smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The Levy Court yesterday took decid-
ed action on the building of the new
Court House, and choose the elevated
site Of Tenth and Market streets, where
the old basins are now located, on which
to build it. The entire square has been
accepted and it is said that the build
ing committee Of the Levy Court will
shortly make a tour Of the court houses
in the neighbori1g counties to see
which in their judgment is the best.


1t must not be- inferred however that
the Wilmington court house will be an
exact model of any other court house
in the country, for there never has been
any built yet which could not be i'm
proved. Through the kindness Of Mr..
Springer, Clerk of the Levy Court, we
have been furnished with the following
resolutions on the subject which were
passed by the Levy Court yesterday:


RESOLVED, That this Court, after
having viewed the different proposed
sites for the erection of a Court House
for New Castle County, Sin the city of
Wilmington, deem the square situated
between Tenth and Eleventh and Mar
ket and King streets, in said city," as
the most convenient to all the business
interests and therefore the Lest loca-
tion for said purpose.


Resolved, that the Attorney OF this
Court, George Gray, Esq, bs and is
hereby instructed to inquire into the
title of said property, and that he have
the necessary papers prepared convey
ing the whole of said Square with the
improvements thereon from the said
city of Wilmington to the Trustees
named in the bill passed by the Legis-
lature at the last session, "and entitled
an act to remove the County Courts of
New Castle County"


Resolved, That the Clerk of this
Court be instructed to send a copy of
the foregoing Resolutions to the Chair
man Of the Committee of City Council
at Wilmington.


On motion the resolutions were adop
ted. Attest JEo. P. SPRINGER,


Clerk of the Levy Court.
New CASTLE, April 18th, 1879.


TO John Guthrie, Esq,


Chairman of the Committee of City
Council, Wilmington.
Year: 1879

W. R. Smith, of Hartford, Conn, be-
came impressed with the idea that his
religious obligation required him to fast
40 days and 40 nights, and he began at
once, refusing all nourishment. His
friends could not persuade him to eat
or drink anything, and physician
was called in. He resolutely declined
to take even the least particle of food
or water, protesting that his action was
the result of a direct spiritual order
He kept his resolution till he became
very weak, when his friends had him
sent to an Insane Asylum, where he is
now compelled to take nourishment.--
The strange thing is that he is perfectly
sane on other subjects.
Year: 1879

The Washington Assembly will give
their third annual reception in Web
ster's Dancing Academy, on Friday
evening next, and the committee of ar
rangements are now busily engaged in
making preparations for the event.
The mem bers of the Assembly fully
understand the art Of catering to the
tastes of the lovers of the eight fam
tastic," and their "third annual' will
no doubt prove source of great pleas
ure and enjoyment to all participants.
Year: 1879

The fair being held in the basement
of st. Paul's Catholic Church at Fourth
and Jackson streets, was well attended
last evening. The tables have all been
arranged, and they present neat and
attractive appearance. The handsome
organ is at the Sodality table and will
be voted for. The fair will continue
for three weeks.
Year: 1879

Our board Of Supervisors spent the
entire dag Thursday in discussing the
tax question. The Supervisors from
northern townships secuted at the idea
and at the probability OF the board ar
riving at satisfactory conclusion
Late in the afternoon the chairman
rose and said that be considered the
question of such vital importance that
he had that day called upon Judge
Green, whom he knew to be thorougly
familiar with the subject, and asked
his opinion. The Judge replied that
the statute always required the assess
ing OF property at its true cash value;
that the apathy in the matter. in view
Of the late decision Of the Supreme
Court Of this State, might now be con-
sidered ss ended, and he considered
any supervisor who assessed property
at less estimates than the letter Of the
statutes prescribed, did il at great risk /,
and that the court would declare void
any assessment il appealed. On many
OF the blocks in the city, back taxes
have accumulated. amounting in the
aggregate TO thousands OF dollars, and
will never be collected, as they were
assessed IN open defiance Of the stat
ute. Judge Green gave his opinion
TO the chairman under the condition
that il would be submitted TO the
board. The supervisors finally voted
in favor OF assessing at a real cash
value without dissenting voice Bay
City Tribune.
Year: 1879

SrRATFoRD. Ont. May 5.-A few
the whole town was shaken as il by the
shock of an earthquake. Windows
were blown in, and even the sidewalks
upon which people were walking were
shaken so as TO cause the passengers to
fall. The cause was soon made appar.
ent. A car laden with dynamite had
exploded at the Grand Trunk freight
yard. The wreck the explosion made


BEGoARs DESCRIPTION.


