smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

In the following playful manner the
New York Mercury gossips about the fe-
male ears:


The human ear, more than any other
prOtuberance, links us with the animal
kingdom. People pay little attention to
organ of sound, and yet it is full of charac-
ter. Our female friends should look
closely to the ear before giving themselves
away, and males should study well its
structure when the feminine arrangement
OF the hair permits them to do so. The
jackass and the hound have the largest
longest ears, in proportion to their size and
weight, of all other animals of their king
dom. One Is highly sensual, noisy and
combative, and the latter quality he has
transmitted 10 the mule, which has a natu-
raj aDtipathy to mankind in its heel, while
the other is sneak and a coward. In a
human being these qualities are all CON-
bined in persons of long, large, Tapping
ears. There are ears which stand out
from the head like those of pointer dog,
and this arises from large or very large
destructiveness, an organ which lies Just
back of and around them. The owner of
such appendages is always on the alert for
q row, and will make things lively in the
domestic circle. The Sing Sing convict
style of young men who have their hair
cut Close 10 tnelr CranlumS enable sensible
girls to investigate that kind of ear In
the female the ear tells story of future
bliss or misery in married life Sharp
eyes denote sharp tempers and dispOsi-
tion to slaughter character They belong
to the gossips OF every neighborhood.
small ears evince selfishness and egotism.
Oval ears indicate disposition which is
neither even or uneven, and round ears "A
corresponding roundness, and consequent
insipidity Of temperament. The hand
soonest and the most feminine of ears is
that which is slightly and delicately curved
pear shaped of medium size. As
the curved line is the line of beauty, that
sort of beauty indicates refined and lovely
organization. Perhaps in the aftertime we
may evOlute out of all connection with the
lower animals, just as the little feathered
songstcrs in a lady's boudoir seem to have
done, whose organs of hearing are hidden.
As things now are. it is not probable that
the jackass entertains private and silent
disdain to our ears, because they are close
to the head, just as we despise him for his
long appendages.
Year: 1879

Special Dispatch to the Courier-Journal.l


NASHVILLE, March 23.-Recogniz-
ing the critical juncture of affairs,
earnest efforts have been made to-day
by influential members of either house
to bring about a compromise measure
bearing on the State-debt question, so
framed as to suit the two factions of
the Democratic party. AS telegraph
ed you, the senate has agreed to sub
NIT a proposition of forty cents with
five per cent. interest to the people.
Since the action of the senate, the
legislature is in receipt of tele-
grams from bondholders refus,
ing to recede from their original
proposition of sixty cents. Low tax
men and State credit men are now
agreed that the only hope of settle
ment depends on the action of the
house; and they seek to have the
senate proposition so amended that as
to substitute fifty cents and four per
cent. interest, instead of forty and
five. Should this be done, there is
now no doubt that the bill so amended
would be agreed upon by the senate,
and it is claimed by the State credit
men that it would meet with the
approval Of the bondholders. A large
number of citizens from different
portions Of the State are here, and
more expected, to use influence in
securing an adjustment. The house
will begin the discussion of the subject
Tomorrow.
Year: 1879

find no game would never do. A hap,
py idea seized one of the foresters.
Regardless of cost, tame bear was
procured in the nick Of time, turned
loose within the ring, and now all was
ready. The circle closed in. Bruin
was discovered at the foot of tree
the attendants fell back, the Emperor
advanced to fire, but now came the
climax-just as the trigger was about
to be drawn Bruin rose slowly on his
hind feet and began to perform the
national dance This exhibition
saved his life, but it did the reverse
Of securing for those who introduced
him to the presence that royal favor
which their ingenuity deserved.
Year: 1879

y If you had seen this old
man as he sat in the corner where the
spring sun fell brightest. Ifyou had
heard his words of faith, you would
know that faith can become second
life, as it were, never wavering or
doubling through years and years. and
dying only when the heart ceases its
beatings. He had said "Those who
died long years ago are ever with me
in the spirit. | cannot see them be-
cause | am mortal, but when | am
called to go, be it night or day, | shall
hear their footsteps, and they will
lead me over the dark river into heav-
ems sunlight beyond" The other
day he sat alone in the sunlight. No
one dreamed that his end was near.
When his feeble, worn, but still low
ing wife, entered the room to see if
he slept, the old mans pale, dead
face had such a smile as she had
never seen before, and his hands
were held out as if to give greeting.
While the house was still the old man
heard the footsteps of his faith. For
more than a score of years he had
waited andlistened and never doubted.
Had men told him that there was
nothing beyond earth but dust and
darkness it would have broken his
heart Softly fell the footsteps along
the hall, as if children were creeping
in to give grandpa a surprise, and
when the old man raised his hand and
turned, that smile, which even death
could not fade, was brought to his face.
and he stretched out his arms to those
whom he knew would come,
Year: 1879

