smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

The proprietors of THE HERALD an
nounced at the same time with the an
nouncement of the change in the pro-
prietorship of the paper, that their
terms thenceforth would be strictly
cash, and that the rule would be infleX-
IDLY and indiscriminately enforced for
subscription, for job work and for ad-
vertising.


They regret that this announcement
has not been accepted by great many
of their patrons as containing final
determination of the plan OH which
the proprietors of The HERALD pro-
pose to conduct their business, and
that the numerous applications for
time, after the work is done, requires
them to repeat the announcements


1t is not worth while TO go into ANY
argument before as intelligent an audi
ence rs the readers of THE HERALD to
demonstrate the fact that the rigid
cash system is the only one on which
printing Office can be successfully
conducted. 1t is enough to state that
every expense incidental to the rubli-
cation of a paper has to be met by
weekly cash payments. All the mate
rial used is bought for cash, and cash
only. Compositors have no other
means of living, and must he paid
promptly at the end of each and every
week. TO meet these requirements IL
is obvious that there must te at least
an equal stream of cash flowing in else
the business will soon come to halt.


1t is the design of the proprietors to
keep THE HERALD fully abreast with
the progress and advancement of Dali
las and the surrounding country, to add
continually new features of interest to
the paper, and to keep it in all respects,
what it has long been acknowledged
to be- the leading paper in north Texas
In order that they may be able to real
ize their anticipations in this matter it
is essential that they should have the
cooperation of their patrons in so far
as prompt payment for work done is
concerned. They are gratefully appre-
ciative of the generous patronage here
tofore extended to THE HERALD office,
and while they would respectfully ask
that the same may be continued, they
can assure their patrons that no effort
on their part will be spared to make
THE HERALD such a paper as the peo-
pie of Dallas may justly be proud Of
Year: 1874

condition that the government should
be secured against loss by taking first
mortgage upon the road, and by reserv-
Ing whatever IL might be owing to the
road for transportation Of the mails
and government freights. He express
ed himself forcibly as TO the wisdom Of
this as measure Of the government; (;
that II would put an end to the scalp
ing knife and tomahawk on the south
ern frontier, and that the wealth that
would he created by its construction in
a few years would far more than reim-
burse all the cost of the great work.
Another Of the great advantages to
flow Immediately to Texas from the
building of this great trunk road would
be that its value would be so great that
1t would go far toward paying all the
taxes of the state. In illustration of
this, he cited the ease of Pennsylvania,
where the magnitude of the railroad
interest is so great that the people are
relieved altogether from the payment
of taxes.


In a grand burst of eloquence the
governor next painted the glorious fu-
ture of Texas when the Texas and Pa
cific railroad should be completed
through to the Pacific, with the COM
merce of Europe, of Asia, and of the
isles of the socean pouring through her
borders-when Dallas would be the
mistress of inland cities in the south
west, and Galveston, more than the
rival of New Orleans would be the
great city of the gulf and of the south.


In conclusion, Governor Throckmor-
ton alluded most eloquently to the
struggles of the Cubans for freedom,
and expressed his regret that there did
not come yelling up from the great
national heart feeling of sympathy
for them, as would have been the case
in the good old days of the republic.


The above hurried and meager re-
sumo of the governors remarks does
him but very poor justice. We regret
that we cannot lay this powerful adj
dress before the readers of the HER
AID as il fell in bold and manly words
from his lips. All our preconceived
ideas of the governors power and elO-
quence fall far short of the reality, and
such was the universal expression by
all those who, like ourself, heard him
on yesterday for the first time.


At the conclusion of Governor
Throckmorton's address Judge Good
took the stand, and in an able and i'll
structiveadd of more than an hours
length held the audience interested
and entertained. 1t was our purpose
to have laid before our readers full
synopsis of Judge Goods speech, but
as our space is nearly exhausted, and
as the judge has, since the meeting
on yesterday, retired from the con-
gressional race, we do not deem it nee
essary to do so.


The result of the precinct meeting
will he found in another column.
Year: 1874

paper. We published 1t In Sunday
mornings HERALD. Really, this will
always remain one Of the things, as
Lord Dundreary would say, "that no
fellow can understand" that the
Courier should have such complete
vindicatlon of its favorite in Its hands
and should prefer not to publish 1t.


