smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

push on for home. The junks had gone
about, but we knew that they were
doomed, and the roar of the broadside
soon informed US that it would be quick
work. All Wing never moved. He
would have kept that revolver pointed
at the Cinnamon until doomsday, had
not told him that he might put it away.


All How and Buddha" took the
guns below, and made everything tidy,
and we had hardly rounded PaOushan
Point when All Wing came up and said I:


"That cook makee enquire what thing
you likee chow chow (eat).


We had jolly dinner the next night.
Lieutenant Graham and a couple of his
officers came Just in time They had
handed the survivor of the .junks' crews
over to the Chinese authorities, in whose
care our rascally lowdah also was. They
had made short work Of their fight, and
had no casualties. When the cloth was
removed, / tried to get Manson to make a
speech, but the only thing could get
him to say was that he was never less
bored in his life than during the skirm-
ish.


| have not seen him for years. He
drifts between the Old and the New
World, and when last wrote to him
quoted Hawthorne's expression about
the danger of doing SO until the only in
heritance left him in either was the six
feet for his final resting-place. But, as
l had before insisted to my group in the
smoking-room, it is a great mistake to
judge by appearances, and | am surer OF
nothing than that 1 shall never see a
finer fellow, on this side of Jordan, than
my friend, the man without enthusiasms.
Year: 1879

A correspondent, after bathing in the
Dead Sea, describes his experience in the
following words: The water, which is
quite clear, and nearly the color of the
Niagara river below the falls, seemed to
me little more bitter and salty than that
of Salt lake, although brighter and more
attractive to the eye when S en- close at
hand. Its supporting power struck me as
a little greater, also, than that of Salt
lake, las the body foated more easily, and
the difficulty of swimming was greater
on account of the inability to keep ones
feet under water. So large quantity of
salt is held in solution that the water has
what is called, ! believe, a ''ropy" ap-
pearance, much like that of plate of
well-made tapioca soup. | observed,
however, that when we came out of the
water there was not so large a deposit of
salt crystals ON the body as after a bath
in Salt lake and the feeling of the skin,
instead of being dry and prickly as / ex-
pected, was rather oily and sticky. Our
dinner that night was seasoned with salt
made from Dead Sea water by solar
evaporation 1t was little lighter in
color than the best article of brown sugar.
Its crystals were large and hard, and,
though foreign substances were evidently
pIcSCHt III cOhSlucIaule qutHuty, IL " ~
not unpleasant to the taste. / was told
that two quarts OF. water will produce
one quart of salt, but this is probably an
exaggeration. To complete the statistics
Of this remarkable body of water, / may
add, what many Of my readers may al
ready know-that there is no living thing
of any kind in it; that even the drift
wood brought down by the floods in the
Jordon is speedily cast upon its shores
chat its length is about forty-fve and its
| greatest width about ten miles; that 1t is
over 1900 feet at its deepest point; and
that the immense quantity Of fresh water
poured into it daily is undoubtedly taken
up by evaporation, as its great depth be
low the basin of the Mediterranean mus
preclude the idea of subterranean out


let.
Year: 1879

Prime butter-A billy goat.


The combing man-The hairdresser.


1t is better to give than to reeeive-a
bill.


1t is the duty Of gate posts to stand by
each other. M ''lA a


The train Of night is stopped BY the
break Of day. s.H


a rule of arnica comes in with the
base ball season. 4


Gauze derives it's name from GAIA,
where it was made


In a circus procession the man in the
van may be in the rear l-n9


Thirty-six different kinds of fish are
caught at Muscatine, Iowa. ,


There is talk in England Of a company
for insurance against blindness


The way to rake potatoes come up is
to take them by the tops and pull them
up.


Ruling passions are strong in death.
The last movement a mule makes is
kick.


The Legislature of Delaware divorced
thirty-four married couples at its recent
session. 1rs E


Il wonder whatsssmakes my eyes so
weak said fop to gentleman. They
are in weak place" responded the lat
| ter.


