smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

Of course the report which comes from
Washington, that the administration thinks
of declaring martial law in the Southern
Mexico, and the Congress of 1875 did not
pass the Force bill. To attempt to inter-
fere, with federal arms and martial law, in
the Southern elections would be for the re-
publicans to give up the struggle They
would excite storm of alarm and indigna-
ton in the North which would sweep the
Northern States against them.


The truth is. the republican party does
not deserve to carry any Southern State,
unless it be North Carolina, where the
parties are very equally matched, and where
the republicans are as respectable and as
certain to give the State good government
as the democrats They might have car
had paid only little attention to good
government down there; if it had not been
SO long the policy at Washington to en-
courage and support with the federal patron
age set of graceless and unscrupulous po-
litical gamblers and adventurers, to the
exclusion of honorable and honest men,
who might easily have been brought into the
republican party by the use of a little wis
dom and good management. That the South
is to-day unit, or very nearly so, for the
democratic party is the fault of republican
mismanagement at Washington. Every man,
no matter whether he is republican or demo-
cratic who desires to zee the Southern States
honestly ruled must wish that they shall be
carried this fall by the democrats.
Year: 1876

The BROKEN SAVINGS BANK.-The report
of Mr.. William j. Best, who was appointed
the Receiver Of the Mechanics and Traders
Savings Bank, which failed ten weeks ago,
is startling revelation of misconduct and
violated trust on the part of some
of the managers. 1t will be read by
every depositor in such institutions
with interest, and ought to be
warning to all how they place their money
in the control Of persons who speculate
rashly and wickedly and use it illegally for
their own gain. In this case the depositors
will receive about seventy-five per cent of
their claims, as the receiver estimates and,
after the gross mismanagement that is
proved, they should be grateful that they
will get any thing at all.
Year: 1876

The INDIAN FARCE. The war being over
and the Indians victorious they are now en-
deavoring to defeat us at diplomacy. Tho
old farce of treaty-making has been repeated
with tho chiefs, and, as our special de-
spatches from Red Cloud Agency show, they
are very naughty in their demands, and sign
the treaty with an eye to rations this winter
and another war in the spring
Year: 1876

the board aud class the case as the result
of hasty legislation. The petition received
probably 200 names in all and scarcely
signature outside the S~ede element, who
as class pay but small amount of the
taxes imposed The whole affair was
done for policy and not for any particular
preference the board has for the element
presenting the petition THE ARGUS
does not oppose this measure on grounds
of nationality alone. but because, the
necessity for the act does not east The
public schools are intended for the use
of the people, but outside of the ordinary
English branches 10 other educational em-
bellishments should be expected. A good
common school education does not include
the languages, nor should the teaching OF
outside branches form part of the series.
The people are already taxed beyond en-
durance to support our present school sys


ten and if the frequently occurring innova-
tions of the original common school system
are supported, it will sooE do away with
colleges and seminaries, become heavy
burden on the people, and not particularly
benefit the masses either But few out Of
the large number attending our schools
ever go beyond the ordinary branches
simply because they cant afford it, ano
secondly because the higher branches are


mere superhuit;es in ordinary life TIL
ARGUS insists that the board of education


legislated hastily, and did not give the
subject the consideration its Importance
demanded. 1t is earnestly hoped that th'


action of the board will be reconsidered a


the next meeting and the error of the las


session permanently remedied.
Year: 1876

Men often have their hands full,
are over crowded with business aud
drive hurriedly along at IL, but they
may not be ogsrwOrked. We cam
not always tell when we are overwork-
ed. A man does not always Know him.
himself, no more than he knows the
strain on the main spring of his watch
that will break it. But there comes a
time when it breaks-a click, snap,
aud the watch stops. Men break down
this way. They go on. day after day,
the pressure bearing harder each sue
cessive day, until the vital force gives
out and the machine stops. Ii isa
great pity that the indications of this
state Of things cannot be seen before
hand, and If seen, regarded. IL is one
of the last things that men will admit
to themselves, much less to others.
They hatter themselves that it is only
a little weariness Of flesh, which will
pass with few hours rest, when in
fact every nerve, power aud resource
are exhausted, and the system is driven
to work by sheer force of the will.
When the oil on the shaft or in tho oil
box is exhausted every revolution of
the wheel wears on the revolving part,
and will soon ruin it. The same is
true of the human body.
Year: 1876

