smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The stock market to-day has exhibited none of the
buoyancy which characterized it during the closing
hours of last week. Opening steady at about the
prices at which the last previous sales had been
made the entire list under the lead of Erie and Lake
Shore, soon began to sag. The former was freely
ssld within the first hour at prices ranging
from 29l4 to 27l2, and with much persistency as
70 cause renewed suspicion that something was
wrong; but the day passed without developing any
new feature concerning it. Lake Shore quickly re-
turned to the price from which Saturdays advance
Was made, and then remained dull and steady during
the remainder Of the day. dull and heavy feeling,
proceeding from the break in the two stocks named


seemed TO pervads the entire kst and there is no
SiDgle exception TO the general decline. The bust
eess q the day was about double the daily
Year: 1875

bonds They must be disposed Of before
the Shooting Star mail reaches London.
eau you do it l'


"a can and will.


Then do not delay. Do not return
here to the office, but late to night come
to my lodgings in Belleville Place, and we
~ill talk further"


He banded his card, as he spoke, to the
man, and opening the door saw him leave
the room and the building, without at
tracing more than ordinary attention
from the clerks in the rain office.


so far all has worked to my decided
advantage the secretary murmured, As
he again sank into his seat at his desk.
Cecil Esmond will never remain to he ap-
pretended for an over issue of stock
bonds. As to myself, | have no fear, for
the entire responsibility rests with the
president of the company. and Cecil will
be held for all operations in the name of
the company undertaken by him on his
own responsibility. The mail will disclose
the condition of the mine =, and the rest
my plot will carry out. Revenge at last
| have waited long for it, it cannot fail
now. Ruin and penury and disgrace for
Cecil Esmond, and the fair Eveline for
myself And lighting cigar he sat at
his desk opening the letters, which had
come by the mornings mail, and rejecting
deeply upon the plot which was to culmin-
ate in long desired revenge upon his
cousin, Cecil Esmond
Year: 1875

i;y some unaccountable misrepresentation
Of facts, there is large class Of people IN
the world who think that it costs little or
nothing to run newspaper, and If they buy
copy from the newsboy, when too far from
the office to come and beg one, they are reg
ular patrons and entitled tounhmted fa-
vors. Men call every day at newspaper Off
ces to get a copy Of the daily paper, Just
from the press, for nothing, who would new
er dream Of begging pocket handkerchief
from dry goods store, or piece of candy
from confectioner, even upon the plea Of
old acquaintance, having bought something
| once before. One paper IS not much, but
hundred day amounts to something in
the course Of time, But this is a small
drain compared with the free advertising
newspaper is expected to do. Some
men who have paid two dollars at an early
period Of life for an advertisement worth
four or five, appear to think they are stock
holders in the establishment for eternity.
They demand the publication Of all mar
riage and funeral notices, obituaries, and
family episodes, for the next forty years,
, gratis. Speak Of pay and they grow in
dignant. Don't patronize your paper =
Yes but you receive the worth Of your
money for what you pay. But, says
the patron, 1T will not cost you anything
to put this in, which is Just as ridiculous
as to ask man to grind your axe on his
grindstone, and graciously tell him it won't
cost him a cent. 1t takes money to run
newspaper as well as any other business !;
no paper will succeed financially that car
ries dead head system. Any mention Of
, the peoples affairs that they are anxious
to see IN print is worth paying for, and
when printed is generally worth az much
as any other investment Of the same
amount.


The newspaper business is very exscting
on all connected with it, aud the pay is
comparatively small the proprietors risk
more money for smaller profits, and the
editors and reporters and printers work
harder and cheaper than the same number
! of men in any other profession requiring
the given amount OF intelligence, training
and drudgery. The life has its charms
and pleasant associations, scarcely known
to the outside world but it has its earnest
work and anxieties and hours Of exhaus-
ton. which also are not known to those
who think the business all fun. The idea
that newspaperdom is a charmed circle,
where the favored members live life oi
ease and free from care, and 60 to the cir
Gus at night on free ticket and to the
Springs ON pass in the summer, is an idea
which we desire to explore practically and
Theoretically. Business is business, and


the journal that succeeds is the one that IL


run ON a square business footing, the same


as banking or building bridges, keeping I


hotel or running livery stable. - -NemPhi


(Tenn.) Ardtdaehs.
Year: 1875

men TO pass, ON the ground that the prop


erty was his and they had no right there.
Reporter-Do | understand that you


were with the miners all this time
MIR. Siney-While this parley was going
on between Fisher and his old miners
some one Apprised him Of my presence.


