smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Part Of tho Court of General Sessions was
crowded yesterday morning by persons interested
In the of the recently indicted for cotton
peculations, and known cotton samplers and
brokers. Lawrence Bowe. junk dealer. of No. 469
Greenwich street. who was convicted on Tuesday for
receiving of the stolen cotton, was to be ar
raigned for sentence. Assistant District Attorney
Bell moved that the sentence be passed Mr. William
+. Knitting. one of the tor Bowe. called the
attention of the Court to the recommendation OF
mercy by the jury and also to the fact that the prs


oner HAD proved excellent character He referred
to the fact that the practice of buying cotton from


samplers had existed almost ever since cotton had
been brought New York. and that while the pris-
onor might be technically guilty OF the offence OF
q criminal. Assistant District Attorney Bell said
that he trusted that an example would be
made in this case; that the prisoner WAS put
of many who had been aiding
and encouraging the larceny OF cotton to such an
extent almost have discouraged It's Shipment to
New York. The Cotton Exchange had taken this
matter in hand for the purpose OF breaking up
well regulated system of robbery. Judge Cowing,


In passing sentence said the prisoner had been con-
victed of serious offence and was representative
of class through whose fundamentally some Of
the cotton samplers had been preying for long
time upon the cotton merchants of this city, but
while he felt it to be his duty to send him to
State Prison he nevertheless should take into con-
sideraton the recommendation Of the jury to mercy
and his previous good character. He would in this
indict the lowest penaltyone year III the State
Prison-but trusted that this light sentence would
not encourage the commission of similar offences
Year: 1879

A scsthing rebuke to negligent notaries. and what
should prove q salutary warning to them. given
yesterday Judge Van Brun in the of the trial
of suit In which the notary who took deposition
could not identify and did not know the man
whose deposition was taken before him. Judge Van
Brunt said that of this kind are continually
arising and violation OF duty on the part OF
notarie the statute prescribing that whore person
is known to u notary who is taking an acknowledge
ment he is known to him as knows his business
friend acquaintance and of whose identity he is
certain In such case he may certify to his iden-
and the it is stopped the better for the secu
rty OF every doing business on notarial certif-
cates-for notares certify person brought be-
fore them and OF whose identity they have no
knowledge. Such proceedings on their part are, he
said in conclusion, msdemeanors, and they arc
liable to punishment accordingly.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR HERALD:-


Disreputable people must coneregate somewhere.
and it the misfortune of respectable people living
the head of West Fourth street that favorite
resort OF bad characters is on the block. But
why should these people be allowed to keep up a
horrible din ut late hours of the night and keep
honest folks awake? SUFFERER.
Year: 1879

Some years ago the late Horace
Mann, the eminent American educator,
delivered an address at the opening OF
some reformatOry institution for boys,


during which he remarked that if one
boy were saved from ruin it would pay
for all the cost and care Of establish
ing such an institution as that. After
the exercises had closed, in private
con uvcrSatiOn a gentleman rallied Mr..
Mann upon his statement, and said to
him


did YOU not color that little when
YOU said that all expense. and labor
would be repaid ii it only saved one
boy p


"Not if it were my boy" was the
solemn and convincing answer.


All there is ii wonderful value about
"my boy.' Other boys may be rude
and rough other boys may seem to re-
qure more pains and labor than they
" i'll ever repay; or other boys may be
left to drift uncared for to their ruin,
which ia SO near at hand-but my
boy"-it is worth the toll Of a lifetime
and the lavish wealth Of Il world around
to save him from temporal and eternal
ruin. We would 20 the world round
to save him from peril, and would
hless every hand that was stretched
out TO give him help and welcome.
Aud yet every poor wandering, outcast.
/ homeless man, is one whom some fond
mother called my boy" Every lost
woman, sunken in the depths of sin.


Was somebody's daughter in the days
OF her childish Innocence. To-day
>ouehody's son is hungry outcast,


pressed to the very verge of crime and
sin. To-day someho,i'y daughter is a
weary, helpless wanderer, driven by
necessity into the paths that lead to
death. Shall we shrink from labor,
shall We hesitate at cost. WHEN the
work before lis is the salvation Of a
soul?


