smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

ACTION IS MANS SALvATIoN.-Men who
have half dozen irons in the fire are not the
ones to 60 crazy. 1t is the man of voluntary
or compelled leisure, who mopes and pines
and thinks himself into the mad house or the
grave. Motion is all nature'slaw. Action is
mans salvation, physical and mental; and
vet nine out of ten are wistfully looking for
ward to the coveted hour when they shall
have leisure to do nothing-the very siren
that has lured to death many Successful
man. He only is truly wise who lays himself
out to work till life's latest hour, and that is
the man who will live the longest, and will
live to most purpose.
Year: 1872

houses, ana even pOlnI OuL LILO uoois oio VIII
dows. &c., and this whether the doors be shut
or.open. When window consists of one en-
tire sheet of glass it is more difficult to discov.
er than one composed of a number Of small
panes. From this it would appear that glass
is a bad conductor of sensation, or at any rate
of the sensation specially connected with this
sense. When objects below the face are per-
ceived, the sensation seems to come in an OBJ
lique line from the object to the upper part of
the face. While walking with friend, /
said, pointing to fence which separated the
road from field, "Those rails are not quite as
high as my shoulder" He looked at them
and said they we're higher. We, however,
measured, and found them about three inches
lower than my shoulder, At the time of
making this observation was about four feet
from the rails Certainly, in this instance,
facial perception was more accurate than
sight. When the lower part Of fence is
brick work and the upper part rails the fact
can be detected, and the line where the two
meet easily perceived. Irregularities in height
and the projections and indentations in walls
can also be discovered. A similar sense be.
longs to some part of the animal creation, and
especially to bats, who have been known to
fly about room without otriking against any.
thing after the cruel experiment has been
made Of extracting their eyes"


Our WITH Ir.-How many kind thoughts
die unborn; how many kind words are stiAed
unspoken. Hearts hunger for word of ap-
probation and praise, and would leap for
gladness if they knew the kindness that others
feel toward them; but while they plod on in
doubt and darkness, we stife kindly aspira-
tions, and the cheering thought and sympa.
thizing word dies within our hearts and makes
no sign. Why need we be so reticent concern
ing things that are goods Most people are
outspoken enough when angry or discontented.
They find fault boldly, with relish !; but
words of praise are with them exceedingly
few.


1t is true that he that Aattereth his neigh
Dor spreadeth net for his feet. We are to
avoid fattery and fulsome praise. But yet,
when glow of honest admiration or approval
rises within our hearts, why not out with it,
and let it gladden. others, as it cheers us?
How happy families might be if every thought
ofthankfulness, and sympathy, and love found
voice. and manifested itself in speech and &C.
tion, from day to day. How many home,
now dreary and uncomfortable, might be made
Joyous with light and sunshine if we would not
only rebuke with fidelity, and reprove in love,
but would also show in words and deeds our
sense of gratitude and approval, when we can
honestly do so.
Year: 1872

The operation of raising the oysters from the Princes Bay and other beds in summer is interesting. In winter they can lie long time Tn vessels without de- triment, but in hot weather they must be taken to the consumer as quick as possi- ble after leaving the water. In former times much inconvenience was experience ed by Staten Islanders in getting thelr vessels loaded in time on summer morn- ings. They would have to begin at mid- night to suit the tides, because one pecul- iarity of the delivery of oysters is that they should lie on hard, clean surface under water during one shifting of the tide to clear themselves of mud. From this substance of course they obtain e part of their food, and when first raked from the bottom they have much of it within their shells. If left few hours on 8 clean, hard surface under water, where they can draw in only water, they clean themselves, and thus present no unpleasant morsel of mud to the consum- CT. The custom was formerly to put them on a sandy beach, or if that could not be had, hard mud or soft meadow bottom, where the high tide would over flow them. The fishermen were often much put out waiting for those high tides, shifting little as they do every day. Finally 8 man named Thompson, who is still a large dealer, invented a remedy for the difficulty; he built the first oyster-foat" These receptacles might be called "oyster bathing houses" They are seventy five feet long by twenty two feet wide, and hold from five to nine hundred bushels. They are made of logs and plank, the latter half an inch apart, to permit free passage of water. These affairs save time and labor and greatly equalize the work. For in the warmest weather even the oysters which are laid on them from four to twelve inches deep may remain thus for days without detri- ment. The planter can go now to his well-replenished float (which has been fill ed by his men at their leisure day or two before) just in time to load up and

