smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

Two colonels Of The late war, on
opposite sides, of whom it is rela.
ted that at the battle of Gettys-
burg they had hand to hand con-
flict atthe head of their regiments,
despoiling each other Of an arm
and q leg respectively, met for the
first time since that day at Salt
Lake City last week, fell into each
others arms and embraced.
Year: 1869

As 1 was about TO pass my frat
night in a japanese house, l watch /.
cd anxiUusiy the preparations for
sleeping: These were simple en-
ough mattress in the form of a
very thick quilt, about scvon feet
long by four wide, was spread on
the floor and over IL was spread
an ample robe, very long and heav-
lily padded, and provided with very
largo sleeves. Having put on this
night dress, the sleeper covers him.
self with another quilt, and sleeps,
as if he has had some years expe-
rionco IN tho uso uf this bed.


But the most remarkable feature
about n japanese bed is the pillow.
This in n woodri, box about four
inches high, eight inches long and
two inches wide at the top. IL has
a cushion Of folded papers on the
upper side to rest tho neck on. for
the elaborate mannor of dressing
tho haIr docs not permit the Japan
ose, especially tho women, 70 press
the head on u pillow. Every NOR.
ning tho uppermost paper Is taken
off from the cushion, thus exposing
clean surface without tho expense
Of washing q pillowcaso.


passed a greater part Of the
.pight IN learning how to poise my
head IN this novel manner, and
when l finally closed my oyeS, it
was TO dream that l was being
slowly beheadod, and to wake at
the crisis to find the pillow bottom
side up, and my neck resting on
tho sharp lower edge OF the box
During my stay 10 tho country, l
learned many Of its customs, mast
cring the use of chop-sticks, and
accustoming my palate to raw fresh
fish, but the attompt to balance my
head on twO-lnch pillow | gave
up in despair, after trying in vain
to secure the box by tying it to my
neck ard head.
Year: 1869

S6S- Scientific men attribute the late
severe summer and autumn weather,
storms, foods, and earthquakes that
have prevailed in various places, 10 the
influence of the sun, which they assert
is in highly agitated state. 1t is also
asserted by them that the body OF
magnetic light now shooting from the
sun in every direction will, by the be-
ginning of next year, have extended
far enough to exercise material inhu-
ence upon the earth, and then it is said
we may expect that phenomena will be
observable such as have not yet come
under notice Of the human race.
Year: 1869

DCA- Our Radical brethren have come
TO the conclusion that Prest. Grant too
studiously conceals the negro in the
wood pile, and that the ebony brother
should be inducted into II front seat
The gentleman from Asrica don't know
how TO take his Excellency. II he
would present the President with a
two-horned rhinoceros or something Of
that sort for the Juvenile Presidents
and Presidentesses, he would immedi-
StelY receive proper consideration
Year: 1869




The failure to raise good crops Of wheat
upon land long cultivated is not so often at
tributable to different seed as unfair cultiya-
ton. Ia most cases The soil has been robbed
of the wheat producing properties, such as
the phosphates, potash and other salts.
This is true in a large degree Of the wheat
growing section Of the older States, where
the soil has been 50 long drained of It's sub
stance that it is no longer possible to raise
heavy crop Of wheat IN the best season. On
such lands farmers should apply bone dust,
or solnbe bone dust or bone superphos-
pilates and ashes to restore the potash.
Lime should be used to gather earbonic acid.
Lime deposited ia large piles viii collect
carbonic acid lrom the air and become a
better fertilizer Lime should be applied
with grass or other vegetable matter, upon
which it acts chemically and produces plant
food It also e0rrects the sours acid in the
soil Some fields need suiphuric acid which
is supplied by sowing plaster


Sown upon clover, plaster causes it to
draw to it the ammonia from the air and
water, and if the clover be plowed down when
in full bloom and quick lime be used the
clover Is converted into plant food


The best fertilizer in the experience Of the
writer is a compost of muck, barn. yard
manure and clay. thoroughly decomposed
and mixed with equal parts of lime, ashes,
salt, plaster, and bone phosphate No soil
except virgin soil viii fail to produce wheat
with this compound. Il should be thor
oughly mixed and screened, so that it can
be drilled 10 with the wheat. It should be
used in the Fall, when the rain helps to de-
compose it and to enrich the surrounding
soil, aud when the grain roots are ready to
take up the parts most needed for food for
the wheat plant Plant roots do not perme-
ate manures aud take them up until they
are decomposed by the action of the mois-
ture, aud in times Of great drought msnures
yield very little nourishment When the
moisture penetrates the soil the roots of
plants search for nourishment, and if the
soil be loose they can penetrate the particles
and gather it.


