smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

a gentleman SO, would say to the hay-seed ex-
Founders Of constitutional law Sink the donna
poeue. and try to be statesmen" You certainly do
not believe in the rIdiculous doctrine you think
yourselves compelled to advocate in order to retain
your seats in Congress. Have the boldness to ex-
press your real convictions. Tell your constituents
that the true policy Of the country is to encourage
BY every possible means, the building OF more
railways, rather than to cripple those al
ready in existence; and that the roads
must be managed by those who own them,
like any other business, restricted alone by what
ever provisions may be in their charters untouched
by Congressional interference Tell them That H. by
reason of low prices, wheat and corn VIII not pear
transportation great distance, TO turn their atten
ton to the raising of cattle and hogs ana the
growth Of WOOL that will bear it. Encourage the
building of manufacturing villages so that mar
ket may be created for the sale of those farm pro-
ductions that will not bear transportation to a
distant market. Open your coal mines so ~ 10
utilize the iron ore that abounds in richer pro-
fusion than in any other country on the
globe Educate your children and teach them that
they can only become good, prosperous, and happy
citizens through habits Of temperance, economy, and
industry. FrOwn down the whining demagogues
who may attempt to excite the prejudices OF one
portion Of the people against nores, and
can only be prosperous when in perfect harmony
with each other. Do these things aud you, Will re.
ceive the plaudits of all intelligent men and VIII not
fail to realize the satisfaction resulting from con-
scientious discharge of duty to your country.


During the Rebellion the omnipotent law OF ne
cessity-self preservation compelled tho enact
ment of laws not warranted in times of peace; 80
that now many seem to think that the will OF Con
eress like that of the British Parliament. is the
Constitution. We should hasten to live again
within the well established limits OF our great char
ter where only can be found security against en-
croachments that must end in q centralized Gov.
ernment destructive alike to the reserved rights OF
the States and to the liberties of the people


Washington. March II, 1874, j. d. d.
Year: 1874




SIR: 1t is marvel to me that our American
men take little interest in politics They discuss
the questions of tho day their walnuts and their
wine but they don't get beyond discussing them. Fools
aud knaves particularly the knaves, throng our public
places and willing enough to partake Of the oaves
and the fishes, but few honest men, few gentlemen,
seem enough for their country TO he willing
put their hands to the pow Far the time
when celebrated political party took It's from the
initial letters OF It's motto We Hope In God" Nova
days politicians In general neither hope In God fear
God, nor keep His commandments. And TO think that
IL should be ut time like the present when,
mighty pressure OF country onward talent and
integrity strong minds and honest hearts, are more
needed to and shield her Very dttng,
very well deserved Is the Greek tdOtes from which the
English word idiot Is derived. signfyng q man who
takes no interest In politics. For there honest
among u.s. to be found without Diogenes and without
his lantern uniting the gentleman, tho scholar,
and the Christian. able, they were only willing,
up to the help Of tho nation and 10 make America
y and praise In the whole earth. But they will
not come, because politician has become word and


reproach, synonymous with every kind Of low dshOn-
esty SO much the are they needed like Hercules,
cleanse the Augean stables and to to the world
that be politician and yet keep his integrity.
that he be politician. and yet, like Bayard, be
without fear aud without reproach pure patriot an
iDconuptble statesman, an earnest, resOlute whole
souled Christian Oh, what glorious iuture might be
before us! GUINEA.


Ner York, March Is, 1874
Year: 1874

power exists, certainly 1t would have been recOg-
nized by so profound jurist.


If the power now claimed exists as to the States it
certainly does as to fsreign countries. Then, why
not fix by Congressional enactment the rate at
which wheat and cotton shall be carried to Liver
pool or to other foreign ports 7 Why not say that
tea coffee sugar, and other productions of foreign
countries shall only be brought here by American
vessels at price per ton to be fixed by Congress
Why not regulate the coastwiss trade in the same
way.


