smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

and raved like a madman. Both of US
were blondes; our ancestors, through a
long line, had been OF the Northern
races, their complexion bleached by the
winters Of centuries, and their eyes as
blue as the vault Of high heaven. And
here was our baby, with the contour of
his father, and his mothers voice, but
in complexion a pronounced brunette,
with the features, expression, and air of
the old canting reprobate who had
buried large family with his first wife
in the bogs Of Ireland, who had brought
untold misery to Lord Bothwick, and
had caused the death aud burial OF my
mysterious kinswoman, lovely Ethel
Graeme


It was little wonder, knowing nothing
Of the laws Of nature and the eonse-
auences Of their violation, aud feeling
that God and man were alike my enc
mics, I grew so skeptical concerning
everything but sin and misery that
for a long time doubted the existence Of
that heavenly mamma which is now, in
these later years, thank God, my stay
and comfort
Year: 1878

A BOY in Burlington started to
school the opening day OF the term
aud before he was five block from
home he lrmed his dog. lost his
geography. scared horse, broke his
slate and had three fights. Times
are looking up
Year: 1878

Is what thousands Of ladies say in
this city. They must come down!
Yes; come down on prices. Who
Is to be credited with the reduc-
tions that have occurred within the
last two months? Nobody else but
the great IXL Auction Company,
which is a great benefit to the poor
and r;cn alike. Since they opened
their store they have sold more dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes
than all the other merchants to-
gether. How is 1t that they did
such on immense business? both
the public and the merchants ask.
This is the great point which all
stores are after and cannot ex-
plain. 1t is very simple one, and
still nobody can do the same. Just
see how the IXL has compelled all
the merchants to sell their goods
cheaper than they ever did before,
and still they cannot compete with
the low figures of the IXL. This
great establishment has offered
SIS 600 reward in San Francisco and
New York to anybody who could
purchase the same line of goods at
the prices for which they are SELL
ing them. No one has yet claimed
the reward nor ever will. II there
are any ladies in this city, which
We daubt, who have not yet been
to this marveliously cheap store,
they had better go ut once and cou-
vince themselves of the truth of
our statement. It Is located II No.
8 Commercial street, aud evpu if
they should not buy, they VII be
sure to receive polite attention nj
the great IXL Auction store.
Year: 1878

We have been shown q list con-
tanning about forty names of the
most sociable gentletn ell of the
city, who propose to organize u
social club. We notice that it is
composed solely of bachelors, and
from the great interest they take
in the matter it promises to be a
lasting institution in our city.
These gentlemen will organize i'm
mediately, and will hold their first
meeting tonight. They Will en-.
deavor to obtain suitable apart
ments in the Baker Block. Their
mem bership is sure to increase very
fast, the present nucleus insuring
success from the beginning. \
club is a necessity in our city and
we are glad that one is being or.
ganized under the leadership of the
gentlemen who have the move
ment in hand.
Year: 1878

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1878

l concur In the judgment revers.
ing the Judgment pelow on the
ground that the juris fiction of the
District Court was determinable by
refe renee to the dd ddnanuna
clauses of the original complaint.


[ dissent from the views express
ed In the opinion and from the di-
rection that the motion to strike
out be denied. The portions of the
mplaint stricken out were irrele-
want aud redundant because they
added nothing to the legal effect
Of the other averments. They were
Year: 1878

From the New Orleans Picsyuns.l " 9"oI


There is no consideration in this
connection more pleasant than the
proofs daily offered by the munif-
cent dOnations Of Northern, East
ern and Western cities for the re-
lief OF the sick and destitute in the
South, that the sense Of humanity
and brOtherly love is warmer and
deeper in this country than the
mean animosities engendered BY
party rivalrieS and sensational pre-
judices. We begin to believe that
this really is a nation, people one
at heart. We appreciate the gene
rosity which comes tous from these
quarters, even when it takes the
shape of prescriptions, which the
boldest will never have the temerity
to try, and Of offers of personal SER
vice from those whose zeal is great
er than their knowledge. They
mean well, and we accept with
gratitude the will for the deed. 3
Year: 1878

