smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Pal Mall again expresses It's surprise that
England which Is deeply interested in the maiHto-
Of the relative value Of syer with reference to
gold than any other country should have resOutey
its against any attempt to reDOnetze that metal
The matter is manfestly OF Increasing gravity 10
the Empire The loss by exchange India is cal
culaed for tie current year at SI5OOO0O0. and there
is nothing whatever show that they have arrived ut
the limit OF this serious loss But the effect of this is
just precisely what would arise from dangerous shock
10 the credit Of The Indian Government that 10 say it
increases the amount OF interest loans from Great
Britain nearly so per cent If added under that head.
Poi Nal regards It as very remarkable that those who
suffer largely on thelr remittauces for pensions which


they may derive rents which they may receive
IN India payabc ~ silver, have never attempted any
action on hs subject; although TIE Nboe question OF
Is surrounded 90 ordinary people win 50 uch
difficulty that they accept shfInkage or Income from
such cause as a result as inevitable as an eclipse


There is one English lady who has had
enough Uf Alpine climbing. Mrs. Wainwright and LeI
brother iaw undertook month ago the ascent OF the
Pz PAur, OF the BeInina group. They TOOK
witt them wo guides brothers-Hans Grass and Chris
tan Grass The climbers were corded together. Chris
tan Grass went first, next TO him followed Mr.. VAIN
wright then came Mrs Wainwright, and the rear was
DFougnt up by Hans thick fog came on. Chrsiian
went too near edge, when ibe snow suddenly gave
way under las feet, and be ien down preciDee drag


nz with him IN bis fall the English lady ana gentleman


nat Tie rope strong, ana Hans Grass was man OF
ngante strength As be saw his brother disappear, he


eS himself insgnctVey backward, aud bY sheer force
Year: 1878

If every country school teacher knew
enough Of Natural History to enable
her to name and classify the more con-
spicuous plants and insects to be found
within a short radius Of the school
house, and tell something of their life
history, our children might have new
world opened to them; wonder world"
indeed, full of interest to them and as
full Of valuable information. The little
folks would take delight in bringing in
specimens; and the teachers, at very
small cost'of time and labor, could so
direct their energies, thus happily put
forth, as to develop in them habits of
observation and comparison, and to
cultivate their powers of analysis and
classification, thus fitting them to act
more wisely in the ever-varying circum-
stances of life. yDesides this valuable
mental discipline, the pupils would ac-
qulre a knowledge Of the nature and
habits of these plants and insects, how
the useful are cultivated and how the
noxious may be destroyed, that would
doubtless be Of practical value to them
in after life, of greater value in most
cases than the ability to compute ex-
change or extract third and fourth
roots.
Year: 1878

The rules of etiquette are as old as
society, and as varied as are the races
Of people who inhabit the earth. AS a
rule, probably, it may be safely set
down that the ruder the people the
more absolute are the codes of manners.
The punctilious etiquette observed in
Spain, where woman dares not sit with
her legs crossed, and where monarch
hardly feels at liberty to put on his
shirt without the permission of the
Chamberlain, has long been the wonder
of less formal people. It is not SO very
many years since Spanish ladies were
not allowed to eat at the same table
with their husbands. But this fine
breeding is outdone by the Bulgarians.
The newly married wife in Bulgaria
dares not speak to her husband for a
month or more. The prohibition used
to last nine months. She is relieved
from the obligation of silence when her
lord presents her with a gift. Among
the Kaffres of South Africa the women
are not allowed to mention the name Of
their father-in-law, and they must hide
themselves when they meet their sons
in law. This delicacy about calling
Year: 1878

