smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

grant hair, whose touch upon my cheek
and shoulder had once turned my pulse
to the delicious, maddening rhythm Of
love, was now half gray, half ruined
gold" She knew her children, and they
brought all the long-garnered affection OF
their fresh young hearts. But even that
could not save her. She faded from us
daily; and at last, with many promises Of
reunion in that world where we hope to
rectify the mistakes of this, we parted


And Oh! thank God for that older
fashion yet of immortality'' For who
could live to bear the ills of this life if
deprived Of the one great hope of life
to come?


Charley had died before the twins were
born, and poverty had pursued her re-
entlessly-bitterly. Oh! if she had only
come back to the heart that cherished
her. How this thought tortured me,
how it wore upon me and darkened
my life for years! And how those lines
of Whittier rung their endless refrain
through my tortured brain:


''Of all sad words of tongue or pen,


The saddest are these-it might have been."


It was years before the remainder of
the poem took root in my heart, but at
last l could say:


"Oh, we'll for US all some sweet hope lies


Deeply hidden from human eyes;


And in the hereafter angels may


Roll the stone from its grave away


-Ouerland Monthly.
Year: 1874

THE Galena Gazette gives the following
advice to young men in reference to leav-
ing the country for the city:


One can scarcely turn to any newspaper
of any of the large cities without at once
lighting upon advertisements of "situa-
atlons wanted" In the country news
papers such an advertisement is rarely
seen. In the Chicago Tribune, for in
stance, how frequently do we see adver-
tisements like this: "Situation wanted bv
young man able and willing to work at
anything honest and that will keep him
from want"


We never read these advertisements
without feeling Of sadness. In each we
seem to hear cry of distress, an appeal
to society to save some one from destitu-
ton, from want, perhaps from beggary,
possibly from crime. From events and
circumstances of this nature it is not dit.
ficult to derive the inference that, in pro-
portion to the country, our cities are over
populated. And yet the tide is constantly
setting in from the country to the cities.
Young men are no sooner emancipated
from parental control than they rush into
the cities with the hope of there finding
at once employment that will be light and
lucrative, at which fortunes can be speed
lly made without toll.


The common mistake seems to have no
effect in curing itself. 1t is constantly re-
peated by other victims actuated by like
hopes and deluded by similar expecta-
tions. Meanwhile, what is the conse-
quence? The population Of the country
is actually diminishing. while the popu-
lation of the cities, already overcrowded,
is rapidly increasing. And hence it is
that we find in all city papers these stir
ring advertisements headed "Situation
wanted" while nothing of the kind ap-
pears in the country papers.


There is to our young men a lesson in
this. In the country you are needed in
the city you are not wanted. The land is
full of employment, and living and wages
are good. The cities do not invite you to
come; the country does. Why then do
our young men cling to the cities? 1t is
no unfrequent occurrence to find men,
both able and willing to work, wandering
in want through the streets Of our cities,
with pauperism at hand and beggary be-
fore them, when they know that days
travel would take them to where employ
ment is awaiting them, with all the abun-
dance that farm and garden can afford.


And still they cling to the bustling
sueeI, unulng loou anu steep IN damp and
nolsome quarters, when they might
have both in places Of health and comfort.
The facts are ominous of evil They pro-
claim to the young men Of the country
who have their fortunes and livelihood
to make, to shun the cities and betake
themselves to the country, where employ
ment never fails, where advertisements
for situations are unnecessary, and where
comfort and contentment are the equiva-
lent of labor.
Year: 1874

The most difficult thing to reach is a
wonan's pocket. This is especially the
case if the dress is hung up in closet,
and the man is IN hurry. We think we
are safe in saying that he always is in a
hurry on such an occasion The owner
of the dress is in the sitting room serenely
engrossed in book. Having told him


that the article which he is in quest of is
in her dress pocket in the closet she has
discharged her whole duty in the matter,
and can afford to feel serene. He goes at
the task with dim consciousness that he
has been there before, but says nothing.
On opening the closet door and finding
himself confronted with number Of
dresses, all turned inside out, and pre-
senting most formidable front, he has.
tens back to ask (which dress ?" and be-
ing told the brown one, and also asked il
she has so many dresses that there need be
any great effort to find the right one, he
returns to the closet with alacrity, and
soon has his hands on the brown dress.
1t is inside out like the rest-a fact he
does not notice, however, until he has
made several Intellectual attempts to get
his hand into it. Then he turns it around
very carefully and passes over the pocket
several times without being aware of it.


