smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

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"The old rule in vogue among
honest politicians Of the olden time,
and which the farmers are now try
ing to recusitate, that the Office
should seek the man, and not the
man the Office, is as well adapted to
Grange politics as any other"


The above is slice Of that NANCY
demagoguery with which the coun-
tru has been afflicted since the orseri
zation OF the Grange. eft-ris the
thinnest of cheap twaddle and doubt
less the above was written by some
aspiring politician who has been on
the scent of an Office all his life. The
memory of man runneth not back
to the time when the offices were not
run down by aspirants, and no class
of men have ever joined more Justify
in the chase than the farmers. If
an office be turned loose now as many
farmers will be found in the scramble





after it as any other class Of men.
This cloak is too gauzy to cover the
demagoguery of the men who wear
il, and while few farmers may be
hood d-winked, the majority of them
are too intelligent to be gulled by
such nonsense. Give US a rest about
the "honest farmer" and the "down-
trodden and oppressed tiller of the
soil" Farmers, as class, are about
like the rest Of huinanity-no better
and no worse-and we know of no
party that knows better how to de-
mand their rights than they. The
frantic efforts of aspiring politicians
to make tn Q farmer believe that he is
a very much oppressed individual is
truly pitiful, and we opine that
farmers who honor their calling en-
tertain a very able-bodied contempt
for these self-constituted defenders
and guardians. The Hawkeye's ad-
vice to the farmers is to steer clear
of such political friends. .-Ha'ckeye.
Year: 1874

The Charlton Leatler, following
the Ottumwa Democrat, Dubuque
Democrat, Davenport Democrat and
all the other Democrats in Iowa exi'
cept that at Knoxville (which dares
not yet declare Its position for th,
future) says:


"That the Democracy number
nineteen-tWentieths Of the solid OF
position to the present Republican.
party there can be no doubt, and
that they should sacrifice or abandon
their old name for the purpose of
encouraging accessions to their ranks
is too Ridiculous to be entitled to
even a respectable consideration"
"We are happy TO say
that we agree with those who attend
cd the Manhattan gathering in New
York City. The Democracy is alive
and more vigorous than ever
Year: 1874

Some discouraged wives fancy they do
nothing worthy when they only make good
and happy home. For such we quote the
following paragraph from an exchange
1t takes good deal Of brains to keep
house, to make home, even if you don't
do the manual labor. The woman who
makes a perfect one, puts into the work
probably talent enough to have made for.
tune. But if she prefers the latter result,
she had best not marry. She may be able
to DO other things better, more pro6tably,
but very few Of US in this world get into
just the place or have just the work we
want. There is no tonic better than the
consciousness that one amounts to some
thing. But we are sorry for the woman
who thinks she does not because she only
keeps house"
Year: 1874

1t is not your neat dress, your expensive
shawl, or your golden fingers that attract
the attention of men Of sense. They look
beyond these. 1t is your character they
study. If you are triaing and loose in
your conversation, no matter if you are as
beautiful as an angel--you have no attrac-
tion for them. 1t is the true loyelness Of
your natures that win and continue to re-
tain the affections of the heart. Young
ladies miss it, who labor to improve their
outward look, while they bestow not a
thought on their minds. Fools may be won
by gewgaws and fashionable, snowy dresses;
but the wise and substantial are never
caught by such traps. Let modesty be your
dress. Use pleasant language, and though
you may not be courted by the fop AMI the
sap, the good and truly great will love to
linger.
Year: 1874

Kentucky comes to the front with one
of the greatest marvels of the present age,
In a town of considerable size in that State
there resides lady who makes her boast
that she has had but one new bonnet in
forty years, has made but two calls on
the neighbors in eighteen years, and has
taken but one meal away from home in all
that time. Aud yet she is well of, in good
health aud all her limbs perfectly sound.
Year: 1874

We hold to earth and earthly things
by so many more links of thought, if not
affection, that it is far harder to keep our
view to heaven clear and strong; when this
life is so busy, and, therefore, so full of re.
ality to us, another life seems by compari-
son unreal, This is our condition aud its
peculiar temptations, but we must endure
it and strive to overcome them, for | think
we may not try to fee from it.-Arnold.
Year: 1874

