davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily gazette., 1878-11-20
From Washington.

The Capitol TO be Lighted BY Electricity.
Description Of the Machines to De
The daily gazette., 1878-11-20


nj oTfcE.-By virtue oi an Act OF the
IN General essembly passId at Dover.
Feb. "a, 1877. hereby give notice TO hold;
ers OF Delaware state bonds, that shall
attend at the Philadelphia National Bank
in the city of Philadelphia, during the
business hours OF that bank, on the three
first secular DAYS Of January. 1879, prepar-
ed 10 redeem and pay of all the bonds
from No. 1872 20 2T6. both inclusive OF tn
denomination of one thousand dollars
each, ofthe issue OF the bonds Of the State
OF Delaware, under date OF Jan. ]. ls65.
And from and after the said Jan LIST, 1879.
the interest on said bonds will cease.
THoS. B. GILES, State Treas.
ONCE OF state Treas, Dover, Nov, !.
novl- l-2tawuanl.
OTICE TO WATER RENTERS
IN All persons who have sold property
during the present year must give notice
in writing TO the Registrar at the ONCE ol
the Water Department before the 3oth day
OF November, 1913. and insert the name OF
the purchaser and the number Of the prop
erty pui chased. Otherwise they VIII be
held liable for the water rent the next
year.
also. all persons who may wish 10 dis
continue the use OF water or any portion
OF IL. must give notice as above ahd pay
s2 tor drawing the ferrule.
CELEBRATIONS WILL BE MADE
DATE. W. J. MORROW,
oct3I-eod novi5-ed t-SO Registrar.
The daily gazette., 1878-11-20

ANDovER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
Andover, Mass, March 20. 1875.
Your Life Food is an excellent thing. /
have no hesitation, after thorough trial
OF 1t, in commencing II in cases of
chronic dyspepsia and nervous prostra-
tion.
REV. DIR. AUSTIN PHELPS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

and have no word Of compassion to
speak over the grave Of this poor. mis-
guided, broken heated creature?
Granted that she was weak, impru-
dent, lightheaded, and that she bad
no business To let a comparative stran-
ger take her 70 wine shops, oyster sa-
looms and dancing academies; but then
she has paid for her weakness, her inn
prudence and herlevity apenalty more
terrible than any that the censure of
the morlist can infiet. Indeed as her
case stands, may not something be
pleaded in bar Of relentless condem-
nation2 She was only seventeen, and
presumably knew but little Of the
world and the-ways of wickedness.
Her life, toiling all day at an electro
plater's counter for six shillings a
week, was possibly dull and sordid
enough to make the yulgarest form of
amusement seem too alluring to be re-
sisted. Hermaster- Hoap-was young,
and, as he assured her, unmarried.
He had a glib, pleasant tongue, He
was rich and smitten with her attrac-
tions, even as the king in the story
book was taken captive by the beauty
of the beggar maid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
The Undecayinx Chinmmap.

A few days ago, the San Francisco
Chronicle says, a Chinaman obtained
a permit to disinter the bodies of some
of his countrymen buried in. Laurel
Hill Cemetery, for expectation to
China. Accompanied by Mr.. Melon
aid, the officer appointed by the board
of health to superintend Disbursements,
he went to the cemetery and the work
of disinterment began. The first
coffin opened was found to contain the
petrifed remains of a Chinaman who
died and was buried some five years
ago. The next coffin contained re-
mains in a perfect state of preservation
which had reposed in the grave more
than four years. A portion of the
mass of clothing which usually en-
yelopes the body of deceased China
men, was moldy and decayed, but the
remains appeared as fresh as at the
time of death. The body was raised
to the surface and a close inspection
made of it. 1t showed no signs Of
decay, even to the queue, eyebrows
and eyelashes. Upon pressing the skin
with a Ratchet it readily yielded, and
the indentations shortly afterwards
disappeared. What is more surprising
the neck was found to be supple, and
the head could be moved from side
to side. Another strange circum-
stance was the entire absence of any
unpleasant odor arising from the
body. Several visitors to the GENE
terry viewed the remains, and some
made a careful examination thereof
The body was reinterred with the
hope by the Chinese bone exporter
that the next time it is brought to the
surface the superfuous flesh will have
disappeared, The ground where the
interments were made is sandy, and is
moistened by springs. A short dis.
lance from the two graves mentioned
another coffin, which was deposited
some four or five years ago, was
opened, and nothing remained Of the
contents but a fleshless skeleton.
A well-informed Ohinaman Of thi:
city says that a similar Ease Of
preservation without pe~trifaction was
discovered in the same cemetery a few
yearsago, under similar circumstances
The body was brought to the city with
the expectation that it would decay by
exposure to air but after keeping it .
year without any noticeable change, il
was reinforced to await the effect o
time. These collins are of cheal
make, and by no means alright.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

