smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

To he People of Arizona Tsrritory:

 Being detained here public business much lon ger than expected to have been, hereby myself as candidate for re election Delegate Crngress by the people Of Arizo ln dong can but repeat my former platform and with renewed energy and the ad vantage of what little experience have acquired I pledge myself Of electedJ 10 devote my time and give

 my most careful attention to the advancement the best interests Of Arzona and her people irrespective of party faction or section To my friends ho and nobly stood by me during the past years der my heartfelt thanks To those who still continue oppose me and to all opponents wish say: shall meet you m opposition the field in friendly manner and believing as do that the majority of the people are always right shall feel pl ased with the result Most respectfully inviting and all to my sup port, am very respectfully yours II. $ STEVENS.

 Washington, D. C., June 2l 1876
Year: 1876

The Great Register will be closed on the first Monday in October, when it is the duty of the Recorder to hand it over to the prin- ter to be printed for distribution to the differ ent polling places. There will probably be some who have had ample opportunity to register but have neglected it, who will swear, Law the earth and curse the law when il is too late but it will serve them right to lose their votes.
Year: 1876

l most respectfully offer myself as a candidate for County Treasurer of Yavapai county. Being resident of the county for ten years the old settlers nearly all acquainted with me, and the settlers find out who am by ask:ug almost any old resident. My before last election for Supervisor and l was elected bv hattering vote but a change in my business compelled to resign after taking office, which think will be overlooked by my frpuis who hope will forward with recruits and 1 uill endeavor to de my part il elected.

 BENJ. II. WEAVER.
Year: 1876

The School House is rapidly approaching completion. The view from the belfry in the top of the tower is really grand, and can now be reached by climbing only one lad der, the remainder of the way being provided with stairs. Mir. Pierce, of Los Angeles, who is doing the plastering, has proven him. self master in the business.
Year: 1876

Bills have passed the House for two much
needed improvements in Westinghouse new
pavement for Pennsylvania-ave and a new
Government for the District. 1t is not, how
ever, more than two or three years ago that
the Washingtonians were bubbling over with
congratulations to the Shepherd Ring for the
completion of the very pavement which now
needs 10 be entirely replaced. The local Gov
ernment and The pavement were alike in char
acter and history.
Year: 1876

No prospect is yet apparent of the breaking
of the deadlock on the Appropriation bills.


The Army, Navy and Post-0 bills are
among the number that the two Houses are
unable to agree upon. 1t needs no prophet to
foresee the confusion that must ensue if these
measures fail and there is stoppage of the
'Departments after June 80. The Legis-


1ktive, Executive and Judicial appropriation
is also In crisis but something is likely to
. be done about that. since otherwise the sal
Year: 1876

On the cash basis of prices, from Janulry
to July l, our sales in the tailoring depart
ment exceed by s12, 600 the sales for the same
period in 1875. We reduced our prices some
fifteen per cent. in 1875, and find the net profits
of this department exceed any previous ones.
This is due to the fact that during that time
we have not lost a single dollar in dressing
people who do not pay for the clothes
they wear. This seasons prices will be found
TO be the lowest we have ever asked for goods
If you desire to get q hundred cents in value
for every dollar you expand we are prepared
TO give it to you. A. SA6s Il Co.,


3l6 Seventh street,
Year: 1876

Students of law intending to join the law
school of the Columbian University will re-
member that its sessions open this afternoon at
$50 O'Clock, when the professors will be in at
tendance at the law building Of the university,
on Fifth street, to make the announcements
for the current year, and to inaugurate the
new courses of study which have been added
to the curriculum of the school.
Year: 1876

EMp1oYMENr.-It is something new,
says the New York Herald, for Scotland
to send to America for workmen. One
hundred stone masons in. New York
city have been engaged to go to Green.
ock. Novel as this seems it Is not so un.
reasonable as coming from the West to
seek employment In Now York.
Year: 1876

