smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Two springs which issued from the same
mountain began their course together; one
Of them took her way in a silent and gen,
tie flowing stream, while the other rushed
along with noisy and rapid current. sis
ter" said the latter, sat the rate you move


you will probably be dried up before you
advance much farther whereas, for myself
| shall probably become nayigable within
two or three hundred furlongs, and after
distributing commerce and wealth where.
ever flow, | shall majestically proceed to
pay my tribute to the ocean, So farewell


and patiently submit yourself to your fate
Her quiet sister made no reply; but calm


ly descended to the meadow below, and pa.
tiently proceeding on her way, she increas.
ed her strength BY numberless little rills
which she collected in her progress, till al
length, she was enabled to rise into a con
siderable river, while the proud stream, who
had the vanity to depend solely upon her
own sufliciency, continued a shallow brook


and was glad, at last, to be helped forward
by throwing herself into the arms Of hel
despised sister.
Year: 1873

One Of the most saddening and humili-
atiDg exhibitions which human nature ever
makes of itself is in it, greedy credulity
touching all reports of the misdemeanors Of
good men. If man stand high as a NOR.
al force in the community; if he stand as
the rebuker and denouncer of social and
political sin if be be looked up to by any
considerable number Of people as an exam.
pie Of virtue; if the whole trend and pow.
er of his life be in high and pure direc.
ton; if his personality and influence ren.
der any allegation against his character
most improbable, then most readily does
any such allegation find eager believers
Ii matters not from what source the sian,
der may come. Multitudes will be inhu.
enced by report against a good man;
character from one who would not be be.
lieyed under oath in any matter involving
the pecuniAry interest of fifty cents. The
slanderer may be VIGOROUSLY base; may be
panderer to the worst passions and the
lowest vices; may be thief, notorious
liar drunkard, lbertine, or a harlot
all this matters nothing. The engine that
throws the mud is not regarded. The
white object at which the foul discharge:
are aimed is only seen; and the delight Of
bystanders and lookers-on is measured by
the success Of the stain sought to be in
tlicted --Scribaer'S Monthly.
Year: 1873

One of tho Ohio papers tells about q
brave little boy who found broken rail OF
the railroad track, and percelving the peri
in which the train would be placed if i
came dashing past without warning, sa
out on the fence for five long hours 10 The
bitter winter cold, in order that he nigh
carry the FIRST news of the accident to BIZ
father, who is local editor of paper pub
lifhed in the neighboring village.
Year: 1873

A Democratic country exchange says:
The Louisiana Radicals are those classes
who have got nothing" This may be true
but there is no denying that the Louisiana
Democrats have got something have
got more debts than they can pay. unless
they can have their slave property" re.
stored to their tender care,
Year: 1873

Some LADIES suffer dreadfully with the
headache and this causes their hair to fade.
NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE Is sure
remedy for the ache and will restore the
color of blanched, gray or faded hair. See
advertisement
Year: 1873

Our readers should be careful to notice
that PROCTOR 4 GAMBLE STAMP is upon
the bars of their NOTIFIED GERMAN Soar,
as all good articles are initiated, and this
Soap being so popular, other manufaetur-
ers have copied their stamp. 623d3m
Year: 1873

Neuralgia is cured by the use of Renne' $
Pain Killing Magic Oil, surest of anything
we ever tried; in fact, it cures any kind OF
pain or lameness, and is an article every
family should keep in the house. Sold by
our merchants
Year: 1873

Would NEVER Use THEM.-lf persons
were aware of the injurious character OF
most Baking Powders now for sale in ey-
cry town in our country they would never
use them A baking powder to be good
and wholesome cannot be made by ignor
ant persons, who know no more about the
chemical combinations necessary for such
results than a school boy The only good
Baking Powder prepared by careful man
ipulation from pure materials is DIR. Price 5
Cream, not grain of substance in it not
found in the system, And for his Special
Flavoring Extracts, we have only to say
that they are the finest, purest, and best tc
/ be found in this or any other country.
Year: 1873

