smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

We hear much nowadays about the


extraordinary speed shown by this oil


that horse at some race meeting. These


time tests are regarded as much a part


of the record as the winning of the race


itself. But while the general public


may be satisfied with announced results


some of us would like to know more


about the contest than is told i'm the


brief statement that "Rarus trotted q
mile here to-day i'll 49," or whatever


may be. 1t has become so that frac-
| ton of a second makes a great differ
ence in the record as we'll as well as in
the value of horse; and yet it seldom
happens that two mel in the timbers'
stand agree as to the exact time made.
While it is true that in the well regu-
lated mind of man, the will possesses
supreme direction over the whole cur
rent of thought. policy and action, can
it be said with positiveness that he who
occupies the positson of a timing Judge
on race course has well-regulated
mind? Sensation and perception are
the two things most intimately con-
nected with the proper timing OF fast
horses. The horse speeds around the
course, he approaches "the WIRE" and
amid great excitement, passes under it
The timer, who may or may not be i'm
bued with this same excitement, or
who may have an active or an inactive
brain, sees the horse and becomes con-
scious of the fact, but he is not done
yet. There has to go back from the
brain, so 10 speak, an electric spark
along the nerves, which produces
contraction OF the muscles of the arm,
and a motion of the thumb and finger
follows. These press the spring, and
the hands of the watch are stopped.
BIT the activity with which all this is
accomplished differs iii men materially.
AT best, the nerves transmit their share


II the work at the rate of only seventy
feet second, which is less than double
the rate of speed at which the horse is
moving in the same period of time.
There exists phenomenon called''per-
sonal equation" and so long as quick
witted persons and slow-witted persons
are to decide the speed at which race
horses travel, just so long will the time
test be an irresponsible one. In making
the common observation of the exact
moment when star travels across the
fine vertical wire intersecting the field
of view of telescope some astronomers
always anticipate the event, and others
allow it to pass before they succeed in
noting it. This is by no means the eff
feet of inexperience or maladroitness,
but is persistent characteristic of each
individual, however practiced in the
isrrs sur-raking observations he RAY be.
The difference between the time or n
mans noticing the event and that Of
its actual occurrence is called his per
sOnal equation, and is carefully aScer-
tanned for every assistant in every lab
oratory. The adoption of similar
plan on our race courses can alone give
us the correct time made by fast
horses.
Year: 1879

He was 4 Swede who had Angliciscd
his Swedish name into ;. Z. Lewis.
He had worked for some years for the
Central branch, AtchisOn, Kansas, but
latterly had been well-digging. The
well had caved in from the rains and
was being walled up again. He had
gone down to remove the old curbing
and the fatal mass of sand had fallen
In ami crushed him. There was no
doubt that he was dead, and, poor fell
low, he had wife and two little chill
dren. There was one discussion as to
whether it were better TO send word to
his wife that he was dead or to leave
her to nope for while. SO the people
talked, and occasionally some one
would look down the well and shudder
to think OF the livii corpse crushed
under the heaped up sand. All this
time the man in tie well was alive.
He could hear every stroke OF the ham,
mer of the men who were making the
curb, but he thought il was the carpen-
ltiS sitlVo> AhC SAlNNis AAN SNNAN ~ 49,
feel the earth vibrate a little. a board
had fallen over against his back and
crowded him against the side OF the
well. There was water about him; he
could hear it drip, and mixel up with
the sand were rocks and pieces of boards.
| He was as cold as death, and the mass
above him reached lie knew not how
far. He thought, however, he would
work his way up the side, and so he
| did, inch by inch, wearing his finger
nails almost to the quick. Life is dear
to man with wife and children, and
so poor Lewis worked and pressed the
sand back and kept getting on and up.
/ Then there was another fall of sand,


and he was almost in despair. lie


mounted in this way for six or eight
I feet. In the meantime the people had
got reused and began to hope that 1t
was live and not a dead c,an III the


