smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

So many stars as shine In the sky,
So many little winds mnrmuring by,


So many blessings attend;
So many leaves as dance on the trees,
So many flowers as wave in the breeze
Brighter than those, love, and sweeter than these


The loving thoughts that send thee.
Were the golden sun to shine,
Every ray glad thought of mine,


Loving and true and tender,
would crown with my beams thy dearest head,
From morning golden to evening red;
Deep in my heart lies the thought unsaid,


The love that no speech can render:
When the sweet flowers droop and die,
Think that my hopes all withered lie;


Think how my heart is broken!
When in April with sun and rain,
Violets blossom on hill and plain,
Think thou couldst call me to life again


By the sweet word still unspoken!
Year: 1878

Do not work too much nor too fast.
Work slowly until all the salt, is thor
oughly and evenly absorbed. Otherwise
the butter will not be Of uniform color.
Working it too fast Will destroy the
grain, and the butter becomes salvy and
lard like in its texture. Let it stand, or
put it away in the tray for twenty four
hours. Then work it enough to remove
all the buttermilk OF surplus brine, 90
that the butter may become dry. or like
piece of cheese. Mould into rolls, and
set away for twcnty-four hours, or until
they become hard ana firm. The cloth
should now be put on so as to cover one
end, while the other is left open for. the
stamp. The cloth should be cut in
pieces Of exact size and dipped in brine,
and the butter rolled when the cloth il
dripping wet. Butter should never
come in contact with the bare hand.
When in bulk it can be easily handled
with ladle and fiat paddie.-Joa'7sal
Of Chemistry.
Year: 1878

surprising to learn that the friends of the
unfortunate woman are not satisfied with
this act of clemency and will press for a
full pardon. The story told since the
conviction, and apparently substantiated
even by the nearest friends and relatives
of the dead woman, if it be the whole
truth in the case, makes the tragedy so
clearly and unmistakably manslaughter
that the verdict of the jury which declar-
ed Kate Southern guilty of murder could
have been rendered only in ignorance.
The young wife and mother, distracted
by jealousy, for which it is shown she had
only too much cause, after leaving her
home to escape the threatened destruc-
ton of her life's hope and happiness, is
suddenly confronted by her brazen and
avowed rival and dared to fight. A strg-
gle ensues and the wife, the weaker and
smaller woman, stabs her assailant. This
is in brief the story; and would any sane
man who heard it declare the fatal blow
murder! III Is terrlDle 10 tIlIlk tlat tniS
poor young mother, in her delicate condi-
ton, has been for weeks living beneath
the shadow of the gallows, her thoughts
dwelling night and day on the shameful
death and the anguish of leaving her hus-
band and her child. 1t is painful now to
contemplate .her imprisonment for ten
long years-those years during which her
children will most need her love and care.
1t is to be hoped that the Governor will
find sufficient justification, after a more
deliberate consideration ofthe case, to let
Kate Southern go free and to restore her
to her husband and her child.-N. Y.
Herald.
Year: 1878

One ofthe evident wants of the time
is some satisfactory legal definition of
what constitutes insanity. A little while
ago the four sons of wealthy old gentle
man insisted that he was insane because
he persisted in marrying beautiful and
accomplished lady against their wishes.
Now the brother and two sisters of Miss
Harriet Gross in New York ask for a
commission in lunacy on that lady, be-
cause she absents herself from their so
ciety and demands the custody of the
$4,000 in money and securities which
her brother has heretofore held for her.
Meanwhile the Court has appointed two
commissioners to decide this important
physical and mental question.
Year: 1878

THE trial of the Rev. Mr. Vosburgh in
jersey City, on an indictment for at
tempting to poison his wife, has excited
extraordinary interest, owing to the fact
that the accused is a Clergyman and to
the many peculiarities of the case. But
the NoSburgh is not the only peculiar
poisoning case now receiving the atten-
tion of the courts and prosecuting eutho-
rites. The trial of Emma Bethel, in
Camden New Jersey, for the poisoning of
Hannah Bishop, has brought out evidence
of a conspiracy to deliberately destroy an
aged female, in which her own son is al
legged to have been involved. Arsenic
was the means successfully used to hurry
the old motherIto premature grave, in
order to get possession of her property


And from Fremont, Ohio, comes the
news of an attempt at wholesale poison
ing. A young lady of good standing, a
school teacher and highly sanctimoni-
Gus church member, deliberately plotted
the destruction of a family of eight per-
sons. She sent to her intended victims
basket containing oranges, figs, tea,
coffee, and meat, having first inserted
strychnine in the fruit by means of a
needle or pin. The inspiring motive ap-
pears to have been Illicit love for the
husband-who was absent when the pois-
on was sent-and a desire to get rid of
the living obstacles to their marriage.