THE Gainesville tGa } Express says {:
The veritable Bill Arp is a citizen of
Barlow, and for some time has been
holding the very responsible office of
coroner of the county. He is a rare
genius, and by his droll and witty
speeches and comical freaks makes
everybody laugh wherever he goes.
Bill was true reb during the war,
and was a gallant soldier under Gen.
Johnston. 1t is said that, while Bills
command. was stationed at a town in
Tennessee, it occurred to him that ne
would have little fun at the expense
of one of those chaps covered up in
lace, and who. was strutting around
with an imperious air, fully conscious
of the Importance ofrank and author
ity. Bill accordingly resolved to di-
vest him, if not of rank, at least of its
insignia, and, after making arrange
ments with a friend to arrest him at
the proper time he vigorously attacked
the man in lace, and soon had him
stripped of his feathers. A number
of soldiers were soon on hand to re-
fieve the outraged officer, and were
about to handle Bill roughly, when
his friend bawled out, Don hurt him,
he's crazy, he's erazyl' and as soon as
possible seized him. and after slight
resistance, tied him hard and fast and
led him away"
Year: 1873

SOME genius has devised new man
ner of catching rats A barrel is filled
half full of water. A layer of powder
ed cork is laid on its surface, and over
this layer of corn meal is sifted. A
chair and box or two are placed un-
obtrusively in the neighborhood,
whereby the rat gains the edge of the
barrel. He sees nothing but the meal.
He has no innate ideas which teach
him to beware of the treacherous foun-
dation on which that tempting surface
rests. He shifts, he leaps, and goes
gently down through meal and cork to
a watery grave. Ii any of his friends
see HIM disappear from the edge Of the
barrclthey hasten after him to get their
share Of the probable plunder, and are
in turn taken in by the hospitable
death The plan seems effective as
against rats, but is calculated to de-
strOy their confidence in human nature.
Year: 1873


With voice and mein of stern control
He stood among the great and proud,
And words of IRE burst from his soul
Like lightnings from tempest cloud;
Hishigh and deathless themes were crown
With glory OF his genius born.
And gloom and ruin darkly frowned
Where fell his bolts of wrath and scorn.
But he Is gone-the free-the bold
The champion of his cOuntry's right;
His burning eye is dim and cold,
And mute his voice of conscious might;
Oh no, not nute-his stirring call
Can startle iyrants on their threnes,
And on the hearts OF nations fall
More awfnl than his living tones.
The impulse that spirit gave
10 human thoughts wild stormy sea,
Will heaye and thrill through every wave
OF that great deep eternally.
And the all-circling atmosphere
With which Is blent his breath of flame
Will sound with cadence, deep and clear,
In storm and calm. his voice and name.
His words that, like bugle blast.
Erst rang along the Grecian shore
And DER the hoary Andes past
Will still ring on for evermore.
Great Liberty will catch the sound
And start to newer, brighter life,
And summons from Earth's s utmost bound
Her children to the glorious strife.
Unnumbered pilgrim s DER the wave,
In the far ages yet to be,
Will come to kneel beside his grave,
And hail him prophet of the free.
'Tis holier ground, that lowly bed
In which his mouldering form is laid
Than fields where Liberty has bled
Beside her broken battle blade.
Who now, in dangers fearful hour,
When all around is wild and dark.
Shall guard with voice and arm of power,
Our freedoms consecrated ark?
With stricken hearts-oh God, to those,
Beneath whose feet the stars are dust,
We bow, and ask that thou wilt be
everv Ill our STAY and trust.
Year: 1873

Nothing, says an exchange, pre-
sents sadder commentary upon the
present condition of society than the
large number of families, both in the
town and in the country, but more
especially the latter, that subscribe to
no paper of any kind. How many
families are growing up utterly ,igno-
rant of what's transpiring in the world
around them-ignorant of the mighty
events of the day. But who can tell
of the vast amount of injury inflicted
upon the rising generation-those who
are to take our place at no distant day
growing up without any knowledge of
the present or any study of the past,
this ignorance, too, being imbued into
them by the sanction of those who
should, and doubtless do, know bet
ter, did they only think of the injurious
effects of their insane course. Let the
head of the family think of this, and
place in the hands of those for whom
he is responsible, the means of acquir-
ing some knowledge of the moving
panorama in which we act our differ
ent parts.
Year: 1873

