smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

AuoTIoNs.-Sophie Sparkle has written
a very pleasant paper about country auc-
tions, in the New York Evening Mail,
from which we take the following para.
graphs:


There are usually four classes of peo-
pie to be met at an auction First, those
who go for the special purpose of buying
some particular article Of which they
have need. Indeed, many persons Of
this class who want any special thing fol
household use patiently await the godsend
ofan auction to supply their want. Others
going to buy certain articles which they
do not find offered for sale, remain to see
what other people buy; while third
class bid upon everything, really wanting
nothing, and as much abashed if anything
is knocked down suddenly to them as the
fish who swallows the fly upon the hook
to his own great discomfort. The
fourth aud last class have not the remotes
idea Of purchasing anything, and are
simply actuated by the desire te rit
themselves of few hours of troublesome
time in gratifying morbid curiosity
and chatting with their neighbers.


Previous to the commencement of thu
sale an auction seems very like funeral
since everybody speaks in whispers or il
low tones, as they pass slowly from room
to room. with doleful faces, and II hop'
l don't intrude" sort of an air. But a
soon as the auctioneer's CHEEKY voice i
heard all is changed. Every one sudden
ly feels himself at home, and a bustlin!
excitement takes the place of the previou
quiet. One lady, complaining rathe
petulantly goods were knocked down to-
soon, the auctioneer retorted that h
could not wait all day y,and that the ladie
could bid as fast as the men if they chose
"Ah, but the men don't bid, they wink,
naively replied the lady.
Year: 1871

Hc CCidHtoh ft'p"O'tt"H cay . . HS
main Of the Dunmore water company.
which IS laid through Mead street, passes
over the abandoned mine of the old No.
l shaft of the Pennsylvania coal com
pany near No. s. During Friday night
a portion of the earth beneath this waite,
pipe sank, cracking the surface of the
ground for space of some twelve rods
in length and nearly twenty i'll width
In settling, the wafer main was broken
thus ntcessiating immediate repairs. AT
an early hour Saturday Mr. D. &. Smith
ordered fourteen men of his force of Ia
borers to commence work and dig a
trench so that the broken pipe could be
fixed. The wolk was commenced with
great vigor, and after time, Mr.. Smith
went TO his home for his breakfast. Up
on returning he found that three of his
men-Michael Walsh anc two Germans
had moved away from the other men
and had commenced digging upon
ground that apparently was perfectly
solid This was against his orders, and
he told them toTeturn to the place where
he had first ordered them to work The
Germans Immediately obeyed, but Walsh
for some reason Or other he delayed for
moment Mr. Smith and the two other
men had proceeded but short distance
when they heard noise accompanied by
shrek, and looking about, saw that the
earth had given away and Walsh had
sunk out of sight. Gong to his relief,
they found him in hole fifteen feet in
depth ana twelve feet in diameter, and
the water from the broken pipe pouring
in upon him. Something was at once
handed down to him and he was called
to catch hold, and they would draw him
out. Apparently, the water so confused
the unfortunate nan that he lost his
presence of mind. and while his feet
were sinking 10 the loose dirt he violent


~ Tough. with his hands the water from
the pipe, without any effort to gra sp the
profferd assistance. While thus pleading
with Walsh to make IN effort to save
himself, large portion Of the bank on
the opposite side from which the wafer
was pouring through the pipe, gave way
and buried the poor man beneath the
mass of earth. Busy hands at once set
at work to dig him out. The fow of
water had to be stopped first, and then the
sides of the cavern shored up by planks
and timbe.s, so as to make it safe Cor men
to work in it. All this was done as soon
as possible, and the work Of exhuming
commenced with The greatest vigor.-
Men shoveled until they become exhaust
ed, and then others took their places, and
/ tIluS tlc WOIh WcIL O.i lOI iOuI AOuis,
when at last the lifeless body was
reached 1t was lifted out of the pit
and conveyed to his friends, who were
awaiting in the greatest agony. Upon
examination of the body but few bruises
were found, those being upon the side,
showing conclusively that the unfortu
nate man had been suffocated beneath
the mass of earth that covered him.


