smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

There Is a flavor of the wisdom of the SER
pent if not of the harmlessness of the dove
about the reflections of o veteran Democrat,
which are reported to-day in our Philadelphia
letter. His ideas as to the course of the Dem
ocrats in the pending important campaigns
are more polite than honest, but there is too
much reason to believe that they find favor
with many of the leaders of the party in
States whose position on the currency question
is yet matter of doubt. Looking into the
future, the veteran calls the roll of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Presidency, and finds
a pitiably long list of killed and wounded,
although the contest on the currency question
is hardly begun. Like many other shrewd
observers, he finds Gov. Tilden the least in
numbered and best equipped candidate as yet
in the field.
Year: 1875

Our Aldermen still keep under discussion the
much needed improvement of the water mains,
and hesitate about authorizing pipes to be laid
which will give larger supply. This is not
a mere question of convenience, great as is
the annoyance caused by deficiency of water
in the upper stories of buildings in many
parts of the city. The danger of want Of
sufficient water to extingllish a great fire in
these districts, where the main pipes are not
over six inches diameter is, just now, the
more imperative consideration. The chief OBJ
lection made yesterday in the Board to the
proposed improvement was on the ground that
the Croton Aqueduct Department is swayed by
political influence. Oh, virtuous City Fathers,
have you ever been so free from such influence
that you can safely throw stones at your neigh
bors9
Year: 1875

The meeting of the friends of initiation at
the Cooper Union last evening was great in
numbers but will be likely to give very little
encouragement to the advocates of soft money
in Pennsylvania and Ohio, to stimulate and
cheer whom the demonstration was cOntrived.
None of the prominent speakers who were
announced came, and the element of
dissent and dissatisfaction was about
as prominent in the multitude of hear
ers as was that of enthusiasm. The resO-
lutions, which were emphatic enough in their
alteration of the rag-mOney idol to satisfy
even Gov. Allen, were not adopted without
vOciferous cries of negatiOn, and the
people who had gone to the Cooper
Union expecting to hear Wendell Phillips,
BENJAMIN F. Butler and other conspicuous
apostles of initiation were very much disap-
pointed in the quality of the Oratory which
was vOuchsafed to them. They found little con-
ISOLATION In letter from Mr.. Phillips, in which
he thinks to cOnfound the supporters of sound
currency with a quotation from Greville's
Memoirs. 1t is about as likely, however that
this brief letter of his will affect public senti-
ment, as that the result of the demonstration
of last night will be the turning of the
masses OF New-YOrk to the false gods Of in
I,ti.,
Year: 1875

Dissolve a teaspoonful of alum in q
quart of warm water; when cold stir
10 as much -four as will make it like
thick cream beat up ali the Jumps,
then stir in as much powdered rosin
as will lay on dime, then throw in
IL dozen cloves to give pleasant odor
and prevent souring. Have on the
fire tea cup full of boiling water,
pour the -four mixture into it, stirring
we'll; in few minutes it will be as
thick as mush, then pour it into an
eArthen or china vessel, let it cool,
cover and put in a cool place. When
needed for use take out a portion and
soften down with warm water. Paste
thus made will last twelve months,
aud is better than gum.
Year: 1875

| saw wife pull out the bottom drawer OF the
old family bureau this evening, and go softly
out. She wandered up and down, until |
knew she had shut it up and gone to her sew.
ing. We have some things laid away in that
drawer which the gold of kings could not buy,
and yet they are relies which greve us until
both our hearts are sore | haven't dared
look at them for year, but remember each
article. There are two worn Shoes a little
chip hat with part of the brm gone, some
stockings, pants, coat, two or three spOols
bits OF broken crOckery, whip, and several
toys. Wlfs-poOr thing!-gOsS to that drawer
every day of her life and prays over it, and
lets her tears fall upon the precious articles :;
but | dare not 60! Sometimes we speak of
little Jack but not often. 1t has been long
time; but somehow We can I get over grieving.
lie was such burst of sunshine into our lives
that his going away has been like covering our
everyday existence with pail. Sometimes,
when we sit alone of an evening" writing
aud wife sewing-a child on the street will call
| out our boy used to; and we will both start
up with beating hearts and a wild hope, only
to find the darkness more of a burden than
everl