A nervous moving of his hands and an
appearance of perspiration on his fore.
head are perceptible. He now dives one
hand in at the back, and, feeling around


finds place and proceeds to explore it.


when he discovers that he is following up
thei inside Of a lining. The nervousness
increases, also the persplration. He
twitches the dress on the hook, and sud


denly the pocket, white, plump and ex


asperating, comes to rev. Then he sight
the relief he feels, and is mentally crate
full he did not allow himself to use any
offensive expressions. 1t is all right now
There is the pocket in plain view-not th'
inside, but the outside-and all he has t.
do is to put his hand right around in tht
inside and take out the article. Tha


is all. He can't help but smile to thinl
how near he was to getting mad


Then he puts his hand arount
to the other side. He does no


feel the opening. He pushes little fur
| ther-now he has got it-he shoves tn
Year: 1874

The following patent has been recent
ly granted for hardening steel: The OBJ
ject is heated to red heat by any Of the
ordinary methods for uniform heating. 1t
is then chilled by the action of a strong
blast of air or gas By suitable variations
in the strength of the blast and the tenn
perature of the air any required degree of
hardness may be attained. After this the
substance is tempered as is desired.
Year: 1874



 Col. Jas. M. Barney says: "I desire to state through the columns of your paper the fact that have no political aspira- t1OnS whatever, and in answer to the oft repeated question, twill I run for Delegate to Congress at the ensuing election?" let me answer one and all that I will not. While appreciate the honor and the kind and friendly spirit which actuates those still l must positively decline. So far as concerned, I believe I can be of greater in it attending to the legitimate business nected with. If our present delegate, Gov. office fourth tenn it would undoubtedly are many good and true men who can fill the position with credit to themselves in advancing the general good"

 Capt. J. H. Hurst, I2th Infantry, who came down the river on the Cocopah last week and is now on his way to the States and to Europe, showed us some beautiful gold and silver bricks of the value of 1923, taken out by arraStrarS from the Hualpai, Maynard and Cedar valley districts. Also fine specimens of ore from nearly every mine in the above named district, repre- senting their immense wealth. The cap tain will take these specimens with him to the east and to Europe. Although an officer in the army, the captain takes deep interest in the development of our mines, as he is convinced of their i'm mense wealth by personal observation.
Year: 1874

TREES AND HEALTH.--T are the great
oxygen producers, thus furnishing to the
air what man most needs, at the same time
extracting from it carbonic acid gas, which
is poisonous to animal life, though life-giv-
ing to them. By furnishing the cool. re-
freshing shade to screen us from our New
England scorching June. July and August
suns, they not only render our own and
the lives of animals more enjoyable, but
act, ally serve to prolong life. No COW.
horse, or sheep could be subjected to the
severe experience of being placed in
pasture or driven along our roads during
our summer days, without the refreshing
shade of over-hanging trees is furnished
them. 1t is found that the sheep produces
more, and a better quality of mutton and
wool, when in pastures thus sheltered than
otherwise; that the COW yields more milk
and Of a richer quality; the OK takes on
fat with less food, and that horses are in
every respect benefited as well as their
drivers by a liberal supply of shade; and
it is indisputable that the shade produced
by trees is far preferable in summer for
cattle to that of the shed.
Year: 1874

IUNUING AND LISTENING.
To stretch out my hand and touch Him,
Though lie be far away:
To raise my eyes and see Him
Through darkness and through day;
To lift my voice and call Him.


