smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

There is aspecies of stinging scorpion
found in the river bottoms of western
Texas. Immediately after the birth of
her young the female places them in
basket-shaped receptacle on her back,
where they at once attach themselves
and begin sucking her blood. OF course
the mother soon succumbs to this unfili
al treatment, and begins to droop. The
young ones are by this time sufficiently
nourished to demand more substantial
food, and they kill their mother and
devour her. Should one of the young
ones become detached from the living
nest, it is at once killed and feasted upon
by its mother. Thus it seems that
while the female willingly sacrifices her
life her offspring, yet she does not
hesitate to kill them should they be 80
devoid of instinct as to refuse TO remain
where she places them after BIRTH
While this is going on the male parent
stands around.
Year: 1879

A NEW and pretty idea for spring costume
of wash goods is TO make II necSte Of the dress
material stamp the ends in an elaborate pats
ern aud embroider in different color embroid
Try cotton.
Year: 1879

HOW A SPRINGFIELD GIRL SECURED A


HUSBAND.


Springfield Mas Letter TO Boston Herald.


A sewing girl in this city has had ro-
mantle experience which is worth the
telling. Several months ago man at
Dubuque, Ia, advertised in an eastern
Massachusetts paper tor wife Among
a swarm Of answers which he received
were two from two girls in this city, who
replied lust tor the iun OF the thing. One
OF them represented herself young as
a widow, and her lively account of
herself and her circumstances was very
largely fictitious especially that
if it was of no consequence of
the snug sum of money LETT her by her
dear departed. She never expected to
hear of the matter again, but that was
the one letter out of all the advertiser
received which struck his fancy. He
wrote to the supposed widow" who,
in fact had never been married, and who
was then earning her living with her
needle; photographs were exchanged the
letters grew more and more affectiOnate.
until the youngi woman, realizing that
the affair was no longer Joke, wrote to





frankly of her humble circumstances.
OF course he admired her all the more,
and at last he came from Dubuque to
this city to claim her for his bride. In
stead Of the sleek and intelligent looking
and manly individual whom she had ex-
pected from his letter and his photo
graph, what was her yexation to see 4
person OF decidedly seedy appearance,
wearing an old slouch hat and appearing
altogether unaitractive. Well, she re-
fused him, and he, chiding her bitterly
for so doing after all the pains he had
taken to win her, returned alone to Iowa.
/ suppose he hadn't left the house befor
she was sorry-such is the flexible char
acter Of female affection and it was
certainly true that she was very sorry,
indeed. before he had put 4 thousand
miles between them. He wrote no more,
but the distressed young woman
wrote: or got friends 10 write, to the
pastor Of the church he attended and
to various persons in Dubuque, to find
out what sort OF man this was-some-
thing She ought to have thought of in
the first place. The replies were uni
formly complimentary, and every one
increased her regret that she, poor sew
ing girl. had reiuseda "good match"
Never a word came from him, and at
last she swallowed her pride, reopened
The correspondence herself, and told him
how she mad misiudged him and how
sorry she was that she had. Promptly
came manly reply, from which she dis
covered that when he visited her here he
had Intentionally made himself as unat-
tractive as possible, from romantic
notion that She ought TO take him for
what he was and not for what lie wore.
OF course they were married. and the
poor sewing girl has tor her husband one
Of the leading citizens Of Dubuque, and
for her home one Of the finest mansions
in Dubuque.
Year: 1879

We speak OF the snow as an image OF
death. IL may be this but it hides the ever
lasting life under its robes the life to be
revealed in due time, when all cold shadows
shall melt away before the ascending sun
and we shall be- not unclOthed, but clothed
upon, and mortality shall be swallowed up
OF life Robert Collyer.
Year: 1879

