smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Economy is an excellent thing That
is, it is very comfortable to be able to
say to ones self, "I will do without this,
that or the other luxury, rather than
run the risk of being beggar in my old
age" or even find it necessary to live
without what is usually deemed neces-
sity, rather than run into debt. But
exaggerated economy, or rather mean
ness, is something which must render its
possessor wretched, and something, too,
which is often found in people who are
too selfish to forbid themselves anything
they desire. They covet rich food and
fine dresses, ease and idleness, but they
begrudge to those who minister to their
wants their well-earned price, and always
forget "the laborer is worthy his hire"


From the lips of such people you hear
nothing but complaints. Every one is
overreaching them. The dressmaker has
sent in frightful bill; the cook has no
right to such wages; the abominable
landlord thinks no rent is too much for
his house; it is impossible to have any
thing done without being cheated.


In fine, they want all that people have
to sell, and have within their souls a
miserable desire to get it for nothing.
Always accusing other people of their
own vice, they salve their conscience, and
when they do get something for moth
ing, fancy themselves happy. But it is
only fancy. They can never know the
pleasant warmth that fills the heart when
a generous action has been done at its
prompting. Never can they feel the in.
dependence that follows liberal and un.
grudging payment of those to whose toll
or trouble one is indebted.


Life is a constant battle to them, and
many spendthrift is happier than those
who forget that they have no right tc
economize at the expense of other people
and whoever Willingly takes the money
of another to add to his own purse is, al
least at heart, thief.
Year: 1874

A poor Arab travelling in the desert
met with a spring of clear, sweet, spark
ling water. Used as he only was to
brackish wells, such water as this ap-
peared to his simple mind worthy of a
monarch, and, filling his leathern bottle
from the spring, he determined to go and
present it to the Caliph himself.


The poor man travelled long way be-
fore he reached the presence of his sover-
eign, and laid his humble offering at his
feet. The Caliph did not despise the
little gift brought to him with so much
trouble. He ordered some of the water
to be poured into a cup, drank it, and,
thanking the Arab with a smile, ordered
him to be presented with reward. The
courtiers around pressed forward, eager
to taste of this wonderful water, but, to
the surprise of all, the Caliph forbade
them to touch a single drop.


After the poor Arab had quilted the
royal presence with light and joyful
heart, the Caliph turned to his courtiers
and thus explained his conduct:


During the travels of the Arab" said
he, "the water in his leathern bottle be
came impure and distasteful; but 1t wa,
an Offering of love, and as such ! have
received II with pleasure. But / well
knew that had I suffered another TO par
take of IL, he would not have concealed
his disgust, and therefore forbade yor
to touch the draught, lest the heart O
the poor man should have been wounded
Year: 1874

There are cases where blows on the
head have benefited the brain, and pro-
duced extraordinary changes for the bet
ter. Mabillon was almost an idiot at the
age Of twenty-six. He fell down.a stone
staircase, fractured his skull, and was
trepanned. From that moment he be-
came genius. DR.. Prichard mentions a
case of three brothers, who were all nearly
idiots. One of them was injured on the
head, and from that time he frightened
up, and is now successful barrfster.
Wallenstein, too, they say, was mere
fool, till he fell out of window, and
awoke with enlarged capabilities. A pa
tient inan asylum was the victim of many
delusions. He was paying off the national
debt, going into partnership with Baron
Rothschild, and forming lodge of female
Free Masons. One day an epileptic pa
tient, irritated at being perpetually asked
to buy imaginary shares, gave him tre-
mendous blow on the bridge of the nose.
From that time he improved rapidly, and
acknowledged that the blow had had a
sobering effect, and had quite knocked
the nonsense out of him.


There is no doubt that this was the
secret of that cruel, old remedy for mad
ness, the circulating swing, mentioned
favorably by physicians of the last cen
tury. This horrible swing was a small
box fixed upon pivot, and worked by a
windlass. The "infexible" maniac, or
the maniac expecting a paroxysm, was
firmly strapped in sitting or recumbent
posture. The box was then whirled round
at the average velocity of hundred
revolutions minute, and its beneficial
effect was supposed to be heightened by
reversing the motion every five or six
minutes, and stopping it occasionally with
sudden jerk. The results of this swing
which occasionally brought on conclusion
of the brain, were profound and protracted
sleep, intense perspiratiOn, mental ex-
haustion, and not unnatural horror of
any recurrence to the same remedy, which
left moral impression, which acted as a
permanent restraint. That the results
were often beneficial we have indisputa-
BILE evidence.


