smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Mr.. Darwin might turn to some account
a story which il told in the German pa
pers about the manner in which an intel


igens dog adapted himself to his condi-
tion. a deaf and dumb lady living in q
German city had as companion younger
woman, who was also deaf and dumb
They lived in a small set of rooms open
ing on the public corridor of the house.
Somebody gave the elder lady little dog
as r present. For some time, whenever
anybody rang the bell at the door, the
dog bsrked to call the attention of his
mistress. The dog soon discovered, how
ever. shat neither the bell nor the barking
made any impression on the women, aud
he took TO the practice OF merely pulling
one OF them by the dress with his teeth,
in order to explain that some one was at
the door. Gradually the dog ceased to
bark altogether. and for more than seven
years before his death he remained as
mute as his two companions" When
expression By sound was useless, 1t fell
with him into absolute disuse.
Year: 1878

GROWTH or MAN.-Obseryations re-
earding the rate OF growth of man have
determined the following interesting
facts: The most rapid growth takes
place Immediately after birth, the growth
of an infant during the first year being
about eight inches. The ratio of increase
gradually decreases until the age of eight
years, at which time the size is half OF
that which il is TO become when full
grown. After five years the succeeding
increase is very regular till the sixteenth
wear, being at the rate for the average
man about two inches a year. Beyond
sixteen the growth is feeble, being for
the following two years about two-six-
teenths of an inch year; while from
eighteen to twenty the incie tease in height
is seldom over one inch. AT the age oil
twenty-five the growth ceases, save in a
few exceptional cases. 1t has further
more been observed that, in the same
race, the mean size is little larger in cit
les than in the country, fact thst will
pe received with doubt by many who
have come to regard the rustic as the
true model man.
Year: 1878

-Messrs. Goodman & Yerxa will occu.
py their elegant new store in United Block
next Monday. They have the llandsomest
and one Of the largest dry goods houses
west of St. Paul, and both the store and
immense basement are filed with goods.
They have adopted an innovation in the
way of dry goods counters which is very
attractive. The tops of the counters, of
which there are three, each one thirteen
feet long by three feet wide, are of
beautiful French plate glass, combining
counter and show case in one. The
grocery side Of the houie is also fitted up
very handsomely and conveniently for
that branch of the business, Messrs. G..
s. Y. have been at great expense in fitting
up their store so nicely, but will undoubt.
edly find their reward in largely in
creased trade.-Fargo Times. This firm
is business all over, and it would pay our
citizens to drop in and see their stock
when they 60 down to Fargo. They
believe in advertising, see another column
of the ALERT.


We were offered 800 for the control
of the columns of the ALERT until after
election, which we cannot see; while two
Of our chums Of Democratic persuasion
kindly offer to relieve US of editorial
duties, so that we can go hunting They
are couple of wags of first water, and
would have the ALERT in mourning,
inverted column rules, and all that, obit'
uary notices of the proprietors, the Re-
publican party, and what not. The Offer
is VERY generous and might create de-
mand for that particular issue, but We
might be like the editor for whom Mark
Twain edited paper, in having six duels
and seven slander cases to answer, besides
several horse-whippings to take, when
we get back. The offer is politely, very
politely, rejected.


The roads leading here from the
west are still doing very large business
but the roads leading from this city tc
the east have any number Of idle cars
Most of the grain for the eastern sea
boards goes by lake. As long as this
state of affairs continue further advance
in st-bound freight rates is out Of the
observation-disclosures Tribune.


| Under the call of the Grand Master
the Masonic brethren of Dakota contrib
uted something over six hundred dollars
to the relief of the yellow fever sufferers
of the South.
Year: 1878

about ten years, without taxing the peo-
pie of the county dollar for it. At the
end of that time the county will all be
settled up and we'll developed, and all
the land in it will be taxable. Not until
then can a handsome and commodious
court house be built; the only kind that
Stutsman County should build. suggest
then to defer building court house now,
but provide as I have mentioned for the
present by building four good brick
stores for renting, and use the second
floors for the county offices. r. R. G.
Year: 1878

JAMESTOWN ALERT:


