smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Prof Plautamour, who prophesied
that the world was to be burned up few
months ago, is now in Paris. He desires
TO read a paper before the Academy to
prove that we shall all be frozen TO death
about 2011.
Year: 1873

A WIFE's PowER.-lhe power of wife,
for good or evil, is irresistible Without
one, home must be for ever unknown.


A good wife is to man wisdom, strength,
and courags; a bad one is confusion, weak
ness, and despair. No condition is hopeless
to man where the wife possesses frmness,
decision, and economy. There is 10 outward
propriety which can counteract Incidence, ex-
travagance, and folly at home. No spirit
can long endure bad influence. Man is
strong, but his heart is not adamant. He
delights in enterprise and action, but to sus-
tain him he needs Il Tranquil mind; and
especially if he is an intelligent man, with
whole head, he needs his moral force in the
conflict of life. TO recover his composure,
home must be place of peace and comfort.
There his soul renews its strength and goes
forth with fresh vigor to encounter the labor
and troubles of life. But if at home he finds
no rest, and is there met with bad temper,
sulleuness, jealousy and gloom, Or assailed
with complaints and censure, hope vanshes,
and he sinks into despair. Such is the case
with too many who, it might seem, have
no conflicts or trials of life; for such is the
wife's power.
Year: 1873

A CHEERFUL VIEW OF Times. "IIow
dismal you look = said Bucket to his COM
panlon, as they were going to the we'll


"Ah p replied the Other 81 was reflect
lng upon the uselessness of our being filed
tor, let us go away ever SO full, we always
come back empty


"Dear me How strange to look at it
in that way" said the other Bucket. "Now
enjoy the thought that, however empty we
come, we always 90 away full. Only look
at it in that light, and you'll be as cheerful
as am"
Year: 1873

commenced his work of selfdestruction.
The face was ghastly, the eyes we're Of a
dreamy and yet fearful look, while great
clammy drops seemed to stand out upon
his flesh. Again and again he charged
his pipe, and still the awfulness Of the
situation increased. Perhaps dreaming
the most delirious dreams Of bliss, yet
his outward form gave signs Of most
horrible torture; with more than the
tabled splendors Of an orient piled in
may grandeur before his enraptured
vision, his face wore the haggard look Of
a demon. The circling smoke wrapped
his form in shroud of deathly signifi-
canoe, and the fitful glare Of that ghastly
lamp intensified the seeming tortures Of
his physical form, while occasionally his
eyes opened, and a surprised stare, as
though he had been transported from
heaven to earth would play across his
features, and the low muttered exclama-
tions-whether of pleasure or pain, we
cannot say-recalled the jabbering Of
some frightful ogre in a horrible night
mare. And still the smoke rolled from bis
nostrils, and the light hared, and the
scene became more impressive, and we
imagined, when only looking at the
reality of living death before US, that
we, too, could feel something of the
tingling pleasure of the narcotic. We
were about to lapse into state of bliss
ful repose when the. Chinaman, who had
been all this time assiduously engaged
in doing up garments near us, aroused
by the remark that he (pointing to the
object before hs) would now sleep all
day, and repeated the assertion that
He's no good he spend alice money;
opium all gone" Sure enough the
smoker was aleep; he had exhausted the
bottle, and was quietly reposing, while
in his hand was held the pipe, the awful
instrument of his gradual destruction;
aud the light still threw its sickly glare
upon the animated corpse,


Thankful for the privilege of seeing
the curiosity, we bade our Celestial
friend good morning, passed out into
bracing air, and threw off the lethargy
that had taken hold upon US.
Year: 1873

