smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873


Nor many miles from here, and e'en not many
When oil was bound in winter chains, and covered


thick with snow;
As night came down upon the plain, dark clouds
And chilling winds swept DER the scene in wild and


cruel mirth,
A fair young child, with weary feet, from wander
At last o'ercome with WEAKNESS, sank down upon
His tender form was thlnly clad, though rough,


bleak winds swept by,
And froze upon his cheeks the tears that flowed go


mournfully.
They tossed the curls far of his brow, back from
That gave such looks Of suffering from out their
Tbougb none bnt God was near to mark the tears


that from them rolled.
While from, his lips came Oft the moan-'I am 80


very cOd.'
A drowsiness came DER his frame, and soon he


ceased to weep,
And on the chilling snow he thought to lay him


down and sleep;
But true to holy teachings first his evening prayer


he said,
And kneeling gently down, he casped his stfTened


hands and prayed.
"My heavenly Father" were the words that from


his pale lips came,
And many a dark and dismal night his prayer had


been the same
please lei me die and take me to the gentle shep-


herds fold
want to go so very much, am so very cold.
"When mother died and went to heaven to be an
She said might come pretty SOON please let me


20 tonight;
want TO feel her dear warm arms again around


me fold;
o Fatherl let me go to her, am so very cold"
There was a time, wheneer these safn small hands


were Clasped In prayer,
At dusky hour Of eycnide, another form was


there;
And ere these curls were laid to rest upon their
A fathers hand in blessing lay upon that curly


head.
There was time when round this sef-same child


sh form were thrown
The thousand comforts dear delights, and guardian
The budding happiness of life shone on his carcfree


brow,
And love and warmth and light were there-where


are those blessings now?
Twas not the ocean storm that sank the father


meath its wave;
Twas not foul disease that laid the mother in her


grave;
Twas not the raging flame that swept the pleasant


home away,
And turned the patient toll of years to ashes in


day
Twas the demon of the wine cup set the fathers


brain on fire,
And plunged his soul and body into ruin dark and


dire
While drop by drop the life-blood oozcd from out


the loving heart
OF her who vowed to cling TO him till death itself


should part.
And when her weary life was DER they laid her in


the ground,
And left her child in this cold world to wander up


and down.
And now alone with freezing form beneath the


wintry sky,
1t kneelcd upon the cold, white and wildly


prayed to die.
When morning with her streaming light came


DER the eastern hill,
And flashed her beams across the plain she saw


him kneeling still:
And from the cold and parted lips came not one


trembling word;
The blue eyes raised to heavenward closed--the


"0rphan's prayer was heard


= WoOns0cket (R. ~ Patriot.
Year: 1873

WHAT we call turning point' is sim
ply an occasion which sums up and
brings to a result previous training. Ac-
cidental circumstances are nothing except
to men who have been trained to take adj
vantage Of them. Erskine made himself
famous when the chance came to him of
making great forensic display; but I'M
less he had trained himself for the chance,
the chance would only have made him
ridiculous There is the story told of
some gentleman, who, on a battlefield
happening to bow with much grace to
some officer who addressed him, cannon
ball just went through his hair, and took
off the head of one behind him. The
officer, when he saw the marvellous escape,
justly observed that no man ever lost by
politeness. There is a man in Berkshire,
England, who has park with walled
frontage of seven miles, and he tells of
beautiful little operation which made a
nice little addition to his fortune He was
in Australia when the first discoveries of
gold were made. The m iners brought in
their nuggets, and took them to the local
banks. The bankers were little nervous
about the business, uncertain about the
quality of the gold, and waited to see its
character established. This man had a
taste for natural sciences and knew some
thing about metallurgy. He tried each
test, solid and fluid, satisfied himself of
the quality of the gold, and then, with all
the money he had or could borrow, he
bought as much gold as might be,
! and showed a profit of 100000
in the course of a day or two. His "luck'


was observation and knowledge, and a
happy tact in applying them. The late
Joseph Hume went out to India, and
he Un n ha


