smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

Is it not common for Christians, when sur
prlsed at their devotions, to arise from their
knees In some confusion, even perhaps with a
flush Of shame on their cheeks? Would this
be the case even if they were engaged in very
earnest conversation with a worldly friend? IF
Christians were oftener surprised in such posi-
tlons, 1t would have powerful influence on the
minds OF those who do not pray


A young lady was taking pleasant walk one
summer day in a deeply shaded woodland, and,
being weary, sat down to rest on a secluded
mossy bank near the summit of a hill. Presently
she heard voice as of one engaged in earnest
conversation, and on advancing a step or two
she saw good Deacon NJ coming leisurely up
the hill, the reins hanging loosely over his horse
neck.


''What can he be talking about so earnestly
to himself?" she thought; but directly she heard
the voice of prayer, and the words which Gods
providence caused to be especially impressed
upon her mind were these:


20 Lord, have mercy on the dear youth of
this place. 2" The good old man rode on, but the
voice of prayer was heard after he had disap-
peared from her view in the leafy depths of the
forest.


The young lady was struck with the thought,
rs this the way Christians go about the town
and mingle with the world? Do they pray thus
for our souls? [ have hardly ever prayed for
my own." From that day and hour she began
to pray, and became herself the first fruits of
glorious revival. The good deacon prayer was
answered even while it was being offered
Sunduu- School Times
Year: 1866

Life is but deaths vestibule; and our pill
grimage on earth is but journey to the grave.
The pulse that preserves our being beats our
death march, and the blood which circulates
our life is floating it onward to the depths of
death. To-day we see our friends in health
tomorrow we hear of their decease We clasp
ed the hand of the strong man but yesterday,
and to-day we close his eyes. We rode in
chariot of comfort but an hour ago, and in a
few hours the last black chariot must convey us
to the home of all the living Oh, how closely
allied is death to life The lamb that sporteth
in the field must soon feel the knife. The OK
that loweth in the pasture is fattening for the
slaughter. Trees do but grow that they may
be felled Yes, and greater things than these
feel death. Empires rise and flourish; they
flourish but to decay, they rise but to fall


How often do we take up the volume Of his
tory and read the rise and fall of empires We
hear of the coronation and the death of kings.
Death is the black servant who rides behind
the chariot of life See life, and death is close
behind it. Death reacheth far throughout this
world, and hath stamped all terrestrial things
with the broad arrow of the grave. Stars die
mayhap it is said confagrations have been seen
far off in the ether, and astronomers have mark
ed the funerals of other worlds-the decay of
those mighty orbs that we have imagined set
forever in sockets of silver to gisten as the lamps
of eternity. But blessed be God, there is one
place where death is not life's brother-where
life reigns alone ito live" is not the first syl-
liable which is to be followed by the next, ito
die. There is land where the death -knells
are never tolled where winding sheets are never
woven, where graves are never dug. Blest land
beyond the skies. To reach it we must die
Year: 1866

One end that God has in permitting his people
to be tempted is, for the prevention of greater
evils that they may not grow proud or careless
or be ensnared by the corrupt customs of the
world. The light carriage, vain confidence, and
inconsistent conduct of many professed Chris
tlans, might have been, in some measure, pre-
vented, had they been more acquainted with
this spiritual warfare and had they drunk of
the cup of temptation, which but few of those
who walk humbly and uprightly are exempted
from tasting the bitterness of, though not all in
the same degree. John Neaoton.
Year: 1866

AAO GVVVSVSP1 " 0VCdy.
The following is a translaSSa1 from an ancien
spanish poem, which, says IL Edinburg Review
S surpassed by nothing wiM which we are &C
Iuainted in the Spanish lsnguage, except Ah
Ode of Louis de Leon:'
O. let the soul its slumbaAs break,
Arouse its senses, and ssSake,


To see how soon
Life in its glories, gldes away,
And the stern footsteps.of decay


Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away so fast,
Let us the present hour employ
And deen.sueh future dream a joy


