smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

A small tomahawk was found yester-
day on the Northern shore of Belle
Isle, which evidently had been uncov-
cred by the late freshet. It is of the
character which is known among arch
biologists as belonging to the pale-
olithic period of the stone age. The
upper part of this implement is slightly
barbed in two places; the lower is
pointed. There is rude groove
around it, into which was inserted the
wythe that fastened it to it's handle.
II is wrought of honey-colored flint.
How many years it has lain in its oozy
bed no one can even guess. Belle Isle
was known in the last century as Broad
Rock Island, and tradition says it was
used by the primitive tribes as place
of burial for their dead. The gentle.
man who picked up the implement de.
scribed above has also unearthed three
distinct specimens of Indian pottery on
this island.-Aichn,oad Enquirer.
Year: 1874

The social war still RACES, says a
Paris correspondent, respecting the
custom of q host selecting from among
his guests the most conspicuous of the
guests invited passing them in review
before the company as he conducts
them to the chief seats at the table.


The abolition of this inhospitable in
equality is strongly urged. At dinner
table, there ought to be no subalterns,
but Spartan equality. The Russian
plan is excellent, where the guests as
semble and mix at q buffet, sort of
overture to the dinner, and make
acquaintances before passing, sens
ceren,onie, to the dinner. table. In the
eighteenth century tho rule was for the
ladies to enter the dining-room alone,
those nearest the door passing in first ;
for any lady to offer to make way for
another of exaulted station, the latter
would consider the intended Difference
as an impertinence. The gentlemen
afterward followed and took seats by
chance.
Year: 1874

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A correspondent of the Richmond
Inquirer tells the following story re-
specting Baptist preacher of strong
common sense, but very rough-hewn
theology, who was widely known and
much liked and respected in Southside
Virginia many years ago. The old par
son was preaching very earnestly about
the certainty and the terrible nature
and degree of the miseries of the
damned, and when he had succeeded
in working up himself and his awe
struck audience into high degree of
excitement, and the latter into terrified
admiration Of his narrowing detail Of
horrors, he capped the climax after this
fashion: my friends, you all know
Major Clarke's furnace you have seen
it often, how the white hot Goals Just
melt up iron thrown into it as if it was
snow: Well. if you took q sinner out
of hell and threw him into Major Clarke's
furnace, he'd have an agur in two
minutes"
Year: 1874

Denver papers note the return to that
city of Miss Matte Gaylord, Of Boston,
"the great tourist Of the Northwest
and the Pacific Coast" and say: Five
wears ago she and her sister made this
city the initial point of departure for
wonderful journey of 1900 miles,
which they accomplished with their
own carriage, visiting every camp, set
tlement, village, and city in the Terri
tories and on the Pacific coast. Miss
Gaylord is now en- route to Australia,
where she will spend the next two
years in a similar explorstive Journey
Year: 1874

II went in and saw it there" whis-
perod my wife, and then, without tax.
ing my eyes for an instant from the
snake, I whispered the one word "gun,' -
and sho glidod from my side.


did not know then, but sho told mo
afterward, how she had carried tho lit
tic boy to a distance and given him
somo flowers to play with, while she
crept back to the hut, and reaching in
at the kitchen window, brought me- my
gun, for I had not stirred. And now,
as I grasped the piece in my hand,
knowing as I did that it was loaded, it
seemed Of NO use, for dare not fire ;
but, with trembling hands, I felt in my
pockets to see if there was . bullet in
them, and then softly pulling out the
ramrod, ] unscrewed the cover of the
worm, drew the wadding, reversed the
piece and let the shot fall pattering out,
when I softly forced down the bullet
upon tho powder, examined thecap and
stood ready waiting for a chance; for
Fl thought that tho shot might have
scattered, and, if ever SO little, might
have injured the child instead of its
enemy.


And there We stood for quite half an
hour, Watching intently that horrible
beast completely nestled in the blanket,
expecting momentarily that the baby
would awake, while my hand trembled
SO could hardly hold the gun steady.
One moment T was thinking that I had
done wrong in changing the charge, the
next that I was right, then fancied the
gun might miss fire, or that I might
slay my own child. A hundred horrible
thoughts entered my mind before little
Joe began to call out to his mother,
and she glided away while I muttered
to myself, "Thank Heaven!" for she
was spared from seeing what followed.


