smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

the waist is as much relic of barbarism
as the shaving OF heads, tattooing, etc.
how It originated, or where it became
generally adopted by women, we have
no time to discuss; that it has become
one OF the main causes OF disease and
death among Us isquite sufficient for US
to know.


We frequently hear the argument in
favor of waspish waists that "Gentlemen
admire them" What gentlemen? A
gentleman in recent articles in two well
known and influential magazines, called
for the name Of any gentleman in the
land who admired or desired this beauty"
in the lady he should call Wife" Not
q gentleman responded. No man OF
reason, sentiment, taste, could do SO con-
sistently. Gentlemen admire the rich,
rosy flush of health, the sparkling eye,
the full rounded lip and form which is SO
seldom found except in the country
lassies." That men do love and marry
lassies with fashionable waists" is due
solely to the fact that they admire refine
ment of manners and cultivation of mind
far more than mere physical strength and
beauty. Combine the two attractions,
and woman viii be worshiped as never
before.


Compression OF any part of the body
entails disease. Every muscle should act
freely, every vein and artery should
be swelled with the pulsing life. tide. Let
health have free course and be glorifed.
This implies no deviation from the rules
Of good taste or graceful attire It does
not require that girls should be angular,
or coarse or slovenly. Let any young lady
consult her dressmaker or the fashion
editress OF her paper, and she will learn
that scores Of pretty devices exist, where
by all compression in any quarter may
be avoided, and the dress still preserve
its grace and neatness, with an added
charm OF jauntiness. There are dainty
little jeckets and sacques, which may be
adapted to house and street wear, which
give the requisite looseness without de-
stroying single graceful curve or out
line. There are numerous inventions
which relieve the limbs Of bands of any
sort, which give the muscles Of the feet
freedom of motion, which make health
and refinement grace possible to all.


Mrs. Stowe, in a late article says
"Sins against taste are never pardoned.
You cannot reason with disgusts" All
tive brains and benevolent philanthropy
lists, there is no longer need Of such sins.
A lady may, if she will, (and every sensi-
bic woman will, in time) robe herself in
perfect taste and elegance, and at the
same time without inducing ''all the ills
which (female) flesh is heir to-"


The days of bloomers are past. May
fashionable strangulation and suicide die
with them, and time usher in q genera
ton strong to endure all its shocks, and
fair as our most heavenly dreams and de-
res.-Rurdl Heac Yorker.
Year: 1873

TO draw twice TO iill their glasses. Then
he drew another glass for himself, and
as he gazed first upon the light froth in
his glass and then upon the solid beer in
theirs, the more his amazement grew
While his glass was still before him, one
Of the young men managed TO grease It
and then invited him to iill mp and join
them in parting glass He drew ao'
cordingly, and the four glasses were
alike-holding no foam, but clear beer.
There was a wild look in his eye and a
fading color from the cheeks Of that
expert bcer-drawer as he rushed TO his
stand, seized another glass and drew
into il piled.up mass Of foam. The
loud laugh Of the young men he noticed
not-his mind was all distraught with
the mystery.
Year: 1873

The position of the New Haven Repub-

 lican papers is growing peculiar. If they

 intend supporting MT. Haven for Cove

 nor it is about time they said so. If they

 wait much longer they might as well sup

 port MT. Ingersoll for all the good they

 can do the Republican ticket. If they

 intend supporting MT. Ingersoll, it is

 time they said that, too, for he is as good

 as nominated. ---- -----

 The present condition of things is

 precisely what any sensible man would

 have predicted as the result of the Ferry bolt, last summer. The Republicans who defeated the noniznes of the caucus for Senator must have expected to arouse hostility not only in Hartford but through out the State. f'But," say they. 'tMr: Harrison is not one of us" That is im- material. Mir. Harrison could only claim the nomination because New Haven was entitled to it, and that raises the real question, "Was New Haven one of youw Suppose this matter had been tested by resolution requesting the President to remove Messrs. Sperry and Northrop, would single New Haven delegate have voted for the resolution, or would Mir. Harrison have accepted nomination on such a platform2 Under such ciroum- stances could New Haven reasonably ex- pect that the Convention would be favor ably disposed toumrdsa their demand. Hartford might have claimed with some show of reason that the nomination of New Haven man, this year, would be practical endorsement of New Haven's course, last year. While we admit that the Convention would have acted more wisely had it disregarded all such consid- erations, is not New Haven acting still more unwisely in arousing more bad blood by another bolt? The Republican party of Connecticut is just now trundling over one of the oldest, broadest. and easiest of roads, whose end there is no need of a Yale professor to point out
Year: 1873