world called the Partition, which is a
wall of transparent sialacta six inches
thick, with a breadth OF thirty feet
and a hight Of fifty feet. 1t is a gem
of natural architecture, beautifully
corrugated, and it is perhaps safe to
say that no human hand could con-
struct anything TO compare with it,
and certainly human eyes have never
seen its equal above or under ground.
In another place is a curiosity now
called the Angels Wing, which is
about ten or twelve feet in length,
white as the driven snow, and so per-
feet in shape that one could almost
imagine the plumage real. One column
Of stalagmite, which attracts great at
tention, and which towers upward for
some forty OF fifty feet, has assumed
the form Of some twenty-five or thirty
huge blocks, one laid on top of the
other, that at the base being the larg-
est and the Others becoming gradually
smaller to the top. Many of the
draperies and curtains, hanging in the
most enormous masses, were so thin as
to be transparent, and presented a
beautiful effect when a light is placed
behind them. Some of them were
distinctly marked with red, blue and
brown lines, like granting, others with
every color of the rainbow, and all Of
them, when struck, emitted the most
charming musical sounds, every note
in the gamut being produced.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

NEW MEMBERS IN THE NEXT CON
GRESS.

OF the 148 Democrats elected to
the forty-sixth congress 81 are new
men. OF the 1873 Republicans elected
81 are new men. This excludes men
who have served in previous con-
crosses, such as General Hawley in
Connecticut. The eight G~reenbackers
are all new men, and the forty-sixth
congress will have therefore ll5 new
members out Of total of293. Twen-
tv-one of the 50 new Democrats are
from Northern States. The greater
portion of the forty-sixth congress will
be-composed Of experienced members.
Mississippi and West Virginia re-
elected all their present members.
Massachusetts,, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Texas have changed
one or two. Tennessee reelected
Wright. House, Atkins, Whitthorne-
Dibbrell and Young, the most Of
whom stand in the front rank Of able
man in congress. New York sends
eightsen inexperienced members,
Pennylyania ten. Ohio eight, Missouri
nine and Illinois seven. The people
in the South as vel as the North are
learning the importance Of keeping
able men in congress for a long term
of years. The New York Herald
commenting on this, says:
A State which keeps one delegation il
congress for q number Of years inevitably
gains largely in influence in the nationa
council. even IL its representatives are nol
conspieaously able men; and pOlitica
party which keeps its men in congress fOl
term Of years can make itself felt, ever
II It Is in the minority in the house. i
takes a new member almost the whole 0
his term 10 learn the ways Of the house
end IL is scarcely ever before his secon'
term that he Is able to make his inhuenci
felt over the body. though there hav
been some notable exceptions TO this rule
for conspicuous ability tells in the hous
even against its traditions and rules.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
CAPTAIN HENRY G. MYEns. late

CAPTAIN HENRY c. MYERS, late
sheriff Of Marshall equity, and for.
merly connected with the Holly
Springs South, has been appointed By
Governor Stone to the Office of sccre-
tary Of state, to succeed the lamented
Kinlock Falconer. Captain Myers Is
an accomplished gentleman a thorough
business man and will fiji the position
to which he has been appointed with
credit to himself and the State Of
Mississinpi.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

THE Austin, Texas, Statesman,
edited by Colonel L. j. Dupre, for
merly of the Appeal, says; 1T is
properly proposed by the New York
Mail that a dinner be given to Colonel
j. NJ. Heating, of the Memphis Ap-
peal, by the press gang Of Gotham, il
~attestation of the pluck and heroisn
of Heating, who was editor, pressmal
and compositor for the Appeal during
the prevalence of the plague in Mem
phis. He served the paper under the
same circumstances and in the same
capacities in 1873 and yet has never
had yellow fever"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

WE have received the initial num-
Der of Colonel John W. Forney's new
paper-"Progress a journal for men
and women" 1t is a handsome, we'll
edited periodical, and viii be issued
weekly at Eve dollars a year, and
promises to be a valuable addition to
the current literature of the day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
TIE Times-Journal made its ap-

