smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Here is something that happened on a railway Train somewhere in New En- gland last Summer A woman clad in deep mourning entered the cars at way station. Sbe took , seat just in front of an inquiziliye, sharp facet female. The woman in black had not been seated long before she irlt slight tap on Hue shUnl- dor, and heard her reighbuF ask. in a low, sympathetic tone:

 Lost anybody :"
Year: 1878

By $. C. H-1.

 The last twelve months, now near ing their end, have undoubtedly been of greater importance for the history of Globe and it's surrounding mining districts than any preceding period, and l deem 1t most essential to the welfare of our camp, for every one, to set to work at the close of this period aad take a review of what we have accomplished, wherein We have failed, and what we ought to make our principal objects for the tune to come.

 Or what we have accomplished our village and surroundings speak vol tunes. A year ago the appearance of Globe Was certainly not very in- viting. A dozen buildings stretched alongside for half a mile formed the principal street, besides of winch a man could count another dozen houses back Of the street. and Globe was done bat what a change to- day. In the lower part of town every lot IS occupied and buiIt on. and further up the street 1t IS difficult to purchase lets at anything reasonable, for, also, here building along side Of building have sprung up during the last twelve months. Where a year ago property could be had for almost nothing, 1t cOnilnands today 3 high figure, and why should t not be so ? These many substautial structures show most cOncIusively the intention of the occupants to permanently lo- cate here, aud tbls proof of conf dence in the future of our camp has exerted most naturally a beneficial influence on real estate valuation. There never was K.ld excitement. sudden rise, followed by deep fall just ths contrary we have wit- messed here Only through tue grand , outlook for 3 prosperous future which 1 Oar district offers, through the healtst- ioess of our climate, the beauty of our seasons, have ei.tsrprising mer- chants aad numerous families alike
Year: 1878

There is no need to get excited over the
present political outlook and the possibility
Of an attempt at revolution. The Tribune
Is very far from desiring TO excite groundlcss
apuchcnsions or unnecessary alarm. But 1t
is quite as possible to err in the opposite
as in this direction, by closing our
ewes TO the iucxOrablc logic of events.
1t NAV be that the calm and serene people
who laugh at the absurdity Of the idea that
revolutionary purposes are seriously enter
tanned by anybody Ofany consequence, are rs lar
wrong, in their confident sense OF security, as
the nervous persons who excite their mirth by
what seem to be causclcss and visionary fears.
II is good thing to have faith in the people and
in tbc Government; in the loyalty OF one and the
strength and stability OF the other; and 10 cstl-
mate at thcirpropcr weight and value the vapor-
ings and threats of unscrupuiou5 politicians
and disrcputable newspapers But It Is well
to remember, also, that we have had one at
TEMPT at revolution, and that it burst upon us
at time when many public men, equally sa-
gacious and far-sightcd with those who are
contemplating the present aspect 0i Affairs
with such serenity, were equally confident
that the danger then talked Of was imagl-
nary. and that no real peril existed.
We sbould be weak indeed if the experience
of those costly years from 1861 to 1860 had
left us exposed to the constant terror OF its
repetition We have shown already, 10y our
restoration to full citizenship Of those who
undertook that enterprise, the courage Of con-
Gdcncc coupled with the magnanlmlty OF Tree,
fuI pardon. But we should show greater
weakness did we forget the experience or
fail to profit III a sensible, reasonable
way by its lessons. Let us remember, III the
midst of our confidence in the people and the
Government, that revolution is not 50 lmposs-
bile as il seemed twenty years ago. Nor Is 1t
en- easy to LAUGH down those who consider the
revolutionary tendencies Of the Congressional
r,aiority matter for serious consideration. In
1860 we ONLY knew from the history OF other
nations the antcccdent conditions OF rcvolu-
tiops: we know them now from our own 1t
i, not the impulse Of timIdity, but the die
tate of prudence, to compare those conditions
with the present


