smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

You old brandy bottle, I've loved you too
You have been bad messmate to me:
When L met with you first was healthy
And handsome as handsome could be.
had plenty of cash In my pockets and
And my Cheeks were as red as a rose,
And The day V hen took you for better or
I'd beautiful aquiline nose.
But now, only look I'm a fright to behold,
The beauty boasted has fled,
You would thinkI was nearly a hundred
When Pm raising my hand to my head;
For it trem bles and shakes like the earth


when it quakes,
And whenever speak make awful mis-


takes,


Till every ones laughing at me.
The ladies don't love me, and this 1 can
To the loss of my aquiline nose;
Like an overgrown strawberry stuck on my


face,


Still larger and larger it grows.
And haven't a cent in my pocket or purse,
And my clothes are all dirty and torn;
Oh, you old brandy bottle, you've been
And I wish / had never been born!
You old brandy bottle, III love you no


more,


You have ruined me, body and soul:
I'll dash you to pieces, and swear from this


hour,


To give up both you and the bowl.
And III now go and ''sign' Il could surely
On that pledge all my hopes repose,
And I'll get back my money in pocket and
And perhaps, too, my beautiful nose.
Year: 1876

Rose saw whstdeadly pain and anguish
her words had inflicted.


Lutte, are you i'll n she cried, as
her companion leaned heavily on her
arm.


She received no answer save low
moan that escaped the lips of the faint
ing girl In whose heart was pain worse
and more bitter than death. She rung
the bell and in reply to the servant
told her to send Lutie's old nurse to
her Immediately. She was soon at her
side. She caught the almost lifeless
form in her arms and administered
portion of the contents of vial that
she had near her person, and of which
she said she had given before to her
young mistress when suffering.


Dreamily the girl opened her eyes
and gazed vacantly about her-a thrill
of pain, shudder swept over her, as
she murmured "Oh, Walter Walter
is it true, are you lost forever? What
hallucination has seized your brain 2"


With renewed strength she sprang
to her feet saying, i must see himi
will see my lost idol!"


but, Lutte, he is imprisoned; you
cannot see him."


Regardless of the expostulation of
Rose and old Elspeth, the girl sped
out of the house. No stop, no stay,
she knew not that she drew life 5
breath till she stood at the entrance of
the great prison.


Were l dipping my pen in their own
hearts blood, would fail to paint the
scene thatfollowed her admittance to
the dark cell of this victim of delusion.
Falling for support on the tall, manly
form of her lover, she plead piteously |
to know all but he pushed her from
him. saying go, false woman your
touch affects me as the coil Of SER
pent; twas you, your falseness, your
deception that brought me here You
love me not, false woman. Go to the
wretch that / have sent to his doomi u


oh tell me, Walter, wherein l
have done you injustice? Oh who
have you murdered? and why any
one?"


Ask me not who, why. You knew,
woman, how deeply, how madly loved
you, while you gave the wealth of your
affections to another, and laughed at
my blindness, my folly. In my heart
l cursed you both and not until he had
fallen at my feet was my vengeance
complete! Far sweeter to me are the
walls of this dark cell than the knowl-
edge of your falseness-your love for
that man whom you acknowledge pub
licly to be your accepted lover; but
now that Leon Leigh is"


"Oh, my God my God y screamed
Lutte, Il can bear no more. Mysister
is widowed by the hand of the only
man l ever loved Her young life and
love crushed by Walter Gray" With
the last words the strong man grew
weak, staggered, fell senseless to the
floor. She knelt beside him, but the
voice of the jailer called her away, say
ing the allotted time for her stay was
out and that the young man should be
cared for.
Year: 1876