1T Is ENTERPRIsINa. FEARLESS, RE
liable and newsy, and the peer of any weekly
newspaper published in West Tennessee. con-
tanning all local events of Importance in the
city of Memphis and Shelby county. No
labor OF expense will be spared to maintain it
in every department at the highest possible
standard, aud to commend it in all respects
to the confidence and approval Of the best
classes in the surrounding country, being
strictly
Year: 1878

minded him OF the man who shot for half an
hour at O coon supposed to be in tree, and
then found out that it was louse on his own
eyebrow. We dare not report the speech for
fear he will repent having made ii and call us
knave and liar again.


DIR. Harrison was called for, and gave good
explanation OF the silver bill. lie brought the
house down several times and mixed much
good sense with his humor. He didn't believe
the greenbsckers knew where they stood-they
had no platform aud no two wanted the same
thing nor did any one want the same thing at
any two times. He wanted to know where they
stood before he decided about them. He gave
many good points but it was too late in the
evening for elaborate arguments to be entirely
appreciated.


\ON-pROEESSIONAT
Year: 1878

Here is the IRON ciad oath OF the MichiSan
pink ribbon clubs:


We, the young ladies Of - and vicinity,
beng solemnly impressed that the habit of
using alcoholic beverage, ale, VINE ana cider; ls
incompatible with proper social relation, be-
ing alike degrading and dangerous. DO solemnly
pledge each for herself, that we will not here
after knowingly become, IN any manner the
social companion OF any young gentleman who
has not or will not sign aud sacredly keep the
total abstinence pledge, aud may Almighty God
fortify us and strengthen us, each in our SOL
emn resolution.
Year: 1878

space to the newspaper lie, or should be, as
valuable as dry goods TO the merchant. tea and
coffee to the grocer, or time to the laborer.
The merchant might as we'll be asked to donate
his wares as the publisher to give sratuitously
his advertising space to promote any and every
kind of entertainment set on foot by those
Immediately interested. The abuse of asking
puffs by the wholesale, without expecting to
pay for them mas grown to be unbearable, in
this community at least. We are not disposed
to blame any one particularly in this matter,
for the newspaper men IN this city are greatly
at fault themselves for permitting the habit to
become feature OF business. Every person,
association, society or organization managing
an entertainment. OF any KIND where an sdrlis-
SION fee il charged or articles kept on sale,
should pay FOR Their locals as certainly as the
man who advertises lumber. coal dry goods or
boots and shoes. There is no more reason
why an editor should be expected 10 give his
spsce 10 advertise performance and then 60
and patroniZe it, than that a grocer should
give lemons aud sugar and then buy the lem
onade they make.-Niles Republican.
Year: 1878

MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
w ment, on Sth street, near south end of
Bridge The tailoring department is complete,
and contains a large assortment of fashionable
cloths and Gents furnishing goods constantly
on hand. Please call and examine before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Year: 1878

THE TRIBUNE Office is the only one in the CITY
run by steam power, and has the largest and
best appointed Job Printing Department. Par
ticular attention paid to orders for fine work
Year: 1878

The farmer VINO cuts and puts up
hay for market should remember one
or two very important facts in connec-
tion with the matter. First, sweet,
bright. unbleached hay is always sala.
BILE, even such q year s this. at
from one 10 three dollars more on the
ton than that which, either from being
allowed to stand till overripe or allow


ed to bleach and dry out in the wind


row or shock. is little better than straw


There are two classes Of purchasers III
this city-one, those who own or feed
horses; the other, those who feed cows
and keep dairie.. Either of them will
give mote for good, bright. green hay,
cut just at the right stage and cured
quickly: and the dairymen must have
green hay. Many farmer argues
that il he lets the hsy stand until 1t Is
out of the dough he will secure a great
er weigh, of grain aud consequently
get more hay. There is no greater
mistake than this. for the ripper the
grain gets the lighter the straw will be.
II eften happens, also. that in cutting
WIFI NOiuHkCCl Uatr tilS sAtAt-
ters out all the grain when 1t Is left
day or two too long. and thus all the
hay is gone. But the greatest Injury
that is done TO the hay is after ii is cut


