smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

We have secured the services Of
another tailor, who claims to cut
Coats, Vests and Pants tip top. We
will as ever sell our piece goods cheap
and have them cut free of charge.
Come along to The Emporium.


Please don't tell us you'll be around
tomorrow to pay for what you get
to-day. We have several little tick
lets that read that way now. 1t
makes us feel curious, really nervous,
to present them and be told you viii
be around again to-morrow-which
often never comes. We want to be
clever to everybody; but we must
be good TO ourselves. Don't ask Us
for goods until you have the cash in
your pocket to pay for them. We
don't want to be credited till to-mor-
row for any thing you have got to
sell. This is 1878, let's all begin and
quit even; then we can oil smile to-
gether.


Sour line of window shades in any
length work like charm. They are
pretty, they are good. House keep
ers come and see them.


We have a nice line of Oil Mattting
in widths suitable for Rugs and
Halls. This stuff makes the best
cheap carpet. Beautiful designs.
Come and see it.


We challenge anybody to show
prettier Cotton Plaid than we have.
We sell it at same price that old style
goods are sold at. Come and see it,
for it is very nice, indeed.


We still carry a good line of those
beautiful custom-made shoes for ladies
from the celebrated factory of II.
Ddrlinghaus d Co. There is none
that fits neater or wears better.


Several have taken advantage of
our closing sales of Mems Clothing.
Remember we are closing these goods
off at cost. Come get on some
clothes.


We offer and will give as a prize
handsome Book, or any other nice
article deemed best by the teachers in
Milan College, at the end of the pres
ent term, for the best scholarship and
best department in the school-one
each for two best and most studious
girls, and one each for two best and
most studious boys. These prizes we
offer for true merit, and ones who
deserve them will them. Work !!
Year: 1878

Four white and three colored free
schools will be in operation in this
district next week. The white school
in town will begin about the first of
August and continue FIVE months. 1t
is hoped that the corporate authori-
ties will levy tax sufficient to run
the town school ten months.
Year: 1878

Sioux City Journal.


WASHINGTON, Sept. % "A new asso'
citation is forming here, known as the En-
listed Labor Association. It is proposed
to urge upon Congress the passage of q
law by which 100000 volunteers may be
en-. listed for military and agricultural
purposes on q reservation Of the govern
ment. Twelve skilled mechanics or arti-
sans are to be in each company, and one
regiment Of each corps is to he engineers
exclusively As soon as 10000 men shall
he enlisted they shall be sent to the
reservation, and upon their arrival shall
lay out city and begin the erection of
suitable quarters for permanent settle.
ment, preparing ground for agricultural
purposes ana developing the mineral re-
sources Of the country, Each corps is to
be furnished by the government with
Year: 1878

The storm Of Tuesday night fright
eEed the people about the equity quite
generally. The tornadoes of the past
season have created dread and fear CT
wind storms, and the way the gale scat
tered loose trash and shook frail build
ings awakened good deal Of alarm
Grain stacks very generally were untoP.
ped and in some cases considerable dam
age was thus done. Sioux City Journal.


The following reads in the same man.
ner:


4 correspondent of tho Omaha Repub
llcan relates singular cyclone experience
OF a girl whom he calls Jennie. The
story is located at Columbus and runs a:
follows: "A massive black cloud was ex.
tending whirling finger toward the
earth and sweeping with great fury what
ever came before it. Jcnnie-a girl who
was working at certain hotel here. and
who had 4 loving John-was busy at the
stove preparing Tor the next meal John
was at work only short distance away
and was in the habit Of spending his
spare moments at the hotel. Hearing a
rattle ut the side door, and expecting him
Jennie went t the door and opened it
AS she did 50 she was caught from the
doorway by the whirling wind and Car
ricd over the house turning round and
round in the air as she went; and aftcl
approaching the ground on the other side
she again arose and was taken by the
whirling wind over stores and dwellings
a distance of three fcurths Of mile, be
ing low cred 50 that her feet could touch
the ground as many as eight times during
the trip. Exhausted, but in an erect
position, she was at last lowered to the
earth as lightly as feather would fall
having received no material injury
though almost frantic with fright"
Year: 1878

Fargo Times.


