smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

The human hand Is So beautifully
formed. it has SO fine a sensibility, tlat
seasibility governs its motions so cor
rectly every effort of the will is answer
ed so instantly. as if the hand itself were
the seat Of that will; its actions are so
free, so powerful and yet SO delicate, that
it seems to possess quality instinct In
ITSELF and we use it as we draw our
breath. uneonsciously. and have lost all
recollection of the feeble and ill-directed
efforts of its first exercise, by which il
has been perfected. In the hand are
TIVE Ity-nine bones, from the mechanism
of which result strength, mobility and
elasticity. On the length. strength, free
lateral motion. and perfect mobility of
the thumb, depends the power Of the
hand. its strength being equal to that OF
all the fingers. Without the fieshy ball
of the thumb, the power of the fingers
would avail nothing; and accordingly.
the large ball formed by the muscles OF
the thumb is the distinguishing charac-
ter of the human hand.
Year: 1870

1t is better to 20 to sleep on the right
side, for then the stomach IL very much
in the position of a bottle turned upside
down, and the contents of 1t are aided
in passing out by gravitation. If one
goes to sleep ON the left side, the opera
ton of emptying the stomach Of its
contents is more like drawing water
from q well. After going to sleep, let
the body take Its own position. If you
sleep on your back, especially soon after
q hearty meal, the weight of the diges-
tive organs and that Of the food, rest
ing on the great vein of the body near
the backbone, COMPRISES it, and arrests
the arrest is partial, the sleeps disturb
ed, and there are unpleasant dreams.
II the meal has been recent and hearty
the arrest is more decided; and the va
rious sensations-su as falling over q
precipice, or the pursuit Of . wild beast,
or other Impending danger, and the
desperate effort to get rid Of lit-arouse
us, and send on the stagnating blood;
and We wake In fright, or trembling,
or In perspiration, or feeling exhaus-
ton, according to the degree of stagna-
ton, and the length of the efforts made
to overcome the danger. But when
We are unable to escape the danger
when we do fall over the precipice,
when the tumbling building crushes us
-what then? That is death! That is
the death Of those of whom it is said,
when found lifeless In the morning !;
THAT they were as well as ever they


were the day before" and often it is
added, ''and ate heartier than com
mon.D This last, as q frequent cause
of death to those who have gone to bed
to wake no more, we give merely as a
private opinion. The possibility of Its
truth is enough TO deter any rational
man from a late and hearty meal.
This We do know with certainty, that
waking up In the night with painful
diarrhra, or cholera, or bilious collie,
ending i'm death in a very short time, is
probably traceable to o late large meal.
The truly wise will take the safe side.
For persons to eat three times day, ii
is amply sufficient to make the last
meal of cold bread and butter, and cup
of some warm drink. No one can
starve OH 1t; while aperseverancein in the
habit soon begets q vigorous appetite
for breakfast, SO promising of a day OF
comfort. HdPs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1870

Dumb animals sometimes set Us good
examples. / will tell you true story
of two horses.


In the town Of indianapolis, there
was q blind horse, who, one day last
summer, wandered into the river, and
then did not know now to get back to
dry land. bs7 s2


Now, there was good horse whom
the boys called Dick, and who was
grazing close by, when he saw the
blind horse swimming round In the
river, and trying IN vain to find the
solid shore. FAfpa 80


Dick must have thought to himself,
That poor horse can't see, or he
would not act In that strange way. l
will call him; perhaps he will mind
my voice"


So Dick began to neigh as loud as he
could; but the blind horse. still was at
loss to know which way to turn
Perhaps he was deaf as well as blind !;
for, though Dick would neigh quite
loud, the poor blind horse still could
not find his way out of the river.


Then Dick must have thought,
THAT Ioor horse will get tired by and
by, and sink aud drown IL do not
help him.


Then Dick went down to the river,
and swan out to where the blind horse
was, and touched noses, as much as 10
saw, Follow met" and then guided
the blind horse safely to the shore.


This kind act was seen by great
MANY people on the shore: and they
cheered loudly as Dick came up on the
hank with the tlind horse behind him.


I hone YOU will be ready to help a
friend In need as poor Dick was. We
must learn to be Kind to one another,
for kind acts and kind feelings will
make Us happy,-Ngsery. e
Year: 1870

4 contemporary relates that one Of
the journals which rule the world of
dress concluded recent description of
attire with this remark =" With this
costume the mouth is worn slightly
open.n BY all means. A dropping
lower jaw would be quite in keeping
with the idiocy of some costumes. If
we had to describe the Grecian bend,
we should say, "With this fashion the
Year: 1870

colored or flabby, they are stale. This
last sign should be remembered in
judging of all poultry or game.


