smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

REPORTS from Berlin, regarded us
eminonty trustworthy, represented that
the Emperor William has directed the
dispatch of letter to the Porte protest.
ing so earnestly against the horrible
barbarities practiced by the Turks in
Bulgaria as to suggest the inference that
Germany will not stand quietly by and
permit these atrocities to continue, and
that she is resolved TO resort to some.
thing more solid than protests if the
matter is not attended to.
Year: 1877

A coLoRED woman Edicd in st. Louis
the other day at the advanced age of
11S. A woman of that kind would have
lived till she was 21S had she resided in
any other town than st. Louis.
Year: 1877

SINCE the prohibitory law went into
effect in Maine private liquor clubs
have been springing up rapidly i'll the
cities, There are now at least twcnty-
eight in the city of Bangor, one of them
with membership of sevcnty-fivc, in
cluding some of the most prominent
citizens.
Year: 1877

A company has been formed in the
East to cover with hugs advertise
ments the prominences OF the. West.
III so. there will never agsin be sue b
a golden opportunity for young men


to make money by renting their shirt
Year: 1877

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
or GEORGIA.-I have used Simmons Liver
Regulator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by temporary derangement Of the liver, for
tho last three or four years, and always, when
used according to the directiona with decided
benefit. L think it is good medicine for the
arrangement Of the liyer-st least such has been
my personal experience in the use Of it.


HIRAM WARNER,


Chief Justice Of GEORGIA.
Year: 1877

We have some idea Of the amount OF
water that must pass through Il corn
plant, a wheat plant and cotton plant,
to organize a pound Of each OF these I'M
portant staples; and we regard with
lively interest the waterworks with which
cities are supplied with water AS throw,
ing light on agricultural engineering and
the future supply of fertilizers to the
country. An enormous engineering
work is in progress TO supply Baltimore
with water, the present supply beng
bad in quality and inadequate in guam
tity.


The new source is the Gunpowder river,
nine miles from the city, and the water
is to be brought through tunnel seven
miles long, cut through mountain. This
will be the longest tunnel in America,
circular in shape, and twelve feet in dia-
meter. Five miles OF the distance is
very hard rock, and the drilling is done
by manual labor, power drills being i'm
practicable in such a small space. The
rest Of the way will ba brcked. Fifteen
shafts have been sunk. The cost is esti
mated at S3,OOO,0O0, about 1000 men
are employed, and the tunnel will pro-
badly be completed in three years. The
employees are mainly negroes, who live in
miserable log cabins; and the contractor
says that his greatest difficulty is not of
an engineering kind, but comes from
drunkenness among these men. Liquor
dealers infest the temporary villages with
portable bars, and sell vile whisky 50
cheap that the laborers buy extensively.


Few have any conception what moving
water will do in this country in three
generations from this time. II congress
will do nothing else for agriculture, it
ought at least to establish one institution
to teach agricultural engineering as
thoroughly to 300 pupils as military
science is taught at West Point. We do
not object to the scientific education of
cadets and military officers, but we do
affirm that engineering skill applied to
irrigation will be quite as useful to man
kind as il can be in war. Educated Oili-
GERS often make superior farmers, and
one of the greatest lawyers in the city OF
New York il doing q creditable work by
improving old fields in Virginia. When
shall we learn that knowledge is power?
Year: 1877

Since we now have an active volcano
in the United States, the subtcrrncan
disturbances of our neighbors will begin
to be OF some interest to us. Many Of
the Mexican volcanoes have been silent
ever since the discovery of America, and
Others are on record as having famed
out for the last time shortly after the
Spanish invasion. Among those that
have been the longest quiet WAS the
mountain Ceboruco; but in l61Oit broke
forth after sleep of centuries 1t has
been noticed that earthquakes, formerly
frequent in its vicinity, have not taken
place since its last eruption and there is
Il notion that the vent given by the
volcano has served as relief to pent up
gases and materials that otherwise would
have caused disturbance. If this theory
holds good, California may be saved from
another carth-shaking by the activity af
the yet unnamed volcano in her south
western corner. The eruption is said to
have taken place about sixty miles
north of Yuma. That place always had
a queer reputation. There is a story of
the ghost ola dead soldier being nterro-
gated by the spirit-rapping process rs to
whether his present abode was hot.
eyes" was the reply, cts awful hot;
but it isn't any hotter than Fort Yuma.
-Mpr York Trjbmc
Year: 1877

