smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

A writer in the October Galaxy Cos.
sips pleasantly about Zig Leaves and
French Dresses" We extract the fol-
lowing paragraph:


Methinks | hear a scornful mascu-
line critic cry, "Well, why do women
submit to the tyranny of foreign fash.
ions2 Why do they not return to SEN
sible and simple dress2" Ah, why do
we not? Wecannot, and there's an end
ont. We do not want to make guys
of ourselves, and if we did, 0 masculine
critic, you would be the first TO scott at
our altered state. Do you remember the
old maiden aunt in Trollope's He
knew he was Right?" She hated
chignons, and yet when she called to see
Cammy French, who had just laid hers
aside out of Difference to the prejudices
of her clerical lover, she came away
quite indignant, and aware that there
was something wrong about the young
lady's appearance, though what she
could not make out "She came down
to see me not half dressed-quite in her
morning gown, as it were" Il have
not the book with me to quote her
exact WOruS, DuJ SuCu WAS tHe uTpOl1Oi
her speech And, male individual. you
men are all in that respect like Troll
lopes old maid You want US to stop
following the fashions, and the instant
we do you become vaguely aware that
there is something wrong and you pro
ceed to growl about it, Once | was ac-
uuainted with staid old gentleman,
who, when hoops were first introduced,
declared that they were an abomination,
and that his wife should never wear
one. Like sensible woman, she quietly
conformed to the reigning fashion, and
said nothing to her spouse about ii. One
evening, when the mode was in full
blown amplitude, and he had been
indulging in TRADE against it, she
went up stairs, slipped off her Duplex
Elliptic, and then returned to the par
lor taking care to place herself directly
before her husband. He looked at her
for some moments in mingled perplexity
and vexation. Finally the pent-up feel
ings found vent: Why, Maria, what
have you been doing to yourself? You
look as though you had been dragged
through keyhole. You are-ah-ah-
in fact, you do not look decent. Go up
stairs and put some more clothes on
Joui
Year: 1874

All previous narratives of intelligent proceedings on the part of animals are thrown into the shade by the following account of medical monkey, described by the Oriental correspondent of. a London journal

 He one day saw a monkey holding a snake by the throat and rubbing it's head in the dirt :; but as the ground was moist and damp the snake was not readily killed by this mode of punish ment. Every now and then the monkey would look most knowingly in the face of the reptile to see if it was dead and in the course of one of these investiga- tions the monkey received a severe bite. This angered him, and hespeedily dispatched the snake, but it's coils had hardly relaxed before the monkey reeled and fell prostrate, and apparently in all the agonies of death by poison. By this time all aged-looking monkey ar rived on the scene, and after examining the bodies of the snake and it's victim, he immediately started for some neigh. boring bushes, where he collected some leaves of the plant known as the red cherchita. These he rapidly and skill fully fashioned into sort of pill, which he administered to his snake bitten companion, who speedily revived and walked off with his physician. The story is declared to come from trust worthy sources.
Year: 1874

SUFFERED INNooENTLY.-An innocent person met with very painful accident under peculiar circumstances, recently, in Boston. An Italian peddler being insulted by street gamin, retorted with some epithet, whereupon the boy took up large stone and threw it at him from the opposite side of the street. It struck the curbstone with such vio- fence as to rebound and strike the nose of gentleman who was passing in 8 wagon. His nose was broken and turned completely over on his cheek, showing an orifice clear into his head. The gentleman tainted from pain and loss of blood. The boy mingled with the crowd and escaped.
Year: 1874

To MAKE Coop TEA.-A teaspoonful of tea for each person. Heat the tea pot first with some boiling water, then pour that into the tea-cNps to warm them ; put in the tea, and pour water enough on the tea to cover it let it stand three or four minutes, then nearly fill the teapot with water, let it stand a few minutes, and pour out, leaving some portion of tea in the pot when you replenish, that all the strength cup. Never add fresh tea to that which has already been made, by way of strengthening it, for it will not have that effect but in case of it's being too weak, then put the tea into large tea cup, fill it up with boiling water, and leave it there, closely covered, for few minutes, after which pour the contents into the teapot.
Year: 1874

