smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Just now, at the commencement Of the
laying season, it is particularly important
that fowls have a greater variety and in
creased quantity Of food. Not only is
animal life to be sustained, but the daily
egg is to be provided for, and fat secreted
for absorption during the process of incu-
baton. During the Summer, if allowed
to run at large, fowls will supply them
selves with a sufficient variety of food I;
for nothing edible ever comes amiss to a
hen; she is not modest in her wants, and
there is no such word as enough in the
hen dialect.


In Winter it is unquestionably better
10 keep fowls confined in warm place,
one to which the sunshine has access to
MS much as possible, letting them out
only on warm, pleasant days. If con-
stantly allowed their liberty, they are
never content without wading in the
snow, half flying, half running over ice,
and flying from place to place, very likely
to land in some snow bank, whence they
must be extrcated.


Fowls will eat every kind of grain, and
no kind is injurious to full-grown fowls
save rye, and that only when fed in large
quantities. Indian meal, when scalded,
goes much further in feeding fowls, and
is better for them; indeed, all their food
should be warm in Winter, if possible.
Vegetables are undoubtedly as beneficial
to fowls as animals. The best way to
feed them is to boil and chop, and there
IL no kind that the fowls will not cat,
though they seem to have q partially for
beets. A very good way to feed the
chopped vegetables is to take one-third
Indian meal, one-third wheat bran, and
one-thrd vegetables, and add little ca
yenne or black pepper, several times
week. Fowls are very fond, too, of cur
died milk.


The digestive apparatus of fowls is
somewhat curious. The crop is simply
an enlargement of the esophagus or gull
let, sac answering to the paunch of ru-
minant animals, and performing no other
function than as a receptacle for food.
This opens into the gizzard, which is the
real stomach, where the gastric juice acts
upon the food, and between whose thick,
muscular coating the food is ground.


Very likely the little pebbles which
fowls swallow so rapidly facilitate the
process Of digestion; but they swallow
pieces of oyster shells, and other sub
stances composed Of lime, quite as readily.
BE this as it may, we know that lime is
required in more concentrated form than
is found in food, hence it is we'll to furnish
the fowls with pounded shells, bones, or
some similar substance. All kinds of
scraps from the table are good for fowls,
particularly scraps Of meat, and our ex-
perence is that nothing which comes
from the table Injuries them, save salt and
saeratus.
Year: 1873

the arKaI1 md sand, all that day the
sand and alkali inflicted as much dam
age to the sun as it could, and content
edly made up the balance on us. The
air was close, however well the car was
ventilated The sand sifted in and
pereolated through the stoutest habili-
ments.


Enchre lost its attraction. Novels.
dropped to the floor, and even guide
books and watches grew less popular.


How the people stood it in the other
cars, having slept one might in the
cramped bed formed by the seat, and
with another night of similar torture
before them, haven't learned to this
day.


We saw plenty of red men, and t.ey
are Npe found at nearly every stati n
on the Central Pacific road. We met
none on the Kansas Pacific or Union
Pacific beyond Cheyenne. But here
they exist in abundance. They belong
to the Piute tribe, and the name well
describes them, although do not know
what it signifies. But it sounds some
thing as they look. The men are of
medium stature, broad features, and
short heads. The women are like them.
The hair of both is black, coarse and
long, with luster to it that shows it
did not come out of stores. 1t is
combed straight down around, and
nearly hides their faces. If it quite
concealed them the hair would have more
friends than Jim Fisk possessed before
he fell and killed himself


The men wore blankets and pants.
The blankets had the appearance of
having been used to smother fire in a
Year: 1873

A SERIES of lectures on Mr.. Darwin's
philosophy of language has recently
been delivered by Professor Max Null
Ter, the distinguished philologist. He
maintains that there is at least one
great difficulty in the way of the theory
that man is the genealogical descendant
of some lower animal. Between the
whole animal kingdom on one side and
man even in his lowest state on the 9th
er, there is a barrier which no animal
has ever crossed, and that barrier is
language. 1t is true that one form of
language, the emotional, such as cries,
is common to animals and men, but ra-
tional speech is the prerogative of man
alone. The use of emotional language
is not unfrequently retained by those
whom disease of the brain has deprived
of all power of rational speech. The
roots of words, said the lecturer, are
our oldest title deeds as rational be-
ings, while no trace of them, or any
thing corresponding to them, has ever
been discovered among were the most
advanced of apes.
Year: 1873

