smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

ny n. n. sToDDARD.
II to wish and to have were one, my dear,
You would be sitting now
with not a care in your tender heart,


Not wrinkle upon your brow;
The clock Of time would go back with you
All the years you have been my wife,
Till its golden hands have pointed out
The happlest hour Of your life;
II would stop then at that immortal hour;
The clock should no longer run;
You could not be sad and sick and old,
II to wish and to have were one.
You arc not here in the winter, my love,
The snow is not whirling down;
You arc In the heart Of the summer woods,
In your dear old seaside town;
A patter Of little feet in the leaves,


beautiful boy at your side;
He is gathering flowers in the shady nooks--
It was but dream that he died
Keep hold Of his hand, and sing to him;
No mother under the sun
Has such seraphic child as yours
II TO wish and to have are one.
Methinks am with you there, dear wife,
In that old house by the sea-
have flown 10 you as the bluebird flies
To his mate in the poplar tree.
A sailors hammock hangs at the door,
You swing in IL, book in hand;
boat is standing in for the beach,
Its keel now CRATES on the sand;
Your brothers are coming-two manly men,
Whose lives have only begun;
Their days will be long in the land, dear heart,
II to wish and to have are one.
II to wish and to have were one, All me!
would not be old and poor
But young and prosperous gentleman,
With never dun at the door;
There would be no past to bewail my love,
There would be no future to dread;
Your brothers would be live men again,
And my boy would not be dead.
Perhaps il will all come right at last;
II may be, when all is done,
We shall be together in some good world
Where TO wish aud to have are one.
Year: 1875

However obscure the causes may be which con- prevalent, affecting as it does, nearly one-half of our adult population, it is melancholy fact that day by day, and year by year. we witness most frightful increase of nervous affections from the slightest neuralgia to the more grave and extreme forms Of
Year: 1875

It is of the highest importance, then, that in. dividuals should be able to judge for themselves by their own feelings, if and to what extent they are attacked by this insidiOus enemy to iHhealth, comfort, and even life itself if left to run it's course unchecked, by the early and prompt ap- plicatiOn Of curative remedies.
Year: 1875

CCRRANT JELLY.-If the fruit is gathered
before dead ripe it will make firmer jellcy,
and it is not necessary to pick it from tic
stems, only remove all leaves or sticks. Put
the fruit in pail or pan, over a kettle Of
boiling water, and heat enough for the skins
to break easily, then dip intoa bag made of
flannel, and squeeze till dry. Measure tie
juice, allowing for every pint one pound Of
white sugar, but do not add the sugar to the
liquor till it has been allowed to gently boil
over the fire for twenty minutes or more,
removing any scum that may arise The
sugar is now to be added in the proportions
mentioned, when the process of coagulation
is so rapid that humps of jelly are often
formed before it is all Dissolved while in
color it glows with all the richness and
transparency of the garnet. The secret Of
making all fruit jellies is to boil the juice
before, and but little after adding the
sugar if boiled together the product is apt
to be soft, dark and gummy, if it ever
becomes jelly at all. Use pound Of sugar
for pound of fruit in preserving eurrants,
and if all the necessary boiling has taken
place before the sugar is added, the juice
will become a tender, beautiful jelly
Country Gentlemen.
Year: 1875

WHAT is COMMERCE ?-Commerce is an
occupation in which men serve each other;
it is an exchange in which both parties in
the tranraction gain something which they
desire more than the thing they part with.
1t may sometimes be that the desire which
is satisfied on the one part or the other is
one that had better not be served: that is
question of morals with which we are not
now dealing. Such exchanges are, how
ever, the exception. The traffic in COM
mOdities that work permanent injury con-
stitutes but an insignificant proportion of
the vast exchanges of the world true
commerce i'll useful things lies at the
very foundation of human welfare. Unless
a good and wholesome subsistence is posi-
bic, there can be neither spiritual, intellec-
tual, nor aesthetic culture, and such sub
sistence is only possible to the mass of men
by means of an exchange of products. All
commerce is the aggregate of small transac-
tions. The milkman who brings the daily
portion Of milk to him who dwells in city
or town represents commerce of vast pro
portion, almost equal i'll this country, i'll its
aggregate value, to the whole sum of our
foreign importations. The value Of dairy
exported in the form of cheese and butter
is more than four hundred million dollars.
The milkman is the representative of one
of the branches of commerce which has
10 IL
century, and in which the people of the
United States have shown the greatest orig
inality. The cheese factory represents a
manufacture born of thrift and enterprise
only, and our exports Of cheese exceed
ninety million pounds year.


