smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Woodchucks is a very curious animal.
It is made of hair and eyes and has two
front teeth,and can see man with gun
when the eyes are shut and bolted
have seen dog shake a woodchuck till
both were black in the face. A wood.
chuck can snivel up his nose, and show
his teeth, and look as homely as can
without trying. They sit on one end
and eat with the other. A woodchuck
can get home faster than a gun can
shoot. He is round all over, except the
feet, which are black. When eaten they
retain the flavor of their nests, and seem
to have been cooked without being par.
ed. A fat woodchuck, when eaten prop.
erly, is no laughin' matter. They come
under the head Of ssdomestic animals" !"
and think there amt no place like home
when a dog goes for one of 'em.
Year: 1877

There, are, perhaps, more individuals
who ascribe their weakness of sight to a
use OF their eyes under an insufficient ar
tificial illumination than to any other
cause. In great many instances this
may not be strictly true, but there can be
no doubt that faulty artificial light is one
of the most productive causes OF certain
class of injuries, to which the eve can be
exposed. The two sources of trouble with
the ordinary artificial lights are-first,
that they are not pure white, and second
ly that they are unsteady. The first defect
is found in all artificial lights except the
lime, electric and magnesium lights the
second especially in candles and gas. The
yellowness is, In a measure counteracted
by using, in the case of lamps and gas,
chimneys OF a violet or blue tint, and the
largely by employing an Argand burner.
All things considered, German student
lamp furnishes the most satisfactory light.
The next best is gas with an Argand bur-
ner. The chimneys of both may, as above
suggested, be adyantageously of light
blue tint.


The position of the light in relation to
the body is of great importance. If





should. by preference, be of ground or
milk" glass. never of colored glass; the
light may stand directly in front of the
body and the work be allowed 10 lie in the
light under the shade, which will protect
the eyes from the glare of the flame. If
no shade is used the back should be turned
to the source of light, which ought to fall
over the left shoulder. The same rule ap-
plies in the management of daylight
In this case the light should come from
behind and slightly above, and fall direct
ly on the work. whence it is reflected to
the eye. 1t shou never fall directly in
the face.


The light in the room during sleep is
also not without its influence. As rule,
the room during sleeping hours should
be dark; and, in particular, care should
be taken to avoid sleeping opposite win
dow where on opening the eyes in the
morning flood of strong light will fall
on them. Even the strongest eyes are,
after the repose OF the night, more or less
sensitive to the impression OF intense light.
The eyes must have time to accustom
themselves to the stimulus.


Attention should be called to the inju-
rious effects that sometimes fellow read.
ing on railroad cars. On account of the
unsteadiness of the page. reading under
these circumstances is exceedingly trying
to the eyes, and should never be persisted
in for any considerable length OF time.


During convalescence from severe ILL.,
ness the eyes are generally the last to re-
gain their lost power. Especially is this
the case with women after childbirth, and
too much care cannot be taken to put as
little strain upon the eye as possible at
this time.-Dr. s. NJ. Burnett, IN Scribner.
Year: 1877

Is the discussion as to the injurious
effects of Hungarian grass never to end?
Every year we have accounts Of stock
injured by eating it, and no doubt thoI
are based upon facts; but it is equally
true that by far a greater number are
annually injured by corn aud oats, and
vet no account is made of it. We have
raised and fed Hungarian hay to all
kinds of stock for ten years and have yet
to notice the first case of injury arising
from it. 1t is much more nutritious,
bulk for bulk, than any other kind OF
hay, and if fed in too large amounts may
do harm. !fallowed to become too ripe,
so that the seed has formed, it may be
possible that its small and hard grain may
be injurious, but we have never found it
so. With proper and reasonable care as
to the amount fed no danger need be
feared.
Year: 1877

Mortality statistics, showing the aver,
age duration of lite among persons Of va
rious classes, are often faulty. In Mas
sachusetts such figures are more carefully
and accurately obtained than almost
gnywhere else; and the following table
is the result Of very recent Investigation
in that state:
Year: 1877

CHRIS NJ AS.
History and Observance of the Day


in Many Lands.
TIE TRAGEDY or WILD SWAN GULCH
How the Gospel Game
to Jim Oaks.
A SOLEMN HOLIDAY GIFT.
HOW New York Will Share
in the Festival.
Year: 1877




Every Description Of Real Estate
In section of country unsurpassed
for health, scenery and fertility. 1t
is remarkably free from all malarious
and pulmonary diseases. Its pure
bracing air, fine springs Of fresh cool
water, short mild winters and long
seasonable summers, its gentle noun
tain slopes and rich valleys its forests
and fields, its flowers of spring and
varied hues # autumn,-al combine
to place this region of country in the
front rank of superiority and beauty
to the colonist and home seeker.


