smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

THE TRIBUNE Of Sept. 20 contains this statement;


Two courses were open to the Board OF Health ID
anayscs made Of the milk offered for sale throughout tho
city or the milk approximately tested by means


lactoieter The Board wisely adopted the alternative


How wiselyl The simple little instrument" you de
scribe is lactometer at all, and is no more to he


trusted to tell the proportion Of cream contained IN mix
than wcathcrcock which has become lXed Is FOR trhS
the direction of the wind. have made number OF tests
with this instrument Pure Aderney milk, very Iich In
crealn stood 3d. other pure milk at 30, while some
skinned milk temperature precisely coo, stood 10.
According to this skinned milk is better than whole
milk From tine editorial copy this statement:


Very curious results were obtained In some of the
poorest quarters OF the city the milk by no means
the worst.


That is very easily accounted for SKINNED milk
stands the test this instrument better than milk rich In
cream But there IL way 10 find out whether the sample
il pure milk or not without any expensive analyses
being made. Take number Of yals with straight sides
and level bottoms fill these with milk from thevan OF
the dealer after thoroughly stirring the from the
hottnm Then set them In room with temperature
about coo. After remaining undistnrbed tweniyloGr
hours the line between the milk and the cream can dc
distinctly By accurately measuring the thchhehs
OF the cream the percentage be easily calculated
Good milk should contain per cent or cream. fouf
editorial closes with this statement:


The simple fact that ont of every fweniy'h'e nan,s :,
that perish with bowel complaints nineteen are iouh u
have fed from nursing DOtte II suhcrht
Of the relation that the quality OF city milk bears TO the
health OF families.


think you are wrong in charging this great mortality
10 the quality OF the milk MIX that has been adnisFnted
with water alone il not unwholesome. believe TIM
mortality among children is due 10 the nursing bottle
itself with lis long rubber tube, which soon becomes fou
after using and Ia left to hrelings to Keep clean Il
mothers will bring up their children with TINS con


riyanoe let them give their personal supervision to th'
| cleansing especially Of the rubber tube. COT
clinton Coratrs, Oct. 1879.
Year: 1875

A WEDDING.-The Wilmington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Sunday
Item says:


An event of the coming week will
be a recherche wedding onMarket street,
where gentleman from your State will
take away one of our loveliest young
ladies'
Year: 1875

then have told I'll she had sworn to
on the trial had she remembered it at
the time. She could not be certain as to
exact dates of several occurrences sworn
to here by her. Up to the time she came on
the stand she had told her story substan-
tally to the stenographer, Mr.. Shearman
and Judge Porter; this was some time
during the week Of her first evidence on
the witness-stand; had previously told
some of the particulars to Mrs. Ovington.
Year: 1875

FLOOR RSTAIN-Weh have just manufactured
IL fresh supply of the above article, which
has given such great satisfaction to all of our
customers who have tried it. In color, it is of q
rich dark walnut and it is prepared all ready
country in any quantity desired. Sold by the
pint or gallon by


oct 26 JANNEY s. co.
Year: 1875

The City of Seattle does ordaln as fol


lows:


That the Mayor be and he is hereby
required to enter in the name OF the
city Of Seattle, all government lands
within tie corporate liL,its Of said city
subject to entry under the laws of the
United States, by the corporate author
tiles or inhabitants of said city Of Seat
tie, and that he employ such means and
assistance as necessary in the premises.
Year: 1875

NOTICE To TAX City
Assessor of the City of Seattle, having
Sled the city assessment roll in the
Clerks Office, the said roll will be open
to .he inspection of all parties, until
the 29th of May 1875, when there will
be meeting of the City Council for the
purpose of the equalization of said
Assessment.


BY order Of Council.