The Philharmonic Society give another o. their
next, and have favored us with tickets. We thank
them for their remembrance, for it is more than
an ordinary treat to attend Que of their concerts
Organized for the purpose of cultivatipp and an.
couraglng the culture Of he best music. and
hence striving to elevate our standard in that
branch OF esthetics, they deserve to have all thu
encouragement that q liberal and highly cult
vated community like ours can bestow.


They have not failed either in receiving this.
or in giving, under the leadership OF Professor
Groenvelt full return to their patrons, in their
private and public rehesrsals OF the very beet
musical works known. As the programme for
Wednesday night is an exceptionally fine one, we
expect to see full house. who will return to their
homes fully convinced of the usefulness and suc-
cess of this society.
Year: 1877

The THIRD STATIoN-HoUsB.-The order
of the Board Of Police Commissioners made
Wednesday evening requires the Chief of
Police to have apartments arranged at the
three station-houses so that one fourth OF
the men OF each district may sleep at their
respective station-houses. At the Third
station there is no room which can bespared
for such purpose unless the firemen are
made to give up their sleeping apartment
and are provided with another. The build
inc is very small and much out Of repair,
and il is doubtful il further expenditure
of money on it would be wise economy.
Year: 1877

SECOND CONCERT AT SENGER HALL.-The
second concert at the Sanger Hall Garden,
on Seventh street between Broad and Mar
shall streets, will take place tonight. Regu-
lar concerts will take place there hereafter
every Friday night at o'clock.
Year: 1877

| mi ght have suggested other than the
foregoing retrencbments. Several occur to
me which might be made with decided
benefit both to public and to private inter-
ests. But have had constant reference to
Year: 1877

PRoFIrs on PArEATs.-The sudden
drop in prices on the expiration of
sewing machine patents suggests a
question as 10 the wisdom of 80 reYis
ing our patent laws as 10 place some
limit 10 the profits of pan,en;ees on
articles entering into general use. 1t
is claimed, on one hand, that an in,
venror should he at liberty to make al
the profit he cab from the product OF
his brain and hand As an abstract
proposition, this will not be disputed;
but abstract propositions exist only on
paper and 10 schools. When the rules
that govern them are applied to actual
life, they are subject to many modifi
cations, Let us take the inventor OF
the sewing machine, for instance. He
fashions piece of labor saving
machinery, and asks to be secured by
law for any profit be may choose 10
Tx upon MS invention. But he should
remember that before he made his
machine the work he taught it to per-
form was done by human hands; a
great industry was sustained which
kept the breath of lite in millions oi
human beings. When the labor saw
ing machinery appears, all this indus
try is paralyzed. Every sewing woman
must have a machine, or she canno,
compete with those who have. Does
1t not seem, therefore, that this sewing
woman, who is thrown suddenly be
hind the age she lives in. should have
something 10 say about the price
charged for the instrument which re
stores her former equality with her
fellow workwomen At all events
the question is worth the careful con-
sideration of Legislators.
Year: 1877

BILLolR, the notorious murderer,
was recently executed in Paris. The
condemned man had on ' five minu-
tes' notice of bis death He knew that
he had teen tried, found guilty, and
condemned to- death, but there his
knowledge ceased. He knew neither
the day nor the hour in the day nam
cd for bis execution. One morning he
was awakened by the tramp of men in
his Gel! and the glare Of lantern on
his eyes. lie knew what all this
meant. A priest presented himself as
the doomed man arose, and hastily
went through the forms which the
church prescribes, then stood aside
while the head was prepared for the
knife. Then the man was hurried into
q yard, bound to a plank, bis hands
tied, ard second later his head was
in the basket.
Year: 1877