Taxpayers would do well to remem-
Der, that if they fail to paytheir taxes
within ninety days after the Collector
shall visit their respective districts, the
law adds penalty of ten per cent, and
in addition makes it the duty of the
Collector to proceed at once to collect
the tax and penalty through the Courts.
Shoul property be distrained for tax
an additional penalty of twelve per
cent. is added, making twenty-five per
cent. in all. It;s a matter of great in
terest, then, to all our people, thatthey
should rightly understand this matter,
and be ready to meet the Collector
when he comes around.
Year: 1873

THERE is an old tale, of which,
though idle in itself, the use may be
good. A certain man, who would new
er go to church, when he heard the
bell, would say to his wife, go thou
to church, and pray for thee and me. "
One night he dreamed that both he
and his wife were dead, and that they
knocked together at heavens gate for
entrance. st. Peter (by leQend) il the
porter, and suffered the wife to enter
in. butkept the husband out, answer
ing him, "She has gone in both for her
self and thee. As thy wife went to
church for thee, so she must go to
heaven for thee" q 49,.
Year: 1873

ence and all other documents of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company shall at all times
be open to inspection by the Secretary of
the Treasurer, or such person as he may
delegate for that purpose.


Sec. 4. The laws of the United States
providing for proceedings in bankruptcy
shall not be held TO apply to said corpora
ton. ~


Sec. 5. No dividend shall hereafter be
made by said company but from the actual
net earnings thereof, and no new stock
shall be issued or mortgaged or pledge
made on the property or future earnings of
the company without leave of Congress, ex-
cept for the purpose of funding and secur-
ing debt now existing on the renewal
there of.


Sec. 6. No director or officer of said road
shall hereafter be interested directly or in-
directly in any contract Herewith, except
for his lawful compensation as said officer.


Sec. Z. Any director or officer who shall
pay or declare or aid in paying any dividend
or creating any mortgage or pledge prohib-
tied by this act, shall be punished by i'm
prisonment, not exceeding two years, and
BY fine, not exceeding $5, ,000.
Year: 1873

The Governor has issued a proclamation
of the election in November for Congress
men in the first and third districts. He
does not proclaim any one elected in either
district. Both Democrats and Repubh-
cans express great dissatisfaction az the In
decisive character Of the proclamation.
Year: 1873

The attempt to compel the attendance of a,
quorum at the session last night was sband-
oned, and the House adjourned soon after
midnight with an agreement that the pre-
vious question should be considered.
seconded on the bill TO reopen the State
war claims of 1912.
Year: 1873

The St. Louis Republican expresses
our sentiments on the brutal massa-
ere OF a portion of unarmed and chained
Modocs, as follows:


If the Moiocs have not given us more
trouble than any other tribe OF Indians
that ever numbered the continent, they
have certainty been the cause of more
disgrace to the national character. The
miserable treachery of Capt Wright was
in itself an inefraceable blot; the three
defeats Of our troops by Capt. Jack were
decidedly damaging to the prestige oil
the army the employment of Modoc
traiters-whom we expect to hang Wheh
done with them--to catch Jack and his
faithful few, did not improve the record;
and now the massacre OF helpless prison
ers, caps the climax of shame


We have no desire to dwell upon the
details Of the terrible story told in our
kilograms OF yesterday. Enough to say
that an act Of more brutal barbarism was
never perpetrated, and that the responsi-
bility of this act must rest, indirectly at
least, upon the United States govern
ment. 1t was the plain duty its agent,
Gen Davis, to provide his prisoners with
a suitable escort for their protection he
knew, or might have known, that the
Oregon volunteers would think they were
doing God service by killing the Modocs
at sight without regard to age or sex,
and he should have taken precautions ac-
cordinglv Instead of this he allowed
them to start with no better guard than
squad Of unarmed teamsters, and the Or
egon heroes followed and slaughtered
them as a matter Of course. We trust
Gen Davis will be held to strict account
for his share in this transaction. but
meanwhile the government should move
promptly and vigorous in another dirsc-
ton.


