smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Look at the ridiculous way in which
a man takes for granted that a woman
will be interested in his sayings and
doings. If his wife has long story to
tell him she is filled with misgivings
lest it may tire him, she leaves out
many little picturesque touches that
she may not take up his time, and,
even on the hand-gallop she has not ar
rived within call of her conclusion when
he asks with confusing directness,
"Well. how did it turn out?" But the
man has never misgiving that he will
be hurried or that life has anything
better to offer than listening to him.
He begins his story at its earliest morn
ing stages and lopes leisurely to its
close, or if it is rapid he gives it rapid
transit, but he never omits anything on
his wife's account. He tells what he
said and what the other man said, and
what he might have said. And the
worst of it is-the fatal point is-that
his confidence is justified. The wo-
man is interested. The mans talk
takes her out of her own into larger
life, and she not only tolerates, but
enjoys it; and what are you going
to do about it? Gail Hamilton.
Year: 1877

IT has not yet been definitely ascer-
tanned just what particular variety OF
mares nest will be uncovered at the
next session of Congress, but our dis.
patches now indicate that instead of an
attack upon President Hayes, there
will be grand movement to declare
Tilden and Hendricks duly elected and
install them in office. The Associated
Press agents are hard pushed for news,
else they would cease from telegraph.
ing such sensational balderdash ovel
the country.
Year: 1877

Latest reports from Minnesota in
dictate that. the state has defeated by a
small majority the measure providing
for the payment of the old state railway
bond Indebtedness. Such debts are not
easy to collect, but it is seldom that the
railroad companies do not hold all the
trumps in the bond game, and the peo-
pie must pay, let them fight as they
will against it.
Year: 1877

Judge Rowe, writing to the Philadel-
phia Weekly Times, relates the following
incident of the night after the battle of
Fredericksburg: "When, on the return
to Marye's Heights, the command first
filed in from the road, there appeared to
be thin line of soldiers sleeping on the
ground to be occupied. They seemed to
make a sort of row or rank. 1t was as
if line of skirmishers had halted and
lain down; they were perfectly motion
less; their sleep was profound. Not one
of them awoke and got up. They were
not relieved either when the others came
They seemed to have no commandment
least none awake. Had the fatigues of
the day completely Overpowered all of
them, officers and privates alike3 They
were nearest the enemy, within call of
him. They were the advance line of the
Union army. Was it thus that they kept
their watch, on which the safety of the
whole army depended, pent up between
the ridge and the river2 The enemy
might come within ten steps Of them
without being seen. The fog was veil.
No one knew what lay or moved or crept
little distance off. The regiments were
allowed to lie down. In doing so, the
men made denser rank with those there
before them. Still those others did not
waken. If you looked closely at the
face of any one of them, in the mist and
dimness, it was pallid, the eyes closed,
the mouth open, the hair was disheveled,
besides, the atti tude was often painful.
There were blood marks also. These
men were all dead. Nevertheless, the
new corners lay down among them and
rested. The pail of night concealed the
foe now. The sombre uncertainty OF fate
envelopcd the morrow. One was saved
from the peril of the charge, but he found
himself again on Marye's Hill, near the
enemy, face to face with the dead, sharing
their couch, almost in their embrace, in
the mist and the December night. Why
not accept them as bed-fellowsl So they
lay down with the dead, all in line,
and were lulled asleep by the monotony
of the cries of the wounded scattered
everywhere"
Year: 1877

