smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

slve. And then there is so much sewing
to be done. | did hope we should find
time to make up your new linen before |
left, but it is not cut out yet, and Lucy
will never get through dozen of shirts
alone Poor girl the parish and the baby
make such heavy demands upon her time,
! think she will have to put your shirts
out to be made" And with a few pleas
ant remarks about the parish and the
weather. she smilingly withdrew


But the good seed had been carefully
sown. The parson, though not overwise
in general, was sharp and shrewd where
money was in question, and knew the full
Valae Of dollars and cents. He took the
matter into consideration. and nicely bal
anced the pros and cons. He knew that
Mrs. Brant, in her quiet. lady-like way,
had been very efficient in his family; she
superintended the cooking, and under her
direction were prepared the savory meats
that his soul loved. He knew, too, that
since her advent among them his weekly
expenses had been lessened, not increased.
lie knew that the liberal board which she
had insisted on paying ever since she had
been with them amounted to half as much
as his salary, while her generous gifts sup
piled many needs of the little household
lie knew that she relieved his wife of
much care and labor, and that her expert
ence during the baby's troubles in the
ivory business, upon which he had Just
entered, had already saved him the fatigue
and expense of many visit to the doctor;
and all these loving services We're freely
gwen. On the other hand if she lett, all
this must stop. An additional servant
would cost him three dollars week, to
begin with; and how much more in waste
and discomfort? And as to putting out
washing and sewing. those We're bugbears
OF unknown expense, which he could not
estimate. The parson drew his conclu-
sion-he was used to that business; '.n
conclusion was his tavorite portion of
bis Sermcns-so, IN concl,tWo0, he request
ed Lucy to invite her mother to become a
permanent member of the family; and
Lucy, who in her unsellishneSs thought
dear Bozzy did it all for her sake, could
not express her JOY and gratitude


And now you know ia what respect the
Rev Boswell Holland resemblcd st. Peter.
Don't you see? He had I "wift's mother


in the house
Year: 1875

HAPPY HUSBANDS. 1t is 4 mans own
fault if he is unhappy with his wife, in
nine cases out of tea 1t is a very excep-
tional woman who will not be all she can
to an attentive husband and a most eX-
ceptional one who will not be very disa-
greeable if she finds herself willfully neg
lected 1t would be very easy to hate
man who, having bound Il woman to him,
made no effort to make her happy; hard
not TO love one who was constant and ten
der; and when woman loves she always
tries to please. The great men of this
world have often been wretched in their
domestic relations. while mean and COM
mon men have been exceedingly happy.
The reason is very plain. Absorbed in
themselves, those who desired the worlds
applause We're careless of the little world
at home; while those who had none of
this egotism strove to keep the hearts that
were their own, and were happy in their
tenderness. No woman will love man
the better for being renowned or promi
nent. Though he be first among men,
she will only be prouder, not fonder; and
if she loses him through this renown. as is
often the case she will not even be proud.
But give her love, appreciation, kindness,
and there is no sacrifice she would not
make for his content and comfort. The
man who loves her we'll is her hero and
her king.
Year: 1875

The pernicious habit, unfortunately too
common on Doth sides of the ocean, of
cleaning bottles with lead Shot, resulting.
as it does frequently, in leaving some OF
the shot within the bottle. to seriously
contaminate the liquid alterward placed
therein, has been brought prominently into
notice by NJ. Fordos. He prefers to use
clippings of iron wire for this purpose,
which are easily procurable and which
clean rapidly and completely The iron
is attacked by the oxygen OF the air, but
the terruginous compound which attaches
to the sides of the bottle is easily removed
in washing Besides, a little oxidized iron
is not injurious to health. Nj. Fordos
found that the small traces OF iron left
had no apparent effect on the color Of red
wines. 1t had on white wines; but very
little. But, on account of this, he thinks
it might be better to use clippings Of tin
for the latter.
Year: 1875

