smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Questions about which much may be said upon
both Sides are hard to answer, at least categori-
cally. Ii is long time since we began to discuss in
this city the matter of taxing church property; and
we seem far from coming to conclusion as ever.
TIE Municipal Society took the problem up the
other night, and devoted TO it great deal of pro
and con debate. Most of the arguments employed
are famlliar-that property protected by the State
should pay tho cost of that protection; that It's ex-
emption is in violation of the Constitution of the
State that at least there should be some limit TO
the amount of land which q church edicc might be
construed to occupy On the other hand. 1t was
urged that money invested in church property
makes return to the investors, and is expected
to make none; that the freedom from taxation is
amply compensated for by the moral influence exer-
cised by churches upon the community; that church
members are among the most liberal contributors to
all charities; and that the churches of New-iork
have already benefited real estate TO amount
equal to the whole sum invested In them. Upon
both sides. il was agreed, believe. that churches
already constructed should not be taxed


The original ground of the peculiar privilege ac-
corded to ecclesiastical bodies was perfectly tena-
bio one The community needed churches, and felt
that their construction ought to be encouraged. The
same rule holds now, unless it can be shown
that we have already many churches as we need
and to prove this, to minds at least, would be
rather difficult task. There does to be some
impropriety at least, in treating dedicated or con-
secrated property precisely as we treat any Other
estate. After all has been said, it must be allowed
that it does occupy peculiar position. church
is not like warehouse, dwelling house. or fac
tory, any more than cemetery is like meadow
used for grazing A church is intended to subseryt
no selfish purpose 1t is altogether ont Of the mar
ket. 1t is neither "To be let" nor ITO be Sold" Fl
nancially speaking it has no apprcciable value. Il
Year: 1878

Possible epitaph of this great Republic: Died OF
too much Congress-"


The stupidity of the silver agtator may yet prove
to be "a bulwark of the Nation.


superficial knowledge of monetary laws is USE
full to even an uniamed iniiationst.


The thing to do now is to keep General Ewing as
mad as spawned graSshopper Tor about month.


voorhees, has been premature again. He calls for
the repeal of the Resumption Act as tho logical
sequence of remOnetizatOn. so 1t IL.


The awful truth is breaking upon the mind Of the
impecunious silver shrieker that it is thing TO
remonetzc his parents dollar, and another thing to
get ii into his pocket.


Tho Indiana Democracy gathers for q pow-wow
to-day when Mr.. Hendricks will unload his mind
of its views the silver question. There is liable
to be an unprecedented absence of the sradde from
his position, the vote in Congress having convinced
him that the silver side Is popular.


Mr.. Watterson buges into the electoral contro-
versy with the declaration that Mr. Tilden was
bulldozed out of his leadership i'll that crisis by Mr.
Hewitt. Nothing but tho unwisdorn Of chang
ing managers at 20 critical moment saved Hewitt
from dccaptatiOn Mr.. Wattcrs0n says He does
not tell us who the new commander would have
been, but the inference Is natural that WatersOn
would have been chosen, and would have been sup
ported by his delegation of lO00 900 petitioners,
armed with nothing but the Democratic appetite
and liberal rations OF Blue Grass whiSkey.
There are audible growls from the South because
Of the indsposition of Northern Democrats to sane
ton the payment of Southern claims. Tho recent
vote in the House against demand of this kind has
caused good deal Of unhappiness. The Southern
Democrat wishes to know what the Northern
brother is good for if he wont lend helping hand
i'll time of need. lie says he has verbal sympathy
enough, but what he wants Is practical" sympathy
lie ought to be patient The Northern brother is
merely playing 'possum until his party gets control
of the Government. lie wont stand IN the way oi
any claims then.


The hints which creep out from the White House
concerning the Presidents views on silver are not
calculated to give comfort to the repudiatOrs Sew.
eral persons who have visited him recently repre-.
sent him determined to veto any bill which makes
silver legatender for past contracts whether pub
lie private. He is willing it should be made legal
tender for future contracts but not for the payment
of duties of interest on the public debt. These
are the very things the silver agitator desires the
most. lie cares nothing for silver if it will not helr
him to repudlate 10 per cent of his debts. ALI his
talk about two kinds Of money means that he want.
u cheap kind to pay his debts with. Mr.. Halstead
| calls it an "optiOnal standard" but the option
| would be all on ono side.


