smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

SALT LAKE, Oct. 2S.-Chicf Justice Me-
Kean this moring passed sentence upon
Thomas Hawkins, the polygamist as fol-
lows:


Thomas Hawkins, | am sorry for You,
very sorry you may not think so now, but
shall try to make you think so by the
mercy which shall show you. You came
from England to this country with the wife
of your youth; for many years were kind
husband and kind father; at length, how
ever, the evil spirit Of polygamy tempted
and possessed you then happiness departed
from your household and now by the COM
piaint of your faithful wife and the verdict
of law-abiding jury, you stand at this bar
as convicted criminal. The law gives Inc
large discretionary power in passing Sem
tence upon you. mi ght both fine and i'm
prison you, or might fine or imprison you
| might imprison you twenty years and fine
you $1,000. | cannot imprison You for less
than three years, nor fine you less than
three hundred dollars 1t is right that you
should be fined, among other reasons, to
help defray the expenses Of inforcing the
laws, but my experience in Utah has been
such that were to fine you only, ain salts
fed the fine would be paid out of other
funds than yours, and thus you would 90
free, absolutey Y free, from all punishment,
and then those men who mislcad the people
would make thousands of others believe that
God had Sent money to paw the fine that
God had prevented the court from sending
you to prison, that by a miracle you had
been rescued from the authorities of the
United States. must look to it that my
judgment gives no aid and comfort to such
men. must look to it that my Judgment
not so light as to seem to trihe with justice
This community ought to begin to learn
that God does not interpose to rescue crim-
inas from the consequences Of their crimes,
but on the contrary, lie so orders the JUS
tce of His universe that sooner or later
crime stands face to face with Justice, and
justice is the master. | will say here and
now, that whenever your good behavior and
the public good shall justify mc in doing so,
| will gladly recommend that you be par
doned. The judgment of the court is, that
you be fined five hundred dollars, and that
you be imprisoned at hard labor for the
term of three years.


Contrary to all expectations there was
little or no excitement in the courtroom.
The attendance was large. but ceneaally all
maintained proper decorum The United
States Marshal and detectives were fully
prepared for any emergency.


Notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court
was given by the prisoners counsel.
Year: 1871

just now our cOtemporaries are discussing
the reform movement There is no reform
in the whole departments that can be ad-
vanced by either party from which there
will be such practical results follow as a re-
form in the character Of the men selected
for official position. What matters it how
much the two political parties say of each
other, "you are another in recounting the
stcalings Of officials, if they do not profit by
the experience of the past, by providing
against such calamities in the future. 1t is
cloves labor lost it is a vast amount of
paper and printers ink thrown away with
out accomplishing any results What mat
ters it which party brought forth this or
that measure or who advocated measures
whereby the people have been robbed, unless
means are taken TO prevent their recurrence


What interest is it to the people what
foreign or home policy may he adopted
whether this or that construction be given
to the constitution, or this or that theory OF
taxation be recognized, il our pablic officials
cannot withstand the Establishments 'oi
money. Let lis commence our reform in
the selection of men to handle the public
funds and make our laws.


What interest has the merchant in the in.
crease of his sales, if his clerks nakes fa!se
entries, and rabs his safe 1t is idle to dis
cuss means of raising revenue until yor
have provided against their being stolen
All parties had better bend their energie:
to rid the country of dishonest officials, anc
let the "revenue remain where it is, til
this is accomplished, ,-[Vicksburg Times 1
Republican,
Year: 1871

The following, is said, to have been copied
literally from an old tombstone in Scotland: !:
Here lies the body of Alexander Macphearson.
Who was very extraordinary person.
Who was two yards high in his stocking feet,
And kept his accoutre,nents clean and neat


lie was slew


At the battle OF waterloo


Plump through
The gullet; it went in at his throat
And came out at the back of his coat.
Year: 1871

lis midnight, and the setting sun


Is rising in the wide, wide west,
The rapid rivers slowly run,


The frog is on his downy nest;
The pensive goat and sportive COW
Hilarious hops from bough to bough.
Year: 1871

