smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

WHY JEWS DON'T PRosELYTE-We are
not and never can be propagandists, in the
Christian sense, because we sincerely be-
lievo that it is by the life and not by the
creed that men are judged. 1t is an old
saying of our rabbis that the pious of every
nation have a share in future bliss. Hold
ing to this belief, we do not regard il as our
duty to propagate our creed, even if we
had the influence and the numbers to de-
vote ourselves 10 such wild scheme, Jews
never court proselytes. A good man is no
better by becoming good Jew. 1t is the
goodness, after all, which has the saving
power, whether the man be Jew. Christian,
or Mohammedan. We have nothing but
praise and admiration for Christians who
work to lead men to better life-who are
carrying our Bible and theirs throughout
the habitable globe, that its light may warm
the ignorant and redeem the vicious. In
the Crstian's labor Of self sacrifice, the Jew,
too, may join at no very distant date.
Hitherto, we have not had time TO grow
and flourish. Scarcely have we rested our
feet and acquired little influence, before
presumably Christian kings have pounced
upon our treasures, and cast us into prison
or exile. We do not bear them any ill will
on that account, for they religiously sup
posed they were fulfilling prophecy by
splitting on us and plucking our boards,
but it was a little unjust thus to knock us
into the mud and blame us for being smear
ed with dirt. However, that day is past.
At present, we have work enough to puri-
fy ourselves, rather than cleanse the Hot
tentot. Let us live quietly in America for
so years more, and If our people are true
to themselves, who knows what sublime
scheme of propagandsm they shall origi-
nate ?-JeWish Messenger.
Year: 1873

pr JULIA A. HfoG.


Lonely and dreary seems the hearth


where we used to gather In childish mirth;
And sadly we name thee with dimming eye,
And from each sad heart comes up sigh.
For tn on vert the light and Joy Of our home
And sadly from It's shelter we gave thee to roam
To 20 with the brave at our country's call
Oh sadly we gsve thee, for thou vert our all.
Thou vert 90 young, and our hopes so high,
We wouid not believe that thou wouldst die;
For the future without thee seemed dead and drear
How could we believe that death was so near7
We listen to the music you loved again,
But sadly sounds each familiar strain;
They remind us more surely than aught before
Thou art gone from our midst forevermore.
We go 10 thy lonely deserted room;
Each object hils our heart with gloom,
For thy books and music are lying there,
And near them stands thy vacant chair.
Our hearts stili ache with bitter grief
At the memory Of those words so cruel and brief,
That came to us, all unpropared that day:
''This mo rniug at one your son passed away"
Broken are all our bright reams now,
For the cold sod lies above thy brow;
In the lonely graveyard on the hill
Lies thy loved form, all cold and still.
)ummersfon, March 16th, 1864.
Year: 1873

DIR. Dio Lewis maintains, that as peo-
Pile, we eat too much animal food, which
makes us feverish and grow old rapidly.
To this might be added, that we also con-
sumo too much vegetable drink, which not
only makes us feyerish but causes us to
grow poor as well as old. Too much beef
may bring man to grief, but too much ale
will bring him to his bier.
Year: 1873

Susan Steancy, domestic in disreputable
house IN East Fourteenth street, died suddenly
yesterday afternoon, and being friendless and
moneyless the remains were sent to the Morgue
for the investigator OF Deputy Coroner Leo.
Year: 1873

sonal violence. One of the most excited
men in the room was an old fellow who
had lost his eyesight, and was rushing
hither and thither, in his anxiety to buy
or sell stock. He seemed to distin-
guish every one by the sound Of their
voice, and addressed them by name
None of the members are allowed to en-
ter the room with either a cane or um-
brella, as they often come to blows, and
it is considered unsafe to allow the
presence of anything that might be
used to punch ont each others eyes.
Turning from the scenes of the Bourse,
the correspondent dwells upon the beau
ty of Austrian women, and claims for
them the palm over those of any other
country in Europe. The more elegant
of them promenade the streets with
their robes trailing after them in the
dirt and mud, with all the dignity of
queens, and as erect and graceful in
their movements as if they had been
under military training. Their blonde
tresses, which appears to be the accom-
paniment of beauty there, are luxurious,
and they have the more solid quality,
generally, of being colored by nature,
as well as genuine. They sparkle for
time, are gay, vivacious, and abound
ing in animal spirits, but with matri-
mony and maternity they disappear,
like stars gone into an eclipse, and as
they age rapidly, the widow has but lit
tie opportunity of recuperating and re-
appearing to reassert her claim to the
admiration and devotion Of the other
sex, @r fts =
Year: 1873

lrron tne DhnDury NeWs.t


No true woman will ask man right
after breakfast what he will have for
dinner, or just before dinner to put up
u clothes line.


