smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878




A wiry little weman, about forty years
old, and with snaky curls down her back,
stepped upto the Presidents doorkeeper
a few days ago and solemnly announced
that she was the Goddessof Liberty, and
that she had " descended from the dome
of the capitol on purpose to see the
President" The doorkeeper, somewhat
surprised, showed her to the ante-room,
and asked her to remain there awhile. He
shortly afterward led a party of ladies
in to see the President who merely
wished to pay their respects to him. I'm
seen by him the Goddess of Liberty
slipped in with the party. Inside she
created somewhat of a scene by rushing
up to the President, repeating her asser-
tion that she was the Goddess of Liberty
Just stepped down from the dome, and
demanded the pardon Of her son, who,
she said, was now in the New Jersey
penitentiary. The President, equal to
the occasion, maneuvered her out into
the hall again. She planted herself by the
doorkeeper and refused to move until
she had received the pardon of her son.
The doorkeeper, after considerable
trouble, got rid of her by saying that
the Attorney General had all the papers
inher sons case at the Capitol, and she
had. better go up there Immediately, al
he would soen lock up his Office for the
day. Hearing this she decamped, walk
ing briskly in the direction of the
Capitol. n. 81 81 Ii5t afia5D ns-
Year: 1878

1t is stated that four hundred years ago
but seven metals had been discovered,
while we are now acquainted with the
existence of fifty-one, thirty of which,
nearlythree-ffths, have beenmade known
to us since the beginning of the present
century.


Clock-work has been successfully ap-
piled as motor to sewing-machines by
a mechanician of Vienna. 1t can be
wound up in a few minutes, and it will
run for several hours, its speed being
meanwhile fully under the control of
the operator.


A powerful bar magnet, in connec-
ton with Grove battery, has been sue
cessfully used in London, England, in
extracting chip of steel from the eye
of mechanic. When the magnet was
four inches from the eye, the chip of
steel sprang from the lens where it had
lodged to the inner surface of the cornea,
whence it was removed without much
difficulty.


1t has been computed that one hun
dred of the single threads of a full grown
spider are not equal to the diameter of
the hair of the human beard; and con-
sequently, if the threads and hair be
both round, ten thousand such threads
are not larger than such hair. 1t is
calculated that four million of a young
spiders are not SO large as the single
human hair. sf e.1 /.


Wood is strong in ratio to its weight.
The heaviest and densest will prove the
most durable. This should be selected
for weight-carrying purposes, such as
the ties of bridges, where the two qualities
of strength and durability are desirable.
Coarse-grainedw wood weighs the heaviest,
and, as it contains more resin than that
of finer grain, is especially adapted for
a position which has to contend with any
degree of dampness.


Concerning the so-called rain-tree of
Pew, the water does not ooze from the
trunk, and hardly ever falls in such
quantity as to convert the ground into a
| swamp. The fact appears to be that the
liquid which seems to fall from the
leaves and branches is produced by a
multitude of cicades- that live on the
juices of the tender leaves. This ap-
pears to be analogous to the production
of honey dew from the lime tree by the
agency of aphides.
Year: 1878

The picnic season having arrived, the
joke about the young man in lavender
trowsers sitting down on the custard pie
has broken out all over the country
worse than the smallpox or the spring
poem.
Year: 1878

Now THAT the coucealed weapon bill
has become law, Il would he we'll for
the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen to
frame an ordinance In accordance with
lie provlsions-ons that by due and
persistent enforcement would abate 9
highly reprehansible practice. Re-
spectacle citizens, whose avOcationsex'
pose them to peril, will, Of course, have
the privilege Of carrying arms In self
defense. But our policemen know how
10 discriminate between them and the
rowdies and trampS who infest the
town, and these should not be permit
ted to have dangerous weapons upon
their persons. Whenever one Of this
class is arrested and pistol found up
on him, he ought to be punished under
the State law.
Year: 1878

AN ACT to authorize the Board Of Su.
pervisors Of the County Of Warren


TO compromise certain bonded In.


debtedn0ss Of said county.


