smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

1t may truly be said that California never
entered upon the spring and Summer season
with such bright prospects before it as at the
present. From the mining counties, without
exception, we have favorable accounts relative
to the prospects of the gold yield during
the coming season, and the probabilities are
that more gold will be taken out this year
than during any previous year since 1853.
The tunnel claims, shafts, and quartz mines
all give promise of rich harvest to those
engaged therein. The heavy yields from
such mines will more than make up the
amount realized from the placers, or surface
diggings, in their palmiest days. The agri


cultural prospects, we can say of the State
never appeared SO fair as at present The
surface of land sown throughout the State
this year exceeds by far the quantity cultivat-
ed in any previous year; and Notwithstanding
the drawbacks occasoned by the cold and
backward spring, the general yield Oh cereals
will be above the average heretofore The
fruit CROP notwithstanding the bligEting
effects of the late trosts, will be much larger,
than it ever was before. The number of
bearing trees this year is nearly double
what they were last, and the frosts have not
generally injured the blossoms to such an
extent as to bring the crop down anywhere
near the yield of 1858. All things consider
ed, the husbaadmen throughout the State
have good cause for rejoicing over the pro-
missing appearance of their fields. They see
before them rich reward for their labors
plenty has crowned their efforts, and success
has attended their exertions The stock
raisers, also have reason to be satisfied; their
flocks are growing upon a thousand bills,
and their tleeces aud hides are bringing into
them rapid fortunes. Added to all these
tlattering indications of prosperity, we see
on every hand manufactures springing up,
and each week adds to our domestic industry
some new branch Of manufacture wherein is
fashioned articles for which we have hereto
fore been dependent on foreign countres.-
With its farmers tlourshing, its miners grow


ing rich, its stock raisers thriving, its manu-
factures increasing, its gold exports falling
off, its imports decreasing, and exports of
home produce on the increase, is it not evi
dent that the prospects of our State are
brighter than ever before, so far as its physi-
cal progress is concerned? Have we not
reason to indulge in glorious anticipations
of the future of our State? Despite polti-
cal, social and moral evils, with which our
people had to contend they have steadily
pursued their way onward; and have strug
gled and toied on in spite of reverses of
fortune, and adverse circumstances until they
have finally succeeded in placing the State
fairly on the high road to prosperity, with a
golden tinted future before it. S. +. Call.
Year: 1859

IIoRsE-SuoEING FOR OvERREACHING.-A
writer in the Culturist furnishes the follow
ing remedy for the above defect "Make
the forward shoes long, and the toe corks
Short and tending little under, and then
set them as far back as convenient, in order
to let the feet roll over as soon as possible
to get out Of the way. And on setting the
hind shoes, reverse the order, to keep them
back, to give time to the fore feet to get out
of the way. Make the toe corks low to keep
the feet back, and then he will travel as
other horses"
Year: 1859

At five years of age the father begins to
rub the mother out of his child at ten the
schoolmaster rubs out the father; at twenty
the college rubs out the schoomaster; at
twenty five the world rubs out all his pre-
decessors, and give us a new education, till
we are old enough to take reason and re-
ligion for pastor, when we employ the rest
of our lives in unlearning what we had pre-
viously learned.
Year: 1859

"SHE ALWAYS MADE HOME HArpY."-
Such was the brief but expressive sentiment
which a friend wished us to add to obituary
notice Of one "who had gone before" What
better tribute could be offered to the memo
ry of the loved and lost@ Eloquence with
her most lofty eulogy, poesy with her thrill
ling dirge, could find nothing so sweet, so
touching, so suggestive of the virtues of the
dead, as those simple words: "She always
made home happy" Home Journal.
Year: 1859

There is no little enemy. A man either
hates you with his whole heart, or he don't
hate you at all. This hating little is a
good deal like blowing up a powder mill a
little. It's feat that can't be done.
Year: 1859

The Associated Press is about to establish
News Agency at Cape Race, and all Euro
pean steamers will be boarded off that point,
and news only seven days old from Europe
will be transmitted by telegraph to all parts
of the United States. This has already been
done on several occasions, but they intend
to make it a permanent plan.
Year: 1859

