smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The tone OF Senator Thurman 9
speeches in the campsign would lead
everyone to suppose that he must
baTe made valiant fight on the floor
OF the Senate when the iniquity he
psints in such dark colors was under
discussion there. Everyone would
naturally suppose from the sound
belsting which he gives Republicans,
shat aI Lis Democratic associates
must have stood shoulder to shoulder
with him opposing, both by voice,
vote, snd all parliamentary weapons
the contamination OF this swindle
which lie now talks SO frequently and
so vIrtuously about.


But the record discloses no such
stubborn fighting, aud reveals only 3
few CLEANS Of such virtue, rendering
the fna. Oiackness more gloomy.


Through all the first struggle II
the Senate Mr.. Thurman sat silent
lie voted right, with the exception
already noted ; bat though vote aftel
vote was taken where one as promi
nent as he is could have obliged the
Democratic side to unite and crust
the measure, he still continued silent


Not only this, but Mr. Thurman
did no. submit single moti5u look
ing 10 the defeat OF the salary in
crease, or even TO delaying action
thereon, so far as to have full debate
upon the molstrous proposition.


And this example set by Mr. Thur
man, leader, was followed by all the
Denocl ats. Not one OF them sought
70 defett or delay by even so much
as calling for vote on motions con-
tanning test - o.


And so it was all through. On the
direct question OF the back pay the
Democrats were silent. They not
only did not oppose, but st eveTJ
Year: 1873

We are reliably informed that the
barbecue to be given by the citizeus OF
Shreveport will come off on the 18th
inst. Major III. J. Hearsey, editor OF the
Times, will deliver the address of the
occasion, and from the other accounts
of the liberal arrangements being
made, we feel justified in saying that
the affair will be grand one, and will
attract to it many visitors from all
parts and portions of the South. We
presume that the Texas Pacific Rail.
road will make satisfactory arrange
ments for special train to convey such
of our citizens as may wish toattend
and return from this hearty expression
Of our Eastern friends. Whatever may
be done or agreed upon in this matter
shall be promptly announced to our
readers.
Year: 1873

office. While the young men of tho
country have not been without honor
and ultimate distinction, age and cX-
pcricncc, when sustained by talent,
have been It's reliance. They framed
the Federal Constitution, and for scv-
enty years, gave to our country dis
tlnction which no other in ancient or
or modern times has ever reached.


This ilippant manner of speaking of
men Of age and experience, many Of
whom are distinguished for their moral
worth, ability and patriotism, is not
commcndable.


1t has II bad outlook and, whatever
the writer may think Of it, will lead to
the impression that he is not only self
conceited, but that his early training
has been neglected We would advise
him to be little more modest, and not
to set his megs too high. Age and eX-
pcrience are not less valuable now than
in the youthful days Of the fathers of
the young men of the present, when
the old men guided the ship of State,
and took the lead in public affairs, and
when cur country was the best govern
ed and had the most wholesome and
salutary laws Of any on the globe.
Year: 1873

The District Clerk is still at work car
rying on his routine Of labors in quail
6ing the citizens CT this county for
the winter election. Noman in Dallas
county who can vote, should allow a
single day to pass away without going
forward and getting qualified as the
law directs, to do his whole duty as Q
citizen of Texas. Everybody should
keep In mind this important trust and
dischsrss T 81 ser'y = possible,
Year: 1873

davS' actual notice, to all within the
county, given by the Chairman of the
Board, or majority of the members
thereof. "A majority of said Board
shall be necessary to constitute 4
quorum, and vote of a majority of
the whole Board, shall be necessary
to carry any question. Each member
of the Board shall receive for his SER
vices, the sum of five dollars per day
for each days actual service as


member of the Board, or as a commit
teeman, and twenty-five cents per
mile for each mile actually travelled,
i'll going to the place of meeting /;
provided, that the aggregate amount
to he received by any one member,
during any one year, shall not exceed
the sum of two hundred dollars.


