smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Place the cage 80 that no draught of
air can strike the birds. Give nothing
to healthy birds but rape and canary
seed, water, cuttlefsh bone and gravel
paper or sand on the floor Of the cage.
No hemp seed. A bath three times a
week. The room should Eot be over
heated-never above seventy degrees.
When moulting (shedding featbers) keep
warm, avoid all oraughts of air Give
plenty of German rape seed; little
hard-boiled egg, mixed with crackers
grated fine, is excellent. Feed at a GER
tain hour in the morning. By observing
these simple rules birds may be kept in
fine condition for years. For birds that
are sick or have lost their song, procure
bird tonic at bird store. Very many
keep birds who mean TO give their pets
all things to make them bright and
happy, and at the same time are guilty.
of great cruelty in regard to perches
The perches in cage should be each one
of different size, and the smallest as largf
as a pipe stem. If perches are OF thd
right sort no trouble is ever had abou


the birds toe-nails growing too long


And of all things keep the perches clean
| -CFancier.
Year: 1878

The mechanism of the movements OF
the hying-fish through the air has been
described with much detail by Professor
Moebius, OF KieI, who concludes, from
the observations of those who have pub
lished on the subject and his own, that
the fying-ish dart from the water with
great speed without reference to the
course OF the wind and waves. They
make no regular flying motions with
their pectoral and yentral fins, but
spread them out quietly, though very
rapid vibrations can be seen in the out
stretched pectoral fins. The hinder part
of the body, while the fish moves in the
air, hangs somewhat lower than the fore
part of the body. They usually fly
farther against the wind than with it, or
if their track and the direction of the
wind form an angle. Most fying-Gsh
which fly against or with the wind con-
tinue in their whole course of flight in
the same direction in which they come
out of the water. Winds which blow
from one side on to the original track of
the fish bend their course inward. All
fish which are at distance from the
vessel hover in their whole course in the
air near the surface of the water. II in
strong winds they fly against the course
of the waves, then they fly little
higher; sometimes they cut with the
tail into the crest of the same. ONLY
such fying-fsh rise to a considerable
height Cat the highest, by chance, five
meters above the surface of the seao
whose course in the air becomes obstruct-
ed by vessel. In the daytime flying
fish seldom fall on the deck of the sbio


but mostly in the night; never in a
calm, but only when the wind bloUs


For the most part they fall on sbins
which do not rise higher than two or
three yards above the water, when thew
are sailing on the wind, or with half
wind, and are making a good cour.e


Flying-fsh never come on board from


the lee side, but only on the windwsrd


side. Before vessels which pass h.


tween their swimming schools the ssb
fly into the air as before predaceou. eah
| or cetaceans.
Year: 1878

turned towards the setting sun, the
weird music of their funeral chant, the
means and strange cries of the whole
assembly as the red clay was thrown in
upon the colored brudder," whose
lamp burned brightly. "Don't yer cry
no mo-; but sing Home, Sweet Home
"a negro hymn) as sweetly as de departed
is singin' it wild de angels dis mint"
And l came away, the music of their
hymn growing fainter and fainter as 1
came up through the rose-scented town,
till they were far behind me, but I shall
never cease to hear that song.
Year: 1878

The machine is propelled by turning
wheel by a handle, and is steered by the
foot resting on treadles, the navigator
sitting astride the machine. The adj
vantage of this over all other balloons Is
that it can be made to fly swifter than
the wind and to cross from side to side
of acurrent of air moving toward another
point. By rising or descending and
moving in various directions favorable
current will inevitably be reached to
Year: 1878

