smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

But the oldest piece Of architect


ure in this city can be seen out on


Pennington avenue, about z mile


west Of the depot, in a house being


built for Mark Twain, who is Rough
ing-lt.Innocents abroad forgive the
pun), but who left the plans and con-
tracts in the hands of a prominent
builder, who is pushing things rapid
ly along. The style is indescribable,
being sort of a cross between a
Mexican adobe hut and Swiss cottage
buiit Of brick, to cost $4,000. 1t
stands not far from Governor Jewels
on the opposite side of the street, on
the edge of Hill, rather close to the
rect. where it commands fine view
to the west and north, and is Just the
sort Of house to cause a stranger TO
stop and enquire; Who lives in that
queer-looking house 2" Although
the avenue runs east and west, the
house, instead Of facing the street,
faces east. On the north end is a
small Dulldlng, near the street, which
contains the kitchen and servants
rooms, separate from the main build
ing, while Immediately adjoining is a
large dining-roOm, II by 80, having
but little light, so that when used it
viii be necessary to light the gas
The parlor is where the kitchen
would be located in any other house,
while Marks own room, where most
of his time viii be spent, is at the top
of the house, and, in order to offset
the want Of light in the dining-room,
this room is almost entirely glass
Take it all in all, it is the queerest
piece of architecture one has ever
seen, but with one redeeming feature
that is, open fre-places all over the
house, and good generous-sized ones,
too.-SpriHqfeld Union.
Year: 1873

The Boston School Committee dis
cussed corporal punishment last week.
One speaker said that he had made
personal inquiry of the boys of the
Quincy School, and they all agreed
that they had much rather have the
regulations stand IA they now are,
and be Hogged by their teachers,
when guilty of misconduct than to
be sent home and be hogged by their
parents. They are governed at home
so far IS they are governed at all,
by the fear of the rod, and they know
that there at least it viii be applied
with severity. The school discipline
must correspond in character to the
home discipline, or else nothing can
be done with them. Another mem
ber of the board advocated the abo-
lition of corporal punishment in all
cases. 1t was relic, he said, Of the
barbarous punishment Of former
times, when men were put into the
stocks or whipped at the public whip
ping post for minor ofenscs, and
hanging for larceny amounting to
more than twenty shillings 1t has
been proved there are better ways
of governing aud restraining men
than these. There has been a moral
progress OF the race, which has per-
mitted the Introduction of the law Of
kindness to supplant the rule of fear.
Another characteristic of the old or
der of things was that it was thought
there could he no religion without an
appeal to mems fears, but this theol-
ogy had been outgrown. Its mis-
take hatlbeen seen, and he believed
that the advocates of corporal pun
ishment in schools would, at time
not distant, see and confess their
mistake also. He related a story Of
DR.. Arnold, Of Rugby who had two
boys of his school to deal with, who
as the doctor well knew, were fast
going to the bad. He called them
to his room, and without giving them
any personal admontion, read them
the story of the prodigal son, just as
it stands in the Scripture. His tone
and manner were such that the boys
were deeply touched, and their ref
ormation dated from that interview.
The board took no vote upon the
question.
Year: 1873

Our forest trees have done their
work for the season and have laid
away their gay robes until summon
ed again by the voice of spring The su-
mach was among the first to throw off
its gorgeousr robes, although among the
last to put them on. The maple rails
es its tall branches and few of its
leaves yet linger, but they are with
cred and brown. The ash tree drops
its wealth of leaves and the wintry
winds scatter them far and wide. 1t
is but as yesterday, when the rich
emerald leaves and fronds oftree, and
plant, and fern, filed in the frame
work Of every landscape scene, and
the wealth Of foliage rustled in the
summer breeze. To-day the naked
branches wave to and fro in the
northern blast, and as the wintry
winds pass by, they sing requium
for departed glory, and the mourn
full sounds seem as coming from an
an ill-tuned Eolian harp, moved by
spectral hands.
Year: 1873

