smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

on his character than one on his
shirt-bosom, and would rather have
his reputation run down than his
heels.


Although you would hardly think
it, he lives on earthly food, and de-
cidedly earthly drinks, for he
abounds where strong drink RACES,
and frequently RACES where strong
drink abounds. Yes, young ladies,
this delicate piece of organization
which you have so often seen on the
street-corner with his handkerchief
in his hand, when it ought to have
been at his nose, or whom you have
seen so often at the church doors
looking at the hose dn'adS, some
times gets-well, not drunk, fash
ionably fuddled, as it were doesn't
know whether his grandmother is
his uncle or not, or Uicd cerSd.


He also swears with grace and
exquisite polish indeed, it is rath-
er pleasure than otherwise to
nave MN swear at you.


He is not very religious, but he
plays billiards with great fervency
and zeal. He gets so much absorb
ed in the game that he has occa-
sionally gone off without paying
for it.


His education doesn't go very
far, for it would be of little use to
him. He went to school for while
and got it into his mind that six
times seven are forty-eight, and
that q noun is the object of a name
or something else, and that all the
old mans money divided among
himself would be equal to just what
he expected without any remain
der, and he was satisfied to quit
school and go to looking pretty.


In the society Of ladies he par
ticularly shines, and his conversa-
ton is very profound upon all such
deep, philosophical topics as the
last hop, the theater, state of the
weather, poodle pups, and ice-cream
candy; and, although he has a
mind not very well versed in the
wisdom of the ancients, yet he has
a leg that can't be beaten at dane
ing, and this is much better.


When he airily smokes his cigar,
/ always think of the old saying,
"a fool at one end and little fire at
the other" or GA fire at one end
and little fool at the other;"
beg his pardon, l don't know which
it is.


He would be worth more to the
world if he was more valuable, and
would be held in higher esteem if
: he was thought more of. True, he
: labors with great deal of assidu-
ity-in arranging his neck-tie or in
drawing on his boots, which are as
many sizes too small for his feet as
his soul is too small for his body.


To make the fellow he sees in the
mirror look faultless, wheather he
is or not, is his only care, and he
feels lost without wings. ..


He always keeps up with the
fashions, and he is surer of getting
ahead of them than getting behind
them.


He was put up expressly for fir
tations, and the young lady who
sets her cap to capture him will be
sure to find herself caught, for he
can not be domesticated to any
alarming extent.


When l sec him swelling it down
street, with his kid hat, and plug
gloves, and fancy cane, twirling it
and his mustache, don't ] ache to
ride him twelve and half feet in
the space of the millionth of q half
a minute on the toe of my boot
Don't |!


Charles Augustus, ETC., make
your bow.


WASHINGTON WHITEHoRN.


A Savannah manor save. A o,a,
Year: 1873

A negro stole the carpet from a
Tennessee church and cut il up in
to horse-blankets, and the congre-
cation all went over to Broad River
to see him immersed. From some
unaccountable accident he was held
under the water just one minute
too long.
Year: 1873

A Sioux City lady went to a gall


lery for her picture, After putting
her in position the artist put the
plate in the camera and told her TO
look at a certain spot on the wall.
She wasn't certain of seeing it well
from where she sat, and so got up
and walked over to it, but failed to
discover anything curious about it.
Year: 1873

