smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

FINDING A BOOTJACK.-A house
keeper writes the following plaint to the
Cleveland Leader:


When the average husband of the
period wants to find bOotiack he steps
to the buttery door, and leaning against
the doorway with his hands in his
pockets, whistles meditatively as his
eyes wander along the upper shelves.
When a break in the tune occurs, you
may know he has found the cake, which
he devOurs absently, still looking for the
bOOtjaek. Being now deprived of that
aid to misunderstanding he executes
a waltz in slow movement, sustained by
large piece of cake in one hand, q
sizable pickle in the other. After a
while, as the bOotjack does not make its
appearance the husband does, at the
door of the room where you are getting
/ the baby to sleep, and shouts "Jane," at
/ the top of his voice, under the impress
sion that you are up stairs, an impress
sion speedily removed. To cover the
confusion of his retreat, he steps on the
dogs tail and bumps the bird-cage with
his head, then wants to know what you
have done with that bOotjaek, and why
it is that you never keep things in their
place. If you are wise, and simply and
calmly point, like Columbia, to the OBJ
ject in question hanging on its aecus-
toned nail, he seizes upon it wrathfully,
with the solemn vow that it was not
there when he went through the room
before.


The offending boots are finally left in
the doorway where it is convenient to
trip over them, and serenity transpires
unless you have occasion to go around
them, when you will at once see theiI
value as a natural means of Obstructing
a passage-way. 1t is estimated that one
pair of boots judiciously disposed about
an apartment of medium size, will pre-
vent either well-disposed person or a
professional burglar from quietly MAX
/ ing his way about it.


At tea time the average husband does
not care about any cake; it isn't much
I like that his mother used to make.
Year: 1873

IT is BETTER.-Better to wear calico
dress without trimming, If it be paid
for, than to owe a shop-keeper for the
most elegant silk, cut and trimmed in
the most bewitehing manner.


Better to live in log cabin, all your
own, than n brown stone mansion be-
longing to somebody else.


Better walk forever than run into debt
for a horse and carriage.


Better to use the old cane-seated
chairs and faded three-ply carpet than
tremble at the bills sent home from the
upholster's for the most elegant parlor
set ever made.


Better to pay the street organ-grindel
for music, if you must have il, than owe
for grand piano.


Better to gaze upon bare walls than
pictures unpaid for.


Better to eat thin soup from earthen.
ware, If you owe your butcher nothing
than dine off lamb and roast beef, and
know that 1t does not belong to you.
Year: 1873

Elliott 4 Haythornc take pleasure in an.
nouncing that they intend to dispose OF their
stock Of boots and shoes now on hand at
positively cost prices, preparatory to filling
up their shelves with the new spring stock.
Now is the time 10 get cheap boots and
shoes. The stock TO be sold is all Of first
class goods, and great bargains for the buyer
will be made. 2.ls-lw
Year: 1873

We understand there is person in
town tuning painos (or trying to)
aud using the cards and trying to "sail'' nm
der the reputation OF the conservatory of
music. To such person we say beware
We have no objection TO good tuner of
good reputation doing work of that kind
here. but we should prefer to have the CHI
zens of Cairo and vicinity appreciate ..homc
industry" by applying at the conservatory of
music If they want to get such work done.
instead of trusting it TO unknown and ire
sponsible persons. The undersigned is re-
sponsible person, and Will tend to pianos by
the year at very reasonable rates.


DIRECTOR CONSERVATORY OF Music.


2-25-lt
Year: 1873

Ice is running heavy out OF the Mississippi
river. and again We record the fact that
navigation is suspended. Boats started to
It. Louis on Sunday, but after proceeding
up about twenty miles, they had TO return
on account Of the ice in the river.
Year: 1873

By passengers from Ysnkten last
evening we have later advices ofthe
fight between the Sioux and Poncas
at Ponca Agency. There was no
cessation Of hostilities up to Saturday
morning, and the prospect was that
the fight would continue until the ar
rival Of the military, which is now
presumed to be en- route from Ran
dali, the nearest scene of conflict.
The Sioux number about two hun
dred warriers, while the Poncas can
muster only about sixty-6ve braves,
but the discrepancy is somewhat
balanced by the Poncas being on
trenched in their agency buildings.
There are conflicting reports concern.
ing the unmber killed, but the lowest
estimate places the number at TWEEN
ty.


