smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

We are told in. classic history that
an old painter was employed to
sketch the Macedonian Emperor.
The emperior receive severe. wound
upon the right temple, in one of his
famous battles, and a large scar was
left. The artist proceeded TO the
work assigned him, and stctched the
monarch leaning upon his elbow,
with his forefinger covering the scar.
Ills ingenuity was infamous than ev-
er. SO it is with genuine charity,
which "covereth a multitude OF
sins" Instead of exposing the faults
of others, and holding them up to
scorn and ridicule, it covers them
with the finger of love, except when
truth and justice require them to be
openly rebuked. The way of the
world is to expose the scar of charac-
tel, and set them off in more than
their real uglincss. They are the
subjects of gossip and keen satire in
the social circle, and the sparks OF
fire that are struck around often kin
die into fame. How much more
beautiful is that spirit which treats
the failure of Others with forbearance
while it does not excuse iniquity in
the nearest friends! That is the sc.
cret foundation of all that is good
and true. This is the charity which
''suffercth long and is kind" and
"doth not behave itself unseemly,'
and thinketh no evil.
Year: 1871

WHAT A SPIDER DID.-At New
castle-On-Tyne, England, gentleman
boastcd to friend that he could in
troduce to him an engineer of moro
wonderful skill than Robert Stephen
son, who had made himslf famous by
perfcctiDg the railway locomotive.
In fufllment of the boast, he brought
out glass tumbler containing a little
scarlet-colorcd spider, whose beauty,
with its bright yellow nest on a sprig
of .aurustinus, had induced young
lady to pluck it from the bush where
it was growing. When brought into
the house it was placed OH the man.
tie piece, and secured by placing a
glass over it. In very short time
tbis wonderful little engineer contri-
we'd to accomplish the hurculeaa task
of raising the sprig of laurustinus, a
weight several hundred times greater
than itself, to the upper part of the
glass, and attaching it there so firmly
that, after forty years, it is stiil sus-
pended where it was hung by the
spider.
Year: 1871

Rcoard should be had at all times
to the tone of the Uoice in speaking.
There is q natural difference in voices.
Some are more pleasant than others
but great deal of the hardness and
rOughness of the voice that Is common
is owing entirely to neglect. No ef-
fort is made to speak in a pleasant
tone. Very few good examples are
met with. Hence there Is very little
improvement.


Your first effort should be to speak
oNstinctly, and then to speak smoothly
and sweetly. There are very few
young persons who articulate distinct
ly. What would you think if q man
protesting to deal out brick, should
deal out pieces instead of brick-giv.
ing q whole brick now and then? He
would do in regard to brick what ma
ny do in respect to words. They ut
ter pieces Of words. They leave out a
part of almost every word-a syllable
or letter, and sometimes more. In
stead of saying calculate, they say
catklotc; instead Of saying history,
they say histyy. In like manner they
clip large portion Of their words. II
they are writing, they would be
ashamed to leave out a part of the let
tiers in spelling words. They are not
ashamed to leave them out in speaking
words. The latter fault is about as bad
as the former. Set yourself at once to
form habits Of distinct articulation.


Then attend to Sn,OOtItness Of utter
dnce and 1,ledsantncss Of tone. A per-
son of high culture can often be dis
tinguished by the tone of the voice.
fyou are in any public place and hear
persons behind you talking, you can,
from their style of conversation, deter
mine whether they are educated, re-
fined persons or not. III you cannot
hear their words SO as to understand
them, you can form an opinion from
the tones of their voices. Especially is
this the case in regard 10 ladies. A
coarse, unrefined woman never has
smooth, pleasant u.terance. A lady
may be known by the tones of her
voice.


A good exercise for improving the
quality of the voice is to select and
and read aloud some beautiful speci-
mems of poetry. Select pieces remarks
able for smoOthness and rhythm, as
well as for beauty Of thought and feel
ing. Endeavor to enter into the feel
ing, and use the tones adapted to ex-
press it.-Rer. Joseph Alden, d. d., IN
Bright Side.
Year: 1871

They bade me cast the thing away.
They pointed to my hands, all bleeding;
They listened not to all my pleading;


The thing meant could not say;


knew that should rule the day


If once cast that thing away.
grasped 1t firm, and bore the pain;
The thOrny husks stripped and scattered
II could reach its heart, what mattere(
If other men saw not my gain;


Or, even II should be slain.


