smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


NEW ORLEANS Dec. ID. 1878.
The preliminary contest the election of
United States Senator has commenced in advance
OF the meeting OF the Legislature Owing to
the fact that the fght will be quadrangular
one representing four sections of the State
the number of Richmonds in the held is
sufficient to appall the stoutest-hea-ted Richard
The chances so far appear to be in favor
Of Eustis who will have tho entire city representa-
ton except five six-many Of those who have
held over in tho senate and oil the newly elected
members OF the House, with few exceptions.
The conservatives. who opposed to any change
and satisfied that the present Senator has served
tho State both faithfully and ably. will am assured
support him to . man.
Year: 1878

BALTfMoRR. Dec. u, 1879.
There are no new developments of interest in con.
nection with the Duer-Hearn tragedy At Pocomoke
City. The affair 10 still widely discussed and
continues to excite general interest in the neighbor
hood OF the tragic occurrence. Immediately after the
verdict was rendered Miss Duer placed under
rest. Bail was promptly furnished and she was re-
leased for trial at the May term Of the Circuit Court
OF Worcester county, which In held at Snow Hill
She will be defended by able council and her friends
do not believe that she can, by any possibility be
convicted Of the terrible charge OF shooting Miss
Hearn Intentionally.
Year: 1878

As on ounce of prevention Is better they say


Than pound Of tho best of cure


Let ali keep toeth and our gums from decay


And mouth and our breath fresh and pure:


For bottle Of SOZODONT IS ali we require


To speedily realize all desire.


SOZODONT. SOZODONT
The advantages OF S0zoDoyY simply these pure
has wholesome and agreeable odor leaves pleasan
taste in the mouth, sweetens tho breath and
pended upon not only to whiten the teeth temporarily
to preserve them sound. cleanly and beautiful
Year: 1878

He had played tor his lordship's levee,
He had played for her ladyship's whin,
Till the poor little head was heavy,


And the poor little head would swim.
And the face grew peaked and eerie.
And the large eyes strange and bright,
And they said-too late-"He is weary,
He shall rest for at least tonight"
But at dawn, when the birds were waking,
As they watched in the silent room,
With the sound Of a strained cord break


ing,


A something snapped in the gloom.
Twas string of his yiolonceIlo,


And they heard him stir in his bed
"Make room for tired little fellow,


Kind God " was the last that he said,
Year: 1878

Ii the night preceding the ad'


venture related in last sketch had


been one Of anxiety and fear fo1


our little party, the reader Car


we'll imagine the feelings Of the


travellers when darkness once more


closed around them. One and all


Of them were worn out with fatigue


and anxious watching for the mur


derous oe,.yet they dared not close


their eyes for a single moment for


fear the watchful savage would


seize that instant to steal upon


them and capture the camp.


As for myself, I can say that I


fully expected a night attack, and


knowing the Indians were in over


whelming numbers, [ had my


doubts as to our ability to keep


them at bay for any length Of time,


if they came upon US with the de


termination to take the train re-


gardless Of the cost of life to them.


But the conduct Of these Indians


was a complete puzzle to me from


the first. They could not have de-


sired a better opportunity to
capture the train than that which


was presented to them at the Falls,
or if they felt they were not in suf-
ficient force at the latter place


the same reason could not have
prompted them to let US pass after
getting between us and the river
and having numbers sufficient to
capture three trains Of the same
strength as our own. At first
thought, it seemed reasonable to
conclude that for some cause or
other bust known to themselves, |
these Indians had no intention Of
US at all, and there was
consequently no occasion to hold
them in dread. But if this was the
case, why. did they follow us so
per8istently, at one time attempt
ing to burn us out and at another
trying to cut us off from our water {
supply? These were questions !
hard to answer, but [ finally con- s
2luded there must be one or more
trains not far behind US, for which s
they were lying in wait, and their 7
plan was to first capture the last '
rain and then finish us. There i
'yas at least some grounds for this /
thought. ] knew of one train, in q
which [ had four comrades, that =
las to have left Portneuf few Y
ays later than own party, but y
ould not tell how far it was on the L
pad OF whether it had yet started. g
knew, too, that it was customary q
pr the Indians iufesting this road !;
waylay the last train Of the sea !
Dn. The object Of this is easily b
nderstood. The first trains were n
.able to receive sueeor from those g
rear while the last party out th
las not likely to be REINFORCED


