smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

for the whole er 0 part of the loss in
Cured to the firm. This my
young friend had not the eoursge to
40. I presented il to him "a well rs
I could as a Christian duty, but he
refused. Alas for him, tool he had
grown too big for the church, and
the Sunday school, and for prayer,
and since bis removal from New
York he hsd failed to connect him
self with any church, and had drifed


away with the tide of dissIpated


young men around him, and here he


was now, with the Penitentiary or
State Prison before him, and not


very distant either


James made me another visit after


this, but while be appeared 70 agree


with everything I advised him 10 do,


is was very evident to me that he
could not now turn back BE prom


ised me that he could go straight to
his employers ONCE and Snake 8
clean breast OF ny But be didn't.
The next information ]. had about
him was q city paragrsph in the
newspaper announcing the arrest OF
". l. T. for forgery. He had pre-


liminsry examination before the
Police Magistrate the case was
dear against him; he made con-


tession and wa committad FOR trial
by the higher court. The strain was
'too great for his mental and physical
endurance, and / wss subsequently
Informed by another Sabbath scholar
OF mine, and cfassmste Of James's,
that he had died in prison while


awaiting trial. And thus ended an
other once promising life. young IN
years but old in ain, scarcely attained


TO mans estate, but dying with the
brand Of the criminal on his brow,


and the future before him IS dark


20 the present. .-..-'


I might multiply such incidents


almost indefinitely, but I have pre-


sented these two cases, whose names,
should I mentioa them, would be


readily known by msny In this city.


But I need not multiply the num-
Der. There are to day at least two
young men in the prime Of life IN this
city over whose heads the mntderer,s
penalty hangs, as it we're, By 4 single
thread. They are sons of praying
parents, and the relatives OF those
who love the Lord. Bus they are
now in the laws grasp, and the day
Of vengeance and of recompense
draWeth nigh. They remember the
time when they became "too big tol
pray" but now the time Is come
when it is too late TO prsy-at least
for mercy from society. o that II
had the trump of sn archangeL and
his ability also, that I might proclaim
TO the young men Of our land, and
to those trained up in our
Sabbath Schools, the acceptable day
of the Lord as well as the day Of
Of our God to warn them
against the dangers ahead and the
,isk they run in setting up for them
selves without God and. without
prayer. 81 guess Pm too big to
pray" has rung in my ears these
many years, and every time ] see or
lear OF young man reiigiously |
rained becoming reprebate, know
he reasOn-"TOO bio To uray. Too |
'ig to pray!


But, thank God there are thous-
nds Of young men In the city and
throughout the land who have never
eased to feel their dependence upon
rod, and who have found by blessed
that prayer pays.


Too big to prsyi Too big to
)ray Hear It and beware
Year: 1873

When a farmer looses a horse, a


sheep or any o.her animal, instead oI
throwing the carcass to the dogs and


crows, or burying it, and 10 this man


ner losing it, let him throw over 1t a


few handsful of Stacked lime and then


from eigLt to ten times the bulk oi


the animal OF earth. BY this means
the iertilizing gases which are thrown
of during the decomposition of the
animal WILDE absorbed. He will then
have one or two cart loads of manure,


which will pay him FIVE times ever for
his pains.


DR.. Turner speaking of food and
shelter, says farmer may cause the
waste of as much nerve power in his
stock in a single night from exposure
TO the weather and want of sufficient
food as can be replaced in a week
No animal should be kept in state
Of anxiety and alarm on account of
food and shelter. It should have the
most perfect confidence that its kind
master will be round and attend to its
wants in due season.


Vassar College sets private exam
pie to its conteres, in saving and util-
hing all the sewage wastings and
night soil of her for or five hundred
students, and what makes it the more
remarkable is that Vassar is located
on a soil of natures choicest alluyials,
while almost every other Eastern
alma mater sits In the midst of silicious
barrenness, which continually cries
aloud for little organic matterto sus-
ain its vegetable sdornments.


An English writer states that
among working horses the effects of
cooked food are some thing marvellous
Jolic and indigestion generally, with
liseases of the liver and kidneys, are
4 common occurrence" From which
We are to infer that cooked food, while


great saving to the farmer, is not
seductive of good health for the ami
nails.


