smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

We hope ths statues of Governor Winthrop
and Governor King will not take up the quar-
rel of Massachusetts, as savagely as the Sana-
tors from those two States yesterday felt them
selves moved to do. 1t will 60 more hardly in
that case with the statue tn an 1t yesterday went
with the Senator from Maine; for the sculptor
who has done Governor Winthrop IN marble
has set his venerable head go loosely on his ven
cradle throat that 1t lies, tilted at an angle 10
his huge ruff like the head of John the Bap-
tist on its charger, ready to be flung. like can
non ball at the successful seceder who rent the
province of Maine away from the Massachu-
sets Bay, and has now been rewarded for 1t by
a niche in the American Pantheon. II there
were any Massachusetts, men on the floor Of the
Senate yesterday they must have hung theiv
heads for shame to think how differently Wsb-
ster fought the fight Of the old commonwealth
when Hayne challenged him to the encounter
nearly half a century ago! The case of Massa-
chusettS was no better than 1t was yesterday;
but Webster was skillful enough 10 fight from
behind the barrioades of Bunker Hill. Hoar
aud Dawes rashly rushed out into the open
field of the Hartford Convention, and have
only themselves to thank for it that the hard
hitting Blaine first brought them both TO tho
ground together, and then in most ignomin-
ious manner picked them up again and tossed
them both in the old pine-tree flag as Sancho
was tossed in the inn keepers blanket. OF
course it is evident to the unregenerats mind of
copDerheads and publicans, sinners, that the
performances Of the recent Republican Con-
vention in Massachusetts, which indorsed the
Administration were not wholly absent from
the mind of Senator Blaine while he stood
neatly rubbing the salt of his malice into the
old wounds Of Massachusetts, Federalism.
And if Hoar and Dawes could have kept their
temper they might have escaped at least the
tossing in the blanket. But that is their affair
and his. and it was not in human nature for
the Democratic and Southern Senators who
witnessed this rare sport to refrain from ap-
plauding it. The matter has Its serious side
too. 1t ought to make the most inveserato Sec
tionalist 10 New England see as in a mirror
the ugliness of that spirit in politics which de-
lights in raking up the quarrss of the past
and in keeping old prejudlces alive to breed
new ones from them for partisan use. Perhaps
toe, it may awaken Massachusetts, to sense Of
the secondary position into which she has grad
ualy drifted by confiding her interests to sec
ond rate men. Blaine rhymes we'll enough
with Hsyne. But it is quite clear that Dawes
and Hoar together do not spell Webster.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases 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

The Germantown Telegraph does not
like the white willow and talks about
1t thusly: "Some people are recon-
mending this variety of the willow for
hedging purposes, and say it will in its
fourth or fifth year turn any stock ever
kent upon a farm" There is some
truth in this. We have some little ac-
quaintance with the article. We think
in about its sixth year, all told, or
fourth or lfth from the nursery, it Will
turn cattle if planted sufficiently close
tOgether-say from fifteen to twenty
inches. 1t is a rapid grower, and in
early spring, its blooming is very beau
tiful. But woe to those who plant it
within fifteen feet of well OF drainl
The roots wander in every direction
and will scent water we believe at
twenty feet or more. They will ex-
haust the soil also for many feet on Ell
ther side of the line quite as complete
ly as the Usage Orange, without being
nearly so valuable as the latter for
hedging.


Some years age we planted two spec
linens as ornamental shrubs, about
eight feet from a stone spring conduc-
tor, eight inches square, four feet Un-
der ground. II about four or five years
after planting the spring stopped run
ming. Suspecting the cause the con-
ductOr was unearthed, and it was found
for the distance Of fifteen feet COM
pletely chOked with the roOtsl They
were so crowded that it was with some
difficulty that they could be removed
That was the last of the white willow
seen about Qrr premises"
Year: 1878

The Republican Congressional
Convention of this district did not
believe in a long platform. They
adopted the following, which is broad
enough and strong enough to hold
every Republican in the district, in
cluding our candidate for Congress,
Walk. Mcknight, although they do
say, his fighting weight is about $50:


Resoyged, That we reafirm and
adopt the platform of the Republican
State Convention, and pledge a cor
dial and earnest support of the State
candidates nominated by said Con
vention.


