davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1874-03-23

$2,707,ol1, thoy frttor AWAY e745 l06 In salnrlcs
to officers and servantH. Turning to Tho records
In thu City ooinplrollcr's office, It aiao finds TINT
tho amount ycarly apout in snlarios iu e7A5, 105,
and that tho donation by tho city III tllroe yonrs
was 9390,G50, Which oaves Gy5l ,5l5 cons,,1nc in
eanriea III ono yoar over threo years approp,in
ton: or, in othor words. tho total sct apart by
thu city In gix yoarB Is enten up entiloy In ons
ycas's salaries. How much tho poor got Ii lott
for these institutions to figure out.
, 1874-03-23

We print this morning the first Of series Of
letters on the Temperance Crusade from spo-
cia' correspondent aent into Indiana md Ohio to
describe tho Women's Wnr just as ho might find
It. Though no general conclusions aro reached
In the present letter, 1t will DO found to contain
many characteristic incidents aud plain infor-
snces not sot forth in tic somewhat monoto-
nous array OF dispatches from tho scat Of war
which ne haro offered tic public tor six wcela
back
, 1874-03-23

President Grant tnkes notice Of newspaper
statement that lie will veto any measure for in
flation. He says that he has made no such
remark. aud is not likely to, aa it would properly
be resented by Congress as an unbecoming
threat By the Executive. In his annual mes
cage, President Grant leaned towards specie
payments, tho rostoru.ion OF which, he enid, waH
the true way to give elasticity to the currency
but be promised to approve any measure Con-
RraaH should paBs.
, 1874-03-23

Tho Now York Herald, whose donation for the
establishment OF q soup-lousc in that city llRB
been assailoa by the nlanagorsof several oharlta-
be institutions. has carried tho war into Africa
by publishing full exhibit Of oil the lending iu-
stltut!ons OF Now York. The exhibit shows TINT
Of ths amount tsoslted AnnuAlly by Mand,
, 1874-03-23

Disraoli's policy with regard to ireland hns
been fo1oshadowod as likely to be one Of master
II inactivity. Flo garo bis first exhibition Of it
by refusing to receive doputation which catnc
to visit him On Saturday to ask for the resase Of
the Fenians. This policy Of inactivity the
Spectator Thinks will simply inaugurato period
OF inapatence ombittered by hopelessnesB and
E7{o&r+
, 1874-03-23

indianapolis was tho scone Of q fire, yesterday,
described as tile moat destructive which ever
visited tho town. It is thought to iayo boon the
work Of an incondiary. Tho famos broke out In
the business centre, and destroyed aomo twenty
stores. many of which were now. Tho loss is
between $500, 900 md 100000.
, 1874-03-23
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.

rrnMa or eueacNtrT1oN fPAyAntF IN ADvANos>. :
Rssly, BY mall. snndsy....."......
rafa OF ycnr at tra tHno ratio.
To rresont dola* aud Mistakes be ami Rvo Post
Ol &c Addto*s In full. including State and County.
RcMittahces may 10 mado either bydAf, oxpruss, Post
On-cs o.ts1, Of rnRstorcd lotion. at our rink.
TEnMg 70 CITY aUn6uRtnEtse.
EsIfs dcsood. sundny cscoutou. s6 conts pos week.
Daii nsllsorea, Sunday included. 10 eos per week.
Ado1csB THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
cornor Madam and Dnnrbnrn.ats.. Chicago, ILL
, 1874-03-23
Ebe Ub1fsrgp. Unibu11e.
Monday Morning. March 23, 1874.

The lettor on Italian politics. which will be
found e1eowhere derivea itB chief interest from
tho discussions Of rapcr currency and Of COM
puleory education in the 1talinn Parliament
two subjects which have ongrossed large share
of public attention In this State md couAtry
duriug the same period.
, 1874-03-23
THE SIAMESE TWINS.

