smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

No one can fail to have been
struck by the unusual number of
buildings which have been put up
in Los Angeles during the past t


year, Including those which are
now in process of erection or which
are receiving the finishing touches.
Building operations on a scale so
large are an answer to the croak-


ing element in our midst at least
to the extent Of showing that eur
men OF means have an undated
faith in the future Of our city. On
the other hand, building has been
very languid In San Francisco and
the statistics show that there are
now fully twenty-five hundred un-
occupied houses In that city. The
Bulletin explains this dlsagreeable
fact by saying that the vacancies
arise from the enforced economies


which have compelled families to
herd together in tenements, maxi
lng o room or two serve where a
Year: 1878

Col. CHALMERS SCOTT, profit
ing by his close observation of the
Guajome orange grove, near San
Luis Rey, San Diego county-al-
most the only orange grove in full
bearing in that county-has writ
ten to the Horticultural that the
destruction of the oleander is the
only guarantee for the extirpation
of the scale-bug, which is so great
a drawback in some of our orange
groves. The oleander is ldeed a
charming flower, but we can we'll
afford to sacrifice it if, by so doing,
we can get rid of pest which has
proved to be an intolerable nui-
sance to our fruit growers.
Year: 1878

OCCASIONALLY some surprise is
expressed by our own people that
the tide Of immigration which
flowed to California in such full
volume up till two years ago has
been 80 much diminished. We fail
tosee anything astonishing in this.
In the first place, the drouth of last
year was q most dispiritlng incl
dent--one we'll calculated to repel
Intending settlers, as much SO as
the grasshopper visitation was
calculated to repel settlers from
Kansas and Nebrasks, two years
ago. Then, worse even than
the dr. outh In its effects upon pc o.
pie abroad, has been the uninter.
mittent howl We have kept up
anon gst ourselves-a howl whose
revsrberations have reached every
nook and corner of the country,
East and West, North and South.
The terrible threats of Kearney
have made the hair of quiet East
erners stand on end. With an in.
fnitely less degree of distress than
has been prevalent all over the
East during almost five years-a
distress from which we have only
suffered, at the worst, for about two
years-we have been 80 unused to
tnything but uninterrupted pros
lerity that we have beloved as
though we were altogether with.
out hope or recourse. The East
sTnsT has got an idea that there is
mo place here for Caucasians, that
the Chinese monopolize every
thing; and that, wherever else be
3may go, he ought to give the
Golden State wide berth. Not
even Lieutenant General Kearney
himself has more realizing sense
Of the nuisance the Cinnamon are
aud have been to California than
we. But the business has been
quite overdone, and in picturing
the unquestionable evils of the
presence of the Mopgolian amongst
us, We have scared away a class of
settlers of h4eans who wourI have
been Invaluable to California, and
who would have assisted to settle
the Chinese question. AS long as q
monotone of misery rises from CAL
ifornia-a noisy moan which moth
ing In our condition as compared
with other sections justifies we
may expect to be Stunned by those
who are aiming at bettering their
condition. We are not without
hope that we shall strike plane of
common sense shortly. quit grum.
bling and return in earnest to the
work of developing the resources of
the richest State on the continent.
When we shall have done SO, we
shall again be gratified by the sight
Of thronging thousands who are
desirous of casting in their lot with
lIs
Year: 1878

Tho 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

city and went back to her country home,
utterly crushed. She had known for months
that she was not loved. but hope had ever
burned faint taper in her soul, but now 1t
was extinguished, and sorrow shrouded her
in darkness.


