smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

1t is customary, in the use of moulds
In which brass or copper, or alloys of
copper, are poured in molten state,
in order to produce cylinders or other
articles, either hollow or solid, to cool
them by the application Of water,
either by pouring it on the mould or
placing the latter partly in water. A
substitute for this, recently brought
forward, consists in an improved
mould for casting copper and its
alloys, by making the metal form
ing the mould hollow, instead of
being solid, as hitherto. Through
the chambers or cavities thus made in
the substance of the mould, water is
caused to circulate, and the cooling
effect is thus produced. In the usual
method Of casting brass cylinders from
which tubes are made, much time and
labor are expended in moving the
mould for the purpose of cooling
preparing it for a fresh casting. and
replacing it in a suitable position to
receive the molten metal, but the i'm
proved system of cooling prevents this.
BY turning steam or warm water into
the cavities in the substance of the
mould the latter is warmed before
work commences, thus having it
quickly Of a suitable temperature to
produce a good casting.


The process of platinzing, as it Is
termed, is now resorted to in France
to protect iron from rust. The sur
face to be protected is coated with
thin flm Of borate oflead, having a
little oxide of copper dissolved in it,
and suspended in it also bright scales
Of precipated platinum. A red heat
is employed to fuse the composition,
which is either applied with brush
or used as a bath, in which small arti-
cles may be dipped. It's effect is to
cover the iron with thin CLASSY coat
ing ola bright gray tint, not far re-
moved from that of polished iron it
self, and unaffected by sewer gases,
dilute acids and alkalies Modi6ca-
tions of the composition afford the
means of imparting different colors to
the coating, and these are os easy of
application as the platinum gray. The
cost of platihizing is said to be about
one-tenth Of that Of electro plating
with nickel, and, by treating the cast
ings before they are cool, still greater
saving is said to be possible.
Year: 1879

he seems to think it might not be heal.
thy down there in the fog, so near the
river. Some people are so sensitive and
nice.


The old superintendent of the capi-
tol has retired, and Governor Marks
has appointed the venerable Major
Brown, known as tho fighting com
missary" Of BrSgg's army, to fill the
position. Who that ever marched
With that army has not seen Major
Brown, mounted on an old white
horse? He was remarkable for his
energy, activity and efficacy. If there
was anything to eat within forty miles
Of a line of march, he would find It.
he is nearly eighty years old, but re-
tainS much of his old manner and
dash.


Mrs. Hatton, widow of the late
Gen. Hatton, who fell during the war,
succeeded Mrs. Haskell last winter as
State Librarian, being elected by the
Legislature. She is assisted by her
daughter, a young lady. and keeps the
library in perfect order. The portrait
of Governor Marks has just been
added to the library, and compares
well with the portraits of his many IL
lustrious predecessors who adorn this
splendid hall.


Nashville isimproving decidedly. The
business boom has not struck here as
at Memphis, but what they have is
steady and sure. Many elegant build
ings are going up in various parts of
the city, The place is quite conserva-
tive and grows slowly but surely
y 1t is whispered around that an ef-
fort will probably be made while the
legislature is here to induce the Coy
ernor to reopen the state debt ques-
ton. Those who profess to know
something about it intimate that it
will be proposed to recognize what is
known as the state debt proper, which
was created before the war, and make
some provision forit. Which side or
what wing Of the Democratic party
this is to come from l have no idea.
In fact, regard the rumor as the
thinnest kind Of gossip and that moth
ing will come of it. 1t would be al
most impossible to harmonic on any
branch Of the State debt question at
present. j. II. NJ.
Year: 1879

SACO, Me-, December ia luna
tic broke into the depot of the Eastern
railroad last night, and although shot
and wounded by the watchman, upset
the stove and lamps, setting fire to the
place and himself The depot and
freight house we're burned.
Year: 1879

By an item copied elsewhere from the
Kansas City Journal Of yesterday morning,
it Will be seen that hundreds Of colored
people sre arriving in that place, on their
wsy TO Kansas, in utterly destitute circum-
stsnc,s, and many of them so old and in
firm that they are unable to perform, anv
kind Of manual labor. They c0me under
the impression that upon their arrival here
they viii! be provided for and taken care OF
By the Government. The most of tnem
have invested every cent they could raise
in the railroad tickets to bring them to
Kansas City, under the delusion that if
they can only "get to X Insas" their wants
will all be proTined i,r. The old story
about "forty acres and mule" and others
of like character, are told to these people
by uuprincipled rascals who make COM
mission on the railroad tickets sold them.


