smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

Mr.. Jacob Reese, of Pittsburgh, had
been endeavoring to construct ma
chine to cut hardened cold steel. He
accomplished it at length by means of a
saw of soft wrought iron-merely cir
cular disc-rotating at high velocity.
With low speed this would not cut at
all; but when running at about $4,000
feet per minute the disc cut through
steel rapidly, giving out an immense
cascade of sparks in the operation. 1t
was found on examining the debris be-
meath the disc that the particles of steel
were not simply rubbed off, They We're
welded together in a pyramid ike a
stalagmite or the snow icicleS formed
on the top of Mount Washington. Prof.
Hedrick ascertained that real fusion had
taken place among the particles of steel.
The disc is very little heated, but the
steel is actually melted and drops down.
Yet the bar on each side of the cut is
not heated enough to draw the temper
or oxidize the metal. Solid bars of steel
of 2 inches or inches in diameter are
thus cut through in as many minutes.
The soft metal disc is about AZ inches
in diameter. The naked hand may be
passed through the jet or stream of fly
ing sparks during the operation without
being burned, since the particles of
melted metal are in theconditiOn known
as the spheroidal state.-Independent.
Year: 1876

The closing of the doors of two small


banks in this city, and the rather uncer-
tam prospect the depoSitors have of get
ting their money, strengthen the argu-


ments we have frequently made in re-
gard to the necessity of further prOtec-
ton of the public against this species of
financial disaster. While it must be
evident to every man of ordinary intel
hgence and experience that all banks
should be under much more careful
and rigOI Gus supervision than they now
have, yet there is an imperative and inn
mediate necessity for such supervision
of those smaller institutions in which
the working classes deposit their earn
ings. A merchant or capitalist has the
means and the opportunity for acquir-
ing at least some reasonably accurate
information concerning the bank with
which he proposes to do business. He
knows, or may know, whether the pres
ident or cashier are honest and eempe-
tent; whether the directors are sensible
and discreet; what has been the pre-
vious history of the bank, and what is
its present standing. But what do the
day labOrer, the mechanic, the sewing
girl, the servant and the widow know
about the establishment to which they
confide their scanty funds? What can
they know? Nothing, except that the
sign over the entrance glitters with
gold leaf, that the windows are of
French plate, the counters handsomely
carved and polished, and the door of
the safe elabOrately adorned with gild-
ing and fantastic paint. The officers,
rate of interest seems satisfactory, and
so they place their cash where there is
not the shadow of absolute assurance
of its security. Stripped of all disguise
it is nothing but a huge confidence
game, in which all the advantages are
on the side of the persons who hold the
stakes. 1t may turn out well and it
may not, and that is all that can be said
about it. How often so-called tsavings
banks" prove to be mere swindling
shops we need not say, nor is it neces-
sary to dwell npon the distress which
is the inevitable result of such collapses
as have been witnessed in ST. Louis and
elsewhere during the past five years.


We are aware that it is exceedingly
difficult to invent a remedy for this evil,
yet remedy is not impossible, and the
sooner it is sought the sooner it will be
found. State Legislatures should take
hold of the matter at once and in earn
est, and see what can be done. Mean
while, if few defaulting bank officials
were sent to the penitentiary it would
have a very healthy effect.-St. Louis
Republican.
Year: 1876

An extraordinary occurrence was
brought to light at an inquest held on
the body of man in South London. In
workroom, where many young girls
were at work, mouse suddenly made
its appearance on table, causing, of
course, considerable commOtion and
g neral stampede. The intruder was
seized, however, by young man who
happened TO be present, but the mouse
slipped out of his hand, and, running
up his sleeve, and coming out between
his waistcoat and shirt at the neck. The
unfortunate man had his mouth open,
and the mouse, on the lookout for some
convenient place of concealment, enter
ed the mans mouth, and he, in his
fright and surprise, swallowed it. That
mouse can live for a considerable
time without much air has long been a
popular belief, and was unfortunately
proved to be fact in the present in
Stance, for the mouse began to tear and
bite inside the mans throat, and chest,
and the result was that the fellow died
after a little time in horrible agony.
Several witnesses cOrroborated the
above facts, and medical testimony as
to the cause of death having been given,
a verdict of accidental death " was
returned.-Toronto Globe.
Year: 1876

