smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

While a steward in one of the Msysville
(Kentucky) churches was handing round the
contribution box few Sundays since, taking
up a collection for foreign missions, his eve
and heart were gaddened by observing among
its contents a neatly rolled package that one
could easily imagine to be CHECK" or some
thing OF that agreeable nature On hastily
'ity of human nature was changed to Ger.
tainty by discovering 81 and a cent, and upon
the paper che following: "The cent is for the
heathen, and the dollar to get it to them"
Year: 1873

A touching instance Of woman's devotion


comes from New Jersey A Trenton man was


convicted of burglary and sentenced to long


imprisonment; it turned out aftcrward that


he was innocent, having been in jail at New


Haven, Ct, at the time OF the theft The


noble wife came to the latter city, procured the
Ipapers necessary to prove an .alibi, pocketed


the documents, and ran off with another man,
leaving her spouse to languish in prison.
Year: 1873

The Boston Transcript recalls the remark of
a quaint old clergyman of the last generation, in
that city, who used to say that bread is the
staff of life, but bread and butter is a gold
headed cane.
Year: 1873

DEFECTIVE REIGToN.-A religion that
never suaices to govern man, will never
suffice to save him That which does not
sufficiently distinguish him from a wicked
world, will never distinguish him from perish
ing world -HO,ce.
Year: 1873

the morning after my arrival at the
=" Red Dragon" found myself in bed,
strapped down. The people of the inn
told me that had been mad the night
before. and had fought a battle royal
with every article of furniture in the
room. 1 knew better, of course; but
I kept my own counsel. I could have
told them that had conquered not
only De Tremens himself, but also his
awful CO.-N. P0uL's Mnqozine.
Year: 1873

Mark Twain contributes to the


New York Tribune the following ad-


mirable letter concerning the Sand


wich Islands: To the editor Of the


Tribune:


SIR: When you do me the honor
to request me write an article on the
Sandwich Islands, just now when the
death of the king has turned some
thing of the public attention in that
direction you unkennel a man whose
modesty would have kept him in
hiding otherwise. l could fill you
full of statistics, but most human
beings like gossip better, and so you
will not blame me if 1 proceed after
the largest audience and leave other
people to worry the minority with
arithmetic.


A PARADISE FOR ALL SORTS.


1 spent several months in the
Sandwich Islands, six years ago, and
If 1 could have my way abont it, 1
would go back there and remain the
rest of my days. 1t is paradise for
an indolent man. If a man is rich
he can live expensiYely, and his
grandeur will be respected as in
other parts of the world; if he is
poor he can herd with the natives,
and live on next to nothing; he can
sun himself all day long under the
palm trees, and be no more troubled
by his conscience than a butterfly
would.


When you are in this blessed re-
treat, you are safe from the turmoil
of life; you browse your days away
in long deep dream of peace; the
past is a forgotten thing, the present
a heaven, and the future you leave
to take care Of itself You are in
the center of the Pacific ocean; you
are two thousand miles from the
world; as far as you can see, on any
hand, the crested pillows wall the
horizon, and beyond this barrier the
wide universe is but a foreign land
to YOU, and barren of interest.


The climate is simply delicious
never cold at the sea level, and new
er really too warm, for you are at
the halfway house, that is, twenty
degrees above the equator But
then you may order your own eli
mate for this reason; the eight
inhabited islands are merely mount
ians that lift themselves out of the
sea-a group of bells, if you please,
with some (but not very much |
''Hare" at their basis. You get the |
idea. Well, you take thermometer
and mark on it where you want the
mercury to stand permanently for
ever with not more than l 3 degrees
variation) winter and summer. lfI
50 in the shade is your figure with |
the privilege of going up or down 5
or six degrees at long intervals, J, you
build your house down on the "fare"
the sloping or level ground on the
sea shore-and you have the deadest
sure thing in the world on that ten
perature. And such is the climate
of Honolulu the capital of the King
dem. you mark 20 as your mean
Year: 1873

