smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

The London Times saws: 90 The in


ventor of the balloon steering apparatus


which is awaiting trial by the war de-


partment at Woolwich is Mr.. @. A.
Bowdler, whose plan has been under
the consideration of the war office for
two years past. It has been subjected
to some preliminary trials by means of
models on more than one occasion.
These trials being made within doors
and In still atmosphere, are said to
have demonstrated he practicability of
navigating balloons in a still atmos-
phere. The object of the forthcoming
experiments is to ascertain whether the
same end can be attained IN the open
air under slightly adverse circum-
stances, for to sail the balloon in oppo-
sltion to q strong wind is at present un-
thought of. It will be regarded as a
great and important result if the bal
loou can be steered even a single point
from the direction of the wind, though
there be ever so slight a breeze. The
inventor, with Mr.. Coxwell and Mr..
OrtCn, another we'll known aeronaut,
who is taking an interest and some part
IN the experiments, was again at the
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, yesterday,
making arrangements for the ascent
with Lieut.. Edwards, r. E., who is in
charge of the works department, but
the wind was again unfavorable, blow
ing with considerable velocity and
directly seaward. The steering appa-
ratus brought down in q cab, consists of
a screw propeller like that of a ship, of
metal made as Light as possible, and is
to be fixed to the car horizontally, and
made to turn at the rate of about four
teen revolutions per second by means of
{ ,In 4


single hand winch in the car. A simi-
lar screw, fixed vertically, and worked
by the same gear, is designed for rails
ing and depressing the balloon without
any expenditure of gas or ballast. and
a disk shaped rudder of canvas to steady
the balloon completes the apparatus.
Mr.. Coxwen much prefers the small
screw propellers, which are but three
feet in diameter, to those proposed by
a French aerOnaut, which are to be six
teen feet high, and are there re-
garded as unmanageable and dangerous
to the balloon, especially in the descent.
The screw will probably be made some
what larger if the trial is in the least
degree successful, but it is considered
preferable to increase their power, if
necessary, but multiplying the speed of
revolution by the use of some other
motive power than manual force, either
electricity or atmospheric pressure or
even the stem engIne-an agent whicha
has hitherto been discarded on account
of its necessary weight and the risk at
tending it. Mr.. Coxwell has recently
instructed two detachments of the Ger
man army in military ballooning, but
steering balloons formed no part of the
drill, the principal purpose of which
WAS tO teach the trOOps tho uqa of oo1,
tive balloons for accommodating. He
was engaged by the English government
ten years ago for a similar object,
columns of troops being marched out
in various directions for the purpose of
Year: 1874




The admirable part of the play had
all through been the fielding. Nothing
hit up in the air escaped. The accu-
racy of the catching would have re-
joiced the heart of old Clark, and made
many slow bowler envious of the
pairs of hands. But the accuracy and
skill of the catching was surpassed by
the wonder of precision of throwing.
A moment to lo7k, a moment to get the
proper equilibrium, and then the ball is
hurled, sharp and low" quite straight
to the baseman's hands. No fumbling,
no half-volleys, no wide throws. So
accurate was it that the exclamation of
many a cricketTe present was: With such
throwing who would not be a wicket
keeper? The Philadelphians were un-
able to make up their lost ground-the
seventh inning of Boston and the ninth
and last were both skunks, but in their
last three hands the Blue Stockings had
only made two, 6nd at the end of the
play they were only seven, whereas their
conquerers were thirty-four. Had the
game been nearer it had been better,
but IL sufioed 20 chow the nature of the
play and many of the qualifications OF
goOdplayer The lessons which it taught
were, as we suspected, first, the immense





English cricketers throw and field as
the Americans did we should see much
less of mammoth scores, and matches
would be far more interesting. Secondly,
the advantage of losing no time. If the
outside took the field with half the alac-
rity shown by the Americans during
base ball, or when the time came for
them to resume cricket when the base
bsu was done, far fewer matches would
be left drawn, and far more men would
be able to play. lastly, the necessity
of playing for the side. mans hits
tell in his favor when the record is kept,
but they help his colleagues as much as
himself. In the fielding, too, he con-
stantly keeps in mind the necessity of
enabling others to distinguish them
selves, and he knows that his unaided
efforts are useless unless he is we'll
backed up. A man, for instance, who
has caught a catch when player is on
base, hurls the ball at once to the base
man in the hopes of getting two birds,
as it were, with one stone. All the
players play for the side, and not for
themselves. Individual prowess is
merged In united success, and every
one cares more for his fellow than for
himself. There can be no fear that
cricket will be ousted by base ball. 1t
has more variety and many more phases.
It is both harder work and greater idle
ness. But many men could find time for
base ball who have no time for cricket,
and in bringing under the notice of Eng
a game which has so many good
points, and the great advantage of be-
ing playable in three hours, they have
on ms benefit for which our
thanks are due.
Year: 1874

