smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

IL is not the business of the State TO
make any tiiade against this man. Ii
would have been a delight on the
part of the State, if at this stage of the
proceedings it could say that it believ


ed him to be innocent. We want 70
do as the facts justify US in doing. We
shall certainly be satisfied if the yer


dict given is innocent for the verdict
Is yours. want You to look at the
testimony in such a light that if the
evidence warrants it yOu can give u
verdict against him know you are
men that can do this; m-n of detrrm


alton l dou't mesu u impnte auyhr
against this mao before the day Of the
homicide. We know nothing of his
previous character. We milht add
that he was q good soldier but that has
Year: 1878

THE Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Aduertiser says that for more than a
week past determined efforts have been made
to secure from the President an intimation
that he will sign bill remonetizing silver,
which shall contain some of the principal
features of the pending bill, but not all of
them. The amount of consultation that has
been going on concerning this subject is ex.
traordinary, but there is no reason to believe
that up to the present time the advocates of
silver reconciliation have1been able to agree
upon any measure which is satisfactory to the
executive. There are those among the oppon-
.ents of the bill who believe the President
would give his approval to law containing
substantially the provisions of the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Blaine, and there are
some Senators who have been counted as
favorable to the pending bill who will vote
for the amendment provided that the silver
dollar shall contain APO grains. The effort to
reach an understanding with the President is
not yet abandoned, and will not be, so long as
there is hope that he will yield the points
which are chiefly insisted on by the men who,
in comparison with the extremists, may be
classed as moderate silver men.
Year: 1878




Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, dead In the
eighty-eighth year Of his age, is one Of the
most notable figures In the long line of the
successors of st. Peter-and this not so much
because of striking personal qualities as be-
cause Of the great events with which his
name is connected. 1t was his fortune not
only to see the pretensions of the Papacy
carried to their extreme point in the promul-
cation of the doctrine of papal infaIlibility,
but as well to see the authority of the Bishop
of Rome reduced from temporal to (perhaps
exalted would be the better word) purely
spiritual sovereignty. The haughtiest wear
er of the triple crown could look forward to
no higher earthly honor than to have his abso-
lutte infallibility in matters OF religious doc.
trine recognized by two hundred millions of
men. The humblest Bishop that ever hid
from persecution in the catacombs of Rome
was scarcely less martyr in the eyes of bis
people than the venerable pontiff who has
just gone to his final account. 1t was the
fate Of Plus TX. to fulfill in his own person
the prediction which has been current among
the faithful from the early days of the Holy
See, that he who should see the years of Peter
should also see the patrimony of Peter pass to
secular hands. 1t was his fortune too to Illus
trate the scriptural text that the low shall be
exalted for the Papacy, deprived though it
be of the possessions it held for eleven hum
dred years, is more powerful now than it has
been at any time since the days Of Luther,
and exercises wider sway than at any for
mer period of its long existence. The church
of Rome is to-day, despite schism and unbe-
lief, the most powerful organization on earth.
Though the outward and visible sign Of that
city of God of which st. Augustine preached
has passed from it, yet it still from the Vat.
ican rules the consciences and shapes the be-
lief of the larger portion of Christendom.


The pontif who has just pass ed to his rest
was one of the mildest and most estimable
men who ever sat ia the chair OF st. Peter.
A devout and conscientious priest, profound
scholar, lenient ruler, and singularly ben
evolent and kind-hearted man, he won the
love of all who knew him and commanded
the veneration of his church not more by hi;
august Office than by his endearing personal
qaslities. Yet it was the misfortune Of his
position and environment that his name is
and ever will be associated with reaction and
absolutism, with the oppression of peoples
and the bondage of intellect. A reign that
is made memorable by that measure Of wis
dom the reform of the religious bodies, is
also distinguished by the PRONUNCIATION of
two theological tenets, the dogmas of the
Immaculate conception and papal infallibilty
which have, more than any others since the
sixteenth century, excited the protest of the
liberal world. These, however, were Incl
dental to his position and his church. The
Catholic Church will be fortunate if it find:
| in his successor so gentle and kindly and
devout man as was Pic Mono.
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN regards the silver
craze as great national disaster and
predicts that reconciliation will be followed
by the hardest OF hard times, and that the
people, at last seeing their folly will reject
their silver-voting representatives and send
different men to Congress. He says that the
silver agitation has put stop to the funding
of the government bonds into a four per cent
loan, and that the saving Of money by fund.
ing the debt would exceed in popular benefit
all that silver men profess to expect from
their bill, SO that the success of the measure
cannot but be Injurious. If the silver bill had
not come up he could have sold S1,0O0,000 o
four per cents. day.
Year: 1878

