smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The New York Times of May 30 says:
Professor Wise is again proposing to cross
the Atlantic ina balloon, and promises to
start from Boston Common on the 4th of
July, if the authorities of that city will aid
him in his preparations to the amount of $3.-
600. An order to that effect has been passed
by one branch of the city government, and
there is possibility that the long entertained
theory of aeronauts of constant air currents
from west to east will soon be put to the test
of practical experiment. Professor Wise is
willing to risk his life in support of bis
theory, and is confident of his ability to cross
the ocean in sixty hours, and he is not alone
in his opinion, as may scientists consider,
the enterprise perfectly feasible. Thus far
ballooning has been of no practial use to the
world, and we cannot see that it it will be of
much value, even if it is demonstrated that
there are constant easterly currents at an ele
vation which can be reached and maintained.
Still; if Boston is willing to pay for the ex-
pertinent, and the aeronauts are anxious to
risk::their lives in the enterprise we do not see
that any one else should object.
Year: 1873

Rome Correspondence NOW IOlk 1lLucfs


It is not without feeling of wonder and
curiosity that you turn from the grandeur of
this museum of great works-for such it is
in reality-to the modesty of the studio which
lies not far from it, and yet in very differ
ent locality Leaving the broad, fashionable
street, and passing by an abandoned church,
you come to an humblc-looking house, where
4 glass door permits you to see couple of
workmen busily chiseling away at blocks of
white marble. You enter and see q few rude
beginnings before you, which makes you at
once turn to the right, where small room
contains some busts and number of statuet-
tes. You easily recognize Horace Greeley on
one side, LongfellOw Oh the other, and make
out without difficulty the costume of Hiawa-
tha and his beloved, who stands multiplied
in various sizes before you. Here are two
children in one group asleep, in another
awake; and there are four busts, represen-
ting the seasons. As you look and examine,
you feel somewhat bewildered; for that there
are traces of genius in these sculptures you
cannot doubt for moment, and yet the ex-
ecution seems so imperfect, and the express
sion of the facy busts is SO peculiar, that
you feel you are in the presence of art, but
of art in its early beginnings. Your musings
are interrupted by little, low woman who
enters suddenly from the side, and without
ceremony, informs you that to-day is pay day,
and payday is always an unpleasant time,
and she is troubled by many cares. Then
she begins rapidly to enumerate and explain
her works. touching your heart deeply as she
speaks of Horace Greeley and Charlotte
Cushman, and the mention of the ''goodness
they have shown her" makes her bright eyes
brim over. Next she explains to you that
the small statues and heads are for people of
slender purses, for ''you know we must sell
our work if we want to live" and you turn
once more full of sympathy and regard to
the strange being by your side. You have,
of course, known that Edmonia Lewis is
black, but you are hardly prepared to see 80
few traces of the Indian blood which you
were told she had in her veins, and you look
in vain for the signs of genius which spoke
80 eloquently from the countenances of the
artists you have seen before. As you look
more closely, you notice that her eye is bright
and glowing with subdued fire, bat her
hand is large and uncouth then you under
stand at once why her works show much
originality of conception, but possess little
virtue of execution. You see also. why she
is particularly happy in catching likenesses,
but not so successful in giving life and soft
ness to marble. AS you bid her good-by, you
cannot help wishing the poor child of suffer-
ing race God-speed, and express the hope
that she may find liberal encouragement, so
as to enable her to cultivate her talent and
do honor to her genius.
Year: 1873