HE Ilules-JOurhal maue lo APP
pearauce in st. Louis on the 18th.
The proprietors announce that
1t will be a wide-awake. modern news
paper, with no prejudices, no business or
political complications to hamper II, or
party ties to cripple its energies. II will
be what u newspaper should bean sx-
ponent OF the best thought, the highest
culture, and the largest liberty known to
the generation it serve In the discussion
of political questions il will be strictly
non-psrtisan. 1t will consider party ques-
tons as it will consider al other questions
of interest to the public, solely upon their
merits.
All Of which is in accordance with
a growing tendency Of the better
classes Of papers. A paper may be
ever so Democratic or Republican
without being blind to the blunders
and faults of its party. Major R. II.
Sylvester, formerly Of this city but
for a long time past managing cditol
of the Times, will be the Washington
correspondent Of the Times-Journa
this winter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

THERE is a circular out to the effect
that a new weekly Republican paper.
to be named the Knoxville Repub-
lican, is to be started in Knoxville Oh
the LIST of January, 1879. This paper
will no doubt purify and reyolutionizc
affairs in the Republican party often
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

HIS Hayes largest weakness is his
ambition. That was made evident when
he accepted the Presidential chair secured
for him by his party through question
able means.-LMemphis Ledger.
1t Is our recollection that the LEDGER
ono said Tilden or any N else would nc
doubt have accepted the Presidency I'M
der similar circumstances. Is ambition
the weakness" II the whole tribe o
statesmen 1--[AYalanehe.
In the phrase of a sick woman de.
scribing her condition to the doctor
it seems TO be a powerful weakness
among the statesmen of the day, 40
even excepting Samuel j. Tildsn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

THE following embraces the list Of
the members Of the Towards, Of
Grcenville, Miss, who died during the
late endemic in that city: A. B.
Triqq. John II. Nelson, Walter Quick,
TiIman Page, w lilly, Duncan G.
Green, Arthur 4. Yergcr, J.. II. Buck
ner, Theodore Habicht, B, II. Digs,
Helen Finlay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

Mr.. Dana has retired. The resplen-
dent Sun, that illuminated the life
and actions Of the immortal statesman
and unfortunate wire-puller Samuel
j. Tiido9. for lol these several years,
has gone down beneath a cloud of
ugly ciphers that did rise out Of the
foggy everglades of Florida TO queiI BIS
brightness. The genial George W.
Childs thus feelingly speaks of his cdi-
torial death;
"Mr. Dana was a good man, No
one got himself in the van Of human
progress any sooner than he did. He
was a kind neighbor, 2 good husband,
a fond parent, a faithful friend. Take
him for all in all, perhaps we shall not
look upon his like again. As a citizen
he was all that could have been OK.
pected. AS a statesman he was al
times cratic, but no one ever ques.
toned his singleness and purity o.
purpose. Resolved, hal we tender
his stricken friends our most earnesI
sympathy, and that we wear Grape OIL
the left coat-sleeve for thirty days.
eve had a little Dana once,
He was. our joy and pride;.
But one day he was ciphered out,
And so he up and died.
Gone, but not forgotten,
Safe with his grandfather,
Our sixth In heaven"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
Edward Cooper, M~ayor-elect of
New York. will be given a banquet at.
Delmonico's in few days.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Wa.btngton November ~ 1871

Washington, November 10, 1876.
/ take great pleasure in certifying
to the efficacy Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, in use in my family and as q
specific for colds of children or adults.
| have found it to be a cure almost
immediate and always permanent.
Very respectfully, Tnos, B, PRIcE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
THE IURAY CAvERNs,
wOndrOus Caves In virginia. Chambers
Of S~talaotltss- Beauties Of Coral,
Cascade and Giant Halls.

The exploration of the caverns
which take their name from this little
village, and which are now destined to
become famous as one of the worlds
wonders, still continues. The new
discoveries are locatad under q knob
or spur of the Massanutton range,
about one mile OF a little over wese OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
PUBLICATION.