There is a good deal Of not especially edifyina


speculation concerning Senator Lamar's motives in
Year: 1878

standing out 30 pluckily against his State on thu
silver question The Mississippi journals arc afraid
he desires to curry favor with the North, and soms
Of them accuse him Of an ambition to be nominated
for the Vice Presidency. Other journals see tbo
absurdty of this idea. because his support musN
come from the South il 1t Is to be of any use Tbs
curious feature about this talk is that it should eY


ist at all. Mr.. Lamar's motives are plain enough n
anyone who will read his speeches lie is siinnv
voting according to his convictions. OF course 6is
attitude is creditable to him, but the fact thu Il
excitcs much comment is thing but creditabls
to the political morality Of this epoch.
Year: 1878

defeat the proposed repeal of the Resumption
Act. With that act, the Administration is both
warranted and required 80 to interpret and
execute any silver bill that may be passed as TO
prepare for resumption of specie payments. Inc
Senate bill can be so interpreted and executed.
If the friends of a sound currency and OF the
public faith stand firm, we do not believe that
arepeal of the Resumption Act or a fatai chahge
of the Silver bill can be passed over veto
In that case the extreme repudiators are likely
to insist upon measure which Will be beaten
If. on the other hand, they suffer the Senate
bill to pass, it can be used as a mode OF pre-
pairing for resumption, and, repeal of the Re
sumption Act being prevented, can be rendered
nearly harmless. Victory is within reach, II
defenders of the public faith do their duty
like men.
Year: 1878

it Is disposed Of the proceeds are usually not
divided among the church members, but are devoted
to a perpetuation of Its purpose elsewhere.


1t may be urged, we know, that church corpora
tlons are extravagant, and erect buildings which
cost much more than they should. Some legal en-
actment" it was said at the meeting above men
Il ed, should be put to this extravaganza" we
are inclined to think that without the Intervention
of any legislation, check has already been put 10
it by hard times and the returning prudence OF the
religious community. It would be delicate mat
ter for the State to undertake to deter
mine just how much church shall cost
that, too must be left to the prudence
of the builders. Something. however. might
be done to limit the area Of untaxed land which
church may occupy. Complaint was made at the
meeting of the Municipal Society of the large
acreage of Fordham College, which is held free
OF taxes; but college requires ample
and handsome verge--a religious college rs
much as and perhaps more, than any
other The tendency, however, of churches within
city limits is not to cumber too much OF the costly
SOIL tax upon the cost of constructing churches
would exercise, we fear, an unfavorable influence
upon church architecture. Nobody wishes to see
these edifces cheap shabby, or with the appear
ance of having been built for day.
Year: 1878

The next grand attack is to be made upon
the Resumption Act This will bring those Sill
yer advocates, who once fought for resumption
as they are now fighting for silver, to the
parting of two ways. They must either
abandon their present allies or march boldly
toward greenback initiation A pleasant pre-
dicament for the men who supported Dir. Hayes
in Ohio in 1875.
Year: 1878

TIL, maiden speech of an Astor will interest
an audience much larger than the Legislature.
The young Assemblyman who bears that name
seems to have made an excellent impression,
yesterday, by the straightforward and practl-
cal way in which he advanced his views. He
denounced the present administration of the
Excise Law as despotic and as a cover for out
rage and corruption, and favored the DAILY
hill
Year: 1878

THE steamer North Pacific looks just as
natural As OF yore when steaming along
side of Union wharf. Always q ravorite
with the travelling public, she will be
doubly appreciated since her return to nc
tive duty
Year: 1878

OWING to indisposition, Prot. Roberts
was obliged to postpone his dance until
Wednesday evening of next week. He
desired lis to make the announcement that
there might be no misunderstanding in
the matter Oh che part of the public.
Year: 1878

