smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Tho following Were the receipts snd shipments
the leading articles Of produce in this city during The
twenty four hours ending at O'Clock On Saturday
morning, and for thu corresponding data ons yer
ago:
Year: 1875

He looked like Prince, or retired
Major General, as he stepped out of
the Bazaar, corner of Main and Re-
quena streets, opposite the U. S. Ho-
tel, with a new black beaver suit,
which he had just paid SIS for, and as
he walked down Main street the eye
of envy was on him, and numerous
were the inquiries of where he had
that splendid fitting suit made; and
establishment was depicted on every
countenance as he answered that it
came from the Bazaar, and he had
only paid SIS for it. There are few
more left so hurry up and get one be-
fore they are all gone. decll-lm
Year: 1875

The rainfall for November was 2:27. For
December, it seems, we are to have none; or
at least we have had none in this month to
this date.


FL Captain was buried In the old Catholic
cemetery in Old Town, under the supervision
OF an Alcalde. The story OH the street that
he was cremated is therefore untrue.


Some of the hoodlums hung dead seal to
the steps leading down into the water near
the Guy yamaca yesterday. IL was not quite so
funny us the hanging of the three story linn
berjack.


A Chinese cook at the Lyons Hotel got on
rampage the other day, and drew knife on
the landlord. II went to court, was explain
cd, and John, ii was agreed, should be dis
charged on the payment of costs. He made
an exhibition of how far the article of cheek
may go by returning TO the hotel and saying
TO the landlord, .'you payee de costee, mabs
go cookee for YOU" The Mclean man
didn't see IL.
Year: 1875

Rules of politeness are all regulated
at Pekin by the tribunal of rites. In
case You wish to pay a visit to a man
DARN, the proper thing to do is to send
in your card, on small piece of red
paper, on which is your name, followed
by q polite sentence, as this:


1.-The tender and sincere friend of
your lordship, and the perpetual dis
ciple of your doctrine, thus presents
himself to pay his respects and to bow
before you to the earth"


II the mandarin is willing to receive
you he asks you to pass before him.
You are expected to make the humble
reply, 81 dare not ;" and, after an
infinity of gestures, which are all ar
ranged, and obligatory phrases, the
master of the house bows to q chair,
and slightly dusts it with the corner of
his robe, upon which you are at length
seated.


The difficulties are much increased
when ten or q dozen mandarins call upon
an Englishman at once, and, according
to custom, tea is offered, beginning at
the one of the highest rank. He pre-
tends to offer to the next, then to the
third, and 80 ON to the last. All having
politely refused, he permits himself to
drink it. The second, in his turn, has
to offer his cup to the others, and thus
the farce proceeds, until all have gone
through the wearisome task.
Year: 1875

Some men take too much money out
of their business to expend in house
hold expenses and lavish display, and
speedily bring themselves to the verge
of bankruptcy. One old gentleman,
who had commenced life IS q poor boy,
had, by mastering the difficult steps to
final success gained considerable wealth
as Q merchant. When he arrived at
old age he retired to private life to live
in ease and comfort on his income,
leaving q prosperous business in the
ha nds of his son. In three years the
young man was bankrupt. He had
failed in business and was compelled to
take a position as clerk in a strangers
store.


His father was asked Why it was that,
in o business in which he had succeeded
30 well, his son had failed. He gave
this Characteristic answer ''When /
first commenced business, my wife and
1 lived on porridge. As my business
increased We had better food and
when could afford it We had chicken.
But, you see Jonnie commenced with
the chicken first"
Year: 1875

The invention of this process is as
cribed to Avicenna, an Arabian doctor,
who fiourished in the tenth century.
Previous to his time Iesins, spices, and
oils or ointments, scented by contact
with fragrant substances, we're the
chief, if not the only, forms of perfume
known. To him, it is said, belongs the
honor of first separating the aromas of
plants and flowers in such a manner
that they could be readily applied
where greasy unguents and smoking
incense were alike unavailable.


To the invention of Avicenna we are
indebted for the most durable elements
of modern perfumery but our most
fragrant and delicate odors are pro-
duced by another process, of much
later discovery, which we will attempt
to describe in the paragraphs that fol-
low.


