smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

CURIOUS ANIMAL EcoNoMIEs.-Modem re-
search has determined q curious circumstance
Of an organic contrivance in the camel and
leech, unlike N they are In structure, func


tions and habits, which has reference to sup
plying them with food from storehouses in
their own bodies till supplies are attainable
from other sources. The hump is an I'M
mense collection of fat, stored in reticulated
cells piled one upon another, which Is con
centrated food When fodder cannot be had,
as frequently occurs In their long caravan
travels in the desert, q peculiar set of absorb
ent vessels draws upon the magaZine-the
hump-canying the fat into circulation till
food from without puts stop to the drafts on
the back. The hump is very sensibly dimin


ished at times, even being almost completely
leYeled, but that which was thus borrowed to
sustain life thus temporarily is Immediately re-
placed when the stomach is set in motion
again in its accustomed manner The medi-
cal leech, or blood sucker, low as it is in the
organic scale Of life, is as carefully provided
for in regard to the contingencies of life as
the king Of the country. As the blood passes
down the gullett Of the leech, the current
divides right and left to enter two lateral
tubes, instead Of entering the stomach These
canals are folded, zigzag, backward and for
ward, in loops as il were, from the head to
the tail When perfectly filed the leech lets
go its hold. 1t is then plump and full, with
Year: 1871

THE YOUNG MINISTER OF EIGHTY YEARS.
Within II miles of the Hub" there is a
minister in the eighteth year of his age, who
every Sabbath morning takes carriage and
rides three miles away, breaches two sermons,
besides teaching class in the Sabbath
School. Writes one sermon every week His
mind is clear, logical, and accurate in work
ing well stored by giving attendance to
reading his chirography as easily read as
type cheerful, and industrious to a degree
that excites apprehension a true Berean in
daily reading of the word of God his piety
veiled with modesty and humility, and vet Of
most decided results these points in his
character excite your admiration and rever-
ence After honorable service in Marblehead
and Salem as Teacher, Superintendent OF
Schools, and Librarian, he was licensed to
preach in the 6Sth year Of his age. Withal a
Justice of the Peace, who with both Law and
Gospel solemnizes marriages as nearly divorce
proof as the modern opinions of affinity"
and development" will allow. He can clean
clocks, and show guilty cOnsciences how TO
repair themselves. A practical surveyor and
civil engineer, he surveys farms and house
lots He is bright bow Of hope before young
men a solid check against encouragement
and despair to maturer years and the realized
expectation of worthy old age. God bless
Rev Jacob Hood, of Lynnfeld Centre, of the
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,. - Boston
CoSsQTegdtiOnaIist
Year: 1871

DoN'T BE TOO SENsTTIvE.-There are some
people always looking out for Sights. They
cannot carry on the daily intercourse of the
family without thinking some offense Is de-
signed. They are touchy as hair-triggers.
Innocent persons who never dreamed of
giving offense are astonished to find some un-
fortunate word, or some momentary tact
turnity, mistaken for an insult To say the
least, the habit Is unfortunate. It is far
wiser to take the more charitable view Of our
fellow-beings, and not suppose a slight is
intended, unless the neglect is too open and
direct. After all, too, fife takes It's use in a
great degree from the color Of our own mind.
If we are frank and generous, the world
treats us kindly IT. on the contrary, we are
suspicious, men learn to be cold and cautious
to US.
Year: 1871

An impetus to general education is given
to the colonists at New Sweden, Maine, in
asmuch as no one is allowed to be married
until they become members Of the church,
and they cannot become members of the
church unless they can read and write.
Year: 1871

Where did you come from. baby dearf.
Out Of the everywhere into here.
Where did you get your eyss SO bluef
Out of the sky as l came through.
What makes the light in them sparkle and spin
Some Of the starry spikes left in.
Where did you get that little tears
found it waiting when got here.
What makes your forehead so smooth and high
A soft hand -stroked it as went by.
What makes your cheek like warm white rose
Something better than any one knows.
Whence that three oornorei smile Of bliss'
Three angels at once gave me a kiss.
Where did.you get that pearly ear7
God spoke and il came out o hear.
Whore did you get those ar.s7 snd handsf
Love made itself into hooksso,d bandit
Feet. whence are you. you dsrling things?
From the same boz as the cAerub's wings.
How did they all just come to be vou'
God thought about me and so grew.
But how did you come to us, you deari
God thought of von-and SO IN here.
Year: 1871

Reporter-The impression prevails
that you may remove such assessors as
will not register for selfish ends.


