smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

have been watching some stone-cut-
tiers ut work next door. The boss Is ab-
sent. Three men have been at work all
the morning splitting off R mass of
granite. 1t is very plain that II one of
the men had taken the separation OF
that mass of granite by contract, he
would have done 1t la half an hour.
But these Ingenious creatures have al
ready given three hours to il, and
it Is pretty clear that they intend to
make half day of 1t. / don't know
what the workmen themselves receive
per day, but the occupant of the prem
ises has to pay five dollars per day for
each of these skilled lRborers. So the
cracking of of that piece of granite
costs him seven dollars and a half l
would make a wager of five to one that
either OF the three men could do ii in
twenty minutes. ! am not writing the
paragraph to complain OF the lack of
honor aud manliness among workmen,
for perhaps I and II beg your pardon,
dear reader) you under the same cir
cumstances might be guilty of the
same mean, sneaking theft, but my OBJ
ject Is TO say q word on the system of
work by the day. 1t is utterly demor-
alizing. 1t is bad altogether.


Last summer I resolved upon two
small sub-cellars under my own house.
They were of the same size, and SINH
larry circumstanced in every way. The
first was excavated under the manage
ment of boss, who charged me by the
day for his men. His bill was $50 80.
Falling upon an unemployed Irishman,
l asked him to dig out the other cellar
for q definite sum. He suggested $50,
but we finally fixed on So Patrick tried
hard to finish the job in one day, but
he failed, and had to work two hours
next morning to finish it.


Nine-tenths of the troubles between
labor and capital would disappear at
once if we who need labor could get at
the workmen directly, and not meet
everywhere a boss who so manages that
the laborer shall perform but half days
labor, while We are required to pay i'm
many cases at least three times as much
for the work performed as we should
have to pay If we could make our con-
tract with the workmen themselves,
who in their turn would often double
their wages, and, what would be ever
more precious to them, preserve theil
sense of manliness.


My own experience with plumber
and steam-piping would prove a still
stronger illustration of the value of tn,
Idea l am urging.-Dio Lel0is in To
/ Ddy.
Year: 1873

had borne to each other. But found I
lcds his legal wife, and when would
have warned you, Ellen, he sent me 10
an insane asylum. Oh, I was crazy
then! 1t was no wonder they put man
acles upon me. Hal ha! hair


With tender, sympathetic touch and
wooing, tender words the lunatIc was
quieted, and after time persuaded to
retire to her room. --


Quiet once more reigned In the house.


The gorgeous beauty Of the day WIS
gone, and the quiet eyentlde stole over
the city while yet these two fingered,
living over the mysterious parts ofesch
others history, unraveling here and
there a tangle, in their lives uneven
threads.


Edgar's father, miserly, unattrsctive
mortal, possessed Of wealth, had stealth
lily married his mother when but 8
child and carried her from her sunny
home. Why the strange match was
made he did not know. His father had
been unsuccessful in speculations. Fall
ing to secure wealth with his first mat
rimonial alliance, he had denied its va
lidity, and to screen her boy from the
blight of illegitimacy, the poor mother
had been frightened into silence In re-
gard to the relation that had existed
between them, even while her husband
was making overtures of marriage with
weak old man who fancied that he
was protecting the grandchild whom
he was destroying by pledging her
hand and body to endure a CALLING
hated yoke.


ITO be contInuedl
Year: 1873

Mrs. A. turns up her nose at some
thing Mrs. B. does or has done, and Mrs.
b. lives to see the day when she turns
up her nose at the same conduct in Mrs.
A, forgetting the record of her own his
tory.


Thus is the air continually more or
less filled with inconsistent turned-up
noses, when really there is no occasion
for one to think himself or herself better
than another.


Truth reveals that mortals are all err
ing, and one time or another every one
Is guilty of that which memory would
rather blot from the record.


It sounds well for people to aver in
lofty style that they never did anything
of which to be ashamed. There is not,
and probably never was, person so
perfect that to a greater or less degree
he or she has never done wrong, will
fully or ignorantly. In either case u
blush Of shame Is but slight token
that the spirit has realized higher and
better things, and has risen abOve the
possibility of committing the same error
again.


