smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

resources are so vast and varied although the best
wealth Of Earope in the form OF intelligent labor has
been poured into country, we are now sinking from
prosperity into commercial distress Labor Is afflicted
There is gloom and anxiety In the homes a, o. our
mechanics. In the face OF these results we are camor
Ously told that change OF rulers and return to the
se oa as will be- huru to
credit at home and abroad! What measures are pro-
posed by the Administration for releft What hope


held out for better OF aairi What is said or
our workmeD or To give confidence TO
future pocy Of the men 10 power is that shed BY
their actions the past. Is there any assurance
above the gloom Of our situation By travelling down
ward path 1t is said the Democratic victories 10 the
OF debasing our currency. This 10 unfair statement


But If it was true, what then Are You to strike down
a'ys s9Sd
sisent and the able advocate Of sound currency
II you take for truth the statements OF the Admins
that that 's the ~ iufatioSsis G s TRIUMPH at the West
SDs the S < @ the @
the honor and credit OF cure our country VIII It not strike
Industry aud commerce OF our people upon the firm


Ss & ne SSs Sspe Ssn sn9 snapG system % o


homes Of aborers and success 10 the enterprises Of


are ba mot Soy
and than that that II eneenders corruption In
which IL tue icrm Of perysdins s!stion roos labor q


ITS profits carries suerngs and prvsons into the
family circle, and throws a gloom over domestic rela


tOrs. Those assail Mr. Tiden and his friends not
only shut their eyes to tho record have thus
displayed but they forget their own history


Who framed the financial system under which
these svs have grown up Who Inflated the currency
until by their confessions they lessened It's value more
rapidly than they increased It's volume When the
supreme Court Of the United States gave righteous


judgment that the who made the contract before


the passage Of act whereby he agreed


TO in gold aud silver could not avail himself or Its


wrong creditors by forcing debased cur


rency upon them-who overthrow the decisions which
Year: 1874

The Constitutional Convention was allowed
to meet peaceably at Little Rock after all.
Neither McClure's Supreme Court nor BrOoks's
valiant militia ventured to disturb it. There
was a great parade Of armed men, eccentric
perhaps in costume but bloody in bearing, who
stood guard before the public offices, and spat
great deal of tobacco juice all over Little
Rock, and now and then, when the monotony
of poker and expectoration became unbearable,
fired off their rifles in the midnight air by way
of diversion. The celebrated King White was
moreover appointed Brigadier- General, and
it is well said in that large and indefinite way
which distinguishes the statement of facts in
many of tho pleasing cities Of the South
West, that "much vigilance was manifested"
Gov. Baxter had one company OF militia en-
camped in his back yard, and at our latest
advices was telegraphing madly into the country
for more. But, as we have said, no enemy
appeared the wandering fragments of the
Supreme Court are still lodging in the woods,
and the invisible army of Baxter has not dis
charged single gun or challenged even q
wayfarng negro. The Constitutional COnven-
ton accordingly, having taken the precautiOn
of appointing as dOOrkeeper no less person
than SANDY Faulkner, the original Arkansas
"Traveler," organized amid salvos of artillery
and proceeded to business. The people of
Arkansas, who voted in favor of calling the
Convention by majority of ten to one, will
be duly thankful that they have been allowed
to have their way, and will perhaps be able to
decide whether they owe the boon to the
valor of King White or the prudence of the
absent Brooks.


II is a curious coincidence that this sudden
martial outbreak III Little Rock should have
occurred Just at the time of the visit OF the
Committee of Congress, sent out to inquire
into the condition of Arkansas political affairs.
The same salvos of artillery which celebrated
the opening Of the Convention Toarcd out also
a welcome to Congressman Ward and Senator
Dorsey, who entered the city about
that time with their Assistant Sergeant
at Arms Skeptical observers will suspect that
the sham defense of the assembled delegates
was nothing but pageant got up for the en-
tertainment of the visitors from Washington.
1t seems to be esteemed a matter OF the
gravest consequence in Arkansas that Con-
gress and the Administration snail be deeply
impressed with the wickedness OF the nefari-
ous Brooks, and persuaded that peace can be
kent and constitutional conventions enabled
TO transact their business only by these mani
festations which have given Little Rock of
late so picturesque an appearance. There
would be no great harm in the display If one
could be sure just how the show would end.
But sham fights sometimes lead to real ones /;
and it is not at all improbable that the zeal
| Of Coy. Baxter may carry him too Tar. and 10
Year: 1874