Why do not people go to church
more ? One thinks it is this, and
another this, and another thinks it is
that You can open a church in a
hovel and let Il voice go forth that
has the power of touching men, and
you Will find it crowded and throng-
ed You do not want the cob that
used 10 have the corn. That which
men want is sappy food, refreshing
food. Men are willing TO be dealt
with, to have their sins dashed in
their faces; willing to have their con-
sciences aroused, but do not want to
be handled. They want a preacher
that takes a hold of them in some
way, and, If he can, do more than
that, if he can give to them that
which every man cOnscienti0usly
needs-some men have aspiration
and some more indulge in superficial
thought-and if we can give him
strenSth 20 bear his burden.


Men that are sore in life; men who
are in sorrow men who don't know
how to bring up their children, and
who are continually having more
and more added to their flock; peo-
Pile who want to know where the
next bod Of coal is coming from; peo-
pie who are afraid of the sheriff; men
who are picking with 10000 nettles
of human liie--they come to church
and hear Il long discussion on the fall
Of Adam. Well, that is not inoppor-
tune, but still they are so fat them
selves that they feel as if they would
Ike to know something that deadens
the struggle within them; they want
some one who will take part with
them, minister who brings God down
to the side Of men, not as an everlast-
ing cOndemner, but one who brings
God down as present help in time
of trouble.
Year: 1873

To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained.


To envy one for what he possesses, rath-
er than for what be enjoys.


TO act upon the presumption that the
smallest room in the house is large enough
to sleep 10.


To e.t without an appetite, or to con.
tinue to eat after it has been satiated,
merely to crafty the taste.


To conclude, that, If exercise is good for
the health, the more violent and exhaust
ing it is, the more good is done.


To believe that warm air is necessarily
impure. or that cool air is necessarily
more healthy than the confined air Of a
crowded and close vehicle.


To contend, that, because the dirtiest
children in the street or on the highway
are hearty and healthy, that therefore it
is healthy to be dirty.


To remember the Sabbath day" BY
working harder and later on Saturday
than on any other day 10 the week, with
a view to sleeping late next morning, and
staying At home to rest. conscience being
quieted by the plea Of not feeling very
we'll.
Year: 1873

Be CHEERFUL.-Look happy,
if you do not feel so. Present a
cheerful exterior though your
heart and mind be troubled.
Never wear a face which, as Sid
ney Smith says, lis breach Of the
peace" DR.. johnson used to
observe that the habit of looking
at the best of a thing was worth
more to a man than a thousand
pounds a year, and Samuel
Smiles observes 1--WE possess
the power to a great extent of so
exercising the will as to direct
the thoughts upon objects calcu-
lated to yield happiness and i'm
provement. rather than their
opposite. In this wsy, the habit
Of happy thought may be made
to spring up like any other habit.
And to bring up men or women
with a genuine nature of this
sort, good temper and a happy
frame of mind is perhaps. of even
more Importance, in many cases,
than to perfect them III much
knowledge and many accom-
pli.hments. u
Year: 1873

The truth.seeking spirit and
the spirit of faith, instead of be-
ing opposed. are in the deepest
harmony. The man whose faith
is most profound is willing to have
its assertions tested by the seve-
rest scrutiny. And the passion
for truth has underlying it a pro-
found conviction that what is
real is best ; that when we get to
the heart of things we shall find
there what we most need. Faith
is false to itself when it breads
truth ; apd the desire for truth
is prompted by an inner voice of
faith. r ..
Year: 1873

A painter, being asked to es-
innate the cost af painting a cer-
tain house, drew forth pencil
and paper and made the follow
ing calculation "A naught is a
naught E; three into FIVE twice you
can't, I'll paint your house for
fifty dollars"
Year: 1873