WHEREAS, A suIt is now pending In
the Circuit Court Of the United States
for the Southern District Of Mississip.
pi, against the Board of Supervisors Oi
the County Of Warren, upon the iuteT'
Year: 1878

Some of our Hickman people ar
never satisfied with any thing. Give them
pie. they want pudding. Give them pud
ding. they want pie. Talk Of building
colleges. tLey want factories, taik Of fac
tories, they want sohe other enterprises
This is perverse nature all the world over
AMI not exclusively applicable to this 10
eality Facing universal hard times,
everywhere, the healthy condition Of our
people, is something 10 be proud Of Not
a failure, among the hundreds and thou
sands of failures all over the country, Is
something to be cheerful over. This
healthy condition viii prove the basis Of
a renewed prosperity when the condition
of the whole country makes prosperity
possible An inflated rush could be nmde
on the part OF mechanics, business men
and farmers, but if not based well, the
reaction must come which would be ruin.
Prudence in business now means fnan-
cial health and financial health means
prosperity in the future, aud this too
when other localities now sailing under
forced imitation may be prostrated.
Year: 1878

Ma. Enron - Owing TO the fact Of my
crippled condition, ana my consequent in
ability to properly canvass the county,
and more particularly to the fact that my
business affairs have assumed such a
shape that if elected, l could not dis
charge the duties of the office without an
assistant, You viii please Withdraw my
name from the list of candid ttes for Jail
er, and at the same time permit me TO re
turn my thanks TO the kind friends in the
different parts OF the county who iEdica-
ted their willingness 10 vote for me. and
to my fe low countymen generally for the
courtesy shown me. pectfully,


JAMES f. BUsHARr.
Year: 1878

From Clinton Democrat


One night last week as the south
bound express train on the Mobile
road passed through the Caldwell
farm. two and a half miles north OF
Moscow colt was seen to bound on
the track behind the train and give
chase. K cpiug well up with it. When
the train passed over trestIe the colt
would leave the track, pass around the
trestle and again take the track, and
iu few seconds regain the distance
lost in making the detour. 4 Bayou
de Chem it had to quit the track, 60 a
short distance below the road TO whore
it could de c3nd.s4a11Hs, swim the
stream, a distance of about two hun
dred fe t and again find the track. but
When the train checked up at the Mos
cow depot, the colt was there, too, ap-
parently OF the least latigued from
the unparalleled race The conductor
h re went out aud caught aud secured
il in stable 10 await the call of It's
owner, The time 10 which the above
mentioned distance was made is esG
mated at 6 minutes, including the
swimming Of the bayou and passing the
trestles The colt is supposed to be
about I months old It is destined tt
make record if trained to compete
with its own kind instead of Ii ghtening .
express trains.
Year: 1878

We learn that Mr. T Nicolas came near being drowned at Picket Post during the storm at that place last Thursday. Nicolas is a butcher. He had just killed a beef and was bringing it into town on a two-horse wagon. Just as he was crossing the bed of the creek the water came down in a bank or high wave, his wagon was overturned and badly broken, his beef and tools were lost, one horse was drowned. Mir. Nicolas was res cued from a watery grave through the timely assistance of NIT. Willis and partner.

 When the saloon fell in at the corner of Mason's building two men were buried beneath the ruins. Both were seriously but not fatally injured. The workmen were two hours digging out the injured men. The damage to Mason's block was considerable, and some rooms that did not fall will have to be taken down and rebuilt.
Year: 1878

Conductor Sippy says that the Yu- ma Indians, who were taken out to ! help repair the track washed out last week, worked far better than the Mex jeans. These river Indians are good workers. All they need is plenty 10 eat and to be treated with strict justice.

 We clip the above from the last Sen- tinel. The Indians of Arizona have generally been considered as not only useless, but curse to the country. It | is true that until within the last few years the wild tribes of Arizona have always come in conflict with Ameri- can progress and enterprise in this Territory. But now that we have peace and our relations are so changed for the better, is it not possible for us to utilize the labor of these Indians to our great benefit? The Yuma and Pi- ma Indians have for many years dis played a willingness to work. During the last two or three years many of the Apaches have sought employment in the various settlements about their res ervation- A large portion of the ado bes used in the construction of Globe City are the result of Apache labor In the construction of the extensive az ney buildings at San Carlos during 1875 and '76, It was only necessary to employ a mason to lay the adobes in the wall-the making, hauling and packing of adobes and mortar all be- ing done by the Indians. In the build ing of towns, roads, railroads, irrigat- ing canals, and in opening new mining camps there is much rough labor that can be performed by Indians without materially interfering with other class es of laborers. This would inculcate a more docile spirit in the Indian and the benefit might be made mutual and general
Year: 1878