Something should be done to protect
these ignorant and credulous people from
such a cruel imposition, as well as to pro-
tect the State from such an avalanche of
pauperism-siucs a large majority Of the
people referred TO must necessarily be-
come at once a charge upon the charity of
the public.
Year: 1879

The warm weather of the last few Days
reminds Us that it is time for our city au
thorities to take the necessary steps for i'm
proving the sanitary condition Of The city.
The National Yellow Fever Commission, in
lis report TO Congress, states tina. there Is a
strong probability that tie epidemic which
ravaged the South last Summer, may ap-
pear again thisyesr. While there nay be
but little danger OF visit from the yellow
fever, in this latitude and altitude, We are
exposed to many other diseases, which, az
gravatsd by our disregard Of proper sani-
tary regulations, are liable to become epi-
idemic. The work Of cleaning up cur
streets ard ALLEYS cannot ba commenced too
Year: 1879




To this We have come at last. In the
United States Senate on Sunday night the
Democratic side of thst body upheld Jef-
ferson Davis as patriot, and made haste to
couple him with Washington and Hsmp-
ton, who acquired fame in the war for irde.
pendence. Lamar said he was as great a
rebel as Davis; he believed as Davis
believed he believed now that the rebel
lion was right, and the only difference be
tween himself and the great Southern leader
was that Davis wss the bigger man and the
greater patriot This was big talk in the
face Of the American people who suppressed
the rebellion, and OF the survivors and
friends Of those whose bodies,
pierced with rebel bullet, lie
IN silent graves. Ii Jefferson Davis was a
patriot, and If the cause of which he vas
the leader was right, what was the position
Of those who fought for the Union? And
whar il the position of the rebel leader
now? If the rebel cause was right, then
all that ia required 10 make il success is
power. The loyal people can thus see upon
what narrow neck of land they stand
The rebel party in Congress hurling def
snce at the loyal North, and no Northern
Democrat there to dispute their claim. The
debate which We publish is interesting, and
valuable "a record. The rebel party is
bold. 1t IL on the point OF assuming con-
troll OF the Senate, which it lost in 1861,
when its members crossed the line into reb-
elGom, and now that it has power it does
not hesitate to class Jefferson Davis, the
chief rebel, with Washington, the father of
his county.
Year: 1879

General Sherman was formally received by
the King Of the Carnival 10 New Orleans
tine other day, and was dubbed and deco
rated Duke Of Louisiana" The General,
responding to the speech OF the Lord High
Chamb .r,aia, said he felt hon.red in beirg
50 Distinguished by the king, and pariicu-
Early fy being 80 cordially and warmly re-
csiyed by those who had worn the gray. He
accepted the title of duke with pride and
pleasure. II vas known, he said that as a
citizen OF Louisiana he was one Of the last
to respond 10 the call of arms, bat that as a
soldier and patriot he saw but one course,
and that WA TO enroll himself AZ defender
Of the common hIg of our country
From that time until the war
closed there WAS not day nor
an hour in which he did not think OF
Louisiana and her people. General J. B.
Hood was at the same time dubbed Duke
Of Texss. lie too, he said, had often met
General Sherman before and since the war,
and particularly since the war he had met
him with the most unalloyed pleasure He
hailed with delight the sentiments expressed
on both sides. lie assured General Sher-
man that The sentiments of the Carnival
Court and its spokesman were the bona fide
sentiments al the whole people of Louisi-
ana th It this Carnival association repro
senied the wealth, intelligence and intsgri-
" Of the State.
Year: 1879