Over on Yaquins Bay. Oregon,
there lived family in easy circum-
stances. and apparently happy. Bal
With the changes Of time came want
and discomfort. Separation Of hus-


band and wife followed. and the
mother applied to the court and OBJ
tainsd the custody Of their child.
The child vas given into the charge
Of . man deputised by the sheriff to
take him to his mother, and on the
way the father met them armed and
forcibly taking the child. hed. The
sheriff immediatsly ordered his
deputy, Mr.. Rayburn, to find and
secure the child. This gentleman
started out in . driving rain. and
after Q tiresome search tracked tho
father and child to Salem, and from
there to Portland. At the latter city
he arrived to find that the persons
he was seeking were on their way to
Victoria, with one days advantage
of him. He followed Is rapidly as
possible, and overlook them in this
city. Here he confronted the father
and demanded the child. but soon
found that tho father was fully arm
ed, and would resist his demand if
persisted in. There seemed to be
some hitch in the law that made it
necessary for the deputy sheriff to
send to Oregon for other papers be-
fore he could lawfully compel the
father to surrender the child still he
would not allow him to proceed to
Victoria. This being the case both
parties urged Marshal Thorndyke to
take the child in charge until the
case was legally decided, and he
consenting. took the boy, a bright
little fellow of three and half
years, to his home. The father then
feed lawyer to get possession Of
the child, but not succeeding tried
to steal him away. This falling, he
endeavored to frighten Thorndyke,
but this, and his offers of bribery,
utterly failed to give him the child.
In the mean time the deputy sheriff
had sent to Oregon for the necessary
papers to secure the child, and to
arrest the father on charge of kid
mapping. Learning this. the brave
but defeated man offered to let the
child be taken back if proceedings
against him were stopped. The mat
ter was thus compromised, and last
night Mr.. Rayburn left the city on
his return home with the child, after
coming to this Office and publishing
q card of thanks in the DISPATCH
for the assistance rendered him by
our city police, and to Mrs. E. A.
Thorndyke for her care of the child.
The father remains in the city, and
announces his intention to make
Seattle his home
Year: 1878

How CLERK RECEIVED BURGLAR-A
telegram from North Manchester, Ind June
L, says: At one O'Clock this morning, w. T.
Green, OF the firm of Green & Vanbuskirk of
Evansville, a little station three miles west of
here, on the Eel River road, was awakened
from his sleep by some one cutting at the west
window of the stOrerOOm, in which he was
sleeping. He quietly reached for his revolver
and held himself in readiness. The thief soon
raised the window sash and crawled about
half way through, when he hesitated and
jumped out again. Mr. Green then took a
kneeling position and held steady aim on
appearance and again peered into the room.
He must have suspected that some one was
inside, for he called to his partner saying If
short work of him. At this point Green fred.
and the thief rolled out of the window dead
and his partner, who was on the outside. made
his escape. The ball entered his skull, and he
died without a struggle
Year: 1878

WHPPING-POsTS IN VIRGIN1A.-Virpinja;s
new criminal code will become operative ON


he lst OF July. Under it one-or more whip
ping posts Will be established in each city and
there Will be no Imprisonment for petty lar


ceny, except for second offenses, and where,
IN the judgment OF the justice or Judge the
condition of female offender may render
stripes unadviSable. The legislature deer


mined on this change at the last session. i'm
view OF the crowded condition of the prisons


pOyeriShment of the cOmmOnwealth's finan.
cial resources. The right of appeal from ihe
Judgment OF justice TO trial by jury is of
opinion as to the necessity for the re-estabIisb.
ment OF the whipping post, but the majority of
ihe people undoubtedly expect great thugs
from IL as an economical and crime prevent.
Y Times ~ '- ~
Year: 1878

Miss JC1 TET CoRsoS had an interested au.
dieDce at The Labor Exchange last evening tn
listen 10 her lecture on Training Schools for
Cooks" she explained what a cooking school
was, and gave an outline Of how they should
be formed. She then drew on her experience
in teaching the art of cooking, and showed the
advantage OF knowing how 10 prepare cheap
meals In an appetiZing manner. The various
detallS into which she entered were very in
tefeSting and instructive. At the conclusion
OF the lecture a vote of thanks was on motion
OF Commissioner of Education Eaton rendered
Miss COTSon
Year: 1878