One circumstance in particular that
prevents us from getting our best
statesmen into high places is the pop
ularity of some military man or per-
sonage in other departments Of life
who has contact with a large class,
or won a renown in something else be-
side statesmenship. 1t was thus that
Harrison, Taylor, Scott and Grant
came to be the candidates Of the great
parties, for no person would have
thought of them as suitable men for
president from a consideration Of their
abilities as statesman. A military man
is naturally no more qualified for a
high civil Office than a civilian is for
military position. The result is that u
man gets into power who knows moth
ing of his business, and Of course he
is bluuderOr from the beginning 90
the end of his term.-BaItimore Amer-
tcdR.
Year: 1876

The Baltimore Sun says There is 4


class of the community which rarely


goes to the polls or give any attention


to the formation of nominating con-


ventions because it is disgusted with


politics and politicians, and with theiI


tricks and manners. Those who


neglect their public duties are among


the most intelligent and conservative
Of the American people, and have as


large stake in the preservation OF
good government as any other class.
The time has come when they must re-
linquish an inactivity which, under the
circumstances, is becoming criminal,
and combine their energies in a sys-
tematic aud determined effort to rescue
the Government from the degradation
and ruin with which it is threatened
by official Generalization"


To which the Nashville Evening
Mail adds: This is the point, and it is
true of every portion of the country.
A large number Of men in every COM
munity have withdrawn from partiei-
patton In politics, even to voting.
They leave to others the selection of
candidates and the election of the men

who are to make our laws as we'll as
those who are to execute them. It is
a matter for wonder when the best
and most intelligent men we have take
so little active interest in matters of
vital Importance, that our laws are
often defective, if not oppressive, and
that we have incompetentand bad men
to fill the offices of honor and trust 2
If these men would visit the primary
and aid in the selection of
and then go to the polls
and vote for the mon thus selected, we
would soon witness change for the
better. 1t is great mistake which
these stay-aways make. Their active
influence is needed to purify the po-
litical atmosphere, and bring back the
country to something like the govern
meut in the purer and better days of
the republic. They must come out
from their seclusion, and perform with
faith the duty they owe
their fellow-men and their country.
Year: 1876

We find in late number of the New
York Sun leaf in the history of the
Vanderbilt University which will be
read with interest by the people of the
South, and especially as it bears marks
of authority. The Sun speaking OF
Vanderbilt and his University" says


The Commodore likes to relate in
cidents in his life to interested friends
as they sit with him. The other day
he told the history of his connection
with the Nashville University. About
two years ago Bishop McTyeire, ofthe
Methodist Church, now President OF
the University, and who is related to
Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt, was
staying at the New York Hotel, under
treatment for an obstinate disease by
DIR. Bodenhamer. The Commodore
invited the Bishop to stop at his house,
which, he good -naturedly said, was as
good hotel as the New York. The
Bishop went, and a strong friendship
was cemented between host and guest.
The day before the Bishop was to
leave the Commodore called him aside
and confided to him his project OF es-
tablishing university somewhere in
the South. 1t was a duty, the Com
modore said, that the North owed to
the South, to give some substantial
token of reconciliation that would be
a benefit, and he wanted to do his in


dividual share by founding an institu-
ton. The next day the Commodore
explained his plans to the Bishop.
They agreed upon them, and chose
Nashville for the site of the Universi-
ty. The Commodore then gave check
for $500,000 to found the institution,
and he since added 100000.
Year: 1876