DIR. Sylvester says he has no doubt
hat healthy trees may he infected by
be pruning-shears,and he advises that
hese implements be carefully washed
l solution of carbolic acid after be-
lg used about a blighted pear, or
each with the yelloWs,


Nebraska furnishes pastoral item
oncerning a flock of sheep buried In
deep snowdrift for ten days, and dis
overed at the end of that time by
leir breath rising as cloud of steam
trough the superintendent snow.
Year: 1873

1t was the remark OF very emf
nent Bostonian that he regarded an
advertisement in paper Es sperson-
al invitation extended to him; and
he added: awhile / sometimes
hesitate about entering store the
proprietors OF which have not thus
sent their card to my residence, al


ways feel certain OF scordial welcome


from the members of an advertising


firm.' There is in this remark an


assurance Of one OF the many results


Of advertising. The trader and his


calling become identified, and the


name of q man is inseparsbly con-


nected in the mind Of the public with


his merchandise. 1t may not be the


very day an advertisement appears


that it bears its fruits; weeks or


months may elapse, and then when


the want arises the article tc be


obtained immediately suggests the


advertiser. This is the effect OF gen.


eral advertising when persistently


followed. A special class OF sdvsr-
tising, when some novelty 10 an
nounced, 10 more immediste. A
shrewd business man once advertised
triAiDg article in Q manner which
could scarce prove remuneratiye.
His neighbors expressed their regret
at his folly, bat he appeared content
ed. Though his gross sales OF the
article did not cover the cost OF his
advertising, he attracted q new class
of people to bis store, and his shreWd-
ness paid him in very short time,
for new eyes saw what he had to
offer in addition to the specially ad-
vertised, and fresh purses came under
contribution to him.


The object which all aim to &C.
complish in advertising is an increase
IN business. The nimble shilling is
what we require in this age It costs
very little more in the way Of ex-
pense to carry on q business OF two
hundred Thousand dollars than it re-
quires to do half that amount. The
cost OF rent, personal living, and
many incidental expenses do not in
crease in the ratio OF business, while
time is saved; for there 10 greater
profit resulting from trade of two
hundred thousand in one year than
from the same amount, and even
more, extended over twice the space
Of time. These simple facts are veil
known by energetic business men,
who adopt advertising as the most
powerful method Of saving time, by
business and thus making
capital double active. Indeed it Is
often made q substitute for setual
capital.
Year: 1873

Another very pretty ornament fol
the garden is the Rockery, made o.
rough stones, tastefully laid up, with
earth sufficient ior the growth Of
plants suitable for this work. Low
growing plants with sufficient and
ornamental foliage are appropriate to
the rockery-Portulaca is admirable.
l would like my readers who have had
no experience in this kind OF garden
ornamentation to try a specimen in
some retired quarter of the garden, SO
that if it proves failure no harm will
be done. We give an illustration of
q bed of this kind.
Year: 1873

Some persons may think from what
we have said in favor OF grass in front
of the house in preference to beds OF
flowers, that we are no friend OF these
beautiful iressures-these delightful
children Of the field and garden, who
speak in every fragrant breath, and
lovely tint, and graceful form, of Him
who spake from naught their match
less beauty. I only wish them TO be
treated in proper manner. In the CEN
ter of the lawn, especially If opposite
q window, it is well to make a round
or oval bed, and on the borders or
near the edges of the lawn, beds of
various gracefulforms-we give afew
plan. for such beds:


These beds should be filed with
flowers that will keep in bloom during
Year: 1873

FoOD Is LIFE.-'One man, says the
proverb, may lead ''the horse to the water,
but twenty meu cannot make him drink. {.
But it is also true that the horse cannot
drink unless he be taken to the water. In
like manner, while it is true that each part
of the body must be in a condition Of read
mess to take up from the blood the nutri-
ment it needs, it is also true that there
must be abundance of good blood for each
part to take up nutriment from. Now, in
order to have good blood, we must have
on the one hand, suficiency of appro-
pirate wholesome food and, on the other
hand, we must have a sufficiently keen
digestive power, that is, simply-dissolv-
ing power-in the stomach. Many suffer
from more or less deficiency in this dis
solving power. To supply this very de-
ficiency, is the primary and chief function
of that great tonic stimulant, DR.. Gottliet
Fisch's Bitters!


