smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

How Moan READ TIE BIBLE IN TIE
ARK.-Wm. Cullen Byrant, of the n.
Y. Evening Post, is travelling in Florl-
da,and in one of his letters he gives the
following extract from the sermon OF a
colored minister of that State, The
preacher had dwelt awhile on the fall of
man and the act of disobedience by
which sin came into the world, and had
got as far as the time of Noah. lie then
said: "De world got to be very wick
ed, de people all bad, and de Lord made
up his mind to drown dem. But Noah
was good man who read his Bible, and
did Jus as de Lord tole him. And he
tole Noah to build big ark, igenough
to hole part of ebery ting alive on de
earth. And Noah built it. And de
Lord call upon ebery living ting TO
come into de ark and be save. And de
birds come flyin' to de ark, and de big
lion and de cow and de possum, come
in,and de horse come trotting to de ark,
and de laetle worms come creepin in;
but only de wicked sinner wouldn't
come in, and dey laugh at Noah aud his
big ark. And den de rain come down,
but Noah he set comfortably and dry in
de ark and read his Bible. And de rain
come down in big srouts, and come up
to de door steps of dehouses and gin
to cober de floor, and den de sinner be
scared and knock at de door Oh de ark
berry hard. And de big lion hear de
racket and roar, and'de dog bark, and
de OK below, but Noah keep on reading
de Bible. And de sinner say, Noah,
Noah. let us come in And Noah say.
Il berry sorry, but can't let you in, for
de Lord hab lock dc door and trow
away de kew"
Year: 1873




New YORK Asy q, 1879.
Newspaper Offices, until within few years,
have been the most unsightly, aa well as the
most unwholesome, Of habitations. Journalists
wcre long thought to be apeculiar order of AMI
knals, nhose health and comfort did not depend
upon fresh air, Light, OF cleanliness. But the
world advances, and it is now discovered that
the representatives Of the press are not material
~ different from other members Of the human
family. and that what is necessary to their fell
lows is equally necessary to them.


NEWSPAPER OFFICES, OLD AND NEW


The Herald, Times, Journal Of Commerce,
Sun, and Ercnlng Express occupy buildings erect
ed specially for their business, and though they
are far from what they ought to be, they are q
vast Improvement upon the dingy lofts and
droazy cellars which once composed their entire
establishments. The Erening Post has pur-
chaseda piece Of property at the corner Of Broad
way and Fulton, and will, in due time, get out OF
its present uninviting quarters in Liberty
street. The WorM and Commercial Ad-
certiser seem fixed in their ancient and
musty quarters, but tho Tribune has
already began to pull down the. drab pile it
has used for nearly thirty years. The new build
ing will be gu advance upon any printing-houso
in the city it the present plans be faithfully car
RED out, and the defects Of other Offices will be
zemedied far as practicable. It is to be hoped
that it win prove model establishment, which
the Times and Herald were to be, and are not.
The ablest Of architects hnye been engaged by
the Tribune Association, and there is abundant
means to render the structure, when finished,
al that it should be. Every newspaper estab-
ishment here has been more or less faiIure,
and journalistic curiosity is rife to see il the
Adidce nil prove an exception to the rule.
Year: 1873

NEW YORK, September ia
Catholic paper says the project of an
American pilgrimage to one or more of
the shrines of Europe and to Rome, has
been under consideration by those who
would probably be leaders in it. This
statement is drawn out by a correspon-
dent who is particularly anxious that
some of the Sons of Mary in America
should visit the shrine Of our lady Of
Lourdes. The plan which meets with
the most favor contemplates chartering
a steamer and taking freight both ways
TO help pay expenses, and uniting a
highly spiritual work with ordinary re-
Taxation which our people claim during
their vacations.
Year: 1873




The visit Of President Grant is to be made the
occasion Of a considerable demonstration of
welcome, Chiefly by the municipal authorities
who have assumed the charge OF al arrange
ments. The President comes, with some three
objects. He is interested in our city, and de-
sires to see its vigorous Industrial operations !;
he comes, inreturn Of the compliment paid him
by Delaware, when she cast her electoral vote
in his behalf; and he desires, moreover. to as
sist the patriotic objects, to which the fund
realized st the Soldiers Fair is to be appropri-
ated.


