smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

WET BLANKET FOR THE GRANT PARrr'


From The Ne0- York Word (DuD o
- The dispatches received from this state
leave to doubt that resplendent triumph was
achieved yesterday the Grant Administrator
The returns show handsome Democratic gains In all the
election districts yet heard from and these are dis
trcts In which the negro vote exists in It's greatest
strength, and where the Administration orators have
been active, the Is likely to be better and
better the distant and less popuous parts Of the
State heard from. The Grant party beaten in s
own strong holds and the remaining returns which VIII
be coming In for the ensuing three four days, will
swell the great triumph the Administration which
already assured. We could have afforded 10 lose this
State, but the Grant party could not They have ac-
cordingly exerted themselves TO the utmost This
prising rescue OF North Carolina from the clutches OF
the Administration virtually decides the Presidential
contest. 1t will fall Ike enormous, dripping wet
blanket the whole body Of Grants supporters extn-
gushing their confidence and sending cold shlyer 10
the extremes OF the party Before the month ends the
Republican deserers will be numbered By hundreds OF
fhOusanla
Year: 1872

At midnight our dispatches are sufficiently
definite TO indicate the Lneral movement has swept
the state OF North Carolina With such result assured
IL immaterial whether the majority VIII be 10000 or
o0OOO The important consideration Is that Granusm
witch ia nepotism, robbery and official corruption, is
doomed. Tie old North State, the first TO pronounce
herself since the campaign opened mas spoken IN no u
of Addition Division, and Silence foreteng the utter
overthrow that awaits IL in November when the people


81 every Sate will rally to the standard OF the Honest
old Farmer Of Chappaqua, aud send him TO the White
House by majority inferior only 10 that Whleh haue
OF the nation,


fs,s
TuE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESULT CANNOT BE
Year: 1872

Archbishop Spalding and Politics.
From the New York Herald.l l6a 8i lHaJ


Archbishop Spalding never took any
part in the great political struggles that
have agitated the country. Like his
predecessor, the lamented Kenrick, he
never cast a vote in his life. His SYM
pathies were with the land of his birth
and his ancestry; but never, even in the
sanctity Of closest friendship, did he
disclose his sentimental He even main
tanned the opinion that the church should
under no circumstances become en-
tangled with the questions of the day,
and Mr.. Stewards alleged representa-
tons to the Pope that he was disloyal
and not acceptable to the government
as Archbishop of Baltimore were gra-
tuitous, insulting, and manufactured out
of whole cloth.a On one occasion during
the war between the North and South,
Archbishop Kenrick, appalled,. by the
encroachments of the military and the
threats that were freely made against
the Cathedral determined to issue a
pastoral, defining the position of the.
church upon the question which so fear
fully agitated the public mind. His
intention was confded to Bishop Spald-
ing, who unhesitatingly condemned it,
and so clearly pointed out the impropri-
ETY. of the step that it was forthwith
abandoned. Bishop Spalding told the
Archbishop that he thought the people
themselves we're the best judges of their
political CONVICTIONS, and they alone
were responsible for the actions result
ing from their convictions. As soon as
peace had spread her healing wings over
the discords and dissensions of the re-
public, and the emancipation and en-
franehisement of the blacks had become
a fixed fact, the Archbishop bent all the
energies of his great mind to the task of
improving this class of our population,
and fitting them, both mentally and re-
ligiously, for the new duties Congress
had assigned them. The aourishing |
Catholic colored schools throughout his
diocese attest his well directed efforts.
Year: 1872

he was induced to take glass of cham
payne. That set him of, and in few
hours he was madly drunk. In, this
state he wandered of from his friends,
was robbed and beaten by rufiaus, and
left insensible in the streets all night.
In the morning he was picked up and
taken 70 the Maryland hospital.
Year: 1872

The Pope is reported to have sta
ted to some American lately, that #
he should ever leave Rome, he would
be glad to take up his residence IN
New York, because no city IN the
world contains more earnest Catho-
lies, or those more devoted to the


ighest and best interests OF the
church.
Year: 1872

The Southern Baptist Convention
have a successful mission in Rome,
in charge Of w. n. Cott. He is now
in this country raising money to and
in building a new chapel. The
brethren North propose to aid in the
movement, and let the chapel stand
as a monument of fraternal symPa-
thy and cooperation.
Year: 1872

We have stated number o. times
and repeat for the benefit OF numer-
ous correspondents, that neither up
per nor under skirts are lined
throughout, even Of silk dresses.
About an inch of material of silk and
poplins is allowed at the bottom Of
the skirt, which is hemmed up over
the facing.


