smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Respectfully Dedicated to Those who Never
Pay the Printer.


The Gainesville Eagle is the last
to let fly few sharp pointed and
well-timed arrows at bores and
dead beats who are always to be
found wherever a newspaper is
published. The following is to the
point, and we move it's unanimous
adoption by the press of the coun.
try:


There is not perhaps in the
whole range Of business profess
sions or callings, one that is so
little understood, and about which
there are as many erroneous ideas
as that Of the conduct, privileges,
purposes and rights of newspa-
per. From it people expect more,
and propose to pay less than they
would dare to ask from any other
business in the world.


A great many very good people
seem to forget that newspapers
are business enterprises. They
ignore the fact that a newspaper
man is flesh and blood, and that
he must eat, drink, wear, live,
move and have being as any other
human biped. They seem to for
get that be has like passions, like
necessities, like cares, troubles and
anxieties with other men. Hence,
when be differs with them, when
be expresses an opinion in opposi-
tion to their own, with warmth
and vigor, they are ready to.de-
nounce him, and seem as much as
tonished as if an angel had flown
down from the outposts of heaven
and pelted them with a brickbat.
he is expected to be above and
beyond the. small wea; nesses Of
humanity, and soar aroun3 in the
elysian fields Of grandiloquent
genius, or leisurely browse in the
vernal pastures Of pure wisdom,
and see everything as every body
else sees it, and reconcile the vast
differences of opinion of lmperious
thousands.


But it is not in this alone that
the world mistakes us. Very ma
ny, very good people, good honest
souls, who would never think Of
asking their grocer to give them
q dimes worth of cheese, will ask
a newspaper man to sacrifice his
space, pay his printers to set up
the type, and wear out his materi-
al to do them y service, and ex-
pecs him to acquiesce SIS matter
of course. 1t is astonishing how
many people have axes to grind
which from their standpoint are
"matters Of public interest,"" ant
woe to the poor editor who can
not see it in that light.


There are two or three things
which many good honest people
need to be educated to understand:
One is chat editors are human.
They are liable to be mistaken,
and arc entitled to the same char
ity as other people who may do
likewise. Second, that they can
not live on wind and sleep on
fences, and must be paid for their
stock in trade, the same as a mer-
chant or any other business man.
Think, that a newspaper does not
belong to the world at large, but
to it's owners and conductors, and
that it cannot be made u sluicebox
through which to flow all the sur
plus bile OF a community or the
trashy off sloughing Of the brain
Of every nincumpoop VINO itches
to see his name in print.
Year: 1879

There is tied in the affairs Of some
unfortunate individuals, when taken
at high water leads on to fortune: It's
when they get tied to nice little
creature with Sl00,000.to her credit.
Year: 1879

The Best Family Newspaper,


Publishes both the religious and
secular news that is desired in any
family, while all that is likely to
do harm is shut out. 1t devotes
four pages to religious news, and
four to secular.
The New YORK OBSERVER was
first published in 1923 and it is
believed to be the only instance
ot a Religious Newspaper conta1n-
its even course for Uty-sir gears,
without a change of name. doc
trine, intent, purpose, or pledge
from the date of its birth.
Year: 1879

a dry room. When wanted for use mt 70
gallons Of sweet whey (which has previously
been boiled and skimmed) into the earthen
jar, and dissolve in it a quart Of salt.
Cut % rennets up fine and put them in q
bag made out Of bandage cloth, then put
the bag Of rennets in the jar of whey and
let them soak for 10 days, rubbing them in
the liquor every day. Now take this bag
out OF this liquor and put into another jar
Of whey prepared as tefore. Use a suf-
fcient quantity Of the liquor to cause eoag-
ulation in % minutes. The Jars should be
kept in q cool place, and a little salt should
be continually kept in the bottom Of the
rennet jar; it is also well to put in a small
bag Of charcoal, as it DESTROYS all faint, and
has been used with good success in hot
weather.


SaH.-TOO much salt tends to make a
cheese dry and hard, while too little will
not preserve the cheese, and as it grows old
it will become strong and rank favored.
l always have used ''0nOndaga Factory
Filled Dairy Salt" And three pounds to
each one hundred gallons of milk used.


