smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

The most interesting discovery
has been made in the sea OF Tiberias
Of fish which incubates its young
in the cavities OF the mouth; aud.
what is more remarkable, it is the
male which performs this part Of the
family function. As soon as the fe-
male has deposited it's eggs in the
hollow of the sand, the male ap-
proaches and draws them into the
cavities of the mouth by the process
of aspiration. Here they are dis.
tributed between the leaves of the
gills; and in the midst Of the re-
spiratory organs the eggs rapidly
develop. distending the mouth of
the male fish in the most extraordin-
ary manner. Finally the young fish
es make their appearance, packed,
in the gills like so many herrings,
all with their heads directed toward
the opening. From this place OF
safety and retreat they run in and
out until they are large enough to
take care Of themselves. 1t is sa id
that as many as two hundred inai-
vidua!s are sometimes crowded into
the mouth and gills Of the male fish.
Year: 1878




MEMPHIS. Tenn, Oct. "a. '7s.
Dear Father and Mother:


This is the first day in months that
1 have been free from great anxiety
or danger. am at home alone with
my wife. Cold weather has come
and the great pestilence which has
swept 1000 OF the people of Mem
phis into the grave in the last ten
weeks, seems to have run its course.
We have ceased TO have any appre-
hension on that account. The city
is yet almost depopulated, but refu-
gees will begin to pour in by the
thousand in a few days. But alas !
how many familiar faces will be mis-
sed, and how many desolate homes
will no more be filed with their once
happy occupants. As q family, we
have been mercifully spared. though
the hand of aff1iction was laid heavi.
ly upon us. For an entire family of
six within the circle of death to es-
cape, seems almost a miracle. We
feel profoundly thankful to God for
sparing US to our children and
friends, and hope we may live better
lives for this terrible visitation. My
wife began to improve rapidly about
week ago, and now sits up half the
time. we hope soon to see her able
to go to the country and get away
from the scene of so much suffering
and horror. l had eight nurses for
myself alone. The first, a man from
Texas. stole everything he could get
hold of, including horse and bug
gy, aud made good his escape at the
end of two days. The next one,
also from Texas, got drunk, and was
driven off. The third one, a good
man from Arkansas, was stricken
with the fever and died raving mad
in room adjoining the room of my
wife after she was taken down. The
fourth one, a doctor from Kentucky,
under the excitement and strain
upon his nerves, took to strong
drink, became drunk, when we were
both helpless in bed. He was ar
rested. sent to Jail, and died of the
fever, at an Infrmary a few days
Some of the others turn
ed oat better. My wife's nurses
were much better. / mention these
things to give you a faint idea of
what We have passed through. The
suffering is indescIibable. Our house
is in a state great confusion from
top to bottom and cannot be regula-
ted soon. l hope you will give my
best regards and thanks and those
Of my wife to- Mr.. Zirkle and family.
and others who took such an inter
est in the unfortunate sufferers of
this city. We owe the world debt
of gratitude which can never be re.
paid. L hope never to hear of Sec
tional animosity again. There is
life and heroism and fraternity in
the old land yet. Enough to save
it, enough to counterbalance the
bad. 1 believe that good will come
of this all, and that the conduct of
those of US who remained here from
a sense of duty will cause the peo-
pie of The North and of the whole
country to feel that their sympa-
thies, their contributions and their
sacrifices of treasures and of valua-
BILE lives was not in vain !; not thrown
away upon an unworthy people.
Mutual respect will warm into love
and patriotism.


j. HARVEY MATHEs.
Year: 1878

A pink ribbon under The chin
makes a pale woman look brighter.


The lady of the house should re-
ceive the guests at formal recep-
ton.


A man should not appear in his
shirt sleeves before ladies in the
house.