nd the Indians could intercept it al
nd capture it at their leisure. ST
In our case, however, there was q
probability that if any trains were th
shind Us, they were too far away all
be Of service, or they might be II
Iptured in detail, leaving Us no =
'pe Of aid. The only real en- ~
,aragement | could allow myself Il
feel vas in the hope that In GU
ans would not attack this night. m
Year: 1878

through, This plan met with gen


eral appreciation, but was not car


ried oul precisely as We intended


it should be-.


We Travelled until late il the


afternoon without seeing anything


to excite our fears, but when within


few miles Of the canyon, he In,


dians again made themselves Wis


lille; but this time they were behind
US instead Of ahead Of us, and as


they came Dearer seemed inclined
to engage us in runningfg


[ depIoyed some of the men
around the train and with the re.
mainder started ahead to recon
noiter the canyon, as / feared the
latter was already occupied and
the Indians in rear Of us were only
attempting to herd US into the
trap.


Without losing sightoft the tram,
we approached the dangerous de-
file as cautiously as possible and
took possession ofthe most avail
able points for observation. There
were no Indians visible on either
side, and after a thorough inspec-
tion of the rocks and other places
Of conccalment, I was satisfied
there were no Indians in the can.
yon. Our only danger now was
from the Indians outside, and if the
train once passed in the canyon
we had little cause to fear them.


After posting the men in good
positions to cover the train, [ crept
up to the highest point on the
bluffs, The train was about half
q mile from the mouth Of the can
yon, and the Indians had come al
most within ride-shot distance, but
as yet had not fred either gun or
arrow. They.kept circling and clos
ing in, but did not appear over
anxious to come within range Of
the guns Of the train party. Pres
emily | saw a group of horsemen,
probably forty in number, dash
ahead as if to get between the train
and the canyon. Three Of my
party were posted within speaking
distance below me and in positions
to command the very point towards
which these Indians were coming.
called out to the men to fire as
soon as the horsemen came within
range and to show themselves as
much as possible without running
90 much. The men fred one vol
ey, and three was no need to fire
second one. The Indians halted,
consulted for a moment and then
,aIIOped back to the main h07v
nd a few moments later every In
ian disappeared.


The coast was now clear through
he canyon, and I determined not !
9 allow the train to camp again
ntil we had passed beyond the :
each Of these troublesome foes.
Ve emerged from the canyon be i
re, dark, but some time after the i
IN had disappeared behind the 2
fountains, and | urged upon the E
arty the adTisability Of eontinu- =
e the journey as long as the cat :
Q were able TO travel. +


TIE INDIAN SITUATION. 4
Year: 1878

10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


The writer does not wish 70 deprive any gentleman
OF his cigar at proper time and place. But she has
been excessively annoyed since the opened
~ Manhattan Beach by being stepped tobacco
smoke from Twenty second street to Bay RIDGE aud
otlen the entire distance the beach After getting,
she supposes, cool seat, where ENJOY the
invigorating breeze from The bay, some gentleman
will almost invariably dOmcile himself directly In
front OF her and pull his cigar smoke her lace ill
she is nearly. not quite, choked. Let some portion
OF the boat be assigned to smokers and tho gentsman
lad who stands ~ The gang plank when enter and
asks TO get tickets al the Office be instructed TO
politely but iorcby request gentlemen not 70 smoke
presence OF ladies' have saksL passage 10 enjoy
the breeze unaduIterated. J. L. D..
Year: 1878

[Nork-Lstters intended for THE column must be
accompanied by the writer's iu name and address to
insure attention. Complainants who arc un willing to
comply with this rule simply waste time In writing
Write only on one side of the paper-ED HxRALp.l
Year: 1878

Some four years ago there came to
this city from Germany Baron Won OAR
en-, !oung, handsome man of good ed
ucatiol, and, as his name shows, noble
family At "a he had spent three for
tunes and was so heavily in debt that
he waI obliged to leave der Vaterland
and seek fame and filthy lucre in for
eign land-America, of course. He
came, he saw and he well-nigh starved
He could not speak English. He had
been brought up in the lap of luxury,
which has dlsagreeable way of letting
its pets down on the floor.


