smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

THE WEATHER promises to be very unset
tied during the next few days, and there
are strong indications of the approach of
severe storm from the westward and south
ward, which may reach us within a few
hours. At thirteen minutes to five p NJ,
Washington time, yesterday, an area of low
barometer was central over the Mississippi
and Missouri valleys at st. Louis and was
rapidly moving eastward. 1t is probable
that the Ohio Valley region will suffer con
siderably during its passage. The chances
of having n favorable condition of sky for
tho observation of the eclipse to-day are
growing slim. We are likely to have sue
cession of atmospheric disturbances during
the coming week.
Year: 1876

THE BAY RIDGE MYSTERY. 1t is a singu-
far story Of police action which is commune
Gated to the HERALD this morning by
William ]. Bradley and John G. North in
regard to the treatment of the friends Of
Thomas A. Hamlin. The case is one which
needs explanation, and we hope Chief
Campbell and Coroner Simms may be able
satisfactorily TO explain it. 1t would be un-
fortunate ifthe Brooklyn police should stand
in the way of the detection Of crime or place
obstacles in the way Of the Identification Of
the dead.
Year: 1876

STEEPLEcHAsING IN ENGLAND. The great
steeplechase race came off at Liverpool yes
terday, and we have q very full report of the
event this morning. The race was one of
much interest and was witnessed by an i'm
mense multitude.
Year: 1876

THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL, as we learn by
n special despatch to the HERALD, gave his
farewell audience at Rio Janeiro yesterday,
and is ready to start on his visit to the
United States. In few weeks he will be
with us, and we trust his sojourn here will
tend to make the people Of the two coun-
tries better acquainted and promote social
and commercial intercourse between them.
Year: 1876

In CoNGREss YESTERDAY the Senate passed
the bill for counting the electoral vote for
President and Vice President. and the House
busted itself with the consideration of the
Executive, Legislative and Judicial Appro-
priation bill. Congressmen's salaries was
.he bone of contention. but the discussion
was not an edifying one.
Year: 1876

POKER IN VIRGINIA. q large ma
jority" the Virginia House of Delegates
has adopted a resolution for the re-
moval from office-by impeachment pre-
sumably-of q judge of county court for
conduct regarded as inconsistent with the
judicial dignity. He played poker. If this
thing had been done in Connecticut what
howls would have been heard of the revival
of the Blue laws but coming from Virginia
the significance of the fact is different 1t
does not mean the persecution of liberal
manners in the interest of severe formality.
1t may mean conviction and progress 1t
may mean the discovery in the Old Domin-
ion that, as poker and whiskey and cock
fighting and genial pursuits of that sort go
together, they should not go under the
ermine If this is the significance of the
fact it is useful and valuable discovery for
Virginia to have made. But it is possible
that this judge is only some obnoxious
republican who was in the way, and for
whose removal by formal process only pre-
text was wanted. In that case the virtuous
move against poker is of less Importance.
Year: 1876

In FRANCE it is likely the state of siege will
be raised. The government is no longer op-
posed to it and the Republic apparently is
sufficiently well established to allow the
widest liberty
Year: 1876

The foundation of all economy Is a
wise disposition of time. Let that be
acquired and true economy in every.
thing else will infallibly and speedily
follow and the most difficult step
toward acquiring it is real and wise
economy of time. Economy has, in
fact, got very bad character with the
great majority of people because it is
confounded with stinginess ; though,
in fact. they are so far from being
connected that stinginess is a very
deadly enemy to real economy, while
liberality and generosity must be con-
fined to words and wishes where econ
omy is not served.


Still some persons imagine that if
they play the niggard with every cent
and every article of which they can
once obtain possession they are good
economists. A more wretched and
complete mistake cannot be made.
Economy is the right employment of
money and means, not the boarding
or burying of them. To save is very
laudable and desirable, but it is no
saving to lay up certain pieces of coin
while we shiver for the want of fuel
or faint for want of the food which
those pieces of coin would purchase :;
to do SO is to save the coin, indeed,
but it is to save it at the expense of
that health and that duration of life
which no amount Of money can pur-
chase or compensate for.
Year: 1876

There is scarcely any time during
the seasons when dairy stock requires
more special care and attention than
now, as the herds go into winter
quarters. It is the habit Of a large
majority of dairy farmers in New York,
as well as in some other States, to
keep up the milking through Decem-
Der, OF course some of the animals
will cease to yield milk during Novem-
ber. and very poor cows, perhaps, earli-
er. But the best cows, for the most
part, will not 60 completely dry until
the first of January.


