smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

same ratio.


EFFECT HARD TIMES AND ExTRAvAGANcE


Merchants affirm that all this Is due solely to the
hard times which all industries have experienced
They say that whercas in 1870 1874 burres We're i'm
ported. and in 1877 726s4 barrels ii has forced the
price from $2l to $40 and what other business Is
there that can show reduction of nifty five per cent
on the produce of their business and yet live and
100 cents on the dollar? They argue that hard times
and over production the causes. Up To 1871 the
Americans produced just about what the country
would consume, with fair amount to be exported
to the West Indies The taking off of the duty let in
Hoods of fish from the Provinces which had to be
marketed here i'll this country, and the result was
that ii threw all the business into the channel which
had been spoken for and occupied by our fishermen.
That is why the business has gone down.


The New England fishermen it is estimated, num-
Der probably forty thousand people. They draw
their living from the and nothing else. and the
merchants say that the difference is going to be felt
by them and them alone.


HAVE CHEAP


Again. the plea for cheap fish is made be-
cause Boston is a large sugar mart, and it
requires cheap fish to do business successfully
with the West Indies. In other words. the
can furnish sugar vessels with outward cargo,
the idea being to fill hogsheads and other sugar and
molasses receptacles with fish Ii the British fisher
men catch fish cheaper than Americans of
it is for the interest of Boston mart to have the
fish come from the Provinces. When the fish is
worth S3 per quintal i'll Halifax and S3 90 in Boston
Boston cannot ship any to the West Indies. But II
the price is the III both cities then Boston
do the West India business, because 1t has got
many vessels outward bound which go there with
comparatively no freight We conld get the India
trade instead Of Halifax. because the distance is
not great. The merchants further state
that up to 1871 our fishermen could not catch fish
cheapy the British for it cost forty per cent more
to build fishing vessel under the American flag than
it did under the Brtsh but with the general shrink
age Of values the difference is now almost impercep
tible


OUR FISHERMEN MUST REDUCE EXPENSES.


Our fishermen have been educated by the extraya-
gances of the war. with all other classes and they
cannot go on board vessels without luxures The
Canadians have had no such education but
tent to live on corned beef and hardtack; the
suit is that the British board bill is to the American
board bill as one is to five


1t will be how the fishing fraternity regard
the business. If the Americans had the duty the
increased import from the Provinces there would be
no dissension exhibition OF feeling about the
award The merchants satisfied generally, and
consider that the sales good be expected
in view Of the general depressed condition of things
As it is, the Provncials certainly compete with
the Americans until the expiration of the treaty in
1888 Until then many vessel owners think that the
prices will be low and meagre profits If any, will be
realized.
Year: 1878

A Real Live Lord I'm am American Gala


bOOse,


NEW YORK, June 29.-Two or three wears
ago d young man calling himself Cecil w,
Carr, and protesting to be an English Jour-
nallst, appeared In this city, accompanied by
a young and beautiful Spanish woman. whom
appearance, diminutive In size and of dark
complexion; in fact, not at all prepossessDg
In appearance, but agreeable in manner evil
IDENTIFY well educated and man Of culture,
and brilliant in conversation The lady spoke
no English and kept herself secluded, the two
making their home in West Eleventh street.
The young man soon formed acquaintance
with journalists In this city, and served the
World in the capacity Of dramatic critic for
some time.


After he had been some time In Eleventh
street, Carr sailed for Europe. leaving bis
wife behind, and soon after returned to pay
off all Indebtedness and begin again. Several
months ago he went to Boston, accompanied
by his wife, and secured rooms at the lodging
house of Miss Varrel. Mr. Carr claims to be
Lord Ogilvy, the son of the Earl of Airlie.
He got into big row with the governor and
marriage. Carr or Lord Ogilvy got into debt
in Boston, and letter was sent to England
for information about him. 1t came to light
that Lord Ogilvy had contracted q marriage
with Spanish girl against the wishes of his
father, the Earl of Airlie, and that his father
had cut off his sons allowance. The son had
subsequently been ordered to join his regi-
ment and was supposed to be in India. The
Boston lady had Carr arrested here for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses, and he
Is now in prison.
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, June 29.-Durmg the counting
of the presidential vote OF Louisiana In New
Orleans, before the Returning Board states
men, in November, 1876, the country was
startled by the introduction, as victim of
savage Democratic bulldozing, of colored
woman named Eliza Pinkston. She has since
married again, and is living comfortably with
her second husband in Mississippi. Eliza re-
lated to Herald reporter that she received
$500 for her appearance and testimony; that
she was carefully instructed what to say be-
fore the visiting statesmen; that though ell
tirely able to walk she was