The Enterprise lion tor lying Enter prise) has again been cut loose. Should that sheet fall into the hands of 8 stranger be would conclude that the Enterprise ana Campbell were inc only gentlemen in Arizona. It looks very much as though the Enterprise and its candidate belong to that class of weak and narrow minded men who seek to build themselves up by pulling down men of real ability and merit From Marion's recent style of writing we judge that the virtues possessed by himself and his hero are so few and dim as to remain utterly invisible un- less the characters of all good men are thoroughly blackened; hence the mud This may be dignified style of polit ical warfare, but though accused oi being a ring and monopoly organ, 'f we are quite willing that Marion should hold a monopoly in that sort oi business. If an Indian could read Marion's recent issues he would quick ly lay it aside and exclaim "empti ness," "the north wind" His tirade and invective will only result in his own injury. But then we do rot in tend to intimate good advice to the Enterprise. It is a big lion and mus growl- It is a big wind and must blow and if that growl and that blow are ad vautageous to us we ought not to com plain We do not Blow, blow ye mighty north wind, and growl ye mighty lion, for the day is fast ap preaching when you will be swallowed up in fathomless abyss where your blowings and groanings will not even be heard.
Year: 1878

WAsHNGToN, August 22-The Sioux Commission had an interview with act. ling Secretary of the Interior Bell this afternoon. The Commissioners stated that the Sioux Indians would not agree to remove from their present location to point on the Missouri river, but were willing to go to point southwest of Black Hills and the southern par. of Dakota, near the old reservation.
Year: 1878

TIE annual feast of San Agustin the patron saint of Tucson, opened on last Tuesday evening in that town with rather more than ordinary eclat. The Catholic church was nicely illuminated and fireworks set of from the roof. A number of buildings were illumina- ted.
Year: 1878

IT so happens that the two great bridges in progress, one across the East river and the other across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, are seriously embarrassed by the lack of funds. On the latter very little is doing, and in regard to the first Commissioner Pren- Itice remarked to a representative of the Iron Age that unless New York city provided her proportion of the funds, to stop would be the only alternative. As yet work in the engi- neer's department gives employment to the full number of hands.
Year: 1878

TIE man with small fortune who IS seeking to be elected to the next Congress passed through Florence Tuesday en route to Tucson. As soon as he finds out he cannot be elected he will no doubt get his back up and then will be Campbell, in fact
Year: 1878

PRESIDENT HAYES has scandalized fashionable Washington by going to church in an alpaca coat, though the public must admit that he was thus enabled to think more of the Lord and less of the thermometer.
Year: 1878

THE truth has disastrous effects on the editor of the Prescott Enterprise. He deals in little if any of il at any time, and the mere reading of it, as published by others, enrages and makes of him a sorry sort of spectacle. He exhausts not only his current stock of libel and general falsehood, but prac- tically drags up much of his old and worthless stock His present sayings show how badly he feels over late references to him by the press. If he is not watched, he may tear his shirt or do some other desperate act.
Year: 1878

The funeral OF ThOs. II. Powers, of
Philadelphia, was attended last Nm
day by one hundred men and three
hundred women in the employ OF bis
firm. y watch viii be kept on his
grave to thwart any attempt that may
be made by grave robbers. Two men
will watch by night aud two by day,
the orders of Mrs. Powers being that
their vigil shall not cease for two years.
To the tombstone will be attached a
key to a watch locked in case that
the men will carry. This watch must
have the key at the grave inserted into
it every half hour, and will be inspect
ed twice day to see that it has been
carried to the grave at frequent in
tEryAls
Year: 1878

Last Saturday few of the citizens OF
the county interested i'm the success of
the Agricultural Society, met aG the
grounds of the Horse Association and
Dnt in the dav clea .ug up and impfov-
ing the grounds for the purpose OF hold


ing the fist fair. but owing 10 the limit
ell notice given the turn out was not
such as to accomplish very great


amount OF work. but those present work
ed with will. Last Monday the work
was resumed and several who copid not


attend furnished substtu es. and The Ia
oots of the day showed good results.
Stumps were dug up and removed and
the ground cleared of rubbish. We think
it is abOIt time that the question of the
award. was being consileredand the list
announced. Ii the Cit ems OF the village
will take us much inte, est i'm the Soc,e'y
as is maries ed by he farming n,erests
of the county We In nix there can be no
qaestiOh of he success of the tiss6 eSbirIt
and such display nude as will SUI prise
the majority oil he citizens OF The county.
Year: 1878