The odors of all vegetable matters
reside in a principle or constituent
known as essential oil, or, more prop
erly, otto. Each individual plant or
flower contains a greater or less amount
of this principle, the separation of
which from the parent substance is the
initial movement in all the most i'm
portant of the perfumer's operations.
As it exists in but small proportion, We
have in il when isolated a remarkable
concentration of odor, and its stability
when so separated is so great that many
varieties can be kept for years IN
changed. In the otto We not only pos
sess the fragrance of the flower long
after the season of blooming is past,
but by its use can impBrt a favorable
odor to a thousand bodies scentless in
themselves.


Ottos are all in the liquid form, are
of an oily appearance, vary in color
from light straw to dark red or brown,
and possess, as above stated, the odor
of the substances from which they are
derived. The yield of this principle
from various materials ranges from six
per cent. or more down to very minute
quantities. Nutmegs, for instance, are
very rich in otto lemon rinds contain
it in such abundance that it be profit
ably extracted by expression /; while
roses yield so little that but three tea
spoonfuls are obtained from hundred
pounds of the petals.


The well-known process of distilla-
ton is the method most frequently
employed to procure these ottos. The
process, as almost every one knows,
consists essentially in vaporiZing a
liquid in a closed vessel, and conduct
ing the vapor to a receiver, in which it
is condensed by the application of cold
water. When given plant or flower is
placed in the still with a proper pro-
portion of water, and heat applied, its
otto, being volatile, rises with the
steam, and both being condensed to-
gether. they readily separate on cooling.
When applied to this purpose the pro-
cess is often conducted by passing
steam through the material to be ex-
hausted instead of boiling it in the
usual way.-Hayper's Magazine.
Year: 1875

The workingman, as soon as he
emerges from a condition of abject ig-
norance, demands an equitable share Of
the profits of his industry. He feels
that in return for faithful and persistent
labor, and the practice of strict economy
and prudence, he is entitled to some
thing more than bare subsistence. He
should have the satisfaction and reward
of accumulation. The results of his
tolls, after q reasonable length of time,


should be such as to place him in q
position of comfort and independence.


He does not childishly ask to be made
rich by act of legislature, but merely to
be allowed to hold what is properly his
own. The farmer wants to know, when
he brings his wheat and corn, his vege-
tables and fruits, into market, why he
can get barely the cost of production,
often less than the cost, while on every
thing he buys-his tea and sugar and
cloth, his tools and implements-he has
Year: 1875

At certain seasons, as In spring, the
appetite of even the robust Is apt TO
fail, and the relish for meats and heavy
food to wane. This is all right enough,
for animal diet in warm weather heats
the blood, tends to headaches, and is
generally unwholesome, unless spar
ingly used. On the other hand, fresh
vegetables. berries, fruit and bread are
cooling. corrective, and what the palate
most Graves. Don't be afraid to go
without meat for a month or so, and If
you like. live purely on vegetable
regimen. We will warrant that you
will lose no more strength than is COM
mon to the time, and that you Will not
suffer from protracted heat. as when
dining on the regulation roast.


Many persons regard hearty desire
for food as something unrefined, lndell-
cate and to be constantly discouraged.
This is a greater and more harmful
mistake than that of coaxlng the appe-
tite. 1t is Just as necessary for the
man who works only with his brain to
eat beef and mutton as for the man
who labors solely with his hands. Inc
stomach and the brain are twins; the
former being the elder, and having
prior right 20 care. Let that be we'll
provided for, and it will sustain Its
brother. The people who strive to
check wholesome and natural appetite
are the people who regard dinner
merely as a feed, not the centre OF an
agreeable social custom and as the
domestic event of the day. We are
sorry for them, as they must regard
eating at all as prosaic duty obiiga-
tory on them because they have bias
in favor of living. We all know that
ue must eat to live; bnt we by no
means live to eat simply because we
enjoy what we eat. We are not gour-
mands because we relish chops, nor
are we invalids because we want straw
berries. A good appetite is q good
thing; but not if it is to he worried by
nrging or by neglect.
Year: 1875