This subject continued next week under
Nutrition H0,o Possible.
Year: 1873

the contrary, her evidence was greatly in
validated by the testimony of several Of the
best citizens of Momence, who swore that
she hung out signs for Cole, and had been
seen in lacivious proximity with Cole on
divers and sundry occasions.
Year: 1873

sPRoFEssoR WEST" recently acquitted Of mur-
der In Dover Delaware, is now TO be tried for an
son. The Baltimore AEserieRn remarks that he
will probably be able 70 show that the IRE re-
suited from the spontaneous combustion, or from
an explosion Of the exhliefating gas Of which he
claimed to be the dseoverer or possibly that poor
COoch Turner'S ghost returned on the night amer
his murder and applied the incendiary match
Exchange.


But West win plead that he has already becn
tried on the arson charge as well as that Of muir
der, and we think, rightly too. 1t was but one
crime, no matter how you divide II up, aud he
cannot Le twice placed In jeopardy OF lite for the
same OfIence.-RieAmond Enquirer.


We differ with the EaqGiyer. We cannot see
how Vests murder of Cooch Turner, and bis
subsequent attempt to bum the hsuae In which
the murder was committed could be made ZONE
crime" Certainly the killing Of Turner, lfin self
defence, proceeded the attempt at arson. II 1t
did NOT, Of course the preparation TO commit ar
son preceded the killing, and furnishes a strong
proof in the chain Of ercumstantal evidence lead
ing to deliberate murder. But West was not In
dlctsd for murder aud arson Ia the came writ
The States Attorney had doubtless considered
that matter well and have proceeded in the usual
legal course In such cases.
Year: 1873

The reckless waste of timber and the reckless
devastation Of timbered lands In this country
aflIcas Europeans with q shock Of real horror.
They know better than we, because they know 1t
Of their Own experience, how Fare and precious 9
commOdlty timber may come to be, and how long


series Of years is needed to replace it when OnOs
it has been gTeedIY and recklsssly wasted
Year: 1873

LOUISVILLE, December 4.-Ice has
been running heavily all day, but most
ly spoRgy or chopped. Last night the
New Albany ferryboat, attempting to
cross to Portland, was carried five miles
down the river by the ice, landing at
Middle Creek. 1t is reported that in
landing she caught in the timber and
lost a wheel, pilot-house, steam pipes
and chimneys. A number of passengers
were on board, who have not yet returned
to the city. Early this morning a salt
boat passed down the chute and lodged
at the head of Goose Island, and will
probably be saved. An empty coal-boat
passed down about half-past ten O'Clock
this morning, struck pier No. 20 broad
side, and swinging around, went on ap-
parently unhurt.


A stationary belt of ice lines the JEFF
fersonville front from opposite First
street 10 the ferry landing. There is an
ice island fourth of the way across the
river from the foot of Third street 1t
is two hundred yards long, thirt- or
forty yards wide, and six to ten feet
high. There is also a smaller island
further out and near the middle of the
river. These leave very narrow pas
sages for the floating ice, and some
fears are expressed Of gorge at this
point. Others say the current is too
strong. The islands are formed by deep
floating ice catching on rocks or hidden
distractions.


Before noon a cOal-boat lodged on
WeitzePs dam at the head of the canal,
and hung there. Late last night two
hay boats and the wreck of steamer
and a number of barges went over the
Falls. Five boats and barges altogether
came down to-day, and tive more were
in sight at dark. Several ice islands
formed in front of the city. The ice is
backed up from Weitzel's dam to Tow
head, at least two miles, but the field
only extends some two hundred yards
into the river, and has crowded the coal
and wharf boats slightly on the bank
below the mail line wharfboat where
steamers lie in harbor comparatively
free of ice near the shore.


No further damage was done and no
serious damage is now anticipated. The
river has fallen six inches and is still
falling slowly. There is now nine feet
in the canal and seven in the chute.
The weather is cloudy and cool. The
Mary Houston came up through the ca
nal to-day and lies at the city wharf
loading, to leave for New Orleans Tues
day
Year: 1873

fled that it is unwise as well as impolitic
to be constantly tampering with the or
ganic laws of the State or General Gov
eminent, still whenever the people IN
their wisdom see proper to amend the
constitution, it should provide for rea-
senable fixed salary for the members of
the Legislature, and then they could sit
as long as they pleased without taxing
the State with a prolonged session.
Trenton Weekly Gazette.
Year: 1873

was given to him in Iowa. This is a
tariff bill with a vengeance, and on the
wrong foot. AS we said, it may BEN
eft some portions Of Illinois, but it is
ruin to most of the State, and stops
traffic from elsewhere. Our shippers
must look to Milwaukee and st. LOU
is. The latter market can be stocked
any time in two or three days, and
the outlook consequently forbodes
cold comfort. We still believe, as
we have always contended, that Ma
tional legislation is the proper way
to settle this problem.-C CskatooSG
Herald.
Year: 1873