There is floating idea in the minds
of most of us, that great perils aud great
trials work sort of charmed change in
our lives. This is seldom more than de-
lusion. The lessons of life are, for the
most part, slowly learned. The page is
often carelessly turned and hurridly passed
by, on which our great father has written
much that He would fain have us study with
patient and prayerful earnestness.-
Year: 1874

The Virginia City Enterprise tells a
very remarkable yarn about a speculative
messenger who stole package of letters
which the Duke Alexis received from lady
admirers here, and with much difficulty was
tracked to Belgium, where he was prepar-
ing them for publication. An occasion was
found to arrest him and turn him over to
the Russian authorities and he was sent to
Siberia for life. The American ladies were
saved.
Year: 1874

1t is no proof of mans understand
ing to be able to confirm whatever he pleases
but to be able to discern that what is true
is true, and that what is false is false this
is the mark and character of intelligence,
-S,cedeRJorg.
Year: 1874




For US to be able to see objects clearly
aud distinctly, it is necessary that the eye
should be kept clean. For this purpose it
is furnished with a little gland, from which
flows a watery fluid (tears) which is spread
over the eye by the lid, and it is aiterward
swept of by it, aud runs through a hole in
the bone to the under surface of the nose,
while the warm air, passing over it while
breathing, eyaporates it. 1t is remarkable
that no such gland can be found in the eyes
Of fish, as the element in which they live
answers the same purpose. If the eye had
not been furnished with liquid to wash it,
and lid to sweep it off, things would ap.
pear as they do when you look through a
dusty glass Along the edges of the eye
lids there are great number Of little tubes
or glands, from which flows an oily sub
stance which spreads over the surface of the
skin, and thus prevents the edges from be-


ing sore or irritated, and it also helps to
keep tears within the lid There are also
six little muscles attached to the eye, which
enable us to move it in every direction
and when We consider the different motions
they are capable of giving to the eye, we
cannot but admire the goodness Of Him who
formed them, and thus saved us the trouble
Of turning our heads every time we wished
to view an object.
Year: 1874

A CITIZEN of Atlanta, who evidently
watches over the financial honor Of his
State with a jealous eye, writes to the
NeIU York Bulletin: The editorial. in
your issue of June %, on Southern
State Finances, in my opinion, does
some injustice to the State of Georgia,
by chasing it with those States that
are in a bad fix financially. The State
Of Georgia pays the interest and prin-
cipal of its bonds promptly at maturity,
and its credit is good at home for the
money it wants. A large quantity of
new bonds were sold, principally at
home, last year at about par, and the
people here consider them a sure and
safe investment"
Year: 1874

death rate among the colored popula-
ton has been little more than twice
as great as among the whites. In
Charleston during the month of May it
is estimated that FIVE negroes died for
every one white man. If the death
rate continues in this proportion, it
viii not be many years before the vex-
ed question who shall rule in South
Carolinas" viii be settled forever. In
the meantime the great need Of the col
Ored people is better intellectual and
moral training. They have been made
free, but DO not know how to use their
freedom
Year: 1874

Rapid Increase Of the Death RATE


Among the Negroes


Charleston, ). C., Correspondence Of the New
York Times.


Ignorance, poverty, and oppression,
VIII produce a low state of morals
among any people, and the negroes Of
South Carolina are no exception to the
rule. 1t is perhaps not to be expected
that husbands and wives who for years
lived in daily expectation of being torn
asunder and sold into distant parts of
the country, should cherish any very
proper idea Of the sacredness of the
marriage tie, or that the offspring of
such parents should know much of the
value of virtue. Whatever may have
been the cause, the fact remains the
same. The colored people of this
State are morally IN a most ter
rible condition. Outwardly they
are great professors of religion.
Their peculiar rites, ceremonies,
" shouts and Observances have
so often been described that 1t is not
necessary to comment on them here.
1t is enough to say that with all their
show Of religion they have no idea Of
morals. Your correspondent sassured
from trustworthy sources that even on
their way to ana from their places Of
worship they practice the most disgust
ing vices. In the large cities the col
ored people arevery imtemperate; most
Of their earnings are expended in the
purchase of bad whisky, and many of
them, when In a half intoxicated con-
dition, viii stand on the street corners
and about the public places begging
ofice-holders and other politicians for
a quarter on the plea, Yves a gown
to help you on lection" To the
shame Of the white officials IN
Charleston, it must be said that they
seldom fail to respond to this appeal
The result Of intenperance and vice on
the health of the negro is very alarm
ing 1t is a startling fact that within
the past year in South Carolina the
Year: 1874

