smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

THE LAST OF EARTH-When the cOf6n 10
lowered into the grave and the dull, heavy
sound Of earth falling on it is heard. there arc
some To whom the sound seems but an echo OF
their worst auticipations; seems but to rever-
berate the idea OF decay forever, IN the WORDS,
i" Earth to earth. ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
There are others to whom it sounds pregnant
with the expectations of Immortality, the "sure
and certain hope of a resurrection to eternal
life" The difference between these two feel
inys is measured by the difference of lives.
They whose life is how and earthly. how can
they believe in aught beyond the grave, when
nothing of that life which is eternal has yet
stirred within them! They who havetived 40
Joseph lived. just in proportion to their purity
and their usefulness, must believe IT, Lucy
cannot but believe it. The eternal existence
is already pulsing in their veins; the life OF
trust and high hope, and sublime longings after
perfection, with which the decay of the frame
has nothing to do That is gone-yes-but it
is not that life in which they lived, and when
it is finished. what had that ruin to do with
the destruction of the immortal?


For what is our proof Of immortality! NOE
the analogies Of nature-the resurrection OF
nature from q winter grave-or the enancaPa-
ton of the butterfly. Not even the testimony
to the fact of risen dead; for who does nos
know how shadowy and unsubstantiat these


intellectual proofs become in unsp,rituai frames
of mind! No; the life OF the spirit is the evl-
dence. Heaven begun is the living proof that
makes the heaven to come creditable. "CbrlsS
in YOU is the hope Of glory" 1t is the eagle
eve Of faith which penetrates the grave ana
sees far into the tranquil things Of death. He
alone can believe in Immortality. who feels the
resurrection in him already.-T. n. Robert
son.
Year: 1874

One spring Of gladness 10 wholesome neAle
work. No man is glad when living to himself
man is made for the life communion; the per.
feet form of human life was the life which
found its blessedness in giving itself to man-
kind. There is physical aladness in the glow
of healthy body. That glow is the fruit 0f
energetic action. Thus. sluggards, lagaards.
know nothing Of the physical joy Of life. Work
for God. work for man, work that il twice
blessed. which blesseth him that gives and him
that takes. is the correspondent condition Of .
vigorous. glowing health in the spiritual sphere.
The old monks were glad because their ives
were fruitful. speak Of their beet days; they
became the LATEST and dreaIiest men in Chris-
tendon. But when the institution was young.
they had work ON hand which they believed
the world would rejoice in. They believed
themselves the saviours Of society; that BY
their tolls, their tears. their prayers, they were
helping it. beyond the power of kings and cap
tains to help it: that their uplfted hands kept
heavens ladder by which angels Of God de-
scended upon the world. Let loose the wings
of your loving ministry; stir your soul to some
work which shall scatter blessings. If you
would taste joy, fresh and pure from its foun-
tain. do good, be ready to communicate. It IL
this which makes the soul instinct with vigOr,
aglow with health. and radiant with joy. Man
is crippled. half developed being, until his
uns-lfish ministry is drawn forth. When he
has tasted the JOY of doing good, he is like the
lame after Peters touch; he goes out into .
great temple of life, walking and leaping and
prasing God. Try it, If life is sad, make it
glad by service that strains its power, that
higher power only can make you strong enough
to render But here we touch the deep per-
ennial fountain Of gladness-the Joy OF the
Holy Ghost. The joy Of the man who believes
that God is with hun. is exuberant. irrepressi-
bic. The delight of doing the win Of God. to
those who have tasted it, masters all other Joy.
NV meat and my drink is to do the will OF him
that sent me and to finish his work.-Londes
Coagregationalist.
Year: 1874

