smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

The extracts read as follows, the
last date being "Port Elizabeth,
December IA, 1876"


"0h! Oliver, this is a terrible
country. Thank God we can get
out of it, which we are going to do
next week. Terrible is no name
for it, 1t is only fit for beasts to
live in, and the black people.
" = Only think, we had to
wear our winter clothing all
through this hot summer. You
have never experienced such a sum-
mer, and hope you never will.
The way we happened to be forced
to wear winter clothing was this:
We sent all our luggage ahead by
bullock trains to the diamond fields,
and they did not arrive till two
weeks after we had started for here.
The reason was that the streams
were all swollen, and they had
to wait on the banks for days and
days till the water was low enough
for them to ford. We have to ford
nearly all the rivers here, for there
are no bridges and very few punts.
So when the rivers are high we
have to live on the banks for days
and very often for weeks before we
can cross. That is the kind of
travelling they have in this country.


"Nog there is no safe for dia
monds ; the whole Of South Africa
is in a dreadful state, and this war,
too The English home govern
ment has sent two regiments Of SOL
diers for the protection of the colo
ny. O, they expect to have some
lively times there about Christmas.
+ The vessel that these
troops were sent out in went on
shore in broad daylight-it was
proved afterward by the neglect Of
the captain and second officer. She
went on the rocks and was a total
wreck. They lost all their ammu-
milton and guns and mountain
cannons, and all the supplies that
were brought for the regiments on
board, and for a regiment that is
stationed here at the Cape.


" We have seen enough Of this
country. We have driven over
1900 miles of it, so if we do not
know it, who does? We are all
heartily sick of it, and have had
one misfortune after another, for
you know troubles never come
Singly. hope the next time to
write you a more cheerful letter
from Mauritius, where we expect to
go. We shall have to go in a sailing
vessel, as there are no steamers run
ming there. + Weexpected
to stay two months at the diamond
fields, but only played seven nights
there"


Mr.. Oliver Wren, who is now
living in Williamsburg, is anxious
ly looking for letters and papers Of
late date from that portion of the
world where the tragedy is supposed
to have occurred, but thus far has
been unable to get any more def
mite information than is given
above.
Year: 1877

yersary Day (which this year fell on May 3D. In that the


first part OF the sports Of che Athletic Cub ben nv tat
time grounds Of the club siDgularly beautify
situated half mile from the school proper, In


little valley three sides OF which shut IN ny trees
with charming out OF the other toward the White
Mountain and the whole carpeted with the greeuest OF
green grass The grounds themselves contain capta
turf cYeket ground, qnartermile track Tor running
and ground for jumping puttng tbe weight ana other
similar sports The meeting this year was thoroughly
successful one Much OF the running ana lumplne "a
record of which was given IN Saturday asts TRIBUNE
was excellent, often better than that OF colleges anu
older aud pretentOus athletes anu the coh'o5S
were so close In most as to be highly excung.


The morning OF the Ami yersaTy Day Wa tilhen UP
with cricket match DIMINISHED however, between an
eleven OF the alumni aud the school eleven which te
same that gave the second eleven OF the ST. Georges
Club such defeat last Spring and after this came
the chapel service at 1880 Here the ciei interest,"
OF the day ccners and surely nothing cono nave oeen
perfect From the bright spirited music, Iost eA
celony by the choir TO the strong manly ADDRESS
OF the Rev Philips Brooks Of Boston, every part OF tue
service seemed thoroughly harmony with the spirit OF
continuation cricket match aud the nlsDing oi the
athletic sports filled up the afternoon. anh
an excellent concert by the choir in the even
ing brought 10 fitting close day wh!ch
had every respect pleasant and successful Sucn
this do good to al take part IN them-to the
visitors who must strengthened and encouraged by
feeling that the future cannot he all dark Tor cOn-
has a school where such work as thls DONG
at 81 Pauls going sending out every year brave
honest fellows, well equipped ~ mind aud body 10 do ~
good service This year the number OF visitors was said
tnguished men present among thcm Mr. Evarts, who
presented the prz and Bishop Niles of Hampshire
the enjoyment OF the exercises OF the dhy "as Ost
gCneial ana nearty.
Year: 1877

rising suddenly 4io feet higher than was known oeroe
and falling about the hence is quite possible
that he ship might have passing at the particular


time when the ride was low Two schooDers had gone 10
the wreck from Acapulco. Only the epars were above
water when the Mexico left and the upper works were
breaking up very FAST and the freight was floating out
of the holds
Year: 1877

six mills on the dollar of all taxable
property within their respective coun-
ties. One special tax may be levied
in year provided the people vote it
on or before the first Monday in July.
1t shall not exceed ten mills and must
be collected by the county Treasurer
at the same time and in the same
manner as other taxes are collected.


