smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

A BATTLE F1AG-It will be remember ed that the Germans lost one flag in the late war, and that Menotti Garibaldi took pains to inform his antagonist that it was not taken in battle, but found on the field covered with the bodies of it's guards. The Emperor William has presented new colors to the battalion, on the ground that the loss twas one of those lamentable events which are the result of untoward circumstances, and for which no one can be held responsible

 The flag was neither taken by victorious enemy, nor abandoned by discouraged troop of soldiers it's position on the battlefield, amid the corpses of its brave defenders, bears honorable testimony to the character of the men before whom it was borne until the approach of night hid it from the eyes of its guardians.
Year: 1871

No particular possession, or condition

 or course of conduct, ins1lres happiness.

 The rich pine over what, when poor,

 they thought would be sure to make them happy. He who ir his days of toll, has sighed for leisure. finds, when 1t has been obtained, that the pains of vacuity are not less than those of op- pressive labor. Rigid adherence to par ticular systems are alike found to disap- point their votaries of the calm felicity which was expected from them. But let us think what sort of world it would be,

 if only one particular tangible thing, or one particular condition, or one particu- lar course of conduct, were to confer happiness. Evidently it would be 8 world of utter sameness and languor, in- stead of the world of infinite variety and incessant activity which it really is. We may be satisfied then, that happiness was not designed to be the invariable con comitant of any such particular things, but to be temptation toward an infinite variety of pursuits, and perpetual &C., tivity of our faculties. How otherwise could we have been active beings How otherwise could the whole of our facul- ties have received employment It is true that some things continue longer to give satisfaction than others, and that some of the highest of our sentiments and affections never tire of exercise. We do not, for instance, so soon weary of bread, or sound animal food, or any other of the staple articles of life, as of the luxuries which are more rarely presented. Nor can the practice of any lofty duty ever appear less excellent than al first, but rather the contrary, ''as streams their channels deeper wear. , But, while the reasons for their pecu- liarities of our economy are obvious, it is equally clear that changes in diet, and varieties of object and of employment are necessary, in order to maintain the stimulus of life. There ought to be much amusement, and ample facilities for ob

 taining settlements of an innocent kind. Mental laborers should endeavor to ob- tain occasional physical employment. Every one should endeavor so to vary his employments, and so to mix them up with amusements and recreation, as to obviate the inevitable consequences of monotony.
Year: 1871

tThe following we extract little book Chronic 6y s h or nsau little book pospad by enclosing one postage stamp to the doctor.l

 SYMPTOMS In the early stages of the dis ease the patient may be annoyed with only a slight dropping in the throat" as many express it, the amount of discharge from the air passages of the head at this stage of the disease being only slightly in excess of health. In some cases the discharge is thick, ropy and tough, requiring frequent and strong effort in the way of hawking, blowing and splitting to remove it from the throat, where it frequently lodges In other cases, or in other stages'of the same case, the disharge is thin watery, acrid, irritating and profuse. The nose may be stopped up from the swollened and thick ened condition of the lining mucous mem- brane, so as to necessitate respiration through the mouth, giving to the voice a disagreeable nasal twang. The disease sometimes assumes dry form there being very little or no dis charge. In some cases the patient suffers from headache great portion of the time, or may experience dull, heavy, disagreeable fullness or pressure in the head, with confu- sion of his ideas, which renders him quite unfit for business, especially such as requires deep thought, and mental labor. Memory may be more or less affected, and the dispo- Il often rendered irritable, or morose and des- pondent > The mental faculties suffer to such extent in some cases as to result in insanity These of smell is in many cases impaired and sometimes entirely lost, and the senses of taste and hearing may bemore or less affected.

 The secretion which is thrown out in the more advanced stages of Chronic Catarrh be comes so acrid, unhealthy and poisonous, that it produces severe irritation and inflammation which are followed by excoriation and ulcera- .tion of the delicate lining membrane Of the air passages in the head. As the alteration eats its way up among the small bones the discharge generally becomes profuse and often excessively fetid, requires the frequent use of the handk erchief and renders the poor sui ferer disagreeable both to himself and those with whom he associates. Thick, tough, brownish incrustations or hardened Jumps, are many times formed in the head by the evaporation of the watery portion of the dis chafge These Jumps are sometimes so large and tough that it is with great difficulty that they can be removed. They are usually dis charged every day or two, but only to be sue ceeded by another crop. It is painfully un- pleasant to witness the ravages of this terri ble disease, and observe the extent to which it sometimes progresses. Holes are eaten through the roof of the mouth, and great cavi. ties exoavated into the solid bones of the face, and in such cases only the best and most thorough treatment, both local and constitu- tional, will check the progress and fatal ter. imitation of the disease. .

