smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Springfield Republican: Perso-
nal notices have now become a rec
Ognized and prominent feature in
all real newspapers, and no journal
istic feature attracts more attention,
or is more popular with the people
at large. Newspaper readers wish
to know what people come to the
city, and who and what they are,
and what they intend to do with
themselves-so far as their move
ments in any way concern or inter
est the public. No honest person
need have any delicacy in allowing
his or her name to appear in the
personal column of a newspaper, or
to retort it in person to the city
editor, and those having friends
visit them from abroad should re-
port the facts, especially when the
visitors have other friends here.
And net only should the fact of the
arrival be noted, but the locality
where the visitor is entertained.
These are legitimate items of news,
each personal Item possessing more
or less interest for individuals and
the general public.
Year: 1879

AS we journey through life it is
well to have little rest places where,
for a brief time, our burdens can be
laid aside, and new strength obtained
for our onward march.


The family altar, where parents
and children gather night and
morning to lift up their hearts and
voices in praise and thanksgiving,
is one of the sacred places'o of earth; /;
the holy of holies. No estimate
can be made of the iniuence it eX-
.erts on the children growing nd.
They may wander from the fold in
after years, and stray far from the
right path, yet there is a tender re
membrance lingering with them, q
chord of love drawing them all the
time towards the right. A youth
going out from a household
where family altar has always been
cherished, knows that, let the
strongest temptation allure him,
there is something which will over
shadow him and protect him, which
will be his pillar of cloud by day,
and pillar of fire by night-an ear
nest prayer offered night and morn
ing around the home altar. This
morning and evening sacrifice is
more acceptable to God than any
burnt offering. 1t is a sweet in
cense ascending, purifying as it as
cends ladened with the precious
burden of.pious hearts. Little chill
dren, when children can not proper
ly appreciate family prayers, some
times they get weary OF long chap
ter which the father reads. 1t is a
good plan to have each member OF
a family select and memorize a
verse from the Bible each day and
repeat it at evening. This will be
pleasant for all; the little ones will
feel that they are really taking q
part, and then what a storehouse OF
good they will have for after years
These verses may pass from the
mind after little while, but moth


ing is entirely forgotten. When
the winter of life comes on. they viii
come back with all the TENDER holy
influence they had in early youth


Many families grow up without :
family altar, and probably do wei
in their seperate walks OF life, still
there is one beautiful, sacred influ
ence wanting from their lives anC
remembrance, which nothing bu
family prayers can throw arounC
them. How many instances are OIL
. | -a,orJ .-baro mon apI xuAuoap how.


been rescued from the most deprav
Year: 1879

Mr.. Dibrell of Tennessee has in
troduced a bill in the House of
Representative which prohibits
Senators and Representatives from
receiving pay for any absence, un
less in cases of extreme illness of
themselves or their families. 1t is
probable that no member of either
house pays the penalty of absen-
teeism, because each individual is
interested III having the largest lib
erty, and politics are thrown aside
when personal convenience and
profit are involved.


There were one hundred and
twenty absentees on the highest
test vote in the House a few day 8
ago, or about two-fiths of the whole
number. The fact that many of
them were paired in no way relieves
the responsibility of the absentees,
because neither law nor the rules
authorise an abuse which has taken
large proportions, and at this very
time leaves the House at the mercy
of the minority for a quorum to do
business.


A rule requiring the names of ab
sentees to be read every morning,
as the first part of the journal, Z,
would soon attract the attention OF
their constituents and put an end
to a practice which has become a
serious impediment to the public
business, and is a gross wrong to
faithful members who never shirk
duty, nor resort to misrepresenta
ton to escape the penalty of absen-
teeism without excuse.-[ New York
Sun.
Year: 1879