A painter once wanted picture of inno-
cence, and drew the likeness of child at
prayer. The little supplicant was kneeling
beside his mother the palms of his hplifted
hands were reverently pressed together; his


rosy cheeks spoke of health, and his mild
blue eye was upturned with the expression
of devotion and peace. The portrait of
Rupert was much priced by the painter, who
hung it up on the study wall and called it
"Innocence. Years passed away, and the
artist became an old man. Sill the picture
hung there. He had often thought of paint
ing a counterpart picture of ''Guilt"-
but had not found the opportunity. AT last
he effected his purpose by paying visit to
neighboring Jail. On the damp floor of his
cell lay wretched culprit named Randall,
heavily ironed. Wasted was his body and
hollow his eye; vice was visible in his face.
The painter succeeded admirably, and the pro-
trait of young Rupert and Randall were hung
side by side, for tInnocence" and ''Guilt.
But who, was young Rupert and who was
Randall? Alas! the two were one. Old
Randall was young Rupert led astray by bad
and ending his life in the damp
and shameful dungeon.
Year: 1873

A boy eleven years old, named Ned Baker,
who lives with his aunt on Macomb street,
Detroit, can simulate death so successfully
as to deceive any one but an expert. For a
small compensation he will stretch out on the
floor. cease to breathe, apparently, grow
corpse. and his pulses become SO feeble that
the beating can only be detected by prac-
tical finger. He yesterday went through this
performance in saloon on Woodbridge
street, and SO much like genuine death was
his counterfeit that the man who put him up
the trick became greatly frightened and
bribed HIM to come out of his trance. His
was so faint that it could not be
felt on the hand or cheek, and hardly dim
med the glass held down to his lips. The
boy says the performance does not injure
his health, and he can make himself SO near
dead that it is only by a great mental effort
that he throws off the lethargy.
Year: 1873

Texas has one thousand and eighty-three
projected within her borders to make the State
resemble on the map spider web Texas, in
fact, Is disposed to claim that to go from the
east to the west anywhere, the roads must be
through Texas. fine farming country, entirely
free of snow, manifold advantages, magnifi-
cent capabilities. 10 connect Mexico and the
United States Is impossible without penetra-
ting the very heart Of this large, enterprising,
and hourishing State. They have got so far
there ahead Of their neighbors that they are
trying to persuade the people OF Northern
Louisiana that they can be transferred much
faster, more safely and far more comfortably
from Shreveport, by way Of Galveston, To
New Orleans than down the Red river, or by
any other route that does not go through this
bOasting State of Texas, which seems to the
West kind Of Mecca through which all roads
must lead.
Year: 1873

A 81. Paul correspondent writes to the New
York World an interesting account Of the effect
Of the late terrible storm in the Northwest. lie
says "A sad case Is reported Of young couple
who were on their way from CAnada, the brides
home. to that Of the bride groom, near Fergus
Falls, In this State. AT Pomme de Terre; the
young mans father met the young pair They
started out for home and were oyerlaken by the
storm. They lost their way, AMI, leaving the
young bride in the sleigh, father and son started
of to find the road and have not since been
seen. AtleF time the young woman became
alarmed and began to halloo for them. Not
hearing any reply she left the sleigh to seek
them. After wandering about for time she
came to some logs, where she sheltered hersel!
as we'll as she could and where she was found
two days afterward, badly frozen, but still alive.
There Is no hope Of her recovery. 1t was we'd
ding journey Of DEATH"
Year: 1873

CALIFORNIA SoIL.-It has recently been de-
mOnstraled that the soil and climate of Califor-
mia are admirably adapted TO the profitable
glOWth Of cotton. The same claim is now put
IN for tobacco. Those who have grown that
plant there assert that double the quantity can
be grown 10 the acre there that is raised in the
best Of the Southern tobacco growing States
Quantity, however, is not so much prime ele-
ment Of success as flavor, and in this respect it
Is asserted that even Cuban tobacco does not
suFpass that grown and dried in California.
This Is certainly strong statement, but credible
testimony is given on the subject.
Year: 1873

II you had gone out 10 Long Branch
last summer and driven out on Ocean
Avenue. past the great hotels, with THEN
gay, crowded. picturesque life. past the
beautiful cottages. whose varied and
graceful designs give an Understandable
charm and sentiment TO the whole land
scape-il J you had driven far up the long
avcnnc, with the soft daughters of the out
going tide, making pleasant murmur'
Year: 1873