:" In hundred ways. AS soon as L
have perfected it, and people come to
understand it thoroughly, it will come
into use. Even now, I've had ever SO
many applications for machines but
man couldn't use one if.he had it. This
one is small, and intended only for
exhibitions under cover. The weight OF
the cylinder or balloon is sixty pounds,
of the machine proper forty-eight, and
Mark weighs ninety-six, 80 the weight is
two hundred and four pounds. But
am going to make a bigger one during
the next six months that will carry two
heavy men. You see l don't have to
carry any ballast or waste any gas, so j
need only three thousand two hundred
cubic feet of gas. Now the propelling
fan is equal to five hundred cubic feet of
hydrogen in raising the balloon and to
thirty-five pounds of ballast in lowering
it. The thing is run entirely by hand,
and is nothing in size compared with all
the others that have been tried in this
country and elsewhere. The propelling
that is, the raising and lowering fan
is only twenty inches in diameter and
makes two thousand revolutions q
minute. The steering fan is two inches
smaller and revolves two thousand eight
hundred times q minute.
Year: 1878

place regard. But unless do this un-
hely deed my father will be "a bankrupt,
and he declares he will con NIT suicide
unless l consent to save him by a mar
riage that has long been con templated by
our parents. Forget one who is un-
worthy of your true devotion
Year: 1878

Mr.. Garrison has re-opened his store, at
No. SO E. Commerce Street, and is now
holding Special sale of Dry Goods. 1t is
the purpose to close out the present stock at
any sacrifice to make it go. Everybody
should call at his splendid store and secure
the bargains now offered at this forced sale.
Year: 1878

Go to Bacon's and buy "The Tiger" a
perfect self-discharging sulky rake. In
simplicity, strength and durability without
a rival. For ease of operating or adjusting
to any variety of cropor surface unequaled.
Any boy or girl that can drive a horse can
rake with it as well as the strongest man.


m 30-4.
Year: 1878

Peaches and kream win convert eny
man who is worth saving. The peach
has doun like that on maiden's cheek
but it amt half so pleazant to get into
the lips. Peach brandy is made out OF
the peach; this Ticker has been called
mcllo, but like all other Ticker l have
tried, it will lay out saint just as quick
as it will sinner The fakt of it IL, there
amt no kind of ardent rum, don't care
how artless and gentle the name of it H.
or how rich and mello you may call it,
but il will thro him who wrasses with it,
be he fool or be he a philosopher
There IL only one piece ov humanity that
kan stand ardent spirits, and he IL AT
Injun and kant stand it only just long
enuif to get civilized. When peach bran
dy il fust made it iz hot az streak oi
lightning. and just about AS sudden.
once drank teaspoontul ov it warm from
the still, and it was twenty minutes be
fore could draw long breath. was
az hot inside az q chimney on fire.
thought it would break out and blaze
somewhere, bnt it did not happen to
weut at once and Joined the Murphy
ties.
Year: 1878

A little elbow leans upon your knee


Your tired knee that has so much to bear
A ehild's dear eyes are looking lovingly


From underneath thateh of tangled hair
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
OF warm moist fingers holding yours so tight
leu do not prize the blessing overmueh


You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
But 1t is blessedness. year ago


did not see 1t as | do to-day--


We arc all so dun and thankless, and to slow
To catch the sunshine till it slips away


And now 1t seems surprising strange to mo
That while | wore the badge of motherhood
did not kiss more oft and tenderly


The little child that brougt me only good.
And if, some night whenyou sit down to rest
You miss the elbow on your tired knee
This restless curly head from off your breast
This lisping tongue that elatters constantly
lffrom your own the little hands has slipped
And nc'er would nestle in your palm again.
If the white feet into the grave had trlpped--
could not blame you your heartache then
wonder that some mothers ever fret
At their little children ,linging to their gown
Or that the footprints, when the days are wet
Are over black enough to make them frown
If | could find a little muddy boot,
Or cap, or jacket on my chamber floor
II | could kiss u rosy, restless foot,
And hear it patter in my house once more.
If could mend a broken cart to-day,
Tomorrow make q kite to reach the sky,
There is no woman in Gods world could say
She was more blissfully content than !
But ah !! the dainty pillow next my own
Is ever rumpled by a shining head!
My singing birding from its nest has flown---
The little boy used to kiss is--dead'
Year: 1878

