smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

it will do from ten TO twenty times.
moving away not more than a few
yards in the interval. 1t then
alights, and arranges the material in
selnicircular or horseshoe form on
the rock, continuing to add saliva;
and by the motions of its body from
side to side, the yet soft saliva is
forced out over the harder parts,
producing those peculiar undulatory
bands which give the nest a stratified
appearance 1t is thought not un-
likely that part of the secretion used
by the bird comes from the largely
developed glands in its stomach; al
so that gelatinous matters picked up
in the surge are employed in the con-
struction of its nest. The salangan
never uses the same nest more than
once, and that only for a month; and
after the young brood Is flown, the nest
soon decays and falls to pieces An
alysis has shown that Qike too many
other luxuries) the birds nest tit
bits have nothing nourishing in them; !;
and the fact that they are composed
only of kind of thickened spittle
does not commend them very strong
ly to our favor.
Year: 1876

An intelligent gentleman, familiar
with commercial matters, assures us
there will be dead loss of four dol
lars per head on every hog packed in
this city last winter. Many of the
banks hold pork paper which can not
be met at maturity, and the conse-
quences will be distressing. Hard as
the times are, the prospect is that
they will be infinitely harder within
thirty days.-IndiandpO Herald.
Year: 1876

There is too much of disposition
on the part Of many engaged in the
liquor business to pay no attention
to the law. There is no reason that
we could ever see why a saloon
/ should be made such a sink of pollu-
ton as many of them are. The law
places the sale of liquor in the man
ner that its sale is provided for on
the footing of legitimate business.
There is no reason why it should be
sunk so far beneath this as is so Of
ten done. The sale to minors, to
drunken men, to men in the habit Of
getting drunk, permitting gambling
and disorderly conduct, are all in
violation Of the law, and has the ef-
feet to degrade and debase the busi-
ness. All thinking men must admit
this at once, and yet so many men
who engage in the traffic give no
heed to these facts. If the law is
fairly and Justly administered in the
granting of license, not one man in
ten who has been engaged in the
business for any length of time could
get license. Why? Because nine
out of every ten pay scarcely any at
tention to the law. Let it be differ
ent. As long as the law is in force
let it be obeyed. The business
should be made more legitimate. 1t
is 60 the intsrest of all that it should.
The law contemplates that portion
of society has right to buy liquor.
Let liquor be sold only to them.
Keep it away from our boys. Do not
put the cup to the lips of the poor
man whose power OF self-control is
gone. The law prohibits it; human
ity lifts her voice against it. In the
name of your own children do not
do it. Raise the business to a high
er plane; remove the screens from
your doors, the paint from your win
dows, and let men see what you are
doing. When the liquor business is
in the hands of this class of men it's
influence for evil will be lessened.
These are the men that should have
license; none others should be en-
trusted with this franchise.-NOrth-
eI11 Illdi01lidn.


The IadiGnidn might have extend
ed its remarks upon the subject and
pointed out the duties of County
commissioners in granting or with
holding license. The law provides
that no habitual drunkard shall be
licensed to sell liquors. The man
who cannot govern his own appetite
is not the proper person to determine
who shall sell whisky. The man
who collects around him the drunk
ards of the neighborhood has no
right to be entrusted with the sale of
whisky. The present license law, il
strictly enforced would not be a very
bad law. Com missioners should be
governed by law, in granting licenses
as well as the liquor dealer and the
drunkard
Year: 1876

CoUtDN'T STAND IT.-Frank Gurley
left Trinity, less than two years ago,
for the Eastern States, fully resolved not
to return to California-just as he left on
former occasion. This last time Frank
went to Michigan where he had good
farm and everything man needs to make
him comfortable, except wife. But the
old Californian spirit were too strong in
him, and last Friday night he stepped off
the stage at the New York Hotel look
ing as natural as though he hadn't been
farther than Douglas City. Frank says
no didn't see, an old Californian while
BE was gone but who would come back
If he could.
Year: 1876

REDEMPTION Treasure McCausland
this week publishes the usual Redemption
Fund Notice, to the effect that bids for
the surrender of County Warrants will
be received by him up to the last day of
the February Term of the Board of Su-
pe-Visors
Year: 1876

