smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

Let the person whose name you may
wish to know inform you in which OF the
upright columns the first letter OF his
name is contained. II it be found in but
one column it is the top letter II 1t oc.
ours in more than one column, it is found
Ivy adding the alphabetical numbers OF
the top letters Of these columns, and the
sum will he the number OF the letter
sought. BY taking one letter at a time
in this way the whole can be ascertainod.
For example, take the word Jane. J Is
found in the two columns commencing
with 3 and n, which are the I'd and 9Th
letters down the alphabet; their sum is
ten, and the tenth letter down the alpha.
bet is j, the letter sought. The next let
te. a appears in but one, column where
it stands at the top. n is seen in the col
umns headed B, ID and II these are the
second, fourth and eight letters ofthe al
phabct. which added give. the ia. or N,
and 80 on. The use Of this table will ex'
cto no little curiosity among those un
acquainted with the foregoing explana'
tiOn.
Year: 1871

srmrrs or AMMosIA.--A contributor
to Hearth and Home writes as follows:
" Sisters in household labors, have you
any idea what useful thing ammonia u
10 have in the housei Ifnot give your
maid ofalI,work fifteen cents and an
empty pint bottle ut once, and send her
to the first drug. store for supply. Tell
her to be sure to get the spirits OF am.
monia it's the same as hartshorn; butu
she asks for that they will give her FOR
tho fifteen cents few drops In asmtiting I
bottle not as big no her thumb. While
she cones I'll tell you how to use u.
For washing paint, pnt . tablespoonful
in a quart Of moderately hot water, dip
in flannel cloth, and with this simply
wine off the wood work; no scrubbing
will be necessary For taking grease
spots from any fabric, use the ammonis
nearly pure, then lay white blottling pa
per over the spot and iron IL lightly 10
washing laces, put twelve drops In pint
of warm suds. To clean silver, miA two
tcaspoonfuls Of ammonia in quart OF
hot soap suds. Put in your silver.wa.c
and wash IT, using an old nail brush or
tooth brush for the purpose. For clean'
ing hair brushes, ETC., simply shake the
brushes up and down in mixture OF enc
teaspoonful of ammonia to one pint OF
hot water; when they are cleaned, rinse
them in cold water and stand them Ia the
wind or in a hot place to dry. For wash,


ing finger marks from looking glasses Of
windows, put few drops Of ammonia on
o moist rag and make quick work OF II.
II you wish your house plants to flourish
put few drops OF the spirits IN every
pint OF watsr used in watering. A tsa.
spoonfnl in basin ofcold water will add
much to the refreshing effects OF bath.
Nothing is better than ammonia-water
for cleansing the hair. In every ease,
rinse of the ammonia with clear water. "
Year: 1871

and waterless, with a torrid beat by day and a
chilling breeze by night. These letters have
stopped the exodus to the favored (O land and it
is probable that we shall hear little more of it,
except it is the loud and deep complaints of
some returned and moneyless adventurer.


THE WOMEN sUFFRAGIsTs


are holding their Second Annual State Conven-
tion here, and are giving their opponents plenty
of opportunities to ridicule the movement. In
deed it would be difficult to get together lot OF
more impractical, absurd old women of both
sexes, than are at present engaged in discussing
their grievances in the Dashaway Hall. The no.
best cause that was ever presented for man s
consideration could not survive the advocacy of
such adherents. No wonder that this question
makes no progress. SCRIBBLER.
Year: 1871

THE Woman Suffrage Convention met at San
Francisco last week. The proceedings, what
we have seen of them, were simply ridiculous,
and some of the speeches made were SO inde-
cent that the San Francisco papers would not
publish them. Although ourselves opposed to
female suffrage, at the present time, we believe
there is much which might be said in its favor,
and at the least it is subject that should be
handled with dignity by it's advocates. The
cause is one which formerly had many sympa-
tbizers on this Coast, but if the proceedings of
this " Convention does not materially lessen
the number, we miss our guess.
Year: 1871

MANY rumors are ahoat regarding dishonest
proceedings Of some of the Regents of the State
University. One of their number is charged
with pocketing $4,000 on the purchase of board
ing-school buildings. AS the money allowed the
University is about all gone, and the affairs OF
the University would indicate general mis-
management, it is to be hoped that the next Leg
isature will inquire into its affairs before making
another appropriation.
Year: 1871

SAN Francisco, January 81, 1871.


