smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871




WASHINGTON, May 4-The President issued
the following proclamation to-day:


The Act Of Congress, entitled An Act 10 oyforce tho
provisions Of the Fourteenth Amendment 10 the Consti-
tuition Of the United States and for other purposes
proved April 90 A. ID. ls7 being law OF extraordinary
public importance consider my duty to issue this my
proclamation, calling the attention OF people the
'neh states thereto enioning upon all good citizens,
""u especially upon public officers be Jealous in the


oeneht thereof, and warning all persons 10 abstain
from committing any Of the acts thereby prohibed


LUG ID" oi congress applies TO all parts Of the United
states and WIN be enforced everywhere TO the extent Of
the powers vested In the Executive Put iuanuch as the
necessity therefor Is well known IN have bean caused
chiefly by persistent violations OF the rights of OF
the United states by combinations Of IawIcss and dis
affected persons In certain localities lately the theater OF
nsurrection and military conflicts do particularly ex.
hort the people of those parts Of the country to suppress
all such combinations by their own voluntary efforts
through the agency Of local laws to maintain the
rights of all citizens of the United States anG to secure
TO all such citizens the equal protection OF tAe laws
Fully sensible of the reepOnslbilty imposed upon the
Executive by the act OF Congress 10 which public aten
ton il called and reluctant TO call into exercise
any of the extraordinary thereby conferred upon
except in OF imperative necessity. do
theless deem it my duty to make known that I
will not hesitate to exhaust the power thus vested
the Executive whenever and wherever II. shall be-
come necessary TO do so for the purpose Of secur-
ing to all citizens OF the United States neaceful
enjoyment OF the rights guaranteed TO them by the Con-
stuton and laws 10 my earnest wish that peace and
cheerful obedience to the law may prevail throughout
the land, and that all traces of late unhtppy civil
strife may be speedily removed. These ends can be
easily reached by acquescence in the results Of the con-
fct written in Constitution and by the due and
proper enforcement of equal just and mpartsl laws in
every part Of country. The failure OF lLca com
munites to furnish such for the attainment of
suits earnestly desired, imposes upon the National
Government the duty of putting forth all rs energies for
the protection Of its citizens OF every and color and
for the restoration of peace and order throughout tho
entire country.


In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States TO be affixed
Done the City of Washington this third day May in tie Of Our


Lord thousand hundred sevntyone and Of the In


dependence OF the United States the nnety-6hh


U s. GRANT.
Year: 1871

IS already gradually destroying the resources Of the
people. No one seems to know what Is to be done. A
reduction OF the expenses is always talked of but
accomplished Here is the real weakness of the Empire
and the greatest source OF danger
Year: 1871

wise unto eternal life. He has the foundation OF
our actual acceptance with God. lie has the ioun.
datiOn or the lie or righteousness IN the soul. II
He all these then there followed one more IA.
ference-Jesus was the foundation not only OF
lie was OF necessity the foundation OF the
collected body OF souls that have been redeemed.
and even the Church. He was the corner stone OF
its visible organization OF It's ordinances and OF ITS
worship. He was the head over oil things OF Ills
Church, because the Church was HIS booy, MS
household. II He were all these to the Churcn ho
promised to be all these to the end.
Year: 1871

Dying alone
Because he is poor
Going through the invisible door


To the unknown


Al unattended


AL unbefriended-
No one to see it all over and ended,


Priestly or lay;
No one TO saw
Goodbye to the spirit departing to-day


Because he is poor.
Opea your doors,
Ye angels that take
Unfriended morials for chsritv's sake
Up to your floors;


Say, have We places


Where loves lighted faces
Shall welcome him, freed from the earth's colo


Where he was torn
By talons OF scorn-
Manfully borne
All night through, though ever more crying


Because he Was poor
He died alone,


Because he was Door;
None fingered or watched at the sad earthly
door,


For hearts are atone


Not one to ache


For his pitiful sake
Ali well thst the morning was only to break
----.F There by his bed
None at his head


= Save invisible dead
Who come in our places to watch, it is said


Because be was poor.
e see how it is
How it seems to me-
He treads the bright floors, which barely see.
And the Heavens are his;
His sickness, health
His penury, wealth
And bliss insupportable comes, as by stealth


