smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874




The California spring does not, by a
gradual increase Of verdure, ripen into
an exhuberant summer as in the At
lantic States. On the contrary, with
the close Of May has come also the end
Of growth in grass and LEAKAGE, while
the yellow ripeness of the last of June
might be that Of the August harvest in
the East. Such pale ochre-tint is now
spread over the landscape which in
cludes the Spedden and Miles ranches.
Two or three miles away from the Miles
residence a yellow tinge OF color indi-
Gates ripened grain, and here and there
strip Of tule land bordering stream, or
q cluster OF live oaks, relieves the eye by
a darker hue Of brownish-green. On
either hand, to the east or west,
noble mountain ranges frame the
valley in with undulating, cIoud-like
masses of violet and purple, cobalt and
rose, according to distance, light and
shadow. As the cloudless sunset fades,
the full moon, an orb of dusky gold,
leans for a moment on a ridge of the ST.
erras, then mounts, Frightening and
flooding the valley with a mellow radi-
ance that blends harmoniously with
the ripe and peaceful aspect Of the whole
scene.


The summer has passed loiteringly to
Judith, to whom nothing has changed
either agreeable in the present or prom
islng for the future. Jack Miles has
only grown more dissatisfied and rest
less, more reckless and threatening in
his talk, and more arbitrary and suspi-
cious in his demeanor. Again and
again he has declared his inte ntion of
returning to Texas the moment he can
get his price for his land; falling in that,
to leave the land for Boone, and selling
off his stock, go anyway. Anything to
get out Of the cursed country. What he
is waiting for now is the return of his
son with money for the purchase of an
outfit. When Boone comes, which will
be soon, he will be independent Of the
Yankees and Dutch, and can go or stay
as he pleases, d-n them!-but he will
not


Judith has listened so often to all the
weRrisOme and heart-sickening talk
about the country, the Dutch, the Yam
KEGS, and going back to Texas, mingled
often with covert threats of revenge for
injuries inflicted by Spedden's agent,
who, in general way, was accountable
for all the rest, that she had come to
shrink from it as from physical pain.


Since thsvisit Of Mrs. Parker, in the
spring no calls had been made at the
Miles mansion except such as were Of a
purely business nature; nor had any
company set down at the Miles table,
except an occasional wayfarer who
begged to be allowed TO share the family
meal. Even Mr.. Shultz seemed to have
deserted Judith since the affair of the
shooting, by which his left arm had
been temporarily disabled, The only
reminder Of his friendship that bad
reached Judith in all these weeks was a
package OF choice periodicals, brought
bya vacquero not a native. If she snso-
ulated about the reason Of this desertion
Of her patron, it was not unnatural tI,a,
she should put that and that together
and conclude that her fathers inuendos
against Mr. Shultz's private affairs had
some foundation in fact. But sla ~,
too tenacious Of her ideal TO acknouI
edge her hero culpable, when 1t was so
Year: 1874

/ What gees on inside, therefore, no one


can see and of course no one need be Of
Tended at it. tits the Imagination alone
| that IS shocked, and it is the more easily
shocked from being quite uniformed OF


what really happens. What happens is


THIS: Some fifty vultures made their


abode in the lofty palms within the in


closure, and when the dead is deposited


IN the towers they swoop down, and do


not rise again till all the flesh has dis


appeared. In few hours none of the


body remains except the bones. Those


VINO retail stories about fragments of


human bodies being taken up by the


vultures and carried outside the mark


aud the surrounding neutral belt, and


then bslng dropped on the roads, are ip-


norant Of the habits of these iackals of


the air. On the American pampas.


when they alight upon their quarry


they are so loath to quit the spot that


they are eventually unable to fly from


IL on the approach of horsemen, who


ilnd no difficulty in knocking them over


with their whips. Within the towers
they are secluded from all disturbance.
and those who have watched for the
purpose have never seen them come to
the top with any substance whatever.
it Is only when all is over that they
come TO the summit of the towers,
where they remain for hours without
moving. Then they fake their heavy
Hight to the palms around; seldom, in
deed, do they go beyond the trees in the
rough ground outside the vast COM
pound There is nothing of sacred
character ascribed to these useful but
obscene birds. They are regarded
simply as = means of preventing de-
composition, and in accomplishing that
task they perfectly succeed. The conse-
1uence is that the grounds about the
Towers of Silence have nothing of the
hldeous taint of the charnel-house.
These is not the faintest odor of death
to mingle with the perfumes of the roses
blooming around.
Year: 1874

