smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

A prominent Democrat SAID yesterday
"These cipher dispatches look bad Many people think
fraud got into Office men think fraud was kept
out No one except lunatc could believe that Tilden
had nothing TO do with these dispatches"


A Democratic politician SAID: Mr. Tilhen Is a very
good accountant, but now The TRIBUNE accounts him
only cipher. lis epltaph may be engraved on a very
uarhleD
Year: 1878

The transcripts advice to anyone who
wants to become an editor is, "don't." The
profession, it says, "though honorable, is far
from gainful. 1t involves steady, persistent
work; constant strain of the mental facul-
ties, and no end of unintellgent, yet annoying
criticism. There is no profession that exacts
SO much work for so small return; none in
which the steps of promotion are more numer.
GUS or more difficult to ascend. The chances
of the candidate for journalistic honors for
promotion depend upon his industry, his
ability, and accident. The demand for service
such as he can render is necessarily limited
the supply large and increasing, and he must
be content to accept the best position and the
best pay tnat he can get. One thing more
must be said, and should be carefully consid-
cred by the would-be journalist at the start.
Hard as it is to get into journalism, it is hard
er still to get out. The training which a news
paper affords is not calculated to fit man for
any other known vocation or profession. In
nineteen cases out of twenty the novice enters
upon it for better or for worse and for all
time. If he can make an honest living in any
other way he had better eschew journalism.
II he must engage in it, let it be with his eyes
open to the diffiulties and dsappointmeuts
that will inevitably beset his path"
Year: 1878

We cannot spare them from our family anni-
versaries, our Christmas and Thanksgiving fss-
tivals. The chair of honor belongs to the pa
trisrch OF the house at these domestic reunions
Our New England feas. day, especially, has
found, from the beginning, its chief attraction
in the welcome BY parents and grandparents of
the scattered members Of the old home. under
the ancestral roof; but hardly now so signif-
cantly as in former times of more simplicity aud
serenity of living. Our younger people can
scarcely spare hours enough to fly, even at rail-
road speed, from their city residences to the
not very remote farm or village where white
locks and tremulous hands would rejoice, how
tenderly, to embrace again children and chill
dren's children in the quiet pleasures OF an old
fashioned Thanksgiving Day. There is q real
ground of apprehension that the genuine spirit
of this thoroughly American institution is evsp-
Grating in our modern atmospheric vague
tradition lowering around the age-marked mau-
sions Of an earlier date, the type Of q sentiment
Of home attachment and reverence which we
seem to have small leisure and lessening dis
position to cultivate.


A change is going on in this direction, which
has many Indications and needs to be checked
before 1t becomes unmanage able We ara turn
ing everything Of this sort into an affair Of taste
Hnu patrouizo buo picturesque on principles Oh
artistic criticism. An old homestead We are
proud of, it has kind of aristocratic, baronial
air; and we take our geuteel acquaintance to
see it, II it looks as though the family who used
to live there belonged to the upDer-tens Of
those times. But the little one-story red cot
tsge on the back cross road We do not care TO
say protected our infancy, II polite people are
about. We admire the ancient spreading oak
or elm because it sets off the lawn So ;estheti-
cally; but we do not hold it in veneratiou al
most as hallowed cathedral of Gods building,
sacred and loved as the memorial of countless
divine kndnesses, and human experiences of
hope and fear and Joy, during its century Of
slow and silent growth. We are fond of very
nice old people, who look we'll in photograph
albums; but we do not rise up before the hoary
head and honor the face OF the old man as well
in decrepitude aud burdsnsome helpessness
Nevertheless true veueration for the venera-
BILE is q wholesome sentiment, grand and els-
vating attribute of character, whether It's OBJ
ject be an inanimate thing or . living soul.
Any observance or agency which cultivates
this quality among Us deserves all praise and
fostering care.-Dr. j. T. Tucker In Sunday
Afternoon.
Year: 1878