All is still and quiet now. look up at the
window whore his blue eyes used to sparkle al
my coming; but he is not there | listeu for
his patterlng feet, his merry shout, and hi,
| ringing laugh; but there is no sound. There
is no one to climb over my knees, no one e
search my pockets and tease me for presents
aud | never find the chairs turned over, tt,
broom down, nor rOpos tied TO the door. knobs
| want some one TO tease me for my knife
to ride on my shoulder; to lose nay axe; t
follow me to the gate when 20 out, and t.
be there when | come in to call good night
from the little bed, now empty. And vile, sh
misses him still more. Here are no little fee
to wash; no prayers to say and no voic
teasing for lumps Of sugar, or sobbing with tn
pain of hurt toe She would give her ow


lite, almost, to awake at midnight aud loo
across to the crib, aud see our boy there as b
used to be


so, we preserve our relics and, when W
are dead, We hope that strangers will handl
them tenderIy, even if they shed no tears owe
them!
Year: 1875

The WAR.WAsTE OF LIFE-Since the erea-
ton of the world, fourteen thousand millions of
human beings have fallen in the battles which
man has waged against his fellow creature
msn. If this amazing number of men we're to
hold each other by the hand, at arms length,
they would extend over fourteen millions, five
hundrsd and eighty-thres thousand, .hree hun
dred and thirty-thrse miles of ground, and
would eneirele the globe on which We dwell six
hundred and eight timesl IF We allow the
weight of a man to be, on an average, one hun
dredweight, land that is below the mark we
shall come to the conclusion that six million
two hundred and Gfty thousand tons of human
flesh have been mangled, disfgured, gsshed,
aud trampled under foot The calculation will
appear more striking when we state that, if
ouiy the forefngers OF every one Of those four
teen thousand millions Of human beings we're
laid ina straight line, they would reach more
than six hundred Thousand miles beyond the
moon and that if person were to undertake
to count tue number-allowing nineteen hours
day, and seven days to a week-at the rate
of six thousand per hour, it would occupy thai
person three hundred and thirty-six years
And-awful is the consideration three hun
dred and fifty thousand pipes Of human blood
have bean split in battle
Year: 1875

The reader of the Heart of Mid Lothian will
remember the apparently fatal mistakes made
by Jeanie in the presence of the Queen when
she pleaded for the life Of her sister, and the
anxiety of the Duke Of Argyle lest she should
say too much, or too little:


IF it like you madam said Jeanie,
would hae gaen to the end of the earth save
the life of John PorteOus, or any other un-
happy man in his condition; but | might law
fully doubt how far | am called upon to be the
avenger of his blood, though it may become the
civil magistrate to Go so. He is dead and game
to his place, and they that have slain him must
answer for their ain act. But my sister, my
puir sister, Efie, still lives, though her days
and hours are numbered She still lives, and
word of the King mouth might restore her
to a broksn-hearted auld man, that never IN
his daily and nightly exercise, forgot to pray
that his Majesty might be blessed with long
and prosperous reign, and that his throne,
and the throne of his posterity, might be
established in righteousness. o, madam, If
ever ye kend what it was to sorrow for and with
sinning and suffering creature, whose mind
is sac tossed that she can be neither ca d tit to
! live or die, have some compassion on our
misery? Save an honest house from dshonor
and an unhappy girl, not eighteen years o
age, from an early and dreadful death Alas
it is not when we sleep soft and wake merrily
ourselves that we think on other peoples suf
ferings. Our hearts are waxed light within u
then, and We are for righting our ain wrang
aud fighting our ain battles. But when tht
hour of trouble comes to the mind or to tn,
body and seldom may it visit your LeddyshiI
and when the hour of death comes, tina
comes to high and lOw-'ang and lats may it b,
yours oh, my i 'ddy, then it iSua what W,
hae dune for oursells, but what we hae dun
for others, that We think on maist pleasantly
And the thoughts that ys hae interviewed t
OF your mouth could hang the haill Porteou