 Only few of the large number of symp

 toms which I have described as common tc the different stages of Catarrh will be likely to be manifested at one time in a single case
Year: 1871

alone and that Alice was gone, couldn't
help telling my people, and there was a
sob heard that went through the congre-
cation. 1t was from an old lady, friend
of hers, who often told me about her and
spoke of her nobility of soul. Alice Cary
once thought of making cap for her, and
she said, Il will make cap for Mrs.
Brown, but her fingers ached SO and her
arm became so tired, she had to drop it,


and the needle is sticking in that unfinished
cap now, just as she left it. She would
have finished it, but they had finished her
own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay
away from her coronation. And we will
keep that cap with care; and l think Je-
sus win remind her of it, and say, Child,
insomuch as you did it to one of the least
ones, you did it unto me- Should speak
for hours, could only tell how loved
her. She came to me in the winter of my
fortunes, when had very few friends,
and loved her, and will revere her men,
ory forever-forever. And now will not
shed a tear tor Alice Cary am glad she
is gone. l felt at once like saying,
Thanks be to God,' when heard that
the pain was over; and is was so delight
full to go and stand over her and see her
face without a single frown, and to think,
She is gone to her Father and my Father
and ints His hands | commit her."
Year: 1871

Rev. DR.. Deems, in his remarks at the
funeral of Alice Cary, said


9"There is one thing in Alice Cary of
which we had better remind ourselves
now, because many of us are working
people, and people who work very much
with their brains; and | see number of
young people who are come out of tender
ness to her memory to the church today,
and there may be among them literary
people just commencing their career, and
they say, Would could write SO beauti-
fully and so easily as she did 1t was not
easily done, She did nothing easily; but
in all this that we read she was an earnest
worker; she was faithful, painstaking,
careful Of improving herself, up to the last
moment OF her life. Yesterday looked
into the drawer, and the last piece of MS,
she wrote turned up, and l said to Phebe,
That Is copied, and she said NO that is
Alice's writing 1t was so exceedingly
plain 1t looked like print in large type,
though she wrote very wretched hand.
But her sister told me that when she came
to be so weak that she couldn't write much
any longer, she began to practice, like lit
tie girl, to learn to form all her letters
anew. She worked to the very last, not
only with the brains but the fingers. When
Phebe wrote me last Sunday that she was
Year: 1871

