smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The boy stood on the backyard fence,
whence all but him had fled; the flames
that lit his fathers barn shone just above
the shed. One bunch of crackers in his
hand, two others in his hat, with piteous
accents loud he cried, 81 never thought of
that! !" A bunch of crackers to the tail OF
one small dog he'd tied; the dog in anguish
sought the barn and mid its ruins died.
The sparks flew wide and red and hot, they
lit upon that brat they fired the crackers
in his hand and exc those in his hat. Then
came a burst of rattlin sound-the boy
Where was he gomez Ask of the winds
that far around strewed bits of meat and
bone, scraps of cloth and balls, and tops
and nails and hooks and yarn, the relics OF
the dreadful boy that burned his fathers
barn,
Year: 1879

There are two passages in the will of
Chiselhurst and the will of Long wood
which may be contrasted and read with
curious interest. The First Napoleon
writes:


II die prematurely, assassinated by
the English oligarchy and its
The English nation will not be slow in
venging me-"


The Fourth Napoleon writes:


s'I shall die with sentiment of pro-
found gratitude toward Her Majesty
the Queen of EAgland, toward all the
Royal family, and toward the country
where I have received during eight
years so cordial hospitality"
Year: 1879

sidewalk if it took her all summer.
She succeeded. They all succeed.
A woman pushing a baby carriage
in front of her on the sidewalk is
as dangerous as seven roller skat-
ers and four velocipede riders COM
bined. She can't kill a mao quite
as promptly as a runaway team,
but she can knock his shins 20
pieces, tumble him over, upset all
his good resolutions and leave him
fint hearted and evil-minded. You
can't dodge baby cab. Your only
safe way is to make a jump for the
curbstone or climb ladder. They
go on wheels. They are supposed
TO be a convenience which no re-
spectacle baby can do without
No matter who first got the idea
that jolting a baby around town,
bobbing him over curbstones and
bouncing him over crosswalks
would sweeten his disposition-the
Ideals correct. Put a man in a We
hicle of the sort and his back would
be broken in an hour; but babies
have no backs. They are simply
great big hunks of sweetness. The
woman with the baby carriage
needs no advice. She knows
enough to head the vehicle toward
every crowd she can see. The
thicker the crowd the more urgent
her business. 1t is her business to
run to all fires with it, to select the
busiest crosswalks, and to get in
front of all runaway teams, and she
understands it perfectly. If there
is any country on earth where these
vehicles are not in use, it is no
country TO live in.
Year: 1879

Medical men have known for a
long time that the best remedies
for consumption were plenty of pure
air, sunshine and exercise, aud also
food that contained much carbon.
Cod liver oil has been favorite
remedy, and has done good in pro
longing the lives of consumptives
and putting off the approach of the
grim monster. The virtues of 9th
er remedies are in proportion to the
amount of carbon they can infuse
into the system to feed the consum-
ing flame that wastes the body.
The theory is that the internal fe-
yer burns up the carbon in the
blood faster than the blood eaten
can replace it. The disease then
preys on the fatty substances of
the body and destroys the lungs
and eventually life. In short there
is not oil enough in the lamp for
TIE wick, and the latter is burnt
and the light goes out. The Chica-
go Tribune prints an interesting
letter from Dr.. D'Unger, of Mime
apolis, Mimi, on this subject, In
which he makes public a prescrip-
tion which he declares has produced
excellent effects, to his personal
knowledge. This is his prescrip-
tion:


One half pound finely cut up
beefsteak (fresh.)


One drachm finely pulverized
charcoal.


Four ounces pulverized sugar


Four ounces rye whisky.


One pint boiling water.


Mix all together, let it stand in
cool place over night, and give
from one to two tablespoonfuls IL
quid and meat-before each meal


l have used this preparation very
frequently and have never known it
to act otherwise than beneficiallv.
The dose should be small at first,
until the stomach becomes used to
it, and then gradually increased.