A singular coincidence occurred in In
dianapolis the other day A number of
young colored children lined the edge of
the sidewalk in front of second-rate
menagerie and were shouting at the ticket
taker: $50 up, old bald head p" when
suddenly the bear on exhibition inside the
tent broke loose and jumped out at the
door. The little ones. mindful of the fate
which overlook the wicked children who
reviled Elijah, scattered in every direction
and the bear was captured before he could
do any harm.
Year: 1875

The Canada Porcupine is apparently al
inotfensive little creature, but III reality
carries with it deadly weapons inits Spincs
which an unobservant person would NOT
notice, so we'll are they concealed by the
long, coarse hair. These spincs would
appear to be but an ineffective weapon,
but on examination we find them to be
wonderfully adapted to their purpose, The
end is barbed like a fish hook, and ranged
along the quill are little re-curved hooks
When once these hooked needles are driv-
en- into the flesh, unless withdrawn at once
they work in deeper and deeper until they
pierce vital part. Frequently wolves
and other animals have been found dead,
and on examination these spineS were
found to be the cause of DEATH the porcn-
pine having apparently made successful
defence
Year: 1875

l DO not hesitate to say that the first and
paramount aim OF religion is not to pre-
pare tor another world, but to make the
best OF this world, or more correctly stat
ed, to make this world better, wiser, hap
pier 1t is to be good. and do the most
good we can now and here, and to help
others to be and do the same. 1t is to seek
with all our might the highest welfare OF
the world we live in, and the realization
of its ideal greatness, nobleness and
blessedness, DR.. Card.
Year: 1875

A New JERSEY RELIC. A cannon-ball
is preserved in the office Of the Revenue
Marine in the Treasury Department, in
Washington which deserves to become
historic : if cold iron can be said to de-
serve any thing. 1t weighs twenty pounds,
if our recollection is correct, and is n
plain rough shot, with an iron ring at
tached to it. In a storm which occurred
on the coast of New Jersey, many years
ago, it wa thrown from mortar, with a
line fastened to the ring, and, passing over.
fell beyond ship which was stranded and
in danger OF going 10 pieces. The line
was tied to a cable on the shore, and the
shipwrecked people drew this in and fast
ened it to the vessel. On this cable a life
car was passed backward and forward
from the ship to the shore, by which
means two hundred lives were saved. The
ball was hauled in and retained. 1t was
subsequently sent to the headquarters OF
the Revenue Marine Department, where
it has been since carefully preserved, and
where it is always regarded with much in
terest by people who are informed OF Its
history. 1t might have sunk seventy
TOUR and never been heard from.
Year: 1875

The outworn rite. the old abuse,
The pious fraud transparent grown.
The good held captive i'm the use


Of wrong alone,-
These wait their doom, from that great law
Which makes the past time serve to-day; &
And fresher life the world shall draw


From their decay.
God works in all things all obey
His first propulsion from the night:
Wake thou and watch!- world is gray


With morning light!


Whittier
Year: 1875

ONIONS. 1t it undoubtedly profitable to
raise onions. A few only in this vicinity
make this crop speciality. and it is all
the better for those few A writer in one
OF our exchanges who is extensively en-
gagged in this branch of farming, tell us
how to do it in a few words, as follows:


ITO raise onions the ground should be
thoroughly ploughed, made very mellow
and rolled 1t should be made rich with


we'll rotted manure, and wood ashes make
good additional fertilizer. Thirty loads
OF manure per acre would not be too much
Tor good crop. Five pounds of seed per
acre may be drilled in rows nine inches
apart with light hand seed drill. The
ground must be keptvery clean from weed
and mellow with the hoe. A hoe with a
pronged blade is made specially for this
work. The onions may be grown as close
in row as they will stand They may
be grown, if plenty Of manure is given
them, with increasing profit. We would
rather sell at a fair price at home mark
ct. than risk the chances of distant one, -
Year: 1875

There is no need for the Almighty to
bare his arm and hurl us into the lake of
fire. He has only to leave us alone with
our sins, to draw the curtain between us
and the world, and our punishment must
come with unerring certainty. Frances
Power Cobbe
Year: 1875