Not if it is " my boy" not if we have
+ the love of Him who gave His life to
save the lost.
Year: 1879

The telephone was a wonderful ad-
vance in science. and now directly upon
it comes the audiphone, which restores
the sense of hearing to the deaf. 1t is
an instrument which is placed between
the teeth, and the vibrations of air from
sound of any kind. is through that me
dium conveyed tp the auditory nerves.
We cannot enter into full particulars,
but she experiment has been tested in a
deaf and dumb asylum, and the results
were perfectly satisfactory.


The4narch OF science within the last
century has been perfectly stupendous.
The discoveries too have been in favor
of the useful arts. They have simpli-
fed labor, ameliorated the snfferings of
the human race, and it they have not
discovered the secret of longevity, they
have taught many valuable lessons OF
health aud physical wa'l-beiug. Alto
gether the world is wiser and hettsr for
most of these discoveries.


The only dark feature of this i'll
creased wisdom, is that science in its
pride at thus unveiling the secrets of
the universe, seems to ignore the
creative power altogether. The scien-
tist sees no great controlling cause be-
hind the effects which he glorifes and
which he makes his aim in life.


The andiphone and telephone are
great things in their way, but the world
can do better without them than the
belief in God and the Eteinities which
the modern scientists reject. .s.-s-s
Year: 1879

In these times of general dishonesty
we are proud to say that we know one
man whose pledges have all been kept.
They are kept by his uncle, because the
man can't raise the cash to redeem
them.--[ Boston Post,
Year: 1879

"WEDNESDAY July 30-6P NJ.


At the opening this morning the market was gen.
orally inclined to advance. and in special way
showed rise in Delaware and Lackawanna shares.
1t had leaked out that the coal prices ut todays auc
ton were to be made BETTER though it required
the support Of certain large holders Of the coal stocks
to make them AS matter of fact prices were
made better by 10 to 20 cents ton; but whether
this improvement was due to legitimate demand or
only to the Vaccinations OF certain stock gamblers
who long OF the stock remains to be proved
As the matter stands there was decided rise in Della
ware and Lackawanna. something of an Improvement
in New Jersey Central and manifest of
all other stocks that Immediately remotely con-
nected with the coal interests There was less doing
the granger shares to-day Prices steady and the
hand to mouth dealings of the retail traders were
large. but there an absence OF the Saratoga
orders, which for little time back have given life
to the MARKET Consequently to-day's business fell
into the hands of the small and professional specua
tors to whom the gain Of an "eighth" is valuable
acquisition and the loss of quarter serious
catastrophe For market which in q great meas
ure took Of itself. that of this morning was
eminenty strong one There was no great dispo-
sition to bull prices and certainly disposition to
bear them, so between these two extremes quota
tions for almost the entire list held. it were,
in state of suspended animation, which
may result. so far the immediate future
Is concerned. in either higher prices or
lower There was brisk business this morn
ing in railroad bonds. Those Of Missouri. Kansas
and Texas notably active and higher. We are
informed that at meeting of parties interested in
this property plan was formed for the reorganiza-
tion of the road, which, if carried out. will be
tremely beneficial to It's interests 10 this supposi
ton todays rise in the bonds is to be accredited In
ha Mipin Roar mi yvnr all hatta arth ha
and Edith which for some time past has been tying
. milestone about the neck Of the market seems to
have got rid of the encumbrance at last and rallied
to-day. So did the rest OF the list in greater
less degree, and the market closed cheerlully
than 1t has done for o week past.


The range of fluctuations in leading shares is
shown in the following table OF prices:
Year: 1879

In a recent trial in Tennessee the
court refused to receive acertain mans
testimony, on the ground that he was
an atheist. Some of the religious pa
pers speak approvingly Of this decis-
ion. Now, we are willing to assent
to almost anything that may be said
or done against atheists, but we think
two opinions may be held regarding
the wisdom of this Tennessee Judges
ruling.


