smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

hangs like dark thunder cloud over the
future of our country"


Look at the eulogiums passed upon
jeff Davis the other day when the Pension
measure was under consideration, and
then see how quich the southern papers
rally to their second.


The O&olona southern paper In CON-
menting says "Thc day will como when
Davis will take his name in history and
public affection by the side Of Washing
ton, while Grant will will be named as a
traitor and hlssed along with Benedict
Arnold" The Georgia Chronicle says,
Davis was unsuccessful, but he commit
tea no crime. Let him remain stcadflst
The ex-Prcsidcnt Of the confcderacy has
the sacred trust of not dishonring IN his
own person by a craven petition for forgive
ness, the holy cause of the south, which
though tramplcd upon is rot lost, and
never shall be while there's an echo lcft''
These are but snow flakes compared
TO the huge hail stones the hot headed
! southcrnors are gathering for their battle
for $780,, and these are not isolated cases
the sentiments is growing and will be fed
by the first banquet Of power they will
now partake of at the present session.
For one we thiIk it is we'll for the Repub
lican party that the democratic dance has
commenced this early. will make ''fur
for the hoys' and no fiddler to pay.
Year: 1879

A Bismarck telegram of the nth says:
To day was the last day of railroading :, on
the ice, and the track was taken up. The
water was three feet for five hundred feet
on the ice with heavy cakes floating The
The locomotives couldn't run on the ice
on account of the waiter putting out the
fires. The trains were given sufficient
mmentum to send them crashing ana
splashing through the water ana noa1lng
where locomotives reached the first car and
snaked them out The water was over the
tracks, giving the appearance of the flats
shooting on the surface OF the overflow.
The cab of the last locomotive that reach.
cd this side of the river was flooded and
the engine careened, but nothing more
serious occurred. The fre-box was deiug-
ed but the momentum was sufficient 70
carry the locomotive out on dry land.
Year: 1879

Womans voting seems to he agitated nll
over the United States at present, and
much good Will arise from it if those in
favor will only keep 10 work earnestly,
for when "women wills" you know, men
own her power She does not wish to
soar above man kind, only TO be placed
upon an equality. Women need not
neglect all the great duties put upon her,
for we we'll know women can endure
more than man, but she can think and
plan while at her household duties, and
when it comes 10 voting, it ought not to
take but few hours out OF whole year
certainly, she can spare that time And
if her influence is so great over brothers
and husbands and fathers, how great
would be the influence of politlcal.life
She has a right TO ask for her rights. and
we hope every true and loyal mother will
use their influence for female suffrage.


B. A. G.
Year: 1879

II will be interesting to our people to know
that after all the hazards and risks OF warfare
the veterans Of that gallant corps, the Battalion
OF Washington Artillery, propose to bring to-
gether their old brothers under one association.
The new organization will comprise all those
members who have served In the battalion since
It's orisin during the Mexican war and those
brave spirits who rammed home the shot that
told at Appomattox Court House and Mobile.


From what We CLEAN the proposition is to
bring into one association all those who served
In the Washington Artillery during the war
and those who have been members before that
into one CORPS, with the purpose OF co-operat-
Ing with the battalion In order to perpetuate
the old command.


According to the new organization any vete-
ran OF the old battalion, either on the honorary
roll or active list, will be received. Those mem
bers OF the battalion who have uniforms will
organize q company Of dfsmountod artillery,
which will become an adjunct to the present
command.


1t is proposed that there will be a complete
organization OF the new association and q Cap
tain and three lieutenants elected,


The new organization will be greeted by our
people. who have ever felt the warmest i'm
pulses toward the Washington Artillery. with
renewed feeling.


