smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

What million is worth in some
minds may be judged from these wo
bon mots. which have Just come to
light. Hope, the celebrated London
banker, who was suffering from an
inexorable malady which prevented
him from eating, seeing friend at
work upon n chop, exclaimed with
accents of emotion, stopping his
friond'sIhand as it was convo, ing u
piece of chop on fork to his mouth,
"Cherished friend, l would give
million to be able to eat that chop as
thou art doing ~ And NJ. Nathaniel
Rothschild, who was paralyzed, on
hearing Of the accident to his brother
from a fall from his horse, exclaimed. .
"Ah how happy he must be to be
able to get on horse eback at the risk
even of breaking his neck by fall |!
I would give million to bo able to
risk as much ~
Year: 1870

the noontide heat, umbrellas will be
used to protect them from the rays of
a vertical sun. Sponge cake, ice
cream and lemonade will be furnish
cd during tho day, or any other re-
freshmont--the comfort and convent
encc of the ladies being moro highly
priced than filthy luore. Balls will
be given every night during tho week
or oftener, if desired, and New Or
leans shall be laid under contribution
to furnish tho most talented musi-
clans.


cit is particularly desired that the
ladies should make their minutes'
desires known, in order that they may
be rigidly complied with. at the
close Of the season one.half the entire
crop shall bo divided among the la
dies, aud donation of 81 900 in
gold shall be made to cacl, (Which it
is, hoped will be cheerfully accepted y
with the privilege Of as much more as
may be desired"
Year: 1870

(Which was q blue belly with all the
other fairies. The King delivered an ad
dress to them, and wound up by saying
the bad spirit Of Jack the Giant kilIc,
would soon DO there, and they must all be
as small as possible ; and then he added
you know you have power over every
thing but him. The King had just So,
down, when oil at once they heard a
great rusb and roar, and jacks spiri,
was there.


The 6rst thing he did was TO call them
up, one by one, and see il they were too
large anu N SO he would anAict some
terrible punishment. They had all been
called up but Willie, aud now ie was bis
tine. The sentence passed on Willie
was this: loo large! too large! Ae
must be changed; his head shall bo q
pumpkin and his body a potato. still he
sbaal be seaside. and all the fairies shall
make sport Of him, and after they get
through he shall bc banished from Fairy
Land


You may imagine how miserable Willie
must have been. lie cried, but that did
20 good, and he thought il he could only
be at home with bis parents how happy
he would bco He would be willing to 20
TO school forever. 1e was then he began
to realize how terrible it was to he with
out father aud mother. Oh thought
he, if had never been q fairy, how
happy | would be. Just then the potato
and the pumpkin we're brought forward,
and Willie began to scream very hard,
when oil at once he found himself sigh,
in the hay stack, where he had been all
the time. 1t was only . dream, and Of
course he was vory much rejoiced.


Willie knew the second bell for school |
had Fang and that he would be too late,
so he went home, thinking he would take
q fresh start to school the next morning
He told his parents about it, any they all
had great laugh about "Willie's fairy
dream" But if it was dream, it made
him better boy, for after that he was
very obediept to his kind father and
mother, and always willing 10 90 to
'chool. He studied very hard, and grew
up to be au intelligent gentleman.


May all the little girls and boys who
read this story profit by ID; may they
nevcr cry when they have to go to school,
's be disobedient to their parents or
teachers but live to be good aud intelli-
gent men and women, is the wish of
POUR sincere friend,


LEONTINE.
Year: 1870

From the n. Y. Post.


One Of the most eminent women in the
country died Friday. Mrs. Emma Willard
was distinguished in many ways. She was
the author of many useful treatises, several
of which still hold their place astext-books
in many of our best institutions of learn
ing. She had fine poetic taste, and some
OF her verses are familiar as household
words throughout the country; especially
the devout and expressive hymn, Rocked
IN the Cradle of the Deep, which was
actually composed by her during a storm
at sea, and viii continue for years af-
ter she has passed away to afford to pious
Voyagers a comfortable expression of their
trust. In vide circle OF personal friend
ship, and especially among the poor and
suffering in the City of Troy, where she
has spent long and active life, she will
be remembered for her sincere kindness.
deep sympathy, strong friendships and
genuine beneficenee.


