smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Here is a man trying to split q
log. lie drives in his axe from the
top of the chunk downwards, and
keeps on driving with all his force
and very often gives it up in dis
gust. Another takes the axe, sets
the piece mp with the narrow end
DOWN. ards, and with one short,
easy stroke the pieces fy apart as
easily as if the log was piece OF
cheese.


And now we notice another kink
which, simple as it is, will be a
blessing to the boy who has to do
the wood-splittirg. After the pieces
have been sawn ;at5 fre-piace e
lengths in orGer to split, it is often
the question how best to make the
pieces stand up or lie, while they
arc operated on. Many 3 toe has
been cut while steading the block,
and many an eye has been black
ened by the flying piece This
genius gets a hollow trunk, about
half the depth of the piece to be
slit, and sets said piece upright in
The trunk. Thus they are split, but
cannot fall down, and the splitter
can keep on splitting ill The whole
is as small as (Jh.ck) match wood,
and never stop to pick mp one
single piece : Germantown Tele-
graph.
Year: 1879

Ice MAKING Down SoUTH.-Few
people have a correct notion of the
ezteut to which artificial ice is
being manufactured in the South
The success Of the process employ
ed has been so marked that from
Florida 10 Texas the machines are
hej0g put in operation at frequent
intervals. The actual cost OF
manufacturing ice on the St Johns
River Is said TO be but 20 cents a
ton, including the storage aud de-
livery. As northern ice used to re-
tail at from SO to SIS a ton there,
ii Is plain that n handsome profit
remains TOR the manufacturer after
putting his price SO low as to drive
all natural competition from the
market. One OF the machines, in
which ammonia i used TO do the
freezing, turns out ten tons Of ice
daily, IN the form Of blocks about
two and a half feet long and ten
inches in thickness. The couqela-
tion is perfect, and many are said
to prefer ice thus made to that
formed in the laboratory OF nature
= Savannah News
Year: 1879

TWELVE sets Of telephones have
been sent over to SIR Garnet
WolseIey for use at the seat Of war
in South Africa. The great al
vantage OF the telephone over the
telegraph is, that tie general can
carry on confidential talk with the
officers at the district station, or a
soldier car creep out toward the
cneny's lines anl whisper back the
Information as to position. A fine
uire-the thinner the better-is all
that is needed, This the soldier
carries on n reel upon his back, a
mile weighing only y few pounds.
This will be the first time the tele-
phone has been used as an instru-
ment Of warfare.
Year: 1879

The people believe that there is n we'll
organized plot throughout the entire South
to make fraudulent census returns for the
purpose of increasing the Congressional rep
resentation from that section, and that the
recent recommendations of persons for the
Superyisorships of the Census in the South,
made by the Congressional delegations from
the Southern States was n part of that
plot, for the simple reason that it is entirely
consistent with the past purposes and
methods of the Democrats in the South. 1t
is General WALKERS purpose TO have an
honest census. This is his intent and
pride, and if he does not succeed it will be
for the reason that Southern Members of
Congress deceive and delude him, as they
| did the President on the subject of con
ciliation and pacfcation, and like the
| President he does not discover the mistake
until the mischief is irreparably done. No
doubt General WALKER finds great embar.
rassment in filling the supervisorships
under Democratic representation, for he
very well knows from past experience that
they cannot be safely trusted. Those who
resort to fraud and oppression to distran-
chise their fellow citizens, certainly cannot
be trusted to establish the basis Of theii
representation in Congress. These are tn c
methods of the Democrats, and hence the
Superintendent of the Census cannot feel
any assurance of an honest enumeration o


the population if the labor shall be in
trusted to such hands The only sure safe
guard against such frauds is to place none
but honest and reliable men on guard in the
Southern States to appoint the enumerator
and supervise the census. 1t would seem
that there can be found honest and capable
men enough in the South, who are not
Bourbons, to appoint as Supervisors of the
Census without resorting for such agent:
to party which is stepped in crime and
blood to secure political advantage.
Year: 1879

