smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

The following interesting statistics in
regard TO the production of iron in the
Marquette district we gather from the
Lake Superior Miner: Rapid as has been
the development of the iron interest of
Lake Superior, the year 1867 stands ont in
its history as unprecedented. A decade
has scarcely passed since the first shipment
of iron ore from the mines Of Marquette
county was made and yet the grand result
of the year Just closed is half million
tons-equal to one-fourth of the entire
product of the United States. The popu-
lation Of the country, as made mp from re.
liable estimates, has been increased during
the year by about 1000. The total popu-
lation now cannot fall short of 1900,
showing an increase Of forty per cent. The
following is a comparative statement Of
the production q iron ore ard pig iron in
Marquette county from 1855 to 1867 in
Year: 1868

Every department Of business has an imme-
diate interest in the markets Of the country, and
In its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails TO keep himself properly ad-
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets. as
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply,
and the relative condition of the currency. is
exposed to constant loss, and must necessarily
tall behind his more intelligent and enterprisins
neighbors. In order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue to
make this SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign, by tele-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up a. heavy
expense. have challenged the commendstion OF
our best business men; while our current Finan-
sial Reports from all the leading u.oney centre
Of the country are fuller than have ever


published by any other journal in Tennessee
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
peopis to he self-reliant. and shall do what we
may be able 10 induce the establishment Of
manufactures In our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end we win pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturinE
ana exert ourselves to encourage the diversiii-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

THE unfortunate Arehduke Henry of
Austria has been severely punished for his
ofiense in marrying the pretty singer, Mile.
Hoffman. Not only has he been deprived
Of his command, but large portion Of his
revenues have been taken from him. The
marriage is null according to the domestic
law Of the imperial family, because il has
been entered into without the assent Of the
Emperor. and yet it is valid in the eyes Of
the church.
Year: 1868

A New York correspondent of Chi
oago cotemporary, speaking of the hard
times, says:


There is no doubt there is at present
more cause for such an outcry than
almost ever before. Beggars-usualiY
men who look as if they are able to earn
a living-will stop the wayfarer, espe-
cially in the side streets, to beg for
money enough for meal of victuals or
a nights lodging. The police stations
are overcrowded every night by appli-
cants for the privilege of shelter for the
night; and these applicants all tell the
same story of want of work, and Of ina
bility to support their families. AS yet
there have been no cases of violence, but
it is difficult to say when the wide spread
destitution may not lead desperate men
to deeds from which in happier times
they would shrink with honest horror.
q Most of the manufacturing
establishments are running on short time,
and quite a number have suspended ope-
rations. The great machine shops of
the city employ only about half the
hands they did couple of years ago.
Working men are pertinaciously urged
by the New York Tribune to "go out
West" but they did not know how or
where tc go, and, perhaps, would fare no
better when they got out there.


In the mercantile circles the failures,
numerous as they are, do not nearly ap.
proach in numbers the compromises and
private arrangements, known only to in
solvent firms and to their creditors.
Year: 1868

Yesterday afternoon a young man, a
painter by trade, named Patrick Russell,
and we'll known in the community, met a
sudden and awful death, under the fol-
lowing circumstances: He had been en-
ployed to repaint the spire of the First
Presbyterian Church, and had rigged up
the necessary seat-ladders and pulleys to
effect the job. Returning from his dinner
Yesterday afternoon, he ascended the
steeple from the stairway inside the edi-
fee until he got to the last and highest
window in the church, distance from
the ground of about one hundred and
fifty feet. Here his outside operations
had to begin, and while getting out Of the
window to the rope to which his seat was
attached, be lost his hold and was pre-
cipitated to the ground. BE struck the
successive projections of the steeple in
his fall to the roof Of the main edifce,
down which he rolled to the caves aud
fell into the lane south of the church,
striking the iron railing in his descent
OF course when he was picked up he was
fearfullJ mangled and dead. The de-
ceased was native Of Harlem, New
York; has left no family; has been in
Savannah for some time, and was FOR
merly an employe of Messrs. Murphy Il
Clark. His remains we're taken TO the
City Hospital.-SaCdnndh NeIcs and
Herald, Sh inst
Year: 1868

