smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

1t will not do for moral suasiOnists
to fight with prohibition men. nor for
the sons Of Temperance to contend with
anti-seeret reformers. If Rum, the in
fernal foe Of individuals. families, and
churches, Is to be beaten back, it viii
Be by united phalanx. Let Us Try all
these means, every one doing what be
can II his own way. 1t is high time
that nOn-eOmmittal Christians get down
Of the fence. Either 90 over TO the
rummies "hOrse. foot. and Dragon or
else come on our side When 4 man
has to stop and explain and elaborately
argue that he is temperance man. his
influence Is on the wrong side If you
are in open war with the drinking usages
Of society, everybody viii know it. If
General Grant had been obliged to prove
by argument that be was on the side Of
the North. and Gen. Lee to prove that
be was on the side Of the South, both Of
them would have been dropped BY the
eontending armies What to do with
the advocates Of the liquor traffic vs
know. We shall fight them TO the bit
ter end. But what to do with those
men who sIt astride the fence on thi:
subject We know not. Let this year Be
one Of universal rally for the cause ot
sObriety. To arms Eternal smash Il
deeanters and demiOhns-- ZGLaGgs.
Year: 1876

Do not be too anxious to give away
yourself. to wear your heart upon your
sleeve. 1t is not only unwlse, it is wrong
to make your secret soul common prop
erty. For you bring the delicate things
of the heart into contempt by exposing
them to those who cannot understand
them. If you throw pearls before swine,
they will turn again and rend you. Nor,
again, should you claim too much open
ness, as duty to you, from your child.
your friend, your wife, or your husband.
Much Of the charm of life is ruined by
exacting demands of confidence. Respect
the natural modesty of the soul, its more
delicate flowers of feeling close their
petals if touched too rudely. Wait with
curious love-with eager interest-for
the time when, all being harmonious,
the revelation will come Of its own ac-
cord. undemanded. The expectation has
its charm, for as long as life has some
thing to learn, life is interesting; as
long as friend has something to give,
friendship is delightful. Those who wish
to destroy all mystery IN those they
love, to have everything revealed. are
unconsciOusly killing their own happi-
ness. 1t is much to be with those who
have many things to say to US which we
cannot bear now. Ii is much TO live
with those who sometimes speak to us
IN parables-if we love them. Love
needs some indefniteness in order TO
keep its charm. Respect. which saves
love from the familiarity which degrades
it, is kept vivid when We feel that there
is mystery in those we love which
comes Of depth Of character. Remember,
that in violating your own reserve. or
that Of another, you destroy that sensi-
tiveness Of character which makes 50
much of the beauty of character and
beauty Of character is not so common as
not to make il cruel thing to spoil it.
-.Stegford A. BROOKS.
Year: 1876

for their seizing him. be would have
tried to jump on board. He telegraphed
to his father. took the night express,
and was there before the beat arrived.


He had an elegant picture painted of
the little girl. and every Christmas We
dress it with flowers, and call it-7he
Christmas ARgeL
Year: 1876

NoMlt AulNtS


The principal walked in and shut the
door. and after the new boy had stood
there long enough to show that he was
not afraid. he turned aud walked Of.
growing 70 himself:


III get the foreman of No. G to pound
that feller afore he's week older -
Detroit Free Press
Year: 1876

