smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

We do not know how we can ever
express our gratitude to the Danbnry
News for furnishing us with a
panacea for all the coughs and lung
complaints that we may be subject
to this winter. In the language of
the virtuous father of the melo-drama
we can only say: Heaven bless you
my che-ildr' Listen TO his solid
chunks of wisdom: One of our
citizens who has been troubled with
q severe cold on the lungs effected
his recovery in the following simple
manner. He boiled little boneset
and hoarhound together, and drank
freely of the tea before going to bed.
The next day he took five pills, put
one kind Of plaster on his breast,
another under his arms, and still
another on his back. Under advice
from an experienced old lady he took
all these off which an oyster knife
in the afternoon, and slapped on a
mustard paste instead. His mother
put some onion drafts on his feet and
gave him lump of tar to swallow.
Then be put some hot bricks to his
feet and went to bed. Next morn
ing, another old lady came in with
bottle of goose oil, and gave him
dose of it on quill, and an aunt
arrived about the same time from
Bethel, with bundle of sweet fern
which she made into tar, and gave
him every half hour until noon, when
he took big dose of salts. After
dinner his wife who had seen q fine
old lady of great experience in doc
toring on Franklin street.. gave him
two pills of her make, about the
size of an English walnut and OF
similar shape, and two tablespoon
fulls of home made balsam to keep
them down. Then be took a hall
pint of hot rum at the suggestion
of an old sea captain in the next
house, and steamed his legs with an
alcohol;bath. At this crisis two oi
the neighbors arrived who saw at
once that his blood was out of order,
and gave him half gallon of. spear.
mint tea. and big dose of castor oil
Before going to bed he took eight oi
a new kind of pills, wrapped about
bis neck a flannel soaked in hot
vinegar and salt, and had feathers
burnt on shovel in his room. He
is now thoroughly cured, and full Of
gratitude. We advise our readers te
cut this out and keep it where it car
be readily found where danger
threatens.
Year: 1873

A San Francisco paper of q recent
date, has the following, concerning
the spread of the raging horse di-
sease which is sweeping off SO many
horses.


The horse distemper is slowly but
surely working its way in this direc-
ton. 1t has made its appearance in
the State of Nevada, and has been
reported for several days in Salt
Lake City. We have reason to hope
that the mildness of our coast eli
mate will rob the disease of its ma
lignant features; but no effort should
be spared on that presumption, to
meet and, if possible. overcome it.
Stable-Keepers should lose no time
in resorting to free ventilation of
their barns. and the adoption of such
other sanitary regulations as are
likely to secure exemption from the
disease. Gamaliel Scott, writing
from Columbus, Ohio, to the St.
Louis Republican, recommends. when
horse is attacked by the distemper,
that his food should be continued as
usual; that he should in addition
have handful of faxseed meal two
or three times a week; that he should
have plenty of salt. and water placed
where he can drink it as often as he
pleases; that he should be moderately
exercised every day, without wearing
blanket; that he should not stand
in open air without blanket, and
that in the meantime he should be
properly groomed. These atten-
tions he thinks are sufficient to effect
q cure.
Year: 1873

No great man ever had fool for his
mother. In the history Of men OF all
departments of society distinguished for
intellectual power, brilliancy and extra
ordinary mental capacity, the mothers,
and not their fathers. as far as ascer-
tanned by philosophical investigations,
we're invariably superior in brain force.
If women are physically feeble, the
mind cannot be developed as when all
the system is fully and healthtully in
perfection. To have great men there
must first be excellent women. Their
deterioration by the debilitating frivoli.
ties Of fashionable life are perpetuated
in puny children, incapable Of sustain
ing themselves prominently when their
Inheritance is gone.
Year: 1873

creature. am not exaggerating; what
say was acknowledged by all who knew
her. Her brilliant little sister used TO
say that people began by admiring her,
but ended by loving her. For my part.
/ idoliged her | felt at times rebuked
By her superior delieacy and purity, and
as II were coarse, unworthy being in
comparison.
Year: 1873