A silver dollar represents a days
work for the Iaborer. 1t is given to a
boy. He has no idea of what it is
worth. H wO I'D be as likely to give a
dollar as a dime for top or any other
toy. But if the boy has learned to earn
the dimes and dollars by the sweat of
his face he knows the diff renee. Hard
work is to him a measure ofvalues that
can never be rubbed out of his mind.
Let him learn by experience that a
hundred dollars represents a hundred
weary days labor, and it seems a great
sum Of money; 4 thousand dollars is a
fortune, and ten thousand is almost in
conceivable, for it is far more than he
ever expects to possess. When ne has
earned dollar, he thinks twice before
he spends it. lie wants to invest it 50
as to get the full value Of a days work
for it. It Is a great wrong 10 society
and to a boy to bring him up to mans
tsta without tl.is knowledge. a for
tune at twentv-one without it is almost
inevitably thrown away. With it and
a little capital to start on, he viii make
his own fortune better than anyone can
make it for him,-.HuntS' HerckGIlts
1I0guzile
Year: 1878

How do you do, Cornelia2 I heard
you were i'll, and stepped in to cheer
you UP little. My friends often say:
Its such a comfort to see you, Aunt
Doleful. You have such a flow Of con-
versation and are sOliveIy" Besides 1
said 10 myself, as I came up stairs:
Perhaps it's the last time I shall ever
see CorneIa Jane alive"


"You dOn'tmean to dieyet, eh? Well,
now, how do you know You can't
tell. You think you are getting better,
but there was poor Mrs. Jones sitting
up, and every one saying how much
better she was, and al Of sudden she
was taken i'll with spasms in the heart,
and went of like a flash. Jelnina is
young to bring up the baby 10y hand.
But you must be careful and not get
anxious and excited. Keep quite calm,
and don't fret about anything. Of
course, things can't go just as if you're
down stairs; and 1 wondered whether
you knew your little Billy was sailing
about in a tub on the mill-pond, and
that your little Sammy was letting your
little Jimmy down from the balcony in
a clothesbasket.


Whats the matter! I dare say
Providence1l take care Of him. Don't
look SO. You thought Bridget was
wstchmgothem. Well, no, she isn't. I
saw her talking to a man at the gate.
de looked to me like a burglar No
doubt she'll let him take the impression
of the door key in wax, and then he'll
get in and murder you all. There was
a family at Bobble Hill all killed last
week for few dollars. Now don't
fdget so. twill be bad for the baby


Poor little dearl How singular it is
to be sure that you can't tell whether a
child is blind, or deaf and dumb, or a
cripple at that age! 1t might be all and
you'd never know it.


Most of them that have their senses
make bad use of them though; that
ought to be your comfort, if it does turn
ont to have anything dreadful the mat
tel with it. And many don't live a
year. saw a baby's funeral down the
street as I came along.


Scarlet fever has broken out in the
town, COrneIia. Little Isaac Peter has
it, and I saw your little Jimmy playing
with him last Saturday.


Well, must be going now. I've got
another sick friend, and I shan't think
my duty done unless I cheer her up a
little before I sleep. GOod-by. How
pale you look, Cornelial l don't be-
lieve you have a good dOct T. DO send
him away and try some one Use. You
don look IS well as you did when I
came in. But if anything happens send
for me at once. If 1 can't do anything
else, can cheer you up little.-Eg,
Year: 1878

Il boy five years Of age having sIs-
s5n can of milk, his mother took him
to task with moral sUasiOn, and wound
up her discourse by saying, What in
the world we're You going to do with
the milk?"


