smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

When an earnest young man Offers
woman his heart and his life and his
love. asking her for her heart and her
life and her love, it IS no easy hour TO
man or maid. The thought of it takes
the rose out of her young cheek, gives a
new luster to tho eye that has a deeper
and mysterious look, and a terrible
throbbing to the heart. For 50 much
depends upon a word that forms or else
misshapes 30 much IN life, and soul and
sense are clamoring for their right. The
past comes up to help create the future,
and all creation is new before the low
er's eye. 50 it is in some great hour
when an earnest man holds communion
with himself, seeking to give and take
with god, and asks " What ought /
in my life to be and do?" Depend up
on it, only to the vulgarest of men is it
a common hour. l Will not say that
every earnest man has an enamored
hour of betrothing himself to religion.
Some have this sudden experience, and
give themselves to Piety as they es-
pouse bride found when not looked
for, and welcomed with great swelling
of the heart and prophetic blooming Of
the yearning soul. Others go hand in
hand Herewith as brother and sister,
through all their early days, in amia-
BILE unity which sin has hardly broke
and seldom Jared and 50 the wediock
of religion is as the acquaintance which
began in our babyhood, was friendship
next at home and school, and slowly
under tranquil skies grew up and bios
somed out at last to love. This IS the
common way, an ascent without a sud
den leap. If bred as religious children
yov grow up as religious men. but
under the easiest of discipline, L think,
| every earnest man has his time oi triaI
and of question, when he asks hlinSell,


.s Shall 1 serve the soul by liie OF
piety, or shall 1 only serve the hesh'
listing in the popular armada OF world. a..
/ illness to do battle IN that leprous most


That, I say, is a time Of tr1al.-II'eo-
! dOrc Parker,
Year: 1873

padded silk parades be false? And
| even when the eye has succeeded IN
| piercing the shell, and we are about to


examine the kernel, it deftIy envelopes


itself in a new shell, and then again in


newer one, thus by the incessant


change of fashions mOcI1ing mans


acuteness. Are their faces pretty !?
This, too, it would be difficult to de-
termine, for every feature is in constant
motion. Every Parisienne has thous-


and faces, each one of which is more
laughing, more intelligent, more charm


ing than the other, greatly embarrass-


ing him who wishes to decide which is
the most beautiful, or which, in fact, is


the real face. Are their eyes large {?


What do I know? One does not spend


much time investigating the caIiber of


cannon when the ball knocks his head


off And he who is not struck by their


eyes, is at all events dazzied by their


fire, and is glad enough safely to re-


main beyond their range. Is the space


between the nose and the mouth broad


or narrow? Sometimes it is broad. as


when they turn up their noses some
times it is narrow, as when they proud


ly curl the lip. Is the mouth large or
small? Who can tell where the lips
end and the smile begins In order to
to reach a correct decision, the investi-
gator, as well as the object of investiga-


tiOn, should be in a state of perfect


quiet. But who can keep quiet when


with a Parisienne B.? and what Parish
enne is ever quiet? There are those
who imagine they could closely exam


inc a butterfly, if they only had it
pinned fast to a sheet of paper. But
that both were foolish and cruel. The
quiescent, pinioned is no longer a but
terfiy. A butterfly should only be seen
when it futters among the flowers and
the women of Paris should be seen.
not in their households, where they
seem like so many butterflies fastened
by pin which pierces the heart, but
IN the saloon, at balls aid soirees,
where, under sparkling crystal chande-
Hers, they futter by with their en-
brOidered wings of silk and gauze. In
such moments they reveal an eager love
of life, a willingness to plunge into
sweet stupOr, a thirsting for sensuous
indulgence that invest them with an
almost terrible beauty, and a charm


that both delights and shocks the soul.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptiop is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses. and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope You viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


g We enter no new names on our
books without the money in adyance.
Year: 1873

DIR. ANDERSON of Edinburgh, Scot
land, has proved by actual analysis
that the last gill of milk drawn from
the udder of the COW contains sixteen
times the amount of cream incident to
the first one, the separation of the
cream from the milk taking place IN
part IN the udder, particularly in in
stances where the animal is suffered to
stand at rest for sometime before milk
ing.
Year: 1873