We soon met, and had very short but


pleasant interview, during which the men


became clamorous. During the clamor


went to the rear of the crowd in company


with two or three other gentlemen, the
crowd all the while crowding on towards
the mines. Fearful of making any mis-
take, consulted with Justice Of Peace
with regard to the highway, aud was in
formed that it had been used by the public
as such ever since his knowledge. then
followed the crowd but In no instance
stepped a foot OF that highway until asked
by Clark to accompany him for a short
walk, which did, and what appeared to
me to be very friendly chat.


Reporter and where we're you
arrested


Nr. Siney-The next evening was ar
rested at PhilliPsburgh, Center county,
Pennsylvania, where had gone to address
some miners, by . constable from Clear
field county. 1 vas taken before Justice
Of the Peace and placed under bonds in
the sum Of 500 to appear before the Clear
field County Court IN June. At the time
Of the arrest | was in company with about
two hundred Of the miners. As soon A.
the constable showed me his authority. we
left the crowd without any explanation and
went to Osceola. where the above bonds
were entered into.


Reporter yon leave for home after
you had entered bail


Mr.. Siney No, went again next morn
ing to Houtzdale. While in ihe train the
Sheriff of the county was pointed out to
me. We soon met, when he called me
aside and said that Captain Clark had
sworn out a warrant against the strikers.
He said he was all alone, as he believed
that no resistance would he made to his
authority. At his request ] called the
men on the train together and informed
them of the nature Of the sheriff's busi-
ness, when the crowd said he could have
every man he desired to take. The men
then agreed to call meeting, and invited
him to be present to read out the names
of those he wanted, when they all would
go with him. This was done, the sheriff
was present, aud read Of the names Of
twenty-three persons, who Immediately
responded, and soon took the train for
Osceola where they all gave bonds. The
men while on the way were well treated,
and have no cause for complaint. At the
time of the arrest hundreds Of miners
were in town, but no Jne was molested.
That same afternoon left for Cleveland,
and have heard nothing since bearing upon
the matter. cannot as yet speak my
thoughts as regards the eoIning trial, as ]
have not fully developed my plan of ac-
tion
Year: 1875

MANUFACTURE OF RAZOR BLADES
The celebrated razor blades produced Dy
Rogers. of Sheffield. aud which go to ali
narts of this civilized world, are forged out
of bars Of the very best highly car6ohated
cast-steel tilted TO about half an inch IN
breadth and of q thickness sufficient Tor
the back OF the razor. The blade Is hrst
moulded at the end Of the porter-rod ana
then forged. and the edge being brought
ont. the concAve surface Is formed by
working the side on the rouned edge OF the
anvil. It is then cut off, and the tang IS
either drawn out from the same material
| As the blade. or If this be OF superior quail
| ity. q piece of iron is welded TO 1t. Inc
steel used is Of excellent quality, so as 10
undergo the beating necessary to produce
the thinner part, while the back ls leit
thick. Some OF the w0rkmen are so expert
n forging the blades that they will pro,
duce on the anvil an edge 50 sharp ano


even that it can be used for shaving aftel


being wetted. After forging, the blad'


smithed or beaten on an anvil, TO rehae


the metal As compact as possible In


blade is also slightly ground, or scorcheo


after the forging, on . course. dry Sri


stone, to bring il to the shape required an


remove the black scale or coating. In


blade is next drilled for the joint an
stamped with the name then hardened an
. tempered. and ground on whetstone
four to eight inches in diameter.
Year: 1875

serted by mother" Emily is now in
her nineteenth year, and has grown to
be as tall as four feet nothing. She is
q very willing good-natured girl, but is
hopelessly afflicted with blank mem
ory. The old women call her "Whac-
key Emily" Whackey" being word
used in Marylebone circles to hint that
somebody is not endowed with as full O
measure of intelligence as the rest of us.
Amongst her favorites in the nursery,
before its removal to the school, was an
other founding whose history is not
without spice of romance. The little
thing, aged three years, was found at
ten o'clock ON the night of June %,
1872, wandering about Cavendish square,
tottering under the weight Of q framed
and colored photograph about eighteen
inches long by one foot broad. The por-
trait represents tall, well-dressed gem
tleman leaningin an easy attitude against
a library table. ALI that has ever been
ascertained respecting this little waif is
that the tall gentleman is its father, who
deserted the unmarried mother, and she
in her turn deserted the child, endowing
it, as sole fortune, with q framed and
colored photograph of its father.
Year: 1875

