smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Tie Society for the Prevention of Cru
city 20 Animals puts forth the following
rules for the treatment of balky horses,
which will bear reproduction


L Pat the horse upon the neck
examine the harness carefully, first on
one side and then on the other, speaking
encouragingly while doing so then jump
into the wagon and give the word to go
generally he will obey.


2. A teamster in Maine says he can
start the worst balky horse by taking him
out Of the shafts and making him 90
around in a narrow circle till he is giddy
If the first dance OF this sort doesn't cure
him, the second will.


3. To cure balky horse, simply place
your hand over the horses nose and sh at
off his wind until lie wants to go, and
then let him go.


f. The brain of horse seems to enter,
taiu but one idea at time therefore con
tinued whipping only confirms his
stubborn resolve. If you can by any
means give him new subject to think
of, you will generally have no trouble in
starting him \ simple remedy is to take
couple of turns of stout twine around
the fore leg, just below the knee, tight
enough for the horse to feel, and tie in q
bow knot. At the first check he will
generally go dancing off, and after going
short distance you can get out and re
move the string, to prevent injury to the
tendon in your further drive


Take the tail Of the horse between
the hind legs, and tia it by cord to the
saddle girth.


g. Tie string around the horses ear
close to his head.
Year: 1874

Even those copper celored cut throats,


the Apache Indians, have a touch OF de.


ieacy and romance in them Colonel
John c. Cremony gives the following ao-
count of their courtinS custom Every
young girl is at liberty to refuse a sptor
for her hand The father, mother and
brother are prohibited from interfering
in her choice. Her person is at her own
disposal. After a brief conrtship ths
lover makes formal proposal by Offering
so many horses. Horses are a standard
of value among Indians. As the squsy
does all the work, horses are accepted as
an equivalent for her labor. Whsn
young warrior becomes enamored, he ias-
tens bis horse near the wigwam of the
squaw whose hand lie seeks, where he la
left four days If she fails TO feed and
water the horse during that time, the
waster is rejected but if she accepts his
offer she grooms and kindly cares for ths
horse, and then ties him to the wiswan
of her lover, as much as to say am
willing to be your slave and Do your work"
At the marriage the sagos and sachems
meet together, and the bride is not uu-
frequently loaded with forty or fifty
pounds of silver and copper trinkets
Year: 1874

Any person of sound body and mind, OF
either sex, not less than fifteen nor more
than slxty-five years OF age, and not enga-
ged IN any occupation, exceedingly danger
Gus TO life, may become member of this
Company, by paying an admission fee, as
follows.
Year: 1874

THE RATE OF INTEREST FOR MONEY is always an
important subject to both borrower aud lender An
able and suggestive essay this topic by Prol f..
Is. Elliott of the Treasury Department read at the
Portland Scientific Meeting, is reported fully IN
TRIBUNE LECTURE EXTRA No. TO- Price 10 cents


Address THE TRIBUNE. New York.
Year: 1874

us in any business or speculation. He labors,
and We reap. And just precisely so Is the West
producer the debtor of the Eastern capitalist,
The Eastern Shylock demands the measure of
his bond, even though it be taken from the very
flesh of the West.


1t is always inst to denounce inslncerity aud
vacillation. A President, already wealthy, who
will readily approve bill doubling his own sal
airy, but veto one for the relief of the people
who has no policy to enforce against the will of
Congress, when that will is in favor Of the capi-
talist, but has will in opposition to Congress,
when q measure is brought forward for the ben
eft of the producer-bas no right to claim eI-
empton from censure by those who feel them
selves wrOnged.
Year: 1874

~ The Woodsnn County Post that Sol Miller Is
going TO be candidate for Congress this fall ODrscol
could beat him three to ono.-Ldprenee Journal


just go ahead, fellows; set us up and knock
us down just as yon please. We are satisfied, as
long as you are happy. But We trust that the
Lawrence Journal in its interest in our behalf,
will not neglect that little matter of ss72.49i
that it has overcharged the County, ss reported
by an investigating committee.
Year: 1874

q go East by way Of st. Lsuis," all the
papers tell u.s. Send along your pass, and We
don't care continental what route We take
would as soon SO by way Of st. Leuis as any
other route
Year: 1874