The school year shall begin on the
first day of September and end on
the last day Of August.


The new law takes effect from and
after its passage.
Year: 1877

SETTLING UP.-The mountain land
on the Columbia above Sandy is fast
filling up with settlers In the neigh
borhood of Rooster Rock postofhce there
arc now forty-hve families. They are
anxiously looking for the completion of
the Dalles wagon road to give them
good outlet, the present grades being
SO steep as to practically shut them off
from Portland, though only Il miles
distant
Year: 1877

TOOTH- strict Turk is
obliged not only to wash his hea I, face,
neck, ears, and feet, but also his teeth, at
each of the five daily calls to prayer; so
he very soon wears out his toothbrush,
and these articles are generally sold in
packets of dozen. They are made of
olive sticks about ten inches long and
half an inch in diameter. At one end,
for about half an inch, they are split in
all directions, so as to form brush close
ly resembling a stencilling-brush. 1t is
easy to see that they are not calculated
to endure hard wear. The less particular
Turks use ordinary European tooth
brushes, but as even the most lax among
them look ON the pig and all belonging
to him as vile and unclean, they would
as soon think of defiling their mouths
with a Russian bristle toothbrush as of
eating pork chop or rasher of bacon.
The shopkeeper, therefore, swears by his
head and the souls of his father and
mother that the hair of which his tooth
brushes are made grew on the back of the
camel, the COW, or the horse. ! once sug-
gested to an English merchant that he
should try to induce some English brush
maker to manufacture brushes of all kinds
of some vegetable fibre, especially for
Turkish use; but he wac uncharitable
enough to reply that he was sure that not
one of the shopkeepers of Pera, Galata,
or Stamboul would consent to sell them,
for it would partially deprive them of
one of their most favorite enjoyments-
living.
Year: 1877

LIVELY TGHEs.-Mr Tom Quinn, the saddle
and harness maker, has eleven hands steadily
employed in his shop. and yet with this force
he is unable to keep up with is orders. To
meet the demands of his rapidly growing pusl'
ness he intends 10 build an addition IN the rear
Of his new brick building, 2nd thus have room
to put larger force at work Our business
men are generally prosperous, and We are sr':l,
fed to know that cur friend Quinn comes III
for his full share in the general prosperity.
Year: 1877

a ScHoLL, of the Empire Market" has
treated himself to new ssfe-a magnificent
piece of workmanship-fre proof, burglar
proof, and strong enough to hold the county
money. When we locked at the safe it Wa
stacked full Of coin and erecnbacbs, al going
to show that kepins market is a good business
Year: 1877

M.GIC PCMP.-S;ea the cad under this cap
ton BY nsing the magic pump foul wells will
be purified, and the sanitary condition Of the
town improved. Much of the sickness in this
valley is owing to the use Of impure water. The
magic pump will purify the most filthy well,
and may be The means Of saving valuable lives.
Year: 1877

SUDDEN DEATH.-The death OF MIS- u
Brechtel was sudden and unexpected. her
health had been poor for several months pu.
recently had improved with fair prospect OF
recovery. At the very time these hopes were
inspired the angel of death was ho'eTinS over
and snatched her away. She leaves husband
and four children 10 mourn her death Inc
afflicted husband has the sympathy OF the
whole community in his sad bereavement
Year: 1877

We have some idea of the amount of
water that must pass through corn
plant, wheat plant and cotton plant,
to organize pound of each of these i'm
pOTtant staples; and we regard with
lively interest the wateTwOrks with which
cities are supplied with water as throw
ing light on agricultural engineering and
the future supply of fertilizers to the
country. An enormous engineering
work is in progress to supply Baltimore
with water, the present supply being
bad in quality and inadequate in guam
tity.


