smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

Shall we ever meet again
In 4tle woodland by the seae
viii the moment bringing pain
To the heart, and to the brain,
Come again to thee and me?
Shall We hear again the moaning
OF the ocean TO the shore,
Like the ever low intoning
OF . ceiebrRnt Lenore,-
Shall we ever meet again?
All me, that Joy should borreW
A thorn to wounA the heart
From the pale red rose of sorrow.
Adfeui for we must part
We may never meet again
In the woodland by the sea;
But the song. and the refrain,
Which we sang beside the main,
VIII be ever dear TO me
There il no sun that shineth
But hath its spot OF shade;
The brightest day declineth,
And sweetest roses fade.
We may never meet again.
All me. that Love should borrow
A thorn to wound the heart
From the pale red rose of sorrow
Adieui for we must part.


EDWARD CAPERN.
Year: 1872




An act to authorize the construction of


certain bridges across the Mississippi


river, and to establish the same as post


roads.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall be lawful for the Western Illinois
Bridge Company, a corporation existing
under the-laws of the State of Missouri, to
build a bridge across the Mississippi river
at the city OF Quincy, Illinois, for the pur-
pose of crossing persons and property, such
as are usually crossed on wagOn-bridges;
and also TO lar on and over said bridge rail
waY-tracks for the more perfect connection
of any railroads that are or shall Ue con
struCted to the SAID river at or opposite said
point, and that, when constructed, all per
sons and property as aforesaid, and also
all trains of all roads terminating at said
river, at or opposite said point, shall be al
lowed to cross said bridge for reason
able compensation, to be made to the own
ers of said bridge, under the limitations and
conditions hereinafter provided; and IN
case Of any litigation or alleged obstruction
to the free navigation OF said river, the
cause may be tried before the district court
of the United States of any State in which
anv portion of said obstruction or bridg
touches; and that all railway companies
desiring to use the said bridge shall have
and be entitled to equal rights and priv.
ileges in the passage of the same, and in
the use of the machinery and fixtures there
of, and of all the approaches thereto, under
and upon such terms and conditions as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary Of War, up
Year: 1872

An act in addition to an act entitled can


act to amend an act entitled An act for
q the removal Of causes in certain cases


from State courts approved July twenty


seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,"


approved March second, eighteen hundred


and sixty-seven.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That
whenever q personal action has been or
shall be brought in any State court by an
alien against any citizen of State who is,
or at the time the alleged action accrued
was, a civil officer Of the United States, be-
ing nonresident of that State wherein juris-
diction is obtained by the State court, by
personal service of process, such action may
be removed into the Circuit Court Of the
United States in and for the district in
which the defendant shall have been served
with process, in the same manner as now
provided for the removal of an action
brought in a State court by the provisions
of section three of the act Of March second,
eighteen hundred and thirty-three entitled
''An act further to provide for the collection
of duties on Imports"


Approved March 30, 1872.
Year: 1872

An act supplementary to the act entitled


AN act to prevent the determination of


fur bearing animals in Alaska


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized to appoint one agent
and three assistant agents, who shall be
charged with the management of the seal
fisheries in Alaska, and the performance of
such other duties as may be assigned to
them bv the Secretary of the Treasury; and
the said agent shall receive the sum of ten
dollars each day, one assistant agent the
sum of eight dolla- each day and two as
sistant agents the sum Of six dollars each
dav while so emplOyed and they shall
also be allowed their necessary. travelling
expenses in going to and returning from
Alaska, for which expenses vouchers shau
be presented to the proper accounting OH
GERS of the treasury, and such expenses
shall not exceed in the aggregate SIX hun
dred dollars each in any one year. provided.
that such agents shall never be interested,
directly or indirectly, in any lease OF the
right to take seals, nor in any proceeds nor
profits thereof, neither as owner, agent,
partner or otherwise.