Michael Walsh was an Irishman, sixty
years of age, aad leaves a large number
of persons who were dependent upon him
for support. He had been in the employ
of the Pennsylvania coal company for
the past twenty-On years, and was al
ways faithful and Industrious man.
Year: 1871

Many people suppose that, in order
propcrly y to Ventilate room, opening:
on opposite sides must be provided. 50
that passage Of air through the apart.
meut may take place. This doubtless
gives more rapid change of air than
any other method, but it exposes the
occupants to the action of currents, and
thus frequently becomes the source Of
Year: 1871

the whole matter may he summed up il
few words, The original Indians
were untitled by their physical constitu.
ton for hard work, and when put to il
by the Spanjard5 were soon eXtermin.
ated.


No white man can labor in San Do.
Imingo. The mulattoes are encrvated
by the climate, and cannot work hard.


The negroes will not work unless
forced. Now, what capitalist will ad-
vance a dollar on the richest possible
land, whep not only there is no labor on
it, but when all kinds of labor are inef-
ficicnt, barring the only one which the
civilization Of the age has repudiated-
the involuntary labor Of the negro?


AS to the


CLIMATE OF san DOMINGO,


to the white man 1t is simply one Of the
most deadly in the world. do not care
what testimony the Commissioners may
report; they cannot alter facts But as
specimen Of the way they collect it, l
give You the following facts: AT Samana
Mr.. Bnrr, an American, testified to the
health of the place, His child had been
sick all the time. The wife Of another
American there told me that they had
only one child, and they did not dare to
have it in Semana from fear it would
take the fever. Mr.. Price was asked in
my presence by the Commissioners how
long he had been on the island. tie re
piled that it was over fifteen months
since he first came here. When they
asked after his health, he said he had
never had days sickness. Now this
was true, but at the same time conveys
a very false impression. Mr.. Price has
been purser of the Tybcc for fifteen
months, but had resided in Samana at
the time of our visit about five weeks,
that is, since the last tri p but one of the
Tybee; and yet the Commissioners went
away with the impression that he had
Year: 1871

An exclusive diet of ordinary vcgeta-
blcs is not favorable to mans full bodily
or mental development; but bread may
form almost the sole food with benefit,
as the gluten of wheat, is as we'll adapt
ed to the nutrition of the body as is the
flesh of animals. On the other hand,
an exclusive animal diet is the least
economical of all, as it scautily supplies
the materials for respiration ;--15 lbs. of
hosh CONTAINS no more carbon than 4
lbs. Of starch; so that person with an
equal weight OF meat and starch could
support life very much longer than one
restricted to the same weight of flesh
alone. Thus we see the great advan-
tage in point Of economy of food, of a
fixed agricultural community over wan
deri1g tribes Of hunters.
Year: 1871

Yesterday morning, at ten minutes past seven
O clock shop time, while the work was pro-
ceeding as usual in the rolling mill of the Knox
Vile Iron Company, the large fy-wheel sud-
denly gave way and the heavy cast-iron perrin
eter, section after section, crashed through the
strong timbers which supported the roof break
ing them like reeds, aud the greater part of
the building fell a mass of ruins


Most of the hands who were working at ther
various stations had barely time to escape in the
short interval between the bursting of the wheel
and the falling of the timbers A few who did
not get out, as if by q miracle, had the good
fortune to escape instant death.


Frank billiards, colored workman, was
struck on the back by piece of timber, but his
physician says his injuries are not serious. The
air was filled with a cloud of dust, and in the
darkness and terror of the moment it was un-
certain how many had escaped The engineer
VIM. Nickle remained heroically at his post,
and crawling out from the rubbish stopped his
engine and blew the fire-alarm whistle 1t was
at once discovered that the debris had taken fire
from the rcd hot iron lying on the floor of the
mill. The hose was promptly laid from the statiOn-
ary fire engine few yards distant across the
creek, but before it was ready for action the fire
had been eXtinguished by the hands with water
from buckets.


The hy-wheel was very large, being about
twenty-five feet in diameter. The spokes were
of wood, and the rim of heavy cast iron, each
section weighing from fifteen hundred to two
thousand pounds. 1t was making about fifty
revolutions per minute, the engine running only
for "a pudding heat"


The accident could not have happened at
more fortunate time, as during the day and eve
ming more hands, are at work and numerous
spectators are sometimes present At such a
tim the loss of life migh have been fearful.


The actual damage Gone is much lighter than
was at first supposed, as the company were
aboat to put in new work for all that was de-
stroyed by the accident, A new wheel had
been made and will bo put in at once. We are
assured that there will be no serious delay, and
work will be resumed in very few days.


