smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

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Under the Ice the waters run.
Under the ice our spirits lie,
The genial glow Of the summer sun
Nha loosen their fetters by and-by.
Moan and grOan in thy prison cold,
River of life-riyer Of love!
The winter Is growing worn and old.
The frost IS leaving the melting mould,
And the bright sun shines above.
Under the ice, under the snow,
Our lives are bound in a crystal ring:
BY and by VIII the south wind blow
And roses bloom On the banks Of spring.
Moan and groan in thy prison strong,
KiveL Of lile-Tiver Of Ioyel
IheuiEhtS grow short, the days grow long,
Weaker and weaker the bond Of wrong
and tie sun shines bright above.
Under the ice our souls are hid,
Under the ice our good deeds grow;
Men but credit the wrong We did,
Never the motive that lay below.
Moan and groan in thy prison cold.
River Of Hfc-river of love!
The winter is growing worn and Old,
The frost is leaving the melting mould.
And tie sun shines bright above.
Under the ice We hide our wrong:
Under the ice that has chilled Us through:
on. mat the friends thar have known US long
Dare 10 doubt We are good and true.
l"an and groan in thy prison cold.
River Of Lfe-Iiyer of love.
winter Is growing worn and Old,
Roses stir jn tile melting mould.


And the sun shines bright above.


Il. d ButaS
Year: 1873

To THE REscUF.-Onu day last
summer my attention vas arrested
by hock Of sparrows flying about
the opposite housr in a very strange
manner. was curious to find out
the cause; ami on opening tie win
dow the mystery was explained. /
was sorry TO see that one Of the young
birds had fallen from its warm nest
which had been built under the tiles
Of the house. There the poor little
thing lay on the ground unable to
fly and the old birds unable to lift it
up.


\ fine bantam, which seemed to uu-
derstand what was wanted, walked
forward and cautiously took tue poor
bird in his bcak. He then mounted
an empty cart, from which be 6ew
upon the tiles and stretching his
neck out over the edge placed his
charge safely in its warm nest again.


In doing so, however, the noble
fellow overbalanccd himself and fell
to the ground.


He appeared frightened bnt not
much hurt. After pluming his feath-
ers for short time, be began to
strut about and crow, seemingly
quite proud ofhis achievement. And
well he might be.
Year: 1873

THE WoRsT PUNIsHMENT.-"You on
do not look as if you had prospcrcd
by your wickedness,' said a gentle
man to a vsgabond one day. II
hare',t prospered at it." cried the
man. at is q business that doesn't
pay. If I had given half The time
TO some honest calling which l have
spent in trying to get living with
out work, might be . man Of prop
erty and character instead of the
homeless wretch | am" lie then
told his history and ended by saying:
Il have been twice in prison and
have made acquaintance with ali sorts
Of miseries in my life; but l tell YOU
my worst punishment l. IL UctIg
what l am
Year: 1873

At the meeting of the Kings County Demo-
cratic General Committee last evening. ex5treet Com
missioner Robert Furey made speech denouncing
Senator Perry and the system OF al interim Commissions
provided for in the charter He said that he nad
tried to get a copy OF the bill with all Its improvements
and amendments but so had been unsuccessful The
newspapers had represented that Senator Perry was
doing all IN his power comply with the wishes OF the
people and taxpayers, Irrespective OF party poll
tcans while they knew that at all his secret meetings
with the Republican politicians be was patching the
chatter solely their Interest and not IN the interest OF
the people No better evidence Of this Is wanted be
said than in the matter OF these dd interim Commissions
schemes which wipe ont the Fire, Excise, and
other Commissions where Democrats have power.
He concluded by express NJ HIS conviction tBat Senator
Perry was doing very little IN tue interest OF the people
at large and very much in behalf OF the schemlng Re
publican politicians Mr.. Whtehl said that the manner
IN which the ward boundaries had been changed showed
how Senator Perry desired TO serve the people
The changes made 10 secure the election OF Re
publican Board OF Aldermen, and nothing else. Other
remarks unfayOrabe 70 the action OF senator Perry
were made
Year: 1873

The attendance at the SOmerville Art Sale
last evening was smaller than the night before The
trial OF the competitive plan in these sales resulted
In the withdrawal OF nearly all the hgherprced paint
ngs Below is list Of those disposed OF and the prices
Year: 1873

