smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

A gentleman and his wife who re-
side in this county went a short time
since to visit neighbor, with lnten-
tions to stay all night. After supper
the host proposed game of cards to
his guest, to which the latter assent
ed, and they sat down to play. The
wife OF the visitor, being religiously
inclined, raised remonstrance
against the game, but this was disre-
garded by her husband.


She then became very much ex-
cited, and threatened to burn the cards
if they continued to play. At last
her husband turned to her and said:
81 guess I'm wearing the breeches
now, and if you don't want to see
me play and can't behave yourself,
Just get your bonnet and go home
at once" She took him at his word,
and all that night her lonely pillow
was wet with tears of bitter snguish,
called forth by the knowledge of
her husbands wickedness.


Next morning the husband, who
in the meantime had been nursing
his wrath, went home and told his
wife that she had disgraced him, and
now she could pack her traps and
leave his bed and board forever.
Remonstrance was in vain, and she
sorrowtully departed. That night
the husband retired to his widowed
bed-to think, not to sleep. Visions
of the past happiness and regret for
his hasty expulsion of his companion
passed through his mind. Presently
he heard a gentle tap at the door.
"Come in," said he; the door opened
and his wife stood upon the thres-
hold. "Betsy," SAID he, "what are
yon doing out this time of night?'
"Oh, nothing" said she. snake me
some coffee" said he. This she pro-
ceeded to do with more than her
usual alacrity, and nothing more was
said Of their disae


Now a deck of cards adorns the
mantle piece in their home, and
every night after the supper dishes
are cleard away the husband and
wife ait down to cheerful game Of
"old sledge." So wags the world.
Year: 1875

From out his winter palace


The King has started forth;
The birds have left their summer nests,
The wind is iE the north.
The river and the mountain,


The brown and wrinkled sod,
Begin 10 show already where


His messengers have trod.
The clouds unroll their ermine,
And DER meadow. lane and street,
Like cOurtiers, spread their mantles dOwl
Before the royal feet.
Close to the friendly corners


The sheltered ivies cling,
And wear their emerald cloaks despite
The coming Of King.
His mien and look are naughty.
His look is cold and stern,
And yet kis kisses on the cheek
Like crimson roses burn.
Down from the crested mountain,
With grandeur in is tread,
The Winter King is coming. with
A white crown on his head.
Not amid waving banners.


Or to the sound Of drains
Beating their gladdest music,


This conquering hero comes;
But silently and sOlemnly


He enters his domain,
With twenty and hundred good,
Stout yeomen in his train.
Clasping the old earth tightly


Against his frozen breast,
As if she were his chosen Queen,
He says: Il bring you rest.
Thou has reigned long and nobly,
Thy virtues all are known,
And thou will not forgotten be


Though possess the throne!'
Contentedly resigning


Her scepter and her crown,
Beneath dOwny coverlet


The weary Queen lay down
To sleep with her COMPANIONS,


Who. at the touch Of spring,
Shall rise again in time to see


The going of King.
Year: 1875

AN ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.


She was rudely awakened by violent
shock, which threw her from her seat against
the back Of the one in front Of her. There was
a rocking, heaving motion of the car rush
ing, deafening sound filled her ears; the next
moment she was conscious of sharp and sud-
den pain, as of a heavy blow; everything
grew dark before her, and she knew nothing
more.


When she recovered consciousness, she found
herself lying on the earth, with the open sky
above her, and confused mass of figures
moving about and around the spot where she
lay. As she was trying, in he pless, feeble
way, to summon thought and reason to her
aid, one of the figures, whether of woman or
man. she could not tell, approached and bent
over her; voice, that sounded far off, said,
ashes alive-shal we move her?' Then she
felt herself being lifted up, and the movement
Year: 1875