The latest advices from the Ute country
are Of the most startling character. The
taffy policy Of the Indian Department has
ended, as was predicted, in q miserable
failure. The deception Of the Indians has
been successful. Time has been lost-the
rigors of winter have come so as to render
hostilities on the part of the Government al
most impossible-the murderers of the
whites at the White River agency are not
surrendered for punishment--our troops
have been removed from the vicinity and
General HATCH and his little handful of
attendants are left entirely at the mercy
of band of murderous savages, who are
liable to wreak vengeance upon them at
any moment. This is sad but true pic
ture of the case, and the situation reveals
the immensity of the blunder that has been
committed on the part of the Government
in not having ample protection at hand
against any emergency that the treacher-
GUS Utes might create. 1t is TO be hoped
that General HATCH and his attendants
may escape peril, but the aspect is truly
alarming, for they are entirely at the mercy
of treacherous and bloodthirsty foe, with
out the prospect of immediate succOr


The refusal of the Utes to surrender the
murderers of MEEKER may be regarded as
virtual declaration of war, with the adj
vantage of opportunity and time to annihi-
late the whites within their power before
succor can possibly reach them. Whether
or not OURAY in securing the removal OF
the troops during the pending negotiations
was an act of premeditated treachery on
his part, or a measure Of prudence relating
to the temper of his people as to the sur
render of the murderers, time may deter
mine; but it looks now very much as if il
was premeditated act of treachery, which
may be confirmed by the action of the In
dians at an early day. We sincerely hope
however, that our next adyices will bring
intelligence that the Indians have not fol-


lowed up their advantage by additional
outrage, and that General HATCH and hi:
party have been released from the tolls oi
the enemy. In any event but one alterna


five is now left for the Government aud
that is to proceed to punish this tribe for it,


treachery and butohery at the earliest posi-


BILE moment by such measures us will make
them feel sensibly its power to punish /
not to protect. The cuuningoI the Indians in
gaining time in the face Of stern winteri


apparent, and it is to be regretted that tn,
Government should have been led into tn,
trap set for it. All the troops available
should have been concentrated on the Ute
reservation pending these negotiations, II
readiness to strike blow the moment til,
deceit and treachery Of the Indians became
apparent. The necessity for extreme meas
ures might have been ayerted had this pol
Year: 1879

THE Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer is so unfriendly to Sec.
retary SHERMAN as to charge the recent re-
newed outburst of BR1sTow spleen against
General GRANT to the score Of the SHER-
MAN boom. He argues that the "howr'
against GRANT is intended to show that no
one but SHERMAN can carry Ohio. There
is no law against such argument, and per-
haps there is no reason to sustain IT, But
it is unfortunate for Secretary SHERMAN
that included among his most earnest sup
porters are number of the most active
Bristowites of 1876.
Year: 1879

WE have known General A. w. BISHOP
for some twenty years, and from what we
know of him we regard the bitter assault
made upon him by the Fort Smith Nclc Era
Republican, as unprovoked and ground
less. Its exceeding bitterness betrays an
animus that apparently centres in some
personal feeling, which renders justice
scarcely probable under any circum-
stances. There was every inducement for
General BISHOP to remain in Arkansas, If
he possibly could have done so with COM
fort, but ostracism finds so many ways OF
annoyance that its presence is insufferable,
and hence our old friend, who hes led an
honorable life, has quietly left the State
and returned North. The Neto Era could
at least have restrained its fire in the rear
under the circumstances, but its gun has n
recoil.
Year: 1879

IN speaking of HART, the colored pedes-
trian, the New York Herald says:


The promise of the young negro Hart to be-
come one of the leading pedestrians of the
world was handsomely fulfilled on Saturday
night, when the boy retired from the track
with five hundred and forty miles to his credit
This far exceeds Rowel's famous five hundred
and thirty, which were considerably shorter
than reported, and approaches closer than any
other has done to Weston's famous English
record. As for Hart himself, his manners and
achievements have made him as popular as
any pedestrian in America, and if his record
really WAS rs it appears, he may confidently
challenge any other pedestrian in the world
Year: 1879

