smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

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There are many nuisances encoun-
tered by the farmer IN this part of the
world which do something to countervail
the surprising loveliness of the climate.
Of these ants are one. Frequently food
can be preserved only by being suspended
in sacks, or placed in cupboards with
their legs standing in vessels of water.
The native Californians scrape all the
grass out Of their yards and tramp the
ground down hard to keep the ants away.
Choppers are sometimes driven from a
tree by the amazing multitude and the
stencil Of them. They collect great
quantities of grass seed into their holes,
leaving the chat on the surface, and
these chaf heaps become quite re-
source for stock in the winter.
The heas have given rise to
fashionable folly known as
the " California wriggle," which
even young ladies practice in
the presence of their lovers. In the
high mountain regions, strange to say,
and around the salty lagoons Of the bay,
mosquitoes are so intolerably bad that
men often wear mosquito bars on their
heads On the portion Of the plains
overiowed in the wet season, gnats are
so thick that many people live for weeks
in smoke, with their hands and faces
lacerattd by themselves to bloody
blotch In the coast valleys and the in
terror BASIN, ground squirrels swarm in
countless hordes, honey-combiDg all the
surface of the earth, and devouring
every green thing, unless the farmers
make banded war on them with strych-
nine pot, shot gun, trap, sulphur smoke,
water and all conceivable devices.
Summer brings plague of impalpable
dust which peuetrates even into watch;
winter, plague of fathomless mud and
OF miriDg down.
Year: 1875

DoN'T BE TOO SENsITlvE.-"Thefe are
some people, yes many people who are al
ways looking out for sights. They can not
carry on the daily intercourse of the fam
ily without taking some offense. If they
meet an acquaintance on the streets who
happens to be pre-occupied with business,
they attribute his abstraction to something
personal to themselves, and take umbrage
according. They lay on others the fault
of their own irritability. A fit cfindiges-
tion makes them see impertinence in every
one they come in contact with. si


Innocent persons, who never dream OF
giving offense, are astonished to find some
unfortunate word or momentary taciturnity
mistaken for insult, To say the least, the
habit is unfortunate. It is far wiser to take
the more charitable view of our fellow
beings, and not suppose slight is intended
unless the neglect is open and direct. AT
ter all, too, life takes its hues in great
degree from the color of our mind. If we
are frank and generous, the world treats us
kindly. If on the contrary we are suspi-
cious, men learn to be cold and cautious to
us. Let person get the reputation of being
touchy, and everybody is under more or less
! constraint, and in this way the chance of ali
imae einary offence is vastly increased"
Year: 1875

Two valuable dogs tried to eat up
a little Atlanta girl the other day, and
one Of the Atlanta journals expresses
the mild hope that she may recover.
The dogs, meanwhile, are looking for
another small girl to lunch on.
Year: 1875

LATER advices swell the number of
lives lost on the steamer Cadiz to 90.
The Cadiz was out of her course in CON
sequence of a misreckoning of her cap
tain. She struck a rock and sunk almost
Immediately.
Year: 1875

CHICAGO is badly sWamped financially.
The delinquent tax list foOts up So. $780,
600, and the city is borrowing money to
meet the deficits in its treasury by rea-
son of the shortcomings of taxpayers.
But worse than that, it is acknowledged
that if all the delinquent taxes were
collected they would not be sufficient to
pay the outstanding liabilities of the
city not provided for in the funded
debt,
Year: 1875

The number of passengers saved from
the il-fated steamship Schiller was
only fifteeI out of total of two nun
dred and fi1Uy. The loss of life, all
told, will reach fully three hundred.
Year: 1875

There is an odd, haIf-crazei woman
wandering from place to place with a
maid aud courier. They call her old
Miss Herman, and tell how the bride
groom died in church on his wedding
morning, but they do not know all. No
one ever guessed the contents of the
little note tina was swept away next day
when the church was swept, or guessed
why Paul Redlaw died.
Year: 1875


