smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

1t is proper to say that these counts made
principally during the snow storm of Thursday
ing, February g. Counts made, however, Of the same
number of cars on a subsequent evening during the
same period show decrease of little over nfteen
per cent in the number standing and twelve per cent
decrease in the number carried The crush going TO
and returning from the theatres this line is so
great that ladies are compelled to stand often for half
an hour at time, and the company should run moro
cars, as the occasion demands
Year: 1876

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE CURRENCY BILL IN


TRoDUCED BY MR.. MEADE, OF NEW YORK.


The advantages over other similar measures claimed
for the bill introduced by Mr. Meade, of New York.
provide for payment OF the United States notes and to
strengthen the public credit are it establishes
fixed of SIS, o00 900 a minimum annual accumu-
ation Of gold which can readily be increased from
time to time as the condition of tho country and its
finances may warrant II is contended by him that it
will insure beyond question: resumption when the
requisite percentage of thirty five per in gold is
reached, and that too, without reducing the volume
OF grecnbacks or resorting to any other form OF
contraction. 1t brings into aid resumption by
the national banks, requiring them to retain
one-half Of their gold receipts from interest on
bonds securing circulation and deposits The percent
age Of for both Treasury and national banks
is purposey largo In the first instance to avoid
exhaustion from any run which might follow resump-
ton. The reduction Of reserves which follows resump-
ton gives elasticity to the volume OF currency and
induces gold average of currency before resumption
is arrived by law The legal tenders intended
be good currency and retain their character until
new transactions after resumption. If we were to
peal the legal tender character OF greenbacks he
tends in of failure OF gold should be without
currency He also argues that by 1t the imperative
resumption law is repealed and that this plan the
whole is safe and conservative


MEETING OF THE JOINT DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS


COMMITTEE.


The Joint Democratic Caucus Committee, after much
discussion decided to request the members reduce
their writing and present them in the form Of
bills. The committee in the Capitol
row morning at ten o'clock.


RETURN OF ALEXANDRA SHEPHERD FROM ST.


LOUIS.


Alexander Shepherd returned this morning from St
Louis and had long conference with the President
during the day. He came back in answer to a subpoena
sent out by the Chairman Of the Freedman's Bank In
vestigatng Committee before which he is to appear
a witness
Year: 1876

PIrrsBuRG, Pa, Feb. 20, 1876.
The legislative committee which have been engaged
for weeks investigating the affairs of the Reform
School this place finished their abors yesterday and
will probably lay their report before the Legislature
during the coming week IL Is not known what the
report will be- but II is pretty generally believed that
the committee regard the charges OF cruelty TO inmates
and OF mismanagement well sustained and that they
will recommend that no more appropriations be made
by the until there is a change in the officers and
the Board ELECTED.
Year: 1876

the only man that had ever justly re-


fused to obey a severe order. His


evesight is 30 exact that, without the


aid of glasses, he voluntarily perform
ed the experiment ofquickly replacing
the point of pin IN the small hole
made by it In a piece of white paper.
He has travelled in every part Of the
world where there are Inhabitants.


The name of Washington Irying


sounds familiar TO him, but he does


not recollect Of knowing him personal.
ly. He remembers some things that


took place as long ago as 1902, and the
time the early Congress sat in New


York. General Washington, when


calling at his fathers house, used to
inquire for him-"Well, where's my
boy?"


He says he can stand alongside of
any man of his height and kick his ha
off. He has wonderful vigor, as was
evinced by the grip he gave to the
short hand reporter, who said he
wouldn't want many such if he had
much writing to do afterward. One
of his favorite feats of strength used
to be to clench the round smooth rung
OF chair and lift it, loaded with the
weight of two full-grown men. He
did not name any individual candidate
as his favorite for President, but he is
in favor of some one being chosen
and he does not care what political
party he holds to-who is competent
and worthy of the place he is to enter.
He thought, on feeling Mr.. Caleb
Cope's pulse, that Mr.. Cope would live


to be older than himself. He considers


that where a pulse beats perfectly
| steady, continuously, it is an indica-


tlon of longevity. He exhibited
very ancient snuff-box which he had


carried sevently-odd years, and which


once had pearl on both sides, when
presented to him. He still speaks the
Cherokee language with ease, and re.
piled in that speech. to some questions
given him, the answers-before inter-
preted-being about as Ineligible to
the auditors as the most ancient
hieroglyphics. A number of persons
listened with almost breathless interest
to this remarable gentleman's CONVEX
sation.