ALL Odd Fellows are required ito
act like honest men" hence it should
be the special duty Of every Odd Fell
low to feel that, morally, he is his
brothers keeper" and any known i'm
morality in brother should be pri.
vately reproved, and if he persists in
it the matter should be promptly re-
ported to the lodge. No lodge can
long prosper, whose members haEitu-
ally violate the laws of God. Our
odd Fellowship is our distinctive
feature, and certainly one definition
of that is. that we are to be altogether
unlike other people" Our teachings
inculcate purity of life and conduct,
and it is the duty of every lodge to
see that its members make something
like an effort to attain to the excellency
of its teachings.-Neao England ODD
FeLLoac.
Year: 1876

1t having been stated by the Plea
yune that the Louisiana delegation to
The National Democratic Convention
were understood to be all but one in
favor of Bayard, five Of the six dele
gates from this city have written a let
ter to the Democract, in which they
allege that there has been no meeting
of delegates and no determination ex-
pressed to favor Bayard or any other
individual aspirant. The following is
the closing paragraph of the letter,
and very fully sets forth the policy Of
the city delegation In other words,
it is our intention, as we believe il 10
be our duty, to go to the convention
perfectly free to give our support to any
good and true man who, in our jadg-
ment, may be most acceptable to the
party generally, and most likely to
unite and receive the support Of the
opponents of Radicalism. .'-Neio Or
leans Bulletin.
Year: 1876

TOBACCO PLANTs.-After careful
examination and enquiry we are con-
yiuced that there are not in Christian
county enough plants of the first SOW
ings to set out one-twentieth of crop.
These having been almost totally de-
stroyed by the fly, the reliance for
plants is now confined to late sowings
which are just coming up, There is
as yet but little abatement in the raw
ages of the fly, and if the cool weather
continues, the later sowiDgs will likely
be as completely destroyed as the first.
In no event is there probability OF
setting out more than half Of crop
in this county, and that will neeessa-
rily mature very late, if indeed, it ma
lures at all.-HopkinsUiile Neao Era
18Th inst.
Year: 1876

How SHE WAS FooLED.-A lady in
this city (says the Marquette JournaD
suspected that her husband was in the
habit of kissing Kate, the cook, and
resolved to detect him in the act. Af-
ter watching for days she heard him
come in one evening and quietly pass
through into the kitchen. Now Kate
was out that evening and the kitchen
was dark. Burning with jealousy the
wife took some matches in her hand,
and hastily placing her shawl over her
head, as Kate sometimes did, entered
the kitchen by the back door and was
almost Immediately seized and en-
braced in the most ardent manner.
With her heart almost bursting with
rage aud jealousy, the injured wife, pre-
pared to administer terrible rebuke
to her faithless spouse. Tearing her
self from his embrace, she struck a
match, and stood face 70 face with
the hired man. The husband says his
wife has never treated him so well
since the first month they were mar
ried as she has for the past few days.
Year: 1876

A BLOWING OUT OF MATTER


which gives rise to the extraordinary
penumbral phenomena witnessed by
Prof. Leverrier. There il undoubt-
edly an immense underfeed from the
outside towards the center, but whether
by rush downward from the center of
the focii of disturbance can not be
determined. The present action, at
all events, has had the effect Of show
ering upon the earth large additional
increment of solar heat. So far the
effect has not been Objectionable, but
in the Immediate future the conse-
quences may prove disastrous The
sun has emitted an enormous amount
of extra heat, and this emission may
jeopardize his very existence, as well as
the stability of the system he controls.
BY comparing, as it were, his own VI
tality, his reciprocal action upon our
globe will be materially diminished.
The restraint hitherto exercised upon
the molten ocean that surges. WITHIN
our planet has been chiefly solar, and
if this influence has been lessened, as
there are too many grounds to believe,
a series of terrific earthquakes In re-
gions hitherto comparatively free from
them may inaugurate hnal compre-
hensive convulslon..


