smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

lido not refer to these laws because they have
any force in the future or should control our ma
tion in matters now TO be decided by your votes
do not refer to them because their legislation
was injurious to the people of the South, for TO
many that would be an argument in their favor,
but because 1t was injurious to us in the North
Every blow aimed at them WAS equally injurious
to us, for our material prosperity was bound up
indissoiubly with theirs


There are higher considerations, political and
moral, than any which could arise from our ma
terial interests, but do not urge them They
from the war and my only objects in referring to
the condition of the country following the war,
was to show what an opportunity was IN the hands
of the Republicans, and how it was recklessly
thrown away. 1t remains for us to consider how
we may restore the country to its condition Of
former prosperity, and to whose hands should be
committed the great trusts Of the Government
which we believe to have been abused in every
department.
Year: 1871

You have already read from other persons serv-
ing in Congress- and necessarily more familiar
than can be with the expenses Of Congress and
the several departments, the enormous sums
much as. can my remarks to-day, i shall say
nothing as TO their details. They are euoFmons
enough to startle any one who will set himself to
an examination of the accounts But would be
wanting in duty to you If 1 did not refer to the
administrations, with far less labor to perform
the President was at his post, and large majori-
rack without the eye of the master, just As your
fortunes would go to-day If you failed to oversee
government is allowed to manage ITSELF and the
people in charge are at their pleasures or their
private affairs
Year: 1871

MED her, remained in the room with
Mrs. W, lest some one should
see and recognize her. No servant
could be allowed to enter the room.
Mrs. W-brought food to the
ladies, and served the Empress in
everything, who expostulated at the
Inconvenience she was causing her
friend, and insisted upon waiting
upon herself, her behaviour being
OF such a sweet character as still
more to endear her to her friends,
who were risking nearly all they
possessed in her cause.


The plan now was to get across
the channel to the Isle Of Wight,
and thence to England. There
were but two conveyanccs in the
harbor-both private yachts-and
only one able to 60 out to sea. The
owner of that one fatty refused to
take the two ladies over, but at last
after the identity Of The two ladies
had been made known, and much
persuasion used, he consented, and
Mr.. W.-and the two ladies, with
the reticule containing the two
pocket handkerchiefs, set out the
day after their arrival at the little
town on their voyage to England.


This is a journey usually made
in few hours, but terrible storm
arising, it was prolonged to twenty
seven. The same night, and in the
same waters, the captain" went
down. But, although the gentle
man in command lost all control of
himselfand ship, they weathered
the storm.


During this time Eugcnie show
cd the most remarkable selfposses-
ion, evidently looking upon death
as a relief from her woes. But this
was not to be, and after passage
traught with the most imminent dan
ger, she was landed on the Isle of
Wight, to find on English ground
that asylum which had been sought
by so many fugitives before her
And to add to her relief, her son, of
whose whereabouts she knew moth
ing, was found to be in Hastings,
not far from her.


Such was the true story of Eu-
gnie's escape from Paris and France.
What sad, sad tale of fallen great
ness. How much she must have
suffered in those few days; the fury
of 4 Paris mob in her ears, the fear
of pursuit at her back, how often
did she start and give herself up
for lost What threating meaning
did many an accidental phrase as
sumo! No wonder her courage sus-
tanned the fearful storm; the thun-
der and lightning, the waters, how.
ever dark and cold and deep, would
be far more merciful than that dread
full mob that called out her name,
the mob that had shown no pity to
the little child or tender woman, and
derided, with the bitterest insults,
the fond Marie Antoinette at the
guillotine. Oh, France! when we
remember those days of terror, can
we wonder at this retribution?


GAMBLER, Ono, February 4.
Year: 1871

"To chew well, and to walk well,'
said Bosquillon, care the greatest
secrets OF longevity that l know OF" !"
One of the most pernicious habits
that can be acquired, is that of eat
ing fast. The loss of teeth is not
necessarily conducive to short
life, if the imperfection in cheering
is remedicd by a more careful and
slower process.


