smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

ALONE IN \ CAR WITH \ LIoN.-Peo-
pie who have read Mr.. Murrav's account
of Il ride in n car with mad horse may
be able to form slight idea how man
felt on the Ogdensburg road this morning.
\ cage of lions or tigers, which was on its
way to the New York and New Orleans
Menagerie now exhibiting south of here.
was placed in one end ofthe car and 4 zebra
WAS tied in the other end. The Waterman
| lay down on Il box and fell asleep: when
he woke he discovered that one of the an
imalS had bent the iron bars of its cage
/ forced its way out and was crouchin~ in
the opposite corner The regular keeper
/ of the animals was in the sleeping car ut
/ the rear end of the train, and there was
no chance to communicate with him OF
anyone outside. The poor watchman was
/ frightened into motionlc>s silence and in
that awful suspense he made the long and
weary Journey to st. AlblnS. After the
train came to 4 halt here. one of the train
men. in passing the car. saw a large. cat
like nose thrust out of an opening. and not
knowing that any ones life was endanger
ed in the car. but fearing lest the anima


>houlI escape. ran to the sleeping car and
aroused the keeper. who soon Appeared
rawhide in hand, and lashel the beast


back into his den to the immeasurable re
lief of the poor fellow who had been curl


ed up for honr> on the box.-S. -1blul


NtSS, Hytr, 1th,
Year: 1875

1t cannot be reasonably supposed that
when u person testifes to the efficacy of a
remedy whose benefits he has experienced,
without solicitation, that he does so for
the purpose of misleading the public, or
from any other motive than that OF graft
tude. 1t is still more unreasonable to
suppose that eminent physicians would
corroborate the evidence thus given unless
they were persuaded of its ruth. The
proprietors of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
are constantly in the receipt Of voluntary
testimonials acknowledging the curative
and preventive potency of this benefcent
tonic and corrective, emanating not only
from those who have felt its influence,
but also from well known members of
the medical profession, both here and
abroad, who have witnessed its effects,
and prescribed it in theirprivate practice.
In the face Of such evidence as this, to
which the widest publicity has repeatedly
been given, it would be absurd to question
the medicinal virtues Of the Bitters.-
Skeptcism upon this point was long ago
disarmed, and they are to-day as much
respected and far more widely known
than many of the oficina remedies which
figure conspieuously in the pharmacopeia.
They are universally recognized to be the
supreme remedy for intermittent and re-
mittent fevers, dyspepsia, liver complaint,
general debility, disorders of the bowels
and nervousness, as well as means of
for;ifying the system against malarious
influences and those which operate inju-
riousy upon the sensitive organs. Wheth-
or used as "A remedy for actual disease, as
a means of building up the broken down
physique, or of Fastening convalescence,
they are never resorted to in vain, and
they often restore complete health when
prescribed remedies cannot even initiate,
its recovery. ljan,
Year: 1875

WATER WATER is the cry from
almost every section of the county, and
yet the cold, dry and freezing weather
continues. Miners and others interested
console themselves with the thought that
this sort OF thing can't last always.
Year: 1875

STAGE ACCIDENT.-The stage from
Shasta to this place met with Il mishap
on Wednesday night, by which it was
run off the grade and overturned, FORUM
a:ely without any injury the driver or
Mr.. Busch, who was the only passenger
on board. The long period of cold wealth
er we have experienced has left the road
in very bad shape, especially on this side
of" Browns Mountain" on which there
are long stretches of road on which the
sun has not shone for weeks. Down these
stretches it is frozen hard, and is very icy
and slippery and it is here where the ac-
cident occurred. When within about a
hundred yards ofthe watering trough the
stage could not be held back, but crowd
ed on the horses who were obliged to
move briskly to keep out Of the way. All
would have been well enough ifthe horses
had kept their feet, but one of the horses
slipped and fell, and just as they were
rounding a bend of the road the power OF
directing the stage was lost and the We
hiclc sliG over the grade and turned over.
The driver jumped Off on one side, but
was caught between the stage and limb
where he remained until Busch, who had
jumped off on the upper side, came along
and bent the limb back till he got loose
Pryor then cut the horses loose while
Busch went down to Davidson's mill tC
send up assistance. News of the mishar
was brought to town when John Martin
sent out team to bring in the load. The
lead horses when loosened, started off or
a run, one Of them was so badly injured
that it was shot to save it from suffering
and one of the wheeers ON which tho
stage fell when it turned over is at the
stable badly bruised. No blame can be
attached to the driver for in the presen
state of the road the occurrence was un
avodable.
Year: 1875

