smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

The following valuable hints in regard to the
preseiN alton of leather, we copy from the Shoe and
Leather Reporter:


The extreme heat to which most men and women
expose boots and shoes during winter dcprvcs
leather of its vitality, rendering it liable to break
and crack.


When leather becomes warm as to give oil the
smell of leather it is >ingcd Close rubber shoes
also destroy the life Of leather. All varnshes and
all backing containing the properties of yarnish.
should be avoided


Shoe-eather is generally abused. Persons know
nothing or less about the kind of material used
than they do about the polish produced. Nitrio
backing is used til every particle Of oil in the leath
er is destroyed 70 remedy this abuse. the leather
should be washed once a month with warm water:
and when about half dry, coat of oil and aoW
should be applied. and the boots set aside for day
or two. This will renew the elasticity and life in
the leather, and when thus used, upper leather will
seldom crack or break.


Don't wash harnesses in water and with soap
No harness is ever soicd that a damp sponge will
not remove the dirt. When harness loses its lustrc
and turns brown, which almost any leather will do
after long exposure TO the air. the harness should
he given a new coat of graiil-black. Before using
this gran-back, the grain susfacc should be
thoroughly washed with potash water until the
grease is killed, and after the application of the
grain-black, oil and taow should be applied TO the
surface. This will not only ''i;sten the color" but
make the leather flexible. A harness which is
grained can be cleaned with kerosene or spirits of
turpcntne, and no harm will result if the parts a-
fccted are washed and oiled Immediately afterwari.
Year: 1869

There's beautiful face in the silent air.


Which follows me ever and near,
With smiling eyes and amber hair,
With voicclesS lips, yet with breath Of prayer,


That l feel, but cannot hear.
The dmpled hand, and ringlct of gold,


Lie low in marble sleep;
| stretch my arms for the clasp OF Old,
But the empty air is strangely cold,


And my vigil alone keep.
There's snless brow with radiant crown.


And 4 cross laid down in the dust;
There's smile where never shadow comes now
And tears 10 more from those dear flow.


So sweet in their innocent trust.
All, We'll and summer is coming again,


Singing her same old song;
But, oh it sounds like sob OF pain,
As il lloats in the sunshine and the rain


O'er hearts of the worlds great throng
There's a beautiful region above the Skies


And long TO reach its shore,
For know shall find my treasure there.
The laughing eyes and amber hair,


OF the loved one gone before
Year: 1869

Some early day, we shall speak of the origin nat
turn and Uses of muck and now advise during
these dry times, 10 obtain as much Is possible of it,.
lon cannot get too much, and such an opportunity
may not again occur iorvcars.
Year: 1869

Bad odors from sty or stable offend the nostrils
and impoverish u farm. The richest manurcs arc
those that have been 50 treated as to emit little or
no smell Dried peat is the best deodorizer. Ma
nure that has given off the most of its stencil is like
ctder that has stood all day in an open pitcher.
Year: 1869

A SURE REMEDY FOR A FELoN. Take n pint of
common sosoap, and stir in a-slacked lime till it
IS OF the consistency of glazier's putty. Make Il
leather thimblc, fill it with this composition and in
acrt the finger therein, and cure is certain
Year: 1869

Thus, workihEneB are forced tc labor on
for months before the main owners comes
around. Those WIN do dot wish to remain
till the drive is made, are informed that
they will not be paid till the raft reach the
Mississippi river, and that not one dime
will be given them to bear their expenses
out. The master drivers are chosen at EN-
Players meetings, and, like corrupt party
ofhci is, think 1t an honor and duty to be
oppressive towards those under them. We
learn also that the laborers arc holding
meetings, and intend to have hand 10 reg
ulating things, and, after the first Of May
next, will publish uniform price for vari-
Gus branches OF labor. We hone they will,
and that each one will religiousIy observe
them. We would suggest that through the
summer months one half Of them turn their
attention to farming on the cooperative
system, while the other half labor TO furnish
them with supplies. Ibis will render the
whole independent Of the bosses through
the winter.
Year: 1869