LEMONS FOR FEVER. - SAYS that
walking cyclOpedia of health knowl-
edge, DIR. Hall: When persons are fever
ish and thirsty beyond what is natural,
indicated in some cases by metallic
taste in the mouth, especially after
drinking water, or by whitish appear
anees on the greater part of the surface
of the tongue, one of the best Coolers"
internal or external, is to take lemon,
cut off the top, sprinkle over it some
loaf sugar, working it down into the
lemon with 2 spoon, and then suck it
slowly, squeezing the lemon, and adding
more sugar as the acidity increases from
being brought up from a lower point.
InYalids with feverishness may take
two or three lemons a day in this man
ner with the most marked benefit, man
ifested by a sense Of GOODNESS, comfort
and invigoration. A lemon or two thus
taken at tea-time, as an entire substi-
tute for the ordinary supper of summer,
would give many comfortable nights
sleep, and an awakening after rest and
invigoration, with an appetite for break
fast to which they are strangers who
will have their cup of tea for supper, or
"relish" and 'cake," and their berries
or peaches and cream.
Year: 1873

\ California court has decided that it
is the duty of Il stewardess on board a
vessel to wash the captains shirts. A
ship landed at San Francisco from New
York, and the stewaTdess of the vessel
placed bill of SIS for washing the cap
tain's shirts in the hands of a court for
collection, the captain Obieeting to the
payment of the same, stating that he
had been a sea-captain for sixteen years
and had never paid n cent for having
his linen washed. On his last trip he
had ordered the stewardess to the wash
tub and she refused to comply, stating
that il was no part of her business to
wash the captains shirts. The captain
mildly hinted to her the consequences
of mutiny, and the stewar1ess of the
vessel involuntarily became a laundress
TO the captain. She kept him we'll sup
piled with clean shirts and collars for
the rest af the trip, and made out her
bill at the rate of 81 30 per dozen. The
captain got some tall swearing done
about miTatime usage and custom, and
the court sent the woman away with
her bill.
Year: 1873

WITHOUT A NEWSPAPER. Nothing
presents a sadder commentary upon the
present condition of society than the
large number of families both in the
town and in the country, but more es-
pecially in the latter, that subscribe to
no paper of any kind. How many fam
lilies are thus growing up utterly igno-
noIant of what is transpiring in the
world around them-ignorant of the
mighty events of the day. But who can
tell the vast amount of injury that is be-
ing inflicted upon the rising generation
those who are to take our place at no
distant day-growing up without any
knowledge of the present or study Of
the past; this ignorance, too, being i'm
bued into them by those vino should,
and doubtless do, know better did they
only think of the effects of their insane
course. Let the head Of the family
think Of this, and place in the hands of
those for whom he or she is responsible
the means of acquiring some knowledge
Of the moving panorama in which we
act our different part.-&. +, Pioneer.
Year: 1873

go! for higher sphere of usefulness !
feel such an unnatural longing to do
something and be something that is
worthy Of more than a passing notice;
something that will give my name
place among the gifted ones of our ma
tion and win for me bright crown in
heaven. Surely am capable of better
things. What 1 daily accomplish
cooking, washing dishes, and chamber
work-are all well enough, and very es-
sential no doubt; but I have nobler
aims and higher aspirations. 1 grant
that it is pleasant duty, and one that
do not mean to neglect, to train our
two little olive branches in q way that
will be an honor to their parents, but
ought my own household to claim all
my attention? Are there not others to
whom I owe something? Have l no
talent hidden in a napkin? But still,
what time have for any more than
already do I am altogether Overtasked
with that kind of work, too, against
which my feelings rebel. II 1 were rich
now, might hire that done, and en-
ploy my time in-what? What am I
capable of doing? Alas! my education
has been sadly neglected, and / fear
am unfit for anything but mere house
keeper; and am too old, if had the
means, TO fit myself for anything more
useful than my present occupation. But
am I really too old? Let me see.
was twenty-five last birthday. Old |?
why, what might not yet accomplish
if l We're not married, and did not have
these two blessed babies But husband
and babies need be no drawback. These
are a still greater incentive to my work
will try by the aid of the kind Father
in heaven to be content with my lot.
And should there be no path open for
me to earthly fame, Lord, grant that thy
erring child may, by quiet deeds of love
in her own little world, win for herself
q bright crown in heaven"


Thus soliloquised Mrs. Ogden one
bright summer morning, as she cleared
away the breakfast things, and put her
little sitting room IN order.