In the search for the right SO to regulatethe price
of transportation, it is said that Railway Companies
are common carriers, and, therefore, they are sub
ject to Congressional action. Express companies
are common carriers, and so steamboat and canal
companies, and so is the man who drives four-
horse team in the transportation of goods. Many Of
these companies charge very high for their services
but whoever dreamed of regulating them by Con-
gressional enactment


1t is also claimed by these searchers after power
that because the Parliament of Great Britain limits
the charges for freight and passage on railways,
Congress can do the same thing. They don't seem
to know that the railway companies of England
derive their charters from Parliament, and that
they contain this limitation. II is the contract be-
tween the Government and the companies, well
understood before a dollar is invested in making
road. Not so here Our railroad charters are de-
rived from the States and very few of them contain
any such limitation. When the provision is not in
the charter, even the State Legislatures inn
pose a restriction, because it would be in bad faith
and in violation Of the contract between the State
and those who furnished the money to make the
road II the State cannot do it, much less can il be
done by the General Government.


The truth is that neither those who made the Con-
sttution nor the great commentators on the powers
it confers, claimed, intmated that 80 vast
power exists in that instrument That it does so,
has only been revealed to the atter-day saints,
whose knowledge of constitutional law has been ac-
qured by listening to tho inspiring song whose
chorus is


al would be Granger. and a Granger III be-"


Said Young Rapid. in the play. TO bB rcvorcd pro
genitot Dad! Dad yink (be tailor. aud try snd be
Year: 1874

THE ordinary plan of drawing the steer
down To the block and striking him on
the head with an AK is too slow tor the
wholesale butchery carried on mere
About one dozen head are driven INTO a
small pen, Just sufficiently large to hoio
that many closely packed, and a gaze
forced to behind them. This pen has an
omen slat platform across the top OF IL
unon which two men are stationed win
noles and harp-pointed knives tixed on
the end of them. With rapidity ac-
ouired by long practice they plunge
their spears into the necks OF the
affrighted and struggling animals,
cutting the jugular vein, and each
successively falls as if struck with
an ak. The blood spirits. ont IN
in streams as if from dozen fountains,
and in less than minute the whole penn "
are down, quivering in the throes OF deatn
and covered with blood. The door OF the
pen leading into the erenderingroom Is theI
thrown open, the animals drawn Out sue
cessively, and a knife rapidly sli's th'
skin around the neck and down the stom
ach. A rope is attached to the upper par
| of the hide by clamp, TO the other en-
of which is mule which lelsurely walA


off down the yard carrying the SKIN o


the animal with him, and leaving .ne car


cass still quivering with animal ne.


tackle hoists the body up TO leVel wl.i M


one of the immense caldrons, and in les
time than we have taken to describe IN


process il is in the seething and boilin


mass. There are four or five OF thes


caldrons, each large enough to hold
dozen beeves, and they are kept constant
ly going during the killing season, IN


tallow Is drawn off into large hogshead


and the remains of these great soup,ke


fles are carried out on what is called tn


"hash- pile" consisting of bones, horL


and the animal matter from which III
fatty substance has been extracted'-Bd
tiIn0re american.
Year: 1874

"Yes but he adores her. I suppose there is not happier woman. With the exception, too, of that calamity, their life has been @ romance uof good for tune. And do you know, I think she is singularly interesting. l can under stand how a man like Frederick Arnold, standing all day in the vivid arena of his time, using that eloquent voice of his at some strain above all the con- hicts-I can understand how he may come home at night to that enshrined wife" . "a

 Enshrined you may we'll say," ex. claimed the other. And I am not sure that ought to pity him. But, upon my word, all the beauty lavished in that house vanished from my eyes, it was so utterly subordinate to that one central couch where his wife lay. I was just impressed with the vague idea that all the joys of life had been knitted into 8 wreath to hang around-a dying image. Ten years We'll, let me never say again there is no constancy in man."

