smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Every thoughtful man recognises the
money value of intelligence in COM
munity It is for this, in part, says the
Country Gentleman, that the State builds
sshool houses and furnishes free educa-
ton to the masses. knowledge Is
power" even the ignorant respect it,
and pay it many an involuntary compE-
ment. The power consists in the ability
to better ones condition more rapidly;
and in doing that-such are the relations
of men to each other-they usually bene-
fit all around them. The improvements
on a piece of real estate do not affect the
owner al one, but indirectly extend to
the neighborhood, and next find their
way to the assessors books and thus
benefit the nation. 1t is like the ripple
which pebble starts when thrown into
the water-it spreads wider and wider,
and though after awhile the visible effect
disappears, we know that it does affect
the whole body, no matter how large.
So when something is added to the
worlds wealth, it benefits the whole
world, although we may not be able to
trace its full effects.


When an enterprising man buys run
down, neglected farm, with ricketty and
dilapidated buildings, and at once pro-
ceeds to improve it, clears up the un-
slightly fence corners, drains the wet
land, pulls out stumps or rocks, moves
the barn to the back of the house. and
sets the new house little distance back
of the highway, lays out lawn with
pleasant walks and shade trees and
hedges: brings blooded stock with him,
and causes his acres to produce three
fold more than ever before, what man so
stupid as not to recognize that that is u
pecuniary gain to the neigh borhood No
matter how selfish the owner may be at
heart, if he makes his farm more valua-
BILE, he does the same, to some extent to
all around him. The neighbors like to
see a handsome farm near them even if
they never think of selling, and when
they do try to sell, the prospective buyer
will invariably have his attention called
to the handsome property over the way,
or which adjoins, or at least is not far Off
Spectators holding unimproved land
like nothing so well as to be able to say
(because nothing is more potent) that it
lies in the very best of neighborhoods, is
surrounded by rich farms in the highest
state of culture in a delightful region of
walks and drives; that the people are all
intelligent, and their tastes refined; that
schools and churches abound; and that
the value of the land has been proved by
the extraordinary yield of crops on the
adjacent farms. When these things can
be said truthfully, sales are comparatively
easy, and that at the highest prices.


Does not every enterprising farmer see
then-as well as those who are not
farmers-tbat there is a money value in
intelligence, and that the rapidity of its
spread concerns them very closely? I'm
provements on ones own place are well,
wise and admirable; but so are improve
ments around you There should be-
then, no neglect of the means. Every
agency which will promote farm intelli-
gence should be employed and kept up
Scientific american.
Year: 1873

1t is unnecessary to detail Kate's life af-
ter this. Suffice it to say that it was one
of continued anguish.
Her husbands s sole aim seemed to be to
torment and vex her.
Now more reckless than ever, he often
er sought the wine cup, and his wife fed
in terror from his harsh invectives and
cruel upbraidings.


A year of this kind of life passed away
A dark and terrible year that Kate ever
afterw&rd recalled with shudder, and
after dreaming of it would awaken with
an aching heart and brow damp with
fear.


But no word of reproach ever escaped
her lips. Though her face grew paler,
and her coral lips assumed an expression
of grief unusual in one so young, she was
ever kind to her husband, and endured
with patience all of his harsh words. Peo-
pie wondered why Mrs. Conway seemed
SO sad and careworn. She was gifted,
beautiful. wealthy, and was one of the
best dressed ladies in her circle. What
was there to trouble her?


In the presence of others Conway was
politeness and suavity personi6ed to his
wife, so that few guessed that in the
stately mansion called her home (it SEEM
ed little like a home to Kate) there was a
skeleton whose existence even the gay
est of scenes could not make her forget.


Once when Conway had gone away on
q weeks absence, Kate had stolen Wis
it ola few days to the farmhouse, and
aunt Betty had wept over the sad change
in the face of her darling.


Kate had tried to laugh away the old
lady's fears, for nothing could have in
duced her to reveal to her aunca and uncle
the sacrifice she had made for their sakes,
and her terrible suferings in consequence
of it.


This life is killing me" she moaned.
death will soon release me from it.
These last words were destined to be
verified, though not in the way she had
expected


One night when he was returning home
after having dined at restaurant with a
party of friends, hard rain storm came





care for the consequences, Conway did
not. seek shelter from it, and by the
time he reached his own residence his
clothing was soaked through and through.


This produced severe illness, and for
many days he was raving with fever.
Kate was a faithful nurse and lowered
about the invalid constantly, administer
| ing the medicine, cooling his hot brow,
and trying in vain to soothe him in his
rawlings.


| Sometimes he imagined himself with
his reckless companions, and he laughed
wildly and sang snatches of drinking
songs. Again he would speak of his
wife, mingling words of endearment with
the most opprobrious epithets.