THE husband of lady living in the
West Division had occasion recently to
make a short journey into the country.
Upon taking his departure he informed
his wife that, if he failed TO reach home
by ten o'clock that evening, she need not
expect him until the next day. The
hour named passed by, when the timid
little woman prepared TO retire, AS
slight precaution against burglars she
placed a large pistol conveniently near
her bed. She then searched the pantry
and found the carving knife, a huge
butcher knife and another weapon,
cross between broadsword and Il
butchers cleaver. These preparations
completed, she with her little daughter
were Just about retiring, when-hotrors
upon horrors steps were heard In
lower hall of the domicile. Tbs
mother hastily seized the pistol and
the largest Knife, and, bidding me
! little daughter take the two remain
inC instruments of death, silently
stole into the most remote corner ot
| the room to await events. The steps
came nearer, momentarily growing more
distinct. with each of which the hearts OF
the watchers beat, OF rather thumped,
time. Presently the door was heard
opening in a stealthy manner, and the
steps OF the intruder bent toward the
spit where stood the now thoroughly
terrified females. The bedroom door
was gently pressed back, and just as
mother aud daughter were about to en-


danger their lungs by prolonged screams
the husband and father anticipated then
f, by loud laugh of astonishment at Tho


ludicrous scene. His mirth was equally
aroused upon making the discovery Una
the pistol was not loaded l-ChIeago Jouf


nal,
Year: 1874

81 conversed," says writer, "with
racist to-day. He told me how he won
race in New Haven. For four weeks he
mixed soft rubber with the horses oats
and every day he hitched that horse to a
post and opened blue cotton umbrella
In his face, making him pull back,
stretching his neck awfully. Then he'd
shut his umbrella, the horse would stop
pulling and his neck would resume Its
original length. He got the horses neck
very elastic, and on the day OF the race
as his horse and the other horses were on
the home stretch, side by side, just at the
finish, the driver struck this mans horse
a blow behind his ears, and his neck
shout out almost rod, winning the race
by neck. 1t is said to be the biggest
hOme-stretch ON record"
Year: 1874

being almost unheard of and difficult to
diagnose, treat, or even name. Professor
r. W. Smith, of Dublin University, who
brought the case before the Pathological
Faculty, looked upon the condition of the
bones not as disease but as manifesto
ton of diseased condition as yet unknown,
possibly related to ricketts,.
Year: 1874

FISHERS CIGAR FACTORY is now in I'm
ion Block, on Washington street, first door
north Of Zeis's building, where he will be
glad to see all who wish to buy cigars or
tobacco at wholesale His popular brands
of cigars are in such demand that he finds
it necessary to have more room and more
help, and in his new quarters he hopes to
be able to meet the wants of the public
He invites attention to his goods, at his
new place.
Year: 1874

Wadsworth & Parsons say they are now
prepared to show the finest stock of carpets
and floor oil cloths to be found in this sec
ton. and that they will guarantee their
prices to be lower than any other house.
They also say they are offering, for few
days, great bargains in dress goods to make
room for their spring stock, which will be
open in few days.
Year: 1874

AMERICAN WoMEN-It is melancholy
fact, that American women have degener-
ated in point Of health and physique, until
they have become literally a race of inva-
lids. How sad it is to look around us and
compare the frail and effeminate looking
lady of to-day with the hale, hearty and
buxom ladies of days gone by To all such
the late discovery of DR.. WALKER, of CAL
fornia, which is known as VINEGAR BIT
TIERS, is priceless boon indeed. For this
class of diseases it is certain and safe, and
any lady, old or young, can take it with en-
tire confidence in the result. and thus avoid
what to thousands is stumbling block
never overcome, viz "a consultation with
family physician 'Tis true there may
be cases of years standing, that will neces
state more powerful treatment, but in nine
cases out of ten this remedy will reach the
disease, and after little time effect cure.
| The ladies cured by it are numbered by
thousands, and are scattered through
every State in the Union
Year: 1874

Murder Committed by Saving Or tho
Head OF the Living Vfctim-Suicide OF
tho Observation-Disclosures Tragedy In
Hamilton County.


TROY, N. Y, Nov. 28, 1874.


