smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

W


Kansas City Tmes.l


81 had been sent on ahead up the hill,
just where the big stone hut stands by
the road, and with boy named
Kountze, from Omaha, sat down to
wait for the wagons, which were slowly
coming up out of tue valley. When the
wagons reached US started on alone
through the rocks and pine bushes to
seek q good camp A few hundred
Yards further on looked down ravine
and saw five mounted Indians across
the valley. ! started to go back to the
train, when at least dozen Indians ran
at me out of the brush, and you bet l
ran and hallooed for help. In a min
ute more two or three of them shot at
me. felt sharp, singing pain in my
left leg and another 10 my left shoulder,
and l fell. Then they we're upon me In
minute, and one of them put his knee
on my back, while another hit me q Clip
with club or butt Of q gun, l don
know which, as / had no time to think
All l knew was l was being scalped my
hair was held tight l felt a hot, red
hot, singing sort of pain all around the
top Of my head-being torn out by tht
lroots-it was too much; / couldn''
stand it /; l died-at least thought
did. But my scalp was saved just as il
was being torn of. The boys at tn
wagon had seen me running; saw th'
Indians, and came on--,thirteen OF then
and got up just in time to prevent tn
red devils finishing their work. Tn
Indians, as we'll as my friends, though
was dead But l came to again ant


my scalp was laid back again. 1t va
only half off, as you will see, and i


growing again nicely"
Year: 1876

VV1v0 uvukuv


Who may be suffering from the effects of
&youthful follies or indiscretion, will do k
well to avail themselves of this, the great +
lest boon ever laid at the altar of suffering


humanity. Dr. SPINNEY will guaran +
tee to forfeit $500 for every case OF seminal
Weakness, or private disease of any kind
Tor character, which he undertakes and8
xfaile to cure. He would therefore say toE
the unfortunate sufferer who may read


this notice that you are treading upon


dangerous ground when you longer delay


i'm seeking the proper remedy for your
complaint. You may be in the first stage;


remember you are approaching the last.


III you are bordering upon the last,and are
Suffering some or all OF its i'll effects, re-


member that IL you persist in procrastfna-


tion the time must come when the most
>killful physician can render you no assis-
tance; when the door Of hope will be i
closed against you; when no angel of mer-
Icy can bring you relief. In no case has the
Doctor failed of success. Then let not de-
Ilspair work upon your imagination, bui
avail yourself of the beneficial results OF
This treatment before your case Is beyond
the reach of medical skill, or before grim
death hurries you to premature grave.
Full coarse of treatment S25. Send money
by Post Office Order or Express, with full
I.lescription of case. Call, or address,


DIR. A. B. sPINNEY,


sel0 d&wy No. ii Kearny ST., S. + (
Year: 1876

FORMERLY rain was unknown upon the
northern part Of the Red Sea, but since
the building Of the Suez Canal showers
have fallen regularly about once a fort
night. The result has been to start vcge-
lation up, even upon the Asiatic side, in
the most wonderful manner. II things
go on as they have begun, the sands Of the
IstIimus will be covered with iofestSin
smother fifty years.
Year: 1876

Do we notice how much more rapidly each
year seems to pass away. Can we renlem-
Der how, in our childhood, the term of a year
seemed interminable, and we could com
press into that great space almost any
stnount of work and play? But now we
become so engrossed that holy days and
holidays are alike invaded; and after all is
done, how much is left unfinished, and how
many schemes remained untried! s'It is
the solemn thought connected with middle
life," says the late F. w. Robertson, ''that
hfe's last business has begun in earnest;
and it is then, half way between the cradle
and the grave, that a man begins to mar
vel that he let the days of youth go by half
enjoyed. 1t is the pensive Autumn feeling,
it is the sensation Of half sadness that we
experience when the longest day in the year
is past. and that every day that follows is
shorter, and the light fainter and feebler
tells that nature is Fastening, with gigantic
footsteps to it's wintery grave. So does
man look back upon his youth. When tire
first gray hairs become visible, when the eun-
welcome truth fastens upon the mind that q
man is no longer going up hill, but down.
and that the SUMS always westering, he looks
back on things behind. When we were chill
dren we thought as children think
But now there lies before us manhood


with earnest work, and old age, anc
then the grave and then home. There is a
second youth for man, better, and holier THAI


the first, if we will only look up, and no'
look back"
Year: 1876

AS stand on the banks of this beautiful shore,


Now washed by the Waters OF Life,


find fresh among the bright treasures Of ypre,


The pearls Of the present are rife


And my heart wells upward, toward the Great


White Throne,


AS CLEAN of these ruDies so bright,


And offer to Him who stitch cnthroned,


Ny treasures for His World of Light.