This remedy has, at least, the
merit of simplicity. Any one can
try If
Year: 1879

The report that Senator Carpen


ter is killing himself with nicotine
by smoking TWEEN ty-eight cigars 4
day, is a reminder that others are
suffering from the same sort Of ex
cess. Most of the smokers in con
gress are smoking too much. Some
of them carry a cigar in theil
mouth all the time. There are Sea


tors and members who never walk
down the avenue without the stump
of a cigar between their fingers.
One prominent man ia Congress is
rapidly killing himself with opium.
and one of the door keepers of the
House is at the point of death from
the same cause. The public man ]
refer to is a popular and respected
man, whose strange ways have long
been a wonder TO those who do not
know of his secret habit. He is a
kind aud genial gentleman, but he
is liable to pass his best friend with
a blank stare half an hour after he
has met him pleasantly in converse
tion. His fits Of abstraction and
amount almost TO crazi-
ness. At times he is so odd and
queer that his associates are puz-
zled by his conduct. Opium is eat
ing up his life, and be will not last
long. 1t is q pity, for his is one of
the best intellects in congress, and
he might render much useful public
service If he would.
Year: 1879

Better than grandeur, better than gold


Than rank and titles a thousand fold,


Is healthy body and mind at ease,


And simple pleasures that always please;


A heart that can feel for another's woe,


And share its joys with genial glow,


With sympathies large enough to enfold,


All men as brothers, is better than gold.


Better than gold is conscience clear,


Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere
Doubly blessed with content and health,


Untried by the lust of cares of wealth;
Lowly living apd lofty thought


Adorn and ennoble poor man cot;


For mind and morals in natures plan,
Are the genuine tests of gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
Of the sons of toll when the labors close;
Better than gold is the poor mans sleep.
And the balm that drops on his slum ber deep
Bring sleepy draughts to the downy bed
Where luxury pillows its aching head,
But he his simple opiate deems
A shorter route to the land of dreams.
Better than gold is a thinking mind,
That in the realm of books can find
A treasure surprising Australian ore,
And live withthe great and good ofyore;
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories of empires passed away;
The worlds great dream will thus unfold,
And yield pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is peaceful home,
When all the fireside characters come,
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
by mother, or sister, or wife;
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heavens decree,
The blessings that never were bought nor sold,
And center there, are better than gold.
Year: 1879

The Medical and Surgical Re
porter, published at Philadelphia
the headquarters of the quinine mo.
nopolists, says: "TEe fortune of the
late L II. Powers is estimated be-
tween five and ten million dollars.
Very much of this was made on
quinine, and the movement to re-
peal the duty on that drug is one
which should meet the approval of
all unbiased physicians. At pres
ent the sick are obliged to pay more
than twice as much for this medi-
cine as they would were this duty
removed. The excess goes into the
pockets of the already enormously
rich manufacturers. 1t is a strik-
ing instance of the gross injustice
of protective duties In fact, it is
encouraging a monopoly of the most
unfair description"
Year: 1879

Washington Correspondence OF the American.


One of the most astute readers of
men asked the question, the other
day, elf Conkling did not raise pea


fowls upon the top of his houseY'
No wonder he made the inquiry. If
be had seen him in his most gor-
geous plumage and practicing his
most lordly strut, in the last few
days, he would have been satisfied
that Roscoe was in that business.
If he were to see him now, since
Thurman took him IN hand, he
would see his rare and beautiful
feathers in a droop and considerably
bedraggled. For a few days before
the latter event occurred, Conkling
was peculiarly lordly, contemptu
Gus, insolent and staggering in his
manner. It was the most noticea-
BILE thing on the floor and from the
galleries. 1t was a matter Of gen
eral comment. Finally the Gar of
the Caucus, as he and Edmunds
called Thurman, administered to
him a castigation which has been

For so long a period and with such
unparalleled insolence has Conk-
ling domineered over the democrat
ic minority of the Senate, it is hard
for him to realize that his day has
passed. 1t is a canon among the
critics on the art of man, that no
General can lay claim successfully
10 the title of great, until he has
shown himself in the hour of defeat.
This Is the only reason that these
same critics withhold the title from
Stonewall Jackson. Because, they
say, he had such an uninterrupted
flow OF good fortune, that his char


acter was only half developed. and
thabstars can be seen in the dark
ness of night, which cannot be seen
in the efiulgence of day, so the
fires of adversely, the clouds OF de
feat and disaster, of retreat. would
have made. prominent the latent
Year: 1879