mob at the tail of ae tow"
Year: 1875

A LOVE ADvENTURE.-A colored man
living in Maeomb street having long admired a
colored widow living on the next block above,
but being afraid to cone boldly and declare
his passion, went to a white man Of his
acquaintance the other day and asked him to
write the lady letter asking her hand in mar
rieQe. The friend wrote, telling the woman in
a few brief lines that the size OF her feet was
the talk OF the neighbOrhood, and asking her
if she couldn't pare them down little. The
name of the cslored man was signed, and he
was to call on her Saturday night for an answer.
Yesterday the writer of the letter met the
negro limping along the street aud asked him
| what the widow said. The man showed him Q
bloodshot eye, and scratched nose, a lame leg
and spot on the scalp where a handful Of
wool had been violently jerked out and
answered in solemn tones: "she didn't say
muffin, an didn't stay NOR a mint"
Year: 1875

INsULTs.-It is always better to pass a
dozen intended insults without recognition,
than to take offence at single unintentional
neglect or reflection. MISUNDERSTANDING are
fruitful of more unkiad feelings in society than
ever result from delibrate Immature. Hun
dreds Of friendships have been sundered by
that egotistical sensitiveness that is ever look
ing for offence. We can all point to certain
persons who are thus morbidly sensitive to a
painful degree. They are disagreeabe com-
panions We need not spend our prescious
time in pointing to them, however. We have
each something to guard in our own character.
We are each inclined to take offence too easily.
II we could remove this ever jealous watchful-
ness, society would gain a new charm, or
rather it would be relieved of a very disagree
able feature. Pass neglect, then, and personal
reflections, as gracefully as possible, instead of
taking the risk Of being offended when no
offence is intended.
Year: 1875

A COOP ONE-Parcon Brownlow tells a
good story Of an old Presbyterian bachelor
preacher, known almost as a woman hater until
he was nearly fifty years old, when he married
and settled somewere among the mountains of
North Carolina. The parson says: Our
bachelor friend was preaching On the sinners's
excuses. Il have bought piece of ground,
and wish to go and see it, said one Here is
want of inclination to attend to divine things,
said the precher. Another said, II have
bought five yoke of oxen, and must need 90
and prove them" This seems case of
necessity. A third said, II have married q
wife, and therefore cannot come" Here is q
case Of natural impoSSbaitg, from which we
may infer, continued our bachelor preacher,
that one woman will pull man further from
the Lord than ten steers"
Year: 1875

A COMFORTABLE SHOE-A Swiss philoso


pher has taken up subject that concerns
very closely the comfort of the human race,
aud especially the civilized portion of it,
They indeed suffer the most trem il-6tting
shoes The Indian is not oubled by his moe
casins, nor the Oriental by his sandal it is
the tight-6tting shoe of the European ami
American that claims a place among the instru-
made in the art of shoemaking, and prominent
among the improvements is one known as the
" box -toed' shoe, which relieves the toe from
the pressure of new pair of shoes. The
researches of the Swiss philosopher. DR..
Hermann Meper, OF Zurich suggest some
valuable considerations, well worthy the atten-
tion of the intelligent artiGcers who make boots
and shoes. He asserts that u shoemaker ought
not only to produce shoe that does not pinch,
but a shoe so constructed that it will give to a
foot distorted Iy the pinching it has borne
already fair chance OF return to its right
shape and full possession of its power as q
means of carrying the body onward. He says
that in measuring foot for shoe or a boot
| the first thing to be considered is the place o
the great toe. Upon this toe, in walking, the
weight of the whole body turns at every ster
in a natural foot; therefore it is in a straight


line with the heel A central straight lint
drawn from the point of the great toe to tht
middle of its root, if continued, would pas


very exactly to the middle of the heel. But
by the misftting boot usually worn, the poin


of the toe is pressed inward, the root outward


No last or mSdel Of foot already injured b,
wearing ill6tting boots or shoes should eve


be made Of the exact size of such a foot.
Year: 1875

Passing along the road the other day, we
thought we had found very beautiful knife.
On picking it up, We found it to be only
handle without a blade. So do we hear very
beautiful Sermons-well written and we'll read
but they are without blade. They cut cut
no cancers OF sin and carve out no models of
piety. Sermons must have blades.
Year: 1875

