smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

You wouldn't think those rough men had
sentiment in their hearts, but they saw
through the elders motives in an instant


and the toughest man in the lot stopped
down and carefully rearranged one of the
sods. Three weeks went by, and one even
ing Jack Bullet came into Joe Whites
Dream, alive and well. lie stood ON the lit
tie square in the center of the town, and he
said not a word till the wondering men had
gathered about him. Then he pointed TO
the grave in the valley, his eyes filled with
tears, and chokingly said "Boys, sneaked
Year: 1877

rid of. an appetite or some besetting sin, we
want to tell him that Jesus Christian create
new heart in him. You may call that SUI
pernatural. Every conversion, | believe, is
supernatural. This trying to tell men
to work into the kingdom of God is the
devils own work. because they cannot get
in there themselves. Paul says it is not by
work We shall be saved, but by belief. Now,
whatsoever lie saith unto you, do it," and
see If you don't get this new name and this
new heart.
Year: 1877

Yesterday afternoon representative OF the
DEMOCRAT had a very peasant talk with the
Senator elect from Louisians, Hon. II. M.
Spofford.


After an inquiry by the reporter as to the feel
ing in Washington over the seating OF Kellogg.
Mr.. 6poford stated that IL was exceedingly
bitter. The Democratic Congressman in both
houses denounce it as an outrage and did NOT
hesitate to say that it was an act which they
eould not countenace. In the Senate ii was
question as to the supremacy OF party and
nothing else. Not alone in the Democratic ranks
was this feeiDg OF Indignation against the seating
of Kellogg noticeable, but Republicans also ex-
pressed their opposition to such move


It was sort Of revengful act for the seating of
Butler, OF South Carolina. Mr.. spoford
stated that he believed 1t to be his duty TO Law
before the coming Legislature by way OF writ
ten address or speech the full account OF his
stewardship that they had given him. He desired
to place before the members exactly what had
takt n place and the reasons leading to it.
Year: 1877

MADISON. Wis, Dec ia distressing suicide
occurred here Saturday night. Annie O'Nei|, q
bright and well educated young Irish girl.
second girl In one of our best families. A con-
siderable sum Of money being missed. the mat
ter was put in the hands of the police. and one
O'Neil. where she had gone sick day or so
before.


Without charging the theft on her. he asked
her to go with him in search of the money,
which she did cheerfully. but no trace of 1t was
found. AT er leaving the officer she went TO five
drug stores and endeavored to buy strychnine,
for, as she said. poisoning the rats She was re-
fused in all the stores except the last one. She
went Immediately home. went into the back
yard, took the poison went to her edroom
and laid down. She soon gave the alarm end
medical assistance was Immediately called but
too late to save her. She protested on her dying
bed her innocence. and gave IS her reason for
with 'rs poceman lice and beng she Of
theft
Year: 1877

[Boston Post.l


There is considerable of movement along
the line of the Mississippi, especially in New
Orleans and ST. Louis, to introduce the cent
into the various transactions Of business
there. We are glad to see it and hope that it
will be successful. We have great respect
for the cent-not on account of the material
Of which it is made, nor yet because it repre-
sents any great amount Of value. But 1t
teaches the value of money. The child should
not grow up to mans estate supposng that
nothing in the world can be bought for less
than nickel, and that d five cent piece is the
most insignificant of all denominations be-
cause it Is the smallest with which he Is ac-
quainted. DIR. Franklins philosophy
could never apply to him. How
could he take care OF the pen
nies If there were no pennies, and SO he
grows up with notions formed upon an ex-
travagant principle that is positively injuri-
GUS to TRUE economy. The Western boy, de-
prived OF his coppers, grows up the Western
man. Five cents to him are one. A dollar is
twenty cents. and five dollare are no more
than one dollar. Money looks small In his
eyes. He wants q great deal Of it, and he
wants 1t cheap, of course He wants it of pa
per and he wants it of silver. With cheap
He can cut canals, tunnel mountains, build
railroads that nobody wants or needs, and
crafty his reckless spendthrift notions gen.
orally. He was educated with contempt
for little things. An atmosphere inimical to
healthy economy was thrown around him.
Therefore save the rising generation by
giving them the pennies again, and If they
will save those the pounds will take care Of
themselves
Year: 1877

