smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

A man may eat and drink heartily all
day, and sit and lounge about doing
nothing, in one sense of the word, but his
body must keep hard at work all the
time or il will die. Suppose the stomach
refuses TO work within ten minutes after
a hearty dinner, the man would die ~
commissions iu few hours, or cholera or
cramp collie would rack aud wreck him.
Suppose the pores of The skin mesling
thereby the granduilr apparatus with
which they are connected d--should 20 on
strike, we would in an hour be burning
up with fever, or oppression would
weigh down the system and soon become
insupportable. suppose the liver be.
comes mnlish appetite would become an-
initiated, TODD woul be loatbed, torturlDg
pains would invade the small Of the back
and the head would ache to bursting
Suppose the kidneys shut mp chop, and
dangers more imminent, suffering more
unbearable, and death more certain
would be the speedy and inevitable re-
suits II The little workshops Of the eye
should close, in an hour we could not
shut or open them without physical force,
and 10 another we would be blind; or OF
the tongue, aud II would become as dry
as a bone and as stiff as steel. To keep
such complication OF maehineries in
working order Tor lifetime Is miracle
OF wisdom; but to work them BY the
pleasures Of eating and drinking il u
/ miracle OF benefcencS,
Year: 1879

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Mr.. Editor Some years ago the
late Edward H. Tracey, agent of the
Cumberland coal and iron company,
after driving a number of headings
long distance in the Eckhart slope for
the purpose of finding the basin of
our big vein, at last abandoned and
flooded it with water His reasons
ior doing so have never been under
stood by the practical miners of the
county, and thereby one of the best
coal openings in the county-an
opening from which more acres of our
big vein can bo mined than any one
that | know of in our coal field, has
been closed. Fo1 a number of years
it has been the opinion of all practi-
cal men that the large body Of coal
commanded by the Eckhart slope
could never be mined unless a tunnel
vas driven somewhere from below
Eckhart village, or some other point
near the Allegheny mines, at large
outlay of capital. Some years ago
Mr. James B. Thomar, superintend-
ent of the Consolidation coal COM
pany, commenced operations in the
New Hope mine with view of tap
ping the water in the Eckhar slope,
which caused a good deal of alarm
about the safety of the miners en-
ployed at these operations. But with
his usual caution and good judgment
he succeeded in tapping the water
with perfect safety; IN fact, to show
the miners employed that they were
safe and that he had full confidence
In his own judgment, he stood along
side of the miners when tapping the
water, showing thereby that his cour-
age was equal to the risk incurred.
He has tapped it several times since,
but has failed to get low enough to
drain the Eckhart slope for practical
purposes. Under recent surveys,
however, he has found to his own sat
istaction that he can get to a point low
enough to drain the slope to a depth
of 1900 feet, and now feels certain
that he has solved the problem that
the present slope can be drained with
out that large outlay of capital that
al former mining engineering surveys
proved it would require. The solv-
ing Of this question will add new
luatre to his alre5dv earned
reputation as a practical miner who
has no superior in the county. He
has drained off the water in the New
Hope slope to a depth Of 500 feet and
will commence and pump out the
balance, with aview of beginning op-
eratiols ON his recent surveys. When
completed they will open up the Eek
hart slope and gladden. the hearts Of
the miners living in the vincinity,
and also the public at large.


MINER.
Year: 1879

is lG-pags, monthly agricultural paper, and
is a. full Of departments as the government
At Washington, and they all bear evidence of
znusHal skill and industry in their manage
ment. Besides its agricultural articles it
gives great deal Of miscellaneous reading
and some splendid stories.


1t and the DEMOCRAT will be sent one year
for only 60.


Remember that We cannot make these Of
fers to any one but new subscribers who pay
in advance, or to old subscribers who square
up and pay one year in advance.


