smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

IMPROVEMENTS ON TIDE LANDS.


In last weeks paper was full descrip-
ton OF the tide lands at the mouth of the
river, following a general description of
the topography of that section in pre-
vious number. The promise was made
of another article in reference to the
yield OF this class of lands, with state.
ment of some reasons why no more i'm
proyements have been made thereon


With the exception Of Whidbey's Is,
land, very little Of the lower Sound
country was settled by families with a
view of living by agriculture, over ten
or twelve years. In fact the main agri.
cultural improvements have been made
since 1870. Ten years ago, scarce
dozen white women were to be found in
Snohomish county, logging began in a
systematic manner on this river some
years previously; so that while scarce
no families existed, there We're already
several hundred mel without families,
who were bound by very slight ties to
this country; working in camps in the
summer, and boarding at the saloons
and boarding houses during the winter.
Only portion were farmers, and very
few OF even this class knew much about
the value of this class OF tide lands.
The leading interest of the valley being
then as now, logging.


Within the last half dozen years. near.
ly all the lower river tide marsh suitable
tor immediate cultivation has been SC.
cured by transient or single men, who
learned that such lands were deemed
valuable, yet the purchaser from the
government, while securing title to the
same, had no design of improving them.
The process being like this, when work
would be slack in the camps for o few
months, person could file on, and i'm.
prove tract sufficiently to get his title,
then go back to his logging again
Nearly all the Snohomish tide marshes
being thus held, very little real improve.
ment has been made, yet it is not as If
this land was owned by large capitalists,
who were carefully estimating the pros
pective value AS means of permanent
investment, for these men do not improve,
chiefly, because their attention is alb
sorbed by other interests, and they do
not possess the habits or instincts, as u
class, of tho cultivator of the soll. Few
have the moral courage to undertake so
new calling, and many are convinced
that it would be more to their interest
to sell out to practical farmers and use
their money elsewhere, rather than. fol-
low an occupation they do not under
stand Therefore, there are thousands
of acres OF excellent tide lands, more
convenient OF access than any around the
Sound, at the mouth OF this river, with
perfect title, all ready to improve, which
can be purchased as cheap as any lands
Of the same quality around the Sound.


DR.. II. A. Smith of Seattle was the
first to attempt the systematic improve.
ments Of this class of lands. This
before it was well understood
was what were the best methods Of i'm.
provement. He diked in his claim and
built An excellent hard finished house.
His dixie was too light and Misplace at
the head OF Steamboat slough was more
exposed than the Others, So that his dixie
afforded only partial protection, After
Year: 1877

in some of the local churches the


officials are about as numerous as


the private members. There has


been a considerable increase of


membership during the past few


years, but the prOpagators of their


faith have generally worked in


communities far removed from the


centers of intelligence and infu-


ence, and this growth has attract


ed little attention, while the move


ments of the Utah Mormons,


because they have been gathered
together in one place, and are
distinguished by more marked
characteristics, have been watched
with great interest. 1t is probable
that there will now be an effort on
the part of the followers of the
younger Smith to secure prose-
lytes among those who have here
tOfOre followed the leader of the
polygamOus branch, and an execu.
lion of the laws against the pecu.


liar institution of Utah will tend
to disintegrate that body, and
make its members more ready to
join those to whom separation has
not proved a fatal weakness. The
son Of Joseph Smith enjoys the
confidence of those who have
been associated with him, and
possesses some of the qualifications
fJrsuccesful leadership, but no one
of the sons of Brigham Young is
likely to inspire the confidence of
large masses of men, or to retain
the power exerted for so many
years by the recently deceased
leader. 1t will not be strange
therefore, If the name of Joseph
Smith once more becomes familiar
to the lips of the members of this
misguided sect, while
the memory of Brigham Young
becomes year by year less hOnored,
as his seltishness and wickedness
are more fully revealed TO those
whom he deIuded by his preten-
tions, or ruled because of their
fears.
Year: 1877

