smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

but they were all deserted for the
Winter. We stopped at one and
found a cat, very tame one. She
followed us for q long way, as she did
not like to stay alone, but seeing some
birds she left us and went for
them. Thus far we found
very little snow but 1t was
quite cold and we stopped at an empty
cabin and made a rousing fire and
warmed ourselves. We next came to
an Indian cam D, where we paused to
look at two old squaws make bread of
acorns. They first grind the acorns
and place them in n followed place in
the ground, lined with clean sand.
Then they heat water in primitive
manner and pour it into the acorn
flour and make sort of dough. When
this is dried in the sun, the sand is
scraped Off and it is considered fit for
the noble Digger. We also saw pile
of roots which looked and tasted like
mushrooms, which the Indians seem
to like very much. We were told by
a ranchman that these roots would
intoXicate. 1t would be impossible to
tell the age of these squaws. They
were so wrinkled and crooked
they might be hundred years old.
The men stood in and around the huts
as the women worked. The huts were
formed of poles and logs piled in
circle, with the ends meeting at the
top, like Il tent. In one of these were
near a dozen young Indians, and we
were greatly amused with their antics.
They were so shy we could scarcely
coax them to show their heads. We
threw "bitn among them and one
little fellow lodged after it and quickly
covered himself up again. Upon our
pretending that we had gone, the
dozen little Indians would quietly and
slowly poke their heads out, but cover
them in hurry when they saw us.
In the next wigwan was an old squaw
who sat over the fire and seemed to be
dreaming the time away. Perhaps
she dreampt of the time when her
people roamed over these grand noun
tains among the pines in all their
glory, such as 1t was. ! he site of this
Indian camp was the finest on the
way to Yosemite, much in contrast
to the building places of the whites,
which are OH low lands and in ravines.
Leaving this camp, we follow creek
up among pines six and eight feet
through and 200 feet high, but with
the mountains towering up far above
them. Next we came to u saw mill,
with immense piles of lumber and
logs. We saw the heavy trails made
in getting the logs and the oxen used
at the mill. Here it began to snow
little, but we were warm and not
tired. We stopped at an Italians
that night and had good fare, to our
surprise.


The rest of my notes will give in
my next. f,. READY.
Year: 1874

ties ore gone, and they must now suf-
fer for their folly. They are bound
with the multitude, who without con-
sideration, rush headlong to ruin.
Being q laboring man myself, am
in association with many of the mem
bers of these unions, and / know how
they deplore their condition, but they
are helpless.


The folly of these organiZatins Is so
apparent to all thinking men, that |
have thought much about it, and
wondered if we were not on the eve of
tha great moral revolution that must
some day sweep like q mighty wave
over


THE WHOLE EARTH.


1t is called in Scripture great har-
vest, and is to occur at "the con-
summation of the age" and is men
toned, Mathew XIII, so: ain the
time of harvest will say to the reap
ers gather together first the tares and
bind them in bundles to burn them.
All educated biblical students know,
that the phrase "end of the world"
which occurs in this parable
means consummated age of the
church, which was to take place at
the second coming of Christ. When
we look at the manifold schemes and
mischievous rings and how society
has multiplied and increased the
power of these unions and corpora
tions, and how the


FAIR IS BOUND UP WITH THE FOUL
And sinister and evil-minded, and all
burning with consuming cupidity
nj "a ia
ready to say, the fields are already
ripe unto the harvest. TO all Except
fanatics, who are gazing up into the
natural skies to see the Lord coming
among vapory clouds) it must GER
tainly seem plain that the great
changes declared in the Gospels are
now transpiring before us.


THE SPIRITUAL WORLD


Is now pressing urgently upon us,
which is manifested by the conduct of
fanatical erratic men, as well as from
evil spirits from beneath; and in their
mad rush they really seem to take
the Kingdom of Heaven by force" 1t
does, indeed, appear " now is the
judgment of this world" The great
wrestle, tumult and strife of the i'll
habitants of the earth, all burning
with the fires of selfishness, intensi-
fled by the desire for gain, all organ
lied in bundles ready to be consumed.
The subject is too vast and too sug-
gestive for one brief article. We do
not pretend to clearly define or fore
shadow coming events, but that
greater catastrophes will soon follow
seems highly probable.