THE papers are rehashing the old
Berry story, and they don't conclude it
in accordance with the facts. This is
the correct version A celebrated come
dian arranged with his green grocer,
Year: 1873

slaughter house, And the pants well,


one look at the pants would fetch tears
from any distance. I don't know as
their faces were dirty. Perhaps they
were not. If any one could get down
to where their faces are he would find
Year: 1873

TUE FUTURE OF AMERICAN SCIENCE
The question what share America is to
take in the science Of the future is one of
much interest in connection with the na
tonal character, and which has lately be-
come prominent in public discussion.
There are not wanting those who maintain
that this continent is to take the lead OF
the world in the development of science
during the coming generations. National
vanity and spread-eagle patriotism are
probably not without their influence in
encouraging such ideas, yet they are sober
y held by many, on the ground that the
people of this country are destined to be
carried up to higher standard of intelli-
gence and mental cultivation than can be
attained By the people OF any other couu-
try. There is feeling among scientific
men abroad, however, that our mental ac-
tlvtty is au over-activity, and that the cir
cumstances here are not, and in the future
can not be, favorable to that deliberatiou
aud quiet, solitary mental effort which are
necessary for the extension of the bound
aries Of science 1t seems to be generally
admitted that the cultivators OF origina
scientific work must be class apart, re-
lieved from care, and leading secluded and
unexcited lives; aid the past history o.
science, it must be admitted, does much tc
justify this view.


1t is therefore claimed that our higher ed
ucation should provide especially for the
training Of original investigators, and tol
Year: 1873

Let me not be understood as desiring to
say a word in u spirit of derogatlon from
the memory Of Abraham Lincoln. He
afterward proved himself before the world
a pure, brave, honest man, faithful to his
arduous task, and laying down his life at
the penalty for his country's safety. At
the same time it is the duty Of history in
dealing with all human action to do strict
justice IN discriminating between persons,


and by no means to award to one honors
that clearly belong to another. | must
then affirm without hesitation that IN the
history Of our government down to this
hour, no experiment 50 rash has ever been
made as that OF elevating to the head OF
affairs a man with 50 little previous
preparation for his task as Mr.. Lincoln


If this be true of him in regard to the
course of domestic administration, with


which he might be supposed partially


familiar, it is eminenty SO in respect to
the foreign relations of which he knew
absolutely nothing Furthermore, he was
quite deficient in his acquaintance with


the character and qualities of public men
or their aptitude for the position to which


he assigned them. Indeed, he never
selected them solely by that standard. >


But, great as were the services


Of Mr.. Seward iu his own peculiar depart


ment, it would be mistake to infer that


they were restricted within that limit.


[ now come to point where what appears


to me to have been one of his greatest


qualities, is to be set forth 1t is impos-


slble for two persons in the relations OF the
President aud the Secretary Of State to GO


on long together without taking measure


of their respective powers Mr.. Lincor


could not fail soon to perceive the fac


that whatever estimate he might put OF


his own natural judgment, he had to dea


with superior in native intellectual pow
er, in extent of requirements, sin breadtt
, of philosophical experience, and in tn
, force of moral discipline. On the othe
hand, Mr.. Seward could not have beer
, long blind to the deficiencies of the chic
in these respects, however highly he nigh
value his integrity of purpose, his shrew,
capacity, and his generous and amiab
CtSpOolIiObs Nv CIOCb vi lntSC ISCtDTU
i cal discoveries could scarcely have beel
other than to undermine confidence, and t
inspire suspicion in the weaker party 0
!, danger from the influence of the stronger
But one thing [ know, and this was tha
+ in order to cut up by the roots the posi-
= bility of misunderstanding from sue
n causes, Mr.. Seward deliberately came t


