smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

and make a solid North. They en-
neavor to infiame the Northern men
for the same selfish purpose. There
is nothing more unpatriotic. The
man who breaches the doctrine Of
making one section alien to another,
whether he live East or West, North
or South, is an enemy to his country
an d to mankind.


One word more. We have a grand
contest in Ohio this year, which will
leave its mark on the century. One
question is. will money gain Repub-
lican triumph this Fall. Will they
carry this State this Fall and thereby,
perhaps, establish themselves for all
time? Are You prepared to support
the Government of our forefathers
and defend your liberties? Will you
bring about a reform? If so, you will
work for the Democratic ticket from
this until after election.


No party can be trusted too long in
power. There must be a change from
time to time. i'll had time would
tell you of Republican Credit Mobitier
subsidies and other jobs, and you
would agree with me that q change is
necessary. Look also at the fact that
since the Democrats have obtained
possession of the House of Represent
atives they have made an aggregate
saving of $8O,OOO,OOO.


Let them turn out the Ring that has
run the Government so long and we
will have reform. 1 don't mean such
reform as the CIVIL Service Reform
which Secretaries Sherman andSchurz
are breaking every day and talking
about and under which they tax the
poor clerks at Washington. The DEM
ocratlc party is the apostle of true re-
form, and if they succeed, there will
be such shaking of dry bones as will
stir the duet of seventeen years. (Tre-
mendous applause.)


thank you. gentlemen, for the at
attention you have given me.


The meeting was a genuine ovation
and one that has been unequaled here
for many years.
Year: 1879

remember seeing fantastic limning
by Gustave Dore, representing tophet.
The fire burst forth from the mouths
of huge caverns, and everything had a
molten and red-hot appearance. India
at present is very much in this condi-
tion. The hot winds blow uninterrupt-
edly from four to eight hours daily, as
from fiery furnace. The fiercely
blazing sun scorohes and burns every
thing in the most uncompromising man.
ner. The earth has an oveny appear
ance, and is cracked open in large fis-
sures with the intense heat, and scorches
the feet even through thick-soled boots.
The miserable trees look unhappy and
hang their poor wilted leaflets. There
is not a spear of grass visible. Folks
outdoors drag their weary lengths along
as though each were carrying a ball
and chain. They seem to have no am
bition on earth but to drop down and
die quietly in some shady nook. The
roads are some inches deep in dust, and
the air is filed with it, so that breath
ing is difficult and painful. There are
no vegetables nor any fruits. Wells
and tanks and cisterns are low, and the
water muddy and unhealthy. Indoors
the furniture burns the body through
the clothing. The sun glares into every
crack and crevice so persIstently that
blinds and shades and thick curtains
can hardly darken a room sufficiently.
Every outside door is closed tightly,
from early morning until after sun
down, to keep out the heat. The air
becomes stagnant and suffocating. A
little relief is obtainable from the pun
kah, large fan suspended from the
ceiling and worked by servant from
the outside. The punkah swings day
and night. The man whose business it
is to keep it swinging sometimes falls
asleep, and then the airsseems to press
upon one at the rate of 1000 pounds to
the square inch. Breathing is next to
impossible.


At night there is still less comfort to
be had. The bed is hotter than the
body. We sprinkle the bed first and
then jump in, but it is dry and hot
again in almost no time. We sprinkle
the floor and furniture and do every
thing imaginable to cool the sleeping
room, but all uselessly. 1t is like try
ing to sleep in a well-heated oven. AL
though we may long to renounce the
flesh and sit in our bones, still we know
that both flesh and clothes are absolute
ly necessary to protect the body from
the hot air. How superlatively happy
must those be who live in a cold eli
mattel What would not give for a
breath of cool air from the Adirondacks,
or for plunge into the surf at New
port, or for walk on the strand, or
even for a distant glimpse of the seaP-
Letter from MiSsioHGry'S 10ife in Nes0