God esteems mems deeds by their minds,
not their minds by their deeds.


Hate is an active, envy passive displeas-
ure; it need not surprise us, therefore,
to see how qui clly envy passes into hate.


Truth is torch, but one of enormous
size SO that we try to slink, past it in rath-
er a blinking fashion for fear 1t should burn
us.


Your disposition viii be suitable to that
which you most frequently think on; for
the soul is, as it We're, tinged with the col
or and complexion Of its own thoughts.
Marcus Antoaius.


"A particular want of good in many
sensible people consists in their not know
ing how to interpret what another says
when he has not said it exactly as he ought


The most foolish Of all mistakes consists
in young men of sound talents fearing to lose
their originality by acknowledging truths
which have already been recognized by
Others,


TO sin against knowledge il lnuclr
greater crime than an ignorant trespass; {;
as crime which is capable Of no excuse Is
more heinous than the fault which admits
of a tolerable nlca.-Justin Martyr.


The husks Of emptiness rustic in every
wind; the full corn in the ear holds up its
golden fruit to the lord OF the harvest ~
good MANS faith is manifested by his lahors,
standing. notin words but in the demonstra-r
ton of the spirit


christianity is the true citizenship Of
the world and universal peace and the
tree cxchange by all lands and tribes of
their several peculiar goods and, gifts, are
possible only as all are grouped around and'
united by the cross of a common Redeenser
and the hope ofa common heaven I'm. H.
Williams t
Year: 1876

l will not say, (" Remember ne!
Though all too soon we part,
And sadly and regretfully


Thought fingers round my heart.
A few short days of gladness


and sunshine still are ours;
But then will follow saduess;


And moments traced in flowers
May linger in the memory


A pleasant JOY but past
Like a soft and golden sunset


Ill lovely to the last.
And yet do bethink me


That in this life Of ours
Are green and sunny places,


Flushed with the gentle flowers,
That weave their clinging tendrils
Around two kindred minds,
and spite of time or absence,


Their foliage still entwines.
True hearts that feel together,
Are like voice and Lutte
Or the breeze that seeks easement
Where harp is lying mute;
Then when the strings are trembling
Awakes softer thrill,
And with its gentle whispering


Calls out its tone at will.
The breeze may spread its pinions,
But they have caught strain,
While blending with the harp-strings
That cannot die again;
While the lone harp is tuneful


With melody from heaven,
The breeze will sigh more sweetly
With a music caught and given,
ks when it has been reveling


In the lily's peaily bell;
On down among the yiolets


That flush greenwood deli.
Twill not say, Remember me!''
If love is in that heart,
Thou never eanst forget me,


Though years and leagues apart.
Year: 1876




Mr. Frank Buckland, who conveys instruc-
ton more agreeabl y than any naturalist of
the day, thus explains the manner in which
the oyster builds his shell. The body of
an oyster is a poor weak thing, apparently
incapable Of doing anything at all. Yet what
his delicate frame. When an oyster is first
born he is a very simple, delicate dot, us it
were, and yet he is born with his two shells
upon him. For some unknown reason he
always fixes himself on his round shell, new
er by his flat SHE'LL being once fixed he grows
but he only grows in summer. Inspect
an oyster shell closely and it will be seen
that it is marked with distinct lines. AS the
rings we observe in the section of the trunk
of tree denote years of growth, SO do the
markings OF an oyster tell us how many
years he has passed in his . bed" at the bot
tom of the sea.


