smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875




A highly important decision was re-
Gently given BY the New York Court Of
Appeals relative to the value Of ware
house receipts. The point is this: The
First National Bank Of Toledo ad-
vanced SIS, 1850 for the purchase Of
a cargo Of wheat under an agreement
that drafts should be drawn upon GER
tain parties in New York and that the
bills Of lading should be given In the
name of the bank as a security for the
payment Of the drafts When the
wheat arrived in New York it was put
IN a warehouse by the purchaser,
YhO received the usual warehouse
receipt from the warehOuseman,
and upon this the warehouseman bOr-
rOwed $4,000 from the Guaranty and
Indemnity Company. One Of the drafts
forwarded against the property was for
$4,000 at thirty days, and when it be-
came due the parties upon whom it was
drawn, being insolvent, 1t went to pro-
test. The Guaranty Company then
claimed the grain, and at the trial Of
the case a verdict was ordered in their
favor. This verdict has now been re-
versed by the Court Of Appeals, on the
ground that the grain was the prop
erty Of the bank, and that the ware
hOuseman had no right to issue any re-
ceipt to any one except the owner, as
the mere fact Of possession is no evil
dence Of title.
Year: 1875

a few days since a knot Of HOs Springs
visitors ''put up job on a brother sufferer
of the North. By dint of considerable
persuasion he at last "tOOk a hand" in the
high old game, seven up. As the game
prOgressed-and after the plot had thick
ened-the sins" drew knives and revOlvers,
apparently with the intention Of slaughter
ing Mr.. Susceptible, who at once bOlted the
ranch, jumped the town and slid. Several
days elapsed and the frightened gent could
not be found. Rewards were offered for
information leading to the discovery Of the
runaway, but all without avail. On Sun
day Mr. 5. TUNED up in Little Rock, shoe
less, ragged and without a cent in Lis
pocket. His arrival there was hailed with
joy at the Springs, for the fugitigeis respect
ably connected and a mai Of wealth. By
the influence Of friends he was induced to
return to the Springs, where he was well
received, and no mention made Of the
rough and heartless joke.
Year: 1875

THE sense Of tSe people Of this
country was clearly indicated IN the
fall elections as against the extreme
measures which the ultra Radicals are
forcing through Congress. Men upon
whom the seal Of condemnation was
set only a few months ago, and who
will 20 out Of Congress tomorrow, are
the most active IN promoting the per-
nicious and pestiferous legislation
which marks the expiring days Of the
Forty-third Congress.
Year: 1875

The House of Representatives yes
terday adopted, without a division, the
resolution reported by the Investigat-
ing Committee, that the members Of
the Louisiana Legislature who were
thrust out by Federal officer at the
point of Federal bayonets, should be
reseated. It was an iniquity too
monstrous for even a Republican Con-
press to sanction.
Year: 1875

The Force Bill received something
of a check in the Senate yesterday.
The programme was to have it read
twice and referred; but by the timely
action Of Democratic Senators, 1t still
lies upon the Vice Presidents table.
It Will be taken up and referred to-day,
but will probably not be reported until
tomorrow. This may possibly enable
the Democratic Senator's to talk it to
death.
Year: 1875

THERE is some apprehension IN regard
to the British Constitution. One Of the
Judges Of the Queens Bench recently used
the word "chisel" for ''cheat.' There is
a slight hope that it may have been a
joke.
Year: 1875

WAsHINGToS, January 1.-THE fol-
lowing letter was received here this morn
ing from Boston:


SIR:-I intrade on your time to thank
the Administration for the course taken
in Louisiana. Sheridaus judgment Is
entirely correct. You must have, or can
easily obtain abundance evidence to suS-
tain him. trust the President will sup
port him promptly and vigorously: Be
sure the North will rally around Grant
in the circumstance. | wish TO seIpress
to him my gratitude as a citizen for his
decision and sagscitv in dealing with the
White league. One firm decisive hour
will scatter the whole conspiracy. Left to
itself, it will keep the South in turmoil
and land her in bankruptcy, if not IN re-
bellion. Respectfully.