Il was going to steal dog to drink
il" was the crushing reply.
Year: 1878

It is significant Of the low rate at
which money is procurable in England
on good security, that at a recent meet
ing of the Birmingham Town Council
the Finance Committee reported that
arrangements had been made for an
advance to the corporation by the Bank
Of England Of a further loan Of E500, ,0OO
at three and a--haIf per cent. interest,
upon the security Of the borough rates,
for the purchase OF lands for the Pur-
pose Of the improvement scheme about
to be effected in the town under the
Artisans Dwellings, act.
Year: 1878

Proverbs as are prOyerbs.-A patch
well put on is as 60 d as a new shoe
A paper collar never goes to the wash
woman.-A5Bays put Off until t0-mor-
row what you csn t pay to-day.-Never
leave off brass chain until you get q
gold one.--It's short bill that has no
renewal.
Year: 1878

The newest thing in car wheels is in
process Of manufacture at the Albany
railroad car shop The wheels are
forty inches in diameter (eight inches
larger than ordinary and are being
fitted to the Whitmore trucks. The
advantage, it is said viii be in the in
creased safety while going around a
curve.
Year: 1878

Certain females somewhat adYancedin in
life, often have a greater regard for the
lower order of creation than for human
beings. They pamper the appetite Of
a worthless cat OF dog with dainties,
and cheerfuIly and promptly satisfy any
whim that may seize the anim2l-dutjes
which, if demanded by a representative
Of the ''nOblest work Of God" would
be considered OnerOUs labor.
Year: 1878

They have in the Naples Museum
three OF four silver -denanus, a silver
coin in circulation among the Romans
more than two thousand years ago. Is
early value was about equal TO our ten
cent piece. The British Museum has
also a representative piece.
Year: 1878

A. effort has lately beeE made To cultivate
vegetables among the barren sands OF Sable
Island Shallow pits are dug in the sand and
niled in With clay brought from Nova Scotia.
The only fresh water on the islani, excepting
that brought in the monthly boat from Hall
FAX, is derived from tho sen through holes dug
IN the sand, which acts as a slive in sopanstiug
the salt from the sea water. Whether this
wat T will be Of advantage in the new system
Of vegetation is much doubted.
Year: 1878

Life is itself neither good nor evil; it
/ is the scene Of either good or evil, as
you make it; and if you have lived a
day you have seen all; one day is equal


and like to all other days; there is no


otGer light. no other shade; this very
sun, this moor, these very stars, this
vsry order ami revolution of things is
the same your arccst rs enjoyed. and
that shall also entertain your pOsteIity.
Year: 1878

A factory is IN operation at Dsven-
port, Iowa, for the making Of sugar
from corn, the first in this country,
This sugar is the same as msple sugar
OF is chemically known as glucose
pure maple sugar, grape sugar and glu-
cOse being one and thu same thing
The demand for the article by confec-
tiOners alone in the United States il


Immense. The sources OF supply here
tOfOre have been France and Germany
where glucose is made from potatoes.
Here it is the product of Cprn wholly.
It is as pleasing to the taste as honey.
The production OF grape sugar and glu-
cOse opens a new department for Iowa
corn. The capacity Of the works at
Davenport is $50 bushels per day. This
branch of manufacture bids fair to be-
come Of immense importance.
Year: 1878

How Bank OF England Notes arc Made.


Bank of England notes are made
from new white linen cuttings, never
from anything that has been worn. SO
carefully is the paper prepared that
even the number of dips into the pulp
made by each workman is registered on
dial by machinery and the sheets are
counted and booked to each person
thrOUgl whose hand they passed.
They are made at Laverstroke on the
river Whit in Hampshire, by a family
named Portal, descended from a French
HuguenOt refugee, and have been made
by the same family more than 1dO
years. Some fifteen years ago a guam
tity of bank note paper was stolen
by The completely Of an employe,
and this occasioned great trouble, as
the printing is "a comparatively easy
mat,sr-the great difficulty with for
gers being the paper. The notes are
printed within the bank building, and
there is an elaborate arrangement fOT
securing that no note shall be exactly
like another.
Year: 1878

Is there any Joy greater than that
which is experienced by one person
when he helps another person? There
are some men so low down that it is
said they cannot bear to have the smell
of their clover go into the highway for
fear that other folk will get something
that belongs to them without paying
for it; there are some men who are
said to begrudge bees the honey which
they take from their flowers with
out leaving anything behind, but that
is doubtless imaginary. A man whose
heart does not respond to an act of doing
good or giving happincss IS is no longer
a man. He.has passed the line of man
hood and should be ranked among
beasts.
Year: 1878

With a clear sky, a fright sun, and a
gentle breeze, you can have friends in
plenty; but let fortune frOwn and the
armament be overcast, and then your
friends will prove like the strings of a
Lutte of which you will tighten before
you will find one that will bear the
stretch and keep the pitch.