smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

in conclusion, we have this to say We
do not believe their is a legislative body
in the world that can turn out so many
men able to mature and perfect legisla-
ton from first to last as can be turned
out by our National House of Represent
atives which is so much decried by this
vain writer.
Year: 1876

MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. Feed lib
orally, work steadily and clean thor
oughly, Is my management of horses


My great trouble is to have the horses
rubbed dry and clean before leaving
them for the night. Where horses
are worked six days in the week
thorough grooming is absolutely essen.
tial to their health. The more hiyhl,
they are fed the more important it is to
clean them. Most men use the curry
ing-comb too much, and the whisk and
brush too little. do not myself insist
upon it, but believe it would pay al
ways to take the harness from the
horses when put in the stable at noon.
and rub them dry, washing the shoul-
ders with cold water, afterward thor
Year: 1876

At one Of the schools in st. Louis. mum.
bezs Of the pupils were in the habit Of
bringing luncheon with them, which at noon
they ate together. Among those who did
not 60 home for dinner. the teacher in .
particular room noticed little girl who al.
ways sat looking wistfully at her playmates
when they went out with their luncheon
but who never brought any herself. The
child was neatly but very plainly clad. and
the closest student in school hours. This
odd action Of the child lasted for some time
when one day the teacher noticed that the
little thing had apparently brought her
dinner. The noon hour came. and the chill
dren took their lunch rs usual and went out
TO eat it, the little girl referred to alone re-
manning in the room. with her dinner
wrapped up in paper on the desk before
her. The teacher alvanced to the child,
and asked her why she did not 60 out to eaa
with the rest, at the salne time putting out
her hand toward the package ON the desk.
Quick a. thought tho girl clasped her hands
over it, and exclaimed. sobbing. "Don't
touch il, teacher; and don't tell. please {!
it's only blocks" And that was fact.
Having no dinner to bring. and being
too proud to reveal the poverty q her
family. the child had carefully wrapped
up . number Of small blocks in paper.
and brought the package to present the ap-
peazance Of . lunch. II was nothing-s
mere ridiculous incident in school life; but
It was sufficient to make older and wiser
heads than hers feel snd.
Year: 1876




Sixteen years ago u wealthy Ipdanap-
oils gentleman had daughter who was
the pet of tho household and society
belle A young man. son Of another
prominent citizen, wooed the daughter
and, failing to find favor in the eyes of
her father. projected and carried II n
sucressful issue an oloprment The
young couple were married and located
in Texas. At the outbreak of the war
the young husband enlisted in Con
federatc regiment, and tho wife. dis
guised in male attire. enlisted in
the same regiment, and followed
her husband to the field During one
OF the engagements in which the regi-
ment participated the wife was wounded
bv n minnie bullet. and the husband.
still ignorant Of her disguise, helped to
carry her from the field In dressing
the wound the sex of the dashing
trooper was discovered and she was dis
charged from the regiment and came
North The husband was XII led in a
succeeding engagement. Her relatives
never forgave the marriage, and refused
to recognize the wife when she returned.
The father still lives in neighboring
county, aud is counted ono Of the
wealthiest citizens. while the woman.
now poor and broken in health. lives in
miserable little house in an unfre-
uuented alley OF this city.
Year: 1876

We never observed that the foreman
of our fire companies are particularly
profnne, says the Shreveport Times but
must infer from the following paragraph
we find in an exchange. that talent in
that line is ono OF the prerequisites to
the position


a clergyman at LaCrosse was elected
foreman OF u fire company, hut he
couldn't command the necessary Ian
guage and bad 10 resign.
Year: 1876

In order to facilitate the attendance o
lawyers at the commencement Of TIN
Law Department morrow, cases II
the Second District Court will be calle'
at halfpast ten O'Clock instead q
eleven
Year: 1876

DR.. Holland, in Scribner's, gives us
the following: What is the cure for
gossip? Simply. culture. There is
great deal of gossip that has no malig-
nifty in it. Good-natured people talk
about their neighbors because, and on
" because, they have nothing else to
talk about. As we write, there comes
to us the picture OF family of young
ladies. We have seen them at h0mf.
we have met them in galleries of art,
we have caught glimpses of them GO
ing from a book store, or library,
with a fresh volume in their hands.