Augusta CnrOnl 3le-CoDStltutional1St.I


Hon. Jere Black, fresh from his butchery Of
counsel in the Vanderbilt will contest, and, in
the course of his argument. draws picture
of the Commodore that does by no means re-
semble the pulpit and newspaper eulogies Of
that remarkable individual. Mr., Black said:
tHe had one faculty that was preternaturaIly
enlarged and that was for accommodating
property. It was so enlarged that it dwarfed
every other moral sentiment and every in
tellectual power. Sanity depends upon the
balance that has been preserved between the
different intellectual faculties and moral SEN
timents SO that all of them bear their proper
proportions to one another. Suppose a mans
liver, to, be enlarged very, much be-
yond what It ought to =, be, is that
one of his organs becomes much
more active or inlamed than any
of the others, as matter of course that alb
serbs the powers of the others. Com. Van
phrenologist would cali it, was in chronic
state of inflammation all the time. 1t grew
wonderfully. And he cultivated it, and
under his cultivation all the intellectual
faculties that ministered to the qualification
thing else. Morally al and reiigIous1y bis
mind was bowling Wilderness He did not
content himself by worshipping Mammon
alone, though certainly he was very Jealous
devOtee of that meanest and least erect of





sure to demoralize the mind and to corrupt
while it weakens the understanding. When
this is carried to very great extent, unques-
tionably it's victim cannot be considered
sane man. The love of money In time
amounts toaa mania"


OF course this was uttered professionally,
and we leave to conjecture what the redOubt-
able Jere would have announced had he been
retained on the other side But what a terri
BILE sketch! 1t occurs to u.s. however, that il
the Commodore's faculty for acquisitiveness
was prematurely enlarged, he was not spe-
cially to blame for it, since nature had more
to do with it than any other agency. II sanity
depends upon beautiful harmony Of the
moral and intellectual qualities in man.
how many persons, at one time or another
would escape the mad-house? Especially in
the pursuit and love of money how few would
avoid the commission of lunacy? The desire
for gain may become a mania, but the faculty
of acquiring vast property and administer
ing it safely betokens, it seems to us, an emf
nently sane intellect, and one too, of no mean
order. Judge Black himself is said to be as
keen as anybody on the scent Of mammoth
fee but becomes SO absent-minded after he
gets it that his family have to hunt in all the
pockets of his old coats to discover the hard
won but strangely neglected treasure. And
yet who would, in his right mind, accuse
Judge Black of being insane? The man who
does so possesses a courage that amounts
to sublimity or fool-hardiness, utterly re-
gardless of the security Of his scalp-lock.
Year: 1877

few days since surgeon of Clinton No.
was sent for to amputate the leg of Mr. P. II.
Clair, near Connersville, st. Clair county.
The wound, which rendered the amputation
necessary, was received under the following
circumstances:


He was soldier in the Confederate army
a shell from Gen. Grants army fell through
the roof and dropped into the room Mr. Clair
was occupying. He ran to it and attempted
to pull out the fuse. Failing in this, he tried
TO roll it out OF the room, when seeing that
the thing, was splitting fire, he ran and
jumped into bed and covered himself up The
shell burst, and one of the splitters wounded
him in the leg. The wound has never healed,
and thirteen years after the occurrence the
surgeons knife had to be employed to save
MS life from the effect OF the wound there re-
ceiyed. The amputation was scientifically
DONE and the veteran Is doing well
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.-An amendment will ba
offered to Matthew'S resolution to the effect that
the principal and interest of the public debt
may be paid in gold or silver. at the option of
the, government. Matthews has EXPIRE ssed his
Willingness to accept such an amendment. and
there is no doubt of its adoption
Year: 1877

allowable because they cannot be avoided without
imminent danger OF immediate destruction, nor 10
sailing vessel under sucn circumstances rnidden W
yield 10 sucn necessity. even though those IN charge
oil her deck are aware al the time that a steamer .
coming up the river on . course which involves risk
OF collision II t appears that cbarge OF course IS
reasonably necessary 70 prevent the sailing vessel
from running into ,hc bank eucouu,erng any otner
natural obstruction 10 the navigation. Necessary
changes made IN the course OF the voyage TO avoid
such oostrucons are not violations OF tho sailing rule
which requires the sailing vessel 10 keep her course
whenever an approaching steamer s required 10 keep
out Of tue way. Departures OF the kind from the gen
eral requirements OF the sailing rules are rem
dcred necessary 10 avoid impending peril ard
immediate danger which only be justified IN such
an emergency ana 10 the extent that the immediate
danger demands their adoption. Tested by these sug
gestons It Is clear that the sloop when she found her
self the Just above West Point, might properly
incline to port suicently 10 clear any cbstructlons
there and TO that point safety, but Is
equally clear that her duiy when that object
safely accomplished to incline 10 sarboard sufficiently
80 resume her regular down the river we'll
the side Of the channel Three considerations,
snould have induced those IN charge o her dock 70
adopt that conrse:-Frst, because was her regular
course AS shown by the uaages OF the river second.
because the steamer VAS coming up on The opposite
eide OF the river third because there were vessels
In view coming the western eide OF the channel
IL consequence oil this conduct oil the vessel she
deemed TO have ocen In fault, and the decree 10
affirmed.


