smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

We would like to ask the newspa-
per men of this country, why it
is that they write the words
Irish, Indian, German, Span
ish, Chinese, Hawaiian, and the
like, with an initial capital letter,
and then drop down to a small n
when they write the word Negro?
Why do you do this? Is there any
sensible reason for it? Is it not bOr-
rowed from the vocabulary of the
SLAYER, the overseer and the kidnap-
per? Is it not part of the system
attic effort made in the days of slavery
to utterly and completely brutalize
the Negro race in this country? You
write the words cattle. horse, dog and
negro all alike, so far as capitals are
concerned. If an immigrant, how
ever is made watchman, your re-
porters inform us that an Irish, Ger.
man, orScandinavian gentleman re-
ceived an appointment to the police
ferce-you get in the capital every
time.


! Finally, we would like to ask you il
Year: 1879

The New York Sun, a leading
Democratic paper, brought down upon
its devoted head the anathemas OF
the Democratic press throug ghout the
land because it truthfully said, after
the elections, that the Democratic
party appeared to be finished. For
the life of us we can not see why they
should abuse the Sun so for this re-
mark, unless it is criminal offense
for a Demcratic paper to tell the
truth. Of course 1T is not customary
for them to do so; but when one oi
them, overcome by the modification
and chagrin of defeat, lets slip a lit
tie gem of truth, we don't like to see
it crucifed. In fact we will not stand
by and see it done without protest
which we hereby record.
Year: 1879

In another column we publish a
report of the permanent organization
of an association for the relief of any
destitute immigrants who may come
to this State. Rev. VIM. G. Trevan is
president of the association, and Mr.
R. B. Bagby chairman of the execu-
tive committee. The entire commit
tee is composed of gentlemen who
have the confidence Of the communi-
ty in the highest degree; and should
they appeal to the public for aid in
caring, temporarily, for those poor
people who are fleeing from land of
prosecutors and assassins, we know
their appeal will meet with a liberal
response from the good people of In
dianapolis.
Year: 1879

Last Saturday car load of immi-
grants from North Carolina passed
through the city en- route for Green
castle. A reporter of The Leader
visited and interviewed them at the
union depot. They are all farmers
from the vicinity of Goldsborough.
They are fine looking set of men,
of more than average intelligence.
They have no desire to locate in the
cities, but wish to get into the coun
try where they can find employment
with the prospect of being able in a
short time to purchase homes. They
all tell the same story of the fraud,
persecution and brutal treatment to
which they are subjected in the
South. No candid man who talks
with these people and .mingles with
them, can believe any of the stories
of colonization so industriously cir
culated by Democratic papers and
politicians. These people are not the
paupers and riff-ratf of the Southern
cities. They are the industrious
farmers and laborers from the cOun-
try-the very bone and sinew Of the
land. Many of them have money
and property at home. One of the i'm
migrants above mentioned had about
two hundred and fifty dollars, and
others sums varying from twenty five
to hundred and fifty.


Indiana needs such men to develop
her resources and it is strange thai
men of pretended intelligence will al
low blind prejudice to put them il
opposition to a movement that mus
tend greatly to the material weallf
and prosperity of the State. Thes'
people leave the South because they
are defrauded and robbed of thei


honest earnings, denied their politica
rights, and otherwise brutally uset
by the semi -barbarous whites of tn
South. They come to Indiana be
cause they can find employment witt
honest employers, and human treat
ment in civilized communities. LIE
them come, and let all good citizen
lend helping hand to the honest ei
fort these poor people are making t


better their condition and make a fu
ture for their children.
Year: 1879

Democratic statesman are not rushing
to the front at a break-neck speed as can
didates for congress. in this district, to an
alarming extent. There is a good deal of
method, too, in their madness They are
not blind, and can therefore see the hand.
writing on the wall The district is Re-
publican, and no Democrat need apply.
1t is not pleasant thing to be beaten
when you want to be elected. In large
measure it destroys a mans confidence in
things mortal and earthly, and makes
him cuss somebody and long for a seclud-
ed place in which to get drunk and qui-
city down and die. Our Democratic
statesmen are therefore not to blame for
their lukewarmness in coming to the
'front.' HrNnr
Year: 1879

and intellectual elevation of our peo-
pie. This aid can be effectively ex-
tended by sending to The Leader q
cash subscription Only a trifing
sacrifice is required, and with many,
especially Of our white friends, the
price of our subscription would be
no sacrifice at all, while the conf
bined aid of many would be to The
Leader permanent endowment. If
any see this who have not subscribed
for The Leader, subscribe at once,
and let every subscriber secure an
other, and then good work will go
60 forward to a glorious triumph.
Year: 1879

