smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

1t WAS very singular how absent
minded and inattentive the operator
was that day. She sent that order for
flowers to the butcher. and Mrs. Robin
sons message about the baby's Group
went to old Mr.. Stimmins, the bachelor
lodger at the gambrel-roofed house.


No wonder she was disturbed. Would
the new line work Would her pickle
jar battery I've strong enough for such Il
great circuit Would John be able to
close it Z The people began to assem-
ble for the train. The clock pointed to
the hour for its arrival.


"He cOmeth not she said. Then
she began to he little fearful. The
people all left the waiting-roo and
vent out on the platform, and the place
was deserted aud silent. She listened
intently. There was nothing, save the
murmur of the voices outside, and the
irritating tick of the clock.


Suddenly, with startling distinctnsss,
Year: 1875

The last local train to the city left
the station. The gray old station mas
ter put out the lamps ON the platform,
rolled the baggage trucks into the
freight house, and having made the
tour of the switches to see that all was
clear for the main line night mail, he
returned to his little ticket den.


His daughter still sat reading like n
demure cat III her little corner. The
old man remarked that it was 10 o'clock
and time to go home.


Leave the key, father. I'll lock up
and return home as soon as have fin
ished this chapter.'


The old fellow silently laid a bunch
of keys on her desk and went his way.
The moment he departed she finished
her chapter in Il flash, and laying the
book down. began to operate her tele-
graphic apparatus.
Year: 1875

THE ENGINE.


She was Il beauty. From headlight
to buffer casting. from spark k-arrester
to air-break coupling. she shone re
spcndcnt. y thing of grace and power.
she seemed instinct with life as she
paused upon her breathloss flight. Even
while resting quietly upon the track.
she trembled with the pulSation of her
mighty heart. Small wonder that pas
sengers waiting upon the platform came
down to gaZe upon the great express
eugine No. -. She seemed long and
slender like IL grey hound, and her glisten
ing sides. delicate forcfect and uplifted
head were suggestive of speed and
power.


The engineer stepped down from his
high throne with his long nickel plated
oiler in hand. and the fireman clauIber
ed over the glStening heap of coal, and
swung round the great copper water
pipe that the magnificent creature
might have il drink of pure spring
water. The engineer looked eagerly
up and down the platform us if in search
of some one. Two or three tourists of
the usual type and Il stray idler were
all to he seen. a group of big fellows
were unloading mail bags, and beyond
them the busy throng down the plat
form WAS lost to view. How lovingly
| he touched the shining arms of his great
pet with the smooth. clear oil, golden
and limpid. Here her great cylinder.
seventeen inches wide, and with a
stroke of twenty four. safely rested be
hind the sturdy butress that held hel
foretnot So daintily thrust out in front
The headlight CLEANED in all the spark IL
of plate glass. and her shapcly rods
fairly glowcd in polished beauty. On
one side lay her boiler-teed pump. {;
finished hit of mechanism. and on the
other was hun" Il steam-in injector fol
forcing water into the boiler without
the aid of the pump. How perfect
everything, Even the driving wheel.
were works of art. From balanced
throttle valves to airhrake, she ha,
every device that American skill ha,
produced. OF that such an engine coul,
demand. and her thirtytive tons q
chained-up energy seemed the perfec
expression of the highest mechanic art


With IL loud roar her satety-valv'
yielded to her pent-up vitality. an,
filled all the air with clouds of steam
The engineer gazed proudly upon hi
t noble steed. and then looked anxiousl,
down the platform to see if any cam
whose presence would be welcome.


The fireman swung back the grea
Year: 1875

Mary replied instantly, and at once
the two girl friends were in close con-
versati"n with one hundred miles of
land and water between them. The
conversation was by sound in a series
of long and short notes-nervou and
staccato for the bright one in the little
station; smooth. legato, and placid for
the city girl.