THE Washington Republican says
the appropriation for rebuilding. the
Patent Office, according to the plans
submitted by the secretary of the in
terror does not contemplate the addi-
tion of another story, as seems to have
bee quite generally supposed, but its
restoration to nearly its former condi-
tiOn, the only material difference be-
ing that the rooms on the second floor
will have no loft above them, as in the
old building, but will extend to the
roof, which will form the ceiling.
This will, of course, leave no loft for
the storage of paper and other COM
bustible material.
Year: 1879

The Quebec Mercury asserts that
the odious vice of cruelty to animals
was quite uncommon in that city until
the legislature unnecessarily took to
passing laws to prevent it. These
laws, it says, have turned an excep-
tionably kind population into a cruel
people, the present existing form of
cruelty being that of tying kettles or
other weights to the tails of dogs and
then hunting them.
Year: 1879

THE head constable of the Liver
pool police has had a police experience
of fifty years. In an address made to
young men joining the Liverpool
police, he said: L give no lessons as
to the use of the baton, except that
the human skull in some persons is as
thin as a'worn out sixpence there
fore, whenever you have occasion to
use the staffyou are never to strike on
the head"
Year: 1879

PERSONS who expect to become in
mates of State prisons will be inter
ested in a decision in New York to the
effect that conyict's term begins with
his actual Imprisonment, not with his
sentence.
Year: 1879

fVltikh NOlcb,l


The cgar wished to shoot bear. A
bear was accordingly found, ring of
peasants surrounded it, and word of
its whereabouts was sent to the i'm
perial sportsman. Unfortunately,
while these preparations were being
made, the creature contriyed to slip
through the ring and escape. What
was to be done? That the Emperor
Of all the RuSsias should come and
Year: 1879

A singular ruin stands on lit
tie hill near the north bank of the
ella river, three and o half miles
from the new railroad station at
Gila Bend. Surrounding a space
Of two or more acres are stone
walls, still standing to height of
three or four feet, enclosing some
twenty rooms and q peculiar struc-
ture which can readily be imagined
to have been an altar. 1t is O per-
feet circle, within which lines of
stones describe two equilateral tri-
angles intersecting each other and
forming q six-pointed star. At
each point of the star, and in its
hexagonal center are small circles
Of stones Upon rock near this
structure is cut the figure Of a man
with outstretched arm pointing to
the north. There is little doubt
that excavation Of the debris sur
rounding these ruins would dis
close implements and other relics
Of a long forgotten race.--Arizona
Sentinel.
Year: 1879

81 was once very shy" said Sgd
ney Smith, "but it was not long
before l made two very useful dis
coveries; first, that all mankind
were not solely employed in observ-
ing me IA belief that all young peo-
pie have); and next, that sham
ming is of no use, that the people
of this world arc very clear sight
ed, and soon estimate a man at his
just value. This cured me and
determined to be natural and let
the world find me out"
Year: 1879

This idea of the biggest head
knowing the most is all nonsense.
The mastodon had the biggest head
Of his time, and yet he didn't know
enough to 60 into the ark out OF
the rain and be saved. The mis-
quito, with scarcely any head al
all, was wiser.-Norristown Herald.
Year: 1879

Here is a conundrum from Puck
which contains q wicked slander
"When a woman carefully slides
out of bed in the dead of night,
and by the pale light OF the moon
goes through her husbands pock-
cts, why does she always take the
small change and leave the bills
Answer-she doesn't"
Year: 1879

About a week ago an Iowa man
died. He was very wealthy and
left three sons, his only heirs, and
would you believe It, the migrate
ful boys got together and ran away
with all the property before the
lawyers could get at it and divide
II with each other : There Is SO
Year: 1879