 take a favorable wind or tide for the city.
Year: 1872

THE VICTIMS OF WAR.-A German newspaper presents the following very in- teresting statistics in regard to the wound ed of the war of l87O-7l: Out of 3,453 Germans wounded around Metz ninety five and half per cent. were injured by the Chassepot rife, two and seven teDths per cent. by the artillery, and only eight tenths per cent. by cold steel. Among the French wounded twenty-five per cent. were wounded by the German artillery, seventy per cent. by small arms, and five per cent. by cold steel. These figures in themselves tell a very remarkable story. Tue same paper pretends that in the whole course of the war twenty. five thousand French were hit by the German artillery, so that on comparing the number of shots fired the conclusion is inevitable that for every three discharges of German cannon at least one Frenchman'was killed or more or less injured. According to the statistics of the German wounded tho following proportion has been established in an official manner: Ninety per cent. of men were hit among the infantry; five per cent. in the artillery, and two per cent. in all the other branches of the service.
Year: 1872

noyances and losses resulting from the variety and multiplication of currencies. At each frontier he finds all his previous financial knowledge, 'conned with cruel pain," and costly battles with rapacious hotel keepers, guides and coachmen, utterly useless.

 Almost every town inficts on him it's own particular grief in the shape of some distinctive and favorite coin, more be- wildering than the last, until much of the time that should have been given to the scenery or customs of the country is spent in breaking his head over the hopeless complications of the coin of the country in which he may happen to be. Tom Hood suggests an excellent but expensive way of avoiding any trouble about the currency of the differ. ent countries through which you pass and that is, ''when you arrive at the frontier of another country, to throw away all the coin of the country you are leaving, you may have on hand, and start fair with new supply of the coin of the country to which you are going"

 At 1.45 P. M. on the following day we left for ''the Hague" It was but short trip through fiat, canal and ditch. covered country. The vast meadows, clad with the richest verdure, were covered with cattle nearly every one of them being milky white with jet black spots on different parts of their bodies, and whose high condition attests an abundant and wholesome nutriment.

 A little more than an hour after leav- ing Amsterdam we were comfortably quartered on the Hague at the Hotel Paulez. After lunch we took drive around the city and there was great deal that was interesting and worth sec ing. The streets were clean and neat, but there was little or no business doing and in fact the place looked as if it was -asleep. We drove by the 'sPalace h the woods. which is occupied by the King of Holland, on our way to Scheveningen, through one of the most magnificent forests we have seen anywhere the color of the foliage was exquisite in the extreme. We found a great number of people at Scheveningen, which is about twenty minutes drive from the Hague, and is the Saratoga of Holland. It is situated on the German ocean, and is the favorite resort of the Dutch gentry. The day was cool and cheerless with a stiff breeze blowing off the ocean. scatter ing the fine, white sand in every direc- tion and giving the place hard, bare unhospitable look. B. M.
Year: 1872

LAPLAND MARR1AaEs.-Iti is death in Lapland to marry mad without the consent of her parents or friends. When young man has formed an at tachment to Q female the fashion is to appoint their friends to meet to behold the two young parties run race to- gether, The maid is allowed in starting the advantage of third part of the race, so that it is impossible except will, ing of herself, that she should be over taken. If the maid overruns her suitor, the matter is ended; he must never have her, it being penal for the man to renew the motion of marriage. But if the vir- gin has an affection for him, though at the first she runs hard to try the truth of his love, she will (without Atlanta's gol- den balls to retard her speed), pretend some casualty, and make a voluntary halt before she cometh to the mark or end of race. Thus none are compeled to mar " against their own wills: and this is the couse that in this poo1 country, the mar ried people are richer in their own con- tentment than in other lands, where so many forced matches make feigned love and cause real unhappinness.
Year: 1872