ELLA FARMER, Editor.
5000 a Year. Free OF Postage.
RI is conceded on all sides that Messrs. D..
4 LothrOp x Co. have splendidly aecomp-
lished what thoy set their hearts upon a few
years ago., viz: 10 mRkeH magazine absolutely
pure IN is tnageDee, unrlyalled in its literary
merit, beautiful aftistiSally, and then to fur
nish II at a price 50 low that people could
afford to take il. THREE JOLLY SERIALS.
The DOgberry Bunch.
A Story Of Seven Merry Children, who faced
the world for Themselves, but always hanging
In q - bunch.' BY MARY HARTwELL GATHER
WOOD. Profuscly illustrated By MARY A. Lara
BURY.
Royal LOwrle's Last Year at 81. Olaye's.
A Jolly story Of American School Boy Life.
Gsne SlapI N a Sddr.,sbdisS ' niaoirs q b a
Miss l.. y. HVNpHREy,
Don QuiXOte, IT.
The Adventures Of Sir Niltiades Peterkin
baowslQQY, A funny story written expressly
for the Little Boys Of America. Illustrated
with comic pictures by l.. HoPEINs.
Our American Artist.
First Scrics.) Paper i, WV. II. BEARp.
with Portraits. Studio Interiors, and Enrrav-
ings Of Paintings, by S. @. W B~sNJAMiS.
Tho most attractive Attenpt yet made To
popularize Art IA the family aud make chill
drcn aeauatnted With our living American
artists aud what they are doing,
Funny Double-page Illustrated
Poems,
/. The Minoe Pie Prince. By Kirk Monroe.
I lllusifatod by l.. Hopkins.
Some Novel Schools.
Comprising Several Important Experiment.
in Both Europe and America.
/. Lady Rotty's Cooking Glass: Tho History
of an English Cooking School. by Lucy Cecil
White Mrs. John Lillie.)
III. The Perkins Institution for the Blind
BY Emma n. Brown,
Bright Short Stories and Poems,
Natural History Supplements,
Sketches Of Travel in Foreign Lands,
Letters from the Children,
Puzzles, Parlor Amusementst
Music, Etc,
All with lots Of pictures from the best art,
i6ts. making WIDE AWAKE for 1879 the bosI
and cheapest magazine IN existence.
Only 500 q year, free Of postage. Sent
your name and money to
D. L0THR0P & CO., Publishers
BOSTON. lel atl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19
The Cheapest and Best
NEWS MEDIUM
IN THE

III is onterprising, fearless, reliable and
howsy, and the peer of amy weekly newspa-
per published in West Tennessee, containing
ALL LOCAL EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
In tho city of Memphis and Shelby county.
No labor or expense will be spared to mani
tain 1t in every department at the highest
possible standard, and to commend it in all
respects to the confidence and approval of tn,
best classes in the surrounding country, beini
strictly
Democratic and Conservative
but will not DO u%njustly partisan, aiming t.
be fair and just, as well as pronounced in it
political convictions.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
Russian Diplomacy.

AS the terms of peace become more
definitely known, and the successive acts
in the present Russo-Turksh drama IN
fold, they reveal more and more clearly
the willy astuteness and superior excel
lence of Russian diplomacy. Not only
has the present conflict shown Russia to
be formidable power in the field, but
it has also shown her to be equally great
in craftsmanship. Out of political and
military complications which might well
have bewildered brain less experienced
than that which beats beneath the brow
of Gortschakoff, Russia has thus far
emerged unscathed, without relinquish-
ing the object for which she took up arms
Ii Jl1o tifst place. Trembling on the
very verge OF general European war
time after time; with a shattered and
disorganized and heterogeneous empire
on her hands and at her feet; with two
other large nations growing and grum-
bling at every move she made, and
ready, apparently, at the first real provo
cation to take the field against her with
gigantic and well disciplined armies;
with threatening demonstrations going
on all around, Russia has yet preserved
her national self-respect and dignity
through it ali, has not made thus far
single misstep or false move, has Sc
cured what really and rightfully be-
longe3 to her as the conquering party,
without imposing unduly humiliating or
obnoxious conditions upon her PROSTATE
adversary, and now bids fair to go into
the coming conference, or congress, as a
party granting favor, rather than one
seeking permission to hold undisturbed
what is alreadyin her possession. Clear
~ Russia and Germany are now not only
the two leading and ablest European ma
tions. but they have at the head of the
foreign departments of their respective
Governments the two leading and ablest
diplomats of the world.
1t is impossible not to admire the con-
summate wisdom displayed by the
Russian Premier during all the negotia-
lions attendant upon the conclusion of
permanent and honorable peace. It is
one thing to be able to fight like brute
and conquer an adversary, but it is
quite another to be able so to treat with
him and his friends as to convince them
that the thrashing just administered has
been one very mild and considerate un-
DER the circumstances, and that the ar
engagements subsequently made are in
every sense magnanimous and honora-
BILE. Chicago Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
An Awful Death.

