smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877




Government bonds were throughout the week gen.
orally IN sympathy with gold. There was q depression
OF from to per cent during the early part Of the
week but toward the close these securities gained
strength, recovered their former loss and closed
steady. In London our government, securities have
Year: 1877

Total tor the week i, 1880


THE MONEY MARKET
The money market continues very easy, and on call
freely offered during the week at from IN to per
cent Primo mercantile paper was discounted at 4 8
per cent. The following were the latest quotations
Year: 1877

The other day a grocery man at Vallejo
gave large party, at which the daughter
Of the carriage painter, who lived next door,
created decided sensation. 1t was not that
she was more handsomely attired than the
other ladies present, but that when she gy-
rated in the "dance Of death" she was OBJ
served TO display the only pair Of pink
stockings in the room. She left the house
for a few moments at the expiration Of the
dance, and in the next waltz exhibited a
pair of light blue dittoes. An hour later her
crushed and exasperated female friends be-
held these supplemented by further hose Of
delicate chocolate shade. And so it went
on until her miserable rivals determined
to follow her the next time she disappear
ed. They traced her to her fathers paint
shop in the back yard, where she was dis
covered, brush in hand, and about orna-
menting her neither extremefies with a
final artistic coat of light salmon. The
exultipg spies rushed back with the dam
aging, news, but it was too late. The men
were all too tight to understand, the music
had gone home, and the lights were being
put out. Thus it is that fraud and duplic-
ity triumph, while honest simplicity walks
around with darn on its calf and hole in
its heel
Year: 1877

When Gibson modelled the "Wounded
Amazon" he said to friend Of mine who
went to his studio to see the statue in the
clay, "Yes, that is my Wounded ANA
zon'" You have doubtless heard Gibson's
peculiar dry, crisp mode OF talking imita-
ted, and can imagine how he spoke. "Yes,
call it Wounded Amazon but that stat


ue is a proof Of how useful it is for an ar
t,st to keep his eyes open. Now, how do
YOU think found that pose? Twas going
along the street, and saw girl catching
flea. Yes, did she was catching flea!
stopped and said to myself, That's pref
ty pose-a very pretty pose indeed and l
took it down. So thought it over; l sat
up and worked it ont, and there it stands
now as my Wounded Amazon But it is
the very pose Of the girl catching the flea,
nevertheless. A very pretty pose it is you
see and, said, it shows that an artist
must not fail to keep his eyes always open.
Year: 1877

Three commissioners appointed by the
Mayor OF Boston a year ago TO consider
and report upon the treatment OF drunken
ness in the city institutions and in private
asylums, define the proper relations be-
tween society and drunkards and suggest
measures for the reform of inebriates,' y
have submitted report, in which they
condemn the method of dealing with drunk
ards which is common in all our large ci-
ties, BY which men and women arrested
and charged with intoxication are fined in
some small amount, generally SO, or se1t
10 a work-house or prison
for some short period, common
ly thirty days. The reasons given for
this C Inclusion are cogent. They say, in
substance that if the fine is paid the burden
falls upon the family or friends of the
druneard, who are innocent Of all fault and
are sufficiently punished by the mere fact
of his drunkenness. II he is sent TO prison
the term of his confinement is long enough
tor him 10 get sober, but not long enough
tor him to acquire habits Of sobriety. The
consequence is that a restoration TO liberty
is followed by new spree and another
commitment. Hence, they recommend the
establishment of a reformatory institution,
where all kinds of labor should be carried
on, and where drunkards. separated from
the society Of criminals into which they are
thrown by the present system, should be
kept long enough to enable their constitu-
tions TO recover thoroughly from the effects
OF alcohol and to give them an opportunity
to acquire habits Of industry.


