smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

"No more gold Z
"None."


"How muon have we got T.


Edgar Percy took up the knapsack lying
by his side and weighted it critically.
1t was several nights after we last left
our adventures. No more troublesome
visits had been made by their enemy, and
they had explored the entire gulch and
had collected all the golden nuggets they
could find. Now, in the moonlight, in
their little camp on top Of the highest
bluff, they were seated talking over their
good fortune.


The above question Percy did not at
once answer.


This knapsack holds about ten pounds
of the stuff the little buckskin bag about
four or five pounds. With the loose curl
osites and nuggets We have in our pock.
cts, | should say that We have about fifteen
pounds Of solid gold.


"A fortune T. calculated Werner.


"A long way from fortune, but good
beginning, said Raymond.


''lf we could only use it, said Percy,
as he thoughtfully poised in air the KNAPP
sack. tell you, my friends, if We could
reach Australia we would not lack for
means to keep us alive until we struck a
rich lead. "


He took the knapsack and little buck
skin bag and placed them under boulder
where they kept their treasure The
precious hoard was always with them when
they we're awake, and they slept near it
always. Soon thereafter they sought rest


With the conscious and prevailing con
viction that the enemy who had stolen
their goods and boat had left the island
after his second attack upon them, had
come carelessness.


No one watched, for they feared no in
trusion. They were soon all three of
them fast asleep, all unconscious of the
fact that their common enemy had been
watching them. A stealthy form had been
secreted behind a large boulder near by,
and as he became convinced that they
were asleep, he cautiously approached the
camp, and stepping over their sleeping
bodies, pushed away the boulder under
which the gold was .secreted, secured the
knapsack and the bag, and was soon haste
ming down the hillside towards the beach.
He had overheard their conversation, had
taken advantage of their temporary ne
glect Of their hard earned treasure, and
had received the benefit Of their labor.


It was early morning when Werner and
Percy we're awakened by loud cry from
Raymond Then there was a wild and ex-
cited commotion.


What Is it n demanded Percy and
Werner in the same breath.


''Gone !" cried Raymond.


What is gone r. they cried.


The gold =


They rushed to the boulder. Sure
enough, it had been disturbed, and the
gold was gone


They picked up their guns and hastened
down the hillside, scarcely knowing what
they did.


There on the beach was their boat, and
Just entering 1t was form-their enemy.


As he entered the boat and pushed away
from the shore, he threw off his cap an6
rough, savage-hke garb, revealing as ht
did his real identity.


And as he sailed away with the COLDER
nuggets, Raymond uttered a cry Of rage
and surprise, for the savage was none otheI
than Blrney, the police spy Of Sydney
Year: 1875

LONDON has another new industry A
man sdvertises himself as 'Knocker up
and window ticker, from three to seven"
He wakes heavy sleepers who wish to get
up early. Window tickling il waking with
out ringing the bells, by means of long
pole, with which he taps on the window
pane.
Year: 1875

The Georgia papers report that one
hundred and five personc were killed and one
hundred and twenty-three wounded by the
terrible tornado which passed over portions OF
that state few days ago


The new tax bill before the Virginia
legislature, providing for the funding of the
state debt by means of tax OF fifty cents on
every hundred dollars of assessed value OF real
estate to be discharged by the payment of
forty cents lawful money, has been defeated
by large majority.
Year: 1875

A writer il Scribner's says "Thore
is no greater delusion than that OF sup
posing that the best music can be en-
joycd only by the musical. Ordinary
people can derive keen pleasure from a
sympathetic listening to great music ii
they will but believe that they can, and
so attend to it accordingly. There is
no need of being batiied by want OF
knowledge concering keys; nor by an
Ignorance of modulation. Your nex'
neighbor may know that the air begal
in G major, and then passed into !
minor, but you can get your own sim
pler pleasure out of it. What Is 1t tt
me what Titun's secret of color Nigh
have been? He had it, and that il
enough for one who cannot even draw
The first rule in listening to music is
to listen. We do not want to arouse
ourselves to frenzy of delight, bu
we do want to hear what the music il
like. A very simple and very good rul'
for those who are perplexed by an or
chestra, and who fancy they are puz
zeld to know where the tune comes IN,
| is to listen to one instrument, the
violins, for instance, alone for a time.
These viii probably take up the melody
and sing il plainly enough, then the
movement may become more compii-
Gated, and the air seems to have grown
more florid, to be broken perhaps into
brilliant fragments, but hearken THE
viCloncelli have taken it up, and over
it floats this new and lovely strain OF
yiolins, then the flutes catch the melody,
the cornets and the bassoon swell the
harmony, the drum makes it rhythmic
beats, the whole orchestra is alive with
the theme, and before you know 1T you
are in the very center OF the music,
and what was before involved and IN
tricate now becomes plain and beauti
full"
Year: 1875

