smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

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Mr.. EDITOR That this heavei
favored region is all that its nam'
indicates, l steadfastly believe
but That it is indebted for its aromi
to the misnomer signed at the clos'
of recent articles appearing in you
paper from this Valley, Is very ques
tionable. Monopolies have beer
the ruin of tine best and dear
est interests OF our own, our native
land: and who hath despised the
day of small things? Shall Jes
samine monopolize the epistolary
privilege of this community. MOI
he. True, he seems deeply afflicted
with scriblomania, but | had rather
give him a dose than see him fall 8
victim to the dread disease.


"Ofman's first disobedience, and the fruit
OF that forbidden tree whose mortal taste,
Brought death into the world and all our woe
With loss of Eden, till one greater man


Restore US and regain the blissful seat"
sang in seraphic strains the sight
less poet of the olden time. But
that cowardly man should perch un-
seen behind the 3rd of Genesis, in
which is found the sad story of our
woe and seek to shield himself from
the just responsibilities of life, in
blissful ignorance of the fact that
Paradise has been regained, is but
in keeping with his ironical utter
ance 1--WE are not partial to bachel-
ors." Indeed, Mr.. Editor, he may
truly sing,


"Of all the folks ever saw,


love yself the best"


That he should refer to the chap
ter before me is melancholy indeed.
From il we learn that Jessamine is
not the first individual who has
found himself in a condition to take
refuge behind Nom De Planes and
Fig Leaves to shield him from the
gaze of an angry God or delicate
woman. True, that chapter intro
duces us to a character in the lst
verse with whom our aromatic
friend may claim kinship, and with
whom he may take sweet counsel,
but whatever else his Satanic maj
esty may transmit to him one thing
is certain, he never has handed
down to him that subtlety that
characterized him and the fair
bowers of blissful Eden. Jessa
mine, we know you. Your produc-
tlons could only originate in
a bachelors den, where you have
fed for refuge from flowing curls
polonaise trails, and squalling ba-
bies. But my dear friend we fear
that you have misconstrued the 14th
verse of your own 3rd chapter, it
was not addressed to you but to the
serpent. But Jessamine doubtless
refers to that chapter, to-wit: The
lovelier sex with the part she took
in that sad scene where the Internal
spirit stirred up with envy and re
venge, deceived the mother OF man
kind. Now Jessamine ian honest
confession is good for the soul.
Will you be kind enough to tell us
in YOUR next budget of sweetness
whether this horrid disease has been
chronic with you from childhood or
is it a case of sour grapes" Now
then by-by until l hear from you.
OF course you will answer this then.
Take your Kitty puss and crossing
its paws vainly try to teach it "Now
lay me"-but oft in the Silly
night


Ere slumbers chains have bound thee,
Thou wilt strive in vain to send
with the voice of ventriloquist to
the cedars of Lebanon the plaintive
strain


"Darling, am growing old"


HEIIOTROPE
Year: 1878

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested TO pay Up at once. wo
would take great pleasure In extending
credit TO our friends and patrons, but
cash alone viii way our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict ge,ah
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such .
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


EB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money IN advance
Year: 1878

Avalanche: The sidewalk, from
Main to second, on the Court
Square side of South Court, was
jammed with a mass of stout men
and women. From the sidewalk to
the entrance OF the west door OF
the Citizens Relief Committee was
solid line of closely packed hu-
manity. From the sidewalk to the
east door of the same committee
was another line of the same.
There were all shades of black, but
not white man or woman. In the
golden days of the past when,
there were but few voting places In
Memphis, we had similar exhibit
tions. They all came there for
their rations, and they got them. 1t
was a SAD and sickening sight. All
over the South land the fields are
whitening with cotton ready for the
picker, and yet these able bodied,
healthy men and women stand here
in Memphis and draw free ratiOns.
That is not all. Brave white mel
are standing here to day, at the
peril OF their lives, to keep these
people from starvation. There
does not seem to be any remedy.
The blacks will not leave the city
and work in the fields so long as
they can obtain free rations, and
the whites have not the heart to
drive them out,
Year: 1878