Our present system seems to increase
rather than diminish, the amount Of drunk
enness, and 10 augment rather than lessen
the misery resulting therefrom and this
must inevitably be the case as long as We
continue 10 treat the unfortunate inebriate
as criminal, to be punished, instead Of a
victim of disease. TO be cured
Year: 1877

it would be in his power to delay
action on the nominations for several
weeks by failure to report them promptly,
and 1t Is therefore likely that an effort will
be made to send them to another commit
tee. If this effort succeeds, it will be an
evidence that the Presidents friends are in
sufficient force to confirm his nominations.
The President shows NO signs Of weaken
ing, and is evidently quite prepared to take
things easy after discharging his share of
the responsibility-that Of sending to the
senate the names of men unque-tionably
qualified to fill the Offices 1t is even pos
sible that he should neglect to "view with
alarm" the spectacle Of Democratic senators
helping to confirm his nominations.
Year: 1877

The bell-punch liquor law in Virginia
has just been emphatically sustained by the
people of Richmond. The stronghold of
tn the opposition to the law is in that city, and
party for the choice of candidates for the
next house of delegates, which was held last
Tuesday, the opposition made clear fight
on the bell-punch issue. The result was
that the lowest candidate on the ticket put
up by those favoring the law received lar
ger vote than the highest on the opposition
ticket. Meantime the authorities are
rigidly enforcing the law and the revenue
receipts continue most satisfactory.
Year: 1877

The latest speculation concerning French
politics, is that the cabinet will support
MacMohOn in a second dissolution Of the
the chamber of deputies; that the senate is
to refuse the dissolution; that the cabinet
desire the senate to refuse 20 tha. they can
resign in obedience to the will of that body,
without seeming to yield to the chamber Of
deputies; that the senate will gladly give
them the opportunity; that new cabinet
composed of moderate Republicans will be
formed; and that MacMahon will accept
the situation with n much grace - be can
it for the present Such
is said to be the present outlook. But Affairs
in tickle France may wear very different
aspect within 4 week.
Year: 1877

Dealers in silk goods here are encour-
aged by revival Of trade, the consumption
having been stimulated by the unusually
low prices. The failures Of silk weavers in
France have doubtless been preceded by
great effort to get rid of their surplus stock
of goods. America is now their chief market,
since the European war and the changes of
fashion have united to check the sale Of silk
gooas on the other side of the Atlantic. The
excess Of our importations, while this con-
dition lasts, is of course unfavorable to our
silk mills, but in certain lines of manufac-
ture their trade is fairly established, and
will probably be kept securely unless there
should be some tariff tinkering this Fall.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, October S0.-The House
committee on banking and currency met
this afternoon. Judge Buckner, the chair
man, said he was willing that the commit
tee should have the earliest opportunity to
pass the bill to remOnetize silver and re-
peal the third section Of the resumption
act.
Year: 1877

Matthew Dorm, the moDster-he eaded
boy is dead. He was fifteen years o.
age, and was certainly a curiosity, If
not monstrosity, SO far as his cranium
was concerned. It is said bis head
was nearly four feet in circumference.
aud weighed quite eighty pounds. He
was of Irish parentage. When six
weeks old his head began growins
much more rapidly than his body, and
continued to grow up to within few
weeks OF his death, which occurred
earl this week He was never able
to sit up, but could move his head
from right to left while lying on his
pillow. During the Centennial Ex-
hibition at Philad elphia he was taken
there by speculative persons, but the
undertaking. did not prove successful
there or at Albany, where he was sub
sequently exhibited for a few days
His body at the time Of his death
weighed about one-half as much as his
head.-Toy (N. - Times.
Year: 1877

An effort is being made in Boston to
build monument in commemoration
of the N orsemen, who are believed to
have been the first European discover
ers OF North America in The eleventh
century. A rock lying in the Taunton
river, in the town of Dighton, and
known as the Dighton rock, has long
been puzzle to local archaologists be-
cause OF certain Inscriptions upon it
which they have been unable to read,
and which they have been inclined to
ascribe to the Morse discoveries. On
the other hand, persons are not want
ing who argue that the inscriptions on
the rock are not different ia character
from many others found in the coun-
try, and which are ascrbed to the In:
daDs. The Danish Society of Anti
q1ariaos at Copenhagen was at one
time induced to purchase the rock, but
1t was redeemed by the efforts of some
gentlemen Of Boston. The testimon y
of the Danish archaologists is not de-
cisive. They have found, we are told
a conjecturaI Interpretation for small
portion of the inscription; but it still
remains doubtful whether it is or is not
Runlc. 1t has been proposed that the
rock should be removed to Boston
since the inscription is in danger of de-
structlon where it now is and made
TO form part of the new monument
american Archtect.
Year: 1877

