smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

cia life and the extravagant expenses OF the govern
ment must annhilate all hope Of keeping Grant and the
republican party alive on financial issue. They then
point to the Presidents famous third letter mark


ing the passage in which he declares that an exgency
might which would make II proper and desirable


TO elect President for third term hints that such
an exigency might make him candidate for a third
nomination. What could that exigency be, they ask,
but war, especially while soldier the head Of the
nationS A financial exigency might be met by
sounder and more able in finance than General Grant
But the exgency OF war would demand the services
Of the great captain OF the age as the commandern-
chief OF the armies of the Republic.


A CAMPAIGN MEXICO.


The Texans, therefore, arrive the conclusion that
President Grant is playing the game of with Mex
ico to be declared just before the Presidential nom


mating assemble and carry the victorious
general OF the Union armies third time in the Pres
dental chair The most prominent and intelligent c-
Of the State Of Texas republican as wel as demo
cratic declare their conviction that this is the Pres
dents well considered determination They argue that
he delays action the terrible outrages TO which the
Texan rontermen subjected in order that they may
gather cumulative force and be sprung upon the nation
at the proper hour, arousng every citizen
up TO the fever heat OF This alone,
they say, can account for the Presidents
inaction and indifference. Some believe that
he would not object to the precipitation Of the war at
the proper time by the action of the Texan State
thorities to relieve him of the responsibility Of
commencing the conflict But all agree that the Presi-
dents programme is war programmes that about the
spring Of next year the administration organs will be
filed with narrowing accounts of the atrocities
mitted by the Mexcans our frontier that their
will be to call for reprsas and the instant punishment
OF government that upholds neglects suppress
such outrages friendly nation; and that either by
a blow struck by Texas in her defence invasion
of Mexican territory by Texan troops, by the solemn
action Of the United States government forced upon
both democrats and republicans by popular sentiment,
war with Mexico will be declared, will be regarded
as inevitable and the "exgency" will have arisen
which will remove Grants objection to being candi-
date for denomination and justify the Republican
Convention in bestowing upon him a third term
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, August 81, 1879.


The instructions issued to-day to Commander Kells,
OF the United States Service Rio Bravo which is to in
augurate a policy the Rio Grando, not the
usual instructions issued to officers of the navy
on taking command OF vessel There was
something in them than is ordinarily
contained in the specific and cautious details OF letters
addressed to naval heroes in time of peace There
appeal to his patriotism that by the faithful dis
charge of his duty he might reflect honor upon bis
country and be instrumental in suppressing band of
outlaws, murderers and thieves who have violated
the soil Of the United States. 1t has been
many day since instructions of such tenor have
gone of naval officers, and this may be justly
regarded the beginning Of the end The Rio Bravo is
not only well armed but will carry steam launches to be
manned by experienced officers which will be employed
in patroling the river General Ord commanding the
Department OF Texas, will confer with Commander
Kells and by a system OF signals will arrange for
vigant cooperation. Both the War and Navy Depart
mens await with much interest the result of the
bination
Year: 1875

The festival Of the North German societies. Patt
deutsch Volksfest, which inaugurated at Jones'
Wood Colosseum and Washington Park on Monday and
continued yesterday is held under the auspices of
those societies who separated from the principal
organization, which has been preparing for great
national festival TO come or at the schuetzen Park.
Union HILL during next week The present festival has
been prepared by the societies which are principally
located in the upper part Of the CITY, The Colosseum
grounds were Allied with visitors yesterday for whose
entertainment variety OF games and social pastimes
had been provided Al the Belvedere a promenade
concert took place during the afternoon and in the
evening the Colosseum brilliantly Illuminated.
while display Of fireworks was given on the East
River. The festival will be continued today
Year: 1875

fcers into peculation, our business men into
dishonorable practices, and those holding pri-
vate trusts into embezzlement, may be traced
largely to the absurd social determinations
that are made On basis Of money. There
will be no aocial aristocracy in this country
that anybody can be proud of until it is
reared On some other foundation than this.
Indeed, moneyed aristocracy is rather the
worst phase Of social democracy, which i'd
mits one man to bo as good as another man
with the same amount of money, or one
woman as good as another woman who wears
as much fashionable clothing, sits in front
row at theatre, and has the highest-priced
pew in church. It is to be hoped that our
social progress moy some day take the op-
posite direction, and that some other distinc-
ton than that OF relative cost may determine
the relative social position one occupies
Year: 1875

