smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

~ A curious and beautiful
effect was produced by one of tue
ice making machines built lately
in Philadelphia This was cake
of manufactured ice, in the center
of which, completely enclosed by
the translucent material, was bo-
quet of fresh flowers. Every leaf
and flower was perfectly visible,
while the brilliancy of the colOrS
was enhanced by the refraction
through the ice. This specimen
of summer entOmbed in winter was
produced by the CaIeammonia pro-
cess, a French invention, under
which these machines are opera
| ted.
Year: 1871

A Virginia editor in noticing
the statement that tight lacing
saves the country $2,0O0,OOO an
uually in board alone, says it is a
villainous and habitual lie He
knows girl who laees so tight
that his arm will go round her
twice and lap over clear to the
elbow, and one wouldn't think, to
look at her, that she could eat
anything except soup, but she's
got an appetite like cross cut
saw, and she mows a swath at IL
table like a sell-raking reaper.
Year: 1871

The farmers OF the South give
this plausible reason why they
devote so much land to cotton
and so little to corn: The ne
groes steal corn so that it
is Improbable. 1t is exposed
to their depredations from the
time the ears are long enough
to roast until ripe, and it is inn
possible to stop their making
nightly raids upon fields. One
farmer in South Carolina says
that he planted twenty acres
last year and succeeded in saw
ing only-siXty seven bushels,
and that a like trouble is. exYe-
rienced in raising pigs, which
are stolen when young. The
niggcrs, he says, can't eat cotton
and what they can't eat they
won't steal, as a general thing:
so cotton is the only safe crop |
can make.
Year: 1871

When our feet have grown so weary,
That they can no longor stray,
When from life so dark and drearY,


We forever pass away,
Who for US will then be weeping,


Who will whisper sad regrets,
When at last we're sweetly sleeping


Underneath the violets
Who will watch for our returning,
For the coming of our feet,
While their hearts are sadly yearning
Once again the lost to omeet?
Who will come to kneel above us,


Lying in our narrow bed,
Come to whisper how they love us,
To the violets overhead
Who for us will then be sighing,


When we from this land depart?
Who will care for white hands lying
0'era stilled and silent heart?
Will it matter much, my darling.


Who for us will have regrets,
When at last in peace we're sleeping
Underneath the violets
Year: 1871

A Louisville girl, whose lover
disgraced himself by some unlaw-
ful deed, told the unfortunate
youth that she could never mar
ry him, but that she had $1,000
in her own right which he could
take and go away and try to re-
deem his character. He took the
money and left. That girl loved
ardently and unselfshly.
Year: 1871

The identical desk on which
Benjamin Franklin learned to
write, was recently sold at Provi-
dence for ten cents The low
price which this relic brought,
and the lack of veneration the
public exhibit for such a remark.
able piece Of furniture. will proba.
bly, prohibit the manufacture of
any more Franklin desks until
after all Gen. Washington's body
servants are dead.
Year: 1871

A ROMANCE OF LIFE.-The
elective Afinitics" OF Goethe
have been revived in real life near


froy, New York. A woman
eloped some time since with a
railway conductor, each leaving a
connubial partner and child be-
hind. Soon after, the deserted
husband fell heir to a fortune of
100000, and his truant wife,
hearing of his good luck, returned
to aid him in its enjoyment. He
would none other, and obtained
divorce. About the same time
the wife of the conductor obtained
a divorce from her recreant lord,
and the common suffering Of the
deserted couple brought them into
sympathy, wedlocll, and comb ma
tion of the family interests. The
elopers have also obtained divor-
ces, and are to be united. Truth
is stranger than fiction.
Year: 1871

The ehis,inn Religion was thus es,ina-
ted by Patrick ilenry In his will |
have now disposed Of all my property TO
my family; ihore is one thing moro l
wish could give them; and that is
Christian Religion If,hey had that, and
| had not given them one shilling. they
would be rich. and IL they had not that,
and / had given them all the world. they
would be poor
Year: 1871

min where your plow must stop. Plow
back and forth, throwing your plow around
the ends until your plowed strip is four
PAGES wide, then plow across the ends. AS
you come around, be careful to plow parallel
with the outside of the field, and your gee
land is fairly started, ready for work.


AS you near the corners of the land make
the horses walk straight out ard when you
have plowed to within about Is feet of the
outside of the land, if some parts of your
narrow strip seem wider than others, let the
plow cut more: in some places it may be
necessary to let the plow run empty for
several rounds.


