smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty tyfour hours in com
parison with the corresponding date of last year.
Indicated by the thermo meter at Hudnuts pharmacy
HERALD Building. No. 2ls Broadway
Year: 1879

We often hear of people keeping
bees for pleasure, and it always sig
ties that those who do it are not only
people of a greater or less degree Of
cultured taste, but that the apiary is
really one Of the fine arts. Whether
it is appreciated as such or not, it is
Just of that character. When we
take into consideration the habits
and artistic des en- of the little busy
bee, it is no longer a mystery that
its characteristics have been woven
into verse, and that the scientist, ar
tist, and poet have loved to study
those habits and have been free to
admire its ingenuity. Believing,
therefore, that we cannot cultivate
refined taste too much, the business
Of ber-kceping becomes more va!u-
able as We view it in this light. We
frequently refer, the reader is aware,
to those branches Of farm industry
which soften and elevate, and, for
the reason that they do soften and
elevate, recommend them most
heartily. While the apiary can be
made pecuniarily profitable, it must
always he remembered that money
is not the only profit in this world,
but that whatever makes us better,
more Industrious, frugal, and nobler
is profitable, if it never returns us a
penny. Bookkeeping we believe to
be Of this character, if it is properly
studied.-I Western Rural.
Year: 1879

About seventeen years ago gen
tleman gave farmers boy, in this
county, two heifers, at the time cx-
acting d promise from the father
that he would keep the heifers and
their increase for the boy until he
was twenty-one years of age. Time
passed on, and the boy took care Of
his hcifers aud their increase, until
severa! years had gone by when the
parents Of the boy began to see that
it would be impossible to do as they
had agreed, for they found they had
a bigger job OH their hands than they
had bargained for, as the two he;fcrs
had been the means OF bringing about
their hay stacks more cattle than
they knew what to do with. SO the
father let the boy trade eff some of
his horned stock for horses, etc as
he rcemed to be pretty good man
ger in that direction. lie has kept
on in this way ever since, trading
here and there, buying and selling,
until now this boy, who is not quite
twcnty-onc years OF age, has between
i've and six hundred dollars at inter
est, u mare worth $50,
and sixteen head of
cattle. If that ifnota good showing
for a young man to commence life
with we are mistaken, and it shows,
too, that young men on u farm have
it in their own hands to make them
selves independent and surround
themselves with all the comforts of
life, i'll a few years, if they will only
do as this young man has done. The
example of this Mower County boy
should have an influence upon all
young men who are disposed to be
dissatisfied with farm life, and after
positions in villages or cities. Stick
to the farm.- Austin Register.
Year: 1879

Recent legal decisions in Wiscon-
sin and Illinois hold that when the
views of a parent and 4 teacher in a
pnblic school differ as to the studies
of a pupil, the decision of the parent
must prevail.
Year: 1879

A woman gets on the train and says a
very warm-hearted goodbye to great cub
of sixteen-year-old boy, who sets down
her bundles and turns to leave the car with
a gruff grunt that may mean goodbye or
anything else. There is little quiver on
her lip as she calls after him:


''Be good boy; write to me often, and
do as tell you.


He never looks around as he leaves the
car. He looks just like the kind of a boy
who will do just as she tells him, but she
must be careful to tell him to do just as he
wants 10. have one bright spark of con-
ISOLATION as the train moves on and | see
that boy performing clumsy satire on a
a clog dance on the platform. Some OF
these DAYS he will treat some man as gruffiy
and rudely as he treats his mother. Then
the man will climb on to him and lick him
pound the very sawdust out of him.
Then the world will feel better and happier
for the licking he gets. 1t may be long de-
ferred, but it will come at last. | almost
wish had pounded him myself, while he
is Young and felt able to do it. He may
grow up into very discouragingly rugged
man, extremely difficult to lick, and the
world may have to wait very long time
for this act of justice. 1t frequently hap
pens that these bad boys grow up into dis
tressingly bad men.
Year: 1879

Al an early hour woman called at tn
postoffice and purchased three-cent stamp
and had it already clicked" to paste on he
letter, when she discovered that she ha(
left the letter at home. She received tht
heartfelt sympathies of the stamp clerk anC
went home for the letter AT IL O'Clock
when the stamp window was besieged by +;
crowd, the woman returned, having tn,
letter in one hand and minute fragmen
of postage stamp in the other