CleGHliHeSs-YoC must excuse me if
urge upon you the necessity Of perfect and
absolute cleanliness in every department Of
the dairy. Clean your cows udders and
teats before milking. Use none but tin
pals for milking, and be sure that they are
clean and sweet. Your vats, crooks,
strainers, curd knives, cheese presses, hoops,
pressing cloths, and in short everything
used in or about the dairy must be kept
scrupulously neat and clean if good arti-
Gle is expected as q result. Taints pro-
dueed by contact with unclean utensils,
milk from feYered or diseased COWS, or by
the milk absorbing foul odors from the
swill tub, the hog pen, or bad smelling
slops are the source Of more difficulty in
American cheese than all else combined.
Therefore, say let cleanliness be eardi-
nal virtue, and the want Of it the unpar-
donable fault of the American dairymen.
Year: 1879




Not even the COW. should receive
gentler handling than the sheep. Kind
ness is always well repaid by any Of
our domestic animals, but the sheep
being so shy an animal, it requires
special exhibition of kindness. 1tsbould
be so handled and treated as it will
never become frightened at the aA
proaeh of a person. Their treatment
should be such as that they will actual
" learn to entertain an affection for
their keeper, and if they do, they will
naturally be tame and docile. A flock
of wild sheep is about the most un-
profitable investment that afarmer. can
make. They are continually getting
themselves into some trouble, and Gsaus-
ing great annoyance, if not loss, to
their owner.


We have seen some fockmen jump
into flock and pull and haul the sh eep
by the wool until the animals were not
only half frightened to death, but suf-
fered great injury otherwise. A 81 leep
should never be caught or lifted by the
wool. Some one has said that if ny
one doubts the impropriety of lfftin g q
sheep by the wool, just let him per nit
himself 10 be lifted by the hair, and it
is a good suggestion. When sheep are
thus caught or lifted, the skin in so me
instances is actually torn from the
flesh, and if the injury is not to that
extent it cannot but affect the flesh to
some degree.


A sheep should be lifted by placing
the arms around the body and near the
forelegs. This is the easiest way to do,
especially with large sheep. To catch
the animal, the hands should be thrown
about the neck, or else the sheep should
be caught by the hind leg Immediately
above the hook. This latter may bo
done with the hand or the crook, and
when this way is adopted the utmost
gentleness should be observed, and tie
sheep gently drawn back until the other
hand can reach the neck. 1t is scarce
ly necessary to remind the keeper that
when the crook is used upon sheep
which is closely surrounded by other
sheep, that great care must be exer-
cised lest the other sheep jump against
the one caught or against the crook, in
which case severe damage may be done
-WeSteTn Rural.
Year: 1879

You say YOU do not know his name,
our friend in need and deed the same
They call him Daniel as Of old.
The name means faithful, true and bold.
When quite a youth, he studied well
The course OF law, hut fears OF hell,
Turned his Thoughts quite on that track,
And pleading would not bring him back.
His many friends would oft insist
That he should be Methodist,
should preach good news both far and wild
And mol his brilliant talents hide.
But he was handsome, proud and young,
With swapping eyes and ready tongue;
He thought his call was not Bapnslnal,
For wit withspim was paroxysInal.
From the way the Prophets went
The road has been a steep descent,
But memory hardly serves US when
He was taken from the lions den.
Broad acres then he bought and sold,
And turned his produce into gold,
But still his mind was i'll at ease
Raising pork and making cheese.
He reasoned thus: III win a name,
M pen shall spread my wOndrOus fame;
Be rich or poor, be lean or fat
I'm soft money Democrat.
Wen cage the lion, in his den,
That keeps the chair from better men.
Ine llglt Is SHINING IN the estsI
And the chain already round the beast.
That happy day will surely come,
As sure as time is rolling on,


Then, Sammy J., It's you and l;
I'll leave my office to smaller Try.
Well bid farewell to care and toll,
We will not mix with strife or brOil;
Ny friends will think I'm another man
For my bills will be paid by Uncle Sam.
Why, Daniel, wilt thou believe,
Those dogmas which will sure deceive?
In union there is strength. you know,
And might and right toge her go.
Little did Andrew Jackson think,
Democracy so near the brink,
Or that we should get the Teins in hand
And Danish slavery from our land.
The Republicans care not a fig
To control the public crib.


They work to save this mighty nation
From anarchy and desolation.