It isn't every day that such an opportunity
is offered to get two papers for the price of
one, and you would do well to improve it.


sgshow This 10 Ysur NeIghboF.zz
Year: 1879

The Virginia Enterprise sets up the
servant girls of that city after the fol-


lowing fashion: Servant girls of this


city receive from $50 to $40 per month


fer their work. 1t is no injustice to
say that they, as class, are as thor
Ough set of female angels rs ever of
fered their services to forbearing and


forgiving people. Though they have


been In service from FIVE to twenty
years, there is not one in ten of them


who can decsntly tan a beefsteak, or
make cup of coffee that does not
contain thousand grounds for COM
plant. A good many of them drink /;
. large portion of them have beaux,
and they perambulate later than the
cats at night, and there is not one in
fifteen Of them who does not insist
upon reading clear through the stock
list before putting on the tea-kettle in
the morning. Now that the Chinese
are about to go, we cry out for a new
race of servant girls. This does not
mean that there are not some good.
faithful girls in the crowd, but we refer
TO the average. They are neither COM
petent or faithful, and their demeanor
leaves the mistress of the house perpet-
nally in doubt whether she has en-
plOyed the girl or the girl has employed
her. Some of our married ladies do
not swear, and we publish the foregoing
IS medium through which such may
relieve their minds on Sabbath mern-
ng without at the same time getting in
eOpardy their immortal souls.
Year: 1879

Recognizing the fact that all our people
are now affected by the hard times, and
knowing that when they pay out money for
newspapers they Of course vast to get as
much reading matter as possible, we make
the following announcement and offer:


To all subscribers who viii settle what
they owe and pay us one year ia advance for
the DEMOCRAT, or to any nsao subscriber who
pays in advance, we viii send the following
free Of charge:


The C7sieagO Weekly Nnos for six months,
or the


FarmsrS Review for one year.
Year: 1879

If we are to believe the Mississippi bull
dozers and their sympathizers, now that he
has been quietly put out of the way by a
Mississippi persuader, Captain DIXON was
Il very, very bad man, and was really the


embodiment of all the bull-dozing oppres-
sions, assassinations and denominations that
have occurred in Mississippi during q long
reign of terror. II we are to believe this
lame attempt to justify bloody-hauded
crime, there is but one bull-dozer left to tell
the tale, and that is BARKsDALE, who was
brave and noble enough to publicly slaugh-
ter the Tycoon of murder and assassination
on the dark and bloody ground of Missis-
sippi. But, after all, why was DIXON spared
so long to carry terror everywhere in that
high-toned State of law and order If he
was known by his neghbors and acquaint-
ances to be the vile wretch he is now rep


resented TO be by Judge HARRIS and Gem
cral NAT. HARRIS, "two of the most influ-


ontial citizens of that State" why was he
tolerated in life until he assumed the right


TO break away from the Democratic party
and act independently in seeking public
position, and then TO be shot down like dog?
Was he any worse after he asserted the
right of an American citizen TO think and
act for himself in the discharge of his politi-
cal duties? All the outrages he is charged
with were committed before he took the
field us an Independent candidate for the
sheriffalty. He had killed no one since
that step had been taken. lie had
simply offered himself for the suf-
frages of his fell Ow-citizens, and had
sought the votes of whites and


blacks alike. True, it is now alleged that


he was stirring up the worst passions of tn e
colored race against the whites, but that
assertion is not backed by any proof of its
truth. 1t is simply an after-thought, that
has been seized upon 20 justify horrid


crime, but will fail to convince any one
that he should have been assassinat ed by
BARKsDALE. We have no defense to Offer
for the numerous offences charged against
would now make him appear Aud if 50,
they should have had him punished by the
law long ago, instead ofreserying him for such
sacrifice us this, No doubt he was guilty,
and he escaped punishment until now for
the reason that they were all tarred with
" the same stick and were joined in
hand and heart in the bloody work
they had in hand, and 50 long as Their
murderous practices were aimed at Repub-
licans especially he was as good as any oil
them, and the bad in him was not discovered
until he broke away from their murderous
camp and sought prelerment on his own
hook. Then they discovered that he was
bad and unfit to live, and not until then,
for up 10 that time he had answered their
Year: 1879

nefarious purposes too we'll to have his use
fulness destroyed, either by the hand of
an offended law, or through the agency
of the avenging revolver or shotgun.


