smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

MAUCH CHUNcK, Pa, August 1O.-The
men in this region have generally posted
up notices that they must have the 1875
basis of wages, or they will make move.
A curious thing in this matter is that the
operators in Hazelton recently conceded
the 1875 basis, just what the men now de
mand; whether the matter will result ir
q strike is not known.
Year: 1878

Careful experiments have shown that
wheat cut twelve to fourteen days before
the grain is fully ripe weighs heavier,
measures more, is of better quality, ard
yields larger proportion of flour, There
is going to be second crop of good hay
in many localities, on account Of the
recent rains. Grass, when made into hay
contains IA to Is per cent. of water; in
the green state some so per cent:4 The
dry part contains, besides its nutritious
sustance, gum, sugar and oil, and about
so per cent. of woody fibre. The time of
cutting grass has much to do with the
nutritious value of hay. When the leaves
and stems are green they contain large
quantities of sugar, gum, etc, part of
which is changed into woody hbre as
they ripen. A large quantity Of poor
hay is brought to market simply because
farmers are not particular as to the time
of cutting their hay.
Year: 1878

saw the boy who wanted q drink-a
restless, questioning. uneasy, thirsty boy.
He let the window fall on his fingers be-
fore the train had gone mile. lie stood
out on the platform until he was incrusted
two inches deep with ashes and dust and
cinders. He went to the water cooler and
got drink; then he came back and told
his mother he was hot, sDd went back
and got another drink. He drank about
four times per mile, seldom oftcner, un'
less he was seized with q sudden uncon-
trollable spasm Of thirst. 1.-The wasdrink-
ing, and somebody else came after
drink; the boy would suddenly seize the
cup he mad just set down ard refill it, and
drink as if though he had wrapped his
stomach in the desert of Sahara, glaring
suspiciously over the top of the cup at
the waiting passenger as ne drank. When
he was in his seat he watched the aisle
narrowly, and if he saw any passengers
get up and move tow ard the water
cooler. he would jump up and race for
it. If he got there first, he would drink and
snore over the cup until the thirsty trav-
eler forgot what he went down there after.
People began to wonder how much the
bov was gagged for, and if ne wasn't
rather straining his capacity. The renlot-
est hint or suggestion was enough to send
him back to the cooler. When the train
ran over creek, the water made him
think of his thirst. a .


When it ratified over long stretch of
dry prairie, the absence of water drove
him mad. I was afraid the supply of
water would give out before the boy was
filled UP, a2d he was rather small boy,
too. His interior circumference, think,
must have inclosed an area double in
extent to that inclosed by the exterior
belt. Near Waseca we ran nearly milo
without the boy making a stop st the
tank. I grew very nervous now, for I
was fearful that during such an unhesrd
of abstinence from water his pumps
would run dry. rust out, and he might
blow up. So leaned over the edge of
the seat and said carelesslv:


"By George, but I am thirsty. Won
der if there is any water in the car2'


You want to understand me now, as
recording very plainly, and without any
mental reservation, the fact that the boys
mother, sitting beside him, was no fool.
Her eyes snapped when size heard my
careless and innocent remark, she took in
every syllable of it. and she turned on
me in fash with II wish you would
mind your own business ana leave my
boy alone!;


A low, mocking murmur of applause
went through the car, a little of it for the
indignant mother, some of it for me. She
suppressed "yours truly" very success
fully, but it was too late. Long before
she had finished that blief sentence her
boy was down at the water-cooler hold
ing his eyes tight shut to keep the water
front running out of them, while he flood
his system as though be had taken q con-
tract to keep up a perennial freshet in
side OF himself" >'...
Year: 1878

brave tho danger. that surrounded the
scene Of the hidden gold. A night was
fixed. But scarce had tho task begun,
ere an arm and hand, holding naked
drinks said to have risen from the water
and an unearthly voice to have ejacu.,
lated, "Forbear!''


