smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872




not soimportant who freed you,
as it is how you use your free
dom. IF you do not show that
you are competent to act as
freemen, tits so much the worse
for him who freed you, and so
much the worse for you who
have been freed.


You are free, and not simply
free from the restraints ofslave-
ry, but you are free to act, to
buy and to sell, to vote and to
hold Office, to sit upon jnries
and enjoy all the rights, civil.
legal and political, of any other
citizen.


What matters it then who
freed you?


The questions for you to set
tie are


1. Are you worthy of free
dom2


2. As You are free, whose
aid and friendship benefit you
most7


A freeman is one who owns,
not simply mis- body, but also
his minds one who acts and
thinks for himself, fears no one,
and does what he does opely.
He is not ruled by any one, but
rules himself. He may and
ought to listen to reason, but
exercises the right of judging
and acting for himself. When
he comes to vote, he votes as his
"head men" dictate. He has
the right to vote because it was
believed he'had mind enough to
decide how he should vote,
without dictation from any one.
If the.freedmen, being free, are
worthy of freedom, they must
show the fact by acting indie
pendent of all dictation. They
must show that they believe in
freedom, and not in slavery, the
worst form of which is slavery
of the mind. They must act
for themselves, and think for
themselves. They must recog,
nize no masters, or "head men,"
but themselves. Only bad men
will mislead them, and it is
only bad men who will try
to lead them contrary to their
own interest," [Ouachita Tele-
graph.
Year: 1872

ADVICE.-YOung man don't
get too foxy. If you happen to
get in possession of a few dollars
act just as you did before you got
them. Don't swell up and burst.
Ii you have a good share of brains
you wont do this; you will remem.
Der that neither money, clothes or
good looks make the man, and
that worth is as often GRABBED in q
ragged coat as it is in broadcloth.
Don't stand on hotel steps, dang
ling your watch chain and talking
"hoss." Those who load them
selves with airs are the smallest
kind of potatoes and the feWest in
the hill. A fat job often spoils
young men of weak minds, They
Immediately commence to dress
fine, and take great pride in cult
waiting an aldermanic corporation,
and a sporting air. Sensible per


sens are always disgusted with
such actions when they deign to
notice them, which is very seldom.
Year: 1872

A little girl, daughter of a
clergyman. being left one day
to "tend door," and obeying a
summons of the bell, she found
a gentleman on the steps who
wished to see her father
"Father isn't in," she said,
"but if it's anything about
your soul l can attend to you.
l know the whole plan of sal
vation.
Year: 1872

A Fool FOR LUCK.-John, the
fool of the New York Sun, was
made rich in spite of himself at
Long Branch, and this was the
way it WIS done:


Just as [ was the hungriest,
Longfellow and Harry Basset
were brought out and they went
round the corner like two Colts
revOlvers. All. the nice young
men around me stood up and
bowed and scraped and held ND
one finger as if they were stopping
an omnibus. They all yelled:


GA hundred to eighty on Harry
Bassett." They all appeared to
be so very polite, that L held up
my finger too, and l nodded and
bowed back to all of them. I
never saw such a polite lot of
young men before. You would
have thought | was the Grand
Duke Alexis. kept up the bow
ing just as long as they did, and
pretty soon the race was over, and
| confess [ was agreeably surpris-
ed to see about four hundred
young men file up and each one
chuck a 800 bill into my lap.
Then thought that lot of young
men just about the incest lot of
young men | had ever met. There
| sat with $4,000 in my lap, and
much to my astonishment, L
found that all the time / was
pointing my finger and bowing
back to 'em, darned if / wasn't
taking every darRed bet that was
made, and daTned if | knew it. 1
only had eight dollars in my
pocket, and if | had lost, I'd slept
in an oyster bed that night.n
Year: 1872

They sit in the winter cleaning,


And the fire burns bright between
One has pass'd seventy summers,


The other Just seventeen.
They rest in happy silence.


As the shadows deepen fast;
One lives in coming future,


And one in long, long past.
Each dreams of n rush of music,


And question whispered low;
One will hear it this evening,


One heard it long ago
Each dreams of loving husband.


Whose brave heart is hers alone;
For one the joy is coming,


For one the joy has flown.
Each dreams of life of gladness.