The eyes of fish should be bright,
the gllls clear red, body stiff and smell
not unpleasant, or rather not stale, for
we imagine that fish can never be of a
pleasant smell, however palatable they
may be to the taste


AS far as possible buy all stores by
the quantity; If nothing else, you
save the weight of paper, no small
item in the coarse nf a year; but there
Is always some re luction when an ar
ticle Is purchased at wholesale. You
save the retail commiss ion, if nothing
inole.
Year: 1870

CABBAGE And the whole tripe of
greens belonging to it, are usually cook.
ed with pork or bacon, but it is much
more delecate dressed with butter
Whalever way this vegetable is used, it
should be picked and washed with great
care, boiled until stalk and all is entirely
up in colander, and fresh water poured
over it until cold, and returned to the
pot to finish boiling, it is less strong in
odor and taste. The inner leaves of
cabbage are sometimes cutout, aud their
place filled with stuffinS, like fowl;
only minced tongue, ham, and chopped
yolks of eggs are mixed freely with the
bread crumbs and herbs.
Year: 1870




Now that rye has reached the same
quotations in the market as wheat, it is
likely to be much more cultivated than
1t has been. The Eastern farmer, with
his hard worn lands, where tradition af-
firms that wheat will not grow, is as
well off az the prairie farmer with bis
virgin soil. If he will use the right ro-
tstion and mapures. he is better off. For
rye is more hardy than wheat, can be
grown with less care, and is more uni.
formly paying crop. have the best
piece of rye,in town, five feet high, hpa-
Wy, stout stalk, and heavier head. 1t is
as much of contrast with the thin,
stunted crops of some of my neighbors
as desire to see. They sowed late on
exhausted land, used no manure, and
will not get over five to eight bushels TO
the acre. That does not pay. 1t is "a
sorry sight to see such waste of labor.
/ shall get thirty bushels to the acre on
soil naturally no better. 1t was sowed
upon piece of ground in early potatoes
last year. The potatoes came off in July,
a sound crop, but not over sixty bushels
to the acre, though pretty well manured
with fish scrap, sown broadcast. They
blasted. The piece was plowed, ma
nured with about half ton of fish
scrap, and sown to rye early in Ssptem-
ber. The grain came up well, and got
well rooted before winter set in. Though
the winter was open, and very little
snow, with much freezing and thawing,
it did not winter kill. 1t had good
start in the Spring, and pushed right
along to maturity without any check. A
strip few rods wide at one end, was
mulched with sea weed in winter. This
mulched portion is indicated by dark
er green, and q more Iuxuriant growth
of stalk. The old practice of sowing this
grain upon exhausted fields without ma
nure, is bad for the soil, and still worse
for the cultivator. Both parties are bad
| ly cheated. With little fair dealing
with the soil, remnnerative crops may
fvsts Ken, and the land be kept constants
glYe 55EffP EDfF6P DF69P u Wheat or cro3er Turn


ed in few weeks previous to sowing,
and If no manure is used directly upon


the seed some such crop should be turn


ed in. Some turn the sod as early as


June, but this is of much less import
ance than early sowing. If the growth


should be too luxuriant late in the fail,


it is easily shortened by turning in
calves. Rye should always be sown


with drill. 1t is a great safeguard
against winter killing. Ags'i-
calturaJist
Year: 1870




Few men who handle horses give pro-
per attention to the feet and legs. Espe-
cially is this the case on farms. Much
time is spent of morning., rubbing,
brushing and smoothing the hair on the
sides and hips, but at no time are the
feet examined and properly cared for.
Now, be ii known, that in this six thou
sand year old world of ours the feet need
more care than the body. They need
ten times as much-for in one respect
they are almost the entire horse. All the
grooming that can be done won't avail
anything, if the horse is forced to stand
where his feet will be filthy. Ih this
case the feet will become disordered, and
then the legs will get badly out of fix,
and with bad feet and bad legs there is
not much else OF the horse tit Tor any
thing. Stable prisons, generally, are
terribly severe OH the feet and legs of
horses, and unless these buildings can
aff,rd dry room, where horse can
walk around, lie down or roll over,
they are not half SO healthy and COM
Portable to the horse as the pasture, and
should be avoided by all good hostlers
in the world.
Year: 1870