The contest appointed for to- day on Saratoga
Lake will be watched with more interest than
usually attaches to an American boat-race. and
even more than the memorable trial of last
year on the Connecticut River. The crowds
which have been steadily pouring into Saratoga
during the last two or three days are said to
be unparalleled in the recolections of the
most experienced hotel clerks and the fifty
four young men who are to exhibit their skill
and muscle will have a cOncourse of specta-
tors before which any company OF athletes
might be proud of tho privilege OF appearing.
While tho prejudice with which some OF the
colleges have hitherto looked upon these ex-
ercises seems to be passing away, the enthu-
siasm of the students has rapidly increased
and the general public has learned to look
upon the annual college games with so much
concern that the issue between blue and
magenta, lavender and orange, attracts hardly
less notice to-day than tho latest bulletins
from scourged Chicago, and far more than the
dispatches from the Indian war.


To the college professor the story of this
week will read like the narrative OF al i'm
portant experiment. The choice of the course
was strongly opposed in many high quarters
for it was believed that fashionable water
ing-place was beset with peculiar dangers
which the young man of twenty can hardly
escape. We do not learn, however, that the
gallant oarsmen have fallen into any OF the
pitfalls spread for them by the demons OF tho
Springs. For anything that report says to the
contrary they have neither played faro, nor
flirted Oyer-much, nor wasted their substance
in champagne, nor ruined their stomachs with
nasty waters. The gay world has kindly left
them to the innocent seclusion of their boat
houses, and even the professional gamblers
have vigorously excluded themselves from the
students company. If the college authorities
were anxious to know whether their young
men could behave themselves properly at the
Springs, we trust they satisfied with the
answer


TO the boys, however the great question of
the day is probably Cooks stroke. If Yale
should repeat its victory of last year we may
expect to see an immediate reformation in the
American style of rowing-that is to say If
there really is any American style, which may
be very strongly doubted. Our correspondent
who has passed the last few weeks with the
crews at their practice, has fully explained
the characteristics of the reform which Mr..
Cook introduced at Yale, after making a voy-
age to England in order to learn it, What
wonderful things it instantly accomplished at
New Haven all boating men know. If its SUI
hardly be undervalued any longer.
Year: 1874

may throw the State again into anarchy In MS
endeayor TO persuade the Committee of Con-
gress that he is necessary to save 1t from DIS
traction. r


There was no reason for sending Commit
tes to Arkansas, and we believe no good VIII
come of its Journey. Tho legality OF the ex-
listing Government in that State was estab-
lshed long ago by the only competent author
ity the machinery of administration was in
tolerable working order; and the people were
apparently about as well satisfied "a Arkansas
people usually are. At any rate, there was
no ground upon which the Federal authority
could be asked to interfere, except upon the
formal call of the Governor to AID In the sup
nression of violence. But the manner in
which the President hesitated between the
rival Governors, and the manner in which Con-
oress now assumes to review inOppOr-
timely his tardy decision could have
no other effect than to convince these
politicians of the rifle and the bowie
knife that their State Government, whether
counterfeit or genuine, depends for its sane
ton, in some vague way, upon the favor OF
the mowers at Washington. This is the lesson
which the Republican party has taught all
over the South. 1t is the lesson Of Louisiana,
Texas. Alabama. South Carolina-the lesson
of Kellogg. Casey, Durel, Spencer. and Moses.
II can only lead to mischief. The best thing
for Congress to do now is to let Arkansas
alone We have no doubt the Governor is
able to enforce the laws and if not, he knows
where TO look for assistance.
Year: 1874

The Mayor pronounces in advance that the
Commissioners of Charities and Correction
arc guiltless on all the charges brought against
them, and blameless in all their transactions.
The City would receive the Mayors statement
with more satisfaction if it did not remember
that this is his precise opinion also about him
self. Mr.. Havemeyer seems even yet unable
to comprehend the effect on the value of his
opinions of others wrought by the public YER
dict ON his own official action.
Year: 1874

