smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

| will tell you how it was. Jack had
been told he must not 60 to see certain
boy called Sam without asking his fathers
permission. Sam lived in place where
there were great many boys, and Jack
loved dearly to be with them There were
many things to play with, and everything
vas very pleasant. One day some of the
boys said to Jack, Z" Come, let's 90 down to
Sans" So Jack started to 90 along with
them, although he knew be was not doing
right. But after he had gone some dis
tance, his conscience troubled him so much
that he could not bear it any longer. He
was disobeying his father, and he could not
be happy. He determined he would leave
the boys, run home and ask his fathers
permission, aud then he could 90 back with
light heart. But he was ashamed to tell
all this to the boys, so he pretended he did
not want to 60 any farther, and said, 90
boys, don't care to 60 down there I'm
going home" So he started back to ask
his fathers permission This was given
and he went off merrily, almost overtaking
the boys in his haste to get there.


Now this was only half victory. 1t
was better than nothing, but it was not o
right good, honest victory. If little Jack
had done quite right be would have said
at first, " Boys, | can't 60 with you, until
have asked father" That would have
been lcbole victory. He would have told
the truth and been obedient too.-Adrocatt
and Guardian.
Year: 1873

heart gave up the struggle, and she neither
hoped or prayed any more. Not for his
coming, that is = Very tenderly she prayed
for him that all his life might be bright
and happy; very earnestly she prayed for
herself that God would take her!


When men connot love, they thank God
Tor work; when the same sad hour comes
to woman's more gentle soul, she thanks
God for death


And so Belle faded, and fell with the
falling leaves. She died on that very day
made so significant by idle tongues. Turn
back the files, and in the death list there
shall you fnd it


Died, of consumption, on tho morning
Of October Goth, 49,, Isabella Stetson,
aged - years"


IL was a strange thing at her funeral
there may be those reading this who re-
member t-therc were no flowers about her
sweet, dead face, or in her hands, or even
on her collins lid. ! was told that she or.
dered that it should be so.


But when within the shaded room.


leaned her coffin over,


wept for in her hand She held


\ perfect iouf-lehied clover ~


What meant it that her marble fingers
claspcd this perfect four-leaied clover ?"
There was one who knew. One who walks
the world alone to-day one who will walk
on to his grave alone, through a sad and
blasted life; one who stood that day as
white almost as the dead. and could read
10 those withered leasts the words her lips
might not speak, 4" Faithful until death"


Died Of consumption" it was said; I
say she died Of idle tongues Her grave
in our lovely cemetery has been green these
many years. wish | could cut deep in
the marble slab above it, so that an might
read the words


Every idle word that men speak they
shall give account thereof in the day Of
judgment "-ChrisiiaR Union.
Year: 1873

This is said to be the origin Of the
" Can't tell Il lie" story; "Georgey,
boy said the grandfather to the future
father Of his country, Benny Franklin's
father is a soap boiler, and he is going to
grow up and call down the fire from heaven.
Yours is not yet you are not wholly unin-
structed, my son, in the science Of chemis-
try. Tell me, then, since have eached
these eherry-wood ashes for more than
week, is the liquid ready for soap grease ?
The hero of Monmouth, Trenton, and such,
let up for a space upon the stick he was
whiting to reply, with all the ingenious
ness of childish ignorance, Father, | can
not tell lie." After that he passed into
history
Year: 1873



Oh, pass yo hy the aged
With gentle step and slow
They have the burden Of years 10 bear,
And the tide Of their lifo is low.
sroak kindly asy ye greet them,
fof thcif world is dim md cold,
Aul p pcnmlng look from youthful heart
u iho sunlight Of the old.
And commune with tho aged
Ask them of days gone by
You know not what u store they have
OF boarded memory
oi hopes, That like the rainbow shoue.
Only 10 hdo in tearsi
And love and sorrow, change and death
Bind their long scroll Of years.
And learn yo from the aged
How with tranquil eve
They look back on Liie's stormy son
And nll its vanity.
The hope deferred, the dark despair,
The daily toll and strife,
They ore buried all in the waves Of time
or the aged ask N life
And pray ye for the aged.
with tutturing steps they stand
Upon the very borders
Of the everlasting land
Ash Tor them strength in weakness,
Aud FAITHS uppurtlur rod
Anl through DEATHS cold dark water
The strong right arm Of God.
Year: 1873

