smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

The conversation of our contem-
porary of the Michiqdn Farmer was
pithy if not pertinent, lately report
ed. Meeting an old farmer, not too
old to be progressive, we asked him
what the farmers of Michigan wanted
most to increase the value of their
crops, fiOcks and herds. "They
ciIants, the manufacturers and the
mechanics want just what the rail-
road men, the lumbermen and the
mining men want they want labor,
capital and brains. There is not a
farm in the State but will stand an
application of this trio-work, money
and thought" We asked him again
what simple and easy methods he
would recommend to the farmers
from which they could get the
quickest returns, and he replied; {;
First, l would recommend that every
cow in the State be crossed by a
thoroughbred bull. / calculate that
would add million and a half of
dollars to the wealth of the State in
two years, and that it would double
the value of the cattle of the State in
four years. Second, l would cross
every breeding eve in the State with
thoroughbred ram, of approved
pedigree, and / calculate that it
would add one pound of wool to
every shearing sheep in two years,
besides improving the fiocks in
many other respects. You can calcu-
late the gain yourself. Third, /
would have every farmer select his
seed of every grain, especially OF
wheat and corn-that is, to pick out
the best and discard the inferior. The
profit would be immense, for there is
no telling how much can be gained
by selection of Seeds" Now, here
are three things within the reach OF
almost every farmer. They required
little money, some work and a
good deal of nerve and will power.
Was the old man right? Let every
farmer adopt these precepts and then
contradict them if he can Western


F1ryner,
Year: 1877

. The Louisville C0,rier-Jon'nal,
which is published in State where
whiskey ought to be good If any
where, confirms the statement that
probably nine hundred and ninety
nine gallons out of every thousand
that are sold as brandy are made
from vile compound of whiskey
swill, distilled spirits and chemical
abominations, and adds, "And as
it is also equally true of whiskey,
what in the name of goodness are we
all to do for something to drink? 1t
looks as if we are to be driven to the
pump in sDite of us. If the world at
large knew of what villainous stuffs
brandy and whiskey and wines are
made the present crop, of drunkards
would be about the last, or, at any
rate, all future crops would be small.
Nearly, or quite, all the liquors that
are retailed nowadays are undoubt-
edly slow, but sure, poison, and to
drink them habitually is simply a
roundabout way of committing
suicide, and unless you guard your
self carefully the way is not so rounds
about either"
Year: 1877

Last week, in conversation with a
friend, the President said that he
desired his civil service order to be
correctly understood, and then he
thought it could not be regarded as
Objectionable, but on the contrary, as
in the interest of efficiency in the
public service, and great benefit to


public morals. He thought the order
was very plain, and it had surprised
him to hear that it was not interpre-
ted as he intended, for he thought
it bore on its face single and clear
meaning. When asked what con-
struction ought to be placed upon the
order with reference to Federal office
holders going home to vote, the Pres
ident replied, Secretary Sherman
and other officers of the Government
from Ohio went home to vote and
to promote the success of their party
generally, and Of course the same
privileges and rights belong to FEEDER
al office-holders from Pennsylvania
Year: 1877

but it was one or the other, and las


he eis known to be a liberal mani per-


haps it was both. My first impulse,
after listening to the consoIing words


OF the President, was to go and take


"a stroll. | did; / took three or
four. They braced me up ; / felt bet
ter. Laughter. Notwithstanding
L am not collector of customs in New
Orleans, the government still rams
on, the revenues are collected and the
Republican party lives. 1 have re.
luctantly came to the conclusion that
am not absolutely essential to the
maintenance of Republican form of
government upon this continent:
cheers and laughter that there are
men as well 4dalnied u administer
an office as | am that the President
being responsible to the nation for
the acts of the appointees, should be
allowed the largest latitude in their
selection, and that true sense and
true patriotism should convince me
that in declining to give me the Of
flee L asked, the President acted for
what he felt and believed to be the
best Interests Of his country. Ny
1ell0W-citlzens, those of you, who,
like myself, have been disappointed
in your aspirations and ambitions,
will, think, upon calm reflection,
reach IN your case the same conclu-
sion have reached in mine"


