smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

CONGRESS having failed to renew
Langstroths patent on the movable
frame principle in bee hives, there is no
longer any restriction upon its use, and
this is the feature of any real value in
the various hives which have been pat
ented. A simple box hive, with nova
able frames, is Us good thing as bee
keeper can get, unless he makes his col
onies strong and constructs his hives
with "two stories" Langstroth by his
invention, changed the entire system Of
bee management, but his patent was in
fringed upon very generally, and he
spent such large sums Of money in at
tempts to protect his interests that he is
said never to have made much out Of the
invention. The old. old story Of invent
ors!
Year: 1874

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Here is q class Of men, who in mum
her, intelligence, virtue, patriotism,
courage and Independence, mo other clas'
Of men, can afford TO snub and insult.
The manufacturer, the merchant and
politician must treat them with respect.
Thirteen millions Of the yeomanry Of
the land will extort respect, II it Is NOT
freely given. Let them organise-lei
them study their intercst--let them cease
to be the tools Of politicians, and be men
in the true sense Of the word-let them
but determine that the government shall
give them equal justice and equal pro
lection, and they will get il. Let them
save every dollar they can by honorable
means. They are freeman, not the
slaves Of any class. Gather up the
fragments, that nothing he lost" was
commanded Of the great Teacher, in re-
spect to feast that had been created by
miracle. How much more il is applica-
BILE TO the bounties bestowed by Proyi-
dence on honest industry.


The priciple Of one class preying upon
another is wrong, and being wrong, il is
destined IN destruction. The economy
Of the ages is to this end As the hu.
man mini expands by knowledge, the
wrongs Of ignorance are destroyed-for
deeper than all else in the human toul lie
the idea of everlasting law Of truth and
justice, and towards il the race moves in
its historical development.


Looking at the principles Of the Order
of Patrons Of Husbaudry and the end
had in view-we pronounce them to be
right-perfec,ly legitimate, both in a
morsl and business aspect. We believe
this will he the decison of all benevolent
and disinterested men, in regard to
them.


IL We are correctly informed, the Pa.
irons Of Husbandry make no war upon
medlemen. They do not blame then, in
the least. In fact they blame none Of
the trailing class--not even the manu-
featuring class for obtaining protection
of the tariff. Amy one will push his
business to the highest rnumerative

point be can. Each class has looked af
ter the success Of its own business. 'ris
right. The farmers, however. have
hitherto neglected their own interests,
and for this they have no one to blame
except themselves But they they do
not intend to neglect their business any
longer. They are organizing with an
intelligence, a zeal, a deliberate de:ermi-
nation N effect results, which are not
only commendable. hut eminently hope
ful for the mas. Of humanity. They in
tend in future to buy at the lowest price
they can, and sell at the highest Price
they can get. Here is the central, all
comprehcnding principle of the Order
in . nutshell. If they were to do any
thing else knowingly, the world would
pronounce them to be fools.


We have presented our readers with
an outline Of this new Order, obtained,
however. without being a member Of it.
We approve the principles because We
believe them to he founded in eternal
right and justice. They are calculated
to elevate, improve and advance the in
terests Of the largest producing class in
the world-the most essential and useful
body Of men on earth. We believe also
that the era OF free trade Gan end cara
estly to be desired, not for this or that
particular class, bat for the prosperity
of human race will be hastened by this
institution"
Year: 1874

