smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

approaching National Con-


test.


The coming Presidential contest
will not be the beginning of new
struggle, bnt an old battle fought
OYER again, and to the natural heat of
such dispute will be added the
peDt-np, smonlderinS fires of the
last strife. The gubernatorial race
in Ohio is the first onset of the
great combat. The victors there
will leave the field elated with hope
and triumph while the conquered,
alter the first depression OF defeat,
vii! knit their brows and set their
teeth, moro firmly determined, by
renewed energy, to reverse the un-
favorable decision. These circum-
stances, added to the fact that the
Ohio canvass of 1875 was one cf
the most exciting in our history,
and that the present one bids fair
to be its equal, cause public interest
to be acutely awake as to the prob
able chances of the candidates.
The omens auspicious to Gen.
Ewing are generally summed up by
the facts that as a sterling, able
Democrat he has the full support
OF his own party, while his green
back tendencies will gain him the
vote of the party that is supposed
to hold the balance of power in that
close State. Indeed, distinguish
ed Republican Senator, specially
noted for his political sagacity and
foresight has declared the nomi-
nation of Ewing to be the best
stroke of policy that the Democratic
party has achieved for five years.


We acknowledge all these claims
as favorable to the distinguished
but We consider that the
main tower of his strength is found
in the manner of his nomination, in
that it seemed to be the expression
Of the real viii Of the pcople-the
voices of the masses drowning the
advice of leaders and politicians
Ihls class, often too occupied with
Watching each other to note the
real course of public sentiment, had
placed Ewing's name among the
bare possibilities-among the bot
tom cards which the shuttle of poll
tics sometimes brings to the top :;
but the people, they who cast the
votes and turn the tide OF victory
Or defeat, wanted Ewing, and they
broke from their leading strings
and placed him in nomination, and
by the same irresistible force will
make him the next Governor Of
Ohio.


We can only hope that some
such power may arise in 1850
some majestic influence in some
great man, that shall draw the
hearts of all the people to h,m, and
make them feel and know that he
is the man of the age and the day
some man who may inspire the
people with a faith that shall oyc:-
come all doubts and theories and
and win by the strength
that was in jackson and Harrison
and Polk. Perhaps one Of the
very men who are at present promi-
nently spoken of for the Presidency
may be the very man whom we are
seeking. His name may be Thur
man, or Hendricks, or Tilden, or
Hancock, or he may push forward
like a meteor, through the night OF
obscurity. But we want him to
come forward and lead us to Il Ger
Gain and stunning victory.
Year: 1879

A sad event has occurred i'll tho
family of asteroids. Ililda is lost.
One Of the nearly two hundred
members of the planetary sister
hood revolving between Mars and
Jupiter can no longer be found in
her accustomed celestial haunts,
though the sky be swept by the
most far-seeing telescope. Tho
family holds an insignificant posi-
tiun i'll the solar scheme. 1t is
already very large and constantly
increasing, while several OF its
members have been lost before and
no commotion was created 10y their
disappearance. Why, then, should
snch a lamentation be made over
the lost Hiida Simply because
she IS the most important asteroid
astronomers have ever picked up.
Her orbit circles far outside of the
others, and brings her the nearest
of them all to the planet Of Jupiter.


Strive to do without that YOU do
Year: 1879

and was the signal fora general applause.
At l:l5 the State House bell rang out a
welcome. The procession occupied
about three-iourths of an hour in pass
ing. There were fully 10000 persons in
line. The day is delightful.
Year: 1879

To REsovATE BLACK GREAAD1NE.-
Take strong cold coffee, strain it aud ring the
greuadine out of it quite tightly, after which
shake out and fold mp. Iron with a mod
erately hot iron, over a piece of old black
material
Year: 1879

The question as TO whether salt is injuri-
GUS to poultry, has often been mootcd. The
Country Gentleman says:


