smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

into the newer States and territories,
and they in turn will look back with
rcproach upon our failure to check,
when we had the power, their rapa-
cious greed. What if Wall street brok-
ers and Scotch capitalists do class the
farmers with communists and bricands,
it matters not to us. Where principle is
involved, it IS strange if farming com.
munity that has contributed some
$l2.OOO.G0O to the aid Of these zoads
from which they have never derived
one cent ofincome and paying interest
at the rate Of ten per cent. per annum
on the same, have no rights to be con.
sidcred in common with eastern or for
e!go capitalists. The tide is in our
favor and five pull together regardless
cfpoliticai pcogue or party fealty we
shall save the bankruptcy Of the agri-
cultural interest and with them the
prosperity of all other interests; if not.
We shall be found upon the beach Of
our own imbecility at low tide miser-
able wreck of what might have been
happy prosperous commonwealth.
Year: 1874

A preacher in aScottish town took up collection one Sunday, and found when his hat was returned, that there wasn't @ turning his hat upside down and tapping the crown of it with his hand, "that have got my hat back from this congregational
Year: 1874

ONE week from tomorrow is the birth day of the deceased statesman who could not tell lie when he was boy and who is additionally understood to have reeelv- ed his fathers blessings and embraces for acknowledging that he badly cut favorite cherry tree. It has been common custom for gushing patriots and people generally to celebrate said birthday. Every boy Tn the land should celebrate the natal day of that mans blessed old father. and thereby induce all papaS to act like c. Washing tons did in that historical Gf mythlcal) cherry tree affair. But whether or not 1t is policy for old dads to make merry over the birthday of a boy who with his little hatch ct destroyed a favorite fruit tree, is do- mestic question not of much interest in Arizona where there are very few if any cherry trees at all, and we feel disqualified to discuss it anyhow.
Year: 1874

He was not reticent, neither was ne


difident; but he was glib Of tongue ana


are taught and appreciated through the
interior. He could jump into the alr,
crack his heels together tour dlsti1ct
times. and. when he landed-stif legged
could repeat the well-known Il am a
thief in manner that betokened long
practice and quiet determination, When


he found himself the center OF the rlght
sort of an audience he could assume 9
nonchalant air and lead the conversation
into the proper channel, when ne would
begin counting upon his fingers me nun nuit-
her of private cemeteries he had estaD-
lished. and then. fingers being insuffl-
cient. he would call for a sheet OF paper
that the number each contained might be
correctly enumerated. His first appear,
ance in Eureka was made last night, ano
he introduced himself as Cemetery
Year: 1874

Mrs. Battles suffers from cold feet,
and the other night she warmed up a
brick, intending to take it to bed with
her. She laid it down by the bed
while she attended to the baby ana
then forgot about it and turned in.
After while Battles came over to the
bedroom, and when he had assumed
his night-shirt, he began to say his
prayers. When he was about half
through he happened to move his
Knee little to the left, and it came in
contact with the brick For an in
slant he thought that something had
stung him, and jumping UP he came
back to ascertain what it was. He
saw the brick lying there, but it never
occurred to him that this was the
cause of the trouble. So he picked it
up for the purpose of throwing it out
of the window. Then he suddenly
dropped it with cry of pain, and
after an indignant denunciation of
Mrs. Battles he procured piece of
paper and in Il furious rage hurled the
brick through the window-sash 1t
hit policeman who happened to be
standing on the pavement below, and
in less than ten minutes Battles was
on his way to the station house, where
he was locked up all night on charge
of assault and battery. He was re-
leased in the morning, after paying
twenty dollars fine. He has not fin
ished his prayers yet, and Mrs. Bat
ties now warns her feet with flannel
petticoat.
Year: 1874

Everybody Is wondering why the BAZAAR
is selling their goods so cheap. The reason is
they must clear out their Spring and sum
mer goods to make room for the immense
stock OF Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive.
Year: 1874

REvEREND FATHER,-I am anxious to intrust the direction of my conscience to none but one who can truly lead me in the paths of eternal salvation. The Rev. erend Father Elias lately honered my dwelling with visit, which lasted but a too short time. It was, however. sufi- clent to fill me with respect aud venera- tlon for the learning, wisdom, and Chris tian virtue of the order to which he be- longs. I therefore humbly beseech your Reverend Paternity to select for me a con- lessor and chaplain from the Carmelite order; and, as there is no convent of your holy order in our immediate vicinity, I have given orders that an apartment be prepared for him in the castle itself."