Washing materials and thin wools
are somewhat les4 gored than form
erly at the sides and in front This
is in consequence of flat trimmings
having superseded ruflls8 to con.
siderable extent.


Skirts that will wash are almost
uniformly gathered instead ofplaited.


Oyerskirts are now made in two
parts; the apron rounding up at ths
sides, and overlapping the back,
where it is finished with a bow.
Sometimes the apron is double, the
upper one being shorter than tae
other but they are always cut as
nearly without fullness as possible,
the fullness being confined to the
back. No looping is required, or Is,
indeed, admissible, the aprons be-
ing rounded at the sides up to the
waist.


Lower skirts, Walking length, are
cut to just escape touching the
ground. High fashion allows them
to touch, but the train upon the
streets is not sanctioned either
abroad or at home and ladies who
adopted it last season because they
were told it was fashionable have
discontinued it, finding themselves
subjected to much dirt and dscom-
fort, and chiefly kept in countenance
by the demi monde.


Sixty to sixty-fve inches is a sut-
fcient length for q trained skirt ; the
enormously long trains which form
erlv dragged like the tail OF comet
without grace or apparent use, hay
ing been very much reduced.


The front of the skirt and perhaps
the vest is still frequently made IN
some contrasting color, and thus an
opportunity is afforded fer utilizing
scant, old-fashioned silks, either
black or colored. Black and green,
black and pink, black and white,
stone color and blue, dove color and
pink or ashes of roses and green, are
all good combinations.


Of course there are many Others
for new materials-pale salmon or
the rose with chocolate brown, wood
color and delicate green but a
cameo tint, pale blue or green with
black is the most stylish.


Sometimes the lasque or jacket,
sometimes a vest only, is made Of
the light color which forms the front
of the skirt, but the two colors must
| be effectively combined IN lhe trlll'
ming or the result will not be sue.
cess.


Black ribbon velvet will be much
used a. fiat trimming during the fall
and winter French folds Of the ma
tcrial will also be in vogue.


Pipinr in the old-fashioned sense
of &C riding is only used for arm
holes but the narrow doubled tolc
ip still extensively used and is 8ener
ally called piping. -,


Coat sleeves tight to the arm vii
be worn to some extent during The
coming fall and winter, and are
quantity y ornamented with two puff:
one at the top Of the sleeve, th'
other near the elbow.-DemoreS'.
Year: 1872

The NINE owners of Great Britain
for many years have been endeayor-
ing to procure machinery which
should take the place Of hand labor
in getting out coal, but they have
not succeeded. The difficulty which
the coal uropriotors have recent
ly experienced in procuring suli
cient labor to enable them to supply
the demand for fuel, which has de-
cided)y outrun their facilities for
production, gives this subject pecu-
liar interest at the present time. At
Il meeting Of the Institution Of Me-
chanical Engineers recently held at
Liverpool, a description was given of
u coal-cutting machine, with rotary
cutter worked by compressed mir,
which has been in actual use for the
past two years in seam OF coal
knownas the Pembcrton Little Coal