D@ It isa we'll known fact that the Democratic candidate for Congress in this District, though conservative enough on tariffs, is somewhat radical in the matter of orthography and prose composition. His friends tell us that since he has been in Congress he has thrown his whole theft on letter writing and frora the thew spell lings" that appear in the last Sentinel we should judge that his influence was begin hind to be felt As usual the editor of that paper gives everything hateful a. feminine turn. Misfortune becomes Miss Fortune; and Ananias, Ann Anias. Barnum's Un- abridged? :"
Year: 1869

out of his dues. The labor question now
seems TO be in fair way to regulate
itself. If the colored men are quiet and
firm they will obtain justice The South
cannot do without the negro. nor is he
likely to emigrate from the spot that for
two centuries has been his home. 1t is
all well enough to talk about white and
yellow labor, but the man for the sunny
South is the freedman.
Year: 1869

our hearts into civil life, into social life,
into domestic life; ; let us be men of heart
in city and in state; let us love country,
loyalty, probity lei Us love the Church
of Christ. but not the church Of any
particular sect; let US respect the letter,
but not as an extirguisher-the letter
kills, the spirit gives life. Loud ap-
plause Let us. then, repeat, start as
men of heart. Your great poet, Long
fellow, whose acquaintance it was my
great privilege to make few days ago,
has written in one of his verses,-and the
force of which is but poorly rendered in
French-lines which have been my motto
throuyh life -
Year: 1869

SOUTHERN CoyvENTIoxs.-The Southern peo-
pie for years past have been in the practice of
holding conventions for great variety Of purpo-
ses. Most OF the work of materially developing
the country and of extending foreign commnni-
cations has been done at these gatherings. Res
ontions and speeches. coucbed in elegant and
fowery language, has set forth the need Of Ger
tain things being done-by Congress much
vgor and earnestness have been manifestation
paper, and the convocalion has dissolved with Il
rosy vision of foreign trade and home industry
beaming upon the members thereof. And that
was all there was Of it. Now that the CONNER
cial conventions out of the way Estate
emigration convention :" has assembled at Mo-
bile, the very city from which large number of
Southern families embarked for Brazil.
And it is stated that plan fot providing homes
for immigrants is in fair way of being adopted.
Every one who wishes we'll Of his country will
hail the prosperous return of order which must
attend peaceful settlement in the South OF
large numbers of working immigrants; but how
much more rapidly that region would be settled
up if the men who mould public opinion and
hold conventions would exert their Influence to
bring TO justice the murderers of those who have
suffered death for opinions sake. There must
be a change in that direction before desirable
immigration can be induced tbither.-Sa1 Fran.
cisco alta.
Year: 1869

PARAtYsIs.-An exchange paper says: We
lately met a gentleman, although he walked
with perfect ease, who said be had been almost
hopeless paralytc, but had been substantially
cured by the use of an air pump. The theory
of the cure, and the application of the ins'rn,
ment, were as follows: Paralysis is produced
by the failure of some of the organs OF life 10
perform their functions. They need recupera-
ting. He applied cup or receiver 10 the part
affected, and by means of the pump he removed
the pressure Of the external atmosphere. There
was then rush of air internally, as much as the
clogged condition of the system would admit,
toward the vacuum produced by the pump
The blood was carried along by the air. and by
mere mechanical force made to circulate in the
affected limb, which thus recovered vigor and
activity.
Year: 1869

ConREcr.-Tou Fitch, Representative to Con-


gress from Nevada, ip his speech made in reply


to Wood, of New York, uttered the trpe senti.


ments of the Northern people. He said


Sir. it's not true that Congress is animated by
any spirit of vengeance or even of retribpiion
toward that people. 1t may be that we are not
inclined to trust the control Of this government


TO those who so very lately attempted to destroy
it. II NAV be that We shall continue to interpose
to-strike the Lash out of fingers from which we
recently wrenched the sword. 1t may be that we


do not feel any delicate obligation Of gratitude
toward Jefferson Davis, or tender emotions of
friendship toward the jaiors of Andersonville