An eminent mathematician in this
Year: 1876

The ground that Mr.. Riddle, Of Ten
nessee, takes is that the policy Of the
Republican party in having paid already
nearly four millions Of claims against the
Government, hAs inaugurated policy
that now exists and that entities every
citizen Of Tennessee who sustained dam.
ages 10 claim them. "War exists by act
Of Mexico" said James K. Polk, and it
is only necessary for us to follow what
has already begun. Claims have been
paid by the act Of the Republican
party, and as we are now re-
stored to our rights, all relieved OF
our disabilities, ali equal before the law,
all back in our fathers house, 50 we
ought all to share and share. alike in the
matter Of reparatiOn for losses sustained
by the war. Upon this proposition the
South would be a more intense and ag-
gressive unit than 1t ever was for slavery.
Slavery was the personal affair Of the
rich, but everybody in the South almost
has sustained damages. Hence no scheme
ever broached in the South has the same
elements Of popularity in 1.-THE same
capacity to arouse public passion-as this
gigantic scheme for the payment OF dam
ages sustained during the invasion Of that
sect ion by the Union army. Why is it
that Riddle is sweeping the Fourth Ten
nessee District to-day almost without re-
sistance from his opponent, if it is not
largely by virtue OF the championship
which he haa assumed for the bill in Con.
gress that we keep standing in the In
TELLIG EScER.


There is another view OF this all i'm
portant matter that ia not to be lost sight
OF even by those who pin their faith to a
man OF Mr.. Tildsns political and per-
sonal antecedents and associations. ltis
the contingency that Mr.. Tilden being
now an old man, and Of uncertain
health, will never sit long in the
Presidential chair. This is pOssi-
bility that no one can ignore. We
are therefore bound to look at the
fact that Hendricks and the Democratic
party stand behind him. Thurlow Weed
has lately shown in his history OF the pro.
slavery agitation OF 1850, how fierce were
the opportunities and pressures Of the
Southern leaders upon President Taylor
against the admission OF California az a
free State. The poor man, badgered
and beset on all sides, died from the tur-
moiI by which he was surrounded. There
is, then, no view Of the case in which,
during great public e1igency like the
present, the North can feel safe with the
power Of the country in the hands Of the
Democratic party. "Woe worth the day"
in which that party was voted into
power in 1852 and again in 1885, Both
times they opened Pandora's box and let
loose all those winds OF discord that
brought upon US the rebellion and all
its direful consequences. "Woe worth
the day" in which the people of this
country again put power in their hands.
Year: 1876

Not long ago a married woman on Pine
Street. Chicago, asked her husband for new
summer hat and suit, so that she could make
that hateful creature in the next block see that
there were other people beside her ladyship
that could dress dccently. Owing TO the
stringency of the local money-market he de7
clined to fall 10 with her overturos. She did
not press the subject, but few days after
wards she came to his side, and leaning her
head softly on his shoulder, said Darling,
if YOU we've to be hit on the head with ham
mer, or something Of the kind, so that it
wouldn't kill you, but hurt you good deal
and put you out Of your miud, wouldn't they
make me your guardian and administrator 2
"very probably they would, pussy" here
Piled fondling her golden curls, "but what
funny question for you to ask" I" And then.'
she continued, apparently not having beard
the later part Of his sentence, "and then |
could 10 oil that liked with things, and my
name would be the same as yours at the bank
and SO on ?" Certainly, pet" be responded,
and she, giving bin an afection,,e embrace,
hurried away. The thing somewhat porplex-
ed him. but he dismissed it from his memory
until very recently, when be met hardware
dealer Of his acquaintance, who said "Iell
your wife | sent her the biggest hammer we
had but what in the thunder did she want SO
large hammer for?' Then cold sweat
broke out all over that young man, and hasten-
ine home he told his wife that be had just col
lected bad debt and here were $50 for ler
to get that suit and hat with. And she kiss
ed him and said she would not take 1t all,
since times were so hard, and they must make
every cent go Gs far as they could, but be IN
sisted that she should, aud che yielded like
a dutiful wife; and when be had gone out she
took the hammer from behind the washstand.
sen. it back to the hardware store, aud told
them she wouldn't need it, TO send her its
worth 10 sclf-sealing preserve jars.
Year: 1876

