smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

lhe following IS a recent telegram
from London:


The London Post of Oct, 23d says that
the Russia correspondents to German news
papers give distressing accounts Of The nn-
paralleled failure Of this years harvest.
Never before, it is asserted, has failure
been so general in Russia, both in geograph-
ical extent and in comprehensiveness with
regard to crops affected. The Russians are
still familiar with the distress resulting from
the failure Of crops from their experience Of
the Sama-a famine. That, however, was
merely a local famine. The present is gen;
eral. The entire cultivated zone is deprived
Crimea, and from Tambow to the Pod0lsk
it is the same tale, and there is no prospect
of help, for there is no one to help. All are
groaning under the same load In other
years, if there is failure ofcrops, it attacks
only one species, be it cereals, or roots, or
grass, but this year al the crops have suf-
fered alike:


In connection with this reported
destitution, allowing that it may be
half exaggeration, we must consider
the losses suffered in western Europe
by storms and wet weather, and it
stands to reason that there must be
an extraordinary foreign demand for
our surplus of breadstuffs. This is
made still more certain by the cir
cumstance that crops of the coun-
tries on the Pacific coast of America,
throughout its entire cultivated ex-
tent, are reported as below the aver
age, and that the surplus they have
to send abroad is considerably less
than usual. So much reduced, in
deed, as to be the subject Of general
comment throughout the commercial
world. :.


We have been in the newspaper
business long enough to fully appre-
ciate the universal disposition to ex-
aggerate, but after making all rea-
sonable allowances for this, we can
not avoid the conclusion that every
grain of the crop of wheat recently
harvested here in the northwest will
be greatly needed, and we believe
that this want will be so imperative
that theproducers can obtain a much
higher price as the season advances,
than the present ruling rates. Clear
ly, then, it is for their interest to hold
on to their wheat till the demand to
supply the foreign want reaches this
market, and because their doing so
will enable them to obtain higher
prices, and thus be the means of bring
ing hither large accession to our
local supply of money, it is as clear
that it will be to the interest of all
other classes Of the community to
have them do this.


Beyond what is essential to ena-
BILE them to pay their debts due to
local merchants and neighbors, and
to buy their supplies Of groceries and
dry goods for the coming winter, let
them hold back their wheat from
market. There is no inhumanity
involved in their doing this, for if
every grain of our crop was now in
New York or England awaiting
shipment the people Of the destitute
regions would not get it for cent
Year: 1875

MARTIN LYONS has brought suit
against Commissioner Corbett to re-
cover $46 wages due him for work done
on the streets under orders of the Board
of improvements when there was no
moncyin the treasury. The case comes
up before Squire Riley on the I'D.
Year: 1875

we do not sec that this skill can be


provided against in the public interest ex-
cept with rope. If one of these good shots
were hanged we believe the next policeman
would miss his man or keep his pistol in his
pocket. This occurrence in Brooklyn is
simply murder. There is only colorado
difference between it and any other murder.
And If a man deliberately draws out pistol
and shoots another without any reason that
can Justify such an extreme act we do not see
that he should escape the proper penalty
merely because he wears policeman's but
TONS
Year: 1875

No event of recent times has been chron-
icled with such persistent alterations of
contradiction as characterize the reports of
the trouble in Herzegovina. One day we are
told, with some excitement, that the country
is up; that the insurrection has gone beyond
all peaceful control; that Croats, Bosnians,
Servians, Montenegrins and even Albanians
are swarming to the struggle, and that Tur-
key cannot face her numerous foes. On the
morrow comes a despatch as if from some
placid sphere of lotus eaters, from which the
picture of these swarming rebels could never
be created by the liveliest imagination, and
in which the revolt appears scarcely more
than quarrel at a country ferry. All great
events are necessarily reported with contra
dictions of this sort, because the hostile par
ties inspire the different reports; but we have
hardly seen case where the differences
were so fragrant as in the chronicle of this
revolt of the mountaineers. The reason is
that reports reach the European capitals from
two sources as different as Belgrade and Con-
stantinople. If the world at large had heard
the story of our civil war, one day from
Richmond and the next from Washington,
the contradictions would have been equally
marked. From Belgrade every fact comes
tinctured with the fervor of sympathy with
the revolt; from Constantinople comes
only the spirit of the impassive Moslem, to
whom revolt in those distant mountains
is of less consequence than fly in his cof-
fee. Hence it follows that neither extreme
of the contradictions is TO be accepted too
freely by the reader. The picture that
presents the revolt as without importance is
not TO be trusted neither is that an accurate
statement which represents it as sweeping
everything in its path.
Year: 1875

