smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

For two months, says Mark Twain,
speaking of his early California expert
ence, my sole occupation was avoiding
acquaintances, for during that time l
did not earn a penny, or my an article
of any kind, or pay my boar ], became
q very adept Mt "slii king" / SUNK
from back street to back street. ! skunk
away from approaching aces that looked
familiar. ! skunk TO my meals, ate them
humbly and with Il ru.te apology Tor
every mouthful ] robo ID my generous
iandlady of f; and at mid hight, after my
wanderings, that were but slinkings away
from cheerfulness and light, | SUNK To
my bed. During all this time / had but
one piece of moncy-a silver ten-cent
piece-and / held to it and would not
spend il on any account, least the con


sciousness coming strong upon me that
[ was entirely pennies might suggest
suicide. I had pawned everything
my dime desperately, till it was smooth
with handling. However, i am forget
ting. I did have one other occupation
besides that OF :" sinking" 1t was the
entertaining OF n collector (and being
entertained by him) who had in his
hands the Virginia bankers bill for the
Si6 which had loaned from my school
mate, the "Prodignl." This man used
to call regularly once week and dun
me, and methinks oftener. He did 1t
from sheer force OF habit, for he knew
he could get nothing. He would get out
his bill calculate the interest for me at
> per cent. month, and show me clear
ly that there was no attempt ut fraud IN
it and no mistakes and then plead and
argue and drive with his might for any
slum-any little trifie-even a dollar
even half dollar, on account. Then
his duty was accomplished and his con
science free He Immediately dropped
the subject there always; got ont n couple
Of cigars and divided, put his feet in the
window, and then we would have long,
luxurious talk about everything and
everybody, and he would furnis' a
world of curious dunning advent' es out
of the ample store in his me .ory. BY
and by he would clap his : u on his head
and say briskly;


"Well, business is business--I cant
stay with you always" and was off in n
second. The idea of pining for a dun
And yet / used to long for him to come
and would get uneasy as any mother If
the day went by without his visit, when
was expecting him. But he never
collected that bill at last or any part of
it. lived to pay it to the banker my
self.
Year: 1872

Every living creature is the product
of an egg. Some are hatched within
the maternal body, and develope into
their predestined proportions after birth
which is the beginning of existence with
the mammalia generally. Eggs of fishes
are ordinarily incubated by solar
warmth. Birds furnish heat necessary
to quicken the germ into life from their
own bodies, with n few exceptions.
Whether a rhinoceros, hippopotamus,
a giraffe, an elephant or a flea, their be-
ginning is an egg. The germ of the
future being is fed on the fluids by
which it is surrounded. Ont of the al
bumen or the white of common pull
let's egg, for example, are built up a
skeleton; a nervous system, heart,
lungs, brain, blood vessels, every muscle,
and the elements of each individual
feather, while the yolk is a magazine of
food on which the chick is to be nour-
ished short time after it leaves the
shell. To do that, it is taken into the
body Of the bird in the course of incu-
baton. Its enveloping membrane is
elongated into tube communicating
with the stomach, through which the
nutriment is conducted to where it can
be used. When that supply is exhaus-
ted, then the mother commences a reg
ular system of nourishing and feeding
till grown and matured for providing toy
itself.
Year: 1872

Throuchout the Indian Archipelago
there are very savage tish-serpents. A
poor white man, sauntering without
shoes over the reef at Palmerston's Is
land, found his further progress hindered
by one of these large fish. Well
knowing its habits, he did not at first
attempt to cxtricate himself, or he would
have been manned 70" live, but allowed
himself to be dragged backwards. AS
soon as the sea-serpent got to its hole
and began to descend, hot suspectins
that its victim would attempt to escape,
relaxed its hold for second. so as to
enable the man to escape by running
away at full speed.


