smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

place while to see if wealth and position
could win you from me, stalking my life
it would not. But by it have indeed
learned your priceless worth, sweet,
faithful Lucie-that the wife 1 take to
my bosom would have renounced all
worldly riches for my sake while, as was
right, she would have sacrificed herself
and me for the welfare of fond father,
to whom she is indebted for everything.
1 have done wrong but, Lucy, / swear
never doubted you. Am L forgiven
May this yet be your weddingday, with
Gerald Massin alias Claud Percival for
the bridegroom"


She did not reply but her head sank
on his shoulder, and he felt he was
answered.


She had consented to become the
Squire's wife.
Year: 1875

A medical journal published in Cleve-
land addresses the following queer query
to the profession:


"QUERY-Has any physician ever seen or
treated bald-headed consumptive?'


We should say that there must be. and
that there must have been, bald-headed
consumptives yet the fact that doubt
is thrown over the existence of such
persons by a medical journal would seem
to show that they are not go common as
to be within the knowledge of every
physician. We ourselves have not, of
course, seen as many sufferers from the
malady in question as have come under
the observation of some doctors; but
we cannot at this moment think of any
one of those we have seen who was bald
headed. Consumption is disease that
preys upon old people as well as young
and middle-aged people; and we suppose
its victims are subject to the ordinary
laws that regulate the growth of hair. If
not, why not
Year: 1875

If the love that you ask for offer you here
Can promise to follow you without fear2
VIII you take my hands in your own, dear,


And keep them soft and warm?
Will you teach me to trust each word Won sav ,
Will you keep my feet 80 they never can straw
VIII you be my guide in the one right way,


My refuge in every storm2 ..'
Then I'll lovingly follow wherever you guide.
Though our way may lie through desert


) wide;. 80
All through the journey, safe by your side,


You shall lead me everywhere.
1t is sweeter to walk by faith than sight
Ii only you feel you are going Alright.
May trust you always to find the light,


And guide me safely there3
Year: 1875

met again, for somehow we'd settled
that we'd write, and twelvemonth after
Mary was back in England and my wife.
That's why said I took her like out of
the hands of death, though in selfish
sort of way, being far, yon know, from
perfect. But what I say, speaking as
Edward Brown, stoker, is this: Make a
good fight of it, no matter how black
things may look, and leave the rest to
Him
Year: 1875

Said JEFF. Davis at one of the fairs in
Missouri, the other day It gladdened
my heart as I drove to these grounds to
see the number of saddles on the
horses hitched along tile way. I had al
most begun to fear that my American
countrywomen had lost the art of riding,
Mt least the art of riding on horseback.
Thank you, ladies, for coming on side
saddles.
Year: 1875

Eg Small farms make near neighbors
they make good roads; they make plenty of
good schools sud churches; there is more
money made in proportion to the labor; less
labor is wanted; everything is kept neat less
wages have to be paid for help; less time is
wasted more is raised to the acre; /; besides,
it is titled better; there is no watching of
hired help; the mind is not kept in worry,
stew, fret. all the time
Year: 1875

From tie Louisville Courier-Journal.


Of all the people Of the country, the
people OF the South should be most
deaf to the clamor for more greenbacks.
1t Is an anomaly to say that a burnt
child does not dread fire. We have
our fingers burnt. We know all about
the blessings of "cheap money" The
virtues of the ''new ISSUE against the


''old issue" are familiar to us. The
more we got of each class the worse
off we were. There is but one pretext
why the South should be for infiata-
ton, and that is an unworthy one. In
order that we may get "more green
backs we must have something's
bag of wheat or keg'of whiskey, a
bale of cotton or bunch of bananas-
to get them with, and when we get
them we want them to be good for
their face and on their face, not like
our Confederate currency, which came
to be 30 valueless that the farmer pre-
ferred to keep his struck" to sellingit.
more greenbacks" to-day mean "more
greenbacks" tomorrow, to the old end
| l-repudiation. Rag money is ruin |;


ruin to every moral and political inter.
est; ruin to all industries; ruin alike


to the rich man and the poor; disturb.
ing and disarranging all things; keep.