II is by no means probable that there! IS
any truth in he appalling dispatch from
Dremsrnaven saying that the dynamite
devil, THOMAS, confessed before his death
that there WAS m Internal machine on hoard
the steamer Salier, which sailed Dec Is IN
place Of the Mosel The alleged fact rests
only on the authority of a small newspaper
in Bremerhayen. The Salier was not billed
to sail until fortnight hence, end had there
fore not received her hiding. The cargo and
surviving pas engers of the Mosel were trans
ferred to her. It is highly improbable that
there were two machines On board the Mosel
The mechanic employed by THOMAS had
made only one. In any event, the news,
even it true, should have been suppressed.
Il is sheer cruelty to expose those who have
friends On the Salier to such racking anxiety.
If the steamer was overdue at New York,
then-and not till then-should the item
have been published
Year: 1875

patrons Now, in the nature OF things,
library so 1amentably deficient in the
higher branches Of knowledge is main
ly, almost exclusively, patronized by
the poor, ignorant classes Allowing
the shop-girls and errand-boys who throng
the Library by hundreds to dictate just what
books shall be supplied is exactly as farc'cal
and wrong es it would be to allow the pupils
at the public schools to decide what books
should be used there. The children now at
our schools would cast an overwhelming vote
in favor Of substituting dime novels for the
readers in use but would this justify the
change?


When We take this matter -of-fact view OF
the Public Library as a part Of the public
school system, the mistake Of the present
management becomes patent If this mat
ter receives the serious consideration
it deserves, there will surely be a
change We are not advocating the
total suppression of novels, by any
means. A public library without them
would be only less absurd than public
library wholly composed Of them. But this
department should not crowd every other
into insigni6cance, and it should be made up
Of masterpieces Of fiction, pure thoughts in
pure English, not trashy thoughts in impure
English. There are books on the shelves Of
the Library now which cannot be read with
out impairing boys OF girls command Of
good English and lowering bis or her moral
tone. This ought not to be.
Year: 1875

The collapse Of the Turkish finances has
begun to be felt On this side Of the water.
The sultan's inability to for large guam
tity Of arms sold him by the Providence R.
II Tool Company has resulted in the failure
Of that concern and the consequent guspen-
sion Of q Providence private bank.
Year: 1875

The managers Of the Direct Cable Com
Pany believe that their wire was willfully
broken few days ago. They offer a reward
OF 5000, gold, for information leading to
the "discovery Of the vessel" which did the
deed II their suspicious are correct, d new
and very grave crime is added to the large
stock already on hand. The rumor of such q
thing must be rnther unpleasant for the man
ayers Of the other cables, inasmuch a. there
could be only one reason for the deed, and
that-their wish to monopolize business.
Justice to them demands that the couse Of
the break should be vigorously investigated
Year: 1875

NEW WARD APP0RT10MMENT.


The Common Council has not yet acted On
the matter Of reapportioning the wards, as
required by the present charter. The twenty
wards must be compressed into eighteen
sometime before the next municipal election
in April or the people will be obliged to elect
thirty -six Aldermen on general ticket, which
in some respects would be the best thing
that could happen, as it would give the voters
chance to elect a larger number Of inteAl-
gent and honest members than they are Like
ly to do by the ward system.


There is said to exist division Of opinion
in the Common Council as to the number OF
wards to assign to each division Of the city.
Some of the West Side Aldermen are report
ed to insist on giving that division of the
city ten Of the eighteen wards, and the
other two divisions only eight They
claim that if census were now taken
it would antitlo that portion Of the city to
ten wards. The representatives Of the other
two divisions reply that the late election
shows that there are as many citizens and
rot2s in the South and North Divisions (and
nearly twice as much taxable property as in
the West Division, and that if the West
Division numbers more than half the popula-
ton of the city, the excess consists Of aliens,
and that it would hardly be fair or just to
take away ward from citizens to give it to
aliens. The last election presents the fol-
lowing results:
Total vote cast in the South Divlhon. Is 1Gs
In tho North Division. ,aas


ro.,1 %, $50
West Division vote..


