smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

In the Journal of Commerce We
6nd sentiments upon taxation and edu-
cation that have often found express
ion in these columns 'sIf it comes to
pass, as a consequence Of the present
agitation, that property devoed to
religious uses shall be subjected to
taxation, we shall look for large and
sudden increase Of the number OF per.
sons who: like ourselves, question the
duty or even the right Of the State
to tax its citizens, church property
included for the purpose Of teaching
French, German, drawing and other
accomplishments 10 the public schools.
1t would be seen at glance that mon
ey piously devoted by tho donors to tho
Worship of God could not be subjected
to diversion for tbs purpose of cultiva.
ting purely Ornamental branches of .
secular education without an unreason.
able exercise Of arbitrary power. The
State may, perhaps wisely, tax the
churches but if it does so there will be
a protest loud and deep against expen.
ditureF. Of money thus taken for any
other than the legitimate purposes for
which the taxing power can be exer-
cised without oppression"
Year: 1876

Jefferson Davis will sail for Europe
on the first Of May lie will pass
some six or eight months in London
and the continent to promote the
Of direct trade with
the cities Of the Mississippi valley.
Year: 1876

IMPORTANCE OF RAISING SrocK
An old farmer says stock raising
should not be neglected on a farm.
One year the wheat fails, another year
the oats fail, another year the corn
fails, ETC., but stock pays all the time.
The old man is right, in the main, but
it is wiser to divide the interests be-.
tween the two, as the two assists each
other, while they improve the farm.
The waste straw and manure Of tho
stock 80 to fcrtilizing the soil, thus
improving its productive capacity.
This is a great desidratum for the
farmer, for the stronger the soil the
larger the crop, and where he has to
buy his manure or other fertilizers he
is so much out fpocket. By kepiug q
variety of stock, and raising a variety
Of crops, the average profits are about
equal. There is advantage 10 it.
farming can be made closer, with less
waste and more money made in the
long run Turf, Field and Farm.
Year: 1876

Keep your eye on your neighbors
Take care of them. Do not let them
stir without watching They may
do something wrong if you do. To
be sure you never knew them to do
anything very bad, but it may be on
your account they have not. Per-
haps if it had not been for your kind
care they might have disgraced them,
selves long ago. Therefore do not
relax any effort to keep them where
they ought to be, Never mind your
own business-that will take care Of
itself. There isa man passing along
he is looking over the fcnco-bc
suspicious of him; perhaps he con
templates stealing one of these dark
nights; there is no knowing what
queer fancies may have got into his
head,


If you find any symptoms of any
one passing out of the path of duty,
tell every one else what you see, and
be particular to see great many.


1t is good way to circulate such
things, though it may not benefit
yourself, or any one particularly
Do Keep something asvins piienvv
is dreadful thing; it is said there
was silence in heaven for the space
of half an hour; do not let any such
thing occur on earth; it would be
too much for this mundane sphere.
Year: 1876




This little sentence should be writ
ten on every heart and stamped on
every memory. 1t should be the goI-
den rule practiced not only in every
household, but throughout the world,
BY helping one another We not only
remove thorns from the pathway,
and anxiety from the mind, but we
feel sense of pleasure in our own
hearts, knowing we are doing a duty
to Il fellow-creature. Ahelping hand
or an encouraging word, is no loss to
us, yet it is beneftto others. Who
has not felt the power of this little
sentence? Who has not needed the
encouragement and aid of a kind
friend? How soothing when per-
picked with some task that is myste-
rious and burdchsomc, to feel gem
tie hand on the shoulder and to hear
Il kind voice whispering: "Do not
feel discouraged see your trouble
let me help you" What strength
is inspired, what hope created, what
sweet gratitude is felt, and the great
difficulty is dissolved as dew beneath
the sunshine. Yes, let US help one
another by endeavoring to strength
en- and,Gpeenr9ge the weak snd sliftS
ing the burden q 6fcaTdsf9l !.
and oppressed, that life may ghde
smoothly on and the fount of bitter
ness yield sweet waters; and He,
whose willing hand is ever ready to
aid us, will reward our humble en-
deavors, and every good deed will be
as "bread cast upon the waters to re-
turn after many days." if not to us,
to those We. love.
Year: 1876

