smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

over her care-worn cheeks. And
then she told me how she had been
left alone in the world with that
one child /; that she had no friends
and was forced TO struggle for her
bread. She could network with a
child in her arms, and no one cared
to hire her and have her in
faut in the same house. So she
resorted to laudanum as the child's
nurse. Every morning she had
fed it well, had given it enough
laudanum to make it sleep until
her return late in the afternoon,
and she locked the doocs and went
away. This was sad, sad story,
and the plaintiye look Of the wo-
man and the haggard ap pearance of
the infant has haunted me ever
since. | told her she must give the
child no more laudanum, and |
would see that it should not suffer
for want of nurse, and would
bring it out of the condition to
which she had brought it. | went
there the next morning to carry out
what | had proposed, but the house
was closed, the furniture was gone,
the mother was gone and the child
was gone. A few more days the
laudanum treatment of the mother
would repeat that old, old story,
and the child would cross over into
the valley of death. And yet there
are large numbers of people who


would have resigned themselves to


the belief that the child died from a


natural cause.
Year: 1877

orders OF society.


Nalhville American, 18th. fnft


DR.. j. d, Plunkett, at the meet
ing of the board of health, last eve
ming, called attention to the i'm
portance Of the appointment of
physicians to the Office of coroner.
Some steps, he said, ought to be
taken to stop the murder of infants,
a crime which had become alarm
ingly frequent among the lower
classes of society. 1t was no un.
common thing to read accounts, in
the papers, of the finding of dead
infant bodies and the verdict of
juries seemed to have grown into
the stereotyped phrase, "Death
from some unknown cause" 1t
was not often that physician was
summoned to investigate the cause.
all the detailed circumstances were
not brought out. In fact, tn he
jury viewed the dead body and
simply came to the conclusion
that it was very dead and that was
the end of it. Many a child mur-
der was committed the facts Of
which never found its way into the
columns of the newspaper. These
murders were produced by a slow
process. The infant was so con-
Stantly drugged that it had at last
to succumb to cruel fate. This was
purposely done that the unexpe-
rienced eye might not detect the
cause which brought about its pre-
mature death. While some might
be driven to the murder of their
offspring by poverty; it was more
often the case that they were killed
to avoid the trouble of raising in
fants to an age at which they might,
to a certain extent, take care of
themselves. Such things ought not
to exist in an enlightened commu-
nifty, but how was it to be checked
except through a physician as COR
oner. A reform in this direction
would prove very wholesome and
have a tendency to suppress crime.


Upon the adjournment of the
board of health a reporter asked
DR.. Plunkett to what particular
class of people this slaughter of in
fants was attributable.


Mostly to the lower classes of
the colored race. They do not care
to have the trouble Of raising chill
dren. If they do not destroy them
at the birth, it is almost certain TO
come afterward, but by such slow,
cruel process as will be most likely
to make the death seem to have
been produced by natural causes.


Z" Do you attribute many infalati-
dides to white people?"


" Yes, but not SO many as to the
class of whom | have just spoken"


"Do you know of any instance
where a white mother dosed her
child with slow poison ?"


(" Yes, | saw very striking illus
tration Of this not long since. L
was passing by a tenant house one
day when was attracted to an
infant in a crib. 1t tlooked very old
and its features were so haggard
that l shuddered TO look upon it.
and yet l was forcibly attracted to-
ward it by the oddneSs of its ap-
pearance. 1t was only fourteen
months old, though it appeared to
have passed through five hundred
years. what is the matter with
this child p l asked of the mother"


Nothing, sir" she said.


"But, indeed, there is, madam,
and there is no Disgusting the fact"


You are very much mistaken,
sir"


81 am a physician, and | know
exactly, from its appearance, what
is the matter with it,"


You are ?" queried the woman,
with a startled look, as the tears
gushed from her eyes and ran down
Year: 1877