Remains in SAN FRANCISCO, taxi
ana Goods are Bought at the very


LOWEST DISCOUNT PRICES,


wherefore we can afford 10 sell them
SO rnuctl CHEAPER than heretofore.
are also secured ami shipped weekly
under This New Arrangement. We
therefore claim that we have the
Year: 1875

A Cabinet Decision that Raised q


Kitchen Row.


The intimate relation that the operation
of government bears to the smallest affair
of everyday life was never more fully il.
lustrated than by the promulgation of
the order in the Executive Department,
on the 1ss instant, that the hours of
working should be increased from six to
seven. Beside carrying CONSERVATION
into the besoms of the ornamental up.
pcndages Of the governmental service
who were wont to take their afternoon
stroll on the Avenue from 3 to 4 o clock,
it raised the very devil among seven.
cighths Of the cook sin Washington and
large number in Baltimore, with the
city Of Alexandria yet to hear from. In
the first place, clerks and clerkesses who
never took lunch to their Offices before.
now rigdly insist on the small bundle of
cold meat and bread to take with them
to the scenes Of their daily labors. That
was the first trouble that befell the sable
manipulators Of our daily hash. Then the
dinner hour was advanced from 4 half to
an hour, after, and whiio this caused no
extra labor, it produced delay in the
washing Of the dishes that has sadly
demoralized the evening amusements Of
our bellies Of the kitchen. In opc African
society alone--that of the ''Sons and
Daughters Of Rebecca''-the fines i'm
posed on Bcckys offsprings have amount
ed to seven dollars and hall. m amount
sufficient to enable the sable treasurer of
the fourishing institute to resume specie
payments. if the sum total is ever COL
lcctcd. The saddest Of the sad, however,
are the Baltimore government employees,
who, instead Of arriving at the 'honument.
al City every evening at haif:past four,
now reach the depots Of that city at half
past six, and take dinner in the middle of
the night. Seven hundred and forty
Baltimore cooks have given notice in
consequence. In pondering over the
causes that led to this increase of hours,
We have come to the conclusion that it
was = Cabinet measure to detach the
colored voter from the Republican party.
Female influence is paramount, and it is
idle to expect the voice Of the cook,
whose labors are extended into the mid
night hour, to be for Grant, when the
President coolly sits by and sees his ex-
eculive officers increase Dinah's already
too long time Of daily service.-Forney's
Sunday Chronicle.
Year: 1875

THE almanac is dead letter. For
three thousand years the almanac was
the daily companion of the wiscst men,
and no establishment, public or private,
was complete without it, but the govern.
ment signal service and = countless mum.
Der Of patent calendars have superseded
it, and it ID left for the sole use Of patent
medicine advertisers, for which purpose
III value is fast decreasing.
Year: 1875

The peace method of dealing with the
Indians has proven to be such grand
failure that the proposition Of the Presi.
dent to place the military in charge Of
them meets with warm approval among
many Of the original advocates Of the
peace policy.
Year: 1875

STARVING Kansas and Nebraska have
to burn corn to keep from freezing. The
famine is fuel famine. They had a sur.
plus Of grain, not only for the hopper
but for the grasshopper; and when the
winter is past and no more is needed for
fuel they can sell the surplus for ten
cents q bushel.
Year: 1875

Tue repeated refusal of the House to
open up tho Louisiana sore is good evi.
dencc Of desire to turn elsewhere for
political capital. That unfortunate
State has quite long enough furnished
material for party elimination and re.
elimination. Let it take a rest.
Year: 1875

IT would seem as il Prof. Watson had
better attend to his own business, in
stead Of interfering in that which is be.
yond his control. and does not concern
him. The old meddler now complains
because the planet Venus loses minute
and half Of time every hundred and five
years.
Year: 1875