From the following law passed at the
last session of Congress, it will be see n
that all notices of contest must be printed
in some newspaper-the one published
nearest the land in contest. Personal
service will not do as heretofore:


Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, that
the notices of contest now provided by
law under the homestead, pre- emption
and tree.culture laws Of the United States
shall, after the passage Of this act, be
printed in some newspaper printed in the
county where the land in contest lies
and if no newspaper be printed in such
county, then in the newspaper published
in the county nearest such land.


Approved, June 8, 1873.
Year: 1878

miles wide from bluff to bluff, and says
that water is plenty and good, and the
land is as pretty as man ever looked at.


He found excellent hay on the plateau
away from the valley, while in the valley
the grass was very high, showing very
rich land.


There are numerous springs of splendid
water breaking out from the sides of the
bluffs, and thinks that it is even better
country for stock raising than around
jamestown, but until railroad is run
through there, it is too far from market.


There lisa good belt of timber on the banks
of Lake -, 50 miles below here,
but none below it for considerable dis.
tance. There are numerous deer near the
lake, where good sport could be had.


He also says that there is nothing TO
prevent the procuring of a good wagon
road down the valley, while tc build
railroad nothing mole would be required
than to lay the ties. He is enthusiastic
over the whole region.


That the day will come when the whole
OF the valley is thickly settled with
splendid farms, with railroad running
the whole length of it from its head to
its mouth near Yankton, IS certain; how
soon, depends upon the railroad men who
undertake to hu,ld the road.


The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad,
and the Milwaukee & St. raul, have each
an eye to possessing such branch. while
there is projected road from Yankton
up the James River. The Chicago &
Northwestern Railrod from the terminus
at Lake KAmpeska; aud the Milwaukee
& St. Paul from Big Stone Lake, desire u
connection with the Northern Pacific in
Dakota Ter, east of Bismarck; and were
they to attempt to run direct TO that
place, would have to cross the Cotcaus or
hilly country southwest Of here, which
would afford difficult line to build and
operate. with II comparatively poor country
to aff'rd local support when built; while
line up the valley, with come ction ut
Jamestown, would afford an easily built
line, and supporting country, rich in
agricultural and grazing lands; as even
were it not desirable on account Of posi-.
ble drifting of snow in the valley proper,
to follow it with railroad line, the
plateau II bench lands along the valley
are so comparatively level that there
would be very little grading to do. With
the line through the Coteaus Hills to Bis
marck the contrary would be the case.


The best thing for either Of these cor
porations to do, would be to send AZ ex
ploring party over this country, and we
feel convinced that their report v ould
substantiate us in this article.


The mail route down the valley tc
Firesteel we must have, and we trust that
Judge Kidder will assist the citizens OF
the valley to procure it.
Year: 1878

There is a piece of rock standing on
the ridge running up the South Noun
tain at Egan Canyon. One morning in
1868 an Indian was discovered standing
by this rock, calmly surveying the scene
below, and particularly the overland
station to the west, then garrisoDed by a
number of soldiers. He was so far of
that he enjoyed the excitement pro-
duced by his appearance, and made
very significant gesture of derision and
contempt for the soldiers. One of them
determined to reply to his salutatlon,
and fired at him from the station with
rifle, and, strange to say, with wonder
full accuracy of aim, shot him through
the head. His remains were buried be-
hind the rock on the mountain; and IN
1873 his skull, disturbed in some way
from its resting place, was exhibited
among the miners at Egan as q relic OF
the war and of the disaster which over
took the Indian, who was ignorant Of,
or conceitedly despised the virtues OF
long range. 1t was q shot OF nearly
1000 feet,--ObsyTy Cree5 (Nes.) Iaae-
pendent.
Year: 1878

Out of the large sum given above,
and used by the peddler to illustrate his
theory, eliminate the second row from
the top, and it will be seen that the sue
cessive rows when added together, make
nothing but mines. The total, with the
second row eliminated, would be


