smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

before her advent among them on the


occasion of the flight, scarcely knew of


her existence, and who were now ardent


ly attached to her, she left with scarcely


any preparation and came to California.


Here, in San Francisco, she lived for two


months, meeting expenses by the pawn


inf of her jewelry, and, having tasted the


bitter experience of poverty, came to the


conclusion that the home her husband


had afforded was preferable to one
among strangers and under such depress-
ing circumstances. "Often," said she,


II have walked by the side Of the bay
and thought how soon could rid myself
Of troubles by leapingilto the water. And
l should have fed the world in that man
ner but for my poor child" At last the
husband learned that she was here and
wrote for her forgiveness. She relented
and promised to return when she had the
means. Through some mistake his let
ter and money-order were directed and
carried to Virginia City, New. The
cashier heard the story, credited it from
first to last, and with the aid Of the tele-
graph succeeded in obtaining for the lady
her remittance, which amounted to about
eight hundred dollars in greenbacks.
Saturday she came to the Office with her
face wreathed in smiles and announced
her intention Of departing for home the
next morning. "and, says she, "after
have gone you may tell my experience to
any one whom you may think will profit
by it. Withhold my name, but tell the
experience and say that the woman who
abandons her husband never realizes be-
forehand the sorrow that follow the con-
summation of the act" The former home
of the lady and her present husband was
Madison, Wis. They will not meet there.
Some strange city will be their home
now.
Year: 1873




struggle, until, after years Of labor, she
overcame his devil, and saw him free
man again. Her battle with Rum had
been fierce one, taxing and wasting
her strength sorsly. but she was con.
qneror Mt last. Her husband stood upon
manly feet, and showed no sign Of fall
ing again. Several years passed away.
and this reformed man fell i'll of con-
sumption. The distinguished physician
from whose lips We have this story, pre-
scribed alcoholic stimulants as the only
means possible Of prolonging his life.
The poor wife was in terror, and begged
the physician 10 recall the prescription.
She told him Of her long struggle aud
her victory, and said she preferred that
her husband should die then, sober
man, than he should fll that Of a drunk
ards grave a year later. But the freed
spirit Of the man was strong, aud he un-
dertook to take alcoholic liquors as a
medicine, and to confine himself abso-
lutely TO such times aud memuesin the
matter as The physicians should prescribe.
This be did, and during the months thus
added 10 his life, he never once drank
single drep more than the prescription
called for, and he died at last sober
man, as the wife had so earnestly prayed
that he might. But the end was not yet.
When the loving and patient woman laid
him in his grave, and saw her long labors
thus ended in the victory for which she
had toiled so hard and suffered so bit
terly, she turned in grief to the brandy
which had been left in the house, and
drinking it, she fell herself into the power
OF the devil which she had fought so he-
roically. And that woman died, not
many months later, a hopeless, helpless
drunkard.
Year: 1873

From Hearth and Home.l -lA


There lived in Brooklyn, not long ago
A man possessed Of a devil. He had
inherited the devil from his father, u
the first place, and had nursed It until
Il grew so strong that It took entire pos
session Of him. The devil was very
familiar one, and its name was Rum.
The man had many noble instincts. and
better than all these, he had a loving
faithful, brave wife, who made skilliul
war upon the demon, her husband :
master. Recognizing the fact that her
husband vas under an overpowering
impulse, that be longed and struggled
manfully 70 free himself FROM the pas.
sion for drink, she bent al the energies
Of her woman nature 70 ths task oi
helping him. She loved, and suffered
and toiled. until at last The loving. and
suffering. and toiling accomplished their
purpose. She took her husband by
he hand, and shared With him his
Year: 1873

The TERMINUs.-Judge Rice, Vice
President of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, arrived in this City last evening.
He is going to the So-nd to locate the
Terminus, that spot about which so
many have been puzzling their brains,
which has ce used so many headaches,
and the expenditure Of SO many thou
sands of dollars by those who are intent
on speculation. Where that Terminus
is to be located can be inferred from the
fact that the Vice President comes ont
alone. So Of course it must be located
already in the minds of the stockho lders
and he is merely to announce it official
ly. When this is done it will relieve
the minds of many persons who have
heen anxiously specializing on its posi-
ton Portland Bulletin, June 81.
Year: 1873




ABUSE OF CoNFIDENcE.-Col Parish
o. the Commercial Reporter, notwlth.
standing his weakness for appending a
rominaf title to his cognomen, Is a gen
tleman by instinct, education and asso.
citation; hence We are panied to see his
name and paper used, unwittingly by
him. to give endorsement and currency
to the statements Of a disreputable and
worthless Bohemean who has imposed
himself upon the Colonel as travelling
correspondent and taken the pay OF
others to use the position for their in
terests. 1t is one of those impositions
from which we have several times suf-
fered. and to which every editor is liza
BILE; but one which every decent editor
will promptly correct. and as far as
practicable atone for, as soon as he is
satisfied he has been deceived.


