smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

There is an element in the prose fic-
ton of the last century which places it
in strong contrast with the novel of the
present time. We are now inclined to
regard the novelist as before all things
an artist. His work is judged by the
laws proper to imaginative literature,
and success or failure is reckOned by
reference TO a standard which would
have been scarcely understood by the
writers or by the public of an earlier
time. On one point in particular
modern critics are wont to be unfail-
ingly severe. The novelist is not per-
mitted to be a teacher of morals. Pardon
may be granted for other faults of style
or knowledge, but the fault of attempted
instruction is deemed unreasonable,
and the writer who now undertakes to
deliver sage counsel on the rewards of
virtue or the perils of vice is at once
and confidently judged to be ignorant
of the first principles of his craft.


This modern view of the requirements
of fiction is curiously opposed to the
practice of the writers of the last CEN
tury. There, at least, we find no doubt
in the mind of the author as TO the
propriety of instructing his readers.
The novel was understood to be the
vehicle for discursive comment upon
manners and morals, and the element
i'm fiction now held to be supreme occu-
pied then only subordinate place. The
gift of characterization, since discovered
to be the one enduring element in those
cumbrous works of fiction, was held at
the time to be subject to the power. of
the essayist; the individual personages
of the history slowly emerged from a
world of wise and witty comment offered
independently by the author; and when
we strive to reach the motive of one OF
these earlier novels, it is impossible not
to feel that by the novelist himself the
facts of the story were regarded mainly
as useful machinery by the aid of which
he might deliver himself of store of
pregnant criticisms upon men and man.
ners.


The fortune and fate of the hero
formed no doubt an object of interest
to him; and we may note everywhere
in the literature of the eighteenth GEN.
tury the signs of new pleasure in
being able to describe and initiate the
minutest facts of real life and to trans
fer them into the mimic world of fiction ;
but all this side of his labor was evil
IDENTIFY deemed of less dignity and con-
sideration than the functions of moral
instructor. Saturday Recieec.
Year: 1876

scending motion buries it in the bosom
of beautiful girl who has rushed in
and thrown herself in front of the in
tended victim. Jewels gleam on her
polished throat and amid the shining
gold Of her hair, while her life blood,
like crimson thread, slowly trickles
over the snowy whiteness of her dress.
Every face is filled with look OF
horror, and with cry of agony the
host falls back in his chair insensible,
and as he falls the guests fade away
and vanish into air.


Nearly all of the servants have long
since fled with fright, but few, allow
ing their curiosity to overcome their
fear have remained to the end. They
now summon assistance, and the strange
man is carried to his bed. For long
time all means of resuscitatiDg him
fail, but at length, with deep sigh,
he opens his eyes and means, 'Oh, it is
all over" Then he falls into a deep
slumber, and so remains until the after
noon of the third day, when he makes
his appearance at the office, calm and
collected, calls for his bill, pays it
without the least demur, orders ear
riage, and is driven to the Grand Cen
tral depot, and there We lose sight of
him until three years roll over our
heads, when we feel sure he will visit
us again.


There are many stranger things hap
pen than ever appear in print, and this
probably would have become one of
them had not the public become excited
over the Eddy mysteries and fairly
reused our scientific men to investigate
the indefinable something that steals
up stairs after us everyday people,
and lays its cold hand upon US in our
sleep.


The circumstances here related can
be corroborated by number of people
if necessary. DIR. -, who has been
witness of them, has theory which
may be right one after all, chimerical
as it may seem at first. In this case he
thinks the gentleman has in reality gone
through just such scene as has been
described, and that probably the young
lady was his daughter. The dreadful
shock her loss produced acted in a pc
culiar way upon his BRAIN 1t must
take three years for some unknown
force to work within him to the point
when he feels compelled, perhaps as a
sort of relief to repeat as far as possible
the event. When the wine appears his
inner force must be reaching to culmi-
nation, and the vision so intensly vivid
in the mind, is projected into or upon
the atmosphere, like reflection in the
glass, so that it becomes visible to all
who may be present. When he falls
the force is expended, and the phantas-
magoria disappears. The prolonged in
sensibility followed by deep sleep is
an effort of nature TO repair exhaustion
and restore equilibrium.
Year: 1876

the poor darky freeman too, instead
Of selling him to Mr.. Wheeler; but
doubtless Mr.. Freeman and his co-part-
ner in the ownership of Harry had a
ready argument at their tongues end
to show that the niggers deserved all
'they got and more too, for the unseem-
ly conduct of their great progenitor
Ham, at the time his father the patri
arch Noah, got somewhat the worse for
linnnr
Year: 1876