Iknew the risk I chose the pain.
Oh had cast that thing away,
had not found what most / cherish,
A faith without which should perish
The faith which, like a kernel, lay


Hid in the husks which, on that day,
My instinct would not throw away!
Year: 1871

No one can be lntidel enough to
doubt that ladies whose unlucky lot
it is to reject the affections they have
won, feel all the sympathy they pro-
Tess for the suffering Of which they
have been the chiCt cause. Yet, with
its regrets and remorse, it is not IN
the most angelic feminine nature to
be insensible to the glory OF involun-
tary triumphs; to think, without some
thrill Of pleasure, on the sorrow OF Its
victims, There are women, of course,
who hunt down hearts for the sheer
pleasure OF the short, and parade their
bruised and bleeding trophies as II vet


cran Indian carries at his belt the
sc"lps he has torn away in a score OF
razzais. We suspect there are few OF
the sex who can resist gratifying a
pardonahlc vanity hy tukinl some one
INTO the secret Of the tribute paid thelr
destinations who have the strength of
kindness to do the best they can for
their love next 20 accepting him, and
conslgn to oblivion the episode he un-
pleasantly figured in. Unless an OF


fer bc SO wild Us to amount to an in


suit, in ninety nine cases out OF Il
hundred, the gentleman may find
comfort in thinking ne has left pleas
ant memories with the lady ID whose
happiness he would have consecrated
his lie. ..
Year: 1871

The Richmond Dispatch says 1T is
simply an impossibIity for the Virgin
ia people to bear all the demands for
the payment OF debt and taxes that are
accommodating against them. The wolf
is at :he door,
Year: 1871

An eight mile ride through the heart
of the Alps, in utter darkness. or dark
ness 50 nearly utter that it will he
darkness visible, will be rather a
gloomy and disagreeable journey, but
thousands of people from all parts OF
the world will 30 to experience it, just
40 soon as il will be available.
Year: 1871

All the Cinnamon in this country
who had the means have gone home to
celebrate, in February, the commence
ment of another thousand years. They
declare the last festival of this kind
was celebrated in China ten centuries
Year: 1871

Send for the Doctor when Sick.


It is of the first importance, in all
cases of sickness, to ascertain what is
the matter. If every disease had but
one symptom, which was peculiar to it,
then it might be well to teach the pub
lie what symptoms meant but so far
from this being the case, almost every
disease has variety of symptoms in
common with several other ailments.
Hence only an educated and expert
enced physician can decide with reas-
enable certainty what any set of symp-
toms indicates; to commit an error
here, and advise a RENE dy, may be the
death of the patient. 1t is then most
unwise for unprofessiOnal persons to
be studying symptoms; and to pre-
scribe for them is actually dangerous.


Every man ought to have his fam
lily physician, just as every man has
his lawyer, his tailor or his cObbler.
Don't be feeling about in the dark and
imagine this, that and the other is the
matter; relieve yourself of painful un-
certainties and burdening respOnsibili-
ties, by, consulting your medical adj
wiser, when you have any persistent
troublesome sensation.


For the multitude of little symp-
toms which now and then present
themselves, the best plan is to eat a
little less for day or two, take some
recreation in the country, or extra rest
and sleep and warmth at home; and in
multitudes of cases the symptoms will
promptly abate aud finally disappear
altogether. But if, in spite of rest and
warmth and quiet, the symptoms re-
main unchanged except for the worse,
then promptly advise with your ply
sician and take nothing except by his
direction. II you do not attempt to
mend your watch or even an old shoe,
surely the body, so valuable to you
and so delicately framed, should be
put in skillful hands when repairs are
needed. ,-CDr. Hall.
Year: 1871

A SECOND WAsHINGTON.-A mis-
chevious urchin in the lower part of
the county, who had been reading
that anecdote of Washington and the
cherry tree, took it into his head the
other day to try the experiment TO
see how he would come ont. He cut
down the finest cherry tree in his
fathers orchard, owned up to the van
dalism in true heroic style, and in
stead of hearing the welcome plaudit
"come to my arms, my boy" for tell
ing the truth, his father gave him a
good sound thrashing to correct his
mischievous disposition. The boy is
much incensed now against the old
man Washington for not giving George
the whipping he deserved, and tC
this neglect of parental duty our hero
is indebted for his own misfortune
Nevada Transcript.
Year: 1871

Hillsboro boy, looking well, and who
expressed himself much pleased with
Decatur.