The great puzzle just now is "what
does the srmiDg, equipping and COM
missionipg Of sll our war vessels mean m
Every officer fit for service has been
ordered to sea and every vessel capable
Of carrying a gun has been prepared
for sea service. One theory on all this
alone offers, and that is thst the Pres
ident intends either TO recognize the
belligerency Of the Cuban insurgents OF
recommend congress to lake some special
action in the matter; and this ia the
theory held by many naval officers. If
this is the purpose of the President, they
say the present extraordinary naval
preparations can be easily explained. If
not, they confess themselves SAL at sea"
in refereLcs to an activity at our navy
yards that defies any other solution.
Year: 1875

AN effort is 10 be made upon the meet
ing Of c)ngTtss tomorrow, to unseat
Senator Ferry, and elect more pro-
nOunced Radical to the position Of Vice
President pro tenn. The senator, on the
other hand, is determined to hold his
position al AL hazards. He says that he
will take the chair when the session
opens and call the body to order, snd
that they cannot remove him upon any
pretense whatever. The possibility Of
his succeeding in the Presidency has
alarmed the Radical faction, and if his
removal can be compsssed in any way
with any regard for decency and prece-
dent, there is no doubt that it will be
Year: 1875

The fourteenth instant Is set by the
ID smoc1adc executive committee Of the
city o. Memphis for The election of ward
dsle-atsg 70 the city convention for q C
nominst )n Of mayor. which will lie
held 81 the Exposition building Oh the
sixteenth st ten O'Clock.
Year: 1875

hand, yell petulautly. "Shoo-fyw Then
anarchy "a thing utterly unknown on
the floor Of the house,, would reign su-
preme, and the congress Of the United
Stats would blow up in a genuine Guy
Fawkes explosion, and pass away In
shame and disgrace But let US not
dwell, even in fancy, on the unhappy
scene


New York World.l


OF Mr. Cox nothing can bs said new
to New York or the west, for nothing
but good can be said of him He is one
of the most gallant, unstsined, hOnoTed
Democrats. II is coed sign of the
times that IN his old State OF OaiO-a
congressional district which he form erly
reF santeC-h's personal worth and
feslty to true Democratic principles 80
engage the affection and interest OF the
Democratic delegation that, despite his
views on the currency question, most of
its members are ready to give him At
least a complimentary vote.
Year: 1875

over or buried, or with regard to which
we eau say, Well, it was not satisfactory,
but after all the man who was tried was
very bad man, and il be had not COM
mitted the o6ense which be did he would
have tried 10 do something else, so the
best thing we could do was to confue
him"


Sir Garnet Wolseley, the conqueror of
the Ashantees, has been sent out to
Natal, and through his tact and common
sense it is hoped the relations between
KaGrs and colonists will become more
harmonious.
Year: 1875

Every woman is supposed to know
how 10 shop, but sometimes members
of the sex are cheated, and for this res.
son few hints will not be Inappropriate.
Real thread" lace always has but enc
knot in the dots while the imitation has
two. Grape (made of cotton) can be got
for seventy-ive cents a yard, and will
turn a beautiful gray in very short
time. Then the Lyons manufacturers
make some Grape from refuse silk and
other from better material. The real
English Grape, which is the best has the
name Courtauld on the box. Withal il
is sadly deceptive. Even old hands
must sometimes weigh two pieces OF
Grape before they can tell which is the
better A real French chip hat or bon
net can be rolled up and bent down and
twisted in and out without showing a
scar. Real French flowers are always
made of the very finest material, and the
stems are most neatly and carefully
finished They are really artistic, and
will bear an amount of use and even
abuse which would ruin the ordinary
cheap article.
Year: 1875

An Agent Wanted for Each Town


and County in the United States.


