smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

No man ever did OF will do his du.
ty "by and by"


Grace and beauty are flowers from
the root of utility.


Beware of the boy who is too big tc
help his father, OF denies his rela
tives.


Wealth is a relative thing, since he
that has little and wants less is richer
than he that has much and wants more


On Spanish sun-dial is written,
Il mark only the bright hours" This
is wise. There is more sunshine than
shade, more bright than dark hours
to be remembered


The blossom cannot tell what be-
comes of its odor, and no man can
tell what becomes of his influence and
example, that roll away from him and
go beyond his ken on their mission.


The late Bishop of Norwich said
"Cheerfulness is the dadghter of en-
ployment, and I have known q man
to come home in high spirits from a
funeral merely because he had the
management of it.


Cultivate consideration for the feel
ings of other people, if you would
never have your own injured Those
who complain of the most Ill use are
are the ones who abuse themselves
and others the oftenest.


Deserve friends. and you viii have
them. The world is teeming with
kind-hearted people, and you have on
ly to carry kind, sympathetic heart
in your own bosom to call out good
ness and friendship from others.
Year: 1872

Under this head, the Am. Newspa-
per Reporter says:


'Few people can appreciate the
value Of the village papers, which
gather up the news of county and
advocate the interests of a locality
And few understand the amount of
ability required to edit such paper,
where one man must be editor, pub
Usher, printer, book-keeper and all
Imagine how much the intelligence of
the country would suffer by the blot
ting out of the country papers, which
treat of the immediate interests of
the people and thus come into imme-
date contact with their minds.


''The true country editor under
stands that his paper thrives by be-
ing intensely local that it is not by
learned editorials on tariff and income
tax, but by articles IN favor of new
railroads, by descriptions of the new
factory, by advocacy of the new
bridge, that he must succeed. Peo-
pie look in his columns not only for
the latest general news, but for a
mention of every interesting fact, and
of every curious matter of gossip in
his own county. And thus the paper
becomes the reflector of the current
events and the public sentiment of
his section. Nothing is too small to
be itemized if only it is of interest,"
A country editor advertised the other
day that he would insert list of the
names of all the people who had
joined the churches in the county in a
recent revival. Which showed that
he understood his business. He pro-
posed to chronicle every event of in
terest occurring in his jurisdiction


Every intelligent family should
give cordial support to the local
newspaper. 1t is one of the great
educational influences"
Year: 1872

A very good puzzle has been based on this prin-
ciple, as follows: Get another person to write
down a horizontal row of figures, as many as he
likes without letting you what he is abOut from
beginning to end of the performance. He is then
to reckon up the sum Of the dgits, and subtract
that from his row of figures. When he has done
this, bid him cross out any figure he peases from
the product and tell you how much the figures add
up, without the crossed-out figure. From the num-
bers given, you will be able to tell what figure he
has crossed out, by only bearing in mind the fact
learned above; namely, that if no figure has been
crossed ont the result would necessarily be or a
multiple of9. Hence you will see that the crossed
out figure must need be the one required to bring
the given to the next multiple of 9. Supposing
for instance, he gives his result at 81 you may be
that he has robbed the product of s. that being
the figure needed to restore the total to the next
multiple of Q, namely, IS. His sum would stand as
under:
Year: 1872

Everybody viii be glad to know that the
beautiful cathedral of Strasburg is to be re-
stored. The cross, which towers above the
whole so, far into the skies, has already
been replaced task of singular peril and
delicacy All the repairs, according to the
estimate of Herr Klotz, the architect, can
be done for the sum of $l3G, ZOO in gold
There are over twelve hundred panes of
glass to be put in, and much masonry to be
rebuilt. 1t is now said that the famous
astronomical clock is really uninjured, and
that it only wants cleaning; after which
the twelve apostles Aill once more march
forth in procession, whenever the clock
strikes twelve.
Year: 1872

