smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

We consider the prospects Of remote fu-
ture generations as regards their coal, which
we are now using extravagantly, SO we ought
not to be considered Utopian if we propose
method by which our successors will have
but little trouble in learning languages A
committee of the scientific men OF all nations
should decide on language that shall be
termed the universal language. This Ian
guage may be one at present in existence, or
one based upon an existing language.


Let us suppose that German is found to bc
the most expressive and complete Of existing
languages, and once decided on as the uni
versal tongue. We commence our education,
not with superficial knowledge Of several
languages, but with thorough knowledge
of German only. All other nations adopt
the same course; and we know that wherever
civilization has spread, wherever missionaries
have resided and taught, we who speak this
universal language will be at once Ineligible
and able to communicate our thoughts
readily.


Having but one language to learn and
keep up we should think in this language,
and should thus be able to express ourselves
equally as we'll as in our native tongue.


People would also feel that they could not
get on out of their own country unless they
spoke this universal language, and thus so
practical and essential an advantage would
be gained by acquiring knowledge of it,
that it would be to each persons interest to
study it. AT the present time many of us
feel ndisposed to occupy several years in
learning several languages, because we know
that our residence in the countries in which
these languages are spoken is likely to be of
short duration; thus, the return for our la
bors would not be adequate, and we, natur-
ally, decline to waste our time on such snb-
ects. If, however, we know that one Ian
guage would carry us all over the world,
and while we, in our youth, were studying
the universal language there were Russians,
Turks, Egyptians, French, Dutch, Spanish,
Portuguese, Hndus, Persians, Caffres, Ital-
ians, Norwegans, Swcdes and Greeks en-
ployed in the same manner, and thus that
we could readily communicate with a native
of each of those countries by simply learning
one language, SO great practical advantage
would evidently be gained that every man
would have his heart in his work.


The grown-up man who speaks the uni
versal language would, for business purposes
or for pleasure, find himself as much at home
among the men of business or science Of
every foreign country as he would at his
own society; and thus more satisfactory re-
suits would be obtained by one years labor
in acquiring one language than are now OBJ
tained in many years spent in learning sew
eral. Organization and unity are alone re-
quired, and these, we believe, are even now
obtainable. Chambers journal.
Year: 1872

A correspondents writes to
the Mapknto (Miu,) Union oi
a widow who iealdes in a Ger.
tain town in Wlnona county
who had been wooing two
young striplings, the one ten
and the other eleven years her
junior. Both the lads happen
ed to meet the lady at the same
time, and both were on the err
rand Of deciding upon the day
for celebrating the nuptials, as
each had the encouragement to
believe himself the favored suit.
OF, The widow herself was
undetermined, and n scene OF
tears gave a momentary relief
to the heart'throhbings Of the
two young lovers. Finally
she chose the younger of the
two, and they parted for the
night. In the morning
the discarded lover be-
thought himself Of his pho
tograph and ring, still in the
possession Of the lady. He
went to the lady to obtain them
and again sought favor in her
eyes. She yielded and prom
ised If he should get his license
first she would marry him.
He left on the afternoon train
for Winona to procure the Ii
cense, and noticed his rival on
board, who was on the same
emand, but evidently knew
nothing Of the new bargain
As soon as the train arrived
the lover who held the latest
promise rushed for the clerks
office and obtained his license
and just as he was retiring the
rival entered and applied for Q
license to marry the same wo'
man. Our hero who had oh.
tanned the license was bound tc
press his advantage, and in
stead Of waiting for the morn
ing train, which would bear
his rival home, he footed il
home through the mud The
same night, and secured his
prize the next morning by mar
rying her.
Year: 1872

Lions and Lion-Taming.


The process Of lion.taming


is elaborately described by a


writer in the London Daily


News, part of whose story we


copy:


whatever is the reason, the


forest lions are more intelli-
gent and teachable than those
bred in confinement. The lion.
tanner begins by taking the
feeding of them into bis own
hands, and so gets them to
know him. He commences
feeding them from the outside
of the den, and then ventures
inside Of one at a time, always
carefully keeping his face to
the animal and avoiding any
violence, which is a mistake
whenever it can be avoided, as
it arouses the dormant devil in
the beast. Getting to handle
the lion, the tanner begins by
stroking him down the back,
gradually working up to the
head, which, like the cat, likes
friction, and begins to rub his
head against his hand. When
this familiarity is well estab-
lished:a board is handed in to
the trainer, which he places
across the den and teaches the
lion to jump over it, using a
whip with thong, but not for
the purpose of punishment.