Ammonia From = 10 per cent.


PhoSphOric Acid IA u
This article is ground very fine and is noted for its
a,lick action and can he bought at the following re
duced prices free on board vessel at our Ihadelphla
WYrL-s
Year: 1876

any smart who wishes to make 6, 600 year on

 Small capital to commence in our line of business.

 Roofing is Speciality. There is no one in your county who carries the business. You learn 1t it in one week by studying instructions, which

 send to all who ask for them. Any man having slOO capital to start wth purchase enough material to

 roof three ordinary houses. The sum Fealizsd from

 sale and profit on this supply. added to the regular pay for labor ROofer, should amount to not less than $2O0. An expert man could easily do the work in nine working days. Two persons Of small means can join together to advantages one canvaeHing while instructions ee if you write at once) and study it. Ask for teTms If you unable to advance the mo- ey present the matter to the principal sorekeepeP your place, and talk it over with bim. He will be glad to furnish the stock and divide the profit with you We will guarantee the territory to the first re- gponsble applicant. Address N. Y.6IATE ROOFING CO, LIMITED, Cedar St., N. r., and mention, Aw
Year: 1876

The North is waking up to the discovery
that in revolutionizing the government for
the destruction of Southern institutions
they have not only "kiiled the goose that
laid the golden egg" for themselves, but
have in fact transferred to the South one
of the most important industries of the
North-that the result of their crusade
against the South has been -inauguraSe
manufacturing enterprise in the midst OF
the cotton fields, where it will prosper
without the aid of government protection,
and where it bids fair to become a monopoly,
the effect of which will be disastrous to
both Old and New England. The Philadel-
phia american, in an editorial calling the
attention of its readers to this subject,
says: "Industrial progress at the South
seems at length to be taking definite and
propitious shape in the development OF
cotton manufactures. Florida stands alone
as the only purely Southern State that mas
not vet gone into the business. From 1861
to 1870 the number of spindles in the
Southern cotton mills had increased Al ,53O'
and from 1860 to 1875 the totalincrease was
I7S, ,690 All the damage done by the civil war
to this great industry at the South has been
more than made up, and even through the
crash and stagnation of 1873. "a, and rs,
the number of spindles at the South in
creased 1876 1S9, an exhibition of vitality
wholly unlocked for. The entire cotton re
gion and all the States bordering it have On
| tered upon this progress, and the profits ol
the IL ills have been 30 large and regular as
| to encourage further Investments. But
appear to be the heaviest in the purely cot
ton growing Statee, so that the cotton


planters are finding an augmented home
market for their crops in their own States.


This movement is more permanently de-


veioped and widely diffosed at the South


than the corresponding British movement


is in India. So much money is saved in


the cost of transit between the plantation
| and the mill that there can be no doubt oi


the ability of the Southern manufacturers


to compete with the English mills.
Year: 1876

Oa the second page of this issue of the MORN
ING STAR we publish professional of Dr. j. g.
Knapp d D. s., Is Baronne street The Doctor puts in


no oap trap but gives his address,
knowing full intelligent people ways seek the
skllful and conscientious practitioner and cheerfuy
pay moderate prices for good work in preference to
placing in the hAuds of the charlatan who
after few weeks practice Processes perform won.
ders for next nothing, New Orleans haa long been
noted as the residence of of the most eminent
surgeon dentists in the land owing probably to the
fact that the refinement and wealth of tho LouSanisns
OF the regime made excellence in this aa in Othef
professions indispen sable and among these chosen
few none stand higher than DR.. Knapp wbor to
thorough Theoretical and practical knowledge Of his
profession unites all the suAvity Of manner and kind