mulated a considerable fortune. He ap


piled himself to the hard work of master
ing the native language, and turned the
knowledge to most profitable account On
one occasion, when all the gunpowder
had failed the British army he succeeded
in scraping together large amount of the
necessary material and manufacturing it
for the troops. When he returned TO En-
gland he canvassed with so much ability
and earnestness for a seat in the East In
dia directorate, that he might carry out
his scheme of reform, that, though he fail
ed to get the vote of a certain large pro-
prietOr of stock, he won his daughters
heart and made prosperous marriage.
And marriage is after all, the Quickest
bit of luck" when it is all it should be-
There is, then, in truth, no "luck" There
are turning points in life, moments, crit
ical moments, that are worth more than
years; nevertheless a great occasion is on
ly worth to man what his antecedents
have enabled him to make of it, and our
business in life is to prepare for these SUI
preme moments, these hours when life de-
pends on the decisions of the instant
Whatever of truth is yelled under the pop
ular idea of luck and chance is, rightly
considered, an incentive to the busiest in
dustry, not an excuse forfolded hands and
idle dreams-F Frederick Arnoyd.
Year: 1873

"A very touching case of mental alien
alton in charming young lady is de-
scribed by a careful observer. Not long
ago her mother found her in her room en-
ergetically darning stockings, and soon
after she appeared in the kitchen and as
sisted that wondering dame in making
and baking bread and pastry. Alarmed
by these fearful signs of intellectual dis
order, her fond parents Immediately sent
for a skilllul physician, who watched her
through keyhole while she sewed but
tons on her fathers garments and mended
those Of her little brother, Much affect
ed, the venerable man remarked that never
during medical practice of twenty-five
years had he known any young person to
manifest such symptoms as these. The
most hearlrending phase of all, however,
was shown the other day, when her kind
father, with faint hope of rousing her
from her sad state, gave her 5000 and told
her TO buy new dress. Alas twas use
less. She instantly observed that she
didn't need new dress, and if he would
let her keep $25 to pay poor widows
rent she'd much rather he woHld take the
rest of the money for himself For a few
moments that griefstricken old gentleman
! gazed upon his hapless child, then hiding
his face, muttered between his sobs, "Her
mind is gone Her mind is gone Nee
| York Tribune
Year: 1873

WHAT Coon APPETITE Is WORTH
In some parts of the world, where large
numbers of men are temporarily employed,
in the construction of canals railroads and
the ike, when it is deemed necessary to
reduce the staff, the overseers 60 among
the men when eating, and single out for
discharge all such as fail to approve them
selves valiant encher-knights, judging
that the intrepid wielder of the knife and
fork, will be the last man to bring dishon-
or upon his pick-axe; and that he who
shovels in the heaviest cargo Of beef and
potatoes, will, in all likelihood, shovel ont
with a corresponding vigor the stubborn
subsoiL Always supposing man to eat
in obedience to a healthy, natural appe-
tite Now, for all those who are laudably
ambitious of getting up vigorous appe-
tite, and, as a consequence, vigorous health
generally, nothing is better than DR. Gott-
heb Fisch' Bitters!


/ This subject continued next week under
The Philosophy Of DulAess
Year: 1873

FENToNs LUCK. -"Fentons luck" is an
old saying Of the politicians who hold that
no man has been more literally favored by
fortune in his political career than the senior
United States Senator from New York, and
that his luck ''bangs Bannagher' if it does
not beat another party. In his former Sena-
torial contest his opponent generously sup
piled him with the money he lacked and
which was necessary to success. Now that he
is tabooed by his party and left with only a
corporals guard OF ''liberal republican" fol-
lowers, one of these manages, in the whirligig
of chances, to get elected to the State Senate.
The prospect now is that the Senate will be
politically tied SO that this solitary "liberal, y
this David in the cave Of Adullum, may drive
his bargains with one side or the other and
may gather around him host that may con-
quer Israel
Year: 1873

OUR STATE LEGIsLATUnE, elected on Tuesday
last will be pretty close fit in both branches.
Some wise men entertain the opinion that
this close division between the two parties will
be a comparative security against the lobby
jobbers but the danger is that, where only a
vote or two from one side or the other may be
needed to turn the scale, job with money in
it will cost less to engineer it through than it
would cost if it required the purchase of a
dozen or more of our incorruptible legisla-
tors but we shall see. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof"
Year: 1873