Work that a white man would do
for a dollar, the pauper Negro would
be required to perform for quarter
of that amount-Sentinel.


You are mistaken. He left the
South on account of such treatment
Us that.
Year: 1879

The STRAIGHT OUT Democrats of Massa-
chusetts were very fortunate in getting
such a respectable gentleman to head
their ticket for Governor. Mr.. Adams
is rich, is not in politics for what he can
make out Of it, he does not expect to
be elected, bnt he will give tone to his
party and enable it to poll very respec-
table in place Of large vote, and he
will come about as near being elected as
when he ran for Vice President in 1872
with Charles O'Conner on the other and
higher place on the ticket. He knows
what it Is to be defeated, for his own
little town of Quincy continually
thwarts him in his aspirations for the
Legislature. He is man. made to be in
the minority, and if he is defeated this
time which he OF course will be he will
not take it hard, for he has been defeat
cd twice already for the same Office. The
straight out Democrats of Massach usetts
are in luck to get such a good candi-
date, and we're it possible that the Re-
publicans could not carry the State we
would not regret to see Mr.Adams cleo
ted in preference to General Butler.
Year: 1879




Any ssservaat person cannot help
but sec that Ne resumption Of nearly
every dspart,nsnt Of business in VIII
mington Is complete, and Whist We can
say Of Wilmington may be applied in =
general sense to the whole country.
The iron manufsctoEies Of our city
would run . large complement OF men
and double time II they could get the
iron fast enough. We are gratified to
hear of the Edgeinoor Iron Company
getting SO many large contracts, and
We are informed that they could do
much more If they could only get iron
fast enough. Still more gratifying is
the report, which We hope is correct,
that they are contemplating the cree
tion of furnaces and the manufacture
of their own iron. This, would add
much to the prosperity Of Hgemoor,
and build up in our midst (for We
claim Rdgemoor as part of our city, a
establishment unrivaled
in the county. There is no sufficient
reason why Wilmington should not
have belching iron furnaces around her
as much as some other places which are
more distant from coal and from iron
ore. Wilmington is only sixteen miles
at the fartherest from an almost mex
haustibls iron ore bed at Iron Hill. and
other ore beds have lately been discov-
cred near Christiana, still much nearer
to Wilmington, and yet strange to say
there is not furnace for the manufac-
ture Of iron from crude ore in the
whole State. The ore which is of the
best and most prolific quality, is ship
ped to Principle, North Bast and other
places at much greater distance from
the mines than Wilmington Is, and we
have 10 doubt that If Wilmington were
to commence the manufacture of iron
from the crude ore that all the ore al
ready found in the State would be used
here, and that more mines would be
opened. If the Edgemoor Iron Compa-
ny were to engage in this enterprise II
would combine within itself all the ell
ements to build up q business where
the finest and most intricate machinery
could be made from the crude iron ore
without reshipment or passing through
any other hands. 1t must be noticed
that while Wilmington Is justly famed
all over the United States tor the num-
Der, variety and extent Of her iron
manufactures, machinery and ships,
that she at the same time is dependent
for her crude iron from the ore on fur
naces entirely foreign to her, and it is
to obviate this danger of a scarcity Of
iron for our machine shops and ship
manufactures that the Edgemoor Com
pany or some other large manufactur-
ing firm should engage in making iron
from the ore.
Year: 1879




