smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

"Why don't | 90 out into the coun-
try? said the tramp, gazing with
scorn at his heartIess iaterrogater-
why amt it harvest time ? Them
farmers are just mean and small,
souled enough to ak man TO turn to
and work for his victuals. Do you
suppose | want to have the back Of
my neck all blistered up and M
hands stuck full of thistles, and as
like not get mashed up in a thrashins
machine? And besides, never could
eat fried pork and hot biscuit all the
time. 1t ain t healthy.
Year: 1877

A STIEG1NG EEBUKE.-They tell a
story of NAN who put the saddle
hind part foremost upon his horse,
while in "A condition Of dizziness su-
pernduced by h'e,water. Just as he
vas about to mount, a German friend
came up and told him to hold on a
minnie, because the saddle was on
wrong and wanted rehXing, The
horscman gazei for a moment at the
intruder, as if in deep thought, and
ten said


"You let that saddle alone. How
in the thunder do yoa know which
way | am going?
And the gentleman from Germany
passed on.
Year: 1877

8ay- A certain good natured old
Vermont farmer preserved his con-
slant good nature, let what would turn
up. One day one of his men came in,
bringing the news that one Of his red
oxen was dead.


Is he,' said the old man. We'll
he always was breech old cuss. Take
his hide off, and send it down to the
tanners, it will bring the cash.


An hour or so afterward the man
came back with the news that Line
back and his mate were both dead


Are they ? said the old man. Well
| took them of b, to save bad
debt that | never expected to get. Its
lucky it isn't the brindles.'


After the lapse Of aLother hour the
man came back again to tell him that
the nigh brindle was dead.


Is he?:' said the old man. We'll
he was very old OK. Take off bis
hide and send it to the tanners where
it will fetch its worth in cash, and
more than any two of the others.


lIerenpon his wife, very piou5
woman, an,reprinanled her husband very
severely, and asked him il he was rot
aware that his loss was a Judgment Of
heaven sent upon him for his wicked,
ness.


Is it 2 said the old fellow. Well
if they take judgment in cattle, it is
the easiest way can pay it,
Year: 1877

Every crowd has physiognomy and a
character of its own, and after experience
of an English or an Irish crowd one is
rather pleased with Russian one. Not
that it is particularly clean or savory, but
it is so extremely good-natured and we'll
behaved. There is very little pushing or
elbowing. Every one is courteous to his
neighbors, and you are sure not to see
any acts of brutality or to incur any dam
ger in mixing in it. Smiling, good-na-
tured faces are everywhere, no matter
what the rank or position, for good humor
is indeed the chief Russian virtue. And
then such curious mixture of people in
such a crowd merchants with long
dark-blue or black caftans, reaching
to their heels, and their cravats tied
tight around their throats, not showing
a shirt collar If they indeed have one
stout old women with silk kerchiefs
wound about their heads so as to conceal
their hair shoemakers' boys and APP
prentices i'll what seems a dirty muslin
dressing-gown artisans in their blue
working -blouses the ordinary town
peasant in his red shirt and high boots,


and the muzhik fresh from the country
with coat of undyed homespun, cloths
wound round his legs in lieu of stock
ings and sandals made of plated linden
bark; here and there student with
dirty shirt and long hair and most foul
finger-nails, evidently of the idea that
neatness is incompatible with learning
there will probably be priest or two,