A great many morally inclined
business men will tell you that the
people of to-day are not as honest
as they were in their time-but
they'll shove a bogus quarter on a
near sighted person just as quick
as a man of more modern make
Elmira Gazette.
Year: 1879

A fat French woman despairing-
ly says: IL am so fat that | pray
for a disappointment to make me
thin. No sooner does the disap-
pointment come than the mere ex-
pectation of growing thinner gives
me such joy that l become fatter
than ever"
Year: 1879

AIRY Struggling with an ancient
fowl at Venetian restaurant) -
"When / was kid they used to
say there was only one 'en in Wen
ice, and blest if don't believe as
this is the VERY bird"
Year: 1879

MEssRs. EDToRs:-It is au indication
OF small mind to show spite. How
ever great and generous man may es-
teen himself, let him 0e assured that
there is something petty and selfish in
his disposition if he is addicted TO this
fault. Somebody has spoken i'll of you;
or Mrs. B has treated you with con-
tempt, or you have been in some other
way the subject of injury and slight,
real or supposed. What then do' Get
mad. look gluu, and 60 about grumb.
ling and looking out for chances to show
that you remember injuries and can re-
pay them A truly generous mind
dses no such thing. However,, keeniy
you may feel an injustice, you will not
if you are noble and wise, go one inch
out of your way to take a malignant
revenge. The more injury you can
bear and remain serene and patient, the
better and happier man you are. II
another spites you, smile of pity is
all the return you should design to
make.


What then, when injuries are great,
and when friend proves treacherous
or quarrel is thrust upon you' De-
f.nd yourself and convince him II you
can, that you are not the charitable
peace loving and inhexible disposition
that he thinks you are. d.
Year: 1879

The national Board Of Health has
sent circular to Clerk Frazer of thin
city inviting him to attend a national
convention to be held at Nashville
Tenn, for the purpose oforganizing a
National Board of Health. The con.
vention will meet between the 18th and
23rd instant. 1t Is the intention of the
body to make regulation where by
which the health of the Nation NIGH!
be improved. Special attention will b.
paid to the subject of quarantine both
maratime and inland. Mr.. Frazer
thinks it probable that he will accept
the invitation.
Year: 1879

A tour among the Magistrates this
morning develops the fact that Grim
inal cases are very scarce. Not single
hearing at Police Court either last night
or this morning, and but one small case
before the Squires. Squire Brady had
the honor of settling that which he did
by fining Mary Cooney, the principal,
fifty cents and cost for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct.
Year: 1879

One of our large work shops put of
several men on Saturday, not on &C
count of shortness Of work but on &C.
count of the scarcity Of wood and iron
They expect two vessels daily from the
South with timber. Iron they also ex
pect soon. Then the men will BE- placed
to work again.
Year: 1879

Rang Gum Hi is Chinese laundry
man Of Erie, who has decided to take
unto himself wife-a resident of that
city. A large number of invitations
have been issued for the event, which
is to come off in short time, and great
curiosity is excited in Erie over 1t.
Year: 1879

The fund for the relief of Archbishop
Purcell has been increased largely
within the past week. 1t is hoped that
100000 will he collected in New York.
Gifts are made voluntarily by rich and
poor alike. The Archbishop and his
secretary will remain in New York,
probably, two weeks longer.
Year: 1879

Twelve States have adopted civil damage
laws as check upon liquor selling. Wife,
child, OF even stranger sustaining damages
from an intoxicated person, either in person
property, or means of support, may recover
and in some, if not all of these States, from
the owner of the property on or in which the
liquor is sold.
Year: 1879

''Why did you weep so in church?"


"Oh, it was because of the thoughts evoked
by those solemn words, dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou return"


"You are an ASA preferred ass! If you
were of gold and had to return to dust, you'd
lose one hundred per cent. by the operation
but as you are dust and to dust return, you
neither lose nor gain anythng-its stand
off"
Year: 1879

L. is a thrifty young man who would
think twice before tying hungry dog TO
post with string of sausases.


One evening he happened to be visiting at
a house where al anonymous letter had been
received that very morning. and by way of
amusement the members of the family took
to teasing him, accusing him of its author
ship.


He takes their railery in earnest and endea-
vors to defend himself, but they pretend not
to attach any weight to his denial. Suddenly
he seiZes the envelope and cries cut triumph
antly;


"Do you see this stamp? Do you think if
| were going to play trick on you I'd put a
postage stamp on the envelope, ell? Not
much"


He is acquitted without lea"ing the parlor.