We wish again to call the attention
of the college authorities to the state Of the
side walk on Brady street, at the lower
corner of their ground. 1t is shame that
a community should be obliged to submit
to such indignities as are imposed upon
them by this Iowa College. They appear
to think that they can do and say whatever
suits them best, whether it pleases their
fellow citizens or not The mud on the
side walk at the place referred to, was six
inches deep yesterday, and there is no way
Of getting around it,
Year: 1859

@ The Gazette of yesterday con-
tains a very truthful article on the lack Of
local intelligence in country papers If one
wishes to gain any Information from the in
terror, he is obliged to write to some friend
for it, although it may be q matter Of pub
lie interest The local column Of any paper
is the one most sought for. and should re-
ceive the greatest attention of its editors.
Year: 1859

~ 1t is grand sight to 60 hack
into the interior of the country, AID see
the great fields Of grain which checkr the
country on every side. Six weeks more
Of fair weather will see this vast andyalu-
able crop safely housed, and then the frmer
can draw long breath of satisfaction at
his succesa
Year: 1859

NARROW Yesterday A. N.
as couple of men were coming down
Brady street in lumber wagon, and when
opposite Gen. Sargent's residence. bolt
of lightning struck the earth so close to
them as to throw the sand and stone into
their faces Had they been Elk foot nearer
the west side Of Brady. they would GER
tainly have been killed; as it was, they
were nearly dead with fright and the
shock.
Year: 1859

THERE was to have been private
picnic and fishing party on the island yes
terday. from North Davenport but the
weather was 80 unfavorable as to detr the
fairer portion from participating, am the
affair was postponed until next week.
Year: 1859

The Ferry Boat was laid up hst
evening on this side, before dark, on accunt
of the high wind. The river was lasaed
into foam. and boiled and dashed it's angry
waves against the shore furiously.
Year: 1859

DoS'T MIND what is said BY Boot
and Shoe dealers when they endeavor to
bolster up their business by saying they
can sell cheaper than Dedrick, the thing il
impossible, and the people of Davenport,
no doubt, are fully satisfied on this point
Remember it is to your interest to trade
with Dedrick, No. 46 Brady street. lst door
above the Post Office. my27n
Year: 1859

Our neighbors might az we'll advise the
proprietor of hand organ to change his
tunes from the certain fixed set his instru-
ment is bound to play by force Of its own
internal or Internal mechanism The DEM
ocrdts calliope is on the same principle. 1t
is an organ with steam power, and can play
only certain tunes, twelve in ell, We believe
1t does not require an operator, like the cir
Gus callope which astonished US last year
So we trust our neighbor will not persist in
demanding mew t1nes from the Denmark's 8
calllope.


What the Gazette is driving at, is more
than We can conjecture. There is evidently
. want Of sense in the above item.
Year: 1859

All kinds Of Agricultural Implements made and re-
paired short notice. Kept constantly hand any
amount OF extras which will be sent to all parts Of the
State by express. Send in your oil machines in time
to get them repaired save all your old casting for
which will give you the highest market price l wish
you to bear in mind that have any amount Of goods
to SELL and must sell tem and with your aid viii sell
them, and anything you may need in the Agricultural
Trade, low can be bought in this market of the
quality. Feeling thankful TO you for all past
ayors hope you will call at BIB Sacramento street.
before buying, and look for yourselves.


TIIOS. OGG SHAW,


mAl9-3m 33 Sacramento street.
Year: 1859

A BABY IN PRIsoN.-A correspond
ent Of the Poushkeepsie Press writes
that the pride Of sing..sing Prison, Of
both officers and convicts, is their baby;
and truly he's one to be proud Of, for
he is tho perfection Of childish beauty,
with complexion Of alabaster fairness,
and golden ringlets of hue, shading brow
Of faultless beauty, while his eyes are Of
that '.liquid blue which are seldom
seen; and this child was born in prison,
four months after his mother was sent
there for the crime Of arson, and this
poor unfortunate mother must soon part
with her child for they are not allowed
to retain child after i. is two years
old.
Year: 1859