Fortunately the presence of the
strychnine was detected before it had
worked any fatal injury, and the relig-
ious poisoner is in Jail. In one of the
three cases mentioned-that of Mrs
Bethel-a craving to obtain property is
alleged as the controlling motive fol
the crime, while in the Vosburg case i
is charged that the pastor desired to ge
rid of a sickly and unloved wife and thu
Ohio prisoner-Miss Eta Smiths sait
to have been actuated by purpose t,
remove at one fell swoop eight innocen
human beings whose existence was
bar to the possession by her of the maj
for whom she entertained sinful pas
sion.
Year: 1878

The halting policy of Russia is risking
all that she has gained by the late san
culinary struggle in Turkey. The Turks
have now large army of veteran troops
in defensive positions near Constantine
pie and reports state that they are rath-
er anxious to risk another battle for their
country Should Englandinspire the Turks
with promises and such assistance as
she might render with her army and
fleet, it is possible that the Russians
would suffer such disastrous defeat a
to force them to abandon Constantine
pie entirely.
Year: 1878

THE NOMINATION OF Dill in Penn
sylvania is "sour grapes" to the Republi-
can press. They do not like it at all,
which is very good reason why the
Democrats should be especially pleased
with it. The no-party press will be found
objecting to the nominees or the platform
and perhaps both. Some of these strad-
die the fence by favoring one of the can
didates and opposing the other, while they
know nothing about either.
Year: 1878

SENATOR LAMAR, Of Mississippi, is
catching it as badly from the Southern
papers for voting to retire General Grant
as he caught it when he had the indie
pendence to vote against the Silver bill in
the face of a solid South.
Year: 1878

Morton OvEIRULED.-In the Hastings
Court on Saturday counsel for defence in
the case Of Chester Page, convicted OF as
saulting John Lee Ware and sent to the
penitentiary for three years, made motion
for new trial, which was oyerruled. Ten
DAYS was allowed the prisoner to apply to
the Governor for pardon. The rest OF the
day was occupied in the consideration OF
~,
Year: 1878

Ten or a dozen men were enjoying
the hot weather which baked the shin
giles on ferry dock saloon yesterday
when stranger stalked in and inquired
of the bartender:


Have you any mintp"


Eyes, sir" was the reply.


"And you have sugar, lemons, gin,
brandy, and so forthP'


81 have"


The stranger turned around to the
crowd, noted the sudden inUreaoe of in
terest in each face, and kindly said:


Gentlemen, I'm going to treat every
liar in this room. Let the liars-the
monstrous liars-come forward"


Not a foot moved.


Gentlemen" continued the stranger,
in a plaintive tone, "don't be back
ward. Juleps wait for all. Every one
of you who is known for liar will
please stand up"


Not a man stood. The stranger s
face betrayed keen disappointment, as
he ordered n rousing big mint for
himself, and not word was spoken in
the place while he slowly slipped the
cooling liquid through a straw. When
he had finished, he wiped off his mouth
end said:


"Well, every truth-teller in the
crowd will now stand up"


Each man rose with the promptness
of soldier.


And sit down again" softly said
the man, as he made for the door.


They would have sat down on him,
but great truth-tellers are poorrunners.
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1878

No FAMILY in this broad land should
undertake to keep house without Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment, many have tried to but
failed. 1t IS worth more to a family than a
whole medicine chest.
Year: 1878

We find the following in the "Olympia,
Courier" regarding the railroad from that
place to Tenino:


The progress made by the working force
on the railroad Is beyond what was cX-
pected by any of the managers. The
grading is now complete from Warren's
point to the upper Tumwater bridge and
half of the present force will easily finish
up to the old grade near Bush Prairie
next week. In the meantime, part of
the force will be sent to Tenino to finish
up there, and about the middle of May the
road will be ready for the rails. If there
is 40 delay IN the transit from San Fran
cisco here. the laying of the rails will com
mencc about the middle of May and will
end early in June. The piling from War
ren's point toward Olympia will be CON-
menced on Monday next by Messrs. Little
john and French. The road will run
along the shore line as nearly as possible
from the point near the west end OF the
long bridge. The depot will be AZ the
draw. and it is expected that piles for the
track will be driven by the side OF the
bridge. though this part OF the work has
not been decided upon. With this cheer
ing news the pulse quickens. and MS the
certainty Of the accomplishment of this
to our people, great work becomes appar-
ent, new life aud energy and soon.
Instead of being one Of the most quet
towns on the Sound Olympia will be all
alive with activity and improvement.
Year: 1878