The great success which has attended
our music gardens during the summer
now closing is an illustration of the fa-
cility with which New York might be made
summer city as attractive and bright as
any of the great capitals of Europe to which
our people are in the habit of resorting in
such numbers every year. Our mistake is
that during the summer we deal with New
York as an abandoned city. Our people hurry
away to the seaside, to the mountains, to
Europe. Our churches are closed, and fash
ionable pastors, who do not seem to believe
that souls are to be saved in the summer
time, rush away to the trout streams and the
forest Our libraries and opera houses are
shut up. Our club houses are abandoned to
an occasional wandering business man who
cannot leave the city, and who spends his
twilight looking out upon the abandoned
street through the dusky pane. Our theatres
are given over to negro minstrels and foolish
opera bo,.fe companies and comedians from
the country A midsummer walk from Wash
ington square to the Fifth avenue entrance to
Central Park is like stroll through de-
serted village Yet all this time the natural
resources of New York are surpassed by
those of no other city. We have the rivers,
mountains, forests and the sea all within an
easy range. We know of no other great me-
tropolis in the world where the people can
within an hour find themselves breathing the
pure air of hill tops or tumbling in the roll
ing breakers Of the sea-


Our music gardens have shown how one
form of summer amusements can be made a
success. Mr.. Thomas has done great work
at his Central Park Garden. He has earned
q national reputation. He has taught the
million the deep meaning and beauty of
classical music. Mr.. Gilmore in his
new garden has given us popular music,
and his success has been as great as
that of any public entertainment since the
time of Jenny Lind. Yet Thomas and Gil
mores gardens are only experiments, and not
what they should be. Mr.. Thomas place is
too far away 1t lies on q most uncomfort-
able railway route. A journey to his
concert is as tedious almost as q Jour
ney to Albany. Mr.. Gilmore's garden is in
some respects attractive, but, after ALL it
is only temporary affair. AS an experiment
it has been a great success because it meets
the want of summer amusement, and because
in the summer we have a large population
who cannot go away and who are only too
glad to go to any entertainment that is de-
corous and innocent.
Year: 1875

Our courts of law have recently been en-
gagged in discussing the rights of authors and
managers to manuscript plays Charles
Reade, the novelist, has also discussed them
lately in the columns Of contemporary


Enough has been said and written to show
that, whatever may be the law upon the sub
ject in other countries, yet in this State, as
in England, stage right in unpublished plays
remains as a species of property capable of
transfer in whole or by parts, and as sub
ject for contract and traffic like any other
possession. SO extremely have the English
courts, our federal tribunals and the Court
of Appeals at Albany extended and pro-
tected this stage right that the copyright in
dramas has fallen out of favor with authors
and managers. The existence of this stage
right presents the reason why the great ma
jority of modern plays cannot be purchased at
bookstores. Stage right is simply the phrase
for the protection given plays which are not
published to the world as books. Copy
right is the term applied not only to the
mode of protecting books against piracy,
but to the manner of protecting within the
authors discretion the time and place of
representing play that may also be pur-
chased for reading in book form. The ad-
vantage of stage rights is that an alien author
of Germany, France or England may, by
assignment to one of our citizens, protect
his unpublished play, while only a citizen
or resident alien can copyright. The courts
have also incidentally ruled in this State
that performing drama is not publishing
it, and that no one can either stenograph or
memorize it for representation against the
authors wishes. Nor need the unpublished
play to which stage right attaches remain in
penmanship manuscript. Reproductions by
the type machine, by lithography, and, in
deed, by printing for private circulation, are
modes which the law recognizes under the
name Of manuscript. 1t is thus evident that
while the law remains under present au-
thority there is no necessity for an inter-
national copyright in dramatic works.
Year: 1875