1t got so at last, that his wife be,
gan to wonder what business "thc
lodge" had on hand that it should
meet four or five times per week
He was out four times aweck until
II o'clock, and ne came home with
redness in his eyes, and his step was
unsteady as he passed down the hall,
He said "the lodge" business was
mighty hard on themusclcs, and that
candidates were coming in by the
hundreds. One night he groancd out
in his sleep, and talked of"the right
bower" and yelled out "spadcsl" and
tho wife wondered still moro. The
other evening she took a position
where she could see who went up
stairs in the lodge room. Her hus-
band passed by and entered place
where rows of bottles adorn the
shelves, and cofee and spice stand In
a saucer on the counter to purify the
breath. When she went in he was
one Of the four at n table. Each one
of the four was looking at the pictures
on some cards held in his hand.


80 this is the lodge, is it?" she in
Quircd, as she stood before him.


He was caught, and he resolved to
make n clean breast of it, lie laid
his cards down, rose up and gave her
his arm and said:


~ won't lie to you, Mary This
is not the lodgo.room-this is where
we stop n minute to beat the blasted
enemies of our craft out of their sur
plus grccnbacksl When | come home
tonight, Mary, I'll bring that shawl
you spoke of"


The regularity with which that
man now hangs around home every
evening in the week is astonishing,
.-DcroA Free Press
Year: 1876

divine life, and the longer it is postponed
the more you habituate yourself to sci
tiSlncss and to the line that is away from
Goi, the harder the process by which
finally you must he redeemed again"


But, rather than to speak of this pru-
dental reason. let me appeal to your am
i!on, TO your love. to the nobility of
your character, to your love OF God, to
cooperate with him in the huilding.up
of u divine character, divine life, and
thus become yourselves divine. Thus
it Is not simply to save yourselves, but
to be sayiors Of Others. | have higher
ambition, for one, than simply, like Il
mere wreck, 10 be towed at last into the
harbor, with crew and cargo all gone,
simply the hulk of being, saved by the
mercy OF an everything and ever.loving
Father. would desire, rather, to do
something to help those who are inperil,
so that at the last might, fuIl.rigged,
full.manned, tull.cargoed, with all divine
possibilities developed, with all noble
manhood, noble aspiration, noble pur.
pose. on board, sail myself up the lar-
Dor, one of the great fleet that shall at
last furl its sails on the ocean Of Infrite
Love, and find rest in that peace of God
that rasseth all understanding"


Let me appeal to you, then, simply,
not to rest in this idea of the divine oh.
legation to you, but remember that the
nearer you approach to God, the more
grows your own obligation And re
member, also, that this obligation is no
something to be worn as chain. It is
the law of your being, and the law Of
your Joy.
Year: 1876

The following touching story is vouch
ed for as being strictly true by Captain
NJ. c. Wilkinson of tais city, who is an
intimate friend of Lieut. Rcadc's, they
having served for several years in the
same regiment, The San Francisco But
bttn says:


More than year ago the Bulletin pub
lished under the head of "Charming
Romance one of the truest stories of
worthy love and laudable ambition ever
told. Briefly related the facts were
these Lieut. Philip Rcadc, a young
army officer, heard in Topeka church
choir voice so sweet and musical, so
tendcrly sympathetic, that his soul was
touched to know more OF the sweet singer.
He sought her acquaintance, was intro
duced, and found young lady strug-
Cling against the hardships of pecuniary
misfortune to make headway. She was
ambitious to go abroad and study under
great masters in the foreign lands of po-
etry and song. Her genius, her aspra-
tion, and more than all, the nobility of
her character and her modest worth found
ready admiration in the mind of the
young officer. He made her cause his
own, and so readily responded to every
aspiration of her young lite that he
pledged his own fortune to enable her to
go to Italy and there finish her musical
education in the best schools of Florence
and Milan. Poor in purse but rich in
womanly pride, she declined to accept
the gift of so much money. Alone, and
with the aid of money she earned in 10.
cal concerts and private tuition, she Wis.
tied Boston and further progressed to.
ward the fame she wished to achieve.
Her refusal to accept the money increas.
ed rather than diminished the young off
GERS regard for her, and he renewed the
offer to aid Minnie Beals, for such was
her name, with a proposal Of marriage.
They were married in New York one
morning more than four years ago. At
noon on the wedding day the bride sailed
for Italy and the husband started for
Arizona, where he had been ordered on
military duty. frequent letters brought
him tidings Of her success. Her voice
was like a "string Of pearls" said one re-
nowned impressario. Time wore on, and
she made her debut in the finest theatre
OF Florence to dense assemblage of
music lovers. Fortune seemed to smile,
and she secured an engagement to sing
in the leading theatres of Europe. Her
singing in Constantinople elected the
highest praise from the press and the
populace,