"Gradually this board is
heightened, the lions jumping
over it at every stage, and
then comes the hoops, ETC.,
held on top of the board to
quicken the beasts understan.
ding. To teach the animal to
jump over the trainer, the lat
ter stoops alongside the board,
so hat when the lion clears
one he clears the other, and
half dozen lessons are ordina-
rily about suAicien to teach
this. To get lion to lie down
and allow the tanner to stand
on him is more difficult. 1t is
done by Aicking the beast over
the back with a small tickling
whip, and at the same time
pressing him down with one
hand, BY raising his head
and taking hold Of the nostrils
with the right hand, and the
under lip and lower jaw with
the left, the lion, by this great
pressure on the nostril and lip,
loses greatly the power of his
jaws, so that a man can pull
them open and put his head
inside the beasts mouth, the
feat with which Van Amburg's
name was so much associated,
The only danger is lest the an.
inal should raise one Of his
forepaws and stick his talons
in, and IL he does, the tanner
the tanner must stand fast for
his life until he has shifted the
paw"
Year: 1872

Among the few good things done by
the legislature was the passage of a law
by which every Confederate soldier
who lost during the war, an arm or leg,
is authorized to receive a wooden leg or
arm. or If preferred by them, the cost
of the limbs in money.
Year: 1872

direct from Nashville and drawing
from his pocket diary which contain
ed notes of direct line so far as he
had proceeded, and his conversation
very readily left the inference that he
had no other business, as he closely
scanned the projected plans of Gen.
Malone. He seemed to wish that Ma
hone would adopt the sou 5hern route
through this county. That it would
leave a more direct line as before men-
toned through parts of the counties
of Russell and Wise, and down the
northern route in Lee, giving them
the advantage of the immense amount
of coal and ore that are in the near
mountain range, besides forming a
junction at or near the Gap. He did
not seem to relish the idea so well Of
Malone taking the northern route, as
it would force them to cross Mahone's
line father east, and take the southern
route and bare them from the Gap,
and closer in contact with the East
Tenn Road. AS a matter of course
they expect to procure charter by
some means.


The most undecided location of the
Gap road is from Pattonsville to the
junction of the preliminary surveys in
Powells Valley, and it does seem to me
the most practicable route would be
between the other surveys, by way OF
Jonesville.


Very Respectfully,


L. K. J.
Year: 1872

We notice that our recent startling expose Of
the wrongs inflicted On newly-arrved immi-
grants in this city is attracting much attention,
and being copied far and wide by exchanges in
the Eastern cities. The evil has gone .unmo-
Tested too long, and its proportions are not ex-
aggerated. The publication will do good, and
not harm, if it calls forth the remedy necessary.
But, If nothing is done to bring about the better
system, the advertisement Of the wrongs inaict-
ed On these newcomers in our city will only
carry forward the effects already manifested, Of
inducing them to give Chicago q wide
berth, as twenty Thousand OF them did
last year. The German Society is an
excellent organization, and can be aided into full
and complete effectiveness. They can protect
their countrymen, strangers to our soil, as no
others can, but they must have help to do it.
Let them bring forward plan, and then every
citizen and every railroad company is interested
in seeing it fully realized. Chicago is the great
natural resting place and point Of departure for
all newcomers seeking homes in our great inte-
rior. few aoulless harpies must not be al-
lowed to defeat this possibility.
Year: 1872

The Springfield Republican has got wind Of a
highly moral enterprise to reform the Repub1i-
can party, to put an end to such scandals as the
Leet g. Stocking fraud, the secor outrage, tho
Chorpenning nuisance, the carpet-bag villanies,
personal government, caucus despotism, San
Doningoism, ETC., etc. This movement, if the
Republican is correctly informed, is to be ini-
tiated inside the party by certain persons who
have worn the yoke of Grantism through
the present campaign reluctantly, but
have worn it nevertheless. We sup
pose there is some foundation for
this rumor. The names of the would-be re-
formers are not diyulged. They will of course,
be withheld till after the election, for there is
nothing go dangerous to a partisan just now as
to have it understood that he thinks there is
possibly some room for Improvement Tho
fashionable thing to say is, that the country is
prosperous Gas Morton assures us it is), and Flat
it is all due to the wisdom Of
Grant, who, in his aeclusion Of Long Branch,
prohting by the able counaels Of 3 Murphy
or Corbin devises those wonderful schemes
which make money plenty and cause corn to
Year: 1872

