smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

he took her hand and looked at her,
No sound did that deep stiffness stir;
Even the weary, wandering rain
Had ceased to beat upon the pane;
Only about the perfect mouth
A sigh more faint than the faint south
Hovered of moments space, and then
Died into nothingness again.
The words he spoke were brief and slow
What could he say, she did not know
What pulse of that impetuous soul
But owned her calm, serene controll
No need for him to test her heart
With cunning fence or verbal art;
Only to ask and wait her will,
And, winning, losing, love her still
Perhaps she wavered-ay, perhaps
The shadow of the cloud that wraps
The future from our questioning gaze
Let in some glimpse of after days,
Some hint of all she might possess
In that true spirits tenderness,
If but her weaker life might move
Unto the music of his love.
Perhaps who knows7 He only knew
The large gray eyes were dim with dew,
Saw only on the mouths sweet bloom
The shadow of reluctant doom;
Felt only one sad, gentle word
And then through the deep stiffness heard
Once more the weary, wandering rain
Beat dull against the window pane.


Eclectic.
Year: 1873

We must express our regret
and modification at the ungra-
cious and ungrateful act of the
Louisiana Legislature, OF at
least a majority of them, for
their action in the defeat of
Governor Warmoth for the
United States Senate. This
was an ugly piece of business
and will always rebound to the
shame of its participants.
Warmoth certainly well and
justly earned and merited this
doubtful honor and not a vote
should have been cast against
him. We repeat we are NOR
tlnea at Such an unexpected
result, and would it could be
blotted out from the calendar
of the proceedings of the Loui-
siana Legislature / Alexan-
dria Democrat,
Year: 1873

blessing to its possessor and


when used as it always is used


by God-made men, is a blessing


to all around him. But wealth


never made a man of low tastes


and degrading habits in any man


rer respectable. Such a man


may screw and speculate and de-


fraud and gather his Golfers so


full that he must use all his


strength to press down the lids,


but after all, what is he but a


miserable pretender whose as


sumptions never deceive. All


men do not make the possession


of money the standard of respect
ability for while it is a lamenta-


ble fact, as has been said. the
large majority of people exclaim
OF one of those people, "How rich


he has become" instead of euquir.
ing, "How did he become so rich!-
yet there are still enough to ask
the question instead of giving
utterance to the exclamation.


The man Caldwell has purchas
ed his way into the Senate; but
is there a mau in the whole COM
try who would to-day swap tair
reputation for Caldwel's money
and political position, even
though by some technicality
brought into play to conceal par
hsanism and favoritism, he should
be white washed by the commit
tee and permitted to remain four
years longer in body where his
associates ought to be men of
personol honor? Is there an hon
est boy who would take him for
an example?


Success is not the test of merit.
A man may be successful SO far
as the accumulation of wealth or
the attainment of high station
may be concerned and yet every
risht-minded man may know and
feei fully assured that amid an
that is called success, the man
himself, unless he has succeeded
in obliterating all moral principle
and all conscience, knows himself
to be a miserable failure.


We have often been reDroached
in this country for our tendency
to Worship money and moneys
possessor. Truly, we have been
largely guilty of this offsnse. and
now we stand mortified witnesses
of the result of this common weak
ness. We have seen our great
with all its pretensions
to superiority over the nations of
the earth, bowed down to humil
lation at the sight of her rulers,
in the highest places, selling
themselves like cattle in the open
market. The men who were es-
pecially horror-stricken at the
sales of the black man, actually
placing themselves upon the auc
ton block, and being bid off by
the Credit Mobilier- Cakes Ames
being the auctioneer. And we
nave seen the seats once occupied
oy men like Adams, and jackson.
ind Clay, and Webster-against
personal honor no tongue
ever uttered word-sold i'm Kan
'as. and in Iowa, and in Arkan-
'as, and in South Carolina. How
many more similar transactions
rave as yet been concealed from
he pnblic eye cannot even be
!