We hear one instance Of the fight
which is worth mention. A Sioux
brave had gained the shelter of one of
the buildings, from which position
he was enabled to fire at bis foes
from a short range. While he was
standing just at the edge of the build
ing, loading his gun, Ponca squaw
rushed from the house, and before
he could defend himself, gave him
slashing out across the abdomen with
a huge knife, literally embowling
him. AS she struck him the Sioux
involuntarily bent forward, clasping
his abdomen with both hands, and
just at that instant the sguaw grab.
bed him by the hair, and with one
stroke of her knife scslped him.
Shaking her CORY trophy aloft. she
gave shrill cry of defence, and dart
ed back into the building in safety,
followed by dozen balls from as
many Sioux, who from distance saw
the result of the sortie. The effect
was perfectly msddening on the
Sioux, for to have one of their war
riors scalped by q squaw was dis
grace which could only be wiped out
by the blood of the entire accursed
band of Poncas. They rushed for
the buildings, but were met by a FIRE
which laid several of fthem low, and
so cooled the ardor of the rest that
they retired to q safe distance. with
out having injured their foes. The
act of the squaw seemed TO inspire
the Poncas, and faunting from win
dow the scalp of the unfortunate
Sioux, they uttered yells of derision
and contempt which nearly drove
the Sioux frantic. Further intelli-
gence from the scene of conflict is
awaited with anxiety.-Siosr Gty
Journal.
Year: 1873

as the murdered man doubtless had
lain, in quiet sleep. a single dark
apot on the sill of the door attracted
his attention. He stopped down and
examined it. Some one had evil
dently tried to scrape the place with
knife, but the stain was in too deep
to be removed. Was it blood
could the murderer, retreatiug to his
own room have dropped this trace
of his crime, aud been unable to OBJ
literate it?


Mr.. Pryor felt conviction that he
was right at last He cared to make
no further search. Replacing the
clothes press, he left the room, and
went to his own room to ponder over
the discovery which he had made.
Was this cold, respectable and pious
brother fratricide If not, who
oiled the hinges and rollers so that
noiseless access could be had from
his room to that of the murdered
man ? He did not intend to be led
away second time by single sus-
picious circumstance, but this time
he could hardly doubt that he had
discovered the murder er.


Unfortunately he could not see his
way to his next step in the matter.
With neither the brother nor the still
disconsolate widow could he hope to
establish anything like an intimate
acquaintance. He could not listen
at their key holes without the Ger.
tainty CT detection, a fact which he
greatly regretted for, like most
men with hobby, he acted upon
the theory that all means were jasti-
fable that contributed 70 tb6 euooess
of his plans. He debatod = to his
proper courss ~ eday or twes and
then he decided that 10 Would con
Year: 1873

the question of the illegnIity Of such
marriage, for until Parliament passes the
wished-for bill no court can pronounce In
it's favor. But this case may be taken as
an indication that the Court Of Chsneery
doe not consider such marriages as par
ticIlarly wrong
Year: 1873

our distinguished contemporaries, the
ErcEuig Post and the World fall into an error
when they say that neither Senator CoSkLING
nor Senator HOWE can be appointed Chief Jus
tee ot the United States because of the consti-
tutiohal prohibition against the appointment Of
any Senator to a civil ONCE whose emolument
has been increased during the term OF such SEN
htor. The term of senator CoNKLING and Scna-
tor HOWE ended on the ith Of March last, and
each OF them entered upon new term. During
the old term they would have been affected by
the prohibition, but at present II constitutes no
obstacle To their promotion.
Year: 1873

The officers OF the treasury department
and members of the examining board of
that department, left Washington
Thursday night for Sc. Louis and the
southwest to apply civil service rules and
regulations to the offices of customs and
independent treasury service as fall
within their operation.
Year: 1873

The Arkansas Legislature hss been
considering memorial to Congress
asking that body to give the people OF
the State "s good republicsu govern
ment q good monarchy; or s good des-
Pot'sn. They want q decent national
government of some name.
Year: 1873

