smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours,
in comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year. as INDICATED by the thermometer at Hudnuts
pharmacy HERALD Building:-
Year: 1874

A PLACE for everything and every
thing in its place, can not be said too
many times while anything is out of
place. Take day or week IL need be
and establish the rule, then devote the
remainder Of your lifetime 10 carry out
the principle, and you will save more in
time, labor, etc, than any housekeeper
can possibly comprehend who has never
made the above principle governing
one.
Year: 1874

The Philadelphia board of trade will
memorabilia the State legislature in
church cleared, and a post BsOrtem ex-
favOl Of the passage OF such an act as
VIII allow the rate for the use Of money
70 be the price agreed upon by parties (
me contract
Year: 1874

Some young men of Vienna have
formed a matrimonial league. Every
member Of the league must be the son
Of man of property, and must pledge
himself to marry poor girl, one who
has neither doWery or expectations, and
Eaust forfeit ten thousand ilorins II be
| violates the pledge.
Year: 1874

From the Jackson Ciarion.
We have taken for illustration series
of years OF honest citizens rule to con-
trast them with the present year Of
Radical misrule in order that the real
cause Of the taxpayers complaints may
he UNDERSTOOD:
Year: 1874

A correspondent OF the indianapolis
Sentinel writes " Among the rest one
LADY well known IN New York society
has recently gone the way Of all the liv-
ing. Her life was a somewhat varied
one, and now that it is ended am for
chilly reminded of q story connected
with the death of her first husband.
That gentleman had, it seems, lost his
health in come manner, and as the way
is now and was then he went abroad,
hoping to regain It. From land to land
he journeyed till he died in some far-oh
country-iet us say New South Wales
and the tidings of his decease were sent
TO his sorroWing partner, together with
the information that his body had been
preserved in a cask OF rum, and was held
subject to her order. She at once wrote,
requesting that it be forwarded to her
address, and there tie matter rested.
But as time rolled on the widow became
coBsoled, and finally 30 much consoled
as to enter again into the married state.
Thus IL cbaneed that when the cask con-
tanning No. / arrived here at the end Of
a twelyemoHth, No. 2 accompanied his
bride to the ship TO receive his prede-
cessor. An account of which eurious
confederation Of circumstances led John
Van Buren to remark IN HE inimitable
dry way: If poor NJ had known
who would be on hand to receive him,
he wouldn't have come home in such
good spirits.
Year: 1874

It has become the fashion of late to
coddle the English sparrow and en-
courage its propagation because of it's
supposed value as an insect destroyer.
A writer in the Canada Farmer, how
ever, brings a list of terrible indictments
against the erusset-clad little biped. which,
if true, will make us rue the day it was
imported from England. Everybody
who knows the history of the tribe, he
says, knows them to be most aHdacious
thieves and robbers, and I have yet to
learn that they have one redeeming
trait In their character. These active
and unsparing thieves commence their
depredstions with the gardener, in the
spring by stealing the seed from the
beds, and ripping them up as they be
gin to sprout. Owing to this, peas have
sometimes to be sovn two OF three times
over. As soon as the curFant and goose
berry bushes begin to blossom, the spar
row may be seen actively engaged, not
DESTROYING insects, as some innocent
people believe. but enjoying the luxury
of fruit in embryo, and destroying as
much in one meal as would produce a
quart or two when ripe. Green peas
are great treat to them, and they claim
most Of the early crop. Not contented
with fair share. they seem to take a
malicious pleasure in destroying about
ten times the quantity they eat. The
farmer has 8 still more serious charge.
He has to employ boys to prevent them
from stealing the seed grain when scat
tered in the land, and as soon as grain
is formed in the ear, scare-crows have
to be placed IN the fields. boys again
brought into requisition, with rattles,
TO keep them of the standing crops, and
in spite Of all precautionary measures,
they can not be prevented from doing
an immense deal of harm, As a small
flock will soon destroy an acre Of wheat,
or any other grain.
Year: 1874