This coal was about two feet and
four inches in thickness, and SO hard
that it was difficult to obtain men TO
work it. The cutter is driven by
compressed air, which is conveyed
down the shaft and along the main
roads in iron pipes. The coal is cut
by a spur wheel, fitted with teeth,
which cuts its way into the coal with
out any previous "hoihng." The
machine is drawn along the face of
the coal as it cuts its way, throwing
out the small coal, or slack, be-
tween the train rails upon which it
runs. It is considered that under
ordinary circumstances this machine
does the work of forty men, and as
it never gets tired, it can be worked
day and night without stopping 1t
is also found that the proportion ol
slack to coal taken out by the ma
chine was only as one to eight, while
with hand labor the proPotion was
as three of coal to one of slack
The actual cost of getting coal by
this machine, however, taking al


contingencies into accout, has prov


ed quite as great as by hand labor
the only advantages claimed being
more rapid production and less pro


portion of slack to coal,
Year: 1872

WOMEN make a great mistake who
want their lovers to see in them
the end of all beauty and loyeliness;
they should rather try to make win
dows of themselves, to let eternal
beauty that is above and beyond,
shine through them.
Year: 1872

Every industrious, wide-awake per
son can find ways and means of
earning money, but after it is fairly
earned the great trouble with every
body is that it slips away SO easily.
Every time You turn you will find
ways ard means of spending money.
Now the great art in spending well,
is to make every dollar show whore
it is invested There are so many
ways of disposing of it which never
seem to give any returns. Your
housekeepers need to learn tho art
of spending well. A dollar invest
ed in nice covered dish for the
table, a useful mat for the hall, a
beautiful tree for the front door yard,
will give q hundrcd-fold the pleas
ure that it would in a strip Of trim
ming about the hem of q dress, or a
fat chicken for the table, which
leaves you no better satisfied than il
you had dinod of an inexpensive
chop. Think we'll over every dime
you pay out, and resolve to put it tc
the best possible account. The ART
of spending is even more impor-
tant one than the art Of earning
money. You can gain it by the
spadeful and yet fritter it all away
by the spoonful.
Year: 1872

/ plucked an apple from of a tree,
Golden and rosy and fair to sec
The sunshine had fed it with warmth and


light


The deTs had freshened IL night by night,
And high on the tOpmost bough it grew,
Where the winds Of heaven about it blew,
And while the mornings were soft and young
The wild birds circled, and scared, and sung
There, in the storm, and calm. and shine,
1t rpened and frightened. this apple of mine
Till the day plucked it from off the tree,
Golden, and rosy, and fair to see.
How could guess. meath that daintiest rind,
That the core of sweetness hoped to find
The innermost, hidden heart of the bliss
Which dews and winds and the sunshine's S


kiss


Had tended and fostered by day and by night
Was black with mildew and bitter with blight
Golden and rosy, and fair of skin.
Nothing but ashes and ruin within?
Ali never again with toll and pain e.
Will strive the tOpmost bough to gain
Though its wind-swung apples are fair to see,
On II lower branch is the fruit for me.


-Scribaer for August.
Year: 1872

From late LONDON letter.l


The Imperial Prince goes every morn
ing to Kings College School, in the
Strand. The college is in the hands Of
the Church party, but is afilisting with
the London University. The boys at
the school are quite Of the middle class.
The Prince has tutor, and one Of his
schoolfellows was anxious TO convince
me the other day that this was the
reason the young Frenchman was fre-
quently better prepared than the rest.
In these large day schools the boys see
little Of each other out Of school hours.
When the studies for the day are over,
the lads are of to their homes-north,
south, east, west so the young Prince
has not any special aequsintanees.
Year: 1872

Probably they viii get him into their
cricket club, and initiate him into ath-
letics. In that case some Of us who
have young friends at the school will
soon hear how he acquits himself. No
human beings judge more exclusively
by merits than school-boys.
Year: 1872

The "Fat CONTRIBUTOR" in writing
to the Cincinnati Times, tells the fol-
lowing:


Al the time was in Columbus, Pa,
the community was being startled or
amused, according to the mental
makeup of communities constituent
parts, by the story of haunted loco
motive. An engineer and fireman on
the middle division assert that while
running the night express one night
last week, the devil stepped on board
the locomotive and proceeded to run
il without the aid of firemen or en-
gineer, those worthless falling back in
not yery good order on the tender,
where they sat tremblingly observing
the operations of his Satanic majesty.
They aver that he not only opened
the furnace door and put his head in
to see how the fire was burning, but
that he actually crawled in, and they
could distinctly see him in the glar-
ing light industriOusly stirring up the
fire with his tail! This seems incred-
ible, I admit, but both the engineer
and fireman say they will swear to it.
Then emerging from the furnace
WlLllOuL u LaAl oNCACA~A1 -
proceeded to handle the levers as
though he had run a locomotive all
his life, humming some diaOolieal
tune meanwhile. He did not crowd
on all steam, as they expected he
would do, and run the train with its
passengers to everlasting smash at a
devil of a rate; but, t,On the other hand,
he used the accustomed caution, slack
ing I'D around the curves, and behav-
ing altogether like careful, temper
ate engineer who recognized his re-
sDonsibilities. Once only did he no.
tfce the two terrOr-strieken men on
the tender, and then he made an I'M
periOus motion to the fireman to fire
up, and when he hesitated the devil
| fired up himself so Internally that the
fireman made haste to comply with
his command. 1t seems strange thai
he didn't take advantage Of his Op-
pOrtunity to run the train to destrUe-
[ ton, but he was probably satisfied
with the pace at which the passenger:
were going to the devil anyhow, anC
accordingly held his hand Arriving
at a bridge crossing a deep stream, ht
suddenly waved them an adieu, anC
| leaped off the engine over the brldg'
and disappeared. The men say s


b.ue flame followed him, and they
could hear a great sputtering Of the


water when he struck.


1t is declared in Columbia to be I


fact that when the train reached thu


next station these men told the abOvl


story, and actually refused to run an!


further on that engine, 50 that it be


came necessary to substitute Othe


men for them in order for the train 4


proceed. I give you the story as it j
I current in Columbia. 1t is a strang


enough story at the first blush, bu
judging from the diabolieal accident


that frequently occur on our railroad


one might think it was not so yer!
rare a thing after all for the devil q
run trains.
Year: 1872

Do you know that the VOWS Of God
are upon you?


Do you know that the worth of life
lies in the good We do?


Do you know that your Piety may
uneOnsciOusly decline?


Do you know that yOu need the
prayer meeting?


Do you know that you can slight
the Lords Supper?


Do you know that Christ enjOins
secret prayer?


Do you know that you forfeit your
hope by incidence?


Do you know that your Sunday va
cant seat looks bad?


Do you know that il baekslidden,
Jesus viii forgive you?
Year: 1872

The secret of the great political revolu-
ton created in the country by the nomina-
ton of Horace Greeley lies III the fact that
he is universally regarded as an earnest,
honest advocate of the policy of peace and
reconciliation in the Southern States.


The investigations of the Southern Out
rage Congressional Committee have demon
strated to the Northern people the exist
ence OF state of things in our midst of
which they had not dreamed. 1t was
shown 20 the Northern people by the plain
est testimony that the fruits of the policy
hitherto pursued towards the South were
the suppression of all civil law and the sub
stitution of the rule of the bayonet an
enormous crushing load Of Public Debt
fraudulently and corruptly contracted; the
utter disregard of the right of local self
government and the prostration of every
branch of industry.


When the Northern people become salts
fed that all these evils really did blight and
curse the South and were not merely the
creatures of disturbed imaginations or the



vengeful men, they determined that a
policy which bore such fruits should no
longer be pursued.


Because of this determination ana IN
Difference to the growing popular feeling,
Horace Greeley was nominated as a candi-
date for the Presidency.


The South, with only few exceptions,
accepted the right hand of fellowship thus
extended in the selection of the man who
was the first and most persistent advocate
of generous and magnanimous treatment
of her people.


SO strong was the desire on the part
of good men at the North to come
to the relief Of their brethren OF the South,
that when the National Democratic Con-
ventiOn met, Northern Democrats, yield
ing the prejudices Of life time, said to our
delegates, ''if you gentlemen Of the South
think the nomination of Mr.. Greeley
promises the quickest and surest reStOra-
ton Of constitutional government to your
oppressed people, we Will join you in
bringing about his election, although he
has ever been our political enemy"
Never before in the history Ofthe world,
was ever such Z spectacle witnessed. This
history Of events since the baltimore Con-
vcntion demonstrates that these prOtesta-
tions on the part of Northern men were
neither vain nor idle.