Underneath the dynamite car hole
several feet deep had been scooped out
by the explosion. The end OF the
brick freight shed aud a portion Of the
roof had been blown down, several
frame buildings were leveled TO the
ground, and long strings OF freight
cars lying in the yard were utterly
wrecked. The business portion OF the
town is nearly a mile from the scene Of
the explosion, but


SHARED IN THE DISASTER.


Valuable plate glass windows were
broken and many others were blown in,
frames and all. The damage done to
property is estimated at many thous-
and dollars, but there is too much con-
fusion to ascertain anything definite
at present.


DEAD AND INJURED.


The railway employees working in the
yard-Frank Lemaire Delpigeon, Of
Montreal, and Thomas Dolan Of STRAIT
ford, were blown into minute frag-
ments, the foot OF one of them being
found 300 yards of. Others were in
iured, but the whole extent of the DIS
sster cannot be known for some time.
Year: 1879

IT Is PERFECTLY BEwILDERING to call at Co
HEN BROTHERS and see the great display OF Dry


Goods There Is scarcely anything IN their line that
they DO not show In great profusion. They have
Just made some very heavy purchases, by which
they are enabled to 6r goods at the most astonish-
ing prices. In another column will be found list
OF prices of few bargains now offered IL tneir
Year: 1879

Some of those chaps who wear
their elbows down thin leaning
on saloon counters, have an arti-
fetal fly with a string attached
to the back, and sometimes these
toys can be handled to the
amusement Of small crowd.
When an unknown man recently
fell asleep i'll saloon on Michi-
gan avenue the young man with
an artificial fly was there. He
took position behind his victim,
who was lying back on his chair,
and presently the fly ali4hted on
the strangers nose, walked up
to the bridge and down, and
settled for a moment on the tip
end. The.sleeper never moved a
finger. The hy went oyer the old
route, dove into the corner oi
the left eye, gallopped over to
the right, and came down to the
grand stand on the dead run


but the sleeper slept on. 1t be-
gan to appear that he was used
to flies, and SO the game was
changed. By sticking a pir
Through ono of these toys yor
can make quite a bee out of it
the pin being the stinger.


! When the "bee" descended or
Year: 1879

To the eye of Him who watches
over q sparrow's fall there is
nothing great, nothing small
The man of science trains his
eye to a similar impartiality in
looking at nature. A moss to the
unframed eye seems insignif-
cant. To the eye of the botanist
it is little world. A friend once
complained to the great Swedish
botanist that Sweden did not
afford scope enough for the
study of nature. Linn@us laid
his hand on a bit of moss, on a
bed of which they were reclin-
ing, and said;


"Under this palm is materia
for the study of a Iifetime!"


0ne day, when lost in an Afri.
can desert, Mungo Park came
across tuft of moss. This bit ol
green growing in an arid waste
was q messenger from God te
the desponding explorer.


eff God cares for the moss,
he said to himself, surely he
cares for me-" And he went or
his way exhilarated by the sight
of a bit of moss.


Wordsworth speaks to ears
that can hear


To me the meanest flower that blows cal


give


THOUGHTS that do often lie too deep fol
Year: 1879

The publishers of the New ORLEANS
TINES wish especially at this time that
every citizen of this State should be sub


scriber or reader of the TIMES. Questions
OF the greatest Importance to Louisiana


are pending waiting solution. A conven-
ton of her delegates is now in session
drafting an organic law for adoption to


replace the present constitution, and


which it is hoped will radically reform


those fearful abuses, wasteful extravagan-


cies and gross injustices which have been


nurtured by it and have grown up under
it. The snbject of restrictive quarantine as


to its efficacy in preventing the introduce


ton OF the scourge of yellow fever and its
! acknowledged bhghted effects upon the


business and prosperity Of the city OF New
Orleans and the. State is now engrosslng to


large extent public attention. Other vital
questions, such as labor, immigration, rail-


road communications with our neighborlng


State of Texas, removal of the State capl-
tai. etc.. demand constant consideration
and discussion.


