smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Miss Julia Tyrrel sat before the fire
dollar bill in her hand. To ordinary
mortals a ten-dollar bill is n-dollar
bill-that, and nothing more; but to
Julia it meant an evening of enchant-
ment.


q shall buy white gloves, white satin
ribbon and fan, she whispered softly,
land Charley will be sure to bring a
bouquet. My dress isn't very shabby,
and if it was, he would never notice. /
ought to have an opera cloak and lots of
other things, and l ought-yes, l ought
to pay madame my weeks rent. But
nobody does everything he ought to do,
and it is not my fault if l have fifty
dollar way for every ten-dollar bill"


Then she looked thoughtfully at the
bill, and turned it over in her pretty
white hands. AS she did so she noticed
a name written in small clear letters in
one corner. The ch&racters were so
small that she had to take the note to
the window in order to decipher them
But very little puzzled those bright
young eyes. 81 see," she said, nodding
her head wisely. "'William Henry
Brookes.' | wonder who he is, anC
what made him write his name on bill
that is everybody's - mine just al
present, and going to A. I. Stewart il
half an hour. Not pretty name either
dare say he is some little snob thai
thinks there is only one man in th'
world, and he is William Henry
Brookes."


1t was showing heavily by this time
but Julia cared little for that. 1t was /;
block to the stage, and the stage would
put her down at Stewards door. 1t wa
always little holiday for Julia to g
shopping; and even if it was only ten
dollar shopping nobody knew it but her
self, and it gave her perfect freedom t,
look as if she could buy all the silks ant
laces she wanted.


A man would not know how to spent
twenty minutes in buying a pair O
gloves and three yards of satin ribbon
Julia spent two very pleasant hour
about it, and then, not being able t.
Year: 1879

Touching instances of the mothers
love for son, even in the face of base
ingratitude, were shown recently in the,
New ork Court of Special Sessions. A
neatly-dressed young fellow, named
Charles Leonard, was arraig gned on a
charge of brutally beating his mother.
Some days before he came home from
work, and, without the least provoca-
ton, struck her with his clenched fist in
the face, blackening both her eyes and
badly bruising her face. His mother,
Mrs. Agnes Leonard, who is respect
able old lady, had him arrested, and
made a complaint against him in the
police court. She tottered to the witness
stand in the court with unwilling feet,
and drew her veil oyer her face to con-
ceal her injuries She was weeping,
and she begged piteously of the justices
not to press her To make complaint
against her bov.- She knew he would
never dc the like again if released He
had always been Il good and Industrious
boy, and must have been very angry at
something when he struck her. He had
been punish q enough already, she said.
In this way she pleaded tenderly for the
mercy of The justices, and touched the
hearts of all who heard her. The mag
istrates grew indignant at the prisoner
when they heard her story, and asked
her to lift her veil and show her bruises.
She hesitated, and said in q faltering
tone that her skin was very easily dis
colored, and that the assault had not
been so violent as it appeared to have
been. Tho prisoner said he would lose
his place if lie was imprisoned, remark
which aroused the wrath of Justice
Morgan Lose your place." said he,
"you don't deserve to be allowed to re-
main in the community. Any boy who
would beat kind mother as you have
done doesn't deserve to live even. You
are sentenced to the penitentiary for
three months" The prisoner was led
away, and his poor mother, unable to re-
strain her emotion, staggered, weeping,
from the courtroom.


Another prisoner, little older than
the one just sentenced, was next placed
at the bar to answer n similar charge.
His name was William B. Hayes. He
had beaten his mother often before, but
not so badly as he had in the assault for
which he was arraigned. Mrs. Hayes,
whose looks indicated her extreme suf-
fering, implored the court to let the
prisoner go. She said, in answer to a
question, that she had twelve other
sons "who were all i'll Heaven now
The prisoner looked sullenly on, and
offered no excuse for his conduct He
was sent to the penitentiary for six
months.
Year: 1879

THERE Is EVERY PROSPECT of q
good sized row over the spois in the re-
cent contest for the Ashley belt owing to
a discovery that the track lacked some
nifty-nine feet Of being q full mile in
eight laps. Lawsuits are threatened and
the record Of the race will be thrown out
1t is very unfortunate state Of affairs
Tor the struggle was really most re-
markabie one. But let us have no shorI
tracks gentlemen, Or your telts will g
begging hereafter,
Year: 1879

Just now there is considerable


said about the cheapness OF the large


city newspapers as compared with


the country papers. The idea thai


the city weeklies are cheaper aud


better than the country papers be-
cause they give more columns OF


reading for the money is a iallacy.
These great newspapers are well


enough in their place, but do they
| I'll tho place of the country paper |!