The ancient religion was only a
tumble of curious superstitlons.
The shark seems to have been the
god they chiefly worshiped, or rath-
er sought to propitiate. Then there
was Pele, a goddess who presided
over the terrible fires of Kilenea;
minor gods were not scarce. The
natives are all Christians, now-ev-
cry one of them; they all belong to
to the church, and are fonder of the
ology than they are of pie; they will
sweat ont sermon as long as the
Declaration of Independence; the
duller it is the more it infatuates
them; they would sit there and stew
and stew in trance of enjoyment
till they hoated away in their own
grease if the ministers would stand
watch-and-Watch, and see them
Year: 1873

G. EXPANSION IN THE DRUG Trade
;.o Some recent examinations ola few of the most
important articles in the drug trade show
surprising. facility and extent of adulteration.
among other features in this line is the mix
s"s OF olive oil with lard oil or cotton seed oil,
WINE Jnleh Is very commonly done. The article of
IN 15nHuoarb root is also matter of frequent fraud
The common China rhubarb is given coating
!r Tl Turkey rhubarb dust and then sold for
turkey rhubarb, the latter being four times
.ne value of the former. Large quantities of
sauterated medicines are imported directly,
such as blue pill mass with one-tbird the proper
proportion Of mercury. Quinine is also import
81 aduterated with salacine. Salaoine itself
Is Is sometimes used as medicine, and then
may be sophisticated by something else. Cream
tartar is combined with marble dust or ground
alum, and all the powdered drugs are easily
mixed with cheaper material. A few staples
arc are beyond this system of deception, such as
eamphor, licorice, &c, but this list is small
one Essential oils offer great scope for
fraud, and but few experts can detect it.
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubal
happiness. Indeed without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view. the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OF
smother is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

The MAN OF SINGLE TUNE.-The mar
of a single tune is one of the leading
scourges of this terrestrial life. He
is found on the street corner patiently
whistling and rewhistling hatmangled
ditty; he is found in the Office softly
grooming it over, and he sits down to
the piano in the drawing-room to war


ble-the same miserable tune. A gen
tleman answering to this description
is found in stock brokers' Office on
California street "Ten Thousand
Miles Away" in his weakness, and he
has given it SO often with variations Of
his own that his fellow clerks are think


of applying to the s'boss" for his dis


missal.
Year: 1873

Brigham Young recently called his
wives together and told them that if
any Of their number wished to leave
they were perfectly at liberty to do So


One woman departed, but returning
the next Jay she was 'hooted out Of the
"hive. by her indignant companions
Year: 1873

MARROW EscApE.-Rev. R. Thorn Jr.,
Pastor of the First NJ E. Church, Of
Millville narrowly escaped losing an
eve, one day last week. He was stand


ing on the wharf looking at the work
ing of the pile driver, when the rope
in its rapid ur,coiling, caught up a
scrap Of iron and hurled it with great
force, striking the reverend gentleman
close under his left eye, inaicting quite
severe bsItise.
Year: 1873

The cares, anXietieS and misfortuneS OF life have
as much to do with shortening 1t as disease. They
are in fact the source of many ailments and physi
cadisabilitles. Nervous weakness dyspepsia, ,afec-
tionS of the liver disturbances of the bowels head
ache, hypochondria and monomania are among
these distressing fruits. Ii is therefore, of great
Importance that persons whose minds are oppressed
with heavy business responsibilities, or harassed by
family troubles, or excited by speculation, or per-
picked by multiplicity OF enterprises, or in any
way overtaxed or overworked, should keep up their
stamina by the daily use of : wholesome tonic
Thousands of persons thus circumstanced are ena-
bled to bear up against the difficulties In which
they are involved and to retain their health strength
and mental clearness, by the regular use OF Hostet
ter's Stomach BitterS. Diseases which are = Oneto
attack the body when debitated and broken down
by oyer-much brain wegk Or exhausting physical
labor are kept at bay by the resistant power with
which this Incompatible tonic endowS the nervous
the heat is evaporating the elements OF strength
from every pore, an mvigOrant is absolutely essen
tia to the safety and comfort of the public, and is
required even by the more robust il they desire to
keep their athletic capabilities In status quo. Hence