A Colorado inventor is walk.
ing across the river at Leavens g.
worth on patent water shoes. On
June he started from the upper
side OF the Missouri River bridge,
and although the current was run
ming at the rate of fourteen miles
an hour, the river was crossed in
nine and a half minutes. After
resting a few moments he showed
the audience how TO manage tho
shoes, and how they could DO steer
ed in any direction one wished 20
go. The shoes were then attached
together making a perfect buoy or
life preserver, upon which the occu-
pant could sit or lie with ease and
safety.
Year: 1879

Hon. Ebon c. Ingersol died in


Washington, D. c., June I'd. On


the following day his brother, Col


Rob't G. Ingersol, delivered the fol


lowing beautiful Grafton before the


interment of the body:


My friends: l am going to do that


which the dead oft promised he


would do for me. The loved and


loving brother, husband, father,


friend-died where manhood's morn


ing almost reaches noon, and the


white shadows were still falling to.


ward the west He had not passed


on life's highway the stone that


marks the highest point. While


yet in love with life and raptured


with the world, he passed to silence


and pathetic dust. Yet, after all, it


may be best, just in the happiest,


sunniest hour in all the voyage,


while eager winds are keeping every


sail. to dash against the unseen


rock, and in an instant hear the bill


lows roll around sunken ship; for


whether in mid sea or 'mong the


breakers of the further sh ore, a


wreck must mark at last the end of


each and all, aud every life, no mat


ter if its every hour is rich with


love, and every moment jeweled


with a joy, will at its close become
a tragedy, as sad and deep and
dark as can be woven of the warp
and woof and mystery of death.
This brave and tender man in every
storm of life was oak and rock, but
in the sunshine he was vine end
flowers. He was the friend of all
heroic souls. He climbed the heights
and left all superstitions far below,
while on bis forehead fell the gold
en- dawning of grander day. He
loved the beautiful, and was with
color, form and music touched to
tears. He sided with the weak,
and with a willing hand gave aims.
With loyal heart and the purest
hand, he faithfully discharged all
public duties. He was worshiper
OF liberty, a friend of the oppressed.
A thousand times l have heard him
quote the words: "ror justice, all;
peace a temple, and all season sum-
mer." He believed that happiness
was the only good; reason, the only |
torch; justice, the only worshiper;
the only religion; love,
the only priest. He added to the
sum of human joy, and were every |
one for whom he did some loving
service to bring a blossom to his
grave, he would sleep to night be-
meath a wilderness of flowers. Life
is a narrow vale between the cold
and barren peaks of two eternities.
We strive in vain to look beyond
the heights. We cry aloud, and the
only answer is the echo of our wall
ing cry. From the voiceless lips OF
The unreplying dead there comes no
word, but in the night of death
hope sees a star and listening love
can hear the rustic of a wing. He
who sleeps here when dying, mis-
,aking the approach of death for
,he return of health, whispered with
lis latest breath: 81 am better now"
Let US believe in spite of doubts
and dogmas and tears and fears
hat these dear words are true of all
he countless dead. And now to
5ou who have been chosen from
among the many men he loved to
10 the last sad Office for the dead,
We give his sacred dust. Speech
IAN not contain our love. There
vas, there is, no gentler, stronger,
nanlier man.
Year: 1879

There is not the slightest excuse
for the many hard things said by
Democratic papers about the re-
spective aspirants for President.
Without a material change of pro-
gramme, and more prudence and
forbearance, it will matter very lit
tie who is nominated. as with the
spirit now being manifested disas-
ter is much more probable than
success. 1t is true there was a Pc
riod in the history of the Demo
cratic party when a nomination was
tantamount to an election; but it
is not that way now by good deal,
and every one ought to see and feel
that victory can only be achieved
by cultivating harmony and good
feeling, before as we'll as after the
nomination. A fool is sometimes
capable of destroying more in a day
than a dozen sensible men can re-
build in twelvemOnth. We think
it would be policy to nominate Mr..
Tilden, but that is no reason why
we should thy to depreciate or abuse
Mr.. Thurman, Mr.. BayardI Mr.
Hendricks, or any other distin
guished gentleman who may be as
piring for the nomination. We
don't want to say now that a man
is unworthy of such an honor and
next year have to hold him up be-
fore our readers as the embodiment
of all that is good and great, and
the very man of all others who
ought to have been nominated. 1t
is that sort OF qualification which
weakens the press and causes it to
lose its grip on public confidence
I Athens (Tenn.) Post.


