smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

surd to say that greenbacks
were ever a standard OF value
in the interchange of commodi-
ties. All property values main
tained a gold standard and fiuc-
tuated with the rise and decline
of greenbacks. Gold and silver
are the only money standards OF
value regulating our foreign
commerce, the grains of differ
ence in intrinsic values being
regulated by weight. Green
backs worth thirty-five cents on
the dollar by the gold standard
would only purchase thirty-fve
cents in goods. Greenbacks nor
any other paper currency ever
had any other value than that
given to it as a convertible me-
dunn, gold and silver being the
standard.


The idea Of the advocates Of
Initiation that the increase of the
circulating medium will add to
property values or materially
relieve the industrial classes is
fallacious. Fifty years ago, when
the renewal of the charter of
the United States Bank was un-
der discussion, it was estimated
that there was only S30,0O0,000
of coin in the United States, and
the paper currency did not ex-
ceed three times that amount.
There has never been a time
since when the wealth Of the
country was more equally dl-
vided or when the rewards of
labor were more equally dis
pensed. There were but two
men in the country then whose
estates were estimated at over a
million of dollars each, when
the millionaires are now num-
bered by thousands, and pinch
ing poverty was almost un-
known. With the increase of
the circulating medium inordi-
nate wealth and extreme penury
have advanced in about equal
proportions. Then the board OF
a laboring man was from 70
cents to s1.25 per week, and the
highest price in the best hotels
did not exceed So per week,
Prices of all the necessaries of
life have advanced just in pro
portion to the volume of money,
and those philosophers who ex


pect to relieve the necessities of
the people by increasing the vol
ume of money have paid no heed
to the logic of experimental
facts. An ounce of experience
is worth a pound OF theory In
all the practical affairs Of lite.
Year: 1878

among our laboring classes. The
samo facts prevail and always
have prevailed from India to
England; where wealth is most
abundant the toiling masses are
the most oppressed, and we
know of nothing which would
tend more to increase this differ
ence between capital and labor
than for the Government to be-
come money factor to supply
an unlimited amount of ire
deemable paper currency. We
do uot say this as philosopher,
but simply as man in the COM
mon walks of life, relating his
own observations.


Mr.. Booth says: ave start
out with the broad and incOn-
trovertible proposition, which
we defy the DISPATCH, or any
other man, to gainsay, that the
Government, which the mil
lions of struggling workingmen
throughout the Union tax them
selves out of their hard earn
ings to sustain, owes as Its first
and paramount duty to those
citizens the protection Of their
interest. 1t owes, in a certain
sense, all its Industrious, law
abiding citizens, 'life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness " The
dogma which is here laid down
as incontrovertible, is neither
consistent with the theory or
workings OF our government.
The right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness is a natural,
inalienable right; not a right
derived from government. The
communist " idea which lies
at the foundation of Mr..
Booth S theories, is inimical to
personal independence, When
the Government undertakes to
provide its citizens with employ
ment, support and the care of
their domestic relations, the sys-
tenn Of Russia has many advan-
tages over that Of the United
States. Our Republican system
of government is instituted up
on the theory that the people are
capable of taking care OF
themselves; not that they are
the wards Of the Government,
to be provided and cared for.
The evils we are suffering under
now are from too much govern
ment interference in our person
al affairs; special legislation,
class discrimination, corporate
monopolies, special subsidies and
the enormous grants Of the public
domain to private corporations.
The increase of the volume OF
currency would in no degree
remedy these evils.


In conclusion, we will say that
we have no desire or intention
to injure Mr.. Booth, but shall, as
heretofore, support him in his
present official position, with the
ardent hope that he will not
make himself an object of public
ridlcule by attempting what he
has manifestly not the slightest
capacity for.
Year: 1878

the writer ny lnuenQO ana un-
gentlemanly epithets;" thus
showing that he regards his
reputation in the new role of a
publicist as of vastly more con-
sequence to him than the voca-
tion by which he earns HE liv-
ing and supports his family; an
idea very common to illiterate
men who set themselves up for
"reformers. Our readers will
bear us witness that we did not
use a single scurrilous word or
epithet, ungentlemanly or 9th
erwise, or indulge in an inuendo
of any kind.


