smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

! Niagara river has this season offered some


fine opportunities for the study of the main


telance of the equilibrium of animal life
on both land and water. Early spring was
marked by an unprecedented migration of
minnOws from Lake Erie into the Niagara
river. They arrived by millions, and
formed here and there almost solid banks
OF moving fish. The shores of some little
creeks like those OF Frenchman's creek,
emptying from the Canada shore into the
Niagara, were actually strewn with count
less numbers OF dead minnows, which had
been sufocated for want Of oxygen in these
narrow channels. The advent of the min
nows attracted in turn, as might naturally
be expected, proportionately sized swarm
Of their destroyers, in shape of the different
species Of pike, muscalonge and black bass


The latter could be seen lying quietly in
solid column along the bottoms near the
shores, where the water was sufficiently
shallow and transparent TO permit a full
view of them. Fishermen were perplexed
and in despair, since they would take bait
OF no kind, no matter how temptingly dis
played. Their stemachs were fairly gorged
with minnows, which could be captured
without any effort whatever.


Later on, when the main bulk of minnOws
disappeared without being followed by their
enemies, the tables were turned, and bass
fishing never has been known to be as fine
as it was toward tho latter end of the sum-
mer. Though the river is no longer stocked
with minnows as it was in the spring, the
present amount probably still exceeds that
OF any previous year, and has attracted later
on another host of their natural enemies,
the winged toilers of the sea. Never before
has the surface of the green Niagara exhib-
tied such an animated display of glistening
white flocks of gulls and terms as III tho
present months. They have assembled by
thousands, and dluXuriate in immense abund-
ance on their natural prey. Among them
are some species never before observed
here in any notable quantity, or even single
specimens. We enumerate the Kittiwake
gull, besides three species Of terms two of
which are determinable as the black and
common tern. while the other is dubious on
account of its immature plumage. They
are congregated In large and separate focks
and though occasionally lowering high over
the river, may easily be decoyed to come
near the surface by throwing upon it some
white punches of cotton or paper. A good
breech-leader will then make considerable
havoc among them, as they generally re-
main quite long time near any spot where
one or more of their shot comrades float up
on the water. 1t is verv easy to see how
black bass and the various species of gulls
and terms should found in such great nnm-
bers, where there is an unusual abundance
of their natural food; but more minute
knowledge, through close observation and
examination, is needed TO determine the
reasons for the unsurpassed spring migration
of the minnows. The solution of the prob
lem probably hings also upon their peculiar
microscopic food, whicn may have been af-
fected by changed conditions of the ordin-
arily temperature of the water, or other
similar influences of physical nature.
Year: 1879

Where practicable, il isadvisable to learn
on small wooden machine, on which the
rider can teach himself, after which he has
only TO learn the mounting and dismount-
ing, as any good velocipede rider can ride
bicycle the first time he tries. In case q
velocipede cannot be obtained, then the as
sstance of friend will be required TO hold
the bicycle up until you are able to ride
alone. you experience tendency to
fall, do not fail to turn the wheel gently
and without the slightest jerk, in the direc-
tion the bicycle is falling. This is the
whole secret of bicycle riding, and cannot
be too attentively observed. The ball of the
foot should be placed upon the treadle, and
not the instep as in riding the velocipede.
In order to mount, take the machine by
both handles, place the left toe ON the step,
take two or three short leaps to get little
headway, raise yourself upon the step, and
slide easily into the saddle, but be sure not
to jump; it is well to practice riding on the
step until you can do it with ease, before
attempting to slide into the saddle. Also,


do not try to place your foot upon the treadle
before fairly getting into the seat. There are
several ways of dismounting, the most COM
mon being to throw the right leg over the
backbone and vault off on the left side.
When doing this, great care should be taken
not to lean forward over the handles. In
order to dismount by the step, the left toe
should be accustomed to seek the step and