What is the natural antagonist Of disease? 1t


is the vital principle. From the moment that
disease is developed in the system, this cham
pion fights the intruder until it either conquers
or is conquered Which side should medicinal
science espouse in this life and death struggled
Should it depress and cripple the physical ener-
gies of the patient, thereby helping the disor-
der, should it reinforce the vitality of the pa
tient and thereby assist in queling the alment?
Of course the proper answer to this question
must be obvious to every one above the grade Of
an idiot or a unatic, and hence it follows that
the weak and broken down invalid who chooses
to aose himself with depicting slops instead of
toning, invigorating and vitalizing his enervated
frame with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, must
be either feeble minded or deranged. Surely
nothing short of imbecity or insanity could in
duce person laboring under bodily weakness
and nervous prostration, to take day after day
powerful doses of some drastic purgative in the
hope of gaining strength thereby. Although
charlatans may advertise preparations of this
character as tonics, people in the full posses
sion of their reason cannot, one would think,
accept them as such II they do the penalty of
their credulty may be the shortening of their
lives. The rheumatic the dyspeptic. the bill
ious, the debilitated and nervous and all who
| are subject to intermittents. or other diseases
brought on by the nclement weather which pre-
walls at this season. will do we'll to strengthen
their nerves, tone their stomachs and regulate
their bowels with the Btters. The two-fold op-
Grafton of the restorative as an invigorant and
au aperent, in addition to its direct and specific
effect upon the disordered liver. renders it a
most efficient remedy for complaints of the di-
gestive secretive and excretive organs, at pres
ent in use This fact is conceded by eminent
members of the faculty whose testimony to that
effect is published in Hostetters Almanac for
1874
Year: 1874

A RIDE, AND WHAT WE Found Our.-Throuph
the kindness of Mr.. J. Rittenger we were Of
fered seat on his soda wagon, as he made his
usual drive among the various mining camps in
this vicinity. Between here and Ophir nothirg
occurred, or presented itself, more than usual,
except few extra jolts, occasioned by the rough
ness OF the roads, which forcibly reminded us
they ought to be repaired, and that now is the
best time in the season to do it. Let the Road
Masters take the hint. On arriving at Ophir
we were surprised at the immense gatherings
mostly brush and heaps of stones that had been
gathered from the gardens, orchards, vineyards
etc., in and near that town. We only saw three
or four men in town, and we naturally came to
the conclusion that most of them had gone to
see their neighbors. We only enquired for one
man, and found he had gone below to lay in a
supply of goods, preparatory to an increase in
business-there seemed to be plenty of room
for increase We bought cigar-we have not
time to describe its quality-and then started to
Empire. More business here The st. Patrick
Cos mill was running on rock from the Crater
mine, which we assured was rich. We
hoped it was, and then went on to the Crater
Hill House. Here we found out more about the
Crater mine; down nearly 400 feet; rock growing
richer, and lege growing wider as they go
splendid encouragement. Shaft No. 2 down
l40 feet; running drift to connect with main
shaft; one hundred men at work, and everything
progressing finely. All the men declare the
Crater is a mighty good mine. We knew it, but
were glad to be told so again. Thence to the
Bellevue, where we found dinner ready-lucky
We took one; were induced to conclude that
Haney feeds his boarders WELL A large force
are at work on the Bellevue. new engine
house has just been erected, and a new engine
put in it. which lis now at work like faithful
servant pumping the water out. j. II. Cross
man has now got hold of this mine; its capital
stock has been increased, which are all the facts
needed to set us watching for famous results.
We encountered several agents for newspapers
here, but whether from the smell of birthstone
from assocatng with our devil, or the ink on
our fingers we don't know, one or both kept
them from troubling u.s. and then it was we felt
glad we were in the newspaper business We
then came home thoroughly convinced that
Ophir is quiet peaceable town, and that the
mines we visited were lively and only regretted
that Mr.. Rittenger had not found it convenient
to visit other mines and give us chance to in
spect them. The miners are all jubilant, and
that's good sign.
Year: 1874