and few soldiers. .-Scribner for april.
Year: 1877

Supposing there really is, 1 will not
say danger, but q possibility, that our
sun may one day, through the arrival of
some very large comet travelling directly
towards him, share the fate of the suns
whose outbursts have before described,
we might be destroyed unawares, or we
might be aware for several weeks of the
approach of the destroying comet. Sup
pose, for example, the comet, which
might arrive from any part of the heav-
ems, came from out that part of the star
depths which is occupied by the constel-
lation Taurus-then, if the arrival were
so timed that the comet, which might
reach the sun at any time, fell upon him
in May or June, we should know nothing
of that comets approach, for it would
approach in that part of the heavens
which was occupied by the sun, and his
splendor would hide as with veil the
destroying enemy. On the other hand,
if the comet, arriving from the same re-
gion of the heavens, so approached as to
fall upon the sun in November or De-
cember, we should see it for several
weeks. For it would then approach from
the part of the heavens high above the
southern horizon at midnight. Astron-
omers would be able in few days after
it was discovered to determine its path
and predict its downfall upon the sun,
precisely as Newton calculated the path
of his comet, and predicted its near ap-
proach to the sun. 1t would be known
for weeks then that the event which
Newton contemplated as likely to cause
tremendous outburst of solar heat,
competent to destroy all life upon the
surface of our earth, was about to take
place; and, doubtless, the minds OF
many students of science would be exer-
cised during that interval in determining
whether Newton was right or wrong.
For my own part, l have very little doubt
that, though the change in the suns con-
dition in consequence of the direct down
fall upon his surface of n very large
comet would be but temporary, and in
that sense slght-for what are few
weeks in the history of an orb which has
already existed during thousands of mill
ions of years ?-yet the effect upon the
inhabitants of the earth would be by no
means slight. do not think, however,
that any students of science would re-
main, after the catastrophe, to estimate
or record its effects. .-Richdrd Proctor,
in Beiqrapia.
Year: 1877

Remember that those who are drunk
ards did not intend to become so; they
only thought of drinking just little !;
but the little kept increasing, and the
love of drink kept growing stronger, un-
I'll the eyes grew red, and the face grew
bloated, and the step grew unsteady; un-
til the one who might have been a bless
ing to the world and help to those
around him has become a loathsome OBJ
iect and terror to his friends. II is not
safe to take even little strong drink !:
because the love for it so soon becomes q
strong and cruel master.
Year: 1877

ashamed of himself, but was not-was a
hale young thing of S8, and evidently
good for another half-dozen years to
come. You see he had married, as /
twice before remarked, with one foot in
the grave but no earthly consideration
would induce him to pop in the other
the abandoned old rufian Think how
that woman was defrauded San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Year: 1877

When I was ayoung man, there
lived 10 our ncighbOrhool a farmer who
was usually reported to be a very libar.
al man, and uacomonly upright in his
dealings. When ho had uuy Of the
produce of his farm to dispose Of, ho
made it au iuvasiablc rule to give good
mcasura-rather moro than would oc
required Of him. One Of his friends
observing him frequently doing SO,
questioned him as to why he did it
he told him ho gave to much, and said
it would be to bis disadvantage. Now
dear reader, mark the answer Of this
excellent man:


"GOd has permitted nc but one
journey through the world, and when
I am gone l cannot return to rcctify
mistakes"


Think of this. There is but ono
journey through life.
Year: 1877

The President talked very freely TO-
day of.his Southern. "trip to several
gentlemen who called upon him. lIc
said that before bis departure he had
some slight missiviugs as to tho man.
nGr of bis reception and whether tho
trip would DO for the public good. lTo
was low exceedingly glad that he had
made tue journey. uo had come in
familiar contact with very many Of the
men who mould public opinion in tho
the South md with thousands Of tho
people Of that section. During tho
entire trip not ono single incident Lad
occurred to mar its extreme pleasure,
and if single unkind word had been
spoken ho had not heard it. Hs felt
fully convinced Of tho siucesily and
good faith of tho people Of. tho
South. and he believed that 40
had once moro "a Union of hearts and
Of hands," Union which was honor.
ed and. desired alike by the people Of
tho North, the South, tho East and
tho West.-Tho President is looking
unusually we'll, but somewhat Drowned
BY exposure. lie is in very happy
frame Of mind, aid il he has hereto
fore had any lingering doubts as to tho
full success Of bis Southern policy tho
familiar intercourse which ho has had
with tho people Mt lurgo in all sections
tho country has ciTacIrully put them at
rest.
Year: 1877

70 Keep Lemons Frs,h.-PistO
them in a jar with water enough to
cover them. They will keep fresh in
this way several days without changing
the water.