The New Orleans Times expresses the
opinion that Northern man, with strong
capital and weak lungs, could not be
better suited from every point Of view,
than to be in possession Of fine sugar
plantation within fifty miles of that city.
Year: 1877

to restore the Union of the States,
and to re-estabIish the authority of
the Constitution. Cheers. In that
wOT k we were successful, so far as
was possible to be successful by
force of arms. / am not here to saw
a word in disparagement of what
was accomplished by the brave men
who went out with me from differ
eut parts of the country. OF my
comrades one-third and over never
returned to their homes. They per-
ished in the discharge of their duties
that the Republic might live. But
there was something force could not
do. We would have our union to
be a union of hearts, and we would
have our Constitution obeyed, not
merely because of force that compels
obedience, but obeyed because the
people love the principles of the
Constitution. Long continued ap-
plause. And to-day if am called
to the work which Abraham Lincoln
was called sixteen years ago, it is
under brighter skies and more favor
able auspices. Applause. 1 do
hope, / do fervently believe, that by
the aid of Divine Providence we
may do something in this day of
peace by works of peace towards re-
establishing in the hearts of our
countrymen real, hearty attach
ment to the Constitution as it is, to
the Union as it is. Long-eontinued
applause, which was only stopped
by the approach of locomotive
which moved slowly down to take
the cars away. Of course a resump-
ton of the remarks was impossible.
and as the train moved awav the air
was rent with shouts which the Gov
ernor acknowledged by bowling. As
the train emerged from the depot
number of locomotives on the side
tracks drowned the voices of the
multitude Ia resounding toots, GER
tainly a good-by sufficiently hearty.


The train left the depot at a few
minutes after one o'clock amid the
cheers of the crowd, the screaming
of locomotive whistles, the waving
of handkerchiefs, and music by the
band of "Auld Lang Syne."


He did not tender his resignation
as was expected, but will do that
when it is definitely settled that he
will occupy the Presidential Office
by the declaration of the vote of all
the States.
Year: 1877


Some CuriOsitIes of the New York


Aquarium.


Facing about,the visitor finds him
self at the portals of an enchanted
highway, veritable lane in the sea,
along the sides of which are the so
called table tanks. On the left are
those devoted to the smaller fresh
water varieties whose forms would
be lost in the broader domains of
the wall tanks, while across the lane
is a continuation in miniature of the
grand marine series. Keeping to the
right, we are halted at the outset to
inspect the troop of sea-horses, to
whom, as BELTS their martial bear
ing, the right of the line has been as
signed. Horses heads they surely
have, and those quivering fins will
answer well for names, but here the
semblance ceases, as the tail is that
of an ape and the body that of
fish. The fancy might soon be
taught to believe these hippocampi
fresh from the well groomed stables
of some sea-nymph who may yet be
deploring the capture of her favorite
chargers. Possibly these were the
main stay of race of fairy amazons,
whose duty it was to serve as body
guards or couriers to their queen. If
this be so, then a rich reward is
promised by the manager to the
lucky fisherman who will capture
the queen herself or any of her com
pany.


Before a second tank we could
stand for hours watching the cum
ming or vain spider-crabs decorate
their ugly shapes with plumes of sea-
weed, and then concealed in a grove
of their own planting, lie watching
the angular antics of the scollops,
which in turn are seeking to evade
the hungry claws of ravenOus crab.


Another advance brings us in front
of an alg@- -carpeted cage-the home
of the beautiful winged gurnard and
his hideous prison comrade, the ugly
toad-fsh. Was it an artistic appre-
citation of the force of contrast, or
was it some almost human. decree of
fate that made these two opposite
types-one of grace and one of ug-
liness-companions in captivity?


We next come to veritable sea-
garden, where anemones of all shades
and sizes grow and blossom. That
they are animals, science no longer
doubts; yet the precincts of tropi-
cal garden cannot rival in the beau
ty Of its blossoms the display here
given; rich red, yellow and purple
blossoms in streaks of deeper hue,
delicate petals surrounding mass
of softest velvet. Flowers they seem
to be, yet they are conscious, living
organisms, as is proved by the char
acteristic habit of one of the class,
who has taken his abode upon the
shell of hermit-crab. However,
the crab is only paying the penalty
of his robber propensity, since the
shell in which he is housed is not of
his own making. So accustomed
have these combatiye marauders be-
come to their living burden that
when they see fit to change from one
shell to another, they have been
known to carefully detach the ane-
none and transfer him to the roof
of the new domicile-a tender atten-
tion which the recipient repays by
conveying to the crab an additional
supply of food through the agency
of its current-producing tentacles.