BE JUSr.-The New York Herald, in an ar.
ticle demanding justice and maenanimity to
the South, takes issue with the whole recon-
struction policy of the Government as having
been timid. timeserving, fearful. and having
thus far prevented any measure Of substantial
justice to the South. I'VE have" says the
Herald. conquered the armies of the South,
we have dissolved the once mighty Confedera-
cy. we have driven its dag from the land and
the ocean; there is but one authority in this
land, the authority of the Constitution; we
have sent into retirement and exile the leaders
of secession; but there still is no peace, only
trouble, sorrow, crime, disturbance. murder
everywhere. Anarchy in Arkansas. reputation
Wherever We look there is chaos We do not
overdraw this picture. The telegraph sadly
enough gives us newer and darker tints from
hour to hour. Our correspondents confirm
the news in painful. gloomy letters. Nothing
is clearer to every patriotic mind than that the
problem should be solved" But thow solved is
a question the Herald does not answer. except by
intimaton But its solution is the simplest mat
ter in the whole range of craftsmanship. Just
stop all Federal interference in the domestic
affairs of the States; permit the negro and the
white man each to find his own level; to ere
ate his own social. moral and political status,
let each. when accused of offense. take his
chances before the State courts without the
presence of any but State, county or municipal
officers and the thing is done. The agitation
uow kept up by carpet-basgers in the employ
of Northern politicians, as despIcable in the
sight Of ths Northern, as of the Southern, peo-
pie. will be at an end. and State government III
the South will move onward as smoothly as In
the North; and certainly crime in the South is
not now more frequent nor more revolving
than in the North.
Year: 1874

That tho crow blackbird will and
does pull corn there is no doubt, since
We have found them with corn in their
crops after being killed. As we'll
might 1t be said that they
do not attack corn when in
tbs milk, which it is well known
they will do, equally with their cousins,
th, red.wiuged blackbirds; neverthe-
less, We would not be understood as
among those who wonld destroy them.
They do undoubtedly destroy immense
Quantities of cut worms and other
lary1, not excepting the codling moth,
but to 6,d the cut worm they need not
dig down to the kernel of the corn,
since this worm does not feed on the
grain but on the shoot or leaf, and
usually feeds next the surface where
they NAY always be found early in the
morning, at which time birds usually
feed tho worms retire deeper only as
the day advances. Some varieties of
the 'snt worm indeed, feed entirely
'eeoys the surface Western Rural.
Year: 1874

Varnish should always be applied in
warm room, as warm as a person can
work in comfortably. At lower TEN.
perature there is always moisture in tho
air, an invisible dew, which gives the
varnish milky and cloudy appearance.
This will happen even on q fine sum-
NOR day, and the only preventative Is
to employ artificial heat to produce
temperature of At least 75o B. 1t
this temperature the moisture is not
precipitated until the alcohol of the
varnish has sufficiently evaporated to
leave thin and smoth film of shelIac.
The gloss and durability are entirely
dependent upon this. The article to
be varnished should be brought iuto
the workshop a few hours before tie
work begins, so that it may get VAIN.
The surface is s,noothed, washed and
rubbed dry with chamois leather or a
piece Of silk, and every trace of dust,
moisture and dirt removed With a
clean, soft brush, but no oil or grease
must be used. The varnish is now
lifted lightly with fat brush not Id
mersed too deeply in it, and a thin
coating applied. It is well to begin IN
the confer or at the highest part, and
approach the edges with long, straight,
rapid and even strokes and a gentle
pressure. Care must be taken at the
corners and edges. The film of varnish
should be about as thick as q shees
psper. When finished it should be e.
posed to the suns rays or artificial heat
and carefully protected against draft
and dust. Gold air or draft over the
article gives the varnish a dull look.
When this happens, the only remedy
is to apply second coating, and hold
it near the fire 60 "a to dissolve the
previous coat but not go near as to
blister it-Journal Of APpzsed Chem
istry.
Year: 1874

"A Brookfeld woman is completely un-
manned by the loss of her husband.


MIR. Edgar Bascom was taken to the
Insane Asylum at Hartford, this morning
just three months from the day his son
Joseph purchased fiddle.


"A miserable looking wretch got OF the
cars this noon to 60 to Norwalk. He sat
by himself as everybody appeared to shun
him. He was the man that paints signs on
rocks.


The reason an urohin gave for being
late at school Monday was that the boy in
the next house was going to have dress
ing down with bed-cord, and he wanted
to hear him howl.


