smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Secretary Sherman has furnished the
Washington Star the following pro-
gramme to bring about resumption !:
"The silver dollar will be treated the
same as gold coin, and being like gold
coin, an unlimited legal tender, may
be disbursed by the treasurer in pay
ment of any current obligations Of the
government, and if offered in such pay
ment will have to be received. In
returning to the use of coin, the natural
pelicy would be to put the smaller
denomipetiens of gold coin IN circulation
first. If any considerable amount of
such coin were to come upon the mar
ket, the small premium remaining on
gold would no doubt disappear. 1t is
thought that most of the boarded coin
in the country consists of the smaller
denominations, and would in the ma
tuTe of things soon make its appear.
ance in circulation, especially such as
are abraided and reduced in weight
With the balance of trade largely in
favor of this country, and the very sat-
isfactory accounts received from all
sections of an abundant harvest, the con
tinued accumulation of coin would
appear to be a matter of certainty Ii
the gold and silver produced from the
mints of the United States be coined
and remain at home it is not believed
that there will be the slightest necessity
for recourse to foreign markets for gold,
though it is not at all improbable that
considerable importation of the precious
metals will be made in the natural course
of trade.


sIt is understood that the programme
of the secretary in favor of early re-
sumption, among other things, looks for
the removal of the premium on coin by
indirect means rather than by the re-
demptien of notes. In view OF the &C.
emulation of cein in the country, and
which is in a dormant condition, by
reason of the remaining rate of premium
on gold assgainst legal tender notes, il
once set in motion as circulating money
1t will tend more than all other measures
nut together to stimulate and revive
business throughout the country"
Year: 1878

Our system OF sailing meat makes it
unhealthy and distasteful. Why do we
salt bones? Were they extracted one
third the salt would suffice, and meat 70
cured would lose little of its nutriment
besides gaining in value. Two-thirds of
the smoking might be dispensed with,
and one cause of indigestibility greatly
lessened. Modern mechanical skill can
surely contrive tool to disbone ham,
and let the salt have equal access inside
and outside. The thick skin might be
removed with equal benefit. Custom
may claim the shape of the ham as inn
portant, but this objection would give
way before the great superiority of the
meat. Farmers would find profit in it
for their own household. A boned tur-
key is always attractive. When raised
far from market, turkey boned and
slightly salted and smoked would find
ready sale at rem lucrative price. The
Mexicans cure beef without salt The
first operation is to unbone it. Then it
is cut into narrow strips and exposed to
the sun till superficial crust is formed.
to exclude the air. A slight smoking
keeps insects away. 1t is usually kept
in sacks in dry place, and time does
not injure it. 1t is now suggested that
great improvement can be made in cur.
ing all meats without salt, by some
adaptation OF the Alden fruit-drier.
We have seen beef and mutton shredded
into broad ribbons two inches thick.
and passed through an Alden drier and
slightly smoked till streng outer crust
was formed The cured meat was served
to sailors on voyage to the Sandwich
islands and back, and was esteemed q
great luxury compared with the best
salted mess beef. Some that was brought
back to San Francisco satisfied the ex.
perimenters that this mode OF curing
meat is destined to come into general
use--lSan Francisco Cor.
Year: 1878

1t~'flhg me Frussisn system How the troops


are Handled in the Field.


IGsn. Hssm,ey In Nineteenth Century.l


lhe Russisns are copying Prussian
tactics in their main fsaturesof company
coiumns and an extended firing line.
Iheir fighting formation is a line of
groups of skirmishers, four men in each
gr0np, with supports and reserves and
such a line may be extended till the
groups reach the limit of forty PAGES
apart, or closed to not less than six PAGES
apart; and the parts of such line need
not be uniform, but so varied as to adapt
the troops to the features of the ground.
This skirmish line is always followed by
part Of the same company (unless the
whole company is extended) as support.
When the whole company is extended,
other companies of the same battalion
form the supports. In attacking, few
skirmishers are extended at first, which
Ars gradually reinforesa 10 requisite
strength during the advance. The sup
ports follow in companies either entire or
broken, according to the extent of the
line or the nature of the ground. The
instructions for the Russisnsfield maneu-
yers are fairly level with the military
science of the time, and they grapple
sensibly with the most important pro
blem of minor tactics offered in these
DAYS, namely, how to form troops for the
attack of an enemy in position. Defens'
is comparatively easy there is, ofcourse
plenty of scope for judgment in placing
troops to defend ground, but it is no
difficult to do this fairly well, and ever
troops with small training and littl,
power of maneuvering may be formida
bic on the defensive. But for a success
full attack it is necessary not only tina
the arrangement of the troops shall b
good, but that they shall have receives
that thorough training in the art of
well regulated advance under rife FIR
over all sorts of ground which can alon
give them confidence in themselves ant
in each other. Now, from all that ha
been related of the Russian attacks il
practice, as at Plevna, it would appea
that, however good their theory of in
struction, officers and men have been ia
too spsriDgly exercised in this most es
genital particular.
Year: 1878