Finding myself in COnstantinople in
the month Of Ramazan, which is the
ninth month Of the Turkish year, in
which falls the Mussulman season of
Lent, [ witnessed every evening COM
edy which is worth description. During
the whole Of Lent it is prohibited to the
| Turks to eat, drink or smoke from the
rising OF the sun to the setting Almost
all, consequently, spend the night in eat
ing and drinking; but as long as the sun
is above the horizon. almost all respect
the religious precept, and no one dares
to transgress it publicly. One morning
my friend and l went to visit an ac-
duaintance, one of the Sultan's aid-de-
camps, an unprejudiced young officer,
and we found him in a room on the
ground floor of the imperial palace, with
cup of coffee in his hand. what
exclaimed Yank, 'do you dare to take
coffee after sunrise?" The officer shrug-
ged his shoulders and replied that he
laughed at Ramazan and fasting; but
just at that moment door opened sud-
denly, and he made so rapid movement
to hide his cup that he overturned it.,
and split it on his boot. 1t may be un-
derstood from this how vigorous is the
abstinence imposed upon those who are
all day long under the eyes Of others;
the boatmen, for instance. 1t is anus
ing to plant ones self upon the bridge
Of the Sultan's valide few minutes be-
fore the sun goes down. About thou
sand boatmen may be seen at this point,
going and coming, or sitting still. They
have every one been fasting since dawn,
are wild with hunger, and have their
little suppers ready in the caique, and
their eyes continually move from their
food to the sun, from the sun to the
food, while there is general agitation
and restlessness among them, as in a
menagerie when the animals are about
to be fed. The disappearance of the
sun is announced by gun. Before the
longed-for moment no one puts crust
of bread or drop of water into his
mouth. Sometimes, in corner of the
Golden Horn, we tried to bribe our boat
men to eat before the lawful moment,
but they answered Iok! Iok! no. no!
pointing to the sun with timorous ges-
ture. When the sun is half hidden they
begin to take the food in their hands,
and when there is nothing but thin
luminous arch, then those who are
motionless, and those who are rowing,
those who are crossing the Golden Horn
and those who are skimming over the
Bosphorus, those who are sailing in the
sea Of Marmora, and those who are rest
ing in the most solitary bays of the
Asiatic shores, all with one accord turn
toward the west, and stand fixed, with
their eyes on the sun, mouths open
bread in hand, and JOY in visage. When
nothing is visible but one small fiery
point, and at last the fiery point vanish
es. the cannon thunders, and in that
very instant $4,000 teeth bite off enor-
nous morsels from thousand pieces of
bread; but what am l saying? A thou
sand? In every house, in every cafe. in
every cavern the same thing is happening
at the same moment; and for a few min.
utes the Turkish city is nothing but a
monster, with 100000 mouths that eats
and drinks.
Year: 1878

There is no one in the community
who holds more despicable position
than the common slanderer, and strange
to say, there is no offender who receives
a smaller measure of well-deserved pun
ishment. This social assassin seems to
enjoy species of immunity in the pros
ecution of his nefarious designs, and by
implication claims an unquestioned
right to play the villain. In rare cases
a jury is obtained which has the good
sense to impose marked punitive dam
ages; but the majority of these scoun-
drels either escape entirely unpunished
or have merely nominal damages, with
costs decreed against them. And yet,
properly considered, the crime of SLAM
der is one of the most offensive of which
men or women can be guilty; it is So
cial murder, for its object is the slaugh-
ter Of individual character, or the de-
struction of domestic happiness. In
fact, it is an offence that. "stinks to
heaven" as going directly with persist
ent malignity to impair the best inter-
ests of society. To greater or less ex-
tent, it tends to poison the fountains of
the public health and the harmony of
the domestic circle. 1t assails every
class in the community-youth and man.
hood alike; and even palsied old age is
unprotected from the venom of its pois-
oned shafts. Its malicious, vindictive
attacks spare none. But in no instance
is SANDER more abhorent than in its
conducting as it does, to domestic un-
happiness and the disruption of family
relations setting husband against wife,
child against parent, and friend against
friend We view it as -eminently a
crime, detestable in the sight of man
and notably condemned of Heaven. I,
is an offence that stands arrayed against
the eternal canon promulgated amid
the thunders of Sinai Thou shalt moi
bear false witness against thy neighbor;
and if it be not in this world punished
as it deserves inevitably it will be in the
next. But for the conservation of the
best interests of society, the operations
of this insidious fend-this social assas
sin-should be visited with condign pun
ishment, of such character as in tn;
future may decisively arrest the spreae
of its pestiferous influence.
Year: 1878




From the n. Y. Herald.