The cases of suspended consciousness
after brain injury are well worthy OF at
tention. A man who wakes out of a
sleep is conscious of lapse of time, and
can generally even guess its duration, but
the man struck on the brain is often un-
conscious of any lapse. A man was
struck in the street, and was afterwards
delirious. He was unconscious after the
blow for fourteen days. He was then
delirious and maniacal for ten weeks.
When he became more tranquil they
brought him to the asylum in strait
coat. He soon recovered, but when he
became conscious he had entirely forgot
ten the fourteen days trance and the ten
weeks delirium and mania. At the
battle of the Nile, an English captain
was struck on the head by shot and be-
came unconscious. He was taken home
with the wounded, and remained in
Greenwich Hospital for fifteen months
deprived of his sense and speech. Al
the end of that period an operation was
performed, and the brain relieved from
the pressure. He instantly rose from his
bed and continued the orders to the sail.
ors, which had been so abruptly inter
rupted fifteen months before.
Year: 1874

Those jealous Christians who cannot
believe in the existence of religious
duties outside the walls of church,
may be entertained by the following
story: ga lady called upon the wife of
a stOker, in order to ascertain why she
and her husband did not attend church.
The woman conducted her visitor to the
little kitchen, where her husband sat by
the fire. He had Just come home for half
an hour to have his tea, and was, of
course, in his working clothes, and his face
and hands were of a deep oily black, after
the manner of stokers. " Now, ma'am,"
said the woman, pointing to him, "you
see that there man; we'll that's my hus-
band, and Pm bound to do part by him,
aint Iw "SuIely," said the visitor,
anxious to uphold. the principles of mat
rimony. Every well, then would you
like to know how pass my Sundays?
A washing of he! Never blessed mo-
ment has he to wash himself through the
week, out early and late, and half the
night, too, and blacker nor any crow all
the while. Well, on Sundays it is fitting
and proper that he should look like a
Christian if he can, so he sets me to it
after we eats our breakfast, with a
bucketful of soapsuds and scrubbing
brush, and rub at him, off and on, all
day, till my arms ache, and he amt
much better than he wor; and after tea
l goes at him again, and sluices him
down till you'd think born niger 'ud
come out white; and if you will believe
me, madam, when polishes him of
with dry towel afore he goes to bed, he's
only light brown after alp What
was to be said to such stubborn facts ?
especially when the good woman fin
ished with the unanswerable argument,
$50 you see, ma'am, them as wants to
live religious has best not marry a
stoker."
Year: 1874

One of the most curious facts in human
life is that the average of people spend it
in getting ready to live. We never real
ize how time flies, and, instead of doing
the thing we should most enjoy to-day,
we are getting ready to do something
else in the future. We collect libraries,
meaning to explore their treasures in
some coming days Of leisure. We cut
speeches and lectures out of newspapers,
thinking that we have no time to read
them to-day, but we shall find it, here.
after. We plan the pleasant country
home where we will pass our declining
years and, meantime, solaced by that
anticipation, we work on to the end
among the paved streets and brick walls
of the city.


said the poet; and he hit upon profound
and universal truth. Practically we aci
as If we were sure of an earthly immor-
tality. We say to ourselves, we will have
much goods laid up for many years--and
we 60 on laying them up until suddenly
the end comes, aud we 60 off the stage
leaving our toilsomely accumulated
properties behind us. We will have more
time for our friends, by-and-by,we think
and 80 the ties which bind us to our fel
lows are weakened through our neglect
Life would grow richer II we could live
more in the present, and less in the
future-if we could remember that we
shall never have any more time than to
day; and that what we do not do this
year we are quite likely to leave undont
forever.
Year: 1874