SENATOR THURMAN ieebly remarks, be-
tween vigorous snorts of his bugle.horn and
graceful waving of that Red Bandana, that
his health will not justify him in making a
campaign for Governor of Ohio; but he is
strong enough it seems to draw his pay reg
nlariy as Senator for three years more.
But the Senate Is not a hospital. If he is
really III he should RESIGN.
Year: 1878

THE GreenbaCkers are TO meet in Wash
ington on the 22d OF February next for con-
snltation regarding the future of their party.
This is well. Resumption will then have
been practically and legally in vogue for
hny.three days. The future of the Green
back party will need looking after by that
lime,
Year: 1878

PorTAn goes TO New Orleans 1t is not
known what instructions he will leave with
his committee relating 10 the cipher dis
patches during his absence. The only sure
thing about the ease is that he will not
take the original ciphers with him.
Year: 1878

buried with them, not, however, to be for
gotten. The Democratic rebellion was con-
quered, and history covers all the period
since. The Bloody Shirt" was buried with
the war, only to be rcsurrected by its in
vcntors years after that bloody drama had
closed its record. The clothing of colored
men with the rights of citizenship, and
their exercise of il in hostility to the
Democratic party in the South, was
the signal for enshroudiug the colored Re.
pubicans in the Bloody Shirts and con-
signing them to early graves in every South.
ern State. Recorded history establishes
this fact beyond controversy. The massa-
ere Of colored citizens in louisiana Missis-
sippi, Alabama, and South Carolina is not
denied, so proverbial has the fact become.
For years the Democrats have had their
Bloody Shirt manufactures in operation
in the South, until the Republicans, who
secured 10 the colored man the right Of
citizenship, have been forced either to ac-
cept and combat that issue or desert South.
ern Republicans 10 bloody fate. They
have elected to accept and meet the issue
aspresented by theDemocratic party and will
continue the conflict until the right to citi-
zenship and life is respected in every South
ern State and that party which exhumed
the Bloody Shirt is compelled TO return
1t to the grave from which they snatched II,
there to rest for all future time. When the
Democrats cease making Bloody Shirts by
the hands of Rifle Club leaders and follow
crs, and right and life are respected in the
South as at the North, then the Democratic
party will not be called upon to confront the
ensanguined garment. Until that time comes
it will constantly stand between that party
and success, and cannot be avoided.


But this is not the only issue the Demo-
cratic party will be called upon to meet in
its future contests for supremacy. Though
the war is over, its record lives, and the
Democrats must meet that. They have
shown themselves as open and armed
enemies to the country, and they cannot
escape that issue. The people lost all con-
fdence in the loyalty and integrity of the
Democratic party during that struggle and
1t has done little since to win that forfeited
confidence and respect back again. Since
it secured power in the House OF Repre-.
scntatives its highest purpose has been to
cripple the Government and embarrass its
healthy and vigorous administration. Its
leaders have fought resumption, sound
currency, and all that has been calculated
to develop the resources and advance the
interpsts of tho country FThpsa and N, M y
other issues that do not relate TO the
Bloody Shit" must be met by the Demo-
Gratis in their strIggle for supremacy in ESQ.
Year: 1878

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative. or blood cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectoral.
Golden Medical Discovery
Is Cholagogue, or Liver Stimulant.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1878

Horses have an instructive love for
soft water, and refuse hard water if they
can possibly get the former. Hard
water produces rough and staring coat
on horses, and renders them liable to
gripes. Pigeons also refuse hard water
II they can obtain access to soft. Cleg-
horn states that hard water in Minorca
causes diseases in the system of certain
animals, especially of sheep. So much
are race horses influenced by the quality
of the water, that it is not unfrequent to
carry q supply of soft water to the
locality in which the race is to take
place, lest there being only hard water,
the horses should lose condition. Mr..
Youatt, in his book called "The Horse"
remarking on the desirableness Of soft
water for the horses, says, Instinct or
experience has made the horse himself
conscious of this, for he will never drink
hard water if he has access to soft he
will leave the most transparent wattr OF
the we'll for river, although the water
may be turbid, and even for the nlul'
diest pool" And again in another place
he says, "Hard water drawn fresh from
the we'll will assuredly make the coat of
horse unaccustomed to it stare, and
will not unfrequeptly grippe or further
iniure him."
Year: 1878