A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR SCIENCE
There is now in operation in the Labora-
tory of Central University, Richmond,
KY, an interesting apparatus that re-
cords in beautiful manner the motion
of the earth in its hourly progress through
space. It is the invention of Professor
I. W. Tobin. The principle upon which
the instrument is formed is, that deli
cately constructed pendulum will con-
tinue to oscillate in the same direction
as started, and preserving that plane,
mark the movement of the earth beneath
it. The principle was demonstrated by
Foucault, French philosopher, ia 1851;
was verified in Boston at the Bunker Hill
Monument, and lastly again at Yale Col
lege. The apparatus hitherto employed
has been cumbersome, and the results
obtained somewhat vague. The expert
ments, nevertheless, bear historical inter
est, and are related in modern textbooks
on physics. 1t has devolved upon Ken
lucky to furnish the scientific world with
a finished and mathematical demonstra-
ton of this beautiful phenomenon, to-
gether with the apparatus for producing
the result so as to be proved in a school
room or laboratory. The instrument is
about six feet high, consisting of an iron
tripod and delicate pendulum. There is
an index attached to the upper portion OF
the pendulum, and when the pendulum
is started this is perfectly still. In six
minutes the earth's motion becomes ap-
parent, and the needle shows about one
degree of deviation. In one hour the
movement is so marked that the distance
traversed by the earth may be estimated
from its data. The pendulum is Of such
delicate construction that it will remain
in motion for twelve hours, and yet may
be retarded or even stopped by blowing
upon it.-Louisuille CouriT-JOurndI.
Year: 1877

Some time ago, in Tuais, a Sicilisa of
hlnaldos circus excited general admira.
ton by his manly beauty and feais u
strength. He was ia the habi, Of over.
coming a lion during the performance,
which, however, was trained TO suceumb.
The hey of Tunis, hearing Of this. sent
him an offer Of thousand ducats II he
would kill lion which he possessed.


The proposal was accepted, and on the
day appointed the hey and a large com.
pany gathered round the pit where the
lion was kept. The beast had been there
three days without food, and was found
furious. The iron door of the pit opened
but instead of the athlete, trembling
dog was thrown forward, which timidly
took refuge in corner. The lion. who
was at distance, turned in surprise At
the humble intruder. His tail ceased 10
lash his side, his roar ceased, and he sat
with paws extended, contemplating his
victim. Propelling himself forward upon
his belly, he finally made a spring. The
dog, however, who had watched him with
vigilant eye, sprang in the opposite di-
rection. The lion seemed astonished at
missing his prey, but after rolling over
few times, made another jump, which was
also avoided. Pity for the dog induced
the hey to order cord to be lowered for
him; and while the lion was gyrating
preparatory to a renewed spring the dog
intelligently seized the cord with his
teeth and was drawn up. AS he ascend
ed, the lion sprang again, but was too
late. At this moment the Sicilan ap-
peared, calm and fearless. He was in a
rich circus costume, and carried heavy
mace. He took his position in the same
corner previously occupied by the dog.
AT first the lion did not perceive him, bur,
on turning, his eye expressed vague in
quietude. He slowly withdrew few
steps, watching his enemy with furtive
and sidelong glance. The SiciIian, on
the contrary, looked straight in.his eye
and watched every movement. The lion
evidently had misgiviogs, but, impelled
by hunger, sprang upon the man with a
terrible roar. The Scilian slipped aside
with agility, and before the paws of the
lion touched the ground, violent blow
from the mace on the head laid him in
sensible. The mace was raised for the
death blow when the hey interposed. He
offered the man another thousand for the
life of the beast. 1t was accepted, and
the lion was MI allOwpd to rnnnvpr
Year: 1877

IT is said that the famous Eddystone
lighthouse is about to fall. 1t was COM
pleted in 1859 and has consequently done
nearly one hundred and twenty years.
service. The destruction with which it is
now said to be threatened is not from
any weakness or decay in the structure
itself, but in the reef of rocks on which
it is built, which is represented as being
! ready to crumble away.
Year: 1877

All day long the farm n may stand
between his plough-handls, turning the
yielding soil; may endure the burden
and heat of the day; may be burned by
the scorching rays of the sun, or be
drenched by sudden showers, but by-and-
by the sun furs his banner of light, the
birds cease their singing and fly home to
their nests; the eventide has come, and
tired man and weary beast find rest All
day long the smith may ply his hammer
while huge drops of perspiration roll
down his smoke-begrimed brow. He be.
longs to the class that must toll for their
daily bread, and work with him has be-
come second nature. He likes the mu-
sic of his bellows and clink of his ham
mer, and as the huge sparks fly off from
the red hot iron he can almost imagine
he is Jove forging thunderbolts and
revelling in the forked lightnings as they
wreath and twine around him. But as
the sun goes down in the west, he lays
by his leather apron, and washes the SCOT
and smoke from his face, and goes home
to enjoy the society of his family. For
him there has come rest at the eventide.