To avoid misapprehension, we will
say. that the accredited correspondent
of the Reporter upon Puget Sound has
grossly betrayed his trust as such cor
respondent. A corrupt "ring" of Gov
ernment officials, who had ONE knowl-
edge of the antecedents of this corres-
pondent, and the needy and desperate
circumstances to which he had reduced
himself by reckless course Of life, seiz-
ed upon him as a facile tool with which
to do the dirty work necessary to ward
oil the popular odium and execration
which they had brought upon them
selves by conspiring to rob an estimable
settler of his home and his hard armed
possessions. They Immediately took
him under their pay, sent him to Neeah
Bay with one of the gang for an escort;
while there sought and enjoy ed the hos
pitality of " ebster, upon whom he was
employed as spy and informer. and
then uses his position as correspondent
for respectable journal, to vlllify and
misrepresent the man OF whose generous
and eonfiding hospitality he had partak-
en-, for no other reason than that he was
paid for doing this base and degrading
service, from which an Arab would
shrink in disgust, and only treacher-
Gus Modoc would emulate. for revenge
butnot for pay. That the ring" should
employ such means TO accomplish their
nefarious ends, is but characteristic of
them; but we trust that the Reporter
will not again be entrapped into becom-
ing the mediuu of their ISLANDERS against
an upright gentleman whose ruin they
seek to accomplish by any means with
in their reach, fair or foul.
Year: 1873

To CLEAN STEEL PENs.-When a pen
has been used until it appears to be
spoiled place it over fame-a gas
light for instance for, say, a quarter
of minute, then dir it into water, and
it will be again fit for use. A new pen,
which is found too hard to write with,
will become softer by being thus heated.
Year: 1873

BRILLIANcY EARLY EXHAUSTED. A
veteran observer asks and answers his
own question thus:


What becomes of all the men who in
youth exhibit high talents and give
promise of brilliant future? Although
the question is not put to us individual
ly, yet we take the liberty of replying
that they may be seen enveloped in
white aprons, and seen squirting from
behind diamond clusters as bar tenders.
Their voices that once gave evidence of
Ciceronic talent are now heard retailing
vltreous pasiry-o- ''gllss pudding"
They command canal boats and street
cars, and occasionally one with more
ambition than the others becomes a
manufacturer of root beer and other
refreshing Summer drinks.
Year: 1873

WHITEwAsH THAT WILL NOT RUB OFF.
Mix up half pailful of lime and wa
ter, take half pius of flour and max e
II starch of it, and pour it into the white
wash while hot. Stir it we'll and make
it ready for use.
Year: 1873

The Martinsburg Independent published
few days ago very decided editorial
on the Capital question. Among other
remarks in that article II made the fol-
lowing statements:


1.-THE removal oil the Capital TO some
accessible point was thoroughly discussed
by the people Of this Panhandle last
winter, and II there ever was question
upon which our votes were unit, 1t was
the immediate removal Of the Capital
from Charleston. In referring to this queS.
tion now, and In again arguing the pass
age Of an act either temporarily or per-
manently removing the Capital TO place
convenient for all the people, we but re-
echo the earnest wish OF all our people
We do not know what potent means or
arguments were used last winter In defeat.
ing the removal, but we do not know
that 80 far as this end OF the State Is con.
concerned, there was deep feeling Of
disappointment at its failure. Certain II
10 that no man East Of the Alleghanes can
go before the voters for election to office,
opposing the removal Of the Capital,
with the slightest chance OF election.


