smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

A poultry raiser informs US that
when he cuts a chickens wing he
gets some one to hold the bird and
he takes the wing and stretches it
out, and with sharp knife commence
near the body, leaving three or four
of the quill feathers next the body
without cutting, and cuts all the rest
except three or four at the tip end.
That will take the wind out of their
sails and prevent flying. The feathers
left at the tip Of the wing enables the
hen to keep her eggs in place if you
let her sit, and when the wing is shut
up it does not disfgure her.
Year: 1875

Somebody has said that a Yankee
baby in the cradle. sucking his thumbs,
is thinking up plan to improve the
rocking machine. And somsbody
else says if Yankee should he ship,
wrecked some night, be would paddle
ashore, and he around the next morn
ing trying to sell the inhabitants a
map Of the place.
Year: 1875

No one remedy is louder
called for by the necessities
of the American people than
a sure and safe cure for
Fever and Ague. Such
we are now enabled 10 offer,
with n perfect certainty that
Year: 1875

Florence, July Sth.-Flourishing reports come daily to hand of the Pnal mines. The latest discoveries are the Josephine and the Pike mines. Professor Shaw of Camp Me Dowell, with whom we had conversation yesterday, said that the Josephine was a true Assure vein of the Silver King. It is traceable on the surface for nearly one mile in length, extensions of which have been taken up by certain prominent citizens of Tucson. The ledge on the surface shows a mineral cropping vein seven inches in width, and thus far has given fair evidence of an in crease in each descending foot Several spec linens of native silver from this vein are now on exhibition at Florence. The Pike mine is an extension of the Josephine and bids fair to render its owner fortune in less than six months.

 The embowelling of the famous Silver King still continues at an astonishing rate. The main shaft, which has been enlarged six by twelve feet, reached the depth of 40 feet last evening. The average yield thus far has given net profit of five thousand dollars per ton.

 The silver smelting works erected in North Florence, by Messrs. Avery & Hughes, have proved success, although the capacty of these furnaces is too small to accommodate the quantity of ore that arrives daily.

 Messrs. Nimon & Nash of Ohio intend to erect extensive smelling works in Florence in few weeks. Machinery and material is now en route from Yuma.
Year: 1875

THE days of shivelry are not over; they will last as long as whiskey dug.

 I never have moan an impudent man yet who was possessed of downright good sense.

 If a man wants to find out the utter weak ness uv mummy, let him try to hire double tooth to quit aching.

 No man kan git me to keep secret for him had rather hold mule for the same length of time.

 IF man tells lie he is always in great hurry to pruve it.

 THARE iz reely more happiness in redusng our wants than in gratifying them.- Josh Billings.

 HENRY CLAY described mule as an "ani- nal that has no pride of ancestry and no hope of posterity."
Year: 1875

other foreigner, visits the country they will not be afraid to travel with five dollars in their pockets.

 The well-to-do people of Mexico are very hospitable and kind, but they are in the mi nority, and the majority are treacherous and rough. They devote a great deal of their time to gambling and cock fighting. Sunday is general day with them for such business, and every Don of any note has from two to one dozen fine fighting cocks. It seems as if they have no taste for d race horse, and do little or no racing. They are very fine horse men, graceful riders. Should the reader ever some of their horsemanship on St. Johns Day-one of their big feast days. Gambling, cock fighting, and horsemanshp are executed to queens taste, and just as soon as the feast is over all, or the most of them, attend church. During the feast the Priest takes hand with them, bets his money as high as any of them, and they think nothing of it. I have talked with them on this particular subject, (about the Priests gambling), and they say Jesus Christ will not condemn him for playing his money, there is no harm in it. But to me, an American it seemed strange for the Priest to conduct himself in this way.

 They pride themselves on murdering Max million and driving the French from their country. In this particular point I think they did we'll, and I believe every true hearted American will give them credit for it-for maintaining their country. But curse be to them for the murdering of Max imllian and driving his wife to insanity that will ever be stain on the Republic of Mexico.

