smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

ing the government under it. With
this understanding that the power of
removal to be intrustcd to the Presi-
dent was limited, and only to be applied
to such cases as became necessary to
secure proper performance of official
duties, the bill passed the House of
Representatives, and was sent to the
Senate for concurrence. After lengthy
discussion it passed that body by the
casting vote of the Vice President.
Thus, against the judgment and votes
of powerful opposition in both Senate
and House, what was understood to be
a partial and limited power of removal
was given the President by legislative
construction of the Constitution. The
advocates of the bill expressly declared
that difference in politics, personal
favoritism, or any reason other than for
the public good, would afford no excuse
for the removal of meritorious officer,
but, on the contrary, the discharge of
such an officer by the President on such
grounds would be unconstitutional and
an impeachable offensc, and would rem
der the President himself liable to re-
moval from Office. They did not pre-
tend that the power to remove public
officers duly appointed was expressly
granted to the President, but believing
it necessary that he should have it SO
far as to secure faithful execution of
the laws and official duty, they sought
lodgment for it under the shadow of
one or more of the expressed powers,
feeling all the time, no doubt, that they
were straining the Constitution to find
a place upon which to ingraft it.
Harper's Magazine for July.
Year: 1877

WITH CUSTOMERS THAT 1T IS ALMOST NEEDLESS
WISH TO GIVE OUR PArRoNs NOTICE or
cgEDED IN BUYING DURING rHB PAST WEEK,


HAVE MADE IN OUR ALREADY EXTREMELY
ERs WILL BE READILY CONVINCED THAT OUR
RELIABLE. AND THAT We NEVER MAKE ME-
Year: 1877

There is no tie in the world more
beautiful than that which binds a
mother and son grown old enough
to be her protector. A daughter
loves her mother, indeed; but she
sees all her defects, as one woman
always does those of another. No
doubt, with the unconscious AFRO
gance of youth, she exaggerates
them. But the son loves his
mother with an ideal love-he sees
her as a man sees woman, that is
to say, through "a certain halo of
mystery. Reverence is in his feel
ingS for her, and at the same time
a sense of her need of his care-he
is at once her knight and her son.
He is proud of her and fond of her
at the same time. Her image is
sacred in his mind. She may not
be better than other women, but
she seems so to him.
Year: 1877

New YORK cor, chicago Tribune,


| have in my mind a jeweler who
has failed four times in the past five
years, and in each instance has COM
promised with his creditors for less
than fifty cents on the dollar. Yet
his credit has not, apparently, been
injured, for after each failure he has
been able to stock up again on cred
it, and resume his business of un-
derselling his neighbors. He has
possessed a convenient brother who
came forward as often as required
to assist in the work of compro-
missing, and to endorse the notes
given in settlement. This brother
is now wealthy, but the belief
among his neighbors is that his
brother, whose business troubles "
display such chronic tendency, is
an equal partner in his possessions.
What is true of this individual alb.
sorber OF other mems property is
true of many Others. When he
fails he submits a statement to his
creditors, and these do not take the
trouble to investigate his affairs, or
attempt to find out what he has
done with the money for which he
has sold their goods. Were this
carefully and thoroughly done in
each instance, it would frequently
be found that the debtor has some
where concealed a considerable
amount of property which he has
not included among his assets. OF
course, those dealers who expect to
pay one hundred cents on the dol.
lar stand no chance in competition
Year: 1877

with one who lays his plans for a
compromise, and does not intend to
pay more than fifty cents on the
dollar. In the instance of the Jew
eler have mentioned, he made it
his business to undersell every
honest dealer in the community in
which he lived, and, of course, he
secured the bulk Of the trade. But
the manufacturers and wholesalers
had to pay for it in the end. They
did not, however, seem to learn any
thing from their experience, for,
instead of driving him into bank
ruptcy, or forcing him to abandon
the business which he conducted so
dishonesty, they compromised their
claims against him and re-estab-
lished him in business, thus cutting
the throats Of their own customers
in the same town who made it
point of honor to pay all claims
against them in full.
Year: 1877

