smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

A late issue OF the CINCINNATI CON-
mercial has the following: A few even
ings since a man walked into cigar
stand on Vine street and lighted cigar,
or rather relighted it. As he threw away
the taper and whitfield vigorously at the
weed, something occurred that rather
startled him and those who happened to
be standing near. It was an explosion,
a sharp crack. There were smoke and
flying tobacco and an odor OF powder, In
the midst of which the victim vanished,
without waiting for the sympathy and in
terrogatories that were sure to have been
poured upon him.


Yesterday noon Police Commissioner
Carson was standing on Fifth street,
when he and friend were startled by q
report, as if of the explosion OF q pistol.
Looking across the street they saw a
young man with his head bowed and his
hands up to his face, as If in suffering.
Somebody must have shot him." said
one. Perhaps he has tried suicide, ="
said the other, as there was nobody near
to do the shooting. They crossed over
to the young man, and the party entered
q drug store, where the young man, evl-
IDENTIFY badly scared, was found to be but
little worse for the explosion. His face
was not burned, but there was slight
burning of the roof of the mouth on the
left side. Mr.. Carson asked him his
name and where he lived. He answered
that it was William Brown, and that he
lived on Sycamore street. Soon after
ward he acknowledged that he had not
told the truth. He then said that his
name was James Mccarthy. he had
given the wrong name and address, in the
first place, through fear of getting his
name into the newspapers. The officer
accompanied him to his home.


As the officer was about to leave he
was accosted by Alexander Corbin, who
keeps little policy Office with a "coal !"
sign and small cigar stand for "stall, ;"
with question as to the trouble. The
officer informed him, whereupon Corbin,
in great triumph, informed the officer
that the cigar that had caused the trouble
had doubtless been stolen from his case.
He had for long time been troubled
by cigar thieves, who had robbed him OF
three hundred dollars worth. To detect
and punish them, if possible, he had
lately charged twenty-five cigars with
powder in small tin cylinders. Some OF
these cigars had been stolen. He thought
that. if the officer would search young
Mccarthy he would, perhaps, find more
of the same kind on his person. The
search was made, and, sure enough,
another of the loaded weeds was found.


A reporter for the Commercial pro-
cured one of these small internal ma
chimes and examined it. The cigar js OF
common stock, dark wrapper, full size.
Exactly one-third of its length-the
middle thirds occupied by tin cyhn-
der, about an inch and q fifth in length
and about fifth of an inch in diameter.
The end toward the month is of tin, and
well secured; but that toward the other
end of the cigar is covered only with
paper, and very thin paper at that. The
inevitable result of the smoking of one
of these cigars is an explosion when the
cigar is about one-third burned.
Year: 1877

n6r I66G anu Wdlhou dDOuG GLc uOOI,
and I could see she was terribly put
out and excited by the schoolmaster's
visit.


"You1l wear yourself out for moth
ing, :" said, for it vexed me to see her
all in fret that way from pure spite.
"HeU break your health and spirits like
he did with that poor little body that
was here before you"


CT don't believe all those stories
about that woman, aunty. I've found
out she had heavier troubles than those
put upon her by the schoolmaster. You
mustn't believe all that you hear"


That was the waywith Mime-she was
that contrary when she was vexed that
she'd swear black was white, and. take
the part of the evil one himself.


She began from that time out to ight
hard for her own way, and it got to be
pretty we'll known she was winning over
the trustees. The children had never
liked anybody as they did Mime, and lit
tie Bill Pritchard, that used to play
truant half the time, and would rather
take beating any day than be pent up
in school, went there as regular as clock
work now, and began to mark out horses
and dogs with stump of a pencil him
self; and Mr.. Pritchard he was one of
the trustees, and thought the world and
all of my niece Jemima.