The meeting of the school board, which
was to have been held last evening, was
committee on ways and means had impor
tant matters under consideration, which
they found it impossible to report upon at
an earlier day.
Year: 1873

The address of a committee q cololed
citizens of Louisiana to the people of the
United States, on the subject of the late
election hele and it's results, is published
on the sixth page of the REPUBLICAN this
Year: 1873

TIE BLAcKBIRD CAMP - The camp meeting
which ia to commence August LIST. known as the
Blackbird camp meeting and about one mile
south OF the village will probably be the largest
ever held there Up to Saturday, sixty tents had
been taken, and active arrangements are being
made for the meeting.
Year: 1873

We call at tenton to our seidlitz Powders so uni
ycrsaly popular everywhere. They male up
fresh and pure every few days. and claim them IL he
equal to any in the market fully to the standard
To be good they must be fresh and pure, This il our
special claim, TO prove which they need only Ia he
tried. Don't forget the place To get them. at


FOSTERS DRUG STORE
Year: 1873

REV. HENRY WARD BEEoHER gave
his Plymouth Church hearers, lately,
an inkling of his ideas of future
life. He said:


ss / can conceive of men whose work
here is covered all over with faults,
aud unfit when dying for even the
better part of society on earth, who
can obtain entrance into heaven, and
though their place there shall be lowly
and there is an infinite distance be-
tween the top and bottom degrees OF
spiritual advancement, yet they will
rise with rapidity not known on
earth, into purer latitudes, aud the
rude, inchOate nature may always
have a starting point in heaven, for
there is room there for the lowest.
Like the seed forty feet below the sur
face of the ground, which never
sprouts, when the well Is dug, aud the
earth thrown out into the warmth and
under the showers, they will catch the
impetus of divine life and rise to glO-
rious Developments"


II Mr.. Beeeher is not more guarded
in his expressions of belief, he will
have the theologians after him. The
opinion given above contains a gross
heresy according to the established
teachings of the orthodox churches,
and it looks like reckless proceeding,
to give it utterance,
Year: 1873

We had visit from book ped
ding female last week. She was
alone in the world, and had no one to
whom she could turn for sympathy or
assistance, hence we should buy her
book. She was unmarried, and had
10 manly heart in which, she could
pour her sufferings, therefore we
ought to invest in her book. She had
received liberal education, and she
could talk French like a natives we
could not in consequence refuse to
pay two dollars for a book. We lis
tened attentively, and here broke in
with, a.j i


~ hat do you say? We're deaf"


She started with loud voice, and
went through with her rigamarole.-.
When she had finished we went and
got a roll of paper and made it into
speaking trumpet, placed one end to
our ear and told her to proceed. She
commenced: 8tT


81 am alone in this world"


''It doesn't make the slightest differ
ence to US. We are not alone; in fact,
we are husband and father. ALI,
though this is leap year, bigamy is not
allowed in this State. We are mot.
eligible to proposals" f.aia eal


"Ohi what fool this man Is" she
said in low tone; then at the top of
her voice, 81 don't want to marry
you. I-want-to-sell--a book /"
This last sentence was howled. ,


"We don't want cook" we bland
ly remarked ''our wife does the cook
ing, and she wouldn't allow as good
looking woman as you are to stay in
the house FIVE minutes. She is very
Jealous"


She looked at us in despair. Gath
ering her robes about her, giving us
glance of contempt and exclaiming:
Il do believe, if three hundred
FOUNDER was let off alongside that
blamed deaf old fools head he'd think
somebody was knocking at the door,"
she flung herself out and slammed the
door with vehemenee that awakened
our Office boy, who can sleep sound
enough for whole family. She isn't
likely to try to sell US a book any
more. -ffq.fFE st
Year: 1873

We publish below an appeal OF the
Democratic and Conservative State Cen.
tral committee to the voters OF the State.
We hope it will be read and its recon-
mendations energetically followed:
Rooms OF DEMOCRATIC AND CoNsERvA')
! TIVE STATE CENTRAL Con-,


LITTLE Rock, Feb. II, 1873.
To the Members Of the Democratic and


Conservative Party of the State Of Ar
| kansas


Fellow Citizens-The general assem-.
| bly, now in session here, having provd
ed for Il submission to the vote OF the
people of an amendment to our present
constitution, which, if adopted and rati-
fed according to law, shall hereafter ht
known as article s of the constitution.
and special election, for the purpose
Of voting on said amendment, being or
dered tor the third dav OF March next, We
deem it necessary and proper to give you
our views in regard to the matter


