smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

THE WEATHER.-The disturbance which
passed over our district Thursday is now
over the ocean Oft the coast OF Nova Scotia.
During its northeastward movement the pres
sure continued falling very fast, and cyclonc
storm centre has been developed which will
prove very dangerous T. vessels OH the ocean
north of latitude 10. The area of high barom-
eter in the West is moving rapidly after the
storm centre, making the gradients very steep
in the lower lake regions, the Middle Allan
tic and New England States. There is evidently
another depression moving in the extreme north
western districts, but yet its outlines are not
very well defined. Heavy SHOWS are reported in
the lake regions and New England. Gales are
blowing over the lower lakes and Oh the North
Atlantic coast. Brisk winds prevail in the
Middle Atlantic coast districts and over the
Western Gulf; elsewhere they have been gener-
ally fresh. With the exception of slight rise
in the Northwest the temperature has fallen
steadily and is likely TO continue low during
the next few days. Reports of effects OF the
storm continue to arrive from all the northern
sections Of this State. The heavy suowdrifts
have stopped the travel nearly all the rail.
roads; tho mails from the West delayed
and passengers have to clay over" at way
etations--that is, when they arc fortunate
enough not to be ON trains that are showed in.
The weather during the next few days will,
although cold enable the railroad officials to
clear tho tracks, as there is little probability Of
any heavy show storms. Our special weather
cable from Europe states that the weather con-
tinues stormy and that gales are blowing in
some sections. This is in exact accordance with
the prediction sent by the HERALD Weather
Bureau TO London on December 20, details of
which were published in the HERALD of January
q The weather in New York and its vicinity
to-day will be cold and fair. Tomorrow it
promises to be cold and partly cloudy.
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the cold snap Gilmore's
Garden was comfortable last night even for
the half-clad athletes, and as race after race
was run off almost on schedule time the
great variety of styles, both Of running and
walking; the determined efforts OF the
management to insure fair walking, and
the prompt exclusion Of men who broke or
seemed to break into a run; the pretty
sight of nearly thirty wiry fellows occa-
sionally getting away in a bunch and tear
ing over the course at a break-neck pace,
and the dogged and unyielding tug of war
teams, wet with perspiration even in zero
weather, and the air constantly rent with
the cheers of friends urging the contestants
on.-all combined to furnish the many
spectators with capital evenings sport
and gave promise Of exceptionally good
work in the final contests tonight. The
introduction of picked tug of war teams from
our best known regiments was a new and
very welcome feature, and it would be an
excellent step il oil our militiamen took a
quarter of an hours tug at a stout
rope two or three times week. If they
think there is not deal to learn in this
business they should have seen the short
work the Scotchmcn made of their nntago-
nists last night when they hauled them in
like tom cod Brains tell even in the tug of
war, and of the many squads at it last
night none began to show that it had
good leadership save these same Gale
domains. With management in most
respects superb it seemed strange
that the announcements of the re-
suits and times should be left to one man,
whose poor larynx must have suffered from
its frequent and futile efforts to be heard
over the vast hall. For his benefit we
would suggest that the Board of Education
are gradually awaking to the need of physi-
cal exercise among the children, and rs
school does not keep to-day no doubt they
would gladly loan blackboard for use
tonight, thus preventing, perhaps, one
premature death and letting all the specta-
tors, instead Of only favored few, know
what is being accomplished.
Year: 1879

Turkey, like England, wants ''a scientific
frontier;' she asserts that the line of de-
marcation between Grecian and Turkish
territory shall be changed on several condi-
tions, the first of which is that the new from
tier shall be strategical line as contemplated
from the Ottoman side. In view Of the OBJ
legation that the Ottoman government was
hibits the fine, fresh and vigorous impu-
dence of the new Grand Vizier. Greece, on
the wrong side of strategic line, would
thus only acquire the domination Of Grecian
districts by giving the Moslems an equiva-
lent in a frontier that should put the Hell
tage; and that was not what was intended
at Berlin. Another requirement made by
Kheireddin Pacha is that the Powers
must pledge themselves to observe neu-
trality in case Greece should make
any new claims or attempt invasion
Evidently the Powers will not make this
pledge, and will not altogether appreciate
the Viziers threat to settle by force rela-
tiors that Europe in conference has declared
must be settled peaceably by concession on
the part of the Sultan. AS his conditions
will not be accepted, will the Vizier refuse,
as he threatens, to accept the principle of
the rectifcation Of the frontier? If he
does he will be in open contradiction with
the Powers that have declared thtt the
Treaty of Berlin must be fully executed,
and his administration will not be sue
Year: 1879