He could not dig, to beg he was
ashamed, and twas only when the fox
of hunger gnawed under his German
surtout that he thankfully accepted the
position of coachman in well-to-do
family on Calument Avenue, and there
he has remained with Micawber expec-
tations, the mystifcation of the male
servents and Teutonic puzzle to the
daughter of the family, pretty blonde,
with fondness for the language. She
had been to school in Germany; she
loved the stolid, warm hearted people of
that land /; she knew their ways and
/ CuStOn.- --a--.a--.--s---
now she could keep in practice by talk
ing 10 Carl. Carl was willing and now
averse to display his knowledge of some
thing and aid his charming young mis-
tress, who wondered at the care with
which he kept his hands white, the
courtly bow with which he received her
orders, and made up her mind he was
somebody!


Finally as time went on, his heart al
ready gone, his confidence followed, and
he revealed his history but said nothing
about his love; for he was too honora-
BILE, and then where would the pretzels
and beer for two come from? But the
love of Carl was not unreturned, though
with true Yankee sharpness our fair
haired heroine worked away until she
had proved the truth of his story, and
after many dangerous conversation
was on between "coachee" and the young
lady in silk and seal-skin, who occupied
the carriage. But last week came a
letter from Germany. Exit a spinster
aunt and entree Barren Carl Van Daren
into a fortune of 100000 thalers. And
the end is to be pretty, quiet wedding
and tour to the old country, to live
as the fairy stories say, ''happy evel
afterward. Chicago Letter to Csn
cinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1878

THE SMALL BOYS VIEws.-Wood-
chucks is very curious animal. 1t is
made of hair and eyes and has two front
teeth, and can see man with a gun
when the eyes are shut and bolted. [
have seen dog shake woodchuck till
both were black in the face. A wood
chuck can snivel up his nose and look
as homely as can without trying. They
sit on one end and eat with the other.
A woodchuck can get home faster than a
gun shoots. He is round all over except
his feet which are black. When eaten
they retain the favor of their nests, and
seem to have been cooked without being
pared. A fat woodchuck, when eat
properly, is no laughin' matter. They
come under the head of domestic ami
mails and there amt no place like home
when dog goes for one of them.
Year: 1878

The discovery of gold in Navada was
made by some Mormon immigrats in
1850. Adventures crossed the Sierras
and set up their sluice- boxes IN the can
mons; but it was gold they were after,
and they never suspected the existence
of silver, nor knew it when they saw it.
The blush stuff which was so abundant
and which was silver ore. interfered
with their operations and gave them the
greatest annoyance. Two brothers
named Grosch possessed more intelli-
gence than their fellow-workers, and
we're the real discoverers of the Com
stock lode; but one of them died from a
pickaxe wound in the foot, and the other
was frozen to death in the mountains.
Their secret died with them. When at
last, in the early part of 1859, the sur


face groupings of the lode were found,
they were worked for the gold they con-
tanned, and the silver was thrown out
as being worthless Yet this lode since
1860 has yielded large proportion of
all the silver produced throughout the
Year: 1878

SMALL CoURTEsIEs.-C costs
notheng, and is often productive of good
results. Here is an instance. A local
doctor of medicine at Bath, England.
has just had legacy of $4,000 and a
comfortable house left him by lady
who was only known to him by his once
offering her seat in his carriage. A
gentleman known to the writer, to cross
from London Mansion House to the
Bank of England. This crossing is
day. when the city is full of caUs, Un1nl-
buses, drays and other ponderous vehi-
cles. When the old gentleman had got
safely across, he exchanged cards with
his obliging young friend; and there
the matter rested. Some four or five
years after this incident occurred, firm
of London solicitors wrote the young
gentleman who had taken pity on the
old man, informing him that legacy of
$4,000 and a gold watch and chain had
been left to him by a gentleman, who
'took the opportunity Of again thanking
him in his will for an act of unlocked
for civility." 1t is not likely that all
will have gold watches and chains left
to them, or neat little bundles Of crisp
notes; but it is certain that acts of CIV
ility are productive of sufficient results
to our inner selves as to make it worth
our while to practice them whenever
we have the opportunity.-HousehoM