We continue this week our list of
the very attractive properties for sale
by this agency, in both the far famed
Piedmont and Valley regions of Vir-
ginia.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the star.


LOUISVILLE. May 29.-rhe weather
yesterday was very fine, the crowds
large. and the racing magnificent. The
following is the summary of the three
Year: 1877

But for the pluck of young and pretty woman the other morning there would have been an exciting scene in a local train on one of our railroads.

 The blustery condition of the morning made people don theii clothing with an unusual degree of alacrity. The young lady referred to took the train, and having settled herself in seat com menced to review hastily-made toilet. Feeling something move behind her she gave an indignant look at the young man who occupied the seat with her, supposing that he had placed his hand upon the ground sacred to the latest style of hustle. A crawling sensation quickly convinced her that something other than human hand was threading the mysterious mazes of the garments beneath her red petticoat.

 She followed the object with her hand until it made semi circle around her body, and then seized it. Had the young man dared he would have assisted her, but those striped stockings, that had just cost seventy.fve cents, were not to be profaned by mans rude touch. Pale as death, the young lady whispered to him to raise the window quickly. He did so, and supposing that she might have eaten something for her breakfast that did not agree with her, instantly hopped out of the seat. Scarcely had he done so, when, with her other hand, she drew forth huge rat and slung him into the middle of next July. The ami nal had probably got into the hustle as roasting place in the early hours of 8 very cold morning.
Year: 1877

We don't wish to say much about it, but even a skirmish with an editor must be written up. After reading our article last week, Dr. Bently came and inter- viewed us. He brought a few friends along to see him eat us up, with his hands tied behind him. He did not like the reading of our last article, and we don't blame him, for there were few sayings in it which were little severe. But he locked arms with us, and we waltzed around the room with him to the tune of high words, and to the in, finite delight of the spectators. His hands were not tied very tight, either. There were numerous chairs and other furniture in the room which were speedily demolished and put out of the way. The doctor got frantic and kicked over two- gallon jug of ink, which of course we didn't like, because it was new ink, and besides it spoiled the looks of the floor. We took the doctor for a sponge and mopped the ink UP as quickly as possible That's what made the doctor mad. He then showed over a chair and we rolled around for while, and then we began to feel like fight, and we don't doubt but what we would have had quarrel very soon but the doctor suddenly concluded he didn't care whether we took back what we said or not, and as there was not any prospect of our taking it back right of, he concluded to quit just as We had got ready to begin. After the whole affair was over we felt sorry that it had begun, but as it WAS none of eur insti. gating we could not help it.--RuA City (Afmn) Post.
Year: 1877

About fifty years ago family named Bubier went into the Maine forest north of Lewistown and cut themselves of com plstely from civilization. Recently they were discovered by correspondent of the Boston Globe. Their novels were scattered about in the patches of cleared land which they had made. The va- grant family had multiplied into several families, including over fifty persons, and was dwelling in poverty, ignorance and sloth. The log houses were unpro- vided with anything that could con tribute to human comfort. There was no furniture except blocks and pieces of log. But one person could read, and he wouldn't. Not book or scrap of printed paper was to be found in the place. None of the younger generation had ever been to the nearest town. All were profoundly ignorant of the world, and devoid of either religion or morality.

 They obtained precarious subsistence
Year: 1877

The question as to how far the Drain exercises an influence on the motions of animals has been engaging scientiflc men for years. Dr. Broca was among the first to investigate the subject; he proved that when man was deprived of the faculty of speech by 8 stroke of apo plesy, there invariably existed lesion 2. the very same spot in the brain, viz, in the anterior region, and on the pos terior side of the third frontal circum- yolution to the left. Hence the con clusion that this was the seat of the faculty of speech in man, and thus one was led to conceive special place for every intellectual action. Fritz, Hitzig, Terrier, Carville, and Duret, the most prominent among those who have treated the question, operate as follows: They take off part of the skull of dog, then apply electric wires to different parts of the brain thus laid bare, and watch the motions produced. Certain points cause none, 50 that it is not the whole brain that acts on the muscular system, but only special points. Terrier operated on monkeys in the presence of the Lon don Royal Society. According as he touched various parts of the cerebrum, the ape would shake his fist at the pub lie, raise or stretch leg, or cut faces. It was shown that in the monkey the center of motion of the tongue answered exactly to that to which the faculty oi speech pertains in man. From all this it follows that the surgeon may now know precisely the point of the skull at which to apply the trepan. Thus, not long ago, man was brought into the hospital St. Ansoine. He hal received blow on the left temple, and, on coming to himself again, could only speak with difficulty, and then he would call fork an umbrella, a lamp hat, and 80 on

 Moreover, his right arin was half par alyzed. The surgeon at once knew what he had to do; be applied the trepan te the proper spot, and hit upon piece ot bone that compressed the brain. Thi' splinter was removed, and the patient al once recovered the use of his right arm A few days later his tongue was freed from all impediment, and he left the hospital perfectly cured.-GalignanT Messenger.
Year: 1877