But somehow or other, just as [ said,
the continual worriment Of it fretted
Mime, and she got thin and lost her
pretty color; and the night she came
home and said she had got the best OF
the schoolmaster, and the notice had
been served on him that day that he was
to let her have her own way of teaching,
that night / made up my mind it was
Year: 1877

II the land has been packed By rain
since the corn was planted, run clsse
and break deep--if the land is close and
open, the plowing is not important. In
that event use plows that will go over
rapidly and save labor--a shovel, or
sweep, or cultivator will answer. Avoid
throwing much dirt to the yoting corn,
only enough to cover M any young
grass that may be present, but be sure
it is well covered. Much hoeing will not
pay in corn crop, the plow alone
onght very nearly to make-of course
thinning and some chopping is general,
" unavoidable. Thin to stand as soon
as danger Of frost and worm is over.
Nothing is more preiudicial to n plant
than having another plant with the
same wants growing beside 1.-THE
struggle for existence then becomes in
tensifed. II the nnidd'cs are not very
hard or foul, and time presses, they
need not be ploughcd ont at this work
ing. In any event push on rapidly to
give cotton its frs: working Just 90
sccn as it will bcar it. The farmer
who keeps we'll ahead not ouiy stands
the best chance to make the best cfope,
but will do it with very much less actual
labor than tho lRGEaTd. Let it never
be forgotten that the TINA to kill grass
is, before il can be seen. Besides.
every one knows that early and fire.
quent workings make cotton grow of
lapidly-and an early growth Of stalk
is one of the surest antecedents OF O
largo crop Of bolls,
Year: 1877

We publish below from An exchange,
First working Of young corn" We
wish TO mako a suggestion TO farmers
upon which we request an experiment
this season, and if it proves beneficial
il can be adopted.


Side the young corn go soon as IL
is large enough, with small long
pillow. Ii you can subsoil III the same
furrow so much the better. Let This
first furrow" stand open eight or ten
days, for two reasons: First to allow
the sun to have effect upon the roots Of
the corn. Secondly let the first furrow
remain open so that the young rootlets
when they reach the furrow and cannot
cross over. they will grow downward,
and having commenced to grow down
they will continue to grow into the clay
soil. When the drought comes these
roots extending into the clay will draw
moisture. and keep the corn green ard
growing. After eight or ten days, fill
mp the furrow and plow out the middle.
Try at least few rows as test. We
have tested this and have adopted it on
a small scale, as We cultivate few
acres.
Year: 1877

WONDERS will never cease. The pro>
position to form sea OF the desert of
Sahara by cutting channel to let in
the waters of the Mediterranean, is am
Pile evidence of the truth of this aeser-
ton. Tho enterprise is regarded as
entirely feasible. A German scientific
writer, however, goes so far as to assert
that if the Sahora project is carried out,
it would eventually turn Europe into
another Greenland. He alleges that the
deviation OF the Gulf stream by the
cutting Of the Suez canal, has already
begun to have an influence on the eli
mate of Europe, and that the covering of
the burning sands of the great African
desert with water, would destroy the
hot winds, which are necessary fol
melting of the Alpine snow end ice, aud
would finally result in a glacial forma
tiou that would overwheim Italy. Hi
instances The changes in climate "
Australia and New Guinea by the DO
Walton Of a warm current of watel
which formerly ran through Tore.
Straits. as a practical illustration Of hi
theory.
Year: 1877

pected. I've never been afraid that
Choker really would haunt me. Though
I'm trifie superstitious, for / think he
couldn't find much fault with me. as he
had no relations, never made will. and
couldn't take either his bank or his
house and farm into the other world
with him.