Mr. Justice Clifford delivered tho opinion.
Year: 1877

Messrs. Henry G. Denison and John j. Reilly yester-
day obiained from Judge Van Brunt, holding Supreme
Court Chambers, writ Of certiorari and habeas
corpus u the OF Jonn Ford lately convicted Of
petit larceny in tho Court Of Special Sessions Coun
pcl In obtaining tho writ stated that tho young
whose liberty at stake had got into his present un
welcome predcamcnt, not because OF any known IN
vicIousncss Of character but because he some
what given to practical joking Tho legal claim upon
which counsel based his claim for the granting OF the
that the Court OF Special Sessions had
victcd prisoner OF petit larceny, wherc the evi
dencc showed that II Ford was guilty OF any CRIME IT
that of larceny from the person, OF which the
justices Of the Court OF Special Sessions havo no uris
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HBnALD:-


Owing 70 exaggerated reports In regard to my mode
Of catching dogs address this letter 70 you help
put mo in proper light before tho public. am the
official dog officer Of the Third District consisting Of
tho Seventh and Thirteenth wards, and as some
prncpcd parties have taken tho liberty OF severely
criticisipg The manner IN which catch dogs, hope
you will publish Lhis statement iulL have never
met with any trouble since my appointments am as
humane my mauner 0i handling dogs any
my position can be-


TO prove my assertion, nave received . very small
number OF bites anu have never manned dog out Of
500 THOMAS J. BlRM[NGAAN
Year: 1877

tNorx-Lcttcrs intended TOR this column muss b
accompanied BY the writer's full name and sddrsss -
insure attention compainants who are unwilling V
comply with shis rule simply waste time In wrisiss
Year: 1877

As the Governor of Texas has now formally
appealed to the President of the United
States for assistance to repel foreign inva-
sion the border troubles at least come be-
fore the government in such shape as. to
force attention, and the President would
hardly fill the obligations of his position if
he should turn the demand over to Mr..
Conkling's committee and wait for advice
from that quarter. Indeed, the creation
Of that committee will hardly prove
fortunate incident of Mr. Conkling's war
on the administration if the hostilities re-
ported from the Rio Grande country prove
as grave as they seem in the light of the
Governors call tor help. 1t is easy enough
for committees or individuals or auy
tactious elements of opposition to belittle
events occurring so far away as the Mexican
frontier in order to assail the adminis-
tration for noticing them, but the admins
tration has to examine and judge Of these
events under very different sense Of re-
sponsfbility from any that is behind such
criticism; and if there is, as q matter Of fact,
such ON invasion of the State OF Texas
as the Governor reports, oil the adverse crit
icism that it is possible to let loose cannot
relieve the President Of the obligation he is
under to render assistance. Out Of pre-
cisely such disturbances MS have now existed
on that border for long while many wars
have actually grown, and nothing is more
possible or even likely than that these dis
orders should reach such proportions as to
make war inevitable rs the only settlement.
There is some appearance that the fighting
now going on in Texas may be the prelude
to that war;
Year: 1877

round like madman, catching up first this
partner and then that now seizing upon
male, now upon female and now ''going
it Alone" until his brain is dizzy and his
feet weary, we are at loss to conceive.


Certainly no good can be accomplished by
such senseless exhibition. 1t is not likely
to add to the scientific knowledge OF the
world. to advance the cause of religion, to
improve the civil service or to settle the ex-
else muddle. The stones which danced to the
music of Amphion's Tyre did some good,


because they chass6ed into their places, set
to their partners, and finally formed wall
around Thebes. But the champion waltz
ers" with whom we are inflicted nowadays,


can be put to no conceivable use. and their
stupid exhibitions would have suficed to
draw an extra shower Of tears from the eyes
of Amphion's wife had they been attempted
in the days of that worthy couple. The
waltz has been called the .Dance of Death"
The title is not inappropriate, even when
its indulgence is limited to seasons fash
ionable balls. In the case of these twirling,
cavorting idiots, it might be called the s'Sui-
cide's Gallop." However. the champion
walters no doubt believe they are spin
ming themselves into fame, as they assur-
edly are into the grave, and as they covet
notoriety we bestow this notice upon them
on the principle that zone good turn deserves
opotharn 8.fs
Year: 1877

Some of the theatrical managements have
signifcd their intention Of acting on the
suggestion presented day or two ago in the
HERALD, and reviving the old farces as a
part of the evenings amusement. The
Fifth Avenue and the Park theatres produce
farces, the old favorite of "Box and Cox"
being chosen for the initiation of the new
err at the former house, where it will
no doubt be excellently acted. The Eagle
Theatre also gives two pieces, thus recog-
nizing the right of the audiences to expect
the value of their money. This is a good
beginning, and the popularity the first
efforts to satisfy the public will command
will doubtless induce other houses to follow
the example.
Year: 1877

