smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

Lowry published proceedings
OF our City Council we see that the license
for retailing liquor during the next year is
fixed at $40. This is lower than the license
has been for many years, and when it is
universally known that all in excess Of $40
collected from this source goes into the
the city treasury, and ightens the property
taxation. il will be seen how this reduction
Of licenses takes"
Year: 1871

The preparations for the tantata
by the ladies of Trinity Church, next Tues.
day evening, at Lenahaus' Hall, Indicate
that it will be one Of the most interesting
entertainments ever given In this CITY,
Those who fail tO attend will miss much.
Year: 1871

We have not time to give detailed
account of the Sabbath services. 1t
is sufficient here to state that there was
a large attendance, and all appeared
well pleased with the days exercises.
Year: 1871

In driving a London underground rail-
way tunnel we are told that in one part
of the line the cuttings were made
through a mass of skulls and bones six
teen feet in thickness, the remains of an
old burial ground. In another place,
forgotten secret passage, twenty feet
wide, was discovered, supposed to date
from the fourteenth century, and this
also had to be turned TO good account.
Year: 1871

The latest fashionable novelty at
Long Branch is Allegretti's ice-cream
bricks, which are put up in boxes and
carried in the pocket Ladies can be
seen on the road in their carriages eat
ing ice-cream with a small silver-plated
spoon which is given to the purchasers.
Several hotel proprietOrs have it served
to the lady guests in the parlors Of the
hotel during the warm evenings.
Year: 1871

The reason this indulgence is asked Of the
public we briefly state: Our enterprise is one
Of magnitude, requiring the establishment Of
Agencies throughout the United States. We
have now secured them from New York 10 the
Pacific Slope. but in doing so more time has
been consumed than we anticipated. We are
in working order everywhere desired. and
place the day of Drawing only two months Of
for the purpose Of giving all our agents. far
and near. full scope for their best labors. We
started out to render the people a Distribution
of valuable Real Estate that should be salts
factory TO them in the details of its drawing.
aud we intend 70 maintain that point regard
less of all else. If there is to be any grumb-
ling, we prefer that it shall occur in regard to
the slight delay we ask. than to have II take
place after the drawing is over. On the Slst
Of August our enterprise will be perfected.
We do not. nor will not, require another
hours indulgence. Respectfully,


PASSM0RE X RUFRIN,


Managers Real Estate Distribution.


Memphis. July 4, 1871. list
Year: 1871

THE TRIUAPns OF PHOTOGRAPHIC Art are
the beautiful ivorines made exclusively At the
LEE GALLERY. For this spendid style OF picture
the liberality OF the proprietor has prem 1sed him
to charge only what you have to pay for common
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Year: 1871

BARGAIss-As Mcssrs. SPENCE & SoN have
still pretty large stock OF ready made clothing
ON hand, They have put down their p Ices te suit
tie t,n,es For bar gains call st 1900 Man street.
Year: 1871

A BosroS newspaper, and a Radical pa.
per at that, invites the next Republican
convention to meet in that city. We have
no objections to offer as Democrats but
as humane lovers Of our kind we scorn to
seek q party advantage at the cost OF blood
and tears. The railway management of
New England is such that if the convention
accepts the fatal call its fate may be fore
told in the lines of Campbell:


Pew, few shall part where many meet"
Year: 1871

Farmers who have large amounts of
corn do not realize what quantities rats
will take away to their nests and stor-
ing places. Thousands of bushels are
annually consumed by the pests, and as
it is the small drainages usually which
take off the profit of farming, the mat
ter of securely storing corn should be
attended to.


An exchange gives an account of the
work of rats in hardware store, from
which something of an estimate can be
made. Forty five pounds of choice white
popcorn was left in box on the floor,
near the centre of the store. Next
morning the box was nearly empty, and
upon examination it was found that
during the night the rats conveyed off
thirty-one and two-thirds pounds of the
corn, and concealed it in three different
parts of the building. About ten
pounds were taken through small
hole in the door between the store and
the warehouse, some of which wes con-
cealed under the stairs in that part of
the building, while four pounds were
carried up the stairs of
twelve steps-and hid away in pile
of paper rags lying on the floor of the
second story of the warehouse. The
rats evidently worked faithfully all
night, and no doubt chuckled hugely
next day over the princely supply of
corn laid away for the winters use.
Year: 1871