.Scrihtler,s MnnkhLn.
Year: 1877

Is acknowledged and recommended by physicians
and apotbecaries to be the best purifier and clean
ser of blood yet discovered, and thousands speak
in its praise who have been restored to
Year: 1877

A man cannot be hungry and amiabIe
at the same time, and the sooner a woman
learns this fact The better for her happiness
Just before dinner is the worst possible
time TO bother husband with questions
or complaints, OR even with efforts to be
aggressiyely agreeable. This is the time
above all others when social silence should
grace the home, and make it seem the
tired man the most delightful and restful
place on earlh. Hall an hour of quiet
just then is the best possible preparation
for the social eni yment Of the coming
meal for then the nervous tension and
mental strain Of business care and anxiety
can be gradually relaxed, and the entire
system brought into conditions for enjoy
ing food and the amenities CT social life.
Yet how frequently does the wife choose
that particular time to speak of her own
trials and troubles, the misconduct of SER
wants or children, the petty requirements
Of the household, or other things trivial
or disagreeable and then marvel that her
husbands temper il. not so sweet as it
ought to be.
Year: 1877

1t is quite customary for people to
think at this season of the year, when
the taxes are being paid, that the
schools are costing too much and that
there should be a reform in this re-
spect. If there are any taxes of
which a man complains it is sure to
be that for the support of the school,
he looks upon that as something
over which he has partial control,
and which should be conducted on the
cheap plan.


1t is well known fact, that when
a man gets into financial difficulty,
he begins his reform by cutting off all
his newspapers and magazines; thus
in order to save his dollars, he starves
his mind. There are few people in
this country who would reduce the
educational advantages for the pur-
pose of adding a few paltry dollars
to their esta1es, and good many in
the rage for money.getting, and
grasping forget the training sf the
mind.


The salary of the teacher is one
of the factors of school taxation, it is
one of the things that is determined
by the people and often the small
sum is grudgingly given. So small
has been the allowance and so poo,
the prospect for doing better, that The
best minds usually leave this import
ant field of labor and enter some one
where they can obtain a LIVELIHOOD
and have less friction and more re
spect. But very few men can affort
to teach school as other callings ar,
offering greater Inducements, an,
even to the women, other more indie
! pendent fields of labor are opening
Year: 1877

and they are gladly entering them #


if this continues the majority of tn ese


will also leave the school room at the


very time they are best fitted for


doing good work. No one is surpris-


ed at knowing that person can OBJ


tain salary much larger by quitting


teaching, as they know it to be often
done; but yet, many are unwilling TO


make the salary Of such importance


as to attract worthy laborers instead


of repelling them.


1t certainly requires as good talent,
Judgment and ability of application,


to make good teacher as it does in


other callings, it IS sure the time of


usefulness is shorter than in other


walks of life, as one wears out faster;
but yet the price placed upon talent
thus applied is very insignificant.
The most noteworthy teachers in our
country honored at home and
abroad, get but mere pittances as
compared with their compeers and
equals in other professions.


If any person will investigate
this subject he will be convinced of
the fact that such men are not teach
ing for money but for the love of the
profession and the youth of the land.
They sec result grandcr than the
value as they look be-
yond and realize the place of the
of men and women, and the
influence they are exerting in this
glorious cause.


They cast their lives into the bal
lance and go ont for the purpose of
accomplish much, hardly realizing
that they must become pensioners
On the peoples bounty; and often we
hear it asserted that teachers work
only for these paltry dollars, when
q little common, sense and in vesti-
CATION will show that they have not
chosen the path to honor, fame or
wealth.


1t is under such difficulties as these
that the teachers Of to-day find them
selves placed. 1t would not be so bad,
nay, they would not object, if their
motives were not so often impeachcs
and misrepresented, while law and
public opinion compel them to pass
under q surveillance of morals, man
ners and particular fitness that is re-
luired ofnobody else. All the teach
er has right to ask is his due, his
share of the charity granted to other
kinds Of business and at the same
time living that will remove him
the pauper's position, when he is
compelled to quit work when this is
done we will not have a now corps
every four years and the leaving of
cur most worthy teachers will be I'M
known. III.
Year: 1877

Messrs. Welsh u Sharp keep grocery
store At The corner of Second and Jus,isuu
streets. On both streets goods are dlsplayed
10 advantage to induce persons wanting
anything In their line Of business to examine
before buying. Now 1t so happened that
woman, who had an appetite of trying BE-
fore buying, came along Justison street
while the proprietors on Second street were
discussing either the political condition Of
the country or the prejudicial effects OF
heat upon the human system. She saw the
opportunity, and purloiDed about dozen
eggs without being Observed. Messrs.