COPS PRoTECTIoN or YOUNG DEER.
AN old Canadian hunter declares that
the reason why the wild deer were not
all killed when young. (as they breed
once year, and are always surrounded
by other animals which prey upon them,
as dogs wolves, bears. panthers, &c }
is, that "no dog or other animal can
smell the track of doe or fawn while
the latter is two young TO take care of
itself" lie stated that he had often
seen it demonstrated: he lra'd taken lis
dogs over the ground where he had just
seen them pass, and they would take no
notice Of the track, and could not be in
duced to follow when taken to the spot,
wlliie they would INSTANTLY discover the
track ofany deer not having young ones.
This is b 1t one proof Of the adaptation
of the natural laws TO preserve life when
it most needs protection.
Year: 1859

The New York Herald says, S. A.
Douglas spent almost an entire night a:
:he house Of Mr.. Forney, in PhiaGel-
pfra discussing the Course to he taken
as TO the Charleston Convention. Mr.
Douglas arguir 6 in favor of getting into
that Convention ana submitting to its
action, whilst Mr.. Forney declated that
he would have nothing to do with it and
would fight any one nominated by that
Convention even Douglas himself. Mr..
ID ;uglgs ask ed him what he would advise
him to do, to which Mr.. Forncy said, if
he was in his douglas place, he would
go to Chicago and announce himself as
a candidate for the Presidency ana pay
no attention whatever to the Convention
and let Contention meet and nominate
a Vice President to run with him, and
trust to the result Douglas opinion all
the way through was. that it was his
best course to go into the Charleston
Convention and ablde its results. For
ney declared that he was going to fight
the Republican party and the Admins
tration party considering both of them
the essence of corruption. and feels san
guine that he will draw the Democratic
party back with him.
Year: 1859

SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF NAME.-The
history of the Dem uiocratic party can be
read in the names Of its chief organ. At
first it was the Globe, and concerned it,
self with the welfare Of universal humani-
ty. Then it became the Union, and devo-
ted itself only to the United States. Now
it is the Constitution, which is so inter
preed as to leave more than half the coun-
try out Of the consideration of The govern
ment. Its next name will probably be the
Administration, when it will have TO make
but one more change to become extinct,
! like its namesake. -Boston Traveller.
Year: 1859

A lady correspondent of the Bsoton
Traveller, writing from Jerusalem, says:


Whilst passing down the main street,
witnessed very amusing incident, occa-
stoned by the appearance of a lady in hoops.
She was Overtaken by g. group of Turkish
soldiers, aDd the bulky form of her dress
caused them great amusement as we'll as
wonder, so it was determined among them
to solve the mystery; accordingly, one of
them practised the following ruse. He
quickened his pace to reach the lady's side
and when about to pass her he partly fell
to the ground. While in the act of falling
he clutched her dress, as the only means
Within his reach, of saving himself from
the fall; but his true object was evident
for saw him go to his companions and tell
them of the wonderful machinery by which
the lady was surrounded and although it
is considered absolutely sinful for man to
bestow even a momentary glance on wo-
man, vet withdraw their gaze from this Oc-
cidental novelty they could noti nor did
she escape them by turning oil another
street. They stopped at the lower end of
the steep alley into which she had turned,
and watched her until the gloom of dark
and distant archway hid her from view.


dare say, however, should one of these





streets of one of our cities, the merriment
/ and wonder created by her ghostly appear
ance would be equally as great as that with
which Occidental fashions are regarded in
/ this country This indy was visited by a
score of Turkish ladies, who, after handling
4 this curious portion of her wardrobe with
great amazement, begged to be pointed out
either the beauty or utility of hoop skirt.
I The Frank lady brought all her eloquence
4 to bear upon the advantages of her favorite
article of dress-but they exclaimed, " AL
lab, saws us from this great umbrella which
YOU Frank ladies consider so indispensable
. 10 your beauty and comfort, and Allah,
grant also, that we may be spared the pains
of the tightly fitting clothes with which You
torture yourselves !" Then they commanded
the slaves to make preparations for prayer


and the rugs having been spread and theil
faces yelled they Immediately commenced