There is but a very limited idea among
the mass OF farmers of what constitutes a
good cow They do not make the neces-
sary efforts to learn the amount OF milk
and its producing qualities in butter and
cheese Three -tourths OF all the cows in
the Northwest are such poor mixers that
they should be sent to the butchers and
better stock supply their places. 10 do
this it is not necessary to procure bloOded
stock, for some of the common stock are
the best mixers With these and breed
ing to male animal from a dam of good
reputation for milk, very soon one COW
will supply the place of two There are
plenty OF cows that give twenty quarts of
milk at milking for "A few weeks, but
soon dWindle to mere shippers Some
times this is owing to the deficiency Of
tho milker, other times to the want of
suitable food, and frequently to the poor
qualities of the cow With good. gentle,
regular, rapid mixers, the season of milk
should continue almost undiminished tor
nine months The reason that Ayrshires,
Jerseys and other COWS are SO celebrated
Tor their milk is the careful and scientific
breeding OF the original stock and the
watchtulness with which the blood has
pCCi PCIpClu.ttCu. II - llilI w itii lHS
right turn of mind, with ali the means re-
quisite, would take some of the good
mixers of any common stock and pro-
duce a race or family, with a strict view
to milk. we have no doubt a better stock
could be produced than ever came from
the Isle of Jersey. 1t is not the soil, grass
or atmosphere OF either Jersey, Ayrshire
or Durham that produce naturally fine
stock for milk or beef


But it is the genius OF man handling
and combining the best specimens of the
kline family, with wise and discreet cross
es that evolve the stock, that is making
the owners and the world rich. If men
commanding liberal means would direct
their energies to producing stock suited
to production of cheese or butter, there is
no good reason why a better quality for
that purpose could not be produced The
world is advancing in every material and
scientific department. and it is folly to go
back to the end OF time, to the fields Of
the Old World, to replenish the prairies of
the West. The time should come soon
when the little powers Of the Older king
doms should be supplied from the wider,
richer and more productive powers OF the
world, which have been reserved by Provi
dence to be developed during the last half
of the nineteenth century.
Year: 1875

Tho reporter OF Eoery Eoentnq, in his account,
yesterday, Of the investigation proceedings, af-
ter silly and futile fling at the COMMERCIALS
representative, attempts to put this paper in
false position in regard to the understanding
with the Chairman of the Committee that the
proceedings would not be commented on until
they were completed. This condition was sought
to be imposed by the Committee on all the re-
porters present. and the COMMERCIAL did not OBJ
ject to it, since the obvious and usual course in
regard to a judicial proceeding is to withhold
comments while it is in progress.
The policy of Eoery Eoenin3 is evidently
to defeat the investigation, right wrong,
but we shall be surprised il the community APP
prove OF such an effort. The charges are either
we'll based or not 30, and the truth, if developed
by the evidence, will show their character. I'm
doubtedy, now that they have been brought, it
IL right and proper to slft and judge them, and
while we consider ourselves under no obligation
bo withhold comment-since that condition was
refused or evaded by other Ipapers-we certain
iy do not feel moved, at this stage of the affair."
to dip into the investigation. If it be private
policy to thwart its progress, it is public policy
no doubt, to develop whether there is any truth
in the charges which Mr. Hawkins has brought


forward
Year: 1875

A Florida gentleman suggests that the force
developed by the "Keely Motor" machine is car
bonic acid gas. This may be. The letter of
the person suggesting it looks reasonable. Good
mechanics aud students OF mechanical philoso-
ply agree that the stories told of the motor,
are somewhere deficient. No such force is gem
Grated in nature without the disturbance of the
elements that make it up. Inertia is the estab-
lished rule, and when we evolve steam or tho
electric current by the consumption of such fuel
as ID requisite TO produce those forces we sim
ply disturb tho old arrangement of their ele-
ments, and by combustion establish new one.
You cannot produce tremendous force out of
nothing, or without process corresponding to
the burning of fuel, any more than you can
make perpetual motion, or lift yourself
by your boot-straps. Keely may have
discovered some cheap and easy
process OF generating some gas as--carbonic acid


for instance-snd he may add some new one to
the mechanical methods already known, but it il
very unreasonable to suppose that he can lave
made 30 wonderful an invention as it is pretend.
ed he has--one which would revolutionize all
existing machinery. and create disturbance in
industrial operations to which South American
earthquake would be feeble comparison. Too
many watchfu eyes fixed on the manifesto
tions OF nature for any one man to find go much.


