smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

There was quite little scene in the United
States Court yesterday at the close OF the
Natchitoches case. District Attorney Leonard,
after the set-to between Messrs Tucker and
Jacobs, and they were before the court,
arose and asked that some order be made 80
that the witnesses in the case might be pro-
tected from assault on the part OF the
prisoners. The manner OF the remark and
its tone brought Major Jack to his feet. He
told the district attorney that such a re-
mark was an imputation on the honor of
the prisoners and was unfounded He then
addressed the court and said that he, a
prisoner, had as much right to claim the
protection OF the court as the district attor-
ney., What the district attorney had said was
not true.


Mr.. Leonard then asked Major Jack If the
remark was intended as personal to him, and
that gentleman said he meant no disrespect
to the court, but the district attorney could
take it as he liked. He would say that what
he had spoken was not intended as an insult.


There was considerable excitement among
the prisoners at this iuncture and they gath
cred about Major Jack, and it looked as il
a difficulty was imminent. There was much
excitement shown, and 1t was some time be-
fore matters cooled down.


The courts adjournment followed, and all
parties separated.
Year: 1879

ent OF the Edinburgh Scotsman says: Sir
Geo. Campbell's IiberaD motion In the House
Of Commons that summary prohibition of the
importation OF cattle from the United States
Is calculated to destroy an important trade
and deprive England Of the advantages OF
cheap meat, was postponed at the earnest re-
quest OF several influential members of his
own party, who thought the subject not ripe
for discussion
Year: 1879

"Aftsr the Cork business, F" said Cap
tain Paul Boyton. continuing the story
of his travels, IL came across the Chan-
mel. xas in London, and one day
when went to the Hsrui Office / was
told there was an invitation for me to 20
before the Queen. l accordingly went
over 10 the Isls OF Wight. i landed on
Saturday night. and Monday morning L
was to give tho exhibition. Early IN the
morning General Ponsonby and two OF
the Queens ladies' in waiting came 70
see me. When they were about to go
away. I said, Well, ladies' you will take
n drink with me2' one OF the ladies'
was quite willing. but General Ponson-
by would not have II. lie aiterwsId
came to me and explained. lie
said. These were ladies' OF honor.
And for them to drink with you would
create q great scandal l went ON
board the Alberta. The Duke OF Let
sinceu. who MAS the captain, took me
down and told me what to do. when
her majesty comes. said he, just slip
into your dress and get through your
svolntions as quickly as you can. Pres
entity the Court party came on board. !
looked around for the Queen. bat could
not make her out. / did not know what
she would be like. | looked around Tor
somebody like the Queen in - Hamlet.


with a long white cloak full OF red spots.
The captain said. Now SO through
quick Then I saw q little woman IN
black Who seemed to be the center OF
the party. so l thought that must be the
Queen. I bowed and said, Her Ma
iesty p She bowed little and smiled.
1 said. shall | taks water now :
She smiled and bowed again. 80 l glided
into the water. and did the thing all up
In hurry. bal dress suit on under
my apparatus. and when clamber-d on
deck 1 quickly threw of my sea dress
aud came before Her Majesty again.
She said. 81 am pleased and asionished
tits very wonderful A young lady who
stood close by asked me n question, to
which I answered Yes, miss Some o'
the ladies' began TO laugh. and the Queen
smiled little. l did not know what
they were laughing at. but l thought i
had done something wrong. so said.
Your Majesty must excuse me. l have
never been presented at Court before
and l am not posted.
Year: 1879

"NxvrH kiss young girl u she
doesn't want you to, says an article IN
The Art Of Kissing" But pretty Of.
ten whom . young girl says she doe.n'
want you TO kiss her is the very time she
does want you to 90 you'd better take
the benefit Of the doubt.
Year: 1879

Supervisor law might well be called an act to
facilitate election rows.