HARD ON LEAcH.-A few days ago Deputy
Leach took some Chinese prisoners from the
county Jail out to work on the race-track. Ali
went well for awhile, until Leach walked off
about 80 yards and commenced picking into the
bank, with his back to the Johns After max
ing few strokes he Strengthened to take breath
as most men do, when, on casting his eye to-
wards his charge, he observed one nimble fell
low about 200 yards away, with head up and
heels flying, in pusuit of freedom. Without
waiting for consideration or ceremony, the ac-
tive deputy dropped all hold and started in pur-
and made the gravel fly, one would think the
tenure of his office depended on whether he
caught the Chinamsn or not. Away they went,
through the brush and over the hills, until fin
ally they disappeared in a deep gorge of the
neighboring hills Some time elapsed in pro-
found silence and deep anxiety by few distant
observers. They did not wait long in suspense.
For in less than half an hour the bare head OF
the gallant officer was seen approaching over the
top of the hill. At length he emerged from the
CHI parral, when sight met the observers eyes
that would soften sawbuck to tears or take the
squeak out of wheebarrow. There was the
noble officer with bare head. bare feet tattered
garments and hair not unlike bewtched hay
stack. But in his noble heart he seemed dot to
mind this, for as he drew near with boot in
one hand and the fugitive in the other he ex-
claimed, "By George, I've got him.
Year: 1874

HE GEM MICROSCOPE The Gem Microscope
is truly an optical wonder. 1t reveals thou
sands of unseen wonders and curiosites of
Gods minute creation; the small worlds teem-
ing with animal life, the little things of nature
with which we are surrounded, but which are
invisible to the naked eye, the thousand and
one curiosities and minute objects with many Of
which we are familiar, because we have read or
heard of them, but which to the unaided vision
have remained sealed book, are brought with
in the realizing reach of our sight and under
standing by the use of the Gem, and many
wonders entirely new to us are also brought to
sight by its use. No article for the same price
has ever been offerei to the public which COM
bines the essential points of valuable instruc-
ton and entertaining refined amusement to so
great an extent as this instrument; every family
has only to appreciate its merits to become its
possessor. II is so low-prced that everybody
can have one, and so simple child can use it.
Parents should provide their children with this
valuable instructor This Microscope posses
ses the great advantage of being used by lamp
light as well as by daylight, and thus affords en-
tertainment after the occupations of the day are
laid aside 1t is really of great value to any
family if only because it shows the adultera-
tons in food, sugars, teas ETC., and the quail
tiles of cloths. 1t also plainly shows Trchna
Spiralis or Pork Worm whenever it exists in
pork 1t is safely mailed, postpaid, on receipt
Of price (s1.5o) to any address by the Beverly
Company 97S Wabash Avenue, Chicago, See
their advertisement elsewhere.
Year: 1874

LINCOLN CoAL.-The discovery of coal at Lin
coin has already caused a marked improvement
in the town, and very considerable advance in


the value of real estate in that section of conn
try. That the coal found there is valuable, there
is no longer a doubt. 1t has been used with
success at various works in Sacramento and
bids fair to supercede the Mt. Diablo coal, or
even the Eastern coal, in most Of the manufact-
1rlng establishments OF the country The river
steamboats, will soon adopt it, and the railroad
company have decided to try il as fuel for their
locomotives. For the manufacture OF gas it is
said to be inferior to none, with the single ex-
ception that il does not coax. AS soon as its
real value, mpared with the price for which it
can be supplied, becomes generally known,
there is no doubt but the demand will equel the
supply, and, judging from the latest news from
the coal field, the supply is comparatively un-
limited. Coal has been found ut different places
for range of several miles; at one place at q
depth of only 20 feet from the surface, and at
another place it was found cropping out on the
surface. From recent discoveries it is safe to
conclude that coal beds exist at various depths
from near Lincoln, north along the same level
to Bear River, and how much further no one
knows The stmulous which manufacturing
interests in California will derive from this dis
covery will be great. insignificant as these coal
fields may be regarded at present, they will do
more to revoluhonizing the country and doubling
its present greatness than any other interest al
present known. Cheap fuel is the key to sue
cess in manufactures. And prospering manu-
facturies do much in establishing country's
greatness,
Year: 1874