Although Governor Robinson states
that the political canvass in New York
should be fought out on State issues
there are none who understand the pre-
sent political situation who do not know
that more than State issues hinge upon
the elections, especially in New York
and Ohio. A solid South with New
York and another Northern State will
elect q Democratic President, or solid
South with Ohio, Indiana and another
Northern State will do the same thing.
1t ia useless then under the circum-
stances to try to ignore the fact that
the real battle for the Presidency is now
b beipg fought. Since Pennsylvania has
ceased to vote in October the saying
that: "As goes New York 30 goes the
Union," is peculiarly true this year.
If the result this year should show
New York to be Democratic such an
impetus would be given to the Demo
cratic National canvass as would vir-
tually decide the contest in favor Of the
Democracy for next year, and Demo
crat would succeed President Hayes.
New York, however, is so torn to
pieces by political dissentions that 1t is
hard to tell where the diverging line Of
distinction between the two great par
ties of that State can be drawn. As the
Democracy Of New York are only divi-
ded upon the Governor, both wings CIV
ing hearty support to all the rest Of
the ticket, there mnst necessarily be
some obscurity in the result this year.
Much of the Tsmmany vote, by far the
largest in New York city, will be given
for the entire Republican ticket, that
revenge for imaginable wrongs may be
gratified, and on the other hand, under
the lead of such men as George Will
liam Curtis of Harper's weekly" "
there are many Republicans who will
vote for Robinson instead Of Cornell, and
many others will not vote at all for
Governor. Upon the great question OF
next year-whether q party which for
20 years hasbeen Of such immense benefit
to the country and to the world, that has
controlled the government of the Union
shall surrender its power-the voice OF
New York this year will be very infu-
ential. Fortunately the situation in
the State is such, that whatever diver
sity Of opinion may exist, every
Republican can so vote that his vote
will not be lost to Republican princi
pies, but will do its share to show that
New York really does belong to the
solid North.
Year: 1879

The Gazette" is extremely anxious
that We should name over number Of
persons whom we charge with illegal
voting, because We refer principally to
" Brockey Tom, Gus" O'Donnell and
Bill" Miller, simply as a sample lot,
it would have the public believe they
were all we could name. This is on q
par with every previous effort to the
''Gazette" to be little and cover up the
frauds of its party. The "Gazette" is
not so ignorant of the names Of num-
ber of those, Democrats who have been
engaged at repeating and illegal voting
as it pretends to be, but we expect at
the proper time to let the public know
who they are. If there were officers
who would do their duty, and arrest
Democrats as readily as they do Repub-
licans IL would have been known long
ere this who q larger number Of them
We're.
Year: 1879

The HEARING last night before the
Mayor in the case of the Board Of
Health against A. D. Vandever charged
with maintaining a nuisance at Sixth
street and Terrace Avenue in the
shape of bone boiling establishment,
developed a lamentable ignorance of
the law when the city ordinance pertain
ing to the duties of the Board of Health
was passed. Ii seems that the Charter
of the city allows the Board Of Health,
which represents the city, to go one mile
beyond the city limits to remove nuis'
ances the same as il they were within
the city, but the city ordinance under
which the suit against Mr.. Vand-ver
was brought takes the Board OF Health
to the city boundary and there leaves
them without the power of going one
step beyond in an executive capacity.
From the Interpretation given last
night before the Mayor and under
which Mr.. Vandever was discharged,
1t seems that the Board of Health
have no right but to have proceeded
with an abatement of the nuisance even
if it involved a demolition Of the build
ing, and then to have brought suit be-
fore either Justice of the Peace or the
County Court to pay for the expense of
a removal of the nuisance. In any case
according to the city ordinance, the
Board of Health cannot bring suit,
either criminal or civil, before the May
or, their only course left being to bring
it under the city charter, before JUS
tice of the Peace or the County Courts.
OF the merits of the case we know but
little, but from what we have observed
it looks as if Mr.. Vandsver was a vic
tim of persecution more than anything
else, and the conflict Of authority sug-
gests that the city ordinances be made
to correspond with the city charter or
the charter be made to correspond with
the ordinances.
Year: 1879

81 can trust my little daughter
know she tells me everything
said the mother, holding up the
bright, gentle face, and looking
down at it fondly.


girls lips, but her eyes dropped
suddenly, and her cheeks were
crimsoned in a moment. A kiss on
the pretty lips, and the mother was
turning away.


