smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

Only poor old horse that's all!
Only worn out faithful creature
Blind, and changed in every feature
Who always an wered his masters call,
And toiled for him in the days gone by
The same hard-beart0d master who,
Finding no more for his servant to do,
Now turns him out to die
Many heavy load has been drawn
By this poor old horse; but never again
Will he obey the commahd Of whip and rein,
For here on this frozen roadside lawn,
Some one will find, some early dawn,
Lying alone, all stiff and cold,
Beneath the pitiless wintry sky,
This poor dilapidated, old
Deserted horse, turned out to die.
know he thinks of his cruel fate,
Of the bitter lot which has come at last;
know he remembers that steady gait
Which was his, though twas neither slow nor


fast,
But he is sensible still, amid all his pain
More sensible far than the brute who spurn-


ed him.


And with a fendish crelty turned him
Away from the barn and the oaten grain
Turned him away with never sigh
Out on this bleak roadside to die.
Yet, after ALL in the sight Of Heaven
would rather be this poor old creature,



Blind, and changed in every feature,
Than his brutal master, to whom was given
The sight to see, but whose eyes are blind,
Whose heart is as hard as n stone, and whose


mind


Is dead to all that is good and kinl
Yes. would rather be this old horse spurned,
Dying here under wintry sky
Than the form with soul who crully turned


him cut to die.
Year: 1870

TYPHOID FEFEK'-h correspondence or
the Bellows Falls Times saysi


g The reason that typhoid fever pre-
walls and is so fatal, is because so much
fresh meat is eaten through the hot wealth
ar. Live without aud sec. From one
who has had experience
Year: 1870

That was a sad funeral procession in
the streets OF the quiet village of Pitts
field the other day. There was no hearse
With its trappings of ostentatlous gloom,
no line of carriages with slow y-stepping
horses, no fussy undertaken passing to and
fro, but brawny man in coarse garb car
ried little coffin under his arm wrapped
in cotton cloth. He was followed by
the members of single family whose
mourning-weeds were the well-worn gar
ments Of their daily life. Slowly and
quietly they went to the church-yard and
laid the little box away and returned
home. "No noble rite nor formal ostcn-
tatiou" there. The intense sadness of this
scene, so severe and bare in its simplicity,
almost seems to Justify mortals ir sur
rounding the burial Of the dead with some
circumstance to divert the mind from thai
which alone constitutes the stern reality
of the occasion.
Year: 1870

There is more truth than poetry in the
proverbial expression 'rock-bound coast
of New England" For all time have the
rollers of the stormy Atlantic beaten inn
potently against its grim ocean front, and
been vcxed into foam and spray among the
huge rocks which lie half concealed under
the restless wave.


Just ten miles south by east beyond the
splendid harbor of Portsmouth, in the
broad, open sea, and directly opposite the
State line which divides Maine from New
Hampshire, is group, composed of seven
rocks, called-why, we know not-the
isles Of Shoals" In contrast with the
tremendous exhibitions of embattled gran
lite, that face the continent beyond, they
are mere lodges that, in their struggles for
Year: 1870

The interest on the whole debt amounts
TO Ss,61o,0oo annually; on tho govern
lnent bond debt, the annual interest is
81, ,305, 900, and on the other part Of tbs
debt, is 1906, $50.


1t will he seen, therefore, that the excess
of earnings over current expenses falls q
little short OF paying the annual interest
On the debt, other than the government
bonds, This surplus of earnings is still
farther reduced by tho money now
retained by the government on the trans
pottaiion and BY the per cent on the net
earnings paid into the Treasury. From
this exhibit, it follows that the two rail-
roads, united or separately, hare not an
income equal to the payment of the in
terest on their debt outside
of these bonds. If the companies had
an income equal to the payment Of the in
terest OF the whole debt, then, in ques-
ton of doubt, they might be asked to pay
the interest on the bonds; but in the face
Of the ine1orable figures Of an annual de-
felt, there must be some portion of it un-
paid.