"This do In ,emcmhrnncs of Me-,
''But how could we e'er forget Hint" we said


in the long ago,
But we knew not ourselves and others, AZ
since we have learned to know;
We never could be like Peter, We never could
fxthlcss prove,
So We thought in the joy and freshness TINT
came with the dawn of love
But now We must hide our faces, and sorrow


for very shame
OF the change that has made ms colder since
the day when we knew His name.
Oh, green were the pleasant pastures. and


rapid the light young feet,
And the songs of the happy pilgrims were
tender, and glad, and sweet,
And We chung to the mighty Master, and


never would let HIN go,
And we feel that He stayeth with us in the


seasons Of pain and woe.
But how eau we still the longing for the days


that We knew of old
And what can we do who are feeling that the


love of our hearts grow cold
But messenger is coming to us, like tho


words of long loved psalm,
And over our restless spirit their stealeth a


heavenly calm;
For the master invites us nearer, and asks if


we love Him still,
And YOU know how the Saviour's whisper


the hearts of His friend can thrill;
And we find we have not forgotten the Lord


who will not forget,
So VIC blend IN our joy before Him, and feel


that we love him yet.
We gather about His table---will He look as


in days of yore'
Oh nothing has ever changed Him, the Lord


who our sorrows bore.
And if only we had the courage to gaze in


His shining face,
We shall read for ourselves this message of


pardon, and love, and grace;
And He says. as He comes to meet us, with


the tender, familiar smile,
Come near to Me, remember Ny lovo for


little while.'
Oh, Master, Thy love is mighty, and how


can we keep awayl
We need Thee as much as ever in the dark or


sunny day,
We have listened to many voices. but none is


80 dear as Thine,
We have looked in the face of others, and


longed for eur Friend Divine;
Now keep us forever with Thee, until, in


Thy home above,
We drink the new wine Of the kingdom, and


render Thee love for love.
Year: 1875

CUTTING GRAIN EARLY.-So
long as the plant is alive, even
after it apparently stops growing
it draws upon the soil for more ash
constituents, particularly the
phOsphates. When grain is cut
early but not to soon, the kernels
fill out and ripen, taking the phos,
pilates, &C., they require from those
already absorbed by the plant.
Hence, it is less exhausting to the
land to cut early than after grain
is fully matured. Practically, this
fact is most valuable in indicating
our treatment to corn and of oats
both of which, cut up green, will
ripen their grain, while the haulm
is better fodder and much more
relished by stock than when it
stands until the grain is fully ma
tured.-N. Y. Tribune. .
Year: 1875

SAVE TIE SOAPSUDS.-HOwever r
deplorable washing day may be to
the household (and the careful
house mistress or tidy maid has it
in her power to greatly modify it's
,iiscomforts), to the garden it is u
very bountiful day. Our hungry
and thirsty grape vines and flow
rrs are glad of every drop of wash
water, and will repay every bit Of
fatigue it may cost us to give them
this fertilizer. If the sun is shining
hot when we go out to dispense our
favor, it is best for us to dig slight
trench not far from the root of the
plant, and pour the water into it,
aud cover again with the top soil.
This makes the water go farther,
and at the same time does not
tempt the rOOtlets to the surface of
the grOund.-Dutchess Farmer.
Year: 1875

The Van Buren Press and some other state
papers are commenting on the letter pubiished
ia the Sunday Republican two weeks ago,
which charged that one OF the clerks OF the
last house of representatives Was selling sta
tionrry supposed to he gobbled" " from the
state. The papers want the proof they say.
and the name of the clerk. Very well as the
letter is dated in Benton county, that gives
the name To all 10 know where the clerk comes
from. As to proof we have the original letter
on file in the office and II is ut the service OF
any one authorized to demand proof, with the
name of the writer signed to It. Now let
these papers shut up or get the right man to
call for the proofs.--L. Il, Republican.