The republicans are extremely tenacious about
supervisors, and the democrats might very well give
up that point. II on their side the repub-
licans would give up the deputy marshals
OF elections and this in the last days of the last
sion. several prominent republicans willing to
do. They acknowledged privately that the Deputy
Marshals law liable to gross abuse and was not
defensible before the public. and this is the plain
truth about it. If the reputable leaders
of the two parties would smicably discuss
these laws in private with desire to come to con-
clusion which should be fair and acceptable to both
sides. the whole difficulty could be settled without
waste of time and without any exciting debate. 1t is
doubtful If more than two dozen in both houses
have ever carefully examined the laws about which
so much fuss has been made and is making. The
Richmond State remarks about them:-


Nobody cares particularly about the supervisors.
It is the meddesome deputy marshals we are after.
Rid us of these and the supervisors. one or two of
each party to witness fair count will not be greatly
objected to we suppose by anybody.


1t is not possible yet to foretell the temper in
which the new Congress will regard the laws.
what methods the democrats will determine ON
for their repeal. or what the republican
policy will be. One may hear q good deal
of very wild talk in political gatherings. but it is
the talk mainly of people who have votes in
Congress and who ought not to have much influence.
Some of these strongly urge that il the President
should veto any Of the repeating bills Con-
gress shall thereupon adjourn without making
the necessary appropriations. Others recommend
that In Of veto Congress shall at declare
the Presidency vacant and ignore President Hayes
part of the government. These samples Of the
wild talk to be heard in hotel lobbies and which
is encouraged by the other side. who want
nothing better than grand display of democratic
nonsense. But among the responsible men there has
been for some days growing determination to make
the session Short to get many of the bad laws
pealed possible and to put the responsibility for
the rest clearly upon the republicans and adjourn.
Year: 1879

account for his inability and his final collapse.
Some say he staggered in his efforts. Very WELL Ex-
ger. But when man staggers the fool at hand con-
cludes that he must be drunk This is how il Is that
men suffering from serious disease. and even from
concussion OF the BRAIN are ugged of to the nearest
police station and locked up. and then behold! o
corpse is discovered in the morning.


1t IL our impression that OLeary was not alfo-
gether satisfied with the of his condition before
this contest commenced. He called upon MS nearly
every day when it approached. and he was much
more quiet and sedate than usual He is never very
demonstrative but on some other occasions he had
enjoyed sort of rollcking confidence. seen in his
eye and heard in the tone OF his laugh Ths was
now absent. and he hinted his suspicion, in re-
signed sort of way that his best days were over.
could possibly defeat him. and we have no doubt
that when he began the race he thought he could
beat him. too. ''Even in their ashes live their
wonted hres!' He was perfectly willing and. in
fact. eager He game before and no
gamer man ever achieved wonderful results by
amazing efforts. He had 'instinct" enough to have
gone on $50 miles, and if the doctrines
propounded in relation to trotting horses by Old Mr.
Wallace had only been true. OLeary would have Kept
the belt. But nature failed, it has failed many
another good man when too often called upon Let
somebody go and ask OLeary's trainer (3arney
worthy the baker, when il Lombard street to
china orange him? When Old Sam beat Tom
Becher. the finest fighter of the day in England he
could hit like horse a-kicking. But when
he fought the baker his force had gone
aud his feeble blows would hardly have
made an impression upon much dough- Harry
Bassett was at one time practically invincibe
upon the turf in first year for horses, and yet
the time came when fourth raters beat him. This is
often the with horses if they stay long upon the
turf and many long and hard races Although
OLeary failed ut last il in the seventh six days
effort and the six preceding he had Therefore.
we hold that he assuredly very great man, and
in opinion shall not look upon his like
again. Hartman is good man beyond doubt;
another good man. and it appears very likely
ut this time (Thursday afternoon) that he will be
second in the race. Rowell is another good man,
but whether he is first class depends upon how much
he has kept within himself, for it is patent to every
$40 miles, with five hours to spare. nor 500 either.
We of the opinion that O'Leary has been
four times upon six-day contest in which he was
perfectly capable Of defeating Rowel Ennis and
Hartman. Other people may do as they please. but
not going to turn our back upon man be-
cause like all the limitabe millions OF race he
found at last. times tried to be subject to
the physical infrmities of human nature.
Year: 1879

are interested in matches to come on shortly in
London and the other reasons best known to
Sir John himself We will say this much. how
ever Rowell was sent over because he known
rs a fair honest little fellow of good powers.
and those interested in sending him over
were confident that they could rely him doing his
best TO wiz, obeying the instructions given him
and turning deaf ear to any pool box whispers.