From endless skies.
This is the prize


or one who dies
Unsunned in the warmth Of our human ewes


Because he is poor.
Year: 1871

Cape Horn Island is the seuthern-m most


extremity of Terra del Fuego, in south


latitude So deg So min. 1t is the south


ern termination of a group of rocky


islands surmounted with dome-like hill


out of which is projection like a straight


horn. But Scbouten, the Dutch discov-


erer, is said to have named Cape Horn


from Roorn, in the Netherlands, his


native place. The whole hill is bare


rock !; indeed, how could any thing,


even the lowest forms of vegetable life,
find root on place smitten as this is by
the waves Only the hchens, stealing
with seeming compassion over every form
in nature doomed to barrenness, succeed
in holding on to these rocks. The mill
| is about eight hundred feet high. its
base environed by low, black rocks with
not sign even of marine vegetation.
One line of these rocks looks like fort,
the seeming gateway, higher than the
rest of the wall, being composed Of per-
pendicular fragments. All along the
base of the rough hill, low, irregular
piles, like growth of thorDs and bram-
bles around boulder in a field, consti-
tute a fringe, as though nature felt that
the place needed some appropriate deco
ration, and what could be more so than
that which she has here given? For
long space toward the termination of
the Cape, sharp rocks stand up in groups,
and some apart, making a gradual end
ing of the scene, all in agreement with
the wildness which marks the region.


The sight of this spot, the landmark
of our continent, can never fade from
the memory of the beholder. Like many
a remarkable object, it is of moderate
size, its impressiveness being due, not
to its bulk or height, but to its position.
AT first you are disappointed in not see
ing at such a place something colossal
you would have it mountainous at least
you would have thought that it would
be columnar. Nothing of this you have
the disappointment which you feel. ON
seeing for the first time distinguished
man whom you find to be of low stature,
whereas you would have had him of
imposing appearance But soon, how
ever, you feel that you are at one of the
ends of the earth. Here the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans begin, the great deep
dividing itself into those two principal
features of our globe. Any thing monu-
mental, any thing statuesque, or even
here, you feel would be
trifiing. Like silence, more expressive |
at times than speech, the total absence |
of all display here is sublimity itself (;
you would not have it otherwise than an
infinite solitude, unpretentious, without
form, almost,chaotic. Around this point
it is IS though there were a contest to
which ocean each billow shall divide /;
here the winds and waters make inces-
SAINT war the sea always roars and the
fullness thereof. The rocks which finally
terminate the Cape stand apart, as you
see corners of blocks of build
ings where an extensive fire has ragged,
and the most of the walls have fallen in
but here and there shoulder of wall
overhangs the ruins.


We stood together as we passed the
asst landmarks, and sang:


Praise God from whom all blessings fow."


-ReU. DR.. Nehemiah Adams
Year: 1871

No particular possession, or condition


or course OF conduct, insures happiness


The rich pine over what, when poor,


they thought would be sure to make


them happy. He who il his days of


toll, has sighed for leisure. finds, when


it has been obtained, that the pains of


vacuity are not less than those of op-
pressive labor. Rigid adherence to par


ticular systems are alike found 70 disap-


point their votaries of the calm felicity


which was expected from them. But let


us think what sort of world it would be,


if only one particular tangible thing, or


one particular condition, or one particu-


lar course of conduct, were to confer


happiness. Evidently it would be a
world of utter sameness and languor, in
stead of the world of infinite variety and
incessant activity which it really is. We
may be satisfied, then, that happiness
was not designed to be the invariable con-
comitant OF any such particular things,


but to be temptation toward an infinite
variety of pursuits, and a perpetual ac-
tivity of our faculties. How otherwise
could we have been active beings ? How
otherwise could the whole of our facul-
ties have received employment 1t is
true that some things continue longer
to give satisfaction than others, and that
some OF the highest of our sentiments
and affections never tire of exercise. We
do not, for instance, so soon weary Of
bread, or sound animal food, or any
other of the staple articles of life, as of
the luxuries which are more rarely
presented. Nor can the practice of any
lofty duty ever appear less excellent than
a. first, but rather the contrary, Gas
streams their channels deeper wear"
But, while the reasons for their pecu-
harities of our economy are obvious, it
is equally clear that changes in diet, and
varieties of object and of employment
are necessary, in order to maintain the
stimulus of life. There ought to be much
amusement, and ample facilities for OBJ.
tanning excitenents of an innocent kind.
Mental laborers should endeavor to OBJ
tain occasional physical employment
Every one should endeavor so to vary
his employments, and so to mix them
up with amusements and recreation, as
to obviate the inevitable consequences
of monctony.
Year: 1871

