smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

A visitor to St. Helena in 1877 writes
as follows to CdsSelI'S Wagaziae in refer
ence to the principal points of interest on
the island: However thorough "A Briton
you may he, | think the feeling on see.
! ing the desOlate little one stOried house
must be, "What terrible place for a
man who had lived the active, restless
/ live of the fallen emperOr.N High up on
a barren cliff, bleak and unShelteIed, with
watch-houses and signal stations on every
| point OF vantage, with regiment en-.
camped upon the adjacent plain and a
Gordon ofsentries round the house, he may
well have felt that he was needlessly re-.
minded that he was a prisoner, and have
instituted imaginary comparisons be-
tween his condition there and the way he
would have been treated had he surren-
dered himself to the Emperor Alexander
of Russia, or the Emperor Francis ii. Of
Austria. 1t is easy to realize the feeling
that must have been in his mind when, on
seeing Longwood for the first time, he
exclaimed; Nous n'aurons de tr0p que le
temps.


Old L6ngwood and Napoleon's grave
were bought by the French in 1853, the
house having then been allowed to fall into
a very diltpidated state. The buildings
were repaired, and each room was re-
papered with paper of the pattern used
when Napoleon was in residence there.
The French Government, with character.
istic good taste, forbid the attendants to
receive any gratuity from visitors to the
house or the grave, the one condition be-
ing that you shall inscribe your name in
the visitors book. Perhaps at some far
distant date, Frenchman will be able
to visit the tombs of Wellington and
Nelson in our metropolitan cathedral
without being pestered for sixpence at
every turn.


The first room you enter (they are all
miserably small and low is the drawing
room, in which are placed the French
and British flags. From it you pass into
the room in which Napoleon died. Where
the head of the bed stood is now a inc
marble bust Of the Emperor, surrounded
by wooden railing; with those excep-
tions, the rooms are destitute of any fur
h'saiSs W. pass mum tnC ulhlbS -lODll
in which Napoleon died, to his bedroom,
bathroom, library, and billiard room.
Leaving the house, you pass through the
garden, in which Napoleon used to work
so vigorously, and turn your steps to New
Longwood.


This house was built for Napoleon's
use after his arrival, but he never lived
in it. An iron railing still sepsrtes the
garden from the field adjoining, and
Napoleon considered it was put there to
remind him that he was captive. Of
course nothing of the kind was intended,
and Sir Hudson Lowe gave orders to have
the railing removed; but before this was
done, Napoleon's increased illness rem
dered it unnecessary.


The grave is down in the valley, by a
stream of deliciously cool and pure
water. Napoleon was in the habit of
walking down to the stream and sitting
by it in the shade of the trees, and he de-
sired that when he died he should be
buried by it as the only thing that had
given him any pleasure on the island.
Year: 1878

If an increase Of eggs be desired in the
poultry yard, before large sums of money
be expended in the purchase of everlas-
ing layers, we would recommend the sys-
tenn Of keeping no hens after their first
or, at the most, their second year. Early
pullets give the increase, and the only
wonder is that people persist as they do
in keeping up stock of old hens, which
lay one day and stop three, instead of
laying three days, and stopping one. In
some parts of England it is the invaria-
BILE rule to keep the pullets only one
year. Feeding will do a great deal "a
surprising work indeed) in the produc-
tion of eggs; but not when the old hens
are concerned. They may put on fat,
but they cannot put down eggs. Their
tale is told, their work is over. Nothing
remains to be done with them but to give
them a smell of the kitchen. fire, and the
sooner they get that the better. Ofcourse,
there are some old favorities whose lives
ought TO be spared as long as they can
send forth their representatives. Judi
cious mating-by which we mean the
advantage of comparatively youthful
cockerel-m be the means of even ex-
hibition poultry making theirappearance
from the eggs Of the good old hen; and
here we have the exception to the rule
upon which we insist.--LOndOn AgrieuI-
turdl Gazette.
Year: 1878

EXERCISE your patience for while
and you will get practice" said the old
physician to the young doctor, who had
recently put out his shingle." "Yes,
but don't have any patients to exercise"
was the reply.
Year: 1878

