smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

by the grasshoppers during the coming
summer in all the fertile country between
the Mississippi and the mountains; and that
probably no special injury will take place
for several years to come. This assurance,
from men who have carefully studied the
question, who give what seems to be sound
reasons for their opinion, will do much to-
inspire the people of the West with conf
dence, and to draw thither the immigration'
that the ravages of the insect had somewhat
checked.''


The publication of the observations made
by this commission will, no doubt, prove of
incalculable benefit to the agricultural'
classes of the West.-P Prairie Farmer
Year: 1878




Egg Toast.-Beat tour eggs, yolks ands
whites together, thoroughly put two table
spoonfuls of butter into saucepan and.
melt slowly; then pour in the eggs ands
heat acithout boiling over q slow fire, stirring
constantly; add a little salt. and when hot
serve at once.


Fahy Pie C,ust-It is to be supposed that
every housewife knows how much ur how
little butter or lard she wishes in her crust
Cut the lard or butter into small bits, about
the size of "a thimble, and stir, not rub, with
a little salt into the flour; mix with cool
water as quickly as possible and roll out.
Cream, sweet or sour, makes nice mixing
for pie crust, but does not make it tiaky like
the above.


C1eGnv CaHe.-Ewo cups of sugar, one cup
of sour cream wittra small teaspoontul Of
soda, two eggs, and flour enough to drop
smoothly from the spoon.


Coohies.-One cup4of sugar, half of butter,
half cup of sour cream, two eggs, one tea
spoonful Of soda, one Of cream tartar, and
flour enough to roll nice.


/. Beef P;cAAe.-For one quarter of beef take
four gallons of soft water. six pounds Of
salt, two, ounces of saltpetre and three
pounds Of brown sugar Mix together and
heat until it comes to the boil skim it; let,
it cool, and pour it over the packed beef,
Cut the beef into small pieces and pack very
tight For three quarters beef take nine
gallons of water. Very good.


Co,3y Bread.-Talle half the quantity of
meal you wish to use; scald it with water;
cool it down so you can knead it With your
hands ), put in hop yeast more or less, ac.
cording to the quantity of bread you wish
to make; knead in dry meal until it is of the
consistency of common, corn bread; put is
in your dishes, let it rise light, and bake it
rather slow. This willkeep several days.


Crecm Pie.-no one pint ofrich cream add
one cup of sugar ALLOW this to stand while
whipping the whites Of three eggs to a stiff
froth /; then stir the whipped whites into the
cream; add grated nutmeg, and pour into
the pie pans, previously lined with pastry, as
for custard pie. Bake in q moderate oven.


Baked 4stord.-The three yolks left from
the cream pies may be Thoroughly beaten,
half cup of sugar added, four cups of milk,
quite rich Cream is better), and a little tlav-
oring. Pour i'll cups. Set the cups in pan
of hot water, and bake in the oven until as
firm as custard should be.


Apple I1raouers. a paste Of sour
milk or buttermilk with little soda and
salt, as for biscuits, except that more short.
ening is necessary. Rub the shortening in
to the flour and add the milk; then cut off
piece the size OF biscuit and roll ouJ
rather thin, Have ready dried apples stew
cd sifted, sweetened and spiced to taste.
Place large spoonful on one half of the
rolled paste, and bring the other half over
it, pinching the edges securely together.
Fry in hot lard, turning them frequently to
brown evenly. Also, if you will make up
your soda biscuits for tea in precisely the
same fashion, and before putting into the
oven wet the surface with milk, you will find
tan agreeable variation from the usual way,
Year: 1878

THE Senate committee appointed to ill.,
vestigate Senator MATTHEWS alleged con-
nection with the bogus Louisiana electoral
contract, now looms up as one of the most
important Congressional agencies now eX-
tant 1t will have occasion very soon to 90
over the same ground lately travelled by the
jug-handlcd Potter Committee, and bring
out the truth regarding this Louisiana mud
die in all its hidrous deiOrmity. And in 50
doing it will not fear to probe to the very
bottom each and every allegation OF Rcpub-
lcan corruption in that transaction. 1t is
pity this was not done months ago, for the
committee was empowered to do it before
the last adjournment OF the Senate. If il
had been, the Democratic cry of Fraud
would have been hushed sooner than il
WIS
Year: 1878

