smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

The very guarded expressions of the Presi-
dent on the subject of the Third Term. which
win be found in our dispatches, add little to
the general stock of information. He does
not disclaim an intention to run for Third
Term. There is still the same affectatlOn of
dignity in his attitude, and the question that
all the people are asking remains unanswered
because it is not presented with sufficient
formality. az
The question Of the liability Of brokers for
stolen funds placed with them for specula-
ton was argued yesterday in the suit
AGAINST Polhemus and Jackson, which
ia very fully reported in our col
1u,ns The defendants received large
sums from the defaultng army paymaster
Hodge, most of which were lost in stock
epecuiatiors The evidence goes to prove
that the firm had no knowledge OF Hodges
guilt, and believed the money 10 De MS own.
Year: 1874

In the will of the Countess of Lou
don, who died in England recently, was
found clause directing that her right
hand be cut off and buried in the park
at Castle bennington, at the bend OF
the hill to the Trent, with small cross
over it, bearing the motto, &C hyde my
tyme." The explanation of this singu-
lar request shows that the countess,
who had been a lifelong enemy of
Queen Victoria, desired to carry her
implacable hatred of Victoria beyond
the grave. The place of burial men
toned overlooks one of the queens
country seats. The skeleton hand with
its threatening epitaph was meant to
point its slow unwavering finger at the
queen, reminding her of the nJustlce
done long years ago to younger sister
of the countess. In the early queen
hood of Victoria the sister mentioned
was maid of honor. Gay and thought
less. the Young girl had freedom of
manner which gave the gossips of the
dov an opportunity, all too well abused,
of bIackening her fame, which had been
tarnished by no criminal act of hers. The
1neen hardened to the slander, and ban
isbed the beautiful but indiscreet girl
from her household. The falsity of the
scandal was shown, but not until the
poor, dishonored maid of honor had
died of broken heart. The Countess
of Loudon blamed the queen for her
sisters untimely fate, and determined
to revenge that sisters wrongs. Never
after did she appear at court, and upon
every royal fete day kept close immured.
Her post-mortem pursuit of the queen
is ghastly but impotent.
Year: 1874

The half of hospitality lies in the
speeding of parting guests. Lavish welt
comes are easily y enough bestowed, bu-
the hospitable thought must be very
genuine, indeed, which dares to leave
the guest as free and welcome to go as
to come. We all suffer, now and then,
from undue urging to stay when we
prefer to go, and nearly every one of
US is himself sinner in this regard,
too. No sooner does the gu st intimate
a wish to terminate his visit than we fly
in the face of his desire, and urge him
to stay longer. We sometimes do this,
(do we not p as mere matter of duty,
when in our hearts we care very little
whether the guest goes or stays. We
feel ourselves bound to show our appre-
citation of our friends visit by asking
that he prolong it. Now, true hospital
ity ought to learn its lesson better than
this. Our efforts should be, from first
to last, to make our friends visit thor
oughly pleasant and agreeable to him.
We strive for this result in welcoming
him. 1t is the desire to do this which
prompts us to offer him the most COM
Portable chair and to set out our best
viands, if he break bread with us. 1t
is that he may enjoy his stay that we
talk cnly upon agreeable topics. In
short, from the time he crosses our
threshold until he rises to leave, we
courteously endeavor to make the mo-
ments slip by as pleasantly as possible.
But the moment he asks for his hat our
courtesy fails us. Hitherto we have
studied to anticipate and to crafty his
every wish. Now that he wishes to go,
however, we endeavor to thwart his
pleasure. We selfshly try to turn him
from his purpose to ours. We wish him
to stay, while he wishes to 60. Courtesy
would prompt us TO give his wish pre-
cedence to our own, but, as a rule, we
ask him to sacrifice his own to our
pleasure.
Year: 1874