Do the city papers ever give yon
any home newsi Never. Do they
ever say anything in regard to our
county! Never DO they ever pub
lish tho proceedings OF your County
Board Of Supervisors, or contain
notices of your schools, churches.


meetings, improvements and hun
lrcds of other matters Of local inter


est which your local paper pub


ishes9 Not an item. Do they ever


say word calculated to draw atten


ton to your county and its numer'


ous thriving towns, and aii IN their


progress and euteFplise9 Not a


word, And yet there are men who


take such contracted views Of this


matter that unless they get as many
square inches of reading matter in
their home paper they think they
are no. getting their mon Us worth.


IT reminds us OF person @ho took


the largest pair Of boots in the box,
because shey cost the same as o ar


,ngoh sulalIeT that fitted bin. w
would advise everybody % (. lie As
Year: 1879

little fellows to jump on and ride.
Another man appears with an empty
sleigh, and when chiliren attempt
to jump on, whip is used, and the
man looks as iurious as a meat axe.
Which of the two would be likely to
go TO heaven according to divine
Instructions!
Year: 1879

MESSkS. RUBEL Bros. have CLOSED
their wholesale branch store here
Mr.. Ike Kuhel is spending a month
at his home in hicago. BY his
gentlemanly conduct he gained the
esteem of all be came in contact with
and carries with Him the best wishes
of many friends Il is bis intention
to go west in the spring and may he
meet with success in the land of the
setting sun.
Year: 1879

G. ii. James the oldest jeweler in
the city is open every day with as
line IL selection of Solid Gold and
Plated goods IN his fiue as was ever
brought to this place, and l. prepared
to sell them way down for cash. Give
him call and see his splendid holi-
dAN stock.
Year: 1879

A colored man who had been proven
guilty on Officer Lsach's testimony paid
one dollar and costs at Police Court
yesterday morning for the whistling
be did at the Opera House the night
before.
Year: 1879

Two of the gallery gods were gently
lifted from the seats which they were
filling rather uneasily just before the
Spragues colored minstrels appeared on
the stage on Saturday evening, and
we're given reserved seats front in the
city hall. One of the louts was rather
boisterous and thought himself some
what Of game cock, but the conceit
was taken out of him and he received q
gentle reminder to behave himself.
Year: 1879

Two frisndless, homeless colored boys
were given thirty days at the Castle by
his Honor yesterday morning, theil
crime being that they were unable to
locate any lodging house where they
could regularly hang up their hats.
Year: 1879

The Blair murder trial, after long hesitation on the part of the jury, finally resulted, as most had anticipaed.i in d verdict of acquittal. The view taken by the court Was substantial ly this: that a discharged servant, ordered off an employers premises, is trespasser If he remains; tint the the employer has right to put hiI,i of his premises by force; and that, in view Of possible. attack on himself while SC doing. he hus right to arm himself only for self defence, however. The law being laid down clearly to the foregoing effect, majori- ty of the jury were for acquittal, but it was four days before the minority could be brought to consent 10 such u verdict.
Year: 1879

cd, but he lacked the energy, the integrity, and the insight of Stein.

 More than all, the princes of the Holy Ali ance were afraid of the intense earnestnesS of Stein Aristocrat as he was by birth and ed'l- cation. they looked upon him with distrust be- cause of the very work he had done for them. Now that the Revolution was crushed. the most they feared was the Counter Revolution. They had permitted Stein to appeal to the peo- pie against Napoleon, and now they feared the people almost as much as Napoleon. From 1915 to 1880, the whole history of Europe is one of reaction. The parliament Frederick William had promised his people in the fervor arising from the anti-Napoleonic struggle, was postponed and evaded.