WHEN slavery is really abolished on the
Island of Cuba, it will be time enough to
rejoice over the emancipation of the bonds
men of the Ever Faithful Isle. Meanwhile
those who are rejoicing over the action of
the Spanish Cortes in the premises, will do
well to save their breath.
Year: 1879

APLAIN, unpretending citizen is General
GRANT, and one entirely free from desire
for ostentatious display or the willing
acceptance of royal homage" as the Dem
ocratic press is pleased to phrase 1t. 1t hap
pened, however, that the 76 Dcum Lduddmus
the offer of thanksgiving and praise habit
ually used by the royal family of England
and sung upon the entrance of Napoleon
into the cathedral of Notre Dame, was
being sung by the choir of the Metropolitan
church when the General and his family
entered that sanctuary last Sunday. This
accident will, of course, be harped upon by
the Opposition press as further proof that
the Empire is impending, But il viii serve
to expose to the minds of all intelligent
people the emptiness Of that kind Of flap
doodle. On such an accident as this, tho
New York Sun will begin to parcel out tho
dukedoms.
Year: 1879

CINCINNATI may have some show for the
next Republican National Convention after
EDIsoN's electric light shall have proved
TO be reliable success But even under
that circumstance the requirement shall be
imperative that the Convention shall be sup
piled with elcctricity-producing apparatus
under its own control
Year: 1879

The Star entirely misinterprets our re-
mark that it "twinkles with neutral
Democratic twinkle in politics." when it
says we style it a Democratic paper, for
that would imply some posiIiveness of char
acter-a thing Of which it is not suspected.
But it utterly neglects our inquiry as TO
GARCELoNs honesty, which it indorses so
heartily. On that point 1t no doubt con-
eludes that the least said the better.
Year: 1879

THE New York Times puts the Maine
question in a nutshell, when it says:


1t is a mockery for GARCELoN to say that
the legislature Is the final judge" of the
elections upon which he and his fcllow.con.
spirators have passed. They give seats to
men who arc known not to have been elected
and then calmly tell the rightful members
that they must look to the usurping members
for redress.
Year: 1879

II is IA noteworthy fact that only those
who are opposed to his denomination ever
presume to question General GRANT about
his future political intentions or desires
His most discreet friends invariably avoid
all alusiou to this subject in his presence,
as they have the right to do, aud the result
is he is never approached upon the subject
except by his enemies. In them, as a mat
ter of course, he is ungracious enough not
to confde his personal affairs.
Year: 1879

GENERAL GRANTS popularity here in the
District of Columbia, where his record as a
civil administrator is best and most crti-
cally known, has been increased within the
past few days because Of the inimical course
of the local Opposition press, lie always
was aud is yet the friend of the District,
but the lshmaelites and carpet-baggers OF
tramps who assail him because of his stall
wart Republicanism seemingly ignore this
fact However, the people know it, and
regardless of partisan prediction will con.
Gnue to houor and venerate him for it,
Year: 1879

THE OHIO election is not viewed so


hopefully by the Republicans as it was
few weeks ago, and their game of brag
is fast playing out. They find Their
"bloody shirt" has been torn to ribbons
and the bulk Of their political capital
completely demolished by the presence
Of two gallant Union soldiers on the
Democratic ticket, while their own can
didate is man who stayed at home
while the fighting was going OH, and
made fortune out Of the sufferings OF
the nation. The sentiment is fast gain
ing ground that the Democrats will win
substantial victory in Ohio this fall,
and the Cincinnati Enquirer ,ays that
Foster himself does not believe he will
be elected. He and all sagacious Re-
publican leaders begin to realize that
the ground s ipping away from be.
meath their feet. The Republican boom


has spent ilsforce, and now tie Ewing
flood is coming in.
Year: 1879

THE Republican shoald be more care
IN, afl i,s language, and not let Its pas
sion run away with its understanding
Facts cannot be wiped out in that way
They are "stubborn things" you know.
Il ia not necessary for names to be men-
toned in connection with the losses this
community and this city" have sus-
tanned by defalcations within the years
alluded to. The editor Of the Repuoh-
can himself has not been exempt from
the effects Of The loss by late City
Treasurer, and will not be unless by the
management Of his party the city is
made to suffer in his stead as in case
lust decided. Let him take his pencil and
put down the losses by defalcations and
he will fiud that we have not been ex-
actly accurate but that they fully main
tain what we said and to enlighten him
further, if it is necess 'ry, we did not
confine our calculations to city or county
losses only, but to those OF government
officials as we'll as other officials by which
this community suffered. 1t can easily
collect the names and amounts if it
pleases and may take back its tire-eating
language or not. So that the GAZETTE
is fortified with truth we Go not feel in
suited II what the usually inotiensive
writer may say.
Year: 1879