The woman who gushes over the poor
but nice young man who has been landed
in iail for murder or something, doesn't
dwell together in Chicago. She has
broken out with some severity in San
Francisco, although it is somewhat
humiliating to note that she is throwing
herself away on a common iorger, who
can't, of course, stir up as much real
enthusiasm as a murderer, such as the
gushing woman in Chicago operates upon
But the San Francisco woman may not
be 80 proud, and when young fellow
who had been making a living for seine
time by realizing on forged bank cheeks
was thrown into Jail, the place was
haunted by something like half hun-
dred gushing girls of all ages. Some OF
these women the nice young man bad
robbed and they didn't gush quite as
much as some others he had promised 10
marry, in fact he had ageed 10 inarry
| nearly all of them, and there were still
Others who had come fully determined
to marry him in Jail. This multitude
oigushing women is going in and out o
the prison all day long, bearing sweet
meats and books and cigars and kisses t.
this good young man. When we contem
plate that he is only second-class kin'
of criminal, after all, he having commit
ted but twenty-seven forgies, there is


suspicion that the California woman
gushing too much and without suficien
cause. She is wasting herself to such a
extent that if pirate or murderer or


dashing train robber ever got into jail !
San Francisco--small probability --sh
would have no resources of gush to Ia
back upon. Theirs would then be enothin
but Chicago to draw upon.--G Pbitsde
phia Times.
Year: 1878

TIE intellect can never solve the prob
lem o pain; only love can do it. We
know that "All things work together
or good to them that love God" is the
utterance, not of a clear comprehension
of a consistent theory of the universe,
but of love that by faith knows the
divine love. The household interprets
life as the father interprets God.


For we do precisely the came thing in
little which God is doing IN the great.
In the family we deliberately put our
children to pain as a means of impress
ing on their minds ideas that it is indis-
pensable for them to know, as means
of bringing them to patience and cour-
age, of curing in them morbid tenden-
cies to which they are addicted. We
subject our children to small bu real
pains; we are sorry that they cry; ye
we look with comparative composure
upon the suffering of the child, because
we see the end, and know that the
trouble will be transient, and that final
Iy it will work out Z" a far more exceed
ing and eternal weight of glory"


While, then, we, looking at the bottom
of the cloud in our short lives, see
simply thst sorrow is checking our tenn
porary joy here, God, looking at it from
the eternal horizon, sees that it is u
produce eternal joy in Heaven. Wha
to us is misery is to God preparation
What to us seems to be the extinguish
ment of hope is to Him the foundation
of an everlasting experience of happiness
Therefore except as the parent symPa
thizss with child in an unnecessar,
fright, and waits for 1t to come out OF II
God cannot feel about the reign Ct miser


in this world as we do; for He sees tina
it is marching on TO great triumph


All the forces of the universe will ye
come into harmony The march OF tn
Year: 1878

hurried across the space between the
building and the house, and stole softly
in at the basement door, in pursuance of
my plan to drop the basket and run.


In my rubber shoes my steps were
noiseless, and had scarcely passed the
threshold when Istood rooted to the floor
in terrihle amazement
Year: 1878

day, and they are ready for a strike or
for any amount of grumbling about
bloated presidents and directors.


''The freedom with which these men
spend money makes certain kinds of
business lively, to be sure; but they
are not, after all, as good citizens as the
thrifty German, for instance, who lives
within his means and saves up his
money to buy a hit of land when the
opportunity Offers, and who, when the
hard times strike him in any form, has
something to bridge over with +; and
not left destitute.


care these railroad laborers' children
any healthier and happier and better
for being dressed like the children of
wealthy and professional men? Their
embroidered silk stockings, kid slip
pers, white dresses and ribbon sashes
will not help them one step toward
being useful men and women, while it
gives them wrong ideas as to the i'm
portance of dress. But If the money
spent for this f1ummery could be saved
to,help defray the expenses of their ed
ucation, they would be assisted to the
advanced position in life for which they
are striving.