Suppose the oyster under inspection was
born June Is, 1870, lie would 60 on growing
up to the first line we see well marked; he
would then stop for the winter. In sum-
mer, 1871, he would more than double his
size. In 1872 he would again add to his
house. I'm 1873 and 1874 he would again go
on building, till he was dredged up IN the
middle of his work in 1875; so that he is
plainly five and half years old. The way
i'll which an oyster grows his shell is pref
ty sight / have watched it frequently.
The beard Of an oyster is not only his breath
ing organ, i. e. his lungs, but also his feeding
organ, by which he conveys his food to his
complicated mouth with its fourlips. When
the warm,, calm days OF June come, the
oyster opens his shell. and by means of his
beard begins building an additional story
to his house. 'Ehishe does by depositlng
very small particles of carbonate of lime,
till at last they form q substance as thin
as silver paper, and exceedingly fragile.
Then he adds more and more, till at last
the new shell is as good as the old she'll
When oysters are growing their shells they
must be. handled very carefully as the new
growth of shell will cut like broken glass
and wound on the finger from an oyster
shelLis very often poisonous.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Crookes' apparatus for weighing
the beam of light is an exhausted glass
chamber in tho form of q horizontal
cross, with arms of circular cross sec
tion. Inside the larger arm is a glass
fiber maintained in uniform state of
tension by spiral spring at one end,
and by glass stopper at the other end,
which stopper is capable of rotation.
The shorter arm of the cross contains
in like manner a stouter fiber beam Of
glass secured at the point Of crossing to
the longitudinal or torsion fiber, and
having at ore extremity pith surface
of two square inches area, and at the
other end little cup, Inside the cham
Der is loose particle of iron weighing
1-100 of a grain, and outside the stop
per is counter recording the number
of torsions or turns the glass fiber
makes. The method OF procedure is as
follows: The position Of dot of light
from the little mirror placed at the i'll
tersection of the two glass fibers having
been noted, the little iron weight is
lifted by means of magnet, and placed
in the cup, which, when thus weighed,
descends. Torsion is then applied to the
glass fiber until the beam is lifted, and
the dot of light returns to its former
position. This may be called the zero
of the machine. This exact amount Of
torsion having been determined and its
equivalent in weight ascertained, the
torsion is removed, and the ray of light
is then made to fall ON the disc, which
causes a depression Of the glass beam.
The calculation of the absolute pressure
of the suns radiation on square foot
Of the earth, when carried out to the
square mile, gives force of fifty-seven
J tons.
Year: 1876


With feet half naked and bare
And dress sll tattered and torn;
With penny here and mockery there,
And floods Of derision and scorn,
She wsude-s the street, wherever her feet,
Weary or willing, are borne,
With an eye as bright and cheek as fair
AS the earliest blush of the morn.
Wandering up and down,
And driven from door to door
A jest for every idle clown
And butt for every boor;
While the velvet slippered, in satin and lace,
Go rustling by her side,
With chilling look and averted face.
And lip all curled with pride.
So beautiful-yet 20 frail;
So willing, and yet so weak;
Oh, what il the heart should fail
And heavenly purpose break,
And the dens and kennels Of vice
Another poor victim should hold2
A celestial spark be quenched in the dark
And an sngel be bsrtered for gold?
No wonder the heart should fail,
And a he1venly purpose fade;
The eye grow dim, and the cheek grow pale,
When none stand ready to aid!
No wonder the lairs and cradles OF sin
So many poor victims should hold,
While the good are content to worship thei


God


And tie rich TO worship their gold.
Move patiently on, oh, earth!
TIL mercy i wondering Dove
Shall fl, to the rosy realm of its birth,
And rest in tho bosom Of love.
Move psteutly on Till the Crucifed
Shall gather His radiant crown
From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearts
That the world has trawpled down!
Year: 1876

DR.. Beard states that from an analysis
OF the lives of q thousand representative
men in all the great branches of the
human family, he made the discovery
that the golden decade was between
forty aud fifty; the brazen between
twenty ard thirty; the iron between fifty
aud sixty. The superiority of youth
and middle life over old age in original
work appears all the greater when we
consider the fact that all the positions of
honor an prestige-professorships and
public stations are in the hands of the
old. Reputation, like money and posi-
ton, is mainly confined to the old. Men
are not widely known until long after
they have done the work that gave them
their fame. Portraits Of great men are
delusions statues are lies They are
taken when men have become famous,
which, on the average, is at least twenty
five years after they did the work which
gave them their fame. Original work
requires enthusiasm. II all the original
work done by men under forty-tive was
annihilated, they would be reduced to
barbarism. Men are at their best at
that time When enthusiasm and expert
ence are almost evenly balanced. This
period, on the average, is from thirty
eight to forty. After this the law is
that experience increases, but enthusi-
asm decreases.
Year: 1876