To get at the true facts, have been feed,
ing salt to all my poultry. young aud old
alike, and closely watching the result. |
have fed it in cold mush and hot in bran
and everything else, all the spring and sum-
mer with the following result: The poultry
will eat all kinds of salted food in preference
to uusaltod; they arc better in general
health; not louise Of any kind in young or
old (the first year have been able to say
so,) and they are all beginning to moult, and
many of them laying as though not moult>
ing. Eggs are cheap now, and the hens will
be ready for fall laying when the weather is
cold aud eggs scarce. This may, or may not
be, the result of feeding salt largely TO them,
but am compelled to believe this largely to
be so, as are some other peculiarities. have
noticed one feature, which may not be in
favor of salt-the hens have seemed to be
more persisseutly inclined to sit, it being
very difficult to break of the iuclnatiop;
they sit much closer than usual. All seem
voraciously fond of green food of any kind,
and have eaten large quantity of clover,
grass, young food and other similar food.
My observation leads mo to tho conclusion
that salt is a needed condimont for all poul>
try, aud in all parts is beneficial to them
Pigeons are excessively fond OF salt in any
form. aud why should not our poultry be also7
Such being the true status, it behooves US to
consider their needs and attend to them.
Year: 1879

London is not 80 progressive IN some
other matters as in the construction of
the road-bed Of her streets. 1t will
hardly be credited that this vast metrop
oils, with its population of three millions,
has no municipal water supply. That
is to say, there is mo supply of pure
water direct from its source under the
administration OF metropolitan authori-
ty.' The quotation is from the language
of n resolution passed at o recent meet
ing held to consider the question, and at
which such prominent men as Sir Chas.
Dixie, Sir John Lubb Jck, the bishop of
London and Cardinal Manning were
among the speakers.


AT present the city is supplied by no
less than eight trading companies, whose
dividends are enormous. Their net
profits for last year are said to amount
to nearly "a, 100000. OF course, the
effect of the water supply being in the
hands of these greedy corporations is to
make the worldwide expression 'as free
as water, grim sarcasm to the swarm
ing population of London. Indeed, one
of the speakers at the meeting to which
l have referred rather wittily remarked
that the head of great manufacturing
house in London had made calculation
of the water used by his establishment
and found that it would be cheaper for
him to connect his premises with the
nearest brewery and uso beer at the cost
price, instead of waterl
Year: 1879

A few days ago the Salt Lake Utah
Herald casually mentioned that an o.
den tight.rope walker would undertake
the feat of breaking his neck if a suffi-
cient collection could be raised to pay
his funeral expenses. Though the init
nation did not prove true, it is rather a
matter of regret, as one younger and
proportionately more innocent suffers
from the foolhardy exhibition. Last
night was the time set for the feat, aud
in addition to walking the rope at a
great height, Megginson, the rope-pro
fessor, promised to carry twelve-year-
old boy on his back across this rope, to
stand on his head upon it, to lie down
on his face, balancing the pole over his
back, and to carry two pals of water
from one building to another. The rope
was stretched across Main street. He
commenced his exhibition, and while
endeavoring to carry the boy across he
lost his balance and dropped him to the
pavement, fifty feet below, after having
walked within ten feet of the end. The
rope was on All incline Of about three
feet. In stopping on this incline the
professor seemed to lose his balance,
his pole swinging to the perpendicular,
and almost instantly after the immense
concourso of people who had assembled
to witness tho affair were mortified to
see the boy whirling through the air,
striking his head with sickening thud.
Megginson threw himself over, catching
the rope with ono hand in his fall, and
after hanging few seconds iu mid air
succeeded in gaining window, going
hand over hand. The boy, whose name
is stated as William Allen, is said to be
son of the city marshal of Junction
City, Kan. 1t is alleged that he ran
away from home and WIGS taken up by
the travelling performer, many exhibl
tions having been given successfully.
The boy struck the pavement on the
right shoulder and head, partially dislo.
eating the neck and causing concussion
of tho brain. He is still alive, but no
hopes are entertained of his recovery
Megginson is arrested.
Year: 1879