Translated. it ran as follows:


Kate: Il taught him my name in
Morse's alphabet, and he sounds it Oh
bis whistle as he comes up to the station;
but am i'll daily terror lest some i'm
Year: 1875

The Board of Education of New York,
has been discussing whether or not to re-
scind the rule making the study of Ger
man in the public schools compulsory.
1t was proposed as compromise meas
ure, which should be satisfactory to all
but extremists on the question, that the
study of either of the modern languages,


French or German in the public schools
should be optional with the pupils or their
parents. AS at present managed, the
classes for tho study Of German are too
large, and the time spent in the study Is
almost wasted by the pupils, except those
who can have the school studies impress
ed upon their minds by association with
German speaking people at home.
There is, probably, says the Philadelphia
Ledqrr, no public school of these DAYS
which could not afford to devote more
time than can be now given to the ele-
mentary English studies, and thorough
ness in these should be made matter of
primary Importance. Time is wasted in II
great many schools by merely dippii 9
INTO all sorts of studies, of which not
enough is learned to tempt the pupil af-
ter he leaves the school to continue his
course in private, while of some vitally
important branches of learning he is as
ignorant as he is of the French, German,
Latin, astronomy, &c, which he barely
skins. This is not necessarily the fault
Of the teachers, but Of the system which
requires all pupils to obtain II srnattering
of all things without regard to their
tastes, abilities, or the yocations for
which they are preparing themselves.
Year: 1875

A new process OF ventilation is now
being tried in st. Georges Hospital,
London, which promises to create an en-
tire revolution in all the processes hither-
to in use. 1t IS called the TobiD system,
and goes solely upon the vertical princi-
pie. Leaving the foul air to escape as 1t
may through the fireplace, it introduces
into the room bulk of new atmosphere.
Instead of being let down from above the
cool air is introduced from below, with
the result of abolishing dangerous down
draughts. Around the walls of the room
are eight semi-circular tubes between
three and four feet in height, placed up
right against the wall, with their flat side
toward it. These vertical tubes descend
through the floor, and are then continued
horizontally to the outside of the build
ing. The weight of the external air,
being greater than that of the interior,
forces a current through the horizontal
and up the vertical TUBE, and thus propels
column of cool fresh air into the ward.
The steady pressure of the external
air sustains the column by continual
" furnishing it with fresh base


A column or slice of air thus ascends
clear and sharp as sword blade, until
far above the heads of the patients it
spreads gradually like a fou1tain, and
scatters its spray OF healthy oxygen.
When far alofi it mixes with the general
atmosphere, ultimately finding its way
out by the chimney. There is not the
slightest symptom of r down draugbt


The new air is first distributed in the
upper stratum Of the rooms atmosphere,
and rs cold air naturally sinks, an extra
ordinary equable temperature is produced
Year: 1875

tally wounds and mains, shall himself be wounded
and manned to the same extent by the officers
of the law? Il does not do it, because such an
imitation Of the crime not only fails to insure
the ends Of justice, but dcgrades and demoralizes
society. But this "rehection, standing in its ma
tive simplicity is its own refutation. Human life
will never be held sacred by any people, who au


thorize their oyernment to extinguish it in vio
lent and Infamous manner. The great forces o


civilization arc rapidly preparing the way Tor
mental and moral condition utterly at variance
with the philosophy Of the death penalty. These
forces have made themselves felt, since the death
penalty was inflicted for more than two hundred
different offences; and in the two hundred con-
tests which have gone before, they have overcome
substantially the same arguments that arc now
employed in support of this penalty. The spirit
which has animated the grand army of phanthro


piss and reformers whose lives have left their i'm
press upon our civilization will not die until the
true philosophy of punishment has been accepted
and the inyiolabitv of human life established,
Year: 1875

ers table to take up the Senate Civil Rights bill.
If this motion prevails the Senate bill can be passed
by aiority vote.