-
lam woman-therefore may not
Call to him, cry to him,
Fly 10 him,
Pray him delay not
And when he comes to me, l must sit quiet;
Still as a stone is,
Harder and colder,
If my heart riot
Crush and defy it
Should grow holder
Say one dear thing to him,
All my life fling TO him,
Cling TO him
What to atone Is
Enough for my sinningl
This were the cost TO me,
This were my winning
That he were lost TO mel
Not as a lover at last If he part from me,
Tearing my heart from me
Hurt beyond cure
Calm and demure
Then my behavior;
Showing no sign to him
By look of mine to him
What he has been TO me.
Pity mclean TO me-
Christie my Savior


-SeriJner's for January.
Year: 1873

Gcuesal Butler in his letter defend
ing the back pay bill, shows to his Own,
II not to his constituents satisfaction
that his action was in strict accordance
with the Constitution and precedent. A
large portion OF the letter ls given up to
an attack npon some OF his colleagues
and a few Washington correspondents
OF leading journals.
Year: 1873

To DEVELOP TALENT.-Place man in
position that will fearfully tax him and try
him, position that will often bring the blush
to his cheek and the sweat to his brow, posi-.
ton that will overmaster him at times, and
cause him to rack his brain for resources
Place him in position like this. But every
time he trips 60 to his rescue; 60 not with
words of blame or censure, but 60 with man.
full words of encouragement; look him boldly
in the eye, and speak them with soul and EN-.
phasis. This is the way to make man of a
boy, and a giant of man. If a man has
pluck and talent, no matter whether he ever
filled given position or not, put him in it, if
worthy, and he will soon not only I'll it, but
outgrow it. But put one in position with
faint heart. This is the way to kill him.
Put him in grandly with most unmistakable
confidence. Drop no caveats, but boldly start
the way, and then stand by with will and
countenance of true friend. Thus try twen-
ty men, such as have been named, and nine
teen will succeed
Year: 1873

WEATHER OBsERvAT1oNs-When you
wish to know what the weather is to be, 60 out
and select the smallest cloud you can see.
Keep your eyes upon it, and ifit decreases and
disappears it shows state of the air which will
be sure to be followed by fine weather; but if
it increases in size, take your great-coat with
you if you are going from home, for falling
weather will not be very far off: The reason
is this: When the air is becoming charged
with electricity you will see every cloud at
tracing all lesser ones toward it, untilit gath.
ers into shower; and, on the contrary, when
the fluid is passing off or difusing itself, then
a large cloud will be seen breaking to pieces
and dissolving. ~
Year: 1873

RULES FOR LoNGEv1rY.-Those of our
readers who are anxious to know what are
their chances for long life, may derive some
information from the following, which We clip
from the New York Standard: "Dr. Lam
bert, in his lecture on Saturday evening, said
that when person measures six or more
inches through the head, from side to side,
just in front of the upper part of the ears,
where they are attached, it will be found that
he had ancestry on his fathers side reaching
ninety years or upward. If the calibre meas
ure from the bridge of the nose to the ori6ce
of the ear be FIVE inches, his ancestry on his
mothers side will average ninety years. If
the whiskers are naturally lighter than the hair
and eyes, a person takes in longevity after the
mothers side; if darker, after the fathers
side"
Year: 1873

A BAD BoY.-They say that the chief as
tronomer at the Washington Observatory was
dreadfully sold few days ago. A wicked
boy, whose Sunday school experience seems
only to havema him more depraved, caught
FREELY, and stuck it, with the aid of some
mucilage, in the centre of the largest lens in
the telescope That night, when the astrono.
mer went to work, he perceived blaze Of
light apparently in the heavens, and what
amazed him more was, that it would give
couple of spurts and then die out, only to
burst forth again in a second or two. He ex-
amined it carefully for few moments, and
then began to do sums to discover where in
the heavens that extraordinary star was placed.
He thought he found the locality, and thenext
morning he telegraphed all over the universe
that he had discovered new and remarka-
bic star, of the third magnitude, in Orion.
Year: 1873

mother of numerous and worthy offspring,
and the dutiful and loving wife of one of the
most renowned military commanders of the
age. How my heart sorrowed over the suffer,
ings and troubles which I was told she had
been compelled to endure as the result of the
most calamitous and wasting war, in the bring
ing on of which, perhaps, no three persons on
this broad continent had less participancy
than her uncle, husband and herself-Balti-
,norenn
Year: 1873