Such is the story Of the haunted loch,
as told long years after on his death bed
by IN old and wrinkled man. the last of
the, band that met that night; and as an
exam pie of the kind ofsoral tales which
are now happily dying out among tue
superstitious folk in the North of Scot
land, wo offer it to .oIr readers: IN,
Year: 1878

The philanthropic individuals who have
jrst succeeded in detecting and frustrating
a Wholesale attempt of a confederacy Of
scoundrels to entice away young girls TO a
life ofprostitntion in Southern cities on
the plea Of furnishing Them with desirable
employment, deserve the thanks of the
community, and Captain Gastlin and the
s,eamboat Squad are entitled to the cordial
acknowledgements of the better class Of
the public for aiding in this exemplary
undertaking.
Year: 1878

A dispatch from Cape May, Dec. IS,
says: A true bill has been found by
the grand jury of this county against
Samuel R. Ludlam, who is charged
with setting fire to his hotel, the Ocean
House, and with thus causing the mem


orable contlagration Of Nov. 8. The
grounds upon which the indictment
was made are that on the morning of
the fire Ludlam fails to account for one
half hour of his time, that his hands
were noticed to be sooty, and that bur-
ming oil was smelt by persons around
the Ocean House at the breaking out of
the fire. The trial will take place at
the March term of the Cape May Court.
Year: 1878

The Tramp Law recently enacted in
New Hampshire, is being vigorously en-
forced, with results most salutary and
satisfactory. Soon as vagrant enters
the Granite State he is forcibly invite
to 60 to work or leave the Common
wealth, and failing to do either forth
with, he is arrested and severely pun
ished. In the execution of the law
there is really no hardship, yet it abso-
lutely prevents persons from roaming
around the country on begging or
thieving tours.
Year: 1878

A farmer living in Traverse came
in the othel, day to consult an attor-
ney as to a lightning rod transaction.


He said that an agent came along
one day last week and offered to put
. rod Oh his house for ten or eleven
dollars, and signed a paper which
the agent told him was simply TO
show We're he lived, but twas a r2-
guiar contract. When the neNtnlan
came along to put up the rodhe was
that it would cost about
thirty dollars, and the farmer didn t
want It at that price. After consult
ing g g the lawer he concluded togo home
and load up his shot gun and wait.
w e have not heard of any lig htnlng
rod agent being shot at, but expect
to every hour 81. ST. Peter Yribupe.
Year: 1878

The --LATEST TEICE-The Miller gives
an account of new trick where one
wouid thinl, il Impossible 10 make point
For instance, good honest wheat is good
the wcrld over But it is not so good
when it has gone through the hands Of a
manipulation who oils it. This practice
now obtains to considerable extent on
the continent 1t is stated that wheat,
which in It's natural condition would
weigh l23 Dutch pounds, by the process
of oiiing viii gain six pounds, or from ten
to twelve pr cent in weight mere than
there really is of wheat. The gam on the
part of the dishonest S Her is from Dos to
Dos per ton The apparent increase in the
spec fic gravity IS detained by an outlay
for rape oil Of about four pence. Wheat
thus treated can never be made into good
four The practice IS not contin,d to
wheat alone, but it is applied to all gram
sold by weight OF course the aduitera-
ton can be easily detected. But wheat
oiled IN this way is really a handsomer
gram in appearance than when no such
application has been made. 1t has been
possible TO aduletrate -four and sugar. But
who ever heard before OF process foi
adulterating wheat before milling ! In this
country, where wheat is so cheap, it is
not likely that the cheat will obtain very
extensively. But in times when the price
is extremely high if there could he gain
of say s. per ton as N Europe, there
might be a great deal Of oiled wheat. As
trick OF trade this is the latest novelty.
Som Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1878

Nor E1acTLY.-The young man who
invested his 81 30 IN cheap Chicago
paper-'' family paper and who read
therein that the "Great Western Gift
Enterprise company " would forward to
any address a valuable gold watch for
seventv-fve cents; and who noy writes
to the editor OF the STATESMAN that ut
Is the duty OF the press to expose SWIM
dlers and protect honest men IS res-
pectfuI,y informed that said duty Is part
Of the functions OF the officers of. the
Law. and not Of editors. 1t is our busi-
ness TO publish the news, and if we were
20 er.cage in exposing all tie swindiers
who adv rtise in cheap eastern papers,
we would have very little room for news.
We could protect honest men with
very few words, If they would only heed
them. Keep your money in your pocket,
or exchange it only for what you know
YOU are going to get Suspect every
proposition TO give something for.nothng;
1--WE yourself the benefit every doubt.
and YOU VIII not need the protection OF
nevsDapers or Of officers of the law.