Two inquests have been held this last week
which have attracted more than usual attention.
The first was an old man who cut his throat at
the Comfy Hospital while laborng under delir-
iam Femens. DR.. Bolan the medical officer in
charge of the institution, was at his toilet when
word was brought him of the affair." and the
messenger told him that the patient was bleed
ing TO death. Then bandage him up said
the model dispenser of charity, " 1 can't come
yet I'm dressing So while the mans life
blood was pouring out in great red stream he
continued to dress with care that admitted of
no hurry. Should he forego his accustomed
matutinal bath because a pauper chose to cash
his jugular? Should he leave his room with un-
brushed teeth and unkempt hair, because a mad
man had seen fit to end his troubled existence
with a razor2 Who ever heard of such an alb
surd attention to duty? Certainly not Dr. Bolan
and he didn't intend to make precedent, so he
finished his toilet with due deliberaton and
three quarters of an hour afterwards walked
into the old mans ward and found him-dead.


The other case was that Of woman who died





1t was said that she had fought a losing fight
with grim poverty and its attendant wolf, and
that the wolf had proved too much for her. A
strong feeling of self reproach passed through
men minds when they read of it in the papers,
for it such direct accusation Of our charity
to know that life had 1ickered out within the
shadows Of our own doors for want of fuel that
those who had any feeling felt guilty of neglect.
But the inquest proved that in this instance it
was without cause for though she was discov-
cred lying a bed of old sacks without any
coverings and three starving children were hud-
died near her, it was her own fault that she did
not procure proper nourishment as over $50
were found hid away in stocking under the
sacking. The press had commenced to make
first class sensation of this starvation story and
tha interior papers will, doubt, seize the op-
portunity to dilate feelngly on the heartless
conduct of San Franciscans in permitting a poor
woman to perish for want of the necessares of
life, so if an intensified version of the case
reaches the JOURNAL from its exchanges-it is
already on its travels-you will know the exact
truth of the matter and can spoil sensational
ism.
Year: 1871

Your everyday toilet is part of your char
acter. y girl who looks like fury or
'slovcn' in the morning is not to be trusted.
however finely she may look in the evening.
No matter how humble your room may DO
there are eight things 1t should contain.
namely; mirror, washstaud, soap, towel,
comb, hair, nail aud tooth brushes. These
are just as essential as your breakfast. before
which you should make good use of them.-
Parents who iai! to provide most of their chill.
dren with such appliances, not only make
great mistake, but commit a sin of omission.
Look tidy in the morning, aud after the din-
ner work Is over, improve your toilet. Mako
It rule OF your daily life to dress up for tho
afternoon. Your dress may OF need no, be
any better than calico; but with a ribbon or
flower, or some bit Of ornament. you can havo
an arr of self respect aud satisfaction that in
varibly comes with being well-drcssed.


n girl with fine scusIbiIites cannnot helm
feeling embarrassed and awkward in a ragged
and dirty dress, with her hair unkempt, should
stranger or a neighbor come in Moreover.
your seli.respect should demand the decent
aPPareliug of your body. You should mako
1t point to look as well as you can, even if
you know nobody will see you but yourself.


H1useLoLd
Year: 1871

- In 1850 there were about 5000 miles
ut railroad in the United States. The New
York Tribune estimates that by the end of
the present year there will be fifty thousand
miles of railroad in the land-oue. third of all
the railroads in the world.
Year: 1871




Many q discouraged mother
folds her tired hands at night,
and feels as if she had after all
done nothing, although she has
not spent an idle moment
since she rose. Is it that your
little helpless children have
had some one to come TO with
all their childish gIiefs aud
Joys? Is it nothing that your
husband feels safe when he ia
away 10 his bushes, because
your careful hand directs ev-
erything at homo3 Is it moth
ing that when bis business ia
over, that he has the blessed
refuge a! home, which you
have that day done your best
to brighten and refne9 Oh,
woary and faithful mother, you
little know your power when
you say, | have done nothing"
There is a book in which a fair
or record than this is written
over against your name.
Year: 1871