Although the form Of the amendment
may, in some measure, be Objectionable.
we take it on the whole to be an offer TO
remove from the organic law all causes
Of dislranchisemcn resulting from par
ticipaton in the late civil war, and, as
such, We think it deserves our cordial
and earnest support. And We would
therefore urge our people, in consdera.
ton of the grievous wrongs we have suf
fered in the past, and the hope Of better
times in the near future, to turn out one
and all on the third day Of March, and
vote {" for constitutional amendment.
The adoption Of this amendment we re-
gard as Of vital Importance to the future
well being and best interests Of our peo-
pie, without regard to party.


Let every voter, then, be up and doing
and GO to the polls and vote, and thus
wipe out at once and forever the last yes.
tige OF disfranchisement, which has been
such fruitful source ofmurmur and dis
content on the part Of the people Of the
state.


BY order of the committee:


GORDON n PEAY, Chairman


FAY llEMPsrEAD, Secretary.
Year: 1873

or all the outragcs yet offered the people OF
our state we think none can quite come up
to the Bill introduced into the Legislature to
put string OF counties from tho extreme
Western border Of the State to the far East,
in one Congressional District. The PROPOSE.
ton of the G0sette IS almost fair and IL, or
some thing similar, should be adopted.
Year: 1873

Twenty clerks in store, twenty hands in
printing office. twenty apprentices in ship-yArd
twenty young men in a village all want 10 get on
in tho world and expect to do 30. One Of the
clerks will become partner, and make for
tune one Of the oompositors will own a news
paper, and become an influential citizen one
OF the apprentices will become master-buider
one Of the young villagers will get handsome
farm, and live like patTiArch-bnt which one is
the lucky individual Lucky There is no luck
about it. The young fellow who distances his
competitors is he who masters his business, who
preserves his integrity, who lives cleanly and
purely, who devOtes his leisure to the acquisition
Of knowledge, who gains friends by deserving
them, AAd who saves his spare money. There
are some ways to fortune shsrter than this old
dusty highway, but the staunch men OF the com
munity, the men who achieve something really
worth having, good name and serene old age, all
20 in this road.
Year: 1873

The City Council, last evening, approved the
report Of the Committee on Law, adverse to the
increase Of salaries, proposed several weeks ago
and applying TO the City Treasurer, Clerk Of
Council, and Street Commissioner. In the
case Of the Treasurer At least this is an eminent
IL proper decision.
Year: 1873

WHAT few ladies made their
debut in street gymnastics yester-
dav, went through their evolu-
tiOns on the treacherous ice with
an agility and infinite grace Of
which the male biped is totally
devoid, but the stock of pannier is
becoming woefully exhausted on
account thereof, and few DAYS
more of ice will create a complete
corner in the article. Mdianap-
oils Sentinel.
Year: 1873

n COLORADO man, few days
ago, turned out his two horses,
tied together with Il rope around
the neck of each other. Tn next
day one Of them came home, drag
ging the head of the other. The
last heard of the owner he was
wandering over the prairie, say
ing he" supposed the id animal
was dead somewhere. That is just
like some men. They always
jump at conclusions without wait
ing for evidence.
Year: 1873

Frank d. Curtis. in his address be


fore the New York State Agriculture


Society, said several good things il


In regard TO farmers homes, but none


more to the point than the. following


III regard to the location and surround


ings OF the dwelling: "A house on a


hill with no trees around it looks


cheefless and unhomeIike. Have
grounds around the dwelling. Tear
away the fences they costmonsy and
are useless I mean fences shutting the
house up as if there was danger of It's
running away. Let there be not less
than one acre of door yard :; ten will
be better. Make a rich lawn of this
and cut the grass. 1t can be no waste,
but it viii be-a thing of beauty, and "a
thing of beauty sjoy forever There
need not be any loss to be tasteful :;
nature and beauty are Synonymous /;
good taste and economy can therefore
be made hanamsids to each other
Set your fruit trees in this enclosure
and dig around them with spade each
year, and top dress the whole, and
they will grow finely, and the grass
viii grow beautiful, tie children will
grow contented, the fathers and moth
ers as they grow old will grow happy,
the neighbsrs will grow to emulate
and excel, the township will grow at
tractive, and the young women will
grow up to feel that there Is no place
after all like Home, Sweet Home"
Year: 1873