We would apologize to the readers of
THE HERALD for occupying so much
of our space with this one subject, did
we not rely upon their good sense to
see that we were assailed, and We're in
duty bound TO defend ourselves.
Year: 1874

We. infer InaE mr.. sHRRRARD, late
member Of the House Of Delegates from
Hardy county, Is at the helm now. w.a.dsys
in the MooreReld Advertiser, from the way
the last number Of that paper opens out
on HENRY s. WAIKRR. Mr.. SHERRARD
Is chairman Of the provisional State com.
mittee recently selected at Charleston by
tho Jacob Democracy. The signal gun
has thus been fred by the chairman and
no doubt lively times are ahead. We
have an idea that the Bourbon element do
not feel entirely ssuguine about the out
come Of the contest. They have a slight
suspicion that the same combination that
reelected Gov. JACOB SO triumphantly in
1879 may elect a majority Of tho next
legislature. In that case where will
CAMDEN be when the Senatorial contest
comes onH And what will WALKER do
when the public Printing comes to be di.
vided out?
Year: 1874

THE Wellsburg Herald gives its read
ers summary Of the recent report issued
by the directors Of the Pittsburgh, Wheel.
ing 6 Kentucky road, aud remarks at the
close that


The general effect Of the report Is that
1t Is an honest one in the first place, in
the next place that the enterprise has
been unfortunate, and in the third place
that the appearance Of things Is not so
bad but that It might be worse-by no
means 80 bad that d community like that
interested should take a panic over It, or
feel like dsspalring.
Year: 1874

ouR general market reports have not
been as full as usual for the last three or
four days owing to the arrangement Of the
telegraph lines In consequence Of the
storms Of Tuesday night and Wednesday.
We presume that the machine will be all
right from this time on.
Year: 1874

III rank vegetation-mighty forest
trees thickly undergrown by a tangled
wilderness, that made the progress ,,p-
ward very painful and difficult. But
the determined tribe per> evered until.
nearing the top of the mountain. what
was their horror to perceive that it was
not merely one tremendous bird they
had to. encounter and destoy, but Il
countless number of the fierce cres-
lures. clustering in ferocious masses
all over the higher portions of the
mountain.


At this despair Overcame them, for
they at once recognized how impossi-
BILE it would be for them to overcome
and extiininate so many Of the winged
monsters, and they threw themselves
down upon their faces, expecting the
birds to rush down upon them and
destroy them. At this moment their
leader raised high his voice to the
Great Spirit for their deliverance, and
in answer to his prayer vivid light
nings sprang from every quarter of the
clOudleSs sky, without. sound OF
thunder, Staying the birds to the last
one, irving the forest trees, and wrap
ping the whole mountain top in flames,
that soon swept from it every trace OF
vegetation. Thus were the nlOnstrous
birds of prey destroyed, the mountain
made bald and the tribe delivered.
The anniversary of the deliverance
was perpetually celebrated by the
tribe, and the tradition have just re-
lated handed down from one genera
ton to another.


In this tradition turks the true story,
doubtless, of either the original fOrma-
ton of the ridge known as the Bald
Mountains, or of an eruption which
occurred maOy ages ago
Year: 1874

Pending the consideration of the in
tlation bill, Senator Sargent, of Cali
tornia, is reported to have uttered these
words:


1t has been said here that from these
days new division is drawn between
the statesman and the politician of the
country; that there is a new division
of parties. think that is true. ! be-
lieve that there are men in the East
and the West-I refer to the far EaS,
and the far West-men of power repre-
speaking for large bodies of men who
perish who leads party which lends
itself to the destruction of the National
credit. which floods this country with
irredeenable paper, which reverses all
the laws; aye, sir, and all the pledges
of the past. l do not believe there is
any issue now before the American
now unsettled. If there have been
inonentous consequence to the .\nleri-
can people. Shall we have sound
currency? shall we have sound Ma