Simplicity in diet is another great
point. Two, or at the most, three
dishes ought to suffice, but monotony
should be avoided. There should
be variety in simplicity. 1t is also
of Importance to preserve certain
degree of regularity in rcpast. The
number of repasts may vary with
age and constitution; but three
rcpasts, 4 light breakfast, good
dinner in the middle of the day,
and a light supper, are admitted
more favorable to health than late
dinners, which leave the stomach
unoccupied for long interval, and
overloaded at night. 1t is further
of importance that the mind should
be at ease during meals. That
which is pleasant promotes diges'
ton; everything that is the reverse
is obnoxious. Plutarch declared
laughter to be the best sauce. Ex.
crcise should precede almentation,
not follow it.
Year: 1871

1t is true that men must reason of
the divine of his own moral con-
sciousness, but we should seize the
most luminous hours of experience
in which to shape our ideas of God.
In all high development there is
unity and harmony. AS man
grows ripe he can see how love can
carry justice, and justice love.
Those that love must desire the
highest excellence in those they
love. Take . mother, with a true,
great nature, enriched by grace.
In the administration of her house
hold you will find the best illustra-
tion of moral government, ofmedia-
torial and unatoning love. Men go
to kings. | go to my queen. Men
go to the state, to my household
for my idea of Gods rule. No
character illustrates Jesus Christ
like a great, rich, ripe, sweet-mind-
ed woman. She brings up in her
house six, seven, eight children;
she is always working-alway living
for others. Her children first drew
their life from her bosom: and they
are always drawing life from her
heart Yet there is nobody so rig
orous as she; nobody who hates
meanness 50 much. Her moods Of
love are all full of integrity; her
| stern moods are fall Of love. In
her we approach the nearest to Gods
mode OF governing the world. God
is always stern, or never; lie is al
ways mercitul, or never. All such
representations of God as leave the
impression that He does not permit
suffering or permit sin lower the
love of the community; they are not
Scriptural or philosorhical.-Henr


Ward Beecher.
Year: 1871

You may get through the world, but twill be yer,
II you listen to all that is said as you go;
You'll be worried and frctted, and kept in stew
For meddlesome tongues VIII have something to


do,


For people will talk.
If quiet and modest, you'll have It presumed
That your humble position is only assumed;
You're a wolf in sleeps clothing, or else you're a


fool,
But don't get excited, keep perfectly cool,


For people will talk.
If generous and noble, they'll vent out their
You'll hear some loud hints that you're selfish


and mean;
Ifupright, honest. and fair as the day,
They'll call you a rogue in sly, sncerlng way,
For people will talk
And then if you show the least holiness of heart,
Or slight inclination to take your own part,
They will call you an upstart. cOnceited and vain
But keep straight ahead, don't stop to explain,


For people will talk.
If threadbare your DRESS or old fashioned your


hat,
Some one will surely take notice of that,
And hint rather strong that you can't pay your
But don't get excited, whatever they say,


For people will talk.
If you dress In the fashion, don't think to escape.
For they csiticise then in different shape;
You're .l!ead Of your means, or your tailor's an
paid;
But mind your own business. there's naught to be


made,


For people will talk.
Now. the best way to do is to do as you please,
For your mind, if you have one, will then be at


ease;
OF course you will meet with all sorts of abuse,
But don't think to stop them. il amt any use,


For people will talk.
Year: 1871

to in his endeavor to suppress his
visibility had not betrayed our hi
ding place.


