smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

was perfectly subdued, and was victor
| looked. 1t lay wrong side up i'll my
hand. | turned it over


steadily, unwaverngly triumphant it
gave back my cowardly gaze. it did not
seem to leer or grin-l suppose glass eyes
never do-but it met me firmly on my
own ground and what it might do next
had no means of knowing. shrank and
shivered, but-'Ir would never do to give
it up So With one last, spasmodic effort
| dashed the crystal abornination down
upon the marble hearth, and placed my
heel upon it. Then | whirled around.
darted out of the house with a mad, cxul-
tant horror in my heart, and at the door |
met a boy with a telegram.


''He asked if that was Mr.. brisbane 5
house, ard said he wanted to see Mrs.
brisbane | saw him ring the bell that
would summon servant, and knew Mrs.
F. would not be long in making her APP
pearance. With the calmness of despair
returned to the library, drank off that cup
of coffee Git was cold by this tme) at a
single draught jammed the cork back in
to that empty wine-bottle, and hid it away
in corner behind bookcase. hen
ground those shattered fragments Of glass
to an impalpable powder, gathered them
carefully by aid of a thin paper-cutter,
wrapped them in paper, aud put the whole
in my yest-poeket


IL had just completed these arrange
ments when Mrs. + entered the room,
She was 4 large woman, with much de-
cision about her lii one hand she carried
a small silver box. She appeared anx-
ious and somewhat eNcited, She was eyi-
IDENTITY searching for something but was so
busy with my writing that | could not
give her much attention. Whichever way
turned | saw the ghost of that glass eye
gazing ut me, but cont think she saw
it.


"When brisbane came home there was
a merry row in that house. No man ever
had fuller catalogue Of cuss-words than
he, and he used them al on that occasion.
All boys you do not know the true depths
of trauscendental sorrow if you have new
er been haunted by glass eye"


And here the quizzical rogue sighed
deeply, drained the last drops from his
beryl-tinted glass, and set it down as care
fully as though somewhere under its shin
ing rim that shadowy eye was lurking.
Then lie took pull at his pipe, and grew
cynical and paragraphical, as was his
wont
Year: 1876

Now set out Centennial tree. Set
one out. Don't fail. Ifyou have no tree
buy one. If you have no money, borrow
it. 1t makes no difference what sort OF a
tree If you have no land, set it out in
the street. Show your grit. 1t the police
tell them it is a centennial tree
and if they haul it down shoot 'em on the
spot. Think of James Hillhouse and his
elms Think Of G. Washington and his
choke cherry tree. Think of Locke and his
moon oaks. Think of Newton and his
apple tree. Think OF the phoenix and its
ash. Think of Milton and his birch. Set
out tree, and future generations coming
home late at night, and leaning against
that tree to "git their bearin's' will rise
up and call you blessed. New York
Graphic,
Year: 1876

Dr. Hull, the well-knOWn pomOlOgist of
Alton, H.. spoke as follows at the annual
meeting Of the American Pomological So
ciety:


II have seen great revolutions in fruit
growing, having been Il resident OF Hi
nois twenty-niMe years. At first it was
declared that no cultivated fruits could be
grown in the middle and northern parts Of
the State But was determined to grow
the finest fruit or none, and have sue
ceeded. ! commenced root-pruning rs an
experiment TO produce fruits on rapid
growing trees that did not bear, not ex-
pecting it would do to continue it any
length OF time but 10 my surprise the
trees that We're severely root-pruned not
only bore the most and best fruits, but
they continued the most healthy, and stood
the severe winter the best. From this fact
| studied out the needs of the tree, and
have found ont that all trees and plants
store up each year certain amount OF
food for specific purpose alone. Now
we can direct the forces of any tree that
it viii store up food fer fruit production,
instead of wood production, il we wish,
and not iniure the tree thereby Some
trees on favorable soil will do this, while
other varieties and other soils tend TO
wood growth production; in such cases
they are so taxed to force the sap to the
ends OF the long roots that they have not
time after making root growth to return


the sap to the buds and form fruit buds
In such cases if the root prlner be used
in July, the roots are Shortened the sap


finds Its way to the en.ls of the roots,
completes the root growth the tree then
forms fruit buds and ripens up all growth
before winter sets in, AMI is thus enabled
to stand the winter uninjured, and you get
Il crop OF fruit from every tree that you
wish. | have never known this to fail
when tried in July. and trees Of any age
may be forced TO bear fruit if desired; but
a ludicious system Of thinning out all
sprouts and diseased branches is equally
necessary. By this system, blight in a
great measure is prevented, and trees are
kept healthy.
Year: 1876