While more than forty millions Of the
American people are, as we write, pro-
foundly excited over the pending election,
and all the forces and activities of human
ambition and effort are on tension from
Maine to the Rio Grande, and from the At
lantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and
the whole area of country within those
limits is at fever heat with party strife
there is one little spot therein, where all is
rs serene, quiet and cool during this excited
period rs though elections were nowhere
being held in the land. That place is the
District of Columbia-a territory Of some
ten miles square-containing population
Of some 10000 disfranchised citizens


Here there is no voting, no wrang-
ling. no strife outside the pages
of the local press, which fight
politics at arms length having no local
enemy to grapple with All is as serene
here during this bright, beautiful autumnal
day Us if all the world was at rest and
peace. Net candidate TO be button-boled
or vote to be scratched. No dragging to
the polls or keeping men back therefrom by
the eucrgies Of rivalry. The Executive
Mansion seems to sleep to- day with the
quiet of age and resignation. unmindful
that 40 100000 of people are enthused with
political excitement, and 100000 Of these
are crushed in the dust with their citizen
ship paralyzed through the unrestrained
power OF violence and outrage. The De-
partments are as peaceful as the Sabbath.
All the living, active patriotism that usually
| fills them having been drawn OIL to exer-
else the rights of citizenship in
the respective States to which
they bear voting relation. The dome OF the
Capitol lifts its head in the blue au,umnal
atmosphere with n serenity that in no de-
gree emblematizes the fearful scenes that
may he enacted within its walls as the con-
sequence of to-day's doings throughout the
land. The wrongs enacted in the South
this day will crystalize in the future IN
greater outrages beneath the dome Of the
| National Capitol. The Representative in
| Congress who is this day selected for that
duty through the crushing out of the ma.
iority under the heel of bloody tyranny o.


local power which constitutes and charac


tcrizes the minority, will enter upon his du


ties clothed with the spirit into which he Il


baptized in this days struggle. Sue


cessful in wrong and outrage, h'


will assume seat thus wrested from
a people despoilcd of their rights and voic'


at the ballot-box, with ambitions and pur


poses nodded by the spirit of the hour il


W hich he was crowne" with success, Onc'


in power, a representative thus cast into th


halls Of Congress is ripe for treason, strate


" gem, and spoils," and his country's weliar
and happiness weighs but trihe in the seal
against his own personal ends and ambi


tions. OF such too many will be born to


day as the fruitage of the Congressiona
election of 1875 and too much wrath is be


ing treasured up against the day OF wrath
through the wrongs that are being perpe


trated during the few hours devoted to thi
days labors and responsibilities
Year: 1878

THE Star discovered yesterday that there
have been as many bets made that BUTLER
would be elected as that he would be de-
feated. Very likely, rs all bets seem to have
taken that shape both ways. Then again,
that in Pennsylvania nearly oil tho bets
were that the Republican candidates would
be elected. 1t seems as If somebody must
have bet the other way, or there were no
bets. The Star seems 10 take an eminently
conservative view Of the case
Year: 1878

IT turns out that General BUTLER was
beaten yesterday, and it is a little interesting
to know in what direction his next political
adventure will lead He has now been
connected with all the political parties in
existence except the Prohibitionists, and it
seems to be favorable time to throw his
towing line upon that craft. Tho Demo.
Gratis have had enough Of HIM, the Rcpubli.
cans don't banker after him, and the Com.
munists have fought their last battle Let
the PrOhibitionists have him.
Year: 1878

As A matter OF course, the Baltimore
Democrats opened the election in that city
with bloodshed. And. also as a matter Of
course, the trst victim was un officer Of the
General Government
Year: 1878

