smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The rapid decline in the Missis
sippi River has dispelled all fears of
further damage to crops, but 81 great
is tho diversity Of opinion in regard
TO the damage done to the cotton
crop in the Memphis district, it is
impossible to estimate it. The
amount varies from 10000 to 10000
but there is no precedsut by which
the feet of the overflow on cotton
at this season Of the year can be
approximated. The number Of acres
Of corn ruined by the flood is largely
in excess of cotton. Al
Year: 1875

1t would seem as though enough had
already been said about the importance of
saving all fertilizing material about the
farm, and especially that from the poultry,
which experience has abundantly shown to
be worth as much as the artificial fertilizers
that cost us three cents pound and upward.
Very few farmers would allow their wheat,
corn, or oats to be scattered and wasted as
much as their hen manure is, yet the latter
is worth as much as the former, pound for
pound. Poultry should always have tight,
well-lighted and warm apartment for their
winter quarters and the roosts should be so
arranged that the droppings can be saved,
free from dirt and rubbish The best way is
to have large tray under the roosts, made
of boards. This should be cleaned out fire.
quently and sprinkled with plaster or dry
earth. The manure should be kept in boxes
or barrels, perfectly dry, and will then lose
none of its valuable properties Neither
lime nor ashes should ever be mixed with it.,
which is best done by adding about double
the quantity of dry earth to the mixture,
mixing it well with the shovel, moistening it
moderately, and shoveling it over every
three or four days until ready to use. 1t
should be moistened sufficiently to allow of
its being broken up and well mixed with the
earth but when so moistened it is apt to
heat, and the shovelng over is necessary to
prevent this and the consequent loss of valu-
able properties. A handful of this compost
in hill of corn will give it powerful start
A barrel of hen manure so composted will
often double the yield of an acre of wheat
Year: 1875

Two men had quarrel in public house.
They adjourned outside to settle the dispute.
The first man seized stone and let fly at
the head of his opponent, who dipped, and
missed the stone, which went through an
expensive plate-glass window, AID did much
damage. An Irish magistrate was called
the two should pay the cost. The evidence
clearly showed that the aim was good one,
and that if the second man had not dipped
his head he would have been struck. "There-
fore, u said the magistrate, che must pay the
damages, as it is certain the first man didn't
intend to injure the window, and the window
would not have been injured if i, had not
been for the act of the second man."
Year: 1875

The mantle of charity ought to be thrown
around the faults of our f.llow- beings.
'Thy sins be forgiven thee" should be the
answer for lis to give to those who have sin
ned against us and wish to be taken back to
our bosoms and be as they once were, pure
and sinless Forgive and forget memory
will not let us forget, but it is in the power
of exalted human benevolence. Saddening
scenes will often press themselves upon our
attention, even when we do the best to pre-
vent them. So scenes of harmony between
ourselves and our human relations will arise
in the soul, notwithstanding the presence
and influence of that principle of christian
charity which should inspire every human
soul with its divine effulgence. Yet memory
however faithful to her trust will not prevent
us from being lenent towards the faults and
follies of others and to forgive their depar.
ture from true life.
Year: 1875

TREES on BOUNDARY LINEs.-The New
York Court of Appeals not long since decid-
ed that a man has no right to the fruit grow
ing upon branches Of a tree over-hanging his
land where the trunk of the tree stands
wholly upon the land of his neighbor. But
the law regards the overhanging branches as
nuisance, and they may be removed as
SUCH or the owner of the land shaded may
remove them if he is careful not to commit
any wanton or unnecessary destruction in SO
doing. Where the trunk of a tree stands on
a line, the owners OF the adjoining land have
a joint ownership in the tree and fruit, and
neither one has the right to remove it with
out the consent of the others.
Year: 1875

The fatal fondness for indulging in spirit
of ridicule, and the injurious and irrepafA-
BILE consequences which sometimes attend
the too severe reply, can never be condemned
with more asperity than it deserves. Not to
offend is the first step toward pleasing. To
give pain is rs much an oflense against hu-
manity as against good-breeding, and surely
it is as well to abstain from an action he.
| cause it is sinful rs because it is impolite.
Year: 1875