There can be nothing of more i'm
portance than thoroughness. Every
live, progressive farmer must of neces-
sity be thorough if he expects to make
his occupation success. He must not
try to do too much by cultivating too
many acres with too little help and
machinery, nor should he keep more
stock than can be kept in good, thriv-
ing condition. He should aim to keep
ahead of his work, which has been
previously planned, and work out his
plans to the very letter Whatever is
worth doing should be done well
Thoroughness in farming pays. When
plowing, plow with as much care as if
you were competing for premium.
Let no cut and covering be done, but
set your plow so that it will be square
and true, and not so that it will run
sideways, like hog to war, When
narrowing make no balks, but usually
lap the harrow half, and get the seed
bed in good order. See that the soil
is pulverized finely, so that the plant
food will be available. In seeding get
the best seed, fan it thoroughly, and
arrange your selves so that all the small
and imperfect grains will be separated
from the large and perfect ones.


To be thorough we must be saving.
Too much grain is wasted in nearly
every harvest field 1t pays to take
the time to cradle a swarth around the
field, so that the reaper can run the
first round without driving over the
standing grain. A little more thorough
ness in the matter of saving grain
when harvesting and threshing would
amount in the aggregate to sum that
would astonish many farmer who
has never seriously considered the
matter.-Americdn Stock Journal
Year: 1874

Some men take too much money
out of their business to expend in
household expenses and lavish display
and speedily bring themselves to the
verge of bankruptcy. One old gentle
man, who had commenced life as a
poor boy, had, by mastering the diff
cult steps to final success, gained con
siderable wealth as merchant,
When he arrived at old age he retired
to private life to live in ease and com
fort on his income, leaving a prosper
ous business in the hands of his son.


In three years the young man was
bankrupt. He had failed in business,
and was compelled to take q position
as clerk in a strangers store.


His father was asked why il was
that, in business in which he had
succeeded so well, his son had failed.


He gave this characteristic answer
when / first commenced business my
wife and | lived on porridge. As my
business increased we had better food
and when | could afford il we had
chicken. But you see, Johnnie com.
menced with the chicken first
Year: 1874


he gave the figures. made by one of the
largest and most reliable dealers in the
east


Hon. John Patton said that for a
number of wears he had not been en-.
oaged in the timber business but dur.
ing the wears in which he had been en-.
eaged in il he had learned some lessons
by experience. and among Others that
"what was worth doing at all was
worth doing WELL He approyed OF
the object Of the meeting. and would
pledgc himself TO lse nil his influence
TO carry It out. 1t was a step In the
right direction, and the plan reported
showed that II was intended TO do the
work well and meant business Il only
remained for the producers of souare
timber on the Susauehanna river to
make il effectual by signing the agree
ment and standing square up TO the
work, honestly and faithfully. He did
not think there was man engaged In
the production, but could reduce large
ly from the quantity he made last year,
II he made up his mind to do So
So far as payments on lands were con-
cerned, the parties to whom payments
were to be made, he had no doubt,
would extend them, if they did not cut
off the timber, and his advice TO all who
had sold land on which payments are
still to be made, was TO make extension
at least of part, for the reason that a
serious decline in the value of timber
the coming season will result in many
years of such depression in the trade
that buyers of land will not be able to
pay at all.


