smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

/ DIAMOND CUTTING.-The art requires
that the cutter should have extraordinary
skill for working the stones, of which the
smallest often do not reach to the size of
pin head Nothing equals in this respect
the skillfulness of the workers of Holland,
and one is quite confounded when one sees
stones of such small dimensions cut into
twenty-four faces, perfectly equal and reg
ular. Some of the stones operated upon
at Coster's at Amsterdam. are so small
that it takes hundreds of them to weigh a
carat,


This is not, however, the only difficulty
the diamond cutter has to surmOunt ; it is
the cleaner who has to make choice of the
form to be given TO each particular stone.
| is he who must decide, after a minute
examination, how each particular diamond
ought to be cut, whether a brilliant or
rose he determines the choice by an en-
deavor to lose as little matter as possible.


But this is not all. L is necessary that
he should recognize at the first glance in
what way it is convenient to attack the
stone, which is not an easy matter, for if
his measures have not been well taken, it
may perhaps occur that twenty-three faces
have been already cut, SO the twenty
fourth would require to be cut on an i'm
perfect part of the stone and so it is
found impossible to continue. The cutters
and polishers are often thrown out by
finding unexpected flaws in the stones, as
they proceed with their work. The color,
too, often changes so that sometimes it is
quite impossible to tell how a diamond
may turn out and, as in the case of the
Koh-i-noor, one portion of the stone may
sometimes prove to be a great deal harder
than another part and if, while cutting,
the diamond be allowed to remain too long
on the schyff before being taken off to
cool, it might melt the lead in which it is
set. and so, by changing its position, do
very serious injury to the stone. In cut
ting the Koh-i-noor, it was necessary at
times to increase the revolutions of the
schyff to three thousand per minute, In
consequence of the extraordinary hardness
of some portions of that most valuable
gem.


1t is not always easy to say how much
of a stone must be sacrificed In the cutting.
The Star of the South, which was cut by
Monsieur Coster, weighed in the rough
state in which it was found. 254 ID ca
rats: when finished, it was little under
half of that weight The Koh-i-noor lost
eighty carats in the recutting. 1t now
weighs less than the Star of the South by
about twenty carats.-ChamberS' Journal
Year: 1871

Does any body, | wonder, know Throg
morton 1t Is in the weald of Kent and
yet not actually Il the weald, but on a lit
tie outlying spur Of it which projects into
the great plain Of Romney There the
tough clay has married the lily-white
sand, and bouuteous offspring has blessed
the union. There flourish noble oaks.
broad leaved chestnuts, aspiring elms in
rich luxuriance of leaf; and emerald pas
lures are set among their shades, and rich
corn fields and smiling hop gardens check
er the sides Of the gently swelling slopes


Loiter with me on the pleasant field
path winding in and out among the mead
ows and corn fields look back on the red
rooted town crowned by a massive Gothic
tower-the evening chimes are tinkling in
the still air with a loving. lingering ca :
dence, suggesting know not what subtle
pathos Of long-forgotten days-and own
with me that broad England can show few
fairer nooks than fair ThrOgmorton town.


My story hasn't much to do with Throg-
morton but there it was first knew
Chubb Jackson. He wasn't unlike a club
either, as boy-wide mouthed, with little
teeth set far back in his head, and freckles
so brown shat you might take them for
scales. He was school fellow Of mine
at the Manor-house School, Old Hockey
mot thirty them our head-master, had ia
ken him in as an incorrigible at a double
fee, to try and make something of him.
Possibly the attempt might have been
worth the money but at any rate, it
didn't succeed. Passed through the regu-
lation mill Chubb came out more ink and
tear stained, more sulky, and more lazy
than ever. Dragged through the 4Eneid
he tumbled over Arma virumque cano, :"
showed into logarithms, he couldn't even
20 through the multiplication table. His
life was a continual round of expiation, of
impositions which he never got through,
of unlearned tasks which no mortal power
could force him to learn only the holi-
days freed him from the ever accumulat-
ing load Of punishment.