Getting up in a cold room to make a fire
is like getting up in life. Ifyou crawl TIM
idly out of bed, go on tip.toe to the stove,
and allow the shivers to get control of you
before the kindling starts, your fire will
probably be failure, and you will halt
freeze to death in the operation. But if you
jump out bravely, hustle around, pull on
your clothes, knock over chair or two, and
pitch in your stove.wood, you will probably
be too warm by the time the fire gets to
burning and have to open a window, So in
life. Attack it timidy and you will fail


Grapple with it, hurry up things, stir around
conquer fortune, and you will be success,
Year: 1875

A WORD TO THE UNsUCUEssFUL.-Ver
few men are permitted to be successful
very few men are permitted to be wise very
few men are permitted to be eloquent; very
few men are qualified to be statesmen very
few men are good for anything eminent
and even those that are eminent are men OF
like passions with everybody else, There.
fore be not discouraged because it is your LOT
to be in humble umstances-because you
are called to labor in obscurity, The time
is coming when all earthly distinctions will
be of very little account.
Year: 1875




On several occasions of late Mr.. Jay
Gould has shown commendable public
spirit by stepping in TO stave off panic.
When Messrs. Duncan e. Sherman failed he
bought very heavily, as was generally under
stood, of various stocks, to prevent the
market from tumbling downwards at panic
rate When the stoppage of the Bank of
California threatened. on Friday, to send
stocks down again, Mr.. Gould was once
more ready to buy and keep the market firm.
1t is fortunate thing for the street and the
country that We have a man so public spirited
as to take load on his shoulders which the
street, the mass of spectators, dares not or is
unable to hold.


There have been people who accused Mr..
Gould of being merely selfish speculator-
man who had regard for no interest but his
own, and who was capable of even creating a
panic in order to enrich himself by the ruin
of many Others But, evidently, this must
be mistaken judgment; for of late he has
bought right and left, with the plain design
to prevent panic. Not only this, but he
has bought, according to all accounts, securi-
ties which others were very willing to get rid
Of and at prices at which the street was glad
to sell to him. Nobody but a man who sin
cerely and even anxiously desired TO prevent
panic and general fall in securities
would do this. The question which
people are asking themselves now,
in view of this course of Mr.. Gould, is,
How long can he be expected to keep it up?
Can he continue to carry the whole street ON
his shoulders2 They are broad; he is strong;
nobody pretends to doubt his ability to bear
burdens. But is he not carrying too great
load2 Can he carry still more? Suppose we
should have one or two, or half dozen more
heavy failures? No doubt Mr. Gould will
continue to buy; he is not man to falter in
an undertaking. He will increase his load
But may it not become too great even for
him2 1t must be gratifying to him to be able
to play the part of Atlas; but suppose
Atlas should break down? Suppose he
should want to unload and find it impossible
to do SOP 1t is momentous thought, and
yet stranger things have happened A year
ago poor Mr.. Ralston, over in California,
probably thought himself also an Atlas, but
on Thursday he saw that the load was too
great for him. 1t is q nice thing to carry the
whole street on ones shoulders; but it must
be unpleasant to Mr.. Gould to reflect that
the load he is carrying is constantly increas-
ing, and that the favorable time to get rid of
it seems constantly more distant For our
own parts we advise people to stand from
under. Atlas has broad shoulders and a
stout frame, but some day he may tumble,
and it is critical thing when whole world
rests on a single pair of shoulders.
Year: 1875