It NAV be that we believe that Farragut sailed
into Mobile bay for some other purpose than to
give Raphael Semmes Office, and that Sher-
mar did not blaze his trail of fire through Geor-
gia merely 10 light unrepentant and unpardoned
rebels the way to seats in Congress. Ii may be


that we think that those who stood by the coun-
try in her hour of trial can best be trusted by
the country in her hour of triumph. It may be


that we shall not strike the word traitor from


cur literature; that we shall not forget the names
or the deeds of our heroes. These things all


may be, and yet | believe that the Republican


party in this house and in the country earnestly
desire peace. believe that we seek only TO re-


move, thoroughly remove, the blight an midew


of secession from off the fair face of the South


to reopen her ports 10 commerce, restore her


great marts to thrift her fields to opulence, her


people to contentment, TO prosperity, 10 II voice


in the councils, and in due time, perhaps, TO a


place in the government Of the nation.
Year: 1869

THERE is report that the President does not
sustain the views Of Sumner in regard to the
Alabama claims. There is also report that the
approaching Republican State convention of
Pennsylvania is to be made to declare itself, by
resolution, in favor of Summers views on this
subiect
Year: 1869

DETERMINED SuIcIDE.-Last Saturday Rob-
ert Jamson was found dead in his cabin ut In
dian fat, Shasta county, with the top of his
head completely blown off. 1t was evident that
he fred Two shots in his head from a single
barreled gun and had walked some distance after
load the gun.
Year: 1869

A CoUxTEnFEIrIxa SCHEME DEFEArED-Al con-
spiracy to food the country with counterfeit
money from Canada has been discovered. The
scheme was to haze the money put in circulation
simultaneously in all the principal cities north
and west. The 4th of July was the day fixed,
possible on that day.
Year: 1869

WILD GOOSE CHAsE.-A party of returned
White Pine miners have chartered a schooner,
and were to sail from San Francisco on the sth
instant for poiat in Alaska Eve hundred miles
beyond Stika, where they think they have a
good gold mine in prospect
Year: 1869




An Alpine hunter, ascending Mont


Blanc, in passing over the Mer dc
Clace lost his hold and slipped into
one of those frigbtful erevices by
which the sea of ice Is cleft to its
foundation. By catching himself in
his swift descent against the points of
rocks and projecting spurs o. ice, be
broke his fall, so that he reached the
bottom alive, but only to face death
in more terrible form. On either
hand the ice rose up to the heaven,
above which he saw only strip of
blue sky. At his feet trickIed a lit
tie stream formed froms the slowly
melting glacier. Thcre was but one
possible chance of escape-to follow
this rivulet, which might lead to some
unknown oreviee or passage. In ST.
lenoo and terror be picked his way,
down the mountain side, till his farther
advance was stopped by a giant elf
that rose up before him, while the riv-
er rolled darkly below. lie heard the
roaring of the waters below, which
seemed TO wait for him. What
should he do? Death was
beside him, and he might fear,
before him. There was no time
for reflection or delay. He paused
but an instant, and plunged into thA
stream. One minute Of breathless
suspense-a sense of darkness and
coldness, and yet of swift motion, as
if he was gliding through the shades
below, and then a light began TO gIim-
mer family in tho waters, and the
next instant he was among the green
fields and flowers and the sumner
sunahine Of the vale Of Chamouny.


So it is when believers die. They
come 70 the bank Of the river, and It
is cold and dark. Nature shrinks
from the fatal plunge. Yet one chilli
ing moment. aud all fear is left behind,
ard the Christian 10 amid the fields Of
the paradise Of God.
Year: 1869

The sword of the warrior was taken
down to brighten it had not been
long out of use. The rBst was rubbed
off, but there were spots that would
not go-they were spots of blood. 1t
was on the table near the pen of the
Secretary. The pen took advantage
of the first breath of air to move far
ther off.


Thou art right, said the sword, Il
am a bad neighbor.


l fear thee not, replied the pen !;
am more powerful than thou art,
but love not thy society,"


Il exterminate, said the sword.


