smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

A writer in Temple Bar says In
japan, even in the lowest inns, the
travellers request for bath is never
met with that stare Of blank astonish-
ment which often attends the demand in
our own and every other European
country. I know in Ireland once l asked
for a bath and they brought me horse
bucket, and on another occasion, in
France, could get no nearer the article
than horse trough, while in England
and Germany the request has more than
once led to q serious breach Of the peace
between myself and the landlord. In
japan. on the contrary, there would be
much more surprise felt If the traveller
did not ask for one. There were no
preparations required, no rushing about
of chambermaids, no turning on this
and off that-everything was quite
ready, and was ct once conducted to
hugo wooden bath with small earthen
furnace let in at the foot, and lid en-
closing the whole Of the top with the
exception of space just big enough for
the head of the bather to emerge through.
In one OF these contrivances, with a
small furnace burning gayly, Japa-
nese, after his days work IS over,
will sit calmly himself with the lid on,
and the water bubbling about him at
boiling heat. He seems, however, TO
like it uncommonIy, to judge from the
pleased expression on his face fast deep
eninQ under the process INTO beetroot-
like tinss and when he has at last had
enough-about an hour of 1.-THE takes
off the lid and emerges as much like
boiled lobster as human being can be-
come. My bath was quite ready the
small furnace glowed with live pieces OF
charcoal the water bubbled merrily,
aud my companions OF the bath, taking
off the lid, invited me TO enter. Not
being, however, either Japanese, blue
lobster, or q potato, did not see any
particular object in being boiled, and SO
had the fuel raked out Of the furnace
and q few buckets Of cold water added
before I got in,
Year: 1875

WOMEN UNDER THE HTNDoo Law.
According to the Hindoo law-giver,
woman has no god on earth but her
husband, and no religion except to
crafty. obey, and serve him. Let her
husband be crooked, old, infirm, often
sive; let him be irascible, irregular,
drunkard, q gambler, debauchee let
him be reckless Of domestic affairs, as If
possessed by a devil though he lived
In the world without honor though he
be deaf or blind, wholly weighed down
by crime and infrmity-still shall his
wife regard him as her God. With all
her might shall she servo him, in all
things obey him, see no defects in his
character, and give him no cause OF
uneasiness. Nay, more in every stage
Of her existence woman lives but to
obey-at first her parents, next her hus-
band and his parents, and in her old
age must be ruled hy hel children.
Never during her whole life can she
be under her own control, the life of
women in India must be conducted.
The Hindoo writer was considerate
enough too add few particulars: "If
her husband laughs, she ought to
laugh if he weeps, she ought to weep /;
If he is disposed 10 speak, she ought to
Join in the conversation. Thus is the
goodness of her nature displayed. What
woman would eat until her husband has
first had his fill? II he abstains, she
will surely fast also If he Is sad viii
she not be sorrowful? And if he is gay,
will she not leap for joy2 In the ab.
senee Of her husband her raiment shall
be mean.
Year: 1875

DANGEROUS HAYMAKFG.- Wild hay"
is tho name given by the Swiss to hay
made from the grass growing on strips
of soil to be found on tho Alps, at the
height of from Eve to six thousand feet,
in places SO difficult OF access that even
the roatherd and his venturesome flock
forbea- TO visit them. This hay is so
valu lble from its excellent quality and
delicious aroma that a regular hay-har-
vest ia yearly undertaken on these al
most inaccessible places in spite Of the
danger to life and limb involved in the
attempt, The haynakers are Bhod with
iron. and secure themselves with ropes
10 gome sure hold when in especially
dangerous places, but fatal accidents
occur every year. It is reckoned that
one man can make hundred weight of
hay daily. This he either carries home
at night in net slung over his shoulder,
or stacks it on the mountain whence 1t
il removed in sledge when the snow
coneg. This wild hay ID essential 70
the maintenance OF the Alpine cattle,
the produce OF the valleys being lnsuf-
ficient for their winter keep, besides
being of inferior quality to this hard


roa spoa from those hooks in the ever
lasting hills upon which the suns rays
still lfnger when they have long since
left the valleys.
Year: 1875

