smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

The proportion of conviction for murder
during that year in England and Wales
was to the million of population!


/ A return laid before the House of Gem
mons, covering period of less than three
years in Ireland, shows the yearly average
of 235-equal to 33 murders to the million.
What is remarkable is that during a num-
ber of years subsequent to 1889, the time of
this return, there were large numbers of
conversions to the Protestant faith, and an
extensive emigration, SO that from the Par
lament return in 1851 it appears that the


number of murders to the million had
sunk to 10! Such facts and figures tell
their own tale.


Take another of the Fathers implied as


sertions. 1t is that in Rhode Island more
than of the children that ought to be
born of Protestant women, are destroyed
in fOeticide. For this statement he gives


no authority whatever. Every one will
see that the truth of this monstrous asser-
tiOn is morally impossible. Every one
knows that the poor Irish woman is almost
doubly prolific as compared with the bet
ter class of educated and prosperous
Protestant women, and every one knows
also that on account of the emigration of the
young men of New England in large num-
bers there is great disproportion in the
numerical relation of the sexes, very many
women never entering into the marriage
state at all. But explanation is not need
ed The assertion is so horrible that no


sensible person will or can believe it, un-


less blinded by prejudice.


1 might quote other tables of the same


unquestionable because government au-


thority), equally significant with those


have given in the course of this discus


sion, but prefer to dismiss the subject.
In closing, / would but allude to two


points. The reason of my not recurring to


the question of the Fathers allegiance to


the Pope, is, that / was unwilling to quote


from memory the case of recent date that


had in mind. have written for the re-


port, but it has not yet arrived. 1t is the


ease of Roman Catholic Bishop in the
Northwest, who was recently forced to
translate, in open court, and to acknowl-
edge the present binding force of the laws
of his church, not only demanding his al
legiance to the Pope, but making it his
duty to persecute Protestants. Let it go,
however as the discussion is closed.


Father Finnegan makes the assertion
that he has been informed two or three


Protestant churches were seen by certain
gentleman in Rome years ago. The noto-
rious fact is, that the Presbyterians were
forced to go out of the city proper to hold
their worship at all, and the Episcopal SER
vice could only be held in the apartments
of the American Minister, covered by the
| American flag, Even this privilege was
hemmed in by the closest restrictions.


The Father, in the very same paragraph
| uses this most significant language in re-
Year: 1871

preparation of roots and herbs warranted to be
strictly vegetable, and can do no injury to any one


1T has been used by hundreds and known for the
last 40 years as one of the reliable ecaeious and
harmless preparations ever offered to the suferng If
taken regularly and permanently it is
Year: 1871

The girls keep fussing over the beaux,
They dress themselves ZACH night and


90


To some party, ball, or other spree;
But it's just the same as it used to be.
The old folks send the boys to bed,
But out of the window, over the shed,
They 90 to the ground for a little spree;
But its just the same as it used TO be.
The damsels old, they fume and fret,
They say they never saw such q set
Of girls as these-''they make so free;
But they're just like the girls that used


to be-


The old man says the boys won't do,
Who raises one of them will rue
1t, and 10 good of him e'er see
But they're jGSt like the boys that used


to be.


'Tis but new deal in very old game,
And think it will always be the same,
So have your fun fore youth doth flee,
For it's Just the same as it used to be.
Year: 1871

How SooS We FoRGEr.-A leaf torn
from the tree by rugged gale, and borne
away to some desert spot to perish, who
misses it from its fellows, who ia sad
that it is gone' Thus it is with human
life. There are dear friends, perhaps,
who are stricken with grief when a
loved one is taken and for many days
the grave is watered with tears and
anguish. But by and By the crystal fount
is drawn dry,tbe last drop ooies out, the
stern gate Of forgetfulness folds back
upon the exhausted springs, and Time,
the blessed healer Of sorrow, walks
over the sepulehure withou. waking .
single echo Of his footsteps.
Year: 1871

trade as much as they may-perhaps
they cannot too much-but it is their
fault that the creature exists. He would
soon cease to exist if workingmen were
as intelligent as they ought to be. The
''6ttest' of them would not survive to
form another and higher type. Their
fossils might interest the future student,
but they would be known only by the
evils they have done. But the work.
ingmen in distrusting these may dis
trust the masses Of the people, and in
doing this he may wrong himself and
delay the accomplishment Of reforms
which he earnestly wants.