The building will be replaced with new one
every way larger and better adapted to accom-
mOdate the growing business of the company.
Year: 1871

BEST WAY TO KEEP POTAToEs.--Pota-
toes should always be kept in the dark.
Intelligent rural housekeepers do not need
to be told this but many others living in
towns and cities should know that potatoes
exposed to the light for day only, have
their flavor injured; and the longer they
are exposed the worse they are. Never
use greenish potato, as such tubers are
unfit for human food. When Irish pota-
toes are removed from the cellar, they
should always be spread out thin on the
floor, in a cool building. If the apartment
is not dark, the potatoes should be covered
with boards, to exclude the light. 1t is q
good practice also to. cover them with saw
dust. The injury done to potatoes by the
light, after they are carried from dark
cellar. is the chief reason why there is
such universal complaint of poor potatoes
in the spring and during the forepart of
summer. Every sort of vegetables that
grow in the dark-beneath the surface of
the ground-should he stored in bark
apartment, while those vegetables and
fruits which mature in the light will ripen
more satisfactorily, and develop more
lucious flavor, if they are stored in a light
room.
Year: 1871

WHAT'S A GENTLEMAN?-Int the course
of an address to the Leeds YOnng Mems
Christian Association, delivered lately by
the Bishop of Manchester, his lordship
said:


Some people think "a gentleman
means man of independent fortune-a
man who fares sumptuously every day; a
man who need not work hard for his daily
bread. None of these thinks make gen.
tleman not one of them, nor all of them
together. / have known men when was
brought closer in contact with working
men than, from my changed position, /
am brought now, I have known men of
the toughest exterior, who had been ac
custoned all their lives to follow the plow
and look after horses, as thorough gentle
men in heart as any nobleman that ever
wore ducal coronet. I mean 1 have
known them as unselfish, / have known
them as truthful, have known them as
sympathizing; and all these qualities go
to make what understand by the term
a gentleman 1t is a noble privilege
which has been sadly prostituted, and
what want to tell you is that the hunlb-
lest man in Leeds who has the lowest work
to do, yet, if his heart is tender and pure,
and true, can be, in the most emphatic
sense of the word "a gentleman.
Year: 1871

faith In Christ They receive Christ who under
stani the secret Of divine love; they follow him
who understand the service OF sel-sacrlnce. To
know the patience OF love, unto DEATH that 1t
IS 10 know Christ. How solemn, how rebuklng
test Is this


The work OF the Church Is to keep the thought OF
Christ before the world; but If the Church is full OF


sELFisnNEss, PRIDE AyARIcE AND VANITY,
II ceases to represent Christ The Church wants
humility ana self.denIal, and the love
that knows the secret OF sacrifice. When all
business, all civil procedures shall conform TO
the Christian Ideal; when the highest shall
make themselves the servants OF all mea; when we
are happy IN the ratio that we dlfuse happiness
then shall we see the latter day glory. When con-
sider these two great cities, with all their injustice
and cruelty and crime l realize how much the
Church needs DIVINE power To Interpret 10 the world
the true meaning OF the sulerlngs and death OF
Christ
Year: 1871

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher ON the sufreriuxs


OF Christ.


A very large congregation listened last night to
Mr. Beechers Good-Friday evening talk. The Ply
mo nth pastor was In a tender, reflective mood ana
gave to his people his idea OF the Interpretation to
be given to the su1erngs OF the SAVIOUR. suppose
said he, that the thoughts Of all deyout persons
are being borne to the great event that the uni
versal Church celebrates to-day. The method OF
realizing the passion OF the Saviour will be different
IN different persons. Some Will merely follow the
footsteps OF history and review the physical events
OF Christ's life. For myself neither love nor think
1t profitable TO oweil on the


MORBID ANATOMY or cHRIsr's suFFERINGs.
do not think II profitable to listen to the blows or
the hammer that drove the nails or TO look at the
blood tnat flowed from beneath tn crown OF th0rns.
Yet there is great profit the thought OF the Saviour
bowed In suffering, when we get the right concep-
ton OF what the suffering meant. II Jesus was a
simple man, moral genus. seeking to reform Ills
people, prosecuted and put TO death by them. His
heroism WAS like that which we in every age.
j we see only This come snort OF all the glory OF
tha. the lncarnaed Cod lives on ne eartn and
suffers IN death TO bring WITHIN the reach OF the
is not an unsunerina, unlaborng raler, governing
the universe by the sublime machinery OF law, bnt
that lie rules IN tender love- with the ndelty OF love,
the patience o love, the service OF love- the sacrl
ncc OF love- love that death itself does not auench
or change. Jesus came TO tell us that God thus
loves us from eternity to eternity; and he tells US
this, not by