SEC. 3. That the Secretary OF the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, authorized to erect a
Year: 1872

An act to create an additional land dis


trict in the State of Nevada.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
that portion Of the State of Nevada, EN-
braced in the following described limits, to
wit: commencing at the corner common to
townships twenty four and twenty-five
north, range fOrty-fOur and fOrty-hye east,
Mount Dlable base and meridian; thence
running due east to the eastern boundary
line of the State Of Nevada; thence north
on said eastern boundary of said State to
the north boundary of said State; thence
west on said north boundary of SAID State
to the eastern boundary of the Carson land
district; thence south along said eastern
boundary of the Carson land district to the
place of beginning, shall constitute a separ-
ate land district, to be called the Elko land
district, the Office of which shall be located
at ElkO, in EikO county, State of Nevada ;
which location may be changed by the
President of the United States from time to
time as the public interest may require.


SEC. 2. That the PresidentshalI appoint
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, or in the recess of the Senate. a
register and a receiver Of public moneys for
said district. and said officers shall reside in
the place where said land office is located
and shall have the same powers and receive
the same emOluments as the same officers
now receive in the other land districts in
said State.


Approved March -, 1872.
Year: 1872

New Tin land district lying north Of the
north line of township number one hundred
and ten. and to nix from time tQtime the
boundaries thereof, which shall be named
after the place at which the Office shall first
be established; and the President shall have
power to fl from time to time the location
of the office for such district.


SEC 3 That the President is hereby au-
thorized 20 appoint, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, a register
and a receiver for said land district, who
shall be required to reside at the site of the
land-of1ice for said district, who shall be
subject to the same laws and responsible
ties end whose compensation, respectively,
shall be the same as that now allowed by
law to other Ildd-otficers in said State.


Approved May u, 1872
Year: 1872

An act to authorize the construction of a


bridge across the Mississippi river at or


near the town of Clinton, in the State of


Iowa, and other bridges across said river,


and to establish them as pOst-rOads.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That 1t
shall be lawful for any person or persons,
company or corporation, to build bridge
across the Mississippi river, at such point
on said river. within fifteen miles of the
town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, as
may accommodate the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad and its connections on
the west side of said river, and to lay
on or over said bridge railway tracks for
the more perfect connection of any rail
roads that are, or shall be, constructed to
the said river at or opposite said point
under the limitations and conditions here
matter provided; that said bridge shall not
interfere with the free navigation of said
river beyond what is necessary in order to
Year: 1872

An act extending the time for the compile


ton of the Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay


and Lake Michigan ship canal, in the


State of Wisconsin.


Be it ehNeted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
time for the completion OF the Green Bay
and Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship
canal be, and the same is hereby extended
to the tenth day of April, ammo Domini
eighteen hundred and seventy-four.


Approved March |, 1872.
Year: 1872




in the State of Minnesota.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States be, and he
is hereby, authorized to establish an addi
tiOnal land district in the State of Mime
sofa, embracing all that part of the present
Alexandria land district which lies north of
township number one hundred and thirty
six north, and west of range number thirty
five west of the fifth principal meridian,
and to fix from time to time the boundaries
of thereof, which district shall be named
after the place at which the Office shall first
be established; and the President shall
have power to fix from time to time the To-
cation Of the office for such district.


SEC. ,. That the President is hereby author
lied to appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. a register and receiver
for said land district, who shall be required
to reside at the site of the land office for
said district, who shall be subject to the
same laws and responsibilities, and whose
compensation, respectively, shall be the
same as that now allowed by law to other
land officers in said State.


Approved March II, 1872.
Year: 1872

navy of the United States as a midship=
man at the foot of the class of eighteen
hundred and seventy, of which he was a
member at the time Of mis- resignation


Approved May %, 1872.
Year: 1872

An act to create an additional land district


in the State of Minnesota.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled That the
President of the United States be, and he
is hereby, authorized to establish an addi-
tiOnal land district in the State of Mime
sOta, embracing all that part Of the present
Year: 1872

The stories told Of the celebrated Rus
sian Marshal Suvoroff display, better than
whole pages Of description. the wonderful
way be contrived TO adapt himself to the
spirits with whom he bad to deal, without
losing one lot Of his authority. What
Napoleon was to the French army
Su7orof was to that Of Russia, now jesting
with soldier, and now rebuking a general
one day sharing a ration OF black bread
beside a bivouac fire, and the next speak
ing as an equal TO princes and potentates.


