smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874




In our impression of yesterday We
chronicled a rumor to the effect that a
certain titled lady has lost elOO,OOO at
ecarte, and that this will necessitate
the sale of large portion of her hus-
bands land, and the retirement of both
from the country for few years.
Apart altogether from the moral re-
fiections which naturally suggest them
selves on the evils of gambling, such n
glaring case as this leads one to specu-
late why the law should make the pro-
perty of woman inviolate from her
husband, while man is legally and in
honor bound to pay such heavy stake
for the frivolity of his wife. This soli-
tary instance reveals sad state of
affairs, and it is painful to think of the
domestic misery, beyond the mere loss,
which it entails. Men of honor would
hardly, under the circumstances, de-
mand or accept the payment of the
debt incurred. On the other hand,
neither could man of honor shrink
from meeting such claim.
Year: 1874

The undersigned having associated
with himself in business Mr. l.. X.
SIMMONS, of Shreveport, Louisiana,
the publication of the daily and week.
ly HERALD will hereafter be carried on
by the firm of SwINDELI4s ~ SIMMONS.
Mr.. SIMMONS Is the senior member of
the we'll known job printing and book
binding establishment of l.. II. SIM
MONS " Co., of Shreveport, and will
devote his large experience to the per-
sonal management of the mechanical
department of THE HERALD office.
His reputation where he is well known
for business capacity and integrity of
character entities him to the fullest
confidence of the people in his new
home. l take pleasure in commend
ing him to their favorable regard.


AS is we'll known to the readers Of
The HERALD, its editorial columns for
nine months past have been under the
control of Major JOHN HENRY Brown,
who consented to perform the duties of
editor until other arrangements could
be made. How well, and how faith
fully, he has discharged the onerous
duty, it is not necessary for me to re-
mind the readers of THE HERALD.
With a heart all aglow with the love
of Texas, and with the love of liberty,
he has stood forward valiantly at all
times as the unrelenting foe of all who
would wrong the one or assail the
other. TO Major Brown the proprie-
tor of THE HERALD is proud to ac-
knowledge a debt of gratitude which it
may probably never be within his
power to pay.


JOHN w. SWINDELLS.
Year: 1874

THE sundry civil appropriation bill
of the last congress appropriates fifteen
thousand dollars to enable the secre-
tary of war to begin the publication of
the official records of the war, both of
the federal and confederate armies.
Year: 1874

LAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
experience, an entire success. Simple, prompt
efficient and reliable They the only medicines
perfectly adapted to popular use-so simple that
mistakes cannot be made in using them; so harm
TO be always reliable. They have the highest com
mendaton from all, and will always render salts
Year: 1874

To-day Stocks were weak and lower on moderate
business. At the opening they about steady at
the closing prices of last night, and after a gentle
decline an upward reaction set ill., which carried the
market to strength which it retained until after the
Second Board. Here sales to realize began under
which prices declined sharply and the market closed
weak at the lowest point of the day. The opening
highest, lowest and closing prices of Stocks sold to
dav were as follows:
Year: 1874

THE RATE OF INTEREST FOR MONEY is always an
important subject to both borrower and lender An
able ana suggestive essay this topic by Prof T..
Portland Scientific Meeting, is reported fully in
TRIBUNE LECTURE EXTRA No 10. Price 10 cents


Address TIE Tribune. NeWYOrk.
Year: 1874

of his promised explanation of the way
to her hearts desire was not so apparent.
But she did not. She leaned back on
the cushions, rs if there was nothing
more to be desired in life, and the fu-
ture not of the least consequence to her.
So unexpectedly are we called upon to
meet the events we should have taken
most pains to avoid, and so reckless do
they make us for the time, of all that
may come after-so quickly and cruelty
was Judith disillusioned.


ITO be cOntinued.l
Year: 1874

A Journal for the People.


Devoted TO the Interests OF Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.


Alive TO all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrong
of the Masses.
Year: 1874

The cormorant is largely employed as
an assistant to the fisherman, and is
carefully educated to its work by pro-
fessional trainers. When thoroughly
trained, pair of birds is worth forty
dollars, the high price being explained
by the cost and labor of instruction.


During the first seven months of its
life, the cormorant is left with the flock
and is taught by its elders how to feed
itself on small fish. After that age,
however, a collar is fastened about its
neck so that it cannot swallow its prey,
and to one of its feet a cord, some two
feet long, is attached, terminating in a
bamboo float.