W. r. ANDKEws.


City Clerk.
Year: 1875

a physician writes the following
sensible advice: "My profession
has thrown me among women of
all classes, and my experience
teaches me that God never gave
man q greater proof Of His love
than to place Wc4on here with
him. My advice is: Go-pro-
pose to the most sensible girl YOU
know. If she says yes, tell her
how much your income is-from
what source derived-and tell
her you will divide the last shil-
ling with b or and love her with
all your heart in the bargain. And
then keep your promise. My
word for it, she will live withing
your income, and to your last
hour you will regret that you did
not marry sooner. Gentlemen
don't worry about feminine ex-
trayagance and feminine untruth.
Just you be true to her, love her
sincerely, and tell her of it fre-
quently, and a more fond, faithful
foolish slave you will never meet
anywhere. You won't deserve
her, l know, but she would never
see it. Now throw aside pride
and selfishness, and see what will
become of it."
Year: 1875

MRS. NJ F. QUITS.
Merry Christmas to one,


Merry Christmas to all
To the low, to the b gh,


In hOvel or hall.
This Day shall unite US,


With joy and good cheer,
And make us all kinder


The rest of the year.
MAY we never forget,


In or holiday mirth,
The Child that was born
To bring joy to the earth,
NAV the angels that sang
0fpeace and good will,
Our hearts and our lives
With His charity Nil.
Merry Christmas to all,
But the best to the man
Who gives to the hungry
Whatever be can;
Who heartily tries


To bring the time, when
There'll be "Peace on the earth,
And good will to all men"
Year: 1875

l have stood in mud and water
two or three inches deep, for ter


hours day for a week, without


feeling any dampness or having


any difficulty in getting my boots


on or off If you would be equal.


ly successful, before wearing the


boots give the bottoms good


coating of tallOW and coal tar and


dry it in; then oil the uppers with
castor oil, about one tablespOoon-


full to each boot; then oil them


twice week with castor oil, when
one teaspoonful will be sufficient.
If the weather should be rainy,
or you are compelled to work in
water during the day, wash your
boots clean at night, hold them
by the fire until quite warm, and
oil them while wet, and you will
have no trouble about your boots
getting hard and shrinking up so
that you can not get them on. If
the leather should become red,
give q coat Of ordinary shOe-biack.
ing before Oiiing. The effect Of
castor oil is to soften the leather,
while it fills the pores and pre-
vents the water from entering. -
Indiana Farmer.


WHAT a brute of a husband
that was out in iowa, He reluS-
ed to kiss his wife for three
months, and the little darling
committed suicide. Now, if we'd
been in that woman's place we
wouldn't have committed suicide.
We'd have called in substitute,
and closed our eyes, and imagin-
ed all the time it was the dear
one. But some women amt got
any sense. The female wasn't
anything at all like a Brooklyn
female we once knew. He and
she got mad, and he wouldn't
kiss her for several days. She
said to him he'd be sorry for it.
She went to party next evening,
where they played "Pick cherries
and hand them down." and post
office," and "POut in the corner"
and a whole lot of such plays, and
she was up every time she had a
chance, and never refused kiss.
And there was one young man In
the party whose kisses pleased
her SO much that the following
week she elOped with him. That's
the way she took to make her
husband sorry. We can't say
that he's bowed down with grief.
We saw him the other day, and
he was about half drunk, and
smoking q five-cent cigar and tell
ing a funny story that nobody
hnt himself Ian phed at. Some
men don't seem TO have any heart
70 break.
Year: 1875

BE OF COOP CHEER.-A man who
acquires the habit of giving way to
depression is on the road to ruin
When trouble comes upon him, in


stead of rousing his energies to combat
it, he weakens, and his faculties grow
dull, and his judgement becomes OBJ


scured, and he sinks in the slough OF
despair. And if anybody pulls him
out by main force and places him safe
on solid ground, he stands there de-
iected and discouraged, and is pretty
sure 10 waste the means of help which
have been given him. How different
it is with the man who takes a CHEEKY
view of life even at its worst, and
faces every i'll with unyielding pluck.
lie may be swept away by an OYER
whelming tide of misfortune, but he
bravely struggles for the shore, and is
ever ready to make the most Of the
help that may be given him. y
cheerful, hopeful, courageous diSposi-
tioniS an invaluable trait OF character,
and should be assiduously cultivated.
Year: 1875