HARTMAN.


Harriman's stride has been praised greatly.
but to my thinking it has been one
of the main causes Of . his defeat.
Every practical pedestrian knows that in
a long stride the weight of the body rests ON the
toes just before the foot leaves the ground To raise
the weight as much possible from the toes the
arm should be swung well forward and up
ward and to further aid this object the shoulder
should be raised with the and the body be held
not upright but slightly backward. O'Leary was
good specimen of this style OF gong and his style is
the only correct method of securing speed without
sacrificing endurance. But this system of swing
ing the and curving the body
requires o well knit muscular frame above
the hips. When the fail to swing
as they should the stride shortens and speed is
rapidly lost without gain of any equivalent. Here
Harriman's trouble. The upper part of his body
lacks development. and, though his stride is natu-
rally long, it shortened greatly from the lack
of and back power. For day two his
strength lasted but lack of condition and lack of
style have both told on him. and he has gone behind
with hope of bettering his performance. That he
out of all condition was apparent to any
who has been through training himself and
Hartman Monday night.


ENNIS


difficulties may be summed in one line. Had he
adopted Rowells tactics he would have lasted bet
ter been fresher and further his journey to-day.
= These Mr.. Editor. the views of who has
been practical amateur walker in


ENGLAND AND AMERICA
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, March Is, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Fair play is jewel" and hope it will be shown
by all Americans to the plucky little Englishman
who is contesting at Gilmore's Garden. 1 observed
him closely yesterday for long while. and could
only notice that he did his work steadily and fairly
and apparently quite Indifferent to the proceedings
of others. Those who have seen him daily from the
start have remarked the same thing. To suppose he
trotted behind Hartman a few minutes out of sew
eral thousand in order TO worry him seems absurd.
noticed that Ennis followed Rowell in similar
manner without exciting any comment


IOOKER.ON
Year: 1879




BALTIMORE. March IA, 1879.
Archbishop Gibbons is preparing his plan
for the relief Of Archbishop Purcell. 1t is
understood that Cardinal Nc
Closkey. the Archbishop and other bishops Of
the Catholic Church have received information to
the exact condition Of affairs. and of the amount Of
the liabilities Of the Archbishop. they will be
prepared to act for his relief to the full ex-
tent Of their ability. So far they bave received
no information whstever from the Archbishop
of the amount to which he is involved.
and have knowledge except that conveyed to them
by newspaper dispatches. The amount to be raised
however, is known to be largo sum. and the bish-
ops east have hope that they can do more than
materially aid the embarrassed Archbishop. The plan
OF relief ut present under consideration is for the
bishops of the several doceses to ISSUE after Easter
people of their dioceses circulars setting forth
the fact OF the embarrassment that has fallen upon
the Church in the diocese of Cincinnati.
to relieve the distress caused by the
failure of Archbishop Purcell. collection will be
taken in all the Catholic churches upon the day
named. which doubtless will yield handsome sum.
1t is expected that at least $1,000,000 can
be secured in this way, which will go
far to relieve Archbishop Purcell of his most press
ing claims and probably give time for safe and
liquidation of the remainder of the claims against
him. This plan may, however, be changed rs future
developments may require.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--


am glad you have asked for more generous feel
ing toward the plucky man who is now leading in
the great walking match. 1t may be well for the
crowds at the Garden to remember that if Rowei
wins the next match must off in England, when
the English public cannot be expected to forget al
together the ungenerous treatment Rowell is
receiving Did OLeary find such cold reception at
the Agricultural Hall last year? was not there,
but hardly think he did j. E. II.


