smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

While you are thinking Of these
things, pray make up your mind to drop
the stupid nicknames that girls seem to
delight in. | say stupid ones, but yon
are not to think, as some good people do,
that all nicknames are senseless. When
we are familiar with any one, it is an in.
stinct to soften and shorten their names,
and nicknames often express some pecu-
liarity of person with a good deal of
pith. Trudie is softer name than Ger
trude, Gertie is shorter one; and some
how it is nature among all nations in
the world to turn friends name, short
en- it, and pet it, to make q special name
of it for those who love him. Pet names
and nicknames are pleasant because they
belong only to ones family and iDti-
mates. But there are some names so
harsh and uncouth, without any mean
| ing of fun, that there is no excuse for
using them. | know girls whose favor
ite nickname for Gertrude is Toot," or
Tute," as you like to spell it. Besides
making one think of fsh-horn, it ism t
in the least like the name it is taken for,
any more than Caddie or Cad is like
Caroline, or Wede like Louisa, for
which | have had the unhappiness Of
hearing it used. The worst and most
sickishly silly of all is Mamie for Mary,
in any but very little girl who cannot
speak plain. Are names any sweeter
for being spoken as toothless babies
might humble them in trying to talk !?
Don't make dumplings out of your
friends name, or gnaw them out of all
shape. Boys have their whims that are
past endurance. Geordie always sounds
like babish nickname for that manly
name George. To hear a boy called
Dode when his real name is Theodore
gives most people disposition to think
little of the speaker and the boy too
In the country, | believe it is the height
of manliness for boy who goes to dis
trict school to be called Hank, if his
name happens to be Henry-for what
reason | cannot tell, unless it is because
it is the least like it of any name in the
spelling. book. You must have the least
grain of sense in your foolishness tC
make it fun, just as we have to put &
pinch Of salt into ice-cream to make il
taste right.-Apra Vide A,oake.
Year: 1876

The worst thing parent can do to
boy is to pamper him. He can be
killed by motherly kindness and father
ly guardianship, Boys are only young
animals with minds or with what will
one day be minds The most essential
part of boy is his stomach. The next
important members of his organism are
his legs. Good strong, sturdy legs and
a stomach able to digest anything in
the way of food, and any amount of it,
make an equation for boyhood. Do not,
then, keep your boy in the house, doting
father, but give him bat, ball, sled,
pair of skates, anything that he needs
for outdoor amusement, and send him
out of doors. Go with him yourself, If
possible Skate with him, be boy with
him now, that he may be man with
you by-and-by.


How often we have seen birds scold
and push their fedglings out of the nest
compelling them thus to rely on them
selves. How they will hutter around
with them, and make them an occasion
al shoot into the upper air, to encourage
the little things to try their wings, b,
showing them how easily it can be done
Can you not be as wise as birds ? Shal
the dumb things beat you at the gam
of parentageY Keep your boy out o
doors, father Let him mingle witt
other boys. 1t will do him good to b
buffeted and abused little by his play
mates. 1t will teach him to stand u
for his rights, and give him confidence il
himself. 1t will make him cautious an
wary and self-reliant. A doll boy is


fraud on nature. A boy is like whir
lash = he is not worth cent unless
has got the snap in him somewher,


What is it that has made you succeed i
life ? You weren't pampered much whe
, boy, eh {? Well, be as wise to your so
as your father was to his. Give him


chance to be vigorous and plucky. Sta


him right. write unto you, youn


men, because you are strong. - Gotde


Rule.
Year: 1876

SURPRIsED.-The other evening a
young lady abruptly turned the corner
and very rudely ran against boy who
was small and ragged and freckled
Stopping as soon as she could she turned
to him and said, !" / beg your pardon
Indeed, l am sorry" The small, ragged
and freckled boy looked up in blank
amazement for an instant then taking
off about three-fourths of cap, bowed
very low, smiled until his face became
lost in the smile, and answered, You
can have my parding and welcome,
miss and yer may run agin me and
knock me clean down an | won't say a
word" After the young lady passed on
he turned to comrade and said, halt
apologetically, 81 never had any on,
ask nay parding, and it kind O. took mt
off my feet. "-Indianapoiis Herald.
Year: 1876