Women are at decided disadvantage
In regard to shortcomings. But natu-
rally no better than men, they are ex-
ptclSo u oe AuBciS- II Oy huy CuhuCe
there Is occasionally found a woman
whose wings have been soiled by the
sordid or other evil influences so rife I'm
this world Of men, she is instantly and
forever branded.


Faults which are excused in men be-
come crimes when committed by wom-
en-, for which the supreme court of So
ciety finds them guilty and deserving
of banishnlent for lite.


To crave the license which society
gives TO men will not mend matters at
all, but If women would look with lit
tie more complaisancy upon all grades
of ber own sex, the yoke of Injustice
would not wound quite so deep or fire.
quently as now.-Etpl OrLou.
Year: 1873




A few days ago there might have been
seen on Franklin street between Seventh
and Eighth poor, halt-staryed, and, to add
to his other atflictions, one-eyed dog, who
seemed to have neither home nor friends.
Snarled and snapped at by those of his own
race, and stoned and kicked by the boys of
the neighborhood, he finally took refuge
under the steps of a neighboring house.
Nor did he find the rest here his condition so
much required, for even here he was poked
at with sticks in the hands of small boys, and
the flies swarmed around the bad eye, while
out of the other he looked imploringly upon
his tormentors with as much rs to say,
" Please let me alone, am sick and starv-
ing"


After little while he started from this
p0sition with wild look in Ills one eye, and,
staggering to the street, fell down as if from
exhaustion, with his head pointing towards
the centre of the street and resting on bis
fore-paws. BY this time the attention OF
some passers-by had been attracted by thi:
strange conduct but in the next moment
there came along Il Spring-WaSon at a goot
speed, and in spite Of the shouts OF the
driver the dog failed TO get out OF the way
and the wheels passed over his neck. liz
stood up and gave one yell Of anguish, stag.
gcred to the gutter, and fell dead!


Was this case of suicide? Perhaps he
might have felt as described in the doggerel
s.Since loss of master
Some disaster


Is ever at my heels:
| have 10 friend
TO give or lend
No one now for Inc feels"
Year: 1873




To the Editors of the Dispatch:


From local in the Dispatch Of the 18th
instant l was surprised to notice the action
of the Executive Board of the First Regi.
ment Virginia Volunteers at n meeting on
the night of the 18th, in which they pro-
posed to disband the First Regiment Drum
Corps. .,-.a
Now, gentlemen, I know from your pre-
vious course you are averse to seeing man
placed in a false position !; and as the action
published as it is) of the Board indirectly
reflects uron me, ! hope you will do me the
kindness to say, in reference to the local ~
question, that / never sought the position OF
Drum. Major of the First Regiment, and that
I.would not consent to accept the position
until had been repeatedly and earnestly
solicited to do so by some Of the very OIL
GERS who now propose to disband the corps
which, however, they cannot do, as, accord
ing to an act OF the General Assembly, that
duty devolves alone upon the regimenta
commander. -..-. t
Just before leaving the city I was fire.
quently approached and congratulated OF
the high state of proficiency that the corps
had attained, to which generous press and
public have so often added their testimony
and it seems strange that these gentlemen
should thus so unceremoniously attempt tC
cut off my head without giving me tht
slightest indication as TO their intentions.


The first hint had Of the action of tht
Board was through the columns OF YOU
most excellent paper, which seems to be a:
welcome here as it is widespread.


Very respectfully,


J. THOMAS PULLING.
Year: 1873




rs LEADER In the most FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
which Is now produced in the Richmond mar
ket by him, can furnish the same at about the
same price Of inferior make by other houses
The first Is from the simple fact that he has mac
an experience of thirty years In Its management
and kept pace with the times: also, that his ex'
penses In proportion to his sales enable him to save
from 10 to Is per cent. to the consumer. Another
reason is that the goods are bought FOR CASH from
first hands, carly in the season. when the mills arc
anxious to sell, thus saving the nliddleinans prot
and giving EXTRA FACILITIES unequaled by any
similar house In the city or State, ana equal 70
eood prof. In the outset saved to the cot sumner
These are facts-TRUE, and we'll worth considering
ON the part of those who want GOOD GOODS at fall
prices All such we recommend 10 go TO- the leader
OF fashion, Wm Ir-, Smith, 1909 Main street.
Year: 1873

