smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

II anything in the world is completely absurd
it is for Democratic newspaper like the Gazette
to talk of Republican prejudice" against col
ored men. The Republican party set the slaves
free, while tho Democratic party songht to keep
them in bondage. The former party gave them
vote, while the latter resisted every step of I'll .
measure. They have received fair and decent
treatment, as American citizens, from the Re-
publicans, and all their sufferings and wrongs
have come at the hands of the Gdzette's friends
If that paper wants to go through half column
Of feeble verbiage, to show that the Democrats
have less "prejudice" against colored men than
Republicans certainly it is welcome to do 20,
but what could be more silly?
Year: 1875

Professor Slice, who comes highly re, ,om-
menled as a teacher Of photography, will
give lessons in shorthand in this city. He
is attempting to organize class, and no
doubt will succeed He will also give les
sons at private residences if desired.


The city passenger railroad &C mpanyhas
probably done better business this sum
mrr than for a long time. President Brad
ford is bound to make business.
Year: 1875

A Lawyer was once pleading a
case that brought tears Into thejurors
eyes, and every one gave up the case
as gone for the plaintiff: But the
opposing counsel rose and said, ana,
it please the court, LIDO not propose
in this case, to bore for water, but
Here the tears we're suddenly dried
laughter ensued, and the defendants
got clear.
Year: 1875

@Themostexpensively- dressed man
1 ever saw writes a Captain of the
British navy. @was an African chief
on the Gold cost. His wives had
anointcd him thoroughly with palm
oil, and then powdered him from
head to foot with gold dust. You
never saw in your life man got up
so utterly regardless of expense"
Year: 1875

Learn trade, or get into business,
and 60 at it with determination that
defies failure, and you will succeed.
Don't leave it because hard blows are
to be struck or disagreeable work to
be performed. Those who have work
ed their way up to wealth and useful
ness do not belong to the shiftless and
unstable class, and if you do not work
while a young man, as an old man you
will be nothing. Work with will,
and conquer your prejudices against
labor, and manfully bear the heat and
burden of the day. 1t may be hard
the first week, but after that l assure
you it will become a pleasure, and you
will feel enough better satisfied with
yourself to pay for all the trials Of
beginning. Let perseverance and in
dustry be your motto, and with
steady application to business you
need have no fear for the future. Dou't
be ashamed of your plain clothes, pro-
vided you have earned them. They
are far more beautiful in the estima-
tion of all honest men and women
than the costly gew-gaws sported by
some people at the expense of the con-
fiding tailor. The people who respect
you only when well clad, will be the
frat to run from you in the hour OF
adversely.
Year: 1875

In the diary of the Challenger's


voyage to the Antartic regions, very
accurate descriptions of icebergs arc


given. At the beginning of an ice


berg's Independent existence, it does
not possess those fantastic forms which
are so often described. Near the pole
they are nearly all huge, fst-topped
cakes of ice, from quarter to half ,
mile across, and 150 to 200 feet above
water. This corresponds to submer-
sion amounting to nine times this
height. This is the iceberg as it ap-
pears just after breaking away from
the glacier, where it was formed, and
before the sun began to affect it. As
it floats into warmer regions. 1t slowly
melts. and assumes the most unimag-
Unable forms so often seen. But an
iceberg is by no means short-lived. In
the Southern ocean, south of "a deg.
latitude, the temperature of the water,
except for a few feet at the surface.
where it ia warmed by the sun, 10 %
deg. Fair. This is 3 deg. below the
freezing point. Even the surface wa
ter close to the ice is of this tsmpera-
ture so that the iceberg moves in a
bath of this low temperature. Only
in summer is the water warm enough
to melt notch around it it at the sea
level.