The UPAs TREE.-Ihe story of the
terribles upas tree, as told in the books
for the delectation Of children quarter
or half century ago, was pure fiction.
But like thousands Of other fabled pro-
ductions, the wonderful properties Of the
tree disappeared when investigated by
mon who sought truth instead of the YER
ifcation Of superstition. The sb.called
poisonous upas tree OF Java has been
cultivated in the conservatories of Europe
since 1914, and strange TO say its nearest
kin Is the COW tree Of South America, the
milky juice of which is as wholesome as
that of the short-horn COW. The juice of
the upas tree may containsome poisonous
properties. but not in such quantities or
of so vrulent character as TO make il a
dangerous one to have about, even as a
window plant. The American sumac
beats this fabled Java production hollow
in poisonous propeoties. But the original
story Of the poisonous upas, as told by
Foersch, surgeon of the Dutch East II dia
Company in l774, was remarkably good
one, and proves the author TO be man
possessing very terrific brain.
Year: 1876

THE Docs or ST. BERNARD. One OF
the most remarkable Of these noble dogs
was Barry, who Is known to have saved
the lives of forty individuals. Bosidos
his casb around his neck, no carried a
warm garment on his back and il he
failed to arouse the traveller into some
sense Of life by his warm tongue and
breath, he would race back to the house
and bring somebody to the rescue. one
day Barry found poor boy asleep aud
almost frozen to death in the celebrated
glacier Of Balsoro. Barry warmed tho
boy, licked him, woke him up, gave him
something to drink and carried him on
his back to the monastery. The Joy of
the poor parents, who can describe ? Al
ter life Of service, Barry was sent down
the mountain to warm and comlorta-
bic home, where he passed the rest of his
days in honorable quiet. At his death
his body was carefully buried, aud his
skin was stuffed, and there he may be
seen in the museum Of Berne, standing
as large as life, with his collar and bottle
round his neck, ready to start on his la
bors of love. ....


The dogs are short-lived. Many die
from diseases of the lungs, and Others are
lost in the falling of avaanches and some
other accidents. Neither men nor dogs
can long stand the severe climate and
thin air of SO great a hight. Both are Of
ten obliged to go down in the valleys be-
low, and recruit amid mider scenes. The
leader of the pack now is named Plato
a brayc, big creature, doing deeds Of use
fulness and yalor which might put to
blush the life Of many II one Of human
understanding, who never rislsed tho't,
much less deed, to help his fellow men.
Year: 1876

One of the simplest tricks in this de-
partment of tireside entertainments is the
candle trick. Take a common allow
candle in brass candlestick, light it and
let it stand until it has got good head
on. Then Iot one of the children, boy
about fourteen years old is best, take the
candle, shake the grease from around the
wick, and opening his mouth very wide,
stick the candle in it, Immediately closing
his lips. The candle will not go ont,
but will shine through the boys distended
checks with ruddy glow. Now let the
parent suddenly chuck the boy uuder the
chin. The candle will be observed to 90
out Immediately, or at least it will come
out just as soon ms the boy can get his
teeth out of the tRllow. This will teach
the boy who swallows the candle never
to attempt uncertain tricks when his ia
ther is moan enough to play practical
jokes on his own children. The other
children will appreciate the lesson.


IllE hoN lkltk.


Procure n large egg, BrNhma eggs arc
the best, and on the largo end draw Il
cross with a lead pencil, and ON the OPP
posite end draw another smaller cross in
ink. Place the egg, after showing the
children the marks and permitting them
to examine it carefully, SO they will know
it the next time they see it, and thon place
it upon the head Of the oldest boy present
or if there is a grandfather handy with
bald head, balance the egg on his head
Then let one OF the company take large
book and see it he can strike the egg hard
enough to break it, To tho surprise of
everybody the egg will be suppressed ut
the first blow. Thon you can show the
person on whose head it was balanced the
two crosses marked ON the sholl to provo
that it was the same egg he saw in its
entirety, but he will probably be too cross
to have much interest in the matter.
This is not very difficult trick, and cnu
be quite easily learned, but care should
be exercised in tho selection of the egg.
An egg that had been manufactured be-
fore the war would be apt to create nm
unpleasanlnoss, if it should be used in this
trick.
Year: 1876