29999999997


Now add the second row


35908236S
and the result is, of course,


31359082365,
or the second row with prefix of 3 and
an addition of 81 to the last two fig
ures. The rule holds in every case, no
matter how large or small the sum, and
is tu the effect that in adding up it is
only necessary to write first the number
of couplets Gin the above there are
three); then set down simply the num-
bers that are given in the inserted row
(Which may consist of any numbers &C
cording to fancy, and at the end sub
tract the number of couplets from the
last figure in the inserted row. A little
practice, renders this work easy. 1t is
in reality nothing but a trick, and is
valueless in ordinary computation
ChtcaQ0 Tribune.
Year: 1878

Gentlemen, this is the new science
of arithmetic said a short and POM
pous individual, dressed in broadcloth
suit, white vest, and silk hat, who was
haranguing a curious crowd on Wash
ington Street yesterday afternoon. He
had better makeup than the common
run Of itinerant peddlers, and he spoke
from an open carriage, upon the back
seat of which was huge stack of pam
phlets.


Il don't like to call myself a bene-
factor of mankind" continued the ora
tor, "because it would sound egotistic-
al, and am only q student, scholar
of humble pretensions; but may say
without boasting that | have devoted q
long life to the pursuit of mathematics.
There are people who pretend to say
that arithmetic is an exact science, and
that there is nothing discoverable in its
certain and known quantities, but they
are poor idiots who are content to fol-
low in the beaten track of their illustri-
Gus but common-minded forefathers.
Yes, gentlemen, | am proud to say that
| stand here to-day as the inventor or
discoverer of new system of mathemat-
les. lean show any man in few min
utes method of lightning calculation
that would astonish the old-fogy savants
of former ages".


The silvery-tongued speaker here pro-
duced a small blackboard, upon which
he traced rapidly with chalk the follow
ing figures:


S31O297646


civil show you how to perform a
sum in addition" said he, and continu-
ed chalking down figures until he had
enough to completely fill his black
board, whereupon he proceeded to set
down the sum total without the least
hesitancy, to the astonishment of the
lookers-on. The table when completed
was as follows:
Year: 1878




herited Qualities ia Dogs.
| REASON IN A CAT.


Ia a New Hampshire town family
had two cats. A storeroom of their
house, at the time we speak of, had ears
of corn on one of its shelves, some Of
which hung down against the side of the
room. The owner of .ae house saw, one
day, one of his cats, which we will call
number one, standing upon the steps of
ladder, near the suspended ears, watch
ing them sharply. After time the cat
came down the ladder, went out of the
room, and returned . while after with
the other cat, which we will call number
two, and which took its oosition under
the suspended ears. Number one then
went up the ladder, stopped again oPpo-
site the suspended ears, and. after lit
tie careful observation, sprang from the
ladder upon them, when rat dropped
from the ears to the floor, to be caught
by number two, there waiting for it!
sAsACrry AND CARE ON THE PART OF A
HORSE.


In a neighboring city is spirited
horse which ordinarily requires . firm
rein to be held by its rider. OF late .
son of its owner has been quite sick; but
he has 80 far recovered as to be able now
to ride on horseback. With him, now,
the horse is another creature. 1t stands
quietly and patiently for him to get on
and off its back; walks about with him
gently, as if aware Of his weakness, and
"A it never did before with him or with
other riders. Is there any other explain
alton of this than sympathy, born OF Oh
servation and reason?


INHERITED QUALITIES.


Animals commonly inherit the ac-
uuired habits of their parents, but this
regularity exists in the dog to an as
tonishing extent. A dog, for instance,
was taught to BIZ; a puppy taken from
her at six weeks old had no instruction,
and vet when seven or eight months old,
it spontaneously took to begging; beg
ging for its meat. begging to be let out
Of the room; and one day it was seen
near the rabbit hutch begging for the
rabbits! Hereditary propensities have
also been observed in other instances.
A terrier, whose parents have been in
the habit of fighting with polecats, has
instantly shown evs6y marx of anger on
gaining the very first scent of those
animals, though the object was entirely
concealed. A young spaniel, on the
other hand, was unmoved by the scent
of the polecat; but it gave chase to the
first woodcock it beheld with clamor
and exultation.


