smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

cant RUB IT OUT. '-"Don'
write there" said a father to a son
who was writing with diamond or
his window.


"Why not


Because you cant rub it out


Did it ever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing what you
can t rub out?


You made q cruel speech to your
mother the other day. 1t wrote it.
self on her loving heart and gave her
great pain. 1t is there now, and
hurts her every time she thinks of it.
You can't rub it out.


You whispered q wicked thought
one day in the ear Of your playmate.
1t wrote itself on his mind and led
him to do a wicked act. It is there
now; you can rub it out.


All your thoughts, all your words,
all your acts are written in the book
of God. The record is very sad one.
You can t rub it out.


Mind me- What you write on the
minds OF others will stay there. 1t
can't be rubbed ont anyhow, But,
glorious news! What is written in
Gods book can be blotted out. You
can't rub it out, but the precious blood
of Jesus can blot it out if you are sor-
ry and ask Him.


Go, then. O nay child, and ask Je-
sus to blot out the bad things you
have written in the book Of God.
Year: 1875

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May Crop
reports received to-day from various
PARTS of the State show that in Sacra-
mento Valley the yield of wheat will
be from half to three-quarters OF the
average. In Solano county the pros
pect is good for fair crop; the same
in Napa and Sonoma valleys. In San
Joaquin Valley the crops are very bad !;
many localities will not produce more
than enough for seed. The whole val
ley will not probably average over
quarter. The crop in San Jose Valley
will prod ice a good half average. In
Salinas Valley the wheat is in splendid
condition on the higher land, covering
about 75, coo acres, but on the river
bottom half n crop is an extreme esti-
mate. In the Southern counties the
grain generally is in q tolerable good
condition, and the increased area plant
ed will probably afford the usual sur
plus.
Year: 1875

EDrToB's WoRK. - The Cincinnati
Gazette thus discourses on q subject
which . good many people similarly
situated will appreciate:


Not all who visit editorial rooms are
intruders or bores, but Q great many
are, and these are 30 numerous that all
visitors are looked upon with some
degree Of suspicion until their business
becomes known. 1t is never pleasant
to be interrupted in editorial work. 1t
has q tendency to make men cross.
There 10 O pressure upon editors. They
work nearly all the time under pres
sure. Often their ideas do not flow
freely, and when they are not pleasing
themselves they are not in o mood to
spend much time upon those who inter
rups them. We suppose it 10 safe to
cay that thres-fourths of those who call
TO see "the editor" have no business
properly with that individual. Often
they do not know him personally. and
in order to find him they interrupt half
o dozen men, who have important work
10 do, and only limited time to do it
in.> Then. il they receive short an
swers, they feel sggrieved, and talk
about impolite treatment. The editor
ial rooms of q newspaper establishment
are private, and are only to be visited,
by those who have business with the
editor. The best way. if people have
something to say, is to write it down
and send il to him. This would save
time ON both sides, and answer bet
tor purpose. nine times out OF ten, than
personal interviews.
Year: 1875

MODELS" IN IrALY.-Tourists who


enter a studio in Italy and see the
sculptor at work with his model be-
fore him, are apt to think that one
model serves for whole statue. Moth
ing is further from the truth. For
Powers "Eve" no fewer than thirty
models sat; and our FIRST mother, as
she stands there in all the purity Of The
whitest Carrara, may be looked upon as
representing the beauty ofan combined,
with the ideal of the artist superadded.
These models are mainly of the peasant
class; but, as was the case with Cam
ova, to whom Hortense considered it an
honor to sit, Powers has sent forth
more than one statue in which an arm,
a hand, or foot had been modelled
after that of ladies of wealth and
fashion, who esteemed it on honor to
sit for SO great a master.
Year: 1875

Doctor Preeterious was lnterroga-
ted Yesterday respecting the assertion
made bv the New York SIN, that he
had seen letter OF dispatch from
Senator Morton asking the Whisky
Ring to contribute $4,000 to the In
diana Republican campaign of 1872:
lie gave q very decided negative, ana
thus a very big story falls to tbs
ground.
Year: 1875

The following complimentary no
tice of "LEwIs COLLEGE," at Glas-
cow, from an old friend of ours. after
practical observation, we consider
well deserved, for we also have per-
Sonal knowledge of that Institution,
and know that its facilities are very
good for the education of youth
Ed.
Year: 1875

from the freSSs 2Uln lnSt.


