smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

LITTLE THIXGs.-Life is made up of little
things. He who travels over continent
must go step by step. He who writes a
book must do it sentence by sentence. He
who learns science must master it fact by
fact, and principle by principle. What is
the happiness of our life made of? Little
courtesies, little kindnesses, pleasant words,
genial smiles, a friendly letter, good wishes
and good deeds. One in a million, once in
a lifetime, may do heroic action; but the
little things that make up our life come
every day and every hour. If we make the
little events of life beautiful and good, then
is the whole life full of beauty and good
ness.
Year: 1875

the other hand my duty To my
darling | know is imperative. On, II ne
will only accept the trust without reproach
to me, I will be so happy, and If it is possible
in the other world, will try and help MN
from heaven Now, dear mother, i don't
want you to grieve for my welfare in the
other world; for the safety of my soul. God
is love. He is merciful. / am confident OF
His love. Should not you then be 80? L
go before Hun in perfect faith, as
repentant sinner. believing in lis
generosity, and L know that my
soul is safe with him. Belle and will soon
be happy in each others eternal love. To-
morrow / will be with her, for did not
Christ say unto the malefactcrs on the cross,
"This day shalt thou be with me In para
disc" Dear mother, what il this world but
a long day? God wakes us in the morning
and puts us to sleep at night, but the sec
ond awakening Is to glory with
HIM forever. Dear mother, / feel
no dread at going before Him.


He knows my heart; men know but the
covering. While Belle was here, although
we had a few trials, we were happy in each
others love. Although we hoped to live to
see st. Clair grow up to be great, gooo
man, we neither of us were afraid to die.
We wondered at the greatness OF God, but
felt that His will was right because
He was the Almighty. He brought
us upon the earth, surely he will take
care Ol Us WIEN We lclb lhc Ahos ~
is all tor the best. Belle and love each other
in the full significance OF the word, and II
is Gods will that | go with her. Dear


mother, know you will do whatever Is
right by St. Clair, and whatever you may DC
/ will think it is right. If you all, deal


mother, father. brother and sister, and little
son, knew how hard IL was for me to par


from you, you would then know
nv love for you; but dear, deal
mother, / am not ashamed to say that
love my darling better than all. l have
loved her from the time | first knew her


She is the companion of my soul, and


know my love for her is not greater thai
hers forme. / would do anything within


the power of my life for Belle. Now, dea


mother, father, Eddie, Maggie, Jessie, ant
st. Clair, must bid you last good-by.
| is but for little while, and 1 ask you all Z


forgive any wrong have ever done you, 70


it was not intentional. Again good-by


Think of me hopefully when am gone.


| HORACE
Year: 1875

A Harrisburg paper informs us that
"when gentleman and lady are walking
upon the street the lady should walk inside
of the gentleman" We shall not discu 50
the practicability or impracticability of this
feat, but we may refer 10 the theory as illus
trating the general disposition OF men to
harass and Oppress the gentler sex.
Year: 1875

love which bore the said Emmeline Field
while she was my faithful and loving wife,
and with the knowledge of the frailty of my
own life, and that after my death she would
be left destitute, with the intent that she
shall not at any time suffer from want, do
make this trust.
Year: 1875

mortified by certain religious teachings.
Aside from these causes is a prevalent
notion that it is beneath the dignity Of
men and women TO occupy themselves
with what they shall eat and what they
shall drink. The American has more
intellect than her French sister, but the
latter has softness where she has pertness.
There is nervous excitability and clever
ness in one, mellowness and equality Of
character in the other. The forced bril-
liant vitality of women in American is
subject to fits of reaction, for nature has
its limit In the French woman the mind
is more even and cheerful, and
in the absence OF exhaustive and irregu-
lar demands made upon it, the uniform
health is better. In qualities of purely
mental character. the equal Of the Amer
ican woman cannot perhaps be found in
the world; but With all her knowledge
and intellectual activity, she lacks that
which made the Greeks what they have
been and the French what they are-or-
ganic cultivation. Entwined in these
words are taste and art. A ripper civili-
zation, though not a purer, shall invest
her with a knowledge of these things,
and harmony Of character not now
possessed; and with it will come, alas,
that decadence in morals which always
marches on the heels of the beautiful in
every age and in every climate. 1t is
sad that such heavy tribute should be
exacted as the price of an added enjoy.
ment, but art is inexorable.
Year: 1875