The object Of court in calling wit
nesses is to arrive at knowledge of
facts. Now, is the word Of an atheist
good for anything as a guide in our
search after facts? Is there not more
than one atheist who may be believed
when he tells us that he has or has
not seen Jones this morning? that it
did or did not rain yesterday in his re-
gion? or even on such a matter as
that he will pay his store bill on de-
mand? Now, if the word of an athe-
ist may be taken by his neighbor-if
even loan of money may sometimes be
safely made on it-may not the court
receive it? The man may not fear
Divine judgment for perjury; but,
nevertheless, there are certain consid-
erations which have some influence ON
him to induce him to speak the truth.
AS to a belief in the punishment of
perjury after death, there are many
witnesses in court whose fears are less
regarding that than Of the penitentia-
ry on earth, in case they testify false
ly.


Grant that mans credulity is i'm
paired by lack Of belief in God;
his testimony may still be taken for
what it is worth. If witness is very
young, if he is unidentified, if he is
man of bad character, if he is strong
ly preiudiced one way or the other,
the jury may not give the weight to
his evidence they would otherwise;
but still it is listened to. So the tes-
timony of an atheist may be worth
something.


As to the suggestion that if he does
not believe in God he cannot take an
oath, the answer is that, like the Qua
ker, who refuses to take an oath, he
can affirm.


In urging the rejection of an athe-
lists testimony, we may be cutting off
our own noses. 1t may be society,
and not the atheist, that is injured.
Indeed, others than atheists are gen.
orally glad to escape being put in the
witness-box; but society may suffer if
they are excused from testifying. The
atheist may be the only person who
saw with his own eyes the transactions
in question. To reject his testimony
may be to let the criminal go free, to
send the innocent man to prison, to
let the widow be defrauded, to iniure
not him, but those who believe in a
God.
Year: 1879

There must be, of necessity, per-
transactions of everyday life, whether
these be carried on in the workshop,
the counting-room, the kitchen, or
the labratory; but this inevitable
waste can be so far reduced by good
management that it amounts to but
little in the course of year. Obserya-
ton has convinced us that the loss in
large workshops must be considerable,
for in a great majority of cases we
have seen materials lying about under
foot-bolts, nuts, washers, kicking
around in the mud out in the yard,
new work exposed to injury from the
elements, tools misplaced, essential ar
ticles, or tools necessary to the perfec-
ton of certain parts of the work, at
great distances from each other, and
an infinite number Of abuses which,
although small of themselves, when
summed up, make grand total loss
at the end of the year. AS the thirty
second part of an inch too little on
one piece of steam engine, a sixty
fourth on another, and as much on
still another will result in great de-
rangement of the functions Of the
machine, so infnitesimal waste, con-
tinually occurring, is the representa-
tive of hundreds of dollars for which
there has been no return. No matter
what the nature of the trade or manu-
facture, it is very certain that ma
terial reduction of the expenses of
every department can be made by
careful attention to the minor matters,
and these remarks are made with the
hope that all interested will give them
attention.
Year: 1879

Assassination and attempted assas-


slnatlon still go on uninterruptedly in


the South. The negro exodus contin-


ues, and a solid North is indicated by
the late eastern elections. These are


harmonious elements surely working
out the political problem of this coun-
try. A focal point is approaching,


but Southern murderers are putting
all hope of reconciliation beyond the
possibilities. The presidential cleo
tlon IS also approaching. The South
must lose largely in representation
under the next census, and the only
hope now for this sin-cursed land Of
rebellion and intrigue is to rise bodily
and exterminate the ku-klux and shot
gun-policy leaders within her borders,
or succumb to the certain fate which
is in waiting Ballot-box stufing
will, no doubt, be again attempted,
but it is hardly possible that success
equal to the past will attend this
measure. The next presidential cleo
ton will be solidly Republican.
There is no help for it. This will be
SO overwhelming that all charges Of
fraud will be of no avail. The admin
istration of the government is doomed
to go back into the hands that saved
it from ruin during the war. Reac-
ton resistless as the tides of the ocean
has already set in. The lengthening
rope policy is virtually at an end.
The overtures of the North have been
dashed to the ground There is no
more rope to run off, and if the pres
ent condition of things in the South
is to continue, the army will go back
upon Southern soil as the only means
of protection. The cries Of the op-
pressed and butchered will not contin-
ue forever; and though too slow to
move, the general government will
yet find way to force the lawless to
respect the laws of the land. Resist
ance, save as it can be made under the
present plea Of state sovereignty is out
of the question, and state sovereignty
will yet be buried in the grave of that
slavery for the perpetuity of which it
rose into being and has ever since
struggled for its existence. When
congress becomes loyal, as it will be-
come at no distant day, these ques-
tions will be settled by proper legisla-
ton, and the strong arm Of the gov
ernment will do the rest.
Year: 1879