The movement recently initiated for the sup
preston OF crime, by closing the places where
intoxicating liquors are sold on Sunday, has ap-
parently been perverted from its original and
rightful purpose. It VAS begun on the SUPPOSE
ton that more liquor WAS consumed and more
crime produced On Sunday than on weekdays,
because drinkers had more leisure on that day
than On any other. A spirit Of opposition was
manifested to it On the part of the German
population when it came to be applied
to lager-beer, they looking upon it
as an invasion of their personal rights,
and IN attempt to enforce religious opinions. or
at least, religious practices, upon them,-their
peculiar beverage being Of narcotic and not of
an Intoxicating tendency. This spirit Of oppo-
sition, or rather the boisterous manner in
Which it has been manifested by prominent
demagogue, has excited on the other hand dis
position to enforce the law against beer at all
hazrads, whether it be an intoxicating drink or
not. And so the case now stands. The contro-
yersy has taken the form Of public broil on the
the question Of observing the first day Of the
week III PARTICULAR manner, ratu-
or than on any matter relating
to crime or into4ication. On this question,
which onco produced riot and bloodshed in our
streets, and which has slumbered during the
past seventeen or eighteen years, the opinions
OF different classes and nationaltes are so posi-
tive that the utmost caution will be required to
avoid repetition OF the unhappy disturbances
Of the spring Of 1855. We do not apprehend
renewal Of those disturbances now, for we be-
ieve that the public authorities are able to keep
the original purposes of the law and order
movement in view, and to conGne their atten-
tions to Intoxicating drinks and to the places
which produce crime and disorder. A curious
political muddle has grown out Of the contro-
yersy, and, according to present appearances,
more votes will be controlled one way or the
other by prejudices engendered by the Sunday
movement than BY considerations Of National
politics. At all events, the politicians and can
didates are immensely bothered by it.
Year: 1872

Like the Frenchman who mourned the loss Of
the Column Vendome because it took away a
convenient place for committing suicide, so Mrs.
Laura Fair laments the invention Of tho stom-
ach-pump which was brought into requisition to
foil the admirable purpose Of her mother in putt
ting an end to her existence, after this existence
had been made wretched by the loss Of her law
suit against her daughter. There is nothing
more charming in nature than flial affection,
and more highly-wrought instance Of it than
the Laura Fair family gave few days ago
seldom OCCURS. The act must be taken as q
whole to be properly appreciated. First, Mrs.
Fair could not, with the instincts Of true
daughter, burden her mother with the trust Of
$4,000 on her account. So she proceeded into
court and wrenched it from the faithful old lady,
who was willing to make maternal sacrifice and
keep it. Then, when the mother sought the OBJ
Gvion generally to be found in dose Of lauda-
mum and chloroform, and when a ruthless and
unfeeling doctor ruahed in with his
etomach-pump to undo what had been so fairly
done, none was earlier or more eager to commits
serate the bereaved old lady upon restoration to
life than was her dutiful and affectionate daugh-
ter, Mrs. Laura Fair. "Why didn't you take
enough Of the stuff to finish you, and make one
job Of it 2" Was the familiar colloquial way in
which Mrs. Fair opened the conversation. It
was one OF those scenes OF family endearment
which the rude, cold world will scarcely know
how to appreciate.
Year: 1872

bring good price. But after election, if the
Republican is correctly informed, there is to be
as to facts, and US to the moral complexion there
Of. Those who went to the Cincinnati Conven-
ton are to hare powerful assistance from quar-
tcrs not generally suspected, and something is
going to be done. This movement, or suspicion
of q movement, furnishes an additional reason,
in the estimation Of the Republican, why the
Liberals should prosecute tho work of the cau-
paign With renewed energy.
Year: 1872

The Advance calls upon "good men" to give
such powerful moral support to Grant as shall
s;.remove all show Of excuse for his submitting
to the dictation OF manipulation Of politicians
Year: 1872