The Paterson On. j. Press says the
story is Just told, and it is true in every
particular, containing nothing improb-
able, of the peculiar history of a valu-
able gold earring now worn daily by a
certain Paterson lady. Last summer
the lady was visiting some friends in
the country in one of the New England
States, and while walking in the yard
lost one of her eardrops-dropped it in
the grass, in fact, and thorough search
for it failed to disclose its resting place.
About a week previous to Thanksgiving
last the missing ring was received in a
package at this city, and letter ac-
companying explained its recovery to
have been due to the fact that one of
the old turkey gobblers had fallen vic
tim to the Thanksgiving harvest, and
in its gizzard the identical ring had
been found well preserved and not dam
aged in the least after its six months
singular burial. No better test of the
good quality of the metal could, per-
haps, have been obtained. Money would
not to-day induce the owner to part with
the curiosity.
Year: 1876

Jailer Horsfall, of Newport, owns
wife who has several times proved her.
self heroine, and last night about 8
O'Clock she proved again that, although
she is woman, she is better than some
men for all that. Mr.. Horsfall was
away from home his wife heard Il pc
cular kind of noise in the jail. Suspi-
ciOning that something was going crook
ed she seized a revolver and went to the
front portion of the building, when she
discovered that prisoners were at work
on the inside of the wall, cutting hole
through the brick, for the purpose of eff
fecting an escape. 1t appears that there
were seven of the prisoners at work.
Marshal Locke and Lieutenant COtting-
ham had gone over to Cincinnati on
certain affair pertaining to their duty.
The brave woman dispatched a boy for
an officer, and then standing at the place
they were working at, she told the boys
inside she would blow the brains out of
the first one who would dare put his
head through the opening. The boys,
knowing that Mrs. Horsfall meant what
she said, ceased operations, and when
Deputy Marshal Jackson arrived they
both entered and drove the unruly crea-
lures back into their cells. Too much
praise cannot be awarded the brave wo-
man for the fearless part she took in the
affair Had it not been for her those
seven prisoners would doubtless all have
escaped d.-CinCinndt Times.
Year: 1876

There is a married couple living near
here, in Larue County, who, during
their engagement, exchanged rings.
The bride-elect.took off her ring at one
time and was never able to find it after
ward. She came to the conclusion that
it must have been carried away by the
rats. After they had been married
about two years they decided. to clear
the place of the pests, and "a rat was
found with the identical gold ring
around its neck. Its head was as large
as a full grown rats, but its body was
very small 1t is supposed that an old
rat had taken the ring and carried it to
her nest to adorn the neck of her little
darling. Nelson County Ky J Record
Year: 1876

RAIsIN PIE.-14 pounds of raisins,
picked, but not stoned; cover with cold
water and boil slowly till quite soft;
mix l tablespoonful each of flour and
vinegar, reduce it with water to thin
ness of gravy thickening and stir in
raisins while boiling; take off then and
put a small piece of butter in, and
sweeten to taste; add a little nutmeg
and make the same as minee pies.
Year: 1876

TAKING a donkey towards his ordina-
ry place of residence is very different
thing and feat much more easily ac-
complished than taking him from it.
1t requires good deal of foresight and
presence of mind in the one case to an
ticipate the numerous flights of his dis
cursive Imagination, whereas in the
other all you have to do is to hold on
and place blind confidence in the ami
NAL,
Year: 1876

From the Albany Journal July III.