A Berlin photographer is report
ed to have made an ingenious trick
to attract customers. The artist
pretended he could make photo
graphs of gentlemen so lifelike
that their dogs would be able to-
recognize them. When these were
held up before the dogs of the own
ers, the dogs would wag their tails
and lick the pictures. The other
photographers of Berlin, who were
unable to perform anything similar,
watched their colleague, and finally
discovered his secret. 1t was
very simple proceeding. All he
did was to cover the photographs
with thin layer of lard, which the
dogs of course smelled and then
licked of.
Year: 1873

Hundreds squander time not
alone in the morning, but during
all the day. They waste time on
both sides of dinner, at every in
terval of business, at evening"
Men waste their time in worse than
frivolous talk, in lounging and gad-
ding, in needless sleep, in slow and
lazy performances of the little du-
ties of life. They read nothing but
trash they mediate none. They
seek no useful information they
gild the surface Of their lives with
some slight accomplishments, and
then when tho rub and tug of life
comes on, and they are showed out
of the way by rude but tough no
lures, they whine and complain of
i'll luck, of the worlds coldhearted-
ness, and envy the fortunate and
long for good luck.
Year: 1873

As we seem to be cutting down.
the forests in the West, without re-
gard to the requirements Of poster
ity as to lumber and firewood, il
may be well to know what is going
on at Eastman, Mass, towards re-
plenishing the stock. There they
have tried the experiment Of plant
ing pine seeds on the waste land,
one thousand acres of which are
now covered with thrifty pine from
seed sown. The land thus covered,
but for this protection, would have
been waste tract of shifting sand.
AS a consequence, too, game has
increased, and quail, plover and
other birds are plentiful.
Year: 1873

A sad story has just come to light
in Braddockfield. A man residing
there, who had small field within
Fields, found himself and little
family surrounded by potato bugs,
with stripes up and down, and
some of them crosswisc. He tried
all kinds of remedies, but the bugs
snortcd at him in scorn, and made
hostile demonstrations. He was adj
vised to try the tobacco cure. He
did try it. He bought a paper of
finecut and commenced to chew it.
1t was his first effort Mt chewing
He went out and got basket full
of the bugs and squirted the to-
bacco juice in their eyes, and they
snapped their tails and paved
around as If they were awful mad.
He got away with about half of the
paper of finecut when he eommenc-
ed to grow white about the gills.--
He laid the basket that had the
bugs in down, and put his hand up
to his forehead and found a cold
sweat standing upon his brow. He
said to his wife:


"My dear, / am panied to an
nounce that / have the cholera
Fly, if you would save yourself
Leave me to my fate and seek safe
ty in flight"


And then he got so sick he could
not contain himself or anything
His wife rushed away down to the
Fields, and in a few moments had
Year: 1873

A lively, beautiful and talented
young lady of Topeka retired at
night with the bloom of health upon
her roseat cheek, and no thought of
harm. But IL all rubbed off on the
pillow during the night.
Year: 1873

SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. g. 1873.


The passengers on street car plying between
Scranton and Hyde Park were thrown into a state
Of CONSERVATION and excitement this forenoon,
owing to the sudden death IN the car of q strange
old lady, dressed in black. She entered the car at
Hyde Park evidently in good health, and evinced
no symptoms OF the swift death that was outrun-
ming her in the race Of lfe until the arrived at
the loot OF Franklin avenue and the old lady took
up her parcels and was about to leave, when SUD-
denly she uttered feeble moan and fell
back on the seat. The conductor OF the
car raised her up In his arms, but with
the exception OF a few spasmodic twtches
OF the lips, every sign Of life had ned. Dr. Throop
OF the City Hospital, was Immediately sent for and
pronounced life extinct. The remains were taken
In charge by the Chef OF Police, and removed to
the City Hospital.


note for $500, together with some valuable
papers were found on the person OF the deceased !;
also letter bearing Philadelphia postmark, and
addressed to "Hannah Minnich, Bozartsville
Monroe county, which is supposed to have been
the old lady's name and address.