the conclusion to stihe every sensation LEI
!, in him of aspiration in the future by es
: tablishing distinct understanding wit
d the President on that subject The effec
y of this act of self-abnegation was soon az
o parent in the steady subsequent union c
T the parties. Thus it happened that Nj
: Seward voluntarily dismissed forever tn
: noblest dreams of an ambition be bad tn
e clearest right to indulge, in exchange 70
J. more solid power to direct affairs for tn
i benefit of the nation, through the name q
i another, who should yet appear in al
e later time to reap the honors due chief
e to his labors.-C. F. Adams.
Year: 1873

cation of his former illegal acts in Issuing
stock, virtually gave notice, by threatening to
sue delinquent private subscribers, that he
would issue no more stock, as the
Directors required, until the violated
provisions of the charter were complied
with. And Senator Murphy with that
shrewd regard for public sentiment, the
possession of which all his constituents recog-
nize without admiring, quietly slipped out OF
the chair of the President of the Board and
left its empty honors and its grave RESPONSE
bilites to Mr.. Strauahan the only man Of
the whole bad lot besides Mr.. Kingsley who
has the courage to take the risk.


These are the men with whom Brooklyn has
to contend. They are not merely the Ring OF
the Bridge they are potential in every de-
partment of the City Government. Alexander
McCue can dictate tho decisions of half the
courts of Brooklyn and of Kings County, and
it is needless to say no invariably decides
in favor of the Ring Senator Muir
ply is not merely master of the
Legislature when it touches upon Kings
County affairs, as he boasts, but himself and
his business associates virtually construe the
law for the corporation. Mr.. Stranahan rules
the Park, and maltreat5 it, and disburses its
funds to suit the Ring, beside having the mat
ter of opening streets under his own direction
Nj. Kingsley has as absolute disposal of all
sewer and like contracts, through William A.
Fowler of the Board Of City Works, as Tweed
had in New York when he was master in the
Board of Public Works. To Mclaughlin and
his cOnfoderatcs in the Police Department
these Others bent more particularly on public
plumber, abandon wholly the less dainty and
less profitable work of manipulating primary
elections and stufling ballot-bOxes.


1t is not q nice crowd to fight, but the peO-
plo of Brooklyn must DO content to grOan
under heavy burdens of taxation if they do
not resolve to fight them vigorously 1t will
neither do to minco words nor to remain in
active. Nothing daunted-rather, indeed,
grown more reckless as they learn that
their power must soon end-the Ring now Sc
riousy proposes to increase still further the
present oppressive rate of taxation in Brooklyn.
Taxes there are already much higher than in
New-York or Philadelphia, or any city Of the
Union, being SO SO on each hundred dollars of
property; and it is now proposed to run the
rate above 81 hundred by increasing the
expenses of the departments enormously.
There is no relief for Brooklyn taxpayers
except in the destruction of the Ring; and
they cannot destroy it save by making it
odious in the eyes of all the people.
Year: 1873

so grotesquely harmless, that even the blood
thirsty Courts Martial could not find it in
their hearts to shoot him. But this new gov
ernment of gentlemen and princes cannot rest
quietly in their beds while this bugbear Of q
socialist painter walks the streets They
therefore propose to sue him for the price Of
the Column as q means of putting him in Jail.
He never had any money; he has still less than
none now, since the Hanging Committees have
prescribed his pictures, on account Of his poll
tics. To ask him to pay for the Vendome
Column is as ridiculous as condemning Shack
Nasty Jim to pay the cost of the Modoc War


1t is measure of energy worthy Of Cabinet
which has made up its mind to stop the tide
from rising if it takes every broom in France.
Year: 1873