Illness of disposition that distinguish the true Christian
gentleman.
Year: 1876

70 THK EDITOR or THE HERALD:-


In your valuable paper Of tho 30th observed an
article headed married Female Teachers" The Board
seem he in favor OF retaining these ladies teach
ers Now tho question naturally suggests ITSELF How
are the great number that graduate annually from the
college obtain positionse At least twelve years OF
our lives devoted TO hard study with the intention
and dependent upon becoming teachers at the end oil
tha, timc If teachers marry and still retain their
positions how a vacancy over oner sefY


am of last June's graduates, and find II utterly
impossible TO obtain position and am without the
least hope Ny idea, together with several other
graduaes is 10 expcl all married women, and give the
young ladies' whose lifelong intention was TO become
teachers chance to have their brightest hopes rea
hzed not dashed TO pieces


hone the Board will take this matter into careful
and decide in favor OF the majority and
not the minority


BY inserting this article in your most mertorIous
paper you will confer favor upon


A NORMAL COLLEGE GRADUATE
Year: 1876

New.York from its size superior situation and is advan
tages of frequent communication with all parts
the country ami civilized world is HEADQUARTERS fot
almost everything produced America Manufacturers
every part tho have their dopots and agencies
here buyers frequently money BY dealing with
tha rio
Year: 1876

EDITOR NORTHERN STAR.


Dear Sir The impression seems to
have got abroad that my retirement from
the NORTHERN STAR was on account Of
some disagreement betw yourself and
me and that have Withdrawn all SYM
patty and support from the enterprise.
Such impression is entirely groundlcss.
shall most certainly devote as much OF
my time to contributions for the paper as
my private affairs will allow. You do
not need 10 be told this. But as Stme
parties have put different construction
upon what was mutual understanding
between ourselves from the very first et-
forts made to found the paper. | deem
il proper to correct such an impression
| do not arrogate to myself any extra
amount ofcredit for the little help have
been to you in the past yet such as it
has been, of its intrinsic value, You
and the public are the only judges.
csn only rGassure you Of a continuance
OF the same, together with my respect for
you personally and my warm sympathy
for the enterprise YOU have SO success
fully inauguratcd.


A. c. FOLSOM
Year: 1876

tho extension Of the suffrage to


women can remedy none Of the


grievances OF the se1, which are not


those of q class, but of Individuals, and


which a higher civilization and higher
morality can wipe out; and in conclusion
he summed up by declaring that while he al
ways had and still did favor the extension Of
the right Of suffrage upon these considers
hons, for the sake Of the women themselves,
he felt compelled 10 vote against the meas
ure. His argument was not altogether new,
but it mgnalized in remarkable degree the
change that has come over British Liberal
sentiment upon this question since JoHN
stuart Mill published his work on the
" Subjugation OF Women, and indicates that:
there is less prospect than ever Of the ter
mination Of that sery1tude by her being made
3 voter by act Of Parliament.
Year: 1876

FfrzHuoH, the Confederate Doorkeeper Of
the House, IS will be seen from cur Wash
ington dispatches this morning, Is no longer
SO much digger than old GRAs1," as be
thought he was when be penned that re-
markahle epistle to Confederate friend in
Texas. By desperate effort on. be-
half of his Confederate hackers in Con-
gress, the resolutions for his expulsion
vere yesterday sent to the Committee on
Rules, to be smothered there. His record as
having been indicted in Kentucky for arson,
perjury, larceny, and conspiracy, might have
been overlooked BY the Confederate majority.
But the awfm fact that in that famous letter
be wrote himself down an egregious ass can
not be extenuated nor forgiven by them, and
slowly and reluctantly they are being
forced to thu conviction that his official
head must fall into tho basket
Year: 1876