He further says our idea '.that
men in the common walks of
life have no thoughts upon the
issues Of the day that are wor-
thy of notice, or that he is bound
to respect, and that none but
newspaper editors are self-con-
stituted educators of the people,
is a species Of arrogance only
becoming one who has risen
above his calling" So far from
entertaining any such idea, we
regard the people in the com
mon walks of life as the best
because the most disinterestcd
Judges of the issues of the day.
After devoting forty years OF
our life exclusively to the study
and discussion of public issues,
we should deem it a great piece
of arrogance in us to attempt to
lay down principles and doe
trines for the government of the
people of which we had no CON-
prehension ourselves. We have
never attempted to discuss the
finance question from any theo-
retical standpoint, or in any
manner which every man Of
common sense could not under
stand. We believe there is CON-
mon sense enough among the
people IN common walks to dis
crimlnate between what is prac-
tical and what is impracticablc,
! between what they know and
what they don't know. The
most eminent philosophers and
statesmen may not know how
to make hat; a very expert
carpenter may not be able to
make a watch; and a very com
petent clerk and accountant may
not be competent to improve the
principles Of political economy
elaborated by Say, Adam Smith,
or Wells; and the people have
common sense enough to dis
eriminate between them. We
do not profess to be competent
to judge upon such questions
only from experience, observa-
ton and practical results.


Now, when Mr.. Booth assumes
as the basis of all his arguments
that the Government can create
and maintain a currency from
a substance of no intrinsic value,
with no exchangeable or con-
vertible quality, and make it full
fiji all the functions of money,
the common sense and the expe-
rience of the world is against it.
No paper currency ever has
and the reasonable conclusion is
that it never can possess a
value from any government en-
dorsement beyond it's converti-
BILE capacity, gold and silver be-
ing the standard. Another ex-
perience proves that debased
or deprecated currency inva-
riably operates to the detriment
of all industrial pursuits, and to
the exclusive profit of the money
changers; that currency not
convertible into the precious
metals could not be used at any
price for foreign exchange, and
would thus make a demand for
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Year: 1878

so considerate and experienced is our we'll.
known and popular friend Coroner Roche in all mat
terS connected with funerals, and 80 splendid the
carriages etc., he CONTROLS that while we halt Just this
side OF saying that 1t must be pleasure TO be buried
oy MIN, we emphAtcaly assert that it must rebound
to the credit of be consolation (thoupb sad nal
to the family that gives into his charge the manage
mont OF the details of any funeral in which thev are
concerned. But not only in such sad affairs "A
funerals is the Coroner fat he shines best when
the happy marriage bells ring" and we advise Young
geh~ ao0nt to step off to call on him, Read the
Coroner's card in another column
Year: 1878

By virtue of their gerrymandering
schcmes in Ohio and Mississippi, Louisi-
ana and South Carolina, the Democrats
win have u small majority in the next
house. An honest arrangement OF the
districts in the States of Ohio and Mis-
souri,. and fair election in the other
States mentioned, would have given the
Republicans Il fair working majority.
This temporary advantage to the party
holding power by such expcdients may
prove beneficial to the party, but we do
not believe it will. We believe the Amer
lean people still have left sense Of JUS
tice, in degree sufficient to visit upon
unscrupulous partisans the judgment
merited by their conduct Knoxville
Chronicle.


The Republican party never gerry
wandered States or carried elections
by bayonets, of course. We should
forget these things. An honest ar
rangcment of election returns would
have made Tilden President and
would carry New York State for the
Democrats. AS to the control of the
house by Democrats it will perhaps
be about as temporary as the six
teen years rule of the Republican
party. But for the Greenback move
meut, in a third party shape, which
drew most of its strength from the
Democrats, the Democratic majority
in the house would have been in
creased. The elements which joined
in the third party movement will now
revert back to the old parties, whence
they came, and a square issue will be
made before the American people on
the merits of each. The man who sits
on the fence waiting to see which side
will win, or make him the highest
offer, will feel before it is over like h,
was under the fence and both parties
sitting on him. Soctionalism hai
measurably passed away. We arr
thankful that it has. The people un
derstand each other better than eve
before, and will divide hereafter main
ly upon financial, commercial anC
other domestic questions in which
each locality will take sides according
to it's interests.
Year: 1878