Considerable dispute is going on by
the citizens that reside in the vicinity
of the city mills in regard to who is en-
titled to the cinders that are thrown out
by the engineer. 1t is said that tit d
watchman has been carrying them home
but some people think he ought not to|
have them. They have formerly be, &
riddled and burned by the engineer.
Year: 1878

SIsTERLY DEvoTIoN.-There 10 q
young lady living in Saratoga who has
visited the grave of her sister every
morning for three years. A more
touching sight We have seldom seen in
this incoDstant and forgetful world
(says the New Yo:k Mirror, than this
devout maiden kneeling to place
flowers on the green coverlet Of . sis
ter's marrow bed" and to repeat her
morning prayers where none but God
can hear them. There is . fansticism
of the affections which time cannot but
reverence; and the scene We have al
luded to make the love Of woman holy.
even to those whose skepticism has be.
come chronic.
Year: 1878

Queen Isabella and her son have been 80 -
since the death of the poor little Queen Mer-
cedes. t;fi They read very well 10 the pabers.
Nevertheless, it is 81 well-understood fact that
the recent visit of the Kings young sisters
there are three of them) to Spain was az.
mamma. King Alfonso highly disapproyess
OF the general style OF carrying on" adopted
by her most Christian ma aiesty, and 50 hay


ing once got his sisters into, Spain, he has


their maternal abode in Paris And in so do


ing he shows himself to be q very sensible


young man, for Queen Isabella Is not exactly


the style Of person that one would choose TO
train up q young lady in the way that she
should go. These royal damsels are not az
all pretty, being thin and exceedingly sallows
and their mother used to delight in dressing
them in pale blues and greens, which cer-
tainly did not make them look any better.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-One of the counsel
for the Pacific Railroad land cases stated last
night that he had no doubt that Secretary
Schurz would stick to his decision in the
Andamott cases, but that the decision would
not stand in court 1t is understood Secre-
tary Schurz will issue his final decision on
Tuesday.
Year: 1878

[St. Louis Evening Post. August A1


The question was broached yesterday, I'm
the meeting Of the Science Association, as to
the truth OF @ report which had gained circli-
lation, to theseffect that Mr.. Thomas A. Ed1~
son, who has recently made himself and Men,
10 Park famous by the application OF NUM-
Der of what appeared to many to be fantastic
theories in science, as well as by the rapidity


with which he turns out the products Of his
ingenuity, had mortgaged himself for O.
period of thirty-four years to the Vest
ern Union Telegraph Company, who are
to pay him an annuity Oh $1,000, and 70
whom all Inventions discovered during this
period are to belong as exclusive owners
The discussion eicted no confirmation Of the
report, but tho Euenieg Post is now able to
state, and its information comes from an
authoritative source, that such an arrange
ment has been entered into, and that from
phone and other wonderful-voiced instru~
ments, together with all others that may
spring mail-cad from the mechanical man
Minerva's head In the succeeding score and O.
half Of years of the future will fail TO the
ownership of the telegraph company, and be
either utilized by them or quietly shelved, SO
as not to interfere with their present mo-
nopoly. It is suggested that this arrange
hension on the part of the company chat
Edison might pursue his Investigations 80
far as to discover some subtle principle,
or apply some familiar one that would d9
away WIFI JIlb DI6S5LL SIhpt SySgtiu tslAh
utterly annihilate time and space In the trans
mission OF com m,lnicatiOn from one point to
another. The invention already given to the
public, and number Of others upon which
the inventor is at present engaged, give evil
ience that there is some reason to fear that
he may entirely revOlutionize the present.
| theory concerning electricity and natural
forces generally, and may thereby work ir-
| remediable damage to the vast capital and
| immense profits OF the Western Union Com
pany. Edison himself has not been OF aiI


hesitant in expressing bis opinion that
| the Morse system and the numerous


Improvements that have been engrafted


upon it must give way to simpler
and superior one, and ne. believes


that before he gets through he will be able to
make the opinion assume tangible shape.
There is nothing novel in the existence OF


such an arrangement, curious as 1t may


appear to many, and the telegraph company


have been known previous to this to buy up


all obstacles that have stood in the way Of a


sweeping success. They forced the Atlantic


and Pacific Company to the wall but short


time ago, and 1t is fact that has never been
sought to be concealed that they some time


ago bought up a line of telegraph running
| through Central Illinois, and owned by Judge
Cation, of Ottumwa, to whom they pay an
annuity of $3O, 900 during his lifetime. Judge


