smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

as thought reappeared at the 9th
er end OF the house.


Call mapr M n
Away be whirled again, turn
ing the corners SO rapidly that q
whiz of the snake sounded half
way between a whistle and the re
peate6 pronunciation of a double o


Before either Of the girls had
stirred from their tracks, he had
performed another revolution.


Call man.


Away he flew once more, but
his strength was rapidly failing.
Nancy Clark WAS the first to re-
cover her presence Of mind; and,
seizing a hoop pole, she took her
station near the corner OF the
house, and as John reappeared,
brought it down upon the snake
with a force that broke his back
and his hold upon Johns neither
garment at the same time.


John rushed in,o the house and
into his room, and at tea time ap-
peared in his besG Sunday suit,
but little the worse for the race,
but to all appearances entirely
cured OF his bashfuIneSs. That
night he walked home with Nan
cy Clark. The New Year they
were married; and now if John
feels inclined to laugh at his wife's
hoop, or any other popularity, she
has only to say-"CaIl man"
and poor John Instantly sobers
down.
Year: 1873

A great controversy is just now
waging in England upon spirit
ualism. A no less controversy is
going on in the country as to
whether or no the the brutal mur-
derer Of a woman in Great Co
ram street will be caught by the
police. The Illustrated London
News "clutches" the whole thing
by asking the whole body of those
who believe that they have access
to the spirit world, whether any
one OF them can tell the name Of
Coram street assassin2 "Let them
rap that ont. and they shall
change their present position
that of montebanks-for that Of
priests Of a new cultus. "
Year: 1873

In Washington, the other day,
a female member of a colored
theatrical troupe wentintoa dry
goods store and called for some
fiesh-oolored hose. The clerk
placed before her a box of black
stockings, and that unfortunate
young man has never been able
to tell whether he was blown
up by nitro-glycerine or was
struck by a shot from seventy
two FOUNDER,
Year: 1873

A girl in Hartford, Conn, who
had been confined in a pest~
house, wore away a shawl which
haq not been washed, contrary
to the order of the physician.
In consequence there were five
cases of small pOx in the fami-
in where she fonnd employment,
two Of whom died.
Year: 1873

In Michigan there is one town
aud courthouse where the ju-
rors retire to the roof of the
building when deliberating on a
verdict, and in very bot or very
cold weather there is but little
time consumed in coming to II
verdict.
Year: 1873

They are not inconsistent in their assertions.
They said when in the minority, that only
the Republic could save the Antilles to Spaln'
and now they say that the Republic Will save
them. We said long before the birth OF the
Republic, that even the fall of the monarchy
would bring no relief to the situation in CUBA,
and now that we read the rhetorical phrases
in which CASTELAR, and Figueras an
nounce their determination to retain the
control of these outlying possessions,
we can only regret the exigencies of domestic
poltics which force these words from them.
No such question of necessity influences the
leading men Of England. Nothing is to be
lost by seeing and telling the truth as 1t is'
1t is perhaps not yet time for Mr.. Gladstone
to speak. But journalists need not wait Tor
Prime Ministers. They hold their places by
candor and courage. 1t will require more thah
poets and eOurtiers to unseat them.
Year: 1873

JURIES IN ALABAMA AND ELSEWHERE.


In this part of the country we still entertain
certain Old-fashioned notions respecting the
rights of jurors, although of late the conduct
of some jurors has tended to bring the vener-
able AnglO-SaxOn institution into merited dis
repute. In Alabama we are glad to find that
these officers of the court, for such they really
are although they may submit to dictatiOn
from the bench, have the grace to be sorry for
themselves. Judge J. Q. Smith Of the Circuit
Court of that State does not seem to us, we
must frankly confess, to be model of judi
cial purity, not to say word of judicial dig
nifty. If the reader does not agree with
us, let him give his candid attention
TO the facts. On the 18th ult., in the
Court held for Montgomery County, the case
of the State agt. John Smgleterry was gwen
to the Jury. OF the merits and nature of this
case we know nothing. Very soon after going
to their room eleven of the jurors came to a
conclusion. The twelfth held out little
while, but finally agreed with the rest to find
for the defendant. The jury came back to
the courtroom, and finding 10 judge present,
placed the verdict in the hands of the Sheriff,
who prOpounded the usual interrogatory about
agreement, and then discharged the jurors.
The next morning when they came
Year: 1873