This same Eunice Ogden was no ordi.
nary woman. Being naturally very
sensitive from childhood, she had evel
been yearning for love and sympathy
Her mother died when she was only
eleven years old-just old enough to ap
preciate her loss. For while she LIVED
with a married sister, who was bringing
up family of small children of her own
and consequently did not have mucl
surplus petting for lonely little Eunice


After a few years her father married ;
widow with several small children, anC
then OF course she was placed under th'
care OF a step-mother, who, although s
very kind, good woman, had no very
exalted idea Of rearing girls.


Eunice passed her time as most girl:
do in the country. She was sent regu.
larly TO the district school, where she
acquired tolerable knowledge of tht
ordinary branches Of the English Ian.
guage. This and nothing more. Hav.
ing natural taste for reading, and ther,
being no one who was sufficiently in.
terested in her welfare, aud, at the sam,
time capable Of selecting reading mos


suitable for her, she fed her taste on fie
tion and romance. She often felt ;
strong desire TO live a better life. Sb,
lOnged to be famous Of in the world O
literature. But here the lack of sufii


cient education stood in her way. He
Year: 1873

a NIGHT OF TERRoR.-The sexton of
st. JOseph's Cathedral at Vienna, being
n man of extraordinary nerve and bold
ness, was accustomed to stand on the
pinnacle of the tower whenever the
Emperor made grand entrance into
the city, and wave a flag as the pageant
passed by. When, however, Leopold,
who had just been chosen Emperor of
Frankford, was about to enter the city,
the loyal sexton, still anxious to be true
to the old customs, but finding that
years had told against his nerve, de-
clared that any one who would take his
place successfully should win his daugh-
ter. Gabriel Petersheim, who WIS dis
liked by the sexton, but beloved of the
daughter, at once accepted the offer, to
the disgust of the sexton, who then ar
ranged with two villains to close the
trap-door Of the upper stairway while
Gabriel was above, thinking that, as
the Emperor was to enter toward even
ing, no one need be the wiser, and the
lad must certainly fall before morning.
The two accomplices did their foul work,
and their intended victim, finding his
way down again, was then confronted
with the alternative of clinging to the
slender spire, through cold, wintry
night, with his feet resting on a surface
hardly ten inches in circumference, or
Of precipitating himself to the pavement
at once and thus ending the matter.
Gabriel was a youth of firm will and
hardy constitution. He clung to the
cold column till morning. But the
story goes that his curling locks were
white as snow, and his wonted rosy
cheeks were yellow and wrinkled, and
his eyes, before so bright, were sunken
and dim. One night Of horror had
placed him forty years nearer his grave.
Year: 1873

SOME INTERESTING FACTS CONCFRSrSG YOUNG


FRANK wALwoRrH AND HIS MOTHER


A New York correspondent of the Bos-
ton FOSt gives some interesting facts
concerning Frank Walworth and his
mother; Mrs. Walworth is now, and
mas been since the first awful news
reached her, absorbed in the one idea OF
enduring for her sons sake, and working
for him when there is work to do. She
Is perfectly and absolutely indifferent to
the surroundings; heat or cold, fatigue
or rest, sine does not appear to think Of
Aud IN his own case, life inside the pris-
on means, as il has outside for many
years, my mother He never admits
TO her or to any member of the family,
that he feels the confinement, the labor,
the coarse food, or any hardships of the
prison. He claims, as he has from the
first, that he committed no crime, be-
cause he acted i'm self-defence, therefore
he does not feel his punishment as deg
radiation. For, during six months at
time he slept outside his mothers door
unknown TO her, to prevent night at
tack from the family prosecutor. Here
is fact not generally known; There was
a broken chair found in the room where
the fatal alteration took place, and
there were other evidences which, if uses
had had been made of them, would have
established beyond doubt the plea of
and friend actually plead
ed with Frank Walworth to swear that
his father had broken the chair in at
tempting TO use il as a weapon of offence
against him. This Frank point blank
refused to do, declaring that not to save
himself from the gallows would he de-
part from the truth. Friends, as we'll
meaning, begged Mrs. WalwOrth to show
more feeling at the trial, urging that it
might produce a good effect. Il can do
nothing for effect she said; Il was new
er an actress, and my sufferings have
taught me self-contrOl.' -
Year: 1873