The potato, being mountain tropical,
is subject, IN our climate especially, to
changes of temperature very different
from its condition in its native habita-
tion. The very statement of its history
seems to prove that, as it now exists
among us, it has mainly lived its life
out, but its Wig Jr in its wild state may be,
and probably is still unimT aired. IL is
highly probable that if some mao pos
sessed of the requisite knowledge and
skill were to go to South America, and
seek out the healthiest locality where
the potato is indigenous, and, selecting
from the healthiest wild vines. bring
them by good cultivation to a proper
degree of perfection in their native
habitation, then selecting from these the
very earliest that could possibly be pro-
duced there, bring them to this climate
with all their native vigor unimpaired,
we might thus obtain seedlings Il Origi-
nal health and vigor of constitution.
The expense OF course would be consid-
erable, but if the government could be
induced to rise above mere political
considerations, and appoint some such
person as our minister TO Chill, and per-
haps one or two other South American
states upon the Pacific coast, congress
making the necessary provisions fer his
OF their additional expenses the desired
result might be brought about without
much outlay of money. Or If some
society, or some wealthy individual, ,


would undertake the matter, great pub
iic good to all mankind might thus be


accomplish .-.JOlfTTlaL Of Chemistry.
Year: 1874

If child wants light to go to sleep
bv. give it one. The sort Of Spartan firm
ness which walks off and takes away the
candle, and shuts all the doors between
the household cheer and warmth and
the pleasant stir Of evening nirth, and
leaves a little son or daughter to hide
its head under the bed-clOthes, and get
TO sleep as best it can, is not at all ad-
rnirable. Not that the dear mother
means to be cruel when she tries this or
that hardening process, and treats hu-
man nature as If It were clay TO be mold
ed into any shape she may please. Very
likely she has-no idea whatever OF the
injury and suffering she causes, or per
hsps her heart aches but she PerEe-
veres, thinking she is doing right
Children are often obliged to endure a
great deal of unnecessary hardship by
being subjected to absurd methods OF
discipline which every good mother
ought to ayoid.-Herald Of Health.
Year: 1874

Unquestioning obedience we must
demand from the child for her own
safety. It may often be a question of
life and death whether the little girl
runs when she is called, or throws
away something which she has IN her
hand instead of putting it into her
mouth. But has not this habit of obe-
dience a higher Office than this It is
the first yielding of the unframed will
to rightful authority, and as such has
an immense significance. The mother
who cannot train her daughters and
sons to obedience we're better chiidless,
for she is but giving to her country ele-
meuts of weakness, not elements OF
strength. She is furnishing future in
mates for jails, penitentiaries, and pris-
ons, and putting arms into the hands of
the enemies OF law and order.-Aiss
4. Q. Bracket.
Year: 1874

An English writer says in the Pail
Mall Gazette: Many political phenom-
ma of the modern democratic world have
shown that blunders and injustices be-
loug to no particular era or state OF so
ciety and here we have the congress of
United States repeating that particular
fraud of feudal princes which even in
the middle ages had fallen into the low
est discredit. There is absolutely no
difference in principle between adulter-
ating the metallic coinage and 'intia-
ting" the paper circulation. The sole
distinction consists in the greater iabil-
ity of the older piece of cheating to be
found out A medieval gold coin had
its proper intrinsic value IN the market,
and the money-changer who melted
down a coin of some particular issue
and discovered that it was half made up
of copper, at once knew that the sover-
eign had been swindling his subjects.
Bat the effects of adulterating a paper
currency have to be detected, not by
the scales or the tests. but by some
slight labor of the brain. AS a bank
note is, to begin with, a piece of paper
which is absolutely without appreciable
value. very superficial person may
conclude that any number of pieces OF
valueIess paper may be made valuable
by printing on them the same wor Is
which appear on the face of 3 redeem
able note. The difficulty, such as it is,
of seeing through this fallacy gives the
modern corrupter of money his sole ad-
vantage over his execrated predecessor,
but both the act and its consequences
are identical in the Two cases. The I'M
age and superscription of the monarch
lied in the older example the assertion
that "the United States promises to
pay" is a lying assertion in the modern
srrAnr,na
Year: 1874

How EeSssSsPers VIII he Anseted by


the Proposed Chsnge.


