smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873




THE Sort OF MEN THAT WOMEN LIKE
BEsT.-We know that men naturally shrink
from the attempt to obain companions who are
their superiors; but they will find that really
Intelligent women, who possess the most desir-
able qualities, are uniformly modest, and hold
their charms In modest estimation.


What such women most admire 10 men is gal.
lantry, not the gallantry Of courts aud fops, but
boldness, courage, devotion and refined civility.
A man bearing wins ten superior women where
his boots and brains win one. If man stand
before woman with respect for himself and
fearlessness OF her, his suit is half won. The
rest may safely be left to the parties most inter-
ested. Therefore never be afraid of a woman.
Women are the most harmless and agreeable
creatures in the world to man who shows that
he has got mans soul in him. If you have
not got the spirit to come up to the test like
this, you have not got that in you which most
plesses a high-soued woman, and you will be
obliged to content yourself with the simple girl
who, in quiet way is eDdeavoring to attract
and fasten you. But don't be in hurry about
the matter. 1t ism t creditable to you Especial
y don't imagine that any disappointment in
love which takes place before you are twenty
one years old will be of any material damage to
you. The truth is, that before man is twenty
five years old he does not know what he wants
himself So don't be in hurry. The more
of a man you become and the more manliness
you become capable of exhibiting in your as
sociation with women, the better wife you will
be able to obtain and one years possession of
the heart and hand of really noble specimen
of her sex, is worth nine hundred and ninety
nine years possession of sweet creature with
two ideas in her head and nothing new to say
about either of them. So don't be in hurry,
we say again. You don't want wife now, and
you have no idea of the kind of wife you will
want by-and-by. Go into female society if you
can find that which will improve you, but not
otherwise.
Year: 1873

The Loudoun Enterprise, which has been
strictly neutral in politics since its establishment
nearly three years SINCE in its last issue ran up
the ticket of Kemper, Withers and Daniel to
its masthead, convinced, as it says, THAT the
time has come when every citizen of Virginia,
who truly loves the homer and welfare Of the
State, should do all within the limits of his
power and ability to shield her from the evils
with which she is threatened by the tremendous
effort now being made By the radical party to
obtain possession Of her Government


Loudoun, like Augusta, is noble old county
and will give good account of herself on the
4th of November next. La the better days of
the past Augusta was wont to challenge that
county to contest of majorities. She again
throws down the gauntlet. not doubling but
that chivalrons Loudoun will unhesitatingly
take it up. We put her upon her guard by as
suring her that Augusta is girdiag up her loins
for vigorous exertion. Unless we greatly mis-
take the spirit which is now awakened In the
bDsoms of our people, Augusta will give such a
majority for the Conservative ticket as will add
additional honor and glory to her name. 1t is
only in an important crisis 10 the affairs of our
State, like that which at present exists, that
she exerts her gigantic strength to its full extent
but when she does, she strikes with the force
of thunderbolt. In this canvass every Con-
servatiye should consider himself canvasser.
Year: 1873

Government bonds affected by the downward
turn in gold and prices were lower but firm at tho
decline the market closing the basis of 2l3Gl2ls
for sxty-sevens. Fisk q Hatch report follows at
Year: 1873

MEN AND WOMEN IN SUMaER.-Meet
fellow-man when the thermometer is up
among the nineties, and you see him
mopping the sweat from his face, digging
the dust from his eyes, his paper collar
wilted, his linen coat streaked with sweat,
and exclaims: "Hot! Why never saw
such weather. He tells you how the
rubber in his suspeuders has melted and
run together; how he could wiring pints
of water from his clothing; how he has
lost five pounds OF flesh in ten days;
how the sun has crisped his boots ana
ruined his eyesight, and he starts of with
the remark: "Never saw anything like
it," Now meet lady, and what do you
see? Clean white dress, dainty collar,
jaunty tie, hair nicely combed, eyes
bright and smiling, no dust-everything
as tidy and orderly as il the weather was
October. She dosen't hurry bit, stops
now and then right in the sun, cuts the
air with her parasol as II she had no use
for it, and always manages to just escape
the furious cloud Of dust coming up or
down the street. There are no inquiries
about the state OF the thermometer, no
longing looks at sodawater signs and ice
wagons, and no application of the hand
kerchief. She does not hurry, does not
dash for the shade Of six.foot awnings.
and hang to the spot, waiting for cloud
to pass over the sun, and when she taxes
car it seems to matter little whether
all the windows are up or whether they
are down. How on earth do they man
age it?
Year: 1873