SHALL the army manage the In
dians? is now the question before
the administration. That is rath-
er too large a contract for the
army; so far they don't seem to
have been successful in anything,
except in letting Sitting Bull go.
In fact it rather looks as if the In
dians had been managing the
army, and the Sitting Bull became
tired of the j0b-teO much white
man.-[St. Louis Dispatch.
Year: 1877

~. X. aeThiu


WASHINGTON, May 9.-The Cabinet
wreckers got on the rampage again this
morning and reconstructed President
Hayes council of advisers In the most
unceremonious way. They bundled At
torney General Devens off to CONSTANT
nople to exercise his military genius In
seeing fair play between the Russians
and Turks; Secretary McCrary was
next installed on Gen. Devens' luxuri-
GUS sofa, and, for successor to the
chief OF the War office, they introduced
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, ex- lieuten-
ant general Of the recent so-called Con-
federacy. The Wreckers had the aid
this time of the late semi-official organ
OF ex-President Grant, the National Re-
publican, go that their work was not
merely runored from mouth to mouth,
but was given the publicity which q
morning paper was able to afford.


Up to the time the President and his
Cabinet left for Philadelphia this even
ing there was no verification Of these
stories, which are again circulated in
the interest OF the Radical soreheads
for the purpose OF injuring the Presi-
dent and undermining public faith in
the stability OF his undertaking. Could
the country be made TO believe that the
Cabinet was not a unit or that it was O.
Temporary affair likely to disintegrate
at any moment. much OF the peoples
confidence In the President would be
lost. This is the secret Of these persist
Year: 1877

struoted OF one inch or one inch and u half fiat.
boat planks set upright into tho bed Of the river
lashed together at the top by similar pianka
nailed horizontally against the uprlghts, and are
against which they are braced, in some in
stances, with mere soantlings, leaving no spae d
between them and tho landing for filling up.


The majority Of even these mythical bulk
heads are In rotten or dilapidated condition.
The accepted style OF bulkheads, as shown by
tho debris OF former onos, ran straight across
from wharf to wharf, and consisted In heavy
piles sunken at intervals, with ten.inch cap
pings, against which heavy upright boards we're
with ten.inch stringers. shouldored against n
mooring-p deeply sunken into the main land


The bulkhesds were also constructed 40 as 10
prevent as much AZ possible. the permeation Of
the wster through the interstices Of the board
ing. and solidly enough to bear the weight Of the
earth and ballast used In filing In and rsclaiminp
the battnre
Year: 1877

Ihe lecture delivered by Rev. Dr. Furman, OF
South Carolina, ON Tuesday evening was charac-
t1 terized by geart beauty, eloquence and power.
The renowned Lee was presented in grand and
living portrait. The patriotism and gallantry Of
the the South were get forth in glowing colors OF
southern fre and pathos. The voice and en-
thusiasm of the orator bore his hearers along
with him enchained


At the close OF the address vote OF thanks
was unanimously rendered to the speaker, and
the AUDIENCE crowded around to shake the hand
OF one VINO had 80 nobly eulogized the immortal
nero who lives in every SOUTHERN breast, linked
with the honor and glory OF our land.


we understand that movement is ON foot to
induce DR.: Furman to repeat his lee ure to q
larger audience on bis return from Texas, whittier
he has gone on visit to his sons. should this
be done we trust that our people will take adyan.
tage OF the opportunity to manifest their love for
the subject, and, at the same time, enjoy rare
treat.
Year: 1877

INGW IOfK ITDune.i


An Ohio Republican editor who went
to the President day or two ago with q
moving tale OF party detection In his
State, was somewhat bewildered be-
cause the President displayed no alarm
or even surprise ut the tidings. Mr..
Hayes said 1T was very true that the Re-
publican party might encounter tempo
rary defeat, but that In the end 1t would
come out stronger than ever. He looked
upon the politics OF the country us now
In very diseased condition, and as re-
quiring heroic treatment. The heroic
treatment he considers to be his South
ern policy, and he thinks that the true
plan to save the Republican party for
future usefulness. While the party may
at first lose two or three Northern
States, when the beneficent effects OF
the policy are fully apparent 1t will re-
gain more than Il will lose. He was
convinced by his advices from North
Carolina and Tennessee that the Re-
publicans will carry both OF those
States at the next election; and he
thought that Hampton's course was
such that In two years he would receive
the Republican nomination for Govern
or OF South Carolina. The editor, who
is supposed to have been Mr.. Cowles, OF
the Cleveland Leader, went away du-
biou5, but the President Was unshaken
In his confidence. The report OF the
conversation 10 give by the corre-
spondent OF the Baltimore SIN.
Year: 1877