In the trial Of McWilliams, Chief Of the jersey
City Police, for completely in the robbery of the
Jersey City Bank, one Of the robbers testified
that the Chief melted him to The deed, stating
that there was 100000 in it. and promising,
for 20 per cent of the plumber, to let the thieves
escape, if caught.
Year: 1872

As spring is near at hand, many OF
our readers are doubtless beginning
to think Of tFansplanting additional
shade trees to the number that alrea-
dy adorn portions OF our streets. In
view OF this fact, perhaps 3 few hints
we have CLEANED from an exchange
will not come amiss. Care should be
taken Dot to plant so deep that warmth
from the suns rays viii fail 70 reach
the roots, nor yet so shallow that
drouth will evaporate all the mois-
ture from the soil about them The
less top you have the sooner you OBJ
tain a thrifty, growing tree, for those
who have had much experience in
tree planting state the reason why so
many trees die at uones, or barely
make life Of 1t for several years,
arise from the fact that they are set
too deep and have more top on them
than the roots can find nourishment
for
Year: 1872




Horses kept In the stables and NOT
doing much work should be regularly
cleaned and fed. Some farmers seem
TO think that unless horse Is % be
taken out TO work he does not need
cleaning. Such 8 man. to be consis-
tent, ought not TO wash himself unless
he is going to townI We feed our
horses with q bushel of chopped straw
(say ms. }, moistened with water and
mixed with two quarts Of corn meal,
to each team, three times a day.
They are allowed straw liz their racks:
but it is good plan to take it out OF
racks at say eight o'clock in the
morning, and let them have no food
before them until noon. Then feed
them and remove ali that is left In
their racks at two o'clock, aud feed
again at night. letting them have all
the straw they can eat until morning.
In this way, horses that are standing
in the stable will eat much more
heartily than If the food is before
them all the time. Ifthey are worked,
feed little more grain or hay. A
few rutabagas or carrots may be fed
to the horses with great advantage,
say half g bushel to each team, As
spring approaches feed more literally.
Year: 1872

Prof. Agassiz comes to the conelu-
sion that the continent of North


America was once covered with ice
for a mile in thickness, thereby agree
ing with Prof. Hitchcock and other
eminent geological writers concern
ing the glacial period. In proof of
this conclusion, he says that the slopes
Of the Allegheny range Of mountains
glaeier-wOrn TO the very top, except
few points which were above the
level of the icy mass. Mount Wash
ingtOn, for instance, is over six thou
sand feet high, and the ugh,
unpublished surface Of its summit,
covered with loose fragments, just
below the level of which glacier
marks come to an end, tells US that
it lifted its head alone above the
desOlute waste of Ice and snow.


10 this region, then, the thickness
OF the ice cannot have been much less
than six thousand feet, and this is in
keeping with the same kind Of
evidence in other parts of the country;
for when the mountains are much
below the six Thousand feet, the ice
seems to have passed directly over
them, while the few peaks rising to
that height are left untouched. The
glacier, he argues, was Gods great
plough, and when the ice vanished
from the face of the land, it left it
prepared for the hand Of the husband
man.


The hard surface of the rocks were
ground t, powder, the elements of
the soil were mingled in fair proper
tions, granite was carried into lime
regions, lime was mingled With the
more arid and unProduetive granite
districts, and soil was prepared fit
for the agricultural uses Of man.
There are evidences all over the
popular regions to show that at one
period the heat OF the tropics extended
all over the globe. The ice period Is
to be long subsequent to
this, and next to the last before the
advent of man,
Year: 1872

Never relinquish the great object OF
your ambition whatever it may be-
Let IL be, more or less distinctly. ever
present to your mind. Let 1t exert q
controlling influence over all your
actions. In the first place, have some
definite aim to your life-sOme dis
tinet and leading object OF your am
bition; and be ambitious to accom-
plish.it. An aimless, objeetless life
is a dull and dreary waste. It lacks
stimulus, zest, and enjoyment.


In choosing an object Of ambition,
choose a worthy one, in behalf Of
which all the strength, all the higher
and noble faculties Of your nature,
may be enlisted. Have an aim that
YOU may unbiushingly and proudly
exhibit to the light Of the day, and
for which YOU may safely challenge
the respect of all. Then pursue It
earnestly and steadfastly. No matter
what diseOuragement assail you, or
what obstacles present themselves IN
your way, keep right on in the pur-
suit of your object. II your progress
be slow, still persevere, and make 1t
sure.