1t may not be worth while TO discuss
this question "at this stage OF the game"
but If It is we should hope that words like
these might have some effect at Charles.
ton. The idea Of dragging the people Of
the two most populous Congressional dis
tricts In this State to Charleston by way
Of Washington City or through the in.
terIor Of Ohio Is simply ridiculous.
Year: 1873

20 the snore, the beautiful snore,
filling her chamber from ceiling to
floor! Over the coverlet, under the
sheet, from the dimplet chin to her
pretty feet! Now rising aloft like
bee in June, now sunk to the wall of
a cracked bassoon! Now fute-like
subsiding, then rising again is the
beautiful snore of Elizabeth Jane.
Year: 1873

Scandal.
A whisper broke the air
A soft, light tono and low
Yet barbed with shame and woe;
Now might it perish only there,
Nor further go.
All me, quick and eager ear
Caught up the little meaning sound,
Another voice had breathed it clear,
And so it wandered round
From ear to lip, from lip to ear,
Untilit reached a gentle heart,
And that it broke.
Year: 1873

Many of us pray to be delivered from sud
den death, and do we worry ourselves into
il? If we do, can we help it ? To most Of
US it is not given to choose our lives, to avoid
the rough places, to gently shoulder to one
side disagreeable facts. We must climb over
tharocks though they hurt US sore, aud the
difficulties however they may annoy us, must
be met with brain fret and wear until they
are conquered, or we have passed them.
They are as real, living, annoying as any
tangible ache or pain could be as brusing and
irritating as the peas in the shoes of the pill
grims of old. NERVOUS health is one thing
and moral health aud purely physical
health is quite another and different thing.
Calm and steady mental work is conducive
to long life but nervous emotion, mental
work that Is a constant urging, and, at the
same time is an unhanging Of the sven tenor
of the mind, eats away the brain faster than
any mental labor, no matter how hard, that
is systematic. AS men do not really die of
heart disease as often as supposed, but Of
apoplexy, or congestion Of the lungs, 50 they
do not die of brain work, but Of brain worry.
Scott died OF 1t Southey, Swift, Horace Gree
ley, and probably Thackeray.
Year: 1873

When the Shah visited the Louvre he
had an arm chair placed before the
Venus of Milo, and when he was
seated" writes correspondent, the
pedestal on which she stands was made
to revolve on a pivot, thus revealing to
the Persian monarch her every beauty"
His criticisms revealed the connoisseur,
not only in sculpture but in woman.
Year: 1873

A Young Iowan named Brown IS puz-
zling the people of Chicago by his sue
cess as mind reader. The discovery
of his powers was made accidentally
about eight years ago, when be was
mere boy. A playfellow casually touched
his forehead, causing sparks to emit
therefrom, and producing sensations
which first led him to believe that he
could read the thoughts of others. The
first public exhibition Of young Brown s
powers as o mind reader was given in
the Union Park Congregational Church
in Chicago. The first test was that OF
finding an article hidden outside of the
room. Young Brown took the left hand
of the gentleman who had hidden it,
placed his hand on his forehead, letting
il rest there for a few minutes. Then
he took the gentleman's hand and held
it TO his own forehead Pausing but for
a moment he led the gentleman rapidly
out of the back door OF the church. de
soon returned, his companion tWirling
small locket in his hand which he had
hidden in the basement. Though blind
folded, Brown led him as straight as he
could have gone himself. Then he led
a gentleman to the tip Of chandelier
Of which he was thinking, then found a
silver quarter hidden under table, and
wound up the FIRST series Of tests by
pulling q watch key out Of the testers
mouth. Afterward he spelled out on an
alphabet placed on the wall the names
Of places in the minds Of two gentle
men. and finally located q pain in a
man head by putting his hand on the
exact spot where the trouble lay. Mr.
Kelly. young Browns mentor, says his
proteges powers we're like that OF q
magnet, in that they we're stronger in
cold weather and increased in strength
the more they were exercised. he
added that persons whose left arms
we're broken or Who we're partially in
toKioaied could not have their minds
-sad.
Year: 1873