CANADA is said to have war of sexes
in prospect. 1t is reported that rival
petitions are in circulation in some parts
of the province of Ontario, one signed
by ladies chiefly, against issuing any
license to sell liquor, and the other from
the young men that the restriction as to
the number of liquor dealers may be re-
moved.
Year: 1868

Ar Mound City, in Illinois, there are
eight monitors laid up; and as the care
of them is rather a costly and trouble
some job, it is proposed by the people
living there to excavate basin, at cost
ofSlOO, 900, in which they may be allowed
to rot or rust without further expense.
Year: 1868

ces, its sure result here was an ante
mortem examination, whose graceful
eloquence was moro powerful than an
hundred lectures upon physical edu-
cation, and hUre was the consummate
flower OF our female e-civilization.


Imagine such spectacle as this in
tho streets of New York, Boston or
Philadelphia even fifty years ago
Our grandfathers and grnndmUihers
would have fed from u as from the
glance of the EVIL One. Yet to-day it
IS arecognized institution to supply a
recognized demand. Woman are dy-
ing by inches; smitten with q sort of
atrophy; lacking in all tho essential
vital forces. Instead Of reaching their
proper perfection in marriage, and
entering upon q moro graceful and
beautiful physical career as wife and
mother, the wedding peal is to often
but prelude 10 the funeral knoll, and
the bridal couoha step TO tho coffin.
In England q woman at thIrty-tive is
in her prime; in America woman at
that age is generally o faded, broken
down invalid, with hardly ability or
energy enough TO put in order her own
room. In England women sixty years
old will take their constitutions" of
six or eight miles without noticing it;
in America young woman who could
walk half tho distance without coming
homo and gong to bed, would be sent
for by Barnum. In England women
recognize the benefit of open air and
abundant exercise; IN America, she
shuns both as though they werS pes
thence. The English, as o race, arc
not detorioratirg; the Americans, as n
race, are. We may bo saw d
from extinction by the new blood
brought into the country by emigra-
ton, but that is apparently our only
hope. When will VIC recognize the
fact that there can be no really sound
mind without n sound body? When
will we obey those simple laws OF
clothing, diet and exercise which lead
to health2 When will we 90 back to
those old fashioned principles and
modes of life which prevailed when the
Republic was


"Nursed by strong men with Empire in their


brains2"


When will we cease 10 sacrifice every
thing which makes life desirable, tC
etiquette and conventionalties
? WheE will women give that attention
10 their physical organization which
they now bestow upon IL few trifinl
accomplishments that never survive the
advent tfthe first occupant of tac nur'
sery2


For our own part, we had rather I
daughter Of ours should have rosy
cheeks, sound lungs, straight limbs
clear head and good appetite, than t
equal Llstz OH the piano, Raphael OF
canvass or be able to ask for he
breakfast in twenty different langua
ges.
Year: 1868

they work at tho sound Of the whistle
or tap of the bell-march to their
boarding houses in long lines like con.
yicts, cat from boarding house tables
and maks excellent slaves. II they
knew their strength they would upset
thir cage, but that sturdy negro there,
with his rod, keeps .hem IN very
nicely.


1t is a very ntco show, my deari-
And now we will sec the fun The
keeper will with his great steal hook,
70 around and draw out The scrip they
earned while We have been looking ut
them, and 1T will serve TO buy vino and
game for our dinners, pianos for our
house, silks for you, and more bonda
for mo


Watch sharp, my dearl You soo
how the poor victims act as the hook
d, avs out their earnings Lean little
back, for some of them have seen N
and talk Ot--RepWdidti0n.


Great God2 But that word makes
me tremble


Now VIC can watch them unobserved1
Sec the farmer hold his aching back
as the hook drags out his earnings


See the widow weep and look with
fearful eyes upon her dyiEg child, as
the hook brings 10 US tho little che has
earned


Sec the laborers rush to tho drunk
ard'Y cup as their earnings are snatch
cd away They say they might rs
we'll spend their money for beer or
whisky as TO support Us bondholders.


Hurry up, Mr.. Keeper-rake out out
all you can-load my carriage and we
will be of to drink the wine and enjoy
the luxrics US bondholdcrs purchase
with the money booked from the vic
Tins that make up our great show.