"A Danburian, who was in New York
Saturday, came up with the wild statement
that he had seen hotel clerk with side
whiskers. That is more Of lie than ono
man should undertake to tell. Hair grow
ing on the cheek of hotel clerk Seat!


Whenever you see q small boy emerg-
ing from the house with his left arm shxd-
ing his eyes and the ether smoothing tho
basement Of his trowsers, it is safe to az
rive ct the conclusion that he has been
chasing the boot-jaok around his father.


Don't lay me on the river bank


Amid the fragrant flowers,


Nor where the grass is watered by


The early Summer showers


But put me in the kitchen range,


And open wide the damper;


And then my vaporous remains


Can up the chimney soamper.


"A gentleman who came several thous-
and miles to view the country with the
purpose Of purchasing, got large-si1ed
red ant on him few days ago, and,
stranger as he was, he cavorted arsund
and used as appropriate language as If he
had lived here all his life, and moved ii
the best of fsociety.-San Antonio Herald.


The following is an instance Of the
"severely oalm'' style Of Western reporter
ial descriptions: yesterday morning
boy sauntered up to yard on Eighth
street, where q woman was scratching the
bosom of the earth With . rake, and,
leaning on the fence, said Are you seins
round the back yard after whilei' The
woman said she didn't know; maybe she
would. Why!. Because said the boy
Il just saw the cistern lid drop on the ba-
by's head . minute ago, and thought II you
went around you might lift it off, 1tis
currently reported that the woman wsnt.'
Year: 1874

Elsewhere in the Bulletin will be
found the decision of the Supreme
Court declaring the local option law
unconstitutional. The decision is rem
dered by McKinstry. Wallace and
Niles concur and Rhodes ond Crockett
dissent. The decision went off on the
point that the Legislature had no
power to delegate its function of MAX
ing laws. We have therefore arrived
at the end of an agitation which, how
ever laudable in itself, was believed
by many temperance people to be mis-
directed. Under these circumstances
there will never be chance to deter
mine whether Local option, if enforced
would really promote the cause of
temperance. But if the Local Option
law is dead, the temperance sentiment
is not. 1t is an evidence of a great
moral progress that such law should
not only be passed by the Legislature,
but should have received the indorse-
ment of so many citizens and villages.
1t is not too much to expect that from
such sentiment we shall yet get
really valuable temperance law. 1t is
the experience of the world that man.
kind cannot be reformed at q single
effort. No law has ever been passed
that changed the whole habits of q
people. The first step in a really nat
ural temperance reform would be to
place the sale of liquor in respectable
hands, and the second to discriminate
against strong drinks.
Year: 1874

proprietor of the San Bemardino n has reduced the price of that paper, who pay in advance. to four dollars

 those who pay when they get ready k to stand the old price, five dollars. frdian, very sensibly we think, will |as independent as possible and will

 .Ae organ of Any party clique or
Year: 1874

The Mining and Scientific Press of San Francisco now in its 2sth volume, Is the best paper for the miner, the prospector and the machinist, of which we have any knowledge. Four dollars (gold) sent to Dewey & Co. will fetch it for one year.
Year: 1874

ATHENS, Tenn, May 1G, 1874.
Correspondence chronicls.l


The farmers of this vicinity have been
much in arrears with their work, but are
now getting it well to the front. A light
shower, which fell last night, occurred
lust in time to help the late planting.
Wheat looks splendid-never better There
are plenty of fields within a few miles of
Athens that promise an average of 2j
bushels to the acre. The fruit trees also
indicate an abundant yield.


The commencement exercises at the
University begin next Friday. They will
be more than usually interesting. I regret
to learn that Dr.Dean proposes TO leave the
institution at the close of the session, and
return to his eastern home, in consequence
of failing health. He is an excellent man
and hard worker Since he has been
here he has devoted himself exclusively to
the duties and interests of the institution.
His place will be hard to fill.


The University is embarrassed with
debt, and without relief from abroad, will
be sold out sooner or later. The colored
people propose to found n college here.
and there is some talk that they
will purchase the University prop
erty. Should the civil rights bill pass Con-
gress with the mixed, school feature, of
course white children could not be denied
IL.