The ethereal blue color of the sky is
due to minute particles of matter which
float in the air. We're these particles
removed. the sky would be dead black.
1t is f ct in optics that exceedingly
fine portions of matter disperse or scat
ter the blue rays of light, coarser por-
tions scatter red rays, and still coarser
portions scatter all the rays, making
white light. An atmosphereis full Of
aqueous vapor, the particles of which
difuse white light in all directions.
When these particles are enlarged they
become visible in the form of clouds.
The vapor particles of the white clouds
are supposed to be finer and lighter
than those of the dark clouds. That
the diffusion of light in our atmosphere,
the blue coloring of tie sky and the
colors of the clouds, are due to the
presence of matter floating in the air,
Year: 1874

In the youth Of the heart, ere the glorious ray
That was born of hfe's morning has faded away
While the light fingers yet in the eyes that dear,
And the voices we love still remain with us here;
While the wine is yet red, and the stars are still


bright,
And the winds and the waves bring us music by


night.
While the warm blood leaps up when the forests
With the tread of the horse snd the bay of. the


hound
Oh ever and always, as long as we may,
d" As We journey through life, let us live by the


way"
Let us live! In the power to enjoy that is given,
The earnest on earth of the glory of heaven.
In the courage that ever in mrth or in sorrow,
Has strength for each day, and hope for each


morrow:
With smiles for the future, though tears for the


past,
And Joy in the hours that steal from US so fast.
For tire friends whose brave spirits have gathered


around us,
For the love whose bright blooming tendrils have


bound us,
"As we journey through life, let us live by the
way"
When the'world has grown old, and the night stars


at last,
That rose in the future, have set in the past,
savotlsas lr9i1te-t Of all ~aels B. guf1fr
To the beautiful country beyond the dark river;
When We pause at the end, and look thoughtfnlly


back
Through the change and the chance of the long,


weary track,
It will cheer the old heart to be abe to say,
Gas we've jeurneyed through life, we have lived b.


the way"
Year: 1874

has been conclusively proven by Tyn-
dali. On passing beam of sunlight
through a glass tube, the beam is rem
dered brilliantly visible by the refec-
ton of light from the dust particles
floating in the air contained in the tube.
But on removing the dust particles,
which is done by filtering the air by
cotton wool, or causing the air to pass
over a flame, the beam of light j. no
fonoer visible in the tube.
Year: 1874

The dashing fiirt has great Partially
and aptitude for physical and out door
amusement she waltzes with Capt.
Jones long after that gallant officer is
ready to faint from heat and exhaustion,
and mamma and Aunt Lucy are almost
in spasms of terror lest she should
break a blood vessel and she plays
croquet until it is so dark that the gen
tlemen are compelled tie white handker-
chiefs on the wickets in order TO Sc


them, and her devoted slave Johnny
Wilkins holds lamp for her, and con-
sequently las to bear the blame of all
her misfortunes in that exciting pastime
for not throwing the light further than
it can shine. When she joins aquatic
excursions she always takes an oar and
pulls most doughtily; she makes her
self very merry at the expense of those
timid young ladies who, one would
imagine, had the hydrophobia, so great
is their terror of water; she Jumps
about to tilt the boat from side to side,
and at their unaffected uneasiness
laughs aloud SO liquid, so merry, so
musical laugh, and withal looks so
saucily beautiful, that the attendant
cavaliers, instead of reprobating such
heartless conduct, flock in numbers 10
her standard, and by and by receive the
reward they merit. They do anything
ard everything she wishes steer in the
direction she pleases row rapidly or
slowly as she is fresh or tired and
their indulgence of her whims is re-
ceived as a matter of course. She ex-
presses a desire for some lovely water
lilies. Capt. Jones hastens to crafty
her, and he exerts all his strength to
break them from their tough stems
she, holding the rudder-lines, deftly
turns the boat to one side, and over
goes the adventurous Jones into the
water. The other gentlemen think this
most bewitchiDg playfulness, and the
ladies-oh, never mind them who cares
what they think In for penny in for
a pound. Jones, wet through, swims
about and gathers all the lilies he can
find, returns to the boat and presents
them to his 6ien aimee, who smiles
prettily, thanks him in the kindest
manner, and tells him he is like great
wafer-dOp
Year: 1874