This is to prayi
To feel hand extended
BY one who standeth near;
To view the love that shipeth
In eyes serene and clear;
To know that lie is calling


This Is to hear!
Year: 1874

A BEAR SToRY-John White lived in
Weatherstield. VT, in the time when new
rum intoxicated. but did not kill, and was
used on all occasions. from Il wedding to II
husking. One evening John was going
home from a raising. carrying his broatl
axe and all the ardent convenient. feeling
as independent as if he WAS intoxicated on
the spirit of '76. As he WIS passing
through narrow path in the woo'l>, a fig


ure obs,ructed his way. STAND to the
right or will split you down, hi-c ughed
White, raising the axe. No heed WAS taken
of the words and the axe fell with such
force that it went crashing through the
skull and John went home. When morn
ING and sense came round he expressed the
fear that he had killed i IN IN the evening
before The startled ftmilv were serious
ly alarmed when they found the axe cover
ed with blood. Search WAS ut once ml;lc
and Il large bear WIS disco. ere i'm the
path with its heal split open. So the +
venture brought meat to the flinily instead
of the father to the g g.llows.-S;nktrL
Year: 1874

Nature struggles hard to make up for
any defects in the senses, and she gives
to the blind acertain power to see when
the eyes give no help. A blind man
says: Whether within house, in
the open air, whether walking or stand
ing still, I can tell, though quite blind,
when I am opposite an object, and can
perceive whether it he tall or short,
slender or bulky. I can also detect
whether it be solitary object or con-
tinuous fence, whether it be close
fence or composed of open rails, and
often whether it be a wooden fence, a
brick or stone wall, or a quick-set
hedge. cannot usually perceive OBJ
iects if much lower than my shoulders,
but sometimes very low objects can be
detected. This may depend on the ma
ture of the objects, or of some abnor-
NAL state of the atmosphere. The cur
rents of air can have nothing to do with
this power, as the state of the wind
does not directly affect it j.; the sense of
hearing has nothing to do with it. as
when snow lies thick on the ground OBJ
jects are more distinct, although the
football cannot be heard. I seem to
perceive objects through the skin of
my face, and to have the impressions
directly transmitted to the brain. The
only part of my body possessing this
power is my face; this l have ascer-
tanned by suitable experiments. Stop
ping my ears does not interfere with it,
but covering my face with thick veil
destroys it altogether. None of the
five senses have anything to do with
the existence of this power, and the
circumstances above named induce me
to call this unrecognized sense by the
name of Facial Perception. ,"
Year: 1874

pointment here, some one said. OF
course his wife will be feted and fiat
tered. I wonder how she would like to
be reminded of that summer in Kent.
How would she look if should stop
her carriage, and remind her of the
time she swore to love me forever, or
how often her bright head has rested
on my shoulder. 1 can feel the thrill
of her soft lips yet on my cheek. There,
that's all. Do you believe in justice ?
/ don't. The cause of evil should be
attacked now, 1T is only the victim.
That woman is more guilty to-day than
I. She drove me mad-and yet she
rides by in her carriage, respected and
admired while I, in my prison dress,
can never be anything but what I am
ALL"
Year: 1874

To obtain light instantly without the
use of matches and without the danger
of setting things afre, take an oblong
phial of the whitest and clearest glass
put in it piece of phosphorus about the
size of a pea, upon which pour some
olive oil, heated to the boiling point,
filling the phial about one-third full
and then seal the phial hermetically.
10 use it, remove the cork and allow
the air to enter the phial, and then re-
cork it. The empty space in the bottle
will then become luminous, and the
light obtained will be equal to that of q
lamp. AS soon as the light grows weak
its power can he increased by opening
the phial and allowing fresh supply
of air to enter. In winter it is some-
times necessary to heat the phIai Pc
tween the hands to increase the fiuidcity
of the oil. Thus prepared, the phiai
NAV be used for six months. The con-
triyance is now used by the watchm,en
of Paris in all magazines where explo


sive and inAammable materials are used
Year: 1874

It is not genius. All with such pc
culiar gifts make bad managers of any
business, and are too erratic for ordi-
nary executive purposes. And it is not
high intellectual attainments. Few
scholarly men will lay aside their devo-
ton to letters for their own sake, and
follow the plodding course by which
success in business is to be attained.
And it lies not in the force of circum-
stances. Some who might otherwise
have been successful in q clear course
have doubtless broken down in the
face of popular obstacles; but the man
who can bend occasions and conditions
to his will can achieve his triumph in
spite of such adverse surroundings.