BORROWING AND LENDING.-Sometimes
persons borrow and lend very curious proper
ty. A gentleman and his wife, in the golden
days, when people "struck oil, were rejoicing
in the comfortable allowance of several hum
dred dollars day. They boarded at fine
hotel and spent their money LIBERAL y. You
would suppose such folks would be above Dor
rowing. But they were not. They sent over
almost every day, to the house OF humble
friend, to borrow possession they could not
buv for love nor money. No, not if they had
heaped up its weight in solitaire diamonds !
They sent to borrow the baby 1t suited the
dear little darling to crawl about over the
carpet and pat the roses, but it loved better
to cuddle up in mothers bosom, when sleepy
time" came, if the house was ever so plain
and humble. Two thousand dollars week
was no better than twelve dollars week, as
far as it knew. No doubt it was great deal
better for him that he was not born heir to an
oil we'll.


Baby.lending is quite common in the circle
of street beggars in our large cities, and terri
BILE is the abuse the poor little ones sometimes
receive in order that they may the more read
ily extort sympathy and pennies.


A secret order exists in London and Paris,
for deforming children for this very purpose.
The poor, hel pless, little creatures are dstort-
ed in a hundred ways until they become too
shocking to look upon. Their backs are bent;
their arms twisted, and their features distorted
in most fearful ways. There is saloon in
Paris where these grown up "monsters" meet
to dine by themselves, and it is said to be at
his peril that any one, from curiosity, intrudes
upon them. Most of them had been de-
formed in infancy, and loaned or hired out
from an institution which kept them for sale
Year: 1875

wi:hstanding all this, there are many evlden.
ces of the humanity and generosity OF those
untutored sons of the forest. In no instance
did they make an unprovoked attack upon
any of the colonies planted in the New world;
They sometimes attacked individuals that had
not injured them, but it was from that mlsta-
ken notion that all white men were the same
man. Melendez provoked the Indians by
his cruelty and they never forgot it, and often
on account of the injury done by Melendez,
took vengeance upon the English. Often did
these savages, as the settlers called them, save
the colonists from perishing. There is some
thing painfully sad in the history OF the In
dian. He is gone. Nothing but his name
remains. He has melted away before the
march of the white man, as snow melts BE-
meath tropical sun. He fought bravely tor
the graves of his sires and the hunting grounds
of his fathers, but his undiscipIned valor
could not withstand the skill and bravery OF
the early settlers of America. We are g lad
to be able to say that whilst the first settlers
of South Carolina were not always just and
humane in their dealings with the Indians,
her record is stained with as little, if not less
Indian blood, than any ofthe thirteen colonies


fro RE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1875

Ra" An action for breach of promise has
just been tried in London, where the lady
was the defendant. The jury, after three
hours deliberation, found that she had dam
aged her lover to the extent Of twenty'six
dollars.
Year: 1875

Unless the mouth is frequent
ly and carefully cleansed. it
becomes infested with vegeta~
BILE and animal parasites.
These cause decay of the teeth.
Soap is the best material for
neutrallzing the acid. Per-
cipitated chalk mixed with SOAP
assist the cleansing action.
Year: 1875

1T APPEARS that the heavy field ice which
was the occasion OF so much danger and dam


age 10 the North Atlantic last spripp was set
loose by severe northern gales from the coast
OF Newfoundland and Labrador in she earIy
part of the year. The previous winter had
been excessively severe in those regions, so
that the ice thus dislodged was extremely dense.
and compact, and in this way was enabled to
drlft tar TO the southwark before melting.


