smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

is very hight. The water Is expelled
from it by a furnace, and then, in the
form of powder, it is mixed with the nj
tro-glycerine, twenty-five parts Of the
former and seventy-fve parts Of the lat
ter, by weight. This compound is known
in Europe as dynamite, and in America
it is called giant-powder.


Since the success, as to safety, in the
transportation and use of the above COM
pound, various substitutes have been in
troduced by rivals dealing in that class
Of explosives. Among them may be men,
toned rend-rock powder, being a mix
ture of nitro-glycerine and gunpowder
pulverized dualin, mixture of nitrat-
ed fibre, or gun-cotton, with nitro gly-
cerine Hercules powder, mixture of
chalk with nitro-glycerine. Besides these
there are many others that have been
introduced for blasting purposes, but
they all follow the formula of the giant
powder mixture.


The explosive power of giant powder
is about the same as gun-cotton, weight
for weight, but cube for cube the former
far excels the latter, and is more gener-
ally used for the blasting of rock. 1t
has done wonders in advancing the ex-
cavation of tunnels and heavy rock-cuts
on railways. and has economical that
class of work at least 100 per cent over
the old style of blasting with gunpowder.
The success of dynamite, or giant pow
der, has caused many adventurers to
make up explosive compounds and, to
some extent, these supposed improve
ments have been more or less disastrous,
and destructive to life and property. Gil
ant powder cannot be exploded by ordi-
nary handling, and if carload was pre-
cipitated down hill thousand feet it
would not explode. If you set fire to
the carload it would burn freely, but
would not explode. If you explode a
large percussion cap in the midst of the
giant powder there will be an explosion
of the powder The infusoria serves as
cushion to whatever force may be ap.
Piled to it, and thus sharp or close i'm.
pingement of great power must be made
or an explosion cannot be effected. The
nitro-glycerine does not leak or evapor.
ate from this silicious earth, and this
circumstance further adds to the safety
of the compound.


Gunpowder and gun-cotton will ex
plode by spark, but giant powder vii
not in that manner There must be /;
powerful explosive force applied to it
and hence it is far less dangerous as al
article to handle or transport than any
other explosive Thomassen, the author
of the Bremerhaven calamity, knew th,
safety of dynamite, and hence he haC
arranged his clock-work to let fall ham
mer with the force of thirty pounds up
on percussion cap in the midst of th,
powder, to effect its explosion. The ja
or fall of the cask let 60 the hammer
and hence the premature result.
Year: 1876

the gospel from Arkansas. l have heard
and read of the crime and atrocities of
the west, and of the depredations of the
savage Indians but l aw dumbfounded,
and little did | think 1 was now among
savages, or would here meet with such
monsters as this man seems to be. Get
my baggage and will leave your house
at once and seek some Christian gentle
man who will harbor me over night, and
in the morning | will leave this place
where such monsters are tolerated" The
reverend gentleman displayed his indig-
nation with all sincerity, but was quiet
ed somewhat when the landlord explain
ed that the monster" was none other
than a railroad engineer, and that the
people killed by him were killed by be-
ing run over by the cars accidentally.
The parson was satisfied with the expla-
nation given, but was not pleased much
to see the gentleman make so light of
the matter of taking human life. He lee
tured the party for few moments, and
concluded by saying that he would not
patrOnize a company who employed men
who made so little of taking a PERSONS
life, even if by accident. The next morn
ing Van Buskirk jumped upon his en-
gine and left the depot at 10 o'clock
with his train. He pulled out slowly
from the depot, but as he approached a
road-crossing near the outskirts of the
village. and for which he sounded his
whistle, he observed two men in a wag-
on with what seemed to be an unman-
ageable horse. They appeared to be
greatly frightened and almost bewilder
ed at the sight of the approaching train,
but did not leave their wagon. Breaks
were called for, ard everything done
that could be to stop the train; but be-
fore its speed was checked the horse
threw himself on the cattle-guard on one
side of the crossing, dragging the wagon
and its occupants after him The loco
motive struck them with crushing force,
killing one man and the horse. and Grip
pling the other man for life. When the
engineer looked out of his cab window,
to his great horror he beheld the man.
gled form of the preacher who the night
before had lectured the hotel party fol
the levity with which they treated such
sad subjects as killing people, and who,
having refused to ride on the train, had
hired a conveyance to carry him to his
destination. This was one of the saddest
events of the engineers life. The minis


ter's friends lived close by. and his body
was taken charge of by them and buried