Govcrnor--I shall remove no assessor
except for cause SHOWN rs to his compe'
tency to perform the duties OF his office.
All who are at present In office shall be
continued except when satisfied that they
are incompetent, or indisposed to perform
their duties.


TEE LATE LEeisLArURl.
Year: 1871

resolutions offered and no committee appointed
to offer them and the candidates, in their briet
speeches accepting their nominations, made no
alluslon to political questions The idea of a


political assemblage making no reference to
politics is rather an anomaly The party has
started on its campaign without designating
the route it is to travel. The New Depar-


ture . has made fork in the road, and the
caravan is in doubt as to which one to take,
fearing that, which ever way they go they will


be sorry they didn't go the other way before
they shall have reached their journeys end.


They feel pretty sure they have a strong team,


but still they hesitate to depart-nOt liking the
new, yet they fear to travel the old road The


leaders see that the party is in q transition
state, so they compromised the matter by
splitting the difference, and they cOntrived to
split it by doing without platform Of any sort.
This ought to be satisfactory to all the party,
for it leaves the Bourbons and the progressives
each to take their own course This is as much
as could be expected at their first meeting after
the New Departure was put upon them. Not
withstanding all their " time-honored demo
cratic principles" against the BLASTED nigger,'
they see that they will have to take him along
sooner or later-in 1872 at the latest. The
Delaware Democracy has the same spectrum
before their eyes


But while the convention hesitated, the can
didatc for Governor is known to be New
DepartureSt lie 50 indirectly declared him
self in his little speech before the convention,
and his we'll known remarks to a colored Re
publican Suffrage Committee who called upon
him to present petition to Congress, while he
was member of the U. S. Senate, are still
fresh in the minds Of mAny. Those remarks
we're as fellows:


6 will present your petition with pleasure,
gentlcmen and advocate what you ask for
universal suffrage). aw in favor of universal
suffrage, and will vote for it. belong to the
progressive Democracy.
Year: 1871

Gentlemen We have been informed that
you have threatened to prosecute us to the full
extent Of the law for making and selling or
any person for buying or using our Stave peach
baskets, on which you claim Letters Patent.
Your advertisement in the SMYRNA TIMES,
May 3lst, is also intended to prevent the sale
of our Stave baskets by threatening any person
who may buy them with legal prosecution.


The peach growers Of this Peninsula have
too long used the stave peach baskets, and
during the last two years been forced to pay
entirely too high prices for them to be easily
frightened by such expedients as you seem to
think will prevent the further use of them un-
less bought of you, at such prices as you may
charge them, now that we are making a much
better basket, and selling them at lower prices
than they have been sold heretofore.


We desire, however, to inform you that we
are now making our stave peach baskets and
selling them in large numbers to peach grow
erS' who express themselves well pleased with
thGm' Our orders are daily increasing


II you desire to test the legality Of your
Letters Patent as claimed on our stavc basket,
you now have the opportunity. We will also
FURNISH yon with the names of one or more re.
SponSlbe persons who have bought our baskets,
against whom, we are authorized to state, YOU
can also institute suit.


Very truly, your ob't servants.