ReSoyUed, That while we earnest
ly protest against such legislation as
that of the gerrymandering Of the
Congressional Districts by the late
O'Connor Legislature, we neverthe-
less feel assured that we can over
come the assumed Democratic ma
jority and march forward to victory
by combined effort, and we intend
to do it.
Year: 1878

There is no sign of any opposition
in any of the counties composing
this Judicial District to the renomi-
nation of Judge Minshall for a sec
ond term. In fact, Judge Minshall
is held in such high esteem for abil-
ity, and for his manifest uprightness
and rigid impartiality while on the
bench, and has become so personally
popular throughout the District,
that Highland has voluntarily sug-
gested to Ross that the Judge be
renominated by general consent,
without the formality of a COnven-
ton. Fayette, no doubt, will heart
lily concur, and this high compliment
will be well and worthily bestowed.
That Judge Minshall should, in one
brief term, so strongly impress him
self upon the people of the District
as an eminently fit man in every re
spect for so responsible a position,
speaks volumes in his favor We re-
gard not only his denomination but
his re election as beyond reasonable
doubt, as the people well know that
in honoring a man like Judge Min
shall they are at the same time hon
oring themselves, and assisting to
put the Bench where it should be:
in the hands of men who dare to ad
minister law and justice, unsWayed
by any fear Of popular dissatisfac-
ton.
Year: 1878

Before the panic Of 1873, thou
sands were quitting farming and
moving into the cities and villages.
The growth of cities and villages all
over the country was abnormally
rapid. Now the tide has turned the
other way, and the unemployed and
surplus population of cities is turn
ing its attention to farming This
is right Any family with twenty
acres Of good land, well worked, is
sure of not suffering from positive
want. Any family with forty acres
is certain Of a fair living, and any
family with a quarter section is in
the way to live handsomely by and
bv.
Year: 1878

The manufacture of bullets is not so
simple as it used to be, says the Iron
monger. AT Woolwich, England, the
melted metal is poured into a receiver,
and as soon as it solidifes, but before
it is cold, it is forced by hydraulicpTes-
sure through cylindrical holes in the
form Of long strings. This process is
to prevent the formation of air bubbles
in the bullet, which would cause it,
when fired, TO swerve from its course.
The leaden strings are thence carried
to the buIet-moulding department,
where they are cut into lengths and
rougbed; then shaped in one machine,
and finished in another. They have
now to be plugged. These plugs were
formerly made of wood, but are now
prepared from a special powder, which
soudifes after being pressed into fOrE
Year: 1878

"If we could only keep the thought
uppermOst that perhaps the end of all
trouble is at hand, that just ahead lies
the portal breath shall watt ajar, and
on the other side lies Home, think we
should bear life's troubles better. I'M
patient words and dark looks would
never sadden the hearts that love us
did we Oftener say to ourselves, "This
is perhaps the last day" Our children
would never cover from our uplifted
hand, OF turn weeping from the shadow
in our eyes, could we remember that
tomorrow may separate us from their
clinging arms for ever. How eager we
should be to fill the hours with smiles
and loving words and tender service
did we know that the little feet that
make the music of our home tomorrow
should trip into the grave and leave
that home desOlate.


Mothers, remember this: There is
surely to come the one last day-the
last hours we can overflow with sun
shine, the last moments we can make
beautiful with gentle ministratiOns, the
last memories Of love and tendernessI
Letthis thought help us to bear with
the muddy footprints, the sOIled and
torn garments, the disordered rooms,
the bOisterous play. Those of us who
have seen loved ones disappear in the
chill mist that enwraps the world;
those of MS who have kissed for the
last time the patient UnrespOnsiYe lips
of one dearer to US than life, or hope,
or Heaven perhaps, can tell yOu that
the very 'crown of sorrow," when our
dead are hidden from US, is the remem"
brance Of Unkind speech, or reckless
injustice, or cruel impatience. We
would barter the hopes of earth and
their brightest fruition for one last day
with them again. .''-AnJer. IN Home.
Year: 1878

The Ohio Republicans expect to
sweep the State this fall on the
strength of the bIunders of the last
Democratic Legislature. The Ohio
Democratic Legislature almost II
vailed the last Democratic House in
the magnitude Of its errors and the
stupidity of its acts Chicago Trib-
mo
Year: 1878

The Ross County Register has
the following in regard to the cleo
ton Of a Common Pleas Judge IN this
district, to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration Of Judge Minshall's
term. The Register, it Will be seen,
pays a very high compliment to
Judge NJ, every word of which We
heartily indorse
Year: 1878

This life is like game of cards. We must
play the hands dealt to us, and the credit is
not so much in winning as in playing poor
hand well


When hear II man Dragging about what he
did last year and what he is going TO do ne6t
year, | can tell pretty near what he is doing
now.


Don't despise poor relations. They might
get rich sometime, and then it would be so
hard to explain things.


The reputation man gets from his ances-
tors wants about as much altering TO fit him
as their clothes would


There is no woman stationed on the face of
the earth who tries so hard TO do right and
fails oftener than the average mother-in-law.


Falling in love is like falling down stairs
it's hard work to find out just how the thing
was done.


man who has been waiting for the last
fifteen years for something to turn up is still
in the same business.


A poodle is a woman's pet, and have seen
some l would like to swap livings with.