BY the way-the civil rights bill is excl
ting less comment here than at some other
places, the Republicans generally believ-
ing that the more Objectionable features
will be emasculated before it is enacted in
to law. A large proportion of our color
ed people repudiate the silly action of their
brethren at Nashville.


There is very little interest manifested
in regard to the next State elections as
yet. The Andy Johnson movement
is viewed with suspicion by the
Democrats of the old church, and
they are not altogether hopeful of a
victory, though the old man of the Post
is occasionally whistling to keep their
courage up.


There is likely to be trouble among the
Democracy of the district when it comes
to making a selection for a candidate for
Congress. Blizzard, of this place, is clearly
entitled to the race, but his chances of
getting it are rather remote. Between this
end of the district and the mountain, the
choice will probably fall either upon
James, of Chattanooga, or Spears, of the
Sequatchie country.


Mr.. Cleage is pushing the new court
house, and will have it ready for the De-
cember term of the Circuit Court.


SEMI-OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1874

The Nashville Banncr relates a funny
account Of u desperate contest for eight
barrels of hard money treasure, hidden
away in the mountains of Putnam county.
An old colored man, "Unclc Ben Cowan,"
is responsible for all the anxiety on the
subject, and forty-thrce years ago told
what he knew about it as follows:


He said that when he was little chap"
his old grandmother told him that on In
dian creek, near q certain oak tree there
was cave in the side Of the mountain.
That In this there were buried eight bar
rGLs Of silUer. 1t had been dug from the
mountain side by French trapper, run
into bullion and buried in this cave. His
grandmother had learned this from her
grandfather, who had helped to bury the
Frenchman after the Indians had killed
and scalped him three miles below this
same creek.


Benjamin's grandmother died the mo-
ment she had finished speaking. He was
very sorry for this, as he wanted 10 ask her
q great many more questions about it. But
so it was, and Ben was left the sole possess
sor of the secret.


About eighteen months ago he found the
cave. He and his son worked in il when
ever they could find time to do so. The
last time they were there digging, a large
rock fell upon his son and killed him. The
old man has had no heart to go about there
since. After the death of his son, he has
freely talked about the cave, telling its
locality and all about it to any and every
one. He tells them also that the treasure
Is not in bullion and packed away in kegs.
but that it is in coin of n mighty curious
look" just like one he carries with him.


n company of negroes, about thirty in
number, from the edges of Wilson, DeKalb,
Putnam and Smith counties, assembled at
a stated rendezvous, on last Tuesday a week
ago, armed and equipped with muskets.
spades, picks and two days rations, they
formed line and marched upon the spot


\ party of thirty white men followed
and drove the colored men from the field
and cave, wounding one. The whole
neighborhood is excited over the matter.
Year: 1874

Sweetwater was the theme of universal
and enthusiastic comment by the dele.
gates, all of whom were deeply impressed
with the cordiality of their reception and
entertainment. 1t is conceded on all hands
that the convention was grand success.
A fire has been kindled that will never die
out. The great Sunday school army is
marching on. SHoNBIRG.
Year: 1874




WHEREAS, Certain turbulent and dis
orderly persons pretending that Elisha
Baxter, the present Executive OF Arkan-
gether with force and arms to resist his
authority as such Executive and other au-
| thority of said State and,


WHEREAS, Said Elisha Baxter has been
declared duly elected by the General AS
! sembly of said State, as provided in the
Constitution thereof, and has for a long
period been exercising the functions of
said office, into which he was inducted ac-
cording to the Constitution and laws of
said State, and ought by its citizens to be
considered as the lawful Executive thereof (;
and,


WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the Consti-
tuition of the United States that the United
States shall protect every State in the Un~
ion on application of the Legislature or of
the Executive, when the Legislature can
not be convened, against domestic violence (;
and,


WHEREAS, Said Elisha Baxter, under
Section of Article of the Constitution of
the United States and the laws passed in
pursuance thereof, has heretofore made
application to me to protect said State and
the citizens thereof against domestic vio-
lence; and,