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Year: 1878

People have te:.seI and vexed me,
Worried Ire carly and late;
Some with the love they bore me,
Other some with their hate.
They drug-cd my glass with poison;
They poisoned the bread ate,
Some with the love they bore me,
Other some with their haze.
Bat she who has te&Sed and vexed lie,
AMI worried me far the most
She never hated me, never,


And her love | never could boast.
Year: 1878

Washington correspondence OF the
Baltimore Sun: The omission Of the
clause relative to the Hot Springs Of
Arkaufas from the sundry civil bill con-
tinues to be q matter of much comment.
A democratic member of the conference
committee on the bill expressed to-day
the belief that the commission was de-
signedly done, and said that he thought
that it would end in landing some par
ties in the penitentiaIy. All the mem
bers of the conference committee, DEM
ocrats and republicans, have united in
request to the president that be exc
cute the provision as it was agreed to by
both houses, and that they will under
take to protect him. 1t was said by the
members of the conference above al
luded to that some Of the old claimants
of the Hot Springs property had been
very active all this session endeavoriDg
to prevent any legislation in the interest
of the government, and it Is believed
that this interest had something TO
do with the singular omission in the en-
rollment of the sundry civil bill.
Year: 1878




The shepherd dog naturally loves the
care Of stock, especially OF sheep, and
their natural instinct, heightened by
training, makes them among the most
intelligent and useful dogs that We now
have any knowledge of. Large focks Of
sheep are often guarded, miles away, by
one or two Of these dogs, snd . single
dog, assisting man, can drive the flock
easier than hall q dozen men. From
this education IL has no wish To leave
the flock, and just a. another dog will
defend its master, man, 50 will this the
sheep. On the approach OF a stranger
the dog Immediately advances, barking,
and the sheep all cluster in his rear, ~ Il
around the Oldest ran. Away from the
flock they seem timid with regard 10
other dogs, but when with their charge,
neither domesticated nor wild dogs dare
venture 10 attack them.


These dogs can be readily taught Ia
bring home the flock at certain hour 10
the evening. Their most troublesom.
fault, when young, il their desire 10 play
With the sheep, and in doing 20, they
sometimes gallop their charges unmerci.
fully.


In training the shepherd dog, com.
mepce when not more than ak months
old, lhe best place To train pup Is on
the road. Teach him first 10 mind your
word Nearly all directions u the
pup should be given by a motion OF the
hand in the direction that you wish
him to 60, and always accompany the
voice by motion OF the hand. After
your pup has learned to mind the word
and is trained 10 march back and forth
from one side OF the lock to the ether at
ths sweep Of your hand, commence to
teach him 10 pass up the side of the
flock. To do this, make a motion with
your hand up the side you wish him to
go. throwing your arm out ~ you would
10 direct . man beyond the reach Of
your voice, and call out away upi" un.
I'll he gets hold OF your meaning. To
teach him 70 20 clear round flock and
70 turn them towards you, repeat the
motion OF sending him up the side until
hcgets partly round the head OF the
flock and then cali him down on the op.
posite side. Alter he has once learned to
go round the flock, a sweep Of the arm
back and when be has got TO his place ;
keep an eye On him and sing out st
times, "Drive them upi" To train him
70 bark whenever you wish, make a fuss
yourself and % get him excited and then
sing out, "Speak TO themi'


We are often surprised that there are
not more Of these valuable dogs on all
our western farms.-~[Quincy Western
Agriculturist.
Year: 1878

time has for the renewal Of subscriptions
THE SUN would remind it's friends and well wishers every
where again candidate for their consideration and
support Upon past years relies for
Of the hearty sympathy and cooperation
hitherto extended to from quarter
of the Union.


