smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

will pass through all the processes Of put
ting it 10 shape for coming in dollars, ex-
cept that of stamping, for which partic-
ular operation the capacity of the mint is
In excess of all other operations. So
in reality, but little delay in coinage will
be occasioned by the dies not now be-
ing ready. 1t is thought that by the middle
of April the coinage of the silver dollar
will be at the rate of $3,500,0O0
per month. The supply Of fractional
silver coins at the mint and different
treasury offices is sufficient to meet any
demand likely to arise for several
months to come. The mints are all in
excellent condition, with skilled force
of workmen and everything in shape to
meet the large amount of coinage de-
volved upon them by the new law.


The Cabinet to-day discussed the nee
essary action to be taken to carry out
the provisions of the silver bill. Sec
retary Sherman is to put the mints at
work promptly and industriously, and
Secretary Eyarts will at once open cor
respondence with the governments of
the countries comprising the so-caIled
Latin Union and such other European
pations as the President may deem ad-
visable. inviting them to join the United
States in a conference to adopt COM
mon ratio between gold and silver for the
purpose of establishing the use Of BIZ
metallic money and securing the fxity
Of the relative value between those metals
Year: 1878

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check op the counter of the Hotel.
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, fifteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial
Year: 1878

VIENNA, March 1.-Negotions concern


ing the conference proceed slowly, but
Austrias resolution to bring about it's
meeting is unshaken, and it will probably


meet in spite Of the present apathy Of the
powers.
Year: 1878

The Gardiner Journal says that a couple
who have lived together for several years,
have been notified by the City marshal
that they will be proceeded against for
adultery. SO they concluded to get mar
ried but this the city authorities forbid,
as the woman belongs in another town,
and her children must not become pau
pers in Gardiner. The course Of true love
in this case runs rougher than usual.
They can neither marry nor let it alone.
Better warn them off the face of Gods
earth as was once done by a town official
i'll a similar case
Year: 1878

BRINE FOR BUTTER. TO three gallons
N brine strong euGugh to bear UP an egg,
aGd quarter Of Il pound Of nice white


gar and one Ieaspoonful Of saltpetre
ioil the brine, end wien il is cold strain
carefully. Make your butter into rolls
and wrap each separately in a clean
White muslin cloth, tying up with a string
Pack large jar fall, weight the butter
down, and poHr on the brine until it is
submerged. This will keep really good
butter perfectly sweet and fresh for a
" hole year Be careful not to put upon
[ce, butter that you wish to keep for any
ength of time In summer when the
heat viii not admit Of butter being made
INTO rolls. pack closely in small Jars, and
lSing the same brine, allow it to cover
-he butter to the depth Of at least four
nches. This excludes the air, and an
>wers very nearly as well as the method
lrst suggested.


GREEN GAGE PRESERVES When the
fruit is ripe. wipe them clean, and to one
pound OF fruit put one-quarter pound of
sugar which will make a thin syrup.
Boil the fruit until it is perfectly done to
this thin syrup; then make fresh syrup
Of one pound Of fruit to one pound of
sugar; moisten the sugar with water !;
When the syrup boils. put in the fruit for
fifteen minutes; then put the fruit in
lars, and boil the syrup until thick when
Il is only milk warm, pour it over the
fruit Tie the Jars tightly, and keep in
a dry place.
Year: 1878

The attachment of cats to their accus-
toned places of abode was strikingly IL
lustrated recently by the conduct of pet
tabby owned by family in DawIey Eng.
The family had occasion to move to Not
tingham, seventy miles distant, and took
with them their cat which had been in
the family for years. 1t was only day
or two after their arrival at their new
home that pussy disappeared, and short
ly afterward turned up at the old home
stead, lame and footsore after her seventy
mile jaunt. The cat is now more priced
than ever by her owners, and has attain
ed an enviable notoriety for her remark
able feat Of pedestrianism.
Year: 1878