"And now you've had the story, and
you We promised to keepny secret until
the last. You can see now. perhaps,
that Choker and I were good deal
alike. I'm four inches taller than he
was, for one thing, and my nose is high.
er But there's q good deal in make
mp


These were almost the last words
Choker's ghost ever spoke, for his end
was very near and it was not until


Death had taught him more
Than This melancholy world doth know
that the doctor let Grabtown know the
sequel Of is ghost story.
Year: 1877

To the young man with his hair part
ed in the middle who is about to put his
college education and his sGle leather
trunk on California bound train we
say-stop! To the clever artisan and
the honest mechanic, who thinks he will
fly from hard times in the east to the
imaginary well paid employment in the
Golden City, we also say stop! TO
the adventurous rustic, who wishes TO
leave hoeing the turnips of some New
York farm to delve for gold in the noun
talns of this land of the pioneers, we
enphatically repeat-stay where you
arei


We should be glad 10 think that there
was plenty and prosperity for every one
who seeks to settle among us--but, all
the same, there isn't. We do POSSESS
something of an approach to the eter-
nal summer and the gigantic strawber-
ries the East is so tired of hearing us
brag about, but that is about sill. .Sooth
TO say, double eagles do not grow in
Frisco; sll the new eager eeriyals to
the contrary notwithstanding In plain
English, the paper that speaks of the
magnificent opportunities this presents
to the new conner, lies, and lies in a
very gratuitously criminal way indeed.
The unvarnished truth is that our labor
market is stocked to OVERLOOKING. and
every fresh arriving train but adds to
the miserable multitude in our midst
that awaits. suffers, starves, and finally
fights its desperate way back east again.
Before the door Of every employment
office in this city to day, stands hol-
low-eyed swarm that would sadden the
heart of satyr. Men of brains and
culture, good clerks, excellent account
ants, business men Of undeniable ener-
gy, mechanics of ability, walk the
streets in dumb despair, and finally
take those that lead to the buy and the
morgue. 1t is truIy said that San
Francisco is California, and here ell the
misery and suffering Of those who have
iourneyed from afar to grasp in mo-
notonous repetition the glittering mirage
of fortune are seen. The writer Of this
cannot remember one evening for very
many that he has not been asked for
coin to buy q meal or a bed, by meu
who would have sooner died on the rack
than have asked aims in the light Of
day. And some of them do die on the
rack-the rack of continued disappoint-
ment and bitter misery. Every train
that leaves Oakland is crowded with
east going emigrants, who several times
repeat their unhappy story to the west
coming daily addition to the army of
real martyrs they have left behind here.
Yet still the Alta and its ilk calmly
sing the same old siren song, and still
this over-crowded. over-traded, and
financially prostrated community is
held up with fatal persistence as the
proper Mecca of the American youth.


San E1.nnciScn Nail
Year: 1877

Don't be afraid of little fun at
home. good people. Don't shut mp your
houses lest the sun should fade your
carpet, aud your hearts, lest hearty
laugh should shake down some of the
musty old cobwebs there. ii von want
to ruin your sons, let them think that
all mirth and social enjoyment must be
left on the threshold without when they
come home at night. When once home
is regarded rs only place to eat, and
drink and sleep in, the work is begun
that ends in gambling houses and reck>
less degradation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere; if
they do not fiud it at their own hearth>
stones it will be sought ut other and
perhaps less profitable places There
fore, let the fire burn brightly at night.
and make the homestead delightful
with all those little arts that parents 80
perfectly understand, Do not repress
the bunyant spirit of your children.
Half an hour Of merriment round the
lamp and freight of home blots out
the remembrance Of mans care and
annoyance during the day; and the best
safe guard they can take with them in
TO the world Is the unseen influence OF
n bright little domestic sanctum.
Year: 1877

A Coop What good
thing it would be If some neat dairy woman
would undertake to serve fresh milk or
buttermilk in the railway cars. People
drink quantities Of ice water and are mono
the better for it, but milk is food sud re-
freshment both 1t would be a welcome i'm
nova,ion in the place of the pop corn boy.
the prize candy and venerable frui. Of youth>
full veuders to havo company ''limited" to
pure milk service, for whose grass fed cows
and integrity OF supply the badge of tho
railroad company would he voucher. For
even the roads that water" their stock run
through regions of honest dealers and luIu-
RANT farms, whore there is no occasion to
water the milk Philadelphia Ledger.
Year: 1877

"The whole subject of the States indebtedness is now fully before the people. There is no bug under any chip-no cat in the bag--no ring here or elsewhere. The plan of set clement, if ratified, must be ratified by the people through their represen' tatives in the Legislature. Every body will agree that it behooves the State of Arkansas to make settle ment at the earliest possible mo ment; such settlement as shall be just to herself and just to her credi- tors, such settlement as shall give us credit and confidence at home and abroad. ."-Gazette.