 Everything from Hermosillo on down to Mazatan is about the same as all the rest of the country-no railroads, no telegraph and little staging. Should any of your readers visit that country l would advise them to not represent themselves for more than two dollars and half, and it would be we'll for them to take along an extra blanket, tin cup, etc.-no red pepper. BENJ. c. MOORE.
Year: 1875

Who would be a moral knave?

 Who would be sot and slave? Who would i'll drunkard's grayeg Never, let it be. Who will take the noble plan? Who will prove himself man Lost one, if you will you can

 Will it, and be tree. Let nc coward fears alright, God is on the side Of right; He will aid you by his might, If you will be free. Never such word as fail,

 Right is might and must prevail; Darkest foes in vain assail; Onward and be free. Wipe the tear from woman's eye, Still the hungry cIildren's cry; Be freeman, live or die;

 Triumph waits the free.
Year: 1875

Cornwall.

 News is rather dry, like everything else i; never was the ground known to be SO dry at this time of the year, and if this weather continues the grass crops in this end of the town will be ruined. The remains of the late John c. Calhoun were brought to the Cornwall cemetery for interment on the 18th ult., causing our people to realize afresh that his place in Cornwall will never be filled; his contributions towards all worthy objects were large, and by his will he gave the Cornwall library two thousand dollars; also the county association one thousand dollars in addition to his large contributions before...... The pulpit is being filled at the present time by the Rev. Dr. White, D. D., whose well written sermons and able style of delivery, draw large con- gregatlons every Sunday. He forms an agreeable contrast with those which which we have had to preach for some time past......Tobacco is looking rather small for the time of the year. One of our citizens met with loss of tobacco bed in rather peculiar manner. He was engaged in wedding it when a tramping gent came along and wished to beg little cider. The citizen informed him that he had no cider for gratuitous distribution, whereupon the tramp got on the tobacco bed and begun series of gymnastics. In vain the citizen endeavored to convince him by logic that his services in that line were not required, until forbearance ceased to be virtue. and he started for his neighbors to borrow a double barreled gun. When he came back, the gent had retired, leaving the bed in a highly demoralized condition. Moral-Al- ways own a two barreled gun. x.Y.z.
Year: 1875

I9 MT. EYarts, in his opening sentences before the jury in the Beecher case appos- itely said: ''When the scandal is promul- gated then at once there is vast class of the community tbat give it ready and a free acceptance. The idle profligates of New York believed in it, and of all these neighboripg towns. And 30 in every quar- ter where the wicked classes make their meetings and hold their gossips with sheer and smile the scandal was accepted. Why that man should err with woman, that the weakness of the flesh should yield to the temptation of the flesh, these classes said they'd known always and everywhere. and they were glad that their doctrines and opinions were being accepted among the more serious classes" The elegant orator and learned lawyer has here put sharp finger of comment upon what has been a striking pecularitY of this noted trial- 'The idle 'profigates, not only of New York and it's neighboring towns, but of all our centres of population, the bad men and frail women of the whole country have made haste to adjudge MT. Beecher guilty. In the condemnation of others they have sought excuse for themselves, and the real justice of the charge has never suggested to them moments examination; that it had been made at once enlisted their per- sonal feelings in believing that it was true -Bagtin0re American
Year: 1875

snThe most destructive fire that ever visit ed Springfield broke out about quarter to three o'clock Sunday afternoon, and ragged furiously for three hours, sweeping through the great business ward of the city, from one corner diagonally to the other, and leaving in its track the ruins of some of the most important manufacturing and business places in the city, and of more than score of dwelling houses. The fire originated in a dangerous locality in H. M. Conkey's blaming mill on Taylor street, ,and the strong and favoring wind forced it at once through to the lumber yards and inhammable tene- ments of Warrington street, while flying cinders almost at the same time gave it a hold upon the business blocks on the west side of Main street, at the corner of Bridge, and whence it pushed diagonally across to the corner of Vernon and Water streets, devouring the heart of the square between these streets and Main and Bridge streets. The wind put it beyond control almost from the start, and but for the timely ar rival of reinforcing steamers from neigh boring towns and cities, its career would have been ended only at the river bank. It destroyed total of about forty-five build ings, of which about thirty were dwelling houses, while among the others were man ufacturing and business blocks, Second Advent church and hotel. The. total number of families burned out must be in the neighborhood of fifty, as many of the dwellings were double tenements. About two hundred men are thrown out of em.

 ployment. The total loss cannot fall short

 of a quarter of million. Happily, and il is remarkable feature of SO terrible fire,

 there was no loss of life, though severa

 serious accidents are reported.
Year: 1875

Kent.