Moncasi is to pay the penalty of his life
for his attempt to kill the King of Spain,
as all efforts to have the judgment set aside
by an exercise of Executive clemency have
ended in failure Efforts to move royal
mercy in behalf of men of this sort are to
be numbered with the curiosities OF GRIM
inal justice. Seldom does wretch fall un.
der the ban Of the law who is so poor ID
friends as not to have some one cry out In
his behalf for mercy. Pardon is sought tor
the smallest murderer on the list; but for
the man who attempts to murder king 1t is
sought with IN energy and clamor
and persistency never seen in other
circumstances. Some one of thousand
banded cutthroats endeavors to murder
o sovereign on the theory that the said
sovereign is o monster, an enemy of the
human race, creature whose death is nee.
essary that the world may be inhabit-
able; but if the cutthroat falls into the
hands of justice he cries out for succor to
the same sovereign as if he were not only
an angel of mercy and the most magnani-
nous of human creatures, but rs If he might
Justly suspend the laws of the land in any
case in which he was personally interested.
The determination of the Spanish authori-
ties to execute Moncasi ought to please the
regicides, for he was clumsy tool whom
they are rid of, and the punishment OF
death gives dignity to their craft.
Year: 1879

A FIRM OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS in Hoboken
attempted to dispossess tenant the constable
delayed proceedings because the tenants wife
was i'll and her physician thought her removal
might be dangerous in its effects; the agents
sued the constable for damages occasioned by
his delaying to dispossess, and lost nothing but
their suit. Hoboken is mcrciful place, and it
is to be hoped that the agents are properly
grateful
Year: 1879

COMPTROLLER KELLY's official statement is
moie honorable to that gentleman than the
leadership in city or State politics would be
it shows reduction during the year of four
million dollars in the city debt.
Year: 1879

We notice in the leading newspapers of late
a good deal of sensible talk on the subject of
advertising. Much of it is contributed by lead
ing advertisers themselves, who have kept
such careful and intelligent record of the
costs and results of the various kinds of adyer-
tislng that their testimony amounts to practi-
cal demonstration. They have tried all meth
ods, from the street placard to the big white
Palnteq letters on fences and the periodical
hand bills stuffed with advertisements and
showed under the doors or into the pockets of
people who never open them. The testimony
OF all these experienced men enforces the con-
clnslon that for genuine, effective advertising
medlam, which Is sure to bring prompt and
liberal return Tor the money invested, there ia
nothing comparable for q moment with tbe
columns OF live, interesting newspaper, to
which the intelligent and well-to do people of a
community looks for news and opinions upon
current events. We venture to say that every
business man in Lewiston who has made q
trial of the various methods of advertising uu-
der discussion has reached the same conclusion.
The day of illustrated placsrds, almanacs and
advertisers directories, is past in this coun-
try. The business has been overdone, fortunes
been wasted in it, and the barrenness of re-
suits from all such outlays has prejadiced
some classes of business men against the whole
subject of advertising. This prejudice is, how
ever, ut limited and temporary, and the tide
of intelligent opinion is settling back to first
principles-tbat is in favor of fresh, well-writ-
ten and attractive advertisements, frequently
changed in form and inserted 10 the leading
newspapers of the community that the adYer-
tiser desires to reach. Money judiciously ex-
pended in this way is never lost and it often
brings return OF ten, twenty or ffty-fold
The influence and range of the daily newspaper
are broadening and deepening every day. The
journalism of the United States has ripened,
improved in tone and character more during
the past ten years than it had doHe 10 the pre-.
vious fifty. We are busy people, and have
but little time or taste for long stories The
increased range and variety of the newspaper
are trenching upon the dominion of the book
publisher, the pulpit and the lecturer. More
and more, year by year, the daily journal is
furnishing almost the sole reading matter of a
large proportion of the people. For exactly
this reason its value as IN advertising medium
is increasing day by day. We say this from no
merely selfish motive, but because it is true,
and TO the interest of business men who are
pre- pairing to spread their sales to the spring
breezes OF returning prosperity that they bsar
it In mind. Money spent 10 advertising may
be wasted or return golden fruitage, according
to the degree of Intelligence with which it is
dispensed. Put it into a good, live, popular
newspaper, which will carry your advertise
ment to the counting-rooms, to the tea-tables,
and the fireside of the people who have wants
to be met and money with which to meet
them. This is the whole priceless secret of
successful advertising.
Year: 1879