And yet think he enjoyed himself
fancy as he sat by the open window, look
ing over the rambling old-fashioned gar
den to the pleasant apple and cherry
orchards beyond, his eyes and mind far
away from the wretched old lexicon and
classics under his nose, that the bees as
they hummed, and the birds as they tw;t
Year: 1871

\ MOCKING-BIRD AND A SNvKE.-A
correspondent, Bruce, relates the follow
ing incident, which occurred on his place &:


One beautiful Sunday morning, in early
spring of last year, while walking with my
little daughter in a field near our house,
we observed butcher-bird flying to and
fro amongst the bushes near spring of
water, and evidently in great fear. Alter
watching its motion for some time, we con-
cluded to 90 up nearer, and see what was
the cause of all its troubles. We had hardly
reached the spot, when moeking-bird
swooped down as quick as a fash, and
struck large spreading adder, which was
on the ground near the bushes, and which
no doubt, would soon have had the butch
er bird in its fangs. Again and again
did this game bird light on the snakes
back, and strike deep into it with its beak.
The battle was a long one and thinking it
might be lost to the bird, [ sent my little
daughter for the hoe, and quickly dispatch
ed the reptile. 1t will attack any bird that
flies. Often have [ seen 1t sally out
against the hawk, and make that chicken
stealer leave the vicinity very fast. Let
a mocking bird build near your house, and
your chickens have a good protector. 1t
will disperse an army Of crows, and should
your dog 90 near its nest, he is pounced
upon and ordered to leave They are not
afraid of man, and seem to know that he
will not harm them. A pair of these birds
build every year in peach tree near to
the house, and from early morn till late at
night, you hear the notes of this matchless
soDgster. Its favorite position when sing
ing Is, on the point of a small tree. There,
resting, and apparently transfxed by the
shoot, it MARBLES that splendid medley,
that art sometimes initiates, but never
equals Hearth and Home.
Year: 1871

hours day last summer, and sawed on an
average more than forty thousand feet of Ium-


Der. One saw went through pine log TWEEN
! ty feet in length and about a foot square. in
ten seconds, or would make lust about five
cuts minute, very little time being consumed
IN moving the log back. | saw a threshing
machine last fall that was just as lively.
More than bushel of wheat was threshed
every minute, which is a little different from


the little achiIe used in Vermont. One
more Big story, and | will turn to something
else There is a shop in this city where
hour barrels are manufactured, in which the
machinery is so arranged that two men hav-
ing assistants to handle the timber can make
IN a minute slaves, finished in. every part
ready to set up, enough for a barrel


The prairies of Minnesota are more rolling
than in Iowa. The land is excellent. till Won
approach within ffreen or twenty miles of
the Mississippi, where high and rocky bluffs
rise, making the traveller imagine him self in
New Hampshire. Deep cuts are made
through the rock for the railroad, then trestle
"SAN - DNAAN N~AOoo AAAC AdNluths uAcu make
those unaccustomed to such sights, tremble.
If any one has the western fever. and still
wants to find some bills that will remind him
of home, here is a country hilly enough and
poor enough to suit any one.


Hitherto no bridge has been built across
the river at this point, but one is building
and will be completed in a few months The
cost is immense, and the ifficulty of building
a bridge half a mile in length is increased by
the necessity of making draw so that boats
can pass. There IL considerable danger in
working upon such bridges. Yesterday one
poor fellow fell into the water and was res
cued just as be was going down for the last
time. Those that complain of high fare up
on railroads, ought to remember that thev do
not have the hardest of it; if they think so,
let them for few days change places with
the laborer W.
Year: 1871

4 JUDGE SENTENCES HIS SCHooLMATE
To BE misunderstanding to the Mem
phis Sun, Judge Flippin of Tennessee, was
lately placed in a very trying position
that of passing the death sentence on the
playmate of his youth Judge Flippin
spoke as follows


Samuel Il. PSston, this is one of the
saddest eras in my life. Our parents and
their children knew each other We
grew up together, went to the same school,
the same church, and played on hill and
valley the same innocent games in boyhood.
Years have passed since then. Our roads
in life have diverged. You now stand
convicted of great capital crime, and l,
as a minister of the law, have imposed on
me the painful duty of passing upon you
the sentence of death, Were it consistent
with my official duties, | would that this
cup could pass from me- But [ cannot
now shrink from the performance of this
sad official requirement, and must not, and
will not in the future, though other victims
may fail to avenge violated law 1t is,
therefore, the sentence of the Court that
you be remanded to the county Jail of
Shelby county, the place from whence you
came, to be there securely kept until Fri
day, the 10th day of May next, when you
will be taken by the sheriff of Shelby
county, between the hours of 10 A. NJ.
and 3 ?. NJ, within one mile and half
of the court house of said county, and there
be hanged by the neck until you are dead
and may God have mercy on your soul "
Year: 1871

must take particular bearing, as the
wind must pass through tubes, to be any
thing worth. q, ..-. ...r.-s -.-


There is one stimulant that never
fails and yet never intoxicates-duty.
Duty puts blue sky over every man
up in his heart may be-into which the
sky-lark, happiness, alwoys goes singing.