Parties desiring to act as agents must sc-
company their application BY letter Of recon-
meHdaiion as to character and responsibility
from and signed by the editor Of newspaper
published in the town or county for which
agent proposes to act. The agency is to sell
tae bonds Of the Industrial Exhibition Com
Year: 1875

this law. Be pretty sure that in nine
cases out of ten the blacks will be put
up to create disturbances hy white
incendiaries at their back. On these
keep an eye, Il watchful eye, and hold
them to, we care not what, stern ac-
countability. The Civil Rights bill
does not empower them to impcru the
peace and safety of society by their
Internal machinations, and it will be
well for them to remember that they
have y long account of arrearages to
settle with the people of whom they
have been the appointed jailors and
tOrmentOrS.
Year: 1875

tHATrANOOGA, March G.-Thc pas
sage of the Civil Rights bill is causing
considerable feeling everywhere. Two
OF the principal hotels here have given
up their license, and will run as private
boarding houses.


\ white man tried to hire q negro to
seat himself at the table in tho Read
House dining room last night, but tho
nrGr" was fearful OF the consequences.
There were Il number of kentucli ians
taking supper at the time, and would
have pitched the negro out of the win
dow II he had attempted it. The din
inG-rorm being in the second story,
the consequences would have boom
serious. .
Year: 1875

hold Office. The ex rebels are willing
negroes shall vote for white Demo-
Gratis, but that is the only franchise
or favor they will extend to him.
For colored man to be elected to
Office, or to vote the Republican
ticket, Is crime punishable with
death. One dispatch not heretofore
published in this connection accom-
pnnies the report, by reading which
it Will be seen what sort of men are
to control the government when the
Republican party goes out of power.
1t was sent by J. G. Gates and A. III
Mason. of Trinity, Texas, to the
President OF the Board of Supervi-
sors, whom they supposed to be a
white man and Democrat. But he
happened to be colored man and q
Republican, and presented the orig
inal dispatch in evidence--as fol-
lows:


Do you want any men? We can
raise a crowd in twenty-four hours
TO kill out your niggers.
Year: 1875

Many Changers throughout the
country are now building or rent
ing halls for permanent use in hold
ing their meetings, and are other
wise showing unmistakable signs of
vigorous life and prosperity, and OF
the good and wholesome principles
of the order when properly under.
stood and acted upon without refer.
ence to partisan politics. Many
other oranges are eons01fd6tfng, and
many disbanding.
Year: 1875

the colored people in the South, and
to sustain the kellogg government
in Louisiana. He has great power
under the Ku Klux legislation, and
can go as far as he likes with an OPP
position House Of Representatives
ready to call him to an account for
his conduct. Those who are inti-
mate with the President say that he
will take the responsibility Of pro-
tecting the Union people of the
South, and that he will pay little at.
tention to the opposition House OF
Representatives if it attempts to in.
terfere.
Year: 1875

The Washington correspondent of
the Albany Journal, in a recent let
ter. says:


Many of hesDemocrats here do not
pretend to deny in private the gen.
erai and appalling condition Of af-
fnirsin the South. One Of the DEM
ocratic members Of Congress from
Alabama did not hesitate to declare
the other day, as / personally know,
that the Republicans really carried
that State in the last election, though
Democratic majority of over thir-
teen thousand was counted up. j do
not suppose Mr.. Marshall will unite
in the report of his colleagues on the
Louisiana Committee, and yet he
stated on Saturday that to say there
was no intimidation In Louisiana
was not true. Others of the Demo
Gratis freely admit the facts In pri-
vate, and frankly say they expect as
party to get possession Of the
Southern States in this way.


There is no Disgusting the fact
the country is approaching very
grave crisis. The calinest and most
unimpassioned men here are pro-
foundly Impressed with the magni-
tude OF the danger. They under
stand the spirit and purposes of the
rebei element as the country does
nat and they know that the success
fof that pdfty portends peril - the
blacks, peril to all Union men in the
South, and peril to the country. The
absolute domination OF that force In
the Democratic party Is even now
perceptible. Every prominent Dem.
ocrat here is already bowling to the
South. When John Young Brown
spit out his rebel venom the other
day, no Democrat had the courage To
condemn him. The South will rule
the caucus and command the party.
1t can not be controlled. And when
these facts fully appear and these dis
plays are made, as they certainly
will be, then, If not before, the coun.
try will wake up to the danger be.
fore It and will stretch forth its hand
to rescue itself.