M. Magendie, hearing of race Of dogs
in England who brought by natural in
stinct to sportsmen the game as it was
shot, obtained two adult retrievers;
these soon produced female, which,
always under his own inspection, and
receiving no instruction, stopped and
brought game back from the very first
day it was led into the field, and tnat
with q steadiness fully equaling thi.
quality in those whom N. Magendie had
known to be reared under the stern dis
cipline of the whip and collalr.-Dog'
and Their Ways.
Year: 1878

LONDON intends to do away with her
steam fire engines and hereafter depend
on high pressure hydrants in case of fire.
The trouble with London fire engines is
that they seldom get around to the fire
before it is burned out, and they thus
lose a good deal of fun, which has rather
trying effect on the temper OF the fire.
Year: 1878

The holly tree is discovered to be q
native of California, the only difference


between the American and European


species being that the former has pale


green leaves with green berries, while
the leaves of the latter are dark and
glossy, and its berries red.
Year: 1878

In suit at Washington, brought by
the patentees of one reaping-machine
against the patentecs of another reaper,
for infringement of patent, recently, the
counsel for one side brought into the
court room miniature wheat field seven
feet square, also a miniature model OF
the reaping-machine, with the horses
and driver included, for the purpose OF
illustrating his argument.
Year: 1878

THE electoral college of cardinals to
elect pope is quite different in its work
ings from the electoral college which
elects our president. In the former, if
the members do not agree in three days,
their rcpast is limited to single dish,
and if they continue for five more days
without agreement, they get only bread
and wine; while with our political
electoral college the longer the member
are at the buriness the more they visit
the lunch counter and the more stimulus
they take on board.
Year: 1878

Yet not aiming to make war upon any
mans opinions, but giving every repre-
sentative person chance to place their
opinions upon record in its columns,
whether they agree with those Of the
publishers or not, as long as the proper
bounds of courtesy are preserved, Thus
far, while affording the fullest cpportu-
nifty for investigation upon all topics, it
has not been found necessary to take sides
editorially in any religious discussions.
This course will be persued The lead
ing feature of the paper editorially will
be in furnishing, as heretofore,
Year: 1878

1t might still be necessary to take the paper,
to learn our tactics--the best method Of him
dering our progress.


Subscribe Now at the beginning Of the
new year, that you may have the paper from
It's first number. Send silver or gold (sl) IN
registered letter or postal order for 81 -, VI
81 Is in currency. Address
Year: 1878

In faith. it becomes your immediate duty to
subscribe for this, the first publication OF the
kind west of the Mississippi, for the extremely
low subscription price brings 1t within the
reach of all, while il makes necessary large
subscriotion list in order to meet expenses,
Year: 1878

There is possibility that you may not fully
understand our principles and doctrines, and
TO take our paper for a year, which many could
afford out OF mere curiosity to do, would be
sure method OF becoming fully informed con-
cerning our faith, our works and our hopes
Year: 1878

1t Is not hard to ride a camel; but the
process has some sweet SUI prises for the
novice. The camel lies upon the ground
with his legs shut up under like a jack
knife. You seat yourself in the broad
saddle and cross your legs in front of
the pommel. Before you are ready
something like apriyate earthquake be-
gins under you. The camel raises
his hind quarters suddenly and throws
you forward upon his neck, and before
you recover from that, he straightens
his knees and gives you a jerk over his
tail, and while you are not at all certain
of what has happened, he begins to
move at that dislocated walk which sets
you into see-saw motion, a waving
backward and forward in the capacious
saddle. Not admiring this movement,
you courageously lash the beast with
your koorbash to make him change his
gait. He is nothing 10th to do 1t, and
at once starts into high trot, which
sends you foot into the air at every
step, bobs you from side to side, drives
your backbone into your brain and
makes castanets of your teeth. Capital
exercise. When you have enough Of
it you pull up and humbly inquire
hat is the heather method of riding n
dromedary, fully convinced, by this
time, that Christians do not know
everything,
Year: 1878