As If at one and the same moment,
the child and the snake woke up. /
saw the baby's hand move, and its
little arms thrown out, while from the
motion beneath the blanket I saw that
it must have kicked q little. Then
there was q rapid movement in the
cradle, and ~ glanced along the .gun
barrel, taking aim, there was tho whole
of the horrible reptile exposed to view,
coil gliding on coil, as it seemed to fiji
the whole cradle had my gun been
charged with shot I should have fred,
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Year: 1874

THE MosT SUCCTssFUL-There is moth


ing more fortunate for moderate genius


than to be born poor The silver


spoon class are very comfortable
people. no doubt, but the great trouble
with them is, their education is of this
order, and il they don't become very
great they are extremely likely to become
the very opposite Poverty has helped
men tn solve some OF the greatest prob
leios of life Half its brave deeds have
been a necessity, and most of It's noble
savings have been bora of determined
opposition 1t does a man good To put
him to his wits ends Emergencies
make men. ANY man can be general
or pilot n calIa, but storms show the
metal Reputation is made more by
bohlness aud will than by ability and pa
thence. Life is too short to wait for the
tide whose cbb leads on to fortune. We
must make the most of present oppor-
tuniies, bot we shall hardly do it, unless
present opportunities are in the main
present necessities The man who works
out these TO the lulles! extent is the most
successful man.
Year: 1874

The Local Option elections in the
smaller townships were but skirmishes in
the great Temperance battle, compared
with the one held in Oakland q week ago
to-day. Oakland is a city either one Of
its four precincts polls as large Q vote as
Weaverville, while the main precinct has
as many voters as Trinity county, Con-
sequently the result, a triumph for the
d" No License" party, must be accepted
as indicative that the cause Of Temper
ance is making more rapid progress than
its friends have claimed, and that their
enemies can be defeated in what they
deem their strongholds. twas believed,
when the Local Option Law was passed,
that its influence would not be felt in tho
cities and larger towns, but it was gener-
ally conceded on all hands that the cities
would retain the license system, while
the rural districts would vote it down.
But the results of the trials of strength at
Oakland and Santa Cruz show that there
may be influences brought to bear which
viii change tho apparent sentiment of a
community, and produce effects directly
the reverse Of what had been anticipated.


The Temperance victories at Oakland
and Santa Cruz must be mainly attributed
to the energy with which the women of
those two places worked for the success of
the movement. Without their assistance
the battle would have been lost. In Val
LEO and in Visalia, where the friends of
temperance had equal reason to expect
triumph as in the other places, the wo-
men took but little part in the matter,
and the elections were lost. And judging
by the accounts we have received in the
daily papers, the elections in Santa Cruz
and Oakland would have gone the other
way had none but the voters took part in
the election.


Meanwhile the Local Optionists are
preparing for the battle in other locali-
ties. Their petition is ready for present
alton in Sacramento, but will not be
handed to the Supervisors until the Tenn
perancc element feel confident Of carry
ing the Capital Of the State.


The license men, on the other hard,
are not idle. Every point is stubbornly
contested, and of the thirty eight cleo
lions which have been held thus far they
have succeeded in carrying ten. In Oak
land the saloon-keepers have put on
bold front since their defeat, and claim,
that they will have the right to continue
their business under the Federal Lcens-
es they have, unexpired.


1t now remains to be seen what will be
the prac ctical effect Of the law, if decided
constitutional by the Courts. 1t is claimed
that in the older States, prohibitory laws
have not had the effect of decreasing in
toxication, but rather the reverse. Con-
frmed drunkards will endeavor to OBJ
tain liquor by some means or other, but
happily for this country that class of men
are comparatively few. Undoubtedly
the closing Of saloons will put stop to
the social aspect Of liquor-drinking, and
therein is whore prohibitory laws will be
more effective in this Ean in the older
States.
Year: 1874

A BAD APPOINTMENT. - Secretary
Richardson, who was permitted to resign
when he should rather have been i'm
peached and removed, was nominated by
President Grant as one Of the Judges Of
the Court Of Claims, and the Senate has,
by e bare majority, confirmed the APP
pointment. In this case Grant has not
exercised the good judgment expected Of
him. Richardson has made a most nef-
ficient Secretary Of the Treasury to say
the least, and the people are pretty well
satisfied Of it by this time. His appoint
ment to the position he now holds is not
an act calculated to reflect credit upon
either the appointing or the confirming
power.
Year: 1874

