smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

We find the body capable of resisting
Il temperature sufficient TO decompose
dead matter. Animals rs well as man
have been exposed to a degree of heat eX-
ceeding that of boiling water, and with
out injury, when at the same time ther-
mometer placed under the tongue has
indicated an elevation Of Il few degrees
only above the natural standard. The
power of resistance is Of short duration,
for the nervous influence is exhausted by
so extraordinary a demand. Chemical
agents come into play, and matter is re-
solved into lifeless form. AS regards
cold, the same law prevails, the Limits
are the same. However great the power
may be of resisting it, rs soon rs the
nervous energy is exhausted the system
is subject to injury.


l have witnessed the effect of cold too
long endured upon the little positions,
who are barbarously exposed to it in the
winter season at St. Petersburg. The
lads bear it for time, as they sit on
their horses clapping their hands and
singing to keep up their courage; but
this fails them by degrees, and finally,
benumbed, til " fall from their saddles
in state of torpor, which nothing but
rolling them in snow will overcome.
There is seldom a fete given at St. Peters
burg in the extreme cold weather that
occurrences Of this sort are not recordc''
In very cold nights the sentries are fire.
quently frozen to death, if not relieved at
short intervals. AS long us nervous ex-
citement can be kept up the resistance of
cold is very great. General Pirofsky
informed me that in the expedition to
Khiva, Notwithstanding the intenseness
of the cold. the soldiers marched along
singing, with the breasts of their coats
open, but only as long as they were
flushed with the hope of success.


Where there is nothing to excite, and
where exposure to the cold takes place
only under the common routine ofparade,
its depressing effects are lamentably felt
by those long exposed to it. In the time
of the Grand Duke Constantine, regi-
ment Of horse was marching from Stelna
to St. Petersburg, n distance of twelve
miles and upward. lie marched at their
head at II foot-pace all the way. He had
we'll -wadded himself, and smeared his
face over with oil.


1t was q qualification of a whim to eX-
pose the soldiers to great degree of
cold. They arrived ut the square before
the palace, and were dismissed to their
barracks. The following day one-third
of the regiment were in the hospital, at
tackled by nervous fever, Of which
many died. There was no stimulus of
necessity in this case. but the moral feel
ing aggravated the physical suffering
Sir g. Lefevre's Apology for the NcrueS.
Year: 1879

A hopeless person is one who deserts
himself.


Ignorance has no light; error follows
Il false one.


A fine coat may cover fool, but never
conceals one.


There is no grief like the grief which
does not speak.


He who blackens others does not
whiten himself.


Genius is sometimes arrogant; knowI-
edge is always ditlidcnt.


We are never so proud and so humble
as when we are praised.


What is styled timidity is probably
nothing but the fear ofslowinS TO" fli'Is
merit.


A good constitution is like monr:y
hox-its full value is never known TIL 1t
is broken.


Good taste is the modcsty of ulr mind;
that is why it cannot be either initiated
or acquired.


In general, there is no one with whom
life drags so diSagrreahly rs with Inn
who tries TO make it shorter.


II the shoe of n monarch could DO as
much rs the monarch himself. the court
would be divided between his majesty
and his shoe.
Year: 1879




The youth with the white duck vest
and heavy gold chain never buttons his
coat up.


No boy is tender-hearted or sympa-
thetic enough to feel bad when his
teacher is sick and has to stay at home.
The worst of short crop with retail
dry goods clerk is that j. won't enable
him to hold his lead pencil behind his
ear.


No man can walk along Broadway
without meeting an acquaintance-that
is, if he happens to have on his old
clothes.


Fame should never open its golden
portal to the being who will attempt to
burnish his silk hat with blacking-
brush.


A man can never tell what kind of an
axiom he possesses when he carries a
Chinese laundry check around in his
pocket.


When you have rheumatism so bad
that you can't stoop you are pretty sure
to discover three-cent silver piece lying
on the sidewalk.


She sits and smiles


By the window-sill


She's sweet rs rose


In valley still.


And no one knows it better than herself.
At picnic it always seems to be the
fate of the man with the pearl-colofed
trousers and white vest to be called upon
to ascend tree to adjust swing for q
stout girl who chews gum and speaks
ungramatically.


No pen will ever correctly describe the
sensations which thrill man when he
raises his hat on meeting young lady
on the street-that is, when his hair is
cut so close to his head that he can't
touch it with his hand.


