smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The female swan, if one may judge
anything from her conduct, makes
most careful and excellent mother. The
human mother is an unknown thing IN
comparison. To see the twan with her
gray cygnets sailing about is not much
more in itself than if she were a goose
and goslings but when she takes a
mind to give the little things a ride,
then we see riding pic-a-back "eleva-
ted" as the newspapers say OF circus.
riding, "to the rank Of q Fine Art. =
She assists the youngsters to mount
her back either by lowering her tail
into the water and thus teaching their
infant minds the use of an inclined
plane, up which they straig ghtway walk,
or she "sticks out the black fut OF
her" las we once heard the performance
of protruding her web-footed limb ale
luded to by low person next us) and
makes a convenient step. She then
raises her wing, and arches back her
neck, and thus makes most comforta-
BILE cradle lined with swan's-down, i'm
pervious to the wind, in which the
babies sit at their ease, or sleep, or
look out on the landscape.
Year: 1873

the " cad's" hideous face close to mine
such wicked leering face


"Take off that veil miss I'm sure a
Whit of fresh air will do you good.
This carriage is awful muggy"Ithat
was tho creatures very expression
"muggy besides, it's desperate
bad for your eyes to read through that
speckled stuff"


Without replying, I bent my head
lower over my book, but the letters
getting confused, and my heart was
beating with fright. =. -,


"Poor little thing Deaf, is she p
and he took the seat opposite and lean
ed across, 80 that I had to shrink into
my corner to avoid his touch. Poor
little Una needed her lion now.


"Bad for the eyes, miss, and such
sinners as yours are too good to be
wasted on that stupid book. Give q
fellow a peep at them"


And great red hand advanced to-
wards my veil.


I could only cover into my corner
with a great cry of terror-one helpless
call on "Uncle," knowing the while
how far away he was, and how uncon-
scious of his poor little Polly's
trouble.


In putting up his hand to my veil,
the man touched me, and the touch,
slight as it was, reused fury of anger
= fa1f bafara ond I
Year: 1873

Do you know the origin Of the fashion
of that cruelty to the horse, known as
blinkers on the bridles2 No Then 1
will tell you. In 1902 they came into
fashion in this wise! The Duke Of Kent,
the father of Queen Victoria, was woe.
fully in debt. Being Prince, he could
not be sued at common law, or arrested,
but ribbon stretched across the side
walk must not be broken by the debtor.
So his creditors contented themselves
by using this ribbon to compel him to
take to the street, or go back. SO ne
had to travel in coach-and-four. His
off leader got "wall eyed" The duke
could not buy another team, and this
white eye made the horse unpleasant to
look upon. Here was a fix, princely
fix. Poverty and no credit ruled the
roost, and it seemed that his Royal
Highness would have to go on foot,
until one of his drivers Lit upon the
blinker dodge, and so one was fitted te
his head. It completely hid the white
eve, and then a blind was put on the
other horses to make things even and
uniform. .,


Our stages were once driven through
the country with four blinkers on the
horses, 1. e., one on the outside OF eact
head.stall, and that fashion continued
many years, or until one-horse wagons
came in vogue, and then two blinder'
were placed on each head-stall. Thus
because the duke was too poor to sup
ply his carriage with sound horses, o.
those having sound cyes, we to-day
after over seventy years experience
follow the fashion set by him.
Year: 1873

A GAMBLING SroRY.-It was some
time ago that q man at one of the gamb-
ling tables in New York city, after plny-
ing a time, got up "broke." He felt
in his pocket for any stray ,money that
might remain there, but there was none,
and he drew forth only cough loze nge.
He was about putting it into his m outh
when he was struck with the simil arity
of its appearance to "splt, and part
ly in jest threw it upon the table. 1t
won and was paid by the dealer, who
did not notice the deception, and with
this amount he continued to plpy until
he left the table winner Of more than
$4,000, and with this sum he estab-
lished himself in business as druggist
and apothecary. Never after could he
be induced to bet on o card.
Year: 1873

A SroRY.-The Recordof Chico, CAL,
furnishes one of those quiet, unvar-
nished short stories which seem to verify
the shakespearian adage. Two sisters
were sleeping together In an apartment:
One of them awoke during the night
and beheld, to her amazement, little
girl dressed in white standing q short
distance from her. She awoke her SIS
ter. who also saw the little girl. In
stead Of screaming they struck light,
and as the light Increased the object
faded. The description corresponded
with that of q little girl who had died
in the same room o few months previous.
The family were afraid Of the apparent
ly harmless visitor and moved from the
house the next day.
Year: 1873