AN APPEAL. has been made by the Bankers
Committee of the Centennial to persons pos
sessing rare or curious specimens of our
coinage to send the same to the Centennial
for exhibition. We hope the appeal will
meet with a hearty response from the pos
SCISSORS of numismatic treasures, as a COM
plete collection of the coinage of our coun-
try would help to illustrate our history and
could not fail to be of great interest to
foreign and native students
Year: 1875

EARL RUSSELL AND TURKEY.-There ara
few persons in the world capable of such
On Arcadian simplicity as this ancient
and badly decayed statesman has just
exhibited before the London public. He
has subscribed fifty pounds to help the ''in-
surgents against Turkish misrule" and has
published in the London Times his regret
that it is too late in the season to ''call
public meeting" 1t is to be presumed that
the meeting would be asked to take action
more strenuously in the same direction in
which the Earl takes it feebly with his fifty
pounds. In other words, this superfluous
veteran of the English Cabinet that made
the Crimean war would like some hum
dreds or thousands of his countrymen to
denounce the Turkish barbarism and to
subscribe funds toward its abatement to
illuminate wrath and cant against Power
that only remains in Europe through the
assistance that England gave. Only Earl
Russell could be capable of such q ridicu-
lous impertinence.
Year: 1875

The Noe MURDER. with the termination
of the inquest on the late Mr.. Noe we, in all
probability, lose sight of one of the boldcst
crimes lately committed in this city. That
citizen could be murdered in his own house
at time of the day when people were mov-
ing about and his cries for help could be
heard by the neighbors without any arrest
being made argues a want Of vigilance on the
part of the police which justi6es the serious
complaints against the want of efficiency of
Year: 1875

The Young Mems Christian Association.


The managers of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association of the city of New York
publish their autumn announcement. We
are informed that they have a reading room
supplied with several hundred papers and
magazines in various languages; library,
open day and evening, containing ten thou
sand volumes; classes in French, German,
Spanish, writing and vocal music. Their
literary society hold weekly meetings There
is to be social reception every month, includ-
ing one or two concerts or musical exhibi-
tons. There will be course of thit3een lee
lures during the winter, a gymnasium,
bowling alley and bath. Furthermore, we
are told that for an annual ticket admitting
its holder to all of these privileges the price
is five dollars, and that ''all young men of
good moral character, upon recommendation
from employer or other responsible person,
are eligible for membership"


We rejoice in the success of the Young
Mems Christian Association. It's managers
are doing noble work. The temptations that
surround the great number of young men who
come to this city and those who are growing
into manhood are incessant. We have al
ways thought that it would be better for
those of our moralists who preach virtue and
Temperance to our young men to give them an
opportunity of instruction and amusement.
Haunts of sin abound in all great cities
There is scarcely block on our public high
ways where some pleasant light does not invite
the passer by to dissipation. Sometimes, we
are sorry to say, our theatres and places of
amusement are not calculated to improve the
morals of youth. The managers of the New
York Christian Association see that the way
to lead our young men into Christian life is
to instruct them, to compete with places
of doubtful morality and open a build
ing in which the resting hours may
be spent with comfort and advantage and
propriety. We think that they might even
go farther. Why should not the Young
Mems Christian Association, with its capa-
cious hall, have every evening, including
Sundays, some lecture or entertainment or
interesting discourseP 1t would be an easy
matter to arrange that, during the whole win
ter, say from the 1st of October to the 1st of
May, on every night this hall should be open
free to all comers at nominal rate of admis-
sion. If it could be understood that the
Association Hall would be surely open, and
that there would be something worth hearing
or seeing, music or speaking, an exhibition Of
science or magic, or even of drama of the
higher character, it would be an advantage
TO our New York life and a constant stimulus
to our young men to avoid those temptations
which so unfortunately meet them at every
step in this great city,
Year: 1875