Spent under the sunny skies;
And both the hope and the mem'ry


Shine in the happy eyes.
Who knows which dream is the brightest
And who knows which is the best
The sorrow and joy are mingled,


But only the end is rest.
Year: 1872

him. Rigid, prompt, impartial
enforcement of law is the remedy
for this growing disgrace; and un-
til that remedy is applied, not
spasmOdically but persistently, we
may expect the disgrace to in
crease and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Republican.
Year: 1872

A Long Branch beauty was
recently weighed in her prom
enade costume, and turned the
scales at one hundred and sixty
five pounds. In her bathing dress
she weighs one hundred and six
pounds.
Year: 1872

The author of walk and Talkn
says the practice of wartering
horses at the pump or pond, as
they are brought from the field,
is not to be commended. A care
full farmer may do it with impuni-
ty, because he would not allow
them to drink too much when
they are hot or tired; but many a
good horse has died from careless
watering.
Year: 1872

such dyspepsia The stomach brain are too in


nSteY allied Tor the to suffer without other so that
dyspepsia and dependency nseparabe. 1t may added
100 ha irritation Of the stomach almost invariably accom-
panied BY irritation of the temper


Inc nVgOrating and tanquLng operation of Hosteters
btters Is most powerfully developed in cases Of


Inc hrst erect OF this agreeable tonic comforting en-
couraging, mild glow the system the chronic un
eaShess IN the region of the stomach lessened
the nervous resessness which the disease
IS abated This Improvement transient II is not sue
cee1ed by the return Of the old symptoms with
orce as is always the when smuans are
given FOR the complaint Each dose to mpart pema
nent accession OF healthu invigOraOn But this h not
The apearen and anbous properties Of the preparaton
are scarcely secondary Importance tonic virtues II
there Is overflow Of bile the is soon brought with


In limits and il the hillary organ inert and tepid it
toned and regulated The effect upon organs
s equally sautary and in OF constipation the cathac
action just sufficient to produce the desired result gradually
and without pain The Bttes also promote healthy evapora
ton from the surface. which h particularly desirable at thi,
season when sudden spells unpleasant weather are
check the natural perspraon produce conRestop o


liver. coughs anA colds The best Safeguard against ALI dis
is bodily vigOr aud this the great Vegetable
especially promotes. tanlo.w
Year: 1872

A Kansas law, we notice, gives mothers
control of their children. This is an admira-
Bile law, and every family should have one.
Without it too many children have control of
their mothers.


A Venango county paper says: "A man
employed at this place by Mr.. j. Sanders,
the agent of the Roberts Torpedo Company,
dropped twenty-five pound can of nitro-gly-
cerine on his foot the other day. The foot
was mashed so softly, or the glycerine was so
worthless or frozen, that the can did not ex-
plode, and that man is still limping around
confident in the belief that he was not born
to be scattered around and have his remains
buried in cigar box. Rut we are equally
confident that he will yet furnish lis with
thrilling obituary item, and the public with
another Illustration of the power OF nitro-gly-
cerine on flesh and bones, for only day or
two afterehe aforementioned event, he was
much surprised at seeing two or three gentle
men suddenly leave his immediate vicinity
while he was tightening loose plug in one
of the cans by driving it with hammer.
Year: 1872

''The Fat Contributor says that the Gus
tom of parting the hair in the middle was
first adopted by an angry father, who, from
show of weakness on the part of his son, so
treated the hair of that youth in order to dis
grace him in the eyes of his companions.
The operation was complete success; for
the boy, unable to bear the stigma of looking
like girl, went straightway and hung him
self. The young gentlemen who effect this
mode do so, we understand, i'll the belief it
gains them favor with the girls. No greater
mistake could be made. The girls like man
ly men, and he who shows the least approach
to feminine spirit is the bete noir. In pub
lie they treat him kindly. Politeness and
good breeding will not allow them to do
otherwise; but if he could only hear what
they said of him among themselves he would
not pride himself upon the success of his ex-
pertinent.
Year: 1872

1t was a simple expedient to save lite !;
and yet the mere incident Is one that
find myself occasionally dwelling upon,
both wondrously and pleasurably.