The marriage relation seems to be ia sort
of muddle in the kingdom of Italy, and q
strong effort will be made to get law passed
to remedy the evil complained of. Under the
law as it nov stands, only civil marriages are
recognized as legal and binding, though people
may also be married by priest if they see fit
Deplorabe results have followed from this COZ
dition of affair, and in very many cases women
who have entered into what they considered q
legitimate relation have been abandoned by
their partners and have found themselves una
BILE to obtain redress in the courts.
Year: 1878

Whosoever has thrust upon him the sad
duty of writing editorial articles to appear
in print on the mornings of feast and fast
days should possess the genius Of that famous
French cook who knew six hundred different
ways of dressing an egg; for about the same
things are to be said year after year, served
up to suffering readers in different words.
We may jest over the partition of turkey, or
sentimentalize over the pumpkin pies of.our
grandmothers, or boast, in this section, that
the New England household festival has
spread over the land. We might follow the
example of some of the ministers, and weep
and wiring our hands over the evil days upon
which the world has fallen. But journalists
have not that cursed spite against the time
which leads men to believe it out of joint
and themselves diyinely ordained to set it
right. 70


For change the journalist might
do little fat business, put "This is
Thanksgiving leader at the head of half-a
dozen inches of blank space in the editorial
column, trust for its acceptance to the
faith of his readers and the resources of their
imagination. Lines might also be put in
here and there, reading "This is joke on
turkey" ''This is a joke on mince-pie,"
"This is joke on pudding" 1t is
quite possible that the fat jokes would be as
valuable as many of the jests the paragraph
ers are making on Thanksgiving and its OBJ
servances. Either this may be done, or we
may trust to the short memories of most
readers and say the old things in the old
way.


This wish though, however old is never
worn-that the day may be happy one at
every hearthstone in the land.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The anne and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

SIGNIFICANT note from the Boston Her.
aid: "There are some people In South Caro-
lima who seem determined to make solid
North in 1880. We can stand it if they can,
however disagreeable it may be to continue
the sectional ISSUE"
Year: 1878

THE bright, particular star of the British
royal family affects moonlight in her dress.
The enthusiasm with which the Canadians
welcome the charming and accomplished
lady is pleasant to see.
Year: 1878

On gar1en wall we hear the waul
OF knightly cat by night;
To him the hymn he huns to hear
And darkness Is delight
But ah, that he'd will not be heard
When our big guns begun
To blaze its blows, and throws its throes--
Those yellers will be dun.
Year: 1878

How to rise early: Resolve you will, take
long breath, kick off the clothes, and make a
bound for the middle of the room, cold or no
cold. Another: The man who resolves on the
subjects lost. The only way is to q1it think
ing and kick off the cover. And finally: All
wrong. The best way is to be 80 rich that you
can afford to remain right there until the
weather warns up.
Year: 1878

Cincinnati, August 2o.-At the close of
the session of the chamber Of commerce
this noop:the secretary Of the treasury John
Sherman was introduced to the merchants
by President Hsrtwell aud said:


l have great deal to do with merchants
and take this opportunity t, congratulate
you that, by the bounty Of Divine Prov.
dcnce, you will have to market the largest
crop we have ever gathered since the world
was born. In the country the only point
of unpleasant nsture affecting industrial in.
tcrests is the misfortune which has befalleu
u large portion Of the south where the ye!.
low fever has spread pail of distress
among our southern brethren.


l can congratulate you also that our cur
rency is soon to be based on the solid money
Of the world. [Applause]. l don't wish
to talk politics to you, but l suppose
it is the common desire of all men
engaged in business to have
staple, certain standard Of value, and
although you and may differ as to the best
means of obtaining that end, as to whether
means that have been adopted have been
proper means, yet believe it is the desire
Of the merchants of Cincinnati that their
money shall be as good as the money OF
any county with which we trade, and that
l think will soon be accomplished. l take
a hopeful view of our business affairs AT.
ter this week there will be an end of bank.
rup:cies. All men who believe they are
not in condition TO pay their debts
will have taken the benefit of the law pro-
vided for their relief. After Saturday mex,
We will stand on better basis, on basis O
our property and our deserved credit. 1,
has been the habit of one Of your able and
influential journals to charge me with all thu
bankruptcies of the country. Ifa grocer could
not sell goods enough to pay expenses or
saloon keeper could not sell beer enough te
get rich lie took the short way to paying hi,
debts and this paper would announce the
fact that he had been Shermanized
We have passed through
severe crisis. 1t has been common in ali
countries. A ray of hope has dawned or
us. Every sign Of business ia hopeful. w,
do not owe Europe anything of consequence
We have gone through the debt paying pro
cess. A few years ago we were running in
debt at the rate of hundred millions 3
year, but lately We have been paying off ou1
debt at the rate of one hundred millions &
year. From this We will be more pros
porous.
Year: 1878