During the past year every letter ex.
changed between the two referred to the
happiness reserved tor their reunion.
The aim of their lives seem to have been
realized, and they had by common con.
sent centercd every hope and thought in
Year: 1876

The love of parents and friends would
protect bride from all possible annoyance
in Christian land, while in this heather
land her pathway is thorny one and her
married life often but sad sequal to the
sorrowful opening chapters. With the in
spection of the bride ended the second
days ceremonies and bidding adieu to our
portly host and the Bridegroom, we entered
our chairs and returned home. l omitted
to mention, that at the conclusion of the
marriage, large packages. of fire crackers
were set off, which coupled with the music
of the band made noise deafening, if not
delightful.


This letter is already too long and omit
any mention of the third day, which was il
many respects, most interesting of all
1t deserves a chapter to itself and l ma!
write it up for future number of the TINES
Year: 1876

There is a class of people in the world
who make it the chief business of their
lives to depreciate existence and its bles-
sings, who speak to this world as "vale
Of tears and abode Of sin and SORROW"
a " daily cross" a 4" realm of blasted hopes"
and so on through the entire catalouge of
such expressions.


Life, they tell us, is not worth living;
they wish they had never been born or
had died in infancy, and we cannot help
indulging the thought if they had, nobody
would have been the loser by it.


Everything looks to them sad and lugu-
brious. Their spectacles are smoked glass,
and their jaundiced eyes see everything
through this dusky medium.


Every misfortune which comes, every
streak of i'll luck which befalls them, is a
direct Judgment from the Almighty F;


as though they believe that the God of


love and power spent the whole time in


studying out refnements of cruelty where


with to afflict His children whom He pro-
fessed to love.


If man eats too much at dinner, drinks


too much and smokes too many cigars and


dies of apoplexy at forty when he ought by


the laws of nature to have lived to eighty,


God is arraigned, and mans friends and the


clergyman who breaches his funeral sermon


calls his death "Mysterious dispensation


Of Providence"


If mother dresses her tender little
child so as to show its bare neck and arms,
and its plump legs-beautiful, we admit
but none the less sensitive to cold on thai
account, if she fills the child's stomach
with BON J0ns and its head with knowledge
intended only for ripper years, and the chilC


dies, as of course it will, then everybody
f sympathizes with her and urges her to b.
f resigned to the will of Providence. AnC
the afflicted mother weeps, and wonder
what she has ever done to deserve such al
affecting stroke.


0 Men who are brought up to know righ
s from wrong, cheat, lie, swindle and specU
e late, and build up fortunes and invest then
in fancy stocks which rise into existenc
IS like soap bubbles, and by and by the bull
e bles burst, the fine things are swept away
h and these men will have the assurance t
d say that God has dealt harshly with then
e and that the punishment is more than the
II can bear.


.e "The Gods help those who help then
of selves


er As true a line as was ever penned, an
o in nine cases out of ten our world is ju
ID what we make it. If we resolve to see on
C. the dark side, we shall Of course see 1
k, sunshine. If we choose to live in celia
is the sun will not be likely to come dow
Wy out of the heavens and seek us out in o.
of obscurity.


er- If we meet trouble half way it will 9
IL cept the tact invitation, and be ever pl
dy sent with us.


ess " A merry heart doeth good," and t
nd greatest things which can be showered up
in a family are good nature and cheerfulne
Year: 1876

Eggs just at this season are among the
most useful and economical articles of
food. To boil eggs care must be taken not
to crack the shell. Have q small saucepan
more than half full of boiling water, put
the eggs in with tablespoon, and then
boil slowly till done. Three minutes and a
half will do them lightly, four minutes and
half will set them, and six minutes and
half hard Boil half minute less if the
eggs be newly laid.


Eggs and spinach is very nice dish.
Pick out the dead leaves and trim off the
stems. Wash the spinach in two or three
waters. Put it into quart of boiling
water with a desert-spoonful of salt, press
it down constantly and boil fast, uncover
it for twelve minutes, drain in a colander,
put plate over it and press out all the
water, and put in half an ounce of butter.
Have six hard boiled eggs, cut each egg in
four slices and place them over the spinach,
then shake little white pepper over the
eggs.