From the days OF the Mexican war down TO our
own day this battalion has ever been one OF the
favorites OF our city. and the coming consolida-
ton OF the veterans Of 1886 and I847 with those
OF 1861 and 1866 will be received with much
qualification.
Year: 1879

In conversation with reporter OF the DEMO
GRAFT. held yesterday, Mr.. Charles Cavanac, the
newly appointed State Registrar OF Voters, said
that he intended to take possession Of his Office
Monday Mr.. Landry. the retiring registrar.
having assured him that he proposed to make
no contest. Mr.. Cavanac said that he intended
that the election for delegates to the convention
so far as he could control It. should be fair and
free, and there should be fair and just count.
There had been many rumors and allegations
OF fraud In the last registration. He did not
pretend to say, that these charges were true or
had any foundation but he intended to have a
thorough revision Of the registration wards
and to correct any and all errors detected. He
tration while he Was in charge of the office.
and would use every method to prevent 1t. He
did not thin that frauds were to the interest of
the party. 1t was entirely Unnecessary to resort
to 1t to carry an election In this city.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Feb. notwithstanding the
extensive lobbying that has been going on to
defeat Gen. Buffers amendment to the army
bill, looking to the formation OF an opposition
to the Western Union Telegraph Company by
a general consolidation OF the railroad tele-
graph lines of the country for the tran aaction
OF commercial business, the measure was this
evening adopted In the House, the opponents
of the amendment being able to muster only
abou. fifteen votes against it. Little or no
doubt is expressed that the Senate will con-
cur In The action Of the House.
Year: 1879

Those recent changes in the Custom House
which resulted in the seating of Antoine in a
good fat office. it would appear were not made
without purpose. for scarcely rad the official
mantle fallen on his shoulders ere he laid II
tion and. accompanied by Blunt Education
Brown and Bill Harper. he jumped aboard OF q
Mobile train. add in less time than it takes ia
tell about it. was bowling klong 10 Washington
TIE delegation visits The Capital in the Interest
of Collector Smith. and left with the asowed in
tentton Of inducir & the President to reconsider
his Sction IA removing that Official and to coz
tinue him in his present position.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-A Philadelphia firm
telegraphed to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to-day that they had on hand stock
OF snuff which. If the proposed reduction OF
the tax to twenty-four cents becomes law,
would give them claim for over $4,000
rebate They asked what course they should
take. The commissioner advised them to lay
the matter bofore the Committee on Finance
of the Senate without delay.
Year: 1879

Prof Sample. the famous horse educator. is
succeeding In getting up bis class. and will give
his first lesson Monday evening at the corner
of Canal and Rocheblave streets. Tickets S..
Year: 1879

I'm his inaugural address President
Weber of the State Agricultural Society,
spoke as follows of the agricultural
prospects of the Upper Peninsula:


Two fifths of the area of MichigOn is
in the Upper Peninsula. Our society is
organized ter the benefit of the whole
state. The means OF communication be-
tween the Upper and Lower Peninsula
are becoming better every year, and we
hope soon to see the two peniiIsulas COIL
nected by rail. For the purpose of cali
ing particular attention to the capabili-
ties of the soil of the Upper Peninsula
for agricultural purposes, recommend
that special premiums be proposed for
agricultural exhibits from that portion OF
the State.


The suggestions made by Mr.. Weber
are good, and are borne out by the facts
in the case, but he should have gone still
farther and included i'm his suggestions
the upper portion of the Lower Peninsula,
which has been as much ignored by the
agricultural society as has the Upper
Peninsula, and the importance Of some
recognition full as great. We hope to
see President Weber's suggestions car
ried out. but hope to see the northern
counties of the Lower Peninsula inrlu-
ded in the list for the special premiums
Year: 1879

Information which the Inter-Ocean
receives concerniDgsSt. Mary's Falls Ship
canal will cause cOnsternaiiOn among
vessel owners generally, and especially
the owners of vessels in the Lake SUI
periOr trade, On the long route from
Lake Erie or from Lake Michigan to
Lake Superior, none but the largest class
Of vessels can be employed prOfitably,
and even these craft, with the low
freig:its ruling tor several seasons past.
find it very difficult to earn small mar
gins over expenses. Our Information is
to the effect that the water has been
falling since the close of navigation, and
there Is now only eleven feet and two
inches on the lower miter-sill, with good
reasons for thinking it will not be more
after the opening OF navigation this
season. New gates are being put in the
upper locks. but noIhing Is being done
to the miter sill of the lower locks. 1t is
evident frsn these facts that next season
vessels will not be able to carry more
than twO-thirds of what their full car
suffer accOrdingly, Som thing should
Superior water route"


