smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

IMAGINATION The Troy Times relates the
following which may strike the reader as the
effects Of the Imagination of the boy-or OF the
writer:


"a lad named Cummings fell from car at
Whueha Wednesday, and the train passed
over bis arm, severing it. The lad, with great
presence of mind, lay still until the train had
passed, and thus escaped further injury: When
the lad was taken home his arm was brought
after him. 1t was thrown into pail when
the poor little fellow screamed with pain. The
severed limb was then placed iu box and
buried in the garden. Shortly after ne SAID
that something was crawling on the inside OF
the hand A large jar was then obtained, and
it became necessary TO crowd the arm 10, when
the sufferer fairly went into paroxysms of PAIN.
The limb was placed in a jar partly filled with
alcohol, and then replaced iu the ground. The
little fellow omplained that his arm and 6ng:
ers were in terribly cranlped position, and
that the little finger aud the next one were
growing together. The jar was then taken up
when the limb was found crowded and cramped
as described. The boy knew nothing Of the
disposition of his arm
Year: 1874

Now, the warm weather is coming, we
should look to our cellars. All the vege-
table matter should be removed from the m
except the potatoes, and they should have
the sprouts rubbed off as fast as they ap.
pear. After being thoroughly cleaned of
everything offensive in the vegetable or
any other line, white-wash them with two
good coats, and you will have sweet eel
lars and run no danger from fevers and
other illnesses arising from neglect OF
these matters. Sinks about house, which
become very offensive in hot weather,
should also have clearing out. the water
course open, and all soil impregnated
should be removed and used as manure.
No careful farmer, no good hOusekeeper
will allow any accumulation of filth of any
kind to remain or to accumulate about the
house. e.-Erchange.
Year: 1874

SAYING AND DoING.-Two bro
theirs used to 60 to school togeth-
er. One evening they thought
they should like to have q holiday
the next day so they asked their
f4thcr to give them one. He
said, II cannot because it will put
you back in your studies; mind
you 60 to school," One Of the
brothers said, eyes, I will )" but
the other said he would not, and
his father was very angry with
him.


The next day the one that bad
said eyes" played truant, but the
one that had refused went to
school. Then the father said to
them in the evening, "Both ofyou
are in the wrong; but you that
promised to 60 and broke your
promise are The worse Of the two"


Our father in heaven speaks to
US every day, and says "Do my
WILL" and whenever We kneel down
We say, "Yes, I will" Now if we
say We will do Gods will, and yet
do not try to do it, are we not like
the boy that first made a promise
and then broke it,"


Some people never pray to God
at all, and rever promise to do
His will. Perhaps you are inclin-
ed to say, "They are very bad
people" But if you pormise, and
do not try to keep your promise,
are you not worse than they?


[Paru5les for Children.
Year: 1874

Many young people think that
an idle life must be a pleasant one
but this is a sad mistake. as they
would soon find out if they made
g trial Of the life they think so
agreeable. One who is never busy
can never enjoy rest; for rest implies
a relief from previous labor; and if
our whole time were spent in anu
sing ourselves, we should find it
more wearisome than the hardest
days work. Recreation is only val
liable as itunbends us; the idle can
know nothing of it. Many people
leave off business and settle down
to a life of enjoyment; but they find
that they are not nearly SO happy
as they were before, and they are
often glad to return to the occupa-
tions to escape the miseries.
Year: 1874

The following is the platform of
the Democratic party of Tennessee:


First-That all honest labor should
be protected, and receive its just re
ward.


Second-That the burdens of the
Government should be borne by the
whole property Of the country; that
all assessments and taxes should be
equal, uniform and just, and no i'm
proper discrimination should be made
against any species of property.


Third-That we favor a stict con-
struction of the Constitution of the
United States, and insist that no power
should be exercised by the General
Government that is not clearly dele
gated or clearly implied in the neces-
sary exercise of power so delegated.