DR.. Charles Hodge says: when a
man JOINS particular church he rs
bound to identity himself with it; he
must attend its services and cooperate
in all its measures" This is sound
advice, and we could but wish il was
always takon. We see no reason why
any man should imagine himself to be a
bee, aud 20 wandering from flower to
flower. The old proyerb that roll
ing stone never gathers any moss" ap-
plies with great force to professe d
Christians. The prayer meeting has
to be sustained. The Sabbath school
must not 60 down. How is this TO be ac-
complisEed unless some are willing 10
work? \ Boston paper says a business
man OF that city,a member Of the church
Is in the habit oflunchius down town. A
few days since, as he was seated at a
table in a restaurant. where he was no
stranger, and the proprietor accosted
him with


Do you see any change here p


No


Why don't ysu notice that my bar is
gomez


Well said the wondering disciple,
after staringa moment, what is that
lor:'


why, you see, I've been down to the
tabernacle lately, and have made up
IN, mind that can't afford this busi-
pess any longer, SO | have turned
round


And then taking a card from his
pocket he showed a list of men he was
praying for, and then told earnestly OF
the work he was dong Then with the
eagerncss and confidence of the new
horn enthusiasm. he said


Now what are you doing?'


No answer, The prclessed disciple
was not doing anything. But the ques'
ton sent an astOnished man hope to ash
God to show him bis work.
Year: 1878

HEAVEN. N.-rhe rose is sweet, but it
is surrounded by thorns; the spring 10
pleasant, but it i. soon past the RAIN
bow is glorious, but it soon vanishes
away; life is COED, but it is quickly
swallowed up in death. There Is
place Of rest for the righteous; in that
land there is light without cloud and
flowers that never iade. Myriads Of
happy ssuls are there singing praises to
God. This country 10 Heaven: it il the
country of those that are gssd; and
nothing that 10 wicked must inhabit
there. This earth ispleasant fer it Is
Gods earth, and it is oiled with delight
ful things.


But that country is better; there we
shall not srieve any mere nor be sick
any more, nor do wrong any more. In
that ccutry there are no Quarrels;ail love
each ether with dear love. When our
friends die and are laid in the cold
ground, we see them here no mere. but
there we shall embrace them and meyer
be part from them again. There we
shall see Jesus whs is gone before u
to that happy place; there We shall be-
hold the glory Of the high Gsd.


Do you call that clsthes' said stsdy
British customs official to the woman
who had sworh that there was nothing
in her trunk but clothes for herself and
husband and as he spoke he pointed to
six bottles ofbrandy.-'Yes,' sue said
those are his nightcaps.
Year: 1878

Every prma DONNA every tenor every contrato, every
basso every ragedian and comedian singer actor
all in short who live by pleasing the
public, Whyf Because they possess,
possess fine of teeth that their smile
may be attractive Now is the preparation Of
all others fulfil these indications 1t is Of vegetable
origin contains no acid and is therefore, wholly harmless
while at the time its efficacy toothwash has
equal 1t purihes the breath whitens ana
teeth the enamel and keeps the
in healthy condition For all these varied reasons
therefore, merits its universal popularity
only with the theatrical profession but the general public
Druggists keep it.


A.-ESPENSCHEIDS PEERLESS HOLIDAY HAT
stands alone in its extreme elegance the style and taste
displayed in all its appointments confirm II the leading
HAT of the festival season


ESPENCIIEID. 11S Nassau St.
Year: 1878

A live fish embedded In human
skull was taken from the bay near
the Indian dock one morning. The
iinny tenant must have had a lik-
ing for its strange quarters, as it
was too large to make its escape.
The fishermen had n dispute over
their treasure, one of them claim
ing that never before had such an
occurrence been heard of. This
was denied, but the production OF
a newspaper containing the follow
ing settled the difficulty: "ln 1851
two sons of John II. Witt, OF
Greenshurg, Pa, were in the habit
of setting might lines in the Ale
gtany river, in order to become
prossessers of the finny tribe. One
morning a very mysterious thing
was observed from the shore, being
attached to one of the lines out
some distance. On drawing in the
line a fish was fast on the hook
with his head protruding from the
orifice of human skull, its body
being in the skull and too large tC
allow its escape therefrom."
Year: 1878