wendell PHILLIPS,
Year: 1875

Mr. Dawes presented the case Of an
other recusant witness in the Pacific
Mail investigation-Charles Apert-who
declined to answer certain questions on
the plea of privileged communication
between the attorney and client. He
oaered a resolution for the arrest of
Albert and bringing him 10 the bar Of
the House for contempt. The resolution
WAS agreed TO- and Albert was almost
;mmediatelv brought into the House in
the custody of the Sergeant,at-AFms'


The Speaker asked him whether he was
Year: 1875

AS order is kept by having a place for
everything and keeping everything in its
place, so work succeeds best when it is
rightly done, and at the right time. There
are best ana d worst way Of doing every
thing and a best ana worst time for do
ing things Cue who has we'll consider
cd his seasons work and has list Of ali
tia, has to bc done, viii go right; one
labor will succeed another With regulari-
ty, and each will be we'll done. Every
job should tell. There should be no max
ing holes and filing them up again on
farm no hand-work where machines can
b. used; no small weeds LETT to grow
large NO manure kept wasting by the rain
or baked in the sun while crops are starv-
ing for it; no work done twice over; no
cattl, starved Or allowed to suffer and fail
70 be restored at greater cost than they
are worth; everything should be ahead,
and work must be driven and not to drive.
The head must guide the hand.-Pcn and
PiOW.
Year: 1875

bough..


S:in, they got on we'll together, these
two, and kissed each other when they
parted But when EsteIle parted from
Mrs Mallory she hung on her neck as ifit
had been her own dear mother she was
Year: 1875

A BATH IN rHE DEAD SEA-Mr G. A
kingsbury writes as follows in Forest
and Stream Of a bath in the Dead Sea;


Reaching at last the most remarkable
ofall the seas and lakes on our globe, we
prepared to take a bath--and such bath
can hardly expect ever to take again, ]
had previously bathcd in numerous seas
lakes. and rivers, but never did | cujuy
such bath rs this The specific gravity
of the water is such from its holding in
solution so large proportion of salts
(26B per cent J that one floats upon its
was only gentle ripple upon the sea, and
being good swimmer at once struck
out into deep water. | soon found that
] could not only swim and float with
wonderful ease, but that ] could actually
walk in the water sinking only 30 the
armpits. Discovering this tact, | made
for the shore, and taking DR.. C., one Of
our party, who could not swim, by the
hand, led him into the sea where the wa
ter was many fathoms deep. At first he
was quite reluctant to follow me, but he
soon gained confidence on finding there
was no danger of sinking, and he enjoyed
the novel bath as much as if he had been
an expert swimmer Should the bather
allow the water to get into his eyes or
mouth he would suffer considerable
abatement in his enjoyment, on account
of its extremely salt, bitter, irritating ma.
turc. No fish can live in this sea but
various kinds OF ducks abound here at
certain seasons Of the year. The water
was as clear rs ordinary sea water, its
temperature was agreeable, and it has an
oily feeling, aud altogether its action on
the surface of the body was such as to
develop those pleasurabe sensations per
tanning to the sense of touch, accompa
MED by the most delightful exhilaration
or all the baths in the world, give me a
bath in the Dead Sea. "
Year: 1875

WhiSlxcy,
warranted not to cut in the eyc--not a head
ache in hhdS. of tit Is no sooner in your
belly than IFS on your back in pound Object
and it carries u bead like necklace for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1875

BOUND TO SING.-Brother Glover
was pretty big man in cerain old
Connecticut village. He would sware
a little sometimes, but when he sub
scribed FIVE hundred dollars toward re-
building and reftting the old church,
that special act of charity covered a
multitude of sins.


Brother Glover had a big voice.
There was no time, tone or tune in il,
but he beloved as he pleased in church
singing. When the new church was
finished it had to be dedicated, and a
choir was carefully trained to do the
singing Brother Glover was TO rule
him out of the vocal exercises.


The choir had carefully rehearsed a
new dedicatory hymn, & everything
was ready for the interesting ceremo-
nies. The church was crowded, and
Brother Glover was in his place in a
front pew, as large as life. The new
piece was struck up, and Brother Clio
yer's voice rose loud above the organ.
There was a pause. The organ and
choir were mute and the latter mad.
The minister looking at a fly on the
ceiling, explained that it was new
piece which the choir alone had prac-
ticed, and requested the congregation
to join in the singing.