Fourth-That we oppose all mono
poles, rings and combinations formed
for the oppression Of all the people;
that we are for the abolition Of all use
less and unnecessary Offices, for a
proper reduction of all excessive sala-
ries, for the most rigid economy in
the administration Of the State Gov
ernmeut, for all necessary reforr y
the law, so as to make its execution
speedy, just and certain; that we will
hold the collectors of revenue to a
strict accountability in the collection
and appropriation of said revenue !;
that we deplore the existence Of all
Indebtedness, Federal, State, county
and municipal, and demand that no
more tax shall be levied upon the peo-
pie than shall be found to be essen
TALLY necessary for the support of the
State Government, administered on
the principles of the most rigid econ
omy, and for payment ofits just debts
and obligations. and the preservation
of its credit and honor untarnlsked:
aud are, therefore, opposed to an in
crease of taxation.


Fifth-That re favor the abolition
of the present odious national bank
ing system, and the payment of the
bonds of the Government by the is
suauce of its non-interest bearing
notes, according to contract expressed
and implied at the time ofthe creation
of such obligations, and repeal of
thepresent oppressive Federal tariff, and
the enactment of law solely with ayiew
to the collection of necessary revenue;
that re denounce all Legislation that
seeks to interfere with the individual
rights of the citizen to his own asso-
ciates, and particularly what is known
as the supplemental civil rights bill
pending before the Federal Congress,
as palpable violation Of the Constitu-
ton, intended to vex, harass, oppress
and degrade the people of the South
ern States, and be productive Of un-
told social and political evils to both
races, and which we should resist by
all legal and constitutional means in
our power.
Year: 1874

STEP BY STEp.-Life is made up
of little things. He who travels
over continent must go step by
step. He who writes a book must
do it sentence by sentence; he who
learns sentence must master it fact
by fact, and principle by principle.
What is the happiness Of our life
made up of Little courtesies, little
kindnesses, pleasant words, genial
smiles, a friendly letter, good wishes
and good deeds. One in a million,
once in lifetime, may do a heroic
action; but the little things that
make up our life come every day
and every hour.
Year: 1874

cision or tne supreme Court or Wisconsin, said
his road would at once take measures to obey the
law by The lst OF OCTOBER the date fixed in the in
junction. But the road could not live up 10 the
Potter law and furnish hrst class Accommodations
the public VIII at once take measures TO take
OF all first class passenger coaches, stop all work
on the line and IN the shops, except for repairs.
and reduce the force to minimum strength.
Year: 1874


The following is an abstract prepared by CHEF
Justice Ryan, Of the opinion OF the Supreme
Court OF Wisconsin in the case brought by the
Attorney General and the Railroad Commissioners
for an Injunction to compel a compliance by the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad Com
panies with the provisions OF the Potter law.
Year: 1874

Before the regular discussion of the
Wellsburg meeting of farmers last Satllr-
day, Judge Knapp explained the way by
which for three successive seasons he had
prevented the ravages Of the borer in his
Young appleorchard. He had before
adopting his present plan, found it impos-
sible to keep the trees free from the pest.
and with all his care he had suffered the
loss Of many, so that every season, to keep
his rows whole, he was obliged to replant
more or less. The prevention of trouble
is SO easy and simple in his case that it is
quite worth extended trial.


Three years ago he procured quantity
of tanners refuse lime intermingled with
hair and flesh. and about each tree he put
one peck. That is all Since that appli-
cation, never repeated, he has had no
trouble whatever from borcrs, although
the trees Just over the fence are as badly
infested as ever. He is confident that, be-
sides the immunity from this scomge, the
application has had the direct effect to
promote growth and general thrift. This
5prlng he expects to apply another peck
10 each tree The cost of the whole IN his
case Is less than one cent per year for
each tree, the peck coSting2 - cents and
lasting through three years. If there are
Others who have tried the same substance
in their orchards, We should be glad to
learn how their experience compares with
Judge hnapp'~ Elmira Advertiser
Year: 1874

Backwards look along my path


\ pleasant path by lawn and lea.
The thrush and linnct sing no more,
No longer huns the summer bee.
The flowers are fled the leaves are dead
On shrub and tree.
Forward look along the path