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The Bar Association solemnly resolved
on Monday night that the rates for legal
advertising charged by the newspa pers are
t7o high. We might fairly retort by state
ing the universally acknowledged fact that
the fees charged by lawysrs-when they
get good subiect-are too high. Indeed,
the facility with which large estate melts
into legal fees is one of the wonders of the
time. But the lawyers need not complain
about advertising rates; they can always
get them to suit if they are willing to ad-
vertise regardless Of circulation. They can
not, however, get first-class newspapers to
agree to make out bill against the clients
at full rates, and then Civ, half the money
back TO the lawyers as a rebate. At its
next meeting the Bar Association might
try to- answer the conuudrum: /. it strict
ly professional for an attorney to pocket
half the cost of legal advertising at the e1-
pense OF his client?
Year: 1879

81 bsde farewell to public life long ago
and | am trying now TO close up my per
sonsl and business affairs that / may gel
ready TO die. The man who will voluntsr.
ily take on himself new and exacting du
ties at the age of seventy must be sadly de-
fcient in sound judgment, or he must be
blessed with mental and physical strength
far greater than mine. 1t is partly my
own fault / suppose, that csannot make
men understand that under no circumstan-
ces shall / ever again be candidate for
any otfire
Year: 1879

The inhuman treatment of the Chinese,
by the ignorant nobs Of San Francisco,
has done much to cresta public sentiment
in their favor Ii such course is persist
ed in, and the slushy talk about secession
continues, bitter controversy will result,
when such disagreement il entirely unnec-
essary. People take small stock in a
movement led by such spirits. This ques
ton il grave one, requiring wisdom and
craftsmanship, and the people who have
been invited to our shores can well claim
cur protection while they are amenable to
pur lava
Year: 1879

A young man from Clyde came in on the
Central Branch train to day with a first
class ticket to Chicago. In the hustle and
excitement, a confidence man got to look AZ
it. on the pretence OF showing him which
train he would have TO take. "You ought
wrap this up" said the THE, and at the same
time appeared to wrap it in an old Dewws-
paper In a few minutes afterward, the
young gentleman found that the ticket had
mysterously disappeared, also the ofhcious
person who was 40 anxious about it.
Year: 1879




at has been discovered by the law office
OF the Post-otfice Department that the bill
TO increase the salaries of the letter carriers,
owing to an error of phraseology. is inope-
rstive. 1; exempts the cities where the free
delivery is now established and only ex-
tends it to those established in the future,
owing to the Use of the word "act" instead
OF section" in a proviso in the the last
section. There Is also no appropriation to
paw the increase.
Year: 1879

IIOptka JOIII1lIOIWt'tItfI' o'I


We are requested by the Committee OF
Arrangements for the Odd Fellows ball
and banquet, to be given March l1th, to
say that If any Odd Fellow has not received
an invitation, that they would be glad to
have them make i; known, SO that they
NAV receive one
Year: 1879




The women in Kansas vote at the school
elections. At recent election in Usage
City one woman went up to vote, but be-
! fore she got through telling the Judges
what time her Willie had with the scar-
lie: fever when he was only two years old
1t was time to close the polls and she had
forgotten to deposit her ballot.
Year: 1879

We learn that report is in circulation
that the small pox is in Scandia, and peo-
pie are avoiding the town for fear of the
disease. The report is entirely false and
not to be credited
Year: 1879

Dear Find Mr. Alison the Editer on the
Wintell Paper have under stand that you
publist A Letter a bOv me and / want you
under stan as little you can Pet in that Pa
per will Be better for you and want you
TO in form me How Gone that Letter 10 you
let me know in has, and if you hant carful
i mill. make mother Naming Case for you
know you had better pay good attensun to
this kause want you to under stand when
Man 60 to Slsnder me / will make it costs
asun on money before He get thru with it
this ia from G 5 Brown To Mr. Alison
Direct to George 5 Brown Dugsall Butlar
Co.


Know want you to send me that Letter
you have been publishin about | think
amy Man that will will stup 40 low to
medic with amy thing like it is lore line
Poup if / had dog that did have more
Prinsuble than that kill Before slep.