For the President to pay us this visit. in the
midst OF pressing duties, is an honor which It ia
right to suitably acknowledge, and all the ar
rangements, made and to be made, will we
know, have this purpose steadily in view. That
thsy will be successfully carried out with skill
and tact, is certainly profoundly to be hoped
Beyond question, the people Of Wilmington.
whatever be the means al. - siye it ex-
preston, feel and wish to express the heartiest
and most cordial welcome to ULYSSES s. GRAEr
He was the great soldier he is the upright Tx
ecutiye. In these better days Of cooler party
feeling men Of all classes and all politics viii !
join in honoring him for his own good qualities,
and because of the high position which he ills.
Year: 1873

ABOLITION, which was once stigma of in
etfable contempt, is become the law OF the
civilized world. Brazil, which has long
mcditated the step, has at last placed herself
unequivocally in the way of the gradual
emancipation of her slaves. Not only has
the Emperor signed an act of the Legislature,
which declares that all future children of
slaves shall be free, but it is determined that
the early emancipation of adult negroes shall
take place. fund being raised to compcn-
safe the planters, some of whom have al
ready freed those whom they have held
in bondage, and given them fair start
IN the race Of free labor The humane poll
ccy in Brazil contrasts swith the refusal OF the
Spanlards to free 60O, 900 slaves in Cuba, un-
I'll the services of larger number of white
emlgrants have been secured. In Brazil
there is one slave to every five OF the free
population, and their ordinary labor OF coffee
kind.
Year: 1873

There is reason to believe that not few
Of the apparently unaccountable cases OF
scrofula among children proceed from the
habit of sleeping with the head under the
bed clothes, and 50 inhaling air already
breathed, which is further contaminated by
exhalations from the skin. A good nurse
will be careful to attend to this. 1t is an I'M
portant part, SO to speak, of ventilation. 1t
may be worth while to remark that when
there is any danger of bed sores, a blanket
should never be placed under the patient. 1t
retains dampness and acts like poultice.
Never use anything but light Whitney blank
cts as bed covering for the sick. The heavy,
impervious counterpane is bad, for the rea-
son that it keeps the emanations from the
sick person, while the blanket allows them
to pass through Weak patients are invaria-
bly, distressed by a great weight OF bed
clothes, which often prevents their getting
any sound sleep whatev-r.-lMiss Nightingale.
Year: 1873

am disposed to think that rest from head
work may be too much insisted upon in cere-
bral exhaustion and in other cases of the kind.
Often and often | have met patients with
jaded brains who have certainly let their
minds lie fallow too long. More than one
overworked barrister, who could scarcely
drag on until the long vacation, has com
planned to me that this vacation was TOO long
and that it would have been better for him
if he had returned to his own work sooner,
or if he had changed his work. Mere dis
traction, even travel, is not enough. Weeds
will grow apace under such circumstances :;
and soon, very soon, the difficulty is to get
the mind under cultivation again. What is
wanted generally, even at the beginning, is,
not that work should be given up altogether,
even for short time, but that it should be
moderated in amount or changed. 1t is
given to few to initiate the example of our
present Premier, who when thoroughly over
wrought at the end of the session, recruited
himself by spending a great part of his holi-
day in writing Juventus Mundi; but the fact
is full of significance in the present place.
Indeed, the longer live the more am con-
vinced that it is a grave mistake to let the
mind lie fallow. even for short time, not
only in the particular case under cOnsidera-





have to he dealt within epilepsy, for cxrm-
pie, no less than in cerebral exhaustion. In
epilepsy, indeed, l have long maintained that
it is the very gravest blunder in practice to
suspend education-that the very basis of
successful treatment is only to be laid in edu-
cation. In the case of an epilcptic child,
should be altogether hopeless of arriving at
a satisfactory result except by building the
plan of treatment upon this foundation, and
the same feeling would influence me con-
siderably, even in the case of an adult suf-
fering from cerebral disorder, let this dis
order be what it may, if one way and an
other l could not keep his mind from prey
ing upon itself by providing him with some
proper occupation. Of course this notion
may be carried too far Undoubtedly harm,
much harm, may be done by pressing the
necessity for work too strongly; but, practi-
cally, this danger will prove to be small in
comparison to that of letting the mind lie
fallow.-RadchDe
Year: 1873

IN THE MIND OF NAN.
That he is oyerworked.