NEW YORK, March IA, 1879.
Year: 1879

Cardinal Spaccapietra, of Smyrna,
who recently died, was remarkable
prelate. Plus TX first brought him into
prominence. He was remarkably gifted
as preacher. The Pope sent him on
various distant missions. Everywhere
he gained the love of the people to
whom he preached. When he left Porto
Rico the negroes gave him a pair of
gold buckles for his shoes with an in
scription which enumerated all the pairs
of shoes he had worn out while among
them. When sent to Smyrna he sue
ceeded in building cathedral, and it is
told of him that in order to raise the
money he went about as simple pill
grim asking help. In II years the
structure was built, and the Cardinal
had the profound pleasure of consecrat-
ing it himself. His fame as preacher
was so great in Asia Minor that when
it was known he would preach his
church was crowded, not only with the
faithful of his own faith, but with per-
sons of other creeds, who were attract
ed by his eloquence.-Ne,U York T1ib.
2tIlg.
Year: 1879

A solitary gentleman, 60 years of age,
possessing property, and being filled
with desire to have home of his own,
and a wife to keep it in order, conceived
the idea of calling upon very estimable
lady whom he had heard of, but never
met or spoken to, and of presenting the
case for her consideration. He called at
the house where the object of his choice
resided, and asked to see her. She
made her appearance and he made
known his business. He stated briefly
that he was alone in the world, desired
to marry, had heard of her eminent
qualifications, offered to provide her a
good home, to care for her, and asked
her to become his wife, In the same
strictly business manner the lady re-
sponded that she had heard favorably of
her present caller, she had no home of
her own, and had no objection to shar-
ing one of his providing. The happy
arrangement was thus at once conclud-
ed, and the gentleman left. On We'd
nesday he called again for her, they
walked to a minister's residence and
were married. Neither of the parties
had known each other previous to this
unique beginning of their acquaintance


IT, lady is about 40 years of age
Davenport Demo crdt.
Year: 1879




New York Custom-house Nominations.
To the Senate:


transmit herewith letter of the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury in regard to the snspen,
the port of New York, with accompanying
documents. In addition thereto respectful
ly submit the following observations:


more than two-thirds of all customs revenues
of the Government. Its administration Is a
matter not of local interest merely, but is
of great Importance to the people and the
whole country. For n long period OF time
4 has Ssen used t. be anS asens
suspended by me are and for several years
have been engaged in the active personal
and state of New York. The duties Of the
Offices held by them have been regarded us
of subordinate Importance to their partisan
work. Their offices have been conducted as
a part of the political machinery under their
control. They have made the Custom house
the center oil partisan political management.
The Custom house should be a business Of
flee, it should be conducted on business prin-
ciples. Col james, Postmaster of New York
City, writing ON this subject, says: The
Post office Is a business Institution, and
should be run such. It is my deliberate
judgment that and my subordinates can DO
more for the party OF our choice by giving the
people of this city good and efficient postal
service than by controlling primaries or dic-
tating nominations" The New York Custom
house should be placed on the same footing
with the New York Post-office. But under the
suspended officers the Custom house would
be one OF the principal politlcal aSfhcies III
the State of New York. To change this they
profess to believe would be, in the Language
of Mr.. Cornell in his response, p" surrender
of their personal and political rights.


Convinced that the people of New York and
the country generally wish the New York
Custom house to be administered solely with
a view to the public interest. 1t Is my purpose
to do all in my power to introduce into this
office reforms which the country
desires. With my Information OF facts
in the case and with the deep sense of the
responsible obligation imposed upon me by
the Constitution to take care that the laws
are faithfully executed, l regard IL rs my
plain duty to suspend the officers in question
and to make the nominations now before the
Senate I'm order that this important office may
! ISignedI X Is. HAYES.
| EIecutiYe Mansion. january 81, 1873.
Year: 1879