their intricate process of prayer, no doub


thanking Heaven that they were exemp


from these strange fashions.
Year: 1859

IL Clothing trade of the West was comparatively
of small amount, and was confined almost exclu-
sivey to retail business in the larger towns aud
cities alone. Now this line of Goods has become
an almost indispe nsbe part of the stock of every
general Dry Goods store from the crowded city to
the cross-rOad stand. Like all changes in trade,
however, this has not been produced except for
the best OF reasons. Among these the great
saving of material by cutting large quantity of
garments together--the superior work and speed of
sewing machines in manufacturing-the great saw
ing of time in waiting for your turn" at the Tai
las's-the uncertainty of even then getting a salts
factory sif and above all the saving of at least
oe-half the coat of the garment in the price. For
a number OF years this has only been part of our
general Dry Goods business, but have made
arrangements TO devote whole house exclu-
siveiy to it alone with such lines of Notions and
Furnishing Goods will be necessary and desirable
in that trade Belle wing that the true interest of
the trade Will be to sustain in this enterprise,
We would respectfully announce that have
on hand one of the largest ahd most desirable
stocks OF WE'LL MADE CLOTHING that was
ever offered 10 the trade of the West. 1F.#


81 We respectfully solicit call from all our old
friends and the trade generally We charge moth
ing for ShO0iRg goods, and much If you bug
Them We are prepared to sell TO all Prompt-tiine
bnyers as low any house in the trade. a liberal
discount also made all cash saIes. Tlr


WM. Z. FRENCH CO., rs,.


sep3 No. 90 Main Atr
Year: 1859

Warranted a certain cure for this painful disease
With the Ointment there are very few rases Wild
cannot be radically and permanently cured. Al surg
cal operation for Piles and Fstula should never
sorted to until this Ointment has been thoroughly
tried. II never fails.
Year: 1859

table to the closet. The delicacies her
daughter had all day been preparing for
him, who could never smile his thanks
upon her more, were put aside, and the
flowers, gathered to please the eye now
glazed by death, were placed in the hands
of the unconscious sleeper.
Year: 1859

QUICK TRAvEI1INo.- The steamer Jalia made
The trip from Steilaeoom to San Juan and back,
landing four companies Of troops on the island
and stopping at Port Townsend on her return,
in the short space Of twenty-seven hours This
is the quickest travelling we have yet known on
these waters. We are informed that L was all
owing 70 the liberal use Of certain stimulauts on
the occasion. t
Year: 1859

fail 10 see the inconsistency between
our treatment of those amongst us
who are in the lower walks of life.
and our professions of sympathy. for
the Southern slaves, How are the
free colorea people treated at the
North They are. almost without
education, with hut little sympathy
for ignorance. They are refused the
common rights of citizenship which
the whites enjoy. They cannot even
ride in the cars of our city railroads.
They are snuffed at in the house OF
God, or tolerated with ill-disguised
disgust. Can the black man be a ma
son in New York : Let him be en-
ployed as journeyman, and every
Irish lover of liberty that carries the
hod or trowel would leave at once, or
compel him to leave Can the black
man be a carpenter? There is scarce
" carpenters shop in. New York.
in which a journeyman would continne
to work, if black man was employ
ed in It. Can the black man engage
in the common industries Of life =
There is scarcely one in which ne can
engage. He is crowded down. down.
down. through the most menial call
ings, to the bottom of society. We
tax them. and then refuse to allow
their children to go to our public
schools. We tax them, 33aud then re-
fuse to sit by them in Gods house.
We heap upon them moral obloquy
more atrocious tnan that which the
master heaps upon the slave. And
notwithstanding all this. we lift our
selves up to talk to the Southern peo-
pie about the rights and liberties of
the human soul, and especially the
African soul 1t is true that slavery
is cruel. But it is not at all certain
that there is not more love to the race
in the South than in the North
They love their property. We do
not own them, and SO we do not love
them at all. The prejudice Of tie
whites against color is SO strong that
they cannot endure to ride or sit with
black man. so long as they do no,
own him. AS neighbor. they are
not to be tolerated, but as property
they are most tolerable in the house,
the church, the carriage, the coach |!