The Iberia Banner says that the District
judge has decided that the drawing of the
jury, bcause Of its having been done by the
Deputy Clerk and not having been taken
from the proper list of registered voters, is
illegal. Therefore We will have no jury
trials at the present session, and our
eloquent Blackstones must restrain their en-
thusiasm until another period"
Year: 1871

Stew men," says a gentleman ofin-
telligence and observation, shave any
idea of the mental life or woman, of
how much thinking is done by them.
1t is fashion to say that woman don't
think; but it is a mistake. My father
died when was twelve years old, and
1 was brought up with my mother and


sisters. know that they, and the la
dies with whom they associated, We're
thinkers; and yet 1 remember that even
as q child, / was struck with the differ
ence when gentleman called. There
is difference between your sex and
ours. A man stands by his thought;
carries it openly like banner which
he is bound defend, while you, appear
emily more impulsive, and with repu-
tation for greater spontaneity, are in
reality much more reticent, and in a
certain sense, do your thinking on the
sly. Among yourselves you think
deeply, and express yourselves with
vigor. In the presence of man you
conceal your thoughts and reflect his.
Whether it is a fault your education,
or of your urapprobativeness, I cannot tell
but such seems to be the fact"
Year: 1871

cancer on the body Of Masonry, and it
can only be removed by his Immediate
reformation or expulsion from the fra
ternity. One or the other must be done.
1t will not make any difference how
high or low position the brother may
occupy in commGity or i'm our Order.
If guilty of violating the moral law,
which is the very cement and support
of our institution, he must suffer the
penalty. Every Master and member of
our Order in this State will be held to q
strict account in the enforcement of this
edict. Ifit should strike from the rolls
of the several Lodges oue-third or even
half of its membership who will not
conform to the law, let it be done. We
are making too many members and too
few Masons. Let every Master and
member do their duty in this. assure
You will not hesitate to do my part of
the work in enforcing this law, even to
arresting the charter of any Lodge in
the State that fails to enforce this rule
against every offending brother, and the
suspension of the Master of any of the
several Lodges who fails TO comply
with or to enforce this edict. The time
has arrived that requires immediate and
prompt action by all good Masons TO
arrest aud stop those vices. 1t is here
by ordered that this circular be frequent
ly read in the several Lodges in this
State, that none may plead ignorance of
it. The law is plain and clear; butone
course to pursue if the gnilty will not
Immediately reform; it is the Masters
duty to appoint Committee to prefer
charges and expel, for unmasonic con-
duct, all who will not conform to the
law, to the end that the honor aud rep
utation of our fraternity may be firmly
established, and the world at large con-
vinced of its good effect. -


Given under my hand, and the pri-
vate seal of the Gland Master, the day
and year above written.


ALEX. H., ,NEWCOMB,
I Grand Master of Masons in Ohio.


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Year: 1871

In Seville, which is popularity sup
posed to be in Spain, there is in use
almost felicitous invention in the way
of making love, clandestinely. After
dark, young cabellerous steal beneath
their lady's latice-which, perchance,
is in the third story-and softly un-
screwing the handle of their walking
sticks, proceed to extract from the same,
which are hollow, length after lenth of
hollw tubing, screwing them together
after the japanese fishing pole, or the
old apparatus wherewith sweeps clean
chimneys. A mouth piece is fitted into
each end and one raised to the window
above. Soon, by the aid of this impro-
vised speaking tube, two souls with a
unanimity of thought and two hearts
with possible unison or pulsatiOn are
softly cOmmuning. Now all this is
very nice, seductively romantic and all
that sort of thing, but mark what the
knowledge of it brought to a certain
youth of Baltimore. He had read oft
or heard of it, and happening to have a
surreptitious affection for a young and
wealthy lady, which she as surrepti-
tiously reciprocated, he determined
with her connivance to avail himself of
H. 1o SOl VII piPO VI LIZ uS'AASS.
length, made by a timer, and in each
end Of it placed, for want of a better
mouth-piece, a funnel. Delicious con-
versatiOn went on, he sitting ON the
top of a. water barrel and she leaning
from a window above. They would
converse for hours, and exchange all
the soft nonsense in the world, and then
he would unship his apparatus, put the
tunnels in his pocket, wrap the pieces
up in a newspaper, and go home in a
condition of ETHEREAL bliss. The course
of true love never did run smooth, and
one evening the old gentleman, smo-
king in the back garden at an unusual
hour, saw the young gentleman arrive,
fix up his apparatus and commence his
soul communing apparatus. He made
up his mind in a minute. He went
into the kitchen and asked for pitcher
of boiling water; it was handed to him
and off he posted, up stairs. just as he
reached his daughters door he COM
menced calling to her. So. telling her
lover to wait a moment, she came to
the door. ''Nellie, my DEAR run up to
my room and get me my spectacles;
I'll wait here till you come down." She
disappeared up stairs and he stole eau
tiously to the window. The moment
he touched the funnel the amorous and
unsuspecting youth clapped his mouth
to it to resume where he had broken OH
tiny darling, you cannot imagine
/ how" just then the old gentleman
commenced assidiously filling that fun
mel with the hot water, and the rest OF