THE New York Tribune lately made
an exp siti N of the manner in which
number of the Southern States have
dealt with their debt, showing that they
have repudated large part of it. The
conduct of most of these States is indie
fensible, but when the Tribune ventures
to make political issue Of it it does 50
in defiance of the law which bids those
who would ceIisure their neighbors to
make first sure that they are not as cen
surable themselves. II publican States
of the North have been guilty Of repudia-
ton without the excuse of war losses
which the Southern States have. And
the result of our experience of State
honesty is the discovery that a State,
North or South, will pay its debts when
it is peifectly convenient to do so, and
repudiate them when they become bur
thensome. SO that it IS not sectional
issue nor one between the present par
ties, but it does raise political question
as to whether there is not remedy un
der the constitution for this wrong; and
if not, whether the constitution shoult
not be amended TO afford il.
Year: 1879

1t may be, friend, you area very
good sort ola man, judged by the
commercial standard, by the standard
of the club, and of the church. We
don't doubt but you are pretty good
sort of a man measured by your own
standard butt hope the com.
positors will place long dash after
the word but, for there was great
deal OF thinking came after it What
was ! thinking about Yonr wife
perhaps your mother your sister,
or any one whose kindness and cour-
tesv and affections ministers to you,
and..you don't appreciate the minlstery.
The unappreciatlve ones, who loves us
and serves us i am thinking of them
And as | think, faces comes out in
the air in front of ME, and stand
out to sight as if they were living
faces. There Is the face of mother-a
worn face q face that is wrinkled
as years and labor and troubles wrinkle
a face eyes that show growing
dimness as they gaze at me; hands
no longer plump; fingers no longer
rounded hair half gray and halt
brown. The face ola woman who
has done work-hard work; ; done it
faithfully, lovingly, heroically, but has
never been appreciated for doing it.
Another face Certainly. Whose? ?
Your wife's. Not old or young
forty perhaps. The face OF a woman
who does everything for love; OF a
woman who has been busy all the day
long that your house might be a home
for you; a woman you left without a
kiss this morning, and whom you for
got to greet as you came in at night
And vet there were your slippers BY
your chair, the evening paper on the
table the table spred for tea-every
thing clean, orderly, home-like. And
YOU scarcely greet her .! Brute Pret-
ty near it. What do you think =
Golden Rule.
Year: 1879

Ialways liked politics, and, what Is more,
politicians. They are a much-baused
class. It is the fashion to sneer at them,
but think they are better men as rule
than merchants and bankers and other
of what is called respect


ability. They make more sacrifices and
do more unselflsh work for Others than
business men ever think Of doing. They
cultivate a certain chivalric sense Of
honor. Even some who are naturally
corrupt will refuse the most tempting
bribes when the integrity Of their party Is
involved. 1 have seen enough OF political
life to satisfy me that Its influence is ele-
vating and not degrading. l would much
rather be tried BY jury Of my political
opponents who were acknowledged poll
ticians, than by jury Of respectable
business men who said that they took no
particular interest in politics, but usually
voted the Republican ticket. From them
I should expect gross injustice and preju-
dice ten times as intense as my avowed
political opponents would display. The
man who serves a cause, ifit Is not pos
itively bad cause, is ennobled by the ser
vice. He learns to look at men, as well
as doctrines, from higher standpoint
than mere personal selflshnsss.-fN. 7.
Sun Interview.
Year: 1879