When we meet them they are full of
what they have seen and read. They
are brimming with questions. One
topic of conversation is dropped only
10 give place to another, in which they
are interested. We have left them,
after delightful hour, stimulated and
refreshed and during the whole hour
not neighbor's garment was soiled
by so much as touch. They had
something to talk about. They know
something. and wanted 10 know " more.
They could listen as well as they could
talk. Te speak freely of neighbor's


LONGS and belongings would have
seemed an impertinence to them, and,
Of course, all improperly. They had
10 temptation TO gossip, because the
Ioings of their neighbors formed a
subject very much less interesting
'han those which grew out of their
knowledge and their culture.


And this tells the whole story. The
confirmed gossip is either always ma


icious or ignorant. The one variety
needs change of heart and the other
a change of pasture. Gossip is always
a personal confession, either of malice
or imbeciiity, and the Young should
aot only shun it, but by the most
thorough culture relieve themselves
from all temptation to indulge in it.
1t is low, frivolous. and too often q
dirty business There are country
in which it RACES like
pest. Our churches are split in pieces
by it. Naighbors are made enemies
by it for life. In many persons it de-
generates into a chronic disease,
which is practically incurable. Let
The young cure it while they may.
Year: 1876

Imagination has a marvellous eject
on mind and body. In proof Of which
good story is told of a certain Dublin
professor, whose special hobby was
good ventilation. One night at ho-
tel he was put in room with another
guest, and feeling the air too close, he
asked his companion to raise the win
dow Il can't raise it, said the guest,
after making several vain attemps.
Then knock out a pain of glass; said
the Professor; which was done. After
a while he got up himself and broke
ou: another pane, aud then he was
able to breathe freely and to sleep.
But in the morning it was discovered
that they had only broken into the
bookcase.
Year: 1876

In case Of ordinary sore throat, the
simplest and best treatment is the wet
pack, using linen cloth wrnng from
cold water, and over this knit or
crocheted yarn band, four feet long
and four inches wide. Apply this
two or three nights in succession, un-
less it is a very serious case, when the
pack should be kept on during the
day. If taken off in the morning
wash the throat in very cold water,
and rub dry with coarse towel and
with the hand. This will prevent
taking more cold. The more friction
used the better; let it be a sort of
squeezing of the parts so as to affect
the deep seated tissues. Sore throats
may be prevented by these means from
becoming chronic.
Year: 1876

Conclusively Established.


After dinner the boarders gathered
in the parlor and told of their expert
ences. Magruder, who is by big odds
the greatest talker in the house, took
about half an hour to tell the follow
ing story:


"At house where | was living last
year, in Thirty-ninth street, there was
boarder who excited great curiosity.
lie came from Egypt, and his name
was Wenyxter. One morning when
we were standing on the back porch.
he took three cornered seed from his
pocket and thrust it into a flowerpot
on the rail. In less than five minutes
it had sprouted about six feet high, a
stalk like q sun-flower. One of the
boarders hung his hat on it for Jest.
lie turned moment to call attention
to the feat, and when he turned about
again the hat was beyond his reach !:
the stalk had grown six feet i'm as
many seconds. 1t was still growing
when the boarders went down town,
and when they came back to supper
they saw the stalk up above the roof OF
the hOus;, with several twists around
the chimney, and sticking up above il
like lightning-rod, with the rash
mans hat still on the end"


"With one exception" said Mr.. Mag
uiiin, looking hard at Magruder, "the
biggest liar ever knew lived in the
same house with me on Thirty eighth
street, he came from Abyssinia, and
his name was Gigyxter. And l may
add that, present company always eX
cepted, he was the longest winded
man ever knew. Talk? lie would
talk by the hour and bore the boarders,
and after he had driven two men crazy
the landlady secluded him somewhat
by making him take his meals alone at
a separate table. Bat he would keep
up his clatter-lightning on the people
in the halls and in their rooms. and
when he had exhausted every body he
would GO to his room and talk to
himself.