the miserable youths sentence was


never heard. He wore flour on his


face for fortnight after, and declines


to go into society just at present.
Year: 1871

HOG SToRY.-Barracksyille has an
old sow that recently got into side
hill corn field by swinging over the
fence on a grape vine, she gnawing it
off at the root of the tree for that pur-
pose. The cunning beast carried the
end up the hill, took hold of it in her
teeth, shut her eyes and let go of the
ground. The next place she found her
self was in the cornfeld. When the
owner came along with his dogs, the
sow found to her cost that the rule
wouldn't work both ways, sTht West
Virgiiaian tells this story, and none can
doubt its verify,
Year: 1871

Mr.. Samuel Walters, the lumber deal
er, is the owner ofthe right for Alexander
county, Illinois, and of ofNIssissippi county
Missouri, for new patent window slide
This arrangement is, without doubt, the
most convenient article of the kind now
in use. By it the top sash may be lowered
without interfering with the lower sash,
or the lower can be raised without molest-
ing the upper sash or both can be adjust
ed at the same time. Mr.. Walters has a
window in working order, at his office at
the lumber yard for inspection by
those who wish to examine it,
Year: 1871

We have no hesitation in recommend
ing William Ehlers, boot and shoe maker,
as worthy of most liberal patronage. We
know whereof we speak when we say his
work is done in mastery manner at the
lowest prices. He uses nothing but the
best of stock, and he cannot be excelled in
the delicate task of making an exact H..
Give him call at his shop on Twentieth
street, between Washington avenue and
Poplar street, nearly opposite the court
house, and we will guarantee satisfaction.
Year: 1871




A method of producing an engraving
in relief for printing with the common
press, has come into use, through the in
genuity of London photographer. The
process consists in taking perfectly clean
and well polished plate Of copper, and
blackening 1t by the application Of q solu-
ton OF the sulphuret of potassium or sui
phuret OF ammonium, and afterward wash
ing and drying ii. The surface is then
coated to depth Of about l-30th of an
inch with mixture Of resin, wax and
white lead, which, when dry, is carefully
leveled and smootbed off. The surface i
then sensitized, and photograph made of
the figure to be reproduced The dark
lines or points are then taken with
an etching tool down 70 the
blackened copper, until the entire pattern
Is seen IN black on a white ground. The
surface is now coated with finely pulyeriz-
cd plumbago, and the excess brushed off.
after which the plate is suspended in an
aidulatod solution of sulphate of copper,
connected with n battery, and me.nllic
copper Of suitable thickness is Deposited
on the engraved pattern. Should the en-
CRAVING be very open anywhere, the
resinous coating is thicKencd by applying
melted wax with fine brush, with all the
necessary precautions. When the deposit
is sufficiently thick, the wax layer is melt
ed of and the electrotype laid on plain
surface and backened up by fusible type
metal, which is smoothed off By a stereo-
type plane, and then mounted in the usual
manner on wood, so as 10 be oftype height.
Year: 1871

before God in this matter And in view Of
the alarming increase Of this crime OF child


murder the prediction OF Dr. M. B. Wright to


the Medical Society of Ohio in 1860 will soon


be fulfilled, namely:-''The time is not far dis


tant when children will be sacrificed among


us with as little hesitation as among the Hin
doos, unless we stop it here and now.