But the work to which Mrs Willard gave
her best years and most earnest efforts was
that of the higher education Of women.
She was almost the first person in the Uni
ted States to give efactual and practical
force to the Iong-felt want of a higher
standard of culture in female schools.


She has lived to see the complete tri-
umph of her just and noble views; and
thus to obtain The highest reward a sincere
reformer can desire. Who would now ven
ture to question the rule she adopted mure
than forty years ago, that women ought to
enjoy a culture adapted TO their own work
IN life, yet equal in richness and complete
ness to that provided for men? Mrs Viii
lard had attained the ripe age of eighty
four years.
Year: 1870

DISCHARGE OF LIVING FISH FROM Vol
CANoEs.-It is a curious fact that feature
of volcanic discharge in South America
often consists in the election of immense
numbers of fish, usually of one species,
thrown out sometimes in such quantities
as to poison the air and spread disease by
their exhalations. The fish IN question
belongs to the same natural order as the
fresh-water catfish, with which every enc
in the United States is well acquainted. It
has been taken alive in some of the lakes in
the sides of the Andes, at an elevation Of
eight or ten thousand feet above the sea
and it is supposed that these lakes COM
municate with reservoirs in the interior,
from which the fish are elected by the vol
cano. Specimens were obtained by Prof
Orton, on his late expedition to Ecuador,
and have been identified as the CycIOpiaun
h,tnlbOldtii of naturalists.


1t is very remarkable, however, that
these fish, although sometimes thrown out
in half boiled state, are generally TN
cooked, and some Of them indeed are alive
when they reach the surface of the earth.
Year: 1870

Take twenty boys of sixteen. in our or
any city in the state, and let them go to
work, three or four in dry goods store.
boot and shoe or blacksmith establishments
and printing offices. In ten years they will
have become men of twenty-six, and the
majority of them will be about as far along
IN the business rs they ever will be. One
or two only in each OF the above branches
will be established IN business for them
selves or connected with some firm doing
good business, and the rest viii be
barely getting living and gIowling
about their poor luck. Now, we
assert that there is a good reason
for their poor success, and that luck has
but little, if anything at all, to do with it.
If we take the trouble to ascertain the real
facts in their several cases, we shall find
that those young men who became masters
in their trades, or leading men in their
pursuits, were not afraid to work, and were
determined to succeed. They looked be-
yond the day and week. They made them
selves valuable and useful to their employ
ers, by being always faithful, reliable and
willing to do what they could for the inter
est of those for whom they worked. When
a press of business came, they were ready
and willing to work extra hours. and with
out sulking or grumbling, well know
ing that business must be attended
to when it came, and that there were
plenty of dull times during the year, which
would more than counterbalance any extra
briskness of the busy season. To sum it
all up, these young men identified them
selves with the establishments where they
were employed, became useful to their en-
ployers, in fact, fixtures, who could be lily
spared, and in due course of time, having
gained experience, were invited to take
hand with the already established house,
or else boldly strike out for themselves.
Here. then, is the lesson, which is, if you
wish to become successful masters, learn
first to become faithful servants. -Er-
chdnGe
Year: 1870

v1rIrHIN TWENTY MINUTES OF WALL STREET, BY
w elevated ralroadFour story brown stone House; un
sxceptonabe neighborhood thoroughly but in tine order
Apply on premises West Thirty street, near Eighth
Year: 1870

A very important change in my
fortunes now occurred. I was twelve
years of age. and my father being un-
able to furnish the premium necessa-
ry to my learning trade, and having
no prospect for me other than to be a
gentleman's servant, made an agree
ment with family of our village who
were about emigrating to America,
that they, in the consideration of the
sum of ten guineas paid by him should
take me with them, teach me a trade,
and provide for me until / was TWEEN
ty-One years of age. After much hes
itation, my mother, from a sense of
duty, yielded to this arrangement. I,
boylike, felt in high glee at the pros
pect before me. My little arrange
ments having been completed, on the
4th of June, 1929, l took, as l then
supposed, a last view of my native
village. The evening 1 was about to
depart, a neighbOr invited me take tea
at her house, which / did. Mother
remarked to me afterward: 81 wish
you had taken tea with your mother,
JOhn," and this circumstance was a
source of much pain to me in after
years.