We will say q word or tive of the
Republican National Convention as
we saw it. We only desire to refer
to it at this late day, to speak Of its
devotedness to the grand principles
which brought the party into life, and
the highest interests Of the nation
that party preserved. 1t was very plain
from the outset that the hearts of a
majority Of the convention were for
James G. Blaine, and had the highest
prudence and sagacity run in o like
channel towal de- Blaine, as their hearts
did, he would have received the nom-
ination. But there were those who,
as we think, most unjustly wrought
themselves up to such pitch of OPP
position to him, aud had not only put
themselves insuch situation that they
could not support him, but they
had sown widespread opposition to
him, and therefore it was that the
uCOGt Va tuA0V COuNCutlou uAu NV huu
uncontrolled utterancc in the select
ion of the candidate. The heart
and head combined did the work,
and as we looked over that con-
vention and noted the cool delib-
Grafton with which II proceeded,
and the setting aside of personal
preferences and personal inter-
est for the good Of the nation-for
the purpose of making certain the
retention of the government in the
hands of loyal, true men, we recog-
nized the good old vigorous purity
and stern patrio tism Of the party.
Our confidence in our glorious party
was greatly augmented by the cool,
unselflsh action Of the delegates. We
shall always hereafter rest in full
confidence Of the wise and consider
ate action of the Republican party in
National Convention assembled.
Year: 1876

At the great Hayes and Wheeler
ratification meeting at Washington


Monday night, Gen. Butler said the,


could not afford to stop to quarre


over minor questions Of policy. Ht


might differ from some of his polite.


al friends on some questions, but he


was chained to the oar and must pull
in the boat until every negro in the
South can sleep in his cabin as well
protected as he (the speaker) could
In Massachusetts,. Attorney General
Taft alluded to his personal knowl.
edge of Gov. Hayes, his political
principles, &c., and commented upon
the principles of the Republican par
ty. He concluded by saying that pop
ular education is the hope of the
Republic. trust that the time will
be not far distant when all people
will acquiescc in sustaining common
schools, and when they who would
ask division of the school fund, will
yield to the genius of Republicanism
and be satisfied to give religious in
struction and enjoy religious worship
in the family and in the church, while
the State, with sovereign impartiality
shall perform its great duty Of max
ing education universal through the
best system of common schools the
world ever saw.


After the adjournment of the meet
ing at City Hall, the crowd proceed
ed to the residence of Mr.. Blaine,
who, after making few introductory
remarks, spoke as follows:


81 heartily join with you in ratify-
ing the nomination of Hayes and
Wheeler. I know both candidates
well, and have known them long.
They are true and tried, honest and
competent strong and popular. l do
not believe it was possible for the
National Convention to present a
more acceptable ticket to the great
mass of the American voters, and have
no doubt of its triumphant election
in November. To that great result
your efforts and mine will, am sure,
be devoted with the most earnest
zeal. If may be permitted to refer
to the connection of my own name
with the Republican nomination, let
me say, gentlemen, that I look upon
it with pride and satisfaction, with
not one tinge of regret at the final
result. | owe much to my friends
who so faithfully supported me, and
lam sure that do not entertain the
slightest feeling Of unkindncss to-
ward those who opposed me. hope
that can go further and say that out
of all the fierce conflicts Of the past
half year, do not this moment cher
ish trace of i'll will or uncharitable
feeling toward any political rival or
any political opponent. Let us look
forward hopefully to the future for
peace and prosperity for the Ameri-
can people, wisely guarded by Re-
publican administration of govern
ment, which shall be just to all Sec
tions and all citizens of our common
country.