The following simple method for ven
tilating ordinary sleeping and dwelling
rooms is recommended by Mr.. Hinton
in his Physiology for Practical Use ::
A piece of wood, three inches high and
exactly as long as the breadth of the
window, is to be prepared.-Let the
sash be now raised, the slip of wood
placed on the sill, and the sash drawn
closely upon it. If the slip has been
well fitted, there will be no draft in
consequence of this displacement Of
the sash at its lower part but the top
of the lower sash will overlap the bot
tom of the upper one, and between the
two bars perpendicular currents of air,
not felt as draft, will enter and leave
the room.
Year: 1875

An EXCHANGE tells us that a school
boys toothache generally commences
at eight in the morning reaches its
highest altitude at a quarter to nine,
when the pain is intense to an extra
ordinary degree commences to subside
at nine after that disappears with a
celerity that must be very comfortable
to the sufferer. III at night the boy
hasn't got four quarts of walnuts spread
out to dry up stairs, it is because there
is no place up stairs to do it.
Year: 1875

She went away to Italy with solltalre
diamond blazing on her wasted finger
my gift and given with a proviso


"Irene, if you come back and have
not forgotten, let this ring tell the
story. Send it to me or wear it when l
come to you. Then shall know if you
are mine still. 1 shall be faithful
through all things, Renie, but hold
you to no promise. Let your heart
follow its own dictates, but whenever
you come back you will find me wait
ing"


"And living or dying, 1 will come
back to you. Frank. replied the child.


The long months in which I waited
for one line to tell me she had reached
her destination passed away as pass the
''long, sad hours that bring us all things
ILL.," Not a sign, not token came to
tell me if the young soul that had
crossed my own so suddenly and glori-
ously still kept its frail tenure on life.
Why need speak of my anguish during
those months of suspense?


ave bear the blows that sever


We cannot weep forever"


/ was ordered to a distant station
with my regiment, and in the gay life
of young army officer, tried to forget /;
and months passed, bringing years
two years, three years-and no word
came from her who still held my heart
to the exclusion of all others. Irene
had broken faith-''living or dying"
had not come back to me. Ordered
home again, ! sat thinking of her not
so very long ago sat in the same chair
where her fairy form had rested on the
night of my sisters birthnight ball
not thinking of her harshly or coldly,
but with a sad grieving tenderness.
The enchantment of her presence seemed
all around me, and memory bells rang
dirges in nv heart. She had been true.
felt intuitively. Her nature was all
innocence, purity and truth. Whatever
had happened to part us, whatever had
imposed such strange silence between
us / could never blame my little Irene.
What did 1 know of her fate ? She
might have faded and died like the frail
flower that she was /; but then she had
promised to come to me living or dead.
/ could not solve the strange problem
try as might. so 1 gave up thinking,
and signing YEARLY closed my eyes,
leaning my head back against the velvet
cushion my darlings cheek had pressed.
"But whose violet velvet lining, with the lampligb


gloaiing Ger,


!SiG shall press. ah, nevermorer


1 thought saw face like hers that
night as Constance and 1 sat at the
opera listening to the divine Nilsson in
the second act of the Huguenots. Up
in one of the private boxes sat an
elderly gentleman of fine figure and
patrician bearing. Beside him in the
pride of her stately beauty girl of
perhaps nineteen years sat gazing with
quiet eyes over the crowded house. 1
should have said a statue rather, for
the calm, moveless poise of the graceful
head, the soft sweep of her white silk
robe even the pale gold curls lightly
crowned with ivy leaves suggested the
idea but still in that refined loveliness
that rounded perfection of beautiful
health and strength fingered an indie
Unable resemblance to my fragile Irene;
and with a sensation, half pleasure,
half pain, 1 continued to gaze at her
until the blue eyes in their istless
wandering dawned on my face.


/ knew her then. Irene Mine,
Year: 1875

Never send an aulelc Sos publication
without giving the editor thy nsme, for
thy name oien secures publication &c
worthless articles.


Thon shalt not rap al The door ot @
printing office for be that aaswcrctb ,by
rap sneerelh So bis sleeve and loseth time.