81 don't know how long it will take a
horse to forget trick that he has once
thoroughly learned, but Pm sure he
will not forget in three years, because
| have had occasion to test that. Some
may have better memories than others,
just as some have quicker comprehen-
siou. There's that horse Nettie, our
leaper; don't think he would ever for
get anything. He is not broncho, but
an American horse, with stain of
Arabian-a splendid horse, but vicious.
He came near killing groom the other
day, Now, Nettie observes great deal,
reasons, thinks, and has ideas of his
own about things. He used to jump
over six horses, but in Cincinnati one
of them SHE'D and he got hurt. Since
then he will not jump more than four.
He knows he can make the leap over six
with little more effort than over four,
but he will not take the increased
chances of one of the number moving
out of place. So he always counts them
before taking start for the leap, and
if we try to ring in five on him he
refuses to attempt it. Four is his
limit.


"If punishment is ever required, it
must come instantly upon tho offence
for which it is given. l never give
more than three blows, and then not
severe ones. If horse loses confidence
in himself don't whip him, but call him
up and reason with him. When you see
he is tired give him rest. Treat him
as a friend, and he will do a fIiend's
part by you. Some trainers give a
horse Jumps of sugar when he does
we'll. l do not. The only reward l
give is letting him stop and rest when
he does his work rightly. Get him used
to sugar, and he will be looking for that
instead Of paying attention to what you
want him to do.


"In training dogs l find that they
unuGTbbhllu WOluo hlOlO lOuuiJ
than horses do. The greatest trouble
with them Is to keep them looking
spirited and animated when doing their
work. You must excite them, by noise
or encouragement, or in whatever way
you find suits best your individual dog,
or else he will go about his tricks with
his tail down between his legs in a
sneaking, shame faced hang. .dog--no
allusion to the little drama my dogs
play-sort of way. 1t is no easy job to
train my troupe Of dogs for that drama.
Each had to be taught his part carefully
and patiently; then all had to be trained
together. The first thing was to teach
them to pick up anything and hold 1t,
or place 1t where they were told. Then
their labor was divided, One was
taught to slip of his collar, another to
steal 1t, another to arrest the thief two
to pick up wooden bar and put 1t on
supports to make gallows; finally, one
Year: 1878

ga young gentleman in Tennessee
was once travelling II country road,
mounted on a fine black racing horse of
great value. His casual companion was
a shrewd old fellow, who was known
In those parts as Yankee, and rode on
rack-o'-bones of a horse, apparently
hardly able to stand on his feet. The
Yankee bantered the Southerner for a
horse trade, which of course the
Southerner Indignantly declined. The
Yankee however insisted that his was
very remarkable horse, of what was
known as the setter breed, which sets
for big game as cog sets for small
game, and that as animals of this breed
are very scarce, his horse was accor-
dinghy valuable. The Yankee soon had
an opportunity to demonstrate the truth
of his statement, as his horse had the
popularity of dropping on all-fours,
when tonched in certain spot by the
spur or heel of the rider. The Yankee
seeing the deer on knoll not far away,
touched his raw-bones in the tender
spot, and, sure enough, down he went
on all-fours, assuring the Southerner
that there was game ahead. The
would. be horse trader told the South
erner that there must be game near by,
for his horse never set In that WaV
except when on the scent of game.
Immediately after, the deer made its
appearance to the Southerner, who sue
ceeded in bringing him down, and so
much pleased was he with the wonder
ful instinct of the horse that he immed-
lately swapped with the Yankee, on
even terms. Soon after they came to a
stream which the Yankee mounted on
the Southerner's fine horse, crossed in
good style; then standing on the oppo-
site bank, he looked back after his COM
panion. The setter horse had sunk,


his head being hardly above water; his
rider was dismounted and nearly
drowned. Reaching the bank and
blowing the water from his mouth, he
exclaimed: Here, you internal Yam
kee what kind of horse Is this to
drop on his knees in the middle of a
streamY' Hush Hush = replied the
Yankee, keep perfectly quiet. That's
q setter horse; he sets for, fish as well as
for deer, and tell you there's game
there ="