The Little Rock Republican short time
since published letter, purporting to be
written from Benton c"uuty. charging one Of
the Clerks o! the last Democratic Legislature
with stealing stationery. Chief Clerk Gauld-
ing denies emphatically the soft mpeach-
ment on his part. and the Pres, with other
papers in the State, demanded OF the editor of
the Republican the name of the person who
done the stealing. He crawlshes out, as
above. leaving us to infer because the letter
Is dated at Benton county. that the culprit Is
from that locality. II the Republican has the
proof as it claims. what harm Is there In
making it known and the party implicated.
Price should have the manlincss to either
speak out and give the name with the proof
or acknowledge he has been sold by a over
jealous confederate and slandcred an honest
man.
Year: 1875

These are lovely days. TO be sure they
aro hot; but what, that, if we can only per-
spire with a good conscience? What differ
ence, whether the weather be hot or cold, il
we have done, and are doing our duty in the
state of life in which we are placed II we
are as submissive and mceh, as we should be
we will not grumblc or find fault with the
seemingly adverse or unpropitious circum-
stances by which we are surrounded. II we
are Kind and amiable, We shall find no fault
with any of the occurrences of life which
seem to be detrimental to our interests, If we
are charitable, in the noblcst acccptatiop OF
the term, We will be happy, rather than the
opposite, because that golden. .pnioned angel
charity, will whisper, that what little We
We may loose, will rebound to the good Of
our ncighbor. Sometimes we arc blessed
while those around us are depressed with
adversity and ailliction. Then whatever the
weather physical or moral, let us bear 1t pa
tirntly, for it is a long lane that never has q
turn,
Year: 1875

W- AT the Plymouth church praycrn,cct
ing on the 10th, Rev. Henry Ward Bccchcr
created sensation by referring to the trial
said that he would still continue to act as
pastor Of Plymouth church, because he felt
that no matter what the verdict of the jury
In the case might be, his congregation would
still have faith In and stand by him.
Year: 1875

EE When a person feels disposed to
over estimate his own Importance, let
him remember that mankind got along
very well before his birth, and that in all
probability they will &c: along very well
after his death
Year: 1875

Very few, probably, of the thousands who
throw old shoes after bridal parties as they
are leaving home know anything of the
origin OF the custom. Like almost all of
our common customs its origin is ancient,
and can be traced to Bible times. It twas
then the custom for the brother of child,
less man to marry his widow, or vt least he
had the refusal of her. If he chose to re.
Jcct her, the ceremony was public. and
consisted in her loosing his shoe from his
foot and splitting in his face. His giving up
the shoe wasa symbol of his abandoning all
dominion over her, and her splitting in his
face was an assertion of independence. There
was an affair Of this kind between Ruth
ana Boaz. In some parts Of the East it
was a custom to carry slipper before
newy-mamicd couple rs q token of the
brides subjection. The custom as it exists
with us is very old in England and Scot.
land. The usual saying is that it is thrown
for luck, and that is the idea in this country,
but originally it meant remuneration of
authority over the bride by the parents.
1t was formerly custom among the Ger.
mans for the bride when she was conducted
to her bed chamber to take off her shoe
and throw it among the guests. Whoever
got it, in the struggle to obtain it, received
1t as an omen that he or she would soon
be happily married. Train, in his history
OF the " Isle of Man, says: "On the bride.

groom leaving his house, it was customary
to throw an old shoe after him, and in like
manner an old shoe after the bride on
leaving her home to proceed to church, in
order to insure good luck to each respec-
lively, and if by stratagem either of the
brides shoes could be taken off by anv in.
spector OH her way from church, it had to
be ransOmed by the bridegroom" In
Kent, England, after the couple have
started on their tour the single ladies are
drawn up in one row and the bachelors in
another. And old shoe is then thrown as
far as possible, and the ladies run for it.
the successful one being supposed to be the
first female who will get married She
then throws the shoe at the gentlemen, and
the one who is hit by it is deemed to be
the first male who will enter into wedlock.
Generally it is considered the older the
shoe the better.
Year: 1875

fond OF riding take the risk of a broken


neck, simply because his next door neigh


Dor Jogs round on horseback?