"All of this aping the ways of the
rich deceives no one, makes the life of
the laboIing man harder to be borne,
and is utterly ridiculous. l am labor
ing man myself. My sympathies are all
with that class, and | want to do some
thing to help them. have had a steady
job for fifteen years and have been mar
ried twelve. l live in my OlUn house /;
have six children. | have never kept
fast horse, or bird dog and sport
ing gun, or had 'nObby' suit every
season. My wife has never worn a silk
velvet cloak or Paisley shawl, and our
children have not been ruffled and fur
beloved until they looked like fashion
plates and as rule we have not lived
on mutton chops and sirloin steak. But
we have dressed plainly, neatly, COM
fortably, and well enough so as not to
be III any way noticeable at church,
where we have made point of going
every Sunday. Our living has been
plain, wholesome food, with good bread
and butter, and plenty of fruit.


ANY laboring man, by taking such
position and maintaining it, may build
up home for himself for his old age,
and at the same time, with his family,
he more thoroughly respected than
those men who live showily and spend
every cent as they go. But, l declare.
here's the Chestnut-street crossing; Pm
glad to have met you. G0Odby to
you" And my stanch, handsome, in
telligent mechanic went in one direc-
ton, my practical, sensible little woman
in another, and | sat down in the wait
ing room at the station to note down
their conversation for the benefit of
such readers of the Transcript as it may
cOncern.-MrS. Annie A. Preston, IN
Boston Transcript.
Year: 1878

dry clothes, and returned to the shore
to direct the efforts made to recover
their unfortunate companion. Accord
ingly, the neighbOrs were startled from
their afternoon quiet by the sight of
Frank, few wet garments clinging to
him, running at full speed toward home.
There, of course, he was received with
great surprise, and his story heard with
EXPLANATIONS of deep sympathy and
thanksgiving, while grandmother and
mother rubbed him, brought dry
clothes and hot drinks, and finally put
him to bed among soft blankets, where,
tired out, he soon fell asleep. His
mother watched him for short time
as he lay warm and rosy, his yellow
hair curled by the dampness into hun
dreds of little ringlets upon his dear
head, safe upon the pillow at home, in
stead of on the seaweed under the
waves then, reluctant to leave him,
she went fourth upon her sad errand OF
sympathy to poor Mrs. Smith and the
two widows, each with a baby upon
her lap, wept together. In day Or
two Frank was quite well. Of course
he was a hero among his playmates,
and, indeed, in all the village; but he
bore his honors modestly, pleased that
the boys never again called him by the
old insulting names.


And is this all =? No; his Mother
keeps precious treasure, shining out
from bed of satin in it's case, a silver
medal, awarded by the Massachusetts
Humane Society to Frank p, fol
courage and perseverance in saving
life. She showed it to me last summer
and as looked into her face, with its
habitual look of sadness, but glowing
then with pride in her good boy, felt
that | should like to add to the super
scriptiOn, after the name so deservedly
honored, these words: ga Mothers
Boy"
Year: 1878

They say, if our beloved dead


Should seek the old, familiar place,
Some stranger would be there instead,
And they would find no welcoming face.
I cannot tell how it might be


In other homes but this know,
Could my lost darling come to me,
That she would never find it so.
Twelve times the flowers have come and gone
Twelve times the winter winds have blown,
The while her peaceful rest went on;
And have learned to live alone.
Have slowly learned from day to day,
In all life's tasks to bear my part;
But whether grave or whether gay,
hide her memory in my heart.
And if my darling comes to share
My pleasant fireside warm and bright,
She still will find her empty chair
Where it has waited day and night.
Fond, faithful love has blest my way,
And friends are round me, true and tried,
They have their places hers to-day
Is empty the day she died.
How would spring with bated breath,
And joy too deep for word or sign,
To take my darling home from death,
And once again to call her mine.
i dare not dream the blisstul dream,
1t fills my heart with wild unrest;
Where yonder cold white marbles CLEAN,
She still must slumber; God knows best.
But this know, that those who say
Our best beloved would find no place,
Have never hungered, every day,