A RAcE.-We heard u good story once of a
very modest young man, who used to live in
Auburn-and may yet for all we know. This
certain youth went to see his lady-love, a fair
girl, nearly as modest and bashful as himself.
It.happened her father kept noble sp, omen of
the canine tribe, which, though sometimes cross,
was always sportive. AS our hero approached
the house, he observed this shaggy friend of
his adored standing loose, at the garden gate,
which suddenly reminded him that he had for
gotten something. The dog, overfowing with
generosity and impatient for a job, leaped the
fence to 60 ond get it for him. He preferred to
go himself, and, to defeat the good intentions of
the dog, started to run. The dog, offended at
this, caught the youth and tried to reason with
him. that it was best at least, not to be in hur
ry. The young man would not be reasoned
with sud torl furiously to get away Finally
he compromised with the canine by leaving an
important section of his unmentionables, with
which the dog returned, while the youth went
on his way, talking loudly about our Heavenly
Father and that dog few days ago this same
young man came in to tell us that he not
the fellow If he had not told us, we should
always have thought it was him.
Year: 1874

Nor Too LATELY reading the advertisement
found on the fourth page of to-day's HERALD,
it will be seen that it is not yet too late to put
in bids for the purchase of one-half of this Of
fee; the Old Drug Store building, or any of the
other property belonging to the estate of the
late Joseph Walkup, set forth and described in
said advertisement
Year: 1874

SPANKING. G.-As pleasant as the time is passed
in this delicious exercise, the boys of our town
don't, for some reason, seem to have much ap-
petite for it. OF course it is attended with
more or less difficulties, but brave heart
should never allow these to deter him from the
fulfillment of an honest duty. We know of but
one youth in town who stands out boldly against
all opposition, and he complains terribly of the
size Of her fathers boot.
Year: 1874

The fine weather we have had recently has
caused vegetation to spring up quite rapidly,
and it now covers the hills with its verdure
The COWS and young stock almost smile at their
delivery.
Year: 1874

ENTERPRrsINa.-We notice Messrs. Fellows 4
Powning, of the Nevada State Journal propose
starting daily newspaper. The present semi
weekly will be converted into large weekly,
full Of good reading at reduced rate. We
wish them success
Year: 1874

An exchange tells us that Negro
stole carpet from Tennessee church,
aud cut it up into horse blankets, and the
congregation thought person who would
do such thing was bad enough to re.
qaire immersion. So they took him over
The river to immcrse him, and all the peo.
pla turned out to see it. And all would
have gone well but for little incident
ke was held under the water one minute
too long.
Year: 1874

left or not. On the following day,
however, the little boy was 50 much
better that his mother told him that he
might go down upon the beach and
play in the warm sand, provided he
would promise herthat he would not be
SO cross the next w.
Year: 1874

JOHN WILKES BooTH's LADY LovE.-The
Concord, New Hampshire. Patriot says the
death of the Hon. John p. Hale, of Dover
New Hampshire, brings to light a fact often
hinted at pretty broadly before, but in which
no ladys name has ever been given III print til
now to our knowledge. The fact is that it was
a daughter of Mr.. Hale, who was then Unit
ed States Senator in Congress from New Hamp
shire at the time OF the assassination. It was
this gentleman's daughter who was engaged to
Wilkes Booth, the man who shot President
Lincoln. In Booths diary, which was taken
from his body, there was a picture of this lady
Why was not Miss Hale arrested and tried by
a court martial as n party in the assassination
plot! She was as near to Booth as Mrs. Sur
rat She was his affianced bride, and is likely
to know as much about it as anybody else. But
Booth did not communicate his purpose to her
nor anybody else.
Year: 1874

