smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

INTERNAL REyENCE.-Some wag whe
has become disguised with the operations
of the Internal Revenue laws gets of the
following, which was sent to our District
Deputy Assessor Those who turn their
paper collars as we'll as the boot backs will
please take notice:


"The latest decisions of the Commission
er Of Internal Rrvenue cover the following
points: Parties using paper collars must
use them from their original package; that
is, from the box in which they have been
purchased and three-cen revenue stamp
must be attached to each one when put on.
When the collar becomes soiled, and Is
turned with the clean side out it must
receive another three-cent stamp, and must
also be conspicuously stamped with the
word 'sturned" Boxes when emptied
cannot be used a second time, but must be
DESTROYED in the room where emptied, and
the Assessor furnished with certificate of
the fact. If thrown out of the window,
or carried out in the ccal scvtIle or washtub,
such boxes will be subject to export duty
Boot blacks are required to use their black
ing just as they find it when the box is
opened, adding nothing to it whatever.
The act of splitting in the box and smear
ing the contents with the brush constitutes
the boot-back a mixer, or rectiier, or
manufacturer of backing, and he must
pay the ordinary manufacturers license
Each boot BACKED, for which the sum Of
five cents Is paid by the wearer, must re-
ceive at the expense of the bootblack, a
four-and- -three-quarter-cent stamp. Any
farmer who kills a hog, cuts and packs the
separate parts, will pay tax as manatac-
turer, and must take cut lisencc for the
same; and if he clarifies the lard, must
take out rectifers license
Year: 1870

demonstrated that if you are worth $4,000
your Rail Road tax will be only Sc year.
Most of you are not probably worth over half
In taxable property, which will make your tax
only 80 year. viii you for this trife doom
yourself and the county to years of hard times,
scarcity OF money, poverty and hardships.-
Remember your vote is final decision of Rail
Road OR no Rail Road Ponder and think
Convert yourself and get in earnest and con-
vert your neighbor, and come up to the polls
on the 9th of August determined to win the
victory and save the county from Ignorance and
folly
;, The writer bas no private log to roll, no sell
hsh purpose to serve. His business is not in
the Valley of Virginia, aud in the very nature
OF 1t never can be much affected by the Valley
Rall Road one way or the other. His prop
erty is not dependent upon this Road as yours
Is, but ne resides among you and is Jealous of
the honor of the Valley, and desires to see the
prosperity of his native county. and will prob
ably bear heavier portion of the tax than anv
one OF those who are opposing the Road to
save their triiiDg share of the cost He is ad-
Vlslng you for your own good from his own ex-
perlence, and not for any private ends. =


Rdph'ne, Va. PROGRESS.
Year: 1870

melee. We may wish it were otherwise;
but it is not worth while to deceive our
selves


Events in Massachusetts, which we need
not recapitulate, must satisfy everybody
that this is the actual state of the case.
One of the new contesting parties had the
benefit of organization, party vote Of
near fifteen thousand year ago, the SYM
pathy of great masses of people, as we'll as
the secret hopes and good wishes Of many
politicians who dared not openly act with
it. Another had among its leaders men
eminent for character and ability,-an
organization, the growth of twenty years,
which was easily turned into the channel
of party agitation, money, zeal, and the
opportunity to appeal to the religious and
philanthropic feelings Of the best people
in the State. Neither of these parties
has been able to make any great impress
sion on the Republican ranks If they
had succeeded in doing So they would
have been ready to enter the breach made
by their assailing forces 1t is certain
| that we should not have been ready.
Speculation on this point is, however,
immaterial The principal fact is that
no breach in parties has been or could
have been made in the fall Of 1870 and
that parties must remain substantially as
they are for the present.


While accepting the situation, some of
us may lament it and some of us may re-
ioice over it, But there is no excuse or
apology for inactivity, and in our opinion,
no good ground for dependency or for
discord. Our cause commends itself every
day to larger and larger numbers Of men
and women. 1t has this grand advantage
over all questions of economy in legisla
ton, efficiency in civil or military service
even over all questions Of philanthropi(
effort,-that it is fundamental 1t concern:
the structure of our institutions; it vitally
affects the entire problem of democracy
and self-government, and civilization. II
is the core of the great movement Of the


Nineteenth Century-this woman move


ment, seeking social, educational and civi


equality-above all, political equality, fol


in democracy, political right is the key


stone of the arch. 1t appeals to the ira


dictionary feeling of every American who


is worthy of the name of American; i
must conquer in land which remembers
Jefferson and the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and which remembering them
has done away with the freehold qualfi


cations, welcomed the Irishman and the
German to the full and almost immediate
privileges of citizenship, abolished slavery
and made every black man in the land /


voter.