No matter how great a poet may be,
no matter how far his fame extends, no
matter how much he is admired and
courted by society, he is never eccentric
enough to attempt to wash his face with
his hat and eyeglasses on.


Now the elilies-ot-the-valley


On the nantlcpiece are willing,


And now the golden butterfly


On dandelions fitting.


Tis now the morning sunbeam glds


The coleus and onion;
IT'S now the clumsy croquet ball


Doth seek the tender bunion.
1t is argued by philosophers that the
hardest-earT.ed triumphs are always
sweetest. This may be, but it can't be
aid to be the case when man, in at
tempting to open knife, almost rips his
thumb nail out by the roots.
What makes even good-natured man
wild with rage, while running past the
ferry cashier in q crowd is, after laying
down u trade-dollar, to attempt to pick
up the ninety seven coppers which con-
stitute the change without being knocked
down.


IN JUNE.


The dandelions burn


Amid the wavy fern


By the stream.


All! these balmy, golden days,


With their robin-roundelays,


Like q dream


Steal upon us, and elate


Make our bosoms, while sweet Kate
With Sir Launcelot eats plate


OF ice-cream.
Year: 1879

checked shirt and black tie. He escorted
his younger sister. Lady Mary Camp
bell, a pretty young woman of eighteen
or twenty, with wavy auburn hair, who
was dressed like her sister in travelling
dress and plain black cloak"
Year: 1879

The failure Of jury to convict the
Yoakum brothers of murder, at Bakers


field, CAL, displeased the populace. A
mob broke into the Jail at night, and
one of the prisoners was quickly hanged
to the bars of his cell, moose being
thrown over his head, and the rope
pulled through the grating. Then the
iynchers went to the others cell door,
and found that he was fettered to the
floor. AS they were unable to enter,
they tried to lasso him, as they had
done with his brother, and then choke
him to death by pulling at the rope,
but he lodged the moose successfully.
So they killed him with their revolvers,
firing so recklessly that two of their own
number were accidentally wounded.
Year: 1879

London, July 3.-Sunday last pla-
card was posted on the wall of the royal
palace of Lacken threatening the king
with death if he ratified the bill passed
by the Belgium parliament depriving
the clergy of the control of elementary
education
Year: 1879

Deacon Wilder, want you to tell me
how you kept yourself and family SO we'll
the past season, when all the rest of us
have been sick SO much, and have had the
doctors running to us SO long"


BRO. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
| used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
family we'll and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars worth of it kept us all we'll
and able to work all the time, and will
warrant it has cost you and most Of the
neighbors one to two hundred dolas apiece
to keep sick the same time. | guess you'll
take my medicine hereafter. See other
column.
Year: 1879

THE LIVER is more frequently the seat
of disease than is generally supposed, for
upon its regular action depends, in meas
ure the power of the stomach, bowels,


brain, and the whole nervous system.


Regulate that important organ by taking
Simmons Liver Regulator, and prevent
most of the diseases that flesh is heir to.
Legal Blanks, ofall kinds for ssle at
THE ARGUS OFFICE
Year: 1879

In June 1855, the people Of the city of Washing
ton witnessed scene, such as perhaps never again
will be observed on this continent Then the vast
armies of Grant and Sherman marched through the
metropolis amid cheering, shouting and waving OF
bandkerchefs of the thousands of beholders. The
very air was full of gratitude, the people felt that
they could clasp in their these noble veterans,
who had saved their land from anarchy and destruc-
ton But on the 9Th day of September 1879 about
seventeen years afterwards, Washington witnessed


ANOTHER SIGHT,


We say Westinghouse mean Judge Bundy
and few people gathered at a Police Court when
a worn and tired-looking man entered and announc-
ed that he wished to be arrested This a
markable circumstance to the officer no had been
for wears used to hearing and women declare
their innocence of crime instead of admitting guilt
and he looked at the stranger in surprise.


"You want to be arrested really ~ he said to the
man.