The clements were once propitious and last Thursday eve an audience of full four hundred greeted Dr. Holland. It was an extremely popular lee ure. The men were especially delighted. To think that if the world is not some where near, at least, to what it ought to be thirty years hence, that it will all be the fault of the mothers of the land, is highly consoling to the aver age masculine mind. It is a wonderful let up on his responsibility. We have al- ways observed that these fine flowing sentences and nicely rounded periods to the mothers of America go directly to the popular heart. We have long since ceased to wonder that women should shrink from the awful responsibility of maternity, when the education of the young is to be left alone to them. It is high time that somebody had the courage to say ''a word, just one word, to the fathers ofAmerica. Butyou see that would not be quite so easy nor popular either. The women having been thoroughly schooled in subiection quietly bear it, while my lord sits by, sun ny as May morning, to see it laid on. ''She endorses it ?'' Of course, she is brought up to it. ...s. .....

 In the beginning the Almighty God said he would make help meet for man, not a do aU. And where, either in the Jewish or Christian dispensation, is it taught that the education of children and youth'is to to be done by the mothers? Ellis sons did evil before the Lord Sand he restrain ed them not" It is not laid to Ellis wife. This theory that the mother can make her boys what ever she wishes is false in prac- tice. We have seen father damn out in ten minutes what mother had been as many years in putting in. The boy quotes his father. Mother does not play base ball or swop jack knives. But fath- CT goes to the circus and drives sharp. bargains. , It is the cock that crows for the young ones to learn. while the old hen does the scratching. But we have not room in 8 newspaper article to spread ourselves. we simply give hint to the wise. I,. w.
Year: 1873

tice the gospel Woodruff breaches, yet

 stand ready to stone their prophet! We

 gladly recognize their hostility to woman

 suffrage The other class are good men

 who cannot help seeing, and believing in.

 the present purity of woman. But they

 unconsciously judge her by the coarser

 nature they feel within themselves. and

 attribute that delicacy, which is her choic

 est gift from God, to mans restrictive de vices How often do the subiimest con- servative rhapsodies over the holy infiu- ence of mother, wife, sister, daughter,col- lapse into doubt whether they can with stand ''the corrupting influence of the ballot '" And this, too, in the face of the historical fact that from the harem of the East to the comparative freedom of the West womaf's purity has always in. creased in exact proportion to her inde- pendence! The woman vote may foster bigotry; may unwisely favor severity and repression; it can never. be the tool of iil- morality. Hence in it's effects on all moral questions, it's influence will be con- servative, and nothing but their timidity, and the suspicious natural to conserya- tism, keep it's better class from welcoming 8 measure by which they must greatly benefit.

 : As in Dr. Holland we recognize one. of the mdst genial and pleasant of anti-suf- frage Jeremiahs so we have great faith in his ultimate conversion. When the days Of fighting blundering Charlottesville battles with immortality are over, and when the choice half of our race lead us instead through many Gettysburgh, mayhap to an Appomattox, as we verify believe there is the stuff in such recruits to do, then we count on seeing him among the Jeremiahs no longer anti-suffrage but ani-the-next- thing (for the Jeremiah has his place in the world and fighting nobly in the ranks, not altogether sorry he has survived into the live half of the Nineteenth Century.
Year: 1873