CEMA.
Ashtabula, Feb. 10, 1873.
Year: 1879

ee grCot -ge to
consumer as -sel d0dtlt ell not be-
cause as food it is cheaper than beef.
but because it increases the variety and
makes an agreeable relish. But before
consumption will be greatly increased,
the execrable stuff kept at too many
country stores must be replaced by an
article of real value. Much of the
lower grades of cheese is absolutely
unfit to be eaten. Not only is it with
out value as food, but it does harm by
disordering the digestive function.
When the cheese manufacturers see to
it that our country stores keep nothing
but the best quality of cheese, and sell
it at a reasonable margin, they will find
the popular appreciation of this article
of diet to increase very rapidly, and,
what is of more importance to them,
the amount consumed will increase in
the same proportion.-RHral NetC
Yorker.
Year: 1879

boiling point at the top the water u
came almost cold at the bottom. As
we assembled the steam became more
and more dense, we stood on the brink
of the topmost boiling pool, wet to the
skin and unable to see yard in front
of US until some friendly gust of wind
carried the vapor away. And these
occasional glimpses revealed tie most
curious sight of all. The pool was al
most regularly circular and hollow by
nature so exactly that its sides might
compare favorably with the best paved
bath in London. A mass of blue clear
water writhed and tumbled within,
now rising with burst to the height
of some twenty feet, now sinking into
a furious whirlpool The sight was
beautiful and terrible, and one could
no longer doubt that the Maories had
here chosen q fitting habitation for
their gods; indeed, who but gods could
dwell in the spot so unnatural, so un-
earthlyP Good Words.
Year: 1879

AFTER a substantial colonial break
fast, consisting of mutton in various
forms, we vent down a winding path
TO the lake, and found that the Chief to
whom we had applied had provided US
with a substantial English-built boat
and crew of six men, who did no in
justice to the Maori fame for stature
and strength. We at once embarked,
but it was a good half-hOu" before we
could prevail Cn our escort to do the
same. Whenever Maori meets Maori
they must have talk. and for the next
twenty minutes these fellows kept up
such furious jabber that we expected
to see knives and tnmahawks out at
every instant. At last they all took
their seats at the oars, and away we
started at great pace, and In less than
two hours we landed on the other side.
The warm stream that flowed from the
hot lake above was too rapid to con-
tend against in anything but light
caLOes; snd having laden two of the
crew with our luncheon and rugs we
proceeded to walk the remaining mile
to the White Terraces. The scenery
already was pretty enough, but we
we're quite unprepared for the wonder
fully beautiful sight which suddenly
burst upon Us as we turned the last
corner. A vast marble staircase rose
above us streaming with water :;
the summit cloud Of steam
Year: 1879

THE very low price of good cheese
and its production in excess of demand
have led the manufacturers into 8
serious consideration of the methods
by which the home consumption can
be increased; and this, of course, brings
up the question of the value of cheese
as food. 1t is true, Is is claimed by a
leading stock journal, that cheese con-
tains at least so per cent. more nutri-
ment in a given weight than beeff
As the two retail at nearly the same
price, this is an exceedingly interesting
question


Let us first look at the matter from
the point of production. It has been
lately shown that fattening steer and
a milch COW eat yearly nearly the same
amount of food for given weight and
time, and that the products of gain in
beef on the one hand and milk on the
other, are of almost identical food
value. In the light of such facts, does
1t seem reasonable that the cheese pro
Queer can 90 to the extra labor of milk
ing and manufacturing the cheese and
still undersen the beef producer by 931
per cent? In q time of greet depres-
sion like the present, beef as well as
cheese must be sold at very nearly the
cost of production; and as both are
largely exported. we must consider the
effect of this On the price to be nearly
the same with each. IF, under such
circumstances, the cheese-maker can
give US so per cent. more food for our
money than the beef-raiser, it is most
interestir~ question for all agrieultur-
lists tu / W how he can do it.