, The Board OF Experts investigating the
yellow fever epidemic of 1878 have sub
mitted a report to the Joint Congressional
Committee, in which they take the ground
that yellow feveris an imported disease, and
recommend that the necessary steps be TAX
en- by Congress to secure the cooperation,
Of the Spanish and other foreign Govern
ments, through an International Commits
sion or otherwise, In an earnest effort to as
certain the cause or causes which perpetuate
yellow fever from year to year in the West
India Islands, and to devise ways to remove
the cause or causes, or to lessen the chances
Of transporting the poison to the United
States or to other countries. A stringent
system Of quarantine isrecommended; also,
that dead bodies Of yellow fever victims be
promptly buried, and the assembling Of
persons at their funerals be discouraged.
Year: 1879

work would open up over 5000
miles Of navigation from Duluth.
making it possible to deliver bush
cl of heat from Red river to New
York for fifteen cents per bushel,
aud making certainty OF the trade
Of British Possessions passing
through our territory.


The Board of Trade deci led to
send a delegate TO Washington to
act IN conjunction with others in
urging upon Congress the passage
of such appropriations "a will Sc
cure the improvement of the north
ern water way.
Year: 1879

workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word Of truth.-lI. Tim,
it,, Is.


TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE is and always has
been the stanch friend ct the workingman.
It furnishes him every day with from twelve
to sixteen pages Of reliable information for
five cents, which is mofe information in ono
day than all the blatant, demagogical gate
money leaders give him in one year. It has
always had his interests at heart It has
labored to improve his condition and to
make his home happier. For this reason, it
feels itself authorized to preach him this
little sermon this blessed Sabbath morning:


You are aware, dear brethren, tl1at Con-
cressional t4Labor-C Committee has been in
session in this city during the past week,
taking testimony as to the causes of hard
times, the alleged depression Of labor, and
your pecuniary condition. Your so-cal1edl
gate-money which you pay them, have been
summoned before it, but not one Of them
has made practical suggestion, or one which
will improve your condiiion~i in the future, or
which touched upon the real causes of your
recent scarcity of employment. For in
stance, not one Of them recognized
the mischief which intemperance is work
ing in the community, or the fearful
leak in wages caused by the immense sums
squandered upon liquor, tobacco, and un-
profitable amusements Not one of them
advised you to forego in whole or in part
either Of these wages-wasting dissipations
until you could save enough to purchase a
cottage, and make your wives happier, and
have something to leave your children when
you are gone Not one Of them proposed
plan for your betterment or offered q sug-
gestion which would tend to mike your
home more pleasant and your life more pros
porous. All Of them, however, prated about
that impracticable, exploded sophism of less
work and more pay, and Of ten hours'
pay for eight or SIX hours work. Others of
them advocated preposterous universal
soup-house system, where al men would
be free and equal paupers.


These are the demagogues who profess to
be working for yonr interests. They are
the men who get up picnics, and fatten.them-
selves upon the gate-receipts and the sales
of liquor and tobacco inside the grounds,
and give you back nothing but their empty
babble and gabble, which never has and
never will help you. In all the speeches
they have made to you, you cannot remem-
ber suggestion which has been Of any
value, or one which you could bring into
common use. On the other hand, they have
fetmented mischief and stirred up
strife. They have disturbed the rela-
Year: 1879

There seems to be no marked abatement
in the ravages Of Yellow-Jack in Memphis.
Though the deaths are not SO larga as last
year, yet the proportion is just IS great,
owing to the falling off in population. Tho
mortality-roll for the week just closing
aggregates forty-foqr, Of whom twenty-sl1
were taken hence bJ the scourge. The
worst stages Of the disease are found
in those districts Of the city in
which the pestilence was most marked last
wear, and this is owing to the unwil11ngneas
of the people to destroy the bedding and
other clothing used BY the victims Of one
year ago. In view Of the fact that the
deaths from other diseases were eight less
than !,y yellow-fever, the authorities had
determined to pronounce it epidemic, but
we,< restrained from SO doing BY telegram
f. q the National Board of Health advising
Z IN not to do 50.