smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Mr.. Fawcett, NJ. p, in a speech
recently delivered before his con-


stituents at Shoreditch, said: "Of
all the foolish things the present


Government had done, and there


were many, the most foolish was


to change the time e-honored title


OF our sovereign and to give the
Indian people a sovereign with a
name which we repudiated here.


He regarded with great misgiving
what was done at Delhi last week.
Never before did we attempt to
exhibit Western civilization to
the people of India by entering
with them upon a rivalry of bar
barrie splendor and meretricious
glitter. Depend upon it that any
thing We might attempt in that
direction would only impress
them with a feeling of their own
superiority. Never, moreover,
was any ceremonial performed at
so unpropitious a time. They
might get details of all the expen
ses spent in this tomfoolery-f200
spent on a herald's and perhaps
f2,OOO on an elephants trappings
but there was something they
would never know, and that was
the extent to which the native
princes would be encouraged to
enter into a revelry of wasteful
extravaganza, and its effects upon
the people under their rule.
While tins expenditure was going
ON at Delhi, in two of the great
est provinces of India hundreds
and thousands of people were
suffering all the horrors of famine,
and in another part of India 250,-
600 people in a single hour were
drowned in their beds, while 5OO,-
600 had their houses DESTROYED
and everything they possessed
swept away. This was surely not
the time when England should
have sanctioned a costly and use
less extravaganza.
Year: 1877

All through the campaign Gov
ernor Hayes has lived as in the
midst of "the fierce white light
that beats upon a throne" and no
man seeing him has doubted his
absolute integrity, or his freedom
from anything that savored OF
dishonesty or unfairness. And,
in these bitter days, when the Sc
crets of the great campaign are
being relentlessly and freely ex-
posed, when every telegraph of
fee in the land has been ralled
and scraped for compromising
dispatches, when the most init,
mate friends and advisers of the
candidates have been put on the
rack of cross examination, abso-
lutely not a single tact, not one,
has been brought to light that
could, by the most bigoted parti-
san, be wrenched and tortured in
to the appearance Of a reflection
against the man whom we be-
lieve to be President elect. If
the attitude Of Governor Hayes,
during the campaign and since,
does not bring him the admira-
ton of the people, without dis
tinction Of party, for his spotless
character and the whiteness Of
his life, integrity has ceased to be
esteemed and honor and honesty
respected. IT,"
Year: 1877

II you marry, said a Roman
consul to his son, letit be TO a
woman who has judgement
enough to superintend the get
ting of a meal of yictuals, taste
enough to dress herself, pride
enough to wash before breakfast,
and sense to hold her tongue
when she has nothing to say.
Year: 1877

Alas! so much for prosperity!
They say it has converted the
once thrifty and penurious Gov.
Blue Jeans into an arrant spend
thrift. He thinks nothing now of
sending out for aquarter's worth
Of doughnuts and u half gallon Of
cider when friend calls at the
Executive Mansion.
Year: 1877

The good people among the hills of Morris county, N. J., have found excite ment in the case of young girl said to be grievously vexed of the devil" and whose condition is as unacceuntable as it is deplorabe. The girl, according to the Worlds informant, is daughter of Elijah Nichols, blacksmith of the Glen don iron company at Hurdtown. She predicted evil against her fifteenth birth- day, which befell on the 18th of October last, and since that date she has been bed-ridden and paralyzed. At times there appear under the ceunterpane of her bed presence as a rat, rabbit or cat swiftly moving from place to place :; and eluding detection. In vain is the bed stripped, or the patient removed to another place; the "presence" is only powerless to act when the mother sleeps with the child. The physicians no less than the clergy, and the common folk Of all the country side are baffled. Crowds come daily to see the mystery. On one recent occasion the mayor of Dover held his stiff hat above the presence" the hat received blow that crushed it. Violent blows have been given to the naHu. tO CdIc, duu bo oouOi opJOOUo hOiu out over the place where the presence" was, and, needless to say attempts to grab the presence" have failed. All the while the girl lies moaning as if in terror or pain, and her position in the bed would be plainly such as to show that the mysterious movements were not caused by her. The girl has been known to abstain from all food for the space of fifteen days, and for some weeks past she has only received little milk daily, yet her face is fair, and when the visitation is not nigh her sleep is apparently health. full. Her parents are plain and honest people. who view this as an affliction not to be turned to account for notoriety or money. The neighbors, unable to account for it in any other way, have solemnly decreed witchcraft against an old woman living among them, and charms are in active demand.--Cor. of the Mew York TorId
Year: 1877