Please allow one interested in Stuts-
man County, to suggest to her present
citizens to make haste slowly to decide
upon building court house! One could
not he built in 1879 at a cost to exceed
$4,000. And what pity it would be
for the County of Stutsman to have an
unat,ractive and inferior court house,! In
ten years, when every acre of land in the
county has become taxable, and when
Jamestown, now only small village, has
become city of several thousands of
inhabitants. a handsome and commodlous
court house would be built at cost of
$4,000 if none is built now. To supply
the needs of the county until such time
that court house can be built that will
be both an ornament to the future CITY OF
Jamestown and a credit to Stutsman
County, l suggest the borrowing of
$4,000 with which to purchase the lots
and to construct thereon business block
Of 100 feet front, with depth Of about
- feet. Such block would make four
good stores for renting, and the second
floors would furnish room for six Offices
and court room. The stores would
readily rent for enough to pay and more
than pay IL per cent. interest on the
borrowed money. In this way the county
would be sufficiently provided for fol
Year: 1878

election carried It successful issue. 1t remains Tor
show that that result will conduce 10 the best inter-
ests Of the city by securing better administration


its AFFAIRS aud real popular representation ana conro


in party organization and cement. To these end
beg assure yOu my earnest efforts will be devoted
Year: 1878

Early in the morning, if the n ght ha:
been cool, boxes can be removed with very
few bees in them. II they are removed in
the evening, and placed Eear the hive, mos,
of the bees will crawl out into the hive
during the night. Bees take kindly to the
prize box, and so does the grocery man
honey had to be very plenty before bee:
would work in the old-iashioned box placed
upon the honey board. The prize box
which is only little frames fastened to
ge,her to form a box, is placed across the
hive with its openings corresponding with
the passages between the frames. 1t seems
to suit the bees' fancy, and they occupy il
at once.


Our Fruit Takes shc Front Rank
Year: 1878

The L. L. & q. Ral Id Company refused
TO operate their road Setween Lawrence and
Leavenworth for this reason, as they said, II
did not pay. Anthony brought suit, and
compelled the company 70 operate their road
Chase County Leader.


There was never a greater fraud attempt
ed upon the people of Kansas, than the at,
tempt now being made by George T,'s Or
gans to prove that he is the friend of the
people and the enemy OF monopoly. The
above paragraph from the Chase County
Leader is sample OF the argument used,
and is as baakarced falschood as ever was
uttered. The Governor did make a pre-
tense OF doing something in the matter OF
the Galveston road; he made great deal
of fuss and noise, but this afterwards proved
to be only Tor the purpose of binding the
people to the real truth of the matter, which
was, that he was selling them out, body and
soul, TO the railroad. Instead of compell-
ing the company to operate the road, as his
organs claim, he not only did nothing of
the kind, but he agreed to a compromise
which, may prevent the local authorities
from compelling the road to do its duty.
The L. L. & c., road is operated now pre-
cisely as it has been operated for years, as
Kansas City line purely, and not as a
Kansas road, in any sense. 1t does not
pretend to operate that portion of its line
between Lawrence and Leavenworth,
though its charter says distinctly that it
shall be operated "as continuous line from
Leayenworth to the south line OF the State, y
and the Kansas Pacific train from
Leavenworth cannot even make
connection with it at Lawrence,
If more than twenty minutes behind time.
The road violates the law every day, and
violates il with the consent OF the Governor.
who, under a pretense Of making the road
do its duty, has sold out the people and
their interests to the corporation. And the
other "big things" done by this great re-
former are generally on par with this.
They are nothing but wind.
Year: 1878

The New York He0Ifs Berlin letter
gives an admirable account Of the meeting
of General Grant and Prince Bismarck, a,
the German Capital a short time since
We make a liberal extract from the letter
this morning, and you will find it full oi
interest
Year: 1878

If you want Wilson Sewing Machine
do not buy until you have read THE TIMES
offer. Send for IN illustrated circular.
We are shipping hundreds, to every part
of the West. We give you a single machine
for what il co.ts Us when buying one hun
drod, and paying cash for same
Year: 1878

