smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Huntsville Independent: Often
times we find men running after
strange gods, when, in reality, the
new idols for which they long so
fondly are in fact the very deities in
whose service they have been most
devoted worshipers for many days.
For instance, we hear, of late, of
some who, unfamiliar with the late
political history of the Democratic
party are straining every muscle
and every joint, in order to place
themselves in the ranks of the
Greenbackers. They need not, how
ever, desert the Democratic ranks.
They msy right dress in the line of
the most devoted Greenbackers, and
yet needn't desert the file of the De-
mocracy, especially the Democracy
of the South and West. (Let it be
remembered that hereafter the
South and West t0iH be heard, when
ever they utter a word in the coun-
Gil chamber of the National Democ-
racy.) Let us recapulate somewhat
of that which the Democracy has
accomplished, although they have
had possession of the house of Rep
resentatives for only two years.


l. They have recoined silver and
put in circulation again. .


3. They have repealed the odious
and oppressive resumption act in
the House and forced Republican
Senate to adopt it with an amend
ment that comedies the principle
that will ultimately result in an ad-
equate greenback currency.


3. They have shown a disposi-
tion to wipe out natioual banks and
thus run a black line through a
cherished system of the bondholder.


4. They have left no hand idle,
but have lifted their might and
main against the protective tariff,
which has been as a continued
burden upon the South and
West, while it has been as a rich
revenue to the close eastern cor
POI ations.


There is no need for the one
idead Greenback party. The De
mocracy of the West and South
richly merits all the opprobrious
epithets which have been launched
against the bloated, bond holding
interest. The Democracy, being
full of years and strong, can stand
their epithes and more besidel
Year: 1878

Athens Post: We trust the next
legislature will be composed of men
of sound, vigorous minds and posi-
tive qualities, capable of grasping
the situation and not afraid to do
what may seem right and best for
the honor, integrity and welfare of
the State, regardless as to how their
course may effect their personal in
terests. Send a preponderance of
this sort to the next General AS
sembly, and we will guarantee that
the emergency will be met and a
way blazed out which will ultimate
ly relieve the commonwealth from
the difficulties with which it is now
so heavily embarrassed.
Year: 1878

The time is near at hand when
the citizens of Giles county in the
respective civil districts will meet
to select delegates to county con


vention, to meet in Pulaski to select
suitable candidate for our next
Legislature. Permit me as an old
citizen, who was born upon the soil
of Giles before our first court was
organized, and in my boyhoOd days
labored with the axe, the hoe, the
plow, the old reap hook and scythe,
and as an agricul.urist know well
that it is the principle source of all
wealth, to say that can look back
and see, under the guidance of our
fathers in the early history of this
our heaven favored section, the for
est was cleared, fields enclosed,
courts established, school houses
built, churches erected, the gospel
preached, Christianity spread, So
cial neighborship prevailed, then all
seemed happy and cantented. Then
we had practical sound men to leg
islate for the best interest of all.
Then the people were the sover-
eigns, legislators and officers of the
government the servants. Is it so
now? These were times we would
like to live over again, if kind
Providence had not ordered it 9th
erwise. Now we live in a fast age
POLITICALLY of doubtful character) J.
Everything seems to be running on
down grade without brakes, with
steam and wind up. So you see
very plainly that the old engineers
and conductors have left these posts
of honor, and they are now mostly
occupied by new corps in a fast
age. We shall certainly be wreckd
if the steam is not cooled, the wind
Gained, and the brakes put on, and
conductors chosen of age, consider


alton and experience upon this
great political highway, freighted
with the rights, liberties and moral
interest of all. The principles of
the Democrats and old line Wings
as now united are conservative and
national, and in my view Tin power)
the only political ark of safety. We
should have a representative who
would guard we'll the honor of the
State in a compromise settlement of
the State debt with its bondholders
upon some agreed terms, not too
oppressive on the people, and close
up this agitating question. There
cannot be any dishonor attached to
A if he owes B and cannot pay, and
b will compromise and renew notes
on time which A can pay. So it
would be with the State and its
creditors. Our justices of the peace
and jurors should be paid 81 per
day for. services when called from
home to serve the public, and our
old system of a full jury for every
court should be re-established; also
full County court of magistrates,
so as to lock to the necessity and
interest of the people in all appro


priations. Our county Trustee and
Register should be consolidated,
and Tax Collector left alone.


l am very much inclined to favor
State Bank if the government will
release its taxing power. Such a
bank will Certainly aid the State f.
nances, and thereby reduce the bur
den of taxation. And | win here
refer to an alarming evil fastening
upon the political vitals of the coun-
try. 1t has already a strong hold
upon the heart of the nation, and
spreading over the face Of society,
and as the destroying cancer ex-
Year: 1878