A very prominent Republican, in high official
position. said that It was very probable that the
result Of the McLin and Dennis statements would
be the passage Of the Kmmel bill. he thought
that 1t would be apt to scare Hayes. who thought
as much II not more of the salary attached TO his
Ohice than Of the honor, and that the effect would
be that Hayes, to save himself would strike hands
with the radical element Of his party, and attempt
% run IN with the machine. He said, however,
that In certain contingencies ne was satisfied the
Leaders OF the Republican party would not scrIi.
pie to abandon Hayes to hfs fate.-Bdltimore Sun.
Year: 1878

This Is great crime against civil liberty II
blackenS the name Of Rutherford B. Hayes, and
makes his crime one of the blackest recorded In
ancient or modern history. The situation Is
fraught with peril, and every true born or adopt
cd American citizen who would not wish to tear
this disgraceful page from the history OF our land
is not deserving of that freedom and happiness
that the just and constitutional privileges of q
great republic like ours VouChsafes TO them.-
TUbjieb0U Tonea
Year: 1878

After the revelations that have come to light
during the past week in relation to the dSmnRble
PRESIDENTIAL frauds In Florida, we very much doub
the sincerity of any Democrat or the hOnesty Of
any Republican who will not now admit that
Hayes is occupying fraudulent seat, and deem
i duty TO use their influence to oust him from
that position. .-PymOttth Ffse, Press.
Year: 1878

COVERED WITH FRAUD, AS WITH LEPRosY.


The refuge of lies has been swept away, and the
present Administration that has been held up as
an exemplar of high standard of public morali.
ty Countenances the fraudulent methods that
were used In fosing upon the people OF this great
Union 9 man who now holds that high place In.
the nation, not only tinged, but actually covered
over with fraud, as with leprosy, Concord Pat
Year: 1878

child, he lis o Joyous court1er, rlpe


scbolar and a cardinal prominently


He is q tall, thin man, worn by mnch
fasting and many vigils. Ills head is
large; his forehead broad, prominent,


hard and dry looking. His face lis long
and angular, % perfect type of the ascetlc
mup-phys,ognomy His complexion rs
,of a dun and dry sallow; his eyes of that
luminous changing color that at one
.mement lis deep gray and next o dark
brown. Yet how little of sadness is
there about this man who knows there
is Gedl The light of Oxford. The
Very Rev. DIR. John Henry Newman
fills q place in the history of England OF
to-day, and MS his life draws towards Its
natural term this place becomes more
prominent. The widening and 'deepen>
ing of the current of his later Lite is now


mere visible than ever; and in its flow


more healthy and potent in its influences,
both with laymen and clerical men OF ail
creeds and civilized countries. ALI
classes of intelligent readers and writers
distinctly recognize the strength and
sustenance of the waters he has cast his
bread upon. "iGive and it shall be
given" has always been master prin-
.ciple with DIR. Newman. No man in
Europe-,and that is bold saying on my
part, yet one i lay down from honest
convictions-.is o stronger thinker-out OF
theology than DIR. Newman. His mind
is strictly logical, his heart perfectly
pure, and his faith equal to the moving
of mountains. Bent with study in the
winter of life, he looks perfect type of
the priesthood, and appears in his black
garb striking contrast beside the car
,dinal in his red robes. Near by stands
the duke of Norfolk, the simplest looking
man in Europe. Rota glitter of otjewelry.
not the slightest mark or vestige OF
demonstration or posing for effect is
about this man whose long lineage riVals
the longest and whsss modest moral
character shines 9 worthy example for
more pretentious and less noble men.
OF small stature and fair complexion is
the duke of Norfolk. He is conversing
with "the marquis of Butte and Lord
Ripep, and neither sadness nor sorrow