NO CHANCE FOR WoMEN.-By the recent ap-
preparation bill two additional $500 clerks are
given to the money order Office of the Post Of
flee Department.. Such clerks have usually
ueen women, but It has been determined by
the chief of the division, in consequence Of
the crowded state of the business of the of
fee to appoint men to the position. There are
consequently no openings for women IN the F.
D. Department..
Year: 1878

until both sides have had their say.
Among the heavy losers on this
coast by the mares defeat is Hen
ry Schwartz Of San Francisco, who
Is said to have wagered $1,000 on
Mollie beating Ten Brock, on the
strength Of dispatches received
from Mr.. Winters after his arrival
In Louisville. Fortunately the
betting on this coast was light, but
that does not detract from the feel
ing Of disgust over the result.
Year: 1878

No machinery being used in their manu-
facture and will be of the BEST MATER
IAL, and made by the best workmen, and
under his own supervision. shall sell
these goods at prices very little higher than
machine made shoes.
Year: 1878

Until | went to bali at the Cape,
dence in South Africa, | never knew
what thorough enjoyment Of dancing
was. The Afucaners, blessings on
their simple souls, don't walk through
a quadrille, OF glide through a polka;
but they pound away with feet and
arms, and the 'orient humor' oozing
from each pore of face, hands, and
neck, bears witness to the energy of
their movements. And then the sup
per! Your partner does not take a
little piece Of truflle, or cream, or a
tart, and sip a thimblespoonful of ne
gus, but she demoliSheS all the chicken
and ham you give her, and drinks ev-
cry drop of the three bumpers of cham
pagne you pour out for her, and looks
all the happier for both. AS for your
self, you attack everything you can lay
hands on; and, after the ladies have re-
tired, you find yourself actually indulg-
ing in that highly dangerous and
deleterious practice Of ''hurrahingn in
response to the toast of the Ladies"
which that fat man in red face and
white waistcoat, with an uncomfortable
tendency to work its wayup to his chin,
has just proposed. You find, too, that
YOU come down again to that same sup
per-rOom after the fair ones have be-
gun to depart for their homes; you find
that you prefer brandy and water to
the doubtful champagne and suspicious
claret; you find that you have cigar
in your pocket, and you smoke it; you
find that you can sing capitally-in a
chorus, and lastly, if you do find your
way home, you are lucky fellow.
Year: 1878

The captain of a whaler, says Cheever,
gives the following account of an adj
venture which came very near being
his last. In giving an account of the
accident and singular escape, he said
that as soon as he discovered that the
line had caught in the bow of the boat,
he stopped to clear it, and attempted
to throw it out from the chock, so that
it might run free. In doing this he was
caught by turn round his left wrist,
and himself dragged overheard. He
was perfectly conscious While he was
rushing down with unknown force and
swiftness; and it appeared to him that
his arm would be torn from his body,
SO great was the resistance of the water.
He was we'll aware of his perious con-
dition, and that his only chance of.life
was to cut the line. But he could not
remove his right arm from his side, to
which it was pressed by the force of the
element through which it was drawn


When he first opened his eyes, it ap


peared as though a stream of fire was
passing before them; but as he descend


ed it grew dark, and he felt a terrible
pressure on his brain, and roaring as
of thunder in his ears. Yet he was
conscious of his situation, and made
several efforts to reach his knife that
was in his belt. At last he felt his
strength failing and his brain reeling,
the line for an instant slackened; he
reached his knife, and instantly that
the line became again taut, its edge
was upon it, and by a desperate effort of
his exhausted energies, he freed himself.
After this, he only remembered a feel
ing of suffocation, IA gurgling spasm,
and all was over, until he awoke to an
agonized sense of pain, in the boat.
Year: 1878

The Scientific American informs us
the time when aerial navigation will be
within the reach of man is near at
hand. Mr.. Breary, the Secretary of the
British Aeronautical Society, delivered
an interesting lecture on the subject at
the Grimsby Mechanics Institute, a
short time ago. Having explained the
rudiments of the science, and shown
the progress it had made, he noted the
singular fact that, although air is SO
much lighter than water is, it possesses
the power Of supporting bodies much
heavier than itself, while water only
supports bodies of about its equal
weight. ''If man could get sufficient
surface, y he says, "he could surely get
sufficient machine power for propul-
SION" Steam was at first thought out
of the question. on account of the cum
brous method of generation; but now
that it can be applied with but slight
weight, it is hoped the question is very
near solution. Many Mr.. Brearey
states, ''are now working at the problem
in secret, partly from fear of ridicule,
partly from want Of protection by pat
ent." He illustrated the different
methods for flight by models. His bats
"swooped down" upon the heads of the
audience in quite n natural manner.
The birds, too, rose and fell in graceful
motion as they traversed the air from
the platform to the end Of the room,
or, swerving to the right or left, bob
bed their beaks upon the side walls.
One large model of an alabatross came
to grief upon a gas pendant, just as it
was bending its flight into the regions
of the upper air,
Year: 1878