 Stein was not the man for such counsels. He hated everything French, good or bad but the stupidity of mere reaction found no fa- vor with man who saw clearly that the only sure preventive of revoluti was reform. The remainder of his life was spent in the quiet avocations of a country gentleman. He sur- vived, indeed, to see with curious distrnst the expulsion of the elder line of Bourbons from the throne of France in 1880 but the only posi- tion Prussia found for the ablest statesman of his time, during the last sixteen years of his life, was that of Marshal or presiding officer of the Estates of Westphalia. In this connect ion Prof. Seeley tellsseveral anecdotes illustra- tive of the mans masterful ways. His hotel keeper, who was member of the assembly, came to him for advice as to his duties. "You are to sit still" said Stein, land listen to what wiser people have to say"

 Once Deputy came to the Marshal and applied for permission, which was required by rule, to read written address on some ques- be short. Deputy.-I will try to he as short as I can. stein.-And do say something clev. CT. till now have heard nothing from you but nonsense.

 Stein died In 1884, In reading his history we cannot but wonder at his great power and possibilities, and at the gross neglect of man so highly endowed, and who had proved him. self so capable of doing great things for Ger many. We often see republics accused of neglecting their great men and promoting me- diocrities. Certainly no republic was ever guilty of grosser misconduct of this kind than that of despotic Prussia towards the greatest statesman she has ever produced.
Year: 1879

A shirt has two arms just as pantaloons
have two legs. Yet one Is called pair
and the other is only one. Isn't it time
that We let up on astronomy and paid
more attention to the every day trihes
that yex the mind
Year: 1879

It is not that l am candidate for Office, or even
for matrimoony, that me to address the sons
and daughters of men, in this style; for am only q
pedagogue, and there is surely no hope for peda.
gogue to either get Office get married. But
claim to be interested in the schools of our State
and this is not very strange, for few days ago,
when were dashing wildly about the country, in
quest of situation, all of ready to claim
almost anything But that is past; the elections
are over, the teachers are employed, and in q few
days the schools will commence. Some of you are
well pleased with what has been done, and some of
the rest Of you have your backs up terrby-but how
are you to help yourselvesi There's the question.
Are you willing to stfe every noble sentiment that
still lies buried in your hearti Are you willing to
sacrifice the good of the community, the welfare Of
the school, and the peace Of your own domestic circle
upon the altar of your own foolish stubbornnessi
The teacher may not be the one that you would pre-
fer; the arrangements of the school may not be rs
You would like but will ii make the matter better
for you you exert yourself to make things unpleas
ant for othersi Is it polite, because you cannot
have things your own way, to try to destroy every


thing that isuseful and good Yes let beg of you
If you have not enough respect for yourself if you
have not enough regard for the poor teacher, have
at least enough patriotism in your heart and love for
institutions to you to lay aside all petty
anmosties, and go to work with will to build up
good and successful school in your midst. Only one
year. and there will be chance to correct all mis-
takus that have been made and IT, in the meantime
you prove, by your conduct, that your really have
the interests Of the school at heart you will win
many friends to your cause; and if your object be


worthy one. you will have no trouble in accomplish
ingit- TEACHER.
Year: 1879

TAKING TINE By THE FoRELocK.-Coming events
cast their shadows before and already through the
mists of months the glsdsome Holiday season looms
clearer day by day, filling the youthful mind with
pleasing speculation and causing materfamilias to
consider in what direction she can exercise little
additional economy, whereby the money for presents
may be forthcoming when required And just in
the nick of time there. comes to hand suggestion of
how Johnny, and Mamie, and Flossie, and Charley
may secure for themselves and by their own exer-
tons, the jack knives and work boxes, and writing
cases. and tool chests for which their souls are long
ing; Of how mamma may get that book parlor
ornament she has talked about often: and Of how
by their united exertons they may obtain present
wherewth to surprise and gladden. the soul of papa


For the publishers of EHRIcHs' FASHION QUARrER-
in the field with the new premium list of their
magazine; and all that mamma or children for papa
either for that matter need do, is to send and
address postal card to Messrs. Enrich & Co., of
80 Eighth Avenue, New York, when q copy of the
list will be mailed them free and they appreci-
ate for themselves the advantages offered.