But I may have tired you out by
this time with my rambling letter, so
I'll put stop to this, and promise to
inflict more upon you when l find
more to write of in my


T. RAVELING.
Year: 1871

An exchange says: "In these days
when diseases of the throat prevail,
and particularly a dry, hacking cough,
which is not only distressing to our
selves, but to those with whom we are
brought into business contact, those
afflicted may be benefited by trying
the following remedy: Last tall we
were induced to try what virtue there
was in common salt. We commenced
by using it three times a day-morn-
ing, noon and night. We dissolved a
large teaspoonfuI Of common salt in a
tumblerfuI of water, and with this we
gargled effectualIy, just before meal
time. The result has been that during
the win or we were not only free from
the usual coughs and colds to which,
as far as our memory extends, we
have always been subject, but the dry,
hacking cough has entirely disappear
ed. We attribute it entirely TO the
salt gargIe, and do most cordially
recommend it to those of our readers
who are subject to diseases of the
| throat.
Year: 1871

WATER PRooF GLUE One ounce
of gum sardarac and l ounce OF mastic
dissolved in one pint of alcohol, to
which add one ounce of white tur-
pentine. Have ready some thick
glue, mixed with a little isinglass,
Then heat the alcohol, with the gums,
to boiling, in a glue pot, adding the
glue with constant stirring until the
whole is thoroughly mixed. Strain
through a cloth aud apply hot. 1t
dries quickly, gets very hard, aud is
not affected by immersion in water.
Year: 1871

Iron rust is removed by salt mixed
with lemon juice. Mildew by dip
ping into sour buttermilk apd laying
in the sun. Ink stains may some
times be taken out by smearing with
hot tallOw, left on when the stained
article goes into the wash. Freezing
will take out cold fruit-stains, and
scalding with boiling water will re-
move those that have never been
through the wash.
Year: 1871

To MEND. RUBBER HosE.-Cut the
hose apart where it is detective; OBJ
tain from gas filter a piece of gas
pipe two or three inches long, twist
the hose over it until the ends meet,
wrap with strong twine we'll waxed
or white loaded, and it will last a long
time
Year: 1871

liza full vote were brought out to-day
all over the State, we should have no ap


prehensiOns but the Convention scheme


would bo defeated, The danger of It's
success grows out Of the popular spathy


The partisans Of Convention are active


ly and aggressively at work. They will
vote themselves and bring out every i'll
different man they can persuade. We
fear too many Of the people who don't
want Convention will not take the trou-
bic togo to the polls, excusing their con-
science, perhaps, with the idea that they
will not be responsible If the Convention
should carry They should remember
that every man is responsible to his own
conscience and TO society for the perform
ancc Of his duty as a citizen, The man
who believes there ought not TO be Con-
Vention but does not embody that belief
in u ballot to-day, being situated so that
he can, does not aCquit himself OF his re-
sponsibility us a good citizen. We be-
lieve the vote throughout tho State will
be close, and that q few votes may decide
the question. We suppose there is not
one Of the readers we address but has
made up his mind whether he wants a
Convention or not Now let him come
out to-day and vote, whether itbe for or
against, so that there may be inll ex'
Drpsginn. rI..
Year: 1871

One OF the things talked about by mer
who advocate q Convention Is q property
qualification for sulTragc-thNi Is that
property instead Of man should he the
voter, These gentlemen say that toe
many people are voting that the rights
of property are not secure when there is
such indisCriminate suffrage. Would the
rights of manhood and labor he any more
secure than property now is II the labor
ing classes--ior they are the nOn.proper'
ty owning classes chicfiy--were disiran.
chised, and the government controlled
entirely by employers and capitalists In
the South under the old regime the capital
lists owned the laboring class. They can't
quite do that here, but they want TO con.


troll 1t to suit their own interests. The
property qualification would enable them
to do this, for then they could make the
laws 10 suit their purposes. Failing to get


that the TiCd gOce vote is the next reliance,
and this, with abolishing most OF the
popular elections and having officers ap.
pointed by the executive, would furnish q
pretty fair substitute for the aristocratlc
style of government We had before the
war. Let those who vote for q restoration
of Bourbonism do II with their eyes open.
Year: 1871

No More Government by the People.