WORK IN THE Diiching so
that muck may be got at, clearing
swamp land, and similar work can often
be done during the height of the dry
weather in summer, when men and
teams can go upon the ground. Burning
of the sufaco of swamps is frequently
very useful; but fires set in dry, messy
peat bogs by intention or accident, often
get beyond control, and consume much
more than the loose surface, running
among timber and fences, and holding
fire long time.
Year: 1870

mentation begins in barrel draw off
the liquor into another, straining
through flannel. Put into the cider OF.
of the oil of sassafras, aud the same of
the oil of wintergreen-weil shaken up
in pint of alcohol. But one difficulty
pslatab'e that people won't let it keep
long.
Year: 1870

SUICIDE OF REFORMED BURGLAR.--On Sunday
patch at Lake View, N. Y, discovered a man lying
his back in the plot with his coat carefully folded
under his head. His throat was cut almost from ear
removed to st. Josephs Hospital, where it was
found that the wlndpipe was severed. He also had
a stab wound on the breast and another behind tho
ear. he was quite rational, though extremely
weak and from speaking ana writing on 8 ate ne
informed DR.. Quinn that his name was Charles Sells
and was one OF gang OF burglars, but having left
the band they threatened TO Kill him. but prcferring
TO kill himself he had committed the act. He said
his father resided IN France and two sisters live in
Newburg, N. w. and one IN New York. On piece
OF newspaper found near where he was discovered
was written with pencil, ~ am gong to be mur-
shortly afterthe family had fallen into possession OF
legacy Of $4,000
Year: 1870

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL of the Union League
of America will meet in this city on the 10th of
February at 8 p. m. The National Executive
Committee will meet at Wizards Hotel on the
same day at noon.
Year: 1870

The VIRGINIA BILL.-The House R,construc-
tion Committee met this morning and had under
consideration the bill for the admission of Vir-
ginia, which they agreed to report to the House
with the amendments as it came from the
Senate. By common consent, Mr.. Farnsworth
will have the management OF the bill in the
House,
Year: 1870

IL We we're to suggest one which. above
all other things combined, would most
contribute to the happiness OF young
housekeepers, it would be to learn how
to cook as u husbands mother cooked
Mother used to make coffee so and 80 I;
mother used to have such wsffles and
mother knew just how thick or thin, to
mako squash pie and, oh j.! If I could
only tasto Of mothers buscuit. Such ate
tho comments of the husband and Of too
many meal tables. 1t would be only u
little more cruel for the husband 70
throw his fork across the table, or to
dash the contents Of his tcacup in his
wife's face. The experience of contrite
husband is good reading for those men
whose dali sauco is "how mother did it,.
He says:


Il found fault some time ago with
Maria AIMS custard pie. and tried to tell
her how my mother made custard pie.
Maria made the pie after my receipt II
lasted longer than any other pie we ever
had. Maria set it on the table every duy
for dinner, and you see | could not eat
it because l forgot to tell her to put in
any eggs or shortening. 1t was econom
ical, but in g. Of generosity i stole it
from the pantry and gave it to poor
boy in the nei ghborhood. The boys
funeral was largely attended by his for
NOR playmates. l did not go myself.


"Then there were the buck " heat
cakes. l told Maria Ann any fool could
beat her making those cakes and she said
| had better try it. 50 did. tempted
the batter all out Of the pitcher one
evening aud set the cakes myself. got
the flour and salt and water, and, warned
by the past, put in liberal quantity Of
eggs aud shortening. shortened it with
talow from roast beef because | could
not find any lard. The batter did not
look right, and lit my pipe and pom
dered, yeast--yeast to be sure. had
forgotten the yeast. went and woke
up the baker and got six cents worth Of
yeast. l set the pitcher behind the sit
ting room stove and went to bed. In the
morning got up early and prepared to
enjoy my triumph; but l didn't. That
yeast was strong enough 10 raise the
dead, and the batter w1s running sll over
the carpet scraped it up and put it
into another dish. Then ! got a 6re in
the kitchen and put on the gridde e. The
FIRST lot Of caks stuck to the griddle.
The second dittoed, only more. Marin
came down and asked me what was burn.
ing. She advised me to grease the grid
die. l did it. One end Of the griddle
got too hot and dropped the thing on
my tenderest corn, while trying to turn it
around. Finally the cakes we're ready
for breakfast, and Maria got the other
things ready We sat down. Ny cakes
did not have exactly the right flavor. I
took Que mouthfal and it satisfied me.
| lost my appetite at once. Maria would
not let me put one on her plate. think
those cakes may be reckoned dead loss
The cat would not eat them. The dog
ran off and stayed away three days nfter
one was offered him. threw them into
the back. yard, and there has not been a
pig on the premises since eat what is
put before me now and do not allude to
my mothers system Of cooking"
Year: 1870

