smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

NATURALIZATION.


TCinciunsti Commercial.l


We hope the Cincinnati Timer is not
Of those who are anxious, that the Re-
publican purity ia the South shall be
Kept conveniently small forever. 1t
would seem to be worth while for Gov.
Hayes, II he becomes President OF the
United States, to take the advantage Of
new departure for The South. Well,
what should he do? The question
does not answer itself. 1t is u hard
question. We believe that on national
affairs the States Of South Carolina and
Louisiana are on fair vote, honestly
Republican. There is abundant room
for doubt whether those States are
not, us to local affairs, decided Dem
ocratic. It might be the wisest thing
Hayes could do to recognize the
Hampton and Nichols governments.
This would stop the warfare
that binds the whites together. Some
apparent advantages would slip away
from the Republicans. They would
gain some real advantages. There are
not State offices enough to go around.
Perhaps by this time there are Southern
men, white and intelligent, who would
not think 1t o disgrace to hold O post
office. II would not be necessary to send
carpet baggers South to fill the Offices.
and Federal offieehoider would not
necessarily be scalawag. This marks
progress. The eolored citizens will be
glad to have peace, and stick to the Re-
publican party. How large q percentage
of white men In the South would have
to deny the infallibility of the Demo
cratic party in order to place that Or
ganization In the minority?
Year: 1877

youehsafed to childhood alone but this


we do know from actual experience, that q


child will 1nstinetively approach and be
friendly with a man who loves children.


The same applies to animals; for q doc
| will suari at one stranger while he Wags
his tail at the approach of another. Wild


animals have been known to single out a


certain mau from number as his prey.


Men are apt to be deceived at first glance


OF stranger, but women seldom and


children never. We leave the answer to


the above query to more philosophical
minds than ours; but this we do say, that
we doubt the man who will curse ifhe hap.
pens to hear an infant cry; the man who
will fail to recognize the pleasant greeting
OF a child, or push the little prattler away
from him in disgust. Show us man whom
children love, and we will show man that
good women are not afraid to trust their
honor or safety to, for he who loves child
ren women always respect. There is some
thing SO earnest, SO confding, so true in
the love of child to grown person;
something that is not found among those
who have experienced the troubles and
incident to a life of scores of
years. The children arc SO fresh on the
stage of life, SO free from hypocrisy, that,
to lover ofthe human race, to get among
hem is like leaving the crowded, busy city
o luxuriate among green grass, umbrag-
eons trees and sweet-smelling flowers.
3od bless the dear children We would
'ather hear their CHEEKY good morning,
md note their pleasant smile, than own
he wealth of Rothschild and he avoided
II disliked by them.
Year: 1877

Of melancholy and modification, who
were born 10 do the state i'll service,
and who die to relieve Us Of despair
surely there is something divine in this,
some instinct that spiritual quality
is lurking everywhere in matter, some
heaven-born suspicion tha, the bump Of
An idiot may be the lnatrix Of . gem.
And how DO you account for this devel
opmen. by men Of fostering provi
dence which rallies to the holy of Deity
and repairs defects in nature how ac-
count for this human admiration and
sympathy which put laurels on the
brows that ache for those who cannot
think. but who at least can Loves Now.
notice If such eongenial defects of
structure can be 50 modified by human
arts that person tegins 70 emerge
from the very abyss Of annihilation.
why cannot the worst defects OF vice
escape that doom and even be the rea-
son why they escape. be . motive to
keep them in continuance for treatment.
just as We have nntortunates from Spar
tan ruthlessness and burden ourselves
with their salvation Has man be-
come more merciful and along suffering
than God. John Weiss.
Year: 1877




MAKING Fun OF PEopLE.-Once
when travelling on stage coach. says
writer in contemporary met with
young lady who seemed to be upon
the constant lookout for something laugh
able. Every old barn was made the
subject OF joke, while the cows and
sheep looked demurely at us, little
dreaming that folks could be merry at
their expense.