York Observer.
Year: 1879

Yesterday morning a most singular
coincidence occurred in connection with
the death of Mrs. D. j. Hodge. At
about the same hour that she was pass
ing away the horse which had been re-
sponsible for her accident, and which
was stabbed nearly a mile away from
the house, began acting in the most
unaccountable manner, and one alto
gether foreign to his previous conduct.
The animal seemed in great agony, and
finally broke out of the stable and into
the yard, where he rolled about on the
ground apparently in intense pain. At
the exact time of her dissolution, as
near as can be learned, the spell seemed
TO pass away, and the horse recovered
and returned to the stable.


Strange as it may seem incidents OF
this kind are by no means rare. A gen.
tleman in this city relates that six years
ago he purchased canary which
proved to be an unusually fine singer.
Three years ago he lost his little
daughter, and suddenly the bird ceased
TO sing. 1t remained silent until the
birth of two other children, twins, when
it again sang beautifully. Recently
both these children died, and upon the
first death occurring the songsteI
ceased to make music and has moi
uttered note since. Cleveland Voice.
Sept. IN.
Year: 1879

The following is from the Eureka
(Nev.) Sentinel:


After man came woman.


And she has been after him ever
since.


She is person of free extraction,
being made of mans rib.


don't know why Adam wanted to
fool away his ribs in that way, but l
suppose he was not accountable for all
he did.


1t costs more to keep a woman than
three dogs and big shotgun.


But she pays you back with interest
by giving you houseful of children
to keep you awake all night and smear
molasses candy over your Sunday coat.
Besides wife is very convenient
article to have around the house.


She is handy to swear at whenever
you cut yourself with razor, and don't
feel like blaming yourself.


Woman is the superior being in
Massachusetts.


There are about $4,000 more of her
sex than males in that State.


This accounts for the terrified, hunt
ed-down expression of the single man
who has emigrated from the East.


Woman is not created perfect.


She has her faults such as false
hair, false complexion, and so on.


But she is a great deal better than
her neighbor, and she knows it.


Eve was a woman.


She must have been a model wife,
too, for it costs Adam nothing to keep
her in clothes.


Still, / don't think she was happy.


She couldn't 60 to sewing circles and
air her information about everybody
she knew, nor excite the envy of other
ladies by wearing her new winter bon
net to church.


Neither could she hang over the back
fence and talk with her near neighbor.


All these blessed privileges were de-
MED her.
Poor Evel she's dead.
Year: 1879

In his disposition the present Sultan
is naturally the most amiable of men,
and he has given fewer of his wives the
sack than possibly any predecessor that
was allowed to live long enough to be-
come acquainted. He is fond of the
pleasures of the table; in fact, heredi-
tarily addicted to good eating, and can
stand as much rest as any Padisha that
Turkey has had. AS Constanti-
nople correspondent writes to the
Cologne Gazette, she is one of the
best and noblest sovereigns who have
ever sat upon Turkish throne" In
quieter times he would have become
the idol of his people, but he has proved
incapable of dealing with the difficult
ties of his situation. So beset and har-
rassed is he by the late attentions of
foreign powers, so constant in his fear
of conspiracies and instructions and of
involuntary suicide with the scissors,
that his brain has given way, and he
lives in maniacal fear of assassina-
tion.n


He never sleeps for two nights in
succession in the same bed; all his food
and drink has to be tasted in his pres
ence before he will touch it; he thinks
his ministers and all others attached to
his person are conspiring against him,
and instead of being a jolly and happy
mortal, he is the most wretched of men
in the midst of his miserable splendor.
The only persons in whom he seems to
repose the slightest confidence are a
few officers of the household, and they
enjoy more power than the ministry
itself. The correspondent quoted de,
scribes how " only the other day con,
tractor who applied for a concession
which the Grand Vizier and his minis
ters rightly refused to grant, as be
ing incompatible with the interests OF
the country, obtained it from the Sultar
by the simple process of making pres
ent of f45,000 10 the chief eunuch.' >
NJ Y, Sun.
Year: 1879

