smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Roor CRoPs. "A fair crop may still
be reasonably counted on. in an aver
age season, Of Sugar Beets and Mang-
els If they are sown at once, and we
refer to late numbers for st-4s directions
as TO their culture Carrots. too, may
still be sown to advantage if the land
is of promising fertility and in cOndi-
ton Ruta Bagas are very easily
grown, and are extremely serviceable
as feed for almost every kind Of farm
stock. 10 this latitude they are soWn
from the 10th of this to the middle Of
next month. the earlier sOwiDgs being
preferred as giving opportunity for re-
peating ifthe fly destroys the plant "A
rich loamy soil, with considerable sand,
is probably the best for these roots,
but they do fairly upon almost any
well-prepared ground in tolerable heart.
Where fertilizers require to be- applied,
bone bust. uper-phosphate and ashes
are good. The seed should be soWn
10 rows abou, 80 inches apart, and the
plants thinned SO as to stand about 10
inches 10 the drills. Sow the seed as
quickly as may be after the ground IS
prepared. as they germinate sooner
from contact with the moist soil and
escape damage by fly. from whose at
tacks they are safe as soon as they reach
theirxough leaf state If this pest does
appear dusting over the plants, when
wet With dew, Of ashes and Stacked
lime. OF plaster. will stop their rava-
ges.


In the event Of vacant spaces in the
rows, they may be filed BY transplant
ing The working Of the rows should
begin as soon as the plants appear, aud
the surface should be kept light and
open, the hoe being used between the
roots until the leaves interfere.


BucKwHEAT may be soWn towards
the end Of this or in next month. Wheth-
ed designed fer grain or for turning un-
der as green manure. The soil it pre-
fers ID a rich loan containing a good
deal Of sand but sitter lands will bring
a crop If they are in good tilth. Thor
oughly rotted barnyard manure is q
good application for this crop. and so
are the super-phosphates. Two to
three pecks Of seed to the acre 10 the
usual quantity.
Year: 1877

This dryer was invented for the purpose Of
saving part of my own crop Of peaches in
1875. Thousands of baskets of fruit had
rotted in my orchard. The Shocks and Late
White peaches were ready to dry when be-
gan, yet the peaches dried after that with
common stove without CRATE bars, sold for
two hundred dollars. l improved the dryer
greatly in 1876 and this year, and claim that
It will dry fruits and vegetables so that they
will be nearly as light and rich in color when
they are dry as when put fresh in the evapor-
ator. That which darkens more fruit than
all else, is the Yapor that is thrown off in
drying, and remains in the dryer until it
passes through all the fruit in the way to the
outlet.


My invention by the use Of tubes takes the
greater part Of that moisture out of the main
chamber without its passing through the
fruit, and also supplies DRY HEAT to every FIVE
trays continually, thus retaining the natural
color Of the fruit By quick drying. When
the fruit is nearly dry il is slid into a milder
heat In the finishing chamber.


The following certificates show what is
thought by those who have seen the fruit for
two years:
Year: 1877

The past generation of Enghshmen
has been so generous to Jews that we
should be ungrateful If we accused cul-
tured Englishmen of the present day of
being consciously repelled by the idea
of poor Jew being worthy of admira-
ton. But Is centuries of hatred are
not to be wiped out by any legislative
enactment. No one can say that the
fact of man being Jew makes no
more difference in other mems minds
than if he were SAY a Wesleyan. There
vet remains deep unconscious under
current of prejudice against the Jew
which conscientious Englishmen have
often to fight against as part of that
lower nature, a survival of the less per-
feet development of our ancestors which
impedes the ascent of men. Along with
this unconscious Judaophobia there
has gone the intellectual element of
tacit assumption that modern Judaism
is lifeless code of ritual instead of
living body of religious truth.-Ndc
mIldR's Magazine.
Year: 1877