well. Fifty men relieved each other in
digging, and a crowd of sympathizers


stood about. a. last they could hear
the buried mans voice. Then he was


almost uncovered, but the board which


ne had at his backall the way up reach


ed over his head. He called for saw


and cut it If, and at o'clockin the al


ternoon. over five hours from the time


the sand fell, he was taken out alive
without a broken bone, or brulse, oil
scratch, only stiffened with cold ano
! worn out with digging like moe fol
! his life,
Year: 1879

ms Is famous country for bees and


the making of honey, and at many =


breakfast table in distant Europe today


the waffle is spreadwith sweets that have


oeen hlched from the hearts of n tbop-


SAND California flowers. In the month


OF almost every canon there is a bee


raheh or apiary, whose owner grows


lndoientand prosperous from the labors


OF MS industrious subjects. Here there
are no long winters with deartb of


flowers, through which the patient


workers must be nursed and fed in
order that they may live until the onep-
ing OF the next field season. These


oee-ranches are models of neatness and
domestic comfort. and the profession
OF bee-keeping is rapidly becoming
popular among persons OF little physi-
cal strength or small financial capital.
or both; such as maiden ladies, broken
down ministers, bachelor students, and
those dilettante farmers who fancy that
the royal road to bucOlic happiness lies
through the flowery beds of bee-pas-
ture. Their expenses are as light as
those of hermit in his cage, and what
stores of honey are laid up are so much
clear gain, as the bees board themselves
while they work, and work increasingly
in preparation for the winter which
never comes. When the hive is full
the cakes of comb are removed, the |!
liquid is strained from the cells, and |
the empty cups are replaced 10 be filled |
again and again. This economical pro-
cess prevents a waste of labor and time I
in the gathering of wax and the build |
ing of new bins in the store-house. |
Walking out in the morning in the |
green brushwOod of these canOaS you 4
hear a loud and continuous buzZing of
wings, and, although there may not be
flower in sight, it is as ceaseless and .
strong as in buckwheat patch or clover
field at home. This humming of bees
is natures tenor voice, as the roaring
of water is her bass. There is cure
for hOmesickness in the bees mono
tone, even though the authors thereof
be perfectly wild, as, indeed, many of
these are. In such a country you can
not feel utterly lonesome and lost.
Year: 1879

mere decOy. the latter is the real assail-


ant, and keeps his eye steadily fixed on


the hamstring or flank of the horse.
The critical momement is then watched,
and the attack is simultaneous; both
wolves spring at their victim the same
moment-One to the throat and the
other to the flank-and if successful,
which they generally are, the hind one
never lets 90 his hold till the horse is
completely disabled. Instead of spring
ing forward or kicking to disengage
himself, the horse turns round and
round without attempting defense.
The wolf before then springs behind to
assist the other. The sinsws are cut,
and in half the time l have been des-
cribIng it the horse is on his side; his
struggles are fruitless-the victory is
won. At this signal the lookers-on
close in gallop; but the small fry of
followers keep at respectful distance
until their superiors are gorged, and


then they take their turn unmolested.
Year: 1879

There are about ten thousand differ
ent kinds known, and these are classed
in one hundred and thirty families, one
of the largest of which is the humming
bird. which has about four hundred
different species. They live mostly in
very warm countries, and are so beau
tiful that Audubon. the great natural
ist, called them the ''glitterinS rag
ment of a rainbow" They have a
green and gold body, and red throat
with a white collar. Their nests are
an inch wide, and an inch deep, and
they will fight anything that comes
near them. They will live for weeks
on honey, or sugar and water, and viii
become very tame. If not frightened
they will come year after year TO the
same flowers.
Year: 1879

Sneak well of the absent whenever
,-on have a suitable opportunity. Never
sneak i'll of them or of anybody. unless
Won are sure they deserve it, and unless
If is necessary for their amendment, or
for r. p the safety and benefit Of others.
Year: 1879

Ex-Gov. A. F. K Stafford has been doing good work for Arizona at the East this summer. He is an enthusiastic friend of this Territory, and has already induced the investment of much capital out here in mines that are proving very profitable. Exchange Place, Philadelphia, which has naturally become headquarters for Ari- zonans in that part of the country. He will probably remain there through the summer.
Year: 1879