The officiating clergyman in his dis.
course alluded to the hotel conversation


and his last words were, Truly, Provi


dence, thy ways are mysterious"
Year: 1876

Love me as thou mayst love the silvery light
OF some far. shimmering moonbeam faint and small
That glides across thy foot summer night
o love, but do not love me not at all
Love me thou did'st love, little child
The grasses the meadow high and tall,
Or blossoms in the forest sweet and wild-
love, but do not love me not at all
Love me as some faint music far away,
That pleasantly upon thine ear may fall
At stilly eve OF some long weary day
love- but do not love me not at all
Love the swift shadow OF the feet
OF her who should have been thy all in ALL
As she some other loved one few TO meet
o love, hut do not love me not at all.


Stuart Ste1ne
Year: 1876




HINTS FOR THE HoME.-Clear out all
stoves and fues with care, TO prevent the
possibility Of rust and TO insure keep
ing them in good order through the sum
mer.


Begin to fix up the back yards, and
TO prepare the garden, removing all lit
ter, and getting things ready for plant
ing new flowers and vines, and setting
out those which have been housed dur
ing the winter.


Put up pretty and commodious bird
houses, so as to invite feathered new
corners to take up their quarters therein.
Now is the time. also. to mate your ca
naries.


Gradually change your daily diet;
partake Of less meat and more fresh veg
etables also, do not eat 50 heartily as
formerly. The system needs less food.
One feels sort Of languor and inert
ness, with loss Of appetite for substan-
tial food. though keen relish for salads
and like seasonable articles, and all may
benefit by moderation Of diet through
Lent.


Examine your cellars to see that there
are no surplus ashes there from winter
fires, and that they are free from damp
ness. Remove all rubbish and every
thing that might promote malaria.


Prepare 10 change heavy for light clo-
thing. and pack away winter garments
In places where moths do not enter.
Large paper bags. winch can be made Of
brown wrapping paper. with little
-four paste, are excellent for this pur-
pose. DO not change thick flannel un-
derwear until the cold weather is wholly
gone. and. by ali means. substitute sum
mer fannels for them


See that your refrigerator is clean,
sweet and cool. and free from all musti-
ness.
Year: 1876

Marital happiness has come near to
perishing utterly out of the world thro'
a misapprehensiOn of the relation of the
sexes, and it is for the mother to restore
it again to the world, by properly train
ing her boys to love and protect their
sisters, and for sisters TO be unselfshly
loyal to their brothers. 1t is as much
mothers duty to train her son to be
good husband, as her daughter to be a
good wife; and no hearth is the paradise
it might be if there are in it conflicting
opinions In regard to the natural duties
of husband and wife. To begin when
the boy and girl are first able to express
their preferences and their pleasures,
and also the might-makes-right opinions
which the lower nature always endeav-
ors to fetch to the surface, is the only
safe time and plan for the mother, if she
expects to perfect the characters of her
children. The boy should be taught re-
spectful consideration and a proper re-
linquishing of his personal comfort for
the sake of his sister, and the reason of
this small sacrifice should always be Civ
en- to him. He should be instructed that
it is manly and noble, and that there is
pleasure in even little everyday hero
isms /; and that the stronger must be
gentle and helpful to the weaker. or
they will love the honor and glory Of
seeming to possess power The little
girl should be encouraged in her natural
tenderness and its pretty manifestations
to her brothers. She is happier in be-
lleving in their strength than in con-
sciousness of being endowed with it her
self. And yet she need not be instruct
cd that she has no force Of character.
When she must help or protect herself
she should know that she has reserved
forces that are always to be in waiting
for the time Of necessity. In the fami-
ly circle the mother is constantly in pos
session of opportunities for bringing out
and perfecting the manliness Of her boys
and the womanliness of her girls; and
she ought to commence this instruction
as soon as they understand her words.
Year: 1876

The irem6h were kept pretty busy yes
terday by the frequent, alarms which were
sounded during the day, but all of them
with one exception proved false alarms.