 A part of the dam at the furnace was swept away the other night and will seri- ously inconvenience those who want grind ing done at the mill...... The woods on the Scatacoke Mountain caught fire on Sunday from coal pit. and burned over large tract; at this writing they are still burning ......A young man we'll known to the peo- pie of Kent has recently developed great talent as poet, and bids fair to win fame and fortune in the field of literature. AL though now writing under an assumed name, it is hoped he will ere long give his own to the world. Such rare talent as he evidently possesses should not be ''hid un. der bushel." Those who have read his first poems are loud in their praise of the delicate sentiment expressed therein. Let him not be discouraged because his first poem has been declined by one editor. Pa. tience will overcome all things, and that he may find the new field of labor more pleas ant and remunerative than the mercantile business or farming is the sincere wish of

 SoI.
Year: 1875

Don't discuss the testimony with cat in your lap, or if you will do 1t, don't get so excited as to rub the animals back the wrong way.

 Meat me at the spelling match at Niue sic hall," was the invitation probably writ ten by one who stepped down and out on the first round.

 The boy who ran away from school to go fishing all alone, and caught himself in the lip, says he's got enough of fishing on his own hook.

 A Springfield man recently took bath in the dark. He managed well enough, only he got hold of piece of stove-black- ing instead of ssap, with marked results.

 Aboy who will yell like Tartar if g drop of water gets on his shirt when his neck is being washed. can crawlthrough ( sewer after ball and think nothing of 1t.

 A small boy in New Haven madsa . sen sation for short time by quietly transfer ring card bearing the words ''take one, ' from lot of hsndbills ID front of 6 store to basket of oranges.
Year: 1875

NEGLECTED CRLLARs.-It is not probable that the amount of sickness bred in cellars can ever be accurately estimated, but there is no doubt that many mysterious cases of typhoid and scarlet levers, rheumatism and ague, may be correctly traced to the mala- rious effluvia emanating from these neg lected corners. Old boxes, bins and barrels which have contained vegetable matter, meat, fish, etc. ,need thorough overhauling, because when standing in dark corner they look empty, and there may be poison left sticking on the sides and bottom to af- feet the health of the household. The work of cleansing is often left to the wo- men and boys of the family. A man had much better leave his work day, to make thorough examination and publication of the cellar, than to be unduly anxious about getting in his crops in extra season. After all garbage is carried out, let the ceilings and walls be faithfully brushed with an old broom, and if this is done once month, the atmosphere will be all the sweeter. Use plenty of lime, and in dry weather keep l

 the doors and windows open part of ev- cry day. Old tin and wooden ware should not be allowed to stsnd year after year up- on the cellar shelves. If it is not fit to be used, throw 1t away. Apropos of the above remarks comes the following from the Do, yer Plains correspondent of the Amenis Times: Four of the family of Samuel Benson, living one and half miles east of our village, are lying sick with pneumonia. This is a rather remarkable circumstance that father and three sons and another of the family just taken down should be sick from this disease at the same time. We have made inquiries as to the probable cause, and from the best information we can get, we believe that their sickness has been produced by leaving vegetable matter to decay in tbe cellar of the house. Mir. Benson and one of the sons are in dan generous state.
Year: 1875

We are net to expect to reform the
world in which we dwell either by at
tempting to merely repair and mend
its systems. That we shall do, but we
must do more. ''These things ought
ye to have done, but not to have left
the other undone." Why, my breth.
rem, there is a way Of forging justice
that is better than picking up broken
fragments Of justice and putting them
together.