4 woman lost two fingers by an un
lucky bite from one of these fierce deni-
zens OF the coral reef She went to feet
for hsh--a curious method OF fishing in
these islands. Certain holes III the coral
are known TO be the favorite resort of q
particular sort Of fish. Insert your hand
whenever YOU will, you find one of the
sort referred to. This valuable knowl
edge Is carefully transmitted from par
ent 10 child. On the occasion referred
to, the woman caught tarter. For IN
stead Of capturing her accu- toned fish,
she was instantly made prisoner by
sea serpent which had devoured the
proper occupants of the hole, and then
taken up his abode in his new quarters.
The woman screamed with agony; but
the savage fish did not in the least relax
its grasp. AS the tide was rising, the
consequences might have been serious.
Assistance came at last, sharp-pointed
wood stake being cautiously inserted by
the side of the imprisoned hand. The
long-mouthed now released its hold,
and set the woman free. The left hand
was cut right across, the sharp teeth
meeting the bone. Had the woman
pulled hard to get it out, it would have
been necessary to amputate the hand.
Yet in the course of fortnight it was re-
stored.


To get at some of these holes it is
needfr. to dive under the water Occa-
sionally, as the fisherman is feeling about
for his prey, the fish, rushing to escape,
literally wedges itself between the upper
part of the arm aud the coral. In such
cases there is little hope for the poor
fisherman. A scholar of mine was i'll
this way drowned last year.


In some of the low coral islands where
there are but few inhabitants, these fish
often leave the sea and make their way
over sand and shingle to pandanus-tree
growing near. With perfect ease they
climb up the round stem to hunt for liz
ards and rats, which feed upon the fra
grant yellow and red fruit t-Rto. Va
liam Vvat Gil.
Year: 1872

lie is the richest man who is content
with what he has.


The right man in the right place-s
husband at home in the evening.


To he humble or even contrite, It il
not necessary to live in base ment.


Women are said to he second to tho
press in the dissemination OF news.


What requires more philosophy than
taking things as they come?-Parting With
things as they go.


A wise man, being asked how old ho
was, replied, - am in health, and be-
ing asked how rich lie was, said, am
not in debt"


II girls would have roses for their
checks, they must do as the roses do
90 to sleep with the lilies and get up with
the morning glories.


Newly Married Daughter-"Mamma.
how long does the honeymoon last p
Practical Parent" Until you ask your
husband for money, my dear"


The schoolgirls of Versailles, KY, are
complained of for tying tin kettles to
cows tails and starting the affrighted
animals on career of devastation
through the streets Of the town.


Mr.. Warner says that he lately heard
thin, dyspeptic man, discoursing on
the government of children, sum up his
remarks with "punish 'em in love y in
such tone that it sounded like "shoot
em on the spot !"


The Cleveland Leader says that some
of the poorest families in that city arc
able to keep goats. They say the latter
will thrive on board fence, while old
hoop skirts and broken pop-bottles are
luxurious viands that afford nourishment
for many days.


There is curious Chinese proverb
which says: "In n cucumber field do
not stoop to tie your shoe, and under o
plum tree do not wait to settle your cap
on your head;" which means, if you do
some one may think you are stealing the
cucumbers or the plums.


Rise up, daughter, and 60 to thy
daughter, for thy daughters daughter
has y daughter" This is what Richard
Vernon, of Jefferson County, Ind, aged S5,
is supposed to say to his daughter. lie was
lately made great great grandfather by
the birth of a daughter. The fathers OF
all his grandchildren are still alive.


Detroit is anxious to discover the boy
who showed them how to initiate rose
wood. Formerly two kinds of paint or
coloring matter were used, but one day
an ingenious youngster mixed them, and
applied them together He fled in terror
at the approach of the foreman but left
an admirable imitation of rosewood be-
hind him.


A famous English Judge had habit
of begging pardon on every occasion.
At the close of the assize, as he was
about to leave the bench, the officer OF
the court remined him that he had not
passed the sentence of death on one OF
the criminals, us he had intended. "Dear
me-" said his lordship | really beg
his pardon. Bring him in"


The amount of loss suffered by GOAL
from exposure to weather is considerable
far greater, indeed, than is generally
known. The results Of recent analyses
show in some cases total loss in weight
from this cause amounting to 33OS per
cent, while the deterioration in quality
for purposes of fuel or gas making
reached still higher figure.
Year: 1872