course of Hostetters Bitters is particularly useful
at this period of the year a defense against the
invisible disease afoat in a sultry atmosphere. 1t
is the most potent Of all preventive medicines, and
for all complaints which effect the stomach, the


liver and the bowels, and interfere with the perfect
digestion and assimilation of food it Is the stand
ard rem edy.
Year: 1873

taught to feel a pride in helping moth
er. Her school days are passed in a


pleasant manner. She delights in
learning, and considers it no indignity


to assist her mother after school hours


in her numerous household duties.--
Her father being a professional man,
finds her q very valuable assistant. In


society. she may and does meet many
gentlemen of pleasing address and pol


ished manner, but she passes them by,


considering it no disgrace to be classed
among ''old maids" prefeling rather
to live life of '.single blessedness' to
one of double wretchedness. But
such person is not often left unsought,
and she meets with one, who like her
self has been taught ''to labor and to
wait" In Ia quiet unassuming manner,
they are married. Having no desire
for display, they are content to COM
mence life as did their parents before
them, in plain, simple manner. 1t is


unnecessary to attempt description
of such household. Where two per
sons are so harmonious in their taste
and habits, everything moves smoothly.
There is no jairing, no sad awakening,
but each day developing to each. new
beauties in the other.


Learning ''to labor and to watt is
generally considered hard lesson.
Even when young men are willing to
labor, it is not always the case that
they have an equal readiness to wait.
They do not fully realize the truth OF
Benjamin Franklin's adage, that ''He
that hath trade hath an estate" as
the trade in itself is worth nothing ex-
cept by constant application, and in Or
der to secure wealth and retain it when
secured, it is necessary still to labor.
Many men are not willing to spend a
few wears in earnest labor, each year
saving q few hundreds, andN because
they have to wait, they become impa-
tient at labor. TO others, there is great
satisfaction in waiting The good time
coming. is constantly before them as
an encouragement i'll the present hour
of labor, AS ''there is no royal road
to learning so there is no excellence
without labor One of the greatest
mistakes made by parents of the pres
ent day, is that they do not teach their
children to labor and to wait. Those
who sneer at labor, or at those who
engage in an honorable calling, are a
class of persons whose opinions are not
worth the respect or consideration of
any one. There are many who expect
to su1mount the hill of learning at a
single bound, and to make fortune in
less time than it took their parents to
lay the foundation for what they accu-
mulated after many years Of hard toll.
This expectation is most unreasonable,
and brings with it disappointment and
unhappiness. We hope that parents
who read the PIONEER will ponder this
subject well, and so educate their child
ren, that they will not indulge these
false and visionary ideas of life, which
are sure to bring with them failure and
discomfort.
Year: 1873

White linen suits promise to be fashionable
among the ladies at the seaside and in the
country this summer. TIL y are trimmed
with lace or embroidery, the latter stamped
on the waist and skirt.
Year: 1873

nF Custom Made Hand Sewed Boots and Shoes IL
" superior to any other Stock in New Enganil In
point OF quality stye finish and fit. So don't wrong
yourself by sending your measure to New York or
Boston, when you can obtain the very best boots
made, and always q sure fit, Of


IN. G. PALy ER.
my9 eod6w
Year: 1873

Cobra poison has been discovered by an
England chemist to be identical in its parts
with the composition of beer yeast, which
supports the idea that the ,ison is of the
nature of an animal ferment
Year: 1873

tricate the boats that were suddenly caught
and ice-bound, and enable them to reach the
ports they were seeking From the present
aspect, should the boats after starting be again
stopped they may be again released before
the canals become wholly unnavigable for the
winter
Year: 1873

AFRICAN INsURREcTIoS AGAINST ENGLISH
AUTHORITY From the Cape of Good Hope we
are informed that the English have trouble on
their hands in that portion Of the African
territory, the cause being nativist insurrec
ton against their administration. Several
chiefs have led bands of their people against
the Natal settlements and committed MANY
excesses. Volunteers have been armed and
marched against them. The parties have al
ready met in action and son Of the Colonial
Secretary at Natal was killed in recent
skirmish. Africa is again looming up US q
war power
Year: 1873