HARMox1zrSG CoLoRs. The journal
Of Elneation gives the following list OF
harnouizing colors Red with green
blue with orange yellow with violet
black with warm brown ; violet with
pale green ; violet with light rose deep
blue with golden brown chocolate lgltlI
light blue :; deep red with gray ulaEooil
with warm green deep blae With pink
chocolate with pea green nsroou
with deep blue elaxes th bEff black
with warm green,
Year: 1875

A strange and remarkable case was
brought under the attention of DR.. Tate,
of Augusta county, few days since.
He was called to see Mrs. Taylor, wife
of Mr.. Robert Taylor, living about
three miles from Greenville, and found
that she had driven six-penny nail into
the back of her head, which, after much
difficulty, he succeeded in extracting.
The nail had been driven In several days
previously, and by her own hand. 1t
was discovered by a daughter of hers
while combing her hair one day, and
she insisted on keeping the fact secret.
but her daughter sent for DR.. Tate, as
above stated. She told her daughter
that she had driven the nail in several
days before, with the fiat side Of a
hatchet that she hHd bouu Buffori ing
with violent pains in her head, but since
driving in the nail she had been entirely
free from them, Some years ago she
had been confined in tho Western Lunatic
ASYLUM, and has for some time been
partially deranged. II the nail pene-
trated the skull, as I understand it did,
it is a very remarkable case, and one OF
much interest to the medical fraternity.
--RicltBa01sd Dispatch.
Year: 1875

WE are touching our fellow.beings on
all sides. They are affected for good or
for evil by what we are, by what we say
and do. even by what we think and
feel. May flowers in the parlor breathe
fragrance through the atmosphere. We
are each Of MS as silently saturating the
atmosphere about us with the aiahllle
aroma OF our character. In the family
circle, besides and beyond all ~
feaohipg. the daily life or each parent
and child mysteriously modiles the life
N eyery person Id the household. The
same process on a wider toale Is going
M through the community. No man
jiyeth to himself, and no mAn aieth 70
himself. Others are built up and
straiehtened BY our unconscious deeds;
otheTs NAV be- wrenched out Of their
places and thrown down by our unoon-
scious influence.
Year: 1875

gYe elect TO the title of Barouesge de
yglallersee, which thus equalized the
rank OF the lovers, and enabled to marry
without any difficulty. They live the
most happy and retired life possible in
their pretty little chateau on Lake
where the empress Of Austria
lately visited them.
They say the Duchess Louise OF
Bavaria never puts of, night or day, the
necklace Of pearls, the clasp OF which
she had riveted the morning after Its
presentation by the duke, and that IN
consequence Of this Peeuliarity she IS
known all through the country round by
the name of the Fairy Perlina, from
the old German tale Of the Magic Pearl.
NEWS has been received of fresh sup.
Year: 1875

G. D. PRENTICE.
Alone walked the ocean strand,
A pearly shell was in my hand
stood, and wrote upon the sand


Ny name, the year and day.
As onward from the spot passed
One lingering look behind cast
A wave came rolling high and fast


And washed my lines away.
And so methought 'twould quickly be
With every mark Oh earth from me
A wave of dark oblivion's sea


Will sweep across the place
Where have trod the sandy shore
OF time, and be to me no more;
Of me, my day, the name bore,


To leave no track or trace.
And yet with Him who counts the sands,
And holds the water in His hands,
know lasting record stands


Inscribed against my name,
Of all this mortal part has wrought,
OF all this thinking soul has thought,
And from these fleeting moments caught


For glory or for shame.
Year: 1875

The great ends Of all study. of all
requirement, are ability and disposition
to discharge more effectually our duties
as men and as citizens He who is not
better brother, nelghbor, friend. and
citizen. because Of his superior know
ledge. may very we'll doubt whether
his knowledge is really superior to the
ignorance Of the unlettered many
around him. ts
Year: 1875

at the second. Her eyes frightened through
tears, and as the King was taking his seat again,
she rose and bent towards him and kissed his
cheek; then took her seat again with beaming
countenauce."


The present volume carries tho life Of the
Prince down to the year 1913. No events Of
great note occurred during the eight years coy
cred by tue narrative, IN which he had held the
position Of Prince consort. His election to the
Chancellorship Of the University OF Cambridge
WAS one Of the most important incidents that
marked this period; but, in the main, his life
was quiet, and as retired as was possible to Lis
station. His unobtruaiveness, joined to his
single-hea1ted desire to further the interests Of
England Ms far as WAS in his power gradually
won for him the respect and regard Of the pa-
ton, dissipatiug in all minds the prcjudices and
jcalousiea to which, as foreigner brought near
to the throne, he had in tho beginning been sub
ject.