That |, alas, have still to tread
A drearv waste, vague shapes of pain.
Are there. that fill my soul with dread.
Better than trace that Woful space
BE With the dead.
Upwards | look beyond the way


That l, forlorn. have still to go
The cool dews fall from the golden stars
That glide where t4mpests never blow,
Nor sounds of SighS ascend the skies,
Nor tear drops flow.
Year: 1874

Potash ON POTATOES, ETC. Scribncrs
Magazine for March says "A series OF
experiments made by Professor Vile. in
France, shows that the diseases that attack
the potato are in part the result of a de-
ticiency in the supply of potash in the soil.
For five Years i'm succession the Professor
planted potatoes in the same soil without
any fertilizer; to other plots of ground he
added fertilizers that did not contain pot
ash. In all these cases the potatoes be
came diseased in the month Of May. while
on the other plots where potash was sup
piled in sufficient quantity, the plants
We're healthy and yielded an excellent
nrodurt
Year: 1874

pEl MING TOMATOES That tomatoes
are benefited by pruning we have not the
slightest doubt, and we yearly practice it
in our own gardens. Some recommend
and others practice cutting off all the tops
of the plants, to which we most strongly
object. rs we are satisfied that such a
course is very injurious to the plants, as
We'll rs to the perfect ripening Of the fruit,
As the tomato begins to grow, select say
three or four Of the strongest shoots, pinch
Ill the others out. should there be any, by
the finger and thumb, close to the main
stem. When these four branches begin to
show fruit, Il small lateral branch will
show itself immediately at the next Joint
These should all be pinched out as fast as
they appear, letting no shoots grow at any
time, but the .olT main branches referred
to; by 50 doing, whether the plants are
tied to stakes on laid on the ground, we
have always found that we secured a lar9-
er, finer and at the same time heavier
crop than We could by any other process
obtain EN.
Year: 1874

The Republicans affect the temper
snce dodge out West. In model Mas
sachusetts, Government officials spend
government timein intimidating liquor
merchants into the active support of
the party by purse and vote. See the
telegraphic definition of Butlerism else
where.
Year: 1874

1t was not the blundering printer
this time. By careless slip of the
pencil we classed the Chattanooga
Times politically with the knoroilIe
Chronicle. And Kirby viii be wanting
to wash out the foul wrongin our hearts
Year: 1874

SECRETARY DELANo returned to
Washington from Ohio yesterday.
Such is the brief chronicle Of the cleo
trio wire. The way these heavy men
do bob around is lively. We can, we
think, boast of the friskiest government
ON oarfb
Year: 1874

Now, by st. Paul, the work goes
bravely on. Our Morristown dispatch
may seem rOse-colored to those who do
not appreciate how great a revolution
Civil Rights has wrought in East Ten
nessee. Maynard staggers under such
a load as he never shouldered before.
He finds himself at sea in his own sec
ton. without rudder or compass.
Year: 1874

WE have sometimes thought that there
was something in the ownership Of real
estate which makes men hard and sharp.
Perhaps it is the taxes, or the insurance
premiums, or the tenants who commit,
strip and waste, or do not pay up prompt
ly. But when we hear Of a soft-hearted
landlord, we feel that his name should be
emblazoned in these columns. Only in
this case we do not know his name. But
he lives at Chicopee, Mass, and they
knew it there. When he heard OF the
reduction of wages in the manufactures,
he at once reduced the rent of his tenants
one-half 1t isn't intimated that he is
insane and we are willing to believe that
he is pre-cmpting one Of the "many
mansions " which are more desirable than
the choicest corner lots or brown-stone
fronts in this transitory world.
Year: 1874

SINGULAR DEATH.-From the San
Diego World, we obtain the following
particulars in regard to the death of n
Chinaman in his search for abalone meat,
which is delicacy much priced by the
Celestials


Fung Chou, professional fisherman
known among Americans as "Chowder,"
started out to the Coronadas in his boat
to hunt for abaone meat. OF course his
movements can only be surmised by the
event. The suppositon is that he moor
ed his boat and began his quest. Chow
der" saw an enormous abalonc in cleft
of the rock, in place covered with wa
ter when the tide was in, and, throwing
himself on his stomach, he dropped over
the ledge to wrench the delcacy from its
fastness.