In rushed my wife and aunt who
by this time comprehended the joke,
and such scolding as l then got l
never got before and l hope never
to get again.
Year: 1871

The bottom of the North Atlantic
ocean says Professor Huxley, is one
of the widest and most even plains
in the world. If the sea were
drained off wagon might be driven
all the way from Valentia, on the
west coast of Ireland, to Trinity Bay,
in Newfoundland. From Valentia
the road would lie down hill for
about 500 miles, to the point at
which the bottom is now covered
by l,7oo tathoms OF sea water.
Then would come the central PLAIN,
more than a thousand miles wide
the inequalities Of the surface OF
which would be hardly perceivable,
though the depth of water upon it
now varies from 10000 to $4,000
| feet.
Year: 1871

The body of drayman who died at At
lanta, Ga, few days ago, was followed
to the grave by a long procession of empty
drays, his fellow workmeu thus testifying
to their respect and regard for him. There
may have been more i'm posing funeral pro-
cessions, but it is doubtful if there ever
was one which showed more hearty good
will and tender regret.
Year: 1871

Mons RoBRERY Y.-Sometime Thursday night
last some burglars broke into John Worsley' S
shoe and boot shop, at the dollhouse, Mt the
corner OF Nevada and Placer streets, and took a
large trunk out throuah window, containing
eight pair OF new boots worth so and $l2 per
pair, or 800 for the lot After getting the trunk
out the thieves packed it to the top Of hill west
OF town near NJ. Andrews residence, distance
of quarter Uf . mile, and there burst the locks,
took out the boots, left the trunk and returned
back to town, as shown by their track. Six men
were sleeping in the building, not large one,
and one or two of them within nine feet of where
the trunk was taken from and yet the thing was
so quietly done that none of them were disturbed
or awakened. Some days previous to this rob-
berry three Chinese had been in the shop looking
at and trying boots, and saw the trunk open and
the boots. The boots are all NJ. Wursey's own
make and can be identified and sworn to. 1t 10
the universal opinion that the robbers were
Chinese and the same ones that saw the boots
md trunk, as above stated.
Year: 1871

New Ho1EL.-John J. Smith has just COM
pleted. furnished and opened a bran new hotel
at the depot and christened it the Auburn
House. This building is sn tie site of the one
burned down last September in the great FIRE at
the depot, by which Mr.. Smith was SO heavily
loser. The sleeping rooms in the new building
are all furnished with new patent spring beds.
Indeed the entire building is newly furnished
throughout, and is pleasantly located for the ac-
commodation of boarders and entertainment of
the travelling public. Dir. Smith is Oh old hand
at the business, "knows how to keep hotel, -
and will always be ready to attend to the wants
OF old and new patrons. Ample hay-yards and
stabling are prepared, and all under the same
pfoprletOrship.
Year: 1871


''I think it must be a jolly thing 10


be a widow" I heard this remark
the other day in a group of laughing
! girls. l think I remember saying
such thing myself in the careless,
/ girlish times.


| Do you know, girls, what it IS TO be
a widow? It is to be ten times more


open to comment than any demoi-
selle could possibly be. It is to have
men gaze as you pass, first at your
black dress, then at your Widows cap
until your sensitive nerves quiver
under the infiictiOn. It is to have one
ill-natured person say, 81 wonder how
long she will wait before she marries
again?" and another answer, 'tUrtiI
she gets a good chance, I SUPPOSE It


IS now and then to meet a glance of
real sympathy, generally from the
poorest and nOblest women that you


meet, and feel your eyes fill at the


token, so rare that it is, alas! unlock
ed for. 1t IS to have your dear, fash
lOnable friend cOndole with you after
the following fashion: ''Oh, well! it


is a dreadful loss. We knew you


would feel it, poor dear" And in the
next breath, 'rYou will be sure to
marry again, and your widows cap
is very becoming to you"


But 1t is more than this to be q wild
ow. 1t is to miss the strong arm that
you have leaned upon; the true faith
that you knew could never fail you,
though all the world might forsake
you. It is to miss the dear voice that
uttered your name with a tenderness
none other cOnld give it. It is to hear
never more the Weli-knOWn footsteps
that you flew so gladly once to meet.
To see no more the face that, to your
adOring eyes, seems as the faces of the
angels of God. To feel no more the
twining arms that folded you so low
ingly; the dear eyes that, looking in
to your own, said so plainly, whatever
it might seem to others, yours was the
fairest earth held Sor him. It is to
fight with a mighty sorrow as a man
fights with the waves that overwhelm
him, and to hold it at arms length for
a while, only to have-in hours of
loneliness and Weakness-the torre nt
roll over you, while poor stoTm-driv-
en- dOve-yOu see no haven of peace
in the distance but heaven


