smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The welcome rain, SO much needed

 throughout the Territory, has come It began in Tucson last evening al

 dark and has continued gentle and al

 most constantly up to the hour we go

 to press. The telegraph line is work | ing badly, but well enough 10 bring

 Us the glad tidings of rain at Prescott, PheniX, Florence, Apache, Thomas,

 Grant and Silver City. In fact, so far as we can learn, Q soaking rain has

 been falling for nearly twenty-four hours over the length and breadth of our Territory, with a good prospect

 for it 10 continue another tweniy-four

 hours. The streams that were so low yesterday are already swelling with a fretful tide. The roads that rendered travel so unpleasant because of dust are today heavy with moisture, and the thirsty earth everywhere has quickly absorbed each drop of the falling waters. This rain will result in a thousand benefits aud every one. should be devoutly grateful. The far mer will reap @ fuller harvest from his later crops, the abundant grazing will add largely to the stock mans wealth and the miner will rejoice to dnd the mountain springs, which sup. ply camp and mill. full to overflow ! ing. This also doubtless ends the warm season, and all who visit Ari- ! zona will, instead of dust and heat. ! observe an appearance of freshness . and beauty everywhere. We venture the prophecy that this date will mark . Inc beginning of a season of prosper l ity in Arizona greater than even the | most sanguine hope for The vigor that returns with the cool season and the advance of the iron road are sure 10 work important revolutions, with highly beneficial results.
Year: 1879

Nor since tho llush times Of the war
has there been such mn abundance Of
money in circulation in the cast IA at
tho present time. Wall street is again
in it's glory. This is tho rosult Of big
crops. and n return TO q specie basis.
Year: 1879

EN- THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEC


OND Judicial District Of the State of Nevada, in and
for the County of Ormsby.James Gettys, plaintiff,
Mary Jane Gettys defendant Action brC in the Dis
Court of the Second Judicial District of the State Of
Nevada in and for the County Of Ormsby, and the
plant filed in said County Of Ormsby in the office Of the
Clerk Of said District C0rrtThe State of Nevada sends
greeting to Mary Jane Gety| defendant You hereby
required to IN action brought against by the
ab named plaintiff in the District Court Of the Second
Judicial District Of the State of Nevada in and for the
County of OrmSby. and to the complaint filed
therein "a copy OF which accompanies this summOn5)
within days exclusive of the day OF service)
after the service on you OF this summons-n
served within this county; if served out Of
this county, but in this District, within twenty days
otherwise within forty days-or judgment by default will
be TAX against The said action brought to obtain


decree of divorce disS diving the bonds OF mltrmCny
isng between plaintiff aud yourself the grounds OF
having tie adultery the latter part of the
year A D. 1874 and in the part of the year A. D.
1873, in the Territory (now State) of Colorado with
certain persons, named in complaint, at various
and diverse times and places anu at various an diverse
times an p down to this tie with various other
persons that to the exact times and places of said
various of adult ,ry that plaintiff is uniformed he
being said time tho State OF Nevada; and upon fur
thCr grounds that you had at the time OF yOur marriage
with plaintiff former husband living III Colorado by name
OF b rt Harris all Of which is fully set forth in
plaintiff complaint. And you hereby notified that if
Ill appea- answer the said aint alb we
requr d. the said plaintiff will apply the Court for the
re ief demanded in his complaint.


Given under my hand the Seal Of the District Court
of the mi judicial District Of the Sta Of Nevada, in
and for County Of Orm~by this fifth day of June, in
the year of Lord thousand eight hundred and
nty- line.


IsS4Ll J. H. MARSHALL, Clerk


+ CJFFIv Attorney for Plaintiff. je6
Year: 1879

'lIow fast do you think we are travelling?'
Cha cley Fraser, one Of the Oldest engineers of
the New York Lake Erie & Western Railway
asked Sun reporter as they were standing to-
gether on the foot-board of locomotive 800,
rushing over the meadows towards Rutherford
Park