1t IS many years ago, when | was sum
moned TO visit an exquisitely beautiful and
interesting young lady, said to be dying,
or in almost the last stage OF pulmonary
consumption. Quietly and gently l learned
her history-it was sad. She had been
engaged for several years to a naval officer
whom she had loved from childhood, and
who on his way home from India had been
lost at sea.


The treatment, if any, mus. be moral
and mentai-means far more subtle and
powerful in their influence over disease
than the widest imagination could ever
dream Of Leaving a simple prescription
for the purpose of gaining time, went
home and thought the night away before L
had sketched out plan Of treatment at
once satisfactory in its principle and in all
its details,


Morning found me with cheerful and
confident face once more beside my inter-
esting patient felt and knew that it
was to be fight for life, and that whether
death or | should win, the fight should be
manfully and hopefully fought on my part.
Strange, how the merest trife will some
times suggest to US actions Of the most
vital importance. My cue was taken from
observing a simple little plant on a small
stand near the chamber window.


Carrying with me a few punches OF
grapes, carelessly, but elegantly arranged,
[ contrived before my visit was over to
draw her attention, as it were by accident,
to their cultivation How the vine so
much priced had been tortured into its
present excellence-cut down almost TO
the earth, summer pruned and winter
pruned and bent in all directions wounded
at one time and stripped of its beauties at
another-yet living, and even graceful and
useful as we'll as ornamental. And then
in a few appropriate words-delicately
Year: 1872

How THE WORLD Will ENp-A FEAR
FUL LOOK AHEAD-Eztract from a lecture
delivered by Prof John Fiske of Harvard
University, before the American G Geograph-
ical Society


Planets are continually lutegrating dit
fused materials which they encounter in
their progress through space, and it has
been estimated that the earth adds to itself
nearly one hundred and fifty billions such
meteoric PARTICLES every year. Secondl :,
it has been proved that every planet must
be slowly losing a part of Its m0lar motion
of rotation. The effect of tidal waves,
which are caused 0y the gravitation Of H.
quid matter toward other planetary bodies,
IS TO retard diurnal rotation; and, IN fact
the terrestrial day Is leugthening by reason
of this friction Of the tides, and Is des-
tined in the remote future TO give about
four hundred hours between sunrise and
sunset The earth Is also losing molecu-


lar motion bv radiation. That some ter
restrial heat is lost without compensation
and very slowly, of course-cau hardly
be doubted, and for the state Of things thus
ultimately TO be produced We may find
parallel in the present condition OF the
moon. That appears TO afford an example
of the universal death which in an i0c0n
ceivablv distinct future awaits the entire
solar system. 1t along with the dissipa-
tion OF the molsr and molecular motions
the planets are also losing angular velocity,
this loss of motion viii ultimately result IN
their integration with the sun. OF two
facts which bear upon the subject, one


familiar to all students of science Is the
observed retardation of Encke's comet by
the resistance of the medium through which
it moves The other, which so far a. !
know. has not hitherto been mentioned is,
that all the planets arenearer the sun than
they ought to be, according to Bodies law.
the variation being most conspicuous, as
might be expected, in the ease of Neptune.
1t Is at least worthy of notice that the
discrepancy Is such as might have been
caused by a slow diminution of the angu-


lar velocity of all the planets Another
fact, that the inter planetary spaces are
filled with matter, and consequently all
planetary bodies rushing through them
must meet resistance and lose momentum,
proves that immense momentum viii be
eaten up by the resisting force. This loss
of tangential momentum must bring ali
the planets into the sun. rs the planet
slowly draws near the sun its lost tangen-
tial momentum Is replaced, By the added
velocity due to the increased gravitatiye
force exerted by the sun at the shorter
distance At last the planet must strike
the sun with tremendous force. The heat
generated by the earth and the sun alone
in such a collision woul suffice to produce
"a temperature Of nearly > 100000 degrees,
centigrade OF course, disintegration
would Immediately follow, and the next
stage is the dissipation of the whole into
q nebulr
Year: 1872