ing the people in perpetual mess and


muddle; opening the way for the bas.


est men to seek by the basest means


the basest objects.
Year: 1875

Lord Duferin said in a recent speech at
Ottawa.


spent two entire days inspecting the
Normal schools in New FORK. We arrived
early in the morning for the purpose Of
seeing the scholars assemble for the DAYS
work. We were shown 10 a l5rge hall
four or five times the size Of this one. \
bell rang, a piano struck up, and in three
and half minutes eleven hundred young
women had taken their places. We were
then entertained by most beautiful singing
in alternate chorus, and that part Of the
performance concluded with several Of
these young ladies rising in turn and re-
peating some apOphthegm or other quota
ton which had struck them in the previous
days reading. This system had been
adopted for the purpose Of giving them con-
fidence as teachers i'm addressing large
audiences.


We then proceeded to the hall, where
two hundred Of them went through their
gymnastic exercises, and a lOvelier or more
Interesting sight no person could wish to
behold than was presented to our view.
From this we proceeded to the various class
rooms, and was certainly struck beyond
the power Of expression by observing how
thorough and how complete was the system
of instruction there administered.


Iwent into one class room where ladies
were receiving instructions in geology, and
the first thing that caught my eye was a
spirited and accurate drawing, the size of
life-if that is not an Irish bUll-Of a hui
man skeleton. | said: "The surgeon who
drew that anatomical figure must have been
as great an artist as a man Of SCIENCE so
complete and mastery were the outlines
and shading, but the teacher replied, "One
of our young ladies did that" Then 1
heard them examined on various subjects.


For instance, they were asked it they
could give any account Of Shakespeare. a
young lady got up, and in ten minutes she
told me a great deal more about Shakespeare
than l ever knew-and l imagine than 4
great many about me knew-in my life.
And so we went on from astronomy,
mathematics, botany, mythology. In every
class was the same system and the same
thorOughness.


/ mention this circumstance in order
that those who are interested in the bring
ing mp of these younger children, sitting
upon my right hand, may be able TO COM
prehend what enormous advantages are
open to those who, in the earlier portion
of their lives, aud while they are still
school children, fit themselves, as it were,
for passing on TO that higher education
which l have yentured 10 describe to you.
There can be no doubt that every year the
secret OF successfully administering youth
ful education is better understood and
more successfully applied.
Year: 1875




RALPH WALDO EMERSON, il a letter to
tne Honorary President Of the Independ-
Uut Club which nominated him for the
LGrd Rect0EshiP Of Glasgow University,
says: Il count my vote OF 500 as quite the
1airest laurel that has ever fallen on me,
and cannot but feel deeply grateful to my
young friends in the University, and TO
yourself who have been their counselor and
my too partial advocate. Of course such
an approach TO success gave me lively
thoughts Of Wha; could have been attempt
cd anu at least approached in meeting and
dealing with this University, ifmy friends
had succeeded; buU / hope The stimulus
they have given me will not be wbcliy
OSt. Probably l have never seen one Of
these 900 young men, and thus they show
us That our recorded thoughts give the
means Of reaching those who think with
Us in ether countries, and make closer al
Hauces sometimes than lifelong GeiEhb0r-
hood. To be sure the truth is hackneyed,
but it never came to me in SO Palpable a
form"
Year: 1875

ONE by one the remarks Of members
at the last Republican caucus upon the
bayonet bill are becoming known.
When the habeas corpus section was
under discussion, Gen. Garfield said;


There are, in my opinion, several
reasons why this section Of the bill
should not become a law, and among
them this one: The Presidential elee.
ton will come off IN about eighteen
mon lbs, and with the. power in the
hands of the President to suspend the
writ OF hateas corpus, he might re-elect
himself -
Year: 1875