Not only the Radical State candidates
have been placed in the field, but full list
of candidates for our county offices are now
before the public They are before thepeo-
pie asking them for their votes, and in such
a capacity it becomes our duty to criticise,
them as they deserve. In the face of every
precedent, can single conscientious and
thoughtful voter in the county give them
the least support. The Radical party,
though it is mainly composed of negroes,
has given the preference to white men for
candidates. If elected, it will be through
the instrumentahty of negro votes, and
these they have used for years without any
love for these voters. They have constantly
taught the negro to believe that the Demo-
Gratis hate them, and that they love them
great deal Have these men, or at least
those of them who desire to maintain
any position in society, admitted the
negro to any greater social equality
than Democratsl Have they invited them
to visit their daughters and wives, and ad-
mitted them to seats in their parlors and at
their tablesl Mol And yet they pretend to
demand such social rights for the negrol
Democrats are willing to put themselves on
record. by the side Of such men, as true
friends of the negro. Among the lawyers
upon the bench, in the jury box, and in all
the walks Of life, the Democrats have shown
fully as much leniency, and even more favor
to the negro than Radicals. These white
Radicals intend to use the negro for their
own aggrandizement and for no other. Their
game has been to array the negro against
the white man, thus taking position against
their own race and kindred to get votes.
Can such men secure the votes of white
men, or should they ever receive the votes
Of negroes3 The latter are certainly finding
them out, and by this time should under
stand, that if they desire to make contest
between races, it should be brought down
to a strict demarcation. These white men
who bid for negro votes have in every State
and county where they have been elected,
marked their official course with devasta-
tion, ruin and financial terror. None have
been spared, the negro has been swindled,
and then induced to insult and outrage the
defenseless. These men always desire to
arouse bitter feelings to build up negro
party against a white mans party. And
these are the sort Of men the Radical county
candidates are. win white men vote fol
themi And can the negroes even conscien.
tiously support thems
Year: 1873




From every quarter where Judge Coke
speaks we receive the most encouraging ac-
counts Of the mannerin which he is winning
upon the hearts Of the people. BE is not
gaining upon them by fowery language or
eloquent appeals, but by argument, an hon
est heart and the conviction that he carries
to the mind of every one that he is pre-
eminently fitted for the position Of chief
executive officer of this great State. But
the popularity and ability Of our chosen
leader should only induce the friends Of
good government in Texas to redouble their
efforts to strike of the CALLING yoke
of Radicalism. Let us not look on
with too much confidence, believing that
the superior merits Of our leading candidates
viii alone carry US to victory. They are su-
perior as patriots and in intellect, but ar
rayed against these virtues are cunning and
deceit, combined with official power ac-
tuated by depravity of the deepest dye.
Government patronage and money will be
freely used in the canvass to keep the adj
ministration in the hands of the cor
rupt political ring that has controlled
Texas for many years; and while
these influences, powerful though corrupt,
are being lavishly expended in the struggle,
let the people of Texas, those who love her,
those who are identified with her, and who
go to make up the grand total of her wealth
and magnifcence, come resolutely forward
and bend themselves unsparingly to the
effort. We are striving to reach goal
whereat the greatness of Texas will be fully
consummated, and now is the time to do it,
and that, too, nobly if we will.
A majority of forty or fifty thou
sand, given by the intelligent vo-
ters of the State can easily be secured
against Radicalism, if these people will but
do their duty as citizens. A solid phalanx
of the enemy viii march up to the polls on
the day of election, and if the Democratic
host will do likewise, that band of our So
ciety, Radicalism, from which springs
every evil, will not only be b aten, but
crushed. In Gods name, fellow people, in
the name of bright and glorious fu-
ture fer our loved posterity, let there be
crushing defeat. Davis and his corrupt
gang have produced a plague spot upon the
fair bosom of our well beloved State. Let
US by our united action forever wipe its
foul influences away.
Year: 1873