Az HISTORY Of the present English Court, the
biography OF the Prince will derive much inter-
est. The account it furnishes OF interviews With
foreign Sovereigns and Princes. and Of visits
with the English nobility, will also be read with
aridity. Indeed, it may be said with candor that
VIC hpvo not had a more pleasing work Of the
kind i'll come time. The picture OF the Prince
may DO high-colored, but it certainly Ii a graft
flying one 10 Contemplate
Year: 1875

TRAMP called on Popular street lady fol
something To flll up with and the lady, being a
kind heal ted creature, invited him In, and as he
took a seat she began sliCing bread, and the
tramp began to eat it, She couldn't cut 1t fast
enough 10 suirthe action Of his jaws, but she cut
IL as rapidly as she could. After one loaf had dis
appeared she gave him the fourth piece from the
second loaf and as he finished it, she laid down
the knife and loaf and asked: NJ


Aren't you satisfied YETI and with grin he re
llied: ...4.. .....


Guess kin git away with about six hunks yet
don't expect 10 git nothin' more fur q week, and
must fill In. ,st u.uY
y But he gut no more; she opened the door, and
as she called Here Tge, here Tige,' a big dog
came bouncing 10 the door, and she said firmly


You are too i'll bread to loaf around here any
longer rise and go yeast, You kneadent get
crusty about either or this dog shall dough his
duty. Aud as the tramp went out past II dog
side ways she continued


Settle down like man and go to work re-
member wherever you go that a rolling pin
gathers no moss ,. ..
Year: 1875

THE first grand ball of the Social Club series o.
the Opera House last Friday night, was the mos
recherche affair of the season. The G. \. Band
played the opening march, and the effect of the
orchestra was greatly increased by the addition o.
a trombone which was used in mastery style
by George Nauman, baritone of the g. A. Band
A large number were present from a distance.
Year: 1875

TIE editor Of the Rep. received quite thump
from the reverend gentleman who oficiated at
the union services on Thanksgiving day. The
susceptible veteran Of the paste pot and scissors
had stopped over with too much gush in praise Of
Vic. woodruff, through his sheet, and that didn't
exactly please the minister aforesaid Let him
prepare a lecture and enter the field against
TiltOn y, .It 20
Year: 1875

COLUMBUS DELANo, late Secretary of the Interior
under Grant, has got down to an honorable way Of
making money at last, He recently drew an
eight dollar premium on an Alderny bull at the
Knox County Fair. Another game of bull in
he rinRn
Year: 1875

ON last Friday night young man put croton
oil into some liquor which was drank by com
panion. The result was not as serious as 1t nigh
have been. and the young man who drank the
LIQUOR was swiftly and satisfactorily Ievenged il
a manner not to be mentioned.
Year: 1875

The matter of turning out the street lights at
ten o'clOck is broad invitation for thieves, loot
pads and the worst class of night maraudeB to
make our town their base Of operations.
Year: 1875

From tie Charleston s c. Ne,oS and Courier.


The Stone Age, the Age Of Bronze, the
Golden Age the Silver Age, the Brazen Age,


the Dark ages-are all terms so familiar that


they At once suggest their meaning to the


mind. They give us, as it were, birds-eye
view Of tie life Of the human race, from the


remotest point in eternity that a backward


glance of our mental eye can reach, up to the


commencement Of these modern times, which


optimist writers Of to-day are accustomed to


call the age of Progress. Familiar and sug-


gestve, however as these teIms are, it Is uni


versally acknowledged that they DO not OF


themselves convey philosophically accurate


description of the period which they designate


1t is to be feared that this criticism will apply


as well to the term Age of Progress as to those


which have preceded it. Perhaps the world
has progressed since Columbus discovered
America: and in these days Of Centennial
hullabaloes it may be regarded as rank heresy
TO DENY it But, granting the progress, no
one will deny that it is progress on wheels,
and that those wheels require vast amount of
grease" Should man invent a new sewing
machine needle an indispensable adjunct to
that most wonderful result of progress, the
machines may bungle along with the old
needles, and he may die as poor as he was born,