An old soldier has been passing some
homely criticisms upon one OF Mrs. But
ler's battle pieces. He says the mems
faces look too clean after a days firing,
For our own part, the greatest fault We
have to find with the battle pieces of our
great artists is that in too many cases the
uniforms appear to have been made with
same vague intention Of fitting the sol
diers who might wear them, We don't
know how it may be in other countries,
but in the United States army a quarter
master who would furnish a uniform
that would fit an infantry soldier any
better than it would a COW, would DO
instantly dismissed from the service.
This is a strict law, and there has never
len q strict dismissal under II yet
Year: 1877

"But how do you know all thisf' asked the child.

 "l know it," said the angel, for l myself was that boy who walked on crutches! l know my Bower we'll

 And the child opened his eyes, and looked into the glorious, happy face of the angel, and at the same moment they entered the region where there is peace and joy. And the Father pres sed the dead child to his bosom, and then it received wings like the angel, and flew hand in hand with him. And the Almighty kissed the dry. withered field-fower, and it received voice, and sang with all the angels lowering around-some near and some in wider circles, and some in infinite distance, but all equally happy. And they all sang-little and great, the good and happy child and the poor feld-fower that had lain there withered, thrown among the dust, in the rubbish of the removal day, in the dark, narrow lane
Year: 1877

would say, Yes, to-day he has been outp He knew the forest with its

 beautiful vernal green only from the

 fact that the neighbor's little son

 brought him the first green branch of a beach tree; and he held that up over his head and dreamed that he was in the beach wood, where the sun shone and the birds sang.

 On spring day the neighbor's boy brought him also field flowers, and among them was, by chance, one Q which the root wss still hangino; and so it was planted in hower-pot, and placed by the bed, close to the window. And the flower had been planted by a fortunate hand, and it grew, threw out new shoots, and bore flowers every year. It became 8 splendid flower garden to the sickly boy--his little treasure here on earth. He watered il and tended it, and took good care that it had the benefit of every ray of sun light, down to the latest that struggled in through the narrow window; it grew for him and gladdened his eyes, and spread its fragrance about him; and to- wards it he turned in death. when the Father called him. He has been with the Almighty for n year. For year the flower has stood forgotten in the window, and is withered; and thus, at the removal, it has been thrown into the dust of the street. And this is the poor flower which we have taken into our nosegay; for this flower has given more joy than the richest in queens garden"
Year: 1877

headache, when caused, as in most cases it is, by a superabundance of acid in the stomach.

 QUICK WEDDING CAKE--Two and one-half cupfuls -four, one and one-half sugar, one cupfnl butter. three-quarters cupful milk, two eggs, two table spoonfuls rum, one-half nutmeg, one half pound raisins. one-quarter pound entrants, one-quarter teaspoonful soda.

 To TAKE Orr STARCH OR RUsT FROM FLAT-IRoSs. s.--Tie piece of yellow beeswax in rag, and. when the iron is nearly hot enough to use, rub it quickly with the wax, and then with coarse cloth. If irons become rough, rub them with fine salt and they will become smooth.

 To REMOVE SMOKE AND DUsr FROM WALL PAPER.-Tie a large piece of clean white cloth over broom and brush the wall down we'll. Then take stale loaf of bread, cut it open, and rub the soft side all over the paper. It will clean it Gas nice as new.' IL will also remove spots of lime or whitewash.

 WATERPROOF BooTs.-The best material we have ever tried to make boot or harness pliable and waterproof is linseed oil, applied hot; and, if the leather be en. tirely free from water, the oil may be boiling hot without the least injury tc the leather. One oiling of pair oi boots with linseed oil will do more ser vice than three or four with tallow ol neat's-foot oil.