SENT TO JAIL FOR NINETY DAYS. H. the
Police Court yesterday morning John Phelps
was arraigned and tried on the charge oil
receiving of Robert S. Clarke one coat OF
the value of about four dollars and lot
of cigars of the value of two dollars, know
ing the same to have been stolen. A mum
Der of witnesses were examined, and the
accused was found guilty of petit larceny
and sentenced to confinement in the city
Jail for term of ninety days.
Year: 1873

CORN AS FUEL.-They are using
corn for fuel in portions of the
Western States. The crop has
been so heavy and the price Of
coal is SO high that it is cheaper
to buy corn for fuel than coal or
wood. A ton of corn co is S5 60,
and a cord of wood, cut, SS 80. The
ton of corn lasts as long as the
cord of wood, and it is said gives
more heat than any wood save
hickory. a Council Bluffs paper
states that many of the residents
OF that part of the country are
laying in large quantities of corn
for fuel and find their advantage
in so doing. The farmers of course
are as ready to sell their corn to
burn as for any other purpose,
since they obtain the market price
for it, and it is so abundant that
this outlet for the surplus comes
as positive relief.
Year: 1873

The Express Passenger train going South will stop at stations marked with star, thus @ upon signal only. This train will not be signalled to stop at any station marked with star, except for THROUGH passengers.
Year: 1873

We understood that the law which was passed
by the Legislature at its last session, taxing the
Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad is so detective
as to render it almost impossible TO put II in
operation. We arc not sufficiently acquainted
with the Objectionable features, mot having seen
the bill at all) to give our readers correct idea
Of them. But We learn that an extra session OF
the Legislature Is talked Of TO remedy the mat
ter, or an appeal to the courts on constitutional
grounds
Year: 1873

The West Virginia papers are still
discussing the question Of the snuexs-
ton OF the Panhandle to Penpsylvs-
mia, as stated in the Dispatch yesterday,
and some Of them seem 10 suppose that
the Valley OF Virginia is seriously
meditating upon the idea Of snnexing
herself to West Virginia. The man
who caught a Tartar jumped up behind
one OF those famous horsemen, and,
though he claimed to have caught him,
was by the Tartar carried off and into
the enemy's camp. West Virginia will
catch just this sort Of a Tartar when
she jumps up behind the Valley
Of Virginia Both will soon afterwards
come riding into the camp of Old Vrr-
gnia. So far are we from raising any
objection 10 this scheme, that we should
not object to the annexation OF the
whole Of Virginia to West Virginia


We must say, however, that the scheme
is original in this; that whereas hereto
fore people everywhere and always
have desired that. if possible, a frontage
on salt water should be possessed by the
States, the Valley would, crsb-like,
travel backward and away from the
sea in joining herself to West Virginia.
She would right-about face, and in>
stead OF looking to the east, would 90
toward the setting sun and away from
the broad bosom OF the ocean, which
bears the commerce Of All the world
Or course there is no considerable mum.
Der OF our VALLEY friends who favor the
proposition. Richmond Dispatch.
Year: 1873

"Now we must pull out the carriage" said
Stanley "and then, Robert, you must 60 to
seek help in some direction or another. You
know the places about here-is there any one
close by who could lend US horse to carry us
on?"


The negro, after some deliberation, named
a residence about mile distant, the owner of
which, he thought, might lend them the re,
quired aid.


He was accordingly despatched on his er-
rand, and the beated party had to await his
return with what patience they might. STAN
ley paced restlessly up and down, occasionally
stopping to pat and examine the injured
horse. Melissa indulged in lamentations over
certain box of her own, highly valued,
which had come to grief in the water, and the
contents of which she declared, must be
"done spilled and good for nothing;" and Lucy,
tired and shivering, sat looking on at the
scene illumined by the light of the faring
torch, which revealed only the more distinctly
the deep gloom of the pine woods around.


At length Robert returned with borrowed
horse, accompanied by servant who under
took the charge of stanley's disabled animal
for the night Once more the party got in
motion, and in about an hours time, their
destination was reached.


The gates of Mossgrove swung open with
a heavy, creaking sound. Owing to the late
ness of the hour no one was expecting them,
and Stanley led his bride across the threshold
of mansion as gloomy, chill and dismal as
the feelings of her own heart.