The subject of newspaper postage
and the practical inconvenience of the
present system, have lately been under
discussion with the postal committee OF
the house, who have decided to report
In favor of a radical change IN the pres
ent mode of mailing and stamping. AS
the matter stands at present, newspaper
postage can either be paid at the Office
of reception or delivery, and in this
way two systems are really at work
which necessarily complicates business,
and causes a loss of both time and
money. Under the present system, if q
paper is prepaid by the publishers.
a receipt is obtained, aud thereafter the
papers will pass through the mail with
out further trouble but in case it is
not prepaid, then postage must be col
lected at the Office of delivery, either
quarterly in advance, or else at the reg
ular rate as each paper is delivered by
the carrie.


1t is now proposed to abolish this
plan and charge entirely by weight, at
the rate of two cents a pound. Such
an arrangement, it is said, will be no
additional expense to the newspaper
pAAbAAouCAog nAAAaG IL VIII nECuL0 10 TIC
government its entire revenue.


Outside of the large cities, not more
than one-third of the newspaper post
age is ever collected, owing to the man
ner Ia which country postmasters COM
bine private business with their duties
to the government. Thus, a country
postmaster generally keeps q small
store, and If good customer is in receipt
of a newspaper, he viii not often press
his claim for postage at the possible
risk of njuring his other business. In
this manner, the government suffers
great loss that cannot be we'll remedied
Under the system proposed, the rate of
two cents per pound is so low that pub
fishers will not be taxed any more than
at present, and the trouble of stamping
and preparing will be o5viated. The
bundle of papers, or in fact any printed
matter when delivered at the post-office,
will be weighed, and the amount
charged against the paper, which will
be collected quarterly as heretofore.
The fact of a paper then being in the
mail will be the best evidence that it is
paid for, and it will be delivered in any
part of the United States without fur
ther charge or trouble. Or if a news
paper does not wish to have an account
kept, book of stamps may be retained,
of which an amount equal to the weight
of mail matter delivered can be cancel
led by the clerk receiving the bundles.
Year: 1874

At the session of the social science
association at New York, q lengthy pa
per. by William O. FlaGg. of Illinois,
was read, on the farmers movement in
the west. After giving the history of
the movement and its effect upon po-
liticaI parties, it concludes: :" The
farmers movement meant primarily an
Advancement in the intelligence and
ability of the tillers of the soil; second
ly, an unusual feeling of oppression and
distress, resulting from the mischievous
legislation of the country, and finally,
an effort to reform abuses and carry to
more logical conclusion the principles
of our republican-democrat system.
It was a part of the universal upward
tendency of the manual workers of the
world, and was as irrepressible as the
progress of democracy on earth. 1t
foreshadowed the time when the cum
ming of the hand would be displaced
bv the brain of the worker, equal and
exact Justice to all men, all men are
created equal > government derives its
inst powers from the consent of the
governed : whatsoever ye would that
men shoHld do unto you, do ye even SO
uuto them These were all accepted
principles and must work out their log1-
cal results.
Year: 1874

A great part of our space this morning is occu
pied with the details or a terrible accusation. Il
Is not ct time to Judge, for the accused must be
heard but the lul development or this most de
plorable scandal Is near
Year: 1874