The South, which is In great need Of
money, is hesitating in its course. It does
not know whether it will pay hotter to side
with the Western innationists, or to Join IT.
self to the East, build up confidence, and Sc
cure the assistance Of the capitalists. 1t
should remember that honesty Is always the
best policy, and no longer hesitate in Its
P0ursA
Year: 1878

THE Turks appear to have thrown them
selves unreservedly into the arms of the Rus
slams, led to do so by their disgust at Eng
lands faithlessness. They prefer to trust to
the clemency of powerful foe than longer to
rely upon the offices of tickle and hesitating
friend. The British government has invited
the affront by its vacillating course. 1t first
melted the Turks to resistance by leading
them to believe that it would interfere in
their behalf and then deserted them in the
hour of their extremity,
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com.
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

WITH S2o00-in irst.class Livery and Boarding
w Stable in New York City, or would sell hall
interest if desired Sickness Of our partner the sole
cause of selling. Address


CHAS. LYMAN
feSd4t Is East % Street, New York City
Year: 1878

Kathleen, by Mrs. f. Fl. Burnett Is another
OF the tarler works of that charming writer,
which e at present being published by Messrs.
Peterson against the desire of the author.
Kathleen is somewhat conventional in design,
the heroine herself being one of the brilliant
and fascinating beings effective in a novel but
not often encountered in actual society But it
would be impossible for Mrs. Burnett at any
time to write story that should not be bright,
entertaining and abounding in touches of the
genuine and rich talent that pervadss her later
work.
Year: 1878

HONESTY Is the best policy in medicine as well as
as In other things. Ayers SARsAPARILLA Is
genuine preparation of that uncqualled spring me'i-
cine and blood purifier, decidedly superior TO ihc
poor limitations heretofore in the market. THAI
Year: 1878

work. The working incline has been
also newly and strongly timbsred from
top to bottom. thus affording an oppor-
tunity to renew sinking and other ex-
ploratory operations temporarily sus-
pended, all of which have been accomp-
lished under the able direction OF the
company's experienced manager, John
B. McGee, who, at O former critical
period distinguished himself as manager
Of the Richmond Consolidated Mining
Company of Eureka in this State. To
his direction and far.seeing policy that
company stands to-day largely indepted
for much Of the success which has at
tended it since his resignation of its
management was rendered to lite Board
Of Directors. And I am satisfied that
the same raise and careful policy pursued
at that momentous period in the history
o. this great property will distinguish
him in bis present position as manager
of the Hillside venture.


REMoDELLING AND ENLARGEMENT


or the furnace, which starts up to.mor-
row, has been completed since the 9Th,
at which date active operations were
resumed in every department Of the
works. New hands have been employed
in the mine. while an experienced corps
of furnace men have been engaged to
facilitate smelling matters. In addition
to the foregoing. there are about 10000
bushels of good merchantable charcoal
burned for use at furnace, while the
contractors have five kilns in full blast
burning the carboniferous commodity in
such quantities as would supply an ad-
dItional furnace were it built, as it soon
will be. There is also an abundance of
wood and water, two elements absolutely
necessary to success in country such
as this. In fact everything about the
property has been placed in thorough
repair, 80 that nothing remains now but
to demonstrate the value of the mine
and the richness of the ore, by smelling,
which, as | said, commences tomorrow,
without some unforeseen occurrence
should intervene to prevent it. but this
is not apprehended. The bullion here
tofore moulded has shown value OF
about 5000 per ton in gold and silver,
lead not counted. When the furnace
was first built, an experimental run OF
eleven days, under Mr.. McGee's super
vision. gave gross result of $50. 900 in
large output with but one furnace at
work, and it clearly proves all that /
have said in this over long letter, OF the
value of the ore, and the importance Of
the property in a speculative sense, to.
gether with the brightness of the future
before it. LucAN.
Year: 1878