A WIRES PowER.-A good wife is to
a man wisdom, strength and courage; a
bad one is confusion, weakness and des-
pair. No condition is hopeless to man
where the wife possesses firmness, de-
cision and economy. There is no out
ward propriety which can counteract in
dolence, extravaganza and folly at home.
No spirit can long endure bad influence.
Man is strong but his heart is not ada
mant. He needs happy home, and es-
pecially if he is an intelligent man, with
whole head, he needs its moral force
in the conflict of life. To recover his
composure home must be a place of
peace and comfort There his soul
renews its strength and goes forth with
new vigor to encounter the labor and
trouble of life. But if at home he finds
no rest, and there is met with bad tenn
per, jealousy and gloom, or assailed with
complaint and censure, hope vanishes
and he sinks into despair.
Year: 1876

A RIVER OF INK.-In Algeria there
is river of genuine ink. 1t is formed
by the union of two streams, one coming
from a region of furruginous soil. the
other draining peat swamp. The wa
ter Of the former is strongly impregna-
ted with iron, that of the latter with
gallie acid. When the two waters min
gle, the acid of the one unites with the
iron of the other, forming a true ink.
We are familiar with stream called
Black Brook in the northern part Of
this State, the inky color Of whose water
is evidently due to like conditions
Scientific American.
Year: 1876

The latest amusement is termed the
" Printers Delight" and is performed
in the following manner Take sheet
of note paper, fold it up carefully, and
inclose bank note sufficiently large to
pay up all arrears and year in advance
And what adds immensely to the fact is
to send along the name of new sub
scriber, with the cash to balance. Keep
your eye ON the printer, and if you de-
tect a smile the trick is a success. Try
IT,
Year: 1876

THE MEANEsT WOMAN IN New YORK
She lives in fashionable quarter of
the town. And this is what she did
and does In the name of charity she
gave out some dress-making to the in
mates of one of the institutions for re-
forming and saving women supposed to
be lost. When the work was done, this
fashionable and charitable lady was not
ready to pay the bill, which amounted
to the enormous sum of S12. The same
work if it had been at fashionable
dressmaker's would have cost her $25,
or perhaps $50 She had no complaint
| to make of the manner in which the
work was done; but she haggled about
the price, and, as she gave out the work
in charity, she thought, probably, that
the charity would be extended to her
and not to the poor sewing woman who
had earned the money. One month
passed away, and another, and six more
while this wealthy and charitable wo'
man, with one excuse and another, put
off paying the poor girl who was seek.
ing to earn an honest living and turr
from her evil ways. But she could no
get her hard-earned money from hel
lady patroness. Finally, in despair, sht
had recourse to the law, by the aid O.
an agency Of which | will write to you
and the prospect of exposure, in thu
character of fraud, brought the lady
to terms, and she paid the full amount


And | have styled her the meanest wo
man in New York. If any one knows
of meaner men or women than they are
who defraud in the name of charity
who do wickedness under the pretens,
of benevolence, let them mention th,
facts, and / will modify the opinion
Z" Ten@ns," IN ~ Y. Observer.
Year: 1876

SUNNY Rooms MAKE SUNNY LIVES.
Light is one of the most active agents
in enlivening and beautifying home.
We all know the value of sunlight as a
health giving agent to the physical sys-
tenn and it is not less so to our moral
and spiritual natures. We absorb light,
and it nourishes us with strange power.
We are more active under its influence
can think better and work more Wig
orously.


Let us take the airiest, choicest and
sunniest room in the house for our liv.
ing room-the workshop where brain
and body are built up and renewed.
And let us have bay window, no mat
ter how plain in structure, through
which the good twin-angel of nature
sunlight and pure air-can freely enter


This window shall be the poem of the
house. 1t shall give freedom and scope
for eve and mind We shall hang nc
picture on the walls that compare with
the living and everlasting pictures which
God shall plant for US through our am
pie window. Rosy dawns, golden-heart
ed sunsets, the tender green and changing
tints of spring, the glow of summer, the
pomp of autumn, the white of winter
storm and shine, glimmer and gloom
all of these we can have and enjoy
while we sit in our sheltered room as th'
changing year rolls on.


Dark rooms bring depression ofspirits
imparting a sense of confinement, o.
isolation, of powerlessness, which i
chilling to energy and vigor but il
light is good cheer.