THE AERIAL LADDER.-It is now freely
charged that the adoption of the aerial ladder
was secured by corrupt means, and some of
bhe Fire Commissioners advise the abandon
ment of system which is declared to be un-
reliable Ifthe allegation of corruption can be
sustained the guilty parties should be held
up for public reprobation. They cannot,
perhaps, be punished as they deserve, but
they can at least be gibbeted morally. The
public have right to know the men who,
for the sake of personal gain, exposed reck-
lessly the lives of the fremen, body of
public servants whose devotion and gallantry
have earned for them the admiration Of the
community.
Year: 1875

The eyes of France are just now turned to-
ward Arenenberg, whore the leaders of the
Bonapartist faction are assembling to plot for
the restoration of the Napoleonic Empire. The
friends of young Louis are very active, and
it is said that serious efforts are beina
made to tamper with the army. There does
not seem to be much chance of these plot
tings resulting in anything very serious, as
the army cannot be very enthusiastic about
the restoration of an Empire that buried the
military glories of France at Sedan. 1t is
certain, however, that the leaders of the
Bonapartist faction are capable of resorting
to any baseness to secure their ends. They
would not even hesitate to plunge their
country into civil war if they thought they
could come victorious out of the conflict.
There is some danger that this party Of
eops detdt may again try their hands at
street slaughter and attempt to build up a
throne on the mangled bodies of their fellow
citizens. They feel just now that France is
slipping through their fingers. The Republic
daily grows stronger and even the fanatic
peasant begins to see that the Empire is not
so necessary to the welfare of France as he
had been taught it was. AS the monarchical
party drop from their seats republicans take
their place, while the Bonapartists make no
serious gains in the elections. Hence the
party is becoming desperate, and unless they
can secure an immediate return to power the
Napoleonic Empire is likely to pass into
legend.
Year: 1875

THE DIRECT CABLE is an accomplished
fact, and yesterday the messengers of the
new company made their appearance in the
city and attracted a good deal of attention.
The organization of the new company has
already had good effect in lowering the
rates for ocean messages.
Year: 1875

the force. Not the slightest progress has
been made toward the discovery of Mr.. Noes
assassin, and after all the time that has
elapsed since the commission of the crime
police sagacity is as much at fault as ever.
Year: 1875

YELLOW FEVER IN PoRT.-It is not pleasant
to hear suddenly in this autumn weather
that the yellow fever is so near to us as to be
at Quarantine. From the very exceptional
summer it has been thought we might have
in this neighborhood an unhealthy autumn;
but we do not see that the spectre suddenly
found to be at our doors can add to our
troubles in this respect, unless September
should give us the heat of August. Cool
guarantee against the mslady, and the
nipping frost that may not be long delayed
will end all chance for Yellow Jack.
Year: 1875

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock
market was feverish and lower, Pacific Mail
and Lake Shore being the objective points.
Gold opened and closed at 116 7-8. Money
was in request on call at 2 1-2 and per
cent
Year: 1875

PISTOL PRACTICE In the testimony given
in the case in Brooklyn. in which
policeman shot negro through the
brain for disobedience to command
given by the officer, is exhibited the sim
gular fact that our policemen, with much
use of the pistol against citizens, have be-
come so startlingly expert that they cannot
miss man even when they want to, and
that the police bullet finds its way into an
offenders brain even when the policeman
does not mean to shoot. There is pro-
iiciency in this that may well alarm any citi-
zen who is not burglar or murderer ; and
Year: 1875

