smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

Tor construction and repair. Now, it Is high
time that the people should make Congress
understand that while they are in favor of eco
nomy they do not want parsmony. An Ameri-


can abroad loves to see his country's flag float


ig over our national vessels. Our people
6mand navy at the hands of Congress


commensurate with the greatness of our do
Iain. We claim that Congress has been dere-


lct IN denying to republican President the


neans of protecting our citizens abroad, by
lnrnlng deaf ear to the representations ofthe
Navy Department, and cutting the appropria-
lions down one half, when it has been shown
In unmistakable figures the absolute wants OF
our navy


The question now is, will the American
people have navy or trust to the British for
protection? Are VIC to stand idly by and see
liberty loving people sacrificed before our
eyes. and not lend them helping hand? Or
are we to see Cuba laid in ashes when we can
put forth hand and stop it, merely by show
ing strong naval force, which Congress alone
can give us?
Year: 1870

The House yesterday amended Mr.. Cullom's
bill to abolish polygamy in Utah in several i'm
portant particulars and passed it. The more
important amendments strike out sections
which empower and direct the President to en-
force the bill by sending regular troops to Utah
or by calling forth volunteers to the number of
forty thousand; directing the Secretary
Of the Treasury to relieve such per-
sons as are reduced to destitution to
an amount not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, and providing for the divi-
sion of the property of polygamists among the
now, however, the bill is still cruel and
tyrannous. 1t provides for disfranchising
and disqualifying from public office and the
benefits of the Homestead act all citizens
practising polygamy or concubinage, debars
poygamic aliens from becoming citizens, de-
prives woman of the suffrage and the
right to serve on juries so lately rendered
her in Utah, establishes test oath
more severe than the iron-clad, and
forbids man marrying his grandmother
or other near relations. We must not forget
in dealing with the Mormons that whatever
their social errors they have built up beanti-
full city in the desert, and have 1ourished and
thrived more prosperously than any other set
Element on the Plains, until now they are fixed
and cannot be suddenly uprooted without
great wrong and destitution ensuing,
for which there is now no pro-
vision in the bill. Besides, they have not
shown themselves bigoted in much else than
their social system. They have welcomed the
Gentle world and have aided the building of
the Pacific Railroad. 1t would be better to
leave their system to the melting influences Of
the universal ballot (Which unfortunately this
bill curtails), the schisms and the iron horse.
But we are glad, at least, that the House re-
fused to countenance war on the Saints, and
has determined to uproot polygamy, if it up
roots it at all, by the slower and juster process
of civil legislation.
Year: 1870

About halfpast ten O'Clock last evening black
bag was found BY servant girl under the stoop at
the residence or Rev. T. II. Smith, No
105 West Thirteenth street. Onlcer Grun OF the Fir
teenth precinct was called VINO TOOK charge or the
bag. which was taken to the Mercer street station
house, when IL was found to contain the BODY OF
fun grown male infant. The body was wrapped m
an old Shirt ana about the neck was a string with
several turns tightly taken. 1t certain thar the
child was stranged by means OF the string and then
deposited where found.
Year: 1870

No RUN.-There has been no run on the
Bowling Green Savings Bank in consequence
Of the report that money had been withdrawn
therefrom to aid in the purchase of the rural
tooral democracy.
Year: 1870

views OF tn0 HOUSE OF Representatives on


the Funding BILL.


From what can be learned Of the views OF
the members of the House Of Representatives
on the Funding bill there is reason to believe
that this bill will be very much modified. It is
understood that many of the members favor q
uniform long four per cent bond instead of the
several classes proposed by the Senate-say
bond having forty or fifty years to run; these
to be used for the redemption Of the present
securities as they fall due and as the govern
ment can make it convenient. OF course all
the work of changing the debt could be done
by the Treasury Department in the ordinary
course of its business, and without paying from
six to twelve millions to foreign and domestic
agents. Such plan would do away with the
complicated and expensive scheme Of funding
according to Mr.. Sherman's Senate bill. The
best feature of this plan is that there would be
no sudden or violent disturbance of the cur
rency, the money market or the debt. Every
thing would go on smoothly, and we should be
prepared to fund the debt as it may become
due. This is the best idea coming from Wash
ington that we have seen yet, and we think
according to the light before us now, the House
of Representatives would do well to act upon
it instead OF adopting the Senate Funding bill.
Year: 1870