Even in gloomy house, where wall
and furniture are dingy and brown, yol
have but to take down the curtains
open wide the windows. hang bracket
on either side, set flower pots on tn
brackets, and ivies in the pots, and lie
the warm sun stream freely in, to bring
health to our bodies and health to ou
souls.
Year: 1876

"Punch once told droll story of
man who, being suddenly raised to
riches, exclaimed in the fullness of his
satisfaction, a. o that | could stand in the
road and see myself ride by in my car
riagel
Year: 1876

The facts in Mrs. Whistler's case seem
to have been these: Mrs. Whistler has
singular absence OF mind, and on the last
Sunday that she attended her own church
DR.. Bunderby began to read from the
Scriptures the account of the deluge. Mrs.
Whistler was deeply attentive, and when
the Doctor came to the story of how it
it rained for so many days and nights, she
was so much absorbed in the narrative and
so strongly impressed with it, that she
involuntardly put up her umbrella and held
it over her head while she sat in her pew
1t appears that Mrs. Moody, who sits in
the next pew in front, frequently brings
her lap-dog to church with her, and when
Mrs. Whistler raised her umbrella sud
denly, the action affected the seDsibilities
of Mrs Moody's dog in such a manner
that he began to bark furiously.


OF course the sexton came in for the
purpose of removing the animal, but it
lodged into a vacant pew on the other side
Of the aisle and defed him, barking
vociferously all the time Then the sexton
became warm and indignant, and he flung
a hymn book at the dog, whereupon the
dog flew out and bit his leg. The excite
ment in the church by this time, of course,
was simply dreadful Not only was the
story of the deluge interrupted, but the
unregenerrte Sunday school scholars in the
gallery actually Kissed the dog at the sexton,
and seemed to enjoy the contest exceedingly.


Then Elder McGinn came after the dog
with his cane, and as he pursued the animal
it dashed up the steps in such fierce man
ner that the Doctor quickly mounted a
chair, and remarked with anger flashing
through his spectacles that if this disgrace
full scene did not soon come to an end he
would dismiss the congregation. Then the
Elder crept softly up the stairs, and after
short struggle he succeeded in grasping
the dog by one of its hind legs. Then he
walked down the aisle with it, the dog
meantime yelling with supernatural energy,
and the Sunday school boys making face
tious remarks.


Mrs. Whistler turned around, with other
members of the congregation, to watch the
retreating Elder, and as she did so she
permitted her unconscious umbrella to drop
over SO that the end of one of the ribs
caught Mrs. Moody's bonnet. A moment
later, when she was Strengthening up the
umbrella, the bonnet was wrenched off, and
hung dangling from the umbrella. Mrs.
Moody had become exceedingly warm, at
any rate, over the onslaught made upon
her dog, but when Mrs Whistler removed
Year: 1876

her bonnet she fairly boiled over, and,
turning around, white with rage, she
screamed


"What'd you grab that bonnet for, you
catamount? Haven't you made enough
fuss in this sanctuary to-day, skeering a
poor innocent dog, without snatching off
such bonnets as the likes of you can't afford
to wear, no matter how mean you live at
home, you redheaded lunatic you Yon
let my bonnet alone, or Ill warm you with
this parasol, if it is in meeting, now mind
me y


Then Mrs Whistler first seemed to
realize that her umbrella made her con-
spicuous so she furled it and concluded
to escape from an embarrassing position by
by going home And as she stepped into
the aisle her enemy gave her a parting
salute:


"Sneaking off before the collectian, too
You'd better spend less for breastpins and
give more to the poor heather, if you don't
want to ketch it hereafter y


Then she began to fan herself furiously
and as Mrs. Whistler emerged from the
front door, and things became calmer, the
Doctor resumed the story of the Flood
But Mrs Whistler has given up her pew
and gone over to the Presbyterians, and
there are rumors that Mrs Moody is going
to secede, also, because Elder McGinr
insists that she shall leave her dog at home
-Nar AdeLer.
Year: 1876

guardian or commissioner of the poor shall,
with the money so earned, and with such
additions thereto from the treasury of the
county, city, borough, township or district
as they may think reasonable, cause such
person to be returned to his home, whether
in this State or elsewhere, Porricled that
the expense shall not exceed twenty dollars


SECTION 5. That the custodian or
custodians of such vagrant may at discre-
ton discharge such vagrant at any time
within the term Of commitment upon not
less than ten days good behavior, or upon
satisfactory security that he shall not be-
come charge upon the public within one
year from the date of such discharge


SECTION 6. That the county comis-
sioners of every county in which there
shall not be sufficient provision for the safe
custod y of persons committed under this
act, upon the recommendation Of grand
jury Of the county and approval of the
court, are hereby empowered and required
to make suitable provision by buildings or
enclosures, Procided that the expense for
the same shall not exceed the amount fixed
by the grand jury.