All day the patient mother may toll


for her little ones, sympathizing with
them in their childish sorrows, calming
their fears and soothing their pains, until
she is worn out soul and body; but as
night approaches sleep touches their eye
lids with its magic wand-and for weary
mother and tired child there has come


the rest at eventide. And for us all there
will come rest at eventide, it matters not
what our occupation may be, nor where
our footsteps roam. Life with its
pitiful joys and bitter experiences, its
feverish dreams and empty ambitions, its
hopes and fears, its loves and hates, will
be ended after awhile. AS we grow older
our trust diminishes, as one by one our
friends fail us and our expectations are
cut of, the apples of Hesperides turn to
dead sea fruit within our grasp, and the
idols, we all, at times, so wildly worship,
lie shattered at our feet Oh, the follies
and vanities of life; the lessons we have
to learn and unlearn; no wonder we grow
weary, many Of us, long before the end of
the journey is reached. But all we can
do is to possess our souls in patience, and
press forward for the mark of the prize.


The quantity of pins now produced
daily in England is said to be 100000
Of which Birmingham produces 37,0O0,-
900, leaving some 100000 to London,
Warrington, Stroud and Dublin, where
the article is also made. The weight of
wire consumed annually in the min man.
Year: 1877

THE NEW YORK POLICE OFFICERS BRUTAL


TREATMENT OF PRI RIsoNERs--REvELA


TIoNs OF MAD DHOUsE-ITALIAN LAZ-


ZARoNI-MARKETs ETs-wEATHER, ETC.


1t is now nearly hundred years ago
since all England was startled by the reve-
lations of a mad house, and the tales of
woe unfolded in that dark history have
served as sort of magazine of horrors for
the novelsts of a late generation. The
old time stories of maniacs starved and
chained and beaten were by many be-
lieved to exist only in the brain of the ro-
mancer: and if it were not for the damnng
parliamentary investigation we might still
hope that humanity was not as bad as it
seemed. In the United States we boast of
our humanity. 1t is the pride of New
York that lame calf or starving dog is
not without friend; the CALLED or wound
ed horse will find hosts of sympathizers in
every street, and even the nocturnal Thomas
cat rehears his serenade unchallenged un-
less chance junk bottle Or vagrant boot
jack should interrupt the tenor of his
melody--except from an accidental dis
charge of missiles he stands in no bodily
fear; for the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals hath declared that
Thomas, while engaged in all lawful pur-
suits shall not and must not be molested.


In this demonstrative mercy towards
dumb animals it would seem as if we lost
sight of the fact that God has made an


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Year: 1877

other water fowl; and it is not peculiar to
this place alone, but it occurred on all the
creeks and rivers we crossed, though they
were the most numerous in The morning
and evening. when they are most easily
shot, OuIIp
Year: 1877

The Victoria election resulted IN the
election of NJ. W. Trywhitt Drake (if
any more of this gentleman's middle
names have got away, we'll try and save
them with quicksilver hereafter) as
Mayor of the city. We do uot claim
to know any of the ''ins and outs" of
the case, as far as this gentleman and
his opponent we're concerned. We found
Mayor Drumnond an affable gentle
man and whatever was between him
and the Colonist was nons of our busi-
ness. But we believe that bad hi, in
terests been advocated by an equally
able paper to the one that opposed him
(not with abuse but with ridicule. which
is infinitely worse) he would have been
reelected. The new Mayor is an at
torney by profession and is said to be
very well qualified for the position. A
total Of 964 eligible voters was register
ed, most of whom voted, We suppose.
Year: 1877

The Government steamship Richard
Rush arrived at Portland on Wednes-
day and took forcible possession of the
revenue cutter now in the hands of the
United States Marshal. This is high
handed outrage. and we hope to see
every one of them put in Jail.
Year: 1877

every one. from time immemorIal. has been fencing In street. square and high way, sneesIng and crowdIng 50 q to get another corner of rock or gravel, till they really don't know whst does belong to them. Now to think of giving up . single rood for the dead, for a general accommodation, or even the Almighty, Is too much to ask of the people of eu. frightened Britain.

