smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

There is q subtitle and delicate flavor
about California crime not to be match.
ed by the felonies of any other known
locality. They taste of the soil, There
is a region in SARDINIA the bitterness of
whose earth is perceptible in its honey;
and delicate tasters have noticed in
wines of Eastern France a flavor of
flint in those of Burgundy a smell
like that of the sprouts of wild eglan-
And the soil seems to transmit it's quail
ty to human actions, as we'll as it's
flavor to honey and wine, or grapes or
laurel blossoms. Here comes record of
q little criminal drama in five acts,
enacted there by the borders of the
Pacific, in which one Whitney, having
a sum of money IN bank and owing an
equal sum, consulted one Dixon as to
the best means of avoiding payment.
Dixon promptly counseled that Whit
ney should withdraw the money and
lodge it secretly in his hands, so that it
could not be attached by legal process.
This was done but when Whitney
desired to withdraw the sum from his
ingenious and guileless friend, the
latter denied all knowledge of the
transaction. Thereupon the despoiled
Whitney Graves the interposition of the
law, and makes clean breast of it.
The legal myrmidons overhauled
Dixon, and it is at last, discovered that
he has made over the cash to an evil
woman named Richardson, with the
understanding that both are to fly, re-
joining each other in a distant city,
where they can diffuse the booty in
peace. Searching and urgent investi-
cation of this person disclosed the fact
that she had just perfected her arrange
ments to throw overheard her fell
low felon and run away with another
man a man of the Hoodlum order,
with taking eye and correct taste in
hair oil. Search for this young man
brought to light the amusing fact that
he had spent quite good portion of
the money in purchasing a fugitive
outfit for another young woman, who,
as soon as she had got the articles, did
literally and actually fly with still
another young man about whom moth
ing is known, except that he seems to
be the only one in this strange success
sion of criminals who has reaped any
of the fruits of the original crime.
Considering the extreme complication
and embarrassment of everybody con-
cerned, and the small likelihood that
he will ever get any of his money back,
it is possible that Whitney may now
almost wish that instead of mobilizing
his capital in that secret fashion, he
had quietly paid bis debts with it.
Year: 1873

The tyranny of social custom is the
basis, as it is the bane, of Dutch life.
Every one submits to it, and in his own
turn exercises it the rich man in his
own manner the poor one in his. We
remember a very characteristic case in
point. Custom does not permit riding
ON horseback in the streets of Amster-
dana prohibition which doubtless
sprung into existence from the ancient
cleanliness of the town, and which has
always remained tacit assumption if
not a recognized fact. A young
progressist philosopher enaeavored in
our presence to disregard this prohibi-
tion. A saddle-horse was brought, and
he mounted it at his fathers door,
Hooting and Kisses followed him to the
very outside of the city, and the child
ren threw stones at the legs of the ami
nal he bestrode.


On the next and following days he re-
newed his attempt with true Dutch
phelgm, when the people again opposed
him with he same perseverance. Crack
ers were exploded so often under the
horses feet, that the life of the rider
was in danger, and no one, neither the
police nor public opinion, dared to in
terfere in his behalf. His own father,
quite Indifferent to the want of success
attending his sons rashness, said as
much to the effect that the Dutch peo-
pie had but exercised their right in re-
sisting innovation.


A married son or daughter never
dimes with the family without an ex-
press invitation. The same sort of for
maEty is also established between broth
er and sister, for they only visit each
other on the footing of guests. We
were one day praising to Dutch lady
the conservatory of a brother of hers
who lived in the same city.


81 have never seen it" she said, "as
[ only visit him in the evening""


AS a rule, never do married children
live under the same roof with their
parents. Therefore some difficulty
arises for them in the contraction of
marriage, since they must first of all
secure home, and that is not always
an easy matter in many of those semi
aquatic towns, more particularly in
Amsterdam Building ground is scarce,
and the pile foundations cost more than
the house itself. Such extravagant ex-
penditure as was common at the Repub-
lies zenith of prosperity is not to be
renewed often; thus generation sue
ceeds generation in the occupancy Of
the dwellings built centuries ago. A
family must therefore emigrate or die
out before another can take it's place,
and hence it is that the fathers of fam
lilies look out for a vacancy before mar
rying their children. In the meantime
the betrothal takes place, which, under
the double guarantee of honor and
Dutch sang froid, forms sufficient
bond of security, even though years
elapse before the marriage is celebrated.
Year: 1873

