smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

THE latest news from the RussO-TlIrk-
iSh war continues to be favorable to the
Turks. Concerning the field of military
operations in Asia it has been mainly
transferred to the territory of Russia
south of the Caucasian mountains. The
rout of the Russians under the Grand
Duke Michael seems to have been com
plete and the contest will in all proba-
hility not be renewed in that quarter by
the Russians this year. On the Danube
the latest reports would Indicate that
the Russians have really crossed the
Balkan mountains, but if this is the case
ii is merely Il movement on the guerril


In system of warfare. All or nearly all
the force of Turkey in Europe is north
of the Balkans, and aS Russia will be
compelled to have line of commune
cation open across Bulgaria, she must
drive the Turks out of that country be
fore she can throw large force across
the mountains The distance to Com
stantinople from the main passes of the
Balkans is about two hundred miles and
the fortitications at the capital of the
Empire are such that it can only be
taken by siege; hence the work YET
before Russia is one of great magnitude


All the country from the Danube tc
Censtantinople is most favorable for the
Turks. On the other hand the Russian
army on the Danube is large, III excel
lent condition and well of1icered; while
that of the Turks is in the most abiec
Year: 1877

lT is said that frontier settlers have SO
little faith in the method of fighting In
dians in regularly organized military
commands that the call Of the Governor
of Idaho territory for troops was only
responded to by three men in Idaho
city. Old frontiersmen who love to
fight Indians will do SO only in one way
and that is to hunt Indians as they do
game and pick them off from concealed
nlacns
Year: 1877

THE latest news from the Idaho In
dian war indicates that Chief Joseph is
not having things all his own way out
there, and the chances are that the old
frCntiersmen who have been attacked
viii convince the band of Chief Joseph
that they have long ago learned the
lesson of taking care of themselves
With the cid of the government uoops
now on the ground, it is expected that
this last Indian war will not last great
while longer.
Year: 1877

The attempt to reorganize the Char
ter Oak Life Insurance Company has
failed, and application has been made
for the appointment Of receiver.
This Insurance Company failure will
entail great loss upon the people of
this state, as the Charter Oak has done
an extensive business in Wisconsin.
Year: 1877

GREECE has at last decided not to in
terfere in the war now in progress be-
tween Turkey and Russia 1t is said
that it was the influence of the king
and the English representatives there,
but it is even more than probable that
the recent victories of the Turkish forces
has had great deal of influence in
bringing about this decision.
Year: 1877

II Is stated That the 1alIures fOr the
first six months of 1876 were exception
ally large, and hence it is inferred that,
so far as the number is concerned, the
failures in the first six months of 1877
are larger than for any previous similar
period. In the aggregate of liabilities
a decline is noticeable, though for the
past quarter the averge Indebtedness is
more than maintained, as will be seen
by the following table:
Year: 1877

mealiness of the vegetable. Where
roots are wanted for sea voyages, or
for transportation, this method is per-
haps preferable TO all others, princi-
pally from its entire efficiency. Its
cheapness is another consideration.


After the immersion, potatoes re-
quire to be spread on dry floor, and
completely freed from all adhering
moisture; they may then be placed
in the cellar or stored in an Outhouse,
and will keep perfectly sound and
hard, and in the perfect retention of
all their more valuable eating qualities
for six, eight, or ten months. The
same effect may also be produced by
immersion in q solution of common
salt and water, taking care to make
the solution very strong, and to re-
move, by subsequent ablution, the
whole of the salt. This requires time,
and repeated changes of water, and on
the whole is more expensive than the
other.