Public interest in France has not been
allowed to cool down in regard to the Bazaine
sentence and its commutation. Bazaine,
since receiving notice of the communication,
has written to President MacAIahon q letter
in which gratitude is expressed with dignity.
He was satisfied that the President had not
forgotten the days when they served their
country together; but he had fears that the
impulse of his heart would be overmastered
by state considerations He adds that he
could have died without regret, since the rec
ommendation of the Court for mercy vindi-
Gated his honor. 1t is natural enough for
Bazaine to take this view of his own case, but
the unfortunate Marshal draws a conclusion
which the premises scarcely justify. First to
pronounce sentence and then to recommend
to mercy is not very satisfactory way to vim
dicate mans honor. We do not think that
men of honor, as rule, would be satisfied
with such vindication As proof that
Frenchmen are not all of one mind regarding
the sentence and commutation, it deserves to
be noted that ex-President Theirs thought
that Bazaine was innocent OF the charges upon
which he was tried and that he has freely ex-
pressed his opinion to this effect. All things
considered, it is we'll that the trial has ended
as it has done. So far, at least, justice has
been satisfied and the demands of mercy have
not been despised
Year: 1873

worst kind Of extravaganza. We are approach
ing the annual period of legislation on these
matters and we have no doubt that the
crop of projected improvements will be
rs largo as ever when the Legislature
meets We hope that our State Senators
and members of Assembly viii pay an
honest attention to all these matters No
law should be passed authorizing any more
schemes of rapid transit without clear guar
antee is given that the work sought will be
commenced bona .fde. Many of the schemes
pushed through on this head were never in
tended for anything but striking" media;
others were passed to neutralize real efforts
towards building railroad. This subject Of
the future Of New York city and what provis-
ions are necessary to make it all that it
should be in this generation is well worthy Of
discussion. But we do not want discussion
only. Our demand is for action. And while so
much unemployed labor is in our midst it
would he good time to begin.
Year: 1873

SAN Francisco, Jan. In relation to
the dispatch published in the New York
Times this morning on the Goat Island
scheme, the M0rajag Cal of this city says:


We were aware that the railroad interest
Of California was perfectly Unscrupulous,
but did not suppose an attempt would
again be made to misrepresent the inhabi-
tau.s Of this city, as was the case one year
ago. Not a man il favor Of the Goat
Island mcnstrosity dare 60 before the voters
Of San Francisco. lie could not poll in the
whole city 1000 votes. We truly believe
that any candidate who should go before
the Inhabitants Of San Francisco in favor Of
such an issue would be drummed out Of
the city. Certainly he ought to be. San
Francisco will make a great mistake in per
mi-tiug Stanford * Co. to mtsrepresent US
ct Washington further.
Year: 1873

Falls Village.

 The 24th inst. MT. Geo. Hill started out for short gunning excursion in Robbins swamp; coming suddenly upon flock of birds, MT. Hill delivered the charge of one barrel, and as but one of the birds had flushed he attempted to reload the piece. Charging the empty barrel with powder, he was in the act of rammlng home the wad when the charge in the other barrel explod- ed from some unknown cause. Both hands were employed in forcing down the rod. The charge passed completely through his right hand, shattering the bones in splinters and mutilating the flesh, besides tearing off his thumb and part of his fore finger on his left hand. The house of MT. P. c. Storm was nearest the scene of the acci- dent where timely assistance was rendered Doctor Averll was promptly on hand to examine and dress the wounds. The result of the accident it is feared will be an am putation of the greater part of the right hand, including thumb, fore and middle fingers. The thumb on the left hand need ed scarcely more than dressing, having been with the exception of mere thread of flesh, completely shot off. UNo.
Year: 1873

Much excitement was caused at tue yarc

 ot the South Carolina railroad yesterday

 morning by the eccentric freaks of de.