! Mistletoe bough-The involuntary bow
Young man makes when obliged to
mizzle in advance Of the toe of her angry
parents boot


| The New York Herald says Since
the wealthy young lady fell in love with
and married the driver Of q Sixth avenue
car. all the drivers on the various lines
60 to work in the morning with q clean
| shave and with shining boots"
Men are capable of taking a peculiar
kind of revenge against the women who
are weak enough to believe them perfect.
/ For few months before marriage they
sne for the lady's hand, but for all the
years after marriage she is compelled 10
sew for them.


The people of Petrolia, Pa, recently
witnessed the unusual spectacle OF seeing
an oil train shoot through the town with
the rapidity OF lightning and number
! of the cars on fire. With considerable
! difficulty the balance of the train was
saved lust beyond the town.


The man who eats goose eggs for the
! championship of America lives in lndI-
/ ana. 1DO1C
ordinarily diversified This man de-
voured twenty-four consecutive soft
boiled goose eggs in twenty -four consecu.
tive minutes, and at the conclusion ot
this genteel entertainment he offered 70
eat a goose also. Unfortunately,
nature has made no arrangement Ly
which this champion could eat himself,
and his last proposition couldn't be en-
tertained Philadelphia Times.


During the prevalence Of gale in
4 Virginia City, New. recently, tall pillars
Of sand were to be seen waltzing about
on the deserts far to the eastward, show
ing that things were also rather wild that
way. At times such clouds Of dust rose
above the desert that the Humboldt
range and other high mountains in that
direction were hidden, from view. No
doubt any one who might have happened
to be out on these deserts would have
found the entertainment but title infe-


ior to that afforded by the salnd storms
of the great desert of Sahara.
Year: 1879

AFTEB reading the report Of the Congress
sional committee on the conduct of the nayv
department under Robeson, no man who
pretends to honesty or intelligence can
doubt that the country was swindlea out Of


many millions of dollars through that Off
cial's gross mismanagement or criminal dis
honesty. Instances are cited in which yes.
sells were sold for only small fraction of
their real value, and where contracts were
awarded to the pets of the secretary at fig
ures greatly in excess of what the work
might have been done for. It is certainly
the duty of Congress and the criminal au


thorities of the District of Columbia to take
cognizance of these facts and see that the
transgressor is properly punished. He has
been honored by the people of New Jersey
by an election to Congress. If those people
have 10 objections to being represented by
Year: 1879

THERE is evidently a systematic attempt
being made to bulldoze witnesses in the
State prison investigation. The ring know
that only those who have been inmates of
the prison can tell the inner workings, and
hence an attorney has been employed to
badger them. To ask them to renew their
disgrace by repeating the story Of their
crimes before the public. Then the ring
papers herald it abroad, that a man convicted
OF such and such an offense is on the wit
ness stand. The ring we'll know that there
is certain internal evidence and corroborat-
ing proof which go to show the truth of the
ex-convicts' stories, and as the evidence ac-
cummulates, they have become alarmed.
Hence they hope, by advertising the misfor-
tune which has befallen the witness, to pre-
vent further unpleasant evidence.
Year: 1879

About thirty members were in their seats
yesterday when the Senate convened at 8
O'Clock, and, notwithstanding the lateness of
the hour, considerable amount of business
was transacted. The greater portion of the
bills acted upon were of local nature
among which was the bill authorizing the
city of Minneapolis to issue $25O,OOO in
bonds to aid in the construction of the
Northwestern narrow gauge railway. SEN
ator E. NJ. Wilson voted for the bill, but as
he did so he rose and stated that he was op-
posed to the issue of the bonds, but he was
perfectly willing to allow the question to be
submitted to the people of Minneapolis for
their approval or rejection.


The bill to facilitate the transfer of An.
tietam cemetery to the United States was
passed, and also the bill fixing the amount
of real estate which shall be exempt from ex.
ecution as homestead.