That his constitution requires stimulants
That, if he had them, he could at this mo-
mcnt invest II few hundreds to the best advan-
tagc.


That smoking is good for his nerves, his
worrics his literary pursuits, his tootheache,
etc.


That he ought to belong to club.
That he could reform the army, do away
with the income tax, manage the railways
better and make a large fortune by keeping
hotel


That he knows a good glass of wine.
That he could win a heap of money if he
were to 60 to Hamburg.
That medicine is all hnmbug.
That he could preach as good a sermon
himself.


That he should soon pick up his French if
he went abroad.


That he must win on this years Derby.


IN TIE MIND OF WOMAN.
That she has nothing fit to put on.
That things ought to be bought because
they are cheap.


That there is company in the kitchen.
That she is not allowed sufficient money for
housekeeping.


That her best black silk is getting awfully
shabby.


That her allowance is too small.
That she never looks fit to be seen.
That cooks drink.


That there is always "a glare"
That there is somebody in the house.
That Mrs. Orpington is dreadfully gone off.
or dreadfully made up, or not 80 cookbook
ing after all-Punch
Year: 1873

Saturday evening, says the Sacra-
mento Union, a gentleman In the en-
ploy of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company drove out to a place about
fifteen miles from the city, where his
family are stopping, and soon afterward
started on his return to town. Before
starting he lighted his meerschaum and
indulged in long and pleasant smoke
as he drove along. This over, he placed
the pipe in the outer breast pocket of
his coat, and paid no more attention to
it. By and by a peculiar smell greeted
his olfactories-a smell of burning wool
en- cloth-and, as it increased, he began
to look about to see if his garments
were on fire, and at the first movement
he found that the whole pocket had
burned out of his coat, and the fire was
spreading rapidly. He grabbed at the
burning material hastily, but was so
nervous about it that he frightened the
horse, and the animal ran. To make
matters worse, the lines were not
buckled together, and one slipped out
of his grasp while he was endeavoring
to smother the fire with his other hand.
Still worse, the increased speed increas-
ed the breeze, which famed the fire,
and portions of it dropped down upon
his pants, burning through them, and
causing him to bounce up and down on
the seat as though he were trying to
settle an unusually hearty meal ! And
there he was horse running away, line
dragging, and fire rapidly making the
cuticle of his leg rival the hue of his
red-fannel underclothing At last by
dent of dexterous clawing he managed
to smother the fire, then stepped out on
the shafts and recovered the line, and
in course of time subdued the horse.
Exceedingly thankful to get out of his
trouble without broken bones, he rode
on to the city in a subdued frame of
mind, and never thought of being pro-
fame until, just as he was quietly slip
ping into clothing-store with the
buffalo robe gathered about him to con-
ceal the deficiency of his wardrobe, he
met full in the face two lady friends,
who insisted upon his escorting them
home, and wanted to know what in the
world he had got himself wrapped up
that way for?
Year: 1873

The General of our army, whose sal
ary is $13, ZOO a year, came among us
three days, and we shook off bureau re-
straint and conventionality, and ex-
changed opinions freely.


Sherman Is pure, frank type of man,
who will have and hold his own. He
substitutes for mere imagination
charming and surprising. In thirty
minutes he will say so many new,
pithy, innocent things of depth that
you begin to feel that your man has
just come into the world seeking after
truth, and does not know what anybody
had said previously on the same sub
jects. This quality of irst-sight never
grows vagarious and lapses into the
mere verbosity of a professional
talker-one of those elbow-chair fellows
who sentimentalize, talk a straight
rhapsody sprinklcd with inconsequential
anecdote, and kill time and thought like
masculine Dorcas Society. Sherman
says much in little, with vistas of 81
you see, small and suggestive, on the
water-line. Not dogmatic, but little
given to qualifying anything he is sure
of, there is yet cool, soldiers materi
alism about him which is contented with
a fact, and leaves the reason for it to
somebody else.