At signal from the fisherman, whose
sole implement is q forked stick some
ten feet long, the cormorants plunge
into the water and search for fish, each
bird, as fast as he catches one in his
beak, rising to the surface. The fisher
man then hooks the birds float with his
stick and draws it towards him, taking
the fish away f1om the cormorant as
soon as it comes within reach of his
arm.


When the fish is very large and
weighs seven or eight pounds, for ex-
ample, the cormorants will assist each
other, one catching the fish by tail, an
other by the head, etc. They rarely
catch anything less than quarter of q
pound. After every capture small bit
of fish is thrown to the bird as reward,
the piece being sufficiently little for the
bird to swallow in spite of its collar.


Chinese fishermen keep their feath-
cred assistants at work as long as day
light lasts. Occasionally the birds be-
come tired and refuse to dive, a pro-
ceeding which occasions a series OF
frightful yells and beating of the water
with a stick by their master, which
frightcns them to such an extent that
they resume labor instantly.


This mode of fishing, which is not in
terrupted even by severe cold, is quite
lucrative, as twenty or thirty birds car
readily catch about dollar and hall
worth of fish per day. In general the
fishermen are associated, and the birds
belong to society which marks them
with peculiar brand of it's own. Oil
of sesame is said to be the panacea fol
all ills of the cormorant, which con.
tinues it's career of active work until
about ten years of age.
Year: 1874

Paralysis, according to an English
writer, is rare, much that passes for
paralysis being durable, especially
through the imagination. The opinion
is supported by the statements of one
of the best medical men in Paris, who
in 1849 was physician in the great
hospital there, the Hotel Dieu. In
that year this hospital was particularly
famous for the cures effected in it, and
many were the hypochondriacs whose
imaginations sent them home well after
a stay in it's wards. One odd case was
that of young girl in the department
of the Ain, whom a sudden fright had
rendered dumb and paralyzed. Local
physicians could do nothing for her,
and at last asserted that only the doc
tors of the Hotel Dieu could cure her
Firmly believing this herself, the girl
was sent to Paris and admitted to the
hospital, where the hurried physician
merely examined her as matter ol
form, promising to return on the next
day. When he came he heard to his
astonishment that the patient was in,
clined to speak. He spoke to her, and
she answered instantly that she thought
that she could walk with little help
and she did walk twice around the ware
very easily. The next week she re-
turned to her native village as we'll az
ever. :" I knew" she cried, "that the
Hotel Dieu would cure me p 1t would
be hard to find more striking instance
of the mysterious power of the imagi
nation, and of strong belief upon The
physical structure.
Year: 1874

Some of the ancient laws of Massa-
chusetts are worthy of consideration at
the present day. In 1642 there was a
law providing that "those who do not
teach, by themselves or others, their
children or apprentices, so much learn
ing as may enable them perfectly to
read the English tongue, and knowledge
of the capital laws, shall be fined twenty
shillings for each neglect therein" In
those days it was also thought proper
that no interference should prevent
suitable marriages. A law of 1641
reads that 'if any person shall willfully
and unreasonably deny any child timely
or convenient marriage, or shall exer-
else any unnatural severity toward
them, such children shall have liberty
to complain to authority for redress in
such cases."
Year: 1874

Americans are gradually waking up
to the fact that oatmeal is by no means
an unimportant article of diet. AS
food, the merits of which have stood
the test of centuries, and which is cal
culated to promote the sanitary inter


ests of the nation by laying the foun-
dation for more hardy and vigorous
constitutions for the coming generation,
let us regard it's general adoption as an
article of diet as nothing short of
national good. Its phosphorescent
qualities act as q gentle and healthy
stimulant to the brain, and on no other
food can one endure so great or so pro-
longed mental labor as on oatmeal por-
ridge. Properly cooked it is not only
a most healthful and nutritious food,
but it is decidedly palatable, as is fully
attested by its wonderfully rapid adop-
ton as popular diet by the very fas-
tidious palates of our American people.
Year: 1874

There's a jolly Saxon proverb


That is pretty much'like this,
That man is half in Heaven


When he has womans kiss;
But there's danger in delaying
And the sweetness may forsake it;
So l tell you, bashful lover,