Every State in the Union, every city, town
and hamlet will be in a fever heat to-day.
The poor District alone will remain quiet
until nightfall draws on and the laconic dis
patches begin to be posted up in front of the
Offices. Arrangements have been made in
several places in the city for the reception and
announcement of news.


Returns will be announced from the Office
of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN by means Of q
sciopticon, in the same manner that news
from the October election was written in
letters of light.


The Tilden and Hendricks Reform Club
will receive and announce the news at their
club rooms, 4S2 Seventh street northwest.


The jackson Democratic Association will
receive news at their headquarters during the
early part of the evening, but will probably
adjourn early.


The members of the Garrick Club will re-
ceiye election returns to night in their hand
some club rooms, 463-465 Pennsylvania ave-
rue. A private wire was stretched to the
rooms to-day, and special operator will re-
ceive the returns. The club is unanimously
for having good times and easy times, and to
have the news flashed right into their parlors
will be quite an improvement to the popular
style of crpwdipg Unfortunately around
telegraph bulletin, where man cannot pick
his company.


Manager Rogers has perfected arrangements
so that the returns as they are received will be
announced from the stage at the Comique.


In addition to these places the latest news
will be posted in front of the main telegraph
offices, and the vicinity of Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue will be one of the
hyeliest in the United States.


Election returns will also be received at
Geo. W. Drivers, corner of Four-and-a-half
street and PENNSYLVANIA ayepue and shown at
night by calcium light.


NJ. Geary, of the Coliseum billiard-room,
corner of Sixth and c streets, with his usual
enterprise, has determined to give his patrons
the latest returns from New York from pri-
vate source, and any one wishing to know the
result In that city accurately will do well to
pay him q visit this evening.
Year: 1876

A meeting was called last night of the DEM
ocrats Of the Fourth ward, at st. Joseph's
hall, corner of Fifth and Il streets northwest.
The call was responded to by some of the
faithful, but their spirits Jagged and their
faith was weak as they were not fully assured
that their ticket would carry off the laurels in
the Presidential contest. An effort was made
to raise the necessary funds to procure the
hall for the occasion, but the response fell
short and no meeting was held. Mr.. Joseph
Shilling, unwilling to let an opportunity go by
which could be used to strengthen the cause
of Tildenism, mounted a porch near by and
squared himself for speech. His remarks


were short and probably his speech had its
the bystanders. Several of the company met
in neighboring beer saloon after the exer-
cises on the corner, where consolation was
had in raising spirits which coon went down.
Year: 1876

The judges of the Centennial commission
have made the following report in the case of
Isaac Alexander, of No. 1929 Pennsylvania
avenue, of this city, on improved frames for
eye glasses: Commended for simplicity and
originality in the expedient employed to adjust
the position Of the lenses Of the eye glasses to
the eyes of the wearer. An elastic spring is
attached to- the frame of each lens, and is
adjustable TO the most suitable position by
means of q small set screw"
Year: 1876

About O'Clock last evening a couple of
colored people attempted to cross Fifth street
just as one of the F-street cars was turning
Into 1t from d street. The driver called to
them to take care, but they were too intent
on their conversation to hear his voice or
notice the approach Of the car. Before the
break could be applied the horse struck the
man on bis shoulder, spinning him around
and he finally fell upon the back Of his head just
within the rail. A powerful application of the
break stopped the car suddenly, pitching the
passengers forward, and in bare time TO save
the mans neck, which was already under the
platform and in close proximity to the wheel.
The man was drawn out without having been
injured, but having suffered terrible fright.
Had the occurrence taken place on a straight
track, with the rails wet as they were, the
man must have been killed, for without the
friction of the curve the car could not have
been stopped in time. The driver was not to
blame, as he did not anticipate that the people
would step directly into so dangerous posi-
tiOn
Year: 1876

A countryman, who was arrested in New
York for intoxication, was. asked BY the pre-
siding magistrate at the Police Court what he
had to say for himself. He replied that his
visit to Gotham would have been Incomplete
unless It included visit to the police station.
Year: 1876

ed, he would not be q candidate for re-elec-
ton. Mr. T11DEN, in his letter Of accept
ance, while declining to make any q self-im-
| posed restrictions" declared that the re-elec-
ton Of q President should be prohibited BY
constitutional provision. Here, then, are the
two candidates at the recent election both
testifying to the fatal effects Of having more


than one term for each President.