A READER.
Year: 1874

A gentleman who has tried it rec
ommends as garglc for diptheria the
following Take q piece OF rcd oak
bark about the size Of the hand. q
large grasp of sage leaves, but in one
pint OF water, boil down to bali pint !
then add one teaspoonful of pllver-
izcd alum apd one teaspoonful OF pull
verified borax then add enough hepeytc
make it very sweet and use q sa gargle
every half hour, swallowing a little
at the same time to be sure it rcache!


tue affected parts.
Year: 1874

rule over our city. Oh. if you only would
combine and demand that these holes of
destruction should be closed it would be
done at once. VIII You do it9


ask it for myself and helpless children
for the hundreds of women and children in
like situation The winter is coming on,
and we have nothing with which to meet
it. The Benevolent Society will again do
its utmost to relieve the extreme cases of
suffering and want. God bless these noble
women for their efforts, bat after all how
meyer is the supply, and it does not, can
not, touch the root of the matter.


| have heard that in nearly all your
churches YOU have Societies working for
the help women in heather lands. For
this am thankful, | would not have You
do less. How sweet it must. be to have
the privilege of helping the needy: may
You reap abundant harvest.


asyl3ue oh, while YOU are thus laboring, do
not i1rget Your sisters here III this Chris
n:ill land who are is degraded and as eff


sql3lly shut off from the gospel as if in
a1H fehotest hea hen lands III the name
{ ss}i Messed Master who when he was


tasfh went about doing good, oh sisters
4Elb Y DRUNKARD'S WIFE.
Year: 1874

The FALL OF STAES.-Forty Years ago
one night in the fall the stars fell from
heaven as a fig-tree casteth her untimely
ti0s to the earth when shaken with mighty
wind.


At that time the residence of the writer
of this article was some three miles north
east of the center of the town of Brimfield,
MassachuSettS-a town that doubtless de-
rived its original name from the circum-
stance that !; brim of large hills or small
mountains surrounded it. From my stand
point, | could look five miles in Il air line
across the hollow which presented splen-
did view of the mighty display of the work
ing of Almighty power.


In looking on level across the town,
the stars could be seen falling below that
level like great coarse snOw-fakes, with an
occasional one that would burst and stream
out several rods long with Il silver bright
ness flinging off flash like lightning of
the color of clotted blood, and kissing in
the damp air near the ground like a hot
iron drawn through water, and then mix
inc with the air Verify, thought we
should have an atmospheric fire to breathe.
The sight was sublime with its meditations
and forebodings This mighty display was
seen from this locality, from soon after
midnight without intermissiOn, till the blaZ-
ing light of day absorbed the view. One
thing worthy of notice | noticed during the
shower; it was so still that not a flicker
could be distinguished from the motion OF
any air affecting a candle carried out OF
doors at different times during the night,


This was conclusive evidence to me that
a tremendous storm of wind at least ragged
in the upper air or somewhere in the upper
regions of space. The night air during
this time was dry, moderately cold and
frostv-J b. Justine, Warren, Mass, IN


UOman's Friend.
Year: 1874

GIVE THEM CoLD WATEE.-It l. very
doubtful if there Is single possible dis
ease in which the patient should not have
cold water al i5J5tun. Oh, how babes
often suffer for cold water. \ nursing
babe is given, no matter how thirsty, moth
ing but milk The little lips are dry and
cracked, and the little tongue 50 parched
it can scarcely nurse, and Yet it has moth
ing but milk To assuage it, craving thirst.
Try it yourself, mother, when YOU have Il
fever, and we are sure that ever after.
when your darling is dying with thirst.
the teaspoon and tumbler of cold water will
be III constant use.
Year: 1874

splease, and leave the bottom piece an inch
Eend half longer than 'yoh wish it when
lsloue.f Paint it white and varnish it.