The most sneaking and cowardly feature
of this affair comes to light now through
those who attempt to justify this murder
on account of oflenses which attach in
greater or less degree to the characters and
habits of every De mocrot in the State of
Mississippi. There is not, in truth, q man
of that party in that State whose hands are
not either directly or indirectly soiled with
the blood of murder Heretofore, tho MUIR
dered men have been Republicans. Now
they have commenced among themselves,
and no man at the North will raise his
hand to avert war Of determination, if
they will co1fine their outrages and muir
ders within their own lines. Let tho bloody
work go on until every bull-dozer, every
intimidator, every sustainer of the shotgun
policy and every murderer in that State has
bitten the dust by the hand of his fellow
assassin. Then new population, who
would respect human right and life, would
take their places, and Mississippi would
begin to take rank with the more civilized,
law-abiding and order-loviug States of this
Union. 1t would be a hopeful day for that
State when the funeral of the last bull
dozer had been attended and the earth had
embraced his ignoble dust. Su ch an event
would open to that fertile and intrinsically
noble State new era, which will lead ON
to general development of its material
resources and elevate its social character
above the grade of crime and outrage.


The people of the North--those upon
whom the Nation must rely for the perpetu-
| ity of its institutions aud its honor--now
have fair opportunity of understanding &
the real character of the people of Missis-
sippi who act under the Yazoo plan, and
how little can be hoped of them in advance
ing the interests, preserving the peace and
conserving human right in this country so
long rs its principal business is to take life
and enrich the soil with human blood. This
is the Democratic plan for managing Re-
public and so fast aud 80 far as that party
gains power in the future will the spirit OF
Mississippi pervade the whole Nation, The
only way to prevent the spread of these
dogmas and diabolical practices is to crush
the Democratic party out of power and Sc
curely quarantine the Government against
the pestiferous approach of its adherents
from all quarters. With such elements
incorporated in the Government there never
can beunity, peace, prosperity and universal
happiness. The only hope is to keep then
away from the seat of power and treat then
as physical pestilences are treated, with cir


cumscribing and healing influences.
Year: 1879

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is not n
GRANT organ any moro than the New York
Herald is an anti-GRANT journal. This fact
the Herald knows but complacently ignores
for the purpose ofproviding text for re-
cent editorial in which the REPUBLICAN is
alluded to as q adisbeliever in the refusal of
General GRANT to be renominated. The
truth is, wehave never entertained any other
belief than that General GRANT Is not an
ofice-seeker and that the hifalutin nonsense
of the Herald about Cesarism would one day
be exposed rs sheer sensation. But We do
believe that the people, the Herald and
General GRANT together to the contrary
notwithstanding, will settle the Thrd-Term
question to suit themselves
Year: 1879

THE Eleventh Amendment to the Con :
stitution of the United States must go. 1t
prohibits the Judicial branch of the Gen
eral Government from taking jurisdiction of
any suit brought by a citizen of one State
against another State. 1t reads as follows


The Judicial power of the United States
shall not be construed to extend to any suit in
law or equity, commenced or prosecuted
against one of the United States by Citizens Of
another State, or by Citizens or Subjects ofany
Foreign state.


The repeal of this amendment would re-
instatc the Judiciary in the full powers of
jurisdiction therein prohibited, and enable
the Northern creditors of the repudiating
Southern States to sue the Governments
thereof for the recovery of the full amount
Of the worthless bonds they now hold.
There are millions in this scheme.
Year: 1879

IT is the New York Herald, not THE Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN,, which is unhapp y
over the retirement of General GRANT from
the canvass. Old ZACH is loft-and his
name is worth million of Stalwart men
to disturb the cquanimity of the Herald.
Year: 1879

THE Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sn seems to know more about
the affairs of the Republican Congressional
Committee than the members themselves
do. He says the CAssANAvE debt was in
part relieved by payments out of the funds
of the committee
Year: 1879

sided; at any rate, all the candidates for the
nomination except that gentlemen have
made keynote speeches. But it must be
remembered that he has this advantage:
When he does get to talking he can keep
on and on for three or four days, just to
catch up with his competitors, you know.
Year: 1879