If you want kiss, why take it.
Never let another fellow


Steel march on you in this;
Never let a laughing maiden


See you spelling for kiss;
There's royal way to kissing,


And the jolly ones who make it
Have a motto that is winning


If you want kiss, why take it!
Any fool may face cannon


Anybody wear a crown,
But man must win woman,


If he'd have her for his own;
Would you have the golden apple,
You must find the tree and shake it /;
If the thing is worth the having,


And you want kiss, why take it.
Who would burn upon desert,


With forest smiling by?
Who would give his sunny summer
For bleak and wintry sky2
Oh! 1 tell you there is magic,


And you cannot, cannot break it;
For the sweetest part of loving


Is to want kiss, and take it.
Year: 1874

WOMEN IN THE ORANGES. One of the
features of the Oranges is that notTa
single one can be organized without the
companionship of women. No charter
will be issued to organize Grange,
even if a hundred of the best farmers
want it and ask for it, unless certain
number of women join.
Year: 1874

We call attention to an article in
this issue from the Chicago Tribune,
upon the question of the amendment
Of tho Federal Constitution in regard
To- the election Of President. The
nearest possible, that we can come to
paaellg this matter directly, in the
hands Of the people - the arbiter, is
No doubt the better policy. II there
is,Any one feature Of our form Of gov
ernment fraught with danger more
than another, It Il the exigencies that
might arise in the election OF the
President. II the designers OF rebel
lion should seek for . chance for sue
csea lhis feature would be more like
y to bs the one they would pitch up
on % . means or way to it, than any
other. We think, therefore, that this
qnsstion 10 one of the highest import
ance, and ought to have the immediate
ard careful attention OF Congress at
this session.
Year: 1874




IN THE EVENING.
All day the wind had howled along the leas,
All day the wind had swept across the


plain,


All day on rustling grass and waving trees
Had fallen"the useful trouble of the rain, "
All day beneath the low-hung, dreary sky,
The dripping earth had covered sullenly.
At last the wind had sobered itself to rest,
At last TO weary calmness sank the storm,
A crimson line cleaned sudden in the west,
Where golden tlecks rose wayering into


form,


And hushed revival hearalded the night,
And with the evening time awoke the light.
The rosy color flushed along gray waves;
The rosy color tinged the mountains brow;
And where the old church watched the vii


lage graves


Wooed to a'passing blush the yew trees


frown,


Bird, beast and flower relenting nature knew
And one pale starrOse shimmering in the blue
So to a life long crushed in heavy grief,
So, to path long darkened by despair,
The slow, sad hours bring touches of relief,
Whispers of hope, and strength of trustful


prayer;


'Tary his leisure" God of love and might,
And in the evening time there will be light.
Year: 1874

The Columbia Herald of the
18th has the following article


After this issue the Column
bia Herald and the Columbia
Mail will be consolidated, Capt.
j. B. Murphy having sold out
to Horseley Bros. & Figures.
\ \ \ Two papers at Column
bia are a severe tax upon our
merchants, for they do not like
to advertise in one paper with
out also inserting in the other,
and when they do they are
cheated out of their money, be-
cause the papers generally have
the very same subscribers. OuI
best business men have long
urged the necessity of the
consolidation of the Herald and
Mail upon this ground.


After the experiment just
made by the Mail, we presume
no one will be so unwise as to
undertake to start another pa
per in Columbia. 1t was star
ted under the most favorable
auspices, with the prestige of
having an editor whose fame as
a journalist was co-eXtensivt
with the Union, and conducted
by one, Of less repute, but of as
much ability and nerve. The
Mail did net fail for lack of a.
bility in its editors, or sagacity
in conducting it, but simply be-
cause two papers cannot sur
vive in Columbia, and the Her.
aid had an advantage of being
an old, well-established paper
Year: 1874