Mice can live anywhere comfortably but in
a church This proves that they cant live on
religion any more than minister can.


The worst tyrant in the world is woman
who is superior to her husband, and let's every
body know it.


Love is like the measles, you can have it
but once, and the later in life we have it the
tougher it goes with us.


Great thinkers are not apt to be great whis-
tiers When man can't think of anything
he begins to whistle.


The man you can have to work on farm
for nothing and board himself just about
earns his wages


Neatness in my opinion, is one of the vir-
tues. have always considered it twin sister
to chastity, but none work so hard as the vic
tins of ecstatic neatness. l have seen a neat
person who would not let a weary fly rest
long enough on their best wall paper to take
breath, and who would chase Il single cock
roach up and down stairs until his legs We're
worn of.
Year: 1878

What is the cure for gossip? Simply cul-
ture. There is great deal of gossip that has
no malignity in it. Good people talk about
their neighbors because they have nothing
else to talk about. There comes to us the
picture of family of young ladies. We have
seen them at home, we have met them at the
galleries of art, we have caught glimpses of
them going from bookstore or n library
with fresh volume in their hands. When
we meet them they are full of what they have
seen and read. They ore brimming with
questions, One topic of conversation is drop
ped only to give place to another, in which
they are interested. We have left them, af-
ter a delightful hour stimulated and refresh
ed and during the whole hour not a neigh
bor's garment was soiled by so much as a
touch They had something to talk about.
They knew something and wanted to know
more. They could listen as well as they could
talk To speak freely of neighbOr's dOings
and belongings would have seemed an imper-
tinence to them, and of course, an improprie-
ty. They had no temptation to gossip be-
cause the doings of their neighbOrs formed a
subject much less interesting than those
which grew out of their knowledge and their
culture.


And this tells the whole story. The con-
firmed gossip is always either malicious or ig-
norant The one variety needs a change of
heart, and the other a change of pasture.
Gossip is always personal profession, either
of malice or imbecility and the young should
not only shun it, but by the most thorough
culture relieve themselves from all temptation
to indulge in it. II is a low, frivolous, and
too often dirty pastime. There are country
neighborhoods where it RACES like a pest.
Churches are split in pieces by it. By it
neighbors are made enemies for life. In many
persons it degeneates into a chronic disease
which is practically incurable Let the young
cure it while they may Exchange.
Year: 1878

OyERwoRK VERSUS RUSH AND HURRY.-
1t is not overwork which kills the Ameri-
can it is an incredible lack of prudence and
common sense in the doing of the work.
Stout beer-drinking German scholars go
through more hard grinding labor in study in
a year than our students in lifetime Eng
lish men of business at sixty manage gigantic
schemes through the day, and sit down rud-
dy, portly, genial, in the evening to task of
heavy vy-feeding which would appal any New
York epcure the European statesman GER
tainly has affairs as complicated and vast as
our party politics to perplex him; yet when
do you hear of his sinking at middle age from
an@mia or nervous prostitution? The secret
lies in the fact that the German or English
man assumes that he will have sixty good
working years at least. and takes his time.
The American sets of in the race AS if he
would have but ten. The Englishman does
not leave school until the age when New
York boy is practising profession he takes
frequent holidays eats slowly, and more than
all. moves in the smooth ruts of religion, bus
ness and belief in which his father left him.


II would be absurd to urge any American
to follow the example of his heavier-blooded
cousin. You cannot make mastif out of a
greyhound. One or two precautions any man
may take, beside the ordinary hygienic one,
to lengthen his days. First, to keep his brain,
as far as possible, at work at one subject at
time. 1t is the multitude of conflicting ideas
which wears it out by actual physical strain.
Hence the brain of a man who controls the
divers occupations of other men, or who il
accustomed to carry on separate trains of
thought, will give way sooner than one which
is confined to one branch of study or work.
Secondly, to make absolute the pauses for
rest; the stOppage of work must be complete
to be worth anything. Thirdly if possible,
TO have a hobby-some manual work which
requires also an exertion of the mind totally
different from its ordinary work. Gardening,
music, drawing, cabinet-making, have been
salvation for many brain stretched and
strained TO the verge of exhaustion. These
are homely hints, but they are meant for those
who know how to value simple remedies.


N y. Tribune
Year: 1878

sf
lines give dons of time for TIE
preceding midnight rheinsguas white sae sseioaa
thf during those


TRIBUNE OFFICE. June 25 a. mater n slight rise
yesterday morning. the movement of the barometer
downward except during few hours before and after
the in the evening The temperature was slightly
higher than on Sunday.