Charlotte Observer


A friend who is neither a fox
hunter nor fond Of shooting birds,
but sensible fellow for all that,
has discovered what is bringing the
country to ruin. Just outside the
city limits he saw a wagon, to which
was attached a very small and
shadowy mule, sticking fast in the
mud, and while the driver was
making frantic efforts to extricate
the vehicle and the beast, around
him gamboled two large and splen-
did looking dogs which, apparently,
had been living on the fat of the
land. "Had The cost of keeping
these dogs" reflected our friend,
"been expended to support the
mule, it would have been as fat and
stout as anybody's mule, and the
farmer would not have lost his
time and religion" He is opposed
to Hayes Southern policy of pacii-
cation when it relates to dogs.
Year: 1877

THE BENEFIT OF FA1Rs.-We Oh.
serve in some of our exchanges dis
position to denounce Agricultural Fairs.
We have seen the statement made that
they are useless to the farmer. This
is very great mistake Even poor
fair is of vast benefit to the agricultur-
al interests. With all the improve
ments constantly being made in ma


chinery, in stock aud in the methods
of working the farm, it is impossible
for the farmer to attend fair and go
away without learning something. The
manufacturers of farm machinery will
exhibit their implements for the pur-
pose OF adver risement, the breeders Of
stock will exhibit their animals for a
similar purpose, and pride and the
hope Of premium prompts the exhi
bition of the productions Of the farm.
Thus the farmer has an opportunity to
see what his neiehbors and the world
are doing, and to profit by their know-
ledge and also by their mistakes
Year: 1877

NEURALGIA AND RaEuMATIsM -
A very simple relief for neuralgia is
to boil a snail handful Of lobella il.
half a pint Of water till the strength is
out Of the herb, then strain it off and
add . tesspoonful Of fine. salt. Wiring
cloths out Of tie liquid as hot as posi-
BILE and spread over the part affected
1t acts like a charm. Change the
cloths as soon as cold till the pain is
all gone then cover the place with a
soft, dry covering till all perspirasion
Is over, SO ss to prevent taking cold


Rheumatism can often be relieved by
application to the painful parts. Of
cloths wet in . weak solution of sal
soda in water. lfthere is infamma :
tlon in the joints. the cure is very
quick the wash needs to be luke
wirm.-[Fur Countr.. Gcu;!cman.
Year: 1877

In order to secure the greatest q
mount OF milk cows should, during the
hot weather, have an abundance of
good, clean water The hot sun of
these days renders the grass less sue
culent as it natures, and dries up the
natural supply Of water, SO that it will
stand the farmer in pocke: to pump a
liberal supply for his stock, four or
even five times day, whenever there
is not an abundance of clear fresh Wa
ter supplied by natural means. Then
use of surface water from stagnant
pools is at once injurious to the aui
mails themselves and to their milk.
Year: 1877

Leaning on my husbands arm, was
walking on the Rue de la Paix, about
one block from the Vendome column,
and was looking up at the column itself,
admiring the effect produced by the
dark bronze of the shaft against the
gold finished hue of the sunset sky, the
hour being about 5 in the afternoon.
Suddenly down the face of the column
fell a human form with white and black
draperies hutterlng in the air; it struck
the wreath of immortelles that surrounds
the column at its juncture with the
pedestal, and rebounded with such force
that it was thrown clear over the railing
that surrounds the base, and fell into
the center of the outside pavement /
could not realize for a moment that l
had really beheld that awful spectacle
human being self-hurled into eternity
but such was indeed the meaning of
what L had seen. In moment the pros
trate figure was surrounded by dense
crowd. The emotion of the spectators
was extreme, and one old lady burst out
crying in her agitation. The victim was
young and neatly-dressed woman. She
lay prone on the pavement as she had
fallen, but no trace of blood or mutila-
ton was visible, as one of the bystanders
had drawn her waterproof cloak around
her shattered head, that having been the
point that first struck the pavement.
Her shoes, q neat pair of black lasting
boots, had been forced from her feet by
the fall, showing clean white stockings
of a quality never worn in France by the
working classes One of her garters, also
jerked off by the fall, lay near her-a
dainty blue silk affair, with a gilded
clasp. She had, as l afterward learned,
gone most deliberately to work to ex-
ecute her purpose. She had concealed
q camp-stool under her waterproof be-
fore making the ascent. Arrived at the
top, she had profited by a moment when
the guide was busted in pointing out
certain objects of interest in the view to
another party, had then gone around to
the opposite side, had placed her camp
stool there, mounted upon it, and so con-
trived to clamer over the high railing. L
passed by the spot an hour later. The
body had long since been removed, and
the crowd was gone but few bystand-
ers fingered under the darkening sky,
looking alternately up at the summit of
the gigantic shaft that lowered above
them and down at two crimson stains
upon the pavement, upon which gravel
had been hastily strown, but which still
revealed dusky and ominous red
through the pebbles and sand that tried
to hide it.-Lucy II. HOOper's Letter
from Paris in Ne1U York World.
Year: 1877