A REHEARtNG..-A justice Of the peace in
Chicago, who is convert ospiritualism, ia,
according to the Chicago Tribune, in the
habit Of having protmcted conversations
with Sir Edward Coke, Blackstone, and
other authorities, and bringing their cx'
perionce to bear on the cases before him,
The other day, during the forenoon session
of the court. q case came up fOr trial. The
attorney for the defence quoted decision
which he found in one Of the Illinois reports.
II was apparently decisive. The lawyer
looked triumphantlv at the Judge The lat
ter said: Wait minute. feel the IN
fuencc" Then the judge grabbed lead
pencil and q sheet of paper. His hand went
convulsvely, and at the end OF five minutes
he had scribbcd over the entire page.
when he had finished he said to tue lawyer
" have Just received II message from Judge
Lockwood, who was one Of the judges OF
the supreme court at the time this decision
was rendered. He authorizes me to say that
the minority of the members of the then
court, who are now in the spirit land after
mature consideration, decided TO reverse
their former Judgment Please inform the
profession rf the fact, that they may govern
themselves accordingly. The judge then
continued "UndCr the circumstances, you
will see TINT can pay no attention to the
decision you have quoted, and Judgment
must be rendered against you The lawyer
demonstrated; and the Judge finally agreed
to postpone the case for one week, in order
to give Judge Lockwood and his colleagues
IN opportunity to examine the matter again
and see if they are determined to reverse
their former opinion. In the meantime the
lawyers of Chicago are mcditating whether
it will b. necessary for them to burn all
their reports ifjulgcs in the spirit land are
to he allowed to carry on th" business ot
making decisions and Of reversing those
which they hare nade--EI
Year: 1876

"JEANSErr, your conduct was perfectly
proper in kissing the young man when he
80 requested, in order to assist him in dis
covering whether il would make the gas
flicker or not Slight deviations from strict
department may always be made while in
vestlgating scientific operations"


This is leap year and it is expected that
good deal of hopping will be done in
Pierce county. 1t is thought the yield of
hops for the present season will be about
800 tons.
Year: 1876

with curtly grace, "No! we wish to
go quietly in our own conveyance. !"
And the Hclvetius steamed away up
river and landed thei imperial party
on the Brooklyn side, where less
than a dozen awaited their arrival.


We look upon this conduct of
Dom Pedro as an insult to the entire
country. Had he given this Gov
crnment official notice that he would
like, in his case, the customary civil
tiles Of reception dispensed with, the
affair would have presented differ
ent aspect. As it Was, our royal
guest donned the dress and address
of boor. Dom Pedro is large
man--over six feet in hight, and with
a corresponding breadth of beam
has also had an exceptionally pros
perons reign for king, covering a
period Of some thirty-five years, but
he has studied the character and
spirit Of our people to little effect, il
he imagines we shall reciprocate the
insolent aud overbearing address of
foreigner with the abiect bearing Of
serfs. We have, it is true, quite an
extensive job of house-clcaning on
hand, and he may find many of US
in dust and overalls, but he
viii also find dignity enough
in this country 10 make just
demand upon all the respectful
consideration several empires like
Brazil can furnish at their best.
Dom Pedro is coming this way, and
we hope he will be met and escorted
about by men who understand their
Businessmen who can weigh men
and emperors as accurately as trade
dollars, and who will give the en-
peror measure for measure.-[S San
Jose Mercury.
Year: 1876

ting the other mans second to assent TO
at each other without effect, and the af-
fair was amicably adjusted. Very
clever this. One might, however, say
with Sir Walter Scott in his Lay OF
the Last Mir strel.'


But scarce praise their vent'rous part


Who tamp r with such dangerous art"


Mr.. Frost mentions two instances la
which the gun trick proved fatal. One
was that of cOnjurer in Dublin, who
was shot dead by the accidental substi.
tuition of a real loaded pistol for one In
which the charge was withdrawn. Ths
other took place In Germany. at the
performance of cOniurer named De-
Linsky. He set up his wife to be fred
at by six soldiers. each of whom was TO
bite the tail off his cartridge in charg.
ing his gun. Heedessly, one Of the
soldiers did not bite the tail of the ball,
and Madame DeLinsky was shot
through the body. She died on the Sec
ond day after the accident. The catas-
trophe clouded the latter years of the
conjurer. In the course of his travels
Houdin visited Algiers and there aston
ishal the native Arabs, with his perfor-
nance of the gun tick, which he did In
way somewhat peculiar. At one OF
his entertainments an old Arab admit
ted that Monsieur was, doubtless
great magnician, but he should prefer
to use one of his own pistols. Houdn
said this might be done next day, after
he had invoked the powers to assist
him. IL was a severe trial of skill, for
there was some danger In dealing with
a wary and suspicious barbarian. Next
day the exploit came of. HOudiu only
stipulated that he should be allowed to
load the pistol, the Arab handing him
leaden bullet from a saucerful from
which to make his choice. This was
agree to. Houdin, as every one thought,
dropped the leaden bullet into the pis.
tol, but instead of doing so, he dropped
previous prepared sham bullet, which
dissolved into dust on being fired.
Now" said the conjurer 10 the Arab,
take the pistol, and fire at me, will
catch the bullet in my MOUTH The
pistol was fired, and to the profound
amazement of the crowd of Arabs,
HoudiD took leaden bullet out of his
mouth, which all admitted to be the
bullet that had been selected from the
sancerful. To still further astonish the
company Houdn declared that by load
ing with another leaden ball he would
bring blood out Of stone wall. All
were eager to see this wonderful feat.
1t was performed in way differing lit
tie from what had already taken place.
Instead of dropping real ball into the
pistol Houdin used sham bullet filled
with red liquid, which dissolved on
striking the wall. Wonder tremendous.
We believe that Anderson 10 his gun
tricks was similarly In the habit of SUBJ
stitutng light composition balls for real
bullets, and was equally successful. 1t
was all matter OF sleight-Of-hand.-
Chambers journal.
Year: 1876