CINCINNATI, o., November 14.-At
GAINESVILLE, at 4 o'clock this morning,
the policeman on the bridge had his
suspicious aroused at the movements
of party in a wagon, and when they
reached the bridge ordered them to
halt, but the driver whipped the horse
into a gallop and escaped. The police
man procured assistance and followed
them some fourteen miles before he
was able to catch up with them. At
tempting to arrest them the whole
party jumped from the wagon and
escaped to the woods. The wagon was
found to contain the bodies Of four
prominent citizens who had been
buried in WoOdlawn Cemetery since
MONDAY Policeman Stitt received Q
pistol wound from the men in the
wagon during the chase.
Year: 1878

The above only includes what was
sent to Nashville for distribution. 1t
was mostly sent to Memphis, but this
does not cover the amount sent here.
The fraternity in many jurisdictions,
as we'll as many lodges and Masons in
Tennessee, sent money and supplies
chiefly to Memphis and other points
in the infected district. The grand
secretary has balance on hand of
S7,853.20 which amount is to be dis
tributed among the needy families of
Masons who suffered by the fever In
concluding his report Grand Secretary
Frizzell says:


cannot close this report without ex-
pressing my high appreciation, and that
of the fraternity in this jurisdiction, of the
generous conduct displayed by our breth-
rem of other jurisdictions. Their contri-
buttons were Voluntary--nO appeal for
assistance having been made to Masons
outside of Tennessee. Our brethren
abroad with that liberality characteristic
of the true Mason came promptly for
ward and without stopping to inquire
whether the sufferers were Masons or not
without asking to what race, party OF
sect, or section the afflicted belonged-ex.
tended aid with liberal hand If evil
dence were needed to prove the univer
SALTY of Masonry, we have There. If We
needed proof that charity is an essentia
and cardinal principle Of the fraternity
here it is If it were necessary to demon
strate that Masonry, in this country knows
no North, no South, no East, no West, il
It's beneiactious, this is proof strong q
Holy Writ Our earnest prayer is tina
the Great Architect of the universe vii
protect, defend and perpetuate our nobl
brotherhood.
Year: 1878

When you see baby which you
know to have suffered for long time
with summer complaint or dysentery,
suddenly grow fat and healthy, you can
rest assured that DIR. Bulls Baby
Syrup has been used.
Year: 1878

The Yankton Press tells of a lively
race wich General Crook and l.. A.
Carney had with the recent prairie
fire Travelling upon an unburned
strip, they came close to the line of the
fire, which extended miles northwest
and southwest, and was edging slowly
northeastward. When they were
within twenty rods Of this line the
the wind suddenly increased and
shifted some twenty degrees toward
the east and from the west, sweeping
he flames directly upon them. What
was FIVE minutes before harmless
FIRE, to be crossed with ordinary care,
was now a mass of continuous flame,
often ten or fifteen feet high, and
sometimes twenty feet across. 1t
reared like half q dozen passenger
trains at full speed. They sprang from
the wagon and fired the grass, but it
made very slow progress, and had not
burned ten feet square when whirl-
wind came down the line with high
gale, There only chance was flight,
and they aprang into the wagon and
whipped up their Texas horses for a
race northward to some higher stony
ground. The ponies understood that
game and went readily. 1t was all
done in less than the telling. The
very cause Of danger was at last the
means Of safety, The whirlwind,
which was twenty rods wide, passed
by. 1t had changed all the adjacent
currents of wind. This had deadened
the wind ahead and prevented the fire
from spreading, and now that it had
passed, it gave chance to cross in its
rear upon the ground where the grass
was thin, and within ten minutes oi
the first apprehension Of danger thoy
were among the smoking cinders on
burned ground. phe whirlwind went
over the bluff and down the river bot
tom, filing it with fire in places above
the level Of tbo bluffs, and sending uI
a column Of black smoke which mus
have been over half mile In length,