CANADA wants US to give that country II
free market for all her products in return
for the same in the Dominion. There is no
reciprocity in this We cannot sell Canada
breadstuffs or lumber or fish. To continue
the present fishery treaty is to infct severe
injury upon our own fishing interest. II we
enter into treaty with the Dominion. TO
make it reciprocal. we must have IL free
market for all our goods-the products OF
our factories and of our skilled industries.
To merely permit US to sell lumber, fish and
agricultural products in Canada without
duties will be about the same kind of a
privilege it would be to be permitted to
take Goals to Newcastle. II II free market
for all the products OF our skilled indus
tries is too great II return for Tree mar
ket here for Canadian products, then we
must be permitted to send goods into Can
ada at less duty than any other country,
Great Britain not excepted. That treaty
will not be reciprocal which does not make
US such CONCESSIONS, and any proposition
which does not contain such concession
will never be approved by our people or
Govefument.-Bosfon Journal
Year: 1879

Agentleman in business in this city,
in yesterdays REPUBLICAN advertised
for moral temperate man to help in
his business. He called upon us early
this morning ana urged us to take the
advertisement out, as he was complete
ly overrun with moral temperate men;
indeed, he was pleased to know that
there were so many in the city, but he
couldn't employ all of them. He says
the paper containing the advertisement
had hardly been issued ten minutes
before they began to come. He is fully
that people do read the Re-



Another proof that advertising pays
IS that of gentleman named Smith
who found his dog at Claymont by ad.
vertising in the REPUBLICAN,. Mr.. Smith
advertised in the other city papers, but
he REPUBLICAN brought the answer.
Year: 1879

HAIR DYE.


BatchelOr's Celebrated Hair DYE best in the
world. The inventor has used this splendid
hair dye for forty years with benefit to the hair
and no injury to his health; proof that it is the
only true and perfect dye, harmless, reliable,
lOus tints; remedies the effects of bad days;
leaves the hair soft and beautiful, black or
wig factory, No. Is Bond Street New York.
Year: 1879

HUNTINGTON, April 30.-Suspicion has
rested on a younger brother of Shy, who
had his skull crushed Saturday night
His brother was one of the party with
him when the affair occurred. At late
hour last night he was arrested, and
confessed to the deed. 1t has also been
ascertained that he shot az the girl in
the early part of the night. The brother
took the pistol, refused to give it back
after the shooting, and they qusrreled
at different times till one o'clock, end
ing in the younger man telling his
brother if the pistol was not given him
he would hit him with a stone. The de-
mand was refused, and he then threw
the stone, the result Of which has already
been given.
Year: 1879

MR.. HILL OUTLINES 4 NEW POLICY.
GEORGIA OPPOSITION To WAR CIAIMs-THE RISING


IMPORTANCE OF ALAsKA-GENERAL NEWS.


In the Senate yesterday a war claim was
fought by Senator Hill, who opposed it be
cause it was war claim. He took occasion
to outline a new policy for the Demo-
Gratis. one feature of which was opposition
to war claims. 1t is said that the gold of
Alaska is about to bring on a large emgra-
ton thither A Treasury circular has been
issued to bondholders.
Year: 1879

He announces That He Is in the Field


-40ain for the JMdOeship.


AUSTIN, Mimi, July IL, 1879.
w. w. johnson, Albert Lea


DEAR SIN: Your letter of the 18th inst.
in which you inquire whether it is my pur-
pose to be candidate for reelection to the
Office now hold, is received. Similar IN
quiries heve recently been made by promi-
nent men in all parts of the district, but
until now have not been prepared to give
definite answer.


During the first five years of my term of
office, it was my purpose neither to seek nor
accept reelection, but more recently I have
been wantonly and persistently assailed for
attempting to execute and administer the
laws of the State. The history of these at
tacks is too recent and familiar to need repe-
tition. 1t is we'll known that they originated
in single locality with mere handful of
bad men, whose conduct had been such that
they had reason to fear faithful execution
of the laws, and that their main motive was
personal revenge, coupled with desire to
shleld their own criminality. Their
efforts were seconded by the most cor
rupt and dangerous political combinations
in the State. To meet and repel these ma
licious attacks my plans and purposes have
been changed, and my property spent. I
have, however, been sustained by the best
men Of the State, without regard to party
ties, and it is the expressed opinion OF many
OF these men that cannot now retire with
out endangering the principles of reform
which have always adhered to and advo-
Gated, nor without giving new lease of
power to the dangerous combinations which
have sought to crush me.


am assured. and believe, that large
majority of the people Of this district desire
my reelection; but the masses of the people
have very little to do with the machinery of
political parties. In my opinion, q judicial
officer cannot honestly be the servant of any
party or faction, nor should his nomination
or election be dependent upon the manipu-
lations of crafty caucuses or conventions.
These considerations induce me to say that,
it the voters Of this judicial district, inde-
pendent of party lines, desire my reelection
their efforts toward that end will meet my
approval and receive my Co cooperation. You
are authorized to make such use of this
as may be deemed advisable.


