smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

One OF the most curious things
about rain is in the equality of its
distribution. The reader is of course
aware that rain may be measured in
inches in almost any vessel set out to
catch it. If pail, for example, ts put
out in an open space on the ground.
II we visit the pail after every show
er, we may by the means CT two
foot rule, tell what depth of rain has
fallen. This is the principle of the
rain guage. In practice better means
are of course adopted, so as to pre-
vent evaporation and TO measure the
depth. Now it is of great conse-
quence where we place our rain
guage. 1t might be supposed of no
importance whether it were on the
top Of the house or in the garden
elose by. And Jet, strange to say,
a guage in the garden Of Westminis-
ter Abbey caught twenty-tkree inches
of rain in the course of q year, while
one on the roof Of bouse caught on
ly eighteen inches, and one on top of
the abbey, only twelve inches. The
fact is, rain forms at a very low ele-
vation, it increases the size of the
drops which come from the higher
levels. Thus, while Mr.. Glaisher
was descending 10 balloon, be pass
ed through wet fog, where the
drops Of rain were exceedingly fine,
covering the note book like pin points.
These increased in size on approach
ing the earth and more rapidly when
very near the earth.
Year: 1879

A lady of rank In Paris died three
weeks ago in the fashionable quar-
ter of the Arc de Triomphe, of
whom an interesting story Is told.
She was a fam card-player, and
was credited with knowing oil
there was to know. When travel
ing in foreign land, she met one
day in hotel Russian lady with
that passion for gambling said to
be inherent in the Russian nation.
Anxious to play with the lady
from Paris, she wrote requesting
few games. Her request was
granted, and the ladies played all
night, the Russian losing at every
hand, until her opponent had won
from her more money than the
mines In the Ural had produced in
her revenues IN twenty-five years.
Al last the Russian lady made
desperate effort to regain her for.
tune, but without avail. Rising
from the table, she told the French
lady how she had lost more than
she possessed, but that in her desi 0
to pay debt of honor, she would
instruct her steward to convey to
her the title.deeds of all the mines
and estates she owned. At this the
victorious antagonist smiled and
| requested that she might have her
own way in the matter, since she
had won. A priest and q lawyer
were sent for. When they arrived
the Russian lady was asked to bind
herself by solemn oath never
again to touch card or risk money
at any game of chance. She did so,
and signed an engagement to pay
her antagonist the annual sum of
$4,000. The vow never to play
cards for money again she faith
fully kept, and the $4,000 was
punctually paid every year, the
French lady giving it the name OF
the "Queen of Spades Bounty,h
and invariably giving it to the poor
of Paris.
Year: 1879

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us Will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1879

Col. Sidney D. Maxwell to-day read on
Change the report of the pork packing OF
Cincinnati for the year ending March 1st
The report shows the following as the
number of hogs packed during the season
Just closed and the previous one
Year: 1879

obtained in this market, and its near
proximity to the tobacco growing
section of western North Carolina,
there is no reason why we should not
eventually secure the entire trade OF
that locality. The Lynchburg pa
pers boast that large quantities of
this Carolina tobacco is shipped to
that market. This ought to be in
centive enough to rouse our business
men to action


Now, what is needed are good roads
leading to this section. Let some
one, or more, take the lead and see
that some project, looking to the con-
struction of good wagon roads
is set on foot A goo d
plan would be to call public
meeting of the citizens of Bristol to
the pacticabilty of not only getting
the trade of the section referred to,
but to other sections also.


As tobacco market, Bristol is be-
hind none other in the country, hav-
ing, up to this time, paid the high
est price yet obtained in any market
in the United States this season, $40
per hundred.