The American Team yesterdays great ill.,
ternatonal match, and is second time the vic
tor This is gratifying, Of course, to national
pride, and it testiies to the steadiness of our
American nerves, as web as tho excellence of
Year: 1875

The Board OF Managers Of the New York Produce Ex.
change yesterday directed the Committee on Rooms
and Fixtures, OF which Mr. f. X. Livermore is chair
man. advertise for proposals for property suitable for
a site for their Exchange, the location south
of Maiden lane The present building occupies about
four lots OF ground and entirely too small for It's
purposes tho building will require at least double
that space Especial attention will be given 10 its af-
(ording proper light and ventilation.
Year: 1875

A stranger from the country observ-
ing an ordinary roller rule on the table
took it up and inquiring its use, was
answered 1t is rule for counting
houses" Too well bred, as he construct
ed politeness to ask unnecessary questions
he turned it over and up and down re-
peatedly, and at last in paroxysm of
baffied curiosity, inquired: "How in the
name of wonder do you count houses with
this ?"
Year: 1875

"A citizen of Providence. failing
last week to get his usual supply of wa
ter concluded that the pipe was frozen,
and spent nearly day in endeavers to
thaw it out. He found that the water
had been shut off for non-payment of
tax
Year: 1875

The Syracuse Standard justly remarks:
People who send us communications
for publication ARE requested not to
quote and underscore so MUCH. THIS
is about the toay A good deal of matter
would LOOK if we printed it as it is
WRITTEN
Year: 1875

No expense will be spared In making II so.
With the entire Hotel thoroughly overhanled
aud repaired, the Tables supplied with the
best in the market. and furnished in the
finest style OF the art. they hope TO merit q
liberal share OF public patronage dele II
Year: 1875

| Deputy Sheriff John n. Brown of johnson
county, came up on the Maumelle, Monday
morning, having in custody three prisoners,
to be delivered to the sheriff of this county,
for fe-keeping as follows:


dehn McFadden, indited, last term of the
johnson Circuit Court for murder In the first
degree. Change of venue taken to Franklin
| county, and the sheriff of that county having
no sufficient Jail, delivered him to the sheriff
of Crawford county for safe keeping.
Douglass Davis indicted for assault with
intent TO KILL at the last term of the john
son county Circuit Court. Trial continued to
next term OF the same court and the prisoner
sent TO Crawford cunty Jail for safe keeping


Jesse Tricc, indicted tor robbery at the last
johnson Circuit Court. and trial continued to
the next term of same court, and the prisoner
sent to the Crawford Jail for safe keeping.


We protest against Crawford county Jail
being made a rendezvous for murderers and
robbers. We have, already, seven prisoners
of our own in the Jail, who came very
near making eir escape, the other day. and
now to put in there three more desperadoes-
one for the high crime of murder in the first
degree-only adds to the great risk of them
all being turned out upon the community.


Representation is the first law of nature
and. If we were the sheriff. we should act up-
on that rule in this particular. We would as
soon have Johnson county prisoners as any.
but. at present are not in the fix to entertain
from anv quarter outside of our own terri
tory
Year: 1875

Some people don't like the sunshine. II
it il a pure accident. The house is nestled in
a forest of trees, aud it is seldom that the sun
kisses, with its purifyin breath, any part of
the building Now, while we are willing to
admit the exstacy of a cool shade, on hot
day. yet we must pay some attention to health
as we'll as comfort. Throw open your window
blinds and doors, and let the sunbeams ssray
into and through the apa, tmchts and the at
mosphcrc of your house will be purified. and
the change in the spirit Of the family will be
noticeable in a marked degree,
Year: 1875