The New York papers quote
the statement of the State
Journal with reference to the
cost of of spaluting and repair
ing the State Capital of Ohio,
with headlines Of respectful as.
tonishment. In that city where
they pay a matter Of two or
three hundred thousand dollars
for curtains for their county
court house, and then don't get
the curtains, 1t seems marvel.
Gus that a building which is
equal to any public building in
New York should have been
painted and put inrepair inside
with the exception Of the halls
leading to the office, at a cost
of about 5000.


The Cleveland Leader also
improves the occasion with q
few remarks as follows:


"TLe State Capital is a build.
ing more than twice the size of
the new Court House in New
York City. Of course being
an old editice, it would require
more repairs than a new build
ing like the New York City
Court House. Yet, under a
Republican administration it
has only required the small
sum of 5000 to put it In repair,
while to keep the new Court
House in repairs, it cost the
city Of New York under Demo.
cratic rule, S6,OOO,OOOl


"What blessed thing it
would be to allow Democratic
thieves to get possession of the
National Government p
Year: 1871

SHOWING THE DEAD.-A writer


thus describes a curious custom in


Havana of laying ont bodies III state


during the night before burial.


They are placed close to an open


window fronting the street, on "a
couch four or five feet from the
ground. The corpse is surrounded
by high wax tapers, and tho whole
room illuminated. Frequently when
returning from n turtulia or ball, /
have been startled to see the fixed
and rigid features Of some old gen
tleman or lady, dressed in their best
attire and apparently reclining be
fore the window. IL used to appear
an unnecessary mockery Of death
dressing out corpse in a new suit of
clothes, with tight patent leather
boots, and white neck-cloth. j re-
member one night in particular. /
was returning home through one OF
the by streets, when, seeing the low
er windows OF house illuminated
and concluded that there was body
lying in state, / went toward it.
There close to the window, so close
that / could have touched it through
the bars, lay the body Of a young
girl about fifteen years Of age. She
was dressed rs for n ball, with flow
crs in her hair, and white satin shoes
on her feet: her hands crossed on her
breast, her eyes closed, and hen
mouth slightly opened; and, alto
gether, her face and expression was
one of the most beautiful ] ever saw.
Year: 1871

l believe this government will keep
on growing until it spreads itself over
the entire American contiueut; but 10
order to gain this much desired end, aud
to maintain ourselves as free and In'
dependent republic, we have got TO show
more charity toward each other. 1t has
been remarked by some gentleman who
has preceded me, that it was generally
conceded by the soldiers of buth armies
at the close of the late civil war, that if
all matters of difference between the
North and South were left to the armies
they would have been settled at once,
and everything to have become quiet
and orderly. so believed, and before
signing the agreement with Gen. Joe
johnson l called together all the gener


ais under my command, and without a
dissenting voice they agreed with me.
believe they surrendered in good faith
Year: 1871

Some cooks will throw out the water
in which meats have been boiled with.
out letting it cool to take off the fat.


Bits of meats are thrown out which
would make hashed meat.


The flour is sifted in a wastetul man
ner, and the bread pan left with the
bread sticking to it. Pie crust is laid
by to sour instead Of making Il few tarts
for tea. Cold puddings are considered
good for nothing, when otteutmes they
can be steamed fer the next day


Dish cloths are thrown down where
mice can destroy them.


Vegetables are thrown away that
would warm for breakfast nicely.


The scrubbjng brush is left in the
water.


Tubs and barrels are left in the sun
to dry and fall apart.


Nice handled knives are thrown into
hot water


Silver spoons are used to scrape ket
ties.


Cream is allowed to mould and spoil.


Coffee, tea and spices are left 10 stand
open and lose their strength.


The cork is lett out OF the moiasses
| jug aud the flies take possession.


Vinegar is drawn into tin basin and
left to stand until both basin aud vine
gar are spoiled.