'FShall [ lett my children eat candy?"
is a question over which parents are
yet sometimes puzzled. This is not
surprising, for doctors and doctors
books differ upon the question. Some
teach that candy is an evil to be avoid
ed others, who like it themselves, say
that white candies at least are harm
less, and may be eaten at discretion.
Neither side is quite right. The
chief injury that candies do is that of
spelling the appetite for other food.
When honestly made, colored candy
is quite harmless in itself. Thus the
red candies are colored with beet
juice But it is safer on the whole to
stick to the white candies, which are
made of starch and sugar favored.
The love of sugar is a natural and
healthy appetite, especially in child
ren, who need more saccharine mat
ter than grown persons. Yet they
should not be allowed to eat sugar to
the exclusion of heartier food. By
devouring candy in large quantities
between meals they spoil their appe-
tite, and often injure their digestion.
This is the only serious objection to
candy-eating. A good rule in the
matter is to prevent the child from
eating candy SO near to meal times as
to make him leave a full plate at
breakfast or dinner. But after meal
he can eat as much as he chooses
without preoccupying his appetite for
the next. Good candy, eaten at the
right time, is an excellent food


Hearth and Home.
Year: 1872

The question is often asked by
parents in regard to their sons, and
by the friends of many young men;
and, although there is no definite
rule for ascertaining, we may get
some idea OF what young man will
become by observing his actions and
works.


Solomon said, many centuries ago,
that "eYen child is known by his
work, whether it be good or evil"
Therefore, when you see boy slow
to go to school, Indifferent about
learning, and glad of every opportu-
nifty to neglect his lessons, you may
take it for granted that he VIII be a
blockhead


When you see boy anxious to
spend money and who spends every
cent as soon as he gets it. you may
know that he viii be spendthrift-


When you see boy boarding up
his pennies and unwilling to part
with them for any good purpose, you
may set it down that he viii be a
miser.


When you see q boy willing to
taste strong drink, you may rightly
suppose that he viii become a drunk
ard.


When boy is disrespectful to his
parents, disobedient to his teacher,
and unkind to his friends and play
mates, it is sign that he will never
be of much account.


When you see boy looking out
for himself and unwilling to share
good things with others, it is a sign
that he will grow up selfish man.
Year: 1872

The New York Sun tells us the chief diff
Onlty with three hundred italian emigrants
who are being subsisted on Wards Island
appears to be that they expected to get a
living in New York without work The ed
itor says:


ga very brief experience has shown them
that Italy is a better country for that line
of business than Ametica, and they were
sorry they came. If general sources of in
formation are to be credited, the common
pay for laborers in Italy is from twenty-five
cents to fifty cents day. A laborer must
be very lazy who cannot earn dollar and q
half in New York, or fifteen dollarsa month
and board in the country. The Italians, as
well as other emigrants, will have TO learn
that strangers cannot be supported here in
luxurious laziness, and that every man is
expected to hoe his own row"
Year: 1872

A lame girl who had not for fourteen
years once left the third story back room in
which she lived, was among those who par
ticipated in the late children's excursion il
Philadelphia. When carried to the park
she asked what the grass and trees were,
and had to be told the names of the most
common objects She lay on the grass all
day, drinking in the air and sunshine, and
was seen to weep softly, every little while
from pure joy.
Year: 1872

PRosussoRY NoTEs.-It is popular fall
lacy that promissory notes written or sign
ed in lead pencil will not stand good in law,
and case has Just been dismissed by one
of the New York courts grounded on that
belief, the decision being that note in
pencil is legally as binding as one in ink.
STORY on Promissory Notes" declares that
a 'promissory note must either be in ink
or in pencil, that is to say, the signature of
the promissory note must be 50; the body
of the note NAV be printed"
Year: 1872

BY Telegraph to The Daily Gazette


WEATHER REPORT.


WASHINGTON, May 23.
Clear and clearing weather and westerly
winds over the Middle States during the day
and over New England during tonight
Year: 1872

