smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

HERE it is again. The Houston Tel
egraph values the good weather at
100000 per diem. Some of our ex-
changes say it isn't worth II cent so far
as the cotton crop is concerned. Where
so many doctors differ, how is a true
diagnosis to be reached? The Jimple-
cute will note the following, and let us
hear from it again. We are an earn
est seeker after light on this subject:


A great many who have been enjoy
ing the magnificent weather with
which we have been blessed since tue
1st of October, little dreamed what a
source of wealth it was to our state.
Every day of fine weather during the
month of October was worth 100000
to Texas, and every day of fine weather
up to the Goth of the present month
will average the same. Thirty days of
fine weather last month added sixty
thousand bales to our crop of cotton,
worth $3,0O0,000 to our planters, and in
the same proportion will it be up to
the oath of November. Good weather
is quite an item with us Mt this season
of the year.
Year: 1874

THERE is great need of a Dallas
county immigration association, If for
nothing but to show people the lands
and answer letters ofinquiry about the
city and county. 1t would take cor
bureau, with a number of
clerks, to answer properly the letters
received in this city, alone from parties
wanting Information, with view to
Cannot some of the
good old pioneers not engaged in ac-
tive business, take hold of this project
and put it through ? The more infor-
nation spread abroad about our city
and section, the more money and pop
ulation we will gain, to say nothing Of
muscle and brains.
Year: 1874

MIR. GRANT must have the m oral cuti-
Gle ofa rhinoceros If ftheresult ofthe late
elections has not convinced him that
the people want him to step "down
and out" The republican party is
now rope of sand that can and will
not permit of his anchoring himself
in the White house for third term.
The Louisiana tragedy has given his
comedy of errors its quietus, and he
will not be able to run it another
night. Even the professional malig-
nifty of MortonN could not save him
this time from that bourne from which
poor Colfax even has found it impossi-
bic to return. These dogs have had
their day, and a sorry day it was for
them, when the people shook them
selves. An earthquake would have been
a boon compared to this last shake.
Year: 1874

SOME TIME ago there was some talk
about the Central railway companys
building a passenger depot near where
the compress now is. 1t would GER
tainly be great convenience to the
travelling public and our citizens also.
In view, however, of the possible
building of the proposed new line of
railway from New Orleans to this
place, grand union depot would be
still more desirable. Everything
which facilitates access to our city and
egress from it is to be encouraged. The
railway companies will be the first,
perhaps, to appreciate and profit by a
union depot. This arrangement would
not injure the property of either, but
benefit the city and the companies
also.
Year: 1874

We had seated ourselves to write
something about the prospective great
ness of Texas, for our Tennessee and
Memphis excursionists to take home
with them, when we were fortunate
enough to find the following in the
Telegraph of the 5th instant AS it
says all that we wanted to say much
better than we could have said it our
self, and as it is much easier labor to
edit with the scissors than with the
pen, we give it entire:


Twenty years ago General Sam
Houston delivered speech from the
old Capitol Hill in Austin, and in pic
turing the future of Texas to the vast
audience that hung upon the old war
rior's words, he raised himself up to
the full measure of his commanding
height, and looking as it were, out in
the time to come, said ~ see a grand
empire stretched out before me, with
its busy cities and towns, its f1eecy
fields, its golden grain, It's herds upon
an hundred hills and plains, its looms
and factories, its countless wealth and
laughing prosperity, and / thank God
that to your children and mine this
heritage shall come, when we who
have borne the heat and burden of the
day In the dark hours of the republic,
shall have passed from this worlds
stage, and are at rest from our labors."
The hero of San Jacinto, and many
more of those who laid the foundation
of our present greatness and prosperity
have fallen asleep, but the magnificent
empire that Houston saw i'm the Wis.,
ion which he had on old Capitol Hill,
is beginning to be realized by the chill
dren, and the thousands who are pour
ing into our state are rapidly develop
ing its resources until we can almost
see the fulfillment Of his prophesy.
From New England, from the middle
states, from the west and from our al
most ruined sister states Of the south,
we are daily receiving new citizens,
and the better class Of immigrants
from abroad are being attracted to our
borders. We have been at work in
the right way hitherto, but now we are
at work In earnest, and the prospects
are we shall have such an accession 70
Year: 1874




