smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Anne Brewster writes from Rome to
the Philadelphia Bulletin: l recently
heard strange and interesting story
of lady who had some fatal grief
which had swept away from her all
human hope and help. She was a wO-
man of fortune, high culture, learned,
indeed; she was singularly alone in
life; all her near relatives were dead.
She was about thirty-five years Of age.
She lived in an elegantly furnished
apartment; one of the rooms was a fine
library; all on one fiat, en- suite, as is
common in European houses. She
dismissed her servants; for thirty years
refused to hold any intercourse with
society, and led an entirely solitary
life. Every morning a confidential
servant came and entered door that
was left unlocked at certain hour
She went into the bedroom and put it
in order, also the dining room, removed
the dishes Of the preceding day, and
placed on the table the food for sue
ceeding twenty-four hours, but she
never saw her mistress. Written Or
ders, made in the concisest, clearest
form, were left from time to time on
the dining or dressing table. Through
these orders all business was directed
and everything provided that was
needed by the recluse. The whole
suite Of rooms, excepting the dining,
sleeping, and dressing rooms, remained
strictly closed for thirty years. People
talked great deal at first, much Curl
Osity and wonder was expressed, but
in time other wonder was expressed,
but in time other wonders appeared,
and the lady and her solitary life were
forgotten. The original confidential
servant in course of time died, and an
other reliable person succeeded to the
post, but nothing changed the habits of
the lady-she was never seen by any
one. Some thirty years went by, when
one morning the servant found the bed
undisturbed, the food untouched! She
forced the doors and searched for her
mistress. She passed through a long
succession of rooms which presented a
most strange appearance. A thick bed
of dust lay over every article of furni-
ture, silent covering over carpets and
floors. But straight through the rooms
was narrow, direct path that led to
the end room or library, path swept
clean by the long trailing garments Of
the solitary woman in her daily walk
of thirty years. Itswerved neither to
the right nor to the left. The servant
followed the strange path to the Ii
brary. There she found her mistress
seated at reading-table in high
backed chair; her hands we're folded
peacefully in her lap, her head was
leaning back, the sad, worn old face
was calm and still. She had, at last,
gone to that other solitude, DEATH
On the table were Homer and Virgil;
they seemed to be the only books she
had read, as the others on the shelves
were bound with the dust OF years.
There was not one written line or word
left. The solitary thirty years had
ended, as they had been lived, in SOL
emn silence. The sorrowing woman
at last knew the great secret, which
told her why she had been called to
suffer such keen mortal anguish that
had snapped all bonds between her and
her kind.
Year: 1875

The young bee-keeper should re.
member that to winter his stock sue.
cessfully, he must commence prepar.
ing them now. One of the essentials
to safe wintering is plenty of young
bees when winter sets in, and he can.
not have this unless he Immediately
sets about it. Breeding must now be
stimulated. If honey is plenty, the
extractor must be used, to give the
queen plenty of room to lay in. This
will be the case in buck wheat sections,
Bnd other places where wild flowers
abound. The young brood for winter
stock should be Matching out from the
first of September to the middle of Oc-
tober. AS 1t takes about tWenty-One
days from the laying of the eggs to the
first appearance of the perfect bee, il
will be seen that the laying should be-
gin at once. The spring was very late,
and in all probability we shall have a
good fall harvest, from goldenrod, as
ter, tick-weed, etc., which this new
brood will be ready to secure. 1t is
not necessary to feed bees, to secure
laying, unless there is no honey to be
gathered. All that is needed is a pro-
litic queen, ,and room for her to lay.
She will do it well as long as pasture
lasts.


If the honey harvest fails, and you
have weak stocks in your apiary, look
out for robbers; and if you have no
weak stocks, and use the extractor
carelessly, leave bits of comb exposed,
etc., you may arouse thieving propeI-
sity. 1t is well to contract the en-
trance holes of weak hives, whenever
the bees cease to gather honey, and 60
to work Immediately to strengthen
these stocks, if you desire to winter
them. Opening the hives should be
done early in the morning and late at
night. To strengthen q weak stock,
give 1t a frame of brood and honey
every four or five days, exchanging
frames with strong stock.