81 shood think we were going nearly mile
a minute


ga mile minute!" said Fraser, II doubt if
you ever rode a mile minute. Few locomo-
tives have driving wheels over five feet, and l
have my doubts ii a tive-foot wheeler can be
pushed mile minute People have a very
erroneous idea of the speed of railroad trains.
We are not going now more than thirty-tive
miles an hour, and this is very fast The pas
sengers in the cars would think we were going
a mile minute sure, if l was to pull out the
throttle so as to send her forty miles an hour.
The express trains make no such time as the
local trains Where we loose is with so many
stops No man could stand on a platform car
and face the wind going mile minute, and
live. The breath would actually be blown out
of his body. You couldn't count the telegraph
poles going q mile a minute. Talk to an Old
engineer of that rate being made by passen-
ger train, and he would laugh. L made mile
a minute once, however. 1t was when was
but eighteen years of age. was an engineer
theu in charge of fine six-foot wheel locomo-
tive. There were a lot OF railroad Moguls on
board, ard the object was to make the best
time we could. They were to ring the gong
when the speed was a mile minute. thought
we were making it for some time before the
bell rung. At length, on down grade, with
full head of steam when we were spinning
along as if we were all going to destruction,
and the motion of the piston going over the
centre could no longer be distinguished, the
bell rang We had reached the rate of a mile
a minute 1t was the fastest L ever rode. be-
fore or since. | tried hard to make a mile
minute on subsequent miles, but l lacked it
three or four seconds every time. couldn't
squeeze another mile inside Of the sixty sec
onds. When you hear man .uliing about rid
ing in passenger train that ran mile min
ute, don't say anything, but mentally scratch
off a good allowance. IN. Y. Sun. .sfa&
Year: 1879

AS !. Scott founded the historical romance
Macaulay may be said to have founded the ro-
mantle history. And to this day it is an es-
tablished popular opinion that this is the true
way of writing history, only that few Writers
have genius enough for it. The characters, it
is thought, should start into life at the hsto-
rian's touch His descriptions, it is thought,
cannot be too vivid, nor his narrative too ex-
citing. AS the object of book is to be read, it
is clear so runs the popular argument, that
the best book is that which is most readable.
1t is inconceivable to the popular mind that
man should write book which it is difficult to
read, when he might have written delightful
and fascinating one. A historical work there
fore, written in these days, if it is only as in
teresting as it used to be before the days OF
Scott or Macaulay, or if it is at all difficult to
read is popularity regarded as missing its mark.
1t is taken for granted that the writer meant
it to be like romance, only he wanted imag
ination; of course he did not mean it to be
tough reading, only he was stupid and had
not the talent of explaining things clearly. In
like manner have observed that many teach
ers of history take it for granted that the prob
lem DelOro lUeIl Is HOW u pItScHt Ia lStOTy III u
form which shall be attractive to their pupils
how to appeal to their imaginations. They say
that they find some parts of history leave their
pupils cold, but others visbly take hold of
them, fix their attention, kindle the eye,
and make the breath come quick;
and they infer, as q matter of course, that these
interesting parts should be selected for teach
ing and the uninteresting parts passed ov er.
Now, this popular opinion is plausible enough,
particularly when we consider how history first
began and what its object was for many ages
supposed and assumed to be. Is not the func-
ton of Clio to keep alive the memory of IA
nous deeds? and is she not Muse? Evident
ly then, she must speak to the great world
and with the sound of a trumpet 1t is not her
part to plod along the ground in creeping prose-
her sphere is the open sky, and she moves up-
on the wings of poetry. There is much reason
in this; and it is most right and desirable that
there should always be historians of the type
of Macaulay. Noble deeds should be told in
splendid language; great events should pass be-
fore us in swelling and stately narrative. Nay,
even the historical romance has its place,
though that is more than doubtful. The e]e-
ment of falsity that will creep in where pleas
uro rather than truth Is the object, is here adj
Llitted too freely; in critical times like these
the mature taste rebels against flights of imag-
inaton which in Shakspeare's time, when all
history was but proud tradition, were natu-
ral But boys and girls, at any rate, need not
be grudged their historical romance, and one
would pity the boy that had not read Ivanhoe,
in spite of its historical blunders.-Prof. Seely,
in Macmllan's Magazine
Year: 1879

