smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Tee Dutchess Farmer says: A" To three
gallons of brine strong enough to bear an egg
add quarter If pound Of nice white sugar
and one tablespoonful of saltpetre. Boil the
brine and when it is cold strain carefully
Make your butter into rolls, and wrap each
roll separately in clean, white muslin cloth,
yins it up with string. Pack large jar
full. weight the butter down, and pour over
the brine until it is submerged. This will
keep really good butter sweet and fresh for a
whole year. BE careful not 10 put upon ice
butter that you wish to keep for any length OF
time. Ia summer, when the heat will not
admit of butter being made into rolls, pack
closely in small jars, and using the same brine
allow il to cover the butter to the depth of at
least four inches This excludes the air and
answers very nearly as well as the first method
suggested"
Year: 1875

What blessing 10 household is merry
cheerful woman-one whose spirits are not al
fec,ed 10y wet DAYS, or little disappoin,ments.
or whose milk of human kindness does not
sour in the sunshine of prosperity. Such a
woman in the darkest hours -brigtens the
house like little piece Of sunshiny weather.
The magnetism of her smiles and electrical
brightness Of her looks and movements infect
every one. The children 90 to school with
sense Of soothing great to be achieved ;
her husband goes into the world in a conquer
or's spirit. No matter how many people an-
noy and worry him all day, far off her pre-
sence shines, aud he whispers to himself At
home | shall find rest" So day by DAY she
literally reuews his strength and energy. and
if Won know man with beaming face, a
kind heart and prosperous business, in nine
cases out Of ten you will fad he has wife OF
this kind
Year: 1875

The work goes bravely on, the Turk is
again beaten, and the Christian patriots,
are besieging him in one Of his strong
holds. This is one of the holiest wars
which have been waged for many a long
day. Were any way possible to give the
patrio.s "material aid" it would be a
noble movement 10 begin. Is there any
glowing spirit in our midst who..w lead
in the matter?
Year: 1875

out your band, and now it's your turn
Oh I've got you! Thank God, I've got
you !"


The ruffian in abject fear pleaded for
his life, groveling at the feet of the hun
ter. He clung to his words as a drown
ing man clings to straws. The boat was
very near. Should she round the point
in time he would be saved Already
her smoke-stacks showed through the
brush, when the hunter pressed the trig-
ger, the sharp report rang out, and Red
dett fell dead, shot to the brain through
the left eye. Long slipped away in the
woods, and when the boat stopped in
response to the signal, they found a
dead man, but no one else. Harrison
county was rid forever of the worst gang
of ruffians in the Southwest.


can that, stranger" said the old man
in the Dallas hotel, els true story of
the way Sam Long settled accounts with
the blackguards.
Year: 1875

The frequent and protracted droughts
that have afflicted the earth during some
years past have been ascribed to the in
creasing destruction of forests, and now
the excessive rains and floods of the
present season are in measure referred
to the same cause. Forests have n great
effect in equalizing the distribution of
ice aud SNOW under the influence of the
summer heat The existence of lumber
on hillsides also tempers the flow of sur


face water and restrains the accumula-
ton of torrents. 1t is notable fact
that the violence of spung and summer
floods is increasing in proportion to the
denudation of forest and woodlands.


When will men learn the unwisdom of
Year: 1875

TALE OF A BIRD.-A little wild bird
flew into the great dining hall of the
Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, and
could neither find its way out nor be
lured to safety by the kindly endeavors
of the servants, though the entrances
and the lower part of the windows were
nearly always open. The heavy uphols-
terry of the upper half of the windows
prevented its only chance of escape, 80
after fiuttering bewildered among the
forest of chandeliers for six days, guests
all the time feasting ut the tables below.
it at length died of starvation and was
picked up on the floor.
Year: 1875