THE TEACHING OF THE LIPS


but by the sublime teaching Of action Looked at thus
the cross means an Interpretation OF the Divine ma
ture that Is sublime beyond compass OF words Men
have never been willing to believe this Interpretation.
The Jew could not endure this God OF weakness.
The Greek scorned such an idea OF God. But when
the majesty OF heaven is interpreted through Christ
to be the grand power OF suffering chcerfuily and
willingly for Interiors nay, for enemies, the
secret OF the universe Il divulged Moth
ing IN nature teaches this; II il slightly
limited at In the love Of the household Following
this moral Interpretation we shalt do well TO dwell
upon Christ's sufferngs In this connection the
question as TO how far we accept and follow the
Lord Jesus Christ is personal to ourselves. We be-
lleve In his name, and In the statement that


HR Ii VERY GOD.


Tnls ID well. but II is the mere alphabet Of our
Year: 1871

Do you know you have asked for the costlie.
thing
Ever made by the hand abovel
| A woman's heart and woman's life
And q woman's wonderful lo7el
Do you know you have asked for this prisele.


thing.


As child right ask for toy
Demanding what others have died TO win,


With the reckless dash Of boy
You have written my lesson Of duty out


Man-like you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar OF my woman's soul,


Until shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always be hot,


Your socks and your shirt be whole
I require your heart to be true as Gods stars,


And pure as his heaven your soul.
You require cook for your mutton and beef,
I require far greater thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for socks and fc


shirts,


look for man and king
a king for the beautiful realm called home.


And man that the maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did on the first


And say ''It is very good"
I am fair and young but the rose will fade


From my soft young cheek one day
Win you love me then mid the failing leaves;
As you did ;mong the blooms of Mayi
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
may launch ry all on its tidei
Allowing woman find heaven or he'll,


On the day she is made bride
Irequire all things that are grand and true,
All things that man should be;
If you give this all, would stake my life
To be all you demand of me-
If you cannot be this-a laundress and cook
You can hire, and little to pay;
But womau's heart and a woman's life,
Are not to be won that way
Year: 1871




and reason fed. On, on, I went
| with the speed Of the light. Flocks
of wolves were glaring at me with
| flashing eyes, from behind every bush
and hedge. Right before me, seated
on huge coffin, was the most hideOus
! object the imagination Of man has
( ever conceived. DefoTmed and i'll
shapen, it sat ehattering over a bot
tie of brandy, and every moment
shaking it in my face in moekery
of my despair. I was at length ex-
hausted and could go no farther.
l sank upon the ground without rea-
son or consciousness, and knew no
more for weeks. A poor farmer
found me lying by the way side, and
n4o me kindly taken care of, through
long course of fever, during which
and death.


" TN my recovery came a cOnsci-
business Of the past, and I determined
to Danish myself forever from tbe
world l felt like an outlaw-one
who had forfeited the Iavor of Cod
and the companiOnship of man.
hated-I loathed myself, and but for
the desire to atone for my offences,
should have destroyed my life. /
saw in a public paper, an account Of
the burning Of my house, from
which 1 learned that all in it was
rescued but myself, who was sup
posed to have perished. ItWas thought
impossible for my wife or child to
recoverable one from the wound,
the other from the effects of smoke
and suffocation.


The only ties that could have
bound me to the world were then
broken, and sought this place, to
pass the remainder of my days.
Grieviously have 1 offended, but
previously atOned for it. Be warned.
my young friend, by my example.
L know by experience, that the ills
we suffer are caused by our own acts.
1 might like others, blame my fate
and find fault with destiny, but 1
know that my own hand held the
cup of poison to my lips, and 1 drank
with willingness the embittered
draught. Avoid my son, as you
would the grasp of death, or the
gates of hell, the intoxicating bowl.
Look upon it as you would upon the
arch-enemy of man, and if ever temp
ted to indulge in the sparkling glass;
think Of my example and be warned.
Rather cut of your hand and throw
it to the dogs, than make it the in
stument of your destruction.