As for fortune tellers and clair
voyants, their numbers are large,
and are on the increase, but luckily
this class of people have been so of
ten and 80 thoroughly ventilated as
to call for nothing but mere mention.
Perhaps the most curious fact lately
umearthed about "tbe world of wO-
men" is that there are several respect
able young women, technically "ia-
dies" in dress and social surround
ings, and really females Of good char
acter. who serve in secret, the pur-
poses of art as models. The writer
of this sketch is acquainted with an
estimable lsdy-a genuine lady in
birth, education and manners-who
earns about $40 per week as model
for ''life class" She keeps this
fact a profound secret--her own
mother is not aware of it--but the
fact is as stated, the writer having
ascertained it through a visit to an
artists studio during the session of
''life class Of art students. Inquir-
ing into this matter further, the
writer discovered that the young la
dy in question had in VAIN attempted
to secure employment in writing,
trauslating or trade pursuits, was on
the verge of starvation with her old
mother, when lucky hint suggested
the livelihood of model, which was
finally aud successfully adopted,
though only after severe self-strug-
giles and under conditions of the
most profound secrecy.


A prominent painter with whom
the writer held conversation re,
Gently stated that the supply oi
models was at present greater than
the demand, and that the majority
of models in the city of New York
were not only well formed, but we'll
behaved; "a really superior class Of
persons" forced TO exhibit them
selves by their necessities. A model
quite in demand is a young German.
Another model has recently been
married to a young painter who fell
in love with her from seeing her as
a model in life class which he was
then attending, aud from all reports
Year: 1878




The rain fall as a whole may look large,
but reference to the records of other
States. will show that South Florida doe.
not possess rain fall as large as many
others.


So far as my observatinos extend, tests
for ozone give positive results for all sea-
sons


On the whols-when the climate of Flor
ida is compared with that of any Of the
United States its superiority becomes ap-
parent. As to dryness of winter climate
the peninsula compares favorably with
California, the rain fall for this season be
ing about the same.


There is one feature here that northern
people look for but find it not. I.refer to
cemeteries. One can understand this
when they find the average mortality at
1.01 per cent, and during term OF three
years no deaths occurred.


As to insects, &c, have not as yet be-
come acquainted with any; not even the
musical musquito, or the gay and festive
flea. Alligator, have not seen either,
and if they are here, as I was led to be
leys, then they are yet to come. Our
health is good, and we are all improving.


ALFRED.
Year: 1878

A little girl down in Maine was
listening with much attention to the
story of Jonah. When the question
was asked, "What should you sup
pose would be the first thing Jonah
would do after the great FISH threw
him upon the land? She answered
promptly, 81 sh'd fink he'd 90 home
quick as he could and get cleaned
up."
Year: 1878

MEASURES FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION.
DETAILS or THE PRnPosITIoN-wHAT RKFINER


SAYS or IT'S CHANCES OF SUCCESS.


The plan devised for the mutual protection
OF producers In the OIL region OF Pennsyyania and de-


ned for the relief and Improvement Of the business is
set forth at great length in address which has been
issued by the General Council OF the Petroleum Pro
ducers Union This plan proposes that each producer
shall deliver the product OF his wells to one OF the pro-
dueers associations OF which there several already
established IN the oil region, and that these associations
shall establish central agency. IL Ia made the duty OF
this central agency sell only so much of the produe-
ton as may be required Tor actual consumption.
and 10 retire the balance under such conditions
that Il can be marketed only in way that shall be
most consistent with the general interest For the Oil
40 retired tank receipts certificates shall DO issued to
each producer his proportion OF the number OF bar
res retired The address claims that the control OF the
market will be placed by these means In the hands OF
the producers and that prices Will not be Affected hy
speeuaton which fatteus on the changes II is able 70
effect


The plan presented in the address Is not 1t says per
footed but offers suggestions Of OF the measures of
relief contemplated by the associations, OF which the al
dress urges the immediate extension The General
Council from which the address emanaies rs said TO be
composed Of representatives from every ds'Fet N the
Year: 1878

been exceedingly heavy and many localities report fhat
It alone will pay for the cultivation OF the crop Corn
promises better than at the time Last year.
An increase OF 40 per cent reported In acreage ana
should the weather continue seasOnabe the Weld VIII
be unprecedented -


POatOesshow increase both IN acreage aud condition
OF crop over last year. The early crop has been one
Of extraordinary YIELD averaging fully 100 per cent.
The late crop promises we'll, only few localities re-
porting evil Fruit promises better tran for many
years


Taken all in ALL the crops Of the great agricultural
district covered by these reports arc unprecedented IN
acreage, yield and condition, and all that remains 70
secure to the farmer his reward Ia continuance OF the
present favorable weather
Year: 1878

Few Episcopal cIergymen IN Central New
York have been better known or admired than DR..
Guion short, thek-set man. with tine and earnest
face and quaint manner, he was an indefatgabe
worker and man strongly imbue1 with the missionary
sprit and love for tho extension OF the Episcopal
fhuren He was once ths chaplain OF Auburn Prison,
and lis sons have occupied positions Of trust and re-
spOnsibilty WITHIN the gift OF the State.
Year: 1878

THE PRESIDENT ON HOWE.