WOMEN AS BEARERS. A cere-
mony of singular interest was witnessed
at funeral in New York, at the Church
of the Immaculate Conception. The
deceased was a member of the Church
Sodality, and the funeral was conducted
by the ladies of the society. The pro-
cession, composed entirely of ladies,
moved from the house of the deceased
sister in East Fourteenth street to the
church. Six young ladies as pall-bearers
bore the casket, preceded by two ladies'
who carried the society's banner. A
large multitude followed the procession
into the church, where mass was per-
formed by the Rev. Father Mcclure.
At the conclusion of the church service
the pall-bearers carried the casket to
the door, and deposited it in the hearse,
whence the remains we're taken to Cal
vary Cemetery. San.
Year: 1873

In a healthy condition the skin is
kept supple by an oily secretion, which
answers the same purpose as oiling
leather. During warm weather this
secretion, in com mon with all the other
secretions of the skin, is more abundant
than in cold. When it is insufficient
the skin becomes dry and harsh and
insthose parts of the body where the
skin is thick and subject to much mo-
tion, as on the hands, it readily cracks
or assures. The amount OF this secre-
tion is so much reduced incold weather
that the frequent washing of the hands
with soap causes them to chap readily,
and this the more certainly if the soap
is not thoroughly washed off. The alkali
in soap is usually in excess, and this
combines with the oily secretion, and so
deprives the skin of its natural lubrica-
tor. To prevent the hands from chap
ping, then, be careful to wash all soap
from them thoroughly in clean water.
This will ordinarily suffice but if not,
it will be necessary to make good the
removed oil by the use of glycerine,
honey, mutton tallow, &c.
Year: 1873

OXYGEN NEEDED. Oxygen is the
great life principle of the animal body.
Let us beg you, then, to give the sick
person a full and constant supply of
fresh air. If you keep him well COW
cred, he can never take cold by having
the windows open day and night. If
the wind blows upon him, rub his face
and neck with your hands frequently,
and there can never be mischievous
impression made there. Remember
that although well man may live on in
q room with imperfect ventilation, a
sick one must have the help of pure
tonic atmosphere. Remember that
when typhoid fever attacks an army,
and there is a deficiency of hospital
accommodations those who lie in an
open shed or exposed to the dews and
storms do much better than those who
enjoy the average hospital facilities.
Year: 1873

The st. Louis Republican says: "We
sometimes hear of Texas steers on the
rampage in the thronged streets of a
city. There is terror in their wild
ness, and people give them wide berth
when they are fortunate enough to be
able to get out of their way. They are
no respecters of persons whom they
meet, and appear to regard all the world
as arrayed against them in a deadly
strife. When Texas steer gets on such
q frolic, his career is near its close. He
never gives up the chase but with life
A Texas man appears to be a still more
dangerous animal, and one of the kind
closely related to the brute lately broke
loose in Galveston. He started out
much as the steer starts, except that, in
addition to his horns, he carried large
knife, which he took occasion to plunge
in the backs and sides of people who
were in his way. He stabbed six men
in all, killing. one outright, mortally
wounding another, and making sore
places for four others. 1t was police
man he killed, and another policeman
whom he mortally wounded-the other
four were common riff-raf. He was
finally taken alive, and at the prelimin-
airy examination he tried to make it ap-
pear that he was suffering from delirium
tremens. He seemed to regret that he
killed only one of the six, and thinks
he could do better than that if he had
another trial with better knife. For
time some of the people thought that
legal forms in his case would be of no
use, and almost made up their minds to
take charge of him, but they finally con-
cluded to let the law take it's course.
His name is James B. Helm, and his
father and mother live in Floyd County,
Virginia.
Year: 1873

Lady Davies, in her recollections
tells the following amusing story: While
we were both standing opposite Mr..
W-'s dressing-room, the door of
which in the haste of his departure had
been left open, I perceived a gentle
mans wig hanging there, and inquired
of Mrs. W to whom it could belong,
for Mr.. W was the last man sus-
pected of wearing one. She burst out
laughing at my question, and in reply
to it exclaimed, "for goodness sake,
don't let him know-pray never say
that I told you; but that whig belongs
to my husband. Nor that alone, for he
had four in alone with very short
hair, as if it had just been cut another
with very long hair, as if it wanted cut
ting another with the hair moderately
long and one elaborately dressed for
parties. Sometimes" she added, Il
can scarcely prevent myself from laugh
ing when L hear an intimate friend ad-
wise him to go and get his hair cut, and
perceive how, by change of wig, it is
supposed that such advice has been
promptly taken"
Year: 1873