Bees can be divided very success
fully in buckwheat harvest, this month,
as there is plenty Of time to build up
strong stocks before winter, and in
most years, plenty of opportunity. II
you purchase queens, no previous pre-
paration is necessary, but if you rear
them, you must preserve drones to fer
tillze them. This is done by depriving
a stock that has plenty of drones, of its
queen. Queen rearing for this pur-
pose must be commenced now. Ifyou
have been securing box honey, and
any boxes are partially full Of clover
honey, they ought to be removed be-
fore any buckwheat honey is deposited
that is, II you want to sell the honey.
Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1875

To DRY PLUMs.-Gather the plums
when not too ripe. Prick each one
with darning needle in several places.
Take half pound of sugar to each
pound of fruit. Melt the tugar with a
little water; skim 1t thoroughly; then
add the plums and boil the sugar for
half an hour. Lift out the plums and
boil the sugar for twenty minutes long
er, or until it candies, which you can
tell by taking up a small quantity in a
spoon and letting it drop until ii
threads out in strings; turn it over the
plums and put them to dry in q cool
oven, stirring them up every few miu-
utes. When candied put into boxes.
Year: 1875

idle politicians, it is part Of vast plan. IL
moves on to its purpose 1t assumes every


day newer and a graver shape. In the light
of this exposure Of these lodges, grips and
oaths, we now see the meaning of the Cesar
ism agitation, OF those violations of the con-
stitution which were pardoned to the Presi-
dent because of inexperience, of the
growth of the military power around
the White House, of the steady cor
ruption of the public service, Of the
robbing of the Treasury for partisan and
political ends, of the debasement of the
Senate and the ostracism Of leading republi-
cans 1t is all plain and clear. 1t is our
duty as citizens to strike it down as treason
to the Republic, believing, as we do, that
when secret societies are necessary to ''pro-
tect" our liberty or religion, neither Of them
are worth saving
Year: 1875

OVERRIDING THE INVESTIGATION BUSINESS. =
The democrats in Congress are in danger of
turning their proposed investigations into
derision by frivolity, fussiness and the reck-
less exhibition Of party animosity. The World
printed yesterday long catalogue of fifty
subjects, each of which was said to require a
committee Of Congress to look into it and
drag hidden iniquity to light The speci-
men we insert will serve to show with how
little consideration such inquiries are pro-
posed


o. The fraudulent In valuation the French
franc and consequent robbery OF merchants put up by
Fish's son in law and Hartlcy's son.


The World must be more cautious, or it
will get into hot water with some of its best
friends. Does it really think that all the
persons indicated in this charge need to
have committee of Congress set upon their
tracks?
Year: 1875

We learn from the weird and beauti.
full Washington correspondence of the
World that there is some feeling among Ye-
publicans in reference to the appointments
made by the democrats. The correspondent
explains that The republicans have no right
to show any feeling, because the democrats
are doing now what the republicans did when
they were in power The republicans re-
moved men, without regard to their merit, to
find places for political followers and strikers
and therefore they have no right to criticise
democrats for doing the same thing. We
regret this, for we dislike to differ
from the World correspondent but the
democrats were not sent to Washington
to do what the republicans did, but to re
form affairs. " OF course we know the re-
publicans were all thieves or in some ring
or other that they stifed civil service; that
they did all manner of improper things and
we know it was because of this that the
country turned them out and put democrats
in their places. What we expect from the
democrats is civil service in its truest sense,
purity of administration and bringing the
government back to what it was under the
fathers. These men were sent to Washing
ton to do what Jefferson and Adams and
Washington did-to work with On eye single
for the good of the country. 1t is no excuse
and no apology for their shortcomings that
they are following the example of the repub-
licans.
Year: 1875

OLD KENTUCKY Y-Kentucky is noble old
Commonwealth, remarkable for the genius
and courage OF her sons. The annals of the
Legislature show no prouder record than
that Of Clay and Crittenden and their com
peers but Kentucky never had as proud
day as the present, when she sees four ex-
members of Congress, men whom she
once honored as her Representatives, drawing
pay as humble servants Of the House. The
State which remembers that she was served
by Crittenden and Clay must rejoice that the
successors Of these great statesmen are
wheeling documents into the folding room
and keeping calendars or scratching around
the Clerks desk, modestly earning their
pittance
Year: 1875