THE Savannah Recorder is now luxuriat-
ing in the belief that the Republican
party has but few more years to live,
" and that it and the leaders of the
party will be consigned to n political
grave, from which there will be no
resurrection Most happy delusion, no
doubt-but 50 long as the doctrine of State
sovereignty confronts the supremacy of the
National power-so long rs the rights OF
freedom, of opinion and citizenship are
hunted down by bull-dozers with deadly
weapons in their hands-so long rs the
sacred union is menaced with the principles
of secession-so long as there are unrepent-
ant rebels to insult the Government aud
the Union sentiment of the country-so
long there will be a Republican party with
fearless and determined leaders to contend
for the National integrity.
Year: 1879

TIE Democrats have better way of de-
fraying necessary party expenses and pay
ing party debts than the Republicans, for
they do it without permitting the public to
know anything about it. If their plan had
been successfully pursued, or if the party
managers here in Washington had been
possessed of the least bit Of generosity or
discretion, the recent CAssANAvE slander
would never have come to light That the
judgment debt against that gentleman's
property in New Orleans was a party debt,
incurred in the defense of the party, its
duly elected officials and its principles, and
because of the persecution of its official
representatives, no one will deny; conse-
quently its payment was an honorable obi
cation. But, as we have said, it should
have been paid promptly, without growl
or grumble, and it would have been so
paid if the managers referred to had been
as wise a month ago as they are now.
Year: 1879

1T now appears that DIXON was shot in
the back. Not satisfied with this cowardly
assassination, his former partisans are now
engaged in blackening his character, or a t.
tempting to blacken it for, as he was a
leading Mississippi Home Ruler, it was
already about as black rs it well could be-
Year: 1879

WHEN the Democrats run afoul of our
modern civil-seryice reformers as they did
in the CAssANAyE business, they generally
come out of the contest considerably ahead &.
In this case they drove hard bargain with
a lot Of stingy, short-sighted Reformers,
who must have known that they would
have to settle the bill sooner or later, an d,
unfortunately, were able to use Mr.. CAssA-
NAVE as an unwilling tool in driving it.
Year: 1879

Now the Opposition press is rampaging
ever an alleged confession" of Justice
MILLER to the effect that TILDEN car


ried Louisiana. But the bottom falls
out of this wonderful tale when the
fact is known that its only basis
resides in report of private conversation
Year: 1879

NOTHING seems to bring distress to the
sensibilities of the Philadelphia Times so
keenly as to learn that the Republican State
Associations at Washington are rapidly
coming to life and activity as political fac
tors. The prospect now is that it is to have
a pretty large harvesting Of discomfort, for
the resurrection trump has sounded, and
they are coming forth to newness of life
with most gratifying alacrity,
Year: 1879

THE Opposition will fail to make any
oyershadowing and overwhelming amount
of political capital out of the CAssANAvE
exposure. Traced TO its origin, this is an
other case wherein Republicans have
suffered persecution and have been hnan-
cially mulcted by the Democratic courts in
Year: 1879

THE old woman who watched the fight
between her husband and the bear, and
didn't care which one whipped, so long as
she preserved the integrity Of her gown,
had Just about rs much interest in that
affair as the law-abidlng Republicans Of the
North have in the bull-dozers war down in
Mississippi. From another standpoint, this
war appears to be pure case OF dog eat
dog and as only the mangiest kind of
NANCY ours are engaged in it, it is to be
hoped the deyouring process will be con-
tlnued until both sides are eXterminated.
Year: 1879

The undersigned takes this his thanks
the people Of Yankton particularly and to his


friends throughout Dakota and for the
patronage which has been bestowed upon the late firm Of
DUDLEY & HAWLEY through the many years in which
that firm has carried business in this city, and he
desires call the attention Of these friends and that Of
the generally to the enlarged facilities extern
sive assortment commodous which the late


firm had provided and which the of Dudley
& Hawey, now possesses .-


Tin Copper and Sheet Iron Ware he claims
tablishment equal in all anything
tent


In the future application business hopes


the Hardware trade of the which naturally rb
to this point centered here and shall
make for the interest Of the people within this


their Hardware, Tnware Copper ware
Stoves and all other articles in this line from


/ Yours gratefully and respectfully
| GEO. e. hAWLEY,
| -aas Union Block, Third st.
Year: 1879