"The French are not military peo-
ple," he said &c they may have been at
some day, but the spirit is not there
now. They live in simple way in
their little villages, and try to avoid the
CONSUMPTION" How palpable, and yet
previously unsaid, is this remark
Again, Sherman remarked: I" I think
city and county corporations, and their
abuses, are more dangerous than the
railroad corporations. The one is a
long line the other is the whole area.
Every town of any proportions in
America is bonded away by the least
responsible people in it, and taxation is
rismg around us like freshet. Stop
these local politicians from selling good
citizens out; that's where competition
begins and ends' At another time he
alluded to Washington City life, and
expressed the sentiment that he was not
wholly satisfied with it all. There were
a set of bureau-officers there who were
tenacious of their places, and perpetu-
ally and annoyingly apprehensive of be-
ing transferred to some other points of
duty. "I prefer the West" said the
General, tand think my California ex-
perience was the healthiest and most
useful L ever had" He further said he
had formed no very high estimate of the
destinies of Europe had little or no de-
sire to return there, and had never been
tired but once in his life, when he
ascended Vesuvius and returned the
same eafternoon.-SeaS5de Letter.
Year: 1873

"Why don't marry? Not because
have any dislike to womanhood far
from it. ;"


"How about the little Rose p" sew
eral voices cried in chorus, but our host
instantly replied, Hush p 1t was a
sore point with him.


have mentioned our host, and now
let me introduce him. He was man
of powerful build, fair, with profusion
of whiskers with beard and mustache,
but soft, light eyes, which had nothing
in them of his character, reckless and
jovial. His words, given above, sprang
from some banter of ours Cthere were
half dozen of us who had sat after the
late dinner in the largest room of the
smallest but snuggest" shooting-box
the whole county of Yorkshire contained)
upon his apparent dislike of the gentle
sex. Perhaps we felt curious to know
why or how it was that man with an
unencumbered estate, congenial tenn
per, and good country gentleman, al
belt on the verge of forty, should not
in love? no, that is not always the case,
but-married.


Few of us, it may be, thought
at the time that we called out
"How about little Rose?" that there
was sore point there. 1t was only an
imperfect knowledge of the story of a
young lady with whom our friend S
name had been mixed up but such of
us as were best acquainted with it re-
membered of hearing of q little gov
erness in private family where he vis-
tied (where it was thought the daughter
of the house, coarse, snowy girl, was
the attraction) being found hearing a
declaration of love from our friend.
The story went, too, that the governess,
upon whom they had some claim of re-
lationship, was sent from the house
upon planned tale of her lovers false
hood, and kept abroad till she shortly
died in that belief that the memory of
the girl so remained with him that he
quickly left London, and was lost to the
maneuvering mammas who sought his
unencumbered estate rather than him
self for their daughters ss on show"


You want to know" he said, not an
swering the question put to him-"you
want to know why didn't get married
at the usual time? Well, 1 don't mind
telling you. Fill your glasses, then
and, Con, don't you play the nurse
with the bottle"


According to our hosts invitation, we
filed our glasses, and, drawing up, sat
pulling at our cigars in silence, await
ing his story. He sat looking at the
fire for few moments, and then broke
out


''It's not much have to tell, but as
some Of you have not yet passed youl
flirting days, it may teach you lesson.
I was only twenty-five when it happen
ed, and I believe that is about the
usual time when matrimony is perpe-
trated. Then my father was alive, and
I only plain Mr.. had never lived
much down here, but had passed good
deal of my time in London, and had
some old friends of my college days, and
old boaters on the Cam, with whom the
days passed more pleasantly than profit
ably, I'm afraid. At any rate, viii
own that, after a longer and more varied
season than usual, L felt that my consti
tuition would be better for change. Sc
Year: 1873

The German Minister of War has re-
Gently issued an order that every man
subject to military service in the Empire
shall present himself for enrolment
with photograph of himself in his pos
session, duly certified to by the police
or municipal authorities of the locality
in which the candidate may reside. This
course has been taken to prevent in the
future any fraud on the recruiting Off
GERS of kind that has heretofore been
practised and whereby able-bodied
men, whose names have been drawn
have sent in their place for examination
individuals who suffer from some ply
sical defect, and who have thus secured
immunity from service.
Year: 1873

INaRowINa NAI1s.-One of the most
painful surgical operations is removing
nails which have grown into the flesh.
There is no necessity whatsoever for
this pain. The new method is to keep
the patient ten or fifteen days on q bed
or on a sofa with bread or meal poul-
tice applied to the toe. This poultice is
changed several times daily, and the toe
warm as may be borne. In ten OF
fifteen days the nail becomes SO soft il
may be cut with scissors and removed
by hand without the least pain. Gould
not the nail be made soft enough by
keeping in hot water, often changed, fol
ten or twelve hours?
Year: 1873