From the Cincinnati Commercial, Now 5.l


We hope the report il true that the NEW YoRa
HERALD is about to ft out an expedition TO search
for the North Pole. Many bold explorers have lost
their lives searching for it, Many well equipped
expeditions have been lost while trying to find IL.
Many have been the wonderful adventures and
dreadful experiences of those determined to reach
it, But the anxiety ABOUT il IS never diminished.
1t is impossible to express the desire OF mankind
towards 1t. There is never any difficulty about
getting new leaders and new set of men TO un-
dertake the work of finding it,
We don't see any reason, therefore, for
dlscouraging Bennett, of the HERALD, FROM
sending out another Polar expedition. II
he should undertake the work, we may be sure
that he will get the most competent man that can
be found TO command it; that he will secure
proper vessels for IL; that II will be thoroughly
equipped; that there win be no scarcity OF money
for any purpose, and that its commander will not
be hampered nor his plans thwarted by foolish or
ders Bennett's order to the African Stanley
was, "Find Livingstone and draw on the HERALD"
and we presume his orders to the Polar Stanley
will be, "Flnd the Pole and draw on the HERALD"
His fortune and his income are very great.
He has full control OF them, and tucy are
assured against any contingency for the future.
He Is bold navigator himself, fond Of all sorts OF
marine adventure, and perhaps 1t will be impos
sl5e for him resist the temptation to accompany
the expedition. What limitess glory it would bs
TO Bennett the HERALD and the American Eagle il
mis- expedition should actually find the North Pole.
and find 1t in time to make display OF 1t at the
great Centennial Exhibition OF 1876 But we must
not elaborate this overpowerng thought. We are
sure that those who allow it to gain possession or
their imagination will presently be swallowed up
and lost In the bottomless ocean OF their own
wonder.
Year: 1873

THE BURNING OF THE STEAMER BAvARIAN, a
Canadian boat, near the outlet of Lake Onta-
rio, furnishes another case for rigid investi-
gation-frst, as to the origin of the fire. and
second, as to the three lady passengers who
were left on board with the Captain and ten
other persons while the crew made good their
escape to the shore in the two boats of the
steamer. This matter particularly demands
an investigation, as it appears that those four
teen persons left on the burning steamer are
given up as lost. 1t is said that the three
ladies were not able to get into the boats; but
Why then, were they not helped in9 The
officers of every steamship and steamboat
should be compelled by law in time of danger
to look first to the safety OF the helpless women
and children in their charge, and the officers
concerned should always be equal to the en-
forcement of this law.
Year: 1873

The lull in politics after the late State cleo
tions is unusually noticeable. The republican
papers have very little to say by way of ex-
planation in regard to their late rsverses
other than averring that, as it is an "off year"
their party had no particular incitement to
rally its forces, and the democratic sheets are
content with giving their old and almost for
gotten roosters an airing and printing in CON
spicuous type the election returns in their
favor. These exhibitions have already sub
sided, and the admonition, ''Crow, Chapman


crow!" is no longer echoed through their col
umns. Things political are again moving in
their wonted placid channels, and peace reigns
throughout the camps of the once heated
partisans There will be nothing to disturb
this phase Of quietude until Congress meets
next month, when the tocsin of political strife
will be again sounded, and the champions OF
either party take up the gauntlet and place
themselves u battle arrav, Meantime lot al
Year: 1873

ship is captured ON the high seas, on q voyage


not shown to be other than legitimate, and


though, by the facilities of the Telegraph, our
government could have been consulted as to
her character in few hours, and though such
consultation is no more than was TO be ex-
pected between two friendly and neighboring
Powers, yet with an arrogant Indifference to
our views, with even a contemptuous ignor-
ing of our very existence, the ship is
seized and dealt with as great naval Powers
have from time immemorial dealt with the
ships of their pigmy neighbors who were
utterly without any remedy. And the Ameri-
can people are the pigmies who are thus meta
phorically slapped in the face by the mighty
Spaniard. How long shall they thus abuse
our patience2 How long shall we permit this
one people of the earth, that is utterly con-
temptible in every aspect, to play the Hector
in our neighborhood2 There is but one
remedy for this Spanish nonsense 1t is to
abate the Spanish dominion in this hemisphere
as a nuisance. TO that complexion it
must come at last" Sooner or later we
must do it, and it will be great economy of
the national temper to do it sooner. We do
not want Cuba. We have got great deal
more land already than we know very well
what to do with; but the presence of the
Spaniard there is an inconvenience to us and
source of constant irritating complication,
and we must act as nations have always acted
in similar cases, and give him fairly to under
stand that he is to leave within a reasonable
time He remains on this side the water only
by our suffeiance, and he has so hagrantly
abused his tenure AZ to have forfeited all
further claim on our magnanimity.
Year: 1873