find it with ease, when the rider can drop
lightly to the ground on the left side, at the
same time keeping hold of the handles. Ii
is quite impossible to say how long this
state of pupilage will last. No two riders,


on comparing notes, ever find that their ex-
periences coincide. We can only say that
bicycling is not very difficult, and that sue
cess is within easy reach Of all who per-
severe, few hours being generally enough
to learn each successive stage on the way to
complete mastery over the machine. The
art of riding the bicycle once learned, the
bicyclist is more independent than the
owner Of a horse, for he can then accomp-
lish distances which a horseman never
thinks of attempting. The healthiness of
the exercise has never been questioned; the
difficulties of learning are not so great as
horse-riding, skating or swimming, and the
acquisition places man ofordinary strength
in position superior to the equestrian, in
asmuch as he has his motive power contain
ed within himself, ard that power is aug
mented as well as economized by the i'm
proved mechanism of the biccylc of to-day.
Year: 1879

A man in Pennsylvania noted for his
generosity lately had $780, left him as
legacy. Beggars of all manner of causes
good, bad and Indifferent, flocked upon
him so fast that he adopted the plan of
stating to each the amount of his legacy,
and the fact that he had hosts of applica-
tions and the inquiry, in view of all this,
how much he ought to be expected to give
the applicant, The amounts then applied
for he noted down and promised an answer
in six months from the time he got his
legacy. At the end of that period he added
up the amounts applied for and found the
sum total thereof was $700, 0,000.
Year: 1879

The life of every man is as the we'll
spring of a stream, whose small begin
nings are indeed plain to all, bat whose
course and destination, as 1T winds
through the eXpanses oil infinite years,
only the OmniscIent can discern.


Have you known how to compose
your manners? You have done great
deal more than he who has composed
books. Have you known how to take
repose2 You have done more than he
who has taken cities and empire.
Year: 1879

been assessed by the Company. He held that the mutual
contribution plan adopted by the Company was an
anomalous and ilusory one and experiment outside
OF the beaten maths of life insurance and those bene
1ciaries IN whose behalf the assessment was asked,
might well have anticipated the contingency which tas
arisen. This decision applies to the following p0ncs:
Old A. New A. the b. the BIB and the Commercial League
Branch OF the Company.
Year: 1879

Is impaired to the kidneys and bladder


by Hostetter's Bitters which is most USE
full in overcoming, torpidity of those
organs. Besides infusing more activity
into them. this excellent tonic endows
them with additional vigor and enables
them the better to undergo the wear and
tear of the discharging function inn
posed upon them by nature, Moreover,
as they are the channel for the escape of
certain impurities from the blood, it in
creases their usefulness by Strengthening
and BEAUTIFULLY stimulating them. In
certain morbid conditions of these i'm
portant organs, they fall into a sluggish
state, which is the usual precursor of dis
eases. What then can be of greater
service than a medicine which impels
them to greater activity when slothful?
No maladies are more perllous than those
which affect the kidneys, and a medicine
which averts the peril should he highly
esteemed
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills. no use of
headache ,or any of the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

should provide himself with with bottle
of SOZODONT. so that when be calls
upon the ladies he can rinse his mouth and
remove the odor which hovers around the
the person of the nicotized Not alone for
its aroma is it valuable but as curative
and preserative of the teeth it is unsur
passed.


Broken cirgar boxes can be mended by
SPALDING's GLUE. How queerl
Year: 1879

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the oldest in the country and
has the largest trade ia its line. diff
Year: 1879