This is not enough to constitute one-tfth
of ward. II the West Division should be
given ten wards-one to represent aliens
and the other two divisions only eight, there
will be great difficulty in rearranging the new
wards to match with either the State appor-
tionment for Senatorial and Legislative Dis
tricts, or with the Congressional spportion-
ment, and confusion and trouble viii un-
doubted1y be the result. The common-sense
proposition would be to let the present nine
wards in the West Division remain substan-
tally as they are now, and for the South
Division to consolidate the First and Second
Wards into one, and the North Division to
unite the Nineteenth and Twentieth together.
By this arrangement no Senatorial District
would be leranged nor the lines Of any Con-
gressionM District be changed, nor would any
voting precincts be disturbed In four years
from next June there will be = new Federal
census Of the city, after which, and based
upon which, new Aldermanic ward appor-
tionmcnt csn properly and safely be con-
gtructed
Year: 1875

The Boston Courier, in an article on
the pinned and pull back style of dress,
would not make Greek slaves and Lady
GodiVas of the wives and daughters OF
the land but neither would it have them
so swathed in clothes as to refute to the
eye all the anatomy of the books and
raise suspicion that these lovely visions
are constructed like mermaids. 1t is
reasonable to presume, says the Courier,
that God knows how to build a woman,
and that having finished piece of work
of that kind and pronounced it very
good, he does not require or desire it to
be so adorned that it can only be recog-
nized in its structural grace and beauty
by an act of blind and blundering faith.
Hence, after these many years OF multi
farioGs and unserviceable wrapping, we
are inclined to regard the pinned-back
skirt as revelation, with the finger of
Providence in it, intended to revive con-
tidence in the first chapter of Genesis,
and to restore to a cheating and doubt
ing world the old conceptions of the fe-
male form divine, which the ancients
made classic in their history. their poe
try, and their sculpture. 1t does not fol-
low that all display should be sacrificed
in this reformatory tightening of the
front breadths of skirts. On the contra





all the richness of texture and color that
the most athuent can afford. The sim
pie dress in which Homer enfolded Hell
en-the same that Aspasia and Cleopatra
wore-wanted nothing in magnificence
by reason of being SO fitted as to reveal
the outlines of the limbs. Petrarch's
Laura had only two dresses for state oc-
| casions, both cut to fit the figure almost
| like glove; but the plainness did not
prevent their being splendid with gay,
profuse and costly charms of hue and
| trimming. There is no limit, and there
should be none, to the possibility of bril-
liancy in woman's attire; only let the
| spectacle be honest, consistent, and har-
monious. To quote from M. Blanc's stud
les in this line of art-for art it is, of per-
suasive and fasclnative interest-'the
| picture should not be. lost in the frame"
! The face alone is not all of feminine
beauty; and it is not too much to say,
with one of our greatest latter-day phil
osophers, that the woman who but casts
a shadow of graceful figure on the wall,
confers favor on the world. Good luck,
then, to the pinned-back skirt, which
suggests more in the way of wholesome
and felicitous reform than all the woman
suffrage schemes that uneasy brains have
ever concocted.
Year: 1875

A Dubuque medical student has come
to grief by reason of his remarkable tech
nical knowledge The young woman to
whom he was attached one morning re-
ceived the following note: Dear Ange-
line, l am sorry to inform you that in
consequence of circumscribed subcuta-
neous Inflammation, characterized by a
pointed pustular tumor suppurating in
the center of curunculus, L am unable
to enjoy the pleasure of your company to
the Hippodrome. Ever, dearest, thine,
Augusta" She read it; she rushed to
his home in agony of apprehension, and
found that he had only one of those
things of which Job had so many. When
she returned home her sensible mother
told her that she had better drop that
erudite young man; if married he would,
doubtless, beggar his family by buying
Latin Dictionaries and such. The mater
nal advice was followed; and now A suf-
fers from something worse than a curun-
culus
Year: 1875




Mrs Hartley read this sentence over
and over, sitting in her front basement
with the work all done, and her hus,
bands unmade shirts lying in the basket
at her feet.


THE ceaseless newness of growth. ="
The words came to her like a revelation.
There is no such attraction about me,
she said to herself. 81 am not growing,
am drying up.