A man may be healthy without be-
ing strong, but all health tends more or
less, towards strength, and all disease is
weakness. Now, any one may see in
nature, that things grow big simply by
growing; this growth is constant and
habitual exercise of vital or vegetative
force, and whatever checks or diminishes
the action of this f0rce---say harsh winds
or frost stop the growth and stunt
the production. Let the student, there
fore, bear in mind that sitting on chair,
leaning over desk, poring over book,
body grow. The blood can be made to
flow, and the muscles to play freely only
by exercise; and if that exercise is not
taken, nature will not be mOcked.
Every young student ought to make a
sacred resolution to move about in the
open air at least two hours every day.
If he does not do this, cold feet, the
clogging of the wheel of the internal
parts of the feshy frame, and various
shades of stomachic and cerebral discom-
fort, will not fail in due season 10 inform
him that he has been SHINING against
nature, and, if he does not mend his
courses as bad boy he will certainly be
fogged; for nature is never like some
soft hearted human masters over
merciful in her treatment. But why
should student indulge so much in the
lazy and unhealthy habit of sitting? A
man may think as well standing as sit
ting, Gften little better; and as for
reading, in these days when the most
weighty books may be had cheaply in
the lightest form there is no necessity
why person should be bending his back
and doubling his chest, merely bacause
he happens to have book in his hand.
A man will read play or poem far more
naturally and effectively while walking
up and down the room than when sitting
sleepily in chair. Sitting, in fact, is a
slovenly habit, and ought not to be in
dulged. But when man does sit, OF
must sit, let him at all events sit erect,
with his back to the light, and full,
free projection of the brest. Also, when
studying languages, or reading fine pas
sages of poetry, let him read as much as
possible aloud, practice recommended
by Clemens, of Alexandria, and which
will have the double good effect OF
strengthening that most important vital
element, the lungs, and training the eal
to the perception of vocal distinctions, SC
stupidity neglected in many of our public
schools. There is, in fact, no necessary
connection, in most cases. between the
knowledge which astudent is anxious tt
acquire and the sedentary habits which
students are apt to cultivate.
Year: 1874

Married people should treatl leach
other like lovers all their lives--then
they would be happy. Bickering and
quarreling soon break off love affairs
consequently lovers indulge in such only
to very limited extent. But some
people, men and women, both, when
they have once got married, think they
may do just as they please, and it will
make no difference. They make great
mistake. II causes all the differeece in
the world. Women should grow more
devoted andImen more fond after marriage
If they have the slightest idea of being
happy as wives and husbands. It il
losing sight of the fundamental truth
which leads to hundreds of divorces.
Yet, many man will scold his wife who
would never think of breathing n harsh
word to his sweetheart; and many a
wife will be glum and morose on her hus-
bands return who had only smiles and
words of cheer for him when he was her
suitor. How can such people expect To
be happy?
Year: 1874

One night last winter young Mullen,
of New Castle, who feared that the young
lady he loved was entertaining an ad-
mirer, determined to climb tree in the
yard, from which he could see into the
sitting-room in the second story, where
the young woman was supposed to be.
Just as he got himself fixed in comfort
able position commanding the window,
some one upon the inside pulled the cur
tain down. Then Mullen made up his
mind to descend. 1t was very dark, but
just as he began to slide down the trunk
Mullen heard dog barking furiously
beneath, and looking down, he saw huge
animal capering about, apparently very
eager to nip Mr.. Mullen's legs.


Then Mullen suddenly climbed up the
tree again, and endeavOred to drive the
dog off; but the more he spoke to the
brute the more it danced around and
barked. Then Mullen came down rs low
as he dared and tried to coax the animal,
but this only made him hop about and
howl more furiously than ever. So it
became apparent that Mullen would have
to spend the night in the tree. He fixed
himself as comfortably as he could in a
crotch of the limbs, and kicked his legs
and moved his arms to keep himself from
freezing to death. Several times, when
he thought the dog was asleep, he at
tempted to descend, but each time the
brute awoke and began to caper about.