From the Medical Journal.l


Position affects sleep. A constrained or un-
comfortable posture will often prevent repose.
Lying fiat on the back with the limbs relaxed
would seem to secure the greatest amount of
rest for the muscular system. This is the posi-
tion assumed in the most exhausting diseases,
and it is generally hailed as token of revival
when a patient voluntarily turns ON the side;
but there are several disadvantages in the su-
pine posture which impair or embarrass sleep.
Thus in weakly states of the heart and blood
vessels, and in certain morbid conditions of
the brain, the blood seems to gravitate to the
back of the head, and to produce troublesome
dreams. In persons who habitually, in their
gait or work, stoop, there is probably some
distress consequent on Strengthening the spine.
Those who have contracted chests, especially
persons who have had pleurisy and retain ad-
hesion of the lungs, do not sleep we'll on the
back Nearly all who are inclined to snore do
so when in that position, because the soft palate
and uvula hang on the tongue, and that organ
falls back so as to partially close the top of the
windpipe. 1t is better, therefore, to lie on the
side, and in the absence of special chest dis
ease, rendering it desirable to lie on the weak
side SO as to leave the healthy lung free to ex-
pand, it is well to choose the right side, be-
cause when the body is thus placed the food
gravitates more easily out of the stomach into
the intestines. A glance at any plate of the
visceral anatomy will show how this must be.
Many persons are deaf in one ear, and prefer
to lie on particular side; but, if possible, the
right side should be chosen, and the body
rolled a little forward, so that any saliva which
may be secreted shall run easily out Of the
mouth, if not unconsciously swallowed Again,
sleeping with the arm thrown over the head is
to be deprecated; but this position is often
assumed during sleep because circulation is
then free in the extremities and the head and
neck, and the muscles of the chest are drawn
up and fixed by the shoulders and thus the
expansion of the thorax is easy. The chief OBJ
jections to this position are that it creates
tendency to cramp and cold in the arms, and
sometimes seems to cause headaches during
sleep, and dreams. These small matters often
make or mar comfort in sleep.
Year: 1879

As Xenophon, in his "Cyropadia,'' men-
tions that on one occasion Cyrus went without
his gloves, there are good grounds for believ-
ing that the ancient Persians were not igno-
rant of their use, and it is known that both
Greeks and Romans sometimes wore them.
The period when gloves were first used in
England. however, is likely to be OF more
interest to our readers; and this could not
have been much before the time OF Etheldred
H., when five pairs made considerable part
of the duty paid by some German merchants
to that king for the protection of their trade.
In the reign of Richard and John gloves were
worn by the higher classes, sometimes short
and embroidered at the tops. Our ancestors
closely connected gloves with chivalry, both in
love and war; and the custom of throwing
down glove was equivalent to a challenge,
the person defied signifying his acceptance OF
it by taking up his opponents glove and throw
ing down his own Biting the glove meant,
on the border, pledge of mortal revenge, and
a story is told of gentleman of Teviotdale,
who, after a hard drinking bout, observing in
the morning that he had bitten his glove, in
quired with whom he had quarrelled, and
finding he had had words with one Of his COM
panions insisted on satisfaction, saying that,
although he remembered nothing Of the dis
pute, he would never have bitten his glove
unless he had received an objectionable insult.
He fell in the duel, which was fought near
Selkirk The following lines from "Marmion"
show that the sending of glove by lady to
her knight was token of love and COM
mand to do her bidding:


For the fair queen of France


Sent him a turquoise ring and glove,


And charged him, as her knight and love,


For her to break a lance.


In these practical days of ours chivalry has
quite died out, and gloves are now for the
most part merely regarded as covering for
the hands. One important use made of them
in modern society is in the form of bets on
such occasions as Oxford and Cambridge boat
races, royal Ascot and other races. There is
vet one old custom connected with gloves
which has lived down tn our times, but il is
seldom called into practice. 1 allude to
"gloves IN law" At an assize, when no
prisoners are to be tried, the sheriff presents
the Judge with pair of white gloves, and the
custom is also observed in Scotland.
Year: 1879

THE Argus has got so into the habit of
contradicting itself that it cannot break
away from that habit all at once. How else
can we account for its statement, made yes
terday, that the election establishes Blaine's
supremacy in this state for years, though
power thus obtained is not likely to be long
lived y
Year: 1879

The fusionists feel a good deal like the
Boston boy who, spending the summer at
Kennebunk, sent home this letter: eve
dug a woodchuck out of his hole; it was a
skunk; we slept in barn that night
Year: 1879