honor in the eyes of the world? in the
full blaze of this day, shall we preserve
our honor, or shall we trample it under
foot? That is the issue being decided
ut this nom ut, and as men shall
range themselves upon that issue,
say to them, no matter what their am
bitiOn may be, or what their eXpecta-
tionS may be, there are men in their
party who will scorn to follow il lead
er>hip which has once betrayed the
pledges and principles of the party.
Aye, sir, if there was anything bind
ing me in alleSia to a banner led by
such men, | would enlancipate myself
from it, for l do believe that high
above all party organizations aie the
principles which are to be illustrated
and referred to by those organizations.
and high above all is the National
honor. | shall vote against this bill,
knowing that it will pass. | shall vote
against it, as the last protest which !
can make against it, then my hope is,
That elsewhere it may fail.
Year: 1874

THERE Is NO DEATH.-Ifi it be true that
Nature abhors vacuum, it is equally true
that the Great Creator abhors death and
glories in life. There is really no such
thing as death-the term is misnomer,
used to designate the changes which occur
in life. Life, eternal life,is created by the
laws of Almighty will power, which are as
immutable in their application as is the
existence of the Creator Himself. When
God made life, He made everything neces-
sary to sustain it, but left it for mans pro-
gressive intelligence to discover, convert
and utilize Good medicine is to the ailing
physique what good fuel is to the expiring
flame the better the fuel, the quicker the
fre-the better the medicine the quicker
comes relief from pain CALIFORNIA Vim
EGAR BITTERs is life's elixer for old or
young. Use this medicine properly and
you will live to a good old age without
those physical ailments which make seven
ty years burden.
Year: 1874

1t has long been disputed question
whether the Arctic Ocean was an open
sea, and whether at the South Pole
there was land. The late Lieut.. Marry
had an ingenious theory that opposite
to land we would always find water, and
hence if there was an ocean about the
North Pole there must be a continent 1T
the South Pole. ThistheOry has seemed
to have been confirmed by many dis
coveries of land in the southern hemi-
sphere, and among others of a stretch of
coast line which has long borne the
name of the "Wilkes' Antarctic Conti-
nent," which Wilkes claimed to have
seen in January, 1910. Its existence
has often been called into question. The
letter which we publish from Lieut..
Hynes, of the Challenger, to DIR. Hayes,
shows that no such land exists; that
Wilkes saw, in fact, nothing but ice
fields and icebergs.


Thus we see one problem after an
other solved with the greater accuracy
and perfection of scientific appliances;
but it is not often that a whole cOnti-
nent is so suddenly bOwled down, as it
were but one of a set of ninepins, on the
general plan of progressive science.
Notwithstanding, however, that the
Challenger has in point of fact sailed
over the land Of Wilkes, yet we must
believe that land does exist in the
vicinity of the South Pole; for other
wise, while whatever ice might be
formed upon the sea, icebergs could not
be created, inasmueh rs land is neces-
saTy, the iceberg being a fragment OF the
glacier, which is always of mountain
origin, and, according to the best ac-
counts, icebergs are more numerous and
larger i'm the Antarctic than in the
Arctic seas. The truth is, we know too
little about either of these dreary re-
gions of the earth. In the interests of
commerce neither of the poles is likely
to prove of greater value than for the
capture of whales, sea elephants and
seals; but to science they are of infinite
Importance, and in the new awakening
of geographical exploration they cannot
much longer be a simple myth to the
ignorant and wonder to the wise. N
y Herald
Year: 1874

Savages believe that women have no
souls. There is no place for them in
their happy hunting grounds beyond the
grave. Some men who are in part civil
lied hold like opinion and treat them
aecordingly-as pack-horses. Nay, in
the barbarian's heaven, there is place


for his favorite steed, likewise for his
dog, but none for his wife.


Once granting woman an immortal
spirit, man begins to show her Difference


and respect, and she rapidly grows into
her new position. AS she is naturally


more delicate in sensibility, she becomes


mans superior in culture, taste and re-
finement. But she always feels neglect


and wrong more keenly than lie does.
An injustice to him is an outrage to her
The possession of q soul implies ambi-
! tiOn to rise and longing for freedom.
Man comedies TO woman equality in
many things and superiority in some


that is, in his enlightened state. II his
eqnal, why not grant her the same
/ rights? What authority has he for de-


nying to her any right? Nay, is not


such Withholding robbery? In such


denial he either intends TO do her an in


justice, or he thinks her opinions but
the reflex OF his own. If the former be


true, be is knave-if the latter, he is a
/ fool. Not only are her views often uu-


like his, but she may justly have sepa-
rate interests.


