smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

The Yolo Nail of January 1st has the
following: GAS a remedy against dry sea-
sons, which PROSTATE and destroy vegetation
natural to the climate and soil of California,
q majority of our farmers are taking the
precaution to plant and cultivate the Chile
clover. or alfalfa, which, while it does moi
thrive upon the destructive north winds,
does not div, out keeps green and furnishes
substantial food during the summer, and
makes excellent hay for winter use. TIE
grass, or clover as it is called, serves to fat
ten stock Of all kinds, hence it should be
cultivated by every farmer IN sufficient guam
tity for food. AS Yolo county claims to be
among the first In the irrigation business the
grand enterprise now under way in Capay
valley, by which the waters of Clear lake
are to be utilized for rrigating the arid
plains of this county, is to be the most per-
feet and gigantic of any in the State. The
farmers will not, after it is completed, dread
the frequent dry seasons. The determina-
ton already exhibited by the company
managing the enterprise, and the work al
ready performed, is sufficient guarantee
that they intend finishing it. The company
js able to do it,"-Al ameda Adrocate.


CURE FOR EARAcHE. Children are
sometimes afflicted with earache to an alarm
ing extent, and there is sometimes a difficult
ty in obtaining an effectual remedy for the
disorder. A writer in the Household says
that she takes piece of salt pork, say an
inch or more long, and half an inch square;
cut down one end to fit the ear, and insert
it, taking care to have the piece too large to
slip in. Tie handkerchief to keep it in
place, if the child will allow it. She also
uses pork for sore throat, Group and lung
colds. Gut slices half an inch thick, dip in
warm water, sprinkle on little pepper, and
sew on a flannel. She has used pork for
earache especially, and always found it to
give instant relief.


To DESTROY ANTS. Fill small vials two
thirds with water and add sweet oil to float
on the water to within half on inch of the
top. Plunge these upright in the ground,
leaving only half an inch standing out, near
the nest or runs of the ants. The ants will
come out for sip and go home to die. No
insect can exist with oil stopping up its
spracles Or breathing pores.


To PREVENT CHOKING Break an egg in
to a cup and give it to the person choking,
to swallow. The white of the egg seems to
catch around the obstacle and remove it.
If one egg does not answer the purpose, try
another. The white is all that is necessary
Year: 1874

The following, which we find in the Mn
ing and Scientific Press of the 18th, will
be read with much interest by miners of
Placer, as well as other parts. 1t speaks
an Encouraging WORD TO the honest miner,
and gives to tie world an idea of the vast
importance of his labors


The mining interests of the Pacific Coast
have never before been in such prosperous
condition as during the year which has Just
closed. They have had season of unprece-
dented prosperity, and, in consequence. more
attention has been turned to them than in
former years. We are glad to be able to
note the fact that the financial success OF
prominent mines has induced many people
to invest money in legitimate mining rather
than in stock speculations. Many people
carelessly consider that the business of min
ing is merel y one of spect lation and should
not meet with encouragement. The prac-
tices of few unscrupulous men have created
. distrust of all mining enterprises among a
certain class of people, who look upon the
business as being closely connected with
horse racing and gambling.


If these people could only make visit to
some Of the prosperous mining towns of the
Coast, and see the great numbers of people
who earn their daily bread by this very bus
mess, and see the immense traffic occasioned
by the prosperous condition of few good
mines, they might change their opinions.
The business is not only important in itself,
but stimulates every other business in the
country. We in California are always cry
ing out about "building up manufactures, I"
and yet many of us decry mining, which
fosters mainly the manufacturing enterprises
already in our midst. We have in San
Francisco great number of foundries and
machine shops, employing several thousand
skilled artizans, and their heaviest and most
profitable business is making mining machi-
merry. If this branch of the business were
taken from them, half of these fourdries
would be closed and the men turned out of
employment.


But how any thinking man can deny the
vast importance of the mining industry in
the face of the facts we do not see. The
miners are as great producers as the farmers,
and much greater in proportion to their num-
Der. Why all producers should not receive
every encouragement we do not understand,
yet even the Government recognizes in
very slight degree the benefits of mines.
When one class of men in few States and
Territories can produce in year sum of
over seventy-two millions of dollars, taken
from out of the ground itself, they surely
deserve every encouragement possible to re-
newed exertions. We talk a great deal
about the immense wheat producers of Cali
fornia and its importance to the state and
nation. Of course every one will acknowl
edge the Importance of that, but many deny
that mining is of half the consequence.
Now this year the exact value of the wheat
OF this State was S21 1897 ,534, and the gold
product of the State was $1S,025,, ,22.
When we consider that there are without
doubt at least five farmers to- one miner,
the production per capita is greatly in favor
Of the MINER
Year: 1874