been lovely. Not cloud in the sky;
the thermometer at a genial bracing
figure; the country looking fresh and
the foliage and grass green; the at
mosphere eXhilarating and mild and
with none of the elements of de-
bility in it. Our farmers are making
the most of it, and the roads leading
to the city are throfged with hearty
farmers and their rosy wives and chill
dren coming in with their fine teams,
loaded with cotton and produce, pre-
senting gratifying picture of the pros.
perity, health and manhood of our
people. So much for this being a
white mans country and no reign of
carpet baggery.
Year: 1874

BoNHAM NEWS, 30th: "a very dis
tressing accident occurred last Monday
at the toll bridge on Bois dare. A Mr..
Proctor, of Kaufman county, OH his
way to Arkansas with his family, con-
sisting of his wife and one child, camp
ed at the bridge Sunday night. On the
following morning Mr.. Proctor came
back to town to have some work done
at the blacksmith shop. In his alb
sence his wife led to water wild young
horse which had been tied to the end
of the wagon. While the horse was
drinking it took fright at boy who
rode up on the opposite side, and DASH
ed off through the woods, dragging
Mrs. Proctor, whose foot had become
entangled in the lariat. 1t dragged
her thirty or forty yards, lacerating
and bruising her painfully. The lady's
condition at the time rendered such an
accident peculiarly critical, but on the
following day her infant was born
alive, and at present writing both
mother and child are doing WELL"
Year: 1874

On ranch on the Carson river, eight
miles below the mouth of Six-mile can
on, is to be seen herd OF twenty-six
camels, all but two of which was born
and raised in Nevada. But two of the
old herd of nine or ten brought here
some years ago are now living. 1t
would seem that the original lot fell in
TO the hands of Mexicans. who treated
them very badly, overlooking and abus'
ing them. The men who now have
them are Frsnchmen, who had formerly
some experience with camels in Europe.
They find no difficulty in rearing them,
and can now show twenty-five tine
healthy animals, all of WashOe growth.
The camel may now be said to be thor
ouehly acclimated in the state. The
owners of the herd find it no more dill
ficult to breed and rear them than would
be experienced with the same number
of goats or donkeys. The ranch upon
which they are kept is sandy and sterile
in the extreme yet the animals feast
and grow fat on such prickly shrubs and
bitter weeds as no other animal would
touch. When left to themselves their
great delight, after filling themselves
with the coarse herbage of the desert,
is to lie and roll in the hot sand. They
are used in packing salt to the mills on
the river, from the marshes lying in the
desert some sixty miles to the eastward,
1bey have animals that easily pack
eleven hundred pounds.
Year: 1874

DEATHS take place, the world over,
at the rate OF one every two seconds.
There is IA sense Of rolound relief IN
the thought that every time a mAn
GOES ont of the world, baby ana
half are coming into II.
Year: 1874

An OPES LETTER TO ANY Girl WHO
CLAIMS IT They tell me that you are what
the world calls fir,. that all the little at
fractions which nature has given you have
been subordinated to base uses. and yon
have openly boasted of the conquests you
have made through the power Of coquetrv.
Pause. beg you; it is not yet too late;
YOU cannot know whittier this tendancy is
leading you. or you would never have en-
tered the path. There are many reasons
why you should pause. The fact that you
are SO dcbasipg your womanhoo1 proves
cnaclusivcly that you could never have
known the power Of passion that has
many times made angels of demons. Oh
you blush. 1t is well: it gives hope for
the future. it tells that you are not dead
10 reason and shame. Shall | tell you
Why you are on the brink Of terrible dan
ger? Does not your heart tell you that
some time. Us ih-ye enters into the heart
of every man and woman. sooner or later,
love stronger than death aud true as
truth. so 1t must come to you. and in your
sou! Of sous you must fec! that the oaly
man worthy the admiration aud love OF
any woman is Que that would not for an
instant tritie with the affections of ano;h-
err! Do you think that the true man
whom you could honor as husband would
care to take to his embrace n wife whose
lips had been suliied by careless and pro-
miscuous contact with any who had CHANGED
to BE- the playthiug of the hour? You
may plead. il: cxtcuuation of your fault.
that you were engaged to those caresses
you permitted. but in the several iustan-
ces referred TO. discovered before it was
too la:e that YOU had mistaken a passing
fancy for lifelong affection. Ii is no cx-
cuse at ALL Indeed. it proves you weak
cr than before. You have no right to
promise yourself in marriage to man
whom you are not sure you cannot love un-
Ill death. These are not to be made mat
tcrs OF haste-and when you so far forge,
your womanly dignity to snap a, any
chance bait that may be offered. to find
out later that you are mistaken, you mus,
not wonder that your name is banded
carelessiy about among your masculine
acquaintances. and the better kind Of men
begin TO shun you.