point reached by Eurick and the In {
dians Elk prairie) was entirely correct.
and the outlook from there was favora-
BILE in the extreme. This, coupled with ,
Moberly's about their being pass over ,
there 2, 050 feet lower than the Lo Io !
crossing, was enough to warrant our
survey. The weak point was this in
formation, and am inclined to think
it was a case of ,nisundersta some.
where. Mobcrly's party, you win re.
member, came from Bitter Root to the
point on the Lo l4o trail where it crosses
the lo Lo fork. There they built o
boat and came down the stream to the
intersection OF another creek which he
called boulder fork. They were wreck
ed in that vicinity and walked back to


the Lo Lo trail, came to Kamia and


started up the same fork from Long


Bills with horses. They soon had to


abandon their pack train, and finished


their exploration up to the Lo 10 trail


along the river on foot. What they


did afterward | do not know, but the


accredited story of their having gone


over 20 the middle fork, found a pass


1850 feet lower than the To Lo sum.


NIT and then descended that stream in


boats is out Of the question. We found


the water at the last point that could


be reached by railroad to be $500 feet


above tide, and no pass beyond it, and


no boat ever built could come down that


stream to Elk prairie. ! AN inclined to


the belief that instead of 1850 (rather


an odd figure fer barometer mar to


give) he gave $500 below the Lo 10


summit as the juncture of the tS'o forks


Of the 10 Lo where he was wrecked and


left the river, and that would tally ex-


aclly with the elevation he made it,


We had rather rough trip. Our


provisions gave out, but SO long as we


kept away from the main range we had
plenty of fish and game. We killed
Io elk and two bear on the trip and
caught an innumerable caravan Of trout.
, |
Our Indian guide got the most elk as
he had more time to hunt than tie rest.
Joe Baker was the champion shot AID
fisherman among the pale faces.
! crippled my saddle horse and had to
abandon him on the mountains. We
rolled one horse and the mule, the lat.
ter falling end over end down a pile Of
smooth rocks more than hurdren feet
in height. never expectedto to see him
stand up again, but he was the first
pack horse into Mt. Idaho. 1t is the
finest game country | ever saw. We
came across at least 200 elk, and did not
kill more simply because wo had no
need for them.


We saw two moose and the prospect
ing party whom we met coming in
killed two, We came across one large
basin Of gravel wash at least ten miles
square but could find no traces of geld
in it, although there was plenty OF
; black sand and rubies. The prospect.
ing party report they did not get a
color. The broad fats about Elk prai-
55xie, $50 miles above Lewiston, contain


millions of feet Of the finest cedar !
ever saw, the trees running very uni
form in size from the ground up and
every one being fit to saw from two tt
five feet in diameter, no very large OIL
very small ones.


Iappend l statement of heights ant


distances we took
Year: 1879

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New


YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants aud others
to stop at when in New York is the Grand


Union Hotel, nesrly opposite the Grand
Central Depot, kept on the European plan
you therefore only pay for what you get.
Everything is frst class, and prices mod
crate, adapted TO the stringency of the
times. You save the expense of carriage
hire, and by leaving your baggage check
on the counter of the Hotel, your baggage
Year: 1879

At this season of the year when the
blood is undergoing changes in condition
there is no remedy so effcacious as Ma
guire's Cundurango, for removing all
bilious taiuts and impurities. There are
hundreds in this vicinity who can attest its
excellent qualities and the beneficial re-
suits from its use especially in all the ills
and complaints that come from an inactive
liver. One dose is oftimes sufficient.