L perpetuate,' answered the pen,
where are thy victories, if l record
them not? Even where shalt thou
one day be-in the lake of Oblivion
Year: 1869

~ The Ohio Farmer says: Nine
tenths of the diseases which happen
to the hoofs and ankles of horses are
occasioned by standing on tho dry
plank floors Of the stable: Many per-
sons seem to think from the way they
keep their horses that the foot of the
horse was never made for moisture !;
and that, if possible, it would be ben
eRcial if they had oowhide boots to
put on every time they went out
Nature designed the foot for moist
ground-the earth of the woods and
valley at the same time that eov.
ering was given it to protect it from
stones and stumps.
Year: 1869

A SL1sHr MISUNDERSTANDING lady
employed young girl about fifteen years
old to assist her about her housework, and
one day she was making some cake, and
wished to put some kind of plums in it; 80
she set dish down on the table with the
plums, and told the girl to stone them, and
to show her how, she took up plum and
took out the stone, with the remark, THAT
is the ~ay;' and then, thinking the girl
understood what she meant she put the
plum she had into her mouth, instead of
into the dish, and went away. What was
her surprise, short time after, to have the
gil come into the room whereshe was, and
tell her she had eaten all she could! And
when the lady went into the reoua where
she had been at work, she found she had
put all the stones into the dish, and eaten
all she could of the plums: she thinking
that the hard pieces-meaning the stones
would soften up when baked in the cake.
Year: 1869




A man named Lowry was killed at Bates
vile, Decatur county, on Wednesday morn
ing, under the following circumstances:


He lived at a small place called Ander
sonville, in Rush county, and on account of
his lawlessness WAS terror to The ncighbor
hood He was accustomed tn levy small
sums by threatening to burn barns or kill
stock, and was generally successful. A few
days ago he demanded five dollars of a
young man named Walker, whose father is
wealthy farmer and threatened tn burn
the old mans barn if the demand was not
complied with. Walker refused him the
sum, and on Monday night the barn was
fired and completely destroyed, with two
mules and eleven horses and a lot of agri
cultural implements, all of the value Of
$1,000. Lowry disappeared, but tile Walk
ers- father and snn-procured "A warrant
for his arrest. tracked him to Batcsville and
came upon him wniIe he was eating breakfast
at house there. Young Walker slipped in,
drew pistol and fired, killing him instant
". The body was removed to the depot
and the old man left W tch over him,
while the son went to Morris after coroner.
The old man, who is seventy seven years
of age said he intended to take the corpse
back to Rush county, and that it was
great deal easier to carry him that way than
if alive. The affair caused a good deal of
excitement. but everybody approved the ac
ton of the Walkers, and no attempt had
been made to arrest them at last advices.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1869

True Bill Found Against the Negro Wilson.
tFrom the Augusta ga, Chronicle and sentinel.


May 1871


The Grand Jury OF Jefferson county found true
bill for the murder on Tuesday last against Wilson
Flournoy, freedman, for the killing OF Dr. Aver,
radical member OF the Legislature from that county.
Tne case was called Tor trial on Tuesday evening,
continuance, on the ground that the bill mad Just
been returned against him, and that he had had no
cause OF the great excitement In the country grow
ing out OF the recent homicide. The court granted
the and ordered the prisoner to be taken
this city. which was done on Thursday evening
There was much feeling among the negroes In JeYer
son against the accused, and the Jail had been
guarded by the whites 10 prevent threatened lynch
Ing OF Wilson by the colored people. Wilson denies
the homicide, but the evidence, learn, IL OF the
most convincing character AZ 10 his quit.
Year: 1869

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


In your Issue OF the nth inst speaking OF the use
OF steam rollers in the Central Park you inquire,
"why should not the Park be more generally de
voted TO such practical sort Of instruction. and be
the theatre OF experiments in pavement on a large
scalef" TINS subject OF pavement Is which 10 OF
such general interest that while should not desire
TO see our public grounds suffer from the mishaps
attending certain new experiments with untried IN
ventions 10 strikes me that Park Commissioners
would do well to make an attempt TO introduce the
fine system OF m0noIithic sidewalks now ana lot
several years past 30 successfully practised In
France. Applied To our beautiful promenades, TINS
system of one-pIece artificial stone paving would
certainly be admirable.
Year: 1869