In eighteen months she knew the final
issue of the matter. Will Phelps was granted
a divorce, and by the next days paper she
read the announcement that he had sailed
for Europe. Kate Mason had been abroad
six months. She waited for no more, but
selling all she possessed in the world she
started westward TO find, amid new scenes,
home, and to seek some occupation that
would not only afford recreation for
her mind, but would yield her some
income. She bore letters of introduc-
tion and soon found herself comfortably
settled, and began to hunt something for her
restless fingers to be busted about. One Of
her new friends suggested to her way by
which she would find ample opportunity to
do good as well as remunerative work. The
idea seemed feasible, and she gladly accepted
the chance. She was offered situation as
assistant matron of large "home" on the
mountain side in Colorado, a resting place
and a hospital for invslids. Quietly she
stepped at once into the discharge of her
duties and after awhile faint sense of re-
lief came to her sad heart and nervous frame.
In the healthy, pure atmosphere she grew
strong and well. Only once did the old
agony touch her with whitening force, and
tbaf ,yaS tba appoupoamopf In q friandis
letter of Mr.. Phelps marriage to Kate
Mason. She had expected it, but not so soon,
and for a dav she went bitterly over the
memories of the past, but the next she
threw all by. Naught more did she hear of
him, not whisper of tidings came to her for
years, and the past seemed like dreadful
dream, when one day a lady and gentleman,
with a delicate fragile child, came to the
home" 1t was Maggie's thirtieth birthday,
and that morning she had noticed how
thick and fast the gray had woven itself
among her glossy hair; how the years had
left their impress upon her face and form.
She dressed habituslly in black, and to-day
her heavy dress seemed to cling to her more
| closely than ever before. Around her
throat she pinned frill of black lace, and
| drew over her hair her neat little nurses
cap. Thus attired she went into the parlor
to receive the guests. One glance told her
| all; it was Mr.. Phelps his wife and child,
and with the practiced eye of a SKILLED
nurse she saw that disease and death were
written on the pinched. drawn face of the
once beautiful woman. In the confusion of
bringing the invalid into the house he did
not recognize Maggie, and with a prayer
that he might not she stepped forward to
attend to Mrs. Phelps


TO be Continual
Year: 1878

Superintendent w. T. Harris said in his
recent address before the Spelling Reform
association: "In this matter we of st. Louis
can speak with positive experience. In the
fall of 1866 the phonetic modification of the
alphabet as invented by DR.. Edwin Leigh,
was tried in one of our public schools as an
experiment. and the following year it was
adopted throughout the public schools of the
city, where it has ever since retained its
place. By this system the child has per
fectly phonetic alphabet in so far as Zone
sound for each character is concerned, al
though it violates the third law of Latham
In having more than one character for the
same sound. Yet, even with this, we find
the following advantages in the system,
which Is still in use with us after ten years:


1. Gain in time-a saving of one year out
of the three years usually occupied in learn
ing to call off easy words at sight


2. Distinct articulation, the removal of
foreign accent and of local and peculiar in
donations.


3. The development of logical power of
mind in the pupil. He can safely be taught
to analyze word into its sounds and to find
the letters representing them, whereas with
the ordinary orthography it is an insult to
his reason to assure him that sound is
represented by any particular letter. Hence,
analytic power is trained instead of mere
memory from the day of his entrance into
the school-and analytic power is the basis
of all thinking activity"
Year: 1878

now cast me out of your heart, but you may
I pray have memories of the happy moments
we spent when first we we'd But need
this be final? May we not repent this days
work and long for reconciliation that
would be impossible in some measure were
we to have formal separation? After a
while you will see these things in different
light and will be less ready to accuse me-
81 did not accuse you; your own words and
heart are your accusers. But let it be as you
say, / am willing; have had to bear much;
1 can bear the burden yet little longer"
The next morning he left her without ref
srence to the future. Her pallid face and
deep mourning garb silently reproached
him, and he chafed at the quietness of her
department. He had never seen such a
woman He had known them only as
creatures of passion, full of vehemence and
anger, or else weak, vapid girls. bathed in
tears at even a frown. Maggie did neither.
She was unnaturally calm, as il her very
life blood was frozen in her veins. She met
him at breakfast, conversed pleasantly, and
then with the utmost composure packed his
trunk. As she handled the familiar gar
ments her hands trembled, and her heart
throbbed faster than its wont, but there was
no help for her; there was no chance for her
to escape the agony and pain of her life.
As she smoothed and folded his coat photo
graph fell from the pocket, the pictured
face of Kate Mason. Maggie looked long
and eagerly at it as if she would stamp its
features on her memory. The low, broad
forehead, the waves of beautiful hair, the
soft, lustrous eyes, the smooth curve of the
cheek and throat and the full, rich lips
She was indeed fascinating. With the picture
still in her hand the wife walked to
a mirror and studied her own face. Disap-
pointment had done its work well. The


girlish bloom and freshness had all vanished
under the cruel winds of sorrow, and pain,
the familiar guest OF woman's heart, had
long since looked out of the heavy eyes.
'He is scarcely to blame; but was his wife,
the mother of his dead child, and believed
him honorable"
Year: 1878