The theory is now advanced that Tweed
has not left New York, and that in case
certain negotiations now pending between
the ring thieves and the authorities re-
suit satisfactory, he will soon put in M
appearancc
Year: 1875

IT is the general impression that the
committee will report favorably to the
passage Of Senator Morton's bill to pro.
vide for the counting Of votes for Presi.
dent and Vice President.
Year: 1875

LETTERS from the Black Hills say that
there arc now more men at work there
than ever before. and that prospects are
daily Frightening. They say they do not.
propose to leave under any circumstan.
Year: 1875

That rather cross old lady, Jane Swiss.
helm, says she would not live a single
moment with man who would call out,
"where in thunder is that bootiack e.
And she would not If he could help it.
Year: 1875

| was present some years ago at the
execution of Barney Williams in this
district. He was an illiterate man, who
had committed one of the most atroc-
ious of possible murders. In his cell.
preceding the moment that he was led
out TO execution, there was one of the
most distressing of imaginable scenes.
His wife was admitted to say farewell to
him. She was a very strong woman.
regular Amazon In the transports of
her grief she seized upon her husband.
a heavy man, weighing upward of 10
pounds. and ran all around the cell.
crying out in wild, wailing voice, that
made ones blood cnrdle with sheer
dread. If ever there was scene that
could have completely unnamed man
that was the one of all others. Yet Bar
ney Williams walked out of his cell as
calm and collected as if he were going
to a dinner instead of his grave. / never
understood this man 5 n0nchalance until
I afterward learned that he was flle9 to
to the brim with whisky and camphor.
until he had lost the realizing sense of
the situation entirely. He was too
drunk to talk even, and so passed over
the border
Year: 1875

An Ohio farmer correspondent advises
an inquirer to SOW pea-vine clover for
pasture. He says: My plan is to seed
with timothy, in the fall. with wheat,
then SOW one bushel Of pea-vine clover
to eight acres. This will produce about
twice as much pasture as the common
clover, and if you have good soil, and it
seeds well. you will have heavy layer
of clover, trampled down to rot on the
ground. In this way you can enrich
your soil and keep more stock than by
sowing common clover. | have been
cultivating this clover for the last six
years, and would pay twice the price of
common seed rather than to do without
it. / usually pasture two years, and
then follow with corn, but the cut
worms were so bad, that in July, 1873, !
changed my plan. ] plowed a field of
pea-vine clover that had been pastured
in 1872, and from eight and one-f fourth
acres, without manure, ] raised 250
bushels of wheat | had to harrow
down the clover and ride the harrow be-
fore l could plow it, and the pillow would
then choke. | shall follow the wheat
with corn Pea-vine is nearly two
weeks later than common clover, and
should not be pastured too soon. Tt
save seed, pasture till the middle OF
June, after which it will fill we'll, and
made four tons of hay last year, from a
field that had been pastnred all summer
and it was as good hay as ever | saw
but it was SO dry that it cured very
/ quickly.
Year: 1875




Take a quart Of water and ponr slow
ly into it half pint Of sulphnric acid.
The mixture will become quite warm
from chemical action and this is the rea-
son why the acid should be poured slow
ly into the water rather than the water
into the acid. and let it remain on the
iron till it evaporates. Then wash it
again. The object is to give the acid
rime to dissolve the rust. Then wash
with water and you will see where the
worst spots are. Apply some more acid
and rub on those spots with brick. The
acid and the securing will remove most
Of the rust. Then wash the mold board
thoroughly with water to remove all
the acid, and rub it dry. Brush it over
with petroleum, or other oil, and let it
be till spring. When you go to plow-
ing. take bottle OF the acid water TO
the field with you and apply it every
bout to any spot of rust that may re-
main. The acid aud the securing Of
the earth will soon make IL perfectly
bright and smooth. II adj iron work
be wa,hed off with petroleum as soon as
we put our tools. implements and ma
chimes aside for the winter, IL will keep
them from rnstine, and save great deal
Of trouble and annoyance, TO say moth
ing Of depreciation and loss. -
Year: 1875