How little the true function of commerce
has been understood may be proved by the
fact that only within the century has it
been admitted among English-speaking
! people that there can be any mutual service
in the matter. In this country even to
this day this truth is but obscurly perceived
and hence the nation with which we have
our largest transactions. our mother coun
| try, is often called our natural enemy by
otherwise intelligent persons, because She
tries to supply some Of our needs at low


cost to Us yet had the true nature of com


merce been comprchendcd a hundred year.
ago, war between US and England would
have been as impossible then as it would
now be infamous and absurd. 1t was ;
want Of knowledge as to the true function
of trade that caused tho RpNOlutiOn lin.
pcr'a Naga.iac far J1,y.
Year: 1875




SUICIDE AND INsURANCR.-By the .judg
mcnt of the highest Court of the State Of
Maryland it appears that a mans right to
take his own life in certain circumstances
is still intact. In that State a gentleman
had insured his life on the ordinary form of
policy, by which the insurance is void "if
the assured shall die by his own hand or
act" He subsequently hanged himself and
the company refused to pay, which there is
reason to believe is the common rule with
insurance companies in all circumstances.
The company was sued and held liable :;
they appealed, and again the inexOrable
Judgment was that the sum Of the insur-
ance was due TO the heirs t,io he Sc to the
contrary notwithstanding. 1t was held by
the Court that there are circumstances in
which man may take his own life that do
not come within the prohibition of the
clause in the policy. They hold that the
policy only prohibits an act that is deliber-
atcly intended 10y a sound mind. Ifa man
| looking into the muzZle of revolver fire it
| by accident lie dies by his own hand liter
| ally, but by an unintentional act. and for
such Il loss the company must pay; and
inlsnuch az insanity interrupts healthy
voiition, an insane man cannot be presumed
! to intend his own death any more than the
man does who kills himself by such an acci
dent. 1t is not our duty to reconcile the
view the Court takes of suicide with the
view ly some lhilosophcrs-esrecially in
England-who argue that the mere fact OF
suicide is evidence Of insanity, and that
therefore, there cannot be any distinction
as to suicides intended and suicides not
intended In the absence Of such duty
we contemplate the decision with satisfac
ton. Insanity has been most ingcniously
used to defraud the gallows for many years
and if it can now be employed in tho
interest of a much defraudcd public tC
compel slippery insurers to come down
with their dust we shall be glad to know it.
~ !. Hcrald.
Year: 1875

OF course to do this we
" must figure closely,
orwe wouldlosc our rtrade,
but we always were will
ing to sell cheap.


This is the complaint
othcrhouses make against
US, but we do not care,
and therefore mark the
price on the tickets, for
that is the only way peo-
pie can be certain they
buy at like rates with
their neighbors.
Year: 1875

The Greco Roman wrestling match which took
limited number of spectators. The two contestants
were Professor w. Miller and Louis Carteron. The
former is well known the latter arrived from France
only fortnight ago, and appeared last night before
American audience for the first time in his life The
match for 81, 0Oo Miller, before the first bout
the favorite in the pools.


THE RIVALS.


