smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

eff it hadn't been for England and Chi
cago, don't think my left sleeve would be
empty. There's riddle you can't guess
Perhaps you'll not think much of my rid
die when the story's told but you must
not forget that it cost me my arm, and
you'd place big price on your arm-yes
upon little bit Of your little finger.


My parents, buxom, bale and hearty
couple, with heartiness of life and living
that sweetened their food with wholesome
flavor, were small farmers in Engla
They were poor and had six children
Children are the teeth Of poverty and bite
hard.


Even now cannot decide whether /
was right or wrong in going to another
country. AT that time we heard lots of
stories of how people fhrived in America
how they had little ease and comfort aud
independence in that country before they
died


1T was all arranged among ourselves
and father, out of his little savings, gave
me money which | was to return to him if
| got along finely in my new home. But |
did not intend TO set out on this long and
lonesome journey without taking with me
as my wife, little fair haired lass as
modest and industrious girl as could be
found in the country. This lasse was
Bessie Tillott. One day spoke out my
love.


a. Bessie, dear will you go to America
with mel DO you love me enough for
that?'


"sbe put her arms about my neck and
! oSed up into my face with her great haz 81
eys.


a. Robert she said, Il will go with thee
anywhere, and be glad all the time' Then
she kissed me.


- But Bessie, girl, TN poor, you know
and there's the great ocean to be crossed.
When that's betwixt us and the old folks,
well be AMONG strangers, aud have much
to suffer. There's hard work to be done,
and worst of all there's fearful loneliness
and homesickness. Eh Bees, can you
bear hunger in many way


So Try me I'll go with thee, Bob, and
help thee all can, and be good vile.
knew she was as true as steel.


"0ne night, going home from a visit to
Bess. | met Tom Brinton. He was waiting
for me at the big elm just at the turn 10
the road. An Idle fellow, given to beer
drinking aud low companions, he had more
money than any one in his station of life.
Where he got his money was uncertain.
Learned in horses and jockeying, he had
knack Of tickling tho pride Of the owners
of nice nags in the neighborhood. lie was
not handsome fellow, by any means but
his smart ways and speeches made him a
favOrite with many of both sexes. The way
/ came to know him was because we lived
within mile Of each other, and met him on
the highway and st country fairs and frolics.
] had seen him, too. half dozen times at
Tillotts house during the previous years.
] bad never liked, only endured him, know
ing him to be a very muscular fellow,
good wrestler. aud no mean player with
his fists in fact bully, as you call that
kind man in this country. He was sitting
on log by the roadside


Good evening, Hob, he said, as came
Year: 1867

|" / guess the rest is all right" said an
other boy.


" Work out the question yourself and lei
me see the result" said the gentleman tc
Richard


Richard did 80, and handed the slate to
the man, who at once said


" Your quotieut is 1928, and is right.
Mine was IL $685. and was wrong and the
boys were all wrong in saying that the only
mistake was that made in the beginning
for as that was wrong. everything that fol-
lowed it was wrong. Those figures, thougi,
right in themselves, gave me wrong an
swer, because of the error in the com.
mencement


And that is just the way you'll find il
through life. A wrong committed while
young, will cling to you in some shape or
other as long as you liy-. And though
you may afterwsrd repeat and do right,
yet the results 0fyonr life will be different
from what they would have been had you
always done right for life is question 10
long division, and you are daily working it
out. The results which will be seen al the
day Of Judgment will be the quotient. The
boy who lies or swears, or is dishonest, is
making a mistake in the commencement of
this great question which will very seri.
ously affect the quotient when the work is
finished"


By this time the schooI-bell rang, and the
boys went on their way thinking that the
strange man had taken a strange way TO
teach them a very useful lesson lHerry's
Museum,
Year: 1867

New York papers state that the Board Of
Health of that city has information that oho


lera il prevalent in three large cities Of the
country, aud is, of course, expected there
soon. IT this statement be true, it cannot
be doubted that the country will receive n
severe visitation Of the seolrgc this season.
Year: 1867

TnE Rlvgn rose several inches Yesterday
and continued I, rise during tho night in-
stead Of falling a il has done lately. The
sleighs crossed during the day, but aecm-
ing the ice insecure they have now with
dawn. People still cross on foot and will
probably continue to do SO for several days,
as ne danger can be apprehendsd while the
water rises 80 slowly.
Year: 1867

"Bonaparte," she said, that star is mine,
to that and not to yours was promised empire;
through Inc and through my destinies you
have risen part from me and you fall. The
spirit of her that foresaw my rise to royalty
even now communes with my spirit, and tells
me that your fate hangs on mine. Believe
me or not, if we heneeforth walk aslnder you
will leave no empire behind you, ard will die
yourself in shame and sorrow, and with
broken spirit"


He turned away sick at heart and oyerawed
by the words of one whose destiny had been
SO strangely. accomplished. Ten days were
passed in resolves and counGer-resclyes-
then the link that bound hird 10 fortune was
broken. Josephine was divorced-and, as he
said himself dt st. Helena--from that hour
his fall began.


