smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Almost every one has different rem
edy for this most common but none the
less distressing complaint. And the
truth is, that very few of them have any
effect at all, while some OF them only
aggrsyate the case. The best and safest
way for the sufferer is to let himself
alone till the gastric or nervous depres-
sions which have produced it have SUBJ
sided, when sleep generally comes to the
aid of exhausted nature and perfects the
cure. The British Medical Journal, in
treating of this subject, says the only
remedies which are of any avail are
those which act on the nervous system,


such as hot tea or coffee, or, after the
most violent symptoms have passed of,


little wine or ammonia. The bromide
of potassium is also highly recommend
ed after the nausea subsidies. While
this exists, it is of no avail. The writer
also thinks that tea and coffee used in
excess constantly, although they may
relieve headache, may also predispose
to the difficulty; and he cites instances
of several patients, who, by giving up
the use of these beverages, became
cured of chronic or frequent head
aches. s--.-'1 - - as
Year: 1873

policy General Grant adopted the idea sub
mitted by the Herald last summer. of the
ultimate settlement of all our surviving red
men in the Indian Territory and their pro-
lection In that land Of prolaise under a Ierri.
torial government


fiattering exhibit OF tho sales of and set
Elements and reserves ON the public lands is
Bureau and Bureau of Education. An extra
census for 1876 is recommended, and liberal
appropriations tor improvements in the city
OF Washington. Of which city, he says. from
being most unsightly place three years ago.
disagreeable to pass through in summer, in
consequence of the dust arising from the un-
paved streets, and almost impossible IN the
winter from the mud, il is now one Of the
most slightly cities in the country, and
can boast of being the best paved"
Call you this small compliment
TO the Governorp On civil service
reform, the President still needs some assist
ance from lawyers, which, tits to be hoped, win
be given. In connection with the admission
of Colorado, he recommends canal for pur-
poses OF irrigation, from the eastern slope Of
the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River,
and grant Of public lands to aid in its con-
struction. This subject OF irrigation is one Of
vital importance TO all the States and Terrific
ries from the great Plains to California: but
whether the government should go into this
business or leave il to the States and Terrific
ries directly concerned, is the question first
entitled to consideration.


The Message closes with recommendation
of general amnesty and law to secure his
civil rights to the enfranchised slave. Thus,
the way being indicated, it is probable that
Mr. Summers Civil Rights bill and the
old House bill for general amnesty,
OF the Southern white man and black
man, arm in arm, will pass through
the two houses. The Message WAS
evidently written simply for the purpose
or presenting, as briefly as deemed pos
sible, the acts of the administration during
the past year and the Legislative measures
which the Executive thinks necessary or
expedient upon our foreign and domestic
affairs for the general welfare; and having
thus discharged his duty, with his mind re-
heyed, he leaves the work suggested to the
consideration and the discretion of Congress-
Year: 1873

most of the plans yet suggested look only to
initiation on the one hand or to compelling the
government TO pay interest on its own cur
rency whom not in use, and add that his
plan. if anything, is nothing more than the
support Of the monopoly known as the
national banking system.


All tho public documents submitted to Con-
gress yesterday-the report Of the Comptroller
Of the Currency, the Secretary Of the Treas
ury's report and the Presidents Message
look to the support Of the national banks
Instead of sweeping the system out OF exist
enos the officials at Washington would foster
and sustain it. The President, while prohibit
ing the payment Of interest on deposits, would
give the banks additional facilities Of circula-
ton. His recommendations are only for the
banks and not for the people. They tail to
reach the seat Of the disease and practically
are mere plaitudes which would be hurtful in
application. But the President has done well
in opposing imitation. If he had only gone Il
little further aad favored making the national
currency TO consist only Of legal tender notes,
sweeping away those dangerous institutions,
the banks, ha would have done what the busi-
ness interests of the country require. He
almost did it in suggesting to the considera-
ton OF Congress whether it would not be well
that banking should be free. Only another
word was necessary to make General Grant the
champion of the true financial policy Of the
government.
Year: 1873

A SINGULAR OMISSION For the first time
in the ''history Of this celebrated Republic"
(as the late lamented President Harrison
would say the annual message of General
Grant sent to Congress yesterday contains no
allusion to Divine Providence. What will the
pious people say?
Year: 1873

DESCRIPTIVE ALPHABETICAL LIST or THE
LOST AND SAVED passengers of the ill-fated
Vile du Havre will be found in another col
umn OF the Herald, forming complete ref
erence for those who may have had friends on
board
Year: 1873

which Spain interprets In accordance w1rn ner
own views The protocol is, therefore, a cow
ardly retreat on the part Of our government
from its first position and degrading snr-
render Of our national honor.


We should deeply regret to find this shau,e-
full protocol endorsed by President Grant as
honorable to both nations If his Message
did not bear evidence that he has not found
time, in the pressure of his other duties. I'd
read the instrument understandin9ly, and that
he has been grossly misinformed as to its COR
tents and meaning The President states that
the Spanish government 'shas arranged for
the immediate delivery Of the vessel and for
the surrender OF the survivors of the passen-
gers and crew, and for salute to the flag,
and for proceedings looking to the punish
ment Of those who may be proved to have
been guilty of illegal acts Of violence towards
citizens of the United States, and also towards
indemnifying those who may be shown to be-
entitled to indemnity" A perusal of the pro-
tocol will show the President that his state
ment OF its conditions is incorrect He may
not be we'll versed in diplomatic chicanery.





protocol does not warrant the recaptulation OF
the terms of settlement made in his Message.
When he understands that Mr.. Fish has vir.
tually abandoned all the conditions demanded
by our government with the exception Of the
surrender OF the ship and the surviving cap
tives he will probably denounce the protocol
as warmly as he now endorses its supposed
provisions, and will unite with the HERALD In
exhorting the Senate to save US from the dis
honor of its ratification.


Meanwhile we commend to the attention OF
the President, the Senate, the Secretary of
State and Admiral Polo the special dispatches
of the HERALD correspondents at Havana and
Santiago de Cuba published to-day. From
these dispatches the administration and tho
Spanish official will understand the spirit that
actuates the Spanish-Cuban outlaws and the
character of the people with whom we are
asked to make disgraceful compromise. Is
it probable that we can hive in the future in
peaceful neighborhcod with such community,
even if we should yield our national honor for
the sake of hollow truce? 1t would be-
singular if to the insubordination and ferocity
of these bloodthirsty spirits of the Casino
Espanol we should owe our escape from
national dishonor; but even if the fierce oppo-
sion of the Spanish -Cubans to the proposed
settlement should turn out to be nothing more
than frothy exhibition of their chancteristic
bluster it should at least open the eyes Of the
Senate of the United States to the necessity Of
better guarantees for the future than are 70 be-
found in the terms Of surrender signed by the
Timber diplomatic at the head of our Stats
Department.
Year: 1873

And many of them that sleep la ths dust o1 the earth shtil awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame ard everlasting contempt

 And they that be wise shall shine as the bright ss of the Armament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. - Daniel xii 2 3 ..
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the New York
World at St. Johns, newfoundland,
writes


Since my Last communication re-
garding the appearance of the devil
fish in our waters, | have been able to
make more careful inquiries and as
certain some additional particulars :
garding this monster of the deep.
These inquiries have resulted in con-
frning all my former statements, and
in proving this wonderful fish was
even more extraordinary and of larger
Dimensions than [ at first supposed.


Tne fishermen who saw the creature
in broad day, and were close to it and
examined it before it gave any signs {
life, or alarmed them by its movemoa
declare positively that its. length was
not less than sixty feet and its d.
ameter five feet, while its tail was fu'
~ ten feet across. Its beak they d.
scribe as beipg "the size of six gallon
keg.' With its formidable weapon it
struck the boat violently and then
commenced winding its arms around it,
! Alarmed by these movements the fish
( elmen sejzee! his ak and cut of two
arms which were around the bost
One Of these arms was thirty inches in
thickness, but the portion amnutated
was not more than six feet in length.
This arm has, unfortunately, been lost,
the fishermen having thrown it, away.
The longer arm, which | described in
my last, they brought to St. Johns,
but not before six feet of it were de-
stroyed. The portion now immersed
ip spirits and preserved in our museum
is nineteen feet in length, and the men
say they left ten feet at least behind,
attached to the BODY Of the fish, so
that its original length must have been
thirty five feet This cosroborates
their account of the size of the body,
for only large body could work such
enormous arms. Moreover, euttle-fs
almost as large have been more than
once cast upon our shores. Two win
ters ago cutie forty seven feet long
came ashore dead, on our southern
shore. | anu in hopes Of getting at
least the head of one of these immense
fish, but to preserve the body would
| be no easy task. 1t is curious to find
that these giants of their race are oi
the same shape as the common squid
which is also a cutie and serves as
bait for our fishermen, have the same
number of arms, and move backward
and forward the same way through the
water The squid is but seven OF
eight inches IN length, and can use lts
arms as feet, walking on them with its
head down at the bottom Of the sea
By ejecting the water with great force
from a tube near its head it can move
backward with astonishing rapiditJ
through the water by the reaction O
the surrounding medium.
Year: 1873

WHAT THE PRESIDENT SABA
Washington special reports the Presi-
dent as having expressed himself as
follows, during an interview with
prominent Senator:


When the Government fills every
preparation for the aggressive or de-
fensive policy, fits out its navy, does
everything to make the army effective,
up to the limit of calling tor troops,
you can put what construction you
please upon such activity. If we are
to judge Of such movements as civil
ians, should say they were war-like.
[ do not remember Of anything Of the
kind having been done in this country
which was not preface to peace or
satisfactson for our offended honor. So
far as [ know, [ believe our history
sustains me in this assertion. IF my
message to Congress does not convey
this idea, it will be because I forget the
words in which to express it.
Year: 1873

A reporter Of the HERALD called upon Senator
Conkling yesterday, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Senator dwells In paror No. Al, and received
the reporter with great promptitude. In the room
at the time were Congressman Tremain and two
other gentlemen, all discussing the plans OF the
coming Congress.


Senator Conkllng and the reporter had but
short conversation, as from the first the Senator
disclaimed all idea OF giving his private views on
the present status OF American HiSpano adairs
He said


ain view Of the fact that within few days
Congress will meet and the President in his
Message Will revert to the present condition OF
affairs as regards the Cuban diniculty, should
consider 1t presumption on my part to forestall
this action by giving publicity to my own private
views. Indeed my opinions on the subject nave
already been SO often ventilated to the world
through the medium OF the HERALD that it would
almost be useless for myself to speak further on
the subject have decided opinions, but prefer
not to state them now. When the proper time
comes and the matter Is brought up IN Congress
shall express myself 1ullyn


"You are not willing then Senator" said the
reporter. ITO commit yourself in any manner upon


.'No,not without explaining my action 80 at length
that 1t would take more space than you could
afford and more time than could give to the sub
ject and Tor the reasons stated 1t Is better should
say nothing. 1t would be no ndscretlon on my
part to say, however, that all the documents re-
lating TO tnis subject, without exception, VIII De
placed before Congress when the time comes
There will be no attempt to keep anything back
and much Will appear before the pubic then which
1t would De nnwise to publish to the world just
at present, besides which courtesy demands that
these documents should he laid before the Con-
gress before they are made public in any other
manner. This is another reason why should
abstain from speaking my mind on the subject. l
have doubt this will be the first matter brought
before Congress-, and all will depend upon its
action. Therefore you will excuse my not going
further in the matter.n


REPoRrER-There was a report published, that
you declined the Chief Justceship. ls this so
Senator CONFERENCE.-The is subject upon which
prefer saying nothing at all.


Here the Interview terminated.
Year: 1873

NUVs
The advocates OF peace met to-day In Lincoln
Hall, and resolved against recourse on the part OF
the United States to arms In retaliation OF the
insults offered by Spain.


The meeting also took up the question OF labor
reform. One speaker boldly declaring that II the
worst comes to the worst want will know no law.
Year: 1873

Collector OF the Port Of Chicago and erstwhile rep
resentative Of the United States in Europe, once
party leader and now holding the fattest Office In
the GIFT Of the government in the whole North
west.--


''Mr. Judd, what do You think OF the present
complications with Spainr'


The reticence which Is characteristic OF Official
dom closed Mr.. Judd's lips, and all the Information
that he would vOuchsae was that "he believed the
occurrence OF war would be to the benefit OF the
republican parry as an organization. The greater
question would sink all minor ones.n


A call was then made on
Year: 1873

The crumply horn is good indication |;
full eve another. Her head should bo
small and short. Avoid the Roman nose |;
this indicates thin milk, and but little of
it. See that she is dished in the face
sunk between the eyes. Notice that sha
is what stock men call a good handler
skin soft and loose, like the skin on the
dog. Deep from the loin to the udder,
and very slim tail. A COW witb tBSss
marks never fails to be d good mixer.
Year: 1873

We are informed on good authority Of
an extraordinary case that occurred in
Rish Valley, in this county. \ few days
ago, gentleman lost COW which was
heavy with calf, and the next-some six
teen hours after her death--a calf was
taken from her and is now alive, and is
apparently as active as any other This
is certainly departure from the laws Of
nature, but VIC presume that none Of our
readers who can believe the recital publish
ed in tO-days paper of tEs trf4fn5ifeer of a
dead mans brain to living subject will
doubt that living calf could be taken
from dead COW. Anyway, the stsry
comes to US vouehed for by a practicing
pbysician.--Ma1on Herald.
Year: 1873

The world moves. It is not so respects
able as it was. few years ago to be a
rascal. People are learning the lesson
that clean hands are desirabls, both for
personal comfort Ind pleasant social inter-
course. They really seem to be learning
that purity pays, and that personal honor
and incOrruptiblencss are a good invest
ment. Rogues and rings are having q
tough time Of it, and it is their own fault
# the young and ambitious men who are
now coming upon the stage of action do
not learn to place so high a price upon
themselves that neither wealth nor power
can buy them. The rascalities of New
York Ring are all exposed, and the mem.
bers of that Ring have either run away,
or are staggering before public opinion
and the law, dsgraced and degraded men.
Bribery in Congress stands exposed and
rebuked, while names thss we're pure
have rec eived tarnish that can never be
polished away. Men who have held their
heads high in the nation, bow those heads
in shame over hands which are soiled be-
yond cleansing. We call no names, but.
scattered up and down the land, great re-
putations lie in runs. Men who had
wealth which they stole, and men who had
positions which bought, and men who
used their public Office to push their
private schemes, are thrown high and Cry
out of influence, and lie all exposed upon
the rocks of disgrace, where they are sure
to rot or 60 to pieces.


If the young politicians of the country
will learn the lesson that the facts which
we have recounted are so we'll calculated
to teach. better times for the country lie
in the future. pctsonal advantage is a
mean motive to appeal to, where so vital
aquestion as personal purity is concerned,
but, as there is mo danger to morals from
any other appeal, it is well to meet temp.
tation on its own ground and fight it with
its own weapons. The lsssoh If the recent
exposures is really needed by none but
those who fancy that they can compass
thei. ends best by bass means; and if
these shall learn from it that, in the long
run, nothing pays so well in wealth and
power and safety and comfort as virtue,
they will learn that which will be Of in.
calculable benefit to them and to the
country. No money was ever xch BY
treachery to trust that did not harm the
winner. No power ever achieved by bri.
berry or retained by falsehood that did not
scorch the palm of him who held it. The
consciousness of ill.desert, the loss of self,
respect, the fear of exposure and the self.
commitment to life, of deception, which
60 alWayswith possessions unworthily won,
are poison in the blood, and the exposure,
sooner or later. is. as sure to come as
dsath.-Scribner for april.
Year: 1873

There are mary fruits which never turn
sweet until the frost has lain upon them,
There are many nuts that never fall from
the boughs of the forest trees till the
frost has opened aud ripened them. And
there are many elements Of life that never
grow sweet and beautiful until sorrow


touches them.
Year: 1873

A Coon FRENcH IDEA.-The milk
cans in which milk is conveyed over the
railways Of France are made Of similar
shape to ours, but the lids are so arranged
that BY turning screw they can be forced
down on the milk, aud thus prevent all
motion. The cans are wrapped in wooden
cloths and these are wet from time TO
time is they may need it. The evapora-
'tion Of the moisture keeps down the tenn
perature of the milk, and no difficulty is
experienced in carrying it long distance,
even in warm weather.
Year: 1873

LARGE END DowE.--In packing eggs
for transportation, always place the large
end down. The large end Of every egg
contains an air-bubble, and If packed
small end down, this bubble viii expand,
and in a short time will destroy the vital
ity Of the egg. ANY position but the one
We have recommended win increase the
size Of this air bubble, and will have
tendency to separate the membraneous
lining from the shell.
Year: 1873

A writer in the R,tral Ne,c Yorker
says Now, do not believe in any Of
the old-time nonsense Of sowing grass seed
or clover with oats, rye or wheat, Just be
cause somebody said it was the best way.
If man wants ield seeded with timo-
thy, SOW that and nothing else; and the
same way with any other kind Of grass, or
even clover, for any Of them win grow far
better alone than when crowded, shaded,
or the soil about the roots robbed Of its
moisture by some coarse, rank growing
grain. OF course on rich, moist soils, a
man may seed down with grain and there
by save one season but it is poor policy
to follow this system on old, nearly worn
out soils, even if our fathers and grand
fathers always did so. Then again it Is
folly TO mix clover and timothy together
in the same field, for they are never both
in the proper condition for cutting at the
same time, and little musty, over-ripe
clover mixed in with the hay, adds moth
ing to its value. By keeping both sepa-
rate each can be cut when in the best
condition for hay and this rule will hold
good with all kinds of forage plants.
Year: 1873

1t is sincerely to be hoped that Judge Pierre
pont will not decline the Russian mission
which has been rendered him by the Presi-
dent He is gentleman of good abilities and
unblemisbed character, and will transact in
creditable manner any diplomatic business
which may come before him at ST. Petersburg.
But there are still stronger negative reasons
for rejoicing over his appointment. 1t is
much better than we had any right
to expect Before Mr.. Orr was dressed
for his funeral, we were informed from Wash
ington that the selection would be made from
among four politicians out OF place-Mr. Bing-
ham, Mr. Settle, Mr.. Pool, and Mr.. Nye. 1t
seemed matter Of course that if a mission
fell vacant it must be given to Congressman
whose district was tired of him. This has
been the rule from the foundation of the Gov
ernment down to this hour. Silas Deane
was sent to France after losing his
place in the Continental Congress, and the
appointment did him no more good than 1t
has done to dozens like him since. The dis
placed Congressman asks for mission be-
cause the time spent in politics has united
him for any other labor. He cannot dig-tO
beg he is not ashamed, and so he makes him
self unpleasant about the State Department
and the White House, worrying for commits
sion as Envoy to q country Of which he
knows nothing, to discharge duties of which
he knows less, and to mingle in life of
which he knows least of all. 1t is not a kind
ness to appoint him. 1t may break his fall to
private life to be exiled at Government ex-
pense for year OF two, but he usually finds
it more expensive to him than to the Govern
ment The salary which appears so princely
TO country lawyer or merchant, dimiuishes
TO less than bare subsistence in European
capital. The life which appears blissful to
ignorance becomes dull and irksome TO ex-
perience. The man who was always q person
of weight and consequence at home, whose
every word was listened to and respectfully
recorded, finds himself cipher In this new
and ill-ftting career, where the language, the
habits and even tho thoughts of his colleagues
are alike strange and alien to him.


This is the case even among aspirants of
the highly respectable class to which Mr.


Bingham belongs. He is capable of good and
efficient work in almost every career which he
might attempt, excepting only the one he is
now striving to enter. In this every good
quality he has would be utterly wasted,
every defect exaggerated and brought
out into bold relief. And if this
be true of man of such real worth
as his, what can be said of the
absurd and DreDOsterous pretensions Of Settle