"A prodigy of an elocutionist has been
discovered in Danbury. He read thirteen
chapters of Webster's last volume to his
father, the other evening, aud the old gen
tleman became SO absorbed in the critical
that he fell out of chair and hurt his
spine.
Year: 1873

-Creditor--" How often must | climb
three pairs Of stairs before | get the amount
Of this little account" Debtor" Do you
think am going to rent place on the
first door to accommodate my creditorsY
Year: 1873

The town elections in New York this
spring have resulted in immense gains
for the Democratic party. The Albany
argus gives some interesting details
Of the victory. In thirty-seyen counties
the opponents of Radicalisrn made a
net gain of eight-four Supervisors
since last year, and completely re-
deemed fifteen counties. Last year
the Opposition carried only five Of
these thirty-seven, and this year they
carried twenty. In the interior cities
twelve municipal elections have been
held. Last year the Radicals carried
them all, while this year the Demo
Gratis were successful in seven and the
Republicans in five. In the language
of the New York Commercial .idrcr-
tiser, ''the Democracy seem to be as
lively as ever, and came up TO the cleo
tion scratch this spring smiling. conf
dent, and successful


The New York World, III comment
ing upon these splendid and surprising
gains, says they encourage tie belief
that New York will be easily redeemed
next fall. All the people need IS light,
and Democfats cannot DO better ser
vice to their cause than sto push and
extend the circulation OF their own
Journals
Year: 1873

A great fire once broke out in little
German town near where stood tower
about eighty feet high, which formed
part of the fortification on the town
wall. On the summit q stork's nest
had been built for so many years that
the building had received the name
of "Stork's Tower" At the time of
the fire there were three unAedged
birds in the nest. and the poor little
brides were in great danger. But the
old storks soon showed their good
sense and their love for their young,
for by turns they each few off to some
little fish ponds just outside the walls {;
here they took good dip in the water,
and filed their beaks with as much as
they could carry away; then, notwith-
standing the smoke and flames, they
few back to their little ones, poured
the water from their beaks over them
and the nest, and at the same time
shaking it from their feathers. Thus
during the whole day did these faithful
birds act as winged fire brigade till
toward evening, when all danger for
their young aud their nest was over.
Year: 1873

A correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script describes . visit to the Graphic
establishment. OF the art department
the writer says 'Some of the sketches
which appear in tho Graphic are first
drawn BY hand on paper with pen and
ink. They are finished up just as they
are to appear in the paper. The sketch
is then copied upon . glass plate
through the fundamentally of q came
ra. This plate is called a negative.
and from it by the aid Of the sun. or
powerful artificial light, copy of the
picture is obtained on transfer paper.
The transfer paper is very thin, and 20
made that it viii readily yield ink to .
photographic stone. After having been
properly prepared the transfer paper 10
placed face down upon the stone, from
which tho Graphic il to be printed,
and transfer is made. The result il,
the picture which was originally drawn
with a pen appears upon the surface Of
the ithogrsph stone, and is IN
exact facsimile of the original 1t
looks as if printed on the stone, and to
all intents and purposes is so printed
in what is known as ithograpblc ink.
The transfer, as all photographers know,
is made in a hand-press. Thus it will
be seen that the engraver's tool has
eon.entirely dispensed with. Having
once got . copy Of the picture, the
rest of the process 10 mechanical. The
whole outside of tho Graphic, or that
part which is illustrated, il printed
from a lithographic stone ~ large rs
the newspaper. The letter-press is
autographed as we'll AZ the pictures,
by the aid CT the camera and the trans
fer process. The stone is placed
IN flat bed steam process, and print
ed from exactly as If it was 90 much
type, with this difference: The sur
face Of the stone is perfectly smooth,
the ink from the rollers only adhering
to the linked surface of the stone,
which represents the pictures and. the
type. The blank spaces on the stone,
which appear white on the paper, are
kept wet BY boys who sponge over the
surface; this prevents the ink from
sticking, and the result 10 exactly a. If
the paper had been printed from the
type, and cuts Ding ont by the tools of
an artist. After . ithographic stone
has been used for one edition Of the
Graphic, the pictures on it, surface
are rubbed of, and it il ready to have
others transferred for the next days
paper. Thirty thousand impressions
can be taken from one stone, and six,
eight, ten, or as many presses ~ de.
sired can be running At the same time
with duplica ate stones"
Year: 1873