TheTe is railroad from Salt Lake City
to the lake, which runs bathing trains
every evening, by which the denizens Of the
Mormon metropolis are enabled TO disport
themselves for an hour in the salt water, by
an outlay OF twenty-five CENTS
Year: 1878

had passed through hesvy and refreshing
shower The air was much cooler than
had been for nearly tSo week, and We may
expect during the mex: 10 hear OF a general
improvement Of people generally.
Year: 1878

We read description the other day Of 4
butter cooler, made of a flower pot, and
saucer; the saucer was filled with water, L
small plate OF butter in it was set into the
water, and the pot after being water soak
ed was inverted over it, Il wooden pia in
serted in the hole in the bottom OF the pot
served as a handle. The evaporation even
from that kind OF earthcn ware, is saili
ciently rapid to keep the butter quit" cool
during the time Of one meal.
Year: 1878

Those of our fruit growers who ship their
own fruit by rail TO distant markets should
see to il that their iruit boxes, baskets or


crates are rigid enough to prevent the


weight Of other freight that may be piled


on or around them from pressing in the
sides OF the packages and bruising the con-
tents Much fruit is rendered worthless by


being bruised i'll this manner and the ship
per wonders why it is that his loss ia so
great If your crates are of the o5long
kind that are in general use, do not fail To
have partition in the center, and this
center partition Is just Is necessary in the
o5long baskets that are now coming into
use. \ little care in packing on the part
Of the shipper will save him many dollars.
Means Of Inducing Natural Sleep.
Year: 1878




The growth OF atr,e or vine Is not g u-.r
ally understood. In spring, before rh"
leaves appear, it warns into active life, aud
the sap begins TO circulate with 4 force that
wauld carry it above the topmG,t twi:s 81
Of the tree, or, ii We stretch up vina to
its full length and cut the top, the sap viii
How out. By the power Of capillary at. =.
ton? No. by the power OF life, the sam"
the blood flows through our veins. When
the leaf comes out, President Black, of
Massachusetts Agricultural college,
says, the force is reversed !;
instead of an outward pressure
there is an inward suction. Here then is
one office of the leaf that We should always
bear in mind; it is to suck up the water
through the pores of the bark OF the roots !;
and the gases which the leaves have in
hailed assist 10 carry the growing material
TO every part Of the vine, including fruit
and root. Like the steam engine, with it,
water its steam and its condenser, the vine
with its water, It's germ, its material being
condensed into wood, bark and fruit. The
old leaves of May and June get too old in
August and September to work briskly; the
vine needs young leaves for work in the lat
ter part OF the season, and ii We let the vine
have its own way it will have them.
Year: 1878

Bantams, provided they a.e all they
should he in point. and other qualities, are
more desirable the smaller We can get them.
They have been obtained by systematic
course Of dwariing for many years, in the
hands OF experienced breeders. To secure
heavy, large, and growthy fowls, We must
hatch early and feed literally TO accom-
plsh our object, but with Bantams the re-
verse is the case in almost every particular
They must be Matched late in the Matching
season, which is usually in July and Au-
gust, while the system OF feeding must not
tend toxards forcing, else you will surely
have overgrown specimens. Never set
your Bantam eggs under large hen, or
you will have the sorrowful experience of
having about nine-tenths of them crushed,
or perhaps the other tenth too. Let the
Bantam hen set on the eggs.
Year: 1878

The washing of stems and large branches
OF trees with 4 solution OF carbolic acid,
soap dissolved in lukewarm water, and a
portion OF the flour OF sulphur mixed with
it, is good method for destroying the in
sects. The best time To do the washing is
after the spring opens. Ii will then stick
to the trees, and when the insects come out
the poison kills them in their infant state
and by that the foliage and fruits of the
trees may be saved.
Year: 1878

Fruits gathered IN Tie afternoon are less
acrid than when gathered in the morning,
because fruits are ripened by the conversion
Of the acid they contain into sugar, and,
since this requires the aid OF light and heat,
the intervening hours between morning and
afternoon produce the difference in their
ripeness.
Year: 1878