Very respectfully, your obedient servant,


SHERMAN PAGE.
Year: 1879

1t is not our custom to cite illustrations ofthe benefit of advertising which in the very nature o the case must innlire to the advnage of par es whose names we are c9mpello Ito mention,

 but the cas of Dr. Kennedy, of tiIis place. is so remarkable of the kind that for once we make an exception of him. After mnch careful JeX- perinenting the Doctor became convinced that

 he had found--or rather edueed from clements previously Known, but never so compounded medicine capable in itself of doing animnense amount of good to his suffering fellow men. He WAS morally certain that the great and in

 telligent public would he altogether of his way of lhnking touching the virtues of his discovery if he could only get it before them. Like a sensible man he began to invest a portion of his capital in newspaper advertisements. He had not long to wait for the visible and sensible effect of his course Orders began to drop in one by one, and then steady ~bombardment of them opend upon this enterprising physician and surgeon. The Favorite Remedy soon be- came as we'll known as Dickens Pickwick Papers or Webster's Dictionary. Whenpeople felt themselves in suffering and distress from Liver and Kidney diseases, Constipation of the Bowels or any of those complaints peculiar to Females subtle in character and so difficult for treatment blythe ordinary modes, they bought the Favorite Remedy, used it and were healed. Now, we don't know that we are un- der any special obligation to Dr.. Kennedy, but in order to draw the moral to enforce which this article was written, we are obliged to give him the benefit of this implied advertisement. And the moral is this: When you have some thing to sell which is worth public attention do ssDr Kennedy did with the Favoute Remedy - advertise it. A great patronage has awarded, and the same wisdom will secure the same re- suit for you. Sold by Vessels & Gates, Lltchfeld. e@ 42-4w. !
Year: 1879

While the rest of the nation has been absorb ed fin resumption, the Lyceum at New Milford has taken off it's coat and decided that horse trotting at fairs iniures the community or at least that portion of it so unfortunate as to bet on the wrong hOrSe.Ss s
Year: 1879

The Indian complains of the loss of his hunting grounds. How unreasonable E.: The government is hunting grounds for him all the time and then bunting him down and mak- ing him move away from them.
Year: 1879

INTEND to change my residence from here
to St. Paul about the first of April or first of
May, and will want to rent dwelling house. I
hear that houses are scarce and rents are going
up in your CITY, and would be pleased to have
you do the best you can for me. i'"-L


The above is sample of scores of letters
now being received by our real estate dealers.


The situation it describes is true. Houses
are 80 scarce that it is next to an impossible
ity for newcomers to find home, and rents
are going up. This condition of affairs must
be remedied, and that promptly, or st. Paul
will lose, this year of our Lord, 1879, many
hundred men who are intending to come
and devote their money, brains and energy
to building up this the great city of the
Northwest. The remedy lies with our prop.
erty-owners and capitalists. IA If the golden
opportunity is lost and property depreoiates
and money goes a begging in the future


there will be no one but themselves to blame
Year: 1879

SERIOUS Misunderstanding threatens to
arise in France over the bill of M. Jules
Ferry to promote higher education. The
measure is harmless enough as far as its
title goes, but as it contemplates the exclu-
sion of the Jesuits from all educational in
stitutions, it has raised a storm that does
not promise to be soon allayed. One jour-
nal declares, apropos of this bill, that as the
republic has become the negation of liberty
and tho dearest feelings of great majority
OF Frenohnen, it has no longer any reason
for existence. If the bill is made cabinaiI
question there is but little doubt but an
other change in the ministry will be neces-
Year: 1879