The Michigan Farmer report a con-
versation with one Of the progressive
farmers Of that State in which are pre-
sented some thoughts which are Just as
applicable To this latitude Being asked
what the farmers Of Michigan most
needed to increase the value Of their
lands, crops, and herds, 4" They want, ;"
said he, Just what the merchants, the
manufacturers, and the mechanics want;
just what the railroad men, the lumber
men, and the mining men want they
want labor, capital, and brains. There
IS not a farmer in the State but will
stand an application of this trio, work,
money, and thought. We asked him
again, what simple and easy methods he
would recommend to the farmers from
which they could get the quickest re-
turns, and he replied, 3" First, | would
recommend that every COW in the State
be crossed by a thoroughbred bull |
calculate that this would add a mil
lion and a half dollars to the
wealth of the State in two years.
and that it would double the value of
the cattle Of the State in four years
Second, | would cross every breeding
eve III the hClStt Will Il IiibIDu0 uDIttl
ram Of approved pedigree, and | calcu-
late that it would add one pound Of wool
to every shearing in two years, besides
improving the focks in many respects.
You can calculate the gain yourself
Third, | would have every farmer Sc
lect the seeds of every grain, especially
of corn and wheat-that is.to pick out
the best and discard the inferior. The
profit would be immense, for there is no
telling how much can be gained by Sc
lection Of seeds"


Now here are three things within the
reach Of almost every farmer. They
require Il little money, some work, and
good deal Of will power. Was the
old man right? Let every farmer
adopt these precepts and then contra
diet them if you can
Year: 1879

Nutmegs grow on little trees, which
look like little pear trees, and are gener-
ally over twenty feet high The flowers
are very much like the lilly ofthe valley.
They are pale yellow and very fragrant.
The nutmeg is seed of the fruit, and mace
is the thin covering over this seed. The
fruit Is about as large as a peach. When
ripe it breaks open and shows the little
nut inside. The trees grow on the island
of Asia and in tropical America. They
bear fruit for seventy or eighty years,
having ripe fruit upon them at all sea
sons. A fine tree in Jamaica has over
four thousand nutmegs lit yearly. The
Dutch used to have all the nutmeg trade,
as they owned the Banda Islands, and
conquered all the other traders and des-
troyed the trees. To keep the price up,
they once burned three piles of nutmegs,
each of which was as large as a church.


Nature did not sympathize with such
meanness. The nutmeg pigeon, found
in all the Indian islands, did for the
world what the Dutch had determined
should not be done, carried these nuts,
which are their food, into all the sur
rounding countries, and trees grew
again, and the world had the benefit.
Year: 1879

- A ocular Senator from the West,
according to the Washington correspond
ent of the Boston Journal, tells very
good story about another Senator from
a Southern State. The latter began life
as a brakeman on railroad, and by in
dustrv and foresight has accumulated 4
fortune and high political honors. Sen
ator Thurman, while speaking, usually
holds his eyeglasses in one hand and a
huge red handkerchief in the other. He
blows a sounding blast on his nasal organ
in the midst Of a speech puite as natur-
ally as Senator Dawes looks up at the
galleries every time he addresses the
Vice-President. 1t was an all-night ses-
sion. The Silver bill was under discus
sion. The Southern Senator referred to
was quietly sleeping on a sofa in the
cloak-room. Mr.. Thurman was speak
ing. He blew his nose with such vigor
that the report could almost have been
heard in the Secretary's office. The
sleeping Senator was awakened by the
noise, and leaping to his feet, grasped a
chair by the side Of the sofa and twisted
it around until the author of the story
grasped him by the arm and brought
him to a realizing sense of his where
abouts."
Year: 1879

THE faculty Of Vanderbilt Universi-
ty at Nashville, Tenn, have done a
very foolish thing in forcing Dr. Win
chell from his professors chair in that
institution because he impaired to his
students his latest discoveries and con
victions in regard to geological and
archaeological science; but as the
result did not strictly harmonic with
the doctrinal notions of his associ-
ates he was fired out Later on the
godly Tennessee conference met and
approved the action Of the university
in the following language: The univer-
sity has afforded us intense qualification
by its recent action This is the age in
which scientific atheism. having divest-
ed itself of the habiliments that most
adorn and dignity humanity, walks
abroad in shameless denudation. The
arrogant and impertinent claims Of this
science, falsely so-called, have been so
boisterous and persistent that the un-
thinking masses have been sadly de
luded. But our university alone has
had the courage to lay its young but
vigorous hand upon the name Of untam-
ed speculation and say : we Will have
no more of this. Science we want, but
no crude, undigested theories for the
sons of our patrons. Science we must
have, and science we intend to have,
but we want only science clearly de-
monstrated, and we have great cause to
rejoice in this step, for it deals blow
the force of which scientific atheism
will find it extremely difficult to break" +"
We are happy to say that such gross
bigotry Is unusual in this country and
this age-Post.
Year: 1879