A Legend of the Utes, for which am
indebted to the perucal of Major Pow
ellis Ms. notes, explains the cause of
the absence of woods in northern Ari-
zona. 1t is not long, and there is some
thing SO inexpressibly novel in its mat
ter, as we'll as in the fact of our draw
ing new mythogloy and fresh imagery
from the very heart of the continent,
that / give it, as it is remembered. 1t
is called "The Origin of Fire." and tells
how once upon time bright spark
fell from the point of reed upon the
ground, and the nightingale picked it
up in its beak and found it was fire.
And the mighty chief of the Utes asked
what it was, and the nightingale said it
was fire. And the chief asked if there
were any more in the world, and the
nightingale said, that far off in the
south, men were dancing ever about a
great fire, with songs and shouts. So the
mighty chief of the Utes made, and put
on fire cap, with long eagle feathers
upon it, and started for the people of
the South. And, as he went, he station
ed nimble runners of his tribe all the
way from the land of the Utes to the
Fire People, at intervals of mile. And,
journeying, he came, after many days,
to the Fire People, dancing with songs
and shouts about great fire. And he
mingled with them, but they saw that
he was a stranger and looked askant at
him. But he danced and sang and
shouted with them, and suddenly stoop-
ing, thrust the end of his eagle plumes,
in the fire, and they blazed up nightly


And the Fire People would have caught
him, but he leaped over their heads and
ran to the first man of his tribe, and
falling exhausted, handed him the blaz.
ing torch of plumes and told him to
run. And he ran and fell exhausted
by the second man, handing him
the plumes. And SO they ran, each man
catching the fire plumes from the hand
of the runner until the last man brought
it to the land of the Utes. And they
were SO rejoiced they put the torch tC
the roots of a mighty tree on the edge
of forest, and it spread in every direc


tion, and all the woods were destroyed


And the people of the Utes prayed
long and loud to the god Tawotz, and a


length he sent a mighty rain, which
quenched the fire. But turtle sat up


on spark of fire and kepti is alive dur


ing the rain. And this was the origin
of fire. The myths combined give 1
not uninteresting barbarie history of the
origin of the Grand Canon and river O


the Colorado, and of the absence of for


ests in this part of Arizona.-M s. Ser
eronce, in Old and New for December
Year: 1874

It is the solemn thought connected
with middle life, that life's last business
is begun in earnest, and it is then, mid
way between the cradle and the grave,
that a man begins to marvel that he let
the days Of youth go by so half enjoy
ed. 1t is the pensive Autumn feeling,
it is the sensation Of half sadness that
we experience when the longest day OF
the year is passed, and every day that
follows is shorter, and the light fainter,
and the feebler shadows tell that nature
is Fastening with gigantic footsteps to
her Winter grave. So does man look
back upon his youth. When the first
gray hairs become visible, when the un-
welcome truth fastens itself upon the
mind that man is no longer going up
hin, but down, and thatthe sun is al
ways westerning, he looks on things be
hind. When we were children we
thought as children. But now there
lies before us manhood, with its earnest
work and then old age, and then the
grave, and then home. There is sec
ond youth for man, better and holiel
than his first, if he will only look OIL
and not look back.
Year: 1874

For the first few days through which
strong and healthy man is doomed to
exist upon nothing, his sufferings are,
perhaps, more acute than in the remain
ing states-he feels an inordinate, un-
speakable craving at the stomach, night
and day. The mind runs upon beef
bread, and other substantials; but still,
in q great measure the body retains its
strength. On the third and fourth days,
but especially on the fourth, this inces-
SAINT craving gives place to sinking and
weakness of the stomach, accompanied
by nausea. The unfortunate sufferer
still desires food, but with loss of
strength he loses that eager craving
which is felt in the cashier stages
Should he chance to obtain morsel or
two of food, he swallows it with VOL
fish avidity, but five minutes afterward
his sufferings are more intense than ev-
er. He feels as if he had swallowed a
living lobster, which is clawing and
feeding upon the foundation of his ex-
i,tence. On the fifth day his cheeks ap-
pear hollow and sunken, his body at
tenuated, his color is ashy pale, and his
eye wild, CLASSY, cannibalish. The
mind wanders. At one moment he
thinks his weary limbs cannot sustain
him mile, the next he is endowed with
unnatural strength, and if there be q
certainty of relief before him, dashe;
bravely and strongly forward, wandering
whence proceeds his new and sudden i'm
r,t,lsa
Year: 1874