Some advertisers think that be-
cause an advertisement which ap-
pears to-day is not followed to
morrow by an appreciative increase
of sales the advertisement has done
no good and the theory of advertis-
ing is false. Though it is perhaps
impossible to insert a notice that
will not be read-let any didymus
put a three line card, "Wanted-A
Dog" in the obscurest corner of
this-it is not expected that the
moment 4 person casts his eye
upon an advertisers store, he
may not, at the time, need any ar
tlcle in the merchants line, or he
NAV deal with another house. But
if the representation is attractive
he will almost inevitably, whenever
he needs anything of the kind an
nounced, turn to the paper where
he saw the card and give the adver-
wiser a trial. The merchant should
regard his outlay for advertising as
he would that for painting his
building or putting up his sign
board-as a necessary charge upon
the whole years business, the et-
feet of which is not to be perceived
Immediately. Men do not SOW
wheat one day and harvest it the
next.


The merchant may keep a steady
clienteLs of satisfied customers, but
the chances are that some of these
will be detached by seeing the ad
vantages of other dealers persist


emily advocated. He will certainly
not attract, new patrons. They


will go elsewhere. just as they


would seek another store than hi
if, on coming to his door, the,
found it locked and the shutters
up.-GAuousta News.
Year: 1879

In the midst of life we may be
called upon by female book agent


Why is it that a man never gets
tired doing for some one else's Sis
ter?


If you desire to make friend of
her for life, pretend to mistake her
for her daughter.


Hanging is capital punishment
when you're hanging on
some good looking girls arm.


1t is better to dwell upon a house
top than IN a tent with a woman who
wants a new spring bonnet.


1t was of dear girl who dotted
on onion salad that it was written,
"She carried her ruling passion
strong in breath. = Puck.


"Give me your hand" said the
school-master, sternly. "And my
heart, too" she replied meekly.
Being pretty, her soft answer turned
away his wrath.
Year: 1879

10 pay, or not to pay that is tho Question
Whether tits better for me to refuse
To take local paper, and deprive
My family from reading the news,
Or pay up promptly what the printer asks,
And, by such payment, cheer hima No pay


no paper


Then no more shall be posted on the news,
And local haps through tbe town,
And divers topics-'tis consummation
That long have feared. To pay, OF stop!
To stopl perchanee to lose-aye, there's the


rub;


For in that stop no interest do take
In any of tn affairs which move the town,
And such a shutting of all that's good
Must make me pause. There's the respect
Which every editor maintains for those
Who come down with the cash and ne'er rdelay
To settle up that ''littIe bill.' For who


would bear
The pointed squibs and pungent paragraphs
Which far too oft reflect upon the man
Who fails to settle his subscription bill?
I'll haste me now unto the editor
And, with my purse plethoric in my hand.
VIII settle up in full, one year from date
By paying to him from my ready cash
The sum of two dollars in advance.
Year: 1879

This language is one known to al
| the children of men. We may trav


ell this wide world over; we may &C


through the land and across the


seas, and when we have gone round


our earth we shall find many Ian.


guages that fall as upon deaf ears,


but this is one to, and in which, all


may respond. Though one is for


veal and the other for woe, these


two are closely united, so that we


may call them one. We have seen


the child in its most joyous mood


when the wise mother shook her
head, seeing the cloud that must
gather and spend itself in tears. In
cases of disobedience we have seen
smiling faces follow seasons of pun
ishment and pain. A friend once
told me when his daughter had
grown to womanhood she asked
why, when a child, she felt so hap
Ply after punishment. 1t would
seem that in one extreme our hearts
are prepared for the other. The
heart estranged sheds tears; the
heart restored laughs with joy.


This Language is one that
through life will abide with us, be
that life of but one year or of three
score years and ten. When our
babe is first brought to us, and in
our joy we think a part of heaven
has come down, we know that from
the Great Giver he has brought
sunshine, and we also know that
with the sunshine he has brought
clouds: when sunshine and clouds
shall dispense them selves there
shall be joy and sorrow.