The last concert of the season will be
given at the Second Presbyterian Church,
North College street, on Tuesday evening
next. The Choral Society will be assisted
by Mrs. Craig, and other members of the
First Presbyterian Ceurch Choir; and when
we remember how much we have enjoyed
the concerts given by the Choral Society
during the past winter, we feel assured
that there is in store another grand enter
tainment which no one should fail to at
tend. Those losing this opportunity of
hearing the above, we think will regret it
Mrs. Ashford, the organist of the church,
and Mrs. VESSEL viii preside at the organ.
The proceeds to be given for the benefit of
the poor of the church and the Choral So
cietv
Year: 1873

ST. LOUIS, April 26.-The inspectors of
the Missouri penitentiary have been notified
of an application for an injunction to re-
strain them from leasing the convict labor
of that prison as provided by an act of the
Legislature last winter.
Year: 1873

When Congress granted United
States bonds to the Union Pacific Rail-
road, Company, to assist in building
that road, 1t was expressly stipulated
that the Government should have a
first mortgage on all the property Of
the company. The shrewd financiers
who managed the Credit Mobilier soon
found means Of getting rid of this trou-
blesome provision, and the first mort
gage became second mortgage, which
amounts to just no security at all.
Pennsylvania Scott has long had the
reputation ofbeing able to twist Legis-
lative bodies around his finger, and
when he offers to secure the Govern
ment by y mortgage on the Texas Pa
eific in return for loan of national
aid, we cannot help calling to mind the
elegant legerdemain by which the
United States was swindled out of its
security by the Credit Mobilier. A
great many of our contemporaries are
pacific. Some of them pacific towards
Spain, some Northern Pacific, and
some Southern Pacific, but we hope
that very few indeed outside of the
paid organs of the subsidy ring will
long remain pacific toward the gigan-
tic combination which is bearing
down on Congress for q fresh batch of
Government bonds.
Year: 1873

We have frequently urged upon our
merchants the Importance of aiding
in the construction of good roads, if
they desire to secure permanently the
important trade of the interior dis
tricts. We may rely on our favorable
position, but unless access to our town
is made easy and sure at all seasons of
the year, all other advantages will
prove inadequate. There is still an
other means of reaching the mer-
chants of the interior towns, and that
is through liberal patronage Of their
local press. 1t Is well to keep the ad-
vertising columns Of the city press
well filed, but there is also money in
informing the people through their
own papers, Of the advantages.of ira
ding in Los Angeles. Our merchants
should subscribe for copies of every
interior paper, and keep their cards in
a prominent position in their columns.
Our word for it, they will never regret
such an investment.
Year: 1873

before it was settled. sent a boy out for him
to come into the store. Don't remember send
ing letter to him. Moved by Attorney for
the People that the testimony be struck becaus o
no transaction between the parties had been
shown-overruled. Book offered in evidence. {
Year: 1873

1t was some time after the settlement that
my attention was again called to t-about 8
months. Couldn't have told what day it was
without looking at the book, can't tell the day
Of the week. Kept the nete till Sept. Matte
son then bought it. The note was given in
dealing in the hardware line. Can't tell what
kind of day it was, nor whether he came with
n team. We had a clerk--a boy. Norris was
in the store about 10 minutes. / noticed which
way he went, by looking if he went to the
other hardware store, when | last saw him he
was on the street, / didn't see where he went.
The book has been in my possession over since.
Matteson has been at the store, Foster & Cole
man also.
Year: 1873

Have known Morris 10 or IL years. l was
in the bank years. He dealt with the bank
only few times while / was cashier--abouJ a
dozen times. When he paid the note l think
he lived on his farm. Don't know Of his SELL
ing any wheat at that time Only know his
circumstances by reputation. Don't know to
whom the note was made, or where we got it,
don't know the day of the week it was paid,
nor ifany one was with him. Recollect giving
the check in the after part of the day. The
corn was delivered at different times-I think
within week-can't speak positively. Don't
know whether he delivered corn or not after
getting the check. We bought no other grain
Of him, don't know how long we had the note
After giving the check my attention was cal
led to the matter quite recently. The bank
note within 3G hours. Think the nctc was
payable to Geo. Barnes, Kalamazoo.
Year: 1873