This notch is never more than thirty
feet deep, and the waves in striking
break down the overhanging cliff, and
the iceberg rises somewhat, the notch
deepening. This action Is most Wig
orous on the weather side, which ac-
cordingly becomes the lightest. caus-
ing the iceberg to turn slowly round.
1t is to the cavities thus formed, sur
rounded by ice of various thickness,
and containing more or less water,
that the rich colors are due. "Where
the crevasses," says the diary. I" or 9TH
er weak points i'm the upper surface of
the parent glazier extend down to the
water line of the floating iceberg, the
sea having less solid part to with
stand it, soon excavates u most beau
tifully defined and picturesque cave.
the sides of which rejecting light,
color the interior with exquisite cobalt
blue, the tint of which increases in
warmth and richness as the depth ex-
tends. When these occur on the side
can do justice to the picturesque ap-
pearance OF this line of fairy grottoes."


The glaciers from which icebergs are
broken off reach far out to sea. A
glacier of 1000 feet thickness will haye
to push its way out to depth of 1880
or more feet before its front can be
broken by the floating power of the
water. Such a glacier, pushing its way
over an ocean bed having the same
slope as the Atlantic basin off the New
Jersey coast, would touch bottom for
more than 24O miles beyond the land,
and for the whole of this distance gla-
cier markings would be found. The
on temperature above,
spoken of show that the glacier does
not break off by overweight due to
but is broken by the
buoyant pressure Of the water.
Year: 1875

Forest and Stream editorially says:
1t has long been mooted question as
to what becomes of the surplus water
of Lake Konkonkom, in Suffolk coun-
ty, Long Island, and the stream which
flows past through the property of the
South Side Club is supposed to connect
by subterranean passage with the lake,
and to form its outlet. The recent dis
coveries at Garden City would indicate
a remarkable condition of the substrata
of the island, and if the report is cor
rect the presence of so many springs
eliminating in stout streams can be ac-
counted for.


Mr.. Hinsdale, who is in charge of
Mr.. Stewards improvements at Garden
City, has written letter to Professor
J. ID. Dana, of Massachusetts,, describing
the results which have followed the ex-
cavation of the gravel in the vicinity.
At point within threc-quarters of
mile of Hampstead, he says, they are
simply removing gravel from river,
which he describes as a sheet of water
flowing southerly in a continuous
stream, with descent of eight feet to
the mile. It's motion, of course, is
retarded by the gravel, but it is new
ertheless moving, and as unceasing in
its flow as the Hudson or the Mississippi.


In boring for artesian wells it is not
uncommon for the workers to come
upon such subterranean streams, and
when found between two stratas of clay
or rock, the water, finding no other
outlet, is forced through the pipe and
forms flowing well. But when the
stream is found flowing through gravel,
the loose soil permits the water to per-
colate through it without "heading,"
and hence can not he forced to the sur
face by means of its own pressure.
The popularity Of the Long Island
stream appears to be in its proximity
to the surface, although we have in
mind whole district Of country where
artesian wells are found at q depth Of
! one hundred feet
Year: 1875

From the Letter Of the n. Y. Herald Correspond


cnt on board the Pandora.


Running south all next day before II
rattling northern breeze we arrived in
the entrance to Lancaster Sound on
the morning of the Goth and soon were
in sight of ice. Here we had another
bear hunt. Forty miles away from
any land we found an old she bear and
cubs swimming about as leisurely as
though water was their natural ele-
ment. A boat was instantly lowered
and an exciting chase took place. A
fresh breeze was blowing at the time,
which caused rough, chopped sea,
and the bears struck out to the wind
ward as though they instinctively knew
this would put the boat at a disadvan-
tage. They appear to be very intelli-
gent and afiectionate animals. The
old bear swan a short distance ahead
of the young ones, but kept continually
turning about, as if to encourage them
and urge them ON. 1t was pitiful to
see the poor beasts swimming thus for
life, without a hope of escape, and the
more 50 as they appeared to be quite
aware of their danger, and made the
most desperate efforts to get away. 1t
was all in vain. What chance had they
against four stout pair of arms pulling
a light shell of boat that shot over
the water under the rapid stroke of
the oars like an arrow? Ina quarter of
an hour the boat had got up to within
three or four yards of them; there
were two shots, and the old bear and
one of the cubs stopped swimming and
lay lifelcss on the water. Captain
Young had shot one and Mr.. Pirle
the other. Bat they determined to
capture the third, and with much diff
ficulty succeeded at last in throwing a
running moose over his head.