II is an old story. but q good one
which tells OF very negligent man who
was going away on q visit to some
frieuds. His wife extorted from him q
solemn promise that he would abandon
his usual custom, and put on = clean
shirt every day. So she packed a dusen
in his trunk. When he came home
again, bis wife vas glad to perceive be
had grown moro 6eshy but she was
alarmed when, on examining his trunk
she discovered there was not u shirt 10 II
tie had kept bis promise to mount q
clean one evcry day, but he alxays put
it on over the others; and now he va,
sporting around with a whole duxen on
his back Some meu will never let wo
men have their way.
Year: 1870

A story is told Of an ancient A'ohawk
notion that soae great misfortune wou d
happen If any one spoke on Saratoga
Lake. A strong minded English woman
on one occasion, while being ferried over,
insisted upon talking, mud US soon as she
got over in safety she rallied her boat.
man on his superstition. But he had
the best of it, after all, for he at once
replied, "The Great Spirit is merciful,
and knows that white woman canno
hold her tongue"
Year: 1870

A JOKE ON EDIroRs. Soon after
Chief Justice Chase assumed the cubcr.
material chair in Ohio, he issued his
proclamation appointing q Thanksgiving
day. 10 make sure of being o,thotdox,
the Governor composed lis proclamation
almost exclusively Of passages from the
Bible, which he did not designate as
quotations. presuming that every one
would recognize them, and admire the
fitness Of the words as we'll as his taste
in their selection. The preclamati,n n
meeting the eyes of a Democratic editor,
he pouneed upon it-declared that 10
had read i. before-couldn't say exactly
where-but he would take his oath that
it was downright plagiarism from be.
ginning to end That would have been
a pretty fair joke but the next day the
Republican editor came out valliantlv in
defence of the governor. pronounced the
charge false and libelous. and challenged
any man living to produce one single
line Of the proclamation that had ever
appeared in print before.
Year: 1870

Mark Twain, in his Memoir of Benja
min Franklin, says:


"What an adroit old adventurer the
subject of this memoir was. In order to
get chance to fly his kite ON Saturday,
he used to hang key on the string and
let ON to be fishing oralighting.


He invented stove fEst would smoke
your head off in four hours5y the clock.
One can sse tho almost Internal salisfac-
ton he took in it by giving it his name.


''Ho was always proud of telling how
he entered Philadelphia for the first time
with only shillings in his pocket and
rolls of bread under his arm. But real
ly, when you come to examine it criti-
cally, it was nothing. Anybody could
have done it.


"Franklin said once, in one of his in
spired flights of malignity;


early to bed ar carly to rise,


"Mal1es q man healthy, wealthy and wise"


As if it were an object to boy to be
healthy, wealthy and wise on such
terms. The sorrow that that maxim has
cost me, through my parents expert
menting on me with its tongue cannot
tell. The legitimate resultl my present
state of general debility, ignorance and
mental alteration. My parents used to
have me up before nine o'clock in the
morning, sometimes when was a boy.
If they had let me take my animal rest,
where would l have been now? Keep
ing store; no doubt, and respected by all
men,"
Year: 1870

THE New York Sun says whether
Gen. GraRt will ever make a good Pre-
sidetit or not is matter of opinion; but
after his successful experience in the
sale and exchange of houses, that he
would make good real estate agent no
body doubts.
Year: 1870