Abalones are univalvular, and if one
happens to not wrench it loose at once it
often closes its single she'll on the rock,
prisoning the spelling hand, and causing
inexpressible agony. This was poor
Chowder' S" fate. AS his evil star would
have it, the abalone was unusually large,
and the poor Chinaman, unable to release
himself, must have early realized that he
was doomed. From his position, leaning
over the rock, he could not obtain any
leverage by which, at the sacrifice Of his
hand, if need be, he could tear himself
free.


One can imagine the agony suffered by
the poor wretch as he waited long hours
for the rising of the tide which should
end his misery by death, We can fancy
him making a struggle for his life, strain
ing every power, and struggling fercey
to release his mutilated hand, as the tide,
rising inch by inch, approached his face
turned down compulsorily to meet it.
The ineXorable waters, however, shortly
did their work. When the Chinaman's
body was recovered by a brother Celes
tial, his dead hand was still clutched in
the remorseless grasp of the abalone that
had so terribly avenged the invasion of
its rocky home.
Year: 1874

TIE young Christian men Of Indian
apolis are in danger Of losing their faith
in such human nature as goes about beg
ging. A member Of an association Of
such recently listened to the pitiful tale
of two children who wished to obtain
money to bury their dead mother. lie
accompanied them to wretched hovel,
occupied by rough coffin and what
seemed to be their deceased mother. He
left S. for present needs and departed
with a sad heart. Bcthinking him Of
something to say to the sorrowing little
ones, he turned back and,found the corpse
sitting up and counting the money which
the youngsters had gathered during the
day.
Year: 1874

AN instance of rare honesty, and show
ing how n dog may desire to pay his
board bill, recently occurred in Fitch
burg, Mass. A lady saw dog frequent
ly about her house, picking up odd bits
which had been thrown out, and one day
called and fed him. Next day he came
back and as she opened the door he walk
ed in; deposited an egg on the floor when
he was again fed. The following day he
brought another egg to pay for his din
ner; and on the fourth day he brought
the old hen herself, who it seems had fail
ed to furnish the required egg.
Year: 1874

They say-ah. we'll suppose they do.
But can they provo the story true?
Suspicion may arise from nought
But malice, envy, want of thought.


Why count yourself among the "they"
Who whisper what they dare not says
They say-but why the tale rehenrso,
And help to make the matter worses
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;


And is it not n noble plan


To speak of all tho best you can?
They say-well, if it should be so,
Why need you tell tho tale of woo?
Will it the bitter wrongs redress,
Or make one pang of sorrow less?


Will it tho erring ono restore.


Henoeforth to &C. go and sin no moref"
Year: 1874

IT has been found out why some peo-
pie cannot sleep. 1t is because there is
an accumulation, mainly of carbonic
acid, that accumulation being favored
and controlled by the reflex action of the
nervous system, which thus prevents
the organism from manifesting its nor
nal functional activity through a sue
ceeding rythmic period. We should not
think a little thing like that would keep
one awake. Persons who can't sleep,
however, should put some of the above
things into their organism before retir-
ing,
Year: 1874

PRETTY WELL FOR A PURITAN.-A
New England boy, seeking his fortune in
the West, writes home that he has Joined
three churches, of various faiths, for he
is persuaded that this is the way, not only
to secure the patronage of The best people,
but also to have hand in all the fun that
is going. Piety pays in the West and is
popular Boston Transcript.
Year: 1874

THERE was a furious wind storm in Tue every place that was not about air and water tight. It was followed by a heavy rain which was as welcome rain as any we ever heard fall. The week has aver aged clear and warm but rains fell in the surrounding mountains.

