smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

| Fill the boiler with soft water to within about
three inches Cf the top of the inside b iler. Slice
up one pound bar of good hard soap.
| Bring the water to boil and then place the
clothes in the hot water. The water will imme-
diately pour the shell all around, and if it
boils over raise the lid.


Keep up hot fire for twenty minutes. Then
| take the clothes out and Immediately SUDS them
through in soft water. If any shade of the dirt
remains. few rubs will take it all out. Then
rinse them in clean water, wiring dry, and the wash
ing is done. Give particular heed to the following
| SUGGESTIONS.


The clothes need not be wet before placing them
in the Boiler. 1t is of vital Importance to THOR
0UGHLY SUBS thsclothing after boiling. Every
lady knows that the least particle of suds left in
the clothes to dry will the clothes to look
yellow. brisk fire is important in order to I ro-
duce rapid boiling. Time may be saved by stirring
or turning the clothes occasionally while boiling


The cover should not be removed, except when
necessary, in order to insure quick work If the
washing be large one, the clothes should be as
sorted, dirty shirts for instance, will require
double the time of sheets, pillow cases, napkins,
&c.


Articles much soied may be left in for a second
boiling White Aannels may be beautiful washei
(without FULLING) by this process They
should be put in when the water is hot, and rinsed
out in hot water.


Colored clothes should not be mixed with white
and unless the colors fast they should never be
washed by this process The most delicate laces
cambrics, &C., such as would nearly fall to pieces
ifwashed in the ordinary way, may be was he'd per-
fectly, without injury by this process. The almost
absolute necessity of using soft, or "broken,"
water, is so well understood as to hardly need
mention here.


No machine ever invented will entirely remove
the streaks from dirty wristbands and Collars
This Selfwashng Boiler more nearly does it than
any other device. Should shade or streak remain,
it ill be found to be reduced and sofened as to
disappear without the use of wash board, by
merely rubbing them with the hands, thus avoiding
all the wear and tear of clothing by washing. 1t
has been carefully estimated that clothing receives
more than ONE-HALF ITS WEAR by the old
process of RUBBING, and consequently will last
twice as long if washed by this new process which
alone would pay for Boiler many times during
single year, in almost any family, to say nothing
Of the important consideration cf saving labor.


For any required information call on or address


THOMAS GREENE,


Shasta, Cal.
Shasta. April 2nd. 1870.
Year: 1870

THE Tower OF BABEL-A writer de-
scribes the present appearance of the place
where languages got mixed. After ride
of nine miles, we were at the foot of the
Bier.N .Nimrood Our horses feet we're
trampling upon the remains of bricks
which showed here and there through the
accumulated dust and rubbish of ages
Before our eyes uprose great mound of
earth, barren and bare. This was Bier
Nimrod, the ruins of the Tower of Babel
by which the first builders of the earth
had vainly hoped to scale high heaven.
Here, also, it was that Nebuchadnezzar
built, for bricks bearing his name have
been found in the ruins. At the top of
the mound a great mass of brickwork
pierces the accumulated soil With your
finger you touch the very bricks-large
square shaped and massive-that were
thoroughly burned, the very mortar, now
hard as granite, handled more than 1000
years ago, by earth's impious people -
From the summit of the mound, far away
over the plain, we see glistening the gilded
dome Of a mosque, rejecting the bright
rays of the morning sun. This was the
tomb of the holy Ali To pray before
this at some period of his life; to kiss the
sacred dust of the earth around there at
some time or other; to bend his body and
count his beads, is the daily desire of every
devout Mohammedan
Year: 1870

There arc but few inventions or discoveries
which produce a complete revolution in any de-
partment of labor. To have supposed year ago,
that the dirticst garment could be washed clean,
in twenty thirty minutes, by boiling alone,
would have been regarded indication of in
sanity. But it has been demonstrated beyond any
doubt, that this process not ony cleans The clothes,
but that garments thus washed become whittier and
clearer the longer it is used Some people suggest
that clothes will get yellow after awhile. by being
washed in this way but such surposition has no
foundation in fact, and is contradicted by the
perience of every lady who has adopted this mode
of washing.