LAID ON SOFA


when she was about to enter the chamber of
the Returning Board; that her testimony
was false; that her husband was murdered
and she was assaulted, not by Democrats, as
she testified then, but as she has always be-
lieved, by colored men who had threatened to
kill her husband, and that the quarrel had
nothing to do with politics.


She was brought by the Republicans from
her home to New Orleans and instructed by
them to pretend she was more seriously hurt
than she was, and also instructed to lay the
blame of the killing and assault on the Demo
Gratis.


Her present husband testifies to this story,
which he has always heard from her. The
Herald says it is confirmed further by the
fact that though Kellogg remained Governor
of Louisiana until the ninth of January fol-
lowing ELIAS dramatic appearance, and
though he had not only his own metropolitan
Year: 1878

telegraphs from Rome to contradict the ereport
that the Holy Father has given orders for
preparation to be made for journey into the
country. The Bysdglierj report thus far Is
unconfirmed. Whether it is true or not, am
tn1 q position to assert that the many reports
peared in some London papers during the
past month are absolutely lnfounded. The
report Of his intended abdication is too absurd
to merit contradiction.
Year: 1878

when asks the Warrensburg MOI Press,
her fathers foot on the third step, young
man, is about as good time as any to start,
and you can prolong the tour to suit your
own convenience and the length OF the old
mans cane. From the innocence with which
you ASK it3 IIe question We suppose you aldh
Served you right Burlington Hawkeye.
Year: 1878

the Treasury has requested the American
representatives of the international Siver Con.
vention to meet at the State Department this
week for q conference on the general subjects
to be considered by that convention. It is
probable that some general policy, in which
party issues shall be ignored, will be adopted
Year: 1878




commanding the Louisiana Guard Battery, q
gallant officer and an estlmabIe gentleman.
was wounded by shell and died that night
His wound was in the wrist and eompaEa~
lively slight; he would not leave bis guns u
have it attended TO, and be died from loss pk
Year: 1878

If the increase of eggs be desired in
the poultry-yard, before large sums are
expended in the purchase of everlast-
ing layers, we would recommend the
system of keeping no hens after their
first, or, at the most, their second year.
Early pullets give the increase, and the
only wonder is that people persist, as
they do, in keeping up Il stock of old
hens, when lay only one day and stop
three, instead Of laying three and stop
ping one. In some parts of England
it is the invariable rule to keep the
pullets only one year. Feeding will do
a great deal ia surprising word, indeed)
in the production Of eggs; but not when
the old hens are concerned.
Year: 1878

The lumber interest and the lumbermen
sustain Glenbrook and all the neighboring
settlements. They are seen nearly every
where in this beautiful region, which, once
clothed from head to foot in pines, is being
denuded to supply the COmstock mines
with fuel for their hoisting apparatus and
supports for their excavations. Penetrat-
ing a pine forest in its heart, We find an
industrious gang of vandals blasting trees
out of beds upon which tangle of roots
seems to have fastened for eternity; and,
standing upon the foothills, we hear the
sibilant grind of the saw mills, the crash
of axes and the dull reverberations of the
blast Following one of the many devious
wagon roads-one out of use, for instance
we come to great gap, where desert
ed cabin and a curious litter Of chips and
shavings represent forest sacrificed; fol-
lowing another road still in use, we dis
cover the lumbermen at work carrying the
havoc farther.


On one side of Lake Tahoe steam rail-
way several miles long is used exclusively
in the transportation of logs to the shore;
the logs are towed in immense RATS across
the water to Glenbrook, where they pass
through the saw mills; and thence another
steam railway, also used exclusively in the
lumber service, extends to the summit of
the divide. Down the eastern slope of the
mountains, leading to the Carson river.
fumes twenty and thirty miles long are
carried over valleys and ravines on high
trestlework bridges, and the wood is float
ed through them over another stage of its
journey toward the mines.