The country Inns just passed through


most intense and extraordinary excitement


over the choice of President. For sl1 sue


cessive months it has engrossed the public


mind. It has led to al manner OF ezeesses.


It has led to the expenditure Of millions OF


dollars to corrupt and debauch the public
morals. It has flooded tho country with
torrent Of calumny, vituperation, and per
jury. It has lowered the standard Of Official
and personal purity in public estimation


The active campaign has been attended with
more or less drunkenness and personal ex-
cesses. Young men have become involved
in the whirl of party excitement, and have
become familiar with e1cesses and dissipa-
ton to which they would otherwise have
been strangers. Health, and money, and
time, and good morals, have been sacrificed
In less than two years the subject Of the
succession will be again agitated and the
popular mind put in training for the next
campaign, so thst the actual rest from one
campaign to the other never exceeds two
years. In the present case all the excite
men.s preceding the election have followed
it and Il: demagogues are trying to fan that e1-
citemsnt into civil war


This is altogether too frequent. Tolength-
en- the term to six years would give the
country time to recover from one exciting
season before engaging in the next.


When Congress meets in December one of
the wisest things that could be done would !
be to submit to the country an article Of the
Constitution extending the Presidential term
to SIX years, and making the President ine1i-
gible for two terms in succession. Such q
provision, we have no doubt, would be vel
coined by the people, who have become
wearied and exhausted by the ferceness and
intensity Of the late election.
Year: 1876

The announcement made in the last issue
Of The TRIBUNE by telegraph from Spring
field, Of the death Of Gen. BLACK, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress from the
Fourteenth District in this State, was incor-
rect. A dispatch before US from Gen.
BLACK himself states that he is not only
not dead, but better than he has been for q
long time past It is not given to every man
to read his own obituaries, but, as Gen.
B1AcK's have already begun to appear, he
Will have an opportunity Of knowing what
people honestly think Of him. As the
In Memorin1ns in the Generals case are
likely to be very pleasant and handsome, he
will at least fiud compensation for the orig
inal error in some very aattering reading.
Year: 1876

man is released from taxation because Of in


formaity in the proceedings. the law does
not provide the means for re-taSiug his


property, and forthwith the community is
subject to q special extra tux to make good


the deficit. The tax-dghter actually fares


better in the Courts-the Judges take q
more humane view of his case, in conse~
quence Of the greater atrocity charged against
him Of owing taxes to support the City Gov
ernment-than does the horse-thief or the
assassin. It is time this view Of taxation
should be changed. The Supreme Court
has lately taken broader view, and, recog-
nizing that Governments are necessary, and
that revenue is necessary to maintain Gov
<ernments, has begun to close the door on all
tax-tighting complaints where the merits or
legality Of the tax itself cannot be question
ed or denied. The Courts, however, cannot
make laws, and the present Revenue law
is sadly deficient. It is based upon the as
sumption that all men are patriotic, honest,
and scrupulously exact in paying their
taxes; but this assumption is fallacious, and
now, not only hero in Chicago, but in all the
other cities, and in various counties, there is
large and growing proportion of the people
who pay no taxes, resorting to the Courts
for protection under defects in the law, and
imposing on the rest of the public IN undue
proportion Of taxation. All over the State
there is branch Of the legal profession that
undertakes tax-fghting on shares.


Chicago wants some legal provision made
under which can he collected the So, 100000
of back taxes which have been evaded. It
also wants some provision of law by which
the tax can be collected when due. At
present tho property-owner who does not
fight his tax borrows the amount from the
city, county, and State, paying 10 per cent
therefor, and pays at his leisure. The city
ought to be able to realize at tax-sale the
whole of its revenue, and for this end there
must be some change in the law.