For us to be able to see objects clearly
and distinctly, it is necessary that the
eye should be kept clean. For this
purpose it is furnished with a little
gland, from which flows a watery fluid
(tears) which is spread over the eve by
the lid, and is afterward swept off by it,
aud runs through a hole in the bone TO
the under surface of the nose, while
the warm air, passing over it while
breathing, evaporates il. It is not re-
markable that no such gland can be
found in the eyes of fish, as the element
in which they live answers the same
purpose. If the eye had not been fur
nished with liquid to wash it, and a
lid to sweep it off, things would appear
as they do when you look through a
dusty glass. Along the edges of the
eyelids there are a great number of lit
tie tubes or glands, from which flows an
oily substance which spreads over the
surface of the skin, and thus prevents
the edges from being sore or iiritated,
and it also helps to keep tears within
the lid. There are also six little mus
cles attached to the eve which enable
us to move it in every direction F; and
when we consider the different motions
they are capable of giving to the eye,
we cannot but admire the goodness of
Him who formed them, and thus saved
us the t, ouble of turning onr heads
every time we wished to view an object.
Year: 1874

The way to make live city is to do
all that you can to make the business
of your neighbor a success. Advertise
your business men by speaking a good
word for them wherever you go. AL
ways be on the alert to induce new
branches of industry to locate in your
midst judiciously aid every enterprise
that promises to add business facilities;
support local newspapers by taking and
paying for them, and feeling an inter
est in their welfare if you know of any
item of news which would interest the
public, take some pains to let the edi.
tor know it don't hold your vacant
lots at a price too high don't hold a
penny so near your eyes as to hide a
dollar at arms length.
Year: 1874

Omaha says it has a Russian noble
man in its telegraph Office. We trust
Omaha will keep him there. There are
more noblemen in New York, tending
bar and working in barber shops, than
you can shake even a small bit of a
stick at,
Year: 1874

for them is the calaboose, OF
the public works.


Now 1 venture to say that if halt
the zeal and energy had been shown
during the Crusade movementtowards
arresting and furnishing the drunk
ard, that there was in praying on the
corners of the streets, for the sur
render of "doggeries," there would
not have been one drunkard now,
where there is thousand.


P. VIC.
Year: 1874

When your time is out, don't wait till you have
chance TO come to town, send the money by a
neghbor but enclose it in letter at and hand
it to your P. NJ. We ,ciH be responsible If the money
is lost, from any post-ofce in this county.


Subscribers outside of the county should send
money orders, when practicable, where the amount
is 81 or more. An order costs but cents, which
the subscriber may deduct from the amount sent.
Year: 1874

Scrap Book illustrations and Draicing Class Copies


large collection of pictures of different sizes
and on almost every conceivable subject have been
put up in an attractive envelope and are now offer
ed at price intended to make them popular in
every sense.


Envelope No. l, containing so beautiful engrav-
ings is now ready and will be sent postage paid to
any address for ONE DOLLAR. Aliberal discount
TO agents and teachers
Year: 1874

Each part will contain 2S quarto pages. ipcluding
the elegant frontispiece, on heavy plate paper A
superb title page, richly illuminated in red and gold
WIN De given with the first part, and the printing of
tne ehIlre work will be worthy representative of
me 'The Aldine Press" which is a guarantee of
something beautiful and Valuable
Year: 1874

The political ferment among the European na-
tons, the strife between Church and State the dis
cussion of Science in its relation to Theology, and
the constant publication of new works on these
and kindred topics, will give unusual interest to
the leading Foreign Reviews during 1875. No
where else can the inquiriDg reader find in a con-
densed form, the facts and arguments necessary to
guide him to q correct conclusion.
Year: 1874

BY THE HON. j. BATEMAN SMITH.


He was young, he was fair, and he
parted his hair, like the average beau,
in the middle he was proud, but the
truth must be told, he played like a
6end on the fiddle. But aside from this
vice he was everything nice, and his
heart was SO loving and tender that he
always turned pale when ne trod on the
tail of the eat lying down by the fender.
He clerked in the store, and the way
that he tore off calico, jeans and brown
sheeting would have tickled calf and
made the brute laugh in the face Of a
quarterly meeting. He cut quite dash
with darling moustache, which he
learned to adore and to cherish for
one girl had said, while she dropped her
proud head, that t would kill her to see
the thing perish. On Sunday he'd
search the straight road to church, un-
needing the voice of the scorner; and
demurely he sat like young tabby cat
with the saints in the far amen corner.
He sang like bird, and his sweet voice
was heard fairly tugging away at long
metre; and we speak the truth when we
say that this youth could outsing hun
CRY mosquiter.