Does anybody suppose that a question


of Sec is going to stand in the way, anC
prove for any great length of time an ex


ception to our general law? 1t is impos
sible All we have to do is to make ou
demand, day by day, enforcing it by rea
son. and shaking the whole land by oul
agitation, and with or without recon
struction of parties, in settled Or tran
sitional state of politics, we must speedil,
compel all men, Of whatever opinion, t.


accede to the demands ofjustice.
Year: 1870

as good religion, for person under the
weight of years to attempt to cheat him
self and everybody else by assuming, in
the very shadow Of the grave, light and
triAing manner, that one scarcely knows
how to restrain contempt. Respect for
gray hairs and sorrow which overbal-
ances all other feelings alone check and
hold it back How such hate to grow old
to what tricks do they resort to starve off
the approach of decay They try to light
a fire on the outside which should be
lighted within Their experience is, in
many things, very pleasant, but it is not
the experience which worketh hope, the
Christian hope. The flowers Of the heart
lie withered in dead past which can
never return; no buds Of promise, look
ing out toward the sunlight of the sky,
swell in their souls The past is gone,
and there is no future of immortal life to
beckon the heart away. The eye catches
no lustre from the radiance of heaven, the
brightness of the adorable Lamb, and now
is dim indeed, both from infrmity and
dependency. While the aged believer is
like the mariner who, as he nears the end
of his voyage to the Spice Islands, is al
ready RECALLED with the sweet odors Of the
cline he seeks the aged irreligious man
is as one sailing toward the frozen seas,
with whom the chilly breath is felt long
before the seas are reached. The cheer.
lessness of an old man whose heart knows
nothing of the warmth of divine love and
Christian faith is indescribable. Nothing
shows so great a stress of God mercy and
is greater proof Of the power of the Cos
pei than that even such coldness anC
| gloom can be dispelled by the Spirit o
God. Through the hard crust Of inveteT


ate habits of impiety grace can and doe


often penetrate The aged sinner nee'
not despair, for even his wilted heart ma.
revive with all the freshness CT a-spiritua
JOY, which is the foretaste and pledge o


eternal bliss.
Year: 1870

fed their curiosity, the sports and amuse-
ments Of the evening were renewed. Rt


| asked permission to camp of no one.
for needed none, as this was Gods land,
and not owned by ravenous and dishon-
est speculators So | marched right
down to the center of the village, and
finding a vacant space, pitched my lodge.
1t was not necessary to purchase a town
lot here, for no one, save him who owns
all, held real estate,


A few Santee women gathered about
my squaws and chatted with them, anx-
ious to learn the news from down the riV-
er Seeing that they were interfering
with the unpacking of the ponies and the
erecting of the lodge, unceremoniously
ordered them to be gone, and they went
quietly away. The lodge was soon up;
the ponies unpacked and put out TO Craze
Having seen things put in order for the
night, sauntered out through the village
to learn the news.


was agreeably surprised, when learn
ed there was a white man in the village.
who had been sent out to the Indians ss
a missionary. All the savages spoke of
him as a kind-hearted, good man, who
was a great friend of the Great Spirit and
of the Big Father at Washington.


made haste to pay my respects to my
white brother and found him indeed
good Christian gentleman. He had
white wife and child, and he and they
were living comfortably and pleasantly
with these wild children of the desert. |
talked more than an hour with the good
man; 1t was SO delightful to see and
speak with one of my own blood and col
or. When l left him, promised | would
return the next day and dine with him,
which did. 1t may sound strange to
hear one talk of dining out in an In
dian camp, but can assure my civilized
readers the meal was none the less whole
! some or abundant on account of the place
in which it-yas served.