eruption in nature akin 10 an earth
quake, must have come in from the sea
and oyerexerted thems elves swimming
against the fresh current Of the Colum-
bia, which is not their native element.
This same species Of fish are found in
abundance about the bays and the
coast Of British Columbia, where the ma
tives and others procure and use them
as n substitute for candles The mass
about hero on Tuesday would have been
sufficient to supply torches for process
sion reaching from here 10 New York.
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the New York O6-
ser0er says: Not long since, in travelling
from Basle to Paris we became hungry.
AS if divining our condition, the guard put
his head in at the window Of the train and
politely asked, "Shall order dinner for
YOU at the next station ?' "But we do not
stop long enough for it," was our reply.
"True; it will be served in the train for
three francs, and the dishes removed at
the next stopping PLACE" "By all means
order it." The telegraph carried the or
der ten miles ahead in moment and
when the train drew up at the next sta
ton, the door was opened, and circular
basket, feet high and 1 foot in diameter,
was put in our compartment Upon the
top were a knife and fork, spoon and nap
kin; bottle Of water and flask of wine,
and glass; a little salt and pepper and a
large roll Opening a door in the side of
the basket, we saw four shelves, on each
side dish. The. first was hot soup, the
second slice of la mode beef, the third
vegetables, and the fourth half chicken
and salad. A bunch of delicious grapes
was also found on one of the shelves.


We ate our dinner quietly and comforta-
bly,, while the train rushed along at thirty
miles an hour and then restored the dishes
to their places. When the next stoppage
was made, porter removed the basket and
! received the pay.
Year: 1873

Again, cement Is modern, for the All
clients dressed and joined their stones
so closely that, IN buildings thousands
Jf years old, the thin blade of a pen
knife can not be forced between them.
The railroad dates back to Egypt. Ar
ago has claimed that they had knowl-
edge of steam. A painting has been
discovered of a ship fun Of machinery,
md a French engineer said. that the
arrangement of this machinery could
only be accounted for by supposiDg the
motive power to have been steam.
Bramah acknowledges that he took the
.dea of his celebrated dock from an an
oient Egyptian pattern. De Tocque-
vile says there was no social question
that was not discussed to rags in Egypt.


ANCIENT ADs TO VIsIoN.-Cicero said
that he had seen the entire HAD, which
IS poem as large as the New Testa-
ment, written on skin so that it could
be rolled up IN the compass Of nut
she'll. Now, this IS imperceptible to
The ordinary eye. Very recently the
whole contents of a London newspaper
were photographed on paper half as
long as the hand 1t was put under n
love's wing and sent into Paris, where


hey enlarged it and read the news.
This copy of the Iliad must have been
made by some such process. Pliny
says that Nero, the tyrant, had ring
with a gem IN it which he looked
through and watched the sword-play of
the gladiators, more clearly than with


he naked eye. So Nero had an opera
glass. AIauritius, the italian, stood on
he promOntsry of his island and could
sweep over the entire sea to the coast OF
Africa with his nGtlscopite, which is a
word derived from two Greek words
meaning to see a ship. Evidently
Mauritius, who was a pirate, had a
marine telescope. The signet of ring
N Dr. Abbot's museum said to belong
to Cheops, who lived five hundred
years before Christ, Is about the size of
a quarter of a dollar and the engraving
is invisible without the aid of glasses.
In Parma is shown gem once worn on
the finger of Michael Angelo, of which
the engraving is two thousand years
old, in WHICH there are the figures of
seven women. A glass is needed to
distinguish the forms at all Layard
says he would be unable to read the en-
cravings on Nineveh without strong
spectacles, they are so extremely small.
Rawlinson brought home a stone about
twenty inches long and ten wide, con-
tanning an entire treatise on mathema-
tics. 1t would be perfectly iIlegible
without glasses. Now, if we are un-
able to read it without the aid of
glasses, you may suppose that the man
who engraved it had pretty strong
spectacles. So, the microscope, instead
of dating from our time, finds its
brothers in the Books of Moses-and
these are infant brothers.
Year: 1873

There Is many rest in the road OF life,


II we would only stop to take It;
And many tone from the better land,


If the querulOus heart would make it.
10 the soul that Is fun Of hope,


And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass Is green and the flowers are bright,
Thorgh the winter storm prevaileth.
Better TO hope though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eye still Sifted;
For the sweet blue sky viii soon peep through
When the OTninous clouds are rifted
There never was night without day,


Or 81 evening without q morning:
And the dark hnEr, as the proyerb goes.
Is the hour before the daNniug.
There is many 3 gem in the path Of life,
Which We pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jewelsd crown.
Or the miser's hoard Of treasure
1t may be love Of a little child,


Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For cup Of water given.
Better to weave in the web Of Efe


A bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods viii with ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing:
Than to snap the delicate, minute threads
Of our curious lives Ssundpr
And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends
And ait, and grieve, and wonder.
Year: 1873