With the extension of railways in the South
West has come a decrease in steamboat disas-
ters, formerly so common and horrible. The
burning of a steamer plying between Houston
and Galveston, by which twenty-One lives
were lost, is the latest mournful catastrophe
which must be added to the many fatal casu-
aties of this Winter. The cause of the fire
seems yet inexplicable.
Year: 1873

If the Senate had been in earnest in its en-
deayor to prevent amendments not germane
TO appropriation bills from being attached
thereto, it would have accepted Mr. Trumbulps
amendment to the rules. Instead OF resolving
that no such amendments should be received,
the Senate voted that none such should be
attached. This gives the majority the power
of deciding what amendment is germane to an
appropriation bill and what is not. The cOun-
try has not forgotten that the law by which
Louisiana has been revolutionized was tackled
on to an appropriation bill by the majority,
even though Just such rule as that again
Year: 1873

There is no reason why the clause relating
TO fisheries, contained in the Alabama Treaty,
should be left mexecuted by our Government.
Part of the agreement by which we secured
the award at Geneva was that we should ad-
NIT free of duty fish imported in British colo
NAL vessels another prOviso, Ofsetting that
was that our fishermen should have the privi-
lege of fishing within one marine league Of
the colonial shore line. There is a popular
belief that the fishing clause is one-sided, and
gives more benefits to our neighbOIs than to
us; but it is part of a solemn obligation, and
ought to be carried into effect before Congress
adjourns.
Year: 1873

To-day Will be an exciting one In Washing
ton The report of the Credit Mobilier Com
mittee will be made in the House. In the
Senate, there is some probability that re-
port in the Caldwell case will also be made.
The House is sure to have a contest over the
recommendations of the Credit MObilier Com
mittee; if they present only Messrs. Brooks
and Ames for expulsion, the scene promises
to be unusually lively.
Year: 1873

A few inches of sOggy snow crushed in the
roof of a Presbyterian church in West Hous-
tOn-st., yesterday, and the walls fell like a
house of cards. The fact that the service had
ended and that the dozen children in the
basement escaped should not prevent a rigid
investigation, for even Piety cannot be al
lowed to trust in Providence and endanger
thousands of lives by violating the Building
Law. Churches in this latitude should be
built so as to withstand the pressure of a few
inches of snow and there is no possible ex-
cuse for thin walls and fimsy construction.
Year: 1873

Oldest inhabitants say that not since these forty
years has New-York seen such severe Winter AS
the present. There no public records establish
ing the fact, perhaps, but none that We have will
furnish parallel of this season. The storm which
began on Saturday night, and turned to rain on
Sunday, was one of the most uncomfortable of the
Winter, though travel, always embarrassed by any
snowfall, was not so seriously impeded as hereto
fore. Grumblers at the weather however, may be
reminded that the snow brings work to many poor
fellows who have no other means of gaining their
bread At missionary meeting, yesterday it was
reported that one of the downtown mission stations
had over 100 shovels which were lent out to poor
fellows who earned with them almost the only
money they received during the Winter. Over S9oO
have been gained by these shovels for needy men
and boys who see what so few others in great city
can see-the bright side of a heavy snow-storm.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Chas. Il. Sherman, Judge of the United
States District Court for the Northern Dis
trict of Ohio appears to the worst advantage
of any of those who figure in the New YORK
Exchange affair in Congress The testimony
of the officers and agents of the Exchange
develops nothing whatever to their discredit'
But Judge Sherman's letters, dated from his
official chambers, are dsgraceful They showthat
he wanted to appear TO the Stock Exchange as
lobbyist, earning his money, whether he was
one or not SO far, not shadow OF sus-
pici0n attaches to the name of any Senators
or Representatives in Congress concerning
their action on the bill to repeal the tax on
borrowed capital. There were merely lot OF
"strikersn on hand, ready, as usual, to prefer
q claim for services rendered in passing Dill
which had gone through Congress on its own
legitimate merits.


