smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

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The different editions Of THE SUN during the next
year will be the during the year that has just
passed. The daily edition will on week days be q
sheet of four pages, and Sundays sheet of eight
will be sheet of eight pages of the same dimensions
and character that already familiar to our friends


TIRE sun will continue to be the strenuous advocate
of reform and retrenchment. and of the substitution
of craftsmanship. wisdom, and integrity for hollow
pretence mbeciity and fraud in the administration
of public affairs. 1t will contend for the government
of the people by the people and for the people us OPP
posed to government by frauds in the ballotboX and
in the counting of votes, enforced by military vio
ence. 1t will endeavor to supply its readersa body
now not far from million of sOuls-with the most
rent events and will employ for the purpose numer-
and carefully selected staff of reporters and
respondents. Its reports from Washington, especially,
will be full accurate and fearless and it will doubt
less continue to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those
who thrive by plunderng the Treasury or by usurpng
what the law does not give them, while it will endea
to merit the confidence of the public by defending
the rights Of the people against the encroachmens OF


The price of the daily SUN will be SIS cents month
or $3.50 year, post paid or with the Sunday edi-
The SUNDAY edition alone, eight pages, $12O a
year.


The WEEKLY SUM- eight pages of Sc broad columns,
will be furnished during 1877 at the rate of 81 year
| post paid.


The benefit of this large reduction from the previous
rate for the WEEKLY can be enjoyed by individual
subscribers without the necessity of making up clubs


And at the same time If any of friends choose to
| aid in extending our circulation we shall be grateful
to them. and every such person who sends ten OI
more subscribers from one place will be entitled tC
one copy Of the paper for himself without charge Al
one dollar vera. postage paid, the expenses of the
paper and printing are barely repaid and consider
ing the size of the sheet and the quality of its
tents. we are confident the people will consider TIL
| WEEKLY sun the cheapest newspaper published IL
| the world, and we trust one of the very best.
| Address, THE SUN, New York City, N.
Year: 1876

A young man in Troy, N, Y, dreamt last
week that he was destined to become a
gambler. 1t made so deep an impression
upon him that he went down to his fsther's
store in the morning, built fire in the
stove swept out the Office, wrote letter to
the family, sending kisses to the children,
took off his coat and waistcoat and shot
himself. He blundered in his aim, and is
left to wrestle with his destiny as best he
can.
Year: 1876

The TELEPHoSE.-This process for talking
by telegraph was tried last week in Boston,
and the result is thus recorded: Prof. Bell
tried his telephone on the telegraph line be
tween Boston and Salem the other day, he
remaining in Boston. Conversation was
carried on with the operator at Salem with
out the slightest difficulty, even the voices
Of the speakers being easily recognized.
Whispering was found to be perfectly audi
able, but was unintelligible. After a time,
instead of grounding the wire at Salem, it
was connected with North Conoway, dis
lance of l43 miles from Boston, thus leaving
Salem as a way station. After this change
had been made there was slight diminu-
ton in the loudness of the tones, but no
difficulty was experienced in carrying on
conversation.
Year: 1876

The man who is continually talking
seldom says anything of Importance,


more than half the! time he talks be-
cause he loves the sound of his own


voice, and his remarks are superficial
and ,valueless. The reserved man, on
the contrary, finds it difficult to give
utterance to his thoughts which rush
forward to the portals of his mouth in
such crowds that they, in fact, block it
up. Whenever you meet with man
of this kind give him time and do not
take his tardiness for ignorance or i'm.
becility of mind. In nine cases out of
ten he has lived in solttnde, and be-
cause he has not been habituated to
conversati0n, his tongue grows so
rusty that, when he does venture into
society, no one will wait till he is
drawn out, and therefore his reserve
continues to increase. Do not con-
temptously turn your back upon him,
but listen, aud he will, in all likeli-
hood, repay your civility with interest.
The man who talks but little generally
has something to say when he does
speak his ideas have been polished by
the observation of years, and sink
forcibly into the minds Of his hearers.
Year: 1876