Then she fell to wondering if that was
the reason why John had lost his old ar
dent love for her. 1t was plain that he
didn't feel as he used to, say what be
would. He had just gone out, fresh.
hearty, gay, full of warm vital blood, and
he hadn't kissed her as he used to. She
was grieving over the commission of the
old caress when the bit of philosophy l
have quoted caught her eye.


Ah yes John was growing, and his
wife was standing still, or worse, and
there was no longer any equality. Mrs.
Hartley looked down at the shirts. John
had asked her to go to concert, with
him the night before, and she had plead
ed sewing as an excuse.


"Why don't you get woman to do
your sewing" he said 81 don't want
you to work yourself to death"



didn't hire a seamstress to do her work
The vain little woman wanted seal sack
and she was saving every cent, filling up
all her time with endless sewing, that
she might get the coveted article of
dress Mrs. A. had one, and Mrs. B.
and she wanted one so much, and John
wasn't able to get it, and pay a seam
stress bill, too. Indeed, he thought she
could get along without it, and wear her
comfortable beaver cloak.


1t had always been so; she had always
wanted to get something or do something g
beyond, her means, and had sacrificed
opportunities of growth that lay directly
in her way. When she went out with
j ohm, she knew nothing about the books,
or the pictures, or the music that other
people talked about. She knew that
folks wondered why that intelligent Mr..
Hartley had married such a common
place woman, and the knowledge made
her withdraw within herself, till nobody
guessed the power that was shut up in
hor soul.


Mrs. Hartley kept reading the SEN
tence, and conscience emphasized every
word, till the thrifty, Woodworking wife
felt like criminal.


"I'll let the sack go, she said with a
sudden heroic resolution, 'and make o
woman of myself; and poor Mrs. Brown
shall come tomorrow and have good
months work and comfortable quarters
this bitter weather"


So Mrs. Hartley dressed herself and
went to Mrs. Browns; then she subscrib
ed to the Philharmonic, and called on 6
friend whom she had long neglected
When she reached home she found Johr
there. He was greatly surprised to see
his wife coming in from the fresh winter
Year: 1875

A New Hampshire school teacher was
questioning one of his classes upon the
anatomy of the human body, and stand
ing upon one foot. and swinging the 9th
er foot and limb, he inquired how many
bones he was moving Several incorrect
answers were given at first, but after it
had been answered correctly, the ques
ton was asked if any of the scholars
thought differently. little fellow, not
vet in his teens, raised his hand imme-
diately, signifed that he disagreed with
his schoolmates, and the teaches repeat
ed the question.


How many bones was l moving 2
He was astonished to hear the little chap
increase the proper number by one, in
the same breath, giving as his reason.


You were moving your jawbone, too.
Year: 1875

His head was the shape and size of a
Bullitt county watermelon. and he was so
black that charcoal would make light
mark on him. The goat was asleep,
leaning against the side of the house.
The darkey was smoking decayed cigar.
He espied the goat, looked at the lit end
of the cigar, grinned, then at the tail end
of the goat, "grinned louder" looked all
around to see that nobody was looking,
aud touched the lit end of that cigar to
the tail end of that goat. The goat turn
ed handspring, and the negro opened
his big mouth to laugh, but the goat
butted him so quickly between the chin
and his breeches pockets that his jaws
came together, making noise louder
than the report of a gun. The negro's
hat, boots, and cigar in pile, ten feet off,
while his body was curled up like a
horseshoe in the mouth of sewer open
ing. When he "came to" he looked
round at each one in the crowd, and dis
persed the crowd by saying: "Will some
OBJ you gemmen' shoot me with pistol?
A nigga dat's as big fool as l is don't
deserve to be libin."
Year: 1875

Some years ago in western India an
impostor levied a war tax in the out-of-'
the-way villages in the name and on ac-
count of the Queen. His credentials
were simple, but effective, and consisted
of an empty Crosse d Blackwell pickle
jar with the oval arms on the label, and
a paper scrawled over in imitation of
English writing, to which was affixed
seal, which was simply the impression of
the bung of mustard jar. And yet
with these credentials he succeeded in
levying a good deal of money until he
ventured into some village where the
people were more advanced.
Year: 1875

Sucre (sugar) is the name of little
river in Switzerland. When the recent
floods fcalle, the Mayor of city on the
river received a dispatch from higher up
the stream Sudden rise in sugar, take
precautions He puzzled over this a
little, and replied: al never speculate;
have given your dispatch to confec-
TONER"
Year: 1875

Many farmers are "slow pay from


an idea that if men get their board and


lodging they ought to be content, and


think it half favor to pay at all.