The Budget, an English paper pub
lished in Shanghai, China, gives the fol-
lowing description of an occurrence
which recently took place there; " Some
people sitting gossipping in the usual
way in tea.shop near the Maloo, it was
incidentally mentioned that in house
close to the Louza Police Station a mar
riage was going forward. By.and-by the
party broke up, and as some of those
who composed it lived in the Louza d.
rection, they thought as they passed the
house where the noise Of crackers aud the
sounds of music and other accompani-.
ments of festivity gave evidence of a
marriage, that they would go in and
have look at the fun. Accordingly,
with the freedom which Chinese custom
permits, they pushed into the little court
yard in front OF the reception room
where the marriage guests were assem-
bled with the bridegroom and bride max
ing merry over the marriage feast. But
no sooner did one of the teashop gossips
set eyes on the bride than he gave an
unearthly yell and other tokens Of sud-
den and intense excitement. When the
tumult of his feelings had so far
found an equilibrium as to make utter
ance possible, he declared that the bride
was no other than his wife, whom he had
supposed to be quietly attending to her
domestic duties at home, as he had left
her not many hours previous. OF course,
the most intense sensation was pro-
duced by this announcement, and the
husband rushed off to Louza for assist.
ance. A native constable went with him,
and on questioning the bride she admit
ted without hesitation that she was the
wife of the claimant, had been so for
four years, and had by him daughter
two years old. On this stop was put
to the marriage ceremonies, and in due
course the parties were brought before
the magistrate of the Mixed Court. 1t
then appeared that the disposal of his
daughter in marriage, for a considera-
ton, was faVorite method of raising
the wind with the old man, her father.
The bridegroom in the above scene, a
coolie in foreign hong, being in want
of a wife, was told by the father that he
had marriageable daughter, and though
he had never seen her, the coolle paid
$40 to the father, and arrangements were
forthwith made for the marriage which
had been so seasonably-or unseasona-
bly-interruptedj the ooolie all the while
not having the dimmest suspicion that
his fianoee was already the wife of an
other. The daughter considered she
ought to do what her father told her. 1t
turned out, indesd, that he had since his
marriage been once in treaty with an
ether man for her, but that swain heard
the real state of things at an earlier
stage of the proceedings than did No. 3.
The old matrimonial speculator did not
attempt to deny that the above allega-
tions were true, and he was removed in
custody till formal proceedings could be
taken against him.
Year: 1873

There is on exhibition at Plymouth
q piece of 'two-inch water pipe seven
feet in length, taken from the section
on the dam at the Thread Company's
Works, which was SO completely filled,
its entire length, With the fine fibrous
roots OF the willows that are growing
near by, that not one drop Of water
could pass through it. A depression in
the pipe had at some time caused: .
slight breakage, and into this por-
tien Of the root had insinuated itself
and grown, until about a month since
the passage Of Water was stopped, and
search for the cause revealed this re-
suit. A portion of the filing was
taken out, and resembled closely q
continuous wad of oakum. Fol
five or six feet these roots are so
tightly wcdged in that no force yet
applied has been sufficient to start it.
Year: 1873

THE CRoPS-It is said that the wheat crop
is looking very we'll in Caroline county on
good sound land, where it was not completely
saturated by water during the winter. 1tmay
probably meet up to the average crOp.


The fruit crop promises to be abundant: the
largest for years past. TO Judge from the
peach, apple, whOTtelbery, strawberry, and
other fruit blossoms which meet the eve at
every turn, the crop will be immense, and IL
fully matured, much OF It must perish for want
of market.
Year: 1873

THEFT.-Joseph Hill, of Harrington, on Satur-
day last, stole ticket from the railroad agent at
that place and IS from his brother, and made his
escape. Sheriff Williamson got a telegram to
catch him as he went up on the road, but Joseph
wasn't TO be caught. IIe is still at LARGO.
Year: 1873

PEACHES IN SUSSEX COUNTY.-We regret
to be obliged to make the unwelcome an
far below as we can hear from. has bean se
verely damaged by the late frosts. We trust
that the reports are exaggerated, but many
say that their crops are almost completely de-
strOyed-the germ being entirely dead and
black while many OF the branches Of the trees,
have the appearance OF being scorched by fire.
1t is only within few days that the extent of
this damage has been suspected, and while we
hope and believe that we will yet have a CON
siderable crop, the reports of disaster a,e too
icy feeling.-MsifOrd Mems
Year: 1873

was regarded as peculiarly adapted for
the great enterprise under his charge,
and all lament bis untimely end. As TO
the statement that the ship might have
aided the party on the ice, all are agreed
that it was impossible after the Polaris
broke adrift TO learn even the where
abouts Of those left behind. Every sf-
fort was made to find them, but to no
avail. Captain Markham, Of the royal
navy, accompanied Captain Adams, Of
the Arctic, on his whaling voyage for
the purpose Of making a scientific in
yestigatiOn In the northern regions. He
left Dundee, and Intended to be present
st the British association meeting at
Bradford.
Year: 1873