The country is on the eve of a great
campaign. For fifteen long years this
nation has been governed by party
stepped with fraud and corruption.
The public treasury has been robbed
so often that new exposures create but
little excitement and comment. The
only way to put our government on an
honest footing, and to save it from utter
ruin is to hurl from power the dishon-
est and incompetent demagogues now
in Office, and to supplant them by men
whose character for honesty aud truth
is unimpeachable. The present ad-
ministration is powerful The Presi-
dent has at his disposal vast number
of lucrative positions, and every APP
pointment he makes will be with
view to perpetuating the power of the
Republican party. Money will be taken
out of the vaults of the public treas
ury and used for campaign purposes.
Government employees will be taxed to
raise money to be expended on the lg-
norant colored people of the South,
and every effort will be made to defeat
the Democratic nominee. 1t we can
defeat the Republican party everything
else will work out right. The present
Democratic Congress has already inau-
gurated a system of reform, and a
Democratic administration is all that
is necessary to carry it out and purify
all branches Of the public service. OF
late there has been some dissension in
the Democratic ranks which if kept up
will do our cause great damage, and per-
haps defeat US next fall. There exists
at the present time no reason for cavil
in the party ranks, and we hope that
every member will resolve to use his
whole influence in the cause of har-
mony, and that he will work early and
late to secure to .he whole people COM
petent and honest rulers. The coun-
try is now not only governed by cor
rupt but incompetent men, hence we
have a double reason for desiring to
see their complete overthrow. Let US
all put our shoulders to the wheel and
resolve to push together, and no mat
ter how heavy the load we have to car
ry, or how rough the road we have to
travel over, we will be sure to arrive
at our destination in time to secure the
crown Of victory. = BotoLiRg Green
Doo13ae1.0f
Year: 1876

There is nothing derogatory in any
employment which ministers to the
weIi-being of race. The plowman
that turns the clod may be Cincinnati
us or a Washington, or he may be a
brother to the clod he turns. 1t is
every way creditable to handle the
yard and to measure tape; the only dis
credit consists in having a soul whose
range of thought is as short as the
stick and as narrow as the tape. There
is no glory in the act of afiixing the
signature by which treasures of COM
merce are transferred, or treaties be-
tween nations are ratified; the glory
consists in the rectitude OF the purpose
that approves the one, and the grand
eur of the philanthropy that sacrifices
the other.
Year: 1876

DR.. j. Lawrence Smith, scientist
of Louisville, has been examining
under microscope specimens Of that
meat" that fell in a shower in Ken
tucky a few days since. He says
The pieces were examined carefully
under the microscope, but there was
not the slightest indication Of any
muscular fiber or other structure be-
longing to what is commonly Known
as animal tissue. In my mind this
matter gives every indication Of being
the dead spawn Of the batrachian rep
tiles, doubtless that Of the frog. They
have been transported from the ponds
and swampy grounds by currents of
wind, and have ultimately fallen on
the spot where they were found.
Year: 1876

Grant as a man, and as a leader, may
be politically deiunct; but the Grant
ism which he has inaugurated aud wa
tered with the tears of suffering mill
ions yet fourishes, and will continue to
flourish till Radicalism and its glaring
iniquities shall be replaced by honest
Democratic government. The moral
of this election in New Hampshire is
that Democrats have work to do to free
this country from the dominion of ras-
Gals. They must do it without finch
ing.-PiHsbargh Post.
Year: 1876

$50 he commenceth at clue, unravelling


its tangled skein,


And boldly speedeth on to thread the laby-


rinth before him."


Lutte Sea was not the only sufferer
on the night of which our story opens.
Walter had sworn to think of her no
more, but had found it more than diff
cult to Danish from thought the image
of one who had so long relgned queen
of his heart. Now he thought perhaps
he was too hasty; but no it was the
language of her own lips to her bosom
friend, Rosie Wealaud. 1t could not
be a mistake. Hence We find him
after a sleepless night of restless
anxiety in the splendid parlor of Mr..
Wealand.
Year: 1876

IMPARTIAL history will most GER
taiply echo what the New York Even
ing Post says ut is impossible to
believe" says that Journal, "that all
this wretched buying and selling OF
patronage could have gone on about
the President, upon the threshold of
his house and under his very nose,
without an unparalleled, an almost in
conceivable insensibility on the part
of the President himself"
Year: 1876