The new source is the Gunpowder river,
nine m les from the city, and the water
is to be brought through a tunnel seven
miles long, cut through mountain. This
will be the longest tunnel in America,
circular in shape, and twelve feet in dia-
meter. Five miles of the distance is
very hard rock, and the drilling is done
by manual labor, power drills being i'm
practicable in such a small space. The
rest of the way will be bricked. Fifteen
shafts have been sunk. The cost is esti-
mated at S3, 900, GOO, about / 500 men
are employed, and the tunnel viii pro-
badly be completed in three years. The
employees are mainly negroes, who live in
miserable log cabins; and the contractor
says that his greatest difficulty is not of
an engineering kind, but comes from
drunkenness among these men. Liquor
dealers infest the temporary villages with
portable bars, and sell vile whisky so
cheap that the laborers buy extensively.


Few have any conception what moving
water will do in this country in three
generations from this time. IF congress
will do nothing else for agriculture, it
ought at least to establish one institution
to teach agricultural engineering as
to 800 pupils as military
science is taught at West Point. We do
not object to the scientific education of
cadets and military officers, but we do
affirm that engineering skill applied to
irrigation will be quite as useful to man
kind as it can be in war. Educated Off
GERS often make superior farmers, and
one of the greatest lawyers in the city of
New York is doing creditable work by
old fields in Virginia. When.
shall we learn that knowledge is power?
Year: 1877

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Graphic outlines a new and
curious theory broached in Washington.
He says:


A combination to depreciate silver has
been projected by the great Jew bankers
of the world. These people have studied
the whole question of currency in q very
practical way, and understand it not only
much better that the community at
large, but better also than the Christians
associated with them in business. They
realize that the demonstration of silver
means an era of low prices. In other
words, the artificial enhancement of the
price of gold reduces the measure of
prices all over the world. BY their di-
rect action upon the governments of the
Scandinavian states, Germany, and the
United States, these great bankers sue
ceeded in partially demonetizing silver.
The low price which has resulted, and
the destruction to the trade of the world,
they have taken advantage of in the
purchase of all manner of staple proper
ty. When they have secured enough
they will again become converts to the
desirability Of using silver, which will be
remonetized all over the world, where
upon prices will rise, and these gigantic
operators expect W sell OuG dI SAGldsd-
gantly high prices. These rich Jewish
capitalists find it necessary to influence
only a few people in each administration.
As bankers they have direct access to
secretaries and treasures and finance
ministers, and the people who manipulate
the press of the world. Upon various
plausible pIetexts they get laws passed
demonetizing silver; which being effected,
they take advantage of the ruinous fall
in prices which occurs all over the world.
From this they know there will be a re-
action in favor of the two metals; and
they will profit, by the addition in the
market value of what they bought at
low figures, and sell out. 1t will be
noticed that the Syndicate represents an
immense Jewish interest, who have been
the most active monOmetalistt since the
beginning of the controversy.
Year: 1877

cold, chill, wintry air, had I not, boy a
am, made him afraid to do the deed


But we can not live there always so


We owe our landlord twelve dollars fol
rent, and he has sworn with an oath thai
he would turn US out of doors by force


Of arms if we do not leave. 'Twould Kill


my mother to be moved now. Do this
and so may God bless you +"


This had not been spoken connectedly,


as we have written il, but at spasmOdiC
| intervals, broken by sObs and weeping.


The effect was electrical. Never. before
| had such a thing been heard of, and yet


few seemed to think it out of place. Most
| OF them were too much moved TO think


ofanything but the story they had heard.
That same boy might have told them his
simple story in the street, and they


would have passed him idly by; but now


it came home to their hearts. 1t seemed
almost test sent by God to try their
faith in the doctrine they had that day
heard. Only Mr.. Notworth seemed
angry; but though every eye had been
turned upon him, yet he dared not speak.