One morning as / was riding through
the Truckee canon, great wave and a
cloud of spray leaped from the river into
the air some distance in front of me. /
went few PAGES farther, when, by the
merest chance, my eye caught what was
intended to be a sign-the lid of baking
powder box tackled to pine stump, and
inscribed with dubious letters, "Look out
for the logs T In which direction the
logs were to be locked out for was not in
timated, and l paused moment in un-
certainty as to whether security depended
on my standing still or advancing. Sud-
denly my mule SHE'D round, and tremen-
dous pine log, eighty or one hundred feet
long and about five feet in diameter, shot
down the almost perpendicular wall of the
canon into the river, raising another wave
and an ayalanch of spray.


This was to me new phase Of the lum-
Der industry. A wide, strong, V-shaped
trough, bound with ribbons of iron which
had been worn to silvery brightness by
the friction, was laid down the precipise;
and out ofsight on the plateau above some
men were telling the trees, which they
conveyed to the river in the expeditions
manner aforesaid.-AppletOn's Journal
Year: 1878

The following anecdote is vouched for
by Scottish clergyman, nephew of the
old lady who befricnded poor Reynard


Many stories have been told to Illus
trate the extraordinary sagaciiy, or what
is commonly, but l think unfairly, called
the cunning, Of the fox. The singular
shifts and devices resorted to by that
clever animal to fling the hounds in pur-
suit of him off the scent or to escape
their fury, have often excited my admira-
ton, and / confess that in reading the
details Of fox chase my sympathy always
goes with the pursued, not with the
pursuer. There is one anecdote of fox
saving his life by bold and happy stroke,
which | know to be perfectly authentic,
aud have much pleasure in now putting on
record. One day, during the hunting
season, lady was sitting in the dining
room of an old mansion-house in the
southwest of Scotland, when she suddenly
heard the sound Of hounds and horn, and
perceived that the chase was passing
not far from her door. In a few min
utes she was startled by the crash of
broken pane in the section of the bow
window near which she was sitting.
Looking round she saw that the damage
had not been done by any stone or ball
that had struck the glass but by the hunt
ed fox, which had thus made desperate
dash for safety. Reynard was in the
room, perfectly worn out with fatigue, and
seemed piteously to implore protection.
The lady of the mansion would not have
been a woman had she not sheltered the
poor animal who had flung himself upon
her mercy. She instantly opened wall
press in the room, and, as she pointed to
the bottom Of it, the fcx entered and al
lowed himself to be securely shut in.
The shutter was closed upon the broken
pane, and a few hounds that appeared in
front of the house, after cunning suspici-
ously about for little, were called off to
join the pack. The lady from her window
had the satisfaction Of seeing the hunts
men at some distance digging away for
half-an-hour at a covered drain in which
they suspected the fox had taken refuge,
and through which he had probably pass
ed. After their fruitless search ''the field"
went of disappointed, having had a capi-
tai run, but lost their fox. Meanwhile
"the villain. as some of the sportsmen
called him, lay safe in his snug quarters.
He was allowed to remain in the house
all night, aud in the morning he was Of
fered by his kind protector good break
fast of porridge and milk, of which he
heartily partook. The worthy Scotch
lady, in telling the story, used to conclude
by saying that when the fox had finished
his breakfast, "he waggit his tail and gaed
his ways. Leisure Hour
Year: 1878

B. K. Bliss, large cultivas0r, says:
"Many farmers still continue to plant
from three to Eve eyes to the hill. In
our opinion this is a mistake, and the last
few years confirms our opinion. Potatoes
cut carefully to single eye, the hills,
perhaps, trife closer, viii yield larger
crop than the careless way Of throwing in
seed by the wholesale. Two good eyes to
the hill, with proper proportion Of flesh
to each eye, viii produce a far larger crop
Of merchantable tubers than two whole
ones; win yield from one-third 70 one-haIf
more in weight-an item of no small con-
sequence, to say nothing Of the saving Of
one-hslf the seed. If very early potatoes
are desired the eyes should be cut careful
" and placed in box with the eyes up
close together on three or four inches Of
soil with two or three inches on them and
placed near the stove, so that as soon as
the garden can be worked they may be
planted out when the eyes viii be large
and greer and two to four inches long.
If there is danger of frost after they are
up they should be covered with earth.
In this way ( have new potatoes before the
middle of june to eat with green peas.
Or, which win be found almost equally as
well, the potatoes may be taken from the
cellar and exposed to the light in warm
place, when the eyes win start vigorous
and strong and ready to put out nearly as
early. Il is claimed that all potatoes for
planting out should be thus treated, there
by securing not only an earlier but a
larger crop"
Year: 1878