Some Missouri papers give long
accounts Of the uarree""' escape OF


"A little girl thirteen years of age
from beinG buried alive at St Jo-
'spph. She apparently died, and
after lying thirty hours in cof


fin, was taken out for burial. On
the way to the cemetery the St.
Joseph Herald asserts, the quick
ear of the saddened mother caught
the echo of familiar cry. and she
gave expression to her suspicion
that it came from the coffin of her
child. Her suspicion was over


ruled, but in a lew moments a
second cry was heard, and in com.
pliance with the wishes Of the
mother the hearse was stopped
and the coffin drawn out. The
struggles of what was supposed to
be the liieless body could now be
plainly heard. The coffin was
quickly opened, and the child
found to be alive, to the amaze


ment and unspeakable delight Of
the parents. In her struggles she
had nearly torn from herself bel
death robes. She was quickly Ia.
ken from the coffin and carried In.
to the house of a French lady at
hand, where they bathed her in
vinegar. She recovered her
strength rapidly, and in & short
time was taken to the home
which she had lefJ only a few
hours before an apparent corpse.
Since that time she has been as
we'll as for the last few months.
Year: 1874

Il young man at Austin, New,
the other day made a serious
mistake. He bought a hand
some dress pattern for his sweet
heart and a pair of red flannel
drawers for himself. He de-
ivered the wrong bundle to the
young lady. Result-a broken
head and ruined frying pan.
Year: 1874

The Princeton (IlI) Clarion be-
gins the year with story about IA
dry goods merchant of that town
who in a fit # somnambulism a.
rose from his couch, neatly cut the
bedquilt in two with his pocket
scissors, and then asked his terri
fed vile if he could not show ber
something else.
Year: 1874

about ready to take their departure


the conversation turned on the all
absorbing topic of the day-pol;tlcs.
The bridegroom, who, by the way,
had ever been a strong Republican,
maintained his ground in gallant
style. As clincher, he informed
his opponent that there were not men
enough in the world to change his
political principals The young bride
overhearing the boastful assertion,
quietly remarked TO a lady friend,
that if there were not men enough
she would see what woman could
accomplish. Shortly after the COM
pany bade the newly welded pair
good night. Soon after the wife
sought the nuptial chamber and re-
tired. In a few moments she was
followed by the husband. who calm
ly proceeded TO remove his wearing
apparel; the wife coolly asked him
what he intended to do, and was in re-
turn as coolly informed that he pro-
posed to monopolize at least one half
the marriage bed. He was thunder
struck when the wife in very deci-
ded manner gave him to understand
that she could not consent, as she had
a solemn vow registered in Heaven,
that she would never occupy the same
bed with a Republican. He threat
ened and cOaxed by turns, and all to
no pupose the young wife remained
as firm rs the hills of her own native
State. Finally becoming discoura-
ged, he reluctantly sought another
apartment; there to muse on the un-
certainty of married life. Time roll
ed on. 1t was the night before the
election; the hour ten smiling poll
ticians were on the war path. How
different the contrast in the bridal
chamber the wife of a few short
days was bitterly weeping. Between
her s0bs she detected a light football
in the passage way. Almost imme-
diately it was followed by low, tim
id rap upon the door. In a moment
came another rap, louder than the
first. Assuming frightened tone,
she asked, 'who is there y 4 firm
manly voice replied, "the most rad
ical Democrat in Rockingham coun-
ty." Then came the joyful summons: ::
''Ned, YOU can come in" Thus is
the Democratic majority in the Leg
islatme increased by one vote.-tOr.
Ereter Neus Letter.
Year: 1874

The election of Democrat Repre-
sentative in Stratham at the annual
election, was a surprise to Democrats
and Republicans alike. Il has been
a matter of considerable speculation
among the members Of each party
how it was brought about BY the
consent of parties most interested, we
are permitted to give the following,


which will forever set the matter at
rest, as the member was chosen by
one majority: \ few days previous
TO the meeting, two of our sensible
young folks entered the blissful state
of matrimony. In the evening, a
number of their friends made them 4
call for the epurpose of rendering their
congratulations, When they were
Year: 1874

publican State Convention was engaged all
day discussing the report Of the Committee
on Credentials, which was presente,lto-
day, after being under consideration three
days. Chamberlin and Patterson are once
more i'm the ascendancy,as the report OF tie
Credentials Committee has been manipu-
Lated by the convention to that end, and
nothing definite is likely to be done to-
night
Year: 1874

In the course Of another month the
Convention of Southern Republicans
in Atlanta will be heard shrieking of
danger to the oolored people of South
Carolina, and Senator Patterson Will be
clamoring for more troops and a new
reconstruction law. We shall be told
that the Republican party in the South
ern States is in danger of extelmina-
ton, and nothing but the most vigorous
action Of the Federal Government can
save it. But If these are the represen-
tstiSes of the Republican party who
are making politics hideous in Colum-
bia, its determination surely cannot
come too soon.-Netc York Tribune.
Year: 1874

UNDER the Kellogg regime the
merchants Of New Orleans are not to
he allowed to ship arms to that city for
sale rs formerly. And this is a repub-
lican government in which the citizens
are authorized by the Constitution to
bear arms for their own defense.
Year: 1874

WE have heard that ex-President
johnson endorses the Democratic plat.
form fully, and expects to stump the
State in behalf Of it and the nominee.
This is good news, and ensures the elec-
ton of Porter by an overwhelming ma
jority.-CoIumbia Herald and Mail.


