smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

have not seen bedbug or flea in my
house for many years. Ifan army Of them
were to be brought in, mercury would
speedily exterminate them but think
cleanliness the best and perhaps the only
preventive. The common house-hy ! do
not molest, believing that it more than
compensates for its trouble by clearing
the atmosphere of effluvia and the ami
malcules which always arise from the
putrefaction of decaying substances dur
ing the warm weather. SO also with the
birds, which are quite numerous here
during the summer; instead of shooting
them, or setting up scarecrows 10 frigh-
ten them away, | threw out every pos
sible inducement for them 10 build their
nests in my fruit trees. The birds cap
turc a large share of the insects in the
larval state, and thus the millcrs are pre-
vented from depositing eggs for future
the birds, the latter are always sure TO be
on hand in force in the season of ripe
fruit, whether they come early enough TO
take worms or not. For the residue Of
insects which infest my vegetable garden,
find that the laboratory of the chemist
furnishes material fatal to them all,
among which the white hcllebore and
cayenne pepper are of the most utility !;
the bug or worm which cannot find vege-
tation unhavored with these articles will
seek its breakfast elsewhere, and leave
my garden unmolested. A few drops Of
carbolic acid in pint Of water will clean
house plants from lice in very short
time. If mosquitoes or other blood
suckers infest our sleeping rooms at
night, we uncork a bottle of the oil OF
penny-royal, and these insects leave in
great haste, and will not return 80 long
as the air in the room is loaded with the
fumes of that aromatic herb. IL rats in
fest the cellar, little powdered potash
thrown into their holes or mixed with
meal scattered in their runways never
fails to drive them away. Cayenne pepper
will keep the buttery and storeroom free
from rats and cockroaches.-,Scientifc
I,1eric1D
Year: 1875

There was case of life-saving on the
c. III. 4 !. road recently similar 10 many
that have been written about to make
heroes, which as yet has not seen its way
into print. The Cincinnati day express,
going east, left Connersville on time, and
was flying on its way at the rate of
twenty-five miles an hour, when, ap-
preaching bridge over the river few
miles from Connersville, the engineer
noticed a small boy in the middle of the
track motioning wildly with his arms
The heavy rains for several days before
had caused the man at the throttle no
little anxiety, and in moment II flashed
over his mind the bridge but very
short distance ahead was at least damaged


by the freshet. With one hand he
reached for the whistle, and with the
other he reversed the engine. The train
employees heard no ordinary stopping
signal in the keen, short whistle, and in
a moment conductor, baggageman, and
all the train employees were helping the
regular brakemen wind the chains that
were, perhaps, the only hopes OF saving
the lives of all on board. The tram was
stopped within but few steps OF where
the bridge once rested on the abutment.
The structure had been washed entirely
away, and had it not been for the boy
the entire train would have gone into
the river, as the bridge was just at the
end of a curve, and so hidden by trees
that its disappearance would not have
been noticed until too late. As soon rs
the passengers had gotten over the shock
the full realization of their danger had
caused, search was made for the boy


He was found sitting down of To one
I side of the track, shaking as II he had a
chill, 30 badly was he frightened Every
one in the train flocked around the
brave little fellow, who said he was
eleven years old, and almost crushed
him in their joyful anxiety TO touch his
body. He innocently said he did not
begin shaking until he sat down, thereby
! showing that not until he had seen the
train stop in safety did his nerves give
way. lie said his name was Davis, and
that he lived near by, pointing to farm
house. He was on his way home from a
neighbor's when he discovered that the
bridge had been washed away since
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passing an hour previous. lie remem-
bered the down passenger, and knowing
it was about time it came along, hurried
up the track to give warning. He had
only arrived at the spot where he was
noticed by the engineer when the train
came along One of the passengers, an
elderly Quaker lady, gave him five dol
lars, which he was reluctant 10 accept,
although the conductor informed her
that the officers of the road would re-
ward the boy. The following day
Superintendent Williams arrived ut the
scene, and, hunting out the hero, gave
him what money he had about him,
some twenty dollars, with the promise
that whenever he wanted anything at all
that he should apply to him.-hdiana-
polls Sentinel.
Year: 1875

Whenever we see n person sick with 4
contagious disease, no excessive fears
should be allowed to occupy the mind.
1t is wholly needless, and more than this,
it predisposes the system to the disease
it so much breads by diminishing its
tone. A good plan is to eat or drink
something before entering the sick room,
as it is supposed that when the stomach
is acting the catching poison is to a GER
tain extent repelled hence after meals
would be the time to choose. Some
think or believe that the virus OF sick
room is introduced into the system
through the spittle coming in contact
with the poisoned air and then swallowed.
Therefore it would be well to eject and
not to swallow it.