1t must be owned however, that in his
own peculiar vein of pleasantly the old
marshal more than once met with his
match. One Of his favorite Jokes was to
confuse a man by asking him unexpected
ly, How many stars are there in the sky 3?


On one occasion he put this question to
one Of the sentries on a bitter January
night such as only Russia can produce
The soldier, not a whit disturbed,
answered, coolly, " Wait a little, and I'll
tell YOU, and he deliberately began to
count, one. two, three, etc. In this way
ne went gravely on to a hundred, at which
point Suvoroff, who was already half
frozen, thought it high time to ride off,
not, however, without inquiring the name
of this ready reckoner. The next day the
latter found himself promoted, and the
story (which Suveroff told with great glee
to his staff speedily made its way through
the whole army.


On another occasion one Of his generals
of division sent him a sergeant with dis
patches, at the same time recommending
the bearer to Suvorof's notice The
marshal, as usual, proceeded to test him
by a series of whimsical questions, but the
catechumen was equal to the occasion.


How far is it to the moon p asked
.Suvorof.


1.-Two of your excelency's forced
marches" +" answered the soldier.


"Supposing you were blockaded, and no
provisions left, how would you supply
yoursslfP'


From the enemy"


How mary fish are there in the sea ?''


CAS- many as have not been caught


And so the examination went Oh, till
Suvoroff, finding his new acquaintance
armed at all points, at length asked him
as a final poser, " What is the difference
between your colonel and myself" ?"


1.-The difference is this" replied the
soldier. cooIly my colonel cannot make
me captain, but your excellency has only
to say the word"


Suvorof, struck by his shrewdness, KEEP
his eye upon the man, and in no long time
after actually gave him the specified pro
motion.


The anecdotes of the great marshal's &c
centricities-his habits Of wandering about
the camp in disguise, his Whim of giving
the signal for assault by Growing like q
Year: 1872

SUNLIGHT.-The Lalc Of Life says /:
Is Sunlight exerts a powerful influence in
energizing the organic nervous system,
Indeed, as a stimulant to all the functions
Of organic life, [ believe it mas no equal
within the range of natural agencies.
Its tendency always Is TO induce the pro
per development of the physical organiza-
ton, promoting the complete change and
perfect assimilation of food TO the wants
Of the organism. Hence the immense
value of it in scrofulous constitutions where
imperfect assimilation Of food and poor
physical development are prominent charac-
teristics The observations of DR.. Edwards
on the influence of light in promoting the
perfect development OF animals led him TO
conclude that in climates where the expo
sure Of the whole surface of the body to
light is practicable, it Is favorable to the
regular formation of the body; and he
therefore has suggested isolation IN the
open air as means calculated to restore
healthy formation to children affected
with scrofula whose deviations of form do
not appear incurab.e. In consumptive
diseases also, it Is exceedingly useful.
Year: 1872

In many parts of South America, but
more particularly where the ant bear ran
ges, there are industrious honey bees with
out stings They usually take possession of
hollow trees, in which they construct rows
of wax cups, nearly the size Of half an
eggshell. When full of honey, they are
capped over to exclude air, which preserves
the contents in fluid state. When one
pot is finished, they proceed with another,
and thus store up an immense amount of
delicious food, of which they are invaria-
bly, robbed, without the power of offering
resistance.


At the exact season when ants eggs are
deposited, nature has so arranged that the
ant bear which subsists almost entirely
on ants, avoids those hard clay pyramids,
the homes of ingenious Insects, climbs the
bee trees, and thrusts in its long whip
lash tongue, feeds sumptuously on honey
till the new crop of ants are grown large
enough for food. just as the honey Is ex-
hausted, their wants are amply provided
for Thus alternately animal aud vege-
table ahment is secured by an unaiterable
law. so that ants are kept within control





" numerous TO destroy the source from
whence their own necessary food Is derived.