Bi<choI, Henneberg, Stohmann,
Grouven and others have found the
composition of pure lean flesh to be
about 20 per cent. of nitrogenous mat
ters and from to 10 per cent. of fat;
but as E. Smith remarks, in his work
on food, this is not fair way to arrive
at the food value of any part of the
beef. For in every case a certain
amount of pure fat is attached, which
is used as food and increases the value.
The only proper way to arrive at the
food value of beef is to accept the re-
suits obtained by Lawes and Gilbert in
determining the percentage of fat and
flesh as food when the whole carcass is
considered. These gentlemen found
that in every 100 lbs. of fat beef there
we're fifteen pounds of nitrogenous con-
stituents and thirty-fve pounds of fat.
Now, average new-milk cheese con-
tains per 100 lbs. about twenty-three
pounds of nitrogenous constituents to
thirty-one pounds of fat; that is, four
p ID less of fat and eight pounds
more of heterogeneous matters. 1t is
known that in the body by far the
greater part of nitrogenous elements Of
the food are transformed into fat and
consumed for the production of heat;
and in this Transformation two parts Of
the former are required to produce one
Of the latter; consequently, the eight
pounds of nitrogenous matter in the
hundred pounds Of cheese in excess of
that found in q like quantity of beef
are fully counterbalsnced BY the four
pounds of fat which the latter contains
in excess of the former. Cheese and
beef Of this composition should. there;
fore. be Of about equal food value, i
equally digestible-which is not til.
case. -. y


ls So77f kInas Of -,
Year: 1879

The lemon syrup bought at stores can be
made at home much cheaper. Takes pound
of Havana sugar, hoil it in water down to
quart, drop in the white of an egg to
CLARITY it, strain it, add one.quarter of an
ounce of tartaric or acid. If you do not
find it sour enough after it has stood two
or three days add more of the acid. A few
drops of oil Of lemon improve it.
Year: 1879

Have all the good bits of vegetables and
mests collected after dinner and minced
before they are act away, that they may he
in readiness to make little savory mince
meat for supper or breakfast Take the
skins off potatoes before they are cold.
Year: 1879

A few potatoes sliced, and boiling water
poured over them, make an excellent
preparation for cleansing and stiffening old
rusty black silks Green tea is also excel
lent for this purpose. 1t should be boiled
in iron, nearly a cupful to three quarts.
The silk should not be wrung, and should
be ironed damp.
Year: 1879

ry7The base ball fever is raging in
Rhode Island. The onlyditlicrlty in play
ING the game there is that the center ana
right folders have to stand in Massachu- ~
srfts and the left in Connecticut, while
tbe catcher is in constant danger of back
ine off into the Atlantic ocean.
Year: 1879

At meeting Of the Naval Institute
last evening, Professor Newcomb stat
ed that he had received letters from Otto
Struve, director Of Pulkowa Observa-
tory, stating that the Russian Govern
ment had voted 250,000 roubles for the
construction of the largest telescope
that could be advantageously made, in
Guiding the building in which to mount
it. The object-glass is intended to be
between thirty inches and three feet in
diameter, if glass makers find it practi-
cable to cast disk of this size, of neces-
sary evenness and purity. 1t has not
yet been decided who shall undertake
the most difficult part of the work, viz,
the grinding of the glass, and before
deciding it Struve intends to visit this
country in order to examine the Wash
ington and other great telescopes made
by Alvan Clark & Sons. He will prob
ably arrive here for this purpose some
time during the summer. Should his
examination prove satisfactory, he will
beready to open negotiations with the
Clarks for the work, if ne is sure it will
be done enough better to warrant the
risk of sending the glass across the At
lantic.-BOSt0n advertiser.
Year: 1879

Says the Chicago Journal of Conn.,
merce: Secured wheat, referred to by
Mr.. Norton, of this city, in the late
Millers' Convention, is much more
widely practiced evil than is generally
supposed outside the trade. 1t seems
that there are securing establishments
here and there all over the West. At
these places the wheat is brushed over,
made to appear bright, and also made
so that it will pack a greater number OF
Grains into a measured buShe!, because
the rough projection are taken off. As
the grain is sold by weight and not by
measure, there is little los on quantity,
while the grain in equality" is large,
the grain passing into higher grade
than it would other wise have been as
signed to. ThVthing is thus a cheat,
because it makes the grain seem to be
better than it really is; but the millerS
state that the nLschsef is even greater
than this. The securing process breaks
up the bran partially, so that in grind
ing it does not come off in scales to be
separated in boiling, but part of it goes
among the flour, making it darker than
it would otherwise be. Inquiry has
elicited the information that great
deal more of this secured goes to Mil
waukee than comes to Chicago.
Year: 1879

have lately seen it stated in a text
book upon electricity and magnetism
that the phenomenon of thunder is not
fully accounted for by any theory as yet
brought forward. Whether this be so
or not I am not sufficiently acquainted
with the subject to say. l believe the
commonly accepted theory is that q
vacuum is created in the path of the
electric spark, and that the subsequent
in-rush of the air produces the detona-
ton. If, however, it be allowed that
the electric spark is not material sub
stance, but merely natural force or
mode of motion, the possibility of this
theory is at once disposed of.