Cleanliness is good preventive to
contagion; those exposed should take
bath morning and evening; also change
clothes daily. After leaving the sick
room, take brisk walk, as this will ex-
cite nerve force and air clothes. 1t is
not well to sleep in the room with a
person having contagious disease.
Therefore, when called upon to watch n
night with the sick-which every hui
name person is, and others ought to be,
willing to dot is well TO take book
and try and keep awake all night: For
when asleep the system is relaxed, thus
Offering less resistance to contagion. Ger.
tain odors are also sometimes beneficial
as preventives- camphor, hartshorn,
vinegar, and many other substances,
although modern science has branded
them as popular delusion. Science has
introduced disinfectants, which deserve
great merit. OF these the carbolic acid
is deemed best of all; an ounce may be
put in gallon of water, and then used
by sprinkling. Among others always at
hand are wood charcoal, quicklime and
fresh Garth
Year: 1875

The famous boulder in the middle OF
the Niagara river channel, below the
main Goat Island bridge, lies about
thirty feet farther down the stream this
summer than last fall. During the
heavy flow of ice the huge rock was
moved from its former to its present
situation. Before the rock was barely
visible, lying just under a ledge; now it
rests with very conspicuous portion OF
its ragged surface above the rapids. A
new boulder was brought down the
river by the ice during the past winter,
and now lies, a very prominent object, a
few yards south of its more famous COM
panion.
Year: 1875

A serious geographical problem is suggested
by the appearance at the mouth of the Seine,
near iavre, in the course of the present mon tn,
of one of the Theoretically sealed bottles, in
wooden cases, which were thrown overheard
during Prince Napoleon's North Polar expPdi-
tion, in 1860. Wooden covered bottles of this
of June of that year from the Princes ship in the
expectation that the course taken by them
would lead to the eiucidation of the direction
of the greater oceanic currents. but during the
fourteen and half years that have intervene ed
since then none of these bottles have been seen
till the present one was washed ashore. Its
appearance at the mouth of the Seine seems 10
indicate that Polar current must be borne
into the German Ocean, aud mnst be carried
thence through the Channel TO the western
coast Of France.
Year: 1875

seemed like the falling OF the grave clods upon his
conn But however i may have appeared 60 him, as
did 10 US at that time are certain that his
time had come The wonder is that the other who
had been there so many times and who had lust re-
turned safety not the one who perished but il
not so 10 be.


CONSOLATION TTiB WORKERS.


The reverend gentleman consoled the men who had
labored Mr. Sykes with the rather strained
compliment that Notwithstanding their unsuccess and
nOtw outstanding the criticisms from all sides
upon the method pursued and lack Of wisdom, they
were, TO his mind, heroes There is still good deal
Of feeling over the affair, and although Mr..
Pomeroy and of Mr. Sykes brothers
are out with card 10 the effect that their opinioD
greater effort could have been made than was made
and tho plan that carried out the wisest that
at the time and under the circumstances seemed be
practicable the almost universal verdict here is that
Ms work OF engineering II most dscreditable 70
Yankee ingenuity and skill
Year: 1875

The North Carolinian can beat all
creation shelling corn. Tie other
evening a strolling peddler bad q
newly patented corn sheller hawking
it about Raleigh, and was showing q
crowd on the street how fast it could
she'll. when an old farmer from the
mountains walked up, dressed in blue
jeans, and a cob pipe in his mouth 4,
and said be to the peddler:


II can beat thatthing skeiling corn
myself"


"Well, sir" said the peddler, an
give you a machine for nothing, if
you'll do it."


"Good as wheat, said the farmer,
ana he searched over the pile for & red
cob, made boy take it TO fire and
burn it q little, and then soaring him
self on the sidewalk, he seized the red
cob with regular old plantation grip
in one hand, while be held the eur
Of corp between both legs with the
other, and waited for the wsrd "go"
from q little man in the crowd, who
held the watch TO time them.