AS cold weather approaches, COWS in
milk ought not to be left exposed to
storms. They are very sensitive to
cold at this season Of the year, and if
left exposed to rains and to storms of
sleet and snow, they not unfrequent-
" contract disease, which, with the
drain of milk, reduces flesh and seri-
ously impairs their usefulness another
season. We have seen animals in
good health utterly ruined Ivy days
exposure to cold and drenching rains.
On the approach of storms, the cattle
should be Immediately housed, and
care should be taken that the animals
on the outer edge of the stable should
be kept from cold drafts Of winds.


Another point of very great import.
ance at this season is generous feeding.
1t is the custom with some to use up
all the the coarse and inferior fodder
at the commencement of cold weather.
This is great mistake, as the best
food should be given when the ami"
mails first go into winter quarters.
After they have been dried of their
milk and later in the season, the poor
er food should be used, and as ami.
mails, like persons, enjoy variety in
their diet, the coarse and less nutri.
tious fodden can, by judicious feeding
from time to time, be used up to the
best advanetagd. But if the mows
have been topped off with late ends OF
meadows and with the poorest fodder
grown on the farm, then it may be
necessary to feed the first. In such
cases the animals should have an ad.
ditional ration of ground grain.bran
or ship.stuffs to make up the deficiency
Year: 1876

An old man of eighty-five got lost in
4 tunnel of the metropolitan railway
in London the other day. He was
found by pointsman in the middle of
the tunnel in the evening, wet to the
skin from being saturated with the
water from the tunnel walls. On get
tirg out of train at Kings Cross
Station he had taken the wrong di-
rection. AS he wandered along, find
ing there were trains running back
ward and forward, he became bewil-
dered, but for safety crouched close to
the wall of the tunnel, and frequently
had the greatest difficulty in escaping,
as he felt many of the trains touch
him as they went past. Feeling, how
ever, that his end was certain he
prayed and sang to allay his fears. At
the intervals when there was no train
coming he groped his way along, until
he saw man with a lantern and has
tened toward him.
Year: 1876

Finally he discovered that his patient
was in the habit of reading in bed and
for that reason candles were kent
burning all night in her room. These
candles, of dazzling whiteness, Lad
been strongly impregnated with arsen-
lc during their bleeching process, and
the arsenic becoming volatilized by
the combustion, poisoned the air Of
her bedroom.
Year: 1876

Here is a good story about horse.
which Is told in the Boston Journal.
and we presume many of our readers
could tell as good a one if they would
only take the time to write it out for
publication. Such notes on animal in
stinct or reasoning powers are always
interesting to old and young:


It would be difficult to convince
some people that horses and dogs are
possessed of reasoning powers, and as
difficult to convince others, who fond
ly love these animals, that they are
unable to reason from cause to effect.
A story comes to US, well vouched for,
which will at least interest the reader,
if not convince him that horses are
possessed of more of the human at
tributes than many people are wont to
credit them with.


Among the many horses owned by
the Highland street railroad company,
is one which used to give the hostler's
a deal of trouble by slipping his hal
ter and roaming at will about the
stable. The halter was, on each occa.
sion, buckled on as tightly as possible,
but to no purpose, for the horse would
invariably be found half al hour af.
terwards making a dignified tour OF
the stable. This became monotonous
to the hostler, and he determined to
ascertain the modus operandi by which
his equine friend secured his liberty.
Again the halter was tightly buckled
on, and, taking seat where he could
watch his troublesome charge, he
awaited developments. Pretty soon a
horse which stood beside the trouble
some one was observed to poke his
head into his neighbours stall, and
catching the end of the halter strap
between his teeth, he pulled at it..
His first, second and third attempts to
unloose the buckle were unavailing,
but with a perseverance remarkable
even in man, the horse returned to
his work repeatedly, and finally out
dropped the buckle-tongue, the throat
strap fell, and the horse Of inquisitive
mind was soon stalking about the
stable again. A change of location
was of course necessity.


