smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The spelling mania does set
people to thinking common sense. It
is found that the best educated people
can't stand a stream of words played
from an old fashioned spelling book
hose for half an hour. Culture yields
to knack, and some little schoolgirl
snatches the prize from bachelor of
arts. And this leads people to think
whether the trouble is not with the
spelling rather than the speller The
English orthography is barbarous.
One third of the words have blind let


ters In them, or some letters that is
not revealed in pronunciation. The
rules have more exceptions than ex-
amples, and it is a sheer waste Of time
and mind to try to learn how to spell
from thirty to eighty thousands words
and do the work of an average human
being. Nobody cares for the honor of
being q good spelling machine, as II
would prevent his being good for any
thing else. Mr.. 7. @. Mohatt, of New
Haven, has written an elaborate paper
urging a reform of the English method
of spelling, by adopting phonetic mOdi-
fications approximating it TO the
methods of other European languages.
It is a good suggestion, but it is &
declaration Of war on all the dictionaries
that il is hardly to be thought of.
Year: 1875

THE BgFFALo GNAT.-The buffalo
gnat, which is causing so much destruc-
tion among cattle in the Southwest, is
a small insect, not more than half the
size of the house-hy, which suddenly
appears in the air by millions and
settles upon all four-footed animals
within reach. A horse or COW viii be
literally covered with them at night; IN
the morning the animal will be found
dead and swelled to an enormOrs size.
The bite is very poisonous, and the
wound quickly testers. Cattle owners
find that the most effective way of pro-
tecting their animals is to cover them
with a coating Of diluted tar, but if that
cannot be done fires are b1ilt and the
smoke drives off the insects. Amongst
the wild animals, especially the deer,
on the Arkansas side of the river, the
ravages of the gnRt are everywhere
apparent. Without any protection, the
deer fall victims in large numbers to
this poisonous insect, which, however,
does not touch man.
Year: 1875

DO You remember the fellow who
used TO come around at noontime and
tease you for part of your dinner, when
you were a boy at schools Well, If
you viii trace them up, you viii find
that they are the came chaps-only
grown up-that now spend their time
hanging around, teasing to be elected
70 some Office, that they may eat free of
the public bread.
Year: 1875

CARDINAL MANNING, in answer TO an
address of the Irish members of Par
Lament, took occasion to say: "The
material prosperity of Ireland was never
greater than now. The people of ireland
never possessed so wide an extent of its
soil since the day in which they pos
sessed it all. They never yet possessed
such abundant wealth."
Year: 1875

The postmaster general has issued an
order modifying postal regulations bv
striking ont that part providing that no
subscription to newspapers for less
than three months should be considered
regular subscription as the written
meaning of the law. The effect of this
oruer Is to allow newspaper offices to
SEND papers to subscribers at regular
rates whether for one week or three
months who have had to pay transient
rates.
Year: 1875

A kurrachee correspondent of the
Bombay Gazette, writing on the
Goth of September, gives the follow
ing account of the terrible disaster
which took place in the harbor on
the previous Monday, by which a
great number oi' lives were lost;


On the country craft, which was
bound for Hutch, and which had On
boad some seventy persons about
10 celebrate u wedding. nearing the
breakwater, the stupid opium-smok-
ing crew thought it WAS the shore,
and were about 10 anchor. They
were told by some of the passengers
that il was portion OF the Manora
rock, but evidently they were too
much intoxicated 10 hear the warn
ing remark, and in few seconds the
kotia struck the breakwater and was
dashed to pieces. The authorities
were up in an instant and Illuminated
the whole surface of the water with
blue lights, and, coming up to the
scene of the accident, they threw
about life buoys and planks, bu, all
to no purpose. Darkness and the
rough waves, which are prevalent
al all times ON the outer side OF the
broakwater, had done their work.
Only eleven persons were saved, anu
those were mostly of the crew OF the
vessel. These, too, were feariuiiy
bruised by coming in contact with
the rocks, which were covered with
coral reef. Among those saved was
a little boy, who was thrown on the
breakwater by the shock. BY day
light search was made for the miss
ing passengers, but all that could be
found were their dead bodies gayly
dressed. \ woman was found 10y the
side of the rock in Il standing posi-
ton, with her hair entangled in the
rocks looking as though she were
alive. Another was found with two
babies closely hugged in her arms,
but, alas, life was extinct. The acci-
dent was solely due 10 the gross neg
lisence of the crew, for even a chi,d
might have known that the break
water was quite unlike the shore. |
understand that the crew are TO be
put on their trial for rash and negli-
gent navigation.
Year: 1875