The time for the meeting of the next session of the general assem- blythe adjourned meeting, we mean-approaches rapidly and will be here ere we know it. The legislature when it assemblies should proceed at once with all expediency and see what is to be done, and do it. In our present embarrassed financial condition the session should not continue a day longer than necessary.

 If there is anything to do, let it be done carefully and well, but let us have no killing of time. If there are any of our citizens, voters or taxpayers who know of any particular subject which needs the attention of the lcgis- laturc at it's next session let them make it known by the use of our columns and we will do all we can to bring it to the early attention of the general assembly when they meet. Now is the time to make your wants known and discuss any measures you ray want the
Year: 1875

Read the communication in to- days paper on the Financial question winch is agitating the country to great extent. We have no doubt the view of our correspondent is correct, and we believe with him that the ques- tion of metal or paper currency is of no moment whatever; the great question being shall the government furnish the currency and reap the benefit, if any, or shall the huge bonded monopo- lies--the national banks-do it. The government really furnishes the means any how, and why place it Tn the hands of specula- tors to use as engines of oppres- slon and fraud? Why not fur nish it to the people, from whom it derives it, direct?
Year: 1875

In accordance with previous mo- ticc there was 2 meeting at the school house on last Friday night, for the purpose of discus sing the means that can be de- vised to sustain a free public school at this place. Owing to the small attendance, it was deem ed best to adjourn until Monday night.

 On Monday night the citizens of the place again met and after discussing the matter at length, it was resolved to make an effort to raise sufficient means by solic- ting donations, which added to the school fund of this district, will be necessary to carry on the school. A committee of three was appointed to canvass the school district for subscriptions to the fund and to report to the meeting on next Monday night. Mir. J. L. Shinn, with claracteris- tic generosity, proffercd the use of the school building and furni- ture free of cost. This will be saving of some three hundred dollars per year. The sum of $365 was subscribed by those present, and the meeting adjourn ed.

 This is matter of most vi- tai importance to our town. It is a shame for the poor children of town to be growing up Tn idleness and without the opportunity of attending school.

 These little girls and boys will all be members of this community and the character of the men and women which they will make when grown up, and their station in society, and the influence they will exert, all depends upon their proper education and training now.

 We must have better school fla cilitics than we now enjoy, if we expect to grow and prosperas we wish to. live neglect our schools our town will be summed by all intelligent people. It is to be hoped that our citizens will take the proper view of this matter and respond libcrally to the call made upon them. Those who are able to contribute anything cannot place it where it will be greater blessing than to bestow it to this cause. Remember the meeting next Monday night, and be on hand ready to do your duty as public spirited, generous citizens.
Year: 1875

Fernando Wood in a recent in terview with New York Herald correspondent gives his views on the political outlook. He thinks there will be no disruption of the democracy in the state of New York, that the party' cannot be defeated and that it would be hard for it to even defeat itself. New York he thinks is irretrieva- ply democratic.

 In reply to the question as to his opinion of the republican par ty retiring from power at the close of Grants term of office, Mir. Wood said that he believed it to be already dead and gone with the temporary causes which called 1t into existence. Repub- licanism, Mir. Wood said, never attained the dignity of a party and he did not regard it as ever having been entitled to the name of a party. It was a conspiracy he said,-the conspiracy of few men who found followers in fanat- ics blind enough to believe in their sincerity and in guerillas who looked upon success as the gateway to license and plunder. The war gave it the opportunity to rob at it's will, to enrich it's followers and to outrage liberty. While war lasted the conspiracy lived and flourished and the mob that followed it ran riot in the States. When the elements that produced it disappeared republi canism evaporated. It had noth- ing to feed on. It had no war, no plunder, no more offices to fill, no more contracts to bestow and 1t died. To talk about Grant or Blaine or Konkling saving it is all nonsense.
Year: 1875

Almost every issue of any news paper published on the line of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail road contains com plaints about the ineiliciency and miserable inadequacy of our mail service along this route. We know ourselves, and have known for a long time, that there is great room for complaint, but we have been patient in hope of seeing the department better the matter.