The wOrkingman needs heartily to
cooperate with every other man who
processes to reform the laws which un-
necessarily burden labor. And when
the masses of the people intelligently
resolve to 90 so, he should not with
hold this sympathy and aid OIL account
Of suspicion or distrust of the purity of
their purpose. The people will soon
have ncw'reIationships with their repre-
sentatives, and they who betray con-
stituencies will meet with such condem-
nation that the practice will soon cease.


With just principles constituting the
platform of political party, and with
the assurance that those principles will
not be betrayed by its representatives
the return Of the government to first
principles will be effected, and the ma.
tion will enter upon career of prosper
ity. which will yield happiness to the
all-not the prosperity which heretofore
has been benefited the few.
Year: 1871

The next issue and supplement will
contain the official proceedings Of the
National Labor Congress-and will not
be printed until its adjournment Sub
scribers will thus understand the situa.
ton, and in the meantime we trust they
will be satisfied with the extra reading
matter in the present number.
Year: 1871

Workingmen frequently complain 0
the oppression of capital. Let then
look at home, and ask themselves the
question, if their own cOwardice and
serviity is not the cause of One-half Of
it. Employers as a general rule can see
as far into a milestone as anybody else
in the country.
Year: 1871

temporary and imperfect projections
are all they can effect, and will in the
end, correct the wrongful distribution Of
the earnings of labor. A knowledge OF
the fundamental laws Of the creation
and division of wealth will, of course,
correct these ideas, and in proportion
as this knowledge progresses we see
broader views obtaining among work
ingmen as to their means Of escape from
what they call "wages slavery" Strikes
will not do, for under existing systems,
the operator can strike harder than the
operative.


Heretofore each class of wOrkingmen
has combined for itself-the shoemaker
for the shoemaker, and the stone-mason
for the stone-mason. But it has re.
Gently become clear that what forces the
carpenter into strikes and unions, forces
any other kind of mechanic There is
therefore principle of union among all
mechanics-an identity of position, a
solidarity of interests, which is bring.
ing them under one organization.


The great agricultural interests have
been considered as opposed to the me-
chanical, for the cheaper the produce OF
the farm the better for the workingman,
and the cheaper mechanical labor the
better for the farmer. And this sup
posed antagOnism among the industrial
classes has alwas rendered them an
insignificant political element in the
country, without influence in the max.
ing of laws. But the progress of the
knowledge we have spoken Of shows
this antagonism to be unreal, itself a
result of vicious legislation, and that
labor in all its varied and useful de-
partments has no conflicting interests,
and that therefore upon one platform
all the industrial classes of the country
can stand, and find their interest in one
organization.


Workingmen need to learn, and are
rapidly learning, that what lastingly
benefits one of their classes benefits
the whole, and thus prepares the way
for that unity of action which is neces
sary for the emancipation of labor from
what are now its burdens.


So long as the mere politicians, the
traders and SPECTATORS on the ignor-
ance and prejudices of the different
classes of workingmen, can succeed in
fostering this absurd idea of antagonists
between the various branches of indus
trial pursuits, 50 long will they prevent
the unity of action which will over
throw their power. These mutual jeal
Ousies Of the industrial classes have
been fruitful soil for the fungus growth
Of politicians they have cultivated it
we'll they have befooled ignorant and
bribed dishonest workingmen, and by
one means or another have always pre-
vented them from seeing that their IN
terests are common, and that their eff
forts should be common.