Place the frame where the bed is to stand, fronting to the south or south west; mark the ground all around on the inside of the frame, then remove the frame and dig out space about eighteen inches deep, and replace the frame, which will rest immediately on the edge of the pit. Then procure some stable manure, which ought to be fresh from the stable, and place it in heap. Shake every forkful well, mix the long manure with the short. Now begin to fill the pit :; when you have shaken in dung to the thickness of five or six inches, beat we'll down and so on till the manure is about nine inches from the top of the front of the box; now see that it is quite level, and put on the sash. The heat will be- gin to rise next day, and on the second day 1t will be ready to receive the earth, which should be dry, not like dust, but not too wet, and should be rich and fresh. The bed should be filled up about six inches with it; then put on the sash and let them remain twenty-four hours {; then take them off and stir the earth we'll. The earth is to be level, not slop- ing like the glass. The glass is sloping to meet the suns rays, and carry of the water. The earth which was taken out of the pit should be put around the out side of the frame so that no water will run into the bed. When ready to SOW the seed, take off the sash and make little drills from the back of the bed to the front, drop the seed along the drills regularly, cover all over smoothly, write the names of the seeds and date of sow ing on small piece of paper put in the cleft of little stick, and stick it into the ground at the end of each drill, and put on the sash. The main principle is to give always as much air as the plants will endure, taking advantage of every mild day to remove the sash for this pur- pose. If they have not enough air they will grow up spindling, and will have small seed leaves, and indeed, if too much deprived of air, will die. Let them grow strong rather than tall short stems and broad, dark green seed leaves are signs of good plants. Out of hun dred failures in hot bed culture, ninety nine arise from giving too little air. When it is necessary to water, do it with watering rot that does not pour out heavily. Water at sunset and shut down the sash tight. Should high winds or sharp frost set in, protect your beds with straw or straw mats.--Practicdi Falp,er.
Year: 1877

She was fond of conundrums, and when she learned that muller was Latin for woman, she thought she had good one. So she asked her husband what was the difference between herself and a mule. And, as he had been married several years, he was too thoughtful to trouble her by guessing, but kindly re- marked that he had never been able to see any.
Year: 1877

Press forward the spring blowing as often as the condition of the land will allow. Follow immediately the blow with the harrow, also break the clods and Jumps with roller. There is great art in blowing. The furrows should be straight, well turned, of even width, and depth, say seven or eight inches if stiff soil with hard pan under the turned soil, be sure and break it up by the sub soil blow if the sub-soil be poor do not turn up more than few inches, and the sub-soil pie will loosen the bottom of the furrow, for purposes of drainage eri- fication and filtration. The furrows should not set up, nor lie flat, but lap over the next furrow see that the tuif is covered and that eveness of depth be strictly secured, and that all the land be cut by the share. It is too common a practice with lazy plowmen to let the blow slip over hard places, and shun deep and soft ones; by which means those spots that require the deepest cul- tivation are only skimmed and their sterility increased, solely for the want of more exertion on the part of the plow- man. The masters eye is mo where more wanted than in the field that is s5eing plowed. It is better to blow we'll half an acre than badly one acre.
Year: 1877

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 Ratsing Calces.

 MT. T. B. Miner probably churns the milk which accounts for his proposition to feed buttermilk. Much said by this gentleman is true; but as l have had very great experience in England and in the United States in raising calves, and as the trade with England is likely to cause much more raising to supply the meat for exportation, l will add few remarks. It is very easy :5 raise calves by hand, when there isno cheese made, and the cream oD'y i. churned, the skim milk is all that is required, as tEe calves will do much better not to have any thing mixed with the milk. I have raised calves for forty years, and fed them ten years before that, for it was my job from the age of ten to help the servant girl feed the calves.

 In England the raising is done by let ting the calves suck for week, and then warming the skim milk, which is sweet there when skinned but twice a day is quite sufficient for feeding, and in winter the calves have hay and some turnips cut, as soon as they will begin to eat, which is geneally when about a month eld-the Alderneys week or ten days sooner.

 The least troublesome way is not to let the calf suck at all, as it will take to drinking the milk in few minutes after trial. Give the mothers milk warm from her for the first week; then give skim milk. little warmer than new milk, night and morning, and when grass comes let the calves lie in a pad dock with shade in it, and they will eat as much grass as will do them good and this is all they will require if they can have about six quarts of the skim milk every morning, and the same quantity at night. When three months old they will do very we'll on any good pasture, but they will grow faster if the milk is continued longer.