THE Bishop of Iceland has issued a
pastoral, ordering service in the three
hundred churches of the island, on the
second day Of August, in commemoration
of the tho1sandth anniversary of the first
settlement and Of the grant of new Con-
sttution by the King OF Denmark, which
goes into effect at the date mentioned.
Year: 1874

THE inmates Of the Sacramento county
Jail have IA mortal terror of being locked
up in Mortimer's cell. All the keepers
have to do wher prisoner becomes OBJ
streperous is to threaten to put him in the
cell, when he Immediately comes to terms.
They believe that the ghost of Mortimer
sill hSunts his old quarters.
Year: 1874

THE New York and New England pa
pers generally oppose the bill for the ad-
mission of New Mexico. The Western
delegates are nearly all united to pass the
measure, and it is possible that when the
bill comes up again for debate there will
be bitter sectional fight developed.
Year: 1874

AT Davenport, Iowa, recently, a boy
five years old found cup of whisky, the
contents OF which he drank, and shortly
after died in great agony. The chid's
birthday had been celebrated the previous
evening and the whisky had been left
over with other remains of the festivities.
Year: 1874

THE present qualifications for natural
ization in this country are Five years
residence and a declaration to become a
citizen at least two years before the pa
pers are secured. A bill is now pending
in the House Of Representatives to reduce
the term Of residence to three years, and
the time of declaration to one year.
Year: 1874

A CURIOSITY is shortly to be placed in
the Ordnance Museum at Washington,
consisting of n Federal and Confederate
bullet impacted in the air, which was
picked up before Petersburg in 1864.
Year: 1874

THE HIGH PRICE OF lcE, or The threatened a
high price OF that commodity, has given rise 10
school OF philosophers who believe that the
use OF iced drinks oi any kind is in jnrious TO
Leaith' ana that It is u delusion 10 suppose
that you ieel any better after you have drunk
OF ice water than before. The lmmodersts use
CT ice water is admittedly injurious, and the
new philosophers shrewdiy eiinch their argh-
ment against lis moderate use 10y showing that
II tegets thiIst which constantly demands
more. Perspring humanity Will be slow to
come TO this belief, or, at least, TO act On it, and
yet 1t Is consoling philosophy for those who
cannot get any ice. Something more useful 10
them than theory, however, will be the knowl-
edge that a common flower pot inverted over a
plate OF butter and covered with several LAYERS
OF wet cloths, will keep the butter from melt
ing and preserve it In more or less solid
form.
Year: 1874

No human being whose stomach and liver are
disordered enjoy life. Business is fatigue and
n BORE and all amusements fiat and improbable"
to the victim of Indigestion, biliousness and dis


turbances of the bowels and the nerves which
always accompany them. The shortest. surest.
safest way to get rid of these evils, and of the


tai dependency which out of them, is tone
and regulate the system with Hostetters Stomach
Btters. OF all stimulants it is the purest. Of all


vegetable tonics the most active, of all catharcs
the mildest. Of all anti-bilious preparations the
most swift and certain in its operation. During the
twenty odd years that it has been in use it has lived
and taken rank as the standard restorative of the
age. je25toly2
Year: 1874

Mr.. j. Ross Stewart an ex member OF the
Louisiana Legislature, is in the city, look
ing very much improved by a visit to the
Hot Springs, in Arkansas. He assures us
he has entirely recovered his health and
feels as vigorous as ever, and that it is his
intention to accompany Senator Pinchback
on trip into some of the parishes for the
purpose of opening the political campaign
that is before us. prior to the convening OF
the State Convention in this city on the fifth
of next month
Year: 1874

There is bird in New Guinea, called the Megapodius, which in the size of it's eggs, and it's manner of matching them, must be considered extraordinary. It is not larger than one of our ordinary fowls, but it's eggs are three inches long by two and half in diameter. It does not attempt to sit on them. A colony of birds lay their eggs together in a large mound in the hottest part of the year, from September to March, and leave them to be matched by the sun. The mound is made of sand, loose earth, and sticks and leaves, which lat ter by their decay increase the heat. The mounds are wonderfully large, being ten feet high and about sixty feet in circumference at the base. The young birds come out at hole in the top. The mother-birds wait on the trees aroand till their chicks are matched and then each leads off her own brood. How each knows it's own is a mystery. The eggs are much relished by the na- tives, but not at all by Europeans. A native of Cape York ventured one day into nest for eggs, and while he was exploring the hidden riches of the large mound the upper part fell in and he was smothered. He was afterward found in thevery act of digging-buried alive in birds nest. E5.l
Year: 1874

MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE CONTROLLER.