The well-known chemist, Or. Liebig,
first concentrated the flesh of cattle
in small compass, to obtain an extract
of meat, which, when it reached Eng
land, might he weakened by thirty times
its weight of water, and give a liquid
having all the essential qualities of or
diuary beef-tea. This new commercial
production has been largely consumed
in England and Germany It is used i'll
the navy, and in distant colonies where
food is difficult to obtain but in France,
where refinement of taste is greater, the
success is not so general. This is the
manner in which it is prepared the
process is very simple: After the ami
nal is killed, the meat is cut very small,
and stepped in an equal quantity of wa
ter this is boiled for a quarter of an
hour, when the whole is thrown into a
linen cloth, and the liquid which passes
through is the beef-tea in its normal
state. There is, however, too large a
proportion of water, and some fat,
which would interfere with its keeping.
The hydraulic press IS applied to the
mass Of meat which Is left after the
straining; and thus pressed 1t forms a
sort of cake, which is considered to be
exhausted of all eatable particles a resi-
due which at some future time will
probably be turned to a useful purpose.
The liquid is again heated, and the fat
being carefully skinned off the top, it
is boiled down to one-sixth of its origi-
nal volume, and brought to the consis-
tency of extract, keeping it from all
contact with the air in a vessel where IA
vacuum has been made by means of a
pneumatic pump. Nothing more is
wanting but to pour it into jars hermet-
ically closed, and sealed with leaden
seal, to preserve them from adulteration.
.Jomndl.
Year: 1872

The social sensation IN New York tor the past
few days has been the trial before the Court OF
General Sessions Of DR.. George K. G,les, charged
with causing the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Low
den, widow lady, by malpractice The evidence
for the prosecution was to the effect that IN May
last Gyles called ut the house Of Mrs Lowden, and
after briet interview III the parlor attended her
in her chamber; that halt hour after he lett the
house. and that in the afternoon Mrs. Lowdeu
was found dead in her bed, with evidence present
Of malpractice. The defense of the prisoner, who
claims to be regular obsterrical surgeon, was
that he was called on at the store about the first
of May by Mrs. Lowden, who requested him to
call al her house, No 328 Thompson street, next
day, to prescribe remedy tor neuralgia; that he
did so, leaving prescription; that two weeks after
she called again and requested a second visit; that
on visiting her in accordance with this request he
was for the first time informed OF the true state
OF her case; that she urged him to help her out Of
the difficulty, and to complete operation which
| some one Else had begun, saying she was church
member. had grown up family, and rather than
to divulge her secret but positively refused to give
j quit tho AoHse.. Several physicians employed al
caused death did not proceed, in their opinion


that the larcerations discovered could not hav


been performed within the space OF two hours
The testimony was concluded on Wednesday, AM


yesterday Judge Bedford delivered his charge AM


gave the case to the jury


After five hours consultation the jury returne


. verdict OF not guilty and Gyles was discharged
Year: 1872

PAEIs, june Il Political affairs are apparently
approaching cri.is. The interview of Yesterday
between the delegates OF the Right and President
Thier- leads t" a complete rupture between that
portion Of the Assembly and the President Mem
bers of the Right to the number of 800 have since
held meeting, At which speeches were made ex
pressing great irritation at tue attitude OF the
Chief Executive, aud IT resolved to leave
Theirs 10 rely entirely for support upon the Left


During the session oi the Assembly to-day tht
delegates OF the Right summoned Duke d'Aumal,
| to conference IN the committee room.
Year: 1872

MARyELs OF THE MICRoscoPE.-A
beautiful and easily produced eXhibi-
ton Of crystal formation may be seen
under the microscope as follows: Upon
u slip OF glass place a drop of liquid
chloride of gold or nitrate of silver,
with a particle of zinc in the gold and
copper in the silver. A growth of ex-
quisite gold or silver forms will vese-
tate under the observers delighted
eve
Year: 1872

The little sacrifices of society are all
made by women, so are also the great
sacrifices of life. A man who is good
for any thing is always ready for his
duty, and so is a good woman always
ready for q sacrifice.
Year: 1872

The laborer who lays pair of iron
rails in their place makes couplet
that will certainly be of some use to
his fellow men, as the years go on and
the trains go by; with the couplets
of the poet the event is by no means
so we'll assured.
Year: 1872

Endeavor to take your work quiet
". Anxiety and oyeraetion are al
ways the cause of sickness and rest
lessness. We must use our Judgment
to control our excitement, or our bod
lily strength will break down. We
must remember that our battle is to
be won by strength not our own.
1t is II battle that does not depend on
the swift nor tie strong.
Year: 1872

ut lECC-tIdttO HIccGllS dG totSluNdN
Hall on Thursday evening acted with
good Judgment in not Fastening to
make nominal ion for President and
i'll referring the subject to a special
committee. We trust that the free
traders will maintain this iudicious
line of conduct to the end, and that
they will not undertake to nominate
a Presidential ticket of their own.