Ere long the minister came down, and
placed his hand upon the boys head
and then: in clear, impressive tone, he
said,- -


&c 9 InasmUch as ye have done it until
the least ofene of these, have ye done it
unto me- My friends, let US all take
counsel together after we are dismissed" )"


He then pronounced the benediction
but only David Notworth left the house.
What was done in that meeting can be
Judged by the results. That very night
doctor came to the widows cot, and
with him came a nurse who was to re-
main. On the.next day a large sum of
money, and many articles of comfort,
were sent in. Ere long Paul was taken
into the family of a wealthy mechanic as
an adopted son; and ere the SHOWS of
winter were gone the widowed mother
was well again, and was gladly taken
into the same family with her son, where |
she passed the bappiest hours Of her |
woman's life.
you find a braver boy than was Paul !
1avere7 Think you he was brave when
he faced those two men for his mothers |
protection? So he was. But that re-
quired not a moiety of the stern, calm |
heroism, which sent him, a pale, feeble |
boy, into that sacred temple, there to |
face the multitude, and, in defiance of all |
precedent, to pour out the story of his |
mOthers's sutfeTings. But his soul was
strong with filial love, and he conquered.
People hOnored him for this strange in
and as he grew up a noble,
steady, virtuOus youth and man, he was
by all who knew him. Yet the
smile and the loving embrace of his
mother, with her fearful blessings upon
him, were by far the dearest return he
met for his work.


OF Mr.. Notworth we will only say he
died unwept and unmourned, and a
5pendthrift son quickly squandered his
property.
Year: 1877

Since we now have an active volcano
in the United States, the subterranean
disturbances of our neighbOrs will begin
to be of some interest to US. Many of
the Mexican volcanoes have been silent
ever since the discovery of America, and
others are on record as having famed
out for the last time shortly after the
Spanish invasion. Among those that
have been the longest quiet was the
mountain Ceboruco; but IN 1910 1T broke
forth after a sleep of centuries. 1t has
been noticed that earthquakes, formerly
frequent in its vicinity, have not taken
place since its last eruption, and there IS
a notion that the vent given by the
volcano has served as a relief 10 pent up
gases and materials that otherwise would
have caused disturbance. If this theory
holds good, California may be saved from
another earth-shakiDg by the activity sr
the vet unnamed volcano in her south
western corner. The eruption is said TO
have taken place about sixty miles
north of Yuma. That place always had
a queer reputation. There is a s,ory of
the ghost Of a dead soldier being interro-
gated by the spirit-rapping process as to
whether his present abode was hot.
" Yes" was the reply, "it's awful hot;
but it isn't any hotter than Fort Yuma.
-NeiC York Tribune.
Year: 1877

! of price permitted to the remount officers
| is 133 rOubles for horses destined for the
cavalry of the line; for the liberal impe-
rial guards the limit rose to 900 rOu-


bles. At the age of four the young


horses, which have previously been


handled but not broken in, are drafted


into the reserve squadron, where they


remain for a year, during which time


they are broken in; and at the age of


five join the regiment and service. A


horse is supposed to last seven years from


the date of his joining the regiment, SO


that the remOunt officer has to furnish


young horses nearly to the amount of


One-seventh of the total service strength.


The reserve squadron in peace time is


about one hundred strong, but in war


time it is increased to twice or thrice
this strength to meet drafts made upon


1t to supply vacancies of men and horses
in the field squadron. Cavalry recruits
who come from all parts of Russia, but
are chiefly drawn from little Russia, the
people of whiSh are extremely good
hOTse-masteTs and fond of riding, are sent
direct to their respective regiments, and
are considered ft to be dismissed from
recruit drill in three months. Formerly |
the period of training was nine months, /
but now they work harder, it seems, and /
are sent to duty sooner. l think a man I
is ikelier to be a good duty-soldier at
the end of nine months fair training
than at the end of three months forcing
but then it appears tuition is sedulously
kept up after the dragOOn is sent into the
ranks, and the accelerated training is of
course a desideratum in war, or when it
is desired quickly to increase the strength
Of the army. The cavalry soldiers term
Of active service is nominally ten years,
with five years in the reserve; but in
practice he is sent home after having
served four or FIVE years, with liability to
be called from this long furlough at a
lays notice. NOn-cemmissioned officers
nay go down or remain with the regi-
nent at their option; if they engage for
second term of service they receive
additional pay. Private soldiers are not
allowed to re-engage.
Year: 1877

A cIoudbuTst may be a serious thing
IN the CHEYENNE region, where the
streams run down from the mountains
Recently there was a sudden and un-
commonly heavy fall of rain there. Al
most without any warning, a wave seven
feet high rolled down the Chugwater
A detachment of the Third cavalry en-
camped near the bank was overwhelmed
bv the food. The dry bed of the creek,
on which no water had flowed for six
years. suddenly became a river fifteen
feet deep.
Year: 1877