usrru1 FAcrs.-A bell rung under
water returns tone as distinct as 1t rung
in the air. Stop one ear with the finger
and press the other to the end OF long
stick, and if watch be held at the other
end Of the wood, ticking will be heard,
be the wood stick ever 80 long. lie q
poker in the middle of strip of flannel
two or three feet long, and press your
thumbs or fingers into your ears, while
YOU swing your poker against an IRON
fender, and you will hear a sound like
that of heavy church bell. These ex,
periments prove that water. wood ana
flannel ure good conductors OF sound. for
the sound OF the bell, the watch and the
fender passes through the water and along
the deal and fannelto the ear, and excite
in us the sense of sound. Sound OF all
kinds, it is ascertained, travels at the
rate OF fifteen miles in minute. Inc
softest whisper travels as fast as the most
tremendous thunder. The knowledge OF
this fact has been applied to the measure
ment of distance. Suppose ship IN dis.
tress fires gun. the light OF which Is
seen on shore, or by another vesse,
twenty seconds before report IS hearu
it is known to be distance OF twenty
times 1,143 feet, or little more thai
four and half miles.
Year: 1873

There was fellow here once by
the name of Jim Smiley, in the win
ter of '49-or may be it was the spring
of '5O-I don't recollect exactly, some
how, though what makes me think it
was one or the other is because | re-
member the big aume wasn't finished
when we first came to the camp; but
any way, he was the curiousest man
Year: 1873

Perhaps ten ortwenty millions IN fresh
greenbacks will convert sufficient pro-
portion of the nine hundred millions ow-
ing to the banks from bad debts into
good ones to demonstrate the prudence
of the bank managers, but We doubt it.


Lastly, a few words asto the great idol,
the balance of trade. We are now export
ing more than We are importing: UD
because we are selling very cheap; (2)
because the English have experienced
tremendous rise in prices and We are not
able to pay for their wares; (3) the Eng
lish, being already somewhat in trouble
from short crops, labor unions, scarcity
of coal, etc., and foreseeing a great deal
more, are drawing in and refusing to buy
our securities as they have been doing
for the last five or six years. Now our
farmers are already in trouble because
We have been selling their stuff so cheap.
The English are getting more and more
in trouble every day, and We, in the great
cities, expect to be as "prosperous" and
extravagant as ever. All we need, the
doctors tell US, is little more green
paper! Not so. We must come down to
bread and water and pay our debts. We
have no choice in the matter. We must
continue to send out of the country more
valuable things than We bring into the
country until John Bull gets on his legs
again. John Bull is sick, and the farm
ers are sick, and the trade of peddling
railroad bonds is annihilated. Will Mr..
Richardson's greenbacks repair broken
china, or enable John Bull to give our
farmers more for wheat? That is the
question. The reverse we have met with
is simply the beginning Of the inevitable
transition from prosperous to pinching
times, and brandy will do us no good
IN. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1873

dangling among his legs, and they, the
negroes, not the legs, elected him to the
Senate. He got into that body by a
tight squeeze, and ought not to have got
in at all, being no more o Citizen of
Mississippi than Queen Victoria is cit
izen OF Paducha. He and Alcorn did
not get along well together. Two tom
cats, tied in tow sack, would have
been more harmonious, if not more mel
odious than they. Ames thought Alcorn
was bad man, whose hard heart would
not relent if the Kuklux killed fifty mig
gers day, while Alcorn freely gave it
as his private opinion that Ames was a
id fool. As the people of Mississippi
had no particular stock in either Of these
men, they did not weep at the solemn
spectacle.
Year: 1873

TIE report OF the Agricultural Depart
ment for August and part Of September
has been made up and shows that the
wheat crop Of the entire country will
reach two hundred and fifty millions bush
els, ofwhich Minnesota furnishes the un'
precedented yield Of thirty million bush
els. IN some States the crop Is below the
average but in others largely in the in
crease. The cotton crop yield is cstima.
led at four million bales and the report as
10 /, Is generally favorable.
Year: 1873

A GENTLEMAN of large means in Wcs-
ion offers to furnish capital to start o fac
,ory there for the manufacture Of fire
brick or ear,henware II any good practicaI
potter will come forward to take charge
Year: 1873