He knew a great many men who
put in timber to make money out of it,
who were not in debt, and as soon as
their timber was converted into money
il was loaned out for the interest. All
such should Join this movement and
agree not to cut a stick Of timber.
Their timber was growing in value on
the stump more rapidly than their
money at interest, and as secure in
vestment, timber lands were much
safer than lending money. Bad loans
were frequently made. For his part,
he thought the people of the numbering
region were possessed of sufficient dis
erection to look the matter fairly in the
face, and had nerve and pluck enough
to take hold of the matter with de-
termination and that they would not
be satisfied with any halfway meas
urcs. He was satisfied il would be
better for the whole trade to lose the
years business than suffer the over
stock on the market TO continue, The
tone of our people and the full express
sion of this meeting indicated that they
were in earnest, and it was the duty of
Year: 1874

Why EARS SHOULD NOT BE BOXED
In Physiology for Practical Use ID.
Appleton 4 Coz we find the follow
ing: There are several things very
commonly done which are extremely
injurious to the ear, and ought to be
carefully avoided, And
first, childrcn's ears ought never to be
boxed. We have seen that the pass
age of the ear is closed by thin men,
branc, especially that adapted to- be
Influenced by every impulse of the air,
and with nothing but the air to sup
port Il internally. What, then, can Be
more likely to injure this membrane
than a sudden and forcible compression
Of the air in front of Il? II any one
designed TO break or oveptretch the
membrane he could scarcely devise a
more efficient means than to bring the
hand suddenly and forcibly down upon
the passage Of the car, thus driving
tho air violently before Il, with no pos.
sibility for ia escape but by the Nom.
brane giving way. Many children arc
made deaf BY boxes on the ear In this
way"
Year: 1874

Truth is the gem to which all that
sparkles on the dress is dross aud paste.


Purity is the pearl, put into no bracelet


or ring. 1t is the soul, whose loss can
not be reckoned as you reckon fortunes
swept away in financial whirlwind, or
consumed in some terrific fire. 1t is
said the ancieHts missed star, one Of


the seven we call Pleiades, sparkling q
setting Of diamonds in the blue sap
phire of the midnight sky. But the
fall Of such star would raise less la


mcnt in heaven, than when sincerity,


honesty, good name falls from the
irmanent Of the humblcst soul. We


talk Of saving the soul. Have we any


soul, among our possessions, left and
how much that we dare call our own
Soul, except as an article Of rnerchan-
disc, is not so common. A man of soul


we do not meet, every day, in the


street. Soul is certain sensibility to


truth, honor and beauty, which the eye


or ear or understanding cannot behold


or contain. 1t is as prec ious gem or


amber, which the richest growth Of hu-


man nature is required to form and dis
till. 1t is the honey Of man in this


hive of his body. 1t is the blossom
and bright consummate flower, which
this coarse stem Of flesh has the privi-
lege to unfold and we say justly Of
mean and selfish people, that they
have no soul, only latent capacity, po-
tentiality or possibility Of fsoul.-C. A.
B0rf0i.
Year: 1874

The Arkansas Case In the Cabinet.


WAsHISGTON, May 9.-The Cabinet was
in session for nearly two hours yesterday,
during which the Arkansas question was
under consideration. 1t was expected that
the general government would have made
some decision in response to the many ap-
p]ications therefor from representatives of
the contending factions in this case, bat no
conclusions have been reached here as yet.


The decision Of the Supreme Court favor.
ing the Brooks side of the case, in such d1
rect ntradictionto the previous decision
that the Legislature had exclusive control
of the question, has the effect to augment
the difficulty under which the general gov
ernment rests in arriving at solution of
the vexed question.


This new phase of the matter was talked
of at some length in the Cabinet session,
and the reversal Of the former opinion of
the Supreme Court of the State occasioned
surprise. No member of the Cabinet has
made definite and positive expression of
opinion on the subject


All the papers that have been presented
in the case we're read. There may be some
decision to day, but there is no certainty of
it, as the attorneys of the different parties
are continually sending kilograms, and pre-
senting new points and arguments that they
are anxious to have considered.


A Cabinet officer said yesterday afternoon
that the gOvernmentWas heartily tired of
the controversy, and when it's decision is
made proclamation will be issued which
all will understand must settle the case.


Later.