Some scald their potatoes. This,
however, generally Injuries the potato,
although it stops the sprouting pro-
pensity. If, indeed, the potatoes be
placed in a tub with many holes in the
bottom, and the top covered over with
a coarse rug, the affusion of boiling
water will certainly destroy the germi-
native instinct without materially in
juring the roots for keeping. The
water passes off rapidly, and the hot
steam, intercepted in its ascent by the
covering cloth, soon robs the eyes of
their life, without cooking the potatoes.
The cloth should remain on but a few
minutes, and cold water should then
be dashed over them until they are cool.
Year: 1877

assume to conduct the affairs of their
organizations without so much as a
word of consultation with the minister.
The more the pastor is ignored by a
church the more he will be forced into
the false position of paid preacher,
and the more numerous will be the
applications for "a tip-top fellow who
will serve ourpulpita dozen years ors
Let congregations entertain higher
views of the office Of the ministry and
of the relations which should prevail
between the minister and his congre-
CATION then instead of the 'hired man"
theory of the ministy, we shall have
the idea Of permanent spiritual shep-
herd, and loving and tender affec-
ton will exist between the minister
and his flock. Christian at Work.
Year: 1877

Among the many inconvenience at
tending the keeping of potatoes for late
use, is to be enumerated as perhaps
the most troublesome, their tendency
to sprout. When vegetation has once
commenced, very rapid deterioration
in the eating qualities of the vegetable
is Immediately apparent. The potato
withers, becomes shriveled, and when
boiled, or otherways prepared for the
table, is found to be clammy, devoid
of its usual taste, and indigestible. In
her operations nature requires the as
sistance Of precisely the same princi-
pie to perfect the process ofvegetation
which are essential 70 confer value up
on the root for eating purposes.
Sprouting them, or rubbing out the
eyes, early in the spring. and keeping
the roots perfectly secluded from light
and warmth, is perhaps the most elec-
tual method Of preserving them. But
where this cannot be done, suffering
them to remain immersed in solution
Of ammonia and water, Zone or. OF
liquor ammonia to pint of water) for
four or five days, will efectually pre-
vent the sprouting, and add to the
Year: 1877

When to eat, and what, and how
much, are questions which have been
abundantly answered well and i'll but
it is not considered as it ought to be,
that the attendants of the family table
have much larger share in promo
ting healthful digestion than is gen.
orally supposed.


A good appetite is essential to a
good digestion, but snow-white table
cloth is great promotive of good
appetite. No one can eat. in comfort
if any member of the family appears at
the table in slatternly dress with un-
kempt hair; showing breadth of black
under the finger nails with hawking
and splitting and a blowing Of the
nose, and their tremendous associa-
tions.


But the spotless napkin, the most
splendid roast, and faultless concomit-
ants all, what do these amount to, if
sadness is written on the face of the
vie; IL any angry scuwl SIeatnIo IIVI--
the corrugated brow of morose hus-
band, or a dissatisfied look comes from
a child's eye, and the meal is partaken
Of in ominous silence? Away with
such unloveliness there is no sun
shine in such q household, and the
members of that family if they grow
up at all, will become the refrigerators,
the bane, Of every company into which
they may be thrown in after life.


Rather let the family table be the
place of glad Reunions; as much look
ed forward to as the promised coming
Of a cherished friend: let courtesies
more than courtly be ever cultivated
let smiles wreathe every face; let
calm satisfaction sit OH every counte-
nance; let light hearts and CHEEKY
words, and obliging acts, and watch
full attentions be the order of the day ;
these are the promoters of healthy
digestion and these are they which
largely help to make happy homes,
and good hearts and generous natures.
-HaWS Journal Of HeaHh-
Year: 1877

Confidence generally inspires conf
dencc.-Liay.


Nothing is 50 uncertain as the minds
of the multit,de.-Liyy.


No excellent soul is exempt from a
mixture Of folly.-Aristotle.


Little minds are too much wounded
by little things; great minds see all
and are not even hurt.-LG ROchefou-
cduld.


A creed is like a carriage, which
may take us to the place where our
friend is, but connot put us into COM
munion with him.


Life in itself is neither good nor
evil; it is the scene of good or evil as
You make it and, if you have lived
long day, you have seen all = Mon
tdigns.


Moody and Sankey are to begin a
new revival at Baltimore about Sep
tember 1st, to last a month, and, if
successful, longer. Afterward, the
evangelists propose resuming their
work in Boston.


An intelligent reader does often find
out, in other mems writings, other
perfections, and invest them with a
better sense and higher construction,
and more quaint expression, than the
author himself either intended or per-
ceived.