 The department pays for a daily mail service between here and Little Rock, but if we mail a let ter at this office today for At kins, just one hours time below here on the railroad, it will take it from three to five days to reach that post office, having to go all the way to the distributing office at Little Rock and then return from there.

 So, if we mail our paper Thurs day morning for Garlandsville, 4 miles above here, in place of going up on the train at l o'clock and being in the hands of subscribers that evening, it goes down to Lit tie Rock, and generally is not re- turned until Monday. The mall service on this route as managed at present, although better than none, is a great nuisance, and we think something should be done in the premises.

 Some time since there was a pc tition at this office which had been all along the line above here and had been signed by all the post masters, newspaper men and other influential parties, for the establishment of the postal car service on this route. We had hoped that the petition would be granted and all our inconvience remedied, but we have heard noth ing from it as yet. This would be just what we need and would in our opinion, put a stop to all causes of complaint. We trust the department will attend to this matter at once and give us the postal car service which we need so badly and which it no doubt ought to have for the amount paid out on this route.
Year: 1875

A deal of verbiage about "In- fation" and a considerable amount of unmerited abuse of the Ohio platform fills the columns of some ofthe very Independent journals which SEEM, at least, to be battling for those monstrous frauds, the miscallcd national banks. Now the word imitation or expansion is not contained in said platform, but it opposes contraction and it ''goes" for the banks, and that is what hurts.

 The truth is the government is controlled and run" by as mean and lively set of moneyed aris- tocrats as ever cursed country. Why in Heavens name should this mighty government 'farm out" to a ring of scoundrels the power to furnish forty millions of hard working men and women with a currency when the gov ernment could furnish a better and cheaper currency. The most detestable act ever passed by a radical congress was that creating the so-called National banks, for if they are to continue in exist ence, and the green backs are to be retired and more bank bills issued in their place, the people will be reduced to miserabl . slavery.

 There is no mistake about 1t; a moneyed aristocracy is worse for q nation and can do more to crush ! out its liberties than all the he
Year: 1875

The financial issue-thc qucs- tion of "a hard or soft, a yellow or green" currency it seems, ac- cording to Mir. Fernando Wood, is not of ahy great importance after all.

 In an interview between that gentleman and a newspaper re- porter few days ago he was asked whether he thought the financial question would assume dimensions of any importance in the Presidential campaigne. He replied "None whatever" He asserted that those republicans who are trying to raise an issue between hard money and paper do not know what they mean. Mir. Wood then went on to say:

 "Some people have a theory that more greenbacks are needed, but they are scattered among all par ties and factions of parties in ex- istence. Some people say they are in favor of immediate resump- tion, but how is it to be done! On that point opinioLs vary as widely as the points of the com pass. We have any number of ingenious individuals among us who fancy themselves competent to be our financial Saviolrs, but their ways are varied and won derful. l do not think it worthy of thought whether it is called a hard or q soft a yellow or . green on financial questions is made President. Everybody wants a greenback dollar to be worth a golden dollar. Agitation and experiment are not the most efficient means that can be em- ployed to make it so. The nation is able to take care of itself. When the proper time comes we shall have redemption, simply because we shall have commercial and financial confidence fully re- stored. That is what resumption means. No one cares for hard gold. Paper is more convenient. What everybody does want, how ever, is to know that he can get gold for his dollar when he pleases, and knowing this he does not want the coin at all, With the ! establishment of sound princi- ples of government and economy will come prosperity in the nation. With prosperity will come restor- ed confidence, and with confidence q settlement of what people per sist in calling our financial diff culties."