York Home Journal.
Year: 1871

Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oh, come to me oft,
When the white wings of sleep
On my bosom lie soft.
Oh ] come when the sea,


In the moons gentle light,
Beats soft on the air,


Like the pulse of the night;
Whom the sky and the wave


Wear their loftiest blue,
When the deW's on the flower
And the stars on the dew.
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oh come and wen stray
Where the whole year is covered
With the blossoms of May
Where each sound is sweet
As the COO of the dove,
And the gales are as soft


As the breathings Of love;
Where the beams kiss the waves,
And the waves kiss the beach,
And our warm lips may catch
The sweet lessons they teach.
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oil come and we'll fly
Like two winged spirits


Of love through the sky:
With hand ciaspcd in hand
On our dream wings well go,
Where the starlight and moonlight
Are blending their glow;


And on the bright clouds " IL linger,
OF purple and gold,


Till the angels shall envy
The bliss they behold.
Year: 1871

warranted not to cut in the eye--not mead
ache in a hhdS. Of lit is no sooner in yonr
belly than It's on your blck in pound Of beet
and it carries bead like a necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1871

Gov. BULLOCK, Of Georgia, has risen
so far above grovelling partisanship as
to testify that the recent election in
that State was, as a whole, as near a
peaceful, fair and unbiased expression
Of public opinion and preference
through the ballot-box' as it was pos.
sible to have had at this time He
alleges that improper means were here
and there used to influence the votes oi
colored men, but asserts that, so far as
his knowledge goes, no obstacle was
interposed as against a voter because
Of his color. Indeed, we have the
assurance that all parties in the State
now freely concede the right OF the
black man to the ballot" The general
conclusion arrived at by the Governor
is that Congress owes it to the party
to which a majority of its members
belong that no delay be allowed te
occur in the work Of restoring Georgia
to the Union. Gov. Bullock cannot
be suspected of lukewarmness in the
Republican cause, and his opinion
should carry weight.
Year: 1871

THIs is Gen" Horace Porters ex.
PLANTATION OF the support given the San
Domingo job by the army officers
Dominica is on V half Of San Domin.
20 The French lost 10000 men in
dead and diseased when they tried to
take Hayti. If we gosinto this job the
regular army of the United States will
have to be raised to 10000 men.
Therefore, as Congress is now about
breaking up the regular army, we are
all in favor Of San Domingo, because il
gives the United States a chance to
keep a permanent army"
Year: 1871

IT is wonderful what an earnest advo,
cate of the Flick amendment the State
Journal has grown to be since the elec-
ton. When we remember it was to de-
feat this same amendment that the
Journal was established, the wonder Of
the change becomes still more evident.
-Cldrksburo Conservative
Year: 1871

The mosquito has proboscis like an
elephant, only not SO large. 1t will, how
ever, look nearly as large under good
microscope. He cannot do as many handy
things with it as the elephant can with his,
but he can cause good deal of annoy
ance in small way with it. 1t is hardly
the thing to say that the mosquito bites US,
for he has no teeth. The microscope re-
veals the fact that he carries pair of
scissors inside of his proboscis-the neatest
and sharpest little cutting tools you ever
saw. He gets his living by these. They
are two delicate blades, and are placed
alongside each other. When he is ready
to make meal of US, he first buzzes
around with those beautiful wings and
sings pleasant little song. If we let him
quietly settle down, he picks out place
on our skin which is just to his liking. He
is very delicate about it. When he gets
ready he puts his proboscis down, flashes
the little scissors out and makes neat
cut. so that he can suck the blood out.
Then he drinks as much blood as he wants,
and is done his dinner But he does not
leave yet. He is going to pay his bill. He
has taken out blood, and he will leave US
something in exchange for it. With all
his faults he is an honest little fellow, after
his fashion. He has the pay in his pocket.
ready to squeeze out before he goes. 1t
is poison, but that makes no difference to
him. 1t is the best he has to give US. His
poison pocket is at the head Of his probo-
scis, and at the lower end of his proboscis
he has another little pocket. into which he
puts poison enough for one dose. This
poison is very powerful. A very little
makes the place where the mosquito puts
it very sore. After he has sucked our
blood he puts the drop of poison into the
place he took the blood from. 1t is not
the bite or the cut that the mosquito makes
that hurts us, but the dropping of this pow
erful poison into our flesh. If this mos
quito were large enough to give power
ful dose of this poison, it would be bad for
us. If he were as big as kitten, and his
poison as strong in proportion, bite from
him would kill us. Erchaage.
Year: 1871

