smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

| / say the dogs nose was blunt and
Istubby!" exclaimed the beefy man, and
shaking his fists and rolling his head.
/ reckon have eyes, and I don't need
to put on specs to tell a dogs nose from
an ice-pick when l see It'll


Maybe not, when you're sober" said
the lathy man, but if you say that
dogs nose wasn't sharp and pointed, you
was too drunk to tell lamp-post from
tooth-pick, and consistently your judg-
ment was too foggy to know much, and
if you bet on it you'll back down or lose.
[ saw the dog before sunrise, when I
hadn't touched drop, an I say p'inted,
an stand by it for all I'm worth, an you
dascnt meet me"


The crowd by this time had increased
to a jam, and was growing faster than a
bill of costs. @


The beefy man reiterated his opinion
in loud voice. and said he would wager
all his own property and everything he
could borrow on the correctness Of his
proposition.


The crowd grew larger and blocked up
the street. Those on the outer edge
stood on tip-toe, with opcn mouths and
eager eyes, looking at the backs Of 9th
ers and wondering what they were doing
there, and what it was all about


The lathy man glanced around at the
crowd, winked at the beefy man and
said:


:" l guess thatll do, Sam; save the
rest for next time, and, stepping upon
a box which had not been noticed, he
held up bottle and put his lungs at
work:


Here you are, gentlemen. The Great
North American Wart, Corn and Bun
ION Extractor! Sure as death and
cheaper than you all feel; only so cents
and cheap at half the money"


Every man in the crowd said "Sold!"
and suddenly lost all further interest in
the shape of the dogs nose.
Year: 1878

Oliver Cromwell was one day en-
gagged in a warm argument with a
lady, upon the subject of oratory,
in which she maintained that elo-
quence could only be acquired by
those who made it their study in
early youth, and their practice
afterward. The lord protector,
on the contrary, maintained that
there was no eloquence but that
which sprung from the heart; since,
when that was deeply interested in
the attainment Of any object, it
never failed to supply afluency and
richness Of expression, which would
in the comparison render vapid the


tudied speeches Of the most cele-
brated orators. This argument
ended, as most arguments do, in
the lady's tenaciously adhering to
her side of the question, and in
the protectors saying be had no
doubt he should one day make her
a convert to his opinion.


Some days after, the lady was
thrown into a state bordering on
distraction, by the unexpected ar
rest and Imprisonment of her hus-
band, who was conducted to the
tower as traitor to the govern
ment.


The agonized wife few to the
lord protector, rushed through his
guavds, threw herself at his feet
and with the most pathetic elo,
quence, plead for the life and in,
nocence Of her husband.


Cromwell maintained severe


brow, till the petitioner, overpow


cred by the excess of her feelings
and the energy with which she hat
expressed them, paused. His sterr
cOuntenance then relaxed into
smile, and extending to her an i'm
mediate liberation for her husband
he said Il think all who have wit
messed this scene will vote on m,
side of the question, in the disput
between US the other day, that th
J eloquence of the heart alone ha
power to save"
Year: 1878

This has for a number Of years been
the leading hotel in Memphis, and the
pride OF our citizens-the gathering
place Of business men, the center OF the
commercial life Of the city. If this has
been so in the past how much mora now
DOringi the epidemic it was the only
hotel open in the city. All others, and
even the boardinghouses we're closed
under the resistless pressure Of circum-
stances, A man Of less moral and phys
icsl courage and powers Of endurance
than Colonel G. B. Galloway, the man
Bger Of the house, could not have kept
it open for the last two months. When
the worst was impending and the great
importance of keeping the house open
became appsreu. be reduced rates and
placed it upon the European plan, ai
this could be done with SIN Her force
The hotel became necessarily the lodg
ing place and headquarters Of nearly al





the physicians from abroad and grea
many Of the Howard nurses when no
on duty. When stricken with the feve
himself. Colonel Galloway had prepared
for the emergency by employing compe
tent assistants, who continued the bus
ness during bis trying illness. Whel
able be got up and took hold again. Th
Peabody is the place of rendezvous fc
nearly all OF our returning refugees, ,wh,
have filed every room for the last tw
q nights. There the hearty welcomes aud
reunions of long friends take place o
the day long. Colonel Galloway vii
shortly re establish regular rates and th
old system, and will conduct the hotel i
a manner that will give satisfaction an
add tc his popularity which is almost 0
wide as the Union. We congratulai
him upon his recovery, and commen
lr him to the public as thorough gentl
man, wholesouled man who know
hoWto keep hotel. The Peabody wi
continue to occupy the front rank
Year: 1878