SECTION Z. That for each arrest, hear
ing or commitment made under this act,
there shall be paid out of the county
treasury to the committing magistrate and
officer making such arrest or commitment
the same fees and mileage as now provided
| by law for like services in other cases of
arrest, hearing and commitment; and no
such person shall be detained beyond the
term Of his commitment by reason of his
hearing and commitment, but shall forth
with be discharged by the officer in whose
custody he may be. Any wilful refusal to
make such arrest on the part of any con-
stable or police officer, shall subject him to
a penalty of ten dollars to be collected as
| penalties are by law collectible, and shall be
paid into the poor fund Of the district in
which the officer resides


SECTION s. That all poor houses, aims.
houses, and other places provided for the
keeping of the poor, are hereby declared to
be work-houses for the purposes of this act
and it is hereby made the duty of the
custodians of such buildings to provide
work for such vagrants, and to compe
them to work therein when able not les:
than six hours a day.


SECTION 8. That the custodian of any
vagrant, upon his discharge, and at his re
quest, shall give him a certificate of dis
charge, which shall exempt him from any
further arrest for vagrancy for peiod O
five days, upon condition that he shall
forthwith leave the county wherein con
fined. And the said custodian is hereby
authorized to give, in his discretion, tt
such discharged vagrant a reasonable sun
of money out of his earnings, or out of the
treasury of the township, borough, city, OIL
county, to defray his expenses in leaving
the county as aforesaid.


SECTION 10. That all acts or parts O
acts inconsistent herewith be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Year: 1876

A North Carolina paper reports that in
consequence of the scarcity of money cows
have become almost the medium of ex-
change in that State The Indianapolis
Journal says they make small change in
calves and spring lambs.
Year: 1876

clares the national administration merits
commendation for its honorable work in
the management Of domestic and foreign
affairs. Who will be most likely to abol-
ish the thousands Of useless officers {?
Gov. Tilden will encounter no political
embarrassment in correcting this great
evil not SO with Gov. Hayes. This re-
form reqaires thousands of places Of profit
to be made vacant now filed by his sup.
porters. Mr. Hendricks here elaborated
on the reform work done by the Demo
cratic House, and claimed that Belknap's
crime would never have been brought to
light but for its investigations. He said !:
Have you been quite content 10 hear the
House called the confederate House? It
is true that there are many from the South
who support the Democratic party. Is
that offensive to you? They are chosen
by the people in pursuance Of the Consti-
tuition. Would you have it otherwise ?
In what respect have the Southern Demo-
Gratis in the House offended against the
rights or honor Of the North? Surely
you will not say that they offended you in
voting to reduce the national expenses
thirty millions Of dollars. Dealing fairly
with this subject win you not admit that
it was liberal, it was honorable on their
part to vote to support the Centennial,
rather than suffer the honor of the country
to be tarnished and our pride Inundated
BY a failure, after the Congress of 1871
had committed the country to the enter
prise Was it not liberal and honorable
on their part to vote for the equalization
Of bouuties among the soldiers Of the fed
eral armyH Their own constituents could
not share therein, and yet they supported
the measure. The House has been de-
nounced and declared revolutionary be-
cause reform measures were put upon the
appropriation bills.


He next spoke of Tilden's reform and
said neither political or personal friendship
can stand in the way Of his efforts to pu-
rify and cheaper the public service. No
other citizen can bring such evidence of
his ability and zeal to accomplish what the
people 80 much desire. That fact gave
him the nomination and . conv;ct;on of
that fact on tho part Of the neonle will
elect him President An the colrunt in.
auences of tho country are oea;nst him
Falsehood and detract;on viii do ,bo;r
work night and dav but tbe neon,s viii
stand by the cbamn;on of tbe;r oonsn
Regarding The hard times be said wLsn
the laborer of the North Asks wbv bs can
Get M work be will not ho s.t;sSoJ w;,b
The answer that there was Hood she'd a.
Year: 1876

