smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

granted that one person in every five
thousand in the Centennial is the pos
SCISSOR of glass eye, the number thus
far would amount to an army of about
one thousand.


The eyes on exhibition are gotten up
in neat style, and could hardly be dis
tinguished from the original when
placed in the socket, were it not that
they keep up continual stare. They
are made of light durable material,
and considerable skill has been exem-
plified in their preparation. Eyes are
divided into quite number of class
es, and among them are laughing eyes.
These generally consist of light-blue
iris with radiating white lines, and
the iris seems to dance around in the
aqueous fluid. Then there are Ian
guid eyes, piercing eyes, dull, heavy
looking eyes and bright, sparkling eyes,
all of WHICH have their counterpart in
the human race.


AS mere piece of mechanism, the
world nowhere furnishes such a beau
tiful and complex piece of machinery
i'll so small space as the human eye,
and as an optical instrument it is per-
feet beyond imitation. 1t is bad
enough when an individual loses both
of these instruments; but there is
comfort in the fact, that when one is
gone, the hand of the optician has
made another, which, while it cannot
give sight, yet it can help to restore
marred beauty.--Philadelphia Letter. |
Year: 1876

ONE consistent. earnest follower of
Christ in Il family, a school, or a COM
munity, is a continual blessing. The
| influence and example of such pres
ence, though they may not always win
great numbers to good, will prevent
many from worse evil.


Among the pupils of fashionable
! female bOarding-schoOl there was one
Christian girl. OF all the noble work
she did there in her qHiet way, and all
the results of her fidelity and pleasant
usefulness, Heaven alone keeps the
record. We only know that she was
instrumental in turning Il single class
mate, a gay young lady, from one of
frivolous pleasure to II life of earnest
religious devotion.


That young lady, when her school
days were over, went back to home
where she was beloved and indulged,
but where not member of the family
felt the least religious sympathy with
her, or understood at all the new de-
votiOn and the noblermotives that con-
trolled her.


wiIntf he tparG4RseRtu tA,.the. destiny
to become a leader in gay circles,
and shine a star in fashionable society
she now found her greatest delight
in helping the unhappy, and in unset
fish labOrs for such as poverty and sin
had shut up in darkness.


She asked her old Sunday school
Superintendent to give her class to
teach, but he had not heard of the
change in her, and treated the appli-
cation of the once trihing girl as an
irreverent jest.


The next Sabbath she led into the
school a poor little street boy, and
gained permission to begin class by
herself. That boy was delighted with
his new privilege, became warmly at
tached to his teacher, and rapidly
drank in the truths he heard.


But his parents were angry that he
attended the Sunday School, and his
father whipped him to make him stay
away. Finding that he must get his
Sunday teaching at such price, with
pathetic quaintness, the little fellow
begged to know if he could not be al
| lowed to take the whipping Sabbath
morning, and then go to school after
wards, and not have it to think of.


At this singular putting of the case,
| the father relented little, and instead
of threatening, promised him a reward
| if he would attend the Sunday School
no more. He was required to peddle
apples all the week. He should have
the money for all he sold on Saturday
afternoons.


Hoping for no better terms from his
father, the boy now undertook 10
make terms with his teacher. His
time was his own (conditi'nally) ON
Saturday afternoons. He asked the
Young lady if he might come to her
then and be taught, instead of on Sum
DAYS. She willingly consented, anu
this arrangement continued for some
time, to the profit and pleasure of both.


Finally a terrible accident happened
to the little boy He was at the depot
one day supplying apple, through the
car windows to the passengers ON
train, when his foot slipped as the cars
started forward, and he fell under the
wheels, and had both his legs cut OH.


"Shall 1 live to get home?" he whis-
pered to the surgeon who attended him.