A large, homely, piebald geldlng,
owned by this company, used to mani
fest strange regard for a white mare
he formerly worked beside. In the
stable he was hitched with rope
halter, and until chain was substi-
tuted, he used to gnaw off his halter,
march deliberately to the stall occu-
pied Ivy his mate, and squeeze himself
into the stall, which was only large
enough to accommodate one horse COM
fortably, and a great deal of effort was
required to separate the equines after
they had become wedged in so closely.
Year: 1876

a PHILADELPH HIA, PA, July IS, 1876.

 EnroR INNER breath of air has re- freshed the panting crowds to-day; but it has still been extremely warm. The ther- mometer stood at 102o all the afternoon. Smiles are rather out of place in such ex- treme heat, but one cannot help thinking that it is much preferable to be "shorn lamb" with the wind tempered" to it, than to be s.shorn' human being without any wind, tempered or otherwise.

 THE ART GALLERY

 seems to have an unusual charm, and find hundreds of ladies and gentlemen of the finest appearance and responsibility critic ally examining pictures and statuary which, if exposed in the show-windows of any Of our city streets would subject the owners to arrest. Do not think mean to say that the statues and paintings are vulgar. Not at all. They are as beautifully chaste and artistic as the '-Greek Slave,7 and some of them quite as nude, yet in looking at them the artistic sentiment seems to absorb and crush out all thought of indelicacy- think am right in the impression that public taste in such matters Is changing. l have seen a quotation from San Fran cisco paper, and also seen Cleopatra; in some particulars that quotation is true, but in general think the writer had the spirit of sensaalism on him when he wrote that description.

 Next week I shall visit the Main Build inc. gssf fat..f F4Ifs SHERMAN.
Year: 1876

vINDIcTIvE SPIRIT OF THE NEGROES


FORTY THOUSAND STAND OF ARMS IN


THE HANDS OF A MOB.


THE NEGRO WOMEN.


are more bitter than the men. 1t is
not uncommon to hear of these black
amazons openly announcing that in the
event of conflict between the races they
could use the torch to such advantage as
to leave the homes of the whites mass
Of blankened ruins throughout the county.
The negroes are not my any means the
quiet, lamb like, docile creatures that some
people at the North believe. They are by
far more intolerant, proscriptive and vim
dictive against political apostates of their
own race than the whites are. Consider,
too, that they have, as monopolizing the
militiaI of the State, over 10000 stand of
arms and an adequate supply of-ammuni-
ton to the muskets distributed among
them, and it will be seen that the 10000
negro voters of South Carolina are quite
formidable body. To make the matter
still worse these arms are not where they
should be, in the armories and arsenals of
the State.


THE RIFLE CLUBS.


distinguished MISSISSIPPI Orato salu
here some two or three years ago. ''Be
prepared for violence and you will have
no violence" "and acting upon that theory
the clubs were formed in nearly every
city and county in the State. They are
all armed-I would say armed to the
teeth-but, unlike the negroes, their arms
belong to them. They have Winchester
rife,pistols and sabres ammunition, nearly
all purchased from the government of the
United States. In this aspect of the case
Governor Chamberlain's expression that
the State is like an earned military camp"
is not far wrogn, but 1 have now been in
the State almost two weeks and have
yet to hear of or see any public display or
exhibition of arms, if 1 except two old
pieces of artillery which were being taken
to Sumter to fire a salute for Hampton
when he addressed the people there.
Year: 1876

plished-every mile of it would remain in
Idaho. There would not be dollar expen-
ded or mile of railroad built in Montana,
by the credit Of Montana granted to the COM
pany.