General Butler is said to be greatly inccnscd at
Speaker Blaine on account of the rulings of the


latter in the protracted session Of last week. But
Ter thinks that partisanship should have induced
Blaine to have waived his strict construction Of
the rules, while Blaine thinks that partsanship
has nothing to do with the exercise Of his duties
as Speaker and that his rulings were strictly in
accordance with the Consultation of the U. S. and
the rules of the House. The two had spirited per-
sonal discussion of the matter on Saturday after
noon on the floor of the House, in which very
plain language was used.
Year: 1875

The New York Tribune complains that
the men who were active and prominent in
building up the republican party are
pushed aside for others who have done
less service. And yet when Zach Chan
dler. one of the pioneers of the republican
party in Michigan was defeated for re-
election to the Senate the other day, the
Tribune reioiced and had no better word
for the republican veteren than to call him
a "brawling demagogue.'
Year: 1875

10 As Editor of ne Journal.


The communication Of your correspondent SIS"
in the Jour- al OF January 18th was certainly cal
culsted to leave the reader in doubt whether It was
conceived in the spirit Of irony and published as
isaSSx4p ppen ~ assertions usually made in
support q the deatk penalty, whether it was in
deed The language of innocence and sincerity
from one who had been lettering behind in the
moral progress Of the world, and had never con-
sidered the enls and purposes for which punish
Year: 1875

Our whole country is undergoing
q course of discipline incurred by
overtra.iing, overreaching and overt
practices; and though in this county
the discipline is relatively light,
s;Il it's burthea is rather due to local
excesses AM n questionable policy
of economy than to the general state
Of the country.


But our taxes are light good roads
fHr new county penetrate all parts
Of the county and traverse the best
of lands, timbered with hard wood
and pine, soils better than the best
of prairie, aud market for all sorts
of produce at Superior or Duluth at
rates obove any of the Lake Michi-
gan ports.
Year: 1875

SO far as the exemplary effect of the
punishment of Tweed is concerned, it is
not likely that, even at the present stage
of it, his career presents any allurements
to young politicians Of peculating turn Of
mind. Men who would take the imprison-
ment and the disgrace which he has
brought upon himself in exchange for what
he has got by his evil courses are not very
frequent. As to vindictive punishment, it
would be hard to tell at what point punish
ment for crimes like his ought to stop.
Most moralists would probably fix.it at the
point of sincere penitence testified by such
restitution as it is in his power to make.
Up to this time he has not shown any
symptom of that sort of sorrow, and it is
understood that the proceedings henceforth
to be taken against him are to be directed
mainly toward restitution. Even people
who think that Tweed has "got enough"
in the way of punishment cannot think that
he ought to be left unmolested until he has
stripped himself or been stripped Of all that
he has stolen. When that happens it is
not likely that he will be pursued any fur
ther; and when that happens he will be
compelled to subsist either on labor OIL
charity. When that has happened to al
his confederates justice will have beer
done them, and not till then.
Year: 1875

the bowels, relieving and curing all compla Is
the following testimonial from prominent New
York editor:


Office of Geo. H. Sweets 'Texas New Yorker,")


Nos. 2S, 30 and 30 Centre Street,


New York City Sept. 8, 1874.