The Rev. Mr.. Cook in lecture on
Year: 1878

As partisan General EPPA HUSToS has
not infrequently been guilty--as in the
Florida investigation, for example-of the
grossest violations Of the spirit of fair-deal-
ing with his political opponents. In this
respect he is no better and no worsc than
the average Virginia sham Conservative.
As non-partlsan, however, he has rendered
efficient service to the District of Columbia.
a fact which serves rs penapcc for many OF
his purely political misdoings. And it is a
fact which further serves to make him pop
ular aud add to his influence at the Capital
in such way as to enable him to proceed
in any effort he may attempt in behalf oi
his constituents with better chances of sue
cess than any new Representative could
even hope for.
Year: 1878

THIS is the second anniversary of the
Hamburg massacre. Not single one of the
asslssins OF that bloody day have been pun
ished, although they are all we'll known
and some of them have been indicted. Let
US Conciliate
Year: 1878

In some observations on new theory
of tides and waves, Prof. Taylor advocates
the view that the level of the ocean is
nearly represented by high-water mark on
coasts and bays where there is free access
of the tide, or in channel without a con-
stant flow. He states that he entirely dis
believes in tidal action having the smallest
effect on the rotation of the earth, and that
the assumption cf vast heap of water


aveling in one direction is great error.
He also suggests that some geological diff
cuites, such as the evidence that tides
during the quaternary periods were three
or four times as large as at present, may
be nationally explained by periodic changes
in the position of part of the interior OF
the earth, rather than by supposing the
occurrence of great changes in the distance
of the moon from the earth. 1t is hardly
necessary to remark that this view of the
subject, though so plausibly presented by
DR.. Taylor, is not likely to bs generally
accepted.
Year: 1878




In Mrs. O'Conneli's Life of Charles Bian-
coui'' there is story Of Daniel O'Connell
which shows Is trait of that great Catholics
character, which, Ne have Lne testimony of
Christ IN oUe Ot His most beautiful parallels
is sing arly pleseiug to God. We fear that
the good old costn:n Of giving thanks to God
for favOrs received, is one of the lost arts.
Gratitude now dsSs has been d. fined to be
"a lively anticipation, If fsv ors to come" Yet
even for these there il little real gratitude to
heaven. The accomplished biograPher, to
whom We refer 5ssys-.Fhe -Htbefstef,s too
open hearted generosity, that once left him in
CALLING, though only temporary difficulties,
sank deeply into my fathers naturally warm
heart. He and two other gentlemen under
took to set OConnelvs affairs straight for him.
They saw that his income as large enough to
meet the demands without sacrificing single
farm. My father cross questioned OConnel
abont the details Of his property and about his
in difficulties, O'Connell concealed nothing,
nor lett any secret untold. My father put HIS
questions as delioately as he could, but he has
said that he never suffered more acutely than
in seeing the Liberator vince and 80 plainly
show his sorrow. He, however, made bar
gain, and very wise one, too, in electi1g that
he was not to be bothered about the matter
until it was all settled.


at length the happy day arrived. My father
called upon his friend and found him standing
writing at his high desk. He did not at once
bank book in his hands. and he could
O'Connell occasionally looking askance ut the
little vellum bound volume pretty much as a
child eyes it's spelling book. We'll, Liberator,'
my father eaid, won't you take look at your
bank booki' The question did not make
pleasant impression, and my father was obliged
to open the book and point with his finger to
the sum total, showing fair balance to the
credit of Daniel OConnell, EGG. Ny father
said that he never would forget the expression
that was then upon his friends face. After n
moments bewilderment O'Connell lifted up his
eyes to the big crucifx that hung over
his desk, took off his cap, and said, in low
and reverent tone, Thanks be to God J Never
was my father so much astonished as he was
then at seeing O'Connell thus raise his thoughts
to heaven before he had verified the accuracy
of the figures. No man ever recognized more
heartily than my father that, though he had
toiled and planted, it was God who had given
him his good things; yet he must have worked
out tie amount for himself and seen that it
was correct before he could thus reverentially
express his gratitude"
Year: 1878

shoot down three or four foreigners. |
would persuade my Jacob to kill double
the number, if those foreigners were
brought here, and he be saved the trouble
of going 50 far from home to perform
this task for our emperor"