To Prcrent Decay in Mc Meats
Sprinkle on plOuty Of pulvcrizcd borax;
rub it we'll into tho meat, aud let it re-
main Eve or tea minutes on ice, or
longer if desired. Just before cook
ing wash it'wcl IN a strong solution Of
bo.ax water, and do not rinse again.
tits to bo boiled or parboiled, add
little burax to the water in which it
is boiled; quarter Of q teaspOonfull
will answer.


70 Roast Ccgee.-If you desire to
havo IN cxtru fnc favored coffee, buy
tho green cOlEee-purC Java. Pick
| it over, wash it well, drain it, and
spread it out in pie pans; roast it in
= moderate oven, Or on top of tho
range; stir ii often to keep it from
burning, and roast it until it is a good
brown; then drop u small piece Of
butter in each pau, aud mix it up just
enough to make tho coffee shine;
grind it fresh every morning. The
favor will then equal il not excel tho
Vienna coffee


Kentucky Corn Cakes Take ono
quart Of cOrn.mcal and two tablespoon
fuls Of common wheat -four, (uot pre-
pared !; add salt to taste, and mix
thoroughly With sufficient quantity
Of buttermilk to form q batter Next
melt hcupiug tablespoonful Of lard,
stir it with tho batter we'll, uu6 bake
on hot griddls, pouring them thin.
By this receipt tho full flavor Of tho
corr. meal is obtained, unmixcd with
the taste Of mOlasses, which many
people mistakenly deem necessary to
cause the cakes to bake brown.


A Breakfast or Supper Dish for
Childrea.-Boil one quart Of milk and
add, while boiling, half 4 cupful of
oatmeal, and cook q fcw minutes.
Have ready vegetable dish half full
Of bread, cut in pieces half an inch
square, and pour the milk over it,
having previously seasoned with salt.
A FREQ use Of both at.mcal and beans.
Thcy arc both very nutritious. Fried
mush for breakfast aud mush aud milk
for tea arc very nice, and when desired
mOlasses may bo used instead Of milk
for change.


70 Cook a Knncllc Of Eeal.-Aftcr
washing, put to boil in enough water
10 cover it, and cook gently until tho
meat falls from tho bono easily: then
tako the meat and bono from tho water,
chop the meat and season with salt,
adding pepper; if you choose, and
while hot put into dish or pan; pour
q littlc Of the liquid in which it was
boiled over it, then set aside to cool;
when ready for uso turn it out upon q
platter and it will make most inviting
and palatablc dish Of meat. Having
prepared the meat, take the liquid and
set it aside in q dish to cool then
after taking of auy fat that may risc,
use tho meat as stock for soup.
Year: 1877

X new mine has been di scovcred south of town which is claimed by the finder to exceed in richness anything heretofore dis covered in this section. We hope his reali- Zations may prove true.
Year: 1877

As our readers will no doubt be anxious 10 hear what ha, become of the sale of the Peek mine. which ha, been discussed in all circles during the past week or two, we can assure them that we don't know anything about it. Messrs. Lent, Fogu~ and Walsh are still here, and it k very evident that q e pol Is still simmoring. hut whether it vii come to the hoil or not, time will have to fell
Year: 1877

The proprietors of disreputable enter
tainment in operation on the west side of
the city were arraigned before police JUS
tice ON Tuesday last for keeping an immoral
and disorderly house. Of course they were
discharged "with regret" on the pretence
that there was no evidence against them,


and O crowd of miserable female prisoners
who take part in the performances shared
the same good fortune. There seldom is
sufficient evidence against such establish
ments to satisfy police justice that they
are public nuisances and ought to be sup
pressed. But in this particular case there
was one slight piece of testimony tending
to show the true character Of the place. A
respectable householder in the neighbor-
hood venturcd to appear at the police court
and swear that the females Of the establish
ment performed their nightly toilets in
Year: 1877