Whereas g malicious partisanship has started an infamous lie regarding the unders gned, with view to degrade him in the eyes of high minded and most intell gent body of electors. THIS IS TO OERTTFY that do not own penny's worth of pecuniary interest Of any kind in the st ok or bonds of the shepaug Valley Railroad Company; that my interest in said concern is to-day what it always has been, no more and no less; that have received no dividend, whether of stock, bonds or cash from said company; that have never transferred to any one and that no one has ever transferred tome any of the stock of sail company that no relative, connection, or po- litical fiend holds or ever has held any stock in said company in trust for me; and I further aver with all humility, yet with unhesitaing con- fdence, that, if elected to Congress, the gift of auence my lightest vote in that honorable body.
Year: 1873

We are in receipt from friends in Flor ida of fa paper containg a letter from Gen. HArdee. full of bitterness against the North and closing with the following re- mark:

 can show you a bed of pure copper in kiorIdAs that you can see on the surface for at least a mile and a half, and it is s1pposed that there is enough to supply all the hints, manufactures and ship yards of the world for century.
Year: 1873

A meeting was held in Bridgeport re- gently favOring the calling Constitution al Convention. Bridgeport is in earnest in the matter, and this will be decidedly the most important question before the naxt legislature.
Year: 1873

It had been our intention to go to the Forty Third Congress from this district ourselves. We were aware that immedi- ately on our nomination the cry would be raised that we owned stock in the She- paug Valley Railroad Company. In an- ticipation of this charge we had prepared the following card which we fancy would have tided over matters till after our de- feat of Mir. Barnum:
Year: 1873

A DETRor boy stood an umbrella, with
cord tied to it, in public doorway. Elev-
en- persons thought that umbrella Was their $
and carried it with them the eugib of the
string. They then suddenly dropped it and
went of without once looking back or stop
ping 10 pick it up again.
Year: 1873

FROZEN KINDNESS. The world il full of
kindness that never was spoken, and that is
not much better than no kindness at all.
The fuel in the stove makes the room warm,
but there are great piles of fallen trees lying
among rocks and on the tops of the hills
where nobody can get them; these do not
make anybody warm. You might freeze to
death for want of wood in plain sight of all


these fallen trees if you had no means of get
ting the wood hone and making a fire with
it. Just SO in family, love is what makes
the parents and brothers and sisters happy;
but if they take care never to say a word
about tiff they keep it profound secret, t.,
as if it were crime, they will not be much
happier than if there was not any love among
them; the house will seem cold even I'm the
Summer, and if you live there, you envy the
dog when any one calls him poor fellow"
Year: 1873

HINTS ABOUT DIET.-Most chronic dis
eases and many acute ones, are Produced at
the table. AS rule no fluid of any kind
should be taken at the table, especially if the
stomach is weak. The stomach should new
er be overloaded; not more than two or three
articles should be taken at the meal no slim
ulants should be used at eating. Tobacco
arrests digestion. Milk is the best diet for
infants and children. Tomatoes with cream
and sugar are healthy and nutritious. Bread
and butter is the staff of life and easily di-
gested. Too much salt irritates the stom-
ach. Colds are frequently Produced by
drinking hot tea and exposure afterwards.
Late suppers induce heart disease. Pastry
and cake constipate the bowels. Boiled po-
tatoes are not SO healthy as baked ones.
Fruits are to be eaten at breakfast and din
ner. The stomach requires much rest to be
healthy. Purgative medicines weaken the
bowels. Cheerful conversation promotes di-
gestion, and anger prevents it.
Year: 1873

We are glad to see prospect for united
action in favor of modification OF the tariff
so far as it affects our Western interests


The tariff as it now stands is great and
unnecessary burden upon the industry of
this coast. Pennsylvania and New England
by united and untiring effort have always
succeeding in building upsand fostering their
manufactures at the expense of the whole
country, and it is time that other localities
look out for their own particular interests.


The Mississippi valley States are gradual
ly waking up to the fact that they have been
imposed upon. The Pacific States should
be ready to act with them, for such changes
are demanded by the common good, and
with such an accession, the free trade col
umn will be strong enough to overcome the
schemng monopolists who have so long laid
the farmers of the West under contribution.
And while our Granger friends are so busy
fighting monopolies, it would be good idea
to give some attention to the greatest mo-
nopolies, high tariff for class protection.