The history of Los Angeles, from its
early settlement by the Jesuits to the
present day, would fill large quarto
volume, and ifproperly written by some
person competent to undertake the
task, would be extremely interesting
reading. It's romance and stirring
epocs, the legends and traditions of its
early history, its capture from the
Mexicans by the American troops, and
its frequent scenes of carnage and vio-
lence since, might all be interviewer
with most powerful dramatic effect
without impairing its historic faith
fulness, or doing injustice to the men,
ory Of the characters of whom it
must necessarily speak. In this con-
nection there are two facts which cam
not be denied: first, there is an urgent
and frequent inquiry on the part of
new citizens and visitors for re-
liable information pertaining to
our early history, and second, that
such history has never been written.


The links which at present are in
tact and which connect us with the
most interesting periods of our his
tory will soon be broken. In few
years, Don Pho Pico, Don Juan War
ner, Don Juan Forster, +. P. F. Tenn
pie and the few other "oldest inhabit-
ants" will have followed Don Abel
Stearns and other intelligent early
settlers to their long homes, and the
golden opportunity which now re-
mains to us Of collecting reliable data
for a history of Los Angeles, will have
been forever lost.


Immediate and active measures
ought to be taken, either through the
medium of Geographical Society, or
by the assumption of the duty by the
Chamber of Commerce, for the COLA
ton of all available data pertaining to
our history, with view to its publica-
ton in book form just as soon as suffi-
cient reliable information is obtained
to.warrant it.


There are doubtless many citizens
throughout the county who might, if
they felt inclined, contribute each an
interesting chapter or page to such a
work, and to all such we will say that
the columns of the HERALD are at all
times open, and one or more copies of
the paper containing their productions
shall be placed at the disposal of any
organization which will assume the
management of the matter, or placed
on file in the Historical Department OF
our Public Library. But matter OF
such vast Importance ought not to be
left entirely to the inclination and
caprice Of those who hold the keys to
the history of the past. Most of these
gentlemen are far ADVANCED in years,
and would much prefer telling their
story under the shade of their hospita-
BILE corridors to writing it themselve s
1t is truthful if homely adage that
"What is everybody's business is no.
body's."


Some competent person, who knows
something of our history himself
should be employed and paid for the
labor of collecting the facts for the
work we have suggested. He should
commence the undertaking now, this
very month, and devote his whole
time to the duty until it is accom-
plished. Who is the right man for
the place? We nominate Don Juan
Warner.
Year: 1873

Those who admire the writings of Mr..
George ID. Prentice will be pleased to
read the following extract again:


1T can not be that earth Is mans only
abiding-place. 1t can not be that our
life is bubble cast up by the ocean of
eternity to float a moment upon its waves
and sink into nothingness. Else why is
it that the high and glorious aspirations
which leap like angels from the temple
Of our hearts are forever unsatisfied? ?
Why is it that the rainbow and clouds
come over US with beauty that is not
Of earth, and then pass off to leave us to
muse ON their loyelinesss Why is il
that the stars, which hold their festival
around the midnight thrones are set
above the grasp of our limited faculties,
forever mocking us with their unap-
proachable glory? And finally, why is
it that bright forms of human beauty
are presented to our view and taken from
us, leaving the thousand streams of our
affection to flow back like Alpine torrents
upon the hearth We are born to higher
destiny than of earth. There is realm
where the rainbow never fades, where
the stars will spread out before US like
the islands that slumber on the ocean. |
and where the beautiful beings which
pass before US like shadows will stay in |
our presence forever"
Year: 1873

When purchasing hogs, be sure that
you get those from an established breed.
This Is much cheaper and better way
than 10 attempt 10 establish breed, as
Il is more than likely the attempt will
result IN an utter failure. Purchase only
pure bred hogs. and such as will take on
1t aud ma sIre early.
Year: 1873