"The idea,' says Mr.. S.. ''of a


fellows being in such hurry for bis
| wages, when he knows it is safe, and be


will get it all some time" But is this a


fair view? Suppose you had to pay in


advance, how would you like your en-
ployee to work only few days at a
time, simply coming to make up his


month some time !? But the case is the
reverse; you obtain the work in ad-


vance, and when it has been done-a
months work in a months time-is it
right to take three months to pay him
in? It is very apt to make man lose
interest in his work, and confidence in
you. for the man will argue: Ifthe
boss cannot pay me now, when he owes
me little, is he likely to pay when be
owes more? As the debt increases, 80
does the feeling, and the man becomes
lazy and Indifferent, often insolent-
three things no one ought to put up
with, but the slow pay is often helpless,



for probably he has no easy method Of
raising the sum be owes. No one who
has net tried can tell how quickly even
ten dollars month amounts up if it is
let lie. 49,


Some farmers don't pay, for fear Of
their help leaving them. This is not
only unjust to the help, but hurtful to
those who do it. IF a man wants to
go. let him ; it may troubls you some
what at the time, but he is apt to give
more trouble if he stays against his will. /
The excuse Of being too poor to pay up
is contemplate. If you have not the
money and do not expect to have it, /,
don't hire aHy men. Slow payment is
an excellent incentive to dishonesty.
A man works, not only for his beard,
but for money to supply him thou
sand little things. If be has not cash
for these. and you won't give it when
be wants it-ten to one good many
vegetables, some fruit and an occasional
fowl will 60. and not into your pocket,
and l do not suppose your man to be
very bad, but simply of the common
run. ~ i#


Never let man ask for his money ; /
the day his time is up. hand him bis
pay. Ifhe is good workman. add
few words of praise-it won't hurt him.
If he is good-for-no nothing kindly show
him the gate.
Year: 1875

almost fierce determination could have
saved the child-then the father sat
down, unnerved. and wept like child.


Blossom is alive to-day. and her
brown eyes. are opening upon woman
hood. But there is no hour in my life
that brings so thrilling recollection as
that of the young fathers struggle for
the life Of his child-that Fight With
Poison which I have only family indi-
Gated because beyond description -
From tSutton's Leisure Hour Mscel-
lany, No. r.
Year: 1875

4 e b. b.


It is hard for an empty bag to stant
upright.


The ascents of honor, however steep
never appear inaccessible.


"A man is successful when be makes
life give him what he wants.


All severity which does not tend t.
increase good or prevent evil is idle. 4


The greatest misfortune Of all is ii
not being able to bear misfortune.


Life is great poem; and religion,
love and music are the sweetest of it.
stan2as. s


To feel the want of reason is next to
having it; an idiot is not capable Of thi.
sensation. So


Grind while the wind is fair, and il
you neglect. do not complain Of God,
providence.


A tide that leaves large vessels
aground may rise high enough to set
smaller ones afloat.


Let friendship creep gently to a
height; if it rush to it, it may soon run
itself cut breath.


I am no herald to inquire of mems
pedigress it is sufficient for me to
know their virtues.


Greatness stands upon precipice,
and if prosperity carries-a man ever SO
little over bis poise it overbears and
dashes him to pieces


Never set your feet in dirty and
crooked path for the love Of money. It
is a work that will bring bad interest
if you wish to suck honey Of thistlss.


Conscience is a sleeping giant. We
may lull him into a longer or shorter
slumber, but bis starts are frightful,
and terrible is the hour when he
awakes.


There is something very sublime
though very fanciful. in Plato's des-
cription Of the Supreme Being, that
''truth is His body, and light His
shadow"


Man is physically as we'll as meta
physically thing Of shreds and patches,
borrowed unequally from good and bad
ancestors. and mis6t from the start