The first great need Of workingmen
is to get rid Of unworthy suspicious, of
Jealousies, which 10 a great extent re-
suit from the supposed antagonism Of
interest among themselves. They can
distrust those who have made politics
Year: 1871

a late number Of the Commercial


Advertiser OF Honolulu relates the fact


that one Of the whale ships in that har-


Dor recently captured u whale in the
Arctic .cas, which had In Its carcass a
|hsypoon. This harpoon was k own a,
belong to Q ship which wax at that-tima
crusiag in ths northern seas. on the
other side Of tho continent. The whale
had evidently passed frcm one open
sea to tho atker by way of the Pole.
He mus, have found open water. for
even a R!ia:e must come up at shart
intervals to blow. It is certain that
the Polar sea is nayigsble for whales
from one side OF the continent to the
Other. But while II does not follow
that ships would follow the same track.
the fact cited is ono of considerable
interest. Shipmasters may be able to
navigate the polar sea when they knew
as mach about navigation in high lat
itudes as this whale with harpoon
sticking in his back,
Year: 1871

Or Here Is the sons story in n
Wisconsin divorce case Am thirteen
years old remember talk about a pen.
Gil one morning; mother was behind
tie stove making pancakes: father
took her by the back Of the neck and
put her head over the wood box; she
took q stick Of wood from the box
and struck at him over her shoulder I.
then father put her head under the
pump and pumped water on her face.
Year: 1871

LONDON, April 25.-In the House
of Commons, this evening, Gladstone
stated that he assumed the response
bility Of ordering the police to prevent
an anti-match tax demonstration. He
declined to say why the police had not
been used to stop the Sunday demon
stratiOn.


The Chancellor Of the Exchequer
announced that the Government, fore
seeing violence in opposition to the
measure, would withdraw the match
project, and propose substitute next
Thursday.
Year: 1871

Lauderdals, Orleans and GsOFgia
streets, in the vicinity Of st. Agnes Academy.


In Offering this large number OF lots, we
place before the public rare opportunity OF
making an investment IN property which
cannot fail TO increase in value, being 90
centrally located that It must be hued up In
preference to more distant points.


Accessible on the north side By ths Beale
street ana on the south by the fernando
street railroads, and traversed and bound
ed in all directions by broad streets, we are
confident that we cannot bring to the notice
Of those who want a cheap home better
piece Of property from which to make a
selection.


The terms Of thesale are made very easy
third CASH one and two years, with six per
cent interest.


Again reminding the readers OF this notice
Year: 1871

THE EDITOR WHO WANTED A DoG.-Au editor
in Iowa advertised the other day that he would
take good dog in payment of one years sub.
scription for his paper. The next day forty
three dogs were sent to the office. The day
afterwards, when the news had spread out into
the country, four hundred farmers had sent two
dogs apiece by express, with eight baskets full
of puppies all marked G. o. d. In the mean
time the offer found its way into the neghbor-
ing States, and before the end OF the week, there
were eight thousand dogs tied up in the editor 5
front and back yards The assortment included
all the kinds from bloodhounds down to poodles.
A few hundred broke loose aud swarmed on the
starways and the entries, and stood outside the
sanctum and howled, and had fights, and shifted
under the crack of the door as if they were hun
cry for some editor. And the editor climbed
out OF the window, up the waterspont and out
on the comb of the roof, and wept. There was
no issue of the paper for six days, and the only
way the friends of the eminent journalist could
feed him was by sending lunch up to him in bal


looms. AT last somebody bought barrel Of
arsenic and three tons of beef, and poisoned the
dogs, and the editor came down only to find at
his desk a bill from the Mayor for $8 000 being
the municipal tax on dogs at 81 per head He
scribers now, and he doesn't want dog,
Year: 1871