The above, from the:Inter- Ocean Of the
18th, states correctly as far the facts 20,
but the inference that journal draws
from those facts are considerably out of
the way. and probably originated in the
mind of someaone who is not well ::versed
in the pecuIiaritles which different seasons
of the year showfn the depth of wafer.
We wonld relieve the anxiety of the
In.er-Ocean man by stating that the
depth of water varies 3much with the
season. Fears we're expressed last Sc son
that on account of the water being low
LIST spring that trouble would be ex-
perienced, but all during the season the
water was of ITS average depth, and we
venture to predict that vessels will be
able to pass the locks next season draw
ing very nearly, if not quite as much as
the least of former years.


In regard to the inference which may
be drawn from the reference TO no work
being done on the lower mitsr-sill We
would say that nothing can be done to
deepen the water on the sill. 1t was
p ,rtly The Inability to do this that caused
the construction of the new locks, which


will doubtless be completed so that that
they can be used by the spring OF 1880


which will remedy the difficulty which


an uniformed reader of the IntegO Ocean


would think nothing was being done tC


obviate.
Year: 1879

Disappointed candidates i'm the late
campaign can assuage their grief "A little
by sending to their member of the Legis-
lature. and having him procure them
All appointment as Notary Public.
Year: 1879

A strange coincidence Of the Hickey
murder, at Warren. Ohio, has come to
light. Nellie Hickey, a twelve year
old daughter Of the murdered woman,
works in the family OF Perry Woods,
Akron, that State. On the evening OF
the murder, she awoke out Of a horri-
ble dream, in which her mothers
bloody and mutilated form appeared
before her in all the dreadful reality
in which it was found at the Warren
Hotel. The dream was related to mem.
bsrs Of the family, but though it made
a deep impression on the mind of the
young girl, nothing more was thought
of it until she took up the evening pa
per and read therein the details of the
bloody tragedy almost precisely as she
had dreamed it at about the same hour
1t occurred.
Year: 1879

LET IT DRY.-Mr. SpurgAon once wenl
to preach in little church outside o
London. The day was wet and muddy
and the pants VI Mr.. Surgeon were
plentitul!y covered with dirt. A good
deacon in the vestry said


mir. Sturgeon let me get brush
and take off some Of that mud you
can't go into the pulpit in that state y


"Don't be foolish, deacon" said Mr.
Spurgeon in his usual good humored
way don't you see the mud is wet
aud if you try to rub it off now, you
will rub the stain into the cloth Let
it dry and then it will come of easy
enough, and leave no mark"


There Is an admirable hint here for
every one. When evil spoken against.
as We may be for the sake of truth, and
men throw mud at us, don't be in a
hurry about brushing it of. Too great
eagsrness in this respect is apt to rut
the stain into the cloth. Let it dry;
and then, by and by, It can bs remov.
cd by little effort. II there is a lit,
tie trouble in the church, don't foster
1t by hate and hurry in doing some.
thing. Let it alone; let it dry; and II
will be more easily settled than you
think now. Time has q wonderful
power In such matters; and it is sur
prising how many things in this world
would be far better arranged, and how
many diff, ulties easily got over, by
judiciously letting them dry.-Beptis
Weekly.
Year: 1879

Live for something. There is no one
but what can do some good--nO one
" ho need say can accomplish nothing
hone who need spend their days in
idleness. Life is a blank book, every
page of which must bear something
worthy of record or blot that can
never be erased. Then be mindful
what you leave upon its leaves; for il
will tell in time and eternity what you
have lived for, and He whe keeps
a record Of eur deeds will reward Us
accordingly.
Year: 1879