III ko
and the patent agent is able to grease the
Patent Office. recent illustrious example
shows plainly that the best way to make sue
cess of great canal is TO grease the Legisla-
ture of the State wherein it is located. When
IL rnmps 10 Continental railroads aud ocean
steamships why, then, grease Congress, and
perhaps. even the President. Cakes Ames was
the apostle Of grease in this country and
he has become immortal, because he kuew
where to put grease where it would do the
most good. In fact, "grease Is an Ameri-
can institution Yet if we will reflect on The
fIchborne trial in England, the dreaded pow
er of the Bonapartists in France, the rule OF
two old women in China, aud certain other
topics of the day too numerous 10 mention. we
win see that the influence of grease is byn
means confned to this Continent. 10 fact, we
are driven 10 the melancholy conclusion that
the Hume, we hope not yet germinated in the
womb Of futurity, who shall write the history
of tue rise aud fall of the American Republic,
with some account of the contemporaneous
world rill fas,diouSly escbew the Age Of
Progress" aud substitute therefor the :" Age Of
Grease"
Year: 1875

Personal attractions most girls possess-at
any rate in sufficient degree to render them
attractive TO somebody-for although there are
standards and models Of beauty yet these d.
not prevail with all persons There is some
thing wonderful in the difference Of aspect
which the same face wears 10 different behold
ers. Probably the philosophical explanation
of this is. that what is hidden TO the eye Of all
others becomes apparent to the eye Of love.


How can moderately good looking girl in
crease her attractiops7 BY culture. She
must cultivate her mind An ignorant and
illi;erate woman, even if she attracts the atten-
ton, cannot retain the interest Of an inteli-
gent man. She must do this by reading, by
study, by reflection, and by familiar conversa-
ton with the best and most highly educated
persons with whom she comes in contact.


But the heart must be cultivated as well rs
the head. "of all things" exclaimed most
elegant and refined gentleman, after nearly a
life times familiarity with the best society, Of
all things give me softBess and gentleness 10
woman" A harsh voice, a course laugh
triaes like these have suddenly spoiled many a
favorable first impression.


The cultivation Of the heart mus. be real
aud not feigned. A woman who strdies 10
appear rather than to be good and generous
seldom succeeds in deceiving the opposite sex
10 these respects. She who in truth seeks
earnestly to promote the happiness Of those
around her is very apt 10 obtain admirers
among men. No woman ever otherwise so
completely triumphs over rival as when she
is 10 good earnest to prefer that rivals interest
to her own.


Above all other requisites in a woman is
conscientiousness Without this touchstope Of
character, no matter what her charms and ac-
quirements. she canuot expect to command the
lasting regard Of any man whose love is worth
having.
Year: 1875

DISCIPLINE.
Upon the patient earth,
A thousand tempests beat,
To call to life the flowers
That make her glad and sweet.
So o'er the human heart
The countless griefs that roll
But wake immortal JOY
To bloom within the soul.
Year: 1875

E At fisherman's feast in au Ul-
ster seaport, q gentleman was seated
next to an "old SALT" who, before he
would begin his dinner, insisted upon
having some of every kind of meat that
was on the table put altogether upon
his plate, which was thus loaded with
an incongruous mass of fish, fowl, and
vegetables, all in one heap. The gen.
tleman asked his neighbor why he did
this, and suggested that it would DO
better for him 10 eat the different sorts
of food separately. But the son Of
Neptune saw no necessity for any such
method. He said, "Do you think 1
keep separate shelves for them down
belowP Let them all GO into the hold
together"
Year: 1875

S An aristocratic New Yorker. on
being requested by rich and vulgar
young fellow for permission to marry
"one of his girls gave this rather
crushing reply: Certainly; which
would you prefer, the housemaid or
the cook /"
Year: 1875

TIE INDIANs.-The Supreme Court of the United States rendered a decision which Is to be the most important ever made as re cards the Indians and their relations with the general government and to each other 1t is held by the Court, Chief Justice Waite delivering the opinion, that the Indian tribes, as such, have no rights whatever in the soil of the country which they occupy, that the fee of the land is in the United States. and the Indians can only acquire 1t as individuals. The case came up from Wis- consin, in action of replevin brought by an Indian agent in behalf of the tribe in his charge, to recover a quantity of pine logs which had been cut on the Indian lands Tho decision practically holds that Indians as tribes have no rights which white men are bound to respect. Inasmuch as they are not citizens, it follows that their position IS decidedly peculiar one. tis thought that the effect of the decision must be to compel Congress at an early day to adopt the nec- cssary legislation to enable them to become citizens.-[Ex.
Year: 1875