GEORGE 5 BRowN.
Year: 1879

A week or so ago We gave place to q let
ter written by some lovesick swain to the
choice of his heart, in which he argued an
immediate elopement. The letters were
furnished usl for publication with the con-
cent of the young lady to whom they were
addressed. We admitted the production
because We felt sorry for the youpg woman
who was persecuted with such villisnous
written and composed letters a. those sent
to us, and thought that in that way she
would be rid Of the writer. Now it seems
that through our kindness We have got a
Job on our hands that il startling in it char
acter. BY yesterday evenings mail we re-
eeived letter from this ''loathario," which.
for the benefit OF our readers We append
below:
Year: 1879

"'The wicked shall be cast into He'll, and
all the nations that forget Cod You are
dishonoring God to day, and msy He for
give you for it." He subsequently, COM
manded them to disperse, and declared
that no good could come of working on the
holy day. Before the apostle could pro.
ceed further with his admonition TO the
representatives, Of the people be was eiec-
ted from the gallery by a doorkeeper.
Year: 1879

GENTLEMEN: You will remember that
you furnished me some groceries in 1869,
when 1 kept store near the college, for
which l was unable 70 pay you at the time.
and hard times setting in Immediately after
prevented me from doing so since. / think
you said l owed you SlC0. l will now try
and send You at least some of it by you
giving me the iiems, 40 there will be no
mistake. Say on whose Recommendation
You gave me the good, and some circum-
stances which occurred on the day that
left Atchison, to satisfy me that you will
receive what / send without deception.


Please write soon, az / will leave here
before the month il out.


Yours truly,
Year: 1879

At2 clock Friday morning fire broke out
spreading rapidly almost the entire business
portion of the city was consumed. Thousands
Of people have been rendered homeless and
left in destitute condition. The loss is esti-
mated at S3,0O0,OOO on which there is little or
no insurance
Year: 1879

Democrats oppose it so bitterly. In case of
conflict under Edmunds' bill, it takes both
houses to concur, but under Southard's the
same to reject. In the former there can be
no danger when the State tribunals are given
such controlling power. Some Democrats
wish to wait until they get control OF both
houses, but do not like that plan. II we
drift along without passing any bill the pres
ent presiding officer of the Senate will have
the handling of the next set of returns, and
he might, under his construction OF the pres
ent law, arrogate to himself some dangerous
power over the vote which the Edmunds bill
makes impossible. The party In power, it is
true, always construes the law in contests to
suit its own partisan ends, aud, perhaps it
always will. The position is, briefly, that
we can obtain reforms and protection under
the Edmunds bill, and it would be wiser to
accept it than leave the question unsettled,
perhaps indefinitely"
Year: 1879

Is Here is q fashion item from the Hartford
Journal which the average man can study with
profit: "Gentlemen having their boots blacked
should insist upon the heels being touched up.
# you black them yourselves it DOESN'T matter
go much.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cstiOns. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily publication
but as guaranty of GOOD faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

THE Potter committee started out to prove
that the Republicans stole the Presidency.
1t now fiLds itself inquiring if the Democrats
didn't try to buy the Presidency. That is a
complete turning of the tables,
Year: 1879

SENATOR BAYARD greatly prefers the Ed
munds to the Southland electoral bill. He Is
reported as saying in conversation Friday
that the Edmunds bill is about as good
measure as the country could expect now.
'Tt does not give" he said, "the people quite
what they want, but it does much, and is
a vast improvement over the present method
of counting the electoral vote. 1t destroys the
power OF the President of the Senate over the
vote; it vests in each State the settlement OF
the question as to which are its legally elected
and qualified electors, and, in case there are
conflicting decisions, it provides that the
Houses must concur to reject. The Edmunds
bill is better than the Southland bill, because it
disposes of the Vice-Presidents power over
the vote which the other leaves unsettled.
The Southland bill is weak because it opens
the door for Federal interference in the mat
ter of deciding the qualifications of electors.
Under Edmunds bill the States are given
the most unqualified and absolute control
over the settlement OF this question, and
this safeguard is so thoroughly Democratic
that am at a loss to understand why some
Year: 1879

Danielsonvills Sentinel: Tongue cannot tell
the words or express the astsnishmeut of the
crippled soldier 10 Connecticut who awoke to
find that his wife was using his wooden leg TO
pound the beefsteak for breakfast.
Year: 1879

The men and women of Maine, who are total alb
stainers from and are in favor OF the employment of
all wise and prudent means for the prohibition of the
importation, manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors, invitedto meet in Mas, Convention fat
Year: 1879

he PRESS will be devoted as in the past to dis
eliminating support OF the Republican Party and
will stand through thick and thin for honest and
stable currency and the equal rights of all citizens
throughout tho length and breadth of the Republic
1t will always speak out for education, good morals
and Just laws believing that the safety OF the nation
depends upon these things.