 Both letters were dated, signed, sealed, and dispatched. The superior of the Cap uchins did not know what to make of the one which was addressed to him, except that it was clear that his convent had lost the chaplaincy of the castle. The superi- or of the Carmelltes, in receiving the oth. CT letter looked jubilant, and ordered the chapter bell to be immediately rung.

 When the monks had assembled in the chapter hall, Reverend Fathers and Bretheren," said he, ''great and many are | the privileges which Providence has at all times bestowed on our order through the merits of the blessed Prophet Saint Elias, it's founder The letter which I have just received, and which l will now communicate to you is a new. proof, not only of the excellence of our order, but also of the estimation in which it is held by the world" He then read the letter, and asked the advice of the community.

 There was but one voice that the young father, who, by the wisdom of his deport- ment, had been so instrumental in procur; ing to the order this new and high dis tinctlon, was the person most fitted to fill the position of chaplain and confessor of her ladyship. As he was not yet priest, application should be made to the bishop in order to have him immediately ordained c,c7rG tcnp0ra.

 This was done. Many generations have passed since, and the castle has had ma ny knights and ladies as successive own CTS. But the chaplaincy is still in the hands of the Carmelite order, fact which those who do not know this story cannot explain, as the Capuchin convent is so much the nearer.
Year: 1874

SHREVEPORT is the point about
which more interest centers now than
any other place. The reign of terror
inaoguroted there by the infamous Mer-
rill may be the means of bringing the
disturbed condition of affairs to deli
mite conclusion of some sort. The ar
rest of the leading citizens of that city
is in direct violation Of the opinion
delivered by Justice Bradley, at New
Orleans, in the case Of the Grant par
ish prisoners. If his construction OF
the enforcement act is correct, the pro-
ceedings of Merrill are arbitrary, OPP
pressive and illegal. Justice Bradley's
opinion ought, by law, to govern all
federal officers in Louisiana, both mili-
taiy and civil, till it is overruled by the
supreme court of the United States.


But it is folly to talk about laws or
judicial opinions in these corrupt
times on which we have fallen. The
attorney general of the United States,
the same man who was convicted be-
fore the United States senate of steal
ing a pleasure carriage for his wife
has officially announced that on
fair vote Louisiana would give twenty
thousand majority to the republican
ticket. Lest he should also he con
victed of lying il is necessary that th'
white people should be intimidateC
from voting. This Is at the bottom o
the present iniguitous warfare upoi
the people of that state. In order thA
there may be full understanding o
the merits of the case We give place t.
the following editorial from tn
shreveport Times, Of Sunday:


This community has been fn- sevo
raj days past kept in a state OF excite
ment by threats of General Merrill am
United States Commissioner lsevisee
of wholesale arrests vf white citizen
for having signed and published


card expressing purpose to renew u


contracts with employees who sha
vote the radical ticket TesteTda
Year: 1874

-TTIEe Culbertson Is u giant. Read
the fOfm%ing eloquent extract from
his great speech at kilgorc: go. ..


"If you are II forcigner-if you
have come bere from the Old World
to live with us--remembcr that democ-
racy struck the ietters from your limbs
in the days Of the elder Adams, and
made this country in fact the home of
the oppressed of all lands. If you are
a lover of free speech and free press
remember that democracy ungagged
both and upheld toe right as long as
it was in power, and hopes to see the
day when it will be able to strike from
the statute book the Infamous statutes
of the present congress,