The ladies of Virginia, at the
head of whom is Commodore Mau-
rvs daughter, have really formed an
association to pay off the State debt
They propose to meet it with heroic
taxation and still more heroic econ
omy. They petition the Legisla-
ture to impose an additional ten
cents on every hundred dollars
worth of taxable property, and
pledge themselves to save the
amount by diminished expenditure,
1t is safe to say the debt will now
be paid.
Year: 1878

New Orleans Times. The fever


this year has not been more vigor
Gus in it's attack upon humanity


than upon the theories regarding it
that have been based upon the an
nails of the past. One by one has
it overthrown the notions of our
forefathers, until it has almost as
sumed a type unknown to history.
SO peculiar indeed have been its
characteristics this year, there are
those to-day who hesitate TO pro-
nounce it as yellow fever known In
former epid emics. Only one idioc-
rasy is clear--the marked difference
between the course of the pulse and
the hight of thermal line. This is
peculiar to yellow fever alone, and
has invariably served to distinguish
it from the paludal fevers SO com
mon in semi tropic lattitudes. In
ordinary fevers the pulse and the
temperature keep even pace, or va
ry but little. In yellow fever, from
the commencement the pulse de
clines to normal figures, or even
lower, while the temperature rises.
This is the true pathognomio sign,
by which the disease can never be
Year: 1878

At a meeting of the Newark Presbytery
yesterday the special committee to which was referred
Of the Rev. Mr.. See and OF Mr. Cone, OF the
wicke Street Church. reported that 1t had waited upon
Mr. See and requested him TO resign his pastorate In ac-
cordauce with the wish OF the Presbytery Mr. See
piled that the action the Presbytery and Of the synod
was purely advisory aud left IL to his option whether or
not 10 resgn he would therefore retain his charge Mr.
Oons had declined to resign bis membership.
Year: 1878

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRlBUSEl


WASHINGTON, Feb. Ga startling falling on IN
the revenues of the Government has been noticed
by the Treasury officials within the past few weeks
The rate of decrease is such 10 excite serious ap-
prehenson that if it continues special legislation
will be required to make provision ffor the current
expenses of the Government This decrase in the
revenue is attributed to the sudden stlgnaton OF
business resulting from the prospect that debased
silver coin will take the place OF our present circ'i-
lating medium. and also to the action of the Demo
cratic House upon questions of internal revenue and
tariff All these tend to unsettle business Ill every
department.
Year: 1878

MIR EDITOR Not long since, Messrs Woodruff and Titus repainted the part of the late J. w Titus house that was damaged by the fire, and they asserted that if the paint had been lead and oil, instead of the fire proof Averill Paint, the house must have burned in spite of the efforts made to save it. If one wishes to see the perfect repose of nature, let him take moonlight ride on the eastern shore of Waramaug on such calm evening as those we are now enjoying. It is hard to realize that the lazy zephyr just rip bling the surface of the lake could get so furi- onsy mad as it appears was the case 6 flew weeks ago. The buildings that suffered are mostly repaired, but ''as tree falleth so it must lie." Exceptions make the rule," we are told ; so Mir. J. S. Gums apple trees that were reset look in good condition, though destitute of fruit, and the supporting props still in position.

 Proceeding as far as far as Gilbert's famous tea store in Warren, we see in many places the ground strewn with fallen apples. and the odorous cider mill in several instances signi- fies that there must be "a little cider to fill up the vinegar barrel"

 That t'misfortunes never come singly," is s. J. Nettleton's experience Besides the injury his property received from the tornado, his loss was increased by losing one of his span of horses in consequence of kick from colt.
Year: 1878

The story afioat, early last week, that Gen. Miles had been attacked by Indians and had lost a detachment of his men, proved just the opposite of the truth He attacked party of hostile Bannacks killing thirteen and captur- ing more than thirty.
Year: 1878

LIVER IS KING.-The Liver is the imperial organ of the whole human system, as it con- trols the life, health and happiness of man. kinds of ailments are the natural result The digestion of food, the movements of the heart and blood the action of the brain and nervous system, are all immediately connected with the workings of the Liver It has been success fully proved that Greens August Flower is unequalled in curing all persons afflicted with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and all the nu- merous symptoms that result from an un- healthy condition of the Liver and Stomach Sample bottles to try, 10 cents. Positively sold in all towns on the Western Continent Three doses will prove that it is just what you wast. Sold by A. s. Wright & Co.
Year: 1878