Jay Cooke q Co., are not 50 well of as
was reported at the time Of their fail
ure. They owe little over eleven mil
lions and their assests, including the
property of the individual members Of
the firm, amount to about thirteen mil
lions. But were they sold at once they
might not bring fourth of that sum,
while running through the devious
channels and complicated mechanism Of
bankruptcy the poor creditors viii hard
ly realize anything. 1t is proposed by
some Of the creditors to put the estate
in the hands Of trustee in order 10
avoid the loss consequent upon an imme-
diate attempt at liquidation. Mr.. Cooke
is confident that he can take the assets
and pay dollar for dollar on the indebt-
edness of the firm. The best thing that
can possibly be done is 70 make him
trustee under the forty-third section Of
the Bankrupt law. He understands the
business better than any other, and has
qualifications for the business that few
possess. In fact, his faith in the North
ern Pacific Railroad is unshaken, and
his enthusiasm for that enterprise il al
most enough to overcome the positive
knowledge of its utter worthlessness as
paying investment BY all means let
Mr.. Cooke have the settling Of his com
plicated and immense business, in justice
to himself and for the interest Of his
creditors 1t will be a thousand times
better than to let il go through bank
ruptcy, which is another name for legal
lied robbery. When Mr.. Tremain made
his motion in the House, the other day,
the prejudice against Mr.. Cooke that
broke out in howl Of disappoyal was
positively disgraceful. When Mr..
Cooke was rich every Congressman was
his friend and only too glad to show him
attention. Now tina, he is overWhelm-
ed by misfortune he certainly deserves
justice. At any rate, there is no reason
why the creditors Of this great firm,
many Of whom are really poor, should
be made to suffer ON account Of any-
body's prejudice against its head.-N T.
Grdlhic
Year: 1874

An exchange says that 1t is reported
in England that French firm has dis
covered a method of making an artifici-
al sugar from materials so cheap that it
can be sold at a farthing pound. Con-
cerning which the Manufacturer and
Builder says: "When we consider that
sawdust is cheap and rich IN Ignite, by
which chemical treatment and mineral
acids may be changed into grape sugar,
we should not at all be surprised that
the above report turns out to be true,
and that sawdust is the material from
which this cheap sugar is obtained.
Changing old linen rags into sugar is a
well known chemical experiment. Such
rags are almost pure Ignite, while saw
dust also consists of Ignite, however,
with other Ingredients, easily remov-
ed. From rags to sawdust is but one
step"
Year: 1874

The best solution of the Transports
tion problem thus far proposed is found
in course which tends to do away with
the necessity for transportation. The
more it shall be considered by Western
men the more its importance will be
recognized, and the more clearly will it
be found practicable. The capabilities
of the West for consuming its own pro-
ducts and manufacturing its own goods
as clearly manifest, and will steadily de-
velop as time advances. The immedi-
ate which she now transports hundreds
and thousands of miles to reach the
consumer, because all the production is
here, and all the consumption belongs
to the East, may be to large extent re-
tanned and consumed on her own terrific
ry. Let the West but have its own
looms, spindles, and forges, as well as
its corn and wheat fields, its own nocks
and heards, and then, not only will
some important questions in political
economy have received their solution,
but the transportation question itself
will have lost much Of its insigni6canc.
Year: 1874

enough to add his portion of the story.
He explained that, after leaving his
friend Moss, he had been met and at
tackled by a man in an unfrequented
lane. They had a struggle, during
which he received blow on the head
that must have made him insensihAA, for
he remembered norhing more until he
found himself in bed in strange room;
how long he had lain .ilere he could not
tell. He had been taken home by a hu-
name market-gardener, who found him
lying senseless in the road, without hat
or coat: his injury proving to be a seri-
GUS fracture of the skull, and the death
like stupor continuing, he was left on the
hands of the good Samaritan, who, liv-
ing some distance from London, had no
chance of gaining any information about
him.