In the first place the free traders
are no more unanimous than the other
parties. A considerable number of
them, after very mature considera
ton, have enlisted under the Cincin-
matt flag, and it is very doubtful
whether they could be brought back
by any appeal that might now be ad
dressed to them in behalf of new
candidate. There is also a large
body of citizens whose sympatllies in
cline to the fiee-trade cause who re-
gard the contest to be decided in No
vember as involving issnes far more
momentous and vital than tariffs and
taxes, In the opinion OF. these citi-
zens this election is. to determine
whether we shall continue to enjoy
the forms of republican liberty under
the present Constitution OF the cOun-
try whether, indeed, the people will
hereafter be allowed TO decide upon
such II question as free trade or not.
The minds of these men are deeply
excited upon this subject, and it would
be impossible to draw them aside to
consider the merits of free trade or of
the candidates who might be chosen
to represent it. Thus the free trade
party if it should now engage in IL
Presidential campaign of its own, will
enter upon the work under serious
embarrassment. 1t will have to fight
the battle with half of its real force
engaged elsewhere, and III the event
of defeat will be worse off than if it
had not entered upon the struggle ut
all.


The free traders should also re-
member that it is already too late in
the season To organize party for Il
Presidential election. Such work
requires time and careful preparation.
1t must be carried out i'll great detail
in every township, ward, and district,
or the voters will not be brought to
the polls and the movement will be a
failure. If the free traders should
think best to form themselves into a
distinct political party, with their
candidates for every important Office,
they should set about the labor OF
organizing their adherents immediate
ly after the election of November.
Then there will be IL lull in politics,
and the work can be set on foot and
prosecuted with advantage. But ii
would be vain to attempt it now with
any hope of bringing the machinery
to a state OF efficiency before the elec-
| ton. n


The free traders are men of prin-
ciple; their system is based upon
study and reflection their doctrines
are supported by national argument
and arr. inspired By a strong moral
| feeling Tins they merit respect
even from those who entertain differ
eat theories; and it seems to us great
ly to hedesired, in the interest of pub
lie progress, that body of men so in
telligent, so sincere, SO resolute III
their views, should not now compro-
mise their cause by untilnely OF in
judicious political action.
Year: 1872

It is pleasure to occasionally put our
contemporaries right when they make mis-
takes about ordinary matters but the P;ca-
y,tne's errors in regard to State politics have
become SO frequent that they are annoying
For instance, in yesterday mornings issue
occurred the subjoined paragraph:


Notwithstanding the ever recurring an
swer OF the porter at the State House yes
terday that Governor Warmoth had not vet
visited his office, the Governor was there
during the greater portion of tie day, but
did not receive visitors.


Now, the truth is the Governor was only
at the State House about half an hour The
rest Of the day was spent at the St. Charles
Hotel.


And again. in the evening issue it says:


That everlasting source of annoyance. the
city funding bill, the perfection OF which
requires the executive approval, can not be
signed hv the Governor because the Lieu
tenant Governor has not yet arrived TO
sigu it himself as President of the Senate.
Meanwhile no taxes are being paid at the
City Hall, and the machinery OF the gov
ernment is clogging for the want Of oil.


Such is not the case. The Lieutenant
Governor reached the city Thursday night,
was at the State House nearly all day Fri
day.


Surely the Picayune's sources of intorma-
ton are very unreliable or it is sadly in
efficient in the duty of collecting news. We
kindly suggest to our calico neigLbor lit
tie more enterprise and accuracy in It's re-
DGrrS
Year: 1872

Considerable interest is being manifested
by judicial asplrants as to what will be done
about the appointment Of recorders. We
can say to all such that the matter has not
been definitely agreed upon, and, until it is
the parties will have to possess their souls
in patience. We can give the public the
assurance, however, that the appointments
will be wise and judlcious whenever made.


Some Misunderstanding exists as to the
license ordinance. owing to recent decision
of the Supreme Court, that taxation shall
be uniform and equal. 1t seems especially
to affect the license on drays, one party
owning several claiming that his tax should
not exceed that paid by the proprietor of
one dray. In consequence, number of
vehicles have been arrested by the police
and taken to the pound.