While In the midst of this surprising
interview my venerable friend, Hon.
Henry c. Carey, entered the room.
MIR. Carey is in his SD year (e4 in


June, 1861 himself remarkable
specimen of vigor of mind and body,
and it was interesting to watch him as
he heard the story of the alert and vi
gsrous old man, evidently still strong
enough to fill out his century. If this
narrative is moi as attractive as my
little dream of the 18th instant: it pos
sesses the merit of being entirely true.
J.. W. F.
Year: 1876

FROM Me Neae York EerdEd.


Shortly after noon. Governor Tilden
made his appearance and looked perfectly
satisfied with the condition of affairs. He
said he was more than satisfied With the
result of the election 10 Ohio and Indiana,
as it was better tLan they had any reason
to expect. He had thought that it was
next to an impossibility to fight in those
states against the Immense amount OF
money that was being so profuscly scat
tered around, and the result, he was glad
to say, had proved the falsity of his con
yiction.
Year: 1876

room in an agony of pain, gnashing his
teeth aud pulling his HAIR in frenzy.


Just then the door bell rang, and he
went to answer l.. He was horrilied TO
see Miss Rosaine Summers, a young
lady whom he had always held up to his
wife as an example of amiability and
neatness. She started in astonishment
at the distressed-looking object that stood
before her, bowinG and trying to appear
as agreeable as possible under the cir
cumStanceS.


lie blushed confusedly at her surprise,
being painfully conscious that his face
and clothes were bespattered with soap
suds and ashes. his sleeves rolled up TO
the elbow, and altogether presenting a
very ridiculous appearance. But he in
vited her into the parlor, and after giving
her briet account OF his troubles, she
departed, first bestowing mammoth
paper of candies upon the young Mimp
bleufs.


That night Sammie and Jennie were
taken suddenly i'll from eating too much
candy, and in the midst of his sorrows,
the brilliant idea OF sending tor Mrs. NJ.
took such strong possession OF his mind
that he lelegraphed tor her to come home
Immediately.


She arrived the following day. and had
a hearty laugh at his mislorIuneS; whilo
under her skillul management household
matters soon assumed their former as
pect, and Mr.. Mimpbleui was transform
ed into the most patient OF husbands,
never being known to speak cross word
alterword.
Year: 1876

The assertion of Southern correspond
ent that the "weight of Southern favor
pravitates toward Governor Tilden" as
Presidential candidate rouses the ire Of the
Augusta (Ga.) "Chronicle and Sentinel
and prompts 1t to make this retort: "If the
correspondent has been in nearly all Of the
Southern States during the past year, and,
after studying the political situation care
fuuy,' asserts that the Southern people fa-
yor the nomination of Mr.. Tilden, he IL
either liar or lunatic. The Southern
people do not favor the nomination of Mr..
Tilden, and the proof Of this statement VIII
be fully proven by the votes which will be
cast by their delegates in the next National
Democratic Convention. We have no doubt
that New York wishes to force him upon
the South; but 1t is one thing to wish and
another and very different thing to do. New
York has been intriguing for long time to
secure his nomination, but New York will
not be permitted to control the next Demo-
cratic Convention. Governor Tilden may
rest assured that the West and South will
nominate the next Democratic candidate for
the Presidency-and that his name will not
be Tidep,o
Year: 1876

The TWO AWFUL CNS.