Few men who handle horses
give proper attention to the feet
and legs. Especially is this
the case on farms. Much time
is spent in rubbing, brushing,
and smoothing the hair on sides
and hips, but at no time are the
feet examined and properly
cared for. Now be it known
that the feet Of a horse requires
more care than the body; they
need ten times as much, for in
one respect they are almost the
entire horse. All the groom
ing that can be done won't avail
anything if the horse is forced
to stand where his feet will be
filthy. In this case the feet
will become disordered, and
then the leg gets badly out of
fix, and with bad feet and bad
legs there is not much else Of
the horse fit for anything. Sta
Bile prisons generally are ter
ribly severe on the feet and
legs Of horses, and unless these
buildings can afford dry room
where a horse can walk around,
lie down, or roll over, they are
not half so healthy and COM
Portable to the horse as the pas
ture, and should be avoided by
all good hostlers in the con-
trv
Year: 1873

H { 4


L think, that when we cut
a garment, that, sometimes, we
have some very close cross-cut-
tings; and if | am to cut out
a garment to fit sloven, | sup
pose | might just as well get
about it. 1t is no harder than
to spend all my time on old
logs, with this old saw ofmine,
| might just as we'll take up an
old pair of shears, and cut off
some Of the tangled locks, found
on Mr. Sloven's head, or cut
out a garment to fit him, as not
for who under the Sun, can bear
to sit down and see men, who
might be of sublime usefulness;
past ruin themselves, for lack
of decency and taste.


What a pity it is, to see a
preacher, too indifferent about
the nicely of dress, to keep
clean, and fit to be seen in So
cietv What must he the feel
ings of tasteful ladies and gen
tlemen, while listening to a SER
mon from man whose clothes
are nearly off his back and
what are hanging on him, torn
and dirty, when a few stitches
and a little soap and water
would set things in a lit
tie more decent shape. But
says some one this may cut
closely do you triae with my
poverty ? no sir! but | do alb
hor your dirt while water and
soap are so abundant. If a
man has health, he need not be
a sloven. If his clothes are
old, for manners sake, let him
keen the rents seWed up.


Keep clean firstly, and Sec
ondly, keep clean, and thirdly
keep clean, and your head
combed; and if you are a
preacher, don't go so slovenly
that your friends and brethren
are ashamed to own you; nor
so careless about your appear
ance, that the little boys and
girls in town, are led to make
sport of you and bore your
friends about you, when you are
gone. Old Cross-Cut must
shave away, and by-the-by tell
some truth--in an odd manner
that will do some folks good,
if they take the hint; and if
they don't we will have to cut
closer next time, and so that it
will hurt we fear,


Cross Cur.
Year: 1873




Yes, our temperance organiza'
tions not only do good, but they
do good in a variety of ways.


Leaving the question of temper
ance entirely out of view, the
Friends Of Temperance are doing
q great deal in the way of distrib-
uting the word Of Life. Every can
didate initiated into our Order I'll
the Councils do their duty is pre-
sented with copy Of the New Tes-
lament. In this city alone, we
doubt not five hundred copies have
been distributed since the organi-
zation of Oak Council, in 1867.


Who will say that is not a good
work2


The Friends Of Temperance are
Bible and tract distributing agen-
cy, but a charitable institution al
so. Many a loaf of bread, and
many stick ofwood, that has been
furnished to sick and needy cases,
of which the world knew nothing.


Who will say that is not a good
work?


Another most important work in
which the Friends of Temperance
are engaged, is that of harmonizing
the conflicting opinions and ele-
ments Of society, and making a
brotherhood and sisterhood of all
classes, whether rich or poor, and
elevating them all to a high moral
standard; thus preparing the way
for the reign Of that peace which is
of the Gospel.


Who will say that is not a good
work?


Another good work which the
Friends of Temperance are doing,
and will continue to do, is the
bringing Of the young men of the
country into notice and prominence,
and training them, making them to
realize, in their youth, that there is
work for them to do, and that they
are expected to do it,


We regard this as most impor-
tant feature in our economy, and
already we are beginning to see the
good fruits of it, Our young men
are the most jealous, active and eff
icient laborers, and in many cases
the most prudent. Many of them
have held the highest position in
our Order, and their conduct has
more that met the expectations of
those who honored them.


The recent President Of the State
Council of the great State of Vir-
ginia, was young man; but under
no previous administration did the
Order prosper more than under
his. The present President is q
young man, and he is, in every re-
spect, as good an officer as his pred
ecessor. The President and Asso-
ciate Of the State Council of North
Carolina are young men; but not
too young to exert influence and
accomplish good. a


Far from it.


We have had no officers who
accomplished more good in the
same space Of time.