The police are nstituting inquiries, and will
probably be in communication with the relatives OF
the strange lady shortly.
Year: 1873

mass meeting OF merchants and others in.
terested in the subject Of cheap transportation is
announced to be held at Cooper Institute on
Wednesday evening next Mayor Havemeyer Will
preside, and the subject will be discussed by emi-
nent speakers. 1t is expected that the United
states Senate Committee on Transportation Routes
will be present. as well as the transportation
Committees Of the State senate and Assembly.
have signed the call Tor the meeting and 1t Is
probable that there will grow out OF this meeting
an association which will materially aid In solving
the great question OF transportation with which
the interests OF our city, State and nation
are 50 closely identified.
Year: 1873

Yesterday morning, about nine O'Clock, the body
OF an unknown man, about forty-nve years OF age,
with sandy nair and side whskers and dressed in
black frock coat tweed pants plush vest, white
shirt and low cut shoes, was found lying IN Young's
lumber yard, corner Of Goerck and Third streets.
The body was sent to the Morgue and Coroner
Young notified
Year: 1873

this city and not TO lose any considerable amount
of men in the operation. He simply blockades 1t.
He has already cut on its water supply so that the
Bibainos are compelled to drink from the river
Nervion, the water of which Is always strongly
salted when the tide comes in and Is muddy when
1t goes out, and has stopped provisions entering
the city from the country. He is sure the
merchants will get tired OF all this, and will
find some way Tor surrendering the place In fact,
some overtures In that sense had already been
made to the Carlist General. To take the city by
an assault would involve a great loss OF men,
desperate resistance on the part OF the civil
population and great difficulties In keeping the
place subsequently. Besides the blockade Is most
efficiently carried out, with only six battalions Of
freshly recruited volunteers, and gives them
good opportunity for being drilled In actual SER
vice. 1t has also strategic Importance. 1t must
ultimately divide the republican forces There are
at present


THREE DISTINCT CORPS OF CARLIsTs


in the northern provinces The flrst tnat OF Don
Carlos himself with Elio. Dorregaray, and some
5000 men; the second, that OF ssaraga, with about
the same number operating In the Guipazcoa and
the northern portion of the Navarro. and the third
that OF velasco, with about 5000 In Biscaya.
Being already compelled either to divide their
forces to pursue the enemy or to allow him to
take unchalenged possession OF the country, the
republicans have in the operations on Bilbao
another troublesome business added 20 that al
ready on hand. Upon this increase OF Carlist
forces in Biscaya and the recent landing Of arms,
which brought the number OF well armed
Carlisfs to over 10000 men dor TO the
'4ee corps number Of nymg penaa
Year: 1873

TN the midst Of the fresh, sweet June,


When the earth was wrapped about,
Through the shining day and the starry night,
With growth and gladuess and life and light,
With blooming roses and sunshine bright,


The light of her life wen: ont.


Peaceful and still she lag,


Earth and its suffering past
With the fair white brow and The lips caressed
BY the touch of the angel that bringeth rest,
The blue ewes hidden-but God knows best,


Safely at home at last.


"&s little child" she went,


No shadow Of grief or fear,
But peacefully, trusttully passed away,
As the sweet pink apple-blooms tall in May
Fragile and fragrant and fair as they


Awaiting the lruitage near


We laid her away to rest;


And over the sunny head,
Roses bloom through the summers prime,
And soft aud low in the fresh spring time,
Sweet hya cinth bells, with their slyery chime,


Swing for the fair young dead.


An echo tender and sweet,


Of the song the angels sing
Our ears are holden, or we might hear
The anthem welcoming glad and clear
To her palace home and hen Father dear,


The daughter of the king.


crown rests light on her brow,


The beautiful face is bright
With the perfect JOY that the ransomcd know,
And robes she wears like the shining snow
Failing so tenderly, soft and slow,


Over her grave tonight.
Year: 1873

The graf game played by Congress, Of over
a million Of dollars, Of the peoples money
for their own pockets, does not turn out to
be such damaging affair after all mas
much as they made ample arrangements for
filling up !ho Treasury.