If you love true glory, power and
greatness, behold the triune garland OF
these with which the head of the ma
ton was wreathed in the days of our
power lfyou love the march of des-
Tiny and of empire, remember that
democratic statesmanship acquired the
vast domains which fill the measure
of your greatness. Ifyou love the gov
ernment of your fathers, remember
that democracy has stood by it in veal
and in woe, in sunshine and storm.
Ifyou love all that is good and pure i'll
government, lofty in thought and no.
Die in deed, you will strike hands with
ussin the great struggle against radi-
caliSm. ..
Year: 1874

THE result of the elections in the
northwest is worth ten thousand votes
to I'ilden in New York. 1t will add to
his strength that number OF those VINO
want to be always on the winning
Year: 1874

JUDGE MORRILL, decided in the Uni
ted States court, at Galveston, Thurs
day last, that the court had no au-
thority to grant certificate of dis
charge to a bankrupt where the petit
ton for such certificate had not been
fled within year from the date of ad-
Indication of bankruptcy.
Year: 1874

JOAQUIN MILLER IN DIsGRAcE.-What has
joaquin Miller been doing abroad, asks an ex-
change, that his name should be stricken from
the rolls of two clubs in London of which he
was elected member Of only last year? What
ever he has been doing, he has been keeping
himself clean, or times have changed with
him. And what aristocratic clubs wants any
thing to do with man who will persist i'll
for his departed decency? Only the most
brilliant intellectual accomplishments could
in any degree atone for SO untidy personnel,
so studiously affected savagery of appear
ance; and that the unsavory and unsightly
ugliness Of it might be kept out of mind, his
brain should sciptillate without ceasing-
which it does not. While you watch and ad-
mire the brilliant beauty of piece of fire.
works, the very miserable pasteboard eontri-
vance that holds it and forms its basework is
unnoticed. But when the last star shower has
died away, and nothing but that very misera-
BILE contrivance is left, you ought not to be
expected to continue your admiration. Your
first impulse as you pass it is to kick it ou,
of your way. Joaquin was brilliant while in
full play. But the fire has left him, nearly
II not all together; and why should it be nee
essary for him to commit an over offense in
order to justify his being dropped from the
London club rolls ?-Chicdgc inter Ocean.
Year: 1874

PoLITICs IN THE EMPIRE STATE
Speaking of the present condition
and aims Of the Democratic party in
this State, the Buffalo Erpress saws:


1.-THE truth is, the party, from
whatever point it may be viewed. is
thoroughly demoralized, and with
out any reasonable hope of collect
ing its scattered fragments into such
form as to inspire the least hope of
success in the coming campaign. 1t
is determined to make a fight. and
vigorous one too, and will resort to
any means, no matter how desper-
ate, to accomplish its end. 1t has
eoh i'9oii 'ihie W ieiiect upon Che
Year: 1874

The collector of customs at Ell
Paso reported to the bureau Of stat
istics at Washington, on the 18th OF
August, that there had been no rain
at the former place in three hundred
and sixty-five days. Vegetation
was all burned up, and the cattle
were dying of starvation.
Year: 1874

PERMANENT WHITEwAsH.-W With
the return of spring comes the usual
inquiries for good whitewash. We
have only to repeat the following
directions given below, as follows:
Take half a bushel of unslacked
lime, slake it with boiling water,
covering it during the process to
keep in the steam; strain the liquid
through a fine sieve or strainer, and
add to it a peck of salt previously
we'll dissolved in water; three
pounds of ground rice boiled to a
thin paste, and stirred in boiling
hot; half a pound of Spanish whit
ing, aud pound OF clean glue
which has been previously dis
solved by soaking it first, and
then hanging over a slow fre
in small kettle inside a large
one filled with water; add five gal
Ions of hot water to the mixture,
stir we'll, and let stand few days
covered from dirt. 1t should be
put on quite, hot; for this it can be
kept in a kettle on furnace. A


pint of this mixture will cover a yard
square of the outside of house, If
applied with large paint-brush.
Year: 1874

To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:


The article that appeared in your
valuable paper, recently, was not
intended to boast of our little viii
lage, nor to mention it's superiority
over our neighboring. senior town.
LeadVale. We merely mentioned
the produce in which we deal that
our neighboring merchants do not
take into consideration and, OF
course, as we have no depot, we did
not expect to say anything of the
shipments of grain made from this
upland portion of country, as we ex-
pected the rich river valleys that SO
profusely surrounds Leadvale would
so far exceed ours and with the ad-
vantage of a large and well con-
structed depot, that it would not
even represent alpha when compar-
ed to the latter. Since seeing the
report, we feel no hesitancy in say.
ing of our little way-side station,
with nothing but few cross-ties on
the roadside, merely to enable a
very poor way for loading cars. with
ont even the advantage of a switch,
that from it has been shipped about
half the amount of grain, and thought
it too small for commentator.