Scandal mongers can learn a lesson
from the story told the old woman who
freely used her tongue to the scandal OF
others and made a confession to the
priest of what she had done. He gave
a ripe thistle top and told her to go in
various directions to scatter the seed
one by ono. Wondering at the penance,
she obeyed and then returned and told
her confessor. To her amazement he
told her to go back and gather the scat
tered seed; and when she objected that it
would be impossible; he replied that it
would be more difficult to gather up and
destroy all the evil reports she had cir
culated about others, Any thoughtless,
careless child can scatter q handful of
thistle seeds before the wind in mo.
ment, but the strongest and the wisest
men cannot gather them again. So the
slanderer may scatter seeds of discord
that no effort can remove, and the grave
can scarcely cover.
Year: 1879

A Ii the type now in this office is entire
II ly new. We have all the late styles
card and poster type, and fiatter ourself
that we can do as good work as any office
In the State. Give us trial
Year: 1879

The boy who won't roll up his
pant-legs and take run through
half an acre Of nettles to show the
girls that he isn't afraid, will make
a poor husband for a woman who
hears burglars every night.
Year: 1879

When a boy scrapes a little skin
OF his knuckles while saving wood
for his mother, he makes more ado
about it than when he knocks his
big toe-nail off running to a fire.
This is reliable.
Year: 1879

That was not inapt advice given
by a beacon at Oil City to a young
minister who asked if he thought
one should preach more than half an
hour: "Well, that depends on wheth-
er after and half an hours boring he
strikes ile."
Year: 1879

Should this right be put up, as proposed.
the million dollars that our correspondent
agrees to bid will probably not buy it


Others will bid more, and our correspond
ent himself thoroughly versed in the value
of property of this nature, contemplates the
sum named only as the point at which he
fully prepared to start the sale. Promises
are, of course, easily made, but In all the
promises made here as to horses, cars, and
general maintenance of the line, this bidder
will give bonds to fulfil his contract. With
an offer of this kind on the board shall the
franchise for Broadway railroad go
through the same history as that famous
franchise of Forty-second street? Shall
promises to remunerate the city properly be
put aside with contempt in order to carry
out little games with projectors not ready
to remunerate the city, but ready, perhaps.
to remunerate some city functionaries
Year: 1879

We publish in another column q letter
signed "A Child of the Church." asking
the HERALD if ii will act as custodian of
such contributions as may be made by the
members of the Catholic Church for the
relief of the poor depositors who have been
ruined by. the bankruptcy of Archbishop
Purcell. Our answer is unhesitatingly,
eyes" We are willing to act as custodian
of such fund, as we are always willing to
discharge q similar trust for any worthy
object.


Our correspondent may be too sanguine
in predicting that "a half million of devout
Catholics will respond to the call, as they
keenly feel that to permit the poor to suffer
in consequence of the misfortune or negli-
gence of one of their highest dignitaries
would be q lasting disgrace to their Church
and stain on their Catholic character.
However, as we pointed out some days ago.
and as one of our contemporaries repeated
yesterday, it is possible to wipe out the
whole of the debt by hearty cooperation on
the part of tho whole Catholic population.
There are in the United States about six
million Catholics. and less than a dol
lar from each would cancel the indebted
ness. 1t is very probable. however. that
upon investigation the grand total of the
amount deposited with the Archbishop will
be found to be much less than six million
dollars but even should it reach that sum
it could be paid in day by q general sub
scription.