1t would go first to benefit people outside,
and next to construct a railroad in another
Territory, and the only advantage to Mon
tana would be, if the narrow gauge road was
constructed two hundred miles by its aid, that
its terminus would be that much nearer, and
so much teaming would be saved An ad-
vantage, of course, common to any railroad
approaching Montana, but in the case of the
Utah Northern with the disadvantage Of not
being in Montana.


ded to Montana, it may run by the Snake
river divide, six thousand nine hunllred feet
above the sea, or by the head waters of the
Madison near Hcnry's lake, where the divide
is seven thousand one hundred feet. In either
event, those who are familiar with the coun-
try::say that there will be serious trouble from
the snow, unless costly snow sheds are erect
Ell. 4 narrow gauge railroad is not so easily
kept open as q broad gauge, in a snowy re-
giOn, for two reasons-the narrOWless Of
the cuts, which causes them to fill more cas-
lily and makes them harder TO clear, and the
lightness Of the narrow gauge engines and
snow ploughs, which gives them less power
1t is well known that the route of the North
ern Pacific between Bismarck and the Rocky
Mountains is very little exposed to trouble
from snow


The only argument which has been pub
lic]y advanced in favor Of the Utah North
ern narrow gauge route, as against that of
the Northern Pacific, is that it might posi-
bly, be brought within striking distance for
Montana somewhat sooner. Tie evidence
that this is likely to be the case has not yet
appeared. This isanother of the points for the
people Of Montana to look into carefully.


REASONER
Year: 1876

those who can make or raise anything to sell.
The very fact that the work of grading, etc.,
on several hundred miles Of railroad along
the Yellowstone was going on would put new
life into the Territory. 1t would at once in
duce and secure good stage and wagon
road, and settlements all along the valley
1t would be one of the best paying gold mines
that has been struck in Montana for some
years. and one that would grow in value
every month with the progress of the work.
Unless the company, strengthened as it might
be by Montana credit and the expectation of
its business, could raise other means to en-
able them to make a real move this side of
the Missouri river, the bonds of the Terri
tory, of course. should not be issued. No
work in Montana, no bonds to be paid out
and bonds only TO be paid in proportion to
work done in Montana. The proposition has
at least the appearance of being fair.


REASONER
Year: 1876

This is the new article of stationery recon-


mendea ny the Posto1fice Department at the


last session of Congress, and failed of adop-
ton mainly through want of time It is
again proposed to Congress. 1t is combined
letter and newspaper wrapper may be
printed on for circular; has three times
the space OF the postal card and when sealed
is open at both ends. Stamped with two
cents, it will be an intermediate between the
postal card and ordinary letter, SO that the
One-cent card can be used for short, open
notes, the two-cent letter-wrapper for longer


notes requiring greater secrecy, and the
ordinary three-ccnt closed letter for the long
and entirely secret communications, thus
supplying three wants as to space, secrecy
and price. But its combined use, either as i
letter or newspaper wrapper, will give it a
great advantage over any article heretofore
introduced. About fifty million transient
newspapers are sent annually to friends, in
closed in stamped and unstamped newspaper
wrappers, which with this article may easily
be increased to two hundred million. About
two billion copies of newspapers are read
annuity in the United States. Perhaps even
as many as one-fourth of these, after being
read, might be sent to friends and relatives if
convenient means to enclose them were al
ways al hand. 1t will be seen that if an
article to write a brief letter and convenient
ly enclose newspaper is universally in the
hands Of the people, that 4 very large increase
of transient newspapers will be sent to
friends and relatives, and thus greatly in
crease friendships and the diffusion of
knowledge Millions of the ]etter-wrappers
will be carried in the pockets of travellers
and others, to write short letters and enclose
newspapers. BY all means, let us have this
new postal article for the centennial year.
Year: 1876

The regular meeting OF the Bar Association was held
last evening. Mr.. Deaned, chairman of the commit.
to investigate the question of admission to the Bar,
presented a further report upon that subject Hc
recommended that no student OF law school should
be admitted TO practice until he had been declared
bachelor OF arts had studied in such school two years.
had further studied in a law Office year and had
been examined in open court. He stated that Profes
Dwight President of the Columbia Law School, de-
clarod that If the three year system went into elect
II would destroy law schools. but that the committee
thought that if such should prove to be the the
rule might bo repealed. The roA)rt recommends that
there shall be an examining board in each Supreme
Court District, consisting OF three persons, holding
Office for three years. going out OF Office each year,
that examinations be conducted in writing and that
bookkeeping be added to the questions for examna-
tion. The report accepted
Year: 1876

PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION TO THE ROYAL


TITLES BILL.