Here is q row Of ordinary capital
letters and figures:


SSSSSSSSSSXXXX 3333:3333:33338 3333333333338 8888888
They are such as are made up of two
parts of equal shapes. Look carefully
at these and you will perceive that the
upper halves of the characters are a
very little smaller than the lower
helves-so little that al ordinary eye
will declare them to be of equal size.
Now turn the page upside down, and,
without any careful looking, you will
see that this difference in size is very
much exaggerated /; that the real top
half OF the letter is very much smaller
than the bottom hall. It will be seen
from this that there is a tendency in
the eye: to enlarge the upper part of
any object upon which it looks.
Year: 1873

DEATH FROM TREADING ON A MATcH.-
Miss MOllie Ryan stepped upon q match while
walking in the street OF Ogdensburg, New Y YOrk
the other day, and her skirts instantly caught
fire, at which she did the worst thing possible
till they completely enVelOped her and stretch
ed above her head. Her clothing and hair
were entirely burned on, and she died OF her
injuries after few hours of intense suffering.
She was to have been married in few days.
Year: 1873

Il Is now said that seventy lives were lost by
the burning OF this steamer on the Potomac, on
Friday. The passengers all srgree that the Cap
tain and officers of the boat did all they could 10
save tho passengers aud get the boat to the shore
bat Whcn the walking beam fell the boat could
not he propelled In any direction.
Year: 1873

friends CT Belton shond get their hands on
him after hearing of the death of their favor
itc. His intention was to steal horse from
the stables, upon which he could escape.
He had not gone more than nile when he
hearl the swift beat of horses hoofs upon
the road. Instantly divining that it was
to stop him and take lis horse Rushing
down to the road, he confronted the horse
man, and leveling his pistol. shouted:


"Halt or you are dead mani
The cowardly Mexican would have obeyed
the mandate, but Comanche, who had that
night for the first time felt the goad of
spur, was thoroughly aroused, and needless
of the curb of the bride or the control of his
rider, dashed by at an accelerated pace.
Merlin took hasty aim and fired, Aut, ow-
ing to the speed of the horse and the intense
darkness of the night, his shot failed to take
effect. His only resource was now to carry
out his original intention. Suffice it to say
That upon attempting to enter the stables he
was arrested by the watchlnan and confined
in the military prison until morning. Upon
the news being received at the Parda next
morning that Merlin was in confinement at
the fort, charged with attempted theft, the
alcalde made a requisition for him on the
charge of murder, and sent the constable and
Il posse after him. lie was Immediately
given up to them, and fully realizing the
danger of his position, as he left the guard
house he threw off his valuable overcoat,
and addressing soldier, he said:


"You can have that, as ! will have no
further use for it. will be murdered before
tomorrow morning. and his words proved
prophetic. He was taken to the scene
of the late tragedy, and after a pre-
limnary examination, and the evidence being
so strong against him as not to admit of a
doubt Of his guilt, he was committed to jail.
That night an armed crowd Of masked men
surrounded the prison, and some of them en-
tering, overpowered the keeper and took the
prisoner out. The next morning his ghastly
corpse was found hanging to pine tree
hort distance above town. The alcalde had
the body taken down and buried at tie foot
of the tree where the murderer had received
his just deserts.