Twas morning clear in the newborn year,
When the frost was holding revel:
The church bells call, from the belfries tall,
Pealed forth DER the town so level.
Then the people drest in their extra best
Went to church on this Sabbath morning
With thoughts fully bent on pious content,
And the spirits meek adorning.
The church doors wide, for the coming tide,
Said plainly as words could say,
You're welcome all, who hear this call,


Come worship in here to-day"
The coming throng, as they press along,
Feel the JOY of the sacred place,
Till down the aisle they walk erewhile


And search with wistful face
And search again mid the selfish train


Who have taken the end of each seat;
Just one in pew, no room for you,


Unless you vault over our feet
VIII you leave the church, be left in the lurch,
Or try the gantlet of thorns;
Tread over the feet to get in the seat


And crush their numberless corns?
If you are slim, your sails in trim,


Your success may be complete;
But, if you are large, tits desperate charge,
The attempt to get into the seat.
'Tis terrible plight to be fastened tight,
Your sleeves in some ones bonnet;
But one more lunge, one vaulting plunge,
At last you've surely done 1t.
One good you get of this needless fret
And you know revenge is sweet
You've battered the nose and crushed the toes
OF the one in the end of the seat.
But should there come a more timid one
Who shrinks such notice to meet,
Or a stranger attend, then heaven defend
From the one in the end of seat.
o what is the reason that every season


These folks with stupor replete
Will compel such search for seat in church
While they sit in the end of the seat?
Year: 1877

Finding the lion of commerce rather a
mild and detected animal, Barnum has
determined to have one that will out-roar
anything that ever stood "on Afric's
burning shore" Acting under his in
structions New York taxidermist is op-
Grating on the throat and mouth of n
dead lion. He has preserved the vocal
organs, and proposes to put steam en-
gine inside the brute that will force n
howl out of him loud enough to be heard
two miles.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, December 6.-The Commissioner of the General Land Office is preparing a bill for the sale or disposal of timber and timber lands which will provide for the withdrawal of all lands chiefly valuable for timber and not suitable for agricultural pur- poses from the operation of the Home stead and Preemption laws and from liability to be taken by any of the va rious kinds of land scrip heretofore provided for by law. The bill will also provide for the sale of timber of certain kinds, reserving the soil with a view to the renewal of forests.

 The Commissioners bill seems a step in the right direction; but if the sale of timber is to be done by roam ing special agents, then it will be little better than a blackmailing affair, and lead to sorry results. If the bill should become a law, and the sale of timber be given to men established in busI- ness in the Territory, who could not afford to do wrong, and subject them selves to the just wrath of the indus trIous people, as can and do the itiner- ant agent, the bill would perhaps oper- ate wisely; otherwise badly. The with drawal from entry under the Home stead and Preemption laws, is, we think a proper step; the value of the other step will depend upon its appli- cation, and by whom.
Year: 1877

From the Presidents annual mes

 sage:

 The wisdom of legislation upon the

 part of Congress in aid ot the States

 for education of the whole people in

 those branches of study which are taught in the common schools of the country is no longer a question. The

 intelligent judgment of the country goes still further regarding it, as also both constitutional and eXpedient for the General Government to extend to technical and higher education such aid as is deemed essential to the gener- al welfare and to our due prominence among the enlightened and cultured nations of the world. The ultimate settlement of all questions of future, whether of administration or finance, or of true nationality of sentiment, de- bends upon the virtue and intelligence of the people. It is vain to hope for the success of a free Government with out the means of lnsuring the intel ligence of those who are the source of power. No less than one-seYenth of the entire voting population of our country are yet unable to read and write. It IS encouraging to observe in connection with the growth Of fraternal feeling in those States in which slavery formerly existed evidences of lncreas- ing interest in universal education, and 1 shall be glad to give my ap- proval to any appropriate measures which may be enacted by Congress for the purpose of supplementing with national aid the local systems of edu- cation in these States, and in all the States; and having already invited your attention to the needs of the Dis uict of Columbia with respect to its public school system, 1 here add that l believe it desirable not so much with reference to the local wants of the Dis trict, but the great and lasting benefit of the entire country, and that this system should be crowned with a uni yerslty to all respects ln keeping with the National Capital, and thereby real ize the cherished hope of Washington on this subject.
Year: 1877

The WajlJl relate that the portion Of this continent now occupied by the great lake was plain ''years and years and years ago." that on this plain was large town, in which lived man and his wife, with an inclosure round their dwelling, which contained a remark ably deep well or fountain, whence an abundant supply of fresh fish was ob- tained for their wants. The existence of the fountain and it's treasure had been kept profound secret, last some heavy calamity should happen, and, re- membering the injunction, the owners of the fountain lived long and happily, and fresh fish formed their main food each day. The wife, however, permit ted another man in secret to share the love which should have bestowed on her husband, and, among other favors, she frequently gave to her lover some of the fresh fish, kind of delicious meat he had never before tasted, and which reused his utmost curiosity to as- cei tain whence she obtained it. One day the husband was compelled to begin 8 journey to UvinZa, but before departure he strictly enjoined his wife to look after his house closely, to admit no gossips within his doors, and above all. not to show the fountain. This African Eve solemnly promised to comply with his instructions, though secretly she rejoiced at the prospect of his absence. A few hours after her husband departed she left her house to 1 ho,. 1~r ,,1 q kr>h have for long time demanded to know whence I obtained that delicious meat you have so often praised. Come with me, and will show you" She first entertained her lover with the fish cooked in various ways, nor was she neglectful to satisfy his thirst with wine of her own manufacture. Then, when her lover began to be impatient at the delay. she invited him to follow her. A fence of watercane plastered over with mud inclOsed the wondrOus fountain, within whose crystal depths he saw the fish. For some time he gazed on the brilliant creatures with admiration; then, seized with desire to handle one of them and regard them more closely, he put his hand within the water to catch one. when suddenly the we'll burst forth, the earth opened her womb, and an enormous lake re- placed the plain. Within few days the husband, returning from Uvinza approached Ujiji, and saw to his as- tonishment a large lake where once a plain and many towns stood, and he knew then that his wife had revealed the secret of the mysterious fountain and that punishment had fallen upon her and her neighbors because of hel sin
Year: 1877

Every one wants to see better times and is squealing because some one else does not make them better, unmindful of the fact that all are interested in that work, and no one should wait for the other to strike out first. We must all help and encourage each other, not lie crouched down seeking whom we may devour-and thereby cause all the harder

 times by the scares arising therefrom Remember that men make tinIes hard, 5at hard times do not nadke men. The longer

 we continue entertaining thoughts about suing and breaking down; men who are ill our debt, depend upon it, just so long we may expect the times to remain as they now weXist-without con- tidence. If you want to see better times, begin to improve them yourself, Don't wait for some one else to start first; roll up your sleeves and strike the monster, panic, on the head, first. Your neighbor won't be behind if he sees you striving; his neighbor will not be out rivaled; the next neighbor will come forth and the next still won't be be- hind; so all along the line will the re- vival extend until there is a complete revolution all around. Begin as though you were beginning over again after a disastrous failure, with all the determi- nation of ''fresh man," and then you will soon see the result, and be happy
Year: 1877