Quite 8 find Was made by some boys this week on the site of the R. R. freight. house, lately removed; scratching in the earth they came upon quantity of quick. silver. We saw about twenty pounds they had gathered up. and We left them still at ii
Year: 1879

The Fl JoueH comes to us doubled in size ard much improved in appearance. The work is all done after hours by the SENTISEL's devil who really merits tile patronage he is receiving. We wish all manner of prosperity to this youth who is growing SO rapidly in size and favor.
Year: 1879

Accounts given us of the new silver mines in Myers District are very goou. The mines have been examined with great care in the interest of New York parties, who it is thought will buy them.
Year: 1879

It is rumored here that the hoppers
are pretty thick at Sioux City, Sioux
Falls and Worthington, but as we eau
get no reliable information on the sub
ject, there must be no truth in the story.
ST James journal.


The ADVANCE last week contained
reliable information about the hoppers.
Why don't you read a good newspaper
it you want to dnd out about thingsY
Year: 1879

Subscribers to the ADVANCE living
outside Of Mobiles county will please
remember that when we notify them
Of the expiration Of their subscription
and they do not respond, we take it for
granted that they do not want the
paper longer, and our rule is to strike
their names off.
Year: 1879

Our Little Rock correspondent wants
to know what becomes of the Young
hoppers. They disappear down there
about as fast as they get ont Of the
eggs. Wonder if they don't Idle A.
OOrnin?''
Year: 1879

Our Worthington Druggists have
stopped selling liquor altogether even
on a physicians prescription. Within
the past few days there were several ap-
plications at one of our Drug Stores for
wine for communion purposes, but the
article could not be obtained, The par
ties left saying that hereafter they
would do their trading at some otller
town. We understand that none of
our Druggists will renew their revenue
license this season.


We may as we'll give fair warning to
the public that they need not come to
Worthington to get liquor for any pur-
pose. unless they can get it on the sly
from some friend who has shipped it in
by the quantity. We hear of one man
who made strong temperance speech
ut a recent temperance meeting trying
to procure some liquor at a Drug Store
for medical purposes. lie was refused
and applied to ''Whisky man" who
let him have few ounces from his pri-
vate bottle.


We have heretofore expressed our
views upon this matter. Such an appli-
cation and enforcement of the liquor law
is fanatical, insane and ruinous to the
business Of the town. Whatever the tenn
perance men may say, alcohol in its vari-
Gus forms is a commercial commodity
and necessity for medicinal and me-
cEanical purposes, and the town which
will not permit the sale for these purpos-
es, is just as foolish and as fanatical as
the town which would forbid the sale of
dry goods. Of course. if people could
not get dry goods at Worthington, they
would not come here to buy groceries
or to sell eggs and butter. And the
same is true proportionally of the liquor
traffic.


The ADVANCE stands as firmly as ey-
er against the introduction Of saloons
into Worthington, but condemns the
spiteful, fanatical, and ruinous enforce
ment of il law meant to be good one.
The result will he just what the liquor
men are trying to bring about, viz: a
reaction which will introduce the gen.
eral liquor traffic among us. E


We dunned our subscribers last week
to the amount of some hundreds Of dol
lars, paying out nearly three dollars for
postage stamps. The first man to re-
spond was J. W. Millington, of Summit
Lake, who walked in bright and early
Monday morning and laid down three
or four pieces of silver on our table.
Mr.. NJ. is one OF those men who believes
i'll responding with part if he cannot
pay all ut once. This is what we have
urged upon all our patrons. We are
beginninr to s'ret il tbronp|l orr wool,'
Year: 1879

In the Supreme Court of the United
States, recently, the argument was
opened in the case of the application OF
the State of Virginia for writ Of nlanda-
mus against Judge Rives Of the Federal
court for the State This, which is the
most important of the political cases be-
fore the court, practically involves the
question of the validity of the whole of
the reconstruction legislation-the ques-
ton of whether any State may nullify it.
The cause originated in the removal from
the State to the United States court of
the case Of two colored men indicted for
murder. The ground of removal was,
that under the statute Of the State, ne
groes were excluded from the jury. The
mandate asked by the State is to require
him to strike the cases from his docket,
so that the State court may proceed with
the trials under their statute and practice
excluding negroes from the jury. That
application can only be granted upon the
express ground that the statute Of the
State nullifes the reconstruction acts