A North Carolina exchange tells of
a man living in Wilson, that State,
fifty-four years Of age, who never owed
a cent to living soul in his life, aud,
as the records will show, was the first
for the past thirty years to pay his
taxes to the Sheriff. Though black
smith and plow- maker by trade, he
cuts and makes his own clothing, and
when engaged at this work if there is
a call at the shop his wife goes to the
anvil and will shoe horse, brace a
pillow, upset an AK, or perform any other
jobs in the line with as much skill as
her husband.
Year: 1876

The Lynchburg Sentinel says; 1t is
but a few months until we are called
upon to select another General Assem-
bly,, aud it behooves the people to at
once be looking around them for the
right men. Many important questions
are bound to come before them. that it
will take long heads to successfully
grapple. The State is in bad fix, and
It is only through wise and judicious
legislation that she can get out Of it.
Year: 1876

WAYNE County (Tenn.) Citizen :
The late snow will no doubt be the
making of the wheat crop, and that
will reconcile our farmers to the loss
of their fruit. Another good crop
year would do much toward driving
away that horrible nightmare, hard
times, which incubus has so long do
pressed the energies Of our people.
Year: 1876

The Supreme Court has decided
that the federal election law, under
which certain parties were indicted
for interfering with the exercise of
suffrage of coIored voters, is unconsti-
tutional and void. 1t is understood
the court in Grant parish will decide
the enforcement unconstitutional,
thus affirming the opinion Of Justice
Bradley in the court below.
Year: 1876

At the University of Michigan III
ladies are now availing themselves Of
the right TO university instruction. In
the distribution which they have made
of themselves among the various de-
partments, there is no little significance
a Of them having chosen the law, AZ
medicine aud 66 literature and science.
Year: 1876

GREAT God Whittier are we drift
ing? Is there no secret place on the
face Of the earth where an honest man
dwelleth and money is safe States
man after statesman, official alter OH
cial, ok-keeper after ok-keeper
fall victims to the epidemic. They
even accuse honest BristOw of mule
stealing Robertson Tribune.
Year: 1876

A good story is told of Michigan
soldier in Virginia during the war
who was accused of stealing a goose
from farmer. He was brought up
far trial, and admitted taking the
goose, but pleaded in extenuation that
he caught it in the act of kissing the
American Flag, and arrested it for
treason.
Year: 1876

Surely if there ever was a time when
the people Of this Commonwealth and
Of the country needed to get down up.
on their knees before a just but com
passionate God, and to seek with all
earnestness TO return to a higher and
nobler level of living, the present is
such time. We have trusted TO our
selves and have proved our own weak.
ness we have leaned upon others and
they have failed us it is time to come
back to the Arm that is never short
ened, and the Strength that never
fails.
Year: 1876

The Hon, A. Fl. Stephens Of Geor-
gia, in an address before meeting at
Alexandria, some years since, for the
benefit of the orphan asylum of that
city, related this incident


"A poor little boy, one cold night,
with no home or roof to shelter his
head, no paternal or maternal guardian
or guide 20 protect or direct him on
his way, reached, at nightfall, the
house Of rich planter, who took him
in, fed and lodged hiIa, and sent him
on his way next day, with a friendly
blessing. Those kind attentions
cheered the heart of that boy, and in
spired him with fresh courage to battle
with the obstacles of life. Years
rolled round Providence led him on,
aud he had reached the legal profess
sion his former kind host had died
and the cormorants that prey on the
substance left by man had formed a
conspiracy to get from the widow her
estates. She sent for the nearest
counsel to commit her cause to his
hands, and that counsel proved TO be
the orphan boy, years before welcomed
entertained and so kindly treated by
the deceased husband The stimulus
of warm and tenacious gratitude was
now added to the ordinary motive con-
nected with the legal profession. He
undertook the cause for the widow
with will and a determination not
easily to be resisted he gained it; the
widows estates were secured to her in
perpetuity, aud" (Mr. Stephens added |
with an emphasis Of emotion that sent
an electric thrill through the entire
audience,) that orphan boy stands
before you tonight ~
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR HERALD


In your issue Of to-day there appeared article
titled, ''Quarrelng Employees" giving account Of
an exam nation myself before Justice Kilbreth at
the Fifty-scvcntb Street Police Court charge OF
felonous assault upon Night Foreman Vail, in which
your reporter Las mistakenly credited me with saying
that "va and Connors leaders OF ring composed OF
the employees Of this road and that any not In this
ring cannot hold POSITION longer than lew months
In justice TO Mr. Mchrbock the president OF the road
permit me TO that never made such a statement
under his management As TO the trouble between
myself and Vail have nothing to say J have given
nominal pail to the charge made against me.
shall press my case for an immediate trial, and tho
result will show that was perfectly jushape what
did. Yours truly, A. C. MAYNARD.