She was young, she was fair, and she
scrambled her hair, like the average
belle of the city she was proud but not
bold, yet the truth must be told that the
way she chewed wax was pity. But
aside from this vice she was everything
nice and the world much applauded her
hustle; and the Fayetteville boys, being
charmed by the noise. walked miles just
to hear the thing rustic. She cut quite
swell, this wax-chewing belle, and the
men hocked in armies to meet her !; but
she gave them the shirk, for she loved
the young clerk, who sung like hun
cry mosguiter. She hemmed and she
hawed, aud she sighed and she chawed,
until her heart and jaws were both brok-
en- then she walked by his store, while
he stood at the door awaiting some anna
tive token. She raised up her eyes with
a pretty surprise, and tried to enact the
proud scorner; but to tell the plain
truth, she just grinned at the youth who
loved the devout amen corner.
Year: 1874

as you may choose to inspect; but what
you want to see them for, is quite beyond
me Careless writing may entail more
serious consequences. M, Mignet and
M. st. Hilaire figured as l,gatees in the
will of their friend Nj. Cousin; but the
executors, unable to make out whether
the testator had written ga chacun
deux," or ga chacun d'eux, were Obliged
to ask court of law to decide if the
legatees were entitled to one thousand or
two thousand francs apiece.


A delightfully."- supercilious upholder
of the right of superior intellects to
be above the virtue of legibility, after
asserting that nineteen out of every
twenty notable men write badly, says
that it is emphatically to be desired that
all idle creatures, especially ladies,
should be compelled by act of Parlia-
ment, to write hand as clear as print
under all circumstances when the SUI
perior intellect is writing to the inferior,
every latitude should be allowed but
nobody who is not busy person ought
to be permitted to write to those who are
busy except in fine flowing hand. He
forgets to tell us what the law should be
in the not unlikely case of one busy
man writing to another busy man,
and Enthusiastically ignores the fact,
that an inferior individual may be as
busy in his way as the superior intellect.
Surely the reader has as much claim tor
consideration as the writer, and there
can be no fair reason why he should
have to waste his time, weary his eyes,
and worry his brain in Difference to a
superiority he might be inclined to deny.
Those who insist upon being privileged
to write illegibly, should adopt the plan
of the polite Frenchman, who, sensible
of his faultiness, always forwarded his
letters in duplicate, with this explana-
tion Out of respect, | write to you
with my own hand, but to facilitate the
reading, send you copy that l have
caused my amanuensis to make"


In the midst of the pother now going
on about education, we hope that teach
ers will not forget to enjoin the 'obliga-
ton on all to write clearly, and, at all
events, TO avoid the impertinence of
signing the name in the form of mys-
terious puzzle.
Year: 1874




Two general facts are noticeable by
newspaper readers in relation to the
business of the country. First, taking
an average of ali manufacturers and
commercial dealings theeountry through,
this season is below the average for busi-
ness profit. Some kinds of manufacture,
iron works in general, for instance, are
doing very little compared with pros
porous season. Manufacturers are max
ing the best they can of the situation,
cutting down outgoes to make up for the
reduction of incomes and saving ex pense
wherever possible. If they get through
the year with balance on the right side
of the sheet it will be about all they ex-
pect. They ere working either at great
ly reduced profits or at loss, hoping
that change in the market will com
pensate them for continued employment
of workmen and storage of manufactur-
ed stock.


Second, this same season of dullness
in business is marked by great uneasi-
ness on the part of workmen and the la.
boring people generally. Wages have
been reduced in some cases, and in Others
the force of men employed has been cut
down. Aside from this, however, there
is lively disposition abroad among the
trades people to strike for higher wages
What causes this unhealthy mania is
not certainly known. Perhaps unwise,
sensational, falsely so-called labor re-
formers have large part of the respon-
sibility on their shoulders At all events
there seems to be an epidemic of strikes
in the cities. New York is especially
disturbed by them.