A number of members of Congress,
friends OF the President. called upon him
with reference to the speech of Senator
Howe. All expressed more feeling in the
matter than the President himself, and
suggested that the speech be answered,
fearing that to permit 1t to pass in silence
might be taken as an admission Of its entire
truth. The President took different view,
placing himself on the ground that what he
had done in the way of official action was
based on his sense OF right, without think
ing for moment what might be tho result
as affecting him personally. He was op-
posed to any public response. preferring
that his acts should be the best interpreter
of his motives and principles he had sought
to perform his duty. With this he was con-
tent, no matter how others with prejudiced
minds might view his conduct. All would
recolect he said, how bitterly Senator
Howe had denounced President Lincoln
toward the close of his first term. and how
others sought to prevent Mr.. Lincoln from
being nominated for second term but
Notwithstanding all this he was ronomina-
ted and became more popular than ever be-
fore, the people having become better ac-
quainted with him and appreciated his con-
duet more. President Hayes was perfectly
willing to be judged by the same tribunal.
The President does not appear in the least
disturbed by Senator Howe's speech. be-
lleving time will fully yindcate him.


THE PRo-RATE BILL,


The report of the House Pacific rail
road committee Is about ready Tor refer
ence with the pro-rate bill The House de-
termned there should be three commits
sioners to fix the rates. tho first set to he
named in the bill. The details of the bill are
to be perfected by the subcommittee
consisting of Messrs. Rice, Chalmers and
Dwight, of New York. The bill will be Il
combination OF those of Chalmers and
Rice, the party giving power to the COM
missioner to take possession of the roads
in case Of failure to comply with the con-
dtions imposed is stricken ut.


SENATORIAL CAUCUS.


The Republican Senators last week
had a caucus, In which the course Of the
administration was discussed with freedom
According TO report, the only outsroker
supporters of the administration were Burn.
side, Hoar, Matthews and Chrstiancy. The
Senators were more than ordinarily sllen
about the caucus, refusing to talk on tn,
subject
Year: 1878

1t is stated on good authority that a
teaspoon of Cayenne pepper mixed in a
quart of oil, and rubbing the harness
with oil, will effectually protect it
against the gnawing of rats. 1t is also
said that an ounce of aloes to n gallon
of oil will afford the same protection.
Our remedy heretofore has been, and
we have never known it to fail, to hang
the harness up SO high that no rats can
molest it. But as some people are care
lessin this respect, the red pepper and
aloes and oil remedy had better be
adopted. A friend at our elbow says
carbolic acid is o sure remedy,
Year: 1878

From Nature.


A Vienna mechanician has recently
succeeded, after many fruitless trials,
in constructing sewing machine which
does not require the person working at
it to submit to the unpleasant and un-
healthy necessity of constant bodily ex-
ertion, viz, setting the machine in mo-
ton by foot. Since, for peculiar rea-
sons, the application of electricity, steam
or water power was impossible, the in
ventor of the new machine was restrict
ed to gravitation or elasticity, and he,
preferring the latter force, has contrived
to make springs strong enough to keep
an ordinary sized machine in motion fol
hours. A system Of cog-wheels is ar
ranged underneath the surface of the
table upon which the machine is fixed
and by handle at the side the spring
is wound up with the greatest facility
The velocity at which the machine
works is entirely at the option of the
person using it, and can be regulated
dd Hbit,tm and in the simplest man
ner.
Year: 1878