Our Long Branch letter to-day is especially
interesting, as it gives the latest news of the
situation at that new political metropolis. At
Saratoga the people are engrossed in the
races, at Newport in the yacht feet, at Cape
May in the hops, and everywhere in Irritation,
but at Long Branch they alone have the fate
of the nation to discuss. The information
our correspondent gives of the third term
movement confirms the belief that the Presi-
dent is anxious to effect compromise with
Senator Fenton, and that General Cochrane
called the Liberal State Convention at an
early date in order to compel the administra-
ton to carry out at once its programme
self, when questioned by q Bohemian of
his intentions in regard to renomi-
nation, seems to have passed rapidly
from temperate zone of Indifference to inac-
cessible Arctic regions of indignation, and
answered the most direct inquiries with the
single sentence, II have nothing to say upon
the subject" That is not surprising, for what
are the subjects upon which he is accustomed
to have anything to sayp General Grants

hnbitual taciturnity presents an impregnable
front to interviewers but he must remember
that his actions are his interpreters. There
is an emphasis and eloquence even in his
silence, and when he has il in his power TO
settle this third term agitation with a single
word, and will not speak that word, there can
be but one inference It would seem that If
he does not want another term he would say
30 now, give the republican party chance 10
unite upon candidate, andthus prevent itsfur-
ther decentralization. As the republicans have
elected him twice they are inclined to think
that he might concede that interesting little
bit Of newa But, as the President has moth
ing to say, they have, unfortunately for them
selves, nothing to do but 10 wait with what
patience they can.
Year: 1874

It is worthy of remark that few days be-
fore Bazaine's escape from the Isle of Sainte
Marguerite his wife made last appeal to the
authorities of Paris to commute her husband S
sentence to exile. In view of the state of pub
lie opinion it was evidently impossible for the
men in power to show any disposition to par
don soldier who had been guilty of the
gravest crimes. But the suspicion will no
doubt crop out that the authorities may have
facilitated his escape. Whatever may be the
feelings of the Bonapartists toward Bazaine,
even they would not like to accept the odium
of pardoning the man who had delivered up
Metz. Nor are they likely to forgive him for
depriving them of the one chance they had
after Sedan of regaining power. Rightly or
wrongly, his ancient friends believe that had
he promptly accepted the result Of the nego-
tia tons between Bismarck and the ex-Em-
press the Bonapartists would have returned
to power, backed up by German bayonets.
AS q party they are not very particular as
to how they obtain power, SO that they
enjoy the material benefits to be derived from
ruling France. 1t must appear the merest
hair-splitting to men who are accustomed to
lay the foundation of their authority on mas
sacres like those of the Eighteenth Brumaire
or the Second of December, whether native or
foreign tools are used in setting up an empire.
With that cynical disregard for exploded ideas
of morality which has distinguished this
party they would be willing to accept power
even from the hands of the Prussians. And
as Bazaine, in their opinion, was guilty of
setting up his own egotism between the party
and their return to power they are not likely
soon to forgive him. Some of the
French journals urge the government to
demand the extradition of Bazaine on the
ground that the crimes for which he WAS SEN
fenced come under the extradition treaties.
We scarcely think that this is SO. Bazaine
was q traitor, and in some senses, at least, his
crime was political one. It is not, therefore,
probable that any great Power would surren-
der him even if demanded by the French gov
ernment, and he is much too shrewd to trust
himself with any weak nation that might be
frightened into giving him up Except in SO
far as this incident may turn popular feeling
against the government of MacMahon, on &C.
count of the too great lenity shown to con-
victed traitor, this escape of Bazaine is not
likely to have any consequence except to the
lucky felon himself. he will, no doubt, enjoy
life much better in London or Rome than he
did in Sainte Marguerite: but wherever he
may 60 the stain of his infamy will cling to
him and make him avoided by all honorable
men. No doubt he can console himself with
the fruits of the Mexican expedition.
Year: 1874

Science.