The parting from my beloved par
ents were bitter. My poor mother
folded me to her bosom then she
would hold me off at arms length,
and gaze fOndly on my face, through
her fearful eyes, reading, as only a
mother could, the book of futurity for
me. She hung up, on theaccustomed
peg, my old cap and jacket, and my
school bag, and there they remained
until, years after, she quilted the
house. At length the parting words
were spoken, and / left the home of
my childhood, perhaps forever.


A touching scene it was, as 1 went
through the village toward the coach
office that evening. AS l passed
through the streets many a kind hand
waved farewell, and not a few famil-
lar voices sounded out "GOd bless
you" There was one old dame, of
whom I had frequently bought sweet
meats, at her green grocery, and who
was familiarly called Granny HOgben;
she called me into her shop, and load
ed me with good wishes bulbs eyes,
cakes and candies, although poor af-
fectionate soul, she could i'll afford it.
The inn was reached, and in company
with another lad, who was going out
with our family to meet a Felative-I
mounted the roof of the London night
coach, and was quitting the village,
when, on turning round to take a last
look of it, saw a crouching woman's
figure by a low wall near the bathing
machines. My heart told me at once
that it was my mOther-whO had ta-
ken advantage of half an hours delay
at the inn door, and walked on some
distance, to have one more glance at
her departing child. l had never, till
then, felt that l was loved so much. .


My mother took ourseparation very
keenly to heart. My sister has tod
me that she would sit, as if in deep
thought, looking out i'll the distance,
as though she saw something far
away; and sometimes my sister would
see her at mig hit, standing by the win
dow looking out on the sea for hours.
When spoken to on these occasions,
she would start and sigh, and then
creep quietly to bed.
Year: 1870

Some one has deposited in our cab
met of cuTiOsities a half-dOZen butter
nut shells in the state they were left
picked of their kernel by q squirrel.
Attention is called to the economy OF
the little rodent by pencil marks on
the paper under them, as follows:


1t will be observed


l. That the opening is on that side
of the nut which gives access to the
flat side Of the kernel.


2. That the opening Is nearest to the
blunt end of the nut, where the most
of the kernel lies.


3. That the opening Is not larger
than is absolutely necessary, less than
half an inch square.


4. That every particle Of kernel Is
extracted.


How does the squirrel know before
trying, exactly where and how the
kernel lies? There is only one nut in
a great hoard which showed a liabili-
ty of the squirrel to make a mistake.
On this he began to gnaw on the
wrong side, but he was evidently de-
ceived by the usual prominence Of the
line that passes round the nut at right
angles to the mesial. He soon dis
covered his mistake however, and
worked round and struck the kernel
at the right spOt.-OHeidG Circular.
Year: 1870

WORDS FOR THE BOYS To RE1IE1I-
BER.-Liberty is the right 70 do what
ever you wish, without interfering
with the rights of others.


Save your money and you will find
it one Of the most useful friends.


Never give trouble to your mother
or father.


Take care Of your pennies and they
will grow to be dollars.


Iutemperance is the cause Of nearly
all the trouble in this world beware
Of strong drink.


The poorest boy, if he be industrious,
honest and saving, may reach the
highest honor in the land.