Mr., W. II. TILDEN, the heroic CORE
'epondent Of the Chicago Tribune, who
has been with US throughout the worst
,t Of The epidemic, leaves to-day for Chica
81 60. He was the ouly journalist from
abroad who came among US and remain.
ed during the trying period through
20 which we nave just passed, The mem
bers Of the local press recognized in him
ct once the true man, the gentleman and
conscientious journalist Every posi-
bic facility was afforded him to go about
the city. see fer himseIf and gather facts,
His letters have been written on the
ground and from personal observation.
We have not seen many of them but
these are sufficient to show that be is
capable of writing an intelligent and
valuable History OF what he saw in this
plague.stricken center. he not only
saw aud heard much but felt, for be bad
O bad case CT the fever hiuself. he will
carry VIII uAul lue IhoAihk AoepoNS Rbu
personal regard Of the newspaper fra.
ternity here, and of all who met him
While the Chicago Tribune deserves
great credi; and will receive the thanks
of our people for its enterprise in send
saIing a correspondent here to witness and
report our true condition, Mr.. Tilden

will enjoy the pre.eminent distinction Of
being the only journalist in the United
States who was sent and who ventnred
on such perilous mission. His almost
miraculous escape is matter of great
cSngratulstiou, not only on his personal
account, hut because there was one Wit
ness Of the scenes Of horror and despair
here, and the Efforts made to mitigate
human misery, whose mission it was to
gather and publish the facts to the world
We wish Mr., Tildeu safe return. q
happy reunion with his family and
iriends, and the recognition by the pub
lie no richly deserves
Year: 1878

And Mrs. Barstingiow did keep it
up. She kept it up and listened to that
phonograph swear and shout and howl /;
she heard it shrek, "Oh ! my eye my
eye 20; she heard it tell some one to let
some one else shave it again in the
same place; she heard it warn some
body to "hold his head over the stove
hearth and not let his nose bleed on
the carpet :" and, at last, as it assured
her very thickly and with some diff
Guilty that it was "a ban of jorry goof
fuf-fuf-fellows," and that it "won'-hic
won g 'ome till morning." she ground
it into silence and sank back speech
less and breathless. while Mr.. Barstin-
glow took the phonograph out into the
backyard and smashed it into so many
and such small fragrants that it
couldn't reproduce even steamboat
whistle.
Year: 1878

The Democratic press of the State of
Maryland have been lOud-mouthed in their
cry of fraud and corruption in politics and
government. Taking them at their word,
one would conclude that every Democratic
organ and statesman in "My Maryland is
political saint who is fully prepared in
perfection for translation to political par
adise, If any such exists The organs of
the party denounce the Republican Admin
istration as imbedded in official corruption
and the President as stupendOus fraud.
Mr.. BLAIR, the chief trumpeter of the Leg
isature of Maryland, has awakened the
echoes of almost every hill and val
ley in the State with his cry of
Presidential fraud. He has ham
mered the Legislature until to get rid
of his din, it has passed his resolutions look
ing to quo wGrdnto proceedings to oust the
President as fraudulent usurper Senator
DENNIS, to save the lapels and buttons of
his coat from disruption, presented the Ma
ryland resolutions TO the Senate of the
United States, and then "set down on them"
very hard. Thus that State has been more
prominent than any other of its magnitude
in the country in sending forth its srowls
against political fraud and corruption.