Gone night the boarding house was
burned down. Gigyxter lost his life
and in saving two ladies who roomed
on the top floor | got the scar which
you see here. Maguflin brushed the
hair off his forehead, revealing a slight
scratch. Suspicion fell upon poor
servant who had been discharged the
day before, and he was locked up in
the TOmbs on circum stantial evidence
that looked dead against him. Bnt
after the inquest, enlightened by the
testimony of those who had roomed
next to Gagyxter, that he had been
heard talking rapidly for an hour be-
fore the fire broke out. the surgeons
again examined the Abyssinian' re-
mains and proved beyond doubt the
innocence of the servant, by showing
conclusively that Gagyxtcr's coniinu-
Gus talking had made so much fric-
ton in his jaws that it set his head
afire, the flames communicated to the
room, the house went down, and Gag
yxter went up, beyond q doubt the
Year: 1876

Aii-c, for the day Is passing,


While you lie dreaming on:
Your brothers are cased in armor.


And forth TO the fight are gone;
Your place in the ranks awaits you


Each man has part to play;
The past and the future are nothing
In the face of the stern to day.
Arise from the dream of the future.


OF gaining hard-fought field.
OF storming the airy fortress,


or bidding the giant to yield;
lour future has deeds of glory,


Of honor God grant il may):
But your arm will never he stronger
Or needed as now-to-day.
Arise. If the past detain you,


The sunshine ami storms forget;
No chains so unworthy to hold you
As those of a vain regret.
Sad or bright she is lifeless ever:
Cast her phantom arms away,
Nor look back. save to learn the lesson
Of nobl>r strife 10. day.
Arise, for the hour is passing;


The sound that you dimly hear
Is your enemy marching to battle
Rise, rise, fer the foe is near,
Stay not to brighten your weopcnS.
Or the hour rwill strike at last,
And IRON dreams OF coming battle,
You will waken and find it past
Year: 1876

SPEARS to me you've got a putty
slim fire. Mirandy," said a spindling
youth the cother night, as he sat in
front of the fire place by the side of a
buxom young lady, who had no earth
ly use for him. '.Yes," she said, as
she wickedly looked at the floor be-
hind him 'Its about all yon and the
fire can do between you to get up a
respectable shadow"
Year: 1876

DIDN'T LIKE THAT ELBowISG.-
Awful Gardiner" MAS once . we'll
known pugilist and sporting character
IN New York. On one occasion he
went to Newark with select party"
To give q sparring exhibition. The ne
gro who had charge of the hall where
the show WAS To take place was Of g.
gantic stature, and one OF the party
wagered bottle of wine that Awful
Gar liner" could not knock the negro
down with his fist. They all VISITED in
the hall for the coming of the sable jan
itor with lights. lie approached with
. candle shaded in his hands, and, as he
came within arms reach. the Awful
measured him. and strack square from
the shoulder, The negro hardly wine-
ed He simply turned his head round
towards the pugilis.s and said. Gem
men; please be . little car'ful ob yer
elbows"
Year: 1876

MOTHERS can secure health for their children and rest for themselves by the use of Casto1ia, perfect substitute for Cas- tor Oil. It is absolutely harmless, and is as pleasant to take as honey. For Wind Collie. Sour Stomach, Worms or nothing in existence hke it. It is certain, it is speedy. it is cheap.
Year: 1876

Mir. Moulton very properly objects to a trial before the Scandal Commission pro- posed by the the Advisory Council.

 He says, you need. not ask why do not go before Che commission contrived by your partisans in and out of the Advisory Council. The issue now is, did you com init perjury, or did and my wife commit perjury at the trial in the City Court? I and those rdearesEetom me have as deep an interest in the proper decision of that question as you have. If my picked friends were to institute tribunal to de- cidesit, you would properly distrust it's impartiality and refuse to go before it. Your picked friends have instituted such tribunal, and I las properly distrust its impartiality and decline it's judgment The spiders parlor does not look inviting to the fly. If college professors and doc tors of divinity do not see the validity of my distrust. the sane and fair men who love justice and seek for the truth do see it.

 Mir. Moulton offers to try his case with Mir. Beecher at once, with no technical ob- iections to evidence, and before jury to be selected by ex-President Woolsey, of Yale College, or in several other ways he proposes. @ ..

 Saturdays Tribune has report of the changes in the New York churches this season. There has been a considerable reduction in prices and more than the usu- al number of changes in consequence. The luxury of good music suffers retrench- ment as well as other luxuriss in these hard times. There is super abundance of skilled talent, especially among female singers. We fear, too. that the fervent piety of Mir. Sankey is blinding many to the lamentable poverty of his music. Competent judges tell us that his melo- dies fall far short of the musical merit of the so-called negro songs, so popular a generation since, and most of which are now forgotten.