An Essex street man bought crate
of damaged peaches for fifty cents on
Saturday, and it is said there is not q
man on that street with two perfectly
straight legs.


Many man who lies down at night
in calm repose little realizes that before
the sun of another day gilds the horizon
he will be sitting ON the. edge of the bed
chewing sweet-fag.


A little boy on Wooster street fell
from a stoop ell Thursday and received
severe bruises. His father was sent for,
and on arriving home found thirty-one
women in the house. It took the mother
of the boy five days to get the various
bottles of camphor and hartshorn to
their rightful owners.


A blood thirsty citizen of this place,
who thinks his life is in danger, carries
q pistol ID protect himself. He came in
the office this morning to get string to
tie the stock and barrel together, as the
other fastening is gone, and took 'occa-
sion to observe that he would make the
streets run with blood il people didn't
quite fooling around him. 80


MIR. Swimpton weighs about ninety
five pounds. Mrs. Swimpton weighs
two hundred and ninety-three pounds,
and Mrs. Swimpton's sister, who is visit
ing here, weighs just three hundred and
five pounds. Last evening Mr.. Swimp-
ton and the ladies were out for a stroll,
he having each hanging e? to his arm.
A neighbor who was walking in the rear
of them says that Mr.. Swimpton's feet
did not touch the sidewalk more than
twice in going three blocks. %
Year: 1873

It is a good thing, says the Detroit
Free Press, to know what to do when o
man faints away and falls down in the
street. A pedestrian fell down On Mon
roe avenue yesterday, being just off a
sick bed, and it was wonderful how
many men in the crowd knew exactly
what was the best thing to do. One
called for brandy, another waved the
crowd back, another shouted "police"
and "coroner," fourth brought a
bucket of water from saloon, and all
the others crowded in as closely as pos
sible, and began wondering if the man
had his life insured. Some wanted to
throw water on the victim, and others
thought that his boots ought to be re-
moved, and the man with the slop-pail
fell down in it and jumped up and
kicked at lame boy. Two boys were
sent for doctor, but didn't go, and a
market woman crowded in and told
them to raise the mans head. Some
one put brick under his neck, and an
other general call was made for whisky,
camphor, gin, soda, pop, root beer, gin
ger ale, vinegar, water and lager.
Nothing was brought, and after few
minutes the man opened his eyes, gave
his name, and asked to be taken home.
After he had departed doctor arrived,
coroner came putting along, and the
crowd camc near having fight as to
who was entitled to the honor of saving
the mans life.
Year: 1873

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF VIENNA.


The gossipy editorial correspondence
of the Baltimore american describes
an interesting scene on the Vienna
Bourse, which laymen as well as finan-
ciers can fully appreciate: Old and
young were mingled together, OCCASION
ally rushing about with as much fury as
if they had suddenly discovered that the
house was on fire. Some were yelling
out offers of stock, and others bidding,
and violently gesticulating. A stranger
might suppose that it was revolution
ary gathering, and that the crowd
around some of the bidders meant per-
Year: 1873

r osr-IN BROADWAY BETWEEN THIRTY FRS
IL and Thirty eighth streets In Thirty second stree
Pocketbcok Finder keep the money II other COL
tents returned to "A West Thirty second street
Year: 1873