THE LIVING SoUL--As the soul is
the man, and the material body only
his house while upon the earth, man
is never really buriedl No human be-
ing since the beginning OF the world
has ever vet been buried, no, not even
for the space Of a few moments
buried? Man is where his conscious be-
ing is-his memory, his love, his imagi-
nation; and since that cannot be put
into the grave, the man is never put
there. So far from being our last home,
tbe crave is not our home at all, for we
are never laid in it, nor go near 1t.
Happy the day when all shall learn
that corpses are the departed garments
of living men and women-Tem-
pies of God, in which divine service
Is over and finished, the chanting
hushed. the aisles deserted, and to be
contemplated with as little terror as the
dilapidated walls of some ancient, time
worn cathedral.-Re-r.
Year: 1873

Girls who are properly educated, who
are early taught the lessons of self-reli-
ance, who have placed before them a
high standard of excellence to attain
will never stoop to be mere dolls for the
display of the latest fashions, the but-
terilies of life, gaudy but worthless but
will become sober, earnest women


who are fitted to work out the high mis-
sion intrusted to them.
Year: 1873

ANTIDOTE FOR POIsoN.-A poison of
any conceivable description and degree
of potency, which has been swallowed
intentionally or by accident, may be
rendered almost instaneously harmless
by swallowing two gills of sweet oil.
An individual with very strong consti-
The oil will neutralize every form of veg
etable or mineral poison with which
physicians are acquainted.
Year: 1873

tained that they will return to their allegiance.
The fact that they have discarded the
red flag of the Commune, and now dis
play the national colors, gives some
probability to this report. 1t would be idle
to attempt to deny or palliate the disastrous
state of things in the South and the threaten
ing aspect of the reactionary rebellion in the
North. But there is no warrant for
stating that the success of the Carlist cause
is assured by these deplorable occurrences,
and still less that the installation of this help
less tool of bigotry and prejudice in Madrid


is necessary for the protection of life and
property. If the Republicans succeed


in harmonzing their own quarels, even
at some sacrifice Of dignity, the de-
feat of the Carlists would still be an
easy task. If the lamentable dissensions OF
the last month should continue to weaken the
arm of the Government, so as to allow the
young Bourbon to enter the capital at the
head of his mob of mountaineers and adven-
turers, it will not bring peace into Spain, as
his American and English friends appear to
believe. He would find, not only in Carta-
gena, but in every Spanish city south of
Madrid, ready made insurrection on his
hands
Year: 1873

one is going seriously to dispute), then the
Protestants are wrongly expelled from this
chapel. This is the principle in which the
public generally are interested. Nothing ls
more common in this country and in Europe
than for inmates of public institutions to wor-
shin in the same edifce, irrespective OF re-
ligions and sects Admit this separation OF
Catholic and Protestant worshipers IN the
institution on Wards Island to become pre-
cedent and we shall not only have other IN
stitutions clamoring for separate religious
maintenance (Which one OF the dlsDutan's
calls this provision of church, ana JuStines
it as the right of an immigrant), but each OF
the score of Protestant sects will possibly DC
demanding a chapel Of its own, If not TO Wor-
ship in, at least to dispute about. One instl-
tuition of the sort on Wards Island Is ample
for the purpose the simpler service OF tne
Protestants will not in any sense make that
of the Catholics less acceptable Indeed we
are clearly convinced that the throwing open
the doors of the chapel to all Christian sectS
will be an act of grace and charity, III lts
very nature truly religious. Let us, them nave
no further dispute about the rights OF sects'
but let larger Christianity prevail, and make
the chapel, which all the people pay for' Tree
to all who care to worship.