We have never seen an audience
more thoroughly convulsed with
merriment than during the delivery
of the above. Sheridan looked.
While he was talking, like the per-
sonliication OF injured innocence, and
seemed to think it strange that the
audience found anything to laugh at
IN what he vas saying. To him,
losing the office was evidently a seri-
Gus thing.
Year: 1877

Natures method of publication and
consequent cureis founded on the rational
principle of judicious puTgation;and when
it is considered that the best physicians
pursue the practice of attention to the
stomach and bowels as preliminary land
often the only treatment of disease, it is
not difficult to perceive that remedy
possessing all the requisites of q purgatiye
and Alternative, in addition to other and
valuable remedial influence, must obtain
for itself more than ordinary consideration
and favor. Our remedy combines every
quality required for the treatment of dis
ease on the above-named rational princi-
pie. 1t is a pleasant Cathartic, active
or gentle, according to the dose; it is q
Blood purifier, toning and enriching this
fluid by its Alternative property; its action
on the Liver is soothing and certain, pro-
noting the Biliary secretions; it is safe
andreliable Emmenagogue, acting specifi-
cally upon the uterine system; it affords
the greatest attainable relief in Dyspepsia,
and cures whenever used as directed;
and in conjunction with hygienic means
is the best preventive Of Constipation
that can be suggested.


From the above it would then appear
that the simplest method to cure sickness
is that one which combines judicious pur-
cation with physical sustenance, and the
observance of hygienic measures; the
head should be kept cool, the feet warm,
and the bowels open; and when treating
diseases on the principles exhibited in the
manual referred to below (Which every
one should reaD the strength should be
sustained by nourishing not stimulating)
food Of the kind adapted to the complaint
while the remedy is removing the disease.
Year: 1877

The men Of the South, who recently
offered their lives in battle to destroy the
Union, showed their readiness at the Demo
cratic caucus on Saturday night to step
forth now in its defense against the assaults
of those who then professed to be its
friends and preservers. When Northern
Senators and Representatives proposed
revolutionary schemes to defeat the inau.
ruration Of President on the fourth of
March, and to deprive the government of
its proper military arm. as measures of
sheer resentment, these honorable men
stood up ard proclaimed that such course
could not receive their countenance and
support, and that they would resist 1t from
first to last. II the few Democrats present
who advocated such an exhibition of shame
were any longer capable of appreciating
the sensation. they would have covered
their faces and withdrawn to the privacy
OF their homes, there to prepare themselves
for that perpetual retirement 10 which
they will be called at the next Con
gressional election. And If such was the
conduct which would have been beftti pg
Democrats dishonored and bran ded in
consequence Of the perfidy they recon.
mended 10 their indignant colleagues, what
shall be SAID Of that Republican who voted
for HAYES, and was there present to defeat
the purpose of his own ballot by means
which received the instant condemnation
Of those high minded gentlemen? Only
this: that his future will wear pail, and his
past point moral to ambition.


And what Is proffered as an excuse for
the contemplated action of these malcon.
tents2 Why, that they were deceived and
overreached by the Republican members
of the joint committee which reported the
Electoral bill, when all the world knows,
that knows anything Of the matter, that
there was but one question in dispute be.
tween the parties which required decision,
and that was as to the power Of Congress
In the premises. The Senate insisted
that II had only ministerial function to
perform, and the House, that II was clothed
with judicial power and could 60 into an
Investigation Of the regularity and fairness
Of the election. This was all that required
decision; and the Senate, that there should
be no cause ofcomplaiut and the House.
to prevent the Senate from doing that
which II declared would be cause for vio-
lence, agreed to remit the question TO the
decision Of the Commission provided for.
II the Senate's position should be sustained,
there would be an end of the controversy.
IT the claim Of the House should be estsb.
Year: 1877

lished. then inquiry would proceed to the
merits Of the election, Is determined by
The evidence taken or to be taken. The
question of Jurisdiction was the only one
at issue. and that was properly decided first
for II the decision was against the right,
then no further step was required.