Messrs, j & c. Mcguire, st. Louis: Gents =
Yours of the 31st ult., with of dozen Cund
urango Liver and Blood Bitters came duly to hand
Iou will please accept my thanks for your gener
eroslty. Will try to put the medicine where it
will do the most good'' have given one bottle to
friend of mine who resides in Brooklyn, both
himself and wife have taken it. and their testimony
s the same as mine. first met with it in Houston
Texas afterwards returned to my home in Austin,
My Houston bottle was used up, and 1 found on
trial that could not obtain single bottle in all
Austin, for went to every druggist in the place
and there are some five, but each house told me
they intended to order It, the strength of nv rec
ommendation: Ere coming to New York was in
Galveston, and bought bottle of Robirds, an old
friend and good house had no idea then that
could not obtain it in New York; but after nv
Galveston bottle was used up. started to find
more and was much surprised to find none after visit
lug fully dozen different establishments gave up
the search here and wrote to you, Now gents SO
good medicine as yours is ought to be placed at
the command OF the whole world, 1t will not only
prove great fortune to yourselves, but lasting
blessing to the whole human family. AS a remedy
IN my own case have never met with its equal
1t squeeZes my liver better than Calome of which
have taken not little. am hard worker and
constant thinker and consequently for the last ten
to twelve years my body has found 1t difficult to keep
up with my brain. There are millions of American
people just like myself, and they need some simple
herb medicine to keep them from sinking into dys
peptic graves, until they can sapply, brakes and
cut of part of the steam and see where they are
You have the medicine and you have great fortune
in it II You will but let the world know it. In my
search after your Cnndurango IN this market I
found preparation of Cundurango sold at 50 per
bottle but no more like yours than is black man
like white. OF course did not buy it. This let
| ter Is only written TO thank you and to give you
| my experience with cundurango, Wishing you the
success You deserve am.


Very Respectfully &c. GEO. H. SWEET.
Year: 1875




1t transpires that if Galveston
were made one of the Southern ter
mini, of the Texas and Pacific road,
then the News would support 1t.
This of course would be great
gain for Texas, and we would hail
this determination Of the matter,
with a Joy equal to the News, but
we consider the completion OF the
road at an early day, as a great ma
tional necessity, and vote forit with
out the least "dog in the manger
feeling about it, which the News
manifests. We regard the compile
ton of this great route, as one OF
the grandest enterprises in which
modern commercial energy has
ever engaged. Not the South
alone, but the North together with
the civilization of the world, are all
equally interested in the speedy
completion of the Texas and Pacl-
fc Railway.
Year: 1875

The Dallas Herald ably supports
the minority report of the Commit
tee on the Immigration Bureau.
Nearly every progressive man and
paper in Texas is strongly pro-
nounced in favor of retaining the
Bureau.
Year: 1875

THIS week was rather exciting one,
at least for one of our young men in this
town and an honest farmer and stock
raiser living between four and five miles
from here. Out OF respect 10 the parties
we shall not mention any names, but will
only state the facts of the case This
young man is very deeply in love with
the farmers daughter and his love Is re
turned, but the father, as is generally
the case, is opposed 10 the young lover
and threatened some time ago that he
would shoot the young man if he ever
came near the house again. The wrath
OF the father could not influence the love
of his daughter toward the Young man,
and, as love knows no fear, the two fond
hearts often met each other during the
absence of the father, and it was finally
resolved to elOpe and the time set was
Christmas Eve. At ten o'clock the Young
man was in waiting for his sweetheart,
about a quarter Of mile from her home,
with top-buggy and two sound horses
from one-of our livery stables in this
town. When the clock struck ten the
young lady passed out at the back door
and started 10 meet her dear W. But,
alas! The DeSt-lald plans often fail, and
SD in Ibis case The father somehow
knew OF the plot or suspected and he
watched every movement OF his daughter.
When she lett the house he followed her
distance and came TO the buggy where
his daughter WAS about 10 get in. 1t was
not long before the young lady was back


n the house again, and an observer could
have heard the father eXclaim, with a
beating arm, such exclamafions as:
- Now, FL fix you, you worthless loafer."
The young man soon aiterward brought
the horses back in a terrible foam and it
looked as though he had been driving
pretty fast His face was tied up in a
handkerchief, and he complained of the
tOOthache to the boys in the stable, and
kept cursing his bad luck and intended
father ln-law We have seen the young
man since and he don't look in a mood
to try The thing over again.-TisoH
tCdl) Delta
Year: 1875