WHEREAS, The General Assembly of



capital thereof, on the 1lth inst, pursuant
To a call made by said Elisha Baxter, and
both houses thereof have passed joint
resolution also applying 10 me to protect
the State against domestic violence and,


WHEREAS, 1t is provided in the laws of
the United States that in all cases of insur-
rection in any State or of obstruction to
the laws thereof it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States on applica-
tion of the Legislature of such State, or of
the Executive when the Legislature can
rot be convened, to employ such part of
the land and naval forces as shall be judged
necessary for the purpose of suppresslng
such insurrection or causing the laws TO be
duly executed aud,


WHEREAS, 1t Is required that whenever
it may be necessary in the judgment of the
President to use the military force for the
purpose aforesaid he shall forthwith, by
pr clamation, command such insurgents to
disperse and retire peaoeably to their re-
spective houses within limited time.


Now, therefore, /, Ulysses =. Grant,
President of the United States, do hereby
make proclamation and command all tur-
bulent and disorderly persons to disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective
abOdes within ten days from this date and
hereafter To submit themselves to the law
ful authority of said Executive and the
other constituted authorities of said State,
and invoke the aid aud co operation of
all good citizens to uphold the law and pre-
serve the public peace.


In witness hereof / have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal OF the United
Year: 1874

a late number of the EUening Ec-
press contains an editorial In which a
recent decision of the Supreme Court
of this State is severely criticised, and
the Court istelf spoken of in terms the
reverse of complimentary. This free
country, and the right of every man
to express his opinion of everybody
else is one of che inalienable privileges
that grew out of the Revolution, and
has propagated itself from generation
to generation, until every American
citizen would feel that his rights were
invaded and his liberties threatened,
If he could not indulge in an OCCASION
al swear at the President or any
member of his Cabinet. Free
Speech and Free Press" are senti-
ments we all indorse until we happen
to feel the lash of one or both of these
powers; after that we are not so en-
thusiastic on the subject of freemen's
rights. 1t may be as the Express says,
that our Supreme Court is disgrace
to the State, but the recent decision of
that Court denying the right of the
Legislature to grant special and ex-
elusive franchises to individuals and
corporations, is 10 evidence of such
disgrace. The principle on which this
decision is based is one of great impor-
tance to the people of California, and
the sooner the theory that few men
may be enriched through the bestowa
of exclusive privileges, at the expense
and inconvenience of the many, is
effectually exploded, the better it will
be for the people. The last decision of
the Supreme Court, in the Spring VAL
ley Water Company's case, is the cor
rect one
Year: 1874

couple of years, one day the farmer
strapped it on his back and went out
into the garden, resolved to squirt the
contents OF the machine without fur
ther delay. The first thing on which
he turned the pipe was patch of half
bug-eaten potato plants. In a few
moments he noticed the ground COW
cred with dead potato-bugs, and by
the time the machine was empty not
a live bug could be found in the gar
den, and the farmer had found a new
and valuable use for his Babcock ex-
tinguisher. The experiment of the
Indiana farmer has suggested the pos
sibility that the chemical compound
used in the extinguisher may be use
full in killing the insects that some
times damage the trees and fruit of
this country.
Year: 1874

A LADY correspondent has written
the editor of the HERALD a pretty lit
tie note, in which she desires to know
if comets are dangerous. For the life
of US, we cannot answer this question
satisfactorily. Comets are dangerous
or not, just as it happens. The comet
is good deal like o woman-a pretty
one. We have read that comets are
capable of doing much harm, but we
never knew of their doing any serious
damage. They frighten the ignorant,
but those who have studied their ma
ture do not fear them. Here again
they resemble woman in being very
eccentric. They move rapidly, but
you can never tell within a neighbor
or two where they are going nor when
they will be back. Fair lady, the
comet is not more dangerous than
Yourself.
Year: 1874

An exchange tells of farmer in
Indiana who purchased one of the
small Babcock fire extinguishers under
the impression that it might save his
house or barn from being burned. No
opportunity occurred to use the instru-
ment for the purpose intended and
after 1t had lain around the house a