Next get 4 white pasteboard box, four
inches deep, and Large enough to leave a
margin of an inch and half at each side
and top. Stand the box on one end, place
the cross in the center; then fit thin pieces
of board around itsto keep it in place.


make the first piece as large as the end Of
the box, the next n half inch smaller. and
so on until it is as high as vou wish Tack
and glue each piece. and cover all with
moss. NainiSh and arrange autumn leaves
into avine and twrine it around the cross


In making the vine, begin with the small
est leaves. FaSten the stems To Il small
wire by winding with soft thread Have
square of glass Just rs large as the box
and fasten it on by gluing strips of cloth
to the box, and folding it over the edges of
the glass. Now for the frame Get any
small scraggcd limbs. the thicker the
branches the better: place them together
and fasten by winding with thread. Make
it of an even width all round. as near as
possible. When done You viii no doubt
say What a looking thing" But wait


until you have dipped it it the following:
One pound of resin, two tablespoonfuls of
lampblack, and two of lard, melted to
gether, then with spoon dip it on every
part, while hot. Then You will change
your remark. for think Won will he quite
satisfied with Your work.-.Hdine F;lrmer.
Year: 1874

ENGAGING MANNERs.-Thcrc are Il
thousand engaging ways which every per-
son may put ON without running the risk
of being deemed either affected or foppish.
The sweet smile; the quiet, cordial bow;
the earnest movement in addressing :,
friend, or more especially a stranger who
may be recommended to us; the graceful
attention which is 80 captivating when
these are united with self-possession, these
will insure the good regard of all.
Year: 1874

a DISH OF WASHINGTON GOssIP-No
one can hear the discussions that are kept
up here about Williams and his chances,
without becoming speedily aware that
there is a woman in the business. We
have no real social queens in Washington,
as they used to have in old times, but there
are an abundance of shrewd and ambitious
women who take II much larger share in
Year: 1874

Among the presents received by Phila-
delphia bride, a few days ago, was conf
plete toilet set, ten pieces in all, of solid
ivory. The hair brushes have musical
apparatus in the back, and the hand glass
can be enlarged and diminished at will.
All the articles are embellished with a
monogram in colors, and are arranged ac-
cording to size in large case, or box. of
Russia leather, lined with blue satin and
edged with fine lace
Year: 1874

The bone found in the Settle Cave in
England, about the origin of which there
has been considerable discussion. has been
finally decided to be human. A fibula pre-
cisely similar has been found among the
Museum stores of human osteology. The
only question now remaining is whether
the proofs of its pre-glacial existence are
sufficient to place it in that era.
Year: 1874

A PRETTY HOME ORNAMENT.-During
these long evenings many pretty orna-
ments can be made with but little cost.
A very pretty picture is made in the follow


ing manner: Make cross of any size you
Year: 1874

Los Angeles and San Pedro


Branch of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company
Lot bounded northerly
by Commercial street, east
erly by Alameda street,
southerly by Requena
street, and westerly by the
lot OF Perry, Woodwork
d Mott....................... l
Year: 1874

You will find on fairly thinking of it,
that it is his restraint which is honora-
BILE to man, not his liberty and, what
is more, it is restraint which is honora-
BILE even in lower animals. A butterfly
is much more free than bee but You
honor the bee more, Just because it is
subject to certain laws which fit 1t for
orderly function in bee society. And
throughout the world, of the two abb
stract things, liberty and restraint, re-
straint is always the more honorable.


1t is true, indeed, that in those and
all matters you can never reason finally
from the abstraction, for both liberty
and restraint are good when they are
nobly chosen, and both are bad when
they are badly chosen but of the two,
1 repeat, it is restraint which charac-
terises the higher creatures and, from
the ministering of the arch-angel to the
labor of the insect-from the poison of
the planets to the gravitation of grain
of dust-the power and glory Of all
creatures, and all matter, consist in
their obedience, not in their freedom.
The sun las no hberty-a dead leaf has
much. The dust of which you are
formed has no liberty. Its liberty will
come-with its corruption.
Year: 1874

and the renewal of our friendly chats.
though at such hours Clate in the after
noon) that there was no chance of his
meeting his wife. That never labored
harder with any pupil than with that
willing but nervous little lady, to ena-
BILE her rapidly to become not only pro-
ficient at the machine but to seem so.
Then tlat l progressed by making an
appointment with Mis-. Lee, on some
excuse as to my convenience, at four
o'clock on the afternoon before Christ
mas-(Christmas eve at very early
stage of the anniversary, and mean
while gained character for benevolence
by telling my companions in teaching
that they had better go home early and
thus enjoy the gay sights and sounds
presented by the streets on that festive
season. And then that l crowned the
whole by making another appointment
with Mr.. Harry Lee. for the same place,
necessity of bringing him unexpectedly
upon his wife at the very moment when
she should be sewing away at the top
of her ability.