 We know nothing about the bug under the chip, or the cat in the bag but if the proposed scheme for ad justing our bonded inde ebtedness- the scheme which the Gazette advo cates so strongly and vigorously does not pave the way for a huge speculation at the expense of th' taxpayers of Arkansas, then w know nothing at all.

 It is sad by the scalers, wh' ought to know, that the holders o our GOOD bonds are willing and anx ious to make a settlement at the rat of 67 cents on the dollar. Now, i this were really true we would sa, settle with them on this basis--tak' up all the old GOOD bonds and issue new bonds to the holders at the rat, of 67 cents on the dollar

 But this matter is not at all as i appears on it's face, and we agail say to use the very mildcst term ap plicable, that there is BIG sPEcULA
Year: 1877

If our honest creditors are anxious and willing to take 67 cents on the dollar for their good bonds, why do they not make proposition to that effect without coupling it with de mand that the State shall pay them l9 cents for a much larger amount of bonds which the Supreme Court has decided are not worth a copper: It is all bosh for them or anybody else to say that the States new bonds will be better on account of the State assuming to pay large sum which her highest court says she don't owe. The idea is absurd These men simply want to make 6 "big speck" by having the fraudu' lent bonds included in their sealing proposition. There is an attempt to deceive the people about this matter Why do newspapers and public men who profess to be friends to Arkan sas, collogue in with these specula tors in such scheme?
Year: 1877

these claims are the Railroad Bonds, the Holford Bonds and large amount of Levee Bonds. Bonneville Enterprise.

 It is to be regretted that the organ of the bond holder, should so far for get itself, when without argument to support it's scaling scheme, and brand the taxpayers of Arkansas as narrow pales. ignoramuses and un- scrupulous shysters. It may sound well and even brave on Wall street, and to those interested in the cid bonded debt being paid or sealed 1; but at home, and to those who look for argument to sustain t5e position assumed by the bond-hcider and his organ, against the rights and inter est of the people it will appear very much like To ing the grip, and be- coming wrathy at the loss; and find ing failure and probable exposure staring them in the face, they pro pose to bulldoze the people, and abuse all who oppose their pet scl,ame. .-Ft Smith Herald.
Year: 1877

lawful U. s. currency. Then we can readily see that if the Finance Board or even the Legislature should order the five mills .sgeneral purpose tax" collected in green backs, it would amount to nothing, and the courts would enforce the col lectors to receive State scrip, when rendered, and when this tax can be paid in State scrip nobody is going to pay it in greenbacks, and if they should some of our smart Alecks who hold State scrip would compel the State Treasurer to take up their scrip with the greenbacks thus col lected. The only way to get green backs to run the State government on now is to borrow it, and then use the sinking fund to pay it back. If we had q surplus of the sinking fund tax on hand it could not be got at only through this borrowing process whipping the devil around the stump as it were. The first thing we must address ourselves to is get ting rid of this State scrip. Just how we are to do 1t is the question for the next Legislature to deter mine. We think it ought to be funded, as the easiest and quickest way of getting it all in. Let's fund it with our other indebtedness. We can then collect greenback tax to run the State government. What does our esteemed contemporary think of this suggestion2-Lonoke Democrat.