eUAc E1ucctSs


From the reports by telegraph the whole
country this side of the Mississippi seems to
have been involved last night in rain storm.
For several days past the Gulf States have
been under the rain cloud. Yesterday the
States lying between the Atlantic seaboard and
the Upper Mississippi valley, as well as the
lakes, experienced general rain The clear
ing away which must soon follow the cloudi-
ness in the Southern States will be auspicious
for the speedy determination of the lingering
seems to be transitional one, in which the
autumn seeks to retain its supremacy and
spread abroad the charms Of Indian summer
before the winter comes For the sake Of the
poor and unemployed we could wish it long
success, but we must not forget that the win
ter is not far of. Indeed, it will not be sur
prising if general rain storm like the present
should at once usher in the rude Boreal blasts.
Last year the arrival of the November air
wave," as it has been called, was the signal
for the ice king to seal up our streams and
rivers, as well as to give great trouble and
cause much disaster to the shipping over the
whole Atlantic, from Sandy Hook to the Dan
ish coasts We have, as yet, heard nothing of
the recurrence of such meteorological
phenomenon this fall but, as we have init
mated, the general rain storm Of yesterday and
to-day is not without its premonition. 1t will
be well to be on our guard against it's rude in
vasion.
Year: 1873

The INTERNATIoNALIsTs ARE TALKING NoS-
SENSE already about labor and capital opropos
of the hard times. In times of difficulty all
round wild people will invoke aid from
government with much brandishment OF
frothy threats, and it was scarcely to be ex-
pected that the Internationalists could resist
the present temptation. But these people are
not to be confounded with the respectable
laboring class, who work contentedly where
work is to be had, and do not expect juice
from squeezed oranges. Should the aid of
Congress be necessary, and we hope it will
not be, to meet the distress Of the working
people, we are sure it will be accorded with
out any socialist bluster from the bowling
class who learn to flourish best in times Of
trouble to the community.
Year: 1873

The State Charities Aid Association have
been making an examination OF the City Park
Hospital, and comment fully on its condition
in their monthly report 1t will be remem-
bered that the hospital in question was started
for the special purpose of the reception of sun
struck patients, in the old engine house build
ing. II is necessarily an inconvenient and in
sufficient building, and there was probably
little thought at the time of its establishment
that it would be turned to the purposes of a
general hospital According to the report now
before us il is in fact more of pest house
than a hospital. The roof, directly beneath
which the womens ward is located, is an DID,
leaky piece of patchwork. through which the
rain pours in streams during storm The
small, close kitchen. on the same floor, serves
also as a dining room for the helpers,
and as an ironing room, the heat and
smell adding to the EMBELLISHMENTS Of the
atmosphere in the damp ward. The laundry
is in the basement-a cellar adjoining the
stable and the dead room-and in this dark,
confined space, aired and lighted only by two
or three panes of glass. mere apologies for
windows the foul clothes are washed, and,
thirty-one beds only in the hospital, twenty
five in the mems and five in the women's
ward, and yet thirty-five hundred cases have
been treated there during the year. and of
these twelve hundred demanded great surgical
skill. Although the hospital is only intended
far'p h Nl,ehp
many cases are necessarily compelled to be
kept there for long periods. 1t is the only in
stitution in the crowded part Of the city be-
tween the Battery and Canal street where
person can receive medical or surgical treat
ment in case of an accident and, for the pur-
poses to which it is devoted, building with
at least one hundred beds is absolutely
necessary.