Should the ex-President do as the
Herald and Mad indicates, the people
Will welcome him with hearty greet
ing at every appointment, and 1t will
have a tendency TO allay the bitter feel
ing engendered two years ago. We
trust we may have the pleasure of see
ing him during the canvass fighting IN
the ranks of his party SheUyUiLlc
ConamerciGl
Year: 1874

TENNESSEE presents rather a queer
condition Of affairs just now. The
State and local authorities of Gibson
county are working with might and
main to discover the perpetrators of
the outrages in that county and bring
them to punishment; and the Federal
authorities set up an opposition court
and go to arresting parties. The out
laws are likely to be well tried and we'll
punished by the time they run the
gauntlet of the State and Federal
courts.
Year: 1874

The following little anecdOte is told
about a very bashful man In Indiana.
The unfortunate's friends knew that
he wanted 10 be married; they knew
that he never would be if he waited un-
til he found courage to pop the ques-
ton; so they took all the trouble off
his hands, and by a series Of rapid
strategic moves had him popped" ac-
cepted and wived before he could find
a pretext for willing" So much ae-
cOmplished, and the nuptial evening
having passed off merrily, the young
mans back -bOners withdrew at an early
hour, feeling that they could spare
themselves further effort III theirfriend's s
behalf. About five minutes after, young
Benedict, who had evidently been hav-
ing a serious debate with himself, rose
and took his hat, and, with a nervous
Good night" made his exit.


He was not seen again by his bride
or his family until the following even
ing, when he timidly knocked at the
door and was admitted. No special
comment being made upon his singular
conduct, he passed an hour rather COM
fOrta1ly in the parlors, and everything
seemed to promise favorably for a cure
of his besettiug weakness, when, hear
ing the household monitor proclaim the
hour Of nine, he suddenly seemed to
remember he hadfOrgOtten something,
and started for his hat.


This was the moment and the event
that had been somewhat expectantly
awaited with Indignation mostprOfOund
but under control by the brides moth
er. Planting herself resolutely in the
doorway, the old lady demanded 10
know why and wherefore, what he pro-
posed to do, and whether he was a man,
or only feeble imitation, etc in short,
why he did not remain with his wife,
instead of sinking back to his old quar-
ters ? The bashful son-in-law stam-
mered out, as the elderly female seized
his hat and backed him into Il chair,
''Well, | should like to, but l thought
may be I'd better wait awhile, for fear
it might make talk among the neigh
bors "
Year: 1874

CASTELAR, was at the head of the Spanish
Government, for CASTELAR, was known to
be the friend of the American Republic, but
tkat very friendship had caused
his deposition and in his place
was now bloody Serrano, who had nothing
but hatred and dislike to the United states
and the proposition was that the navy
should stand not on the usual peace basis,
but one-fourth below it. No greater mis-
take could be made than in cutting down
the navy on the cry of economy. True
economy was to keep up strong navy, In
order that war may be averted, not to be
economical until war comes, and then
launch out into loud expenditures.


Discussion continued by Schotield, Cox
and Wood. The latter eontended that the
American navy was ample and even too
large, if the people We're to be taxed any
further to maintain it. He thought the
appropriation should be still further re-
duced. All expenditures of the Govern
ment We're profligately extrayagant, and
should be cut down.


Mr.. Hale hoped that the Republican side Of
the House would sustain the bill in inter
est of economy.


Csmmittee rose and House adjourned.
Year: 1874

GRANT has at last withdrawn the
nomination of Attorney General Viii
Iiams for Chief Justice. The pressure
upon the Senate not to confirm the
nomination was too powerful to be dis
regarded, and for once Grant has been
checkmated in his persistent efforts to
force "a nomination not fit to be
Tnada''