Josephine was divorced, but Der love did
not cease; in her retiremen: she joyed in all
his successes, and prayed that be might be
saved from the fruits of his foul ambition.
when his son was born, she only regretted
that she was not near him in his happiness;
and when he went prisoner to Elba, she
begged that she might share his prison. and
relieve his woes. Livery article that he had
used at her residence remained as he left it
she.would not let a chair be moved. The
book in which he had been last reading was
there, with the page doubled down, and the
pen that he had last used was by it, with the
ink dried on its point. When her death drew
nigh, she wished to sell her jewels to send
the fallen emperor money; and her will was
submitted to his correction. She died before
his return from Elba but her last thoughts
were of him and France and her last words
expressed the hope and belief :" that she had
never caused a single tear to aow." She Was
buried in the village church Of Ruel, and her
body was followed to the grave, not alone by
princes aud generals, but By two thousand
poor whose hearts had been made glad by her
bounty.


Her marble monument bears only this in
scription:


"EUGgSE AND HoRrENsE To JOSEPHINE"
What fund for future writers is her charac-
and fate; and what a lesson to all of U.S.
whether in prosperity or adversely?
Year: 1867

WING DAM.-Psrties who put in wing dam last
year at White Rock, are again at work turning the
river. Their dam is nearly completed. and they
anticipate longer and successful season than
they had last year.
Year: 1867

THE Tunnel of the Cherokee Blue Gravel Min
ing Company. is of the finest works of the
kind in the State. Ii has been constructed under
the personal superintendent of Charles Waldyer,
Esq and promises TO be one of the most valuable
and permanent mining improvements in the State.
The perseverance and industry Of this company
cannot fail of success.
Year: 1867

MINING on the divide between the Middle and
North Forks has taken fresh impetus. During
the present summer, two quartz mills have been
erected one at loomer Hill, and another at Gran
ite Basin. Bloomer Hill is on the Middle Fork, and
around and below its base, company have put in
fume. Their works are well advanced, and they
confident of striking it rich, and realizing their
piles These operations all prospect well. and the
quartz mining, it is believed, will prove remunera-
tive and permanent. Turner's saw mill the
Mountain House. is approaching completion.
Year: 1867

ESRoLL.-It is important that every person who
desires TO vote at the September election, should
examine his precinct enrolment list, and see that
his name is properly placed thereon. Unless 1t Is
so enrolled. you will not be entitled 10 vote 1t IS
not sufficient that your name is on the Great Regis
ter of the county 1t mnst also be on the preciac'
poll list prior Monday next, as the lists are to be
then returned to the County Clerk for revision and
correction. See that YOU are enrolled
Year: 1867

The late Mr. McDonoh, who, dying at
New Orleans, left large portion of his
great wealth TO his native city OF Balt-
more for a free school institution, had
engraved upon his tomb series of max
inns, which he says he adopted for the
guidance of his life in 1904, and to which
he attributes his success in business. He
makes them public for the benefit of all
who desire to become rich, and they are
worthy of reproduction here:


"Rules for the Guidance of My Life,
1904. Remember always that laber is
one of the conditions of our existence
Time is gold; throw not one minute
away, but place each one to account.
Do unto all men as you would be done
by. Never put off till to- morrow what
you can do to-day. Never Did another
do what you can do yourself Never
covet what is not your own. Never
think any matter so trifling as not to de-
serve notice. Never give out that which
does not first come in. Never spend but
to produce. Let the greatest order regu.
late the transactions of your life, Study
in your course of life to do the greatest
amount of. good, Deprive yourself of
nothing necessary to your comfort, but
live in an honorable simplicity. Labor,
then, to the last moment of your exist
ence. Pursue strictly the above rules,
and the Divine blessing and riches of
every kind will flow upon you to your
hearts content but first of all, remem-
ber that the chief and great duty of your
life should be to tend, by all means in
your power, to the honor and glory of our
Divine Creator. The conclusion to
which have arrived is, that without
temperance there is no health without
virtue no order; without religion no hap
piness; aud that the aim of our being is
to live wisely, soberly and righteously.


