smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

After the sooner ROsina had
struck upon Halibut Point, Mass,
during the great gale of last week,
the crew left the vessel for a time,
and on their return found she had
slid off, and, all sails being set, was
scudding away before the wind,
with only a large dog on board.
The men hired tug and tried to
overhaul the fugitive, but she soon
distanced them and sailed away.
Year: 1879

hand and ran. reached the road un-
observed, and got TO the boat in safety.


The night which followed was one of
terrible anxiety and apprehension. I
knew that the body must have been found
before dark, as the path was much used
by workmen on their way home at night
Morning and the newspaper came at last.
l tore open the paper, and this was the
first paragraph that caught my eye:


'SU1cIDE AT SAUCEL1To. Yesterday
afternoon the body of NJ. P. NJ. Dodge
was found in the woods at Saucelito. He
had shot himself through the brain, and
the pistol with which he committed the
act was still firmly clutched in his hand.
Disappointment in business has been as
signed as the motive for the deed. The
deceased has been only six months on this
coast. A packet of circularsfound in his
pocket led to his Identification. They
bore his name as the special travelling
agent of the Purely Philanthrop1c Life
Insurance Association. The company
have lost in him their bol6est and most
fearless operator There was no insurance
on his life"


The reading of that paragraph lifted a
great load off my mind. I had slain a
life-insurance agent, and It was justifable
homicide. after all. No jury would find
a different verdict. ! was safe, but said
nothlng-San Francisco 11rqonaut.
Year: 1879

A Western paper tells of new and
dreadfully mean swirdle 4 stranger
calls at grocery and calls for two quarts
OF molasses. The grocer draws the arti-
Gle and asks it the stranger has Jug to
put it N. "No," says the stranger, ''but
you can put it in my hat The grocer
smiles broad smile, questions to himself
whether the stranger IS a fool or a great
American humOrist, and disposes OF the
moasses as requested, laughing half to
death as he completes the job, and think
ing what rare good story he will be
able to tell the boys Who gather around
his stove during the long evenings to
discuss politics and chew tobacco. Sud-
denly he starts, however. and with most
excellent reason. The disgusting strang-
er has clapped the hat on the grocer's
head and firmly drawn it down, the mo-
lasses and all, over his ears. It takes
him five minutes to partially recover
from his establishment. the molasses and
the hat, and when he has sufficiently re-
moved sweetness, and tears from his eyes
to look around the deceiving person has
gone, taking with him the contents of
his money drawer and such other arti-
cIes as. happen to be portable. The
mind which could invent such an out
rage is lost; the man who could transact
Ii is as dlabolical as anything in human
shape this side Of Mrs. Borgia. While
we have not that respect for coniding
grocer which induces awe, we do look
upon him as respectable fellow citizen.
entitled to all the immunities; and to
think of the feelings of that person as
enoeavors to tear off the hat and the
accompanying molasses--of his sudden
repulsion from good nature to astonish-
ment, and then to the extreme OF most
1mpotent anger and indignation-is to
contemplate a depth ofanguish not here
totore reached by any sympathy in the
world. We remembered the melancholy
spectacle, a good many years ago, of a
pollce justice Of great enterprise and
dignity sallying out to do little arrest
Ing on his own hook. He arrested two
unpleasant men for being disocderlv,
ana started with them for his office, cne
on either side. Suddenly one of those
young men jumped high and brought
his list down on the high hat OF the goo


old public functionary, and in q momep-
the rim of that hat was resting peace
fully on his shoulders, the crown thereof
covering his countenance, and fitting as
firmly and closely as if it had been so
much uncompromising stovepipe The
wicked young man ran away, taking g
mean advantage Of the frantic efforts of
his honor to release himself: The look OF
pain, Of wounded dignity, of extreme as
tonlshment, OF mingled horror, and anger
and humiliation that rested on the face
OF that police justice when he had finally
got out OF the hat can never be forgotten.
VI the many who saw it there is not one
who Will not take it with MIN to his
lonely grave. But what was this outrage
in comparison with the molasses atrocity?
What had this honored gentleman to
complain of when one considers the con-
hdlng grocer and the wholly misplaced
sweetness that agitated bis hair! We can
not do justice to this subject. It is more
complex and hopeless to the humanitar-
ian than the Bulgarian fendishness.-
Buffalo Erwess.
Year: 1879