A preliminary examination Of coffee
for admixture Is best made by gently
strewing the powder upon the surface
Of cold water. The oil contained in
coffee prevents the particles from
being readily wetted by the water,
thus causing them 70 float Chieory,
burnt sugar, etc, contain no oil, aud
their caramel is very quickly extracted
by the water. with production Of a
brown color, while the particles them
selves rapidly sink 70 the bottom of the
water. On stirring the liquid, coffee
becomes tOierably uniformly difnsed
without sensibly ooioIiBg the wnter,
while chicOry and other sweet roots
quickly give 3 dark brown turbid in
fusion Roasted cereals do not give so
distinct color.
Year: 1874

Nor long since, at the meeting Of a
club In New York, a jelly was exhibit 20
on the table, and alongside of il al al =,
well-worn leather boot. The spectacle
of the boot was 4 mystery until it was
explained by one of the members that
from the fellow Of the boot the iel.
had been made by some chemical pro-
cess. Jelly for the table made uul OF
old boots
Year: 1874

and calculation, that there srecurred to
you on the instant the wolf in the cloth
ing of the sheep? And, after having
caught these hints, did you not search
the length and breadth of the town in
the hope that this pervel sion of YOUTH
fulness was not a characteristic of the
place-and were you not overwhelm
ingly disappointed ?-C Cor. ApDIetoga's


Journal
Year: 1874

The pencil marks yen see around this
paragraph (thas) mean that your sub
seriptior is out or unpaid and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
We are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such q
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


81 We enter no new names on our
DSoks without the money in adyl,oe-
Year: 1874

Max Adeler: Down in Tuckahoe.


New Jersey, there is q man named


Simpson, who had q fiat roof on his


house covered with tin. The roof
got to leaking badly, and it happened
to occur to Mr.. Simpson that it


would be good thing to cover the


whole surface with the material out
of which concrete pavements are
made, in order to make it perfectly
tight. A man was accordingly en-
gagged and he covered the tin with
concrete 10 the depth of four inches.
The curse of TuckahOe is cats. In
warm weather millions of them as
semble and hold ratification meetings
and rehearsals and general synods
out in the back yards and on the
roofs. In TuckahOe that summer
the heat was unusually intense, and
MIR. Simpson was unusually annoyed
by the animated discussions of the
cats in his neighborhood. The
more he ''shOed'' them and flung old
boots at them, the more they yelled
Night after night it continued to
grow more terrific, and day by day
Mr.. Simpson observed that the mys-
terious caterwauling continued dur
ing all hours of daylight. Simpson
hadn't a boot jack or backing brush
or 4 rolling pin, or cologne bottle
left to throw at them.


At last, one moonlight night, the
uproar got to be so outrageous that
Simpson arose from his bed and de
termined to ascertain what all this
growing meant anyhow. 1t appear
ed to him that the noise came from
the top of the house. He went up
into the garret and put his head out
of the trap-door. There he found
one hundred and ninety-six cats
stuck fast knee-deep in the concrete,
which had been softened by the heat.
Some of them had been there four
days. The minute they caught sight
of Simpson the whole one hundred
and ninety-six doubled up their
spines, rufiled up their back hair,
snaked their tails, and gave one wild,
unearthly yowb which shocked
Simpsons nerves so much that he
dropped the trap-door and fell down
the step-ladder on the head of Mrs.
Simpson. who was standing below,
dressed in thing with a frill on it,
and armed with a palm-leaf fan and
a bed slat, determined to protect
Simpson to the death. Simpson has
since sold the house to a man who
makes sausage and fur tippets. He
keeps the concrete soft and sticky all
the year round by means of fires in
the garret, and it is whispered around
Tuckahoe that his actual gains
average forty dollars a night.
Year: 1874




j A story of such occurrences has


recently been related to us, and if il


we're permissible to give names,


they would give much weight to the


statement. The facts come to us


through only two mouths from the


actors. 4 family moved from a


country village into Boston, and oe-


cnpied house comparatively new,


and in modern part of the city.