When returned to my lodge, ffeund
it surrounded by crowd of dirty squawS
and children, who were intent upon ex-
amining everything we had ordered
them off, and could not help laughing
when compared the curiosity of theso
rude Indian women with that had seen
exhibited at church, in the States, by
white women There they 60 to church,
not to hear the Gospel, but to see what
their neighbors have to wear, and these
Indian women came to my lodge with the
same laudable object am not certain
that human nature is the same every,
where, but | am quite certain woman ma
ture is the same all the world over.
From BELDEy: The WHITE CHIEF, pull.
lished by C. f. Vent, 80 West Fourth ST..
Cincinnati, and ) College Place, New York
and sold only by subscription.
Year: 1870

LNOR SALE. ON ACCOUNT OF BAD HEALTH--A SAN
pie and Lunch Room in Of the best localities in ht
city rent low lease several to run For particular


Inquire al a Howard street, between broadway and Mer
In the basement
Year: 1870

TOR sALE-A FIRST CLASS BILLIARD SALOON
II five Tables Bar and Fixtures doing first clasl
trade, one of the leading avenues In the city the
will give satisfactory ant proof for selling this 10
chance seldom offered price So 00 Address MELVILL1
FOSTER, Herald ONCE
Year: 1870

TALE BEARING.-Never repeat a
story unless you are certain It IS
correct, and not even then unless
something is to be gained, either
of interest to yourself or fer the
good OF the person coucerned.-
Tattling is a mean and wicked
practice, and he who indulges in
it grows moro fond OF it in pro-
portion as he is successful. If yor
have good to say Of your neigh
Dor, never reprcach his character
by telling that which is false. He
who tolls you the faults Of others
intends to tell others Of your
faults, and so the dish of news is
handed from ore to another till
tho tsle becomes enormous.
Year: 1870

A man at Auburn, who had been
to circus, said it was easy enough
for any man Of ordinary talent to
turn summersaults, and he said he
had talent sufficient, and proceed
ed to show the crowd how it was
done. The surgeon who attended
him said it was probable that his
neck was broken as soon as he
struck the marble floor.
Year: 1870

1t is hoped a time is at hand
when every woman will be trained
to some employment by which
she can secure to herself an inde-
pendent home and means to sup
port u family, in case she does not
marry, or is lett q widow, with
herself and family to support.


IAmericdn Womdn's Home.
Year: 1870

Queen Emma, of the Sandwich
Islands, has seen so much Of clvlll-
zation that she has resolved not to
throw herself away upon the tune.
raj pile of her husband, but instead
thereof to permit another suitor
for her hand to dry her tears and
to sweeten her cup Of aloes.
Year: 1870

From 20 eanaittnas riss."


This saying Of the poet is true whsr


applied 10 the chosen pursuits ei life


properly performed The nndoub,sd


meaning oi the poet is that the eondi.


ton Of the mechanic or laborer. ab.


siractly considered, is just as honorA,
bic ~ that Of the merchant OF banker


aud that whatever Of renown any may


acquire. whether for honor or dlshon.


or can be distinctly traced TO causes
other than the vocation chosen ior a


livelihood.


Bat some people seem TO regard the
line quoted as detached and literal
truism. Aud hence they are led 10
consider honor as a mere bounty be-
slowed by Fortune upon her peculiar
fayoriles. rather than the result OF a
just discrimination between right aud
wrong--of a steady and diligent pur-
suit OF calling made honorable by be-
ing honorably pursued avoiding temp.
tation, and the appearance Of evil and
maintaining reputation untarnished
and void of offence On the other hand
they consider dishonor as positive
misfortune instead Of the inevitable re-
fect!on OF their own misconduct.


Many fall into this error through
misjudgment and inattention. For
many things in themselves perfectly
proper, often become decidedly out OF
character because ill-tined and out OF
place.


ln the abstract, there is nothing out
OF character in smoking and under
ordinary circumstances would hardly
attract attention. But should one,
while attending church, fill his pipe
and deliberately commence smoking
he would not only attract a general no
tice, but incur general contempt -
The blunted sensibihties OF smokers,
even, woald be stirred Their shame
and disgust for him would not be less
ened from the fact that they had each
INDUCED in the soothing Whit since
breakfast because theirs was timely
and unobtrusive, but hiz was out OF
place.


A simple remark or act which may,
with propriety, be said or done, even
before mixed company 10 the flower
garden; at the dining table with the
same company might become decidedly
improper and out Of place.


lti nothing ext aordinary TO meet
woman in hotel on the contrary, il
Is quite common. But Ia 500 woman
come into tho public bar. room or Office
Of a country hotel, and take seat With |
the crowd there gathered, and listen to
the bar-room slang and balderdash,
and take part in the same, betrays in
her want of taste, a want OF judg- |
mont, a want OF good breeding, want
OF modesty, and want OF SENSE
Even the loafers assembled drop their
heads in shame at the imprudence OF
the intruder, and all because she is out
OF place.