William c. Ralston did not care enough


about money to keep it after it was made


What welded him to his work was the


excitement attendant upon making i'm.


mense trades and moving millions. AS for


keeping the money he made that never


entered his mind-he scattered it broadcast


ON every side. 1t was as though q man
should pump away for dear life and all the
While have nothing but bottomlcss vessel


to hold his pumpings-yes, as though one
should pump away, with clang and noise,


out have never valve in his pump. Men
do this sometimes, for exercise. But exer.
| else Is not work. One must have a serious
purpose in view, or even the swinging of
dumb-bells avails not. And if had not
reSolutely resolved to refrain from pointing
a moral, would say right here that the
want OF a worthy purpose is just the hole
IN which William C. Ralston and his bank
went under. But prefer that each reader
should apply the great ethical blister. which
have so generously spread, for himself.
Place it where it will do the most good.
please.


William Z. Ralston was not a bad man in
reality True, he did very many things
which are commonly esteemed bad; but |
do not think that he put much heart into
them. There was little of carnestness or
vim about any of his dissipations; seeing
another person do thing he thought it
was the thing TO do and there must be fun
III 1t. lie never wanted to be counted out
on anything. In very similar way he did
much good. So did the Bank of California
1t encouraged many praiseworthy enter
prlscs, developed valuable industries, lent
Its shoulder frequently to public improve
ments, where banking institution con-
Quoted on prudent principles would not
have lent finger. On one occasion it even
lent money to me-is there need to saw
more? Then again the Bank of California
gave aid to some schemes most outrageously |
corrupt. But nature in her own way turns
most malteasanccs to good. lido not know,
however, that in such cases a credit mark |
goes down i'll the book to the account of |
individual or institution, unless good was |
intended. JOHN PAUL.
Year: 1875

TO cure horse of bride breaking, get q
piece OF BEDFORD four times the length Of
the horse and double it in the middle, and
at the doubled end make loop, through
which pass the animals tail. Then cross
the cord over his back, and pass both ends
through the halter-ring under his chin and
'io Ooth ends OF the cord to the trough
rlng' through which the halter-strap plays,
the end of the halter being attached to 4
billet OF wood Should the horse attempt
to pull back the strain will all be on tho
root of his tail before the halterstrap will
become tlghtened, and he will at once step
forward to avoid it. After so fixing him a
few times in the stable he will abandon onv
such propensity.
Year: 1875

In village of Poitou a woman, afte.
beng very i'll, fell into a lethargy. Her
husband and those about her believed bcr
to be dead. They wrapped her up in moth.
ing but piece of linen, according to the
custom OF poor people in that country, and
caused her to be carried to the burial
ground. On the way to church those who
were carrying her passed so near bush
that the thorns priclled her, and she re-
covered from her lethargy. Fourteen
years atterward she really died, at least it
was SO believed. AS they were CARRYING
her to her burial and drew near bush,
the husband cried out two or three times
" Don't go near the hedges"
Year: 1875

Along the road on either side


The elder bOughs are budding,
The meadow lands rosy tide


Ofclover bloom is flooding;
The sunny landscape is so fair,
So sweet the blOsSom-secnted air,
That when l went to church to-day
could but choose the longest way
Loud sang the bObOlinks, and round


The milk-weed flowers the bees were hummng
sauntered on, but soon found


Behind me there was some one coming.
did not turn my head to see
And yet knew who followed me
Before Tom called me" Kitty! stav,
And let me share with You the wayr'
We did not mind our steps grew slow,


Or notice when the bell stopped ringing,
Or think of being late but 10!


When we had reached the church the singing
Was over and the prayer was DONE
The sermon fairly was begun!
Should we go in, should we stay out,
Press boldly on or turn about
Tom led the way, and up the aisle


followed-all around were staring
And here and there caught a smile;


tried to think was not caring;
And yet blushed know and showed
\ face that like poppy glowed,
For every one seemed saying Kate
We all know why you are so Later
Another sunday como what will.


mean To be at church in season;
But 10 regret this morning still,


trust never shall have reason;
For should wear wedding dress
year from now, perhaps you'll guess
What Tom said to me when, to-day,
We walked to church the longest way?
Year: 1875

lie was mean man who, when asked
for his money or his life, requested the
burglar to take the life of his wife, as she
could not possibly live if no died, but he
could worry along without her,
Year: 1875