The ruflians who shot these prisoners
are guilty of deliberate and cowardly
murder, without palliation or excuse
They must be caught, tried, convicted
and punished. They can be caught if
the federal authorities use half the dill
genee which has been expended in catch
ing the murderers Of Candy and Thomas
and q military commission is the only
tribunal which need pass upon their case.
To allow them to be tried by a Califor
MIA or Oregon jury would he as foolish
as to let Capt Jacks fate depend upon
jury of Modocs And until these white
assassins are brought to justice the gov
ernment may as well grant Jack and his
fellow-sceIndrels a reprieve, President
Grants action in the premises will be
anxiousIy awaited.
Year: 1873

IT The L. S District Court for
Western Arkansas, was expected to
open for business yesterday, if the Mar
shal had arrived with funds to pay the
incidental expenses of the Court. We
understand Judge STORY is determined to
hold no Court until funds and forth
coming
Year: 1873

,S- Rain, rain, is the song from day to day
week to week. Thursday was the first day
that it has not rancd but we had hard
shower in the night and the next day, Tn.
farmers complain, and we have no doubt a
third Of the crop is lost by the continued rains
the past three weeks.
Year: 1873

TER Work OF REPAIRINa.-The work of re-
pairing the damage to the Delaware Railroad
goes bravely on, and it is hoped to have peach
trains running over by tomorrow evening. No
passenger trains will be run over until everything
10 perfectly sound and secure Until through
travel is resumed one passenger train each way
Will be run. These t aims also convey the maiIs
This morning, the frat mail from down the State,
since Saturday, arrived here
Year: 1873

"THE DAY THE Doc WENT AwAY"-The
woman sWearist Of kIrkwood street was on q
rampage last night before Squire O'Niel She
had two young men up for paying her In her own
coin and giving her little "cussing," One was
fined dollar and costs and the other dismissed be-
cause the good old Squire could not 6nd any day
in his calender upon which the dog went away.
Year: 1873

A REPREHENsIBLE AcT-Last market day, q
colored woman bought pair Of live chickens
from one OF the market men. Before she had
conveyed them four squares away, she discov-
cred that one OF the chickens had died, while the
other was just gasping its last. Their death was
caused by chicken cholera Any man who would
thns sell diseased chickens, should be subjected to
hne and Imprisonment, and never again allowed
to come to our market.
Year: 1873

A lady from Pennsylvania spent two weeks
among the fashiOnables at the Grand
Central Hotel, Saratoga, and when the time
for departure came, to the utmost horror of
all the other ladies, 1t was found she had
only one trunk.
Year: 1873

Our readers, who are al handlers Of paper mon
sy, win be glad to learn that the Treasury will
nsxt week begin the issue Of new national bank
currency authorized BY the last Congress. The
old notes have no distinctive feature Of difference
on their face. The new notes will have . special
mark upon the face by means Of which asserting
will beaded.
Year: 1873

1t is generally understood that tie
present Jaw does away with overseers
of highways and provides that all road
tax be paid in money, except the poll
tax. Our commissioners OF highways
think they have the plan for working
the roads. They propose to hire one
good man to oversee, and as many
men to work under him as can work
to the best advantage, they TO be fur
nished with good teams, plows,
scrspers and such other tools as are
necessary, and to work all the roads
in the town under the direction of the
commissioners of highways. The COM
missioners will divide the labor be-
tween the several roads in the town,
a. the public interest requires The
men will all be hired with the express
understanding that they work ten
hours for day, and that they receive
the sum per day agreed upon at the
end OF each week. As TO the poll tax,
they propose to take two days work
for the two dollars, and those that
prefer to work at that price can do so
under the overseer that is employed.
The commissioners think they can get
double the amount OF work done on
the roads for the same money As under
the old Plan" O. IN Prairie (Ill. J