HuMoR AND SARcAsM.-It is not every
body who knows where to joke or when, or
how; and whoever is ignorant of those con-
ditions had better not joke at all. A gentle.
man never attempts to be humorous at the ex.
pense of ofpeople with whom be is but slightly
acquainted. In fact it is neither good man
ners nor wise policy to joke at anybody's ex-
pense that is to say, to make anybody uncom-
Portable merely to raise laugh. Old Esop,
who was doubtless the subject Of .aA.sa :; q
gibe on account Of his bumped back, tells
the whole story in his fable of "The Boys and
the Frogs" What was jolly for the young
sters was death on the croakers. A jest may
cut deeper than curse.


Some men are 80 constituted that they can
not take even a friendly joke in good part;
instead of repaying it in the same light coin,
will requite it with contumely and insult.
Never banter one of this class, for he will
brood over your bandinage long after you
have forgotten it, and it is not prudent to in.
cur ones enmity for the sake of utteriDg a
smart double entendre or tart repartee. Rid.
icule, at best, is perilous weapon. Satire,
however, when leveled at social follies and
political evils, is not only legitimate, but
commendable. It has shamed down more
abuses than were ever abolished by force of
logic.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thusl mean that your sab
scriptior is ous OF unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay MP at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit 10 our friends and patrons.
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere TO strict oasii
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such n
course, and renew your subscription
without delay We solicit your favor


E8 We enter no new names on our
nooks without the money IN aisti &c.
Year: 1873

A GRATEFUL CAT.-A cat in Swiss
cottage had taken poison, and came in a
pitiful state of pain, to seek its mistress
help. The fever and heat was so great
that it dipped its own paws into pan of
water, an almost unheard of proceeding
in water hating cat. She wrapped it in
wet linen, fed it with cruel, nursed and
doctored it all the next day and night
after. 1t recovered, and could not find
ways enough to show its gratitude. One
evening she had gone up stairs to bed,
when a NEW at the window reused her.
She got up and opened it and found the
cat, which had climbed pear tree nailed
against the house, with a mouse in its
mouth. This it laid at its mistress feet
and went away. For above year it
continued to bring these tributes to her.
Even when it had kittens they were not
allowed to touch this reserved share, and
if they attempted to eat it the mother
gave them little tap, THAT is not for
thee" After awhile, however, the mis-
tress accepted the gift, thanked the giver
with a pleased look, and restored the
mouse, when the cat permitted her chill
dren to take the prey which had served its
purpose in her eyes. Here was a refined
feeling Of gratitude remembered for
months after, quite disinterested, and
placed above the natural instincts always
strong in caD toward her own offspring.
Good Words.
Year: 1873

ONE OF MAX ADELER's SToRIEs.-A
friend ours who was stopping at an inte-
rior town few days ago. went with q
companion into small tavern near TO
the railroad station. Sitting behind the
bar in rocking chair was the landlady.
reading a book and crying over it,
When customer would come in she
would turn the volume down on the table,
wipe her eyes, and dispense the liquid
poison, and perhaps abuse some one of
the drinkers for not paying his score.
Then she would return to the book, and
open the fountain Of her tears afresh.
Presently gentleman with a vermilion
nose and tattered garments came in, and
after obtaining a sip OF gin attempted to
walk out without paying for it. Then
that lsndlady slammed her book down on
the counter, climbed over the bar. and
engaged in single combat with the party
of the glowing nose. She came off the
conqu eror, but while the conflict ragged,
our man walked over and took look at
the title of the book. IL was Mr.. Arthur's
affecting story, Ten Nights in a Bar
Room" This is fact.-Bigdro.
Year: 1873

A BLUNDERING foreman said "not
guilty." in a New York Court the other
day, when as it afterward appeared, ten
Of the jury were for conviction. The
Court was amazed at the verdict, for the
guilt of the prisoner mad been clearly
proved. As for the prisoner, he sit out"
as soon as he heard the verdict, and was
not TO be found when the informaity had
been discovered
Year: 1873

TIE VALUE OF A NEwspArER.--The
following is the experience of mechanic
concerning the benefit of newspaper.