Health is an inestimabe jewel. The cough that deprives you of it may take your life too. One bottle of HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND AND TAR will avert the evi and save you from consumption. Will you weigh Life against a half fdollar? Sold by all Druggists. 24-4w

 Pikes Toothache Drops cure in minute.
Year: 1878

The Massachusetts Democratic Convention has been adjourned. Finding out that the State Committee would refuse admission to Butler delegates, the latter broke into the hall early in the morning, and refused to leave it on demand of the Mayor of Worcester. Rath- CT than have riot the committee adjourned the Convention to Fanueil Hall, Boston, on Wednesday next. The faction in control of the hall proceeded to nominate Butler.
Year: 1878

CURE FOR GOssIP.-Adopt this rule ::
Let all who come to you with stories
about mutual acquaintances know that
you intend, rs soon rs your duties allow,
to wait upon the parties spoken of dis.
paragingly and repeat Just what was said,
and who said it. Still better, take out
your memorandum book and ask the
party to allow you to copy the words, so
that you can make no mistake. You will
have to do this probably not more than
three times. 1t will fly among your ac-
quaintanccs on the wings of the gossips,
and persons who come to talk against
other persons in your presence will begin
to feel us if they were testifying under
oath. But you ask, Will it not be mean
to 90 off and detail conversational" Not
ut all when interlocutor understands that
he must not talk against an absent person
in your presence without expecting you to
convey the words to the absent person,
and the name Of the speaker. Moreover,
what right has any man or woman to ap-
proach you and bind you to secrecy, and
then poison your mind against another?
If there be any difference in your obliga-
llOuSs tllG lUu IUb DOuut ilUlG W luG ullll
who is absent than the man who is present?
If you can thus help to kill GOSSIP, it will
not matter if you lose u friend or two;
such friends us these, who talk against
others to you, are the very persons to talk
against you 10 them. Try our rule. We
know it to be good. We use it. 1t is
known in the church Of which we are
pastor, that if any one speaks to us dis
paragingly of an absent member, we hold
it our duty to 90 to that absent member
Immediately and report the conversation
and the names; or, still better, to make
the party disparaging face the party dis
paraged. We have almost none of this to
do. Amid the many annoyances which
necessarily come to the pastor of Il large
church, and still larger congregation, we
think that we are us free from the annoy
ance of gossips us it is possible for Il man
to be who lives amongst his felowmcn.
Try our rule, try it faithfully, with meek
ness and charity, and if it does not work
well let us know.-S~nl1y Mgagjne.
Year: 1878

JOSH BILLINGS. Pills may sometime!
refuse to act on the liver but saving Woo
never will.


Make yourself necessary, young man
and your success is certain.


Anger always hurts us more than the
one we get mad ut.


When man is good for nothing else he
is just right to set on Il jury.


What man gets for nothing he is liable
to value ut Just what it cost


About us low down as Il man can gel
and not spile, is to live on his wile's repu-
tatinn.


| don't bet ON preaorious children; the
hucklebcrry that ripens the quickest is1ht
quickest to decay.


Everybody seems to think himself u
moral halEbushel to measure .ho worlds
frailtie> in


He who has nothing to do in this world
but to amuse himself has the hardest job
on hand that know of.


| have always said, and believe it still,
that the time to be carefulest is when you
have II hand full of trumps,


When you strike oil, stop boring Many
Il man has bored clear through and let the
oil run out ut the bottom.


If you want to find out just how mean
and dishonest you have always been, get
nominated and run for some office.


Next in point of meanness to doing IN
injury is to do man II favor and every
now and then remind him of it.


Woman has always been more than a
match for man. Adam held the best cards,
but didn't know HON to play them we'll


The man who is honest from policy
needs as much watching rs hive of bees
just ready 10 swarm.


One of the most reliable prophets l
know is an old hen, for she don't prophesy
an egg till the egg has happened.


Biographies are deighJsome reading
we compare all The virtues Of the person
with our own, and I'LL his faiings with our
neighbors.