The FASHION QUARTERLY 90 called fills its place as
n guide to economy ia the household, and its sub
scrption price, only 50 cts year. is very triing
that little difficulty should be experienced in
ring subscription; and we have NO doubt that thou
sands viii gladly avail themselves of the opportunity
thus presented of securing some useful articles at
very moderate expense Of time and trouble.
Year: 1879

II II is well for the country that the Democ-
racy never learn anything. They will pander
to every combination of lawlessness or craziness,
in order to effect combination for their own
benefit, but always demoralize their own party,
and send their members struggling after the
party that they pander to. They courted the
Kearney party in California, were and almost ab-
sorbed by it. The Democratic ticket makes q
miserable showing. In Maine, they ran after
the Greenbackers, and a large proporti on Of the
party Topped over into the Greenback ranks,
leaving the Democracy in a more hopeless con-
dition than before. But the country is the gain
er by it.
Year: 1879

The careful tidy housewife, when she is giving her
house its spring cleaning. should bear in mind that
the dear inmates Of her house precious than
houses and that their systems need cleansing by pu
rifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels
to prevent and cure the diseases arisng from spring
malaria and miasma, and she should know that there
is nothing that will do it perfectly and surely
Hop Bitters, the purest and best Of all medicines.
See other column.
Year: 1879

II A fund is being raised in the Sorth for
the family of Gen. Hood, who recently died of
yellow fever. How about the families of thou
sands of private Confederate soldiers, who were
taken from the poverty stricken families, and
served during the war, leaving their families to
root for themselves, and who have been strug-
ling in poverty ever since' The South is no
more just to her private soldiers than the North
is to hers. The big fellows get it all.
Year: 1879

At midnight last night Miss Mile Reynolds had
walked 22o and Miss May Scott 2s quarter miles in
as many consecutive quarter hours at Brewster
Hall. SO far neither has shown much fatigue. Miss
Reynolds Keeping up her jaunty step and
Miss Scott maintaining hor steady gait Tho
former during the afternoon and evening
yesterday occasionally walked in her stocking
feet her shoes hurting her. Once twice she had
tho shoes removed while the track the process OF
untying them exciting lively interest The relative
ning the "Bouneer being the favorite with che men
and "Goody Sedateness" with the connoisseurs This
morning they will have accomplished oneholt OF Miss
Baitels record. Yesterday the attendance was good
throughout the day. and last night the hall was
crowded
Year: 1879

Nine. Anderson is at present walking in the Colos-
scum Pittsburg and will complete her task of 1850
quarter miles in 1850 quarter hours Monday next
Her next appearance will be at the Exposition Build
ing. in Chicago where she is to open March and
continue for two weeks walking quarter mile at
the beginning of every ten minutes. Mime. Anderson
has issued the following challenge


]. Nine. Anderson, female pedestrian having
ceived many challenges purportng to emanate from
lady pedestrians, hereby state that l will walk
against any lady ladies the following terms
TO walk one quarter of mile at the commencement
of every ten minutes all to start at the time,
the last party to leave the track at finish of said task
to receive all the proceeds arising from the above
contest. each to pay share and share alike of all
expenses, and the same to be deposited two weeks
prior to the contest taking place.
Year: 1879

Among the Multitude of sug-
gestions for spending Sunday in q
profitable way, we say that satur-
day night is one Of the resting
places in the journey Of life, when
it becomes every man to settle his
accounts. Observe the follow.
ing:


l. Settle with the a0orld. The
business Of a single week ls easily
review ed-its mistakes may be
easily rectifed, it's experience turn
ed to good account. The man OF
business should some time on Sat-
urday look over his books, ex-
anime his outstanding debts, and
sec that all is straight and safe.
This is all the more important If
his accounts are numerous. Great
watchtulness is required if be
would escape embarrassment and
trouble. He who knows exactly
how be stands every Saturday
night will not be likely to live a
poor man; or, if he does, he will
hardly ever be found in debt or in
want.


2. Settle with conscience. Let
him review his words and his ac-
tions, his motives and his feelings
during the past week. If any
thing is seen to be wrong or de-
fective (and who is he without
fault(?), let the remembrance OF it
be carried into the next week, that
repetition Of it may be avoided.
Let him in. prayer seek not only
forgiveness for what he has been
amiss in the past, but grace TO do
better the coming week.