Sheep are the only farm stock that
have retained or advanced their act


ual value in the market during the
past year. 1t is therefore for the
farmers interest that he carefully
watch his ewes aud lambs at this sea-
son. Ewes need better care than
wethers, and should be removed to
pens where they can be looked after
daily. As they near the time of lamb
ing, they should be again removed to
a warm, dry pen, and watched closely.
II the lamb comes weakly, it should
have mouthtul or two of warm milk


until iii able to suck. If it should
become chilled, let it be removed at
once, warmed and fed until restored
But there will be few weak lambs if
the ewes are ieI previously with good


clover hay, few roots, and a handful
of oats daily. No hogs should be
permitted near pen of lambs; and
the tanner and more gentle the sheep
have been made the less danger there
will be of the eve resenting any in
reference either with herself or her
lamb, and disowning it in consequence.
Year: 1873

What is a man profile }, if he hal
gain ,he whole word, and lose his Owl
soul 2


How poor will those persons be il
the eternal world, who in this lite make
no provisions for the waits of their
souls, and lay up no tresStres in heav-
en-?


What comfort will il be to a man in
hell 10 remember that in this life be
lived,fn mansion, and Jared sumptious-
ly every day:


Inasmuch as persons take nothing
with them when they leave this world,
why should they be SO concerned
about the accumulation Of earthly
treasures


Inasmuch as the soul must out-live
the body, why dare so many persons
show so much care for their dying
bodies, and no care for their immortal
souls ?


When persons come 20 die, how
much Will this earth with its tregsures,
pleasures and fashions be worth in their



Can persons diminish their gospel |
by refusing to hear the
gospel preached?


What impression dothose professors
of religion make Cd the minds of the
unconverted, who pay no attention to
and take no interest IN the efforts
which are made to save sinners?


What difference should it make to
any Christian how,er by whom sinners
are saved, If they are only saved ?


How much will heaven be worth, to
a Christian who will fad In eternity
that ht or she never helped sinner to
come to Christ?
Year: 1873

A WRITER in the Household advise:
ladies' who have iurs to cleanse, to take
nice Indian meal in large pan and
rub them with it-using no water
nothing but dry meal, and they will
look as good as new.
Year: 1873

Value of a Thoroughbred Boar.


A breeders circular says that ''the
thoroughbred pig, in starting herd, is
chiefly valuable IN breeding the COM
mon stock. By using q thoroughbred
boar upon the common sows, you gel
a half blood that does very well for
feeding purposes, which can be further
improved by selecting the best SOW
pigs feeding them literally, and again
getting a thoroughbred boar and using
on themss which, if practiced a few
years will produce porkers equal to
the pure blood. But grade or impure
males should never be used, as the
tendency is to run back to the scrub
The thoroughbred, if purchased young
can be had from s25 to $50 each. he
can be used one season, and sold or
castrated and fed, when he will OF
himself almost CT quite pay for his orig
inal cost


At first thought, to many, the price
for pure blooded pig may seem high
but, really, it is better to pay the price
than let your sows go to a scrub for
nothing Say you pay s25 fora boar,
and breed twenty sows. They will
raise, say, one hundred pigs, which is
a low estimate. The pigs then cost
you twenty-five cents a piece, and will
make hogs that viii weigh at fatting-
time one hundred or two hundred and
fifty pounds more than scrubs (which
grade pigs will do) on the same feed.
You have, therefore, an increase in
value of from $500 to 500 in one
year, with the price of pork at s8 per
hundred, and you have your boar left
Can you invest your money at a lar
ger per cent ?"
Year: 1873

The bold Independence We long 10 possess
: ahall be ours, II labor can buy;
And the thought Of this shall strengthen hands
+. And ever forbid us to sigh.
What tho from kindred We 60 fAr away.