Now that the sunstrokes are all over, we
beg to suggest meeting of the st. Louis
Medical Society, to ascertain il any two
doctors can be made TO agree as to the na-
ture, cause or cure of the malady which
afflicted 90 many Of our people last week.
II the doctors would only talk we could
get up bigger row among them than was
witnessed among the preachers last winter,
during the time of the Great Controversy.
Year: 1878

TIE following we clip from the Mar
shall (lowa Times, as the lady alluded to
is one Of our Lincoln county girls, whose
success is earnestly desired by people who
know her worth:


"Of all the teachers who have left or
contemplate leaving this city, none will
be missed more than Miss Kate Tupper,
who has labored so long and untringly,
and with such marked success. She has
met with many obstacles, and been en-.
numbered with embarrassing circumstances
arising from family difficulties, but above
all and through all she has passed tri-
umphantly, carried by the most lndomita-
Bile will, until she has not only by her
pluck and energy, but by her brilliant al
tainment, lady like bearing and womanly
conduct, gained the respect and affections
of all who know her, and the place she
will leave in their hearts will not easily be
filled. We regret that circumstances have
made it necessary for her to leave our
schools and hope the matter may yet be
abridged, and none regret this more than
the board themselves, who will find it a
difficult matter, if not impossible, to find
person who will fill her place so accept
able rs Our Kate"
Year: 1878

1t is now understood tnat the Pembina
Company are ready to fulfil their part Of
the ? contract to bridge, tie and iron
the road from Calliope to Beloit, provided
the requisite amount for purchasing the
ties is secured to the company, and the
road bed graded. The full amount of tax
estimated for the purchase of the ties was
not voted, leaving deficiency of about
$4,000, to this amount is to be added the
sum required for grading. Six weeks
since or before the McGregor surveys
were made, the people were anxious and
were subscribing literally tow ards aiding
the Pcmbina Road. The running of the
lines Of the McGregor, and the Pembina
Company delaying action as to assuring
the finishing Of the road if the grading
Was done has in q measure diverted atten.
ton from the enterprise. 1t is to be re-
GREETED as much valuable time has been
lost and when the farmers could and
would have turned out pretty generally
and labored. Harvest is near at hand, and
the enthusiasm has in a measure abated.


But if the people will consider the mat
ter carefully we believe they will admit
the peccssity of renewing their effort and
do all in their power to aid this prof
ect


The uncertainty OF the route Of the NC
Gregor and the still greater uncertainty
as to tho time Of its extension beyond
Sheldon places that matter iii q position
that to depend upon that road for some
time to come is hazardous. Admitting
that when built il will be preferable and
more beneficial than the Pembina, would
it not be suicidal to refuse aid to the latter
on the strength of a mere chance, that at
some indefinite time in the future, the
former road may come or be built upon
one of the lines lately surveyed. In these
DAYS of rush and quick action, one is sure
of no road until he sees the smoke0f the
engine; lines are run and even grades cs-
tablishcd and some freak or cause turn
the completed line in another direction.


We can have the Pcmbina now by
little exertion, and we believe the build
ing OF that will hasten and ultimately
bring the McGregor, for they could both
be of mutual benefit and interest to each
other, and of incalculahle advantage to the
people of the Sioux Valley.


We don't believe IN eXhaustlng your re-
sources in aiding this one enterprise,
neither is it needed, give a portion no@
and secure one road, and by the time the
ether is ready to move you will be i'll far
better condition to aid that and in the
mean time be rcaping the benefits that
railroad will confer


We apprchcnd this is the last cali and
final move tor the PembinN extension up
the Sioux River, and it now lays with the
people themselves whether they hayc it or
not
Year: 1878

Track laying is completed to within
eleven miles and half of Sioux Falls, and
by Saturday night only nine miles will in
tcrvcnc between US and the end of the
rails. The bridge across the Split Rock
was finished last Tuesday evening. This
being the most difficult spot on the line,
its completion is matter of considerable
qualification.