Mr. s. L. Phillips, the President of the
Third Avenue Railroad, is as sensitive as he
is fscetious. We had not the slightest desire
to make him ridiculous On the other hand,
we were only too anxious to honor him.
Lord Byron is reported to have said of him
self that he arose one morning and found
himself famoas. Mr.. Phillips has done
better even than Byron. He made q speech
intended to be convincing in its seri-
BUSINESS, and there is every reason
why he should be surprised at the
result-that speech has made his reputation
as the funniest man in America The whole
production was as extraordinary in its way
as Third avenue Car, with which nothing
in this world or the next can compare. In
stead of grieving over his great good fortune
Mr.. Phillips should rejoice in it, and thank
us for our speedy recognition of his humor-
Gus qualities. Other humorists have not
Jared so well, and we are sure that Bret
Harte and John Hay, and Mark Twain and
the late Q. X. Philander Doesticks would not
have taken umbrage if we had done as much
for them. But we suppose Mr.. Phillips
can no more help being sensitive
than he can avoid being funny. tbs the fate
of genius to be welded to some misfortune,
and it is not surprising that Phillips
fate should be too much feeling. He IS,
however, in position where his sympathies
as well as his humor find full vent He evil
IDENTIFY loves that noble animal the horse for
which the distinguished Mr. Bergh has also
a great affection, or he would not be satisfied
with mile an hour as the speed of street
car in the busy periods of the day 1t is GER
tain that he loves his own kind also, or he
would not press them so tenderly and
closely together and refresh them for
hours with the odors of the Bowery
and Third avenue. Twenty-seven mill
ion people enjoyed his benefactions at
five cents apiece during the past year, and
now every mothers son of them is tickled
with his humor, as well as suffocated in
his sweets All New York must see to it
that his sensitive nature is not wronged, and
especially that Hart's dividends are not
diminished by rapid transit road along the
line of the Third Avenue Railroad Now
that we have real humorist among US we
must not injure him in his feelings or his
employers profits, but even forego rapid
transit and consent to ride in Third avenue
car forever if thereby we can testify how
much we reverence humor and the humorist
Year: 1875

Is the Anglo-American Cable Company a
Legitimate enterprise or mere speculative
adventurep We notice that the managers are
publishing figures whose purpose is to show
that the recent reduction of the rates has not
so far produced a corresponding increase in
business, and that the result is decrease in
the gross revenue. But these figures do not
show that the amount Of business the
company are now doing at the present lower
rates is unremunerative; and if the reduc-
ton of rates had really inflicted loss it
would be difficult to account for the recent
rise in the price of Anglo American stock. If
the managers of the company would perfect
their system of administration SO as to trans
act business more promptly and with greater
regularity they would satisfy their customers
and the public and secure in q short
time handsome increase of business To
raise the rates to the old figures as they ap-
pear now to threaten, would bring down upon
them justly the Indignation ofthe commercial
class on both continents, and would cause
demand for the interference Of the govern
ments to prevent such see-saws. The price
of cable dispatches should be regulated by
the cost of the service, and not by the neces-
sites of the public; when two cables are
working the Anglo-American puts its rates
down. Why should it raise them now2


If the company chooses to manage its
affairs with due regard to the convenience of
the public, and shows that it is satisfied with
such constant but moderate profits as form
the proper returns in any legitimate enter
prise, it will probably continue to prosper.
But if its managers propose to make the
public the victims of careless service and
arbitrary rates the time is near when the
governments of Great Britain and the
United States will be compelled by general
demand to assume the control of the cable
and manage it for the public interest. If
they did not the newspapers Of this country
and England are now rich enough to lay
new cable on their own account, and they
are not incapable of doing So
Year: 1875

CHURCH AUTHORITY. attempt OF the
Catholic Bishop Of Louisville TO supervise
the financial condition Of the churches in his
diocese has led TO rebellious outbreak
among some of the priests. The curious fea-
ture is that the rebels do not wish the laity
to be mixed up with the financial affairs OF
the Church. This exhibition Of o spirit of
caste is perhaps only the natural result Of the
relations existing between the priests and
people, but it is certainly not feeling that
can be looked on with favor in this country.
The churches belong to the congregation,
and their administration ought 10 be care
fully supervised by their owners The mere
fact that the members Of the priesthood are
intrusted with the care and administration
of certain property does not give them the
right TO assume the airs Of proprietors. In
Europe lay Catholics are almost wholly ex-
cluded from the direction Of the affairs Of
tbeir own churches; but we doubt that in
this country the congregations will be will
inc 20 see clerics assuming absolute control
of property which docs not belong to them
and of which of best they are but trustees foi
the benefit Of their uarishioners'
Year: 1875