 The Tribune gives the following amus- ing of the first of a series of evening con- tests for the position of leading soprano in Dr. Chapin's church:

 AbOub OO euCCcCuCu HI OUIdiu' Ing the opportunity for practical trial in the church. The announcement of the first evenings test was answered by a crowded house, and when the request was made that all those desiring to take part in the contest should remove from the body to the gallery of the church, nearly the entire congregation arose, and with rolls of music marched to the rapid beat. ings of their own hearts to the seats above. For three hours the panorama of sopranos passed over the musical disk with one en- ervated organist and two alternating blow boys in the background. Angels ever bright and fair" appeared to be the favor ite selection, and when it came to the words, "take, O take me-" which were de- livered with all the pathos demanded by the text, it appeared direct and touching appeal to the hearts and pockets of the committee.
Year: 1876

JOHN GOODE is almost as sharp as his
friend Tilden in his efforts at reform. A
very funny story is told of Goodies efforts
in fixing up the economical appropriations
for his district. Goode conceived the idea
of obtaining an appropriation for marine
light at the mouth of the Nansemond river
for the benefit of some of his Democratic
constituents. He called upon the proper
departmental authority for an estimate for
the cost Of light at that point. He was
informed that there was no commerce there
that would authorize light, and no danger
to commerce commensurate with the cost
of erecting one. He then wished to know
what would be the estimate for a light
there, if one were needed. He was told
about $500 Now, said Goode, just
state that on paper, or words to that effect
The official then wrote line to Mr.. Goode
stating that, agreeable to his request, he
would state that such light as he suggest
ed at the mouth of the Nansemond would
probably cost S15, 900, but added to the
effect that the bureau did not recommend a.
light as necessary at that point. Armed with
this letter, Mr.. Goode wended his way to the
Capitol, intent upon serving the interests
of his constituents in his most patriotic and
economical manner. When the appropris-
tions for light houses were under consider
alton some Southern member moved an
amendment for range lights in a certain
harbor, and produced and had read at the
Clerks desk an estimate and recommends
tion from the proper board for their erec-
tion. His amendment passed, and Mr..
Goode, seeing his opportunity, arose in his
place, and stated that he wished small
appropriation of only $4,000 for light
at the mouth of the Nansemond. He
added that he also had letter from the
board regarding il, but that he would no
trouble the House with having 1t read at
that time. His little appropriation was
ground through under this false pretense,
and he is lauded to the skies all over his
district as the very pattern of honesty and
reform, as well as one Of Sam Randall's
economical body guard.
Year: 1876

make American freemen too much in earnest
too much interested in the result-to allow
these stage tricks any weight. There was
time when a game of this kind might have
been played, but 1t is too gauzy now to win.


There are many fair-minded Democrats who
neither like the nomination of Tilden or the
manner in which It was obtained, and who do
not hesitate to speak out in meeting. Among
them is Representative John Hancock, OF
Texas, who is one Of the fairest and most hon
orable of the Democrats in the present House
of Representatives, who few days ago stated
publicly in the city of Austin to his Democratic
friends that Samuel j. Tilden bought his nomi-
nation at st. Louis. At the beginning of the
war the rebels found they could buy Twiggs
and many of the officers of the army in the
South, but when the proposition was made to
the private soldiers they to man refused on
any consideration to raise their hand against
the old flag. Mr.. Tilden may be able to pack
conventions as at st. Louis and New York,
but he cannot corrupt the great mass Of
American voters.
Year: 1876

Tflden is in tight place In the matter of
his income tax. Suppose the party bitches up
Hendricks mules and give him pull.


p Gold was down to 1O9ss yesterday. If the
greentack men do not hurry up resumption
will be upon them unawares, and then what
will they do to "saye the countryl"


Pm. B. Young says: ttIt Is an act of great
forbearance to permit Republican to reside
in the South" And yet we are told that
there are no political prejudces in that section,
and that all talk of ostracism of Union men is
but 'Rsdical lies"


The deposition of the Sultan Mourad Khan,
and the placing of Hamid upon the throne of
Turkey yesterday, may give q new color to
the condition of affairs in the East. A few
days will now, probably, determine whether
the war is to be continued.