The statute attempts such notification


The direct issue, therefore, which is pre-


sented to the Supreme Court is, whether
any State can nullify the reconstruction
acts. Upon the final decision depends
practically the question Of the mai nte


nance Of reconstruction.-Inter Ocean.
Year: 1879

Correspondence Chicago Journal


Speaking of Grants frmness and will power,
an Incident transpired during the Virginia
campaign 10 1854 which has never been pub
lished. 1t was related to me by one of the
members Uf his military family, When, at
the outset of his advance upon Richmond from
his Rappahsnock base, General Grant attacked
Lee 10 the Wilderness, be was sadly repulsed.
This opening conflict was NOT, as our Northern
papers represented at the time, q drawn battle,
but defeat which would have discouraged
most generals and caused them to relinquish
the movement. At nightfall the generals
headquarters were in small log cabin. After
his staff and corps commanders had all sought
rest and recuperatiou from the hard days work
in sleep, the commander-in-chief still remained
up, pacing the floor, and apparently oblivious
to the presence Of an aid and his stenogrspher,
the only two individuals who were with him.
For two hours be walked to and fro in the
little cabin, evidently revolving some great
purpose In his mi nd. At the end of that time
he seated himself at little pine table. still
reticent as before. He had remained here but
short time when he suddenly struck the
table vigorous blow with his fist, sprang
from his seat and gave the order for ell the
army corps to resume operations in the morn.
ing. The whole expression of his face was
one of Overpowering resolve and determination.
"Such look of resolution as Gen. Grant rose
from the table have never before or since
seen on human countenance," said gentle-
man who narrated the incident to me. For
hours he evide ntly had been deliDersting
whether he had better accept the contest of the
day as reverse, which it really was, aud re-
tire to the north baRk of the Rsppahanock, as
Bnrnside and Hooker had dome before him, or
to take the risk of losing his army on an at
tempt to snatch victory from the jaws Of defeat.
He had the nerve and pluck to decide upon the
latter course. The advance was sounded along
the entire line, and the next day Sedgwick's
CORPS made the splendid attack on the rebel
works at Spottsylvania Court house, when
Frank Barlow's command captured Bushrod
Johuson's rebel division of 5000 men, more or
less
Year: 1879

The New Orleans Times fears the action
of the Louisiana convention in refusing to
the United States will be misconstrued. o
no, not at all. There is but one Construction.
They refuse to take the oath of fealty be-
cause they don't want to take it.
Year: 1879

DAVIS, the apologist of freeman, says he
was an infidel until two years ago, when lie
became converted to Christianity. Better
had he remained an unbeliever than to give
himself over to the cruel belief that drove
Freeman to murder. But it is nothing less
than blasphemy to call creed like that,
Christianity.
Year: 1879

TIE Norristown Herald is prepared to
Democratic contemporary asked it the other
day: "Why should Congress surrender to
the President rather than the President to
Congress?" and the Herald promptly an
swers: because the President is right and
Congress is wrong. And besides, the Presi-
dent represents a majority of the legal and
loyal voters of the country"
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

The Democrats, after contending for weeks
that the salvation of the country depended
on the passage of political amendments to
the Army bill, have now confessed that the
amendments were so imperfect as to need
further amending.
Year: 1879