PHILOSOPHY OF IME HOT WENIHEE
\ gentleman Who has made study Of
these matters accounts for the Hast torrid
dispensation III this wise; liz SAYS that
owing to the last mild winter the ice for
nation of the north polar regions was
much smaller than usual. Hence there
is Il marked deficiency Of that glacial
action which during the summer pours
that accumulated store of ice and snow
from the mountainous coasts of Greenland
and the main continent in continuous
stream into the North Atlantic Ocean
The climate of the Eastern States, as well
as OF Western Europe, is greatly modified
by this southern summer drift Of Ice
bergs, which cool5 the waters heated by
the Gulf stream, which promotes the
cloud formation falling upon terra tirma
i'll grateful summer showers, and which
generates the east winds that rush in to
take the place Of the heated and rareficd
air which continually rises up from the
land. The notable absence this year of
these m0istening and refreshing agencies
wpuld naturally lead to warm and dry
summer on our Atlantic coast.
Year: 1878

A man at Albany, VT, who had been 0
sufferer from dyspepsia for twenty years,
died last week, and some peculiar circum
stances in his case led to u post nsoTteDs
examination. This revealed In the lower
end Of the stomach thirteen well preserved
cherry stones SO imbedded IN the lining Of
the stomach as not to be discoverable to
the eye, and causing thickening of the
stomach case some three -fourtbs of an inch.
These stones had worn o hole through the
stomach, and death was caused by dropsy,
or drowning. It was the opinion of the
physician that these stones had been there
for many years.
Year: 1878




My own views of the water route are on
record in my report to President Lincoln.
Under no circumstances would criticize
General Grant and his Wilderness cam
psign. have seen 90 much wild and
foolish criticism of movements and acts by
those ignorant of the governing facts
have seen there the General became very
emphstic, as if speaking from personal
experience) so much iDtustice done to men,
to their acts and to their motives, that
have learned to be cautious about criti
cism and to be charitable in my conclu-
sions. While desire to be distinctly un
derstood as saying that have never wav-
cred in my belief that the overland route
in the movement on Richmond was not the
true and wise one, and that the water route
was, am free to say that it is possible
that, had been in General Grants posi-
tioB, having his lights and information,
might have done exactly as he did. The
general In command is the only one who,
having all the information, can properly
decide what 10 best to be done. As for
General Grant. he and have always been
on the friendliest terms, and uoder no
could be induced to criticise
bis military movemente.
Year: 1878

I'm this canvass the Speaker is counted aS not
voting and there is vacancy in the Louisiana dele
CATION The majority against the bill Is Therefore
t,ycnty-one; and unless Mr.. Wood concludes that
discretion is the better part Of valor aud Pos'ponc'
action on the measure until the next session. the
cnacting clause will undoubtedly be stricken out:
Year: 1878

An incident, as pathetic as any L..
gend of Killarney and the Irish lax.
country, recently occurred at Lough
Erne. A member of the Royal Irish
constabulary, unmindful Of the rigid
regulations of the police service, took
the colleen OF his heart to the altar
without receiving the permission of his
superiors. After his marriage was re
ported at headquarters, attempts were
made to secure relaxation of the rules
in his case, for he was popular and
efficient officer. Not even at the in
stance of Cupid could the rigid laws of
the police be waived. Poor ROe-this
was the officers name-must leave the
force; such was the stern order. He
prepared to start for Australia with
his young wife, consoled by her love
for any sacrifices he had made. Happy
in their honeymoon, he and his bride
sailed up Lough Erne for Enniskillen
to make final preparations for their de.
parture from Ireland. AT the landing
place his wife fell into the water whilr
stepping from the steamer. With the
quickness of thought he plunged in to
save her. Losing all presence of mind,
she, in her struggle for life, entwined
her arms around him, and, before any
any assistance could be rendered, both
sank to rise no more.
Year: 1878