never shall tell who the old folks were,
'Iis wasting Of time and breath
To give you the names of the humble pair
Who have passed through the courts OF


death.
But the cot on the lot on the top of the hill,
Near the spot where just have cried
lis the lot where the old folks toiled and lived,
And the cot where the old folds died,
Is dearer far to my weary hea It
Than the dearest spot of earth;
For that was the cot on the lot on the hill,
Where the old folks give me BIRTH
There's slab near the cot on the lot on the


hill


That will tell to the traveller there
When the old folks passed through the gates


of death,


And the names OF the humble pair.
When tire fthe tolls and the cares of my life,
Oh! then at the spot where cried,
Near the cot let me sleep, on the top of the


hill,


Cuddled down by the old folks side.
Year: 1879

charge oftheir obligations, they were con-
frented with immediate bankruptcy and
rum, ,orthe postponment thereof for a time
only, by the payment Of heavy bonuses,
and extravagaut rates of interest. This
unfortunate turn in the business affairs of
menwas necessarily attendedwith serious
losses, which made capital shy of the
risks and perils incident to trade, and to
a great extent seek place or safety in
the vaults Of banks or rinvestmen in some
kinp of public securities. 1t followed,
therefore, as a natural consequence that
the vSlume of currency was practically
reduced below the requirements of the
legitimate trade of the country, which
led to the contraction of business, the
depression of prices, and great scar
city of labor-a very distressed condition
of affairs.


establishment of such currency, was
that 1t opened field for doubtful trans
| actions based upon the fuctuation of
prices, by which many persons even of a
sober and enterprising character, were
tempted from the paths Of useful in
dustry into the preearious and deceitful
ways of speculation, which, in the ma
jority of instances, terminated in hope
less loss and ruin instead of the sudden
acquisition of wealth And In addition
to this it disqualified such persons for
those active and solid pursuits in life, in
| the vigorous prosecution of which are al
ways to be found the builders and pro-
moters of a nations prosperity and hap
piness. Thse evil effects, according to
the very nature of things, will continue
to cripple and embarrass the interest of
society for some time. The revival Of
wise and pure legislation on the part of
| Congress, and industry, patience and
| economy ON the part of our people can
only furnish the needed remedy 1t will
thus be seen that our fathers exhibited
great wisdom in providing for circalat-
ing medium based exclusively upon gold


and silver in order TO insure safety and
steadiness in all business transactions.


Whenever the proper occasion arises


it will be my pleasure to communicate


such information and to mako such re.


commentators to the General Assembly


as shall deem expedient. 70 offer any
specific suggestions now in reference to


matters of public Importance would be


Inappropriate and out of place, as that


duly has been so recently performed by
my worthy predecessor.
Year: 1879

GENERAL +. c. CARRiSGToN-wha he
has been General Of or who made him such
is n mystery, but who was formerly United
States District Attorney by the appoint
ment Of President LINCoLS-is represented
by the Baltimore ARiericdn as having re-
Gently made political speech i'll Howard
County, Md In that speech be called TIL
DEN the "old man who showed the white
feather" and stated that the Democracy
could never again take him mp, although
New York said they must do so. lie also
said that Southern candidate would not
do and nominated as the winning ticket in
1880 HAMILTON and HANCOCK or HANi1L-
TON and HENDRICKS He said that if
GRANT chose to play the fool before the
crowned heads of Europe lie did not mind /;
but If tho Republican party was so crazy as
to nominate him for third term, and
he was so crazy rs to run, it was time to
remind him that CESAR had his BRUTUs,
CHARLES the Second his CROMWELL,
GEORGE the Third his HENRY and WASH
INGroN; and he had better profit by their
example. General CARRINGToN hoped there
were men left who had enough of the spirit
of BRUTUs to strike if this emergency came.
Perhaps this blatant General desires TO play
the part of BRUTUs in his proposed tragedy,
but the presumption is that if he should be
required to do any killing, lie would fur
nish hired man to perform the service.
His mouth is his most formidable weapon.
Year: 1879