Words:
Year: 1878

[In Book III. of Clement of Alexandria is given dr
is there Zone hundred and fifty years after the apos
ss asserted to be of much earlier origin The follow
version will give some imperfect idea of its spirit ::
Shepherd of tender youth,
Guiding in love and truth,
Through devious ways;
Christ, our triumphant Kingl
We come thy name to sing,
And here our children bring
To shout thy praise.
Thou art our holy Lord
The all-subduing Word,


Healer of striiel
Thou didst thyself abaseI
That from sins deep disgrace
Thou mightest save our race,
And give US life.
Thou art wisdoms High Prestl
Thou hast prepared the feast
or holy love,
And in our mortal pain
None call on thee in vain;
Help thou dost not disdain,
Help from above.
Ever be thou our Guide.
Our Shepherd and our pride,
Our staff and song.
Jesus, thou Christ of Godl
By the perennial word,
Lead us where thou hast trod,
Make our faith strong
So now, and till we die,
Sound we our praise on high,
And joyful sing.
Infants and the glad throng,
Who to thy Church belong
Unite and swell the song


To Christ our King.
Year: 1878

If people want their hens to lay in
cold weather, they must supply them
with plenty of gravel and lime, and
fresh meat of any kind chopped into
small pieces. The latter should be fed
three times weekly. During the winter
months eggs are worth twice as much in
this market as they are in spring. and
a little extra care and attention to the
hennery will be well repaid by an in
creased yield of egg. Chickens thrive
better on varieey of foot, and diet Of
corn, buckwheat and oats fed on alter
nate days will be more conductive to the
preservation of health than if either of
these grains were given them.-Er-
change.
Year: 1878

BE ExAoT.-The necessity of being
exact, accurate in everything, cannot be
too early impressed upon the minds of
the young. An attendant in dead
letter office made the following pertinent
remark: He said it was pity that
the school children Of the land could
not be permitted to look into the dead
letter office in body, to impress upon
them the necessity of always directing
in full to the name of the person ad-
dressed, the town, county and state, and
signing the writer's name, with his ad-
dress in the inside, instead of 'syour af-
fectionate Thomas or "Susan." If this
very useful suggestion could be tackled
to the multiplication table, and drilled
into the children with as much vigor, it
would save a vast deal of annoyances
and trouble in after life.
Year: 1878

There are souls which fall from heav-
en- like flowers; but ere the pure and
fresh buds can open they are trodden in
the dust Of the earth and lie soiled and
crushed under the foul tread of some
brutal hoof
Year: 1878

Little Roy led his sheep down to pasture,
And his cows, by the side of the brook
But his cows never drank any water,


And his sheep never needed crook.
For the pasture was gay as garden.


And it glowed with flowery red;
Bot the meadows had never grass-blade,
And the brooklet-it slept in its bed;
And it lay without sparkle or murmur,
Nor reflected the blue of the skies.
But the music was made by the shepherd,
And the sparkle was all in his eyes.
Oh. he sang like bird in the summerI
And, if sometimes you fanced a beat,
That, too. was not the voice of the shepherd,
And not of the lambs at his feet.
And the glossy brown cows were SO gentle
That they moved at the touch of his hand
Der the wonderful rosy-red meadow,


And they stood at his word of command.
So he led all his sheep to the pasture,


And his COWS, by the side of the brook
Though it rained, yet the rain never patter'd
Ger the beautiful way that they took.
And 1t was mt in Fairy land either.


But house in a commonplace town,
Where Roy as he looked from the window
Saw the silvery drops trickle down.
For his pasture was only table,


With its cover so fowery fair,
And his brooklet was just green ribbon
That his sister had lost from her hair.
And his cows they were glossy horse -chcstnutS,
That had grown on his grandfather's tree
And his sheep they were snowy-white pebbles
He had brought from the shore by the sea.
And at length, when the shepherd was weary,
And had taken his milk and his bread
And his mother had kissed him and tucked him,
And had bid him goodnight" in his bed,
Then there enter'd his big brother Walter,


While the shepherd was soundly asleep.
And he cut up the cows into baskets,


And to jack-stones turned all of the sheep.