By the time daylight arrived Mullen
was so benumed with the cold that he
could hardly use his hands; but as the
sky grew brighter, he leaned over to ex-
anime his prosecutor, and to his amaze
ment he found that it was his own dog,
which unknown to him had followed him
to the tree, and had barked and capered
only to express his delight at the pros
pect of Mullen coming down and going
home. The suddenness with which
Mullen reached the ground is said to
have been remarkable, and the language
used by him bad. He has some Of the
rheumatism which he got on that night
in his bones yet.
Year: 1874

To RESTORE RANCID BUTTER. - Wash
it well, first with good new milk, and
next with cold water. Butyric acid, on
the presence of which rancidity depends,
is freely soluble in fresh milk. Rancid
butter may also be restored by melting in
a warm bath with some fresh burnt and
coarsely powdered animal charcoal (thor.
oughly sifted), and straining through
clean flannel.
Year: 1874

Nor only have we green peas and
lamb to mark the change of the season,
but the papers bring information of the
fatal injury of big boy at base ball, and
the severe clawing of little boy at a
menagerie by lioness. These signs Of
the return of spring are not to be misun-
derstood. The bat of the base ballist is
raised in the land, and the poster of the
circus man adorns the barn doors. Ac.
cidents are in order, and the medica,
profession is looking up.
Year: 1874

Office State Registrar Of Voters


New Orleans, september 81, 1874.


IClrcular No.


To the Supervisors of Registration:


S1Rs-Your attention is hereby called to the
fact that at present you have no instructions
tn obey except these contained in the law
under which you hold your appointments.
You are now instructed that no orders
except these issued over the signature Of
the present registrar will be recognized as
authorizing any of your acts. No orders
received by you over any other signature,
whether published or not. will be deemed
Of authority.


duties. but it is necessary that you should
be reminded that its spirit allows you
discretion which this office desires you
should exercise.


You are to consider that your duties are
not only to prevent the registry OF persons
who are not entitled to that privilege. but
in addition you are permitted to exercise
YOUR influence to secure and cause the full
est and most complete registry OF persons
within your district.


To do this you should keep your office
open to all co,ncrs until such time as you
are sure you have met every objection as TO
inconvenience Of time. You are allowed to
change your location when Inconvenience
Of place is an objection. Your duty is not
only to enable every proper person who de.
sires to register but to induce by accom-
modation and even personal Inconvenience.
all voters. Of whatever party. to perform
the duty they owe AS American citizens.
While you carefully prevent any fraud
ulent registration. at the same time urge
those " ho are entitled to it to perform the
duty. that your record may ae equivalent
to . census Of your district:


WILLIAM WRIGHT,


State Registrar Of Voters.
Year: 1874

IMrROvED REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION BY
THE SHER1Fr.-We call attention to the
sale at auction to be made this day at
noon at the Merchants and Auctioneers'
Exchange, Royal street, by the sheriff Of
the parish Of Orleans, of three lots of ground
with the buildings and improvements there.
on. situated in the Second District of this
city. on Live Oak street; one of said lots
forms the corner Of Seventh and Live Oak
streets. For full particulars and terms
seq advertisement
Year: 1874

Riot having given way for order, our
people properly seek amusement. and bust
ness is steadily picking up at the Academy.
The entertainment there offered is not the
best in the land, but it is the best We have.
and much better than none. Sheridan and
Mack are excellent artists in their line, and
Miss Alicia Jourdan is particularly clever
in her personation of the swell young men
of the day. This is the last week of this
combination.
Year: 1874

The Managing Committee OF the American Geo
graphical society held special meeting yesterday
and adopted the following resolution:-


Resolved That the council of this society attend the
funeral of the inte Henry GriHnci, isu tomorrow
morning at half past ten O'CLOCK at lfnty church.
mark Of respect To It's first elected presdcn he patron
OF Arctic exploration ana geographical science, and
by hls munfcence and foresight did prepare the
pathway 70 tle North Pole Than any OF his Tine
Year: 1874




The rings Epening Hireling again
reverts to its ROBERTS libel. After
the HERALD exposed the game of
CHAPMAN and ROBERTS to force
money from Mr.. BEAUDRY, the Er-
press had nothing to say about its
"poor sick mani for several days, but
last evening it returned to its black
mailing scheme. ROBERTS tried the
card business, but his statement
showed so plainly that the whole pur-
pose for which CHAPMAN gave him q
deed to property he did not own was
to blackmail Mr.. BEAUDRY that the
Express people advised him to write
no more, alleging that they could out
lie him. ROBERTS threat to Mr..