 We think the sooner the out standing scrip can be got in the bet ter, and we do not see. any serious objections to the plan you suggest. We do not know, however, but that it would be just as well to keep the levy for general expenses of the State Government at five mills until the scrip is naturally absorbed. This natural absorption would get it all in in 4 or 5 years. In the mean time let the legislature authorize the State to borrow the sinking fund DIRECT, without any "whipping the devil around the stump" about it, for the payment of the current ex- penses of the State government. Just as we'll do this, and save the ruinous interest paid to New York money spectators, as to borrow from other sources and then use the sinking fund to repay the loan. If this can be done, we think it would be rather better than to fund the scrip, for a considerable portion of the scrip is bearing no interest at all, and besides there is some consid- erable expense attached to the fund ing process, which would be saved.
Year: 1877

It is now pretty certain that the grain crop produced this year will be the largest that has ever been pro duced in the United States. As Ia. ter reports from the wheat growing States come in, the estimates of the present crop becomes larger anG larger. Leading producers are be coming uneasy, and it is now feared that the surplus can only be got rit of at paying prices In case of a gen eral European war.
Year: 1877

Then we say let us follow Tn the wake of the supreme court, and by constitutional amendment declare solemnly that no provision shall ever be made for the payment of principal or interest of the railroad aid, levce, and the unjust part of the Holford bonds. This done, let us agree with our creditors-and we mean creditors in fact--to scale the remaining $7,00O,000 bonded and floating debt at fifty or sixty cents on the dollar, issue thirty year bonds for this amount, drawing say five cent. interest, payable semi-annually. We thus get rid of our State scrip and get our entire debt in shape that we can resume payment of in- terest and our credit will go up even in Wall street.-Lonoke Democrat. We are not now fully prepared to say what kind of settlement will be best, but we are prepared to say, and do say, that the people should never be taxed to pay any dishonest debt. one in which they had no voice Tn creating, and the benefits of which the State never received. Woodruff County Vidette.

 It seems that Messrs. Adams of Arkansas and Redfield of Connecti- cut, "and other holders" of the forged and spurious trash "have reason to believe that they will be successful in buildozing our next legislature into an endorsement or refunding of their bonds, which have already been pronounced upon by the high est legal tribunal of the State. The vlllifying spectators, who are try. ing to extort her peoples substance through the vilest of all frauds, may raise the hue and cry of repudiatlon. But it is not repudiation, in it's ac- cepted sense, for man to refuse to pay that which he does not owe, even though some innocent party suffers by the refusal.-Marianna Index.

 It may be very nice to talk about avoiding the disgrace of repudiatiou and all that but we cannot believe the people will ever elect Represent atives to the Legislature who favor the payment of any part of tn Rail road Aid, Levee or the unjust part of the Holford bonds, Maj. Adams argument to the contrary notwith- standing.-Lonoke Democrat.

 Yes, the people should be wide awake until this great question, one Of vital importance to them, is set tied. Slowly but surely the bond holders and their allies in Arkansas are preparing to make the effort to "bulldoze" the people into paying at least part of the notoriously frandu- lent bonds. Let not the people ''sleep on their rights. ."-Fayette- vile Democrat.

 Now while we do not see any spe- cial advantage in the present agita tion of this subject, the issue is upon us and it should be boldly met. We have never considered ourself a re pudiationist in the strict sense of the word. Blu. we see no reason for mincing words at this time as we understand this issue, we are Tn favor of repudiation as opposed to sealing our so'called state aeot. Particularly that which we do not legally or morally owe. Among
Year: 1877

There is considerable enthusi- asm about the State Fair. It is meeting with encouragement and cheering words from all quarters. The press throughout the State is urging the different counties to be prepared to make display, which will do credit to every section of the State, and we doubt not the Fair will be a complete success.
Year: 1877

The Woodruff county Vidette is the latest journalistic candidate for public patronage. The first number IS before us, and judging from it we predict that the Vidette will soon take place in the front ranks of Ar. kansas journalism. The Vidette is published every Wednesday, with J P. House as Editor, and J, w. Penn Publisher. We cordially welcome the Vidette, and wish much success to the management
Year: 1877

We call the attention of our readers to the list of valuable books which for the convenience of ou, readers, in the absence of book store, we have arranged, and from which we will furnish any book nam ed at the price affixed. Any book will be mailed post paid to any one wanting it.