There is no point in Southwest
Va, or E. Tenn, that offers to the
planter or farmer the same facilities
or inducements to purchase his sup
plies, as Bristol. Nor is there point
where the farmer can obtain as fair
prices for his produce as this. With
better roads and increased trade our
merchants and dealers will be ena-
bled to offer still better inducements
Let us hear from our leading men.
The columns Of the MrWS are always
open, and will in the future, as in the
past, do wb.t it can for the promo
ton of any measure that looks to TIE
building up of Bristol, or the welfare
Of her citizens.
Year: 1879

Oh blest are the joys of the fireside,


When the father and mother are there,
TO lisp to their darling's sweet prattle


And join in the hallowed prayer;
And sweet are the glad voices singing


When the spirit descends like Il dove
Oh glorious the melody ringing


From hearts that are glowing with
Year: 1879

Mr. F. B. Spencer of this city, Of the
firm of Irwin & Spencer, has now in his
possession two brown mice securely en-
trapped in glass ball, such as is used
by marksmen. He found them few
DAYS ago in barrel of glass balls at
Brinton Range. The balls had been
stored there nearly all summer for oc-
casional practice, and last week Mr..
Spencer emptied the barrel to clean it
out. In picking out the balls he noticed
that one near the bottom of the barrel
felt little heavy, and, examining it,
found the two bright-eyed little crea-
lures securely imprisoned in their crys-
tai home, unable to get out, and with
none too much room to get about. lie
brought the little captives home, and
has fed them and taken good care OF
them ever since. The question how
they got in the ball is somewhat of a
conundrum, but it is supposed they crept
in through the small opening when they
were young, and, being fed there, grew
till they could not get out.-Etizabeth
IN j. Journal. @-AA
Year: 1879

where I shall endeavor to show all the interesting parts of submarine work. 4 Diver will show what can be done under twenty-five feet of water, and will re- main there at least one hour.

 Two of the best natural swimmers and divers in the world will show that they are able to stay from ten to twelve min- utes under water and perform many feats which appear almost impossible.

 MT. Charles Graham, formerly assist ant electrician of Hell Gate, will give some idea of the explosion, which some thought, at the time, would destroy the city of New York. MT. G. will also give an idea of duck-shooting should one put ill an appearance. The CITIZENS BAND of Bethel will furnish good music, and with the performance fully carried out, interspersed with singing and band music, 1 promise all who attend day of unusual pleasure. Come and enjoy yourself.

 Admission, only 25 Cents Tickets sold on the ground, which are cool and shady.

 N. B.-If stormy the exhibition will take place the next day.

 Respectfully yours,

 A. FAIRCHILD
Year: 1879

The Royal Humane society Of
England has issued the following
seasonable advice to bathers -
"Avoid bathing within two hours
after q meal, or when exhausted by
fatigue or from any other cause or
when the body is cooling after per-
spiration, aud avoid bathing alto
gether in the open air if after be-
ing a short time in the water, there
Is a sense of chilliness, with numb
ness of the hands and feet, but
battle when the body is warm, pro-
vided no time Is lost in getting in
to the water. Avoid chilling the
body by sitting or standing un-
dressed on the bank or in boats,
after having been IL the water, or
remaining too long in the water,
but leave the water immediately
there is the slightest feeling of
chilliness. The vigorous and strong
may bathe early in the morning on
an empty stomach, but the young
and those who are weak had bet
ter bathe two or three hours after
a meal I; the best time for such is
from two to three hours after
breakfast. Those who are subject
to attacks Of giddiness or fain'ness,
Year: 1879

Here is a fearful instance o.
woman's perfidy. A young man
in the country went to take his
girl out for walk, but found that
she had not done her milking.
With a gallantry that does credit
to the young man, he volunteered
to do the milking for her, while
she was making her toilet. After
he had got her milking done, had
hung the milk stool on the bars.
and set the milk in the kitchen,
washed his hands at the pump with
soft soap and wiped them on the
tail of his duster, he discovered
she had gone to circus with
another young man who did not
know enough 10 extract milk from
a milk wagon. The deserted young
man kicked over the milk pail and
went his way saddcr man.
Year: 1879

and who suffer from palpitation
and other sense of discomfort at
the heart, should not battle with
out first consulting their medical
adviser"


After bathing, a vigorous use of
the towel is very beneficial, and
should be followed when necessary
by moderate exercise till a reac-
tion sets in. The old notion about
the danger of plunging into cold
water when the body is heated has
long ago been exploded. In fact
it is now clearly established that
the colder the water the hotter
should be the hather. Fever pa
tients, it is well known, never take
cold, even if wholly immersed for
brief intervals in ice water. If
the body is not already in vigor-
Gus glow, bathing is sure to do
more harm than good.
Year: 1879