Through years and years, for one dear face


"A. e. S. in AdUance.
Year: 1878

A very proper attempt is to be made
to secure from Congress IL pension for
Ida Lewis, the heroine of the light
house in Newport harbor. She still
lives in the lighthouse, keeping the
light herself, but is in delicate health,
having never recovered from the ex
posure and nervous shock attendant
upon her efforts to save drowning men.
She has been i'll the government employ
all her life, having in reality cared for
the light long before her fathers death
ten years ago, though he drew the pay,
and it is only right that such service
and bravery as the American Grace
Darliug's should have some public
recognition.
Year: 1878

ing, and God over all blessing it. Then
there is hope. Begin your household life,
begin your welded life, with a firm hold
upon God and purity and heaven, and
there is hope for you otherwise, sad is
your fate !"-Christian Union.
Year: 1878

V The Shorter Financial Catechism,
prepared for infants in Western schools
What is gOld-bug? A gOld-bug is Il
man who believes in keeping the faith
of the government inviolate. What is
blOated bOndholder? A blOated bond
holder is a man who has loaned west
ern or southern State hundred cents
and now cannot get fifty. What is a
Wall street shark A Wall street shark
is man who refuses to lend money
without security. What is a money
king? A money king is a man who re-
fuses to lend one hundred cents upon a
promise to pay ninety-two cents. What
ought to be done with the gold-bugs,
bloated bondhOlders, Wall street sharks
and money kings? They ought to be
deprived of their property by legisla-
tiOn and driven to the pOOr-house. How
can this he done? No sure way has yet
been suggested, but the Bland silver
bill is believed to be the most effective
scheme that can be adopted.
deLphia North american.
Year: 1878

n | once asked deaf and dumb
boy, "What is truth 2" He replied by
thrusting his finger forward in straight
line. then asked him, "What is false
hoodP" when he made a zigzag with
his finger. Try to remember this; LET
whoever will take zigzag path, go you
on in your course as straight as an ar
row to its mark, and shrink back from
falsehOOd as you would from "a veno-
nous viper.
Year: 1878

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION Tor
Sheriff and Coroner took place on Sat
urday 1t was one of the most orderly
and yet warmly contested nominational
electio ons that has ever been held. The
vote polled was large one as was ex-
pected. The great number of candidates
could not fail to produce numerous
vote. At the start it was impossible to
tell who would be successful, and very
few were willing to predict IN advance
who the Sheriffality would fall upon. As
will be seen by the tables elsewhere, Mr'
JOHN PYLE, of Christiana Hundred, has
the good fortune to secure the prize
His vote entities him to the Sheriffality,
and that to Mr.. Jacob ButZ gives the lat
ter tile Coronership.


Mr. PYLE is substantial citizen. He
has long been co-laborer in the cause of
his party, and we do not remember that
he has ever held an office. He is native
of our State where his forefathers have
lived for over a century. He is man OF
integrity, firm, manly, but quiet in his
I1OhOldblci III hii hio
and in finances prompt; paying for
everything as he goes, and always living
strictly within his means. We can com
mend him heartily to the support of the
whole people; and do not believe the
party ever gave us a candidate whom we
could support more freely.


Mr.. BUTz is one of our own citizens
He is known all over the county as a
segar manufacturer, and the large vote
he has secured entities him to the entire
support of the party, which never ap-
peared stronger than it does now. And
unless some measures are adopted ad
verse to economy in the public affairs il
is likely to remain strong.


The vote given to the other candidates
was very complimentary to them, and
shows that each one had many warm
friends of whose friendship they may
well feel proud
Year: 1878

HUNDREDS of Democratic working
men, who only have work because we
have protective tariff, are at the Demo.
cratic nomination election this afteI noon,
voting with the party that would abolish
the tariff and close every manufactory in
the city, and thereby throw themselves
out of employment What gross lncon-
sistency. There may be cases where it
NAV he the interest of working men to
be in favor of free ade, but such cases
are not found in the manufactures of
wilmington,-RepubltcGl.