There is reason in all things, but there
surely is neither roason nor sense in our col
ored Methodist friends holding their meetings
until nearly O'Clock in the morning. They
not only do themselves an injury, but annoy
the entire neighborhood in which their meet
ing house is located
Year: 1875

GE- The Little Rock Gazette says: We sec
from the opinion of Chancellor Eakin. of the
Pulaski Lhanccry Court that the question of
penalty interest. or interest at a greater rate
after maturity Than before. has been decided.
The notes sued on provided for ten per cent,
until maturity. and twenty per cent. from ma
turty until paid. The chancellor decided that
the twenty per cent. interest after maturity
| is in the nature of a penalty, and could not be
collected that interest at the rate of ten per
| cent was all that the plaintiff could recover
! The case will probably be taken to the Su-
preme Court, and if the opinion of the cham
| cellor is sustained it will give our business
men immediate relief from this great evil
which grew up under the constitution of 1868.
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NoRru CAROLINA GETTING RIcH Our
| OF BL BLACKBERRIEs Il could name men in
the High Point and Salem region Of
North Carolina, who have made nice lit
tie fortunes by the blackberry trade. and
it has carried many formerly unknown
luxury into the homes of the poorer clas-
ses of that section. Piekng and drying
blackberrics and selling them, come near


er getting something for nothing than
almost anything | know Of. Almost er


ery tcn-year old child can earn its 30 to
co cents per day. They need but little
care in drying, except to be kept from


rain, and should be dried as quick as pos


sible. There is no danger of stocking


the market. Thousands and thousands


of pounds are used in making an excel
lent imitation Of port wine. | well re


member when the idea of drying and sell
mo blackberries was much laughed at


there; now millions of pounds are sent


off and pass through the North Carroll


ma railroad country just after the drying


season is over. - atlanta Herald.
Year: 1875

Republicans will nominate-whether it
will be bluff old Ben. Wade, ev-Gov. Den
nj: or Judge Taft, although the indica-
IT, seem to be in favor of the latter. But
v. 0ever it is, he should be q man above
beyond reproach, and one who will De
C to rally the people to the support ot
q sacred principles of freedom with all
Il g." enthusiasm that characterized their de-
' i'on to the party when the same issues
W re involved at the beginning of the war.
" lille Ohio is not so deeply interested IN
the condition of Southern affairs as other
States may be, it is nevertheless tue' as
we have shown, that much of the indlVld'
ual strength of the Southern Democratic
party-the party which instituted the war
for secession and which again yearns Tor
the control of the General Government
that it may re-establish reasonable posi-
bilities-is nurtured within the limits OF
that State. For this reason it must
be apparent that the defeat of the
Republican ticket would be a national
disaster; and for the same reason
the selection of nominees on that ticket
should be made with due regard for ma
tional interests. There should be no half
way business in this matter, no compromise
with conservative or weak -kneed and vacil
lating Republicans who trim their course
to win the fieeting favor of the Opposition;
but the platform should be at once bold,
independent and aggressive. The State
was lost to US by the apathy of hundreds
and thousands of good Republican voters,
who were not aroused to the Importance
of the duty devolving upon them to over
come the insidious return of the State
Rights party to power, and can only be
reclaimed by pursuing the policy we have
indicated
Year: 1875

WHEN the Opposition press speaks of
President Grant as an intriguer, the ma
jority of those who know anything of his
character are inclined to smile. While he
has always sought to serve the best in
terests of the Government, by the selec-
ton of Cabinet officers, for example, who
are capable of administering its affairs
with justice and economy, he has never
sought to strengthen his own personal
following By favoring this or that especial
interest. An intriguer would not have
selected two Cabinet officers from Massa-
chusetts, or New York, or one from such
a deplorably Democratic State as Georgia,
or Maryland; but would have bestowed
some Distinguishing favor upon a repre-
sentative man from such State as Penn
sylvania. These are but few indications
of his utter forgetfulness of personal in
terest in his desire to give the people
honest and capable officials.