The advantages are evident; the horses
turn on the hard ground, not even putting Il
hoof on the plowcd; your land is thrown up
like garden bed, and the dead burrows
formed by plowing "haw" are filled up, and
the sink holes we see in some old fields abol-
ished


You can plow almost any shaped land
"gec," by commencing in the middle and
being careful to plow parallel with the out
side.
Year: 1871

How often do we see fields whose beauty is
greatly marred and impaired by throwing
the burrows from the outside toward the cen
ter every time they are plowed. Now this
is easily prevented by blowing gee" lands.


To lay off n "gce" land, we will suppose
the land you wish to plow is rectangular,
eight rods wide; measure in from one side,
four rods, and set stake. Do this from two
OF three other points of the same side, and
you will have line of stakes. Next go to
the end of the land, get in range of the stakes
and measure four rods; step back two PAGES
and that will be the point to start your plow
into the ground In the same manner deter
Year: 1871

A knowledge OF tlle cOnpOslllOu vi phth's'
soils, and manures is of the greatest import
ance to the farmer, for it enables him to sup
ply by suitable manures those ingredients
which do not exist in the soil, but are ncces-
sary for building up the different parts OF
cultivated plants. The inorganic parts of
plants are derived from the soil, the organic
from the atmosphere. In burning plants the
remains of their inorganic ingredients are
found in their ashes, while the organic are
dispelcd in the process OF incarceration. Ihe
ash of plants is not simple, but Is composed
of various substances, and these substances
vary in different kinds of plants, and also in
different parts of the same plant. The min
eral matter contained in the ashes of pota-
toes. and the ash of the grain of wheat is diff
ferent from that of their leaves and stem. For
acknowledge of these important facts we are
indebted to modern chemistry, and this
shows the very great Importance of applying
this science in the operations of the farm.


1t is only when we know what substances
are required by any particular crop, that we
succeed in its cultivation. All the mineral
Ingredients of plants are derived nom the
soil and if the soil does not contain in suf-
ficient quantity those ingredients which are
required for the grain of a cereal plant, the
grain will not come to perfection; and if the
soil be deficient in the mineral ingredients
which are necessary to build up the stalk.
the head may grow, but the stalk will be un-
able to sustain its weight. According to the
proportion and condition in which the ele-
ments of the ash of plants exist in soil, will
it be fertile or barren. OF course the in
gradients found in their ash do not consti-
tute the sole food of plants, for besides pot
ash, soda lime, magnesia, alumina, Silica
sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid &C., they re-
quire carbonic acid gas, hydrogen, oxygen
nitrogen, ammonia; and that these gases
constitute the greatest part of their weight
is seen in the small complement of ash tha
remains when they are driven away b.
burning.


AS the organic ingredients of plants ar'
supplied by the atmosphere, which, at al
times, and in every part of the world, con
tains an inexhaustible supply of them, it ii
clear that the attention of the farmer shoult
Year: 1871

The Southern Democratic Programme.


The Independent gives the South
ern Democratic programme correctly,
rs follows:


The tone OF the Democratic South
eTn press Is anything but promising
for the future peace Of the country, in
the event Of a Democratic triumph at
the next Presidential election. The
Montgomery Advertiser proposes that
the Democracy should 20 into the
campaign without being committed
by any written platform, and that the
amendments to the Constitution and
the reconstruction measures should be
accepted and treated as dead issues
for the canvass''-sGggesting that, AZ
ter the victory is won, other amend
ments may be proposed and ratified.
by which the pristine purity and Wig
or or that instrument may be restOr-
ed" The Richmond Enquirer Judges
it expedient to wait for a 'itting
time when "the eNcrescenceS which
have grown up under the abnormal
stimulus OF war will one by one be
pared away, until the Constitution in
nearly its original simplicity will be
reached" The National Convention
Of the Democracy in 1858 declared the
reconstruction measures OF Congress
to be unconstitutional, revolution
airy, null and void ;" and now the
Southern Democracy insist that this
doctrine shall be reduced to practice
the moment the Democratic party
comes into power. Ku-Kluxism is
the fiTstinstallmentO of this claim; and,
if the Democrats gain control of the
government, other and larger INSTALL
ments yet remain to be paid. POliti-
cal equality and legally protected free
dom viii very speedily 20 by the
board. Republicans, and indeed all
the friends Of equal Justice, should
see their common danger, and waste
no strength in family quarrels. South
ern Democracy means 10 unsettle and
reverse the present status of things,
and re-establish the old regime and
for this purpose, As during the war, so
now it looks % the political triumph
of the Democratic party. This sober
fact cOnfrOnts the country and threat
ems its future peace.
Year: 1871