PITTsBURG, February Sat an ad-
journed meeting of the survivors of the


Mexican war, was held this evening,
and the memorial to Congress approved,
which sets forth that nearly the entire


generation has passed since the conquer
ing columns dictated an honorable


peace with Mexico; and but few of the
men who participated are left to ask
bounty of the Government; that in


view of the benefit derived by the ma
ton through the acquisition OF
California and New Mexico, they
ask Congress to grant a pension COM
mensurate with the results springing
from their services and achievements;
that as these prairies were acquired
from Mexico for the sum of fifteen thou
sand dollars, added to the cost of the
war, and as this heritage was fought for
by the private soldiers for seven dollars
a month, they appeal to Congress to
remember them in their declining years,
Year: 1873

Associated Press Dlspatch.l


LITTLE Rock, February s.-The Re
publican of this morning said there
were certain members of the Legislature
who were waiting TO be bought to
vote for certain measures, and it could
name them. The article was read in
the House to-day. and a committee OF
three raised to investigate the matter.


The recusant witness, Foster, was
brought before the House to-day. The
questions asked him by the committee
which he refused to answer were de-
cided to be pertinent by the House, and
the witness was remanded to the COM
mittee in charge Of the Sergeant-at-
Arms.
Year: 1873




CURIOUS, IF TRUX-The most powerful tele.
scopes present the moon so far off that only
the larger objects on its surface can be seen
But photograph gives us here some assist
ance. Such picture presents all the minut-
est details, and these can these can then be
magnihed by o powerful microscope. The
latter may magnify many million times. Now,
placing minute section of such moon pho.
tograph under such microscope, there ap-
pears no obstacle to our penetrating all the
mysteries OF the moon, even down to the small
lest rabbit that may inhablt 1t, were it not for
the unfortunate fact that the smOothest sur
face known t0science becomes so rough under
the microscope as to ObliteFate all photograph
ic impressions there may be on IT Nature
must supply, or art be able to furnish some
Snrface that will remain smooth under the
microscope, and that material Ia tho object
now to he found A French scientist thinks
he has obtained It In the Silk-llke floss Of the
common milk-weed, reduced by a chemical
solvent TO pulp, and then Manufactured into
paper. It has answered so far every purpose,
and first copy taken by the camera afforded
Vndenial proof that the moon ls inhabited by
queer race, that need neither air nor water
to preserve life. But, owing TO the fact that
the photograph was taken when the moon
was In the full, the Inhabitants presented an
appearance like that Of fires on the ceiling, so
that nothing could be seen Of them but the
crowns Of their heads. .- .E
Year: 1873

An editor in an interior town started new pa
paF the other day aud began to levy contributions
upon the Inhabitants of tho county to keep up q
good live department OF local news. Meeting an
old farmer one day, who lived Ia a remote part
Of ths county, he asked him to send in something
from his pen. Two or three days after the farmer
brought him in hog, ia which he charged the
foElOFn editor Sl7S5.
Year: 1873

The present style Of wearing the hair is to
have asingle narrow chatelalne braid down the
back OF the head, with two or three soft pnff5
hair is still combed up from the nape of the
neck but its bare look is taken away by the
chatelaine braid. E
Year: 1873

BEEcHER said at Grants reception Of the
Evangelical Alliance that the President was
about the o ly man in this country who
could hold his peace. Thinking Of it in
connection with his famous "Let us have
peace" it occurs TO US that be can hold 1t
marvelously well. BE has not distributed o
great deal Of it.-TobGcco Leaf.
Year: 1873

A couple who registered them
selves the other day at n Chicago
hotel as George Lord and lady,
Stewartvillc, New York;" left a baby
behind them when they paid their
bill. The landlord being childless
concluded to accept tho Offering Of
the Lord, and adopted the founding.
Year: 1873

The decision of Judge Hawkins yester-
day in several cases involving the right OF
the Slaughterhouse Company 10 retain the
he ads and feet of animals slaughtered by
them, is very gratifying to the butchers OF
this city. The judgment was in favor OF
the butchers as against the company. and
hereafter, as one of the butchers expressed
himself, ''We can keep the head and hoofs
to show whether the animal is an OK or a
mule" The butchers are an honest. indus
trious and law-abiding class Of people, and
have rights which an honest Judge will pro.
tect, the same as he protects the rights of
other classes OF citizens: and for his reason
able and equitable decision yesterday,
Judge Hawkins has won their good esteem.
But for the enormous taxes levied on them
by the siaughterhouse managers, the butch
ers would be able to furnish meat to the
public at much cheaper figure than at
present: hence it is the consumer after all