THE raving Of the Okolona States, a
paper printed down in the Mississippi
swamps, which howls by day and night at
the Government and radicals, are said
to meet with more approval down there
than people in the North are generally
aware of Ex Senator Aeorn, of that
State, recently said to a newspaper repor-
ter: "As things now are the South will
send extreme men to Congress. Take
Chalmers, flr instance. He is true
representative of the sentiment Of the
South. / tell you many of the people
down there are very bitter, and fear to


look into the fulure.p Chalmers is the
man who stale seat in Congress by
frightening 10000 Republican majority
from the polls.
Year: 1879

DURING the last 10 years there have
been over 400 disasters to vessels along
this coast, but it does not appear that any
number would have been benefited unless
there had been harbor ofrefuge at every
10 or Is miles along the coast. If the
money proposed to be expended for a
Harbor of Refuge could be used in the
improvement of a few important harbors,
some positive good might be accomplish
ed = West Coast Signal.
Year: 1879

TEE Fourth Of July Is over and we
have read the California orations made on
that day, so far as they have been pub
lished and have come TO hand. and ii is
but truth to say that they are shockingly
insipid. They contain neither heart nor
soul. They sound like one eternal ding
dong of the Past, while dwelling tire
somely on the Future, but make scarcely
any reference to The Present Bee.
Year: 1879

THE Oakland Times says: ut would
he an interesting study if one could de-
termine the pecuniary damage caused
in this State through the influence of
Kearney and four or five thousand Of his
followers. 1t would probably have
been a paying investment if they had
been given a thousand dollars each and
had their passage paid to emigrate.
Year: 1879

One day last week, a little boy,


who had been standing for some


time in front Of a drug store, in


Baltimore, enviously eyeing a


large reel, we'll provided with


"simmy dimmy" twine, as the


boys call, it, which was fastened to
the top Of the counter, SUNNI on cd
up courage enough to walk in
and ask for few yards with


which to fly his kite. The doctor
bears the reputation Of being a
good natured man, full Of humor,
and very fond Of the little ones,
but the younger approached him
at q time when be was out of his
usual mood, and he consequently
gave "No" for an answer. The
urchin had made up his mind to
have some Of "that cord' any
how, and he got it. On Thursday
morning the boy entered the
store, accompanied by another
boy and a dog. Boy No. 2 having
placed a bottle upon the counter,
demurely asked for five cents
worth of "sirup squill and polly
gollic," and while the doctor was
filing the order, boy No. l was
tying the end Of the cord to the
dogs tail. When the man of med
lcine returned to the counter, the
reel was flying like fury. The
doctor quietly reached for a pallet
knife, and, having hung himself
over the counter, made a desperate
whack at the Uranium of the
youngster, who, he supposed, was
sitting on the floor helping him
self: But 10! the boys and the
dog "Bouncer" were not there.
The doctor having tried in vain
to stop his reel, WAS obliged to
give it up on account Of the heat
it communicated to the palm Of
his hand. When be reached the
door he boheld the boys upon the
sidewalk about two blocks off, and
"Bouncer in the middle Of the
street, going at the rate of forty
knots an hour, the string pointing
directly to his tail. The reel con-
tinued to spin for some time al
terward, until it stopped Of its
own accord.
Year: 1879

A man was at midnight creep
ing softly along the bedroom floor,
on his hands and knees, and was
feeling carefully under the bu-
reau for something he had hidden
there the evening before but his
wife awoke and said:


"Peter, what under the heavens
are you doing ?''


"Dear," said be, "l'm walking
in my sleep, and dreaming that l
am plucking some water-lilics
from the soft, blue bosom Of the
lake."