The golden sea its mirror spreads


Beneath the golden skies,
And but narrow strip between


OF earth and shadow lies.
The eloud-ike rock, the rock-like cloud,
Dissolved in glory float,
And midway Of the radiant food


Hangs silently the boat.
The sea but seems another sky,


The sky sea as well;
And which is earth and which is heaven
The eye can scarcely tell.
So when from us life's evening hour


Soft fading shall descend,
May glory, born Of earth and heaven,
The earth and heaven blend;
Flooded with peace, the parting soul
With silent rapture glow,
Till where earth ends and heaven begins
The spirit scarce can know.
Year: 1873

MooDs.-The spirit Of man goes
ND and down as does mercury in
a thermometer, but unlike mer-
curry, which always stand at one
point until the atmosphere chan
ges, the spirit OF man rises and
falls in the same temperature ct
surroundings.


To-day, everything is lovely,
nope quickens @e eye TO discover
possibilities for good fortune, and
the blood dances to a song Of joy
and healtbfulness. Yesterday ze-
no was warm compared with the
state Of the same mentality in the
same circumstances of good and
evil. Nothing changed but the
man.


i mcrcurial character does not
make 4 desirable companion a.
round the domestic freside. There
is too much uncertainty about
his state Of mind. An even tenn
per, and one sustained by forti-
tude is necessary te undergo with
quietness Of spirit, all the trials Of
Home, Sweet Home"


Make home rs harmonious as
paradise cheerful as the MONDAY
sun; peaceful as moonlight on a
lake yet the bread will some
times be heavy, sour or brown ;
the potatoes will rot, the vinegar
barrel leak, the coal give out, and
a Thousand and one little cares
present themselves every week
which furry people if they allow
it.


Regular diet is a good proven
tive for depressed spirits. 10 the
lovesick young man or woman,
such preventive is too vulgar to
contemplate, but it is o good one
nevertheless.-Eln1 Orlou.
Year: 1873

MATcH.MAKING.-Singular as it
may seem, the system Of match
making and marriage by adver-
tisement has become an earnest
reality in London, and is SO admit
ted by the respectable press Of
that city. The advertising is done
mainly through the columns Of .
weekly newspaper called the Mat
rimonial News, which is sold on
the street by the news boys, and
meets with rapid sales. The Pail
Mall Gazette thus speaks OF this
new branch Of journalism The
editor ofthat journal is the match
maker Of the nineteenth century,
and his paper appears to be estab-
lished on principles OF the most
business like description. In every
number the reader may review
some three hundred and fifty can
didates for marriage, and for one
shilling an advertiser may describe
his or her attractions, provided
the same be done in less than for
ty words. Questions Of difficulty
or delicacy referring to courtship
arc answered gratuitously in these
columns, privately for twelve
stamps, personally for FIVE shil-
ling; i fee Of five shillings is also
required one mouth after any
marriage is brought about by this
machinery. We are assured that
the business is bona fde, that con-
fdence and secrecy are strictly
observed, and, if we are to believe
the editor, hundreds Of marriages
have resulted from his labors."
Year: 1873

MISTAKEN PHILANTHROPY
The turnkey of the prison in q
Swiss canton entered the cell of a
prisoner confined there for a misde-
mcanor, to take him jug of wa
ter. The prisoner darted out and
locked the door on his keeper. In
the passage he met the turkeys
wife whom he forced into another
cell, and then had he been q man Of
purely selfish instincts, he would
have secured safety by speedy
flight. But with an excess OF gene
rosity be determined to liberate the
other prisoners, and, unlocking
their cells in turn, offered them
their freedom.