Vegetable manures contain a very small
proportion OF salts, and these must be sup
Piled if the farmer wishes to enrich the soil
aud raise large crops of grain.
Year: 1869

WHOLESOME ADVICE TO FOOLISH WOMEN.


Many leautiful forms are made decidedly
homely by individuals attempting to set at
naught the laws Of nature For this pur-
pose delicate young ladies lace themselves
until they can scarcely breathe. And all
for what? To deceive poor, weak minded
II fsi ~ x4p6ar baSdtut ~ S9th Is
girl most beautiful? Before she has reach
ID her teens; before she has disfgured her
form by tight lacing. When should She
appear most beautiful When she has ar
rived at her majority. Young ladies forget
that if they set aside the laws Of nature,
they must necessarily contract a deformi:y,
and consequently, cause the body to become
diseased. We noticed a young miss on the
streets a few days ago, her waist encased in
about halfits naturally requisite space, her
back something in the shape Of a camel 5
by reason of pannier, her feet cramped in
shoes about half as large as her feet, caus-
ing her to walk as if she was stepping on
burning Goals. Poor creature Her folly
Is indeed her punishment. Our young Ia
dies land their mothers too, either forget
that the proportions Of the human figure
are strictly mathematical, or else they uev
er have been made acquainted with the fact.


The waist should measure five inches 10
circumference for every foot the lady is
high. The whole figure Is six times the
length Of the foot Whether the form is
slender or plump, the rule holds good; any
deviation from it, IS departure from the
highest beauty incorporation The Greeks
made ali their statues according to this rule.
The face, from the highest point Of the fore
head where the hair begins, to the chin, is
one. tenth of the whole stature The hand
from the wrist to the end Of the middle
finger, Is the same. From the top Of the
chest to the highest point in the forehead IS
oue-scvcn,h If the length Of the face,
from the roots Of the hair to the chin, be
divided into three equal parts, the first di-
vision determines where the eyebrows meet,
and the second the place Of the Uostrils.
The height from the feet to the top Of the
head Is the same as the distance from the
extremity Of the fingers when the arms are
extended
Year: 1869

The Mercantile Tines gives the following
reasonable rules for young men commencing
business:


The world estimates men by their success
in iilc-and, by general consent success is
evidence Of superiority.


Never, under any circumstances, assume
a responsibility You can avoid consistently
with your duty TO yourself and others.


Base all your actions upon 8 principle of
right; preserve your integrity Of character,
and in doing this, never reckon the cost


Remember that self interests more likely
to warp your judgement than all other cir
cumstapces combined; therefore, lo5k well
to your duty, when your interest is concern
ed.


Never make money at the expense your
reputation.


Be neither lavish norniggardly; Of the two,
avoid the latter mean man is universally
despised, but public favor stepping stone
to preferment-lherefore generous feelings
should be cultivated


Say but little-thiak much-and do
more,


Let your expenses he such as to leave a
balance in your pocket. Ready money is a
friend in need


Keep clear out of the law: for, even if
you gain your case yon are generally loser
Of money.


Avoid borrowing CT lending.


Wine drinking aud cigar smoking are bad
habits. They impair the mind and pocket,
and lead to waste Of time.
Year: 1869

For the last six years / have had a plot
Of ground at the front Of my house, of
$500 square feet, dibble-seeded with 5000
seeds, and which is after the rate of less
than quarts of seed wheat an acre: and
the crops every year have been as thick
on the ground before the harvest as they
could well grow, aud this next year, the
same plot Is again planted with wheat,
I though for the seventh time in succession
and exactly in the same way, and l now
engage to show that at harvest next the
crops shall be again as thick as they win
be able to grow to perfection. I have
said crops because it has been my Gus
tom for the last six years to plant sever
al kinds of wheat. but this year there are
only three kinds, but all shall be the
same; but one year / had Is different
kinds, or obtained SO many samples from
corn dealers and others who believed that
they were SO many different kinds But /
inform my readers that | did not sow such
small quantities of seed to prove whether
full crops could be grown from them, for /
had known this for almost every year for
more than halfa century; but in this had
two different objects in view, which |
thonght would be interesting 70 farmers and
the public generally l wish to prove the
vitality of ordinary wheat seed, and this /
did by seeding many acres and half acres
with one single seed only in square foot Of
ground-and | had this done with several
kinds Of wheat-and all the seed germinated
and grew, as might have been Witnessed by
all people who would take the trouble to ex-
anime the rows, for all were planted in rows.