Every body who has tried the machine in Shasta
have expressed themselves highly pleased with
its operations. 1t must be seen to be fully appre-
ciated, as its full merits cannot be properly set
forth in an ordinary advertisement


Public and private tests have been given of this
apparatus for the last six months, and more than
million of people have witnessed its success. Ten
thousand boilers sold in New York City in less
than FIVE onths, from one stand, and at this time
the orders reach about one hundred day. Ne
used it as directed that did not recommend
it. 1t has been recommended by than five
| thousand persons in less than six months. Among
the names those of the most distinguished cit
liens of the United States but the hest recommen-
datUn is to take the boiler and it yourself. Do
| just you directed and you will be than
satisfied. 1t appeals to us all matter of econ
omy, and can be shown to be the best kind of on
investment. 1t will return yearly dividend in
cash of TWO HUNDRED PER CENT on the
money invested. For instance, we will suppose
your white clothing such as bed and table linen
ladies and gentemens' wear, and chiIdrens' cloth
ing, only cost you $40 year. They will last twice
as long WASHED in this way as by the old method
Thus you actually save S20 year by investing 10
OF zoe per cent annually. There is family
scarcely but spends than here stated but this
is taken very low average of this branch Of
family expense. Added to this is the great con-
venicnco and comfort Of the thing, which ali taken
together, makes it luxury which no family
well afford to be without.


This Boiler sells the best of any article ofcr-
ed to the public. Anybody after try ying it fairly
| will not let it go cut of of the house.
Year: 1870

A YOUNG FEMALE SwIMMIsT.-A cor
respondent, writing from New York to one
of the Eastern papers, says:


1t has long been demonstrated that there
is no sphere occupied by men that cannot
be respectfully filled by women. 1t was
strangely and pleasingly illustrated on Mon
day evening at an entertainment given at
the Brooklyn Swimming Academy, oppo-
site the City Hall The illustrator was a
Miss Salhe E. Brewer, graceful and dar-
ing young swimmist, who seemed to take
to the water as naturally as an aquatic fowl
Everything pretty and piquant that could
be done in water did Miss Brewer transact,
her dress being at once modest and airy
or rather watery-and her muscles ex-
tremely well drilled to the performance #
the feats she had set herself Even Miss
Brewers eyes are of the kind described as
Nliquid" In fact, the entire entertain
ment was representation of what women
especially if they be young and pretty
dare to do, above and beyond their~rights,
Year: 1870

To SCHOOL OFFIcERs.-Owing to de-
lays, for which the State Superintendent
does not consider himself responsible, the
amended School Law did not pass the
Legislature and receive the approval of the
Governor in time for the new arrangement
for estimating, assessing and collecting
school revenue to 90 into operation for the
current year. School officers will, there
fore, act under the old law This is the
decision of Attorney General Hamilton,
who has been consulted on the subject.
When the provisions of the amended law
are understood. and go into effective oper-
alton, it will be generally conceded that
the movement made is a forward movement
in the right direction.-[O. P Fitz gerald
Year: 1870

CoLUsA.-Judge Diefendorff says OF
this place:


"Large numbers of settlers and pur-
chasers are constantly flowing in, aud
farms are being cultivated in every direc-
ton, and through the country an air of
prosperity is plainly seen on every hand.
Lands are rapidly enhancing in value, and
the town of Colusa presents scene of
activity in the erection of new buildings,
which is not exceeded in any portion of
the State; more buildings are being in
course Of erection there than in the city of
Sacramento Town lots are in demand at
good prices, and the state of business gen.
orally leaves no reason for complaint
The Judge reports the crops as in good
condition, ex' ept on the plains where
leaves of the wheat and barley are, in some
places, turning yellow, but it is thought
that good rainfall will bring them out al
right"
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to its original color
aCiM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. Ii wanted
merely for
Year: 1870

TIEE weather was extremely Dad last
night, md in consequence, our tClegraphiC
rcporl Is rather short. We should be
Obliged to the clerk ofthc weather If he
would let up u little on the wires and give
liz Il better chance ut the news.
Year: 1870

LADIES' FAIR of the Presbyterian church cor
ner Fourth and Grace streets Is open daily AFTER
IAN.


large and fine assortment Of beautiful end use
full articles is on exhibition All the delicacies OF
the season may be found in the refreshment sa-
Year: 1870