A most horrible story is current here OF . SIN
gular and barDarous murder. Recently carpen-
ter named Elias Williams benan the erection Of
wooden frame house In the midst OF Q forest in
wild and unfrequented district. about sixteen
miles north OF Welstown, Hamilton county. He
hired George Smith to assist him In the work
OF construction. One day, after they had
drank many times from q Jug OF liquor,
the two men began despe rately to quarrel,
and finally were involved in deadly fight.
Williams IN the course OF the struggle threw
Smith over wooden saw horse, ana with hand
saw which he all the time held IN his hand, sawed
of the head OF his antagonist, seyerng II entirely
from the body. His rage cooling remorse came
after It, and he followed his victim into the dim
land or retributon by cutting the great vein OF his
own throat with the saw, falling corpse beside
the remaina OF Smith.


A lad named Grant witnessed the awful tragedy
and conveyed the news two miles to the people
who reside nearest the scene Of the crime.


Williams was married man, ana smith
bachelor. They were both buIled on sunday last.
Year: 1874

A factory for the production Of con
densed milk has recently been estab-
lished at Cham, canton Zug, on the
borders of the lake of the same name,
in Switzerland. We find the following
description Of the process in one of our
exchanges The milk is furnished by
peasants, and as soon AZ each person
delivers his supply, sample is taken
from the pals, numbered and allowed
to remain quiet over night. The OBJ
ject of this Is to judge Of the quality Of
the milk for the rising Of cream. Cases
of fraud, however are rare, as the pea
santiy are generally honest, and the
penalties imposed by law are extremely
severe. HIr


The first operation is TO weigh the
milk, which TO this end is conducted
into copper basin supported by a bal
ance Its weight being obtained, the
milk Is allowed to escape into huge
wooden reservoirs, lined with zinc and
located in the cellar. Here a careful
examination is made with the lactome-
ter, and the fluid isdrawn off into large
cylindrical copper boilers which are
placed in vat furnished with q false
bottom under which steam enters.
The milk is thus slowly heated, but not
boiled. For the latter purpose il is la
died out into separate boiler whence
il is carried to another tank containing
a quantity of white sugar. In order to
facilitate the solution of the latter, the
liquid is repeatedly passed along a met
al trough from one-vase TO another.
When the operation is completed, il is
drawn off into cvaporating chambers.
These receptacles resemble the similar
apparatus used in sugar manufacture,
and have double bottoms, heated by
steam. They are united TO column
of condensation which communicates
with air pumps. Under these condi-
tions the milk boils at l40 degrees Fab
renhcit, Every little while the work
man takes out a sample from which he
judges according TO its viscosity wheth-
er the condensation is sufficient.


When the latter point Is reached, the
liquid is led down into the cellar and
into tin receptacle which is surround
ed by cold water The milk is thor
oughly agitated by hand for some time
until completely cool, when il is carried
to other reservoirs and thence drawn
off into boxes and scaled The daily
product is about 5000 boxes eacl
weighing about 1875 ounces. The milk
may be diluted with five times il
weight Of water
Year: 1874

Place piece of iron or steel in damp
ashes, and il will soon corrode with
rust. Place the iron or steel in lime
mortar, and the rust will disappear.
Sow small grain where a brush pile or
log heap has been burned, or where a
liberal dressing of ashes has been ap-
Piled and there will be rank growth
that win probably fall and never ma
turc. Sow the grain where the lime
has been applied TO the soil, and the
grain will grow with stout, stiff straw,
and plump hard heads that mature we'll


Ashes cause rank growth Of the
herbaccous part-of the plants, such as
leaves, straw and grass lime induces n
growth of the woody part of plants,
and the grain or fruit. Ashes stimu-
late heavy muck and rich or virgin soil
They appear to disintegratc or make
available what is already in the soil.
They seem to act specially on vcgeta-
bic mold and manures from the barn
yard. Apply them to the most offensive
pile of compost and they will render
Il inodorous and worthless as fcrtil-
izer, their effect being that Of releasing
the ammonia from the compost. Ashes
used with o compost heap of dccaying
vegetable matter would be wasted
worse than wastcd--as they render the
compost inert as n fertilizer. Applied
TO an offensive sink, sewer or ccsspool,
they serve an excellent purpose as q
dlsinfectant. They promote the growth
Of grass and forage especially, proving
very valuable on low lands; will slim
ulutc trees, etc, to vigorous growth
when the soil is strong. They exhaust
strong soils and iuiure poor ones