I The greatest excitement was caused lAte
in tho afternoon by the news which came
to the companies that the Opera House
was on fire.. and The streets about the
Masonic Temple were black. with people
brought there by the alarm. The reported
FIRE seems to have been caused by the smoke
which was seen to Issue from the engine
room on King street, caused by the burn
ing Of a mattrass in that part of the build
ing, but there was absolutely no danger to
the Opera House, as the, room was not
properly connected with the building prop
er, being beneath the King street pavement
and was separated from the Opera House
by very thick walls. The mattrsss hhd
been purpossly set On are in order to burn
1t up. The room was flooded with water
by the tlremen, but no damage was done.


'A slight 6re occurred late in the evening
near Fifth and Washington, but NO danage
was accomplished before the flames were
put out, without the help Of the depart,
ment.. w =" '''l'' 't''7' y
Year: 1876

A farmer who has profted by expert
ence writes this sensible paragraph: "ln
building new barn l would study to
put In all the windows could possibly
get in, of course not making green
house out of it, but as many as most
folks put into dwelling-houses. 1t is so
much better doing the work In u iign'
barn than in dark one, cattle are more
easily taken care of, are more quiet, and
are better contented In a light pace than
| iu q dark one,n
Year: 1876

"Why didn't Kill somebody
thought q convict as he entered the
Massachusetts State Prison to serve out
a ten years. sentence Tor hen-stealing,
side by side with man sentenced for
five years for causing tine death OF his
wife,
Year: 1876

TIE conviction of John D. Lee, the

 Mormon cX-BishOp, of murder in the first degree, for his participation in the Mountain Meadow massacre. IS a great surprise. inasmuch as the jury had several Mormons upon it. The only explanation which at all meets the case Is that which was suggested by the Salt Lake Tribune few days ago, namely, that the Mormon hierar- chy has for some reason determined to east Lee overheard and leave him to his just fate. But, however it may be Lees conviction is a matter of congrat- Francisco Post.
Year: 1876

minous or seml-bituminous coal mines
have established Board of Control to
arbitrarily fix the rate from month to
month, which the public shall pay for
their Goals. The market price is gov~
erned by supply and demand. Under
this simple and old-fashioned system,
a sound, healthy, ard growing trade
IN bituminous coal is carried on.


The immense fall which has taken
place in anthracite coal stocks and
transportation shares is the surest in
dication of probable decline in the
price of the article, from the produc-
tion and transportation of which these
corporations draw their revenues and
derive their profits.
Year: 1876

RINGS IN RELIGION.-Rings are not
confined to politics, it seems. Accord
ing to the Golden Rule, they exist
equally in the churches:


Every church has its pope or popes;
that is, one man or few men in its
membership who rule it, or aspire to
rule it. They sit in judgment on candi-
dates. They decide who shall be dea-
cons. They make out the slate for the
officers in the church and in the society.
Sometimes they are good men; some
times they are bad men. In either case,
their power is immense. The smaller
the church, the more dominating they
are. Sometimes they have money.
The minister is dependent on them for
his support, and he is soon made to feel
his dependence. They build their power
on his necessities. He stands in fear of
them, as the Irish peasant stands in
fear of the landlord, who can turn him
and his children into the street and
send them out shelterless, without a
home or bread. These fellows are often
bullies. They have the pope's power,
without the pope's suavity and diplo-
macy. There are scores of ministers in
the country who have been turned out
of their pulpits by such men. There are
scores of ministers who have had the
bread taken out Of their mouths, and
out of the mouths of their children, by
their Vaccinations. In many churches,
congregationalism is only such in name.
In reality, one man rules. And the
one-man-power in church has in it the
very essence of papacy.
Year: 1876

his district at the State capital, but the
wife has not fallen behind; she remains
a companion. The marriage that began
at the altar has resulted in the perfect
marriage that only years compass,
making one in heart and mind, as the
servant of God makes one in name. o,
wives and mothers, look about you
See to it that there are net burdens rest
ing upon you that wrong your children,
your husband, and yourself. @
Year: 1876