tBoston Times.l


It is often said that the French are not
successful az oolonists, but the following
story shows that some Of them, at least,
understand pretty we'll how to deal with
the races among whom they settle.
During the construction of the railroad
from Algiers to Blidah, the French En-
gineer in charge of the work, while
watching its progress from the parspet
of a bridge, suddenly slipped and fell.
The heighth above the ground being
nearly thirty feet, he would probably
have been killed but for the timely pres
snce Of an Arab. upon whom he alighted,
breaking his own fall and the Mussul-
mans neck simultaneously. He was in
stantly surrounded by crowd of furious
natives. and would have been torn in
pieces but for the prompt intsrposition
OF the French escort, who hastened to
assure the mob that he should be at once
carried before the district magistrate for
trial. Thither he was accordingly taken,
the multitude following him with savage
yelis for the life of the Christian dog
who had dared to kill true believer.
The magistrate, a quiet and timid old
man, was 30 terrified by the uproar that
his only thought was to shift the respon-
sibility elsewhere as sspeedily as possible.
He lost no time in announcing that the
engineer, being to all intents and pur-
poses Government officer, could only
be tried by the military commandant, to
whom the Arabs Immediately betook
themselves headed by the dead man 8
son, who was the loudest of all in his cry
for vengeance. The commandant, q
ssgacious veteran OF the old school, saw
at onoe what was to be done, aud assur-
ing the infuriated rabbe that justice
should be given them. politely inquired
OF the young ringleader whether he were
willing to accept any compromise for his
fathers death! The Alab spurned the
suggestion, and fsrcely demanded blood
for blood. Very good" answered the
unmoved Colonel, you shall have what
you demand. Let the Frenchman be
placed upon the spot where his victim
was standing. and do you, as your
fathers lawful aveuger, go up to the top
OF the parapet and jump down upon
him." 1t is hardly necessary to add that
the young Mussulman declined to try
the experiment.
Year: 1878

New Haven Palladium.


We presume that many OF our readers


have. like ourselves, had difficulty in read
inc newspapers and the like in railroad


cars after dark, because Of the unsatisfac-
tory light given by the lamps in use. we


heard yesterday that gentleman OF this


city had invented Il new method OF hight


ing cars, open to no objection, ana last


evening we visited his factory, Where. at
our request, lie showed us the principle OF


his lighting apparatus. He has been three


wears perfecling it. 1t is very simple. AS


applied to railway cars it is rs follows: Out
side of the car, upon the end OF the roof, Is a


kerosene lamp. Leading from Ito the other
end is q tube, say foot and half IN diane
ter, through which the light is thrown by a


reflector placed behind the flame. This tube


runs along the roof, next to the yentilating


deck, and at several points it is . ''tapped
for light. At these points reflector III the


tube sends the light into and across the car.


through holes similar to the VentllatlnS


holes, and when the light is once inside it Is


sent down to the seats by other rctlertors
placed inside. Upon the other side OF the
car is similar tube, with the light at the
other end. BY this arrangement the pas
sengers escape the dkagreeable smell and
smoke Of the lamps now used, and get Il


very tine light, and are preserved from dam
ger by fire if the car meets with an ac-
cident.