CNCNNATI DOLLAR WEEKIY CON-
MERCIAL.-We call attention to the
announcement of this paper IN our
advertising columns. The CONNER
ciaI is too well known to need recon-
mendation. For editorial ability, en-
terprise in obtaining the latest news,
varied and entertaining miscellany,
accurate and full market reports, and
generally sound political views, it
has no superior in the West. tits a
warm supporter of President Hayes
Southern and civil service policy,
and of the silver "dollar Of the dad
dies" When a large city paper like
the Commercial can be had for one
dollar a year, there is no reason why
every farmer in cur county should
not have one. You can afford to
take your county paper and a city
paper also, when you can get both
for but little more than one former,
" cost you.
Year: 1877

IrOnton Register: Portsmouth
wants to be a port for the delivery Of
foreign merchandise. It also wants
a District Court. How a couple lit
tie railroads to expand the ambition
Of a town Lets wait to see how
they come up on the subscriptions
to Chaps road.
Year: 1877

The news from Europe comes
more and more favorable to the
holders of wheat in this country.
Hitherto it has been conceded that
there was a good crop in France and
an extraordinary crop in Southern
Russia. But official returns of the
threshing in France show a yield Of
three kilogrammes to the hectolitre
below the average, and France is al
ready turning her attention to the
United States to supply the large
deficiency which she will have to
import. Latest Berlin advices state
that the Russian grain harvest is
Disappointing both in quantity and
quality. The wet weather in August
and the scarcity of laborers are as
signed as the causes of the small and
poor yield. So far, an abundant
yield is found nowhere in Europe
save in Austria and Hungary, and
nothing is more certain than that
there will be a good market abroad
for every bushel our country has to
spare.
Year: 1877

Hamilton Telegraph: This is the
second time in twenty years that the
Democrats have been in favor of OBJ
serving Thanksgiving Day. They
will give thanks for a Democratic
victory when they hesitate to give
thanks for their daily bread. o
Democracy, Democracy! What a
eOnglomeration of frailties thou art!
Year: 1877

The gold used by the jewellers is al
ways allOyed with certain proportions
of pure silver and the finest copper, ac-
cording to the quality desired. The
ieweller melts his metals in a crucible
land casts them nto ingots about two
inches broad, three inches long, and
One-eighth of an inch thick. The in
gots are reduced to any degree of thin
ness by being passed between steel
rollers. The sheets or plates of metal
thus produced are intrusted to work
man, who guided by drawings or
models, clips out the pieces required for
the various articles to be made. The
pieces are given, along with the de-
signs, to other worSmen, who put them
together. These men are seated at
large tables round the sides of which
are series of semicircular recesses
being occupied by a workman. After
the pieces are brought to the exact size
required, they are sOldered together by
means of blow pipe. Articles of an
ornate character, such as brooches and
bracelets covered with designs in fill
gree work or inlaid with pebbles, re-
quire great nicely Of manipulation, and
the number Of parts which 90 to COM
pose some of them is immense. Pc b.
bic bracelets of finely worked geo
metriCal pattern are made in which
there are no fewer than 100 pieces of
stone. In making an article which is
to be inlaid with pebbles, the jeweller
forms back or foundation, to which a
plate pierced with apertures for the
pebbles is fixed, a convenient space
being left between the two plates. At
this stage the work is passed to the
lapidary, who cuts and fixes the peb-
bles. The stones are first cut with a
revolving disk of iron charged with
diamond dust and oil and roughly
shaped with pair of pinCers. Each
piece is then taken in succession and
attached to a 'cement stick"-a small
piece of wood with a quantity of strong
cement on one end. Held in that way
the stone is grOlmd to the required
shape on revolving disk of lead
charged with emery and water. When
all the pieces are brought to the shape
of the apertures designed for them
they are set in shellac. The outer sur
face has up to this time been left rough
but after the cement has hardened the
lapidary takes the brooch in his hand
and manipulates it on the grinding disk
until the stone is reduced to the level of
the metal which surrounds it, The
surface is next polished on a disk of
tin charged with rotten stone and water
and the brooch is returned to the jew
eller Usually p0bble brooches
have in the centre "cairngorm," or
what is supposed to be one. The cairn-
germs are not "set" until the work on
the other part of the brooch is all but
completed. The exposed surface Of
metal on the face of the brooch is usu-
ally relieved by engraved scroll-work.
Enamelled jewelry has recently come
into fashion to some extent, and fine
specimens have been produced, the
Runic patterns especially being very
pretty .-LOadon Trdde Journal.
Year: 1877