This trick is not always easy to per
form, on account OF the necessity OF in
tIoducing a strange dog into the family
circle. You must entico a strange dog
the more unsociablo the better, into Tia,
room. Thon let one Of the company tax,
hold Of its ears, and hold the dog still
while another ties his tail in bow knot
IT tho dog has boon properly trained ano
does his part Of the trick promptly thorc
will be four or five legs in that room
chock full OF dogs teeth before the first
wrinkle is laid in the knot. This will
teach the cbiIdren to let a dogs tail re-
tain the shape which nature has given it..
Any dog OF average sagacty can be
taught to perform this trick in two or
three days practice. A terrier is geuor-
ally better for this purpose than bull
dog, because it doesn't hold on so long
and knows when 1t has had enough.
Year: 1876

The curtain fell at half-past ten o'clock
last night in the Festal Theatre at Baireuth,
on series of musical and dramatic per-
formances Of a scale of grandeur such as no
audience ever witnessed before The great
music drama of the "Ring of the Nibe-
lungen," work Of such colossal mag
nitude that it required twenty years to
bring it forth from its embryo state in the
mind Of the composer to the fulness Of its
majestic proportions, was brought to sue
cessful close The scene was memorable
one the event an epoch in art history.
Royal dignitaries and literary and musical
celebrities united in an outburst of applause
that brought the composer before the cur
tain. 1t was triumph that seldom falls.to
the lot of any human being, one that amply
repaid long, weary years OF toll, dis
appointment and trouble, and placed
upon the brow of the composer
the laurels of immortality. hero, "a
swallower of formulas, as he has been aptly
termed, Wagner stands to-day before the
world one of the most gifted OF the chill
dren of dramatic and musical art,
and before him bow, in homage to
his genius, the brightest intellects of
Europe He is to this generation what
Beethoven was to past one, and although
few will be inclined to accept his theories es
Year: 1876

Notwithstanding the repeated assurances
Of the officials in charge of our city water
supply that the Croton water is healthy and
does not contain any matter which renders
it unfit for consumption, we are forced to
take the opposite view and to reassert our
opinion that New York stands in the pres
ence of grave danger. A careful survey
of the watershed of the Croton River, made
by O representative Of tho HERALD last win
ter, demonstrated that no precautions what
ever were taken to free the surface drainage
into the collect ponds from the impurities
incidental to their localities. What those
impurities consisted Of it is unnecessary to
such q character as to awaken disgust and
alarm in the mind of every consumer Of
Croton water. The simple remedy of filter
ing the water that supplies city of mill
ion inhabitants seems not to have entered
into the plans of the projectors of the water
system and Of it's various extensions; and
owing to an equal carelessness in the regu-
lation Of the reception of the surface water
into the reservoirs the supply has become
tainted at its very source. Now we learn
from the Chief Engineer of the Croton Aque-
duct that it is only during seasons Of re-
markable drought that the Croton water
becomes tainted, and he explains this
by description of the manner in which the
overflow at the dam removes the surface i'm
purities BY virtue of his responsible posi-
tion Mr.. Campbell's opinions are entitled
to great weight, but only when they coincide
with certain well assured facts bearing on
the subject of his charge. Assuming that
the lack of rainfall has caused the Croton
water to have a foul odor and worse taste
during the present month, we are anxious
to know how it happened that this trouble
did not arise during the past three years,


when the rainfall of the month of July, and
even for the first seven months of each year,


was considerably less than that OF last
month and of the first seven months of 1876.