New YORK, August 8. Horace


Greeley has addressed the Golden Age,


defining his views on the woman


question, saying that while he does


not deny that persistent, fiagitious


adultery of husband or wife affords


good grounds for divorce, transient in


fidelity to the marriage vows, under


the influence of passions inflamed by


wine or other unnatural excitement,


should not, if repented OF, be an ade-


quste reason for divorce. The doctrine


of remarriage by those widowed by


death should be governed by circum-


stances. In the main, where parties


are happily united il will be better,


in higher life, il neither married
second time on this planet. The


handspring of his hostility to woman


suffrage is due to this conviction. The


proper indissOlubility of the marriage


tic has made the conversion move


ment of woman suffrage morally inn


possible on that account. He says he


has written very little of what has


appeared in the Tribune editOrially on


this subject during the last ten years,


ard concludes by saying: 81 believe


our cOuntrymen are indebted to you


for having discovered, perhaps /


should say invented, me as the posi-


BILE, though most improbable candi-
dste for the Presidency. Allow me,


then, to thank you for your early
frank demonstration. l can, in no
contingency, be counted on your side
as a woman suffrage candidate. As
you fOrcibly and justly say, there is
not even remote possibility OF my
ultimately adapting myself to this
end. My difference with your
crowd is too vital, too radical
to permit the most sanguine
dreamer to hope for conversion. am
growing old, my opinions are tOlera-
bly, firm and advanced. A female of
the Laura Fair type, who kills the
paramour, whom she claims to be of
rightful affinity, and gives the lie in
open court to the wife she has dOubly
is my pet version, but why
should any man be a candidate for
President for the woman suffragists.
Logically and consistently, feel that
the candidate should be a woman.
She ought, moreover, to be one thor
Oughly emancipated from absurdity,
folly, narrOWness. and baneful cOnser-
vatism, which I am too old to out
grow. Could you not find one who
illustrates her own history, which
you so felicitOusly term Of liberal
thought and enlightened age? Let
her be one who has two husbands,
after the sort that lives in the same
house with them, both sharing the
couch as one, hut bearing the name of
another to show her impartiality
Perhaps the cause and candidate
will be so fitly mated that there will
be no occasion, even under the most
liberal, progressive and enlightened
regime, to sue for a divorce. Could not
one Of this class be persuaded to over |
bear her shrinking modesty and
nominate herself?
Year: 1871

We are informed by reliable attorney
of Jackson, that there is pending before
the Supreme Court now In session at that
place, case to test the question as to
whether the 'Torbett issue shall be re-
ceived for taxes. The decision of this
question is looked to with much interest; if
the court decide in favor of its being re-
ceived, it will greatly enhance its value,
and those who hold much of it will make
money; and besides, if the decision is that
way, it will greatly depreciate the value of
treasury warrants, as their payment will in
that event be necessarily delayed.
Year: 1871

The Narrow Escape of hen Wade.


NEW YORK, April 5.-It is stated that
the Tennessee will be visited to-day by a
board of inspection, and will probably
be ordered out of commission on ac-
count of defective machinery. 1t is said
that her machinery is so crowded, COM
plicated and heavy as to be almost worth
less
Year: 1871

A letter was read from the Secretary
of State recommending bill to allow
the payment of the salary of Gen.
Schenck as Minister to England, de-
tsched on the Joint High Commission.
Ordered nrinted
Year: 1871

Z Squire Ewing said that at former term


of the court the Road Commissioners had
been authorized by the court to notify all
turnpike companies to erect suitable signs
at railroad crossings. He was informed
that on the Whites creek and the Harding
Year: 1871




Money can buy many things,
good and evil An the wealth OF
the world could not buy you q friend,
nor pay you for the loss Of one. 81
have wanted only one thing 10 make
me happy" Hazlitt writes, "but
wanting that, have wanted every
thing"


We are the weakest Of spenthrifts
if we let one friend drop on through
inattention, or let one push away an
other, or if we hold aloOf from one
for petty jealonsly or needless slight
or roughness. Would you threw
away a diamond because IL pricke6
you One good friend is not to be
weighed against the jewels 0f AL the
earth. IL there is GOODNESS or un-
kindness between US, let Us come
face 10 face and have itout. Qnick,
before love Crews cold Life is too
short to QUARREL IN" "or 10 carry
black thoughts Of friends. II was
wrong, lam sorry fyou, then am
sorrier yet, for should not gIieve
for my friends misfortune and
the mending OF your fate does not
lie with me- But the forgiving 1t
does, and that is the happier oflice.
Give me your hand and eallit even.
There IL is gone and thank a kind
Heaven keep my friends still A
friend is too precious thing 10 be
lightly held, but il must be 4 little
heart that cannot find room for more
than one or two. The kindness feel
for you warns me toward all the
rest makes meiong TO do something
TO make you all happy. It Is easy to
lose a friend but q new one will
come for calling, nor make up for an
old one when he comes.
Year: 1871




Some twenty-five years ago, Dea-
con P. good citizen of Gloucester,
Massachusetts,, was taken I'll with
fever. The doctor was sent for, the
good old deacon went through with
the fever, and there was but little
prospect of ais getting well, he was
so weak. He was dreadful hungry
all the time, so much so that he used
to dream of good things to eat, and
when he aWoke and found it ali a
dream, was terribly disappointed
The doctor absolutely forbade his
eating anything but thin Cruel, and
q small allowance even of that. Now
the deacon thought lie might as well
die one way as another, and was NOT
going to be starved if he could help
ii. One morning as he bay on his
bed half asleep, he saw his wife pass
through the room with a roast chick
en- which she was going TO put in
the closet of the room adjoining, to
keep for supper.