 When cheese is made the whey has to be given, and that is poor feed but some thing mixed with that, as Mir. Miner advises, will do good, care being taken to give little at first, to guard against securing. I have raised a great many on whey, and given nothing but what the calves could pick from managers or troughs; though in these cases milk was continued longer from the COW, and some mixed with the whey the first few feed ings.

 Ofall the stupid ways of raising calves, the custom in the south and southwest, of letting them suck at milking time, beats others, for the COW will not give her milk down till the calf comes to her, and there are thousands of poor, ignorant men and women who think cows can not be milked without the presence of the calf, and have no idea of using more than one hand at time in milking.

 The time is approaching when all the heifer calves will be raised, and then the cream will be skinned of and churned, and the milk given to the calves. Then the importance of using the best, pure bred bulls will be felt, and the country will be enriched by the sale of meat, in. stead of sending corn and grain abroad - Working Farmer, in Rural Ne,, Yorker.
Year: 1877



 competition, but had not at first any idea of Aske's real motive. When the mill was finished he "loched" the stream and thus, as his mill stood higher up than Stephens, deprived him of the water whenever he felt disposed to io so.

 "He had no right to do this" Of course he had not. He knew that very well, and quite anticipated the lawsuit which would follow. But in the mean. time the Aske min kept Stephens virtu- ally idle, and Aske was making money enough to defray tho expenses of the weary lawsuit which was fast crippling Stephen in all of his resources.

 Every one knew that Stephen was right, and at first he found many SUD- porters But it was Aske's policy to wear out Thirske, and as month after month and year alter year went on, and Stephen grew poorer and poorer, and more desperate and unreasonable, even his friends gladly seized the pretext of his imprudence te desert him.

 At the end of four years he was ruined, and the presence of the mans wife who had ruined him, in his house, was no peculiar comfort. One night a strange longing for his son came over him; he was in so much trouble that he could not put away his anxieties even to soothe Lydia, and leaving her and Ada to find what comfort they could in each other, he went to seek Mary Hutton.

 She still lived in quiet street of small
Year: 1877

THE New York Herald discusses the
philosophy OF Rev. DR.. Tying, who be-
lieves that the soul is most easily oper-
ated upon when the stomach is emf
nently comfortable. 1t is to be pre-
sumed, from the admirable idea which
DR.. Tying has elaborated into working
order, that he has little faith in talk
ing temperance to men with empty
stomachs, or preaching to them ser
mons while the hunger pangs are sting
ing them. And hence it is, no doubt,
that he adopted the principle of max
ing those whom he would convert into
righteous ways feel satisfied a little
with the world around them before
asking them to be happy and content
ed. This was manifest recently when,
at five o'clock, about five hundred men
crowded into the basement hall of the
church to attend temperance meet
ing, all of them knowing that before
the hour fixed for DR.. Tyng's usual
evening sermon in the church they
would all have partaken of an excel
lent supper. This supper is the idea
upon which DR.. Tying has been work
ing to get five hundred young mos
every Sunday evening to attend a tenn
perance meeting and to listen to q SER
mon. Most of those present at the
recent meeting were young men be-
longing to the working classes, very
many of them having the appearance
of clerks out of employment.
Year: 1877

TEE fact that much excitement pre-
walls in Washington in congressional
circles will amount to nothing in few
days. The willingness of the Demo
Gratis to admit the honesty of Supreme
Court judges, and the consequent
adoption of the electoral bill, was the
movement which encompassed the
Democratic party in ruin. While some
chafe under chagrin, others are quiet,


and . majority will remain so. Even
now an appeal to honor suggests that
the Republican party in the future
must succumb before the perfdious-
ness of its present course, and Demo
Gratis claim that two years hence the
nation win rise, en- nsasse, and rebuke it
at the ballot-box. There are not few
who assert that the Democratic
party is now in Q far better
condition to triumph in the fu-
ture than if Tilden should become
president. II iniquities could doom
party, and sink j. N influence and
Year: 1877

The opponents of local option claim
that the city Will be ruined by its
adoption. Who maintain the people
of this or any other city Is 1t not the
country people, and would not Austin
or any other city or town be depopula-
ted in week if these country people
should not recognize them IN a bust
ness capacityl The country people are
the supporters of city people. TIE in
tercourse is mutual, it is true, but
those of the country can live without
the other. They have studied their
interests and know that local option
would be blessing to both country
and city, and hence the country people
are almost wholly in favor of prohlbi-
ton. They know their substance is
wasted by whisky; that the burden of
supporting paupers falls, in the end,
upon them, and they desire to see an
evil suppressed, which degrades and
impoverishes all. And these country
people are not alone. In Austin it will
be found that immortality arising from
whisky must be suppressed, and feel
ing this its people will go hand in hand
with those of the country, and then our
community can begin to bid adieu to
hard times. Let it remembered that
we of Austin must not indulge in in
toxicating drinks when In doing so we
simply drag down those upon whom
we depend.