We present elsewhere a tabulated statement
of the rainfall for each month from 1871 to
1876, both inclusive, which proves this fact
conclusively. Now, the Croton supply has
been impure since the beginning of. last
month, during which we had the greatest
rainfall of any July since 1873. How, then,
can it be claimed that want of water this
year causes the supply to become almost
putrid? Again, are there not reservoirs
enough at higher elevations than that from
Year: 1876

Yesterdays thunder storm, with its copi.
GUS rainfall of 227 inches, was one of the
series predicted for the present week in
Tuesdays HERALD. The drizzling rain that
prevailed during the day was due to the in
fluence of the cool northerly wind on the
heated and moisture-laden atmosphere, q
condensation of the vapor into rain being
produced. Such storms, although they may
cause temporary Inconvenience to great
many business people, are blessings for
which we cannot be too thankful at the
present season. While the city streets are
in many places reeking with filth and the
sewers charged with refuse matter in solid
forms, great drenching, cleansing rain
storm is sorely needed to preserve the health
of the city. Not only are the street cutters,
pavements and sewers washed but the air
itself is purified by the heavy downfall of
rain, the foul gases emanating from deposits
of garbage and other putrescent matter being
absorbed by the descending water. During
the passage of the area of high pressure
through Canada we will experience cloudy
weather, and fogs will prevail eastward
toward Newfoundland, rendering navigation
difficult From the westward we may expect
frequent thunder storms and recurring
periods of cloudiness and rain. Indeed, the
latter conditions will be likely to prevail
over the entire continent east of tho Rocky
Mountains in constantly and rapidly shift
ing areas. A tornado will probably occur in
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys during
to-day, the conditions being favorable for its
development. The rain belt has extended
from the Missouri to the Atlantic.
Year: 1876

which the supply aqueduct leads to Mood
tho lower basin to many feet higher than Its
dam level even for an hour and so remove
the surface impurities? The truth is that
our water system is being botched,
and no amount of scientific twaddle
can conceal the fact. Water that is charged
with Objectionable animal matter, the
drainage of farm lands and swampy
grounds, and in fact made the medium OF
conveying away the refuse of a thickly set
tied region, cannot be filtered by contact
with "the great motionless mass of water at
the DAM" Neither will Professor Chandlers
bright idea of cleaning the Park reservoirs
help matters The supply is poisoned at
its source and at that source must the rem
edy be applied.
Year: 1876

AN AGGREGATE of 42S rotten telegraph
poles and 1853 rotten trees in this city is
something we could not have credited if po-
lice examination had not revealed these dis
graceful facts. The next duty is their re-
moval. Within fortnight two persons lost
sheir lives on account of rotten telegraph
poles, and now that the police know of the
unsafe ones it would be inexcusable should
they remain standing much longer.
Year: 1876

A MARKER was wounded in the eve at
Creedmoor yesterday, apparently through
the carelessness of one of the marksmen
Last year number of accidents of this kind
occurred, and now man has lost an eve,
probably his life, from mere want of disci-
pline at the firing point Not only must
severer discipline be enforced before the
targets, but the National Guard must court
martial such of the officers and men as are
guilty of indiscretions like that which re-
suited so lamentably yesterday.
Year: 1876

Born Crook AND TERRY are now making
their advance against the Sioux, and we
may have news of battle at any moment
Our des patches and letters this morning
give fnll information of the preparations for
hints touching the way in which the Indian
question has been managed by the Interior
Department. Even since the war begun the
savages have been supplied with arms and
ammunition by. Indian agents. In case Of
disaster the country will know where to
place the responsibility.
Year: 1876