NKw YoRK. July 81, 1915
Year: 1876

The garbage question is at present in quo and
hostilites have ceased along the line Of operations
Captain Gunner last evening at bis residence
in East Finyhltn street, and he states that dirt
taken TO sea yesterday, and that present
he dumping al Neek's Dock, at the
base OF Gutenberg Heights, the North River
He stated that he would continue to dump
there Tor about week 10 come and tnen
would take the garbage, before 10 sea, believing
that further opposition would be made To the work
1t said that the German taxpayers OF Gutenberg
strenuousy opposed TO the deposng OF TINS kind OF
oa and refuse matter al Gutenberg and IL II bc
they will resist the work by force they insist
that will damage the value Of their property on the
HILL some OF which is quite valuable.
Year: 1876

Application was made in the Kings County Supreme
Court yesterday before Judge Barnard, for man
damus compel the Long Island Railroad Company to
trains on certain part OF the Southsde Railroad
between Springfield and jamaica The application is
made by Jethro W. Wheeler. commuter, who alleges
that trains turn on within fve miles OF the point
which the holder OF the comrutation ticket Is
titled TO ride. IL stated by tho counsel for the
railroad company that time table was In course OF
preparation and the trains would run over the entire
road to-day. Decision reserved.
Year: 1876

The colossal bronze statue of Humboldt,
which is to be erected at Fairmount Park,
this summer, has already been cast in
Berlin, and after exhibition in that city for
a few days will be shipped to Philadelphia.
The figure is nine feet high, and stands
beside globe, upon which the left hand
rests
Year: 1876

will pay a reward of s25 for information that will
lead the detection of the party parties that stole
the muslin carriage from my carriage one night
last week. NH 22-tf J. f. WORDEN.
Year: 1876

I wish to enter a protest in the name
of all nervous pc rsOns and Of the IN
iured little ones against the reckless way
in which many needless persons express
their love for children, such as lifting
them up by their heads, tossing and
catching them in the air, carrying infants
on the ir hands without any support to
their backs, and otherwise endaugering
their limbs or sen l have now IN
nv mind the case of man who was
rendered a cripple for life through his
fathers carelessness IN lifting him by
the ankles, while he was small child,
he (the father) having unfortunately
lost hIs balance and turned the childs
ankles In such way that he was lame
ever afterward. Two different persons
have told me that they knew, wa en- too
late, by their thoughtless play with them
they had seriously injured infants 10
trusted to their care, ore case resulted
in spinal disease and the other in FITS.
And yet it is a sight daily to be seen
thas of peole doing these things. Dc
give the little folks tender handling
Year: 1876

Let it be remembered that the manufac-
ture of beef is only profitable when it is
coupled with the production Of manure.
Both scientific and practical men are
agreed on this point, and hence the preser.
vation and perfect making of dung is a
matter of great importance. All good
buildings should be contriyed so that the
manure from the various animals accom-
modated may be we'll mixed. We have in
our thoughts a set of farm buildings,
designed with much display of scientific
knowledge in many respects but alas the
architect had overlooked this cardinal
point, and to this day the horse, pig, and
COW dung are all thrown into separate
heaps, there to suffer from dryness; or.
at best, to result i'll a badly-mixed or in
terior quality of dung. Stables and byres
should open into courts, over which the
litter from the horses and COWS should be
regularly spread every day. By this
means alone will good result be obtain.
cd.