All this was, perhaps, harmless nough.
Animals are not sensitive in that res
pect. They are not likely to have their
feelings injured because people make
fun OF them; but when We come to hu-
man beings, that is quite another thing


So it seemed to me: tor after a while
the fields, lifting up her hand 10 the
coachman, and in shrill voice beg
ging him to stop. The good-naturcd
coachmen drew up his horses, and the
old lady, coming to the fence by the
roadside, squeezed herself out between
twoposts which were very near together.


The young lady in the stage-coach
made some ludscrous remark, and the
passengers laughed. 1t seemed very
excusable;, tor in getting through the
fence. the poor woman made sad work
with her old black bonnet; and row,
taking seat beside well-dressed lady,
really looked as if she had been blown
there by whirlwind.


This was new piece OF fun, and the
girl made the most of it. She cariea-
tured the old lady upon card: pre-
tended to make a pattern Of her bonnet:
and in various other ways sought to
raise . laugh at her.


At length the poor woman turned a
pale face, tow ards her and said


My dear girl, You are now young,
asd healthy, and happy. I have been
50 too, bat that time is past. ] am now
old and forlorn. The coach is taking
me to the death bed of nv only child,
and then, my dear. shall be a poor old
woman, all alone in the world. where
merry girls will think rue very anus
ing object. They will laugh at my old
fashioned clothes and sad appearance.
forgetting that the old woman has
loved and suffered, and will 1--we forever"
|. The coach now stopped before poor
looking house. and the old lady feebly
descended the steps.


"How is she - Was the first tremb-
ling inquiry Of the mother.


"Just alive said the man who Was
leading her into the house.


The driver mounted his boz and We
were upon the road again. Our merry
young friead had placed the card in her
pocket She was leaning her head upon
her hand; and you may Be sure that I
Was not sorry 10 see tears upon her
fair young chesk. Il was . good les
son, and one which We greatly hoFed
would do her good.
Year: 1877

High Wdter.-In consequence OF the rise
of water in the river yesterday operations
were suspended in all Of the mills along the
water-line. Late last night the river was
thought to be stationary. A number OF our
people employed themselves gathering
pumpkins, drift-wood, and lumber, which
came down the river in large quantities.


At the wharves OF the Danyile Railroad
Company, opposite Rockets, the water was
very high. Engineer Gibbs and force
were engaged until late hour in removing
salt and other perishable articles from the
warehouse and the wharves. On the last
trip made the water was above the car
ayles.
Year: 1877

CHANGE OF PLACE OF MEETING.-Untll
further notice the meetings OF the Stock
Board will be held at the rooms OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, and not in rear OF
the Bank OF Commerce, as formerly.
Year: 1877

CREAM PUFFs.-Nom mistake this time. for PIzzI
Nj will have enough made to supply all who may call
for them. Those who were disappointed the other
day should call to-day and get some Of those deli
cious crcam-putfS.
Year: 1877

THERE is rupture between Mr.. TIL.
DEN and his counsel, DAVID DUDLEY
FIELD. The former has refused TO pay
the latter for his remarkable services
during the second session Of the Forty
fourth Congress. In order 10 have the
quarrel settled and the scandal suppressed
would 1t not be wise thing for the Repub-
lican National Committee to pay Mr.. FIELD
the amount due him from his clientf His
services were worth the amount to the Re-
publican cause.
Year: 1877

As WE approach specie resumption the
counterfeiter is felt in the financial world.
In Cincinnati he has been turning out
a large number of counterfeit quarter dol
lars, which are said to be made of white
metal, and the die work is so fine and The
edges SO sharp that neither sight nor touch
can detect them. The tolls rascallty is
constantly levying on society are nu-
mefous.
Year: 1877

The report that Secretary RoBEsoS will
be prosecuted for alleged missppropristion
Of the funds Of the Navy Department is
hut the baseless fabric Of a vision which
has led some newspaper man to make q
false statement.
Year: 1877

The intelligent miners of the Lackawanna
Valley who are striking for higher wages are
endeavoring to effect their object by flooding
the mines. Once thoroughly flooded no
mining can be done there for year to come.
and instead of higher wages the workmen
can get no wages at all. The course Of the
miners reminds one of the revenge taken
upon an Irish landlord by his infuriated ten
ants. They collected all his notes and
burned them.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

Vacancies in delegations can be filled only by
actual residents of the towns they represent.