are on their faces, but ready are their
hearts and hands to relieve pain and
woe. "Go with your age and it will
support you; fall behind your age and it
will drag you oppose your age and it
will crush you" said one who died before
lis fancied star had set forever in q
cloud of tears and blood -- the late
emperor of France. Can i say these
great rdivines and these great men OF
England in this group have but q
moment ago left are shaping themselves
to meet the age or mould it9
Year: 1878

COAL CONVERSATION PRosPECTs.-The general
opinion among coal men yesterday was that the
days Of the coal combination are ended. IL was
stated that several companies now In the asso-
citation were anxious TO have it terminated, and
that il was too late to talk OF forming a new
organization. Samuel Sloan, president OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company,
stated that he had never been I'm favor of com
bnationS, and that he went into the present
one against his WILL He believed that it would
be much better for the different coal companies
TO conduct their own affairs on strict business
principles and not to be hampered i'm produc
ton or price by combination rules.-[N. Y. TIL
LuS;e .fh
Year: 1878

RAILROADS IN CANADA.-Application will be
made during the ensuing session OF the Cana
dian parliament for al act to incorporate a com
pany to construct railway from the interna-
tfonal boundary west OF Red river thence TO
Winnipeg, and westward TO the intersection OF
the line OF the Canada Pacific railway: also a
branch railway to connect Herewith from a
point on the Red river at or below Winnipeg
with power TO construct lines OF telegraph con-
neCted herewith.
Year: 1878

TRUE JOURNALISM continues to beat tape and
cilcumlocution in London. Lately the govern
menC agencies were all behindhand, and the
news Of the assault and capture of Ali Musjd
was received in Fleet street many hours before
ii reached Downing street. A correspondent OF
a country newspaper says: 'AS matter of fact
j happened to call AT the India Office Just after
the publication Of the news, and was actually
the first to bring word OF that event." No in
formation had then come to hand from the gov
ernment officials, and the ministers went into
council without having any tidings Of the cap
1ufe of the fort
Year: 1878

The VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE CONTROVERSY
A Joint committee OF the Virginia legislature
reports a resolution declaring this the legal and
constitutional session OF the legislature A mi
noIlty report declares that While this is a lera
and constitutional session it is only such as a
extra session, and that the members are only
entitled TO Sl.S0 per day instead of IS Co. and
that the session OF 1S71-1S was the first OF the
biennial sessions under the act providing for the
same
Year: 1878

A RECEPTION TO COL. J. NJ HEATING, editor OF
tie Memphis Appeal, in recognition of his he


roic fidelity to professional duty during the
recent yellow fever epidemic, is to be given by
the New York Press Club on Thursday evening
Year: 1878

BARON NON SCHLOZER, German Minister
said today that he knows nothing whatever
concerning tie truth of the report telegraphed
from Berlin that he IS to superseded by Prince
~ mar. Baron Won SchlOIer returned from
visit 10 Germany last August. Ii he is sent
elsewhere by his government it will be greatly
to the regret OF al with whom h has come in
contact here.
Year: 1878

New York, Nov. 23-The World says nothing
could be more indicative of the truth of the theory
that the remains OF Stewart had really been re-
covered than the change which, as her friends
are aware, has recently come over the spirits OF
his widow, from state Of anxiety threatening
serious Illness to state Of sound health and
cheerful spirits.
Year: 1878

1t wouldn't do for some of the de-
faulting bank cashiers to live out in
Kansas City, Mo. There is policeman
out there known as Long John. He
belongs to one of the oldest and most
respectable families, but he was a way
ward youth, and got away with his
share of the estate early in life. Then
with commendable pluck he got on the
force, Strengthened up, and has been a
faithful and temperate man ever since.
As often as he drew his pay he went to
certain bank and deposited whatever
he could save. He continued this fru-
gal way of living until he had saved
about 500. Not long ago when one Of
the solid institutions of the Chicago of
the West went down, and the "bosses"
OF the Institution were "regretting" in
tears to their penniless depositors,
Long John walked up TO the President
and said: "LoOk here; when l was a
wild boy you used to talk to me about
saving money. You told me to follow
your example. When | ran through
my part of the estate you got me on the
police force. You told me to put what
money / could in the bank. did it.
worked hard as niger, and saved
IL | could. Now l am as poor as when
| commenced. And you have nothing,
you say, to pay me. want my money.