Never do thou loaf about, nor knock
down The type, OF the boys viii love thee
as they DO the shade trees when thou
leavcst.


Thou sb0ujdsl never read The copy on
tbe printers case or the sharp and hooked
eontaiuer thereof, or be may knock thee
down.


Never inquire Of the editor Tor news,
for behold Il Is bis business to give it to
thee at the appointed time without asking
forit,


II is not right that thou shouldst ask
him who is the author Of an article, for it
is his duty to keep such things unto him.
self


When thou dost enter an Office take
heed uuto thyself that thou dost not look
al what may concern thee not, Tor that is
not meet In the sight Of good breeding.


Neither examine thou the proof sheet,
for that is not ready TO meet thine eye,
thou mayst understand,


Prefer thine own town paper to any
other, aud subscribe for il Immediately,


Pay for it In advance, aud it shall be
well with thee and thine.
Year: 1875

After week rain and storm, when
the sun has hidden its golden face and
gloom has mantlcd all around, how much
of joy comes to all our hearts when the
clouds are dispersed, and Sol, with his
benignant rays, illumines all about. so 1t
is with our political sky, 1t has long
been overhung with clouds; and storm
and tempest have reigned supreme. 1t
will not be always thus. The calm pre-
cedes the storm, and in proportion to the
force Of the former will be the subdued
nature of the latter Let us lie patient,
then, for when this blessed sunlight comes,
how osy.red will be the lovely, cheerful
glow. The muddy stream of oppression
and woe may fow through our state lea
wing destruction in its wake; but be pa
tient. The showers Of wrong ere long
will cease; the whirling freshets of ini-
quity will soon cease to stir and lash the
political river into fury But we must
bear it all; we must not, either by act
or word, do ought so stay the mighty
and unruly stream knl time shall hay
dried up the swollen tributaries of wrong
oppression, tyranny, and despotism and
the political river shall flow on its old
time course.


We neci not longer despair, for brigh
ter days are sure to dawn. 1t is dark, as
yet, but light will surely come.
Year: 1875

The lecture of Mr.. 1sham, last night,
at the Court House, was very well at
tended, considering the hard times and
unfavorable state of the weather The
audience was composed Of the best citi
zens of Van Buren, which, Of itself, was
a high compliment to the Lecturer. The
lecture, as Il whole, was well received, as
was evidenced by the very close attention
paid to it. Many Of the audience were
no doubt, as were oursclf, very agreeably
disappointed in this, the first effort OF
Mr.. Isham in Van Burcn, although
known to most of them fer n long time
Without entering into a criticism of the
address and speaker, we will say that
with the exception of one or two digres'
sions from the subject of his lecture and
an occasional outburst of over excited
delivery, it was complete and to the gen.
erai satisfaction Of the audience. No
one, we think, regretted the evening
spent
Year: 1875

NRw YORK, Nov. 16, 1875.


Come and take walk with mo thi:
morning down to the Battery" Tis &
bright beautiful morning, not so cold o:
it would be in Maine at the same season
and seven or eight o'clock in the morn.
ing is just the lime to discover the
beauties of the place. We start down
Broadway, meeting steady stream ol
people, composed oi laborers, mechanics
clerks, and boys and girls. all going tc
their daily employment in different parts
of the city. but all tending up Broadway,
having come in from their homes, over
the different ferries that have their land
ings at the lower end of the city. A
strong. healthy, hearty, and for the
most par: happy looking crowd they are
as they step along briskly in the sharp
morning air.


On we 60, and soon near our destin'
alton. This little park, filled with
shrubbery and trees. is Bowling Green.
That quaint fountain in the middle,
played in Revolutionary times rs it does,
now, and here observe closely this iron
fence surrounding the Green. See the
high. unfinished appearance OF the top
of this iron post. All these posts were
ornamented with iron balls once, but
they were cut of and loaded in cannons
at the time when tho British besieged
New York. That hotel over there is
where General Washington had his head.
quarters al that tune.


Here at last is the Battery. See how
prettily it is laid out, traversed as it is
by those nicely paved winding walks,
and the green sward tastefully diversified
by variegated plants and shrubbery.