The thunder storm which occurred in this section at
to-day OF the heaviest OF the season.
The rain came down in torrents, the electric flashes
were frequent, intense and vivid, and tho thunder
seemed TO be continuous rumble and roar. 1t was
also accompanied by an alarming and very nearly
rightul Seventeen persons. thirteen OF
them policemen, who had sought refuge from the
violence OF tho storm IN tool house the
OF the Prospect Hill reservoir were prostratcd
and every man and boy composing tho number
less injured by the fuid and the shock which
accompaniedt AZ one O'Clock the report of what
gwen terrible disaster and was very nearly
so circulated throughout the city with almost the
flashing speed of the electric fluid itself According to
this account which first came 70 the ears of
our reporter had been killed, i've more fatally
injured and many others SAID be more or less
injured.
Year: 1876

Tho Importance Of the healthiness OF the
system cannot be overesn stsd its power over life
human happiness to be recognised Its capabilities
its qualities and its powers the Importance OF its heMlthul
whether through thodght study intense application
In mental investigation and research whether by the
absorbing attention necessary 20 the conduct OF comp
Gated and momentous business interests by the
sve indulgence OF the appettes and propenstes OF the
system All these subjects Tor consideration
also the knowledge OF what Is moderation what Is excess
when these exist the absolute necessity Of promptly
seeking advice from an expert who. for long series OF
has devoted his whole time attention the study
and treatment Of all the this I'M
department to accurately determine the diseased
conditions their nature causes and origin whether arising
his practice has learned discover
the arrangement and promptly apply tho remedy
the inexperienced and annoying to the
tent who naturally, wants "a know without delay
probabilities OF recuperaton and time required


striking example Of the value OF experiences ana prsc
cal observation the usefulness Of the promp s
plication OF suitable remedies found IN the
statement coming not from but dozen public institu-


ons only home but abroad that large proper


on VI those who suffer from mental disturbance and aso
lutte insanity permanently who placed uuder
treatment within after the first symptoms have mani


NJ the ,nteectnA department.
hausted mental application deprvng Il OF the
power Of CONNECTED thought can only recover s
methods. 1t precisely In every other de-
whether OF appetite propensity or passion each
bringing them from their overworked
haustcd conditions The Importance Of this branch OF med
the Of family the securing of
and the retention OF estates in the same nmly


From long and largo experience In this direction have
alton the first families In the city and nation and
certainly communicate much cultivated minds In
connection with practical experience In what pertains to
the the
Of recovering their whether Of BRAIN
appetite. propensity or passion.
Year: 1876




Some of our people hereabouts are dis
posed to hold our peach orchards RESPONSE
BILE for the tramp nuisance. They seem in
clined to take the tramp's word for it that
he has come to pick peaches. But hun
dreds of places, as guiltless of peach Or
chards as Delaware is of peach profits, are
suffering far more than we from this intol-
cradle pest. Our affliction is luxurious
freedom in comparison with some of the
Western States, if we may judge from the
reports we see in our exchanges. We read
in one of our New York dailies that last
week the little city of Bloomington, Illinois,
was nearly overrun. A thousand tramps
came into the place in one day, and an extra
police force had to be called out to provide
against any disturbances. Rock Island, an
other place in the same State, had quite as
great an influx, q day or two afterwards.
The tramps came from Chicago, 1t is said
And New England is quite as bad as the
West. They rove there in droves. There.
fore, taking it all in all, we have come to
the conclusion that our swarm Of tramps
are but as the squad to the army, in com.
parison with other less favored localities
Our peach orchards have nothing to do with
it there is hardly square mile of territory
| in any of the well-settled States that is moi
under the foot of the professional tramp.
Year: 1876

When measures We're first taken
to furnish Sable Island with means
of sustenance for shipwrecked sail
ors, it was found that the solitary
shrub which that mass Of shifting
sand produces could not support
lite in any of the animals placed


here, except the small shaggy
Canadian pony. After n time
this species grow wild, and could
only be caught in trenches, over.
laid with boughs and straws.-
Their method of procuring water
was peculiasr They followed their
leader, a stallion, to the strand,
and there dug wells with their
hoofs in the sand, near the water.
The water which gradually oozed
through was perfectly fresh.
Year: 1876

AN RESS TO I Fl / l \
Do you want TO purify the system?
Do you want to get rid of Biliousnessf
DO you want something to strengthen you
Do you want good appetite?
Do you want to got rid of nervousness?
Do you want good Digestion
Do you want to sleep we'll?
Do you want TO build up your constitutions
Do you want brisk aud vigorous feeling


If you do, take


SIMMONS
Ii ER REGULATOR. L
Year: 1876

UNDER date of November ?, a cor

 respondent of the Silver City Herald

 writes the editor of that sheet as fol

 lows:

 Editor Herald: THE ARIZONA CITI

 ZEN Of the 2Sth ult., in its usual off

 handed way and disregard of newspa-

 per courtesy Indulges Us propensity to

 charge as a lie your pleasantTies in

 regard to tine sHall-iike drag of public justice in the district court of Pima.