Then tho result Of national election was
supposed to depend upon the vote of Penn
sylvania and one or two other States, and the
politicians felt that they could not afford 10
he honest They knew the rascalties OF the
Ring then as well as they do now |;
bat they had neither the moral courage nor
the conscience to say word against them
when that word might have jeoparded their
own selfish purposes. Nay, they shared IN
The rascaities of the Ring and put their men
into the State and City offices by one OF 'he
most impudent systems of election trauds ol
which even Pennsylvania has ever had tx,
perience. If they had rebuked fraud anu
peculation then, then rebuke might have done
some good. and we should have been duly
grateful for it. We shall be grateful even
now. though tho results will be lar
less valuable. Tardy as the indignation
OF the Pennsylvania Administration party may
be, we shall not question its sincerity nor re-
fuse whatever aid it can give us. The labor
ers of the eleventh hour were paid as much
as they who had borne the burden and heat
of the day; and if there should arise a gen
nine Reform party in Philadelphia this Sum
mer tho old Liberals will be found working
cordially side by side with Administration
converts, in jealous and patriotic effort to
get the city decent before the Centennial.
Year: 1873

Louisiana is at peace but it is the peace of
prOstraton. The opposing factions have ex-
hausted themselves in their repeated shocks
of conflict; and, practically, the only Govern
ment in the State is the Federal Government,
The voice may be that of Kellogg; but the
hand is that of the President. The picture of
the State as drawn by TRIBUNE correspond
ent in a letter printed on our fourth page, is
gloomy enough. The people are poor and the
financial depression is very great. Yet, the
prospect is not without its CLEANS of light.
The people have lost confidence IN the pro-
fessional politicians, and there is good reason
to believe that a Peoples Party will spring
out of the present chaos A moro complete
harmony between the races is one of the con-
ditiOns of such movement, if it would sue
ceed; and there seems no valid reason why
the cOlored men, who own $4O,000,000 worth
of property in Louisiana. and $14, 4,0OO,0 900 worth
in New-0reans, should not harmoniOusly work
with white citizens of good will in q reform
which may give an honest government to the
State.
Year: 1873

Another murder case has been madly and foolishly
disposed of in Ohio. One Albert W. Chamberlain
was indicted for the murder of an old man named
McConnoughey 1t was avery bad and brutal MUIR
der, accompanied by robbery and the prisoner had
made full confession. Suddenly, in the course Of
the trial. the prosecution withdrew the charge Of
murder in tho first degree took verdict Of murder
in the second degree and sent Chamberlain TO the
Penitentiary for life. And this was done on the
ground of his insanity. We have no explanations
We are left to wonder how man too insane TO conn
nit murder in the first degree could possibly commit
murder in TIE second degree. There seems TO be no
fixed rule 30 guide any Of the courts in these mat
tcrs Homcides are acquitted or convicted as luck
pleases We cannot so on much longer in this loose
way.
Year: 1873

When the Secretary Of the Navy consents to
release the members of the Tyson party we
may be able to know the real facts which un-
derlie the mystery of the Polaris expedition
SO far the crew and their report have been as
jealously guarded as though there were some
treason against the Government involved
Meantime, we reproduce from The London
Times a lucid narrative of the events imme
diately connected with the separation and
escape of the Tyson party. Though this story
gives no clue to the possible misunderstand-
ing (if any such there was) between those who
left and those who stayed by the ship, it makes
the act of separation look less like a desertion
by the Tyson party than that singular pro-
ceeding has heretofore seemed.
Year: 1873

iects exhibited at the Worlds Fair. Those
who read the vivid description of parna'
tour through the Austrian department WRlcn
we print may say that they have the next
best thing to seeing the show for themSe YES
Year: 1873

A good sample of English Justices justice
ia described in letter from London which
we print on the third page of THE TRIBUNE.
That n marty of women should be convicted
Of watching and besetting a person, with
view to hindering him from his work. may seem
very odd in this country. But the women
who were found guilty of this awful crime in
England were actually sentenced to hard
labor for term of days. Considering the
brutal circumstances, it is not surprising that
there was riot, and that somebody asked a
question in Parliament.
Year: 1873

The science of physiology FORMS Of course part Of
the education Of our medical men, But w3 venture
to say that not one in three of practcing ply
sicians is thoroughly acquainted with the facts OF
this science especially in its most recent develop
ments. 1t might save the necessity Of sending om
medical students to Europe as well as benefit the
older men in the profe if the moro recent ad
vances of this science could be placed within easy
reach This occurs TO rs in connection with a rImor
that Dr. Brown-S6quad has been considering The
subject. 1t would be a great gain to medical
science here If he should take the position Of a
teacher in. this country instead Of returning to
Europe. A suggestion has been made that an ex-
perimental laboratory for physiological research
should be fitted up for him in the Natural History
School on Peuikese Island.
Year: 1873