The children soon began to tell their


parents of boy who came to play


with them in the street or in their


play-room, and of what heasaid and


did, and how he looked. The par


ents never saw the boy. and bade the


children bring him in some day to


see them. The answer was. ''Oh. We


can't, he goes right away" Being


told the next time he came to the


honse to let them know, the children
'Iid so; but. as they said. he had


gone right away" when the parent


reached the play-room. This went
on for some time, greatly to the won
der and perplexity of the parents;
the children. simple and matter Of
fact, thought nothing strange of it.
One day they reported to their father
that their playmate now well known
by name, told them his father and
mother were going to Europe in a
few days, and he gave their names
and the vessel they would sail by
from New York. The gentleman.
without saying anything, went to
New York, found such names on the
steamer list, went to the dock on the
day Of sailing, sought out the per-
sons, and inquired If they had hoy
of snch age and description as his
children had related to him. With !
great emotion they replied. 1--WE had
such boy, hut he is dead; why do
you ask?n Further conversation
convinced them and the Bostonian, !
that the spirit of their darling hoy,
neSeF seen by rfI0sc who knew and
loved him, was the frequent visitor 10
the house of perfect strangers, and 1
seen and talked with by the children /
of others. What was the result is
not known to us; whether or not, !
upon the return home Of the Boston !
ian, any attempt was made to open |
communication with the spirit boy |
for his parents, or even whether or
not the spirit was again seen; but
the facts here given went near to
overtrrn the disbelief in the posi-
bility Of the return Of the soul in
bodily appearance, on the part Of the
clear-headed, devout and gray haired
man, to whom the tale was told by his
lifelong friend, the Bostonian him
self, AMI through whom the story
zones to rs.
Year: 1874

A FRIGnTYUL calamity recently
overlook party of Chicago tourists
to the North Park. Colorado. a rat
tlesnake coiled on the breast Of Il
Young man named Staley while he
was asleep. lie had presence of mind
enough To keep still. only drawing
his blanket over his face. This slight
motion startled the reptile, which
glided from him to his brother. The
latter raised his hand to push the
snake away, when it bit his hand and
afterward his cheek. One of the
party then killed the snake, but the
wounds of its victim proved fatal.
A piece of his check was cut out and
"A ligature tied round his wrist, but 10
no purpose. He died in frightful ag-
0ny in less than two hours. Had the
party been plentifully supplied with
whisky, his life might possibly have
been saved. hut they had none with
them. The snake was four feet long.
and had nine rattles.
Year: 1874

he is the dearest child that ever
blessed motherr'


what" said the doctor, ''is Ben
Franklin, the printer, your son:
Why, he is my most intimate friend;
he and l lodged IN the same room.


'Oh. God forgive mew exclaimed
the old lady, raising her watery eyes
to heaven, land l have suffered an
acquaintance of my Benny to sleep
on this hard chair, while | myself
rested on a good bedr'


How the doctor discovered himself
to his mother, he has not informed rs,
but from the above experiment, he
was firmly convinced. and was often
heard to declare that nat
nral affection does not exist,
Year: 1874

HERE is new game very popular
in the country jnst now: n young
man takes chestnut, cuts around the
hull with sharp knife, and then
takes one half the chestnut in his
mouth. and a pretty girl takes the
other half in her mouth; and then
they pull and the hull comes right
off There may be quicker methods
of hulling chestnuts. but none more
soothing to the feelings of the young
folks; and they don't get mad and
dance wildly around if the hull doesn't
como off for five minutes or SO.
Year: 1874

IN passing the reconstructed Bank
rupt Bill few days ago, Senator
johnson offered to amend so as to re.
quire publication in that newspaper
having the largest circulation in the
county, where the property is 10 be
sold. The amendment was lost
He then modified the amendment so
as to read: '.All notices Of sales
under this act by any assignee or Of
fcer Of the Court shall be published
in the newspaper or newspapers to be
designated by the judge. which in his
opinion shall be best calculated to
give general notice Of the sale."-
Agreed to. This of course allows
the Judge to select the paper. but the
arrangement is an improvement on
the old one. The bill will probably
be concurred in by the House, and is
said to have been greatly improved
by the amendments.


The House of Representatives has
passed q measure aIloTing the SEN
der TO endorse his name in the wrap
Lers of transient newspapers, also
form Of presentation on any book
tent throogh the mail.
Year: 1874

The Funders will have a hard
road to travel. Their demands are
nothing short Of a purpose to re-
verse the SIC sEMPER TYRANIs under
which the State has grown illuStri-
GUS. If successful they will lite
rally disembowel the Common
wealth, and we had just as well
burn the flag and turn over the
seal Of the State to some Junk
dealer. The solution Of the issue
would be easy and simple but for
the tax.paying feature Of the Cou.
poEs, under the Funding Bill. Tie
county of Loudon paid her forty
thousand dollars wholly in coupons
and not one dollar of her tax was
paid in currency. Continue the
policy over the State and we will
not haze a dollar with which to
pay the current expenses Of the
State Government. Then an ad-
ditional tax will have to be levied.
The present legislature is deter
mined to resist the pressure to raise
the rate of taxation, let the conse-
quences be as they may. The
latest proposition is to levy the
Increased amount necessary, upon
whisky dealers and regular mer>
chants, thus violating the spirit Of
the Constitution and causing the
burden at last to fall upon the peO-
pie. If the process could be re-
versed and the current expenses
first paid there will not be left more
than two per cent with which 10
feed the bond-holdcrs.