The Memphis AUdIdnche is exercised
over the probable candidacy of Judge Houk
for Gubernatorial hOnors. He is alluded to
as the candidate of the ''fund3rs.'' Judge
Houk is not candidate for Governor, as
we have reason to believe. But no matter
who is nominated by Republicans, whether
Judge HOAX or some one else, he will not
be tee candidate of either the "funders"
or "a1ti-fuuders."


The most noise now baing made on that
question is by men who would like TO lead
a third party movement. To suppose that
the Republicans will make tn s an issue in
the next canvass, is to suppose that party
as dead as the Democracy. Republicans
may not all agree on that question perhaps,
but they do agree thGs the credit OF the
State must be rigidly msiHtsiued. They
agree On this maiu principle, but they can
afford to disagree on the details by which it
is to be accOmplished-hnorUale Chron'
al,
Year: 1873

From the Columbia Herald.


Gen. WhitthOrne m de speech to a
large crowd in the court hous p, Monday.
L. was one of those pointed speeches that
ever fail to please snd interest the hearers.
His object was TO account to his constitu-
ents for bis conduct in Congress -tJ tell
,hern what he had done what he had
not done. He opened with
a terse and perspicuous exposition Of
the Credit Mobilier swindle; and made this,
10 the public-perplexing subject, perfect.
Il plain and comprehensive. he spoke OF
it as one Of the most Egigantic frauds ever
peTpetrated against people. He said that
the future politics of the country would
gTov out of commercial questions; and
said great deal in regard to the way IN
which railroad monopolies were tyranniz-
ing over the country and depressing the
people. That the farmers of the West
were already taking steps for self-defense
and that they would have to do SO in all
parts of the Union. The next point he
mentioned was the Banking question, He
said be was in favor of changing the law on
this point. He wanted to recall all the
National Bank Notes, and substitute
in the stead thereof the National
legal tender notes; for the reason that there
WAS q uSScrlIQlIaJlOu III ldNOT Ol Jne laSJ
named denomination Of currency, and for
other reasons. In conclusion the speaker
said that a great deal had been said about
the shack pay grab," ard made full
EXPLANATION Of the matter. de SAID his hrst
impulse was to leave the money in the
Treasury and not draw it; but after reflect
ia- that his people would be taxed to pay
il, DE determined to give them the beneht
of il. To accomplish this end ne mad Co
mated the amount TO the Southern Metho-
dist University, soon TO be established al
Nashville. The money is 10 remain IN the
hands of the trus, ,ees Of that institution as
a perpetual fund; and the interest Is 10 De
applied to the education Of such Joys as
lasv l,s recommended by the several Coun-
ty .ourts of this Congressional district
What wiser, better, or more generous dispooo
silion could have been made Of the money
Inr card to the passage Of the law Gen.
WhuIborne stated, as a matter OF history,
be was the only man from the South
e.n :. ates who made speech against IT..
Year: 1873

The Knoxville Press and Herald of tie
11th inst. says: The mutes of the deaf al d
Dumb School hugely enjoyed the coDster-
nation of a doctor and his Office boy, yes
terday. 1t was in this wise: A certain
physician, who had business in the Asy lum,
iefs his horse and buggy in charge OF boy,
while he went into the building. The boy
fell asleep, sitting in the buggy. Some of
the mutes discovered bis condition and un-
harnessed the horse, took him out of the
buccy and led him behind high fence.
They then took off the boys hat al
shoes and hung them on convenient tree:
The astonishment of the dcctor-When al
ter having finished his visit he came down
to get in his buggy-at the condition OF the
bow was only equaled to by the consterna-
ton OF the boy as be awoke to realizing
sense of being despoiled Of bis hat, shoes
and his employers horse. The last state
of mind of these two was worse than th9
first. The boy evidently believed the MO
docs had been around, Will the doctor
Thought of horse thieves. AL the while,
the mischievious mutes who were in hid
ing, enjoyed the bewilderment Of their VIC
ii ms. A search resulted in the discovery
of the missing articles and animal, but ];
will be long time before that boy goel
to sleep again while watching horse and
buggy.
Year: 1873