Every family should keep it 10 the house,
Year: 1879

Frank MiIler's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one Of the oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in it's line. diff
Year: 1879

The bankrupt stock of boots and shoes
at Mitchell 4 Parsons, is going off at a
lively rate, and we should not think that
the stock would hold out over thirty days
longer. Call early, if you wish to secure
a good fit. Remember it is the Kelley Il
Retticker stock, and is first class every
way. diff
Year: 1879

During our peregrinatlons through life many are
heard TO exclaim, Rock in the Road" In other
words an impediment presents ITSELF the wheels of
time are retarded, his onward march is prevented.
and as his TIME is very valuable to his family be


Is in great haste to clear the road of this great
which detains him. This rock is nothing more
nor less than case Of chiIs, which stops him
from his daily work by which his family is sun
ported: But friend passes along and tells him
TO send to the nearest store and get one bottle of
Days Agus Tonic and use il, and .he will never
have another t'reck in the road. -
Year: 1879

Assuming the particulars of the sinking of the Columbia, in mid ocean, as given by Captain Larson, to bc correct in description, his first notion that the animal that struck his bark was one of the two whales engaged in combat is probably the true one. Whales do fight and dis play tremendous power. There is an account of whale fight that oc cured just off the town of Nybster. Scotland, which was witnessed by number Of fishermen. The two whales rushed against each other with great velocity; one would leap twenty or thirty feet in the air and fall upon his foe with crushing force, and the sea around him, lashed into foam, soon exhibited bright red tinge. The battle lasted three hours One of the whales was killed in the fight, and this, when drawn ashore, was found to be sixty feet in length A monster like that, moving with velocity that would carry it twenty to thirty feet out of the water, might stave in the blanks of an old vessel such as the Columbia was.-Phtta- delphsd Ledger.
Year: 1879

We would respectfully call the attention of the town authoEities to the present unsightly condition of the plaza. This fine square, instead of being an ornament, as it should, to our city, is, from it's constant use as a rendezvous by Indians and other riff-raff, an eye-sore. A person on entering our city, would be at once struck by the air of desOlation pervading it, and would reasonably conclude that the citizens of our town cared little for the tawn's ap- pearance. With little expenditure of money, and the facilities at hand it could readily be transformed into blooming spot, which besides em- bellishing our city, wouI give to the public a resort where, after the hours of labor, recreation might be sought. Let us have somezaction in the matter.
Year: 1879

If some recent statements may be accepted. Edison has at length sue ceeded in making a very important discovery in the matter ot the cleo tric light. This is no less than the ascertainment of method by which the platinum wire employed may be so consolidated that it is practically indestructable, and capable of em- ployment in ths incandescent light with the most satisfactory and econ omical results. It is said that Edison made this discovery by putting a piece of mel:ei platinum wire under the microscope, when he perceived that it was full of minute cracks, which appeared to have been caused by the escape of air. He then heated wire in vacuum very slowly and continuously, and as a fiuai result obtained wire which is apparently free from all the defects which cha. acterized the old material, anu which promises to supply the means of keeping his new light burning ad in finitum. It is alleged that no form idable difficulty remains, in fact, and that the Edison light is practically an assured success. Whether it will suppiant the existing illuminants to any considerable extent, is of course a question which experience alone can determine.
Year: 1879

SEC 2325. \ patent for any land

 claimed and located for valuable de

 posits may be obtaiaed in the follow

 ing manner: Any person, associa- tion or corporation authorized to To-

 cate a claim under this chapter, hay ing claimed and located piece of

 land for such purposes, who has, or

 have, complied with the terms of

 this chapter, may fileiin the ssproper,

 land office an application for patent

 under oath, showing such compli-

 ancc, together with plat and field l notes of tLe claim or claims in con- mon, made by or under the direction