The report of the House Committee which
has been investigating the Johnson detaication
in the New-York Sub-Treasury has curious
Sian at the Executive. The Committee think
that the Sub Treasurer is not worthy OF blame
but they think Treasury defaulters should DE
more severely punished than they are; and that
Gin no case of conviction, upon clear proof OF
guilt, should the pardOning power be exer-
cised in behalf of those who steal public
moneys" This, doubtless is meant to refer
to such cases as that of Paymaster Hodge
and the added recommendation that stock
brokers who violate the law by dealing with
Government employees be severely dealt with
recalls that case 1t was said that Hodge
| was pardoned that he might be used against
stockholders who had led him into ruin
Where are the guilty brokers2 Why are moi
those proceedings begun
Year: 1873

get somebody 10 doctor his bundcring figures. ana
put his scurrlous billingsgste into prcsentabls
English The Star speaks warmly but il IL apt In
when aroused by scurrilous blingsgatev or an
appropriation for the District. We learn from tina
same source that " it is matter Of profound
astonshment that the great commercial metrop-
oils of the nation should be represented in tho
councils Of the nation by person Of the caber Of
Robert b. Roosevelt -. also that his term Of ofca
has been an unmitigated failure" We should be
sorry TO disturb the complaceDcy with which just
now the public is contemplating the moral and in
tellectual grandeur Of the average Congressman and
il the "caiberv Of Nr. Roosevelt is calculated N
exasperate anybody, he ought TO be expelled. The
commercial metropolis" never should be rep
resented by man who is liable to be viewed with
profound astonishment;" and that's the way tho
Washington editors view anybody who asks the
Board of Public Works hard questions.


Some attention has been attracted in England To
an attempt TO induce the schools for girls TO attach
department to each for teaching economical cook
cry and household management. This is old idea;
but though the matter has been a good deal talked
about both in England and this country, very little
in this way has been practically accomplished. The
hest school of cookery is a well regulated, econOm
caIy managed and intelligenty organized hOms
kitchen and if the culinary art cannot be learned
there then it is best acquired in private service un-
der an adequate and accomplished guide The main
thing is to convince young women that the matter
is an important one-perbsps the most important
in the whole round of social science. Once lot
good-hearted and moderately ambitious woman un-
derstand this and she will find out how to cook
well through observation, inquiry, and example IL
a cook book never made good cook,while she relied
solely upon its teachings it is doubtful II teaching
in school. unless of peculiarly skillfu character.
will impart much more practical knowledge than
the regulation manuals We are willing enough.
however to have the experiment tried; but we must


insist that the very first requisite is an intelligent
and even enthusiastic interest IN the subject.
Women under any circumstances, who try hard to
cook WELL usually succeed at last, however dismal
may be the beginnings.
Year: 1873

Last Friday was st. Valentines Day, and great
many newspapers contained the regulation articles
upon that interesting and tender anniversary. For
the thousandth time il was told how st. Valentino
was Bishop of Rome A. d. 27O; how he was famous
formarrying people and how the custom Of choosing
mates on his birthday thus originated 1t has also
been stated again that the custom derived from an
idea that doves pair the 18th. Moreover, 1t has
been stated that the holiday is derived from tha
Roman Lupercalia for which see Anthon's Classical
Dictionary. Having been in the habit of meeting
with these little bits of information on the 14th OF
February since the days Of our bOyhOod. we must
affirm that they have at least ceased to be thrilling.


Voters in Massachusetts, must still be able to read
and write the Legislature of that State having re-
fused to initiate the repeal of the constitutional
provision requiring Of them these qualifications.
We have no doubt that sometimes men as intelli-
gent as many voters may be disfranchised by this
provision but on the other hand man who wants
to vote very much and is disabled by his ignorance,
may easily acquire reading and writing enough to
satisfy the law and the incentive to do this surely
exercises a wholesome influence. The rational man
who isn't willing to learn to read the Constitution
under which he votes and the laws to be made by
the legislators for whom be votes, is not valuable
addition to the voting population.
Year: 1873