Some men unpleasantly comb their
mnstache at the table.
Year: 1878

Any short comings in this paper
are to be charged to our liver. Our
liver has come down on US like a
mother.in law. 1t has whooped it up
to us like one OF the boys out Of
sight of the police. In the silent
watches Of the night we arise and
wrestle with it. and cannot prevent.
Year: 1878

RETURN Coop FOR EyIL.-A strange
scene occurred the other day at Sierck on
the Moselle. Her Schmidt had a dog
which he wished to get rid of. Rowing
out into the middle Of the river, he
fastened stone around the dogs head
and threw hin into the water The
apiriaI sau! at once but during lis
struggles the rope slipped Of the stone,
and he again rose to the surface ana tried
to get INTO the beat Ills master, how
ever. continued to push him back, but rs
the dog perseyered, he lost his patience,
and striking at hnn with his oar lost his
footing and fell into the water himself
He w;.s unable to swim but The dog seiz-
ina him by lis coat, succeeded IN bring
ing him t. land after having beenrepeated-
II vashcd away By tho current.
Year: 1878

DILL HEAD PAPER.-An immense sto. L
ID of Bill HEAD PAPER, Just received at the
STATESMAN Office. Bill heads printed and pa
per furnished at little more than the cost of
white paper.
Year: 1878

Especial to the Democrat]


WASHINGTON March 2o.-Old Howe, OF Wis
consin, to-day introduced resolution to in
quire into the record of Judge Whitaker as q
revenue officer. The design of this Is. Of course,
to give the Radicals an opportunity to throw
mud at Whitaker. with the view Of helping
to sustain the recsnt action OF the Supreme
Court and prejudice the late prosecution OF An
derson in the pubic mind.


The Radicals In the Senate never lose a
chance to lp their friends in trouble, and their
custom In this regard Is In striking contrast to
the miserable hesitancy and cowardice. or
worse. Of the Democratic House, which. under
the


Manipulation Of Sam Randall,
was prevented from taking any action to sus-
tain or encourage the authorities OF Louisiana
in their effort to punish the felons of the Re-
turning Board.
The custom OF the Democrats. under Ran
dalls leadership, seems to be to lift up their
coat tails and bend over whenever the Radicals
manifest q disposition to kick somebody.


BUELL..
Year: 1878

CHARACTER. The difference of char
acter are never moro distinctly seen
than. in times when men are surround
cd by difficulties and misfortune. There
are some who when disappointed by
the failure of an undertaking, from
which they had expected great things,
mako up their minds at once to exert
themselves no longer against what
they call fate, as if thereby they could
avenge themselves upon fate; Others
grow desponding and hopeless but a
third class of men will rouse them.
selves Just at such moments and say TO
themselves, "the more difficult II is to
attain my ends, the moro honorable Il
win be y aud this is. maxim which
everyone should impress upon himself
as q law. Some Of those who are guid.
cd by il prosecute their plans with oh.
stinacy, and so perish, others, who
are more practicable men, If they have
failed In one way, will try another
Year: 1878

A man is said to be "red" or "white"
with rage. In using these expressions
we are physologieally speaking of the
nervous condition of the minute circu-
lation of the mans blood. "Red" rage
means partial paralysis of minute
blood-vessels and "white' rage means
temporary suspension OF the action OF
the circulation itself. But such dis
turbances cannot bo produced without
tho occurrence Of permanent organic
evils Of the vital organs, especially of
the heart and brain. One striking ex-
ample is given by Dr. Richardson, in
the case of member Of his own pro.
fession. This gentleman told me that
an original irritability of temper was
permitted, by want of due control, to
pass into a disposition of almost per-
sistont or chronic anger, SO that every
trife in bis way was u cause of unwar-
rantable irritation. Sometimes his
anger was so vehement that all about
him were alarmed for him even more
than for themselves; and when the
attack was over there were hours of
sorrow and regret in private which
were not as exhausting as the previous
rage. In the midst Of one OF these
outbreaks of short, severe madness he
suddenly felt, to use his own expires.
sion, as il bis "hoart were iost.' lie
rccled under the impression, was nau-
seated and faint; then recovering, he
put his hand TO his wrist and discover
cd an intermittent action OF his heart
as the cause of his iaintncss. lie never
completely rallied from that shock,
and to the day Of death, ten years
later, ho was never free from inter.
mittency. al am broken-heartod," he
would say, physically broken.heart-
ed.' And so he was but the knowl-
edge of the broken heart tempered
marvclously his passion and saved him
many years of really useful life. He
died ultimately from an acute ferbilo
disorder. Chambers Journal
Year: 1878

When Benjamin Franklin arrived in
Philadelphia he calmly walked up street
with loaf OF bread under his arm. But
he couldn't doit nowadays Somebody
would steal his bread before bo got
half block from the river Phldaei-
phid Chronicle
Year: 1878

and other capitalists are quite will
ing to accept city and county bonds
as an investment, they are chary
about buying special improve
ment bonds like those which
have for some time been issued to
carry out the opening of Los An
gsles street. We confess that we
don't see that we can blame them
much, especially in view of the
fact that owners of property align
ing this street decline to receive
these bonds in payment of damages
sustained by them through this
contemplated improvement of one
Of our leading thoroughfares.