At this point George Denton took up
the narrative. His first step had been
20 obtain sight of the body; he had found
a peculiar mark on the right side of the
neck. which led to the suspicion that, in
stead of being the body of David Birch,
it was that of notorious burglar with
whom he had been several times brought
in contact in the course of his profession.
This was further proved when he found
on inquiry that Lightfngered Joe, as he
was called, was missing from his accus-
toned haunts, and one of his associates
remembered having seen him in the
neighborhood of Fulham on the night
named. Upon making inquiries in that
locality George learned that Il market
gardener had been asking whether any
one belonging to the neighborhood was
missing, as a man unknown was lying i'll
at his cottage.


Thus, step by step, the detective had
unraveled the mysterious affair. 1t was
thought that the drowned man had end
ed his nights work by getting drunk;
and losing his way in the dark, had fall
en- into the river. This was the history
= the mistake through which the young
carpenter had SO unjustly suffered. But
the old bird-fancier seemed anxious to
make up matters by full reconciliation
with his nephew, satisfying his grand
daughter by his unexpected liberality
towards the brother and sister, not for
getting a reward to George Denton for
his faithful service. Polly made no Sc
cret of her feelings towards John, and it
was easy to see how it would end With
the young people
Year: 1874

The medical faculty are under obligu-
tions to the keepers Of Joliet Peniten-
tiarv for the invention Of new method
of detecting disease. A few days since
there was prisoner in the Penitentiary
who said he was sick The keepers said
he was not sick, but that his preverse
obstinacy prompted him 10 have un-
pleasant symptoms Of disease. in this
difference Of opinion the deputy keeper
stepped in 10 decide the matter by the
simple process Of sufocation. BY hi-
orders the prisoner was put IN bath
and his head held Hndcr the waiar.--
This was done three times IN order, as
the deputy expressly says, 10 ascertain
''if he was really III or not The ex-
pertinent was perfectly successful, for
the man died under it, and post-mo,tem
examination showed that he had been
suffering from heart disease, and that
the effect of his prolonged strangulation
was to cause rupture Of the heart.


II is evident that when convict
claims to be suffering from any disease
of the heart, lungs, or brain nothing
could be more useful as a means Of di-
agnosis than strangulation in the bath
If the man is only pretending to be sick
he will come out Of the torture-we
should say the bath-not much the
worse for the treatment. II, on the
contrary, he is really i'll, hemorhage or
apoplexy or rupture Of the heart viii
take place, and will conelusively estab-
lish his veracity. If il is objected that
even to we'll men a process Of prolonged
strangulation in cold bath ia not all
together wholesome, it should be said
in reply that the vigtims on emerging
from their bath are compelled TO run
around the prison for some time until
they become warm, thus obviating al
danger Of their taking cold. OF course
the mere killing Of few miserable con
victs, such "a the man who had just died
from rupture of the heart, il a matter
of no consequence. If keepers cannot
experiment on convicts, Of what erathly
use are the latter


Nevertheless, there are wrong headed
people who regard the experiment Of
the Joliet keepers and the shower-bath
diversions Of the Sing Sing keepers as
cruel and infamous outrages. or course,
if we regard a convict az a man we must
regard the torturing him 20 death a.
one of the most cowardly and atrocious
of crimes. Perhaps it would be well 70
have the question settled by judicial
decision. If the convict is decided not
to be man, we can leave to Mr.. Bergh
the task of protecting him from cruelty.
If, on the other hand, he Is a man, there
is no punishment too severe for the bri-
tai keepers who torment him with
shower-baths and murder him by stran-
gulation.- Graphic.
Year: 1874




The court was crowded, for much in
terest had gathered round the case of the
old man whose mysterious death had fol-
lowed so suddenly upon his accession of
wealth. The prisoner was pale and hag
gard from mental suffering and want of
sleep, but holding his head erect, and
gazing before him with eyes that never
lowered or shrank, and looking very un-
like man charged with murder. But
the evidence had gone against him, and
he was committed to take his trial for
the wiliul murder of his uncle, David
Birch. The decision was received by
the prisoner with shuddering gasp for
breath, and wild look of agony in his
eyes, as scream from a woman came
from the crowd-it was a voice that he
knew, for it was poor Nellie who had
dropped down insensible. He was about
to be removed, when there was a sudden
stir in court, and man there whom ma
tective, forced his way through the
crowd. Another moment, he was stand
ing before the magistrate, every ear
drinking in his words.