While young and unmarried, woman


receives both protection and homage.
| This is true in general, but even then
| her rights are not inviOlable. Older and


still single, she is not only neglected,


but held to have few rights that men are


bound to respect. Married, the law


makes>her the slave of her husband,
though he be very fiend. Widowed,
her property is common prey to every


man with whom she has to 90, aud


many knave does his best to despoil
her.


| To offset his robbery, man passes laws
| for protection, and pretends to
/ enforce them. Why not give her a voice
/ in this? BY what right does he think


and act for her? How can he be eX-
| pected to care for her interests, when it


is to his disadvantage Who is bet


ter judge of what is good for her, than
| herself? She is the interested party,


and is supposed to be most alive to


danger. 1t were as just 10 let one class


of men legislate for another-eapitalists
! for instance, i'm behalf of laborers. The
| tie between these is naturally rs strong


as that between the sexes.


/ The relation between man and wife


may bean exception, but in not few


instances they become estranged and


have little interest in common.


I Woman needs the elective franchise
then, for all the reasons that demand i
for man, and for all other causes arising


from her inferior physical strength an,


superior delicacy and retinement.-EE
Year: 1874




The right of the people of AIassachu-
setts to choose their own candidates for
Office, and after fairly choosing them to
sustain them in their position, seems TO
be a mOOted question in Boston. 1t seems
rather strange that the place where free
dom first assersed itself against Oppres-
sion, and where tyranny was first en-
phatically resisted, should struggle the
most determinedly and strenuously
against the ameliOration of the condi-
tiOn of woman. Yet so il is. The posi-
ton of Boston relatively to the princi-
pies which first gave it fame and honor,
may be illustrated by an inclined plane,
down which, instead of occupying its
position on the pinnacle of freedom
which it once established, it is constant
ly sliding. She it was who placed upon
her escutcheon the inelfaceable stain of
hunting the fugitive slave. And now
it is Boston again which Tesists the
rights of women-the small concessions
which women have obtained by their
election on the School Board. Massa-
chusetts, in spite of the noble women
who are working with their might in
the face of furious conservatism to OBJ
tain proper recognition of their sex in
government, is nevertheless one of the
most conservative of the States, and the
more so as she sins against light No
State has more light thrown upon it.
No State more obstinately hugs its
idols.


The subject of permitting women to
hold their seats, to which they had
been duly elected, on the School Board,
has again been brought before the
Courts. The matter was once decided
in their favor, but stoutly resisted by
members of the Committee. and is now
carried to the Supreme Court. This
was argued on the 18th of June; the
final decision given leaving the matter
optional with the School Boards them
selves to decide on qualifications for
membership. y more sneaking and
cowardly decision could not have been
rendered. The Judge had neither the
courage to accord them their rights or
to decide against them. They now ap-
peal to the State, and bill has been
engrossed in the House providing that
sex shall not constitute any disqualifi-
cation Tor service on School Commit
tees.-IOledO Journal.
Year: 1874

KNOW YOUR CHILDREN.-Hundreds
of men have no time to get acquainted
with their children. They see in gen.
eral way that they are clean and whole
some-loOking; they pay the quarterly
schoOl-bills, and grudge no expense in
the matter of shoes and overcoats. They
dimly remember that they once courted
their wives, and said tender things in
their parlOrs, where the cheerful gas
light shed its glow, or on moonlight
evenings under rustling leaves. The
time for that has quite gone by, and
/ they would seem as bashful as q school
! boy reciting apiece, were they to essay
compliment to the lady at the other
end of the table They have forgotten
/ that home has its inalienable rights,
aud among them, first and foremost, the
right to their personal presence. Moth
! ing rests = man or a woman who has
been busy about one set of things bet
ter than 4 total change of employment
OF feeling. a nap on the lounge is all
very well, but after half hour of it, if
the most tired man will shake off dull
sleep and have a romp with the chill
dreD, or q game of bO-peep with the
baby, he will be rested much more
thoroughly than if he drowsed away
the whole evening, as too many busi-
ness men dO.-Hedrth and Home.
Year: 1874