He who calls in the aid of an equal
understanding, doubles his own; and be
who profits by a superior understanding,
raises his powers to a level with the
height of the superior understanding hc
unites with.


God is no doubt pre-eminently our
Father in heaven, but he is also, be it
recollected, our Father on earth, the ever
present and all-pervading Lawgiyer Of
creation, both in its moral and physical
aspects.


Since it is more important bow We
live than how we die, and since death il
merely the arrival at the end of Jour
ney-the beginning, progress and history
of the journey determining what the srri-
val is to be-we shall do well to dismiss
our borrowed trouble with regard TO the
manner of our departure out of the world,
and be solicitous only with regard to the
right discharge of present duty.
Year: 1871

Over and over again have the property owners on
Hudson, Washington and Greene streets, Jersey
CITY, called the attention of the Common Council to
the importance OF extending these Streets SO as to
open communication with the Central railroad, The
scheme was opposed by a few wealthy Individuals
especially the members of the firm OF the
sugar House Company. and the project
was thus STAYED or from time to time The Alder
men appear to be coming to thEir senses at last for
resolution was adopted last evening on q report Of
the committee on Streets providing that ashing-
ton street be extended and that the stems
be taken forthwith. Alderman w. Van Keuren alone
dlssented. This Is one Of the most substantial i'm.
provements needed by Jersey City just now,
Year: 1871

A WARNISG.-Under this head the Vallejo
Recorder of Nov ember Sd has the following: We
charge that the managers of Cole are endeavor-
ing TO perfect scheme by which he is to be
elected to the Senate by debauching enough Re
publican to putit within reach of the Democratic
votes TO elect him. A prominent San Francisco
Cole man, well known for his unscrupulousuess,
said day or two ago that combinations were
being made to elect Cole that were Irresistible
The next day the San Francisco Examiner warm
ly advocated Coles election. The rumor has
been current for some time that this thing was
on foot-that Cole did not expect a majority of
Republican votes, but would be Senator never
theless. We do not believe his crowd of polti-
cal hangers-on are any too good to profit by such
scheme. But forewarned is forearmed. The
Republicans of the State will jealonsly watch
any such attempt to betray them, and hold to
strict responsibility any legislator who is guilty
of it. We ask the party papers that honestly
support Cole, if any such there are, to give us
their opinion of this new " combination" The
Republicans OF the State have earned the right
to name the Senator and will not brook the men
who scheme to sell out the fruits of the struggle
That is our opinion of the matter
Year: 1871

THE WEST. We have received the first
number of very neat sixteen-page monthly,
which is published in San Francisco, and bear
ing the above title. 1t is repete with interest
ing matter concerning the Pacific slope, and
taking the initial number as a sample of what is
to follow, The Vest will certainly prove a sue
cess. Its main object is to send forth monthly
true and reliable report of climate, soil, pro
ducts, ETC., of this coast.
Year: 1871

FROM tue Sf Louis RepUo.I al.


The ku-klux proclamation turns out to
be most important step in a new policy
to be pushed toward the South. It is now
known positively that for more than six
weeks, or ever since the Ku-klux commit.
tee of Congress returned from the South,
the administration has had under consider
alton a policy to be enforced. not only
against the so-called ku-Klux organizations.
but in the administration Of federal civil
affairs in the South.