Now, State and party which is to be-
come public censor on such questions should
have very clean hauds We venture the
opinion that no State in the Union, great
or small, has more glaring sins relating to
political fraud and corruption to answer for
than Maryland. Its present Governor
would not have been inaugurated as execu-
tive of the State but for the shameless cleo
ton frauds practiced in the canvass by
which he was elevated to position. The
fraudulent voto cast In the city ofBaltimore
far exceeds his entire majority and but for
that Governor CARROLL would have suf-
fcrcd defeat a. he deserved,


Then, again, speaking Of official corrup-
tion the law is shamefully violated daily
Year: 1878

TME people Of the District owe a debt Of gratitude
to Messrs; HusIos HESDEE BtACKBURS, Town
SEND OF New York, and other members OF the
House who have 50 ably championed their cause
Washington &nr.


Which is the cause of all mankind who visit
the beautiful city. Their gratitude is un-
mixed though the recipients are queer mix
ture. HUTTON and TOWNSEND! Think of
it.-Richm0nd STAT.


Despite every consideration of fairness
and justice, political influences or prejudiccs
will crop out in every discussion Of District
affairs. Even the good-naturcd snecr we
quote above from our Richmond cotem-'
pOrary betrays the truth of this assertion.
But it is to be hoped that Congress will
cease to be influenced by such prcjudices,
and especially that citizens OF tho District,
whether in or out of official position, will
cease committing acts calculated TO arouse
them. What we all want, and what tho
Committee Of One Hundred, composed rs it
was by citizens OF all political crecds asked
for is definite adjustment of the relations
between the District and the General Gov
ernment. If we are to bear the entire
burden Of taxation for the support of the
Capital of the entire nation let US know it,
and we will cut our cloth" accordingly.
And if we are to be relieved, as we believe
We justly should be, of fifty per cent. of that
taxation, let us know that, so that we may
rise up and bless Mr.. HCETON or Mr.. Town
SEND, or any Democrat or any Republican
who successfully serves us in the hour of
our need. We want fair show at the
hands of the Representatives of all the peo-
pie, the people whose Capital we have beau
titled and rescued from disgrace to make it
the pride and boast of every patriotic Amer
lean citizen.
Year: 1878

Perhaps Senator CoNKLINa chose 8. J. TIL
DEN's special organ, the New York World, for
the publication Of his malicious spite against
President HAYES because he could find no re-
spectacle Republican newspaper to honor him
in such an exhibition.-Chicdpo TribEae,


The conduct of MINES in publishing to
the world in the World tissue of state
ments imputed to Senator CoNKLINa which
are In no degree authorized by him, and
which have never been uttered by him un-
der set interview, Is sufficiently reprchen-
sible and disgraceful, but II is slightly re-
lieved by the Chicago Tribune when it gives
utterance to the above contemplate mis-
representation Of fact. OF the two, MINES
is to be the most respected under all cir
cumstances He has no character to in.
vest in his enterprise, while the Tribune
has, and II should not be rs prodigal Of II
Us this instance reveals. The Tribune should
bc prudent even to parsimony regarding its
estate of political respectability, for 1t be-
came bankrupt in 1872, and has been
struggling to retrieve its fortunes ever since.
If 1t hopes now to build up its estate
by gratifying its petty spites toward those
who have never betrayed the principles or
interests Of the Republican cause by enlist
ing under the Democratic banner, ii mis-
takes its course. IL should not hate and
make war upon that excellence it cannot
reach, but rather show works meet for re-
pentence; fight tho common foe, instead Of
dealing its blows upon the stalwart Defend
ers of the Republican faith, and by life Of
modesty and n nursing Of good faith en-
deavor to assume a respected position in the
party it once betrayed. This would be far
more profitable to its future estate than any
effort it may make to detract from that Of
Senator CoSKLISG to enhance its own.


