smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Since our notice of the extraOrdinari-
ly large rat at the police station, with
voice ike n human, we have heard many
rat stories. One, told by a reliable
gentleman, we think worthy of repeat
ing. He says some weary ago he was
living at a farm, the barn of which was
burned, and with it many rats. Some
of the little fellows escaped, however,
with serious injuries, and took up their
abode under piles of lumber near a creek.
At this place the strange circumstance
he tells of occurred. One came out,
drank and returned with a straw in his
mouth. Walking up to the lumber, he
pushed this straw under, and presently
another came out holding the other end
of the straw The first then started for
the creek, leading his companion (who
was afterward found to be blind) to the
water After the blind one had drank
they returned in the same manner. The
gentleman says he witnessed the pro-
ceeding, and viii vouch for the truth OF
the statement.-CO COElIngblts (GG.) E15gltiT-
pY--S7y1l
Year: 1879

There is not a saloon in Colorado
Springs. Its temperance principles have,
however, greatly injured the city and
retarded its growth, without preventing
the free consumption and sale of liquor.
The drug stores have their back shops
all fixed up for use as bar-rOOms, and
do a thriving business out of show bot
ties labeled 81 tincture of alcohol
met particularly solid advocate of the
temperance policy in one of these places
recently, and having obtained his ac-
quaintance previously, l felt free to ask
him if the tincture wasn't imposing on
him. He had a stiff glass of whisky and
sirup in his hand. Said he: q As cit
izen ] am a temperance man. l believe
in keeping the town clear of liquor sa-
looms. As an individual / admire good
whisky And / had no doubt of it af-
ter seeing him drink. That's what tenn
perance amounts to here.-COLoradO Cor.
Boston Herald
Year: 1879

RHODE ISLAND SUCCOTAsH.-Goo
succotash wants tender young corn.
Have a dozen ears, and remove with 4
sharp knife the kernels. If your corn is
tough, do not cut too close to the cob
String a quart of young beans, and cut
them in three. Boil the beans with the
corn in half a pint of water. Boil for
three-duarters of an hour. When cook
ed, cover closely, add piece of butter,
a teaspoon of salt and some pepper. If
cream is obtainable, add half pint at
the conclusion.
Year: 1879

The old house stood in an unfrequent-
ed lane; how unfrequented was evident
from the grass-grOwn wheel-track in the
middle and the half-effaced foot-path at
one side. 1t had a melancholy aspect,
the old house, as it gaZed out at the
fields with its blinded and closely-shut
windows. A long, untrimmed briar-
rose tapped with its riotous withes on
the front door, the little yard was choked
with weeds, two or three missing panes
had been mended by squares of pasted
paper; there was just repair enough to
avert look of squalOr and not sufficient
quaintness to achieve the picturesque.
Still, the yellow sun and the sweet aiI
of September bathed the shabbiness and
lent peaceful air to the spot, and the
same blue sky arched above which over
hangs earth's fairer places. Nature
knows no favorites. Her free bounty is
shed for all, and her sweetness reaches
and communicates itself to unlikeliest
hooks.


Forlorn rs the old house was, it wore
n delightful look to one pair of eyes
those, namely, of young woman who
was driving down the lane in light
country wagon, with Il companion of heI
own age and sex beside her. They were
city girls, lodging for few weeks in a
neighboring village, and this was one OF
many drives they had taken together,
partly for enjoyment of each other and
the scenery, and partly with a view to
possible bric-a-brac, of which one OF
them was an enthusiastic collector.
They had taken the turn into the lane
with the expectation of finding a human
habitation beyond, and when the old
house caught the eye of Matte Mason,
the bric-a-brac fancier, an exclamation
of rapture broke from her lips. The 9th
er girl did not notice it ut first. She was
dreamily regarding the hedge-rows, and
hlimmino to herself.
Year: 1879

Always best when rare-famIly broils.

 The catalogue of library speaks volumes for itself

 What the country wants-lots of summer boarders.

 The Grant boom has turned out to be bug a-boom.

 The merciful man now ties up his dogs jaw in wire.