The tariff falls on California farmers with
crushing weight. The tax on jute and
bagging alone abstracts a heavy sum from
their earnings every year. Over 16,OOO,
0OO grain bags are used every yer, and
the number is increasing Not only is tax
levied on the new bags, but after being filled
with wheat and exported, the old bags must
again go through the Custom House and
pay duty. The people Of the State feel
this burden and desire its removal. The
only way to accomplish such reform is to
follow the example Of New England, and
work for the desired end in season aud out
of season, subordinating all other matters to
this important object, and smothering all
minor quarres which impair our strength
and influence Los Angeles Herald.
Year: 1873

OUR NEW IMPROVED MACHINE


Stands without a rival, and should find its
way into every family. 1t has reached the
highest state of perfection of the Sewing Ma
chine yet produced, and its sales are constant
ly. increasing throughout the world.
Year: 1873

Here is true dog story: A family
down town having s-false CRATE IN one
O. the rooms OF the house, placed some
red paper behind it to give the effect OF
fire. One OF the coolest days this win
ter the dog belonging to the household
came in from out OF doors, and seeing
the paper in the CRATE, deliberately
walked up to it and laid down before it,
curled up il the best way to receive the
glowing heat as it came from the fire
He remained motionless for few MI
nutes feeling no warmth he raised
his head and looked over his shoulder
a, the CRATE; still feeling no heat he
arose and carefully applied his nose to
the CRATE and smelt Of it 1t was af
cold as ice With look OF the most
supreme disgust, his tail curled down
between his legs, every hair on his body
saving "Tm sold" the dog trotted out
OF the room, not even deignng to cast
a look at the party in the room who
had watched lis actions and lsug he'd
30 heartily at his misfortunes, That
dog had reason as we'll as instinct
Year: 1873

The wife of Marshal Bazaine, though
deeply affected by the dreadful suspense
she is undergoing, does not lose courage.
She deems her husband entirely innocent,
and asserts that she has never for mo-
ment doubted that the marshal will be
honorably acquitted. This lady, now
about twenty-five years of age, is very
handsome-very firmly devoted to her
husband, and very boldly acts in his
defence whenever the opportunity pre-
sents itself. She is a Mexican by birth,
and brought the Marshal an enormous
fortune. She now resides at Versailles
with her two children, in a very retired
manner, her only occupation being to
visit the Marshal and make daily appeals
to all such persons as she supposes may
be of service to him. Since the COM
mencement of the trial, Mme la Mare
chale finds it more difficult, however, to
see her husband; still she is not cut off
from all communication with him, and
it is noticed that after her visits he is
much more cheerful, less restless than
before She makes no light of the
charges against him-dwells so much
and so constantly upon her entire belief
in his innocence of all wrong intent, as
to greatly encourage the Marshal, who,
for some time after her visit, writes less
and remains more quiet. She talks to
the Marshal of his approaching acquittal
of their immediate departure for Pau
"a watering place the Marechale mucl
likes, and assures him that, in her So
ciety and that of his children, he will
forget Ine gr1eT anu suspense OF Jne UrIaI
and its proceeding captivity. La Mare
chale is very pious. She is devoted
Catholic, and insists upon holding re-
ligious converse with her husband very
frequently. He listens most patiently
to all her explanations and very respect
fully remains quiet during her long and
ardent prayers.
Year: 1873

After the crash of '57, when every
body was almost scared to death and
croakers predicted that the country had
gone to smash, dry goods house was
opened in this city, which proceeded on
the principle that in order to reach the
boarded money in the pockets of the peo-
pie the proprietors must sell at very
reasonable prices and advertises very
largely. They worked vigorously upon
this principle. Their brother merchants
who did not advertise predicted that the
new conner would be ruined, as they
paid too much for advertising Never
theless, they persisted. In single day
they paid five hundred dollars in gold
to the Daily Wisconsin, for advertising,
and at the end of seven years they re-
tired from business with fortune of
one hundred thousand dollars, while the
other merchants on the same street, some
of them opposite their store, had failed.
-Mslacaukee, Wisconsin.