The river hemmed with leaning trees
Wouod through the meadows green;
A low, blue line Of mountains showed
The open pines between.
One sharp, tall peak above them all
Clear into sunlight sprang;
/ saw the river of my dreams,


The mountains that l sang.
No clue Of memory led me on,
But well the ways / knew;
A feeling of familiar things


With every footstep grew.
Not otherwise above its crag
Could lean the blasted pine:
Not otherwise the maple hold


Aloft its red ensign.
So up the long and shorn foot hills
The mountain road should creep:
So green, and low, the meadow fold
Its red-haired kins asleep.
The river wound as it should wind;
Their place the mountains Took
The white, torn fringes of the clouds
Wore no unwonted look.
Yet ne 'er before that rivers rim
Was pressed by feet Of mine;
Never before mine eyes had crossed
That broken mountain line.
A presence, strange at once and known,
Walked with me as my guide;
The skirts of some forgotten life
Trailed noiseless at my side.
Was it dim remembered dream?
Or glimpse through aons old?
The secret which the mountains kept,
The river never told.
But from the vision, ere it passed,
A tender hope l drew,
And, pleasant as a dawn of Spring.
The thought within me grew
That love would temper every change
And soften all surprise,
And misty with the dreams of earth,
The hills of Heaven arise.


Atlantic Monthly
Year: 1874

A Texas editor, whose midnight oil must
have failed him just as he was going to
press, prints the following energetic opinion
"The man who would water petroleum and
eel It. would sneak into the palace of the
King Of kings, and steal the gliding from
the wings of angels.
Year: 1874

And have great many agents yet to hear from


No doubt is entertained of the sale of every
ticket before the drawing, but whether all are
sold or not the concert and drawing will posi-
lively and unequivocally take place on the day
now fixed, and if any remain unsold they will
be cancelled and the prizes will be reduced in
proportion to the unsold tickets.


Only 10000 tickets have been issued and
Year: 1874

IN order to meet the general wish and expec-
l. tation of the public and the ticketholders
for the full payment of the magnificent gifts
announced for the Fourth Grand Gift Concert
of the Public Library of Kentucky, the man
agement have determined to postpone the Con-
cert and DRAWING until
Year: 1874

The Chicago Indastrial Age thus
accounts for the defeat Of the Anti
Monopolists in Wisconsin:


The State of Wisconsin has gone Repub-
lican, andareversed the decision of last year.
While this is matter OF regret, it was not
unexpected to any intelligent observer 1t is
the result of dishonesty on the part of a
portion of the Reformers. The party Sc
cured the election last year through assur-
ances that it would stand by the people and
protect them from further aggressions of
monopolies. 1t had no sooner got in power
than the ST. Paul Railroad Company en-
deavored to take possession of it and run it
for its own benefit. 1t failed, but it had just
strength enough to demOralize the organiza-
ton and drive the people back to the Repub-
ican party for relief-the Republican press
and nearly all the prominent Republican
politicians being in favor of sustaining the
legislation OF last winter


The people were led to believe that
the success of the nti-Monopoly par
ty meant the election of Hon. Alexander
Mitchell, President of the Milwaukee
4 St. Paul railroad company, as United
States Senator and they preferred
even Matt Carpenter to railroad man :,
even though that railroad man was the
mental equal and moral superior Of his
radical competitor.
Year: 1874

The New \ ork Times says


"The Democrats in Ohio and Indiana don't
want lower prices, but higher. They raise
wueat anu u1 Uot care to see flour at five
dollars a barrel They want good price
for their pork, and they don't want foreign
competition with their wool.


1t is terrible accusation that those VINO
raise wheat, pork, wool, etc, should want
to get u higher price for it Our Eastern
friends who have money to loan, want a
higher price for it in the way OF interest,
and they want q high price tor their bonds,
their National Bank stock, and for their
cotton and wooden manufactures. They
want TO force down the price OF Western
products to the lowest figure We think
that the millions who raise corn, pork and
wheat should be protected rather than the
lew thousand Eastern CAPITALISTS who have
money TO loan In the meantime we call the
attention of our Western Republican farmers
10 the fact that the Times says they are not
with the Democrats in desiring good price
for agricultural products Cincinnati En-
qutrCr.


If we understand western sentiment
1t is, that the prices of all commodities
should be left to the natural laws OF
trade ana commerce and that they
should be regulated by the markets Of
the world. They are opposed to sell
ling their wheat at the Liverpool price
and buying their manufactures at the
Boston price; to-wit twice the Liver
pool price. But if the power Of ou,
general government is to be used t
hold up the Boston Price at the cost o
the producers of the West, then W,
propose to take the turkey once ant
give the East the buzzard. Just for
change. That is. we will have, by
force Of law. home price for agricul
tural productions. twice the world /
price, and buy our manufactures a
the worlds price. 1t would not b
long. on that basis, ere the wealth o
the nation would be concentrated IL
the Valley Of the Mississippi, and St
Louis would take the commercial an,
monetary position now held by New
York.