CUsToM HOUSE INvEsTIGATIoN.-The
old civil service system is OH its trial
in the New Yo:k Custom House in
vesligation, and SO far all the evidence
elected has but confirmed the general
belief in its rot;enness and incom
potency. 1t must be realized that
the testimony adduced is by no means
as frank and Tree as if impartial wit
nesses were being examined. In a
certain sense the men who have been
put on the witness stand are compeIl-
ed, in telling the exact truth, to erin
mate themselves. They have been
running the Custom House as a
political machine, and they are asked
10 give proof Of the evil effects they
have produced. Under The circum
stances the inqury is a pursui; OF
knowledge in The face of great diff
culties, ami therefore when it is found
that despite the natural reluctance OF
the more important witnesses all the
developments bear ont the original
suspicious, it must he conceded tnal
tie case is established as against the
old system. It has been shown that
the New York Custom House has
been a sort of house of refuge for de
cayed politicians from all parts OF the
country. Congressman have foisted
their hencbmen upon it, and it has
been necessary to accept them with
ont any qualifications. The clerical
force employed has been double or
treble what was required, while those
engaged have spent their time in pro.
noting ward politics instead of at,
tending to their official duties
Throughout the institution, in short
there has been an almost utter disre-
gard for the demands Of the public
service, and sacriGce Of all other &c
political considerations.
Year: 1877

SULPHUR FOR SCARLET FEVER DIR.
Henry Pigeon writes to the London
Lancet as follows:


1.-THE marvellous success which has
attended nay treatment of scarlet fever
by sulphur induces me to let my medi-
cal brethren know of my plan, so
that they may be allowed to apply
the same remedy without delay. All
the cases in which 1 used it were well
marked, and the epidermis on the arms
in each case came away like the skin of
snake. The:.following was the exact
treatment in each case: Thoroughly
anOint the patient twice daily with sui
phur ointment; give five or ten grains
of sulphur in little jam three times a
day. Sufficient sulphur was burned
twice daily ION Goals on shovel, to fill
the rooms with the fumes, and, of course,
was thoroughly inhaled by the patient.
Under this mode of treatment each case
improved Immediately, and none were
over eight days in making q complete
recovery, and l firmly believe in each
it was prevented from spreading by the
treatment adopted. One case was in a
large school. Having had large expe-
rience in scarlet fever last year and this,
feel some confidence in my own judg-
ment, and am of opinion that the very
mildest cases ever saw do not do half
so well as bad cases do by the sulphur
treatment, and as far as I can Judge,
sulphur is as near a specific for scarlet
fever as possible"
Year: 1877

CHASTITY HISTORICAL REMINISCENT
CES.-There is curious decree of Louis
XIV, dated 1870, which ordained that
the body of a suicide should be tied to a
carts tail so that the head should be
jolted as it was dragged over a stony
road. 1t was then hanged, feet upper
most, and cast into a common ditch
The goods of a suicide were also seques-
trated by this law, as those of felon,
but curator was named who would
exculpate him on furnishing proofs
either that he was of unsound mind or
that his death had been really occasioned
by third persona plea which gave a
large margin to the defence. A strange
practice existed Of placing the suicides
body astride upon a wooden horse du-
ring the legal proceedings, and if they
were likely to be protracted by the ne
cessity of producing evidence from dis
tant places, the corpse was picked with
salt to prevent decomposition, and must
have looked a most gruesome object
The usages of the middle ages had been
still more abominable, for st. Augustine
and the Fathers of the Church had pro-
nounced suicide to be worse than muir
der. so that it was treated accordingly
and judicial horrors of unspeakable
atroci ty ensued.
Year: 1877