 Our forefathers, with usual foresight, used to carry their prayers and psalms up flight of winding stain among the doves, beside the bell.rope, . task too great to require of more modern muscle so the energetic young psrson thinking only how to repeople this waste place, proposes to remodel and furnish the same would propose, In addition, to dig out church kitchen, under the door, step, and have elevators and dumb wait. [. CTS running clear up the spire, with a gallery around the outside, for choir filtration.
Year: 1877

qulrIes established the fact beyond per. adventure that it was the editor of the Newtown BEE, blowing for hIs paper. Now, Mr. Editor, that paper of yours don't want any blowing by brass horn If it Is as we'll managed in the future as in the past It will blow enough for itself in . little time. JOIN =.
Year: 1877

Mir. F. Treat Strong is building side walk near his residence, on the principle of "squaring the circle" which is a great improvement. He is one of our neigh. bors who believes in helping himself if the Village Improvement Society will not attend to its proper vocation. He no doubt sees wisdom in the old saw--"Ev. cry man for himself, and the Lord for us all"
Year: 1877

The entertainment given by the West. side Village Improvement. Society was . success. The dramatic performances are entitled to good deal of credit Sue cess to their undertaking. We hope to have the pleasure of hearing them again. Whenever Woodbury people seriously undertake any enterprise, there's Ego in it." and they cannot be exceled.
Year: 1877

The old-time tannery, located near the .'living spring of the ancient days" is still successfully run by the enterprising firm of Alexande. Gordon & Go. They have kept on in the even tenor of their way, in hard times and good times, and bid fair to flourish forever. If you want anything in thsir line, you can go good deal further and fare good deal worse.
Year: 1877

If you want practical instruction on the piano, or organ, or in vocal music, never forget to call on Mir. William A. Gordon, the accomplished organist of the North Congregational Church.
Year: 1877

1t Is worth while now and then to have


what is called the truth told you about your.


self. There are times when such truth-telline
is OF great and immediate service. But have


noticed that persons who plume themselves
upon speaking the trxth to their neighbors are
persons who really have have no.special devo-
ton to truth, but who have, on the other
hand, passion for making people uncom-
portable. They do not love their neighbors;
they hate them, or are Indifferent to them.
With them so-called truth-teling is merely a
form of self-indulgence.


How would it do, the next time the village
truth-teller comes around, for you to tell the
truth to him2


"Kind friend, thank thee for telling me
that my daughters manners are rude, and
that my uncle, the parson, should be spoken
to about his method of public prayer, and
that my Sunday best -go-.o-meeting stoye pipe
hat is two seasons behind the times; but let
me reciprocate thy kindness by informing
thee that thou art selfish old gossip, without
enough brains to perceive the whole truth
about any situation, but only silly half
truth, or miserable distorted-truth, which,
from the best of motives, advise thee to keep
to thyself. ."-T''The Old Cabinet" Scribner
for Julv. -s-t
Year: 1877

Q silver dollar would never circulste very


largely, on account of its weight, and that II
| il should be coined as full tender it will bt


held principally by the Treasury and banks,
and to be represented largely by paper money,
principally by one and two dollar bills. The


advocates of the single gold standard will


most likely agree to any proposition that does


not involve the expulsion of the gold coin


from the country; further than that they will


not go. and, although they are quiet just now,


they will present powerful opposition to any
plan which is likely to deprive the country Of
the advantages of gold as the principal money
Of payments.


DIR. Linderman, director of the mint, who
foresaw the great decline which has taken
place in the value of silver, and the practica-
bility of substituting silver coin in place of
fractional currency in advance of the full
resumption of specie payments, is understood
to entertain the opinion that there win be in
the near future relaxation in the European
demand for gold coinage purposes to an
extent sufficient to render possible the acqui-
sition and accumulation in private hands as
well as the public treasury of the additional
stock of gold required for resumption in the
United States.