An industrious citizen of San Juan arose a
few mornings ago, while the festive lark was
still snoring, and with tin bucket under his
arm went TO the barn to milk the family COW.
It was dark and rainy, and in fumbling about
for old Brindle he got into the wrong pew and
began to pail the off mule of his wagon team.
He can't remember now which side of the roof
he went out at, but his recollection of alighting
on the picket fence is very vivid. He expects
| the bucket down in few days.
Year: 1875

A young gentleman who attends the
Austin, New, public school had been told,
says the ReUeiLLe, that sudden shock or
fright would cure the hiccough, and the
other evening, while he was studying his
lesson for the morrow by drawing a pic
ture of the schOOlma'am on his slate, his
respected prO9enitOr was seized with a fit
of hiccOughs. The old gentleman was
tilted back in his chair, with his feet rest
ing on the top of the stove, and the young
hopeful concluded to try the cure on him.
Just as the old man was rastling" with
a heart-breaking hic the boy jumped up
aud YELLED "Fire!" The old man was
just getting out cuh-cuh, but he never got
it out. He gave jump which tilted over
the chair, and in endeavOring to regain bis
lost equilibrium his feet flew up against the
table, upsetting it and a student lamp
which stood upon it, and his head landed
in the ashes on the stove hearth. The old
lady, hearing the racket, came running in
from the kitcl en- and tripped over the old
mans PROSTATE form, knocking down a
whatnOt with lot of glass and China or
naments. When that boys father arose
from the wreck and shook the ashes and
splinters Of glass out of his hair and
clothes he was cured of the hiccOughs, but
there was look of sternness in his eye; {;
the boy says he knows it was g stern +"
lOok-feelingly " stern," as he can testify.
He says fright is splendid cure for the
hiccups," but that the "stern" look it
occasions is three hundred thousand times
worse than the hiccups." He can't PLAY
tag now, as he says his mother has for
hidden him, and he sits on the edge of the
seat at school, and lies on his front when
in bed, and silently murmurs that the old
man can hiccup his cOnsarned old head off
before he will ever try to cure him.
Year: 1875

1t is altogether a vitiated taste that Gre
ates a demand for overwhelmed meat.
There is no nutriment in fat, and with the
large consumption of sugar, syrup and
starchy food, that is common among us,
the necessities of the system for carbOna-
ceous food are fully, if not over supplied.
The use of excessively fat food then is a
waste of material, and it probably induces
some of the bilious disorders which are so
common. With regard to poultry these
remarks are especially applicable. The
markets of the cities are filled with fowls
that are lined with fat, useless addition
that is a loss to the consumer, and its pro-
ductiOn has been at the expense OF waste
of food to the feeder. Besides, house
keepers complain of these over fat fowls,
that they are deficient in delicacy of flavor,
and are coarse and greasy, thus losing in
quality as well as in weight. This matter
is in the hands of farmers themselves to
remedy. They alone decide as to what
degree of fatness their fowls shall be
brought, or rather, not knowing exactly
how fat they are, they continue to feed
them much too long for their own profit.
A very thin fowl can be brought into good
condition for the table by three weeks
feeding. Generally fowl from a grain
stubble or a barn-yard at a time when
waste grain is scattered about literally, as
well as at other times, when the house
wife undertakes the feeding of the pOul-
try. is sufficiently fat for the market, with
out extra feed. If poultry is marketed at
the age of two years, and none older than
that kept, the quality Of the flesh will be
all that can be desired, without any cram
ming or extra feed, and the extra fat that
is laid upon an sid fowl is no addition to
its goodness, but rather adds to its bad
qualities. A good judge of poultry looks
to the age of fowl, and passes by the old
birds that have been crammed to fit them
for market.-American AgrieuLturtst.
Year: 1875