The publishers of the TINES, refer with
pride to the position taken by the TINES


on all of these questions. Their inspiring


motive has been the good of the State and
her people. for upon her prosperity, devei-
opment and growth depend their compen-
da
can they expect to subserve these ends.
The thorough independence of the TIMES.
its strength, courage and consistency IN
the discussion of all questions, its indefatl
gable and persistent labors to restore the
wonted prosperity of the South, have made
it recognized throughout the country as
the leading Southern journal and made 1t
quoted everywhere as the representative
of the best Southern thought and opinion.
The publishers wish that copy may be
placed in the hands of every citizen in this
State, that he may judge by perusai OF Its
merits, of its consistency, OF its motive. (,
As newspaper giving ALL the NEWS OF
the day as co mercial paper, showing
all the movements of business AMI com
merce as an organ of the people. represen
ting and conserving their best and highest
interests, they claim the TIMES to be with
out a rival in the South.


To meet the general shrinkage in values,
the subscription price of the TIMES has


been materially reduced. The TIMES tdaliy,
seven papers week. will be sent hereafter
at the rate of Slipper annum, and the Week
~ TIMES at the rate OF 81 per annum, pos
tage prepaid.


Copies of the TIMES, either Daily or


Weekly, gladly sent free as specimens to
any person who desires to examine the
same.


We ask every reader to give the TIMES a
trial. We are making it a paper worthy OF
support. And we know if the reader once
tries it he will continue subscriber.


The Daily will be sent on trial one month
for 81, and the Weekly three months for
so cents.


Send remittances by money order or re-
gistered letter or draft.


Address THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES,
Louisiana
Year: 1879

When, therefore, mot one Of his hearers
acknowledges help received, Or ex-


presses thanks for acquired benefit,


the sensitive preacher is tempted to de-
preston lest his work was q failure.
Said a venerable pastor, 81 have been
preaching to one people for now more
than thirty years, and there are mem
bsrs of my church who have never in
all that time told me that any word l
had spoken was Of service to them, or
that they were grateful for its speak
ing" How could such an experience
b. otherwise than dspressingi
Year: 1879

Company c. DUPONT Guards had a
full dress inspection drill last evening
at their armory in the Masonic Temple.
The company executed tie manual OF
arms in fine style, and were drilled by
Captain Curtis. A number of the friends
of the company witnessed the drill.
Year: 1879

We hear n great deal about the amount
of sleep we must have in order to be and
to keep healthful. There are, of course,
many opinions on the subject, and each
physician naturally assumes to be excel
lent authority. A view widely held is
that persons who work with their brains
need eight hours of sound sleep, and
will suffer, soon or late, unless they
average as much as that. Some persons
maintain that six hours are sufficient for
any vigorous person; others that five
will answer. No absolute rule, however,
can be laid down The quantity of
sleep depends very largely on the man
and his habit. He who has been accus-
toned to sleep eight hours out of the
twenty-four thinks it impossible TO get
on with any thing less. He who lies in
bed five or six hours habitually seldom
feels the need of any more. Sleep, in
deed, can readily be regulated by will
and practice, occupation and self-inter-
est often governing the matter. Most of
us can, after little while, wake up at
any time we wish, and many can drop
asleep at once, if they give their atten-
ton to it. Napoleon. BOnaparte could
slip into Inconsistencies the moment he
lay down; sleep for an hour, half an
hour, ten or five minutes, as he wished.
And he hardly ever slept more than four
hours a night, although he used
his brain and nerves, not to
speak of his body, as few men
have before or since. Quin, the actor,
on the other hand, would sleep for "a
consecutive hours. Not u few persons
sleep any length of time if undisturbed,
never waking spontaneously where there
is quiet, even after 20 or more hours.
One John Mackey of Skerry, England,
died in 1897, at the age of 81; he had
been remarkably healthy and vigorous
from birth, and yet he never slept more
than four hours of night. Frederick
the Great and John Hunter, the cele-
brated surgeon, slept but five hours, and
Gen. Pichegru never allowed himself to
exceed one hour out of "a during a
whole years campaign. Walter Scott
declared that he required eight hours of
absolute oblivion to fit him for the duties
of composition. Men of firm will, high
character, great self-discipline, can do
pretty much as they decide. They can,
if so inclined, recreate themselves, and
one seldom hears of their saying what
they must do or must not do. More or
less sleep is essential to all of us, but we
can live and be comfortable on very lit
tie, if we be so resolved. Sleep, like
food, can be ordered and adjusted ac-
cording to our Will. What we wish to
do we are wont to say we must do, but
there are few musts in the life of a man
" man.-NelC York Times.
Year: 1879