He quickly resolved TO eat that
fowl himself. so when his wife re
turned, he called her to his bedside
! and said 'sthat he believed he could
get some sleep if she would not en-
! ter the room during the forenoon,
and would also keep the children
from making any noIse.p To this
/ she willingly assented, and when
she left he made all the exertiOn in
/ his power to Hget up and get F" for
] the chicken He was fearfnlly weak,
/ but hunger drove him on, and after
a severe trial, and obtaining the
fowl, he eraWled back 10 bed
Wasn't it delicious, and didn't he
roll the savoTy mOrseis under his
tongue2 Nor did he stop until all
was eaten What to do with tho
bones was the next thing. He was
too weak TO get up, so he put them
under his pillow and quietly went
to sleep, feeling much refreshed with
his meal. When he awoke, the doc
tor was there, who congratulated
his patient upon the marked i'm
provement in his appearance. re-
marking " that he knew the medi-
cine left the day previous would
have an astonishing good effect"
This made the deacon smile, as
/ well it might. Now the wife thought
that with the doctors assistance. il
would be a capital chance to get her
husband up and make the bed. he
protested against it, but finally as
sented, and the good woman in pull
ing of the sheet pulled the pile of
bones to the floor If ever there
was a surprised female it was the
deacon's wife. She looked at the
deacon, and the deacon looked at


her, and finally told his story. The


listeners were horrified, fearing that
death would speedily ensue from


such a meal by 3 sick man. "Don't


trouble yourself about that, for the


chicken was all needed" said the


deacon, and l am going to have


another tomorrow, as the one l ate


to-day has had most astonishing


effect.'" z" The doctor protested
, against il, but it was of no avail


The deacon's dander was riz, and by


means of a generous diet he was uI


and about his business in ten DAYS


time.
Year: 1871

a AMADMAN'S CRUISE ON A LOG.-
There is no knowing what shape a
mans insanity may take. At COun-
ell Bluffs, Iowa, last week, as a
steamer was crossing the river, some
one on board described man Hoat-
ing down the river on a log. A boat
was lowered and sent after him The
occupant of the log declined to
leave his strange craft, but the crew
from the Irene concluding from his
actions that there was something
wrong with him, removed him by
force and conveyed him to Omaha.
To inquiries as to how he came to
be thus adrift upon the turbid wa
ters of the raging Missouri, he re-
piled that he was pursued by two
thousand armed men up in Dakota
Territory, and that he escaped from


them by jumping into the river at
Fort Randall. After swimming a
short distance he succeeded in
mounting this tree, and had fioated
| from thence-sOme three hundred
miles-on the kind old log without
once rolling of. His hands and feet


were shriveled and water-soaked-
| indubitable evidence that he had


sailed on his own queer craft for a
! long time but that he had navigated
| the tortuous Missouri in this man.


ner from Fort Randall was not gen


orally believed. He was examined


by the proper authorities of Omaha
pronounced insane, and sent to tho


asylum.
Year: 1871

There are many fruits which new
er turn sweet until the frost has
lain upon them. There are many
nuts that never fall from the bough
of the tree till the frost has opened
and ripened them. And there are
many elements of life that never
grow sweet and beautiful until sor-
row touches them.
Year: 1871

Ever alive to all that interests our
own people, and willing now, as in
the past, to labor for the building
up of the material prosperity of
jackson, we copy from the Nash
vile Banner of late date the follow
ing interesting article, touching the
early completion of a through road
from Cincinnati to this city. After
awhile it will begin to creep through
the wool of even the old fogies of
Jackson, that it is a place of no
mean Importance now, and that it is
daily attracting the attention of the
live, cnterprising men of other To-
calities, and that in point of fact, it
is destined in an incredibly short
period to become the Atlanta of the
West. There is no inland city in
the South or West, which possesses
the advantages which we do, by rea-
son of our railroad connections in
every direction; and when we get
our Memphis road, our Jackson and
Tennessee River road, and the ex-
tension of the Mississippi Central
North, and of the Northwestern
road, West, from Huntingdon to
this city, we shall be a railroad Gen.
tire, of the first magnitude. ON
roads all lead to important points
and are to be through routes: Here
is the article from the BaRner:
Year: 1871