In the New York Democratic Convention on
Wednesday, the pegsigot little loose and a
bitter feeling was manifested against Mr..
Dorsheimer when his name was offered as a
candidate for Governor, but the thing was
fixed up during the night, and yesterday he
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor "by
ecclamation," clint nse enthusiasm" &c.
Somehow Democratic machinery does not run
well this year.


The fatal result Of the brutal prize fight at
Penn Grove yesterday-the open defiance OF
tie sheriff by the mob of roughs who accom-
parted the principal bruisers, the desertion
of the dying man and the shocking bar
barity of the whole affair-will doubtless
have the effect to make prize fights unpopular
for q time. Jersey justice is made of stern
stuff, and it is to be hoped that it may have to
deal with many of the participants of yester-
days "sport." --


1t is intimated that the declination and sub
sequent acceptance of the nomination for the
Goyernorship of New York, by Mr.. Seymour,
was like the doubt thrown upon the accept-
ance of the second place on the national ticket
by Hendricks, only little by-play to give more
effect to the deHousneat. The issues involved
Year: 1876

SLIGHTLY SARcAsTTo.-Th printing busi
ness is the most fascinating and enhancing
occupation that man can follow for liveli
hood. 1t is not only an exceedingly pleas
ant and higly respectable calling, but, also, q
very lucrative employment. Large fortunes
are being continually realized by newspaper
publishers without the slightest effort. and
take il oil in all, it is the easiest way to gain
subsistence one can fnd. Printing debts
are almost selfcolectable. You never have
to ask for your pay only once. Everybody
is so kind and thoughtful that it is no trick
at all to gather in your stamps Buy print
ing office and learn for yourself how truth.
full arc these remarks
Year: 1876

The London Builder recommends, people
who transplant trees to mark the north side
of each tree with chalk before it is taken up,
and replace it in its natural position. A
larger proportion will live; ne in ignoring this
law of nature transplanted trees generally
tneriah
Year: 1876

The Republican nominee for the Vice
Presidency Is we'll, IL not favorably,
known in Louisiana In connection with
the Wheeler adjustment. We have now
no quarrel with those of our fellow-citi-
sens who, driven literally to despair,
accepted that adjustment 10 the hope Of
obtaining some relief for their unfortu-
nate State. Mr.. Wheeler, however, and
the other Republican members Of his
committee who had been among US and
through searching investigation, sat
isf1ed themselves Of the, fact that the
Radical party had been beaten In the
election, and, who, instead OF using
their influence to obtain justice
for us, forced us to accept
Legislature constituted through
means unknown to the laws Of this or
any other free country, gathered, It
seems to US, little else than an unenvi-
able notoriety In the transaction. Mr..
wheeler was perfectly satisfied Of the
faet that the Democrats and Conserva-
tiveo had carried the State In 1874, but
he had not the courage and manliness
to-6onounce the Ubiquitous means by
which his party obtained possession Of
the Legislature, and he forced US to
choose between submission to the De
Trobriand- Hahn fraud, or the accept
ance Of . Legislature preferable. by far,
In its personnel, but not less violative
n its organization Of sound constitu-
tional principles than the other. This
fact is creditable neither to the states
manship, honor nor patriotism Of Mr..
Wheeler, and It seems to US such a man
10 little likely to reflect credit upon the
second Office in the Republic.


Our enemies may fancy that the can
didacy OF Wheeler may in some way
revive the dissensions which the COM
promise caused In the ranks Of the Lou
isiana Democracy. But they are mis-
taken. The compromise belongs to the
history OF 1875, not to the politics OF
1876. That question was settled in the
January convention and will not be
again revived to disturb the vigorous
and harmonious movement Of the Dem
ocratic Conservative organization, bent
now only upon the redemption OF Lou
Ysiana.
Year: 1876

All OF the Congressional Committee
left the city yesterday afternoon for
Washington over the Mobile line. The
affable and popular local agent, Col.
Dan Wilson, sent them off with all the
comforts with which this splendid route
provides its passengers.
Year: 1876

.ion, showing that on a certain day in 1858
there was SO much money in the West
Virginia treasury, when, as . matter OF
fact, there was not and never had been
such an amount Of money in the West
Virginia treasury.


But enough Of this subject for to-day.
We are not done with 1t however. In
the meantime the reason is now quite
apparent to the public why the Wheeling
Register would not agree to pay the ex-
penses Of theIproposed investigation.