The approaching trial of Lee, the
Mormon prophet, charged with being
engaged in the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre, in Utah draws, near, and a CORE
spondent says the Mormons are pre-
pairing for some startling developments.
1t is beyond question, he says, that not
only were obnoxious Gentiles put out of
the way in Salt Lake City without any
trial, but even many of "the brethren !"
were watched when out of doors and
quietly led to place convenient for
butchery, and there had there "tbroats
cut for the double purpose Of keeping
them from "opposing the kingdom
and atoning for their sins of unbelief. It
is said of Isaac @. Haight, who was the
lieutenant colonel of the militia regi-
ment that committed the massacre at
Mountain Meadows, that he grew 80 fa-
natical and was so far removed from any
supervisory authority that he did as he
pleased and disposed of the lives of the
obnoxious with all the freedom Of O
doge of Venice. In the little town of
Cedar, the headquarters of his militia,
he is said to have kept two Of the breth-
ren-Stewart and Macfarlane-for that
special purpose, and to aid at odd times
in harassing and stealing from the pass
ing immigrant Gentiles.


No fewer than ten men were taken
down into the cellar beneath Haight's
house, and from there they never came
out alive, and the only answer that was
ever made to any inquiry about a miss
ing person in those days was the Ia
comic sentence, He has gone to Cali
fornia."


To listen to the tales that are now
told by men and women of the early
times of blood one feels carried away
in reflection to dark ages and barbaric
nations, and it is this history that Brig
ham Young has good cause to dread
being brought to light in the forthcom-
ing investigation of the Mountain
Meadow massacre, and do not see how
he can prevent its exposure.


The Investigation, when once begun,
will be like the letting out of water
the dam, once pierced, the breech will
widen and widen until it all is out, and
the revelations of crime will startle the
nation. Its ultimate result will be the
breaking down of a fearful superstition
and despotism and the deiverance of o
people who deserve to be free.
Year: 1875

This singular story is told by the Mil
waukee (Wis.) Wisconsin: There are
two library desks in the show rooms of
Matthews Brothers, which have been re-
peatedly photographed, and no matter
in what light, or from what point of view
the photographs have been taken, there
is always on the left hand glass pane of
the left hand book shelf (surmounting
the desk), what spiritualist would call
a spirit picture. The shelving, which
in other parts of the desk comes out
with tolerable distinctness, is here dim
and shadowy, and on the side where
according to the sunlight as thrown on
the parts of the furniture-the shade
ought to be, something light and gauzy,
like fine white garments or bed clothing,
is thrown into relief, the graceful head
of female finishing off the picture. 1t
is the body coverings that are brought
into the strong light. The head is in
shadow, and fades into indistinctness,
but the parting of the hair, the eyebrows,
and outlines of the nose and mouth are
plainly visible. The under part of the
chin is in deep shade, as the picture of
a natural person would be. The female
might be imagined to be corpse in
neighbor Griffin's store, beautifully laid
out in a casket, the head being Just
above the angle with the body of O per-
son reclining on the back with q pillow
under the head. The picture is O curl
GUS one, and has been handed around
considerably among citizens of an in
q uisitive turn of mind.
Year: 1875

ANCHORED.
o weary days and nights, 30 still, so still
Tho useless sails hang tapping stin and slow,
We pine and chafe, and set our helpless will
In vain revolt at what to change, to know
Is not for us. We hear the strong winds


blow
And fret as in the east, the west, we see
Great ships and small 60 sliding fast and free.
o fearful days and nights 30 dark and cold
The swift waves mock and leap on every


side;
No rudder steers no mast nor spar can hold ;
We think no ear could hear us if we cried;
We think God would not miss us il We died :
We feel forgotten, helpless, cast away;
We shut our eyes and do not even pray.
Opeaceful dsyr, and peaceful nights whose


peace


Cannot be uttered o green shores Of life
Beyond the body Shall we ever cease
To smile that through such hot and silly


strife


We came? That doubts and fears could grow


30 rife
That we could fail to see how Gods good hand
Our anchorings and our driftings planned2
Year: 1875

