smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

To THR EDITOR TuE HERALD-


As you noted for your opposition TO unnecessary
hardship won't you please request His Honor the Mayor
to sign the payros OF the employees In the Finance
Department II is now the 18th Of the month and no
pay yet II may not be embarrassing 70 those who
receive large salaries but there are many In said de-
partment whose wages do not defray the expense OF
the commoncst necessares OF life aud such persons
are anNousy sought for by the landlord ana lne gro
Ger on the lst OF each month. You VIII oblige many
O your readers " successful ia prevailing upon our
worthy Mayor from the habit OF iniictng hard
ship those whose humble station does not secure
themselves or their amcs from feeling unmerited
and unnecessary pain Yours respectfully,


ONE or THE SMALL PAX CLUB.


DRcEnRRR 1b ls55
Year: 1875

Flaiuleney, Sluggish Digestion, want Of Tone aud
Activity in the stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after Eating, are sure to be relieved by single
dose taken after each meal. great want exists
for
Year: 1875

Whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change of water or Diet too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sudden changes OF temperature,
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
to a gallon of
Year: 1875

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
true Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice aro-
matics and genuine French brandy, and is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of Gin
ger before the publi5-all of which are prepared
with alcoho! by the old process,
Year: 1875

n n n WILL BE PAID for bottle of any
EInll other Extract Essence OF Jamaica
" UU Ginger if found to equal it in fine flavor
' purity, and prompt medicinal effect.
Largest, Cheapest and Best Take no other until
you have given it a trial.
Year: 1875

The French Academy has Of late had
presented to it some curious statistics in re-
lation to the tulject ofihe marriage of
blood relations. These have been large
y published to warn the people Of France
against the danger Of these marriages.
which are said to amount TO full two per
cent Of all the marriages in that country.
IL Lyons and Paris it has been ascertained
that while one c5ill born 10 ordinary wed.
lock may be deaf and dumb, the proper
ton Of children of blood relatives thus
afflicted is twenty-five per cent greater; in
Bordeaux il was thirty per cent. The
liability to this misfortune increases very
greatly. according TO the nearness of Tue
relationship. Gu the other hand it is a
remarkable fact as connected with the
marriage ofpersons who are deaf and doumh
but who are strangers in blood. that their
children are generally able to talk and
hear.
Year: 1875

A reporter of Baltimore thus decribes
one Of the many processes OF making shot
in one OF the sliot-towers OF that city:


One Of the secrets Of the manufactuTs y
the mixing OF the lead will: certain pro-
portion OF a combination OF mineral sub
stances called temper The temper Is
fused with the lend, and gives the molten
metal that consistency which makes II
drop, and without which the lead would
be moulded by the sieve, and would form
little pencils instead Of round shot When
BIB shot, flrinstance, are 10 be made,
the lead Is poured into pan perforated
with holes corresponding 10 that size.


Tile little pellets come pouring in a con-
tinuous shower, and falls intoa tank filed
with water on the ground floor. In their
descent Of two hundred feet they become
perfect spheres, firm and dense, and they
are tolerably cpol when they strike the
water, although the swift conclusions
make the tank foam and bubble as II the
water was boiling furiously. The shot
must fall Ia The water, for II they would
strike any firm substance they would 10
fiaitenel and knocked out OF shape 10
get the little pellets perfectly dry after
they have been IN the well, Is the most
difficult aud troublesome process Of the
whole manufac.nrc.


An elevator with small buckets, very
much like those used In -four mills carries
the shot up as flstas they reach The bot
tom Of tile well aud deposits them In
box sixty feet above tile first floor. The
water drips from the buckets as they go
up, and not much Is poured In the receiver
above, although il Is intended TO be sort
OF dripping machine. From this receiver
the shot runs down spout into drying
pan. which greatly resembles gigantic
shoe, made OF sheet iron. The pan rests
At Nh agle, which permits the wet shot q
roll slowly down 10 the chamber below,
aud the pellets become perfectly dry as
they pass over the warm sheet iron
Year: 1875

thus saving at least two hours in every
distribution. This new departure in
railway postal service willneccssitatc
an entire reorganization in tho
schemes of distribution, and the echief
officer here will be exceedingly occu
pied until October in getting ready
for this change.
Year: 1875

ance, full OF political advice for the gran
gers and expected to speak last night.
But the erangers felt so much averse to
his harangues, and his political manage
mcnt and schemiugs, that they snubbed
him emphatically by voting to occupy his
hour with secret business session.
Year: 1875

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL NOT
| Rust or crack ana COSTS only q triie more than
common iron pipe Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. have the exclusive agency
iar Rock Island. FRED HASS


Store IN Star Block.
Year: 1875

From Washing ton woman's Letter.l


The custom Of my own sex-inter-
changing kisses whenever they meet
has been so much ridiculed that it is
going out of fashion among refined
people. and is kept alive in the rural
districts, where railroad, telegraph and
newspaper facilities are unknown.
Year: 1875

-lohu III = popuid,i ,uue- times
greater than that of New York, and its
area five times greater. yet the expense OF
running the city OF New York during the
present year is estimated u exceed that of
London tor the same time by about 81.
500. 600. The debt of London is $32 per
head for each inhabi ant; that Of New
York. Sll3, or nearly four times as much
A man down east returned his news
paper to the printing Office, with jack ass
written on the margin, aud in the next is
sue the editor stated The fact. and wound
up the paragraph by asking viii our in
dignant subscriber please to let Us know
at what stable he can be foundr'
Year: 1875

| AN ATTORNEY EFFECTIVE ADVICE
If to serve client faithfully by the adop
ton of every means to advance his cause
in moral obligation, then Attorney
Stubbs, Of Selano, California, has got a
credit mark upon the books OF the Re
cording Angel A very bad case of pris'
oner, rcprobate known as Little Mil
ler, was convicted of forgery, notwith
standing the strenuous efforts of Stubbs
in his behalf, and was brought before the
Judge for sentence, When asked if he
had any thing to say, Little Miller y
did not remain silent He had a good
deal to say, and he said it, He wept like
child, and spoke as one who had erred
in moment of impulse, for which he
was to atone by years of contrition and
well doing. Every one in court was af-
fected, and the emotional sensation ex'
tended even to the Judge upon the bench.
Mr. Stubbs spoke of the physical weak.
ness of his client, and the prospect that
his life would be ruined by a long term
of Imprisonment. Then the Judge sen
fenced Miller for only one year. After


it was all over, Miller was questioned by
a fellow prisoner as to the cause of his
extraordinary grief. and the reply was :
"Stubbs told me to cry like son Of a
gun, and the Judge would be light on me,
and did Mr., Stubs is evidently a
great man
Year: 1875

A FATAL CIGAR III a gentleman mus
smoke, while riding with lady, he ought
to be careful not to let sparks from his
cigar fall upon the lady dress. A recent
fatal accident, in Winooski. is supposed
to have originated in this way. Two
young ladies were riding with friend
when one OF them remarked that her feet
were warm, aud shortly af,erward jumped
from the carriage aud ran down the road
with her clothing on fire. She was soon
overtaken by her companions, and the
flames we're subdued, but not Until both
of the ladies had hcen 50 badly burned
that on. Of them, Miss Mary Daily, has
since died, and the other one. Miss Hon
ora DAILY, is still confined to her bed. 1t
is supposed that the lady's dress was set
on fire by sparks from cigar, which the
gentleman had been smoking,
Year: 1875

MASHED BY FAILING PoRCH.--On Friday
night while Edward Brown, q colored boy,
was playing in a yard at the corner OF First
and Coots streets the porch attached to the
house gave way and crushed him. When
taken out his face was found 10 be very
badly cut and his body bruised. DR.. Peter
field Trent was called in and seWed up the
pashes and dressed his wounds.
Year: 1875

PgRsosAL.-som of the nearest friends OF
Colonel Joseph Mayo, Jr., late Treasurer OF
the State, believe that his condition has so
much improved as to justify the expectation
that in Short time he will be able to return
to Richmond and stand bis trial.
Year: 1875

four horse coach is likely 10 be run next spring De-
tween bennington and Stratford-onAvon II the
arrangements can be carried out Is proposed to run
il from the Regent Hotel bennington, through Welcs-
bourne four days a week Considering the almost un
eNampled scenery on this route the alluremens of
bennington and Stratford- Avon and the excellence
Of the roads there can be little DOUBT OF the coaeh not
only being financial success but also of its eventually
running daily The Regent is always so full that this
excellent hotel VIII be able TO ind all the passengers
the coach carry and good team starting rom and
arriving al its viii add not little 10 the at
fractions r the parade
Year: 1875

Is clear that the claimant Is not the 'owner OF
the'' captured ''property,n y having right 10 tne
proceeds thereof within the meaning oi uo
Captured or Abandoned Property act he owns
OF the cotton consigned 70 him nothing Dut
lien Tor his advances and expenses and ne Is,
therefore, not entitled to the entire proceeds OF
the sale OF the property. Ii Is said also that II
this be not the correct view then factor VINO
has made advances 10 rebels, no matter now
small may recover tue whole amount and the IN
tentlon OF the law may be thus wholly defeated.
IL Is further said that II this be not the c0rrect
view, then a factor may recover all that there
may be IN the treasury as proceeds, although the
government may have counter claim Wnlcn
would be valid as against the owner, ana thus de-
feat the claim OF the government.


Reversed.
Year: 1875

An unusually large number or persons, prlnci
pally children, have OF late applied at this Court
for permits TO Kill vicious dogs that had bitJen
them. Judge Kasmire, In speaking OF the matter
yesterday court SAID that IL was an outrage
that any cog should be allowed to be at large
without a muZZe. HIS Honor SAID It was his In.
tention to wriie TO tue Board Of Aldermen to call
Attention 10 tie evil.
Year: 1875

II n only through strong endeavor
That We gain the distant hight
It A only when day 10 ended ..
We win the repose Of night:
It II only when night dcclineth
That ws greet the morning light.
II 10 only after our toiling


That We long for peaceful rest;
Il y only by seeing sorrow


That We feel our life 10 bleat
II is only by careful seeking


That We learn which way 10 best.
II n snly through earnest searching


That We fnd the hidden prize:
= II is only through earnest praying


We learn the way 70 the sktes
It ~ only when life II ended


That Heaven will greet our eyes.
Year: 1875

for the purpose fifteen hundred cattle in
sail fa a.tening for the eastern market.
Th' SO cattle had been in these stalls
three months, and will be kept there
three months longer before they are
ready for market. They are fattened
almost entirely upon the slop from the
factory fed to them warm.


l am spending a few days pleasantly
with my daughter, whose husband is in
the wholesale and retail book and sta
tionery trade. expert to turn my face
toward Canton in few days. L. B.
Year: 1875

The Ohio Democrat had a rooster last
week over the election in New Philadel-
phia. It seems in that Republican
stronghold the regular radical ticket was
beaten for the first time since the oldest
inhahitantn knew the place.
Year: 1875

fishing their line OF steamers according TO the con-
structon claimed but they might embrace In the exer-
else OF their powers every port IN the known world
say that such power be exercised under the
meagre language used in the charter would be 10 st
tify the Legislature which granted the charter NO
such instance prohgac legislation can be found IN
the history Of our Legislature II Will be seen thas
there evidence that the corporation lntenueu 70
exercise any such power by the title which " assumed
the time Of its creation. II was constituted Douy
pany y III at the time, II had been contemplated
to establish line OF steamers involving capital of ten
times which necessary TO construct railroad
II was presume that the title would have ind
Gated IL, and that II would have been called ''The
Panama Railroad and Steam Navigation Company, y or
something OF that character IL cannot be denied but
that the main object OF the grant to construct
railroad the Isthmus OF Panama and that the
right pu rchase and navigate steam sailing vessels
might be proper and convenient 10 be used in
nection with the road, was merely incidental to that
grant This, under the circumstances, he claimed
giving natural and reasonable construction the Ian
guage used which, under the circumstances should
vail The peculiar language OF the grant will be found
strictly in harmony with the construction here given
10 the charter. He reviewed the charter at length
and then gave somewhat detailed history OF the legis
lation OF this State in the creation OF corporations for
navigating the ocean constructing railroads, showing
that they have been studiously careful to define with
as much particularly was possible the privileges and
powers which such corporations were 10 enjoy and
exercise. He then discussed the law as applicable to
the case, citing various decisions.


ExJudge Shipman made the concluding argument
He insisted that the suit not brought in good faith
that the plaintiff did not come into court with clean
hands, and that It altogether probable that his
shares bought for the purpose OF bringing SUIT
He contended that the question wholly of
struction OF the company's charter.


At the conclusion OF the argument Judge Donohue
took the papers, reserving HIS decision
Year: 1875

Officer James Reilly, Of the Fourteenth precinct
arrested catharine Bell in Spring street Sunday night
as a disorderly person. II appears that she going
through that and insulted by several loars
Unfortunately she replied TO them, and the officer
arrested her merely because shc had drawn around
her a crowd by repelling their insults. At the Tombs
Police Court the officer enough against her TO
warrant the Judge in holding her In $500 10 keep the
peace for six months and to stand committed until
that amount OF bail furnished. Judge Fammcr
was subsequently informed OF the woman rcspccta-
bility and unjust arrest and her discharge from
tody was ordered.
Year: 1875

THE State Leader of August 23d
says:


The Ottumwa COURIER publishes
Gov. Kirkwood's speech as II origin
ally appeared in the Register, giving
him credit for saying that he did moi
vote for the salary increase. Will the
COURIER correct and tell its readers
what, he did say?


In our issue of the same date of the
Leader from which we quote, we
made the correction. The Leader
should certainly give us time to learn
the error before we correct it, and not
by inference imply that we will not
note the correction. The correction
was made at the very first opportuni-
ity we had of doing so. The Leader
and its kindred charge that Mr..
kirkwood is salary grabber, be-
cause he supported the increase OF
salary bill passed in 1866, and took
his pay Hereunder, in accordance
with law. They make this charge, as
they well know, without a particle OF
foundation therefor. 1t falls from
their lips and pens stepped in deceit
and falsehoOd. The act of 1866 was
the fifth in the series of increase i'm the
salary of Congressman. II was not
opposed by the people; it was

never found fault with; in fact, it was
indorsed, so far as the acts of Con.
gress are usually indorsed. II was
not passed amid the very closing
hours Of Congress, as was the last
act, against which the people had
spoken in thunder tones fol
months. The last act was, in effect
an act of majority of Congress, in
which the Democrats were deeper in
the mire than anybody else, done in
spite Of the peoples protest, done as
if in contempt of public expression
and at a period when times were hard
and the country felt that economy
was necessary. Ii is simply dishOn'
esty in the Leader and its kindred IN
applying the recently coined appro.
brions epithet to suit another ease
Of salary grabber, TO Klrkwood. This
the Leader knows full well. WHY, II
we were to go back through all thc
legislation of Congress touching i'm.
crease of salary, and apply the rule by
which the Leader judges Kirkwood
we should convict of salary grabbing
some of the most famous and honor.
able statesmen of almost every de.
cade IN the history Of the nation. This
matter is too silly and trifiing to
dwell upon. Making the charge would
shame men Of less brass than white.
washed rebels. If it shall afford Dem.
ocratic journals in their extremity
with something to clatter about, it i,
just as harmless as anything, perhaps
and will not add to their own injury
probably, as If not this, they would
be vending bigger falsehood, if pos
ible.
Year: 1875

SANiioNs NcD., aug %Su, 1910.
EDrToRs COURIER, Gents Onr har-
vest is at last over. and although it has
been long tedious one, it has been
one that bids fair to amply reward us
for our labors in trying to prescrve It.
Owing to there being so much rain
during the harvest season great deal
Of grain has been damaged, and some
entirely lost; still there is enough left
for homo consumption with surplus
for shipment. All small grain did
well, and our corn cannot be beat in
any country. 1t is variously estima-
ted at from sixty to ninety bushels per
acre. and potatoes are simply splendid (;
but is is thought that they will not
bring anything this fall, owing to the
fact that they are 30 plenty that they
will not command any price. All other
vegetables are tho same, such as mol
Ions, pumpkins, rquashee, SC. Ne
braskA cannot be looked upon as be-
ing a hard country to make living in,
but with all our boasted abundance we
cannot come up with some of our Kan
sas friends in blowing, but We prefer
to let our country do its own blowing.
We do not claim TO have forty bushels
of wheat to the acre, but claim to have
q fair crop, and will lot the statietics
show who is ahead.


With our super-abundanc OF every
thing else, We have also the usual
amount of candidates for office, all
willing TO sacrifice themselves for the
good Of the people, especially is this
the case with the aspirants 10 the Office
of County Commissioner and Treas
urer.


Isee by the COURIER that old Wapel-
10 has done herself credit as usual in
getting out good Republican ticket,
and hope none of them will be com.
PEELED to take trip up that river that
boasts such briny name. am sorry
to see the name Of my old friend Billy
Caldwell left out, but presume that a
good man has been chosen in his stead.
l am not acquainted with the gentle-
man, but will say that il he makes a.
good an Auditor as Billy did, he will
do--that's all.


l am pleased to see that my old
friend G. A. Derby is still alive and
doing well, although we are not far
apart, yet we do not see each other,
but yet it is pleasant to know that
such men as Derby are around, and
will venture the remark that should
the Republicans of Seward county
honor him with any position they
would never havc cause to regret il.


Hoping that the COURIER may never
fail in its ever-welcome weekly visits
to our domicil, and that it and all
others OF its iik may prosper, am
truly you're, j. II. SPRINGER.
Year: 1875

SAN Francisco, Aug. 26.-The gen.
eral feeling about town tonight is
rather blue. The cashier of the Ma
tional Gold Bank stated this evening
that the Bank would open in the NOR
ming but might have to suspend during
the day. The bank paid ont all its
gold and good deal of silver. If it
can make arrangements for coin it may
be able TO ride over tomorrow. A
meeting of Bank Presidents is called
this evening to concert measures of re-
lief. The Board of Brokers have also
called meeting.
Year: 1875

CONSCIENCE AS AN AvENGER.-Co


science is an avenger. 1t stands ready
at its post ready 10 vindicate the majesty
of broken law it rebukes sin with stern
voice, and passes it sentence on the trans
gressor; it is mans best friend or his
dreadful enemy. There is torture Of
regret felt for evil deeds, neglected duties,
corrupted minds, and wasted lives, which
in depth and keenness, surpasses all otner
suffering. 1t haunts man everywhere.
Ut is fame kindled in his soul which
inwardly torments and consumes him


1t is an eternal fact that he cannot reject
the guardian care Of conscience, or escape
The pain of the avenging lash. 1t is a
gnawiGg worm which secretlypreys upon
his yitals. Though its aveuging point
may not be felt at once, and though we
may sin and seem to prosper, and absorbed
in the engrossing excitement Of the world
despse demands upon Us until we think
we have conquered conscience, it will
come and have It's debt Of US, and il will
claim Its prerogative; 1t will rake over
the ashes of our Indifference and rekindio
the extinguished fire. In some season OF
thougbtfulness, in some day of disap-
pointment, when our vanity and pride
are thrown down; in some restless hour
when sleep flies from the pillow, when
gain and ambition must fail to satisfy the
heart, that outraged friend will rise up
aId do its Office and lift its avenging hand.
Year: 1875

A BosToN drummer, walking along
one Of the streets Of Houston, Texas
reached under his coat tails for his hand
kerchief, and was enabled to keep his
hand in that position until he reached his
hotel, as every other man he met drew a
bead on him with navy revolver ana
threatened TO send him hellward If he
ventured to "pull that ere pop"
Year: 1875

UNDEcEIvED HIM.-A Lehigh quarry
man dream ed that his wife was a boulder,
and hurled her from the bed. He scarcely
changed his mind, it is presumed, when
he awoke, for the item states that she
battered him worse than the fragments OF
a blasting explosion could have done Or
dinariy.
Year: 1875

A MONTGOMERY, Alabama, paper
SAYS that there is a merchant in that place
who has goods on his shelves that was
bought in New York in 1865. lie never
advertised in his life, and prefers keeping
his goods to seeing his name in print.
Year: 1875

"OH, that this too solid flesh would
melt, thaw and resolve itself into hash ~
as the man said the other morning, while
vainly endeavo,ing to chew piece Of
cheap restaurant beef-steak.
Year: 1875

fairs, together with constant fight with want, having embittered her life and per haps made her insane. General Cobb will probably recover, though his wound was at first thought to be mortal. General Cobb has been very successful in his large practice in California, though, when he went out there he was worse than pen- Hess. One day. soon after he arrived in San Francisco, he went up to Sacramento and entered court room while case was being tried. He got into conversation with the plaintiff, who finally engaged him to aid in the suit. It was an import ant one, and he was so successful in 1t that his client gave him fee of S3O, GOO. This was the turning of the tide, and it brought him both fame and money.