The st. Louis Dispatch gives the
following account of sorsnade ofJcff
Davis, while he was in that city the
other day: "Last night two sable Al
ricans, who in dntebellum times hoed
the corn and picked the cotton on Mr..
Davis plantation, serenaded their old
master at the Planters. Upon the
conclusion Of their dulcet strains Mr.
Davis called them to his room and
made them handsome presents. He
was also called on by an old aunty who
had the task Of nursing his Oldest
child. The affection Of the warm
hearted ex-slaves for their old master,
aud the kind interest manifested by
that distinguished gentleman, would
have made an original abolitionist turn
black with chagrin.'


The Dispatch seems,by the use of some
the above language, to have wonder.
full hankering after the old flesh pot oil
slavery, but when we remember its
Democracy we should not wonder
that its mouth waters for the old times
Of wAllOping slaves.
Year: 1873

We notice by our exchanges from
towns on the Mississippi river In this
State, the effect on freights from


Chicago under the new Illinois law
It would appear that in some cases the
freights are increased and in Others
not. The general impression is that
the railroad companies are IS much al
sea In the matter as anybody at pres,
ent and have not yet fathomed the sit
uation. Time alone can give . faithful
solution Of what IL to be the result
As We have all along said the questions
involved can only be satisfactorily set


tied by time and experience. q,
Year: 1873

It Is q weakness with many Q
slippery fellow to talk much about be-
ing an honest man. and about the pro-
motion Of honest and honorable deal
ing among men. It is often the case
that the man who has the most de.
signs upon q defeat of the public voice
and who has been guilty Of the most
dishonoiable conduct, such as
going back upon flA promise, upon
his word, because bribed with the Of
fer of place, is the very man, when
merited defeat and condemnation over
takes him, to pirate loudly about the
rigid observance OF honorable con-
duct. The serpent in the garden put
on the garb Of innocence and virtue,
and the example thus early given has
had many followers ever since. II
sometimes appears in this form in the
politics of the country. A man, for
instance, who has for personal ende


for personal aggrandizement turned
traitor TO his friends, with whom he
has long been in friendly and close
consultation, and lends himself to
tricksters, to defeat the wishes of tbs
people, in ia caucus or convent ion, thil
man, doubtless with the ghost Of hii
misdeeds before him, talks Aippantly
and frequently about the necessity O


honorable conduct in conventions
Honorable conduct In conventions Il
indeed one Of the things that shoult
be strictly observed, and much refor


nation Is needed in this regard, bu


teachers in such reformation should
come to their work with clean hands
Year: 1873

THE EXTRA QUALITY OF THAT SUPERIOR TEA
W. D. BLAIR Co. are selling has been thoroughly
Indorsed by some of the best judges in the city,
many of them pronouncing this TEA the very best
they ever bought anywhere.
Year: 1873

In the case of the United States agt. Susan
b. Anthony in the U. District Court for the Northern
District OF New-York. the Hon. Henry r. selden pre-
sented elaborate argument for the defendant claim
ing for her the rights of a citizen and voter The fol-
lowing extracts will show the line Of defense adopted


Beyond question. therefore, the first section OF the
Fourteenth Amendment, by placing the citizenship OF
women upon par with that OF men, and declaring that
not be abridged, has secured to women, equally with
men, the right TO suffrage unless that conclusion
oyerthrown by some other provision OF the


The opinion OF Justice Bradley in regard to this
amendment corresponds very nearly with what nave
here said The learned Judge III part OF his opinion
says ut Is possible that those who framed the article
we're themselves aware or the farreacnng character
of its terms They may have had III mind but one par
ticular phase OF social and political wrong, which
they desired to redress-yet, IL the amendment, as
framed and expressed. does, In fact leave broader
meaning and does extend its protecting shield over
those who thought OF when II was conceived
and put form. and does reach such social evils Wnc
were never before prohibited by constitutional amend
ment IL is to be presumed that the American people, IN
irving il their prindfr understood what they were
doing. and meant 70 decree what has IN tact Deeh
done.


haye said nothing upon the second groundof defense
the absence OF criminal intention, and do not design
10 present any argument on that subject, believing


V in the sOnndness OF the first ground OF defense. III
termination OF your Honor without argument on my
part.