1t was fitting commencement, surely, OF
her married life.
Year: 1873

In Chinatown there is Diana Game, which
is largely patronized by the Celestials. we
do not know enough of the game to give DE-
scription of it's intricacies, but can state that
a man who happens to bet on the card about
to be turned wins forty for one. There is a
Chinaman who bets at the game who is looked
upon with dread by the owner oft. Within
the last ten days he has won over 81 500, and
his luck or prescience, whatever it may be,
seems never to desert him.


Night before last the Chinaman packed off
over S4OO which he had won from the game.
The proprietor says this Chinaman comes in
every evening, and will stand aloof from all
others for a space of five minutes or so, when
he will walk up to the table and bet, play on
the nine of diamonds, and on the square sur
rounding that card, and also on the three 9th
er mines. The deal goes on and up comes the
nine of diamonds. On the card the winner is
paid forty for one; on the square he gets two
for one, and on each of the other mines he re-
ceives ten for one. This was the first bet
made by the Chinaman on Tuesday evening.


After receiving his winnings he retired to
one side and communed with himself for the
space of five or six minutes, when he again
approached the table and bet his money. on
the eight of hearts, and on the square and on
all the other eight spots. The next card
turned was the Identical eight of hearts, ma
king him winner as before. On his money
being counted out he recounts it, piece by
piece, with the utmost GOODNESS, and again
steps to one side. After the usual lapse OF
time he again approached the table, this time
betting on the deuce of clubs, which wins like
the other two pets. Retiring as before heap
pears to be absorbed in mental calculation.
Approaching the table for the fourth time he
places his money on the six Of spades, and on
all the other skies on the square. Again ne
hits upon the winning card, and receives his
winning with the same stolid look Of indifter.
ence. By this time he is pretty well loaded
down with coin, a certain per centage Of silver
being paid him, and he retires for the night.


The Chinaman has been betting with the
same run ofluck, or whatever it may be called,
for about two weeks. He has not won every
bet he has made in the meantime, but he has
not lost over SIS in all this time, when he has
won, as previously stated, over $1,000. The
owner of the game is beginning to entertain
a superstitious dread of this silent and meth
odical Chinaman, and on yesterday ne pur-
chased new box and new cards to be dealt.
He says that if the Chinaman keeps on win
ming as he has started in, he will break his
bank.-Neuada City Enterprise
Year: 1873

In this common expression is comprehendea an
immense amount of bodily and mental suffering. 1t
Is not necessary to be effected with positive disease
in order to experience unutterable wretchedness A
person out Of health is weak anguid. low spirited
incapable of much exerton, nervous irritable, and
as sensitive to every change of temperature as the
requires is invigoration and Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters will supply it. No need OF applying to a
physician IN such case. the tee would be thrown
away. AZ the nearest drug store may be had the
most emeient and heathtut vegetable tonic that the
world contains. Twenty five years experience has
and alternatives knoWa 10 modern pharmacy thi,
powerful restorative stands supreme, unApproached
Every bottle of HOstetter's Bitters contains more


sepl7to24d
Year: 1873

According to TitusVille despatch the oil
regions are excited over the discovery Of petr-
Oleum in the lower district Of fourth sand
rock, (which promises to be more prolific in
the production OF petroleum than the formerly
producing strain the second and third sand
rcclC."
Year: 1873

As we are passing through the heated
term, the following specific against sun
stroke may save from illness and death
many whose occupations oblige them to
be in the field or on the street:


" About a year since / saw in news
paper an account Of a case Of sunstroke.
written by the party himself. After suf.
fering long time from the attack, and
having to considerable degree recovered,
he experienced suffering even from the
rays Of the moon. This led him to the
reflection that it was not altogether the
heat Of the sun that produced prostration.
After much research, he discovered that
the injury came from the chemical ray,
and not from the heat ny. He was
guided to this by observing the fact that a
photograph could not be taken through a
hollow glass. Accordingly, he lined his
hat with two linings-one Of the oranee
yellow to arrest the chemical ray. and one
Of green to arrest the heat ray. Thus pre-
pared, he went where the rays Of the sun
were most intense with perfect impunity.
1t is well known that the negro is seldom
sun-struck. The color of his skin over
the skull being Of the orange yellow, may
assist in accounting for the fact. I prac-
ticed upon this suggestion all last summer,
lined my hat with green and orange yellow
paper, and had confidence enough in the
truth of the theory to neglect my umbrel-
la, which / had never done before.
mentioned it to many who tried it also,
and in many cases that came under nv
observation they uniformly asserted that the
oppressive heat Of the sun upon the head
was much relieved. Science Monthly.
Year: 1873