Yes, sir do" said the stranger, sorrowfully


'' What for ~


Well, for vagrancy, | suppose. I'm sick, and
PLAYED out Pm no good TO myself anybody
else people shun me and I'm nearly starved co
death Yes, arrest and send me down for vagrancy
if You have grain of pity in your soul"


OF course I'll do so if you wish it; consider
yourself arrested but yours is indeed strange case
What's your name and former occupation z"


Well, sir, my name is Henry Adams For nine
wears have served soldier in the regular
United States army, but discharged some time
ago for.physical disability Since then have sought
vainly for work and am now pauper, sir, ragged
and hungry, and have not friend to go to,


Don't you get pension from the government
the officer asked, becoming interested


"No, / do not have applied for it and my pa
pers are on ile but whether / will get it or not
can't say. may be months even years before it
is acted en- and in the meantime there's nothing left
me but paupers life =


Now it is perfectly reasonable to suppose, that
this unfortunate soldier was among the glorious fell
lows who marched through the city in 1868, We
might write lengthy homily on this subject, but
Year: 1879

1t is expected that General Grant will arrive in
San Francisco about the 18th of September He
will remain in that city few days and then go up
the coast into Oregon and Washington sTerritory
1t is understood that about the st of November he
will start for the Eastern States. Rumor says he
intends to make his future home in Philadelphia
Year: 1879

There was a moments lull in the debate, and then
member known Old Reliable spoke up; ''Why, down
TO Arizona when lived thar hot that they used
to have split thermometers together SOS to get any
idea of heat, and then the quicksilver would
squirt over the top sometimes.
Year: 1879

1t seems that the conversion of
the Desert of Sahara into an inland
sea might not after all be so much
of blessing to the continent Of
Africa as was claimed when the
project was first broached. AT a
recent meeting of the French Geo
graphical Society, at Paris, DR..
Cosson, a member of the Institute,
combatted the scheme with many
arguments. He did not believe
that the climate of the interior of
Africa would be changed by an ar
tificial sea. Its shores would be as
arid as those of the Mediterranean
in Tripoli; but If the climate should
change, the date crop, which is the
principal support of the natives,
would be ruined. The routes of
the caravans from Tpn;s and AL
giers to the interior would also be
destroyed and the whole inland
trade deranged. DR.. Cosson also
predicted that the pressure OF the
mass of water would produce per-
turbations in the currents which
feed the artesian wells in the Oasis,
and might cause them to fail, and
thus entail the loss of hundreds of
palm trees. His views as to the
climatic influence OF @ Saharan
sea were opposed by other members
of the Society.
Year: 1879

A well-known physician of this
city is responsible for u story that,
although disgusting, may serve to
show how the yellow fever germ
was preserved through the intense
cold of last winter: A South Mem
phis woman, whose husband died
of the fever last year, not only pre-
served the clothing which he had
on when he died, but even the
sheet upon which he lay, covered
as 1t was with stains of black
vomit. She keeps these relics In II
wooden chest, and every now and
then takes them out, because, as
she says, the smell reminds her of
her dear Willie.
Year: 1879

A clergyman at Methodist
camp-meetiug at Bucyrus, Ohio,
prayed that God would kill one
member of every anti. Christian
family in the county. This excited
the wrath of the sinners in the
congregation, and they tore down
the tent, whipped the minister, and
would have tarred and feathered
him if he had not fled.
Year: 1879

Joaquin Miller, speaking of Sit
ting Bull. thus explains how his
Sioux Highness came by his name,
the key to the conundrum having
been impaired to him by the In-
dams themselves: "An Indian is
never honored with a distinctive
name,n said Mr.. Miller, "until he
has done something noteworthy,
and which reveals a marked trait
of character. When Sitting Bull
was young man he was shot in
the legs and disabled, but he sat
bolt upright on the ground and
continued to fight with the fierce
ness of wounded buffalo bull, and
it was this incident which drew
from the tribe the appellation of
Sitting Bull"
Year: 1879

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates
Year: 1879

At legal investigation of a
liquor seizure the Judge asked an
unwilling witness: "What was in
the barrel that you hadW The re-
ply was: "Well, your Honor, it
was marked WHISKY on one end
of the barrel, and 'Pat Duffey' on
the other end, so / can't say
whether it was whisky or Pat Duff
fey in the barrel, being as l am on
my OATH"
Year: 1879