The horrid news from Wickenburg has saddened the hearts of all. Just as our pco- pie had commenced to believe that, for some tsme at least, the Apaches would cease their ev'i ways; that peace would prevail, and that immigrants would come here and settle. the cup of hope was dashed from our Iips' and the same old feeling of despondency is again upon us, darkening our future, crip- ping our energies and soaring away those who, with their household gods, their prop erty Of every kind, were preparing to come here and help in the work of settling and ci'illzing the Territory. But, with Gen. crook and his gallant soldiers to hunt down the wretches who have made treaties for some temporary advantage, hope is still in the ascendant, and vengeance is sure to over take the red rascsls whose trade is murder. and who find enjoyment in mutilating the corpSes of their victims, after having tortur ed them to death. A just God will not. cannot much longer permit the Apaches to curse this land with their presence.
Year: 1873

The MINER labors to please and nothing pleases it better than to know that all its items arc worth reading. Our aim is to furn. ish as much of the news of the world as onr ability will permit. We could do better If we only had some two or three hundred more paying subscribers, and we ask our friends to aid in procuring such customers.
Year: 1873

Strange to say, the San Francisco Alta, after all it's interesting talk about the malys tree, cannot tell people where the seed can be procured. This, too. when we were about to urge our farmers to send for seed and try it here.
Year: 1873

Ex-rebel Mosby is being plagued to take an office under the present administration. but he has so far declined to do so, fearing that his motives would be misconstrued An, well, he will soon come to it. Having been offered the attorney ey-generalship of a Territory, some person had better prepare to move out
Year: 1873

A better report comes, at last, con-
eerning the future King of England.
For many years past he has been rep
resented not only as brainless snob,
but withal hardened and dissolute-a
source Of sorrow to his noble mother
and a reproach to the nation. At the
time of his serious illness the hope
was freely expressed that. this might
prove lesson to him, and win him
to better courses. But now comes
Bull Run Russeli-who has always
been very reliable save when he mis-.
judged the scope and character Of ouI
late ''unpleasantness"- with q most
excellent certificate of character for
the coming king. According to DR..
Russell, the Prince ot Wales is far
from being the trifiing fellow be has
been represented to be. He takes q
deep interest in the politics of Eng
land, carries on q heavy correspon-
fdence with some of the leading men
of Europe, and is really laying the
foundation for great usefulness in the
future. He says 'iIf the forms oi
our government and the Jealousy oil
the House OF Commons did not pre-
vent his direct participation in affairs,
he would be most valuable minister,
sans portlfe,dHe, of our Foreign Sec
retary or Prime Minister DIR, Rus
sell adds 'There is not minister, a
man of note in Europe, with whom
he is not personally acquainted, and
his wonderful insight into personal
character serves him better than a
long apprenticeship to blue books and
papers does other men," While the
crowned monarch OF England is we'll
nigh shorn of the autoeratic power
welded by many of his predecessors,
and is wisely held by law and prece-
dent and public opinion In a position
to do little or no harm, this statement
will be received with pleasure wher-
ever it is read. It is vastly better,
with all the possibilities before him Of
usefulness to his people and the world
that he should be an intelligent and
upright man.
Year: 1873

To every sane man 1t has been evi-
dent for years that the Bourbon ele-
ment of the Democratic party is the
throw of the Grant oligarchy which
now rules and~ruins the country


The Bourbons have control of the
party organization, and like the dog
in the maDger, they viii do nothing
themselves or permit anybody else TO
do anything.


The fact that the great masses OF
the Democratic party are sick unto
death, and nauseated beyond endu-
rance by the everlasting discussion OF
worn out issues, does not weigh q
feather with these Bourbon leaders.


They are in command, and year az
ter year the cohorts are led to slaugh-
ter.


To all overtures of union, harmony
or cooperation, they seem to be as
deaf as adders, and the hunt goes on
with zeal. In this condition of affairs
of course the Liberal Republicans of
the State are not Indifferent specta-
tors. They have thus far remained
comparatively silent, but this will
not remain forever. They propose to
see fair play, and. If necessary, when
the proper time comes they will take
a hand in the fray. They desire union
and the cordial cooperation Of all the
elements of opposition in the State,
and to secure this they have always
been willing to meet half way any
where upon neutral ground. But it
may as well be understood at once
and forever that the Liberal Republic
cans of Ohio do not propose to play
big dog under the Bourbon wagon.
Year: 1873