If the human and outward life OF
Naples is interesting from its variety
and color, the things which are to be
seen there and the places TO visit-the
treasures of art and the beauties of
nature - are beyond the power of
words to render in anything like their
perfection of glory and grandeur. The
museum alone would justify a whole
volume of eulogies; and, after all had
been said, what would there not remain
of subtitle and untranslatable beauty in
that exquisite fragment of the Psyche
surely the very idea of budding maiden
hood-in the Venus of Capula and the
Farnesse Flora; in the majestic figure
of Eschines and the playful faneies of
the Nereid on her sea horse and the
Cupid diving with the dolphin; in that
pathetic table of four small figures
the wounded Gaul, Something like the
dying Gladiator in Rome), the dying
Amazon, the dead Persian, and the
dead Titan - taken from the vOtive
offerings on the Athenian Acropolis
which were the present of Attalus?
That museum of Naples place to be
visited lovingly and Often-is subject
to be avoided by all writer's who un-
derstand the futility of language and
the unelasticity of space. But were
nothing else to be seen hereabouts, it
would be worth the whole journey
from England to this beautiful bay-"a
fragrant of heaven to earth vouchsafed"
simply to study such masterpieces as
the old workers in bronze and marble
have left US, and which it possesses.
But add to this such view as that of
San Martino, from Camaldoli, from the
Chiara itself; and the quaint things to
be found in the churches; and even the
oddity of the superstitions; and the ex-
cursions to be made to the countries
lying arOund-and one can understand
how the old saying came to be taken
seriously, and the 'Vedi NdpoH poi
nsori'' was a recognized confession of
unapproachable superiority.


Take that little excursion to Canal
doll alone-what charming afternoon
it gives one! Those who like can hire
donkeys for the four miles which lie
between the stopping places Of the car
riages and the monastery; but those
Year: 1877

There is no period at which the feel
ing of leisure is more delightful one
than after breakfast on q summer
morning in the country. 1t is slavish
and painful thing to know that Instant
ly you rise from the breakfast table
YOU must take to your work. In that
state your mind will be fretting and
worrying away all the time the hurried
meal lasts. 1t is delightful to breakfast
leisurely; then 60 out and saunter in
the garden; walk down to the water
and give the dogs a swim; sketch out
kite, to be completed in the evening;
TO stick up a new colored picture In the
nursery, and to do this and more with
the sense that there is no neglect-that
you can easily overtake your days
work.-Irrfn0.
Year: 1877

A. general thing, lads have their
own ideas concerning the occupation
they desire to follow in life, and are
grievously disappointed If circumstan-
ces prevent them from following the
bent of their inclinatiOns. Ii is true
that the natural bent is of service in
helping TO decide on a calling for life.
And yet, come to think of il, IL is very
hard to pick out the tastes that were
born with US, and those that come by
early education. Daniel Webster would
have followed the sea if his father had
not turned his mind in an opposite di-
rectiOn. He set his two boys TO argue
cases with one another. His first case
was in behalf of a captive woodschuck,
which they had in a trap. Zeke was
for drowning il, and made out very
good case. But when it came Daniels
turn he put quite another face on the
question. His appeal was so effective
that the old man roared out ''Zeke, do
you let that woodchuck gO!" A great
scotsman and florist said he never took
any interest in plants until he bought a
geranium to help sell his painted flower
pots. That one went off so quickly that
he bought two more and placed in his
window, which were likewise quickly
sold. From these small beginnings
grew up large and prosperous busi-
ness. He was settled in life before he
began the study of plants and flowers,
but ne carried his practical knowledge
to rare extent. And yet he began
without any particular ''fancy for it,"
The fact is, there is wonderful adapta-
bility in the human mind to almost
anything resolutely required of it.
Like the old Indian who was laboriously
munching very hard crust, and was
asked if he liked il, he replied. at is
my victual and will like him, - So,
boys, say, ''It is my work and | will
like him." If it is right and honorable
work you will be sure TO succeed.





uU.rrxc malinm-A eahhlar
Year: 1877

Russian soldiers upon marches sing
to while away tedium, and the solos,
always in minor key and mOnOtonous,
are varied by lively bursts in the chorus.
The solo singer always imprOvises, and
is usually accompanied by man with a
fiddle, triangle, clarionet, or by one
who whistles. The ordinary uniform
of the infantry consists of a KEPT,
tunic, and pantaloons of dark green
cloth, the latter garment being inserted
in the boots. The gray Overcoat Is
carried in roll at the back, from the
right shoulder to the left hip. Two
cartridge boxes are attached TO the
leather belt in front. A canvas hayer-
sack hangs at the right behind the
bayonet, and the knapsaek covers the
back.
Year: 1877