Those who are most graceful in
their movements are those who are
the most natural. Artificial habits,
affectation, and constraint, destroy
natures attempt at originality and
repose. When Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds desired to put upon canvas
attitudes most characterized 10y
grace, he selected children as bis
models. You will hardly see a
group of them at play that does
not exhibit more ease and graceful
ness of action than is to be founc
in the saloons of fashion.
Year: 1878

The Hawkeye says it takes a
drug clerk of broad judgment and
liberal views, and a calm, states
man-like control of his features, to
know how to give a citizen the
right kind of syrup in his soda
water when the citizens wife says
she will take the same as her hus-
band.
Year: 1878

Cham depicts Parison welcom-
ing country relative with, "llow
good of you to come, for you are
lust in time to assist me in nursing
n friend from Rio Janeiro, who has
the yellow fever"
Year: 1878

SUMMER LONELINESS.
The earth, all light and loveliness,
In summers golden hours,
Shine, in her bridal venture clad,
And crowned with festal flowers,
So radiantly beautiful,


So like to heaven above,
We scarce can deem more fair that world
OF perfect bliss and love.
Is this a shadow faint and dim
OF that which is to come (!
What shnll the unveiled splendor be
Of our celestial home,
Where waves the glorious tree OF life,
Where streams of bliss gush free,
And all it glowing in the light
OF Immortality
Year: 1878

Mr.. B, did you say, or did
YOU not say, what ! said because
C said you never did say what
I said. Now if you did say that
You did not say what ! said you
said, then what did you say!
Year: 1878

A door knob fitted to receive and
exhibit the photograph of the head
Of the house has been invented
There should he some matches
handy to enable him to identify
himself.-Cincinnati Commercial.
Year: 1878

Many n woman is mourning to-day
over blighted affections. hopes not re
alirei. love grown cold, and the vail
that is ever going up from her tender,
loving heart is only the old one that
has gone up from thousand hearts
beiore-"It might have been" Sad.
sad cry! but thus il has been and ever
il will he till the dawning Of better
day. But the woman that is up at
early dawn, cooking buckwheat cakes
tor four grown boys and a growing
girl, is not bothered with any such
thoughts a. thesc. Her agony Of soul
consists only 10 the realization Of the
fact that the buck wheat in that pot is
disappearing like the dew before the
morning sun. and her husband lice
dreaming above wholly unconscious
Of what is going on. When he gets
up and looks on the empty bucket and
distressed wife. the annihilation theo-
ry Is no more a mystery to him, and,
looking out Of the window, he vows
within himself that he will 90 down
town and buy ticket to hear Joseph
Cooks lecture, "Does death end ally
--TYonkers Gazette.
Year: 1878

What a sweet thought il would lie
to newly msrried couples IL they could
be certain that no angry or harh
words would ever pass between them.
Scolding is undoubtedly one OF the
greatest drawbacks to matrimonial
happiness. A couple were united in
Chicago on Tuesday who will never
engage in any such unseemly wrapgles
Us these which disturbed the felicity
of Lady Teazle and husband. No
curtain lectures for the happy groom
loom up IN the future, no cross words
about how the mother used to cook,
no shrill questioning as 10 where he
has been to this time Of night; no
thick and evasive replies about the
lodge. or seeing a sick friend. The
bride and groom are deaf and dumb,
as also were the attendants and minis.
ter. There is little use in wishing
them happy life, for that is a fore
gone conclusion. - Detroit Free
Press.
Year: 1878

A pet monkey in Atlanta was care
fully trained to watch a baby, aud
rock iis cradle when it cried. He was
considered a trustworthy aud useful
brute, but one day, being left alone
with the infant. aud finding himself
unable to stop its crying, he jumped
into the cradle, scratched the child's
face, bit its ears and nose, tore off its
clothes, and. when discovered, was
stuffing the bits of cloth into its mouth.
He is no longer employed as a nurse.
Year: 1878

IL is related Of General Jubal Early
that he would never approve fur
lough when the applicant was to get
married. Being an old bachelor him
self. he thought that all soldiers should
adopt that style of life while the war
lasted. lie used to say that every
officer who married either proved him
self utterly worthless Or straightway
got himself killed.
Year: 1878