Across the years which stretch afar.

 see the farm where I WAS born,

 The yellowing fields Of Indian corn And hIlisides where the cnestnuts are see the swit-w1nged swallows dart

 About the barn and o'er the lawn;

 bless the mellow lights of morn That lht the shadows from my heart. Again the spring time flowers bloom

 In welcome plenty mid the grass;

 Again the clover fields I pass; Again the gentle cows come home. The tinted Autumn woods appear

 bless their bright leaves cheerful glow

 The village school again know, And troops Of boys and girls are near. gather walnuts on The hill

 Above the church-yard; on the brook Again with willow wand and hook l haunt the trout-pond near the mill. chase the squirrel as he fees

 Along the zigzag Of the fence;

 feel the June days recompeuse or twilight dew and evening breeze. And bOyhOod's loves shall never fade,

 Nor fade The blush from girlish cheeks Nor silent grow the tongue that speaks Out Of the Past-the hallowed shade. Is this my Idle fancy's play?

 Or doth the Past come back again?

 And do the sunshine and the rain or boyhood never pass away?
Year: 1879

Several years ago the Feast of San

 Augustin was regarded as nuisance

 in itself and breeder of crime. In difference to an established custom

 the Feast was tolerated and permitted up to this year. As stated in THE

 CITIZEN a week ago, the city and county authorities took counsel to-

 gether and decided to not give it off cial sanction, but would do all in their power to prevent its being held

 Two or three years ago MT. William Zeokendorf suggested that a good sub stitute for the Feast would be County Fair, and, rightly conducted, there is no doubt but Fair would be of great general benefit and at the same time afford species of useful recreation. Nothing is more certain than that the variety and quality of our farm and gar den produce are not generally known to our people. Pima County today has a number of bloOded horses, cat tle, hogs, sheep and other domestic animals and fowls; also improved va rieties of fruit and vegetables in quan- titles worth being better known than by the accidental sight of them in our market stalls. A County Fair may be made of real benefit in many ways, and move to bring about one in 1880 ought to be made without much more delay, if one that will properly repre- sent the county IS intended, and none other should be held A most i'm portant feature could and should be- an exhibition of minerals from the mines, with statistics of locality, de and product, facilities for etc. The Feast has been voted nuisance, and weI think just consideration of Fair would cause it to be commended as a public benefit.
Year: 1879

The New York press expresses alarm that sucn attention is being given tc mining operations by its capitalists oi a usually conservative character. They say stock representing about $10,000, 900 is listed on the stock board. While the leading New York papers very properly demand that the currency oi the country shall be metallic, and in. sist that it shall be the equal of gold itself, they do what they can to dis courage the production of the precious metals. They prate away as if every man who puts a dollar into mines should be guaranteed in advance that his investment, with interest, be abso- lutely secured. Had this rule been practiced by all miners, the Green packers would never have had any oc- casion to demand a paper currency. The very reason why the country is well supplied with the precious metals today and that paper currency can be and is maintained at par with coin, is that hard working and needy men have taken "the chances in mining, and are doing it still and always will. The leading jolrnals of New York City may always be wrong and un reasonable on this subject, but New Workers will continue to take their |" chances with the miner; and al though they have so far invested but little in Arizona mines they will soon learn that our Territory is a superior one in which to try their luck" Fol lowing is list showing mines and their localities and amount of stocks represented by them on the New York Board:
Year: 1879

Too late for any notice Saturday we received a letter from Mir. A. Bar nett of Maricopa which in substancC is this:

 He is getting up an excursion from Maricopa to Santa Monica and return to leave Maricopa August 1, and re turn within eight days; fare for round trip SEQ; all those wishing to par ticipate, must pay S2O to Lord S Will Hams on or before 23d instant day after tomorrow.