The following is the monthly statement OF
warrants drawn against the City Treasury from Jan
to June 80 1874 also statement OF the city debt June
So s7I with statement OF the stocks that have been
Year: 1874

HARTsDALE.-The $50 a. m. train from New
York on the Harlem Railroad struck and instantly
killed an unknown who was walking on the track
near this village Yesterday. He was walking the
"down" track and had stepped over to the up track
10 avoid an approaching train from White Plans ana
did not coming express until 1t was 700 late 10
snnn the danger
Year: 1874

SINCE the close of the campaign 10 Oregon,
La Low has recovered from his "severe indis-
position" His symptoms were all premonitory
and his disease likewise, and prognosticated
inevitable overwhelming defeat. We don't
know whether most to pity La Dow or the
Democratic voters of Oregon. Both felt keen
ly the awkwardness of their situations, and
both are no doubt rejoiced that the farce has
concluded. It has had the effect to restore La
Dow to even more than his accustomed physi.
cal health and vigor, and he comes forth from
the sick bed on which he prostrated himself to
keep from exposing his utter un6tness for the
position to which folly and stupidity had nom-
mated him, looking better than ever before"
But it will not learn Democratic managers
anything; they have become incapable of learn
ing even in the hard school of experience.
Year: 1874

The true girl has to be sought after She
does not parade herself in show goods She
is not fashionable Generally she is not
rich. But, oh ! what heart she has when
you find her so large, and pure, and
womanly! When you see it you wonder if
those snowy things outside were women.
If you gain her love, your two thousands
are millions. She'll not ask you for car
riage or trst-class house. She'll wear
simple dresses, and turn them when neces.
sary, with no vulgar magni6cate to frowD
upon her economy. She'll keep everything
neat and nice in your sky parlor, and give
you such welcome when you come home,
that you'll think your power higher than
ever. She'll entertain two friends on a
dollar, and astonish you with the new
thought how little happiness depends on
money. She'll make you love home, (if
you don't you're brute,) and teach you
how to pity, while you scorn, poor fash
ionable society that thinks itself rich, and
vainly tries to think itself happy. Now,
do not, pray you, say any more can't
afford to marry" Go, find the true
woman, and you can. Throw away that
cigar burn up that switch cane, be sensible
yourself, and seek your wife in q sensible
way.
Year: 1874

Every kind word and feeling, every good
deed and thought, every noble action and
impulse, is like the ark-sent dove, and re-
turns from the troubled waters Of life bear
ing green olive branch to the soul.
Year: 1874

DR.. Talmage has something to say on
the question of praying: "We are conf.
dent that one reason for the long pray
ers with which we are sometimes affict.
ed in religious meetings is an incapacity
to wind up. After the brother has been
praying about long enough you see that
he is trying to find Amen He does
not want to come too suddenly upon it,
and so he gradually makes that way ;bul
he is like Brooklyn ferry-boat aiming
for the wharf when there is good deal
of ice IN the river. and he backs in and
out, in and out, at last reaching it witt
laundering strokes. Many of the breth-
rem in their prayers take one third Of the
time to, get started and another third te
stop. Why not with your first senteEce
plunge into what you most want, and
stop when you get through without any
circumgyrationsp Men keep on aftel
they ought to stop, because they do moi
know how to let down brakes. We have
recommendation to make: If any iso
lated Amen would sound abrupt at thu
time you want to close, do as the Psalm.
ist did when the prayers of David thu
son of Jesse were ended, exclaiming
amen and Amen 2"
Year: 1874