THE sunfsh is the largest of the
true fishes, measuring sometimes So
feet. Its liver is of large size, generally
two tons If weight, and yields from six
to eight barrels of OIL The sunfsh are
very powerful in the water, and, if har-
pooned in the shoulder, are very hard to
kill, often carrying off the whole har-
poon line. They sometimes run off
with 200 fathoms of line and two har-
poons in them, and will employ the
dued. Great caution must be used in
striking them, as with blow of the tail
they Will stave in the boat if it is within
reach. From go to 100 of then may
sometimes be seen together off the coast
of ireland basking in the morning sun
in the latter part of June.
Year: 1873

Oh, for an hour of youthful joy!


Give back my twentieth spring!
I'd rather laugh bright haired boy


Than reign gray haired king.
OF with the wrinkled spoils of age;
Away with learnings crown;
Tear out life1s wisdom written page,
And cast its trophies down.
One moment let my life blood stream
From boyhood's fount of flame;
Give me one giddy, reeling dream


OF life, and love, and fame.
My listening angel heard the prayer,
And calmly smiling said,
eff but touch thy silver hair,


Thy hasty wish had sped.
But is there nothing in thy track


To bid thee fondly stay,
While the swift seasons hurry back
To find the wished for day"
All, truest soul of woman kind


Without thee what were life?
One bliss cannot leave behind
III take my precious wife
The angel took sapphire pen,


And wrote in rainbow hue;
The man would be a boy again,
And be husband tool
"And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember all their gifts have fed
With these dissolving years ~
"Why, yes, 1 would one favor more
My fond paternal joys
I could not bear to lose them all
III take my girls and boys"
The smiling angel dropped his PEN
Why; this will never do;
The man would be boy again,


And be a father tool
And SO laughed-my laughter woke
The household with its noise,
wrote my dream when morning broke
To please my fair haired boys.
Year: 1873

Fun FOR THE CHILDREN. any of
our readers ever experiment with the
requirements of a spider? If they
haven't they have deprived themselves
of much amusement. One of the best
ways to test spiders ability to get
himself out of scrape, is to fill an or
binary wash-bowl with water, take a
stick and place it in the center of the
bowl, and reaching some little distance
above the water, and then put a spider
on the top of the stick. We will wager
almost anything that the insect gets
himself away from his isolated quarters
in less than ten minutes, if undisturbed,
and he won't even wet his feet in the
transit. Try it and see how it's DONE
Peoria (IU.) Transcript.
Year: 1873

We lately saw in a shoe shop shoe
that would seem to be very useful for
farmers. The upper part was of leather,
the sole of wood. The upper portion
was in two pieces only, and all the sew
ing required is to stitch these together
and to fasten in the counter. This is
done by machine. 1.-THE entire sole, in
Guiding the heel is of one piece of white
wood. This is well shapen to fit the in
ner curve of the foot, and requires NO
inside sole. The wooden sole is about
portionally thicker. On the upper edge
a small portion is cut away about the
thickness of the upper leather, and to
this the upper portion is attached by
brass or copper tacks, which first pass
through a leather band. The shoe
weighs hardly more than a common
leather shoe having a double leather
sole. If each were exposed to moisture,
as by wearing them in the mud, the
wooden soled one would be the ightest.
These shoes are designed especially for
men engaged in distilleries, breweries,
or who work mixing mortar, or in damp
places but it is obvious that they
would be excellent for farmers. AS a
shoe to wear in the barn, stable barn
yard, or for general use in sloppy
weather, it has many advantages. The
Dutch, as well as the people of several
other countries in Europe, generally wear
shoes made entirely of wood, and they
are in great favor, Notwithstanding their
being large and unsightly. The COM
bined wood and leather shoe has all the
advantage of the wooden shoe and is
open to none of the objections. These
shoes could be made of split leather for
about eighty cents per pair, and ought
to retail for dollar. The sample we
saw was not marked "patented. If a
patent is not secured on them, This pat
ent is not extended by Congressional ac,
ton, and stock company does not
secure monopoly in making and sell.
ing them, we think farmers may keer
their feet dry at small expense and make
a great saving in the matter of shoe
leather.-Prairie Farmer.


FoR more than a hundred wears coffef