Miss Kate Bradbury sang the solo,
"Not Sparrow Falleth," by Gilbert,
at the Congregational church, between
the reading Of the scriptures and the
prayer. 1t was delightful innova-
tiOn, and we are disposed to encour-
age it. 1t was rendered with true feel
ing and true taste. Nothing could have
been more appropriate, or more accep-
table to the audience. We found that
singing solo in this manner is quite
common occurrence in the East.


On Sunday morning, little after
three O'Clock, an alarm of fire was
given. The Hook. and Ladder and
Fire Engine companies were soon at
the scene of the conflagration, which
proved to be the Union House; but
the fire had obtained such a hold up
on the building that all efforts were
unavailable, though, could water have
been used in any quantity as soon as
the engine arrived, probably a large
portion of the woodwork might have
been saved. The hose was led into a
we'll in the grounds opposite the Union
House, but the water there was soon
exhausted. In less than two hours
the house was literally burned to the
ground. A large portion of the furni-
ture was saved, leaving loss to Mr..
Drake, the lessee, OF about $3.50. TO
Mr.. Horrem, the owner of the build
ing, the loss was $4,000. There was no
insurance on any Of the property. On
ly one man was hurt, and that not
seriously. The fire originated in the
closet of a room occupied by Mr.. Hor-
rem, who was awakened by sound
which he thought was q wagon pass
ing, but his attention was drawn to
the closet by the smell of smoke. The
cause of the fire Is unknown. He at
once gave the alarm, and the dodgers
were got out of the roome without
trouble. The house being of wood and
very dry, it was impossible to stop the.
progress of the fire, since it had
strong hold upon the building before
it was discovered. Every effort was
made by both fire companies and citi-
zens in saving property, and through
their exertions In keeping the roofs of
the neighboring houses damp, further
damage was prevented.
Year: 1875

The communication of VIM. Shee-
han has had dire results. A friend of
Captain Mullen met him in the ST.
Charles saloon yesterday afternoon,
and punched his head. Sheehan made
no resistance or we believe he would
have turned the tables on his assailant.
According to report the attacking par
ty was not much of pugilist and we
will yet stake hat that Sheehan will
whip the man who put head on him
though the initials of his name are
Jesus, something or other.
Year: 1875

MURPHY-If the object Of our temperance
folks in bringing Mr.. Francis Murphy here a
week ago to lecture on Temperance was to exert
aa influence on the city election, they failed sig
naly for they not only influenced no votes by
the movement, but Mr. Murphy is not the kind
of man to employ in such an enterprise. lie


is evidently not the sort Of man TO have much
faith in the hullabuoo and might and power,
and hurricane and earthquake system OF pro
noting moral reforms but believes rather in the
efficacy of the still small voice He is not what
can bc called polished, eloquent speaker, but
he can plead for the cause with a homely direct


ness and pathos that are wholly irresistible. He
was former saloon keeper at Portland, Maine,


being, during part cf the time, one Of his own
best customers. \ series OF domestic occur


rcnces aud Affections awakened him to a full
realization Of the evils Of drunkenness, and by
Gods mercy he had strength enough left 20
overcome the morbid appetite for drink himself
and j. now ready to give himself to the work Of
persuadiag others to do likewise. He pursue,
his object with 4 aodesty, simplicity and direct
icarnes,uc,s that make him most effective
worker ia the cause. God speed him in his high


mission,


] He smoke To very large audiences at the old
Plymouth church on Saturday evening ard sun
dav afternoon. and on sunday evening at the
Methodist church the crowd was so great that


hundreds were unable to gain admission. A
large number, on each occasion, at the close o.
his address, came forward and took the pledge


sv,r n. fwh "a
Year: 1875

THE London Times is authority for
the statement that Manchester finn
has begun importing calicos from the
United States, as of better quality
and cheaper than their own manu-
facture. Information of like nature
was also had, a year ago, with regard
to some classes of manufactured iron.
If matters keep on This way, and our
grain trade continues as at present,
the day is not far distant when the
balance of trade will he with US.
Year: 1875