Lime improves poor soils, especially
sandy ones, by rendering them more
compact and capable Of retaining iertil-
ity when applied. As promoter of
health and vigor in apple trees il is one
of the best applications that can be
made to the scii. Under It's influence
trees mature well, the fruit is finer, and
the trees are ireer from disease. Lime
may be applied with benefit on most
soils and many plants, but II IL Of spc-
oial value TO the apple tree and straw
berry plapt while ashes are valuable
on heavy or rich soils for the grosser
feeding of plants, such as our native
plnms and cuirant bushes.-Cor Hor-
tcuifvnd a ta
Year: 1874

e The Arizona girl doesn't car
ry a parasol slung to her waist, but
her belt is orIaamented with an iv
Ory-handled revolver. There is no
complaint of a lack of roliteness on
the part of young men out there.
Year: 1874

NY father had a small and beautiful dog
who rejoiced In the name of Fidelity. He
differed from other good dogs only in being
better Than others, and in manifesting
something that resembled religious sensi-
blity, or peculiar attachment to religious
places, people, and services. He attended
family worship with a unctuality and
regularity that the other members of the
household might we'll have initiated, and
certainly did not surpass. If a stranger
were present-and much company visited
our house-the dogs attention TO him was
regulated by his taking the lead or not in
the religious worship of the household. If
The visitor at my fathers request conduct
ed the worship, the dog at once attached
himself 10 his person, and when he depart
ed the dog escorted him out of the village !;
sometimes going home with him TO a neigh
boring town, and making him visit of a
few days. If the visitor did not perform
any religious service In the house, the dog
took no notice of him while there, and suf-
fered him to depart unattended and evi-
IDENTIFY unregretted.


Such n dog WAS, OF course, an habitual
attendant on the public services of the
church on the Sabbath. 1t required ex-
traordinary care 10 keep him at home.
Shut up in q room, he dashed through a
window and was al church before the fam
lily. He was once shut up in an outhouse
that had no foor. He dug out under the
sill OF the door, and was at church before
the first psalm was sung. In church he
occupied the upper step of the pulpit with
In which his master ministered. He lay
quiet during the service unless other dogs
below misbehavod, in which case he left
his seat, and after quleting the disturbance
resumed It. He was equally devoted to
the weekly prayer-meeting which was held
from house to house, the appointment be-
ing announced on the Sabbath. He re-
membered the evening and the place, and
was always present. AS it was not agreea-
BILE to have a dog at an evening meeting
| in private house, he was confined al
home. The next week he went early, be.
fore the family had thought 10 shut him up
and waited for the hour and the: people
He knew the names OF the families where
the meetings were held, and where they
| lived, and could have gone to any one O
them on an errand as easily and corr ectly
as a child. And the only knowledge he
had of the place of meeting he got as the
others did, by hearing the notice on Sun
day. These habits of the dog were not the
fruit OF education. On the contrary, pains
were taken to prevent him from indulgine
his religious preferences. He did moi
manifest a fordness for other meetings, oil
for any individuals out Of the family circle
] except those whom he recognized by their
Year: 1874

Tho principal points of the new bankrupt
bill, A. II has passed both the Senate and
the House, is az follows: Forty days are
allowed 10 elapse before a merchant or
trader who fails to pay his commercial pa
per is liable 10 be thrown into bankruptcy.
The assent OF one-fourth in number and
one-third in value of creditors is required
to throw debtor into bankruptcy. This
provision relates back to the first of last
December. Proceedings may be discon-
tinued Whenever the debtor pays those &C.
cured debts which were the ground of
throwing him into bankruptcy, or when
over with the consent OF the court he and a
majority of the creditors shall ask for
discontinuance of the proceedings. In or
der TO set aside hypotbecated pledges on
liens on the bankrupts estae, it must ap-
pear that the party dealing with the bank
rupt knew that he Intended to perpetrate a
fraud upon the bankrupt law, and that he
intended to go into bankruptcy. When a
loan is made 10 q bankrupt In good faith,
and security taken with the intention of
aiding him TO pull through, IL shall be con-
sidered as having actual value, and the Sc
curty shall not be invaidated by proceed
ings in bankruptcy. A voluntary bank
rupt may have his discharge if his estate
pays thirty per cent OF his debts or pro-
vided he obtains the assent of the same
number of his creditors as is necessary to
throw him into bankruptcy. An involun-
tary bankrupt can get his discharge if his
conduct is free from all fraud and he is in
nocent Of any violation or infringement OF
the bankrupt act. Assignees are prohibit
ed from dividing fees with others engaged
in the case. Compromises by creditors
may be made with the assent of the debtor,
providing majority of the creditors join,
where approved by the court, for the re-
lease and discharge of the debt. The fees
and expenses are reduced one-half until
the judges OF the supreme court shall es-
tablish permanent reduction and simplify
proceedings. All the acts of the persons
connected with the execution of the law
shall be made public in the shape of full
and minute reports from the clerk, the
assignee, the marshal and the register.
Year: 1874