Joseph is brave workman, loving the la
Dor and the saving, and giving not sou to the
merchants of wine. All that which he gains
re-enters to the house and serves to make big
little pile.


The comrades blarney this good boy, of
whom the sobriety astonishes them, and, from
time to time, knowing that he has always the
pocket well garnished, they from him borrow
a little of money.


Joseph, the first days, not having any rea-
sonable preteXt to refuse, was letting himself
be done by the friends.


IN order to subtract himself from all these
eXigencies, the brave Joseph has imagined
this here:


All the Mondays we see him before the door
of the workshop, the hairs in disorder, the
knot of his cravat flying upon his shoulders,
executing the zigzag, characteristics of the
true drunkard, and saying, "The friends are
the friends! have made the spree-not one
sou left"


We not him demand more nothing Con ne
l,ti de'ndnde Plus rien), and some minutes af-
Year: 1879

Our deeds are like children that are born
to us ; they live and act apart from our own
will. Nay, children may die, but deeds new
er; they have an indcstructible life both in
and out of our consciousness.
Year: 1879

i do not know what else to call it
takes possession of the individual, and,
like warp and weft, alternates without
mixing, the warp presenting continuity


at one time and the weft the same at


another. One of these alterations oc-


ours more often in sleep, when the or
/ dinary mental power Is no longer gov
/ erned; and hence the attack is called
| somnambulism. The somnambulist will


weave the sOmnambuliSm of one night


with that of the preceding into a CON
tinuous warp or weft, and so with the
ordinary mental power; and thus the
two Identities alternate, but do not mix.
| This alternating identity will, however,
occasionally force itself into the waking
hours, and thus the two identities divide
| the unhappy being between them.


A young lady under my observation
exhibited an instance of this. For some
time a sOmnambulist, the alternating
identity at length became strong enough
to intrude upon her waking hours. Her
ordinary perceptive and voluntary pow
| ers would be suddenly arrested during
the day. and whether at music or work
no matter how employed-the in
terruption was sudden and instantane-
Gus. If at the piano or harp, voluntary
movement ceased at the moment; if
walking across the floor, she remained
in the position in which she was when it
occurred, and remained thus for a lon
ger or shorter time She would sit at
dinner apparently as cheerful and col
lected as as any one at the table. At
the time of which [ speak, it was Gus
tOmary for guests to take wine with one
another. A gentleman would ask her
to take wine. She bowed her head as
usual; and, in raising the glass to her
mouth, there suddenly passed over her
face and figure slight but indescriba-
BILE shudder. She Immediately lost all
knowledge of those about her, and would
address them with names quite foreign
to them. This state would continue for
two days, until at dinner on the third
day she would turn to her relative and
say in her natural tone: did YOU not
ask me to take wineP" Her natural
state then returned; but those altera-
tiOns became more frequent and more
painful, until ut length the unfortunate
girl was deprived of the society of all
but her nearest relatives.


Cases of sleep-walking are by no
means unfrequent, and the habit some
times runs in families. In a family with
which we are connected, the children
while young were all more or less ad-
utCbCN " SlGCp-W clAhllt2 NJLt VI lllC
younger branches, a girl of 10, on one
occasion rose from her bed, and, walk
ing down stairs, entered the drawing
room, where were assembled a few
guests. Fortunately the girls habit was
known to most of the company, who,
instead of evincing horror of the un-
wonted visitor, treated the matter in a
philosophic light, and even maintained
their usual conversation as the girls
father took her hand and led her up
stairs to bed. Had the somnambuliSt
been rudely awakened, the consequence
might have been serious; and the calm
demeanOr of the spectators and judi
cious management of the girls parent
on the occasion we have related, may,
perhaps, act as a hint to others who
may be similarly situated. Never awake
sleep-walker if it can possibly be
avoided.--EDITOR CHAMBERs's JOUR-
Year: 1879