There's lots of men in this world like a
rooster; take the cockade and spurs of
from them and you couldn't hardly tel
them from a hen.
Year: 1878

ALREADY has the first gun been fred in
the labor war of the summer. Our troops
are better prepared to meet such an emer-
gency now than last year. But then il ID
hoped it will not have to be met and the
only way to avoid it Is to be entirely
ready to suppress any outbreak, at what.
ever cost. A short time ago in West Vir>
ginis seven hundred armed men captured
steamer and q train" On the Chesapeake
L Ohio Railroad, and they were not sup
pressed. What is there thai will prove 8
greateriDeentiye than to Try If again than
success? Such demonstrations do not ex-
cite any feelings but those Of repungenee
in the breast Of the honest laborer.
Year: 1878

CAMEL BREEDING IN TExAs.-A TenG
camel breeder, speaking of the rearing O.
the ships of the desert" says: They an
no more trouble to raise than horses or cat
tie. The colts for the first three or foaa
days are rather tender and require close ut
tention, but after that take their chanoo
with the herd. They feed on cactus anG
brush, eschewing all grasses that horses anC
cattle eat, if the favorite cactus can be had
The females, with proper care, give cot
every year, and the price at which they an
sold the ease with which they are raised
their extreme docility, and the adaptabilits
OF our climate to their nature would seer
to indicate that camel raising is proftaldt
business in Texas. Mr.. Lanfear says thcH
is one camel in the herd that has traveller
one hundred and fifty miles between SUE
and sun, and that almost any well broken
camel is good for more than hundrea
miles day"
Year: 1878

The marvellous little people who have
created such pronounced sensation at
Greenwood Hall during the past ten days,
still continue to draw immense audiences
and no wonder, for such tiny fractions Of
the genus homo never yet appeared upon
the stage of life.


Although the hundreds that visited them
at first have grown into thousands, there are
still many thousands who are yet to see
them, and they should do 50 at once A
matinee is given each afternoon, continuing
from 2 till AZ, and an evening exhibition
from z to 9 O'clOCk
Year: 1878

The case of Mamie A. Dickey against
the Spencer e. Craig Printing Works, and
E. T. Harkrader and D. G. Reed came up
for hearing this morning before Judge Bur
net on the demurrer of the defendants to
the petition OF the plaintiff The petition,
as stated i'll previous report, was brought
to enioin the publication by the defendants
of history of the Dickey Titus trial, lately
Year: 1878

The last act of George Crukshank was
kind one. A memorial addressed to Lord
Beaconsfeld, praying for pension in be
half of literary lady now in reduced cir
cumstanCcs, was sent to Cruiksllank jus
before he was stricken with his last iIIness
For several days he was unable even ia
think of it, but just before his death he TO
membered it, and earnestly begged that Il
might be brought to him for signature.
The last touch of the weak hand was in thit
act of sympathy and kindness.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star.


MONTREAL, April 3.-The jury in the case
of Joseph Charlt, tried for the murder OF
his aged father by cruel and brutal treat
ment, brought in verdict of assault with
intent to kill He was sentenced to five
years in the Penitentiary. His object in
the murder was to be relieved Of his sup
mort
Year: 1878

1t don't look much like hard times at the 90
Cent Store. It's the busiest hive in the city.
and veri6es the fact that Christmas money is
plenty for the purchase of good article at
reasonable price. If You want nice, fresh
goods, go to the 99-Cent Store.
Year: 1878

My life is like the summer rose,


That opens to the morning sky,
But ere the shadS of evening close,


Is scatter'd on the ground-to die!
Yet on the roses humble bed
The sweetest dews Of night are shed,
AS if she wept the waste to see
But none shall weep tear for me!
MY life is. like the autumn leaf


That trembles in the moons pale ray,
Its holde is frail-its date is brief,


Restless-and soon to pass away!
Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade,
The parent tree will mourn its shade,
The winds bewail the leafess tree,
But none shall breathe a sigh for me!
My life is like the prints, which feet


Have left on Tampa's desert strand;
Soon as the rising tide shall beat,


All trace will vanish from the sand;
Yet, as if grieving to eface
AL vestige Of the human race,
On that lone shore loud means the sea,
But none, alas! shall mourn for me!
Year: 1878