The "Popular Science Monthly, in speaking of man who was bitten by mad dog says: "The wound was at once caute' ized, but in due time hydropho- bia was developed. The attack itself was characterized by the usual hydro phobic symptoms great difficulty of breathing and of swallowing, distress at the pit of the stomach, convulsions, frightful struggling and bowling, wild expression of countenance, frothy dis charge from the mouth, and on one occasion strong propensity to bite. The paroxysms succeeded each other at intervals of about ten minutes, and perceptibly grew worse as they contin- ued Shortly after being called in, the attending physician began the admin istration of chloral-hydlate in twenty grain doses. After the third dose, the violence of the symptoms began to moderate; the fourth dose was follow ed by still greater improvement; and the fifth dose put the sufferer to sleep. Sleep was kept up by giving the same dose at longer intervals.

 For the next twenty four hours nothing of any consequence occurred, with the exception of slight twitchings of the face and jerking of the arms and legs during sleep. These were ailayed at any time by an extra dose of the chloral. Beeftea, mutton broth, common tea, or water gruel were given to him occasionally, which he swallowed without much objection when thoroughly aroused. During the next three days the somnolency was kept up by the medicine, only 8 few twichings showing themselves. On the morning of the fifth day he awoke out of a gentle slumber and said to his wife, "I feel as if should like to bite somebody" This was the last symp- tom noticed of hydrophobic charac- Ter. After the fifth day the chloral- hydrate was discontinued, and the quantity taken altogether amounted to 360 grains. When fit to travel the patient went into the country, subse- quently returning able to attend to business.

 This, we believe, is the only case on record of a complete cure in a clear case of well developed hydrophobia.
Year: 1872

PLUcKY.-A Hinsdale (Mass.) farmer recently took his usual marketing trip to the village, and after he had made his purchases, the salesman attempted to shove the bundle under the wagon seat, but met with such fierce and deter mined opposition that he withdrew his hand in great haste. The cause was found to be an.old hen that was sitting there upon nest of eggs, and which, with the pertinacity of fowls at the period of incuba tion, had stuck to her nest throuehout the two miles ride from the farmers wagon shed, and now put in c "bill " to stay the preeeediines
Year: 1872

An Empty Nest. Mine is the song of an empty nest:

 Others will bring you braver songs; But mine must utter my hearts behest, Though sing it to needless throngs. My steps were over the blanched leaves That had taken the frost's untimely kiss; Not long ago we'd carried the sheaves,

 But the season was all amlss. With hanging head and with lettering feet Toward the open land I went, Through places that summer had made so swee With a glamour but briefly lent. I trod upon something soft and dry,

 For my eyes were full on the flaming west And just where the grass was thick and high Was lying-an empty nest. Oh, the visions of faded spring;

 Oh, the mem'ries of silenced song, Of bro ooding breast, and of glancing wing, To an empty nest alonel And the thought that suddenly came to me, Close to the water, facing the west, Was of some singing that used to be

 In another forsaken nest. There were two birds that began to sing Low in the field of yellow corn Not for the heed their song should bring, But for love of the dewy morn. Birds of one feather and sister birds, Crowded out of roof-tree nest, Hatched within sound of lowing herds, But flying away from the west. Birds of one feather fare best together: Singing, they built them another nest, Sat in it and sung in the worst of weather, Each loving the other best. But we who listened one morning knew That only one bird was left to sing: That never had sung apart, the two, And we talked of broken wing. Now, should you chance to pass that way, You should vainly listen for any song; But what regrets for the vanished lay To this empty nest belongl
Year: 1872

A Sunday dinner is made the most
sumptuous meal Of the week in great
many households, and the guests retire
from the table more like gorged anaeon
das than intellectual human beings, with
the result that during the whole after
noon there is such an amount of mental
physical, and religious sleepiness. if not
actual stupidity, that no duties whatev-
er are performed with alacrity, efficiency,
and acceptableness. The Sunday din
ner, made of cup of hot tea, some
bread and butter. with slice of cold
meat, and absolutely nothing else, would
be wiser and better for all; it would give
the servants more leisure; the appetite
would be as completely satisfied half an
hour afterward, while body, brain and
heart would be in a fitting condition to
perform the duties of the Sabbath with
pleasure to ourselves. with greater eff
cheney to others, and doubtless with
larger acceptance to Him toward whom
all our service is Halls Jouraa
of Health.
Year: 1872

shall be, as far as liberal expenditure ~
money, and unremitting editorial labor can
make il the best daily telegraphic COM
mercial general news and political paper
to be had anywhere between the Ohio River
and the Gulf. Terms below
Year: 1872