To make an egg pie put an ounce and a
half of butter in tin dish; leave it in the
oven till boiling, then take it out, crack
six eggs in the dish, dropping them in SC
that there is a separation. Have paste
made. Shake over the eggs the following
seasoning: A saltspoonful of salt, half (
saltspoonful of pepper, desert-spoonful o
mixed herbs in powder. Mix the who'll
and pass them through the lid of flou
dredger; then cut the paste in strips ant
lay it over the dish in squares, and pare tn
ends; bake for half an hour.


To make savory omelet take six eggs
beat them up, add half pint of milk, on
onion chopped, and little parsley;
saltspoonful of salt and the same of pepper
have hot pan, and put half an ounce {


butter in it; let it melt, and then put i
the mixture. Stir the pan frequently, an


turn the sides into the middle when nearl


done. 1t takes about ten minutes.
A dish called eggery of fish is produce
! by using exactly the same quantity of mill


but double the quantity of salt and parslt
l. | ana pepper, anu leave OuI Two eSSS; tux
:, the batter is ready. Take cold piece


fish and divide it into small pieces; m


them with the batter, put it in the pan, al
e keep stirring in till quite done, about t.


minutes.


To make salad dressing that will kee
boil six fresh eggs for twelve minut'
= = When they are quite cold take out t


yolzs and rub them to fine powder,


pressing them to the side of basin wi


a wooden spoon; add teaspoonful of sa


the same of flour of mustard, a spoonful
E pepper, and the same of cayenne, and


raw yolks Of two eggs. Stir till it becon
~ a smooth paste, then drop in gradually
pint of salad oil, and then third of a p
- - of good vinegar. Stir till it is like r
: cream. Put it into bottles, and cork tn
closely and keep them in close place
=, use. Be careful to stir the sauce one
4, all through the process or the oil will
- mix with the vinegar.
Year: 1876

believe it was John Wesley who, when
told that his congregation consisted largely
of servants girls, replied that he was glad
of it, as they had the care of children, and
if the servant girls were converted they
would train the children in the fear of the
Lord.


A most notable illustration of this truth
is found in a case of one Of England's most
honored noblemen. A half a century or
more ago his mother had a servant maid
and housekeeper, named Mary Millas. She
had the care of this child, and trained him
up until he was seven years Of age, when
she died. But the seed which she had
sown was not lost. She had set an indeli
BILE mark upon the tender mind of the
young nobleman, and her example, pre-
cepts, and prayers, remembered by him, fix
ed and formed his character for good a
that early age. To-day that little child j
known and honored Throughout England
by every class from the beggar to prince
and his name is craven upon the hearts o
the poor throughout the length and breadt
Of the land.


Let those who deem their position lowl
and their work obscure, take courage an
be faithful; and if at any time their heart
despond or repine, let the name of Lor


shaftesbury, with all the nobility Of h
consecrated and generous life, encoural
them to toll on, as Mary Millas did, assu
ed that God shall give the increase, an


that their labor is not in vain in the Lor


--BushneH.
Year: 1876

Mrs. Stanton thinks that if the women
do not accomplish so much as men, there
is good reason for it. She is not dressed to
work, but to kill. Men do not appreciate
the beauty of woman's attire. She says;


Take man, and pin three or four large
table-cloths about him, fastened back with
elastic and looped up with ribbons; drag
all his own hair to the middle of his head
and tie it tight, and hairpin on about five
pounds of other hair, and bow of ribbon.
Keep the front locks on pins all night, and
let them tickle his eyes all day; pinch his
waist into corset, and give him gloves a
size too small, and shoes ditto, and a hat
that will not stay on without torturing
elastic, and frill to tickle his chin, and a
little veil to blind his eyes whenever he
goes out to walk, and he will know what
woman's dress is"
Year: 1876

The editor of Western journal has dis.
covered that if every one of the 100000
families of the American Union would only
skim the soap grease off their dish.water
and invest its proceeds in sinking fund
at four per cent. compound interest, the
proceeds in 100 years, two months and
eleven days would pay off the national
debt. Who is not proud Of the resources
of this great country of ours2
Year: 1876

Sherman-'sI think they are scatter
ing now. Crook apd Terry are both
extremely careful, prudent and eau
tious men, and will not attack the In
dams in any position until they can
give them tremendous whipping"
Year: 1876