YonHg folks should be mannerIy.
How TO be so is the question. Many
a good girl and boy feel that they
can't behave 10 suit themselves in
the presence of company. They
feel timfd, bashful and self-distTust-
ful the moment they are addressed
BY a stranger or appear in company.
There is but one way to get over
this feeling and acquire easy and
graceful manners that is, TO do the
best they can all the time at home,
as well as abroad. Good manner
are not learned by arbitrary teach
ing so much as aquired by habit
They grow upon us by use. We
must be courteous, agreeable, civil,
kind, gentlemanly ana wOmanIy at
home, and then il will become a
kind of second nature to be so eve
rywhere. A coarse, rough manner
az home begets bit of rOughness
which we cannot Law off if we try


when we go among strangers. The
most agreeable people we have yer
known in company are those who
are perfectly agreeable at home
Home is the school for all good


things, especially for good manners.


The rich odors so grateful to the
I senses, which float in our atmos-
phere, are tiny atoms escaping from
! the decdying petals of the rose or lilly
which blossoms at our feet. Meet


eInblems are these odOrs-hOating
around us all unseen-Of the influ-
ence of words s1fitly spoken"


-O--


The eye of age looks meek into my
] heartI The voice of age echoes


mournfuIly through it, The heavy


head and palsied hand of age plead
irresistibly for its sympathies; ]


venerate old age; and love not the
man who can look without emotion


upon the sunset. of life, when the
dusk of evening begins to gather


over the watery eye and the shad-
ows OF twilight grow broader and
/ deeper upon the understanding
I LoRgfeILOlc.
Year: 1871

sound morals. Acquire an honorable
competence. and you will have chance
10 lend money to the fools that ridiculc
your rigid economy and your scrupulOus
employment of time.


Resolve that, except the most impera-
tive necessities required of health and
strength, you will not spend a penny,
either for charity or luxury. except out of
your income@ Earn your money before
you spend il: The effect Of tins Will he
TO curb all expensive impulses, end re-
duce your actors, in the spending Of
money, to conscientious rule. We be-
lieve that sixteen men out of every twenty
that begin life poor, remain poor to the
end of life; but that every one of those
sixteen earned enough, If it had been
saved, to have made them entirely indie.
pendent.


Foolish spending is the father oe pov
erty. Do not be ashamed of work and
of hard work. Work for the best salaries
or wages you can get, but work for half
price rather than be idle. BE your own
master and do not let society or fashion
swallow up your diyld'iality- coat
and boots do not eat UP and wearOut all
that you carr. Compel your selfish body
TO spare something for profits saved. BE
stingy TO your own appetite, but merciful
tn others necessities. Help others, and
ask no help yourself See that you are
TOO proud. Let yonr pride be of the right
kind. Be too prou'l to be lazy; too proud
to give up without conquering every diff
ficulty; too proud to wear coat that you
cannot afford to buy; too proud too be
in company that you cannot keep up with
in expenses; too proud to lie, or steal, or
cheat; too proud to be stingy.
Year: 1871

THE SING SINa REVOLT, In which about
forty convicts attempted to escape, on Mon
day, proves even more, on the additional light
thrown uponit, the utter inadequacy Of the reg
ulations and the guards at that defective strong
hold. Convicts who, in the just pursuance of
the law, would have been hard at work on the
quarries, were among those concealed for
hours near the water side, waiting for the tug
boat to cast of its lines and sail, carrying
them to liberty. The other convicts inside the
walls, who knew of the intended attempt, but
who could not take part In 1t by reason Of
their too rigid confinement, all took to
the walls at the tumult of the at
tempted escape, and the guards, suddenly APP
prised Of the desperate state of affairs, fired
of their guns at random, helplessly depend
log on the sound of gunpowder report for
the capture Of the truants. Only one honest
man on the scene seems to have had either


sense or nerve about him, and that was Cap
tain Ward, Of the tugboat, who at once let
the anchor 60 and held his boat fast until the


wretches were recaptured. lie deserves all
credit as brave and cool man, fit for almost


any emergency, and the whole list Of Sing
Sing officials deserve removal as perfectly


useless in their vocation.