1t would be an easy matter at any time
for Mr. Vincent, the contractor, to COM
plctc the line to Sioux Falls in fourteen
DAYS, ifhc could have all the ties necessary
but the wet weather has interfered with
getting these out Of the woods. and the
work has neen delayed in consequence
thereof. But it is confidently expected
that this difficulty will be removed by the
last of this week, after which track laying
will progress without interruption, and to
lay mile day would be no great diff
Guilty.


There is still no question that the road
will reach us by the Fourth OF july, ana
the communities along the line, which
contemplate cXcurshing to Sioux Falls on
that occasion, arc warranted i'll making
their arrangements accordingly. II ever
they had full grown welcome in oil their
lives, they'll find it in Sioux Falls if they
will only come.
Year: 1878

Sioux FALLS Pantagraph, -: "The
crop reports from all our surrounding re-
gion agree in the staemcnt that there never
has been in the history of the country
such prospect for monstrous yield eve
rything that was planted. We have been
preserved from calamity of every kind,
and the fields are laughing in their luXu-
rance, JUST as if they knew they are in
Dakota and they seem inspired with gen.
eral feeling Of gratitude that Is manifested
by every living thing in all the region.
Year: 1878

E. T.. Carpenter went down to Sioux
City Friday morning to meet Col. Wicker,
who was expected home that evening. All
are anxious to learn the result Of this in
tcrview, as it wilt doubtless determine the
matter as TO the extension Of the Pcmbna
road to this point
Year: 1878

The committee to locate the grounds
for the Fourth have selected place east
Of the road leading from lower to upper


Canton. It is upon the south bank Of
the River and affords ample room for
speakers stan! and seats; also, for az So
rod race track. 1t is proposed to erect an
awning protection from the sun, and un-
der which the dance at night can be held.
Year: 1878

given in paper read by Dr. Edward G.. Lo-
ring before the county medical society of New
York. OF 2OOO pupils carefully examined in
the New York schools, l3 per cent were found
at six and seven years Of age to have defec-
tive vision, while the proportion Mt ~ and 81
years had increased to nearly 40 per cent The
Germans are particularly noted as n nation of
spectaclc-wcarers, and no less than 90 per
cent Of the German children who pass through
the public schools have their eyes affected by
the process In America DR.. Loring thinks
the percentage of myopic variation up to the
time of puberty is greater even than in Ger
many. And this alarming increase of weak
eyesight is largely owing TO our compulsory
educational system. The eyes are particu-
larly susceptible to injury in the period of
rapid development between the tenth and iif-
teenth years. when children are first under
going the stress of earnest study at school.
Later on, if myopia has not already set in,
the eyes become more hardened so to speak,
and capable of severer use. To overcome
this national tendency to near-sightedness it
is suggested that school children shall have
the burden Of study lghtenod during their
most plastic years. repairing what may be
thus lost by severer application after the be-
ginning of the sixteenth year. 1t is observed
that the English adhere more closely to this
plan than other nations, and that consequent
ly as q people they are comparatively free
from the spectacle plague.
Year: 1878

The NIHILIsTs OF RUSSIA get their name in
about the same way as Yankee Doodle be-
came the title of our oldest National ART
was given them in derision by their enemies,
and they adopted it. 1t is said that they be-
lieve in nothing and that their aim is to de-
stroy all existing institutions, social, political
and religious. Upon the hoped-for ruins
they propose to erect-nothing so that the
name is as good an one as any other, and
their acceptance of it was about the most con-
sstent act of their record. They represent
phase of the communistic idea that is growing
in impudence if not in strength in all civil
lied countries, and is one of the issues to
which the wisest craftsmanship and the most
unhinching social conservatism will have to
be devoted in the near future. Curiously
enough in Russia, where education if hardly
up to the general European average and far
below the standards that prevail in America,
the type Of communism is far higher in the
scale of brains and social prominence than in
any other country. 1t must not be mistaken,
however, for anything else than what it sure
ly is, one of the most dangerous expressions
of communism. In Europe and in this coun-
try this fallacious and fanatical political mon
strosty constitutes one of the questions of
the hour. Our statesmen and our social sci
entists have a problem here which will tax
their best powers, but it must be met square
ly, effectively and promptly.