He resisted with all his might, set
ting up fierce howl and trying to
capsizc the boat, which he would very
soon have succeeded in doing had he
but been able TO get one paw over her
thwarts. Finding the boat too swift
for him he tried to hold back. He
swan and struggled and dived, and tore
and bit at the rope, and half drowned
himself, howlnig savagely all the
time. They at last brought him along
side and fastened him up ito the nettings,
giving him line to swim about, while
the bodies of the other two were drag
gcd up over the side. He watched this
operation with strange, wild intelligent
eyes, as though wondering what his
mother meant by going in SO quietly,
and, curiously enough, began trying to
get in too. He was only baby bear
after all, and thought that if his mo-
ther went in it must be all right. He
did not resist when hauled over in his
turn, but scrambled up willingly, snap
ping viciously at everybody, however,
when he got a chance, evidently much
frightened, nevertheless. lie was
chained up to the side, but kept up a
terrible bowling until the body of the
other cub, still warm, was thrown to
him. He instantly sprang upon it,
and began roofing and smelling at it,
pushing it with his nose, uttering all the
while plaintivc moan, and occasion
ally biting it gently as though trying
to awakenit. Then he lay down beside
it, with his head on the body, and
watched us with his sharp, inquiring
intelligent eyes, in an imploring way
as though asking us what we meant
by treating him in that cruel manner
He howled hideously when the body
Year: 1875

was taken away from him, but consoled
himself with the skin of the old one,
which was thrown to him, and upon
which he lay down and slept. Poor
little fellow He was as frightened as "A
child by the terrible and powerful be-
ings around him, and found Il dreary
kind of company in the skin of his
dead mother.
Year: 1875

To TELL THE AGE OF SHEEP.-A
sleeps front teeth the first year are
eight in number, appearing all of a size.
Second year the two middle ones are
shed out and are replaced by two much
larger than the Others. Third year two
very small ones appear-one on either
side of the eight. At the end of the
fourth year there are six large teeth.
Fifth year all the front teeth are large.
Sixth year all begin to show wear-not
till then.
Year: 1875

TAKING CoLD.-Many of the colds
which people are said to catch com
mence at the feet. To keep these
cxtremities warm, therefore, is to
effect an insurance against the almost
interminable list of disorders which
spring out af "slight cold" First,
never he tightly shod. Boots or shoes
when they fit too closely press against
the foot and prevent the free circula-
ton of the blood. When, on the
contrary, they fit with comparative
looseness, the blood gets fair play, and
the spaces left between the leather and
the stockings are filed with comforta-
BILE supply of warm air. The second
is, never sit in damp shoes. 1t is often
imagined that unless they are positively
wet it is not necessary to change them.
This is fallacy, for when the least
dampness is absorbed into the sole it is
attracted nearer the foot itself by the
heat, and thus perspiration is danger
ousl y checked. Any person may prove
this by trying the experiment of neg
lecting this rule. The feet will be-
come cold and damp after Il few mo-
ments, although on taking of the shoe
and warming them they will appear
quite dry.


To PREVENT SPLITTING OF HAN
DLEs.--All carpenters know how soon
l
the butt ends of chisels split when daily
exposed To the blows of the mallet or
hammers. A remedy suggested by a
Brooklyn man col sists simply in saving
or cutting off the round end of the
handle, so as to make it fiat, and at
taching by few small nails on the top
of it two round discs of leather, so that
the end becomes similar to the heel of a
boot. The two thicknesses of leather
will prevent all further splitting, and il
in the course of time they expand and
overlap the wood of the handle, they
are simply trimmed off all round.