Our correspondence in another column
gives the programme of the movements of the
Georgia freedmen. Their aspiration was for
a black mans red republic-a rouge ct noir
Utopia. They had the same beautiful idea
in their difficult heads that has several times
disturbed the brains of the people of the city
of Paris. An equal division of the land and
the establishment of public schools was the
claim of these unconscious plagiarists of the
Paris Commune, and they seem to have fan
cied that one of these was as practicable
and as just as the other; and if they
could not get both, or if they were in
terfered with in the organization of an
armed force intended to secure both,
then they were ready to fight for their cause.
Exactly what would necessarily be the result
! of their attempt to enforce such programme
they perhaps could scarcely understand. and
therefore they may have used in comparative
innocence of mind words that have become
commonplace when they said they would
fight for their cause; but white men
who are familiar with the history of
movements of this sort know what
terrible significance this commonplace
may acquire in the collision of races where
there has been slavery. Frightful as
might have been the results of a move
ment on this theory it is very satisfactory to
see that the colored people of Georgia were
fully as innocent as the mildest interpreta-
ton of the words they used would suggest ;
but they were the dupes of two or three ne
gro agitators of the worst type. These men
seized upon an organization of negroes ap-
parently made for praiseworthy purpose,
and attempted to pervert it to their destruc-
tive and plundering schemes. One negro
confession indicates that one society used by
the negro Morris originated in pursuit as
peaceful as that of political economy. Its
first purpose was ito stop selling corn at
thirty or forty cents bushel for whiskey
and then having to buy it in the spring :"
and another purpose was to bury members
properly, put them away right" If the
negroes have got men among them who will
organize societies with a purpose like this
first one they may be trusted for all ordinary
competition with white men; and if the
State will encourage the growth of this sort
ofleaders by kindly hanging the other sort
the General Morrises and the Cordy Har-
rises-the negroes will give less trouble in the
South than any reasonable creature might
Justly have apprehended.
Year: 1875

TURKEY, apparently, is on the eve of great
war. Besides the revolt in Herzegovina and
the unquiet condition of Bosnia our cable
reports this morning bring news Of great
military activity in Egypt and of the formation
of Servian Ministry, composed mostly of
members of the Young Servis" party. SO far
as the Khedive is concerned throw of the
dice might determine his opposition to or
suppors ofthe Porte, and Servia will certainly
revolt unless the rebellion in Herzegovina
is speedily suppressed. This is not to be
expected unless the Powers intervene and in
any event lively times may be expected
Year: 1875

THE TEXAS FRONTIER We print letter
this morning in relation to the outrages of
Cortina and his bands On the line of the Rio
Grande as they are reflected by Texas senti-
ment by way of Long Branch. 1t is just
possible that the worthy Texans who are
absent from their State may do the govern
ment injustice in its intention of dealing
with the Mexican marauders General Grant
has shown some purpose to suppress the
outrages from which the people on the Texas
frontier have suffered SO much, and we are
slow to condemn his policy while there is a
prospect that the necessary protection 10
American citizans will be afforded.
Year: 1875

A CATHOLIC SYNOD has met at Maynooth,
Ireland, under the presidency of Cardinal
Cullen, to consider the education question.
Though the conditions differ in some re-
spects the problem is really She same in Ire
land and America, and this Synod may prove
the first step toward the adoption Of well
defined policy on this question in both
countries
Year: 1875

ANOTHER FAILURE in London is reported.
The time seems to have come on both con-
tinents when houses doing business upon an
insufficient basis will be compelled to
succumb There will not be much occasion
to regret this if the disasters lead to the adop-
ton of sounder principles in business in the
future
Year: 1875

POSTMASTER JAMES must see to it that all
such nuisances as the soda stand in the new
Post Office are prohibited. bar would be
quite as necessary as lunch room or soda
stand. The location for these places is in
the contiguous streets, and it would be un-
wise TO continue them in the Post Office build
inc
Year: 1875