How is il that people can never see
for themselves what is in the newspa.
peri You may bet your boots that il
any one has occasion To write 10 a
newspaper about something personal
TO himself he will commence. "Sir my
attention has been drawn" etc.
Year: 1878

1t is great misfortune TO have q
fretful disposition. 1t takes the fra
GRANGE out of ones life and leaves only
weeds where a cheerful disposition
would cause flowers TO bloom. The
habit of fretting is to be sternly press
ed; and the best way to overcome it i,
to try to always look on the cheerful
side of the thing.
Year: 1878

The young man who knows just ex.
actly what a dollar is worth and how
many hard licks it takes TO make it,
stands a much better chance of ma
king his mark in the world and accu
mulating a reasonable competency of
this worlds goods than he who is nur
tured and brought up in the lap Of
luxury and is a stranger to labor.
Year: 1878

Tnr people OF Virginia are so much
pleased with the Moilit register bust
ness that the Legislature is about to
pass a law requiring all persons selling
cigars, to take out State licenses, reg.
ister the number sold in each month
and pay a tax of one cent a piece for
the number sold.
Year: 1878

Greek is the language for poetry
French for love, and Italian for hand
organ melody, but the man with a
shirt,collar that don't tit is the same
helpless being in ALL Breakfast Ia.
BILE,
Year: 1878

YELLOW GLASS FOR SPECTACLEs.-
Yellow glass gives greater rest to the
eyes than either blue or green, and
objects at distance can be seen more
distinctly with than without it. At
rihe.practice the yellow glass was
found to take off the glare of the
light without impeding vision, and al
lowed the men to see the targets most
distinctly. yellow glass cuts of
chemical rays, and, perhaps, on that
account has less injurious effect on
the eyes.
Year: 1878

\ romantic story is told at Cole.
brook, Conn, Of n couple who had
been divorced when living in OHIO
seventeen years ago, the husband
coming back to live with sister,
while the wife also went her way. A
few days ago the wife that was, learn.
ing of her husbands whereabouts,
came to Colebrook, drove up before
his door. aud sent in u note asking if
he would receive her. lie responded
by coming ont to her with open arms,
and they are now enjoying second
blissful honeymoon.
Year: 1878

TAKING IT CooLLY.-Towards the close
of the fight of Inkermann, Lord Raglan,
returning from taking leave of General
Strangways, met sergeant carrying water
for the wounded. The sergeant drew him.
self up to salute, when a roudshot came
bounding over the hill, and knocked his
forage cap out of his hand. The man
picked it up, busted it on his knee, placed it
carefully on his head, and made the salute,
not muscle of his countenance moving
the while. GA neat thing that, my man ?''
said Lord Raglan. "Yes, my lord" re-
turned the sergeant, with another salute /;
"but miss is as good as a mile" The
commander was probably not surprised by
such an exhibition of sang .frOid, being him
self good that way. He was badly hurt at
Waterloo; and, says the Prince of Orange,
who was in the hospital, "I was not con-
scious of the presence of Lord Fit2roy
Somerset until heard him call out in his
ordinary tone; Halo Don't carry that
arm away till have taken off my ring?'
Neither wound nor operation had extorted
groan from his lips.
Year: 1878

A Pittsburg paper, speaking of the great
temperance revival movement in that city,
and its influence now after the lapse of two
years or more says:


"Moral suasion has been thoroughly
tried, again and again and while temper
ance revivals, here and there, are wonder
full for a time, the lapses into drunkenness
are correspondingly great. While not a
few noble examples of reformed men in
Pittsburgh monument the Murphy move.
ment as one of power, the tide of rum
sweeps over this city as broadly as ever
The masses of the exposed are overwhelmed
again."


Sad, but true, of Pittsburgh and other
places, but that is no reason, says the New
York Observer, why we should not work
and pray for the drunkard, and those ir
danger of becoming drunkards. Many are
saved though others go to ruin.
Year: 1878

Russian women are really becoming
emancipated. Two of them lately got into
a dispute over handsome young cavalry
officer, and one sent a challenge to the
other, which was accepted. They met in q
lonely place, armed with pistols, but before
they had taken their positions, the pistol
of one went off prematurely and the ball
passed through the dress of the other, who
fell down in a swoon from the fright. The
other rushed to raise her, when the sup,
posed corps ungratefully seized her by the
hair and began to box her ears. A hand
tohand battle succeeded, in which dry
goods flew in every direction, and ended al
last by the advent of three policemen on
the scene.