An interesting memoir of Lady Palm
erston, in the London Times, shows that
she undertook the entire management of
the household at Brockett, Cambridge
House and BroAdlands, as well as that of
her own property; personally inspect
ing the accounts, leaving nothing to
agents, stewards or head servants, but
what fell strictly within their respective
departments. Her visiting book also
was kept with all the regularity aud pre-
cisiou of merchants ledger. As long
as her health permitted, she made q
point Of filling up her cards with her own
hand, and she knew exactly whom she
had invited for each of her alternate
nights. Her services to her husband ex.
tended far beyond the creation of the brill
liant salon at Cambridge House, ard the
cheering sympathy with which she
soothed his labors. She had great tact
in extracting information from, as well
as answering visitors, and was thus Of
great value to Lord Palmerston in his
political enterprises. With oil this she
found time to keep journal. Another
characteristic which Lady Palmerston
shared with the elder generation was her
prediction of youth and beauty for its
own sake, aud equally marked dislike for
anything like vulgarity or ungainliness of
manner. She would have Those two
pretty girls at her party" and she would
not have "thst fat woman with her ugly
daughters" although the fat woman was
the wife of country member, and the
two pretty girls had neither father nor
brother in either House.
Year: 1869

since fault was discovered 10 the same
cable short distance from Valentia. A
steamer has been some time past lying
off the harbor, waiting for feir weather 70
proceed to the spot where the fault
exists, to repair the damage. The cause
of these fractures has not yet been dis
tiDctly stated, but there is reason to be.
lieve that the course taken in laying the
csbe-the latter portion having been
laid in a heavy fog-was over suuken
rocks, and that the cable has been Injured
by cha6ng upon them. The frst injury
to the cable off Hearts Content had
every appearance of being caused by an
iceberg settling down upon it. The
age, and suspicion attaches to strange
craft, which, during the time Of the ex-
citement about the Fenisns, was seen
lowering near the spot where the rupture
took place. The 1865 cable remains per-
fectly safe, as it is laid in channel that
was carefully surveyed. This is the ca
BILE which was lost in the attempt to lay
it by the original Atlantic Telegraph
Company. When the Anglo American
Company took up the work in 1866 they
we're successful in their task, and having
laid the cable which they had on board
the Great Eastern, they returned to mid
ocean and grappled with and raised the
lost cable Of the previous year, which has
ever since continued to work uninter-
ruptedly, while its younger brother has
suffered from not less than FIVE rnishaps.
But for the singular good luck of
the Anglo-American Company, which
enabled them to pick up the lost cable
from the bed of the Atlantic, communi
cation with America would have been
interrupted on FIVE occasions, and each
time for considerable period. In order
to provide against contingencies such as
these which have just occurred, q guam.
,ity Of surplus cable has been stored at
Hearts Content, which may be put on
board ship there and at once made avail
able, so as to render unnecessary the de-
lay and expense of making the voyage
the whole distance across the Atlantic by
the repairing ships. Fortunately, the
communication between the two coun-
tries has not been interrupted for mo-
ment by the failure of this 1866 cable,
and we are informed that the number of
messages sent through on Friday last was
larger than upon any day on which the
line has been open for messages.
Year: 1869

The Prebendary gives us this admira-
BILE discourse of French Capuchin, who
on the Festival of St. James had to pro.
nounce a panegyric on that Saint. As
he was rather late, the attendant priests
who feared that he would make long
sermon and SO weary the congregation
cntreated him to abridge it. The monk
mounted the pulpit, and addressing the
people, said: 3" My brethren, twelve
months ago L preached All eulogy OH the
eminent apostle whose festival you this
day celebrate. AS doubt not but that
you were all very attentive to me, and
as have not learned that he has done
anything new since, 1 have nothing to
add to what 1 said Mt that time" He
then pronounced the blessing and de.
scended from the pulpit.
Year: 1869

The New York Herald throws out
the following suggestive remark to
those radical journals which for the last
few weeks have been indulging in sour.
rulous attacks upon ex-Prcsident john
son: ......... .... Fl.


Those editors and public men who
are so vilely lampooning President
johnson upon his retirement from of
flee should remember that OH his return,
to Tennessee he may take a new depart
ure and re-enter the Capitol again as a
United States Senator. What q sharp
thorn he will be in the sides of the rad
icals in that event! There is such q
thing as venom overslooting its mark.
Year: 1869

One of the North Carolina State Sem
ators died recently. A resolution was
passed by the body Of which he was a
member to appoint committee to escort
bis remains to his late home, supposed to
be, of course, somewhere in North Caro-
lima. The committee started with the
body, it is said, and at last accounts
were en- route for the State of Vermont
where the deceased had lived. He
had been "sojourning" in the old North
State long enough to be elected to the
legislature,