Many years ago | was on a mail coach,
and as soon as we came to public house,
the cOachman pulled up for a fraction of a
second. He did so when we came to n
second public house, and then asked him
the reason. He pointed to the ofl-hand
wheeler, and said that she had long been
completely blind. and sh. would stop at
every place on the road at which she had
before stopped. He had found by expert
ence that less time was wasted by pulling
up his team than by trying to drive her
past the place, for she was cOntented with
moRentary stop. After this | watched
her, and it was evident that she knew eX-
actly, before the coachman began to pull
up the other horses, every public house
on the road, for she had at some time
stopped at all. think there can be but
little doubt that this mare recognized all
the houses by her sense of smell. With
respect to cats, so many cases have been
recorded of their returning for consider
able distance to their homes, after having
been carried away shut up i'll baskets. that
can hardly disbelieve them, though these
stories are disbelleved by some persons.
Now. as far as | have observed, cats do
not possess a very acute sense OF smell,
and they seem to discover their prey by
eye-sight-and by hearing. This leads me
to mention another trifling fact. | sent
riding horse by railway from Kent via
Yarmouth to Freshwater Bay. in the Isle
of Wight. On the first day that | rode
eastward, my horse, when l turned to
90 home, was very unwilling to return to
wards his stable, and he several times
turned round. This led me to make re-
peated trials, and every time that i slack
ened the reins he turned sharply round,
and began to trot to the eastward by a little
north, which was nearly IN the direction of
his home in Kent. | had ridden this horse
daily for several years, and he had never
before behaved in this manner. My inl-
preston was that he somehow knew the
direction whence he had been brought. /
should state that the last stage from 1ar-
mouth to Freshwater is almost due south,
and along this road ne had been ridden by
my groom; but he had never once shown
any wish to return in this direction. /
had purchased this horse several years be-
fore from a gentleman in my own neigh
borhoOd, who had possessed him for
considerable time. Nevertheless, tits pos
sible, though far from probable, that the
horse may have been born in the Isle of
Wight. Even if we grant to animals a
sense of the points of the compass, OF
which there is no evidence, how can we
account, for instance, for the turtles
which formerly congregated in great null
titudes, only at one season Of the year, on
the shores OF the Isle of AscensiOn-tind-
ing their way to that speck of land in the
middle of the great Atlantic.-DaTtciH.
Year: 1875

| would not say any thing to lower the
tone of your professional or personal mo-
rails, but | fancy there is a certain kind Of
deception which ia not sin. | was sitting
at dinner once with an esteemed country
medical friend, and noticed him rolling in
his fingers pills from the bread at his side.
| asked his purpose, and he replied that
with that simple remedy he had worked
cure in the case of a lady who had con-
suited, in vain. some of the most celebra-
ted ply sicians in the State; that she had
slight relapse, and had sent to him for
some of the same pills which he had given
before. He did not seem to think he was
doing a very wicked thing, nor did it
strike me that he was. | suppose he
would have been little flustered if his
patient had asked him to write out the
prescription. This he knew she would


not do. She had faith in him, and in no
one else, ard would have trusted no one
else to make up the pills. Whether this
deceptiOn-a professional white lie-was
censurable according to professional eth
les, | cannot say. The standard of morals
even among the faculty is, am sorry
to say, not always the same. Recently L
saw report of a suit at law between two
physicians. 1t was a SANDER suit. The
trial involved, among other things, in
quiry into the use of homeopathic medi-
cines by an allopathic physician. and the
professional propriety of so doing. One
witness, of hign professional standing in
his own neighborhood, testified, in sub
stance, that if an allopathic doctor admin
istered homeopathic remedies without let
ting his patient know the fact, it was quite
right and regular; but if he told the
patient that they were homeopathic medi--
cines, then he was altogether wrong and
irregular. In other words, regularity lay
in the concealment of the truth. i, an
unprofessiOnal man, do not mean to ex-
press any opinion upon that point; but
do think my friend with the bread pills
was regular.-Fron1 Coz. Hofmaa's Ad-
dress to the Albany { ~ ~ Medical College.