/ was out after pOrcupines, and was
lying down one night near pOrcupine's
hole, waiting for him TO come out. had
no gun, but only my hunting-knife and
a large knob kerrie with me with which
TO knock the porcupine on the nose, for
that, as YOU know, kills him at once. |
did not hear a sound until / found the
grass near me move and lion got his
paw on me and lifted me up. The brute
pressed his claws into me, but luckily
my leather belt prevented his teeth from
damaging me, and he carried me, hold
ing on to my belt and coat. If either Of
these had given way ! should have been
laid hold of in far more rough man
ner. A lion is like cat in one thing
he can hold live creature in his mouth
and not damage it., just as l have seen
cat carry a mouse. / knew the nature
of the lion well enough to know that if l
struggled | should have my neck broken
or my head smashed in an instant, so
did not struggle, but quietly drew my
knife and thought what was best TO do.
/ thought at first of trying to strike him
in the heart, but | could not reach that
part of him, and his skin looked so loose
that | could not strike deep enough car
ried as | was | knew it would be life
or death with me in an instant, so turn
ing myself a bit, | gashed the lions
nose and cut it through. The lion drop
ped me as / should drop a poisonous
snake, and jumped away roaring with
pain. He stood for an instant looking
at me, but did not move, and he did
not seem to ike to carry me again
More than once he came up to within
few Yards, licking the blood asit poured
from his nose; but there l remained ike
stone, and he was fairly afraid to
tackle me again. know buffalo and
an OK are very sensitive about the nose,
can't stand it, SO l thought lion might
be the same, and so 1t proved.-FrOpl
- An10rg the Z1ltts, -
Year: 1879

ELECTRICITY AS A FARM POWER. -
In the Gramme electrical machine
a powerful current of electricity is
generated by the rapid revolution of a
ring of soft iron surrounded by copper
wire, in close proximity to the poles of
Il powerful magnet. If this current is
carried by wire cable to another
Gramme machine and properly connect
ed with that, its rings of soft iron will
be set in motion also. Power from a
stream of running water may be used
to generate the current of electricity in
the first machine, and this power will
be converted into an electric current :;
this current being transmitted to the
second machine sets that in motion, and
thus serves to convey the power from
the stream to the place where the second
machine is located. This method for
the transmission of power has been car
ried into execution in France for agri-
cultural purposes, such as blowing,
threshing, running beet-sugar factory,
etc. There is loss of power in the
course of the transmission, but for a
distance of mile and a half it does not
amount to more that 30 per cent, and
it is claimed that where water power
can be had, especially adjacent to sew
eral farms, this mode of transmission of
power can be. profitably used. The
machines need but little repair and are
easily managed /; no water or coal is re-
quired at the barn or in the field, no
skilled engineer Is necessary, and there
is no danger of explosions or fire.
Novel as the plan IS, ii yet seems to
have much to recommend it. The cost
of the two machines, which would be,
perhaps, at least, IS 600, would prevent
its adoption, except for a number OF
adjacent small farms or for large estates.
N, y. Tribune,
Year: 1879

AN excellent invisible ink for postal
cards can be made by diluting sulphuric
acid with fifty times its volume of water
A slight acid fluid Is the result, which
does not injure a quill pen The mes
sage is developed by holding the card
over any convenient hame-that of gas
or spirits, for example, or by laying it
on a hot plate.
Year: 1879

ORANGE CoMPoTE.-Pare the outer
rind very thin of three or four oranges ;
put it into a vessel with sufficient sugar
and water to make good sirup, boil slow
ly until the flavor is extracted; peel and
quarter as many oranges as you require,
place them in a glaas dish and pour the
sirup over them when cold, rind in
cluded
Year: 1879

in limited numbers, particularly as
domestic servants, might serve an
useful purpose as hint to Bridget
that now that long suffering individual,
her employer, might turn and revenge
herself. Their advent as laborers and
mechanics would be impracticable and
undesirable, not only by the hostility
it would provoke in both cases, but in
their unitness to compete with the
whites in either pursuit, the relations
between farmers and hands being essen
TALLY different from those prevailing in
California, and the ability Of the Amer
lean mechanic to enable his employer
to compete successfully with the
cheaper and more docile mechanics of
Europe lying in his ability to work
with his head as well as his hands, in
which the Chinese are generally sig
nally deficient.