Sec. 16. Nothing in this Act con-
tained shall be construed to apply to
the transactions Of county business
in any of the counties of this State nor
shall any ofthe powers or jurisdiction
conferred be exercised by any officer
or person in any town or city before
there shall have been filed in the
Clerks office of the county in which
the same is situated, a written petit
ton for the application of the provi-
sions of this Act, to said town or city,
signed by a majoritv of the actual
residents Of such town or city, repre-
senting at least three-iifths of the
taxable property. The genuineness
of all signatures to such petition, and
the qualifications of the subscribers
shall be established by the affidavits
or reliable taxpayers of said town or
city, filed with such etitiOn.


Sec. II. All Acts, and parts Of Acts,
in conflict with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby repealed.
Year: 1873

Our job rooms have Ieen re-
plenished with a large variety
Of new type, Of the latest cut. and
we latter ourelyes tn { the works
turned out Of our Office for the
past year his been second to
none ever done in this city. Our
prices are low, and viii com
pare favorably with those Of any
other place. Those who have
work which they wish done in a
neat and workmanlike manner,
had better give Us a call, and ex-
anime our work and p1rs
Year: 1873

Considering the lives of those who
sit behind horses often depend on the
soundness of bit or strap, it is re-
markable how little attention is paid to
the condition Of harness by these who
trust themselves, not only in strange
carriages, but also in their own vehicle.
An English journal, devoted to the har
ness trade, after observing that scarcely
a day passes without the occurrence Of
an accident arising from bit breaking
while in the horses mouth, points out
that there are three ways of making
these bits. One is to forge them
throughout with the toughest iron or
of soft steel; the other is 10 use cast
checks, and forge the mouthpieces !;
while the third is to cast them through
out. The first is the only method that
should be followed, but buyers will not
pay the prices asked, and manufacturers
cannot afford to sell them for less. The
wrought mouth is the next best, and if
the check has been properly annea!ed,
it makes most serviceable bit Cast
checks, however, are not always trust
worthy, and the manufacturer is as
likely to be deceived in this respect as
the buyer. The cast bit is one that
ought never to be used Harness ma
kers should inform their customers Of
the quality of the article, and leave the
responsibility with the buyer. If for
the sake of the difference in price be-
tween two kinds a man chooses to risk
his life by using the poorer bit, neither
the harness maker nor the bit manufac-
turers should be blamed. The bit and
reins should always be of the strongest
kind, no matter what the merits of the
rest of the harness.
Year: 1873

No one tsays Won Humboldt) can
fear death less than do, neither AIN
much attached to life; but ! have never
known the feeling OF ar anxious long
inc for death; and although it be no.
bier one than that of an absolute weari-
ness Of existence it is nevertheless
blamab'e. Life must, for as long n pc
Rod as Providence wills it, be enjoyed
or sufiered-in one word. gone through.
and that with full submission, without
murmuring, lamenting, or repining -
There is one important law Of nature
which we should never lose sight of
mean that of ripening for death. Death
is not break in existence, it is but an
intermediate circumstance, transition
from one form of our fnal existence TO
another. The moment of maturity for
death cannot be decided by any human
st-a1s % inward feelia.ssi and So at
-tenpt to do 80 would be nothing better
than the vain rashness of human pride.
That decision can only be made by Him
who can at once look back through our
whole course; and both reason and
duty require that we should leave the
hour to Him, and never rebel against


His DEGREES bv a single impatient wish.
The first and most important thing is,
to learn TO master ourselves and to
throw ourselves with peaceful confidence
on Him who never changes, looking on
every situation, whether pleasant or
otherwise, as a source from which our
interior existence and individual char.
acter may draw increasing strength ;
and hence springs that entire submis


sion which few attain to. although al
fancy they feel it,
Year: 1873

One who was q stammerer for years
writes:


"No stammering person ever found
any difficulty III siogjng The reason OF
this is that by observing the measure Of
the music, By keeping time, the organs
Of speech are kept in such position that
ennnciatian is easy Apply the same
rule to reading Or speech, and the same
result will follow Let the stammcrer
take o santcnce-say this one, Leander
swan the Heilespont. Pronounce it by
sylIa1les S an it,keeping time with the
fingers if necessary letting each syllable
occupy the same time, thus: lie an der
swam-ph Hel-!'s pont, and he will not
stammer Let him pronounce slowly at
first, then fas er, but still keeping time,
keeping time with words instead of syl
tables, ard he will he surprised TO tihd
that,by very little practice,he viii read
without stammering, AMI nearly as rap
IDLY as persons ordinarily talk or read.
Then practice this in reading and con-
versa,i N :,ntil the habit is broken up
Perseverance is all that is necessary to
perform perfect cure:
Year: 1873

LONDON, December l5-The latest
adyices from the Cape OF Good Hope
say that the Indications OF KafIir out
break in Natal are increasing The ma
tive chiefs have leagued together and
are threatening war against the whites
The Zonloos are leading the insurrec-
ton The Lieutenant Governor is rap
idly pushing the work Of strengthening
the garrisons throughout the COLONY.
Year: 1873

Don't crown. the world is broad enough,
For you as well as me.
The doors of art are open wide


The realms of thought are FREQ.
In all earth's places You are right


To choose the best you can
Providing that you do not try


To crowd some other man.
Don't crowd good feelings from your herat,
By fostering all that's bad.
But give to virtue every room :
The best that may be had.
Be each days record such a ono


That you may well be proud
Give each his right, give each his room,
And never try to crowd.
Year: 1873

THE squeezs in Wall street continued
yesterday with even increased severity.
The protraction OF high rates Of interest
begins to tell on houses caught with large
loads to carry. A heavy failure occurred
Yesterday which for a little while made
the market pAniCky and knocked down
stocks very sharply. There was partial
recovery OF confidence before the day
closed. Gold and Government funds have
also declined sharply from the highest
figures, but the majority OF opinion is ad.
verse to apermanent decline on account
Of the great demand for gold for exporta'
tion which is expected to last through the
next few months. Currency continues to
flow into New York at the rate OF two or
three millions day; and II the stringency
is not wholly the result of artificial appli'
auccs there ought to be let up in few
days. IIlt lasts much longer the weaker
houses will begin to lot down and serious
consequence may ensue.
Year: 1873

MEMPHIS, April 1O.-The Augusta
Ark, Bulletin this week contains the fol
lowing letter. 1t is from Thomas War
rem, of Union, Cook county, to ]. n.
Courtney, Of Kearney, Clay county, Mis-
souri,, and dated but few days ago.


N will tell you OF a horrible murder
which took place not for from where l
live. 1t happened about a month ago.
There were four negroes concerned in it.
A married lady went to o neighboFs
house to stay several days. shc was not
well when she lelthome, and her husband
told her he would take care Of the chill
dren until she came back; but when abe
got to where she was going, there was no
one at home, except the hired men, and
she started back. She had not gone far
before o negro man stopped her horse
took her of the horse, hitched it out
side Of the road, and told her to take tho
path before him, and drove and pushed
and pulled her eight miles into the bot
tom, tied her to tree, and ravished her.
He kept her there three days and three
flights tied to tree. The second day
while there she had o child in the woods
by herself She was gone from home
three days before her husband went after
her; and he went over to the house where
she had started to go, and when he
found she was not there, started home
He found tho horse tied where the negro
had left 1t three days before. He took
the horse home, collected some men, and
commenced hunting for her, and the next
day they saw two little negroes, who told
them they had seen a negro three days
before driving white woman before him
down the path. They scattered of to
hunt Tor them, and got so close that the
negro went by where the woman was
tied, killed her with stick and then lell
her; but they went on after him, not OF
his track. The negro stopped at house
and asked negro man and boy II there
was anybody hunting for tho missing
lady. The told him yes, and as ho got
up to start they caught him and started
back with him, and met one Of the men
in pursuit. They made him tell where
the woman was. He said he killed her.
They then made him take them to where
she was. He said they were in sight OF
her the day before, when the woman
tainted, and said she had tainted three or
four times while tied and begged him to
turn her loose and he would not. They
took the negro to her husband and asked
him what they must do with him. He told
them to burn him. The men who had
him were all negroes. They built two
log heaps and put him in the middle
They were twenty.four hours burning him
They cut his toes of and made him swal'
low them and then cut strips OF his skin
off his body and made him broil them on
the Goals and eat them, and they would
roll him in the Goals and take him out and
talk to him and put him back. At last
they built largo fire, put him on top oi
it and let him burn to ashes. There was
not q white man that had anything to dc
with It, all were negroes. The other three
negroes that were killed were shot dead
on tho spot; they knew where the woman