He may be seen any DAWN almost any
part of the village The never makes room
for you on the sidewalk, looks at you
saucily, and swears smartly if asked any
thing; he is very impudent, ard often
vulgar, to ladies who pass ;he delights in
frightening and often does serious injury
to little boys and girls;he lounges at the
street corners, and is the first at dog
fight or any other sport or scrape; he
crowds into the post office in the even.
ing, and multiplies himself and his an
tics at such rate that people having le-
gitimate business are often crowded out
he thinks himself very sharp, he is Ger
tainly very noisy; he can smoke and
chew tobacco now and then, and rip out
an oath most any time; we ask whose
boy he is. Mother, is he yours9 We
think he is, for there are many good
qualities in the lad, and we do not think
that you know what he does on the
street. Look after him, mother; keep
him most at home. Train him, and you
will have son to be proud Of
Year: 1874

The object Of brushing the teeth is to
remove the destructive particles of food
which by their decomposition generate
decay. To neutralize the acid resulting
from this chemical change is the object
of dentli6ce. A stiff brush should be
used after every meal, and thread of
silk floss or India rubber passed through
between the teeth to remove particles of
food Rinsirg the mouth in lime water
neutralizes the acid. 3i.l 'st


Living and sleeping in room in which
the sun never enters is a slow form of
suicide. A sunbath is the most refresh.
ing and life giving bath that can possibly
be taken. 'H q


Always keep the feet warm, and thus
avoid colds. To this end, never sit in
damp shoes or wear foot coverings fit.
ting and pressing closely. ~ 5.


The best time to eat fruit is half an
hour before breakfast. 7s


A full bath should not be taken less
than three hours after a meal. Never
drink cold water before bathing Do not
take acold bath when tired. 81


Keep box of powdered starch on
the washstand; and after washing, rub a
pinch over the hands. 1t will prevent
chapping. s'9 aa "


II feeling cold before going to bed,ex-
ercise; do not roast over fire. '''
Year: 1874

The men wear turban and a sash;
the ladies wear belt with fringe from
three to ten inches deep, not unlike the
fringed jet belts that have just come into
favor with our own ladies. The highly.
fashionable ladies dye their hair two col.
ors' anG arrange it so as to present di.
ameter Of about five feet.


They eat their prisoners. and even
sometimes their neighbors, and have a
particular relish for fat young women
roasted whole. dish thus prepared be
ing called in Fejee par.ance "long pig
They do not hesitate to kill babies and
strangle widows when they are on the
parish; and it is common to suggest to
old parents that their room is more
agreeable than their company, and il
they do not take themselves. out of the
way the flial hand is frequently applied
to the parental throat.
Year: 1874

In Sonora County, California, a few
days ago, mule was drawing a load of
lime, which encouraged by brisk show
er, went into vigorous combustion The
wagon took fire, but the mule, resenting
this demonstration in the vehicle, and
with view, perhaps of investigating it,
stood still. The driver suggested that
he proceed but the mule put his fore
foot to the front and laid his ears to the
rear, and maintained his ground. In due
time the fire on the wagon singed the
mule. Then it scorched him. Then it
.blistered him. Then it roasted him
But he never moved. There was prin-
cipal at stake, and he calcinated in his
tracks in support of it, When the pro-
cess had ended all that was left of what
had been mule was half barrel of
ashes. Tribune giq
Year: 1874

~A country clerk in rural town
had pet calf, which lie was training up
in the ways of the OK. The calf walked
around very peacefully under one end
OF the yoke, while Mr.. Clerk held up
the other end. Bat in an unfortunate
moment the man conceived the idea Of
putting his own neck in the yoke to let
the calf see how it would seem to work
with partner. This frightened the
calf, and, elevating his tail and voice,
he struck "dead run" for the village,
and Mr.. Clerk went along, with his head
down and his plug hat in his hand,
straining every nerve to keep up, and
CRYING out at the top of his voice =
"Here we come blast our foolish souls
Head us, somebody"
Year: 1874

A grocer on Gratiot, street keeps "a
little brown Jug near his cider barrel,
and when he wants to do the fair thing
by customer, he iningles some of the
contents of the aforesaid jng with the
cider He made q mingle yesterday for
an old farmer, but got in good deal Of
whisky and very little cider. About an
hour after drinking the farmer was oh


served leaning against fence. and was
heard to solilloquise: "Ics too late for
sunstroke aud too early to freeze to
death, and guess it's touch of the
shakin' ager." ft H~