 A St. Louis oculist denominates his business as hcye art.

 When a coblcr beats his wife he does it with shoemakers whacks.

 It takes mighty brave man to accept an invitation to a sewing society.

 A nice little boy calls himself Compass because he is boxed so oft cn.

 When the flies get troublesome you can rely on it that swarm weath CT.

 A,three cent stamp becomes a cent stamp after you have mailed your letter.

 Why is a young wife like hinge? Because she IS something to adore. We are beginning to find out that there is nothing so rare as day in June.

 A New York girl swallowed a pin and died. She had never swallowed a Plnafore.

 Adam and Eve knew naught of the sweets of paternity until they began to raise Cain.

 Laundresses watch for the first white vest of summer as the lover for the coming of his mate.

 The lightning of the husbands purse is invariably followed by thunderclap Tn the family.

 But I will not finger long on this point" as the preacher said when he sat down on the carpet tack.

 Picknickers are not falling into the river with sufficient frequency to give interest to the season.

 Many of the negroes who were affected with the Kansas fever have returned to their native heat.

 There is great trouble with Mount Etna this season. The Italians can not keep the crater quiet.
Year: 1879



 The new army appropriation bill passed, the house on Wednesday. It was so modified in it's political features as to present directly the issue as to whether federal troops should be used in influencing and controlling political elections. As Gen. Garfield and other republican leaders has previously declared their opposition to such use of the troops there was not a decent pre- text for them to oppose the passage of the bill, and therefore it passed without any organized opposition. But there were a considerable nun

 Der of republicans who vehemently declared that they were in favor of using the troops for that purpose, and bitterly complained that they were not permitted an opportunity to discuss this feature of the bill. They chided Gen. Garfield for deser- ting the party on this issue, and threatened the vengeance of the stalwart senators when the bill should go to the senate, where de bate could not be cut off by the pre- vious question. It now seems prob able that the wrangle on thls issue will be confined to the opposing fac tlcns of the republican party.
Year: 1879

The gay world moves at Paris, and American girls are in the thick of the whirl. A New York lady met an Italian count in that city, and subsequently, renewed the acquain- tance at Rome. An engagement of marriage was agreed upon, and the future countess returned to Paris to get her wedding garments. The count ascertained that hls fiance had no money of her own, and would be depentent upon her brother and sister for whatever they chose to give her, and that the amount would not, according to the European fash ion, be settled upon her before the wedding day. He therefore wrote to the lady whom he had pretended to love, saying that hisIparents were opposed to the match, and he could not therefore marry her. She will consequently, be obliged to return to Amrrica without having her name inscribed among the beauties who have won titled husbands.
Year: 1879

New York Sun: The Republican minorities in the Senate and Tn the House of Representatives, combin- ing with the Fraudulent President, and pushing him to an abuse of the veto power, have declared that the majority shall not control legislation, and that the public service shall starve unless the minority be allow ed to dictate the conditions upon which supplies are granted. In other words, the Republican contem, plate a revolutionary proceeding, by which the underlying principle of free government may be ovcrthrown and the majority deprived of it's right to govern.
Year: 1879

It has recently been discovered that the skin of an Irish potato con tains very active poison: and it is said that the water Tn which potatoes are boiled is an effective remedy for the destruction of animals, such as lice on COWS and horses. One appli- cation is said to be sufficient, and the method of applying it is to bathe with the water. If efficient, the remedy is certainly valuable.
Year: 1879

Drunkenness in Sweden and Nor way is cured in the following man, ner: The drunkard is put in eriso, and his only nourishment IS bread soaked in wine. During the first day the prisoner recieves the bread and wine with much pleasure. On the second day the food is not SC acceptable. After that he takes his food with great repugnance. In general eight or ten days of this treatment suflices to produce such a disgust ot liquor that the unhappy man is compelled to absolute ab- stinence. After leaving prison his drunkenness is radically cured with an occasional exception, and the oder of liquor produces an inyinci ble repulsion.
Year: 1879

The London Lancet, in a recent number


points out the difference between the effects
of hot and cold baths. The effects of the
cold bath, it says, being mainly due to i'm
pressions made upon the cutaneous nerves.