The moral effect of so splendid au illus
tration of Christian faith and good works
would be incalculable. As an evidence of
solid faith it would be of more practical
value than score of costly cathedrals.
The Catholics of this country have, in our
opinion, the greatest and grandest oppor-
tunitv to show the faith which is in them,
and at the same time perform a noble
charity, that was ever offered to religious
denomination. To save their poor, ruined
brethren Of Ohio by united effort such as
our correspondent suggests would be the
most impressive moral spectacle of the GEN.
tury, the brightest chapter in the history
of the American Catholic Church. To
allow the opportunity to pass unimproved
will be to deepen, if possible, the stain
that has fallen upon the Catholic name and
character.
Year: 1879

An important proposition made by q
responsible person was printed in Sun
days HERALD, and we trust it has not been


1t was the offer that, if the franchise for
the Broadway Railroad was put up to be
sold at auction, to start the bidding at the
sum of one million dollars for the right Of
way from the Battery to Seventeenth street,
or at one million and quarter from the
bid upon to be subject to ''all the condi-
tions proposed by either set of applicants.
One set Of applicants have agreed to pay
into the city treasury five per cent of their
gross receipts, to equip the line with cars
equal to the finest that are to be constructed
for the Metropolitan L. and to keep the
Broadway pavement in repair; while
another set have agreed to all or nearly all
these and to take charge of the cleaning of
Broadway, even in the times of ice and snow.
Now, II a company or an individual pro-
jector will undertake to meet oil these
points, to assume all these as inseparable
conditions of the franchise, and start the
sale oil the francnlSe ut the sum OF one million
dollars for the right to q certain street, and
at one million and quarter to certain
iurther distance, the proposition SO made
must not be neglected by the persons. who
ever they may be, who have the right to
convey the franchise. 1t has always been
held in the HERALD that the street car fran
chises were properties of great value. We
have mover been for q moment deceived by
the fictitious accounts made out by tho horse
car companies in the form OF official re-
ports, and we still entertain the opinion


that IL those franchises had been properly
handled they might to-day return, to the
city treasury sum sufficient to clean oil
the streets of the city effectively and not
farcically, and without taking cent out OF
the pockets of the taxpayers. Now, the most
valuable franchise Of all remains unbe-
slowed: and whoever shall get the right to
carry passengers from the Battery to Gen.
trail Park, by the line OF Broadway to the
point whence it is necessary to diverge at the
upper end, will gain that franchise Of supe-
rior value, and should pay for 1t properly.
Year: 1879

After O winter of almost countless foot
races there commenced at Gilmore's Gar
den, at one o'clock this morning, contest
which promises to easily outstrip them all
in the interest it will excite. The foremost
pedestrian in England, in trying to wrest
from OLeary the championship Of the
world, has, if report be true, no slight
ground on which to base his hopes. Conf
dent as O'Leary may be. if Rowell has
actually made five hundred and fifty miles
in one hundred and forty-two consecu-
tive hours, and can do it again this
week, he will stand ON excellent
chance of winning in this great
race. He seems to be the only man
who has thus far proved himself able to do
q tremendous distance on the first day and
still have enough left in him to make hard
fighting all the other five. Hughes and
Campana both followed this plan and alike
signally failed, yet it is claimed that Rowell
will do it and win. If he does it will go
far toward making jog-trotting the favorite
method in these long distance contests,
instead of the matchless heel and toe walk
ing of OLeary. If Rowell has no light
difficulty to contend with from being but
yet partially acclimatized, O'Leary hos no
less serious obstacles in having to battle
with two different sorts of Jobs comforters
at some time during his weary pilgrimage.
For it will be remembered how, in his race
with old "Sport," his heels so troubled him
as to need frequent pairing and other
medical aid. But he is liable also to an
noyance of serious sort, and one not
generally known. He says that more than
once in these arduous contests he has lost
an entire toe nail and has been forced in
consequence to put up with day or more
of decided pain. Now n toe nail is not q
great thing, but before Saturday night it
may prove, as 1t did with another nail now
famed in story, that for want of it the battle
was lost, ''and all for the want of that"
same toe nail.