During the session of the
Year: 1879

rin in the right side, under the edge OF the rlps


ses on pressure sometimes the pain Is In the


r, side the patient is rarely able to lie on the eft
side sometimes the pain Is felt under the shoulder
bade. and /, frequently extends to the top OF Inc
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
,,.m IN the arm. The stomach Is affected with loss
OF appetite and sickness; the bowels in general are
costvc sometimes alternative with lax the head Is
troubled with pain, accompanied with dull, heaVy
sensation in the back part. There is generally
considerable loss of memory, accompanied Win
palnfu, sensation of having left undonc something
which ought TO have been done. A slight, dry cough
is sometimes all attendant. The patient complains
of WEAKNESS ard debility; he is easily startled, his
feet are cold or burning, and he complains OF 4
prickiy sensation of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up
forude enough to try 1t. Ia fact he dstrusts every
remedy. Several Of the above symptoms attend the
disease, but cases have occurred where few or
them existed, yet examination Of the body after
death has shown tle LIVER to have beeI extensive
ly deranged
Year: 1879




He was a wonderful genius who discoy-
cred that "Truth is stranger than fiction"
It is sometimes nowadays stranger than
forty fctions. Hear us: About two years
ago there came hither from New York
.oil.stained, weather beaten boy about four
teen years OF age, small for his years and evil
IDENTIFY piuched in growth by suffering prl-
yattonS too common even in this country
to those who fall upon the charity OF the
world at tender years. When comparative
infant his parents died in quick succession,
and he was left, as many poor child is to
tight his way through life. How he Jared at
first is perhaps merciiully blQtted from his
memory but in the light Of his past few
years. experience the potion Of sunshine
that frightened his pathway must have been
small. For four or five years he sought to
make living by shining boots on the
streets OF the miniature world in which his
lot was cast, and among whose surSiuS
multitudes and busy throngs OF eager
money-Seekers he was OF as little conse-
Quence as the insect that was crushed upon
the sidewalk. An odd nickel fell 10 his
share from the millions Of dollars that daily
change hands, adding to the swollen wealth
OF some and aggravatins the poverty OF
others. On bread purchased with these
nickelS be existed from day to day. Hav-
ing reason to believe that he bad relations
living in the neighborhood Of Dubuque,
he resolved to try to make his way
hither, which he finally succeeded in doing
through the kindness OF some of the rail-
road conductors who helped him along.
His search for bis relatives in this city was
something like Japhets search for his
father, and the little fellow had to fall back
ic hrr,ct II l.rn n ~.
port among strangers. There was some
thing about him well calculated 10 enlist
sympathy in his behalf; but sympathy will
not buy bread nor clothing in great abun-
dance, and the little fellow felt that be
needed something more substantial. His stay
here was not long. He wandered aim
lessly, almost, further west, until he reach
ed the wonderful young giant of the
plains-Denver CitY-where be tarried for
awhile until the silver excitement gathered
! him up and bore him on with the resist
less thousands to the carbonate ribbed
mountains OF South Colorado. he car.
ried his time-tried brush with him, and,
strange as it may appear, found it more re.
liable aid among the adventurers OF the
mountains than among the polished deni.
zens who tread the Psrtland-cement walks
OF eastern cities. From his earnings a:
knight of the brush-a pioneer in his line
among pioneers-he "grubbed an homes,
prospec;or who went into the mountain:
with his virgin pick to try his luck or
shares. Fortune, which had turned hel
back on the poor bootblack so long, smiled
on his partner, and before six suns bad Sc
he had struck vein of galena which ever
at the surface promised big yield OF sill
yer. Further developments have proven i
to be one OF tue most promising mines il
the neighborhood of Leadville, and the DO!
bootblack is counted millionaire. Bu
they say he isn't proud. His name is Nc
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