Harvard crew, and WHO will testify to-day


that nearly all the ideas he now inculcates
he learned then, the chief change being only
that required to adapt them to the sliding
seat. Putting these things together it Is
difficult to avoid the conclusion that what
ever merits the new Yale stroke may
have she would have gone faster and
more comfortably had she rowed after the
style of her rival. What men want who
devote thought and time and money to row.
ing races is, not simply pretty action, smooth
and neat and taking to the eye they want to
60 in the fastest way possible over the whole
track and to bend every energy to learn just
that way and no other. Yale has spent four
whole years on her present stroke, certainly
ample timo to test its every merit, and in
them all she never won clear or satisfac


tory victory until last summer, and then
over crew badly rigged and SO young and
inexperienced that they hardly amounted to
q respectable class crew. Yale can afford
no trihing hereafter, or long halting be-
tween two opinions. AS matters now look
seven of the eight men who beat her last
WeeA Will try uSaiu AeAe yeoi, "AA "Aoe'~1
knows Mr. Watson knows that there will bt


power of work done at Cambridge in the


next twelve months Now let US see whether


the robust young men who are to take care
of Yales good name on the water have robust
sense enough when one stroke has been
fairly tried and failed to at once adopt
another even though to learn it they must
turn from well meaning friend and go to
an ancient but always an appreciative enemy.
Year: 1877

Cardinal Antonelli's daughter by her suit
in regard to his estate disturbs the pleasant
antieipations of his other heirs. From the
standpoint of those entirely in sympathy
with clerical ideas the Countess I.amber-
tini's course will not be regarded as
that of dutiful daughter, since
it implies that priest in holy
orders was unfaithful to his vows ;
and certainly daughter ought not to make
scandalous allegations in regard to her
father. But in the conflict of flial pride
with filial duty the honor of such lineage
might naturally reconcile high spirited
woman with any casually scandalous impli-
cations incident to the claim. IT. in
addition to the motive of relation
ship with great man We add
Year: 1877

We have seen it nowhere denied that
Yale's stroke the other day was well rowed.
All appear to agree that her form was nearly
perfect, nor did any word come of sickness
or indsposition among her men, or of inferi-
ority in their boat--indeed, in age, height,
reach, experience together and in university
racing save in weight and skill, in all that
makes on oar, the Yale crew was the
superior. They had the most expert
enced coach ever known in America, one
who had selected this particular style Of
rowing in preference to all others, had de-
voted years of time and study to it, had
made q special trip to Europe avowedly to
learn it, and had brought this crew nearer
perfection in it than any America ever saw
before He was so far satisfied himself that
his crew would win as to predict SO in con-
temporary journal last Friday morning.
But when race day comes his favorites are
beaten save for few feet at the start. They
were beaten all over the course, and beaten
. most and easiest in the first mile, where they
could scarcely help being fresh and where
the water was smoother than anywhere else
while in rough water, where they were
claimed to be especially strong, they went
almost to pieces, until more than one wit
ness testifes that they actually did not
seem able to hold on to their oars


All this time their rivals, at q slower
stroke, were going with an ease that was
strikingly manifest, and some of their
own number assert that they could have in
creased their lead at the finish very materi-
ally had there been any need. But the latter
were taught by gentleman who never saw
England, who had not rowed a race in nine
years, who was q member Of the fast '68
Year: 1877

| Now, if all this benevolent machinery were
| put in charge of one board or corporation,
to be run for the common veal Of all, any


person of ordinary common sense can per-
ceive at a glance what saving would result
and how much more extensive field might
be compassed as well as how much more
efficiently the work now SO divided up
might be done.