3. Settle with the LORDS treasury.
Every man owes constant re-
turns of gratitude to the Giver OF
all good. Is it. not meet to finish
the settlement Of Saturday night
by reviewing all the merits of the
week, and setting apart a portion
of its profits to serve some good
cause that will promote the glory
Of Him who gave Himself for US?
How much better and happier
might life be with a downright
honest settlement every Saturday
night! How much brighter would
Sunday morning be; how much
more profitable the whole day.
Year: 1879

A great deal of the calling and
twittering and my-dearing have
no more zeal connection with So
ciability than the flowers and
feathers on a woman's hat have
with her head. They are purely
artificial, and tackled on by the
milliner. There is vast deal of
social millinery, however, which
passes for Natures hand work !;
and people are often praised for
their fine social qualities merely
because they are adopts in the
art of saying pretty nothings by
the hour, and exhibiting them
selves in other peoples drawing
rooms in an entertaining way. And
on the other hand, those who are
eminently social in nature and
spirit are often condemned as un-
:: sociable because they aay little,
and do not care to exhibit them.
selves and turn their hearts in
, side out for other people to ad-
mire. Perhaps they are deficient
in the graces Of cultivated society,";
they may not have the gift Of
rapid utterance or repartee; they
may find it hard to intrude their
thoughts and feelings upon others
while more variable natures make
the air vocal with their incessant
buzz. Behind their reticence, and
beneath the disguise of modest and
unattractive ways, are ali the ele-
uents Of the truest sociability
which it requires but the least
penetration to discover and the fit
occasion to bring out.


Being sociable requires aone-
thing more than eeaseless chatter
ing and gadding about. 1t re-
quires the culture and expression
in all proper and helpful ways of
those thoughts and sentiments
which are unselfsb, generous,
sympathetic and humane. It means
pervading interest in others and
the general good. 1t means the
lively commerce Of mind, and
communication Of heart with
heart, by listening as we'll as
speaking; by large respectively as
we'll as generous giving. And
this sociability is just what is
wanted to redeem our social inter-
course and make our coming to-
gether helpful, stimulative, and
ennobling.
Year: 1879

Did you ever contemplate the
poverty Of Adam when he took
Eve for better or worse? Only
think of it. He hadn't a hat to
his head, a coat to his back, a
pair of shoes to his feet, nor marry
red cent in his trousers pocket.
Eve brought no dowry she had
nothing to bestow save her love
and affection, and as he was the
only young fellow around it was
him or nobody. Equally as poor
as her husband, she came to him
without a bonnet or a shawl, calico
gown, or even pair of slippers.
Moses forgot in his "reminiscences
% give us any account Of the we'd
ding-trip, but from what we can
gather in regard to wardrobes OF
that day, their baggage would not
have been an incumbrance, for a
very limited amount sufioed, and
dressing to please everybody was
of 70 account, for there was none
but themselves TO please. Doubt
less their whole outfit of travelling
dresses, water-proofs, busters,
lunch baskets and all, be could
have carried in the pockets of his
trousers. They must have started
housekeeping also upon as small a
capital as could we'll be imagined.
They hadn't as far as can be
CLEANED from history, hair brush,
a fine tooth comb, a towel, or
soap; no bitters, soothing syrup,
clothes rings, smoothing iron
20 nothing.


Adam wasn't afraid to invite his
wife to 60 on an excursion with
him through fear of having TO 60
down in his trousers pockets for
the wherewith to buy a suitable
outfit, for the reason that he had
10 pockets in his trousers nor
was be bothered about his trunk
checks, nor did be swear at bag
gage-smashers or brook the inso-
lence of railroad officials.


There is no good and sufficient
reason why they shouldn't have
been an amiable couple and had a
good time generally. They washed
their clothes, doubtless, by dive
into the Euphrates, and there be-
ing no clothes lines, they wore
allowed to dry on their backs, and
Adam didn't care rush whether
his shirt-bosom was smooth or
not; and why should Eve bother
her head about it so long as her
husband was suited.