The organization effected at Salt Lake ot the SOth ult., to carry forward an extension on the Utah Southern R. R. to connect with the Texas tS Pacific at the head of the Gulf of California, is of interest to Arizona. This extension would open the flood gates of i'm migration for the benefit of this Territory as much as anything that could be devised. We sincerely hope that the plan will be put in operation. Most of the freight for this sec ton would come by this route and the road would be remunerative one.
Year: 1875

Governor Tilden, of New York, does not approve of the dead-head system. He re- fused, recently, the offer of pass over the New York Central Railroad for himself and family, informing the autocrat of that cor poration that he hoped to be able to make both ends meet at Albany, and also pay his fare on the railroads.
Year: 1875

[From the Washington Chronicle, June 4th.l
The Commissioner of Pensions, in his
reorganization of his Office, intends to es>
tablish and put in operation in few days
Board of Appeals, to consist of four
gentlemen at present connected with the
Pension Bureau. The duties. of this
board will consist in the examination Of
any application rejected by the regular
examiners, or otherwise passed upon by
them, and appeals to this board. The
Commissioner hopes that the moral effect
Of the organization Of that board will be
more careful consideration Of all cases by
the regular examiners before passing
judgment upon them. Besides this it is
expected that the applicant for pension
will in ell cases be more likely to receive
just treatment. BY an act of Congress
passed in June, 1870, it was provided
that special compensation should be
provided for each disabled pensioner for the
loss of limb while in the service: this
compensation to be paid once in five
years, either by furnishing the pensionor
a new artificial limb, or, in case q new
one was not desired, by the payment to
the soldier of the money value OF such
limb. The question having arisen
whether this five years should be counted
as beginning at the time of the applica>
ton of the soldier, or at the date of the
passage of the law above alluded to, the
Commissioner this morning decided the
matter by ordering that the FIVE years
should in each case date from the time of
the soldiers application. Ii disability,
such as paralysis, prevents soldier from
wearing the limb, he is also entitled to
compensation under this law. Pension
Agent Cox of this city will begin paying
pensioners who reside abroad in few
days. OF this class Of pensioners there
are about 700 living in every part Uf the
globe, and it requires about $l50,00O
per nnnum to pay them.


PENSION OFFICE ORDER.


The following order will be issued by
the Commissioner of Pensions to-day:


Every pcnon asking information rela
tive to the merits or status of any claim
or matter pending before this Office il
entitled to respectful reply. The spe
cial attention of the chiefs of divisions is
therefore directed to the necessity o
carefully reviewing all letters emanatinl
from their respective divisions, to see that
the same are written in plain and fai
hand writing without abbreviations, in


terlineations, blots or erasures, Official
respectful and concise in language, aut
properly punctuated. Also that ID, sam
contain a full and complete showing @


all the requirements necessary to pr1pe
: adjudication or tho claim or matter t
which they relate,
Year: 1875

IV The newspaper is the handmaid
of civilization. No family can maintain
its place in society without it. The man
needs it for information about markets
and politics; the women needs it as a
diversion from her household cares and
family duties the young need it for both
amusement aud instruction. Thousands
Of families can take but single news
paper; and that one should be CON-
meuded to their consideration which best
meets all their needS.-PhiIdlelpllia
PrhierS' Circulir.
Year: 1875

W neu unII Soue ~, the Bous WIiNc.


The Animcsities are mortal, bus the
humanities live forever.


There is 20 Gnito lifo except unto
death no death except unto higher life.


Life would be pleasant if it were not
for its pleasures.


To the blessed eternity itself there ia
no other handle than this instant,


l have learned what a sin is against an
infinite imperishable being, such as is the
soul Of man.


He that does base thing ia zeal for
his friend burns the golden thread that
ties their hearts together.


The successful rearing of children is
the greatest work which Is accomplished
on this planet. All work eliminates is
that.


However urgent may bo tho necessity
for breaking up of old modes of belief,
the most strong tiiinded and discerning,
next to those who head the movement
are generally those who bring up tie rear
of it.


1t is never too late with us so long as
we are still aware of our faults, ana bear
with them impatiently; so long as aspira>
tions eager for conquest, stir within us.