The moving spring of this crime is igno-
rance-ignorance of its enormity in the sight
Of God and Of human law, and which, CON-
mitted at any stage of conception, is
murder; ignorance of the true objects of mar
riage and the obligations Of the marital and
parental relations, and ignorance of the grand
and glorious object Of human lite, both here
and hereafter. False education or an utter
lack of education is another cause of this
crime. The young are taught everything in
physics and ethics except themselves, aud the
and functions Of their own organism, they eat,
drink, sleep and dress in q manner that is
simply suicidal. Ignorant of the high moral
nature Of the relation of the sexes they are
driven to communicative companions or i'm
pure literature to crafty an interest in the
mysterious, which in itself is not evil. Dress
and food, idleness and particular forms of
employment, and want Of cleanliness, induce
prostitution, adultery, foeticide, infanticide and
host of kindred evils. Dress has been
declared by one of the most eminent female
physicians in this city to be one of the princi-
pal causes Of abortion in our midst. An
opportunity is now afforded by the intense in
terest manifested by all classes Of the commu-
nifty in the fearful developments Of this crime,
for the press and the pulpit and the medical
fraternity, to educate and warn the people in
these things. And no better course of in
s.ruction by lectures or familiar conversations
could be desired for the pupils of our public
schools and the adult community generally
than course on these crimes and their con-
sequences. Who will inaugurate them.
Year: 1871

the conservation of the ancient Hebrew faith


as they have proved to be TO the conservation
OF an ancient Hebrew liking-we mean the
liking for wealth. In all ages and in all
countries, in spite of his much-wandering and
his many trials, the Jew has remained true to
himself In nothing has this characteristic
been so strikingly revealed as in his attach
ment to the faith OF bis fathers. In this land
of ours, and amid our free institutions, that
faith is being severely tried. We are aware
that the faith of the Hebrew is being tried
sorely in other lands than ours. But we are
not without good reason for believing that the
first fruits of reform are likely to be gathered
here. We have already our Hebrews OF the
old school and our Hebrews of the new school;
and third party, we understand, has already
sprung into existence. 1t is not for us to
make too much of these ecclesiastical dvi-
sions, for we have divisions enough of our
own. Come what may Of these ecclesiastical
discussions, whether they do or do not intro
duce the Jews into q purer atmosphere Of
liberty and clearer light of truth. we do not
feel that we are in any way hindered from
carrying out the purpose with which we COM
menced this article, and wishing our Jewish
fellow citizens, after our own fashion, Gail
the compliments of the season and happy
New Year."
Year: 1871

THE WEEK IN WALL STREKT.-The chief
feature of interest to the denizens of Wall
street was the declaration of the long expected
dividend on Lake Shore, which wound up the
week just as the brokers were getting back
into their old quarters in the remodelled Stock
Exchange building. The Lake Shore divi-
dend, true to the Vanderbilt character, which
is represented so much in this road nowadays,
takes the form of scrip, after the manner of
the New York Central, but unlike it, converti-
BILE after a certain-or rather uncer tain-time
kept the animals very quiet in the Gold
Room. The stock market was weak after the
Lake Shore dividend and the bad bank state
ment
Year: 1871

A BAD EXAMPLE AND Coop ONE
The example Of Paymaster Hodge in using the
public money in his stock speculations is bad,
very bad; but his example Of making clean
breast of it in an honest confession and with
every evidence of sincere remorse and repent
ance is good, and might be followed to their
advantage by other parties in similar pre-
dicament.
Year: 1871

Before Judge Joachimsen.