Under all the circumstances we think the
course proposed by Senator Stewart, of
Nevada, to be the wisest and most equita-
ble- His joint resolution proposes that,
aa the United States now pay large Sums
for transportation TO and from the Pacific
coast, other than what is paid to these
railroads, herenfter all such transportation
be done by rail at the same rates paid by
private persona. This is wise economy.
These railways offer to do this whole ser
vice without any cash payment by the
government. Tho United States now ex-
pend large sums for transportation by sea.
If the entire freight TO the Pacific he car
RED over these roads, the effect will be to
swell the annual amount retained from the
transportation fund, aud reduce the cash
expenditure Of the government for the
same service. It will, in short, he collect-
ing from debtor who LAS no other means
from which to pay his debt The more
dealings with him, the greater will be his
reduction of The debt
Year: 1870

AN Albany man who had his new
hat exchanged for an old one in bar
Der shop, advertises that unless it is
returned ne will forward to the wife
ofthe person who took it, the letter
found concealed in the lining of the
old one.
Year: 1870

SoME statistical genius declares that "more
money is expended in the United States for
cigars than FOR all the common schools in the
country" wag. who il undoubtedly lover
of the weed, seeing the statement going
through the papers, gets of the following;


1T has been estimated hat the cost of
washing linen, that might JUS. cs well he worn
two days longer, amounts to enough in this
country TO more than dcfray the expense Of
the American Board Of Foreign Missions.
Tho expense of buttons on the backs of our
coats, where they are no earthly use, Is equal
10 the support of all our Orphan AEy.ums. 1t
is estimated that the value Of old boots thrown
inside, which might have been worn at
least day longer, is more than enough TO
b,iy flannel nightgown for every baby in the
land. Also, that the cost Of the extra inch on
tho full shirt-collors of our young men ia equal
to the sum necessary to put Bible IN the
hands of every Patagonian giant"
Year: 1870

Senate.


Continued from the Third Edition.


These figures, he thought indicated good cause
for alarm to the Philosophc American statesman.
II this state OF ignorance continued, 1t would be
fruitful source OF danger to institutions II the
masses OF Southern whites had.been educated well
as the people OF the North, the Rebellion would
have been an impossibility. He then reviewed the
possible objections to the policy indicated by the
resolution II it was alleged that the public debt
would be increased by setting apart the proceeds OF
the public domain for the education OF the people.
His answer was that the greatest burden the cOun-
try carried to-day was the Ignorance OF large por
ton Of its people. That intelligent industry the
most remunerative capital OF the nation. Upon the
question OF expediency he thought the proposed dis
them away to railroads. He thought this process OF
universal education should accompany the progress
OF railways and general development IN the West; to
enlighten the minds Of people to the per-
petuity OF our constitutional form Of government.
The resolution was adopted.


House.


Continued from the Third Edition.


The Speaker appointed Messrs. Schenck, Dawes,
and voorhees, a conference committee on the income
tax bill.


Mr.. Ingersoll made an Intellectual effort to get the
House to go to the business on the Speakers table.
the Whole the tariff BILL Mr. Wheeler IN the chair,
the pending paragraph being ON iron bars rolled or
hammered, comprising nat bars not less than one
and half and not more than four inches wide, nor
less than one-half inch nor more than two inches
thick, one cent per pound, to which Mr.. Brooks IN.
~ had offered an amendment making the duty SIS
ton.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, September 9.-The
President is now openly and ayowed,
ly for the maintainance of a French
Republic. He said yesterday, have
hastened to give the new Republic our
moral support and hope that before the
week is over that she will not need any
thing further. 1 think that the Prus-
sian King may be induced to stop fight
ing. He talked freely to several gentle
men on the subject and it will not be
surprising if after the Cabinet Meeting
to-day,h will send instructions to Minis
ter Washburne, to offer his good services
as mediator between the belligerents.
In his avowed support Of the Republic,
be is warmly supported by Secretary
Fish and Robson and the sentiments Of
of other Cabinet officers are not yet
known.
Year: 1870

Mr.. j. Isaaes, has just returned from the
Bay, and is now receiving a large stock of
new Fall and Winter Goods at the Pioneer
Store Call and examine and you will see
something that you must have.
Year: 1870

painful sensaIi0n 01 having lett undOne
something which ought to have been done.
OFTEN complaining OF weakness, debility and
low spirits. Sometimes some of the above
attend the disease, and at other times very
few of them but the liver Is generally the
organ most involved. Cure the liysr With
Year: 1870

Over and over again.