KISS your fingers to tho victims, my
dear They work better il we notice
them little. Wave your embroidered
handkerchief to the cage we ehanstened
by, that the inmates may see our style
and treat our sons with mere attention.
Rub little of that imported cologne
over my face-the sight of sweat on the
faces of our victims mako mine a little
sticky Don't put your feet up so tar;
wc arc arstocratic nOw-protected
pots of Radicallsm-Gnd must act dis
crcetly
Year: 1868

HOLDEN BROKE LoosE.-Lieut. Governor
Holden delivered bitter speech in San
Francisco last week, in the course of which
he declared that if Grant was elected Presi.
dent by negro votes, ten million bayonets
would rise to prevent his Inauguration. That
kind of talk cannot frighten the Union peo-
pie who stood faithfully by the Government
during the rebellion. If Grant is legally
elected, as he will be-, he will be inaagu-
rated, and all the revolutionary Democrats
in the land cannot prevent it. In making
this declaration Holden merely re-afirms the
violent and revolutionary doctrines enunciat-
ed by Blair and the Democratic platform,
and further illustrates the fact that the Demo
cratic party is fully committed to policy
embracing violence, revolution. and utter
disregard of law and order.
Year: 1868

HE SOLDIERS Vow.-.At the ceremony of
decorating the soldiers graves at St. Louis,
General Carl Schurz concluded his grafton
with the following splendid passage:


Then, in the awful presence of these
eleven thousand graves, let US pronounce
this vow: By every drop of blood that has
been shed in the great struggle by every
moan and sigh of the dying I; by every tear
that has moistened the pale cheek of mother,
widow and orphan; by the terrOrs of death
that swept over our battle fields, and haunt
ed the beds of agony in our hospitals-here
we record the sacred promise that these men
shall not have died in vain that no preju.
dice shall move us from our purpose that
no obstacle, ever so formidable, shall make
us falter in our resolve; that we will not
rest until we can crown their graves with
the monument of the final victory of the
right, until the great American Republic,
one and indivisible, is firmly grounded on
impartial justice and the equal rights of
all. Yes, marching on with the van of the
grand army of liberty, lowering over our
banners as they advance for new struggles,
quickening our resolution with their inspi-
ring presence, striking confusion into the
hearts of our enemies and overwhelming
those who have proved faithless with the
deep damnation of their treachery. So we
will march on together-on and on, united,
fearless, irresistible, until the grand consum-
nation is reached so that when we lay down
our heads mankind may bless us, as we now
bless those who have preceded u.s."
Year: 1868

ORGANIzE-The Union men of Shasta
county, who have not already joined cam
paign clubs, should lose no time in enrolling
their names with the list of those who are
rallying for victory under the banner upborne
by Grant and Colfax. Let our organization
be made thorough and complete, and we will
carry the county bv large majority.
Year: 1868

RUNAwAY.-On Tuesday man called
"Dave" drove four horse team in here from
the country, and before starting out he i'm,
bibed too freely to be able to manage the
team. He started home, however, and in
passing through Chinatown the team ran
away and brought up against Pritchard' s
fence. No particular damage was done, but
the driver cannot claim any credit for the
fact, as be was too drunk to take care ol
himself, to say nothing of the team.
Year: 1868

SMALL Pox.--The San Francisco Health
Officer reports 122 deaths in that city, from
small pox, since the 1st of June. The dis
ease is said to be more prevalent than re-
ported by the city papers, as it is feared thai
a correct report would cause people from the
interior and the East to shun the place.
Year: 1868

HIGHLAND.-Very rich looking gold-bear-
ing quartz is being taken from the Highland
ledge at present, and it is expected that the
next clean up from the mill will show very
handsome yield. We are informed that
about one thousand dollars was cleaned up
from the copper plates of the machinery be-
fore commencing work this season.
Year: 1868

INTELLIGENT.-The Trustees of FIVE of the
school districts of this county have sent in
their annual reports without even writing
the name of the district, or signing the name
of single Trustee therein.
Year: 1868

ENTHUsIAsTIc.-The telegraph reports that
Senator Stewart and Secretary Gorham met
with very enthusiastic reception at Austin,
Nevada, the Union people turning out en-
masse to greet them. The Union cause is
will be cast for Grant and Colfax without a
doubt
Year: 1868