Respectfully, nj. B.
Year: 1874

promise to pay in the shape of bonds,
and borrow the money. That these
promises to pay are not yet paid and
that the Southern as well as the
Eastern and Nothern people are
jointly aiding in paying the princi-
pal and interest.


They seem to forget, too, that
without the stores and supplies TAX
en- from the Southern people at the
time and place some of the most
brilliant movements of our army
would have failed-victories would
have been still-born and our armies
crippled and compelled to retreat or
starve. These supplies, though con-
tributing largely to the success of
our armies, have not yet been paid
for. They cost the Government no
transportation, no interest, and as
indicated by the claims presented, at
least so per cent less than the same
property would have cost in a North
ern market !; yet these men use their
best Efforts to defeat or retard the
payment of these most meriforious
debts. 3


The laws of the Statute Books, if
properly construed, would provide
for the payment or these claims, if
the officers dare construe them; as
they will not do this, change in the
law is needed, in fact, imperatively
demanded, and the sooner the peo-
pie give expression to this demand
the sooner they may hope for Justice.
( There has been too much apathy on
the subject. Those who were with
the Confederacy say, don't care,
| can get nothing for my stores"
That may be so, yet your neighbor
can, and that will bring what you
need-money into your country.
There is due your county $4,000
to $4,000 from the Government
get that much money in there and
see the change things will take. Busi.
ness will liven up at once. Your
counties are issuing bonds. These
bonds go into Eastern markets and
are sold at from 60 to 80 cents on
the dollar; for $1,000 in bonds
you get from G0,000 to $4,000 in
money to use; in sixteen years you
will have paid out for your county.
to enrich the Eat 81 100000 and
owe another hundred Thousand. If
you had what is due you, you could
either borrow the money at home
and have the interest enr ching your
own section, or not be compelled to
borrow at al.


Some members of Congress say it
will take over 500 100000 to pay
the Southern claim. l say, AMEN
If we have $10O,O0O,OO0 due us, in
the name of all that is right pay us
Give us the money, then. that you
owe us, and we can pro per as in
days of yore we can turn our waste
places into garden patches, and make
the face of the earth glad with our
thrift.


l, for one, propose to make a
straight-out fight on this question.
let the result be what it may. /
know there is an immense debt due
from the United States to the people
of the South. for stores and supplies
actually furnished to and used by
the United States Army during the
war. This is debt of honor. more
sacred than the bonded debt, for
there was no speculation in it, and
should be paid, and if / had the
tongue or pen of Clay, Webster, or
Burke would say to those men who
oppose its payment or attempt to re-
tard or delay the settlement: "You
had better dig your political graves.


have drawn this out longer than
[ intended, but you will know how
to excuse it. l am your obedient
servant. d. w. CLASSIC.
Year: 1874

[From the Nashville Commercial Reporterl


Referring to several articles pub.
lished by us in regard to home in
vestments several months ago, when
we urged our readers to invest in
our State bonds, they were then
quoted in New York at 20 to rs
cents, and are now strong at so to
81 cents. Outside of the profit that
might be made in buying and hold
ing these bonds as an investment, it
would be an incentive to our honesty
and integrity as a State to come for
ward and pay our obligations, as we
as State, are amply able to do.
The State debt of Tennessee is small
and very easily managed, and is in
no way bnrdensome and if the bonds
were held by our own people. the
little one-hOrse lawyers, and self
opinionated little politicians who are
in the habit of representing US in the
Legislature, would not dare to get
up and talk repudiation and dishon-
esty, as they would then touch the
pockets of their masters. Tennes-
see bonds. that are now worth so to
81 cents in New York, have $500 in
past due interest attached to the
bond. so that you really get 81 800
for 5000 There is nothing that adds
more to the individual credit of the
citizens Of a State, than for the
state they live in 10 promptly and
honestly meet her obligations. We
believe that Tennessee will in the
future continue to do what she has
commenced-pay the interest on her
bonded debt-and for this reason
we recommend them to our readers
as safe and good investment.
Year: 1874

