smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The legislative appropriation bill which
passed the House yesterday has the following
section In it Of interest to District readers:


Sec. 4. That the fifth paragraph OF that Dor
tion Of the act OF June 20, 1878, making appro-
pliat1on for the sundry civil expenses OF the
government for the fiscal year 1S79 and for
other purposes, relating to the District OF Co.
lumbia. tie. and the same is hereby, amended
so that the sum Of money therein appropriated
to pay the workingmen Of said District shall be
paid to those whose claims are due and unpaid
from the District OF Columbia for work under
TIE Super1ntendentS Of the late board Of public
works, and also from contractors whose ac-
counts against the government of said District
had been paid In part or in full prior or suO5e-
Quently to the act OF June %, 1874, and Of those
who have not been paid prior to or since said
date by the late board OF public works or
by the commissioners Of the District of Co.
OF Columbia are hereby directed to turn into
the Treasury Of the United States any moneys
now In their possession due or belonging to con-
tractors under the late board of public works,
who have not paid their labOrers or workmen:
Provided, That IL the said sum OF $75, 900 in said
act mentioned shall not be sufficient to pay all
such claims found to be due under the provi5-
tlon, then there shall be made the original tro
aGt0 reduction OF each claim and the amount TO
De paid on each claim shall be paid and oceived
In Iuli discharge CT the claim OF such wOrnma an:
and that no such claim Shall be received, filed
or audited subsequently to the 1St day of July
1879: fa" Uided further, That the amount or pro
rata amount found to be due to each workman
In case OF non-residents OF the District of Co.
lumbia, by draft on the Treasury of the United
States to his or their order, or to his or their
legal representatives, II dead.
Year: 1879

she not sufficiently applauded and finally.
she disappointed large audience which had as
sembled Saturday morning at the Gaiety. by
sending down. about hour before the time for
raising the curtain, to say she could not act That
d.jelRer the Mansion House seems to have been
bad business altogether. In the first place, as
feed" it is described atrocious. meagre and
stinted Then the French people were disappointed
at not being received in the Egyptian Hall instead
OF the Long Parlor. and Miss Bernhardt complained
that tho Lord Mayor without his wig. which, she
the company. NJ Thiron. loudly protested that it
an indgnity to receive the troupe Of the Comedie
FRANCHISE in a room in which there bust OF
Wellington. Miss Bernhardt is not wholly ignorant
OF the Eugish tongue. At the end of one or two
speeches she clapped her hands vehemently and
screamed out "All-rai-ght!
Year: 1879

We hear good deal of dissatisfaction ex-
pressed by citizens residing on Liliha street,
West King street and at Palama, because the
water pipes were not carried into those locali-
ties. In the localities named there are said
to be at least one hundred and fifty families
who have but very inadequate supply of
water, and in some instances it is asserted
there is no supply at all. This is a misfortune
inasmuch as the appropriation for supplying
water pipes is exhausted and the supply of
pipes also. Those whose premises have not
been reached will have to exercise patience
till the Legislative Assembly meets, when His
Excellency the Minister of the Interior will.
no doubt, ask for an appropriation to supply
the needed quantity of pipes, and they will
come in for their due share Of water. 1t is the
purpose of the Minister of Interior we under
stand to have all parties satisfied by affording
them an ample supply of water in due time
provided the Legislative Assembly makes the
needed appropriation.
Year: 1879

BY the arrival of the steamer City Of Sydney
from the Colonies, we have the important news
by kilograms from London that the wars in
Zululand and Afghanistan are over. From
this news we learn that the British troops,
under the new state of things, are being en-
ployed in the work of arranging the peace es-
tablishment in those countries. This will be
acceptable news to the people of Great Britain.


The news from India is not SO promising
The revolution in that country is not yet sup
pressed, and it seems as if there would be
bloody work before peace is restored. The
British Government, however, has resolved to
suppress all disturbance at the point of the
bayonet and the cannon's mouth. 1t is very
evident from our advices that Russia is in
triguing in every possible way to increase the
difficulties between the Burmese of India and
the Home Government, and that it is not at all
predetermined that Russia will afford the rev.
olutionists direct military assistance. Should
such course be adopted by Russia, war
between England and Russia is inevitable. We
hope however, that such an alternative may
be avoided, and that all existing animosities
between the two countries may be peacefully
arranged. From present advices we are prone
to believe that Russia is not acting in good
faith, and if this be so, she will not only have
England to fight, but other powers, whose in
terests demand the curtailment of Russian ag


grandizement in India and the East.