The Hague is the most fashionable,
the handsomest, and the most modern
looking town in Holland. II is the resi-
dence of the court. Here the King has
his palace within the town, and the
Queen her palace in the woods. The
latter Is reached by short but delight
full drive, amid treee which shelter you
from the glare of the sunshine. 1t is
not large house, and il is built after a
very struggling style of architecture !;
but the portion inhabited by the Queen
is fitted up with an exquisite taste and
refinement that eclipses many palaces
of far greater pretensions 10 gorgeous
ness and grandeur. One of the few
pictures in the japanese saloon was a
portrait of Motley, showing refined
intellectual face, but scarcely doing
justice TO the expression of the eyes.
The Queen is universally beloved and
reverenced for her great virtue, piety,
and amiability; but she lives a some
what retired and secluded life. The





The appearance of the Hague is quite
different from that of any other town
in Holland. There is an atmosphere
of fashion and gayety about its broad,
well-built streets suggestive of a small
Paris or Berlin; an atmosphere which
the presence of a court invariably con-
fers. Signs Of wealth, too, ,Are manifold.
Fashionable equipages abound, as well
appointed as any 10 be found in Hyde
Park during the London season. Ladies
dress as luxuriously as those of Paris;
and possibly the small rivalries and
jealousies that reign in the two great
capitals are not absent here. Human
nature is much the same all the world
over, and like causes bring forth SINH
lar results.


One of the chief attractions of the
Hague is its admirable picture-gallery,
containing some of the finest examples
of the Dutch school TO be met with in
the wide world. Paul Potter's famous
Bull is once more here in safe posses
sion. 1t was carried away to the Lou
vre, and kept there considerable time
as one of its chiefest attractions. 1t is
a picture great in size and stupendous
in execution, faithful to the very life.
One wonders at the amazing vigor pos
sessed by so young man; a man, too,
whose constitution yielded TO consump-
ton before he reached his thirtieth
year. In the firm set of the lips, and
the general outline of the profile, as
seen in his bust, there is something
which reminds one slightly of Gustave
Dore. There are few who have not
seen or heard of Paul Potter's Bull, for
it has been produced in oleographs and
engravings without number.
Year: 1877

One dsy blind man chsnced TO meet
A lame one hmping in the street


The former hoped with fond del ght
The latter would conduct him right
The lame man cried, Lend aid to thee;
/ cannot walk. unhappy me


And vet methinks. to bear q load
Thoa hsst good shoulders strong and broad
II thoult resolve TO bear me hence
I'll be thy guide as recompense
Thy firm, strong foot VIII then be mine
And my bright eye be also thine.
The lame man. with his crutches. rode
Upon the blind mans shoulders broad
United thus achieved the pair -.--
What each would have accomplished neeI-
The gifts of others thou hast not
While others want what thou hast got
And from this imperfection springs
The good that social virtue brings
If other men the gifts possessed
With which by nature am blessed.
Their care but for themselves would be;
They ne'er would waste thought on me.
Plague not the gods with wall and cry
The gifts which they to thee deny,
And give another. profit thee;
We need but sociabilIty.
Year: 1877

B II there Is any state In tho Union


that owes heavy debt Of odium to


the dsmocratic party it u Indiana.


The democracy held the state back
in the race Of progress as long as
they could, and by tkeir Ignorance
and Bourbonism made the name OF
Hoosierdoom byword throughout
the land During the war the leaders
OF the party tried to plunge the state
into revolution, planning the murder
OF the Governor, the release Of rebel
prisoners, and all sorts OF devilmert.
Since the war their greatest exploit
Is the election Of Jimmy Williams as
Governor-an event which may fairly
be classed as among the greatest dis
asters the state has ever Suffered.
We repeat, therefore, If there Is any
state IN the Union that owes q heavy
debt OF odium to the democracy
1t Is Indiana.-husliandpolis Journal.
Year: 1877