Setting aside all labor reformers with
their harangues, by which they cunning.
ly scheme to support themselves in idle
ness and make the reputation of public
benefactors, the working people have
the question to settle for themselves,
whether they can afford to take this
course just this time. Employers are in
many cases ready to take this as pre-
text to discharge men whom they would
otherwise retain, or they are totally un-
able to pay the advanced wages demand
ed, and are compelled to let good work
men go, simply because of the obstinacy
of the latter. Prices are generally dull,
and it is the time of all others when a
demand for an advance is least likely to
be respected. Then, there are SO many
men out of employment that the places
of strikers can be readily supplied.
Workmen with dependent families ought
to think of these prominent facts before
striking for higher wages Worcester
Spa.
Year: 1874

And Paul went down, and fell on him,
and embracing him, said, Trouble not
yourself; for his life is in him. Acts
Xxx, 10.


l. Great opprobrium has been cast
upon ministers, under whose preaching
men fall asleep. But under the very
apostle Paul's sermon men not only fell
asleep, but fell from the upper chamber
to the ground. 1t does not follow that a
sermon is dull because the people are
dull. The discourse may be fresh, but
the air of an unventilated room villain
GUS. The preaching may be cool and
good but the weather sultry. The preach
er may be fresh, but the listeners tired
out. Sleepingin church may result from
many causes besides poor sermon.


2. Ministers ought not hastily to
blame their parishioners for sleeping in
" meeting time" Paul did not scold.
de bestowed more care on the poor fell
low who went to sleep under his preach
ing than upon all the rest. This man,
perhaps, had been kept awake the night
before by toothache, or by crying
child, or a sick wife; +; or, he might have
been laborer, and all the day long be
might have been carrying hod, or dig
ging in the trench, till nature was wea-
ried out.


AT any rate, this man must always be
honored as the apostle or martyr of
church sleepers. Eutychus was his
name. So long as that name is remem-
bered there will be consolation for those
most unhappy of mortals-those who try
to keep awake in church, but cannot. 1t
is time that those keen, nervous, sharp
featured creatures that can't sleep in
church if they try, should not be allowed
to domineer with supercilious looks over
the weli-conditioned phlegmatic people
who can't keep awake, even when the
sermon only lasts till midnight"


3. Those who intend to sleep in
church should take great pains in the
selection of their place. 1t will never
do to sit in gallery window. For,
though the parishioner may initiate Eu-
tychus, it is not likely that the preacher
will be able to initiate Paul. Nor should
one sit on the pulpit stairs. Some exam
pies are contagious. Nor is it wise to
sleep in front pews, especially if one has
good repute for piety. Itexposes him to
remarks by the unthinking or the Ina
tured


4. Finally, those who are liable to
somnolency in church may find a COM
plete remedy by sitting down at home,
in their rocking chair, about the time
the second bell rings, and taking out
their nap there. In this way no danger
is incurred, no ridicule is excited, the
minister is not disturbed-neither is the
parishioner
Year: 1874

1t often happens that after both vege-
tables and flowers are set out, the wealth
er comes on dry and hot, and unless they
are watered they perish, or seeds, that
had been planted would fail to germin-
ate, or if they started at all would dry
up and be lost. Under such circumstan-
ces it is better to supply water artificial
ly; but it will be well in doing it to OBJ
serve certain things it is always better
to have the water the same temperature
as the air, and always better to use rain
water in preference to well water. We
never advise the use of cold water from
the well on plants, especially when the
sun Is hot upon them. The very best
time, of course, is to water them Just at
night, and thus let the plants have the
benefit of the water through the night.
1t is always better to give them good
soaking, if anything is done. Many
water little, just sprinkle the top of
the ground, and really do the plants or
seeds little or no good. Watering once
begun must be continued, if the weather
holds dry. 1t is expensive to water,
and it should only be resorted to when
the loss that would ensue by the failure
to water would be greater than the cost
to do the work. With the flower garden
we make an exception, for we believe in
looking after the beautiful flowers, to
some extent at least, cost what it will.