Too BAD.-It is with feeling of the
utmost sorrow that we are compelled to
announce the prospective mining season
as complete failure. Yet such, we are
assured, is the indication of the signs OF
the times, and our position as a veracious
chronicler Of events-past, present and
future-makes it incumbent upon us to
perform that duty, no matter how un-
pleasant the indiction. "God tempers
the wind TO the shorn lamb, b," is an old and
familiar quotation, and upon this is based
the prediction of the weather wise that
the present Winter will be an exceeding
iy mild season and correspondingly
tame one for the mining interest. We
are told, with every assurance Of sinceri-
ty, that the fur and hair upon animals at
this time is much less than common at
this season, and that this certainly points
to mild weather, for if these animals were
expected to encounter severe storms ma
ture would have supplied them with
greater protection. Impressed with the
great logic of the above statements, we
at once began an exhaustive examination
of the dog and cat which form part of
our household, and were rejoced to find
that the supply of hair and fur respect
lively were amply sufficient to withstand
the most severe storms, and again we
allowed our hopes to lead US to the happy
conclusion that all was not lost, but on
the contrary the test Of this sign could be
relied upon as furnishing indisputabe
evidence of the approach of a wet Win
ter. But, oh, horror when we came to
examine the upper lips of the young men
about town-please don't mention tive
found the covering very, very light, and
ir some instances almost imperceptibe.
""Tis true IT'S pity; and pity It's, 'tis
true" The last hope of favorable sea-
son for mining has fed, with the single
exception of that oft repeated truth call
signs fail in a dry season." and generally
in all other seasons.
Year: 1878

The frosty nights have come again,
And at this time of year
The single men, who sleep alone,
France round upon their ear.
They turn the bedding quickly back
And then they tumble in,
Roll up into little lump


Their knees up to their chin.
And then unto themselves they say,
Just loud enough to hear,
"By George this thing has got to cease
Before another year"


-ELmtrd Gazette.
Year: 1878

We clip from the Atlanta Con-
stitution the following editorial
which shows how the action Of the


Democratic party is received else
where:


The Tennessee Democrats, after a
struggle that promised at one time
to be bitter, have finally nominated
a candidate for Governor. The
prospective chief magistrate is
one of the best men in the State.
While he refused to be candidate
and preferred his judicial position
to Gubernatorial hOnOrs, yet he was
chosen as the one man upon whom
all the elements of the very diversi-
fed Democracy of the State might
concentrate. His election is sure
and the future of Tennessee will
lose nothing in prosperity during
the time that Judge Marks serves
as the chief magistracy.


The disturbing element i'm Tenn
essee politics has been, for many
months, the subject Of the State
debt and the proper method of
dealing with it. High and low
taxes have been the slogans of the
two wings of the Democracy and
upon the question of which policy
should prevail, the party has been
upon the brink of serious, if not
fatal, division.


The position of Judge Marks is
not well defined upon these ques-
tions, but his position as a true and
tried Democrat is beyond question
his position as an honest and patri-
Otic citizen is equally beyond ques-
ton, and these things being true il
is well assured in advance that any
honest financial policy adopted by
the Legislature Of the State will
meet his hearty Endorsement.


Judge Marks is a gentleman Of
fine personal qualities, admirable
legal attainments and large expert
ence in public affairs. His name is
deservedly honOred in Tennessee
and we feel no doubt of his election
by a majority of the most fiattering
proportions.


The platform of the Tennessee
Democracy, already published in
these columns, was the production
OF Judge Marks pen and is every
way solid and admirable. 1t is the
pioneer note Of the fight in 1880 and !
the certain sound in favor of cur
rency reform which issues there
from will meet an hearty echo in
every Southern community. We |
the Tennessee Demo- !
Gratis upon their choice and bid them |
God speed
Year: 1878

Platform of the Republican Party


of the state of Tennessee.