 To which commentary Elsie might have added, "And in all these ten years of devotion, not word has passed my husbands lips of that dark night when he came home, loving, and his wife shrank from him as from & stranger"

 And Fred might have added, in tho simplicity of his loyal heart. Strange that a woman like my wife, of soul so infinitely groceful that whatever comes near her is moulded into harmony, and who inspires the homage of the most gifted minds, should be as unconscious of her charm as 8 little child. shall never forget-it was few weeks after we had brought her home, and while there was still some hope of recovery I heard her say to a physician, Can't you possibly, dear doctor, make me well enough to move abouta Can't you restore to me little of a woman's gracefulncss ? My husband loves me for rag 91ace."
Year: 1874

All is quiet In the South. Not an
outrage has been reported since the
election We were led TO expect that
each Southern Democrat would have
cooked ii negro for breakfast every day
since the 3rd. So it is you can never
count correctly on such fellows.
Year: 1874

A correspondent OF the Lawrence
Journal, writing to that paper, says:
On the 18th inst, we saw the wheat
fields could not contain the bugs any
longer. They were in frightful COM
motion, as though startled by their
own incredible numbers. Many of
them went direct to the corn. On the
18th we got u barrel of coal tar and run
some temporary lines as checks along
the railroad where the bugs were
thickest. On the 10Th we cleared a
track on the wheat side of the railroad
and permanently fixed our head
quarters. With the use of tcakettles
we located our tar lines, and resolved
to defend them or perish on the ground.
We had no experience in the matter,
and therefore were always driven by the
rude hand of necessity. At about 3 o.
clock in the afternoon the bugs pressed
on our lines in such force that in many
places they would gorge, bank up, and
roll over the lines by millions. The
best we could do was to draw tar switch
es on the line and bag and burn them,
for which purpose we kept constant
fires along the line. They would often
pile up so that we could dig up COM
mon size barn yard shovel full of clear
bugs. On the Goth we dug pits of
twelve inches square along the line,
with switch IS of tar to guide the bugs
into the pits, and traced the top of the
pits around with tar, except the en-
trance, to keep them in. This worked
we'll. One pit filled to the depth of
six inches in one day, another four in
ches. We also ran several inside lines
and dug pits SO as to have two chances.
One main head line was nearly one
quarter of mile long, with twelve pits.
About sunset we would burn them all
out. We cannot think of placing the
bugs destroyed thus at less than one
bushel per day. The northwest corner
of the wheat field joined our meadow.
Here we kept tar lines and pits, and
thereby saved our timothy with but lit
tie damage. Our roasting-ear patches
of corn were greatly exposed. Around
one placed pine fencing boards, one end
under the earth set aslant, and on the
upper part which stood above the earth
we ran the tar. This, did not give sat
isfaction from the fact that the tar
soon died away, and the bugs walked
over. We then placed the boards on
edge, ends together, earthed up on
both sides, made the outside rather
smooth so the bugs could travel with
but little obstruction. Then took strips
OF cloth one and half inches wide,
doubled them lengthwise, tackled them
on to the top edge of the board, straight
edge out, let it project little over the
boards, then with a brush or swab
tarred the cloth WE'LL Old woolen
clothing or grain sacks will answer.
This we give as the best plan found
among our experiments, and do not
think it can fail.
Year: 1874

EFFECT OF Shoes ON HEALTH. Wood
en- shoes are highly recommend by
some of the scientific societies, and in
some instances by the governments of
Europe, it having been ascertained that
not few diseases, resulting in impaired
constitutions and even in the loss of life,
have resulted from the practice of wear
ing leather shoes in wet weather. An
experienced workman of France was
short time since called to Germany to
superintend the manufacture of wooden
shoes on an extensive scale in the lat
ter country. These are represented as
being light and easy to wear, and are
provided with small cushion within the
upper side, to obviate any pressure on
that part of the foot; they are also said
to be of neat and pleasing appearance,
blackened or vanished, are made large
enough to accommodate comfortable
stockings, and are furnished with leather
straps.
Year: 1874

~ A Kentucky man while drunk or
dered his wife to take hammer and a
nail and knock his teeth out. With
that meekness of spirit and obedience
which characterizes her sex, that loving
wife obeyed the orders of her lord
when he got sober his swearing didn't
count, because he mumbled so it could
not be understood. ...a..
Year: 1874