The representatives of the Arkansas
factions are in conference with the Attor-
ney General. II they fail to come to an
agreement the Attorney General is author
ized to issue orders. The negotiations will
not close until midnight. There are in
timations that Mr.. Williams leans to Bax-
ter Seven millions in railroad bonds are
involved, in which, it is said, the Arkansas
officials have slice. The source of the
trouble seems that Baxter was refractory
about issuing them.


A Little Affair in the Morning.


LITTLE ROCK, May 6.-At halfpast eight
o'clock this morning two Baxter men,
standing near the southwest corner OF Main
and Markham streets, walked across the
street toward three or four Brooks men, all
cOlored. One OF the latter pulled out a
pistol and fired at the Baxter men, rushing
into the middle of the street as he did 80.
The fire was returned and the negro was
shot dead.


This wac the occasion OF numerous other
shots, about forty in all the Baxter men
firing from Stoddard's corner, and few OF
Brooks men, who were IN the Metropolitan,
fired from that quarter. The United States
of the hook and ladder company, barricad
ing Markham street and forming line be-
hind it. Matters were soon quiet.


The Situation Becoming More Wariike
About one hour after the firing this morn
Year: 1874

1t is said that Bro. Bonham the
Clarke county Representative who
did not know that capital punishment
was abolished was heard to declare
last Fourth, as he stood leaning
against the center pole of the circus
tent at Osceola inquiring of some
brother what month we voted in this
year, that he couldn't understand
why selection day" always come on
Tuesday, when Fourth of July and
Christmas and other holidays seem
to come along all days of the week.
The matter will be referred to com.
mittee when he becomes speaker OF
the House.-Madisonian.
Year: 1874

In 1884 about fourteen bales of
cotton were shipped from America to
England, of which eight bales were
seized as improperly entered, on the
ground that 80 much cotton as this
could not have been produced in the
United States, and this was more
than one hundred and fifty years aft
er the first importation of cotton
grown in the same country. In l74l
the first sample Of Georgia cotton
was taken to England.
Year: 1874

New YORK, August lS.-The fol.
lowingis synopsis of Beecher's
statement before the committee


In the beginning he alludes to his
preliminary statement and his prom.
lse to substantiate the solemn denial
made In it by q detailed statement.
he says four years ago Theodore
Tilton fell from one of the most
prominent positions in America,
where he represented the cause OF re.
llgion, humanity and patriotism, and
in a few months thereafter became
the associate and representative of
Victoria Woodruff and the friend of
her strange cause. By bis follies,
be was bankrupt in reputation, in oo-
cupation, and in resources. The in
terror history of which l am now
about to give brief outline is his
tory OF his attempts to imply / was
to reinstate him in business, restore
his reputation, and place him again
upon the eminence from which he
had fallen. It was q sad history,
full OF meaning, to which / have but
Year: 1874

women, hostile on other grounds,
was borne to my ears, when l had
lost the last remnant of faith in The
odore or hope for him, when I heard
with unspeakable remorse that every
thing had done had made matters
worse, and all attempts to avert his
public trial only brought scandal on
me his unhappy wife was under his
dictation, signing the papers and re-
carnations and the destruction from
which l tried to save his family was
poured on other families; the church
and community believed me buried
under heaps of rubbish, from which
only my professional friend could
extrioate me. Believing that he
could do so, / maintained the silence
he enioired, until Tilton attempted
through Frank Carpenter, to raise
money from friends by openly as
sailing me in a letter to DIR. Bacon,
thereupon / called for an investiga-
ton. For the delay in publishing
the details I am not responsible.
All the harm l have 80 long dread
ed and striven to avoid has come to
pass. The time has however arrived
when | can speak in vindication of
myself. l labored under the disad-
vantage of poor memory for dates
and details. During these past four
years my life has been filled with q
multiplicity of labors and duties
which fall upon clergymen more
than on any other public man. This
is my position. 1 know my innocence
without being able to prove it with
detailed explanation. | am one
upon whom trouble works inwardly,
making me outwardly silent, but re-
verberating in the chambers of my
soul, and when at length / do speak,
it is rent up food that pours forth
without measure or moderation. /
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
Year: 1874

We have come to another Of those
Milestone in the pilgrimage Of
life, designed by God to map out our
lives in pleasing variety, aud At which
We may halt and take our bearings.
Like the heather God Janus, (repre-
sented always with Two faces) from
which this month takes it's name. We
should look back wards and forwards.
Il 10 neither wise nor good to grievs
over what cannot be helped, but no
man lives Alright who does not use the
irrevocabls past to teach him in the
inevitable future.