We have seen hundreds of tons of hay
coming into market tlfN looked as
though it was last years straw baled


It is Juss as easy TO keep it bright, even
on the outside OF the bale. as tn have i
otherwise. In the first place. 1t should
not be allowed to bleach in the swstk
or windrow. Barley. wheat aud oats.
unless exceedingly heavy in the swath.
should be raked into windows after
lying over night and part of the day


Rake up with a revolving rake into
medium sized windrows. and in this
shape it will cure very readily, while
not exposing so much surface TO the sun.
Then allow it to lie in the windrow
from two to- four days, according to the
weather, when it must be raked into
large punches. For this purpose $
Year: 1878

large buck rake drawn by two horses is
the best. Rake both ways in the row,
throwing from two to three hundred
pounds of hay into each bunch. These
must then be dressed up with fork so
as to turn any light shower of rain.
The hay may be allowed to stand thus
from ten days to two weeks, when it
must either be stacked or baled from the
shock. Stacking is the better plan, for
In the hay season it is not always that
hay press can he secured at the time
1T is needed; and any delay after the
hay is cured is money out of pocket, a.
the hay is constantly losing weight.
Again. if in the stack. the outside of the
shocks, which have become bleeched,
will sweat and become bright again,
and when it comes to be Bald here
will be no dry stssaks. TIA cssss
the bales with straw Is tast 40 they
come from the press. and never allow
any bale to be exposed to the sun, aud
the process is completed.
Year: 1878

IT is the poorest kind of economy to
attempt to manage farm without .
newspaper. If its advice is needed and
its teachings followed. each number
will be worth ten times its annual cost
Year: 1878

The greatest favor Congress IAN now
do to the people will be to keep its
hands off the money question and let
resumption have fair play. 1t is now
only ten days off, ana then if Congress
will let it alone We will for the first
time since 1862 be- on a specie paying
6asi-. Already We have practically
resumed specie payments so that when
the first OF January comes on resump-
ton will be mere ideal form. Six
teen wears have rolled around ana
brought with each revolution great
events and vicisstudps in nationa
history hut never i'll all that period din
gold the great monetary regulator, ,com"
down to par before this week. 1t j.
gratifying to know that there is not
yet any appearance Of the many disaS
tiers. failures in business aud Other
. hIltIl'ldDt tNllS, pl''i''oh W I'' Wv


uIeo of resumption, and that were to
hake the nation from centre to Circum
ference, but on the contrary nearly all
kinds Of business is reviving. Every
exchange is full Of the welcome intclli-
senUe that mills and manufactures
long idle are starting again, and all
our business men now want for some
me to come, is to be let alone by


..nddling politicians. Resumption is
qt hand and instead of everybody max


ing a rush for gold nobody wants it in
preference to grepnhacks and other pap
e. money. This is just as wepredicted
it would be if only intermeddling petit
fogging politicians could be induced or
forced to keep their hands off Won
derful changes have taken place since
gold disappeared as circulating medi-
um. A desperate war has been fought
and ended, four millions of slaves have
been set at liberty, our country's credit
which was almost worthless, has taken
rank among the first in the world, but
resumption and revival of business
have both come together, and out Of
these two will come the already demon
strated assurance of national and in
creasing prosperity. If our Congress
will now only keep its hands off of our
fnan 3ial and commercial affairs, the
crisis through which we have been


passing will he past and the sun of


prosperity will shine with rcdoubled
splendor. Hands off.
Year: 1878

Somebody must have been whispering
somsthing into the ears OF the editor OF
the West Chester Village Record, or he
certainly could not have hit the nail 30
squar. on the head. Just listen what
it says about our Senator, tor whom we
have a very great respect, especially
since he has shown such cOmmendable
independence in many questions more
or less of partisan nature:


There is no such delightful person IN
politics as Thomas +. Bayard, U. 5.
Senator from Delaware. At every op-
portunity he talks in rotund aud high
sounding sentences about the purity OF
the ballot and securing the right of cit
izens to cast their ballots. No more
charming reading can be found than
his speech betor. the Manhattan Club
in New York, and the Wilmington Ee.
cry Erening goes into ecstacies over his
speech in the Senate IN support OF Mr..
Edmund's Electoral Bill. 1t says "His
argument in behalf of the bill was as
brave an act as has even been done In
American politics. People see and
read these things and say what nobl"
man, but there are things which they
don't see and hear which show that Mr..
Bayard's theory and practice are differ
ent things. Mr. Bayard is leader of the
Delaware Democracy and he controls
their action a. absolutely AS he does the
servants in his own household. Yet
the Legislature Of that State has enac-
ted the most iniquitous election law
that disgracpS the statute books OF any
State and never a word has Mr.. Bayard
uttered against it. The law was enacted
for the purpose Of DISTINGUISHING thr
colored Republicans and prescribes that
when man doe, not pay tax one year
his name shall not be placed upon the
registry list next year, except by the
person going before the Levy Court
with two witnesses who shall swear Lat
the man is a resident ofthe place wherr
he wants to be registered.


The tax collectors, being Democrats,
take good care not to hunt up the Re-
publican taxpayers in years preceding
important elections, and thus leave
them off the registry list the next year.
A wear ago the Republicans of one Of
the Delaware counties found if they
could get all their names on the regis
try list they could carry the election,
| and they made arrangements to take
all the unregistered men before the
Levy Court and have them registered.
The Democrats got an inkling of this,
and, it is said, at the suggestion OF Sem
ator Bayard, the Levy Court adjourned
sine die several days short of the time
the law requires it to sit, thus making
it impossible for the Republicans to get
! their voters on the lists. It is all very
charming for Mr.. Bayara to talk about
the purity of elections, but why don't
he use his influence at home to secure
the thing he represented as so desir-
ahl- -
Year: 1878

in an engagement with the hostiles,
the young man was killed. The sad
news in due time reached his mother.
She was almost disconsolate in her
grief.With true maternal efection and
she at once resolved to search for her.
sons child, and, if possible, find in
it an object upon which she might
bestow her care and motherly love.
Forthwith she journeyed to Mime
sofa. The difficulties in the way
formed no barrier to her New Eng.
land energy. Her diligent inquiries
along the Northwestern Pasifc rail-
road brought to her acquaintance
man who had known her son. For
$50 he offered to find the squaw who
had been the sons wife. Without
going into details Of the search, it is.
sufficient to say that the tribe Of In,
dians was found, and with it the
squaw and the child. When the la.
dy first saw her grandchild she
thought she conld discern in his fea-
lures a resemblance to her son, but
when. the little one was in the midst
OF number Of Indian children. it
was hard to discover much difference.
Nevertheless, the grandmother of
the dusky little half breed was bent
On having him brought up under the
gentle influences of G Connecticut civil
lization and she quieted her compunc-
tions of bartering in human flesh by
the exigencies Of the case and the
gift of 6 sacks of -four to the bereav-
ed Indian widow. The old lady de-
parted with her new found treasure,
as happy as boy with new toy.
She fondled the Sioux with indiscrib-
able affection, and the little chap re-
sponded by making his doting grand
ma buy him all the peaches and
pears that the train boy offered. The
picture of youth and old age seldom
has more romance done up in
couple than was here represented. It
will not be surprising one of these
days to hear of that cultivated little
savage pulling with the Harvard
crew.
Year: 1878

The Window Reporter last week
entered upon its eighth year.


The Eagle Lake Independent has
temporarily suspended publication.