NO matter which way turn,
always find in the Book of Life


Some lesson have to learn.
must take nay lesson at tho mill.


| must grind out the golden grain.
J. must work at my task with n resol,,.


will


Over and over again.
We cannot measure the need


OF even the tinlest flower.
Nor check the flow OF the golden sands


Ihat run through a single hour,
But the morning dew must fall:


nd the sun and the summer rain
Mu do their part and perform it all
over and over again.
over and over again.


Inc brook through the meadow flows
ana over and over again


Inc ponderous mill-wheel eoes.
once doing wilt not suffice.


ihoegh doing 1t be not In vain.
nj bless Ing falling us once or twice
May come If we try agaiff:
me path that has once been trod.
As never so rough to feet; -
ana the lessonswe once have learned
is never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowftl tears may fall
And the heart to its depth be driven
lth storm and tempest, we need them nj,
10 render us meet for Heaven.
Year: 1870


Down to the margin of the shadowy river,
Thy feet are pressing now;
And the bright glory from the upper temple
Is resting on thy brow.
Soon shall the hand that mine so oft has folded
Sweep DER harp OF gold,
And thy worn feet, with all their wanderlngs


ended,


Rest III the Masters fold.
But shall be so lonely! When the morning
Breaks up in one glad wave,
How dim the light shall seem, because Its shin


ing
Falleth across thy gravel
And when the stars are dead along the brow Of


Heaven,


And gathering tempests moan
My heart shall echo back their bitter wallinE,
For shall be alone.
No more my friend. The angel bands have won


thee,


And far fom earth's regret
In the bright city with its many mansions,
Thou wilt at last forget
Forget the heart that in its holiest holy
Enshrined thee all life's years;
Forget the eyes so wearily uplOoking
Through mists Of gathering tears.
And yet farewell; will not seek 10 keep thee,
But let life's severed bands ,.
Draw my oppressed and fainting spirit nearer
Its house not made with hands
And when beside my lonely hearthstone knoel-


ing


l hush my heart for prayer,
Nearer shall seem that bright, celestial city,
Because thou dwellest there.
Year: 1870

On Wednesday evening, John, alias
Piper Burns well known desperate of
New York, raising q row with the book
keeper of a saloon, was shot five times,
but unfortunately not dangerously
Year: 1870

~Accounts were published last spring Of the
drowning of . child OF Criah Holler of Baker
lad, while playing baptize." The step-mother
OF the child recently confessed on her death bed
that she took the child's life.


@John j. Coe the wealthy St Louisian who
died, the other day, left s3 900 600 and no will
He was averse to will ll.making and believed that
the law disposed OF property with more justice
ana created less jealousy and dissatisfaction.


The fate Of Morgan, the famous Mason,
being again under discussion In Packardls
monthly, the New York Times says there Is al
least one man In that city who knows every an
cident OF the abduction and subsequent fate OF
that individual.


n0Since the story has been told Of how Judge
Breckinridge married girl whom he saw jump
over a rail-fence with pail on her head, all the
spend their time in watching the road: and
whenever they see carriage approaching with
q man in IL, they seize their pals and 90 for q
fence.
Year: 1870

JUDGEsHIPs-In executive session yesterday
the Senate took up the pending motion to re-
consider the confirmation Of Judge Strong, of
pennsylvania, for the Supreme Bench, and,
after debate, agreed to it, Ne further action
was taken, and both nominations Of Strong and
Bradley now stand tor the Senate as ii they had
never been acted on. 1t is believed they will
thus remain until the bill of the judiciary COM
mittee Is acted on to rearrange the judicial
circuits.
Year: 1870

n0The Paris correspondent of an English
journal gives hope that the reign Of hideOusness
Of w0man's dress Is to be simpler hereafter.
Madame Ollivier's high-bodied white muslin
ball dress has made o mark in the world of
more prevalent than they were last winter.
Year: 1870

The NEW ORLEANS PRIZE BOUNTY CAsEs.-
This morning Judge Wylie in the District
Court made decisions in the New Orleans cases
Admiral Farragut and others agt. ship Metropo-
Lis and others, and petition of Admiral Farra-
gut and officers and men Of West Gulf squadron
for bounty money for destruction OF rebel ves-
sells in the passage Of Forts jackson and st.
Phillip in 1862. Judge wylie decided these cases
under the act Of 1854, which provides that the
money shall be distributed among the officers
the same as prize money, under the direction OF
the Secretary Of the Navy, and that under this
act the Court was deprived Of jurisdiction, and
ii could not obtain Jurisdiction even BY the con-
sent of the Secretary Of the Navy. The coun-
sell asked that the entry OF the order in the case
be postponed in order that the petition may be
amended (if they should 80 determine) and An
appeal be taken to the Supreme Court.
Year: 1870

Shocking Case on Long Island-TerrIbic Suffer-


ing and Death by SufocatiOn.