The report of the New York bank
superintendent on the condition of the
suspended Merchants and Mechanics
Bank, at Troy, N. Y. states that the
bank is hopelessly insolvent; that ac-
cording to the report of the examiner
there is an apparent deficit of s465, ,664;
that the officers have been guilty of
grave Irregularities in the transaction
of the bank, and have, in their sworn
reports, concealed from thr bank super
interdent by false or equivocal state
ments the true condition of the bank;
that deceptive devices were adopted by
such officers in September, 1877, and he
is convinced that the financial condi.
ton of the corporation is beyond any
practical remedy for restoring it to
soundness. Motion for receiver will
be made Monday.
Year: 1878

The closing days Of the epidemic
fever in the South are marked by re-
viving business in the afflicted cities
and ageneral sense Of relief through.
out the country. Quarantine restric-
tions have been removed at various
points, and in short time the record of
the fever will have passed into history.
Notwithstanding the more cheerful
outlook however, it will be noted that
as to New Orleans it is not considered
safe for lefuge-s to return yet.
Year: 1878

Anybody who had ever seen one Of
the genus could tell at first glance that
he was a tramp, and the minute he
walked up TO the bar, the baTkeeper
spotted him." Say, mister said he,
"do YOU believe al they tell about this
here phonograph :"


The practitioner at the bar replied IN
an absent sort OF a way that he bad seen
a great deal of the world, and had
learned 10y bitter experience 10 take
nothing on trust and never believe any
thing which was not corrobolated 10y tie
evidence of his own senses.


They say" resumed The tramp, that
man can whisper in one of these phon-
ograph-. and forty thousand years after
wards they can set the instrument on the
mantel-piece and throw eli the brakes,
and it v;ill Just start in and repeat them
very words, with every tone and intec-
ton Of the voice of the fellow what
spoke them, even to any false notes he
NAV have talked at the time"


"See here, said the bar-keeper, when
saw YOU coming | knew you wanted Il
drink. and / thought your chin music
would be something about the Austin
and Battle Mountain Railroad. or the
look OF the eagle Oh The Eew dollar, or
the Molfett bell-punch, OF some other
popular subject of national importance,
and you might have spared ne ioI q
Year: 1878

The indianapolis Herald speaks thus of
literary women as house-keepers: The
greater thar talent, the more do they apply it
to use in daily life. Their coffee is clearer and
richer snd their bread is lighter, whether they
make it or whether they have it made, and
their houses in general are brighter, gayer and
happier because Of the superior intelligence
brought to bear on the household regulations,
perhaps by reason OF their royalty Of nature,
touching nothing tina. they do not gd and, in
spite Of the ISLANDERS of certain coarse souls,
who think the world was made for men alone,
we must declare that, in long experience and
acquaintance among literary women, we have
seen very few instances that did not sustain
this opinion
Year: 1878

KEABSEYIsM AND WoRKINGMEN.--A declara-
ton OF war against intelligence and property .
What have sober and industrious and struggl
ing workingmen to cay to that Will they
hold every man as an enemy who has succeed
ed in gaining just what they wish for them
selves and their children? are they ready to
throw mud at every suit of clean clothes, and
to shut the doors OF the school-houses and
colleges that only workshops may remain? Do
they suppose their own bread and butter VIII
come any more easily by crowding employers
to the wall -? When we have made an end Of
the accumulated wealth which is stored up in
banks, and OF the enterprises which give en-
ployment to Millions will not honest labor find
itself at the foot Of very steep hill, or in the
center OF very wide desert, with short sup
plies in is knap-ssck ?-Christian Register.
Year: 1878