The great bankrupt banker placed his
hands on Long Johns shoulders and
spoke to him sadly: my boy, this is
great tribulation. | have lost every
thing and / cannot"-


Long John took the hand Of the
banker from his shoulder and said 81
don't want any crocodile tears from you.
Every cent put in your hand | work
ed for like niger, and you know it.
| would sooner be dead than lose it,
Now if you don't pay me that money |
will blow your brains out here on the
spot" And he placed a revolver
against the bankers head.


In ten minutes Long John had his
800 and tie great penniless banker
was begging him not to give it away
lest the example might be repeated.
Year: 1878

No sum of money, however large, no
temptation held out would be sufficient
lystrong induce thedivers tOdescend into
the ocean unless two shark charmers
were present, who, as they believe, by
means of their charms and potent spells,
deep from injuring the pearl seekers.
One Of these imposters goes out in the
pilots boat, and remains at the head of
it, muttering a prescribed form of in
the perils of the vastly deep. The other
shark charmer remains on shore, where
he is shut up in room i'm state of nu
dity till the boat returns with the di-
vers. A large brazen bowl is left with
him, filled with water, in which are
placed two silver fishes, and it is affirmed
that the moment shark appears in the
vicinity of the divers, these fishes agi-
tate the water, and if an accident is
about to happen one fish will bite the
other. When he perceives such indica-
tions, the charmer Immediately " blinds
the shark +" with potent spell, and thus
compels the creature to abstain from in
juring the divers. These shark charm
ers reap an abundant harvest during
the fishery, as the natives believe that
unless they are literally remunerated
they will exert their powerful spells to
make the sharks injure them, instead
of compelling the monsters to remain
quiet until the pearl fishery is over. 1t
is rather singular that, although sharks
are frequently seen by the divers, an
accident rarely happens, and number
less fisheries have taken place without
a single accident occurring.
Year: 1878

In true Cinderella history there are
no fairy god-mothers, no mice and no
pumpkins. a wise old eagle takes all
the management of the slipper, and we
can in fancy see him carrying it over
the silver sands and dark pyramids of
Egypt, without greatly taxing our be-
lief.


ROdolphe-a pretty name, to begin
with-was the fairest lady in all Egypt.
She had dainty foot, and wore jeweled
slippers, and all the people gazed upon
her with delight when she walked as
though she were goddess or fairy.


She went out to bathe one day among
the white lilies of the Nile. While she
and her maids were sporting in the
water, a great shadow passed over them,
and they saw an eagle alight on the
bank where their clothes had been left.
Presently it arose with something in itl
talons and wheeling through the golden
Year: 1878

deem the man 8 nobleman


Who acts noble part.
Who shows alike by word and deed,
He hath true mans heart,
Who lives not for himself alone,


Nor joins the selfish few;
But prizes more than all things else.
The good that he can do.
deem the man a nobleman


Who stands up for the right,
And in the work of charity,


Finds pleasure and delight;
Who bears the stamp of manliness
Upon his open brow,
And never yet WAS known to do
An action mean and low.
! deem the man a nobleman


Who strives to aid the weak;
And sooner than revenge a wrong.
Would kind forgiveness speak
Who sees brother in all men,
From peasant unto king;
Yet would not crush the meanest worm
Nor harm the weakest thing.
/ deem the man a nobleman


Yea! noblest of his kind;
Who shows by moral excellence,
HIS purity of mind:
Who lives alike through good and i'll
The firm unfiinching man;
Who loves the cause Of brotherhood.
And aids 1t all he can.