But the prisoners whose SEN
tences had nearly expired, object
ed to commit a new offence in Or
der to escape the few days OF
punishment remaining. Far, there,
fore, from accepting the prot1ered
boon, they set upon their gene
rous friend, bound him, and releas-
ed the turnkey with his wife. The
philanthropist now occupies his
cell, no doubt rejecting in the bit
terness of his heart upon the in
gratitude Of man. The depths OF
moral cynicism which a young ar,
dent nature is likely to reach after
such an experience as this, will
probably prevent any repetition ot
his blunder under similar circum
stances in future.
Year: 1873

ExAMPLE.-That hatchet story,
in which Washington and cherry
tree figured so largely, is doing
no good, and it ought to be sup
pressed by all means. A little
boy out West, inspired by the ex-
ample of virtue rewarded to be
found in that popular anecdote,
procured a hatchet and went
about cbopping fence rails, garden
gates, pigs backs and horses legs,
with perseverance that showed
how deeply the lesson had sunk
into his soul, and with a fervor
that had something Of love in it..
One day he chopped the tires ont
of q wheel belonging to his fathers
carriage, and when the old gen
tleman came home and saw the
ruin that had been made, he grew
angry, and demanded who had
accomplished it. Young hopeful,
bursting with q desire to tell the
truth, told his father that he had
done it with his little hatchet;
whereupon the lrate parent, who
had probably not read the story
in question, instead Of saying:
"Come to my arms; l had rather
lose twenty carriage wheels than
have a son Of mine tell a lie, "
caught him by the collar and
trounccd him soundly. The re-
suit was, that as soon as the boy
was released he made an attack
on his fathers legs with his
hatchet, and the latter is in the
hospital, and the former is in Jail.


GBOSt0n Globe.
Year: 1873

A BEAUTIFUL RETROSPECT
When the summer day of youth is
slowly wasting away into the night
fall Of age, and the shadows Of the
past year grow deeper and deeper
as life wears to close,it is pleasant
to look back through the vlstas OF
time upon the joys and sorrows of
early years. If we have. a home
to shelter, or hearts to rejoice with
Us, and friends who have been
gathering around our freside, then
the rough places Of our wayfaring
will be worn and smoothed away
in the twilight of life, while the
bright sunny spots we have pass:
ed through will grow brighterand
more beautiful. Happy indeed,
are those whose intercourse with
the world has not changed the
course Of their nolicr feeling, or
broken those nusical chords ofthe
heart whose vibrations are so
melodious, so tender and so touch
ing in the evening Of age.
Year: 1873

! AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE SUPREME
COURT TO FRAME ISSUES AND
, DIRECT THE SAME TO BE TRIED IN


TIE CIRCUIT COURT. AND TO ORDER
REFEREEs IN CERTAIN CASES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same:
SECTION !. That whenever, in
the course Of ANY suit, action or
proceeding in the Supreme Court,
arising in the exercise Of the orig
inaI jurisdiction conferred upon
the court by the constitution and
laws of the State, an issue Of fact
shall arise upon the pleadines, or
whenever an Issue of fact shall
arise upon a traverse to a return
in mandamNS, prohibition or certl-
orQri, or whenever the determ!ra-
ton Of any question Of fact shall
be necessary to the full exercise
Of the Jurisdiction conferred on
the Supreme Court, the said court
shall have power to frame an issue
therein and certify the same to
the Circuit Court for the county
wherein the cause shall have
originated or, in case of original
Jurisdiction, to the Circuit Court
Of the county in which the cause
Of action shall have arisen.


SECTION 2. That, upon receiving
the certificate Of such issue, framed
from the Supreme Court, the said
Circuit Court shall forthwith cause
the same to be placed at the head
of the appropriate calendar or
docket of said court, and proceed
to try and determine the said
issue IN its due order. and shall!
certify the determination thereof
to the Supreme Court Immediately
after the trial thereof, ard, when
required, shall settle and sign
a case, or a case containing ex-
ceptions, according to the prac-
tice in other causes tried in the
Circuit Court.


SECTION 3. That the Supreme
Court shall also have the same
powers for the appointment of
referees to take testimony and re-
port thereon, under such instruc-
tions as may be prescribed by the
said court in any causes arising IN
the Supreme Court wherein issues
of fact shall arise, as are now
possessed by the Circuit Court OF
the State.


Approved January 25, A. D..
1873.
Year: 1873

A CURIOUS SToRY.-The Fate of States
seem to hang upon very slender thread in
Washington-in confirmation whereof a
very curious story, related by correspondent
of the New York World, in connection with
the mission of General Dick Taylor last Win
ter, is being freely circulated and from the
authority on which it rests is received with
much credence. 1t will be remembered that
General Taylor had several interviews with
the President on Louisiana matters, and that
he expressed himself as encouraged by the
result: The statement now made is that
General Taylor's account of the situation
was, by the Presidents request, repeated be-
fore the Cabinet that it produced such an
impression that it was determined that the
Government had no alternative but to recog-
nize McEnery that the President prepared
message to Congress announcing this fact !;
that Senator Morton hearing Of it, immediate
ly went to the White House and protested
against any such action, and as the result of
his persuasion the President changed his
message and determined to adhere to KeL
log. The evidence in favor of this statement
is such that it would seem as if some official
notice must be taken oft.