FIRM BUTTER WITHOUT IcE.-From
w. Z. Hazards treatise on butter and
butter making, we take the following: In
families, or where the dairy is small, q
good plan to have butter cool and firm
without ice, is by the process of evapora-
ton, as practiced in India and other warm
countries. A cheap plan is to get very
large size porous earthen flower pot with
an extra large saucer. Half fill the sau-
Ger with water, set it in trivet or light
stand-such as is used for holding hot
irons viii do-upon this set your butter /;
over the whole invert your flower pot, let
ting the top rim of it rest in and be COW
cred by the water; then close the hole
in the bottom of the flower put with a
cork; then dash water over the flower pot,
and repeat the process several times day
OF whenever it iooks dry. If set in cool
place, or where the wind can blow on it,
it viii rapidly evaporate the water from
the pot, and the butter will be as firm aud
cool as if from an ice house.
Year: 1878

Human nature and brute nature are
much more alike than people generally
imagine, and if We were to apply the same
general rules in the government Of animals
which actuate us in the control Of children
and grown persons our success would be
much more certain, while the process
would be far more agreeable to ali con.
cerned. III we desire 4 wayward child to
do thus and so, we do not take raw-hide
and lash him but we simply indicate our
wishes in an intelligent manner, and point
out the reason why certain procliyities
must not be INDUCED in. As soon as the
child clearly understands, ten to one It is
ready to obey. 1t is precisely the same
with colts and horses, only we cannot
indicate plainly by words what we desire.
we should resort to ingenious but always
patient management. The whip is the
parent of stubbornness in high spirited
animal while gentIeness win win obedi-
ence, and at the same time, attach the
animal to us.


Il is the easiest thing imaginable to win
the affection of animals, and especially of
horses. Ain apple, a potato, or few
Jumps OF sugar given from the hand, now
and then, viii cause the horse 10 prick up
ears at the sound of his owner s, footstep,
not with fear, but low, whinnying note
Of pleasure. The confidence of the noble
beast thus gained, will lead him to obey
the slightest intelligent tone of voice or
indication of the bit. There IS no such
thing as balkiness to be found in a horse
thus treated; he shows a desire to obey,
whereas few lashes of the whip, smartly
applied, If he be a horse worth having,
will arouse in him a spirit of retaliation
and stubbornness that may cost the owner
hours of trouble, and possibly danger to
life and limb. Horses are made gentle BY
Kindness. They sbelieve" in the master
they love and his voice win calm them in
moment of fear or induce them to strug-
gle forward even when overladen, and
when whip would be sure to bring them
to stubborn standstill


No man knows the true value Of the
horse until he has won his regard and con-
fidence, as it we're. The whip viii never
do it. A kind hand and gentle voice viii
act like magic; thus we have known
women who could handle and drive horses
that would almost inevitably show some
vicious traits in the hands of male driver.
These facts apply especially to the rearing
and trSining Of young colts, something
which the Arabs understand better than
we do. They do not "break" their colts;
they adapt them; they fondle them from
their birth and pet them always. An
Arab would as soon strike his wife or his
daughter as his horse, and no other ami
mails in the world are aeeter, more endur-
ing or more obedient.
Year: 1878

How GREENBAcK PAPER Is MADE
All the paper for the money issued by the
United States government is manufactured
on a sixty-two inch Fourdrinier machine,
at Glen Mills, near West Chester, Pa.
Short pieces Of red silk are mixed with
the pulp in the engine, and the finish.
ed stuff is conducted TO the wire without
passing through any screens, which might
retain the silk threads. BY an arrange
ment above the wire cloth, shower oi
short pieces of fine, blue silk thread is
dropped in streaks upon the paper while
it is being formed. The upper side on
which the blue silk is dropped is the one
used for the face of the notes, and from
the manner in which the threads are ap-
piled, must show them more distinctly
than the reverse side, although they are
imbedded deeply enough to remain fixed
The mill is guarded by officials night and
day to prevent the abstraction of any
papr.-Pdper Trade Journal
Year: 1878

Now is the time of the year when car
riage tops need 20 be softened with oil to
prevent their cracking, as they surely win
unless they are made pliable. We have
found fresh butter-that is butter before
it has been salted--to be excellent for
this purpose. It is also good for harness.