Cation Is now in his nineties, living comforta-


bly, off the money paid him by the Western
Union Company.
Year: 1878

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
summer months, the lethargy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, par


cularly those suffering from the effects OF debili
ting diseases In order to keep natural health
full activity of the system must resort to artlfi-
cial means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very efectual A few doses will create an
appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated body
For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Many eminent
physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia can be
permanently cured by the drugs which are gener-
ally employed for that purpose. The Sea Weed
Tonic in its nature is totally different from such
drugs 1t contains no corrosive minerals acids /;


in fact it assists the regular operations OF nature,
and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its no
ture much resembles the gastric juice that it s
almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juice
is the natural solvent which, in healthy condition
of the body causes the food to be digested; and
when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quant


ties, indigeston with all its distressing symptoms
follow. The Sea Weed Tonic performs the duty
of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient.
schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN's disavowal or
rather explanation, of the views attributed to
him by Washington paper will be received
with relief and satisfaction by hard-money
men. Indeed there was a general dis
position to distrust the original account;
for the people could not bring them
selves to believe that so able man as John
Sherman would throw away his one chance
to earn the thanks of his countrymen and the
admiration of posterity. If, during his ad-
ministration of the Treasury, he succeeds in
bringing back this country to the use of a
currency redeemable in coin, he will connect
his name with an honorable epoch in our
history; and years hence when most of our
public men are forgotten, he who brought
about the resumption of specie payments
will be classed with the greatest financier we
have ever known, Alexander Hamilton. Mr..
Sherman has been often accused of time
serving and timidty, of lack of positive con-
victions on the currency question. He has
now the opportunity to show that these &C.
cusations have no foundation. 1t cannot be
believed that he will fail to seize 1t.
Year: 1878

The Troy Times says: "Mr. Blaine proved
himself to be sagacious statesman when he
put the Republican party OF Maine npon
platform which maintained the national
honor and declared for currency that would
be as stable as the government itself. He
foresaw the hypocrisy of Democratic profess
sions. He knew that the Democratic party
of Maine would not be true to the principles
it had adopted, and that when the struggle
came it would desert the professed principles
of half century and practically join hands
with the advocates of unlimited imitation and
irredeemable paper money to defeat the Re-
publican party. He thus placed the Republi-
can party of the Union on a solid, hard
money platform, from which hereafter no
man can drive or delude it. Mr.. Blaine has
shown not only an exalted patriotism, but
the patience of statesman, and he may say
with Henry Clay, 81 would rather be right
than be President"
Year: 1878

THE hunted seem to be turning on the
man stabbed colored man to death. He
was arrested and imprisoned, but mob of
negroes broke open the Jail and shot him to
death. Lynch law is game that both col
ors can play at.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters 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

The Shoe and Leather Reporter thinks
the business outlook is bright, but says: The
efforts OF agitators to disturb the peace Of
society on the pretense of solctude for the
welfare Of the laboring classes, are undoubt-
edly retarding, in some degree, the restora-
tion of the country to prosperity. The ma
tional wealth has been so prodigi0usly aug
mented within the last two years that, If
peace and order were assured, the advent of
an epoch OF great and profitable thrift could
not be much longer delayed. If the good
sense OF the people is equal to the prompt
and vigorous suppression of these blatant
fomenters of discontent-whose evil coun-
sells are most damaging to the men whom
they profess so much regard for-this Repub-
lie will enter upon career of afluence so
all pervading that the humblest citizen, if
only he be honest and industrious, will be-
come happy sharer in it.
Year: 1878