Ye who are wont to laugh at an old mans love
listen to the story OF the suffering and death Of
Michael McLevy, aged 20. Jouneying from Yankee
land it was this susceptible patriarchs fortune to
meet at a railroad hotel in Detroit waiter girl, the
lovelest of her kind The old gentlemans intentions
were honorable. After knowing the syren Tor three
hours, he proposed marriage; but the fastidious
charmer laughed him 70 scorn. She could not think
Of marrying SO aged person. The broken hearted
Michael McLevy left the city. On the train he
begged somebody to writo for him letter 10 the
damsel of Detroit He sent il TO her by the hand OF
passenger, and then flung himself from the plat
form. When they picked him up the poor old gem
tleman was stone dead. How can this hard-hearted
virgin ever shift plate with serenity again.
Year: 1873

A HAIRY FAMILy.-The medical
press are just now interested in the
description Of hairy family at MN.
dala whom tho king will not permit
to leave his country, for fear, likely.
that they may fall into the hands of
Darwin, and perhaps never be allow
cd to return, We have seen the
following description Of them, taken
from correspondence to the london


Times when l was at Mandalay
in 40, 1 saw the same woman and
three Of her children. The eldest
and youngest were hairy, like their
mother, while the second, like their
father, presented no such peculiarity.
The husband was q man who, report
said, had been induced to wed this
woman to become possessed Of the
marriage portion which thr King of
Burmah had promised to bestow up
on her on her bridal day.-The bride
groom was plucky fellow, at aoy
rate. though his motives may have
been somewhat mereenary. The
hairy woman had q pleasant intelligent
face,--there was nothing whatever re-
pulsivo in it. The hair On the face
and brest was several inches long on
the forehead it was parted in the
middle and blended with that of her
head. OF a light brown color on her
cheeks, it paled gradually toward the
bridge OF her nose and tho centre Of
her lips, chin and neck"
Year: 1873

This q new house, newly furnished and
is now open to the travelling public. Il IL
located near the depot. No effort will be
spared by the proprietor TO make the stay
Of his guesis pleasant and agreeable.
Year: 1873

lie world grant IN return extensive common
cial privileges, allow the erection of naval
store-houses and theuse Of the best timber
for ship building. The Sultan was informed
that better way to present his proposition
was to send special envoy to the United
Year: 1873

ADANBURY man became convinced tho
other day that woman's temper is very
irregular. He had been molding bull
let's, aud had neglected to cool off the
Iadle in which the lead had been melted.
While he was counting the bullets his
wife came into the room humming
tender love song, Suddenly the song
ceased, and the man was made aware
that something had happened by catch
ing an adjacent coffee.mill ON the bridge
Of his nose. The unhappy wife and
mother had taken this picturesque mode
of informing him that she had picked
up the ladIe by the hot end. ' .
Year: 1873

On Saturday a Louisiana court mulcted
the owners of a steamboat plying in the
waters of that State $1,000 for refusing 20 a
negro woman who applied for . passage
similar accommodations to those given to
white passengers. This is the first decision
made under the new State law IN relation
to common carriers, and as precedent is
important in two respects: first, it will tend
to prevent determinations on the part Of
transportation companies between passen-
gers on account Of color: and second, it will
encourage negroes TO demand and assist
them in obtaining their legal rights.


The atrocious Grant parish massacre-an
act of absolute butchery which, had it hap
pened during the war, would have caused
paroxy SINS Of horror and rage in every part
of the country-shows plainly enough the
position occupied by the negro in Louisiana.
The senseless hatred felt for him by many
of his white ncighbors must be extirpated
in some way before sound peace can be
restored in that State. and the very best
method is that of depending upon the en-
forcement of the laws. The change to be
effected is largely social one, and from the
nature of the case will take place slowly.
But as iudicious step toward a most desir-
able result, the decision on SATURDAY is note
wOrthy.-4Netc York Post.