The piece was recommended, and
again Brother Glover's big voice broke
it up. The preacher then fixed his
eyes on Brother Glover and requested
him to keep silent during the perfor-
nance of the new piece, which he did
not understand, and Brother Glover,
looking at his beloved pastor with his
big round eyes, replied in big voice:


"Look-a-here, Mr.. Barnhart, paid
five hundred dollars towards repairing
this darned old gosple box and by
thunder / will sing.


The preacher gave up, and so did
the choir.
Year: 1875

Mr.. BEECHER ON VoCArIoNs.-At
the last Friday night meeting ct Ply
mouth Church, Mr. Beecher gave some
wholesome advice as TO the duty OF
every man confning himself to his true
calling. Said he:


"Some of you have the gift of speech
and may become public speakers. Then
it is the line of your duty. A man be
cause he is a hard, harsh, dry man, is
not necessarily an unchristian man. If
you are by nature dry, enjoy your dry
ness. Laughter.] Make the best of that
which God has put into yonr hands.
Some ofyou are persons with qualities
for business. l have seen men who
thought that they had call to the
miuistry-that is, they wanted to be
ministers and they were conscious Of it,
and they supposed it was call. They
were slow TO learn, they had no power
of speech, they were dry. But their
conscience leads them into the ministry,
and they stay there for years, until at
last, by providence of God, they are
elected to be secretary Of some society.
Laughter. 1t just suits them. They
were born Tor it. People say it is wrong
aud look upon it as an awful sin. The
mistake was not in going out oft, but
in going into it. Laughter.


"Now ifa man is lawyer, and is
converted he don't want to become a
preacher. Why, my dear friends, there
are as good men as ministers. Laugh
ter There is usefulness outside OF the
pulpit. Don't you know that the great.
est part of human affairs are outside Of
the Church? Don't you know that the
humanity of man is outside! The field
is not in the Church, the field is in the
world. So then be merchant, but a
Christian merchant; be lawyer, but a
Christian lawyer; be servant, be an
editor Laughter, be reporter. There
are duties even for them. Long and
continued laughter The trne calling
of every man is to do his duty in his
place"
Year: 1875

world would be gwen up - defamation


We may see and hear much that we
no not admire and cannot like; we may
become cognizant of many evil deeds
done by evil persons; but it is the part
OF wisdom and discretion to pass them
by without notice, expect when TO speak
of them cautiously may be necessary as
a warning of a friend.


We all have enough enemies in this
world, without provoking others by i'll
tempered comments. The enmity of
evil men is thing TO be avoided, for
while it can do us no good, il may do
us much harm. Besides we may make.
mistakes in the haste Of honest inGigna-
ton, and speak evil Of good men for
acts we do not understand. Such a
mistake is worse than the other; for
while it is unprudent to promscuously
denounce evil men, it is cruel wrong TO
defame a good one.
Year: 1875

sometime during the night. But the
wished for sign did not appear, No trum-
pet was blown in the heavens. The
night wore on Us usual, and the wick
cd city Of Chicago was not even
visited with an ordinary coHAagratiOnD
About daylight the brothers and sisters
looked into each others faces with signs Of
disappointment aud an expression Of re-
turning worldliness of mind, and gather.
ing up their robes and dinner baskets
gradually vacated the building and de-
parted for their homes, SO far as they had
any left. And thus ended once more a
Second Advent delusion. But next year
somebody will find out all about where
the mistake was made this time, and
there will be a new set Of fanatics got
together in the same manner, And thus
the farce will be kept up from year to
year.
Year: 1875

Dls1NCoRPoKATIoN.-A movement is on

 loot looking to the disincorporaton of the

 Village government of Prescott, which like

 most other questions has two sides to it. At

 firSt blush We were inclined to sign the peti-

 ton which was in circulation last week on

 the ground that that the Village government

 was costing more than it benefited the peo-

 pie, which may yet be true but before rusb-

 ing hastily into dissolution. suspensisn or

 bankruptcy 1t will probably be as we'll te ex

 anime the other side little. Of course it comes hard on property holders to pay their entire Village revenue by an ad ralorum tax, when much of the expense is incurred bv non-property owners. Therefore if the vil- lage government is to be continued, we as well as majority of those who own proper ty Tn the town, would-be in favor of iicens ing certain kinds of business, as for instance retail liquor saloons, gambling and other places which have tendency to render yil iaSe officers necessity. A heavy tax for the village treasury should be imposed on dogs running in the streets, and it would he well to make this tax or license heavy enough to drive out about nine tenths of the worth less CUTS that infest the highways and by ways of the town and make i, dangerous for people to ride or drive through the streets, md, in some instances, difficult for children | O go to and from school without being at- lacked by dogs.

