prove
the good sense of the workingmen of Mo-
line, none better could be produced than
their orderly conduct since the strike. In
stead of the communistic demonstrations
that usually follow a movement of this
kind, there has been evinced determine
| tion to keep within law and order. No
effort has been made to interfere with the
employees of other manufactures. nor is it
likely there will be. Aside from the riot
Gus. unlawful nature of such conduct, there
are the best of reasons why it should not
occur. During the strike now in progress,
pecuniary assistance will be necessary to
provide means of support for those who
are financially unable to care for them.
selves. This aid must come from the
workingmen outside of Deere's shops; nc
assistance need be expected from any
other source-that is with any degree OF
certainty. Now,suppose the strikers were
to compel all other shops to close, what
would be the result? Would it benefit
the laboring eement2 Not at all; on the
lcontrary, it would be the most suicidal
move that could be made For, if the en-
tire laboriBg element of Moline was idle,
the men would all be poor together, ebn-
sequently unable to help one another
The inevitable defect of the object of the
strike would sure result This will show
to all thinking mechanics the necessity fol
quiet, orderly action, and utterly dispells
the wild, ,extravagaut rumors Of threatened
mob violence The writer of this is thor
oughly familiar with the situation and has
the best of assurances from l-rge major
ity of the strikers that the proceedings
will be quiet and orderly. and that no riot
Gus acts will be committed. The laborins
men Of Moline are not il sympathy witt
iawlessness of any kind, and, should any
extremists attempt to force a violen
demonstration, Deere & Co., and all Others
can rest assured that the strikers will b,
the first to volunteer in the interest Of Law
and order. The strikers, as the case nov
stands, have the sympathy OF the entir,
community and will do nothing to misplac,
the confidence Of an intelligent public.


16rSeveral shade trees in the east enc
of town were badly split up yesterday b!
the storm.
Year: 1877

Never be idle. If your hands can


not be usefully employed, attend to the
cultivation of your mind. Always
speak the truth. Keep good company
or none. Make few promises. Live
up to your engagements. Keep your
own secrets, if yon have any. When
you speak to a person, look him in the
face. Good company and good CON
versation are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else
Never listen to loose or idle conversa-
ton. You had better be poisoned ii
your blood than in your principles.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts. If
any one speaks evil of you, let your
life be so virtuous that none will be-
lieve him. Drink no intoxicating IL
quors. Ever live, misfortune excepted,
within your income. When you retire
to bed, think over what you have done
during the day. Never speak lightly
of religion. Make no haste to be rich,
if you would prosper. Small and
steady gains give competency with
TRANQUILITY of mind. Never MAY at
any game of chance. Owe no man
anything.
Year: 1877

THERE is delicate hint thrown ont
that Chamberlain might be elected to the
vacant chief justiceship of the Supreme
Court of South Carolina. This is a bad
suggestion-a villainous suggestion
Chamberlain has shown a peculiar and
distinguished unfitness for any post O.
trust, profit or honor. He is a defeated
trickster, pretender and conspirator. Il,
is just as fit for the vacancy on the su
preme bench of the United States as TO
seat in the highest court of South Car
DINA. We don't see why the Southern
States should monopolize the services O
the carpet-baggers.
Year: 1877

EXTRA SESSION OF CoNGREss.-A dis
patch the Philadelphia Press says the
President talks of calling the extra ses-
sion of Congress as early as the 4th of
May. 1t is found that more business
will come before the extra session than
has been anticipated. Beginning with
yesterday, there appears to be defcien-
cy of three months pay of officers of the
navy, and the Navy Department will
submit a deficiency bill covering that
amount to the next fiscal year, in add.
ton to the army appropriation bill fol
which the session is more especially call.
ed. 1t is not improbable that the Presi
dent will submit Especial message asking
Congress to legislate upon the balance
remaining from the Geneva award.
Year: 1877

TwEED s release has been Professionally
agreed to, and will, as soon as due forms
are complied with, be carried into effect
As to what may become of him when he
has surrendered all his property and
turned over his papers it can be said thai
his flight was not altogether that of al
almless fugitive. He intended te ente,
upon important railroad work in Spain
which may still engage him if he sees hi
way to it upon his release. He was f;ftv
four years. old yesterday.
Year: 1877

CRUELTY In MAssACHUsETTs.-T
comments of the newspapers Of the New
England States have been frequent and
malignant when thief has been placed
upon the whipping post in Delaware. The
sympathy for the criminal has been car
ried to such an extent that some of our
Delaware newspapers became infected,
and fairly rivaled those of New England
IN their denunciation Of our laws. 1t
would not be surprising that if after a
careful scrutiny the thieving propensity
demonstrated by the carpet-bag Governors
and other officers in the South could be
traced to this affected sympathy for Grim
inals. Be this as it may, when the eyes
Of the peaceful people of New England
are turned upon their own institutions it
is found that there is refinement of
cruelty practiced even in Massachusetts,
that far exceeds in severity the whipping
post in Delaware, Notwithstanding all the
hypocritical horror that is there expressed
for Delaware s'barbarism." How aptly
these people are to see the 'tmote in the
eye of their neighbors and neglect the
beam in their own" In recent number
of the Springfield, (Mass.) Republican,
that paper shows that the hardness of
heart manifest toward those who are
unable to protect themselves equals
almost anything that was alleged to be
practiced in the old times of slavery to
render the "chattles" obedient TO their
masters. That paper, in commenting
upon the Westborough Reform School for
bad boys, admits the existence of abuses.
Itapologetically remarks that the worst
case of strdpping was infected by a
temporary officer. 1t comedies that the
hose, as means of punishment of single
offenders, is questionable resort. 1t
explains that the S,oedt-boc is a narrow
closet or upright coffin, into which the
offender steps with his arms by his side,
and which is only large enough for his
body standing in this position. The door
is closed behind him, the box is open al
the top, and there is small lattice oppo
site his face to give passage to the breath
Sweating is occasioned by the conine
ment, and still more by the exhaustion @
the Interchangeable position. Any remon
STRANGE against this gentle mode of juven
lie discipline is in danger of being stig
matized as gushing" Such example
of cruelty, however, are not creditable t.


New England philanthropists are no
tolerated in Delaware, nor will they b
until some such institution is erected, a
some of our good people propose to built


to reform "bad boys"
Year: 1877

which are good for municipal dis
examination in the value OF votes, are
good for a national discrimination al
so.


In the meantime Massachusetts is
disfranchising all who are compelled
by the stress of the times to accept
temporary public charity; and one
seventh of the population is in that
condition!


Contraction of currency, contraction
of prices, contraction OF employment
and contraction of the suffrage. Con
traction, in short, Of everything bu'
the power Of money.
Year: 1877

Some men (says an exchange) are
completely unnerved by the sight Of a
woman's tears. and would rather miss
a base ball game than see them weep
before they're married.; but after
ward woman may cry till the tubs
f,oat in the cellar, while she tugs a
heavy hod of coal up dark and narrow
flight of stairs, and the man remains
as calm as cicar-store sign.
Year: 1877

The Sanitarian says: Men are drown
ed by raising their hands above water;
the unbuoyed weight of which deprssses
the head. Other animals have neither
motion nor ability to- act in similar
manner, and therefore swim naturally.
When man falls into deep water, he
will rise to the surface and will contin.
ne there he does not elevate his hands:
If he moves his hands under water, III
any way he pleases, his head will rise so
high as to give him free, liberty to
breathe; and II he will use bis legs as
in the act Of walking Tor rather walking
up stairs his shoulders will rise above
the water, so that he may use the less
exertion with bis hands or apply them
to other purposes. l+5s-ib boe