Nothing is easier" said Birdie, smil-
ing; " | take it out Of the furniture. This
plain threep-ly will explain it, and my
useful but not very elegant chairs. TC
be sure they look very nicely, since
have covered them with chintz but L take
more pride in nay old-fashioned fireplace
which is like poem in house, than
should in the finest and costliest velvet
pile. And some Of the statuary l have
taken out Of my dress" she added in an
aside to a friend. " Brother Charley con-
trived to let me know that he intended to
buy me costly silk dress for Christmas
present, but he found out in SOME perfectly
unaccountable way, that three or four of
Rogers statuettes would be q thousand
times more appreciated, and so all my
presents come now in books and pictures,
and things that live and give pleasure to
all Of Us. Besides she said, laughing,
havn't a shut-up room in the house
this is my parlor, and when the crumb-
cloth is spread) my dining-room and con-
servatory, all in one. l enjoy it every
day, and we are each Of US constantly de-
yising something pretty for it. So you
see 1t keeps our wits at work and always
bright, while think we have everything
else we need"


Many Of that little society went to their
homes that night with a new wrinkle Less
embroidery, less costly furniture and dress,
palmer living, less trctting over shut-up
grandeur, and more homc-comfort, happi-
ness and virtue.


1t will DO US all no harm to take the
lesson to heart.-Ailce Rollins IN Chris
tizH Union.
Year: 1872

one Coon DREss.-A writer In Woods
Magazine makes the following remarks on
dress:


would have one handsome dress, proba-
bly, black silk, of rich material, hand
somely trimmed, but not over trimmed
and made to fit elegantly Black silk is
better, because you can vary it in many
ways by ribbons. laces, white over-drssses,
&c. 1t may be used for the street. or for
the house, for morning, for dinner, for eve
ming. Even when it Is worn to shreds it
may be cut up into something Therefore
I think 1t no economy to buy cheap goods.
Besides, if you get a rich thing, and it is
handsome, you enjoy it, and are careful of
It. The numberless items it takes to make
a dress are hardly less expensive in a COM
mon than in q rich dress | would, for
these reasons, advise any person, be she
rich or poor, to buy one quiet, rich dress
to 20 without until she can do it, and then
wear it, Of course with care, all the time,
nearly, until it is gone. It is an absurd
idea to make up variety of dresses,
which you cannot half use, and next sea-
son be obliged TO discard or make them all
over. In this way, replenishing when one
is gone, you will always have a nice old
dress TO save the new one. You can scarcely
wear out 4 good material. 1t is frigbtful,
the amount of time and thought women
expend upon dress
Year: 1872

BIRDS WEAVE A GOLDEN THREAD.-The
efforts of the societies for the prevention
of cruelty to animals in this country and
in Europe where they are much more ex-
tensive, have been subject to some silly
comment from people who have not
heart enough to recognize the sensitive
consciousness of the unspeaking brute, or
head enough to know that the creatures
God took the trouble to make, are worth
mans kindest consideration. God is more
Just than We to the animals, for while their
lives are terminated to lengthen ours, he
has permitted that needless cruelty to them
shall be revenged by injury to the higher
race Fred erick the Great had the spar
rows exterminated because one ate a cherry,
but he was very glad to get the sparrows
back to save the cheery-trees from exter-
minatiou by the worms. If we wish to
derive the fullest benefit from the beef we
eat, we must protect from their brutal
master helpless creatures that furnish it.


The interests of civilization in all of It's
forms demand that the brutes employed
IN mems service be treated with kindness,
if for no other reason than that they may
render the best service to their masters


All animal life, whether it be intended for
mains sustenance ro the enlivening and in
animate nature, has right to protection
from wanton cruelty The patient beasts
that bear the burdens OF the day, and
the birds that weave their golden threads
Of song upon the summer air, have perfect
right to mans protection, since they are
his for use, but not for cruelty, since
they are dependent upon his greater
strength and intelligence; and since their
needless injury defeats the purpose of
creation, and Injuries man himself. Every
instinct of gentleness in the human heart
cries out in behalf of those who cannot
speak for themselves Chicago Post
Year: 1872

insinuated rather than expressed-drew
not inaptly be made between our life and
that of the life-giving vine.


never paid her a visit without carrying
into her room-seemingly as a matter of
habit rather than of design-a simple
flower, or an equally unpretending bouquet
of scarcely colOred flowers. After time
[ brought with me some rather rare speci-
mems Of Siberian apples. l gave her their
history. How in spite Of the exposure to
the iercest trials of climate, and though
transported to another and far off country,
it still grew and lived, and bloomed, and
returned to the hand that wounded and
tore it from Its native soil-fragrance for
the crushing, beauty for the wounding, and
good for the evil.