II Is now said that some members Of the
joint committee assented that the Com
mission would have the power to 60
behind the returns; and that this was so
commonly understood. But the absurdity
Of this appears when we recur to the fact
that that particular point was all that
divided the parties to the bill. If such was
the view, why any Commission? Why
did the House desire q tribunal Of the sort
to do what might just as well be done by
Congress, IL there was no question Of com
potency in the wayf The whole business
Of the Commission, primarily was to
decide as to the power Of Congress- and
secondarily, TO do any act for which II should
find authority vested in that body. And
now, when, believing the decision Of the dis.
puted question would be In their favor, to
sanction the proceeding, and then, when
finding II adverse. to repudiste the author.
ity, Ia to render those thus acting not only
contemplate, but despicable. The plea
that they have been duped Is equally
adolescent and audacious. But Il will
avail nothing. The people will execute
the decision, and with the assent and co.
operation Of all honorable men .of the
Democratic party. For the rest, they will
soon learn that, as PINDAR wrote


"Nor fire, nor walls OF triple brass


Control the high behests OF Fate"
Year: 1877

gosdtd them to desperation, devilment and
almost 10 destruction. They want no
more Of this unfortunate and damaging
alliance. They want freedom from Tam
any and IL corrupting sasellltsa and they
are preparing now to secure this liberty.
They propose TO rally to the support Of
HAYES, aud aid In building up q new
South aud new government which will
bless the land Of their nativity. The time
has come when by-g cones should become
by.gones. Not that the deeds of the hal
lowed past should be forgotten, but
that they should be forgiven. The
North and the South must cease to look at
each other through jaundiced eyes. All
bitterness should pass away, and only the
stern and mournful lesson Of the past re.
main. Sectional hate must die If We would
have the Republic live. Sectional strife
must cease II We would have the whole
country prosperous. This can be accom-
plished under HAYES II the true and high.
minded leaders Of the South will do their
whole duty.
Year: 1877

IT is declared by persons long resident in
and thoroughly familiar with Paris that the
present political crisis in Paris, the issue of
which is very doubtful, has brought out, as
the engine of the Opposition or Republican
party, journalism of a very high and peculiar
order. The French government rigidly pre-
vents the sale of the Opposition papers by
hawkers on the streets and at the news
stands. NJ. de Fourtou, the Minister of the
Interior, whose real surname is Bardy, seems
to have forgotten the great historical fact
that the downfall of Charles x. in 1880 and
of Louis Philippe in 1S4S was preciptated by
their persecution of the Partisan press. The
pen is more powerful than the sword, and
President MacMahon may learn that fact too
late
Year: 1877

INDICATIONS of prehistoric people, the
signs of which are plentiful in Southwestern
Colorado, have lately been discovered in
Western Nevada. Antique pottery and un-
decipherable writings on the rocks are the
most common tokens. At one place engraved
upon rock is the nude figure of a man hold.
ing in bis right hand a shrub, the general out
lines of which show considerable artistic
Year: 1877

Now that the election is over the Demo
cratic editors in Maine will fall to hair-pull-
ing again. The editor of the Commercial
will call the editor of the Standard BRAIN
less lntriguer, and the editor of the Standard
will call the editor of the Commercial ma
hgnant marplot, and between them much
truth will be told. The fall season is eyi-
IDENTIFY not to be so duh after all.
Year: 1877

we do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
Year: 1877

lowed it to the grave. By the time all this was ascertained, the rogue had taken refuge in America; but after a while he ventured upon trip to Ant werp, where he was arrested and de- livered to the French authorities.