The driving Is remarkable in this city
Of wonders. In the first place, picture
to yourself the drojkies which are mere
single seats like stools without backs or
arms; although often necessary 1t is next
TO impossible for two persons 10 seat
themselves therein, no small are they,
and two strangers thus seated can al
ways be recognized by each having both
arms clasped around the other, there be-
ing nothing else to hold to; the driver
has similar seat little higher and in
front. So seated your driver starts; he
Is none Of your lazy fellows, and he Las
learned that st. Petersburg is a city Of
magnificent distances, and his horse
starts, and keeps on at good run; and
could you but hold on to the drojky
with your feet - tightly N you could 70
| your companion With your arms, you


would feel tolerably secure Of keeping
your seat. If you are driving ON the
Nievsky Prospect 1t is crowded with
vehicles, the great number of them
drojkies, all running as fast as your own !;
now you put out your hand to turn
away a running horses head within a
foot Of your own face, and directly your
other shoulder wipes the foam from the
mouth of passing horse, and this another
is done 10 often that your outer gar
ment soon looks like winter land
scape; for observations you have no
time, your whole attention being oc.
cupied in wondering at the skill with
which imminent collisions are lodged,
and when at last you become used to 1t
you think it the finest driving you ever
enjoyed. Not only the driving, but the
drivers dress and horses gear are pecu-
liar. Fastened to the shafts of all
vehicles drawn by single horse Is
hoop bent from one shaft to the other
and rising to the hight of three or four
feet above the horses neck the check
rein Is fastened to the top Of this hoop
For drays this hoop Is larger and
heavier, often three inches wide and
painted in bright colors, as a wreath of
red roses on a ground of grass green. In
all teams where three or more horses are
used they are all harnessed abreast. The
private teams are Of extreme elegance.
While in France there Is a. majority of
white horses, in st. Petersburg the
greater number Of fine horses are black.
The private carriages are beautiful and
in the finest taste. There is usually
dainty relief gilt or silver on the car
riage and harness, while the reins cor
respond in color with the lining Of the
carriage, and a jaunty tassel hangs from
the throat-latch. So rapid is the motion
and 10 light and airy the tread Of these
horses, they seem TO fly as much as to
touch the earth. The drojky drivers
are in uniform, wearing a blue double


breasted wadded gown which reaches TO
the feet; under this a sheepskin skirt,
and on the head hat-shaped covering
with broad-spreading crown, but nearly
as low az cap.
Year: 1876

A CHTSAMAN on the passage to Cali
fornia jumped overheard, intending to
kill himself, but in some unaccountable
manner was lodged in the wheelhouse OF
the steamer, where he clung tenaciously,
although the utmost exertion was neces-
sary TO escape the death which he had
sought. lie was nearly dead when dis
covered. Upon being restored he cut
his throat eaectually. sH
Year: 1876

Mr.. Blaine has made a parliamentary
success but a political mistake. The
sdroit way in which he overreached and
outwitted Mr.. Randall in getting
chance to deliver his prepared speech
snd open the sluices Of debate shows that
he is no ordinary master of parlismen.
tary tactics; but il would have been bet
ter for hi, political prospects if he had
lost the opportunity which he e1torted.
II is too late IN the dsy to rake open the
decsying snimosities of the late war with
personal or political prof! to any distur.
Der OF the kindly feeling between the
North and the South. 1t is absurd tn the
degree of being ridiculous for any sane
man to affect TO think thst il
makes any sort of difference TO any pub
lie interest whether Mr.. Jefferson DAVIS
is relieved or not relieved from his po-
litical disabilities. There Is no chance
OF his election or appointment to any
Federal Office, and even if he could have
such chances after an act Of amnesty il is
impossible to see what harm be could do
or would have any temptation 20 DO
more than any other ex-rebel In public
trust. The treatment ofthe prisoners at
Ander.onville is question which be-
lcngs TO history and not 10 politics 1t
is dozen years too late for remedy, and
1t Is better that it should be buried out of
sight with the other unpleasant and irri.
tating events of the war. There is moth
ing which the liberal and generous pub
lie feeling of the country is 90 little dis.
posed to tolerate as the gratuitous tear.
ing open of old wounds in the interest
OF political ambition.


Mr.. Blaine, to use q common phrase,
does not "undsrstand his epoch" He