The same paIty-as party, mrepch'ah' ana
Observation-Disclosures now rs then the Ma
tlonal peace. Now as then its violent ana
revolutionary elements, though opposed Dy
the more orderly and respectable, make up III
vocferatiOn and energy and persistence what
ever they lack in numbers, and step by step
carry their points, drawing after them nearly all
the conservative and patriotic but weak men
in the party. 1t was the bowling deryishes OF
Democracy who set on foot the rebellion In
1861, it is the same class tb"t to-day have
Year: 1878

amount in use. But if the Secretary OF the
Treasury is required to reissue notes. although
they are deprecated, the depreciation must
continue. the presentation OF notes Tor redeilp-
ton must become more rapid, and the Secre-
fary will be compelled either to evade the
law or to abandon specie payments. 1t is not
well that a law should be evaded. lhe better
way would be to give the Secretary discretion
ary power to reissue lcga-tcndcrs so long as
they do not depreciatc, but to forbid the &c
issue of any notes redeemed whenever there
is premium on gold. 1t is proposed so TO
amend thc hill now pending in the Senate as
to provide, not that the Secretary " shall
but that he "may," reissue lc0al-tendeiF
within certain limit. But the amcndm@h.
would he far more sensible if the only limit
should be actual depreciation in market value
So long as the notes outstanding are worth
less than gold. the Secretary viii be in fact
and should therefore, he author
lied by law, to redeem more than ne reiSSacS'
Year: 1878

No people are such thorough nuisances
as those who are always on the alert for
anything suspicious-always ready to
believe the worst Of everybody. What
is it to you II your neighbor does bring
home brown paper package and COW
cred baskets You will live just as long
if you never know what they contain. II
is none of your business. And II your
Aighty neighbor, Mrs. Lightfoot, indulges
herself In new bonnet, while her de-
voted husband wears patched boots, you
need not fret about 1.-THE is the only
sufferer, not you. No need Of making q
hue and cry over her supposed extrav.
agance. The money did not come out OF
your pocket, and consequently it Is none
of your business. What II the minister
does call on Ann Smith twice a week I?
Why exercise your brain about it Sup
pose she has an awful temper-and pow
ders her face, as she says she does--her
temper will not trouble you. Mind your
own concerns. What difference does it
make to you If bold Maria "cuts out"
modest Mary9


"You need not torture Mary by long
stories Of what you have heard concern
ing the natter "I thought l would
tell you, my dear. Ispeak for your COED.
Somebody should put you on your guard
against that treacherous girl.n As q
natural conse quence, modest Mary, her
womanly pride aroused. shrinks into the
background. leaving the field open to
her victorious rival. So you crush a
good girls heart because you will not
mind your own business. What il they
have three dozen pairs Of stockings at
Squire Hills. Haven't they got right
tol As long as you do not do the wash.
ing it need not trouble you at all. What
right have you TO watch their clothes
line? Employ your time better. II
may be perfectly true that dashing Mrs.
Gray signals to young DR.. Wilde from
her back windows. But who gave you
the privilege of watching lady in her
own house, where, II in any place, her
privacy should be sacred? Her disgrace
Is nothing to you 1t is none Of your
business. If we had our way, meddlers
should be punished like any other Offend
ers against the rights OF Others.
Year: 1878

The bill introduced in the senate BY
Mr. Blaine il, in full text, as follows:


A bill to authorize the coinage of silver
dollars for circulation, and make the
same legal tender, and for other pur.
poses: -....... 1900.


Be it enacted, etc., That silver bullion
may be deposited at any coinage mint or
at the assay office In the city of New
York for returns in silver dollars OF -
grains Of standard silver at such rate or
price per standard ounce of bullion a.
may from time to time be fixed BY the
director of the mint, with the approval,
In writing, Of the secretary OF the tress-
ury, and which rate shall correspond a.
exactly as possible with the market rate,
and the bullion thus placed shall, in
addition to the other required coinage
authorized by existing law, be coined
without delay to the full capacity Of the
mints.


Sec. 2. That any gain or profit arising
from the coinage OF silver dollars shall,
after the payment of lawful wastage, be
covered into the treasury Of the United
States at the close of each fiscal year.


Sec. 3. The silver dollar herein author.
lied to be coined shall be a legal tender
as by existing law in common with gold
for all Gums up to and including $5. and
for all sums exceeding IS the debtor shall
have the right to tender In full payment
and the creditor the right to demand
one-half the amount in gold coin and
one half In silver dollars.