At the close OF Mr. Selden's argument the Judge stop
ping the DistrctAtorney mr. Crowley, who was about
10 reply decided that the writ Of habeas corpus be dis
missed and prisoner remanded to the custody OF the
Marshal under the original warrant.
Year: 1873

II ia not their fault if the British public has not
acoured an exact acquaintance with the nature OF
vesca calculus in general and Of the particular stone
which killed the ex-Emperor


Upon French politics his death seems unlikely 10
have any great immediate influence; upon European
politics still less The Bonapartst party Is weaker
much weaker, than before, but it was not very
strong at bestIan its strength lay chiefly in know
ing how TO wait. There was no chance Of an lmme-
date restoration; not much, probably, during NJ
Thers's life ; and of this the ex-Emperor is said
20 have been convinced. His time was TO come
when Thiers had died or resigned, when the
ferocity of party factions had been again let loose
when their equality of weakness had brought an
archy on the scene and he who kept France under
his feet for twenty years might once appear as
the Savior of Society. Very likely he might nave
All things are possible in French politics, eN-
cept common sense There seems less chanoe
of bis son playing the same role SIMPLY oe-
cause his son cannot inspire the shopkeePins
boHr0eoisis with the same CONFIDENCE Ill hiS
ability to keep order and keep the shops OPEN
The peasantry might prove loyal to the mere h"ine
as beretofore but there must come time when even
the French peasant will find out that the Empire
has ouadrunled his taxes and cost France two prov
inces and that the Republic does not mean Conhsca-
+ion As for European politics, time was when the
Emneror was a great figure but there came greater
than he. and the man who of late years decided
whether Europe should have Peace OF War was not
NapoleOn but Bismarck. G' W. 8
Year: 1873

William Henry Morgan, alias Martin, who
arrested his arrival in this city about two months
ago by Detective Elder Of the Central Office was taken
back to England in the custody OF Detective officer
Marsh Of the Liverpool police on Saturday sailing in the
Inman steamer City Of Brussels. The prisoner is
charged with having obtained money forged checks
and drafts TO large amount from the banking
firm OF PIN Co. OF Liverpool. After long delay the
accused was delivered TO the custody OF Detective
Marsh by the United States Goyernment under the
tradition treaty, and has been taken back to await
gratitude for the kindness and courtesy shewn him dur
ing his stay in this city by Capt. Irving and by other
members OF the detective force.
Year: 1873

correspondent of the PhrenoloQical Jour.
nal, writing from the South, gives the follow.
ing statement


among the points of resemblance which
seem to give plausibility to the theory that
the American Indians are descendants of
remnant of the lost tribes Of Israel in a ems.
tom OF theirs agreeing in its main features
with one described in the book of Leviticus.
According to the Indian usage, the nearest
OF kin had right to slay the murderer when
ever he found him, during the interval that
elapsed from the time the deed was done till
'ne green festval but if the murderer
eluded his pursuers up to that time, and then
eiected an entrance into the sacred circle of
'ne dancers, he was safe from the "ayenger
OF oiood. This "avenger" had it also in his
power to grant the murderer a respite. An
oid whlte settler, who lived in this country
before the Indians left, tells story of one
VINO was thus respited for fortnight, at the
enu OF which time he was to meet the aven.
ger OF blood at designated spot to be put to
death. Every day during the interval the
doomed man approached the rendezvous and
sang his death song, recapitulating his deeds
OF prowess and his immortality of glory. At
o'clock on the fan spring morning
of the appointed day the victim and the exc
cutioner appeared under the shining green
leaves OF the beech, in the heart of the devv
forest glade. The white hunter had conceal
ed himself near and looked on eagerly, half
expecting to see the victim sue for mercy, or
the stern executioner relent from his purpose |:


but no, he first placed himself at the riQht
distance, crossed his arms on his breast and
looked calmly on the face of the avenQer.