A home that is fitted up with taste
will be the resort of a better class of
people, and more genuine enjoyment
will be shown in visiting 1t, than one
which has nothing but the costliness of
it's contents to recommend it. However
much astonishment and vague admira-
the one may excite at first, it will final
" become an eye-sore rather than at
traction, while the other will reveal a
new and beautiful feature ut every
place, and viii never lose its pleasing
power. A part from this, however, Is
the all-important, hard, practical fact
that there is an actual economy in good
taste. Thousands Of persons annually
buy gaudy and vulgar carpets that there
are not and cannot be objects of interest
when for much less money they might
in humber material, but of equally
substantially quality, purchase some
thing much better suited to the charac-
ter of their rooms and much more in
harmony with the surroundings. If a
room is arranged as q work Of art,
carpet is only an item In the general ell
feet. and it is a matter of no conse-
quence that it should excite remark
on its own account. What we want
when q stranger enters our Parior IS
that he shall be impressed with a GER
tain beauty, by certain completeness,
nv a certain richness Of effect, by GER
tian home feeling, as if the place were
the dwelling Of refined people, who
think enough Of their home to strive to
make it beautiful. It is not necessary
that he should remark whether our
CARPET is Brussels or ingram, whether
whether or wall paper cost 10 cents or 50
a piece, whether our furniture is of the


most costly wood, elaborate carved and
covered with the most expensive mate
rails, whether our curtains are Of the
finest lace or richest damask, but rather
that our combinations of cOlors are har-
monious, that our furniture is solid and
substantial, and in fact, that our room
has a coy, comfortable look which
gives some hint as to the character OF
It's owner, and which seems to extend
! large and liberal welcome.
Year: 1873

A very important discovery relative to the
properties Of gsn-cotton has just been made by
the chemist Of the English War Department..
The principal difficulty which has hitherto been
encountered in its manufacture has boen the ex-
treme danger attendant upon drying it, after it
Leaves the hydraulic press, as gun-cotton will
explode at very low temperature. The chemist
in question has succeeded in exploding several
discs OF tho cotton, containing from 15 to
20 per cent Of water, without the process OF
drying. The discovery is one Of great i'm
portance, for while tho cotton in its damp
state is incapable Of ignition, it still retains its
detonating qualities, and eau bo used with less
danger to the user II some ingenious chemist
will now discover some similar property in nitro
g1ycerine, 80 that when it ia to bo used for some
local purpose it will not bo necessary to destroy
tho whole surrounding country also, another
valuable contribution will be made by science to
society, aud aome new protection will be guar
snteed to human life, il that is Of any impor-
tance now-a-days.
Year: 1873

Board. Heuon's case is consequently not
affected in the least by Warmoths authority or
lack Of authority in tho premises. We should
naturally say that Governor Warmoth had not d
right arbitrarily to dopose Secretary Of State
who had been elected by the people, but Louis
lana has some queer lavs under the carpet-bag
dominion, and such authority may exist. At I'll
events, Heron cannot plead the contrary, since
that would oust him and..reinstate Bvoco. Thus
it appears that Warmoth had rs good a right to
remove Heron and to appoint another man
Acting Secretary as ho had to make Heron Act
ing Secretary in tho first place. Haring been
removed from the Office of Secretary, 1o ceased
from that moment to be- . member Of the Re-
turning Board, and could in no manner proceed
to organize Board that would possess shadow
OF authority or legality.


The Herald is right in saying that the interest
of the people at large in this Louisiana squsb-
bic is not in the sparing Of tho opposing po1si-
cians. We don't believe that 1t would help mat
ters to have Warmoth take Kellogg's place il,
the United States Senate, aud it is matter Of
supreme Indifference to the people outside OF
Louisiana whether Pinchback is Governor OF
whether he goes to Congress. We presume that
the Louisiana people would prefer the latter, as
Pinchback would then be removed from their
sight for the tlme being. The concern which
the people OF the country feel in the u1atter is,
that United States forces should have been em-
ploycd in State without the request OF the
Legislature or Governor thereof.
Year: 1873

