smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Louisiana is favored the present year
with fair sugar crop, fair as to quanti-
ty and more than fir as to quality.
From all the sugar parishes we have
pretty much the same report, and that
grinding has commenced. Within the
past few days planters have appeared in
the market desiring to contract for the
sale of their crops, and we hear of one
instance on the upper coast, of a planter
who contracted to sell his entire crop,
which, when ready, will take the direc-
tion of Cairo and the railroad lead
ing thence to Vincennes. This seems
to be in accordance with the suggestion
made recently in the Times that the
present is the favorable opportunity of
the sugar buyers at the north and west.
Three things cOnspire in their favor
just at tins time, the low price of sugar,
the low rates of freight to Cairo, and
the high price of exchange in New
York. From all accounts there is plen-
ty of exchange IN all the states of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and other
states to the north and west of those
named, but here in New Orleans ex-
change commands from four to five per
cent. premium. The merchants of the
west ordinarily buy their sugar in Jauu-
airy and February, but the facts men,
toned above certainly offer them very
great Inducements to enter the market
now aud contract for their sugar stocks,
bringing their par exchange and reallz,


ing the handsome premium which IT
will here command d-NeJD Orleans


Times.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that youT sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and thai
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
We are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a.
course, and renew your sUbscriptiou
without delay. We solicit your favor.


IS We enter no new names on on
books without the money IN adv-i' ce-
Year: 1873

DURATION OF TnBER-It is a curious
fact, and one of great practical import
ance IN structural science, that in the
salt mines of Poland and Hungary the
galleries are supported by wooden
pillars, which are found to last unim-
paired for ages, in consequence of be
ing impregnated with the salt, while
pillars Of brick and stone, used for the
same purpose, crumbie away in a short
time by the decay of their mortar. It
is also found that wooden piles, driven
into the mud Of salt flats and marshes,
last for an unlimited time, and are used
for the foundations of brick and stone
edifices; and the practice Of docking
timber, by immersing it for some time
IN sea water, after it has been seasoned,
is generally admitted to promote its du-
rability. There are some experiments
which appear TO show that, after the dry
rot has commenced, immersion IN salt
water effectually checks its progress and
preserve the remainder of the timber.
If care be taken to renew the coat of
paint as often as 1t decays, wood on the
outside Of the buildings may be made
TO last for centuries paint, however, Is
no preservative against the internal or
dry rot, notwithstanding the opinion 50
generally prevalent to the contrary.
Year: 1873

A sCHooL-ExAYUSER lately gave a
bnght-looking boy this sentence to cor
rect: " Between you and this Is good
butter" The boy shortly returned the
slip thus marked Incorrect the lamp
p Ost Is omitted"
Year: 1873

The world moves. 1t is not So respect
able as it was Il few years ago to be ras-
cal. People are learning the lesson that
clean hands are desirable, both for per-
sonal comfort and pleasant social inter-
course. They really seem to be learning
that purity pays. and that personal honor
and lncorruptibleness are good invest
ment. Rogues and rings are having
tough time OF it, and it Is their own fault
if the young and ambitious men who are
now coming upon the stage OF action do
not learn to place so high price upon
themselves that neither wealth nor power
can buy them. The rascalities OF the
New York Ring are all exposed, and the
members of the Ring have either run
away, or are staggering before public
opinion and the law, disgraced and degra-
dcd men. Bribery in Congress stands ex-
posed and rebuked, while names that
were pure have received tarnish that
can never be polished away. Men who
have held their heads high in the nation.
bow those heads in shame over hands
which are soiled beyond cleansing. We
call no names, but scatterdu and down
the land. great regulations lie in ruins.
Men who had wealth which they stole,
and men who had positions which they
bought, and men who used their public
office to push their private schemes. are
thrown high and dry out of influence,
and lie all exposed upon the rocks of dis
grace, where they are sure to rot or go to
pieces. If the young politicians Of the
country will learn q lesson that the facts
which we recounted are so well calculated
to teach, better times for the country lie
in the future. Personal advantage is a
mean motive to appeal to, where SO vital
n question as personal purity is concerned.
but, as there is no danger to morals from
any other appeal, it is well to meet tempt
alton on its own ground and fight 1t
with its own weapons. The lesson of the
recent exposures is really needed by none
but those who fancy that they can COM
pass their ends best by base means; and