We trust that n rumor which
reaches us as to the intention
of some of the members ol
the Council is without foundation.
This rumor is that the chain-gang
is to be dispensed with, and that
street and other city work is to be
paid for by the day. During the
past year the chain.gang has re-
paired the streets and bridges, and
the city has not been put to fifty
dollars worth of expense, even III
carpenter work, on the latter. The
chain.gang is both a convenience


to the city and to the tramp ane


meier do we'll. 1t has really proved
itself to be the most remunerativt


feature of our city administration
Year: 1878

The Herald steam Printing House is
not surpassed by any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside OF San Fran.
cisco. in facilities for doing job work
Low prices, good work and expedition
may be relied upon at this Office.
Year: 1878

We remember meeting Mr.. Edison,
some years ago, when he was most
deeply absorbed in his experiments re-
lating to the conductibility of sound
through various mediums, and had
long and interesting conversation with
him upon that subject. We conversed
upon the well-known fact that the same
medium of transmission has different
properties at different times. We both
cited instances in which q man forty
three years old, though using his ut
most strength of lung and voice, could
not shout loud enough, at half past six
o'clock in the morning, to awaken boy
nine years old just on the other side OF
a lath and plaster partition, while at
eleven o'clock that night the same boy
would hear low whistle on the sidewalk,
through three doors and two flights of
stairs, and would spring instantly out
of a sound sleep in response to it.


1t was belief of Mr.. Edison's at that
time, that sound could be made to travel
as rapidly as feeling, and to test the
matter he had invented a delicate ma
chine called the spanctrophone, which
he was just about trying when we met
him. We were greatly interested in the
machine and readily agreed to assist in
the experiment. BY the cid of Mr.. Edi-
son and street Car nickel, we enticed
into the laboratory boy about seven
years old.


After many times reassuring him and
promising him solemnly that he would
not be hurt, we got the machine attached
to him, and the great inventor laid the
boy across his knees in the most ap-
proved, old fashioned Solomonic
method. On disk of the machine deli
cate indices were to record, one the ex-
act timo of the sound of the spank, the
other the exact second the boy howled.


The boy was little suspicious at this
point of the experiment, and with his
head partly turned was glaring fearfully
at the inventor. Mr.. Edison raised his
hand. A piercing howl rent the air,
followed by sharp cOncussion like the
snapping OF a musket cap, and when
we examined the dial plate of the ma
chine infallible science proudly demon
strated that the boy howled sixty eight
seconds before he was slapped. The
boy went down stairs in three strides,
with an injured look upon his fearful
face.


Mr.. Edison threw the machine out OF
the window after the urchin, and we felt
that it was no time to intrude upon the
sorrows of a great soul, writhing under
a humiliating sense of failure. We have
never met Mr.. Edison since, but we
have always thought he didn't know
much about boys, or he would know
how utterly unreliable the best OF them
would be for scientific experiment. .-
Burlington Hdt0keye.
Year: 1878

We have had the golden age and th
iron age, and now we are in the paper
age. There are paper boats and paper
car wheels, paper clothing and paper
money, and an English captain has dis
covered that war vessel can he ad-
vantageously coated with paper. When
the Seraphic last set sail for India Capt.
Warren had her bottom thoroughly
coated with paper, applied by means Of
cement OF his own devising. After
making the voyage and lying in dock
three months the bottom remained free
from marine incrustations except in
few places where the paper had been
rubbed of. AS the material is very
cheap aud the method of its application
is simple, the discovery is likely to rev
olutionize marine construction in at
least this detail. 1t may also revolu-
tionize all modern warfare. May not a
paper ship with paper sails loom up in
the future, and may not another paper
ship batter the first paper ship TO pieces
with paper balls from paper cannon, and
then, of course, the full account Of the
fight will be published in the papers
OF next morning.
Year: 1878

l sat one morning in little lane,
Under a canopy of bramble leaves;
l watched tho reapers ON the heavy vain
Pile high, NTH cheerful toll, the golden