But the bailiff was a hard hearted
man; he did not consent to enter upon
such agreements, and said that Jacob
would have to 60 wherever his superiors
would order him. This failure, however,
did not discourage old Kende. She de-
vised other means to save her boy from
the army. She resolved that he should
escape into foreign lands. A great deal
of discreation was necessary for carrying
out this plan for if anybody outside Of
the family circle would become aware
that Jacob intended to fly, he might have
been hindered in his purpose. But what
would mother not do for her child |!
Kende made the sacrifice of holding her
tongue on that subject When all pre-
parations were made, and Kende took
leave of her beloved boy, she dismissed
him with the following remarks:


]. " AS soon as you get out of, Russia
writesme.a notesinf ffQrzain ME -af your.
,asatstsy. Beside ts,t besahFiou ous
to hear from you, the silence that | will
be compelled to keep till [ know that
you are out Of danger may burst my
heart, T can not advise you what to do
in foreign countries, for I know nothing
about them. My grand mother, of blessed
memory, was in the habit Of saying: +


where there is work to be done, there
is also bread to be eaten" So if you
are industrious, you will find your bread
everywhere. I have heard that there is
a country by the name of America,
which is situated beneath our own land
just like the ceiling of our room beneath
the floor of the room above. The people
there must, therefore, walk with their
heads suspended in the air. | can not
understand how they do it, but [ hope
that if you come to that country, you
will learn to walk like the rest of the
inhabitants. I would only tell you that
when you put on your Iephilm in that
country, you should fasten it on your
head, SO that it does not fall into the air
and get lost"


Trifing as these remarks may seem to
the reader, have not noted them down
merely for joke. They express fully the
ideas which our unsophisticated Russian
friends have of the world what con-
fdence they have in industry and labor,
and how they anticipate the danger
which befalls their religious customs in
the air" of liberty. The experience of
our hero Cor rather, the future husband
of our heroine) will illustrate the sub
ject. .... 5t..,5.,... ..-....


Jacob had the propensity" of obe-
dience Ito use chronological phrase },
He always obeyed his mother with
good will, and in this instance, too, hard
as he felt to part from her, he obeyed
her, and left Balbirishok without MUIR
Year: 1878

it's arm is unnerved by column adver-


tisement, which she endeayors to offset


by covering our section with cloud of
reporters, who propose only to receive,
and not give advantage. The leech which
Galveston has applied to the interior
has become gorged and now in utter and
safety it looses its hold and
bids US begone. and this is to he an
utter severance of all ties, trade. social
and even political after time Can
nothing be done to prevent the suicide2
Year: 1878

OUR wheat harvest is now in active
progress, and thousand fields in north
Texas are alive with the busy reaper..
The quality OF the grain was never bet
ter, although the yield is only medium
one. The early and favorable sale of
this most important crop will doubtless
exert most grateful influence on
trada
Year: 1878

The Houston Telegram announces that
the death Of Commodore Morgan will
not make the slightest change in the
Of tie Central railway
other than the election Of new mem-
ber Of the board Of directors to fill his
place. All his general plans win be adj
hersd TO and the unoompleted enter
prises doubtless carried out in accord
ance with his vishes.
Year: 1878

Tue Weatherford Times regrets that
Bass did not make his contemplated
raid into that village. If he does so
after this, the Times will drop the B -
when speaking of him. Could anything
be more terrible than this1
Year: 1878

A CAUTION TO OUR READERs.-The almost In
variable fruit OF successful invention Is host OF
inferior limitations. The patent LIgoLEUM floor
cloth is no exception to this rule. Its durability and
beauty is proved beyond controversy. Be sure In
purchasing the gooIs that you look on the back OF
the cloth for "LINoLEUM, Wallon's patent" none
other Is genuine. All carpet dealers keep 1t. ~
Year: 1878

against alterations or membranes by the


hnsband, without her consent, whilst such
.nurpose is not contained within the article
Of the Constitution. but only to entitle the
husband to afford that protection asainsi
sales under execution or other process OF
his property, or so much OF it as was ne
nessary M II for the use OF his family. But as an
This case the wife united with her husband


Ia the deed Of trust, 1t is unnecessary now