An English lady was so imprudent as to
walk down stairs and opes the kitchen door.
The cook resented the intrusion vi Ell armis
ct verbs. She told her mistress that the
kitchen was not large enough for two
women, and elected her from the basement.
The lady of the house discharged the cook
without delay, and engaged e substitute
The cook at once brought a claim in the
Runcorn county court for wrongful dis
missal. She said she had lived in Liverpool
and Manchester, and never had a mistress
who presumed to enter the larder. "No
lady," she piped in a shrill voice, would do
such thing" The judge promptly dis
missed the claim for wages, and remarked
that household would be intolerable If
such grievances were to be redressed.
Year: 1878

As young bachelor residing in Jack
son, Nebraska, was sitting in his house
the other day, the thought suddenly came
to him that he might get married. 1t was
new though new inspiaatioa-and he
acted upon it at once. Rapidly revolving
in his mind the fact that IN order to get
married he nrust have the help of a female
lady-that it could be done in no other
way-he tinaly fixed in his mind upon
the one many damsels Of his ac9nsin
lance, who would be the future mistress
of his hopes and fortunes, The lady WAS
visiting In Sioux City and knew nothing
of the contemplated honor to be done her;
but that did not vex the yonng man at all.
He commenced arranging for house keep
ing just as though the whole business
was settled, and mortgaged his farm to Oh
tain the sum sufficient to purchase his
furniture Yesterday he came to Sioux
City and visited the various stores, pur-
chasing furniture and household utensils
to the amount Of $3.50, which he took
home with him.


The laly will bs in the city for several
days, snd will no doubt be astonished at
securing the offer Of an honest hear: and
hand upon her return. But it is thought
that she will accept and that the pair will
he man and wife very suddenly, and that
they will then settle down to enjsy the
plea s"res and the snnoyances of married
life to the best of their ability. The young
man says that if this particular lady re-
fuses him, he has made out list of all
the manageable ladies in his neighbor-
hood, and will 90 through the whole list
till he finds one who will have him. He
is plucky and we wish him success
8. G. Journal.
Year: 1878

There is one thing worthy of note in
considering the migration question that is
now uppermost in the minds Of the peo.
pie of the vicinity, and that is, that the
country they are Sc lecting merits all that
Is represented respecting it. The pure air
and even temperature pla it in the up
per scale for health. The soil is unsur.
/ passed for grain and vegetable purposes


and the immense grass range that will be
open for years offers to the stock men
great inducements when taken into con-
sideration with the facilities and choice
of markets. Timber is the only real ON
mission that occasions inconvenience and
considerable expense. but in five years
time sufficient will be raised from culture
for fuel, and the rapid approach of Rail-
roads gradually reduces the price of lum.
ber.


For prairie ountry it is nowhere e1-
celled, nor is the farmer elsewhere more
largely rewarded for his labor. The ex-
perience Of those who have resided years
here bears US out in all we are asserting
and in more.


But aside from monied men (who of
course can make money any where with
money! with all its attraction and merit
it is no place for the pennilcss man Of No
work, or for the fop or genius that thinks
the world owes him living without ef
tort.


For those whose physical ability will
permit, and whose will and readiness to
accept such as is offered, will be manifest.
ed, for you there awaits a welcome and in
time sure competence, and pleasant
life. Bat if you are doing we'll where
you are, and your coming would cause
you to sacrfc or surrender living bus
mess or occupation, do not think you arc
going to better your condition for failure
is more liable to be the consequent, than
success.


1t IS wide, and as happy world as
you choose to make it, and do net rush
into this whirlpool Of excitement without
the matter seriously and with
out the pale of excitement.