When CromwelPs soldiers were in
Winchester they dashed out the ca
thedral windows, and the people were
at loss how to replace the sanity
figures that lay scattered and broken
on tho pavement. Suppose some
glazier had undertaken to put together
again and cement the ten thousand
fragments He would have resem-
bled those men who are going about
and trying to find the fragments Of
justice and to put them together.
It is not patched Justice that we want.
What we want is an atmospheric
power Of development, like Summer
on continent, to inspire growth
away from passion and toward love.
Love Is the mother OF all things.
Justice and truth will spring fr0m
this divine weather In regal beauty
and with hitherto unknown sweet
ness. We do not want GLACIERS, but
inspiration. We need something
higher than mending. We need soul
power. We need the power of God.
We want Gods creative power in
Christ Jesus, and that is the power of
pure and great nature to suffer for
impure and little natures. - Good
NeaOQ.
Year: 1875

creetly refrains from expressing
an opinion. All sorts of sto-
ries were rife among the passen-
gers, derogatory to the Captain, as is
usually the case In such disasters, but
they are hardly worthy of hearing.
Upon one thing, however, our inform
ant is certain. That at the time of the
accident there was no "dense fog
bank" as reported. He says there was
light fog, but one could easily see the
shore 500 yards distant. But doctors
will disagree even in such slight
thing as mist or fog, and the final
decision of the question may as well
be left to the formal investigation Of
the case which will no doubt occur at
an early day.
Year: 1875

II we knew how often acquaintances
who make no profession of interest in
religious things are interested, and
half hoping that we who profess to be
Christians will broach the subject in
personal conversation, we should not
be hesitant in talking to others about
their salvation. ALI the pulpits and
prayer-meeting in the land could not
begin to convert sinners to Christ rs
could the men and women who are
leading Christian lives, IL they would
watch for and improve the suitable
opportunities for religious conversation.
-Er
Year: 1875

over the choicest portion Of Their table lands
and purchasers will have the right to water
without charge Such an opportunity to se-
cure land admirably situated and watered
and perfectly adapted to semi-tropical fruit
culture, will not occur again.
Year: 1875

Brace game is term applied to houses
in which they pretend to deal faro, but
in which the player really has no chance
whatever to win, In brace house there
is no square" faro dealt. The dealer
takes two cards from the deahng-bex
whenever be chooses TO do so. The box
is arranged so that the dealer can press
on lever fastened to the inside of the
box in the right hand corner. When
the lever is pressed by the finger, the
mouth Of the box is opened so as to
allow two cards to slip out at once. On
the withdrawal of the pressure from the
lever the mouth closes with a spring, SO
that only one card can slip out, There
are some boxes made called lend
boxes" by which the dealer can press
on the end of the box, and take out two
cards, the same as by pressing on the
lever, keeping his fingers in natural
position, instead Of having to reach in
side Of the box to press the lever.


An expert thus describes the fixing of
the cards so that the dealer can win or
lose just as he pleases. The cards are
divided in two equal parts, twenty-six
cards in each part There are various
ways in arranging the cards, such as
sections, odds and evens, etc, etc,
but the popular way is both ends
against the middle. 0ne-half the cards
contain the aces, duces, kings, queens,
eights, skies, and two of the sevens.
That is both ends. The other half con
tains the jacks, tens, mines, trays, fours,
fiyes, and two of the sevens. That is
called the middle. One half of these
cards are clipped straight, less than one
sixteenth part of an inch smaller than
the other half These are sanded on
the face by rubbing fine sand-paper over
them. The other half is cut rounding,
so as to leave them larger in the middle,
and smaller at the ends than the straight
cards. These are ssnded on the back.
This is called


deck OF ROUNDS.


A dealer in shutting can sparate the
rounds from the straights by holding the
cards near the end with his left hand
and drawing the rounds out with his
right. Having the cards separated,
twenty.six in each hand, he makes the
ends even by gently tapping the end Of
one-half against the faces of the other
half. He then places the two ends to-
gether on the table, and by pressing
them together and raising his hands he
passes each alternate card over the
other, from the bottom to the top Of the
deck, thus bringing the sanded face of
one card to the back of the other. 1t is
very easy to perceive how by this means
that the dealer can control any card so
as to make it win or loose. To enable
the dealer to know when to take y
two cards, the opening at the top of the
dealing box is widest at the end next the
dealer, and each card dotted so that
be can see the second and third card, and
knows exactly when to. take.
Year: 1875