Rduppfns Us. Ulmdnn.-On an examination OF
the pleadings sought to be amended II Is apparent
that the action in the Supreme Court Is not In any
sense an action for assault anu battery or false
imprisonment, but only for malicious prosecution.
The arrest Is averred 10 have been In form Of law
and therefore neither assault and battery false
imprisonment can be maintained thereon. This 10 q
does not authorize the transfer OF an action for ma
licious prosecutron On re.exaInination OF the
question arrive at the conviction that by allowing
the amendment applied tor (Which without this
diniculty would be also questionable) would
change the record to enneav0r 70 confer jurs-
Fhe motion for leave 70 anlena Is hereby deaieq.
Year: 1871

OF green calico. As far is known the police have
no clue TO the thieves. IL presumed that either
one OF the burglars had false key to the shoe store
or that the door was left open by an accompllce,
Year: 1871

OLp Snors.-You probably think that
II you look very sharply a, an old shoc
when you throw it away, yen will know i;
again II ever it comes back TO you. But
that does not At all follow; One Of these
days ysu may button your dress with aa
old pair Of slippers. comb your hair with
. boot. or graspa cast'oif gai,er in youl
hand while yeu cat your dinner. You do
not see how this eau be ! Well wo will
tell ysu.


Old shoes are turned to account by man
ufacturers in the following manner: They
are cut into very small pieces and kept for
. couple OF days in chloride Of sulphur.
The effect Of this ia to make the leather
hard and brittle. Next. the material is
withdrawn from the action of the chloride
Of sulphvr, washed with water and dried.
When thoroughly dry, it is ground to pow
der and mixed with some substance like
glue or gum. that canses it to adhere to-
gether. 1t is then pressed into moulds and
Snapped into buttons. COMBS. knife hand
lee. etc. So you see how it may come to
pass that you will comb your hair with a
boot, and fsstcn your clothes with slip.
per.
Year: 1871

SAD FATE OF A FRoG.- Marine City
Mich, the other lay. ayoung man was
walking out with some young ladies, when
he found small frog, and holding it in
the palm of his hand brought it near his
mouth. which he Opened wide The ju-
venie croaker. seeing what appeared to be
place Of refuge, gaveajump into the cave,
The young man looked very red in the
face, and the ladies looked down in the
a.outh. but the frog has never been seen
from that day to this.
Year: 1871

The editor Of Texas paper is ex-
horted By sympathetic subscriber to
"continue to pour red-hot thuDderbolts
right into the teeth of the leeches aud
sharks that are sucking the life-blood
from the people," If the editor does
it there will be work for a dentist
down in Texas.
Year: 1871

There is food for reflection in
these figures OF the total population
of New York city, 942,292 no less
than 720, ,999 are of foreign parentage
on both sides: 34,821 have either
father or mother Of foreign birth, and
only 186,49l are Of really American
parentage.
Year: 1871

Tho premium of 100000 to be
given by the State of New York for
the best method Of propelling canal
boats by steam without injury to the
banks will be withheld for the benefit
of competitors until the close OF the
wear 1872.
Year: 1871

AFTER an experience oftwelve years,
the publishers of the Hastings Gazette
have become fully satisfied that the
ere lit system does not pay, and have
now resolved to enter no names on their
subscription lists without payment in
advance. Sensible determination.
Year: 1871

A POOR inebriate at Mankato, who is
working hard to reform, gives public
notice through the papers that hereaf-
ter he will pay no whisky bills, and
those who trust him for liquor do SO at
their own risk. What pass for man
to come to!
Year: 1871

1t Is said that the reason why the
Russian government is so slow in avail
ING itself of the electric telegraph is that
1t Is opposed to some Of the necessary
preliminary operations-such as eleratiny
tic Poles, for instance
Year: 1871

report, but 10 cancel and file them,
SO that the fact of the cancellation
thereof may at any time be demon
strated; and that the same course
be pursued in reference to all re-
deemed obligations of the State Of
any character whatsoever.
Year: 1871

JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND TIE


TINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF


THE PORT ROYAL RAILROAD.


Be it Resolrcd By the Senate end
House Of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by
the authority Of the same, That the
time for the completion of the
Port Royal Rail- Road and every
part thereof, is hereby extended
for the period of two years, from
the passage Of this resolution.


Approved March 9th, 1871.