They tried TO scare a man in Missouri
by threatening to tar and feather him, but
lie replied: 'COme on with your old tar;
I've been there six times. and I've got a
receipt for washing it Off"
Year: 1875

There is immense wisdom in the old
proyerb, He that is slow to anger is
better than the mighty" Hannah More
said, "If / wished to punish an enemy
l should make him hate somebody" To
punish ourselves for others faults is SUI
perlative folly. The arrow shot from an
others bow is practically harmless until
our pride that makes another's criticism
rankle, our selfwill that makes another's
deed offensive, our egotism that is hurt
by another's selfassertion. Well may
we be offended at faults of our own, but
we can hardly afford to be miserable for
the faults of others. A courtier told
Constantine that the mob had broken
his head off his statue with stones. The
emperor lifted his hands to his head, say.
ing, 1t is very surprising, but | don't
feel hurt in the least" We should re-
member that the world is wide; that
here are thousand million of different
human wills, opinions, ambitions, tastes,
and loves; that each person has differ
ent history, constitution, culture, and
character from all the rest; that human
life is the work, the play, the ceaseless
action and reaction upon each other Of
these different living atoms. We should
go forth into life with the smallest ex-
pectations, but with the largest patience;
with keen relish for, and appreciation
Of, everything beautiful, great, and good,
but with temper SO genial that the
friction of the world cannot wear upon
our sensibilities, and equanimity SO set
tied that no passing breath nor acciden-
tai disturbance shall agitate or ruffle it,
and with charity broad enough to COW
er the whole worlds evil, and sweet
enough to neutralize what is bitter in it,
determined not to be offended when no
offence is meant, not even then unless
the offence is worth noticing. Nothing
short of malicious injury or fattery
should offend us. He who can wilfully
iniure another is an object of pity rather
than of treatment, and it is a question
whether there is enough of fiatterer for
a whole-soul man to be offended with.
Year: 1875

The London correspondent of the Liv-
erpool Courier writes to that journal:
1t has been limited from time to time
that one of our wealthy London journals
has " under consideration the practical
bility Of printing sheets in several of the
great towns simultaneously, in order to
secure distribution of its copies as ear
ly as the various local journals which
are so fast depreciating the circulation
and once paramount influence of their
London contemporaries. How can this
staggering feat be accomplished The
leading journal had its attention drawn
some weeks ago to an electric machine
in operation at the London stock ex-
change, by which the fuctuating quota
tions are telegraphed to a number OF
city offices, where an instrument, COM
posed Of movable figures and dial-plate,
is made to record changes from hour to
hour. Ii an electrical current can be
made to manipulate movable figures, il
was conceived that system of mechan-
ical type-setting might be carried on
simultaneously in number of distant
places, the operation being directed from
central office in London; the news
being there collected from all parts of
the world, and that the copy" might
be put into type at several provincial
offices simultaneously by operating ON an
electric keyboard, or number of key
boards, controlled in the central office.
This idea, like SO many other inventions
is not new. Mr.. Mackay of the War
rington Guardian worked upon the same
line of invention abont eight years ago
to my knowledge and simultaneous type
setting by machinery was by him car
ried to a practicable issue, though he
found that his invention did not result
in profit. He worked number of type
setting machines by operating on one
keyboard and proposed to set up news
paper columns for any number of papers
by this simultaneous process, the only
difference being that the various ma
chimes could not be placed in distant
places. In other words, he did not con-
meet them with electricity. The fact
remains that he actually worked some
ten or twelve machines on this principle
of connected action which derived its
directing power from one keyboard.
There is no moral doubt that the same
thing can be done on wider scale by
agency. But if done, wonld the game be
worth the candle j konw the Times, or
rather the manager of its mechanical
department, is putting the thing to a
private testin order to ascertain its me-
chanical probabilities. If that can be
made clear, the Times directors are not
likely to be deferred by financial timid-
ity from the next step in the unparalleled
advantage. What world of journals
tic development the prospect opens to
prescient eyes
Year: 1875

All men must die.