In the epistolary brush with which Messrs'
Davenport and Wingate preface their fight
over the demand for the removal OF the
former. MIR. Davenport is pert and Col. Win
gate is curt. On the whole, Col "lhgate "onid
seem to have the advantage thus lar
both IN strength Of position aud W IAe
Year: 1874

On the fifth and eighth pages of this morn
ings TRIBUNE will be found a careful analysis
of the losses of insurance companies in
Chicago, and statements from most of the
insurance companies in this city. 1t will be
seen that there is little occasion for uneas-
ness as to companies which had any claim
before to be considered solvent.
Year: 1874

Gladstone is called eloquent in England, but any
one is so called who can put ten words together
without hesitatIng. The ex-Premier is remarkably
fluent, is ready in debate and, possessing clear,
agreeable voice, always commands attention Singu-
arly hotblooded for of Scotch descent be is too
impeuous to be diplomatic, too earnest to be cyn-
cal too thoughtful to dsbeleve in the people, too
ambitious to be always thoroughly honest He is a
mustard plaster TO himself and flea TO his political
supporters. What William f. Gladstone will do at
any moment is conundrum to every one, himself
included. He lets dare not wait upon would, aud
is nobler man from impulse than from delibera-
ton. There is at once too much and too little Of
him.
Year: 1874

nve rect ana eight incnes, ana mis- weight 100
pounds. He enjoys excellent health, Is temperate,
and Is the picture or SOUND man.


HIS MUSCULAR STRENGTH
for man who does not practice is quite wonder
shoulders and carry it for hall mile without
showing much exhaustion. He has never tried TO
ascertain how heavy dead weight he can raise
from the ground, but Is quiet confident he can ex-
Gel many who profess to be professionals.


Marcus Hook is situated four miles down the
from that point to the foot OF Market street wharf
in tity five minutes, very remarkable achieve
ment when the condition OF the weather Is cOnsid-
cred. He showed no symptoms OF fatigue, and
was positive he could Keep on until he reached
Philadelphia. While IN the navy he excelled all
swimmers among the crews, and, as he says '.some
were mighty good at the business.u


THE COURSE


he has mapped out, provided the Long Branch
victor accepts his challenge, Ia from this city &c
Philadelphia, distance OF sixteen miles, The
river Is very winding and lar from being straight
ilne and no human being could swim against its
tide and current; consequently should the race
come on 10 must take place when the tide Is COM
ing in.


given is owing to the belief OF Mr.. Coyie that,
though he Is not last swimmer he pos sesses
more endurance than any living man. He Is con-
hdent OF this.


resolution made some years ago prevents
him from stalking money on the result and, even
If 1t had not been made, he would put up nothing
as he considers 1t no test OF skill and endurance.
He 10 desirous OF doing something to give enthu-
siasm to the arr OF swimmingI which Is so easily





ventive against losing life from drowning.
Within two weeks two lives have been lost OppO-
site this city. which might have been saved II the
unfortunate men only had known how to swim.
About every day accounts reach US oil the loss OF
lie owing to the ignorance or this necessary art.
Baseball morse races and the like are amusing
and they are encouraged. There Is nothing useful
connected with them, but Of how much greater
importance is the encouragement Of tnat exer
else, which Is really


LIFE sAvING3
1t is high time some thing was done to give it
progress. People go to Newport, Long Branch
and Cape May not to learn how 10 swim, by no
means, but to luxuriate in the surf or to display
the folly OF the latest fashion on the veranda, in
the dining hall and in the ball room. They nave q
perfect right to do this. These remarks are not
made by way OF fault nndlng or meddling with the
a1alrs OF Others out 10 bring the attention OF the
ing how to SWIM in connection with studying how
to amuse.


In conclusion, 1t Is hoped the challenge of Mr.
COyle Will be accepted, that the whole country will
take an interest IN the matter and that IL will be
the beginning Of a new era In the art of swimming


+. p. s.
Year: 1874

The closing day of the week was not marked by
any new noteworthy incidents, and so long as the
financial question continues in its present muddled
and unsatisfactory shape, we cannot look for any
frightening up of business pursuits, OF of activity
to Wallst. speculation. The condition Of the rail
way share market to-day affords proof of this, and
the entire list, we may perhaps except Pacific
Mail, was pressed to further sharp decline, Lake
Shore leading in the depression nor was there any
special reaction, the general market closing up weak


The following are the opening highest lowest, and
Year: 1874

When You see a man going home at 2
o'clock in the morning and know his wife
is waiting for him, il is likely TO be stormy.


