smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

A gentleman crossing the English
Channel stood near the helmsman. 1t
was a calm and pleasant evening,
and no one dreamed of a possible
danger to the good ship But a
sudden tapping of the sail, as II
the wind had shifted, caught the ear
of the officer on watch, and he
sprang at once to the wheel, ex-
aiming closely the compass.


"You are half point off the
course" he said sharply to the man
at the wheel The deviation was
corrected, and the officer returned to
his post.


" You must steer very accurately
said the locker on, "when only half
q point is SO much thought of. F"


"Ah, halt a point, in many places,
might bring us on the rocks" he
said.


So it is in life. Half a point from
strict trutbfulness strands US upon
the rocks of fllsehood. Half a
point from perfect honesty, and we
are steering straight for the rocks
of crime. And so of all kindred
vices. The beginnings are always
small. No one climbs to a summit
at one bound, but goes up one little
step at a time. Children think
lightly of what they call small sins.
These rocks do not look SO fearful to
them.


A friend was once, when a lad,
sailing down East River, near New
York, which was then a very dan
gerous channel. He watched tbs
old steersmen with great interest,
and observed that whenever he came
near to a stick of painted wood he
changed his course.


'FWhy do you turn out for those
bits of wood?" asked the boy.


The old man looked up from
under his shaggy brows, too much
taken up with his task to talk, and
simply growled out Rocksl"


"Well, 1 would not turn out fol
those bits of wood" said the
thoughtless boy: I would go "right
over them"


The old man replied only by {
look which that boy has not tor
/ gotten in his manhood. "POol
foolish lad, it said, chow little yoU
know about rocks !!


So, children, shun the rocks as
you would the way to death. There
ara plenty of buoys to warn you
where they are hidden /; and when
ever you meet one turn aside, fol
! there a danger lies.
Year: 1872

LTNsEED syrup FOR A CoUGH.-We
the following in chemical journal:
To make inseeJ syrup for cough,
boil one ounce of hnseed IN a quart
of wa-er for an hour; strain 1t and
add to the liquid the juice of two
lemons and half pound OF rock
candy. Ii the cough Is accompanied
bv weakness and a loss Of appetite,
add half an ounce of powdered gum
arabic. Set this to simmer for half
an hour, stirring it occasionally
Take a wine glass full whenever the
cough Is troublesome.
Year: 1872

DYISG BLUE-Dip the goods IN a
strong solution OF alum. Then pre-
pare snail amount Of water with
Prussian blus, and dip few rags in
it; add q little more blue aud i'm
merse a few more, and so on, the
amount of blue to be regulated by
the shade desired. I have found
about an ounce 10 a pound of goods
generally sufficient. The blue dye
to be used cold.
Year: 1872

THE duty Of all who favor Greeley's
Peace and Reconciliation or Frank Cheat
hams "Forget and Forgive" is to labor
with the Democracy to send an unbroken
Literal Delegation to Congress. Stand by
car nominees and we will do it.
Year: 1872

The Radicals of Tennessee were never
better organized, more confident and more
juOi!ant. Why is it? Does not every zane
man know that it is because they expect to
ride into power again on the backs Of sin
dependent candidates? Democrats, will
you help them to do so, or will you stand
by your organization? Vote the straight
ticket
Year: 1872

THE Titusville Press says: g 'Fitusville
was not the birthplace of the Father of his
Country but we have man residing
here who slipped up Oh q muddy crossing
this forenoon ami sAt dowa on roll Of
butter which he wes carrying home, and,
instead of fswearing, he simply arose, scraped
the butter from his pants into the paper
again, and went on rs If nothing h3 hap
paneG.n
Year: 1872

OF ivory, and is in perfect state of preservation
In the same hospital there is table, apparently
of pietrd dttrd The different stones, however,
of which it is formed, are petrifed slices of hu-
man flesh.