Thus the race OF ant bears are sustained
during a particular period necessary for
the preservation of the race Of ants-and
the poor bees are instrumentaIitics for sus-
tanning the law without any apparent com
pensation tor their unceasing labor. beyond
the privilege of slipping nectar from the
flowers and enjoying uncestrajned liberty
on the wing.


Who does not discover in the foregoing
relation, an exact reference of means 10
ends 1t is an illustration of the admir-
able adjustment of cause and effect, which
secures the perpetuity of species, demon
strates beyond question, the existence of
an omniscIent Law Maker-6ecause such
laws DO not make themselves.
Year: 1872

AN INTELLIGENT HoRsE.-Brute sagac-
ity, as developed in the dog and in the
horse, is so near akin to human reason
that the line of demarkation is undiscern-
ibe. An example of the knowingness of
the latter animal came under our own OBJ
seryation a few days ago in one of the
corrals where the freight teams plying be-
tween here and the mining districts put
up. The huge freight wagons employed
in that business have large barrels attached
to their sides, in which water Is carried
for use in crossing the arid deserts they
are compelled TO traverse. One of these
wagons stood IN the center of the corral,
surrounded by embarrassed horses and
mules. One of the former was evidently
thirsty, for he proceeded to the water bar
rels, grasped the plug at its base, and with
few energetic tugs drew it out, liberat-
ing, of course, its contents. He then
dropped the plug, applied his lips to the
bung-hole and drank to his hearts content.


At this juncture he was discovered by
his driver, otherwise we verify believe that
the horse would have put the plug back
himself.-LoS angeles Ne,CS.
Year: 1872

Having charged an officer of the gov
ernment with dishonesty, he was required
by Parliament. under a heavy penalty,
publicly to retract the accusation in the
House Of Commons At the appointed
time be appeared with a written recanta-
tion, which he read aloud, as follows : 81
said he was dishonest, it is true; and
am sorry for it. = This was satisfactory
but what was the surprise of Parliament,
the following day, to see the retraction
printed IN the papers thus " said he
was dishonest; 1t is true, and [ am sorry
for it.. By simple transpositiOn of the
comma and semicolon, the ingenious SIAN
derer represented himself to the country
Dot only as having made no recantation
but even as having reiterated the charge
in the very face of Parliament
Year: 1872

QUARRELING.-If anything in the world
will make a man feel badly, except pinch
ing his fingers in the crack of door, it
is unquestionably a quarrel. No man
fails to think less of himself after than
before. It degrades him in the eyes of
others, and what is worse. it bunts his
seusibilities on the one hand, and increases
the power of passionate irritability on the
other, The truth is. the more peaceably
aud quietly We get on, the better for our
neighbors. In nine eases out of ten the
better course is, if a man cheats you, quit
his company; and if he slanders you, take
care to live so that nobody will believe
him. No matter who he Is, or how he
misuses you, the wisest way is to let him
alone for there is nothing better than this
cool, calm and quiet way of dealing with
the wrongs we meet.
Year: 1872

How To FIX TIE CLoCK-The Country
Gentleman contains the following When
the clock stops, don't take it to the repair
shop till YOU have tried as follows Take
off the pointers and the face take off the
pendulum and its wire. Remove the
ratchet from the tick wheel and the clock
Will run down with great velocity. Let ii
90 The increased speed wears away the
gum and dust from the pinions-the clock
cleans itself If you have any pure sperm
oil, put the least bit on the axles Put
the machine together, and nine times in ten
it will run Just as well as if it had been
taken to the shop. In fact this IS the way
that most shopmen clean clocks. If instead
OF a pendulum the clock has watch escape
ment, this latter can be taken out In an
instant without taking the works apart, and
the result IS the same 1t takes about
twenty minutes to so clean a brass clock
and saves a dollar.
Year: 1872