Carteron appeared first upon the stage He is a
lighter than Miller, rather slender Of limb, but
altogether, handsomely developed and, wthal,
ceedingy supple athlete Miller had the favor OF the
audience from the start; and when he brought the
every one saw that he the superior man,
and that the Frcnchman by means a
match for him. In the second bout, however, the
Frenchman planted Mller's two shoulders down upon
the boards but after peculiar fashion that the
audience began to suspect that the match had been
prearranged, and hence great many left The rink in
disgust Miller the third bout and the Frenchman
the fourth and hence both had two bouts apiece.


The Frenchman came up to the mark IN the final
bout looking very much discouraged Miller could
have laid him out in moment, had he desired, but
he spared with him for fifteen minutes So which
ne managed to develop the graces Of the school OF
wrestling which he is devoted when finally he fairly
did not the Frenchman fall and hence could
render decision. Miller caught the Frenchman
again in his arms and threw him second time.
Once the fall decided not TO be fair one At
last Miller hurled hs rival upon the carpet mounted
him. and while the Frenchman lay prone upon his
Mcclellan and Professor De Turk The match was
awarded him.
Year: 1875

thorne occupies place IN American literature that
one can hope TO Oh again He Is the prince Of I'd
mancists One res OF his beautiful description
delicate character drawing. We were particularly
struck with this latter faculty in rereadng THE Houa
Of the Seven Gables /" Could anything be finer thai
the portrait OF poor Miss Pyncheon in her little shop
Though he lays on the brush with the tenderest am
consderate touches he cannot conceal the humoA
Of the grotesque old figure We hear the rusH
OF the stately silk the relic Of bygone spendor MIS-
Hepzibah gets down upon her knees 10 search for tn
marbles which, devil directed have rolled into thl
dark and unapproachable corners We see the frowt
that spreads her poor old wrinklod brow
as tho shrll shop bell warns her Of the an
rival OF an unwelcome customer There is no authos
Of modern times who influence as like Hawthorne
We believe every word he writes His widest romanoe
realities TO We thoroughly believe in Donatello
with his pointed ears and expect him yet wan
derng about the streets Rome
Year: 1875

greedy eyes upon ner immense wealth, hoping 10 alb
sorb the greater part She is very pous far the
observation OF theologic duties Is concerned and IL
profoundly revered by the priests who doubtless
instructed how to act toward her They natter her
without stint pronounce her saint predict that she
viii bo canonized But she has to pay roundly for
their fine speeches.


They extremely desIrous she should leave the
bulk OF her property for tho completion Of the magn
cent Duomo and it Is possible she may though yet
she has made such provision In her WILL


HER WILL INCOMPLETE.


That important document Is asserted to be incom-
plete II has been written and rewritten so often and
many codicils added that new drafts have been
required The Church awaits with feversh anxiety for
Its nnal form. II knows that woman OF scventy-fou
and upward has time to waste. learn that Taglioni
proposes TO bequeath handsome sum TO the Conserv
atore of this city the largest the department
OF choregraphc art One other objections to completing
her will is the old superstition that she shall die i'm
medatey after doing So and she has no inclination
the grave. The priests tell her she need have fear
OF death; that the angels are waiting for her. She
laughs and says, "Lct them watt they are eternal
they have abundance of leisure. have dread OF
death, but like life. The world is very beautiful and
to stay in IT just as long as can" Taglioni is


ADMIRABLY PREs-GvED


Her health is very good, and she bids fair TO turn her
nnetieth year Her mind is not at all impaired She
hears perfectly WELL and she glasses except
night She owes her vigor the excellent she
has taken Of herself She INDUCED any OF the
dissipatons of actress and in her old age she has
her reward She feels much interest in the progress
Of events particularly the development Of Italy and
strange TO say, believes the Popes loss Of temporal
power was fortunate for the Church
Year: 1875

A pleasant looking youth, who wore nccktie that
would give him away anywhere, arrested in
Newark, n j., yesterday, for completely in stealing
watch and chain from the pocket Of Leopold Weiss,
who was walking quietly up Market street He gava
his name Henry Martin, resident of Philadelphia,
and said he to town yesterday morning 10 look
for work On searching him black bag was found in
his pocket such is used for the double purpose OF
mask and carry away plumber If successful In bur-
eary His two companions escaped with the watch
and Martin was held 10 await further Developments.
Year: 1875

moon he was not meant for finished man Only
butterfly existence could suit such a character With
the proper ingredients in his makeup he would have
been great man; rs it was, he great failure
Year: 1875