To get q better idea Of the magnitude of
the task these four fellows are now so bravely
essaying and of what stuff they are made,
suppose Peralto, the peerless mustang rider,
mounted on the toughest horse America
could prod uce, had started with these sturdy
walkers at one o'clock. and had pushed that
Year: 1879

On site of peculiar adaptability for the
building of great city New York has
grown from being little Dutch trading


station to its present magnificent proper
tions. Compared with that of other great
cities the growth of New York has been
without parallel The past of the metropo-


lis having been remarkable one it is


reasonable to suppose that the inherited
energy and increased wealth of the popula-
tion will make the future one Of extraordi-
nary development. But, SO far as the build
is TO say, Manhattan Islands concerned,
we must recognize that certain interests Of
trade, manufacture, &C., have crystallized


around certain physical centres their pc
culiar structures, and that south of line
which may be drawn across the island at
Fifty-ninth street all the space allotted for
building is already occupied by buildings.
Therefore, while the future will probably
work great changes, and perhaps improve
ments, in the .built-up section of the city,


that which is yet unbroken ground and re-
tains much OF its original rudeness will be


the field ON which the refined taste, supe-


rior skill and increased wealth of the


architect, engineer and capitalist will be


iavished.


In our columns elsewhere this morning
will be found an article on "New York's
Future" which deals with the subject in a
very full and intelligent manner. To this
we add diagram of that region known. as
the western plateau of Manhattan Island,


on which is shown the general scheme
of improvement contemplated and
being carried out on the west side
of Central Park, and from Fitty-ninth


street to One Hundred and Thirty eighth


street. The Riverside Park, which utilizes


ON otherwise comparatively vnlueless strip


of ground and gives q symmetry to the up


town improvements of the city, is an i'm
portant feature of this we'll digested scheme.
The Morningside Park, which serves as


link between the two larger public pleasure


grounds. will become ga thing Of beauty


and JOY forever" to the future residents


OF the transformed wilds around 1T. Finally.


the Metropolitan and New York III" rail-


roads, running northward along Ninth ave-


nue. to One Hundred and Tenth street, and


thence into Eighth avenue, will guarantee


to the dwellers Of new centre of wealth
and luxury oil the advantages of rapid


transit. We have long insisted that New


York can become for the Western what
Paris is to the Eastern Continent Indeed,


it can become greater even than Paris by the
addition to its rank of commercial and inan-
cial capital that OF being the chief centre of
social and artistic progress of q continent.


This accomplished, no other city in the


world can compare with New York, for she


will be perfect in every sense as centre of


civilizafion
Year: 1879




We publish elsewhere to-day communi-
cation signed Fair Play" which is an ar
gument in favor of the use of crossings
guarded by patent interlocking switches,
signals, experienced vigilance and other
unlikely things The writer cites
number of cases wherein crossings are
used by many hundreds of trains daily,
and with safety, due to system
of safeguards which he pronounces per-
feet. We are quite willing to admit that
mechanical engineering is quite equal to
the reduction of the measure of danger on
surface railroad and near terminal station,
such as that Mt Cannon street, London, to
very low minimum. That is to say, we be-
lieve q system of switches and signals
can be so organized as to prevent col
lisions on such surface road as our
correspondent describes, provided an
equally perfect system of supervision by
railroad employees is applied to its opera
tion. But, unfortunately, the history of
railroads is filed with instances where just
nt the wrong moment some otherwise un-
important detail of supervision is neglected,
and the authors of the system of mechanical
safeguards are astonished to find on what
q slender thread of good luck they have
been calculating the probabilities of safety.
The mere fact that such extraordinary and
complicated arrangements to insure safety
are deemed necessary for n certain point
on n railroad Is full admission that there
is dangerous point to be guarded, and as
the employment of inanimate matter'as an
agent in securing safety depends on human
intelligence and vigilance it follows that, no
matter how perfect the machinery of safety
may be, its operation for its purpose
is governed always by that often unreliable
human machine, the railroad einploye.


Applying the most perfect system of
switches and signals to an elevated railroad
crossing is to increase the chances of dis
aster to a value out of all proportion to
those for surface road. Even If patent
switch is misplaced by ''accident" on a
surface road the worst that may happen is
a collision in which the loss of life would