If you want to make any good resolu-
tions this year. about the best one is to
keep out of debt and to save money.
Debt is the load that pulls many man
down and keeps him down. 1t is like
the stone that Sisyphus eternally rolled
ap the hill only TO have it roll down
again just as he reached the top. This
is an old comparison, but still good.
Debt accumulates faster than a SNOWFALL
rolled through a soft drift. 1t is so
much easier to get things on credit than
to pay the cash for them. Many people
have an idea that when buying on cred
it they are getting an article for moth
ing. But the demand for payment soon
comes, and if young man has bought
more than he needs, and more than be
can pay for. it not only gives him
great deal of worry but destroys his
credit Keep out of debt. Pay for what
you get If you can't pay for it, don't
get it This rule adhered to will give
you peace of mind. good reputation and
money in your pocket Save something
over and above your expenses. A small
sum Of money often puts man in prof
liable business. and the lack Of it often
loses him chance of making a great
/ deal. Business chances are constantly
occurring in which few hundred dol
lars can be made the foundation of
competence You remember the man
who at one time could have bought the
whole State of Texas for pair Of boots.
but be didn't have the boots. 1t is the
men who save, and who have the boots,
who are able to catch up these chances
and get rich. Steady plOdding and saw


ing make money rapidly. Capital aceu-
mulates very fast if constantly added to.
/ A little does to begin with. and with
the right sort Of treatment it increases
rapidly. John Jacob AstoI. who left
twenty millions. said that the hardest
work Of all was to get the first thousand
dollars. After that was secured the rest
/ came easily. And he was right. It Is
Year: 1875

A woman writes in the Boston Globe:
lone day, on the trip up, when reading
magazine my attention was attracted
by the glitter of gold bracelet. which,
look where | would, flashed before my
eyes, and further scrutiny revealed the
fact that the young lady who wore it
was particularly anxious that | should
be attracted by it. and to further her
design began cutting the leaves of her
magazine with a silver fruit knife. For
the purpose of showing her that was
not particularly dazzled, in fact that
there was another such in the world,
took out a gold pencil from my pocket
and marked passage in my book, for
my bracelet was equal to hers 0hserv-
ing that fact she drew off her left glove
and carefully arranged her veil, that l
might not fail to see the heavily chased
ring which encircled her finger. | could
go her one better here; so taking off
my glove, drew down the blind, fash
ing rare topaz aud a solitaire diamond
before her appreciative eyes She saw,
and quickly pulling off her other glove,
displayed splendid cluster diamond
and gigantic amethyst. | was slight
ly nonplussed, but, as she wore no ear
rings. felt that after all was even
with her AT that instant she drew an
elegant little watch from her belt, which
she studied attentively, two whole min
utes. holding it up in full view, then
turned to me as if to say, We'll, 60 on
had done my best. and could not an
swer the challenge, but thought mourn
fully of my poor little locket in a draw
er at home, with one side all jammed in.
When at last the aggravating creature
took a jewel case from her satchel and
held up lovely coral set, turning it
this way and that to exhibit all its beau
ties. furtively glancing at me to be sure
that | observed, l was utterly vanquish-
/ ed, completely routed. and so much ab-
I sorbed IN my book that l did not see a
thing"
Year: 1875

We have parlor theatricals, and they
are recognized more and more as harm
less and instructive amusements. We
have dramatic exhibitions in our educa-
tional institutions. We 60 to the opera
really for its music, but we are obliged
to get this through the representation of
the most vapid dramatic compositions
that can be imagined. In short, we
have acknowledged, in many ways, that
the representation of a play is not wrong
in itself, while our Christian travellers
make their pilgrimages to Oberammer-
qua to witness play that degrades the
great Christian tragedy to the common
place of apeatSoular drama ThA 4ipaA
is rapidly coming-provided. of course,
that those who have the theater in charge
stand, as good men and women, by their
obligations to the public, and uphold the
dignity of their art-when Christians
will seek amusement in their presence,
from their performances when they will
discriminate between theaters as they
do between novels, and when the premi-
um of their presence and patronage will
be offered to those who serve them con.
seientiously. As people, we have no
such supcrfuity of amusements and rec
reations that we can afford to hold one
under ban, that Is in itself harmless and
legitimate We work under great pres
sure, and need much more recreation
than we get. If man thus pressed feels
that pure dramatic representation re
freshes him. he ought to be at liberty to
avail himself of it. and the time is cer-
| tainly coming when he will do so. The
histrionic art is as legitimate as any art,
and any man or woman who practices it
worthily and well deserves our honor
ay, our honor and our sympathy, for the
art-life is hard life to live under any
circumstances To be obliged to rely
for livelihood upon the plaudits of the
multitude, and to be subject to the ca
prices of the press and the public, and
! the jealousies that are inseparable from
all art-life. is hardship from which the
bravest man and woman may well shrink.
If, among those who have so many temp
tations to strike low key that they
may at least please ''the groundlings, !"
there is considerable number who ap-
peal to the nobilities of human nature
let US give them our hands and help
them to build up pnre taste in the
public mind. We have only to remem-
Der that the theater is with US, that it
will stay, and that the church has a
great responsibility concerning the stage
of the future. If it supposes that con-
demning it at streets length, and in
Discriminatory, will discharge its duty,