A strong-minded woman in Detroit made
the following gentle reply to politician who
had called at her house to get her husband to
go the polls and vote mo, sir he can't 20.
He's washing now, and he's going to iron to.
morrow and If he was not doing anything he
couldn't go. rule this ere house, do
and il any one votes it'll be this same woman.
Year: 1875

A wealthy and eccentric woman in Spring
field, H., contributes $500 year to the sup.
port of one of the churches there, but cannot
be induced to attend single service. Nor
will she allow its pastor to enter her house.
Year: 1875

Probably there is no complaint that afhcts the
human SYSTEM which is go little understood at the
present time as some of the varied forms of Kid
ney Complaints.


There is no disease which causes such acute pain
or more alarming in its results than when the kid
neys fail to secrete from the blood the uric acid,
and other poisonous substances, which the blood
accumulates in its circulation through the system


Ii from any cause the kidneys fail to perform the
functions devolving upon them, the cumulations
are taken up by the absorbents and the whole sys-
TEN thrown into state of disease, causing great
pain and suffering, and very often nme late death.
Hence the importance Of keeping the kidneys and
blood In healthy condition, through which all the
impurities of the body must pass.
Year: 1875

WHILE Mr.. Pierrepont. the Attorney
General, declares positively that Gen.
Grant is not candidate for a third
term and will not accept if nominated,
the Cincinnati Enquirer calls attention
to the significant fact that every Re
publican State Convention in the Union
has endorsed his administration,
and only one has declared that Grant
should not be supported for the third
term. Grant will be forced upon the
Republican Nominating Convention by
tie money power, and will be accepted
by the party.
Year: 1875

We understand from our school trustees that the funds will not suffice to pay the teachers for the

 full term that they were employ ed to teach, and that they are about to ask subscriptions to com plete the necessary amount. We hope they may meet with success.

 Any one who has visited our school and noticed the progress made by the pupils, would be sor- ry 10 see the. school closed now, just when the scholars have com- menced to take and feel such a lively interest in their studies. The hardest work that teachers have in all their labors is to make the scholars feel an interest in their studies. When this is &C., complished, half their work is done. Our school is just now in working order, and more real pro. gress will be made. in the next two months than in all past time.

 We earnestly hope that our ci- tizens, who have the reputation of being the most liberal in the Territory, Gin fact, all you have to do is to present a subscription pa- per and they subscribe without any questiDns,) will con- tribute literally for this cause. Let us come up to the work free. ly. even if we have to dispense with some luXuries that we can do as well without for a day or two. The cause of free education is 8 good cause, and aM good and true Americans, native and adopt ed, should have it at heart.
Year: 1875

THERE is a great deal of travel now. The stages pass through town overloaded and generally full of through passengers, sothat it is often impossible for way pas sengers to get aboard. Private transportation had to be provided in some instances lately. Some. times through passengers get of here to rest, intending to take the next stage, but the next stage comes along full, and they have to wait for the next. We don't care how long they stop in Yuma, but travellers sometimes seem an. noyed at not being able to con- tinue their journey. If travel continues at the present rate, we think our energetic mail contract ors will find it to their advantage to put on more roomy transpor- tation.
Year: 1875

spirit of speculation and fortunes are frequently won and lost in day. It retards the settlement and growth ofa new country, be- cause in the feverish excitement of thisrush, men are not station ary or permanent in anything. If they plant a tree they do not stay long enough to enjoy its fruit or it's shade, but are off on the first news of some place where there seems to be chance Of making fortune with a rush. The sacred precincts of home are invaded by this rushing spirit. and the hallowed joys of the do- mestic fireside and the elevating influences of the social circle are not what they used to be, for the rush of business is carried there. We rush too much. Let us try to enjoy some of the blessings and comforts of life while passing through this mundane sphere. re- membering that

 Man is vapor, full of woes,

 He cuts caper and down he goes. AMEN
Year: 1875

The Legislature of Arizona has appropriated money from the pub lie treasury to a sectarian school. and to prevent the repetition of such abuses and all agitation in the Territorial Legislatures on the subject, Congress should pass an Act depriving them of power to dispose of the peoples money in that way.-AHG C1lifornia.
Year: 1875