the heart Of the city. The store of Rich
mend & Blake, dealers in millinery and
fancy goods, at the corner of Main and
Ninth streets, was entered, and goods
estimated at 900 were stolen. No clue
to the robbers. The best and most cost
ly goods in the store were carried away.
Year: 1876

The Schuyler mansion in Albany was
the theater of romance in the summer
of 1881. General Schuyler was not
then in active military service, but, at
his house at Albany or at Saratoga, he
was the vigilant eye of the northern de-
partment. His person as prisoner was
desired by the British, and a party of
Indians was sent to capture him. AS
the twilight of sultry day in August
was yielding to the night, Schuyler and
his family were sitting in the great hall
of the mansion; the servants were about
the premises; three of the guard were
asleep in the basement, and the other
three were lying on the grass in front
of the mansion. A servant announced
that person at the back gate wished to
speak with the general. His errand was
understood. The doors and windows of
the mansion were Immediately closed
and barred, the family were gathered in
an upper room, and the general ran to
his bedroom for his arms. Looking out
of a window, he saw the house surround
ed by armed men. To alarm the town,
half mile distant, he'fired pistol from
his window. At the same moment the
intruders burst open the front door. At
that instant Mrs. Schuyler perceived
that in the confusion she had left her in
iant in cradle in the hall below. She
was about to rush down the stairs after
it, when the general interposed and pre-
vented her. Her third daughter, Mar
garet, instantly few down the great
stairway, snatched the sleeping babe
from the cradle, and bore it up to its
mother. One of the Indians hurled a
sharp tomahawk at her. Its keen blade
just grazed the infants head, and was
buried in the railing of the stair.
Meyer, supposing her to be servant,
called to her, as she flew up the stairs:
"Where's your master?" With quick
thought she exclaimed, as she reached
the verge of the upper hall: "Gone to
alarm the town. Her father heard
her, and with as quick thought threw
up window and called out, as to null
titude: "Come on, my brave fellows
Surround the house, and secure the vii
lains |" The alarmed marauders, who
were plundering the generals dining
room of the plate, fed in haste, carrying
away some of the booty. That infant
was the late Mrs. Catherine Van
Rensselaer, Cochran, General Schuyler &
youngest child, who died at Oswego in
the summer of 1857,
Year: 1876