if these shall learn from it that, in the
long run. nothing pays so well in wealth
and power and safety and comfort as


virtue, they will learn that which will be


of incalculable benefit to them and to the


country. No money was ever won by


treachery to trust that did not harm the


winner. No power was ever achieved
by bribery or retained by falshood that
did not scorch the palm OF him who held
IT, The consciousness of ill-desert, the
loss of self-respect. the fear of exposure
and the sef-commitment to life OF
deception, which 90 always with possess
sions unworthly won, are poison in the
blood. and the exposure, sooner or later.
is as sure to come as death - ScTTbner's
FOR .ApfT(.
Year: 1873

The anonymous writer should exam.
inc his own motives closely to see that
nothing personal mingle with his de-
sire to publish. In many cases COM
munication without name is aimed
at some person or enterprise not safely to
be attacked over the real signature of him


who writes it. In like manner political
articles become personal, and tend to ex-
asperate those who should differ only on
principle. Not uncommonly the anony-
nous writer will contrive to get in favor
able notice of some wares or patents in
which he holds an interest. There have
been many cases in which an anonymous
communication has cost life. and many
more in which they have produced great So
cial mischief. The peoples paper has
been a chief receptacle Of anonymous
communications. many of them i'll
natured and abusive Of its political
opponents. One most eminent con-
tribution of that character was adopt.
ed editorially, and has been attended
with consequences very serious to the pro.
prietors of the paper. Indeed. although
the editor disavowed any malicious pur-
pose in adopting the ibelous words, no
one can tell what might have been the
animus of the anonymous writer of the ar
ticle. If an editor Of experience had
written the article, he wonld have avoided


all actionable words, while be might in
decorous terms have conveyed the same
imputations. But an anonymous writer
never feels the full force Of words en-
ployed upon the responsibility of others.


The liberty of the press is precious, but
not more so than the character of the hum
blest citizen, and while the rights Of the
press are ascertained and limited by the
Year: 1873

About the tine ring Of New Orleans
spectators in contraband cotton were
establishing an organ in the Chase inter-
est, General Grant, at the head Of the
army of the Southwest, had under his
control wealth enough to satisfy the
most avaricious. Nearly the whole South.
with hundreds Of thousands Of bales Of
cotton and other tempting commodities,
were at his mercy. He had but to reach
forth his hand to become the richest man
in the United States. But he never
touched dollar. and hence came out Of
the war as poor as when he accepted e
colonelcy from, Governor Yates. His
countryr,en. however, designed to confer
upon him another position. Ee had
reached the highest military hon
ors the nation can confer. and
grateful people called him to the
highest civil Office in their gift. But as
Grant had neglected. while a soldier. to
lay up money. he could not afford at bis
time Of life. he being just in his prime. to
resign his commission in the army, serve
the country as President for four years,
defray the expenses Of the White House
and support his family for the paltry sum
of $4,000 year. the pay terminable with
the Office. 4 few wealthy men saw the
difficulty that was presented. and they i'm
mediately stepped forward. and out Of
their abundance made the hero General
Independent for life. This act of gen.
erosity left Grant tree to act. He had no
longer an excuse to plead for not respond
ing to the call Of the country 70 fill the
presidential chair.


1t has been the custom for a generous
nation to reward its faithful and able men
in all ages. The services Grant rendered
his country We're quite as important as
those Of the Duke CT Wellington tor
England, ye: the endowments voted the
latter. by the British Parliamen:
amounted to about one hundred times
more than all that Gran: has received
either by subscription Of friends or By
way Of salary.