When a man leaves our side and
goes to the other side, he is traitor,
and we always felt that there was a
subtle something wrong about him.
But when man leaves the other side
and comes over to us, then he is man
of great moral courage.


What we want in CHRIST we always
find n Him. When we want nothing
we find nothing. When we want little
we find little. When we want much
we find much. But when we want
everything, and get reduced to com
plete nakedness and beggary, we find
in Him COPS complete treasure-house,
out of which come gold and jewels and
garments to clothe us, wayy in the
richness and glory ofthe LoRD.-SedrS.


If only the talented and the great
could be employed in the vineyard of
the Lord, most of us might despair of
being of any service. But it is not al
ways by the mighty oi the noble that
God works. 1t is an encouraging fea-
ture in the Divine economy that some
Of the greatest gifts in the Church have
been converted by the agency Of OBJ,
scure individuals. Saul was led to
salvation by Ananias. The greatThom-
as Chalmers was taught in the crisis
hour Of his history by a minister
who was hardly known beyond his
parish and Spurgeon found the way
Of salvation in humble chapel Of the
Primitive Methodists.- .-Mon's Herald
Year: 1877

The following is an extract from SER
mon by Mr.. Moody ." DIR. Arnot, of Edin-
burgh, once pointed out to me family in
his congregation which he said were to be
received, all seven of them, into his church
the next Sunday, and who, he said, had been
won by smile. lie was passing house
on his way to church one Sunday morning,
and saw little girl standing at the win
dow. lie looked at her with smile on his
face and passed on. The next Sunday she
was at the window again, and this time he
smiled and bowed, and the little girl bowed
in return. The next time there were some
other children at the window watching for
him, and they bowed and smiled, and the
little girl clapped her hands as he took off
his hat to her. The next time there was a
lady at the window with the children, and
he did not know just what to do, but he
bowed ard the lady bowed in return. Then
she said TO the children Il think that man
must be ministers he has book under
his arm, and has such happy looking face
-NHhI bbou tHiHH ~ "Sui' w a. ~"
could always tell minister by his happy
looking face and 50 she sent the children
to follow him. They found his church, and
heard him preach, and came back and
brought so good report that presently the
whole family came to hear him, and were
at last brought to Christ just through the
effect of smile Love is great power
When your heart is all aglow with love
when you are red-hot with the love of Christ
and get down close to some poor lost sinnel
to have him, you are pretty sure to bring
him to Christ. A poor preacher can preaci
well " hen his heart is all on fire with love
People come to me sometimes to complain
of their minister and always say to them
How many minutes each day do you pra,
for your minister That spikes their gun
as quick as anything. People who love thei
ministers and who pray for them goo,
deal, always find a great deal of help iron
their ministry"
Year: 1877

a few days before Christmas lady had
purchased several things she did not wish
to be seen by the family till the proper time.
SO she went quietly into spare room aud
laid them in bureau drawer. To her sur
prise, OH turning to leave the room, she saw
her little boy-the pet of the housewife,
having heard her come in at the front door,
had followed her, and seen what she wished
to keep private. Then she showed him the
articles and charged him to say nothing of
them, as she wanted TO surprise his father
and sister. lie prided himself greatly on
his power of keeping secret, which was so
wonderful for a little fellow of six years, that
he was often made the confdant of others,
who felt sure that anything was safe with
him. AS he turned to leave the chamber
with his mother, he said, "You had better
lock the drawer, mamma" 90 no." she
replied, "no one uses this bureau but my
self" "But the chamber girl will look in
and see them," he said. 40 no, my dear,
Katy wouldn't look into my drawers unless
she were told to do So" :" But know she
would, mamma" replied the little fellow,
very confidently. "Did you ever see her
prying into the drawers or trunks, my SOM"
asked the mother. mo, mamma, but |
know she does alt is a very mean act
you charge Katy with, my dear" said the
lady, "and if false, it is very wrong in you.
Now tell me how you knOw that she does
such things" al know she does" replied
the young gentleman, hanging down his
head, "because I poud if rds chamber
gri' Now this is very natural way of
judging other people, but it is not always