An alarm of fire was sounded last even
ing at about quarter before seven. Inc
engines promptly responded to the call, put
before reaching the scene OF the supposed
are,i Was discovered to have proceeded rom
the blowing off OF the blast at Pickers stove
foundry.
Year: 1877

publican Governor of Maine, who says in
his Message: heated Presidential con-
test has not been followed, as is customary,
by the acknowledged election of the candi-
date of one party and the ready submission
of the defeated party to the result. But there
is no present reason for forebodings. Parti-
san clamor will be hushed in the majestic
presence of the law Of the land when the
time comes for it to manifest and assert it.
SELF We cannot doubt that the tribunal
upon which devolves the settlement Of the
vexed question. composed of men chosen OF
the nation for wisdom and patriotism, will
establish the right by clear proof of law and
ancient custom, and that the general voice
of law-abiding people will accept their
decision" Evidently, Governor Connor
does not believe that the Vice President is
to control the matter.
Year: 1877

Some apprehension is reported MS felt in
Berlin because the elections for members
of the popular house Of the German Parlia-
ment have resulted in adding sensibly to
the strength in that body of the party Of
'ssocial democrats" These apprehensions
are irrational, whether they contemplate the
fact as an evidence of the growth of party
deemed inimical to the established order of
society, or whether they contemplate any
presumed immediate danger from the
success of this party at the polls. 1t appears
certain that the increased representation OBJ
tanned by this party is not due to On abso-
lutte increase of its vote, but only to rela-
tive increase consequent upon the fact that
the people generally were Indifferent to the
election and stayed at home. On such oc-
casions extremists of any kind obtain ad-
vantages. But the strength Of the German
government is underrated by any person
who believes these agitators could prove
dangerous, though twice as strong as they
really are.
Year: 1877

The Nichols party hold their previous
advantages, and if two days more should
pass without breach of the peace, calling
for the Intervention of General Augur's
troops, the democrats will probably have
gained complete possession of the State
government. This success is likely to come
by the weakening and disintegration Of the
Packard Legislature, which has no quorum
in the Senate and bare quorum in the
House. Two members of the Packard House
deserted yesterday, and more desertions are
likely to follow to-day or tomorrow. AS
soon as the Nichols party shall have ac-
quired by these desertions from the other
side quorum of both branches OF the Legis-
lature and a good working majority there
will De no further trouble, unless the federal
authority should interfere, which is not ex-
pected Governor Nichols only needs an
unquestionable Legislature, which recog-
nizes his authority, to give his party full
control of the State government. The
Metropolitan police ore in even q more
shaky condition than the Packard Legis-
lature They look with longing eyes across
the political chasm, debating with them
selves whether the time has not come to
overleap it and make peace with the victors
before it is too late. The only chance OF the
Packard party consists in getting up a con-
flict and bringing in the federal troops.
Yesterday they planned an assault on the
Court House with view to recapture it from
the democrats, but their courage failed them.
They have erected new barricades in the
State House, piling up the law library to
make wall, so that in one sense the
law stands between them and harm.
The democrats, on their side, have strength
ened their defences at the Court House, and
are prepared to repel the assault OF Pack
ard s men if it should be made The local
public opinion of the best classes in New
Orleans preponderates so strongly in ia
vor of the Nichols side that the Packard
position will weaken every day unless Pres
ident Grant should change his mind and in
terfere If he continues to stand aloof until
the middle of next week the Nichols gov
eminent will be fully established and be ac-
cepted by the people of the State.
Year: 1877

It does not appear what the decisive
steps" may be which it is thought the
Powers will take with regard to Turkey in
the event of the Conference failing alto
gether, but it is unlikely that they will be
oil that may seem desirable in the way OF
decisiveness Strange as it may appear
that all Europe should be in agreement as
to what should be required of Turkey, and
yet not be prepared to exact the adoption
of the measures it proposes, there is the
least possible probability that the steps to
be taken will reach the verge of war.
If all the Powers should initiate the action
that it is reported Germany will take and
suspend diplomatic relations by the with
drawal of their representatives it may be
deemed an extreme measure in the circum-
stances But we do not see any reason to
believe that this would seriously disturb
the Turks It would not even interfere
with the placing of Turkish loans; for it
would be believed in London, just as it is
now believed in Constantinople, that the
interests of England in Turkeys fate are too
deep and positive for them to be really
affected by measures which the government
may from time to time deem that it is forced
to take by the exigencies of the European
concert"
Year: 1877