Kellogg, now that he has got the United
States troops again at his back, has been
sending dispatches here to-day asserting that
all resistance to his authority is at an end
aud that it has been very much exsggera-
ted. If the movements in opposition to
h i'm have been exaggerated, no one has
done it more than himself. Last Thursday
be sent dispatch here about every ten min
utes, begging piteously for help, and dis
tinctly cOnfessing his inability to sustain
his authority. Like all other towards and
usurpers, he is only brave when the dan
ger is past
Year: 1873

work of emancipation. In manner
halfapologetic, he said this might seem
strange, but there were occasions when,
uncertain how to proceed-when it
was not clear to his mind what he
should do-he had in this way submit
ted the disposal Of a subject to a High
er Power, and abided by what seemed
the Supreme Will. Events at Sharps-
burg had confirmed and strengthened
his original purpose in regard to eman-
cipation, and he had no hesitation in
issuing this preliminary order; the
States interested would decide forthem-
selves as to it's consummation.


This was not the only occasion when
ne manifested the peculiar faith or
trait here exhibited. It was doubtless
to be attributed in a great measure to
the absence Of early religious culture
"a want of educational advantages in
his youthful, frontier life. In the
wilderness of Indiana fifty years ago
there were few churches, and only an
occasional wandering preacher furnish
ed the sparse population with rude re-
ligious instruction. Although his
early opportunities for religious i'm
provement had been few, there was
deep-seated within him a feeling of de-
pendence and trust in that Supreme In
telligence which rules and governs all.


Some general conversation followed
the reading of the document, when the


President handed it to the Secretary
Of State, with directions to publish it
forthwith. THE History Of Enamel
patton" By the Hon. Gideon Wezzes, In
December GALAXY. @
Year: 1873

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TENDENCY TO DRuNKENNEss.-No
person can possibly know whether
there is in him the tendency to- inebri-
ETY. until it is stimulated into develop
ment. No person can possibly even
have this Development except by the
use of alcohol. The man who totally
abstains is safe, even though the ten
dency to inebriety may Turk within
him, the fearful legacy of an ancestor.
The man who drinks, no matter how
cautiously or moderately, may wake up
this devil within him, which no human
power can control. Health and safety
are on the side of abstience, while dam
ger, disease, and premature death are
in the pathway of the habitual drink
er.-Herdld of Health. 'aH er.1,.:. go
Year: 1873

And thus with his spade


And his bottle he goes -..
Through the light and the shade, d.
Mid his friends and his foes,
Making and spending,
Breaking and mending,
Now healing heart, and now bruising a
nose.


At last the gray hairs
You behold ON his brow,
And the old ditcher wears


Some deep traces now,
For life has rough used him,
And men have abused him,
And the ground to his shovel is harder
somehow.


He is on his last ditch
He is delving alone;
He has made others rich
With his sinew and bone;
But now as he bends him
In toll none befriends him,
For the strength that abode in his good
arm is gone.
His hoary old head


Is as white as the snow;
He tolls now for bread,
For his wages are low;
Life's vices and pleasures,
It's baubles and treasures,
No longer are honest Pats heritage now.
No kind hand to give


Him holidays rest,
He must toll if he'd live,


Tho sick and distressed;
He's not cen bottle
To cheer his old throttle,
And bring back moment of youth to his
breast.


X
He has toiled the long day,


But his labor seems dead;
His work will not pay


For his supper and bed,
And fever is o'er him
All who will restore him?
What gentle hand pillow the old ditcher's
head2


Lo! pale twilight comes
@ With the charm of witch,
Der the hearths and the homes


Of the low and the rich;
But over the meadow
There comes dark shadow,
And the old ditcher sleeps his last sleep in
his ditch.
Year: 1873

WORDS TO THINK OF.-Worki is


no dishonor and laziness is no credit


to any one. It is good to have good
wages; but half is better than nothing


and working for nothing is better than
idleness and vice. There is no true


manhood without independence. He
whose individuality. is swallowed up


by fashion,, folly orasociety, has lost


that which he may never regain, and


without which his life must be vain
one. He who restraints himself from
luxury may help Others in necessity,
He who helps others may look to God


to help him.. Difficulties are placed in
our way that we may overcome them,
and pass through conflicts to victories
and through victories TO triumphss


Pride goes before destruction, but hon
or, and nobleness, and independence of
soul, are profitable to man. .' I.s
Year: 1873

n
By wretch on the road;
.ss A wretch with want dying,
An infant was crying
In her arms, and she seemed broken down
with her load.
Pat drew anon near;
He heard the babe cry,
And big Irish tear


Rolled down from his eye.
He tried to conceal it,
But his heart would reveal it
As the tale of the fallen was told with 9
sigh.