1t is very evident that we ought to have q
new, spacious and well-appointed hospital in
this part of the city in place Of the old engine
pest house, and now is the time to erect such
a building. The work is one which humanity
as well as safety demands, and it can be under
taken at no better time than the present when
it will give employment to laborers who have
nothing to do. 1t need not be, like the pro-
posed City Prison, a job. and there is imme-
diate need of it while we can do very well
with the Tombs for some time to come The
Common Council has the power by two
thirds vote TO provide for this remodelling Of
the present building, which is demanded by
the public necessity. and they should attend
TO the matter at once. The present hospital
is disgrace, a nuisance and public danger.
Let us have new one built at once, SO that
its erection this winter may give employment
to some few of those who will soon be cast as a
burden upon our charities unless they be pro-
yided with work.
Year: 1873

RAPID TRaSsrr. The friends OF rapid tran
sit should avail themselves Of the advantage
offered by the popular endorsement Of an
nexation to push the enterprise with vigor.
A railroad for steam communication between
the Battery and the new Westchester wards of
the city is now an imperative necessity and
must be built The work il undertaken by
the city would pay for itself, both as to the
interest and redemption Of the bonds, after
the first three years from its commencement.
aud if started this winter would furnish en-
ployinent to thousands Of laborers who will
otherwise be a public burden. Let us have
an honest, disinterested bill for the construc-
ton of such o road by the people, for the
people, prepared by citizens Of unquestion-
able integrity, and ready for presentation to
the Legislature at the commencement of the
session. Public sentiment will demand that
such blu be at once passed into a law, and
then the prospect will be good for the success
of work which should long since have been
completed
Year: 1873

WALL STREET There WAS q feeling Of anxi-
city on the street yesterday in reference TO the
financial situation on the other side OF the water
The street. however, is still panicky, and is
frightened at shadows which under q reign of
general confidence would not be uoticed
Year: 1873

A BUSINESS CHANCE SELDOM oFFERED-To
n purchase the elegant Furniture and Lease of
brown stone high stoop house in street near
ment and balance chatte mortgage, and sell tor halt
original cost
Year: 1873

A OLD BOTANIC, WE'LL STOCKED DRUG STORE
n for sale with three four specialties universally
known and used chance to step once into pros
perous and paying business Apply 10 ROBINSON
CARR TAG
Year: 1873

The POPE TO HIS CHILDREN IN AMERICA.
Cardinal Antonelli, it is said in telegram
from Rome, has addressed communication
to the Catholic clergy of the United States in
which he states that ''the Pope is deeply at
fected at the manifestations Of sympathy he
receives from his children in that distant
land" Well may the Holy Father thus recg-
nize the devotion of the Catholics of this
country, for nowhere do the members of the
Catholic Church exhibit more heartfelt regard
and practical sympathy than in this Republic
The Pope may learn from this that republican
liberty is not inimical to piety or to the sup
port of religion. Here all Churches are on the
same footing, have no State aid and are sup
ported literally by voluntary contributions.
Yet see how the Catholic Church fourishes
What an instructive fact to all nations, as wei
as to the clergy of Rome and of every countr,
and denomination
Year: 1873

The story of the desperate battle which took
place short time ago between the Pawnees
and Sioux in Republican Valley, Nebraska,


is romantic enough to form the basis of a
dime novel. The Sioux party outnumbered
their opponents five to one, and, being well
armed with the most improved kind Of
firearms, vanquished their hereditary foes.


But there are few instances in modern civil
lied warfare to equal in unfinching heroism
the grand struggle made by the Pawnees
against such terrible odds. They made a
mastery retreat, and, although their loss was
fearful, they inflicted greater destruction upon
their foes. The savage nature of the redskins
was shown in its worst light in the slaughter
of the women and children of the hard beset
Pawnees. The vendetta to which this unequal
fight will give rise may engage all the atten-
ton of the forces of the govern
ment on the Plains. Such are the
poor, innocent aborigines that are
looked upon with such commiseration
in Washington. An inhuman spectacle like
the slaughter of the Pawnees is disgrace
to civilized nation. We may sneer at bull
fights and declaim against the excesses of
Communism, and yet we allow such shock
ing affair as this massacre to take place.


Traders are permitted to supply the savages
with arms superior to anything with which
our militia regiments are acquainted. Then
they are carefully trained in the use of such
arms. Finally, the traders complete their
work by liberal supply Of whiskey and in
cendiary hints as to the rights Of the savages
to avenge themselves for any fancied wrong.


The remedy for our Indian troubles Is very
simple. end il bas basp -megested, ovet and