A. desperate attempt was made to rob
the express car on the Nandalia railroad
at Long Point, Illinois, Thursday night
The Engine and car were cut loose hy
the robbers and the engineer killed
The express messenger. however, barri
caded the door of his car and kept the
robbers at Ray. The fireman esca ped to
the detached portion OF the train, and
assistance was sent, but the robbers had
fled without accomplishing their pur
pose.
Year: 1875

BOARD WANTED-FOR A SINGLE LADY OF IRE
ID proachabe character and references who is
gaget during the day in boarding house where refer
ences can be given; board and TO exceed sc
week in neighborhood OF rom Eighth 10 Tenth street
and Sixth to Fourth Address d. L. Herald
office,
Year: 1875

GRANGERs MAKE YOUR FARMS SELF SUSTAINING -
T. ]. Smith, Master Of the Georgia State Grange,
recently gave utterance to the following:


find the Patrons buckling on their armor
everywhere go, putting themselves into line for
an earnest and active move, sowing largely of
small grain, and find an anxiety among the
Grangers TO add wide plank TO our platform,
one that all Changers can stand on, namely, no
member is worthy of fellowship who does not
make his farm selfsustaining. They advocate the
decapitatien of all members, after next crop, that
do not come up to this standard they also i'm
press, earnestly, an inspection of all the crops of
all the members Of the Grange, either BY COM
mittee of each subordinate Grange, or a commit
tee of the whole Grange. This will work
hRnnilY.
Year: 1875

WHAT FARMERS OUGHT TO Do.-The farmer
must keep well posted. 1t is great matter of
economy that he be well supplied with papers
and magazines. Not only his county paper,
which tells him of affairs about home, bat also
one of the great dsilies which lets him look right
cut into the word. At least one of the journals
devoted to agriculture should find access to his
home. One or two hints picked up through the
year will amply repay the cost OF ofsubscriptiop.
Year: 1875

To CURE STlELE.-Take the white of an egg
and pulverized alum, and make paste of them.
Rub the joint well, and heat it with hot iron
held near it, have seen it tried in several cases
with perfect success Two applications day
until there is a decided improvement. l saw
one case cured that had been neglected over
week, as the owner did not know what the cause
of the lameness was-Cor. Southern CaltiVatOr.
Year: 1875

MELLOW Son AROUND TREEs.-Unless the sur
face of the ground is mulchsd around young
trees over an area Of six to ten feet in diameter


the ground should be kept clean and mellow.
Every farmer knows that a bill of corn or pota-
toes will not amount to much unless cultivated


and yet there are many who will neglect to give
the same care to tree which is worth hundred
hills Of either of the former. In rich SOIL trees
may grow rapidly witheut cultivation, and no
amount Of grass or weeds will retard them; but
there are other things besides growth to be looked
after. If the weeds and grass are allowed to
grow up around the stems of apple, peach or
ounce trees, the bark will become soft near their
base by being shaded, and thereby be in suita-
BILE condition for the reception OF the eggs which
will eventually become peach or apple borers.-
Take any dozen young apple trees in the sections
where the apple-borer is abundant, and allow a
portion to be choked with weeds and the remain
der we'll cultivated, and then watch the result
From our own experience, We believe that the
chances are nine to one in favor OF those cultiva-
ted being exemptfrom this pest Western Farmer.
Year: 1875

And is it worth while to take all the
sunshine out of life for the sake of
few miserable dollars? Meat and
groceries and coal and clothing are
not all of life. IF we restrict our
selves to these, and shut out music
and pictures, and the hundred things
that cultivate the aesthetic side of our
nature, we shall be economical at the
cost of dwarfing our moral and intel
lectual nature. And after we have
done this for a long series of years,
and so reached middle age with fair
balance in the bank, we shall then
find ourselves untitled TO enjoy the
pleasures that money will buy. We
shall have kept the dusty road SO long
that when we finally turn aside into
the groves and the brook-side, our
eyes will be in no condition to see the
beauties around u.s. Is it not better
to live while we do live, to give some
brightness and color to our daily lives,
even if by so doing we fail to increase
our boarded savings quite as rapidly
as we otherwise might. Is economy
quite worth the sacrifice of everything
that makes life other than dull and
dismal drudgery? A wise expendi-
ture of money for the good things of
lie is really the best economy
Year: 1875