Sensible to the last. We would
fain hope the Nashville American,
Memphis Appeal, Courier-Journal
and other crow-eaters would read
and profit by the above.
Year: 1879

To meet a funeral is a sign Of
death.


To dissipate to-day is a sign that
your hair will pull TO morrow.


To kiss pretty girl against her
will is a sign you'll get your face
scratched.


To take home piece of beefsteak
is sign that there will be a broil
IN the family.


To see a dog fly at a farmers leg
is sign misfortune is going to be-
fall the calves.


To see a man loafing around
bar-room is sign he'll drink-if
you ask him to.


To see your sweetheart kiss an
other fellow is a sign you will be
disappointed in a love affair.
Year: 1879

The pencil marks you see around thi
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that You
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone win yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


EB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance.
Year: 1879

A word unspoken, hand impressed,
A look unseen. or a thought unguessed;
And souls that were kindred may live apart,


Never to meet or know the truth;
Never to know how heart beat with heart


In the dim past days of wasted youth.
She shall not know how his pulses leapt
When over his temples her tresses swept;
As she leaned to give him the jasmine wreath


She felt his breath aud her face flushed red
With the passionat ate love that choked her


breast,


And saddens her now her youth is dead.
A faded woman who waits for death,
And murmurs q name beneath her breath /;
A cynical man who SCOTS and ieers


At women and love in the open day,
And at night time kisses with bitter tears


faded fragment of jasmine spray.
Year: 1879

Toledo Commercial: "What is
home without a babyP' is a ques
tion we are tired of seeing in our
exchanges, so we will settle this
matter at once. A home without a
baby is one where you won't get
hold of bottle of paregorlc every
time you make for your whisky
flask; a place where men are not
made bowling maniacs by sitting
down on diaper pins; a house
where diminutive shoes are not
fished out of the soup, and watches
are not found floating in the wash
bowl; a house where the man of the
house is at the head instead of the
foot of the class; place-but we
don't want all the mothers of the
land sailing into us; let somebody
else continue the refrain.
Year: 1879

A singular case occurred the 9th
er day in Belgium. The daughter
of a wealthy Jew was about being
married, the company assembled to
witness the ceremony, and the ban
quet all ready, when in rushed a
plainly dressed peasant woman, who
said this marriage cannot go on
She then explained that the young
lady was her daughter. The Jew


ish family had given their infant to
be nursed by this woman, who stat
ed that the first night she had the
child to nurse she rolled over on it
while asleep and smothered it. Be
ing afraid o: punishment, she sub
stituted her own child, and kept
the other matter a secret. Being a
devout Christian she could not al
low her daughter to marry a Jew.
Year: 1879

[Stockton Independent, Aug. 25th


On Saturday we met o gentleman
who lives on the west side of the
San Joaquin, about seven miles
west of HIPS Ferry, who made the
following statement: While IN the
Coast Range, about ten days ago,
hunting, he and his companion en-
camped on the side of a ravine near
the summit of the range. In the
morning they discovered smoke
lower down the ravine, and, upon
going out upon the side of the hill
to ascertain the origin Of it, they
discovered an object which puzzled
them to name, and as their curios-
ity became excited they orept care.
fully toward 1t, in order to satisfy
themselves what kind of an ami
NAL they had discovered. By
creeping upon the ground they
were able to approach within one
hundred yards, when, to their as
constituent, they found that the
object which they had approached
with the intention of shooting was
a man perfectly nude, but covered
from head to foot with most re-
markable growth of hair. The
hair upon his head and his beard
were very long, reaching
to his waist; while his
body, arms and limbs were
protected by the same natural COW
ering. Hoping to approach and
capture this strange being, they at
tempted to creep nearer; but he
took alarm and rapidly ran away,
jumping over the bushes in his
path like deer. The two gentle
men decided to remain and camp
in the same locality the second
night, and they were again reward
ed by sight of the strange being.