The respective merits of boxes, byrcs
and fold yards for fattcning cattle in a
great measure depend upon the quality
OF dung they turn out. The box is econo-
mlcal IN the matter of straw, and will be
esteemed for this reason in suburban dis
tricts. 1t Is also favorable to the manu-
facture of good manure, as, being under
cover the litter is wetted by the droppings
OF the animal only. The byre is still more
economical Of straw but is not favorable TO
the manufacture Of good manure, owing to
the animals being tied up. Litter from
byrcs ought to be thrown out into courts
and trodden down with young stock.
Fold yards require much litter, as they are
always more or less open, and for this
reason preferred in rural districts, where
the value of straw is not yet felt.


Excellent manure may be manufactured
IL small troughed folds, with a considcra-
ble proportion of shedding. Cattle will do
we'll in any of these forms Of accommoda-
ton, but if tied up in byres, it will be
humane as well as profitable to have them
brushed and curry combed daily. 1t must
be remembered that animals thus confined
cannot lick or rub themselves, and that
they are deprived of the cooling effects OF
air and rain. The skin under these cir
cumstances becomes irritable; and espe-
cially where, as is often the case in byres,
dirt adheres to the animal, brushing and
cleansing the skin, and attention to the
state Of the feet, cannot be too strongly
enforced
Year: 1876

The following story is told of Baron
Rothschild of Paris "On q very wet and
disagreeable day the Baron took Parisian
omnibus, on his way to the Bourse, or Ex.
change, near which the Nabob of Finance
alighted, and was going away without pay
ing. The driver stopped him and deman-
ded his fare. The Baron felt in his pocket,
but he had not a red cent of change.
The driver was very wroth. 'Well, what
did you get in for if you could not pay?
You must have known that you had no
money! Il am Baron R-r exclaimed
the great capitalist, 'and there is my card
The driver threw the card into the gutter.
Never heard of you before, said the
driver, and | don't want to hear of you
again. But want my fare-and | must
have it, The great banker was in haste.
have only an order for a Million he
said, give me change and he profered a
coupon for $4,000 francs. The conductor
stared, and the passengers set up horse
laugh. just then all agent dc Change
came by, and the Baron borrowed of him
the six sous. The driver was now seized
with a kind of remorseful respect, and
turning to the money king he said: 'If you
want ten francs, Sir, l don't mind lending
you them on my own account"
Year: 1876

A physician in the Isle of Wightshas
found the hcming pigeon to be of great
service to him in his country practice. At
every village through which he passes,
and when his last patient therein is seen,
he writes list of prescriptions for that
village, affixes it to the leg of homing
pigeon, and dispatches it to his house.
Says the physician in letter to country
paper: "By this means, either country
carrier is intercepted starting homeward
from our market town, and the medicine
delivered by him on that very evening, or
my chemist is enabled hour by hour to
see his work ahead of him, and forestall
his dispensing necessities"
Year: 1876

W. S. L. Jewctt, who was formerly or
the artists staff Of HaYcr's weekly, com
mittcd suicide, July "a, in jersey City
under circumstances which bcgot suspicion
that he had met with foul play. A year
ago his father, dying, left him a fortune of
100000, and soon thereafter he separated
from his family. An inspection of the will
left by him showed that he had bcqueathed
all his property to the man in whose hotel
he came to his untimely end, and had
made no provision whatever for his wife
and family. a demand was made by the
widow for an investigation, but after due
enquiry the medical and police officers
testified that they could discover no
grounds for the hypothesis that there had
been murder done by any one but the un-
fortunate man himself. He had become
very dissipated.
Year: 1876

A case of indisposition most peculiarly
marked has recently made considerable
noise among the medical men in Berlin,
which warns us to be exceedingly care,
full in the use of materials painted green.
For sometime past a young lady passed
herevenings with working at embroidery,
when, in order to modify the light cast
by the lamp, she had placed green
lamp-shade over-it. The very first
evening she complained of headachesand
SO on for the succeeding evenings. The
hair of the young girl beginning to fall
out, "a physician was called, though he
could render no assistance, as he could
not detect the cause of the malady.
Finally the mother observed to the pa
tient that perhaps the green lamp-shade
may contain some injurious ingredients.
1t was chemically examined, when it
was established that the green lamp
shade contained a not inconsiderable
quantity of arsenic. The shade was re-
moved, and the young girl has since en-
loved good health.