DoN PEDRO, of Brazil, will bring
5000, 900 worth of diamonds when he
comes to visit this country. He is
going TO give them away to young men
who part their hair in the centre.
Year: 1875

Feeble and helpless as the southern


whites esteem themselves to be- they holC


in their hands the issue of the great strug


gle of 1876. They are the determining


element in the critical and anxious period
through which the country is now pass
ing Everything depends on them. II
depends on them whether the violent
scheme medtatcd by the desperadoes OF
the republican party shall be successful
or not The desperadoes can do moth.
ing without the 90 operation Of the
southern whites. They presume on their
impaticnce; they arc attempting to taunt
and provoke them to excesses. Given a
! disturbed and disorderly condition in the
south, with collisions between the whites
and blackS--and the republicans count
confidently on carrying the next pres-
dental election and this is why they are
attempting to make the disturbed and dis
orderly condition which their problem
needs. Given, on the other hand, tran
quill condition in the south, and kindly
and friendly relations between the whites
and blacks, and a patient endurance Of
the wrongs and usurpations enacted for
the purpose Of driving them to resent
ment--and the next election will bring
with it the utter overthrow of republican
ism, and with it the dcliverance Of the
south. The present congress may pass
all the ku klux laws it can devise and
the president, with his malignat attorney
general, and Gen. Sheridan, to aid him,
may make every conceivable use Of their
usurped authority; but all will be of no
avail to save them, and the party, if the
southern whites shall maintain their pa
tience and composure through the ordeal.
The whetted sword will bound from the
unresisliug victims against whom it is
directed, and stab those who WELD it; the
administration will sink to the ground
under its own policy of iron and steel.


1t is recognition of this important
truth that prompted the Democratic mem
bcrs Of congress to issue the recent ad'
dress to the southern people. Let the
address be accepted and made the rule OF
action in the southern states for the next
twelve months, and the administration
may as well surrender All its hopes are





based on It's power to provoke violence,
that it may have a pretext for drawing
the sword if the violence which it seeks
10 provoke, and on which it counts, shall
fail it--if the southern states shall re
main peaceful, in spite of all its efforts to
drive them into disorders, public opinion
at the north will have full play, and it
will make havoc Of the administration,
and all who adhere to it. The best
friends Of the south have but one word
Of advice to give the people of that Sec
ton patience. This is the meaning Of
the address; and this, too, is the mean
ing of the warning given by Mr. Ste
phcns, Of Georgia. Let the southern
people leave the administration and the
republican party to the angry north with
nothing to divert or distract in the reck.
ening; let them remain silent and pass.
i've while the reckoning goes on--and the
next presidential election will be to the
republican party simply day Of juig
ment st Louis Republican.
Year: 1875

The Clarksville Van Guard Of Sa,ur
day, has this to say Of the progress OF
work on this Road:


Track laying on the Little Rock and
Fort Smith Railroad has been progress.
ing rapidly during the past week. Last
Tuesday the track had been laid TO the
place selected for the depot, on the west
side of town. and just after dark the con
struction train came up to that place with
load Of timber for the building. 1t is
decidedly encouraging to hear the puff Of
the iron horse as he moves in our midst


The new Railroad bridge over Spadra
is about completed, and is fine piece OF
mechanism. Instead Of having pier in
the middle Of the stream as was original
ly intended. it now spans the entire creek
THIS we regard as much better, and a
the same time, more durable.
Year: 1875

Some Of the Fort Smith Herald S
friends have been treating its editor to
new wooden underpinning We move
now, as further amendment that they
treat him to wooden head. Then his
understanding will be at its maximum. -
Gazette.


The above from the Gazette is GER
tainly in very bad taste, to say the least
The inhrmities Of friend or foe should
be kept sacred from comic joke or un.
feeling witticisms, We feel certain this
item must have crcpt into the Gazette
without the knowledge of Maj. Woodruff
The Herald's political course is vulnera
BILE enough without resort TO personal
reflections of any sort, and we know the
sober judgment of the editor Of the Ga
zettc will coincide with our views.
Year: 1875

We copy from the St Louis Washing


ton correspondent of the 24th 1t will
be seen that Judge Poland was no, able
to get up the Arkansas report--and it is
not unlikely it may be STAYED of to the
close of the session and not reached be
fore adjournment