Already past
Let no vain hope deceive the mind;
No happier let us hope to find


Tomorrow, than to-day;
Our golden dreams of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight


Like them decay.
Our lives like fastening streams must be,
That into one engulfng sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea of death whose waves roll on
Der king and kingdom, crown and throne,


And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivulets glide


To that sad wave
Death levels poverty and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by side


Within the grave
Our birth is but a starting place;
Life is the running of the race,


And death the goal
There all our glittering toys are brought
That path alone, of all unsought


Is found of ALL
See, then how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth


That lure us here;
Dreams of a sleep that death must break
Alas before it bids us wake,


We disappear.
Long ere the damp of death can blight,
The cheeks pure glow of red and white


Has passed away;
Youth smiled and all was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his finger there,


And where are they?
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The step that roved so light and gay,


The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And JOY grows wearisome, and Woe


When age comes on
Year: 1866

[ look upon every true thought as a valuable
acquisition to society, which cannot possibly
hurt or obstruct the good effect of any other
truth whatsoever; for they partake of one com
mon essence, and necessarily coincide with each
other, and like the drops of rain which fall
separately into the river, mix themselves at once
with the stream, and strengthen the general
current. lMdd7et0n
Year: 1866

Let those who are evil spoken of take comfort.
1t is only at fruit trees that men throw stones.
Whoever saw thieves throw stones at the birch
or maple tree? The more fruit tree bears.
and the richer it is the more it is likely to at
tract the attention of the thief
Year: 1866

IMMIGRATION TO VIRGINIA-The Washing
ton correspondent of the New York World says
that seven hundred emigrants are now on their
way to Virginia, having recently landed at New
York. They propose to purchase small farms
of fifty to one hundred acres which are obtain
able on favorable terms. They are skillful ag-
of all kind Should this experiment prove sue
cessful it will be followed by large additional
immigration of the same character.
Year: 1866

The STAMPING OF BEER BARRELs.-T
law which requires the tax on bear to be paid by
means of stamp affixed on the barrels went
into effect On the .lst instant; but it has been
found impossible as yet to furnish stamps to all
districts Until such are furnished, the Com
missioner has decided that no penalty shall be
1t is expected that all districts will be supplied
in the course of two weeks, until which time the
tax will be collected as heretofore.
Year: 1866

DY-The new internal revenue law, which went
into effect on the lst instant gives the COM
missioner discretionary power in certain cases.
He has, therefore, decided not to require
distiers of coal oil and of apples to comply
with the requirements of the new law in relation
to distilled spirits, and they will be allowed to
proceed in accordance with the provisions of the
old law.
Year: 1866

RELIGIOUS CoURTsH1P.- young gentleman
happened to sit at church in pew adjoining
one in which sat a lady, for whom he conceived
sudden and violent passion, and was desirous
OF entering into a courtship on the spot but
the place not suiting formal declaration, the
eIgency 7, OF the case suggested the following
plan: he politely handed his fair neighbor a
Bible open, with a pin stuck in the following
text, Second Epistle of John, versef fifth: ''And
now l beseech thee lady, not as though wrote
a new command unto thee, but that which we
had from the beginning, that we love one an
other. She returned it, pointing to the second
chapter of Ruth, verse tenth-''Then she fell
on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
and said unto him, why have | found grace in
thine eyes. that thou shouldst take knowledge
OF me, seeing that am stranger?" He re-
turned tt the book, pointing to the thirteenth verse
of the Third Epistle of John. Having many
things to write unto you, Iwould not write with
paper and ink, but trust to come unto you,
and speak face to face that ourjoy may be full.
From the above interview amarriage took place
the ensuing week.
Year: 1866

H. to inform her former patrons and friends
that she can now be found at her new Store one
door east of DR.. Arthur and Immediately oppo-
returned from the city of Baltimore, and is now
opening, for inspection her large and tastefully
selected stock of Millinery, for the Spring and
Summer fashions. may 15-tf
Year: 1866

A gentleman at church may be known by the
following. Look around you when in the house
of God and see who among you can lay claim
to the title when tried by these rules:


l. Comes in good season, so as neither to in
terrupt the pastor or the congregation by late
arrival


2. Does not stop upon the steps or in the
pOrtlcO, either to gaze at the ladies, salute
friends, or display his colloquial powers.