A BATTLE WITH Army WoRNs.-The
army worms are among US, and we
have fought and conquered them, and
this is the way we did it: When out
at our farm the other morning, about
Q o'clock, we were walking across the
corn field, and were attracted by a
small, grayish looking worm on a
blade of corn, apparently making his
morning meal. We touched the corn
shoot and the worm dropped to the
ground as if dead Ila ha ! thought
to myself, | have seen your kind be-
fore. And ] began to look around for
his fellow soldiers, and soon found mil
lions Of them marching on from the
tules toward my corn, broomcorn, bar
ley, oats and alfalfa. The further ]
followed up their trail toward the
tules the thicker were the worms, all
marching in the same direction-from
west 10 east. The worms were from
a quarter of an inch 10 an inch in
length, and it seemed as though every
square inch of soil contained one or
more. | saw in a moment that that


army must be met and conquered, or


work of the year on the farm would


be laid waste, for these soldiers forage


on the country they travel over. We


therefore summoned al the men on


the place, brought all the teams and


plows and shovelS into requisition,
and in three hours time we had fur


rows plOwed twelve inches deep across
the place, between the cultivated


fields and the tules, and men were en-
gagged in cleaning the furrows out
with spades. First, we turned one
furrow eight inches deep from the
direction in which the worms came.
In this furrow We followed with an
other plow, going about four inches
deep. This of itself was a great OBJ
struction to the progress Of the army,
but now and then the worms would
find means OF scaling the earth works
thus made. With spade and shovel
we therefore cleaned all the loose dirt
out of the furrow, and on the land
side, or on the side of the furrow to-
ward the cultivated field, we had the
soil near the bottom of the furrow
excavated SO as to form projection.
Up this projection the worms could |
not climb, and we left millions of them
there to die in the last ditch.-Sdcr0- |
2nelltO Record.
Year: 1875

a MIprAEvAL STORY OF THE CRoss.-


When Adam lay in his death sick


ness, he sent Seth to Paradise to beg


for some Of the oil of the tree OF mer-


cy. The arehangel Michael replied


that the oil of the tree of mercy could


not be given to men for the space of
six thousand years; but instead, ne
gave Seth a wand which he was TO
plant upon the grave of Adam after
his death or, as some say, seed which
he lay under his tongue And pres
emily Adam died, and Seth fulfilled
the commands Of the angel. From
the wand planted upon the grave Of
Adam, or, as some say, a seed set up
on bis tongue, there grew a deadly
tree. And by and by King Solomon,
seeing lis godliness, bade them cut 1t
down and fashion it for q summer
house they were building for him.
But the builders could not hit nor
fashion il: first it was too large for It's
place. then too small, so they threw it
aside, and cast il for bridge across
the stream in Solomon's garden. The
Queen of Sheba coming to visit Sol
omon, was aware of the spirit of the
miraculous virtne of the tree, and
would not tread upon it. After she
was gone she sent messengers TO Sol
omou bidding him beware of that
tree, for on it would be hanged one
by whose death the kingdom of the
Jews would pass away.-So Solomon
caused the tree TO De buried deep in
the ground. And later, the Jews I'M
awares dug . well in the same place;
this was the pool of Bethesda, and
not only from the descent of the angel
but from the tree which was at the
bottom of the well, the water drew
healing virtues. About the time
when Christ's ministry drew 10 an end
the tree Of It's own accord floated on
the surface Of the water, and the
Jews, finding it ready to their hand,
used it for a cross whereon to cruelty
Christ.
Year: 1875

A RENARKABLE STATUE-The great
wonder Of Munich is the colossal
statue Of Bavaria, which stands in a
meadow just outside the city. From
a distance it seemed to be of the nat
ural height, but as We came nearer
and nearer it kept growing and
growing just as those mysterious
people do in ghost stories, until at
last we are standing under a great
giantesS holding a wreath Of laurel up
in her hand, and with lion crouched
at her feet The statue is made Of
bronze, sixtyfOur feet high, and, If
You take the granite pedestal into
consideration (which is quite necessary
if You try TO ascend the gigantic LADY,.
the top of her head is hundred and


twenty or thirty feet above the ground.
We find it comparatively easy to go
up inside Of her by a little winding
iron staircase, while we had to Stoop
a little when we reached the waist,
and it was quite feat to get through
the neck. Once safely in the head


there are comfortable seats for eight
persons, and a pleasant lookout over
the city from little hole near the ear
Year: 1875

The AVERAGE EX-CoNGRESsNAN.-
The New York Times, in accounting
for the large number Of office seekers
among the retiring Congressman,
says: To an average ex-Congress-
man, life among his constituents is
simply intolerable He is no longer
the magnate of his district to whom
flock suitors, hat in hand, and eager
for favors. With human fckleness,
his old admirers turn their faces to-
ward the new representative; they are
no longer his constituents, Of whom
be spoke proudly when he addressed
the nation through the columns of the
Congressional Record, and another
man supplies them public documents
and garden seeds. He would like to
be let down easy,' if he must return
10 the dullness of his own place
Year: 1875