It is estimated that $4,000 men and
women are employed in Philadelphia
in the manufacture of clothing, and
100000 suits are made there every
year. Cutting machines are gradually
finding their way into all of the large
manufacturing establishments of the
city. The machines have capability
of cutting nearly eighteen hundred
garments in a day Of twelve hours, or
about equal to the combined results Of
the labor of eight men. Buttonholes
also can be worked by machinery at
the rate Of one hundred and eighty
per hour, while by hand it would take
the same period to complete three
holes. By the cutting machines folds
of cloth forty ply thickness can be
easily cut through. An instance of
the value Of machinery in expediting
manufacture is afforded in the fact
that the establishment where cutting
and buttonhole machines are used
turns out one hundred suits ready for
wear inside of twelve hours Scien-
tifc American.
Year: 1879

My stock of Fall and Winter Boots and Shoes now com
pee and open for inspection Prices still lower than ever
before The styles in ladies' Misses and Chidrens Kid
Button and Side Lace Shoes and in Ladies' and Misses Cloth
Top Basket Leather Foxed Button Shoes very pretty and
attractive and in quality the very best that produced by
of the most reliable Cancinnati manufactures Prices
guaranteed to be lower than the quality of Shoes can
be bought anywhere in the county.


The stock of Mems, Boys and Childrens Heavy Saddle
Seam and Hand Sided Boots larger by far than has ever
before been brought to this market by dealer The
quality is BETTER and the prices lower than the grade
goods have been sold in Jackson since the war Prc-
at present tending upward and those who buy ear
est will buy lowest


My stock Of Mems and Boys Fine Wool Hats larger
than be found at other store in Jackson and the
styles and desirable and the prices lower than
goods of the quality can be bought in this market


also keep full line of Kip Calf Upper and Sole Leather
for sale at all times Call and examine my stock and be
convinced that the Boot and Shoe Store the place to buy
Boots and Shoes


T. W. I7EIoAG- 49,
Year: 1879

Ore Of the religious newspapers Of this city
fasreccntl begun a discussion OF the stage as resort
for members Of the Church. 1hs Old theme has been
well worked many publications within the last thirty
yearr II il. of course hoped that the revival Of II
may lead good results. One point was long since
Settled namely that the stage get aona perfectly
well without the Church Theatres exist and prosper
all country. II does not appear, however tha
the Cuurch quito satisfied IN getting along without the
Stage. II certainly would be well for church people
everywhere TO nec0ne better Informed than many OF


them now are as the actual condition OF the stage to
recognize in practice what they cannot fail 10 perceive
IN fact-tha he Stage often is AMI always can be made
a powerful influence for me welfare Of mankind and
10 cndeavor that influence for their good iu
stead either Jffuvtvcy conn!vug What they publicly
oensuIe idly denomciHg what they hsr arrest
efnbarras destroy II the groat divine, john
Wesley who objected against letting the devil have
tine use OF all the good music. Christians Of our day
would De equally sensible to object to satanic
monopoly cf all thc good actr There are some people
unk that nothing has been discovered until II mas
been by them but really, this controversy
Las. practically. long Dren ended Tue Church DO
nuthu II iuiure The stage. II might DO muCE 10 I'm
prove It, and IL Et augment ~ 50 dong s0Sn utility
and beauty and It's abiding hold uIOn the ahectns VI
Year: 1879

It was rather late yesterday
morning when Mr.. Willaby got up,
and he was vaguely conscious Of q
confused recollection of things, but
he didn't say much and tried to ap.
ilear as cheerful as he knew how.
Presently breakfast was announced
and the family took their places at
the table, but Mr.. Willaby was
amazed, as he sat staring at six
little wooden boxes of axle grease
ranged solemnly in front Of his
plate.