who coolly taking aim, shot him through the


heart.
Year: 1873

street. The actual shrinkage amounts TO
held as property has sunk out of existence
in fortnight. The necessary and inevita-
BILE consequence of such sudden depre-
citation as this is financial paralysis that
is not easily recovered from. Those who
prophesy good times Immediately, and
wonder confidence is not Immediately re-
stored, and that things do not go on just
as they did a month ago, have no concep-
tion OF the real gravity of tho financial
situation. True, the values were unreal;
but so long as they were regarded as real
the depreciation is practically equivalent
TO the destruction of so much property.
And that is loss that cannot be recovered
from in q weekly. Y. Graphite
Year: 1873

The actual effect of the panic thus far
is shown by its influence on the market
values of the principal active stocks. The
following table shows the highest market
prices of these stocks September 4, before
there were distinct indications of panic,
and the lowest price on September 20,
with the actual shrinkage:
Year: 1873

Don't be alarmed, good natured reader.

 It is far from our mind to infict moral lecture upon you, as many Wise journalists do "about these days" We might warn some of you not to continue to fight "the tiger" which you have So long tried to worry; but upon inquiry of those who have lately seen the animal, we learn he is none the worse for all the blows you have dealt him during the past year, and gives excellent signs that he will live fresh as ever for another twelve-month. So far then as sympathy with "the tiger goes, you need not let up on him; and as he is chivalrous, Plucky beast, your own pride will impel you to not g've up the bat- tie whiie he smilingly invites you to the contest of "getting even" with him.

 You who have taken issue with John Barley corn may still have hopes of using him up during this year, but if you do persist in another years tussle with him and get laid out yours elves, you may still have the consolation of knowing that many thousands of Johns bravest suckers have fared likewise. Then again, if John does continue to floor you who seem bent on swallowing him over and over again, he makes y0a talnk some of your hours happy and also feel very much richer without any more money. John at least gives you smiles and seeming joys as well as real sorFoWs, ard ia this respect Is not alto getheE hesrtless, if yos have set your heart on another years bout with John, it w0uid hardly be manly to be swayed from yoa. bravo pU.poss by the doa.ssSio "-..s of wife and children who don't appreciate the contest you are wAging as you do. In persisting in this struggle you will rarely be charged with being weak minded, or timid, or silly, or any thing else that resembles a woman or her traits; and by the time you go on go another year, most all your friends will grimly say, "well, it don't make much difference with you, it's only question of little time when John will end you."

 But like Artcmus Ward lecture abOug the babes iu the woods, VIC almost forgot to mention the New Year, but 1t no doubt vii be much the same as the old ones gone by except as your own actions may make 1t appear different. TEE CITIZEN extends its hearty cOngratulati ons to all its patrons and all those who get an honest reading of it, wishing sincerely that all their lessons of the past will serve then well IA the future.
Year: 1873

note how tastefully very many were attired.

 These parties do much to promote socia- bility in the community and ought to occur oftener. At them, most people forget past differences growing out of business, or owing to lack of personal acquaintance. Taken as a criterion, the late party shows that an unusually good social feeling pre- vails in Tucson at this time.
Year: 1873

TIE ball on New Years eve was an ex- hilarating affair. The attendance was the largest ever known in Tues on on like occa sions, and none of those present speak of it except to praise its unexceptionable and
Year: 1873