These are not the only instances that
might be cited, but they are sufficien.
for illustration. Let us therefore re.
member that our actions are in a great
viewed in the light of sur
circumstances and the judg-
ment Of public opinion will greatly be
as it settles the questions
whether ill-timed or out of place Aa
Exchange. ... ~.
Year: 1870

70 Me Senate aad House Of Representatives.:
1t is unusual to notify the two
Houses OF Congress by message of the
PRONUNCIATION, by proclamation OF the
Secretary. OF State, OF the ratification
OF Constitutional Amendment. In
Wow, however, OF the vast importance
OF the Fifteenth Amendment OF tho
Constitution, this day declared part
Of that revered instrument, | deem a
departure from the usual custom iusti-
liable. A measure which maEs at
once four millions of people voters,
who were heretofore declared by the
highest tribunal in the land not citi-
zens OF the United States, nor eligible
to become SO, with the assertion that
at the time of the Declaration OF Inde.
pcndcnce the opinion was fixed and
uniyersal-iu the civilized portion Of
the white race, regarded as an axiom
i'll morals as well as in politics-that
"black men had no rights which white
men were bound TO respect" is in
deed q measure of grander importance
than any other one act OF the kind
from the foundation of our free Gov
ernment to the present ime. Institu-
tions like ours, in which all power is
derived directly from the people, must
depend MAINLY upon their intelligence,
patriotism and industry. l call the at
tention, therefore, OF the newly enlran.
chised race to the Importance OF their
striving, in every honorable manner,
to make themselves worthy OF their
new privilege. 70 the race more ta-
vored heretofore by our laws. | would
say, withhold no legal privilege OF ad-
vanccment to the new citizen. The
trainers Of our Constitution firmly be-
lieyed that republican form OF gov
ernment could not endure without in
telligcnce and education generally dit
fused among the people. The Father
of his Country in his Farewell Ad-
dress, uses this language: Promote,
then, as a matter OF primary mpor-
tance, institutions for the general diff
fusion Of knowledge. In proportion
as the structure OF the Government
gives force tc public opinion, it is cs
sential that public opinion should be
enlightened" In his FIRST annual Mes


sage to Congress the same views We're
torcibly presented, aud are again urged
in his eighth Message.


repeat that the adoption of the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Consti.
tuition completes the greatest civil
change, and constitutes the most impor
tant event that has occurred since the
nation came into lite. The change
will be beneficial in proportion to the
Year: 1870

In Wall street dullness Is the principal
feature of the markets Private kilograms to
the leading bankers asserted that the en-
gagement OF yesterday ended in favor Of the
Prussians; that the French fortress at Mar
seilles had been captured; that a revolution
was imminent in Paris, and that the growing
opposition to the Bonaparte family caused
the Emperor to be very much detected. Un-
der this news gold declined Il per cent. Late
in the day the decline in gold was recovered
and the stock market sustained an advance
while Government bonds remained station
ary. Money more active on call at to per
cent The hardening tendency is due In
some measure 10 the sympathy with the
condition.of monetary affairs in other cities;


and for fear that the banks may call in their
loans In consequence Of Ia drain OF currency,
Year: 1870

Whether in the young or old, married or single
at the dawn of womtnhoOd, or the turn of life
these tonic medicines display so decided IN inhl
ence that a marked Improvement is soon perccpt
bic in the health OF the patient. Being purely
vegetable preparation, they a-e a safe and reia
ble remedy or all classes Of Females in ever
condition of health and station of life.
Year: 1870