No MOTIVE FOR THE SMAsn-UP.-A promi-
nent democrat from distant city remarked
yesterday that he could not understand the
decentralization of the democracy at Albany
that there was no good reason for it. An old
New York politician replied, 'The very fact
that there is no apparent reason for it shows
that that reason, whatever it was, must have
been so corrupt that the conspirators dare not
avow it,"
Year: 1870

The Radicals tell us poor people pay
no taxes.


Let us see.


The great manufacturers may think
they pay the taxes manufactured
goods; but do they
Whatever tax they pay they charge
to the wholesale purchaser, and receive
1t back with interest.
The wholesale dealer adds the tax,
with still mere interest, to the retail
tore.keeper.


The storekeeper puts his own tax aud
all the accumulated taxes the othess
have charged to him upon each and
every piece Of the article when he seAs
1t over the counter to the workingman.
This is what makes things so dear.


The laborer buying goods In the store
has to pay not only the original value
of the thing but all the tax that hiss
been paid at each stage by the manu-
facturer, Wholesale dealer and store
keeper.
Each OF these in turn recover from the
| next man the amount of tax they have
paid; but the last man, the laborer, the
consumer, the ultimate owner of the
article who does not sell it to anybody
else, but keeps 1t. uses it, and wears 1t
out, who pays him the accumulated
taxation which all these richer men
have, one after the other piled upon
the goods, to enable them to meet the
demands of the tax .gatherer


The tax is shifted from manufacturer
, to the wholesale dealer, and from him
TO the workingman.
But on whom shall the workingman
shift the taxes?


He must pay it all, and gets none Of
it back Fl Jm anybody else.


AS long as the. goods are being sold
and transferred from hand to hand, SO
long the tax is kept shifting from one
mans back to another; but when the
article ceases to be turned over in trade
and becomes applied to the same use 1t
was designed then the tax can be no
further shifted.


The man who wears the shirt pays
the tax of the storekeeper who sold 1t,
of the wholesale dealer who supplied it
10 the storekeeper, and of every man
who has handled it, back to the cotton
millionaire in whose mills 1t was
woven.


AS Jefferson says-"Taxation Is like
a ball rolling down stairs; 1t bumps on
each step, but fiually rests on the
lowest"


1t is the working masses who pay the
taxes; 1t is they who have the deepest
interest in the honest and economical
administration of the Federal Govern.
ment.


1t is their money that pays the ex-
travagance of Radicalism at Washing
ton.


The men in this country who work
with their hands for daily bread are
the ones who pay the four hundred
million dollars year which the Radi-
Gals contrive to dissipste in carrying on
the government.-Er.
Year: 1870

and that the work of death is usually
done In shorter time than itonce was
Indeed there is no other way than this
of explaining how 1t was that in such
frightful battles as those of B0rodino,
Eylau, and Bautzen, with the old mus
ket and artillery, the ratio of killed and
wounded was as great as in the Franco
Prussian war to-day, with all the inn
proved appliances of Chassepots and
rified guns. Our own war, extending
over vast area and in new country,
was highly exceptional, as was also that
of the Crimea, for obvious reasons. But
where the combatants are able quickly
to concentrate their strength and get at
each other, issues are much more speed
lily decided. All the later European
contests exemplify this, and seem to
show that the protracted encounters of
past history are unlikely to be repeated.
Indeed, whatever the will or the obsti-
macy of the combatants, it is plain that
no such fighting as we have lately seen
could be long maintained. Exhaustion
must soon come for both combatants.
The inherent property of the gigantic
conflicts are, that they must be short
ones. Destruction is swifter and more
fearful, but that it is sooner over is, at
least, some consolation for those who


witness without being able to prevent


the devastation and suffering wrought
by the co1nbats of modern nations.-N.