1t is a well known fact that the pas
sage of electricity in high state of ten
sion, through a mixture of oxygen, not
only causes az explosion, but also causes
the formation of water, and it seems to
me that, given the existence of free
oxygen and hydrogen in the region OF
the electric disturbance, the phenomenon
of thunder is sufficiently accounted for.


Whether the normal amount of hydro
gen in the air is sufficient to cause the
stupendous noise of thunder l am not
competent to Judge, but if not | would
suggest that the presence of an alb
normal amount might be accounted for
by the process Of the electrolysis, which
would probably occur between the two
poles of the thunder cloud before the
tension became SO great as to cause a
rupture of the circuit and consequent
discharge of the electric spark. would
also draw your attention to the fact that
every thunder-clap is Immediately fol-
lowed by an increase in the quantity of
water deposited in the shape of rain.
Does not this point to the formation of
water by the explosion of the gasses?
As myself am unable both from want
of means and time to investigate the
matter, l should be glad to find that
some one better qualified had taken the
subject in hand. 1t is frequent ex-
pertinent of Dr.. Tyndall's to show his
audience red clouds; l feel convinced
that by following this line of inquiry he
could give US a real Thunderstorm
CORRESPONDENTS Of Nature.
Year: 1879

there was n necessity for this coin to ballast
gold and keep it under control so that when
resumption should come it would not be
master of the situation, 1t was not
only on important factor in accom-
plishing resumption, but it assured that
event without difficulty or interruption,
and has enabled the Government and the
banks to answer every demand made upon
them for coin in the redemption of their
paper Gold and silver have reposed in the
Treasury vaults waiting for circulation, but
the people prefer paper that will command
coin when needed, until that necessity
arises, and hence they prefer that the means
of redemption should sleep quietly in its
restiug-place rather than to be encumbered
with it to any considerable amount.


The people of the United States now have
the best currency known to the marts of
trade and commerce. Every dollar of our
own paper now in circulation bears coin
value anywhere in the United States of
one hundred cents. There are no rates of
discount, no brokerage fees, no shaving
shops for money, and he who receives dol
lar is fully assured of its worth, as indicated
on its face. The despised dollar of the
daddies has borne an important part in
securing for the country this satisfactory
state of affairs, and having performed its
mission, no one objects to a suspension of
the coinage and its temporary repose as col
lateral for the redemption of our paper
whenever coin is called for. This is the
mission Of silver and gold so long rs con-
venience prompts the people to prefer pa
per in the transaction of business. If we
have coin enough allied to popular conf
dence, to float our paper circulation under
any emergency, then there is no call, per-
haps, for further coinage of either gold or
silver, though suspension of coinage may
interfere to some extent with the minin 6
of the precious metals, and depreciate
gold and silver mining stocks. Our mining
interests will be likely to suffer more largely
than the general business interests of the
country, from suspension of the work OF
coinage. This may, however, be tempo
say, $50,00O,000 more of halves, quarters
and dimes, Tor the accommodation of the
people in the ordinary transaction of busi-
ness. These are popular becauje they are
convenient with those who deal in small
sums, and who prefer snail coin to paper.
The coinage of silver to repose in the vaults
of the Treasury to II reasonable and proper
extent is no evil, but n necessity to secure


the Nation against runs for coin and en-


barrassment which might ensue, perhaps, ii
So long as there is an abundance of silver


there can be no corner or speculation Oh
gold.
Year: 1879

INAssTUcH rs the New York Times cam
not do otherwise than recognize the
election of Governor CORNELL, it is solacing
its spleen by an effort to belittle his
plurality. In other words, it is getting
eYcn by making mouths ut the Governor.