The most wonderful palace car that
was ever built is this orb on which we
live. Large enough TO hold the human
family, its resources are, with proper
care and effort on the part the passen-
gers, sufficient to sustain them all COM
lortably, with great deal to spare. 1t
supplies its own fuel and makes its own
time. Its speed is about 6S, 900 miles
per hour, yet so accurately does itmove
that those who have we'll studied its
movements can tell fraction in what
part of its airline track 1t will be on
any future day. With good field glasses,
other palace cars, equal in beauty and
grandeur to this, can easily be seen fly
ing along the high ways Of space, yet
none of these are ever known to come
in collision. UncOnsciously, to the pas
sengers, gravitation tends greatly to
keep the passengers in their places; but
,oho or lobdt controls gravitation? This
magnificent palace car has the heavens
for its roof, Vesuvius and Etna for
its chimneys, seas and oceans for its
water-tanks, natural scenery sufficient
to charm the eye and feast the soul
with combinations of beauty and sublim-
ity. The only depot or stopping-place
is at the gates of Death, where all must
leave, whether pleased witS the journey
or not. Thus we are sw iftly borne on
from birth to death on this wonderful
line of travel, and at the terminus com.
missloned authorities of a higher order
are expected to receive and conduct US
all to higher destiny and better life
than this.
Year: 1877

Many days passed before the recollec-
ton Of that night faded from Brides
memory-many days before she could
bear to be left alone in the evening
without a chill creeping over her. But
still she is happy now, for Glide is by
her side to protect her, and he laugh
ingly asserts it was that night of terror
that gained for him his precious little
wife
Year: 1877

you, 70 remain here. If you are will
ing to confer favor upon rne, remain
here tonight al least"


Searching for u, What DO you
mean:'


You will learn one day. lowe ycu
all l possess


She sat back. seemingly petrifed with
astonishment


who are you? l never met you.
You owe me nothing


Will you remain here:"


Yes, if you need US"


After a time, the noble looking wo-
man sat in comfortable chair near the
CRATE. her lovely daughter at her feet;
and Ralph Bertram brought forth the
sketch, and told the story.


"And you are the great painter,
RAJ ph Ber'ram:" asked Agnes


II am Ralph Bertrsm." he answered
smiliDgly


And the great picture Of which we
have read, was only poor mamma and l
sitting upon the bank Of that beautiful
river IN the country where we visited
last summer. How strange"


Anges La Grange was happy and con-
tented in the splendid room; and with
her hand resting in her mothers lap,
heard her tell the story of her fathers
death their flight from their beautiful
home in France, of their struggles and
hardships, and their utter loneliness
and smiled when Ralph Bertram gave
his friendship.


The Art Gallery WAS crowded, and all
the fashion of London was out and
promenading up and down the grand
saloon, and passing before Ralph Ber.
trans picture to admire and comment.


All at once there was buzz. and the
crowd parted on either side. Down the
opening came Bertram with lady lean
ing on either arm. and as he passed a
murmur went round.


THE faces in his picture. How beau
tiful! How perfect"


lph was never happier or prouder
than when be stood with his fair COM
paniOns and heard there their words of
praise, and when Agnes whispered:
1T is grand, Ralph, and l am proud
of you"


My darling your praise is worth
more than all else to me-" he answerei 4;
and he pressed her hand tenderly. and
looked into the dark eyes. worshiping
her glorious beauty with all his heart


Once more the world gathered to
envy anc admire. when the handsome
artist and his love stood before the altar
in a fashionable church. and were made
one.