The New York Post, in copying this
paragraph, says:


eve remember a similar instance
among our own advertisers in the panic
of 1857. A merchant continued his
advertisement in our columns through
the whole period of stagnation, and not
withstanding many predictions that it
wouldn't pay His testimony afterward
was that his sales were steady and bis
profits satisfactory, while many a mer-
chant around him who couldn't afford
to advertise, saw his clerks stand idle
behind the counter


A financial panic does not mean that
no one has any money. There is plenty
of money in the country, and those who
hoard it are just the ones to be eager
for the bargains which a fall in prices
holds out. But to buy they must know
where to buy, and the merchant who
tells them will receive their cash"
Year: 1873

THE SELF-KILLED WHALE.-A story
comes to us from London of whale that
committed suicide by hanging itself by
the TAIL Some time ago the East India
cable suddenly refused to work, and a
steamer went to see what was the mat
ter When the spot where the defect
was supposed to be had been reached,
and the cable was raised, an immense
whale appeared along with it on the
surface. The animal, of course, was
dead and its body already far advanced
in decomposition. The tail, though it
measured twelve feet in diameter, was
still well preserved, and twice firmly en-
tangled in the cable. 1t is supposed that
the whale tried to rid itself of the para
sites which greatly aflict animals of this
kind, by rubbing its body against a por-
tion of the cable where it hung over a
precipice at the bottom of the sea, and
thus got entangled past the possibility
of extraction.


HARD TO TELL.-Not long since very
nervous lady took passage at the Tip
Top House, to descend by the almost
perpendicular railroad. Her fears were
apparent to every one, and the following
unique dialogue took place between her
and the concuctor:


Lady-"Mr Conductor, how do you
hold these cars when you want to make
stop?"


Conductor Madam, we apply the
brake, which you see there


Lady-"Suppose, Mr.. Conductor that
brake should give way, what do you do
then p


| Conductor Madam, we then apply
the double acting brake, which you see
at the other end of the cars
/ Lady-"But, Mr.. Conductor, suppose
that brake should not be sufficient te
check the cars, where will we 90 to
then %


Conductor Madam, I can't decide
That depends entirely upon how you
have lived in this world
Year: 1873

A long communication from a hard-f listed miner of Mohave county, now on He, contains little too much bone for the meat that is in it, yet we may try to stew something out of it. Short, sharp, newsy communications are the kind we and our subscribers like to have.
Year: 1873

Ths circulation of tho MINER being considerably great or haa that of any Arizona PaPe business men sv srywhere will find t advantageous to make knowA tAer business In its advertising columns

 Tbers s not tovn village, military post farming or mining settlement the Territory n which the paper does not eala and copies Of t are sent every State and Tsrro,y of the Uaon which, coupled with it's ago and .AadlnS make 1t very desirable advertising medium,
Year: 1873

WHirEwAsH THAT WILL Nor RUE OFF - Mix half pailiull of lime and water; take pint of flour and make starch of it, and pour 1t into the whitewash while hot. Stir it well. and make ii ready for nse
Year: 1873

A COMIC incident happened the other
night at the Tcatro Apollo. Rome.
during the performance Of u ballet.
In the middle Of the stage large


fountain was sending forth spray OF
real water amid the applause OF the
spectators. All at once the Jet fell.
tho water ceased. aud at the same
time crowd of frightened ladies. in
all manner of undress, bounded across
the stage. The scene may be imagined;
nor did the excitement OF the public
end even when the curtain was low
cred and all hands called to the pumps.
Year: 1873

A Kansas man dropped little note
to neighbor's wife, inviting her to
meet him under the pale silver moon:
The husband. got the note first, and
kept theI appointment; Two doctors
have been at work on the Kansas man,
in whom they found a rich lead mine.
Year: 1873

is my face dirty = asked a young
lady from the back woods on a steam
boat running from Cairo to New Or
leans. Dirty No. Why do you ask?'
Because that insulting waiter insists
upon putting a towel beside my plate
I've thrown three under the table. and
every time he eoMos around he puts an.
other one before me