1t is a mournful fact that a man
never knows when to quit cutting a
corn. He endures untold physical
discomfort getting himself into the
right position and then he never
rests until the massacre is complete.
There is always the temptation,
never resisted, to take off just one
more slice, and when at last the
final nervous movement digs out a
piece of the sensitive flesh as big as
a small porter house steak, tue man
howls, tells his wife she'll cripple
him for his internal foolishness, and
goes growing to bed, leaving his
poor wife to wonder what under the
sun she had to do with it. What a
single man does for somebody to
blame, nobody knows. We guess
they never cut their corns.- Bur
lington Hawkeye.
Year: 1878

Now that the medical properties OF
the Buckeye are clearly established and
utilized for the cure Of Piles, why not
make a direct application of its healing
virtues in the form of 1abler's Buckeye
Pile Ointment and be cured This
preparation Is made from the alkaloid OF
the Buckeye, or Horse Chestnut, and,
combined with other Ingredients, Is Of
fored TO the public as a cure for nothing
else but Piles. Price 30 cents q bottle.
For sale by G.. A. Pope & Co.
Year: 1878

Fayetteville Express If anything
happens that you don't hear of un-
til it is too late to profit by the in
formation, blame none but your
self Ii you don't take a lively
newspaper, of course you can't keeI
posted in the. Transporting events OF
Tho day
Year: 1878

Courier-J Journal: 1t has been
often remarked how far superior,
both intellectually and physically,
the college graduate of our day is
to his father. Had the father spent
half his time at college in coloring
his meerchaum and cultivating his
mustache, and the other half in
rowing matches on the mill pond,
he, too, might have returned homo
with splendid muscular develop
ment. and spelling Cicero and col
lege with a k.
Year: 1878

The pencil marks you sec around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your SUBJ
seription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once, We
would take great pleasure In extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone win Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


eE- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1878

All the world and the rest of
mankind appear to be suffering
from hard times. Nearly all the
nations of Europe tell the same
story of depressed business that is
heard in every part of this country.
The whole civilized world seems to
have had period of extravaganza
in living, reproduction in manu-
facture, and speculation in mer-
chandise and real estate, and at
last the panic came and all enlight-
ened nations are suffering. Local,
political and other troubles aggra
vate the distress in many places.
Year: 1878

Japan seems to be a country
where men never lose their temper
where women and children are al
ways treated with gentleness,
where common laborers bow and
beg pardon if each other if they
happen to jostle accidentally, where
popular sports do not infict suffer
ing upon the lower animals, where
a paper screen is a sufficient pro-
lection against all ntrusion-even
that of burglars-and where cleanli-
ness takes so high a rank among
social virtues that it is carried to a
ludicrous excess.
Year: 1878

The latest yarn about fast time is
to the effect that on a certain
road youngster put his head out
of the car window to kiss his girl
good-by when the train pulled cut
so rapidly that he kissed an old AT
rican female at the next station.
Year: 1878

SAID "mauaging editor" at q recent
meeting of the New York Press Club
"There is not q man here that can call
his soul his own. You are a pack oil
hiEellngs. lam q hireling. You rep
resent the great metropolitan press
There is not one Of you that dares
write q line Of bis honest convictions.
There is not one OF you that dares write
q line Of what be believes. IfyOu were
to write It, It wouldn't be published.
The soul would be taken out of II, II
would be suppressed. l would sup.
press It II 1t were brought to me. get
q hundred and twenty-five dollars a
week for suppressing the truth; for
cutting out the soul Of every sentence
which comes before me-"
Year: 1878

"THE New YORK Telegram advises
people to marry for love, and not for
money" Good advice, certainly: but
inasmuch as you will always be in
want of money If you marry for love,
and always in want Of love If you mar
ry for money, your safest way is to
marry for little OF both.-[Co
Journal.
Year: 1878

Now that the pinch of hard times
has come. the folly of keeping up
appearances by snowy and costly
style of living not warranted 10y ones
income is almost daily illustrated
In one recent instance "A man had been
working for quarter Of century up
on salary ample for all tie neces-
sites and comforts of life. With COM
mon prudence he would have found
himself al the end of twenty-five years
with snug home over his head. and a
handsome reserve fund in the savings
bank. But he has lived from hand TO
mouth. squandering his money In a
foolish effort TO make as big show as
his rich neighhors When the rainy Gay
comes, waking up at last to sense of his
foliv, lie kills himself in a paroxyl m
of terror and despaH, leaving his fam
ily homeless and penniless. IL IS a
very old story, and Its teaching Is As
plain as il is unheeded.
Year: 1878