In committee of the whole number of
bills were considered, among which was SEN
ator Miller's bill reducing mileage of NOM
bers of the Legislature from Is cents to 10
cents per mile. Although this is truly
meritorious bill in the interest of economy.
it was considered in spirit of levity and
hilarity by some of the Senators, and was
finally amended by fixing mileage at 5 cents
mile. These little episodes 'sare necessary
to lengthen and strengthen the mental Wis.
ion, push far off the mental horizon, and
give proper views of the place, power, right
and dignity OF humanity in the universe
Year: 1879

The Republicans of the House are said to
be figuring for an extra session of Congress.
They expect, it is said, that the Democrats
will commit some blunder during that ses-
sion that will irretrievably ruin them. It is
a fact that the capacity for laundering dis
played by the Democratic party in the past
gives ground for such hope, but we have
been under the impression that the party had
outgrown that prediction. The Republi-
cans may be right and the GLOBE wrong. If
80 We are sorry.
Year: 1879

WE shall expect perfect deluge of oratory
in the House on Friday afternoon when the
prohibitory liquor law will come up for dis
cussion as the special order. 1t was an
nn9unced yesterday that large number of
Rdies would be present on the occasion, at
which there was general scratching Of
heads and look of mystidcation on many
faces. The prospect is that good many
members will dodge vote on the question,
while not a few of the most eloquent of the
grave and reverend seignors will remain
silent
Year: 1879

SENATOR CHR1sr1ANcY has finally resigned
his five thousand dollar Office with the in
tention of accepting the ten thousand dollar
mission to Peru and at the Same time open
the way for Zach Chandler's return to the
Senate. Hayes doesn't propose to leave any
stone unturned to gather the corrupt Grant
gang about him.
Year: 1879

Now what will Hayes do for the Democrats
who helped to confirm his New York custom
house appointees? He has rewarded all
who stood by him in his first trouble-the
larceny of the Presidential office-and
should not go back on those who stood as
nobly by him when the Conkling tail tried
to waggle the Hayes and Sherman dog.
Year: 1879

THE army appropriation bill as passed by
the House on Saturday is about a million
dollars in excess Of that of last year. The
promise is made, however, that saving will
bs effected by the reorganization scheme, so
that next years appropriations will show a
very considerable reduction. The changes
contemplated cannot be made too soon to
satisfy the people.
Year: 1879

While the attention Of the public is called to the
crowded condition of county Jail, it seems that


at least one person has deep sympathy for the
spiritual as well as the bodily comfort of the inmates
of that institution


A gentleman named Mr.. Beck, who, it is said il O.
clergyman in this city, delivered an address before
the county commissioners yesterday morning on the
subject OF the system of using prisoners at
the county jail The system as proposed by Mr..
Beck was as unique and mpracticable as the system
Mr.. Beck's system is follows: That the prisoners
should be each one confined in a separate cell, be
oolged to work ten hours a day, each one to have
spiritual adviser, and attention should be paid
to their spiritual welfare than there is at the present
time, and then, according to his theory, when their
term OF sentence expires they can go forth in the
world as reformers, doing good to their fellow men,


and will have no inclination to return to their wicked
Year: 1879

THERE is promise of another Eruption of
Winona in the State legislature when the
bill to relegate to the common council of
that city the duty of regulating the liquor
traffic comes up on Wednesday. The bill
which it is proposed to repeal ought never to
have passed, for the whole business is mat
ter wholly within the jurisdiction of the
city. This habit of washing dirty linen in
the legislature is becoming altogether too
common
Year: 1879

ECONOMY WHAT Is ITe-What does
mean the mere laying away. of money,
tastes, that we may have a fund laid by
for the possible fllture-that, after all,
we may never seeo Does it mean to
be stngy, to refuse to give to this good
object, or to assist that deserving, but
less fortunate neighbor? None OF
these ; true economy is possible tQ the
rich, as it is necessary to the poor.
Economy signifies management; the
regulatio of atfaifs both domestic and
public. 1t does not mean that the tired
wife shall devote each moment OF ler
life to hard work; by doing 50 she is
guilty OF srayGSt V8ste: It does not
mean that HE father Shall deny himself
the newspaper, which will be rest and
noulishment for his weary brain, and
of value to the whole family. 1t means
that all the members OF the household
shall be provided with every comfort
that will help them to enjoy life in u
rational manner, and thus beeplne use