 Yesterday there was rain in the adja- cent mountains but none in Tucson. The air is clear and not very cool this morn ing.
Year: 1874

IS always supplied with an ample variety of well-cooked food. No eXaggeration in this. Stage passengers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all un- acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information
Year: 1874

THERE will be good music at the Park Gardens tomorrow Sunday evening, and Mr. Levin invites the public to come and listen to it and be happy under the green trees and amidst the beautiful flowers.
Year: 1874

TIE village council made several good orders this week. The one requiring lot owners to pay up their delinquent taxes for survey and purchase of land, or have the property sold at auction, is cne that ought 10 be enforced to the letter; and the one regarding the opening of Meyers street north of Congress, Is timely. Notice is given of the time and place for the sale of the use of court-house plaza for ten days during the feast of San Augustine. The Catholic church and public school author ities are to have deeds for certain tracts of land on the easiest terms.
Year: 1874

speak of the duty of American Christians
to make the Centennial the occasion Of
such demonstrations as win exhibit their
sense of obligation to the God of our
people. There is sense in which this
is emphaticaily Ch1stiGR people. and
it is well that all proper occasions should
be seized upon to make proclamation of
the fact to the whole world. Some relig-
ious associations have already taken steps
toward identifying their work with the
growth of the country BY putting forth
special effort during the year 1876. 1t
would be good thing if every institu-
ton marked the year as the era Of a new
career of usefulness.


1t is now many years since the Amer
lean Bible Society made a specific bust
ness Of simultaneously supplying every
destitute family in the United States
with copy of the Word of God. 1t has
the ability, the energy, the men and the
time to signalize the Centennial year
which is also its Goth year. with the re-
supply of the whole land. The friends
of the Society would rally with enthusi-
asm 70 the grand enterprise, and do it
with thoroughness unexampled in any
previous period of the SOciety's history.


Each benevolent institution might in
its own way make its mark for good up
on the country in which it has flourish
ed. These are the nations bulwarks.
Righteousness exalteth nation and SIN
is its reproach. Let then the Church in
all its strength and beauty, and with its
hundreds of instrumentalities for good,
celebrate with grateful offerings to God.
the hundredth anniversary of American
Independence.
Year: 1874

1t may be taken as one ofthe common
est mental experiences Of most men, that
fact, and especially name, which
they endeaFor to remember. which es-
eapes from the determinate effort of rec
ollection. often suddenly jumps. as 1t
we're, into the recollection without effort,
after they have been thinking of other
matters Dr. Carpenter explains this
BY the theory that the part Of the brain
used IN storing up and reproducing past
impressions Is not the same part Of the
brain which Is engaged In the conscious
ness Of those impressions. or in the con-
sciousness of their reproduction and
that after the seat Of consciousness has
given up It's futile labor. the seat of
memory unconsciously continues its ae-
tiTitY, and Ehen it has uneonsciously
brought It's work 70 successful issue it
communicates the result to the seat Of
consciousness then. and not before, the
fart Is consciously remembered Upon
this We must remark that the conscious
effort to command the memory, without
guide or clew. is generally and singular
II unsuccessful In result The only way
to succeed in remembering some forgot
ten thing is to seek some clew. some
thread Of ideal association which may
lead US TO it. The direct, bald effort fails
for the simple reason that the attention
Is fxed upon the effort, and not upon
the idea sought Withdraw the effort
and The attention fixes upon the idea
The memory Of the thing was IN th'
brain, must have been there al the tine
/ or It could never again have been re
membered. Memory Is latent power
and always unconscious Recollection
| is the mental activity which opens th


cells Of memory 70 the consciousness an


recollection. therefore must always b


conscious. That sny portion Of brain
work is done unconscsonsly in the act Q
recolleefson. Is theory TO which We ca
not subscribe without far stronger eyl
deoce than any which we hare Jet see
: addueed-
Year: 1874

cup, and, after finishing his breakfast,
he left the table. AS soon as he had
gone, lady who had sat next to him
arose, and, taking up the cup, went to
the hotel proprietor and offered to pur-
chase it of him at any price and the
unwashed egg-cup, containing the
broken shell, is now kept by her as 8
souvenir of the great novelist. "