,Vns and would not tell
Year: 1873

THE story of fieudlsh crime and
diabolical barbarity in Arkauss reported
In our news columns this morning Is the
most revolving in its details that VIC have
any recollection of. 1t Is with reluctance
we give place to matter 80 shocking to
humanity; but SO long as this kind OF
news is forwarded to tho press no one
Journal can afford to throw 1t out, and we
suppose SO long as the appetite oil a large
class of readers Tor the horrible Is so keen
as all news purveyors know it to be, the
incidents OF crime as they occur from
time to time will continue to bc rccIted in
all their sickeniug details for the delecta-
ton Of the reading public.
Year: 1873

The New York World is apprehensive that
Grant is determined TO obtain a third term Of the
Presidential Office. To defeat his Vaccinations it
says; "The best Of all ways TO accomplish this
particular object is by laying the axe at the root
OF the tree and abolishing re-elgibiiy altogether
by an amendment 70 the Constitution extending
the Presidential term TO six years. and forbidding
the reelection of President in Office. The next
session Of Congress is the most favorable time we
are likely to have for carrying the needed reform
through Congress, and submitting il TO the States
for ratification can never succeed IN the first
term Of = President, because be would resist it
with his patrunags and influence. A President
in his second term has no motive to oppose II un-
less he is intriguing for third and such q selfish
innovation can never be met 90 successfully as
when the purpose is yet UnaYoWsd and shrinks
from the hazard Of exposure and public condem-
nation"
Year: 1873

We cannot too strongly urge the careful perusal
of the article detailing the successful treatment
OF Cholera in all its various stages, which We
publish in the Gd=ette to-day. We are indebted
for it to one of cur ablesi and most experienced
pbysicians, who has fOrcibly impressed upon his
memory his practice in three or four visitations
article should be read and preserved 10 every
family. 1t is by far the best, most reliable and
practical treatise on cholera aud its treaimep; we
have ever mel With.
Year: 1873

A correspondent Of the New York Tribune,
writing Of the display of jewelry in the Aus
TRAN department, after describing diamonds
as 'large as boys marbles" and opals larger
than pigeon eggs" great lustrous stones
with changeable tints Of emerald and sapphire
shimmerIng upon their pearly surfaces and
mysterious roseate fires burning in their
hearts" continues "1n our search for some
thing unique we came al last to a round gold
brooch, with a solitaire diamond in the centre
from which radiate curved gold rays, to the
rim, like a Catherine wheel. Under this upper
wheel is lower one whose rays curve in the
opposite direction. By some concealed nachi
merry these two wheels revOlve in different
ways, producing the effect OF fountain Of
golden water always bubbling over, Of which
The diamond is the source. The pOssessOr Of
this pin would only have to wind it up like a
watch before going out TO party, aud she
would be sure to attract the attention of the
whole assembly,"
Year: 1873

Gov. CARPENTER Of Iowa is believer in that
doctrine Of Grantism eKpounded by Attorney
General WILLIAMS the people should mind their
own bufiness and let politics alone. In a recent
address to the Farmers at mount Pleasant, q re-
gion in which the Oranges are making great pro-
grest, be lAbOped faithfully 70 convince them OF
The lmPropuety Of their meddlingwith politics,
suring them that their true power would be found
IN their moral influence" Moral influence is q
good thing, no doubt and there never was q party
that had greater need OF moral influence being
brought to bear upon it than the Credit Mobilier
baek-Pay grabbers. But the best possible way OF
exerting moral influence is 10 sturdily oppose ana
vote against he coFTtupt politicians who have
brought such disgrace upon TIE country.
Year: 1873