 An old couple living in village not far from Berlin, as many proyident souls have done, anticipated certain want by purchasing a pair of collins, keeping the cheerful reminders in a stable, to serve as cupboards for the storing of baked fruits and other winter necessities. At last the old man died, and his eldest son, a soldier quartered at Berlin, was summoned home to the funeral. The widow emptied one of the cOffins of it's contents to make room for the corpse, filling the other with the elected comestibles. The day after the funeral the soldier had to return to his duty. The dame went to fetch him some fruit, and on opening the solitary coffin was startled and confounded at beholding her dead husband. Some body had blundered, and the coffinful of good things had been solemnly put under the turf, and everything had to be done over again !-All the Year Round
Year: 1877

The bright, sunny rills keep on flowing

 Along by the banks and the braes, And not one Summer blossom stops growing, No matter how dark are the days. The clouds too, keep sailing and lifting, To let the bright sun arrows through; Thus nature by changing and shifting,

 Keeps moving with plenty to do. Stand still, and you miss the bright places That wait for you further along; Stand still. and the booming oasis

 Will comfort you not with it's song. Move on with the grand working army

 That labor with purpose of soul; Move on, and the air will grow balmy,

 And victory be yours at the goal. Step back and there's small hope of winning For courage true fieetness must lend; Step back at the very beginning,

 And where will you be at the end Go forward, young sowers, at dawning,

 With gladness and hope to the field; Go forward, for sweet in the morning,

 To labor for Autumn's rich yield. Great worlds in their orbits are moving,

 And planets unpeopled keep pace, While in contrast, all living and loving,

 Dumb life adds it's mite to the race. Then why, in this busy creation,

 That moves without rest or delay, Oh, why. fair young souls of the nation,

 Should man be the laggard to-day?
Year: 1877

If you are gaining little by little, every day, be content. Are your ex- penses less than your income, so that, though it be little, you are yet constant ly accommodating and growing richer and richer every day? Be content; so far as concerns money, you are doing well.

 Are you gaining knowledge every day? Though it be little by little, the aggregate of the accumulation, where no day is permitted to pass without ad ding something to the stock, will be surprising to yourself.

 Solomon did not become the wisest man in the world in minute. Little by little-never committing to learn something, even for single day always reading, always studying little between the time of rising up ill the morning and lying down at night; this is the way to accumulate a full store house of knowledge. Finally, are you daily improving in character? Be not discouraged because it is little by little. The best men fall far short of what they themselves would wish to be. It is some- thing, it is much, if you keep good res- olutions better to-day than you did yes- terday, better this week than you did yesterday, better this week than you did last, better this year than you did last year. Strive to be perfect, but do not become downheartened so long as you are approaching nearer, and nearer to the high standard at which you aim. Little by little, fortunes are accumu- lated, little by little, knowledge is gain ed; little by little, character and repu | tation are achieved.
Year: 1877

In our personal history we are often brought into contact with natures that seem to drop into our lives an element of good-we can hardly tell how; but there results a softening of rough lines and angles; new emotions of pleasure quicken the pulses; new power for ase- fulness, and new energy in the active duties of probation; while an elevation of thought and purpose brings us nearer God, and arms us with capacity to diff fuse everywhere a healthful influence over those around us at once ennobling, purifying, and. elevating. This life potency is not ephemeral. goes with us through duty and suffering down to the last hour. Death does not destroy it, for it sends its healthful glow across the dark river through the eternal years of our immortality.

 On the other hand, we have met with persons filled with envy, selfishness, and dark deprav1ty. who have dropped into our life current an element of dis cord-a bitterness most unpalatable (unless it finds in us congenial soil in which to vegetate and grow, so that the calm rivulet is in commotion; a rocky bed tears to shreds our hopes, and wounds our sensibilities, or plunges us into dark and muddy pools of unhappy discord and misrule. The stream no longer runs clear, the translucent waters of life are polluted and we sink into unhonored and miserable tombs, or wake amid .the blazing justice of eternal truth to the fearful sentence, "Departl" We call this element intlu- ence. When good, it wonderfully bles- ses the world, and when bad, it is an curse. We all have intiu- ence. We are not isolated. Society is around us. Into it we are continually dropping the one or the other element.