A boy was seen in the streets of St. Paul
few days ago with his cap full of green apples.
He was followed half mile by three doctors
before the first gripe seized hin, and Ihen
they all had plenty of business for the next
hour trying to keep him undoubled.
Year: 1874

violent shock, while in the dark spark was
perceptible when the two touched.


All the while we were in the cave I felt the
aura OF which have spoken; it felt as If NV
entire body was enveloped in cobwebs. L
was conscious of great mental and spiritual
exataton, and half uneonsciously solved a
problem in triangulation of which had been
thinking for several days-selved ii. too.
while thinking of other things and observing
the phenomena of the cave. The poles of q
magnet, when in my hand, were reversed;
when placed elsewhere they returned to their
former condition. Mr.. Forbes possessed the
singular faculty of directing the needle to any
point of the compass, merely by exercising
his will, but this he could not do when
another person held the needle. Passing
near large fragment of rock, Mr.. Stokes, K
remember rightly, was pulled or drawn yio-
lenily from the path, as if by spirit hands,
and thrown against the rock, whence we re-
moved him to the outer air, he being almost
powerless. The young Sensitive" naturally
a weak person, carried him bodily for quite q
distance. After leaving the cave we were ali
exhausted and languid. | do not believe this
magnetic place to be conducive to good
health. OF the facts L have given there can
not be the slightest doubt, though they seem
very strange. L. L. BELLEw.
Year: 1874

A Brooklyn writer on street car courtesies
holds this opinion: "To vacate your place
for every young thing that enters-who has
been on visit or shopping, and who will
doubtless dance half dozen sets after she
gets home-is not gallantry, but the air of an
affected fop or downright fool, and viii never
be performed by a sensible man who has
done hard days work.
Year: 1874

A person who has it at first hand says that
Browning wrote ''How they brought tie
good news from Client to Aix' when once
becalmed on the Mediterranean. 1t struck
him how he should like to have good
gallop, and he wrote the poem forthwith
Year: 1874

A Delaware man, arrested for murder
proved that ON that night, and at the hour
of the murder, he was at home mauling
his. wife, and this fact saved him. A word
to the wise is, and so forth.
Year: 1874

Miss Jex Blake has been having terrible
scrimmage with the Edinburgh University
examiners who refused her medical degree.
The old fellows evidently thought it un-
safe to turn loose to carve and splinter a
long-suffering world one who couldn't even
reset compound fracture in her own name.
Year: 1874

When Tennessee husband will horse
whip his wife for washing potatoes in his Sun.
day plus-hat, it is time to inquire whether
this generation of men isn't getting to be too
confounded hgh-toned for the age of the
country?
Year: 1874

y young man went into the
office Of one the largest dry
goods importing houses in New
York and asked for a situation.
He was told to come AGAIN.


Going down Broadway that
same afternoon opposite the As
tor House, an old apple woman
trying to cross the street was
struck down, and her basket of
apples went scattering into the
gutter.


This young man stepped out
from the passing crowd, helped
up the old lady, put her apples
into heg basket, and went on his
way, forgetting the incident.


When he called again upon
the importers he was asked to
name his price, which was accep-
ted Immediately, and he went to
work.


Nearly a year afterward he
was called aside one day and
was asked if he remembered as
sisting an old apple woman in
Broadway to pick up Il basket
Of apples, and, much to. his sar-
prise, learned why he had OBJ
tanned situation when more
than one hundred others were
desiring the same place.


Young man, you little know
who sees yohr acts Of kindness.
The eyes Of others see and adj
mire what they will not take the
trouble to do themselves.