 1t IS often better to reform an institution han to burst it up, and if this one can be in- iuccd to adopt these and other necessary re- orms it will be we'll to let it live, but if it continues to be burden without correspond ng benefit we say let it die.
Year: 1875

A section of the Tulare county big tree. known as Lieutenant General Lee. twenty. SIX feet nine inches in diameter and twenty two feet long, will be sent to the centennial It took two men ten days to cut the tree down.-S. F. Stock Report
Year: 1875

AIR. EDITOR: l am not one of those beings who believe in su-

 perstitious old graveyard ghost

 stories, and many traditional signs and wonders that have been hand ed down to us from our grand fathers and grandmothers,' as cer- tain fore-runners of some future event. But l am firm believer in signs, notwithstanding, but they must be based upon action, and with this theory in view, l am of the opinion that better times are not far off; and why? Because the sign of better times is based upon substantial visible action on the part of the farmers at this time. They are waking up from their former lethargy to realiza.
Year: 1875

TGlgAs CARLYLE oN MoDEEN LIBERALISM.
Ny friends, the lollies of modern Liberal
ism, many and great though they be, are
practically summed up in this denial or neg
!ect OF the quality and intrinsic value OF
thing. Its rectangular beatitudes and
spherical enevoleuces-theolosy OF uniycr-
sal indulgence and jurisprudence which will
hang no rogues-mean one and all Of them
in the root incapacity OF discerning or reia-
sal to discern worth and unworth in any
thing, and least Of all in man whereas na-
turc and heaven command You at your peril
10 discern worth from unwOrth in everything
and most IF all in man. Your main prob
lem j. that ancient and trite one, W no l.
ie-i man. and the idtes forgive mGch-!JT-
give the mildest, fercest, crnelest expert
ments--if fairly made for the determination
of that. THEFT and blOod-suiltiness are not
pleasing in their sight, yet the iayorin :
powers Of the spiritual and material world
will confirm to yoa your stolen goods. and
their noblc-t voices applaud the lifting OF
voar spear and rehearse the sculpture oi
your shield ii only your robbing and Staying
have been in fair arbitrament Of that ques'
ton. who IS best man y Bat if you REFUSE
such inquiry, and maintain every man iOI
his neighbor's match-if you give vote t
the simple and liberty TO the vile-the pow
crs Of those spiritual and material worlds il
due time present you inevitably with th'
same problem, soluble now only wrong side
upwards, and your robbng and Staying must
be done then 10 find out Who Is the tc0rs
man - which in 50 wide an order Of merit !,
indeed not easy, bat complete Tammany
Ring and lowest circle in the inferno o
Worst you are sure to find and to be govern
ed bv.
Year: 1875

1t is doubtful whether James w. Booth will
accept the Republican nomination for Senator in the
Fifth District. His health not good and he does not
yl,h TO incur the fatigue and worry OF canvass He
will give a dcfnite answer to-day 10 the committee aI'
poni4d 10 tender him the nomination His friends are
epdeayoring to induce him 10 accept
Year: 1875

At a meeting held last evening the With
Assembly District German Republican Association APP
proved the nomination OF John X Hackett for Recorder
a.d OF BENJAMIN X. Phelps for District Attorney.
Year: 1875

ST. PAUL, July 2S.-People from the
scene of the raiIroad-bridge disaster at
Brainard furnish particulars of interest.
AS the train was crossing the bridge the
engineer heard 1t cracking and put on
steam to escape, but it proved too late to
save his life. The central span OF the
bridge broke down under the weight of
the cars, loaded with iron, and both
ends OF the train were drawn into the
wreck, the engine and several cars be-
ing drawn backward, and the remainder
of the train forward. The central and
western spans of the bridge went down,
the engine and two cars that were pulled
backward falling on the western shore,
and the remainder into the river. The
crash made by the wreck was heard at
the distance of three-fourths OF a mile.
The river at this point is about three
hundred feet wide, and the water is
from six to eight feet deep. There ap-
pears to have been but one brakeman on
The train, and luckily he was behind the
cars loaded with iron. AS he saw the
train going down he ran for his life
across the top of the freight-cars, but
finding he could not reach the end OF
OF the train in time, jumped off on that
portion OF the bridge which remained
standing, and was unhurt. The wreck
is reported as frightful to behold. With
the exception of the engine and two ca1s
on the west bank, the entire train, num-
bering tWenty-One cars, including the
caboose, is piled in heap in the river.
The cars are emphatically smashed in
to kindling- wood. All agree that the
bridge absolutely broke down beneath
the weight of the train, and that no cars
left the track until the break occurred.
The names sent yesterday include all
persons fatally injured. The few who
were wounded are doing well and wiS
recover.
Year: 1875