The Marquis de Pelleport, short time
before the French Revolution, was thrown
into the Basile for writing a pamphlet
AGAINST the Count de Vergenness and the
Sieur de Noir, entitled ale Diable dams un
Beniticr' -"rhe Devil in a Holy-Water
Pot" His amlable wife, who had been left
with four children with q relation in Swift
erland, no sooner heard of her husbands
captivity than she flew to his assistance, and
spent six months in frutless solicitation for
his liberty, when she saw herselfleft without
resources by the death of the relation who
supported her. Thrown into despair at the
thoughts or her husband in prison, and her
children on the point of Wanting bread, pre-
ferring death to begging it from strangers
hand, and every day Obliged to reject oilers
which in a corrupt town but too frequently
put virtue to the blush, size knew not which
way to turn her eyes, when M. Dc Launay
persuaded her solicit the Chevalier de Pau
let for the admission of her sons into the
the Military orphan School. The children
were admitted, and Madame de Pelleport
had q lodging provided for her near the
school, where She might take care of her
children. For four years she employed her
self in soliciting the liberty of her husband
and performing the duties ofa mother to the
Youngest children of the school when NJ. De
Villedeuil came into the Ministry then he,
on the case of De Pelleport being represented
to him, obtained from the King an order for
his liberation.


The Marquis, soon after his liberation, re-
turned to Paris, where lie arrived the day
before the Bastile was taken, and had the
misfortune to sec NJ. de Launay put to death
and NJ. de Losme dragged TO the place Of
execution. Struck with the sad spectacle,h he
recalled to mind the humanity of NJ. de
Losme, who had ever striven to console the
prisoners, and had frequently shown much
concern for him. Listening only to the voice
of friendship, he flew to the unfortunate
Major, whom the enraged mob were drag
rinr along with fury that would haze in
undated the stoutest heart, and, catching
him in his arms, cried out to them to desist


"You are going to sacrifice the worthiest
man on earth five years was prisoner IN
the Bastile; and he was my only friend"


These words reused De Losmej and, lift
ing up his ewes with the coolness Of a spirit
truly Roman, not to be expected in a man
whom the mob were almost tearing to pieces,
he said


"Young man, what are you doing? With
draw you will only sacrifice your own life,
without saving mine"


The Marquis dc Pelleport, perceiYlng the
mob were deaf 10 his entreaties, exclaimed I:


Dcgone! will defend him against you
ALL"


Forgetting that he was unarmed, he began
to be beat them oil with his hands, when he
was attacked on all sides, wounded by some
with sabers, by others with bayonets. He
at length seized musket, and did much
execution with it, until it was torn from
him, and he was on the point Of perishing ;
but by new exertions he forced his way
through the mob, and escaped to the Hotel
de Vile, on the steps of which he fell sense
| less. He was. however, conveyed to a place
of safety, and recovered from his wounds.
Year: 1878

THE other day we called attention to
a spark Of war that was being famed
by England and Russia. That spark is
still there only it is considerably bright
er. From yesterdays dispatches we
learn that Lord LOTUS, the British
minister at st. Petersburg, left Berlin
for his post of duty. He will demand
explanations from the car and ask that
the Russian agent at Cabul be immedi-
ately Withdrawn. So, If the czar has a
firm policy there will likely be interest
ing diplomatic repartee.


But the most important fact consists
In the evidence against Russia In the
matter Of stirring up strife on the In
dian frontier. The Indian government
Claims to have long had possession of
documents and authenticated copies of
letters written in the name OF Russia,
advising Shere Ali to just such course
as he has been pursuing. If the car is
ready to tackle England he viii indulge
IN back talk'' to his hearts content,
put II not ready, he will simply smooth
oown and explain away matters and
Withdraw all intention Of having an
agent at Cabul. That would be Rus
sian diplomacy.
Year: 1878

THE correspondent of New York
paper at Rio Janeiro relates a terrible
tale of the furnishing and cannibalistic
inhabitants OF one section Of Brazil.
All the horrors of starvation, death,
pestilence, cannibalism and bestial i'm
morality that the most imaginative
mind can picture could not surpass in
detail this same story. 1t might as
well be confirmed before donations are
sent thither.
Year: 1878

CoNKLINe and Curtis on the same
platform seems like love feast. Both
made speeches yesterday in the Sara
toga convention and both were heartily
applauded. Both agreed on the plat
form, which is the most remarkable
fact. There is now perfect harmony
in the party Of the Empire State. =
Year: 1878

EACH successive team Of the Ameri-
can rifle association surpasses the pre-
ceding team. The shooting at Creed
moor yesterday and the previous day
demonstrated this fact thoroughly.
Col. Gildersleeve and the other original
standbys could not probably win place
on the team now.
Year: 1878

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed In California outside OF San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates
Year: 1878

will be with the public and the
bearings We perfectly that these high
How
can they M That business paid for our experience and we have
will through the for theirs Suffice
paid for the SILVER We shall at all times conduct our business as
cheap
the people have goods the GREAT
Year: 1878