When these fell upon her ear Hates
lips would tremble, and great tears would
roll down her cheeks The kind-hearted
physician seeing her weep once when
some word fell from Conway's lips ex-
pressive of hatred for herself, laid his
hand soothingly on her golden-brown
head, and said:


Don't mind it child, he is delirious
you know"


But Kate did mind, for she remember
ed he had often spoken so to her during
the past year, and her slight frame shook
with emotion. Once while talking softly
to himself Bertram said:
! TZes, must be buried on that little
Year: 1873

Never have we known time when the
tongue and pen were so free with the
character of public men as at the present.
There is a recklessness in the speech of
people and the utterances of the press
that may well fill rejecting mind with
alarm.


From the readiness with which the
worst conclusions are reached, and men
are condemned whose characters have
hitherto been unimpeached, it would seem
that the public delight in defamation,
and that the ruin of a mans good name
is popular pastime. The press has be-
come a great arena in which character is
pulled to pieces, as Christians were torn
by wild beasts on the sand of the ampi-
theatre in days of Roman persecution.
We put in plea for justice, if not
charity. But the greatest of all virtues
is charity; and we ask that it may have
some play in these days of excitement,
and prejudice, and bitterness of strife.


1t is not mercy for the guilty that we
implore. On the contrary, we are often
grieved that when man has been fairly
convicted of crime, the public Indignation
has so far spent itself in his conviction,
that pity and pardon follow, thereby de-
feating Justice and encouraging crime
We have recently noticed the exercise of
the pardoning power by the President of
the United States in cases where it ap-
peared to us, with imperfect knowledge
of the facts, that Wrong was done. The
President must rely upon the recon-
mendations of others in all such cases,
and may therefore be misled by unwise
and even false representations The
Massachusetts case seems to be one of
aggravated unwisdom We saw let the
criminal be convicted before sentence is
pronounced. Let there be no conceal
ment, no attempt to cover over. But
there are some newspapers, and we do
not speak of the libeling, blackmailing
class, but respectable papers, that jump
with avidity at every suspicion of wrong
doing, magnify its importance, and pro-
nounce the accused guilty without mo-
ments hesitation. In the case of Mem
bers of Congress charged with being cor
ruptly connected with the Credit Mobilier
stock, though every one who has
been named in the business should be
proved to be guilty, we would still main
tain that political or personal prejudice
should not condemn merely on suspicion; :;
that a man, even bad man, is entitled
to fair hearing before he is condemned.


In the case of g great mercantile house
of this city, a portion of the press has
exhibited an anxiety to condemn, q haste
to get ahead of the public with damaging
reports, and a willingness to distort and
falsify the facts, that on no right princi-
pie can be justified for a single moment.
Year: 1873

Where the sweet water-ltllies blow
Down by the riverside"


When the sick man returned to con-
sciousness, the doctor went to his bed
side, and told him gently that he had not
many hours to live


do you wish minister sent for p he
inquired in conclusion.


"a minister" repeated Conway; what
do want with minister ?"


II thought perhaps you would like
some one to pray for you"
No, no. What is the use when nev-
er prayed for myself? 1t would be like
the natives of Japan who have their pray
ing done by machinery"


Infinitely shocked at such an express
sion from the lips of man, of whose life
the hours, may even the minutes, were
numbered, the doctor made no reply
The dying man turned his head uneasily
and said:


where is Kate? "I want Kate"


Not apprehending that the end would
be so soon. the physician had, short
time before, persuaded her to take a little
rest but she was now summoned in
stantly.


They say must die Kate" said Ber-
tram. fixing his large dark eyes upon her
| face, and before l go, want to tell you
that l am very sorry / caused you SO
much trouble. Don't cry Kate, for if I
had lived 1 might have been no better
than l was before"


"Oh Bertram," said Kate, her voice
choked with sobs, IF you would but live,
we might yet be happy together"
A faint smile fitted over his face.


81 am glad Katie that you can weep
over such worthless dog as I, for have
been very unkind to you."


DO not speak of it Bertram; it may
have been partly my own fault, Il but
he interrupted her with,


NO you did nothing to merit such
treatment. You have always been kind
to me. / cannot remember of ever hear
ing an impatient word from your lips.
If conceit had not blinded me, l might
have believed you when you said that
you did not love me. Now that am so
near death the scales have fallen from
my eyes. and see where l am wrong,
and Kate want you to know that l
leave the world loving you more than l
have ever done"


There was a pause,-Kate held her
breath, as she smoothed his dark locks
away from his brow, already damp with
the dew of death. He seemed in a kind
of stupor, from which he reused present
ly, and said.


my fortune Kate, is all your own. I
have spent money recklessly of late but
there is still enough left to make you
rich woman. You have already done
much good with what 1 allowed you; use
what leave to you in any way that your
judgment dictates. And dear, there is
another thing about which / wish to
speal1-although my strength is going
very fast, but for me you might have
married the man you loved and now that
II


But the sentence was left unfinished,
the hand that had held hers, during the
interview relaxed its hold, for the soul of
Bertram Conway had fed with its burden
of sins back to the God who gave it.