y Times.
Year: 1870

A gay young spark who longed had sighed
To take an heiress for bride,
Though not in vain he had essayed
To win the favor of the maid


Yet fearing, from his humble station
To meet her fathers old negation,
Made up his mind without delay
To take the girl and run away!
A pretty plan-what could be finerc
But, as the maid was yet minor,
There still remained this slight obstruction
He might be punished for "abduction"
Accordingly he thought 1t wise
To see the squire and take advice
A cunning knaye, who loved a trick
AS well as fees, and skilled to pick,
AS lawyers can, some fatal flaw
To help client cheat the law.
Before him straight the case was laid,
Who, when the proper fee was paid,
Conceived at once happy plan,
Aud thus the counsellor began:
"ioung man, no doubt the wisest course
Is this Tonight you get a horse,
And let your lady love get on.
AS soon as ever this Is done,


You get On too-but, bark ye mind,
She rides before; you ride behind;
And thus, you see, you make it true
The lady runs away with you !"
That very night he got the horse


And put the lawyers plan in force;


Who fonnd next day-no laughing matter
The truant lady was his daughter!
Year: 1870

SIMPLICITY Is BEAUrY.-The late Fitz
Greene Halleok said A letter fell into my
hands which Scotch servant girl had written
to her lover. Its style charmed me. 1t was
fairly inimitsble. wondered how in her
circumstances in life she could have acquired
so elegant style. l showed the letter to
some Of my literary friends in the city of New
York, and they unanimously agreed that it
was model Of beauty and elegance. | then
determined to solve the mystery, and went
to the house where she was employed, and
asked her how it was that in her humble cir
cumstances in life she had acquired style so
beautiful that the most cultivated minds could
not but admire it. "Sir," said she, 81 came
to this country four years ago. Then l could
not read or write. But since then have
learned TO read aud write, but have not yet
learned to spell so always wheu | sit down
to write letter, select those words which
are so short and simple that | am sure to
know how to spell them.' There was the
whole secret, The reply of that simple
minded Scotch girl condensed world of rhet-
oric into nut shell. Simplicity is beauty.
Year: 1870

Any person may live long or die
suddenly. Life is not measured -
Even diseased lungs have out-lived
double the average of the healthful.
Men have been struck on the head
by falling beam and survived the
injury, and died subsequently. from
the effect of splinter SO small that
it could scarcely be seen with the ma
ked eye. One of the most remark
able men that ever lived was strang-
led by a cup of cold water. Another
expired in paroxysm Of laughter
Death is an invisible agent. His ap
prOaeh cannot be seen by any one,
and very often he comes when he is
the least expected It is the part of
wisdom to be ready for his visit when
made. There is no time TO pack
trunks and put on clean clothing af-
ter the car whistle has sounded. The
train moving to eternity, like some OF
mans limitations, runs on schedule
time.
Year: 1870

"Neek-tie parties" are the popular
amusement in the rural districts out
West A neck-tie party is one where
each lady makes a neck-tie of the
same material as the dress she wears,
all of which are taken 10 the place
where the party is to be held and
placed in bag. When the gentle
men arrive each one must go to the
bag and take out neck-tie, and it is
his duty to wait upon the lady, dur
ing the evening, who wears the dress
corresponding in material with the
peck.tie.
Year: 1870

II CHARLES DICKENS.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the schooifor the day is dismissed
And the little ones gather around me


70 bid me good night and be kissed;
Oh the little white arms that sneirsl0
Ny neck in a tender embrace
oh the smiles that are halos Of heaven,
Shedding sunshine Of love on my facet
And when they are gone. SIT drssmlHg
or my childhood too lovely to last;
ofjovs that my heart will remgmbet


when It wakes to the pulse Of the past,
Ere the world aud iu wIcksdnsis made ne
A partner OF sorrow and siu-
when the glory Of God was about me,
And the glory Of gladnes' within.
Oh my heart grows weak as q Woman'a
And the fountains Of feeling will aow,
When I think Of the path steep and stony
Where the feet OF the dear oueS must go;
Of the mountains % sin hanging Ger them,
or the tempest OF fate blowing wiId
Obi there's nothing on earth half 50 holy
As the innocent heart Of child
They are idols of hearts and OF houSshsldSl
They are angels Of God in Disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their trssasl,
His glory still CLEANS 10 their eyes,
Oh those truaHts from home and from hsaVsn,
They make me more manly and midi
And I know how Jesus could liksn


The kingdom of God to child.