Many persons complain of always get
ting up tired in the morning. This is often
due to defective ventilation or from using
an undue amount Of bcd-clothcs and bed
ding. Feather beds arc too soft and yield
ing, and partially envelop the sleeper, thh5
producing prOfusc pcrspiration. The hab-
it Of lying too much under blankets is
also very pcrnicious, by reason OF The car
bonic acid eXhalcd by the sleeper being
respircd. Again, it is Il common error to
suppose tl.at by simply opening a window
Il little at the top, room can be ventla-
ted. People forget that for proper vcnti-
lation there must be kept an inlet and
outlet for the air.. In bedrooms there is
often neither, and if there is e-pIace
it is generally closed up. Again, it is Il
mistake to suppose that foul air goes to
the top, but the chief impurity, the car
bonic acid, falls to the bottom. There is
nothing so eflicacious in removing the
lower stratum of air as the ordinary fire
place, especially if there is fire burning.
Sanitary Record.
Year: 1878

An old soldier, relating his experience
ut Il temperance meeting in Iowa, said shat
at one time he got possession of two kegs
of whisky, took thcm TO camp, put Il faucet
in one of them and passed The whisky
around among the boys until they all got
pretty full. About the time the key was
empty, he said, for moment his con
science told him he was doing wrong. He
picked up an axe and Knocked the head of
the other keg in and (tlere he was inter
rupted by the deacons starting the cry of
"Amenm "Thank Godm "Glory be to
Godn) After the house became quiet, he
continued: Il knocked in the head of
that key, gave the boys tin cup, and told
them to help themselves" 1t was case
of premature enthusiasm, and the wicked
scollers III the audience had their turn to
shout.
Year: 1878

THE "mills of the gods grind slowly"
A few years ago the Democrats were
not permitted to vote in Delaware with
out taking an oath that would have been
equivalent to perjury, and all the decent
Repub ublcans with blush saw their
Democratic friends turn away from the
election rather than thus be inviegled inte
swearing to lie, even for so valued a
privilege as the inalienable franchise. -
That once great Republican party Is now
PROSTATE and in the dust for its sin
against humanity in thus attempting to
draw men into the commission of an un.
righteous act. Thus does "history repeat
ITSELF and evil deeds recoil upon those
who commit them.
Year: 1878

The FOUNDRY TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
talk as though they represented all the
temperance people of this fine city. We
beg of them to be more modest, at least.
II they can't be more moderate in their
language. We would remind them also
that they undertook to ferret out all the
unlicensed liquor add beer saloons, last
summer a year, and after putting the
county to an expense of over $1,000 for
witness fees to bummers and others. and
for extra jurors and court charges, their
effort in the courts "fizzled outn without
convictions, the evidence of the best of
their smelling committees proving worth.
less when put upon the stand. Temper-
ance is a good thing but our people
don't wish to be taxed at that rate in the
county courts for the services of unrelia-
Die witnesses, who love whisky so strong
~ that they can only refrain from taking
TOO much OF it when under an oath NOT
to touch, taste, or handle.


Ihe mass of these temperance reform
people who meet in the foundry are no.
hhcal buIAmers and fossils Of the lower
strata, who delight to wag their tongues
much as dog wags his tail and when.
ever the subject becomes little drv the
stimulus is increased by general Rrowl
all around the house, one at the other
and he who shows the most venonous
Year: 1878

AND so the editor of the Republican sis
out OF politics" and would not accept the
position of Chief of Police under Mr..
Gallagher. If that reason were not wholly
sufficient there will be more potent one
ready after the election, and therefore we
Will accept the present, regretting that
the temperance people will not have the
services of 80 inquisitive detective.
Year: 1878

IHE Republican INDUCES in merry mood
over the defeat of Mr.. Hazlett for the
democratic nomination in the Eighth
Ward. 1t is always merry when honest
men are beaten; in this case its mirth is
OF the subdued order from the fact that
another honest Democrat happened to
receive a few more votes and was thus
run ahead of Mr. Haz lett.
Year: 1878

A word Of advice L Il give to the girls,
If they will but listen to me;
If the men do not like it it's little | care.
If the girls with me will agree.
Should young man wink at you while
passing the street,
Don't laugh or he'll do so again;
Pretend you don't see him, and pass on
your way,