To SELECT A GOOD BUTTER COw.-It


is said that the color of the inside of the


cows ear affords an infallible guide to


the selection of good butter cow. If
the skin on the inside Of the ear is of a
rich yellow or orange color and the Ii
ming of the ear is covered with all oily
secretion, the COW will be sure to give a
good quality of milk, rich in butter
Cows that produce high-colored butter
have large amount of the secretion,
the inside of the ear being of an orange
tint. On the other hand, light-color but
ter-makers present a scanty, thin and
pale yellow secretion, in some cases
found only at the bottom of the ear,
while the inside lining is of CORES
pondingly pale underlined color. Every
female of the bovine family has the pow
er of secreting certain amount of this
oily matter If the quantity be alb
normally large, secretion will take place
freely in the mammary glands, the ear
and the skin. AS the test is simple and
costs nothing, it cannot fail to prove q
useful auxiliary to the dairyman and
farmer in their selection of rich mixers.
Year: 1877

Before the next campaign people will
by common consent settle upon these
fac's: that the negro is citizen and has
the vote which was given him by our
fellow-citizens of the North expressly


'that he might protect himself :" that
he, as well as all white people, lives un-
der the local State laws provided for the
preservation of order and securing life
and property; these laws are as effectu-
al in the Southern States as they are in
the North and that the Federal Gov
ernment has no more right to interfere
in any State, North or South, in the
matter of enforcing these laws, or super
vising them, or with the executive Off
GERS that enforce them, than has any State
to interfere in the like manner with the
internal affairs of sister State; and
finally, that all the States should feel il
an assault upon the right of all for the
Federal Government to interfere in the
local affairs of one State; and the Fed
eral Government itself should know
from experience that any interference
on it's part in such case is not only un-
authorized, but is sure to increase the
confusion and trouble, the inefficiency
and disorder of local government, and,
of course, the public apprehension and
distress. Dispatch.
Year: 1877

1t will be a small drop of consolation
to the thousands of honest housewives
who look upon servant girls as nuisances
to learn that there are four working girls
in the city of Detroit whose plans and
deeds are worthy of public mention.
One of them, the oldest, came to this
country from England about seven
years ago. She was followed after
time by second and a third and
fourth, and during the last three years
the four have held places in families in the
same neighborhood. Each one began
saving money from the first. They have
made every effort to please the families
employing them, and have consequently
been paid extra wages. Every garment
purchased by them has been for comfort
and long wear, instead of for show and
style. Two of them have never seen the
City Hall, though living in the city near
ly three years. None of them have vet
had beau or had occasion to go to the
stores in the evening, Each one can
sew, patch, darn, put up fruit, make
preserves, cook any dish, tack down
carpet, put up stove, harness horse,
make her own clothes and trim her own
hat. Each one has bank account, and
for several years past all have had an
object in view. That object is now al
most accomplished. A few weeks ago
they united their savings and purchased
lot in the northern part of the city,
4Ox190 in size. They then contracted
with a builder for cottage, which was
ready for occupancy only two or three
days ago. The eldest sister then gave
up her situation and moved in. The
furniture was bought here and there,
where cash would secure bargain, and
is good, if not snowy. Many little things
we're contributed by friends, and the
little home is as neat as pin.


The eldest sister will now become a
laundress, having already more work of
that kind than she can do in four days of
the week. She will keep house, and be
mother to and make home for the
rest All own a share, and if sickness
comes to one of the three still acting as
servants, she has place to go to
and some one to care for her. They will
be planting trees, setting out vines and
planning improvements as the weeks go
by, each good-naturedly striving to do
more than the other, and the little home
will keep their hearts pure and their
minds free from giddy thoughts. Each
Sabbath day they will gather there to
feel that it is home, and to visit with and
advise each other, and letters from
father and mother across the wide ocean
will be opened and read again and again
through fearful eyes. Are there four
other such girls in all this landS- Detroit
Free Press.
Year: 1877

WAsHNGToH, Oct. 20.