A LATE issue of the New York
Graphic contained a portrait Of By
run's Maid Of Athens as she looks
now. She is, no doubt, an eSrlmabie
old lady, bat her appearance IS such!
that no one can wonder the poet
wanted his heart back.
Year: 1875

LORD MoRPEru used to tell Of a
Scotch friend, who, to the remark
that some people could not feel jest
unless il was fired at them with a
cannon, replied: Weel, but hoo
can We fire a jest out Of a cannon,
mon p
Year: 1875

ALFALFA As A FERTILIzER.-There
is no doubt in the world that alfalfa
Is valuable fertilizer, and land that
has been sown to this clover will pro
duce a larger crop Of wheat than be
fore. Tue heavier the clover crop the
richer the land appears to be for sub
sequent crops. Clover mown twice
leaves the land ia better condition for
wheat than when only mown once.
During the growth Of clover a large
amount of nitrogenous matter accu.
mulates in the surface of the soil,
owing to the falling of the leaves,
and to an abundance of deeayiuc roots
in the soil. The roots of the clover
run deep into the ground ana draw
suStenance from stratum of soil un.
touched by the roots of growing grain


This lower soil yields It's fertiIizing
elements TO the clover, which elevates
and deposits It in the surface of the
soil, 10 be used by the subsequent
grain crops.-Sdc. 4Ericultgrist.
Year: 1875

\ PHorOGRAPH OF Mas. BETcnER.-
But by far the most pi,iable sight in
the courtroom Is poor Mrs. Beecher.
Old enough in appearance TO be her
husbands mother, she sits by his side
with her grey head and careworn face
striving IN vain to keep awake. The
face is not q kind one, not motherly
nor sweet IN its expression, but stern
and pure. No husband would enter
her house with mud on his boots. pray-
ers are as regular as the clock, and the
children sitting on high seats with no
backs on them, singing old hundred or
repeating the cstechism, would get a
toretaste OF heaven, such as the little
girl felt who said TO her mother, " If
l am q real good girl in heaven, won't
God sometimes let me 20 to hell and
play with the bad boys" Don
Pat ia the CdDitqL
Year: 1875

No one remedy is louder
called for by the necessities
Of the American people than
a sure and safe cure for
Fever and Ague. Such
We are now enabled to offer,
with q nerfecf Certainty that
Year: 1875

cession of Alfred in S71-the earliest


date at which such a jurisdiction can


be shown to have been exercised-tO


the year 1870, when the original of the
judicature act which abolished it was
introduced. just 900 years should have
elapsed. To Sir Alexander COckburn,
certainly in many respects not the least
distinguished of the series, belongs the
Lord Chief Justice of England. The
preserved by the Judicature act, and is
vested in division of the High Court
of Judicature. And its peculiar juris-
dictiOn is vested in that division exclu-
sively. But as cOurt-as that great
court which has existed ever since the
Conquest as distinct and separate
tribunal, with that high and lofty juris-
diction which could originally only be
exercised by the King in person, and
was so exercised by our sovereigns ever
since the time of Alfred, as that great
court of the King; inferior only to
Parliament in greatness and in dignity
its history has closed. All its proud
distinction and its lofty traditions ex-
pire and pass away and become as
things of the past. 1t has, however, a
great histOry-a history of ten centuries
duratiOn-clOsely connected with the
Constitution of the country through a
long succession of ages, and associated
with series of great names and historic.
often tragic events; and it was not
fitting that it should pass away forever
without word by way of memorial and
in some measure of regret"
Year: 1875

Purposes, however wise, without
plans, cannot be relied on for good re-
suits. Random or spasmOdic efforts,
like aimless shots, are usually no better
than wasted time and strength. The
purposes of shrewd men i'm the business
of this life are always followed by
carefully formed plans. Whether the
object is learning, honor or wealth, the
ways and means are all laid out accord
ing to the best rules and methods. The
mariner has his chart, the architect his
plan, and the sculptor his model, and
all as a means and condition of success.
Invention, genius, or even what Is some
times called inspiration, can do little in
any department of theoretic or practical
science, except as it works by we'll
formed plan. Then every step is an
advance toward the accomplishment of
the object. Every tack of the ship made
according TO nautical law keeps her
steadily nearing the port. Each stroke
of the chisel brings the marble into a
closer likeness of the model. No effort
or time is lest, for nothing is done
rashly or at random.
Year: 1875