The separate rights and liabilities OF mar
ried women in Massachusetts, have been
materially y enlarged by an act of the Legis-
lature approved on the oath nit. AS the
law stood before, a married woman could
not convoy her separate real estate or shares
In corporations without the consent of her
husband, nor had she general power to
make contracts, but the law only author
lied contracts relating to her separate es-
tate. Now, however, she is placed In these
respects on the same footing with hor hus-
band. She may convey her real estate by
deed or her shares in corporations in the
ordinary manner without her husbands
cooperation or consent, but she cannot inn
pair his contingent rights any more than
he can by his deed deprive her OF her right
of dover. In several other respects also
the &C, referred to modifes the former stat
us of married persons. 1t reads as fol-
lows:-


Sect. l. A married woman may convey
her shares in corporations, and lease and
convey her real property, and make con-
tracts oral or written, sealed and Gnsealed,
in the same manner as If she were sole,
and all work and labor performed by her
| for others than her husband and children
shall, unless there is an express agreement
on her part to the contrary, be presumed
to be on her separate account; but her sop
araie conveyance OF real estate shall be
subject to her husbands contingent inter
est therein; and nothing in this act shall
authorize a married woman to convey
property to, or make contracts with hel
| husband.


Sect. 2. When deed of land is made 10
married woman, and at the same time
she mortgages the same 10 the grantor to
secure the payment of the whole or any
part of the purchase money, or to third
party to obtain the whole or any part o
such purchase money, the seizing Of sucl
married woman shall not give her husband
any estate by the courtesy as against sucl
mortgage.


Sect. 8. A married woman may sue anC
be sued in the same manner and to thu
ing therein contained shall authorize suit
between husband and wife.


Sect. 4. A married woman may be an
executrix, administrators, gu uardian o
trustee, and bind herself and the estate sh
represents without her husband joining il
any conveyance or instrument whatever
and be bound 10 the same manner anC
with the same effect in all respects as If sh
were sole.


Sect. 8. The first section OF chapter fou
hundred and nine of the acts OF the yea
eighteen hundred and siXty-nine, and chap
ter one hundred and slxty-five, Of the Act
of the year eighteen hundred and sixty
three, are hereby repealed.


Sect. 9. Nothing in this act shall impai
the validity of any ante-nuptial or post
nuptial settlement.
Year: 1874

TIE LOST PKoPLE.-Though Greenland
is said to be inhabited only upon the south
and west coast, there is a record of an early
settlement upon the side toward Iceland,
with which there was no communication
for 400 years. The colony was planted
about 1000 A. D., which flourished and
maintained intercourse with its mother
country till the beginning of the fifteenth
century. Since that time, owing to the set
ting in of the Arctic current, and the con-
sequent gradual increase of ice upon the
coast, the colony became inaccessible, and
the records of it disappear from history.
At various intervals between, 1879, 175l,
etc., down to our time, the intrepid Danes
have striven in vain to reopen communica-
tion with their lost colony. This emerand
coast, with valleys well stocked with rein
deer and verdant glades, is now shut in by
the pitiless ice pack, and the fate of its in
habltants ought to excite the interest of the
world. 1t would be very interesting TO be
informed Of the condition Of this colony ;
whether the increasing cold has enlarged
the glaciers 80 as to push the dwellings out
to sea, or whether the inhabitants are still
standing, and population has sprung up
who know of the outside world only by
tradition.-PopUlGr Science Monthly.
Year: 1874

The mere fragment Of an idea-or, at
best, few fragments of ideas-is all that
most minds ever possess, and hence the
aimless lives and unregretted deaths, the
unAcoomplished possibilities, and the slow
progress which we everywhere behold In
the world. To possess a single idea' and
to be capable of impressing 1t upon the
world at large, is to be man OF genius.
To possess tAo or more ideas with the
same completeness is to be one of those
rare intellectual giants who scarcely appear
more than once in q century.