A SOUTHERN statesman has been talking
to Tribune reporter. The formers language
indicates that he has more sense than the av-
erage Southern politician. Says he: "We
study politics closely. Fact is, we haven't
much else to do. Now what do we see in
the present outlook? Why it's plain to us
that the Confederate business has been over
done. The old loyal element in the North is
hristling up, and if we go on in this way it
will clean US out again in 1880. The North
is getting fighting mad because there are so
many rebel brigadiers in Congress, and such
look of the Old Confederacy about the Cap
ital There are few bowling idiots in the
South that have made matters worse by
printing war-whoops in the papers. Now
what have we got to do? Isn't it plain
enough? We must nominate some Union
soldier like Hancock, against whose war
record nobody could say word"
Year: 1879

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


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

and great superiority over the common slow acting
porous plaster and all other external remedies in
ances is being recognized the world over by Physic-
ians, Chemists, the Press and the Public at large.
Year: 1879

young man named Rounds shot himself
fatally near Little Falls, Morrison county. He
was from the East and was living in the fam
lly OF his brother. Having some words with
MS slster-in-law he took gun and placing the
butt against the barn and the muzzle at his
heart, he pulled the trigger by means of a stick
and was dead in an instant. When found his
clothes were burning and the barn was in i'm
minent danger of taking fire.
Year: 1879

This model paper is now ready for the cur
rent week. In addition to the immense GUAM
tlty of news and other matter, it contains bio
graphical sketches of the entire Senate and
Senate officers. It is splendid copy for mail
ing East.
Year: 1879

heIIy7s PTes1dency Makes the State Fair


Success.


To the Editor OF the Globe,


1t IS astonishing with what unanimity our
people applaud the election Of Mr.. P. Il. Kelly
to the presidency of the State fair this fall.
His saaviter IN 'noao is sufficient guarantee
that the fair will be financial success, and
all that the people can do to aid him viii be
cheerfully done. Mr.. Kelly will be found
true to his trust and a thaumaturgist far IN
advance of the wiry manager of the great
northwestern exposition. If any man can
make a success of our State fair Pat Kelly can,
backed as he will be by every man and woman
in st. Paul. A FR1END m rHn EA1p
Year: 1879

to ride in ji1arikishas "a two-wheeled
carriage drawn by man), wear lift
ting and uncomfortable foreign clothes,
unsightly hats, and get attacks of dys-
pepsia from badly.cooked foreign food
composed of materials too strong for
their weak stomachs and affect to des-
pise what their forefathers were proud
of. Those were the days when the
Tonosawa was open-handed to the poor,
ready with his sword for the insolent.


Our good old man went to the wicked
old mans house, and begged for at
least the ashes of his property, only to
receive a portion-the rest being re-
tained on suspicion that there must be
some urgent reason for coming so far
for apparently such trivial thing. The
good old man took. the ashes, and,
mounting a cherry tree on the high
road, awaited the approach of the great
man who was expected to pass that way.
When he drew near he asked the old
man what he was doing in the tree, and
why he did not prostrate himself before
him; to which the old man replied by
saying that he would show him the tree
ONAoUAa6 4AtO O4O0oOAA0 OO4O4O LID OyOo
by sprinkling upon it pinch of ashes.