Sec. 4. Fine or standard gold and sil.
yer bars bearing the stamp Of any coinage
mint, or the assay Office at New York,
shall be received by the assistant treasu.
rer Of the United States at New York for
their stamped value, which shall be
their coinage rate respectively, and coin
certificates shall be issued therefor by the
assistant treasurer in the same manner as
coin certificates are now issued for gold
coin, and the certificates no issued shall
be redeemed by the secretary OF the
treasury on demand, at the office of the
assistant treasurer at New York, In coin
or stamped bars OF bullion deposited At
his option.
Year: 1878

We have heard great deal about re-
pudiation being a disease confined Il
southern and western mercantile life, and
many severe lectures have been read u
those sections about the villainy cloaked
in the reconciliation scheme as being
latent repudiation. Let US test thil
theory by the facts. In Dun Barlow
statement the following table il given
Year: 1878

The coinsge of the trade dollar is to
be resumed in Philadelphia by order of
the president. 1t seems as it this reck-
less business ought to stop. We are told
that reconciliation Of the old dollar of
4l2l grains would "drive all the gold
out OF the country" and as the trade
dollar contains 42o grains, ii OF course
will do that dreadful deed in much
shorter time than the cheaper dollar
would. Do the president and the i'm
mortal fifty-six in congress want gold
driven out and this country left bar.
ren, bowling wilderness If not, why,
oh why, do they persist in coming such
great Jumps of this iniquitous silver !:
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Year: 1878

THIS thing of nationalizing the Mis-
sissippi," as they term it, is making very
promising progress. That is, people are
beginning to understand that river
which has eighteen out Of the thirty-nine
states in the union on its banks or on
the banks of its two great tributaries, is
naturally a national institution. The
standing committee on the Mississippi
river seem likely to he fixture in the
future, and will always hereafter signify
to ignorant congressman from the east,
who do not know the geography of the
country, that there is no other stream in
the world which can be put in the same
catalogue with that which has not been
miscalled the father of rivers st. Louis
Republican.
Year: 1878

The TRANSFER OF THE INDIAN BUREAU
The House military committee have under
consideration the transfer of the Indian
bureau to the War department. The sub
committee To whom the subject has been
referred are partially willing to surrender the
bureau to the War department without trans
ferring clerks, officials or anybody at all con
nected with the management. The intention
is TO bring about an entire new departure
The idea is to bring the conduct of Indian
affairs strictly under the discipline of the
army and 10 have the Secretary of War abSO.
lutely master of the business, unencumbered
by existing re,.nlatinnS
Year: 1878

THE SENATE was not in session To day


H0USE.-The House met for debate only. no
business whatever ID be transacted. aud Mr.
Mayham, of New York. occupied the chair.


Nj. Durham first took the floor and an
nounced his purpose Ia discuss the condition
"t the country generally and the dangers
which environ il: the causes in depression Of
trade, &c. He attributed the evils of the JOun-
ny generally 10 decentralization OF silver, and
the reSumpi ion act, which. in his opinion, had
unsettled values and occaSiOned general de
preston In business, hy bringing about a con
traction of the currency.


MI. Bright spoke upon the reconciliation
OF the silver dollar, of which he was earnestly
IN favor; He commended that the demonetiZa-
tiOn OF the silver dollar was a violation of the
constitution, and fraud upon the people and
legislation of the United States and a fraud
upon pOsterity. The very manner of the pass
age OF the bill was crime, for it was SNUG
gied through without the knowledge of but
few OF the members of Congress.


MIR. Deering made his first speech in the
House, the subject being the currency queS-
lion, holding that the recent legislation de-
monetizing silver and reducing the value of
the currency was i'm the interest of the credi-
Tor and against the debtor class
Year: 1878

Nothing definite has yet been done by
the executive committee of the territorial
agricultural society in regard to the place
of holding the next annual fair, but 1t is
very probable that Vermillion will he selec.
ted Us the place. The citizens Of that town
have signified their willingness to donate
t4O0 to the society providing the fair is
held there. The secretary has drawn a
contract or agreement to the effect that II
the people of that town will contribute
$4OO in cash, or in lieu thereof, put up the
necessary enclosure, buildings, sheds, &C.,
the fair will be held at Vermillion. This
agreement will Doubtless be entered into by
the respective parties In q few days. when
an official announcement Of the place OF
holding the fair will be made
Year: 1878