My patient had become interested in my
eonversation-she had begau to learn sym
pathy-and with ito learn to live. She
was evidently no longer inclined to die.
Love destroys but it also saves. There is
much in nature to love. This was the
, turning point. And now TO secure the
/ tendency to liye-was all | wanted.


I Reader, DO you know what plant Is
1t is animate, it has life; that Is, it has
divinity within it. God made it and blest
it. How few there are who seem to know
it. Nevertheless it Is 50. l sent her
/ plants-I took them TO her in my visits.
[ talked Of them to her, and, above all, of
/ the resemblance of their life to our life
+ How both alike grew up and were cut
down. OF the intimacy, and not only
/ intimacy but mutual dependency that ey-
/ listed between Us. That one could not live
/ without the other. How thousands of
miles over land and over sea, we exchanged
the breath Of life. How kindness and
care-domestication as it IS called-im-
proved, developed and even changed their
! almost every characteristic, their color,
4 their shape, and flower and fruit How
\ the like kindness and care had the like
effect upon Us. How they paled, withered
and died like Us from the like causes
/ What a strict relationship there was be-
| tween plant and animal life How the
same good God was the creator Of both.


How the roots, the earth, the sea, the
winds, the rain, the dew, and the heavens


at large Influenced both, and in the end


what charming, interesting, instructive
and even religious work because the love
OF Gods work is a religious love- it was
to tend these plants. All this and much
more now lost to me- l taught her, and
thus she learned the love of life and was
saved from death.


Her recovery paid me thousand fold


but she still thinks that it was my pre-.
scriptions of medicine which cured her
and her family never suspected my design,
nor how many hours of night it cost me.
/ Why not tell them People IN general
give the physician very little credit for
mental or moral treatment, but a thousand
/ times too much credit for the efficacy OF
/ his material medicine
Year: 1872

themselves on the mats round the fair one,
and then the chatting begins. If
gallant has been unsuccessful in a boat
race, or has tumbled into the water, or has
paid too much attention to another damsel,
or been deserted by another damsel, or has
made himself ridiculous in any other way,
the chances are that his feelings will be
hart before the evening is over. How the
lady receives each lover, especially in the
presence of other lovers, IS more than we
can describe She herself requires con-
siderable attention, and the old people
never interfere. Indeed, why should the
old folks interfere The young folks can
take care of themselves, and are only
doing what they themselves did in the days
when they were young.


These evening gatherings are generally
very innocent and marriages which follow
them are generally very happy, although
sanctioned by no priest, and only held
together by ties Of mutual affection or the
obligations of civil law. Jealousy, how
ever, Is master passion in Burmah, and
/ if damsel is too kind to one OF her ad-
mirers, the chances are that the offending
lover Is stabbed, speared or shot. Indeed,
a jealous rival, who suspects that the object
Of his affections Is alone with another rival,
will not unfrequently astonish the happy
pair by running a spear through the floor
Of mating on which they may be reposing.
and then there is a regular Burmese rog,
/ terminating very seriously sometimes.


This counting time in Burmah is nothing
more than relic Of the old Hindu insti-
tuition known as the swaysmavara, or
choice Of husband by q maiden. Gam
bling away wife, which IS mentioned in
Sanskrit tradition and would be impossible
in the India of the present day, has not
untrequently occurred in Burmah.-PaH
/ uqH Gazette
Year: 1872

purposes of ventilation. This glass may
be described as cast in mold, and then
perforated by plate of iron, studded with
thin projecting pieces, so that the plate is
perforated wherever these pieces have been
placed. Mechanical means are also used
to give ribbed surface to plate glass, in
order to make it more dispersive Of light,
this sort of glass being much employed as
substitute for ground glass. A peculiar
sort of mOldede glass is now considerably
in use fo- windows. The pattern is pressed
in the glass by mold, and then, by
subsequent process, glass of another color
is allowed to flow into it. The whole is
then ground down to a uniform surface
and the result is, an inlaid pattern of glass
of one color in glass of another The
windows thus formed are pleasing in ap-
pearance, but want brilliancy Of color.