Be contented, my son. You need not
be satisfied with what you are; you
don't want to live without ambition so
long as you live, strive to be something
better and higher and stronger tO-mOr-
row than you are to-day, but don't wor-
ry; don't fret. Wear your ready-made
clothes with the air of a Prince, until
you can do better; eat your 25-cent din
ner with the manner of man who is
accustomed to fare sumptuOusly every
day on course dinners, and likes this
sort of Il thing for a change. Keep the
sunshine in your heart and it will shine
out of your face. The world is always
grateful to a sunny-tempered man, just
because he is good enough and gracious
enough to live in it. Laugh, my son,
if your stomach is so empty that you
can not tell whether your pain is in your
liver or your backbone; wear your hat
iauntily if it is so full of holes that you
can't see the grease and weather stains
that cover it; speak cheerily, though
you have to wear your oYercoat every
time your shirt goes to the laundry.
1t won't be an easy thing to do, right
along; the days will come when a good
indulgence in the " blues'' would seem
like Paradise; there will be hours when
you would rather growl and wall than
look pleasant; there will be times when,
in spite of your strength and manhood
and good resolutions, you will 90 away
by yourself and grOan and bury your
face in your hands and cry like a girl /;
1 know it, my son But don't make a
habit of it, and don't let any one see
you do it. 1t is a dangerous luxury, son,
and should only be INDUCED in at very
long intervals and on rare occasions.
Cultivate contentment; if you have no
gloves, put your hands in your pockets !;
if your coat is out at the elbows, back
up against the fence; if you have no hat,
you will never become bald. And when
prosperity comes-nOt if, but when
you win be prouder of your good nature
in the dark days of adversely, my son.
than you can be of all the hOnors and all
the fame and position that prosperity
and success can bring you. Never wor-
ry, son; don't fret; it will only make
your face thin and your hair turn gray.
| l-B1trdette, IN the HalObeye.
Year: 1879

The last leaves are falling,
Falling and flying.
Along the dark air
The tempest Is crying,
The trees are all bare.
With its voice of despair
Winter Is calling
The leaves to their falling.
How fair was their budding;
Their golden unfolding;
Their Verdurous gloom,
And delicate splendor,
More lovely than bloom;
With tracery tender
And emerald plume
The wide forest studding.
How bright was their dyingi
What rashness of glory,
The rainbow defying,
On mountain sides lying,
In valleys reposing!
What wonderful story
Their bravery told
In scarlet and gold;
But wan with the cold
They are falling and flying.
Yet, once despairing,
A low voice is singing:
81 They have their repairing;
Far down in the earth
Is spring time preparing
Her wonderful birth,
Her ever upspringing.
Reiterunt mirth
But for thee, but for thee
Sole leaf on the tree,
All gone before thee.
What spring time shall be!
There remaineth for all
That thou fall %
Rose Terry Cook, Ia the Independent.
Year: 1879

IN regard to saving seed corn, awriter
in the Chicago Times says: The poor
est way, though one that is practiced
quite extensively, is to allow it to re-
main on the stalks till near midwinter,
to husk it, and throw it in a crib with
the corn that is intended for the market,
or for feeding. A good way, if not the
best, is to select the ears before the
stalks are removed from the hill, the
preference being given to those that are
of large size and thoroughly ripe. The
ears should be broken from the stalks
with the husks attached. In this shape
they may be taken to the house or barn
in a basket. All the husks should be re-
moved except three or four of the inner
ones, that should be used for braiding a
sufficient number of ears together to
form a string five or six feet in length


If the weather is fine, these braids may
be hung over a rail where the sun and
wind will have free access to them


During the winter they nay be hung II
a garret or unfinished room in the house


or in a dry place in some Out-building
Year: 1879

THE fire in the Rutler Colliery, a short
distance from the Lehigh and Susque
hanna Railroad, on the outskirts of
Pittston, Pa, continues to burn fiercely
At present il is estimated that 10 acres
of anthracite are glowing in the upper
vein, and the most startling phase of the
affair Is that the miners in the employ
of the company are working the vein
beneath. A visit to the wOrkmen in
their subterranean oven gives some idea
Of the intensity with which the fire is
raging over their heads. Although
separated from them by 20 feet of solid
rock, yet the heat is so great that they
are compelled to work without a particle
of clothing upon them, excepting a light
| pair of drawers or overalls. The per
/ spiration pours constantly from their
| bodies, and the temperature is con-
| tinually much the same as if they were
I at work in presence of a roaring fur
mace. 1t is very seriously questioned by
those understanding the situation wheth-
er the men should be permitted 10 work
in this intensely periiOus position,