The great picture brought him for
tune; and the originals brought him
comfort and peace.
Year: 1877

The Junction and Breakwater Railroad
Company is again reyiving the agitation OF
building the proposed railroad from Lewes
to the Rehoboch camp meeting grounds.
Application has been made to the Camp
Meeting Association to Aid In the work and
President Bright is about to call the stock
holders together to consider the question:
Smyrna Times, rr- s--rr,-
Year: 1877

A Nashville bank robbet burrowed under
the street for five days, and at length came
up in the coal vault of beer saloon three
doors away from the bank, and was bitten
in eleven places by the most uncompromis !.
ing dog he ever tried 10 conciliale. The
next time he tries any mining operation he
will take Il practical engineer along. gg
Year: 1877

over to the Democracy. Nevertheless,
half doubling whether he was awake,
he picked up the Press and found, in
running over half dozen issues, that
the half had not been told. "It's Rip
Van Winkle outdone!" he muttered,
as he sadly left the reading room, and
with determined tread went down to
Seventh and. Chestnut to hear the
truth from lips which are never faith
less to party.
Year: 1877

AN UNFORTUNATE Loss.-On the day
that the fire occurred in which the house
on the farm of the late Edward Downey,
and occupied by George Rust, was des-
troyed, Mr.. Rust was so unfortunate as
to loose two hundred dollars in money.
During the day he had been to New Cas-
tie and drew the above amount from the
bank, and upon arriving at home he de-
posted it in bureau drawer for safe
keeping. When the house was discover =
ed to be on fire some of the members OF
the family rushed for the bureau and sue
ceeded in saving all the drawers with the
exception of the one that contained the
money. They were under the impression
that they had saved the one in which the
money was deposited, but after the & ex-
citement had subsidized, and when 1t was
too late the discovery was made that the
money had been destroyed by the flames.
Year: 1877

The Street Committee of Council have
decided TO have all the streets in the city
thoroughly cleansed and for that purpose
Street Commissioner McCloskey, thi:
morning employed 45 men, 6 double
and 2 single teams. The Committee are
determined that all the streets shall be
in good condition before the summer
season commences.


Their determination is very wise one
as some of the streets have remained SC
long without being cleansed that they are
at the present time in very filthy con-
dition, and the miasma arising from them
tends to breed disease.
Year: 1877

PE RS oNAL.-Mr. Alexander Hirst,
formerly of this city, and member OF
the Water Witch Fire Co., but for some
time past residing at Reading, Pals now
on visit to his friends in this city. He
will only remain for two or three days
as he is obliged to return to the factory
where he is employed.
Year: 1877




A lady we'll known in the Third Ward, and
the wife of a prominent manufacturer, has
| been for three years afflicted with paralysis,
which deprived her of the use of her limbs.
In her helpless state she had to be taken bod
lily to and from her chair. Various doctors
were consulted, experiments with electricity
were made, and nothing was left untried that
! would afford relief. But all efforts of the med
ical men were unavailing their visits ceased
unless specially urged to call, and while not
wholly abandoning the case, yet they very
broadly intimated that it was hopeless to ex-
pect any permanent benefit from the physi-
clans skill. So matters stood when the arti-
cles on blue glass appeared in these columns.
Little attention was first given the matter, but
as reiterated statements were made of the
beneficial effects derived from blue-glass
sun-baths, it was deemed of sufficient i'm
portance to give the matter trial. II no
good effects followed, certainly no injury
could result from SO harmless an experiment,
while the theory of the efficacy of blue glass
could be satisfactorily tested. Accordingly
the husband Of the sick lady had the lower
sash of two of the parlor windows glazed
with blue glass in the manner recommended
by Gen. Pleasonton. The parlor fronts south
on Transit street, and in the morning the sun
AAe,Ae OtAS CAlOuS5A l1O 0OulA UluO-SIooo
window. The other side is side window
looking to the west, and along in the after
noon the sunlight pours through the blue
glass window, so that for several hours of
the day the patient can sit and receive the
sunlight. The husband had not particle of
confidence in the blue-gass theory, but cheer
fully acquiesced in the experiment, being
willing to go to any expense or inconvenience
to have his Wifes health restored. About
ten days ago the blue-glass arrangement was
completed, and the next succeeding pleasant
day, when the sun was shining, the expert
ment commenced. The lady was carried to
the parlor and left sitting in her chair, the
other members of the family withdrawing.
In the course of an hour or two the family
was startled by noise in the parlor, fearing
that the lady had fallen from her chair On
entering the parlor, what was their astonish-
ment to find that she had actually risen from
her chair and walked across the floor. Strength
had returned to her limbs, she was able to
move her arms, and Immediately incredulity
in the efficacy of blue glass was banished
from that house. This was the first days ex-
perience, but subsequent experiments only
confirmed the confidence of the household,
and the husband who at first had "pooh-
hooed" the whole thing, is now one of the
firmest believers. II has done great good,
and while cure has not been by any means
effected, yet very good results are looked for.
Year: 1877