who is compelled to support the monopoly.
Year: 1873

REDUCTION AT WASHES s.-We do nc,
wish to create any unnecessary excitement
nor to be considered as disturbers Of the
public peace; but we can not help directing
attention to the tact that Walshe has deter
mined upon reducing the prices Of lis mag
nitcent stock of furnishing goods, shirts
and boys clothing to still lowec mark
than ever before. Such an innovation the Sc
excited times we know IS likely to some
what unsectle public affairs, especially
among the shiftless ishirtless) seekers after
party spoils: but let the worst come. we
have firm reliance IN the eventual power
OF Walshe to prevent anything Ike gen
eral tearing of wearing apparel. simply be
cause those winch he is selling have 30 tear
IN them.
Year: 1873

The farmer, like the business man,
must know what he is doing; he
must have some pretty decided ideas
OF what he is to accomplish-in fact
he must calculate it before hand.


He must know his soil-that of
each lot; not only the top, but the
sub-soil.


He must know what grain and
grass are adapted to each.


He must know when is the best
time to work them, whether they
need summer following.


He must know the condition in
which the ground must be when
piowed, SO that it be not too wet, nor
too dry. :


He must know that some grains
require earlier growing than others,
and what these grains are.


He must know that it will paw to
bave machinery to help him as we'll
as muscle. tQ ul


He must know about stock and
manures, and the cultivation of trees
and small fruits, and many other
things. In word, he must know
what experienced, observing farmers
know, to be sure of success. Then
he will not guess-will not run risks.
Year: 1873

WAsHINGToN, Sept. ls.-Secreta
ry Richardson and Comptroller
Knox are in consultation this after
noon in reference to the suspensions
here, and Receiver will probably
be appointed to take charge of the
First National Bank. The Secreta-
ry of the Treasury states that the
Government does not lose anything
by the suspension. The deposits OF
Government officers in the First
National are being fully secured by
the deposit of that institution in the
National Treasury. As to the syn
dicate operations, the balance is in
favor of the Government, they hav.
ing over-paid at the last settlement.


Late this afternoon there was
something of run on the Washing
ton City savings Bank, but all the
demands so far have been promptly
met.
Year: 1873

A collection of epitaphs lately
publ hed in England contains good
many examples O. the earious aad
the absurd in mortuary literature
that we d. not remember to have
met with before. The contrast be.
tween the active occupation OF the
living person and the helplessness
which comes with death naturally
furnishes The tomb stone poet with
much Of his inspiration but for the
large amount OF scorntul coarseness
expressed in such productions most
people, We fancy, will seek in vain
for an explanation. Some mitigation
Of this untelllng propensity may be
found in the fact that many, and per.
haps q majority, of the epitaphs
which have long outlived tho mem
cries Of the persons who suggested
them, are merely literary exercises
and were never cut in marble; bu,
here is ono that the collector quote!
as the actual in n,emoriam of q "Y olk
shire cook
Year: 1873

The Americans have one end Of the ex'
cltement and the spaniards the other.
Minister srcKLEs can testify to the excite
ment in Madrid for there were some wild
reports yesterday in New York and Wash
iupton about bis safety at the hands Of q
Spanish mob. There is no doubt about q
threatening demonstration around his
headquarters. The spaniards have no


more sense in crisis in their affairs Ike
the present than to kill a U. 8. Minister.
II would be the costliest murder that their
uurderous nation ever INDUCED In. The
excitement in this country would be IN.
cOntrollable and Cuba would be wiped
out as Spanish possession as the penalty.
Year: 1873

Our midnight dispatch from Washing
ton represents the feeling on the Spanish
question as more marked now than at any
rreyious time since the Virginius capture.
The members Of the Cabinet are unusually
re,icent. A steady preparation for emer-
vepcles Is going on. The news from
Madrid no doubt adds to the war feeling:


A, New York yesterday the markets
were in a fever Of excitement over the
rumors as they were made public from
hour to hour. It's evident that the possl-
bllity Of war Is growing in popular appre-
hansion.
Year: 1873