Just. When, therefore, you hear person
accusing another of meanness or of acting
from wrong motives, unless the charges are
we'll proved, you may safely decide that the
aCcuser has come to his decision from look
ing into his own heart. But one heart is not
true mirror of all others. Some are as clear
as crystal, having nothing to hide and nothing
they need be ashamed Of This is the
character every child should try to culti-
vate. A really noble nature is rare, but
not impossible of attainment. Every one
should guard against the little steps called
meannesses," which so surely lead to open
sin. The child who will peep into secret
drawer, or read another's letter, or listen at
door, to crafty idle curiosity, is in a dan
gerous place. A person once remarked,
al would as soon dare to steal money from
a mans purse, as secret from his letter"
Our little friend, who made this honest con-
fession-that he would peep into drawers if
he were a chambermaid-only revealed what
is in the human heart. The lessons he re-
ceived then will be as guard set over him,
and lead him to overcome that nature. II
our own hearts were pure, how much more
generous and forbearing should we be to-
wards Others. Judging them by ourselves, we
should see the temptations against which
they had struggled, and their efforts to over.
come; and then if they were not perfect in
all things, we should sympathze with and
strive to help them on in the right way
Reiigious Uerdh.
Year: 1877

In certain district in Russia there is to
be seen, in a solitary place, pillar with this
inscription "Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friend" That pillar tells a touching
tale which many of you must have heard,
1t was wild region, infested with wolves,
and as a little party travelled along it soon
became plain that these were on their track,
The pistols were fired one horse after
another was left to the ravenous wolves, till,
as they came nearer and nearer and nothing
else remained TO he tried the faithful SER
want, in spite of the expostulations of his
MASTER threw himself into the midst of them,
and by his own death saved his master
That pillar marks the spot where his bones
were found; that inscription records the
noble instance of attachment. But there is
another nobler still. There is another pillar
and on it read, Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that lie loved us, and
sent His Son to be the propitiation for oul
sins" That pillar is the Bible-the noble
pillar of Scripture-written all over with
loving words and telling of salvaton,-Neu


York Observer.
Year: 1877

torment of the year. lie and his assistants,
as well as the soldiers have all to be lodged
and fed free of charge. lAorder to get rid
of this swarm of locusts, the poor taxpayer
is willing to make almost any sacrifice. lie
is perfectly helpless; he cannot appeal to
the government, for the government has
long since received its money and spent it,
There is no issue but TO let things take their
own course Examined from an econom-
ical point of view, the tax grievance is the
greatest, since no man knows beforehand
how great proportion of the results OF his
years labor will remain in his possession.


Another capital grievance is that all JUS
tice is dispensed by Mohammedans, and no
Christian is allowed to testify before a
Turkish court of justice, so that Christian
can have no redress from wrongs, as prop
erty, honor and life are without any pro-
lection whatever. lie is not even allowed
the possibility of self-defense which even
the wild beasts of the forest enjoy. Nature
has provided every wild animal with the
means of protecting itself Man must de-
fend himself with weapons of his own in
vention, and these weapons the Christians
of Turkey may not use, for no man but a
Mussulman is allowed to bear arms. The
Christian in Turkey is the most utterly
helpless man in the world; he has nothing
which he can call his own, neither the re-
suits OF his labor, nor the honor of his family,
nor his own life. lie cannot raise hand in
defence of what is most dear to men in this
world, nor can he even speak word, for his
word is no more recognized than the bark
ing of mongrel cur, for is he not, in Mus
sulman language, "A Christian dog :" Nay,
more, not only is his word of no avail, but
it is dangerous for him to speak in his de-
fence, or in defence of Christian neighbor,
for any charge against Mussulman brings
a speedy retaliation. In investigating the
recent massacres in Bulgaria, the commits
sioners found a continual difficulty in OBJ
tanning testimony from Christians who were
afraid that the Turks would kill them after
the commission had departed. Such, in
brief and in faint colors, is the position of
the Christians in Turkey, and this is the po-
sition which Russia is now striving to
change, and which England, for a whole
year, has strained every nerve to maintain,
and because, forsooth, she thinks that Turk
ish rule favors her imperial interest. BY
such policy as this, England tacitly con-
fesses that instead of being civilizing ma.
tion, she is barbarizing one. If her impe-
rial power can only be strengthened by keep
ing many millions of white men in a state
of slavery far worse than was ever known by
the negroes of our Southern states, then /
must say that England should forever re-
nounce all claim to be called civilized and
Christian nation, and she had better state
once for all, that power and pels are the only
deity she worshipS, and that the tears and
blood of oppressed people are the offerings
which she lays upon the altar of her God.
Year: 1877