Reside at Mendon, am banker have been
for S years, my bank is the Exchange bank
Have seen signatures but had no occasion to
examine them 70 detect forgeries. Same sig
natures shown. Think the mortgage was
signed by the same hand. The signature to
the mortgage is rot by the same hand as the
body Of the same.
Year: 1873

Lived in Detroit before coming to Kalama-
zoo; was a schoolboy there. Have had very
much experience in comparing hapdwritings.
See some similarity between the signature and
the Amos Morris in the body of the mortgage.
Year: 1873

During the late financial panic
hundreds of men examined their
wallets to acertain whether their
money was in greenbacks or Nation
Bank notes, thinking that the form
er were safe, but that the latter were
worthless if the banks from which
they were issued happened to sus-
pend. 1t is Of course generally
known that every National Bank has
United States bonds on deposit in
Washington to an amount ten per
cent. above its circulating aotes, ard
these bonds are there held to secure
the circulation Of the bank. If the
bank fails to pay its notes in legal
tender on demand the Government
will pay them. This makes the
notes of National Bank as good as
a greenback and this makes the
difference between the currency OF
to-day and that of 1887 and 1857, when
the country was flooded with wild
cat Democratic shinplasters which
lost their value in day when the
banks closed their doors. The man
who held bill over night then was
liable to be told by a late copy oi
the Detector that his bill was worth
less. When the crashes OF -! ana
81 came the man who held bank
note held a worthless rag. To-day
the banks may all close their doors
but their bills are as good as the Cow
ernment credit, and that is so good
that Government bonds are worth
their face in gold, and some of them
stand at premium in gold. Depos-
itors in National Banks are secured
by property Of the stockholders to
twice the amount Of the capital
stock.
Year: 1873

THE BRAIN. WoRRY.-Many of us
pray TO be delivered from sudden death,
and do we worry ourselves into it? If
we do, can we help it2 To most of us
it is not given to choose our lives, to
avoid the rough places, to gently shou1-
der to one side disagreeable facts. We
must climb over the rocks though they
hurt us sore, and the difficulties, how
ever they may annoy us, must be met
with brain fret and wear until thew are
conquered, or we have passed them,
They are as real; living, annoying as
any tangible ache or pain could be;
as bruising and irritating as the meas
in the shoes of the pilgrims Of old.
Nervous health Is one thing, and moral
health and purely physical health is
quite another and different thing. Calm
and steady mental work is conducive
to long life; but nervous emotion, men
tai work that Is a constant urging, and,
at the same, is an unhanging of the
even tenor OF the mind, eats away the
brain faster than any mental labor, no
matter how hard, that is systematic.
As men do not really die of heart dis
ease as often as supposed, but of apo
pleXy, or congestion of the lungs, so
they do not die of brain work, but. OF
brain worry. Scott died of it; Southey,
Swift, Horace Greeley, and probably
Thackeray. ..
Year: 1873

A SHARP Blow FROM A WITNESS
Lawyers who badger witnesses upon the
stand often get sharply cut, and among
numerous stories told at the expense of
the bar, there is none better than one
that occurred at the session of a court
recently held in Western city. A prom
inent lawyer had an old farmer upon the
stand whom he undertook to brow-beat,
and for an hour labored hard to confuse
and fTighten by his merciless style of
cross-questioning. The lawyer had a
large bald head that by q stretch of i'm
agination might be thought to resemble
pumpkin, and wore a huge shirt collar.
During his laboriOus badgering of the
old farmer, one side of said collar wilted
and lay down on the lawyers coat. AS
the witness was released, he stepped to-
ward his tOrmentor and said loud enough
for the court and jury to hear:


See here, Squire, if you don't put up
your sidebOard, you'll lose thatpumpkin
off the top of the load.n


Smiles were audible about this time.
Year: 1873

WHY SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET
ALONG.-lt is q generally accepted fact
among political and social economists
that German or a Frenchman will
live comfortably and lay up money and
accumulate property ON a rate of wages
which scarcely enables an Englishman
or an American to live from hand to
mouth. .-.-


This native improvidence on the part
OF Americans we know is not confined
to the poor alone, but also devours the
resources of the middle, and sometimes
even of the wealthiest classes. And
according to the Earl of Derby, who
lately made speech before what is
called the Provident knowledge Soeie-
ty, in England, it is the same there
" Rich and poor y said Lord Derby, eve
are all taTred with one brush and
disclaim the offensive and ungraciOus
office Of .lecturing only those who have
very little to spare, on the duty of lay
ing up for the future, while that same
duty Is notOriously neglected by many
thousands in classes where its perform
ance would be comparatively easy"


In this disposition to be improyident
and in the ignorance of what true
economy is, we have the germ of the
widespread decentralization which il
sweeping over the land. But this germ
would not expand to such devastating
consequences were it not forced into
unnatural development by the vulgar
love of display which is SO apt to ac.
company ignorance and disrelish O1
economical principles. All these com.
hined sap not only the resources but the
morals of the victims, and precipate
them into social disgrace, as wen al
financial ruin, and not unfFequently
land the head of a family In the State
prison, while his wife and children fine
refuge in an aims house.


In short, it is owing to their ign0
rance, improyidence, and love of dis
play, that some people don't getalong
ENew York Herald.
Year: 1873

A Greenhorn, who was on board q
steamboat for the first time, fell through
the hatchway and down into the hold,
when being unhurt, he loudly expressed
his surprise: "Well, if the darned thing
amt hOller!n
Year: 1873

A New York editor says his ancestors
have been in the habit Of living a hun
Gdred years, His opponent responds


by saying that that was before the in
PRODUCTION of capital punishment.D
Year: 1873

it, success Or failure in the past. They
must be taught that thing is not wrong
simply because Of their inability To appre-
cIate 1t. They must be taught that those
ut their brothers who are struggling to
establish this reform deserve their sympa-
thy and support, instead Of opposition, at
the behest Of those who expect 10 gain bv
such opposition. They must be taught
that the true object VI every Trade Union
IN the land is to more thoroughly unite
the members thereof, in any and every
means, for the elevation Of themselves and
ehelr craft and whether the means Al
tempted be cooperation or something
else, they, men true to themselves,
should give it hearty support. Dne IF
the surest means Of demonstrating that
the proits Of nearly every manufacturing
business are totally out of proportion to
the wages paid mechanics, Is to start a CO.
operative manufactory. There never vas
any money III the foundry business until
cooperative foundry was started i'll Troy.
but 50 soon as its first dividend Was de-
clared that plea was Withdrawn forever,
and we hear no more Uf the high wages
eating up all the profits.


One great drawback tO cooperation il
that those gong into II always expect too
much, and, ia reaching after the impOss-
BE lose all. Why, even III our nIeagre
experience, we have known men who acted
a. if the one hundred dollars they had III co-
operation should furnish them an income
tu live upon, without work. Others, who
may take stock to the amount IF one hun
dred dollars Or more, expect, AS a matter
~ course, that they will be employed and
If they are not, want to withdraw AZ once
II they are employed they are not satisfied
with the same wages they would receive
Ill other foundries and consider ou-upera-
tion a fraud and if, at the end of the
year they only receive from six to ten
dollars II dividend on their money, then
the whole thing Is a swindle, and away
they gO To SOW the seeds " dstrust


These are failings that must 5e overcome
before cooperation can III will become
general The friends Of corporation must
not ignore them they must, when ur-anIz-
Ing, make their calculations, based upon
the facts az herein set forth If thvy dO
not they will find, when too late, THAT their
efforts will he m vain