A farmer at Troy, N. Y, recently bet
$40 with one of the sporting fraternity
that his horse would weigh more after
drinking a pail of water than before.
The sporting gent was not slow to take q
wager made by man from the country,
t ue enough, the animal weighed thiy'
Year: 1875

CONFLICTS BETWEEN scEsScE AND THE BIBLE


RECoRD-MoDE BS WHICH TIE LATTER HAS


BEEN INrER%RETED TO COINCIDE WITH THE


FoRMEr-plPrICULTIE YET REMAINING IN THIS


NSTRPRBTAIIoN-HARsHF FEATURES OF MOSAIC


LAWS AND THEIR LIKENESS TO sUPERsTIfIous


oBsERvANCEs-vALCE OF A BELIEF IN UNlNER-


SAL LAW.


,rsox AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuNEl
BosToN Now 2s.-From the title Of his lecture,
the audience convened to hear Prof Proctor expected
q more extended review of the conflict between
science and religion than he had hitherto provided
and they were not disappointed. The historical por-
ton of this review brought forward class OF facts
with which most of his audience were. however, Ia
milar Little in this startling, except the
prophecy that theologians might some day be found
not only reconciling Genesis with Darwiman
theories but showing that the biological DIS
coyeries of the present day are fresh EVIL
dences Of the inspiration of the Scriptures
The latter part Of the lecture was more remarkable
The arguments designed TO show that Mosaic laws
and observances or gnated in astrological supersu-
tions served to utilize some of the information on
the latter subject conveyed in his previous lecture
His theory as to certain Old Testament miracles that
involved the motion or revolution of the earth, ana
his severe criticism upon some of the practices
Taught by Moses, grated upon the cars OF many
hearerS
Year: 1875

ter who was involved. When the au-

 thOress of Uncle Tom saw her way marked out in the Byron scandal did she hesitate

 or spare even the dead? De mortuiS nil. :"

 was very good sunday reading, but "the duty we owe to the pubiic," had been too

 effectually drilled into us by The New

 York Tribune, under it's improved moral

 tone since the death of it's honest but mis-

 taken founder, to be neglected. If our l friend showed weakness and had not the

 courage to publish this thing over his own

 name, he could sign it with the name of

 Junius or Robespierre or Abalone Des-

 mond, and by the easy addition of two

 Interrogation points in brackets after such

 name as he might use, none but the shal-

 low minded would fail to see that there

 was deep disguise somewhere.

 l However we proceeded cautiously to eX-

 plOre the ground; and in order to confirm

 our Surmises we had to put some delicate

 and leading questions to our friend. We 1 therefore commenced by asking him if he | had any repugDance 10 answering certain questions relative to the occurrences under those cottonwood trees? "No." Was there any thing in the incidents calculated to | bring blush to the cheek of young per son? "Of course not" Would the narra- ton of the events of that midsummer's eve in any way com promise Refugia? !" should say not" Are you or are you not fearful that if the facts were Givulged, the | lawyers might take up the matter, and evolve a case of breach of promise or Ddrratry or eXtOrLlOn or hlepCOUldlld |" Now see here." said our friend, "l can't imagine what you are driving at. The whole thing-acequia blue, and cotton

 wood trees and all, excepting Refugia,--is a bright picture and creation Of my lln- aginatIon, and have no objection what ever to going on, only l can't ind any word to rhyme with aceQuia."

 We could not avoid slight but quickly suppressed smile at this easy solution of the difficulty, and pointed out to our friend that he was mistaken; that |" blue" and not acequia was the last word of the first l. line and consequently the one to be rhym- ed with. look of most intense relief lighted up his countenance and he fOndly repeated the word blue" a number of times. Finding then that there was no real difficulty Tn the way of the compile tiOn of this poem, we prepared to remove OurSelf from his presence so as not in any way to retard progress or damp his ardCr. Before we left, our friend asked us If we could readily think of any good word to rhyme with "blue." We told htm there were several, but there was only one that we could confidently recommend or that we should choose if we were engineering the poem: word which we always in troduced in any place where the poverty of the other words would not do it actual

 Injustice, and that was the word " flue."