j have the strongest confidence
30 said to-day one Of the least excita-
BILE and best judging statesman We
have, who has just been through the
South--tbat the Republican party
will carry the election in 1876. His
confidence IL based upon the belief
that when the unrepentant rebels
show out their spirit as they are do
ing now and will do In greater de-
gree In the next Congress, the patri-
otic sentiment Of the land will be In
spired and consolidated as 1t was dur
ing the war.
Year: 1875

How SPgEcER MORRIS THREW A BIBY Our
OF THE WMpow.-Spencer Morris, about
ginger bread color, was called in The Police
Court Yesterday to answer the charge OF un-
lawfully and feloniously throwing Joseph
White, infant child of Felicia Harris, from q
window, &c. This was the case mentioned
in the paper yesterday. Spencer came up
much excited, but looking very repentant.
The witness told the old, old story. "The
poor. fellow had taken q little too much"
One witEess, q colored girl to whom Spencer
had probably been paying bis respects, and
who saw: the whole afflir, which created 80
much excitement in RutherfoorG's row as well
as in other parts OF the city, stepped up to
give her testimony. She wanted TO take


Spencer's part evidently, although q Com.
monwealth witness. Her story was short.
She had nursed the child to sleep and laid it
on the bed. Spencer had been sleeping oti
the effects of bis little frolc on the same bed,
but got up without seeing the baby, and
thinking that the bed needed sun and air,
which possibly was the case, quietly rolled
up the mattress, infant and all, and slung ii
out Of a two-story window. That settled
thematter with the Justice. Spencer pleaded
that he didn't mean to hurt the baby-didn't
even know that the baby was on the bed.
The Justice thought he ought to have known
it, and gave him sixty days to repent of bis
folly unless he sooner gave $500 security.
Year: 1875

As the summer is approaching, and
the time Of mating draws near, il
may be well to call the attention Of
house keepers to the fact that, as
there is right way to put down
Canton mating, it is the almost uni
versal practice to put it down wrong.


Most persons cut the lengths and
then, layiRg the breadths in their
proser places. on the floor, proceed to
drive q vast number of taeks I'D and
down the edges. This method serves
the purpose OF keeping the covering
very tightly on the floor, but it in.
jures the boards aud ruins the mat
tings. Every tack breaks one straw
and perhaps more.


These Canton mattings are made
on boats, where they are woven in
short pieces about two yards long.
These short pieces are afterwards
Joined together on the shore in
lengths Of about forty yards. 1t is
easy te see where these two-yard
pieces are Joined, and the first thing
to be done, after the mating is cut
into proper lengths, Is to sew these
pisces across and across on the wrong
side, to keep the joints from opening
Then sew the breadtbs together, and
tack it to the floor in the same man.
1er you treat a CARPET. Mattings
made in this way will last fully twice.
IS long as where they are tackled in
Every breadth


A good mating should last six or
even years.
Year: 1875




What blessing to a household is
merry, cheerful woman-one whose
spirits are not affected by wet days
or little disappointments one whose
milk of human kindness does not
sour in the su unsbine of prosperity.
Such a woman in the darkest hours
brightens the house like & piece Of
sunshiny weather. The magnetism
of her smiles and electrical bright
ness of her looks and movements in
feet every one. The children 20 TO
school with a sense of something
great to be achieved the husband
goes into the world 10 q conqueror's
spirit No matter how people annoy
and worry him all day, far Off her
presence shines, and be whispers to
himself, "At home | shall find rest. "
So day by day she literally renews
his strength and energy; and if you
know a man with q beaming face,
kind heart and a prosperous busi-
ness, in nine cases out Of ten you
will find he has a wife Of this kind.
Year: 1875