AUGUSTA, GA, July I'm response tOa
letter from number Of citizens, Alex. II.
Stephens announces his determination not
TO be a candidate for reelection TO Con-
gress on account of failing health. If he
does not improve during the summer he
will resign his seat in the present Congress
in time for the uneXpired term to be filled
at the same time that the election shall be
held for member to represent the district in
the next Congress. Stephens is so feeble
from rheumatism that he has been but
twice out of doors in six weeks.
Year: 1874

\ SLAVE who had escaped from the King
Of Ashantee ar. ived at Cape Coast Castle
in the last part Of NAV. He reports that
King Coffee Is sac-iiicing as many human
beings as ever, and that he was forrrd TO
run away in order TO save his life.
Year: 1874

COLUMBUS, July THE report that the
white men at Straitsville had all gone to
work seems to have been only partially
correct. The Union at that point dissolved
some days ago, and a large number Of the
strikers were anxious to 90 to work. But
the operators only allowed about one hun
dred of them to 90 into the mines, hay
ing made arrangements to put two
hundred cOlOred men to work tomorrow.
No trouble is anticipated, but Secretary
Putnam left for St-aitsville to be on the
ground ready for any trouble, should it Oc-
chr
Year: 1874

The Bartlett movement keeps gain
ing strength from the other side. 1t
Is now understood that Mayor League
and Squire Winters advocate the cleo
tian-of-Mr. Reilly. the popular nomi-
nee for the Office of County Court
Clerk, and it is stated that they will
also support the entire ticket. They
are gentlemen of influence and poit-
zeal experience, whose support is of no
Httle value in 4 hot and close contest
Memphis Ledger


Both the parties mentioned by the
Ledger belong to the Radical party. If
any of that stripe are helping the
Davidson county Bartlett movement
along, the fact has not yet come to our
knowledge. From Harrison down. they
take the black-and.tan ticket in theirs.
Year: 1874

IT is bad tactics 10 ignore the
strength Of an enemy. We must re-
member that the supporters of NJ. N.
Bnen, Jr, are not altogether black.
There are a few whites who favor his
pretensiOns through personal friend
ship and other motives. We hear
some of these gentlemen complain that
the UNION AND AMERICAN Is resort
ing to the party lash. Such complaints
are a good sign. If this class choose to
characterize our efforts to elect the
Democratic and Conservative ticket
and defeat the black and-tan combina-
ton as a welding of the party lash.
they are likely to vince till they stand
from under. 1t is the peoples lash,
and our motto is-"Cry aloud, and
spare not,''
Year: 1874

A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH-Mr Jacob
burned on Thursday afternoon. The family
were away except Mrs. Hanzsler, who was sic
in her bed. Although most Of the furniture
was saved from the house, the woman was
from the cellar after the frs had burned OUT
Year: 1874

Improvement OF the mississippi


The Secretary ot War asks approprl-
ations for the improvement of the
mouth OF the Mississippi river for the
next fiscal year and for the improve
nent OF the banks Of the Rio Grsnde at
Fort Brown to tue amount of $4,000
Year: 1874

On the bank of the Clear Fork of the
Brazos river John Selman and his family
were sitting in their little cabin, enjoying
the comforts of brillian fire, when their
dog set up fierce barking, Mr. Hewitt,
who lives with Mr.. Selman, walked out to
see what was the matter, and discovered a
large cougar. Mr.. II. stepped back to get
a gun, leaving the door open, intending to
return In a moment