A farmer living on the west side of the
river, in walking about his place, dscoyered
a nest of rattlesuakes in an old log about
which several large pieces of rock lay scat
tered. Our friend had heard that hogs were
death on snakes of all sorts, and not caring
to attack the nest himself, he thought he
would try the experiment and see fight
He drove several hogs in the vicinity Of the
nest and watched the result. The hogs soon
seemed to scent the varmints and commenced
roofing eagerly about the spot. In an instant
half dozen of the vicious serpants emerged
from their hiding places to attack the intru-
ders, who manifested jealous disposition to
90 in. A snake would rear himself to the
height of the hog, shake his rattlees, and
plunge his fangs into the animal with light
ming like celerity, and then dart away pur-
sued by tho grunter, who dexterou5ly re-
ceived the sting upon the feshy part of the
jaw. Time and again this would be repeated,
until the hog got his fore foot upon the snake,
when he would deliberately rip Mr.. snake in
twain, and then derour him. This slaughter
continued until the snakes were all disposed
of, when the hogs erunted contentedly, and
without any signs ofbeing disturbed, waddled
off in search OF other provender. The eye
witness to this singular contest, which was
not without its exciting feathers, declares
himself convinced that a pig is impervious to
the poisonous bite of any kind of surPents'


columbus Crisis.
Year: 1870

Before another issue Of the jour
NAL, the year eighteen hundred and
seventy will be numbered with the
past, and eighteen hundred and sag
enty-one will have taken its place
upon Times Calendar. Lightly as
the transformation may be regarded
BY some, to the thoughtful 1t abounds
with matter for most serious and
earnest reflection. Memory and
Imagination will both be act
i've, the former with the past
year, its broken promises, dead
hopes, disappointed expectations, ss
well as dead loved ones-with only
here and there a brightness Of joy and
love TO relieve the dark picture
while the latter is 4lntiug upon the
future as a canvass, bright pictures,
without q cloud Of sorrow, anguish or
disappointment to mar their glory.


The new year comes on the Holy
Sabbath Day. What a favorable op-
portunity for meditation and the
forming Of good resolutions. Rsmsm
beri0g the mistakes of tho past year,
how properly may the day be spent in
determining by the assisting grace Of
o Divine Ruler and Helper. to avoid
those mistakes during the year of
which Sunday is the suspicious be-
ginning.


Bat On this ths last day Of the year,
while we contemplate its departing
moments, how very approp pirate seem
the words of cotemporary:


Let US turn ana bid farewell to the
past and passing; farewell to itB cares,
20 it's burdens, to its troubles; fare
we'll % its fears, hopes, aud griefs;
farewell to It's yearnIn Is. to its asDira-
ti0ns, its wrestlings. They are gone.
Farewell to many who worked the
year with us--to the companion that
was to us as an angel Of God, and is now
an angel g0ith God Farewell 10 the
babe that was ours and is Gods. and
therefore more than ever ours, though
beyond the reach of our arms. But
y
it more vigllaBtly than ever. Fare
well to our Christian brethren who
have. heard the trumpet before we
have, and have g0ue forward. Year.
thy march is ended thy work is done
Passl Disappear We shall see thee
no more until we behold thy record
in the All judging Day.


Turning from the dying year, may
we be ready to welcome its successor,
resolved 70 DO our whole duty, with
confidence in the Great Being who
has promised to make the right
triumphant in the end. aud with q
calm assurance that come what may.
with dihgent hands and loving hearts,
we will be prepared for any fate that
the unfolding year may have In store
for as.


May The readers Of the JOURNAL
Eind it more than usual a happy year,
is our most earnest desirei
Year: 1870

Young men in business, write it wherc il
will meet your eye continually, that higb.
toned, unyiclding uprightness is the first
requisite and the most valuable element in tic
capital Of successful business. With troops Of
friends and ample funds to begin with, young
man without truth and uprightness will soon
wreck the lairest hopes. But let young bus
mess man be all right in bis principle, lie will
win success In spite Of slim capital aud fcw
friends at the beginning. 1t is hardly possible
for young man OF high moral character g.
fail Of success, if he will patiently and indu,-
triously apply himself to bis business Hun
dreds Of good meh watch with interest the ei-
forts Of such, and are glad to say kind wo-l
or lend helping hand.
Year: 1870

Put teaspoonful Of soda in a small bag
pour on it just cnough boiling water to moisten
1t, then put it on the eye pretty warm. Keep
it On all night, and in the morning the styc
will most likely be gone If not second ap-
pcation is sure to remove it. We have also
heard that the white of an csg, applied to the
cyeid with feather just before retiring, soon
effects cure, Styos arise from, the impurity
Of the blood, and no permanent cure can be
effected by a mere external application. The
blood should be kept in healthy condition by
the frequent use of some mild purgative--say
dose of rhubarb and magnesia.