Very few of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from diseases of the heart
do really arise from that cause. To ascer-
tain the real origin of the sudden deaths,
an experiment was tried and reported to a
scientific congress at Strasburg. Sixty-six
cases of sudden death were made the sub
ject of thorough post mortem examina-
tion. In these cases only two were found
who died from disease of the heart. Nine
out of sixty six had died of apoplexy,
while there were forty-six cases Of c)nges-
tion of the lungs; that is, the lungs were
so full of blood that they could not work,
not being room enough for sufficient
amount of air to support life. The causes
that produce congestion of the lungs are /:
cold feet, tight clothing, costive bowls, sit
ting still until chilled after being warmed
with labor or rapid walk, going too sud-
denly from close room into the air,
especially, after speaking, too hasty walk
ing, or running to catch q train, etc. These
causes of sudden death being known, an
avoidance of them may serve to iengthen
many valuable lives, which would other
wise be lost under the verdict of the heart
complaint. That disease is supposed To
be inevitable and incurable, hence many
may not take the pains they would to
aviod sudden deaih, If they knew it lay in
their power.-lNew York World.
Year: 1879

We call the Shakers peculiar people,
and perhaps we do them no injustice, but
like many other classes and societies, with
all of whose ways we do not sympathize,
they are capable of giving us profitable
ideas if we will only accept them. The
Shakers do not bestow much thought up
on art. but they work in admirable har-
mony with nature. Their splendid ave-
nues of trees, their farms under almost
perfect cultivation, show that they do not
slight the gifts with which they have been
intrusted. A writer in New Haven pa
per says that probably no man in all
New England has done more in a acertain
line for the benefit of posterity than Elder
Omar Pease, of the North family, at the
Shaker settlement at Enfield. He has
sown in the last thirty years over two hun
dred acres of white pines, and to-day, from
the hill east of his residence can overlook
heights indicating their variOns ages. He
says only once in about three years do the
white pine seeds ripen. Four quarts Of
seed, we'll distributed, will stock an acre.
His best success has been after buckwheat
and without narrowing. Pines grow
where the land IS poor, and where a man
has 200 acres OF cOmely-growing trees
raising annually to his memory IN this
world leaves u monument better than
marble" All of this is true, and we wish
it might not be simply abstract truth.
There are thousands of acres in New
England now bearing nothing better than
mullen and sorrel that might be treated
to the white pine remedy and become a
richly paying tcrritory.-[B Boston Post.
Year: 1879

still greater than before. | could not
obtain my right" And, after muttcr-
ing awhile to himself. he spoke out loud
again: | shall do as the judge want
ed me to dol shall be grateful to
him. 49,.


Son cried the agonizcd old woman,
" | can read it in your face. you will en-
ter the castle in the dead of night and
murder him in his sleep.


No, answered ShmuIe Smilingly; it
would be nice, but then they would hang
me, and who would then provide for
you? No, | must try it in a different
way-I must become a rich man y


The Lord has confoundcd thy un-
derstanding, moaned the mother and
still more violent became her sobs when
he informed her of his resolve to migrate
to Czemovitz But her tears were of
no avail he remained steadfast


Selling the only thing on earth that he
could call his property bedstcad
with the bedding, which would become
unnecessary in the household after his
departure, and which brought him the
munificent sum Of five forins. because
he threw into the bargain a lot Of old
and wcll,worn prayer books-hc said to
his mother: Il shall not be near YOU.
mother, but | shall honestly share with
you my earnings and. after bidding her
an atfectionatc goodbye. he departed.


On arriving at Czcmoyitz with the
five forms still untouched. he proceeded
at once to purchase a small stock of
trinkets, consisting of matches and
cheap toilet articles. which he peddled
from hotel to hotel and on the streets.
And because he was indefatigable, and
used near to nothing for his own per
son, he succeeded not only in helping
to support his mother but also in saving
something for himself.


After having thus toiled for two years.
he was enabled to give up this trade and
to enter upon an enterprise on larger
scale, and which was more remunerativc.
He started out as a country peddIer,
trade still more toilsome and connected
with a great many hardships.