John MCDoYoH."
Year: 1867

E6r During the war a lady was distrib-
uting tracts to the occupants Of the ward
Of a hospital, and was exceedingly
shocked to hear one poor fellow laugh at
her. She stopped to reprove the wretched
patient "Why, ma'sm," said he, you
have given me a tract on the sin OF
dancing, when have got both legs shot
off"
Year: 1867

Bar A legless imposter was soliciting
aims on ST. Louis street, New Orleans,
recently. His poverty was investigated,
and he turns out to be owner Of property
in New York city to the amount Of sixty
five thousand dollars.
Year: 1867

1t is high time that somebody tcld
you little plsin truth. You have
been watched for long time; Ger
tain class Of you; and Il is plain
enough you are laying plans to cheat
somebody. You intend to sell chaff for
wheat, and there Is danger that sothe
Of the foolish "gudgeops " will be sad
ly taken in. I'd .s..s


It may not be your fault that you be.
long TO the "ons idea party n--that the
single idea Of getting husband is the
only one which engrosses much Of your
time or attention. Your venerable
mother Of Eden memory, wsa called a
"help for man." and you are looking
for man to help you; to help you live
in the half idle, half silly way which
you have commenced. Men who are
worth having want women for wives
A bundle Of gew-gaws with string Of
flats and quavers. sprinkled cologne and
set in oarmine saucer-this is no help
for man who expects TO raise fami-
ly Of boys aud girls and veritable
bread and meat.


The piano and the lace frame are we'll
in their places, and SO are ribbons and
frills and tinsels, but you can't make a
dinner Of the former, nor bed blanke,
Of the latter. And awful as the idea
may seem to you, both dinner and bed
blanket are necessary to domestic en-.
joyment. Life has its realities as we'll
as its fancies, but you make it oil a
matter Of decoration, remembering the
tsssels and curtains, forgetting the bed,
stead. Suppose young mas Of good
sense and Of course good prospects, to
be looking for wife. what chance have
you to be chosen You may cap him,
or trap him, to catch him, but how
much better TO make i, an Object for
him to catch you Render yourself
worth catching, and you will need no
shrewd mother or managing brothers
to help yon fiud a market.
Year: 1867

How TO DIMINISH LTrrGATIoN.-Tho Round
suggestion that all contracts of puro credit
wherein one man willingly trusts another, be
taken out Of the Courts by being declafed un-
lawful. This would effect positive good by
reducing the mass OF litigation at loast one
half The paper adds:


Cases OF fraud would be fcwcr than they are
now. In the first place every one would Sc,
lect his agents and his debtors with moro care
in the second place Gduciary agents would be
bctter paid, because of a general anxiety to
get tho best; in the third place, agents and
debtors would bc moro faithful, because want
OF fidelity to trust would be punished by So
ciety with rcmorsclcssI. unforgiving cruelty
which injure it, and which are not punished,
or cannot bo reached by the laws-as witness
its treatment of fallen woman. Character
would have higher pecuniary value than It
has now, to the great improvement of tho
moral tone Of society. Many q rich rogue,
now trusted only because Of his wealth, would
find himself poworless to command dollar on
moro credit; on tho other hand, many an hon
est man, now scraping hard for living, would
find his services in ready demand at good pay.
So far from increasing tho number of frauds
the leaving Of credit to regulate itself and tho
enforcement of its own contracts would, at the
Same time that II lessened the mass Of litiea-
tion, improve the moral tone Of society by
giving honest men a moro equal chance with
rogues than they now havs-in fact, by put
ting them above the fogaes in credit and in
power.
Year: 1867

DISEASE PRoDUcED BY SLEEPING TodnfH.
rR.-During the night, says a writer on hy-
genics, there is considerable exhalation from
our bodies, and ut tho same time We absorb q
large quantity of the vapors of tho surround-
ing air. Two healthy young children sleeping
together will give and receive healthy exhala-
tions; but an old, weak person near a child
will, in exchange for health, only return weak
ness- A sick mother near her daughter com:
municatos sickly emanations to her II tho
mother has cough Of long duration, tho
daughter win 1t some time also cough and
tunof by It; Il Che mother has pulmonary con-
sumption, 1t will be ultimately communicated
to her child. Its known that the bed of n
consumptive is q powerful and sure source OF
contagion, as woll as for men as for women,
and the more so for young persons. Parents
and friends ought to oppose as much as Is in


their power the sleeping together of old and
young persons Of the sick and of the healthy.
Year: 1867

inspired the atrocities Of Libby Prison and
Andersonylile was as active and relentless as
before the close of the war. The tsubmls-
sion which the Post praises found voice
in the new labor code of South Carolina, -
a series 0fenactments as arbitrary and obnox-
ious to the loyalists as the former black
laws of the slave States, with the sin gIe
exception of the old power of sale. 1t ex-
hibited its hostile feelings in the speeches of
Governor Perry and Governor Humphreys
Of Mississippi in the defiant and yindictiye
tone of the southern press; in the prompt
rejection of terms of union with the north
ern churches; in the election Of prominent
rebel generals to positions of power and
trust, in the absolute refusal of the entire
white population to attend the meeting cal
led TO express the national sorrow at the as,
sassination of Mr. Lincoln; in the conduct
Of southern women, in the spirit Of south
ern literature, in the treatment Of Union
officers aud soldiers, and in the homage paid,
in season and out of season, to the heroes,
living and dead of the confederate army.