covery Of his temporarles The main stress
of the alocution is laid on the relations
which It is intended should exist between
the Pope and the cardinals. The Sacred
College typifes the council of seventy, call
ed by Moses to be his assistants and adyis-
ers in the government Of the people OF
Israel. He wished the cardinals to be his
bystanders and fellow laborers. and lest II
should be thought that merely unmeaning
words fell from his lips, he expresses all
the reliance he puts on their wise councils
trusting and begging that it may never fail
him. twas the dearest wish Of the council
OF Trent that the administration Of the Uni
versal church should rest on the council OF
cardinals. This, says the correspondent, Is
a clear hint to return to the old constitution
OF the church, and the reference to the
council of Trent seems plainly intended as
repeal OF the vatican council. which by
declaring Pope Plus lX. infalible entitled
him to dispense with the advice Of either
the college or council to the vatican synod
itself to the proclamation of tho dogma OF
infalibiity or of tho immaculate conception
and to all the acts of Plus IN. except The
reconGtitution Of the Scottish hierarchy. Nc
allusion whatever is made In the allocution
to the acts Of the deceased Pope. which
have been sanctioned by the church and
must stand; but POpc Leo seems to think
that the least said about them will be soon
est mendcd.


Lord Derby Resigns.


Lord Derby rendered his resignation
on the 2Sth because of the calling out Of the
reserves. The House of Lords was very
crowded. Many numbers of tho lower
House were present. Lord Derby entered
soon after five o'clock and took his seat be-
low the gangway instead of on the treas
ury bench. He rose almost Immediately
and announced his resignation as secretary
of foreign affairs which he said had been
accepted by the Queen, ana he only contnu-
ed to hold the Office until the appointment oil
his successor. He regretted that under the
circumstances it would not be justiilabe
for him to follow the customary course oi
explaining in detail the differences which
led him to resign, The cabinet had arrived
at certain conclusions of grave and import.
ant character in which he was not able tc
concur.


Hard Times Eat.


The printing machines Of the Lowell
Print works have stopped, throwing 3O(
persons out of employment, and the entir,
establishment will shut down for month
owing to the large supply of goods on han(
and the dull market,
Year: 1878

The printing machines of the Lowell
Print works have stopped, throwing 800
persons out of employment, and the entire
establishment will shut down for month
owing to the large supply of goods on hand
and the dull market.
Year: 1878

A Massachusetts paper devotes about
half a column to telling what to do on
the farm in March. But really the
only sensible and comfortable thing
to do on Massachusetts farm in March
is to stay in the house.
Year: 1878

England is suffering from IN inverted
season. Flowing has been interfered
with by an unusual fall of snow, and
the plowman is sitting in the back shed
waiting for it to melt and run off.
Year: 1878

Did anybody ever see a newspaper
notice the birth Of male child where
tho infant was not written down as a
" bouncing boy :" Why not some.
timos a bouncing girl? This bouncing
boy phraseOlogy is little stale, besides
being very far from the truth. Tia
male infant has no more bouncing
qualities in his extreme youth than the
female infant has. Hs is = Fquirming
bundle in tho shape ola peanut, with
a face as red as bull.fghters flag,
and eyes all swollen as though he had
cried for week because ho had to
come into such mean old world. Ho
docsen't begin TO bounce until he has
had several mouths experience ia life.
Indianapolis Herald.
Year: 1878

Why is it that the women always
read tho marriages in a newspaper
first


That some people would rather lie
than tell the truth !?


That every man is anxious to got the
half cent in shilling?


That tho average railroad con.
ductor cannot answer q question civ
lily?


That many would rather borrow
newspaper than subscribe for one3


That men that never pay any taxes
grumble lOudest about taxes being
high?


That many men of wealth have 10
bo sued before they will pay their hon.
est debts?


That people who arc bravcst in tina
Of peace are the biggest towards in
time of war.


That some people always stop their
teams on street crossing, particularly
on q muddy dly2-Rome Sentiael.
Year: 1878

Never slip The ring on her finger,
boys, ill you slip around early some
morning and see how nature triumphs
over art-when you give rature a fair
chance, and her best fellow amt around.
You wouldn't recognize her without IN
introduction !; aud from the looks other
wardrobe you'd take her for the hired
girl, or yellow fever sufferer. But
just let the bell ring, or vision Of
pair Of coat.tails flap around the corner,
and the wuy she PAGES of tho distance
intervening between the buttery door
and brush aud comb, would mako 4
carrier pigeon tear its hair with envy.
-Elmira Gazette.