The large audience which gathered at the
Opera House, last evening, must have at
tended from the wide advertisement the
play has gained for brilliant dramatic situa-
tions, startling tableaux and scenic effects.
Rendered by Q good troupe and under well
organized stage management it is truly a
great dramatic treat. But as witnessed
last evening 1t was an abortion of merit and
an imposition upon the people of Whining
ton. Actors who have never risen higher
than first walking gentlemen assuming
leading characters is too noticeable fraud
to be palmed on upon public who have
Witnessed IS fnc acting as the people Of
Wilmington have. The play last evening
was tame, devoid of interest and mere
imitation Of what has been seen here before
in the play as given by drst-class troupes.


COMIC OPERA.


This evening, Caroline Richings (Bcrnard)
will appear in the charming comic opera,
the Rose of Tyrol.


Miss Richings is one Of the queens Of COM
ic opera in this country and her perform
ances always possess merit. The troupe
which she now has with her is an excellent
ore, and those who attend the Opera House
this evening will not be disappointed.
Year: 1876

"Of those who sit before me-" said Mr..
Beecher in his sermon the other night,
"there ore many that not only have had
these struggles with their animal natures
but have had such sense of the shame and
ignominy of them that they would not for
their lives have any one know anything
about them. There are many secret vices
and secret indulgences that they would not
lisp or breathe. There are men in my
presence who know that their besetting sin
is the intoxicating cup. But they deny it
It's not respectable to have it known. You
are afraid no man will respect you after
you've whispered the gully secret In bis
ear. But there's no need to whisper 1t In
his ear. There is one that knows 1.-THE
Lord Jesus
Year: 1876

A Wilmington woman will miss forty
communion services, and tell the parson
she's been too sick to come out; but let her
have q new dress and . new bonnet during
the week, and you'll find her munching
bread and slipping wine at the next oommu
nion.
Year: 1876

As the season for making pickles is at
hand, q few words on the Importance
of using vinegar of known genuine
ness will hardly be considered out OF
place. 1t is well known that large
proportion of that which is commonly
sold as clear vinegar is concoction Of
acids and other vile ingredients, which
is indeed acid, but had its origin else
where than the apple-orchards OF New
England.


Imitation vinegars are class OF vine
gars commonly found in market, hav-
ING various chemical properties, and
none of preservative character, as they
fail to protect, and are liable to con-
sumo whatever substance they come In
contact with. The Scientific american
cautions the public against the use OF
adulterated vinegar. 1t says: 6 The
heavy Government tax on alcohol has
raised the price so much that resort IS
had to a cheaper substance, to give the
required acidity to vinegar. For this
purpose sulphuric, nitric and hydro
chloric acids are used; though sulphuric
acid, as the cheapest and sourest thing
t1aJ can De IOuuu, ID CuIchJ uSOu' AAAo
however, is very destructive to pickles
and whatever is placed In
it for preservation, and very
injurious to the health of those who use
the vinegar made of it. Agallon of the
stuff called vinegar can be made for a
cent or two from sulphuric acid water,
with seme coloring matter. To detect
the presence of sulphuric acid, take a
small quantity of the vinegar in clear
glass and drop few drops OF the chic
ride of barium into it, or the nitrate OF
baryta. If the liquid presents cloudy
appearance, there is sulphuric acid in
it, and it should all be returned to the
manufacturer or turned into the gutter"
These vinegars are ingeniOusly manipu-
lated by the use of volatile ethers, and
favored by steering in casks containing
powdered tartar, crushed raisins and
raisin stems, with various other sub
stances not necessary to mention, which,
in most cases, are found to succeed N
deceiving consumers and entailing
losses which greatly exceed the neces,
sary outlay in the first place for a good
article. Such losses are usually at
tributed to other than the right cause
and the real one is not discovered unit
too late to remedy the difficulty.
Year: 1876

Among all the pitiable and appealing
sights which assail the eyes, and,
through them, the heart, none can bear
comparison with that which exhibits the
peculiar circumstance which, in COM
mon parlance, is known as shabby gem
tility. There is a mute Development OF
all the aggregate of human suffering IN
it-a development of intolerable yet un-
complaining torment, which excites the
tenderest regard in the beholder, and
the most unselfish sympathy. There Is
something gross in bodily sutferlngi
but mental pain is delicate in its intrin-
sic nature. The dignified suffering OF
shabby gentility is the very realization
of what poets call exquisite agony.