Injustice is very hard to bear. Yet
we must all learn to expect it, and to
suffer it as calmly as we can. To have
our best deeds turned and twisted into
evil ones; to have our acts and words ut
terly misrepresented; to have those turn
cold to US for whom we have always
felt the warmest friendship, is only the
fate of humanity.
Year: 1876

The Senator Mil, Is pounding away and making the ore pay, yet the rebelinus char acter of the su phurates renders it diff cult to save the gold, aud the taiIings are quite val uable. These will be worked over in the new mill by barrel process, when it is com pieted. A majority of the machinery fo. the new mill Is now on the ground and Mir. Frederick informs us that they expect to have it running by Christmas or New Years at farthest. The new mill is essentially modern with all the very latest improve mer's, 'ud they expect with it to work the ore up to much higher percent than ever beto,e. The Senator ores are rebellious and difficult to work, but the beauty of it i, that they are almost limitless in quantity and sufficiently rich to pay admirably even if they have to lose half the metal they con- tain
Year: 1876

THE PRESCOTT SCHOOL FUND BALL Thanksgiving evening was a social success in every respec. The Committe have no. at thS wrltlng been able to say the exact amount or net proceeds, but il is hoped quite handsome sum was realized.

 The party was gotten up on a very short no'icc but the Ladies earnestly seconded the endeavors of the gentlemen to secure an en- Joyable time, consequently failure was i'm possible. Quie number of the guess were from out of town
Year: 1876

One Of the most important Improvements
to be made in the city this season, gill be
the new steam Touring mill, about to be
erected on Main street, between Oak and
Walnut, by Messrs. Hosick, Sims & Co.
the Go" being Col u. w. Houston. The
contract for the foundations, was LET to Mr..
Cranston, yesterday, and it is understood
that the entire structure is to be COM
pleted and ready for the ma
chinery, by the first week in May. One
of the members of the firm will start imme-
diateIy for the machinery, which will be
on hand by the time the building is in
readiness for it. The mill will stand near
the south end of the Main street bridge
on the west side of the street,-and the sew
eral railroads that come in at that point
have agreed to lay the necessary side-tracks
and switches TO permit freight cars to be
run up TO the door Of the mill. The gen.
tlemen engaged in this enterprise have a
sufficient capital, in money and experience,
to make it win, and the improvement they
are making will be valuable to themselves
and to the ci,y-there is abundant room
for it, and it is an enterprise just such as
we need; if we could have fifty more like
it, we should hear no more about dull
timas
Year: 1876

The New York Sun, in referring to the
dispatch of few days ago, in relation to
the breaking down of one of the Centennial
buildings at Philadelphia, calls attention
to the fact that such accidents have been
very common during the erection of the va
rious iructures, and thinks it is important
th-' a the buildings should be thoroughly
examined, and the strength of the various
parts OF them properly tested, before the
lime oil opening. 1t looks as though there
werH 100 much shoddy work about them.
The Pailadelphians must not display that
sort OF thing to mankind. They must not
permit people to run the risk of danger ON
account Of it. If they do, even deadheads
wi, be cautious about their movements.
1t is I'll very well to hurry up the build
iBgs, and to get them up Is cheaply as pos
sible; but it is also of the utmost impor-
tsnce that every portion of them should be
sufficiently sound and strong to insure the
safety of visitors.
Year: 1876

The New York Herald, in an article
on horse racing, says: J. H.'.' 90"