The London Sanitary Record, in an
interesting article on "0yerwork,' gives
the following graphic picture of the bust
ness man who is overtaskiug his powers


Sooner or later he finds that bis days
work has become an effort, toll rather
than delight the last hour has become
a strain only maintained by determination;
a sense Of exhaustion aud fatigue enyel-
opes his closure Of the days work, and the
last column of figures have presented
difficulties hitherto unknown, and the last
pile of letters has seemed more trying than
Of yore. Anything new, Of an unwonted
character, making special demands upon
the higher faculties, becomes arduous and
distasteful, revealing the fact that the
higher powers are first commencing to
give way, to announce their inability;
while the mere routine matters, which have
almost become automatic, or even habitual,
can still be effectively discharged But in
time even these lower processes are affec-
ted, and the last half hour at the Office is
a distinct trial, and is followed by new
sense of exhaustion. There is certain
amount of irritability combined with the
sense of exhaustion, that irritability which
is ever found along with the exhaustion Of
nerve matter; this irritation, sometimes
almost amounting to exaltation, marks the
commencement of nervous exhaustion and
failure. While work seems to become
moro irksome, the usual sources of pleasure
no longer afford their wonted solace and
satisfaction. There is heightened suscep-
tibility to any little trivial annoyance,
domestic matters are felt more keenly, the
dinner is not so satisfactory, the children
are noisy the more necessity for rest, and
the more distinct the craving for comfort
aud quiet, the less seems forthcoming.
There is an emotional exaltation which
reveals the irritability of the exhausted
nerve centers the newspaper is stupid
and uninteresting, the piano wants tuning
servants are deterioNting, children arc
less obedient, aud wives less sympathizing
than sf yore. The mind is as sensitive as
is the skin after blister; the slightest
touch produces pain"
Year: 1875

CLoGGED LAMP WIcKs.-The light
often is unsatisfactory while all is appar-
emily in good order 1t should be borne
in mind that, though the wick is but very
gradually burned, it is constantly becoming
less able to conduct the oil. During sew
eral weeks some quarts cf oil are slowly
filtered through tho wick which stops
every partical of dust or other matter that
will with the utmost care be ia the best
kind of oil. The result is that tho wick,
though it is of sufficient length and looks
as good as ever, has its conducting power
greatly impaired, as its pores, 50 to speak
or the minute channels BY which the oil
reaches the place to be bnrned becomes
gradually obstructed 1t is often economy
to substitute a new wick for an old one,
even If that be plenty long enough to serve
for some time to come.-1gricuitwist.
Year: 1875

The Scientific Amc'icaa says Cider
may be made TO cifewesce, BY bottling
while the fermentation is still going on.
In this case the carbonic acid gas genera
ted in the process Of fermentation is i'm
prisoned in the liquid in the bottle, and
escapes violently when, on drawing the
cork, the pressure is removed. The biting
taste is due to the vegetable acids present
-e-malic and acotic acids.
Year: 1875

II we can never be in too great hurry
to do good, we may be in such haste while
seeking for the good, as to pass it by, or
to mistake our object. This is too frequent
ly the error Of young students. They
measure their proficiency by the grade Of
the class to which they belong, rather than
by the knowledge they have acquired.
This principle is false, aud must lead to
sad consequences. IT'S not the place or
name that imparts true knowledge or real
worth. These can be achieved by labor
only. In every branch of education it. is
necessary to commence with the rudiments
of that branch. These are the foundation
stones. IL is of vast Importance that they
should be laid solidly, fixed firmly in the
mind, or how eau they support the fabric
which is to be raised upon them? Time
aud pains-takiug in this work are by no
means thrown away. Labor and skill are
necessarily required, if the work is to be
a success. But when these rudiments are
acquired, the structure must still continue
to progress by careful and steady steps.
Gaps aud holes cannot bo left, nor bounds
and leaps taken, if we desire solid edi-


flee. They will only prove the folly Of the
architect, and show how foolish the cause
which he adopted. NJ.
Year: 1875