Farmer.
Year: 1873

z. G. Fairbanks writes the German
town Telegraph : " In reply to tie in
quiry made by your Ohio CORE 2pon-
dent as to whether 6 it is good to re-
move old comb from bees, and II so
what is the best time,' we answer that
it all depends upon conditions. Combs
filed with old bee bread, or cut up
from worms having invested them, II
would pay to remove. Our opinion
is that combs of two decades may be
in as good condition for breeding pur-
poses as virgin comb. If comb needs
removing from bees, and if it cannot be
replaced with good comb, | think the
best time 70 remove it is when the
bees are carp ing in stores. Comb
SO removed, or removed from the
brood. chamber of a stock of bees at
any time, the bees will be very apt to
fill its place with drone comb, which
would most likely prove OF much
greater damage than profit. The
scientific bee-keeper OF the present
day secures all the old comb, if clean,
and whole and free from bee-bread,
that he can, then takes special pains
to remove from the brood-chaIber
nearly all the drone comb thst lie
finds in it, replacing it with good
worker comb. This be c2n do best IN
early spring, when the comb is most
free from honey and brood"
Year: 1873

The successful selling Of product
depends largely upon the condition
and appearance OF the article when
brought into the presence oi the
buyer. The external appearance OF
a farmers dairy of butter or cheese
has much to do with the price 1t
brings. Bags of grain, barrels o. fruit
and vegetables, if outwardly fresh and
clean, make favorable impression On
the buyer; and other things beng
equal, they bring the highest prices.
The value of poultry is often Gimin-
lshed one-half by the untidy manner
10 which it is sent to market, and SO
with a variety of other farm products.
Inattention to little things and care.
lessness as to time and manner Of


sending them often diminish the
amount realized below a living profit
Year: 1873




The time is now at hand when tLis
viii engage the attention of every or.
chardist. At a meeting of the Co
lumbis, CONNECTICUT Farmers Club,
this subject was especially discussed
The views put forth generally agreed
with the following from W. III. Yeo-
mans:


"The setting of fruit trees requires
great care. Kany person supposes that
he can set a fruit tree as carelessly
as he would fence post, with no
more cultivation than would be given
to fence post, he can at once write
down in his journal of farm operations
to the effect the word
failure. In all cases the excavation
should be sufficiently extensive, SO that
every root Of the young tree may oc
cupy the same relative position that
it did originally. Then the soil in the
convex so as to accommodate the con-
cavity or crown of the fine earth should
be sprinkled into the hole SO carefully
that every space about the roots is
filed then sods and coarser ma
terial may be thrown in. After set
ting it is important that the trees be
matched, as protection
against excessive heat and as a means
IF fertilization, and also, as the trees
come TO bearing to protect the falling
irult f ON injury.
Year: 1873

Curious statements have recently
been published in regard to the extent
to which the termination OF seeds can
be facilitated by chemical agencies, es-
peciauy by ammonia and oxalic acid.
BY placing them in solution Of the
latter substance they will begin to
germinate within one or two days,
even after having been kept for forty
years, and are then to be planted out
in the usual way. Coffee seeds, which
are proverbially hard to start, are best
forwarded by placing in a covered
vessel, containing equal parts of water
and OF spirits OF sal ammoniac, at the
ordinary temperature. A. the end Of
the twelve hours the roots will be
found to have started, and even tie
young leaves can be discovered by
careful inspection.
Year: 1873

The Independent, remarking the
fact that not one woman was saved on
the tated Atlantic, although many had
the same chance of life as the men
observes: "The strength of women at
the crisis of their life depends on their
physical culture while children. Let
parents be no more ashamed OF their
girls brown faces and fists than Of
their boys. Let them train and clothe
them SO that they can run and climb
and care for and protect themselves
Let them take themwith their brothers
into the harvest field. A boy is not
ashamed of work no more should be
a girl. The refinement that shuts a
girl out OF Gods sunshine, and allows
her no rougher work indoors than to
embroider worsteds, or tap ivory keys,
or dusr q marble mantle, is refining
her off the face of the earth, to give
place to the daughters of the servants
of the kitchen.