The motive here IL given 10 the wood instruments
while the strings beginning softly rise 10 grand forts
simo which supplies a rhythmical accompaniment. Now,
when this passage played it is written, hear,
nothing but the great steady beat OF the strings while If
the accompaniment is subdued let the melody stand
out the effect of the crescendo destroyed Wagner
proposed in his much abused pamphlet ' Zum NOrrag
der neunten Symphonic BeethOvens') published in 1873
10 strengthen the melody here by making the horns in
and fat mot trumpets as many of his critics have sup
pose play with the wood instruments, whereas BeethO
ven uses them only a. I'll out the harmony. The obiec
tons TO such change in the character Of the tones
OF course obvious and Thomas accordingly rejects it.
But the whole OF the Interpretation of BeethO
yen's later and sOcaed obscure works consists in dis
engaging the melody from the crowded page, and throw
ing IL forward bold relief Hence ii becomes of the
utmost consequence that this dynamic difficulty should
in some way be removed Thomas's plan for bringing
ont the melody in these places is very simple one and
II is remarkable that should not have occurred to Wag
ner since that composer himself adopts the same device
in his operas 1t is reenorce the wood instruments by


third flute oboe clarinet and bassOon. Where the mel
ody s intended to dominate the extra instrument doubles
the first part and in other passages serves an i'm
portant purpose in occasionally relieving the regular
payer 40 that all the performers retain their strength
and freshness to end This strengthening Of the wood
instruments is continued all through the symphony
wherever necessary In the passage have just cited
and in some other places wagners suggestion of setting
the flute an octave higher is also adopted.


@ The second class Of changes concerns principally the
tr1mpets It will be noticed that in the parts for these
instruments in Beethovens sudden Interruptions
occur here and there the sound being broken OF for
fraction OF beat although the development OF the mar
mony seems suggest that IL should be continued and
the effect Of playing such bright sonorous instrument
in this ftfu way not always agreeable. II we look at
the matter carefully shall find that the omitted notes
are only those which the trumpes Of Beethovens time
did not possess There s illustration Of these inter
ruptions the very beginning OF the last movement OF
the svmphony-the Presto which precedes the famous
reetatye for the bass strings Here the trumpcts and
wood instruments have o we-dedned motive, but the
trmpets are obliged TO skip the note in three suc
cessye bars because Beehoyens time they could not
give that sound except very mperfectly To the follow
ing specimen Of the trumpet part we add few bars of
the clarinet part Also 10 show the close paIeLsn De-
tween them
Year: 1875

The steamship Metropolis left Newport
about p yesterday for this port in tow OF the tug
boat Cyclops will probably arrive here about noon
to-day The owners. Lunt Brothers stated that the cap
tain had teegraphed that Of the passengers pre-
ferred to remain on board instead OF taking other
veyance TO this city. They also state that they nave
discontinued their line to Bermuda. and that the steam
ship will at Overhauied. retted, and provided
with machinery, and be sent TO some other port
Year: 1875

This restoration, II may call 1t So has involved some
other very slight and unimporant notifications OF the
passages in which 1t occurs but they require no special
explanation and not perceptbie in the performance
The change in the tmpets OF which so much mas been
said amounts to no than this except that in one or
two instances where they do not stand out part Of
the melody Thomas allows them 10 avoid some rearLa
blyperilous intervals by taking the lower octave.


There is d slight change la tho trombones The
parts for these instruments are written AS usual
Year: 1875

Here IL IL said there must either clerical error or
an oversight OF the composer for the and fat and
Of the hauboys the last bar certainly disturb 'he
harmony Thomas accordingly makes them dnplicate 'he
I'd violin and viola In the upper octave, thus


30
Year: 1875

II was the traditional old woman who
said the next best thing to keeping jour
nal was making a bed-quit; and, indeed, it
is curious to see what a record Of family
history an old-fashioned, pieced-up country
bed-Quilt is. Get your grandmother 10 show
YOU one, and she will tell YOU


There, Mary Jane wore the red dress,
when she was two years old. Pretty little
tot she was, with her curls flying and her
eyes dancing and her cheeks as re as roses.
If any of the children were sure to grow up,
you'd have said it would be Mary Jane; but
there's a grave in the southeast corner of
the old buryin' ground, and willow tree
dropping over it, and Mary Jane lies there.
There's another of her dresses-that bit of
crimson merino. / remember that, because
she wore it the first winter she went to dan
cing-school. Pretty creature she was then
Just the same shining eyes and red cheeks
as when she was a child and the curls, too
only they were tied back with a ribbon, and
not flying and dancing around her head any
more. But she's gone-she never grew old
and s'pose ! shall find her when get to
the promised land.