 Santa Monica is on the ocean shore about fifteen miles west of Los An geleS, and is one of the best ocean bathing resorts in California. To those needing a few days of pure life giving air, this opportunity is a rare one. The cost will be something over what the masses can afford but it Is a mere trifle and can easily be paid by many people who would be greatly benefited by making the trip and spending nearly a week at Santa Mo nica. The distance by rail is about $50 miles. Considering the country over which the road passes, the fare is but a trifle. We would not urge people to go, who cannot we'll afford to spare the money, but those who can and can also spare the time, we believe would reap pleasure and bene- fit by taking it.
Year: 1879

THE New York Times is making a vigoriouS onslaught on the move ment on the part of New Workers to engage in mining. It not only attacks mining as hazardous, demOralizing and otherwise bad, but is trying to make it appear that the new interest manifested in New York, is craftily brought about by those who favored the free coinage of silver by Congress. If this be true, then the movement in New York has an immense backing, for that measure has aG undOubted majority in both Houses of the pres ent Congress.
Year: 1879

AN assessment of $1 per share i, levied upon the stock Of the Western Mining Company as per notice in to days CITIZEN. This assessment is tC pay for the 2G-stamp mill just con tracted for and herein referred to sev. eral days ago. The Company has bought and developed the Contention so as to prove its vast worth, without assessing the stock. Now that the mine has been proven so large and rich as to justify firstclass and large mill, the stock is rightfully assessed to pay for it.
Year: 1879

As Arizona is interested in the busi ness of United States Marshals like other sections of the country, we give the following extract from the Attor ney Generals order 10 these officers

 To enable the Department to keep the court expenses within the limits of each appropriation it will be neces- sary for you to set forth the items of your acquisitions with great care. You will make requisition against each ap- propriation for the amount estimated. This apportionment of the funds will require you to keep your accounts so that it may be known how much money is in your hands to the credit of each appropriation at any given time. Such account will serve as the basis of subsequent acquisitions and reports, and your weekly itemized statements must correspond to each separate appropriation. Acquisitions are only to be made for fees of wit neSses and jurors, for the support of United States prisoners and for mis- cellaneous expenses.
Year: 1879

A person in actual possession of real estate under an unrecorded decd is, as against all persons who have actual notice of such deed the legal and absolute owner of such real estate. As against all other persons, he is the equitable owner, and all persons are bound to take notice of all equitable interests which any person may have in real estate of which he is in actual pOssesSion.- Tucker vs. Vandermark & Kirtland, Sup. Ct.. Kan.
Year: 1879

CHICAGO has Bald Mems Society. A requisite for membership is q bare spot on top of the head not less than four square inches in extent. The oh feet of the organization is to discover d cure for badness.
Year: 1879

Judge Gildersleeve yesterday opened the August
Term Of the Court of General Sessions. Only eight
teen of the Grand Jurors summoned to serve re-
sponded to their names. In delivering his charge
Judge Gildersleeve called attention the various
violations of law set forth by statute In relation
to their investigation of the cases coming before
them he said it was necessary to rigidly adhere to-
and base all their conclusions upon the legal tosti-
mony before them and to be led indifference
by the apparent uniin Importance and trvality OF an
offence urged hastily to actions by reason
OF the revolving heinous character OF alleged
crime. The Grand Jury should never forget they
had sworn to present one from envy, hatred or
malice, aud to leave no one unpresented through
fear. favor affection hope of reward. All classes
of offenders deserved that calm dispassionate and
unbiased consideration that should characterize
every act Of the Grand Jury.