The County Committee will be in session at the
Hall at O'Clock in the morning Of the day of the
Convention, and will there receive credentials of del
egates.
Year: 1877

Does any sane man believe that, were the DEM
ocratic party in control Of the Government, they
would permit their candidate for the Presidency
to be cheated out Of the position if he had the
right to the place that Gov. Hayes has? Do Re-
publican Senators propose to yield points which
will assuredly result in the Inauguration OF Til.
den, knowing, - they must, that the moment tho
right of the Vice President TO count the electoral
vote is yielded dangerous complications will set
in Do not Republican Senators know that when
they thus yield their strong position they will
merit and receive naught but derison and con-
tempt from the loyal masses Of the country Are
they prepared to make concessions which will
soon place premium upon treason, restore rebels
to place and power, rebuke Ioyalists inpthe South
who have waited and prs ved for the prstsctlsn Of
our dag and drive UniVnists gsasrsuy tats hid.
Year: 1877

AS THE new compromise bill is open to discus
sion in both branches of the National Legisls-
ture there is possibility that the debate may
last until the day arrives for counting the vote.
and, then, as no compromise will have been ef-
fected the plain duty of the President OF the Sem
ate will be to open the certificates and according
to the Constitution, count the votes according to
established precedents
Year: 1877

Is 1t possible that the Supreme Court Of the
United States, composed Of justices appointed
for life for the express purpose of removing
them far above all political bias and partisan
prejudice-a tribunal whose jurisdiction covers
cases arising in the courts of the different
States, before whom may come the vital ques-
tions now at stake In three Southern Ststes-
is 1t possible that such Q court of final resort
can stoop to lend themselves to the uses Of
any party, and to sit In judgment on matters
which have not legally come before them ?


The spectacle of our honorable justices,
men of ripe years and great legal lore, occu
pying life positions at salaries Of SIC, 900 each
per snnum, coming down from their high and
honored seats to sit in joint council with pol
iticians and tricksters, and in which they (the
justices) are in the minority, to decide the
grsvest questions of the hour, questions in
vdving the constitutionality of their very
arbitrament, is too humiliating to be tolerated
by the American people.


The respect and honor due and paid to the
Supreme Court of the United States is chiefly
attributable to the fact that they are above
the bias of party, the seductions of power,
and the influence Of bribes; but let them
ignore their constitutional prerogatives and
descend to the level of politics, and that re-
spect will be forever gone, their ermine
smeared with partisan taint, and justice only
a synonym Of party dom: ma ION.


Let such a commission as is now proposed
be formed, evenly divided, say, in politics,
save one, and let them consider the questions
submitted fairly and honestly, the result still
remains party result, and ons hundred thou
sand dollars in the hands of one man decides
the issue. The Supreme Court is a part of
this commission. and though the justices may
not be bribed, the stigma attaches even to
their sacred ermine, as the commission in
wolves them in its fatal embrace.


Justices of the Supreme Court, look well to
your exalted rank before you consent to be
submerged in the vortex of politics, to the
disgrace of yourselves and the humiliation of
the nation.


The integrity and elevation of the Supreme
Court of the United States is of vastly more
consequence than who shall be our next Presi-
dent. Justice must be respected, and her
ministers must have clean hands. claw hath
her seat in the bosom of God" If we lose
our faith in the highest judicial tribunal of our
Government, all minor seats of justice become
rotten, and we drift into anarchy.