Would a purely honest people
lave elected such men 10 office. is
! question we will not enter upon
low, but it is one that every citi.
zen should ponder upon Pitts
,urgh Post.
Year: 1873

Never expect a selfshly
ambitious man to be a true
friend. He who makesambition
his god, tramples on everything.
else. He will climb upward,
though he treads on the hearts
of those who love him best.
and in his eyes your only value
lies in the use you may be to
him. Personally, one is moth
ing to him, and if you are not
rich, or famous. or powerful
enough to advance his inter-
ests, after he has out run you
in the race of prosperity and
got above you he cares no
more for you.-[Richland
Beacon.
Year: 1873

WE publish in another column some "reminiscences of Tucson in olden times as related by the oldest Arizonan now living. It gives but hint of what we should like to know of town that existed long before our independ- ence as nation. We hope, however, that 1t may lead to further investiga- tion and that more of the early his- tory of this country may yet be res cued from oblivion. The question is often asked by whom, and when was San Xavier built? Who was the first to settle in Tucson and when was the settlement commenced? We see the ruined church in front of Tucson, the walls of large buildings almost in the heart of the city, but no written record is left of them. We have & Spanish map of Arizona made in 1776 which shows the Territory to have contained at that time many villages, missions and military posts, and the same map shows that Cali fornia was but little known and sparsely populated. We know of no history that would be more interesting, especially to Arizonans, than that of the early settlement of Arizona. There was people who lived and hourished here long before the Spanish invasion, who have passed away and probably we shall never be able to find out anything more about them than we can see by the immense ir- rigating canals they dug, the towns. villages and cities that they built which now lie in ruins, but 1t would seem that more should be known and published of the early settlement of the Spaniards in this country.
Year: 1873

WHEN the news of the surrender of some

 thirteen ModOcs reached IS we descan ted

 freely upon the fate which justice should

 have in store for them. That fate is the

 gallows. They have all been concerned in

 the murders and killings perpetrated by

 and Tn the name of their tri be. That they

 have surrendered is, doubtless, owing to

 the fact that they could not fight any more

 aud does not make them any less murder

 CTS than heretofore We are aware that

 the custom has been to pet all Indians who

 have proved themselves especially murder

 ous but, in the name of the foully mur-

 dered Canby, we demand that every Mo

 doc captured "kick heels with his throat

 in rope.' There should, moreover. be

 no delay about the matter. To feed and

 fondle the murderers of our troops is to

 hold out a prem ium for the unruIy savages all over the West, who grow rusty for a fight every time the grass is up. The fact that they have fought the troops should, however, weigh less than the fact that, in peace conference they assassinated an illustrious soldier and a phila nthropic di vine, whose efforts were being directed at the moment of receiving the death | wounds, towards the good of cir murder CTS. The crime cries aloud for vengeance, | and now is the moment when thirteen of the band can be made to atone. It will | be no vicarious sacrifice in their cases. The attack or feint made in another part of the lava beds at the time of the murder of Gen. Canby shows that the entire gang were ac- cessories before the fact. Hooker Jim, one of the interesting captives, is the mur- derer of the settlers on Lost River. Let them all hang. Feeding them and pam pering them will not bring in Captain Jack.-[N. '. Herald.

 The above article is a good peace : offering, and from the commencement had such been the tone of the press, the sentiment of the people and the action of the government, we should long ago have had peace with the savages, but on the contrary when they only murdered private citizens living on the frontier, their crimes were excused and they were rewarded with more presents and attentions than the peaceably inclined. To such an extent has this policy been practiced, that it is frequently re- marked by the Pima and Papago h. iians that if their hands were red . with the blood of white men, they would be favored as much by the government as the Apaches are.
Year: 1873

From the Sentinel of June IA:

 A body was found floating in the Colo rado river. It was supposed to have been that of Peter McDevitt, who fell overheard from the steamer Gila some time ago. The Colorado is still rising.
Year: 1873