TO the gambler, hummer, and general
loafer or the Micawber man, this CO un-
try presents no merit or assurance but the
harsh treatment they deserve. To til c
worker, who has will and grit combined
with proportionate physique the riches
III d pleasant and fruitful land are for your
a, uuir.n Mt.
Year: 1878

The bill for the benefit OF the Texas
Pacific railway, now pending in Con-
gress, provides that. In order TO make
and perfect the highway aforesaid in such
manner IS may 10 equal and exact JUS
tice 10 all sections of the country to be
affected thereby, it shall be the duty of
the president of the United States,
within sixty DAYS after the passage of
this act, to appoint five commissioners,
three of whom shall be the three engi-
neer officers Of the United States highest
in rank, aud al of them wholly uncon>
nected with and free from all personal
or corporate interest in any of the
proposed routes between Texas and the
Mississippi river, and also from all
personal or corporate interest in any
railroad company from any point on or
connecting with the Mississippi river
and the Atlantic or gulf coast, whose
duty ii shall be TO examine the Missis-
sippi river and the present constructed
road of the Texas and Pacific railway
company; and after considering all
questions of distance, cost and transport
alton routes, in view of foreign as well
as domestic trade and commerce, and also
in view of an eligible connection with
the Atlantic seaboard, to report where in
their Judgment the proposed addition
eastward of the present main trunk line
of the Texas and Pacific railway COM
pany shall connect with the present line,
and where it shall connect with the
Mississippi river; provided that the
| point of connection with the Mississippi
river shall not be farther north than the
city OF Memphis, Tennessee; and that
their report, if approved by the president
of the United States, shall be final and
conclusive in determining the location
of the eastern connection with the
I MissiRSinni river y
Year: 1878

Fish in Germany are seldom broiled.
they are boiled. The size of a fish thai
need not be returned to the water when
caught is fixed by law. Thus a salmon
must be sixteen inches long, a perch five
and an eel fourteen. Germans do noS
fish Tor sport as a rule.
Year: 1878

was from the flush OF her cheek and the
tenderness of her tone IS she closed the
cadenza that Giulio now first surmised
what might be the natare of her feelings
towards him. This was the song:
Year: 1878

NO AUTHORITY IN THE PRESIDENT TO DICTATE


OR EVEN INFLUENCE IT'S ACTION.


INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 19 1873.


The Grand Jury of the United States Court came
into open court this morning and by their foreman,
General Hascall, reported that the District Attorney
had received instructions from the President of the
United States against prosecuting certain person
for an alleged embezzlcment in the First National
Bank of indianapolis, meaning Carey w. Miller, and
that they had been requested to investigate the matter
and desired to bo informed by the Court whether il
was their duty to proceed with the case. notwith-
standing the instructions of the President whcreupon
Judge Gresham called attention to the oath taken
by the Grand Jury, and added


You could not If you would, escape the obligation
Of this oath by needing tho instruction of the Presi-
dent in this particular The President may H.
Of Indictment. by exercising the pardoning
power In other way has he the
slightest authority to control your action.
He has IL in his power to pardon the alleged offender
and unless he is willing TO take this responsblity he
has no more right to control your action than the
Car of Russia has. If you believe the Presidents
instructions TO the District Attorney intended
to prevent you from making the fullest ex-
animation into the matter before you and
from returning indictment against the accused
If the evidence should warrant IL. you should feel in
The moment the Executive is allowed to control the
action of the courts in the administration of criminal
Justice the Independence Of the judiciary Is IL
is due to the President to that the Court does not
believe he has any desire to cncroach upon the ju-
dietary, or that he ntcmpatcd any unwsrranted in
tcrerencc by his instructions TO the District Attorney
The District Attorney says, in open court, that he
Is ready and willing to aid you in any examination OF
He and his assistant faithful officers, and will
render you all necessary aid in this as In other
Year: 1878