Naval Academy, and the same number OF Cadets
to the Military Academy, es each Con-
greaaional District has the right to. nominate


one Cadet and one Midshipman once
every four years., The country viii not regard
the additional expenses which these appoint
mcnts would entail with anything like COM
placency at the present time. We do not seem
to be in any special need Of any more warlika
talent than West Point and Annapolis can turn
out every four years. 4 plan has been suggest
cd By which the unnecessary increase may be
avoided. It is that the Congressional appoint
,nents should be made once IN iyo years, and
the Acadenaical term still kept at four years.
Another suggestion is to lengthen the course OF
study to fye years. The latter plhn would not
obyiate the necessity Of tho new appointments,
but it would make the yearly graduates less
numerous, and would not overstock the army
with officers who are now useless~
Year: 1873

The following record win show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day Of last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy HERALD Building
Year: 1873

Ono Of the editors of the Boston Transcript
has long been convinced that the current version
Of the chc1Ty-tre story was inaccurate. So he
went in to find the truo facts Of the case. Into
the dusty records Of the past be diyed, found
What he mas after, grapp1ed with it, and drew it
Year: 1873

Every enott to punish the Radical eoruptionists
In Congress will be STAYED of and finally defeated
By the leading men of that party in that body
until it adjourns, which will take place on the 4th
Of March


The impeachment of Colfax viii therefore never
take place.


The want of Time has been pleaded as an excuse
for the defeat Of Mr.. Woods resolution in the
House ON THURSDAY. But this will not save them
There is scarcely man in the House that believes
that ColIax would be tried. He would doubtless
resign If he saw that he was 10 be 90 dealt with
and the passage of the resolution would have its
moral effect even If the criminal was not brought
to trial


There is no reason why Brooks and Ames
should be expelled and Colfax and the half dozen
other criminals escape.


But it is quite evident from the vote on Mr.
peachment or expulsion either. 1t takes bare
majority to pass an impeachment article, and as
this failed by vote OF 109 to 105 it is not likely
that a resolution 10 expell, requiring twothirds,
can be carried through the House. The whole
action of that body, this case, is in the hands
of accomplished schemers who have been weeks
dsvising ways and means to escape inhicting due
punishment, notwithstanding the people and
press demand severe measures at their hands.
- The bdbe-takers will escape punishment by
Congress; and if they are ever punished at all it
VIII have to be by the people themselves 1t is
thus that Radicalism allows the country to be
disgraced and stigmatiEed. And ii will continue
10 do so while It holds the power
Year: 1873

One of our citizens has been subjected for
time to disability which perplexed him
and amused his friends. When Mr.. Smith
conveyed the assets, goodwill and fixtures
Of a house in which he had been interested,
the transferees adopted the idea that they
had thereby acquired the exclusive use of
his name, and SO contradicted Shakespeare
somewhat when he says that taking a mans
name does not enrich the taker, while it un-
doubtedly leaves the bereaved "poor in
deed"


An eminent attorney, in an argument
growing out of proceedings for the recovery
of the business name of Mr. Smith, amused
the court by an anecdote of an Italian no.
blelnan whose passion for gaming had led
him step BY step to the loss of all his pos
sessions, and even to gamble off his own
name and title. The last proved terrible
calamity. He could not accept govern
ment Office because he had lost his appella
ton. In his extreme need, he was denied
access to charitable institution, because
he could not register as required by the
rules. So the unfortunate gentleman was
driven to suicide for an improvident for.
feiture of the name which his godfather and
gOdmother had given him. The court de-
cided that our friend, Mr.. Smith, had by no
means lost his baptismal birthright, aud we
are gratitied to state that he has experienced
no Inconvenience from this temporary sus-
pension of nomenclature. But further
annoyance resulted. When the firm of
Smith & Co. was adiudged extinct by the
withdrawal of the partner whose name it
bore, the style of the concern was changed
to Successors to Smith & CO.. This was
still worse on our friend Smith. 1t appeared
that he was dead, and that the purchasers
had opened his succession, and this made
him feel like his own ghost. He is now, we
are happy to state, able to confront his own
appelation. It must have proved a signal
qualification to himself and friends to see
that so high value has been set on his
style and signature.
Year: 1873

Not knowing that the herald, Ike the
Democratic party, is dead, the Franklin
San publishes the following news item:


After the first of January the New Or
leans Herald will issue weekly edition,
and those who may wish decided and able
Democratic paper should subscribe to it.
Year: 1873

Views Of President McMahonTouch.