 mented boy. It seems that the engine

 Gourdin, which usually carries the Sum

 merville train, was engaged in shifting

 some cars in the lower yard. About half

 past eleven o'clock the engineer and fire

 man left the engine near the corner of

 Mary street, and during their absence a

 white boy named Luke O'Brien, who, since

 an attack of typhoid fever some years ago,

 has never been of sound mind. came up and jumped aboard. O'Brien, who is a son of one of the employees of the road,

 had been in the habit of hanging round the railroad yards long enough to pick up a tolerably accurate idea of the mechanism Of locomotive. Being on the engine and seeing no one near save another boy who was with him, he concluded to take ride, and at once opened the throttle valve to it's greatest extent. His companion jumped oil as the engine started, and in a few mo- ments the Gourdin went rushing up the track at the rate of thirty or forty miles an hour.

 At each crossing O'Bren blew the whis- tie, and people in amazement and wonder gazed upon the flying locomotive. In the upper yard shifting engine was taking in supply of water, and the engineer, seeing the Gourdin approaching at break neck speed, and suspecting that there was some thing wrong, threw open the valve of his engine, taking the precaution at the same time to open the cold water supply pump, and then jumped from her. The shifter immediately started in the same direction up the road, followed closely by the Gour- din, both engines going at lightning speed. A hand-car on the same track, loaded with railroad iron was demolished by the Gour- din, and the collision had the effect of bending the cattle-guard of the locomotive under one of it's front wheels and caused it to act as kind of brake. AS soon as possible another locomotive was procured, and some of the officers of the road started in pursuit of the runaway en- zines. They were overtaken near the four mile curve, both engines having cooled off and being at stand still.

 Upon approaching the Gourdin, O'Bnen was seen oiling the machinery with view probably, of making another start; but, upon observing the approach of the pur suers, made for the woods with the evident intention of escaping. He was pursued, overtaken and brought back to the city. The prompt action of the engineer of the shifting engine in opening the valve of his engine and turning on the water pump was the means of preventing collision which l night have damaged both locomotives se- riously. As it was, the damage was very slight, and both engines were brought back to the city at about 1 o'clock. The engi- neer and fireman of the Gourdin have been suspended until the matter can be fully in | 7estigated. CAGr1eston (S O. NesOs, Aug. I4th.
Year: 1873

Fine Singing. choir in the Congre- gational church in this village has opened the morning service for the past few weeks with selection of their own, which is we'll spoken of by those who are there early enough to hear it. Last Sabbath the open ing piece was most excellent, and in his solo, Dr. Knight sang splendidly. The Doctor is worth hundred dollars minute to any choir. If people will get up at four o'clock in the mornlng-as we do, for in- stance-they1l be able to get to church in time to hear this fine singing.

 He Feels Gr0teful-Mr. Hubbard, who in his new business has met with such splendid success; selling the book, "Un- derground, or Life Below the Surface,' feels truly grateful to his many friends for the patronage they have so freely given him, he having sold one hundred and four copies of the book in the short space of time he has been engaged in the work. He desires us to say for him, that he attributes large share of his unexpected success to the kindly manner in which he has been re- ceived by his friends everywhere, who have in this way manifested anew their friend ship, and he says he appreciates it fully. It is very true he had good book to sell, and 1t is very true also that he would engage in the sale of none other but good work, but being unable to get around among peo- pie very rapidly, he has met with success that astonishes him. He has now ceased to canvass the town, but says if there are others who desire the book, he should be glad to have them leave their orders at the office of TIE NEWS, and he will see it is promptly obtained for them.
Year: 1873

there would be something cheering in the view, but in this case the inhabitants of Pease's back yard gre innocent old Con necticutters that passed to their reward years before the NEWS was born, and they might have special curiosity to get up and examine the machinery that clatters over their bones! Pease, you may laugh us to scorn but we wouldn't do it. It is beyond us to edit paper in such a dolefur place and in the midst of such literature as this of which we make note:
Year: 1873

Master Eddie was discovered put.
ting flannel bandages around the
neck of his favorite bobby horse, and
being Questioned as to his motive for
so doing, confessed to feeling of
great alarm lest the noble animal
should become affected by the pre-.
yailing indisposition among tho
thoroughbreds.