Ten years ago l lived in town in In
diana. On returning home one night, for
l am carpenter by trade, | saw little
girl leave my door, and asked my wife
who she was, She said Mrs. Harris had
sent her after their newspaper, which my
wife had borrowed. AS we sat down to
tea my wife said to me, by name:


81 wish you would subscribe for the
newspaper; it is so much comfort to me
when you are away from home"


81 would like to do so.' said | " but
you know | owe payment on the house
and lot, 1t will be all can do to meet
it,"


She replied: If you will take this
paper, | will sew for the tailor to pay for


l subscribed for the paper; it came in
due time for the shop. While resting
one noon and looking over it, l saw an
advertisement Of the County Commission
ers to let bridge that was to be built.
I put in bid for the bridge, and the job
was awarded to me, on which l cleared
$500, which enabled me to pay for my
house and lot easily, and for the news
paper. If | had not subscribed for the
newspaper l should not have known any
thing about the contract, and could not
have met my payment on my house and lot.
A mechanic never loses anything by TAX
ing newspaper.
Year: 1873

OK MARRIAGE-To THE You've MIN.
The true girl to be sought for, She
does not parade herself as show goods,
She is not fashionable. Generally she is
not rich. But oh what heart she has
when you find ber so large, so ure, so
womanly! When you see it you wonder
if those snowy things outside were really
women If you gain her love, your two
thousand are million. She will not ask
you for carriage or first class house.
She'll wear simple dresses, and turn them
when necessary, though vulgar magnih'
cence frowns on her economy. She will
keep everything neat and nice in your
sky.parlor, and give you such welcome
when you come home that you'll think
your parlor higher than ever. She'll en-
tertain true friends on a dollar, and as
tonish you with the new thought, how
little happiness depends on money She
will make you love home (if you don't
you're brute,) and teach you how to
pity, while you scorn, poor fashionable
that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to
think itself happy.
Year: 1873

down through the valleys to the sea. The
immense mass Of water, "hurled furiously
into the narrow valley Of the Hudson,
would sweep before it fields Of ice, to
crush and sink the strongest vessels, and
ruin the warehouses on our wharves.
While the Adirondack forests remain,
these deep SHOWS will be protected from
tho direct rays Of the sun in spring, and
will slowly and gradually melt away"


1t Is also urged that we should pre-
serve the timber for future use and
that its effect upon the general health.
fulness of the State is great and that


"The philosopher Boyle long since re.
marked that in the Dutch East India
island Of Ternate, long celebrated for its
beauty and hoalthfulness, the Glove trees
grew in such plenty as to render their
produce almost valueless To raise the
price of the commodity, most of the spice
forest was destroyed. Immediately the
island - previously cool, healthy and
pleasant-became hot, dry and sickly,
anil unfit for human residence. 1t is well
known that tho general clearing away Of
the forests in this country has had ten
dency to raise the temperature, which in
summer reaches such height as to be
barely endurable. In our cities these
great heats-acting upon garbage in those
miserable quarters which are but cess
pools and snks-give rise to the probable
source Of cholera and other epidemics,
the foul miasmatic effiuvia which could
not exist in the presence Of living vegeta.
tion. Anxious to escape, our citizens
hasten either to the country, the seashore
or the mountains, while those whose avo.
cations will not permit their absence, find
purer air in the semi-rural suburbs, or
in those elegant parks which modern cul-
ture and civilization have come to con-
slider indispensable in any city"