PHILADELPHIA, March 21.-:rwo SOUS Of the
sia,nese Iwns have arrived Aoro, anll will leave
Tonight for home with tho remainH OF their pa
rents. They deny that Tue family intend to OK
deoently inferred. Tho sons have obtained from
tile physioians statement denying that tho
bodies were gyen thosn for autopsy - result
Of = peouuiary arrangement.
, 1874-03-23

beyond the boundaries Of tho statc, and to DO
carried acloaa or through tho state-thc power
Of the rallrond companion with respect to TINT
freight ia to romain as before. Tho law goes
into operation At once.
, 1874-03-23

GLOBE Tt1EATHI-Dcsplancs stroet betwenn Mad
ison and Washington. nGagetnen, at tho leo nrot!9r
and Chsrlos Ghzi4ds's ranso1nine Truupo. "Tho VII
O. the Wisp."
, 1874-03-23

sunEyEpoRr, La., March 21.-The riyor Ia near
" bauk-full from this place to tue mouth. and
tlisln1E steady, ,natniag avet1 Gay, a hoay,
ptahendSd.
, 1874-03-23

ADFLpH1 TI1EATRN- Corner Of Walneh ayonno ',aa
and C0brrcas rfreot. Variety en4ettniEmcht. *Tllu
8ovon Sistors." Lo-I4u, uld tho Do Gforians.
, 1874-03-23

TQ.CAY'S AMUSE MeNTS.

f10oLTY's Tt1EATRE-Rande'pt stsoet. bctvecn
Glnrk snd 1asale; engagement Of JaErott d fa'm'E'
, 1874-03-23

w1LDon's COD LIVER o1I. AND L1ME.I,!TlliE LIME: ,!rl
nonp atribu blo to ia,inslo WORTH In the cure Of
GouEh.. Ools, Ashna+ DEone!.itls. Whoop!nE Gons..
It ha no superior il equal. LIT gu, neglect te 9Hty
eyu,tnuB ol diBehso agant is hs ht hand which
iii alleviate aii Complaints Of Ghost lungn hruat.
Manufactured only by a. b. WLbOI Chsn!st, Boston.
Sold by ali dtr1SKtsts.
, 1874-03-23

AoAnEMY OF Musfo-i1nsted :t.cot. betwson ha'i
snn and Monroe. Engagement ct Mrs. Janes A. Vato6
'Tho OranI Duchess 0f Gerulatofn."
, 1874-03-23

-M'v1oKEnas T11EATRE-h1adieon .ttaet. hetveon
Dearborn and State. Engagement Of Wybort Aesss'
S"Tho Woman In White"
, 1874-03-23

MYERS OPERA.NOUSE Monroe streot, bntweoE
Dearborn Slate: Arlington. Cn,ton. AMI Ke,nnlo'
kfirltrp1a, hsi1hrelay nnd c6lncAltttoA - Hatuumt
Da1y Elephant" !" " The Watch. DoR."etn.
, 1874-03-23

Tic slillou Post. No. II, OF the Grand Army
Of the Republic. at RoIlo, N. Y, recently invited
Rapllnel sammeB, tho ox-Coniedorate Admiral,
to lecture before then-an invitation which ho
was compelled to decline for want of leisure. III
lis reply to the invitation lie says:
citizeuo Of lilo saiue country who have Ind good
rougl.-Snd-tunble fcht, We should not mako peace
a ~. 70 aten9s N wnvr tle ngns u osGf ospeciS uo
tito Ind for the ether Ia Hodless at leAat we cA't
meet Oh common ground.
There IL d great deal Of good common aenBo
In tho above, which will bo commended by oil
patriotic people. There ia d class, however, who
donot believe, or have not oaruod, that the War
is over, who will regard tho cx-Admiral as a
pirate aud robol still, aud tho Rome poat OF
the Grand Army as very careloas and risky IN
Inviting him 30 far North, aud exposing the III
land towns Of New Yolk to tho ravagoa OF tho
Alabama.
, 1874-03-23

K1NGsBURY MUSIC 11AII.-Clark street. hctwecn
Randolph and Lake. Loolure by - Ell Porklns.'
, 1874-03-23
BUSINESS NOTICES.

DR.. KAt1N'B ANATOMICAL MUSEuM-No. 148
South CLARK Atrcot, Science and Art.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
A Californian Wonder.

The tract of country known as the
Slate Range Valley is probably one of
the most curious that southern Cali
mense deposits of borax were discovered
something like a year ago, and at that
time the whole lower or central part of
the basin was covered with white de-
posit, breaking away in some places in
large soda reefs. in others resembling
the waves of the ocean, and in still
others stretching out for miles in one
unbroken level, from which the sun re-
fected its rays with glare almost I'M
endurable. But one of the most sim
gular features in connection with this
section was the absence of rain or moist
ure; the days were ever sunny and
hot, the nights without dew and gener-
ally warm. For more than five years,
it is said, by those who claim to know,
there had been no rain there, until some
three months since the spell was broken.
Suddenly, and with scarcely any warn.
ing, rain commenced to fall, and fol
thirty hours came down steadily and
increasingly, unaccompanied by wind,
but yet thorough drenching rain.
For two or three days it remained pleas
ant, when suddenly a water-spout was
seen winding its way through the valley.
1t came in zigzag course across the
upper end of the lake, striking the
range of hills on the east side, and
coursing rapidly along them. The
canyons and gorges were soon filled
with water, which poured from them in
fearful volume, and spread itself out
upon the bottom. In short time it
was over, and denizens of the place
now look for another dry season of five
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
The Masked Ball.