So much Misrepresentation has been made
through Radical sources in regard to the
landlord and tenant bill, that to-day we give
it entire as It went to the Governor, and was
BY him vetoed. In giving the bill to the
public, it also becomes our duty to present
facts inregard to its history. The bill orig
mated in the House. Invent to the Senate
and was amended by adding clause to sec
ton 8. This amendment commences at
But in order to secure the lien provided
for in this act, the contract shall be in
writing" etc., TO the end Of the section.
The House concurred in the Senate amend
ment on May 81, 1878, and the bin passed
and went to thu Governor in exactly the
form in which we now publish it, The
Governor, as is well known, vetoed the
bill, but the strange part Of the whole mat
ter is that it was at once spirited away and
no copy was supposed to be in existance ex-
cept the unamended copy which was
printed and laid before the Legislature
The amendment covers all the objections
which could be urged to such bill by
giving the same amount of security to
the lessee or tenant as to the landlord.
Similar bills to this are in existence in al
most every northern State, and have been
for an indefinite time. The veto of the
Governor was only one of his mean politi-
cal tricks, whereby he attempted to defeat
Just law for the sake Of getting the votes
of dishonest men. But to do this another
base and underhanded trick was resorted to,
the theft Of bill from the archives of the
State. Since its theft the charge has been
made against the Democratic party, time
and again, that no provision was made in
the bill for the protection Of the tenant.
BY the circulation of such falsehoods, low,
mean and insinuating, E. ]. Davis expects
to secure votes. But for the good of Texas
he has made himself so odious that no hon
est man, unless it be among poor misguided
fools, can cast his vote for him. We
have no fear that so magnificent a State as
ours is to fall altogether into the hands of
band of knaves and fools.


The copy of the bill, which we present to
our readers, has fortunately been preserved
from the hands of thieves, and its authen-
ticity can be corroborated by every member
Of each house Of the Legislature, who
paid any attention to the bill. This knavish
trickery of E. J. Davis will rebound upon
his own head for man who can resort to
such low tricks can but disgust those even
who might otherwise have proven his
political friends.
Year: 1873

1t turns out after all, that the meanest
man is not the man we referred to the other
day, who split up his wife's tombstone.
Burrows is even meaner than he. Burrows
was an inveterate tobacco chewer, but his
wife detested the practice, and made home
tempestuous and stormy for him when he
INDUCED in the habit there. He always
chewed when away during the day, and de-
clared to his wife that he had stopped per-
manently. But one evening, upon entering
the front door and drawing out his handker-
chief, he accidently pulled out his paper Of
tobacco, and without noticing it, left it ly-
ing on the floor When Burrows sat down
to tea, his wife walked in with the tobacco
in her hand, and looking Burrows firmly in
eye, said:


''Do you know who that belongs tog"
With great presence of mind, Burrows
turned scowling to his oldest boy and said,
with a severe voice: Immortal Mars Is
it possible that you have begun to chew to-
bacco, you young reprobate2 Where'G you
get that nasty stuff9 What d'you mean by
such conduct, you young yillain2 Haven't
1 told you often enough to let tobacco
alone2 CONNER to me, or I'll tear the
jacket off of you" And as he spoke, the
stern father made a grab at the boy and
dragged him out into the entry, where he
chastised him with a cane. Then Burrows
threw the tobacco over the fence, where he
went and got it In the morning, and enjoyed
it during the day. ..Merciful Moseslp he
exclaimed, when he told us about it.
''What would have done if all my chill
dren had been girls2 1t makes an old
fathers heart glad when he feels that he has
boy he can depend on in such emergen-
cies ,,
Year: 1873

We see complaints from all parts Of the
State that the people are not registering as
they should. This apathy, too. is mainly
among Democrats No man who has the
good Of his country at heart will neglect TO
prepare himself for taking an active part
at the polls in the coming contest Regis
tration, contrary to the old law, costs moth
ing. It was one Of the necessary evils un-
der the new Constitution, and consequently
the Late Legislature exerted itself to cause
as little trouble As possible to the people.
Repatriation Offices have been opened in va
rious places in the different counties to ac-
commOdate the public, and the Office Of the
district clerk is open at all times for regis
tration. The district court is about to COM
mence its session in this county, and it is
hoped that during its term not Democrat
in Travis county viii fail to attend to this
important duty. We can vote a handsome
majority in Travis. and let us by all means
prepare to do so.
Year: 1873