When a man receives bill for goods his
wife has bought unknown 10 him look out
for thunder and lightning.


When a man goes home and finds no sup
per ready, the fire out, and his wife visiting
the saloons "with the rest of the boys" II
is likely TO be cloudy.


When a man promises to take his wife to
a party and changes his mind after she is
dressed, you may expect a shower.


When a man saves his cigar money TO
buy his wife a new bonnet and the children
new shoes, Il indicates a spell Of sunshine.


When a man dies and leaves a nice young
widow with plenty of money, and you see
her walking out with the executor on Sun
day afternoon, change is imminent.
Year: 1874

NEW YORK, Aug. IA pitiful story of
the horrors of the Chinese cOOlie system
in Cuba is told to-day by an educated Chi
naman, mandarin of third class, low in
exile. From this account it appears that
the condition of the Chinese labOrers ia
Cuba is much worse than that of the negro
slaves. The poor Cinnamon is held for a
limited period. His owner has paid good
price for his term of bondage, and he must
get all he can before the coolies freedom
comes. Death so often .ntervenes be
fore the end Of the term OF service that
il is estimated that only one in twenty
live 10 return 10 China. The writer
thinks there can be no hope fOrthe Chinese
people until there is a change in the ruling
race.
Year: 1874

The balloon ascents recently made in
France by VI. CrOce Spinelli and NJ. Sivel
have demonstrated that the color OF the sky
at great heights is in fact blue, and not
that sOmber hue which other 9rOnants have
attributed to it, probably IN consequence
Of their fatigue caused BY the rarefAction
Of the air. These gentlemen carried with
them a mixture OF oxygen and nitrogen,
which they inhaled from the vessels con-
tanning il whenever they experienced any
sense Of physical or mental weakness. In
each instance after these inhalatiOns the
somber color Of the SKY was replaced BY its
normal blue.
Year: 1874

"AQUATIoN" is the device by which
maritime cities propose to throw cold
water on the cremation move. The
dead ship is to depart daily for the
vastly deep. But what shall we proyin-
cial landlubbers do:
Year: 1874

WHEN our Washington dispatch
speaks of 81 100000 contraction as the
net result of the new currency bill up
to date, it neglects to take into account
the millions of reserve that have been
set loose by its operation.
Year: 1874

The Attorney General decided that it is
the duty of the State Treasurer 10 recog-
nize the convention ordinance, directing
him to nav out the sinking and school
funds TO run the State government with,
and pay the ordinary expenses Of the con-
VentiOn.
Year: 1874

good many years ago, when publish


ing newspapers in Michigan was brig


andish sort of business, man known


as Old Sol Shipley" was employed on


a journal in Eaton County. He had just
come from the East and was In mortal
terror of wolves, bears, and the other
wild animals abounding in the swamps
and forests. The proprietor of the paper
had big dog which took a great liking
to Shipley. One evening the old man
started to go out to farmers, about a
mile from town, where there was to be a
grand &C hoedown," and the dog sneaked
after him, skulking along so softly that
Old Sol didn't see him until clear of the
village. Then happening to turn around
he found the dog at his heels and he
made clean jump of ten feet, believing
that wolf was with him. The dog gave
a yelp and made after him, and Shipley
flew down the road like rabbit going
for hollow log. The dog kept close to
him, thinking it was all in fun, and the
printers yells were plainly heard half
mile away. Nearing the house he thought
the wolf was gaining on him and he
turned aside and began circling around Il
log barn and yelling with all his might.
The folks came running down the road,
but they saw what was up and they stood
back and yelled for Shipley to put in his
best licks until they could get gun.
And then they stood there and counted
until he had made the circuit of the
house thirty-five times. At the last he
found his legs failing, and he would yell
out as he came around:


Oh, mercy = githegun = giterquick-
give ye flftydollar"


The race came near using him up.
When he stopped he had but one boot on
and was bareheaded, and no one could
ever find the missing articles.-Detroit
Free Press
Year: 1874