Things were lively in the house all day
to day. There was jolly scramble in
the b ginning among the chairnen of
half dozen committees privileged to re-
port at any time. Mr. H. Boardman
Smith Of the committee on elections
modestly asked an hours consideration
of the Joint resolution proposing amend
ments to the constitution in the matter Of
elec,ing president and vice-presidcnt, but
Gen Coburn of the Alabama committee
popped up Immediately and demanded
that his caucus force bill should have at
tention first This aroused Grandpa Po
land and he insisted that nothing should
be done until the Arkansas report had
been considered, Mr.. Hoar of the Lou
isiana committee piped in forthwith with
aplea for hearing, and then .Conger add
ed word or two to show that the Vicks
burg outrage committee had more rights
than any Of them. The nuddle was in.
creased by Garfield moving to go into
committee of the whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. This last mo.
ton was higher than any of them. how
ever, and the house concluded it would
rather go to business than open the
sluicc gates Of fpolitical debate by taking
up the reports of any of the special com
mittees. The sundry civil appropriation
bill was therefore taken up but failed to
cut off the political discussion as the bill
was full of opportunities for that sort Of
thing, aud in consequence there was q
rulAling cross-irc be ween both sides all
day long, the discussion growing 50 hot
at times that there was perfect pandc-
monium Of confusion. IL was generally
received as mere foretaste Of what is to
come, as soon as any of the political re-
ports which were ignored this morning
are taken up. Everybody sees that there
will be hot time, and though the Demo
Gratis would gain most by letting the
other side fight the thing out among
themselves, it is evident that they wont
be content without getting their own say
Year: 1875

EE Attention is called to the Procla-
nation in our paper in regard to carry
ing fire arms or other deadly weapons.
Officers and Justices of the Peace will do
well to give the law careful attention.
Year: 1875

Ev The Fayetteville Democrat Of the
eth has this to say OF what happened in
what is termed Gods country:


Old Uncle Jimmie" Kirkland, well.
dead on Wednesday last in an old house
on the mountain in the eastern suburbs Of
the city. He had been missed from town
some eighteen days, and it is supposed
he had been dead several days when lis
covered. A bottle of laudanum was
found by his side, aud the suppostion is
that the old man was sick, lay down there
and chilled to death. The poor old man
was followed to his last resting place
by three white men and two negroes Z
And yet we live in christian community.
Year: 1875

The legislative committee on temperance has reported against a number of bills changing the license law. It is to be hoped that this law will not be tempered with; but the liquor interest is making every effort for repeal of the local option clause.
Year: 1875

Another bank has been saved by a chronometer lock. On Tuesday night of last week the cashier of the Barre (Mass. ) Bank was taken from his house to the bank by four burglars and ordered to open the vault. The chronometer was set for nine, of the,next morning, and the thieves had to give up their attempt.
Year: 1875



 That we are in favor of tariff for reve- nue only, so adjusted as to be the least bur- densome, and the most favorable to the interests of labor and industry.

 That we desire such revision of the Patent laws as will-release industry from the oppression of monopolies, and at the same time secure to the inventor fair remuneration and to the public the bene- fit of the invention upon equitable terms.

 Minnesota Democrats favor,

 A tariff for revenue only as consistent with an honest administration; none for protection; no Goyeroment partnership with protected monopolies.

 The foregoing resolutions account for the sudden subsistence of the Granger from politics. by showing that both par ties are ready to concede all that the Granger asks.
Year: 1875

The attempt to capture of an express Car on an Illinois railroad on Thursday night last was very bold but luckily an unsuccessful one. A band of robbers seized the train at station in the woods, shot the engineer dead and then tried to force the Adams express car. The man in charge refused to open it, and though they riddled it with balls he held out till they were obliged to retire without effect ing an entrance.
Year: 1875

There IS evident indisposition in both branches of our legislature to increase the governors appointing power. The bill which gave the governor appointment of school commissioner met with no favor in the Senate. and now Mir. McMahon pro- poses to make the office of railroad com- missioner elective by the people. That might be better than an appointment by the legislature. but in position where peculiar fitness is desirable. an appoint

 ment by the governor ought to secure a oe.ter selection. The choice of Mir. Mi. not A. Osborn. senior editor of inc Naw

 maven Register. is not very acceptable to ''the party" it ia said. -