WASTE PAPER-Never throw away
old paper. If you have no wish to sell
it use it in the house. Some house
keepers prefer it to cloth for cleaning
many articles of furniture For instance,
a volume written by lady who prided
herself on her experience and tact, says:
After a stove has been blacked, it can
be kept looking very well for a long time
by rubbing it with paper every morning.
Rubbing with paper is a much nicer way
of keeping the outside of a tea kettle,
coffee-pot and teapot bright and clean,
than the old way of washing them in
suds. Rubbing with paper is also the
best way of polishing knives and tin
ware and spoons; they shine like new sill
yer. For polishing mirrors, windows,
lamp-chimneys, etc., paper is better than
dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep
much better if brown paper instead of
cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned
fruit is not so apt to mould if a piece Of
writing paper, cut to fit the can, is laid
directly on the fruit Paper is much
better to pat under a carpet than straw.
1t is warmer, thinner, and makes less
noise when one walks over it.
Year: 1871

A BATTLE FLAG.-It will be remember
ed that the Germans lost one flag in the
late war, and that Menotti G1lribaldi tool
pains to inform his antagonist that it
was not taken in battle, but found
on the field covered with the bodies of
its guards. The Emperor William. has
presented new colors to the battalion.
on the ground that the loss "was one of
those lamentable events which are the
result of untoward circumstances, and
for which no one can be held responsible.
The flag was neither taken by victorious
enemy, nor abandoned by discouraged
troop of soldiers /; its position on the
battlefield, amid the corpses of its brave
defenders, bears honorable testimony to
the character of the men before whom
it was borne until the approach of night
hid it from the eyes of Its guardians.
Year: 1871

REPUTED CURE FOR SNAKE BITES
Mr.. Hetiodoro Ruiz, of Opin in Colon
bia New Granada reports to his gov
ernment the successful treatment of
snake bites by cauterization. That
country abounds in venomous snakes,
and their bites are quite frequent. In
all, this gentleman had treated some
seventy cases. His method is to drop
melted sealingwax on all the fang
marks, and he looks upon the result as
due not so much to the cauterant action
of the hot wax as to the complete exclu.
sion of the air which the adhesion of the
wax secures. At first the wax was given
internally as well as applied to the
wound, but that part of the treatment
has since been abandoned as useless.
Year: 1871

! CATARRH.


SYMrToMs.-In the early stages OF the dis


ease the patient may be annoyed with " only


slight dropping in the throat, as many


express it; the amount of discharge from the


air passages of the head at this stage of the


disease being only slightly in excess of health.


In some cases the discharge is thick, ropy and
tougn, requiring frequent and strong effort in
the way of hawking. blowing and splitting to
remove it from the throat, where it frequently
lodges In other cases, or in other stages of
the same case, the disharge is thin, watery,
acrid, irritating and profUse. The nose may
be stopped up from the swollene and thick
ened condition OF the lining mucous mem
brane, so as to necessitate respiration through
the mouth, giving to the voice disagreeable
nasal twang. The disease sometimes assumes
a dry form, there being very little or no dis
charge. In some cases the patient suffers
from headache great portion of the time, or
may experience a dull, heavy. disagreeable
fullness or pressure in the head, with confu-
sion Of his ideas, which renders him quite
unfit for business, especially such as requires
deep thought and mental labor. Memory
may be more or less affected, and the dispo-
sition OF those who are otherwise amiable is
often rendered irritable, or morose aud deS-
pondent The mental faculties suffer to such
extent in some cases as to result in insanity.
The sense of smell is in many cases impaired,
and sometimes entirely lost, and the senses Of
taste and hearing may be more or less affected.