"A L
From the Virginia City CNev) Enterprise, Nov. 10TH


A new importation to this city kicked
up such a row about town night before
last that the police and many others be-
gan to think about half the people in
town were dropping down dead in their
tracks. First, a man had dropped down
dead at house on such street, then
man had fallen down in dying condi-
ton in another place, and soon it was in
another place that man clay dying"
At length it was discovered that one
man was doing all the dying. He had
then died about half dozen times, and
had been as often restored to life that
he was almost too drunk to die naturally.
He first went into house on D Street,
took fit and fell so dead that with all
the stimulants that could be poured
down his gullet he refused to come to
life until the woman of the house be-
came half frightened out of her wits,
and blew her whistle for policeman,
when 10 a miracle, the dead man got
upon his pins and ran away. He next
went into another house of the same
class and the same street and died there,
falling headlong to the floor with such
utter abandon as to shake the whole
house. The women were terribly
frightened; they poured water on his
face, bathed his head, and as fast as he
revived q little, turned brandy (the
only thing besides whisky or gin that
he could swallow down his throat. He
went for brandy like kitten after new
milk, and as soon as he had swallowed
all in sight relapsed in the hope of h.
ing revived again with the congenial
resuscitator. Finding that physician
had been sent for, he recovered, and
got out of the house. When he next
fell dead we do not know, but during
the night he went to Storr's dance
house, on South G Street, and fell,
dead as door-naiI. Water outside and
brandy inside, with talk of bringing in
policeman, sat him on his pins, and
he departed. He afterward went to
Evans chop-house, corner of @ and
Union streets, and, going back to the
filter, drew glass of water, and, while
trying to drink, took two or three steps
backward, jumped high in the air, then
came down like thousand of brick
between two tables, to the great con-
sternation of the two walters. There
he lay at full length, his head thrown
back, and only the whites of his eyes
visible, to all appearance as dead as a
door-nail. The boys sopped him and
mopped him with cold water, rubbed


Ills n0du, duO ulo all Lu0y COulo 1OF
him, but he was to all appearance stone
dead. His face was white, no pulse
could be felt, and his eyes were set in
his head with not bit of speculation"
in theml One of the walters was about
going for doctor, when the dead man
suddenly lifted his head and began
laughing. Leaving the dumfounded
walters, he stalked away, ne doubt to
die in some place where his favorite
revivers were more likely to be found.
they would have sworn that he was dy-
ing and then a dead man, not believing
such piece of acting possible with any
human being. He seemed, they say, to
have the power of instantly stopping
the beating of his pulse, and of chang
ing the healthful appearance of his
face to the pallor of death.
Year: 1871

A rare relic has been sent to Bologna,
in Italy, by Prince Piombino, an Italian
nobleman, which is to be placed on pub
lie exhibition at the International Con-
gress of Archeologists, who are shortly
to meet in that city. This relic is the
skeleton of petrifed man which has
long been in possession of the Princes
family. The historical origin of this
skeleton is unknown; it is only known
that it was sent as gift to Pope Greg
ory XIV; but the members of the
Princes family assert their knowledge
of the fact, according to the family ira
ditions, that this precious gift was
brought to Rome and presented to Pope
Gregory XIV. by japanese deputation.
During the days of this Pontiff the
skeleton was exposed to public inspec-
ton but it was somewhat mutilated at
this time by sight-seers. From that
time forth the chest containing the
skeleton was Theoretically sealed. The
interior of the chest was lined with vel
vet, while the outside was covered with
skin and gilded clasps, and with the
papal arms engraved upon the key
cover. Since that time the skeleton
has never been shown to the public,
having been kept under 4ock and key
in the chest.
Year: 1871

In view of the demand for female
suffrage, it is proposed that the follow
ing political catechism for ladies desir-
Gus of entering the arena of politics be
propounded, for answers, to all candi-
dates:


What is the best seasoning for ballot
box stufing?


In opening a marking list, would you
use silk or worsted?


Do you consider election eering the
jewelry of the campaign?


Would you measure the canvass of a
ward by the yard?


Is it measures, not men," that you
desire?


Do you consider caucuses Irishmen
from Cork?


Would you stand up to vote motion
down?


Would you propose musk or cologne
when the scents of the meeting was
called for?


Ought chip hat to be worn in log
rolling for an election?