Dried fruit is not taken care Of in
season and becomes wormy.


Potatoes in the cellar grow, and the
sprouts are not removed until they be-
come useless


Pork spoils for want Of salt, and bee
because the brine wants scaldng.


Bones are burned that would make
soap.


Clothes are left out on the line tc
whip to pieces in the wind.


Brooms are never hung up and soor
are spoiled.
Year: 1871

The last act of the radical party the
passage of the enforcement bill empow-
ering the President to suspend at will
the writ of habeuS corpus is another
stride in the policy of Capitalization pur-
sued by this party since the war. This
infamous bill, framed for the ostensible
purpose Of suppressing outrages against
the persons and property of southern
loyalists and negroes, was passed in the
face of the most emphatic denials from
the representatives of large number Of
the Southern States that any disturban'
ces of = political character exist in theil
States. The Southern States are as
peaceful to-day as any States of the
Union. A Northern man is as secure
from personal dangerin the South as he
is in Massachusetts or Vermont, not
withstanding the villaiuous stories cir.
culated by the wretches who are feast
ing like cormorants upon the Southern
people, and who claim to represent the
loyalty of the South. God save us from
such loyalty! These measures of Con
gress to ''protect Southern loyalists" are
not gotten up because the leaders of the
radical party believe the Southern 10y
alists" need protection, That party is
intent only in perpetuating its own pow
er, and it clutches at these alleged dis
orders in the South with the insane
hope that its real object will be con
cealed from the masses North and West
The powers they are assuming to them
selves to cure the South of her politica
disorders are intended equally for ust
North and West when the necessity
arises for them to be used in those quar-
ters, They are to be used as instru
ments to crush the sentiments of the
people North as well as South, and tt
perpetuate the power of the Radica
party. The second revolution has com
menced. The rulers of the American
Republic are sowing the wind ere long
they will begin to reap the whirlwind
-Littleton On. II, Republic.
Year: 1871

The KU KLUx BILL.-The statute
violates the letter Of the Constitution
by declaring that to be rebellion
against the United States which is moth
ing more than violence to individuals,
and by permitting the writ of habeus
corpus to be suspended in time of peace
by authorizing the President to employ
the military forces in repressing opposi
ton to State laws without any applica-
ton from State authorities by extend.
ing the prohibitions of the Fourteenth
Amendment to cases Of private wrong
and by clothing the national courts
with jurisdiction over ordinary crimes
and with the function of ordinary police
repression. 1t violates the entire spirit
of the Constitution by comforting upon
the President in time of peace military
discretion which belongs to him only as
Commander-in Chief in time of actual
war; and by destroying the separate -
although ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS o.
the States within their appropriate
spheres, which was firmly established
in the Constitution as an essential tea
ture of our institutions.
Year: 1871

SIoss.--We don't 60 much on sign
but the following are so clearly signs
that we give them for the benefit Of
our readers:


When you see the sun rising before
you rise in the morning, it is sign
that you'd not do for farmer.


When you see a man trying 10
convince a lamp post that il is impo-
lite to get in gentleman's way, it is
q sign that he has been drinking some
thing-lemonade, perhaps.


When you see boy throwing
stones in the streets and speaking i'm
pudcntly to old people, it is sign that
his parents don't care much for him.


When you see "6dgetty girl"
throwing kisses and winks at the boys
across the street, it is the sign that
she is too young to be out of sight Of
her "n,aternal relative"
Year: 1871

BEST OF ALA woman may be
surrounded by all the luxuries which
money can bny, and have the fawning
friendship of people whose families
only live in prosperity; but il she
feels herself unloved and alonc in her
heart, the crown jewel in her diadcm
Of happiness is lost, things lose their
value, and life becomes insufferably
monotonous.