PIRATE SEMMEs made speech at Demo-
cratic ratification meeting in Mobile recently,


in which he said GO have been a Democrat
all my life-before the war, during the war,
and since the war-and fought the war on
the principles of Democracy, believing that
the good old constitution which embodied
these principles was about to be destroyed. Z"
Year: 1868

CooL.-Among the grievances which the
Examiner charges to the Radicals, is that
they have swept our ships from the ocean,
and given the earring trade to Great Britain.
We were laboring under the impression that
Admiral Semmes was chiefly instrumental
in that work
Year: 1868

IMMIGRATION TO VIRGINIA.-The Hagers-
town Mail says that there is continuous tide
of Immigration constantly passing through that
city to Virginia. The principal part goes to the
Valley. Ihereare also many settlements making
or about to be made, in the Piedmont region,
and we hear of isolated cases almost everywhere
of families settling in almost every neighborhood
ppar the cities
Year: 1868

GERMAN EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.-The
Berlin correspondent Of the London Times says
that this summer emigration from Germany TO
this country will be the largest yet known, and
will probably reach the number of 100000 !;
while a remarkable feature of it is the prevalence
of the northern clement, chiefly Protestant,
which embraces the more wealthy portion of the
German population.
Year: 1868

The arm of pretty girl wound tight round
YOUR neck has been discovered to be an infallible
remedy in case of sore throat. 1t beats pepper
tea and hot gin all hollow.


Hegn A few years since, at the celebration of
our national anniversary, poor pedlar who was
present, being called upon for toast, offered the
following: Here is health to poverty it sticks
to a man when all his friends torsake him"
A Western paper cruelty says: Our member
of Congress has made great speech-one of his
very best. 1t was written for him by graduate
of this Office and the matter and delivery do credit
to beth parties
Year: 1868

How TO GET RID OF THE CoTToS NORM
An old farmer recommended the following
remedy a Mix together quantity oil tar
and sulphur, say Two ounces of sulphur to one
of tar for every five acres Of c1tton Place the
mixture on an old stnmp or log, il convent
cni, and burn it between sunset and dark
1t has been successful in destroying the
worm, and is worth trying"
Year: 1868

G& In response to Southern radical,
who appealed personally for arms for the
Southern militia, the President said, the Fed
cral troops arc in better condition to pre-
serve the peace than militia drawn from one
party to make war upon tho other.
Year: 1868

Blairers to prevent, by prescription or
intimidation a full, free, and fair vote, tine
the government of the United States will
inquire into the business, and will hardly
fail, we think, to apply proper remedy.


Again we say to the Republicans Of Lou
isiana. and all Grant and Colfax men, or
ganize, organize, organize everywhere,
thoroughly and Immediately.


Should the Legislature think that the
material interests of the State will be pro-
NOTED by its casting the electoral vote, Of
which we know nothing, still the organi-
zation that may have been in the m can
while effected, will be highly useful and
desirable in more respects than we have
time or space to name, and should by all
means be had.
Year: 1868

The shades of eve are round us closing,
Another Sabbath day has gone;
Our thoughts and words are now in heaven.
To bless Us or to make us mourn;
In letters bright they will reward us


place of bliss in that fair home
Or. with q laundering voice proclaim us
Forever given to hell's dark gloom.
Another Sabbath day has ended,


On, God forgive US for all sin,
And grant us in the coming hours


Religious hearts. and pure within;
Make us to love this day, and serve Thee,
To bless Thy great and glorions power,
So that when death demands our bodies,
We can with joy approach that hour.
Another Sabbath day has left rs,


The autumn breezes softly sigh,
Sweet church bells chime the evening worship
Receive our prayers, oh Lord, on high;
And let us have taste of heaven,