One Of the purposes entertained by the
partisans of a Convention Is to restore the
old Virginia aristocratic system of govern.
Ing the people by local officers appointed
over instead of elected by them as Mt


present That's why the township sys.


TEN Is to be abolished. II Is too demo.
cratic. II allows the people to choose
their own local officers. The idea Of the
"bogus" Democracy Is 10 have them mp.
pointed either by the executive or by
Court House ring, so that all the offices,
high and low, can le farmGd out and made
a party machine. The work was begun
in the act under which today's election Is
held. The officers Of this election arc not
the men whom We chose to conduct our
elections they are men who hold their
authority over lis by appointment directly
from the Executive. We shall sec much
tAore Of tliis before long Our people will
not in future be. allowed to choose Their
local officers. These will'be chosen for
them by superior power. Those who
vote for q Convention to-day vote for this
Year: 1871




Dothe worhingmen of Wheeling want
the ballot taken away from them Are
they al independent enough of circum'
stances to come up to the polls and cry
out their vote in opposition to the wish
of their employer, without some apprc-
hension that they or their families may
be made to suffer for itP Can q man,
whose children's bread and butter may
depend on the favor of his employer, feel
as free to announce his vote openly NJ ii
he votes the secret ballot The ballot Is
his friend. 1t preserves his real indepen-
dence. 1t stands between him and trOu.
bile 1t protects secret that is his own,
and which no other man has right 10
know. II the Convention carries, We
shall only be allowed to see the ballot
about once more after to-day Think
about whether you would Ike 10 have it
taken from you.


II is one Of the aYOWed purposes 0l the
Convention to take away the ballot and
restore the old rim rare mode Of voting
Then you will 90 to the polls and tell the
Judges whom you vote for for this office,
and haveit cried ont, whom You vote for
for another office and have IL cried, and
so on through the whole tedious cata-
logue, instead Of putting in your vote for
all at once. Are we prepared to go back
to the barbarous agcsY II so, let us go
fora Convention and abolish the ballot.
Year: 1871

WOULD the people Of this city like to
see tho Legislature vested with discretion
to exempt the property Of railroad cor.
potations from taxatiOnS If they would,
lot them vote to call Convention The
Legislature last winter was mere wax in
the hands of two such corporations, each
of which got everything it asked for.
Does anybody suppose these great com.
panies would be less successful in manag-
ing a Conventions which will numbcrno
more and can probably be bought rs
cheaply ms a Legislature, And does any.
body suppose they don't know Il?
Year: 1871

tives, and with the start which the
luck Of drawing has given them Ia the
Senate, that body, 7, too, can be reclaimed
from the wreckers.


OF course this opinion is confidently
advanced upon the suppOsitiOn that
the taxpayers will not 90 to sleep in
the tOrtures which the blood suckers
are inflicting upon them, and that
they will unite all their energies for
their own deliverauce. To be success
ful, they must not desist from teach
ing the freedmen the injury which all
classes have sustained from putting
the adventures into Office. They
must discourage every attempt Of the
carpet-baggers to disturb the good un-
derstanding which is once more


bringing up between the whites and
blacks. The last.named must be in
formed of the fatal consequences
which viii ensue to the material inte-
rests Of both races, if a new lease of
power is extended to the public plum
derers and spendthrifts through the
ballot box. Among Conservatives
there must be no disc0rd. Every one
must be willing to make whatever
personal sacrifice may be required on
the altar of patriotism, and no one
should be a candidate for office at the
risk Of the harmony which is essen
tial to the success Of the right cause.
Year: 1871