The condition of affairs in Roumalia is truly
discouraging, and the fear is that another out
break between Turkey and the former country
may take place, if indeed, that has not already
happened. In another week we will have
more reliable and later news by telegram from
all sections of the globe, which we hope to be
able to lay before our readers in our next issue.
Year: 1879

wounds IN the heart are commonly SUM-
posed to be lnslantaneously fatal, but sucn is
nOt Inc case. 1t Is not possible, except by
extreme Violence, as dynamite explosion,


" olOt out human lite instantly. KEEPER


GOODS pistol ball went right through the
heart OF Barrett, the Sing Slug convict. vet


he lived tour minutes. Portfolios knife cleft


the heart OF BOender in twain, but be did


not TALL dead upon the spot; the instinct of


self-preservatlOn remained, and even that


horlid wound had not deprived him of the


strength to obey it; he ran first toward a


nelghbOr drugstore, then turned and ran


down Fulton street, many feet from the spot


before he tell and expired. So O'Connel,


who was stabbed by Nichols, July Sd, though


his heart was actually cut into by the stroke,


ran several feet after The wound Was infict-
ed. A puncture of the heart is necessarily


fatal, but the victim is often conscious for
two or three minutes, though generally with
out much power OF motion or of fspeech, save
the first cry of agony. This shows that the


braln Can act even after the heart is destroy


ed. On the other hand, the heart continues
to exercise its functions after the brain has
ceased all action, as in the Case of death from
severe blows on the head. The hearts of
hanged criminals generally keep up their
pulsation Is or 20 minutes, although where
the neck is broken, they can receive no ner-
vous impulse from the brain. The continued
working is attributable to residuum of ner-
vous force. In the case of some animals, this |
is sufficient to keep the heart pulsating for |
hours after ii has been out of the body The |
common notion that the heart is delicate |
organ, is mistake. 1t is, on the contrary,
one of the most robust. Its muscular strength |
is enormous, and its tolerance of disease is
something marvellous. Men and women
whose hearts have been diseased from child
hood sometimes attain to ripe old age, and
many people with heart disease live for years
in almost momentary expectation of sudden
death, and then die of some other malady.
Only very few of the many diseases to
which the heart is liable are inevitably and
speedily fatal
Year: 1879

To professional men. man of buAinass, and,
| inarou, an VINO are engaged in pursuits re-
| qulring more or less mental work, coupled
with more or less confinement, exercise is, of
| course, the c0nditi0 sine qua non of the re-
| creation to be recommended, This fact is so
| obvious that need not dwell upon it further
than to make one remark. This is to warn
all such persons that their feelings are no
safe guide as to the amount of muscular ex-
ercise that is requisite for maintaining full


and sustained health. BY habitual neglect of


sufficient exercise the system may, and does,
accommodate itself to such neglect; 80 that


not only may the desire for exercise cease to


be a fair measure of its need. but positive


exhaustion may attend much less amount


of exercise than is necessary to long contin-


uance of sound health. However strong and


well, therefore, man may feel notwithstand-


ing bis neglect of exercise, he ought to re-


member that he is playing q most dangerous


him out-eitaer in the form of dyspepsia,


liver, kidney, or other disease, which so sure


ly creep upon the offender of natures laws


of health. According to DR.. Parkes, the


amount of exercise that healthy man ought


to take without fatigue is at least that which
is required for raising $50 foot-tons per diem.
This in mere walking, would in the case of
man Of ordinary weight, be represented by
q walk of between eight and nine miles along
level ground. or one mile up tolerably steep
hill; but it is desirable that the requisite
amount of exercise should be obtained with |
out throwing all the work on one set of mus |
cles. For this reason, walking ought to be
varied with rowing. riding. active games,'
and where practicable, bunting or shooting, |
which, to those who are fond of sport, con-
stitute the most perfect form of recreative |
exercise. Tho MineteenM Century. q g. |
Year: 1879