On Wednesday of last week, a citizen of
Queens, Long Island, named Henry Klean, was
attacked by ferocous dog and badly bitten.
The attack of the brute was observed by Messrs.
Rowland and Gillen, who drove the dog away,
and carried Klean to the Post Office, where his
wounds were dressed. He was afterwards re-
moved to his home, where he finally recovered
so as to be able to resume his everyday duties.
On Thursday last his conduct excited suspicion;
he complained of feeling dizzy which was at
tended by nausea and vomiting. He entered the
lager beer saloon of Mr.. Schmidt, and asked for
a glass of lager, which when offered he refused
to accept, and left the house. Under the horse
shed he observed pail of water which he
frantically seized and dashed to the ground. He
then started on a run for his residence. He
dashed open the door in a paroXysm of terror,
yelling with delirium and pain, frothing from
the mouth, and bleeding from the nose. He
continued unrelieved in his sufferings for about
an hour, and as he seemed to grow worse it was
found necessary to cause his death by smother
ing him between feather beds.
Year: 1870

Railway Tolls.


Boston, March 22-Among the business be-
fore the House is resolution directing railroad
commissioners to prepare some plan regulating
the rates of fare and freight on railroads, and
to compel them to carry on the express busi-
ness. Also, bill to provide for Street Commls-
sioners OF Boston; and another to enable Boston
to have one or two more public parks by the
appointment of mixed State and city commits
sion for that purpose.


In the Senate bill was reported to unite the
cities of Boston and Charestown, subject to
confirmation by o vote of the two cities.
Year: 1870

the plea of not guilty being recorded counsel
moved for an adjournment OF the case until next
Monday, and no opposition to the motion being
fixed that day for the trial of the three counts.


The prisoner is confined in the County Jail a.
Elizabeth; he appears to be in high spirits, and
expresses confident hope that the result of the
trial will be favorable. His wife strongly OPP
poses any publicity being given to the affair.
and is trying to prevail upon her mother and
brother to withdraw the charges.
Year: 1870

AMAssAcHUsETTs A paper tells Of
Z recent Congressional nominating
convention there in which voting
Wascarried On IN such a scientific
hammer that con the fourth ballot
each candidate had . majOrity Of
the whole convention"
Year: 1870

The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald says that
HOar was one time nominated for
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts, by the Governor Of
that State, and that he was rejected
by the Council for the same reason
that the United Senate rejected
him-namely, his bearisb, disagree.
able manners aud his lack of the
little amenities common among
civilized gentlemen.
Year: 1870

w e have had our banner ON the
outer wall. with PRICES so Low that
no firm in the State OF Ohio undertook to
meet us. We have driven our foe to the
wan, and occupy the field without fear.


We have silenced- all men who years ago
assumed some pOwerof competition. They
are now willing TO confess conhdentIally
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
US in prices, because we are game on a
Clothing "set-to." TheironIy hope is in the
ignorance OF their customers. who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs, which amounts 10 at least
Year: 1870

A Connecticut woman, over eighty
years of age, went to a dentist TO have a
set of teeth repaired, and gave as a rea-
son for being particular about the work
that, though she did not expect TO live
long, she desired to haveher corpse look
as well as possible.
Year: 1870

The very latest thing i'm the advertls-
ing line is a lady who. through the news
papers, seeks for employment as an
ornamental guest. She viii assist az
dinner or evening parties---by her grace
and wit and beauty, and she Will do
everything in the highest style of tho aFt
only she demands that a handsome
compensation be made.
Year: 1870

CEMENT FoR LEATHER.-A good water
proof cement or glue, for holding wood or
leather, may be made by dissolving fine
shrods Of India rubber in warm copal var
nish. The material to be united should be
mado clean, and be perfectly dry at the
time of applying the cement,
Year: 1870