Nicholas the First was very fond of
masquerade balls, and one night ap.
peared at one in the character of the
devil, with grinning face, horns, and
tail, and appeared to enjoy his charac-
ter very much. About three o'clock in
the morning he went out, and throwing
over him some furs, called a coachman,
and ordered him to take him to the
Quay Anglais. AS it was very cold he
fell asleep, and when he awoke he found
the man had taken him in a wrong di-
rection, for the Quay Anglais is one of
the most elegant portions of st. Peters
burg, while before him were only some
miserable houses. Nicholas began to re-
monstrate, but the coachman paid no
heed to him, and presently passing
through stone gateway, brought him
into cemetery, and taking large
knife from his girdle, and pointing it at
his employers throat, said: "Give me
your money and your furs, or I will kill
you"
"And do you give me your SOUL" ex-
claimed Nicholas as he threw off the furs
and disclosed his personifcation of the
devil.
The Russians are very superstitious,
and the coachman was so terrified he
fell senseless ON the ground, and the
emperor drove himself back to his pal
ace.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
George WashingtOn's Hatchet.

Parsnn Weems, rector of Mt. Vernon
parish, and of course intimately ac-
quainted with Washington, first told
the story of the little hatchet which is
now known by every schoolboy. The
following is the story as told by the
parson
When George was about six years old
he was made the wealthy master of a
hatchet, of which, like most little boys,
he was immoderately fond, and was
continually going about chopping
everything that came in his way. One
day, in the garden, where he often
amused himself hacking his mothers
pea-sticks, he unluckily tried the edge
of his hatchet on the body of beauti-
full young English cherry tree, which
he barked so terribly that I don't be-
lieve the tree ever got the better of it.
The next morning the old gentleman,
finding out what had befallen his tree,
which, by the by, was great favorite,
came into the house, and with much
warmth asked for the mischievous
author, declaring at the same time that
he would not have taken five guineas
for his tree. Nobody could tell him
anything about it, Presently George
anu HIS uaucHeG udle tuelr uppedrduCe.
"George," said his father, "do you
know who killed that beautiful little
cherry tree yonder in the garden ?"
This was tough question, and George
staggered under it for moment, but
quickly recovered himself, and, looking
at his father with the sweet face of
youth frightened with the inexpressible
charm of all-conquering, truth, he
bravely cried out, can't tell lie, Pa,
you know I can't tell lie did cut it
with my hatchet." "Run to my arms,
you dearest boy" cried his father, in
transports, "run to my arms-glad am
I, George, that you ever killed my tree,
for you have paid me for it thousand
fold. Such an act of heroism in my
son is more worth than thousand trees
though blossomed with silver and their
fruits of purest gold"
Parson Weems had small idea, when
this little story shaped itself in his
head, that it was destined to descend to
posterity as it has.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
Story of an Amazon.

Here is a story of an italian Amazon
recently discharged from the army,
having served out her enlistment
Julia Marcotti, the Amazon in question,
belonged to numerous and poor
family, living at San Ambrozio, near
Turin, and worked in the mines of
Upper Piedmont, to which latter cir
cumstance her extraordinary physical
strength may, probably, be attributed.
She enlisted in 1866, at the time when
Italy was about to engage in the strug-
gle with Austria, her motive being to
save her brother, who was married and
had six children, from being obliged to
serve. Not only did Julia perform all
soldiers duties as we'll as her COM
rades, but she fought in the first rank
at the battle of Custozza, and obtained
the medal of military valor. On hear
ing of the case, King Victor Emmanuel
sent for the woman, bestowed upon he1
the Cross of the Order of the Grown,
and desired that she should be sent
home with a pension of 300 lire.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
A ROnance:

Having made an imprudent marriage,
the son of wealthy English family was
disinherited, and doomed to poverty,
which killed him before his only son
had entered his teens. Left alone in
the world his unfortunate widow was
obliged to place the boy, then twelve
years of age, under the care of a dis
tant relative "a sea captain-who
grudgingly offered him a place on q
steamer in the East Indian service.
From the time of entering upon his du-
| ties on shipboard the widows son was
treated like the rudest cabin-boy, with
a positive brutality of treatment by the
captain, which the lower officers were
not slow to initiate. So harsh, indeed,
was his lot, that the common sailors
commiserated him for it, and, the
steamer happening to be at San Fran
cisco in August last, one of them was
prompted to connive at his escape to
American soil in California. By the
same kind and humble friend he had a
hiding place and temporary home Sc
cured for him with lady of well-known
benevolence in the southern part of the
Golden City, who, after the departure
of the steamer, obtained employment
for him in a local drug store. Very
soon the young sailor adapted himself
diligently and efficiently to his new vo-
cation, his old sailor-friend having
promised to carry back the news to his
mother in London. And druggists
clerk he is yet, though in reception of
intelligence calculating to make his fu-
ture life very different from the past.
The very first letter from the widow,
after the arrival of the Indian steamer
in England, informed him that his
grandfather, the rich magistrate, had
just died, unrelenting toward the un-
fortunate mother to the last, but leav-
ing her son fortune of 100000. Ac-
companying this motherly revelation
was an eplstle from the lawyer en-
ployed by the executors of the dead
mans estate, assuring the grandson of
his riches, and in a few more days the
former cabin-boy will receive money to
take him back to home and opulence
far different from that in which he be-
gan his youthful exile.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
Influence of a Dream.

The Troy Press says that the site of
the State Street Nj. e. Church, in that
city, was selected through the instru-
mentality of dream. DIR. John Lou
den, prominent physician, who died
upward of fifty years ago, was leading
member and worker of the Methodist
denomination, and about the time it
was proposed to erect an edifce in the
vicinity of State street, the good doctor
dreamed that he saw a flock of wild
doves alight on the lots at the corner of
State and Fifth streets. The impress
sion of the vision was SO vivid that the
doctor could not shake it off. He in
sisted that it was a good omen, and that
the church should be erected on the lots
above named. So strenuous was he in
this that he carried his point, and the
old State street sanctuary was erected,
to give way in time to the hebeautiful edi-
flee now located on the site of the old
brick structure. .at
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY,

towards the wreck corner, Gas it was
called,) could dimly make out wo-
mans figure kneeling at the head of q
grave. In the presence of so great a
sorrow, seemed to lose all selfish fear,
and ventured softly to address her. She
did not reply, not even so much as turn
her head, though felt certain she must
have heard me and. since she was a
woman, and did not speak, felt there
must be something wrong with her. AS
L drew nearer. beheld spectacle that
overwhelmed me with pity. The un-
happy creature before me was naked to
the wasit, and with her arms straight
down by her side, was gazing on the
grave beneath her with look of inde-
scribable despair. She shed no tears,
but her eyes wore look of hopeless
woe and yearning beyond all ordinary
sorrow.
"You are killing yourself, my poor
woman" reasoned 1, "to kneel there in
such a plight. The dead you mourn
can ask no such sacrifice as this that
you should join them. )"
But again she answered nothing; and
then, to my horror, observed that she
had dug another grave, at the head of
that she was watching, and was already
buried in it up to her waist Was she
then bent upon committing suicide, or
was she herself an inhabitant of the
tomb, like those around her, and were
the graves indeed giving up their dead
at that witchlng hour of night, as had
read Of, but had not believed?
In an agony of terror, such as even
had never before experienced, I flung
down my sketch-book, and rushed from
the churchyard and down the hill.
"What is the matter, Mary Anne ?"
cried my amazed hostess, who was sit
ting up for me with her husband in the
parlor, as I tore into the room shrek
ing for help.
"Matter !" cried I. "There is a.poor
young woman, with nothing upon her,
half buried alive in the wreck corner of
the churchyard. She has already lost
her sight and hearing, for she took no
notice of me at ALL"
Impossible p cried my hostess.
"But I've seen her," shrieked 1.
I" Not moment is to be lost"
"Ah, bless you we've seen her too,"
said my host, laughing. "It's the fig
urehead of the Bella. When the ship
came ashore, we stuck it up at the cap
tain's grave, by way of headstone-poor
fellow She has not got much on her,
it's true; but 1 don't think she'll hurt
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
The Suns Might.