 We rather like Mir. Woods view of this matter and think that this is a matter which will regulate itself as soon as we get return to an administration where sound principles of government shall prcdominate. This we shall have when the democratic adminsitra ton of 1876 arrives.
Year: 1875

The Savannah News predicts with all the certainty of convlc- tion, that in less than twenty wears the cotton factories of the north will be forced to either close up or to remove to the south.
Year: 1875

The Vanguard thinks it has obtained evidence sufficiently definite to secure some of the postmasters who have been try iGg to suppress that papers circu- lation, an appointment to the Ho- tel de Ward. If there is any P. M

 guilty of so mean a trick, we hope he may speedily reach said place,
Year: 1875

Most of the great lights of tine Republican party-the boast ed hard money party of to-day have already inflated themselves so much with the public money, lEat the state treasurics wherev- CT they have been are depleted, the national treasury almost empty and the penitentiaries too small to hold all who ought to be there.
Year: 1875

We mentioned last week that two of our young men had been appointed by county Supt. Moses as beneficiaries to the Arkansas Industrial University and ex- pressed our opinion that such ap- pointment was irregular and not made in accordance with the law as it now is. In support of our opinion we now refer to sec. 6 of an act entitled "An act changing board meetings and establishing the office of Regent for the Arkan- sas Industrial University and other purposes" approved March 6, 1875.

 This section provides that the Board of Trustees shall apportion the number of beneficiaries among the different counties of the state according to population, and shall notify the JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT of each county of the num- Der ofbencficiaries apportioned to his county at least one month prior to the annual meeting of the county court for levying taxes; and the COUNTY CoURT at said meeting shall appoint from actual residents of the county, the num- Der of beneticiaries apportioned to the county, preference being given to those noted for diligence and proficiency in study, and the appointments so made shall be entered of record in the proceed ings of said court. Any vacancy which may occur during the term shall be filed by the COUNTY JUDGE.

 From this it will be seen that Mir. Moses erred in making the appointments. His selections were excellent, and we would have no objection to that officer making the appointments IF IT WAS THE LAW.

 Judge Thach informs us that he has received no notice yet of the apportionment, but as the court does not meet until the 25th day of Oct, there is ample time and we presume that the matter will be attended to in due season.
Year: 1875

INCREASE OF FIREs.-A noticeabl. in
crease of fires has taken place since the Sc
we're cold weather set i'm, due. no doubt to
reckless efforts 10 secure greater com fort. IL
is perhaps useless to preach ON this subject
The danger from the excessive and careless
use of fire Is obvious, and yet. as soon as the
use OF this fatal element seem to be thrown
aside.
Year: 1875

ANOTHER Ice BRIDGE ACROSS THE HUD-
soN.-The New York Commercial Advertiser
of yesterday afternoon gives the following
particulars of the bridging OF the HusOn rive.
oy ice, and the crossing upon it of four men:
Since the memorable winter of 1885 no one
has succeeded in crossing the North river on
the ice. AT eight o'clock this morning four
men succeeded in crossing the Hudson river
ON the ice, to the astonishment of a large
number of people who had been attracted to
the river on the Jersey side by the blockade
that extended from the foot of 18th street,
Hoboken, 10 west lith street on this side.
The ice commenced to blockade the river at
this point at little after midnight. No
boats. however, were able to cross after Ell ght
O'Clock at I'D street, sd street and Christo-
pher street ferries. This morning James
Hendricks End three others determined to
venture over the ice. All four CROPPED their
way over the rough cakes, which were frozen
together They were compelled to go in
rOunda bout way, and it took them nearly an
hour 10 reach the New York side. Several
small tugboats ran up alongside the ice field. .
and AT one OF these vessels the four men
stopped 10 rest for few minutes
Year: 1875

Several dispatches received from
Barnegat announce the arrival of the
blue fish in the bay in great numbers.
The are biting vigorously, and great
catches are being made. Those who
desire to participate in this most cXcit-
ing sport, will do well to take early
advantage Of the opportunity now af'
forded them.