There Is no reason to doubt that the
vote Of our people to-day will be in favor
Of the appropriation to build a Capitol for
the use Of tho State as long rs Wheeling
shall remain the seat Of government
Neither is there any reason to doubt that
the vote in favor Of such an apprOpria-
ton would be larger than 1t probably
will be but for tho approhCnsions that
exist as to the immediate future OF the
Capital question. There are influential
newspapers in this State, backed by an
influential public sentiment that are
strongly in favor Of letting the Capital
question rest for several years to come
We quote some extracts bearing upon
this point this morning, from papers just
to hand. On the other side there are some
papers that favor a re-Opcning Of the re-
moyai agitations at an early day. This
Is particularly true OF the Third district
We believe, however, that the growing
feeling is in favor Of n halt in the Capital
agitation. The fact that so much time
was spent during the last session over the
subject tends to incline the people In favor
Of this halt. The chances would, there
fore, seem To be that the let.alone policy
for the present will grow In favor.


In closing this article we may very
properly refer those who place light es-
innate upon the location Of the Capital
in the city Of Wheeling, to that portion
Of the complaint Of the petitioners set
forth in the application for a writ Of In
junction; in which they dwell with great
particularly, upon the immense adyan-
tages which Charleston had derived from
her selection to DO what they choose to
call tho permanent seat Of State govern
ment, and the terrible blow which will he
inflicted upon her present prosperity
and future prospects by tho removal
Of the Capital from thence. While the
advantages aCcruing to Wheeling from
becoming the Capital Of the State would
not be 30 marked as in the case OF Charles.
ton, they would nevertheless be such as to
be very Sensibly appreciated. The In
lluence Of the presence Of the Capital
among US upon our prosperity would
never grow less, but would bc constantly
increasing quantity.
Year: 1875

the people through all time against q
change, And so far as the getting up Oi
a State House was concerned, that was q
private affair altogether, and Goy' Steven
son had no authority, nor did he intend
to assert any authority, to enter into q
contract affecting the peFpetuiIy Of the
Capital at Charleston.


The intention Of the trainers Of the
Constitution OF 1868, and the Legislature
OF 1869, is well explained by the clause in
the Constitution Of 1872, which says In
the iewcst and plainest words that the
seat Of government should only be at
Charleston until otherwise provided by
law. This clause was made thus simple
and unmistakable in order to put at rest
the point that had been raised In the in.
terest OF Charleston, to the effect that the
seat Of government could not bC changed
from that place owing to the peculiar
wording OF the provision on the subject in
the old Constitution, And during the
memorable canvass of 1872 It was every
where understood that II the new Con-
stitution was adopted the right Of any
subsequent Legislature to remove the Cap
ital from Charleston would be unquCs-
toned.


But this Is oil, and really more than
all, tho space we can afford to devote to
this question to-day,


The other points made by the petition
ers are Of a subordinate and minor char
acter, and relate to lechnicalitles on
which they themselves perhaps lay as lit
tie stress ~ anybody else. We under
stand from a gentleman who has lately
been in the Kanawha Valley that little
or no intrinsic weight Is really attached
to the reasons set forth in the petition by
leading parties there, but that tho move
msnt is rather q dilatory proceeding, put
forth for the purpose Of gaining time and
thus worrying out the removal movement
Year: 1875




At Hamburg, the keepers of the Zoo
thought that it would be more eco
nomical to give the elephant stone
floor, as the wooden one had to be re-
placed too often. One was laid but
the elephant would not lie down upon
1t to sleep. Something told him that
if he did he could not get up again.
Hence he slept standing, or lesning
against tbs wall. But the other night
his feet slipped when doing, and he
came down. He could not get up in
fact, and twenty men with ropes, pull
.leys, and ingenious contrivances work.
ed all day trying 10 get him up. He
was finally raised until his feet were
f0nr inches above the floor, when the
hinder ropes broke, leaving the poor
beast hanging Ly the neck. lie gave
one pi.eous roar and was dead