The whole apparatus, except the auxiliary
refectorS, is outside the car, and the lamp
is surrounded by fjre-proof, safe, and in
genious mechanism. such that il the car is
upset or its balance disturbed by deraiiment
or collision, the flame is Instantly eXtin-
gushed. This makes it very desirable for
use in postal cars, for usually when they
meet with accident their contents are
burned. II was by reading that the Gov
ernment was looking for something to use
in these cars that the inventor was led to
make experiments. Last evening he showed
us how fine wood-tuning could be done
under this arrangement OF light in
his factory, and q piece was safely
turned out over forty feet from
the lamp as quickly and as nicely as itcoAd
have been 10y daylight. The tube conducted
the light so admirably that it was easy to
read fine print forty feet from the lamp-the
length OF the r0om-and further. We see
no reason why the adoption OF this arrange
ment on railroads will not be a great inn
proyement as regards both comfort and
safety. The apparatus is also very desirable
for private grounds, entrances to stables,
DC. 1t can also be used for footlights in
I theatres. II is already attracting the atten.
tIon OF railroad men. Its cost will be small,
as the inventor thinks he can light q whole
car with one Kerosene lamp. It certainly>|
can be done WITH two. j
Year: 1878

II it were not so serious it would be very
laughable to hear the same men who delib-
erately declare their purpose to disgrace us
willie they rob our creditors by violating
the good faith OF the nation regarding our
bonds pronounce in favor OF paper cur
rency "based on the good faith and credit
OF the nation" The bonds are based on
the good faith and credit Of the nation, but
what avail is it if there is no such thing As
good faith among us! There is nothing
but honesty and decency to compel us to
pay our bonded indebtedness. II we can
tax the bonds or pay for them with printed
rags we can with no greater dishonor or
dishonesty repudiate the debt outright. II
we will not honor our bonded obligations
what weight will the "faith and credit OF
the nation'' have as collateral for our pa
per money ?-St. Louis Globe.
Year: 1878

The Star does not say that those who unite
with the greenbackers in North Carolina are
animated or controlled by any purpose to
iniure the Democratic party or give strength
TO the Radical party. But our position is
that this aoiA be the effect because Of the re-
cruits for the new party all or nearly all
will come from the Democratic party alone.
It Is true that some negroes mag join at
first, but we Sll understand how much there
Is In that. The party leaders will crack the
whip at the right Lime, and every voter OF
them will leave jnstantcr.- Wilmington
Star.
Year: 1878

If your children early display taste
for reading, select their books carefully.
The amount of Juvenile literature is
large and varied, and there is enough of
what is pure in thought, simple in style,
high in principle, and sweet in spirit, to
satisfy the needs of the most eager little
student. II all that is impure and ex-
citing, and even simply trashy, he care
fully excluded from our children's libra
ries; if we form in them the habit OF
reading and enjoying the best and most
ennobling books suited to their age; and
if love ior the pure. the true and the
beautiful be developed in their hearts,
the surest blow will have been struck
against the unwholesome influence OF
impure and frivolous literature; Above
all things avoid the hashily illustrated


papers which are so tempting to beys.
Year: 1878

The first movement of the commune
will be the extinction of Jane Swisshelm,
Says Jane: Gone might as we'll say
that buckets are the source of water as
that labor is the source of wealth. The
sun is the source of wealth, and was 30
far good many millions years before
the communist were born."
Year: 1878

A YOUNG man who had recently been
admitted to the bar, and to a partner
ship with his uncle, came into the Office
one day and proudly remarked that he
had settled an old matter that had been
in litigation for long time. Settled
it," exclaimed his uncle, "settled that
case9 Why, I've supported our family
on that for the last ten years"
Year: 1878

approaching national holiday, Last year
no less than thirty-one persons were
killed and one hundred and sixty-six
Others seriously injured in consequence
of this senseless pracv.ce of pyrotechnic
patriotism, and it is high time that the
thing should be completely stopped.
Year: 1878

YELLOW glass gives greater rest to the
eyes than either blue or green, and
objects at distance can be seen more
distinctly with than without it. AT
rife practice the yellow glass was found
to take off all the glare of the light
without impeding vision, and allowed
the men to see the targets more dis
tinctly. Yellow glass cuts off chemical
rays, and, perhaps, on that account has
a less injurious effect on the eyes
Year: 1878

CAN man swim in oil This question
was practically solved the other day by
a workman employed in an oil manu-
factory of Nice, who fell into a tank of
olive oil nine feet deep. He was an
expert swimmer, but he went to the
bottom like a plummet, and was only
saved from drowning by the timely aid
of comrade. Oil is too light to swim
in; it is not sufficiently buoyant, and
does not offer the resistance necessary to
keep a man afoat.
Year: 1878