While We think of it we might as well suggest that it would be good move for the Board of Supervisors to interest themselves in the matter of ditch crossings on the public roads leading from the town. The road leading to Gillltt should, by all means, be put in good order by run ming substantial. wooden culverts at the crossings of the diichcs, and raising the grade of the road till the last ditch is passed. Considerable freight.ng is being done on this road to Gillctt and Prescott, and heavily loaded teams have a hard time get ting past the ditches when they overflow. By all means let us have the roads repaired.
Year: 1878

The Mining and Scientific Press, in a long article in its issue of March 2S, cautioning people interested in mines to go slow" and adds: & If this class desire to avail themselves of the advantages attendant upon legitimate mining it would be better to form small companies and keep one or two capable prospectors in the field. selecting Arizona as the theater of their operations"
Year: 1878

The experiment of a newspaper in Phenix is a success, and our ex- -pectations more than realized. It could not be possible that so rich a valley as ouls would fail to support local paper. The patronage ex- tended to the HERALD by our en- terprising merchants has placed ou

 paper on a good footing. as the crowded state of our advertising columns plainly show, rendering il necessary for us to enlarge, as the space is too limited for matter of news. The HERALD Is 10 be found at every freside among our farm CTS, while a large number of our papers are sent by them to their frien1s in other sections of the coun- try. IL is a familiar vi.i.or to our mining camps, bringing the glad tidings to the honest miner that the Great Salt River Valley can supply all their wants, and that the mer- chant of Phcnix can andersell all Others in the Territory. Our humble efforts, we believe are ap- preciated by our patrons. and We promise to do all in our power to aid them in the development of Maricopa county and Phenix in par ticular, and help them to bui!d up an empire of agricultural and mer- cantile wealth second to none in the land. We have the land and water sufficient to supply all Arizona's wants in material for and motive power to run manufactures. The waters of Salt river can be utilized so that thousands of spindlns could be set in motion; we have fine grazing lands for sheep to grow the wool, and our mills could be kept going the year round, not only for home consumption but for export at a remunerdtive plice. A few years hence our rich mines will bring all this about. No better soil and eli mate can be found for the cultiva- ton of sugar cane than ours. Our farmers should attach more import ance to this subject, and sugar re- finery would soon be in operation. Too much "ranchng" has been done heretofore, and a more varied production will hereafter be the or der of the day. We will take occa- sion to speak more at length on this subject in a future issue.
Year: 1878

As will be seen by our local col umns nearly 15O,OOO pounds of freight left Yuma for this town with in few days. We call particular attention to this fact to show that we are not such a little town as some of the Territorial papers rep recent us.
Year: 1878

MT. Goldberg takes this mode of thanking bis GUS toners and the public in general for past favors so liberally bestowed, and at the same time desires to inform his friends that, having purchased the store the old. stand, and that the increase in his business compelled him to make more room for goods, which will enable him to make his establishment in point of accommodation and de- sirability of goods second to none in this town.

 His stock consists of a full assortment of
Year: 1878

For century, loyal to its every sense OF
duty and to right, it has given to the world
in every relation CT life bright exemplars.
Its daughters have been as fair as those OF
Job, and its sons pinks Of chivalry. With
so bright past, SO much in the present to
encourage, and in the future to make us
hopeful, let us trust that by an undivided
and united effort our onward progress to
the highest pitch of greatness, power, and
prosperity has but begun.
Year: 1878

IT is alleged that tramps in certain por-
tions of the West are eagerly expecting a
violent outbreak on the part OF the Com
munist element, and that they have ar
ranged to cut the telegraph wires running
into the affected regions. Quite likely
there is no foundation for this story, but as
a precautionary measure it would be a
good notion for the county authorities all
over the country to begin TO arrest the
tramps as vagabonds and to keep them for
the next two or three months in the work.
houses, wherever that disposition Of them
is possible.
Year: 1878

IT is announced that the wheat crop for
the present year is more abundant than
heretofore. The area is larger than ever,
but the yield is not in proportion. From
the results OF the harvest thus far, it is fair
to state, from reliable data, that the crop
will be four hundred million bushels. For
the last three years the yield has been


one-tbird larger .ban in the three prece-
ding years. ..i r.