Says a writer: It is very exciting,
but the sea was not very rough. The
surf board is rough plank shaped like
a coffin lid, about two feet broad and
from six to nine feet long. The men,
dressed only in malos, carrying their
boards under their arms, waded out
from the rocks on which the surf was
breaking, and, pushing their boards be-
fore them, swan out to the first line of
breakers, and then, diving down, were
seen no more till they reappeared as a
number of black heads bobbing about
like corks in the water. What they seek
is very high roller, on the top of which
they leap from behind, diving face
downward on their boards. AS the
waves speed on and the bottom strikes
the ground the top breaks in a huge
comber. The swimmers appeared pos
ing themselves on its highest edge by
dexterous movements of their hands and
feet, keeping just at the top of the curl,
but always apparently coming down hill
with slanting motion. So they rode in
maiesticall7, always just ahead of the
breaker, ca red shoreward by its mighty
impulse at tao rate of forty miles an
hour, yet seeming to have a volition of
their own, as the more daring riders
knelt and even stood on their surf
boards, waving their arms and uttering
exultant cries. They were always ap-
parently on the verge of ingulfment by
the fierce breaker whose towering white
crest was ever above and just behind
him; but just as one expected to see
them dashed to pieces, they either waded
quietly ashore, or, sliding off their
boards, dived under the surf, taking ad-
vantage of the undertow, and were next
seen far out at seq, preparing for fresh
exploits. The great art seems to be to
mount the roller precisely at the right
time, and to keep exactly on its crest
just before it breaks.
Year: 1876

An unusual marriage took place in
Omaha, Neb., the parties thereto being
Spencer Wright and Miss Bessie
Roberts, daughter of United States
Deputy Collector John Roberts. The
ceremony took place at the house where
the young man boarded, as he was too
i'll to be removed elsewhere. The Rev.
L. F. Britt, pastor of the First Metho-
dist church, performed the ceremony.
Mr.. Wright has been failing in health
very rapidly of late, and the physicians
here having given him up, his father,
who is a merchant tailor in New York
city, arrived to take his son home to
die of consumption. Miss Roberts, to
whom young Wright has long been
affianced, decided to go East with her
dying lover, and give him all the care
and attention that her love could prompt
in his dying hours, and the better to
enable her to care for him, she decided
to have the marriage ceremony per-
formed before the journey to New York
was undertaken. While the wedding
was sad in its attendant circumstances,
it was ightened up with the great cheer
fulness manifested by the bride in TAX
ing up her labor of love.
Year: 1876

"Dora" was being enacted in a
Western city where the choice of actors
is not great, and Mary Morrison, on
making her exit to bring on her little
Willie, of four years, was shocked to
find lubberly boy of at least fourteen,
who must go on, as no other was to be
had. The Farmer Allen of the play was
no doubt equally shocked to see Mary
coming upon the stage with boy near
ly as big as herself. What was worse,
the audience began to litter. But Farm
er Allen was equal to the emergency,
and instead of asking "How old are
you, my little boy3" said: "How old
are you, my strapping fellow9" proba-
bly, hoping that the boy would have the
good sense to give an age moro suitable
to his size. The boy, however, with
painful fidelity to the book, and in a
sepulchral voice that made the answer
all the more preposterous, said "Four
to five, grandpapa. "Forty-fve /"
exclaimed the other, cheerfully; "you
look it, my boy, you look it !" There
was laug gh at the moment, but the
play was saved from shipwreck. 1t was
told of famous tragedian that at the
close of an act in which he had been the
prominent character, goose's head was
thrown upon the stage by some one who
had spite against him. The tragedian
picked it up, handed it to one of the
others to take away, and said, with per-
feet nonchalance: The gentleman
who has thrown his head upon the stage
can get it back at the close of the per-
formance.
Year: 1876

The Detroit (Mich.) Tribune says /:
An old blind man, named Daniel 0.
Heron, has lately been travelling with
his aged wife across the country from
Dubuque, Iowa, begging their way, and
following the line of the railroad tracks.


They reached Ecorse, on the Canada
Southern track, and sat down to rest
upon trestle bridge at point where
the road makes a sudden curve, and
while partaking of lunch were sur
prised by passenger train, which came
around the curve at full speed, and was
upon them almost before they were
aware of their danger. The old lady
sprung to her feet, and made heroic
effort to drag her sightless husband from
the track. She saved his life, but lost
her own, for she had scarcely pushed
him from the fatal rails when the pilot
of the engine struck her with terrible
force. Her body was mangled in a
frightful manner, and fell through the
trestleing into the river. Her remains
were taken to Detroit. Her husband
was injured by the steps of the engine.
Year: 1876