From the Little Rock Gazette


We are fearful that many Of our
people are labOring under the suppO-
sition that it is an easy matter for the
Democracy to overcome the RepUbli-
cans in this State and it is, with
fair registration and election; but
when we remember that every Office
in the State is filled by Republi-
cans-mOstly by men who have no in
terest in the country, and no higher
motive than to subserve selfish ends
that they do not hesitate to resort to
the most unblUshing frauds to carry
their ends, it will be seen that it will


be no child's play to beat them. Be
fore the next election we confidently
believe that Congress will pass a gen
eral amnesty act, and the only re-
naming acknowledgements will be by
State laws. The registration of 1870
stands as made st that time. If IN
touched, even with that vote we have
a majority Of the popular vote; but
the manner in which the representa-
tive districts are gerrymandered will
require large increase over that reg
istratiOn 70 US to elect a majority of
Lub OElEAdA EA-cCAlDlEa " e u4ASb 6CC
to it that every man is registered
that he votes, and that the votes are
honestly counted. In order to secure
this it will require work, hard labor,
and every man must do his duty. We
cannot afford to rest, in the belief that
we have an easy going thing, for we
have not, and it is we'll that the
people so understand it, and this early.
1t can be done, when every prominent
Democrat takes q personal interest in
the result; makes it his business to
see that every man is registered, and
that he votes. The registration Of
1870 is secure; we want to add at
least 20, 600 votes to it. If proper steps
are taken no one will hardly be de-
MED registration in the very face Of
the enfranchisement act. At least
one hundred indictments under this
act are now pending in the United
States Court at this place for frauds
committed, and whether or not any
thing is ever done With the guilty
parties, it will have a moral effect that
viii work good. Men are not so fond
Of indictments, and being dragged be-
fore court, that they are likely to re-
sort to these frauds very extensively
in the future. Let Democrats do their
duty, and the result cannot be doubted.
Year: 1871

we have not seen anything Of as Kind erecu,
ed, by one man, that manifested to our
mind SO forcibly the results Of persevering
energy and go-aheaditiveness.


Although wehad frequently heard and read
of the gentleman, we had never the pleasure
of seeing him until. at the request of several
friends, we were induced to visit his splendid
domain Of 500 acres, where we met with a
cordial and disinterested reception, His
splendid orchard and vineyard now cover an
area of 225 acres; the air, willie vocal with
the song of many tiny warblers, is fragrant
with welcome odors-the heavens are tran
quill and serene, and good old Sol shines
brightly over all on Gods footstool-the
poor and the rich, alike. We shall, in our
letter to follow this, perhaps astonish you
and some Of your readers when giving a des-
cripton of the place particularly. We have
simply, at present, endeavored to convey an
idea Of the new building spoken of at length,
and in reading it, we desire that you bear in
mind always, that when the proprietor set
tied here in the Fall of 1852, the whole sur
rounding region was wild forest of oaks and
pines, whose stalwart arms stretched far and
wide, and between whose trunks was an al
most impenetrable brake, and the courage
Gus Pioneer, himself, settling there without
dollar to combat with and make the wilder
ness bloom and blossom as the rose.


Faithfully yours,


JUANlTA.
Year: 1871

WHAT THE "FAr CONTRIBUTION" KNOWS
ABOUT FARMING No farmer can consider bis
fall work complete until he has his cellar well
supplied with saw logs. Seated around the
blazing hearth of winters night there is no
fruit more delicious. A correspondent asks
us what we think Of late blowing. Flowing
should not be continued later than ten or
eleven o'clock at night, 1t gets the horses
into the habit of staying out late and unduly
exposes the plow. We have known horses
to acquire springhalt and inAamatory rhsu-
matism from late plowing. Don't do it. To
another correspondent who wants ua to sug-
gest good drain on farm, we would say
heavy mortgage at ten per cent. will drain it
about as rapidly as anything we know Of.
When you make cider select nothing but tho
soundest turnips, chopping them into sled
length before cradleing them In boiling
your cider use plenty of ice, and when boiled
hang it up in the sun to dry. A pickaxe
should never be used in picking apples. 1t
has tendency to break down the vines and
damage the hive. In sowing your. winter
apple jack, horse rake will be found pref
erabe to freeze ur, and are hardly palataba
unless boiled with sugar. The coming cold
weather should suggest to the humane far
mer the necessity for making good cow
shed. The following is good receipt for
making good cow she'd Pour pailtul Of
boiling hot water OH her back, and if that
don't make good COW shed-her hair-we
are no prophet to noto1y. Now is the time
for planting your winter hay. The pink
eyed Southdown is probably the best variety
as it don't need boiling and begins to lay
early.