Emily S. Oakley, st. Nicholas for Feb
Year: 1878




WHAT HAVE SEEN-An old man of
experience says:


have seen a young man sell good
farm, turn merchant, and die in the n
sane asylum.


l have seen farmer travel about SO
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking at.


l have seen young girl marry a man
of dissolute habits and repent for it as
long as she lived.


[ have seen man spend more money
in folly then would support his family
in comfort and independence.


l have seen man depart from truth
where candor and vercity would have
served him a much better purpose.
| have seen the extravaganza and fol-
ly of children bringing their parents to
poverty and want, and themselves to
disgrace.


l have seen a prudent and industrious
wife retrieve the fortune of a family
when the husband pulled at the othel
emu OF the rope.
Year: 1878




Henry VIII died one day with great
success. He left three children who
did not care to go with him. Their
names were Mary, Elizabeth and Ed
ward. The last was the Ed of the fam
ily. He was boy. His sisters were
not. Their father also left a will. His
will was stronger than all his children.
By viii Earl Hertford was to boss the
state while Edward was young. He was
only ten years young. HEREFORD loved
the glass so much he became a tumbler
and was called the Earl of Snmmerset.
He wanted the king to take the queen
of Scotland-but the trick was lost
because the Scotch refused to assist.
The Duke was called the Protector be-
cause he protected his own family aud
put everybody else away in the tower.
The border men of England and Scot
land were those who boarded on the
frontier aud bored each other almost to
ward marrying their queen. The Eng
lish attacked them by water, which they
couldn't stand. History SAYS that the
Scotch loss was 10000 and the English
200. History lies, probably. The
government told the people what to be-
lieve. If they did as they were told
they must pay taxes to support their be-
lief If they didn't do SO they were
roasted Things were red hot. Some
body tcid stories about the Protector
and SO he was taken to the tower and
had his head chopped of. 1t was not
much of q head, but he hated to part
with it. Then there was a rising of the
common people, but they did not know
what for. Most of them got raised on
to trees with ropes around their necks
Some very fat men were burned, thus
making light of their complaints. Now
| guess it is time for the little king to
die. He was only sixteen when he gave
up the crown and the ghost. England
is not yet done, SO 1 cannot finish the
history yet. Finis.
Year: 1878

The best possible thing for man to
do when he feels too weak to carry any
thing through is to go to bed and sleep
as long as he can. This is the only act
ual rscuPeration Of brain force; because,
during the sleep, the brain is in state
of rest, in a condition to receive and ap-
propriate PARTICLES Of nutriment from
the blood, which take the place of those
which have been consumed BY previous
labor, since the very act of thinking
burns up solid particles, as every turn
OF the wheel or screw OF the steamer Is
the result of consumption by fire of the
fuel in the furnace. The supply of con
sumed brain substance can only be had
from the nutritive particles in the
blood, which were obtaiued from the
food eaten previously, and the brain is
SO constituted that it can best receive
and appropriate to itself those nutritive
lpai ticles during a state of rest, of quiet,
and stiffness of sleep. Mere stimulants
supply nothing in themselves; they goad
the brain, and force it to a greater con
sumption of its substance, until it is SO
exhausted that there is not en- 3ueh pow
er left to take up new supply.
Year: 1878

A miner in the Black Hills, writing
to friend in this city, tells a horrible
reminder of the fearful snowstorms of
last winter, and of the perils of those
who were caught out and lost their way
on the plains. He says recently, while
he and two ethers were crossing the
country, they came upon the skeleton of
horse, within which was the skeleton
of a man, with the grinning skull look
ing out at them between the ribs of the
animal, like prisoner looking through
the bars of his cell. The two skeletons
told tie whole story. The man had
killed his horse, cat him open and crawl
ed inside of him, but the flesh of the
animal froze solid, and the man was
now as much of a prisoner as if he had
been shut in by walls of iron. The
wolves and carrion birds had stripped
the greater part of the flesh from both
skeletons The miner concludes bis de-
scriptien by saying: at was sight I
shall never forget. I can see it now
whenever | close my eyes. ."-Ti' gina
CITY Enterprise.