We had about as well come
home to the proposition, which has
both honor and equity at the bot
tom of it, to pay three per cent on
the whole debt or six per cent OH
the market value of il.
Year: 1874

No celestial body has attracted
more interest than the moon, aud
none has given rise TO more specula-
tion: the greater portion of the
theories are utterly absurd, and in
direct contradiction 10 observation
and to positive knowledge. founded
Oh s.ch observation, and to the cir
cumstances IN which we know that
the moon exists. Our knowledge OF
the nature of its surface is more posi-
tive than tha, of any other celestial
body. simply by reason of the short
distance it is placed from us; while
the distances OF all other heavenly
bodies is counted by many millions
of miles the distance of the moon is
only thirty times the diameter Of our
earth. The result Of this is that We
possess q more correct knowledge OF
the typographical details OF that
mart of its surface which IS always
turned towards US, than we do OF
many regions Of our own planet, for
instance, TIE interior of Africa, ASA,
Australia and South America. which
have been either not at all or only
partially investigA ted.


The first point we know positively
is that the moon is some fifty times
smaIlar than the earth, and is of the
same density, consequently gravita-
tion, which is always in direct ratio
to the mass, is fifty times less than
on our earth, if We 60 to distance.
from the moons center, equal 20 the
Year: 1874

On Thursday last the Legislature
took up the bill to restore the old
six per cent. law, with forfeiture OF
both principal and interest for
usury. Mr.. Coghill has offered a
substitute making a forfeiture Of all
interest only as the penalty for
violation of the rate. We can see
no reason why the original bill
should have any adherents. We
are willing to admit that no agri~
cultural or debt ridden people can
bear more than six per cent. but
what better security can the over
burdened debtor ask against the
avarice OF his creditor and pursuer'
than the power to deprive him OF
any interest at all. 1t seems very
clear TO us that no honest man can
ask the power TO confscate the
capital he has borrowed. With
CoghiIls' amendment one can
pledge his honor for greater
rate than six per cent. and one can
4russ the honor of many men, pro-
7ided it docs not jeopardize the
principal. Money must have re-
straints, for il has peculiar privi-
legcs, 1t has been endowed with
;he right Of substitution for all val
ucs, aad this right ~ has been
denied to AL other values, But we
regard the restraint Of liability to
loss Of all interest as sufficient Put
this bit in the month of capital snd
property will be safe enough.
Year: 1874

but the aggregate is as I have stated. 1
have memoranda of several years pre-
vious to these, but did not think 1T
necessary 10 examine them. Suppose
l divide up my statistics and tabulate
them as follows:


DAYS OF WHICH THERE WAS FALLING
Year: 1874

General Jackson-.-then a candidate
for the presidsncy--and obtained and
published an acknowledgment of the
gift, wherein the article as presented
to me in testimony of your admiration
for my distinguished sevices" This
mans shop was at one margin of the
city, and Mrs. Miller's clearinghouse
for students at the other, and hence, in
a song of the period, couplet ran
thus:


Meath every roof that shelters critters


From Nanny Millers to y. Ritter's.


In those days we did not row, but
we played at base and cricket, and
climbed, whirled and walked the rope
in the gymnasium. To some the
plains, and hills, and valleys of the
vicinity were as familiar as the way to
dinner. Some even cut wood for ex
ercise, and dainty fellow dignifed
this course by scribbling his axe helve
with Greek motto from an ancient
poet, to the effect that it was an honor
to work and shame to be lazy.


There were common in those days;
not altogether compulsory, but prefer
red by many: each class sitting by it.
self, with tutor on the dais and an
abundant supply of economical food,
little beyond the style of the ancient
heroes diet; but merry and sociable
company, which was growing pleas
ure to the last. Mr.. Hillhousie had
once proposed that Congress should
dine in commons, plan which might
perhaps have done something to civil
ize even the hopeless body.


A special good word must be said of
one of our tutors, a favorite, and hence
known by one syllable of his long name
Pet. One night student was in a
bad way. In California phrase, he vas
discouraged" His friends could not
keep him from stalking through the
grass in the ghostly attire of shirt and
boots, and making great noise. This
tutor came to the rescue, and proposed
going under cover; but in vain He
urged 'sThe grass is wet, the air chill
ly; you may take cold.'' The poor
fellow lifted his foot: "Not speck of
danger, Pet; don't you see [ have my
boots on ?''-N. 7. Post.
Year: 1874

I know of but one remedy against
the fear of death that is effectual, and
that will stand the test of either a sick
bed or of a sound mind--that is, a
good life, clear conscience, and honest
heart, well ordered conversation =
to carry the thoughts of dying men
above us, and so to live before we die
as we shall wish we had when we come
to it.-Norrts.