In the Brooklyn City Court yesterday Elizabeth
White obtained verdict for $3.50 against James STAN
ley account of an assault committed by him on
the paintif. IL appeared in the of the trial
that the plaintiff did sewing for the defendant. who
is married man. forty years OF age, and that
he advised her to leave her parents. rent a
room and have q sewing machine Of her own
that upon defendant promising to procure her
something better to do she visited him In New York
that he took her to strange house and into strang
room, where lie made improper proposals to her.
Upon her rejecting his advances he Attempted 70
force. Ealing In his purposes, however, ho allowed
her to quit the place. Defendant cndeavorcd to prove
that the plaintiffs character was bad.
Year: 1878

THE Charleston rs. C.) Nears, refer
ring to the recent order of Attorney
General Devens to Southern District
Attorneys, says: 1.-THE democracy
are strong enough to protect their
own party and their opponents too,
and they mean to do 1t. They will
not tolerate any interference with the
freedom Of election, even If this be
attempted in the interest of tiInorous
col0red democrats. A whole army
cannot keep the democracy from car
rying South Carolina, if they choose
to carry 1t, and Attorney General
Devens has no army to call ont for
the benefit of his particular friends,
whether democratic or republican Z


The Ne,cs Is very plain. It knows
what is meant by the attack on the
army on the part of the democratic
party and what's meant by curtail-
ing the power of the President in the
use of the army.


The democratic party Of this nation
is determined to aid the Southern
wing Of that party in stamping out
the freedom of elections. The demo-
cratic party Is committed to the theo-
ry that the republican element of the
South ahall not be permitted to vote
unless 1t will vote the democratic
Year: 1878

Many of the men who have been
carried away with the greenback de-
lusion we recognize as honest men.
We have no hard words for such.
Most of the leaders are not honest.
Such men as Butler, Kearney, Brick
POmeroy, Weaver and others of that
sort are simply scheming demagogues
who see in the greeEback delusion the
possibility of advancing their own
political and personal fortunes. They
would seize upon any other rallying
cry which they thought to be popular
just as quickly. But now that the
election is Over, and the winter even
ings are coming on, it is a good time
for the rank and file of the party.
who have no political ambitions to
crafty, and do not mean to be the
tools of the political ambition of 9TH
ers, to sit down and study the history
of this paper money question. If
men are ever to be guided by the les
sons of experience they ought surely
to avail themselves of such lessons in
regard to one of the most important
functions of government, that of pro-
viding circulating medium for the
daily exchanges trade between man
and man-in short, money. Now
there is perfectly uniform testimony
of history in regard to the effect of is
sues of irredeemable paper money
upon the welfare and prosperity of a
people. Is it not full time for our
greenback friends to find out what
that testimony OF history is, and to
heed it in their political action hereaf-
<oe.c
Year: 1878

We had democratic sheriff for the
first nine months of this year, and
next for a day or two we had a repub-
lican sheriff, made out Of republican
coroner, and then we had another
democratic sheriff by order Of Judge
Knapp, and finally democratic
Board OF Supervisors made another
democratic sheriff, and now the Lord
only knows who is sheriff. We want
to jog the memory of all good people
that this Is reform by the great Nation
al-democratic party. We expect that
Judge Sloan, when he opens his court
here next Monday, in order to be sure
that he has a sheriff, will appoint a
republican sheriff. We have just
completed the printing Of the Circuit
Court Docket, for the use Of the at
torneys, and the Clerk Of the Court
ordered us to leave of the name, OF
sheriff, because he could not under
take to determine who was sheriff.
Year: 1878

The Newton Journal says: "Judge
Cook says that Gen. Weaver is as
much democrat as he is, and that he
is fully pledged to act with the de-
mocracy in Congress, except on finan-
cial questions. What a tremendous
victory the greenbackers have won't,
Judge Cook is the newly-elected
greenback and democratic Judge in
that district, and so his testimony is
good and sufficient. He was at the
bargain, history of which is given
in an article quoted elsewhere. No
wonder Gen. Weaver burned his old
coat at the glOrification meeting in his
own town last week because he had
once worn it as republican. Regis
tx,a,
Year: 1878

TII.DEN and democracy say we
want no more waving the bloody
shirt; let by-gones be by-gones; let
the chasm close over the cipher tel
egrams; why fight the cipher war
over eternally; what's the use of al
ways being party of hate?