The present status of the Mayoralty CUES


ton, boiled down, is this: The Common


Council, having canvassed tho vote for
Mayor, declared Mr. HozNR elected to that
office, and directed the heads Of the several


city departments to officially recognise him


as such, there remains nothing further for


that body to do in the matter Of settling the
Mayora1ty muddle. The Council cannot
stultify itself by reconsidering its action in
the premises, nor by admitting in the least,
by any official act, that the intruder Co1vM
has shadow Of title to the Office, his term in
which has expired. Mr. HoYSE remains
Mayor de tdeto and Mayor De j1rs also, until,
upon case properly made, the Courts shall
decide to the contrary; so that practically
there is nothing for the Council to do save
to discharge its ordinary functions as the
Legislative body Of the city, leaving Mr.
HOME to discharge the duties Of his Office ss
Mayor until the Courts settle what is left of
the controversy.
Year: 1876

From present indications, the delegation
from this county to the State Convention will
be mainly for the Hon S. N. Cu11ox for
Governor. The feeling which. pervades Re-
publican circles seems to be that the party
cannot afford to have weak man placed at
the head Of the ticket, because that would
cause the loss Of all the close districts, and
might cost the Republicans of this county
alone half dozen members of the next Leg
islature, and with them United States
Eenafor
Year: 1876

Suoh at least is the tenor of the latest ed-
vices, though 1t is not beyond the possibili-
ties even, on the eve Of Presidential elec-
ton, that the Confederate majority in Con-
gress which selected d man indicted for no
less than four several felonies to fill one Of the
most responsible offices Of that body may
not also oondone his misfortune-that OF
being . natural fool The wE faces they
make at The prospect Of having to put this
Confederate felon and fool out Of office, in-
dicates precisely what appetite they have for
roform Of the Civil Service.
Year: 1876

IT is reported that there is to be a public meeting in town tomorrow Co nominate a full opposition ticket to those nominated at the Mass Conven- ton last week, but We have been fa vorcd with no notice of It and it may not be so.-Mner, October 20.

 Yes, and we don't blame the outsiders for getting dissatisfied. It is really comical to listen to the Miner trying to hoodwink Williamson and Peoples valleys and Walnut Grove and poor neglected Little Colorado and therest of the poor innocentS. while the crew in the ring" gobble up all the offices and profit. We are glad to see that there are a few intelligent men among the hold yeomanry of Yavapai who are beginning 10 see the drift of things Charge, Cullumber, charge,-on, Pee pies. on, and show old snanks that there are other moves 'twixt heaven and earth besides those dreamed of in his clique's philosophy. Every one in this part of ihe Territory has long stood astonished that intelligent farm CTS and pioneers of your county could be walked oyer so easily by lot of shysters and store. clothed idiots Rouse freemen, to a sense of your rights and seize your share of the billed eagle"
Year: 1876

WE are glad 10 note the arrival of

 MT Samuel Laurin who. on the 21th of September left for Tucson on his second trip to be tried for an alleged offence. Upon presenting himself and imporUning the Court to force the prosecution to make good its charge. The Case was again put off by reason oi adjournment of court until after he election. There is a parallel to this adjournment in this Territory. when a convention in Santa Fe adjourned un- ul after the lambing season. .''-Silver City Herald, October 2l.

 Of course, If one is in nowise re- stricted by the truth or facts of case he 1an make any kind of parallel. There is a constructive falsehood in saving that the above tease was put of, by reason of adjournment of court until after the election" Court sessions are very expensive and the present head ot this judicial district has in- auCurated a very wise system of econo- my under his regime by cutting the court sessions off short or adjourning till the next session, when there is not sufficient business to warrant the hold ing Of court. This may work occasion al individual hardship, but at times the comfort of the individual has 10 give way to the public veal. Incidentally our August term of Court, here, was adjourned until after the election, and in the same sense the late session of Congress was adjourned until after the blowing up of Hell Gate, but no one with any delicacy of feeling would ever hint at any connection of the rel atively coincident occasions.
Year: 1876