 For the editors information l will state that the reason for the adjournment of that Court at tine last term until "aiter the election was for cause which did

 not and never will appear on the docket, and which cause Is more than

 guessed at by ninc-,enths of the IEtelli- gent citizens of Tucson. Ugly facts,

 If nOl tO say damning, will sometimes creep out during the course of trial

 more damaging perhaps C. parties not named on tine record, than the prisoner al the bar An indictment Is based

 upon eX-pdrte testimony which some times changes its color before a petit jury, and Oitentimes upon a cTuSs-eX- animation a chain of evidence before a trial jury proves mere rope of sand. Justice certainly is slipshod when a defendants right tO speedy trial by a Jury of his peers Is disregarded and he is made tO travel from his home with the aldcrity Uf weaver's shuttle at stated times of holding court. Mr Samuel Lauren has travelled eight hun dTed and eighty miles and in eXtenua- ton of the hardship imposed upon him the CITIZEN says court sessions are expensive" and comments "the present head of this judicial district ' for cutting court sessions off short. " Short shorter than a yellow pups tail, he might have added in order to round d period TIE CITIZEN rings in, in this connection, the blowing up off '' Hell gate" but in the same breath becomes the apOlogist for staving off another explosion that Is likely to fol- low the examination Tn question.

 Our remarks, referred to above, were. only made Tn defense of the adjourn ment of our August term of court for. good, wise and sufficient reasons. But if. any good citizen of Silver City orI elsewhere is being wronged by thel of any one connected with our court we should like to helpI lim, and published the above as an opening wedge. We are not very well posted in the case in question, but we that with every disposition Q try MT Lawren's case, (conspiracy,) he absence of all the charged fellow ,onspirators causes the delay in trial
Year: 1876

I FROM Governor Stafford who return ed from the Silver King mine last "Wednesday, we get the following items

 relative to mining in that district:

 The Silver King company are work ing forty two men and are sending by

 wagons 10 San Francisco, twenty five

 to thirty tons of ore per month, which

 is sold there for from one to two thous-

 and dollars per ton. The company

 also takes out and lays aside about eight tons of ore per day, worth from $500

 to $400. per ton A shaft has been sunk on the lode 115 feet and a cut has been run across at one point 97 feet.

 Both the shaft and cross-cut are in the same rich ore described above and the

 wall on either side has not yet been reached by the cross cut One of the predominaung features of the ore found, Is the immense quantities of silver. At every stroke of the pick the pure silver glistens and peices are taken out weighing hundreds of pounds permeated through and through with stratss of pure silver A number of persons have examined the Silver King who have been familiar with the COmstock' from the first discovery of that lode, and the universal testi- mOny is that the ComslOck never showed at any point on the lode SO rich or extensive a deposit of mineral asl that shown by the Silver King at its present stage of development. Thel King is now owned by B. W Reagan and Chas. Mason. and is superintended by Aaron Mason, brother of one of the owners. He is an experienced minerl and the mine is now being well man aged

 NJ. L. Power is sinking on the south and will doubtless soon fndI the lode. The Mountaineer Company, on the Southeast have also commenc- ! ed work and have a we'll defined lOdei The Athens company are taking out quantities of chloride ore, with from B to 8 per pound. The Sil- yer King district bIds taIr to become one fl the richest and most extensive in the Territory, and as the Comstock made the State of Nevada, 1t is not improbable that the Silver King will to much toward making the State of Arizona.
Year: 1876