POLL TAX AS A Precedent TO yorE.
Senator Davenport has introduced q
bill into the Senate for the restoration
of that clause i'm the Election Law
which required the payment of his
poll tax by each male citizen before he
could he considered eligible to regis.
ter his name as an electOr. This pro-
vision was abolished in Difference to
some dcmagoguing here and there
some tall of the fatulrnt sort which
loudened when it came to the tooth.
some old clap-trap about the "untram.
ineled rights of the vOter"-and the
result is. not a whit more Of facility
IN getting to the ballot box, and q very
decided falling off i'm the receipts OF
moneys for poll taxes. In the first
place there are very many people, as
everybody knows, that won't paw any
pcll tax at all, unless they are cor
strained to do so by seine such a
cllncher as this prerequisite proved to
be; and then there are quite an equal
number Of persons who are willing
enough t" pay who don't do it, lust
because there is nothing to remind
them that they must pay, or have not
paid. We doubt if DavenpOrt's bill
will be passed !; but we wish it might.
Carson appeal.
Year: 1873

LARGE TRANSACTIONS IN REAL
EsTATE.--If much more of the county of
Fluvanna comes down in the shape of mud
sdv James river water, there will not be
much of the county left. From the guam
tity of mud now imbibed by our citizens,
they must be handling more real estate
than any other people in this country. Our
temperance folks, white and black, rich and
poor, are all largely interested now in real
estate if they confine themselves to pure
James river water. s
Year: 1873

STATE CONVENTIONAL a meeting Of
the Republican city central committee held
last night, it was resolved that the several
wards Of the city hold meetings on Friday
night, the 25th instant, for the purpose Of
electing two delegates each to rel resent
the city in the next state convention, to be
held at Lynchburg on the 30th instant.
Year: 1873

PRoFANE LANaUAGE.-Two colored
women were fined five dollars each this
morning by Justice White, for using pro-
fame language. We hope this will be a
warning, not only to them, but to all who
are guilty Of such o bad habit.
Year: 1873

BATH ALUM SPRINGS. These cele-
brated springs are now open for the recep-
ton Of visitors. We deem this all that is
necessary to say about the Bath Alum,
but to those who have never visited
springs, we would call their attention to its
attractiveness by asking them to read an
advertisement Of the Bath Alum, to be
found in another column.
Year: 1873

PHENOMENA OF THE BRAIN.-One of
the most inconceivable things in the ma
ture of the brain is that, although the
organ of sensation, it should itself be In
sensible. To cut the brain gives no pain /;
yet in the brain resides the power OF
feeling pain in any part of the body. If
the nerve which leads to it from the in
jured part be divided, we become Instant
ly unconscious of suffering. 1t is only
by communication with the brain that
any kind Of sensation is produced I; yet
the organ is itself insensible. But there
is circumstance more wonderful still.


A certain portion of the brain itself may
Year: 1873

How TO PRESERVE PEARS Pears
are unusually plenty this year. Below
we give one of the modes of preserving
them:


Take pears not quite ripe, and peal off
the skins. Prepare syrup with three
quarters of pound of sugar to each
pound of fruit Meltit and boil for half
an hour, removing all the scum which
rises. Put in the pears and let them
boil for ten minutes, or just long enough
to soften them little; then take out
and cover tightly with paper wet in
whiskey or alcohol, and covered with an
other paper placed over the mouth of
the jar.
Year: 1873

An EASY REMEDY.-A correspondent
of the Scientific American says: +" The
best remedy for bleeding at the nose, as
given by DIR. Gleason in one of his lee
lures, is vigorous motion of the jaws
as if in the act of mastication. In the
case off child wad of paper should be
placed in its mouth and the child in
structed to chew hard. OF course the
adult does not need the paper. 1t is the
motion of the jaws that stops the flow of
blood. This remedy is so very simple
that many will feel inclined to laugh at
it, but it has never been known to fail
in single instance, even in very severe
cases.
Year: 1873

Opening her eyes at last, from very
quiet sleep, she begged that they would
kiss her once again. That done she
turned to the old ma with lovely
smile upon her face-sucb, they said, as
they had never seen, and never could
forget-and cluug with both her arms
about his neck. They did not know that
she was dead at first.