GoNG WEsT.-Some Of our people talk
Of seeking homes in Western Texas. II a
man is satisfied with health, good water,
fine timber and more than he can gather II
he works one-half Of his time, it can all be
found in this county. If he expects to find
wealth in the west without labor, he wilIre-
alize, we fear too late, that no such riches
result there likewise, unless from industry
No man need expect to accomplish anything
in this life without work And We under
take to say from daily illustrations, man
can live and prosper upon less labor here
than almost any other climate. No country
excels this portion Of the State for health,
wood and water, and the soil is abundantly


rich. We can raise in Eastern Texas more
Of the necessaries Of life, with less difficult
ty, than any other portion Of the State, and
those who have realized these facts from
experience acknowledge the truth Of It.
Though sad lesson, it is one from which
others should profit II you viii content
yourselves here and 60 10 work as you
should, you viii find no better country Tor
money making than Eastern Texas.-LLzs-
dcrs0a 1fmes
Year: 1873

1t is>impossiblo to depict to our readers
tbsrreported suffering at Shreveport. Whole
families have been swept away, and little
children are left without the protecting
care of parents. The entire population is
in state of destitution, and were it not for
the protecting and kindly care of that benev-
olent institution, the Howard Association,
deaths would even occur from starvation.
Seven or eight hundred are down with the
disease, and the mortuary report is twenty
or thirty every day. Death has been impartial
in its visitations. 1t attacks alike the rich
and the poor, whites and blacks, and is CON
stantly reaping a full harvest. It is said
that the same!proportion of deaths in New
Orleans would be over thousand day.
OF course, too, great many of those who
die are not reported. The only working
force on hand is that of the Howard Asso-
citation, and it is impossible for it to do
everything that is needed. It's power
to do good too is derived from the CON
tributions of the public, and though it has
responded with Iiberality, still not enough
is on hand to prevent the most distressing
consequences. The people not only in
healthy cities, but in the country where
these terrible epidemics are never expe-
rienced, are called upon to extend helping
hand to this most afflicted people, and we
earnestly hope they will come up from every
point, and do so with liberal hand.
Year: 1873

GOVERNOR DAVIS hasn't the courage to
say one word in defense Of his own admin
istration. he carefully avoids saying one
word about it, for he has sense enough to
know that it would bring him into quick
sand. He consumes his time in lot of set
harangues against the late Legislature.
The people demand of him that he shall, a
part of the time at least, defend his own
administration and the acts of the Twelfth
Legislature, among which his pet schemes
were the main features.
Year: 1873

THE public schools of Galveston were
opened on the first of October. From ne
gIect of the proper officer no election for
school trustees was held in Galveston. The
time having gone by for election, there is
no way to remedy this very gross piece Of
negligence. The whole system under the
new law is to a great measure dependent
upon the action Of the county board of
trustees.
Year: 1873

ehiesi Is there danger Of all this, or viii
they be led by the teachings and advice Of
such pure men and patriots as Washington,
Carroll and Jeffersonl There is no danger
coming, if the people viii but cling to the
principles Of Democracy. These can lead
us out Of all danger.
Year: 1873

IT is by no means certain as yet that the
disease prevailing at Calvert is genuine yel-
low fever. A delegation Of physicians from
Houston have gone there to look at the dis
ease, and if necessary, treat it. It is claimed
by many that it is black jaundice. One
thing, however, is very certain, that it is q
very dangerous and fatal disease. There
were I've deaths from it on the twenty-ninth
nlt
Year: 1873

Now in this condition Is 1t reasonable to
expect the government to expend her money
to make you grtatl-State Journal.