The secretion which is thrown out in the
more advanced stages of Chronic Catarrh be
comes so acrid. unhealthy and poisonous, that
it produces severe irritation and Inflammation
which are followed by excoriation and ulcera-
ton of the delicate lining membrane Of the
air passages in the head. As the liberation
eats its way up among the small bones the
discharge generally becomes profuse and often
excessively fetid, requires the frequent use of
the handkerchief, and renders the poor suf-
ferer disagreeable both to himself and those
with whom ne associates Thick, tough,
brownish incrustatiOns OF hardened Jumps
are many times formed in the head by the
evaporation of the watery portion of the dis
charge. These Jumps are sometimes so large
and tough that it is with great difficulty that
they can be removed. They are usually dis
charged every day OF two, but only to be sue
ceeded by another crop. II is painfully IN
pleasant to witness the ravages of this terri
bic disease, and observe the extent to which
it sometimes progresses Holes are eaten
through the roof of the mouth, and great cavi-
ties excavated into tine solid bones of the face,
and in such cases only the best and most
thorough treatment, both local and coDstitu-
tional, will check the progress and fatal ter
mination Of the disease


Only a few of the large number of symp
toms which have described as common to
the different stages of Catarrh will be likely
TO be manifested at one time in single case.
Year: 1871

FRENCH ToAsT.-Beat four eggs very
light, and stir with them pint of milk
slice some bakers bread, dip the pieces
into the egg, then lay them in pan of
hct lard and fry brown sprinkle little
powdered sugar and cinnamon on each
piece, and serve hot. If nicely prepar-
ed, this is an excellent dish for breakfast
or tea quite equal to waffies.
Year: 1871

Mr.. Parsons, in his lecture on Paris
tells about a young daughter of the
keeper OF the Morgue, who is in the
habit of entering the room where the
dead are lying on the marble-slabs, In
the middle of the night, and passing her
hand over the clammy faces to see If the
jets of cold water, which are kept play
ing upon the bodies, were falling as
10y ought.
Year: 1871

TREATNe.-A party of gentlemen in a
liquor saloon disputing whether the
American system of not treating was
preferable couldn't settle the matter by
talking, and SO they went to work, test
ing the matter by practice First each
man took drink by himself After that
each single friend returned the comph-
ment. And finally each man in the party
there were six of them asked ali the
rest to drink When all that was accom-
plished, not soul in the room could
tell where the discussion originated, or
what it was about.
Year: 1871

Wedding tours have become as fash
ionable as they are expensive. As a
fashionable custom we protest against
them. Let all who can afford it enjoy
the luxury to their hearts content, but
let none in moderate circumstances, who
need thousand things more than they
do view of Niagara, or a week at Sara
toga, purchase claim to notoriety, or a
respectable conformity to custom, at an
expense Of from two to five hundred dol
lars, by spending a few miserable days
among entire strangers, amid the hustle
confusion Of hotel life, or enjoying the
doubtful luxury Of being rode on rails.


Circumstances, in this as in every ques-
ton, determine proprieties. But what
we protest against is the tyrannical rule
Of fashion. 1t has no right to dictate in
this matter. 1t may be that the fancy
may be licensed to treat with poetical
Indifference the ordinary affairs of life on
so inspiring an occasion as that of mar
riage, but we can discover no valid reason,
nevertheless, why common sense should
be entirely discarded as too vulgar or
material thing to be associated with the
heavenly bliss of material experience.


Admitting that marriage should ele-
vatc one above the unromantic things of
this world for time, we believe there is
return again in most cases to the vul-
gar things of earth, to labor, to duty, its
perplexities as well as its ordinary pleas
ures, 1t is not inexpedient, then, to be
wise in this matter. How many, how
ever, are slaves to this fashionable folly,
who have not the courage to break away
from it How many arc led into an
extravaganza in this matter which they
cannot rightly afford, merely because
some more fortunate, Cor we might say
in many cases, more unfortunate do SO.
How many, contrary to reason and good
judgment, follow this fashion, merely to
make show, for the sake of appearance,
which must sooner or later, appear to
have been false and counterfeit
Year: 1871