Inquiry among landlords and real estate
agents goes to strengthen the conviction that
rents in this city will certainly take another
tumble before the first of May. Much will
depend upon the settlement of the Presiden-
tial question; but that the rates of the great
class of respectable and medium priced
dwellings and stores will decline ten per
cent seems to be almost certain, whichever
way the scales go. Some say that unless
business becomes decidedly improved the re-
duction will amount to nearly 20 per cent
There are great many stores and dwellings,
all over the city begging tenants. From Ca
nal Street to Union Square there are four or
five empty buildings on nearly every block.
Anybody who wants store can lease it for
little more than the amount of taxes. Some
of those stores have been vacant for years,
and few have been tenantless ever since
they were erected. AS for dwellings the ac-
count is about the same For instance there
are two English basement houses near Broad
way, in the neig ghborhood of the Fifth Aven-
lie Hotel, which have been vacant for a year
and half, and there are others in the same
avenue, which could be rented at very low
terms. Up Madison Avenue, in the neigh
borhood of Sxty-frst Street, handsome
brown-stone houses can be had for $1,000 a
year. A house on Broadway, which cost the
owner $4,000, was rented lately for $4,000
year. Many of the houses now billed in
the central part of the city can be had for
a little more than half what they brought
three or four years ago. On the whole, it is
conceded that rents will decline about ten
per cent. for the coming year, although many
of the landlords and agents are doing their
best to ''bulp' the market
Year: 1877

From the Sportsman


In some parts of Belgium attempts have
been made to extirpate the moles from the
soil. At one of the most elegant chsteaux
in that country, surrounded by park adorn-
ed by magnificent lawns, men were employed
to catch and kill the moles. After time
they were killed off and disappeared entirely,
in consequence of which the velvety grass of
the lawns soon witheled. The cause of the
mischief was a small white worm, which had
been kept down by the moles. These little
animals. though troublesome at times, are, as
the above incident proved, very useful on an
estate. The proprietor of the chateaux, af-
ter he had made the discovery, was obliged
to stock his place with new supply of moles,
after which the lawns flourished as formerly.
Year: 1877

Washington Letter to Globe-Democrat]


A greater contrast than Senator Ferry and
Speaker Randall is seldom presented, when
they sat together on the day of the count.
The Speaker stood smiling as May morning.
waiting for the presiding officer of the Senate
to come with the votes, so that his ball might
begin. He came, stiff, sombre, and painfully
conscious of high collar, followed by the
red box containing the returns. As they sat
together the difference of their appearance
was striking. Randall is smooth shaven and
of classical beauty, while Senator Ferry has
q long, brown beard that covers the lower
part of his face, and the general air OF
theological student. He is rich lumber
merchant, Independent of his Senatorship,
and being unmarried has for long time been
in the market. All sorts of rumors have been
prevalent concerning him, and each winter
he is reported as engaged to different young
lady.
Year: 1877

lFrom the Hollister Cal) Telegraph


More suicides in San Francisco. The old
story Of destitution from the impossibility of
procuring employment. When will the vul-
lures and interested knaves of California dis
sending broadcast deceptive inducements to
mechanics and laboring men to flock to this
State by seductive assurances that mo wor-
thy man here need ever lack employment for
a single day." Col. Hollister and his Santa
Barbara Press are culpable in this behalf to a
very large extent, and this in the face of the
fact that he swore before the Congressional
Chinese Commission that there is no industry
in California that can succeed except by the
employment of Chinese labor.