All notices and advertisements in this
county, except for the county, required by
law to be published must appear in the
PLACER HERALD, or they are roid and in
violation of law. Under solemn Act of the
Legislature we entered into contract with
its legal agent, Judge Reardan, to do this
work from the 11th day of April, 1870, to
the LIST day of January, 1876. We entered
into penal bonds, justified in SIS 900, to do
this work in strict accordance with law (at
rates 80 per cent. below those ruling at the
time) for the above period and to furnish to
officers of the State and county S316.25
worth of papers free of charge; and also to
make good in money all damage advertisers
might sustain by reason of our failure to do
the work correctly. This was our part of
the contract. The States part was to grant
us the franchise to do all this work within
the limits of Placer county, and to compel all
such work to be done in and by the PLACER
HERALD. A contract cannot be annulled
without the consent of all the parties to it,
and a franchise cannot be withdrawn while
its conditions are being complied with. "No
State can pass any law impairing the oblga-
tions of contract" Two District Judges
have already Zone of them, Judge Rolfe,
appointed by Governor Booth) held that the
law was constitutional and the contracts
binding for the periods named. The Su-
preme Court decisions are numerous sustain
ing this as good law. One we will mention
A contract was made with Estill by mere
committee giving him $l20, 900 a year for
ten years, for keeping the State prisoners.
Two years after the law was repealed
the State was sued; Judge Mc-Kinstrey
held the contract good Notwithstanding the
law uuder which it had been made had been
long since repealed, and the Supreme Court
sustained the Court below. This is sufficient
for all sensible and prudent men, We saynow
to officers and their bondsmen, and to all others
men in this county who have legal adver-
tisng, not to fall into the fatal mistake of
publishing it in any other paper than the
PLACER HERALD, and thereby involve your
selves in difficulty and heavy loss. Don't
heed what You see in small sheets bummng
for advertising.
Year: 1872

To RE-EMproRs. Rs.-Uommissioner Drum
mond has informed the Register and Re-
cciver of the Sacramento land office that
where there are no contestants as to the
agricultural character of the land proof of
settlement and compliance with the pre-
emption laws and payment for the land can
all be done at the same time Of offering proof
of its non mineral character, thus dispensing
with second trip to the land office.
Year: 1872

1r You SEE A HEAD HIT rr.-Grant and
his cabal are out trying to bribe leading
Democrats and Democratic papers to urge
a straight Democratic nomination, as the
only hope of rc-electing Grant. Hit every
man that shows indications of being thus
bribed..
Year: 1872

We owe some eight or ten of our cotem-
poraries our most grateful bow for compli-
ments bestowed within the past week, which
we can only hope were merited. Will each
of these editors accept this as all we can get
our consent to now say?
Year: 1872

The Deputy Revenue Collector of the 4th Dis
trict, who has his office in Nevada county has
sent notices by mil to many of the residents of
A ,bnrn dem,nlins within ten daysthc pay
ment Of their licenses, and in addition thereto
four cents per mile from Nevada City to this
place as mileage Being a distance Of 81 miles
the per ccntage charged would DO Sl.24. We are
not aware to whnt extent these notices have been
served in this wise, but presume that they have
been thus served NIL over the revenue district


This is very nice picking for the Collector, aud
as hc is unquestionably governed by the law We
ask who is to take and carry the RESPONSE
bllitylof this law by which he is governed? Who
has authorized the Deputy Collector Of this reve-
nue. district, embracing hundreds of miles, to sit
in his Office at Nevada City, and simply by the
scratch of apen wiring from the people hundreds
of dollars, as n,i'eaV.' To use the inildest term
it Is an outrage and n swindle. We are sure that
but few persons in Placer county, and we have
not heard of any, who knew where the Revenue
Collectors Office was. and like hunting after a
needle in haystack it has been very difficult to
find. In all the communities in which we have
over resided it has either been the law or it has
been customary for Collectors to give public no.


ticc of the time and places when and where taxes
would be received, but it would seem that the
Collectors under the present Administration have
thought proper to dispense with the ordinary
course Of proceeding in such cases. md like the
eat after the mouse waiting the time when they
could pounce upon the citizen and mako him
pay mileage from his post-oflco address, no
mattor in what portion of the district he may
side. to Nevada, mt the rate OF four cents per


mile Taxes have become 80 numerous, local,
county, State and Federal, nowadays that if
this system is universally adopted the only safety
for tho citizen will be for him every morning to
look over his tax receipts lest he bc mulcted in
mileage for miles traveled--thc travel consisting
Of letter sent by mail The revenue officers of
this district have bcen changed often, and their
places OF business removed so frequently. that
business men never know where to find them.
The offices Of collector and assessor to-day are
separated, tomorrow consolidated and the next
day separated again, and on. We do not think
the present Deputy Collector was over in Auburn,
nnd IL so hc did not make himself known to the
taxpayers. Again nsk, who is responsible
for himself. We will suggest the following rem
edy, that instea Of sending men to Congress
who give their entire time and attention to log
rolling thisving railroad bills through Congress,
and making Presidents, that the people send
men there who will give their attention to the
interests and welfare Of tho people. That's all.
Year: 1872