Is without doubt the best Political and
Family Journal in the State, and the best
evidence Of its character and appreciation
OF its readers is found in the fact that but
few who subscribe for il ever cease taking
it. Each number contains thirty-six col
umns of choice reading matter.
Year: 1872

Too BAD-THE Trick OF A PRosPEC-
TIVE BROTHER IN.LAw.-A rather con-
temptiblc trick was played on one of our
young clerks Sunday night. He bought
cut glass bottle Of cologne, with q
glass stopper and pink rbbsn, to present
TO young lady he is keeping company
with, but on reaching the house he felt a
little embarrassed for fear there were
members of the familo present, and SO
he left the beautiful gift on the s;oop and
passed in. The movement was porceiv


ed by graceless brother Of the young
lady, who appropriated the colognc to
his own Use, AMI reiilled the bottle with
hartshorn from the family jar, and then
hnng round to see tho result. In a little
while the young man slipped out on the
stoop, and securing the splendid gift


slipped back again into tho parlor, where,
with a few appropriate words, he pressed
ii upon the blushing girl Like a good
and faithful dsughter rs she was, she at
once hurried into the presence of her
mother, and tho old lady was charmed


They didn't put up scent stuff like that
when she was q girl; it was kept in q
china tea cup and it was held together
by samples Of all the family's hair. Blu.
she was very much pleased with it. She
drew ont the stopper, laid the beautiful
petals OF her nostrils over the aperture,
and fetched a pull at tho contents that
fairly made them bubble. Then she laid
the bottle down, and picked up the
brass mounted fire shovel instead, and
said she, as soon as she could say any


thing: "Whcre is tha. sinking brat =
And he, all unconscious Of what had hap
pencl, was in front Of tho mirror al


jus.ing his nccltic, and smiling at him.
self And here she found him and said
30 hm, "Oh, you are laughing at the
tick Of an old woman. are you, you wall.
eyed lsper And then she basted him
one on the car And he being by nature
more eloqUoGt with lis legs than his
tongne, FASTENED frem there, bowling
like mad. aud accompanied to the gate
by that brass mounted shovel He says
he would give everything on earth if he
could shake off the impression that a
mistake had been made - Ddn6avy Ncps.
Year: 1872




The undersigned, policy y-hOlders OF the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, call to the attention Of
the trustees the fact that difference OF opinion
exists among prominent actuares as to the effect
upon the interests of present poicy-hoders Of the
proposed new departure In the conduct OF the
affairs of the company and the disposition OF its
accumulated funds.


They also call to their attention the fact that in
the opinion OF three eminent actuaries the reduc-
ton Of premiums as proposed Is "unjust to exist
ing policy and prejudcial to their rights
and interests and deserving unqualified disap-
proval."


They also suggest to the trustees that any ex-
perimental revolution by them (of doubtful legal
ity) in the system Of the company's business, and
the use and hazard by them of the funds accumu-
lated by the present pocyholders for the security
OF new obligations inuring to the benefit OF new
members, are calculated to shake the confidence OF
the community In a direction where, by every
means, confidence should be strengthened and not
weakened.