A WONDERFUL MAoHINE.-The other night
at London club some Americans were boast
ing about their Inventions, and the wonderful
machines to be found in the States. One of
them told of the well-known mincing-ma-
chine which, live pig being introduced at
one end, turns out the animal in sausages at
the other. An Irishman, who was not going
to have the Yankee riding rough-shod over
every other nation, turned on them and said
''Bedad, we've got the came machine in Ire
land, only ours is more perfect sure, for if
you don't like tt sausages, you can put
them back into the machine, and by revers-
ing the action they'll come out q live pig
again where he went in"
Year: 1879

The deaf can Lear by means of their teeth


The audiphone, an instrument invented by q


western Yankee for alleviating the misery OF


deafness, is simply sheet Of vulcanized


rubber, about 1872 of All inch in thickness


sci firmly III handle of the same material.


In the upper rim of this sheet are pierced


some holes through which passes silken


cord. This goes down on the inner siue of


the sheet, to the handle, through slot in


which it is passed. BY pulling this cord the


sheet Is bent over any angle which the user


may desire. Each person has to ascertain


for himself what kind Of curve the rubber


sheet will enable him to hear best Generally


II Is very slght-only about ten or twelve de-
grees-though apparently the deafer the per-
son the greater the curve must be. When


used. the person holding it simply touches
the upper edge of the tan, or audiphone,
against his teeth of the upper jaw. The
voice Of the speaker strikes upon this tense
sheet OF rubber and communicates to it vibra-
tions which in turn are impaired to the teeth,
and then pass to the auditory nerve. With
this operation the outer ear has nothing
whatever to do; the delicate machinery
through which sound passing from without
makes an impression upon the auditory nerve
is not used at all. The outer ear may be
stopped up entirely, so far as it is possible to
do it, and yet one hears distinctly the moment
the audiphone is applied to the teeth. 1t is
necessary to use the teeth of the upper jaw
for the reason that they are more nearly in
contact with the auditory nerve; nor does it
make much difference whether the teeth be
ones own or artificial, so long as those arti-
ficia; teeth are tightly fitted; for when that is
the case the vibration is impaired about as
well as when they are natural teeth. The in
ventor is deaf himself. He happened one
day to hold a watch between his teeth, and
noticed that he could distinctly hear its tick
ing. though when be held 1t to his ear no
sound was audible. This set him to thinking
that possibly he might be able to invent some
device by which sounds of the human voice
could be transmitted to the auditory nerve
trough the medium of tube, Just as the |
licking of watch had been.
Year: 1879

The discovery that the new constitution
has been adopted can hardly fail TO create
a panic throughout California. The very
apprehension Of such an issue has almost
psraiyzsd many inueres :, and the alarm
which the result should justly arouse must
for a while. al least, almost upset the bus
iness equilibrium. The State Is confronted
with grave difficulty at the very start, flr
SO bluuderirgly did the convention do its
work that j; left the commonwealth yir.
tnaily without a government, in case the
coustitut on sh0uld be adopted, from the 9th
of June till the lst Of next January.
Year: 1879

did nothing but what can be done by some
OF our own players. He succeeded pretty
we'll IN oae thing, however, which was in
convincing the people that he is grand
fraud and dead beat Of the first water,
having left the town without paying any OF
his bills, leaving an old dirty shirt with the
hotel keepsr Tor his board. His name ia
Fred. + Adams. Look out for him.
Year: 1879

The Icdianspolis Journal claims ia! the
municipal elections he'd in Indians last
week prove that there is "a excellent
fighting chance" for the Rspahlicsns to
carry the State in the Presidential election
next wear i they put forth proper eff.rt
Year: 1879

"That in all casles Of instruction on OBJ
struction to the laws either of the United
States or Of any individual State or Terri
tory. where it IL lawful for the President OF
the United States to call forth the militia
for the purpose Of supPressing such insur-
rectiop, or OF causing the laws to be duly
observed, it shall be lawful for him to en-
ploy for the samespurposes such part OF the
land or naval force as shall be judged
necessary, having first observed all the
prerequisites OF the law in that respect"
Year: 1879