But this Council. as appears by the pro-
gramme indicated in another column, will
consider subjects of wider bearing than
merely denominational interests might sug-
gest. The spiritual life, its helps and him
ORANGES; the Sabbath, the Christian family,
the unbelief of the present day and how to
meet it, social evils and the value and con-
duct ofthe press-these and kindred topics
belong not to the Presbyterian Church
merely, but are questions vital to Chris
tianity itself And their treatment and dis
cussion by men appointed to this service
beforehand will be, within the limited
time at their disposal, no doubt exhaus-
tive. Whatever the outcome may be it can
hardly fail to be helpful, not only to
Presbyterianism, but to Professionalism Also
More than three hundred years ago Calvin
sought most earnestly to promote this union
which his followers and successors are likely
in this generation to see consummated.
So desirous was he to see the
storm body of Christ" as he called the
Church, healed, that he was willing to pass
over ten seas to effect that object. But at
present, when the purpose is to unite the
sentiments of all good and learned men, and
go, according to the Scripture rule, to bring
the separated churches into one, neither
labor nor trouble of my kind ought to be
spared. And We are sure we only express
the common wish Of American Protestants
that this union in all the departments of
Church work indicated may follow the ad-
journment of this great Council, whose meet
ings are to be held triennially hereafter, and,
if it accepts the invitation already sent from
Philadelphia, will meet in that city in 1880.
Year: 1877

THERE Is OSE sensible remark in the letter
Of Judge Carpenter, of South Carolina, to Gov
ernor Hampton protesting against the election
Of his successor--namely, that people will laugh
ut him. They will and there is not much prob
ability that he will fare any better with poster
ty, to which he appeals, than with the present
generation.
Year: 1877

CANADA Has MILITARY ORGANIZATION more
loyal to the Pope than to the Queen. Recently
they pulled down the Union Jack and hoisted
the Papal colors. For their trouble the Church
has condemned and the government put them in
Jail, which will probably cure their enthusiasm
and disloyalty.
Year: 1877

that of the possession Of great
fortune, we have enough to turn the
head of the average countess, if not the
average woman. All the world outside of
Rome, and much of the world inside, will be
glad that the Italian law on this subject is
nearer to the substantial justice of the case
than to o regard for maintaining the pre-
sumed inviolability of vows that have been
broken.
Year: 1877

THE OREGON SEyAToRsHp.-Thus far only n
batch of rumors has been unearthcd by the Ore
gon Senatorial Investigating Committee. The
best thing that body can do is adjourn and come
home. 1t was appointed during the Presidential
contest last spring out Of pure party spite and
for the purpose of giving a few gentlemen q
summer trip at the expense of the government.
Year: 1877

THE RACES AT MONMOUTH PARK yesterday
drew together large and fashionable number Of
ladies and gentlemen who were glad to get away
from the dust, heat and Fourth of July racket Of
the city. The races were fair, and everything
else was as delightful an possible
Year: 1877

The Democrats of Massachusetts, in
State convention nominated VIM. Gas
ton for. Governor. The resolutions
adopted contain the following:


We reaffirm- and announce the Ma
tional Democratic Platform of 1876 as
the authoritative exposition of the
principles of our past, and we congrat-
ulate our political brethren ofthe whole
country that these principles were en-
dorsed in the national canvass by the
suffrages of decided majority of the
American people. We believe the peo-
pie fairly elected u majority of the
Electoral College in favor of tho Demo-
cratic candidates, and while in the
high interest of public tranquility we
submit to the authority of the consti-
nounce upon the guilty Republican
party stern retribution for the great
public crime by which the people
were defraudetl of their right to be
governed by rulers of their choice, and
by which the elective principle was
wounded in its most vital part. We
challenge for it the OpprObrium of his
tory and indignant judgment ofall hon
est men.


We congratulate the country and the
supporters of free government every
where upon the happy results of re-
stored public order and reviving indus
trial prosperity, the Inauguration of u
new reign Of domestic peace and liber-
ty, regulated by law, in the southern
section of the Union, that have ensued
upon the adoption of Democratic prin-
ciples and measures of administration
by the executive department of the
Federal Government in reference TO
the Southern States. We recognize in
these auspicious results the signal vim
dications and practical triumph of the
constitutional doctrines SO faithfully
contended for by the Democrats in the
late political contest, and the states
manship OF the wise fathers which
seeks the welfare of the republic by the
support of the equal rights and digni-
ties of all the States in the Federal
Union. We trust that hereafter there
will be no. Southern policy, no North
ern policy, but one common policy
for the whole Union, and the equality
of the rights and duties of all men be-
tore the law.


cesotcea, That we are in favor of the
honest payment of the public debt and
of Il currency on a gold basis.