First, they make editors Of newspapers pay
postage on their exchanges We do not know
the number Of newspapers published in the L.
nited States, but a fair supposition, Will give
ten thousand. The postage on weeklys aud
dailys can scarcely be less than an average Of
fifteen or twenty dyiars each This will
make a handsome sum towards meeting the
extra pay. OF course no reasonable editor
will object to this nasmuch as he has given
his power and influence to make these men
popular, aud to bolster Up their splendid
abilitieS" before the public. lie ought not to
go back on his friends


Then again, they have male provision that
their constituents shall foot the balance Of
the steal by. paying twenty cents a year
postage on their papers. Now this is not un-
reasonable Certainly no patriotic citizen who
has spent his ten and twenty dollars during
an election campaign to secure the success Of
" an honest, faithful representative Of his par
ty," can object to paying twenty to forty
cents a year extra, to enable him to graf
enough out Of the Treasury to save him from
going to the poor house.-ClcrEs5Wy Sun.
Year: 1873

\ SHARP RooUE.-A man in the dress Of a
workman was lately walking in the streets of
Berlin with packet in his hand, sealed and
inscribed with an address, and note that it
contained one hundred thalers in treasury bills.
As the bearer appeared to be at a loss, he was
accosted by a passenger, who asked him what
he was looking for. The simple countyman
placed the packet il the iuquirer's hands, and
requested that he would read the address
The reply was made as with an agreeable sur
prise, Why, this letter is for me- 7 have
been been expecting it for a long time" " The
messenger upon this, demanded ten thalers for
the carriage of the packet, which were readily
paid, with liberal addition to the porter
The new possessor Of the package hasteued to
an obscure corner to examine tie prize, but on
breaking the seal found nothing but few
sheets of paper, on which was written "Dona."
Year: 1873

SUPPRESSION OF CRIME ~ KENTUCKY
Some few weeks since negro man at
tempted to commit n rape on the person
Of a young white lady in Elk Horn town.
ship. near Frankfort. Ky. and he had to
leave the country On Saturday night
las, he returned, aud during the night a
body Of men attacked him. firing upon
him and killing him instantly.
Year: 1873

During the recent building of a
bridge in Holland, one of the traverses.
465 feet long, was misplaced on the
supports. 1t was an inch out OF line,
and the problem was how to move it.
Experiment proved that the iron ex-
panded small fraction of an inch for
every degree of heat it received. 1t was
noticed that the night and day temper
ature differed about twenty-five de-
grees, and it was thought this might be
made to move the bridge. In the morn
ing the end out of place was bolted
down securely and the other end left
free. In the heat of the sun the iron
expanded, and towards night the free
end was bolted down, and the opposite
end was loosened. The contraction
then dragged the whole thing the other
way. For two days this experiment was
repeated, till the desired place was
reached. We find no record that the
heat of the sun has ever been employed
in this way before, but the contraction
and expansion of iron bars by fire heat
has already been used to move heavy
weights over short distances. Broken
walls and strained roofs and arches have
been brought into place by simply heat
ing iron rods till they expanded, then
taking up the slack by screws and nuts,
and allowing contraction by cold to pull
the wall or roof into place.
Year: 1873

In 1894 William III. who was then on
the throne, was going to war with
France, and he greatly needed money.
Had IL not been that the credit of the
English government was 80 poor, the
money might have been raised without
appeal to what was then considered by
many to be desperate and revolution
ary scheme. There was fierce opposi-
ton to the bank on the part OF the lords,
who considered it strengthening Of
the moneyed power at the expense OF
the landed interests. But the money
had to be raised; the need was so ur-
gent that the aristocracy were compel.
ed to sacrifice their class scruples and
interests.


The inventor of the scheme was
William Peterson, a Scotchman by birth
and West Indian by residence. In
the West Indies his friends said that he
had been missionary, his enemies that
he had been a buccaneer. He was nm
ingenious ond ardent person gifted with
great powers of ofpersuaslon. The scheme,
which he had first proposed in 1851. he
succeeded, three years later, in getting
the great Montague to take up.


The plan was simply that the govern
ment should borrow twelve hundred
thousand pounds at eight per cent,
which was then very N modcrate rate, and
which would have been very favorable to
the borrowers. In order to induce capi-
talists to advance, the subscribers were
to be incorporated into company to be
called "The Governor and Company Of
the Bank of England" There was
much fierce opposition, but the dream
of the obscure adventurer soon became
solid fact.


This was the origin of that great in
stitution which is now the greatest
moneyed power in the world, and which
was for many years the bulkwark of the
English government. During those
wars in which France was endeavoring
to force the Pretender back upon the
throne, it was the bank which supplied
the government with money. Had
France succeeded, of course the new
king would have refused to pay inter-
est on money which was spent in resist
ing him. The bank was therefore great
ly interested IN upholding the existing
government. 1t was, through some
generations, whig institution.