This is The only way TO care consumption.
10 one was ever cured unless thsy began to gain
10 flesh. rhe second thing is, the patient must
stay in a warm room until they get well. 1t is
very important for them to prevent taking cold
when the lungs are diseased. Fresh air and
riding about are nil wrong, and yet hscsuse
they are in the. hoEIs they must not remain
quiet they must walk about the room as fast as
the strength will permit, to get Up good cir
culatiou OF the blood.
Year: 1872




Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oh. come to me oft,
When the white wings Of sleep
On nay bosom lie soft,
Obi come when the sea,
In the moons gentle light,
Beats soft on the air,


Like the pulse of the night;
When the sky and the wave
Wear their loftiest blue,
When the dew on the flower
And the stars on the dew,
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oh. come and ven stray
Where the whole year is covered
With the blossoms of May
Where each sound is sweet
AS the coo of the dove,
And the gales are us soft
As the broathings of love;
Where the beams kiss the waves
And the waves kiss the beach,
And our warm lips may catch
The sweet lessons they teach.
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
OH come, and We'll fly
Like two winged spirits


OF love through the sky;
With hand clasped in hand
On our dream-wings we'll go,
Where the starlight and moonlight
Are blending their glow;
And the bright clouds Will linger
OF purple and gold,
Till the angels shall envy
The bliss they behold,
Year: 1872

A FRIEND says: ''Gong to Cape May
the other day saw a young man leaning over
the railing OF the upper deck, with consider
able violence giving to the winds and the sea
the contents Of his stomach. just at this
juncture one Of the boat officials, walking
briskly by, asked in a patronizng manner,
Sick, r?' You don't suppose | am doing
this for fun, do you 2 said the poor fellow,
Indignantly, as soon as he conld recover his
breath.
Year: 1872

A Mov1Na TALE.-An Oregon Sheriff at
tached show in that far away country the
other day, and while tacking up a "sale
notice on the elephants hind quarters, which
the official took for small barn, the animal
swung his tai around-and now when that
country wants another Sheriff they will have
To elect one
Year: 1872

Ar the most fashionable dancing parties
this Winter the carpets will be taken up
and the floors waxed. Doctors have declared
that the lint which rises from linen dancing
clothes is very injurious, and society has
made up its mind not to breathe napkins and
table cloths in gaseous form any longer
Year: 1872

ONE man wagered that lie had seen a
horse galloping at a great speed and dog
sitting on its tail. 1t seemed an impossible
feat for u dog to accomplish, but the man
was right, and won the money. The dog
was sitting on his own tail
Year: 1872

NEVER RELINQUISH YOUR OBJECT.
Never relinquish the great object of
your ambition, if it be worthy one
Let it exerta controlling influence over
your actions. In the first place, have
some definite aim to your life-some
distinct and leading object of your am
bition; and be ambitious to accomplish
it. An aimless, objectless life is dull
and dreary waste. 1t lacks stimulus,
zest and enjoyment.


In choosing an object of ambition,
select one, in behalf of which all the
strength, all the higher and nobler
faculties of your nature, may be enlist
ed. Have an aim thaty you may unblush-
ingly and proudly exhibit to the light
of the day, and for which you may safe
ly challenge the respect of all. Then
pursue it earnestly and steadfastly. No
matter what discouragements assail
you, keep right on in the pursuit of
your object. Ifyour progress be slow,
still persevere, and make it sure.