The Washington correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser sends the following anecdote TO that
paper: few days since Vice-President Colfax
had occasion TO enforce the rules of the senate
under unusual circumstances The sale of
wine in the senate restaurant is positively pro-
hibted. Senator Spencer went in and ordered
dinner and wine for himself and party of
friends. The keeper of the restaurant protested
that be could not furnish wine, as the yice-presi-
dent had given him the very strictest instruc-
tons to comply with the senate rules. Spencer
stormed and said he was senator, etc, and
would be obeyed. The wine was furnished. and
the vice-president was notified that senator
had given positive orders TO he supplied with
wine. Mr.. CollaX came down in person, called
MIR. Spencer out, and quietly informed him he
must respect the senate rules or be at once re-
ported to the senate as breaking them. AT first
Spencer was disposed to resist, but after very
Slight reflection he agreed TO comply with the
rules and finish his dinner without Wine
Year: 1872

and it was wise under the circumstance 8
that he withdrew his claims to the higher
place, although to Democrats generally
he would have been more acceptable
choice, if a Republican candidate is TO
be their choice at all.


Altogether. the convention has agree
ably disappointed many Of. the friends
to the movement, who felt nsrvously
apprehensive lest it should not rise SO
nearly to the diguity and requirements
Of the occasion, or fritter away it's op
portunities in frutess divisions, or con.
clude upon some line Of action obnoxious
to the conservative public sentiment Of
the country. In these respects it has
also achieved its work more satisfactorily
than many of our Democratic friends
were disposed to anticipate, and proves
itself the type and representative of an
actual political power, not iuconsiderable
in proportions, and directed to salutary
and patriotic objects. The army of the
administration is less compact to day
than it was the day before. 1t will de-
velop fresh elements Of iusubordination
from this time on, because Of the evil
deuce which is now palpable to every
intelligent judgment that the Republican
detection is no mere "sound and fury"
signifyiug nothing, but well-armed and
we'll disciplined revolt threatening the
utter discontinue and Generalization of
tho Radical P.r.y.-St. Louis Times.
Year: 1872

amended as to enable the people to elect


United States Senators, President and Vice.


President, postmasters, and great num-


Der of officers, directly by the people.


9Th. A law should be passed giving to


Congress the control of the districting Of


the country for its own members, which
should be without regard to states, and
gsrrymandering should be prevented by
providing remedies where the representa-
tive rights of population have been in
fringed, by making districts Of unequal
size.


9th. The development of our material re-
sources in Virginia, being the only hope of
making our State powerful and pros
porous, we ask the resolutc assertion Of
the great principle of protection to our
weak industries, and our protest against
the policy Of free trade, which would shut
up our mines, put out the fire of our
forges, arrest the growth of our productive
energies, and bring down the wages of our
laboring men, to the starvation standard.


7th. In the distribution of the public
offices, we ask that mono but persons of
unquestioned loyalty to the Republican
party be chosen, and of these, such as are
best fitted by intellectual and moral quali-
ficatiens, always giving preference, other
things being equal, to the disabled soldiers
of the Republic or their dependents. We
do not believe, that the time has come
when we may safely ignore political
opinions, in making appointments to office.


sth. The sacred dedication Of the public
lands as homesteads to the people beyond
oil possibility of speculative accumulation.


9th. A system of national finance which
pays only so much of the debt annually, as
to maintain the national credit, and relieve
labor Of every possible burden, in the way
of taxation.


In state matters we must place ourselves
upon the side Of the people in advocacy of
a policy which permits some equitable set
tlement of the fearful burden of debt which
now rests upon them. We must insist
upon education, the first of all, as the
most vital interest; we must demand |
for the people exemption from extraordi-
nary taxation till they can accumulate
something beyond the necessities Of life
We must insist upon policy that will in
duce emigration, encourage public improve
ments, invite capital and stimulate the ac-
tivity of business.


These are some of the salient points,
which occur to US, as worthy of the atten-
tion of our party. Their adoption, will
commend it to the support of the country.
Such principles will lead us in the direction
Of the worlds progress, and to sure final
triumph.
Year: 1872