Whether the idea of political toler-
ance. as understood and practiced at
the North, can ever be firmly estab-
Iished in the South is doubtful. At
present the prevailing type of civiliza-
ton there, and the temper of the peo.
pie. does not admit Of any such idea.
The following from Louisiana paper
is fair sample of the prevailing style
Of talk. It simply means that Repub-
licans will not be tolerated:


The lines must be drawn at once,
before our opponents are thoroughly
organized. For by this means we will
prevent many milk and cider follow.
ers from falling into the enemy's
ranks. While the white mans party
guarantees the negro all of his present
rights, they do not intend that white
carpet -baggers and renegades shall be
permitted to organize and prepare the
negroes for the coming campaign.
Without the assistance of these vii
lains the negroes are totally incapable
of effectually organizing themselves,
and unless they are previously excited
and drilled, one half of them will not
come to the polls, and large percent
age of the remainder will vote the
white mans ticket"
Year: 1875

Perhaps some housekecpers would
like to know how they can make an
inexpensive and at the same time a
good and durable bed, or mattress and
bolster. l have bed that will with
good usage) last a lifetime. 1t is
merely a tick, the same as for straw
or husks, with openings in the upper
side to insert the hand for stirring,
and filled with cut paper. Now. read
er, do not throw aside the paper with
disgust. but, If for nothing but curios-
ity, finish the article-it will do no
harm; possibly you may be induced TO
make one The work OF cutting the
paper is not such long job as you
would think. Take any kind of clean
paper Except straw paper) and fold 1T,
or roll, SO that it can be cut with one
clip of the shears, and then cut it,
you need not be particular as to the
width. These clippings are like little
curls or rings Of paper, and lie almost
as light as feathers, and after using
the led they will not break up and
grow fine and dusty, but are clean,
and can be stirred as light as when
first used. l have heard people who
have slept on them say they were the
best beds they ever slept on" L pre-
fer them to feathers or common mat
tresses; hair mattresses are nicer, of
course, but few of us farmers wives
can afford to buy them; whereas. the
paper bed we can have without cost,
except the work, and that the smallest
child you have who can use a pair of
shears will help you, and if not kept
busy too long at time, will think it
but play. The same material makes
nice pillows for lounges. chair cush-
ions, cradle ticks, etc. ] have a box
to keep waste paper in, which is out
of the way, and at the same time ham
dier than the rag bag; and when it is
full [ cut them up into another box
and put them into the tick. l use the
same ticks that have used for straw;
wash them and sew up the openings,
so that they are just large enough for
the hand to pass through readily;
three openings are suficient.-Cor.
Cincinnati Times
Year: 1875

Too often it has been said that there
is no good in coal ashes, but chemical
examination gives them the power OF
absorption almost equal to charcoal;
and if, when taken from the stove or
CRATE, they are mingled with the
chamber ley of the house and with
the soap wash from the kitchen, they
are found valuable as absorbents of
fertilizing ingredients. Applied after
so absorbing the liquids from the
above named, they are dug in around
young trees or spread upon grass
ground, or used as manure for the
garden in the culture of early carrots,
beets, radishes, ETC., Or as top dress
ing over the potato onion, say in the
months of February or March, the
advantages will be appreciated by the
Crowpr
Year: 1875

The following opinion of the Hart
ford Courant in regard to the present
style of ladies' hats, is not compliment
tary, but, perhaps, just:


Believers in the intellectual equali-
ty OF the sexes are puzzled to account
for the sheep-like manner in which
the entire female sex will rush into a
dress absurdity at the dictation OF
some dressmaker or milliner, who
possibly draws her inspiration from
the Partisan demi- monde As an in
stance take the last agony in hats.
Some unknown woman satirist con-
celved the idea of exhibiting the
weakness of the sex by means of the
ordinary felt hat, cooked on one side.
A year ago the average fashionable
woman would as soon have worn cav
airy boots and spurs. But to day you
may count them as they go by on the
etreet-blue- blood or shoddy, strong.
minded or weak. intellectual or friy-
olous-nine out of every ten will have
the same style hat, cooked to one
side, and we suppose they speak of
them with the same tender and gush-
ing admiration as of the "loves of bon
nets which few years since orna-
mented the wonderful superstructure
which adorned the female head. We
admit that this is dangerous subject.
We may be told that the cooked hat is
no more absurd than most of the 9th
er styles of head-gear which have
been invented, and that the creatures
who consent to wear stove pipes are
not competent to Judge what is absurd
in the other sex. And we must ad-
NIT that there is just the least shadow
of foundation for the retort. The silk
hat is not exactly an article of beauty,
and the felt hat is better than the av-
erage, but let us suppose that some
ambitious halter should attempt to
introduce a tile with no brim on one
side or shaped like a funnel, how
many of his fellow citizens would
Adopt the absurdity? We fear that it
must be taken as evidence Of male su-
periority that while the two sexes
started in the race with the same fig
leaf enwrapment, man has succeeded
in clothing himself with dress which
combines comfort and utility with, in
some cases, at least, a certain amount
of elegance. Woman, on the other
hand, has encountered herself with a
dress which, while sometimes thing
of beauty, is seldom a joy, and COM
bines discomfort with unserviceable-
ness. Complaints are frequent, and
efforts at reform are perennial, but
the progress that is made, is made
usually in the wrong direction.
Year: 1875


lThis beautiful poem was composed
years ago by Henry Stanton, Mays
vile, Kentucky. Such gems of po-
etry are not often met with, written by
authors whose names are never known
in history.]
Is there no place on the face of the earth
Where charity dwelleth, where virtue has


birth?
Where bosems in kindess and mercy will


heave,
And the poor and the wretched shall ask


and receive?
Is there no place on earth where a knock


from the poor
Will bring kind angel to open the door?
All! search the wide world wherever you


can,
There is no open door for the moneyless


man..
Go look in the hall where the chandelier


light
Drives off with its spIendor the darkness of


night;
Where the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy


fold.
Sweeps gracefully down, with its trim


mings of gold,
And mirrors of silver take up and renew
In long lighted vistas the 'wildering view:
Go there in your patches, ID find if you
A welcoming smile for the moneyless man.
Go look in your church of the cloud-reach-
: ing spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same look
of fire,
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous


within,





out sin;


the great,


Iy estate.
Walk down in your patches, and find If you
can,
Who opens pew for moneyless man.
Go look to your judges, in dark flowing
gown,
With the scales wherein law weigheth
quietly down;
Where he frowns ON the weak and smiles
on the strong,
And Furnishes right while he justifies wrong;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have
laid,
To render a verdict they've already made;
Go there in the court room and find if you
can,
Any law for the case of moneyless man.
Go look in the banks, where Mammon has
told
His hundreds and thousands of silver and
gold;
Where, safe from the hands of the starving
and poor.
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore:
Walk up to the counter-ah, there you may
stay,
Till your limbs have grown old and your
hair turns gray,
And you'll find at the bank not one of the
With money to lend to a moneyless man.
Then go to your hoyel-no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered so long for her
bread,
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the death
From the lips of the angel your poverty
Then turn in your agony upward to God,
And bless while it smites you, the chasten-
ing rod;
And you'll find at the end of your life's lit
tie span,
There's welcome above for the moneyless
man.
Year: 1875

Don't kick and scold him because
he chances to look in at the door with
his great brown eyes, possibly steps
upon your polished floor with his
four-rowed feet. To be sure he is
only dog, and the barn may perhaps
be the proper place for him. But he
is just as sensitive to kind or rough
treatment as you are yourself, though
you may have the blue blood OF
royalty in your veins.


Money may buy luxuries and the
f1attery of so-called friends; but it will
not purchase the good will of dog.
Y on may desire the sympathy OF your
fellow mortals in times OF sorrow and
afdiction, yet in nine cases out OF ten
they will laugh at your calamities
and mock when your fear cometh.