Here be paused, and seemed deep
" effected with the tale he had told.
l could not utter syllable. NY
lips were sealed, and I had no con
ISOLATION to offer. His grief seemed
to defy all sympa by, and I could
only mingle my tears with his. At
length he raised his head, and with
a steady voice, he said, My dear
young friend, we must meet no more.
You now know the secret Of my life,
and I repose confidence in you, that
you will not disclose it. Since I
have known you my heart, has often
lOnged to fasten again upon things
of the world, and my penitence
seemed almost forgotten. This must
never be, and now farewell En-
treaty, prayers, expOstulatiOn, all
were vain. His resolution was in
flexible, and 1 was compelled to
yield. With a heavy he9rt I sought
my home, and long did my prayers
ascend to heaven, for blessings to
rest upon the head of the lonely
man. 1 visited the cave several
times afterwards, but to no purpose.
It's inmate avoided me, and I at
length gave it up.


Concluded nert 0esk.
Year: 1871

Some years ago, when the TAPPING
rebels were devastating the most fruit
full provinces of China, a novel plan
was invented for discovering the money
and other treasures concealed by the
terrified merchants and people on the
first warning of the approach of the
thought within himself that, as men
are all devolt worshippers of gold and
silver, something composed from man
would, in all probability, be more
efficacious than any thing else in dis
covering hidden treasure, without put
ting men to the pains of pulling down
each separate brick of any suspected
place, to get at the coveted hoard He
therefore seized the first prisoner he
could lay hands on, and quietly pro-
decided to cut him up and put him In
large caldron, wherein he was allowed
to simmer until sufficient coating of
oil had collected on the surface; this
was carefully skinned off, and then
roll of cloth was spread out and soaked
in human oil, and afterwards it was
tightly rolled up and-converted into q


orch. The rebel then Lit his torch and,
in a fever of expectation, started in
quest of likely house Having found
one to his taste, he entered, and slowly
waved the torch in all di rections, in
tently watching the flame, which short
ly commenced fickering-like mans
fingers clutching at gold! The rebel
was overjoyed at this sight, and felt
sure that this was sign that treasure
was concealed exactly where the torch
fickered; he accordingly set to work
and pulled down that part of the wall,
and sure enough there discovered a
goodly hoard of silver This plan was
was universally adopted in the Tai i-ping
camp, aud became so notorious that,
on an imperial oficer-in whose suite
was my informant taking one of the
rebels prisoner, he questioned him as
to the truth of the report, remarking,
at the same time, that he could not
possibly believe it. The prisoner de-
clared that such was their method of
discovering hidden treasure. Where
upon the officer replied that, as the
prisoner presisted on vouchinfi for the
truth of the report, he would do him
self the pleasure of testing its truth or
falsehood on his person. The prisoner
was Immediately killed, cooked, and
converted into torch, and used with
the greatest success
Year: 1871




The best method of saving trees which
have been girdled by mice is to graft
scions under the bark, thus forming a
bridge, or rather aqueduct, to convey
the sap over. The scions should be in
serted under the bark at least an inch
at each end, and of course must not be
less than two inches longer than the
wound Choose good, stout, thrifty
shoots for scions, secure them before
they start, and insert without delay as
soon as the bark Will separate from the
wood, pairing off the end of the scion
on one size.


It has been recommended, in order
to save bending the scion, which in the
attempt to spring back will be apt to
displace itself, to split in two for the
whole length, placing the split side
next to the tree; but much better
way, though little more trouble, is
to take gouge and cut, in that part
of the wood which has been barred by
the gnawing of the mice, groove to
receive the inner part of the scion. In
this way it can be kept straight without
splitting, and there will be no less
evaporation from the split surface.
The gratis must be tied in carefully,
and the ends covered with wax, to ex-
clude the air; but we have found the
best way to be to cover the whole of
the CRAFTS with grating clay, and bind
a cloth on the outside.


If, as sometimes happens, the bark
is gnawed away so close to the ground
that it is difficult or impossible to insert
gratis at the bottom, thrifty young
seedlings may be set around the tree as
near as possible, and the tops grated
in above the girded place. If there is
strip of bark left, however narrow, do
not fail to cherish it with the utmost
care; it will be worth more than any
scion you can put IN.