it will find itself sadly mistaken.-.Scrib-
ner t6r Februarg.
Year: 1875

CAUSE OF SUDDEN COLD WEATHER.
Professor Elias Loomis has made careful
studies of the weather maps of 1928,
with view to the discovery of laws gov
erning the relation between the direction
and velocity of the wind and barometric
pressure. In the center of an area of
low barometer, q strong upward move
ment has been observed. aud it now ap-
pears certain that a downward move
ment prevails over areas of high baron.
eter. The result of this downward flow
must be considerable fall of the ther-
mometer. These considerations appear
to prove that the extremely low temper
atures which occur at irregular intervals
in every month, aud particularly in the
winter months. are due mainly to the
descent Of cold air in the neigbborhood,
and that this descent of air results from
the outward movement which generally
taxes place from the center OF an area
Of high barometer. In summer during
thunderstorm. the temperature often
falls 10 degrees in few minutes, but
observations show that there was no cur
rent of air from the north These sud
den gusts Of cold must descend from the
higher atmospheric regions. Prof. Joseph
Henry suggests the possibility Of cur
rents from the north in the upper atmos-
pheric regions bringing down the cold
air, which is afterward precipitated on
the earth's surface in the areas Of high
barometer where the outward motion OF
the wind is observed
Year: 1875

the starting that calls for the resolution.
the hard work. Make that once and the
way will be much smoother. So, young
man, if you know what is good for YOU,
you will try to come out at the end of
the year better off than you are at the
beginning. If you only have five dol
lars more, that will be five dollars bet
ter, and the habit may be implanted that
in another year will make that five dol
lars five hundred. Il Indianapolis NetcS
Year: 1875

A DILAPIpArED Angela few even
ings since there dropped into an uptown
hotel man about five feet eight. with
heavy chm whiskers, and with rather an
intellectual cast of countenance, but
slightly under the influence of liquor.
He was attirel in rather seedy and
patched suit, but clean. He wanted
lodging for the night, and inquired of
the landlord if he could "bunk" with
him. The landlord, not liking his con-
dition and appearance, told him "he
guessed not" The stranger took seat
and entered into conversation with some
of the boarders The landlord, discov-
ering during the evening that he was an
educated man, remembered the saying
of entertaining angels unawares, told
him he might stay if he paid in advance.
The stranger at once took out about ten
dollars in currency, and rendered five
dollar bill for the payment The land
lord soon after took him to bed. and left
him in his room, but stationed himself
where he could see the occupant of the
room. The stranger after taking his
boots off got down on his knees in front
of the bed and delivered the Lord sprayer
in most impressive manner, after which
he prayed for all the inmates of the
house, for his friends and for his ene-
mics, that they might be happy. He
then arose and commenced undressing,
in the meanwhile talking to himself and
making expressions aloud like the fol-
lowing: What a fool l have BEEN,
"Some thieves might have picked me
up" Il wonder if | have got it." the
last remark being explained by his tax
ing two large rolls of bank bills from
different parts of his person, which he
put under his pillow and soon got into
bed. The landlord says he never heard
the Lords prayer repeated in more
impressive manner. The stranger is
heavy lumber dealer from the upper
Hudson.-Troy (N ~ Press
Year: 1875

A woman Of Port Austin, Mich. late
ly sued liquor dealer for selling ardent
spirits to her husband, and the proof
was SO clear that the defendant settled.
paying twenty-five dollars and costs.
The novel plan adopted by the prosecu-
trix when she discovered her husband
drinking was to rush in and seize the
glass. and when they took it away from
her. put her fingers into the liquor that
remained. tasting it. 50 that she could
swear positively as to its character.
Year: 1875