Them we'll cherish and hope for the best;
To build up hOne Is the thought OF to day,


home In the beautiful West,
Year: 1873

In bis determination to reform his do


minion 1t Is clear that the Mikado of Japan


Is very much I'm earnest, and the latest


budget OF news from the East notes the


prOmulgatiOn of a number of laws almost


revolutionary In the radical changes that


they will effect. The oldest of these Is


that which does away with head-shaving,


sdpulating, however, that the tOp-knot


must still be retained. How the Orientals


Will take to this Is doubtful, and possibly
for the sake of the safety of his own head
1t Is well that the Mikado's regulation
concerning the heads of his subjects Is
made matter Of option rather than of
obligation. Turning from the somewhat
unseemly levity Of which this regulation
Is productive, we find in the reforms in
stituted 10 the police and judicial system
OF the Empire an example that might DOS
sibly be follower with advantage In cities
and States over which the Mikado has no
authority, and the fact that he is "ppsh-
Ing these reforms forward rapidly" Is not
a little to his credit. A reform which
may be misunderstood Is the law forbid
ding actors and wrestlers to exercise their
profession after January 1, 1876; but any
person who understands the kind of dra-
matte performances that take place In Ja-
pan, and who knows how brutal and bru-
taliziHg are the wrestling matches that
there occur, will not blame the Mikado
for narrowmindedness in his abolishment
of both-will only wonder that he has
granted the three years of grace.


The story about the Mikado and the ex-
plosive candles should be taken with sew
eral grains of salt. That native should
desire the death of this-from a native
standpoint--far too enlightened ana pro-
gressive ruler is by no means unnatural.
but that foreigner shouli attempt his
assassination Is extremely improbable,
as his death would be almost certain to
send Japan back to the state of semi-bar
barism from which, through his efforts,
It has been to large extent reclaimed.
and the good days for sharp foreigners in
Japan would at once beended. Probably
the most thoroughly Western of the ipno-
vations just introduced into this Eastern
Empire Is the law providing for the crea-
tion Of corporations. Undoubtedly In no
other way can the country be so rapidly
developed, but when japan has been sad
died by two or three monopoly railroads
1t Is possible that the Mikado NAV come
to the conclusion that the interests of his
dominion would have been better served
II 1t had been developed more slowly but
more honestly under his own immediate
care.-FOrnev's Press,
Year: 1873

beached and forbldding What sad history has
this shorel We ali know the story of poor Captain
Riley His story thousand times told would not
complete the history or misfortunes which the
inhosptable strand could relate were IL able to
speak. Besides the many, many OF foreign
vessels wrecked with their crews plundered,
stripped and hurried into the interior into hellsh
slavery, how many o poor Canary fisherman has
found a home far inland in calling servitude of
which we know knothngl The sea along the
coast swarms with fish, for which the Canary
fishermen have been bold enough to leave the
neighborhood or their own snug little isles. Glad
dened at heart at the prospect OF soon filling their
vessels, they approach close to the shore and
anchor, storm rises and the unlucky
mariners are driven on the beach by the cruel
waves where the Moors lie in wait to bind and take
them into lifelong captivity. While looking at the
serrated line OF sandy shore we cannot help fan
cying ourselves trudgng across that torrid extent
with blisterlng feet and backs with the remorse-
less man-drivers behind us urging US to quicken
pace with point OF lance and snaky kurbash. But
kind Heaven forbid the mlschance and speed US
on our way TO more auspicious shores


sorTHING TOWARDS SIERRA LEONE.


However, imagination Is assisted in the above
doleful picture by the fervid atmosphere through
which we move we steer south towards sierra
Leone. we are impatient OF tne slignteSt vesture.
The cabin is sufocating, for the thermometer Is SO
degrees Fahrenheit on deck we have the
cruel glare OF the ocean, which lies ruffle-
less all around. Sharks frequently
seen either side Of the vessel. l suppose their
traditions have deluded them into the belief that
here, more than anywhere else, man meat is
found. The Benin. however, disappoints them
and as we glide ahead their black fins are seen
cutting the water at random, while they are look
ing for that which we cannot afford them.


INsALUBRITY OF THB POSITION.


on the sixth day from TencrifIe, and the fifteenth
day from Liverpool, the Benin enters By night the
mouth OF the river OF Sierra Leone. and In the
morning the Lion Range ootrudes itself as the
thick mist dissolves before the light OF day.


one glance at the position OF the town reveals
the cause fits insalubrity TO the traveller. 1t is
placed in an amphitaeatral terrace or shelf Of
ground, with an immense and lofty crescent OF
mountain at the back OF it, rising TO height OF
1000 and 1900 feet above 1t. Between the
town and sea few spires and outlying ridges
prevent the full benefit OF the pure sea breeze, and
as the breeze does not always come from seaward-
when 1t comes from the interior-the town be-
comes steamy, muggy and vaporous; very hot
bed OF sickness and fever. Nature has pointed man
" the breezy upland above the t0Xu - tina sste