BUdened with an enormous pack on
his back, he went forth like Nathan
Bikes, the father of Madame Christine.
From village to village, and from fair to
fair, he kept on wandering, halting only
to offer his wares for cash, or mostly in
trade The latter mode he preferred,
as it insured him a double profit on
single transaction; that it also increased
his burden, he needed not


After three years of hardships, priva-
ton and toll, he returned again to the
city, This time for the purpose Of es-
tablishing himself in permanent way.
He soon secured a small stand on the
market-place, where he laid in a stock
Of a thousand different trifes. This
business, too, prospered, and he was soon
able to rent large store and to support
his mother in most generous way: but
he personally continued to subsist on a
crumb of bread and a glass of water,
and allowed himself the luxury of bit
Of meat only once a week, and that, too,
in honor of the Sabbath day


(IO be conc1udcd.)
Year: 1879

of nearly two thousand males. The
Radevillc Kahal was obliged to give five
recruits Most Of the young men who
were fit for the service had fled or hid
themselves as soon as the draft had COM
mcnced, and the number Of the required
recruits had t3 be procured in some way
or another. Fhe Kahal were thus com
PEELED to cnlisb whoever they could find.


Israel of V5dopoy was neither Of the
most pious noEof the influential citizens
Of that district, In fact prejudice was
rather againstl him. He was a villagers
this fact did npt promise much of refine
ment or Of Earning. His father had
been a shoem4 4ker, and had not enjoyed
a good reputation, consequently there
was 20 familh hconpection in his favor.
And finally. Israel was not rich


"What shanwe do?" was the uniform
answer Israe8 received from those to
whom he applied. All the young men
that are fit oEthe service have fed, and
the number ofFecruits must be supplied.
If we release Your boy, we will be com
PEELED to give $another one in his stead.
and one jewish child is as good as
another. Shah we take away a husband
from his wifesor scholar from his Tai
mud for the sake of your boy p


There was only one hope left to the
bereaved fat1er, that the military au-
thorities mig1t find his boy unfit for the
service. Thdday Of presentation ar
rived. The im= keepers boy in company
with several other recruits were taken
before the military saathorities for ex-
animation. Ae HNhefs and mothers Of
the captured skaaaaFsn were standing out
side Of the Office awaiting the. results Of
the presentation in sorrowful anticipa-
ton. One boy was.undressed, examined
and measured The committee con-
suited for little while the chairman
called out unfit" The boy was re-
stored to his parents, who received him
in their arms with tears ofioy. Another
boy was presented and submitted to the
same process Of examination. The
fatal fit resounded, and he was led off
to the caseln. At last our Naphtati
was introduced, the committee had a
pretty lengthy consultation about him !;
but he was at last declared : fit :" his
father almost sank to the ground when
he saw him led off. Israels only child
was accepted into military service at
the tender age of seven years. The
healthy constitution of the child was the
cause of his misfortune, he was taken
for older than he was.


When Israel arrived home with a stag
gering gait, and as pale as death, Re
bekah knew by his appearance the un-
happy results Of the presentation.


Our child is a soldier" she called
out as soon as she saw him, and fell
senseless to the ground Fortunately
there were some guests at the inn to Of
fer her the required help, for Israel was
too much e1grossed with his own sorrow
to know what to do for his fainting wife,
We are not able to depict the wild des-
pair Of the unfortunate mother, the OPP
pressive grief of the bereaved father,
the tears, meanings and lamentation of
the former, and the more fearful deep
sobbing and silent suffering of the latter.
All that were present at the inn shed
tears Of compassion with them, But
little Naphtati was in his casern, and no
earthly influence could bring him back.


CHAPTER ".
Year: 1879

THE Republican continues to harp
upon the State Treasurer's banquet. Both
the editor aud correspondent repeated IN
various ways their former false and IN
sulting language in reference to the MEM
bers of the Legislature and State officials
whom they alleged were present. After
the numerous denials that have been
published, this is adding insult to injury.
Year: 1879

LOWER TAxEs.-A meeting has been
caled for this evening of citizens who
are opposed to the further increase of
taxes, to be held in the second 5 oIy room
At Third and Market streets, over the
elegraph office. This is wise move
ment. We hope the meeting will be
lar.e. and that there will be full, free
and open expression OF opinion. Now
We shall see what attention is given to
his matter. If property holders do not
respond they viii have to take the conse-
ueuces. The city cannot prosper as il
should unless there is more economy in
IS administration than there has been in
he last ten years. Olher cities are
awakening to the damaging consequence
If high taxes upon the value Of property
md are resolving to secure lower taxes.
Let Wilmington not be behind in this
natter. If the meeting tonight is a
success, we shall hope to see it repeated
until sound and healthy enthusiasm i,


reated in favor of economy and lower
taxation.