Few persons probably know how
rapidly the American bison is disap-
pearing from the western plains. At
one time it is said that they were to
be found everywhere west of Lake
Champlain and tae Hudson river,
but for many years they have been
extinct east of the Mississippi river.
The work of destruction however,
appears to 20 on more bravelv III
proportion as they are driven into
narrower aud narrower limits, and it
is not unlikely that tue fate of the
European bison. which once
ahounded in the woody wilderness
of Germany. northern Gaul and
neighboring parts Of the Continent,
hut which is now to be found alone
and rarely in the forests of Llthnanla,
will soon be theirs. Some idea of
the extent of this ruthless slaughter


may be formed from the fact that
twenty-five thousand blsons We're
killed the month of May south of
the Kansas and Pacific railroad for
the sake OF their hides alone, which
are sold at the paltry price of two
dollars each on delivery for shipment
to the Eastern markets. Add to this
five thousand-a small estimate
shot by tourists and killed by the
Indians to supply meat to the people
on the frontier, and we have a sum
total of thirty thousand as the vic
tins for a single month. If the
bison were a wild and savage animal
If to kill one required any especial
skill or bravery or nerve, there
might be some justification for this
enormous slaughter. But the fact |
is that the bison is an exceedingly |
mild dispositioned animal. His looks
indicate ferocity and malignity. but
his nature does not correspond with
his appearance.
Year: 1872

ward, vhc-a snow will p-ev2il


Cloudy and threatening weather is
probable for the South Atlantic States
tonight. A rising barometer with
nOrthwesterly winds and a falling
temperature will extend by Friday
morning over the Southern and Mid
die States, with clearing weather very
generally and probably over the New
England States by Friday evening.
Year: 1872

The Gatling guns at West Point nre
curious looking implements Of war
fare, but more curious still Is the man.
ner Of tho working. An odd-appear-
Ing bending band Of steel Is brought
from tho ammunition chest and held
Immediately over and in contact with
the slit In the upper part OF the gun.
The segment contains twenty cart
ridges, and rs the crank Of the coffee
mill" Is turned they descend In due
sequence into chambers, where they
explode. From the many mouths OF
the gun shoot forth uninterrupted
numbers Of piercingly bright flashes
of flame, surrounded by enwrapping
wells of blue smoke, and from the
lower side comes steady stream OF
empty cartridge shells. When one
segment Is exhausted 1t Is replaced BY
another. and there is really no limit to
the capacity OF the gun so long rs the
crank Is kept turning. An officer in
forms NE that they can fire 42O shots n
minute, and furthermore, that the
prevalent impression concerning their
delicacy and liability to get out OF or
der, Is untrue that they are easily
managed, simply constructed, and good
for much service.-Cor. Poughkeepste
Eagle.
Year: 1872

Two remarkable suicides recently
took place in Paris. A strong, able
bodied man took long rope, reaching
about half way down from the fourth


story. He theu secured one end OF the
rope firmly, aud tied the other end. not
about his neck, but about one ankle.
Fastened in this manner, he made a


leap from the window. or course.
when he reached the end Of the rope
he came crashing against the wall OF
the house with such force that his
brains were scattered upon the wall
aud the people below. The other
sought death by tying his hands and


feet. and then sticking his head down
between his bed-slats. He was found
upright, but reversed, and appears 30
have made great efforts to escape from
the trap he had so carefully prepared,
Year: 1872

PETER THE GREAT The boat OF
Peter the Great, which Is regarded
as 4 sacred relic in Russia, and was
carried at the head of the recent gala
procession in St. Petersburg, is over
two hundred years old, having been
an old yawl when Peter was a boy.
II is still well preserved tits mas
terpiece in its way, and a tolerably
good specimen of badiwork- Beng
in a state of dilapidation when it was
discovered lying under an old shed,
Peter undertook to repair it, and il
was thus his ship-building propensit-
les began to manifest themselves
Year: 1872

A True PIcTURE--How many
men there are who have ground and
ground TO make money. that they
might be happy by-and-by, but who,
when they have got to be fifty or six
ty wears old. have used up all the en-
ioyable nerve that was in them ,
During their early life they carried
toll and economy and frugality to the
excess of stinginess, and when the
time came that they expected joy,
there was no JOY for them.-Beeeker.
Year: 1872

Parsoa Hagar belonging 10 the
Western Reserve Hagars-prime
family; his mother was & Weston /;
one of his sisters married a Wheeler /;
they settled in Morgan county, and
be got nipped by the machinery of a
carpet factory and went through in
less than a quarter Of a minute His
widder bought the piece Of carpet
that had his remains wove in, and
people came a hundred miles to tend
the funeral, and they had to let one
end Of the coffin stick out of the win
dow. They didn't bury him-they
planted one end aud let him stand up,
same as u monument. And they
nailed sign on it-saered to-the
m-e-m-o-r-y-of fourteen y-a-r-d-s-of
three-ply-car-pet-containing all
that was-ln-o-r-t-al of-of-W-il-l-
lam W-h-e-r
Year: 1872

The Imperial Band Coming to the


Jubilee.