 A NICE RELISH FOR BREAKFAST Take half a pound of fresh cheese, cu in thin slices and put in frying-pan turn over this two cups of sweet milk Add pinch of dry mustard, also O salt and pepper, and one spoonful o butter. Stir this mixture constantly Roll six Boston crackers very fine, ant stir in very gradually. then turn a once into hot dish and serve imme diately.
Year: 1877

A NEW YORK lecturer on health ridicules the Grahamite system. He recommends less starch and more mas. tication, less tea and more milk. He said bran-bread had killed nearly all of his family, and rendered twenty-five years of his own life miserable before he discarded it.

 A SMALL quantity of carbolic acid is recommended to be used in whitewash and in paste for laying paper-hangings It will repel cockroaches and other in- sects, and also neutrallze the disagree able odor consequent upon the decom- position of the paste.

 OLD newspapers will put the finish ing touch to newly-cleansed silver knives and forks, and tinware, better than anything. Rub them well, and make perfectly dry. They are also excellent to polish stoves that have not been blackened for some length of time.

 A SMALL piece of paper or linen. moistened with spirits of turpentine and put into bureau or wardrobe for a single day, two or three times, is said to be sufficient preservative against moths.

 PARENTS should be very careful and not let the rays of the sun shine di- rectly upon the face of sleeping chil- dren. Strong light is very injurious to the eyes, especially if they are in- clined to weakness.

 Two teaspoonfuls of finely-powdered charcoal, drank in half g tumbler of water, will often give relief to the sick
Year: 1877

A wonderful thing is a seed

 The one thing deathless forever Forever old and forever new, Utterly faithful, utterly true

 Pickle and faithless never.

 Plant lilies and lilies will bloom;

 Plant roses and roses will grow; Plant hate and hate to life will spring {; Plant love and love to you wilt bring The fruit of the seed you SOW,
Year: 1877

WE can not describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known Co the soul. It is not to be surprised by any communication. Nothing can be greater than it, let those fear and those frown that will. The soul is in her native realm; and it is wider than space, older than time, wide as hope, rich as love. Pusillanimity a d fear she refuses with a beautiful scorn; they are not for her who putteth on her coronation robes, and goes out through universal love to universal power. Emerson.
Year: 1877

INGENIOUS persons were selling eggs at s1.S0 pen dozen the other day in Portland, Me, when the suspicious police seized their stock and discovered that the shells had been filled with q choice article of whisky.
Year: 1877

The editor of the hteLiiqencer, driven
to the wall in controversy OF his own
seeking, flies into rage, as men are apt
TO do when they are beaten on the merits
Of the case, and vents the venom of his
heart, which is made TO DO duty in the
place of the reason of his intellect. Here
I: the way he ju.tifes himself for his in.
solent and uDmanly interference in the
city printing question srd for his petty
mesnness in stealing special dispatches
This is Intelligencer argument and logic:


The brszen hypocrisy with which the
Arrant old tricks.er of the REGIsTER des
csnls on the subject of dispatches Is on
An exact par with his lying assertion
shout the Inteihqencer's interference
With the city advertising 1t Is this men,
ls'ious trait in his character that caused
jury Of his Countrymen to assess him
% the tune of IS OO0"


AZ the case to which the InteLLigsacsr
refers Is still pending in the courts, and
It was not the "character of the ed.
Ho' Of the REGISTER, but that of quite q
Inherent person, which was before the
.hy that ding only serves to expose the
IAAgnsnt nature of the man who penned
"AAa to prove the untensble position be
"'upled on the question al Issue
Year: 1877

OHIO valley News,


We learn that the citizens of Mount
Pleasant are talking up narrow gauge
road from that place to Martins Ferr 6.
If they not only talk it up, but work 1t
up, we are much mistaken il they do not
fad it the best speculation they have
ever engaged in. We shall, at the ear
liest convenient season, lay before them
lscts and figures to prove this assertion,
in the meantime, good friends, go on.
The narrow gauge is the road OF the tu-
ture. A good friend, who possesses more
than the ordinary amount OF sagaclty,
predicts that the next ten years will wit
ness the construction and completion OF
more narrow gauge roads in Ohio than
there are railroads now in operation in
the State.
Year: 1877