the notifications of the cold bath largely de-
pend on their power of increasing its stimu-
lating action. The colder the water the more
violent the impression. The frequent change
of water, such as is found in the sea or in
running streams, increases the stimulating
effect. Great force of impact, as when wa
ter falls from a height or comes forcibly
through hose upon the body; the division
of the stream, as seen in shower baths and
needle baths and the addition of acids or
salt to the water, all act, it would seem, by
increasing the stimulating power which the
water eXerts upon the cutaneous nerves.
Warm baths produce an effect upon the skin
directly contrary to that brought about by
cold water. The cutaneous vessels dilate i'm
mediately under the influence of the heat,
and although this dilation is followed by a
contraction of the vessels, this contraction is
seldom excessive and the ultimate result of
a warm bath is to increase the cutaneous cir
culation. The pulse and respiration are both
quickened as in the cold bath. The warm
bath increases the temperature of the body,
and by lesseuing the necessity for the inter
nal production of heat, decreases the call
made upon certain vital processes. and ena-
bles life TO be sustained with less expendi-
ture of force. While cold bath causes GER
tain stiffness of the muscles, if continued for
too long a time, warm bath relieves stiff
ness and fatigue. The ultimate results of hot
and cold baths, if their temperature be mod
crate, are about the same, the difference be-
ing to use the words of Braun, that ''cold re-
freshes by stimulating the functions, heat by
physically facilitating them and in this lies
the important practical difference between
the cold water and hot water systems.
Year: 1879

The recurrence of u flour dust explosion in
a mill at Minneapolis has naturally excited the
attention of fire insurance companies. Ex-
periments by two distinguished professors
have established not only the extreme inAam-
inability of this dust, but also that of the dust
of sugar and starch. Indeed, any matter con-
tanning carbon may be made explosive by re-
ducing it to powder, subjecting it to blast
of air and bringing flame in'contact with it,
Yet the flour dust would not ignite from live
Goals, nor from the electric spark a flame and
n free circulation of oxygen among the parti-
cles being necessary to produce ignition and
explosion. The necessary conditions are
found in sugar refncries, in piano and furni-
ture factories, in starch mills, in candy manu-
factories, and are incidental TO every industry
where finely pulverized matter is the result of
the processes to which the material used is
subjected The Spectator, an insurance jour
nal remarks that these explosions demon
strato the fact that nothing but covered lights
should be used in factories where large vol
umes of dust are the necessary accompani-
ment of the industry prosecuted and sec
onds a suggestion that the "Davy lamp, used
in mines as protection against the ignition
of fire damp" is the only safe one TO be
used in mills or factories where fine dust
abounds.
Year: 1879

THE wise man placeth the stock of
his gun to his shoulder before he ireth,
but the fool looketh down the barrel to
see the ball start.-ROnae Sentinel.


SAYS the Captain to Pat,


"Come, I'll have none O. that"
AS Paddy of whisky was drinking his fill.


With a satisfied sigh,


As he finished the" rye"
Says Paddy, "Be jabers, I don't think ye
ABOUT this time of the year every
third man you see pass your window is
carrying slip of some house plant that
he doesn't know the name of, which his
wife is going to keep next month, for
the pleasure of seeing it freeze about
Christmas.-Hawkeye.
WADE HAMPTON faced cannon courageous


and cool,


He charged on the fort and fought many a
But he's lived to be hove Off and kicked by a


mule.


Graphic
How to rise: Resolve you will, take
in a long breath, kick off the clothes
and make bound for the middle of the
room, cold or no cold.-Chicago Jour-
nal. The man who resolves on this
subject is lost. The only way is to quit
thinking and kick off the cover. Gin
cinn0ti Commercial.