Mamma" said the little husky
voice, "let me whisper in your ear.
Mamma, you trust me. | must tell
you everything and the voice was
so low that only the mother heard
it. AS she bent over to catch the
hurried words she felt the little
heart fluttering under her fingers
she saw the face flush and pale; she
knew, too, by the quiver OF the lips
the struggle of the moment.


She would have kissed the lips,
the face, and hushed the heart she
would have stopped the trying story,
but she knew that a fault confessed
was a fault half conquered, and so
waited to the end.


AZ Nt11 q AAtM AAANMkHA-
lessness the little girl recounted, of
a sad step aside from the narrow
way of right. She knew better.
She had been more than half un-
happy on account of il for several
days, especially as she could not
gather courage to confess it--Only
the words Of trust brought about the
confession. Could she say, ayes,
mamma," knowing that nt that
very moment she was covering a
little corner Of the heart where she
had hidden a fault she wished no
eyes to see?


The mother, sorry for the child's
trial, yet glad Of her vietory for
right, was still sad i'm thinking of
the fault. Other children might
have done the same thing-Other
children might have done worse
but her own fair-faced child She
could have wept before her as she
stood both in gladness aud in sor-
row--sorrow for the fault, gladness
that she was too true to receive
praise unworthily, too strong for
the right TO allow the hardness Of
the confession to overcome her.


She stopped and folded her in her
arms, saying: "Kiss me, Kathrina;
your fault would break my heart,
but that / believe this hour you
have conquered you have done
well-nOw i know better than l
knew before that j can trust my
little daughter"
Year: 1879

On the sevnth Of August the peo-
pie Of Tennessee will be called upon
to vote for or against the proposed
settlement of the State debt. In
another column will be found the
views of several of the newspapers
Of the State, which indicate that the
people will accept "A settlement on
the basis Of fifty and four. This
will be most gratifying, as every
man who has the great material in
terest of the State at heart is anxious
to have this question taken out of
politics and finally settled upon
basis which will inflict no dishOnor
upon the credit of the State. In
West Tennessee we hear mo serious
opposition to the settlement which
the bOndholders have accepted.
We shall not, therefore, 90 into an
elaborate discussion of the question,
and here ailude to il merely to i'm
duce the people to turn out and vote.
The representatives of the legisla-
ture are the trustees Of the people,
and q vote should be- east on the
seventh of August which should be
unequivocal In demanding an ac-
ceptance of final settlement OF the
State debt.-Memphis AQpedl.
Year: 1879

EThose VINO heard this classi-
cal composition will be pleased at
seeing it in print. For their graft
ffcation and our own we have pre-
vailed upon the gifted orator to
perliit its publication in our col
Year: 1879

II was Bulwer who said that In
nine cases out of ten, poverty II on
ly an idea. Some men with ten
thousand dollars year suffer more
from want of means than others
with three hundred. The reason is
that the rich MANS are artificial
wants. His income Is ten th0usand,
and he suffers enough from hoing
dunncd for unpaid debts 10 kill
sensitive man. A man who earns
q dollar a day, and who does not
run in debt, is the happier OF the
two. Very few people who have
never been rich will believe This,
but ii Is true. There are thousands
with prlncely incomes who never
knew a minutes peace because they
live beyond their means. There Il
really more happiness in the world
among working people, than among
those who are called rich-always
providing that poor folks do not, In
a smaller way, emulate the prodi-
gality Of their rich brethren. Pow
erty Is simply question Of the good
or bad money on hand.
Year: 1879

A RURAL bride Of considerable
beauty went to Indianapolis ON the
honeymoon tour. Her husband


was manifestly proud Of her good
looks. While they We're going
about the city she was struck in the
face by a falling signboard and her
nose broken. The attending sur
geon said she was distigured for
life. "Just my darned luck" the
husband exclaimed property al
ways goes to ruin in my hands,"
Year: 1879

The National Live Stock Journal
said: A slop made of corn and oats,
ground in about equal parts, with a
little oil meal added. makes the best
food for the SOW while sucking TO in
crease the flow of milk and this.
with clover pasture and plenty of
soaked corn burning the summer, will
promote rapid and healthy growth
Of the pig.