A GooD DRIvER-A simple but significant
scene occurred in Devonshire street, yester-
day afternoon, which was witnessed from
our " sanctum " window A heavily loaded
wagon, drawn by a pair of large horses,
stopped for a moments rest. The driver,
rough hardy looking man, went about the
animals, lifting the broad harness here, and
adjusting it in another place, spreading the
head-stal binders, and shifting the saddle
bearings. 1t was a warm day, and the horses
were very wet with perspiration. lie patted
them about the head kindly, first one and
then the other, and there seemed to be
perfect understanding between man and
beast. We felt little annoyed to see the
heavy load-too heavy-but the driver had no
iohip, and when he was ready and spoke to
the horses they responded with all their
power, and the great weight was moved
steadily along to its destination. This
teamster was so different from the style OF
men generally seen in our thoroughiares
that we were attracted TO his manner OF con-
Quoting his team, and would like to give
his name if we knew it.-BoSton Globe.
Year: 1872

In Detroit barber's shop the other day,
a pur-blind negro arose from his seat to
take one of the barber's chairs, when look
ing at one of the pier glasses, he saw. as
he supposed, another gentleman about to
take the chair. The old darkey at once
apologized for rising out of his turn, and
was about to sit down, when he noticed his
image about to do the same. he again
rose, and the mysterious stranger followed.
This was repeated two or three times much
to the darkey's disgust, and he finally
yelled out: If it's your turn, why don't
you sit down ? amidst shouts of laughter
from the rest of the customers.
Year: 1872

A correspondent from the burnt district
in Wisconsin gives a pleasing view of the
situation. The crops are looking finely
and the people are contented and hopeful


The relief committees have ceased their
labors, provisions having been distributed
to last till harvest. One dark feature in
the condition of the people is the suits
brought by the Rock River insurance
company against great numbers of farm
ers, on their notes, and, the actions being
brought in Milwaukee, the poor people
could not defend, and judgment with costs
was entered against them. Many have
sold their last COW or horse to pay these
claims
Year: 1872

The CHIEF OBJECT" Happiness,
says Froude, Is not what we are to look
for. Our place Is to be true to the best
which we know, to seek that, and to do
that and if 10y virtue its own Ireward
be meant that the good man cares only to
continue good, desiring nothing more, then
it Is q true and noble saying. But if
virtue be valued because it is polite, be
cause in pursuit Of it will be found more
enjoyment aud fewest sutf5rings, then 1t Is
not noble any more, and 1t Is turning the
truth of God into lie Let as do right
and -letter happiness come or zabapplnesS
# js 10 rcry niytty matter. If it come,
life Will be sweet fit do not come, life
Will be bitter-bitter, not sweet, and vet
TO be borne. On such a theory alone Is
the government Of this world intelhgibIy
Just The well-bsing of our souls depends
on what we are. and nobleness Of charac-
ter Is nothing else but steady love of good,
aud scorn Of evil. Happiness may fly
away, pleasure pau or cease to be obtain
able. wealth decay. friends fail or prove
uuzird. fame turn to infamy; but the pow
er to serve God never fails and the love
Of him is never rejected.
Year: 1872

The EARTH AND THE UNIvERsE.-Ihe
earth in which we dwell IS one of the low
est in rank among the heavenly bodies. If
an astronomer in some other planet were
exploring the immensity of space, our
earth, owing to its small size, might
readily elude his intelligent view. a mere
satellite of the sun. the volume of which


is 1,255,000 times greater, the earth IS
but point, as compared with the immense
tract of either traversed by the planets in
their courses round their central globe.
Year: 1872

4 LIVE FIsH Frozen UP.-A Nevada
paper says that small fish, imbedded IN
ice, was found by some workmen engaged
in making ice from the Huu'boH to fill an
ice-house. The little fellow was solidly en-
cased in ice as clear as crystal, and when
placed in water and the ice gradually melt
ed from it, its rigidity left, the tail culver
ed, and after turning over a few times, it
swan away as if nothing had happened
How long it had been thus housed is not
known, but probably not less than two
months.