PERSONAL---VERY. the young man in a
blonde overcoat and liver-colored hat,
who sang "The heart bowed down with
grease and hair' out on West Hill, at /
q. M, please repeat his concert this
evening at the same place, and stand
little away from the lamp-post, so the
audience can get good crack at him
with lump of coal, without endanger-
ing the property of the gas company?
A 5-YEAR-oLD son of family the 9TH
er day stood watching his baby-brother,
who was making great noise over
having his face washed. The little fell
low at length lost his patience, and,
stamping his little foot, said: "You
think you have lots of trouble, but you
don't know any thing about it. Wait
till you're big enough to get lickin',
and then you'll see-won't he, NAM
ma?''


SWEET SIXTEEN.
As Peter sat at heavens gate,


maiden sought permission,
And begged of him, if not too late,


To give her free admission.


"What claim hast thou to enter here?'
He cried with sternest mien;
"Please, sir" she cried, 'twixt hope and fear,
"pm only just sixteen"


"EnoughP' the hoary guardian said,


And the gate wide open threw;
"That Is the age when every maid


Is girl and angel too"


-Elmira Gazette.
Year: 1879

For some good instances of reasoning
in animals am also indebted to Dr.
Rae. Desiring to obtain some Arctic
foxes, he set various kinds of traps !;
but, as the foxes knew these traps from
previous experience, he was unsucces .ful.
Accordingly, he set kind of trap with
which the foxes in that part of the coun-
try are not acquainted. This consisted
of loaded gun set upon stand point
ing at the bait, so that when the fox


seized the bait he discharged the gun,


and thus committed suicide. In this
arrangement the gun was separated
from the bait b; distance of about
twenty yards, and the string which con-
nected the trigger with the bait was
concealed throughout nearly its whole
distance in the snow. The gun-trap
thus set was successful in killing one
fox, but not in killing a second; for the


foxes afterward adopted either of two
devices whereby to secure the bait with
out injury to themselves. One of these


devices was to bite through the string
at the exposed part near the trigger,


and the other device was to burrow up
to the bait through the snow at right
angles TO the line of fire, so that, al
though in this way they discharged the
gun, they escaped without in jury
the bait being pulled below the
line of fire before the string
was drawn sufficiently tight to discharge
the gun. Now both of these devices ex-
hibited a wonderful degree If what
think must fairly be called power of
reasoning. have carefully interrogat-
ed DIR. Rae on all the circumstances of
the case, and he tells me that in that
part of the world traps are never set
with strings, so that there can have
been no special association in the foxes
minds between strings and traps. More
over, after the death of fox number one,
the track on the snow showed that fox
number two, Notwithstanding the
temptation offered by the bait, had ex-
pended a great deal of scientific obser-
vation on the gun before he undertook
to sever the cord. Lastly, with regard
to burrowing at right angles to the line
of fire DR.. Rae and friend in whom he
has confidence observed the fact suffi-
cient number of times to satisfy them
selves that the direction OF the burrow-
ing was really to be attributed to thought
and not to Nineteenth Centxru.
Year: 1879

sued by Flora. The chase did not last
long, one of them quickly falling a VIC
tim to the terriers teeth, much to the
experimentalist's alarm, as his eyes
could not distinguish one rat from the
other. Looking around, however, his
mind was relieved, for there in his cor
ner was Scugg, with Flora standing
sentry before him-a position she held
until the man and the dead rat were out
of the room. When his master took q
wife to himself, new home was found
for Scugg; but the poor fellow died
within month of his removal, and it is
not improbable that the separation from
his canine friend was the primary cause
Of the rats untimely decease.


St. Pierre pronounced the mutual at
tachment displayed between lion at
Versailles and dog to be one of the
most touching exhibitions Nature could
offer to the speculations of the philoso-
pher. Such exhibitions are by no means
rare. Captive lords of the forest and
jungle have often admitted dogs to their
society and lived on affectionate terms
with them. Not long ago, an ailing
ioness in the Dublin Geological Gardens
was SO tormented by the rats nibbling
her toes that little terrier was intro
duced into the cage. His entrance elic-
tied sulky growl from the invalid; but
seeing the visitor toss q rat in the air
and catch it with killing snap as it
came down, she at once came to the
Year: 1879