He has come from a land all un-
known to us. If the little lips
could speak perhaps we could un-
but this language is one
of our own, and with this he comes.
For this first lesson he has caught
the smile from his mothers face,
and he laughs, he knows not why;
a frown is there and he cries, he
knows not why; but well the moth
er knows not many days will come
and 90 when this heart shall know
its own bitterness, and smiles and
tears will come from a full heart


April showers will come, and la
ter will come the great thunder
storms that threaten to destroy.
To some of US come seasons when
truly it seems a time for weeping,
when the sunshine seems so far off
we can almost forget his face, but
to the most of US it is a river-nOw
a ripple of laughter, now a torrent
of tears forming great waters, but
who shall say that for us the laugh
ter was better than the tears? and
who shall say that the banks were
not made greener and the waters
purer because of these tears.


Ii in this life those are united it
is only in this life. In our later
years we shall know more of tears
than of laughter; but in these last
days we can assure ourselves that
we are nearing the joy that cometh
in the morning. Coming to the
borderland Of this life, eager to
see first our Fathers face, we know
when we shall see it there will be
only JOY, and that henceforth and
forever He shall wipe away all
tears from our eyes!- Mrs. Robert
Mckenzie, in the Interior.
Year: 1879

Maria Ann recently resolved to
60 to a picnic. Maria Ann is my
wife-unfortunately she had deter
mined to go alone, so far as L was
concerned on that picnic eXcur-
sion; but when L heard about it /
determined to assist. She pretend
ed that she was very glad, but /
don't believe that she was.


"It will do you good to get away
from your work a day, poor fel
low !'sbe said ;"and we shall so much
enjoy a cool morning ride In the
cars, and a dinner in the grove"


On the morning OF that day, Ma
ria Ann got up at five o'clock
About three minutes later she dis
turbed my peaceful slumbers, and
told me to come to breakfast. /
told her 1 wasn't hungry; but it
made no difference, had TO get up.
L had no idea the sun began bust
ness so early in the morning; but
there he was.


"Now," said Maria Ann, "we
must fly around, for the train leaves
at half past six. Eat all the break
fast you can for you won't get any
thing more before noon"


/ could not eat anything at that
time in the morning, and it was
well l could not, for l had all j
could do. There was ice to be
pounded to go around the pail of
lee cream, and the sandwiches to be
cut, and / thought / never should
get the legs of the chickens placed
so that / could get the cover on the
basket. Maria flew around and
picked up groceries for me TO pack,
giving directions to the girl about
taking care of the house, and put
ting on her dress all at once
There is a deal of energy. in that
womon, perhaps triae too much.


At twenty minutes past six l
stood on the front steps, with a
basket on one arm and Maria's wa
terproof on the other, pail in each
hand and a bottle of vinegar in my
pocket. There was a camp-chair
hanging on me somewhere, but /
have forgotten just where.


snow" said Maria Ann, eve
must run"


"Maria Ann" said /, "that is an
unreasonable idea? How do you
suppose 1 can run with all this
freightT


"You must, you brute! You al
ways try to tease me. If you do
not want a scene on the street you
will start, too" So ran.


| had one comfort, at least, she
fell down and broke her parasoL-
She called me a brute, because j
laughed. She drove me all the way
to the depot on a brisk trOt, and we
got on the cars, but neither Of us
could get seat, and l could not
find a place where could lay down
the things, so L stood there and
held them.


"Maria," said /, in winning ac-
cents, show is this for a cool morn
ing rider


Said she, "You are a brute, Mr.
Jenkins"
Said L, "My love, you have made
that observation before"


kept my courage up, yet
knew there would be an hour OF
wrath when we got home. While
we we're getting out of the train
| l broke the bottle in my pocket
an4 consequently / had one boot
half full of vinegar all day. Thai
kept me pretty quiet, and Marii
ran of with o big whiskered music
Year: 1879

Little hock dhzetto.


Last night a burly man from Tex
as stood in front Of a saloon, talking
in the peculiar Texan manner.