WEIGH q Sharp are now bewailing hard


times, and strongly cond' mn the unlawful
carrying away OF gools without receiving
some compensation. They have no clue to
her identity. '7-'l
Year: 1877

The New Castle correspondent of the


Every Evening and Commercial goes out of
bis way entirely to tell AL untruth by tels-
graph to-day, in reporting that there we're
three soliI for conylctingsLuby. The facts
are, and which can he ssccrtainsd either
from Messrs. Bradford or Bright, residents
of this city, both of whom were jurymer;
that from and after the cross examination
OF the prosecutrix not q single juryrnan for
one moment thought of convicting him Of
the capital felony. Tho correspondent is
entitled to his opinion, and we have no dis
position to quarrel with It. i,
Year: 1877

check for each pailful, which the boy
returns to the operative, and these
checks are the certificates of the amount
of labor performed.


From the steamer the tomatoes fall
into hopper, and then into the stuffer,
which is a cylinder worked by treadle.
The cans used here are quarts and gal
Ions, of which large stock is kept on
hand in the loft above the packing
room. The cans are passed down to
the packer by a trough, which is kept
constantly full. The filing is done
through hole about an inch and a half
in diameter in the top of each can. This
hole is placed over the end of the stuff
fer, and with slight pressure of the
foot upon the treadle, the packer fills
his can, and nearly excludes all air and
water. The next step in the process is
regulating the cans for soldering. Some
of the cans are u little too full, and some
do not contain quite enough. This work
is done by two girls. A boy fits the
caps over the holes, and puts seven cans
upon tray, and delivers them to the
solderers This is done by boys at the
Gulden's patent Gaping machine, which
is exceedingly ingenious, and saves a
great deal of labor. The can to be cap
ped is put upon the platform of the ma
chine. The soldering-iron, semi-cir-
cular piece of iron, adjusted to the size
Year: 1877

Shenandoah Herald: st. Francis hos
pital, a catholic institution in Pittsburg,


has recently been the scene of a very


romantic occurrence. Some five or six


months ago a young physician obtained


the appointment of assistant physician to


the hospital. He received no pay for


his services further than his board and


unlimited command OF the splendid


wines and liquors OF the establishment.


Residing in the hospital were several


nuns and sisters Of mercy, who had taken


VOWS of eternal celibacy. One of these,


however, happened to be young, beauti-


full, intelligent and attractive, and the


physician soon became deeply enamored


of her, and, Notwithstanding her vows,
her love for the fascinating young physi-
clan became so strong as his for her. In
the daily association of hospital life they
had frequent opportunities for speaking
in that language which requires not
words for utterance, and eventually the


Young Romeo prevailed upon the not


unwilling Juliet to renounce her ardent
young life. So one bright morning, not


more than a week ago, the fair recluse


was not to be found in the stiffness Of


night she had flown, without even 60
| much as bidding her companions adieu.
| The mother superior of the establishment
proceeded to make an investigation OF
the affair. As the result Of her inquiries
she accused the young physician of hav-
| ing assisted in the nuns escape. 10 her
| surprise he not only did not deny it, but
openly acknowledged that he had opened
| the doors for the nun. The mother
superior became exceedingly wroth, and
| informed the physician that his services


would be dispensed with in the hospital


The physician is but little over nine
teen years OF age. The nun is young


lady who formerly resided on the seutf


side, and is likewise, by those who know
her, much esteemed for her many virtues
as well as her beauty and intelligence
Year: 1877

M perpentca give divisions OF time for the q nours
mnsat Theirr,ua white ne the oscAtonso oil
ne mere during those hours