OUR attention is called to a complaint in
the Sunday gazette that we have neglected
to make answer to some question it has pro-
pounded. As we seldom look into the Ga
aetie unless our attention is specially called
to something it contains, it could PROFOUND
a full catechism to us and we would not be
likely to be cognizant of the fact. Hence
our silence has no significance beyond the
fact that its question, if it has propounded
one, has escaped notice or has been re-
garded as Of no consequence.
Year: 1879

monsters like HRsRY J. GULLY can go un-
whipped of jnstice2 Must men to maintain
their standing iu the Democratic party en-
dorse such deeds But it Is better that we
should know those people as they arc, and
their dsnning disguise can only be stripped
from their infamous hearts by full knowledge
of the black deeds of murder they have done.
If we must dwell with them we want to know
them, to the end that we may vote them down.
They have made a veritable hell on earth of
mississippi We must see TO IT that its fearful
borders or not enlarged.
Year: 1879

IF the editor of the Philadelphia Times,
who has so much trouble on his mind, will
come over and see us we will give him the
name of the Democrat whose interview has
given him so much anxiety. 1t will be
given only in confidence, however.
Year: 1879

GENERAL WooDFoRD has discovered and
is opening his Stalwart valve in his New
York speeches. There is no water in his
milk. 1t is decidedly rich and creamy. In
his Cooper Institute speech on Saturday
night last he said "The South is solid to-
"day, and there is the quiet of the grave
"yard.n
Year: 1879

THE Democrats are now specially happy
The skeleton of our army has proved its
ineompetency to cope with the Utes and
hence they accept this MS an argument in
favor of the further reduction of its force
These Democrats are patriots and statesmen
on the back-action principle.
Year: 1879

IF is, perhaps, an unfortunate thing for
the average Southern Republican that the
memory of tho political treachery of AN
DREW JOHNSON has not been ellaced from
the minds of the people The experience of
the Republican party at his hands will al
ways serve to admonish Northern Republic
cans that only those OF their Southern
brethren who have been tested in the fierce
trials of actually administering the laws in
their home communities can be trusted in
the future. Aud there rehundreds ofgood
and safe men in the South to-day who
have enjoyed, without abusing them or
trucking to the aristocratic Democracy, the
highest positions Of power and administra'
tive Us well as judicial trust 1t is 10 these
men, more than TO any other class s-these


men, who are in the South to-day battling


for principle and suffering prescription aud


deprivation and danger at the hands Of im-
Year: 1879

WHY should hundred thousand passengers
suffer daily from tho stencil of burning sui
phur and sulIocatng carbonic acid gas emitted
by the elevated railroad engines ?-NeO York
Hcrad.


Simply for the reason that they elect to
ride on them, and accept them as they find
them. Those who patronize the street cars
and omnibuses do not suffer in that way.
Year: 1879

New York city presents many nice ques-
tions for detective solution in connection
with its multilarious murders. The case of
the murder of Mrs, HULL under all circum-
stances wears some very peculiar features.
That Mrs. HULL was murdered has been
admitted by the police; that CHAsTINE
Cox is the murderer he freely conlesses
that she was brutally robbed Of her jewelry
and watch is admitted, and that the prop
erty has been found on Cox, or has Leen
traced through his hands to the poss session
of other parties, is also admitted. lie is
committed to prison by the coroner on his
confession Of guilt and concurrent proofs
and yet he is granted a writ of haJeaS corpus
that he may be taken from prison and per-
haps be set ut liberty on mere technical
ity of law. 1t begins to look as if the case
of Cox was suited to the court Of Judge
LYNCH.


Then there is the SEYMOUR murder,
which opens up n mine Of theories as to who
did the killing and whether or not it was
intentional or accidental. The theory that
SEYMOUR was killed by PAUL STRIEKE has
been started, but that appears now to be
headed off by the fact that piece of India
rubber was found in the fatal wound 1t i.
now contended that no India rubber is used
in charging such a pistol as STRIEKE had, il
he did the shooting, The coroner says the
India rubber found in the wound was in
front of the bullet, and the Herald reasons
that the wad must have been behind the
bullet. Between coroner, police, and press
u case of murder under the eye of one ol
more witnesses would escape punishment
through their ingenuity for hunting up and
inventing obstacles in the way of a self-con.
fessed crime.
Year: 1879

CONGRESSMAN BURROWS, of Michigan,
was welcomed home by his constituents a
few days since, and said to them, among
other things:


The issue of the present and immediate fu-
ture is the character of the Federal Govern
ment. whether it be Nation or confederacy of
sovereign States. This question, which we
had supposed was settled on the field of battle,
is but transferred to the arena of debate. The
danger of another rebellion is not imminent,
but the real peril is found in the attempt of
the Democratic party to strip the Federal Gov.
ernment of all power, warn 1t from every
State, and exalt the States ms the only legiti
mate sovereigns. AS ALEXANDER II. STE
PHENs said but recently in the House: "We
are Nation Of Nations" BEN HILL spoke of
himself as an ambassador TO Congress-. And
so we have this distinguished Senator as an
ambassador from the Nation of Georgia. The
PRONUNCIATION of such political heresies is as
certain to lead to the disntegration of the
Federal Government and the destruction of
constitutional liberty as slavery was certain to
lead to the rebellion of 1861 / hold that we
are Nation deriving all power from the peo-
pie, and not a confederacy of States, and that
in this sphere of our delegated powers the Ma
tional Government is supreme. And so long
as you honor Inc with the position i now hold
shall maintain tho integrity and supremacy
of the Federal Government, and its power to
enforce obedience to Federal law everywhere
throughout its borders.
Year: 1879

New YORK CITY ought to be the capital
Of the nation. Its Puritanic notions are so
severe that married couple cannot appear
aflectionate TO each other in the Central
Park without being dragged to the police
station by stalwart policemen. 1t is getting
almost too good for this wicked earth.
Year: 1879

MISSISSIPPI now has an upward curyi-
ture of the spine, and word of dire warn
ing for the Democratic party. The Vicks-
burg Herald puts it TO its Democratic friends
in this pointed and punjent manner; ave
swarm the Democratic party that it must
Year: 1879

THE Fayette iowa Union was an out
and-out Democratic organ. The editor went
on trip to Manitoba, leaving the newspa-
per in charge of a friend. The next num-
ber of the Union was Republican through
out, and the following explanatory para
graph was inserted; awe are requested by
the editor of the Union to conduct its col
"umns in a proper manner, and we have
"conscientiously endeavored to do So"
Year: 1879

WE have not word to utter against
Colonel ROBERTS, personally, or any other
respectable graduate of the C. S. A.; but
somehow the question will force itself
upon the mind-arc there not Union of
fcers and soldiers enough to codify the
United States Army Regulations, and
capable and deserving Republicans enough
to fill all the Offices under Republican
administration of the Government, with
out resorting to the army of the C. S. A.
and to the Democratic party for material
for that purpose? Somehow such qucs-
tions seem irrepresslble just at this period.
Year: 1879

A son of New York millionaire was
in inmate of the Homeopathic Asylum
for the Insane, at Middleton, N. Y, last
winter. While there he formed the
acquaintance Of one of the attendants,
a young lady of slight, delicate and
pretty face. The advances of the in
valid were modestly received by the
servant girl, and were evidently not dis
tasteful to her, as in due time they re.
suited in an offer of marriage on his
part, which was duly accepted. Upon
the young gentleman's notice to his
mother of his proposed marriage, she,
with display of sense and regard for
the happiness of the young couple seldom
witnessed in her station of life, inter
posed no objections, after having satisfied
herself, by dihgent inquiries, that the
proposed bride was of respectable parent
age and irreproachable chara acter. The
parental consent was then given, and
the young gentleman having recovered
from his malady, the wedding ceremony
was performed in the village. The
gentleman took his bride to the city,
where she was cordially received by his
relatives.
Year: 1879

When the particles of water or ice
which constitute cloud or fog are all of
the same size, and the air in which they
are sustained is at. rest or is moving uni
formly in one direction, then these part
icles can have no motion relatively to
each other. The weight of the particles
will cause them to descend through the
air with velocities which depend on their
diameters, and, since they are all of the
same size, they will move with the same
velocity. Under these circumstances,
therefore, the particles will not traverse
the spaces which separate them, and
there can be no aggregation so as to
form raindrops or hailstones. IF, how
ever, some of the particles of the cloud
or fog attain larger size than others,
those will descend faster than the others,
and will consequently overtake those
Immediately beneath them; with these
they may combine so as to form still
larger particles, which will move with
still greater velocity, and more quickly
overtaking the particles in front Of them,
will add to their size at an increasing
rate Under such circumstances, there,
fore, the cloud would be converted into
rain or hail, according as the particles
were water or ice. The size Of the drops
from such q cloud would depend simply
on the quantity of water suspended in
its descent, that is to say, on the density
and thickness Of the cloud below the
point from which the drop started.
This is the actual way in which rain
drops and hailstones are formed -
Nature.
Year: 1879