DIR. Linderman bases his opinion chiefly on
the fact that Great Britain, France, Germsny,
the Netherlands Belgium and the Scaninavian
States are all amply supplied with gold, and
that Russia, Austria, Italy and Spain will be
for some years to come, to adhere
10 irredeemable paper money, and will not re-
4uire, or be able to procure, any considerable
quantity Of the precious metals.
Year: 1877

Mr.. PACKARD of New Orleans, was be-
sieged by a swarm of newspaper reporters in
Cincinnati, but they all succeeded in extract
ing nothing from him save that his trip north
has no political Significance, and that he is not
talking politics now. To The Gazette repor-
ter he was q little more communicative than
to the others, saying: "Nicholls is in and
am out, and that's all about it. There has
been no change in affairs; the country is SIM
ply waiting to see what the result will be,
whether the colored will be more oppressed
than in the past. There isn't much trouble in
the State; occasional outrages, as in other
States, but very little except during election
times l suppose you know that when the
Republican party went out of power it went
out to stay. An effort may be made at the
next election, but it won't avail anything
Year: 1877

There seems to be revival of the popular
interest in the temperance question, not only
in this country, but in England. Indeed, it
seems to us that the peculiar phase which the
revival presents in this country is born of the
English facts The terrible state of things
in that country among the poor, which has
given rise to such noble efforts for temper
ance by Cardinal Manning, haa reused, at
last, the ecclesiastics of the English church,
and it is becoming quite respectable now in
England to work for temperance. That
makes it respectable here, of course, and it is
really very encouraging to see wine -bibbing
clergymen and church members trying in .
moderate way, to counteract the Legitimate
Year: 1877

The one hundredth anniversary of the
adoption of the ''stars and stripes" as the ma :
tional ensign of the United States, by reso-
luton of Congress passed June IA, 1777, has
brought out number of learned essays upon
the subject, but we cannot, says the Philadel-
phia Times, find that much has been added to
the common stock of knowledge of the his
tory of the flag. A favorite point of discus
sion among the antiquarians is the origin of
the thirteen stripes, which, it will be remem
bered, formed the field of the Continental
Union flag displayed at Cambridge nearly a
year and half before the stars were substi-
suited for the crosses in the union. In the
absence of any more authentic hypothesis it
has been often suggested, and we see it now
suggested again, that the idea was adopted
from Washington's family arms, which is
about.as wildly improbable as anything that
could be suggested. The colonies were not
s,king much stock in personal government
just then. All kinds of symbols were employ


ed TO indicate the union of the thirteen colo
MESA chain with thirteen links, an arch
with thirteen stones, q rattlesnake with thir-
teen rattles, and field of thirteen stripes, q
form of a familiar heraldic device which had
appeared in some shape or another on. many


flags before as it has on many fags since If
any special inspiration were required for this,
the standard of the City Troop is as likely as
anything else to have supplied it. The sub
sequent adoption Of the stars iu the union was
80 natural as to require no explanation.
Year: 1877

THE Democratic editors grow more and
more positive that the remarkable attentions
t8Gen. Grant in England mean that he is to
be candidate for a third term. If this shod
happen to be the case, it looks now as if the
General would carry England by large ma
iority.-Tribune.
Year: 1877

IT is officially announced by the Postofice
Department that opposition to the admins
tration does not constitute one of the capital
sins. If a man have no other fault, he may
hold his Postofice and be happy.
Year: 1877

AWAsnNGroN special to the Pittsburgh
Commercial Gazette gives Secretary Sher-
mans idea as to the prospects in Ohio as fol-
lows:


Secretary Sherman does not share in the
views circulated from here that the prospects
OF the campaign in Ohio next fall point to a
Democratic victory. The Secretary said to-
day that he was constantly in receipt ofletters
from influential gentlemen in all parts of the
Stateof Ohio, and they agree in the opinion that
the Republican outlook is gratifying, to say
the least. The financial question, over which
so much commotion has been made, is not
shown to he an element of So much discord
as is made to appear. The party is being
efficiently organized. and will do effective
service in the campaign, and he feels no ap-
prehens:op as TO the result.