When Senator CoNKLING gives utternnce
10 his sentiments he seeks no immunity ;
but when the Tribune attempts to cram into
his pockets the stolen goods Of o mere pill
fcrer, it places itself on par with the thief,
only, perhaps, the latter has little advant-
age in the scale of respcctability
Year: 1878

1t does not become us, perhaps, to ques-
tion either the justice or propricty of the
action of the Senate of the United States on
the nominations of the President for Gov
crnment positions, but the case of Mr. COL
BURN, one OF the editorial corps Of the New
York Times, who has been nominated as
consul-general at Mexico, very naturally at
tracts attention and remark. Mr.. CoLBURN
is a man of decided ability, has an unexcep-
tional character for probity, and is q sound,
reliable Republican. He is not q man of
means, but OF personal worth. He Is in
frail health owing to his assiduous applica-
tion to his newspaperial duties, under the
want of sturdy physique Mt best and
one of the considerations that led to his ap-
pointment was to enable him to enjoy the
benefits for season Of South American
climate in the hope of returning vigor to
an impaired constitution. There can be no
question as to his mental and business abil-
tiles to fill the position in question with
usefulness and credit. No one has ever, to
our knowledge, questioned his integrity
and respectability as man. PO-
litically, he Is far more Soand
and reliable as Republican, than many


who have been honored with endorsements
on the part of the Senate, and have been
sent on their way rejoicing with confrma.
tion and commission. In view Of all these
facts we arc at loss to account for Mr..
COLBURN's rejection. If the Times, with
which lie is connected, has given oflense 10
Senators, let them settle with the power
that controls its conduct, and not make an
example in the punishment of one of its
subordinatcs for any otlcnse it has conf
mitted. We make this remark for the
reason that rumor has imputed the re-


lection of Mr. COLBURS to feeling of hos
tility on the part of Senators, who are ag-
grieved over the very unjust course pur-
sued by the Times toward them, and it is
more than probable that there is Just cause
Of dissatisfaction with its political train
ing and uncertainty Of character. If this
rumor is justified we cannot see the Justice
Of melting out vengeance for its offenses
upon one who is subOrdinatc, and has
done, in the discharge OF his duties, only
what was required of him by his superiors
We hope rumor in this case is entirely at
fault, and that a better reason than this
can be given for Mr. CoLBURNs rejection
Year: 1878

we understand in the maaafement Of the
tabacco warehouses In the clty Of Baltimors,
wherein there are kcptas psbsioners several
clerks in excess of what ~ law provides
fof, and in these none save Democrats need
apply for recognition. The esurplus Of DEM
ocratic clerks are kept simply to be utilized
for political purposes when there is not the
slightest use for their services officially.


The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is an
other political institution, whose managers
are mere emissaries Of the Democratic party
of the State Of Maryland, and serve tho
party with striking fidelity. No Republic
can has ever been known, rs we understand
the case, to find recognition in any respon-
sible position connected with its manage
ment. Indeed, so proscriptive is the politi-
cal policy of this commercial channel, that
Republican captain or owner Of boat
navigating its waters Is scarcely treated with
common civility by the lock-tenders and
other suborlnates of this radically and
unscrupulonsly Democratic institution.


Give the Republican party fair play in
the city of Baltimore, and subordinate the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal to business in
stead of politics. and the Republican banner
would float in triumph over the State in every
political contest Four out Of the six members
of Congress of that State rightfully belong to
the Republican party, and If 1t is true to
its principles and interests in the coming
election that number can be rescued from
the enemy. With proper organization and
effort, attended by judicious nominations,
the Democrats will be left with but two
members on that side of the House in the
next Congress. 1t only requires courage Of
action, fidelity to principle, and unity and
harmony in the Republican party to secure
a majority to its score in the coming elec-
tion, and render the electoral vote Of Mary
land certain for the Republican standard
bearer in 1880. The Democrats can only
hold that State by fraud and corruption,
and the Republicans must organize early
and thoroughly and break the thrall by
which it is held in subjecton to that party.
No time should be lost and no effort should
be spared.
Year: 1878