''Stand out of the way for poor dis
tressed woman :" she called out as she mad,
for the window, and those who didn't obey
were poked aside in a way to be remem
bered by their ribs The change which one
buyer was about to pocket was swept of
the board on the floor by her arms, and sh,
held the fragment of stamp and exclaimed
to the clerk:


''Do you dare deny, sir, that you SOLD
me three-cent stamp two hours agol"


Il think | sold you stamp" he replied


"And didn't have my letter here. AT
ter I'd eaten all the paste off the stamp
couldn't find my letter. You rememberl 2


''Yes, remember"


swell, sir, | carried that stamp all the
way home on the tip of my finger, and
laid it down on the windy-sill till | could
find my letter, and what did my little
Clarence do but pick it up and begin tC
chew away, and by the time could choke
his mouth open nothing was left but this
little bit. "


"And you want anOjher.n


Il demand another, sir, in place of this -


81 couldn't do that"


''But you'll have to, This is the stamp
! bought of youl Look for yourself and
see. make oath that never put il on a
letter. Am to be cheated out of my three
cents in back handed way z"


The crowd began to call out and jostle
her, but by a vigorous use of feet and ell
bows she cleared the space again and said 3;


Il demand a new stamp,n


The clerk tried to explain how she
couldn't get one in exchange, but she in
terrupted:


''IIave got TO murder my child and get
the rest of the stamp! Never! I'll never
leave this windy till have new stamp to
put on my letter to Thomas"


The clerk tried to explain again, but she
brought the letter down with a thump and
said:


''l'll leave this letter here II is to my
Thomas in Port Huron. If ne doesn't get
it in three days you'll hear from me and my
four big girls and three sons, and when our
family gets started on row We never stop
for the biggest postoffice in America -


At dark the clerk was undecided. He
doesn't like to be bluffed into going down
for his small change, but in the dim future
he sees a solemn procession, headed by a
determined old lady, marching down the
corridor to make Il vacancy in the ranks of
government.
Year: 1879

And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels,
and Kidneys TO healthy action, In cleansing
the blood of all impurities, and impartlng
new life and yigor to the whole system


A single trial will be quite sufficient TO
convince the most hesitating of its valuable
remedial qualities.
Year: 1879

THE CHANGES AT TENTH AND MARKET


STREETs-NO MORE WATER TO BE


PUMPED FROM THAT POINT.


The familiar thump, thump of the
Worthington pump, that has done duty
in the pump house at Tenth and Market
streets, will be heard no more by the
passer by. No more will its workings
be admired by those who have stood at
the windows and gazed in at the hori-
zontal bar sliding with the greatest of
ease from one chamber to the other, at
the same time forcing water through the
pipes of the city.


No more will that pump do duty at
the Tenth street pump house. That
pump has been taken down, and is now
at the machine shops Of the Lobdell Car
Wheels Co.'S undergoing thorough
overhauling. Next week if the over
hauling process is finished that pump
will be placed in the pump house at the
Cool Spring Reservoir, there to continue
the old familiar thump, thump.


Never will there be any more water
pumped from the Tenth street basins,
as the connections have been broken, and
by this time next year it is hoped that in
place of the basin being there, the New
County buildings will attract the eyes
Of passing pedestrians.
Year: 1879

The question which the Supreme Court is
called upon 20 decide to-day involves nice
legal distinction, and it may be that, taking
the much-quoted decision of 1851 as a pre-
cedent, the court will find that it has no
jurisdiction in the matter. Whatever con-
clusion is arrived at by the eminent jurists
who have the case under consideration viii
be accepted by all fair-minded men of all
political parties as the proper legal action to
be taken. The fusion papers have taken
upon themselves to instruct the court in the
matter, and are verbose in commentary and
glaze upon the letter of the statutes. But
it is safe to say that the court knows itself
and does not stand in need Of instructions.