If put on warm and well rubbed in, It
viii improve both the looks and condition
Of a leather top wonderfully. L is also
much cheaper than neats-foOt oil, and can
always be had by speaking to the house
wife in time Castor oil Is 4 much cheap
er and better lubricator for wagon axles
than the machine oils; it viii wear longer.
A little pot grease free from salt, Or fresh
lard, rubbed on the polished surfaces Of
plows and cultivators after they have been
washed clean, win save a good deal Of
time in the spring; and, moreover, they
win wear and last longer, as rust on iron is
just so much decay. We can grease all
of our tools of this kind in less than an
hour, and experience has taught US it is
time proftably spent.
Year: 1878

Honor and thame from no condition rise;


Act well your part, there all the honor lies"


IF we were asked, what is the one thing
which more than any other is the basis Of
true self-respect2 cur answer would be
work. We do not see how any idle person
can respect himself An idle person may
be proud, he may be vain, he may be ar
rogant, but self-respectful never. And as
self-respect is the parent Of all manly en-
terprises, SO is idleness the parent of all
vice.


can idle brain is the DEVILS workshop. f"


Why? Because selfrespect cannot
abide in such quarters. We have all Of
us noticed the new light that comes into a
young mans face, the new grace that
marks his general bearing, when the
doubtful period between school days and
active life is bridged over, and he is fairly
on his new career, whatever that may be.
We have noticed in that doubtful period,
what strain there was on his self-respect,
in what fearful jeopardy it was sometime;
and even in after life, if ere the time has
come when a man feels that he can retire
from business with good conscience, be
is thrown out of business, how easy it is for
him to lose tone, TO get 'sdown TO he'll, " to
feel himself generally out of place and
out Of tune. Work curse? 1t is the
greatest of all blessings. The necessity
which enforces it is the most beneficial OF
all necessities.


Not work merely, but faithful and eff
cient work, is the ground of selfrespect.
We can go in a treadmill if the mill
makes something go; if it helps on the
worlds work and benefit.


Our work may not be efficient, it may
have to be done over again by other
hands, but we must have faith in efficien-
cy We must at least believe that our
failure viii hasten the ultimate success, OF
self-respect, will utterly refuse to wait on
our endeavors. The work done may be
great or little, but if it is our best, it need
never make us ashamed.


But besides work there must be good
economy 1t is necessary of self-respect
that one shall at least feel that he could
paddle his own canoe if at any time his
painter should fail by those who now
have him in tow. 1t is almost fatal to our
self.respect to feel that we are dependent
for our daily bread on friendly benefactors
The bread of charity, however kindly
given, has something bitter in it, till we
find we can get along without it. But
independence sweetens every gift.
Year: 1878

THE DRONE.-The man who is able to
work and does not, is to be pitied as well
as despised. He knows nothing of sweet
sleep and pleasant dreams He is a miser-
able drOne, and eats a substance he does
not earn. Perhaps he thinks it is not
genteel to work. His kind of gentiIity is
the most worthless and contemplate Of
all gentility. Had not those before him,
near or remote, toiled hard, the degenerate
son or daughter would be compelled to
earn their bread instead of being bogus
aristocracy upon property they never
earned. One generation labors hard to
accumulate dollars and cents for eener-
alton of simpletons to squander.
Year: 1878

RECIPE FoR Hoe CHoLERA.-The Bel
air, Md, Democrat says: One ounce of
assaf9tida aud one ounce best whisky !;
mix thoroughly and give as drench.
Take one pint of common Whiskey and
one dozen long red peppers heat and
rub well with stiff brush. If the first
dose and rubbing does not give relief, re-
peat in six hours continue the rubbing
at intervals until q perfect irritation Is
produced on the surface Of the skin.
Year: 1878

Sour STOMAcH.-A sufferer from want
of appetite and sour stomach can be great
y benefited by leaving all medicines
alone and for time existing entirely on
milk and lime water; teaspoonfuI of
lime water to tumbIer Of milk.