I .alt Fr-T
I ssk not life for the dear ones,
All radiant, IS others have done
But that life may have juss enough shad y
To temper the glare Of the SUM-
Iwould pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to mysslf;
All q ssraph may pray for a sinner,


But 3 sinner must pray for hlHselE
The tvig Is so easily bendsd,
have banished the rule and the rod
have taught them the goodness Of knowledgs,
They have taught me the goodness Of Cod
Ny heart Is a dungeon Of darkness,


Where / shut them from breaking . rule;
Ny freWn is sufficient correction;


Ny love Is the Law Of the school.
shall leave the old house Ia the autumn,
To traverse it's threshold no more;
All how shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door
shall miss the ''gOod night" and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent Elss-
The group on the green and the flowers
That ara brought every morning to me-.
shall miss them at morn and at even
Their song In the school and the street
shall miss the low hum OF their voices,
Aud the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the lessons and tasks a IRE all ended,
And Death says "ths school is dismissed ! "
Nay the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good night aud be kissed.
Year: 1870

A convenient method OF preparing out
door labels for plants, capable of resisting
any weather, consists in first cutting them
out Of smooth Paste-board, and writing
upon them whatever may be desired in or
dinary ink. When this is dry they are
immersed in linseed-oil, or, what is still
better, linseed-Oll varnish, until they are
completely perineated by the liquid after
which they are hung in the open air upon
threads to dry. They become like iron,
and resist wet for a long time, and are
more durable than slips of metal.
Year: 1870

COTTON IN CALIFoRNIA.-Au ex-
pertinent has just been made IN Gal
ifornia to test the adaptability Of the
soil Of that State to cotton growing.
The experiment has been quite sue
cessful, and demonstrated that cotton
can be produced In California at least
in sufficient quantities for home con-
sumption.
Year: 1870

THE Owasso Crusader gives the following
description of the two-headed snake re-
Gently found in that neighborhood " There
are two perfect heads, four perfect eyer, and
each mouth occasionally protrudes tongue.
These two heads join each other in one
perfect body at their base, and are so equally
developed asd so accurately adjusted that q
removal of either would dis6gure his snake
ship or snakeships, as the case may be.
The reptile is about eight inches in length,
and is quite lively"
Year: 1870

MARTIN KAUFMAN, of Peoria, called for
his lady love to attend o concert. Before
knocking the door opened and to his intense
astonishment Martin found himself covered
with flour, q whole bucket-full of which had
been thrown into his face. Then his oars
were boxed, and big chap seized him and
tumbled him out of the door. This comical
way of receiving an invited guest was not
to Martins liking, especially as he was
unable to derive the cause of it.
Year: 1870

Work in the Brooklyn navy yard is going
on briskly. although no extra workmen are
being taken on, the daily average of men
at work being about 1890, of whom the
principal are carpenters and engineers.
Year: 1870

An exciting scene was witnessed ON board the
Morrlstown express train which left New YORK at
hafpast I'VE O'Clock Friday evening, which culmi-
mated IN the ejectment OF determined female In
suter, said to be named Hotchkiss. and resident
OF either Springfield or Milburn not, however, before
he had received sound thrashIng. 1t appears that
just as the train was nearing South Orange highly
respectable young lady residing at Milburn suddenly
left her scat, part OF which had been occupied by
Hotchkiss. She went towards the door and sobbed
bitterly gentleman, said to be relation. was at
her side in moment and learned from her that the
person occupying the seat with Eer mad lnsulted her
in a most outrageous manner. In the meantime
IOtchxisS retired TO the smoking car, whittier he
was quickly followed by the young lady and her
friend. The result was that he received sound
thrashiug, and by demand or all the passengers
he was hustled or the Train by the conductor when
the train stopped at South Orange. He concealed
neiarious practices by throwing over his lap and
that or the young ady's copy OF a New York regi-
GUS paper. The feeling among the passengers was
so strong against him that but FOR the oppOrtune
sLOppaRe OF the train he might nave been still more
seriously dealt with


Notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts, the
relations OF Mrs. MaRee very estimabe young
married lady residing ut South Orange, have not
yet been able TO discover the nendlsh fNffan who,
after securing her hands behind her back and gag
ging her with fur tlppet assaulted her Ia manner
shocking in the extreme. She was q passenger on
train, and while 1t was detained at Montrose she
stepped or, intending TO walk home along the
track. but overtaken oy the intrepid scoundrel
and outraged as intimated.
Year: 1870

At twenty minutes past ten O'Clock yesterday
morning an accident occurred about quarter OF
mile outside OF Hunters Point on the Long Island
Railroad which resulted in the most miraculous es
cape 10 human life ever known.


The train which left Jamaica hve minutes past
ten proceeded IN safety until crossing the
meadow at Hunters Point where the loco
motive came in contact with q COW. The engine
passed safety after striking the beast but the bag
gage was thrown from the track, and the wheels
tor trucks) from beneath IL. The car attached
was also thrown from the track, and the forward
trucks hurled into the creek. The third car was
thrown from the track but the trucks were not dis
placed. While the two forward cars went Off on the
south side or the track the third car took
10 the north, and was only prevented from falling
down an excavation OF some SIX feet and into
deep, muddy creek by the endurance Of the COUP
lings. The fourth and last car was not thrown
puzzled TO know, put IT can only be accounted for
by Providential guidance. Fortunately, but two
were injured. George Jones, the baggage master,
was injured In the back and internally bruised;
William Hannlng, OF Hunters Point, was injured in
the spine. The stove In the baggage car was upset
and the cinders set 1t on re when 1t was discovered
by gentleman VINO got on board ut Winfield, who
put II out. The pile work coupling the bridge was


People rushed trantically to and fro endeavoring
TO get out but the engine came 10 sudden stop,
and probably saved the lives OF many. Had the
engine been preclpitated from the track the loss or
life would have been tremendous, and there was no
earthly power that could save the whole tram from
falling down an embankment OF several feet, and
consequently into the river, which would have sub
merged the whole train. About one hundred work
men were Immediately put at work to clear up the
wreck. The eleven O'Clock NorthpOrt tram from
Hunters Point was delayed in consequence OF the
accident. There were about $50 passengers on board
the majority OF whom were ladies, who exhibited
great fear and tremulousness. Among the number
was sick lady, resident of GreenpOrt. who was
on her way to New York for medical treatment, who
tainted.


The killing OF cattle is no unusual occurrence on
this road in this vicinity and It would seem as
though these beasts are let loose and driven upon
the track purposely TO be killed, as In some dozen
cases suits have been brought to recover damages
for their logs, and In majority OF cases have been
attended with success.
Year: 1870

This Is to many persons q matter
OF high importance. Nervous peo-
pie who are troubled with wakeful-
ness and excitability usually have a
strong tendency of blood to the
brain, with cold extremities. The
pressure OF blood on the brain keeps
1t in a stimulated or wakeful state,
and the pulsations i'm the head are
often painful. Let them rise and
chafe the body and extremities with
a lowell or brush, or rub smartly
with the hand to promote circulation
and withdraw the excessive amount
of blood from the brain, and they
will fall asleep in n few moments
A cold bath or sponge bath, and
rubbing, or a good run, or rapid
walk in the open oil or going up and
down stairs a few times before retir-
ing will aid In equalizing circula,
ton and promoting sleep. These
rules are simple and easy of applica-
tion in the castle or cabin, and may
minister to the comfort Of thousands
who would freely spend money for
anodyne to promote Natures sweet
restorer, balmy Sleep"