 We can say which it shall be-a bliss full, healthful influence, or the reverse Reader, which shall it be?
Year: 1877

Owing to the climate of Egypt, it has never been woodland country. Palm trees are found about the deserts of Lybia, and near Denderah timber of all kinds IS scarce, as the soil is not suited to the growth of trees. The acacia and the palm do grow, but the oak does not, and fir has to be imported from Arabia; and thus for solid struc- lures of great magnitude the old build CTS of Egypt were shut up to the use of stone, which abounds iii profusion, and in the use of which the Egyptians were great proficients, as may be seen both in the rock temples which were excavated adorned with sculpture, and in the temples which were erected in the open air. While the sculptures and the hieroglyphic figures which adorn their palaces and temples attest the progress of their workmen in the art of the newer of stone, it is evident that they had made great progress also in the department of construction, for many of the blocks which they used were of enormous dimensions, and that they were lavish in their use ot materi- al is shown by the fact that the walls of some of their temples are of the al most incredible thickness of twenty four feet. At Thebes, the walls of the principal entrance gate are at the baseno less than fifty ct thick. Then again the stones instead of being dressed as in modern masonry on one side, are cut inside as we'll as outside, and the whole mass is solidly joined to-

 gether, thus tending to secure the du

 rability of their monuments. In these great structures no arch is ever intro duced. The columns stand at such short distances that great stones can reach from capital to capital, and thus the roof is formed of huge blocks laid on horizontally and forming solid bed. American Monthly.
Year: 1877



 quality-and have it, we think. in an even higher degree than the English the quality of being sobered by the very presence of danger. There is no people among whom what seems cer- tain to lead to mischief goes closer to the very verge of the most alarming catastrophe, and yet none among whom we can feel certain that the immediate presence of imminent danger, instead of exciting them to the fatal plunge, will brace their nerves, clear their head, and reduce to sober seriousness the very leaders who, before the peril was imminent, were the hottest par tisans of the policy of danger. In Eng land there is, we think, more disposi- tion to be carried away by the impulse in the moment of peril than there is in the United States. In fact, it is the most striking feature in our political institutions that they express and con- contrate the waves of popular feeling which, indeed, they sometimes tend to xaggerate-while it is the most striking feature in the institutions of of the United states that they repress and dissipate the waves of popular feeling-which, indeed, they somewhat tend to underrate. And both the na- tions appear to have got the habit of re- 1ecting, to certain extent, the ten dency of their institutions. There is no doubt that the uppermost phase of British feeling often assumes too i'm posing an air to spectators who are not in any way behind the scenes, and that what the nation really thinks and wishes, it appears to think and wish with even more intensity and unanim- ity than it really does. The opposite thing happens in the United States. The very fact that a strong popular feeling is gaining marked ascendency there seems to call out all the restrain ing and self preserving power which the nation contains. If we remember how long public feeling in the North was in breaking down the constitution al respect for the Fugitive Slave law, how long it was again, even after the war for the maintainance of the Union had broken out, before the enthusiasm for turning it into an anti-slavery war could gain any influence with the politi- cal masses and statesmen of the federa- tion, we shall understand at once how great were the forces, both constitutional and moral, which seem to hold back the American people from anything like rash surrender to the tides of political enthusiasm. And so it has always happened that at critical moment the people of the United States have shown not merely true self-command, but perhaps even too much self-command, certainly more self-command than they did in the early stages of exciting ques- tions. And it is the same now that this very difficult and dangerous question as to the Presidential election has arisen only in this case, as no greater and noble principle is sacrificed for the sake of moderation, we can afford to give a fuller need of sympathy and even admiration to the society of the American people than it seemed to us possible to give at the time of the great CT crisis to which we have alluded London Spectator.