The white people without an exception
know the above is not true. They all
know that the Democrats in Congress lie
not favor "free trade" Woods tariff
bill was never perfected. But it only


proposed to reduce the tariff and thus re
duce the tax upon the people. If iror
was as cheap in this country as in Eu
rope, many more iron ships would be
built and if steel rails were as low more
railroads would be built, and more labor
employed. If the tariff was reduced the
! whole country would be filed with Labor


and employment would repay labor as i


did in 1916 after the tariff was reduced


The very fact that there is no work to dc


under this ruiDous protective tariff" Is
proof that it is injurious to all the in


terests of the country, and destructive t'
agricultural advancement. In year oi
two more grain will not pay for tn,
planting. Reduce the tariff and com
merce and manufactures will flourish.
Year: 1878

ROCKWELL, one vi The notorious Nor
mon Danities, has died in Salt Lake
City. He Was under Indictment for
participation in the murder of the Akin
immigrants In 1857. There is a suspicion
that he was foully dealt with by some
of his old associates in crime who fear
ed a confession on his part.
Year: 1878

WE DON'T want an army to fight the
people. The mechanics and Iaboring
men are capable of taking care of the
communists without the aid of large
army, and they don't wish to be taxed
10 Keep one up. The Democrats in the
House know this. If professional men
and manufacturers combine to keep up
their wages the mechanics have the
same right to do so. One class of men is
as necessary to the existence of the re-
puphc as the other. No Americanshould
ueslre to see the people of this country
iii"oe the subjects of old aristocrats like
ohefinan' whose greatest glory arises
from havlhg robbed the hen roosts and
CABINS OF the poor on his march to the
sea.
Year: 1878

Mr.. BUTLER, sometimes called Ben by
way of endearment, takes the ground
that House investigating committee is a
grand high inquest and national grand
jury and that no man, be he Senator or
book-peddler, can escape its summons to
step up and testify. Once more we find
ourselves in the same line with Mr.. But
ler.=BaLtimoee Gazette.
Year: 1878

The Republican is hard to please. We
tion several times and don't remember
TO have ever succeeded more than once
or twice, and only on one occasion to
have fully secured its aid, and that was
on the silver question. 1t did come up to
the aid of that bill after it had passed
both houses by majority that made a
veto of DO avail. But it seems to have
forgotten that the GAZETTE did take
open ground then against the course of
Gen. Lamar, Gen. Ben. Hill, and several
Texans too on the army bill who had
been noted men in the Confederate ar
mics. Yet that paper gives us no credit
for this; and now has so little regard for
truth as to say of the GAZETTE,


'It never has word to say against a
man that ever wore rebel epaulets, swung
rebel sword or fired rebel gun. jeff
Davis always was and is to-day its idea
man of integrity uprightness and honor.


The GAZETTE does not ''strike maj
when he is down" If jeff. Davis were il
the Senate, and were TO vote for and ad
y0cate measures detrimental to the in
terests of American citizens he woul
very soon find the GAZETTE did nc
agree with him. 1t does seem strang
however to see the Republican extol
him as it does in the above. We do no
know where it got its information from
Surely We have not referred to Mr.. Davi
II such terms, nor is the language strictl
accurate. 1t would have appeared NOR
accurate if the Repubiicdn had said il
all the South, 'Jef Davis was and is tC
day its ideal man Of integrity, upright
Iess and honor


That is so true as to be worthy Of r,
Ihark as a matter Of history. While til
poor, fallen prosecuted and unfortunai
chieftain, has no voice in his country;


Vanished from its political arena forev,
and has had nothing to live on but I'll
charity of friends and the little he ca
earn in his old age, he is the admir-
tion of the whole people of the south. 1
not charged with the companionsh
ofgamblers or whiskey ring thieves,


being interested in any frauds whateye
He is only Jefferson Davis the emine
churchman whose honor andpuritymig
well serve to illuminate the slippery pa
way Of innlmerable northern statesmen
they would only followin his foot prin
Year: 1878

No man ,corthy the office Of President
should be ,oilling TO hold ii If counted in or
placed there by any fraud. Either party
can afford to be disappointed in the result,
but the country cannot afford to have the re-
suit tainted by the suspicion of illegal or
false returns.-PREsIDENT GRANT.
Year: 1878

IN THE ONO STATE CONVENTION
'pis week the chief question will be
whether the administration shall he
lndorsed or not. The curious thing
about the administration is that i,s
olhceholders are its bitterest enemies.