THE LAST CIGAR.-Prince Bismark is the hero
of the following anecdote - The value of a
good cigar, I" said Bismark q is best understood
when it is the last you possess, and there is no
chance of getting another At Koniggratz had
only one cigar left in my pocket, which care
fully guarded during the whole battle as a mi
ser does his treasure. did not feel justified in
using it. painted in glowing colors in my
mind the happy hour when | should enjoy it
at the victory. But | had miscalculated the
chances" "And what was the cause of your
misealeulation?" ga poor dragoon He lay
helpless with both arms crushed, murmuring
for something to refresh him. felt in my pock-
cts and found had only gold, and that would
be OF no use to him. But stay-I had still my
treasured cigar lighted this for him and
placed it between his teeth. You should have
seen the poor fellows grateful smile never
enjoyed cigar so much as that one did not
smoke"
Year: 1871

The sunlight is past and the dusty air
That filled the day in its prime
OF all the hours there's none so fair


As the dim white even time
The wind, that blew like a breath of heat,
Is cooler and fresher now;
OF all the winds, there is none so sweet,
Soft evening wind, as thou.
An hour like this is soon forgot,


And never recalled again;
The peace and rest we remember not,
Only the joy and pain.
Were we content with such pleasures as this,
We might be happy in rest;
But in the pursuit of more difficult bliss,
We scorn to be easily blest
Year: 1871

Nor many miles from Boston a certain farmer
owned contrary horse. While driving home
with a load of hay sometime since, the horse
concluded not to move any further whereupon
the farmer pulled out small quantity of the
hay, placed it under the horse and set fire to it.
The fire had the desired effect. for the horse was
obliged to move. He started forward just enough
to clear the flames, anG the entire load, with the
wagon, was destroyed, the farmer having as
much as he could do to clear the horse from the
wagon in time to save his life.
Year: 1871

PARTY of gentlemen in liquor saloon, dis
putting over the question whether the American
system of treating or the European system of
not treating was preferable, eouldnt settle the
matter by talking, and so they went to work
testing it by practice. Fist each man took
drink by himself Then eoh man invited sim
gle friend to drink. After that each single friend
returned the compliment. And finally each man
in the party-there were six of them-asked all
the rest to drink When all that was accom-
phshed not Il soul 10 the room could tell where
the discussion originated, or what it was about
Year: 1871

HUNTING Down A MILLIONAIRE. The
following story is told by the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle, oil Moiggs, the great rail
way Prince Of Peru, who ran away in
debt, from San Francisco, some Yeas
ago:


Mrs. Josslyn is \ washerwoman, and
works hard for her living. In the pahuy
days of Harry Meiggs she deposited with
him no less amount than S2500, and
when Meiggs and her money were gone,
the time in which woman could lay up
so large a sum from the profits of her
business was gone also. But she washed
on. and kept her head above water
Some two or three months ago she read
in the Overland Monthly, OF some other
publication, Of how much money her old
banker had made in South America, by
building railroads, and with n beautiful
trait in human nature, which cannot be
too highly commended. she embarked up.
on the Panama steamer and wended her
way 10 the sultry south, where Meiggs
holds sway. She sought the millionaire
in the gorgeous residence so graphically
described in the Overland, and presented
her bank book aad told her tale. Meiggs
listened, and when she had finished he
handed her check for the amount of the
deposit and interest from its date to the
time OF payment. She departed
weather. aud happier woman, and re.
turned to San Francisco, where she ar.
rived by the last steamer.
Year: 1871

The papers of the country are very
justly indignant at the reckless manner il
which Tammany and its ring have been
robbing the Taxpayers Of New York.
Many citizens of Richmond and Virginia
are beginning to open their eyes as to the
enormous amount of money of which New
York has been robbed. We have but little
doubt, ifproper investigations were had,
such discoveries of frauds would be made
in the conduct of our own municipal affairs,
as would cast New York in the shade. In
several instances we have designated where
in funds of the city have been misappled,
and with one exception no notice has been
taken of our statements. ~ ist'fnlos


We believe that half million dollars at
least were spent in paying members of the
last Legislature to secure the passage Of the
funding bill. Scarcely an individual is to be
found who, by rumor or otherwise, does
not know that the last Legislature was
bribed by the different railroad companies
to carry out their purposes. Already we
hear Of the gathering together Of large
amounts Of money to control the next
Legislature.