The telegraph brings us word, this
morning, of the approach OF u great snow
storm from the far w est, even from the
frozen and lnhospitable regions of DIS
tsnt Wyoming. Just how much of it
will last to get to Wheeling and when
we may expect its arrival, we are not in
formed, neither will we predict. That we
shall have snow, and sleet, and piercin g
wisds soop, is reasonable to suppose. The
winter months are not likely to all pass
without bringing with them fair
sprinkling of winter weather.
Year: 1877

IT is not very strange that General
Butler dldE't know what TO say in his
Boston speech about civil service reform.
So far there has hardly been enough OF
1t to tslk sbout.-Phiiddsiphid Times.
Year: 1877

TIE New York Herald viii at
once proceed TO establish a new party
upon the ruins Of the radical party.
Il will be called the-the-: but no
matter. There will be time enough
TO think Of name.
Year: 1877

The magistrates IN Cambridge, En-
land, have had before them chemist
arrested for selling adulterated soda
water. This water, when analyzed by
the public analyst, was found to contain
sixteen grains of copper, very little
lead, and no bicarbonate of sodium at
all. The chemist "did not know" how
the poisonous minerals had gotten IN.
He made some of his beverages without
soda because not all the people required
a "soapy compound" The use OF Lead
pipes might account for one part of the
poisoning, and of copper faucets and cans
for the other part. Soda-water is drunk
SO much nowadays that venders OF it
cannot be too careful When careless,
they should be compelled to be careful.
The Cambridge chemist was fined, as he
ought to be.
Year: 1877

Just after the strike, when Solomon
closed the discussion by telling the slug
gard to go to the ant, the sluggard re-
piled, with knowing wink, that he had
a much softer thing than that. GAS
how?' inquired the proverbial monarch.
'I Will start savings bank" replied
the man of inertia. The monarch nodded
slowly, twice or thrice, and went away
to get shaved. The next time he met
the sluggard that deliberate individual
was riding In gold-mounted carriage,
with coachman and footman IN livery,
and, in reply to the monarch's nod, he
Just p,llled up to say that he was going
over to Europe for little while till the
furry blew over. And Solomon went
back into his sanctum and wrote: Bet
ter is an handful with quietness than a
handbook as big as a Bible with travail
and vexation of spirit. "-Burtingtoaa
HaUk-Eye.
Year: 1877

To CURE PIMPLEs AND ERUPTIONS.-
Dilute corrosive sublimate with oil OF
almonds. A few days application will
remove them.


To CURE FRECKLEs.-D1lx together
two ounces of lemon juice, half-dram
Of powdered borax, and one dram of su-
gar, and allow them to stand in bottle
for few days. Rub occasionally over
the face and hands.


PEACH MARMALADE.-Peac too ripe
for preserving answer for marmalade.
Pare and quarter them, allowing three
quarters of pound of sugar to each
pound of fruit, and half pint of water
to each pound of sugar. Boil one hour
and half, stirring constantly.


A LEAKING BOILER would say to
the lady whose boiler leaks. try the
white of an egg mixed with unslacked
lime; or, take plaster of Paris, mix to a
paste with water, and fill the crevice
with it. Dry well before having water
IN it.-Corres onderace Household.


A HEAD-WAsH.- Sage tea is one OF
the very hest preparations for washing
and dressing the hair. The hair shonld
be carefully brushed and braided in two
firm braids, and the roots rubbed with
Year: 1877

ONE of the members of the Virginia
Legislature. at the last session OF that
body, got law passed to compel every
barkeeper to purchase an instrument to
record every drink sold, and on every
drink thus registered the landlord was to
pay a tax. The dealers, learning that
the register had been rejected in the
Patent Office, bought up the patent that
formed the basis of the rejection, and
engaged lawyers to bring suit against
the manufacturer of the other register,
and an order has been issued restraining
the issue of the registers until the ques-
ton as to a prohibitory Injunction can
be argued.