A summer residence in the Adiron-
dack wilderness has been found so favora.
BILE to health that many now come from
distance, though the mass Of travel
comes from New York, Philadelphia and
Boston. 1t is thought that leases of
woodland points in lakes, and of islands
near certain favorite localities, to citizens
who would erect villas or hunting lodges,
would give considerable income, and
more than repay any expenditures which
would be needed. There is no need,
however, of any considerable outlay, save,
possib y, in the Improvement of few Of
the principal roads leading to the settle
ments. "The forest is in itselfa natural
park, and it would be improper to think
Of fencing it, for it should be common to
the people Of the State"


In conclusion the Commission state
that the question is one of great import.
ance, and requires their further consider
alton. At present they deem it advisa.
BILE, and recommend that the wild lands
DOW owned and held by the State bc re.
tanned until this question is decided
| COunfrU Gentleman.
Year: 1873

The Rev. DR.. Mcleod was proceeding
from the manse of D-to church, to
open new place of worship. AS he
passsd slowly and gravely through the
crowd gathered about the doors, an elder
ly man, with the peculiar kind Of wig
known in that distrct-bright, smooth,
and Of reddish bro own-accosted him


Doctor, if you please, | wish to speak
to YOU


We'll, Duncan says the venerable
doctor. 'can ye not wait till after wor.
ship


No, doctor, | must speak to you now,
for it is matter upon my conscience.


'Oh since it is matter of conscience,
tell me what it is but be brief, Duncan,
for time presses.


The matter is this doctor. Ye see the
clock yonder on the face of the church
Well, there is no clock really there
nothing but the face of the clock. There
is no truth in it but only once in twelve
hours. Now, it is, in my mind, very
wrong, and quite against my conscience,
that there should be lie on The face of
the house of the Lord.


Duncan, l will consider the point.
But l am glad to see you looking so well l.;
you are not young now l remember you
for many years and what fine head OF
hair you have still "


'Eh, doctor, you are joking now it is
long since l have had my hair


'Oh Duncan, Duncan, are you going
into the house of the Lord with lie upon
yonr head p


This settled the question, and the doc
tor heard no more Of the lie on the face
of the clock.
Year: 1873

VENTrLATroN.-In ordinary cases car
bonic acid is what we have to get rid of.
One twenty-ffth Of one per cent is a
normal quantity FIVE times that, or one.
fourth per cent, affects a candle, as tested
by the photometer. The human frame is
apparently less sensitive and we do not
feel the presence Of three or four times
the normal quantity of this gas, although
the organic exhalations that often accom-
pany it may compel US to ventilate for
the sake Of comfort.


A man would expire quantity of car.
bonic acid in an hour sufficient to impreg-
nate a thousand cubic feet ofair to the
extent of one twenty fifth of one per cent.
('04 p. c.) but, as the air already holds
that amount in normal state, he will, of
course, expire sufficient to raise the per-
centage Of 1000 cubic feet from .04 to
.06, which we have stated to be the limit
that ought not to be passed therefore we
must supply two thousand cubic feet Of
fresh air hourly per man. Donkins esti-
mate Of the carbonic acid gwen off is one
half greater than the above he therefore
states, that three thousad cubic feet per
man are required. DeChaumont conclud-
es that our standard of purity odght not
to be lower than 06; and, assuming
Smiths estimate to be correct, we ought
to add one.hals to thee number of feet
stated by him, and demand that three
thousand cubic feet per man be introduced
hourly. This addition is made on account
Of the fact that the gases diffuse them
selves very slowly and unequally, and,
when the draught is strong (as in a small
room), not at all. If, now, we could
change the air Of the room at a rate Of
once every ten minutes, VIC should renew
the air SIX times in an hour and each
man, if allowed five hundred cubic feet
Of space, would get his three thousand Gu
bic feet of air per hour. Blu. the fact is
that such rapid ventilation is not to be ex-
pected and the least space that it is safe
to allow per head is a thousand feet To
provide for the supply of three thousand
feet per hour, so that the velocity Of the
current at the point of entrance shall not
exceed five feet per second, forty-eight
square inches of total inlet and outlet area
should be provided. In cold weather we
can endure much more than, 0S per cent.
of carbonic acid; and this is an important
point in our cold climate, when the air
must be warmed before it is introduced.