THERE is As much difference between
the management Of different stock raiserS
concerning their modes of feeding and
protecting their animals in cold weather
aS there Is in the management of the soil
they cultivate. One man will cndeayor
10 keep his stock on the smallest possible
allowance Of teed, while his ncighbor
will adopt the opposite practice and coax
every one to consume little more than
Is actually needed. 1t would seem that
some farmers can never learn That ii Will
not pay TO keep young animals poorly, if
they (the tarmersl were 10 live 10 the aye
of the patriarch Methuselah. They ap-
pear 10 consider it an impossible prac-
tice TO have their stock, either young or
old, maintain a thrifty condition until
the end of the foddering season, while
many other tOCk-gr0WerS viii rejoice III
the satisfaction OF seeing every animal
as plump and thrifty during all the win
Ter as they were when the grazing season
terminated. Although young animals
cannot be expected to gin during the
toddcTing season rs rapidly as when they
SubSiSt or luXuriant grass. still they
Shoutd be fed so generous Y that they will
lose none of the fat and flesh which was
stored up during the grazing season. In
order 10 do this II Is not necessary to
feed large quan'iies of grain or meal,
although a small allowance per head, if
Properl Y protected from the piercing cold
and pcltIng storms. Will enhance the value
OF the animal much more than the mar
kct value of the grain consumed. When a
calf Is halt starved the first winter Of It's
life he will become crooked in the back.
his bones will project, his excellent
points will be shriyeled up, and he can
not be rendered as valuable at the age of
four years rs he would be at three II he
were Kept in a thrifty condition from
early calthGOd until the fully-devOloped
and symmetrical bullock is in superb
condition for the slaughter house. \
great many farmers starve their calves,
young steers and bullocks during the
toddering season, so that all the fat ac-
cumulated during the grazing season is
consumed to aid IN maintaining a proper
degree of animal heat.


In order TO produce the most valuable
animals of any kind it is important 10
commence when the calf, the colt. the
lamb, or the pig is only a day or two old.
If young animal Is managed in such a
manner that he is "stunted" in growth
and development, no system OF ferding
aiterward will ever make hrm rs large,
beautiful and symmetrical as if a proper
supply OF nOunShing food had been
given while he was Young and Of tender
age. If II is desirable 10 rear a horse
that will be strong, beaurifully-deycl-
oped in every respect tas>umiag the
breed to he all correc;, the colt must be
kept in a thrifty condition from wear 10
year. The object cannot be attained if
the young animal IS kept on an allow
ance Of food SO Scanty that he will be-
come spring-poor' before the fodder
ing season Is half passed--N. !. Herald.
Year: 1875

IF a person have only one ton of


fodder for his COW it would prove more


economical in point of dollars and cents


to employ nearly half of that fodder for


building a comfortable hovel for his COW


tsdn to allow her TO be exposed TO all the


cold and storms of a Northern winter


having free access to all the fodder She


would consume Many wears ago farm
ers were wont To think that in order To


make a tough horse the colt musl be-


kept IN the open field, with a Snow-bank
Tor hiS bed and the starry canopy for his
covering But experience IN our cold
Iatltuies has taught the important lesson
that such practice in the management
o. colts checks their growth, retards
their development and tends To encrvatt
their powers of endurance We have no
sympathy with the barbarOus practice
OF tying young animals of any kind in
stalls. Let them have liberty. The
practice OF tying up colts in stalls Is Al
tended with more injury 10 them than 10
Young cattle, aS colts are ALWAYS more
active than calves and want 10 be mOv-
InS- II colts cannot he provided with
yard more than twelve 1eet square. lei
hem run loose. Young animals viii
endure extremely cold weather with
'ut injury provided they have no
more than an open hovel to keep
hem dry during stormy weather
md to shield them from chilling winds
" hen an animal is not provided with |
supply of food his system will I
naAe draft on the fat that has been 4
tored up in the body. The temperature .
y the system must be maintained. Its !
n expensive way to keep domestic ami /
nals comfortably warm by the consump- /
ION OF the lat that has been produced at /


costly rate


Il one has calves Of any respectable /
reed i Will remUnerate the owner n ?


enerouS and satisfactory manner 10 pro
Ice a comfortable shed for them AMI !
I'VE each one not less than a ausrt Of /
iea' per day, in connection Will BS.nf |