IRIS NO USE, MA little four year
old, residing short distance from the
city, was saying the Lords Prayer a
short time ago at his mothers knee, and
after he had finished it his mother said
Now, Sandy. ask God to make you a
good boy


The child raised his eyes to his moth
er's face for few moments, as ii IN deep
thought, aud then startled her with the
following reply: Its no use, ma lie
won't do it; I've asked him heap OF
times
Year: 1873

How did you know she was a widow.
Don't you give ne credit for any com
mon sense or discrimination at all


How do you know that rose is red !?
How do you know lobster salad fiom
sardinesF


knew she was a widow from the
very moment she took the corner seat in
the cars.


Don't tell me of your Venuses. your
Madonnss and your Marys Queen of
Scotts-they couldn't have held candle
to the delicious little widow.


never did believe in grand beauties
A woman has no business over awing
and impressing you against your will
And she was one of your dimpled dai,
sy faced creatures, with soft brown eyes,
long lashed and limped. and red mouth
which looked as if just made to be kiss,
sed.


And then there was tangle of golden
spirals of hair hanging over her forehead
and braids upon braids pinned under her
bonnet, until hair dresser would have
gone frantic over the sight.


Just as was taking an in ventory Of
these things, in that sort of unobservanl
way that l fatter myself belongs to
man of the world. she dropped her muff
and of course it rolled under the car seat


Wasn't l down on my knee at once
after it !? l rather think so.


Thank you sir.' said the delicious
little widow.


mot at ALL" I replied "Can / do any
thing more for you?"


"No thank you-unless you can tel
me at what time we get to Glendale"


"Glendale," l cried. "Why,I am 60
ing to Glendale"


Of course we were friends at once
and the daisy faced enchantress mad
room for me beside her, "lest," as sh'
said, "some horrid disagreeable croa
ture should crowd in and bore her te
death" and stepped right out of -th'
rusty, ill-ventilaled world of the rail
way carriage into an atmosphere o.
Eden.


When a bachelor of forty falls in low
at first sight-oh phat fall is there
my countrymen. No half measures,
tell you.


Before we had been speeding through
the wintery landscape an hour, l hae
already in my mind wooed and won her


l saw my bachelor rooms frightened
with her presence


l fancied myself walking to church
with her hand on my arm.


7 heard her dulcet voice saying. "MJ
dear Thomas, what would you like fo
your supper tonight" l beheld my
self a respectable member Of society
the head of family.


What would Bob Carter say now
meant Aenl


Bob who was always railing me OF
nv state of hopeless old bachelorhood
who supposed, forOOth, because he hap
peued to be triAe younger and better
Year: 1873

A soft headed fellow wrote his name
with diamond on a Saratoga window. A
miss wrote under:


When 1 see looney's name


Written upon glass,


[ know be owns a diamond


And his father owns an ass.
Year: 1873

JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring


all Persons Holding Claims Against


the County Of Abbeville, to Regis


ter the same with the Treasurer Of


said County


Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the
State Of Sou b Carolina now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by
tie authority of the same:


That all persons holding claims
against the County of Abbevllle are
hereby required to file with the
Treasurer of said County, within
thirty days from the passage of this
Act, a statement of the date and
amount of such claims.


Approved February 27, 1873.
Year: 1873

in store ul stock of Merchandise which will be


sold strictly for cash. and cheap any Goods of the
same quality by First Class House in the Trade ~ -
We will attempt compete with the merchant VINO TO
;ndce Won to buv will sell YOU many leading articles for cost
and douby make up Others against the man who deals
with you 50 gently by for twelve long
sells YOU goods first at price and then adds to this large
interest and ten to Ne does in the end send Mr. Con-
stable to attach your cotton No this not our manner OF DO
ing business WE will sell you everything at small profit tor
Cash which will enable us to sell customers cheap that
thew will be obliged the benefit derived from the cash
system.


Oct g. 1872 26-tf