instituted experiments in conjunction
with some scientific men, to prove how
many years wheat might, BY any scientific
process, be made to retain It's vitality. As
the late Dr. Dubeny, Professor of Botany
at Oxford and other scientific men had done
the same, we compared our processes
together and their results, when we found
that neither had been able to make wheat
eerminate after having been kept seven
years, though every system of keeping it
that could be devised was adopted. All was
in vain, and showed that at the end of seven
years, vitality was gone, and never again to
be brought back; and | think life would be
gone at the end Of FIVE years.-Agricul-
f1lrdl Gazette.
Year: 1869

WASHING SHEEP. Grease or yolk, with
which the fleece of all sheep is more or less
imbued is natural soap, consisting chiefly
Of potash and oily matter. 1t is not imme-
diatcly soluble in water, but after the fleece
is wet, aud remains so for few hours, it is
in condition to bequickly washed out, bring
ing the dirt with it. This is to considera-
be extent, accomplished by the sheep being
exposed to a rain the day before the wash
ing. Sometimes sheep are dipped, and
then shut in close sheds or rooms over night,
to keep one another warm, and washed the
next day, and this secures a very thorough
cleansing Shearing may be done much
earlier in the season if the sheep are not
washed. Colds and Snufles eusue if the
weather be not favorable, and there is even
great risk Of losing valuable sheep.
Year: 1869

PoTAToEs. There should be little delay
now in planting the whole of the crop. On
poor land, We think animal manure is quite
as likely to prevent as to cause the rot !;
though in very rich soils no doubt it rem
ders the plant more liable to take the disease.
There is little risk potato sets rotting now.
If cut even to single eyes Manuring in the
hill with ashes and plaster is good practice,
but this dressing is probably equally efec-
tive, if placed upon the hill at the first or
second hoeing. Among the concentrated
| fertilizers in market, good supcrphosphate
is probably the best application for potatoes
| Guano is rather stimulating, but, like castor
pomace, which is very good for this crop
must be mixed with earth in the drill
Year: 1869

SIX things are requisite to create a happy
home. Integrity must be the architect and
tidness the upholsterer 1t must be warm
Cd By affection ana bringing in fresh salubri-
ty day by day which over all, as a protect
ing glory and canopy, nothing viii suffice
exeept the glory Of God.
Year: 1869

SELF EDUCATION. 1t is surprising how
much may be obtained by devoting few
hours each day to study during a series Of
years. Gibbon produced his great work,
rather by the regularity than the protractcd
nature Of daily studies. Franklin became
the wisest and one of the best read of his CO.
temporaries, in the midst Of most incessant
labor. And if the workman with lis health
ful mind, so well prepared for the reception
Of knowledge, viii give two hours each day
to careful study, he may, in a ewyears, sur
pass in general information the great body
Of college graduates, who 30 often obtain a
diploma without deserving it, or who have
laid aside their learning the moment they
left their preceptors. He may elevate his
own intellect by coming into communion
with the eminent intellects of the past.
Year: 1869




The Round Table makes tho following
sensible remarks in regard 10 smoking in the
street


''The street is nota private smoking
room. One man has 10 more right to void
his tobacco smoke into. the face Of another
man than he has to void his saliva. If he
has why in the name of sense Because the
smoke is the less disagreeable? That is a
matter for individual preference; and, be-
sides, a man has 30 right to do the least dis
agreeable thing. Why may not man ap-
pear on Broadway with stick strapped
horizontally across bis back, or an open
package Of assalptida in his pocket, or .
polecat In his arms, or his clothes dripping
with kerosene oil, or rattlesnake around
his neck, with as much right as he may
smoke there? Because it is not customary
to carry assafrtida in the pocket. nobody
thinks about it; fit only we're the custom.
We should hear a fearful cry from the tobac-
co smokers themselves If a man treads up
on another foat he apologies; but be will
carelessly void offensive smoke into bis very
throat, and never think that he does any
thing reprehensible If man dislikes
smoking, he can keep out OF the street
But the right of the tobacco hater in the
street is equal to that Of the tobacco lover;
to refrain from smoking in public places is
not granting a CONCESSION, but not to refrain
IS Violating right. Upon aetUal ngnt,
without reference to the sanction Of custom,
a man would be perfectly justifable in re
senting the smoking Of tobacco near him as
q personal afTrout.
Year: 1869