A good many wealthy and sristocratic''
ladies have called upon the firm Of Wood
hull & Clsfin, of New York. The ladies
of New York are not as particular ebou,
whom they call on as were Chicago ladies
when the same firm was in operation there
Year: 1870

The New York Tribune calls upon the
friends of Sichles to rejoice with it over the
congressional report in fAver of that persons
confirmation. The friends Of public decency
and of Americas fair fame, will entertain
sentiments of a different nature.
Year: 1870

Such dyspepsia The stomach and the brain too in
timatey allied for the to suffer without the other
dyspepsia and dependency nseparabe 1t may be
added too irritation of the stomach is almost nyari
ably accompanied by irritation of the temper.


The nvgoratng and tranqulizng operation of Hostel
Bitters most powerfully developed in of ndi
geston The first effect of this agreeable tonic comfort
ing and encouraging mild glow pervades the SYSTEM the
chronic uneasness in the region the stomach is lessened
the resessness which charactezes the disease
is abated This Improvement is not transient 1t is not sue
ceeded by the of the old syptoms with supedded
force, always the when unmedicaed stmuants
given for the complaint Each dose seems to impar
permanent accession of heahul invgoation. But this is
all The aperent and antibous properties of the
paraton scarcely secondary in Importance to its tonic
virtues overflow of bile the secretion
brought within proper limits and if the beary is
inert torpid it is toned and regulated The effect upon
the dschagng organs equally salutary and in OF
constipation the catharc action is just sufficient to produce
desired result gradually and without pain The Btters
promote healthy evaporation from the surface which is
particularly desirable at this when sudden spells OF
raw unpleasant weather apt check the natural per-
spration and produce congestion of the liver coughs and
colds The best safeguard against all disease bodily
this the great Vegetable Restorative essentially pro-
notes. noVlZ-lm.
Year: 1870

the hall, and scream is heard as a number is
announced, or man elbows his way out radiant
with joy, or two or three men carry away a
limp form that has tainted under the fruition of
realized hope.


ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,


1t is two o'clock, and more prizes have been
drawn. There has been slight pause in the
announcement of this number. There is a COM
motion on the platform. The caller seems afraid
to go too near the tag that the blind girl holds
above her head. A fearful, unnatural stiffness
has fallen on the vast throng. Every breath is
suspended. We guess what is coming. With a
clear enuneiaton that can be heard in every cor
ner of the great building, number 154 ,O77 is
called, and then" One hundred thousand dol
lars" There is roar as of sea dashing on
rocks yell like the cry of disappointed wild
beasts an instantaneous rising of Is 900 specta-
tors, and a look of inquiry every face. Ru-
nor at awards the great prize to fifty differ
ent people. Silence is gradually restored and
the drawing proceeds


So hour after hour the blind children act as
unconscious agents for what some call Fortune
and others Chance and few Providence, and
hour after hour the crowd watches and waits
with painful anxiety for the luck that each one
expects and so few realize, until day creeps into
darkness and the gas is lit and seven, eight,
nine, ten o'clock passes, and small prizes and
large prizes have been drawn in interesting mo-
notony and only one more is left


| THE END.


The President of the Mercantile Library now
comes forward and says that the Grand Concert
is over. He says that we have behaved in a
creditable, orderly, manner, that we have done
good deed, that we have saved the noblest in
stituton this side of the Mississippi, and he
thinks we ought to feel generally elated. He is
ironically cheered and retires. The last prize
-$500-is then drawn, the announcement is
greeted with loud and prolonged yell, and
then the vast crowd melts through the doors
and disappears in the darkness.


So ended the most remarkable day in the an
nails of San Francisco, a day given up by whole
gambling, day from which will spring more
Generalization, more crime, more ruin and dis
aster than any other day in her previous history
has brought forth, day that will be remem-
bered as long as the Mercantile Library stands
to reproach us with the facts TO which it owes its
existence. SCRIBBLER.
Year: 1870

STRANGE IF TRuE.-We are positively assured, i,
that few days ago at Armstrong; ranch on
Eel river, in Humboldt county, mule was de-
livered of fine colt. Parties protesting to have
seen it, state that with its head hidden in bag,
the remainder of the body is that of perfectly
formed horse colt, but with its head exposed, it
looks just what it is, that is cross between a
mule and horse. Where's Barnum?