Stopping his retinue. he ordered the
old man to try his skill; ard the trial
was attended with success. to tho aston
ishment and delight of the noble, who
ordered the old man to be suitably re-
warded, and to be brought on visit to
his palace.


The bad old man, hearing of this, de-
termined, with the remainder of the
ashes, to try his skill on the occasion
of another great lord passing; but the
ashes few in the faces Of the noble and
retainers, who, in their rage, beat the
foolish old man severely tied him, and
put him in the lookup.


The good old mans story becoming
public, the wicked man was turned out
of the village, and afterward died on the
wayside. The good old man lived
happily many years after.
Year: 1879

Not many lovers, I suppose, have
found that their welded life answered
quite to the dreams of their courtship-
not quite, mine didn't. Yet who would
enter complaint against heaven be-
cause May does not quite match with
October? If my experience can be of
any use, I think thunder storm, so it
was not to do mischief, may sometimes
clear the atmosphere under the roof
about as we'll as it does outside. And
so sure I am of it's blessing that when L
hear people say they have lived together
fve-and-twenty years and never had the
least difference, I wonder if they have
not he'd great deal of indifference.
It is the lesson we have to learn, too,
through our saddest and most painful
bereavements. Collyer.
Year: 1879

AS an illustration of the hushness
of the times and tho easy work our
tax gatherers have among our rural
neighbors, it is stated that in the
Second civil district Of the county the
tax collector made his returns yester-
day and had collected every
cent of State and county taxes
due, except in four cases, which from
death or other equally tangible causes
were not settled. The Second District
includes the town of Kerrville, and is
in the northern part of Shelby county.
The First District in the same
region is equally good, and has
given the tax gatherer little
or no trouble. The districts which
take in the city are less flush, and
hundreds upon hundreds of bills are
returned uncollected, especially that
part denominated city taxes.
Year: 1879

SENATOR STOREY, chairman Of the
Finance Committee, reported a bill in
the Senate which il msde the law
would put an eud 20 ugly charges that
have heretofore attached to the Treas
urer's office. 1t provides that warrants
shall be paid out of the appropriation on
which they are drawn only in the order
in which they are numbered and regis
tered, except that the Safe Treasurer
shall he authorized to pay any war
rant that shall be presented for pay
ment at any time when be shall have
on hand over and above the amount of
such warrant sufficient money to pay
all outstanding warrants of preceding
numbers registered that all warrants
shall be countersigned by the Treasp-
rer before they sTo delivered to the
party in whose favor they are drawn,
and the State Treasurer shall keep in
his Office register of all warrants, SO
couutersigned, giving the uumber,
name of person in whose favor it Is
drawn, its date and amount, and from
what appropriation it Is drawn, and
when paid. A simple act of justice
would be to permit the holder of the
warrants upon which payments are not
at once made TO draw reasonable rate
of interest upon the same.
Year: 1879

The question is settled. We now
know what the Senate thinks about
it; but General Mixey did not vote.
1t was whether the President or ore
ConkliDg has the right to dispose OF
the Federal Offices in NV York. Ii
was settled in favor of the President
the kingly Conkliug is shorn of much OF
his absolutism at home anu in the SEN
ate. Each Senator delights in WELD
ing moral power over his constituents.
It enables him TO retain his place and
therefore Senators wrongfully stood
by Conkling. They were guarding
themselves and then, too, many of the
weaker class of Senators, of ConkliDe's
party. fear and obey this ambitlods
and selfish and powerful Senator.
Year: 1879

WHEN the public land, if unsold,
will finally give US perfect pubic
schools for all who need such schools.
then a system may be established which
will do some good. Meanwhile we
would ask the Telephone, which has
been misled by one-sided rant and fus-
tian on this subject. whether it would
have such schools as those of late con-
tinued9 The Legislature proposes to
make them worse by lessening the du-
ration of the term of teaching and in
creasing the number of pupils. The
fund given is not increased. Why
waste all this money! Must we make
such sacrifices to a pre- judice9
Year: 1879