Some people have an idea that news
papers will lie. Others are so wise
that they will only believe a newspa-
per report when they think it would
be easier for the paper to tell the truth
than to tell q lie. Others think it the
evidence of flashing wit, to reject with
a derisive laugh, any evidence or au-
thOrity that comes from "the papers. -
To such an extent has thOughtless
Judgment of the press been carried,
that much of its sphere OF usefulness
has been circumscribed. 1t is true,
there must be some occasion for this
widespread impression-'.there must
be some fire where there is so much
smOken-yet how many men can show
a record for correctness, accuracy, and
truthfulness that will at all compare
with the average newspaper? The
editor gathers his news from a thou
sand sources; from acquaintance and
strangers, from letters and papers,
He sifts and culls, hunts up details,
and endeavOrs to get "the straight of
every story he publishes; for it goes
to the world over his own name, and
he knows that in great measure he
will be held responsible. The private
Individual hears piece of gossip, lis
tens earelessly, tells it to another with
equal carelessness, and if called upon
for details, in two cases out of three
cannot give enough of them to make
an ineligible item for a paper
Writing makes an exact man, said
Lord Bacon; the newspaper verifies
the truth of the statement. Let any
one that doubts it, sit down and put
on paper some piece Of gossip, with
the purpose Of having it printed over
his own signature, and he will see in
4 moment how little he knows about
a matter he thought himself familiar
with. And he will wonder, not that
the newspaper should contain Occas-
ional inaccuracies and misstatements,
but that it contains so few. And his
wonder will wonderfully increase,
when he remembers that the editor
has to depend for much of what he
publishes, on the common run Of man
kind!
Year: 1871

What is it that raises the sea and
makes the tide flow round the world I?
What is it that keeps that moon ma
king her ceaseless tiight.arOund this
earth ? You call it gravitatiOn. What
is it that gives firmness and stability
to all that is of the earth? 1t is invis-
ible, but it is potent. 1t is so all
around US. Why, the morning sun
beams that fall so gently on the eye
lid they scarcely waken the sleeper,
have power to raise the largest pile Of
rocks. The monument of Bunker
Hill was thought to be immovabIe.
Yet, when a few years ago a cord was
let down from the center Of the sum-
NIT Of that pile, men were surprised to
find that the the point marked by that
cord in the evening was not the point
marked in the morning. They found
the great pile was changed in some
way. How was it? Where the morn
ing light so gently fell from the east
upon the face of that pile, the little
rays OF heat, each one almost imper-
ceptible, expanded the rock, and one
side rose higher than the other; and
when the rays fell upon the southern
part, another part; and on the west
ern part they changed back the vast
pile from the position which it held.
Who could have thought it? Yet those
sunbeams were lifting the vast piles of
rock. So God is working around US,
teaching US, instTucting Us how the
spiritual may operate upon O human
heart; and if Gods spirit be given to
man, if the light and truth influences
the human heart, shall it not be that
these unseen influences may change,
may correct, may control, may purify,
may elevate ?-Bish0p Simpson.
Year: 1871

The Boston Traveller tells US this
story: ''The pet Of a family, residing


not far from La Grange street, is =


boy who has recently passed his fifth
year, and having just dOnned his first
jacket and trousers, is attending a
primary school. The other afternoon


he failed to come home at the usual


hour, much TO the alarm Of the house
hold, and after long search, he was
found, some time after dark, at the
Providence depot. He was sent to
bed without much explanation, though
it is possible his treatment was what
Solomon would have recommended,
in such an emergency. The next
morning he was down to the breakfast
table, evidently none the worst for
the lesson, and perhaps the wiser. -
Taking advantage Of a lull in the con-
versatiOn customary at the morning
meal, ne turned his grave cOunten-
ance toward the head of the table, and
giving free vent TO his Over-charged
mind, he exclaimed, "I'll tell you,
nam ma how it happened. After
school 1 went part way home with
Mary --, and at the corner of n
street where she left me, L kissed her,
and she kissed me, and then I found
/ was lost" There was an explosion
around the table just about that time.
Il is suspected this is not the first
young gentleman who has been lost
under similar circumstances.
Year: 1871