The African, ouned, may dwell in


America but, uaOUned. he must be
expatriated; emancipation must be


jacka to colonization. The choice


given to the African is plantation or
coloni7ation. Our Christian public


sentiment is pendulum swinging be-


tween 0scning or exporting the poor
in our midst.
Year: 1859

Sensible Adcice.- Let all young
men. looking out for wives. follow the
counsel we give below. 1t will lave
them a world of trouble "If ever
you marry" said my uncle. "let it be
a woman who has Judgment enough
to superintend the work of her house;
taste enough TO dress herself; pride
enough to wash herself before break
fast ; and sense enough to hold her
tongue when she has nothing to
saw"
Year: 1859

1t is difficult to estimate the value and
Importance of Mechanics to community.
Not only docs present present progress and
advancement but the permanent pros
perity of every town or city depends
largely on the number and character of its
Mechanics. Wherever we find mechanics,
as class, occupying an elevated position
in communtty-honored aud respected
for their moral and intellectual wofth as
well as for their energy and uniform deport-
ment, there you will surely fiRd, not only
brisk and lively trade, but population free
from most of these fopperies and follies
which are degenerating and impoverishing
the present generation. 1t is a lamentable
fact-but nevertheless it is fact-that it
is a common thing in this country for mon
led snobs and brainless fops to look down
upon Mechanics as an inferior class of be-
ings; and, unfortunately for the cause Of
labor, many Mechanics encourage, rather
than repel with disgust, this assumption on
the part of snobbery, because they refuse
to exercise those noble elements with
which God has endowed them to rend as
under those tyranical bands with which,
what is miscalled social life, has so long
kept them fettered. We would have
every Mechanic in the land feel his impor-
tance, and to realize that it is the noble
brotherhood, of which he is part, coupled
with the cultiyators of the soil, that form
the great basis upon which all other inter
ests depend. Because your daily toll may
confne you within the walls OF small
room, it is no reason why you should re-
main ignorant of the principles of science
or the great truths of philosophy. Take
for your guide some one Of the i'm
mortal names that have gone before You,
men who, though passed from the scene of
actual operations have left their names en-
balmed in the hearts of ccming generations
and determine to be MEN!


To be good Mechanic the mind must
be cultivated as well as the muscles, for it is
impossible to excel in any branch, however
insignificant, without some knowledge OF
general laws


Whatever your business may be, devote
your whole time and attention to its pros
ccution; be diligent in your researches af-
ter all the plausible and practicable i'm
provements that may nreSeRtss,it}rr znu' IN
terest, but be enabled to give the better
satisfaction to those who sustain yOu. And
other interests should not lose sight of the
fact that the more they do to foster and ell
evate the Mechanical interests of place,
the more they do to push the place upward
and onward. While these interests languish
it cannot be expected that trade and traffic
should flourish.--Ne1Obern Progress.
Year: 1859

~ While there are but ashes on many
an altar once clustering with trophies, we
rejoice to know that others have yet their
flames burning brightly, and tho ranks Of
the good and true unbroken. Many an
old standard Red, White and Blue has
gone down, and no echoing footstep in the
deserted hall. But others, though torn,
are flying! The Order is yet power in
the land, and its bugles like the anthem Of
triumph to the slumbering bands. Close
up, Brothers, and the palmy days of our
history shall have more glorious chapters
added. Rebuild the altars which have fall
len down, and by the light of Faith and
Hope again kindle the watchfres for the
struggle.
Year: 1859

An angry woman in room is as bad as
a lighted cracker, for when once she goes
off, there is no stopping her, and when she
does go out it is to be with bang.


A woman died recently in Cincinnati,
who had accumulated $1,000 in her bust
ness Of playing on hand organ and sing
i no in the streets.
Year: 1859

he darted forwards The crowd gave way
before him, and he rushed from the house.
lie tore along the streets-the few people
whom he met giving way before him, and
looking after him in horror as he few
along-his clothes cut open at the back,
blood-stained and dripping, and with death
in his regard. Not one pause, not an
abatement in his speed, till he reached the
infrmary, passed the man who kept the
door, and up stairs he flew, nor stopped till
he came to a bed which stands beneath the
window, and across which the shadow of a
cypress falls when the sun begins to sink.


1t was the bed on which his friend had
breathed his last.


~ must die here" said the German lock-
smith, as he fell upon it. at is here that
/ must die"


And there he died The haunting
thought which had made his existence a
living death was justified. The PRESENT.
ment had come true at last; and when the
thunder-cloud, which had hung so long
over this mans life, had discharged its bolt
upon his head, it seemed to us as if the
earth were then lighter, for the shade had
passed away.


Is death the name for release like this (
Who could look upon his happy face, as he
lay upon that bed, and say so2
1t was not the end of a life, but the be-
ginning