THE origin of the expression, Print
er's Devil is said to be as follows :
When Aldus Manutius set up his bust
ness as a printer in Venice, he came in
possession of a little negro boy. This
boy was known all over the city as the
little black DEVIL" who assisted the
mysterious bibliofactor and some of the
most ignorant people believed him to be
none other than the en- bodiment Of Satan,
who helped Aldus in the prosecution OF
his profession. One day, Manutius desir-
ing to dispel this strange hallucination
by publicity, displayed this young imp
to the poorer classes. Upon this occas-
ion he made this short but characteristic
speech: "Be it known to Venice that l,
Aldus Manutius, printer to the Holy
Church and Doge, have this day made
public exposure of the Printers Devil
All those who think be is not flesh and
blood may come and pinch him"
Year: 1873

No MORE CATARRH.-Let any person
afflicted with catarrh in the head take
small quantity of alum, pulverize it, and
use as snuff, and guarantee that the dis
ease in its worst form viii succumb and
disappear in less than three months. /
have demonstrated in my own case that
this remedy is effectual as it is simple
For fifteen years labored under the dis
tressing effects of that dire disease, and
to-day | am perfectly free from it. Three
months have now elapsed since the ca
tarrh disappeared, and l have therefore
no hositancy in recommending it to all
who have catarrh.
Year: 1873

A MAN can give his neighbor promis-
sorry note moistened with fluid invented
lately by a French chemist, and in a
month afterwards the holder will have
nothing to show for itbut a little DUST
Ii this fact becomes generally known,
short credits will become the rule, in or
der that the borrower will come down
with the dust before his note does.
Year: 1873

A MAN in Camden attempted to leap
to the ground from garret window with
II parachute. His widow has no earthly
use for the parachute, and it will be traded
for good second handed gravestone with
the name of Smith OH it.
Year: 1873

In the United States Supreme Court yester-
day an opinion was given involving the
proper construction of late amendments to
the Constitution. 1t is reported in full on
our second page. We should hardly expect to
see questions affecting the relations of
the United States and the several
States arise from so remote cause.
But local quarrel among the
butchers of New Orleans has given occasion
for the determination of just such important
issues The Louisiana Legislature granted
certain exclusive rights and privileges 10 an
incorporated association known as the Cres-
cent City Live Stock Landing and Slaughter
house Company. The law granting these
rights compelled the dscOntinuance Of
all stock landings and the closing of
all slaughter-hOuses except those owned
or controlled by the Company. The
statute was denounced as creating an ex-
elusive and OdiOus monopoly. The butch
ers opposed to the Company carried the case
to the Supreme Court, denying that any ex-
elusive privilege can be conferred on any of
its citizens or corporations by the Legislature
of any State. 1t is further set up by the
butchers that the statute in question is vio-
lation Of the Constitution of the United States
in these several particulars


That it creates involuntary servitude forbidden by
the xIth Article of Amendment that it abridges the
privileges and immunites Of citizens OF the United
states that IL denies the plaintiffs the equal proee


On Of the laws that deprves them Of their property
without due OF law contrary to the provsons
of the first section of the XIvh Article Of Amendment


The opinion of the Court first dispOses Of the
question Of the right Of State Legislature TO
grant such exclusive privileges as may come
within the definition of the word monopoly.
1t is held that such right does exist in the
Legislature. The other questions are much
graver, and their calculation is of tire very
first importance. The opinion is elaborate, not
to say ornamental, and deserves gen
eral attention. The XllIth Amend
ment declared the personal freedom
of the human race within the Jurisdiction
Of this Government. The Supreme Court, con-
STRUNG the meaning of that portion of the
fundamental law, holds that the servitude
alluded TO in the Amendment IL strictly personal;
and that as the rights Of the ex-slayes in the
pursuit of life, liberty, and property
might be curtailed, the XVIII, Amend
ment became necessary. This Later adj
ditOn 10 the fundamental law defined
the citizenship of the United States.
Not only this /; the Court holds that the frat
clause of the XIvth Article defines also tho
citizenship of States. No such attempt has
ever before been made in the Constitution nor
by Congress. Ii is declared that Z" All persons
" born or naturalned IN the United States
"and subject 10 the Jurisdiction thereof
" are citizcns vi The U.uted States aud vi tuo