Self praise is unsavory.


Old wounds heal slowly.


New brooms sweep well.


Yonder world is our goal.


This life is pilgrim vale.


Labor is the duty of men.


Wicked gain is soon gone.


Few dollars bring interest.


My best friend is in heaven.


Love thy neighbor as thyself.


Our life wastes away like hay.


God is the Father of the poor.


Unjust good does not prosper.


Conscience is a warning friend.


Innocence is protecting angel.


The straight way is the nearest.


Many cooks over salt the broth.


The sleeping fox catches no fowl.


A man of honor does not slander.


The wolf eats even marked sheep.


There is no roses without thorns.


Praise from others has good ring.


A full stomach does not love study.


Repentance is limping messenger.


An ass clothed in silk is still an ass.


Thy conscience is thy nearest judge.


Much rashness makes empty pockets.


Unthankfulness is the worlds reward.


A noble man does not revenge himself.


A man without education is the poor
est.


Earth without works is like tinkling
bell.


Stolen goods seldom remain with it's
master.


The industry of youth is the honor of
old age.


A poor man without patience is doub-
ly poor.


Tears of sympathy are the pearls of
the heart.


The outgushing of anger is the begin
ming of repentance.


A strange clock is said to have once
belonged to Hindoo prince. In front
of the clocks disk was gong swung
upon poles, and near it was pile of ar
tifcial human limbs. The pile was made
up of the same number of parts necessa-
ry to constitute twelve perfect bodies
but all lay heaped together in apparent
confusion. When the hands of the
clock indicated the hour one, out from
the pile crawled just the number of parts
needed to form the frame of one man,
part coming to part with quick clink,
and when complicated the figure sprang
up, seized malet, and, walking up to
the gong, struck one blow. This done,
he returned to the pile and fell to pieces
again. When two o'clock came, two
men arose and did likewise, and at the
hour of noon and midnight the entire
heap sprang up, and, marching to the
gong, struck, one after the other, his
blow, making twelve in all then, re-
turning, fell to pieces as before.
Year: 1875

Thankful for past patronage. will here say TO all
persons wishing to buy GROCERiEs>, CROCK
cry or anything in my line. that will sell the
same quality of goods as low as any one IN this
place for cash and in future liberal discount will
be made to all those who pay cash down tor bheir
goods. OF. WOuDc-


Bellows Fails. April Hiss. II
Year: 1875

THE wall which Republicans are
sending up over the work of their
State Convention is rather affecting.
It was simply decapitating the party
to place PHELPS on the head of the
ticket. 1t was so direct an insult to
the thousands of honest Republicans
in the State, that they cannot and
will not submit to it. In this city and
county dozens of old, staunch and true
Republicans openly avow their deter
mination not to support PHELPS. In
San Francisco the detection is very
great. The party journals are para
lyzed. The Alta and Chronicle pub
lish the proceedings of the Convention,
but make no comments on the fitness
Of the candidates. The Bulletin and
call are hopeful that the scamperers
from the Republican party will be
caught in the Reformers' net, and
predict that in the race PHELPS and
the ticket he heads will be distanced.
PACHECo would have made O strong
fight, but he is obnoxious to SARGENT
and GoRHAM, and these worthless con-
trolled the Convention. 1t is clear
case of hari-kari.
Year: 1875

We are beginning to weary of the
thousand and one stories that come
back to us from the East detracting
California. There Is no limit to lying.
A man who falls into the habit may
by constant repetition come to regard
as fact what he once knew to be false,
and we have no doubt something of
this kind is the case with the gentle
manly journalists who are now labor
ing to convince their readers that Cal
ifornia is a desert. in which only
horned toads and abstemious sheep
are able to exc out an existence. 1t is
true that though not one-half of Cali
fornia's arabic land is under cultiva-
tion she exports more wheat in pro-
portion to her population than any
other State In the Union. 1t Is also
probably true that within the next ten
Year: 1875