TIA horror Of our yellow fever
months were weak end insignificant
contrasted with the horrors and terrors
and destructiveness of the frigbtful
plague moving slowly and steadily
from village to village aud city of
Eastern Europe. But rulers OF
American cities and boards of health
are idle and will be till it is too late.
Their terror will make their conduct
riiIcnlnns.
Year: 1879

STRANGERS are now attracted to
Austin because most Of the dogs are
dead and nights are more tolerable
than they used to be. People learn,
as they grow older. and the opinion
will be entertained after d time that
dogs are never to be endured in an in.
corporated town in hot climate.
F.eas eud hydrophobia are intolera-
bic to decency.
Year: 1879

GOVERNOR RoBERTs asserts that in
the case OF Nelasky and Reed, there
was DO case presented TO him upon
which he felt authorized to make
requisitiou; that Sheriff Corwil told
him there was no use to send for Ne
lssky, because there was no probability
of his convicnon. and that in the case
OF Reed, whom Msj5r jones reported
as very bad man, there was no money
that could be used for bis return.
Year: 1879

If the State proposes to build State
Capitol by utilizing land the less put
upon the market the better for the
s S-ate. But even while We seek to sell
land enough to evect the Capitol 1t is
proposed to alien school and university
real property.
Year: 1879

| teenth century to say nothing Of Chris.
| tianitv. They were treated during sla
very, (save in exceptional instances,) by
their owners. and by the law, worse than
dogs, and since their emancipation. ex
cept when protected by the strong arm
of the government, they have been de-
MED the exercise of the rights of freemen
guaranteed to them by the Constitution
of the United States. Denied their
rights by their former owners and mas
ters III the several States, and when they
cry to the government tor protection they
are met with the defunct, antIquated and
suicidal answer. that the general govern
ment has no power to interfere with the
rights of a sovereign State. As though
the sovereign State had a right to kill
and eat up its inhabitants


Under such circumstances, what can
the poor cOlored man, who values his
life and loves his wife and children, do,
but flee from these men, whose feet are
swift to shed innocent blood. to some city
OF refuge? They have heard that ~ ncle
Sam is rich enough, and proposes to
give them all farm, and they propose
10 accept the invitation.


Let them tor they are poor) be helped
to this land OF promise, and let their op-
pressors be overwhelmed in the Red Sea,
II they dare to oppose or pursue them
Let their cotton fields go untitled. if they
are too indolent to do it themselves, and
their land be desolate waste, as a just
retribution for their sins, rather than
that they should continue to murder men
with impunity, simply because they will
not now do their bidding as in the days
of slavery. Every Christian, every hu
name and liberty loving man, woman,
and child, whose eyes and ears are not
closed to the sighs and sufferings of the
poor and needy, ought to be ready to
contribute according to their ability to
help these refugees to their destination.
Yes, TO more than that, for when they
reach their destination they will need
something to live on and to begin farm
ing with. Thousands upon thousands
IN money clothing, and provisions flowed
to the South during the yellow fever
scourge. The present emergency is
equally urgent and just as deserving
Let collection be taken up in every
village, and town, and church and it
will be done if the people are satisfied it
will be honestly administered, and &C.
complish that for which it was sent.


VIGILAx.
Year: 1879

their editorials. Read the excited and
fiery debates in the Congres of the Unit
ed States, and say whether ut is finish
ed" Most of the towards who then for
sock the cause and fed, are back again.
we hope to stay. and to make some
amends for their cowardly folly in the
hour Of trial
Year: 1879

To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette:


am glad for two things: |. That the
colored people are emigrating from the
South to the North and, = That the
Gazette is doing so much by note and
comment to help them along When the
policy of non-interference and the with
drawal of troops was adopted by Presi
dent Hayes to please Nichols, Wade
Hampton Il Co, l saw plainly that the
only salvation Of colored men lay IN emf
grafton among a more congenial people,
who would respect and treat them as
men, and not as wild animals, to be hunt
ed and shot down at sight. The treat
ment of the colored man in the South
during slavery, and since the restoration
OF the slavocrats to power, has been an
outrage upon the civilization of the nine