There is something in the battered hat,
the threadbare coat, and the dlsordered
but highly lustrous boots, which the
fiintiest of natures can not deny. Pow
erty does not always address itself to
the sympathies, and seldom, if ever, in
the ratio of its degree. The poor home
less vagabond in tatters and filth, the
shivering mendicant whose empty pock-
cts can not afford him more than a
moldy crust to gnaw, extOrts charity
more frequently than he invites. But
shabby gentility seduces the finer in
stincts of the charitable man, and WINS
npon human nature insensibly. 1t Is
not the number IF tatters, or the hide
GUS minuti;e of privatiOns, but that
which lies beneath the threadeare suit
the mental suffering, of which this IS
the evidence and symbol. In this lies
the vital principle on which the Pathet-
ic quality of shabby gentility is based.
Year: 1876

c. L. Jennings, whose pretended
spiritualistic seances have attracted
much attention in Rochester, Elmira,
and elsewhere, has made a full confess
sion of the manner in which he deceived
the public. He has made the following
statements under oath, which appear in
the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:


The cabinet which l used was parti-
toned by a wire screen, having the
aperture in the vacant end or side in
which | did not sit. | saw that | could
not stand this test at all, and that some
thing must be done. l decided to get
an accomplice, that we might consult
together about what was to be done.
Often at the midnight hour we have
gone to my room to plan what we
should do, and see if any alterations
could be made in the cabinet. We de-
cided to remove small strip running
across the top of the door and formin g
a part of the casing. Our idea was to
hollow out space which would extend
up into the cornice of the cabi-
net, large enough to hide
some false faces and boards, and have
the piece we removed fixed to work Sc
curely with a spring. So we followed
out small space. We then replaced
the piece, fixing it firm enough to hold
in case of investigation. had my ac.
complice paint me a couple of faces,
one of man and the other of woman,
l then got a small piece of wire, which
twisted up to put in my pocket, and
| told them | would shut the wire door,
as Mr.. Cutter, the control, said he
I thought / was strong enough to ma
| terialize through the screen. / entered
the cabinet, and the singing and music
commenced. / Strengthened out the
wire, attached one of the faces to it
then rolled the face up, poked it through
the screen, and then unrolled it by
turning the wire. also had piece O
thick, dark worsted cloth, which | useC
as beard for myself. On this nigh
two faces appeared at once, one at eacl
aperture, which almost threw the
audience into ecstacies.


My accomplice was concealed in ;
closet opening off the cabinet. At th'
end of the closet was simply the scant
/ ling and sideboard. Leaving just spac,
enough for my accomplice to stand, W,
placed a false end in the closet, whicl
swung on hinges. From the closet i
was impossible to dectect deception
A committee appointed marched in witt
sealing wax and candle, and sealed NJ
the closet door and the window. Thi
disconnected me, and so the condition
were pronounced bad, and no manifes
tations were given; but, instead, l CAV
them a short lecture on Spiritualism
and stated that the next night, proba
bly,, every thing would be all right
! The question was how to get my accom-
Year: 1876

A POOR woman in York County pur-
chased pound of fresh butter, in which
was found large potato when cut in
two. The woman, believing the COW
swallowed the potato whole, thinks it
strange the esculent was not discovered
and thrown out by the person who
MIXED the animal.-NOrriStolC Herald.
Year: 1876

Love laughs at prison bars, and love
laughed in this instance at stern parents.
The Foster family were almost par
alyzed with fear for the safety of their
daughter. They would not believe that
she condescended to an elopement with
one so low in the social scale, but as he
was missing there could be no informa-
ton obtained, and opinion was divid-
ed between an abduction and an elope-
ment.


On Thursday the happy husband re-
turned to his post at the Water-works.
Then followed a stormy scene between
him and his father-in-law, but the young
husband had the best of it. He says ne
is abundantly able to take care of Ida,
and he don't ask any favors. She is with
his parents in Jersey City.
Year: 1876

COTTON FACTORIES.