The BIRDs.-Wanton cruelty is as
unwise as it is wicked. For years
everybody at the West has been busily
engaged in destroying the prairie chick
ems, shooting them often merely for
amusement, and leave the carcasses to
poison the air on the plains. The harm
less prairie hens that were abundant,
that focked about the farms, have been
almost exterminated and as the result,
we have the grasshoppers. The prairie
Chicken that was wontonly killed five
years ago would have hundred or five
hundred defendants, and they would
have waged incessant war on the grass
hoppers. But the grasshoppers that
they did not eat have multiplied by tens
of thousands or millions The wall of
starvation that comes up from Kansas
and Nebraska is the echo of the sports
mans piece as he slaughters the prairie
fowl. Thus
Year: 1875

How thoughtful we need be in our
ways Of doing good vs. try to confer
favor, and perhaps We wound the ten
derest suseeptibilities; we seek to give
comfort, and through our want Of gentle
tact We jar the most sensitive nerves Of
grief Or perhaps We give physical re-
lief 10 some inconsiderate way. and We
break down independence Of spirit and
destroy the power Of self-help. When
We can aid others to walk, we should
not try to carry them. 1t is we'll to
study Gods dealings with ourselves, if
We are Christians. which saves the soul
while it weakcns none Of its powers. He
delivers from the curse aud terror. and
then restores TO soundness. that we may
walk at liberty keeping his command
ments.
Year: 1875

A man who puts himself on the
ground Of moral principal. if the whole
world be against him. is mightier than
all Never be afraid Of being in the
minorities that are based upon prin.
eiPlsa-
Year: 1875

the storm in his hand and prevent
/ ing II from bursting on their heads
/ but MOultOn? Why did Beecher say
/ that the Letter to Mrs. Tilton should be
returned to him, and not be permitted
| to miscsKry, IL there was no secret in il
| The counsel called attention to Beecher's
letter Of February, 1873, in which he


stated he was willing to " step down and
out, )" il that would serve their purposes.
BeecheT was willing to descend from his
high position on account Of the darkness
which surrounded him-that man offer
/ ing TO abandon his great mission, and


Offering himself as a sacrifice that Til


ton could be helped and his wife and


children might be saved. The counsel


could not make this more emphatic or


appealing to the sensibilities of the Jury


than the language in which this letter


was clothed. What was there in it


which led this great preacher to offer


himself as a sacrifice to repair the inju-


ries which he had done to q woman who


had cast herself involuntarily upon his


love? What was there that caused


Beecher to say that be was "living on


the ragged edge of remorse and de.


spair?" There must have been some
reason that forced this strange yet mean
ing expression from his lips; and yet the
other side tell Us that 1t was used by
BsecheT at random, and was utterly
without sense or meaning. Webster
tells US that remorse is the keen, pierc-
ing anguish caused by s consciousness
Of guilt. Henry Ward Beecher, said the
speaker, was penitent 10 his God, but
timid and lying toward his fellow men.
That wss not the form of penitence
which would save man; it was the re-
morse Henry Ward Beecher felt. His |
friends might say the people reverence |
the art, though not reclaimiDg lost souls, |
and his language in the letters is, 81 |
have repented; l am great, but the Bit |
terness of death is on me, ,and my whole |
being is tortured on the ragged edge of |
death and despair;n and when this man |
thus broke out in the agony Of his great |
soul, was there no significance to be at |
tsched to it, and was this man who ut
tered these words to his God and the
man he had offended, was he to be be-
lieved when he said that he was entirely
innocent of this charge?


Adjourned.


1t was stated during recess that Mr..
Beach wonld not finish his address be-
fore Friday evening, and in that case
Judge Nelson said he would not charge
the jury until Monday. 1t is now con-
sidared certain that Tilton's counsel will,
at the conclusion of Mr.. Beach's ad-
dress, ask that the case be reOpened for
the admission of newly discovered evil
dence.
Year: 1875

GOVERNOR ALLEN, Of Ohio, will no
doubt be nominated by the Democrats OF
Ohio to-day upon a platform such as is
sketched by the Cincinnati Enquirer in
the article published elsewhere. And
We have no doubt that he will be fe-
elected by a majority that will confirm
the people of the whole Union in the
necessity for the sscendency of the DEM
ocrstic party. We look with confidence
to Ohio to-day, and expect declaration
of principles that will satisfy and crafty
the people Of all the States.
Year: 1875