THERE is evidently something wrong
with the atmosphere out west, and If
the weather clerk was attending to busi~
ness he would have it set right again.
At Morris, ILL.,, the other day, large
cloud arose from little south of west,
passing east, and just about on the line
and directly over the Illinois river. The
cloud was not very dense, and yet was
quite black, but had nothing to indicate
tornado in it. But emanating from
the cloud was constant roar, like dis
tant thunder, which did not cease from
the time the cloud appeared in the west
until it was out of sight in the east, the
time extending at least fifteen minutes.
The sound was something like the roar of
distant train of cars, although those
who haye heard the sound of coming
tornadoes, recognized it Immediately as
being of the same character. But the
most remarkable feature of it was that
every few moments, perhaps as often as
once in two minutes, the sound would
swell into roar of thunder--in no case
crash, but simply an enlargement of the
roar. 1t would then subside into the
continuous roar, and then swell again,
and so on. There was no wind percepti-
BILE near the earth, and no evidence of
any accompanying the cloud in the sky.


IT is a strange thing how little, i'll
general, people know about the sky. 1t
Is the part of creation in which nature
has done more for the sake of pleasing
man, more for the sole and evident pur-
pose of talking to him and teaching
him, than in any other of her works, and
it is Just the part in which we least at
tend to her. There are not many of her
other works in which some more mate
rial or essential purpose, than the mere
pleasure of man is not answered in every
part of their organization; but every
essential purpose of the sky might, as
far as we know, be answered if once in
three days, or thereabouts, a great, black,
ugly rain cloud was broken up over the
blue, and everything we'll watered, and
30 left blue again until the next time,
with perhaps a film of morning and
evening mist for dew. Bnt, instead of
this, there is not moment of any day
OF our lives when nature produces not
scene after scene, picture after picture,
glory after glory, and working still upon
such exquisite and constant principles of
the NEST perfect beauty that it is quite
certain it is all done for us, intended for
our perpetual glory by the great Being
who made all-all worlds.
Year: 1878

PAYING IN PRoMsEs.-"I brought
up some cotton to day and sold it,
but had to pay taxes, buy some
provisions and settle up my guano
account and am dead broke. I had
intended calling round and paying
for my paper, but haven't got the
money just now--will be in town
again some day and see what I can
do for you.


"Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick" and we are tired of such empty
promises as this-the very east wind
of indefiniteness. Why have we to
wait until every store account,
guano bill aud Tux execution are
satisfied ? If the paper amt worth
the subscription price nobody will
force you to take it, but don't call
around at the Office and say you
want it and that you will pay for it
and never do it. Our subscription
money, although It is but two dol
lars, is of as much consequence to
us us the merchants store account
or the guano agents bill. Publish
ing q newspaper is no child's play
1t is constant, steady expense.
It takes time and talent and money.
It is m every day, allyear job,
through storm and sun, week in
and week out. The profits Of the
business, even under TIE most pros-
perous conditions, are very small.
Come up, then, and pay your sub
scription, pay it promptly, pay it in
full and pay it in money. Sell your
wood to somebody else and bring us
the cash, turn your potatoes into
money, drive your ducks to some
other market. You wouldn't think
of paying your physician in pinders
or q lawyer in 'possum grease--why
bring such trash to publishers and
try to palm it off on them for money
they have worked for and honestly
earned. II will pay you III the fall
and I'll call round gain" amt worth
a cent. You cant buy box of
blacking or pound of cheese with
any such currency.-A6beuiIle Me-
o2iune.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-In the Senate this
afternoon Messrs. Conkiing and Edmund+
hereely attacked the bill to permit the President
to designate a person to net as pension agent
for sixty days without giving bond. intended to
cover the case of the New York Office The bill
went over under tue rules.
Year: 1878

member Of the House who voted for the sill
YER bill informed me that il Hayes vetoos this
bill it will be passed over the veto ut once under
q suspension of the rules. and be followed by
resolutions of impeachment.


My informant says that the talk about veto
having been decided upon is all moonshine. and