Never be cruel to a dumb animal
remember that it has no power to tell
how much it suffers.
Year: 1870

"Tbe report of the conference committee on the Our
rency bill rejected this afternoon by emphatic
vote of the House, which IS than expected
by those who knew that the Western members and
of their Eastern brethren unateraby opposed
to contraction in any form. The Washington
committee has been appointed. The question naturally
suggests ITSELF Are the committee to act upon the
virtual wishes of the House manifested in the rejection
of the Contraction bill and to the other
reporting of initiation? The defeated bill originated
in the Senate. Should the one to be prepared by
with little favor at the hands of the Senate, and
this reason the currency question will go by the
board for the The whole country will
then rejoice that the antagonisc position of the
branches of Congress the question of the finances
prevented them from with the Last
circles 1t is time that the depression in trade resulting
from the agitation of this question for
dissipated.


Except during brief interval in the afternoon when
the vote being taken the Currency bill and when
there unessiness lest it might accidentally
what the spectators in Congress might do), gold
was steady and strong At the period referred to
large sale occurred Canadian account, the
proceeds to be reinvested in fye-twent!es, and
the price declined from l to 1lA The average price
of the day. however. p9 The stronger tone Of the
change which in turn is firm in consequence the light
supply of commercial bills the market, and also
by reason of expectation not deeply founded,
however, that the activity in money in London
reported to-day will suggest, IL it does not oeca-
sion advance in the discount rate when the Bank of
for the sudden strength which the market
shows despite the continued disbursement of coin
terest at the Treasury wherei$l $50 9l3 gold paid
out to-day, making total, thus far of $3,6s7,939.
Year: 1870

CURE FOR STYEs,-Put teaspoonful of
soda ina small bag, pour on it just enough
boiling water to moisten it, then put it on
the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night,
and in the morning the stye will most like
ly be gone; if not, second application is
sure to remove it. We have also heard
that the white of an egg, applied to the
eyelid with feather just before retiring,
soon effects cure, Styes arise from i'm
purity of the blood, and no permanent cure
can be effected by mere external applica-
tion. The blood should be kept in a
healthy condition by the frequent use of
some mild purgative-say a dose of rhu-
barb and nIagnesia.
Year: 1870

The weekly statement Of the associated banks Is
unfavorable. Their surplus reserve is sufficient


however, 10 guarantee them against any embarrass


ment for many weeks to come should the legal re-
serve continue TO decline The specie exports Of the
week and the customs have reduced the specie item
million and three-quarters. while the legal tenders
nave fallen Off about three hundred thousand dol
lars the latter due to the low rates CALI which
preclude further shipments Of currency from the
country. The deposits have fallen Off nearly two
millions. The loss In tue surplus above tho legal
reserve Is about a million and half dollars The
Year: 1870

The following special correspondence from Paris
In report and analysis Of art and art progress as
seen and observed at the present moment In the Old
World, and also In analytical detail OF the works
lately presented at the Paris Exhibition will CON-
mand very general attention from the American
people.
Year: 1870

The Virginia bill has finally passed both Houses of Congress. It was. we regret to ssy, encumbered with conditions by the Senate which we look upon as unwise, fl not unconstitutional. Rather than suffer longer delay, however, the friends of the

 measure in the House accepted the amend ments and passed the bill. We presume that Mississippi will soon follow suit. and that the present session will see every one of the revolted states restored to their for mer condition in the Union.

 While we do not look for any assistance to the Republican party from Virginia, ,and

 suspect that the present ascendency of that party in Texas and in one or two other

 Southern States is only temporary, We

 have never been able to see that any good

 could arise from longer denial to those

 communities of State privileges. Military government in those states would probably

 be declared unconstitutional by the U. s. Supreme Court as now constituted. Their

 reduction to the territorial form has never been favored by majority of Congress. Hence reconstruction could not long be postponed. This, too, seems the most fa- vorable time for it's accomplishment. Of

 late the old rebel element has shown little

 of the dogged obstinacy that false hopes of

 support from Andrew Johnson kept alive

 during his administration. With the rati-

 fcation of the Fifteenth Amendment, now assured. the "white mans party" mnst be- come extinct. Before the next Presiden-

 tial election the new order of things will

 have become so thoroughly established

 that any renewal of the scenes of bloodshed

 and intimidation which characterized the

 canvass of 1868 in the South will have be-

 come impossible. LET US HAVE PEACE.
Year: 1870

.epeA The women of Utah have held a mass meeting to protest against the pro. posed law of Congress against polygamy, The chief argument we see urged against woman's suffrage is that the majority of women do not want to vote.. If that is a sound rule of action we must submit the question of polygamy to vote of the wo- men of Utah, and abide their decision 9 We know very well what it would be.
Year: 1870