SENATOR JONES SPEECH.-We have
received, in pamphlet form, the speech
delivered by the Nevada Senator in op-
position TO the scheme for the imitation of
the currency. 1t was an effort which
from the unexpected source from whence
it came, attracted public attention in a
greater degree than many more labor
ed effort by an old mem Der of the Senate
would have done. We can we'll under
stand how the old stagers, who looked
upon Jones as one who was supposed to
owe his position to the immense wealth
at his command, rather than to any pc
culiar abilities he could bring to the
place, must have been surprised at the
self-possession with which the new Sena-
tor entered upon the discussion of so deep
question, and the readiness with which
he demolished the financial theories which
the advocates of initiation had set up.


The speech will we'll bear reading, and
while we coincide with its main purporI,
we think some of the positions assumed
would, if assailed, be found untenable.-
down the rebellion fifteen hundred mill
ions cheaper, had it been done without
resort to the issue Of green backs. With
out that resort the rebellion could never
have been put down at all. With the
withdrawal Of million OF men from the
pursuits of peace to become consumers in
stead Of producers, high prices for all the
products Of industry followed as a matter
of course, and would have followed had
the government paid for its purchases in
gold instead of currency. Probably one
mistake of policy was in the measure
which permitted the changing Of curren-
cy notes into bonds which called for gold
payments. But, if so, it is one of the
mistakes which grew out of the extraor-
dinary necessities of the occasion, in
which every move which could strength
en- the national credit and help to furnish
the sinews of war, was brought into requi-
stion.


The Nevada Senator, having made his
home in this county for many years, and
taken his first steps in political life within
its boundaries, it invests his subsequent
career with an interest for our people
which is doubtless as great as that Of his
own immediate constituents. The fact,
also, that its views are in such thorough
sympathy with our own upon the ques-
ton which was being discussed, has Civ
en- the first speech of the Nevada Senator
an additional interest which will cause it
to be sought and eagerly read by the old
time Trinitarians.
Year: 1874

A Ton OF DEAD HEATHEN.-The S.
+. Chronicle says the average American
contcmplates in stupid bewilderment the
tenacious faith of the disciples of Confu-
cus in the religious necessity that wher


ever death may overtake them their dust
must be sent back the Flowery Kingdom
to rest in the bosom of mother earth.
Possibly, it is silly superstition, but our
" heather Chinee fellow beings live up
to it ever so much more consistently than
we live up to our superstitions. The
OTifdmn1e, from Portland, a few days
ago brought down over ton of the NOR
tai remains Of Mongolians, who had shuf-
fled off their coils in Oregon. This queer
cargo is to be reshipped from this port to
China. The fact that so thrifty peo-
pie as the Chinese should incur the great
expense they do for such purpose,
proves the strong hold which the custom
has upon them. The mere preparation
Of the bodies to be shipped costs twenty
five dollars each and when the expenses
OF packing, freight, reshipment, ETC., are
added it must amount to about as much
an industrious Chinaman, living upon
economical principles can save in year.
Year: 1874

SUSTAINING THE VETo.-The press of
the Pacific States is unanimous in its APP
proyal of Grants veto Of the imitation
bill. Such radically Democratic papers
as the Cousa Sun speak in high terms of
the Presidents action, and even the cap
tious Union, which probably had crush
ing leader prepared in anticipation of
different result, is obliged to give faint
approval to the act of one who is not one
of the Dolys. OF course, however, it sets
up its invariable nnti-railroad howl be-
cause the infationists want to carry the
question before the people in the Con-
gressional elections; thereby making the
railroad issue n secondary one. 1t is sell
dom that an Executive veto is received
with such universal approval. The only
paper which we have observed to CON
demn the veto is the Sacramento Bee.
Year: 1874