Should the Supreme Bench decide that it
has no authority to compel the Executive
Council to exhibit the returns no legal OBJ
stacles, apparently, will stand in the way of
the consummation of the usurpation which,
there are excellent reasons for believing, is
contemplated by the fusion leaders. Those
are the only obstacles the managers of the
conspiracy fear. Considerations of justice,
of fair-play, of expediency, have no weight
with them. If they can accomplish the
theft without incurring the penalty which
commonly attaches to the perpetration of
larceny they will make the venture. But
there is tribunal, the court of last resort
in our political system, to which an appeal
will be taken by the Republicans OF Maine.
It holds its session next September, and we
have confidence to believe that every mem
ber-elect of the Legislature who may be
uniustly counted out by Gov. Garcelon and
his Council will be returned to his seat by a
majority SO large that even the unscrupu-
lous political adventurers who now control
cur State government will not dare to dis
pute it.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for puDica
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
mnn1cat IONS that are not used.
Year: 1879

disturbed as between England and Russia.
We assumed the initiative in order to be
ready for every event. Besides, We have
done nothing that is not regular a visit to
a neighbor-nothing more. All that has
been alleged beyond that is false.


THE CzAR WILL NOT INTERFERE.


HERALD CoRREspoNDENT-If the English
were certain of that they would advance
more boldly.


General KAuF1.NN-You are quite right.
And it annoys them all the more, for they
can only arrive at solution Of the Afghan
question by occupying the whole of the
country, including Herat, and that will
take them long time.


HERALD ConREspoNDENr-Will you allow
them to do this?


General KAUFMANN-C Certainly, unless o
European war should break out in which
England and Russia should not be on the
same side. Besides the Emperor, who can
decide as to the future?
Year: 1879

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR BLIGHTED HOPES OF


MARRIAGE-How THE JURY AVERAGED THE


DAMAGES.


. lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


BALTIMORE. Feb. II. 1879.


At the opening of the Superior Court this morning
as large assemblage of spectators as on the pre-
ceding day present to hear tho verdict in the
breach OF promise Of O'NeiIi Brogan. Tho
jury after the adjournment of yesterday consulted,
and it is learned in favor of verdict for
the plaintiff and five for defendant Those in the
majority differed in their estimate to the damage
to the heart Of the fair plaintiff by the pcrverse
duct of the defendant in not bestowing upon her all
of his worldly in return for her hand and
undivided heart. One juror reached as high
US $500. Several were content to give cent
damages which would have carried with it the costs,
while the others named sums ranging between the
highest and lowest. Finally. the entire jury were
brought to q unit by one of them arguing that the
testimony of Mrs. Murphy, who. with Jacob O'Brien.
nephew of Brogan was witness for the defendant,
that Brogan had gone on o certain day to his own
house to prepare to to the house of plaintiff,
to be married, conclusive that there was pre-
vious engagement between the parties. Acting on
this consideration OF the testimony the jury agreed
on the sum Of $500 as their verdict. This morning
the verdict was opened by the Court and announced
by the Clerk. Some surprise was manifested by the
defendant and his friends. they had confidently
expected that it would have been in their favor.
Year: 1879

CBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


BROWNSVILLE. Tenn. Feb. H. 1879.
At noon to-day Frank p. Bond. prominent young
lawyer shot and fatally wounded by his cousin.
James Bond. Jr. The ARRAY occurred at sale of
property which both persons interested Frank
Bond bidding o part Of it that James Bond
wished to buy This SO irritated the latter that he
drew revolver and fired three times 1t Frank Bond.
One shot took effect in hts shoulder and in his
side the ball passing through his bowels. After
shooting his cousin james Bond attempted to take
his own life by shooting himself In the hoad the
ball entering behind the right ear and ranging for
ward under the scalp.
Year: 1879

The Yesuvius Railway will take travellers
from the foot the great TO within few yards OF
the edge OF the crater Will be opened toward the md
OF his month The builder Of this railroad was forced
70 overcome great difficulties and his work 10 aremrr
able achievement OF engineering. As correspondent
of IN, Plot explains the these difficulties arose chiefly
from the OF the ascent aud from the movable
character OF the SOIL formed Of lspill, or small pumes
stones which yield under the feet like tiny cnders and
give way under tho slightest pressure. The system
chosen therefore, been TO lay down on the lava be-
meath continuous. nxed, and SOLID plankng on when
the rails are to be placed The wheels OF the cars are
oon.trrct.d IN such way that they cannot leave fhs
rails and these win be drawn by two wire ropes
worked by an engine ut the foot OF tho cone lho
ascent will be made In seven minutes The cars VIII Ike
Wise be aupplcd with powerful brakes when are SUM
ciently strong 10 stay their downward career u-en
almost impossible case-ooth the wire ropes should
break at the same moment
Year: 1879

THE CLAIM AGENT STILL AvARlCIOUS.
AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT MONEY FROM PENSIONERS


ExposED-rNDIAvs SEEKING TO MIGRATE.