"Be it enacted &c, That it shall not be
lawful to bring to or to employ at any
place where general or special election is
being held in any State, any part OF the
army or navy of the United States, unless
such force be necessary to repel armed enc
mics OF the United States or to enforce
section four, article four of the Constitu
ton OF the United States, aud laws made in
pursuance thereof, on application OF the
Legislature or Executive OF the State
where such force is to be used; and so..much
of all laws "a Ia inconsistent heIe IL
hereby reps aled"
Year: 1879

ignorant. poor and misguided persons
most directly interested, there would be
only pity felt; but in the last few days
large amounts of northern and eastern
money have been pledged to aid in the
movement Most of the money thus
contributed will be by misguided peo-
Pile, who believe they a,e aiding to ele-
vate the colored race, There could, in
my opinion, be no greater mistake than
this. Almost every negro who leaves
the south will take producer from q
section which needs his labor, and. un-
less Providence shall Interpose in an
unheard of manner, inflict pauper upon
another section. HILTON.
Year: 1879

LODI, BARBOUR COUNTY. KAs., Z
| April IL, 1879. :


Mr.. EDIroR:I though maybe you
would like to hear from this part of the
world again. thought 1 would drop
you few lines to let you know that
am still living, and that this is part OF
the world, but don't know whether it
is a part of the United States or not il
so it is a very dry and lonely part. As l
am the only one in this part, will try
and tell you and my friends, if you and
they should want to come out here to
live. what kind OF life cowboy lives.
Well. at times l don't think that am
living; but now and then see man,
but woman! no never. The life of a
cowboy is hard one. we don't get to
60 to church have not been for three
months; have not seen a woman for, well
l can't think when. We work hard live
hard, and look as hard as sand stone,
and don't know Sunday from any other
day. Now, Mr.. Editor, if yon and any Of
my friends want to come out here to live
this kind of Life, and raise cattle, YOU
can make money; but If any of you
think of coming out to farm, you had
better stay where you are. Before you
are here year your bean-soup will get
so thin that it will rattle in you like pot.
liquor in a poor dog. But let them
come and grow up in the west as hum
dreds are dong. There are thousands
in this country that would get away it
they could. 1t is very dry here; have
not had rain this spring; oats have
been sown for month, and are not up.
Wheat is all dying; grass is good and
cattle are looking we'll. Our old friend
John Mckinney, started cast yesterday
to buy cattle; will be gone about a
month. Mr.. John Arnold and Edward
Powell will be out in May with two or
three hundred cattle. We will try and
make a cowboy of John. Mrs. T.
oBryan has been quite ill, but Is up
again. Send me the Intelligencer for
life. that is il live that long. The In
dians are quiet yet; have killed but four
men as yet; time tor killing has not
come; they are waiting for their ponies
to get fat, then the killing will commence;
then you can look for me to spend the
summer with you. As l have not lost
any Indians, don't think that I shall
hunt any. Since writing I have heard
that Mrs. O'Bryan is still quite ill. Mr..
Jennings and family are well. l re-
main, as ever yours, c. L. B.
Year: 1879

The PROJECT Of hoodIng the great uesert
of Sahara has not been abandoned. The
surveying parties on the route OF the
proposed canal from the Mediterranean
report favorable progress. Another
proposition is to cut canal from the
Atlantic to the great basin of the des-
ert. or to reopen the old channel,
which it is believed. connected the sea
that formerly covered the territory now
included IN the desert with the Atlantic
Year: 1879

Altar OF roses was discovered by ac-
cident. The wife of an eastern mogul
had small canal OF rose water, and as
she was walking one day upon its banks
she noticed thin film on the water
which proved to be an oil made by the
heat OF the sun,
Year: 1879

A fond mother hearing that an EARTH
quake was coming. sent her boys to q
friends in the country to escape it..
Alter few days she received a note
from the friend saying: For goodness
sake take your boys away and send
along that earthquake instead"
Year: 1879

Another sentiment existing among Repub.
licans Is the basis of the movement for placing
GRANT for the third time at the head of the
party in national canvass We think that
this project is very far from being weak in the
number of its supporters; but tEe trouble is
that the people are afraid of GRANT on account
of the men who were his personal friends dur
ing his former administrations. The memory
of the BELENAP aud RoBEsoN scandals and the
association of GRANT with those men and
SHEPHERDS ring in Washington is still fresh
in the popular mind.--Bottimore Ahericah.