1t is an easy matter for loafer on
a dry goods box, a lawyer In his Of
flee. or farmer in his grange to
speak, talk and bloviate about rail.
road traiff, but when we look the
matter sqnarely in the face, as just
men, willing to do Justice To all sec
tions, we find we are facing knotty
problem, one that all the gas, speech
es, and resolutions of II State cannot
master without hard work, careful
study, and deep reflection. 1t would
be an easy matter for the people OF
Mahaska to figure up a tariif that
would suit us, but when we figure fof
ourselves we must figure for all per-
sons, north, south, east and west Of
us, and figure SO that they VIII he
benefited as we are, and that only.
The bill that benefits us may ruin
another community.


We must also figure just compen-
sation for the railroads. If we pass
a law SO stringent they cannot ope-
rate with a profit, of course we legis-
late them out of existence, and we
are damaged many times more than
we are by exorbitant rates. AS an
example of the peculiar trouble ex-
perienced by the legislator in draft
ing his bills on the subject, take the
bill passed In Illinois. 1t may be q
good thing for some people in some
sections of that State, but 1t almost
entirely cuts off shipment from Iowa,
and other States west Of the Missis.
sippi river, and II not REPEALED will
eventually ruin Chicago and damage
the State more IN two years than the
great fire did. A. IL now stands =
man cannot ship corn to Chicag0if y
Year: 1873

is skeleton there, though there are but
few who suspect it.


She came over the other day and told
me all about it, for her heart was break
ing for sympathy, and she had no rela-
tive near to cOntide in. 1t seems there
Is some one else who shares the stately
Judges wealth and regard, woman
falrer and younger than the wife he
promised to love and cherish until death
parted them--a woman whose sole aim
Ill life is to attract and dazzle men, and
who Is, therefore, an expert III the
business.


SO when | come to consider these ex-
amples of the happiness of married life,
| am glad | am still lonely old maid.
| am not tied down to lot of crying
children who come faster than l can
support them. / don't tremble and
quake when hear step in the hall,
thinking "A tipsy husband is going to
stumble in and disgrace me. | am not
bound for life to a meek, spiritless
creature, as insignificant as a caterpil-
ler, nor CRYING my eyes out because my
husband is uneasy in my society, and
only happy when basking in the smiles
he has paid good round price for. No,
indeed, | am free and Independent, and
happy, and would not he married for
the universe.


All, there is the pOstman with letter
for me. I'll just run down and get it.
Postmarked Illinois. | wonder who it
can he from '.lours, till death. Ben
iamin Whitney" Well, | never my
hand trembles so | can hardly hold the
paper. lie has lost his wife, and, hear
ing that was still single. he has writ
ten to me to know if | will come and
take charge OF things; housekeepers
are hard to get and are very expensive,
and he isn't very well off in this worlds
goods, and wants me to be mother to
| the six little children. There it is in
black and white, my first offer now,
let no one ever say again | couldn't have
a married life if wanted to. Ofcourse
I'll go; my own feelings shan't he con-
sidcred at all it is my duty to go to
those poor motherless children. Where
is that newspaper | was reading! |
want to see what time the western train
starts
Year: 1873

Here lies the problem that puzzles the ages,
Book with a dead language writ on its pages,
Science and art with their wisdom far seeing
Have failed to decipher this language Of being.
Man living scarce grasps Gods simplest suggestion
But, dying propounds his most subtle question.
The language of life is but beggarly cleaning.
The silence of death a marvel of meaning.
Only an hour since that heart was in motion.
Heaving the blood waves of life's mystic ocean,
An hour, and that brain busy thought moulding,
Now, only clay in n little white folding.