As the dangers gather about the Pres ldential election and the talk of war gathers head in the ominous suspense, we suggest to those who doubt the growth of education and intelligence among the people, to stand around and listen to the ordinary street con versation. To those who anticipate danger to the republic we would say; Look at and listen to the men who talk and dispute in public places, and com pare them with the public of even six teen years ago. Mark the advance of education and intelligence, and augur the brightest promise to our beloved country from the spread of education. The great questions of general govern ment are about as well understood by the American populace today ss they were erstwhile by the scholars of the Republic. Let Us continue 10 educate the people. Let US look faithfully 10 our public schools
Year: 1876

hoAp0i mhbdhiuCsl


Many years ago an iron cannon
was by accident brought up by an
anchor from the bottom of the
Hudson river at the point near the
.Dunderburg Mountain, Just above


CaldwelPs Landing. 1t was sug-
gested that it belonged to the pirate
ship Of Captain Kidd. A specu-
lator caught the idea, and boldly
proclaimed, in the face of recorded
history to the contrary, that Kidd's
ship had been sunken at that point,
with untold treasures on board.
The story went abroad that the
deck had been penetrated by very
long auger, which encountered hard
substances, and its thread was
shown with silver attached, which,
it was declared had been brought
up from the vessel. The story was
believed. A stock company was
formed to procure the treasures by
means Of a cofer-dam around the
sunken vessel. For days, weeks
and months the engine worked on
the coffer.dam. One New York
merchant put $4,000 into the en-
terprise. Thespeculator took large
commissions until the hopes of the
stockholders failed and the work
ceased. Nothing may be seen there
now but the runs of the works so
begun close at the waters edge. At
that point a bateau was sunk by a
shot from the Vulture while con
veying the captured iron cannon
from Stony Point to West Point
after the victory by Wayne, The
cannon brought up by the anchor
was doubtless one Of these.
Year: 1876

eAAA~AAANos


The Pail Mall Gazette says: The
first outward token by which YOU
viii recognize a Turk Is the tenn
enas, or salute, which is made by
bringing the right hand first to the
lips and then to the forehead. This
salute, common to the East, is a
representative sign Of respect; it
represents taking the hand, of the
person saluted, and bringing it to
your lips and forehead. Its repre-
sentative form is still to be seen in
some converts in the East, where
they have a puppet Madonna with
the right arm loose, which the yo-
tary at the shrine takes hold of,
and places reyerently to his lips and
forehead. And in Rome it is not
very rare to see an Eastern pilgrim
before the bronze statue of st.
Peter kneeling and touching the
extended toe,with his lips and fore
head. In these instances you have
the original custom out Of which
the Eastarn temenas arose. 1t is a
form of salute not only graceful,
but full Of respect and Difference for
ones neighbor, and compatible, at
the same time, with personal self
respect. q


Compare with this the Frank
custom of indiscriminate shaking
hands-a form of inanity, because
giving the hand has a meaning, in
asmuch as it is pledge, and when
no pledge exists it is practical nom
sense; of hypocrisy, because if it is
meant as a gauge and pledge of
friendship it is constantly given
where no friendship exists and none
is required; and Of corruption, be-
cause it is often practiced as a con
descenslon of one person to the
other, and is therefore corrupt on
the one side and degrading on the
other. No words are too strong to
express the moral repugnance of the
Turk for this Frank custom.


Another point you will not fail
to observe in the Turk is the grav-
ity and decorum with, which he
gives the temenas. Being a sign
and token Of respect, it must be
given with becoming respect and
reverence, and this is, in his opin-
ion, quite incompatible with the
smiling, smirking play of features
which is the usual accompaniment
Of the Frank salute. Not that the
now universal conventional smile is
Of primeval institution; on the con-
trary, the exact date of its intro
duction into the salons of Europe
was marked by an observant French
writer at the beginning of this
century. 1t was imported, like so
many other fashions, from Vienna,
and was on its first introduction
designated as "Viennoise." 1t has
since then spread with the rapidity
Of the plague, and there is scarcely
a European who is not now tainted
with the infection.


All habits, of course, in time be-
come instructive, and it is not to
be supposed that an Eastern or a
Western man goes through ratio
cinative process each time that he
salutes his neighbor. But habits
are founded on reasons, and these
reasons, when they are sound, tend
to preserve the habits, and them
selves become instructive. The
Eastern mode of salutation is
founded on respect--self-respect
and respect for ones neighbOr-
and this is ingrained in the very
nature of an Ottoman.