81 am about TO have a Texas &C."
he said, "and if do it will be bad
for this town. It's a kinder chill
that comes creepin' over me and L
Immediately want TO thrash some
thing. Now, if l was TO go in that
saloon with one Of those fits on me,
bar tender and everybody else would
run out. l am "A terror"


"How offend do you have such
spellsY" asked a Little Rock man.


about twice n month. Every
Off month i have a bad one. This
is my off month and / feel IL comm
on me. The least little thing insults
me, and I'd jump on the governor
quicker than / would a hack driver.
Why, II the governor Of this State
was TO come up now j couldn't keep
my hands of him"


'I'm the governor of this State"
said a man who recently identified
himself in the work Of cleaning out
the town branch.


"You are mistaken" said the Tex.
an, cycling him. The governor is
out of town."


81 was out Of town, but have re.
turned. / can prove this by my pd-
vate secretary" turning to a man
just off the chain-gang.


"He don tell nothing but the
truth" said the secretary giving his
pants a hitch.


"Governor, and secretary and l
may add gentlemen, and would add
ladies, but see none present IL is
with pleasure that i announce the
fact that the spell is leaving me"
He would have made long speech,
but the secretary brought a bucket
of slop from the saloon and poured
1t on him, shutting his mouth and
completely dissipating the spell.
Year: 1879

An Ohio merchant tells the fol-
lowing story about himself. Where
he lives is a secret, except that il is
not a mile and a half from the
Xenia court house:


''When l was about II years old
! made q trip to Clevland in the
old fashioned stage coach, with its
spanking four horses. At Mount
Vernon, about 4 p. NJ, a pretty girl
came aboard. She sat on the back
seat, next TO an elderly farmer like
looking man. was on the middle
seat Immediately in front of her. L
soon struck up a pleasant chat with
her. She was a charming talker,
and almost as brilliant as she was
pretty. 1t looked as though we
were mutually pleased. When dark
came / concluded there would be
no harm IN giving her hand a gen-
tie squeeze by way of a feeler. L
reached behind and got hold of the
hand. was a little startled at the
hardness, but it returned a vice like
pressure. / squoze again and it
squoze back. A sense of disappoint
ment would steal over me when in
my mind l would contrast the SEEM
ing toughness of her hand with the
tenderness and sweetness of her
voice. The contact did not seem
to arterialize my blood quite up TO
the point Of exhilaration. At last
she reached her destination and left
the coach. After we had started
again, that old rooster who sat be-
side her addressed me thusly:


"Young man, do you feel all rightp
You had a nice time tugging at my
old paw for the last five miles; hope
you enjoyed it,


"The two young ladies on the
front seat gigled all the way to the
next station, and the gentlemen
passengers didn't forget to smile
when / looked up. l have been
more successful since in that line"
Year: 1879

ed lives simply by the recollection
of the time when they have knelt
twice day around their home altar
with loving band, and sent up the
incense of sweet, pure hearts.
These thoughts, and perhaps the
prayers of an old mother ascending,
have snatched many soul from de
struction and turned them home as
prodigal sons and daughters. No
home is furnished or complete un-
til it has within its wall and hearts
a family altar.
Year: 1879

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


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

Columbi (Tenn.) Herald: A
very remarkable case of deformity
is now to be seen on our Streets
negro named Dick. When he was
fifteen years old q team ran away
with him, and dragged him through
the woods, twisting the lower part
of his body almost around-the
front to the rear.


LDick was in Pulaski last week.
Year: 1879

at does not take long, says an
agricultural writer "to fork over an
acre" Which is gospel truth.
Thousands of acres have been fork
ed over to the mortgages the past
year or two, in double quick time.
Year: 1879

URANINE.- This is the most recently dis
covered, and perhaps the most remarkable,
of all the coal tar or aniline group of coloring
substances now so extensively used for the
adornment of the finest fabrics Uranine is
said by chemists to be the most highly fuOr-
escent body known to science. Its coloring
power is astonishing; a single grain will i'm
part marked color to nearly five hundred
gallons of water.