BERLIN, May 2O.-The Imperial Band,
by consent OF the Emperor, will sail
shortly for America TO take part In the
Worlds Peace Jubilee at Boston.
Year: 1872

GREELEY IN New YoRK.--The follow
ing is an extract from a letter from q
leading business man and old Republi-
can in New York, to gentleman in this
city under date July l 3:


Politics are beginning to run high
in favor of Greeley. As soon as the Balti-
more Convention speaks for him, which
it is bound to do, you will see the great
est stampede from the Grant party thai
was ever known from a party in this
country.


Greeley hats and white rubber caps
with his likeness are all the go.


"There is no enthusiasm for Grant, ]
have no doubt of Greeley's election"
Year: 1872

defend men who have been unjustly as


sailed, and publish all matters Of pub
lie interest free from personal or party
bias. It is true, Col Larrabee purchased
the material upon which this paper is
printed but he did not purchase the edi-
tor, nor does he assume to exercise any
control over its. editorial conduct. He
has never sought any personal defense
in these columns and We have only vol
unteered what common justice demands.
Year: 1872

We receive these meats direct from first hands
by the car load, and hence will supply the TRADE
at San Francisco jobbing rates. We also give
notice that we have ordered from this popular
houSe N LARGE stock of
Year: 1872

we're kept together in the custody
of officers, who permitted them to at
tend the Baptist church in Maysville.
This afforded an opportunity not to be
neglected by the clergyman who otfici-
ated on that occasion, and he proceeded
to preach a sermon having practical
application to the case which the jury
had under consideration, taking for his
text the words: Release unto me
Barabbas; now Barabbas was robber.
During his discourse the minister said:
Some in this house may think / am
pleading for mercy for the man now be-
ing tried for his life in this village.
Such is not the case, for / believe the
mans hands are reeking with blood;
also, his wife's and her mother reeking
with blood. / have read and carefully
examined the evidence, and from that
have come to this conclusion" Mar
lows counsel very naturally assumes
that it was not fair to his client that the
jury should have been preached to in
such strain, and he has obtained the
stay of proceedings on that ground.
Year: 1872

From the Montreal Gazette.J


Not long since met gentleman who
is assessed for moro than a million. Sill


yer was in his hair, care upon his brow,


and he stopped beneath his burden Of


wealth. We were speaking of that pc
riod of life when we had realized the


most perfect enjoyment, or, rather,
when we had found the happiness near
est to be unalloyed. Ill tell you
said the millionaire, when was the hap
piest hour of my life. At the age of one
and twenty, / had saved up $500. ! was
earning $500 year and my father did
not take it from me, only requiring that
| should pay for my board. At the age
of twenty-five ] had secured a pretty
cottage, just outside of the city. | was
able to pay two-thirds Of the value down,
and also to furnish it respectfully. j
was married on Sanday-a Sunday in
June-at my fathers house. Ny wife
had come to me poor in purse, but rich
in the wealth of her womanhOod. The
Sabbath and the Sabbath night we passed
beneath my father roof and on Monday
morning l went 10 my work, leaving my
mother and sister TO help in preparing
nv HON ]. On Monday evening when the
labors of the day we're done, l went not
to tie paternel shelter, as in the days
past, but to my own hQme--my own
home. The holy atmospherg Of that
hour seems 60 surround me even nov ~
the memory. / opened the door of my
cottage and entered. laid my hat on
the little stand in the hall, and passed
on into the kitchen-our kitchen and
dining room were all one then. / pushed
open the kitchen door and was-in
hesvenl The table vas set against the
Year: 1872

Theodore TfIton ON Spiritual Man.
1festattOns.


Inquisitor-You are a spiritualist, ac
cording to common rumor.


Tilton-I believe in the existence oi
the human mind after the death of the
| body; and have had evidenced which
makes me think it probable that the dis
embodied spirit does sometimes come
back and hold communication with its
| friends.