Up to this time the American Association
for the Advancement of Science in session at
Hartford has discussed now constitution and
especially that important point whether MEM
bership In the society shall be restricted to
persons engaged in scientific pursuits or in
quiries or be open to everybody. Shall it be
society of scientific men strictly or society
OF the friends of science? 1t was frankly adj
mitted in discussion that the society had need
of all the money that would be brought in by
preserving the more extended circle of member.
ship; but it was apprehended that the papers
Of non-scientifc members would damage the
quality Of 'the proceedings" would, in short
swamp that document with trash. We shah
watch curiously for the paper Of the man who
is afraid Of the overflow Of trash. Generally
this sort of man is one with an ambitious es-.
say in his pocket on some such subject as the
scientific Uses of Buttered Thunder, an essay
that he is naturally apprehensive may not at
tract proper attention. As the society pro-
poses the advancement OF science and needs
money it seems to have adopted the wiser
course in voting not to restrict the member
ship to men of science properly, who are, un-
fortunately, too often impecunious mortais.
1t may, therefore, remain a great consolation
to outside nobodies that they can still, by pay
ing fee, add to their signatures the initials
of the name Of a presumably learned society
This at least gives the signature ON Important
appearance.
Year: 1874

ANOTHER RAuRoAD AcCIDENT.-We record
this morning another terrible railroad acci-
dent, resulting from the washing away Of O.
bridge on the Southeastern Railroad. The
responsibility seems to rest upon the section
men, who neglected to signal the train, which
did not arrive on the spot until six A NJ, tho
bridge having been destroyed during the
night. The list of killed and injured is hap
PLY small considering the character of the
accident and the damage to the cars.
Year: 1874

The Beauties Of MormOnism-Twin
Public Nuisance.


The ''twin relic" which somehow has
escaped the annihilating hand of the great
party which pledged itself to destroy polyg-
amy at the same time with slavery, begins to
grow troublesome again in the West Some
time ago brief raid was made into Mormon
dom, and it was supposed that the career of
Brigham Young was about ended. Indeed,
the old rascal was in peril from the law, and
his wives were said to be on the rampage
against him. His liberty and his hair were
both In danger But now our special corre-
spondent at Salt Lake City informs US that
Brigham is ''still master of the situation and
is going to keep it as long as he can" In
fact, he ayows his intention to eight to the
bitter end" but whom he is going to fight,
whether the United States troops, the Gentiles
or his wives, does not appear. The scrim-
mage in which his followers have just now
been engaged was over the election of Dele
gate to Congress. The Gentiles had candi-
date in opposition to the Mormon nominee,
and there was 'riotous and bloody work at
the polls" much the same in character, we
presume, with like disputes in tho Sixth
ward, and the Gentiles got the worst of it at
Salt Lake, just as they assuredly would in
the 'bloody Sixth"


In reading the account Of these Utah diff
culhes we are struck with the similarity be-
tween the condition of Salt Lake City and the
city of New York. Brigham is said to grow
childish in his old age and it is charitable to
attribute Mr.. Havemeyer's official conduct to
this effect of long years. Like Havemeyer
Brigham indulges his own caprice in making
removals and appointments, and has his own
police commissioners to act as his personal
tools and do his dirty work. The decent
people in Utah, like the decent people in New
York, demand protection from the vagaries of
the old official sinner, and call upon higher
power for relief Whether they will succeed
any better than the New Workers have yet sue
ceeded remains to be seen but it is certain
that Brigham Young is q public nuisance,
and he and his administration ought to be
summarily disposed of by Congress- Have
meyer is no less public nuisance, and it is
to be hoped that Governor Dix, in accord
ance with his duty, will soon rid us of him
altogether.
Year: 1874

MEN WHO ACCUSE THEMSELVES Of murder
are rarely guilty oft Their confession gener-
ally creates the suspicion of insanity OF q
wish for free passage to New York, and this
probably is what is the matter with the latest
Nathan murderer who has just disclosed him
self in Illinois. He is willing to come to New
York without requisition, and is filed with
anguish of mind because he did not think Of
it before