1t must be source Of deep regret
to mary men of bloody ambition in
this country that we have no kings or
queens or emperors to stand as the
targets of indiscrimlnatc shotgun or
pistol practice, and so they have to do
the best they can and accept certain
of the sovereign people as substitutes.
One has recently perfected his climax
by shooting Kentucky Judge after
getting accustomed to blood through
several minor murders. Another,
whose aim was not so deadly as his
intention, sighted an eminent actor
as he was performing his part ou the
stage, and the bullets fierce applause
came too direct to be comfortable, to
say the least. Now this is decidedly
unpleasant, and shows the inconven-
ieuce of a republic in such an emer-
gency. In the Old World monarchies
the heads of government hold them
selves in readiness to be shot, dirked
or poisoned. This risk is part of
the price they must pay for the divin-
ity and state that surround the
thrones; and after all it isn't so bad,
for they live almost as long as other
people. and when they die it is more
often the result of their own bad hab-
it's than of the assassin's success. But
if a man cannot even play king-and
king that died many centuries ago
at that-without exciting the wrath OF
some idiot, we fear the mimic stage
must 20 into decline. And no one
knows where lightning may strike
next. Almost every sovereign otfends
somebody at some time, and if assas-
sination is the only sovereign remedy
it is time to revive the old custom of
going about in full armor, bullet-proof
at that To be distinguished is to iu-
vite the pistol; to be positive tempts
the shotgun. Az we all imagine our
selves in one list or the other, the
prospect is one to make the bravest
blanch and the most ambitious join
tervently in singing the old hymr,
"Oh, to be nothing. = Boston Post.
Year: 1879

From the Philadelphia ltecofd'l


A colony Of in!crmarricd blacks and
whites is located about eight miles
from Millville IN New Jersey. The
place is known as Gouldtown, and was
settled about so years ago by John
Gould. after whom the town was
named. Now il numbers about 500
;nhabiian,s. These are scattered. how
ever, and the land occupied by them
covers within an area of about six
miles. The town is so near Bridge
ton, which is u few miles further
south, that nearly all the dealings Of
the place, occur there. On this &C.
count there is scarcely a sign of lite
about the place, and were it not for a
toll. gate and its charges the passing
stranger woud hardly know that the
place was Inhabited.


The dwellings are all framed, some
aspiring to architectural style, while
the majority are but slight improve
ment upon the railroad tool house.
Two painted signs are visible, one an
nouncing the location Of the post'of-
flee, and the other designating the
school. l.house but these are so nearly
etfaced by the wear of time as to be
in keeping with the liteless aspect of
the village. The church is the most
artistic bnilding in the place, and lis
pastor is the ruler of the town.


The women of Gouldtown are white
and their husbands are negroes. Men
or women who are not willing TO
comply with these conditions of mar
riage cannot live in the village with
ease or comfort, tor the Goulctowners
will have no one about but those in
sympathy with their notions. This
was the request of its founder when
he passed away. And this request
their descendants are determined TO
carry out. Gould's intention in found
ing the place was to develop his the
ory of the equality Of the negro in
his right to marry into the white race.


Gould was colored man, and be
fore founding Gouldtown was in love
with young white girl. This is SIP
posed to have INDUCED the remarkable
theory which he evolved. Gould at
the time of this love affair was resld-
ing in Camden, where be married the
girl and whure he started to inaugur-
ate his theory of equality. He soon
found other negroes who had similar
designs upon females of the white col
or, and when they were consummated
Gould and few others, frlendless and
penniless, started to dig livelihood
out of South Jersey land. The place
they selected was indeed a Jersey Sa-
hara. Whether they paid for the
land is not known.


From time to time the sentiment in
creased by the addition Of the negroes
who had taken unto themselves white
women as wives. The offsprings Of
these people were, of course, mulat-
toes some of whom remained at
Gouldville and intermarried, and
others sought matches elsewhere so
that in the fruition OF time white men
ioined in wedlock with mulattoes and
mulattoes joined with white women.
This state of affairs passed on until
to-day the colony presents a mixed
condition of society.


The young people of the town are
very light IN color, and there is no
difficulty in distinguishing the negro
blood in the features Of the highest.
The men are mostly strong, healthy