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, hereby


w certify that we constitute Partner
ship transacting General Merchandise
and Butcherng Business in this State
that the principal place of business is
the Town of Lewiston, County of Trinity
and State of California that the firm
name is
Year: 1876

Precipices and glaciers are not the only
difficulties that the chamois-hunter has
to contend with. Now and then an ugly
dwarf or hobgoblin will spring up In
their path, and threaten them with de-
struction. There is story of hunter
who was waylaid by an irascible little
being of this sort, who snappishly de-
manded of the sportsman what he did up
there, killing all the chamois. The
hunter pleaded poverty, and justified his
conduct by the circumstance that he had
wife and family to feed at home. So
the dwarf told him that if he gave
up killing the animals on the mountains,
he should find fat chamois, already
slaughtered, hanging before his door
once a week. So the huntsman went
home, and, sure enough, when he opened
the cottage-door next morning, there
hung a fine chamois upon one of the
trees. The man was delighted with his
good fortune, and for some time lived
contentedly upon the food provided for
him. But after a while he became tired
of doing nothing, and yearned to spring
about the mountains, as before, with his
gun. So one morning he bade his wife
farewell, and went off to his accustomed
hunting.ground. From jutting rock,
upon which he could just balance him
self, he spied plump chamois feeding in
the valley below. He steadied himself
as we'll as possible to take aim, when,
Just as he pressed the trigger, the dwarf's
laugh was heard behind him, and at the
same moment his foot slipped from
the rock, and he fell headlong into the
abyss below.
Year: 1876

The heavy wind registered on Pixies
Peak the other day seems to have struck
earth about Cucharas, and judging from
the reports received from THAT quarter it
must have been pretty severe zephyr.
Considerable damage was done along its
track, and all work and business was per-
force suspended during the prevalence Of
the gale. A Cucharas correspondent of
the Chiettain relates the following among
other effects Of the storm: "While the
proprietor of the Cucharas sample room
was at breakfast that morning.; the back
door of his establishment was burst open
by the wind, and his bar and bar fixtures
were carried through the front window
and scattered over the broad pampas in
dire confusion. There were about ten
dollars in currency in the drawer, and
all was lost. Mr.. Mitchell, one Of the
leading merchants here, has been engaged
all the morning removing his goods from
the shelves and putting them in place
of safety. His house sways and vibrates
so much that he fears 1t may 60 down at
any moment" He also relates touch
ing story of mule being blown out of its
harness, at q grading-camp, and carried
away bodily. The same paper also learns
from a gentleman just arrived from Wal
senburg that the most tremendous storm
of wind ever known in that section of
the country commenced abeut daylight
on Wednesday morning. The air was
full Of flying dust, the roar of the hurri-
cane was deafening, and it was almost
impossible to stand upon ones feet on.
account of the power of the storm. The
houses of Sheriff Thomas Sprout and
Jose Rival, as well as Mr.. Ben Arnold's
stables, were unroofed, and the
timely use of ropes alove saved the roof
of the Masonic Hall from being carried
out on the prairie. Doors and windows
were blown in in all parts of the town,
outbuildings overturned and unroofed,
and the whole place looks rs though it
had experienced heavy bombardment.
Fortunately during all the. uproar no
one was injured, though the air. Is said at
times to have been full Of flying boards,
shingles, etc.-Denuer NetCs.
Year: 1876

When one of "fathers" business
friends drives into the yard at about
halfpast eleven, the good wife knows that
he will most likely stay to dinner.
Father is great story.teller, and he likes
to get hold of new auditor. How
aptly comes a frown of dismay and dis
pleasure on the smooth, fair face of his
helpmeet. What can be done2 Work
is going on according to the days plan
in the Kitchen; the dinner was arranged
for none but the family; the children
are coming home from school and max
ing clatter; all is hustle and confusion.
She feels that the best dishes must be
used, and something extra cooked for
the inopportune guest. Now, good wo-
man, don't do It'll Your fine dinner,
with its attendant irritation and "upset-
ting" will taste no better than what you
have prepared. Make no difference in
your plans, but seat your visitor with
smile and easy greeting at your hospita-
BILE board and he will feel more COM
Portable and happy than though you
gave him banquet. You save temper
and trouble, and gain the enjoyment of
giving your friend real cosy time. A
sensible person knows that farmers do
not have six courses upon their table
daily, and the wholesome, hearty fare,
with good nature and hospitable cordi-
atty, will be tinctured with a sweet,
domestic sense that is inevitably lost in
grand dinners. Smiles and neatness are
sauce for homely meals.--Gotden Rttc.
Year: 1876