And there-that was your mothers. Now
your mother was meek, quiet kind of 9
child-you'd a thought maybe she wouldn't
live; but she did, and grew stronger every
year and held her own pretty well with all
you big boys, There's bit Of her wedding
gown-th that shiny, ilac-colored stuff they
didn't wear white so much then in the
country. She looked like flower, as sh,
stood up there, all smiling and crying ant
blushing together--but she's grown old, anC
YOU never would guess she was the SAINT
Martha that wore the lilac colored gown OF
her wedding day.


And this was little Ruth's; and She
gone too. There's more Of them there
can't pick out any more there's something
ails my eyes"
Year: 1875

Our liyes-or rather their happiness or
misery-are in great measure made up Of
moments.


The discomfort Of having TO wait for a
meal beyond its regular hour; Of finding
things i'll prepared or careessly done; or
meeting sloyenliness and discomfort, when
a little thought and pains might have intro
duoed ease and even elegance or Of being
brought up sharp at every turn by want Of
punctuality and Of method these are ills
more difficult than the unnitiated imagine.


Most houses might be comfortable and
elegant. Yes, elegant for comfort consists
in finding everything where and as it should
be elegance, in adding to what should be
there, that which need not be there, but
whose presence surprises attracts, gratifes.


There is often neither comfort nor ele-
gance in the richer mansions, while both are
found in the laborer's cottage. A Jug filled
with flowers neat, white curtain a
couple Of flower pots, effect what the eXpen.
diture Of as many dollars has not achieved
Let it not be said that these are mere trines
unworthy Of attention.


Distrust the pretence OF that spirituality
whose eyes are too lofty for the common
things OF life. In the long catalogues Of things
TO think on they rank at any rate among
the whatsoever things that are lovely
You say they are triAes; then all the mor'
they ought not 10 be neglected, But, tri
fles though they be, TO neglect them is not 1
trite 1t is q breach of plain duty
Year: 1875

One great lesson the celebration on
Tuesday at Richmond in honor of Stone
wall jackson most eloquently teaches, q
lesson richly worth needing not by Vir-
ginia only, nor by the North only, but
by the whole American people.


10 foreign States, and even to the
sympathizing Englishmen, bone, after
all. OF our bone, and flesh of our flesh,
who caused this statue just set up in the
lirglnian capital to be made and ten
dered to the "Old Domirion," it will
doubtless seem wonderful thing that
ten short years only after the close of
the most tremendous civil war of mod
ern times, the vanquished in that war
can quietly assemble and meet together
to commemorate one Of their most illus
trlous leaders without displaying the
least tincture of bitterness or of hostili-
ty against the victors. A still more
wonderful thing will it seem to them
that the vlctors themselves can not only
look with complacency upon this solemn
festival of the followers of a cause for
ever lost, but actually unite with the'-
toemen OF ten years ago in paying the
most frank, outspoken homage not to
the personal virtues only and the mill
tary abilities of this fallen chieftain, but
to his merits as patriot and to bis ex-
ample in the discharge of the high du-
ties which he believed himself to owe to
the commonwealth CT his birth. The
dsbanding of the colossal armies of the
I MON, followed as it was by the imme-
date melting away of that vast cloud of
war into the peaceful light of common
life, has been hitherto regarded as the
most astounding and unexampled phe-
nomenon offered by free America to the
contemplation of mankind. The spec
taele which Richmond witnessed on last
Tuesday, and the subsequent attitude
towards that spectacle of all thoughtful
and candid Americans the whole coun-
try over. will be viewed, we are sure,
with still deeper amazement. 1t is not
too much to say that nothing distantly
approaching it has ever been witnessed
before in any country in the world 4
Neic York World.