The base ball mania has at last reached
Chinatown, says the Virginia City (Nev. }
Chronicle, and the Mongolians have a
regularly equipped nine. They prac-
tice with three men at the bat and nine
fielders, each batsman re naming in as
long as he can and taking his place in
the field when put out. While they ad-
here as closely as possible to the rules
of the American game, their manner of
playing it slightly differs. They want
the ball pitched straight overhead in
stead of to the right side, and they
strike much as if they were chopping
wood. After they hit, they run the re-
verse way of the diamond, making for
the third base first. In catching they
are very expert, and rarely missed ball
that was knocked in the air. In several
instances it was knocked from one hand
to another and caught. In batting they
we're very weak, but in throwing they
average better than the Caucasian clubs
of the Comstock. The reporter watched
the game for an hour, and did not note
single overthrow. The game dates its
decline from the year 1442, when at one
OF the big matches lady of the royal
household was hit in the neck with a
ball and killed. When Hung Lung was
told that the game was considered an
American institution, he laughed loudly
and intimated that it was hard to find
anything the Americans didn't claim,
Year: 1878

To-day the Forty-dftb Congress COM
mences Its regular and last session, which
terminates on the ith OF March next The
brief period allotted 10 IL secms to demand
measure Of industry aud application to
business rarely found In American legisla-
tion. The three months iu which the next
years needs Of the country are 10 lie pro-
vidcd for cannot In any degree be trifled
away aud afford any hope that the work
before Congress will be faith 'ully and
wisely accomplished.


The appropriation bills, Of course, must
be passed, or tho wheels Of government be
stopped Their failure will nccessitatc an
extra session or a suspension Of the govern
mental functions. Congress will decide
which II shall be. All of that responsibility
Is with itself It cannot be divided or
shared with others.


We apprchend that the pressure upon this
session for special legislation will not be
great, though the storm petrol of the lobby
has made its appearance in our midst which
augurs that the subsidy storm Is liable TO
break upon the session. If our lawmakers
are wise, they will devote themselves stu
diously to the work Of providing for the
absolute necessities OF the Government as
The nation has neither domain nor money
to give away as subsidies, and il is to be
hoped that every measure looking In that
direction will, unless 1t possesses extraordi-
nary importance. receive an early quietus.
The District Of Columbia has stern claims
upon this session for legislation which shall
afford some measure of relief TO its citizens.
The law OF last year relating to taxation Is
| crude and unsatisfactory. 1t in no degree
ameliorates the condition OF the taxpayer.
His burdens have not been lessened by the
ostensible division Of the expenses of the
District government between the taxpayers
and the General Government. Taxation
has not been removed or made more light
under the operations Of that law, and 1t Is
the duty Of Congress to 50 modify and re-
wise il that the expenses Of the government
shall be equally divided and the taxpayers
shall be relieved just in that proportion
The sanitary condition Of the District de-
mauds liberal appropriations TO redeem the
river front from its present mnlaripus and
unhealthy condition. This is demanded
by the ~ " considerations of humanity
whicN( Is cannot well afford to dsre.
gard. Then the question Of suffrage cannot
Justly he ignored. All these subjects and
more that cannot now be enumerated will
press upon this short session and admouislI
the peoples Representatives in both
branches that there Is no time to no triled
away under wise regard for the publ,
good.
Year: 1878

Under pressure of advertisements Incl
dent to the season, We find It necessary 10
issue THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, on .
double sheet tomorrow. This double sheet
will contain the Presidents message, the
report of the Secretary of tho Treasury en-
tire, and other important public documents,
as we'll as variety of other unusually In
tercsting matter. Extra copies can be had
ut the counting room.
Year: 1878