We hope the Common Council will invite
to the consultations on this subject the best
and most experienced citizens, and
that with the aid of legal advice there be
prepared between now and january such
bills for the amendment of the Revenue law
rs will secure the reforms needed.
Year: 1876

FREQUENCY OF ELECTION EXCITEMENTs.
We have no doubt there will be general
| acceptance Of the suggestion that our cleo


tons for President are altogether too fre-
quent Once in four years is too often
for such general uphcaval of the coun-
try and the universal excitement attend


ant thereon There is no stability in the
Executive Department. The first two years
of new Executive are occupied in the dis
tribution Of patronage and in preparing for
legislation; the next two years are spent in


preparing for the succession. A year before


the Presidents term is over he has been


either set aside by his own party or is can


didate for reelection, and, in either case, has


ceased to control his own party and the gon-


eral public. This is not by any means new


question. It has been discussed for many


years. As long ago as in JAcksoN's term it


was pressed, and, while popular with the peo-


pie, it has never found favor with the poll


ticians. The objection to one term, and


that of sir years, has been that it reduces


the chances of candidates to obtain that


Office. A man at GO years Of age desiring


and expecting the Presidency can afford 10


wait for the expiration Of but few four-year


terms, and would have even less hope if the


terms were made six years each An annual


election would not he too frequent for these
people. The Government, however, was
not instituted for oficeholders, but for the
general welfare, and these frequent elections
are injurious to the interests Of the country
and destructive Of the public morals.


The adoption of constitutional provision
fixing one term for the President, and that
term to be six years, would give to the Presi-
dency stability and independence to which
the Office is now stranger. Tho President
is now mere Office agents. man whose
business is not to select persons to fill Office,
but to appoint the mon to Office who have
been selected By the members of Congress
Of his party. Unless the President do this,
then the Senate will refuse to confirm the
Of any other persons, and the
President will be abandoned by his party in
Congress. If, however, the President have
no hope for reelection, and have sir years of |
Office, he can afford to be independent, md
can appeal to the people from Congress at |
the intermediate elections. So strongly i'm
pressed was Gov. HAYES on this subject. that
he frankly wrote his declaration that, if elect
Year: 1876

If Louisiana or any other State has voted
Democratic, let it be SO counted; but That is
very different from taking the canvassing Of
the returns out of the hands Of the authori-
ties and by force declaring result without
reference to the real result Of the vote. To
this the country will not submit, and if Mr.
TnDEs be defeated, even if by one vote, he
must abide the result, and the Solid South
must submit, just Us they were forced to
submit to the election Of A1r. LINCOLN in
1860
Year: 1876

from which position he was removed for the
same reason that all the other of Secretary
Br1sIow's trusted associates were,-what-
ever that was. It is not for his sake, how
ever, but for the sake Of Chicago, that it will
be we'll to secure him as the Superintendent !;
and, if change be made, he is the man Of
all others who should be called to the
VACANCY
Year: 1876

We are informed that the aban-
doned infant has been discovered to be
the child of a woman named Covarru-
bias, who lives some distance from
where the waif was found. 1t was a
case of heartless desertion, and who
ever was guilty of abandoning it
should be punished severely. We
have heard number of rumors as to
the paternity of the child, but prefer
to wait for further developments.
This would seem to be one of those
cases in which the child will require
great wisdom to know its own father.


Since the above was written we
have learned the name of the man who
left the infant where it was found, ,and
he can have until five o'clock this af-
ternoon to explain his connection with
the affair, after which we shall feel at
liberty to tell what we have heard,
and his name.
Year: 1876

The following verses we pilfered from the
album, or scrap-book, of a young lady in this
city. Whether the author caught the inspi-
ration while viewing the clouds that float
around the mountain sides over our own
loved valley, or in some quiet valley in an
other country we know not; but the lines are
so sweet and inspiring, and so accurately de-
scriptive of scenes we have often Witnessed
in this valley, tha at we have resolved 10 dedi-
cate them to Los Angeles valley until The au-
thor shall claim them for another.-EDIroR
HERALD.