~ Misourian who had been in Dem
YER long enough to get hold of the
ropes, went into drug store and the
other day, and, speaking in familiar
way to the clerk, asked if he had any
muriatic acid. The clerk said yes, and
took down jar labelled " muriatic
acid" and set the jar and a graduate
measure before the Missourian, who
proceeded to pour out about " four
fingers of the contents into the meas
ure and swallow it. A number of per-
sons present who saw the performance
noticed the man smack his lips with
evident satisfaction and go out feeling
good, whereupon they asked the clerk
il that man was in the habit of doing
such things, and others wanted TO
know If he wasn't the ''fire king" who
belonged to the side show. The clerk
informed them that the object of their
solicitude was a private gentleman,
who performed that feat three or four
times day for pleasure, but he didn't
tell them that the jar labelled muriatic
acid contained old Kentucky sour
mash, distilled in 1860.
Year: 1876

r7------7f J taENtEHrr
Among the Seminole Indians there
is singular, tradition regarding the
white mans origin and superior
ity. They say that when the Great
Spirit made the earth, he also made
three men, all of whom were of a fair
complexion and that after making
them, he led them to the margin of
lake and bade them leap therein. One
Immediately obeyed, and came out
purer than before he bathed the Sec
ond did not leap until the water be.
came slightly muddy. and when he
bathed he came up copper-colored the
third did not leap in until the water
became black with mud and came out of
it with its own color. The the Great
Spirit laid before them three packa-
ges of bark, aud babe them choose,
and out of pity for the misfortune of
his color he gave the black man his
first choice. He took hold of each Of
the packages, and, having felt them,
chose the heaviest; the copper-colored
one then chose the second heaviest,
| leaving the white man the lightest,
When the packages were opened the
first was found 10 spades, hoes
and all the implements OF labor; the
second enwrapped fishing and war
like apparatus; the third gave The
white man pens, ink and paper-the
engines of the mind-the materials of
mental improvement-the social link
of huaanity-the foundation of the
white mans superiority.
Year: 1876

n, ANp now the thoughtless man who,
n the wild, reckless frenzy of pain
and rage, hurled all the stove pipe
fronl every room in the house into a
disjOinted mass in the wood shed last
Spring, weeps over the rusty scrap
heap and wishes he had blaeked them
and put them carefully away in dry
place. Bat what good does it do to
repine? He will stand on the back
porch and shoot them all out into the
wood-shed again nextSpring, ALI the
same.
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The Washington correspondent of the
Herald was yesterday guilty of repeat
ing the story, which has recently OBJ
tanned such currency throughout the
whole land that ex-Speaker Blaine
was brought up in the Catholic church
but afterwards fell away from that re-
ligion, and, in the language of the po-
litical adversaries, is chargeable with
the infamy that attaches TO religious
apostacy, with the view to his own
personal advancement. Permit me to
contradict III the Herald these SLAM
derous accusations. AS an intimate
friend of members of the family, as
one who can speak with authority L
am enabled to deny as utterly un-
founded the various stories in circula-
tion to the effect that Mr. Blaine was
"bred a Catholic himself,n or drought
up in that church, or trained to a
Catholic teaching. The fact is that
while the parents and brothers and
sisters of Mr.. Blaine were and are
Catholics he himself never was one,
except to the extent of having received
as an infant the rite of baptism in that
church, and his early education and
training We're all in Protestant institu-
tions and amid Protestant surround
ings.


A mans religion in this free country
is his own business. 1t may be one
thing to accuse man of Catholicism,
but quite another thing to seek to blur
( his personal character with the in
| fanny which apostasy therefrom would
naturally imply. Respectfully,


j. McC.
New York, Feb. 1lth, 1876.
Year: 1876

The Blaine Continentals have received q most
cordial invitation to join the Hayes and Wheel
or battalion Of Portland in an excursion to Bos-
ton on the 18th inst, the occasion Of the grand
torchlight celebration by the republicans Of that
city. 1t has not been fully decided whether the
invitation will be accepted or not, but probably it
will
Year: 1876

The young daughter of Joseph Craig of Port
land. who disappeared about fortnight ago, made
her way to Boston and stopped at the City Hotel.
She was kindly cared for by the proprietor and
his wife, until information was sent to her parcnts,
who have brought her home.
Year: 1876