We take the liberty of suggesting to our
venerable cotcmporary that it is scarcely
outside the line Of judicious criticism for it
to anticipate popular sentiment and pur-
pose with prejudced Judgment, or for it
TO seize upon the dirty weapons of the
Democrats with which to assail General
GRANT or ex-Secretaries BELKSAP and
robson. Ii the people want General
GRANT they will have him, and the 1meri-
ran can no more prevent it than II can i'll
fuse harmony and strength into the Rcpub-
lican party OF the State Of Maryland by
controlling the Federal offices for a choice
few political fiv0rites, leaving the masses Of
the Republican people 10 shift Tor them
selves. be content, aud eat husks without
murmuring If the people don't want
General GRANT they will not have him, no
matter who may champion his cause. The
4 ARa'ieaa, unless our recollection is at fault,
/ has never been happy since it discovered
/ CEESWEL the MoRnECAI of its envy, sit


ting at the gate of the GRANT administra-
! ton and hence it is as ready rs any Demo-
/ crat TO throw mud ut General GRANT and
| eN-Secrctalies robson and BELKNAP
either Of whom have served their country
with rs unselfsh devotion as has marked


the course Of our contemporary. The timer
| ioda can use the Democratic cudgel-cry OF
/ the SHEPHERD ring in this instance, but


it will yet find that the men who impOver.


ished. themselves to render the National


Capital one of the most beautiful and at


tracliye cities in the world will live in the


gratitude OF the American people when thcil


traduccrs and rcvilels are lost in oblivion.
Year: 1879

SITTING BULL is likely to become a trout
blesome customer for the United States now
that he has returned within our territory.
His tribe consists of about $4,000, and he
will ask this Government to feed them. II
has no means for such 4 purpose, and now it
remains o be seen what will be done with
this problem. 1t is an ugly case If these
returning flgitives are not fed they will
depredale upon the whites or other Indian
tribes, and thus provoke another war. The
force is almost too formidable to apply the
Fort Robinson mode of treatment 10y Chey-
enning them until but a single brave is LEFT
to account for the rest.
Year: 1879

Ii the recent TYNER-FOsTER develop
ments had been of an opposite character TO
what they have been made 10 appear to be !;
if they We're damaging to the Democrats,
we mean, they would have been ruled out
by the majority of the POTTER Committee
under pretense of irrelevancy. But it
seems that the minority of the committee
is as clay in the hands of the PoTTER--or,
in the hands of Messrs. MCMAHON and
BUTLER, who furnish the brains for this
inquiry
Year: 1879

THE Buffalo Courier churacterizcs the add
ing Of New York and Connecticut TO the
list of Republican States as Republican
reaction Give us more ofsucll reaction
Let Indiana react In the same way Let
New jersey send II Republican United States
Senator Let the work of Republican re-
action =" go on. 1t is booming now.
Year: 1879

In these dull times, when scores


of young men are out of employ


ment, and others are crowding in


from other places, seeking for So


called "genteel" situations, it is well


to give wide publicity to such facts
as are set forth in the following ex-


tract from the New York Journal of
Commerce: One of the great prob
lens of our day, too little discussed
by those who have the ear of the
pnblic through the press or at the
forum, is to furnish the young men
of this generation with remunera-
tive employment. The professions
are all over-crowded, The shop
keepers are by far too numerous.
Agencies of all classes are so multi
piled that the occupants tread on
each others toes and are bore and
nuisance to the general public.
Clerks out of employment and will
ing to serve for a pittanee are to be
raekoned by their Tens of thousands.
Book-keepers with hungry eyes are
reading the advertising lists in the
vain hope of an opening for their
application. Collectors, messengers,
dOor-keepeFs, Watchmen, conduct
ors, and the great variety of Others,
already expert seeking employment
in kindred callings, are waiting an
xiOusly forsome one to engage them.
Every possible form of service that
can be reckoned in the list of gen.
teel occupations Is anxiously sought
after by multitudes who have no
other provision for their daily needs.
The men who have been trying to
live by their wits must go to work
at the bench or i'm the field; Of these
the soil offers the most accessible
and at first the most remunCrative
employment. The mass of the un-
employed must seek sustenance
from the bosom of mother earth.
Land is cheap, and there is a wide
area that awaits the tiller. The back
may ache, and the skin blister in
the sun, but the bread can be made
without fear of failure, if the labor
er will be- faithful to his calling. 1t
needs leas wisdom and forethought !
than patient industry, and the man
with a common mind may eat his
harvest in peace"