Dosorrows cometoyou? They come
to all. The continued adherence to
the great plan of usefulness which you
have laid out, will do as much as any
thing can to brighten your path, even
when grief and gloom overshadow it.
Press on, through good report or evil
report, through darkness or through
sunshine, amid storms or under peace
full skies-still press on, and never re-
linquish the great object of your am
bition.
Year: 1872

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-The
following beautiful sentiment was re-
Gently uttered by Judge L. T. Snead:


''The idea that the judicial officer is
supposed to be vested with ermine,
though fabulous and mythical, is yet
more eloquent in it's significance. We
are told that the little creature called
ermine is so acutely sensitive as to it's
own cleanliness that it becomes para
lyzed and powerless at the slightest
touch of deflementupon it's snow white
fur. When the hunters are pursuing
it they spread with mire the pass lead
ing to its haunts, toward which they
then draw it, knowing that it will sub
NIT to be captured rather than defle
itself. And like sensibility should
belong to him who comes to exercise
the august functions of Judge"
Year: 1872

PREsERvETHENEW Many
people take newspapers, but few pre-
serve them, yet the most interesting
reading imaginable is an old file of
newspapers. It brings up the very
age, with all it's bustles and every day
affairs, and marks it's genius and its
spirit more than the most labored de-
scription Of the historian. Who can
take paper dated half a century ago
without the thought that almost every
name there printed is now cut upon a
tombstone at the head of an epitaph.
It is easy to preserve newspapers, and
they will repay the trouble, for like
that Divine, their value increases with
their years.
Year: 1872

There is no use talking, 'I'm going
to get married." said a bachelor ac-
quaintance the other day, while busily
engaged insewing: "Here have work
ed just twenty minutes by the watch
trying to get this needle threaded, and
then just as | succeeded I pulled the
thread out. Finally l got it threaded
again, and now after sewing this but
ton on good and strong, l find I've got
it on the wrong side and I have my
work to do over again.
Year: 1872

Do you know what a clambake is?
Ignorance exists in various quarters
of the world. You pour several bush
els of CLANS upon red hot stones, cover
them over with wet canvas, heap sea-
weed on the mass, and in half an hour
"a feast for the gods. But clam
bake dinner includes, besides some
clam chowder, plenty of boiled and
sweet potatoes and if some baked fish
is included we have the feast in it's per-
fection.
Year: 1872

Miss AARoN's CAKE.--One and q


half teacups sugar, teacup butter, 2
eggs less half a yolk, a teacup of milk,


teaspoon cream tartar, ! teaspoon


soda in the milk. nearly two cups Of


offour, or enough to make it like pound


cake. Beat the sugar and butter to-
/ gether, pour soda and cream tartar in


the milk; it will foam, and add little


to the butter and sugar alternately,
with little -four, then add the eggs.
A COOP Way TO Cook ONIONS


It is a good plan to boil onions in milk


and water, it diminishes the strong
taste of that vegetable. It is an ex-
lcellent way of serving up onions, to
chop them after they are boiled, and
lput them in a stew-pan with a little


milk, butter, salt and pepper, and let
them stand about fifteen minutes. This
gives them fine f1aver, and they can


be served up very hot. To prevent
pie-crust from soaking: Glaze the un-
dercrust with beaten egg.


To Fry CHIcKENs.- Dissect, salt
and pepper them with cayenne, roll


them in -four and fry them in lard


When the whole is fried pour off the


lard and put in a quarter of pound
of butter, a teaeup of cream, q little
-four and some parsley scalded and
chopped fine for the sauce.


CHICKEN SoUP.-Take two or more
chickens, according to their size, cut


them up and wash them we'll with all


belonging to them; put them on with
rather more water than will cover them,
with aslice of bacon; when boiling add
thyme, an onion and sliced potatoes;
after all has boiled rub piece Of butt


ter -four and stir the whole we'll toge.
ther, then add a cup of cream, the yolk
of one egg, few okra pods, and a glass
|ofwine just upon taking up. Of course
sufficient boiling water is added in time
to make the soup of proper consistency
and palatable.--Gern Telegraph.
a =
Year: 1872

No. q Pinc-st., Oficr Tor sale
TIE FIRST MORTGAGE PER CENT GOLD BONDS


of the


GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RAILROAD Co.
Free OF Government Tax Interest payable in New
York April and October, Coupons registered,
23G miles Of the road are now completed and run
ming earning the interest on the whole issue. which
is also secured by Land Grant Of Eleven Hundred
and Sixty Thousand acres of Lumber Land in tlse
State of Michigan, worth from Ten 10 Twelve Mil
lion Dollars. The land is now selling rapidly at an
average price of SO per acre and the proceeds in
vested in the repurebase Of the Bonds.


Less than hall million of the whole issue of
Eight Millions remains unsold, and the price has
been advanced 10 ~ per cent and accrued interest