 of the United States surveyor general. showing accurately the boundaries of

 the claim or claims, which shall be distinctly msrkcd by monuments on

 the ground, and shall post copy of

 such plat, together with notice of

 such application for a patent, in d

 conspicuous place on the land em-

 braced in such plat, previous to the

 filing of the applicatio fer patent

 and shall file an affidavit of at least

 two persons tha: such notice has been

 duly posted, and shall file copy of

 the notice in such land office, and

 shall thereupon be entitled to

 patent for the land, in the manner following: The register of the land office, upon the filing of such appli- cation, plat, field notes, notices, and afidavits, shall publish notice that such application has been made, for the period of sixty days, in news paper to be by him designated as pub lished nearest to such claim; and he l shall also post such notice in his office for the same period. The | claimant at the time of filing this app plicatlon, or at any time thereafter within the sixty days of publication shall file with the register certifi- cate of the United States surveyor general that five hundred dollars | worth of labor has been expended or improvements made upon the claim by himself or grantors that the plat is correct, with such further descrip- ton by such reference to natural ob- jccts or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish an accurate description, to be incor poroted in the patent At the explr- alton of the sixty days of publica- tion the claimant shall file his affida yit, showing that the plat and notice have been posted in a conspicuous place on the claim during such pc riod of publication. If no adverse claim shall have been filed with the register and the receiver of the proper land-ofice at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to patent, upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard. except it be shown hat the applicant has failed to con- ply with the terms of tliis chapter.
Year: 1879

Bad luck made George Waterfield downhcarted, and he frequently threatened to take his own life. Sc disconsolate was he that, when some Io1y asked the loungers on the yer andah of the tavern at Edge Hill, Pa, to go into the bar-room and drink, and though all responded with alac- rity he staid outside alone. When the others came out again, they found Waterfield lying dead on the floor with a wound in his breast. They thought he had carried out his SUI cidal purposes by stabbing himself, but they could not find knife. An examining physician found hullett in the supposed gash, and it was a mystery how the shot had been fired, until it was ascertained that a man had been trying rifle in that direc ton from 8 point three-quartcrs of q mile away.
Year: 1879

Grass and weeds of every descrip- lion growing in gravel walks may be exterminated the most expeditiously and cheaply by the application Of common salt in large quantities st one dose is not sufficient, apply a sec ond- Two applications of salt will not only kill the weeds now growing but will prevent their sprin ging up next season.
Year: 1879

"How to Tell Bad Eggs" is the title of an article in an exchange When you have anything to tell q bad egg, you must be careful not to break the shell while imparting the information.
Year: 1879

Ballston is distant seven and a half miles from Saratoga, and yet an electric light burning at the latter place the other night, enabled peo- pie living at Ballston to see to read To most men this is simply an inter esting fact, but to the profound thinker it is a near step in the direc- ton of abolishing night, and eman- cipating mankind from the necessity of sleeping, The coming man will never feel the need of sleep, and he will know no real difference between day and night.

 A Tennessee colored preacher held forth recently as follows: You girls call your swecthearts darlings. and you men call yours daisies and you girls are afraid to come up here for fear some other girls will get off with your darlings, and you men for fear some other fellow will get away with your daisies, and, be- tween this darling and daisy busi- ness, lots of you niggers are going straight to he'll"
Year: 1879




Nothing can be clearer than the
fact that if the soft-money scheme
the "Ohio idea'-succeeds at the next
election, the currency question will
be violently agitated next year. It
is for the interest of every business
man in Ohio to prevent such state
of affairs. And the only way to pre-
vent it is to set the seal of condemna-
ton upon the soft money fallacy
this fall so firmly that its advocates
cannot resurrect it. The settlement
of the financial issue is a business
matter more than a political one,
and business men are more interest
ed in its settlement than politicians
are.


On this point a business man re-
Gently said: ''To meddIe now in any
way with the finances would be Ma
tional suicide. We know where we
stand now. We understand and
have confidence in each other. Mon
ey is plenty at the lowest rate of in
terest known for years, if ever. Any
show of further financial legislation
will unhinge US all, undo all good
done, disarrange rates, destroy con
fdence, and pitch us all back again
into darkness, uncertainty and
doubt. . TCin. Com.