Then, who will say, that our Or
der is not doing good, independ-
entity of its temperance fertgreY


We are doing good in the com
munity-for the community-for
State, and especially for the young
men of the country.


Who would not be a Friend of
TemperanceS-Fyiend, Of Temp er-
dace.
Year: 1873

Last fall, Mr.. Spencer, who has a
farm near Elk Rapids, Mich, filled
pit in his field with potatoes, Gov
ering them only with boards and
potato-tops! During the night
snow fell, and he was unable to
cover them with earth, and they re-
mained in this condition until last
week, when the covering of snow,
potato-tops and boards was removed
and the potatoes found to be en-
tirely untouched by frost. Perhaps
the most remarkable fact connected
with this is that q coflee-pot half-full
of water which was left standing
on the ground beside the potato pit
and was covered with snow only to
the depth of one foot, was found to
be as free from ice as when placed
there last fall. u.ibT
Year: 1873




The CAUSE OF IT.--The Modoo
war is directly traceable to that
band of thieves employed by the
Government Of the United States in
its intercourse and dealings with the
aborigines. They buy their lands
and agree to pay them in agreed
upon sums. The money
is duly drawn from the Treasury
and the agent for its disbursement
then forms partnership with lot
of swindlers who accompany him
to the stations, and instead of pay
ing the cash, they pay off in cheap
toggery--in beds, feathers and Gin.
cinnati whiskey.
Year: 1873

A few days ago, a family
composed of husband, wife and
four children, passed through
Hainesville, Mo-, on their way
to Kansas. The incessant rains
had swollen the streams very
much and rendered many of
them impossible. The family
undertook to cross a stream
running between our town and
Kearpey and found it very swift
and deep, but succeeded in
reaching the opposite side of
the water, when in endeavoring
to rise out of the creek, up a
steep ascent their wagon came
uncoupled, and the team with
the fore wheels ascended the
bank, and the wagon, with the
family, all save the man and one
child that clung to his father,
rolled back into the deep water.
The father disengaged himself
from his child, overcoat and
boots, as soon as he could and
endeayored TO save the rest. By
this time the wagon-bed had
aoated off from The wheels, up
set, and cast its contents into
the boiling, roaring, rolling an
cry stream. Two Of the children
went down in each others arms
and finally sank to rise no more
alive. 'fhe wife and mother
with one child in her arms
floated down with the rapid
current, while the almost crazed
husband struggled hard to reach
and save them, and finally when
nearing them the mother cast
her child from her and cried /:
" for Gods sake save my child"
and sank to die beneath the
muddy current.


The father carried his child
TO- the shore and raised the
alarm. One feature about this
sad affair was thata young man
who stood upon the bank and
saw it all and did not fly to
their relief for fear Of getting
wet or hurt some way. Shame
on such cowardice.


About all the family possessed
was lost The wife was found
the next day, and at last ac-
counts the children were still
missing.


This should teach travellers
caution and warn them from
venturing into swollen strange
streams. 1t also teaches a les
son that life is uncertain; " we
know not what a day may bring
forth"


Bright were the prospects of
that family as they neared the
fatal stream, in ten short min
utes all were dissipated in the
blackest gloom and midnight,
and on the bank stands o be-
reaved, broken-hearted man,
wife gone, darling ones gone,
money gone, and the roaring
rumble of the muddy water
only replied in angry ripple. So
may your sun go down dear
reader. Are you ready for your
fate /? Are you prepared to die /
Answer, honestly answer.
Year: 1873

While travelling across the
State Of Illinois,w we had occasion
to stop at off u certain place
where we had a goodly number
of acquaintances and also some
business to transact. We had
formerly known a mana drug
gist--in the village ; and had
known him to esteem him, as a
good, substantial member of the
Methodist denomination. We
first thought of giving him a
call fop'9ld acquaintance sake,
but soon saw that his store was
closed, and so passed on else
where.


This brings us to narrate the
story intended, and also, the Sc
quel, A few years ago, this
man, whom | shall call M, COM
menced reading the +" Banner
of Light" an organ Of spiritu-
alism, He became a believer
in its baneful teachings and be-
came a most Jealous advocate of
its loose and demoniacal tenets.
He could not travel on the cars
without scattering this infdel
trash along the way, dropping
the sheets where YER he presumed
a reader might pass ; in san
guine hope that some one might
become infected by tho teach
ings of this " "Banner of Dark
ness"