But some 0: the services rendered by
Grant were not acceptable to the founders
OF the Tines and that paper has betrayed.
from time to time the existence Of a
chronic hostility to him ever since the
war. He no: only discouraged cotton
speculation. but put an end to the war.
which broke up the business altogether.
The great fall in the price of cotton in
1865. took the i'll gotten gains Of our
cotton ring, and left them poor as they
were before the war. For this disaster.
the blame is laid upon the grea: scourge
of the rebellion.
Year: 1873

The testimony and documents are ex
pected to establish the fallacy OF the belief
in the existence of an open Polar sea at the
latitude which both Kane and Hayes, and
even Hall himself affirmed, and will show
that the two men who, in previons expe-
dition, declared that from height to
which they had attained with dogs and
sledges they could plainly see an open
ocean, were either deceived or purposely
misrepresented the matter with unworthy
motives. One of these men accompanied
Captain Hall in his last expedition. 1t is
said that Captain Hall admits in one OF MS
letters that he was previously mistaken IN
regard to the Polar Sea, ~
Year: 1873

The New York SUI, having occasion &c
denounce Hon. Speaker Blaine for alleged
corrupt completely in various lucrative
Jobs, does so in al article which may be
studied with advantage by all such as
may wish to learn the science Of irrespon-
sible slarder. Here is the way the Sl:1
puts it:


He entered Congress zen years ago, poor
and dependent on the pay for a living. He
has received no legacy in the meantime,
nor engaged in any regular pursuit, and
vet Mr. Blaine is now a millionaire. These
two facts are inconsistent with integrity.
and there can be no stronger comment than
one makes upon the other.


The resolution adopted in the House to
authorize an inquiry into the charge O,
bribery against members is regarded by
the Sun as intended to screen Mr.. Blaine
from any exposure in that connection:


The technical limitation of bribery was
put in to prevent any explorations beyond
that legal boundary, and the committee
used that fact as a reason for excusing
their half verdict in regard to the members
upon whom moral bribery and p0Sitire per.
jary had been proved. They held the latter
crime to be excluded from the scope OF the
investigation.


In arranging this programme Mr.. Blaine
had two objects-one to relieve himself
from general suspicion Of venality, and
the other to whitewash his party.
Here is an imputation OF bribery and
abuse Of official position without the use
Of one tangible term which could bring
the proprietor of the S,u. before a jury 70,
libel. Parties desiring to pursue these
ibelous ways with elegant irpunity are
commended to the columns Of the New
York G,ti,
Year: 1873

The auid nuncs of Carrollton and New
Orleans are excited at the appearance in
the upper village of company Of State
militia. At least by that name they desig-
nate the squad Of mounted police. We
maya as well inform those who feel any con-.
cern in.the matter that the State adm mis-
tratiop is determined to be master Of the
Year: 1873

During the Decoration Day parade at
Lawrence, Massachusetts,, one.legged SOL
dier was taken from the organ he was grind
ing, and was placed in barouche with the
orator of the day, by the G. A. r., amid the
applause of the crowd, no note being taken
of the fact that he had lost the limb in an
engagement with a saw-mill.
Year: 1873

The fifteenth anniversary of the Young
Men s Benevolent Association will be cele-
brated by promenade concert and soiree
dansante at the Oakland course on Thurs
day, June 26 The names of the young
men comprising the committees is sufficient
guarantee that this will be one of the finest
and best conducted affairs Of the season.
Year: 1873

A Pittsburg paper says variety manager.
of that city has the largest bill board IN the
world, and will paper it with circus. We
know man with very large board bill
with mo show to pay il.
Year: 1873

The three requisites for babies are plenty
of sleep, plenty of food, plenty of flannel.
The saying that man is bundle of habits
is as true Of babies as it is Of grown
children. If an infant is accustomed from
birth to sleep from six O'Clock at night un.
I'll daylight, the habit of early sleep will be
formed, and the mother may have all her
evenings to herself. If the baby sleeps all
night, long morning nap will naturally
come about dinner time, after which the
child, except very young, should be kept
awake until six o'clock. Perseverance ia
this routine will soon result in securing
quiet evenings for both the child aud
parent. Some mothers have long season
every morning aud night in getting the
baby asleep. They rock them and sing to
them TIL Morpheus enfolds them. With
most children this is entirely unnecessary
An infant can be accustomed, by a few
days training, to go to sleep itself for a
morning nap as well as for the longer rest
at night-Joarnal Of Chemistry.
Year: 1873