SAVINGS BANKs.-The deeper the inquiry
goes into the affairs of the Third Avenue
Savings Bank the more stands out the out
rageous manner in which the deposits were
handled. The most barefaced gambling ap-
pears to have been carried on under the pro-
visions of a special law, obtained, doubtless,
in some underhanded way. All kinds of
reckless expenditures were made, and the
new receiver now states that the bank ac-
count should have shown q deficit for the
past eleven years With mismanagement of
this kind by the bank officers and the most
careless possible system of State control,
the depositors who trusted to the statements
of the one and the Endorsements of the
other were absolutely without protection.
We hope the Legislature will make the laws
concerning State supervision more rigid, and
attach proper penalties to what is punished
in other cases of breach of public trust as
criminal malfeasance or embezzlement
Year: 1875

The REMOVAL OF YALMAsEDA to give place
to General Jovellar does not seem to please
the gallant Spanish soldados whom he will
leave behind him in the island. A number
of these gentry were anxious to leave with
him, but he feels that it is his duty to tear
AS throwing little light on this sudden de-
sire of the patriotic Spaniards to serve their
country at home, it may be stated that the
chances for those stealings which were known
in our war times as Prerequisites" are not
expected to be as numerous under Jovellar as
they have been under the outgoing Captain
General
Year: 1875

The CoURsE or FATHER GRACE, of Newport,
Il. l., in refusing to perform burial rites over
the remains Of Geneva De Fray shows to
what extent surly bigotry can be carried.
lie was willing to allow the body Of the child
10 be buried in the Catholic cemetery, but
he could not pray over the girls grave, good
man. She had, it appears, attended Prot
estant school before her fatal sickness, prin-
:ipally because the Catholic school was too
far for one in her weakly condition. The
imposing burial services performed by dig
nitaries of the same Church over the remains
Of the actress Dejazet in Paris the other day
are a rebuke to such narrow intolerance as
That displayed by this country ecclesiastic
over schoolgirls CORPSE.
Year: 1875

between this city and the West will, of
course, be transient but it is likely to con-
tinue until it has accomplished its object.
Under the new rates the roads will do bust
ness at loss but the Grand Trunk Road
and its Boston connections will undoubtedly
be brought to their senses, and then paying
schedule will be mutually adopted. The
New York Central is determined to prevent
a diversion of business from New York by
undertaking roads, and it is strong enough
to succeed. The contest cannot be long
one if Commodore Vanderbilt is in stout
earnest, as we have no doubt he is.
Year: 1875

A PERTINENT QUEsTIoN.-One of the oaths
imposed upon the members of the secret
lodge of the o. A. U. is to 'oppose the
power of the Church of Rome to oppose the
election of any Papist to political office, to
all of which / pledge my life, my fortune
and my sacred honor" President Grant il
among those who are said to have entered
this lodge. Has the President of the United
States taken this oath9
Year: 1875

AN ACTIVE PROSECUTION of the ''Ring' mag
mates of Brooklyn will bring out some ex-
traordinary facts; but we sincerely hope it
will also bring back some of the squandered
money to the treasury and bring the offend
ers to grief. On such course of events we
should congratulate the City of Churches.
Year: 1875

vEsUv1us continues her extensive prepara-
tions for an eruption on an unusual scale of
splendor. The rival theatres Of Etna and
Stromboli have not as yet made any an
nouncements for Christmas extravaganza.
On our side Of the globe Porto Rico Is the
only place at which even an earthquake has
been recently bringing down the houses.
Year: 1875

The END OF THE SoUABBLE between the
Dock Department and the Commissioners
of the Sinking Fund has been q reference
to the Corporation Counsel for an opinion
of the question of the supervisory powers OF
the Commission over the expenditures
of the Department of Docks.
Year: 1875

The BRITISH NAVY is suffering almost as
many mishaps as though engaged in actual
warfare. After the Captain and Vanguard
disasters, and the Iron Dukes accident,
which so nearly sunk her, we learn that the
training ship Goliath was burned yester-
day morning.
Year: 1875

THE PRESIDENT enjoyed the New England


dinner yesterday evening and endured the
speeches without q word Of protest A
slight hint from one Of the speakers that the
Presidents education had hitherto been
Year: 1875