Where is the light of the eye that was beaming,
Now fixed with the stare of passioness dreaming
Where is the voice that thrilled with emotion,
Lips that are set in a motonless motion


Where is ambition, hope, fear what treason
Has shattered their throne i'll the temple of reason
Whence came the power which conquered resistance
Making wonder of wondrous existencel
Speak lips one whisper, say darkness, say glory
Anything that will unrave the story


OF dying, yet living; blind and yet seeing
The bright side of all that shadows our being
Year: 1873

felt one of them approaching he was
obliged to lie down wherever he might
be in order to avoid falling. In the
country, where he had plenty of ex-
ercise, they were less frequent than in
the town where his occupation was
sedentary. Cessation from tobacco and
a tonic regimen quickly restored him.
A physician of tifty-two WAS afflicted
with similar disagreeable symptoms,
and was also cured by abstinence.
Habit had become so strong that he
could not resist at times the slight in
dulgence. Finding that these returns
to tobacco were Immediately followed
by his old painful attacks, he renounced
it forever.-Populu Science Monthly.
Year: 1873

1t is habit of many persons
to thOughtlessly write their
names on blank scraps of pa
perand leave them lying careless
ly about the office. This is a
dangerous practice and to our
certain knowledge in this coun-
ty has been attended with Sc
rious financial difficulties. We
will recite case as related to
us which occurred not many
miles from our borough, as fol-
lows: A gentleman in practic-
ing penmanship wrote his name
upon a blank slip of paper, and
leaving it lying upon his desk, it
attracted the attention of a
neighbor, who In a joking way
filled the space above the sigma
ture in the form Of a promissory
note, and a few days afterwards
presented the paper with the Of
fer to allow a considerable dis
count if the drawer (as it would
appear) would cash it at that
time. The gentleman so re-
quested saw the joke and so
recognized it, and its holder
placingit in hispocket departed
and nothing further was said a
bout it. Subsequently the hol-
der was stricken with paralysis
and died, and his executors find
ing the note, and having no
knowledge of the joke attached
to it, brought suit and recoy-
cred the sum for which it was
drawn $780, thus proving the
dangerous habit of persons care
lessly writing their names on
blank scraps of paper.
Year: 1873

There was house in Chicago
three or four years ago which
had half a dozen branches in
the leading cities Of the coun-
try. These people had built up
a pretty extensive business up
on small capital, and their cred
it was quite good. They planned
"a grand swindle, finally, upon a
commission merchant to whom
they had consigned a large
quantity of -four and grain, and
from whom they had received
pretty heavy advances in cash.
The head Of the Chicago house
wrote to the commission mer-
chant, requesting him to for
ward the flour and grain to the
Chicago firms branch establish
ment in New Orleans, and to
draw on the parent house for
the sums advanced. This the
commission merchant would
have done without hesitation, as
he had no reason to doubt the
firms honesty or solvency.-
But the branch house must be
notified of the plan, and so the
Chicago principal wrote to his
New Orleans partners, telling
them they must make sale Of


the goods in advance of their
arrival, get the money and
break, the Chicago house fail
ing at the same time and let
ting the commission merchants S
draft go to protest. This plan
was perfect in all it's parts, and
would have succeeded but for
the fact that the enterprising
man who concocted it made the
mistake of transposing his let
ters in enveloping them, so that
the one in which the arrange
ments for the swindle were de-
tailed went to the man Of whom
it was proposed to make a vic
tim. @ .-ge fa", .-
Year: 1873

Just as life insurance canvass
erS were beginning to get tired
after theiE winter tours and the
rustic population hoped for lit
tie peace and quiet, the season of
thunder. showers sets in, and the
rural districts swarm with light
ing rod agents, who won't take
no for an answer, f.i
Year: 1873

In Indiana lately a lady gave
a brilliant party on the occa-
sion of the success of her APP
plication for a divorce. The
guests who crowded herbrilliant
parlors were enthusiastic In
their congratulations, end when
leaving at a late hour wished for
the fair hostess many returns
of the happy occasion.
Year: 1873

A southern exchange draws
this picture of Louisiana poverty;
This parish is SO poor that no one
will trust it for q three foot plank
TO stop up the holes made in the
Jail by the last inmates, Our jail
would not hold an ambitious snail
more than Ten minutes at the
longest time. The stove pipe
used for the court house remains
at the tinshop-the cause, nc
money topay up. Who'stoblame3
That's the question.
Year: 1873

The Detroit Free Press says:
GA farmer went out of a store in
that city the other day, leaving
his dog behind, and the clerks
got an oyster can and string and
thought they would have a little
fun. The dog smelt snuff, and,
after taking a a mutton chop out
OF Que young mans leg, went
through ten dollar pane of glass
with extraordinary facility. The
clerks figure: Four clerks into ten
dollars, worth of glass, twenty
shilings each.