As THE rays come from the sun and yet
are not the sun, even so our love aud pity,
though they are not God, but merely poor,
weak, image and reflection of Him, yet from
Him alone they come If there is mercy in
our hearts, it comes from the fountain of
mercy. If there is the light of love in us,
it is ray from the fulsun of love,-Charies
kiu0sIeU
Year: 1877

Every third or fourth year, the stock growers of Wyoming, Colorado ant Kansas lose hundreds of thousands O. head of stock by reason of deep snows cold weather, heavy sleets or all these causes together. This Winter, cattle are nearly all perishing on the grea Laramie plains in Wyoming and many sheep also. The cattle stand in snow two or three fee; deep and die witt cold and hunger; some sheep do like wise, and the reports are that horse. paw up the snow and get enough gras: to sustain life. The Las Animas Lead CT says the Winter is very severe as fal south as Southern Colorado. Not ma ny perish for want of feed, but that paper says:

 The principal losses have been by sticking in the snow banks and run nIng into the rIver. Coming down in. tO the valley, they run over the river banks, which are concealed by snow and are unable to CXtricate themselve. from the snow or ice, where they sink through. Many are also killed by the trains. They collect in great numbers on the railroad track, where there is the least snow, and can hardly be driv en of.

 Nothing of the kind can happen in Southern Arizona, where snow never lies to any depth beyond a few hours save on the tops of the mountains The valley and mesa lands are always free of snow and cattle keep very fat every month in the year It is very rare that anything but the fattest of beef is seen in this market A gentle. man recently from California and in terested in sheep south of here, and also has had large experience in Idaho, Nevada and California, says this is the best section for stock he has ever seen, and that security from Indian depreda. tiOns is the only thing needed to make it all that could be desired by stock. growers. And he tells just what every man familiar with the various places referred to, knows to be true.
Year: 1877

There's many trouble

 Would break like a bubble, And into the waters Of Lethe depart, Did we not rehearse 1t,

 And tenderly nurse 1t, And give 1t a permanent place in the heart There is many a sorrow

 Would vanish tomorrow, Were we only willing to furnish the wings So sadly intruding

 And quietly brooding, IL hatches out all sorts Of terrible things How welcome the seeming

 Of looks that are beamIng, Whether ones wealthy or whether one's poor,

 Eyes bright as a cherry.

 Cheeks red as berry, The groan and the curse and the hesrtache can cure.

 Resolve to be merry,

 All worry to ferry Across the famed waters that bid us for. get,

 And no longer fearful,

 But happy and cheerful, We feel life has much that's worth living for yet.
Year: 1877

THE Miner editors present affiilia- tons are making him affected and spelling his originally naive style. If he ever had anything to boast of it was that his morals, manners end ink singing were all hIs OWE. He has had occasion several times lately to men ton Lieutenant Hanna's name in print. Time was, and shortly since, too, when the great original Digger Indian

 of the Miner would have written it down Hanner," and stuck to it and

 sworn to it as naturally as he would to a lie. But his late military affiliations have spoiled the ruggedness of his style and he now spells it Hannah. |"
Year: 1877

A GREAT discovery is reported to have beer made by surgeon of the English army in China to proven: pit ting or marking the face. The mode of treatment is as follows: When in a smallpox the preceding fever is st its night and just before the eruption appears, the chest is thoroughly rub bed with crotOn oil and tartar emetic ointment This causes the whole Ot the eruption to appear on that part of the body to the relief of the rest. It also secures a full and complete eruption, and thus prevents the disease from attacking the internal organs. This is said to be now the established mode of treatment in the English army in China, by general orders, and is regarded AS perfectly effectual.