"No, my poor lad, you are dying
now"


"Then tell 'em that 1 died Chris
tian," and he expired Youths Com
Year: 1876

A NOVEL exhibit in the German sec
ton of the Exposition Main Building
is large collection of artificial eyes,
representing all sizes and shades, from
the pale blue to the black and gray. A
careful examination fails to discover
any that are green, thus setting atrest
forever the conundrum: "Do you see
any green in my eye?' For it follows
if there are any green eyes among the
people they would have found their
counterpart in the artificial. Judging
from the large stock of eyes on exhi-
bition, the business must be a good
one in the old world. Taking it for
Year: 1876

inch and quarter wide, with a slopet


seam behind, and also sloped diagonal


iy IN front, instead of being rounded


as formerly or turned over in Englisl


points. This collar is of black cash


mere lined with the cardinal silk, ant


IS not piped on the edges. Outside


and around this is laid pleated bia,


scarf six inches. wide, also of cash.


mere with silk lining. At the throat


strap of the same crosses it like 2


sailors knot, and below are two soft


long loops reaching toward the side


Five pleats hold the scarf around the


neck, and outside of this scarf is still


another collar, which is confined to


the back of the garment and is two


inches high. This neck gear requires


to be made with exquisite care, or else


II Will be too bulky for grace, making


the neck look thick; when finished


with French taste and skill, it is one
OF the prettiest of the small details of
the toilet, giving the high trimming
about the throat which is now de
Tigueur.


An old caprice about polonaises is
that of tufting" the skirt in front
and on the sides. This is done by
catching up the skirt with round knots
at wide intervals, in diamond shape.
Polonaises with basque fronts are
shown, but are not liked so we'll as
with waist and skirt in one. BASQUE
backs are not objected to, but the Mar
guerlte back with three middle seams
Is most used. Ladies must reconcile
themselves to having but one dart in
the front of polonaises, as two darts
take away from the plain effect now
required; and the longer seam, placed
further back, serves the purpose of a
second dart, does not add any fullness
across the stomach, and also serves in
stead of long side seam, which is now
only found in old-fashioned patterns.
The third side form which is shown in
the backs of some new garments is OBJ
and those with three seams
in the middle are liked even better than
those with five.


The new square backs of basuues
lre in keeping with the square plas-
IRONS. They are made very short on
he hips, and rounded longer in front,
The three middle seams begin in the
pack of the neck, and extend below
he waist line-with whalebones all
he way-where they are met by a |
ong-looped bow, and sometimes added
which is laid away out of |
light i'll fiat pleats. Frequently the
,Wo middle forms are of velvet or |
'rocade like the plastron, while the |
est of the basque is of gros grain. 1t |
S not unusual to see the back of the |
'asque extend half yard below the
waist, or even more. When no full |
less is added, lengthwise flaps are set |
N in two of the seams, precisely like |
hose on gentlemen's coats. The new
st sleeves have flaring cuffs, turned
own toward the wrist, with pleatings
n the outer seam, held by a buttoned
trap OF by bows.


Square aprons are also revived, Of
wo or even of four separate pieces,
traight in front, almost as long as the
over skirt, and merely joined by rows
f ws.-Ha1per's Bazar.
Year: 1876

PoULrRY-Poultry breeding has now
come to be regarded as important a
branch of farm industry as the raising
of swine and sheep. In one sense it is
of more importance, in that it is not
every farmer who can keep sheep or
swine with advantage. but every one
who owns or rents a plot Of ground, if
only the size of city lot, can keep a
few head Of poultry with both pleasure
and profit. When taking into consid-
Grafton the vast number Of eggs con-
sumed in the United States-the city
Of New York alone using during the
year 1872 upwards Of $4,000, 900,
cost at wholesale. about So, ,292, 900
and when we note the immense number
of tons of poultry sold in all the large
cities Of the Union, We cannot call the
poultry interest one Of minor import
ance. Yet it is but few years since
the name of poultry seemed to convey
the idea Of insigni6cance. Now, how
ever, the proprietors Of large stock
farms have their focks of pure bred
fowls, which get their share of atten-
tiop and study, as well as the horned
cattle and horses and the net income
from a we'll managed poultry yard is no
small addition to the farm receipts
Poultry Record.
Year: 1876