A certain minister was not over fas-
tidiOus about his wardrobe. One day,
meeting his brother, who was also
divine, he was eensured for being so
careless about his dress, and especial
ly rePrimanded him for wearing strip
ped pants, it being altogether uneleri-
cal WhereupOn the humorous preach
er retOrted BY saying Brother c. .
my religion does not lie in my breech-
es."
Year: 1871

The OUerldHd Monthly says: Un-
swaddled of all sentiment, a baby is
not eminently inspiring, it is the ex-
act reverse-tame and unimpressive
TO the last degree. l do not mean this
as a cOwardly attack upon incipent
man--fOr whose family l entertain
profound respect-bUt as the simple
statement of the fact in natural histo-
~ which has been skillfuliy concealed
by previous investigators. Besides, a
baby is not pretty-yOur pardon, but
it certainly is not, as / shall put you
in the way of proving. Magnify your
naked innocent as many diameters as
may be necessary to bring her up to
the stature of wOman-WhOm Of
course we will suppose to be chiseled
in marble-Or, say, the Venus de Me-
diei. Now look at them both togeth-
er ! By the aid of certain ingenious
apparatus, have made this or at
least practically similar experiment,
and nothing could induce me to re-
peat it. The effect is appallingI The
babe appears a frightful monster; a
great, lubberly, hideous defOrmity,
with the look of an idiOtI From this
l judge that a badly is tOlerable only
by reason of its minuteness-like a
spider; endurable only because there
is not much of it-like atheism. But
by virtue of what quality it is ac-
counted pleasing and desirable, 1 am
wholly unable to determine. know
the reader will fling into my teeth the
customary retOrt that I was once a
baby; but 1 beg to remind you, mad
am, that abuse is not argument.
Year: 1871

GOVERNOR HAIGHT AND HIS CHINA
MEN.-We have on several occasions,
alluded at length to the treachery to the
people of the distinguished double handed
humbug that occupies the gubernatorial
chair of our State. A gentleman at our
elbow, prominent citizen of Oakland,
informs us that during the last campaign,
when his excellency was calling upon all
classes to oppose the immigration and en-
ployment of Chinese laborers, he, this i'm
maeulate protector and friend of the labor
ing masses, had at the time in his employ
no less than twenty-three Cinnamon, work
ing on his farm in Alameda And yet
this pharasaical railroad tool in disguise,
this representative and well fed counsel of
the mouied interest of San Francisco and
Sacramento, proposes to go before the
same people whom he has betrayed, to 90
to the anti -coolieists of California, and ask
them to return him to the exalted position
be has disgraced by his vascilating course,
that he may be again able to stab their
dearest interest on every occasion that the
wealthy classes may find it necessary
TSanta Clara News.
Year: 1871

have delicate service thrust upon them at funerals
Whatever may have been the life OF the deceased they
expected express ervent belief that he has gone
Heaven aud to happiness although nine out OF ten OF
the eompsny believe nothing Of the kind Al the funeral
OF sporting the other day In Wliomsburgh, the
Rev. Mr. johnson spoke severely OF The character
OF the dead and was interrupted by one oi IRE family ~
that rather scandalOus scene ensued hocei{ showsa
good deal of inconsistency in this matter. Believing In
future rewards and punishments, 1t ignores e atter
except "a matter OF theory; for human Sinpaty ~
stronger in the presence Of bereavement tn any creed
s net fell tO lac in good taste either tO n1ucc tose
whose lips speak no word Of defense. Under such
circumstance IL is better perhaps, for clhrgymon 10
content themselves With the usual formulas Of cOtola
toI without goiIs toO closely into details.
Year: 1871

It IS said that not less than twenty thou-
sand persons have settled along the line OF
the Northern Pacific railroad this season,
and that nearly ten thousand Canadians
have gone north Of that road to Manitoba,
in the British possessions. II immigration
continues TO increase thus rapidly, as com
pared with the past, we may expect nearly
a hundred thousand on that line before the
close Of the year: double that number next
year; almost half million by the end OF
the year following; and by the centenary
OF American independence it would not be
4 surprising fact if there were as many in
habitants ia the region Immediately west
Of Lake Superior as there were in all the
thirteen colonies on the 45h of July, 1916.
Year: 1871