He gave her advice;


But this was not all,
For his tools in a trice
From his grasp he let fall,
And deep from that socket
That men call a pocket
He drew forth his bottle, his purse, and
his all.


And he shook the seed dime


From his old "seedy" purse,
That he'd kept since the time
That he play'd with his nurse;
Twas his last and his only,
And Pat loved it fondly,
For he'd kept it through hunger, through
tatters, and worse.
Through many bout,
Through pain and through gloom,
Through dirt, darkness, doubt,
bikes, bitches and doom,
In life's every station,
From nation to nation
He had cherished that seed of fortune
to bloom.


''Here, take it." he said,


"Last night had more,
But the ground was my bed,
And this morn was poor
Idelve for my living,
But wasting and giving
Soon hurries me back to my ditch in the
moor"


He turned him apart


When he'd told her all that;
His big Irish heart
Felt as large as his hat,
AS it throbb'd and it futtered
With delight never uttered
Save when it was told in the bosom of Pat.
He delved the week thro'


And he made the dirt fly,
And his ditch longer grew


As his bottle grew dry; .,--.
The task was diminished
Till at last it was finished, -.
And his pay was in hand and his holiday
nigh.
O Saturday eve! 70


1t is Patrick's delight,
For it comes to relieve


His fatigue with fight,
For buffets and bruising
And whiskey's ill-using
Is the cream that Pat skins from his day
of respite.
Harki fight; but not his,


Yet he enters with zest,
And bears his broad phiz


For the weak and oppressed.





The fight is all over,
And night with its cover
Hides penniless Pat as he grounds him to
rest.
Year: 1873

Il


BY THos. E. HOGG. er-
A wonder is Pat,


AS he trudges along
With his old slouched hat
Through the worlds busy throng,
Nor caring, nor fearing,
But hero-like bearing
The butt-end of labor and lash-end of
wrong.


I saw him one day


With his shovel and spade
And his pipe, march away
To his ditch in the glade,
While out of that socket
That men call pocket
His bottles neck shone like the smile of
maid.


His coarse overshirt Ef
Was tattered and torn,
His pants full of dirt,
And his shoes they were worn;
But his shovel was cleaning,
And his broad features beaming
AS bright as the broad open beam of the
All! rough thou vert, Pat,
Ger thy mission of ftoil:
But ali what is that
To the man who must moil9
No heart has beat ever
More gentle and clever
Than beats in thy bosom, thou son of the
soil
As he passed to his ditch


Down in the wet moor,
A man proud and rich


Called Pat by his door,
Year: 1873

The Boston Post, in the course of n
interesting article on the Massachusetts,
State Prison, thns describes one of the
prisoners:


In the same room is a man by the
name of Darling, who is also serving
out life sentence. for highway rob
berry. He has been here several years,
and is yet a young man. He is fine
looking convict and yet young man,
a genius, and Notwithstanding the fact
of his imprisonment, he asserts hisde-
termination that tfe world shall yet
acknowledge his power. He is a re-
markably good artist, and he showed,
at the request of the officer, piece of
work on which he was engaged, and
which he intended for present to a
lady in Cambridge, who has been very
kind to him. 1t is an illustrated copy
of Gray's Elegy, which he is making,
printing and all, with pen and brush.
Thetitle-page is exquisitely illustrated
and all the illustrations are as carefully
finished as steel .engravings. The
drawing is spirited and the whole con-
ception good. He has seized the spirit
of the poem with. correctness and
fidelity that show an entire apprecia-
ton. He is justly very proud of his
work, and his eyes shone as praise fol-
lowed Oh examination of it,.


"Has it taken you long ?"


"Eight months to do what you see
there; but can only work at it about
an hour and half day. If 1 could
but give my whole timeto it"-and he
turned away to the drudgery OF his
every day toll. This man was made
for better things, but he went wrong,
and by his own action made his life a
failure, and to such rare promise
brought such sad fulfillment.