How to get that flask out Of
there before she got up iu the
morning was what worried him
more than the water-lilies did.
Year: 1879

Amusements should blend to-
gether the whole household. !
am greatly opposed to the separa-
ton of the sexes. Woe to that
young man who does what he
would be ashamed to do in sight
of his sister or his sweetheart.
Year: 1879

A man can learn to like things
that he doesn't like, and he can
learn to dislike what he really
does like. If q man can train him.
self to like tobacco he can learn
to like anything in the world.
Year: 1879

There are a good maay pious
people who are as careful Of their
religion as of their best service Of
china, only using it on holiday
occasions, for fear it should get
Clipped or fawed in working-day
wear.
Year: 1879

Composers differ as much as authors


in their manner of working. M. Gounod


is one of those whom composition


throws into a very fever, and who can


bear no interruption or domestic sounds


about them while they sit at the piano


humping the keyboard with one hand
and noting their score with the other.


Poor Madam Gounoi once drove him
wild by coming in to ask him for her
thimble while he was endeavoring to
link two phrases of an aria.


Meyerbeer used to composed metho.
Ideally, sitting down to his piano as a
business man to his desk, and never
showing the least irritation if called
away from work, which he seemed able
to take up ard drop with the utmost
ease.


Rossini composed best laying on his
back in bed and if once he was en-
ueine he would lie abed all day hum.
ming his airs to himself until lie had
learned them by heart, and scoring
down whole act at a time after he
had hummed and re.humnied it t. his
satisfaction. His musical memory was
prodigious but his voice was so untuns-
full that once an Italian innkeeper, in
whose house he once hummed for three
whole days at stretch, run up to beg
him that he would desist, for that his
"noise" could be heard through the
open window and disturbed some Eng
lish tourist dining at tresco down stairs.


Auber, even up to an advanced age,
used to derive musical inspiration from
a glass or two of champagne; and Wag-
ner can only compose with the assist.
ance of suits of satin clothes of divers
colors, which he dons and puts off, &C.
cording TO the style Of the thingat which
he is working. For instancs, when
spinning off pastoral duet he will ar
ray himself in primrose satin: when he
comes to a martial chorus, quick he
bolts off to his dressing room to don
pair Of scarlet satin pantaloons, with
tunic and cap to match. These de-
lightful antics were made known to the
public through the very distressing cir
cumstance that the authorof the Tam
hauser" was sued by his milliner for
the cost of his composing vestments and
was made to pay an extremely long
bill.


Among those whom We may call min
or composers, N. Lecocq is the most
happily endowed, for he can forge solos
and choruses anywhere and at any
time-in trains, in a hot bath, on top
of bus, in the rain, or in dentists
drawing room while waiting to have a
tooth drawn. NJ. Vafseur, composer
of LA Timbaled' Argent" who is an
organist by profession, contrives his
livcliest melodies hv allowing his fin
gers to run villa ". the keys of his
large organ, and he, too, is fertile
workman. n. Ofenback, on the con-
trary, though he has composed so much,
is only prolific during the spring time
of the year, and while residing by the
the seaside. If he tries to compose
elsew here, and at other times of the
year, his works are worth little, accord
ing to his swn testimony .-Lon0on
News.
Year: 1879

The Southern press is unanimous in
declaring that if the President vetoes
the appropriation bills which are sad
died with repeal of the election laws,
and thus stops the machinery Of the
Government, the country will visit the
Republican party with swift condemna-
ton. The trouble with This opinion is
that its authors regard ~ solid South
as the country. They will ilnu out OH
election day that il is only minority
of the country.--N. y. Tribune.
Year: 1879

The State Sentinel" says that on
last Thursday when the bill to author
ize the Levy Court Of New Castle coun-
ty to sell to the lowest bidder the pri-
vilsge Of keeping the roads of White
Clay Creek in order, a rsmOnstrance
against the bill was presented signed
principally by the Democratic Office
holders; but the most amusing thing
was letter written by the Levy Court
Commissioner of White Clay Creek
hundred, VIM. l.. Wisr, to the commit.
tse, stating if the bill passed every mig
ger in the hundred would have q right
to work his tax out On the road, thus
enabling them to vote, and that poor
Democrats would bs thrown ost OF work.
This man evidently is Bourbon Of the
worst stripe but has the true Democrat
ic principles keep the niggers from
paying their taxes and We can carry
the election"