A most interesting experiment, which any
body may try, consists in sprinkling few
atoms of Uranine upon the surface of water
in glass tumbler. Each atom Immediately
sends down through the water what appears
to be bright green rootlet and the tum-
bier soon looks as if it were crowded full of
beautiful plants. The rootlets now begin to
enlarge, spread and combine, until we have a
mass of soft green-colored liquid. Viewed
by transmitted light, the color changes to a
bright golden or amber hue while a combi-
nation of green and gold will be realized, ac-
cording to the position in which the glass is
held For day or evening experiment moth
ing can be prettier than these trials of Uran-
inc, which are especially entertaining for the
young folks. We are indebted for examples
of the color TO the editors of the Scientific
American, who are sending out specimens
free of charge, TO all their readers. The sub
scription to the paper is SO. 90 for a year, or
81 60 half year and better investment for
the money could hardly be named. The
prospectus appears in another column.
Year: 1879

The SMALL Boy HAS SoMR Fun He
was naturally cruel, and he told an acqusint-
ance one day that he had a new trick to play
on the public-something entirely new. He
had long string and brass key tied to the
end of it, which he said was the instrument
of torture Over the front sidewalk maple
tree sent some pretty strong branches, max
ing seat hidden by leaves Into this, after
dark, the boys climbed. Now wait, says
the principal till the first victim comes
and don't make a noise" Pretty soon an
ordinarily dressed woman came along, and
just as she passed he let drop the key on the
hard sidewalk, Immediately pulling it up
again. Both now watched developments
The woman came to IA sudden stop, began
fumbling in her pocket, and wondered what
it was she could have dropped She started
on. but had not gone far before she came
back, impelled by curiosity, and began a
careful search of the walk Meanwhile the
boys in the tree had stuffed their fists in their
mouths to keep from soaring the game, and
dared hardly look below for fear of laughing
out A sympathetic sister came along, and
together they picked up stones and turned
over all chips on the walk. No money, no
key, nothing did they find; and so went on
to their homes, perhaps to worry all night


or perhaps giggle in the tree turned their



aud laugh from the same place made them
have awful wicked thoughts about boys One
victim found piece of tin, aud laying the
cause of the noise to that, was saved from a
great deal of worry. But when she picked it
up aud threw it down several times to test
the sound, the boys nearly fell out of the
tree A man, when caught would slap all of
his pockets, glance around little, but it was
seldom that he was brought 10 a hard pan
search. When any one saw the trick after
searching half an hour and saying all kinds
of little things for the amusement of the
boys, he simply went away hurredly. There
was no remark to make, no name to call. To
get out of sight as 3oon as possible seemed to
be the most desirable. The trick is harm
less no one breaks a leF or loses an eye in
the process. ], might he recommended to
conslitutionally tired boys as a good way to
sweep the wall THE victims will throw all
the chips and stones into the street by curl
osity power as it were. .-Rocheter ErpreSs
Year: 1879

The first interesting event yesterday at the six
days race now in progress at the Madison Square
Garden was the withdrawal of P. j. Panchot. who
led the feld at midnight of tho first day. During
the early part of tho day after another dropped
out OF the ranks. until in the evening there were
only forty-eight out Of the sixtyfve starters who
were still on the track. In the evening there
fewer in attendance than Monday night though
there must have been at least two thousand persons
in the house at nine o'clock. The band played
"Pinafore" and other music. and the men pegged
wearily along on their journey. occasionally breaking
into . trot. but for the most part walking. They
had little applause to cheer them. and the enthu-
siasm. IL there was any, was confined to the pool
tables and the box Office. Yet the performance OF
the pedestrians of itself was creditable. The best
score previously made in this country for forty


eight hours is said to have been 215 miles, which
was made by Rowell yet Hart made 200 miles in the
first forty y-four hours OF this walk. and Faber
pressed him close with the same number Of miles
IN forty-fve hours. Rowell's walk having been
made on short track the comparison is really
closer than the records stand. At ten o'clock last
evening the scores OF the loading men fol-