WHEELING. W. Va, August 5-About
nine o'clock tonight young woman
named Lizzie Ranch, employed as do.
mestic in the family of Mr.. A R, Ged.
dis, in the seventh Ward. Jumped off the
Suspension Bridge into the Ohio River,
a distance of about seyenty-ive feet -
There were number Of persons on the
bridge at the time who saw the girl
jump, and gave the alarm, and she was
rescued in an exhausted condition -
When taken out of the water by two
men in skiff she begged of them not
to take her to the shore, but to let her
drown, as she had trouble and did not
care to live. After being taken to the
residence of her father, on Nineteenth
street, she repeatedly remarked that she
would do 1t again. The only explana.
ton of her strange conduct is given by
a letter addressed to her friends, id
which she said that she had made up her
mind to commit suicide, because Ger.
tain woman had talked about her and
hurt her feelings very much The girl
is In serious condition, but viii proba-
bly, recover.
Year: 1877

NJ. Pierre has communicated to the
French Academy of Science strange
temporary result Of brain fever While
he was convalescent he was engaged one
day reading, and he found that the letters
appeared sunk for some distance into the
paper, and soon fatigued the eye. After
ten days of suffering from this inconven.
ience the eye resumed its normal power,
and the printed characters again occu.
pied the usual position on the surface OF
the paper
Year: 1877

SEVERAL engagements have been
broken of this spring already, because
the couples would play croquet and she
would insist that he hadn't passed
through the last wicket and he'd get mad
and say wicket words.
Year: 1877

stock breeding and rearing are a necessary
part OF a farmers business, he should under
stand the laws of life. both vegetable and
animal. The intelligent feeder should have
scientific knowledge of the structure and
functions of the animals he grows. Reason
ing from cause to effect, as the animals have
no power of transforming one element of
food into another, he should know the exact
nature of the food he intends for particu-
lar purpose, which can alone be obtained by
a scientific knowledge of its elements, and
thus know just what is required to build up
the frame, the muscles, or produce fat. The
farmer should know what kind of food con-
talns the necessary coloric to keep up the
animal heat in low temperatures; and what
food contains the most starchy elements, to
produce certain results.


Nor is a knowledge of the structure and
wants of animals all that is necessary. Veg
etable life must be understood, and to know
just what kind Of food each particular plant
requires for its health and development.
And thus, if our correspondent will dip deep
into the duties and business of a true farm
er, he will find that intelligent agriculture
should be conducted on science, art and skill.
All other branches of industry have limited
fields Of research. Agriculture is boundless.
Farmers have CROPPED in the dark long
enough, and the business has been degraded
for the reason that the ignorant and the un-
learned have plodded on, doing things at
random, as frequently wrong as right.
When our correspondent, as well as the rest
OF the world, learns that the advanced farm
er and the farm are governed by definite
scientific principles and rules, as fixed as
those Of mathematics, mechanics or engill-
eering, then, and then only, will the intelli-
gent farmers son respect the calling of his
father. Then will the farmer take his true
position in the society of the refined and
learned. Then no longer will farming be a
game Of chance. or the farmers features pro-
claim him drudge.-Ioaoa Register.
Year: 1877

Use Strawberries of a good flavor; do
not forget that If the berries possess no fla
vor you cannot expect to obtain a syrup of
fine flavor. Avoid, also, rotten berries, be-
cause, unless you Go, you may be sure to
find as flavor the smell of the rotten berries
in your syrup. Mash the fruit in a barrel
or other suitable vessel by means Of a poun-
der, and leave the pulp for II or "a hours at
temperature between 20 and so degrees,
stir occasionally, press, set the juice aside
for one night, add for every pound avoirdu-
pois of juice one ounce ayoirdupois Of col
ogne spirit or deodorized alcohol, mix, set
aside for another night, and filter through
paper.


For one pound of the filtered juice take
one and half pounds of A sugar, and heat
to the boiling point, taking care to remove
from the fire or turn off the steam rs soon
as the mixture begins to boil; remove the
scum, and bottle in perfectly clean bottles,
rinsed with little cologne spirit.


Blackberry syrup can be prepared in the
same way as the above. For home use the
tiltering may be dispensed with, as also the
cologne. Put little in a tumbler and fill
up with fresh cool water and see what a re-
freshng drink you will have.