An attempt has been discovered in WASH
ington to collect money from persons ben
Gifted by the last Pension Act on the plea
that important services had been rendered
them. An Indian deputation visited the
Capital yesterday. Their request to be al
lowed to migrate was denied. The claim of
Captain Eads for further compensation was
considered at the Cabinet meeting yester-
day.
Year: 1879

4 man who had never seen the inside
Of law.court until he was recently in
troduced as a witness in a case pending
in one Of the Scotch courts, on being
swors, took position withhis back TO
the jury, and began telling his story to
the Judge. The judge, IN a bland and
courteous manner, sad, 'Addrc.s yo4.-
self to the jury, SIR The man made
short pause, but, not comprehending
what was SAID to HIN, forthwith con-
tluued his narrative. The Judge was
then more explicit and said to him,
Speak to the jury, sIr-th0 men sitting
behind you on the bench The wit
ness at once turned round, and making
an awkward bow, said, with great
gravity of manner, Good morning, GER
tlemen =
Year: 1879

A woman at Grsenburg, Ind, was
not sure that she she wished to die, but
thought she did; so she put her neck iu-
to a loose, stepped off a char taking the
precauton to hold a sharp knife in her
hand. The choking left her no longer
in doubt that she still desired to live,
and she hastily cut the cope above her
heaS.
Year: 1879

No matter how the world may go,
How dark its shadows be,
Or whether June's sweet roses blow
To gladden. you and me,
There always is time Of day


Our voices may be heard,
When we can pause beside the way
To say pleasant werd.
The little barefoot girl we meet,
The maid whose love was vain,
The legless boy upon the street,
And blind man with his cane,
When they receive the humble mits,
VIII feel their bosom stirred,
II, with the coin Of value light,


We pass pleasant word.
And hearts that now with sorrow ache,
Beneath some heavy blow.
VIII from the shadows rise and break
The spell of alltheir zoe,
And feel that life hath sunshine new,
And songs as sweet as birds
If we but be humane and true,


And give them pleasant words.
Year: 1879

Indiscriminate kissing does not gen.
orally have the very best results, as
some of Americas sensational court
records go to show. The physicians Of
the late Princess Alice have serious
charges against kissing. They have in.
Vestisated the cause of the peculiar
virulence of the diphtheris which at
tackled her finally with such fatal results,
and have agreed shat the rapid spread
rof che infection was entirely due to i'm
prudent kissing. A child with sore
Ghroat ought not to be permitted TO kiss
any of its companions. =
Year: 1879

The most sensible article We have for
some time seen in the " Gazette" ap-
peared last evening in which it was
stated that on the first of January there
would be balance in bank of at least
$25, 900. This assertion completely con-
firms all that We have said from time to
time about there being floating debt
at the end Of the year. The Gazette"
will not deny that there is balance Of
s29, 400 left of the $l45,0o0 allowed to
bs raised by the sale CT bonds and
which balance was to have been uded in
the payment of city obligations which
are yet unsatisfied. This amount which
of course should not have been used for
any other purpose, it will be seen has
been withheld from its legitimate OBJ,
ject and has been applied to meet the
current expenses Of the city which
should have been met by a higher tax
rate than $1.15 on the 500. We are now
told that at the end of the year there
will be $4,000 in bank which OF
course is part of the balance
referred to and that the whole balance
with $4,40o additional will make
floating debt at that time of $34 900.
Then add to that bills due and not paid
for the month of December, and it will
be seen that $40, 900 will not be an ex-
travagant estimate Of the floating debt
that will have accrued by the first of
the year. Had the appropriations been
sufficient to have held out to the end
of the year, the $29, 400 balance from
the sale would not have been touched
and the city could have commenced the
new year with clean sheet, the water
rents by careful economy running
it up to July 1880, when the taxes for
next year are made payable. These
are facts we'll understood by those ia
miliar with city fuances, and all repre-
sentations to the contrary will only
delude people who do not want to know
the truth.
Year: 1879

No element of human character is
more important than the one indicated
by the words above. Without it there is
no real manhood. In it's absence, the
highest intellectual endowments and
attanments are measurably lost. 1t is
essential to all genuine worth. No other
qualities, however valuable. will atone
for the lack of this one. The more valu-
able anything is, the more rare it is. Gold
is the most precious of all metals, and it
is also the most rare. Thus it is with
moral frmness.