There is no lady deserving of the
name who could witness without q feel
ing of horror the process of preparing
for use the feathered beauties which
form such conspicuous ornaments in the
present style of women's hats. If those
who wear such ornaments knew the
tortures to which these helpless little
creatures are subjected, and the heart
less cruelty with which the business is
carried on, they would shrink from even
indirect completely init. Of course the
impression prevails that all birds used
for personal decoration are killed i'm
mediately when caught and prepared in
the ordinary way by taxidermists but
here is where the mistake is made. The
birds are taken alive, and while living
the skin is skillfully stripped from their
quivering, CHASTITY bodies. By this pro-
cess it is claimed the feathers retain a
firmer hold upon the skin. Such is the
method by WHICH all birds used in the
decoration of ladies' hats are prepared.


Think of the exquisite humming bird,


the blue bird, the cardinal bird, the
oriole, and numberless others of beauti-
full plumage, struggling beneath the
knife of the heartless operator think of
this, tender hearted ladies, as your ad-
miring gaze rests on the latest novelties
in fashion by which our city bellies are
crownedl Hundreds of thousands of
birds of the brightest plumage are liter
ally fayed alive every year, and SO long
as our ladies will consent to wear such
ornaments, just SO long will this crue


business continue. The Baroness Bur-
dette Coutts has placed herself at the
head of movement in England de-
signed to put an end to the brutal bust
ness, and it is to be hoped that she will
meet with cordial encouragement and
cooperation on this side of the Atlantic.
Year: 1876

Tue FeenuR9 Oh beFuhEO bhlleys VINO En0L


Himself in st. Louis Because he was


Tilted.


To THE PUBLIC: Would you like to
know how a man feels who is about to
commit suicide In the first place, he
must feel so badly that no matter what
is to come hereafter, it is more endura-
BILE than the present; and secondly, he
must feel that, more endurable or not,
he cannot help the act; that if even the
future is worse than the present, the
present is uncomfortable. / suppose
medical men would like to know just the
mental condition of one who can shuttle
off this mortal coil. 20. -.. f...


1t is this: My nerves and senses are
as sound as they ever were. l can attend
to business as efficiently, and as fully
realize that the chief end of man is to
gather ducats, as / ever could. but /
can also realize that without my better
half am as a perfect engine without
steam-useless.


Doctors of divinity would doubtless
like to know my moral and religious
ideas. My moral idea is this: That man
should do his duty in spite of obstacles
duO dn1 b1lotO
the only thing which will bring the
peace which passeth all understanding.
1 acknowledge that was too weak SO to
do. In regard to my future state, my
reason does not fully accept that there is
q future state of which we will be con-
scious. I believe in the Immortality of
the soul, or the life principle, or what
ever it is, as believe in the immortality
of bushel of coal; that it may change
its form SO essentially as to be uncon-
scious of having ever existed before, but
that still, as the coal, it is not destroy
ed, but simply changes its form. Ny
heart may speak differently to me, but
even then believe that whatever is, is
inevitable, as it must all proceed from
one great original, and so must be in
accordance with his will.


However, shall probably know more
about it in twenty four hours than all
the d. DIS living. am not crazy. l
know that the world is full of good and
enjoyable things, and that they were
put here for our good and benefit, and
that we should strive and work to obtain
them.


But I am unable to care for them
without the love of my darling. I wish
to state that Miss - is in no way
sponsible for my having loved her; that
almost before she had ground for think
ing that my feelings toward her we're
more tender than those of friendship,
she informed me that her heart was an
others, and that, while she esteemed
and cared for me as friend, I could be
nothing more to her. But she was mis-
taken in that, and though I could not
convince her of it while living, she will
realize it when I sleep the sleep that
knows no waking. A sweet good night
to all.


APPENDIX.


On the back of sheet of note paper
were the words: "Respect this" On
the other side was written the following


"I wish to be buried just in the
clothing in which I die. Do not move
me from where I am found, except to
my grave.


"Bury me in plain pine coffin, and
have me carried to my grave in one
horse spring wagon. Do not let the
total cost of my burial exceed SIS. As the
last request of dying man, I conjure
you to respect these instructions.