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher attended
the annual meeting of the United States
Hay Fever Association on Tuesday. TWAS
held at Bethlehem, n. H., about eight
miles distant from Twin Mountain House,
Mr. Beecher spoke at considerable length
on the subject of the hay fever, and related
many facts of his own experience in connec.
ton with this disease. lie gave it as his
opinion that the hay fever was a disease of
depressed nervous action, and that what.
ever raised persons nervous tone raised
nm above the assault of this disease. So
lar as a remedy for it, aside from the
atmospheric remedies, is concerned, the
only inference that can be fairly drawn
from the accumulated experience afflicted
with this malady seems to be that it assumes
infinite forms, and that no remedy for it
has been dicovered.
Year: 1875

JENNY LINDA London correspondent
thus describes Jenny Lind as seen at n
recent gathering: "She dresses her hair
IN precisely the same style as when in
America, twenty five years ago. 1t is but
slightly tinged with frost, and is nearly as
lull and flowing as of yore. Age has more
particularly left its imprint in the shane Of
crows feet on her chin and neck, and ot
the corners of her eyes and mouth. She
has the same blended expression of firmness
and sweetness oftemper, the same winning
smile, and the samo simplicity of behavior.
She was dressed in a dark ash.colored silk


with rich India shawl thrown loosely over
her shoulders. On her head was small
straw hat bearinga short, white plume. She
was accompined by her husband and two
lovely daughters, aged about eighteen and
twenty, looking very much as their gifted
mothre did at their age. Mr.. Goldschmidt
shows the effect of age and study. his head
beng as bald and shining as a white beam
Year: 1875

| 4 correspondent, seeking information,
! writes us as follows:


Would greenback- deterforate in value In


the inverse ratio Of s increase ii the sole paper


currency Of the nation regardless Of national pros
perity7 And would its substitution for the present
NationalBank currency not save the nation over
twenty millions yearly, without being what is called
"infation NJ


These questions are by no means new, and


they embody much Of the delusion which ex-
lists on this subject. The want of the cur
rency is convertibility Exchange for
the worlds money on demand. So long as
we have commercial dealings with the
world beyond the United States, We can
not have an exclusive currency. We export,
in round numbers, for various purposes,
about hundred millions Of dollars in gold
every year. This gold NE must hive, or shut
up shop. Our entire domestic business being
done in paper, we are forced to exchange the
paper for gold, or, in plain terms, sell the pa
per for gold. The price of the paper is the
price We can get for it, and, though We have
use for only one hundred millions to export,
the price at which we have to sell the psper
from day to day to get that sum determines
Of necessity the value Of a11 the other paper
in the market. This condition Of things
would not be changed by having all the cur
rency in greenbacks- So long IS the currency
is not redeemable On demand in gold, so long
must it continue to be sold for the needed
gold, and so long raust the value Of the paper
continue to be at its value in gold At pres
ent it fills the idea Of Gen. BUu1n, WENDELL.
Year: 1875

the Company had to encounter great deal


Of trade opposition Efforts were made to


shut it out OF the market. Libels upon it
were circulated. It Ind to sue some Of its
detractors in order to prove the falsehood of
their tales This is inevitable. Whenever
anassociation of wordngmen isstrong enough
to really compete with firms in the same line
of business there is sure to be keen rivalry.
Finally, the co-operators themselves did not
agree. There were chickering's without num-
ber. Despite an arbiration-c1ause in the
articles Of association, different members
dragged the Company into the courts, and
forced expensive litigation upon it. There
WAS once strike,-an inexcusable one, inas-
much as the method of arbitration provided
for would have settled any possible dispute
cheaply, quickly, and fairly.


The poor men who have lost their little all
in the Ouseburn Cooperative Company have
given their fellow-workers in every country
valuable lesson. Their experience ciows the
dangers of cooperation, as that Of hundreds
of thousands of other men shows it's bless
ings. Lack Of capital, debt, Ignorance, the
failure to do cash business, malignant OPP
position without and bitter dissension within,
ruined the Company. These causes must be
avoided as far as possible by other organiza-
tons in order to avoid this fate.