The New York Times tells the
following pleasant story: GA num-
Der of years since, the reports of
the society gave an account of sad
event IN Brooklyn. A woman had
been murdered by her drunken hus.
band, and kind lady Of that city
discovered three wretched little
children weeping over the corpse,
two boys and girl. They were ut
terly friendless after the arrest and
imprisonment of the father. The
two boys were brought to the News
boys Lodging House in New York
and the girl temporarily sheltered.
AT length the society sent the two
lads to homes in the West, and the
girl was adopted by gentlemen Of
property near the city. The latter
never knew that her adopted faith


cr was not her own. The boys
have now grown up and acquired
propcrty--onc being q druggist and
the other farmer. They have
been extremely anxious to commu-
nicate with their sister, and have
been in correspondence with her
guardian for some time. During
the past week they visited the city
for the first time, very well educated
young men, in good circumstances.
They visited the Girls Lodging
House, the Newsboys', and other
institutions of the society. The
adopted father of their sister con-
sented that they should see her in
his office, provided that they did
not disclose their relationship, as
she is only fifteen, and he wished
her to suppose herself his own
daughter, so that her affection
might not be weakened for few
years longer. She is to inherit his
property, They felt the propriety
of this, and had their interview with
her last week, without discovering
their relationship, and then return
ed, we'll satisfied, to the West.
Year: 1873

Button said Holland was the low
est country on the globe, but he
was mistaken. The greatest de-
preston i'll the earth's surface is
found in the plains about the Dead
Sea, thirteen hundred feet below the
level Of the Mediterranean Had
he said the lowest in Europe, he
would doubtless have been correct,
as large part of the land is thirty
feet below The sea-level. The great
er part of the country is composed
Of the Maud Of the Rhine, as the soil
Of Egypt has been formed by the
deposits Of the Nile. What has not
come from the many-mouthed
Rhine, is the Gift of the sea.


Holland dikes against the sea
from without and the rivers from
within, and these streams present
the same difficulty as the Mississip-
pi-thc gradual rising of the bed
from alluvial deposit, and the con
sequent necessity Of additional
diking. For a number Of years the
water of the rivers, like a wild
beast IN leash, has been led to the
sea by embankments, but this does
not always prove sufficient.


There are French scientists who
have u theory that Holland is grad
ualIy and continually sinking, and
will ultimately disappear. This
opinion rests on researches made
at three separate points of the coun-
try, which show, according to these
geologists, that the level has under
gone considerable depression. The
process is so slow, however, should
the theory prove true, that the in
habitants of the present and follow
ing centuries will hardly be dis
turbcd. There is an old Legendary
prophecy of like tenor lowering over
the fishermen's villages on the
coasts, that the sea will one day
take back what was once taken from
it. But before such submersion
takes place, the ingenuity of man
may doubtless be relied upon for
finding some means of averting the
disaster of Atlantis.
Year: 1873

In old fashioned times boys and
girls were left to their own wits for
amusements, nor do think this was
ve'y bad thing to be left with. l
never go into q toy shop, especially
one Of these magazines in New
York, where ten thousand toys are
heaped together, without pitying
the modern family.


Once the dear old aunt promised
the little girl that if she would be
good, she should have a doll made
for her. Already she had had little
thin crinkly paper dolls, and picture
dolls on states, and handkerchief
dolls folded and pined, which could
be opened out again, on pressing
need, to the uses of the handker-
chief.


But there shall be brand new
doll, set apart and consecrated to
the high ends of dol! life, but it
shall have eyes and mouth, marked
with ink, and set forth in the eyes
of all men and girls. The joys of
anticipation almost equal tho rapt-
urc of possession.


At length the creative work is
done, and the little girl comes into
possession Of cotton doll stuffed
with bran, and the face brought out
in a manner that would make an old
Egyptian hieroglyphic dance with
envy. A bit of well-worn calico,
ten years ago flaming new, in q
dress that excited envy, q shred of
worn-out lace, scrap or two of
ribbon-these are the whole stock
in the child's hand.