We do not believe that Communism in the
New World can ever do the damage which it
has done and will do in the Old; but it is GRIM
inal folly to shut our eyes to the fact that it has
an organized existence here, and is rapidly de-
veloping in proportions and in purpose. The
leaders are as reckless and desperate here as
on the other side of the ocean, and the rank
and fle-if we may Judge by demonstrations
are equally ready to follow the advice Of evil
counselors. We cannot avoid the danger
which threatens society elsewhere, danger
which is nseparably connected with the high
est forms of the social structure; but we can
and should be prepared to meet it And if the
lessons of the past three months have not
taught us the need of this preparation, then
we richly merit the harsh experience which
the future assuredly has in store.
Year: 1874

AT bennington, in England, on Jan. 81. an
extraordinary statement was made to the local
magistrates by the Superintendent of Police in
a poaching case. It was, that there is in the
neighborhood an establishment where trained
dogs are let out to poachers at shilling night.
A farmer, who had captured one of the animals
declared it evinced no affection for anybody.
but would readily follow any person who car
ried rabbit nets
Year: 1874

Hawaiian Islands, is dead, after reign of
fourteen months, rendered unsatisfactory by
an unfortunate disposition to excessive indulg-
ence in alcoholic beverages. King Lunalilo did
not fill large space in the order Of things, nor
can his successor. The most important results
of his decease will be to cause fever of excite
ment among the white residents of the Islands;
to develop much petty intriguing; to afford an
opportunity for indulgence in the "hula-hua;" :"
to constitute an excuse for the consumption of
an unusually large quantity of "pol;" and to
give sundry editors a fresh chance to discuss
annexation As to the effect Of the event upon
the destinies of the Islands or the Islanders,
we don't think it will have any. The Islanders
are quietly disappearing under the stimulus of
Western civilization, as native races always do,
ard the planters are rs gradually acquiring the
power which their feeble predecessors are sur
rendering. Sugar is the principal element in
Hawaiian commerce, and Lunalilo's death is
not likely to affect sugar. He will be buried
with his fathers, and the vacant throne will be
filled by some other equally powerless and
equally insignificant potentate. And the only
moral reflection which suggests itself on the
melancholy occasion appears in the form of a
doubt whether after all Lunalilo, who wore
broadcloth and absorbed American whisky
was in any way happier, better, or wiser, than
his ancestor, old Kamehameha the First, who
went stravaging about the country like stur-
dy old savage as he was. and never came un.
der the killing kindness of iyization.-Sacra-
naento Record
Year: 1874

BRIGHAM YOUNG refuses to answer the
complaint of his wife Ann Eliza, for
divorce, but he puts in demurrer upon
the ground that the court has no juris-
diction of the case. The old dotard
has probably got an idea that he is
above all earthly courts, and that his
property is also too sacred for the
clutch of the law. If the old gentle
tleman is not called upon by that court
to shell out handsome amount of ali.
mony for Ann Eliza we have missed our
guess.
Year: 1874

charged with the foulest and most
damnable crime to be found on the black
catalogue Of social charged by =
man whose name is known throughout
the lengths and breadths of the land
by man whose every instinct and in
terest would naturally have combined
to close his mouth and bury the dark
secret forever in his own breast-under
such circumstances as these we can
scarcely wonder that the public stands
aghast, and dumb while the very heav-
ems open and delugc the earth with
foods which sweep hundreds to un-
timely graves.
Year: 1874

An Ohio farmer writes as follows: I
have town lot planted in early pota-
toes which for the last two years has
been allowed to grow up thick with mus
tard after the potatoes were worked out
the last time. As q result mustard
came up very thick this spring before
the potatoes appeared, and when the
plants were up the ground was so dry
and hard / could not have them worked.
This mustard is very thick among them,
but it does not seem to interfere in the
least with their growth. I have Just
been all over the lot, and hasten to re-
peat mary bug" was among the
vines last week often and only captur-
ed two. My neighbors, whose potatoes
are not as smart As mine flor want of
mustard are undergoing a fearful strug-
gle for life. The present prospects seem
strongly to indicate their ultimate fail
ure. AS for mustard being a remedy for
bugs, l will only state the above facts.