There is n difference. my young friend
between prudishncss and womanly self.
respect. and you will always find ,ha, any
man, high or low. pure in thought or
thoroughly dtbased. will not forget the
Difference due to true woman. You
ought 10 know instinc,ively that familiari-
~ is no evidence of manly regarI. aud the
preferred carcss too often springs from a
motive so base that | need not name it -
Guard yourself. then. that when the time
Goes come in which you can truly say to
any man tha. he is more to YOU than all
else. you will have no reluctance to lay
before him the history Of your pas. life.
unspo,ted by the breath of suspicion. un-
tarnished by practices not open to the
world; and. when the time does come. as
you would have true sympathy and hap
pincss in the future. give each other your
confidence regarding the past; les there
be no scaled pages. no for.,o,te details.
whose ghos,ly presence will haunt you
ever after. and, if discovered. cas-, shad
ow between you and him who has trusted
you.
Year: 1874

The RIGur ExD.-An old gentleman
who was never accused Of being a wizard,
went out one day with his gun to shoot
partridges. accompanied BY bis son. Be-
fore they approached the ground where
they expected to End the game, the gun
was charged with severe load and when
at last the old gentleman discovered one
Of the birds he took 4 rest and bla1ed
away expecting to see it fall Of course.
bu. not so did it happen. for the gun re-
coiled with such force as to kick him over.
The old man got up and while rubbing
the sparks out Of bis eyes inquired Of his
son. "Alphy. did p"iut the right end II
the gun at the bird =
Year: 1874

To-day will occur the general city elec
ton at Vicksburg. Who are to be mayor,
aldermen, assessor and cotton weigher of
that city is matter of but little Importance
to the world at large, but it is important in
the interests of peace and good government
that the Republican party, against the rule
or-ruin White League mob, should have a
fair showing at the polls. With strange in
consistency the White Leaguers of Missis-
sippi have raised hue and cry that in


Vicksburg armed bands of colored men


existed with murderous intent, yet when


the Lieutenant Cover asked the pres


ence of United States troops for the sole


purpose of preventing the outrages feared,


the Leaguers stoutly protested against pro-
lection, and declared Vicks5urg as quiet as
a graveyard. 1t must be said for the White
Leaguers that they have conducted their
canvass with great energy. From letter
written on board of q steamer, and pub
lished in the Vieksburg Times we make the
following extracts:


was surprised. while lying at your city
wharf TODAY, to see certain we'll known
citizens come on board and persuade white
men who never claimed to be citizens of
Vicksburg to stop off and register and vote
at your city election, which Is to come off
| in a very few days. / was standing by
| when three or four white men came on
| board, book in hand, and went to these
| men and told them that they would pay
| their board and see that they were taken
| care of, and make them a present of suit
| of clothes, if they would agree to do as they


requested of them. They tried to get me,
| also, promising me quite a comfortable
| time. Some of these men that
| stopped off to register shipped from St
| Louis, and others from different points on
| the river and they were all going to New
| Orleans If they had not been stopped.