public debt of nearly all the reconstructed
States was comparatively small at the end
of the war; under negro and carpet-bag
rule it was rolled up to an aggregate Of
over ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY -Four
MILLION DOLLARS, while the taxation for
local purposes has often amounted practi-
cally TO confscation. An immense num-
bcr of farms, as well as large tracts Of an
improved lands, have been seized and sold
by tho Sherifis to satisfy the insatiate
greed Of the pluHderers who have repre-
sented Grants Administration in the
South, and who have success in impover-
ishing the owners of vast portions Of the
most productive territory in America, thus
running the best market for Northern
manufactures that there is in the world.
The present policy Of Grant and the men
who are managing the campaign for Hayes
is TO rekindle the sectional animosities
which are dying out both North and
South to incito race disturbances, disor-
ganize labor, and put those Of the South
ern people who have redeemed themselves
from the rule of carpet-baggers back into
a territorial condition where they will be
helpless to protect themselves from utter
ruin. OF course the success of this policy
would be disastrous to the financial inter-
ests of the whole country; but the Office
holders who control the Republican party,
and who would control Hayes should he
be elected, care nothing for that 1t is
their own interests they arc looking after,
and as a prominent Republican Senator
has expressed it, they believe that there
are "ive years more of good stealing" yet
in the South.


These are few Of the most conspicuous
features of that policy which the Cincin-
natl Convention has officially approved
to continuance of these methods of ad-
ministration Gov. Hayes is virtually pledg-
cd. Thus all who like this style Of govern
ment cannot do better than to vote for
Hayes and Wheeler.
Year: 1876




54,267. In 1875 they aggregated o.
119, being an increase Of about forty
thousand in six years only Of Grants Ad-
ministration. Many Of these render no
service to the country, but are merely
political pensioners on the Treasury, who,
in return for the money they draw, are
expected to work for the perpetuation in
power Of the corrupt Republican organiza-
ton. 1t is this Immense army of place
men who seek to usurp the control Of our
Government, leaving the people no voice
in the conduct of affairs. 1t Is the Office
holders who constitute and manage all
Republican nominating conventions; it is
the oficeholders who dictate the policy Of
the Administration Il is the ofiiceholders
who conduct political canvasses, and are
relied upon to manipulate and if necessary,
to falsify election returns Mr.. Hayes, IN
opposition to the old Democratic principle
of rotation in Office, which has always
been held to be the only cffectual barrier
to the creation of an oilice-holding aris-
tocracy, proposes 10 give life tenure of
Office to these men, and thus render them
entirely independent of public opinion.
This will account for the enthusiasm they
manifest for his election. All of these
oficeholdors, on the occasiopo Of every i'm
poTtalt election, are compelled to contrib
ute money for political purposes, aud thus
enormous corruption funds are raised to
use against the people who wish to reform
the Government.


GRANTS RECONSTRUCTION PoLIoY.-
This has consisted Of depriying the people
Of the right Of selfgovernmcnt, interfering
with troops to carry elections for the
Republican party, and multiplying tho will
Of the people as expressed at the polls
when the verdict was unfavorable to the
rule Of Ignorance and corruption. The
Year: 1876

Tomorrow morning we shall have our au-
nual exhibition of oyercoats. The largeness
Of the variety has always been acknowledged
to exceed that of any establishment in the
United States, and some idea Of the extent of
the stock may be had from the fact that the
prices vary from IS to s65. We have a full
line at all prices, requiring over eighty styles.
The finer grades of these oyercoats are not
placed in our windows or on our show
figures, as to do so would render them liable
to be copied by every clOthier in the city.
We invite gentlemen to call and examine the
stock, assuring them that they need not pur-
chase. A. SAKs IL Co.,


SIG Seventh street
Year: 1876

DR.. Massey, formerly of Mobile, but lately
of this city, leaves today for Savannah and
Brunswick to help his medical brothers in a
disease which has proved to have been more
terribly fatal, especially in Brunswick, than
was ever the plague or the black death. 1t is
gratifying TO see some symptoms of waking
up in the capital, and it is earnestly hoped
that, following the suggestions in last Satur-
days REPUBLICAN, the contribution boxes of
Sunday will be an eloquent response to those
of other sister cities in aid of a suffering in
those cities of Georgia which has no parallel
in history.