It is not luck. 1t is true that many
tempt their fate and escape as by a
miracle, but this can form no rule of
life success in business is obedience
to law that can be clearly and dis
tinctly traced throughout the whole of
ones career. This law is based on the
principle that everything has it's price,
and they only who are able and willing
to pay it can acquire what they covet.
Some are prevented through want
nerve or defective Judgment, or other
mental and physical defects, from sue
ceeding in the struggle. But more,
who are able, fail because they are un-
willing to meet the cost. They seek
the end, but will not by patient self
denial employ the means. Present
ease, present qualification, some form
of indulgence not consistent with the
end which has been proposed, offers
a temptation too strong for them tc
resist.


Tomorrow they will begin a sterne,
course next week they turn over an.
other leaf with different reading on the
diverse side, but to-day let the hands
be folded and the old encumbrance re-
main. No man is on the road .te sue
cess who has not already paid part o.
the price, and is not now holding out tt
fortune in full the next installment
that is due.
Year: 1874

every citizen of the United States can get his


notes discounted at conveniently low rate of
interest, and IL he finds that such is not the
case, the secretary of the treasury is HEREBY
authorized TO make further additions TO the
currency until the circulation, per capita, as
Year: 1874

posse Of four bringing James NJ. League, r,
horse thief. from Auburn TO this pace. they
attacked by four masked ana League was shot
through the back bah coming out In front League
was then tied to horse which took fright aud caoped
through the woods, followed by q mob who kept no
rambling Leagues clothes torn from his body,
and he horribly mutiiated by the brush. He Vas
sldered fatal.
Year: 1874

to see the TRUE NoRrHERsER indeed, / con-
cluded that almost every family must be a
subscriber. And when took it up yesterday
thought ii we'll worth the subscription price,
and felt it to be pity and shame that 1t was
no better patronized by the merchants OF your
beautiful village.


Let stranger see a newspaper from any
town, and he will form his opinion of the
place very soon. II it is we'll filled with home
advertisements. he will very quickly say, "That
Is prosperous town, for these advertisements
show that the people are alive. and that's the
place to 60" On the other hand, no matter
how excellent the reading matter or typograph-
ical appearance Of paper may be, If it is des-
titute OF home advertisements, a stranger will
Immediately say "This is good newspaper,
but guess there's not much business done in
the town."


Perhaps, MIR. Editor, you willnot care to pub
lish this article, but think it's no more than
right to call the attention OF the business men
or your place to the fact that they are causing
great deal OF Misunderstanding to outsiders
in regard to the business done, by th-holding
their patronage from the TRUE NoRTHERNER.
My motto is


- Live and let live."
Year: 1874

Thomas Grist was held to bail for his ap-
pearance for trial at the Circuit Court on the
charge Of cutting the Landphere dam. The
principal testimony on which he was held was
have been an accomplice, and gives as reason
for appearing at this time that somebody ought
to have paid him some thirty dollars more than
he received. II the money had been paid it
would have been all right, and his mouth would
have been closed.
Year: 1874

F. W. sellick was sentenced on Saturday last,
by Judge Stone, to one years close confine-
ment in the County Jail, after having made a
full confession of the commitment Of the crime
of forgery, for which he was tried and con-
yicted. The confession was made by his at
torney lie agreed to reimburse the County
for all the expense 1t had been to in the trial OF
the case.
Year: 1874