To cure Sprain-Take q medium Sized
bottle of Rsnne's PAin-Killing Magic Oil,
and as soon IS possible after the sprain, rub
this Oil in with the hand freely and faith
fully, until it is cured. We have seen q
cure performed by this treatment in half an
hnur
Year: 1871

/ THE Symptoms of Liver
kComplaints are uneasiness
1 and pain in the side Some
MANNs | times the pain is in the
CAmWNVlNN shoulder, and is mistaken
for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is affected with loss of
appetite and sickness, bow


els in general cosve sometimes alternating with lax


Ihe head s troubled with pain, and dull heavy SEN
sation, considerable loss of
memory, accompanied with
painful sensation of having
r v " ~ N | left undone some thing
Ia " III h i which ougnt to have been
done. Often complaining
OF weakness, debility and
low spirits Sometimes


many OF the above symptoms attend the disease and


at other times very few of Them but the liver is


orally the organ most involved. Cure the liver with
Year: 1871

A PREPARATION OF ROOTS AND HERBS


Warranted to be strictly vegetable ana can do no in
jury to any
1t has been used by hundreds and known for the


last thirty years one of the reliable ell
cacious and harmless preparations ever offered to


the suffering. If taken regularly and persistenty, il
is sure to cure
Year: 1871

Cincinnati, April 17.-Charles w. Wool
ley and j. G. Needsldey, two prominent
Democratic politicians, had an alteration
on Saturday morning on Third street,
growing out of the election fund used in
the recent campaign in the First ward,
which finally resulted in blows and in
Woolley drawing o pistol. Woolley, al
though he did not shoot, says be drew the
pistol on account of the unfair action of
the crowd about him. He says he had a
pistol because he was going away from
home, and would rather it had not been on
his person at the time of the occurrence.
Neither party sustained serious injuries.
Year: 1871

NEVER SAY DYE OR tNor A Dye" But ask
for PHALoN's yIrALIA OR SALVATION FOR
THE HAIR Examine it, you will find it clear
shake it, you will see that 1t has sediment apply
it to your head, beard, whiskers mustaches, If
grey grzzled and the color they wore before they
faded will retur IN to them
Year: 1871

Nilsson The sale of tickets to the
concert which is to be given under auspices
of this distinguished cantatrice, commenced
at the bookstore of West & Johnston this
morning. auspiciously. The demand for them
and for reserved seats has been liberal and
promising. so far, and we look forward to a
grand audience on the occasion AS we stated
on Saturday, she is spoken of by the press
everywhere she goes with rapturous eulogiums.
But we must honestly say that the notices we
meet with are high.sounding Aourishes of adu.
lation, rather than intelligent criticisms; wit.
ness the notice copied in a morning contempo-
rary toe day from the Chicago Tmes--the gilt
tering generalities of which would wiring a
smile from any sensible or experienced critic
The writer must have had catalogue of
musical names before him when he wrote it,
But notwithstanding that he heard SO many
great artists-including Sophia Cruvelli and
others who were never in America-he does
not know how to tell US the quality of Mile.
Nilsson's voics-its scope or range-how high
or how low its regster-whether it 10 slender
powerful cultivated or natural-or whether
the style of her song is of the .foratari or
severely classical school. He com pares her to
Malibran and Grisi, who were great opera
singers yet she only sung in concerts at Chi.
cago And this is the usual way in which our
exchanges deal with Nilsson. But notwith-
standing this, we do not doubt that the latter
is a lovely songstress and fine lady, and that,
in all respects, her concert will be one of the
most graceful and commeudabie given for
many years past in Richmond.
Year: 1871

OYSTER SUPPER AND FEsrIvAL.-The ladies'
OF the Presbyterian Church will give an
oyster supper and festival at the City Hall,
on Wednesday evening, Dec. Goth, for the
benefit of the church. AS getters up of
good suppers and as managers of public
entertainments Of this character, the Pres
byterian ladies are unexcellcd They have
demonstrated this in the past so fully, that
it is quite safe to predict that the supper
and entertainment on the Goth will be
equal to anything of the season in all good
respects.
Year: 1871

CITY TREASURER JENKlN is doing the
heaviest cash business of any man in town
at present. The people are coming for
ward pretty freely and paying their taxes.
Some growl a little, but most are well sat.
istied when they are reminded that the tax
is for two years, and yet is but little
heavier than usual.