We told you, Greenbackers, that the
Honorable Bilks were cheating you. Look
at the returns and you will see that we were
right. The majority against your men on
against the Democrats.
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 publica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muncatlons tnat are not used.
Year: 1879

1t is better to look up and take pleas
ure in contemplating the good and
great, than to find happiness in low de-
vices and mean acts. 1t is better TO tell
The truth than to tell lie; to do good
than to do mean to save a reputation,
than to blast one; to have charity than
to be critically severe: to love your fell
lows than to hate them; better to lit up
the fallen than to pull down those al
ready up; to speak kind words than to
hiss out the gall of bitterness; to keep
pure than to reek with filth; to be on
the losing side of right than to be on the
triumphant side of wrong; to be honest
than to cheat; to have honest piety than
to be Haunting hypocrite; to be indus
trious than to be an idle vagrant; to be
fair and square human being than to
be an uncertain quantity. With your
virtue worship the true and you may at
tain unto greatness, but you can never
do it in the eyes of justice by trampling
upon, or by despising what is under you.
The poor have as bright eyes and as ten
der hearts as the rich. They are not be-
low your consideration. Natures will
low will bend over them with the same
grace and beauty they will over the
proudest son and daughter ofearth. Con-
UClIiS u uC III llic, OItC6 kJIecU-
wood says: Never unsex yourself for
greatness. The worship Of one true
heart is better than the wonder Of the
world. Don't trample on the flowers
while longing for the stars. Live up to
| the full measure of life, give way to your
impulses, loves and enthusiasms; sing,
smile, labor and be happy. Adore poetry
| for its own sake; yearn for, strive after
excellence; rejoice when others attain iE
| feel for your contemporaries a loving
envy; steal into your country's heart
glory in its greatness, exult in its power,
honor its gallant men, immortalize its
matchless women" How much better
to do these things than to go sulking and
skulking through life like some dishon-
ored curl tits better and-easier to do
right than to do wrong. You go straight
forward to the right, but you approach
the wrong by devious and doubtful ways.
Quincy Modern Aryo.
Year: 1879

A writer in the Philadelphia Times,
describing atrip through Arizona, says
We soon, entered the land of giant
cacti. / was never more surprised than
at seeing the wonderful development of
this plant in this region. | am satisfied
that nowhere in the world is such size
attained. The species called Swatara
grows to the enormous height of sixty
feet, and measures six feetin diameter.
There are tens of thousands of this
species. Most of them viii measure from
eight inches to two feet in diameter and
reach height of twenty to thirty feet.
Some have no limbs, and resemble q
high post; others have from one to three
arms. They seem to stand on the top of
the sand, with scarcely any root. and
must receive their nutrition largely from
the atmosphere. They are capped with a
beautiful flower, and later with fruit. Tha
Indians remove the fruit with long
spiked pole, and use it in large quanti-
ties. The center of this cactus is pierced
with hard, tough rod, which supports
it in times of storm. So-firm is this sup
port that one is seldom found broken or
blown to the earth. When in state Of
decay you can extract the centre, which
resembles more than anything else fish
ing-rod.


There are fifteen or twenty different
species of cacei growing in this region.
The pole cactus grows much like large
corn-stalk. Each years growth is indi-
Gated by n Joint, and n rich, tenacious
gum exudes from the surface, causing it
to burn like pine when it is entirely
green. There are two varieties of what
is called the bulb. These grow in the
form of a ball and nearly the size Of a
pint cup. One variety is armed with
thorns half an inch in length, the other
with different kind of thorn, much re-
sembling a porcupine's quill. These
thorns are as sharp as needles. and re-
quire but little pressure to penetrate
their entire length into the foot of a man
or the hoof Of q horse. The variety hav-
ing the short thorns bears red-colored
fruit, about the size of small peach; it
is very sweet, and the juice flows from
gold pen as beautiful red ink. There is
another species which bears a different
kind of fruit, resembling cucumber
about two-thirds matured. The pulp is
of the consistency of the banana, but
much sweeter, and very full Of black, fiat
seeds, the size Of a dime. AS far as /
have been able to ascertain there are
three kinds Of fruit growing on as many
different species of cacti in this desert
land. Another kind, priced more than
all the rest by the Indians, very much
resembles our century plant. The wild
Apaches have for ages depended largely
on this for sustenance- They boil the
root, make it into mush and thus eat it,
and from the rest Of the plant make a
sour drink, which they greatly enjoy.
Year: 1879