The attention of the city autlori-
ties is called to the condition of the
Dyke over Amulet bayou. The heavy
and continued rains and high water
of the Spring, have caused the earth
to wash away, and large cave has
occurred on the upper side, render
ing crossing dangerous. Both the up
per and lower street crossings on that
bayou are in bad condition, and re-
quire immediate repairs.
Year: 1874

Citizens Of Natchitoches ; do not
fail in your Mass Meeting to-day, to
enforce the resignation of those men,
bers Of tho Police Jury you have
pronounced either corrupt or iucom-
petent. Your action so far has been
to mitigate evils, and you have before
you the very cause of some of the
most fragrant acts of injustice heaped
upon you, and you will be deserving
the condemnation of all good men,
should you fail to remove it. They
should be given to understand dis.
tinctly, that they must resign and that
Immediately.
Year: 1874

We understand that a committee 81


Radicals, waited upon Mr.. Cunning
ham, Chairman of the Committee of


Seventy, with view to understand if


the meeting of citizens which takes
place to-da?, was an Grmed demon
stration. This is going a little too far


Mr.. Republican leaders, and if you


expect to make political capital in
that way you are sadly mistaken. We
have said, and we repeat it, that the
Radical thieves are treated here with
entirely too much consideration, and
such a committee as the one named
above, should be instantly snubbed.
They must have outraged us more
than is shown, that they should feel
deserving OF extreme punishment.
The Republican leaders have time and
again within the past six years para
ded gangs of armed negroes through
our streets; insulting citizens and
even going so far as to threaten them
with death, without consulting the
white people aboutit ; and should citi-
zens desire to bear arms, we are not
aware Of any reasons why they should
not, or any law forbidding it.
Year: 1874

We trust the Mass Meeting to-day
will do something to rid rs cffectual
ly of some of the causes of this bad
legislation, with which our parish
through the Police Jury, has been
disgraced,


The question, as to whose interest
they, (the Police Jury) are being run
has been sufficiently answered by the
President refusing or neglecting to
call the meeting, as required by 1a~,
upon the petition presented him last
week, signed by number of our
largest tax payers.


This way Of treating these thieves
with such marked consideration has
had the tendency to make them inso-
lent anu arrogant, ana we predict
that unless you assume a stern line of
policy, do what you say you will do,
and say you will do something that
will make them quake from center to
circumference, your meetings will be
barren of permanent good.


Remember that you have started in
for reform, and unless you "burn your
boats," you will find some persons
who will suggest the propriety Of a re.
treat, and retreat means ruin.
Year: 1874

Does the Republican suppose for an


instant, that the people are so credu-


lous as to be imposed upon by such


"twaddle," as that the Republican


party is pledged to "retorm" in this
parish? No, sir! we know too we'll
how you make pledges, and how you
keep them. Look at the compromise
of 1872, of Parish and city officers, a
compromise made by your party for
the same cause that led to "your call
meeting" Of the Police Jury last
week; fear of the people. How hare
you kept the pledges then made : Viola.
ted it in every instance when you i'm
agincd the people had been no Ion.
ger on the watch for you. Your mis-
sion as a party in the South, is sim.
ply plunder, and you stand condemn.
ed before the bar of the Northern Re-
publican party upon that charge, and
even the colored man no longer can
be duped by your protestations. If
you mean reform, why is it that
every honest Republican in our
parish has deserted you, and why
did they attend and take part in the
worry meeting which you alluae to, as
an assemblase to provoke antagonism
aud to make political capital? Be-.
cause they know what reform you are
Year: 1874

Special attention is invited
to the large assortment Of these
fabrics now offered by all the
Leading Dry Goods Stores in
the Country.


Silks of this manufacture
are made in the most approved
manner, and will not Crack or
Change Color in Wearing.


They are highly recommend
by all who have used them, for
Cheapness, Beauty, and Dura.
bilitV,