Or. Fletcher says a mans Grst re-
cessity is 10 find woman physically
able 70 support the cares and duties
which attend that position. Solomon,
who from a long experience with wives,
ought 10 know what constitutes a good
one, described his favorite wife. rs one
who spun wool and fax and took care
of the house, etc, i'll short, he means to
say that she shall possess q large share
of physical potency. 1t is the power to
do, without which no woman deserves
the name of wife. Within the past
decade some young men IN choosing
wives have disregarded this advice Of
Solomon's, and have since repented.
But young men are fast becoming more
careful and wise in the matter. They
are learning that a pretty face and form,
though doubtless desirable accompani-
ments, are not the whole requisites of
good wife. Il is true that there are
some thOughtless exceptions among the
young men, but they are simpletons.
But above them are thoughtful men,
who do not and will not fall in love
blindly, but who are looking for the
wife which Solomon commends, and
who will not be satisfied without such
one. | do not wish TO reveal any ones
secrets, but have had men say TO ne
when talking upon the subject Of this
discourse, Girls, nowadays, are too frail
10 marry Does any one think the
young man to blame who says this and
then stands aloof from the marriage
altar? Surely not. And does the young
lady who IS too weak to sweep her own
room, or 20 make her own toilet, think
such young man will hasten 70 proposef Z
IF so, she is mistaken; young men ot
to-day are fast becoming wise through
the experience of their unfortunate
lriend..'
Year: 1878

Prince de Bismarck lately compared Eng
land, a naval power, and Russia, a land one,
to the whale and the elphant. AT least that
is the version given by several journals, but
is not quite correct; it should be the lion and
not the elephant, and that is what the Ger
man Chancellor really said.5 However, the
merit of the comparison is not due to him,
but to little poem of Pfeffel, from which
he borrowed the title. The following is a
translation of the fable:


''The lion and the whale. Two kings, one
reigning on firm land and the other on the
ocean, happened to quarrel. Why? The
lion was walking in his domain on the shores
of the sea, while the whale was executing a
solo dance on the liquid plain. The monster
whipped the green waves with his tail and
threw on the bank a double jet of water,
which issued from his nostrils and fell on the
naughty head of the lion. No monarch could
submit to such practical jokes. The lion be-
came furious. He raised his tail in the air,
erected his name, ground his teeth and chal-
lenged the tyrant of the sea to fight duel.
The whale rushed forward, full of conf
dence. but in endeavoring to approach its en-
emy, it slipped on the shore and fell back
into the sea. The lion, on it's side, in spite
of its courage, was stopped by the waves. 1t
roared, rushed about, foamed, but was fixed
to the land. In short. benefcent nature only
left to the two combatants the faculty of
glaring angrily at each other. They soon got
tired of doing so. The leviathan withdrew
to his humid States. and the lion, checkmated,
home May potentates never do
each other any more harm"
Year: 1878

from the Blsckwoods Magazinc.l


Being led into u small court Of the Castle
of Pinzo, the doomed man found a party of
soldiers drawn up in two ranks. These were
Murat's executioners. Hetook his stand as
boldly as ever be had done in the day of bat
tie. He refused to have his eyes bandaged
he looked straight at the muzZles of the
pieces. ''Spare my face; aim straight at my
heart" he cried to the soldiers and as the
words were uttered he fell dead, torn by the
bullets, but holding still in his hand the min
iatures of his wife and children. The b(uest
blood in Europe never coursed through a
braver heart than that which lay there stilled
forever. If courage alone could make nobil-
ity, here was stretched the nopareil of the
noble. From first to last his daring never
failed


"While the broken lidc, enarging,


Fell, or fled along the plain,


There. be sure, was Murat charging!


There he ne'er shall charge again."


But when we look beyond his deeds of
arms, and his contempt of danger, we find,
with regret, that the nobility was not in him
to which so courageous heart would have
well corresponded. Disloyalty and perfdy
were undoubtedly in his chal -.~ter; weak
ness and folly pervaded his conduct. He
was such man as revolutions and tumults





spicuous for one excellent quality, but with
out other qualities to keep the balance of his
mind. In calmer days he, under the cold
shade of settled order, might have been
known by fame such as that of Shaw, the
Life Guardsman-he might have cloyen a
cuirassier in the saiidle-having been a good
natrred, pleasant enough fellow in barrack-
room or bivOuac among those who do not
pretend to knightly qualities. And can we
say that it was gain to Murat, or to the
world, that he was allowed to rise so high:
The chances which made him Kink brought
out also his notable defects-alowed us to
know him only too well. His memory can
not be wholly respected. He has left name
which, though it has electrified the world
yet serves to illustrate the universally of
proverb-Napoleon set on horseback beg
gar who rode to the devil.
Year: 1878