they were awakened in the night
by a sound resembling that caused
by striking flint upon steel and
upon advancing in the direction of
the sound they saw the same OBJ
ject, who appeared to be striking
two flint rocks together. On their
approach he again took alarm and
ran away. We have heard reports
of u wild man in that vicinity for
several years past, but the gentle
man who makes this statement is
the only one that we have ever
seen who vouohes for the truth OF
the report. The gentleman is we'll
known TO us, and he asserted that
he and his companion were willing
to make oath to the truth of the
statement.
Year: 1879

There is no nobler Office in the
world than to nobly, honestly,pure
ly entertain the people. To be
amused is to take the bitter drop of
gall out of the things of life.
Amusement takes away the sting
Of care and furnishes medicine
for the heart. 1t cures the miasma
of the mind, and the art of anus
ing men, women and children in
nocently is thing of which the
proudest might be proud. The en-
tertainment which can win the
elevated and the noble to smile de-
serves the respect and gratitude Of
every person; to make people
laugh; to carry them out of them
selves and out of the hard world
about them, is task for the noblest
intellect. Such things are accom-
plished every Sunday at Washing.
ton Gardens. Be sure and come.
Bring your wife and family. a9-1m
Year: 1879

A small lady's RETICULE, somewhere
between the Herald office and the News
Depot on Main street The finder will be
suitably rewarded by returning the
same to this Office or TO II. ]. CROW.


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Year: 1879

of respectability to use. Is there sim
gle man of average intelligence in the
city of Louisville who does not know
that there have been persons killed In
several Southern States because they
were prominent Republicans, and 9TH
ers because they were summoned or
were on their way to testify in United
States Courts; that others have been
warned to leave their homes and States
on pain of death; that others have been
savagely beaten, and that all these acts
have been committed for the purpose of
securing to the Democratic party COM
plete victory in localities where it had
previously been constantly out-votedP
That these things are done by the whole
South, or by the conspicuous leaders in
that section, nobody asserts. But the
man who says that these things have
not been done at all is instantly reCog-
nized by every intelligent reader as hav-
ing put himself far outside the limits of
possible discussion. What is meant,
then by the assertion that 1.-the as
SUMPTION of Republicans is " absolute
ly false"P In respect to frauds, again,
is there an intelligent person in Louis
vile who does not know that "onion-
skim ballots in great number were
used at the last election in South Caro-
linaP


That these things are done by indi-
viduals or mobs, and not by q whole
people or their leaders, can indeed be
said. But then comes the question:
Why are such deeds not punished? Wig
is there no effort 10 stop them? State of
ticials are found using their power to
prevent conviction of persons accused.
Nearly the whole Democratic party is
found excusing and shielding the Of
tenders. Obviously these crimes were
committed for that party, and in the
light of day they are defended by that
party. Thus the conviction sinks into
the minds of men, Democrats as well as
Republicans, in Europe as at the North,
that Southern Democrats have made
the South solid for Democracy by vio-
lence and fraud. Whyp Not to re-
move any existing evil, for Democracy
had power enough already. Not to re-
sist any threatened Interference, for
none was threatened. But as the South
ern answer to Northern trust in South
ern honor! AS the Southern way of
showing that the rebel Democracy is as
dear to the Southern people to-day as
it was when the sons of the North
were giving their lives for the Union!
AS the direct way to enable a rebellious
and defeated minority to rule Gov
ernment which they failed to destroy.
N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1879

The plague is spreading to the north and
east of Russia from the Caspian Sea along
the course Of the Volga. Eastern Europe is
in a state of great alarm at the rapid progress
of the plague. ...t ..


The Lower House Of tine Austrian Reichs-
rath approved the treaty Of Berlin by vote
of 1874 to 112, on the 9th.


The plague is reported in or near Morocco.


The British gunboat Goshawk is looking for
the alleged piratical steamer The Goshawk
overhauled many vessels but learned nothing.
Year: 1879

THE Supreme Court of Iowa having
decided that the owner of dog is liza
BILE for the barking of his dog, if there
by damage is done, has also established
the rule of property in dog by giving
man $50 whose dog was maliciously
killed by neighbor, the animal being
proven a valuable one.