Thanking you again, gestlemen,
for the honor of your call, bid you
cordial good night
Year: 1876

"The Republican candidate for
President will receive every Repub-
lican vote In November, and he also
stands a chance of getting good
many votes from among those who
do not wear the livery of any party.
1t is very strong nomination. Mr..
Wheeler is very strong candidate
for Vice President. With this ticket
before the country, the Democrats
cannot afford to fool much with their
opportunity. They must nominate
their best man or they are liable to be
beaten
Year: 1876

The fact that Mr.. Tilden was the
foremost member of the committee
which brought forth this burial plat
form of the Democratic party would
not seem to encourage any reasonable
expcction Of his election to the presi-
dency against such man as Governor
IIayes.-Chicago Times.
Year: 1876

How much money have the Republicans
expended since the close of the civil war
in carrying out the Government The an
swer to this question, given in figures, al.
most makes tie head swim. But to realize
the magnitude of the total, it may be said
to be equal to the national debt of Great
Britain, and to be thousand milliops more
than that of the UDited States.


The result in these ten years are officially
stated as follows:
Year: 1876

Mr. ,. X. salres. OF the New York Hotel, who lost
two drafts tor the face vaIuo Of sll 500 on Friday
night was very much reioced at having them re,
turned to him yesterday morning They had bees
done up In brown envelope on takiag them out u
the safe Mr. Saurcs thought that he nad put them
the inside poke. Of has vesL but he must have put
them inside OF the vest entirely, whence tney must
slipped the door OF the hotel whore they
were found yesterday mcrning by one Of the hotel
hug
Year: 1876

Yesterday at one o'clock P. M.. the Chamber OF
Commerce met. and on motion Mr. Ambrose Snow was
unanimously reelected Commissioner OF Pilots for
years-until March ~. 1878 There discussion
as to the fitness OF this selection As this position ID
an important the Endorsement OF the CHAMBER OF
Commerce. course, insures the confirmation Of tha
gentleman named
Year: 1876

Our new cylender press with all the mod ern attachments and improvements, except writ of attachment, capable of working a thousand impressions in an hour, passed Omaha on the "a of August, and must have landed in san Francisco about len days ago if nothing occurred to detain ii. We have had no word from it since it passed Omaha, but the chances are that it is on the Ocean, bound for the mouth of the Colorado, and that it wifi reach Ehrenbe rg by the middle Of September at the farthest, after which Miller Bros. agree to bring it with all possi- hle dispatch to Prescott. When it arrives We promise our patrons to publish paper that neither we nor they need be ashamed of, but for the present we feel that an apology Is due for the very limited space we have to devote to news and the discussion of gene Fal and local topics. The business of the office has entirely outgrown the capacity Of the machinery wu now have in use, hence the necessity that compelled us to purchase something larger and better in order to keep up with the growing requirements of the times. Will give you what they say of it at the East ill cur next issue.
Year: 1876

Our circulation being large, We are obliged to adopt some system of notifying subscri- bers when their subscriptions expire, and for that purpose have chosen to use postal cards printed, in order to facilitate the work of filling them out. In few instances these have given offence to those with whom we had made other arrangements, and from whom no pay was expected in response to the notice. We are sorry to have any mis- understandings, and assure those who have fel; agrieved on account of it, that nothing wrong has been intended, but that in order to have uniformity and system in the busi- ness of the office, there seems to be no better plan thau the one We have chosen, and when notice comes to those whose obligations are not due. or with whom we have other busi- ness arrangements, we trust they will regard them as they are intended, merely as infor- nation as to the time of the expiration Of their subscriptions.
Year: 1876

fantry, having been ordered to New York to report for two years duty in the recruiting service, left by stage on Tuesday evening, by way of California. The Lieutenant being a native of Cleveland, Ohio, hopes and believes he will be stationed in that city; in which case it will be almost like a furlow to visit home for two years. In taking his departure he expressed the wish that he could take a supply of Arizona climate with him to last as long as he lives, as he has no hope of ever seeing anything to equal it elso- where.
Year: 1876

W. J. Simmons was in on "Wednesday from working on the pack-trail Co the Peck mine, and informs us that it is now quite a good trail as compared with what it was be- fore, and he apprehends no difficulty in de- livering the 200 tons 10 the Aztlan mill as fast as they want it. The route by way of the East Hassayampa and the Crook mill is decided improvement on the old route over Mount Union, or the Home-stake Trail. The dividei between East Hassayampa and Turkey Creek is comparatively easy to pack over, though Bill thinks it will be some time yet before the ears will be running, even on that line, good as it is.