A cloud lay low in the valleys breast,
Like n weary bird in its cradle nest;
Its soft, white arms round the valley flung,
While its feet to the meadow streamlet clung.
But 10! ranger West Wind shook the leaves
And loosed the zones of the cloudy sheaves;
Then all unblest by priest or charm,
Bore Off the white cloud on his arm.
Backward the soft ruist stopped and swayed.
Till its snowy robe on the crag was frayed;
And its tears lay thick on the tasseled corn,
The spiders web and the sweet hawthorn. r
Heavenward going, the ravshed mist . Z
Wept as she went, yet softly kissed
Each living thing on the valleys side,
The last goodbye of the mountain bride.
The valley sighed as 1t saw her go,
In her bridal robes of shining snow;
And the streamlet muttered troubled pray'r
That its lost love might be happy there.
Upward, still upward, the toiling cloud
Drew her bridal veil like a funeral shroud
Shrinking away from her bridegrooms clasp
Struggling away from his stalwart grasp.
Upward, still upward she fioated away,
Before Heavens court this injustice to lay;
While the wind whistled shrilly to call her


again,


But whistle and bluster were idle and vain.
The Lord of the Winds heard the sorrowful
tale,


And pitied the mourner so weary and pale;
SO gave her commission as soft summer rain
TO kiss her old love in the valley again.
When he called to shadow who cloaked


her about


With a storm-sultof gray; but still shining


out


Cleaned the hem of her robe the scarf in her


hair


In spite OF the shadows industrious care.
Then the lord set his seal, ctwas radiant
bow,


And SO bid the Summer rain valleyward go;
Down, down, to the heart of the whispering


corn,


And the rivulet close by the blossoming


thorn.
Year: 1876

John Mahon went into the Fashion
saloon day before yesterday and an
nounced in loud voice and appropri-
ate gestures that he was an English
Trishman born in Waltham, Mass,
and could annihilate any one who
stood in his way. The bar-keeper, in
the most gentlemanly manner, es-
corted him to the sidewalk and recon-
mended walk toward the suburbs.
He missed his way and brought up
again before the bar of tire Fashion,
and placed himself in hostile atti-
tude, when Officer Charles put in an
appearance and advised him to be
quiet. AS he would not take the ad-
vice the officer took him and provided
for him in the calaboose. Yesterday
morning he was brought up, and OFF,
Ger Charles, being desirous of letting
him off easy, as he had done no actual
damage, only preferred a charge of
disorderly conduct against him. He
denied the charge, when the barkeeper
and others being brought forward, by
their testimony he was adjudged
guilty of lying, and drunk and disor-
derby, and sentenced to SIS fine or it's
equivalent in the chain gang. He is
working it out in the gang.
Year: 1876

The supply of water for irrigating purposes
is abundant. The cienegas furnish large
supply of water, and the land company has
the right to develop the cienegas and put in
artesian wells at their optien. Four wells
stance a good flow of water has been obtained
at from twenty-six to thirty feet. -Four wells
will form good irrigating head An frrigat-
ing ditch has been constructed from the Glen
egas to the reservoir, which holds two and
half million gallons, and bitches have been
constructed from thence to the different parts
of the tract. Stock in the Pomona Water
Company will be given with the land with
out extra charge-one share OF stock to each
acre OF land--so that when the land is all sold
the owners OF the land will own and control
the water
Year: 1876

Under the head OF "Good News for Mr..
seymour" the New York Eue7abtg Post, refer
ring TO the fact that he virtually said In Q
recent letter that q democratic House could
do no harm on account OF . republican Sem
ate, says that holding this view Mr.. Sey-
mour will be delighted 10 learn that II the
republicans gain In Congressman at the rate
they did In OHIO and Indiana there will be q
republican majority In the next House of
Representatives as well as In the Senate, 90
that there would be a double guaranty
against danger II, through any freak OF poll
tics, the democratic Presidential ticket
should be successful.
Year: 1876

The young men recently expelled from the
naval academy for refusing to give the
names Of certain boys who had been indulg-
ing In the pastime Of hazing, fail to receive
much sympathy, and IL Is right that they
should not. The necessity for the supremacy
OF order In an institution OF this kind 10 ap-
parent.