know not much about the meeting
between Harry Lee and his wife, over
the sewing that evening be-
fore Christmas as (confound it y L
felt myself obliged to leave them alone
together just at the interesting moment,
and they had made it all up before L
thought it proper to return


However, l had my revenge. Mr..
Lee Q wish to be understood and be-
lieved on this point never fllrted any
more with me, however mildly-''never
no more" He went to Europe, but a
little later, and took his wife, leaving
his little son with his notable New. Eng
land mother, who was sure to take good
care of him though she might not per-
NIT him to romp too hilariously. They
were kind enough to believe that l had
been of service to them; and l was the
recipient of certain rings, one OF which
Harry Lee gave me with what l thought
was rather a conscious look, and the
other of which Oracle Lee gave me with
no shamefacedness and hearty kiss.


saw them together, and at home
again, in pretty new home over which,
taught by some mistakes in the past,
the wife was sole mistress, apparently
very happy. the next Christmas; and L
think Mr.. Lee, under some sort of idea
that she owed the recovery of her
husband to her sewing looked
upon that useful article as species of
good fairy, and her seat at it as place
of refuge, and always to be found sewing
when things went at all crooked in the
household.


My after acquaintance with them, at
all events, showed that the indolent,
useless, and self-willed wife had become
the busy, useful and gentle one and
that the husband, who had begun by
misunderstanding her, had come fully
back to his senses, and grown much
wiser as to the quality of the woman
with whom he had been intrusted. And
something of this, if not all of it, was
the result of little Irritation nipped In
the bud AID of My Christmas Revenge.
Year: 1874

his wife, it would he impossible to find.
Few people can boastof more admirlng
friends than the Warmers. They are
everything to each other and to their
select social circle. Mr.. Warner is one
of the few literary people who have no
air of the snob about them. He Is just
as agreeable and unDretending as
though he had not written that richest
bit of humor, My Summer in Garden
| will wind up these remarks with q
reference to George Macdonald and
his family. Those who were fortunate
enough to meet this great man and his
wife need not be told how happy was
their life. To those who did not, | will
only say that | never knew couple
better suited to one another. Mrs.
Macdonald made no pretensions to
literary distinction, but her husband
considered her his best literary critic.
He submitted everything to her, not as
one who undervalued his own opinions,
but as one who thoroughly appreciated
the advantages of her quick wit and
ready sympathy. The foregoing are
but a few in the long list of distin-
guished writers in this country, but
they are sufficient to prove the fact
that literary men and women are not
necessarily unhappy in their domestic
life.-lN. Y. Letter to Boston Gazette.
Year: 1874

The English language Is made up OF


such varied combination, and is used


so figuratively and allegorically, that


one can hardly give utterance To an


unstudied phrase but what ingenuity
and quick perception can construe into
diversity of meanings; and so many


words have nearly the same meanings
that they are often misused and mis-


applied; more probably from careless
custom than from ignorance.


The words intelligent, educated. and
learned, are often used as though they
had the same meaning, although they


convey entirely distinct ideas.


Intelligence is an innate faculty oi
the human soul, that enables one to
think and receive ideas with degree


of comprehension and understanding
Education is the cultivation and re-
finement of the powers of understand
ing, and includes both moral and intel
lectual training. This term is usually
applied to the early developments oi
the mind, when it is made capable Oi


receiving learning. There are two
kinds of education one we have given
us at school, which only prepares us foI
the more substantial one we get our


selves from the world. Human nature


can never be learned from books; 1t Is
a knowledge others may acquire, but


never impart; it constitutes an impOr-
tant part of our education, and can


only be gained by mingling with OuI
fellow men. There is great difference


in people, and this difference Is greatly
| the result of our education.


Learning is knowledge gained by


research and study. 1t is eruditiOn


which a well-educated man may not


possess. knowledge is information


gained by study, experience and obser-
walton. Wisdom is an endowment


and is higher than knowledge will


judgment and discretion.