Ctrondcle and Seminal.
Year: 1873

WHY KEROSENE LAMPS ExPLoDE.-A
correspondent ct Port Penn. Del, in New
Castle Hundred, on Monday night, sends us
the following suggestions in. regard to the
explosion of coal oil lamps. He says:


When lamps are filed they cannot explode;
but when partially filed, if not screwed
tight, the space inside the lamp over the oil
is filled with what Is called ss6re damp" in
coal mines, viz: air and vapor Of coal oil or
its gas


1t is very remarkable that accidents with
the best coal oil do not more frequently
occur, especially when the fame is blown
down the chimney in extinguishing lamp
which has been burning all night-and par
ticularly if during the evening it burned
freely and created vacuum or space above
the oil, which was heated and subsequently,
cooled during the night when the lamp was
turned down and left to burn with o very
small fame. 1t is manifest that the higher
priced oil is more apt to explode under
these circumstaces.


The burner should be screwed down
perfectly tight, and the wick should gil the
tnbe; moreover, be trimmed eUery day, and
lowered before the lamp is blown out An,
thracite coal stoves will explode, or any 9TH
cr fuel, upon throwing sand or dust on top
of fire when freely burning, so that the gas
or product of combustion be forced into
the ash-pit. Every one is familiar with the
illustration in what are called "air tight
stoves" and no anxiety is necessary in using
these or coal oil lamps, if We recognize the
cause of accident, and do not depend on q
false secuity in the use of what are vulgarly
called non.explosive oils.
Year: 1873

is his fame confined to the South. Wherever
the English tongue is spoken his name is
reyered and honored-a, name to which his
tory furnishes few equals in military renown,
none in moral grandeur; the pame Of one
who realized in actual life the dreams of
ideal chivalry-so great in victory that none
ever surpassed, so much greater in defeat
that none ever approached him; the patriot
without a thought Of self, the hero without
a shade of afectation or display; the man who
would neither despair of his country nor
conspire against her conquerers; ideal soldier
and perfect citizen; Christian without pre-
tensions and gentleman without flaw.
Year: 1873

When should lambs come? is a
question of considerable importance
to those who keep sheep. Some are
OF the opinion that by having them
come late, say in May, you do no,
lose so many, it is less trouble, and
the sheep shear better fleece OF
wool. No doubt there is more ol
less weig ht in these arguments, bu,
net sufficient, in my estimation, as q
rule, to outweight facts on the other
side. l say as rule, for there may
be exceptions.


If farmer has to be absent from
home in Winter, and is obliged to
leave his stock in charge of boys, OIL
unreliable telp, or if he has not good
teed to spare them, they had bette,
not be allowed to come till the sheen
have good bit of grass, so as te
gain some in flesh, and have milk
with which to supply them. If, or
the other hand, they have good food
(good hay and some provender,)
good faithful tending, and warm
quarters, there need be no trouble in
having lambs come in mid Winter.
If you want to raise them, they will
get accus' s'omed to eating hay, and
will take "right hold" when they
come to the barn the following Win
ter; they will get a better growth
the first season by far, and will max,
larger sheep; they will be prett,
sure to raise lamb the next season
and will have a better fleece; Will,
if you let them go to the butcher
they will bring you the hard cash i,
July and August, and your shee,
will have a chance to gain. So
say az rule, let them come early
Cor. american Farm Journal
Year: 1873

She was expecting him Sunday
night; the parlor curtains were
down, the old folks noticed that it


was healthy to go to bed at 8 O'Clock


ana Johnny, bribed with a cent. per.


mitted himself to be tucked awav at


sunoown. He sneaked up the D ath,


one eye on the dog and the 9th,


Watcning Tor the cold man." who


aiant like him any too well, gave a


lalnt knock at the door, and IL wa.