Do sorrows come TO you? They
come to all. The continued adhe-
renee 10 the great plan Of usefulness
which YOU have laid out will do as
much as anything can to brighten
your path, even when grief and gloom
overshadow 1t. Press on through
good report or evil report, through
darkness OF through sunshine, amid
storms or under peaceful skies-still
Dress on. and never relinQuish the
great object Of your ambition.
Year: 1872

According to the English Mechanic.
potatoes should always be stored in
as dry state as possible, and should
any disease be discovered among
them, small quantities only should
be pitted together; certainly not more
than thirty bushels in each pit. In
the center Of this pit should be placed
a lump of lime about the size OF 3
mans head, and before covering them
in they should receive good busting
of quickllme. The lime absorbs the
moisture during the time the potatoes
sweat, and by so doing prevents the
tubers from overheating, while its
application also greatly improves the
quality Of the potatoes, no doubt
absorbing much Of the water from
the tubers, and consequently making
them more mealy than II pitteG with
out lime. After the potatoes have been
lying in the pit for at lesst q month,
they should be carefully looked over,
and may be placed together in one or
more large pits, in the center OF which
should be placed large basket Of
hard Jumps of lime, OF should the
pits be formed of long trenches, it
will be well to place other baskets at
about twelve feet apart. The whole
heap should slso be well sprinkled
with lime before covering IL. The
pits should be made low aSd narrow,
as they are thus less liable to heat
than If made wide and high.
Year: 1872

Conversational power IL a gift Of
birth. It Is some mems nature to
talk. Words flow out incessanflv
like drops from q spring in the hill
side-not because they are solicited
but because pushed out By an In ward
force that viii not let them Be still
From this extreme there Il every de-
gree Of modification until we come to
the opposite extreme. In which men
seem almost unable, certainly unwil-
ling, TO utter their Thoughts. Some
men are poor IN simple language.
They have thoughts enough, but she
symbols Of ho1ght-words- refuse to
present themselves, or come singIy
ana snngily. Others are silent from
me structure Of secretiveness. Others
are cautious, and look before thew
speak. and before they are ready the
occasion has passed,


In regard to language itself the
habit Of reading pure English, and OF
employing it every day, is the best
drill for 8 good talkef. People ALWAYS
act more naturally in their every dsy
clothes than they do when dressed M
for Sunday; and the reason Is. that
thep are unconscious in the one case
and self-eonscious In the other. 1t is
so in speech. II one allows himself
to talk coarselY and vulgarly every
day and out Of company, he viii most
assuredly find 1t not easy to talk well
in company.


Habit is stronger than intention,
and somewhere the common run OF
speech VIII break through and betray
you. To converse well at sometimes
requires that you shall converse well
AZ all times. Avoid on the one side
Sulgarisms, all street cOlloquialisms,
even when they are not vicious; for
by-words and slang sentences amuse
only while they are new. As soon IS
they become habitual they corrupt
your language, without any equival-
ent in amusement.


On tire other extreme. avoid mag
niloquent aud high flown language Of
every kind. Nothing Is more tedious
than 8 grand talker. Everybody
laughs at pompous fellow who lugs
into his conversation big words or pc
dantic expressions. The best language
in the world is that which is so simple
and transparent that no one thinks Of
the words which you use, but only of
the thought or feeling which they en-
press.
Year: 1872

The manager of q Berlin Theatre
got up drama in which q human
head was to be offered to q tyrant. In
order TO produce as much effect as
possible he resolved 70 use q human
head. On the stage was placed q Ia
bic covered with q cloth. On the Ia
Die was 8 basin. and an actor con-
eealed under the cloth poked up his
head through 3 hole In the table, so
as to seem, TO be placed in the basin.
The effect was prodigious. The au-
dience applauded and trembled.-
Unluekily wag who mad been stroll
ing about the stage, sprinkled a spOen-
full of snuff on the basin, and just as
the tyrant finished his address 20 the
severed head Of his enemy, the head
replied by a heavy fit Of sneezing, and
changed the audience from .1grave to
gay" with remarkable expedition.