We with pleasure place on our exchange list this week the lief: fersOn Democrat, El Paso Sentinel and Fort Worth Epitomist-all Texas papers, and published on the line of the Texas and Pacific Railway. We shall always read them with the greatest interest, as everything appertaining to the Texas and P. R. R. is of the first importance with the people of this section-lOcated as we are on the same line of railway, and to be bound as we soon will be, in iron bands with that magnificent State.
Year: 1873

g8- The Reading Eagle tells this One
of our colored fellow citizens is again in
trouble. He has long admired colored
widow living in the next block above, but
being afraid to come out boldly and reveal
his passion, went to white man of his ac-
quaintance, the other day, and asked him
to write the lady letter asking her hand
in marriage. The friend wrote, telling the
woman, in few brief lines, that the size
of her feet was the talk of the neighbor-
hood, and asking her if she couldn't pare
them down little. The name of the col
ored man was signed, and he was to call on
her on Sunday night for an answer. A
few days after, the writer of the letter met
the negro limping along the street, and
asked him what the widow said The man
showed him bloodshot eye, q scratched
nose, lame leg, and spot on the scalp
where handful of wool has been violently
jerked out and he answered in solemn
tones, "she didn't say muffin an l didn't
stay dar MORN a minute ~
Year: 1873

put, and they at once begin their search.
Reedy then leaves the boy and two dogs to
watch the holes, while himself and " Blop''
explore every room in the building. On
entering room, "Blop' smells carefully
over the floor, and around the wainscoting
and if there are no rats there, the room is
left and the man and dog pass on to an
other but if there should be rats secreted
between the floors or in the walls, F" Blop''
makes their presence known by whining
and shaking his dilapidated tail in fear
fully agitated manner. Reedy Immediately
knocks on the floor, and gives peculiar
whistle, and ferret is there in moment,
and the rat has decamped almost as soon.
They are in this way driven from one room
to another, and finally come out of the
holes left open, and becoming entangled in
the meshes of the net that has been placed
across the middle of the room, they are
speedily killed by the boy and the dogs.
The ferrets are then taken out and fed,
while the old holes are securely covered
with tin. Reedy claims that although
there may bo dozens of rat holes in
house, there is always one hole the rats
use in going out for water, and this hole is
always the one before which the net is
placed. He also states that there are never
as many rats in the house as people sup
pose, and that it is very seldom that he
finds more than twenty-five in one dwell
ing. After making his first visit, and kill
ing all the rats, he returns once every
month and examines the premises, in case
others may have settled there during his
absence. He states that no rat can hide
from ferret, and at the approach of the
animal they will Immediately hunt other
quarters MI. Reedy states that he finds
abundance of work in his line, both in the
city and in the country, where he does
great service by ridding the farmers barns
and grain-sheds of vermin. He also re-
moves rats from ships and other vessels,
but he states that in the latter cases the
rats will take refuge in the bilge water in
the hold, and the ferrets having an aversion
to water, cannot be made to follow them,
and in consequence Of this fact it is rather
uphill work.
Year: 1873

BURYING ALIVE. "A Paris paper chal-
lenges the world to produce one authentic
case where person has ever been buried
alive. 1t adds that such stories are all
bosh. Notwithstanding the above, we
are inclined to believe that persons have,
not unfrequently, been consigned to the
grave before life was extinct, though the
number Of cases in which this has been
done are probably very much fewer than
is generally supposed.


A German physician recommends that
whenever there is any doubt in regard to
life having departed, that string should
be tied tightly round finger or a limb of
the person supposed to be dead, when, if
life is absolutely extinct no change what
ever will take place, but if there is the
slightest vitality remaining, the flesh
above the string will become blush red,
being surcharged with blood, carried to
it by the arteries, and which the string
prevents the veins returning to the heart.
Year: 1873