OF that great bliss Thou shalt bestow;
Grant us to all that grace be given,


To love and worship Thee below.
Year: 1868

The Love OF BEAUTIFUL.-Place q
young girl under the care of kind
hearted, graceful woman and she uh-
consciously to herself grows into
graceful lady. Place a boy in the es-
tablishment of a thorough going, strait
forward business man and the boy be-
comes a self reliant, practical business
man. Children are susceptible crea-
lures, and circumst tances, scenes, ac-
tions always impress As you infu.
ence them, not by arbitrary rules, nor
by stern example, but in a thousand
other ways that speak through bright
scenes, soft utterance and pretty pic
lures SO will they grow Teach your
children then to love the beautiful.
Give them corner in the garden for


flowers, encourage them to put in shape
hanging baskets, allow them to have
their favorite trees, lead them to wan
der in the prettiest woodlets, show
hem where they can best view the
sunsets, rouse them in the morningsnct
with the stern time to work but with
the enthusiastic see the beautiful sun.
rise;" buy them pretty pictures, and
encourage them to decorate their
rooms each in his or her childish way.
The instinct is in them. Give them an
inch and they will go mile. Allow
them the privilege and they will make
your home beautiful.
Year: 1868

1t was an ancient book keeper,


And he was tall and slim;
Though his face was mild, he rarely smiled
His clothes were dark and prim;
And everything about his desk
He kept exceeding trim.
He always hung his hat and coat
Upon the self-same hooks,
And laid his ruler, pen, and ink
In their respective hooks,
And the only exercise he had


Was footing up his books.
Each day, upon the self-same hour,
He took his lofty seat.
And bent his body and his mind
His labors to complete;
And blots were neither on his fame
Nor on his ledger-sheet.
The music of his pen was heard
From morn till eventide;
Up columns vast his eyes were cast,
Then down again with pride:
Quite pleased was he, though he saw his work
increased and multiplied.
The'cash that o'er his fingers came
Each day was aJnIng grand:
And yet no scnemes pear it off
By him were ever planned;
Although you saw with half an eye
That he wrote ''slOping" hand.
He had no wife, he made no friends,
His joys and cares were few;
And his dearest hope from day to day
Was to keep his bal ance true:
good world this if every man


The latter thing would do.
He never sighed when little ills
His way of life would cross;s
And Ger the errors of his youth


tie showed no vain remOrse;
But set down all that came along
To profit or to loss
One day the creditor of all


Dropped in for his amount;
He found the old man at his post,
Though low ran Natures fount;
The books were closed, and he was borne
UD to his last account
Year: 1868

Boston, Feb. 21.-An order was
passed in the Legislature referring
the question to the Supreme Court,
whether the Governors veto of the
State constabulary law is valid, the
veto not having been sent in within
FIVE days after the law was repealed,
as required by the Constitution.
Year: 1868

RETURN OF GENERAL GgANT.-It is now
said here that General Grant talks OF port
poning his return TO this city until after the
Presidential election.


INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source Were St.yg e 81
Year: 1868

The Board of Agriculture have recon-
mended an exhibition OF potatoes to be given
in the Agricultural room in the State House,
at Augusta, the fourth Wednesday Of Janua-
~ next, which we trust will be we'll attend
ed, The object of this exhibition is to ascer-
tain the number OF kinds cultivated in the
State, the best varities and the best mode OF
cultivatins them. Such meeting ana such
an exhibition must be beneficial to the grow
ers Of potatoes and - the farming interests
OF the State generally. No doubt many Of
our farmers are entirely ignorant OF the
bames OF the kinds they raise. W." writ
er in the Maine Farmer, says: Many AMI
many farmer who has grown the JACKSON
and the Aurora for years could not for the
life Of them tell which was which, yet on
close inspection they are found to be nearly
as dissimilar as yellow butter and butterized
lard"


1t Is well that every farmer should be able
to name the different varieties he grows. We
confess the potato nomenclature has become
very much mixed, and 1t has every year
grown more and more mixed and muddled.
This coming exhibition will have tendency
to clear away such mist, and the cultivators
of this valuable tuber will learn, not only the
names Of the varieties grown in Maine, but
also ascertain which are the best and how to
grow them TO the best advantage. To show
how mixed are name "W" aforesaid remarks
that gentleman duaing the late State Fair
at Portland said: 81 have grown the early
Rose for a year or two But he was mis-
taken. 1t was the Gleason and not the Early
Rose he had grown. Both are good, but the
Early Rose IS worth nearly as much per
pound as the other is per bushel.


We hope our farmers will attend this exhi-
bitlon in large numbers and bring with them
specimens Of such as they grow. Let there
be a good turn out on the occasion and a
very large pile Of potatoes.


AGRICOIA