The highest aim Of every intelligent
tiller of the soil should be the improve
ment Of the productiveness of his land.
until it reaches the point where the
maximum crops are produced at the
least expense. Wise husbandry re-
CARDS the farm simply as a machine for
turning out crops. The machine is the
matter Of the first Importance. This
is always to be kept in good running
order. and its efficiency is to be in
creased by all economical methods.
The man who farms on this system will
never sacrifice soil for a good crop.
His aim is to have every crop favor it.
He aims. in every working Of the soil.
to increase its depth and to add to it
more elements of fertility than he re.
moves in the crops, and to make crops
not only pay for themselves, but to pay
for the improvement Of the acres upon
which they are grown. In carrying
out this aim, SO as to realize these re-
suits, man shows his skill as cult-
vator. 1t is a comparatively easy thing
for any one who has money to improve
the soil SO that it shall produce crops
paying for the labor of growing them
and the interest on 5000 or $500 an
acre. Stable manure enough well
plowed in will do this. But it is al.
together another matter to make this
improvement pay for itself. Yet it is a
possible thing to do this. and there are
farmers skillful enough to accomplish
this result; and this we bold to be the
true aim in the cultivation Of the soil
The most judicious improvements,
those which finally pay the largest
profits. require several years to bring
in their full returns. 1t is matter OF
great Importance that our farming pop
ulation should not only be settled, but
that they should feel settled, and plan
all their operations upon the farm as
if they expected to spend their days
upon it
Year: 1876

To KEEP PorAro 0NIoN.-As soon
as pulled they must be dried in the
shade, for they will not bear the sun.
Spread them out thin on barn floor
and leave them until just before winter
sets in. Then select q place in the gar
den where the water will pot settle, put
the onions in heap like potatoes, put
a little straw over them. then four
inches of dirt. They will in this way
keep well until spring.
Year: 1876

The following testimony to the virtue
of a patent manure was received by its
owner "Dear Sir-The land compos.
ing my farm has hitherto been so poor
that scothman could not get living
off it, and so stony that we bad to slice
our potatoes and plant them edgeways !;
but hearing Of your manure, l put
some on a ten acre 6eld surrounded by
a rail fence, and in the morning found
that the rock had entirely disappeared.
a neat stone wall had encircled the field,
and the rails we're split into 6rewood
and piled up Systematically in my
back yard"
Year: 1876

PRUNING HEDGES. friend who
has an evergreen hedge (from the de-
scription We suppose it is an arbor- vitae
asks US whether it is a good time to
pruue now. There could not be a
worse time than to cut at this season
Eyergreens. as a rule, are very sensi-
tive to cold, cutting winds. Even the
hardened leaves that have been exposed
TO all the vicissitudes of the weather
often get injured by wintry winds, and
this is more likely to be the case with
those which are tender. as those inside,
exposed suddenly to the weather by
cutting away the outside must be. No
good hedgist cut away evergreens till
the winter is over. and all danger Of
cold wind gon.. This disposes of hedge
pruning SO far as evergreens are con-
cerned, but in the case of deciduous
hedges, which need renovating prun-
ing. it is not only allowable but sound
practice In this vicinity we have
many of these deciduous things used as
ornamental hedges. We have beech,
hornbeam, privet, Usage orange, honey
locuts. pyrus japonica, and some other
things Of this character. Sometimes
they are neglected. as our friends ever
green hedge appears to be, and to re-
move them they are often cut too near
the ground, SO as TO irduce them to
throw out large lot Of new sprouts,
which the next year are trimmed into
shape. This sort Of trimming can be
done at this season, and is the only
kind of hedge-pruning that is at all
seasonable. Hereabouts we leave all
evergreen pruning. hedge or otherwise,
till about April, before the new growth
appears -Germantowm Telegraph.
Year: 1876

A DISAPPOINTED HoosIER This is
the way his name read on the hotel
register:


"Constable Henry Harrison Paul.
Indiana"


He was portly man, be talked in a
loud voice, and he darkly hinted to the
clerk that he was here on important
business.