A traveller salmtering through the
lake districts of England, some years
ago. says the London Examiner, ar
rived at small lpublic house just as the
postman stopped to deliver letter. A
Young girl came out to receive it. She
took it in her hand, turned it over and
over. and asked the charge. 1t was
large sum-no less than shilling.
Signing heavily, she observed that 1t
came from her brother, but that she
was too poor to take it in, and she re-
turned it to the postman accordingly.
The traveller was a man OF kindness, as
well as of observation; he offered to
pay the postage himself, and, Ill spite
of more reluctance on the girls part
than he could we'll understand, he did
nav it. and gave her the letter. No
sooner, however, was the postman
back turned than she confessed that
the proceeding had been concerted be-
tween her brother and herself; that the
letter was empty; that certain signs on
the directions conveyed all that she
wanted to know, and that, as they
could neither afford to pay postage,
they had devised this method of frank
ing the intelligence desired. The trav
eler pursued his journey, and, as he
plodded over the Cumberland Falls he
unused upon the badness of the system
which drove people to such straits for
means of correspondence, and defeated
its own objects all the time. With most
men such musings woulG have ended
before the close of the hour, but this
mans name was Rowland Hill, and it
was from this incident and these reilec-
tons that the whole scheme of penny
hostage was derived.
Year: 1878

To cut glass without a diamond, take
any vessel you want cut, and having
heated poker in the fire until it is al
most red hot, but not quite, apply it TO
the part where you wish the crack to
begin. Having held it to the part for
about a minute. remove the poker, and
wet the place; the glass will immediate
ly crack. Having now begun the
crack, you may lead it in any direc-
ton, by merely drawing the hot poker
in the d rection you want. This will be
found extremely useful in many chem
ical experiments, where you are in want
of proper apparatus.
Year: 1878

There is legend in Florence that a
grand duke once proclaimed that ev-
cry beggar who would appear on the
grand plaza at certain time should be
given a new suit of clothes. The beg
gars of the city were on hand promptly
when all the avenues to the plaza were
closed, and each beggar was compelled
to strip off his old clothes before re-
ceiving the suit. In the old clothes
thus collected enough money was
found secreted to build beautiful
bridge over the Aron, still called the
beggarS' bridge.
Year: 1878

LAST week The Sun made mention of
the steamer Gussy Girdon, which had
been purchased to run on the Fox and
Wisconsin canal. 1t has since sunk.
They got too much freight on her. A
kerosene barrel and bundle of Goldfish
SINK her to the edge of the water, and
a deck hand sat down on the Goldfish and
down she went. She would have been a
good boat to hunt ducks in, if you didn't
carry along any shot.-S'o',
Year: 1878

A Scotsman who had gone back to
his country after a long absence de-
clared, after going to the kirk, that
the whole kingdom was on the road to
perdition. The people, he said,
used to be reserved and solemn on the
Sabbath; but now they look as happy
on that day as on any other.n
Year: 1878

MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
vi mcut. on Sth street near south end of Bridge.
The tailoring department is complete, and CON
tain> a large assortment of fashionable cloths and
Gents furnishing goods constantly on hand
Please call and examine before purchasing else
where.
Year: 1878

The recent death in China of the old
est male descendant of Confucius calls
attention to the curious fact that this
family is the only one which has retain
ed a grand position owing to pedigree
derived from a peaceful thinker. This
family holds the highest place in the
kingdom, except the throne itself, and
has retained it for 202 years longer than
the Christian era. The gOvernorship
of the district surrounding the tomb of
the sage and an estate of 165,O 900 acres
are still held by the representative of
the family, which now numbers over
eleven thousand persons, and all this
multitude are subject to him, while he
receives royal honors even from the
highest officials.