AN Italian lawyer has eclipsed his
Philadelphia brethren by acuteness in de-
Tending a client. A tax-colsctor of Ma
piles absconded with public money to the
amount of 100000. He was caught,
brought back and tried, but the jury ac-
quilted him because the money he had
stolen was the peoples money; and as he
was one of the people, he was part own
er of that money, and of course it would
be monstrous to convict a man of steal
what was his own. The manly courage
of this plea is far preferable to the sneak
ing one of emotional insarity.
Year: 1874

THE Chicago papers are careful to
adapt their local romances to the exigen-
cies Of modern Improvements. In the
very latest elopement from that city, for
instance, the prosecuted but devoted lover
snatched his bride from the enraged pa
rent in the fourteenth story of fashiona-
BILE hotel, and made good their escape by
wildly tossing her palpitating form into
the descending elevator, just as the old
man reached, too late, the empty land
ing
Year: 1874

A DETROIT woman threw the coffee
pot at her husband, and he, having moth
ing else wherewith to retort, threw their
two year old boy at her. The court de-
cided that small boys must not be used
as domestic missiles, and the man is in a
prison cell.
Year: 1874

THE Sacramento Supervisors have or
dered an election on the Local Option
question in Center township, Oh the 23d
day of May. As there is but one saloon
keeper in the township we fear he will
have the option of closing up or moving
to some other place.
Year: 1874

THERE must be something patriarchal
about the old German in Sturgis, Michi-
gan, who lost his child, and carrying it
out on his shoulder to the cemetery, bur-
led it himself and pronounced funeral
Grafton over the grave, with one old wo-
man to hear him.
Year: 1874

THERE was great excitement at Tope-
ka over the arrival Of old man Bender
and his wife. Thousands hocked around
the Jail to see the butchers, who were full
ly identified by many who had seen them
in Kansas.
Year: 1874

A DANvILLE, Va, murderer, who
lately had his death sentence commuted
to imprisonment, was digging out of Jail,
and had got a hole through the floor when
his commutation came. He expressed
himself satisfied, and gave up knife that
he had concealed.
Year: 1874

THE young ladies of Placerville are
getting up social society, which is to
have frequent meetings for social enjoy
ment and intellectual improvement
They think that this will keep the young
men out Of the liquor saloons, and we
think they are right.
Year: 1874

The work Of remodeing the Cover
nor's Mansion so as to fit it for State
Printing Office and State Annoy, is
progressing rapidly. The law requires
the work TO be completed by June lst.
Year: 1874

Over 100000 worth Of first class Furniture selling Oh
At cost or less TO retire from retail business 80
years standing good opportunity Tor any who
liable goods at very low prices.


G. L. kelly CO., lS4 Fifth avenue
Year: 1874

A HIGHLY RESPECTABLE YOUNG MAN WISHES
an engagement as vaiet attendant to an Invalid or
otherwise in first class family objection to travel;
great experience ana first class reference. Address
VALET. box ISL Herald Uptown Branch office.
Year: 1874

SOMEBODY MlsTAKEN.-Gentle-
men on whose word we greatly rely
tell us that the Senate Journal
shows that Hon. J. G. Holloway,
Of Grant county, is recorded as
voting against the Potter Railroad
Bill on its passage, though in its
course up to passage he favored it.
The Lancaster Herald says: "His
"vote on the bill as recorded in the
"Senate Journal gives the lie to this
statement" Evidently some one is
deceived, or one party or the other
is knowingly making false repre-
sentations. We have not seen the
Senate Journal, and cannot speak
positively on the point.
Year: 1874

PLENTY OF SroRT.-Oyer forty
running and trotting horses are in
town to compete for the citizens
purses at the fair. Among these
are several horses having records of
great speed, and the prospect is
that some of the fastest time ever
made in the State will be recorded
here during the fair.
Year: 1874

THE FAIR.-Up to the time Of
going to press, the fair in this city
promises to prove as grand a sue
cess as was ever known in the State.
This being but the second day, we
can judge only by comparing it with
the corresponding day last year,
and by this comparison the fair
promises to have almost twice the
usual attendance, and otherwise ex-
ceed all others.