"Golr cried the fellow, and at it
they went.


But the little peidler was 50 excit-
ed in the start that his shelter got
cboked, and while he was seuftiing to
unehoke it, tie old farmer coOlly got
up, and pitching his hslf-shelled ear
into the pile, said he to the peddlsr:


Il amt got time to shell against
that thing, mister; it would make NE
slow m0tiOned for life, and be step
ped away lively, the crowd shouting
and the peddler mad.
Year: 1875

Ihe San Francisco AHa. in a re-
cent issue, says: A vigorous voutb
being Indispensable for the preserva-
.lon oi the body polite, the right of
Juveniles to stone Chinamen shall
not be refringed by the Constitutional
amendment proposed by some Broad.
way people. 4 new DEVELOPMENT os
this highly moral and inTigoratine
pastime was seen yesterday after


noon, at brick building going up at
the corner Of Broadway and Ohio
alley. The workmen were engaged
on the mansard roof, and could not
see the interesting performance going
on in front Of the building. Several
little girls, ranging from ten to twelve
years, had taken up a position in the
third story windows, whence thew
amused themselves by dropping frag-
ments of brick upon passing China
men. That this was not accidental,
nor incidental to a childish frolic,
was proved by the care taken, dur
ing full half an hour, to avoid hitting
anybody else, aud to dodge after q
discharge Of projectiles. One China
man received two-ounee piece on
his shoulder. and hoped around for
a minute, swearing in diabOiieal
English, and came within an ace Of
thrashing a small boy who was ex-
eavating in the sand pile. On dis
covering the strategic position of his
tcrmentors, John resolved himself in
to hatteriog-ram and attacked the
house with great fury, striking it and
putting his shoulder to it, as if be
would come Samson on it and raze
IL
Year: 1875

Pay as you go.


Never fool in business matters.


Do not kick every man in your
path.


Learn to think and act for your
self.


Leep ahead rather than behind the
times.


Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours


Have order, system, regularity and
also promtness.


Do not meddle with business you
know nothing OF.
Use your own brains rather than
of others.


A man of honor respects bis worc
as be does his bond.


No man can get rich by setting
around stores and saloons.
If you have a place Of business
be found there when wanted
More miles can be made in one aay
bv going steadily than by stopping.
Help others when you can' out
never give what you cannot anord
because it is fashionable.


Learn 10 say No. No necessity oi
swapping it out dog fashion, but say
it firmly and respectfully.
Year: 1875

is, beyond all comparison, the best preparation for
Catarrh ever discovered Under the influence Of its
mild, soothing, and healing properties, the disease
soon yields. The Golden Medical Discovery should
be taken to correct the blood, which is always at
fault and to act specifically upon the diseased glands
and lining membrane of the nose. The Catarrh
Remedy should be applied ,cdrm with DR.. Pierce,s
Nasal Douche-the only instrument by which fluids
can be perfectly injected to all the passages and


These medicines are sold by druggists.


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Year: 1875

The American Newspaper Advertising
Agency of Geo. P. Rowell & Co., New York,
is the only establishment of the kind in the
United States which keeps itself persistently
before the people By ADVERTISING iu newspapers
They evidently receive their reward, for we
have it from reliable source that advertising
orders issued by them for their customers
have exceeded three thousand dollars a day
since the commencement of the year and this
is not uery good year for ADVERTISING either.
Year: 1875

ENLARGEMENT The Smyrna Times
came to us this week in an enlarged
form, having been changed from a
twenty -four to twenty eight column
size. The Times has also a new dress
of type. and a neat, open faced head
ing. 1t is among our favorite exchanges,
and we can but wish it success in its
future career.
Year: 1875

ssstory not half told.n And here
let us remark for the Information of
our distant readers, that at no time
and in no instance has the HERALD
knowingly and Intentionally over
drawn the description or account of
any place or thing in the county or
valley. It is the mission of the HER
AID to write up this portion of the
State; to report its mineral, agricul-
tural aud other resources; to tell of its
climate, its products and its beauties.
Our object in doing this is to induce
immigration, and we have steadily
kept in view the fact that our pur-
pose could only be attained by close
adherence to the truth. The soil is all
we have described it; the climate is as
genial and mild as stated and the pro-
ductions as varied and extensive as
claimed. There are no gardens of Para
disc here subject to pre-emption at
the Government price of one dollar
and twenty-five cents per acre, and
California was included in the edict of
God that man should earn his bread
by the sweat of his brow. Bnt this
does not prevent Los Angeles valley
being q desirable place for people
who like good land, mild climate
and beautiful surroundings.
Year: 1875