Some "son of a gun" says the
reason there is so much shooting
in the Leadville mining camp is
owing to the fact that the locality
is well lode-ed. 1t would be vein
to point out the intended joke in
the foregoing.-Portage Lake Min
ing Gazette.
Year: 1879

And now the returned city peo-
pie write to their country cousins,
with whom they have been staying
that they arrived safely, but found
the city infected with small pox,
which is likely to last all winter
Boston Post.
Year: 1879

Women somehow get over child
ish notions that men never out
grow. Some men celebrate the
anniversary of every birthday as
long as they liVe,. while women
quit doing so almost as soon as they
grow up.
Year: 1879

However yeu may have been
trodden upon, however powerful
your enemies may be, come to the
editor and receive satisfaction. He
is all powerful he will write your
wroDgs.-Yonkers Gazette.
Year: 1879

Oh, say, can you see by the dawns early light
What afflicted US much at the moonlight's last


cleaning
The neighbors' cats mixed in terrible fight,
And waking us all with their terrible screaming
The flower beds bare. the yard covered with hair
Give proof TO the house that the fight was Just


there Brooklyn Eagle.
Year: 1879

CDR Standiford's scnemes for hold
ing the Southern trade are probably
the most comprehensive and far
sighted of the time His acquisition
of the Mobile and Montgomery Rail-
road give him access alike 10 tee gulf
to all the southeast and to Florida ;
the building of the Georgia Western
would let him into Atlanta. the key
of the southeast, and the completion
of his Knoxville branch will give him
short line to the CRr0linas via Asbe-
vile. What more could Louisville
want? She would then have roads
that would tap every part Of the
South. except northern Texas anu
Virgi ginia.-A atlanta Constitution.
Year: 1879

SOME men elected to Congress
havn't got sense enough to pick up
five dotiar gold piece If t3ey SEE it
lying in the street. They have to
take their wives along with them to
show them how to buy a ticket to
Washington and help them to get
there. That man that introduced a
resolution in the House TO the effect
that the United States ought to inter
fere with the English Governmentin
its treatment of the Irish question
Year: 1879

GARY, who was Senator Buffers
partner in the Hamburger massacre, is
spoken Of for Congress in his State,
because he is strong, aggressive man.
He may De, bat if he gets there Cor
don will gag and then muZzle him.
Year: 1879

SENATOR EDMUNDs has been offered
place on the Supreme Court bench,
made vacant by the retirement of
Judge Hunt. There is very little
doubt but that he will accept, and the
Court will thus gain mau Tho is the
peer OF any mani il, and the Repub-
licans will lose one of their shrewdest
men in the kenate.
Year: 1879

We believe in small farms
and thorough cultivation.


That the soil loves to eat
as we'll as the owner, and
ought, therefore, to be we'll
manured.


In crops which leave land
better than they found it, ma
king both the farm and farm
er richer at once.


That every farm should
own II good farmer.


That the best fertilizer of
any soil is a spirit Of indus
try, enterprise and intellig-
ence-without these, lime,
gypsum and guano will be of
little use.


In good fences, good farm
houses, good orchards, and
children enough to gather the
fruit.


In a clean kitchen, a neat
wife in it. a clean cupboard,
a clean dairy, and a clean con
science.


That to ask a mans advice
is not STOPPING, but may be
of much benefit.


That to keep a place and
everything in its place saves
many a step, and is pretty
sure to lead to good tools and
to keeping them In good or
der.
Year: 1879

All the trees have knowledge of grow
on the high lands-what YOU call second
bottom-or on ridges. Very few have
been set out lately, and they are only
found on old lots and farms. But since
all other kinds blight badly in this re.
gion, it is probable, if we are TO have
pears at all, we shall have to go back TO
this original stock" W


The pears sent were of the same sort
apparently. as those Of the old trees
along the Detroit river and in a few To-
calitles along the lower end of Lake Erie
and the Niagara river. Some trees bear.
ing fruit In every respect like this
French pear of Illinois, are growing in
Chautauqua county, New York, near
Lake Erie, and have been, some of them,
bearing at least fifty years. They are
hardy, never blight, and bear regularly
every other year. The fruit is in fair
local demand for canning, as the crop can
De depended upon. 1t is not used as a
table fruit. The tree is invariably prop
agated by transplanting suckers, which
spring up freely from the roots, the tree
resembling plum tree in this respect.
They have never been pruned.
Year: 1879

The Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don Telegraph says: The Czar Is suffering
from mental fatigue, and hear, from 8
Trustworthy source, that his condition b
daily getting worse. He Is 10 nervous,
fretful and petulant that he can scarcely
attend TO business"
Year: 1879

A Western town has a mystery. "A
Young lady belonging to the family of an
editor here recently went shopping, and
has not yet returned" We suspect she
can't find bonnet TO please her. The
editor should have given her more than
a dollar and half 20 make such pur-
chase. Corn and cabbage have come
down, but bonnets cost just as much as
ever, and sometimes more. too.-Norris-
form Herald.
Year: 1879

aWhat is nobler than man wrestling
and wringing his bread from the stub
born soil by the sweat of his brow and
the break Of his back?" asks a philoso-
pher We don't recall anything at this
moment, but we know what is blamed
sight more popular-hiring some other
fellow 10 do it while you sit on the fence
and sperintend him.-Keokuk Gate
MA
Year: 1879

The Boston Post has found out. and
without much trouble, that some men
who, Mt the close OF the war, advocated
negro suffrage at all hazards, now are
ready to admit that the right of suffrage
is something that needs regulation accor-
ding 10 the requirements OF society and
civilization.
Year: 1879

Why This Sudden Change of Hears2


(St. Louis Republican.


Mr.. Hayes is forgetful person A
short time ago be wrote toa friend let
ter. IN which, as an argument in favor of
abolishing the greenbacks, he said: The
only constitutional legal tenders is gold and
silver. Depart from them and confidence
is gone"


When did Mr.. Hayes discover that gold
and silver are the only constitutional legal
tenders? It must have beenivsry recently.
for it is only little more than year ago
that he was trying to deprive the country
of one of these constitutional moneys BY
vetoing a bill for coming silver. If the
government may stop coming silver it
may stop coming gold, also-and then,
where would the constitutional legal tender
be?
Year: 1879

The order Just issued from the Post Office
Department in regard to the disposal of mis-
directed letters is already working great in
convenience and provoking much angry re-
monstrance. The Department should at
once withdraw it. 1t is generally unpopular,
it subserves no good uses, and it is capable
of doing serious injury. No good reasons
urges that people are too careless about the
direction of letters and that they should be
taught carefulness. What is the Depart
ment, that it should teach? 1t is organized
and worked in the interest of the people and
to subserve their convenience. They are its
masters. They give, they do not receive in
structions from it. What they require from
it is the speediest delivery of letters consis-
tent with safety and wise economy. The
order under criticism is an obstacle i'll the
way of speedy delivery, and is certainly not
promotive of economy. Even its admonitory
tendency, if it has any, works quite often up
on the wrong people. The delay in transmits
sion quite as often does harm to the person
to whom the letter is directed, who cannot
guard against the misdirection, as to him
who sends it.


In fact the order defeats the very purpose
which the Department is formed to promote,
the sure and speedy transmission of CORE
spondence. For example, a letter directed
to citizen of Deering or of Cape Elizabeth
will go to the Dead Letter Office instead of
to him if he gets his mail matter at Knight
ville," or sWoodfords s." In the neighbor-
ing county of York is town, Parsonsfeld,
which has, or had, five post offices, North
Parsonsfield, South Parsonstield, East Par
sonsield, West Parsonsfeld, and Parsons
field. A majority of the letters coming to
the town are directed to Parsonsfeld, though
frequently addressed to persons residiag 6
near the other post Offices There is not a
postmaster in the town who in the great
majority of cases does not know the correct
address and is not able to forward the letter
at once or by the next mail to its proper ad-
dress. But under the new order the misdi-
rected letter must go through all the delay
of a trip to the Dead Letter Office, and very
Year: 1879

likely meyer leave there. Thus the order be-
CONES an obstruction and nuisance.


1t is urged that the order ''will make peo-
pie more careful" The people who are
masters OF the Department will be apt to in
sist that the post Office officials shall put
themselves to a little more trouble. The Of
ficials must minister to the convenience Of
the people, not the people 10 the caprice OF
the officials.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all indispensable, not necessarily for publiea-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
municatIons that are not used
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the advance all kinds
Boots Shoes and Rubber Goods, enabled by
this recent purchase of large stock bought at so
cents the dollar to give the consumer some lines
of goods at prices far below anything heretofore Of
fered.