X n n


Kate felt as if the wish of her husband
in regard to his last resting place must
be complied with, even though he had
been delirious at the time he expressed
it. And SO his proud head was lowered
to the grave, and he slept on the little
knoll down by the riverside"


Concluded Neat Week.)
Year: 1873

It is not what we have or what we have
not which adds to or subtracts from our
felicity. 1t is the longing for more than
we have, the envying of those who pos
sess more, and the wish to appear in the
world of more consequences than we real
ly are which destroy our peace Of mind,
and eventually lead to ruin.
Year: 1873

Kate felt as if the wish of her husband
in regard to his last resting place must
be complied with, even though he had
been delirious at the time he expressed
it. And so his proud head was lowered
to the grave, and he slept on the little
knoll "down by the riverside"


Concluded Neat Week.
Year: 1873

A correspondent sends us an account of little affair that happened in his place. It appears that there was a young woman, a fine spirited girl, en- gagged at wash tub, opposite an open door. Just behind her was Q young man, as is generally the case, and in the yard was an old buck that was allowed the freedom of the premises, which is not always the case we are happy to say. We'll, this buck came up to the door and looked in, and the young man going close behind the young woman, pointed his finger straight to the buck, and the old fellow recognizing at once the pressing character Of this mute inyi- tatlon, put down his head and dashed forward, and the miserable man stepped one side and fled, and the young woman all unconscious of the arrangement. re- celyed the awful shock without warning and passed over the tub, and the air for an instant appeared to be full of slippers and wet clothes and hot water and studs. And the next minute that goat came fly ing out of that door at a dreadful speed. bald the whole length of his spine, and with wild look in his eye. And for an hour afterward he stood back of the barn, scratching his chin, and trying to recall all the circumstances in the un- fortunate affair. r.-Dara6tsry .Ne,os.
Year: 1873

The appetite is generally keener in winter than in summer but the same low temperature which begets an increased desire for food is apt to do crease the debility of the stomach to digest 1t The most aggravated cases of acute dyspepsia oo- cur this season and the best, in fact, tho only way, to control and them, is to stimulate and tone the stomach and invlgorate and regulate the secretive and discharging organs. To do this promptly, safely and thoroughly (without involv- ing any change in the ordinary habits of the inva hd) 6 course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will be necessary. In order to accomplish a radica euro of indigestion, f is not enough to influence tho organs of digestion The liver, tho intestines tho circulation, every organ and evory secretion concerned in the work of assimlating the food and in carrying of tho waste matter of tho system, must be brought into Q natural condition. Upon all these portions of tho living machinery, the great vegetable medicine, which stands at the head of all modern restorattves, acts powerfully and benehcially. The feeble should take at least dose daily at all seasons of the year and it may be taken with great beneht twice Q day by all who predisposed to dyspepsia, biliousness or nervous attacks Ladies will find 1t a very present help in the latter class of complaints, and indeed in all the ailments incident to ths sex.
Year: 1873

The convention just held at Augusta to form State Woman Suffrage Con- vention surprised even the friends of this movement by the large attendance and great interest shown. It is very evident that the question is exercising the public mind and has gained strength to an extent that most persons are slow to admit. It is significant that it has already passed from the stage of jest and ridicule to that of re- spectful consideration and candid argu- ment and when a question like this has reached such a position 1t cannot long be kept out of the political field. Indeed, when such papers as the Port land Press and Belfast Jott1'naI-repre- senting both political parties - take strong ground in favor of the move ment, it is evident the question is like ly soon to become practical one.

 One of the objects of the convention at Augusta was to present the subject to the Legislature, and particularly to the Judiciary Committee of that body, who have before them resolve sub mitting to the people an amendment of our State Constitution, striking out the word "male" from Article 3, relating to the qualifications of electors. The adoption of such an amendment wonld extend the right of suffrage to women who are qualified to exercise such right in other respects. In order to submit the question to the people, two-third vote of each branch of the Legislature would be required. As there are many members opposed, or at least not com mitted, to woman suffrage, who would vote to submit the question to the peo- pie on the ground that many citizens desire the opportunity to test the pop ular judgment on the question, there is bare possibility that the resolve may be reported and receive the requisite vote to bring it before the people next September. r.-LeaOistoaCr Journal.
Year: 1873

The following is full text of General Farnsworth's bill to further amend the postal laws, as it passed the House of Representatives:

 Be it enacted, 6c., That on and after the 1st day of July next on all mail mat ter which is wholly or partly in writing, except book, magazine, and newspaper manuscripts and corrected proofs pass ing between authors and publishers, and excepting also correspondence or postal cards, on all printed matter which is so marked as to convey any other or further information than is conveyed by original print, except corrections of which is sent in violation of law or reg ulation of the Department respecting inclosures, and on all matter to which no specific rate of postage is assigned, postage shall be charged at rate of two cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof, and this provision shall include all letters commonly known as drop, or local letters, delivered through post offices or their carriers and magazine manuscripts and newspaper manuscripts are hereby declared to belong to the third-cla of mailable matter.