Are you too modest to press the ques-
ton?


Are you familiar with the music of
political organs?


What sort of vehicle is a political
hack?


How old must woman be to be en-
titled to the right of SUFFRAGE?


Are good teeth requisite for stump
speeches?


Do you believe in the doctrine, "to
the victor belongs the spoils," and, if
so, do you consider man spoils in po-
litical life?


Would ysu sit on standing commit
tee?


Would you insist on having your
weigh when the vote was declared to be
light one ?-Bostop Commercial Bulletin.


A CURIOUS fact is related of the Maine
wood-choppers, who, in the winter
months, while telling trees amid snow
and ice, cannot wear close-ftting boots,
but very large sizes, that allow their
feet to slip to and fro, thus creating
friction and warmth. But from this
they have their feet completely en-
crusted with corns. In the spring,
when they raft their logs, they do not
change their clothing or boots for weeks,
until they arrive at the saw-mills. Ali
the while their feet have been saturated
with water, and when the boots are re-
moved the corns fall off like nutsheIls
from the kernel.


A WEALTHY young farmer in another
county, says the ZaneSville Courier, made
a vow at the time of his marriage, that
he would plant forty peach or apple
trees for each child born during the first
ten years of his married life. He has
been married seven years, and has about
800 trees. He talks about going back
on his VOW. He hasn't the land to
spare.


AMONG the competitors for the darn
ing prize lately offered in the Georgia
State Fair one lady presented stocking
couldn't find the mark of needle about
Year: 1871

AMONG the competitors for the darn
ing prize lately offered in the Georgia
State Fair one lady presented stocking
SO neatly mended that the judges
couldn't find the mark of needle about
the darned thing.
Year: 1871

There is a difference of near
ly fifty per cent. between the
male and female population of
New Zealand, which the Colo
NAL authorities endeavor to
counter-balance by Offering free
passages ill Great Britain to all
single young women Of coed
character.
Year: 1871

MARKS OF GENTIEMAN.-No man is q
gentleman who, without provocation
would treat with inciviity the humblest
of his species It is vulgsrity, for which
no accomplishment ofdress or adress can
ever atone. Show ne the man who de-
sires to make every one around him hap
py, and whose greatest solicitude is never
to give offence to any one. and I will
show you gentleman by nature and
species, though he may never have worn


a suit Of broadcloth, nor ever heard Of q
lexicon. I am proud to say, for the honor
of our species, there are men in every
throb of whose hearts there is soicitude
for the welfare Of mankind, and whose
very breath Is perfumed with kindness.
Year: 1871

ROASTS AND STEAMSfOYSTERS.


HEATS FLAT IRONS.


1T Is SIMPLE AND NEAT,l
occupies but small space upon kitchen or din
ing-room table: it is always ready for uses requr
ing only match for klndlng, and may be instant
iy extinguished, when no longer required, thus
saving the expense of constant fire.


THE HEAT CAN BE REGULATED
with the greatest nicely and is subject those
variations to which other fires liable. This
Will be appreciated by the laundress or the lady
who does her own preserving.


THE STOVE OPERATES
without the least smoke or unpleasant odor and
makes neither dust nor dirt to soil the furniture
nor ashes to be carried out. BY its use three-quar
ters of the labor and expense of cooking are
saved, the cost of the fuel being ONE CENT AN
HOUR.


FAMILIES OF ANY SIZE MAY DO


THEIR ENTIRE COOKING
with this stove, it being simply necessary to in
crease the number of lamps to correspond with the
increase i'm the quantity and variety to be cooked.
FOR STUDENTS OR OTHERS KEEPING


BACHELORS HALL,
or for any who desire to effect economy in the
houshold, it is invaluable, as the great saving in
fuel which effects soon defrays its whole cost.
SEAMSTRESSES AND DREssMAKERS WILL


FIND IT A GREAT CONVENIENCE,
as it enables them to heat fiat at small ex
pense, the perfect regularity and cOnstancy of its
heat maknglt 1t particularly efficient for this pur-
pose.


AS A SUMNER COOKING STOVE 1T Is UN.