We reprint the greater part OF letter
written by Macaulay to an American
author twenty years since, which then had
q wide circulation in the American press.
This letter, with others. from Lord Macau-
lay to the same American correspondent, is
soon to be printed in popular periodical.
In the present condition of our affairs its
gloomy view Of our institutions may seem
prophetic but most Americans will con-
tinue to think that Macaulay was dressing up
a chimera. At any rate our present trouble
does not arise out Of conflict between the
rich and the poor, which is the rock on
which Macaulay thought our Republic is des-
tined to go to pieces. The present contro-
versy merely discloses grave defect in that
part of our constitution which relates to the
election of the President-a defect that will,
no doubt. be remedied within the ensuing
four years. With this change, of which the
want has never been seriously felt until now,
and q further change making the civil
service, like the military service, per-
manent, and limiting the Presidents
patronage 20 the filling of vacancies,
we see no reason why our institutions may
not be as successful for the next three GEN.
turies as they have been for tho last. In
country where there is neither primogeni-
ture nor entails the division of estates on
the death of owners insures wide diffusion
of property, which is our chief safeguard
against the evils predicted by Macaulay.
He was misled by reasoning from an English
standpoint as was natural to man
living in country where the laws are cal
culated to keep property in the same fami-
lies from generation to generation by
making the oldest son the principal heir.
No other government than republic is per-
manently possible in o country where
estates are broken up and distributed among
all the children, and where wills are more
or less colored by the equal division
which the law makes of the property Of
intestates The French Revolution estab-
lished q similar division of estates, and the
consequence is that France in all her muta-
tions has steadily gravitated toward
q republic, until it has become pretty gen.
eral conviction that no other government is
possible in that country All Europe, Eng
land included, is tending more and more
toward popular institutions Macaulny,
who lived in the past and had no foresight,
never showed so much political narrowness
as in his noteworthy letter to the author OF
the "Life of Jefferson"
Year: 1877

They n,uy be robbed and swindled; young
girls, who frequently come unprotected,
may be led astray, and all manner of ras-
calities may be practised on them by the
sharks who are constantly on the alert for
such victims Some means must be de-
vised for protecting these defenceless peo-
pie, and this cannot be done without ex-
his possession generally passes through New
York and makes his way West. The paupers
remain in the city, burden on the cominu-'
nifty. 1t is scarcely just to require New
York to bear the expense of protecting the
well-to-do immigrants who carry their
money and their labor elsewhere, and of
maintaining the sick, the helpless and the
penniless, who cannot be left to perish in
the streets. Again, the emigrant lines are
by no means particular how many paupers
they bring to the United States. Is it un-
just to hold them responsible for the care
and maintenance of such people, or to require
them to protect the citizens against the risk
Of the burden by the payment Of head
money tax? These are the questions to be
decided. Something must be done to pro-
tect the immigrant landing in New York.
Something ought to be done to protect the
taxpayers of New York from an unequal
burden in caring for and maintaining pauper
immigrants Exactly what is the most just
and expedient method of reaching these re-
suits is the question to which the attention
of Congress is now directed.
Year: 1877

How snail AmmlSramtS Be CnrcO FOR


There is much diversity of opinion aoto
the merits of the bill requiring the emigr1nt
steamship lines to pay head money tax on
immigrants landed in the United States, 1t
is argued by some that such q tax is wrong
in principle, and that a country which in
vites and profits by immigration cannotin
justice meet the immigrant with tax for the
privilege of landing on American SOIL But
this is sentimental objection, since the
head money is not paid by the immigrant,
but by the steamship companies. The abo-
lition of the head money tax in New York,
through tho decision of the Supreme Court
pronouncing the State law unconstitutional,
was not followed by any reduction in the
rates of emigrant passage, and its reimposi-
ton through United States law would not
increase those rates, which are regulated,
like all other traffic, by competition.


The State laws requiring the payment of
head money by the steamship lines we're re-
garded as Objectionable here mainly be-
cause heavier tax was necessarily imposed
in New York than in other States, and this
was believed to be calculated to drive steam
ship lines to other seaports. uniform tax,
imposed under the authority Of the United
States, would not be open to this local OBJ
lection. The immigrants who land in n
large city like New York, thousands of them
unable to understand word Of English,
are necessarily subjected to great dangers.