The DAILY SUN is fourpage sheet of 28 columns price
by mail post paid IS month, or $3.50 per year.
Year: 1878

You deserve to suffer, and if you lead a
miserable, unsatisfactory life in this beau
tiful world, 1t is entirely your own fault,
and there is only one excuse for you-your
unreasonable prejudice and skepticism,
which has killed thousands. Personal
knowledge and common sense reasoning
will soon show you that Green's August
Flower will cure you of Liver Complaint,
or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable effects,
such as sick headache, palpitation Of the
heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness
dizziness OF the head, nervous prostration
low spirits, &c. Its sales now reach every
town on the Western Continent, and not a
druggist but will tell you Of its wonderful
cures. You can buy 3 sample bottle for
ten cents. Three doses will relieve you.


iy6eod&w
Year: 1878

A PURELY vegetable medicine, contain
ing all the virtues Of calomel without any
of the injurious tendencies 50 justly dread
ed by mankind, Simmons Liver Regula-
tor will be found prompt to start the secre-
tions Of the liver, and give q healthy tone
to the entire system, without salvation or
other injurious effects. When used - =
cathartic, it in no wise disorders the sys-
TEN, nor does it produce any nausea or sick
stomach when about to purge. 1t is so
mild in its action as not TO interfere with
business or pleasure
Year: 1878

Uncle Sans Harness Oh will keep the
leather soft and pliable, thus preventing
its cracking or ripping, and is better for
oiling harness than any other oil ever nrade.
Sold hy all harness makers and dealers in
leather Give il a trial
Year: 1878

The Portland Transcript gives this
story. Do they really believe such
stuff in the North


A gentleman from the North, stop
ping at Jacksonville, Florida, recently
wandered off on little forest stroll,
and soon came upon a tumble-down
old cabin, at the door of which was
seated a venerable white man, with
eyes blinking with age, and his snowy
hair falling thickly about his shoulders.
He was watching little darkey about
fifteen years old, gathering palmetto
roots. The gentleman from the
North engaged the ancient forester
in conversation about the crops, &C,
and found the old man intelligent and
well informed about his surroundings
''But as to wages now" pursued the
the Northern visitor, show much do
you pay hired help down here ? Take
that little nigger gathering roots
there, how much do you pay him
day


The old man hesitated second or
two, and then slowly said, skeining
his long white hair through his fin
gers, "Well to tell you the truth,
stranger, I'm not much on wages my
self The fact is, that little boy gath
ering roots out there is my wife's SON"


The Northern gentleman had no
further questions to ask, more partic-
ularly, perhaps, as 'that little nigger's'
mother, big colored woman, came
out of the cabin about this time with
a big pair OF tongs in her hand, carry
ing blazingE coal for the old mans
pipe, a-.----.- ...
Year: 1878

Here is a restraining force on over
production constantly and extensively
acting on this class of land. which
constitutes much the larger part of
all the lands we'll suited TO tic busi-
ness. There are lands well adapted
to the orange that are very fertile,
and for many years wonld need no
assistance in this direction from the
husbandman, but the proportion of
this kind ofland is small, and general
Iy this class ofland has the objection of
being heavily tirnbered and difficult
to bring into Immediate cultivation,
and besides much of it is situated un-
favorably amidst or on the margins of
swamps, which location mars very
materially its pleasantness as home,
and hence here arises also an infuenc
directed against this class of land.


The time generally allowed for
the establishment ofa grove bearing
the one thostsond oranges per tree an
nualIy, is too short. Any one who
can raise such grove within fifteen
years should be satisfied with hissuc-
cess, for where one will succeed
many will fail to reach this .fg,ae
within that time. 1t isnot pretended
that trees cannot be shown that will
give this average at much earlier
age, but there are very few groves
of any considerable extent in this
State that will give this yearly aver
age per tree at any age, and now as
it takes considerable time, proper
selection of location and the exercise
of industry, and all the better accom-
panied with some cash to establish
.fouriSting gyoCe -one thousand an
nually per tree-we will recognize
other restraining influences against
over production.