Ing the Future OF France.


NEW York, July 13-President Nc.
Mahon, IN conversation with correspon.
dent, says:


1.-THE real government OF our country Is
now vested In the Ministry, and am
firmly convinced that the only change
which they will introduce In the Republic
will be to carry out the programme which
the late government proved itself incapa-
bic Of oEdoing. We arc not so Impolitic as
10 take any steps similar 10 those taken by
the Empire, bnt everything that can be
done to insure the Pope safety and the nee.
essary liberties Of all, shall. be done. It is
directly against the interests of Italy to
expel the Pope from his dominions; for
we're he obliged TO take refuge in Tor.
eign country, the Catholics In all parts OF
the world would unite In crying shame
against Italy, and public opinion would be
excited sgainst Italy to such an extent
that not only would our interference be.
come compulsory, but 1t might also be-
como the signal for European war, from
which Italy has little to hope and every
thing 10 fear. In accepting the presidency
l did not look into the future, but only to
the right and left where saw men OF
every shade Of political opinion ready to
tear each other TO pieces and lead crowd
Of ignorant and naive electors to do as
much ,andLhe necessity Of ofsaving the army,
our only hope for the maintinanco Of our
country in the rank IN which itbeloDgs;
but out Of this hideouS scramble for
power and profit II was the uppermost
thought in my mind when the offer Of the
Presidency was made to me, TO reorgAn.
lie the rmyAnd make it but the bulwark
OF French liberty, and that ought TO be
the aim OF every true Frenchman. There
Ia no reason why the present regime In It's
amended constitutional form, with the
military and executive, who should reign
over country and army, should hot be-
come establlGhed In France. When the
words Empire and Republic become sy.
nonymous with discipline, every citizen
a soldier, and every soldier servant oil
the Republic, there will be as little
strife and wrangling In the country as TO
who shall be Minister, as there is Ut pres
ent as to who shall be Marshal"
Year: 1873

cabin filled with individuals thinking little,
but eating and drinking extraordinarily CON-
menclng 10 b. eakiast with soup at halfpast eight
O'CLOCK In the morning. aud living in q species OF
luxury quite disproportoned to the value OF board
or course know nothing OF the movements OF the
vessel as vet. am induced TO believe that shall
be OF some service to these Cubans God knows
they have need OF friends and many OF them A
thing so easy as the liberation OF this un-
happy island, SO rich In value can be acconnlished
and IN the meantime i. like Others am SURPRISED
that we do not proceed to work and DO III For INV
part am under the impression that the most pra.
c0us momenr has been lost. when the enemy was
least capable OF resistance. -


Dear Ned, endeavor to enter into confidence with
Simpson. Let him know that | am here ana in
good odor with the Cubans. See II You can dis
cover the art OF constructing torpedoes, and learn
in the strlctest confidence If he desires to unite
with us-you and l-ior the purpose OF making
money 10 which end can obtain the most ample
MEANS and 1t viii be very easy TO bring about the
most extraordinary results. While simpson is sick
guard the secret among those directly interested,
ana tell him to guard mine. Send me word II you
can find in New York the explanations and details
70 which refer. speak OF the torpedo question.
II you will hx your attention on This matter
with your well known intelligence 1t will be well
executed and recompensed. For another thing, l
desire TO bring about an Intervention in this
matter and to accomplish great thing as the
liberator OF Cuba. Remember me afrectonatey to
Jillotson and whatever other friends you meet.
Remember me. Also kindly to your mother, and
believe me your friend and companion de uoydCe,


FRY.
Year: 1873

A. 4. P. RAILRoAD.-The following is from the Southwest, published at North Spring field, Missouri:

 "When the present panic in monetary matters came like a whirlwind and threw everything into chaos, it was foretold that the work of extension of the Pacific railroads would be postponed indefinitely. Whatever may be the fate of other roads, we can assure those interested that the prosperity of the Atlantic and Pacific road is not in the least affected by the depression. Mr Scott, the president, and Mir Pierce, the manager, have 30 well succeeded in the negotiations, that in the beginning of the coming year the work of progress gi!l go CT. There are no contingeu. eies now in the way. Money is not wanting. Congress may not interfere with the present condition of the Indian Territory, yet the work of construction will still go forwardn