The arrival of the blue fish at Barne-
gat this season is about ten days earli-
er than usual. For years past, SO re-
gular have been their movements that
the fisherman along Barnegat bay,
could with almost certainly name from
the 10th to the 10Th ofJuly as the time
when they would put in their appear
ance in those waters, but this season
they arc nearly fortnight in advance.
What this means, we leave naturalists
to explain. One thing certain is, that
their return in such immense numbers
hodes no good to the smaller fish, as
these insatiatc feeders slaughter and
devour without mercy, and from their
immensely rapid increase in numbers
during the past ten years, bid fair to
become the almost indisputable pos
SCISSORS of the waters of tho sea coast.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man thus sensibly discusses tho effects
Of these two important renovators:


Lime and clover together are by far
the cheapest renovators and fertilizers of
land in all situations where limestone
and coal are contiguous. The extent of
the lining can be traced in the crops for
ten years. Outside Of it, in the same
field, all this time there is q compara-
lively marked teebleness of Vegetable
growth. Great mistakes are, however,
made by unhedgcd experiments. When
lime is spread upon bare worn -out field
containing no vegetable matter OF any
kind, it is simply destroyer instead of a
help. 1t should always go upon sod land
just broken up, either clover, timothy or
blue grass. or indeed any heavy coat of
weeds, roots, &C.; such as, when rotted,
makes with animal dung, good organic
manure. The province of the line is
simply decomposer of all vegetable
food for the new plant. Limo itself,
without the above resulting good, is an
enemy Of plant life; and when too much
of it is spread at once, it is an injury ev-
On on land with some vegetable matter


Another serious error is often COM
mitted in ignorance Of agricultural chem
istry. Eager to make a great crop, they
haul out the barn yard manure and
dump air-slacked lime with it,sometimes
on the samepile. This is getting up an
antagonism between two friends Of plant
life. The potent energy Of stable ma
nure is its great concentration of ammo
mia. Ammonia is to vegetable life what
blood is to animal life. Chemistry and
experiment will teach us that lime is in
mortal enmity to ammonia and at once
drives it all off, destroying the value of
the manure. Hence we should manure
the first year, and the next year, when a
coat Of grass is on the ground, SOW lime
(say 100 to 120 bushels on heavy lime
stone ground,) and we have ground that
will not fail to pay well for tilling.


Clover is valuable because it shades
the ground and retains the native am
monia, and not, as some suppose, because
it leaves roots IN the ground. Gypseum
is valuable because its property is to fiji
the ammonia in the ground, and to pre-.
vent its waste by the wind, sun and rain
Year: 1875

daloue laughed. ''The whole of the
matter was this" said he; Gin think
ing over the subject of the day 1
found my spirits too much depressed
to speak as ought to do. so I had
recourse to my usual method of mu-
sic and a little dancing. 1t had its
effect. l am quite in a proper tenn
per, and 60 now with pleasure to
what 1 should else of gone to in
pain.


The great Duke of Marlborough's
characteristic was love Of money
There is much philosophy in the re-
mark that, inconsistent as his char
acter appears, it may be accounted
for, if you gauge his actions by his
avarice. HeWassonee playing with
a clergyman, Dean Jones, at piquet,
for sixpence a game. Sometime af-
ter he desired the dean to pay him
the sixpenee. The dean SAID he had
no silver. The duke asked him for
it over and over again, and atlast
requested that he should change
guinea to pay him because he should
want it for the chair that carried
him home. The dean, thus impor-
tuned, got change, psid the duke
his sixpence, observed him little
after leaving the room, and declared
that-after all the hustle that had
been made for his sixpence, the
duke actually walked home to
save the expense a chair would have
put him to. This story is related
by Pope. .....,.r-