WORDEN Il EVANS,


SMYRNA Del
Year: 1871

AN APPROPRIATION TO THE COLORED
SCHOOLs.-The Board of Education of Will
mington have sent to the City Council COM
munication asking that thousand dollars be
appropriated to the assistance of the schools
for colored children. The Commercial says
The Board conceive that, under their present
organization, as established by the State char
ter, they cannot appropriate their funds to
the payment of teachers, or other necessary
expense, in any but white schools, and accord
ingly application has been made for aid from
the citY
Year: 1871

The article on our first page in reference to
the National Camp Meeting may perhaps
:" stir up the bile of some of our readers who
are advocates of these popular religious sum-
mer recreations.
Year: 1871

The Maryland Democracy, in addition to its
troubles over the New Departure" by which
its State Convention has had to show the
"white feather, is afflicted with local dis
sensions, five may judge from the following
extract, which we clip from the last issue of
the Easton .Journal:


Some people have an idea that the differences
in the Democratic party in Talbot are owing
to there being two Democratic papers here.
This is an error-there are three in Wicomico,
and no split in the party There is but one in
Queen Anne or in Cecil, and the party in
those counties are as badly divided as We are
here The trouble is that the party has the
"r1ag" -c0rn,, and until that is cured there is
likely to be splits and differences
Year: 1871

THE CoLD WEATHER-It seems like an
anomaly to speak of cold snap In July,
but "it is no less strange than true" And it
is as universal as remarkable From all Sec
tions of the United States the intelligence is
the same
Year: 1871

THE COLEMAN CHILDREN-Th best ap-
prcciated entertainment given in this town for
long time was that of the Coleman Children
on Saturday evening-there being no enter
tainment on Friday evening owing to the heavy
rain As dlamatists they show decided skill
in the histrionic art, and when their extreme
youth is considercd-the oldest being but lit
tie over tweive-thcir acting is really wonder
full And their performances upon the cOrnets,
banioS &c, showed them to be as skilled in
music as in the drama. The audience hardly
knew which to admire most. But the best
part Of the musical performance was lost be
cause the audience failed to encore them by
reason of which the youngest one, little Clara
failed to give her wonderful banjo specially


At the solicitation of a number of our citi-
zens they have decided to give another enter
tainment on Friday evening, when the pro
gramme that would have been performed on
Friday evening last will be gone through with
All who want to enjoy real amusement, hearty
laughter, and see remarkably educated chill
dren will doubtless attend.


These children, all girls are under the charge
Of their father, j. A. Colman, Of Phila., and
are taking short tour before entering upon an
engagement at the Chestnut street theatre Of
that city.
Year: 1871

The Notwithstanding two weeks
have elapsed since the terrible riots in New
York, the discussions of the press on the sub
ject are still continued with lively earnestness.
We intended last week to give short extracts
from the various journals, to show the drift of
opinion and the principles involved, but our
list was too long and our space to short. But
the gist Of the subject, aside from all narrow
views of religion or politics, about as follows ::
The parade was a matter Of right, not a ques-
ton of erpedicncy Not single journal, so
far as We have seen, deemed it necessary or
adVisably for the Orangemen to parade There
was little or no sympathy expressed for them
as an organization, while they were universal
lY condemned for thus perpetuating an old
European feud upon American soil. But to
have prevented the parade would have been to
surrender to the mob and strike blow at the
great feature of American independence
rights Of all men under the law. Gov Hof-
man yielded to the aggregate sense of the
American people and upheld the law-not the
Orangemen as such The rioters or Ribbon
men, struck blow at liberty, as well as at the
procession, and the soldiers fought for a great
principle in shooting down said rioters when
they endeavored to disperse said procession.
To have prohibited the parade would have
doubtless prevented the riot; so men have
saved their lives by surrendering their pocket
books. The protection Of the psraders was the
tm rodiment of great principle dear to every
Americsn-nsmely, the question Of the free
dom of the streets to all proceseions. 1t has
taught one portion Of the Irish element of this
country that the Orangeman is entitled to
the same protection in the wearing of his
orange-colOred uniform as the Fenian is in the
wearing of the green" The law knows no
difference between follower of William of
OIange and James H., and cannot be sub
verted to pandei to their whims


The Catholic journals, while they condemn
the riot, and commend the priests for their ad
monitiOns to their congregations before the
riot, are extremely laudatory of Mayor Hall,
for trying to prevent the parade and are severe
ly derogatory of Gov. Hoffman for suppressing
the riot The Methodist asks this significant
question:


Why any necessity for priestly admonitions
against such barbarons crimes among Church
communicants? What would be said of any
OF the great Protestant denominations Of the
nation whose people should be capable of such
things? Would not their clergy be held res
ponsible as having failed to train them Alright ?
The Baptist Church alone has larger popu-
lati3n .laa hatof the whole Papal communion
in the land The Methodist population is
larger by many thousands. What would be
the amaze ~ The public mind, what the
min -I- Of public opinion if either
of these leading Protestant bodies were ever
and anon breaking out in such public disor
ders? The American people now tacity put
this question home to the Roman Catholic
clergy, and justly demand of them such mora
elevation of their people as shall save the
country from these intolerable grievances.
Year: 1871

What good, kind person wants to
hold a child with a dirty dress on,
or kiss a dirty face? 1 am sure l
never saw one that did. You want
good persons to take notice of and
love you, don'tyou? Be neat. New
er go with soiled or torn dresses, dir
ty faces, or uncombed hair. When
1 was a little girl, 1 always
had to wash my face and comb my
hair before going to the table in the
morning, or go without my break
fast. And a very good way it is, l
think. 1 know little girls who
ever think of doing such think of
doing such a thing, unless they are
told to do it. If you are not tidy
when you are small, you will not be
so when you are older; and then too
if you are careless aboutyour looks,
you will be apt to get careless about
your actions by and by.


If you want to live in the King
dom of Heaven, you must see to it
that your hearts are kept clean, and
let no naughty thoughts detlle them
for only "The pure in heart shall
see God.'--CongregatiOnGtist.
Year: 1871

l was once walking with farm
er through beautiful field, when
he CHANGED to see tall thistle on
the other side of the fence. In an
instant he sprang over the fence, and
cut it off close to the ground. 'r


''Is that your fieldw l asked. a


'Oh no." said the farmer, "but
bad weeds don't care much for fenc
es, and if | should leave that thistle
to blossom in my neighbours field, l
should soon have plenty in my own"


l wish all fathers and mothers
with think of that. The evil weeds
in your neighbours field will scatter
seeds into your own. So it is
worth while to pull them up in. self
defence. Try to influence the little
untaught child to follow the tSood,
the true, and the beautiful, not only
for his own sake, but lest he SOW evil
seed in the heart of your own child,
in spite of all your careful tending.
Every weed pulled up in your neigh
bor's field, is q dangerous enemy
driven away from your own.
Year: 1871

"A Subscriber" Madison Co., o.,
wishes to pave his barnyard i'll the
cheapest manner. The paving OF
barn yards is a matter of great econ
Omy to farmer and it is 4 won
der that so great proportion is per-
mitted to remain unpaved. The
whole of the work can be done by
the farm help, land therefore 40 mon
ey need be laid out, The best ma
terial is cobble-stoDes, chosen of Il
regular size and shape, the best
shape being one longer than it is
broad, or somewhat the shape of an
egg, blunt at the largest end. Tie
yard should be evenly graded with
the plow, and carefully leveled, so
that the lowest spot is just where
the drainage is wanted, either in the
center or at one corner. Then, scoop
out of the loose earth q hole large
enough to receive the eni of the
stone, place the stone in The hole,
and proceed with the next-ram-
ming the stone DOWN partly with the
end of the handle where is the iron
ferule. Care must be taken to make
the holes deep enough to permit the
tops of the stones to maintain q reg
ular level. When a few stones are
placed, the operator should stand on
them ,and then the loose earth scoop
ed up will fall between them, filling
up the hollows and making all soliG.


When the yard is laid all over, the
rammer which is a round piece OF
wood as heavy as can be convenient
ly handled and shod with an
iron ring, should be used to
drive the stones down solidly and
firm, keeping a Level surface. When
the yard is finished, a barrel of wa
ter-lime may be procured, and thin
coating of cement brushed all over,
which will make it water eight. All
liquid manure may then be saved
and this item alone will soon pay
the expense incurred. With q yard
thus paved, and we'll Uttered in the
center, everything can be kept clean
and comfortable. There will be no
mud in winter, no danger, of cows
slipping and injuring themselves, for
the surface is rough, and gives 4
good hold for the feet. Hogs can
not root it up when turned out in
the yard,and general Improvement
will be experienced in everything ap-
pertaining to the barn and barn
yard Am. A gel.
Year: 1871