The war cry of the Leaguers in Missis
| sippi is the ancient one of "retrenchment


reform, honesty" ana the employment o1
steamboat voters indicates the way IN


which they mean to carry out their reform


policy. The Dem ocrats intend to become


an honest party, if they have to lie, forge
| and murder to be honest, 1t is possible,


however, the elec ton may pass quietly oft


and that the Leagu ers will thereafter sub
side into their uneventful corner grocery


complacency until other prospects for office
| turn up.
Year: 1874

There will be a meeting OF the State
Executive Committee this evening, when
the question of where the Republican State
Convention will be held will be determined.
1t has been proposed to hold it in the hall
of the House OF Representatives of the new
State House, but as the proposition has met
with opposition it will have to be deter
mined by vote Of the State Central Com
mittee, the result Of which will be an
nounced in the REPUBLICAN tomorrow
morning
Year: 1874

Movements of the President.


WASHINGTON, August 3.-The President
will visit New Jersey. He will come on a
special train, stopping for few moments
at Newark and Orange, and reaching Nor
ristown at noon. He will remain here one
hour and hold reception at Washington's
Headquarters. He will then proceed to
Dover and Mount Hope, visiting an iron
mine; thence to Newton and back to Boon
ton, remaining all night at the latter place
as the guest Of John Hill.
Year: 1874

Goldsmith Maid to Trot Against Time.


BUFFALO, August 3.-Arr rangements are
being considered to give purse OF S2oOO
to Goldsmith Maid to tror against her best
time during the races.
Year: 1874

Spirltuailsm appears TO he going
through a critical test now by the
scientists OF London. The medium
THROUGH whom the experiments are
mostly being made, is u young lady of
aboI. eighteen years of sge-Miss
Florence Cooke. She is not n public
medium, but the manifestations. which
take place in her presence are of such
Startling character, that it has been
quite Impossible TO coniinc the exhib-
jioas o; them to her family and friends
only. Many persons Of distinction and
celebrity have witnessed the same at
her own house. In seeing the phenom.
cna, the first condition is tying Miss
Cooke firmly in a cabinet, and sealing
tile knots. There is then curtain
dropped over the door between her
and those present, which, of course,
places her in the dark, while those in
the room are in the light. In short
space of time there comes from the
cabinet \ female figure, draped in
white, with a white veil falliag over
the head but not covering the face.
The feet are naked. She walks around
the room, speaking to all says her
name is Kate King allows persons to
feel Of her dress, and shake hands with
her, which are as tangible to the touch
as any other raw material thing on
earth.


The size and form Of the figure is
much like the medium, Miss Cooke,
which fact raised many skeptical
doubts in the minds Of those who
witnessed the manifestations, thinking
it might be Miss Cooke, who had freed
herself from the cords and dressed for
the play. However, in every instance
after Katie had returned to the cabi-
net, they had raised the curtain and
found Miss Cooke IN state of trance
or unconsciousness, securely tied and
sealed as when they had left her.
Here was case for Professors Crookes
and Varley to test the physical force
question. Miss Cooke very readily
yielded herself for them to experiment
on the phenomena. l will give their
experiences as professor Crookes gave
them to me. He took Miss Cooke
first TO his own mouse, that he might
be sure of all her surroundings. He
then improvised dark cabinet with a
curtain door. They placed the medium
inside and securely tied her. Profess
sor Varley then placed gold plate on
the inside of each wrist. to which we're
attached insulated wires leading out
into the room to very sensitive
electrometer. They tried every motion
of her hands and arms, and the placing
Of her arms together to see the differ
ent forces Of electricity produced in
the different positions.


Professor Crookes observed her all
the time. while Professor Varley had
his eyes on the electrOmeter. After
thoroughly learning the effect produc-
ed by each movement Of hers, they
Year: 1874

A learned divine at Burlington said
to liquor dealer there: "Wretched man.
ii the bei of that river was bank high
with the suds of salvation, and June
rise OF piety was coming down from the
mountains, there wouldn't be enough to
wash YOUR feet,''
Year: 1874

There are in the City thirty school build
ings. Out of this number there are not
more than ten. which can be made COM
Portable for a winter school. And in sew
eral Districts new buildings must be inn
mediately erected. or the schools postpon-
ed during the winter months. Money ex-
pended for this purpose, as you know, Is
well invested. At West Ellsworth, We
have beer obliged to hold the school in
private houses, SO poor is the school
house. We have in our City IS fne Church
es with as elegantly upholstered pews, AS
will be found in any place Of the size in the
State. Our people are liberal people, and
void not object to be taxed for purp 0ses
Of this kind.