If some part Of the nation must b,
protected At the expense Of the rest
why, in the name Of Heaven, sbeuldn' !
it be our partl
Year: 1874

The article in our last, entitled ''The
Senatorial Question: should have been
credited to the st. Paul Dispatch.
We do not desire TO borrow the
thoughts Of our contemporaries with
out giving them due credit for the same
Year: 1874

This is the most favorable showing
that can be claimed for the Republican
party in the next Legislature, and is al
lowing it fourteen more majority that
it is entitled to by the votes of the peo-
ple.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Year: 1874

The best writer is he who can convey the
clearest Thoughts in the shortest space
Some writers so hide their thoughts in usa-
less words that it becomes a task after you
have read a column To comprehend its means
ing. Ornament in style is good when it beau-
titles the thoughts advanced it is mex cusable
when it covers them from sight. A writer,
before he touches pen, should first get
clear idea of the subject he is to handle this
we'll understood, his next effort should be TO
say what he has to say in the fewest words
possible. We would not have single thought
dwarfed by stingy use Of language; but
even this would be better than to see it choked
out of existence by superabundance OfwOrds.
Write to the point. and when you have
reached it, stop. Il requires severe mental
training to acquire that simplicity of express
sion which conveys to us the crandest thoughts
in the fewest words, yet it is within the prov
luce of all to approach if not to equal it. Il
has been said thar it is more difficult to
abridge an article than tO write one, that it
requires more time to write a short Srtiole
we'll than to present the samo thoughts in
double the space. When Queen Anne told
DIR. South that his sermon had only one fault
that of being too shOrt-he replied that he
should have made it shorter If he had had more
time. Let our writers-especally those of
the press boil down their efforts before they
present them to the public. In this fast age
the man who can say the best things in the
shortest space is not far removed from q pub>
lis bepefactor.


WIsLipofou PepuLIjr
Year: 1874

In silence must take my seat.
And give God thanks before eat;
Must for my food in patience wait,
Till 1 am asked to hand my plate.
must not scold. nor whine, nor pout.
Nor move my chair or plate about.
With knife, or fork. or napkin ring,
must not play, nor must sing.
Unjust not speak a useless word.
For children must be seen, not heard.
I must not talk about my food.
Nor fret if I don't think it good.
My mouth with food must not crowd,
Nor while Pm eating speak aloud
Must turn my head to cough or sneeze.
Aud when I ask, say, "lf you please"
The table cloth must not spoil.
Nor with my food my fingers soil.
Must keep my seat when am done.
Nor round the table sport or run.
When told to rise. then must put
NV chair away with noiseless foot:
Aud lift my heart to God above.
In praise for all HIS wondrous love.
Year: 1874

POISONED FROM TIE PoTATo BUG.-A
gentleman from Pocahontas county informed
us yesterday that man and his wife, who
lived in the upper part of that county, in the
section known as the Hills section, were poi
soued few days ago from the stings or bites
of potato bugs, from the effects of which death
ensued within fifteen minutes sfter the occur
renee The names of the parties We were
unable to learn Greenbrier Iudrpendent
Year: 1874

MEND THE WAYs.-The Supreme Court
of Missouri has just decided case that the
authorities of cities and towns everywhere
will do we'll to study and live up to officially


The action was brought against the city Of
St. Louis to recover the value of n mule that
was injured by reason of ditch that had been
left in an unsafe condition. This gutter had
been ont Of repair for month or so before
the accident. and the plaintiff knew it. There
was another route that he might have taken,
but that also was in bad condition The city
authorities were not advised of the defects
until day two before tho Incident. The
jury found verdict for the plaintiff, and tho
city took appeal to the Supreme Court.


This court held that city is not RESPONSE
BILE for accidents accustomed by sudden rain
storms or other like events, until the author>
tiles have had a reasonable time to mike ro-
pairs but if a reasonable timo has elapsed,
no express notice of a defect is necessary TO
perfect the liability. That the plaintiff was
aware of the unsafe condition Of the crossing
is no answer to the action. If he was Obliged
to travel that street To perform his work II
was even proven that his wa ION had been
broken there the week before. Judge Napton,
who delivered the opinion Of tho court, twice
stated that no notice of the existence of do.
feet is necessary where there las been a stand.
ing nuisance in public street for two months.
If city permits. either through ignorance OF
negligence. man or animal traps iu its streets,
it must foot the bills that ensuc.
Year: 1874

The following is local item in a
Western paper: Yesterday morning boy
sauDtered up to yard on Eighth street, where
woman was scratching the bosom of the
earth with rake, and, leaning on the fence,


Are you 70 going round the backyard after


The w9~'n said she didn't know; maybe


Because" the hoy said, 81 just saw the
cisteFn lid drop on the baby's head minute
ago. and thought if you went around you
might lift it off,