They will partake of your hospitality,
accept your favors, that may be be-
slowed with liberal hand-wear the
badge Of your influence pinned upon
their sleeves, worm from you your
secrets under cover of the most conf
dental friendship-and at the same
time take from you that which is of
more value than riches, your good
name, by the vilest SANDERS; betray
the trust you repose in them to your
worst enemies, which, if you are am
bilious of distinction, you can not be
without; and. if by any possible means
they can sneak into your post of honor
even by dethroning you, I've assured
they will strain 10 point of fnely-spun
sentiment by not accepting the stu
alton. Not so with the dog, who eats
from your hands even the crumbs that
fall from the table. Does he see grief
upon your countenance, his gentle
caress and sad eyes at once bespeak
his sympathy. 1t matters not whether
prosperity or adversely attend you, he
is still your faithful friend. Tell to
him your most engrossing secret and
he will never divulge by word or look.
He never makes impertinent inquiries
about your business or gives uncalled
for advice. He is at once in all your
travels, friend, protector and servant,
with affections equally as strong as his
superiors. Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1875

Young Spriggles and his Amarntha
Jane had just been married, and were
going upon their bridal tour They
didn't know whether upon their re-
turn. they would board with the old
folks or take rooms in private hotel.
Being only a clerk. Spriggles's means
were limited, and he could not expect
much at first in the way of living. ''Of
course he said to old Dodge, a
wealthy member of the firm who had
granted him a three weeks leave of
absence. I'VE must be in style, you
know, sir. s'pose you took a rusher
when you were married. l mean,
took an extensive one, and showed
your wife the sights.


"Yes,' said Dodge, with a nod, "I'll
tell you about it. [ made long prep
arations for my bridal tour. and the
girl that was to be my wife helped me.
We had it all fixed, and everything
laid out before hand. l worked hard
for it, and she worked too. 1t was to
be the grand event of our lives, and
we wanted that it should be success.
We felt that as a new life opened, so
should it continue. l was earning
sss55aoG ss5aGG year. That was good pay for a
salesman thirty-fve years ago-better
thai three times that amount now, as
things go. We were married in the
morning at the house of my wife's
father. Then we rode two miles to
the substantial cottage | had secured
as home. My money had made the
first payment on it and Mary's money
had furnished three rooms in it. And
We ate our first meal thereafter in our
own house, and l thence went to my
work. and my wife set about her work.
It was new life, and we were deter
mined to succeed if possible And in
that effort was our joy. And in the
success that followed was usually hap
piness. In less than three years my
house was paid for and my home was
my own. Come storm or come sun
shine. we had roof to cover us--a
roof from which the hand of man
could not turn us.


L doubt, young man, if ever a bridal
tour was happier or more profitable
Year: 1875

William Lloyd Garrison finds an
answer to every effort at carping criti-
cism of the course pursued by the
President and General Sheridan in
Louisiana, namely: the unalterable
purpose OF ex-rebels of the South to
establish "a white mans government
-tantamount to the old slaveholding
oligarchic supremacy. He has on
ly measureless scorn and contempt for
the spasm of cowardice which has
seized the Republican party and
caused it to bend before the fierce as
eaults of the Democracy. He is able
to distinguish between the spurious
and the genuine idea of liberty, and
dares to denounce in fitting terms the
simulated alarm for the fate of free
government exhibited in the intem-
perate harangues of ex-rebels, who a
lew years ago rsviled and trod
upon the American flag, but now
creep back beneath its protecting
folds and stab those who upheld it in
the hour of danger.
Year: 1875


than was mine, and l know that the
exercise of housekeeping upon her
own account was invigorating and
healthful. But, then, we were mar
ried for real earnest living and loving.
We believed we should find life S pur-
est joys in the discharge of life's sa-
cred duties. l Declare" pursued the
old man, with glistening moisture in
his eye, II should like those first
blessed days of my own home-life to
live over again. But it may not be-
And" he added. with a regretful
shake of his head, Il fear the young
men of the present generation will not
live them for my viewings."


Spriggles walked away, scratching
his head. He WASH t sure that he had
really caught the drift of the old man s
remarks; but the old man was sure
that he had fully intended them for
him to take to heart.