In marrying, make your own match.
Do not marry man to get rid of him,
or to oblige him, or to save him. The
man who would go to destruction with
out you, will quite as likely go with
you, and perhaps drag you along. Do
not marry in haste, lest you repent at
leisure. Do not marry Tor a home and
living. Do not let aunts, fathers or
mothers sell you for money or position
into bondage, tears and lifelong mis-
cry, which you must endure. Place
not yourself habitually in the hands of
any suitor until you have decided the
question of marriage; human wills are
weak, and people often become bewil-
dered and do not know their error un-
til it is too late. Get away from their
influence, settle your head, and make
up your mind alone. Do not trust your
happiness in the keeping of one who
has no heart, no head, no health. Shun
the man who ever gets intoxicated.
Do not run thoughtlessly into welded
life, contrary to the counsel of friends
Love can wait; that which cannot wait
is OF very different character.-Se-
lected.
Year: 1878

L wonder if you know anything about
the sublime pleasures of milking an old
COW in fly timeP You approach that
bovine with meek remembrance of all
your sins lowering in your brain. for
the chances are that YOUR career is
about to be wound up. There is too
much peril in placing the pail under the
COW and numbering down beside it, so
you hold it off at arms length, bend
over in a semi-circle, with your heels
planted bracing, and your head chuck
ed in against the cows ribs. Then YOU
take hold with one hand and spirit the
milk out sideways into the pail. All
thls time the bovine tail keeps falling
on top OF your head, plastering mud
down the nape of your neck, and in
sertlng both notes and beams in the
corners of your long suffering optics ;
but you do not mind this much, so long
as the fluid flows, for Christian fortitude
pears you up, and tub of water will
swab you down.


However, the scene soon changes.
Old Brindle has had the nip of a big
bottle fly in the flank and reaches for
1t with both hind legs; this knocks the


VI JOoi opiutli dICu, anu Oh
course there is not grip enough in your
heels to ward off somersault. As YOU
scramble up you notice brick-bat dec
Grated with some skin of your shin, and
taat there is more mud than milk in
tile bucket. Again you sum up your
caution, coax the old COW with some
soothing words and make a second dive
Tor the udder. This time the sting of
the fiy is on the top of her back and
the bovine head comes around with
such ffirt that her horn goes plumb
through your jacket, and you hear a
duii thud as it whacks against your
ribs. Then you get mad and give that
COW good, square kick on the ham.
and plant another anywhere YOU can
on her plaguey old carcass as she darts
around the corner. - -'1'N.


After that it takes one hours NETTING
and coaxing before you can approach
into the bovine presence, and then the
sun is so high that the flies are legion.
ana you have sweat enough to earn a
years bread for small family. How
ever. grit has come to the rescue and is
nracing up every joint of your mascu-
line bones; then you corner that COW
Year: 1878

Whom did Harry so well understand
His mother, to whom he owed his exis-
tence, and whose tender, loving care he
constantly received. And yet her in
f1uence over his young, plant mind was
nearly gone. Why Because again
and again in the management of her son
she had resorted to artifce and dissim-
ulation.


Poor Harry there was a ranking
wound in his heart. Through decep-
tion he had been saved the fear he
would have experienced from having
the tooth extracted, but poison and bit
terness had sprung up in his heart far
exceeding physical pain. His moral
nature had received lasting blight. =


Mothers, my little story is true. If
you wish to be loved and honored by
your children, deal honestly with them.
Never deceive them, or tell the least
fractional part of lie.-ZiOn's Herald.
Year: 1878

and gruf1y order her to "sothere,n or
you will "bust the very leather off her
heels" This time you take hold with
beth hands and come down on the
squeeze SO like giant that the whole
latter end of the COW doubles up into a
final leap that upsets the pail, upsets
you, and breaks up the very fountains
OF your evaporation. You lie there
and groan, yell, howl and vituperate
worse than sick Hottentot, and the
end of it is that your wife comes out to
see if there is an earthquake and milks
that COW without any trouble but you
simmer down very tame after that. for
fear the minister hears of your per-
versity of speech and has you cast out
of the church. Verify this is world of
trouble, and one of the worst of its woes
is milking the cows in fly time.-Er-
change.
Year: 1878