EXCITING SCENE IN RAILWAY CAR.
When the o'clock express on the
Hudson River Railroad left New York
on Christmas Eve, Mayor Eastman was
one of the passengers on the first car
ahead of the first sleeper. Two or three
seats from him sat finely dressed and
noble looking man, who suddenly gave
frightful shrek, and snapped, and
barked like dog. The passengers in
the car rose to their feet, some of them
making for the door panic stricken. The
stranger seized hold of the back of the
seat in front of him, and, barking, again,
grated his teeth in a fearful manner,
and closed his mouth on the top of the
seat back, tearing out strips of wood
with his teeth, and splitting them out On
the floor. Mayor Eastman and one or
two others rushed forward to him, and
endeavored to hold him. but were unsuc-
cessful. His strength seemed superhu-
man. His eyes rolled wildly, and he
seemed to be in the greatest agony. A
cup of water was brought to him, upon
seeing which, he seized the edge of the
metallic cup between his teeth and bit
piece out of it as clean almost as if it
had been done with knife. A brake
man now arrived and aided the passen-
gers, when finally, by overpowering num-
bers, the unfortunate man was compelled
to lie down in the seat By the time
the train reached Peekskill he had quiet
ed down considerably. All efforts to as
certain who he was proved unavailing.
The mark ON the inside of his hat shows
that it was made in Utica He had sew
eral boxes with him filled with Christ
mas gifts. Some of the passengers
thought he had the delirium tremens,
while others felt convinced that it was
a case of hydrophobia. Several times
it was feared he would bite or otherwise
infict injury upon those who were en-
deavoring to hold him. When the train
left this city he was sleeping, but he was
closely watched. He was evidently a
gentleman of considerable means. May
or Eastman and NJ. Charles Chichester
both say it was the most fearful scene
they ever witnessed.-POughkeepsie Eo-
ole.
Year: 1873

Most Gland -lubbers" while credulous
to fault about other strange things, are
obdurately skeptical with regard to the
sea- serpent. Every time some sea cap
tain comes home and quietly shows an
entry on his log book that he saw sea-
serpent, SO or 60 feet long. of a dark
brown color, on such day, in lat. and
long so and SO the average landsman
raises guffaw of ridicule. Another
fo'c'scle yarn. tell that to the marines"
etc., are the responses which sturdy cap
tain White, of the good ship Sea-Serpent
evokes from the unthinking, when he
brings back and gives to print his obser-
vations on the big water-snake. There
are two reasons why it seems impossible
to convert mankind to faith in the sea-
serpent. One is the preposterous notion
that serpents-the real ophidians-can
not live in water, that they are exclu-
sively land reptiles.


But it should be known that true,
poisonous serpents exist In any quantity
in the Indian and Pacific oceans 1t is
dangerous to bathe in waters that they
frequent. There is not much of a logi-
cal leap in reasoning from little ser
pent. four or five feet long AS there
are monster fishes. why not monster
snakes? The whale. being a warm
blooded mammal, is obliged to rise to
the surface for air. II is seen when it
blows. But for this necessity of the
whales organization, the whale would
probably be seen so rarely that it, too,
would be declared myth by those who
disbeleve in the sea serpent. The lat
ter, by its constitution, may be free from
the need of rising to the surface, and
when seen may be there by accident
its home being in deep water or else at
the bottom of the ocean. Theoretically
there is no good argument againsta sea-
serpent of any length. The second case
of the wide spread skepticism upon this
topic is the we'll known habit at water
ing places of hoaxing the public with
reports of sea-serpents deserted off shore.
ll Ill 4
by local newspaper wags. to have their
bulky snakeships. This is the funny
side of the question; but it does not
dispose of the great mass of concurrent
testimony given by sober ship captains
for a hundred years, as to the actuality
of the sea-serpent; and this testimony
is not sailors yarns, but prosaic log en-
tries of matters of fact, Last year one
of the English magazines had a long pa
| per from an able. scientific writer, in
which the sea serpent was handled as in
a court. All the historical evidence in
his favor was produced, sifted, and ju-
diciously weighed, the opposition theory
duly heard and estimated, and the ver-
dict of the sea-serpent's existence un-
hesitatingly gwen at the close. If hu-
man testimony is to be believed, the sea-
serpent is a verify. In the old hanging
days. men were justly sent to the gallows
on weaker evidence.-Jousaol of Com
merce.