EQUALED,
as it does not heat the house and may even be
placed out of doors if required. FOR THIS SEA.
son 1T Is INVALUABLE.
Year: 1871

DR.. Hall, in his health articles,


gives the following reasons why
married persons live longer than
those who remain single:


Bachelors are always in state of
of unrest; they feel unsettled. If
indoors after supper there is a sense
of solitariness, inducing sadness,
if not settled melancholy, with all
it's influences; and many hours in
the course of the year are spent in
gloomy inactivity, which is adverse
to a good digestion and vigorous
and healthy circulation. His own
chamber or house being so uninvit-
ing, the bachelor is inclined to seek
diversion outside, in suppers with
friends, in clubs which are introduc
tories to intemperance and licen-
tiousness, r,of those more unblush-
ing associations which, under the
cover of darkness, lead to speedy
ruin of health and morals; and
when these are gone, the way down
ward to an untimely grave is rapid
and certain. On the other hand,
marriage lengthens mans life by
making home influences inviting;
by the softening influences which it
has upon the character and the af-
fections; by the cultivation OF the
better feelings of nature ,and in that
proportion saving from vice and
crime. There can be no healthful
development of the physical func
tions of our nature without mar
riage; it is necessary to the perfect
man, for Divinity has announced
thati it was mot good for man to be
alone"


Marriage gives a laudable and
happy object in life, the provision
for wife and children, their present
comfort and future welfare, the en-
ioyment witnessing the happiness,
and the hourly participation in af-
fectionate interchange of thought
and sentiment,and sympathy; these
are the considerations which antag
onize sorrow and tighten the bur-
dens of life; thus strewing flowers
and casting sunshine along its path
way.


Voltaire said:


"The more married men you have
the fewer crimes there will be. Mar
riage makes 4 man more virtuous
and more wise. An unmarried man
is but half a perfect beiDg,and it re-
quires the other half to make things
right and it cannot be expected that
in this imperfect state, he can keep
the straight path of rectitude, any
more than boat with one oar can
keep a straight course. In nine
cases out of ten, when married men
become drunkards, or where they
commit crimes against the peace of
the community, the foundation of
these acts was laid while in single |
state, or where the wife is, as is |
sometimes the case, an unsuitable
mate. Marriage changes the cur
rent of q mans feelings, and gives
him centre for his thoughts, his
and his acts. Here is a
home for the entire man, and the
interest of his better half will keep
him from erratic courses, and from
falling into thousand temptations
to which he would otherwise be ex-
posed. Therefore, the friend to
is the friend to society and
TO his country
Year: 1871

There is probably no part of the


farmers labor that requires the ex-


ercise of greater judgement than


this, since upon its successful ac-


complishment depends the condition


and welfare of the stock. There is


no one but has noticed with what


avidity the herd will devour the


richly perfumed, well cured hay,


and with what 4 disrelish they at


tempt to sustain life, perhaps by


eating musty, y,unsavory fodder. Now


is it not a question, whether hay


can be cut too early, from this fact,


that it is generally considered that


the aftermath or rowen is the best


hay that can be given to milk COWS,


increasing the flow of milk consider
ably more than the hay from mature
grass. 1t is said that in some por-
tiOns of Switzerland where the fields
are irrigated las many as six or seven
tons of hay are cut from an acre by
cutting as many times, which is as
soon as the grass has a fair growth,
and long before it even arrives at
the period of blooming. One thing
is certain, that cattle, when left to
roam the pastures and select their
on food, instead of selecting the
more mature portion as their free
choice, invariably choose the young
er and more succulent, so that, in
time the pasture presents the singu-
lar appearance of being covered in
parts with matured hay, and in
others closel " grazed; nor is this
peculiar to cattle alone, since the
same desire pervades the horse and
sheep kind. So, then, the desire of
so far as it can be express
ed, seems to favor 4 young growth.
fact, too, is frequently no.
ticed, in the change from pasture to
the stable and rice refsa, and again
in the fall fattening of stock by
pasture alone, which the most sue
cessful farmer would little think of
doing by feeding of hay. Now all
Of this would seem to point to the
necessity almost, to say nothing of
The advantage. of cutting hay while
Young and tender. If any have
ioubts let them place a quantity of
both kinds before their animals,
md they will soon find that the
Youngest cut hay, if properly cured,
will be the first to disappear.-W.
". J., iR ". T.. Farmer.
Year: 1871

The following from the New York
Journal Of Commerce is well
adapted to every locality: There is
far too much negligence everywhere,
about the payment of small amounts
of money. 1t not unfrequently
happens that men will have a small
account charged, when they have
money sufficient in their pockets to
pay it, and subject the creditor to
the trouble of sending it for collec-
tion when he needs it, taking the
chance of learning the debtor is
away from his place of business, or
from home, and perhaps subjecting
him to the imputation of being in a
needless hurry for payment.