We do not believe that sufficient evidence
can be obtained upon which to exclude
Messrs. Butterworth and Young, the two
Republican members from Cincinnati, from
their seats in the House. While there is no
doubt but Eph. Holland and his gang of re-.
peaters did er1cient work in their behalf, it
will bo exceedingly difficult to prove it.
Their exclusion would create a feeling that
thu Democratic party is disposed to carry
partisanship too far, and the reaction may
be disastrous in the future. The Democrats
cannot afford to follow too closely the bad
precedents set them by the Republicans.
Year: 1879

The London papers are greatly exercised
over the adoption of the protective tariff by
the Dominion of Canada, the Times declar-
ing that it is as unwise as it can be, and ev-
cry branch Of industry will be crippled by
it. It is also claimed that the tariff is con
trary to the provisions of the law which gave
Canada her practical Independence of the
mother country, which required that all
laws imposing diferential duties should oe
reserved for royal approval. f."
Year: 1879

SIMON CAMERON may save his money by
his contest with the Widow Oliver, but his
reputation is now hopelessly ruined. He
could better have afforded to pay the old
woman the ton thousand dollars. she asked


as the price of her silence, than to have sub
jected himself to the ridicule of the whole
Year: 1879

THE Oxford Falcon is mistaken if it
supposes that the so-called platform
which has been published in THE
CLARION, is intended as the creed of the
mocratic-Conservative party of the
State. 1t is The CLARIoN's exclusively.
Nobody else is responsible for it. 1t
was simply a campaign article for the
benefit of whomsoever it concerned.
The Falcon had the same unrestricted
right to produce asimilar article without
rendering itself liable to the accusation
of promuigating a creed for the party.
1t is our habit to take the responsibility
of declaring our owu convictions and
opinions upon all questions, but unless
duly accredited, we do not presume to
exercise that privilege for others.
Year: 1879

Oxford Falcon.


The blind, leaderless canvass now being


made by the Democratic party of Missis


sippi, presents alarming features that point


to the total disbandOnment and overthrow


of Democratic rule in this State, unless


some steps are taken to avert the danger
Never in the history of Mississippi politics


has the Democratic party been so disorgan-


lied, 50 nearly without leadership as it is


now, wholly and entirely without a plat


form debating the true line of policy upon


which the fight is to be made, the party


gropes in the dark divides and follows
off would be leaders, who dictate and advo-
cate platforms and policies of their own,


without consulting the party or shaping
| these platforms and policies to fit party


views. For the first time in the history of
| the Democratic party of this State, the
party has been allowed to enter a canvass
with no settled principles upon the ques-
! tiOns at issue, and without even an effort on
the part of the State Executive Committee
| to adopt or even suggest a platform upon
which we could all unite, we have drifted
! into the canvass, with no concert of action
and with every man entertaining and att
tempting to enforce, upon the party his own
| individual views; and, too, with as perfect
right to contend that they are the principles
of the Democratic party as any one to saw
they are not. There are questions of vital
Importance, presented in this canvass upon
which the people widely differ, yet no effort
at harmony has been made by the Executive
Committee, and to-day, here in the midst
of an active canvass, no man can truthfully
say that he is contendihg for Democratic
principles or running for Office upon a Dem
ocratic platform. The only shadow of a
platform that the Democratic party in this
State has to-day is the ten or dozen lines
dictated by Major Barksdale, who occupies
the anomolus position as sole parent of the
platform, candidate for the United States
Senate, and Chairman of the State Execu-
tive Committee. Now this platform given
through the columns of the CLARION.
which is remarkable only for it's vagueness
and its brevity, may or may not meet the
views of the party, may or may not be the
line of policy the party would have laid
down had its voice been heard. However
that may be, until the voice of the party is
heard, differences and divisions, fraught
with the greatest danger, will continue.