THE delusions of smell are hardly ever
isolated they accompany those of hear
ing, sight, taste and touch, and are also
less frequent than the latter Insane
people, who are affected by them, COM
plain of being haunted by fetld emana-
tions, or congratulate themselves on in
haling the most delicious perfumes. Le-
lut mentions the case of a woman, an in
mate of La Salpetriere, who fancied that
she constantly perceived a frightful
stencil proceeding from the decay of
bodies she imagined buried in the courts
of that institution. Impressions of the
kind are usuallyYery annoying. Brierre
de Boismont relates the account of Il
woman affected by disorder of all her
senses. Whenever she saw a well-dressed
lady passing she smelt the odor of musk,
which was intolerable to her. If it were
man she was distressingly affected by
the smell of tobacco, though she was
quite aware that those scents existed
only in her Imagination. Capellini mem
tions that woman who declared that
she could not bear the smell of rose
was quite i'll when one of her friends
came in wearing one, though the unlucky
flower was only artificial


Such facts might be multiplied; but,
as they are all alike, it is not worth while
to mention more of them. The latest Oh
servations made in insane asylums,
among others those of M. Provost, at La
Salpetriere, have shown also that these
delusions and perversions of the sense of
smell are more common than had hither-
to been supposed among such invalids,
and that If they usually pass unnoticed
1t arises from the fact that nothing spon-
taneously denotes their EXISTENCE
BerlGnd PGpilIOn, IN Popular Science
Monthly.
Year: 1874

the principles for which Lincoln strove,


and the country strove, are suffered to go


by the boardp This Is question of vital


consequence TO the capitalist, the mer-
chant, the banker, the manufacturer, the


farmer, the mechanic, the laborer-to
everybody. For when war breaks out
taxes rise. War not only mows down


men, but unties the purse strings of every
citizen and robs him of a share his earn
ings. Is there any reason TO believe that
the country will suffer those principles
to be abandoned for the preservation of
which 1t so recently offered to sacrifice
everything hut honor? IL there Is no
doubt on this point, then there isno safety
In intrusting the conduct of affairs TO the
Democratic party; no safety TO the
honor OF the nation, no safety to the
pockets of the people. The Democratic
party means reaction; is the country
ready TO take one backward stepY The
Democratic party brings to the front
those leaders who, during the rebellion,
were the most pronounced enemies of
the Union; is the country ready to sup.
port men now who were willing to see
the Government go to pieces thenp We
think not; because, morals and humanity
aside, the people cannot afford to do
wrong in politics even in purely
economic point of view Ocean, 27tk
Year: 1874

The other night man who lives out on
Columbia street was kept down town by
business until very late hour, and his
wife, knowing how cold he would be
when he got home, put an iron on the
stove and when she heard him open the
gate she jumped up and, hurriedly wrap
ping the iron in a piece of flannel,
chucked it in bed for him to warm his
great ugly feet by, The man was cold
and taciturn and cross. He crawled
into bed with q gTowl, and shuddered
with cold as he stretched himself out.
Then he gave yell that nearly lifted the
roof off the house, and jammed his head
through the head-board and screamed
fire and waltzed out on the floor and
around the room in the dark, straddling
rocking-chairs and breaking his shins ON
bureau-corners and knocking down
brackets with his shoulders and upset
ting one or two things, and filling the
darkness with wierd, fantastic profanity.
When his wife lighted the lamp, they
discovered a beautiful photograph of
sad-iron on the bottom of that mans
foot, and it was found that the flanne
had somehow got of the foot-warmer.
The man says that hereafter II he must
sleep with hardware store he wants IL
put in cold,-BuringtOn Hack Eye,
Year: 1874

THE brave talk by people not en-
ployed in banks as to what they would
have done If they had been in the place
of the Milford cashier reminds Lowell
cashier of the message from landlord
to his agent: "Tell the tenants that no
threats to shoot you will intimidate me in
the least.n
Year: 1874

of the head eta barrel. or dress after
the fashion Of John the Baptist in the
wilderness. or sit on block sll my life.
than consume all myself before 1 got a
home. and take 50 much pains with the
outside that the inside was as hollow as
an empty nut Beauty is a great thing,
but beauty Of garments, houses and fur
niturs is very tawdry ornament CON-
pared with domestic love. All the ele-
gance in the world would not make a
home, and would give more fora spoon
full of real hearty love than for whole
ship-lcads of furniture and all the gor-
geousness that all the upholsterers of the
world could gather together.