The fraternization of Northern and
Southern Metho?ists in St. Louis is an
event which must strike every sensible
man IN the most favorable light. Ever
since the war the two Methodisms have
been holding each other at arm s
length, and, while not exactly breath
ing out threatenings and slaughter,
have been turning each other the cold
shoulder in way that gave the lie to
their professions of Christianity, and
rendered them proverb to the people
of the world, who could not believe in
the sincerity of their love for sinners,
so long as they exhibited a disposition
to be intolerant and unforgiving toward
each other. By their determination
they partially remove this '.stope of
stumbling, and by organic union they
would completely annihilate the rock
Of offense that has for so long lain in
the path of success ss-.St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Year: 1877

DAMP WALLS. The Builder gives
the following remedy for damp walls
Ihree-quarters Of pound of mottled


soap to one gallon of water. This com
position to be laid over the brick.
work steadily and carefully with a
large flat brush, so as not to form a
froth or lather on the surface. The
wash Is to remain twenty-four hours to
become dry. Mixa half pound of alum
with four gallons Of water; leave it to
stand for twenty iocr hours, and then
apply it in the same manner over the
coating of soap Let this be done in
dry weather. n the case of stone
walls the following ingredients, melted
and mixed together. and applied hot
to the surface OF stoue, will prevent all
damp from entering and vegetable sub
stances from growing upon it: One
and a half pounds resin, one pound


Russion tallow. one quart inseed oil.
This simple remedy has been proved
upon a piece OF very porous stone made
into the form of basin; two coats oi
this liquid, on being applied, caused it
to hold water as any earthenware vessel.
Year: 1877

Colonel Ingersoll had narrow es.
cape from very serious accidenta few
evenings since in Pittsburgh. 1he
carriage in which be was riding to the
hall IN which he was to lecture was
rolled over an embankment II was
bruised and made somewhat lame, but
fortunately no permanent injury was
done
Year: 1877

The immense stones used in the
erection OF the Pyramids Of Egypt were
obtained from the quarries 10 the Ara
bian Hills, and were carried to the
river and over bridge of BOATS.
They were then brought forward by
means Of a causeway. which of itself
took ten years to construct, and which
is said to have been a fine work with
its polished stones and figures of ami
mails engraved upon them One hun
dred thousand men were employed at a
time, and these were relieved by the
same number at the end Of three
months. A long time was spent in the
leveling of the rock on which the ed
ifice stands, ard twenty years Tor the
erection of the pyramid itself. The
Stones were raised step by step by
means of machine made of shor.
pieces of wood, and, last of all, COM
menclng from the top, the stones were
cemented together with layer of GEM
ent not thicker than piece of paper.
the strength of which is proved by the
age OF these enormous memorials.
Year: 1877

Soon after noon yesterday stranger
entered a Woodward avenue hardware
store and asked if they kept shingle nails
there, Being informed that they had
dozen kegs on hand, he further inquired


Are they genuine shingle nails, or only
limitations Z?


They are shingle nails, Of course


Let me see them.


A handful was placed or the counter
before him, and he took several nails to
the door, where he could get stronger
light. After scanning them thoroughly,
he tested two or three between his teeth,
tried to bend them between his fingers and
said


We'll, they seem to be all right and I'll
take FIVE pounds. l don't want to appear
captious, but bought some shingle nails
along here about a month ago, carried
them home, and what do you suppose they
turned out to be?'


Six pennys ? answered the clerk.


NO, sir. They were shoe pegs, sir I


That was strange mused the clerk.


and another time when I ordered
shingle nails, continued the stranger the
SiOih PuG up louI SlONe HanuieS, Inreo
nutmeg graters and coffee mill Can 1
build Il COW shed out of coffee mills Can
[ shingle a barn with stove handles? Can
[ clapboard house with nutmeg graters ?


Curious mistake, that, said the clerk.