ful to themselves and those around
them. Hut nothing should be. wasted !;
tile silly book purchased, the ciean and


tlimsy, but snowy garment, bought for
mere fashions sake, the. sNpelftuous
article had because it was cheap. all are
indications, of y lack OF true eeanamy,
or thrift. lie careful of what you have


and buy what You need, not nat yo,l
want, and above al i've within youl
annual income, and you will have
found that economy rightly understood,


has brought you many comforts-antl
some luxuries, ~ - =
Year: 1879

Candidates in our parish, from all
accounts, are as thick as the leaves
that strew the vale Of Valambrosa -
but as will be seen from the local papers,
very few of them have announced, and
made their bow to the public through
the medium of the press. We suppose
they are still hunting" not with dog
and gun, as the sportsman hunts for fur
and feather, nor with the gun alone as
he hunts for deer; but with that great
capturer'of game known as John Bar
leycorn. Politicians like the service of
printers ink, but many of them do not
like to pay for it. Those who do not
give ought not to receive and we
sincerely hope that all the latter will be
distanced in the race and come to grief
before the nominating convention or on
election day.
Year: 1879

One had better sail pllly in almost
any direction than drifBithout any d.
rection at all. One ha better sail IN
the maddest storm tht ever troubled
the sea OF life. than Ii on the sea and
drift with any chance indsrhat chooses
to blow.
Year: 1879

Major RENO, in testifying in his own behalf
oe.ore the court OF inquiry at Chicago Satur-
day, stated emphatlcally that il was not cow
ardice that caused him to move from the timber
on the hill in the battle OF Little Big Horn. He
had flask OF whisky with him, but did moi
drink drop until after the battle He was
pressed as TO his opinion OF Custer and finally
confessed that he had no confidence In him
as soldier. but his relations with Custer were
friendly. Had his own brother been with Gus
ter fe lReno) could not have done differently
HE would do the same again under similar cir
cumstanceS with the knowledge he then had.
arguments viii be heard and the case closed to-
day
Year: 1879

REFORMED EPISCOPALIANs OPPOSED To FAST
IAG IN LENT.-A number OF members OF the Re
formed Episcopal Church in this city propose u
discontinue tie obSerkaDc or Lent as season
OF lasting. They urge that the Indulgence I'm
worldly pleasure before and after Lent Is in
creased 10y way or compensation for enforced
abstentlon during The season OF fasting: while
they also urge that uniform moderation OF life
is The Ch,uch's great need and that this may be
better secured without Lenten obSeryances than
with them. PHj1d Ree0rd Sth
Year: 1879

PREACHING But NOT PRACTIsING.-It Will not
do 10 preach cream and live skim milk Ac-
cordlng 10 the Independent "Rev. j. Hyatt
Smith has received a six page letter from one OF
the holiness brethren rehlkfng him for not
ter" says the Independent, was folded In a news
paper, so that the manuscript could not be seen.
and sept through the mali with a one-cent
stamp. The amount by which the government
was cheated was two centsr
Year: 1879

IMPEACHMENT oE THE TREASURER OF MIS-
soURI.-A private dispatch from jefferson city
say that articles OF Impeachment against state
treasurer lates were presented to the lower
house last Friday
Year: 1879

To THE PEOPLEI
GREATEST MARK DOWN IN FINE
CLOTHING EYER KNORN.
shall close out IN the next thirty days my entire
s.ocA Of Winter Clothing at 3


TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE
ALL THE PRICE TICKETS HAVE BEEN MARRIED


Down FOR THIS GREAT SALE.
Year: 1879

the real keynote to the progress of
Los Angeles county. By the con-
struction Of three miles of railway
from the present Wilmington
wharf our products can be shipped
by sea without the Intervention of
an expensive lighterage. This
small patch of road once completed


the position of Los Angeles will be
hardly surpassed by that of San
Francisco herself, relatively. Even


barley will, under the new system,
become a profitable crop. The
farmer will feel that he is really
working for himself, the lessened
rates of transportation guarantee
ing him fair return for his labor.
Year: 1879