HeaVy held ice was thus met with in the month
OF April within fifty miles of the latitude of
Year: 1875

From these premises the Democrat
concludes that the one thing necessary
IS to appoint military Governor for
Louisiana, with a council of ministers
to be elected in any way he chooses.
Let this military Governor punish all
the ofhce-holding thieves and Ku-Klux
with military impartiality. As to the
other States, let it be provided that any
person claiming a Republican form
does not exist, may bring the question
direct before the Supreme Court, which
shall make prompt decision. If decided
In the negative, let the President forth
with appoint military Governor IN
til Congress takes action. 1t viii be
seen that the latter part of this pro-
gramme would be equally applicable to
any Northern State, like Maryland or
Delaware or New Jersey, that persist
ed IN Democracy, TO say nothing of
larger States. Taken altogether, it is
a desperately neat plan for controlling
the Southern States IN 1875, and
Radical Congress has nearly two
months to perfect it. AS Louisiana
may be made the pivotal point for this
return to reconstruction chaos, the
necessity that her people should for
bear, and that we should encourage
them as best we may. becomes painful
ly obvious.
Year: 1875

We laid before our readers yesterday
the only complete copy yet published
of this important State paper. Open
ing with a brief reference to the vast
improvement of our political condition
during the past five years Of self-gOv-
ernment and Democratic rule-an i'm
provement in which every citizen of
Tennessee, without regard to politics
or race, has reason to rejoice-the
message proceeds with a full expose Of
the present situation Of our domestic
affairs. The complicated questions of
finance and taxation are dealt with
in an open and straightforward
manner that leaves nothing to be
Year: 1875

WHEN Alfonso XII was proclaimed
King Of Spain, a few days ago, We were
told that he was "a child Of the church
and defender of the faith" Now the
half-fedged King has assured Prince
Hohenloe, the German Ambassador,
that he viii be Gas liberal and as little
clerical IN his policy as it is possible
for King of Spain to be-" This mix
ing Of politics and religion is becoming
awkward.
Year: 1875

We print the report Of COmpsroller
Burch in full, this morning. It is toll
erably long, but no citizen of Tennes-
see who desires to be informed as to
the exact conditioned the State finances
should fail to read it from the begin
ming to the end.
Year: 1875

TABY REPUBLIC2


"Sssil forbear," are the urgent words
Of Gen. ]. B. Gordon to the people Of
Louisiana, in their supreme agony
And such is the advice of their friends
everywhere. 1t is not from any parti.
san motive, or through the fear Of
marring a political success more than
half won already, that the Democracy
North and South join in this plea to a
poor, down-trodden State. Our motive
is much nobler. 1t is the preservation
of free institutions, for her In the early
future, as well as for ourselves. 1t is
for GOd-given peace to all. In the
desperate death-struggle. Radicalism
may blindly precipitate on the country
the issue of a change Of government
into a military republic. So long as
possible, it is our duty to avert such a
dreadful issue, even though we are
strong in the faith that it could have
but one fate-ignominious defeat.


While we appeal therefore to the
people now under the iron heel, be-
seeching them to forbear, for their own
sake, as well as ours, we should endea-
Vor to hold up their hands IN that bit
terest Of all struggles-the struggle
with self-and give them evidences of
the hope to which we bid them turn.
In the vigorous protests Of sister States;
they VIII find motives encouraging
them to suffer and to wait. Indignant
popular remonstrances ringing through
the entire Union, viii afford them some
substantial basis Of hope for the fu-
ture. We cannot IN reason ask them
to suffer, if we stand idle, afraid even
to lift our voices in their behalf. The
most effective method, then, for i'm
pressing upon them our advice to still
fOrbear, is to "rend the heavens with
our clamor" against this latest, boldest
outrage on liberty. Nor should we be
slow nor measured in our language.
The sword Is swift In its work, and
spares not. It's utter reprobation by
a free people should be equally
swift.


How near we may be to military gov
eminent, is indicated by an editorial
IN the st. Louis Democrat Of Thursday
last. This Republican journal argues
with a devilish ingenuity that suggests
the inspiration of high authority. The
article is addressed 'to the Republican
members of Congress" 1t says mac
ton in regard to the South viii be
fatal to the party. After ten years of
full power, the South is still unsettled,
and the North viii not longer permit
the deferring Of other important ques-
tions to this one problem. 1t warns
Congressman that whatever they do
must be effectuaL Northern men are
satisfied that Southern pacifcation is
necessary to the restoration of indus
trial prosperity to their section. There
fore, another Republican effort, if it
results In failure, viii render defeat in
1876 certain and overwhelming. 1t
confesses that self-government does not
exist in Louisiana, and perhaps not in
other Southern States. 1t says, "the
colored people cannot govern wisely,
the white Democrats can govern only
In defiance of the Constitution and the
laws, and the ftful interference of mil
itary power for their restraint is both
dangerous and scandalous, though IN
evitable under the present laws"
Year: 1875