WHILE recalling the sins of our Demo
cratic House, it is well not TO forget the fact
that poor people, business men, and Others
money or registered letters, are now put to
inconvenience and loss by the interruption
of those features of the postal service. The
failure Of the House to make necessary ap-
propriations to delray the expense ofprinted
money. order and registered-le blanks is
the cause of this interruption. A selfish,
short-sighted spirit Of denagoguism, other
wise desire to appear economical, inspired
this failure, and is the cause of crippling
one of the most important branches of tho
Government service.
Year: 1878

THE friends of the William and Mary
College steal are afraid of discussion. On
Friday, in an attempt to strangle debate,
they came near strangling their bantling
The gsg-law was so unpalatabe as to throw
the bill over week. 1t will be thoroughly
ventilated, however, before it comes to u
final vote in the House. The people will be
advised Of every such unjust claim before it
finds liquidation in the National Treasury.
1t is by that sign we shall conquer.
Year: 1878

Mr. BEECHERs friends stick to him with
n tenacity not easily ruptured. He was at
home on Friday evening, in excellent spir-
its, and as bland as if nothing had happened,
and his flock rallied around him in force
They seem to believe Mrs. TILToN's first
statement in preference to her Last; and, as
they pay their money, they can take their
choice. Under all the circumstances it is
difficult to believe anything the irail woman
says. We fear she is not truthful.
Year: 1878

We reprint this morning from the Balti-
more Standard an article entitled the
with interest by Methodists and others in
terested in the question of church discipline.
1t is the first of series of articles on the
same subject and from tho same source,
that will appear from time to time in our
columna
Year: 1878

delay OF half hour was 0ccasioned about half
past eight O'Clock yesterday morning on the Metro
poitsn Elevated Railroad by accident to an en-
gine. Tue pin connecting the lower eccentric rod
dropped out Of place. aud 1t fell upon tho ties the
train was stopped with a sudden jerk The train was
slowing up tor ssoppago at the Fory-second street
station when the accident occurred. The trains fol-
lowing were switched OF on the opposite track ant
run down Thiruy-sixth street, whore they were
again switched of to tho regular course The train
belonging 70 tho disabled engine was moved down
below the switch Ferry second street. and another
engine was despatched 20 bring II down town. The
disabled engine run down to Rector street.
Year: 1878

A BURGLAR broke into Kansas City
house in which Mrs. Gay was alone, and
told her if she made any noise, or at
tempted to get out of bed, he would
kill her. She was frightened, and did
not speak or stir, while he packed hen
silverware and jewelry for removal.
Then by way Of emphasizing parting
injunction not to raise an alarm, he box
ed her ears. That made her so angry
that she forgot her fear. She jumped
out of bed, knocked the burglar down
with chair, yelled to the top of her
voice, pulled his hair, scratched his face
and stamped on him A police officer
heard the racket, and the badly injured
man was arrested.
Year: 1878

An inventor says s'Our latest lawn
mower eats the grass off ike a cow but
it doesn't cost as much for provender:
and truth compels us to add. that it
does not give as much milk. either.ss
Year: 1878

Composition is the "life" of trade.
A Western local paper reioices over the
fact that funeral expenses will be great
" reduced on account Of = lively COM
petition between the undertakersof that
town
Year: 1878

The penalty of popularity is envy.


The penalty of thin shoes is cold.


The penalty of tight boots is corns.


The penalty of q baby is sleepless
nights.


The penalty of pretty cook is an
empty larder.


The penalty of a godfather is silver
knife, fork and spoon.


The penalty of kissing baby is half q
dollar Zone dollar if you are liberaD to
the nurse.


The penalty of interfering between
man and wife is abuse, frequently accom-
panied with blows from both.


The penalty of remaining single is
having no one who cares a button for
you, as is abundantly proved by the
state of your shirts.


The penalty Of buying cheap clothes
is the same as that of going to law-the
certainty of losing your suit, and having
to pay for it.


The penalty Of legacy, or fortune,
is the sudden discovery of a host of poor
relations you never dreamt of, and of a
number of debts you had quit eforgotten.


The penalty of lending is-with book
or an umbrella, the certain loss of it;
with your name TO bill, the sure pay
ment Of it; and with horse, the lamest
chance OF ever seeing it back again
sound.