sheaves.
The eager little children stood around,
With tiny harvest-gleanings Of the corn
Under their arme, sbeRfwise, with poppies


bound,


Their mimic labor ali the merry morn.
watched the slow-drawn, bounteous load de-


part,


The children following down the shady lane /;
And, left alone, asked my empty heart,
"Where are tho gathered shesves OF rlpened


grain2


Why comes no sound Of harvest Joy to thee2"
But my dumb heart no answer had for me.
Heart" said further there was good


seed sown


Deep In thy furrows ere last winters snow,
And in the springtime tender airs were blown
Across thee, and God gave thee summers


slow;


Where is thy harvest OF good things and true,
The fruit Of this thy ground which God hath


titled,
The crown of work appointed thee TO do,
The sheaves wherewith His garner should be


filed
Where is the harvest JOY thy reaping song,
Thy blameless triumph over honest spoil2
Thy deep conteatment satisfied and strong,
Thy worthy resting after worthy toll
He who gave seedtime would thy harvest see. Z"
Yet still my heart no answer made to me.
But ere the autumn seedtime came again,
God smote the burrows OF my silent heart
The plowshares OF strong sorrows and sharp


pain


Delved deeply striking to tho inmost part /;
Wherein fun soon the good seed gently fell,
The ich my heart received, repentant,


grave,
And brought to fruit in season duly-well-
And God the increase OF that harvest gave
What though Ia WEAKNESS my sheaves were
With faded hoAefs Of happiness and love,
What though within my heart no song was


found,


reapers JOY in harvesting to prove2
An angel lighted Oh the new-reaped sod,
And bare the blessed irst.fruits up to God
Year: 1878

In the golden CLINT Of the summers sun
In the crimson glow Of day nigh done
On the banks OF stream, with its waters


clear
Al the side OF one my heart holds dear


How beauteous is this life
In the past with memories dim or bright
In the silvery sheen Of the pale moons light
On the snowy banks of stream ice-bound-
Bereft Of my loved one-all sorrow around


How sad, how dTear--this life
In the future with promises golden bright
In the morn that follows the darkest night
Now borne on the dark stream-now nearing


the shore


To part from my loved one-ah nevermore--


How dear-eternal life.
Year: 1878

In case of robbery tried at Aberdeen,
Scotland, recently, the prosecutor identi.
fed e1 note by the following couplet
which had been written by previous
owner on the back of it,:


This came to me in time of need


And went away with railway speed.
Year: 1878

Some Of our young mems mus
tache are now large enough to be
seen with a microscopy and pulled
(wlth tweczers) and the amount OF
care and attention which they
bestow on them would run
Cotton Gin,
Year: 1878

SALMON, in the course OF their travels,
go from fresh water to salt, and back
TO fresh. In fresh water they are troubled
by certain kind of parasite which is
killed off when the Ash takes the salt
water and in the latter they generally
become infested with another parasite Of
which they are in turn relieved when
they 20 back to fresh water.
Year: 1878

HUNDREDS of Thousands of peasants in
Italy are without work, and those who
are employed are glad to labor twelve
hours day for nineteen cents and food
which invariably. consists of dry black
bread at ten a. m, and aqua sale soup at
the close of the day--the said soup being
bowl of hot water salted and favored
with few drops of olive oil.
Year: 1878

That the seat of government shall be eetab-
lished at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city of New Orleans, as the majority, OF the
voters of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
state capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
on their tickets "For State Capital Baton
Rouge those voting to locate the capt.
Eal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"


(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
Year: 1878

In everyEaSe where the judge may be re-
cused, and when he Is not personally inter-
select a lawssyeaA, having the necessary qualifi-
cations reqdirad for a judge of his court to
try such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial Of those
cases in which the Judge may be personally
interested, or when he may be absent or re-
fuses to act.
Year: 1878

Many an unwise parent labors
hard and lives sparingly all his
life for the purpose OF Leaving
enough to give his children a
start in the world, as iti is called.
Setting a young man up with
money left him by his relatives
is like tying bladders under the
arms of one who cannot swim;
and ten chances to one ne Will
lose his bladders and go to the
bottom. Teach him to swim,
and he will never need the blad-
ders. Give your children a
sound education, and you have
done enough for them. See to it
that his morals are pure, his
mind cultivated, and his whole
nature made subserVient to laws
which govern man, and you
have what will be Of more value
than the wealth of the Indies.
Elk.
Year: 1878

SIGN LANGUAGES OF THE


INDIANS.