 So we left him and looking back we saw him standing in his doorway, gazing across the night 10 where the moon from it's couch behind the hills was reaching up it's long arms of light to grasp the nights of darkness and climb thereto. And now we rest in the sweet hope that this poem will be finished in time to appear in the first number of the enlarged CITIZEN next summer.
Year: 1875

E An honest old gentleman from a
rural county, who came down to New
York to spend the Sabbath with friends.
was asked by one OF them what the peo-
pie up his way thought of the Beecher
He replied that he never tried
it, and didn't know anything about it
that he and all his neighbors burned
kerosene.
Year: 1875

Now, we understand why We didn' t
succeed IN our agricultural venture afew
years ago. 1t was because we didn't
bold ourself. We will know better next
time. If tho desire to seize the bound
ING plow and toss the alluvial soil ever
again takes possession of us, We will lay
violent hands npon ourself and hold un-
til We ale nried loose.
Year: 1875




THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELEcrIoN.-
There seems TO be growing opinion.
since the New Hampshire election. that
the next Presidential contest is likely to
be /: very even one. The st. Louis Re
publican says: 1.-The battle Of 1876 can
not be accurately outlined till the Re.
publican camp quarrel is decided. and
it is known whether the Republican par
ty is to be led by Grant or by somebody
else. If Grant should permit himself
to be placed in the field, the Democrat
ic task ought to be an easy one; if the
Republican party shall succeed in its
effort to shake its President from its
shoulders and rally as compact force
under new leader. it will be anything
but easy"
Year: 1875

AGood Man was once tempted by the
devil to commit one of three great sins:
Either to murder his mother, to deny
and blaspheme his God. or to get drunk.


As the least sin of the three he chose
to get drunk. Satan left him we'll
pleased ut his choice. for alas! while
drunk he committed both the other sins.
Year: 1875

FeculiaritIes of the Postal System.


The following dispatch is interesting
to those using postal cards:


The PostolIice Department received a
letter to day from a firm in Chicago com
planning that six cents additional post
age was charged them on a postal card
sent to their address, on the face of
which, in the lower left hand corner,
we're written the words, September Is,
1875 AS many complaints of this
character are received at the Depart
ment the following reply.t1 the above
letter is furnished for the information Of
the public:


"GRNTLEMEN-In answer to your letter
of the 18th instant l have to state that
by ruling of this Department anything
whatever, except an address written or
printed upon the side Of postal card
intended for the address, renders such
card unmailable, and the same cannot
be legally forwarded unless prepaid at
the letter rate-three cents. But if by
inadvertenee it reaches its destination
without such prepayment, it is charge
able with the. double letter rates under
the provisions of section l52 Postal
Laws, edition of 1873,


I'm accordance with the said ruling
the card submitted was subject to the
letter postage by the writing of date on
the side designed for the address, and
having been forwarded without the pre-
payment of said postage it became liable
to double the. letter rates-six cents. In
collecting the above, however, the post
master at Chicago should have deducted
the one cent originally paid Tor the
card"
Year: 1875

only act more upon his own response
bility; but it is pity that he is so weak,
and has the worst of advisers iu the men
who enjoy his confidence" He had
already written, 1T is unfortunate that
Washington is so easily led" This is
nearly the language of Lee and Reed a
year before. They had all mistaken for
want of decision the self distrust which
arose from a consciousness of inexperi-
ence.. 1t was not long before De Kalb' s
opinion was still further modified. He


must be very modest man. q He
did and does more every day than could
be expected from any general in the
world in the same circumstances, and
- . | think him the only proper
person, . o. by his natural and
acquired capacity, his bravery, good


sense, uprightness and honesty to keep
up the spirits of the army and people
and y l look upon him as the
sole defender Of his country's cause.
Thus much | thought myself obliged to
SAY on that head. l only could wish in
my private opinion he would take more
upon himself auG trust more to his own
excellent judgment than to councils"
Year: 1875

WILL BUY A QUARTER BOND OF THE
w Industrial Exhibition Company of New


Each Quarter Bond participates in -Four
deemed.


The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter of the below named pre-