The Anti-Prohibitionists will hold mass
convention in the city Of Detroit on Wednesday
next, August II. The call states the object Of
the convention is to effect a more thorough
law in this State, with view to the adoption
OF such measures as shall influence legislation,
so as to bring about the result sought by the
liquor dealers. by the enactment Of laws es-
tablishing license system in place OF the
present prohibitory law.
Year: 1874

correspondent of the Kalamazoo Telegraph
writes that on the farm of A. K. Allen. OF
Cooper a mound is situated in the edge OF the
woods. It is quite large, perhaps fifteen feet
in diameter. Upon the top s the stump of an
uprooted tree which ls beginning to decay, and
by its side a tree is growing about foot in
diameter, which appears to have grown since
the other has fallen. Within a Few weeks an
excavation has been made in the mound, and
human bones were discovered although nearly
decayed. These were very large, larger than
is natural to the present race. From the ap-
pearance Of the position Of the bones they
which would be an indication either of war or
pestllepce
Year: 1874

On Saturday last new trial was granted to
Nj. ID. Matteson, and also to Hall, the Keeler
murderer. The people have Judge Brown to
thank for the entailment of expense that these
new trials subject the people to.
Year: 1874

A Woman Suffrage Society was organized in
Breedsville the first Of June. and the members
meet every two weeks. One of the attractive
features OF these meetings is the reading OF
paper, edited by four young ladies.
Year: 1874

One of the meanest feelings in this world
comes to man when he rescues young lady
from drowning and learns that she is to be
married in three weeks to fellow with leg o.
nutton whiskers
Year: 1874

One Of the most barefaced and unfounded
assertions that has fallen under our eve for a
long time was that contained in the Post-office
organ last week. wherein that "mouth-plece''
undertook to accuse the NoRTHERNER OF fault
finding and general political unsoundness, when
it is well known that that organ" snarled out
long snarl of dissatisfaction as to the doings
Of the County Committee md growled most
egregiously because the Pos -office had not been
consulted. In order that the people might
know just what the great "organ" said we re-
produced the attack entire with brief COM
ment appended. The TRUE NoRIHERNER has
not for moment wandered off on tangent in
pursuit OF new parties or new organizations,
which probably Is much more than this self
constituted organ" can truthfully say.
Year: 1874

We receive great many communications
from various sources on the school question,
but most of them seem 10 have for their OBJ
ject the publication of personal grievances
something that will not interest the people
generally. What we want in this discussion, is
to have some method suggested, which will be
an improvement on the present one. We in
vite all who have anything to say on this I'M
portant subject to make 1t known, but we pre-
fer all personalities to he omitted.
Year: 1874

"Should Woman Vote !? " is question that
has been receiving good deal Of attention in
the immediate past, and now comes the discus
sion Of the question, "Ought Men to Vote q"
The question is discussed at considerable length
in the editorial columns OF respectable and
leading newspaper devoted to Female Suffrage
Year: 1874

EARLY TOMATOES WITHOUT A HoT-BED.-
Procure empty tin oyster cans that can be
found in abundance in any village. With !.
pair of shears cut off the top and you Will
have a vessel about six inches deep, four and
one-half wide, and one and one-half thick.
Fill with the best soil you can find, and sow
your seed, and place your cans near the kitch-
EN- stove. II you can procure some mos sucn
as grows on old logs, cut piece to ht the top
of each can. Saturate the moss with water,
and this will keep the seeds moist, and they
will germinate very quick


As soon as the plants prick through the
ground, take off the moss and place the cans
near a window in the sunshine. After few
days, pull up all of the plants but one or two,
If you save but one, let it be near the centre
of the vessel. If two, of course they should
stand near the ends of the vessel. As soon
as the weather is warm enough, put them
outdoors in the middle of the day. Leave
them in the cans until all danger of frost is
over, and the ground warm enough that they
may grow right along. Then select favora-
| bic day, wet the earth in each can thorough
| ly; turn them upside down, tapping gently on
the bottom, and the ball of earth will sup pa;, Iu;
and you can transplant them withou' ''''A
growth being checked "a hours.
Year: 1874

The impudence of these poets is alarming.
One of them has the cheek to complain be-
cause the Chicago Tribune misplaced a part
of his poem, getting it under the head of
1.-THE Pork Market"