The Shoshones or Snakes are
about the same as the Conan
ches Of Texas, speak the same
language, and those understand
inc the Shoshone or Snake dia-
leCt can travel from the Lake Of
the Woods to Durango, in Mex
leo, and find Indians speaking
the same tongue. Each Of these
tribes have signs by which they
know each other at once. The
Crows flap their arms, the ARA
pahoes put their fingers to their
nose as if about to blow that or
gan, the Snakes make a sinuous
motion with the finger, the Sioux
draw their finger across the
throat, the Pawnees put their
hands to their ears like wolf
ears. The sign language is com
mon to all the tribes in the far
west, and Indians who do not
speak the same dialect can un
derstand each other by this sign
language.-EX.


HOW TO MAKE BUSINESS.


The really active and thor
oughly alive energetic man
knows no dull season ID bust
ness life, for the simple reason
that as a feeling of dullness com
mences to creep over his neigh
bors he begins to look about
him and to devise ways and
means to make the public cling
to, rather than fall away, from
him. The best adhesive plaster
in this instance is printers ink,
and as a proof Of the assertion
we point our readers to those
business men Of the city who
are advertising most freely in
the daily papers. If they are
merchants their stores are al
ways crowded with customers,
who come with cash to purchase
where they are Informed by the
public prints they can lay out
their money to the best adVan-
tage. The business man who
now advertises is in a prosper
GUS condition-his stock passes
from him rapidly and with the
proceeds of the sales he is able
to re-supply himself with goods
Of the latest styles-his clerks
earn their money, and his custo-
mers are gratified. The man
who does not advertise at the
commencement Of the dull sea-
son, lessons his force of clerks
or employees, and those who re-
main have almost less than
nothing to do, as the place of
business that does not make it.
self known to the public through
the papers is as quiet and as
little liable to be entered as an
undertaker's establishment in a
healthy season. The non-adver-
tiser, commercially speaking, is
a dead man--his goods, for want
of ready buyers, lay on his
shelves until they become old,
rusty and questionable, event
ually finding their way to the
cheap auction houses, while the
proprietor generally bursts or
retires from a business which he
did not know how to conduct
successfully, and his dropping
out does not create a ripple, Tor
he is not an advertiser, conse-
quently unknown. Some men
lay the fattering JUNCTION to their
souls that they have been too
long established in business to
require putting" in the papers.
That is Just where they are mis-
taken; no business becomes so
Year: 1878

True prosperity builds up the
soul rather than the pocketbook.


Appear to be better than you
are, and aim to be what you ap-
pear.


Happy is the man who has
neighbors willing to forgive his
mistakes.


He who thinks poorly of him
self cannot win the respect Of
his fellows.
Year: 1878

step with the advance Of the age.
When people want bargains, if
they are intelligent, they refer
to the advertisements in the pa
pers, where they always lind
some live business man talking
to them in strains that will win
their support and their custom,
which is naturally drawn away
from the man who fails to see a
bonanza in constant and extern
sive adyertising.-Ex.
Year: 1878

CoMMENDABLE.-We are pleased
to note the spirit OF honest pride
with which the residents of Port
Ludlow are evincjng their determi.
nation to keep up the reputation of
their town. If the communication
published in the ARGUS, did them
gross injustice we are certainly as
much gratifed to notice and ac.
knowledge their vindication as any
one else could be, and would have
published it as willingly as we did
the items which were sent to us.
Oar desire is to do ample justice to
all, and then let blame rest where
ever it properly belongs. If neccs-
sary, we can and will publish our
authority for the obnoxious contri
button, provided "many citizens
will be little more explicit as to
their identity.
Year: 1878

The most perilous hour of per
sons life is when he is tempted to
despond. The man who looses his
courage looses all; there is no more
hope of him than Of dead man; but
it matters not how poor he may be,
how much pushed by circumstances,
how much deserted by friends, how
much lost to the world; if he only
keeps his courage, holds up his head,
works with his hands and with un
conquerable will determines to be
and to do what becomes a man, all
will be well. 1t is nothinS outside
OF him that kills, but what is within,
that makes or unmakes.