Call at our Drug Store and get tria
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery
free of charge, if you are suffering with
a Cough. Cold. Asthma, Bro teh.t's
Hay Fever, Consumption, loss OF voice
tickling in the throat or Lungs This
is the great remedy that is causing SO
much excitement by its many wonder
full cures, curing thousands ofhope,ess
cases. Over one million bottles ofDr
Kings New Discovery have been used
within tbs last year, and have given
perfect satisfaction in every instance.
We can unhesitatingly say that this is
is really the only sure cure for throat
and lung affections. and can cheerful '
recommend it to all, Call and get a
trial bottle free Of charge, or q regular
size for 81. 90.
Year: 1879

Macalister Cough Mixture now being
generally introduced through the western
country is meeting with good sale and is
giving better satisfaction than any other
remedy in the market.


1t is boon to sufferers from Consump-
ton, Asthma. Bronchitis DC, and single
teaspoonful taken in time will prevent a
fresh cold'' from developing into some
thing worse.


Il is also valuable remedy for whoop-
ing cough and groups in children. For
sale in Rock Island by John Bengston
Druggist I'D
Year: 1879

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF
these goods is always standard aud theil
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line. DIFF
Year: 1879

No use of having the chiIIs, no use of


headache, ,or any of the ills that come from
disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-wili
relieve the system and make you feel like


a new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

Uncle Dicks weight is sixty-fve tons;
be is sixty feet long from his headlight
to the rear end of his tender. He Is the
biggest locomotive in the world, and is
for duty on the precipitous incines of
the Atchison, Topeka and santa Fe 1ail-
road. A boiler 21 feet long supplies
steam for cylinders 20 inches by 26. and
gives motion to eight 42-inch drivers,
while large tank surmounting the en-
tire structure not only carries water
supply, but helps to give Uncle Dick a
tighter grip on the rails. His driver
will have control of three independent
systems of air-brakes and Can bring TO
bear at once upon his heels restrain
ing force OF 70 tons. which is none too
large inasmuch as "shoe pressure" of
$4,000 pound is required to keep him
when standing still and alone ON the
steep road over the Ruton Pass, from
surrendering to gravitation and rushing
down hill by his own weight. How
heavy these grades are can be under
stood when it is noted that one end Of
Uncle Dick will often stand more than
three feet higher than the other, so
that in travelling his own length he will
do the work of lifting about 250 tons
a perpendicular foot. And yet this


monster rejoicing in his strength. will
rush up the flank of the Rocky Noun
tains with ten loaded cars behind him.
Year: 1879

Marriage customs and marriage man
traS, SAYS the JeWish Times, differ in
some respects in different parts of the
country. Thus at marriage of His
Highness the Maharaiah of Mysore the
following pretty recitation formed a
portion of the ritual uttered by the
bridegroom in musical Sanskrit;


"Who gave hfri


To whom did he give her?


Love gave her!


To love he gave her!


Love was the glver.


Love was the taker.


Love! may this be thine.


With Love may enjoy her!


Love has peryaded the ocean.


Love! may this be thine"


Soon after this the bride and bride
groom proceed one or two steps Tor
ward, and the bride is thus addressed
by the bridegroom:


May the regions of space, may cir,
the sun and fire dispel that anxiety
which thou feelest in thy mind and
turn thy heart to me. Be gentle in thy
aspect and loyal to thy husband, be for
tunate in cattle, amiable in thy mind
and beautiful in thy person; mother of
valiant sons; be fond of delights; be
cheerful and bring prosperity to our
bipeds and quadrupeds. Soma first re-
ceived thee; the son next obtained thee;
the regend of fire was thy third hus-
band and now human being is thy
fourth. Soma gave her to the sun; the
sun gave her to the region of fire; fire
gave her to me. With her he has given
me wealth and male offspring. May
she, most conspicuous cause of pros
perity, never desert me-"


These and many others which were
recited contain much exquisite poetry
in theme. They are, to quote Max
Mueller, the simplest child-like papers
on record