Grave and reverend seigniors, pause before
you descend.
Year: 1877

people prosperous. 1t was lis craft that
stimulated their fanaticism, land taught them
to look upon him as next to God. Healways
knew just when to shed blood. But even
Brigham Young could not keep his church
intact. A little civilization would leak in
through the dikes which he built about it.
His peculiar institution had already come
into an irrepressible conflict with the
locomotive and the newspaper, and there
could have been but one issue to the con-
test. But now the end will be FASTENED.
The master-spirit is gone, and there is no
master left. The dissensions which he
suhdued, the growing unbelief which still
stood in awe of him, the march of progress
which always found him firmly planted in
the way-all these will take a new stride.
Brigham Young has come to the aid of the
Pacific Railroad.
Year: 1877

The following is from Gath's letter to the
Cincinnati Ga>cHc:


| sat leaning against the base of mon
ster tree. They were upon the opposite
side and | could not run. She said :
"Since we were children l have felt great
interest and friendliness in your welfare,
and since | came to know the blessedness
Of hope, | have longed to share my joy
with you. Will you give your heart to
your Maker ~


lie said: I" can't do that Mollie. l
would if ! could, because you wish it. l
gave it to you last winter during our meet
ings of the 'Jeu d'esprit, and if you don't
really in the least care for it, you may give
it to whoever you like, for l shall never
have any use for it. | would like, you
know, to share a blessedness of hope very
likely much the same as yours, if you
would only arrange things SO that l might
have you all the time to divide the joy
with, which l hope you mean, can't you
Molle?"


She said: "Oh John" and then there
was fumbling, and if he did not kiss her,
and she didn't kiss him, why "Katy did, -
and the woods are full of them. Then she
said: "You must tell pa how you feel,
and he said


"Isn't it too soon after getting new
heart to tell a fellows experience?' and
she. said, "Not at all. 1t is proper, and
I'm very happy"


lie said: "Not as happy, Mollie, as if
had given my heart to the Lord, are you p
lie asked his question in pathetic and ap
prehensive tone, and she replied, at is al
the same, John. I'll see that the good
Lord gets it at last"


Then they went off to inform pa, and tc
get an earthly blessing from him, for John
is in the leather business, and very prosper
Gus.


That was my last experience at camp
meeting.
Year: 1877

A fashion writer says: The fashionable
ing, and endowed with tints and designs of
so bewitching a nature, that il requires
mind unusually strong to forego them.
The newest shoe is made from the fine
French kid, has the slender high heels, the
long, narrow toe, the pretty row of shining
buttons, and, if possible, looks trifle more
charming than formerly. A very stylish
boot which is rapidly gaining in favor is
the cloth, which is laced at the side.


A pretty feature now being introduced
into this line of goods consists in placing
on the toe a small ornament that matches
the dress with which the shoe is worn in
color. The ornaments are made from silk,
and are SO constructed that they may
readily be attached or detached. At pres
ent no slipper is considered the thing un-
less garnished with one of these ornaments,
in which case the ornament is made from
both lace and silk. Any handy lady can
make these dressy little articles, and by
the judicious use of glue may luxuriate in a
variety Of all shades.


The stocking worn with these slippers
has the monogram, with which it is now
fashionable to adorn the instep, of the
same shade as the ornament. AS regards
the establishment of the stocking it is not
quite as lavish as it was some months ago.
The light stocking, gaudily and fantastically
embroidered from the tip Of the toe to the
top, is fast giving place to the less conspic-
uous stocking of dark solid color merely
relieved by a contrasting monogram.
Ladies whose duties call them out into the
street in all kinds of weather are beginning
to show a decided preference for plain
navy blue and snuff brown hosiery. These
latter are generally the medium priced
Balbriggan.