THE school board will tonight decide
upon the curriculum and nlOdus oPer-


dndi Of the public schools for the COM
ing year. We hope the teachers to be
retained in service will also be given to
the public. No further time under this
head should be lost, as the teachers are
anxious to make disposition Of their
Year: 1875

vaE councilme.n want pay. They be-
lieye that the labOrer is worthy Of his
hire. But the aldermen are in doubt
We hope they will remain so. Now
chat the school board have been COM
peIied to reduce the salaries Of the hard
working teachers, any one OF whom Is
worth to the city more than ten general
councilmen, and the policemen are ex-
pected 10 take scrip in symentfor their
arduous lsbors, we think our city fathers
can afford to forego the pitiful sum OF
twenty dollars per month. Economy
should begin at home, and the general
council should practice what they
pra6ah
Year: 1875

APPLICATION will be made to the
Nashville courts in few days, praying
that the trustees Of the bank Of Tennes-
see be restrained from receiving new
issue in payment Of debts due the bank.
Year: 1875

The heaviest snorcr we have
heard of is the man whose wife
woke him up the other night,
during a tempest, saying she
did wish he would stop snor-
ing, for she wanted to hear the
thunder.
Year: 1875

number of the representatives of the
press yesterday accepted polite invitation
from Colonel T. S. Hardee and Mr.. S. d.


Moody to take an afternoon ride to the lake


over the new free roadway just presented
to the people. The route is down Canal
street to the Halfway House, thence west


ward about mile to the upper protection
levee leading from Carrollton to the old
lake terminus of the Jefferson and Carroll.
ton railroad, intersecting this at point
about three miles and 6. half from the lake.
A pleasant drive down this levee leads one


to the well known establishment of Joe
Rodrigues, famous for his soft shell crabs,


croakers and genial welcome. The levee ia
thirty.fOur feet wide at the crown, and is


connected by new bridge built across the


Dublin avenue tail racs by Messrs. Van


Norden and Moody, the city having sup.


piled the lumber. The lake shore protec-
tion levee begins at this place, and runs
due east 22O0 feet to the New canal. This
levee is sevenytwo feet at the crown, leav-
ing ample room for wide carriage way,
two car tracks and promenade THE drive
around this oblong space from the Hallway
House and return is about eight miles.


According to the original design the pro.
lection levee YVES intended to run along the
lake shore on a line somewhat north o. east
for distance of four miles from the place
of beginning. Nearly half mile has been
finished as above noted. Colonel Hardee is
now considering the feasibility of changing
the direction inland, so that the course will
be nearly eastward, thus avoiding the lake
and effecting savement of large cum
per mile for reve,mant, and about fifty Der
cent in the number of cubic yards which
will have to bo thrown up. This is ques-
tioD, however, for the city engineers and
the contractors to settle among themselves.
Our purpose is to tell the people that they
have chance now to enjoy drive to the
lake over a good safe road, free of toll.
This is the first fruit of great work which
was projected by Surveyor Bell in lS7e-7I,
and which the REPUBLICAN has fully de.
ecibed on several different occasions
Colonel Hardee has apparently continued
the improvement to successful and very
satisfactory completion.
Year: 1875

The following is from the New York
Graphic of the ninth instant:


Governor Warmoth went to Louisiana
last night, declining all offers to run as a
compromise Republican for Governor. He
will spend the winter in the City of Mexico.
Year: 1875




CHECKING INDIAN FRAuDs.-A rather
novel yet highly ingen.ns device for fix
ing the responsibility of their conduct
upon the Indians themselves more close
ly has been adopted by Gen. Crook.
commanding the Department Of Arizo-
na. HIS plan is to check the wards of
the nation like pieces of baggage. each
warrior carrying with him constantly a
metal check with his number and tribe
stamped thereon. The officer in charge
keeps record of each, with the number
of members of his family and descrip-
ton of him. In this way the Indian is
not only protected against the unscru-
pulous greed of the agents, but offenses
can be traced home to their authors
more readily; and as the issue of sup
plies is made in accordance with these
checks there is less chance of imposture
on one side and fraud on the other. 1t
would be we'll if all officials engaged in
the Indian service we're to have a poll:
cy that is so plain and the same time SO
ommendeble and sagacious in its
method. Gen. Crooks report shows
what can be accomplished even with
the Arache Indians, this worst of all
North American tribes. They are be-
coming SO far advanced, morally and
industrially, that the tribe is now at
least partially self. supporting.