But their morning visitor did not choose
to wait for his return, and followed i'm
mediately into the house. The first intro
duction the intruder gave himself was to
leap upon little child, taking hold of its
neck with its monster teeth, inhicting some
very severe wounds. Mrs Selman, the
mother Of the child, grabbed it and released
it. The animal then made an attempt to
recapture the child from the mother, and
Mr.. Hewitt, who is gifted with uncommon
size and unusual strength, knocked the
monster down and kicked it under the bed.
Mr.. Selman had got hold of gun by that
time, and as the cougar came from under
the bed he shot it, the ball entering the
left side of its neck, ranging back, and
coming out through the abdomen but this
only infuriated him more than ever


He then leaped up on the bed, tearing
the bed and bedding The door had got
closed during the fracas, and the wild ami
NAL having become dissatisfied with his little
prison, like a lion in a cage, leaped from
side to side of the room, upsetting the
chairs, table and other furniture, at the
same time uttering the most terrific screams
Imaginable At last Mr.. Selman got hold
of another gun, and shot it through behind
the shoulder. 1t then jumped at the fire,
grabbing its mouth full of live Goals, and
stood there and growled until Mr.. Selman
opend the door, and Mr. Hewitt took it
by the tail and dragged it out into the
yard, where it died 1t measured eleven
feet nine inches in length
Year: 1874

Some five or six weeks ago Young man
named Charles Perrin, twenty-three wears
old, and carpenter by trade, fell in love
with good looking girl whose parents live
on Orchard street. Charles has red
hair and freckled face, and although the
young lady treated him courteously when
he called at the house she had her mind
made up that she could never wed red
headed man. After an acquaintance of
three weeks he asked her to become Mrs.
Perrin, and was greatly taken down when
she told him that she couldn't think of
such thing. Charles then sought to have
the old folks put in a good word for him,
but they declined to interfere. He con-
tlnued his visits, perhaps hoping to soften
the girls heart, but Thursday evening the
crisis came. He went to the house with a
bottle of acid in his pocket, prepared to
spoil her beauty if she did not give him
favorable answer. There was no one at
home but the girl and her mother, and
Perrin first wanted the girl to take walk
with him. She refused to go, and he asked
to see her alone. She also refused this re-
quest, and the lover had just got ready to
draw the bottle from his pocket, when
something bit him. He thought it was
dog, but it wasn't. The cork had worked
out of the bottle, and his coat tails were
turning brick color at the rate of yard
minute. The acid wasn't content with the
coat tails, but struck out for flesh, and in
about minute the young man was dane
ing around the house as if to escape a bull
let. Shouting and whooping, he got out
of doors and threw off most of his clothing
and rolled in the mud, and it was some
time before any one could find out whether
he had snakes i'll his boots or had sat down
one a brad awl. He was so badly burned
that two men had to help him to his board
ing house on Fifth street, where physi-
clan dressed the burns There is a good
deal of laughing at his expense, and if he
makes his appearance at the house again he
will be arrested, as he told one of his friends
in advance that he meant the acid for the
girl.-Detroi Free Press
Year: 1874

1t is pervading vice among men-of
doubling the virtue of woman. To US it
looks not only an outrage to good taste,
but betokens besotted nature, and passions
that would disgrace beast. The idea of
dragging woman down to mans point OF
virtue, is repugnant to the feelings, so
utterly at variance with truth that they
ought not to have a place in civilized
society We would wish to impress upon
the character of women of our land, that
if what they charge were true. this fair
world of ours would be perfect hell The
women Of our land are as far above those
who make these assertions as the heavens
are above the earth Our women are the
highest type of purity and virtue, and any
craven who would drive them from this
high estate, deserves the execrations of all
good men.
Year: 1874