FINE PRAyERs.-Prayers noed not be
fine. l believe God abhors fine pray,
ers.-If person asks charity of you
in elegant sentences he is not likely
get it. Finery in dress or language
is out OF tho place in beggars. ]
heard man in tho street tho other
day begging aloud by means of a
magnificent Grafton. He Is d
grand language in very pompous
style, and | dare say he thought he
was sure Of getting piles Of coppers
by his speech, but [ for ono gave
him nothing, but felt inclined to
laugh at his bombast. Is it not likely
that many great prayers are about
as useless ? Many prayer-meeting
prayers are great deal too fine.
Keep your figures and metaphors
and parabolic expressions for your
fellow creatures use them to those
who want to DO instructed but do
not parade them before God.--When
We pray, tho simpler our prayers are
tho better, the plainest, humblost
language which expresses our mean
ing is best. -Spurgeon.
Year: 1876

Dissipation is never worth what il
costs.


lIavo not thy cloak to mako whor
il begins TO raiu.


A man may talk as n wiso mon and
yet act like fool.


Choose those companions who
minister to your Improvement.


A good sermon or Il faithful preach
or does not require largo church
or splendid audience.


Deliver us from tho mon whose
tongue never made mistake, and
who keeps n note of the fact.


Many n swcet.fashioned mouth has
been disfgured and made hideous by
the fiery tongue within.


God breaks the cistern to bring us
to tho fountain. He withers our
gourds, that Ile Himself may be our
shade.


The smallest and slightest impodi-
ments are the most annoying aud
as little letters most tire the eyes,
so do little affairs most disturb us.


To DO truly great, it is necessary
to be truly good and benevolent, for
all other distinctions tho clouds Of
tho valley will cover, and the greody
worms destroy.


Prosperity shines on different per
sons much the samo way that the sun
shines on different objects. Some
it hardons like mud, while others it
softens like wax.


False happiness renders mon stern
and proud that happiness is never
communicated. True happiness rem
ders them kind and sensible and that
happiness is always shared.


If you would have your son bo
something in the world, teach him to
depend on himself Let him learn
that it is by close, strenuous person.
al application that he must rise-that
he must, in short, make himself, and
be the architect of his own fortune.


We never knew q scolding person
that was able to govern family.
What makes people cold Because
they cannot govern themselves. How
can they govern others Those who
govern we'll, arc generally calm.
They arc prompt aud resolute, but
steady and mild.
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the Cincinnati


Gdzeete gives tho following as his
method Of taking caro- Of sweet pota-
toes.


As soon as woll matured, dig them
up. Handle them with care so as to
avoid bruising them. As 5000 as tho
suu has dried the moist earth adhear-
ing to them, pack them In barrels or
boxes which do not hold over two
bushels each. First place in the bot.
tom Of the box q layer Of dry shaw
ings about an inch thick. Those made
at planning mills arc well adapted to
tho purpose, On these place a layer
Of potatoes, and an other Of shavinge,
and so on until the box is foil, cover
ing them finely with two or threc inch.
es of shavings. Let the boxes staud
q few days without any other cover, to
give the moisture aud opportunity to
escape, and the covers that arc put on
finally must not bo closed. Tho POI
tatoes need somo ventilation through
out tho winter. Place the box in n
warm, dry room. For several years
past we kopt them ia chamber ad.
joining the family sitting room with
the door between open. When tho
weather was very cold we sometimes
threw quilts over tho boxes at night
removing them in the morning. One
night, last winter the mercury sank
to twenty eight degrees below zero,
but our potatoes were not injured
the shavings by their non-conducting
quality, retaining tho warmth re-
ceievod from tho fire of tho proceed
ing day.


This plan answers we'll for family
purposes, when tho object is to keep
only few bushels for daily use and
for seed. They arc readily accessi-
bio, and il care is used as to hand
ling, packing ventilation and warmth
few OF them will be lost. We had
them to uso tho present year until
July, and the last cooked were Ms
good rs those we used tho day that
they were dug.


In this noighborhood, it is said
that formerly sweet potatoes could
bo kept.as others arc simply by plac'
ing thom in heap in collar be-
you'd tho reach of tho frost. But
from somo cause, not explained,
this cannot bo dono now.