In the first place, let people defer to
the laws of health, of sanity, hereditary
soundness; let them obey restrictions,
consult wholesome seasons, respect the
limits set up by the common sense OF
nature. Mutual ignorance on these
points is filling marriage with unneces-
sary evils; they not only spoil the well
being of family, but spoil its DISPOSE
ton. Let the work in every house be
reduced, by reduction of its ambi-
tions, till all its parlors, all its tables,
all the clothes, exactly represent the
current condition of every family; not
a bracket or ribbon for exaggeration,
not single room for parade, neither
sewing, washing, eating, securing, nor
company giving beyond actual needs,
and all done by the least elaborate
methods. Then in the second place,
reduce to the lowest possible point the
disturbances which arise from ignO-
rance and vanity, from artificial train
ing; you simply liberate marriage for
the more effective discharge of its spir-
itual purpose. The men and women
might suspect that they are rill-mated
till life itself pronounced the bans.
Teach children that marriage only pro-
longs their school hours into the future
of sterner discipline and less perishable
attainments. Warn them against those
affectionate extravagances which un-
dermine respect, against the physical
errors which so sap the will that it Is
humbled and enslaved by annoyances
which health and freshness laugh at.
And teach them simplicity, make vul-
gar habits and ambitions appear odious
to them, ply their imagination with
austere and noble forms, tempt them to
fall in love first with spiritual beauty,
whose service makes them free, then
they will be better prepared to discover
that marriage withholds felicity until II
has been earned.
Year: 1875

Every sort of cooling drink can be had


i'm perfection in the streets of Madrid.
Water, to begin with, is always quite
fresh and cold. and this is more than a
luxury, it is an absolutely necessity in a
country where one is literally burnt up
with thirst. In every town sturdy gdlLe-


gos carry it about. and it is refreshing
even to hear their menotonous, long
drawn cry of Agua pura, ""Agua mas
fresca oue Ia nieye," for the east wind
brings with it dust and burning fever,
and the sun scorches and dries the very
blood and skin with its fiery heat.
Those who are wise will when travelling,
provide themselves with one of the pretty
little white porous Jars that keep the
water as fresh as if it had been lust taken
from the spring. Then. i'm all the cafes,
Year: 1875

Old Flippity is very old. IL is my
belief that he must have heard the
chimes upon at least some seventy New
Years ewes. The frosts-if frost IL may
he called that looks like summer twi-
light lingering upon a ripened harvest
field-arc thick upon his head. The
dimness of old age is drawing slowly
over his kindly beaming eyes, even like
a veil. and the old gold-rimmed specta-
cles "a present from his wife, now in
her rest, praise God, score OF years.
are failing i'm their powers. Therefore
Old Flippity, peering into the growing
darkness of his life, leans forward as he
walks, and is becoming bent OF form and
nervous. His cheeks are falling in, his
lips are growing thin, the wrinkles in
his sallow face are working deeper and
the clothes, which once were so well
filled, hang limp and spiritlessupon his
aged limbs.


To all appearance, then, Old Flippity
is mast his serviceable time and has nc
object now to live for, and may as well
grow gloomy and morose and bitterly
exclaim that all is vanity and that the
thorns are sharp long after all the roses
have faded. S5--


But, bless your heart, Old Fiippity
would smile To hear Won say so, and
even while smiling would hasten te
explain that you are wrong, quite
wrong. For as to pleasure, why he has
neyer had more pleasure than he has
now, and as to happiness, why, he was
never happier. Why, do not the chill
dren fly to meet him all along his home
ward routeg Do they not hang about
him, and push him until he is in great
danger of falling down upon them
WHY is it they love him so? Old Flip
pity cannot tell. But that they do love
him no one can doubt who has seer
them clap their little hands and cry al
they boisterously charge upon him


ssUncle Philip! Uncle Philip! Herr
comes Uncle Philipr Of course it il
true that Uncle Philip Corrupted by
certain young men, whose most impor
liant employment in life is to tell vuigal
Year: 1875

Reader, never break your promises J
And to this end, never make promise
that you are not sure you can fulfil.
You may think it trifling matter. to
make an appointment with a friend or
agree to do a certain thing, and then
fail to 'come TO time;" but it is assur-
edly not a small affair. s'gr