But what Joy do they produce!
All, no poet has yet sung one of the
Year: 1873

Planets are continually intcgrating
diffused materials which they en-
counter in their progress through |
space, and it has been estimated
that the earth adds to itself nearly
one hundred and fifty billion such
mctcoric particles every year.
Secondly, it has been proved that
every planet must be slowly losing
a part of its molar motion of rota-
ton. The effect of tidal waves,
which are caused by the gravita-
tion ofliquid toward other planetary
bodies, is to rctard diurnal rotation;
and, in fact, the terrestrial day is
heightened by reason Of the friction
of the tides, and it is destined in
the remote future to give about 48O
hours between sunrise and sunset.
The earth is also losing molecular
motion by radiation. That some
terrestrial heat is lost without COM
pcnsation - and very slowly, of
course, can hardly be doubted; and
for the state fittings thus ultima
tely to be produced we may find a
PARALLEL in the present condition Of
the moon. That appears to afford
an example of the universal death
which in an inconceivably distant
future awaits the entire solar sys-
TEN. If along with the dissipation
Of the molar and molecular motions
the planets are also losing angular
velocity, this loss Of motion will
ultimately result in their integra-
tion with the sun. Of two facts
which bear upon the subject, on
| Cfamiliar to all students of science
is the observed retardation of
Enckc's comet by the resistance Of
the medium through which it moves.
The other, which, so far as | know,
has not hitherto been mentioned, is
that all the planets are nearer the
sun than they ought TO be, accord
ing TO BODIES law, the variation
cing most conspicuous, as might
expected, in the case of Neptune
1t is at least worthy of notice that
the discrepancy is such as might
have been caused by Il slow dimlnu
ton OF the angular velocities of the
planets. Another fact, that the in
terplanetary spaces are filled wit!
matter, and that consequently al
planetary bodies rushing through
them must meet with resistance and
lose momentum, proves that i'm
mense momentum will be eaten up
by the resistance force. This loss
OF tangential momentum must bring
oil the planets into the sun. AS The
planet slowly draws near the sun its
lost tangentia momentum is replaced
and somewhat more than replaced


by the added velocity due TO the in
creased gravitative force exerted by
the sun at the shorter distance. Al
the last the planet must strike the
sun with tremendous force. The
hear generated by the earth and the
sun alone in such a collision would
suffice to produce q temperature OF
nearly 5,O00,00 degrees, centigrade
OF course, disintegration would i'm
mediately follow, and the next stage
is the dissi patton of the whole into
a nehEia.-P0t. FSke.
Year: 1873

The supper is DER the hearth is swept.
And in the wood-fre's glow
The children cluster to hear tale
OF that time SO long ago
When Grandmamma's hair was golden brown,
And the warm blood came and went
Ger the face that could scarce have heensweet-


er then,


Than now in its rich content.
The face is wrinked and care-worn now.
And its golden HAIR is gray;
But the light that shone in tho young girFs eyes
Has never gone away.
And needles catch the fires light,
As in and ont they go,
With the clicking music that gandma Loves,
Shaping the stocking toe
And the waking chdron love it, too,
For they know the stocking song
Brings many tale to Grandma's mind
Which they shall hear ere long.
But it brings no story of olden time
To Gran1ma's heart to-ni2ht-
Only duty quaint and short,


Is sung by the needles bright
Life is stocking" Grandma says,
"And yours is just begun;
But am knitting the toe of mine,
And my work is almost done.
with merry hearts we begin to knit,
And the ribbing is almost play;
Some are gay colored, and some are white,
And some are ashen gray.
"Bnt most are made of many hue,
With many stitch set wrong,
And many n row TO be sadly ripped.
Ere the whole is lair and strong.
''There are long spaces without break
That in youth are hard to bear;
And many n weary tear is dropped


As we fashion the heel with care.
but the saddest, happicst time is that
We court and yet would shun;
When our Heavenly father breaks the thread,
And says that our work is done"
The children came to say good night,
With tears in their bright young eyes,
While in her grankma's lap, with a broken


thread,


The finished stocking lies.
Does the road wind up hill all the way?
Yes. TO the very end.
Will the Journey take the whole day long?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for night resting place.
A roof for Ill when the slow dark hours begin:
May not the darkness hide it from my face!
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall find other wayfarers at night:
Those who have gone before.
Then must | knock or call when just in sight:
They will not keep you standing at the door.
Shall find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
OF labor you shall find the sum.
Will there be bed tor me and all who seek:
Yes, beds for all who come,
Year: 1873

IRl.