John Willenbacher, employed in a
sugar refinery in Brooklyn, recently
stamped on the surface of boneblack
vat through which sugar is refined and
which continually sinks through a conf
cal bottom over retort, the fires of
which keep the mass at a heat of $50 de-
grees. He sank into the hot black mass.
AS he tried to lift his feet to get out, he
probably found himself drawn down by
the suction OF the moving mass, which
was kept up alta heat OF 1870 degrees. His
struggles probably only added to the
downward motion, and, as q fireman en-
tered to rake his fire, Willenbacher's
terrible plight became known. He had
then sunk to his throat. Men ran from
every part of the refinery, and the en-
deavor to rescue Willenbacher was
earnestly begun. Nothing could stop
the ceaseless suction of the boneblack,
because the hole at the bottom of the
vat opened into aretort filed with fierce
flames. Even the few seconds that were
spared to the consideration OF this gave
confirmation to Willenbacher's doom,
for he sank until the lower part Of his
face was hidden. His comrades shouted
cheering words to him, and threw planks
across the surface of the boneblack, the
bravest venturing out upon them They
scattered the boneblack from about
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

Willenbacher's shoulders, and, grasping
HIM, tugged to pull him out, but they
could not stir him. He seemed to be
unconscious from suffocation. A block
was hastily rugged upon beam above
the vat, and eager men grasped the
tackle in their strong hands and pulled
well together, but they did not move
Willenbacher. The digging about the
sinking man was resumed, and the bone
black was cleared away down to his
thighs. Then those who hauled with
all their strength upon the tackle raised
Willenbacher from the boneblack. Kind
hands laid him limp and unconscious
upon the planks. He was breathing
family, and comrade ran to summon
physician, but, while his feet still sound
ed on the stairway, Willenbacher died.
NetO York San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

Willie, a bright little daughter OF
Capt. T. w. Walton, died at her fathers
residence. near Roanoke, on the 14th of
January, in the 18th year of her age.
Little Willie had been sick a long time,
yet she bore her affection with all the
patience and fortitude Of one much
older. On the day Of her death she
called her little brothers and sisters
around her and divided among them her
toys, telling them that she was going to
die, and for them not to quarrel over
the toys. She requested her father to
remain with her during the day, inform
ing him that she would not live to see
another. She fingered until o'clock in
the evening, without the least apparent
change, in perfectly conscious condi-
ton, talking to those around her. She
counted the strokes as the clock tolled 7,
and, when it had finished, she turned to
her father and said: "Pa, [ will never
hear the clock strike again; give me an
apple" The apple was given her, and,
after eating it, she began talking of dy
ing, expressing a great aversion to being
put under the ground after death. She
was assured that only her body was
buried-that her spirit left the body and
went to heaven. This seemed to give
her great relief, and, again addressing
her father, she said: ELS ma watching
for me 2" and, being assured she was, she
said: "Turn me over then, and let me
die. She was tenderly turned on her
side, and in another moment the spirit
Of little Willie had flown to join its dear
mamma over the river. The clock tolled
s all the same, but little Willie never
heard it-she was dead. -HoaO0rd
County Advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
A Deaf Mans Musings.

He is rich who is poor enough to be
generous.
To extol ones own virtue is to make
vice of it.
An act of kindness to shivering beg
gar child is profession of religion.
He who must use his eyes for ears
hears much that is lost amid the noisy
rattle of speech.
AS rule, the man who asks for credit
in whisky shop is beyond the hope OF
redemption.
Make light of your infrmities if you
desire sympathy. Useless repinings ex-
cite disgust.
Take from what has been written
that which has done mankind no solid
good, and Saratoga trunk would hold
the rest.
Look out for the man who makes
liberal use of the personal pronoun " T"
in conversation, for the chances are that
he is liar.
81 leave to my heirs an abundance of
hate, envy and legal strife, " would be an
appropriate clause in the last wills of
most rich men.
There is somewhere a fool-key to your
friends nature, and if you can find it
you can make him dance to any tune you
whistle.
A girls signs are melodies to her
lovers ears, and her tears are kissed
away as sweet waters.
When man reaches the age Of 80 it
is time for him to make up his mind as
to what manner of old man he would
like to be and put himself at once into
+,%o.,,;~o