e A WIFE In Springfield, Mass, saw her
husband walking with another wOman,a and
at once started for the river to drown her
self On the way she changed her mind,
got pistol, sought the offending pair, and
forced confession and repentance under q
threat Of instant death.
Year: 1875

The GRACE CONCERT The concert of sacred
music at Grace church takes place, this evening,
and WILL no doubt, be largely attended. The
tickets, which were purchased at the time of the
postponement, will be good for this evening.
Year: 1875

We notice good deal said in the papers
about the capacity for corn In Los Angeles
county, and what II will do A gentleman
recently In that county tells us that water
and lands cost $500 per acre, and that the
com In the sack sells for 90c.. which does not
seem TO leave large margin.-Sdn Diego
World.


The gentleman who is troubled
about "margin" probably grew his
corn crop on the high mesa land or
upon the mountain side. The fact
that Los Angeles Valley farmers raise
more corn than the remainder of the
State and that they plant corn crops
year after year and prosper and grow
rich from the yield of these crops is
pretty strong evidence that they find
a considerable margin. for profit.
There is an important fact which the
Worlds informant has overlooked
which is that there are thousands of
acres of land In Los Angeles Valley
on which good corn crops are raised
without irrigation.
Year: 1875

THE Sacramento Bee is one of the
few journals Of Republican predilec-
tion in the State that candidYy admits
the election Of CARR to be anything
but party victory. The fact Is that
the general belief that CARR was mis-
used by the Board of Regents and the
sympathy which the people always
feel for man whom they believe has
been wronged Is the sole cause of the
Professors elections
Year: 1875

THE Evening Erpress of this city
says "the Los Angeles and Independ-
ence Railroad is the only line on the
coast possessing vitality which is open
to an alliance with Eastern overland
projects" Railroad Companies In the
East who chance to read this pronun-
ciamento will see at once what they
NAV depend upon.
Year: 1875

1T Is rumored that three members
of the cabinet are so disgusted with
the appointment of CHANDLER that
they threaten to resign. The gentle
men are unreasonable and inconsist-
ent. If they could stand DELANo and
several Others who have held places
in the cabinet they have no cause to
turn up their noses at CHANDLER.
Year: 1875

In these lives of ours tender little
acts do more to bind hearts together
than great deeds or heroic words, since
the first are like the dear daily bread
that none can live without, the latter
but occasional feasts-beautiful and
memorable, but not possible to all.
Year: 1875

THE increase is fifteen per cent. this
year in the number of insane commit
ted to the asylum from San Fran
cisco. For 1874 the number commit
ted was one hundred and ninety-five,
while for the nine months of 1875 end
ing Sept. 80 the number is two hun
dred and ten.
Year: 1875

CHICAGO, October 29th.-A great
meeting of business men was held at
Farwell Hall tonight to protest
against the action of the County Com
mission in giving nearly all the Elec-
tion Judges to the Opposition. Party
feeling is intense and political excite
ment is running higher than for q
number of years. The Board of Trade
will close on election day, Tuesday,
and many stores will allow their
clerks the entire day to guard the
polls from fraud.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, October 29th.-The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue is
devoting all his spare time to the
preparation of his annual report. He
does not intend recommending any
changes in the rate of taxation as now
fixed by law. He will point out some
errors of the present law In relation to
the collection of taxes, and will ask
Congress for legislation explanatory
of some passages in the internal reve-
nue. law which are now rather Oh
Spilra
Year: 1875