We all have waking visions--1 have mine,
And being young and fanciful, and counted fair
1 sometimes dream OF love.
And sitting all alone and musinB still,
While yet the freight hickers dim,
l ask myself II 1 should learn to love,
II my still heart could wake to life,
How would love, and how would be loved
For am weary OF idolatry
My soul is faint within me while think
or all the fierce, strong passion
have seen and known, resistless In Its might
As souie ck-cleaviDg stream.
would be loved In calmness-
Trusted, and not feared.
lie whom loved should be king,
And not my slave.
do not ask that he be proud and cold,
But calm, and grave, and very strong
A king like Saul, among the sons Of men,
And kinglier DER himself.
lie must not tremble at my slightest frown
Nor shudder II another meets my eye;
Nor must he, like vassal, crave my smile
Glad In the dust before my feet to lie
For am weary of serviity.
would not rule, nor would yet be ruled
l scorn the tyrant as i scorn his slave.
There Is a love of sweet equality,
The love God gave and smiled upon,
For IL was very good.


He whom love must be my king
But must be his queen
And he should yield me, as my tribute due,
The reverence had earned,
Not only by my womanhood, but by all gentleness
Long suffering the patient sweetness
Only love can teach





That peace and rest which follow after toll
In me his heart should In such safety trust,
That he should " have no need oil spoil"
do not ask for Kim the worlds applause,
The blaze of heraldry, the pomp Of fame;
His deeds the annals OF nations pride,
His name upon the lips of men;
But must feel his power.


Must know he could be what earth's heroes arc
l could not love him we're he not thus great.
His hand must be both safe and strong
A hand to shield, to trust, to lay my own within,
To stake my life upon:


A hand that might have fought with Hercules,
Yet would not harm the worm In his path,
For tho the heart OF woman lOveth oft
A thing she doth unwillingly despise
1t is pitiful, imperfect love that hath not
For its corner stone the rock OF Faith.
His heart must be most tender and most true
A heart that loves, and pities, and befriends
Earth's suffering children, whether high,
Or yet among the lowly and the poor,
And he must love me perfectly.
If from the first fruits OF my hearts fair wealth
bring an Offering for l0ve-crown made,
He must not mock Inc with paltry love
Nor stoop to cheat my soul.
II l should ever meet this man,
This king only dream, never see,
Then could / sit most meekly at his feet
very child before his goodness and his power;
And while he stopped to kiss my shining hair,
Or smooth its clusters from their clinging rest,
sweet unspoken language In its touch
Would lift my dark eyes TO the dark OF his;
And, as in fair Judea, when the world was young
Sarah with reverence said to Abraham,
My lips shall call him lord"
Year: 1876

All these continental drivers have q
faculty of cracking their whips with
force and meaning nave seen nowhere
else. A man will often drive his cab at
full speed through q narrow street twelve
or fourteen. feet wide, without sidewalks,
and often full of people, but he cracks
his whip backward and forward, with
explosions loud enough to be heard half
a square. This parts the crowd before
him, who always understand what it
means. Ihave many times, while riding
in this manner, sat expecting to see
somebodyin the crowd knocked down or
run over; but l have never seen even
the least collision. The law in Florence
makes the man knocked down the guilty
party, because he did not get out of the
way.-Cw. Indianapolis Journal.
Year: 1876

II you want to succeed in the world you must
make your own opportunities as you go on. The
man who waits for some seventh wave to toss
him on dry land will find that the seventh wave
is q long time coming. You can commit nc
greater Jolly than to sit by the roadside until
some one comes along and invites you to ride
with him to wealth or influence. You will prob
ably spend your gray-haired days in singing
these nonsense lines:


In this world I might have risen


To be something truly great,


Had not been slyly hindered


By the puissant law Of fate.
Year: 1876

People make great mistake about heaven.
They think it begins up yonder, but 1t really be-
gins down here. If you can be happy in the
basement story You are fitted to enjoy the happi.
ness OF the upper stories. But IL you whine and
moan here heaven itself can't change your mood.
Year: 1876

Not Montgolfer, nor any other man,
invented this balloon; but tiny insect
which makes no noise in the world A
friend of mine watched her at work
making balloon, then saw her take her
children and begin journey in it. She
was a mother spider. whose family name
] do not know.