The honest, tender love Of two brave
hearts who have started out, and are
struggling 10 gain home for their
little ones, and money enough TO feed,
clotbc and educate them, make life n
thousand times moro attractive and
inspiring.
Year: 1871




READ THIS TO YOUR DAUGHTERS
The character of community depends
much on the young women. If the
latter are cultivated, intelligent, &C.
complished, the young men feel the
requirement that they themselves,
should be upright, gentlemanly, and
refined but if their female friends are
frivolous and silly, the young men
will be found TO be jissipated and
worthless, But remember always
that q sister is the best guardian of u
brothers integrity. As daughter
she is the true light of home. The
pride of the father oftener is centered
in his sons, but affection is expended
on his daughter. She should there.
fore be the sun and centre of all.
Year: 1871

The SCIENCE OF LoAFINa.-
Golden Age, in an article on tho Ethics
of Loafng, says we'll: The one thing
that our ablost men arc unable 10 do
is--to loaf The very air of this age
is charged with the oxygen of restless
enterprise, and it acts upon mons
souls as q new and a more furious
alcohol. The high places of the land
contain men guilty of gross intempcr.
ance in work, regularly drunk with
eagerness TO toll, sots on the frery
liquor Of tyrannous and uninter.
mitting industry. 1t may be a ques.
tion whether the best assurance of q
long life is not feeble constitution.
The men of iron frames, of muscles
wrought Of the heart of oak, of giant
energy and endurance, are the very
men who presume upon the extent Of
their physical capital, and soonest be-.
come bankrupt in vitality. The ethics
of loa6ng need to be expounded and
tho sin Of inordinate industry to be
denounced. No man has better
right to kill himself by over. working
than he has 10 do it by over drinking.
If suicide be crime, be who dies by
putting too great task upon his
strength is as truly criminal as he
who dies by putting bullet through
his head. fla certain amount of rest
and recreation is necessary TO a mans
health and life, the omission 10 take
II is as great an offence against Gods
law in nature, as would be the omis-
sion to take food and death by will
ful starvation is no more an act OF
selfdestruction than is death by viii.
ful fatigue.
Year: 1871



 MIR. EDrroR.-To live by the sea within sight of the restless waves that roll contiu- ually in upon the shore, like thoughts into the mind, gives to the thinking soul of a boy wider sweep and range than can be found in low and sheltered hooks. Meta phors and similes will present themselves to the thoughts which can be gathered from no other sources. There is daring, reso- lute buoyancy of feeling engendered that makes man, in common phrase, head strong; the quality needed to break up old errors and abuses. We consider these notes not out of place in reference to MT. Murray, as he has now become one of the men of mark in the country-the standard. bearer of orthodoxy at the Hub, beside an author of no mean repute at the Athens of America. We know that he went there be- ieving that there should and could be made a presentation of Jesus Christ as personal Saviour, such as should draw larger audien- ces than could be found for any other Sa viour Boston had to give. As to his sue. cess, Music Hall sermons can answer A man s effort must be judged by the object in view and the resistance overcome. But it is not of his public. but home life that we wish to speak. The satisfaction of growing beets that measure three feet in circumference. and potatoes that yield af. ter the fashion of days gone by; in over- coming the obstacles of nature, give a zest that makes all feel in common with mother Nature. There are great many problems of deep significance to be only worked out on a piece of land and in home. We find the ladies here can drive three minute horse, and know how to groom and feed one. That to know how to take care of stock and open and shut barn door, does not prevent good playing and singing in the parlor, or talking French. In short, out door air and exercise is considered just about as good for women as men. A fact which poor woman nature has been a long time in waking up to.

 Guilford, from what we have seen of it, seems as quiet and dead place as colo. l ny of clans. Of course, one who has struck out and made as much of a sensation as has Mir. M., with the tremendous obstacles in his way, is loved with just and worthy pride by his neighbors and townsmen. We had the satisfaction of hearing him read his lectures on 'tDeacons" previous to it's delivery in Music Hall. It is sharK and keen delineation of New England character, without malice or bitterness, and

 will be enjoyed with intense qualification

 where the coat does not fit too tight. Il

 will make many angry. and that is the firs

 step often in doing them good. We ad

 wise all to hear the ''Deacons" that can, ant

 if they can't help it, relieve themselves a.

 the Quaker's friend did. How he did il must be told next time

 | B. W. WOODRUFF.