No, indeed-.lever to make us great.
We have had bitter experience to the con-
trary. The Federal government has per
sistently spent money for the last seven OF
eight years to keep us poor, make us small,
cramp our resources; and the men who lead
Radicalism to-day in Texas have been with
il, heart and soul.
Year: 1873

THE correspondent of the New York
Times writes that there are large number
of destitute Americans in Vienna. Many of
them went there with few hundred dol
lars and have remained until not dollar is
left. Subscriptions in a number of in
stances have been taken up to send these
destitute Americans back home. Among
them are large number of bogus newspa-
per correspon dents who wherever they go
prove a disgrace to the profession and
thereby bring bad odor upon its legitimate
members. The Consul General is flooded
with applications for relief. The Times
correspondent says there is really much suf-
fering among these destitutes.
Year: 1873

was a doomed map, and that destruction
was near, Although intoxi ated, it started
me, aud for the first time | felt the full
force OF our separation, and realized that
destruction stared me in the face. I had
a bottle Of whiskey in my pocket at the
time when out Of town smashed it, and
washed my face in stream by the road.
side, and resolved never to touch liquor
again. II was hard to keep my resolve for
the first week or two but stood it, and
soon my taste for liquor disappeared. l
care nothing for it now, and would not
touch II If Il ran in streams. Now, Nettie,
It you love me as ever, and God knows
love you the same--let US get married over
again, and the bitter experience Of the last
lew years will only euhance our happiness.
Nettic, dear, what do you say?"


She could not answer; she was crying as
If her heart would break, and her head was
pillowed upon his breast. It was a more
eloquent ayes" than her tongue could
speak


The moon was rasing as he walked home
with Nettie TO her fathers


SO Harry Rogers and .Nettie Ray were
married again aud there is no divorce that
can part them nov.
Year: 1873

'Tis the good reader that makes the good
book; good head cannot read amiss in
every book he finds passages which seem
condolences or asides hidden from all else
and Enthusiastically meant for his ear
Year: 1873

FREMONT, O., april 1st, 1872.
DIR. LIBBEY-


DEAR SIR: should be ungrateful indeee
if did not make some acknowledgment to
you, of the wonderful change you have work
ed in my physical condition during the past
three months treatment Ihave received from
you. Ny heart and lungs were in a fearful
condition. was generally prostrated and
completely broken down. 1 feel now as we'll
as nine-tenths Of the women of my age. am
sure that your treatment was the cause Of so
wonderful change. My friends and neigh
bOrs are loud in your praise. There are many
in this place and vicinity that are anxious to
avail themselves of your skill, and look for
ward with great anxiety to your next visit.
That you may live to do more Of the good
work you have begun, is the constant prayer
of Yours,


n.
Year: 1873

In submitting this report VIC can truthfuly say that
we have endeayOrcd 10 discharge the responsible duty
imposed Oh with entire hnpar.aity, always keeping
IN mind principal object OF the law under which the
investigation was conducted, namely, the preservation
OF human life vessels and We are led TO believe
that hereafter steamboat VIII make themselves
fully and thoroughly acquainted with the acts Of Con
gress relating TO steam vessels and then yield ready
and full compliance thereto, equppuR them VILE al NE
saving appliances required by law, and IN command Ot
men who know ana who possess the courage 10 perform
their whole duty IN any emergency that may arise.


The report has been referred to the SOctorG
for such action as he may take in the premises.
Year: 1873

ELECTRICITY AND LIFE.-Recent studies have done considerable to determine what the action of electricity really is in the ex- citation of muscular irritablity in dead bodies. The continuous current seems to act on muscular fibre after the manner of heat. If dead muscle be exposed to cold, the cur rent restores contraction for a considerable period, but finally destroys it by inducing persistent contraction. If, on the other hand, the dead muscle is left at its normal temperature, the current merely shortens the period of durability by quickeDing contrac- tion. Experiments lately made with the Leyden jar demonstrates that, with a sui ficient current, small animals and birds car be made absolutely rigid for the moment 1T the position in which they stand and SC suddenly is the work done, so completely i the posture of life preserved, that nothing but actual examination with the hand cal impress on the mind the fact that the crea ture has with that sudden shock passed iron | life to death.