Nor long ago trade and travel were
taken from cities on the very banks
of the Mississippi to New York, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore now that the
mouth of tHe river is partially opened,
the course of trade is reversed and
turned towards these cities on the riv-
er, and thus they are enriched by the
people Of the great valley, and COM
nercial, like political facts, are indie
alive of the final Liberation of the
West and South from the grasp of the
sll-absorbing, rayenous. Unsuitable
East. There Is splendid future be-
fore US. We need only to be true to
ourselves and to conservatism and to
TIE declared policy of the President.
Year: 1878

THEY are trying TO find means TO
drain the streets and alleys and sinks
of Dallas. In hot countries, like this,
where the sun shines SO fiercely through
nine months OF each year the evapora-
ton from the polluted soil, if the sur
face be not cleaRsed by drainage, is
productive of deadly feYers. The winds
that move about the streets of an un-
cleansed town at night are freighted
with malaria and disease, and death
turks IN the atmosphere by day and
night. Fifteen thousand people living
upon two square miles soon cover the
whole surface, if it be undrained, with
resking filth swept about by rains and
winds, and lifted up by evaporation
and invading bed--chambers and
breeding death and doctors bills.
Drainage is more valuable and
important than gaslights and next most
indispensable to perfect water supply,
without which drainage is impossible.
But when water has been supplied, the
first act of civilized municipal govern
ments is Its utilization in begetting
perfect cleanliness and perfect health
fulness. Then homes become healthful
and property desirable and valuable.
Money, as we'll as healthfulness and
exemption from doctors and drug bills,
are to be gained by perfect system of
drainage. Dallas is wise in Its govern
ment if it repel malarial fevers and
give Southern the summertime
healthfulness of a Northern city by
providing a thorough system of drain
..
Year: 1878

IT is sad to reflect that the Cuero
Bulletin says nothing, in its last issue,
about the extension of the Indianola
road to Austin. 1t awaits patiently
the beginning of cur narrow gauge,
which will attract Commodore Morgan
hitherwardly by resistless force. The
people of Austin see the facts and
necessities of their condition at last,
and cunning agents of broad gauge
lines can no longer divert the people
from the purpose of starting the little
railway towards Ell Paso and Denver.
Col. Norton will be ready to begin his
task, even as the people are prepared
to act, at an early day.
Year: 1878

The venerable philanthropist Petel


Cooper proposes to re-enact the role


of Vanderbilt in Tennessee by found
ing an university in South Carolins.


Why may not some millionaire enable
this commonwealth to utilize the en-.
dowment of the University of Texas Z
If million dollars were invested here
on the heights of University Place
and the university domain were re-
served till it may be leased ad-
vantageouslY, a greater boon would
be conferred upon greater number
and upon more Cosmopolitan people
than in either of the States blest by
the generosity of two citizens of New
York. If one conversant with the facts
would make known through the press
the extent of inconvertible resources
and riches the of University of Texas,
and tell of the scholastic population
and school fund and of the
charms of the spot dedicated
by the founders of the Re-
public as the site for grand Pan
theon and of lecture halls and for
building designed for a polytechnic
school-if all these facts were pre-
sented to men made enor-
mously rich by Federal power
through the past eighteen years
there would be found some Vanderbilt
or Cooper to build here a monument
to his fame and wisdom and generosi-
ty as enduring as the gratitude of Tex
as and the sons of Texas through count
less years and generations.
Year: 1878

THE STATESMAN has been saying fol
long, long time that sooner or later
the South and West were coming to
gether, and now everybody is begin
ming to see it, and even a Senator
named Ingalls, prates about it in his
place in the Federal Capitol snd party.
leaders are fumbling about among old
platforms and things to learn what
they are going to do about it. The
bloody shirt fellows are first to discov.
er that their occupation is gone, and
Conkling fights desperately against
destiny.