Aud never encourage the men.
Don't ever be lattered with what they may
say,


Though they call you a rare little gem:
For fyou allow them just one little kiss,
They surely will kiss you again.
If your lovers pocket should ever get
light


Ofcourse he'll explain all to you;
Then he'll say Little darling, will you be
SO kind


AS to lend me dollar or two?"
lfyou lend him five dollars t)-dly bear in
mind


Tomorrow he'll surely want ten;
So cling to yonr purse and don't act ike Il
fool


And never encourage the men.
Bat when in the ballroom your dancing so
gay


With handsome young mau at your side
lie VOWS that he loves You, and says that
some day


He will llsurely make you his bride.
And he should give you pinch ana hug,
Stand up for your right there and then;
And just tell him quickly he'd better be-
have;


And never encourage the men.
And If out to the park you shonld 60 for
walk,


And should happen to meet young swell,
With his gold,headcd cane and his big din
monq pin,


Dame Fortune has favored him wcll).
Don't look upon him any more than man,
For Georges NO more than Ben;
But just pass him by, pay no heed to his
sigh,


And never encourage the men,
Year: 1878

About three years ago an intelligent
mechanic Of Baltimore began to put in
to shape some ideas he had concerning
water MS prupelIing power Tor vessels.
He believed TINT by jadicious nanipuh-
tion a boat could be propelled without
wheel or screw With IN inventors
sublime faith in the correctness Of lis
theory, he gave his spare moments 10
putting his ideas into practical form.
lie built model and launched her in Il
trough. He fired up" with kerosene
and raised steam to work his pump


The experiment with the working model
satisfied the inventor iha, he was on the
right track. But between that model
aud the trim little Alpha. which ran
down the bay on her trial trip Yesterday,
Year: 1878

The man who over on Friday night by the
dummy engine ofthe East New York and Cypress Hills
road was identified yesterday as Frank Bonhack,
tbirty-iye wears OF age foreman OF Nelson's torpedo
factory in New Lots He was single man and
boarded with his employer In Baltic avenue.
Year: 1878

We do not, as may be imagined At first
blush, here refer 10 the ordinary robbery
Of bank by its cashier or paying teller
or any of itsregular luuctionarics, but to
the characteristics OF recent raids upon
banks by people having 20 official con.
ucCtlOn with them-by professional
thieves, in fact They are Of two kinds


the night and the day entrance. The
oldtashioned sapping of the walls, re-
moyal of stones with siege operations
upon the safe, in the quiet of the Sabbath
burglars Day and the disappearance of
plumber and thieves through the hole in
the wall, is not applicable 10 banks in
villages and country towns, where the
buildings are frequently isolated, and, If
Hot, generally tanked by houses wherein
the burglar could not work effectively
without being discovered. Hence two
successful methods have been adopted.
The night method is to call melodramat,
ically with masks and pistols at the house
of whoever keeps the keys and ask him
to step over to the bank and show the
thieves how to get the money out of the
safe, first having gagged and bound the
bank officer and his household. The day
method is to watch until there is only one
person in the bank, to lure him out on
some pretense, and, having previously
ascertained where the money and valu
ables are, to step briskly in and carry
them off before the dcluded bank officer
returns. We need not refer to the num-
Der of times the first plan has been put


into operation, but the second has been
successfully illustrated Of late in Penn
sylvana, New York city, and now near
Boston. 1t is surprising, in view Of the
prompt publicity given to these methods
through the press, that bank officials do
not, when such case is reported, ut once
take the necessary precautions. Every
predatory improvement is at once adopted
by the keen-witted thieves, but the bank
people sit like geese in Il crate geese,
too, with the golden eggs of the people -
and simply wait and wonder whose neck
will next be wrung. Why cannot the
banks organize system OF warnings by
which to every mine Of the burglar they
will all at once oppose counter mine.
Let the bank authorities take this subject
into consideration. A system of warn
ings which would amount 10 prevention
would be inestimably cheaper than the
cOwardly compromises by which these
daring crimes are generally compounded,
putting premium on burglary and leav-
ing the personal risk almost wholly to
the faithful officials here and there who
may choose, who have chosen, to die at
the hands of the thieves rather than hand
over the money of their employers. -NeD
York Herald.