The following was issued this after
noon:


BY the President OF the United States OF America:


A PROCLAMATION


The completed circle Of summer and wiu-
ter, seed-time and harvest, has brought us TO
the accustomed season at which religious
people celebrate with praise and thauksgiv-
ing the enduring mercy of Almighty God.
This devout and public confession of the
constant dependence of man upon the Divine
Father for all good gifts of life and health,
and peace and happiness, so early in our his
tory made the habit of our people, finds in
thesurvey OF the past year new grounds for
joyful and grateful manifestation In all bless
ings which depend upon benicnant seasons.
This has indeed been a memorable year.
Over the wide territory of our country, with
all Its diversity Of soil, and climate and prod
ucts, the earth has yielded bountiful returns
TO the labor Of the husbandman. The health
OF the people has been blighted by no preva-
lent or widespread diseases. No great disas-
ters OF shipwreck upon our coasts, or to our
commerce on the seas, have brought |, IS OF
hardship to merchants or mariners and
clouded the happiness OF the community
with sympathetic sorrow, In ali that concerns
our strength and peace and greatness as
patton; In all that touches the permAnence
and security of our Government and the
beneheent institutions on which it rests; In
all that affects the character and dispositions
OF our people and tests our capacity TO enjoy
Year: 1877

LONDON, Oct %.


The work of exploring the colliery at
High Blantyre, in which the explosion
occurred yesterday, proceeded through
out the night. Four miners were dis
covered alive about eleven o'clock, but
in so exhausted condition that one died
before morning and another is hopelessly
PROSTATE. Mining experts say that all
the men in the pits persisted, but even if
any are alive now no rescue party can
reach them in less than eight or ten days
The work of bringing up the dead was
resumed this morning. The bodies are
fearfully burned and mangled. The ex.
plosion was of terrific violence.
Year: 1877

If a young man is undetermined as to
his true status and would like to have
the opinion of a representative person on
the subject, an excellent plan to get it is
to sit down on his sisters new fall hat.
The amount of information often OBJ
tanned by this means is appalling,
Year: 1877

Senator Davis says; - will not ally
myself with either party. Twill do just
what said last spring-that is will re-
main perfectly independent, and will act
on every measure in such a manner as to
my judgment shall seem best for the in.
terests Of the whole country"
Year: 1877

her head in falling, and gone under without
struggle. When looked, could see moth
ine-not even bit of her dress. could do
nothing. I was perfectly helpless-the we'll
was out of use, the rope broken could not
90 down-there was no one near. felt that
everything was over. What my sensations
were can't describe. was perfectly stun
ned, as if / had received blow. After stand
ing stupidity there for while, started to 60
towards the house. I don't know what mo.
tive I had, or anything about it. l remem:
ber picking up Katie's hat, which l found
lying somewhere on the ground, and then
throwing it down again, and turning to go
back, then stopping awhile longer. l was
dazed, I think. All of a sudden l spied the
old house-keeper coming. She had picked up
the hat and had it in her hand. knew she
was coming after Katie, and sort of fury
took hold Of me. She asked me something,
and made some answer, and then when she
began to storm at me, I just seized her and
dragged her to the house. WANTED to get her
out Of the way, out ofmy sight-and l pushed
her into closet and locked the door,. and
flung away the key. That night worked
hard at flinging stones down the we'll, as many
as could find, and as I knew would conceal
her-if the water dried away. The next day
I left. 1 went off to Switzerland and hid in
little valley, far off from any inhabitated
place. Only some rough goatherds lived
about there, and had no fear of being found
out"


A violent 6t of coughing here interrupted
his narrative, ending in sudden and prefuee
hemorrhage.. The Earl was obliged to seek
aid, and when the psroxysm was
over, Wilberton lay in death.like stupor,
utterly prostrated for the time by the severity
of the attack. Lord Desborough, after ling
ering little while longer, took his leave, in
tending to return as early as possible on the
following day.


[To BE Continued