Who is responsible for this hurtful state
of affairs, for the disorganized condition of
our party to-day, we leave it to otheps to
say. But that it is disorganized, that it
lacks that unanimity that is absolutely
necessary to a successful canvass is appar-
ent to all, and that the situation demands
immediate action of some kind, ..haat will
tend to cement differences and solidify the
party.
Year: 1879

One of the most gallant Southern soldiers
who ever were the grey, or shouidered a
musket In defense of the South, was re-nom-
mated for State Senator, by the Democracy
of Monroe and Chickasaw, few davs ago
We never see his name in print. or hear Il
spoken, without streak of pleasure thrill
our whole body. The boys of the old 18th
Mississippi, in Carroll and Montgomery
counties, will never forget his heroism at
Gettysburg, and ON every battlefield in
which he was engaged. He is not only a
soldier, but statesman, and we hope the
day will not be far distant when the
people VIII put him in the highest office in
the State.-Winona Advance.
Year: 1879

Wnona Advance


Col. ID. w. Rodgers addressed the voters of
Pine Valley precinct on Friday of last week.
His speech full of good old Democratic
doctrine, "uncle Dave" is thoroughly in earnest
and stands ready to break lance with any Of
the led."-Water Valley Central


From long acquaintance with Col, Rodgers
we feel sure that when he talks 10 the people
they will heed his teachings. lie is thoroughly
honest and Democratic to the core. He is a
true and tried representative of the people and
they have the utmost confidence in him
Year: 1879

DEMOCRATS and Conservatives do not
forget the details of party organization.
The election in November is to decide
whether the results of the hard won vic
tories of 1875 and '76 shall be preserved
or whether they shall be sacrificed to
the ambition ofschemers bent upon their
own elevation at the cost of the public
GOOD
Year: 1879

THE Independents throughout the State
are making sad havoc with the Regulars,
and will, no doubt, in the majority of the
counties carry the elections.-Natchez
Sun.


Name the counties that are going for
the Independents will you please?
There are seventy-four counties in the
State, and we venture the assertion that
you cannot name a dozen that will not
elect atic-Conservatives to the
Legislature.
Year: 1879

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Three weeks ago 10000 people assembled
in Tompkins Square to celebrate the recon-
struction of that sandy waste into a we'll
planned and planted pleasure ground The
new park was bright with lanterns, the air
was full of music and OratOry, and everybody
was invited 10 come and see how the
East Side had been beautlfied and bene-
fitted. and all for the paltry sum of
$4,000. Mr.. Wenman himself delivered
neat GRAFTON, and modestly bowed
when grateful citizens cheered the efficient
Park Commissioners who had wrought this
Transformation. Most assuredly the creation
of fine park in city where we'll Kept
parks are none too numerous was an event
worth celebrating. One could hardly over
estimate for poses of ornament and re-
creation and health the value of ten acres of
lawn and trees. and walks and fountains,
smiling in this closely-built section of the
city.


But unfortunately Tompkins Square does
anything but smile in this bright Autumn
sunshine. il is a desolatiOn, absolutely blade
less, so far as grass is concerned; its only
carpetlng being a few lonesome, brown aud
sickly weeds. And not only is this primary
and essential feature of green turf wanting,
and wanting because of the ignorance mani
tested in the original preparation of the
ground but there is no appearance of
any intention TO remedy this fundamental
defect Instead of tilhng, fertilizing and re-
seeding at once. the eminent agricuturists
in charge announce that they Will wait until
next Spring (thus wasting a Year, to see if
the dead seed will not germinate once more
Two groups of shrubbery and many trees
scattered unfortunately about the so-called
lawns and among the aimless windings of the
walks appear to be growing well. But lit
tie Investigation with cane among the
thrifty young elms near the centre Of the park
will reveal the fact that the grading was done
after the planting, and that some accomplished
engineer has heapcd the earth half yard
above the oGginal level and about the trunks
of the trees, so as to insure their death at an
early day.


There is much more to complain of, and espe-
cialy the row of mutIlated and moribund
trees along the street.-The around the Park.
But we call attention to these points chiefly
as specimens of much of the work in
charge OF the Park Commission. Does any
one imagine that any gentleman could spend
S75 900 on his private grounds to so little
purpose and to such bad purpose For it is
not only true that thousands of dollars have
been squandered in useless work in Central
Park and the smaller ones, but much work
has been done which has been positively