an innocent man suffer for me
About a month ago j committed .
burglary on a store in Broadway,
The circumstances of the crime are
curious. For. some time a pal Of
mine and myself had watched one
of the clerks OF the store and no
ticed his every action. He was
used TO close the place nightly, and
we remarked that he put the key OF
the place in a certain pocket. My
pal was an expert pickpocket, and
to him was intrusted the duty of
getting that key away from him. He
got on the same car with thar clerk,
and in the confusion. succeeded in
robbing him OF the key. That
night we managed to open the store,
and stole a pile o. things. But
something we had not expected
happened. The clerk from whom
we had taken the key was suspected
of committing the erobbery, was tried
and condemned to State prison.
Without condemning ourselves we
could not save him, so we let the
case go. But now ON my death bed
L confess to you as l hope absolu-
tion, that Louis Timian, who was
convicted of robbing the store of
Jackson & Co., in Broadway, is in
trust to you the task Of rescuing
him."


The priest heard the man through.


Will you make that statement il
writingP he asked.


The dying man, with his remain
ing strength, wrote out the account
as we have given it above.


When that was done he sank back
insensible, never to revive again in
this world.


When Purdy was dead the priest
fastened to the authorities and ex-
hibited the confession.


This was enough, but the law has
many delays. 1t was not for a whole
day that the authorities ordered the
release of Louis Timian from Sing
Sing prison. The order was com
municated to the condemned mans
sister.


With the officer of the court she
took the first train to the famous
State Prison. Her joy, her fears
were lndiscribable. She at last had
that in her hand which proved the
innocence of her brother.


She descended from the train with
the officer, and undertook the tedi-
Gus walk which leads to the prison.


In the hallway they met the su-
perintendent of the prison and ex-
hibited the order of release.


The superintendent gave a pity
ing look to the sister, and without 4
word led the way down the steps
which led TO the interior of the
prison.


They arrived in front of a cell.


" Is this my brothers cell?" asked
the sister anxIously.


"Yes it was this morning" an
swered the superintendent.


And saying this he threw open
the door.


A CHASTITY sight met their view.


Hung to the door of the cell was
the body of Louis Timian, perfectly
dead. He had committed suicide.


Such is Human Justice.
Year: 1871

A man who wished to buy a handsome
ring, went into jewelers. in Paris, and de-
sired to see some. The jeweler showed him
a very ancient gold ring, remarkably fine
and curious on this account, that on the
Inside of it were two little lions claws.
The buyer while looking at the others, was
playing with this; at last he purchased an
other. and went away. But he had scarcely
reached home, when first his hand, then his
side, then his whole body, became numb
and without feeling, as if he had had a
stroke Of palsy; and it grew worse and
worse till the physician, who came in haste,
thought him dying. "You must somehow
have taken poison" he said. The sick man
protested that he had not. At length some
one remembered this ring; and it was then
discovered to be what used to be called a
death-ring, and which was often employed
in those wicked Italian States three or four
hundred years ago. If a man hated an
other, and desired to murder him, he would
present him with one Of them. In the in
side was a drop Of deadly poison, and a
very small hole out of which it would not
make its way except it was squeezed.
When the poor man was wearing it, the
murderer would come and shake his hand
violently, the lions Claws would give his
finger a scratch, and in few hours he was
a dead man. Now see why 1 told you this
story. For four hundred years this ring
had kept its poison, and at the end of that
time it was strong enough almost to kill the
man who had unintentionally scratched his
finger with the claw; for he was only saved
by great skill on the part of the physician,
and by the strongest medicines. | thought
when l read this story, how like this poison
vas TO sin. You may commits sin now, and
for the present forget it; and perhaps ten or
twelve years hence the wound you then, so
to speak, gave yourself, may break out
again, and that more dangerously than
ever. And the greatest danger of all is lest
the thoughts of sins committed, and the
pleasure we had in committing them,
should come back upon US in the hour Of
death.-Dr. j. McNedi.