The next morning after bis arrivsl
he spread out five or six papers on the
reading room table, aud went over each
column Of each paper in turn. He
was occupied for nearly two hours.
and as be was folding up the papers a
gentleman who had been interested in
his actions, inquired


"Well. didn't you find what you
were looking after?''


mo, sir, l didn't" said the Hoosier,
in loud voice


Il always thoueht the press of New
York was up to the mark in enterprise.
but came into town early yesterday
morning and not dun paper has a
line of notice about it yet!
Year: 1876

without seeming to act in completely with
rebellion and their influence is wholly de-
stroyed in their own party. They can carry
20 republicans with them in their protest
against wrong. Mr.. Tilden's chances will
be as hopeless with their support as without
it. .Inasmuch rs the decision does not de-
pend on crazy democratic partisans but on
moderate and fair-minded republican Sena-
tors. the democratic party owes it to itself
to maintain such an attitude that men like
Mr. Conkling would not bring politi-
cal ruin upon themselves by resisting
fraud and supporting justice, The bearing
Of the democratic party should be such that
republicans can interpose to see justice
done without destroying their standing in
their own party. But is there any republi-
can Senator who does not despise the incen-
diary tale about General Sheridan coming
to New York to bull-doze the city? Can
any Senator with grain of sense credit the
wild story that Senator Sherman and his
brother General Sherman have formed a
conspiracy to seize the government
Democratic papers which fabricate such
stupid stuff only prejudice and disgust the
men on whom they must rely for justice.
If they make it impossible for any man who
voted for Hayes to unite with them in q
protest against fraud they will find them
selves supporting 'lost cause"


The wisest democrats are giving no coun-
tenance to this miserable. suicidal folly.
The Southern members of Congress are
acting like men of sense. The demo-
cratic Senators did themselves honor
in refusing to contend for the twenty
second joint rule against their ideas
of parliamentary law for mere party ad-
vantage. Let all democrats emulate their
high-toned example, scorning any advan-
tage won by trick or by incendiary appeals,
claiming nothing but what is clearly right,
and asserting the right only by legal and
peaceful methods If they win by such
means they will win nobly ifthey lose they
will nevertheless retain the respect of the
country and occupy an admirable position
for efficient appeals to public opinion in
future elections
Year: 1876

It was not to have been expected that SO
Paris, written SO near to the events it mar
rates and judges, would escape errors of de-
tail. In the four volumes Of his lucid
history which have thus far been published
only ono mistake Of any considerable
Importance has thus far been detected,
and this the distinguished historian has
been prompt to acknowledge. In his ac-
count of the military events Of the sum-
mer Of 1861 he imputed blame to General
Patterson for his failure to reach the scene
of action at Bull Run and avert the dis
graceful defeat with which the war opened.
The public opinion of the country, both at
the time and since, passed the Same
Judgment on General Patterson which
is recorded in the interesting pages Of the
Comte de Paris. But General Patterson
wrote book on the Shenandoah campaign
Of that summer which, in the opinion of his
friends, was o complete vindication. The
book, however, had but limited circula-
ton, and the original impression of General
Patterson's conduct has remained on the
minds of his countrymen. As it has turned
out the Comte de Paris did him real SER
vice in repeating the judgment Of General
Patterson's conduct SO widely formed by his
countrymen. As soon as the French Princes
history was republished in this country the
friends of the aspersed General sent copy
a his book to the Comte de Paris, who, after
q careful examination of the evidence it con-
tanned, made haste to acknowledge the error
into which he had fallen in the candid letter
to citizen Of Philadelphia which we print
in another column. This letter will be moro
widely published than any history of the
war, and will secure for General Patterson
the justice which he failed to obtain by
his own book. That so competent q
judge, who had o natural bias in
favor of his own first opinion, pro-
nounces the vindication successful and
promises to rectify the. error in the second
edition of his history, must be highly salts
factory to General Patterson and all his
friends. The illusions Of the Comte de
Paris to the action Of General Scott in that
initial campaign of the war will be read
with melancholy interest
Year: 1876