1t appears now that the Philadelphia
personswho planned the location of the
Centennial Exhibition buildings were
largely guided in their selections by a
consideration of the local hack inter-
est. The several structures are placed
so far apart that visit to all OF them
within the limited time which most
strangers will have at their disposal
will be out of the question unless We
hicles are employed. As at present ar
ranged. the machinery hall is half a
mile from the agricultural building,
and that is nearly mile from the
main exhibition building. What a
harvest does this raise to the prospec-
tive view of the Centennial Jehu, OF
rather what a sense of encouragement
does it produce a New Yorker who
did contemplate visit to Paramount
Park next wear. Are we not plucked
enough at home? If General Hawley
has any influence left with the Com
mittee on Arrangement he might sc,
cure forgiveness for some OF his bad
speeches in the Connecticutsscampaign
by lemedying blunder which II per
sisted in will have the effect OF keep
ing some people, possibly good many
away from Philadelphia during the
Centennial Exhibition season. People
are willing that the Quaker City shal
make reasonable fortune out of hel
enterprise, but they will rebel ii it ap
pears that there is to be resort to pet
ty tricks of extertion.
Year: 1875

LSNIEnF RISE CUAL.-Persons Who have
n been cheated IN laying in their winters
supply OF Coal should 60 to Fout and buy a
ton or two OF the Enterprise, as many have
already done. This will help through the
cold weather. Good fires add very much to
the comforts Of home. ONCE, Railroad and
Orange streets. 1anT75u
Year: 1875

The TRAVEL OF FORMER DAYS.
In the Boston Chronicle of 1897, Levi
Pease 4 Go, advertise that they have
commenced running a new line of sta
ges between Boston and New York.
They assure the public that it i" has
some decided advantages over the old
line, viz: First: Passengers will be
carried through to New York in three
days in summer, and five days in win
ter, thus saving a whole day. Second:
This line will make three trips week
leaving Boston and New York every
other day. Third: The proprietors
will give bond that not more than
six passengers shall ride inside.
Fourth: The fair is to be only eight
ceats mile, with the usual charge
for baggage" 1.-The patronage of the
public is solicited ,as this is an experi-
ment for saving time and adding to
the comfort of the traveller" Think
Of FIVE days ride to New York in
midwinter without fire, $40 for fare,
and as much more for food and lodg-
ing.
Year: 1875

On the 21st of July conference of the
committee of all of the Presbyterian Churches
in the world meets at London to brihg about
a general union. There are now forty.eight
Independent churches claiming the name
Presbyterian, holding the same religious doc
trine and ecclesiastical polity, but differing
on the question of state patronage and minor
matters regarding the manner Of public wor-
ship. They all subscribe to the Westmins-
ter Confession or to the Heidelberg Cate
chism, which is substantially the same. The
Church Of Scotland is the mother church.
the question of state patronage, resulting in
the Reformed Presbyterian Church, the
United Presbyterian Church, and the Free
Church of Scotland, The Presbyterian
Church of Ireland is an offshoot of the Scotch
and the English Presbyterian Church of the
Free Church. In the United States the chief
body is the General Assembly. At the begin
ming of the war the Southern wing seeded and
formed the P resbyterian Church. The United
Presbyterian Church sprang from the seeded
churches in Europe. The Reformed Presby-
terians are from those Of the same name in
Scotland. The Reformed Church in America,
formerly known as the Dutch Reformed,
came from Holland and holds by the Heidel-
berg Catechism. In Canada the divisions of
the old country are kept up. These branches
purpose to form confederation, holding to
the same creed but permitting to each body
the regulation of its internal order and disci-
mime