Clear or partly cloudy weather with chances Of light
rains may expecfed to-day in this city and vicinity
Year: 1878

MINISTER FOSTER is strongly opposed to
the silver dollar. He has seen the old thing
work in Mexico and the result Is not satis-
factory. The Mexicans 60 us several cents
better on the dollar, but it is still a nuisance.
He says it is universally felt there that silver
is the most inconvenient, costly and oppres-
sive currency that can be imagined, subject
to constant fluctuations which derange all
prices and force traders to add considerable
percentage to the price of the goods they sell
in order to insure themselves against loss. If
a man travels he must carry valise to hold
the dollars for his travelling expenses. If
he goes to the bank to draw check of con-
siderable amount, he takes porter or hack
or wagon. Exchange between Mexican cities
ranges from five to ten per cent, all of which
is added to the price of goods. Gold and sill
yer are equally legal tender, but gold has
vanished from circulation. Very little can
be obtained for the necessities of those leav-
ing the country at four to ten per cent. pre-
MUM. The leading mercantile houses gov
ern themselves by daily cable quotations from
the London market. Mr.. Foster has no
doubt that the adoption of a silver currency
here (which would follow the Bland billy
would speedily cause reaction that would
cause the political funeral of every leading
man engaged in it.
Year: 1878

A CORRESPONDENT of the. argus con-
tinues his attack on the manner in which the
visiting committees inspected the accounts of
the Maine General Hospital. He says that
"none Of those who have officially examined
the construction account from the Governor
down to the members of the finance COM
mite of the Legislature can give, or know
any of the particulars of that account, or
even the cost of the much lauded heating
and ventilating apparatus" And he further
intimates that the committee heard but one
side, and virtually decided the case in advance
of the investigation. If this be so an ex-
planation from the editor of the Argus is in
order. How came it that the committee of
which he is member so grossly neglected its
duty? Why did he not insist upon full
and fair investigation?
Year: 1878

THAT distinguished statesman, Carter
Harrison, has introduced civil service re-
form bill in the House. Civil servants are to
be selected by board consisting of five COM
missoners, but no three are to be from any
one political party. This commission is evi-
IDENTIFY gotten up in the interest Of Senator
David Davis, who is the only man in the
country that belongs to all political parties.
These are the main points of the bill:


1t provides for department of the govern
ment to be known as the department. of civil
service, to consist of five commissioners ap-
pointed by the President with the consent Of
the Senate. They are to keep an eye on all
branches of the civil service, and after dividing
the country into districts, to give each far
show. There are to be competitive examina.
ii ons in the districts, and whenever vacancies
occur which any district is to fill a member of
Congress of that district is to be notified, and
if he recommends twenty persons to appear,
then no outside recommendations can be re.
ceived; but if the number falls short of twenty,
then other recommendations may be received


The commissioners are to receive $1,000, and
no three are to be from any one political
party. The commissioners are to ignore poll
tics, and consider morality as one OF the main
requirements. The President can only
remove a commissioner with the consent of the
Senate. The examination fee for an applicant
is fixed at five dollars; no refunding provided
for in case of failure. Members of Congress
may recommend persons they do not know
upon the authority of persons they are ac-
quainted with. All applications must be in the
handwriting Of those applying, and among
other things they must state their mental ca
pacity. The President is left free as regards
ministers, consnls, heads of departments and
postmasters. The new department is to fur
nish lists of available clerks to all other de-
partments and is to assume the responsibility
of removals for cause. The civil service thus
reorganized is to be permanent except as death
and removal for non-politcal causes disturb it.
In essence the thirteen sections of the bill pro-
vide means by which members of Congress can
nominate all appointees for the civil service of
the government except the classes above named.
Year: 1878

SOME of our people seem minded to relieve
themselves of portion of their burdens at
the expense Of their children. In order to
escape the payment of few dollars addition
al taxation they are willing to lessen educa-
tional facilities for their sons and daughters.
Exemption from taxation won In that way
will be dearly earned.
Year: 1878

SPRINGER of Illinois, who is clamorous for
economy, has persuaded the House judiciary
committee to agree to bill authorizing him
to go before the court of claims with his
charge of $4,000 for arguing the government
side in the centennial appropriation case.
The Democratic idea OF economy seems to be
to reduce the army aud cripple the diplomat
ic service SO that money may be saved for the
big fees of Democratic Congressmen.
Year: 1878

THE man Mayham in the House who is
seeking to cripple the Military Academy at
West Point should be named Mayhem. There
ought to be a law of transmutation ofvowels
to apply to his case.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name 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

ATTENTION is called to the singular fact
that if the peace prelimnaries are carried out
the European dominions Of Turkey will be
left in the form of a crescent, the emblem of
the impoverished power.
Year: 1878

THE Ohio Republicans are beginning to
see that policy as well as honesty should In
duce them to oppose the Bland bill. 1t is
asserted that four of the Ohio representatives
will sustain veto.