The following from the Washing


ton correspondent Of the Baltimore


Sun shows how the Republican


clamor about 'sSouthern clainls'' Ia


being worked ups


There Is strong effort in soIne
quarters to stir upHnew the hugabOo
Of Southern war claims. Some in
dustrious person las gone TO work
and footed UP the aggregate Of the
bills Of this class which have been
introduced since October 10, and on
the strength of tf,is the alarm has
been sounded East and West that
the Treasury Is I'd be irietrivablyi
bankrupted. 1t has already beer
shown that the Democratic HOUSE
OF the last Congress passed a much
smaller number of these claims than
had been passed by its Republican
predecessors, and IL Is likely that
the present House will pass still le'ss.
1t is true that a great many bills of
this character have been introduced,
but the vast majority Of them will
never be heard of afterwards. No
will refuse to introduce n
bill, as that Is the least favor he can
perform for a constituent, but that
Is very different thing from urging
or securing its passage. In regard,
also, to these Southern war claims,
it is proper to call attention to tae
fact that many, perhaps the major
ity of them, are in the hands Of
speculators and lobbyists from the
North, and are by them pressed up-
ON Congress.
Year: 1878




The great question for discussion
In the coming canvass this summer
and fall will, of course, be the State
debt question. In fact there Is no
other to discuss. While ~e regret
that there should be any difference
among our people upon the subject,
we beg to remind them that every
declaration of the Democratic party
for the last thirty years has been
for a strict maintenance Ofthe public
faith. Especially since the war
have its conventions spoken In un-
mistakable terms in favor Of dis
charging every just obligation Of
the State. The party as a party Is
fully committed TO this policy. Now
there are manifest indications that
vigorous efforts will be made to set
asidethe previous well settled policy
Of the party, and substitute in is
place the wild doctrines Of repudia-
tiOn in one shape or another. We
warn our friends of the danger, 20
that they may be prepared for Il.
If any considerable body of our citi-
zens chose to go off from the old
doctrines of the party, they leave
US, not we them. III they prefer TO
abandon the old platform, we Intend
to stick to il, and fight through
upon Democratic principles. IL dis
aster should come TO the party, Il
will not be our fault. We do not
intend TO be pushed off from the
platform Of the fathers. u
Year: 1878

OF so rapid a speaker as the lecturer
proved to be. He continued:


indicate my opinion upon the
question of slavery as it stood re-
lated to the war in the opening of
this lecture. 1 wish now frankly to
declare that the results of defeat
have been much less disastrous
than 1 apprehended they would
have been. The victor cannot per-
haps claim great generosity, but we
realize far more of cfemency than
we could have expected. There
was time just at the close of the
war when the enemy might have
captured our hearts as they had
done our armies, but I believe these
years of discipline have, in Gods
providence, been far best for us.
And ] have come almost to doubt
the brave Christianity of that man
who does not see Gods hand in the
abolition of slavery and thank Him
therefor. 1t has not been to the
negro the disaster / thought it
would be, while to the white race
in the South it is the benediction
of benedictions. Time alone
could have saved us from final and
fatal decay. see for my children
now a future rich in glorious prom
ise, wrenched from years of blood
and decade of bitter struggle-the
fruition has already begun.
Year: 1878




Judge Lacey has several hundred comics
OF our constitution for free distribution. Let
every man who is interested upon this great
SUBJECT procure copy and peruse 1t care
iallF. we consider it an able document
ana we doubt If twenty other conventions
should meet for the same purpose whether
any one of them could do the WON any bet
ter or as well. Read it, Watehmssa.


Bro. Besserer has never been fully
ready to admit that wo were fully pre-
pared to put on the habiliments ofstate.
hood. But he has given his reasons
maniully us existing in our financial in
ability to bear the burdens of d State
government at present. lie has on one
or two occasions of late intimated that
such government would be likely to
cure some radical evils which now ex.
ist and perhaps it would be the best pol
icy to assume State government. The
above is a clear and unqualified express
sion OF his opinion Of the Constitution
framed, which is as full and earnest an
endorsement as its most jealous friends
could ask. Ifthc readers of the Watch.
nan adopt his views, they will be like.
ly to vote for the Constitution this Fall.
and abide the decision of Congress az to
the time when We shall be admitted un-
der it. If it is a good instrument Il
will not spoil during tho interval be-
tween adoption and admission, even
though that interval may be several
years. Let tho other Washington pa.
pers be as outspoaen upon the merits of
the Constitution, instead of fishinp
around to find out what other nconle
and other papers think OF il. Either
be fish, flesh or fowl aud no longer up-
decided which. BE masters and not
slaves, free men and not serfs. We ike
an independent press tho it may differ
widely from our views.