Tarrapin soup lunch will be served
tonight at Freye's saloon, No. II East
Second street. All lovers Of o good
bowl Of soap made ga a mode" should
drop in this evening and ses Freye.
Don't fail to take along friend with
you or several of them If you have a
mind to.
Year: 1879

Washington, Feb. lit Is doubtful
whether the army amendment VIII be
retained when the house comes TO a
vote upon it, as change OF Blk votes
would defeat it. Fernando Wood has
openly declared his purpose to vote
against the entire appropriation If the
house insists upon making radical
Year: 1879

IT Is very strange, by the way, that
Nephew Pelton conducted the entire
cipher telegram conspiracy while in
the house Of the democratic candidate
for the presidency, and yet the latter
knew nothing of the transactions.
Year: 1879

WOMAN suffragists should take fresh
heart and courage from the victory
which eliminated in the senate yester-
day. The right of female lawyers to
practice before the supreme court of
the United States is established by act
Of congress, subject only to the sigma
ture Of the president, which is certain
to be affixed.
Year: 1879

shouldn't read that letter. He said he
would. told him he shouldn't. He held
the letter off from me in bis hand. started
to grab it and got up. He caught hold Of
my arm and made me sit down. I told him
that young man at the shoe-store seized my
arm in most ungentlemanly manner. No;
| don't think he said anything about horse
whipping Curtis till ] told him about the
squeezing OF my arm. Yes; think that
said at the former trial that Mr.. Poindex-
ter's taking me by the arm reminded me OF
what Curtis had done.
Year: 1879

A few years ago a rich young couple
were married. The brides father pre-
sented to the bridegroom a check for
seventy thousand dollars. The bride
groom tore it up, scattering the pieces
contemptuously to the wind, with the
proud and disdainful remark: Il did
not purchase your daughter"


This young man lost his. property,
which was very large, during the war.
His father-in-laW still continued rich /;
but we do not hear of his renewing the
offer of a seventy thousand dollar check
now when it would be so useful. On the
contrary, he receives his welded daugh-
ter at his luxurious home, and appa-
rently sanctions her desertiOn of her
impoverished husband.


The wife-Wife does not seem the
fitting word-meanwhile, desirous of
wedding a foreign lord, seeks the annul-
ment of her first marriage, on the ground,
among others, that she married under
compulsion, although she had lived
happily with her husband until three
children had been born to them.


We should not think this young man
would require much more experience
of the world to make him q firm be
lever in total depravity. One point at
least is settled by the case: A check for
seventy thousand dollars Is worth more
at one time than another, and it is the
least likely to be offered as present
when it is most needed.
Year: 1879

In an able article on Newspaper work
and workers" it is trUthfully remarked,
that there is no other profession but en-
Joys immunity from observation as TO
its modes. The preacher writes IN the
privacy of his study, and can cOncoct
platitudes or pad out plagiarisms that
would be the ruin of the editor and re-
porter. The lawyer consults his client
and organizes his campaign in private,
bringing into court only as much as
makes for his cause and against the cause
of his adversary. The doctor plies his pO
tions and launches in his lancet in So
cret. If the patient recover, it may be
the medicine or it may be in spite of 1t I;
if he die, it may be the pills or PrOvi-
cence, the physician is sCatheless. None
of these come to light that their deed
may be reproved.


Moreover, the work of the press
continuous, as well as constantly public
There is no rest for the weary. Space
is no more annihilated by telegraph
than time by journalism. The evening
and the morning are not merely the first
day but all the seven. Night Is annihil-
ated as to all its quantities of repOse.


Every minute of every hour Of the
tWenty-four is occupied by some workers
fsoing some work that shows itself in
the newspapers of the day and after
noon. REPETITION is as impossible as
rest. Facts are ever new. Comments
must be as fresh as facts, and the edition
is the remorseless giant that eats up all
the seconds. The making of neWspa-
pers is perpetual motion in a thousand
fields. In such a work, demanding
ceaseless effort, permitting no pause, ex-
acting eternal and ever varying exercise
it is impossible for wheat to be unmixed
with chaf, for accuracy not to be i'm
paired by mistakes, for injustice not Oc-
casiOnallY to be done.