BEAUDRY that if he did not come to
his terms he would fuse his influence
against him in the election" tells the
whole story: give me money or will
get the Express to publish lie about
VOL r tfssfs.fsef fffs
Year: 1874

1t is notorious that one of the strong
est objections with strangers to immi-
grafton to this county is, the enor-
nous rate of taxation and the heavy
weight of our city and county debt
amounting to more than half million
of dollars. 1t is equally well known
that there is nothing to show for this,
or next to nothing.


This burden has been created by a
ring of about half dozen spectators
who are at present merged into the
Los Angeles City Water Company.
They seek to elect and control the city
government for the purpose of ena-
bling them to perpetuate their schemes
of taxing the people of the city for the
private emolument of the ring.


To mention one of their schemes OF
public plunder: In 1859 the City Fa-
theirs, as they are called, ordered a
sewer built of 300 feet in length on
Commercial street. The contract
price was $4, 4,500 in gold. The City
Council, without any authority of
law, issued and sold $4,000 in script
to raise this gold-well knowing they
had no right to issue script for less
than its face. Thus in various in
stances has the debt of the city been
created and illegally augmented. 1t
is well known that this scrip was pur-
chased by some friends Of the leading
members of the Council and who are
now prominent members of the Water
Company.


The Grand Jury of the county of
whom Mr.. Beaudry was foreman in
dicted some of the City Council for
this job. There was verdict of con-
viction by a jury but the defendants es-
capped by technicality on appeal to
the Supreme Court.


1t should also Ee remembered that
the City Council released the Water
Company from the payment OF about
$4,000 due the city on account of rent,
the only consideration for which was
the removal of the box on the plaza.
which was placed there in violation OF
law.


These are only specimens of the
schemes OF the ring. RESIDENT.
Year: 1874




1t is well known that the Water
Company claims to have capital of
500, 900, paid up, and yet refuse to pay
taxes for the support Of the city gov
ernment. Yet they are now begging
the Council to grant them another lot
for reservoir-which they do not
need and could not occupy, except at
the risk of flooding the business por-
ton of the city, besides closing three
streets. If the Water Company ticket
Is elected, we shall have no regulation
of the rates of water by Commission
ers appointed according to law. Their
war upon Mr.. BEAUDRy 4 is prompted
by the fact that he has system of his
own for furnishing cheap water to the
citizens of Los Angeles and the COM
pany see that if he is elected, without
any expense to the city, their own
monopoly will be broken down and
they will not be able to compel the
citizens to purchase their water at
famine prices. They desire, by the
election of servile city government
to break down competition and con-
tinue their oppressive monopoly.
Year: 1874




The Cypress has passed through q
terrible ordeal the last few weeks. The
little traitor complains bitterly OF
being s'on straight twixt two.o It's
circumstances were not moro trying
than that which it has passed through
during this campaign. The poor
thing wilted in the tight squeeze
until it is mere nothing. 1t occupied
the position of trying to stand between
the grinding monopolies and its can
didate ard make the outside voters
believe they were separate and dis
tinct. One day it would abuse Mr..
BEAUDRY and praise the water mo-
nopoly; next day it would abuse Mr..
BEAUDRY and bolster up its candidate;
the next praise its candidate and make
feeble fling at the water monopoly.
But it is too thin. The people see all
through it,and have had many hearty
laughs, and will annihilate it on Mon
day. 3sit s
Year: 1874

While there may be, and doubtless
are, other good men running for
Councilmen, those whose name appear
on the Peoples Ticket, headed by Mr..
BEAUDRY for Mayor, are gentlemen
about whose honesty of purpose and
fidelity to the people there can be no
question. Ifyou vote for the Council
men on the. Peoples Ticket you will
have a Council that will see that the
law is enforced requiring the appoint
ment of a Board of Water Commits
s!oners, which will be, thousands of
dollars saved to the consumers of
water. Vote the Peoples Ticket and
you break up the old monopoly ring
That has so long had everything une1r
own way in this city. Let the people
govern awhile. We are not prosper
Ing as we should under the reign of
the ring. ~.