Inquisitor-What sort of evidence?


Tilton-Much extending through sew.
eral years.


Inquisitor-Are you willing to tell
your experience?


Tilton-Certainly; if anybody is in
terested in hearing it. The most start
ling is, perhaps, that at DIR. Slade's s
rooms, in New York. All the phenome-
ma occur in the light. / went then in
the day time and asked for test. DR..
Slade bit off small piece of slate-pen-
cil mere grain, laid it on a slate, then
slipped the slate halfway under one of
the upturned leaves of the table, / hold
ing one corner of it and he another
The slate was pressed up close against
the leaf. Nobody else was in the room
| saw both his hands Instantly there
was a scratching of the slate, and in a
moment | drew il out and it con-
tanned letter signed by the name
of a friend whom | lost some years
before. / saw this tried several times,
always producing a different letter.
Once he held the slate on the head of a
companion of mine, in light room, at
monday, aud / saw the pencil write, no
mortal hand touching it. | also saw
various objects move from one side of
the room to the other-nobody being
near them-going from the table to the
mantel for instance. The most amaz-
ing thing, however, occurred with an
old accordion that had fallen to pieces.
/ stuck the pieces together, held firmly
to one end of the instrument, when
something drew out of the other end
and played several familiar tunes on it
without any assistance from me or any
body else. not only heard it but saw
tat least am very certain that did.
1t was bright MONDAY. said if
there were spirits present | should
like to have them to touch me; and
hand came from under the table and
clasped mine. / both saw and felt it.
At Moravia / distinctly saw faces that
were said to be the faces Of spirits but
| did not recognize any of them. have
seen enough of these phenomena to
know that they are genuine. | do not
believe that the theory of delusion or
that Of imposition will begin TO cover
the facts. | am not certain that the
phenomena are produced by spirits, but
/ think it quite likely, and know that
the prominent scientific men and theo.
logians of the day ought to adopt some
other than the pooh-pooh method of
dealing with the most curious develop
meut OF the century.
Year: 1872

EiOm VO0ihoAsJ


We consider the prospects Of a remote
future generation as regards their coal
which we are now using extravagantly
so we ought not to be termed Utopian il
we propose a method by which our sue
cessors will have but little trouble in
learning languages. A committee OF
the scientific men of all nations should
be formed, which should decide on a
language that shall be termed the uni
versal language. This language may be
one at present in existence, or one based
upon an existing language.


Let us suppose that German is found
to be the most expressive and complete
Of existing languages, and one decided
on as the universal tongue. We com
mence our education, not with super.
fetal knowledge of several languages,
but with thorough knowledge Of Ger
man only. All other nations adopt the
same course; and we know that wherever
civilization has spread, wherever mis-
sionaries have resided and taught, we
who speak this universal language will
be ct once Ineligible, and able to COM
municate our thoughts readily.


Having but one language to learn and
keep up we should soon think in this
language, and should thus be able to ex-
press ourselves equally as well as in our
native tongue.


People also would feel that they could
not get on out Of their own country
unless they spoke their universal Ian
guage, and thus so practical and essen
tial an advantage would be gained by
acquiring knowledge of it that it
would be to each persons interest to
study it. At the present time many of
us feel indisposed to occupy several
years in learning several languages be-
cause we know that our residence in the
countries in which these languages are
spoken is likely to be of short duration;
thus the return for our labors would not
be adequate, and we naturally decline to
waste our time on such subjects. If
however, we knew that one language
would carry us all over the world that
while we in our youth were studying the
universal language there were also Rus
slams, Turks, Egyptians, French, Dutch,
Spanish, Portuguese, Hindoos, Persians,
Caffres, Italians, Norwegiaas, Swcdcs,
and Greeks, employed in the same
manner; and thus that we would readily
communicate with native of each Of
these countries by simply learning one
language, so great practical advantage
would evidently be gained that every
man would have his heart in his work.


The grown up man who spoke the
universal language would for business
purposes or for pleasure, find himself as
much at home among the men of bust
ness or science of every foreign country
as he would at his own society; and thus
more satisfactory results would be OBJ
tanned for one years labor, in acquiring
one language, than are now obtained in
many years spent in learning several.
Organization and unity are alone re-
quired, and these, we believe, are even
now obtainable.