1t is with satisfaction that We spread
before our readers to-day a complete and
detailed account of the International Rife
Match and the victory of the American Team
at D0lymOunt. Target practice with rifles in
this country is little more than two years old.
In Great Britain it dates from the period of a
general alarm respecting the invasion OF En-
gland after the victories of France over Aus
tria the annual rifle match being organized at


Wimbledon in $50, under pressure of a national
enthusiasm which developed clubs of marks
men and melted practice in their art, all over
the kingdom. The Irish Team which won the
Elcho shield at Wimbledon and were styled
the champions of Great Britain, may be re-


garded as the perfect flower of many years


growth in skill and when in 1873 they sent
challenge to American rflemen, they were
in search of new worlds to conquer. Their
march of victory was checked at Creed
moor, last September. But SO close
was that contest, and so narrowly won
by their opponents, only the last shot
giving victory to the Americans, that yester-
days return match at DOllymOunt was regarded
on this side OF the Atlantic with some appre-
hension. This feeling was evident in sporting
circles on Monday, when the majority of bets
were made at five to four against the AmeIi-
can Team. So great victory as 967 to 929
was by nobody anticipated for our cOuntrymen.


Our report of the international Rifle Match
is illustrated this morning by diagrams of all
the targets, showing at glance the skill of
each of the twelve marksmen in each Of his
forty five shots. The device by which these
figures are tslegraphed from Dublin is an in
genious arrangement of q cipher code. now
first applied upon large scale, and invented
and prepared some time In advance by our
special correspondent who accompanies the
American Team ON their memorable tour.
The rapidity with which the cipher is in
Year: 1875

Some artists and other good citizens have
proposed plan for the celebration OF the
Fourth of July which promises to Danish by
quick degrees the fire-cracker and the c0nfla-
grafton. 1t is the usual form OF public demon
stratiOn in Southern Europe, where on festlvai
days gay draperies are hung from the will
dows, and at night almost every house is IL
Illuminated The appearance of the house
fronts. with bright colored tapestries and
lambrequins floating from the window-silis' Is
thus described in circular letter which we
have just received:


The effect upon the city is indescribably beautiful
Each house looks as gay country fair, and every
street is transformed into blooming garden OF
brilliant tints reaching upward fifty feet or more;
blaze OF color extending far the can reach In
Italy and San every family the great thoroughlares
is provided with drapcry specially for the purpose whlch
is displayed all occasions OF public rejoicing IL con-
ssts of an oblong piece Of CLOTH OF crimson or other
rich dark color, with broad border OF yellow silk
or iias OF gold lace round 1t, few inches from the
cdge This is hung the wndowsili or balcony, 80 as
to fall two or three feet below the edge; very Wide
window or balcony requiring OF course longer apron
than n narrow one. In Rome the apron Is usually OF
crimson satin or damask, with broad border OF yellow
silk or tnscl. The material Is never new: 1t is evidently
made OF old curtains bits Of party dresses sewed To-
geher and always very much patched but that does
not njure the effect The richness OF the material ana
color are never to better advantage and the eye
so impressed by tho general effect that cannot x Itself
upon small impcrfectons In the substance, provided the
material s all rich In quality and harmonious In color.
The aud Spanards also use for the same purpose
tapestries and bright rugs and Of plain cloth with
brilliant bordcrs but the favorite decoration is that first
described 1t is the cheapest for 1t uzes the Dts OF
old nery which are good to throw to the rag man.
aud too shabby for use.


The scheme is entirely feasible, and although
there is not time to make ready general
decoration for this year, a large number OF
householders have the material at hand, and
we learn, that in several of the uptown streets
extensive preparations have already been
made. Let some Of our principal citizens set
tho example next Monday, and in 1876
the whole city may burst into bloom.
About the illumination of course there is no
difficulty. Paper lanterns are cheap and abund-
ant and they can be so arranged as to pro-
duce very pleasing effect. One or two candles,
besides, in each window-pane, will work won
ders.