Sufferers who moan over shoes will rel
ish this pleasant bit from the Christian
Union


Nothing seems to affect the vitality of
the old shoe. Its characteristic age pos
tulates at once freedom from the restraints
OF youth--that is, newness. Hence its
benignant look. Hence its comforting ap-
pearance. Like a weather-beaten frigate,
1t smiles upon you from each yawning
seam and worn out button-hole. How
easily does it fit, and how snugly do you
nestle within it! Water only makes it
softer, and you are never anxious after its
welfare in mud. Even a new shoe, the
standard OF beauty, is at best capricious


New fashion DEGREES square toes, now


round" toes, and now, "box" toes. To-


day she mods gracioGsly at shoes of kid;


tomorrow, she deties shoes of cloth. But
tons are first her detestation, and then her
admiration. Buckles she loves, and soon
buckles she hates. Now, beauty you do
not look for in an old shoe. no more than
you expect the proportions of Venus de


Medici in your aged grandmother, or the


brightness OF azure and crimson i'm the


starry flag when blackened with powder
and rlddled with shot amid the thickening
smoke OF the battle. 1t would embarrass
you if you found it, and you would be re-
luctant to outrage its graceful symmetry
and luxliriousness of shape by inserting
therein your ungainly foot.


In shoe, beauty is but cloth and leath-
er deep, and were one to limit his atten-
ton to the mere surface OF the shoe. his
love would be truly superficial Every
scar, every cash. every disjointed seam,
every eruption on the side, or abrasion on
the sole, these only add to yonr affection.
Love soon changes into reverence, as day
after day the marks of age rapidly in
crease. The shoe SO often worn is now
treading the downward path; and, at last
when relentless fashion condemns the shoe
as shabby because, forsooth, the once
radiant leather is wreathed in rings of
snow, the once gorgeous buttons have
and the formerly sedate but
ton-holes yawn beyond all decency, then
fittingly though reluctantly, you part with
it. Its usefulness have now passed to
higher stage; one might almost call it
translation. You place it ON some dingy
shelf in dingier closet, along with per-
haps an old hat or coat, and other memo
rials Of departed greatness. there to muse
sadly over the decay of glory and fickless-
ness of fortune, as exemplilied even in
shoe
Year: 1871

Congressman Elliott, of South Carolina,
submitted yesterday an address to the
American people. 1t asks for more perfect
recognition of the cOlored people in work
shops and all other industrial pursuits, that
they may become proficient in mechanical
sciences, and thereby protect skilled artisans
from having to compete in market with
workmen Of inferior capacity; and asks
from Congress aid for the education of poor
children South. 1t demands one standard
of duty or policy for all citizens. 1t affirms
that cOlOred citizens have no desire to strike
a line of action not common to the whole
people, and concludes with a hope for the
speedy abolition of slavery in every part OF
the world.
Year: 1871

\ statement of the condition of the
Treasury yesterday shows that its
currency balance has been reduced to
nearly seven millions of dollars, while its
coin balance exceeds ninety millions. There
have been issued to date half million of
dollars of National gold bank capital under
thp new law
Year: 1871

EXCUSE Us.-An unexpected rush of new
advertisements has compelled us to omit
much of our usual local and general editorial
weekly talk to our readers. We have pen-
ty of subjects to write of, and no dearih OF
local news, but room is scarce and both our
readers and our self must accept the situa-
ton.