opened and he was escortsd int ,he he


parlor. He said he couldn,t stav


put minute, though he didn't mean


70 go nome for hours. She wanted


TO know how his mother was : Ifb;s
iather mad returned from York state.
II his brother Bills rheumatism Nc,
any better; and he went over and
sat down on the sofa, 90 as not 80
strain his voice. Then conversation
tagged, and he played with his hat
ana she nibbled at the sofa tidy.-
He finally said it was a beantifnl
evening, and she replied that her
grandfather predicted a sno v.storm
lie said he guessed it wouldn't snow
as the moon wasn't crooked enough
to hang powder. horn on the end
and she said she didn't believe i
would, either. This mutual under.
standing seemed to give each other
courage, and he wanted to know if
she mad seen Bill Jones lately. She
hadnt she said, and she didn't want
TO. Then they went to talking about
the donation visit which was to he
gwen Elder Berry, and he carelessly
cropped his hand on hers-his right
hand-while his left arm sneaked
along the sofa, to get behind her
shoulders. She pretended not to
notice 1t, and he looked down at his
boots and wanted to know if she
thought mutton-tallow rotted out
boots faster than lard and lampblack.
she couldn't say, but she had an
idea that it did. He had lust com
menced to lock fingers with her
when she discovered something
allied the lamp. She rose up and
turned the light down half. making
the room look dim. 1t took him five
minutes to get hold of her fingers
ag ain, and she pretended to want to
draw her hand away all the time.
After a long pause, he lowered his
voice to a whisper, and said he
didn't see what made folks love each
other. She bit her handkerchief and
admitted her ignorance. He said he
could name dozen young men who
were golrg to get married right
away, and his left arm fell down and
gave her hug. Then he went over
and looked out of the window to
make sure that it was not going to
snow, and coming back he turned
the light down little more, and
then sat down and wanted to know
II she didn't want to rest herself by
leaning her head upon his shoulder.


All, me! we have all been there
and who of us cared cent when the
clock struck twelve, and we five
miles from home I? The old man was
fast asleep, the watchdog gone a
visiting, and the hapdsomest girl in
the county didn't see why We need
be in hurry.


Perhaps / shouldn't have written
OF this, but as was going by Saun-
ders the other day, thinking of the
night l heard him whisper in her ear
at spelling school, that he'd love her
very shadow as long as he lived, he
raised the window and called to her,
as she was picking up chips in the
road: "Sue Saunders, come in here
and find the bars grease for my
sore heel, or I'll break every bone in
your body "-FIreside Friend.
Year: 1873

To measure the contents of a stack
of hay, proceed as follows: If it rs
a round stack, tapering to a point
from the ground, measure the width
halfway between the ground and the
peak OF the stack, multiply this wild tn
by itself, and divide the sum by
1854 this will give the avera ge
area of the surface covered by the
stack. Then multiply that by the
height from the ground to the point
where the width was measured. If
these measurements are feet, the SUM
found is the cubic feet in the stack.
If the hay is timothy, orchard
grass, millet, or Hungarian, SOC feet
will make ton, or q cube eight feet
each way. If the stack is very solid ,
and was cut VIXEN dead ripe, 3s0
feet, will make a ton, or q cube OF
seven feet each way.


If the hay is mixed with clover,
about 700 feet, or cube of nine teet
each way, will make ton. Ifit is
all clover, or light meadow grass, or
red top, 800 feet will be required to
weigh ton, unless it lis pressed very
hard, when some allowance must be
made. These estimates are made
from, notes of a great many stacks
and mows of various kinds, and will
give tair average.-Neao York
Tyibasne
Year: 1873

He is horse having more than an
ordinary amount OF drops or pounds
of blood in his system, in proportion
to the size and weight. This large
amount of blood acts upon his system
through a large heart, and CORES.
pondingly large arteries and veins ;
and, put in motion, it acts to drive
him to speed, the same as an in.
creased amount of fire under the
boiler drives off a greater amount oi
steam, and makes the machinery 90
faster. This large amount OF blood
also acts in refining the skin, making
it and the horse finer than in horse
of less blood; it refines and gives
elasticity to the muscles, the feet,
etc.. it refines the entire horse, max.
ing strong the valuable parts, and
fitting the whole system for speed
and endurance. .oa agg


1t is not well to whip, kick or scold
balky horse. One of the bes,
modes is to feed him where he stands
with accessible food. Forgetting
his whim, he will generally star
without trouble. Another way is to
do something not harmful but new


as filling his mouth with. loose dirt
which a desire to get rid of will di'
vert his thoughts. and before BIZ
knows it be will be jogging uncon
sclously along. If one can spare tht
day it is best to wait till from weari
ness and hunger the animal submit'
to your will and the triumph in this
instance is generally complete.