If there is anything more wildly ey-
citing than picture of a boat race or
an illustration of q cricket match, we
have never seen it; especially cricket
match. The engraving OF the cricket
match of fifteen years ago looks as much
like the illustration of the cricket match
of last week as two nickels resemble
each other. The player with his back
bent, looking at the ball slowly mean
dering by him, is there, and so are half a
dozen other players, who look as if they
had grown up ont Of the ground like
mushrooms,
Year: 1879

Courier ! ournal.1


We are in the midst of severe spell
of winter weather, which has already
been protracted beyond its usual dura-
ton in this latitude. 1t began to
grow cold in earnest on the 23d of De-
cemher, and the fallen snow, instead
of melting away as it usually does in Il
few days in this climate, has been
growing deeper and deeper upon the
ground ever since 1t is now twelve
inches in depth, and gives no promis-
ing indications of n speedy departure.
The sleighing has been of northern
character, and a stranger seeing us for
the first time, and not knowing how
near we are to the equator, would con-
slider us hyperboreans of high order.
At all hours OF the day, and pretty
nearly all night, the merry sleigh
bells are heard in the streets, and those
who enjoy the sport are having as
good time, and as cold, too, as they
could have on the shores of the lakes.


Independently of the severe cold,
the deep snow over the country is tel
ling with direful effect on the birds
and animals still left to us for game.
Never were so many quails and pleas
ants and grouse and rabbits and deer
seen in the market. The poor Great.
ures in their desperate searches for
something TO eat come within the
range OF the hunters gun or the snares
of his trap, aud are taken in countless
numbers. 1t the snow continues to
cover the ground much longer and
hide their food from them, there will
be but few left for game the next year.


We are now in the third week of the
cold spell, and have had some days
aud nights of intense severity. The
Thermometer at different pOiGis has
marked from 100 to 200 below zero,
and the suffering has been great. The
early part of the winter was so warm
tina; neither our people or eur plants
were prepared tor such change.
Year: 1879

The last FIVE years were kindly fur
nished by Mr.. Stansbury. Superin-
tendent of the United States Signal
Servic office in the tower of the Cour-
ier-Journal building. The records of
this Office differ widely from the read
ings of other thermometers, but no
one can notice the excellent instru-
ments used and the systematic accura-
cy with which they are read without
giving the preference to them. Sew
eral reports came to us from the coun-
try giving the thermometer markings
at from ten to twenty degrees below
zero for yesterday, the 10Th inst, but
as the registry of the United States
office corresponds with our own, we
are compelled to give preference to its
readings.


From the records and the table of
cold days given above, those who feel
inclined can make their own theories
as to whether our climate has changed
for the hetter or the worse in the hun
dred years gone over. The present
cold spell has set in like that of l779,
just one hundred years ago. If it
shall protect its severity as did the one
II hundred years ago, and none can say
it will not, great will be our sufierings
and great the damage to both animal
life and vegetable. The snow is now
a foot thick upon the ground,
and the ice in the Ohio river
of equal thickness. A view of the
frozen river from the deck of one of
the steamers locked in the ice at our
wharf is cherries in the extreme.
We shall be none the worse OFF by ex-
pecting Il long, hard winter, and pre-
pairing for it. If it comes and finds
Us ready il will be well il it comes
not. and We are, nevertheless, ready 1T
viii he better. May lie who tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb protect
the poor and helpless,
Year: 1879



 The Washington special core spondent of the St. Louis Republi can. says:

 The democrats in congress are be- ginning q serious discussion as to an extra session. There are of course certain clements which want an extra session. as for instance those expecting office under tue re organization of the senate. but be- yond these the question is becoming a serious one. One prominent dem ocratic senator believes a special session should be forced to allow the democrats to organize the house and get their election committees formed lt;;s.ss5Gsfe the California election in Sep. tcmber. There are several measures which may provoke a tillbustering debate, and thus use up tue time between this and the 4th of March. It is proposed and now looks as if it would be carried out, to fasten the full repeal of sections 20 and Fl of the statutes fixing the test oath upon an appropriation bill and make stand upon It. The feeling in the house among southern men is also very strongly in favor of iilibuster ing tactics, if the republicans-in the