The Four and n Half Per Cent Loan.
length an active attempt to reduce the
interest on the public debt by negotiating
bonds bearing lower rate. The HERALD
has persistently demonstrated against the
financial imbecility Of our government in
continuing to pay six per cent on the greater
part of the national debt, when the national
credit stands so high that bonds can easily
be sold at lower rates. During the admins
tration of Secretary Bristow nothing was
done beyond closing up the five per cent
loan of his predecessors. We are glad to see
that Secretary Morrill, is disposed to take
this subject in hand, and we wish him
brilliant success. One Of our Washington
dispatches expresses the opinion that his
success will not be brilliant unless he can
dispose of q new loan at q lower rate
than four and half per cent. He has
legal authority to issue new bonds to
the amount Of three hundred millions at
this rate, but he is under no compulsion to
do SO if he can get better terms. He has
also authority to issue any amount of four
per cent bonds for the conversion Of the
public debt, and it would be q great feather
in his cap if he could dispose of new loan
at this rate. The Syndicate is very eager to
take three hundred millions at four and
half per cent, and they would no doubt find
it profitable operation. Whether four
per cent loan is practicable is question on
which we shall seek the opinions of COM
petent financial judges. 1t is asserted that
at the prices at which government bonds are
now selling the investment does not yield
more than four per cent to the purchasers,
and if this be the case four and half per
cent loan would be wasteful. We shall not
judge Secretary Morrill, hastily, for we
have confidence in his ability and his wish


to tlo the best he can for the country; but
the subject is worth discussion, and he is


entitled to the aid of the best public opinion.
Year: 1876

AT SARATOGA yesterday, in contrast with
the rain which fell throughout the day in the
metropolis, the weather was delightful and
the racing was much enjoyed. The second
meeting this year has been great social as
we'll rs sporting success, and the American
turf now only lacks great annual events like
ward to with pleasure, to make our summer
and autumn meetings national in character
Year: 1876

The FINANCIAL DEPRESSION which begun
here in 1878 and has gradually extended to
nearly every country is now severely felt in
Portugal. A number of banks and CONNER
cial houses have failed at Oporto and heavy
remittances have been made from England
TO lessen the effects of the crisis.
Year: 1876

IT is SOMETHING New for Scotland to send
to America for workmen, but our news
columns this morning show that one hun
dred and fifty stone masonsi in this city have
been engaged to go to Greenock Novel as
ing from the West to seek employment in
New York
Year: 1876

The New YORK YACHT CLUB is having an
enjoyable cruise. The sail from Shelter
Island to New London yesterday was espe-
cially enjoyable to those who delighted in
plenty Of wind and rain.
Year: 1876

WHEN WE COMPARE our military establish
ment with that of Russia, as it is reported
by cable this morning. we need not despair
of the Republic. Not even during the re-
bellion did we ever have as many in the
field as Russia has in her peace armament
Year: 1876

entirely practical, especially as far as the
human voice is concerned, yet no one can
conscientiously deny to him the faculty Of
originating sublime ideas and of creating
ductive Of much good fruit.
Year: 1876

The SWISS CELEBRATION at Philadelphia
promises to be one Of the most interesting
events of the Centennial 1t is in events
like this that the impulse which the Exhibi-
ton has given to liberty throughout the
world is best exemplifed.
Year: 1876

ordered by the President The resolution
does not contemplate military action, but
action by the courts-not prevention, but
punishment. Its language is ''that in any
case which has heretofore occurred or may
occur hereafter in which violence or murder
has been or shall be committed by one race
or class upon the other the prompt prosecu-
any court having jurisdiction is impera-
lively demanded" But what courts have
jurisdiction? Not those of the United
States, certainly, in the present state of the
law, but only the courts of the particular
States within which such violence is per-
petrated, SO that even if this resolution of
the House were an act of Congress in
the same words it would confer no
authority on the President to interfere We
are confident that General Sherman will take
no steps toward executing this strange order,
and that the President himself will not fol-
low it up by subsequent orders until after
scenes of violence shall have occurred too
formidable to be dealt with by State gov
ernment, and then only on a legal applica-
ton from the State whose authority is re-
sisted. 1t is certain that the President will
do no more, because he has no legal author
ity to do more and we are sorry that he
holds out delusive hopes to the ignorant
negroes. If they should in consequence be
emboldened to commit actSsof violence the
President himself will see that this un-
seemly order is neither innocent nor HARM
less. There being. at present no other law
for their protection than the laws of the
States in which they reside they ought not
to be deluded into false view of the situa-
ton, and least of all by the President of the
United States, who has given q hasty and
needless assent to the suggestion of political
tricksters.