"Where under the sum-" he said,
with puzzled intonation, "wbat
in thunder-where did all this axle
grease come from, and what Is 1t
for2n


"Oh, is 1t axle grease?" asked his
wife, with charming simplicity and
innocence, just a iriae over
when you brought those cans home
that they were oysters and would
be nice for breakfast. I thought
you had better eat them right
away, as they didn't smell as
though they would keep very much
longer.o


And then Mrs. Willaby removed
the cans, and her husband sat and
looked at the teapot and thought
SO long that his coffee was as cold
as rich relation when he thought
to drink 1t.
Year: 1879

EDITOR HERALD: I desire to ex-
press through your columns my
most grateful thanks to the entire
fire department Of Los Angeles for
their prompt action in the preser-
vation of my property on the night
of the 18th instant. Especially do
I give to Chief Engineer Miles
and his noble Assistant the utmost
praise for their efforts to save from
the deluge of water what otherwise
might, under different manage
ment, have been consumed by the
flames. PETER WILSON,
Year: 1879

An elephant died recently In Cal


cutta which Is said to have been
ridden by Warren Hastings when
Governor General of India, hum
red years ago. He may probably
have been so years old at that time.
Year: 1879

The Importance of an occasional rel
ish of salt and wood ashes for all kinds
of stock cannot be too highly appre-
ciated. The most convenient form in
which these materials are offered, ac
cording to feeders of wide experience,
is in solid mass, which admits of o
diligent licking on the part of the ami
NAL without gaining more of the mix
ture than is desirable. In order to
mix these ingredients so that solid
mass may be formed, take salt and pure
wood ashes in the proportion of pound
for pound, with water sufficient to hold
the mixture together. To preserve the
mixture in a solid state, place it in
troughs or boxes sheltered sufficiently
to keep rain and snow from reaching it
and converting it into an alkaline
pickle. These troughs with their
tempting contents prove efficient as
bats for alluring animals turned out
on long runs during the day, home at
night.


When cattle chew leather, wood, and
old bones, remember that it indicates
lack of phosphate of lime in their food,
which is required to supply bone ma
terial. A teaspoonful OF bone material
given daily with their grain will cor
rect the habit and supply the defcien-
cy which induces it. If the disposi-
ton to eat bones is indulged in when
COWS are on grass, the deficiency then
evidently exists in the soil, and the
pasture will be greatly benefited by
top-dressing of bone dust. Two or
three hundred pounds to the acre,
sown broadcast, will repay attending
expenses in better yield and quality
of milk and butter.-Western Home
stead.
Year: 1879


There WAS lonely nian
Who kept drinking
Aud kept thinking
What very lonely man


He was
Until so fat he grew
With his thinking
And his drinking
That he couldn't tell you who


He was.
Now all you lonely mn
Who keep drinking
And kee p thinking
What extremely lonely men


You are,
This advice 1 give to you:
Do less thinking
While you're drinking
That you always may know who


You are.


N. Y. Nail.
Year: 1879

One hundred and fifty feet above the
floor of the Capitol at Washington,
next the ceiling, hangs scaffold up to
which every day an old man is drawn
in wooden cage. He spends the
whole of daylight at this hight, paint
ing the preposterous figures which
constitute cart at the Capitol" On
Thursday his chair slipped from under
him, he rolled to the edge of the plat
form and went over. He grasped the
railing and a cross piece near it, to
which, in spite of his age and size, he
clung until his assistant came to his
rescue and with great difficulty dragged
him back, just as his hold was relaxing
In another second he would have fall
len to the stone pavement below and
been dashed to pieces. The shock so
alarmed him that he has not vet re-
snmed his work. tits perhaps to be
hoped that it has cured him entirely.
He is the notorious Brumidi, who has
been engaged at the Capitol for twenty
five years in decoration, which is at
once the CONSERVATION and the despair
OF artists. He still continues the pro-
duction OF those mysterious allegorical
figures in our country's history which
bear about the same relation, both to
art and history as the animals in chill
dren's Noah's arks do to either Scrip
tural theology or the natural sciences.
Detroit Free Press.


ROYAL CREAM.-One quart of milk,
one-third of a box of gelatine, four
tablespoonfuls of sugar, three eggs,
vanilla; put the gelatine into the milk
yolks we'll with sugar, and stir into the
milk. Set the kettle into pan of hot
water, and stir until it begins to thicken
like soft custard.