The following are the resolutions


adopted by the Republican party in


their State Convention held at


Nashville, August %, 1878:


The Republican party of the State


of Tennessee, in convention assem-


bled, while reafiirming its devotion


to the great principles of the Repub-
lican party as heretofore repeatedly


declared, yet with direct application


to the present question at issue In


our State affairs, do further declare /:


/. That we are opposed to repudi-
alton of any kind or by any means !;
that we favor the payment of all
liabilities of the State according to
the terms of her just obligations, ex-
cept so far as the creditors may vol
UNFAIRLY concede more favorable
terms and that the last Democrat
ic Legislature, i'm failing to accept
the proposition of compromise Off
cred by the creditors, showed them
selves unworthy the office of legis-
latOrs and unfit representatives Of
an honest people willing to do right
and anxious to avoid the odium of
reputation.


2. We arraign the Democratic
party of the State of Tennessee for
its inconsistency and recreancy to
public trust in failing to meet the
great question of the State liabilities
with frankness and honesty of prin-
ciples $50 called) as set forth at its
late convention.


3. Resolved, that we are in favor
of the strictest economy and most
scrutinizing care in the conduct of /
our State affairs, and that the pres
ent system of allowing public Off
GERS to retain the fees of such offices |
over and above a reasonable COM |
pensation for their services is OPP |
pressive and unjust, and we pledge |
ourselves to the enactment of a law /
which will require the payment of
the excess of such fees over and
above such reasonable compensa-
tion into the public treasury.


A. That we are in favor of liber-
al system of public schools TO be
by general State taxation
to the education of all the
citizens of the State, believing that
it is an absolute necessity to the
prosperity ofrepublican institutions.
Intelligence and good government
under a truly democratic form Of
go hand in hand, there
fore perfecting and perpetuating the
common school system of the State
upon a broad and liberal basis, to
the end that ga government of the
people, and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth"


8. We are opposed to the system
Of leasing convict labor to be
into competition with the
and other laboring men
If the State, a system inaugurated
md persistently maintained by the
Democratic party tending to dis
grace labor and deprive the toiling
masses of this just opportunity for
nerited reward.


8. That we are in favor of en-
immigration to our State,
md point incoming population to
'ur salubriOus climate, manifold re-
ources and abundant harvests.


Z. That we demand such further
egislation as is necessary to insue
rec and fair elections, and the fair
eturn of the votes cast.


8. That we favor such a a'mechan- ,
cs' lien law" as will protect honest
mechanics in their just compensa-
ion for materials furnished or for
abor performed.
Year: 1878

Representative John Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, in an address
at the recent opening of the Miller
Labor School, at Alton, Va, ex-
pressed himself as follows;


eff you find I'm the hands Of your
child d book that teaches that II, +.
Lee was a perjured rascal because he
obeyed the voice of his mother
State and went with the land Of his
birth, while u, S, Grant is one of
the worlds immortal heroes because
he sided with his section and sue
ceeded at last In compelling Lee TO
yield to overwhelming numbers
and resources burn the book, and
take your child away from that
school. Or, if you find your child
with book that teaches that the
people of the South were traitors in
resisting Federal aggression and de-
Tending their soil from invasion or
which falsifies the history Of our
great struggle for constitutional free
dom, burn the book and take your
child from the school, for the teach
er who would put such a hook in
his hands is not a safe guide"
Year: 1878

Mr.. Webber states that in Thibet
he has lived for months together at
a height of more than fifteen thous-
and feet above the level of the sea,
and that the result was as follows /,
His pulse, at normal heights only
sixty-threp per minute, seldom fell
below one hundred per minute
during the whole time he was at
that level. His respirations were
often twice rs numerous In the min
ute as they are at ordinary levels.
A run of one hundred yards would
quicken both pulse and respiration
more than a run of one thousand
yards at the sea level, and the
higher the level the greater the diff
ficulty of walking or running fast.


He crossed the shoulders of the
Gurla Mandhata at height of some
twenty thousand feet, and found
the greatest difficulty in getting his
breath quickly enough, had frequent
and Ylolant headaches, and found
that his native guides and oompan-
ions suffered much more even than
he did.
Year: 1878

SENATOR THURMAN is an able


man-yes, great man, and a states


man, and looks on all sides of a


question. Having accepted the


"Ohio idea," which is simply the


greenback idea, he thus states and


answers the only serious objection


that can be urged against it:


at is said that if greenbacks


were to constitute our only paper


currency its volume would depend


upon the action of Congress and not


upon the natural laws of trade and
that as Congress is liable to be influ-
enced by popular feeling on the one
hand, or the arts and appliances of
special interests on the other, the
currency would be subject to infla-
tion or contraction, as either intiu-
ence might prevail to degree that
would be ruinOus to business and
prosperity.