Every man must patiently bide his time not in idleness, in useless pastime, or querulous, dejection, but in constan- tly accomplishing his task, that when occasion comes he may be equal to it. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you do well, without a thoughto fame,i If 1t comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, and not because itis sought after. It is very indiscreet and troublesome ambition which cares so much what the world says of us; to be always anxious about the effect of what we do or say; to be always shouting to hear the echoes of our voices.
Year: 1877

Then she fell into doze again. The shadows draped themselves about her; a star came out and leaned to look in the window "a late bird tilted on a spray near by, and made sudden gush of
Year: 1877

You object 10 The bead lines. Sit down
aad Try TO write some yourself, jast once


There arc certain limits to Language.
You cannot have startling titles and yet
adhere 10 lhd strict language Of The com.
mon place.


We acknowledge, however, thai there
Is sometimes a tendency to speak Of =
plough As an agricultural implement, and
Of IRE as the devourlng element


Bat after al Il Is better to have a few
ecoeutricllies OF language, with plenty Of
interesting facts At the bottom Of them
than to have sentences Of Immaculate
rhetoric with no facts at AL


The watering place correspondent Is
the individual who receives the most
witbering criticisms from the newspaper
despiser.


He is generally quite harmless, giving
as statistics OF arrivals and departures,
telling us who's who, aud what's what,
and allowing q vein OF gossip TO run
through his letters, just as the curve Of
the earth runs through the mountains and
valleys thereon.


But perhaps the writer most really de.
serving of sympathy is be whose duty il
is every day 10 be amusiDg.


As though wit aud bumor could be
written to order.


You might just as well expect conju.
rer to twist limliless yards of ribbon out
OF bis asophsgus. a


You must first give him time to put
the ribbon there.


And so with the newspaper funny
man. In some respects he is the useful
man on the staff, for bis squibs and
cranks do more to promote the salubrity
of the reader than the whole board OF
health.


But that isn't saying much.


The ponderous writer is always safe j.
No one expects him to say anything re-
freshing or original, and he never sur
prises public expectations.


But to be perpetually expected to
amuse is to be compelled TO assume the
altitude of comedian behind the foot.
lights.


When his heart is breaking into tears
his face must be breaking into smiles.
In the midst OF violent attack Of spleen
be must pop of bunch of smart aud
good natured bon m0tS.


This is trying to the constitution, aud
It is scarcely to be wondered at that pro-
fessional jokers are like the wicked, in
that they do net live one-half their days.
Year: 1877

IA bottle of run was found in his
pocket" This is often the closing
sentence of d paragraph announcing
the discovery of al unknown corpse.
Itis sad provocative of melancholy
reflections. Who can tell the weight
of that burden which the unfortunate
victim had been doomed to bear until
he reached his wretched journeys
end |? Who will stop to count his
griefs tor loss of dear ones by death
his bereavem ents and privations by
the ingratitude or treachery offriends!
No matter! "a bottle of rum was
in his pocket !" This fact must of
course destroy all sympathy-must it /?
Aye, it generally quenches all inquiry;
for no one thinks Of probing the eau.
ses ofa catastrophe Of this character.
No one cares to trace out the motives
and influences that produced it. No
one troubles himself to imagine how
another's troubles were created
whether piled up by slow graduations,
or flashed into sudden intensity by
tbunderbolt. Especially is it no mat
ter in a case like this.


"a bottle of rum in his pocket !"
Is 1t not sinful to indulge even q feel
ing Of pity ?-is it not horribly to en-
tertain 4 sentiment of charity is it
not heretical to hope for the eternal
respoae of the soul of that poor NOR
tai, of whose wanderings we know
nothing, and Of whose temptations
and trials we neither can. form an es,
innate nor be permitted to make up
judgement "A bottle of rum in his
pocket y There is an immense gulf,
Deacon Gudgeon, between bottle
of rum and rum bottle there is a
greater difference between the two,
than may be found in the characters
and conduct of all the men and ,wo-
men, of high or low degree, that are
crawling or dancing upon the surface
of this ball of dirt called earth