We are in receipt Of the second
number of the Inter State, a seven
column folio sheet, published by
Fred J. Bowman, at Gary, D. T.
The Inter State is neatly gotten up,
shows editorial ability, is Republic
an in politics and will WELD no little
influence in helping to develop the
western part of this State and east.
ern Dakota. We welcome it to our
exchange list.
Year: 1878

Two hundred and eighty persons
lost their lives last Wednesday by a
mine explosion at Abercorn, South
Wales. The scene at the mouth Of
the pit is said to have been heart
rending in the extreme.
Year: 1878

The body Of Major Peller, Of Hast.
ings, was found In the river at Dia-
mond Bluff on Monday morning.
The body had been shot through the
heart when, how or by whom is a
mystery. Major Peller was at one
time Adjutant General Of Minnesota.
Year: 1878

A man and his wife was murdered q
Scow Bay opposite Port Townsend d,
the 10Th of October. The man VA.
found in the stable near the COW, VIII, /,
it is supposed he, was preparing to ,ld.k
with bullet in his head. The ball
was fred by some person unknown, and
striking him in the neck just below the
ear and extending upwards into his
head the hole made by the bullet is
quite large. The woman was lying on
the ground just outside the house, and
as blood was discovered on the floor. is
conjectured that She was shot in the
house and started to run to her husband
at the barn, when she was overtaken by
the assassin. who cut from ear to ear her
throat. Two small children were found
in the house--the eldest about two and
one-half years and the other six months.
They had been about thirty six hours
without food. Nothing seemed to be
disturbed in or about the premises. and
it cannot be imagined what prompted
the murder. The victim was an inof
fensive man. He was about forty and
his wife about thirty-fve.-- Tacoma
Herald.
Year: 1878

WHILE there are many honest exceptions
In the ranks of that party, yet. as to the
great body. of its leaders, ex- Governor Palm
er of Illinois, is certainly correct when, in


accounting for the growth of the greenback
idea in the Democratic party" he said:
s'It seems to me that the entire movement
against hard money is a relic of the copper
headism of the war-that ii grows out of
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 guaranty Of good faith


We cannot undertake TO return or preserve com-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

An exchange says: The pathetic side
Of this yellow fever scourge will never
be fully known. When we learn that
every white person in Memphis expects
it, and the probabilities are that it will
spread from its present localities on over
the sunny south, and when we remember
too, tho dread with which it is regarded,
and the family ties which it breaks, and
the mental horror which it inspires, and
the unspeakable suffering it compels, and
the frightful mortality it produces, and
the dreadful desolation it inficts in the
community, and then multiply the evil,
and augment the effects, so that the
whole southern section is under the saff-
ron pail Of the pestilence that walketh
in darkness, and the destruction that
wasteth at MONDAY, perhaps faint idea
of the unspeakable wretchedness of the
poor sufferers may be obtained. Oh, it
is pititu To read the wall of the dying,
trace the tears of the griefstricken, as
but dimly outlined in the southern pa
pers, makes ones blood rush through
ones veins like frozen bolt. Give
ye who know not one days difference
from another, secure in your oontentment
of happiness and peace Give, ye who
know, or can imagine the distress of
those who verify sit in the darkness of
terror and the shadow of death Give,
give, give, and blessed be the money
that finds its way to those who scan the
heavens, and see only the pittiless ar
rows of an infuriato destroyer piercing
the air for their destruction !! There is
a subimity Of charity set over against
this pathos of helplessness which fills
the heart with admiration, exalts ones
estimate, and gives him new view of
mans humanity to man. Give, and, in
giving, do rs you would be done by!
Year: 1878

At the Woodbine Saloon of Mr.. ID. G.
Kearns, one of the barkeepers yesterday
happened to notice under chair small
chicken make, with its head firmly helt
by SPIDERS web. He found that the
snake had been caught in the web of
ordinary red spider, not much larger in
body than grain of corn. After watch.
ing the actions of the spider awhile, he
found that it was gradually drawing the
snake up from the hool to the seat of the
chair, The snake was about eight inch.
es long, and at late hour last evening
despite its desperate struggles to free
itself from the meshes Of the spider, it
had been drawn up until about two inch
es only of it's tail remained on the floor
Matches Democrat.