1t is currently reported that the woman
went.
Year: 1874

FuRIous.-Fred. Douglas, the notorious
negro politician, is out in furious article
rgaiDst the Republicans, especially those from
the South, who voted against the passage of
the Civil Rights bill. In the course of this
article he says:


BY the treaohery of Republican members
of Congress, elected in large part by colOred
votes, the negro is continued an outlaw
Fortunately tho negro has the ballot. lie
owes it to himself to use that ballot in pun
ishiug the trcachery of the men whose treason
to professed principles leaves him victim to
negro hate. Every ballot that shall be cast
by colored men for tho so-called Republicans
who on Saturday night last voted against the
passage of the Civil Rights bill will be re>
earded as go many Endorsements of their
treason. Our people are not the towards to
kiss the hand that smites them. They must
net be led into the support of pretended
friends BY sophiStry nor by intimidation. De.
feat every pretended Republican who voted
against the Civil Rights bill.
Year: 1874

YOUNG Stevens, son of the battery man,
has gold galore, but what are millions to
a man so deformed that dogs bark at
him when he goes halting by, and lovely
woman, even when the golden luster of
untold wealth glitters about his head,
faints at sight of himY From his birth a
peculiar wen, growing larger day by day,
has made his face and neck hideous.
Covered with long hair ii looked like a
repulsive wild animal clinging to his
head. Stevens hid himself from the gem
eral eye, and mOped in loneliness In
early youth he was betrothed to beau
tiful young girl, but as the wen grew
great his love grew less rather his deter
mination never to iniict his horrible de-
formity on a fellow-creature was firmly
formed. The best surgeons of Europe
and America gave him no hope. They
were unanimous in declaring that to re-
move the wen was to permanently re-
move the patient. But recently he met
daring practitioner who declared that
IL was within the skill of the surgeon to
lop off the eXcrescence and restore the
afflicted man to a healthy and normal
condition. Stevens listened gratefully.
I" Do it," said he. land your reward shall
be $150,000." With electric knives the
confident cutter went to work, and in a
very brief time had earned his mammoth
fee. The skin beneath the tumor was
smooth and sound, and Stevens is in ex.
cellent health. He may now have his
picture taken, enjoy his wealth, and say
to his Dulcinea, "Wen, OIL wen shall we
wedI-OhicdgO Times.


-
Year: 1874




WE have baby; his name is Plea
Gothic. Other families have babies,
named this or that, but there is no baby
like our baby. He is generally in the
best of spirits, but the other day. in
looking him over, my wife discovered
that his tongue was coated and that he
had bilious look. l was down town,
and when l came home the doctor had
been there, counted the baby's pulse,
looked at the tongue, and prescribed
castor oil. My wife had the bottle and
spoon all ready against my coming, and
l took off my coat, tied a towel around
my neck, and took the child up. He
hadn't the least suspicion of what was
coming until laid him on his back
Then he smelt castor oil, and couldn't
keep him down. AS fast as / pushed
one end down the other end bobbed up,
and his legs shot out like steam pistons
Long Primer and Small Plea began to
cry, and had to let the baby up and
give him bottle and flat-iron to play
with until he recovered his composure.


Then we began to- practice strategy.
We gave him sugar in the spoon, then
milk, and then held it out full of castor
oil. He opened his mouth to take it.,
got faint bite, and he drew back,
uttered a yell, and spit it in Long
Primers left ear


Then we tried to bribe him. l offered
him ten cents at first, but as he paid no
attention l kept on until the offer in
cluded three gold watches, six horses, a
house and lot, million dollars and a
number of steamboats,; but his blood was
up, and he wouldn't listen. sent out
for candy, peanuts, popcorn balls and
gum-drops, but when he found that his
getting them depended on his first TAX
ing castor-oil he turned away, knit his
brows, and calmly contemplated grease.
spot on the wall paper.


Then l threw him on his back and
tickled him, and while he was off his
guard slipped my hand alongside his
head and held his mouth open until it re-
sembled a three-cornered knothole in a
garden fence. All this time was trot-
ting him, and whistling and singing, and
telling him about the boy who stood on
the burning deck, and he thought it was
all good joke. My wife poured out
the OIL, crept up behind me, and while
the baby was straining his eyes to get a
glimpse of Small Plea, over by the win
dow, the spoon went into his mouth.


1t was an awful moment. He got the
taste, rolled his eyes, grew red as paint,
and then he bobbed his head, worked his
legs, and sent the whole mouthful down
behind my neck-tIe At the same mo.
ment got a cuff on the ear, the baby
was snatched from my lap, and Mrs
Quad went dancing around the room with
him, crying: "Yes, his father is an old
brute, and he needn't take it-not bitr'
M Quad, in Our Ffreside Friend.