Every day the great movement increases
( III magnitude. In every State and in every
/ county, men who have hitherto sustained
! the policy of punishment and bloody retri-
button to the South, are joining the ranks
/ OF the Greeley allies.


! The secret of all this, us we have said
lies i'll the fact that Greeley is the exponent
! of Il policy Of peace and recont iiiatiOn in
the south, and thai General Grant is the
exponent of that policy which requires for
its execution the suspension Of the writ nf
Uo5cGs Corpus, fraud, corruption, and dis
regard of the right of local scltgov-
erIlnent.
Year: 1872

faces together before they wen: to bed, as
charm against infidelity, or imbecility, or
some other long word. While / was a
study'n about that spied the doctors sad
die bags sitting In the corner, so waited
till they went into supper, and then l got
the bags and looked to see what could
discover. Nearly the first thing saw a
piece OF lunar caustic. l slipped It into my
pocket, for had my plan as soon as saw
1t. Well, / watched around till saw one
Of the girls go to the pail with pitcher 80
went out and asked her What she was 60
ing to do with 1t she said she was going
to carry it TO the room for the doctor and
Polly to wash their faces in. I kept talk
ing to her while she was filling the pitcher,
and when she turned her head dropped
the caustic into it. It was then about bed
time, and got my hat and put out, but l
couldn't help laughing all the way home,
whenever I'd think about the next morn
ing.


Well, Squire, they do say that when
they walked up next morning they both
had the hardest kind offits, each one think
ing they had been sleeping with a nigger.
Oh! it was rich! lie cussin' and tear
ing up things and she a screamin' and
faintin' and comm to and goin' on again,
and me not there To see it. They made
such an unearthly racket that the folks
DrOK0 INTO the room TO see what was the
matter, and there they was with their faces
and hands all as black as the inside Of an
old stove pipe. I'd give half my interest
in tother world just to have been at some
safe place where / could have seen the
whole row. AS soon as they found out
that they were really the same folks that
married the night before, the called for
warm water and soap, but just here the
doctor happened to think about the pitch
er and took it to the door to see what was
the matter. There was a little piece Of
caustic that had not dissolved, and as soon
as he saw it he says


It's no use washing, Polly all the soap
in New York can't wash the black off,"


That was the truth, Squire soap and
water had no more effect than it would on
native born African, and all the chance
was to wait and let it wear off. How long
it took them to get white again l never
found out, but one thing | know" he con-
cluded, getting up to go OUT the next
time saw the doctor had the hardest
fight, and come the highest getting whaled
that | ever did in all my life ~
Year: 1872

We have just heard of an incident that
occurred III the campaign Of a party of
SpOrtsmen who were recently out on
hunt for deer. They scared up three deer
in the vicinity Ci' one of the bayOus Of the
Ogeechee, and succeeded i'll killing two,
the third made for the bayou as the only
means of escape. lie had gone in the
water but a short distance before he was
set upon Ivy two large alligators. The
w1ter was not over three and 4 half feet
deep at the place, and the attack was in
full view of the spOrtSmen. The two
hounds had followed the deer, and were
consequently drawn into the combat,
which, we are informed, was most terrific
and bloody.


The stag made gallant defence with
his antlels and fOrc-hOOfs, but the fight was
unequal, and the water was soon crimson
with the blood Of the noble animal Is he
sank down in his death thrOcs. The dogs
battled br@vely in the contest with the aili-
gators, but they 100 had to yield to the ter
rife onslaught of their enemy.


The party tried to get in some shots on
the allgators, but they counted not, and
after finishing their bloody work the mons
teis glided off Tile affair was extremely
exciting, and to graphically and fully de
scribe it would require more space and
time than we at present have at command.
Savannah NctCS.