The Ledger of last evening contained
an editorial complimentary Of Hon.
Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania,
suggesting him as the most suitable Of
the Democratic candidates for speaker
OF the house Of representatives. The
Ledgcr among other things referred to
his warfare against the corruptions of
the Republican party, and particularly
to the trying time during the last session
when he led the minority for foriy-seven
consecutive hours in the terrible fight
against the Infamous force bill, and dis
played 8 leadership which excited the
admiration Of his opponents. But we can
go back beyond that and recall the SER
vices of the great Democratic leader at
time when the Democracy was hope
less minority, and reconstruction was
fought st every step, and with deter
minaUon that would have excited even
"Old Hickory" exacting as he was. In
those days Mr. Randall displayed all the
qualities OF leadership, at the very in
ceptiOn OF his career proving
his title to any place in the
gift Of his party. That he would make
an able speaker there can be no doubt,
and as little that in that high and Te-
spOnsible Office he would obey the be-
hests OF his party and make such a dis
position Of its patronage as would satisfy
the rank and file alike. A strong
man, Mr.. Randall is worthy the
confidence OF the Democracy,
and eminently worthy the place
to which his ambition leads him to
aspire. He has a few strong and worthy
competitors, but not one who could not
aud would not congratulate him hearth
ly upon his successful coptest Of the
coveted position. He is popular with
his party, and has the confidence of the
people at large.
Year: 1875

HERE is more oft. Governor Parker
in his speech before the Grand Army Of
the Republic at Newark, New Jersey,
recently, said: "The future Of the great
nstion demands the burial OF dead
issues, and the applause with which it
was received, says the New YoIk Tri-
tune, afforded another indication Of the
hesrtiness with which the veterans Of
the Union army respond TO the cry Of
the whole country for reconciliation.
Year: 1875

WHEAT is worth about twenty-five
cents bushel more than on the first Of
July, and corn ten cents bushel more.
Thus our western and southwestern
farmers will have plenty Of money this
fall, and they will know how TO put it
where II will do the most good.
Year: 1875

The closing entertainment and soiree
for the benefit of the little orphans will
take place this evening at Exposition
Hall, under the auspices Of the st. Peter
Benevolent Society. The entertainment
is we'll worth the patronage of every be-
nevolent.minded person in the city, and
the object for which the affair is gotten
up-to give material aid to the unfortun-
aIe-should commend Itself to all. At
tend, remembering that ''He that giveth
to the poor, lendeth to the Lord"
Year: 1875

Chat No. XT, and Last.

 The most beautiful things of this world fade and die. and the more valuable they are, the more repulsive their decay. A few weeks illness cost me more than half the plants which had so watched, and treasured, and where had last seen them in all their glory of bud and blossom, l now beheld them shrunk and shriveled, g ghastly array of dried stems and leaves. A few still held up their heads with a sickly kind of courage, and rushed to their rescue, but the majority were be- yond all hope of resuscitation.

 This disaster resulted from the fact that the Doctor ordered them peremptor1ly from their usual warm regions and they were disposed of up stairs and down stairs, hither and yon; the household were too occupied helping me struggle back to life, to spend tune or thought over them, or feel more than passing qualm at their lingering death. But I could have wept at such. wholesale des- truetion. st-fa

 My roses ou went by the board, but l have at last, the satisfaction of believing that many Gaolsidoe and perchance red spiders, too, perished with them !

 The season for house plants is over. and I must bid the subject adieu for awhile Meantime having much enjoyed my chats with the Enquirer, shall hope to remain still upon its list of contributors.

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