3. Opens and shuts the door gently, and de-
liberatey lightly walks up the aisle or gallery
stairs, and gets his seat as quietly, and by ma
king as few people move, as possible


4. Takes his place either in the back part of
the seat, or steps out into the aisle when any
one wishes to pass in, and never thinks Of such
a thing as making people crowd past him while
keeping his place in the seat.


5. Is always attentive to strangers, and gives
up his seat to such, seeking another for himself


7. Never unless in the case ofillness, gets up
or goes out during the time of service. But if
necessity compel him to do SO, goes so quietly
that his very manner is an apology for the act


8. Does not engage In conversation before the
commencement of service


8. Does not whisper, OR laugh, or eat fruit in
the house of God, or lounge in that holy place.


10. Does not rush out of the church ike a
trampling horse the moment the benediction is
pronounced, but retires slowly, in noiseless,
quiet manner
Year: 1866

HORSE AND BUGGY LEFT AT PoRTER.---
Saturday the 4th inst, q young man with q
good horse and buggy stopped at Porter vii
lage, and tried to swap or sell the horse, The
appearance Of the man excited the suspicious
of the citizens and they accused him of steal
ing the horse. Under pretence of getting
writing materials from store, he got a short
distance from the crowd and ran for the woods,
and succeeded in escaping, The horse and
buggy are eat Porter awaiting an. owner 81
Year: 1866

De SAu.y is still call right" lie is the most
mira culous "toiler OF the De Siuty will nc
yer say die. He Is already preparing for his
next attempt My his line lie in pleasanter
places!


The slowing Of the new cable in the tanks of
the Great Eastern began three weeks ago. At
the end Of June the steamer will sail and tho ex-
pertinent begin again. Meanwhile the engineers
Of the Company and other scientific men agree in
the conviction that il will be very easy 10 recover
the cable which is now lying at the bottom of the
sea, and complete il into an electrically perfee
telegraph line between Valentia and Newfound-
land. These gentlemen are further OF opinion
that the Great Eastern can lay a cable in any
weather; that her paying-out machinery worked
perfectly. and be trusted 70 lay cables across
the Atlantic; and that with steam engine attach
ed to the paying out machinery the cable could be
recovered before II reach ed the bottom and be re-
paired at once. They affirm that the cable Of
1865, although capable Of bearing strain Of seven
tons. dad not sustain one of more than fourteen
hundred weight In the laying in the deepest water:
and that four nautical miles Of that cable were re-
covered from depth Of more than two miles, and
the Insulation of the guttspefeha covered wire was
Year: 1866

The undersigned having closed his business connection with
of the True Delta and connected himself with that
Of the CRESCENT would respectfully ask from his friends
continuance of that liberal support which they have hitherto
extended towards him.


.... FRANK A. BARTLETT
Year: 1866

New ORLEANS, February 16.-The Baton Rouge
Advocate says that not one third of the cult
vatable land in that section, and along the coast
in that immediate neghborhood, has been put in
cotton this year. There Will not be as many
acres planted in the east or west Baton Rouge
parishes this year last season, for the want of
labor
Year: 1866

Helmbold's highly concentrated compound Extract
Buchu is decidedly Of the best remedies for diseases
of the BLADDER kidneys gravel, dropsIcal swellings
rheumatism and gouty affections Under this head we
have arranged Dysuria or difficulty and pain In passing
water scanty secretion small and frequent discharges
of water stranguy stopping Of water Hematura or
bloody urine. Gout and Rheumatism of the kidneys,
without any change quantity but increase OF color or
dark water It always highly recommended by the
late Dr. Physc, in these affections.