To make a good harness polish take
of mutton suet two ounces beeswax,
six ounces; powdered sugar, six
ounces |; lambblack, one ounce; green
or yellow soap, two ounces, and water,
one-half pint. Dissolve the soap in
the water, add the other solid ingredi-
ents, mix well and add turpentine.
Lay on with a spunge and polish off
with brush.


Potatoes suffer more from weeds
than any other crop. One weed will
take up; and evaporate a good deal OF
moisture from the soil, and rob the
crop of what it greatly need. This
loss of moisture is not often thought
of in considering the effects of weeds,
but it is very important. When too
late to be killed by cultivation. the
weeds should be hand pulled.
Year: 1879

There IS species of economy that is
aptly called saving at the spiggot and vast
ing at the bung-hole. The legislature of the
State OF Minnesota are liable to fall into this
mistaken economy by paying too much at
tentlon to the leaks at the spiggot of the
treasury while an enormous waste is poino
on at the bungg-hole. Some of the members
OF both Houses have attempted, thus early in
tne session, to establish a reputation for
economy by opposing all manner of expen-
dltures of minor character, but have, per-
haps unwittingly, fallen into much more Law
lsh expenses They undoubtedly argue that
1t is good policy to take care of the pence.
for then the pounds will take care of them
selves, but when, after saving in small THINGS
they turn round and squander large amounts.
their philosophy does not amount to much.
AS an illustration we may mention
the debate in the House on the
question of employing pages additional to
those authorized by law. These messengers
are necessity, and greatly expedite business.
Their compensation is comparatively trivial.
yet the House consumed the greater part of
three sessions in debating the question of
whether they should be paid seventy-f1ye
cents day or greater sum. There were.
altogether, thirty-two speeches, inclusive of
those by the speaker and chief clerk, and it
is estimated that time, for which the State
has to pay about two thousand dollars, was
consumed over this trivial matter.


We must not be understood as deprecatino
Year: 1879

THIS year the treasury has sold over sew
enty-seven millions of four per cent. bonds,
enabling the secretary to retire an equal
amount of six per cents, and thus save more
than million and half of interest. Since
the loan was authorized more than two hun
dred millions have been taken, thus afford
ing an opportunity to save at least four
millions of dollars in interest. This result
is extremely gratifying. 1t shows that the
mass of the people, if not wealthy, are pros
porous, and have full confidence in the
ability of the government to redeem its
pledges. It indicates also feeling of in
security as to other investments, and will
lngness to regard greater security as recon-
pense for higher rate of interest.
Year: 1879

economy in small matters. Every dollar
that can be saved ought to be cut out of the
appropriation bills. But if the legislature
continues as it has commenced the proba-
bilities are that SO much time will have been
consumed in the discussion of these minor
matters that not enough time will be left for
the consideration of bills of far greater con-
Germ, and the State will in consequence suffer
from the evils of ill-considered legislation,
and an extra session of the legislature, cost
ing at least seventy thousand dollars, will be
necessary.


There are too many orators in the legisla-
ture. 1t is no doubt true, as remarked by
the GLOBE few days ago, that he who talks
the most does not necessarily serve his con-
stituency the BEST There is much hard
work to be done during the next forty-six
days of the session in committee and on the
floor. Whatever legislation is attempted
ought to be we'll considered before it is re-
ported to the two houses-made as nearly
perfect as possible. Provision will have
to be made for the expenses of
the State government for the next two years;
for the better collection of taxes; for wise
bankrupt law; for the consolidation or re-
duction in the number of judicial districts;
for the protection of the farmers against the
devices of the wheat Shylocks; for the more
honest and economical administration of the
State institutions and the State government.
These matters will require time for consid-
Grafton, and should not be hastily acted
upon. The sooner the members curb thei1
eloquence on matters of trivial importance
and bend their energies to the perfection OF
measures of graver note, the better will the
State be served, and the more certain will be
the plaudit of the several constituencies o1
the members: swell done, good and faith.
full servants. We will send you back two
years hence"