Mrs. Cligho went down to the Sand
wich Springs the other day with some
friends, and after she had departed her
husband looked around the house to see
what he could do to busy himself The
front steps looked rather brown and he
pulled off bis coat, hunted up paint and
brush, and in an hour he had completed
as nice Job of painting as any house
wife would care to see. He had a right
to chuckle over it, and to imagine how
pleased his wife would be; but no one
could tell what an hour may bring forth.
Even before she had opened the gate on
her return the wife got red in the face,
aourished her parasol around, and called
out:


You great big IDIOT Won't you
never learn anythingPn


Wh-what's the matter nowpn he
gasped.


"Matterl Why, l have invited a
dozen people to come in this evening. y


ssYes-well, can't they Gomez"


stCan theyP Hasn't every blessed one
of them got to come in at the side door
and see that sitting room carpet all full
Of holes. and the back hall all torn up
I'll die before Iii let 'ern, and if yOu
don't get s0ap-suds and rae and take
that paint off I'll hire it donew
Mr.. Cligho was just an hour and q
half at the job. and when men went past
and asked him what he was doing, he
softly replied that he was using soap
suds to exterminate red ants Dstr0H
Fres Press.
Year: 1879

/
| Vegetables are now seen on bonnets.
Is Lawns of a pale green are fashionable


Mexican filigree jewelry is the coming
rage.


The last novelty in fringe is made O
pack-thread.


Carefully-made flies are worn as ear
rings and pins.
Linen serge slippers are cool for home
wear in hot weather.
Dressmakers say that alpaca will bt
much worn this fall. --s.rr


Feathers prevail wherever they car
be used with propriety.
The yoke waists have been superseded
in Paris by the fan waist.
Silk nets are more popular than ever,
especially for young ladies.


The costumes of grenadine over silk
are usually made with polonaise.


Cover a Japanese fan with bit OF
pretty silk and it is quite "chick.n


High colored stockings are the rage
still, and especially for young misses.
A new sort of goods, Glace Mar
guerete, of silk and wool, is much worn.


Linen costumes much embroidered are
worn for morning dress in the country.


A profusion of knife-plaited ruffies
weighs down the new cheese cloth
gowns.


Dresses are worn much shorter in the
streets abroad than they are in this
country.


The flower that lady wears at her
throat should give the KEYNOTE of color
in her dress.


Dresses of the same material as those
worn by their mothers are made up for
young girls.


Ribbons with spotted stripes are the
latest importation, and take the fancy of
nearly all the ladies.


Imitation pearl beads are coming into
fashion this fall, and large importations
from Italy will be made.


Tides made of pink and blue silesia
and bordered with lace are considered
quite the thing just now.


Pointed waists, both back and front,
are being revived, but are far from being
a becoming style for the figure.


Barege dresses for Young girls are
trimmed with cascades of Breton lace.





Imitation Lisle thread gloves, costing
but ten cents per pair, are just as hand
some as the real, which cost ten times as
much.


Some walking suits have long waist
extending nearly to the knee in front
These can be worn without any outside
wrap.


Sewing beads on black lace would be
profitable amusement for idle hours.
Beaded lace is to be fashionable in
the winter.


A Paris idea is to wear fesh-colored
stockings under open worked ones.
Preposterous as this is, it is fashionable
on the boulevards.


Velvet is more used for trimming now
than at the beginning of the summer.
but it is placed on cotton materials
rather than on woolens.


A new hat called the Princess Louise
has made its appearance in London and
New York. 1t is of delicate straw and
turned up one side and back.
Year: 1879

A Paris correspondent tells a strange
story of the Zulu war In 1868 Captain
Lambert, of the Fourth Voltigeurs of the
French Imperial guard, was caught cheat
ing at cards and was expelled from his
regiment. He decided to drown him
self, but his godfather convinced him
that it would be better try his fortune in
foreign lands. So he went to the Cape of
Good Hope, learned the native dialects
and became a purveyor of ammunition
to tie Zulus, and afterward obtained a
commission in the Zulu army, of which
he finally became commander-in-chief
He died in the service, but it is said that
to him the Zulus owe their knowledge of
military tactics.