GtooMY PRopHEcY.-A sinner who likes
to lounge at home and read light literature
on Sundays has made the prophecy that we
would have but six clear Sundays during
this year. Judging from the fact that we
have already had but one clear Sunday in
four months, our prophet says that he in
tends to save the money with which he
would have bought Sunday clothes and have
a good time on It. We doubt his morality,
and as our friend Lewis would say, Let
him be as heathen and Republican"
Year: 1870

Not long ago, | walked the streets of old
Leicester In England, taking an antiquarian
interest IN the scenes around me. At one mo-
ment, | gazed on bit of Roman wall AMI the
next, Norman arches met my view. A little
farther, and the associations with the last of the
Piantagenets; for, yonder, Richard III, slept
the night before the battle of Bosworth Field:
here he crossed the River Soar as he marched
with his army to the conflict, and here his re-
mains lie buried. And could almost hear the
clash OF armor, and see the ilfavored yisape of
Richard, as gave myself up to the historic
memories which rushed through my mind
But there was spot of deeper interest than
these. L looked on the battered walls of Leices-
ter, and noted the breaches which were made by
the besieging army of Cromwell; and few
PAGES farther, stood where rolcking young
royallst soldier was posted within the walls as
sentinel, who handling his musket awkwardly,
was removed from his post, another man placed
there instead. The next minute the new sentinel
was shot dead. Had that fatal ball sped on it's
way one moment sooner, there would have
been lost to the world one ofits most loved most
honored names; for, In that case, the name of
John Bunyan would never have been set as a
bright jewel in the coronal of fame one mo-
ment sooner, aud the grand old dreamer of Bed
ford Jail would have been cut off, and his plori-
Gus vision of the pilgrims to the Celestial City
would never have charmed generations of men
of every land and tongue


Is 1t possible to estimate too highly the worth
OF that one moment, which spared the life of
that Wild wicked young man spared him for
lite SO devoted, and a work so great?


Can we contemplate an incident like this with
out wondering with great admiration at the pro-
videoce of God Christian Banner.
Year: 1870

Scripture silence is never more marked than
In regard to our future state. There is little in
the way of definite information touching our
hereafter to be found in the Bible. Much is
said IN tguratlve sense, and this is, indeed. a
solace. just bow much of it is fguratiye. who
can say?
Ut the few explicit statements made about
heaven there is nothing more beautiful and
satisfactory than this: There shall be no night
there. There is much night here. So often
the shadows come down over US, and shut us
out like shroud So sombre grow the even
ings, and SO few the stars 1t must be a radi-
ant country where it is daylight forever and
forever. =


Neither sorrow nor crying Night brings
sorrow frequently Sorrowtmakes night when
ever sorrow comes. Many are the mornings
bright and golden, which are turned into dark.
est night ere the noon time. Thank God, all
ye sorrowIng ones, that there is coming morn
ing which shall be dimmed by never cloud
which shall shine on through the ages of eter-
nifty unchanged.


There may be no gates of pearl, no streets of
gold-all this may be figurative as regards that
heaven most of US hope for, but let us believe
that In heaven there will be an endless day
Ye image breakers who would spoil our pretti-
est picture of the future by declaring all revela-
ton only fgurative spare us this literal. Literal
our inner natures declare it. All who sorrow
and weep would go wild with despair in their
sorrowing and weeping did they not have faith
In an actual freedom from grief and tears by
and by. SO let US comfort ourselves in the belief
which is tender and comforting as words of
peace can be-'There shall be no night there
Year: 1870

! Oh Heaven is it nearer than mortals think.
| When they look with trembling dread -
Attic misty future that stretches on eds
From the silent home of the dead.
lis no lonely isle on boundless man
No brilliant. but distant shore, -
Where the lovely ones who are called away, T
Must go to return more


No Heaven is near US the mighty veil


OF mortality blinds the eye,


That we cannot see the angel bands 1l


On the shores of eternity. r.e
The eye that shuts in a dying hour


Will open the next to bliss a1A
The welcome will sound in the heavenly world


Ere the farewell is hushed in this


we pass from the clasp of mourning friends,


10 the arms of the loved and lost;
And the smiling face will greet us there ~


Which on earth we have valued most 49, .
ct oft in the hours of holy thought,


=, To the thirsting soul is given 80 -ff rJ
mat power to pierce through the mist of sense


10 the beauteous scenes of Heaven 40
Then very near seems its pearly gates.
=. And sweetly its harpings fall; dgT5 It
I'LL the soul is restless to soar away, .. .. ~


And longs for the angels CALL


l know when the silver chord is loosed,


When the veil is rent away, s.. -,
Not long and dark shall the passage be.