The most uncommon thing in this
world is answering, Incorporating
moral steadfastness. How few there are
that are always true to their convict ons
of duty, and their sense of right


How much men are influenced by their
surroundings, and the seifshness of their
natures.


We have many sorrowful examples OF
this, even in men of genius. Burns, and
Byron, and Poe, could write beautifully
of the glories of virtue and religion, and
Year: 1879

l. L. P.-"I like your views on physi-


ology, and am strong believer in Phre-


nology; hence, you know 1 read the
Journal with much interest You say


the use of tobacco is vice: / know it is
a disease, to say the least of it. Is there
no sure and reliable remedy d? Now, 1
have been using it twenty five years


have often quit for one, three, six, and at
one time eighteen months. My diges-
tion is not good without it Ny mind
loses whatever brilliancy it may have. 1
believe am a Christian gentleman, or at
least try to be. The use of tobacco /
have not ridden myself of. l can, and
have as before stated, ceased to use it,
but in doing SO, become Frustrated both
in mind and body, SO much so that l am
totally disqualified for any kind of busi-
ness. 1t would be casting serious reflec-
tions upon the medical fraternity to say
they do not know a remedy for as com.
mon disease as this; or, if they know
it, and do not give it to the world of peo-
pie who have become slaves, and who
would rid themselves of the filthy and
expensive master, would be equally as
grave charge. If there be remedy for
the tobacco disease, please tell it to the
world. l ask this in the nshe of hu-



Answer: You have been so successful
with regard to your other improper hab-
it's, it seems to US that you should finally
succeed in your efforts to release yourself
from the dominion of tobacco Physi-
clans advise various things as substitutes.
We have met with people who chew
flowers as a substitute; but in
most cases persons SO advised get into
the habit of using the substitutes, and do
not in the end altogether lose their hank
ering for the original weed. We advise
people of your temperament and long in
dulgence in tobacco to stop its use gradu-
ally. The reason you have failed in your
efforts is because you have stopped it all
at once. Your system has become dis
eased, as you say become thoroughly
impregnated with the tobacco poison, and
when you break off. the characteristic
symptoms of the poison are exhibited
Now, make programme by which you
shall reduce the quantity from week to
week, and thus give your system an op-
portunity to recuperate gradually. Let


nature come in by degrees and give her


healthful compensation for the lacking
stimulus. You might begin by reducing
the quantity, say tenth, and work on


that for a week or two weeks; then re


duce the quantity which you are then


using a tenth, and so GO on working it


down, and in the course of six months or


a year you might be entirely freed from


the vice and be cured of the disease.
Year: 1879

yet they were very dissolute in their
own lives.


Three things may be said to be i'm
piled in moral steadfastness. In the
first place there must be faith in the
right, in the interchangeable principles OF
truth and justice. In other words, there
must be faith in God, in His character
and government. Without this there
can be no stability in human character,
no resting place for the soul of man. II
we do not believe God to be good, we
cannot be good ourselves. A second
thing implied is faith in the possibility
of human goodness.


Unbelief at this point is death to all
hope and aspiration. Man never aspires
or hopes for anything which he thinks is
beyond his reach. Doubt is death to
enthusiasm. We must believe we can
be right, and do right.


third thing implied in moral sta
blity is the purpose to do right, in every
thing, under all circumstances, even at
the sacrifice of worldly good, or life
itself. He that seeks his life shall lose
it. That is, he that attaches supreme
Importance to his natural life shall lose
eternal life. Character is more precious
than life.


Iwish to close this imperfect paper with
this thought: If we strive constantly and
earnestly to become steadfast in good
ness. and look to God for help, He will
establish us and keep US from evil Let
us try it. W II GIBBONS.


FRANKLIN VALLEY, May 90 1879.