Ali these things may be excused and pal


lated from philosophic point of view; it is
but natural, indeed, that people v no suf-
fered so severely for lost cause" should
mourn for it and honor its champions; but
when we come to deal with practical affairs
we must remember these facts, not to an
alyze them or forgive them but to act upon
them. Common sense dictates that after
crime has been committed aud the criminal
is in our hands, even if we find causes for
declining to punish him for his former Of
fence, we must take every security against
him for the future, and before we trust him
again with the power that he has abused,
must make sure that he has reponted and
renounced the theories which led him to do
the deeds that we were forced to repel
Now the South using the term, as the
Post does, to mean the ruling class-have
neither repented of their crimes against the
nation nor reuounced their old ideas. Until,
therefore, we can create a new element in
the conquered territory" whose loyalty
and intelligence we can confidently trust, we
are not only authorized but compelled to
keep it in its present poweTless condition.
Ii is not charity but folly to run the risk of
being twice deceived-especially when the
price Of the first error is a vast national debt
and grand army of heroes slain. Boston
18catiScr
Year: 1867

How A GRUMBLER WAS SERVED. "A
husband was continually finding fault with
his wife for her want of neatness-that his
house was not always kept like bandboxs
nor bis tables polished ike mirrors. This
was one day very warmly expressed, and
comparisons were instituted between her
management and that of neighboring qua
=keress, whom the husband had seen on that
day. The wife promised compliance with
his wishes; and on the husband leaving the
house, she put everything in the most ex.
act aud neat order, not an odious particle of
dust being suffered to appear. The hus
band returned rather later than usual, with
a friend whom he had invited to dine with
him. TO his surprise he found the front
door Of his house was locked-he Knocked
loudly. and with great vehemenee demanded
Immediate admittance, when an upper win.
dow was raised, and out popped the head OF
his beloved spouse: Thee cannot come in
at the front door-the must go around by
the gate to the kitchen. y The husband
sheepishly complied, and ever after suffered
his wife to manage her household affairs as
She saw fit.
Year: 1867

This IS an art in which the French ladies
excel; they are always light, agreeable, gay,
witty, and entertaining; without wishing
that American ladies possessed altogether
tho qualities Of Fronch women, ro may de-
sire for them little more OF the French
faculties Of making themselves agreeable.


Too many Of them, when called upon to
entertain strangers, sit cold, dull and stupid,
unable 10 start a topic ofconyersation or an
swer question except iI monosylables.


Remember the art of conversation can be
cultivated, and that it isone of the duties of
women to cultivate it, IN order to give the
proper tone to society and enliVen the do
meStic circle.


In selecting a subject for conversation
choose something that will interest your
companion, There is nothing more illbread
than to talk much Of yourself, your own
plans and projects and above all, Of matters
which tend to exalt your own importance.


Listen well; that Is to say, interestedly to
whatever is said to youi good listener is as
valuable as a good talker aud never inter-
rupt persons when speaking or commence
repeating something calculated to distract
the attention from what he OF she is saying.


Avoid subjects in society such as politics
or religion, upon which persons are most
ilkeiE TO Atlitt. II Is Lau IdStG 10 assert
ones opinion against that Of another per-
son, and the yielding of it through polite
ness might be mIsconstTuCd.


Ii is illbred to use foreign terms in your
conversation as it Is to whisper to one person
when there are others present.


BE careful how you encourage a reputa-
ton for saying smart, sharp, or sarcastic
things: it will make you both uncharitable
and unpopular


Ifyou venture on a story in company, be
sure that it is sharp and To the point


BE careful to listen instead of talking
when you meet persons who know more
than you do yourself


Never talk upon subjects with which You
are only ,lightly acquainted, such as art and
artists for instance 1t is easy to betray a
great deal ofignorancc without knowing it.


Make yourself acquainted with current
events, current literature, and the topics Of
the day, iu order to converse understand :
ingly about them.
Year: 1867

WHAT ARE YOU LIVING FoR?-A pas
tor waking out recently, met little girl be-
longing 10 his flock And they walked on
together, he spoke to her of her studies.
and was pleased to find her manifesting an
interest amounting almost to enthusiasm in
the cultivation Of her mind


But why, Ellie" asked the pastor, are
you so anxious to succeed in your studies?
What do you mean to do with your educa-
ton after you get it?''


"Qh sir, !, said the girl, Il want to learn
don't want to tell the Lord in the day Of
Judgment that / have lived so long in the
world without having dene any good in it. .


Noble purpose who of our young friends
are studying and living to SO good an end?
who of us are making an every day impress
for good on the hearts and lives of those
among whom We move.