In the web of bubbles woven around the
democratic dodge in Oregon one Of the
most prominent is the pretence that va
cancy can exist only when on Office has been
regularly filed and the person elected after
ward dies, resigns, absents himself, or in
some other way quits the position to which
he was legally entitled. 1t is contended, in
applying this bubble, that inasmuch as the
Postmaster, Watts, was ineligible and the
votes cast for him were void he could not va
cate an office which he never held, and that
the other republican electors therefore ex-
ceeded their authority when they assumed


to fill vacancy which did not exist. This
wire-drawn reasoning may be easily dis
posed Of An Office is vacant when it is not
filled, precisely as house is vacant when it
has no occupant. 1t, would be absurd to
say that new house which had never
been occupied is not vacant because
no family had ever lived in and vacated
it. We only need to look into the
laws of the United States or any of the
States to find that an Office may be vacant
by the mere failure to elect an incumpent


The Revised Statutes of the United States
(section 26) declare that s'the time for hold
ing elections in any State. District or Terri
tory to fill vacancy, whether
such vacancy is caused by q failure to elect
at the time prescribed by law, or by the
death, resignation" &c Here is a clear
proof that vacancy may exist ''by a
failure to elect at the time prescribed
by law" This upsets the quibble
that there was no vacancy in the
Oregon Electoral College because there
was no election of one of the three on the
7th Of November. Our whole political sys-
tenn recognizes the existence Of vacancies
whenever from any cause no valid election


took place at the proper time. If Repre-
sentative. to Congress should be returned
who had resided only four years in the
United States he would be incapable Of
serving, and the Governor of tho State
would have to order an election to
fill the vatancy. The language of
the United States statutes and Of all
the State statutes agrees in describing
such u failure to elect as q vacancy. The
Revised Statutes of New York declare that a
vacancy exists when an election or appoint
ment is void. They also provide that the
Presidential electors shall shll all vacancies
in the Electoral College occasioned
by an equal number Of votes having been
Year: 1876

noon. The Post Office authorities deserve
credit for the earnestness and perseverance
they have evinced in securing these advan-
tages to the public, and it is to be hoped
that they will be afforded all the facilities
necessary to enable them to more fully carry
out their plans in regard to fast mail
carvioa
Year: 1876

WE PRrNr special appeal from the Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition Of the
Poor, with the earnest hope that our readers
will not think their duty done when they
have read it. The largest iberality that can
be hoped for will not be sufficient to the
honest demands upon the association. With
the appeal we give letter containing prac-
Aical suggestions to everybody.
Year: 1876

We print elsewhere an article from the Com
nercial Advertiser setting forth the advantages
Of polo as q training for cavalrymen. Itneatly
enumerates the variety of motions in the
exercise of this manly game, which, it says,
give rider "that seat which gentlemen in
the cities cannot acquire" This is quite
true. A week of polo is worth whole year
Of tho tame and easy riding school practice
for the requirement Of good seat in the
saddle and q perfect mastery Of the horse.
As training for the cavalry service it
would be invaluable, and we suggest that it
might be very advantageously utilized at
West Point. The drill now in use there
is rs mild and commonplace to the spec
tator as it is irksome to the riders.
Let the young men who are to be
our future Sheridans have polo club
by way of practice in horsemanship. Let
them become proficient in the handling
of the pony and mallet, and in 'the con-
tinual melee, rushing to and fro, stopping
and starting, turning around and around, :"
and there need be no fears Of their future
capability in this branch of their profession.
The cavalryman who is master of polo
could safely be trusted for service in an
Indian campaign, without fear Of his tum-
bling out of his saddle at the first fire. Let
the West Pointers have polo, by all means.
Year: 1876

OUn REPORT of the probability of rapid
transit soon becoming fact will rejoice the
thousands of citizens who daily suffer the
agonies of horse car travel, sustained and
strengthened only by the hope which is in
spired by sight of the Elevated Railroad
Company's posts. The company is at
present restrained from completing the
downtown. end of its road by an in
junction issued at the request Of ware
house owner whose property is several hun
dred feet from the Battery, of the desecra-
ton of which he complains. As, however,
warehouse owners have no constitutional
right to prevent business men from trav-
elling speedily and comfortably between
their homes and Offices, it is believed that
the Court of Appeals will soon drop its i'm
pressive weight upon tho red tape barriel
which is the only remaining hindranoo to
rapid transit, and thereafter the principal
response in the Litany will not 50 fres
quently be uttered out of church.