CURIosITIEs OF MEDICAL PRACTICE.
The curiosties of medical life and prac-
tice are endless. FIVE hear very often
of medical men doing arduous work for
very scanty remuneration, sometimes
there is an agreeable diverse of receiving
very splendid remuneration for very
scanty services. We know of medical
man whose duty ii is to take lunch every
day at great castle belonging to a no
Bile lord. Tho household is immense,
and there is just the chance that there
may be some case of indisposition de-
manding attention. He gets some of the
best company and best lunches in Eng
land, and duly charges a guinea for each
attendance. There is n very wealthy
man near great city, who cannot bear
to be left for the night. There is ply
sician of great ability who drives out of
town nightly to sleep at his residence he
is consequently debarred evening society,
and il he goes out to dinner he has TO
leave his friends before wine. lie has to
charge his patient a thousand year /;
and think he works hard for his money.
Sometimes the services are such TINT
money cannot repay them. A friend of
mine, young mcdicus, had standing
engagement of four hundred year to
look after the health of nm old lady. She
required to be inspected three times n
day and make an exhibition of her tongue
and pulse. What made things so aggra-
waiting was that she was strong as n horse
while the doctor was delicate man. She
was so selfish and pervorso that he was
obliged to tell her that he would have
nothing to do with her case. Similarly,
| knew the son of a rich man, who pro-
posed to pay clergyman several hund-
red pounds year for leave TO spend his
evenings with him. Tho parson, how
ever was obliged to tell his rich friend
that he talked such intolerabe twaddle
that he could not accept his company on
any terms that could be named. But
tho oddest Of these arrangements is the
this A medical man has been attend


ing II patient several years, and yet he
has never seen his patient. Tho gentle
man Gmly believes that he has an esoph-
agus Of peculiar construction, and that
he is accordingly liable at any moment
to be choked. That help may be Mt
hand whenever any sudden emergency
may occur, he has physician in the
house night and day. The physician be-
ing human, must needs take his walks
abroad, and it becomes necessary to pro-
vide n substitute for him two hours day.
Accordingly, n doctor attends daily from
IL to 2, fills up his time by disposing OF
an admirable lunch, and finds the gold
and silver coin, in their usual happy com
bination, neatly put by the side of his
plate, in tissue paper. Up to tho present
date, he has never had the pleasure OF
exchanging words with his interesting
patient. -LondOn Society.
Year: 1873

GROWTH OF FINGER AND TOE NAILS.
A scientific writer in the atlantic says:
The finger nails and toe nails upon the
human body grow at the rate of one-hun-
dredth Of an inch in ten days. This in
formation induces reflection. Methuselah
lived for 969 years. Now suppose he had
never cut his nails, he would have gone
down to the grave with sixty feet Of finger
and toe nails curling about his venerable
person. If Adam had lived until the
present time he would have had about
1000 yards of nails about his person.
When we think of these things, how
deeply ought we to be impressed with
the wonders of nature, with the mystery
Of the human body, and with the fact
that if Adam sold out to a glue manu-
facturer, he could have realized enough
to have bought that oil stock of ours,
which is still for sale for cash.
Year: 1873

The DANGER FROM MATCHES DIMIN-
D.--The danger from the use OF
matches arises from the fact that tho
head, or portion containing the head OF
the match breaks off in the net of taking
fire, falls upon tho dress, and sots It in
blaze. But ii is because the match when
drawn across n rough surface in order to
ignite it, is almost always drawn toward
the body, that the broken, blazing head
takes that direction and so falls upon tho
dress. Probably ninety-nine persons In
a hundred, when lighting match, pull
it toward the body, and not from it. Tho
reason undoubtedly is, that the motion
toward the body is from our anatomical
structure, n pulling motion, which is
stronger and therefore easier than a mo-
ton from the body, which is pushing
motion. But whatever the cause, tho
fact is that most people in lighting match
es, pull them toward the body; whereas,
if they pulled them from the body, tho
head of the match, if it broke of, would
almost always take tho same direction
from the body and tho dress. We owe
this to the observation of friend, who
once set his night-gown on fire with a
match drawn towards the body, and who
was thus led to study tho philosophy OF
the subject. He teaches his children re-
ligiously, always to draw matches in q
direction from the body; and if this rule
were universally adopetd, many useful
lives would be saved every year. Tho
suggestion is so obvious so simple, and
so truthful, that it ought to be published
everywhere, where people who read can
see it.