A PERTINENT QUESTION. One of the VOWS
imposed upon the foolish people who form
the secret Know Nothing lodge of the ''Order
of the American Union" is as follows 81
will not permit my children to be brought
up in Romanist school of religious or secu-
lar instruction" Senator Morton, of Indi-
ana, is among those who are said to have
joined this secret lodge Has Senator Nor
ton taken this oath
Year: 1875

There is a strong family likeness be-
tween Speaker Kerr's selections for i'm
portant stations and Governor Tilden's.
Governor Tilden tried his hand in the DEM
ocratic State Convention-which was sur
rendered to his control-and it is safe to say
that his choice Of candidates was such as
would not have been made either by the free
choice of the convention or the spontaneous
preference Of the democratic masses. Con-
sistent democrats, who had stood by the
party through good report and evil report,
who had acquired experience in its ranks
and ignored to confer honors on men who
had no standing in the party apart from the
favoritism of the Governor. 'Little Charley
Fairchild," small fourth rate attorney, was
nominated for Attorney General over the
heads of hfty strong democratic lawyers who
would have been glad Of the Office since the
salary was doubled by the last Legislature.
Mr.. Fairchild who was barely competent for
the subordinate office he held as the Attorney
Generals deputy, was promoted over the
heads of able democratic lawyers be-
cause Governor Tilden wanted tool


The Governors first selection for State
Engineer was Horatio Seymour, Jr., an
estimable young man without the requisite
experience, whose wiser uncle persuaded
him to decline the nomination. The ticket
was made up of men who had no strength in
the party and depended on the support of
the Governor to keep them in favor. If he
should frown they have nothing in the demo-
cratic party to fall back upon. These polit-
ical neophytes are mere vassals of the Gov
ernor, whose wishes they dare not cross, be-
cause it would be political annihilation.
This revolving form of Casarism, which seeks
to crush official independence and subjugate
all wills to one MASTER is anti-American and
anti-democratic. Public officers should
stand upon their ability and their weight
with the people, and not on seryility to man
who can destroy them with his breath.


We have just had in Washington the same
comedy that was acted in September at SYRIA
cuse, though with different costumes and
scenery. The proper title of the play is
Small Men in Great Parts; or, Talents to
the Rear" AS Governor Tilden wanted
puppets in the State offices, SO puppets are
wanted in Congress- A democrat of ability
and independence as the leader of the House
during this session might break great
deal of contraband Presidential crockery.
A man competent for the place
would be apt to act on his own
judgment. A puppet was wanted whose
motions could be controlled in the interest
of clique Morrison was selected for Chair
man of Ways and Means on the same princi-
pie that ''Little Charley Fairchild" was Sc
lected for Attorney General. There is no
danger that men foisted into places above
their capacity against the party sense OF fit
ness will take the bits into their mouths and
carry their riders where they do not wish to
go. Such small and contemplate politics
will have but short-lived success.


A PERTINENT QUESTION One of the vows
Year: 1875

A PERTINENT QUESTION. initiating
members of the secret society of the o. A. u.
among the vows imposed upon the candi-
dates for membership is this Il will never
propose nor second q proposal, nor initiate
nor cause to be initiated into this Order, any
Romanist or Papist, knowing him to be So"
Postmaster General Jewell is on the record
as having joined this secret Order. Has the
Postmaster General taken this oath?


WHAT New York ENDUREs from it's hack
men is a subject Of special wonder to the
stranger, and to the American citizen who,
having been abroad, has seen a system of
regular tolls and accountability for property
carefully watched over by the authorities.
Here the hackman is a lord and master, and
charges what he can extort in utter defiance
of the law In London last year thousands
of dollars worth of property was handed
over to the police, having been left
in cabs by their owners. Who ever heard of
the like in New York? The story recited by
Mr.. Elma yesterday in the Court Of General
Sessions, about the transactions Of the ruff
fans, Reilly and Coffin, Is more within the
experience of New Workers.. 1t is some con
ISOLATION that these fellows were sent to Sing
Sing for four and five years respectively.
Their conviction may have momentary
effect, but while it may diminish absolute
robbery it will leave other and more common
offences untouched
Year: 1875