Read carefully the list below, and obtain, if need
ed, some of the kind mentioned before they are all
ocad of
Year: 1879

49, '''''''s'i 'st'N -
Special to the InteSrncer.


a woman came here to-day from Big
Fishing Creek to turn States evidence
against squad consisting Of twenty.eight
Red Men who have been operating in that
section Of the county for some time past.
They came to her house during the night,
BACKED their iaces and then lett, and to-
wards morning returned and washed their
faces. They told the woman where they
had been and what they had done, and
then returned home. She will go before
the grand jury Of the October term OF the
Circuit Court. She is now staying among
her friends near this place and will not re-
turn home until after Court, for fear OF
being molested by the Red Men.
Year: 1879

WOULD NOT THE UNITED STATES PROFIT BY


BECOMING A CATHOLIC NATION ?-sERMoN By


REV. GABRIEL A. HEALY.


Father Riordan tho celebrant OF tho high
ut st. Bernards Church in the morning and the Rev.
Gabriel A. Hcay, pastor. delivered the sermon.
After dwelling at some length upon the parable of
the mustard seed illustrative of the universaity
of the Catholic Church the reverend gentleman
turned his attention to the consideration of tho
question whether it would not bo to the interest Of
the United States to beco Catholic country. Hc
could wish the separated brethren OF tho differ
cnt sects of Professionalism greater blessing than to
greater blessing than that she should take
her place among the Catholic nations Of the world
She was great aud prosperous with the many bless
ings of q kind Provdence. and the industry and
terpriso of her were tho wonder Of the world.
Her vast fields and valleys tecming with
natures choicest gifts. and al over her great area
were springing up rs il by magic towns and cities
filled with cnterprising and Industrious people.
Ono thing alone remained to crown her happiness.
and that to become Catholic. No one should
imagine that IL this country became Catholic 1t
would be less great or prosperous than 1t was
before. The principles OF the Catholic Church
were not antagonistic to American institu-
tions. II they how could sho flourish
as she does here? How could tho plant
1.-Two and flourish unless tho soil fertile
and the air and sunshine were congenial. There
was nothing antrepublican in the Catholic Church.
On the contrary. sho conferred hor honors ON tho
poor aud the rich and the middle classes without
discrimination. tho only test of morit being piety
and ability. 1t was the great glory OF the Church
that she could live under any Legitimate form of
government. She expects that all governments will
be ruled by truth and justice. and when they
they will never lind the Catholic Church arraycd
naunst them Her bishops and priests not chosen
from among the wealthy, but to great extent
from among the poor and middle classes.
Instead OF retarding, the Catholic Church would
advance the true interests of this country she
had of every other country whore she had had sway.
The happy aspect the country presented from year
to year OF prosperity aud thriving communities
springing up al over It's vast territory suggested
the hone that all these industrious cities might DO
pervadcd by the grace OF God.


Aud was there any channel by which that grace
might better be impaired than by tho Catholic
Churchf la her practices and doctrines she would
Year: 1879

argues that people are waking up to the fact that
there is a system of religious belief in the world
that claims their respect and attention. and
they investigating it to know whether
its claims worthy of acceptance he
then noticed some OF the many opiniohs
entertained in regard to the Christian religion.
Some. he said hold it to be mere fanaticsm. 1t has
been asserted that the religion of Christ ie and
that such system could only be embraced by fools
and hypocritcs. II this be true does 1t not seem
strange that men. equal II not superior in intellect
to those who reject this religion have been its hr
est friends and ardent supporters? II the lives
OF disbelievers compared with those OF the APP
provers of this faith should note their domestic
infelicies the results of free love and brood OF
other evils. and they would appear in sad contrast
with the purity Of life and integrity of character that
distinguish the believers in this doctrine. Wero We
to lay the charge of pocrsy at the door of every
Christian because some of its professors have taken
the ''iivery OF heaven to the devil imp We
might as well affirm that all the merchants in this
oty void of integrity because and then there
IL u fraudulent bankruptcy.