Intelligence, education and learning


are three great steps to the highest
development of the human mind


neither of which can be attained with


out the aid of the other. God place;


us on the first step; we make sure oi


our footing, and reach the others by


our own efforts.


The second requisite to this end /:
application. He who would acquire


mental as well as human knowledge


must never admit defeat, or pause ovel
| a difficulty, but work steadily on to the
end, that he may conquer every obstacle


which comes in his way. I'm the lexI'


con of YOUTH says Bulwer,. "ther'
! should be no such word as fail"
Year: 1874

20. give ne something. Lady,
For have given my heart
A tribe TO replace it,


When we are far apart"
She drew from out her bosom


A rosebud wet with dew,
And gave it TO him. saying.


Heres something, sir, for you"
Il take it, and will keep it,


For never lady wore
4 flower so pure and perfect


But you must give me more ;"
4 have no more to give, sir;


a simple maid like me,
who has nor birth nor fortune,


What should she have:" said she.
"But Won have gold" he answered;
NO lady in the land
so rich a dover. What is it =
The ring upon your hand ?"
She slipped from OF her finger


The little ring she wore.
i take 1t, and VIII wear it


But you must give me more -
What more have ] to give you


why give you anything?
You had my rose before, sir.


And now you have my ring"
You had forgotten one thing"


Il do not understand ="
The dew goes with the rosebud.
And with the ring the hand -
She gave her hand: he took il.


And kissed it DER and DER;
L give myself to you, love;


Il cannot give you more ~
Year: 1874

"PLEAsE GIVE Me- A DRINK. Dur
ing a pleasant tour in Scotland, in
1869, L witnessed on the pier at Dun
noon, an interesting sight, which sf-
forded great pleasure to not few. A
fine dog was on the pier, close bv the
side of the Glasgow steamer. He had,
L believe, Just before, been taken from
small steamer, and was waiting for
his further passage on another boat.
On patting the pretty animal he held
up his head, when i Immediately no.
ticed a label, on which read the words
Please, give me drink 7


'NO sooner had attention been called
to this appeal-evidently attached to
the dogs neck by a kind-hearted and
thoughtful owner-than a group of
ladies and children gathered around us
and willing hands and feet were in in
slant requisition to provide supply of
water. One of the pOrters, evidently
with tender heart under his Jacket.
promptly brought tin filed with
water, which was quickly drunk by the
thirsty animal, whose face said, as
plainly as dog can say, Thank you 2
Several of the ladies, found, were to
be fellow passengers with the dog, and
many were the assurances from my fair
friends that master doggie should have
every attention during the voyage, and
shouId not suffer from the want of
either food or water" - Children s
Friend
Year: 1874

How TO KEEP SITUATIOS.-Be ready
to throw in An odd half hour or an
hours time when it Will be an accom-
mediation, and don't seem to make a
merit of it. Do it heartily. Though
not word be said, your employer will
make a note OF it. Make yourself in
dispensible to him, and he will lose
many of the opposite kind before he
will part with you.


Those young men who watch the
clock to see the very second their work
ing hour is up-who leave, no matter
what style of work they may be in, at
precisely the instant-who calculate the
extra amount they can slight their work
and yet not get reproved-who are
lavish of their employers goods-will
always be the first to receive notice.
when times are dull, that their services
are no longer required.
Year: 1874

MUFFLED DRUMs.-A captain, observ-
ing that one of the drums did not beat,
sent his lieutenant to inquire the rea-
son. "Tell the captain, whispered the
drummer, "that my drum is loaded
with turkeys, and one of them is for
him." "Well, well, said the captain,
che needn't do duty, if he isn't able. !"


How often, when men should speak,
they are silent, because they have, or
think they have, selfish interest in
consistent with what they ought to
utter.


The conscience and the heart are
often loaded and muifled by sinful pur-
poses and recollections.


Wrong in the heart so unfavorably
Affects even the intellect, that it does
not promptly and plainly respond to
the stroke OF the hand of truth. 1t only
mumbles when it should ring and rattle
with alarm or animation. He who
drinks wine as a beverage warns against
whisky with a very husky voice. A man
should have his mouth clean from to-
bacco before he opens it wide against
brandy. The spirit of the world in the
heart prevents one from speaking effec-
lively for Observation-Disclosures.