If there is any truth or force in the
foregoing reflections, it might be as
well for Congressman, when this sub
ject of Chinese immigration is again
forced upon their attention, to consider
it in a broader light than mere party
interests would dictate, and if, on
statesnanlike grounds, further Asiatic
immigration should be thought unde-
sirable, to arrange with the Chinese
Government to put an absolute stop to
it, without discourtesy to a foreign
power or the ridiculous and easily
evaded provisions which marked their
late action on the subject
Year: 1879

The following extract gives Mr..
Darwin's description on the method Of
training shepherd dogs:


"When riding it is a common thing
to meet large flock of sheep guarded
by one or two dogs, at the distance of
some miles from any house or man.
| often wondered how so firm friend
ship had been established. The
method of education consists in sepa-
rating the puppy while very young
from it's mother, and in accustoming it
to its future companions. A eve is
held three or four times day for the
little thing to suck, and nest of wool
is made for it in the sheep-pen. At
no time is it allowed to associate with
other dogs, or with the children of the
family. From this education it has
no wish to leave the flock; and just as
another dog will defend its master,
man, so will these dogs defend the
sheep. 1t is amusing to observe,
when approaching a flock, how the
dogs Immediately advance barking,
and the sheep all close in the rear, as
if around the oldest ram. These dogs
are easily taught how to bring home
the flock at a certain hour in the even
ing. Their most troublesome fault
when young is their desire to play
with the sheep, for in their sport they
sometimes gallop the poor things al
most numerically.


"The shepherd dog comes to the
house every day for some meat, and as
soon as it is given him he skulks away,
as if ashamed of himself. On these
occasions the house dogs are very ty-
rannical, and the least of them will
attack and pursue the stranger. The
minute, however, the latter reaches
the flock, he turns round and begins to
bark, and then all the house dogs take
quickly to their heels. In similar
manner, whole pack of hungry wild
dogs will scarcely ever venture to at
tack a flock guarded by even one of
these faithful shepherds. In this case
the shepherd dog seems to regard the
she sheep as its fellow brethren, and
thus gains confidence; and the wild
dogs, though knowing that the sheep
arc not dogs, but are good to eat, yet
when seeing them in flock with
shepherd dog at their head, partly con-
sent to regard them as he does"
Year: 1879

fARIlNGs


Lean down and kiss me, o my, love, my own.
The day is near when thy fond heart will
miss me;
When Ger my low green bed with bitter moan
Thou wilt lean down, but can net clasp OF
kiss me.
How strange it is that I, so loving thee.
And knowing we must part, perchance t..
morrow.


Comfort find, thinking how great will be
Thy lonely desolation and thy sorrow.


And then, and then. o mine own other part,
Why should grudge thee some su-oease Of
weeping2
Why can not rejoice that in thy heart
Sweet love will bloom again when ! am
sleeping5
Nay make no promise. would place no bar
Upon thy future, even wouldst thou let me


Thou hast most truly loved me like man,


And, like a man, in time thou witt forge


Why should care so near the infinite;
Why should I care that thou wilt cease t,
miss me? af


All. God, these earthly ties sre knit--so tight


Quick. quick, lean lower. 0 my love, ani
kiss me. $50 y TA
Year: 1879

When the right sheep have been
put in the right place, it will be
necessary to bear in mind that every
check they receive--as from want OF
food, exposure to extreme tempera-
ture, unsuitable pasture, or whatever
else may stop thriving-will not
only check the growth of the wool,
bat will cause weak place in it.,
which will break in the hands of the
wool-sorters, and greatly reduce the
value of the fleece. To grow good
wool of any kind, the sheep must be
kept thriving. And one cardinal
rule must always be borne in mind,
namely, that the most valuable wool
and the most valuable mutton cannot
be produced on the same sheep
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