Justice to our scholars and their teach
Year: 1874

The demand that has been made that
teachers institutes and convention. should
be held In term time, and consequently
the schools suspended that our teachers
might enjoy the advantages they afford.
seems To us wrong; but We have n right
10 expect that the teachers shall keep well
mp with The progress of the age in all
matter pertaining 10 education. We would
therefore. recommend that during the next
year teachers meetings be held at such
times as would accommodate all the teach
er'. and at the same time not interfere
with their work. By the discussion In
these meetings OF the best methods of
school government and instruction, they
might be made very interesting aud profit
able
Year: 1874

GENERAL SCnENcK was the guest of an
English lady, the owner of Horace Walpolc's
famous residence, Strawberry Hill, and the
American Minister was questioned by the
hostess about our national game of cards.
General Schenck undertook the pleasing task
of instructing the noble dame in the myster-
les of the game of poker, and when he left
Strawberry Hill! she requested him to reduce
to writing the rules governing the game. This
our obliging Minister did, briefly and clearly
as he could on his return to London, and
mailed the treatise to his fascinating enter
tainer. Much to his surprise and no little
annoyance, there appeared shortly after, for
private circulation, beautifully gotten-up
on the Game of Poker" 1t is more than
doubtful whether our able and popular diplo-
matte representative near the Court of Saint
James would have selected that subject for an
entrance to the republic of letters.
Year: 1874

Apretty amusement, especial for those who
contemplate the study of botany, is the TAX
ing of leaf photographs. One very simple
process is, at any druggists, get FIVE cents
worth of bichromate of potash. Put this ill.,
to a two-ouncc bottle of soda water. When
the solution has become saturatcd-that is,
the water has dissolved at much as it will
pour off some of the clear liquid into shall
low dish; on this float piece OF ordinary
writing paper till it is thoroughly and evenly
moistcned. Let it become nearly dry in the
dark. 1t should be bright yellow. On this
put the leaf, under it a piece OF soft black
cloth and several pieces of newspaper. Put
this between two pieces of glass. all the pieces
should be the same size, and with spring
clothes-pins fasten them all together Expose
to bright sun, placing the leaf so that the
rays will fall on it as nearly perpendicular as
possible. In few minutes it will begin to
turn brown, but i req, ires from half an hour
to several hours to produce good print.
When it has become dark enough take it from
the frame and put it in clear water, which
must be changed every few minutes till the
yellow part becomes perfectly white. Some
times the venation of the leaves will be quite
distinct BY following these directions it is
scarcely possible to fail, and a little practice
will make perfect. The photographs if we'll
taken are very pretty as well as Interesting.
Year: 1874

awful creature up stairs at Mrs. Sullivans
was the gallant young gentleman who had so
ingratiated himself in her esteem by trifling
service, the gifted young author who for
years had held her admiration captive by the
charming cra,ions Of his prolific imagination:
Year: 1874

The kernels of peach pits will cure
heartburn. Eat two or three a day un-
til relieved.


One drop of the spirits of turpentine
if applied immediately-will general
ly deaden the pain of an ordinary bee
sting and stop the swelling.


Asthma is sometimes cured with a
mixture of two ounces Of honey and one
ounce of castor oil. Take teaspoonful
night and morning.


Alum water is good for frosted feet
Bathe with it every night before going
to bed. 1t will generally remove all
pain and soreness in three or four days.


A simple cure for hoarseness is this;
Take the whites of two eggs and beat
them, and two spoonfuls of white sugar
CRATE in little nutmeg, and then add a
pint of lukewarm water. Stir well and
drink often.


A poison of any conceivable descrip-
tion may be rendered almost instantane
ously harmless, to most persons, by swal
lowing two gills of sweet oil. An indi
vidual with a very strong constitution
should take twice that quantity. Th'
oil will neutralize every form of vegeta
BILE or mineral poison with which doc
tors are acquainted.