ADvIcE.-DOn't make slaves of your
selves for the sake of your children.
For want of proper training, many a
young man has grown up without disci-
pline. He has been able to run through
in an incredible short space of time, all
that his strOngminded father left him.
twenty years ago we knew such man.
To-day his son owns only poor old
span of horses, and is living from hand
to mouth--and very poor living he
gets at that. The fine estate slipped
easily through the hands of the son who
had no skill to manage it. So one gen
GRAFTON makes money for the next one
to sqander.
Year: 1878

The Shoe and Leather Reporter, speak
ing of the expressions of regret often heard
that the good times are over which we had
during and after the war, reminds the COM
planning ones that in those times we were
simply postponing the day Of reckoning by
filling up the vacuum occasioned by the de-
struction OF property with paper substitutes.
On the same principle, it says, ga man
might take from time to time sums of money
from his till or his bank deposit, and put his
due bills in their place, still counting the ab-
stracted funds as part of his assets until
there was nothing left. This is style of
fnanciering to which embarrassed and i'm
pecunious people have often resorted when
their affairs were getting into bad way, but
it is measure Of desperation which has gen.
orally resulted in the ruin of those who
adopted it. Governments, as we'll as individ-
uals, are sometimes confronted with critical
emergencies that compel them to incur liza
bilities that severely tax their strength.
Their obvious duty is, as soon as the crisis is
past, to concentrate all their energies upon
the task of reducing their indebtedness"
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communI-
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
muuications that are not used.
Year: 1878

We are prepared to do election-ticket printing by the million and for the million, at bedrock rates, for cash.

 It saves bookkeeping to pay as you go. you know. Still. we shall not ask a good man to pawn his watch if lre doesn't happen to have the change with hIm.

 Order your tickets in time to have them well distributed in every precinct.
Year: 1878

have as much of the milk OF human
kindness in my composition as
usually falls to the lot of men even
in the days of my thoughtless
youth; / never suspended q tin
kettle to dogs tail, nor assisted
in shoeing the cat with walnut
shells; all the ordinary pastimes of
Intelligent adolescence, such as
sprinkling red pepper in public
meetings, and firing brickbats
through the windows of unoccupied
houses, were ever to me a sealed
book, but I solemnly declare if to-
day I were the Bey of Tunis, that
I would sentence one half of my
subjects to the block, and the other
half to the bowstring or the sack.
All Tunisian fddlers should be ut,
terly destroyed from the face of the
earth and the fellows who played
on tambourines slaughtered with
out mercy. By the way, the carp
ing critics who, in London and
New York, find fault with Irish fu-
nerals, if they wish to experience a
new sensation let them come to
Paris. If there is anything which
exceeds the eclat of a Frenchman's
birth, it is the glory of his death;
he comes into the world in cor.
rucation and goes out of it in a
blaze of fireworks. The hearse is
about fifteen feeS high and ali COW
cred with waving plumes !; the dri-
vers Of the carriages are all in knee
breeches and cooked hats and every
man can of them looks ready to cry.
By an ingenious fiction known
only to the French the, humblest
man be furnished with a coat of
arms, and a scavenger or boot
| black, when he has paid the last
| debt of nature, can be carried to
his grave, crowned with the family
honors. There is one custom here
that I particularly like and that is,
sometimes when a gentleman meets
a lady, he seizes her around the
waist and kisses her on both
cheeks. I shall cultivate French
acquaintances at once I am
going to try my hand at that the
very first opportunity. Up to ~
present writing ] have not had a
chance, but hoping to report pro-
gress in my next, I am,


Truly yours,


/. DDoRnDpJ7T
Year: 1878

HOME CoNvERsAT1oN.--Children
hunger perpetually for new ideas.
They will learn with pleasure
from the lips ofparents what they
deem it drudgery to study in
books; and even if they have the
misfortune to be deprived Of
many educational advantages,
they will grow up intelligent if
they enjoy in childhood the priVi-
lege Of listening daily to the con-
versation ofintelligent people. We
sometimes see parents who are
the life. of every company which
they enter, dull, silent, and unin-
teresting at home among their
children. If they have not men
tai activity and mental stores
sufficient for both, let them first
use W hat they have for their own
households. A silent home is a
dull place for young people, a
place from which they will escape
if they can. How much useful in
formation, on the other hand, is
often given in pleasant family
conversation, and what uncon-
scious, but excellent, mental train
ing in lively social argument.
Cultivate to the utmost the graces
Of conversation.