The Rural Ne1c Yorker has the follow
ing: Chickens are very often seen in
the poultry yard dropping and moping
about, and fually die before any atten-
tion is paid them; and then breeders are
profuse in their queries as to what killed
their fowls. One reason is that the chick
ens are either too highly fed or become
lousy. In the former cases the food
should be chopped eggs, bread and meat
scraps from the table chopped fine, and
let them have plenty of fresh mold and
road sand or gravel. In the latter case,
put some worm wood in their water and
grease the head thoroughly with lard or
fresh butter. In our youthful days the
first thing we did after the chicken was
out of the shell was to saturate its head
well with fresh butter. This precaution,
in our opinion, has saved many brood.
Year: 1871

Give your apartments expression-ohar-
acter. Rooms which mean nothing are
cherries, indeed. Study light and shade,
and the combination and arrangement OF
drapery, furniture and pictures. Allow
nothing to look isolated, but let every
thing presentan air of sociability. Observe
a room Immediately after a number have
left it, and then, as you arrange the
furniture, disturb as little as possible the
relative positions Of chairs, ottomans and
sofas Place two or three chairs in a
conversational attitude in some CHEEKY
corner, an ottoman within easy distance
of sofa, chair near your stand of
stereoscopic views or engravngs, and one
where a good light will fall on the book
which you may reach from the table near.
Make little studies of effect which shall
repay the more than casual observer, and
do not leave it possible for one to make
the criticism which applies to so many
homes, even Of wealth and elegance
q Fine carpets, handsome furniure, few
pictures and elegant nothings-but how
dreary !" The chilling atmosphere is felt
at once, and we cannot divest ourselves
of the idea that we must maintain a stiff
and severe demeanor, to accord with the
spirit of the place. Make your homes
then, so cosy and cheerful that, if we visit
you, we may be joyous aud unconstraiued,
and not feel ourselves out of harmony
with our surroundings.-Art ReVie.o.
Year: 1871

Let the business of every one alone
and attend to your own. Don't buy what
you dent need. Strive to use every
hour to advantage, and study to make
every reisure hour useful. Look over
your books regularly. If a stroke of mis-
fortune comes upon your business, re
trench, RETRENCH, work the harder, but
neUer Ry the track. Confront difficulties
with bold and unfinching perseverance,
and you will be honored, but shirk and
you will be despised Seek to acquire
the power of continuous application, with
out which you have no reason to except
success. If you do this you will be able
to perceive to difference which it creates
between you and those who have not
such habits You will not count your
self, nor will they couGt you, as one Of
their number. Thus will Gnd yourself
emerging into the higher regions Of in
tellectual and earnest men-MEN who are
capable of clearing the way and making
place for themselves, instead of stand
ing idly eraping, waiting for place to
come to them or for something to turn
up.
Year: 1871

What a strange disposition is that
which leads people to say "hateful,"
things for the mere pleasure of saying
them. When you have done your best
to please, and are feeling very kindly aud
pleasantly, out will pop some underhand
stab which you alone can comprehend
sneer which is masked, but which is too
we'll amied to be misunderstood. Just
half dozen words, only for the pleasure
of seeing cheek flush and an eye lose
its brightness, only spoken because he is
afraid you are too happy or too couceited.
Yet they are worse than so many blows.
How many sleepless nights have such
mean attacks caused tender heartel menl
How after them, one awakes, with aching
eyes and head, to remember that speech
before everything,-that bright, sharp,
well aimed needle of speech that probed
the very centre of your soul !-Household.
Year: 1871

OF all evils prevalent among young
men, we know of none more blighting in
its moral effects than to speak sighting
ly Of the virtue of women. Nor is there
anything in which young men are so
thoroughly mistaken, as in the low esti-
mate they form of the integrity of women
not Of their own mother and sisters,
but of others, who they forget, are some
body else's mothers and sisters. As a
rule, 10 person who surrender to this de-
basing habit is to be trusted with any en-
terprise requiring integrity of character.
Plain words should be spoken on this
point for the evil is general one, and
deep rooted. If young men are some-
times thrown into the society Of thought
less or lewd women, they have 20 more
right to measure all other women by wbas
they see of these, than they would have
to estimate the character of honest and
respectable citizens upon the develop
ments of crimes in our police courts
Let our young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
utter faith in women. No worldly wis
dom, no misanthropic philosophy, no
generalization, can cover or weaken this
fundamental truth. 1t stands like the
record of God itself-for it is nothing
less than this-and should put an ever
lasting seal upon lips that were wont to
speak slightingly Of women.