THE fact that South Carolina did rot par.
Thanksgiving Day last Thursday did no
spoil the relish of the conventional turkey
sacrificed in Northern households on that
occasion. The truth is, the petty arrogance
which induced the GoD.like HAMPTON to
ignore the Presidents Thanksgiving prorn.
nation and appoint another day for the OBJ
seryanCe Of his followers, one uncontami-
mated by Yankee recognition, was so dcspic-
ably characteristic. of the man and the State
that it has only served TO increase the con-
tempt respectable people have hitherto en-
teriancd for him aud His frllow-ChivS il
it had been the custom in South Carolina TO
select IN especial day for this purpose there
might have been some excuse for this fool
ish act but, If We are correctly informed
Thanksgiving Day was not hahitually oh
served in that State before the war. Al any
rate, since the war HAMPTON's Republican
predecessors have invariably joined with
the Governors Of other States in recognizing
the day selected by the President The
precedeuts are therefore against him. and
the only reason lhle construction that can
be put upon his act IL that he deliberately
intended, even in this comparatively unim.
portant matter, to show his contcmptiblt
defiance of national authority and exhibit
his want of respect ior the General Govern
mcnt.
Year: 1878

THERE are some Turkish practice in gov
eminent which are worthy of emulation in
this country. For instance, there they
brand upon the forehead OF the convicted
authors of notorious filSehood, with hot
iron the brand of liar. What spectacle
the nest of foul birds who fill tho columns
OF the Democratic organ in this city would
present if such was the law in this country.
They would look like the tatooed natives
Of the South Sea islnnhs.
Year: 1878

THE Republicans of tho State of Penn
sylvania resident in Washington have re-
organized their State Association, and are
ready to take proper rart in any future
political contest. The State associations
have all been in Il dormant state for the
last two years, and this is the evidence of o
resurrection. We may confidently expect
TO see Others shaking of their ccrements
and coming into active life again.
Year: 1878

A very simple relief for neuralgia is
TO boil q small handful Of lcbslia in
half a pint of water till the strength is
out of tho herb, then strain it off and
add teaspoon of ine salt. Wiring
cloths out Of the liquid as hot as possi-
BILE and spread over the part affected.
It acts like charm. Change the cloths
as soon as cold till the pain is al gone;
then covering till pcrspiratien Is over,
so as TO prevent taking cold. Rheu-
matism can often be relieved by appli-
cation to the painful parts, Of cloths
wet in q weak solution of sal soda IN
water. If there is Inflammation in the
joints, the euro is very quick; the wash
needs to be lukcwarm. Cor Coantr5
Gentleman.
Year: 1878

An extraordinary fallacy
Of night air /! What
breathe at night, but nisl
=, ice is between pure NJ
.thout and the foul air
AIost people prefer the lat
accountable choice. VIII
say, if it is proved to be o.
Il one-half Of all the discs
from IS occasioned by sleeping
windows shut An opnn
most nights in the year, can j
anyone. This Is not to saw
is not necessary for re-
great cities night air is
and purest air to be had
four hours. We could
stand shutting the wind
during the day, for the
sick. The absence Of snl
all tend to make night
for airing the patient.
One Of our highest


ties on consumption


told us that the air


SO good as after ter


Always air yauf ro


outside air, if possi


made to open, doors


q truth which seem


Of apprehension.


be aired from vi


from within. B


there arc in a hoi
4
Year: 1878

VIZ learn, from the New York
papers, that there is still consider
able talk in Washington about
ousting from the Presidency the
man "who wears upon his brow the
stamp of fraud first triumphant in
American history" We have al
ways expressed the belief
that the fraudulent President
would be allowed to serve out
the four years of his term. owing
to the magnanimity of his
Democratic opponents. The other
day, Mr.. Hewitt, who was, during
Year: 1878

Unless associated with good teeth, are
shorn Of half the attractions they may
otherwise possess. Bearing this fact in
vent your teeth from losing their white
ness. and will render them spotless If
specked and discolored. The tint and
hardness of coral are impaired to the
gums by this Incompatible preservative
and beautifying agent, and the breath is
rendered fragrant as honeysuckle by its
use. II is safe, Besides being effective.
Sold by druggists.