"The prisoner, John Birch, is not
guilty, and l am prepared to prove it,"


"On what evidence?"


"That it is a case of mistaken identity;
the man whom he is accused of murder
ing being still alive. He lies helpless on
sick bed, or he would have been here
to set this wrong right"


The deposition which was made be-
fore the startled bench may be briefly
summed up as it was afterwards related
in the presence Of reunited family cir
Gle, when the old bird-fancier got well
Year: 1874

The contents of :his days paper con sist mainly of Territorial dispatches A week ago we had no communication with Phenix, Wickerburg, Prescott or Yuma i; no mail came in from the north and west and none could tell when any would come. h such times, people become de- cidedly anxious for news, and many take the worst view of affairs. On Monday, the line to Prescott was got in order, and news from there, Phenix, StanwiX and Maricopa was received by THE CITIZEN, at once put in type, slips printed and posted about town, and by Tuesdays mail sent to San Pedro, Bowie, Grant and Apache. Each day more news was re- ceiyed, printed and posted, up till yes terday, and the news of that day with all the rest will be found in to-day CITIZEN. We do not care to summarize it, so all must go through it for themselves. To accommodate the public, we have spent many extra hours. This paper will be Q very good one to keep for future refer once
Year: 1874

From the Detroit Free Press


An Indian had been picked up drunk,
and though it was proposed to let him go
over the river, it was desirable to have
him understand that no Indian has any
more rights than a white man.


''Child Of the whispering forest-son
of the grassy plains-it grieves my spirit
to see you here" said his honor. "Only
a few more moons will come and 90 be-
fore you will be gathered to the happy
hunting grounds Of your brothers gone
before. You are an aged tree time has
shOrn you of your strength. You can no
longer chase the wild condurango and fol-
low the roebuck. The buffalo grazes in
front Of your lodge, and your arm is not
strong enough to draw the bow. The
rumbling thunder and the sharp light
ming make you afraid. Once YOU could
not count the camp fires Of your tribe, so
many did they number; now there is
nothing left Of your tribe but yourself,
two old army blankets and shot gun
with the lock ont Of repair Son Of the
forest, why is this thing thus, and what
do you mean by coming into my trapping
grounds and getting drunk"


ne white CHleI mas SPOKEN many
wise words" replied the Indian in meas
ured tones, resting one foot on the edge
of a spittoon. "My race has fallen like
the leaves-beer washed away as water
washes out the marks of chalk. | stand
alone. My campfire has gone out, and
my lodge is cold and has no mat. Kaw-
nee-ke-kick has tears i'll his eyes when he
looks to the West and no longer sees the
smoke of many camp-tires Our great
chieftains have fallen, our warriors are
dust, and the who'll utters his lonesome
howl on the spot where stood our big
village. l am sad"


"The red man may q, said his honor.
81 cannot give you back your dead
cannot cover the hill and meadows with
forest again; the wild fox and the deer
have sought the deeper glens, and no
power can waken the warriors whose
whoops rang from hill to river. Go back
10 your lodge; beware OF fire-water; keep
in nights; vote early and often. and be
virtuous and you'll be happy"
Year: 1874

Fruit butter may be made in the coun-
try very easily and cheap. The same
purpose that sugar subserves in the man.
ufactories here may be accomplished
there by the use of cider When apples
are ripe make, say three barrels of cider.
Then pare and core four bushels of APP
pies. Then boil down the three barrels
of cider to one and half, and set it con-
venient to the copper kettle, in which
place the four bushels of apples. Pour
on the apples from the cider enough to
answer the purpose, and fire up. AS the
cider boils away add more and more un-
til it is all used up, and the contents of
the kettle are brought down to proper
consistency, of which one must be jugde.
A little practice will make one perfect in
this process. This is for apples. It will
apply equally as well TO any other kind
of fruit from which it is practicable to OBJ
tain the juice as one would from apples. -
American Grocer.