If were 10 pray for taste which
would stand me in stead under every
variety of circumstance, and be a
source OF happiness and cheerfulnes~
through life. and a shell against ills
however it might go amiss and the world
frown upon me, it would be taste for
reading. sneak Of it, of conrse, only
as worldly advantage, and not in the
slightest degree as superseding or derosa-
ting from the higher Office and snrer and
stronger panoply of religious principle;
but as a taste, an instrument, and as a
sort of pleasurable qualification. Give
a man this taste and the means Of grati-
flying it, and you can hardly fail Of max
ing him happy man, unless, indeed.
you put into his han IL a most perverse
selection of books. You place him in
contact with the best society in every
period of history-with the wisest, the
wittiest-with the tenderest, the bravest
characters that have adorned humanity.
Yon make him denizen of all nations
"a contemporary Of all ages. The
world has been created for him. Jtis
hardly possible but the character should
take a higher and better tone from the
constant habit of associating in thought
with a class of thinkers, to say the least
Of it, above the average Of humanity. II
is morally impossible bnt that the man
ners should take tinge of good breed
ing and civilization from having con,
stantly before ones eyes the way in
which the best bred and best in
formed men have talked and conducted
themselves n their intercourse with each
other. There is gentle perfectly
irresistible coercion in the habit of read ?
ing, well directed over the whole tenor
of a mans character and conduct, which
is not less effectual because it is really
the last thing he dreams Of.
Year: 1875

1t is not the amount of land that makes
the farmer rich, but the amount well
improved. A few acres titled to it's ut
most extent Of production will Weld
much more of profit than the large farm
badly managed and titled. new conner
will put his last dollar in land, and go
in debt for his house and farming tools,
and in ninety mine cases ont of a hum
dred he will, after striving hard and liv
ing poor, find himself, at the end of a
dozen years, worse of than when he first
began. This is the general rule of those
who are choosing farming for their pro-
fession.
Year: 1875




Late in December, after onr full stock
Of blubs was disposed of, we found a
dozen or more hyacinths Of various col
ora which had been overlooked. To
keep them from spelling they were hast
lily planted in four or FIVE large pots,
and these set away in an out-buildinF,
where they wonld be free from frost
and have very little light. There they
were left for three months. and nothing
done except to water them occasionally.
Expecting little or nothing from them,
they were not noticed till leaf and flower
and stalk were both perfectly developed.
The light had not been sufficient to col
or the flowers, and these were all Of n
dirty pale green. The pots were now
brought to the sitting room and placed
in the full sunshine. and in few hours
each spike had assumed its natural tint
The effect was very beautiful. Not a
bulb had failed-red, purple. yellow,
blush and white were all large and per-
feet
Year: 1875

COVERED MANURE HEAPS Manure


heaps are always better for being COW
cred from the weather. Covering pre-
vents evaporation. Sufficient moisture
prevents burning fire fang.) 1t is al
ways best to have manure-heaps so plac-
ed that in dry time water may be
pumped over the heap every day OF two.
Used in this way manure ferments rapi-
dly and loses nothing, but gains in quail
ity all the time. If you place tank or
sink an oil cask so that the heap will be
nearly over it, this liquid may be pump
ed over the mass. E s5
Year: 1875

= The high price Of beef ought to make
farmers take more pains in raising and
keeping cattle The main point IL keep
ing cattle is, TO keep them growing an
winter. A steer that il well kept is
worth more money at three years old
than one kept in the ordinary way il nt
four years old. In good feeding there is
one year gained. If our common cat
tie are well fed and cared for, they viii,
at three years old, weigh 1900 pounds.
Now, there is a majority Of steers that
go to market at four years old, that do
not weigh 1900 pounds. If farmers
would only study their own interest,
and keep their young cattle better, they
would get as much for them, save one
years feed, and the interest on the mon.
ey one year, and there would be better
beef.
Year: 1875

DEATH BY DROWNING.-Last Tuesday morning the clothes of a man were found on the bank of the Gila slough, which were identified as belonging to a man named James Powers, who came from San Diego with two other men, few days ago. The slough was searched by number of our citizens, but without finding the body. On Wednesday morning the dead body was found afioat on the slough and brought to the shore. There are no means of knowing whether the drowning was accidental or otherwise. though the general opinion is that it was accidental Deceased vas apparently about 30 years Of age. He was buried on Wedne5- day.
Year: 1875