In referring to the great dilemma of the
revolutionists, the National Republican says
it is not improbable under the circumstances
that the Democrats will hunt until they find
a door of escape through a joint resolution
extending the existing appropriations for six
months. and then go home and consult the
people during the time that intervenes be-
ween this and the regular session of Congress
in December. 1t adds: "The position taken
by the Democrats in this contest involves
perhaps the gravest blunder that party has
made since the rebellion. 1t is theoretical
revolution, and the people so regard it and
will punish it when the day of reckoning shall
come. To postpone the consummation of
their nefarious scheme will in no degree re-
lieve them from its responsibility and conse-
quences. 1t may protect the life of the
patient, but it will not escape the ine-
vitable. If they prefer lingering death,
they have the opportunity and privilege of
taking their choice; but this policy only finds
parallel with the bird that puts its head in
the sand and fancies itself safe from observa-
tion.''
Year: 1879

stove handle knocking the nose off the pitcbsr
with the emptings In it,


This is all about the baby. Take another
look at him, for next week we shall write of
some other reptile.-Detroit Press.
Year: 1879

STILL the jocund days go by and
the Constitutional Convention sits
and sits and sits, like hen OH a
batch of added eggs, which she is
determined to hatch at all hazards.
We have so often expressed our
opinion that the new instrument
should have been weeks ago in the
hands of the people that it is scarce
Iy necessary to reiterate it now.
Still If the ides of March shall see
the groaning legislative mountain
safely delivered the people will be
content, provided that there shall
be no demand for extra pay.
Year: 1879

WE know of no road to political
success other than downright work
For over year Democrats have
been treated to the singular spscta'
Gle, in Los Angeles county, of @
party which has silently submitted
to disintegrating elements. While
. faction which confessedly aimed
ct disruptiug. the Democracy
has held unnumbered meetings
and organized numerous clubs;
while hundred orators have held
forth from as many unpretentioui
rostrums in the work of wiling
away, one by one, its m bership
the Democracy has simply done
nothing, and this in face of the
fact that most important issues are
involved in the general election
next fall. We do not regard the
chances as overshadowing that the
next Presidential election will be
thrown into the House of Repre-
sentatives, but taere is such q
chance. California may decide the
result in that event, and yet we
have voluntarily chosen a passive
policy. We are to-day in face of a
crisis which will chronicle either
the circumstance or decadence of the
local Democracy. The State elec-
tlon will be in favor of either the
Republicans or the Workingmen,
as the case now stands; the election
for Congressman in the Fourth
Congressional District and for the
judicial and county offices in Los
Angeles will be in favor of either
Che Republicans or the Democrats.
The Republican policy points to a
"still hunt" The leaders of that
party would show lack of politi-
cal wisdom to agitate. Their ex-
pectation is that the lukewarmness
Of the Democratic and the energy
OF the Workingmen's organizations
will pull their chestnuts out of the
fre. 1t is shrewd calculation and
We concede that there are many
points in its favor. Only one thing
can derange the programme, and
that is thorough Democratic re.
vival. We heartily hope that we
shall be able to chronicle it, in
time.
Year: 1879

THE man mad enough to suppose
that the next Presidential cam
paign is not to be fought out, to all
intents and purposes, between the
Democratic and Republican parties
pure and simple, is II fit subject for
q lunatic asylum.
Year: 1879

Mrs. j. Tells what She Has Endured and


why She Can't Stand 1t.


A bill for divorce was fled in the Office of
the district court yesterday by Angeline M.
Jones from her husband, Nelson Jones, on
the grounds of cruelty. The parties to the
action are both colored, and were Joined in
wedlock in April, 1873, since when domestic
difficulties have arisen that reveal the most
wretched state of marital infelicity possible
for the mind to imagine.
Numerous instances of the most cow
ardly brutality are alleged in the bill,
and if half of the charges are true, the hus-
band must have practiced cruelty as fine
art. His favorite pastime, as alleged in the
bill, consisted in the manly practice of kick
ing his wife, which he varied by threatening
to cut her throat. It is also alleged that the
life of the wife was jeopardized by neglect
during child birth, the woman being unat-
tended, while her liege lord wllfully tarried
in gambling house. the child subsequently
| dying from inattention.


The wife also states that her lord was want
to caress her with whatever rude instrument
happened to come uppermost, alleging as an
instance, the fact of him having hurled q
large bone at her head, while at the dinner
table last December, at which time he also
assailed her with knife. The above are q
few of the reasons why Mrs. Jones believes
she should be granted a divorce.