A BOILING LAKE.-The discovery of
a boiling lake in the island of Dominica
has excited much scientific interest, and
Investigations of the phenomenon are to
be made by geologists. 1t appears that
company exploring the steep and for
est covered mountains behind the town
of Rosseau, came upon the lake, about
100 feet above the sea level, and two
miles in circumference On the wind
clearing away for moment the cloud
of sulphurous steam with which the
lake was covered, mound of water was
seen ten feet higher than the general
level of the surface, caused by ebullition.
The margin Of the lake consists of beds
of sulphur, and its overflow found exit
by waterfall of great height.
Year: 1876

A friend of the late A. I. Stewart re-
lated an anecdote which showed the
methods that the merchant adopted when
carrying on a small business to increase
the number of his customers. Mr..
Stewart made inquiries among his friends
and learned the name and residence Of
the leader of fashionable society in the
city and also the church that she attend
ed. He then sought out the sexton of
the church and leased pew directly in
front of that of the lady. Regularly
Sunday after Sunday thereafter he sat in
his seat and took part in the worship. A
few months passed, and one Sunday as
the congregation was about leaving the
church it suddenly began to rain. The
fashionable lady had carriage, but the
sidewalk between the church door and
the roadway was wide, and she stopped
irresoIutely at the door upon perceiving
the drops Of rain, dreading injury to her
costly dress. The frequent mists and
rains of Ireland had caused Mr.. Stewart
to form the habit of carrying an umbrel-
la ON all days of the year, and he had
one on this day. Raising it he told the
lady he would shelter her beneath it un-
til she could walk to her carriage, if she
would accept the service. The proffer
was accepted, he took her to the carriage
and was heartily thanked. The follow
ing Sunday, after the service, she ad-
dressed him and again thanked him for
his kindness. A short conversation en-
sued, and occasionally on Sundays that
succeeded, as they were coming out of
church, a few words passed between
them. While talking with member of
the church one day the lady learned Mr..
Stewards occupation, and the next time
she met him she said:


Mr.. Stewart, have you any articles
at your store that you think would like
to buy


No. he replied; l don't think i
have anything"


would like to aid you in your busi-
ness in some way"


You can in this way | have noticed
that your coachman exercises your horses
every day, and you not caring always to
ride, | presume the carriage is frequent
ly empty. If on the days when you do
not wish to use the carriage you will or
der your coachman to take it to my store
and remain in front of the store for half
an hour, you will do me good turn"


The lady was amused by Mr. Stewards
suggestion, and cheerfully granted the
request. The frequent appearance of
the carriage in front of the store and the
presumptive presence of the fashionable
owner of it within the store was soon no.
ticed by other women, and Mr.. Stewards
scheme was speedily successful. Car
riage after carriage stopped before the
store, and the stream of fashion was
sta rted that has since run ceaselessly in
and out its doors.
Year: 1876

A ROYAL JOKE One does not think
of Frederick the Great primarily as a
joker. His life was anything but hui
morous, and was the cause of more tears
then smiles. But Frederick loved a
joke, especially if there was a spice Of
maliciousness in it. His whole inter.
course with Voltaire was great comedy
"a burlesque of friendship and literary
patronage. On one occasion Voltarie
requested the privilege of reading new
poem to him. Frederick was delighted
and named an hour when he would gra.
ciously listen to the latest production
of the great French genius At the ap.
pointed time Voltaire appeared, manu-.
script in hand, and read the poem. The
king had meantime secreted behind a
screen in the same room a man of a
wonderful memory, who had the gift
of repeating any composition however
lCuSLuNY w NlltIn uC llhb O1Ct llsLtu6u.
When Voltaire had concluded his recit-
al Frederick expressed great admiration
but declared he had heard the poem be.
fore. The poet was indignant, repelling
the charge of plagiarism with great
warmth. The king, however, insisted
that the poem was by no means of recent
origin, and said there was man in his
court who could repeat it from beginning
to end. He sent for the man who had
been concealed behind the screen and
who had listened to the reading, and re-
quested him to repeat a certain poem,
quoting the first lines. The man in
stantly, and to the great astonishment
of Voltaire, repeated the poem word for
word. The Indignation of the poet
when he discovered the trick, may be
more easily imagined than described.
Year: 1876