OF the almost lnsuperabe obstacles in the way OF
establishing business of tails kind, it small boast
opposition. and carried flag RiumphantIy 20 tae
end. Cheersl We hand to successors in man
best appointed theater its size the wofdat any
rate have never seen Its equa-and, also, prestige
by that OF any other theater the city Hence IL that
think We have here the seeds of reputation
fair prospect of being continued daughter and appause
AS to this company ladies and gentlemen have not
the kindness they have bestowed upon me. Waiting
q situation when 10 almost impossible TO get employ
ment owe them the greatest debt OF gratitude that
I' Bravo and applause Win regard to my friend ana
in conseaueSoe Of his unfortunate assocstons with me-
has come In for very large share OF abuse
that he has I'LL fret position in the frst thea
ter in New-York Laughter and applausel For mysem,
nothing say The circumstances which led to my dis
severance from this establishment are perfectly private
public alluslOn to them confess little stunnedE
but to my instincts both national and professionals


do not mean 10 look at 1t In lachrymose way at all
loud eheers In fact, the position am placed in puts
me in mind of an epltaph on tendaysold baby read
very appropriate. II thus "If very soon am
done for, wonder what / was begun Ior: r:a
10 say you ladies and gentlemen. except
thatl wish to refer to one report which
here namely: that have received very large sum for
abandoning my ship and deserting my crew. All! they
do MT know me who credit such report as that Ap-
plausel They don't know my friends, who fancy hey
would believe t-any one OF them No. ladies ana gen,
rather than do such could afford to Lose great
deal more money than coud time bat there
is compensation, find by this brilliant demonstration
tonight that have not lost your good opinion, and am
sure have not lost the confidence Of my good riends
aud am perfectly satisfied that have not sacrificed
single atom OF my selfrespect Hearty appausel Un-
der these circumstances, pass into my new campaign
with every hope OF continuing the fight "a have hitherto
done And wish you, Individually and collectively,
health happiness and superabundant prosperity that
the overowings your cup OF Joy be gathered up
and distributed among your less fortunate feowDengs
fGreat applause1
Year: 1869

No FINANCIAL CRISIS IMMINENT.-A New
York dispatch says that much bitter indigna-
ton is expressed in business circles at the de-
liberate efforts of the World to bring on f.
nancial panic and crash merely for the sake of
injuring the Republican administration. The
conductors of that Democratic sheet are allud-
men of all parties. After extended inquiries
among them, your correspondent has become
satisfied that they entertain no such fears of
impending disaster as the World would have
the public believe. There are, it is true many
changes contemplated, and several Withdraw
ais from the dry goods trade have been decid-
ed upon. The first of January will doubtless
witness more of these changes in firms than
any previous Janury for long period. But
this by no means indicates q financial storm.
Year: 1869

THE CARDIFF GIANT controversy threathens
to grow to something like the dimensions of
the Byron "imbroglo.' The sauans are all by
the ears about the wonderful efigy, but it is
said that the opinion is becoming more preva-
lent that the whole thing is humbug got up
by interested parties. The latest and most
convincing contribution to this side of the ar
gument is that of Prof. Marsh of Yale College
who, in a letter to the Buffalo Courier, claims
that the statue was cut out of piece of gyp-
sum, already water worn on three of its sides
before the sculptor began, and that the pc
culiar position of the statue is owing to the
form of the stone. He declares that