A few more words and we are done.
Lnisa pined and faded day after day, and
for long time her life was despared of, but
hy careful nursing, change OF scene and all
that could be done by the best physicians,
the most anxious friends and a lavish ex-
pend'nre of money, her health slowly i'm
roved, but her spirits never revived. Her
nervous system had received too great a
shock to ever efiectually recover, and the
least excitement prostrates her for days. She
was contemplating entering a convent at
Santa Fe when we last saw her. Even
there she will never know peace, and will
welcome death as friend who will lead her
TO her murdered lover in that bright land
where murderers do not come and her weary
soul will find eternal rest
Year: 1873

HELP YOURSELF Fight you own battles


Hoe your own row. Ask no favors of any
one ard you'll succeed five thousand times
better than one who is always beseeching
some ones patronage. No one will ever
help you as you help yourself, because no
one will be so heartily interested in your af-
fairs. The first step will not be such a long
one, perhaps; but carving your own way up
the mountain, you make each one lead to
another, and stand firm in that while you
chop still another cut. Men who have made
fortunes are not those who had SIS 900 given
'hem to start with, but started fair with
well-earned dollar or two. Men who have
by their own exertions acquired fame have
not been thrust into popularity by puffs beg
ged or paid for, or given in friendly spirit


They have outsiretched their hards and
touched the public heart Men who win
love do their wooing and never knew
man to fail signally as one who has Induced
his affectionate grand mamma to speak a
good word for him. Whether you work for
fame, for love, for money, or for anything
else, work with your hands, heart and brain.
Say 4 will! and some day you will conquer.
Never let any man have it to say, 81 have
dragged you up" Too many friends hurt
man more than none at all. a
Year: 1873

TAKE CARE OF Your HEALTH. Girls take
care of your healtl'-itis your sapital in life.
With it you can do great and noble things:
without it, the little duties of life become
bnrden, and your time, which should be
spent in good works, must be given to your
own personal wants. DO not think that ex-
posure will not injure your health because
you do not suffer at the time. DO not 20
with only thin gauze covering over your
shoulders, in the night air. DO not change
heavy shoes for thin ones, to go ont riding.
Follow no fashion thai injuries the health.


If you want to be old and broken down at
thirty, pay more attention to what some un-
scrupuious leader of fashion says than to Ma
ture's lsws. Loosen your clothing about
your waist. Draw in long breath, and.


# your clothes press against you, you may
know they are worn too tight, They can bs
worn suticien' y loose only by letting the
weight upon the shoulders If you would
have clear fresh complexion, free from
eruplions, give your blood chance to circu-
late and purify ITSELF
Year: 1873

"A writer in recent issue Of the Charleston
Courier gives the following humorous story
OF the Western Panhandle of this State:


Many years ago an eccentric shoemaker
settled In the Panhandle, who, in order to
keep the points Of the compass always in his
mind. sat on his bench, student of peog.
raphy, with his face to the north back to the
south, ritbt hand to the east and left to the
West, and having SO located his seat he made
him long wax end, and went to pulling out.


In a few days he received messages from
the Governor of Pennsylvania and Ohio, com,
planning that he was tresspasslng upon their
territory. He replied that he had never set
foot on the soil of either of the States; but
they rejoined, saying that they would as soon
be troubled with his feet as his hands, which
he was continually thrustng into their faces.
or with his wax ends. that tangled and trou-
bled the people. The poor shoemaker. not
willing to change his geographical seat, put
his head to work to get an up and down mo-
tlon in shoe making; he soon found this could
not be effected with a waxen end, and SO he
sawed off the end of fence rail, made some
ness and went to pinning the shoes together :;
hnding this an admirable success, he sent
word to the Governors aforesaid, that he
should trouble them no more, that he was
-" io'""'"S h's traoe, peSglng away, and
MIR. Lincoln appropriated this expression
without giving credit marks to the shoe
maker of the Panhandle.


ONE Worm DID IT.-One day T was walk.
Ing with some friends through Sunbrook Park.
in Surrey, when DIR. Ellis drew our attention
to large sycamore tree decayed tn the core


''That fue tree" said he, twas killed BY
single worm"


In answer to our inquiries, We found that
about two years previously the tree was as
healthy as any in the park, when wood
worm, about three inches long, was observed
to be forcing its way under the bark of tho
tree. 1t then caught the eye of naturalist
who was staying here, and he remarked let
the worm alone. and it will kill the tree
This seemed improbable, but it was agreed
that the black hearted worm should not be
disturbed.