This estimate takes no account of the
killed and wounded in any Of the sub
ordinate engagements, or in either Of
the sieges that the Prussiau are carry
ing on. Nor are the Numbers mention.
ed of those who have died of disease
engendered 10y the campaign. Thes,
altogether can hardly be less than one
hundred thousand. SO that, taking the
foregoing table as tolerably accurate, the
killed and disabled on the Prussian side
will amount TO fully quarter Of a
million men. Their losses Of officers
have been especially severe, often as
much a. one-quarter OF the whole num-
Der III single engagement The losses
of the French must be very much less.
They began the campaign with not over
three hundred and fifty thousand men,
while the Germans had fully five hun
drcd thousand at the outset. Besides,
the FreLch have profited more than the
Prussians by the use Of temporary field
notifications As a writer on the Ger
man side states, they have s,a-ce,
" ever met the Germans in the
open field in the course OF the
entire campaign. Where their position
has not possessed great natural advan.
tagcs, they have concealed themselves
in rifle pits Of enormous length and
systematic continuity just a. was done
10y Grant and Lee armies in the VIII
dernesS campaign. Still their losses
have been enormous. In the great
battles near Metz their killed alone
were fifteen thousand, and their wound
ed cannot have been less than twenty
fyethousand In the final combat:
Of Sedan they cannot have lost less than
thirty thousahd and, on the whole, it i.
probable that their total losses in the
war will amount to lully one hundred
and fifty thousand in killed, wounded
and permanently disabled through dis
ease. All this in two months from the
opening battles at Haguenau to the sur
render at Sedan. This dreadful car
mage, far exceeding that OF ancient bat
ties fought hand to hand, il due 10 the
astonishing accuracy and range OF the
modern rifle and conical bullet 1t j:
horrible beyond any precedent Of for
mer wars.
Year: 1870

BERLIN, September l1.-Consilerablt
excitement was occaSioned at vii
helmshohe recently by an attempt tc
assassinate the French Emperor by q
German apprentice He was arrested
before he could accomplish his purpose
A loaded pistol was found on his per
son, and he boldly declared that the
bullet was designed for Napoleon
Year: 1870

Ipropose to give evidence that this Remedy is
not patent medicine. The objection which gener-
ally lies against all discoveries and inventions in
medicine is publicity" If somebody should dis
remedy to prolong life or an infallible cure
for cholera consumption, what monster would
he be to withhold his knowledgel We have yet to
learn from what chapter or verse in Scripture to
quote THAT may not heal others of their fellow men
of any disease"


Nor have we asked Pickwicks, affected prudes,
or in short, men who are possessed of every kind
Of sense but common sense, and all kinds of opin-
ions but their own. The Buchu is good thing. 1t
has hundreds of thousands of living witnesses to
attest its virtues and commend it. 1t is the preju
dice of bgots and the envy Of "Quacks."
Year: 1870

At Newark yesterday. before Judge Depue argu-
ments were heard the part or counsel In the mat


ter OF the briggs Land Improvement Company For
the latter appeared ex-Chanceilor Williamson and
associate counsel Parker, and for meadow owners
Messrs. Thomas N McCarter and Prosecutor
Magic, Of Elizabeth. The latter made no objections
to the preliminary part Of the laws provision but
objected on the ground that the bill as an entirety
was unconstitutional On this point the Judge
declined nearing argument, as that was a
the Supreme Court. Quite number or persons
were named on both sides as commissioners, but
they could not agree single one, and in view OF
the great magnitude Of the interests involved In the
matter his Honor SAID he would take time to con-
sider the matter OF appointing commissioners. The
law puts them In ONCE for three, and nine years


In few days Judge Depue win announce his nat.
Year: 1870

Yesterday morning. about six O'Clock, butcher
named Dermod Conroy forty-nve years Of age and
residing at the corner OF President and Morgan
streets, Jersey City, committed suicide by placing
the muzzle OF a revolver to his mouth and firing it,
He had just arisen from his bed for the purpose of
going to Washington Market and procuring a supply
OF meat. Justice Haybeck, who lives Immediately
opposite, hearing the noise, rushed across the
street TO the house, and, having forced
open the room door, against which COnroy was lying
found him still 0asping and waving the revolver In
his hand. IL was with some difficulty the weapon
was taken from him. He died few minutes after
the shot was fired. He leaves wife and one child
Deceased had been pretty successful in his business
He went on spree TWO weeks ago and drank freely
FOR several days. This Is the only cause that can be
assigned for the act. Coroner Burns held inquest
last evening. C0nr0y was native OF Ireland,
Year: 1870

About noon yesterday qutte'a serious smash-up be-
tween coal train and passenger train took place
at the Morris and Essex depot in Newark, somewhat
similar as regards to the disaster whereby two
men were killed and several wounded eighteen
months or SO ago. The Summit accommodation
the Passaic waiting for the draw to close when
coal train OF about sixty cars came whiz-
zng down the High street grade. The engineers
did their utmost TO stop the tran but 1t had gained
such headway as to render the brakes and the ef.
the passengers in the accommodation train weresap-
prlsed OF the impending danger and got out In time
to escape being crushed to atoms Their escape Is
regarded by eyewitnesses as miraculous. One lady
was slightly hurt.