There was no substantial difference of
opinion among the President and the Cabi.
net and the leading Republicans who ia
vored this new order OF things, except as to
the time when it should be enforced. and
that accounts for the delay until after the
October elections. The proclamation is,
therefore, but the fOrerunner of martial law
and the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus as provided by the fourth article of
the act OF April 20. This says that
any ku-klux organization or combina-
ton shall be deemed rebellion against
the government, the limits of which shall
be prescribed by proclamation. and who,
by commanding the insurgents to disperse
before the privileges Of the writ of habeas
corpus, are suspended. A prominent mem
Der of the government, and also leading
Republican, stated to-day that the arrange
ments of the civil and military for whole
sale arrests of members of the Ku-klux
klan had been perfected. and that the coun-
try would be surprised, if the proclamation
was not not needed. by the arrest of we'll
known Southern men.


Inasmuch as it is averred that outrages
in the South are provoked by corruption of
office holders and the plunder of the people,
it is the intention of the President to begin
a warfare against all corrupt federal otfi-
cials. and to invite the cooperation Of all
good Republicans for the displacement Of
bad State officials. This is to go hand in
hand with the enforcement of the ku-Klux
law, until it is settled that there is a lasting
peace in the South
Year: 1871

The cotton crop of the parish is being
gathered pretty fast, and from all our means
OF information will fall far short of our first
expectations Take it as whole we doubt
whether it will reach fourth. As for cane.
we will now soon be able to base our calcu
lations as to its yield. Two of our planters
commence rolling this week
Year: 1871

The above is a question we fire


quently hear asked in our community,


and it is question which we would


all be very glad to answer if we could


answerit to the satisfaction the enquirer.


We can onl y say, thatas we understand


matters, we can have the road within


a reasonable time after we can show


that the inhabitants Of this valley are


willing to take,-as an Investments
$4,000 Of the bonds which are to
bear semi-annual interest, guaranteed
at 7 per cent. Now who says the


security is not good We have heard
no one say so; but on the other
hand our best tinanciers agree that
the security is good We cannot,
however, expect that any one OF two
men can take all the securities in the
market, even though they may be ever
so good, and in this case it is equally
the duty Of every one to come forward,
without urging, and take their share
in proportion to their means, and the
benefit to be received. The question
then arises, who are to be benefited ?
Surely every person in this valley,
either directly or indirectly, some
more and some less.


Town lines will not act to cut off
the benefits of Il Railroad running into
our village. The man who owns a
farm, or is doing business two, three
or five miles from a railroad depot
will receive the same benefit from the
road, whether he is located in the same
town with the depot or an adjoining
town. We say, therefore, every man
in this valley is to be benefited by the
road, and should not only be willing,
but desirous Of taking his share ofthe
bonds, and that too without the com
mittee having the matter in charge
being compelled to spend days and
weeks oftime, in securing the requisite



We understand from the committee
that in most cases our citizens have
come up monJully, and in some cases,
if we may be allowed the expression,
,oomanly, and shown that they fully
the expediency Of the enter
prise, and the soundness of the security.


On the other hand, others appear to
hold off, while they admit both the
necessity of the road and the sound
ness of the bonds. Why not come up
at once, one and all, and do your duty,
and secure the road, and receive its
benefits mutually. We have heard it
intimated that there would hereafter
be a Railroad party in this town, and
those who are not for the enterprise,
and show their zeal by their works.
may, when it is too late, learn their
mistake. We therefore repeat, come
up one and all at once, and enable us
at an early day to say the bonds are
all taken, and the road will soon be in
operation.
Year: 1871

Sunday was a good old-fashioned
rainy day, so that our drouth is relieved
for the moment, and vegetation fairly
laughs. The hay crop, however, must
be light, even if we should have plenty
of rain from this time. Many farmers
hereabouts have plowed up their NOW
ings and planted fodder corn. The
grasshcppers have commenced work
in earnest, and some of our hill tops
look quite brown therefrom. Potato
bugs have also been seen, but have
done no great damage. They are
troubled with them worse than ever
out west this summer, so that a Michi-
gan chap thinks that the price of pota-
toes this year will be eternal vigi-
lancet
Year: 1871

l stand on the shores of the swift blue river,
And watch the winds and the waves at play;
And still, as watch, the waves forever


Slip from my gaze and die away.
"stay, soft wind, and stand, fair river,


And leave me never, thou perfect day."
And still, as ask, the hours forever


slip from my life and glide away.
The waves go by till my eyes are weary,


They will not tarry nor turn again;
"Life, new life," is their chorus CHEEKY,


''That strange new life in the vast blue main,"
My days go by till I stand despairing,


For those who were evil and these are vain I;
Yet hope, my heart, for the time is nearing


When may try my life again.
Year: 1871

NTE SOON regained our usual tran


w guilty. The mysterious robbery
was an endless subject of wonder and con-
lecture. Mrs. Tenrhyn had some very
strange theories on the subject. do not
think she cared much for the loss of the
money, but the bracelet had been given
her for wedding present, and she valued it
very much she even declared her perfect
willingness to give double the sum of mon
ey to any one who would restore it.