A horse is of little use that cannot
carry man Of ordinary weight, and it
is sheer nonsense to pirate about racing
for the advancement and improvement
of the breed of the thoroughbred horse
without he can be bred to carry a man
weighing one hundred and fifty pounds
or more and run fast also. !, 1t is his
torical fact that three-year.old thor
oughbred, Copenhagen, bore the Duko
of Wellington on his back for twelve
hours on the last day Of the battle OF
Waterloo, and when the French were
beaten and Wellington dismounted the
colt came near kicking the dukes bralns
out by letting his heels fly over the
great generals head. Of such colts ls
this country much in need at the pres
ent time, as too much attention has been
wasted on the breeding Of fast short dis
tance runners, instead Of having them,
as we said before, to carry weight and
run too. A horse that can run with one
hundred and fifty pounds on his back
four miles in eight minutes is an inti-
nitely superior animal to the one that
couId run a mile in one minute thirty
nine and one-half seconds, as LoDgfel.
low was said to have done in the first
mile in the race for the Saratoga cup
with Kingfsher. And it is probable
that Longfellow would not have broken
down in his rae; with Harry Bassett had
the weights been what four-year-old
will have to carry next summer, as it has
been demonstrated that it is the pace
and not the weight that breaks down the
forelegs of the racer.
Year: 1876

est trouble. Fuchs did not know what
to do with it, 50, wrapping it up in q
Newspaper, he placed it in basket,
threw brown towel over it and went
out about twelve o'clock, walking to
Million street, Gresnpoint, where hs
carefully placed the head behind the
pile of lumber, whore it was discovered
two or three hours afterward. Fuchs
having gotten rid of the head, and
hoping that he was unobserved, returned
home, and after the purchase and drink
ing of a quart of beer resumed his hor-
rid work OF concealment by digging a
hole III the hearth the size Of the Chin
noy, the dirt from which he carried into
the yard and carefully laid it along the
front of the house. His wife objected
to his digging the hole, but he showed
her quantity of common lime which,
he said, would destroy the flesh when
buried with it.


Suspicion having been aroused Fuchs
was arrested, when fhe horrible facts as
related above were developed. He and
his wife were looked up in prison.
Year: 1876

The mother is i'll to-day


The mother 30 merry and sweet,
Who has such . wonderful way
Ofkeeping the kitchen neat,
OF putting things into place,


And dropping 3 pleasant word,
With smile on her sunny face,
And voice like the song Of bird.
Father has done for them all


The very best that he can
Fastened the buttons small


With the clumsy touch Of man.
Carried the baby about,


And stirred the porridge in haste,
And the children have no doubt
He will give them each taste.
Taking in turn Is fun;


And what can be half 30 good,
Is the thought Of each little one,
As the baby's sweetened food?
The very chickens and cat


4 change In the household know,
And the turkey looks aat


And sage 81 told you 80 "
All, well Vacation days


To the mother seldom come
Her husbands tender praise
Is the crown Of her happy home.
He smoothed her tangled hair


And touched her aching brow
With lovers gentlest care


And fondest art but now,
While he bade her lie and rest
He would keep the baby still,
Held close to his patient breast
All day when mother was i'll
Year: 1876

The Boston Post, in an article con


cerning the crowd of Indiana people
under the name OF editors recently in
Washington, says: Editors cannotspend
a great deal OF their time in travel!
When they do they necessarily part
with their profession. In point OF fact
the real journalist, or editor as some in
sist, is personally about the least known
of sn living individuals who WELD an
equal amount of influence or perform an
equal amount of work. The preacher
appears weekly to the public in the
sacrod desk the physician visits his
patients daily and talks with them the
lawyer harangues juries and pleads with
judges; the Journalist alone is unseen
and popularly unknown. he is content
to see the silent but effective operation
OF his influence. It is his journal that
speaks for him. He would as soon
think of prancing about the country and
exhibiting himself to the public in diff
fereat cities as he would OF standing on
the corners and hawking his own sheet.
He would much sooner perform under
Barnum at the Centennial than perch
himself in the gallery Of the United
States Senate for exhibition. He is
not in the habit of wearing a chalked
hat, sleeping in free beds at hotels,
promising puffs for his rations, or u, join
ing travelling troupe of men with n.y.
inc hair or young women with flowing
feathers. His life is one of work, and
not of excursions. When he goes forth
to inhale the fresh air and bask in the
sunshine of the outer world, no one is q
greater stranger than he, and the last
subject you can induce him to talk
about is a newspaper This troupe OF
F, &c sier "editors" is panty that has
been organized to see the country and
feast on its products without having to
e1pend a dollar. 1t is the other klnd
of editors-the real editor-that hotels,
railroad companies, Congress and poll
tical managers would be only too glad to
entartain