in Asia. And it is strange how the rail
road whistle and the rattle of the cars
will dispel all the dreamy visions Of ages
gone by which gather around you in this
land The shades of Alexander, Cicero,
and Paul, fee away in horror as the train
thunders along through the valleys and
the grand old mountains, which have seen
the rise and fall of magnificent cities, and
the meeting of the hostile armies Of the
ancient world, seem to look down upon Us
in dismay, as We roll along at their feet
desecrating the sacred stiffness in which
they have shrouded themselves for centu-
ries The railroad translates you in mo-
ment to America, and annihilates by one
shrill whistle seven thousand miles Of dis
tance Now you travel in four hours
distance of one hundred miles, which it
would have taken you four days Of hard
riding to do over the rugged aud rocky
paths of Palestine, will reserve till an
other time some statements in regard to
the ancient city of Ephesus
Year: 1873

Heat and moisture are the two princi-
pal causes which preside over the growth
of the vegetable Kingdom. The similarity
between the different stages of aigh
mountain and different attitudes has long
been remarked. To make the ascent Of
Mont Blanc is equivalent to Journey to
Lapland. The limit Of vegetation is de-
pendent on that of perpetual snow, and
the point of elevation where these SHOWS
begin rests upon the mean annual temper
ature Of the country. In the Andes it
reaches about FIVE thousand yards; on the
southern slopes of the Himalaya nearly
six thousand in Switzerland, about three
thousand and in the sixty-ffth degree Of
latitude, no more than two thousand


The extreme dryness of such high re-.
gions, and the burning heat of the sun,
sometimes produce the same effect as a
long season Of frosty weather. In this
manner many species are arrested in their
propagation by cause exactly inverse to
that which brings death TO the majority
Of plants on the summit Of mountains. and
indeed perpetual snow alone cannot be re-
garded as an insurmountable obstacle to
vegetable life. There are a few plants
which can live in it; saxifrage in the
Andes, called after the celebrated traveller
and chemist Boussingault, is found on
rocks six hundred feet above the snow-leyel.
In the Alps, on Mont Blanc and Monte
Rosa, vegetation does not disappear for
more than three times this height; there a
few saxifrages, a gentiaD, ranunculus,
and chrysanthemum may be seen with
their attenuated stems. Around the gla-
ciers, wherever a space is free from snow,
or rift in the rocks furnishes shelter
against the strong frosts, mosses and
lichens cover the bare cold stone, with q
green carpet. The latter of these rise to
considerable heights, and are numerous,
while the mosses scarcely pass over the
limit of the last ferns.


In the Himalaya, vegetation is much
more active at such great heights, and the
striking analogy between these regions and
arctic countries is more marked. The
spring commences very late, but few
weeks of heat suffice for the plant to ac-
complish the various phases Of its annual
evolution, and, though Towering much
later than in the warm damp valley, the
seeds are formed long before those of its
lower neighbor. Hooker observed this in
his exploration of the Sikkam, a province
in the southern part of the Himalaya
There is then for vegetable life a real
calorifc capacity; their period Of growth
does not depend solely on the mean tenn
peraturc, but on the amount of available
heat that they receive.
Year: 1873

A DRUGGIsT's MIsTAKE.-A few days
ago fair young lady stepped into drug
store and requested the clerk to fx her up
a dose of castor oil, and to mix il with
something that would take away the nause-
Gus taste. The man told her to wait a
short while. In few minutes he asked
her If she would like to have a glass Of
soda water. She very politely accepted
his kind offer and drank the beverage.
Presently the lady asked him IL her dose
was not most ready. The man smiled a
triumphant smile, and said: aWhy, miss,
you have already taken 1t. / mixed it
with the soda water you just drank At
this announcement the lady Immediately
turned deathly pale, sank into chair, and
exclaimed: "Gracious mercy wanted
it for my mother''