Poor Mr.. Rivers met with no success
The notes were changed on the morning
after the robbery by a gentleman whose APP
pearance the clerk had not particularly re-
marked. They knew no more. 1t was
the first time Mr.. Rivers had been baffied
and he felt his disappointment most bitterly.


His professional pride was wounded.


Emily's visit was drawing to close.
She was about to return to Tenrhyn Court,
and was anxious that my wife, Miss Por-
son, and the two girls should accompany
her there.


Among all the friends Miss Porson had
Year: 1871

There is something queer about wo'
men. You take one that would walk
up to the mouth Of a cannon or a hi
dcously bearded man without finch
ing, and Show her little spider, and
she will scatter worao than a shot
gun.
Year: 1871

A Letter from Foster. the Murderer.


New YORK, June 2.-Wm. Foster,
the murderer OF Avery D. Putnam,
condemned to be executed July l4th,
sent a card to the New York Star this
evening in the shape of an appeal to
the public. In it he says the murder
was a freak OF a drunken man; that
he never intended killing Putnam that
he was stupifed, drunk at the time OF
the murder He says the verdict Of the
jury was in direct opposition to the
charge OF the Judge and that the jury
were awed into verdict by the exasper-
ated public. He was tried out of his
turn and in q Court from which there
was no appeal. He says, in conclusion,
81 implore the public to consider my
case now that am sentenced and any
evasion OF law in my favor Is impossl-
BILE. What have to say in my behalf
| saw with the solemnity of my situs-
ton. make my appeal as a con-
demned murderer, sentenced to speedy
and ignominious death. but confident
that the same feeling which on an I'M
pulse secured my conviction will, when
cool and deliberate, do even me proper
Justice. WM. FOSTER.


His counsel strongly oppose the
publication Of the card.
Year: 1871

BosroN, June "A dispatch received
this afternoon announces the success
of the graphing and splicing of the
Anglo-American cable OF 1866. 1t was
picked up by the steamer Scanderia,
the same vessel that laid the French
cable in 1869, and when the splice was
made communication was had at once
with Nalentia. The Scanderia will
probably arrive at Trinity Bay or
Hearts Content during the night.
Year: 1871

One evening last week a pale delicate
young girl with a world of pathos in
her large blue eyes, was wheeled into
the Tabernacle in an elegant little hand
coach, and an opportunity given her to
relate her experience. She had for
years been an invalid unable to walk
but her soul was filled with divine
love, and an earnest desire to attend
this National Camp Meeting inspired
her with almost superhuman effort to
make the attempt. She said her SOULS
sincere desire had long been to become
an efficient labOrer in the vineyard of
the blessed Master, and now despite her
terrible afflietiOn she rejoiced with ex-
-eeeeding great joy; counting the afflic-
stiOns of this life as but for moment,
booking forward to the recOmpense. of
Teward. Her thin pale hands were. eIas-
ped and the love-light of perfect con-
secratiOn iIlumined her countenance as
her tremulOus lips breathed forth the
inspiration of her soul. Her fair hair
was brushed with a careless grace back
from her white, pure forehead and rip
pied over the pillows like little waves
of sunshine. How fair she looked
How pure in her ETHEREAL loveliness.-
IF such as she are conscious of imper-
lection and frailty and of the great need
OF the renewing power Of the Holy Spir-
it, and of more perfect conservation to
God, what a fearful need presses upon
the souls of us more earthly ones whose
hearts and souls are not unblemished
with the taint of earth.


On motion Of MI. Stanley, a commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Stanley, Will
liams, Hall, Byers and HaIladay was
appointed to take the necessary action
to procure tent after the model of the
tabernacle tent for the use Of the Ohio
Conference in its meetings.


1t is understood that the tent will be
procured in season for the meeting of
Conference at Washington Court House
in October.