Events in France have reached an issue
exceedingly rare in the history of that coun-
try; and the French people are to be con-
graduated, not simply upon the isolated fact
OF the victory of the republican party in the
conflict TINT seems now happily ended. but
upon the changes in national sentiment and
party methods that have made such victories
possible; upon the growth of that calmer,
colder temper Of leaders which prevented
panic and passion from precipitating them
into extrayagant courses under the excite
ments of the last six months; and above all
upon such extension throughout the nation
Of faith in the Republic as left its enemies
in the most hopeless minority and dis
couraged those who would not have been
averse to violent suppression of the consti-
tuition if they could have hoped for the sup
port of any important section of society.


1t is fact of excellent presage in the his
tory of any people when it reaches that
point in political progress at which its con-
ficts, whatever their nature, end in favor
of classification in regard to the results of
the conflicts of the people with authority
In all nations conflicts between the people
for the limitation of power and those
intrusted with power for its enlarge
ment and extension are Of constant
occurrence from century to century,
and in some nations these conflicts
invariably end in a popular victory,
the narrowing the sphere Of authority and
the extortion of guarantees, while in others
the conflict as invariably closes with the
suppression Of the people, the temporary ex-
tinction Of their aspirations and such ad-
ditions to official and personal power as to
leave them practically unlimited. In gen.
eral way England is q familiar example of
the first class rs France has hitherto been
of the second. All the changes in the his
tory Of France from the first overthrow of
the Bourbons until the creation of the Sec
ond Empire constitute dreary series Of in
stances in which the revolt against tyranny
resulted in the production Of a new tyrant


But all that is happily changed now, and
the history Of our own time seems to indi-
cate that France has at last secured re-
public so well balanced and founded in the
opinions and faith of the people that it can
survive equally the insidious and open as
saults Of its enemies. Against the persist
ent endeavors Of the two monarchical par
ties continued for four years, against the
ever wakeful villany of Bonapartist in
trigues and against the adroit scheming and
audacity of the clerical party this Republic
has battlel successfully, and has now
gained such prestige in virtue Of it's many
triumphs that in the future no party with
any good name to lose will heedlessly
assail it. And the people nre becoming too
intelligent for the assaults Of other parties
to be in any degree dangerous.
Year: 1877




where else where they are kept in sep


arate receptacles by the householders. But
the true solution of this part Of the diff
Guilty is that the police who are the street
cleaners, are bound to enforce the regulation
and to compel the people to obey it.
If they cannot do this then they are unfit
for the positions they occupy.


The street cleaning question is one OF
vital interest to every citizen. 1t involves
the health of the city and the lives especially
of the young. The present authorities have
adopted most reprehensible policy, and
one which justly brings suspicion on the
honesty Of the bureaus management They
keep few OF the principal and most
frequented thoroughfares swept and clear OF
garbage, while they scarcely pretend to do
any work at all on the back streets and in
the poor quarters of the city. Broadway
and Fifth avenue may not present an un-
slightly appearance or be filed with offensive
smells; but other parts Of the city are reek-
ing with filth and dangerous to the public
health. The Commissioners by this
policy seek to create favorable i'm
preston OF their work among infu-
entail citizens who seldom if ever have
occasion to visit the uncieancd localities
But they thus expend their efforts and the
public moneys where they are least needed
The people on Broadway, Fifth avenue and
the other principal streets have space to
breathe in, live in clean, well ventilated
L a. in, fhair
and habits. The dwellers in those parts Of
the city ''where filth accumulates and men
decay are compelled to live in crowded
and badly ventilated tenements, and
it is just those localities that are the most
in need OF sanitary watchfulness and care.
1t is matter of indifference, if we nre to
have pestilence, whether it breaks out in
the poor quarters OF the rich quarters of the
city; it is no respecter of persons or places,
and will attack all alike. The Commission
ers, when they neglect Second and
Third avenues and the adjacent streets,
and the still more filthy river streets and
avenues, imperil the lives OF the rich as
we'll as Of the poor, and threaten the Fifth
avenue mansion as we'll as the First avenue
hovel with disease. It is worse than folly
to hold conferences and to palaver about
this or that difficulty when the facts we
here set forth are patent to all. The streets
OF New York can be cleaned. The fact is
demonstrable that so many men and SO
many carts will do the work, and the cost
is mere matter of multiplication and ad-
dition. The present authorities are either
incompetent or dishonest, for they spend
the money and do not do the work They
can take whichever horn ofthe dilemma may
suit them. The way out of the difficulty is
through the action Of the Mayor. He
should remove the Police Commissioners
and the Health Commissioners and appoint
in their places officers who can and will
perform their public duties efficiently and
faithfully.