It is q singular error, among all
human errors, to believe that in
the ancient cities men enjoyed
liberty. They had not even the
idea Of it. They did not believe
that there could exist any right as
against the city and its gods. The
State considered the mind and
body Of every citizen as belonging
to it. Liberty Of thought as to the
State religion was absolutely un-
known among the ancients. Men
had to conform to all the rules of
worship, figure in all the process
sions, and take part in the sacred
rspAsts. The ancients knew nei-
ther liberty in private life, liberty
In education, nor religious liberty.
The human person counted for very
little against the holy and almost
divine authority which was called
country or State. The State had
not only, ~ we have In our modern
societies, . right to administer jus.
tios to tho citizen, but it could
strike when one was not guilty,
and simply for its own interest.
AristIdes assuredly had committed
no crime, and was not even sus-
psctsd, but the city had the right
to drive him from its territory, for
the simple reason that he had ac-
quired by his virtues too much in
fuence and might become danger
Gus, II he desired to be. This was
called ostracism. Now ostra-
cism was not a chastisement;
It was . precaution which the city
took against citizen whom it sus-
pectsd of having the power to in
jure 1t at any time. At Athens a
man could be put on trial and con-
demned for incivism-that is to say,
for want of affection towards the
State. A mans life was guaran-
teed by nothing so soon as the in
tsrsst of the State was at stake.
Rome made law by which it was
permitted to kill any one
who might be suspected of
having the intention of becoming
king. The dangerous maxim that
the safety of the State is the su-
preme law, was the work of an
tIquity. 1t was then thought that
law, justice, morals, everything,
should give way before the interests
Of the country.
Year: 1879

1t is an undisputed fact that to
secure success in the next Presiden-
tial contest, the Democratic party
must obtain at least forty-seven
electoral votes in the North, and
that the States from which these
votes are most likely to be secured
are New York, New Jersey and In
diana. 1t is also equally indisputa-
BILE that the candidate who secures
these votes must be sound upon two
great questions which will be made
paramount in the contest.


He must have an uniinpeachable
war record, susceptible of no mis-
construction.


He must have a financial record
equally clear and we'll defined.


He must stand undoubted, not
upon one alone of these questions,
but upon both.


Senator Randolph, of New Jer-
sey, has not only positive record
upon both of these great issues, but
has a general record that any DEM
ocratic statesman might be proud
of.


Let the press add to the list and
see how far it can be extended.
Year: 1879

AS we predicted, some time ago,
the psople of Los Angeles and the
Southern Pacific Railway are ap-
preaching cordial understanding.
This powerful corporation, we have
every reason to believe, stands
ready to do everything in its power
to advance on. local trade. 1t will
facilitate the effort to make ship
and car come together at Whining
ton and to give US the benefit cl
fair rates to tide-water. Here u
Year: 1879

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed In California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
moss and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1879

annoyed by him last year. He made


himself perfectly at home there, going


into Mrs. Evans room and using her


comb and brush. Finally the Govern


ment hit upon a plan to get rid of him


by asking him to work. Mr.. Meeker


was as complete a representative of the
Christian religion as 1 ever met. He


blamed me continually for what he
termed my harshness, and asserted that
prayers, and Christian influence, and
kindness would eventually bring the
Indians 10 civilized life. He met them
with an olive branch in one hand and a
Bible in the other, and prayers on his
lips. He carried out his policy and you
see the result. L told him if he did so
he would be dead man. He was the
embodiment of the Quaker policy. He
accepted the position of agent not for
its emoluments, but from a sense of
duty. He was a noble man, and never
met a purer or more upright and de-
voted friend Of the Indian than he. He
would get on his knees and prav, trust
ingin, God for his safety. He often
exceeded his instructions in his kind
ness of heart / often told him to be
careful in one thing-in making prom
ises to be sure and promise less than he
was able to give-in the fulfillment to
give little more than he had promised,
and to do it in as few words as possible.
The Indians don't like talk.-Captain
Me7reH, tn Chicago Tribune.