But there are many hundred thou
sand acres of land in the State well
suited to the business, and there is a
general feeling that there is money
in it, and strong current of money,
mind and muscle, directed to this
business, which current seems to in
oreaes, il IS tlaexetssjiia ,sisssss ssaascaalAc
that the production, Of this fruit in
Florida in the next thirty years viii
be very great Itmay be thirty times
as much as at present; it may be
more. Yet it is the opinion OF the
writer that the demand will be ahead
of the production. The present
prices paid by the consumer would
not, however be maintained, nor is it
necessary that this price should be re-
allied to make orange culture profit
able Before the business reaches
near the extent above intimated. the
facilities of transportation will be
much increased; the cost of freight
and handling, between the producer
and consumer, greatly reduced the
deliciousness of the fruit, combined
with its cheapness, will tempt the md-
tiondJ palate, and scarcely any in this
broad land will be so poor or live in
a corner so obscure as to be deprived
of the luxury ofthis queen of fruits,
and hence the demand will be cor
respondingly as great as the produc
ton. The Florida orange, when
abundant enough, will not only drive
foreign oranges from the United
States, but will find market in Eu-
rope. This prediction is based on its |
admitted superiority. Taking this
veiw of the subject, your correspon-
dent is fully ofthe opinion that orange
culture in Florida viii be profitable
to all who manage wisely and hold
out to the eEd-F NJ, IN Sooonnoh
Ne1rs
Year: 1878

IT is alleged that mighty efforts are being
made to induce Hathaway, the Fall River
defaulter, to plead guilty. A trial, it is said,
would bring out revelations disagreably af-
fecting many prominent business men. The
assertion is made that under the Hathaway
administration the Border City mills did a
general banking and diseeunting business for
a privileged circle
Year: 1878

EDISON is going to Colorado to measure
the heat of the sun. If he can succeed in
drawing some of it off and bottling 1t for
family use during the winter he will earn the
gratitude of mankind.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous LETTERS and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used
Year: 1878

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1878

In 1873, "Mulligan's Hsll" was a
basement saloon in Broome street. 1t
had been growing worse and worse. and
one evening, hearing disturbance,
Captain Williams and the officer on that
post went in. There were thirty-eight
persons, men and women, of every
color and nationality, all of the worst
character and some notorious in crime.
The captain took in the situation at a
glance, and determined with a thought
to arrest the whole party. Placing his
back to the front door, he covered
the back door with his revolver,
and threatened death to the first person
who moved. Then he sent the patrol
man to the station for help, and fer tif-
teen long minutes held that crowd of
desperadoes at bay. They glared at
him, squirmed and twisted in their
places, scowled and grated clenched
teeth, itohed to get at their knives and
tear him to pieces; but all the while the
stern mouth of that revolver looked at
them, and looked them out of counter
ance, and the steady nerve behind it
held sway over their brutal ferocity. 1t
was trial of nerve and endurance.
Captain Williams stood the test and
saved his life. He wonders now why
they did not shoot HIM q dozen times
Certainly it was not because they had
any scruples, for the first two prison
ers sent to the station killed Officer
Burns with paving stone before they
had gone two blocks. Captain Allaire
made an almost precisely similar single
handed raid on the famous "Burnt
Rag saloon in Bleecker street, one
winter night in 1875.-Ernest IngersoIl
in ScribRer.
Year: 1878

The young men now leaving college
who think that it would be beneath
their dignity to engage in mechanical
pursuits, and that the education which
they have received is only intended to
fit them for some one of the learned
professions, ought to study the bacca-
laureate discourse delivered by DIR Pea
body before the graduates Of Harvard.


"We need" said he, cable and edu-
Gated men in agriculture and manufac-
ture, and there is not department
under those titles that may not be ele-
waited, not alone in name, but in it's
permanent value as factor in its we'll
being by such recruits MS our college
might furnish a.-


Students fresh from the university
are too apt to forget that there is some
thing practical in life to which their
education is only an introduction, and
that if it helps them in law, in medicine,
and theology, it will also be an aid to
them in those other pursuits which are
equally associated with national pro-
gress and prosperity. A few matter Of
fact sermons like DR.. Peabody delivered
just at the time when young mems
minds and feelings are the most recep-
tive, might lead them to indulge less in
thoughts of being carried through life
on beds of fiowery ease, and more of
following avocations which will in the
end yield not only pleasure, but profit.
Baltimore american.
Year: 1878

1t is only within the past six years
that the Japanese have attempted to
make use of the petroleum wells exist
ing within their domains. Now several
refining establishments are in operation,
and the manufacture of kerosene oil has
become an important industry.