Colonel Roberts gives Il glowing
account of the mineral wealth of
the country, and is enthusiastic
over its prospects. He says there
are vast undeveloped beds of coal
IN Arizona, and that about twenty
miles north Of the place where the
site of the ruined city IS the party
passed a coal bed of 800 or 400
acres, which had been burned off,
and was covered with cindcrs. At
another place they came to a bed of
nearly pure soda at least ten miles
wide. Its length he could not
state. 1t took an entire day to cross
the track. The water in creek
some distance beyond was also
impregnated with soda so that they
could scarcely drink it, and both
men and horses were made sicl, and
weak from using it. They found
the mine they were looking for and
|, Gated Il district, and took up claims
and mill sites and water privileges.
1t is in a moantainous coitntry, but
he defines to give the exact location
or make known the route by which
it is reached. 1t had been slightly
prospectcd before, and the old pros
pect holes are still visible. There
are deposits Of both gold and silver,
which Colonel Roberts says he
thinks will prove valuable mines
when properly developed. 1t is
about nine days ride from Denver,
but has to be reached by round
about route on account of the rough
and broken character of the country.
Colonel Roberts announces his
determination to return with Il
party in the spring and prospect
the country, and also to visit the
site Of the deserted city discovered
by him, and to spend some time in a
careful sc trch among its ruins.
Year: 1873

from lecture on Great men and their Wiyes.1 I


Have you seen the lark rise from
its grassy bed in the early morning,
shaking as it rose pearls of dew in
Il fine baptism upon its mate and its
little ones, and posing itself at the
very blue gate of heaven, pouring
from its heart those waves Of melo-
dy that fill the open air with music,
and that fall like heavenly rain up
on the happy nest below. Have yon
seen it, then, with halffurled wings
"like n cloud of fire." lower itself
from the gates of the dawn, to its
nest of love, resting there in the
shade through the heat Of the day?
Then as you note the moment when
the attraction of the nest oycrcomcs
the impetus of the upward flight,
you understand how blessed are
those who, having reached the cul-
mination Of n worldward ambition,
begin to swing back from the cm-
pyrean of their glory to the shelter
of their love. How blessed when
the man can say:


~ Weld to the hreside that draws


Ny life TO its orbit curve,


And over il throws the golden cords


That never Will slacken or swerve


What care | now for the strife of tongues,
And the highways restless roar,


For the outer world is less and less,
And the inner, more and more,


SO muse as turn from the haunts ofmen,
Though their shadow is on my track,
Yet the evening lamp OF home, know
Has power TO beat them back.
No more man-worred man, bat king.
Stoops under my cottage door;
For the outer world is less and less,
Bnd the inner more and more"


How blessed that cause in the
history Of life, whether great or
small, that marks the silent victory
of the inward over the binding
splendor of the outward-that critl-
cal moment when Beatrice, and
Leonora, and Heloise, and Highland
Mary, drew back the life that was
dashing into darknoss and sporting
with death-the moment as critical
and blessed, when any woman, be
she queen or child, outmatching by
her love the fascination of the
world and the fury OF the devil,
draws the man she loves unto her.
self and bids him hear that music
that better than silver trumpets can
lull restless soul, that music that
swccter than the wind that on high
Olympus "smites it's thunder harp
of pines" the throbbings Of Il hu-
man heart and the breathings of an
undying love.
Year: 1873

RESTORATION OF NosE.-ln one OF the
German medical periodicals DR.. Malfatti de-
scribes the treatment OF man whose nose
had been cut of by sabre. The wound
was was through tue middle of the eartilagino.ls
part of the bridge OF the nose. dividing the
left ala along its posterior third, the septum
through its middle, and the right ala two
lines behind the anterior angle OF the nostrli.
The piece cut off was taken up from the
place where it lay on the ground, cleaned
with cold water, and reapplied, being Sc
cured in its place by means of sutures. A
week after the injury dry scab began to
form on the left ala, and extended in the
course of three days over nearly the Whole
nose. Granulations gradually formed, heal
ipg went ON steadily, and now careful ex.
animation is required to detect any trace Oh
the injury.
Year: 1873

BABIES PIcTUREs.-REEs & Co. would suggest
to their patrons the propriety Of bringing their
babies as early In the morning as possible TO have
their pictures made. Their gallery is open at
O'clock each morning during the hot season, and
parents ought to avail themselves OF the n'ost plea
sant time Of the day 70 take the chIhren out
Year: 1873

BROAD srREET.-We are requested to state


that the members Of the Executive Commit
tee OF the Broad Street Association will as
semble punGtually at o'clock this afternoon,
in the Council Chamber, to confer with the
special committee Of the Council on the
question of the removal of the railroad fram
Broad street. ,... :.