We wish al our readers happy
New Year.
Year: 1874

The people of Chicago have become aroused
to the necessity of doing something to protect
their city against fire. We believe that they
were similarly aroused three years ago, but the
burned district was built up and the affair was
forgotten. Chicago owes something to the
rest of the world, and it is about time that
some of the proposed safeguards were adopted.
1t is now promised that the water supply is to
be improved, wooden buildings are to be re-
moved from the city limits and the fire de-
partment is to be thoroughly reorganized. It
is to be hoped that these good resolutions will
not be suffered to end, like the great confla-
grations, in smoke. 1t looks promising to
find that the insurance companies are now
aroused as we'll as the people, and the Board
of Underwriters have resolved to entirely
withdraw the protection Of the companies they
represent unless these precautionary measures
are adopted. If the insurance offices can be
relied on to adhere to their determination we
shall no doubt behold such reforms in Chi
cago as will prevent recurrence of such con-
f0grations as those which have twice devas-
tated portions of the city Otherwise we fear
that the ardor of the people may again cool
off with the dying embers.
Year: 1874

TIE NEW INDICTMENTS found against
ex-Police Commissioners Charlick and Gard
ner give far more serious aspect to the
charges against Mayor Havemeyer 1t was
pretended by the Mayor that the violation of
the law by the convicted Commissioners was
only technical" !" that the inspector lille
gally removed was of bad character that the
jury was not an honest one. Now that the
offence is alleged to have been repeated over
and over again, and different Grand Jury
have found indictments against the accused,
the action of the Mayor in defying the law,
ignoring the Governors notice and reap
pointing the convicted men appears the more
outrageous. There seems to have been con-
spiracy to pack the inspectors Of election in
defiance of the law, and should the new in
dictments lead to conviction the people will
demand severe penalty against the guilty
parties.
Year: 1874

MAYOR HAvEMEYER is evidently disposed to
treat the charges on which Governor Dix has
called upon him for his defence with as much
contempt as he can express without commit
ting himself as grossly as he did when he first
received the Governor notification of the
vacancies in the Police Commission. The
Mayor thinks the protection of Mr.. Myer
Stern of far more consequence than the Gov
ernor's summons. He has duties to attend to
without hurrying himself about any such non
sense. The Governor can wait until he is
ready, which may be in day or two, or may
be in week. This is the tone the Mayor has
adopted when speaking of charges of officiIl
misconduct, which may rid the city OF the
scandal of his administration sooner than the
people have hoped.
Year: 1874

MORE ABOUT THE NATHAN MURDER MYs-
TERY.-We print this morning strange letter
from a pardoned convict bearing on the Ma
than murder mystery, and purporting to give
a true account of the affair. According to the
writer of this letter the murder was COM
mitted by notorious burglar named Henry
smith, who was one of gang who entered
Mr.. Nathan's house for the purpose of plum
der. 1t will be seen from our report that the
police authorities do not consider this letter
of any value. Henry Smith is known to
them and so is the writer of the letter. Il
seems as if this mystery would never be fully
unravelled The police, in spite OF their pre-
tensions to the contrary, would appear to be
as much in the dark as the general public.
1t is the opinion Of some people that had
Captain Jourdsn's life been spared the mur-
derer would have been discovered Of this
we are by no means satisfied. Whatever may
be the result this letter renders further in
vestigation necessary. 1t will not do to leave
q single stone unturned