Luckily for all parties, the corrupt in
fluences which passed the funding bill has
rendered it, even with the party which Gre
ated it, unpopular. The Democratic party
IS divided in sentiment as to the propriety
of submitting to its terms. ,,g ,fA r,yqo4
When this demoralized and corrupt con-
Germ begins to kick against its own creation
we may well afford to look on in silence.
The Republican party is indissolubly we'd
ded to the idea of paying every farthing of
the National and State debt, and must adj
here to its policy, yet we are unwilling to
abide the terms of the funding bill, because
of its corrupt inception and the impossible
ty of Virginia's compliance with the terms.


1t would be well enough for us to scrti-I
tinize home, affairs a little, more closely
while standing aghast at the criminalty of
Democracy in New York. i.Fl 1.it
Year: 1871

The most brilliant achievment of the
American press is justly claimed by the
New York Times. Nearly 100000 copies
of its Saturdays issue have been sold. 1t
is gratifying to know that this success has
been won in the interest of the people aud
in fight with the most desperate and pow
erful band of political thieves and plunder-
ers ever organized. The better class Of
Democratic as well as Republican journals
unite to sustain the Times in its plucky
fight, and assist to magnify its success
Lifelong Democrats are leaving the rotten
hulk of the Tammany Democracy by hum
dreds. The Times deserves the gratitude
of all honest men and patriots. 1t remains
to be seen whether the political leaders of
the party outside of New York will have
the sense to leave the ring to its fate or,
with characteristic blindness, hold Oh till
they sink with it.
Year: 1871

The Late Fue-Detectiues, at Work.-A
number of detectives were busily engaged
yesterday, after the appearance Of our arti-
Gle on the fire of Saturday night, endeavor-
ing to get some clue as to who committed
the offence of firing the building. We are
well aware Of the difficulties accompanying
such an undertaking, but we have detec-
tive force here equal to the emergency.


That some fiend applied the torch which
might have destroyed one Of the most beau
tiful portions of our city we do not doubt
neither have we doubted but that the act
will be traced to the guilty party, a result
most earnestly desired by the entire com.
munity.


We hope our efficient force will not re.
linquish the efforts so earnestly began, but
go on in their labor until the fiend is discov.
cred. We do not know how the present
condition of affairs will affect the payment
of insurance policies, but presume the
agents of the different companies will aid in
the effort to discover the origin of the fire
which occurred under such suspicious cir.
cllmStances
Year: 1871

ANOTHER EFFORT TO SUBDUE CUBA.
The new Spanish Ministry sets out briskly
on the war-path, and announces its deter
mination to renew the effort for the subju-
CATION of Cuba, at whatever cost. We re-
marked, with regard to the surrender OF
office by Marshal, ,Serrano, that undoubted-
ly the reason which impelled him to this
step was that he discovered what formid-
able, and indeed hopeless, job would be
imposed ON him. As an old soldier he
prudently declined task that had already
used up 1000 Spanish troops and no end
of money, with no result.


Where the soldier refused to tread the
civilian rushes in, with an alacrity that is
probably measured by his ignorance of the
perils ahead. If Gorilla adheres to his de-
Termination new Spanish fleet will soon
embark and carry new victims to the Gu
ban malaria and to the bullets of Cuban
guerillas. At most, the Spaniards, how
ever numerous, can only drive the Cubans
back to their mountain fastnesses, where
they will wait until their enemies waste
gradually away. There appears to be no
Immediate prospect of ending this dismal
and hopeless struggle, unless the great
powers interfere in the name of humanity.
The motion made Saturday in the English
Parliament for an examination into the con-
tinuance of the slave trade in Cuba shows
that the old anti-slavery party is at work.
That 1t will ultimately compel the govern
ment to interfere no one can doubt who
knows the persistence and the power of the
anti-slavery agitators of England.-N. Y
Evening Mail.