THE Express of last evening con-
tains an advertisement marked
"HERALD copy" which we decline to
insert in the columns of the HERALD
as an advertisement. In the editorial
columns of the HERALD of this morn
ing will be found the same advertise
ment more inextenso. 1t may not be
possible that the people of this city in
giving large sum of money to the
Los Angeles and Independent Rail.
road have warmed viper which is
now striking at their life, but it
has that appearance, and until
the purpose of Senator JONES is made
more clear to us we shall certainly not
insert an advertisement which points
to the-injury of the city in which we
live.
Year: 1875

years she will export three times as
much of this cereal as she does now.
1t is true that California now produces
more wool than any other State in the
Union. 1t is true that in proportion to
her age California produces more of
the staple articles of life than any
other State in the Union, and 1t is true
that California is annually producing
millions of dollars of the precious met
ais and will continue to produce them
for ages yet to come, yet these Eastern
people have said she is fit for nothing,
and it is but reasonable to suppose that
they have repeated their story so often
that they believe it true. Let them
keep on. Slander will not hurt a
Christian and detraction will not in
jure country that only needs to be
seen to be appreciated. People will
come here, and that is all we ask.
Don't take the grasshopper EDITORS
fiction for fact. Come and see for
yourselves.
Year: 1875

The Bulletin, Call and Post Of the
same date contain advertisements
similar to the above. The reference to
the failure of Los Angeles to become
the great commercial city of Southern
California and the certainty that Santa
Monica will fill that want, together
with the terrible structures on Will
mington harbor, will be read with in
terest by the people who have devoted
the best part of their lives to building
up Los Angeles and have all their
hard earnings invested in property
here.
Year: 1875

The HERALD is not a gratuitous ad-
vertising sheet. 1t has conscientious
scruples about advertising any enter
prise for nothing, but the following,
which we find in the Chronicle of the
18th inst, is of such vital Importance
to the people of Los Angeles that we
give it place in our editorial col
Year: 1875

II has been ascertained that only two
Smiths will serve in the next Congress,
and neither OF these are black Smiths.


II you should die, my own true love,


Then, while the sun was risin',


Id 60 ont In somo vacant lot


Aud kill myself with pizen.


1t has been decided that any railroad
conductor who kisses passenger against
her will lays the railroad company liable
for damages.


There arc eighteen different patent
clothes pins in the market, and any one
Of them will make good paving for the
back yard if you get the right kind of n
hired girl.


Florida papers report m almost total
failure of the sponge crop, while North
cru iree.lunch clerks say that there arc
moro sponges around this fall than they
ever saw before.


It is given for solemn fact that hired
girl in Savannah tainted dead away be-
cause she broke n teacup. It may be
true. I. may he that she hadn't chance
to hide the pieces. Egz


When you see Detroit girl come out
Of a store with hop. skip. and jump
anda pleased expression, you may know
that the millincr has told her she can
press her old summer hat over into $40
winter style.


A grocer on tho Ohio river had to
make m assignment because some vii.
lain stole eighteen pounds OF sugar and
whole cheese from his stock. You can
get M idea from this how sensitive capi.
tal sometimes is.


One passing through Arkansas doesn't
see half rs many revolvers as he would
liave noticed two or three years ago. II
isn't particularly because everybody is
trying to be real good, but more because
they hage found out that n good shot,
gun is more to be depended on.


Two years ago n millionaire named
Johnson was riding Oh the cars in Indi.
ana, and he saw Ellen Rogers sitting on
the fence, fell in love, and the other day
they were married. Will this little
episode be carelessly forgotten by my
manageable young lady in North
Amcrica?