Prof. Proctor in a late lecture on the
sun, said Now let us consider the
might that resides in the sun. If the
sun were mere quantity of matter
very much larger than the earth, as we
see he is, there would still not be the
force necessary to the sun as a ruler
over the earth. Let me give you an
idea of how large the sun is. I am in
the habit, in England, when I wish to
speak of the size of the sun, of inform
ing my audience that "this country
England in which we live, which seems
to us so large, is nevertheless small by
comparison with the earth, for if the
earth were one inch in diameter Eng.
land would be small triangular speck,
which you could scarcely recognize. But
I am afraid that to an American audi
ence that comparison would be i'm
perfect. In fact, L have heard that an
American travelling in England found
the country so small that he at once
sought the central counties, and was
even then afraid to go out in the eve
ming for fear of falling off the little
island. Laughter. We in England,
whether it be the natural courage of our
disposition or the effect of long habit,
are not troubled with that feeling. But
yet, even America is so small compared
with the sun, that if there were spot
upon the sun as large as the whole of
America, it would be quite invisible to
the naked eye. Indeed, if an object as
large as the earth were placed immedi-
ately before the sun, and there appear
ed as black disk, it would neverthe-
less require q large telescope to make it
visible; l07 times does the suns di-
ameter exceed that of the earth, and
the surface Of the sun exceeds that of
the earth 107 times 107 times, or II, 600
times, while the volume of the sun ex-
ceeds that of the earth 1,250, 900 times.
But the mass of the sun is not so much
greater than the earth. It would ap-
pear as though the body of the sun
were constituted of matter about q
quarter lighter on an average than that
which constitutes the earth, and the
result is that the suns mass instead of
exceeding the mass of the earth 1885,
600 times, only exceeds it 315, 900 times;
but only consider what that means If
this earth were to grow in density until
its mass were equal to that of the sun,
then half-ounce weight-one of those
which are used to balance our letters
would weigh Al tons. A man of average
weight would be drawn to the earth at
q weight of 10000 tons. An object
raised from the earth a single inch
would, in falling that short distance,
acquire velocity three times greater
than that of an express train. Such is
the might with which the sun rules this
aartb
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
NO. 4S.
Gossip.

"Because / plainly express my
opinion of the conduct of others I will
not be called O gossip" said plain
spoken lady friend. "Wrong-doers
must submit to that one penalty-being
talked over by their neighbors. And
so great is my ownfear of popular blame
that I walk very straight indeed to
avoid it. Are not others similarly re-
strained a.? And is not Mrs. Grundy, the
much-abused, benefactress, there
for ?" A popular journal acquiesces in
this view of the matter. I" Mrs. Grundy,
with all her busy interference, is COM
monty in the right. When has she up
held vice of any kind You may say
she has upheld some of the greatest of
evils, such as dueling, slavery, etc.
Well, Mrs. Grundy is conservative, it
must be conceded, and is not commonly
found in the front ranks of the reform
ers; but if a proposed reform is really a
sound one, she is sure, very soon, to
take up it's defence. 1t is very wise to
be conservative and slow, in order,
eventually, to be right, and, when Mrs.
Grundy has upheld that which you have
set down as an evil, it has been in pro-
found conviction that it was no evil at
all. It has been mistake of judgment,
not of morals.
"Mrs. Grundy, slandered dame as
she is, is almost uniformly on the side
of right doing. She condemns private
and public malfeasance; she deplores
drunkenness, gambling, incontinence,
extravaganza, profanity, vice of all
kinds. She is sometimes little too
fond of purely successful men, and yet
is not adverse to a rigid inquiry into
the conditions of the success; she is per-
haps too little regardful of unfortunate
men, yet after all will, in majority of
instances, understand accurately the
cause of their misfortunes. If not al
ways charitable in her judgments, she
is an earnest admirer of charity. If
altogether too prone to give Importance
to dress, and, similar little things, and
too easily shocked at an offence against
mere conventionality, she yet always
approves what may be called minor,
but which are yet highly important
virtues, such as neatness, cleanliness,
order, and propriety of demeanor. All
things considered, Mrs. Grundy does a
good work, and cannot yetbe dispensed
with"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-29
Pleased.

A good story is told of gentleman in
well, we will not mention the place
who has beer. unfortunate of late in his
financial affairs. While walking one
evening in lonely spot he was met by
a rufian, and tod to "stand and de-
liver" We must let the victim tell his
own tale: 81 never was so pleased in
all my life. The idea that 1 had any
thing to deliver was exceedingly graft
flying. and 1 thanked the fellow for the
compliment. 1t showed that all conf
dence in me was not lost, notwithstand-
ing that little affair in stocks, and felt
once more with Mr.. Micawber that
could look my fellow-man in the face.
1t was very pleasing to know that this
gentleman thought / had money"