No man ever appears to think how
soon he may sink into oblivion--that
we are one generation Of millions. -
Yet such Is the fact. Time and prog
ress have through countless ages
come marching hand in hand--tho
one destroying, the other building up.
They seem to create little or no COM
motion, and the work is as easily &C.
complished rs child will pull to
pieces rose. Yet such is the lact.--
A hundred years hence, and much
that we now see around us lave pass
ed away. 1t is but a repetition OF
life's story, we are born, we die; and
hence we will grieve over those ven-
erable piles, and the common level OF
their prototypes in nature ultimate
death.


We all within our grave shall sleep,


n hundred years to come;


No living soul for us will weep,


A hundreds years TO come.


But other men our land will till,


And other men our streets will MI


And other birds shall sing as gay.


AS bright the sunshine as to-day,


hundred years to come.
Year: 1870

1t is the easiest thing In the world
to be happy, II men and women
would only think so. Happiness Is
only another name for love; for where
love exists I'm a household there hap
piness must also exist, even though IL
has poverty for a close companion. -
Where love exists not, even though
1t be In palace, happiness can never
come. He was cold selfish being
who Originated the saying that
"when prOverty comes In at the door,
love flies out at the window" and his
assertion proves conclusively that he
had no knowledge Of love, for unqucs-
tionably the axiom quoted Is nearer
the truth. When poverty comes In
at the door, love, truelove Is more than
ever inclined to tarry and do battle
with the enemy. Let those who i'm
agine themselves miserable, before
they find fault with their surround
ings, search in their own hearts for
the true cause. A few kind words, or
little forbearance, will often open
the way to food of sunshine IN a
house darkened by the clouds of dis.
cord and unamiability.
Year: 1870

An esteemed correspondent who
has had considerable experience In
the management of horses, publishes
the following recipe for the cure Of
swinney, which he declares TO be in
fallible:


mix half pound OF blistering
ointment aud half % pint of spirits
of turpentine, and heat them over n
slow fire until they are thoroughly
blended. Between the forehnger and
thumb take a pinch Of the skin on
the diseased shoulder OF the horse,
prick several times with large nee
die, and then rub In u part OF tho
above mixture, repeating the rubbing
for three or four days, until the shoui-
der il well blistere1. When the blis-
ter hcal, the rwinncy will bc cured, y
Year: 1870

NEVER whip your horse for becom-
ing frightened at any object by the
roadside; for he sees a stump, log,
or IA heap Of tan bark In the road, and
while he Is cycling 1t carefully and
about to pass it, you strike him with
the whip, II Is the log, or the stump,
or the tan bark that IL hurting him,
in his way Of reasoning, and the next
time he will act more frightened
Give him time to examiue aud smell
these objects.
Year: 1870

Fontsine was touched beyond measure.
Aud yet, though she spoke gently, his
sudden anger had terrified her. She
felt guilty that she could not bring
herself to tell him more. She could
not have made him understand her;
why dsquiet him with stories Of the
past, and destroy bis happiness and her
own too! Alas ! already this had come
to her.
Year: 1870

The people OF Hoboken are becoming more excited
the utter apathy Of the authorities with regard
to mad dogs. Hundreds OF the canine tribe can be
in every street, and little excitement is often
occasioned by The appearance Of suspicious looking
over the Terry bring their dogs unmuzzled along
with them, and the painting quadrupeds dinus1
themselves freely throughout the cabins. or course
the terry authorities cannot prevent this, but pro-
clamation should he Issued by she proper officials
against the present license to dog owners and the
bQlce can then enforce the law.