Another time, when asked for shingle
nails, they put me up four corn peppers
and match safe These things have
sunk deep into my soul, and you mustn't
blame me for seeming particular Now,
these are nail, are they


'Of course


'Shingle nails p


yes, sir


Just write it on this card and give me
your name the name of the firm the num-
Der of this store and the date of the
MONTH


L don't want to make trouble, but if I
find when [ get home, that you have put
me up bath-bfick and harness straps in.
the place of shingle nails, I'll come back
here and make it warm for you.
Year: 1877

man returning home saw the parties Jour-
neylng to the river, and when he reached
the settlement told what he had seen. A
number of armed men started in persuit.
and arrived at the river bank just as the
murderer and his paramour were mount
ing their horses. They were called upon
to halt, when Ames drew revolver and
tired into the crowd. The fire was returned
by volley and the guilty woman fell dead
from her horse, shot through the neck.
The man put spurs to his horse and at
tempted to escape in the dark, but a
fortunate shot brought his animal down
and the murderer was captured. A rope
was provided and all necessary arrange
ments made for frontier funeral, when
the wretched man made a confession. the
chief points Of which are Incorporated in
the above statement and he further stated
that the sister of the wife had administered
poison to the little niece, in order to get
her out ofway, and that they were planning
the murder of the wife, that they might
live unmolested together. In this they
were prevented by the mob of few hours
before, and that they killed the wife as
above stated. The rope was thrown over
limb, strong men pulled at the end of
1t, and the next instant a quivering body
was suspended in air. A number of logs
were then rolled together, brush was piled
upon them, and the bodies of the inhuman
being placed in their midst. \ match was
applied to the pile, and all that now re-
mains to mark the spot and the tragedy is
bed of ashes. The body OF the murdered
woman was recovered on Saturday and
buried by the side of her dead child.
Year: 1877

from the effects of the warm weather and are de-
bilitated, are advised by physicians TO take mod
crate amounts of whisky two or three times during
the day. In q little while those who adopt this ad-
vice frequently increase the number of drinks"
and in time become confirmed inebriates. A bev-
erage which will not create thirst for intoxicating
liquors, and which is intended especially for the
benefit OF debilitated persons, whether at home or
abroad, is DR.. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic Con-
tanning the juices of man. medicinal herbs, this
preparation does not create an appetite for the in


toxicating cup. The nourishing and the life sup
porting properties of many valuable natural pro-
ductfons contained in it and well known to medi-
cal men have a most strengthening influence. A
single bottle of the Tonic will demonstrate its val
liable qualities. For debility arising from sickness
over exertion or from anv cause whatever, wine
glassful Of Sea Weed Tonic taken after meals will
strengthen the stomach and create an appetite for
wholesome flood. Eo all who are about leaving
their homes we desire to say that the excellent eff
fects of DR.. Schencks seasonable remedies, Sea


Weed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills, are particularly


evident when laken by those who are injunously


affected by a change of water and diet. No person
| should leave home without taking supply of these
| safeguards along. For sale by all druggists.
Year: 1877

IT is worth second thought that
colored lad has been appointed to the
West Point Military Academy from
New York City and by Democratic
member of Congress. Young Minnie,
who receives this appointment is not
the first Of his race who has received
such an appointment, but what is more
creditable to him and to the appointing
power, he is the first nominated solely
on the ground of his merit and
scholastic attainments,
Year: 1877

GEN. LEW WALLACE is in Washing
ton with the outlines of a new In
dian policy. He proposes to turn the
sayages over to the tender mercies of
the frontiersmen-which might be fair
enough since the frontiersmen have
been long enough at the tender mercies
of the savages. Lewis plan is some
what obscure as to details, but that is
not very surprising. He has fallen into
very profound obscurity himself of
late
Year: 1877

IF Senator Morton were to die and
Democrat be appointed to serve out his
unexpired term, the Republican ma
jority in the Senate would be reduced
to three, and this counting all who by
any reason can be claimed as Republi-
cans. The admission of Butler, from
South Carolina, and the two Demo-
cratic claimants from Louisiana, would
then make the Senate tie. A step or
two more, and the "Solid South'' will
virtually control the country.
Year: 1877

San Francisco, Aug. 2s.-The Chron-
icle of this morning has an interview
with Judge Field in which he, refer
ring to the alleged opinion of Judge
Bradley, said simply that no such opin-
ion was ever read in the hearing of
Justice Clifford and himself, nor was
any so read until it was read in open
court. Further than this, considering
his position and the use that might be
made of his words, he did not care to
speak.
Year: 1877