This is my little sweetheart dead.
Blue was her eye and her cheek was red
And warm at my touch when saw her last,
When she smiled on me and held me fast
with the light, son clap of her slenderhand
And now beside her may stand and stand
Hour affer hour, and no blush would rise
On her dead white cheek, and her shut blne eyes
VIII never unclose at my kiss or call
II this is the end, n this be all
That am 10 know Of this woman dear;
II the beautiful spirit / know lies here,
with the beautiful body cold and still;
II while stand here now and thrill
With my yearning memories sore at heart
For token or a sign to rend apart
The pitiless veil there is nothing beyond;
II this woman, so fair, 50 fine, 50 fond
A week ago--fond, ine and fair
With the life, the soul that shOne out there
In her eyes, her voice, which made her In truth
The woman loved; ifthIs woman foEsOOth
Ia dead as this dead clay that lies
Under my gaze with elose-shut eyes,
Then what is the meaning Of life Bhen death
Can break II all, as brooks at a breath
The ehlld's blown bubble afioat in the sun:
What is the meaning Of all is done
When this breath goes out into empty air,
Like this childish plaything, himsy and fair:
What is the meaning Of loves long pain,
The yearning memories that rend and strain
The living heart or the living soul,
If this Is the end, IL this Is the whole
OF life and death--this little span
That drops In the dark before the plan
Which the brain oonceiyes is half complete,
Making life bnt the bubbles empty eheatf
When year ago, through all the mare
or speculation's far-hupg hare,
l followed on with careless tread,
had NOT looked then or ny dead-
My dead so Infinitely dear,
MY dead that coldly lying here
Mocks my fond heart with semblanee fAir,
Chills me with measnreless despair.
Then could calmly measure fate
With Natures laws, and speculate
On all the doubts that science brlngs;
Now, standing here, what is Il springs
Within my soul, that makes despair
Not quite despair? o fond, o fair,
D, little sweetheart, dead TO me,
Somewhere or other thou must wait for me,
Somewhere, somewhere shall not look In vain
To find thy living face, thy living love agsiR


-IzdepsHdeaf.
Year: 1875

Until within a few years past


there has been in the possession Of a


prominent family down the Chemun0


river, from Elmira few miles s1


object which passes q history Of ia


own, the skull Of human being II


was put to rather a strange usage.


as it bad been rigged up for q chip


hunks cage and sat On 3 bench near


the door. Out and in through the eve


holes ran the little animal, grinning


at the by-stsnders from the mouth


and munching its corn and nuts while


watching from the nose. Right in
the centre of the forehesd Of the
skull was a small bullet-hole. When
Sullivan's army passed through this
valley sn adopted son Of the Indian
Cornplanter, named Watt Baldwin,
preceded il as a scout, as be was
thoroughly posted to Indian warfare.
and knew the country IS well as be
knew his own dooryard. On the
day before the famous battle at
Baldwin's Greek, Watt was scouting
about the hills bet Seen the army's
camp at the foot Of New.oWn Greek
and what is now Wellsburg Care
fully making bis way through the
woeds. his quick eye saw the head
Of an Indian pop up from behind
log a short distance from him. He
placed himself behiad tree and
watched When the head came up
again be fred, and there was one
less Indian in the Chemung Valley.
Ten or twelve years after the close
OF the war. the scout with bis grand
son was walking on the bills in the
vicinity Of the occurrence. "LOtey,"
be said, "Cornplauter killed an In
dian somewhere about here and lef
him. Let rs see If We can't End him.
He found the tree from the shelter Of
which be had fred, and presently
the log behind which the Indian bad
ain. After some further search and
digging, the bones Of the fallen brave
we're discovered with the bullet hole
a the centre Of the forehead. And
,ut Of the skull was the ehipmunk's
age made-ElmiTa Observer
Year: 1875

According to VI. Beaudemoulin, If
a quantity OF dry sand is placed in a
box Of thin sheet iron, or even in a
canvass bag, and subjected to q slight
compression, it forms a mass capable
Of resisting pressure Of sixty tons,
without breaking or even slrsining
the envelope The sand, however,
remains perfectly divisible, so that if
small hole be made in the bag it
flows slowly, and with so little force
that. a small piece Of paper passed
over the opening will check the fow
even with sixty tons weight upon it.
Beaudemoulin thinks this discovery
may be utilized for building purposes
since the filed boxes need merely be
held in q place by framework, while
being very thick. they would form q
protection for dwellings against vari-
ations Of temperature. Such walls,
moreover, would be FIRE proof It is
also suggested that for lowering
heavy buildings, which, by a change
Of street levels, have been left too
high above the roadway, the sand
bags could be placed beneath, and
their contents allowed gradually to
escape. thus letting the load slowly
settle down.