TRIBUNE OFFICE July 12.-1 a. ma slight decline IN
the barometer early yesterday morning was ioo"ed Dy


steady RISE which continued until This rise was
followed IN the afternoon by another slight fall but in
the evening the barometer again and at midnight
stood higher than at The average temperature
yesterday was about degrees lower than on Tuesday
and over six degrees lower than on the corresponding
Gate last year. The amount Of moisture in the air is
large


to-day.
Year: 1877

IDNDVN, WtlHtsHdy July I0I


The Daily Ne'cs publishes the following paragraph
IN prominent form: Yesterday rumors prevailed IN
quarters which are usually wel-Informed, that
the Earl Of Beaconslcld was about to resign
the Premiership Although this report is
probably premature, yet we believe his lordship is
anxious TO retire from Office as soon as the state of
public business will permit him. his health having
bnen for past in an unsatisfactory condition.
Year: 1877

To me FdftOr Of The FrtbUne.


SIR: enclose herewith my reply to Meteor
mck's despatch published by you in THE TmnUSE the
10th As YOU published the charges against me con
tanned In that despatch did not know but you would ac
cord n,e chance to rcpa those charges through the
game medium through which they obtained circulation
II is not because the public has any interest IN the sub
ect Of controversy this but being attacked thioug
your paper without cause you owe 1t To me 10 pupl'h
INV answer shall ask you whatever course you see III
10 pursue in response 10 my request shah leave OUT
without excuse if you decline to publish my reply TO the
attack made upon in your paper so ask you 10 pub
W the reply herein enclosed and also repeat my request
to pubsh the first letter sent you asconsttutng por
non n my fepy the dispatches published from Time
to time Ia your papor Yours Eespy


JD DECKER


pochesfer Aug IS, 1877. Late Coll 2sth DIST \.


MIR Decker's letter is printed precisely as he
wrote il. and needs 30 comment The document he
,nelosed wond fill three columns OF The TRIBUNE,
and If published would never be read by any one
exeept himself The first letter he sent was even
more yolnminous and is points were fairly gwen to
the public stripped of their exuberant rhetoric and
uncertain syntax. The simple trouble with him Is
thai no was removed by the Government on the
ground of incompetoncy and inattention to the
duties of his office. He denies that he was guilty of
Year: 1877

A passenger on one of the Midland Rail
road trains has given to the Middletown
IN. W Press sensational account of
recent thunder storm. The train was near
Walton, and the storm was terrible There
was crash after crash of thunder, with blind
ing lightning, accompanied by deluge of
rain and hail. At one time the train seemed
to be enveloped in sheet of electrical fire.
A fearful crash proceeded, and instantly the
engine was in volume of electricity, balls
OF fire cncirclng the driving wheels az
they rcyolved with lightning rapidity. En-
glneer Sanford beheid the phenomenon with
wonder and awe, and, supposing that the
end OF all things was at hand, involuntarily
shut off the steam. Nearly every person
ON the train experienced a severe shock
A large tree by the track was shattered.
Year: 1877

10 HELP A CALLA LILY TO BLOOM
Be sure it has good rich soil water with
very warm water, with little ammonia or
bone dust added once in week or two.-
Every morning pour boiling water in the
saucer of the pot the lily is in, and give it
plenty of heat and sunshine. I have two
pots Of lilies and have two flowers on one
and one flower and two buds on the other
En-.
Year: 1877

We ought never to believe evil of any
one till we arc certain OF it, We ought not
to say anything that is rude and displeasng
even in joke, and even then we ought not
to carry The joke too far.
Year: 1877

a fair reputation is plant delicate in
its nature and by no means rapid in its
growth. It will shoot up in night like tho
gourd Of the prophet; but, like that gourd,
It may perish in the night
Year: 1877

The Chinese companies have made
some cJstly presents to the gentlemen
who presented their side of the case
before the Congressional Commission.
Tho fact that Chinamen employed Mt
torneys TO plead for them upset the
statement that some of them made, to
the effect that they were themselves OPP
posed to the further intlux of Chinese
We hope that the movement to re-
strict this kind OF immigration will not
be dropped, now that the excitement has
very nearly died died away. There is
chance to secure few reasonable regu-
lations, not satisfactory to the radicals on
either side, but calculated to cause much
good. Sargent and Page will certainly
be able to accomplish yerythng that is
possible.