New YORK, September 20.-AnOther
story in connection with the suspension
Of the Union trust company is that tho
excitement OF yesterday 50 unnerved the
secretary that instead Of calling in three
million dollars he made mistake and
only called for three hundred thousand,
thus leaving the company without funds
and causing its suspension. The friends
OF the secretary are positive be has no
participation in any dekalcation thar
may have occurred in the Institution.
Year: 1873

Cutting Through the r ocky Ntountains---W by


IL is ts be DOne


From the Black Hawk Journal of June 18th,
we obtain the following particulars regarding
the proposed tunnel through the Rocky Noun
tains


The tunnel will be about twelve miles long.
It's greatest depth will be 200 feet, at James
Peak. Ii will make Middle Park readily aceessi-
Dle from the eastern portion OF the Territory !;
will show what is the mineral and geological
character Of this section, and will tolerably ex-
tensively advertise the country the scene OF
an enterprise twice as large and hundred times
a. import ant as the Mount Cenis tdnnel. Col.
Heaton will use the diamond-pointed drills. and
titus not be obliged to keep in operation mum
erous blacksmith shops. They will be driven by
machinery, and it is expected that the tunnel
will progress at the rate OF five feet per hour, or
sixtv feet per day. Early next year work will
commence from Middle Park.


Already considerable work has been DONE
The mountain has been graded down for the
faco of the tunnel flume 800 feet long has
been built FROM the creek by which fall OF
twenty-five feet il obtained for the purpose Of
turning an oyershot wheel, by OF which the
tunnel Is to be supplied with air strong levee
has been built to prevent the waters OF the
creek from oyerhDwlng aud embarrassing opera
tions in the tuunel. large boarding house, six
ty by twenty five feet and two stories high, has
been built substantial bridge has been built
over the creek on the road leading to the Lake
Gulch country,


The objects Of the tunnel are to afford a
means OF working the discovered mines rapidly
and cheaply. to discover and open new veins and
TO afford track for railway. 1t will strike the
BJbtal first OF known mines, and four hundred
feet below the present tunnel. The effects of
the success OF this enterprise hardly be estl-
mated. II may cause TO pass through our sec
ton and under our mountains all or nearly all
the trbns-continental travel.


NV hu maj tlaG MaAr Tftn-
uel Company Of Colorado have ample capital
aud push the project rapidly to completion
Though the enterprise is Of such magnitude AZ
10 dazzle the imagination and 10 stRgger and be-
wilder the Judgment. yet II the mining resources
Of the country are what We all believe them to
he it is not chlmsrical, aud is sure to be the
source Of profit to the company and of incalcula-
BILE benefit to the Territory,
Year: 1873

Somebody has stopped a newspaper
because there were so many crimes and
accidents in it. Rather a sensible man.
A boy can hardly cut his finger, but
the papers have a full account of the ac-
cident, with biographical sketch of the
family and of the attending physician
If it be an illustrated paper, there must
be portraits of the parties and an engrav-
ing of the knife; the same pictures an
swering, however, for frequent occasions
This kind of journalism is not very cred
liable, nor very profitable to the COM
munity, and to many of us it is not very
agreeable. But the public taste, encour-
aged and stimulated by the journals that
cater it, demands great deal of this kind
of news. We suppose that if a paper
should print what certain families had
for dinner and what they talked about
at breakfast, it would have an immense
circulation; and we have thought that
the plan might not be altogether beyond
the grasp of those enterprising key-hole
journalists whose chief success is in the
betrayal of gentlemanly confidence and
in the invention of what they fail to see
or to hear with the most persistent eff
forts.
Year: 1873

THE REASON WHY.-The immediate
cause of premature fading or blanching of
the hair is an obstruction of the oil vessels
which afford the coloring matter The re-
mote causes may be general i'll health,
trouble of mind, etc. Hence, in order to
restore its natural color and beauty the oil
vessels must be restored to their normal
condition. 1t is on this principle that Ma
TURE s HAIR RESTORATIVE is compound
ed, and it has proved complete success,
wherever faithfully applied 1t is not a
poisonous dye, consequently the effect is
gradual, and in severe cases two or three
bottles are necessary to produce the desir-
ed result See advertisement.