Apparently she had become tired of
her old home and wanted to move else
where. So she spuL little gussamer
balloon, shaped somewhat like one of
the natural divisions of walnut-shuck
As 1t grew in size it would have foated
away without her had she not fastened
it by ropes of gossamer to the branch of
a tree.


By and by, when all was done, she
seemed to be saying something to the
cluster of tiny baby spiders that were
clinging to her, probably assuring them
that there was no danger Then she
again examined her balloon, to make
sure that all was right, and then broke
off the gossamer rope. The little bal.
loon gently rose before the breeze. My
friend wished the skillful maker and
navigator of the air a successful voyage
as she sailed out of sight, and he never
saw her more" Jack in-the- Pulpit,
St. Nicholas for Nov.
Year: 1876

life. At any rate, when the savage rush
ed at him and dealt him fearful blow,
il only stunned and feiled him to the
hoor. That was the last he knew.


some hours after, when the alarm
spread and the people came to the
school honse, they found little Archie
alive, although scalped. He was moan
ing and crawling biindly about among
his dead mates, running his fingers over
their faces as if to distinguish one from
another. Poor lad the FIST he knew
consciously was many weeks after, when
natu-e and nursing had commeced his
restoration. But through long life ne
never forgot. His mind was never quite
right again. Hardly night ever pass
ed that his dreams were not shaped III
part By this event, and his old age re-
vived both his memory and his horror
of the suene.


Three days after the massacre, the
whole country gathered to the funeral
obsequies. They were held in the grove
adjacent 10 the log school house. Ten
mothers and one wife were first mourn
ers; seven or eight fathers were next;
and nearly fifty brothers and sisters
gathered around the little cofins. At
the beginning Of the funeral all went
orderly enough; but the clergyman had
proceeded only few minutes ere the
grief became uncomfortable, and for two
pitifui hours kindred and neighbors fill
ed the summer air with the SQUADS OF
their sorrow. Sentinelling the scene at
a safe distance was a ring of armed men
to prevent possible surprise from the
cruel savages, who would relish an op.
portunity to turn funeral into another
slaughter. When the bleeding hearts oi
the multitude would permit, the bearers
came forward and one by one bore the
dead TO their graves, which by remoV'
ing The floor Of the school-house, had
been made on the very spot OF theil
death. When all were decentlY laid
away and their mounds lovingly round
ed the door was closed and the beloved
master left with his innocent and darling
school. Never again was that log cabir
used save as the mausoleum of ihes'
slain.
Year: 1876

From DR.. Ho'broot's oliver compl2int."l


Good living is said to cause dyspepsia;
but the most healthy people ] have ever
known have been among those who live
well--who ate freely several times day
Of the most nutritious food. By some it
is said that tobacco, snuff, tea, coffee,
butter and even bread cause this COM
plant; but whoever will make inquiries
on this subject throughout the commnn-
ity will find that it is seldom true. In
fact. dyspepsia prevails, according to my
experience, altogether the most among
they eat and drink and the labor they put
upon the stomach, but exceedingly care
less how much labor they put on that
more delicate organ, the brain. Such
people oftenest eat nothing but BY the
advice of the doctor, or some treatise on
dyspepsia, or by weight; nor drink any
thing that is not certainly harmless;
they chew every mouthfui until they are
confident, on mature reflection, that it
cannot hurt the stomach. Why, then,
are they dyspeptics? Because, with all
their carefulness, they pay no attention
to the excitement of the brain. They
continue to write two or three sermons or
essays every week, besides reading a
volume or two, with magazines, reviews,
newspapers, ETC., and attending to much
other business calculated to excite the
mind. To me tits not strange that such
persons have nervous and .'stomachic af
fections- The constant excitement o.
the brain sends an excess of blood te
the head, and therefore other organs ars
weakened, and morbid sensibility il
produced, which renders the stomach
liable to arrangement from very sligh
| causes
Year: 1876