This med increases the power of digestion and ex
cites the absorbents into healthy exercise by which the
watery calcareous depostons and all unnatural en-
argements las well pain and Inflammation, are reduced,
and Is taken by
Year: 1866

If you should e'er get married, John,
III tell you what to do
Go get q little tenement,


Just big enough for two
And one spare room for company,
And one spare bed within it,
And II you'd begin loves life Alright,
You'd better thus begin 1t.
in furniture be moderate, John,


And let the stuffed chairs wait
One looking glass will do for both
Yourself and loving mate
And Brussels, too, and other things
Which make a fine appearance,
If you can better afford it, they


will better look q year hence.
Some think they must have pictures, John,
Superb and costly, too,
Yoar wife will te picture, John,


Let that suffice tor you.
Kemember how tho wise man said.


A tent with love within it,
Is better than splendid house


With chickering's every minute.
And one word as to cooking. John,


Your wife can do that best,
For love to make tho biscuit rise,


IL better far than yeast.
No matter if each day you don't


BRING turkey TO your table,
Twill better relish bye and bye,


Whom you are better able.
For all you buy pay money, John,
Money that every day
II you would have your life run smooth,
There is no better way,
A note to pay is an ugly thing.


(Gfa thing you choose to call it,
When it hangs Ger man who has
No money in his wallet.
And now when you are married, John,
Don't try to ape the rich /;
1t took them many toilsome year
To gain their euvied niche.
And ii you gain the summit, John.
Look we'll to your beginning,
And then will all you win repay


The care and toll Of winning.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, Dec. ly. !
A large delegation of wool growers had a
protracted interview with Secretary McCul-
ioch. and il is understood that he and the
Commissioner will both oppose any Addi-
tioual duty on wool The growers assured
the Secretary that unless something vas done
to protect them against the present unjas'
tariff, they would be obliged to give up the
business. The House bill of last session i.
all the protection they require.
Year: 1866

was inconsistent, and changed his opinion
with reference 10 great measure and great
principle, is no reason why Senator or Rep
resentatiTe who had acted understandingly
should change his opinion, he said, ST hope
the Senate and House of Representatives,
who have sanctioned this bill by more than
two-thirds majority, viii, according to the
Constitution, exercise their privilege ard
power, and let the biu become lac Of The
land, according TO the high behest Of the
American people
Year: 1866

Tonics, stinulatives, medicines There's
nothing in all the pharmacopoeias half so inspi-
rating as cheerful temper! Don't fancy yotr.
self a victim! Don't 60 through the world with
face half yard long! Don't persuade your
self that everything happens wrong! My dear
sir, yoa are the only person that is wrong, when
you say this is world of trial and trouble! It
is great deal better to be without an arm or q
leg, than to lack cheerfulness! What if the
globe does not roll round in the precise diree-
tion you want it to? Make the best Of it. Put
q pleasant face on the matter, and don't 90
about throwing water on the fresides Of ell the
rest of mankind IF you are in want of an ex-
ample, look at the birds, or the flowers, or the
very sunshine on the grass! Show US one grum-
bier in all natures wide domains! The man
who is habitually gay and cheerful has found
the true philosophers stone; there is no cloud
so dark but he sees the blue sky beyond-no
trouble so calamitous but he finds some blessing
left him to thank Providence for. He may be
poor and destitute, but he walks clad in an AZ
NOR that all the mines of Golconda cannot pur-
chase. Snow and rain cannot penetrate it
scorn and contumeiy fall harmless from its sur
face. The storm that sinks a less courageous
craft can only compel him to trim his sails, and
try again And somehow, these people that
keep trying, and always salute her ladyshIp
with bright face, are the prime favorltes OF
Fortune. Who would be mere thermometer,
to rise and fall in spirit with every change Of
liie's atmospheric Whenever we see man
sighing, and bilious, and despondent, about any
thing aud everything, we know it is not his
bodily, but his mental health that is "out Of
gear" Cheerfuness is all he wants. Let him
put on the spectacles of his merry-hearted
neighbor, and it is wonderful what different
complexion the world will wear No matter
how thick and fast yexations may come-there's
nothing like bright little ray of the souls sun
shine to dsperse them Counted in dollars and
cents, your wealth may be but paltfy sum, but
if you have cheerful temper, you are rich!
Year: 1866