They protest against such an unustinable exer-
else by the trustees OF the functions OF their Office
Year: 1872

On Monday nearly five hundred destitute
Italians were landed at Castle Garden They
were preceded last month by about double that
number, another half thousand came last
night, and still others are on the way. Most
OF them have no luggage and nothing with
which to encounter hand Winter beyond
the scanty clothes which cover them.
and are grossly ignorant. Many of them
ore under the impression that they have
reached South America, having been enticed
to leave their homes by bright pictures Of life
amid abundance Of tropical products which
require almost no labor. What money they
could raise has been exhausted in purchasing
what they supposed to be passage tickets to
the Southern Eden, instead of which they are
here-cold, hungry and destitute Our author
tiles are puzzled how to provide for these
unfortunates, who have been duped by sharks
at home. A portion have been transferred
to Wards Island, whence parties have
been sent to work in various directions
sight as they huddled about the stoves in the
immigrant depot or strolled in groups through
the lower part of the city in search of homes.
Strangers, without money, friends or trades,
what chance have they to support themselves
in the end they must all be cared for by the
Commissioners of Charities, who will feed and
shelter them till work can be found which
they can be taught to do. It looks as though
the Italian government is blamable in allow
ing or promoting this cruel transfer of desti-
tute men from their own sunny homes hither
at this cold season to suffer, unless relieved by
charity. They cannot leave the peninsula
without official notice. IF they are sent here
or allowed to come by official direction q
fearful responsibility rests upon the authors
of the outrage.
Year: 1872

The HARTFORD Times (democratic) thinks
the rascalities Of certain politicians during the
past few years will astound the land if they
are ever fully revealed That they never will
be so long as the Bone Squash Diabolo COM
mittees, with whitewash brush in hand, stand
ready to plaster over the iniquities of men in
high places.
Year: 1872

Slist cause Is strong in the Assembly. IL is
weak in the nation, and that President Theirs
is too wise to throw away the support of the
republican party, which grows every day
stronger.
Year: 1872

Gennessee county, 5000 " /"


East of Wayne county but small amount
of fruit is grown. Now for this very
extraordinary yield of fruit in this
special locality, my theory without
going into philosophical detail is
simply that the open lakes being shall
low furnish large amount of ice which
flows out by the Niagara River by de-
preston of some $50 feet into
Lake Ontario, a large body of water OF
unknown depth, and which is never
frozen, and by the drift or currents, this
body of ice is drifted on to the south shore
of the lake and then is held, as is evil
denced by the fact that the body of Nor
gan, which, as alleged, was sunk in the
Niaraga River, floated out and was found
by ThurlOW Weed at or near the mouth of
Oak Orchard Creek in Orleans county.
This is matter of history and must be
satisfactory as against any question of
philosophy. If the dead body of Morgan
flOated there the ice would. Now the
presence of SO vast body of ice in
the immediate locality keeps back
vegetation and prevents the germ of
the fruits being injured by the early frOsts
consequently fruit growing in Western
New York is as sure crop as corn in East
Tennessee


Now / maintain that if our people will
make orchards on the locations the most
productive of same results. we can have
good fruit country-and have it annual
ly.


4 substantial and reliable farmer in this
county (and that is the only kind we have
in MOnroe) told me on his farm on Island
Creek. he had fruit tree on the north side
of a hill, and on an upper table which had
rarely failed to yield fruit every year for
thirty years, and wished me to enter into
an arrangement with him to furnish the
trees from Rochester, to plant an orchard
as a speculation. If / was a younger man
l would "go for him." You find all
over East Tennessee similar facts, where
fruit trees have the north hillside location
and the proper elevation. The philosophy
is practical, and is well known to all care
full seekers after the science, and is the
principal, if not sufficient argument for
substantial and progressive farmers to
identify themselves actively i'll the efforts
to disseminate agricultural information by
societies, clubs. fairs and conven tiOns.


After all the shipments from Niagara
county, of $50, 900 barrels, there is now held
by the farmers, in their cellars, 10000 bar
rels of apples, worth say 3 per borrel.
Now in the city of Knoxville to-day ap-
pies are being sold from New York at 40
cents per dozen or 81 buShel. Having the
finer climate, having the same influences of
Western New York by hunting the north
hill side and elevation, are we not sLOeC-or
the arbiters in our own wrong by striking
the South Side" of our hills We, in
Monroe, are taking new departure and
have Messrs. Gaines & Ward to furnish us
the right kind of trees. 1t is very desir-
able, II this premise is true, that We all
lnaugurate system of eXperiments-the
cost Is small, the result vastly important.
LET Us HAVE MORE FRUIT"