A stranger, about as broad through the
shoulders as a table, was eating free
lunch in Randolph street saloon the other
day, when three roughs came in. They
seemed to take an antipathy to the stranger
at first sight, and it wasn't long before one
of them remarked that he could lick any
man who ever wore red hair. The strang-
er glanced over that way, but said nothing.
"And | can lick any man with wart on
his nose," observed the second The
stranger chewed away on his crackers as if
he didn't hear, while the third man ex-
pressed himself ':just aching to knock
the bugle off some country galoot." Even
that didn't move the stranger, and finally
one of the trio walked over to the table,
looked at him in contempt, and deliberately
spit on the strangers boot. He fingered
to drink the remainder Of his beer, and
then got up, gave himself gentle shake,
and proceeded to knock down those three
roughs in very violent manner He
waited for them to get up, and as they
dropped into chairs to analyze their feel
ings, he quietly inquired. 'Wcll, how do
you like it as far as you've got p They
couldn't have heard him, for they got up
and walked out without saying word.
Year: 1874

A lady writing to the Country Gentle
man, thus recapitulates some of the val
liable suggestions she had the good sense
to learn from her servant girls. She
says:


The other day Mary was ironing, and
asked for piece of sandpaper to rub her
irons on. | was astonished that | never
thought of it before 1t is so nice re-
moves every bit of starch or anything else,
and makes them so smooth


One girl told me that old corsets make
time is convenient size. They are ready
made and much better, when unfolded, to
take hold of anything with than made
holder, and much easier to wash Just
throw them in with the brown towels, as
you happen to get during the week, and
they come out clean and ready to use again


Another girl pours hot water on the
blades only of steel knives, and they wipe
easily and do not need drying


Another one told me the best way to
keep hams and dried beef was to pack it
in dry salt. We have tried it several years,
with perfect success An old salt barrel
is convenient. Set it in some COOL dry
place put quite thick layer of salt in the
bottom then pack in the hams, using the
pieces of dried beef if you have eny, for
chinking cover with salt, then hams and
salt again, till the barrel is full. There is
not the least danger from insects, if the
hams are smoked and the beef dried and
put away early, before the flies come
around and they are much nicer to han
die than when put in ashes or oats, or any
thing of that kind.
Year: 1874

Among the latest industries established
in Maine is that of collecting and drying
sea-moss, which is followed in the town OF
Kittery. This moss is collected in dories
in the neighborhood of White Island and
Whales Back. Two men go in each boat,
and with rakes made for the purpose tear
the moss from the rocks at half tide 1t is
taken to the breaches, where large beds are
constructed by taking up all the large rocks
and leaving only surface of pebble stones.
These beds contain from ten to three hun
dred barrels. If there is no rain sea wa
ter has to be thrown ON the moss, and the
sun bleaches it from the dark green color,
first to beautiful poink and then to a clear
white. 1t has to be turned occasionally
and made the same as hay. After it is
thoroughly dry it is packed in barrels and
shipped to Boston, where it finds a ready
sale at six cents pound. Immense quanti-
ties are used by brewers
Year: 1874

An old stager, who has been through
the mill, gives the following parental ad-
vice to the girls:


Take lessons on the piano, and learn to
paint and sing, but let your mother do the
washing


Do worsted work and make nice little
neckties for the heather, but don't acquire
that mystic art to ''cook pork and beans"


Go to boarding school and pursue some
French, Spanish and German, but neglect
your good old mother English.


Flatly deny the soft impeachment that
you are engaged. Treat your young sprig
precisely as if you were ashamed of him
1t is complimentary anyhow to the young
sprig.


When you laugh, laugh heartily. Your
gold filings may be seen. 1t is card for
the dentist


Tell people who are posted and con-
sequently know better, that you are ex-
actly nineteen last or next summer, you
forget which. They'll believe it you know.


Say naughty things of your rival and
next door neighbor, and speak despairing-
ly of Miss Q.'s nose. But entirely over
look your own incongruities.


BY all means "tote" nice little dog af-
ter you on the streets There is a chance
of you being taken for some one else, while
it speaks volumes-for the dog.


Walk four abreast, and keep the centre
of the sidewalk, but never for moment
allow yourself to be disconnected. 1t shows
consideration for the happiness of others.


Finally, quit being girls, by marrying
some old bald-head buffer, with lots of
"tin, and ruthlessly thrust aside man of
brains with becoming competency.