The following dispatch will be read
with feelings of satisfaction by the
people of Los Angeles city and
county:


tive Houghton informs the Public Lands
Committee that he is opposed to every part of
the bill introduced by him by request, except
the section authorizing change OF route OF
tween Giiroy and Tehachape Pass, for which
he has received numerously signed petltlons
from settlers. He therefore opposes ooth the
extension of time asked for and the authoriZ-
alton OF new branch to connect the main
line with the Los Angeles branch. He will
also insist upon the adoption OF proviso that
settlers on the abandoned line shall be al
lowed to purchase their lands from the rail-
road company at 3 70 per acre.


The HERALD has not entertained
serious apprehensions that when the
subject was fully understood Congress
would permit the Southern Pacific
Company to float the route of their
road from locality to locality, as in
terest or inclination suggested, as well
as postpone at pleasure the time for
completing the road to points to which
they had bound themselves to lay the
track within given time. The state
ment of Mr.. HoUGHToN indicates that
he has given the subject some consid-
erable attention since he introduced
the obnoxious bill. The change of
route which he favors will shorten the
road between this city and San Fran
cisco nearly one hundred miles, by
enabling us to travel by way of San
Jose in place of going around, as now,
| by Stockton. After the documentary
evidence prepared by the Chamber of
Commerce reaches Congress, there
will be no further danger of u change
| of route or extension of time.
Year: 1875

They tell in Europe story of a poor
man who was confined for many years
in cold, dark dungeon. There was
but one aperture in the wall, and
through that the sunbeams came for a
few minutes daily, making a bright
spot OH the opposite side of the cell.
Often and often the lonely man looked
upon that little patch of sunshine, and
at length a purpose to improve it grew
within his soul. Cropping ON the floor
of his cell he found nail and stone:
and with these rude implements he set
to work on the white portion of the
wall for the few minutes of every day
during which it was Illuminated, until
at length he succeeded in bringing out
upon it a rude sculpture of Christ upon
the cross! Let us initiate that pris-
oner Circumscribed may be our
sphere! Dark, indeed, may be our
daily lot! Yetif We love the Lord and
pray to Him and look for His direction
we shall discover some tiny chink
through which the sunshine of His
guiding providence shall come. On
the spot where its directing light shall
fall let US, with such means as we can
command, hew out, not in cold stone,
but in living love, the likeness of the
sacrifice of Christ. So shall we find
our special sphere, and fill it to the
commendation of the Master. he w, M.
Taylor, ID. ID. sf
Year: 1875

A third incendiary attempt has been
made to burn the Navy Department
building. 1t was made this evening.
Ten or twelve log books were burned.
1t is supposed to be the work of per-
sons interested in the destruction of
the records
Year: 1875

The condition of the city is improv-
ing very rapidly. Many families have
returned to their homes, from which
they were driven by the flood, and the
place is fast assuming its former busi-
ness aspect. In few days Marysville
will have recovered so that no one
would hardly suspect. that there had
been any flood.
Year: 1875

wealth, and as it is mainly in the hands of
farmers who only subject them to the tests of
farm labor, and therefore are ignorant of their
value in other respects; we regard it as i'm
portant that they should realize the full value
of their animals instead of suffering it to go
into the pockets of spectators and profess
sional jockeys.


And while we think that these animals are
mainly valuable for draught, we desire that
their other qualities should be recognized, ,and
we regard it as the esnecial charge and duty
OF Agricultural Societies 10 award premiums
Tor all the qualities of horse which give
value to him, and to see that they are prop
erly and thoroughly exhibited, SO that the
interests of the farmer should be protected
and promoted.