A circumstance that happened in
Chicago shows that two children at least
have more than ordinary courage for
their years. They are the children of n
we'll known business man who resides
on Fast PicrsOn street, and their ages
are seven and ten respectively. Their
father had left the house on the morning
in question for his place of business
about eight o'clock, leaving the children
together, tho oldest being in her teens.
This latter was in the rear part of the
house somewhere, when the two young
ones went into the parlor, and came
upon man who was stcalthily walking
across the floor towards the mautel, evil
IDENTIFY searching for something. The
elder of the two ut once, nothing daunt-
ed, went up to him and, taking him by
the arm, asked him what he wanted.
The man grufily muttcrcd that he want
ed "gold," whercupon the child said
they had none for him, and told him to
leave. He said then that if he couldn't t
get gold that he wanted n girl, and,
without showing an inclination to
leave, sat down upon the sofa. The
smaller child ran into the rear part of
the house, seized broom, and came in
with it pcll nell, while the other child
ran to the hallway and called to her faith
cr, pretending he was in the house. The
intruder, fearing he would be elected
rather forcibly, if not arrested, Mt once
made his way ont of the house, the chill
drcn running after him, and the little
one i'll particular giving him parting
tap with her broomstick. The man had
found the front door open, and had gone
i'll to help himself without any cere-
mony, probably also knowing that the
head of the family was absent.
Year: 1875

CHEYENNE, wy, August 10.-Gen
Crook and Colonel Stanton returned
here to-day from the Black Hills
Miners were preparing to leave, cover
ing up the richest lOdes to prevent
them being discovered till such time
as they can return to the country. The
mountains are full of quartz. Capital
and skilled labor will develop mines
equal to those OF Colorado and Nevada.
There were about fifteen hundred min
er5 in the hills, and great deal of pre-
liminary work has been done by them
in the way of bitches and sluices.-
There were no Indians ia that region,
and but few have been seen. Those at
the agencies are still demanding that
the miners be driven out. Some gold
was panned out in the presence of the
party, which yielded seventy-five cents
to the pan. There is an abundance OF
water and grass, also timber for bull
ding, but the pine is not OF the highest
merchantable quality. A town called
Stonewall has been laid out at Custer's
Gulch, in the vicinity of which some
rich diggings are located. The whole
country is well adapted to grazing and
farming. Troops are en- route to estab.
lish temporary post near Stonewall,
for the purpose of keeping out miners.


Professor Janney's party were still
exploring the hills, and will probably
remain until the middle of October
Gen. Crook and party had fine hunting
on Spring Rapids, Elk and Box-elder
creeks, taking large red deer, elk and
mountain sheep.
Year: 1875

Just beyond the DarbOnne of Calea-
sieu river, in the parish of Caleasieu,
Is white oak tree about two feet and
a half in diameter. There are two
branches for twenty-five or thirty feet
up. About twelve or fifteen feet up o
pine limb, or part of a pine tree, six
or eight inches in diameter, and some
twelve or fifteen feet long, runs at
right angles through the center of the
tree, sticking out about the same dis
tance on the other side. 1t tapers a
little to one end, where are two or
three knots, giving it the appearance
of tree top. The bGrk where it pas
ses through is grown closely around it.
The pine is rich in turpentine, and will
not decay. There is no fork or hollow
in the oak; but it has the appearance
as If hole had been made and the
pine stuck through, after which the
oak closed on it by its own growth
The question is, how did the pine get
through the oak or the oak around the
pine? In Male woods there is another
white oak, of considerable size, that
divides into two prongs about one and
half feet from the ground, which, af-
ter running up like pair of bow legs
about fifteen feet, unite in one round,
compact stem. The prongs are about
one and half feet in diameter, and
where they unite about the tree is
larger than either of them, but smaller
than both together. A man can walk
between the two prongs, and the tree
stands on land boundary line. Fork
ed trees are very common; but the
question here is, how did the two
pronfis unite so perfectly into one stem
above?