The POLICE COMMISSIONERS are giving daily
new evidence that they are the lineal de-
scendants of Dogberry. Their last display
of want of sense was made yesterday, in the
prosecution of police sergeant because ha
was thought to have shown DISPOSE
sioner of Excise by discharging woman
who had been arrested without sufficient
warrant during raid on some liquor
saloons. If the Police Commissioners were
as energetic in discovering crime and arrest
ing criminals as they are in the assertion Of
their prerogatives it would be great advan-
tage to the citizens.
Year: 1875

An AMUSING VERDICT was yesterday re-
turned in civil suit by the jury appointed
to try it. Humor is always entertaining, but
if there is a place where we could dis
pense with it gracefully it is in the jury box.
Year: 1875

himself that some one, man, was de scending by a rope from the window o his betrOthed's room. Naturally, as has been stated, of most jealous and sus picious temperament, the sight hac goaded him to madness, and had ren dered him incapable of considering any thing but the widest and most deadly project of revenge.

 It will be easily surmised what his project was, and how he had carried il into execution, Night after night he had taken up his watch outside the Hall waiting for the unknown lover whom he j supposed his betrothed had been faith l less enough to receive. On that fatal 1 evening, when Charles Fetherstone de, scended from his sisters room to seek his sisters lover, and reconcile as he i'm i agined 8 lovers quarrel, he received his death wound from the hand of his oldest and dearest friend.

 The horrors of that night may be imagined, but not described. Robert Allen fed the country and was never heard of again, while Amy had received | shock from which she never again rallied and ill few months, just about the time when she should have entered the church happy bride, she was car ried there to her last resting place. After her death her father closed the Hall, and went on the Continent, where he remained until his death some years afterwards and his son John, who suc- ceeded to the estate, allowed it to remain the ruin his father had suffered it to be- come, and in it's place had built Fether- stone Grange.

 Such was the history which my cousin related to me in his letter in the con- cluding paragraphs he told this much more, which I will give in his own words:

 "As you haI never heard this story of our family, 1 cannot possibly doubt that you have witnessed something supernatural. You could not have i'm agined every detail so exactly as it oc- cured. should tell you also that, upon searching through some family papers, I perceive that the night of your visit to the Hall was exactly the tiftieth anniver- sary of that terrible occurrence. On that night, fifty years before, Charles Fetherstone met his death. For what purpose you have been permitted to sec this vision, or whatever it may be termed, I cannot possibly surmise !; why such q scene should be apparently re-enacted is also beyond my comprehension. Gods ways are inscrutable. send you a portrait of the unfortunate Amy, which I have had ill my possession for q long time, since you say that you would recognize again the face you saw that night. I shall be glad to hear from you again whether it IS the same"

 I looked eagerly at the portrait in closed in his letter; beyond a doubt it was Q likeness of the girl whom I had soen-the same fair face, the same blue eyes, the same golden hair, although the expression of the countenance, of course, was vastly unlike that wild look of horror and dismay which I shall never forget to my dying day.
Year: 1875

There is a class of farmers, says the Practical Fd,n1er, who are living only to grasp more acres. Their farms nor their workmen nor themselves ever do quite enough work. They cannot be satisfied with the income of the farm, nor could they be with that of any other business. But those who understand that the highest object of labor is not simply to make money, but to provide the largest amount of the means of i'm provement and innocent enjoyment the world affords, can make the pursuit of agriculture furnish more luxuries that really contribute to our well being than any other employmentrequ an equal amount of capital. Their farms are not so large as to make slaves of themselves and their sons, and their wives and daughters are not worn out with inces- sant drudgery. Their dooryards blossom with flowers, their tables are supplied with many varieties of well-known de icious fruit, their houses are made cheerful by the influence of books and music, and taste for the pure and in nocent enjoyments of life is developed in their children. Here and there farmers home exemplifes all the contentment and happiness possible to race doomed tc labor and disappointment.