10 the realm of endless day.
Year: 1870

A Lady, who, though in the autumn of life,
had not lost all dreams of its spring, said to
Jerrod


Il cannot Imagine what makes my hair turn
gray. | sometimes think that it must be the
essence Of rosemary with which my maid is in
the habit Of brushingit What do yonthink %
Il should be afraid madam, replied the dis
tinguished dramatist, dryly, that it is the es-
sence Of thyme
Year: 1870

A GOOD NAME.-Always be more solicitous
to preserve your innocence than concerned to
prove 1t. 1t will never do to seek good name
as primary object Like trying to be grace
full, the effort to be popular will make you con-
temptible. Take care Of your spirit and con-
duct, and your reputation will take care of it.
self. The utmost that you are called to do, as
the guardian of your reputation, is to remove
aspersions. Let not your name be evil spoken
of, and follow the highest examples in mild
and explicit selfvindication. No reputation
can be permanent which does not spring from
principle, and he who would maintain d good
character void of offence toward God and to-
ward man.
Year: 1870

ABEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.-I saw temple
reared By the hands of men, standing with its
high pinnacles in the distant plain The stream
beat upon 1.-THE God of nature hurled his
thunderbolts against it and yet it stood as ad-
amant. Revelry was in it's halls-tbe CAV was
there. | returned. and the temple was no
more-its high walls lay in scattering ruins,
moss and grass grew wildly there, and at the
midnight hour the owls cry succeeded the
young and gay who reveed there and have
passed away. aEs7s


saw the child rejoicing in its youth-the
idol of its father; | returned and the child had
become old. Trembling with the weight of
years, he stood the last of his generation-a
stranger amid desolation all around him.


saw the oak stand In all its pride on the
mountain-the birds were carolng on its bougL
returned; the oak was leafess and sapless-
the winds were playing at their pastmes thro
the branches


who is the Destroyer" said to my guard
ian angel. t., -


''It is time,' said he, ''when the morning
stars sang together, with Joy over the new
world he commenced his course, and when he
shall have destroyed all that is beautiful upon
carth-plucked the sun from it's sphere-melt-
ed the moon in blood--yea, when he shall have
rolled the earth and heavens away like a scroll,
then shall an angel from the throne of God
come forth, and with one foot on the sea and
the other on land, lift up his hand toward
Heaven and Heavens eternal; and say-Time
Is, time was, but time shall be no longer aa
Year: 1870

Miss Mitchell, the woman astronomer will
give a lecture tonight at Apollo Hall. Broadway and
Twenty for the benefit OF the Sewing Girls
Home No 262 East Broadway Miss Mitchell will speak
particularly OF her own observations, on the sun, es-
uecay during the recent eclipse. We cannot doubt that
the est stmabe lady Will have a large and appreciatye
audience not IN the habit OF speaking IN pubic,
fame "A deyotee and professor ot astronomy IS
world v Idle.
Year: 1870

The Bethel Natural History Society
made field excursion on Tuesday. July
26th. The day previous was devoted by
the ladies to u preparation Of all the
varieties of food that could be devised
for picnic, and sundry liquids Of the
weaker sort were bottled or jugged up to
slake the thirst. At A. NJ, the party
were ready to start with teams and all
the impediments of an excursion. TWAS
to be an experiment OF eyes or no eyes,or
whether party could be made up who
could spend the day in a pleasant manner.
and examine the different objects Of
nature that surrounded us. or whether we
should devote il wholly to the gossip and
small talk which are aptto be associated


[Continued on fourth page.
Year: 1870

THE SCENE.