More attention to this point, and
especially by those to whom the
time of payment is immaterial, who
can pay at one time as well as an
other, would be vast improvement
upon the present mode of many per-
sons in doing business.


The prompt payment OF small bills
is a matter of much more import
ance than is generally attached to it.
There are not a few who, in times
when business has been little de-
pressed, and the prospects for the
future seem more than unusually
unsettled, will hold on to their cash
in hand, and tell all the collectors
who wait upon them with overdue
bills to ''call again" while the pay
ment would not give them any seri-
Gus Inconvenience and would great
ly accommodate a large and deserv-
ing class of creditors.


Indeed, we know of nothing that
in a quiet way would go so far to
give life to the markets throughout
the country as the universal pay
ment of these obligations at the first
opportunity. If all the little debts,
for the discharge of which the debt
ors now have the cash in hand, were
paid at once, the wheels of business
would be fabricated, and general
jollity" soon prevail throughout the
land. The first serious effect of
any public excitement comes from
the sudden check of these little
streams. 1t is true that large trans
actions are arrested, but if every
body went to paying these little
debts the check would be but mo-
mentary, as business would be forced
along by the current thus continu
ally renewed. Let every one whose
eyes fall on these lines pay out his
ready money for bills he knows to
be due, and stop not until his pock
ct be emptied. Probably before this
is realized the return current will
reach his pocket too, and he will be
able to fulfill all his obligations;
there is as much money as ever.
Who stops its flow? Let it move on
by prompt payment of all bills now
due, and new business will catch
the inspiration and start off upon
fresh gallon.
Year: 1871

For vines the well rotted barnyard
manure is best. Old bones, unless
broken up finely or dissolved, are
not worth carting any great distance.
One vineyardist who applied several
hundred loads of whole bones to a
few acres of vineyard, receiving no
benefit therefrom, dug up and sold
them to the manufacturer of bone
dust for flour. Wood ashes are al
ways valuable, but should be applied
to the surface of the soil after the
vines are planted. There is no val
ue in sawdust, except as a mulch,
and then it does more harm than it
does good, unless lime is occasion:
ally applied to prevent acidty and
the growth of fungi.
Year: 1871

Freshly soured and thickened
milk is esteemed by the doctors
very wholesome and easy of di-
gestiOn. Families in the country
may make this serviceable by stir
ing several spoonfuls of orange
wine or native port into a dish Of
sour milk before it sets, then leav-
ing it to curdle, and eating with
powdered sugar and nutmeg. The
wine quite disgulses the unpleasant
taste ofsour milk, and makes it a
delicacy. When cream is churned,
as it should be, every morning, the
buttermilk may be treated in this
way, and will be found very rich.
Year: 1871

A lady florist says that a pretty
house vine is the sweet potato plant.
Puts tuber in pure sand or sandy
loan, in hanging basket, and
water it occasionally. 1t will
throw out tendrils and beautiful
leaves, and will climb freely over
the arms of the basket and upward
toward the top of the window. Not
one visitor in a hundred will know
it, but will suppose it to be some
rare foreign plant. - Maryland
Farmer.
Year: 1871

Mich COWS cannot be whipped or
terrified into standing quietly, gently
and patiently during milking. When
treated harshly they dislike to be
MIXED, for they know that loud
words and hard blows always attend
the operation. They dread to see
the milker as the little urchin breads
to see the birchen rod in the hands
of the angry pedagogue when he
expects to have it applied to his
back. But when petted and treated
with gentleness, cows like to be
MIXED.
Year: 1871

A great many farmers live too
poor for good health and a cheerful
and happy mood. The poorest kind
of economy is to sell all the market
able things on the place, and eat
only those that are unstable. Treat
yourself now and then to a meal
of the best your place affords, and
it will yield you large interest in
the increased working power it will
give then in the little gain the sale
might have brought to your purse.
Year: 1871

UP to May 12, our Consul at Guay- mas had received no intimation from the Supreme Government of Mexico with reference to the extradition of Pedro Pino and his confederates in the Mission Camp massacre.