BAD SpELLINo.-This is 40 evil more diff
cult to be eradicated than any other neglect Of
early education. A bad handwriting may be
easily remedied by sufficient practice under In
teigsnt instruction; knowledge of mathemat-
les and the liberal sciences is often acquired
after one has attained to years of maturity; and
it is even possible in an advanced stage of life
to improve in spelling; but experience shows
that in the majority of instances this neglect in
early training is never wholly Iemedicd. From
these reflections We draw the following coucla-
sions: 1st that the subject Of spelling should
be carefully attendedto 10 early education; and,
I'd that when it has been neglected, the fault
can be remedied only by the most persistent
efforts.


A young man should no more allow himself
to remain poor speller than an ignoramous in
any other direction. A bad handwriting Is 80
common among men of culture that (uhfortu-
nately) it is no: considered disgraceful but bad
spelling (eyen IN such efforts as the poor wit of
Josh Billings and other imitators Of Artemus
Ward) is inexcusable. In the matter OF social,
disgrace, dirty linen is not circumstance to it.
Year: 1866

sag- Hear R. E. Withers, the gallant Colonel
of the Eighteenth Virginia regiment who in
Que of the Richmond battles was so dreadfuly
wounded that his life was despaired of, speaks
as follows of the action of the Philadelphia
Convention


GAS far as we are concerned, we yield to no
man in upholding the honor of the South, or of
its dead and living heroes. But may our right
hand forget its cunning ere we, by word or deed,
have upon our skirts the guilt of obstructing
the onward march of that great conservative
movement which, inaugurated at Philadelphia,
is destined, we trust and believe, to culminate
ere long in the complete defeat of the Radicals
and in the restoration of the southern people to
all their rights as citizens of the United States.
Year: 1866

REcoYsrRCcrEp.-Itw will afford pleasure TO
their numerous friends In Richmond, and q
large number of merchants throughout the
State, to learn that Messrs. Purcell, Ladd 4
Co., the popular druggists, have opened their
handsome new store, and are now prepared TO
carry on their business. Purcell, Ladd Co.
are among those who lost all during the war.
Whenever our citizens were called upon TO
assist the needy add to the comfort OF the thou
sands who were suffering so much for their
country, these gentlemen extended literally
the hand of charity. We earnestly wish them
all success for the future, and hope that what
they have heretofore lost and given may be
returned to them d0ubly.
Year: 1866

The San Jose Mercury says gentleman
living near that city has COW that evidently
has an ear for music. She will permit no
one to milk her who will not sing while par
forming that operation,
Year: 1866

A Toad Six THOUSAND YEARS OLD.-In
the course of the excavation now carried on
in England, under the superintendency of
Mr.. James Yale, at Dyke House Quarry, in
connection with the Hartlepool water works,
the men recently found toad in block of
magnetism limestone stratum, at depth of
twenty five feet from the earth's surface,
and eight feet from any spring water vein.
The block of stone had been cut by a wedge,
and was being reduced by workmen, when q
pick split open the cavity in which the toad
had been incarcerated. The cavity was no
longer than the animals body, and presented
the appearance of being an exact case of it.
The eyes of the singular stranger shown with
unusual brilliancy, and it was full of vivac-
ity on its liberation. 1t appeared when first
discovered. desirous to perform the process
of respiration, but evidently experienced
some difficulty, as the only sign of success
was a " barking noise it continued to make
on being touched. The toad is in the
possession of Mr.. S. Horney, the Vice Pres.
ldent OF the National Historical Society, and
continues in as lively state as when found.
The Rev. r. Taylor, incumbent of st.
Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, who is an EN-.
lnent local geologist, gives it as his opinion
that the animal must be at least six thou
sand years old. The wonderful toad is to be
placed in its primary habitation, and will be
added to the collection at the Hartlepool
museum.