Visitors to the Centennial are to be
registered by telegraph. BY an ingeni-
Gus contrivance every one of the eighty
turnstiles set at the several entrances of
the grounds will be connected by wire
with dial in the main Office. When
person enters through turnstile be is
instantaneously registered on this dial.
At any instant of the day. therefore, il
will be possible to know, by glancing at
the dial, the exact number of people
who have entered the grounds
Year: 1876

Has HAD ENoUGH.-Representative
Rollins. of North Carolina, has had e.
nough fighting. He tavors the Centennial
appropriation and administers quite a
rebule to the blow hard Democrats who
never did any fighting, but stayed at
home and fomented mischief In his
speech on this subject, he says:


When the war first broke out, North
Carolina farmer had six sons grown up
to manhood, who at the first tap of the
drum wen; to the field to fight in the
cause Of the South. They fought from
Bull Run to AppamuttoX; but not all of
them. One of them was sleeping at An
tietam, one at Charlottesville, one at
Chickahominy and another at kentucky;
but two of them were at AppamattoX.
They had seen the flag go down which
they had followed with unlaltering de
votion. One of these survivors was he
who addressed the Committee, and who
now said that he had seen enough OF war,
and wanted peace. He wanted recon
cliation and brotherhood all over the
country. That was why he proposed to
vote for the bill, for he thought the ten
dency OF the celebration was to promote
peace.
Year: 1876

SUNSET AND SUNRIsE.-The sun sets
on some retired meadow, where no house
is visible, with all the glory and splendor
that it lavishes on the cities, and, per
chance, as it has never set before, where
there is but solitary marsh hawk to
have its wings gided by 1t, or only a
musquash looks out from his cabin, and
there is only some little black veinpd
brook just beginning to meander, wind
ing slowly around decaying stump, in
the middle of the marsh. We walked in
SO pure and bright u light gliding the
withered leaves, so soft and serenely
bright, | thought had never bathed in
such "A golden food, without a ripple or IL
murmur in it. The west side of every
wood and rising ground cleaned like the
boundary Of Elysum, and the sun on our
backs cleaned like gentle herdsman
driving us home at evening.


SO we saunter toward the Holy Land,
till one day the sun shall shine more
brightly than ever he has done, and per
chance shine into our minds and hearts,
and light up our whole lives with great
awakening light as warm and serene and
golden as Oh bank side in Summer.
Year: 1876

SHE MEANT BUsIN Ess. They have
some queer girls over there in Colorado.
One OF them who resides in the Cache
la Poudre valley had been receiving the
attention of young man for about a
year, but becoming impatient at his fail
ure to bring matters to crisis, she re-
solved to ascertain his intentions. When
he next called she took him gently by
the ear, led him to a seat, and sald


"Nobby, you've bin fooIin' round
this claim fur mighty near a year, aud
hev never yit shot off your mouth on the
marryin' biz. I've cottoned to yer on
the square clean through, an hev stood
off every other galoot thet has tried to
chip in; an now | want yer to come down
to business or leave the rancho. Ell yer
on the marry an want pard thctil
stick rite to ye till you pass in your checks
an the good Lord calls ye over the
range, jist squeal an we'll hitch; but #
that amt yer game, draw out an give
some other feler show fur his pile.
Now sing yer song or skip out"


lie sang.-Ldramie Sun.
Year: 1876

softly as a bird alights, on a spot where
caro- and human pity awaited it.


The sun had not yet risen, but tie NOM
ing twilight had como when the little
girl, looking over the edge OF the car, saw
the dear old earth coming near" rising
toward them," she said. But when the
ear stopped, to her great disappointment
it was not on the ground, but caught fast
in the top-most branch Of tree. Yet
she saw they were near house whence
help might soon come, SO she awakened
her brother and told him the good news,
aud together they watched and wait, d
tor dehvemnce, huggiug each other for
JOY and warmth, for they were extremely
cold.