After time it was discovered tha. the
worm had tunnelled its way considerable
distance under the bark. The next summer
the leaves Of the tree dropped off very esrlv.
and in the succeeding year it was a dead rot.
ten thing, and the hole made by the worm
might be seen in the very heart of the once
noble Trunk


"Ah said one who was present." "let ma
learn lesson from that single tree. How
many who once promised fair for usefulness
in the world and the Church have been ruined
by single sin ?"-Chtzds World.


There are many people who not only be-
Is .
Year: 1873

The dead-heallsystemis grad


uaIIy receiving its Geath-bIows.


Keep it always in mind that the
people must pay for everything
and the newspapers viii find
their account in it:


whenever q gentleman wants
anything published, whether it
interests the public or only an
individual, he is willing and will
propose to pay. Somebody
must pay for it, and hereafter it
will not be the printer. The
fact that the proposed publica-
ton would interest the public
has nothing to do with the mat
ter IN issue. Newspapers are
private, not public property
They are published to make
money for their owners, and if
anybody would use them they
must pay the cost. Never did.
We goto q merchant and use his
goods for any public purpose
without paying, and if we and
hundreds Of others-the public
a lawyer about a street
or other public highway we pay
~ -
the lawyer. The dodge is very
tiresore, it is very old, and we
hope to hear Of it no more for
ever. If you want some scheme
ventilated, whether it interest
alone or thousands, you
and your thousands must not
expect us to pay the cost"
Memphis APpeGy.
Year: 1873

Sudden shocks occurring to
human beings have frequently


changed the color of their hair


from black to white in a single


night. A physician Of Berlin,


"a strong, healthy and less than


middle aged, man, sent his wife


and one daughter to spend last
summer at It watering-place.-


The day that he expected a let


ter informing him Of their arri-


val, he received one informing


him that his daughter had been
taken sick very suddenly, and


was already dead. The shock


was terrible, and instantly his
hair became entirely gray. He
had to visit some patients that
same afternoon, and they scarce
ly recognized him. Their pecn-
fractions revealed the change
to him. The other case was that
Of man thirty-fiye years old,
living in the Netherlands. He
was one day passing the canal
III Rotterdam, where he saw a
child struggling in the water
He plunged in and brought it to
land, but it was already dead
by the time he had rescued the
body. Bending over it to try
to restore it to life, he discover
ed that the dead child was his
own son. The blow so sudden
and unexpected and coming on
him when he himself was so
much exhausted, turned his
hair entirely gray, and left him
scarcely recognizable.
Year: 1873

A writer of one of cur exchan-


ges 1--WE have forgotten which,


says that few housekeepers are a


ware Of the many uses to which


waste paper may be put. After a
stove has been blackened, it can


be kept looking well Tor a long
time by rubbing it with paper eV-
cry morning. Rubbing with pa
per is a much NIGER way OF keep
Ing the outside of a tea kettle.
colfee-pot or tea pot bright and
clean than the old way of wash.
ing it in suds. Rubbing them
with paper is also the best way of


polishing knives and tinware af-
ter securing them. If little soap
be held on the paper in rubbing
tlnware and spoons. they shine
Ike new silver. For polishing
mirrors, windows, lamp,chim.
neys, etc, paper is better than
dry cloth. Preserves and pick.
les keep much better if brown pa
per instead of cloth is tied over
the Jar. Canned fruit is not apt
to mold if piece of writing pa
per, cut to fit each can, is laid di-
rectiy upOu the fruit. Paper is
much ter 70 put under carpet
than straw. It is thinner, warm.
er and makes less noise when one
is walking over it. Two thickness
es ofpaper placed between the otL-
er coverings on a BED are warm as
q quilt. If it is necessary to step
upon a chair, always lay a paper
upon it, and thus save the paint
and wood work from damage.