 In another column in to -day's S paper we re produce from the Southern Home an article on the manufacturing of cotton goods. Our object in placing this article before our readers is to get our people, if possible to think about this matter of establishing facto- ries here at home. We ask a careful reading of Mr. Whitfield s article, and we think that it will be readily seen that it is not such a big undertaking after all to put Tn operation a factory for the manufacturing of cotton yarns and cotton goods. We see no reason why we might not have a factory here in Pope county. All it requires will be a little energy and enterprise on the part of the people. The very low price of cotton makes the production of the raw staple very unremunera- tive to our planters. They scarce ly get pay for the labor of grow

 ing and gathing it. Still our far mers grow it, and always will, for our climate and soil is adapted to it, and onr people seem to love to work at it. If there is any profit in it anywhere it is to those who manufacture it. Our people raise the raw staple without any profit and if there Is anything to be made in manufacturing it up into yarns and cloths it seems it would be we'll for us to try and manufacture it here at home. We use the goods after it is manufac

 turcd, and why pay freight on the raw material to transport it to Eastern factories and then pay freight again on the goods to get them back again. If there is profit to those Northern manufac- turers it seems there would be more margin to us here in the South. Northern cities are built up and northern workmen fur nished employment making up cotton goods for our consumption. Why had we not as we'll have our factories at home, build up our own towns and furnish employ ment to workmen here at home. We could manufacture as cheaplv, and produce as perfect goods even better, for the raw material taken right from the fields, with out having been ginned, baled, pressed, compressed and the lint doubled, broken and knotted up, would be in much better confi- ton, and produce better thread. ! We ought to have a cotton factory here in Pope county and we can have one if we only will. There are substantial men enough in our county to go into this busi- ness and make grand success of it.

 We wish simply In this article to ask this class of men to give the matter some thought. Look !. at it in all it's lights and sec ifI if our own self interest does nofI point to home manufactories as the surest road to success and | prosperity. We may in future articles have further suggestions to make on this subject.
Year: 1876

IWalla Walla Watchman.


We learn of an unfortunate man
named Brown, who while working
in the harvest field near Waitsburg
and suffering under the heavy press
ure of the heat went into cold water
bathing. From that moment the
mans mind seemed to be impaired,
for he is wandering about through
the country the personifcation of
an insane man, walking apparently
during the night and hiding in the
brush during the day time. Friends
are out hunting and inquiring, but
have failed to find him so far.


The new Locomotive Columbia
is already on duty on the W. w.
Year: 1876

How THE INDIANS GET ARMs.-An
army Office in the Big Horn expedi-
tion wrote letter to friend in Bos-
ton prior to the slaughter of Clusters
command, from which the Herald
copies the following:


81 think this will be long and
very tlresome campaign. I doubt
if we see our posts again before fall,
If then. The scarcity of water adds
much to our difficulties, and I think
the country much worse than Arizo-
ma, the only growth for miles being
the irreplessible cactus. The In
dams are very strong in number
and splendidly mounted and they
boast that they can and will clean
out anything the United States can
send against them. Spotted Tail
pretends to be friendly and on the
strength of it he goes to Cheyenne,
buys $4,000 rounds eff ammunition
and returns to the agency with it
The following day fresh party of
Indians starts out fully equipped.
Of the wisdom of allowing this pro-
ceeding l say nothing. He was in
Cheyenne when we were there on
our march up. He picks up Ill the
information he can get regarding
our movements and forwards it to
his friends. If this sort Of thing
continues, you can Judge how sue
cessful we shall be-"
Year: 1876

Now here is case of pure inno-
cance: An Iowa railroad employe,
whose signal lantern, like those of
the foolish virgins, was left without
oil. wrote to the supply Office for
''some more of the red OIL" not
knowing that the color of the Ian
tern globe had mething to do with
the color of the light it threw out.
Year: 1876

A frontiersman was requested by
the sheriff to come to the jail to
identify an inmate who was charged
with serious offense. ''I'll go and
look at him, but I'm not going to be
familiar with him until he apologi-
zes for shooting my brother -in-law
last fall" was the naive reply Of
the guileless child of the flower
bespangled prairies.