Farmer Buxton, who lived in lonely
house on the edge OF his own private
pralric, was II famous sleeper ia general,
but ON this particular morning he awoko
before the dawn, and although he turned
aud turned again, he could sleep no moro.
So at last he awoAe his wife and said =
" It's no use; I'll just get up aud dress
and have u look at the comet"


The next she heard was frightened
summons to the door, 1t seems that no
sooner did he step from his house than his
eyes toll ON the strange shape hanging in
"A large pear tree about twcuty yards dis
distant. lie could see in it no likeness to
anything earthly and he half faneied it
might be the comet, which, having put
out It's lights, had come down there to
perch. In his fright and perplexity no
did what every wiso man would do in
like extremity. Reinforced by her, ho
drow near the tree, cautiously reconnoit-
orirg. Surely pear tree never bore such
fruit, suddenly there descended from
the thing plaintivc, trembling litt,o
voice


Please take US down; We are vory
cold"


Thea second little voice "And hun
cry too please take us down"


" Who are you? And whore are you
from ?"


The first little voice said "We arc
Mrs llmpwood's little boy and girl aud
we are lost in "A balloon, Please take US
down"


Dimly comprchcndng the situation,
the larmor, getting hold of a dangling
ropo, succeeded in pulling down the bal
loom lie first lifted out little John y,
who ran rapidly few yards toward tho
house, then turned round and stood for u
few moments curiou.ly surveying the bal
loon. The faithful little sister was 50
chilled and exhausted that shc had to be
carried into the house, where trembling
and sobbiug she told her wonderful story.
Before sunrise mounted messenger was
Dispatched to the Ilnrpwood homo with
the glad tidiugs Of great joy. lie reached
it in the afternoon, and n few hours later
the children themselves arrived ia state,
with banners, and conveyed in Il covered
hay wagon and four. Joy bells were rung
in the neghborng town, and in the farm
cr's brown house the happiest family on
tho continent thanked God that night.
Year: 1876

a CITY UNDER THE SEA.-In the lat
ter end Of the last century old Port Roy
al disappeared beneath the waves in an
earthquake, leaving no other memorial
behind than those few patches of reefs.-
In calm and clear evenings, when there
Is not ripple on the CLASSY surface of the
sea, you may look down into fifteen faith
oms of water and see submerged houses,
towers and churches with sharks swim
ming quietly in and out Of the open win
dows Of their bellries. The work Of cen
tulies WAS destroyed in single moment
by enc single convulsive throb Of the
thin film on which man has lived and
speculaled for ages past, An American
diving company, stimulated in their en-
terprise by the tales Of untold wealth
buried beneath the sea by this sudden
shock, rescued no treasures but the big
bell suspended still in the bell tower,
and donated the same to the Island, where
it may be seen, with many puzzing in
scriptions upon it, which nobody has, as
yet been able to decipher.
Year: 1876

A GOOSE that secs another drink will
do the same, through she is not thirsty.
The custom OF drinking for company,
when drinking is dispensable and pre-


judicial, seems to be a case Of the same
kind, aud to put man, feathers only
excepted, upon footing with goose.
Year: 1876

We print letter this morning from Mr.


George T. Bristow, the composer and one of
the judges of award at the Centennial Ex-
position, defending himself against imputa-
tions affecting his official conduct, and one
also from the Steinways, denying that Mr..
Schiedmayer has any business relations with
their house. All this is well enough as far
as it goes, but it seems to us it does not go
far enough. Since the pinno has become an
article Of necessity rather than of luxury
three things ought to be assured-namely,
that the price at which the instrumen. is
sold is not exorbtant that the instrument
is well and honestly made; and that the
name of the maker shall be an unerring guido
TO the gcnuineness of the manufacture An


much to put the piano trade on a sound
basis and drive the dishonest dealers out of
the business, and an honest award is what


is wanted. The best piano ought to be
awarded the first place, and no award should
be made except upon grounds of merit


which everybody can understand. This we
fear, has not been done, or, if it has, it was
under circumstances not satisfactory TO some
of the most reputable manufacturers.
Winning and wircpulling have been too freely
employed by some of those expecting awards
with the persons able to give them, and al
together there is an air about these transac-
tons which needs explanation. Mr.. Bris-
tow's letter was not necessary to make MS
believe in his integrity, and the letter Of the
Steinways clearly establishes that Schied-
mayer is not their private European agent;
but these things arc only minor features in