Complaint has been made to the Mayor
that the recorders are far too lenient upon
persons caught in the act of sending false
alarm of fire. An instance is cited wherein
in responding to false alarm driver was
thrown from an engine, run over and Sc
riously hurt. The party who turned in the
alarm was arrested and brought before one
of the recorders, yet it does not appear
that any penalty was inti ted.


The fact that the funding bill has not yet
been promul gated has induced Mr.. Walton,
the Administrator of Finance, 20 confne
his collection of taxes to two per cent.
Year: 1872

The children's ball last evening at the
which grown persons had their share Of the
amusement. All arrarg rgements as TO music
and arrangement were perfect. The hand
some tables at the fair. decorated in taste
and beauty. served to set Oft the Interior
where hundreds met TO pass Few hours and
then depart.


Tonight is the last 0t the festival. when
the auction will take place and the pretty
things be disposed of.
Year: 1872

The installation of the newly elected Off
GERS OF this organization takes place this
evening, at the club rooms, OF tie corner Of
Camp and Poydras streets.


The membership of this club IS COM
posed exclusively of ex-oifcers, soldiers
and sailors Of the army ard navy of
the United States, and IS per excel
lence the favored organization o1 those of our
citizens who took part with The government
in the late war.


1t has no political bearing further than
the protection Of that class Of oar people
who constitute its membership.
Year: 1872

When husband presents his wife with a
ha!rpin, il were well that he look carefully
to The condition Of that useful implement.
a young man III an Eastern city got into
trouble the other day 10y presenting one to
his spouse On which she found long, fine
silken hair. What position for a man to
De in was hisi
Year: 1872

Have You got your ticket il the grand
single number drawing of the Louisiana
Sta-e Lottery for Saturday! Remember
the capital prize of s50,0oo was won at The
last drawing. Now IS the time 70 buy
tickets. We call on every one 20 take
Year: 1872

Skrml hing continued all day yesterday before
Natamoras The revolutionists were not believed
to be in full force Much indignation had been
excited on both sides OF the river by the hosting
of the black tag on the Notifications, and It
was feared that If the reyolutionists should cap
ture the city they would be disposed to give NO
quarter.
Year: 1872

Katori the chief Finance Minister OF Japan,
is now on his way to this country. He was
leader Of the late rebellion against the Emperor,
but has been forgiven and appoited to high e.
fee.
Year: 1872

The legislative, executive and judicial
department., shall be separate and distinct,
so that neither shall exercise the powers
properly belonging to either Of the others;
nor shall any person exercise tho powcrs OF
more than one Of them at the same time,
except chat Justices of the peace shall be
eligible to the legislature.


ARTIGLE vi.
Year: 1872

mountain and forest and field, dotted hero
and there with. little villages, often with
nothing to indicate their locality save the
white church spires that rise above the foli-
age. Standing in the centre of this circle,
it will be diiiicult, if possible, to recall a
locality in New England, suitable for resi-
dences, presenting so numerous and varied
atlractions--such a variety of landscape
such combinations of nature and art, of
city and country, of field and forest, Of land
and sea such facilities for access to the
great business centre of New England and,
at the same time, blessed with so healthful
and salubrious a climate.


The expense of building and living is
much less than in the city. 1t is, in fact,
country life with city privileges. The rail-
road company gives free pass to and from
the city for three years TO those who build
or buy a house for personal residence.


Building lots are now sold at from to
10 cents per foot, according to location, but
are fast advancing in value. 1t will be
difficult to find a locality where a young
man entering business in Boston, or man
of moderate means wishing to retire from
business, can make for himself more
agreeable or economical home than here.


Ifany of your readers of good character
and hab't emo others need apply'') wish
to know more of this locality, they can at
any time when in Boston, call at No. 8,
State street, and be assured of most cordial
and gentlemanly attentions from George
f. Pinkham, Esq, agent Of the "Wollaston
Land Associates" WoLLAsToN.
Year: 1872

sweep
concluded sell
large breasted Cinchlls Fur
$50 different youths, Although
goods shade higher and have still upward tendency Notwithstanding shall sell
goods at least cent cheaper than they sold at last


Here the Prices of portion o stock o hand: