smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

No two sides of any human are precisely
alike. 1t is the same with every limb, no
pair of limbs are fashioned alike. One hand
is almost always larger than the other; so
with the foot, the leg and the arm. But the
greatest of all marvels is this; never were
two human faces alike.
Year: 1875

THE socalled assessments for political
purposes, " of which so much is heard now


a-days, are perfectly proper and it must be
admitted somewhat e. sential. The direct
personal benefit from party success is de-
rived by the Office holding portion of the
community. To secure that success the
expenditure of money in a legitimate way
is necessary, and it is but simple justice
that those who derive the benefit referred
to should contribute of their salaries some
thing for that purpose. The Democratic
party recognized the force of this logic
while it was in power to the extent of
making forced assessments something after
the manner of q Mexican forced loan. All
that the Republican party does now is to
suggest that interested persons shall volun-
tarily contribute a reasonable sum. Cap
tious people may characterize this proceed


ing as an assessment, but when they do
they simply show that they have not for
gotten the old Democratic method, and that
they confound it with the present system.
There is no law or regulation in force In
the Departments to prevent any one from
giving to campaign fund or to prevent
duly authorized persons from asking for
contributions. No thorough Republican
will object to this explanation, and no good
Republican who desires the continued sue


cess of the party will object to the circular
of Judge Edmunds, secretary of the Union
Congressional Republican Executive Com
mittee which is now being circulated for
this object in the several Departments.
Year: 1875

"THE New Colored Departure is what
the Opposition press call the declaration OF
Messrs. Langston and Douglass at Hillsdale
on the 5th instant. But the more they ex
anime the addresses made by these colored
orators the less they are pleased. At first
glance they assumed that the colored peo-
pie were about to leave the Republican
party without delay. Now they understand
that the Hillsdale movement if such it may
be called, was simply intended to prepare
the colored people for the assumption Of
individual responsibility, and to induce
them to abandon the habit or custom of &C
cepting protection from others. The true
explanation of their past condition is that
while they have been habituated to consider
themselves dependent upon friends-some
of them false-they have always been clam
orous for independence. If the suggestions
of the speakers referred to bear fruit the
colored people will throw off their depend
ent condition and at once assume a true IN
dependence, but in any event they will not
and cannot change their political status
consistently,
Year: 1875

MEssRs. MCKEE & HAUsER, of the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, earnestly invite the
attention of the grand jury now in session
in that city TO the charges made against
them in connection with the whisky ring
frauds. 1t seems to be probable that these
charges are the result of malice or Jealousy,
as are many others that have been alleged
against prominent Government foficials.
When the grand jury shall have closed the
investigation of the subject proper, it might
be profitable thing for it to begin an in
vestigation as to their authorship. The
truth is, the Government is always ham
pered nowadays in its efforts to bring
alleged criminals to justice by charges and
couRter-charges for and against parties di'
Hrectly and indirectly connected with the
case that may be in question, and it is
about time something should be done to put
a stop to the practice.
Year: 1875

CFrom che Rochester Express.1


In view of the fact that the Presidents $
letter repudiating any intention to work for
third term clearly meant that he wanted a
third, and meant to procure it, the whole
affair has been dropped with strange una
nimity by the press. If those patriotic gentle
men who raised such a bullabaloo over the
"saving clause" in the Presidents letter,
and declared that now it was certain that
Grant was working to overthrow the "un-
written law" and all such spooky statutes,
really believed what they said, why have they
permitted their anxiety to wsne and disappear
Have they forgotten that "eternal vigilance
is the price of nbertyw Do they propose to
permit the tyrant to steal away our freedom
unresisted?
Year: 1875

The Sun explains the distinction between
the legitimacy of Gov. Tilden's sojourn at
Long Branch and its alleged illegitimscy of
that of President Grant at the same place
by supposing that Lieut.. Gov. Dorsheimer
is the acting Executive of New York during
the absence of Tilden from the State. Al
though this supposition is innocent OF
truth, in fact, the analogy is wanting
from the fact that while Tilden is absent
from the jurisdiction of the State the Presi-
dent resides within that of the United
States. General Grant may reside at Long
Branch with just as much propriety as Gov.
Tilden may sojourn in the city of New
York, so far as any analogy in the two
cases is concerned.
Year: 1875

AFTER ALL, the Gush which pervaded
the South on Independence Day was ap-
propriately demonstrated on the fifth in
stead of the fourth of July. The idea that
the first celebration since the war" was
postponed by an inscrutable Providence for
twenty -four hours is, to say the least, sug-
gestive. Rebel like, it was their fortune TO
have shadow of fraud apparent in their
observance of a patriotic occasion.
Year: 1875

So MANY editors and publishers have
lately escaped punishment for libel that a
certain kind of journalists begin to believe
they are of privileged class-priyileged
to say what they please about men and
things, whether true or not This self.
confidence, born and bred of public leniency
to the press, or the result of corruption on
the bench, is one of the worst features of
our present social condition. 1t breeds
calumny and SANDER until the very air is
filled with misrepresentation of public
men and public acts, and the tastes of the
people are vitiated by being constantly fed
upon the most demoralizing literary food.
So true is this that certain classes of news.
papers are now looked upon by respectable
people as simple cesspOols of fblackguardism
Year: 1875

At a secret cOnsistory held at the Vat
icsn, March 18th, his holiness, the pope,
created six cardinals, and notifications
were Immediately sent to them by Car
dinal Antonelli, the pontificsl secretary
Of state. That to MOnsignOre Manning
was delivered to him at the English
college in the presence Of a number of
English Catholics. After the papal
master had retired, Cardinal Manning
addressed those present in the following
words: 81 thank you all for your pres
ence here to-day. l feel it is a sign of
good TO me and Of devotion to the holy
iather and to the church. do not affect
to think lightly Of the great dignity con-
ferred upon me without any merit of
mine. 1t is truly an honor to be asso-
ciated with the sacred council immedi-
ately around the vicar OF our Lord, and
to share his lot in good and in evil. In
deed, would rather that this dignity
fell upon me, as it does, in the time Of
danger than Of safety. 1t is, as it were,
being told off to the forlorn hope in the
sight Of the world, but a forlOrn hope
which is certain Of victory. / feel that
your presence this day is a representa-.
ton Of England, especially Of those in
England who have preserved unbroken
the tradition Of the faith, and that your
kindness to me proceeds from love to
England, and feel assured that on re-
turning to our country shall meet with
the same blindness and affection. Again
/ thank YOU for your presence here.n
Year: 1875

CoNFIDENT-A FICTION ABOUT GEN. BABCoCk.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIlpSEl


WASHINGTON Dec. 2G.-The story, originating in
Chicago and printed there and in New-fork, aceus-
ING Secretary Brisow of using his influence ~ an
attorney before he became Secretary of the Treas
urv, to protect distillers of and dealers in
"crooked" whisky from punishment, and of seeur-
ing the release of spirits on which the tax had not
been paid has attracted considerable attention here
to-day; but It has shaken the faith Of no one III the
integrity of the Secretary, or in his determination
10 pursue the whisky cOnspiIators rclentlcsSy, until
they are punished The story was doubtless invented
by agents of the Whisky Ring, who find no trouble
in persuading persons who have personal spite
against the Secretary and seek for opportunities for
exhibiting IT, to give il publicity. Secretary Brstow
courts the most searching investigation which the
Whisky Ring or any Of its agents may desire; but
he will not be frightened by any of their threats
into stopping the prosecution of any of them whom
he may believe to be guilty


Eoually prepostcrous is the story that Gen.
Babcock intends to 20 before committee OF
Congress next week and give testimony and
produce documents which the Government in
tends to use against him in st. LOUIS and
thus under the S59th section of the Revised Stat
utes 10 make such evidence incompetent to be used
against him OH his trial by the court The section
referred 10 dilcCtS only VI py
a witness who is examined before a committee of
Congress. and it simply provides that the evidence
given by himself cannot be used against him in a
court of justice; but man may be prosecuted Tor
crime thus confessed if there is other evidence than
his own sufficient to convict him, and the fact that
man has given testimony before a committee tend
ing TO show third person guilty of crime does not
make him incompetent to testify against that person
subsequently in court. Now one supposes that
Cen Babcock is 10 be convicted in st. Louis, if at
all. on his own testimony, so that any evidence he
might give before a committee would not save him
in his trial Equally unreasonable is it to suppose
that lie intends to confess crime at all He asserts
his innocence.


Chicago branch ring is in great trouble.
II includes many prominent men. full expos
ure is at hand, aud the strongest efforts are
making TO break the force of the blow. The publi-
cation referred 10 is probably tho result of one Of
tboge etforts.
Year: 1875

After eating light breakfast of toast and
tea Yesterday morning, Charles oConor said to his at
tandns he did not feel well on Saturday lie
was less inclined TO conversation than usual and during
the day restless. Several visitors called hut none
were admitted to the presence OF the patient
Year: 1875

We desire to call the attention of our farmers to the subject of thinning out corn properly. Hun dreds of thousands of dollars are lost annually by the neglect of this important matter. It should be borne in mind that an acre of land is only capable of producing a certain amount of corn, altho' we cannot know exactly what that amount may be. But we do know that if we crowd sufficient ly there will be no ears at all, therefore if the object is to raise grain instead of forage it must be well thinned, and experience has proven that thinning to one stalk is the best plan.

 Everybody admits that three or four stalks, or even two on poor thin land, will not produce much corn; but still, somehow about half our farmers leave too many stalks in the hill or drills, partic ularly in the drill, and somehow a drouth occurs in every nine years out of ten, and somehow we fail about that often to make full crops.

 If you wish to bid defiance to drouth and famine thin out your corn, so that the roots can wan der far and wide in search of food and moisture. Don't imagine yourself in Illinois or New York where they leave four in the hill, but go straight and pull up all useless plants and you will have "old corn to sell and keep"

 Don't admit the right, and still the wrong pursue" T.
Year: 1875

Every years experience more completely demonstrates the wis dom of a varied agriculture. The farmer who depends manly upon one crop, although that may be the most important one grown, will find every few years, that the supply of that product will exceed the demand so much that it will fall in price below the cost of pro- duction and sale. We use the lat ter term considerably, because we are aware that the producer pays large commission for the sale of his products. All the diff ference between the price re- ceived by the farmer and that paid by the consumer, after de ducting the legitimate cost of handling, storing and transporta- tion, may be set down as cost of selling,

 Take the important product wheat. We think that a large majority of farmers, East as well as West, will agree with us that the price this year is too low to pay cost of production. It may be said that the price of wheat is exceptionally low this year because the yield is good all over the world. Yes, that is true; the breadth of wheat sown every year, is so great that q good crop universally or generally will so reduce the price that a large share of the growers must pro duce at loss.

 Undoubtedly it is better for the world that so great breadth should be sown in bread stuffs, that small yield per acre shall not result Tn scarcety, and cause suffering or starvation, but the in stinct of self-preservation should induce farmers to so economise in farming that the failure ol over production of any leading crop shall not result disastrously ] to their interests.
Year: 1875

Morality, Science, Honesty, Temperance, Religion, Politics? Yes, all these; but, first scientific agriculture and then the rest; not partizan politics, not sectarian re- lgion, but that which teach cs us to do unto others as we would that others should do unto us,' and to "feel for another's woes"

 We would teach political econo- my so every voter would know how to cast his ballot intelligent lv and in favor of such measures as will not crush the farmer, me chanic or laboring man. When farmers teach their children all of these and many other things; when the farming community is taught to respect itself, 1t will compel the res pect of tn. world at large. But there is one other very i'm portant lesson to be studied. We must not only MAKE money but we must SAVE it. We should strive every one of us to lay up something. Nothing makes . man or woman feel so indepen- dent as a pocket full of money. Get out of debt as quickly as pos sible and keep out. How humili- ating it is to see the farmer in a supplicating tone asking the mer- chant for credit,-the merchant trying to evade flat refusal and finally telling him he can have a few goods by mortgaging his crop and horses. The farmer who always has the ready cash in his pocket is the truly independent man. T.
Year: 1875

Not long since 1 saw a commu- nication on Making Good Bread and as your paper is devoted to the interest of the human family in general, and of farmers in partic- ular, by your permission, l will take the liberty to comment a lit tie on the above communication. The manner of preparing the yeast, making and raising the dough, and baking, is all probably worthy of attention; but in the main and most essential feature l beg leave to differ from him that is in harvesting the wheat. My experience has taught me that a first class loaf of bread can not be made from a poor quality of wheat, also that there is loss sustained in quality and quantity in letting wheat stand until it is dead ripe. Your correspondent said to cut wheat when in the green state, the straw and wheat would both mould. No doubt of it; but there is medium between the green state and the dry, she'll ing state, that is preferable at least, to the experienced farmer and miller. If wheat stands un- til thoroughly ripe, it is more te- dious cutting, binding, shocking handling, and stacking requires more labor, and there is often great loss in shelling out, in the frequency of handling, and the grain is of less value, and the straw worth but little for feed. It is true that circumstances al ter cases, and we cannot always have crops harvested at the prop CT time; but that should not de ter us from experimenting to know when and how to act in all the different phases of husbandry.

 My experience has taught me that when weather will permit and harvest hands are come at able, the proper time to cut is when the grain is in a doughy state, or can be mashed with the thumb and finger, and the straw a bright yellow, and before the heads turn down much. Shock up and cap good; should the weather be occasionally showery put in long shocks. If favorable weather ln eight or ten days pu' in barn or stack. If stacked have them we'll topped out. Let tht grain remain Tn stack at least two weeks to sweat before threshing- stack the straw we'll, for it may be needed; you will then have wheat, if a good variety, from which competent miller can turn out satisfactory quantity and quality of flour, and make the good housewife look pleasant when you come to sit down to hel nice bread, cakes, etc.-COr. Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1875

Are ranked by eminent musicians as the leading Parlor Organ now in use. We challenge any maker to equal them. For Church, Sabbath Schools, Lodges or the Parlor, they have no equal. Testimonials and complimentary notices are constant ly being received in their favor. AN OFFER.-Where we have no agents, we will allow any one wishing to purchase one of our organs, the agents discount. To any responsi- ble party from a distance, wishing to purchase one of our organs, and prefering to see and examine the in- strument before paying for it, will be accommodated by sending us q recommendation of reliability from cashier of bank, or some other prom inent man and if the organ is not just as represented, they may return it and WE WILL PAY THE FREIGHT BOTH WAYS.
Year: 1875

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Year: 1875

In order to convey more definite idea of our theory we will choose cer- tain locality which may serve the pur- pose of diagram to our demonstration; and this locality shall be the region of West river. This river takes it's rise among the forests near the summit of the Green mountains, at 8 height of some 2,000 feet above the level of the sea, and, flowing southerly forty or fifty miles, empties into the Connecticut river about ten miles from the southern boundary of the State.

 During hot summer day the sides of the deep valley of this river reek with intense heat, and causes flow of moist air upward toward the summit of the mountain ridge, from the valley of the Connecticut and also from the sea. This moist air, meeting with the general cur rent from the southwest, piles up an immense mass of cumulous clouds of of many square miles in extent. So long as the intense heat prevails this cloud increases in size; grows blacker with it's dense vapor, and casts gloomy, lurid glare over the face of nature, darker than that of any eclipse. The vapor, pushed by the ascending cur rents of heated air, attains to a great height above the sea, where the tempera- ture is very low. But finally, at that hour of the afternoon when the heat be- gins to decline, the accumulated vapors, no longer augmented or sustained by heated air from the valleys below, fall in rain.-Popular Science Monthly.
Year: 1875

An English journal gives US glimpse of one of the favorite pastimes of the members of regiment of lancers. An ordinary tent-peg is lightly driven into the ground, and the soldier endeavors to pick it up with his lance while going at a full galop. The sport is thus describ- ed: On he comes, urging his steed with voice and heel to attain the necessary speed, giving his lance flourish or two, and finally, as he hears the peg, balanc- ing it for his aim as he whizzes by. He fails, and so do eight of his immediate successors, some striking the ground wide of the mark, and others steering so unnecessarily that it is scarcely worth while for them to make the critical effort. Then starts lancer favored by both skill and fortune as he approaches the protruding, be it remembered, but 8 few inches above the turf-he steadies the lance in his firm right hand, he draws his arm back for the instantane. ous lunge, and as his spear flies round, over his head, there is seen transfxed upon it the tent-peg which was the im- mediate object of all these furious gal. lops. As men and horses warm to their work the practice improves, until at last about one peg in three charges becomes the average of the game.
Year: 1875

The satanic theory that preparations which infame the brain are, in any S ,nse of the word, remedies, has been overthrown, and can never be re-estab

 ished. The wonderful effects which have attended the use of Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters as an antidote to the causes ot disease and cure for every comfortable ailment, have demonstrated the utter fallacy of the doctrine that alcohol is tonic as we'll as stimulant. The new and incomparable vegetable remedy which has superseded the death draught of rum bitters is as free from every intoxicating element as the dew of Heaven, yet see how it is invigorating the nervous, relieving the bilious, curing the dyspeptic, purifying the blood of the scrofulous, strengthening the debili- tated, arresting premature decay, and replacing despondency and weaknes s with cheerfulness and activity. Truly a grand medical revolution is in pro gresss
Year: 1875

A suit has just been instituted in Bal timore for the recovery of property valued at millions, which was appropri- ated many years ago through forgery that has only recently come to light. Robert Bolton, head of the firm of Rob ert and John Bolton, died, leaving a very large estate, and appointing his wife executrix together with his two s. us as executors. Before his death,. his part ner-who was also his cousin, and was worth but little property -endeavored to get him to appoint him as one of the executors of his will, but the senior re- fused. The widow of Robert survived him but a short time, and after her death John succeeded, by some means-which are now plainly seen to be forgery-to get his name among the executors, and took almost entire charge of the proper ty. Handling so much money gave him immense influence, and he rapidly grew rich. Meanwhile the two sons of Robert died, without the estate being settled, and the three daughters received but very little from the property, and did not know how much was due them. Recent developments show that there were immense frauds, and the heirs have brought suit to enforce their claims. A simple index of the grants and deeds of this property covers over thirty pages of foolscap, showing the claims to extend all through the State of Georgia and Savannah. The handwriting and ink are entirely different in the name of John as executo1 from the balance of the will. The astonishing part is that this was not discovered before. But circumstances at present seem to show that John Bolton had managed the fraud so well after plac- ing his name among the executors, that the will never came directly under their notice and another remarkable fact is that the original will, which should be in the recorders office, cannot be found, and this, we hear, is the only instance of such thing on record.