THE VALLEY RAILROAD ALIVE AGAIN
This road which has slept for the last several
months, is now under the supervision Of the
Shenandoah Valley, again open TO travel. In
the efficiency of President Mines and Vice
President Boyce, We have on ear
nest that an energetic, accommodating
fair line Of travel and freight
carriage viii be afforded Mr.. Mines is known
everywhere in the Valley, which he represent
ed il Congress, for bis efficiency, honesty and
devotion to public as well as private doty. A
Pennsylvania be came among Us directly af-
ter the war, he exhibited such manly traits
that the people elected him to Congress, from
which be retired Of his own taste, and is now
equal to any man in the Valley in popularity.


Major Boyce, we believe, is a native of Mis-
souri, an educated gentleman, fine speaker
he also possesses that perseverance which Is
characteristics Of western business men. He is
thoroughly, we should think, acquainted with
all the requirements Of railroading.-Rocting-
&am Register.
Year: 1876

Hz WAS. DELAYED.-A Detroit lady pur-
chased a jacket at Woodward avenue store The
other day and the clerk said be would send
it right home inside Of half fan hour. Ia about:
four hours package boy made bis appearance
with the garment and The impatient lady ex-
claimed:


"You boys are the creates. nuisance in
town suppose you stopped toplay marbles.
or hunt up lost dog "


Indeed l didn't" he replied. 81 went
home to change bats, and ma she had to try
on the jacket and parade before the glass;
Then Katy she put it on to make a call and
when she got back ma was determined to walk
over on Woodward avenue to show it of and
I got here as quick as ever | could"
Year: 1876

When it is said of youth, He
drinks" and it can be proved, what
store wants him for q clerk2 What
church wants him for q member2 Who
will trust himY What dying man will
appoint him as his executor? He may
have been forty years in building his
reputation-it goes down. Letters Of
recommendation, the backing of business
firms, a brilliant ancestry, will not save
him. The world SHES of. Why? 1t is
whispered all through the community,
"Hs drinks! He drinksp That blasts
him. When young man loses his
reputation for sobriety, he might as well
be at the bottom of the sea. There are
young men who have their good name
as their only capital. Your father has
started you out to city life. He could
only give you an education. He gave
you no means. He started you, however,
under Christian influences. You have
come to the city. You are achieving
your own fortune, under God, by your
own right arm. Now, look out, young
man, that there Is no doubt of your
sobriety. Do not create any suspicious
by going in and out of liquor establish
ments, or by any odor of your breath, OF
by any glare of your eye, or by any un-
natural flush of your cheek. You can
not afTsrd to do IL, for your good name
is your only capital, and when that il
blasted by the reptation of taking strong
drink, all is gone forever.
Year: 1876

This worlds n scene as dark as Styx,
Where hope Is scarce worth


Our toys are borne so fieeting hence
That they are dear ut ,,,
And yet TO stay here many are willing
Although they may not have
Year: 1876

There are few families, we imagine,
anywhere in which love is not abused as
furnishing the license for impoliteness.
A husband, father, or brother will speak
harsh words to those he loves best simply
because the security of love and family
pride keeps him from getting his head
broken. 1t is shameful that a man will
speak more impolitely at times to his
wife or sister than he would to any other
female except low and vicious one.
It is thus that the honest affections of a
mans nature prove to be weaker pro-
lection to a woman in the family than
the restraints of society, and that a
woman is usually indebted for the kind
est politeness of life to those not belong
ing to her own household. Things sought
not 20 to be. The man who, because 1t
will not be resented, inAicts his spleen
and bad temper upon those of his hearth
stone is a small coward and q mean fell
low. Kind words are circulating mediums
between true gentlemen in society and
nothing can atone for the harsh language
and disrespectful treatment too often
indulged in between those bound to-
gether by Gods own ties OF blood'
and the still more sacred bonds OF con-
iugal love.