We will take this walk which will lead
US around by Castle Garden where all
the immigrants land when they come
into New York. This strange looking
Olu uuHuluS was OuCC al Opcla uOucc, u
fashionable resort for the elite OF the city
and am told that it was here that
Jennie Lind first sang in America. As
we pursue our path, it brings Us out
upon broad walk at the waters edge,
the veritable lower end Of the island Of
New York. Turn yo1r face in the direc
ton from which you came. Ten miles
or more OF humanity stretches out before
you. Ten miles in length of thickly
populated city, which reaches from river
to river on either side. Think of it, and
form souIe idea il You can of the size oi
this great, overgrown, unfinished New
York" Well, turn again and look out
over the water. This parapet, or sea
wall runs around tho whole lower end of
Year: 1875

The leading facts in the life of Mr..
Wilson are summarily stated 10 the article
published elsewhere. They show US what
he was as politician. and statesman;
we desire to add few words concerning
Henry Wilson the Christian.


Not tar from eight years ago. while the
writer was sitting in his office at the Tract
House in Boston. word was sent up to
him from Rev. DR.. Kirk, inquiring
whether he could have the use of said
Office for private interview with gen.
tleman. The answer. OF course, was in
the affirmative; and shortly after the DR..
entered accompanied by Mr.. Wilson. IL
was apparent that the latter was laboring
under mental excitement. and It was un-
derstood at once that 1t was concern for
his spiritual state. The circumstance
awakened deep interest among the per-
sons connected with the Tract Society,
who by spontaneous impulse engaged
in special prayer for the Holy Spirit upon
the interview. 1t was known to some OF
Us tkat Mr.. Wilson had for a considerable
time been in very tender state Of mind.
The death OF his only son in. the army,
young man oi great promise, had been a
severe blow to him, and the prayers and
example of bis Christian vile who was a
patient sufferer under excruciating dis
ease, had showed him the power Of faith
in Christ to sustain and bless the soul. IL
was in this crisis. during a visit to Boston,
that his intimate friend DR.. Kirk met him.
and with characteristic faithfulness press
ed him to an immediate personal accept.
ancs of like faith for himself. A fav-
orable response was given. in consequence
of which DR.. X. sought place of retire
ment in which they might pray together.


The interview lasted perhaps an bouy.
Year: 1875




learn from newspaper that "a


Kansas widower was tarred and


feathered the other day because be


didn't wear deep enough mourning


for his departed spouse" This re-


minds NE of the contest that has


been raging 10 our village between


Brown and Jones. Both of them


lost their wives on the same day,


and after the funerals, Brown appear
cd again in public with three inches
Of black Grape on his high hat, while
jones ouly bad two. Jones was 50


much afraid people would think be
didn't mourn for his wife as deeply
as Brown grieved for his that be
added four inches Of Grape to his
hat, whereupon Brown, apprehend-
ing that people would believe that
he th ught more lightly of bis loss
then jones did Of his put eight
inches Of Grape on his hat Then
Jones, determined not to be outdone
as mOuruer for the dear departed,
put on so much more Grape that it
extended considerably above his hat
crown. Whcreupon, Brown became
excited, and, cutting the crown from
an old hat, be dovetailed it on his
new one, aud swathed it in Grape to
the summit. Jones was unwilling
To display envy, but the memory Of
Mrs jones was 50 sacred To him that
be enveloped his hat iu pastboard
four feet high, and wrapped it all in
the blackest kind Of Grape he could
buy. But Brown, feeling his love
for Mrs. Brown demanded energetic
action, bought fifteen fee: Of stove
pipe, jammed it down over his has,
bandaged it with 200 yards Of Grape,
and once more appeared upon the
street. Then jones sent to the city
aud ordered a bat eighty feet high,
craped six inches thick. II was sent
home from the freight Office on a
dray, and the next morning Brown
knocked of, married the widow Met
calf, and resumed business in a straw
hat. Jones is having his mourning
bat cut uR into lengths, and be hoped .
to be able to fill bis bets with them


if his side lost in the election.