We would gratefully recognize all those as
sociations composed of honest and honorable
men, who perhaps at personal loss have
organized them for the sole purpose of im-
Improving stock, aud benefttins stock raisers.
Year: 1875

For biscuits the oven should be equally hot
when they are put in, but should begin to
cool little before they are taken out; this
makes them very light, but one has to watch
to keep them from being scorched; eight
minutes are enough to bake them if baked
with such fire as that required for bread,
they are heavy.


For gems made of Graham -four and water,
or for corn bread, the oven should be very
hot; but the fire should have been built some
time before they were put in, and begin to go
down by the time they are light; for if the
oven remains as hot as was necessary to
make them rise, they will burn before they
are thoroughly cooked through.


shnn1d h requires S aa mucn slower nte, put
Year: 1875

One pound of -four. one-fourth of pound
of butter well rubbed in, one-fourth pound of
currants; beat one egg to froth, add tea
cupful of cold milk, and mix well with the
flour with wooden spoon TO light paste.
Lift it out with the spoon 10 Toured board,
cut it into six pieces, and notch them round
the edge with knife. Then have the oven
very hot: and put them in i'm mediately; in a
few minutes they will be dcne, take them out,
split them, and butter them The only way
to have them light is to avoid touching them
with the hands. The Queen.
Year: 1875

may not be generally known that water
crosses are very delicious when stewed. They
should be placed in strong salt and water to
free them from all insects, after which they
should be carefully picked over, all the water
drained off. and then put into stew-pan with
little butter and a little salt and pepper; a
few minutes will suffice to render the cress
quite tender. A little vinegar may be added
just before serving but this must be accord
ing to taste. The cress stew made thin, as a
substitute for parsley and butter, will be found
an excellent adjunct to boiled fowl.-Ger-
mantown Telegraph.
Year: 1875

Bertha" in Indoors and Out, tells how to
make beautiful hanging baskets of cup-shaped
sea shells:


The shell is suspended by means of fine
copper wire passed through holes bored near
the top edge. This wire will not rust and is
much better than cord, which decays and
breaks by reason of the constant moisture.
Fill the shell with rich loan and plant in it
lycopodium, species of running moss, show
ing rich blueish green on its upper side.
and clear green on the under. This is much
prettier than what is called )ycopedian moss /;
plant of similar structure, but il lacks the
lovely variagated hue of the lycopcdium prop
er. Shower it abundantly, as constant moist
ure is an essential requisite to its growth and
richness of color.


II the hanging shell be kept in room dur.
ing Winter where the temperature is not al
lowed to go below fifty degrees, the lycopodo-
um will thrive nicely. This plant does not
require strong sunlight and thrves best where
1t will not get the direct rays of the sun.


For convenience have cord hung from a
nail in the upper casing of the window, and
in the center, from side to side. This cord
extends down 20 within easy reach, and at
the end small ring is attached. At the ter.
minus OF the three suspending wires is lit
tie hook; this is placed in the ring, making a
very convenient arrangement for taking down
the shell to water the plants. When suspen-
ded, the basket hangs about the center of the
lower sash.
Year: 1875

The Irish Farmers Gazette gives explicit
directions for boiling a joint of beef It
says:


All meat, poultry excepted, should be put
every case let care be taken to remove the
scum from the top of the water, just before
it boils. This keeps the meat and the water
clean and agreeable in appearance. As the
wafer decreases from evaporation, replenish
with hot or boiling water, so as to keep the
meat always covered. It is usual to allow a
quarter of an hour for every pound OF the
meat in boiling, reckoning from the time the
water begins to boil; but this is rule which
will, OF course, be departed from according as
the meat is required to be over or underdone.
It is always better to boil slowly than quickly.
Rapid boiling hardens the meat. Perfectly
fresh meat required longer boiling than that
which is tender or ripe.
Year: 1875

constantly on hand and for sale at the lowest
market mar rates. Particular and personal atten.
ss non given yen TO Repairing any article In the


A fine assortment OF speetacles constantly
Diamond Spectacles marI6
Year: 1875

Mrs. William Young, wife of one of the
editors of the New York Sun, living in
Brooklyn, woke up the other night and
saw an armed burglar prowling about the
room. She lay quiet while the fellow
took watch from under her pillow, com
ing so near that she noticed the smell Of
tobacco in his breath. As soon rs he
left she aroused her husband, until then
being afraid to move for fear she would
bo killed.