 SEC. 2. That from and after the first day of January next, under such regu- lations and in such manner as the Post master General shall prescribe, postage provided by law to bepaid upon printed matter or mailable matter of the second class shall in all cases be prepaid and collected at the offices respectively where such matter shall be mailed, and the postage on daily papers not exceed ing four ounces each copy in weight shall be charged and collected at the rate of fifteen cents per quarter; Pro- vided, that weekly newspapers within the respective counties where the same are printed and published, and none other, may pass through the mails free of postage as provided in the eighth clause of section 1S4 of the act to revise, consolidate and amend the estatuees rela- ting to the Postoffice Department.

 SEC. 8. That any person who shall take any letter, postal card or packet out of any postoffice or branch post office, or from letter or mai1-carrier, or which has been in any postoffce or branch postoffice, or in the custody of any letter or mail-carrier, before it shall have been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with the design to obstruct correspondence or pry into the business or secrets of another, or shall secrete, embezzle or destroy the same, shall, on conviction thereof, for every such offense forfeit and pay a pen atty not exceeding $500, or be impris- oned at hard labor not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the cO1lrt
Year: 1873

HUNG BY GOLDEN CHA1N.-A some what remarkable circumstance occurred in West Nashville the other day. A gentleman before retiring for the night, took the precaution to place his gold watch and chain under his pillow, that it might not be stolen without his being awakened. To his surprise, he woke up the following morning to find that it had unaccountably been spirited away. He remembered having heard his ser want making a fire, and came to the con- clusion that no one else could have ta- ken it. He called the servant in and made inquiries about it. The servant denied having seen it. This did not satisfy the owner, but the servant was, nevertheless, allowed to depart. His employer now instituted thorough search. After looking everywhere about the room, he found the watch forced half way into rat hole. He pulled it out. and to his great consternation found rat at the end of the golden chain, in which it had become entan- gled and been hanged by the neck un- til dead.
Year: 1873

One Of our C1G1Z6nS who has been troubled with severe cold on the lungs, effected his recovery in the following simple manner: He boiled a little boneset and hoarhound together, and drank freely of the tea before going to bed. The next day he took five pills, put one kind of plaster on his breast, another under his arms, and still another on his back. Under advice from an ex- perienced old lady he took all three off with an oyster knife in the afternoon, and slapped on mustard paste instead. His mother put some onion drafts to his feet and gave him lump of tar to swallow. Then he put some hot bricks to his feet and went to bed. Next morning, another old lady came in with a Bottle of goose oil, and gave him a dose of it in quill, and an aunt arrived about the same time from Bethel, with & bundle of sweet fern which she made into tea, and gave him every half hour until noon, when he took big dose of salts. After dinner his wife, who had seen @ fine old lady; of great experience in doctoring, on Franklin street, gave him two pills of her make about the size of an English walnut and of simi- lar shape, and two tablespoonfuls of homemade balsam to keep them down. Then he took half pint of hot rum at the suggestion of an old sea captain in the next house, and steamed his legs with an alcohol bath. At this crisis two of the neighbors arrived, who saw at once that his blood was out of order, and gave him a half gallon of spearmint ten, and big dose of castor oil. Before going to bed he took eight of a new kind of pill, wrapped about his neck a flannel soaked in hot vinegar and salt, and had feathers burnt upon shovel in his room. He is now thoroughly cured, and full of gratitude. We advise our readers to cut this out and keep il where it can be readily found when danger threatens. .-Danb,ry NeUs.

 Home Influence.

 Rev. Dr. Cuyler talks in this wise:- If the father generally talks money money, money at home, he generally rears family in worship of the almighty dollar. If he talks mainly horses games and races, he breeds a batch o1 sportsmen. If fashion is the family al tar, then the children are offered up as victims upon the altar. If man makes his own fireside attractive, he may req sonably hope to anchor his own children around it. My neighbor Q--maket himself the constant evening companion of his boys. The result is that his boys are never found in bad places. But il the father hears the clock strike clever in his clubhouse or the playhouse, he need not be surprised if his boys heal it strike twelve in the gaming room o1 the drinking saloon. If he puts the bottle on his own table, he need not wonder if drunken son staggers in by-and-by, at his front door. Wher the best friend that childhood and youth have becomes their foe, the homes become the starting post fol moral r11in