Chicago, August 2s.-The coroner's
jury this afternoon rendered verdict
that Catherine Brannock, who was shot
by VIM. O'Sullivan last night, came to
her death either by accident or the
design of O'Sullivan, but that the jury
were unable to determine which. They
found that O'Sullivan shot himself on
account of remorse for his deed, or
from fear Of the consequence. The
whole affair is much mystery as ever.
Year: 1877

A MAN in Boston made savage as
sault the other day upon his doctor,
while suffering from temporary insanity
brought on by too free indulgence in
ham and eggs. The Globe calls atten-
tionto the fact that too free indul-
gence in that toothsome Wand must
therefore be regarded as most danger
Gus and deadly practice.
Year: 1877

IF THE government record of the
number of rations issued for red men
be accepted as true, there are to-day
about twenty-five Thousand more Indi-
ans in the United States than when
America was first discovered. If there
are not enough Indians to eat these
rations, then who does get the benefit
of fham2
Year: 1877

conduct as brutal and cowardly, at the
same time drawing pistol. About
this time Saunders was shot by some
other person, but leveliing his pistol,
made things lively while his strength
lasted,
Year: 1877

There are many speculations in
dulged in by all classes of politicians
in relation to forming a new party in
the South, to embrace the better class
OF adherents to both parties now
existing.-Piiot


That, Of course, would leave the
Pilot crowd ont in the cold. But
there are no such specuations indulg-
ed in by any except Republicans. The
united South is more firmly united
than ever. The seductions of office
may induce few worthless scoundrels
to turn traitor, in order to secure petty
appointments under Hayes, but the
great mass of Southern people hate
Radicalism with more bitter haired
today than ever before, and they will
stick together and fight radicalism
until it is swept from the face of the
earth. There will never be another
Radical elected to Congress from o
Southern State, ard as Returning
boards will be done away with, and
the Federal army kept from the polls,
the next Democratic candidate for
President will receive the electoral
vote of every Southern State. The
South is now in a position to take
care of herself. and she is not going
to allow q few Radical politicians to
seduce her into the formation of new
parties. You must get up some other
scheme, Mr. Pilot. You might as
well undertake to dam up the Missis-
sippi River as to divide the Democracy
of the Southern States.-Brandon
Republican.
Year: 1877




A New York letter says: "Tbere
is another fight growing out Of Sew
ing Machine Singers will. Singer
had been married five or six times.
and his heirs are very numerous
indeed. He left q fortune of some
$l4 1000, 900, and of course the heirs
are not all of one mind as to the
distribution of it Some of them are
now raising a row in Court because
they cannot get enough money to
support them in reckless extravaganza.
Here is one young man of eighteen
whose mother says be ought to have
at least five hundred dollars per month
out Of the estate to enable him to
live up to bis position For each of
his two sisters the same allowance
is claimed. Another heir, q young
married woman named Foster, who
has been getting $500 per month, now
wants $1,000. She also wants to live
up to her position. l wonder if these
people ever think of the position of
Singer and bis first wife, in their
early married life, when they Travelled
with shows and bay-loft theatrical
companies about the country, and
would ave thought $1,000 almost
q fortu e."
Year: 1877

THE PATH OF SAFETY.-There is
but one road to happiness and pros
perity, for either individuals or q
nation, and that is economy aud faith
ful persistence in the legitimate paths
of business. The riches that come in
an hour generally 60 in an hour, and
do more harm than good. Hence we
call upon all good people to unite in
an effort to stay the tide of wild ex-
cess. Let a man be frowned upon in
society when it is known that be is
living beyond his means. Let all
noble and true women express their
distrust at the extravsgant and inde-
cent display Of the followers of
fashion. And so shall the nation be
saved from the milestone that has
dragged other republics to destruction;
SO shall our young men find a larger
and nobler devotion than that of
money, and modesty and dignity shall
not wholly desert American woman
hood.-Er.
Year: 1877

One evening at the Opera in Dublin
o gentleman sarcastically asked man
standing up in front of him, if hc
was aware that be was opaque. The
other denied the allegation, and said
he was O'Brien.
Year: 1877

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 12.-At o'clock this af-
ternoon fire broke out in the engine room of
the large beer brewing establishment of Mr..
Frank Fehr. The men were at dinner at the
time, and the real cause of the fire could not
be ascertained. So terrible was the force of
the flames that the entire rear portion of the