'In answer to this objection,
and admitting that it is not without
force. / have to say, in the first
place, that it is equally potent
whether our paper currency be
gree2backs, exclusively; for, let it
be the one or the other, Congress
would have the power to expand it
or contract it at will. For instance,
were Congress to repeal the tax on
State bank circulation, multitude
of banks would spring up under
State laws, and a great initiation of
the currency would take place. On
the other hand, should Congress re-
tain that tax and retire greenbacks,
as the Republican financiers de
mand, frightful contraction would
result. In brief, if Congress should
have neither sense nor honesty, it
might, for the time being, ruin the
country; but to assume thatit world
be so would be to condemn our
form of Government"


The Cincinnati Enquirer strength
ems the almost impregnable posi-
tion of Senator Thurman by quoting
from the Constitution such phrases as |
these: "the Congress shall have
power to borrow money on the |
credit of the United States" "the
Congress shall have power to de-
clare war;" "the Congress shall |
have power to coin money" Surely |
if such power can be trusted in the
hands of Congress, it can be trusted |
with the power to swell or depress
the volume of the currency Col
al6id Herald.
Year: 1878

Another thing l particularly de-
sire to call my readers attention to.
Members of Congress Of the truly
loyal type, it will be remembered,
plaintiVely appealed to Congress for
an increase of salary for Grant.
They were told how everything had
increased in price-fOOd, raiment
and fuel-and how at this day it
was impossible for him (Grant) to
Year: 1878

Mir. Hart while here, m eonversa- ton with a well-knOwn gentleman, said he would endeavor to have a strip of land from the Western boundary of the reservation segrega- ted in order to accommodate the min ing interest near that line.
Year: 1878

s9- We are in daily expectation of the arrival of type, paper, inks, etc. Money wherewith to pay is needed. Those knowing themselves indebted to the BELT will please make a note of 1t.
Year: 1878

England, | have to sell il the same as / would q
bushel of corn, and all that spread eagle nonsense
doesn't add one solitary farthing TO its value. And
when q sovereign comes here from England. we
don't care anything about the beautiful picture of
Queen Victoria, or any other girl. IL is worth so
much and no more. But they say that il is the
stamp of the government that makes 1t valuable.
Why not stamp them tens. thousands, or millions
and let us all be fhilonaires 1t won't do We
will never get prosperity in that way. slowly,
steadily and surely the world has had more and
more confidence in the industry. the honesty, and
the integrity Of the American people, and to that
extent our money has advanced until II has finally
clasped hands upon equality with the precious
metals. We are just inside of port. We came IN
tempe tossed every sail torn and rent. and ev-
cry mast by the side and these wreckers stand on
the shore and say if you want prosperity put out
TO sea once more. We don't want to--we want
honest methods. No man lives in country whose
money is under psr, that he does not feel lit
tie under par himself | never took out
bill that was at or per cent. discount that did
not feel little that way too. This great and
splendid republic, with the most intelligent and
the best people in the world-and ! say the most
honest-l want its promise TO be as good IN ev-
cry part of the world as the promise of any 9th
er nation. | want the greenback to be preserved; ;
| want to have gold and silver behind ii want
it so tina, if should 20 into the furthest is,e of
the Pacific and should take out a greenback, a
savage would look at 1t and his eyes oud gilt
ter as if he looked at gold. Then you feel like
you are somebody; like you had y great aud
splendid nation, and even that old flag would look
better if every promise Of the United States had
been redeemed. And you never know how much
you feel like that until you 60 to a foreign coun-
try. When l was there few days ago, just
happened to see that old flag-it looked to me as
if the air had just blossomed out. | want to feel
that man is capable OF governing himself, aad
that a republican government is the very acme
and height of national honor.