CHINESE INSULTS AND APOLOGIES seem just
now to be the principal advertisements of
English diplomacy. England is not afraid to
make war upon the Celestials slow as she
would be to court it in any other direction,
and the Chinaman had better be careful Of
the British lion.
Year: 1875

THE NEwsBoYs' Picnic. Trustees OF
the Free Excursion Fund announce that the
newsboys will enjoy picnic on Saturday
next 1t is pleasant to know that this hard
working class of our industrial children are
not to be forgotten this year. That the boys
will have jolly time there can be no doubt
and it is to be hoped that the efforts of the
Trustees will be further supported, in order
that the excursions may continue. Nearly
ten thousand boys and girls have been given
holiday so far this summer, and there is no
reason why that large number should not be
increased Next Saturdays excursion will
be an interesting one, owing to the peculiar
class who will participate in the pleasure of
the day. The programme of arrangements
is of character to insure success
Year: 1875

II Is said that the recent defeats Suffered
by the Csrlists have convinced even the Pre-
tender that it is useless to- continue the strug-
gle for the possession of the Spanish crown
under the present condition of affairs. IL
Carlism were not the outgrowth of an unrea~
soning fanaticisn we might believe that this
utter hopelessness of the work its leaders
have set themselves to accomplish would in
duce them to throw down their arms and re-
store peace and prosperity to their country.
For moment only was there the slightest
chance that the reactionary party repre-
sented by Don Carlos would succeed in pos
sessing themselves Of the government Of
Spain. Had the party been strong enough
and bold enough to grapple with the disor-
ganized Republic of Pi Margal and Cas-
telar the conservative element might have
accepted Don Carlos and his friends as sa-
viors of society. 1t was at this period
that Carlism demonstrated its inherent
weakness and its incapacity to im-
pose itself on the nation. 1t became-
evident that Carlism was local evil, and
that even its alliance with the Church party
Woo ulioDle 10 rdlSe III 10 Jne ulSIlIy VI BIcdI
national party. That exhibition of weakness
was fatal to it, and since then in spite of the
blunders of the Madrid governments, Carlism
has daily lost ground. Were it not for the
difficulties nature has thrown in the way of
military operations in the northern provinces
of Spain the bands that support the preten-
sions of Don Carlos to the throne would
long since have been dispersed. Now they
are wholly unable to do more than protract
the war by taking advantage of the nature Of
the country. All hope of their success is at
an end, and the funds of the Carlist support
ers must be exhausted by the constant de-
mands made upon them. Though we may
not hope for an immediate cessation of the
civil war in Spain the area of operations
must become hourly more restricted. The
rank and file of the Carlists, when once con-
vinced that their cause is hopeless, will be
only too anxious to abandon struggle that
is laying waste their fields and strewing the
hillsides with the best and bravest of Spain's
sons.
Year: 1875

The AMATEUR REGATTA at Troy began
yesterday, Courtney holding his own and
the Argonautas winning the pair-oared race.
Great interest is felt in the races, and the
regatta is likely to prove one of the most
successful of the season.
Year: 1875

A FIRE AT SEA is always regarded as some
thing peculiarly terrible, but it is not often,


except in novels like Mr.. Theodore Tilton's
Tempest Tossed, that the birth Of fine
baby is the first event to happen after the
rescue. In the case Of the coal schooner Au-
nelie. burnt at sea. whose crew was saved
Year: 1875

MORE MURDER. Another murder by sud-
den violence has occurred in the city, and,
of course, nobody knows who did it; and at
Police Headquarters it will perhaps be
deemed ridiculous fancy for the public to
suppose that the police should forthwith catch
the murderer. But the police have all the
machinery in their hands, only they are
without either the intelligence OF the energy
to use it. In properly organized police the
law for the arrest Of habitual criminals would
have settled this case, as it has often settled
similar ones in England. Under that law
the slums would have been swept within five
hours of this murder, and every known
criminal would have been in the hands of
Justice. One of the mon thus caught would
probably have been the man wanted, or
would have known the whereabouts of that
man. Moreover, the sudden arrest in that
way about once o week Of every known
rogue would stimulate the disposition Of
rogues to visit neighboring cities.