Occasionally there is call for the Bal
briggan thread opcn-work, but as rule
where the fancy stocking is desired, the
taste prevails for the plain silk stockings in
all the delicate tints. The tide has turned
to great extent against the glaring striped
stocking, and it is well. When it is pre-
ferred, the stripes run downward instead
Of across. Among the oddities there is ;
buff silk stocking studded with violets
with bees, and with feur-de-lis. Then there
are swallows, and poppies, and butterflies
and cornhowers, disposed in the same fash
ion. An extremely pretty stocking is il
pink silk garnished with black butterflies


Before concluding, we must not forget t,
mention the newest walking-shoe. This
is cut low and fastened with lace ribbons
it is made in black kid, and embroidered
in colors
Year: 1877

A popular minister had just finished an
exhortation strongly recommending the
support of very meritorious institution.
The congregation was numerous, and the
chapel was crowded to excess. The dis.
course being finished, the plate was about
being handed round to the respective
pews, when the preacher made this short
address to the waiting congregation :
" From the sympathy l have witnessed in
your countenances, and the strict attention
you have honered me with, there is one
thing that am afraid of, that some of you
may be inclined to give too much. Now,
it is my duty to inform you that justice,
though not so pleasant, should always be a
prior to generosity; therefore, as you will
all be Immediately waited upon in your re.
spective pews, ] wish to have it thoroughly
understood that no person shall think oI
putting anything into the plate who cannot
pay his debts" We need not add that
this produced most overhowing collec
tion
Year: 1877

Yes, we agree with that old poet who
said that low soft voice was an "excellent
thing in woman" Indeed, we feel in
clined to go much farther than he has on
the subject and call it one Of her crowning
charms. No matter what other attrac-
tions she may have; she may be as fair as
the Trojan Helen, and as learned as the
famous Hypathia ofancient times she may
have all the accomplishments considered
requisite at the present day, and every ad-
vantage that wealth can procure, and yet if
she lacks a low, sweet voice, she can never
be really fascinating. How often the spell
of beauty is rudely broken by coarse, loud
taking. How often you are irrepressibly
drawn to plain unassuming woman, whose
soft, silvery tones render her positively at
tractive. Besides, we fancy we can Judge
of the character by the voice; the bland,
smooth, fawning tones seem to betoken
deceit and hypocrisy as invariably as the
musical subdued voice indicates genuine
refinement. In the social circle, how
pleasant it is to hear a woman talk in that
low key which always characterizes the
true lady. In the sanctuary at home how
such voice soothes the fretful child and
cheers the weary husband How sweetly
its cadence floats through the sick chamber
and around the dying bed, with what
solemn melody do they breathe prayer
for the departing soul. All, yes, low, soft
voice is certainly "an excellent thing in
,vOrnon
Year: 1877

That the subject is lamentably old we
readily admit but what matters that so
long as humanity is ever new? Marrying
and giving in marriage will continue to the
end of the world, but for all that, a great
number of marriages prove a mistake
Unfortunately, when men and women have
matrimonial designs upon each other, they
endeavor to hide their true characters, and
however dissimilar their tastes, to pretend
they are alike. The rules of etiquette are
such that course Of deception is rendered
surprisingly easy; indeed, so facile, that
were there no intention upon the part of
those most concerned to dissemble, almost
the same end would be attained. Is it not
natural to us to display our best attributes
to strangers Of either sex? Men are often
captivated by the SEEMING amiability of
women who are, in reality, shrewish; while
women admire the nobility of men who
cannot define the word "honor." In
either case, matrimony Acknowledgement
misery in five cases out of six. After mar.
rage the true traits OF character begin to
show themselves. A scowl or sharp
word, or a mean action, will not then
involve consequences. Things that before
the knot has been tied, that would proba.
bly, bring about q separation after the
honeymoon has been passed, are quietly
received, probably upon the principle that
"what can't be cured, must be endured >
1t must not be understood that we mean to
imply that the majority of marriages are
entered upon without affection being at the
bottom of them. We grant that there i:
love of a certain kind in many, and very
sincere love in some. What we maintain
is, that it is brought to fruition under sucl
circumstances that it cannot be expected
to endure.--FOOte.