In another column will be found o
communication from the Governor Of
Georgia, setting forth his objections
to issuing an appointment to citizen
of that State as Centennial Commits
sioner. From this it will be seen that
an iron-clad oath is required of Com
missioners, which would be an obsta-
Gle to the appointment of almost any
citizen of Southern State. However
repentant Confederate might he,
this oath would effectually preclude
him acting as a Commissioner. The
requirement of such an oath of Com
missioners would also offend their
friends and would prevent them par
ticipating In the proposed Centennial
exercises; in fact, it would cause the
whole South to stand aloof from the
festivities of 1875. As the Centennial
is to be grand love-feast, in which all
patriots are asked to join, forgetting
past differences, all obstacles such as
this oath should be removed. Patri-
otto Philadelphia, we know, will de-
mand that all such barriers as this
oath shall Immediately be removed.
1t is the desire that 1876 shall witness
a reunion of all patriotic Americans,
forgetful of past political and sectional
differences. We wish to see the Sec
tional hates engendered by political
strife buried in the grave of the civil
war. We desire to see the survivors
shake hands fraternally, and, finally,
we desire to see the States again
United States, in spirit as well as in
name
Year: 1875

Now Is your timel No such chance again In
one hundred years! The Bazaar is selling out
their entire stock of Dry Goods % per cent.
goods business and keep only Gents Furnish
Ing Goods. This Is no bogus sale, but genu-
Inc selling out of our entire stock of Dry
Cry Goods, as YOU will find out by calling at
the Bazaar, corner of Main and Requena
streets opposite the u. S. Hotel. iel7
Year: 1875

Moore,s Restaurant, on Commercial street,
Is the proper place to go for a good meal, with
q good cup OF coffee or tea to drink with It,
There is probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where so many of the substantials and
80 many of the luxuries may be had for 25 CTS.
Don't forget tile place-Moore's Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly fitted up for the accommodation


ladies' i5-tf
Year: 1875

Castine harbor closed on the night of the 2Gth
inst, and people crossed the ice on foot the he X
day The "oldest inhabitant' believes this to
be the first or second time that the harbor Of
Castine has been closed in January for forty
Years
Year: 1875

That class of newspapers which accused the
President of q purpose to nominate and elect
himself for another term are not satisfied with
his letter to General White. OF course not. II
WAS not to be expected that they would be.
Their policy is to assail the President, right or
wrong, to misrepresent, to distort all his words
and acts. Nothing that he could have said, how
ever distinct, however positive, would have ex-
tortsd from them candid voice Of approval.


But we Apprehend that the American people
have faith in the Presidents probity. They do
not call him liar. We take it they will look at
= paragraph near the end Of his letter and accept
it's language at the full value Of every word. He
says


.T am not, nor. have ever been candidate
for denomination. would not accept nom-
nation if it were rendered unless 1t should come
under such circumstan ces as to make it an i'm
perative duty-circumstances not likely to
arise"


II President Grant is double dealer, shut
fer, prevsricstor, then this may mean, as his
accusers maintain, that he still hopes and in
tends to secure third term Of office, but unless
he is such character it cannot mean any such
thing. IL is plainly and distinctly stated. Any
child can understand it He says he is not a
candidate for denomination, has not been such
csndidste and. would not accept the renomi-
nation, unless it should come under such cir
cumstances as to mako it an imperative duty.
And those circumstances he considers not likely
to arise.


So brave, 30 true,so careful of his utterances,
General Grants word before the world stands
as high and as unsullied as that of any other
man in it. His statement will be taken to mean
Just what it expresses. 1t will be taken by the
American people at its full measure of value.
1t settles the "third term" babble. Hereafter
the newspapers whose darling object in life is to
injure "Grant' will be unable to secure hear
ing before the mass OF the people on that ex-
ploded charge.
Year: 1875

Lizzie Bigley, of Albany, hung herself with a
hair switch.


1t is the wear and tear ON the female intellect
in the matter of deciding upon the arrangement
of the new bonnet that Is filling go mauy graves
for the daisies to grow upon.
Year: 1875

A FIRST CLASS -FOUR STORY BROWN STONE


House. 80 East Seventy fourth street. for sale
three story brown stone House l52 East Seventy eighth
street. be bought at bargain Apply at 81 East Sew
e nty fourth street
Year: 1875

MO. 10 PROSPECT PLACE FORTY FIRST STREET
IN between First and Second avenues.A large well fur
nished Room with all the modern improvement for a gen
tleman, in a small private family