The rough, water-worn surfaces were not en-
tirely removed in cutting. Portions of them
still remain ca the sides of the head and on
the limbs and feet, and have enormously been
regarded as indicating for the work high an
tiquity. The tool marks are still very distinct
on different parts of the statue especially where
they have not been obliterated by the imper-
feet polishing was more carelessly done or
omitted, they are nearly as distinct and fresh
as when first cut. In several places they are
very near or Immediately surrounded by the
water worn surfaces, (e. e., in the opening of
the right ear,) and therefore are evidently of
subsequent formation. Now, as gypsum is
soluble in about 400 parts of water, q very
short exposure of the statue in the locality at
Cardiff would suffice to obliterate all traces of
tool-marks, and also to roughen the polished
surfaces, but these are both quite perfect, and
hence the giant must have been very recently
buried where discovered.
Year: 1869

MANURE FOR POTATOES ex-
change says the following recipe for rails
ing potatoes is worth the price of any
paper for one year TO any farmer that is
short of manure II is as good as the
besSsuperphosphate of lime, and it will
not cost half so much. 1t has been tried
two years, and is good on dry land.


Take one cask of lime and slack it
with water, and then stir in one bushel
OF fiae salt, and then mix in loan or
ashes enough so that it will not become
mortar it will make about five barrels,
Put in half q pint in hill in planting.
All manures containing potash arc par
ticularly suitable for potatoes. Ashes
contain more than any other natural fer
tilizer, and should be freely used and
carefully saved. Any farmer seeing the
analysis of the ashes of potatoes, can
readily imagine what fertilizers produce
the greatest effect, and what the plant
most needs.


ORCHARD CATERPILLAR.-This in
sect comes and goes lis abundant in
some years, and in others nearly disap-
pears. Where the miller or moths have
left their rings or eggs on the shoots of
trees, now is the time to destroy them.
A practiced eye will see almost at sin
gle glance if there are any ON tree, by
the swelling or knob which each one
gives to a shoot Select u dark or cloudy
day, or else a day when the sky is en-
tfrely clear, avoiding thin, bright clouds,
which viii dazzle and hurt the eyes, and
cut off every shoot which contains the
-esg-, and commit them to thea-firc.
single clip of the orchard sheers on
pole will prevent destructive nest OF
these depredators next season. =


Work IN THE CELLAR.-Apples and
potatoes can be picked over to good ad-
vantage. No fruit or vegetables should
be allowed to decay in the cellar, if for
no other reason than the foul. poisonous
air and gasses which arise from them.-
The American Farmer says, we hear
much complaint of frost bitten potatoes
commencing to rot in the cellar. They
should be picked out at once.


THE London Gardner says: fEarthing
up potatoes diminishes the product and
retsrds the ripenine of the tubers. Long
experiments in England have proved this
fact-that hilling up the potato will re-
duce the crop one-fourth."


MANY methods of preserving eggs
have been recorded, but that used on
large scale in the provisioning of Paris
is described as the most sure. The eggs
are plunged in wire baskets, each hold
ing a dozen, in cauldrons of boiling
water, during about minute. a thin
layer of the egg coagulates on the in
ner surface of the shells, and prevents
the infiltration of air, which is speedily
fatal to the freshness of the egg.


PoTATeEs should be kept in the dark
Rural housekeepers do not need to be
told this, but many others who live in
towns and cities should know that po-
tatoes exposed to the light for a day
only have their favor injured, and the
longer exposed the worse they are
Never use greenish one.
Year: 1869

THE COMMISSIONER appointed to take testi-
mony in the New Orleans Farragut prize money
cases will be ready to make his report to the
Supreme Court OF this District about the 1st
prOximO.
Year: 1869

Our thanks are due to our contemporaries for
their kindly notices Of THE STAR, and its pro-
prietorship, on the occasion OF its donning its new
dress. We shall try to deserve all the handsome
things said OF us.
Year: 1869

Gentlemen of the City Councils, what about
the canal? Congress and a host of visitors will
soon be here, and this filthy ditch is not pleas
ant thing to present to their eyes to elicit crit-
cism
Year: 1869

ACADEMY OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND
ART.-F0r some months past several of the
leading minds i'm various departments of learn


ing have been engaged in the formation Of an
institution to secure cooperation and concert Of
action in the advancement and diffusion of
knowledge. Last night they completed their
organization, and are now ready for work. They
Year: 1869

1t Is said that OF the greatest men in this
country-notcd for his piety, ctc.-caught himself
In the act of swearing when he found weak vinegar
always furnished him at the table. TO prevent
others from falling Into the same sin, Messrs PIz-
ZISI s Co. have supplied themselves with lot OF
French vinegar something extral, which they
offer to the public; and we advise our readers to