A California newspaper says that ex-
plosions of threshing- machine boilers
have been more frequent this year than
ever before, and have been the cause OF
many deaths and vast loss to property.
The boiler makers have entered into
such ruinous competition that poorer
quality Of iron mnst be used In order to
leave any margin for profit.
Year: 1876

The steamer Phantom has entered upon
her daily trips between WILDLY Island
and this place. We Informed that she
VIII also make two trips a week to Dunge-
hess-Mondays and Thursdays. The lat
Ter Is project that our friends in Clallam
county have long earnestly wished might
De put In force, as it will not only prove
great convenience but will be an advant-
age to all the settlers in that region.
Year: 1876

MASTER DANIEL d. HILL shot a deer
on Tuesday in the neighborhoOd of his
fathers residence on the hill. 1t was run
ming with band of Sheep, with which it
had affiliated, possibly as a refuge from
dogs.
Year: 1876

TBz County Democratic Convention
meets to-day at the Court House for the
purpose of electing delegates to the State
and Congressional Conventions. There
seems 10 be an interest manifested by all
csses Of our people IN the
politics of the country, and we
lave no doubt that large and harmo-
Nous convention will be held. 1t is the
pIrpo,e OF our enemies to create feuds
sid iis,ensions in our ranks if possible,
but let every good Democrat see to it
that nothing of the kind is done, and
more signally than in any other
way defeat the Vaccinations of our po-


iIcal enemies. Let wisdom and pru-
Irhce prevail in our councils and all will
be vel. We hope that every Democrat
Will feel 1t his duty to attend the Con-
yenilon this afternoon and contribute his
mite TO the success of the party in the
coming canvass. These primary meet
ins' are of the utmost Importance, and
Ills the duty of each member oil the
Democratic party to attend and see that
Ihe work ls We'll and fairly done.
Year: 1876

The Republican Congressional Con-
vention will convene IN this city next
Tuesday. Dantord will be the man Of
course.


1t was thought yesterday evening that
the repairs on the Central Ohio division
of the B. Il o. railroad, near Neti's Sid
ing, would be far enough advanced by
night that trains would pass through
without further delay this morning.


A GREAT deal of damage was done by
the late heavy rains along almost all the
small streams in the country.


THE cherry crop will not be failure
this year by any means.


THE Bellalre city band carried of the
laures at Steubenville on Wednesday
last.


The Democratic Congressional Con-
vention will meet in this city on the sec
ond Monday in August. This is entirely
too late in the season, as it don't give q
candidate sufficient time to get over the
district.


THE pay car of the B. " o. Railroad
Company passed through this city yes
terday morning and scattered green bless
ings to quite large number of men.
Year: 1876

shlrking and dilatory pipe-lightning, no


guards to watch for the foreman, no


waste of meterial on time. Never before


had so much work been performed in a
day; never had such skill, economy. apti-
tude, and intelligence been shown at the


benches, and never had better goods


been made. The men were apparently
satisfied, and the firm was more than
compensated for the increased outlay by
the improved quality OF the goods. Sew
eral months passed, and the house an
nounced that in few weeks it would
have a surplus of ten thousand dollars to
divide among the workmen. Suddenly
led away by some epidemic of unrea 'on,
the men struck for reduction of time to
eight hours. The Proprietors would not
consent to this, and as a consequence for
two weeks the shops were closed. In vain
we're the men shown the money coming
to them; in vain was it demonstrated
that they were making more than men in
the same line in other shops. They per
sisted in the strike till they could hold
out no longer, and then resumed work as
before The firm declined to proceed
further with the cooperative experiment.
and what had been fair with promise was
thus brought to disastrous end.
Year: 1876

The Senate after the introduction and
reference ofseveral bills and presentation
of number of petitions the legislative
business was suspended and Seuate
resumed the consideration of the articles
of impeachment against Belknap, late
Secretary of War, with closed doors


At 4:45 the doors were reopened and
legislative business resumed.


The Chair then laid before the Senate
communication from the Secretary Of
Treasury, enclosing report of the direc
tor of the mint in answer to Senate
resolution showing an annual product of
gold and silver in the United States from
lS45 to 1875 inclusive and an estimate of
the product of other countries. Ordered
printed and to lie on the table.


After n brief executive session the
Senate adjourned until to morrow.