The river was crowded with boats oil
every description, and two thirds OF tbs
skifls of Pittsburg and vicinity must have
been present. Along the Glenwood bank
stretched an immense crowd tor nearly
half a mile. There were a large number
OF women present. apparently not the
least interested spectators OF the strange
scene. Bald.hcaded men and boot blacks
were alike waving their hats cnthusias-
tically and cheering the pretty female
contestants. The hillside opposite Glen
wood was crowded with people who
oheered Justify. and appeared as deeply
as those on the GlenwOod side.
Among the rough oarsmen that swarmed
about tho river the widest excitement
pl evailed, and the tumult and cheers of
the immense multitude would have been
enough to shake the nerves OF the best
oarsmen. But the girls had made up their
minds to row, and their GOODNESS was an
excmplifcation of the wonderful power
of woman's will. In the midst OF the
excitement the girls pulled their boats
about, perhaps little nervously, but with
a degree OF GOODNESS that was certainly
Year: 1870

Are two IF the most coTmon and virulcnt disor
ders prevalent this continent to these the Oint


ment is especialiy antagonistic it, nodus opeyond


Is first to eradicate TIE venom and then con pei the
Year: 1870

franchisement of women in the United
States.


1t is a question not of the dead past,
but OF the living present. Let us not at
tempt its decision by criterions which be-
long to another and less enlightened era.
Let us determine its good or its evil by
the circumstances in which we as people
are placed.


If it is proper to confer the voting pow
er upon the ignorant, besotted Irishmen
who are focking to our shores, it is well
worth consideration, whether the same
power may not be wisely bestowed upon
the intelligent cultivated women of our
land, for the Nations sake if not for their
own. VERITAs.
Year: 1870

To the old fashioned cradle-the nest
So drcarily tcnantlcss now.
The FIRST grief comes back to me then,
The longing that cannot be told,
For the sight Of the dear little face,


For my own darling baby to hold; ia
And my arms ache with emptiness so


That feel am hardly content
To wait for the summons to 60


The way that my little one went.
And SO, for the sake of the joy


That long ago gladdened my heart,
For the light that once shown on my way,
So quickly, alas to depart;
For the loye that bore my own darling,
All babies are dearer to-day;
And must call ON the mother


OF that baby over the way. -SeiecteC
Year: 1870

There is nothing in man that a
woman admires more than his reddyness
and ability to smash another fellow. and it
is iiss 80 with hen. When rooster gets
licked, the hens all march off with the
other rooster II he Amt half SO big and
handsome Josh Billings.
Year: 1870

The following is the latest piece OF
Snowman eloquence: Gentlemen,
this is the celebrated boa constructor.
the finest, largest, strongest, the prettiest
animal Of its species in this country.
He was caught in South America as he
lay torpid after swallowing two oxen
and drove Of sheep, in a wire net, bis
capture atfording beautiful illustra-
ton of successful wire-pulling 1t was
supposed that the sand where he was
torpid was hot enough to boil an egg
and that his skin was at least well
done"-this is proved by its highly
finished appearance His color is sup
posed to combine all the hues of all
snakes that ever Missed or bit, from the
old serpent to the Conger eel. His
size is variable, as, like most other OBJ
jects in nature, he expands with heat,
contracts with cold. For every rise OF
five degrees in the thermometer he gets
foot in longitude In his native
sand he is one hundred and fifty feet
long.


"Ihe warm season OF our country
stretches him twenty-five feet Last
January, when the thermometer fell to
to sixteen degrees, he shrunk into such
! tritiing dimensions as to he invisible
through a microscope. His present
length you can see for yourself His
temperance principle are of the Goughi
est kind. He is dozen cold-watel
societies rolled into one His drink al
his present dimensions is three gallons
of water per week, his food three more
gallons. He has great natural talent,
for politics, which he shows by chang
ing his coat four times a year Price o


admission, twenty five cents
Year: 1870

GRAvEL AND CEMENT RooFING.-
George Osnmbacker would inform the
public that he is still engaged in the
Gravel Roofing bushes, and that he is
prepared at any time to put on Roofs,
either large or small, on the shortest
possible notice, guaranteeing his work
for a ternof years. He has now been
engaged in the business for seven years
past, and his work has outlived a halt
dozen other Patent Roofs The demand
for his work is increasing from year to
year. He put on, during the past year,
1900 squares of his Roofing in this city,
which has given satisfaction in every
respect. Address me through the Post.
office, or call at my brick yard, head OF
Lindsley street All orders will be at
tended to promptly.