LONDON, March 14-Night
In the House Of Commons tonight the Marquis OF
Harrington gave notice that he would offer a motion
protesting against the adoption by the Sovereign OF the
Objectionable title OF Empress"
The opposition has resolved to make a formal attack
The Royal Titles BILL
Year: 1876




1t was fitting that on Centennial day the
Yankee genius should show some touch of
its qualty-and it did. The hour brought
the man. The sun which rose on the morn
ing of the Fourth shone upon fruit and
cake stand in a grave-stone yard, sometimes
euphoniously called marble-cutters establish
ment, in the very heart of the city. The
broken columns and half-lettered slabs that
formed background to the festive board
crowned with tubs of citric acid, seemed to
serve a purpose like the skull at the Egyptian
feast, like the standard which fioated from
Saladin's tent, a continual reminder of NOR
tality. The marble counter upon which the
dripping tumbers stood wanted but name
cut upon it to make it monumental slab /:
and,-the solemn thought would intrude
itself, ,-perhaps that slab is destined to be a
headstone to one of the gay jewellers who
quaffed the suspicious red liquid which pur-
ported to be the cooling juice of the lemon.
Doubtless this solemn reflection had the
effect to stimulate trade; for there must be
an awful fascination in lunching off ones
own tombstone, and to those who court mild
eyed Melancholy a sad pleasure in cracking
peanuts under the sepulchral shadow of mar
BILE memorial stones. A realization of the
uncertainty of life must have possessed him
who dined among these potential tributes to
departed worth and reflected that he was,
perhaps, munching his last mouthful of GIN
gerbread in this world. One looked up to
the chiseled stone rather expecting to see
carved upon its face under name and date
some inscription like this: she is gone
where there is no more ice-cold lemonade''
with the added poetic motto, "Drink cody
while ye may, old Time is still a-fying, and
the man who drinks to-day, tomorrow may
be dying" Certainly it was an audacious
stroke of genius, worthy the inv entive Yam
kee mind, thus to put up lunch counter
among tomb stones.
Year: 1876

THE Portland shop-keeper is credited with
shrewdness, enterprise and honesty, but he
has not been credited with prudishness. He
must now be held open to that charge. In
one of the shop windows on Congress street
a cast of Una and the Lion has for some
time past attracted the attention of the
passerby. On the morning of the Fourth
the cast was seen in its accustomed place
but dimly, for green mantle yelled the
marble charms of the triumphant maiden.
Either long-outraged modesty had at length
triumphed in the breast of the shop-keeper,
or he had come to the conclusion that our
rural visitors were not sufficiently educated
in art to appreciate the nude.
Year: 1876

THE Centennial Independence Day ap-
pears to have been observed very generally
throughout the country, and with more en-
thusiasm than ever before. Scarcely ham,
let in the land that did not hold some public
exercise. In the majority of places the fea-
ture Of the celebration was the historical adj
dress, setting forth the life of the town or
city since its foundation. A wiser method of
observance could not easily be devised.
Year: 1876

The Fourth Of July has some promise of
becoming Independence Day to another ma
ton than ours. On that date Servia began
hostilities against Turkey. Should the re-
suit be successful a great Sclave empire may
be celebrating its centenary hundred years
hence. Let us hope that India crackers will
not be the prominent feature of the ceebra-
Year: 1876

Mr.. H, r. STEVENS


DEAR SIR-This is to show that my son was taken
sick in January, 1864, with Scrofua, which came out
was sweled more than twice its natural size. He
sion-two from Boston and three from Charlestown-
without getting bit better. He was obliged to lie
wherever he was placed, for he had no use of his
limbs whatever. When we had given up all hopes of
his living we were told to try VEG ETINE, the great
blood remedy; and he had taken it but short time
before we could see great change The sores so
bad that we had to change the cloths four or five
times day. Still, he was getting better; for he
could move his limbs and help himself little. He
was soon able to sit up in bed and by constant use
Of VEGETINE, it has cured him. He has lame
leg which he will probably have for fe but we all
honestly believe if we had used VEGETINE before
we had bothered with those doctors, it would have
saved the use of his Leg and restored it to natural
health hope all those troubled with Scrofula will
read this testimony of me and my son, who is now
well and able to speak for himself.


CATHERINE MAHONEY


DANIEL MAHONEY.


10 Trenton St., Charlestown, Mass.
May 10, 1872.


The above plain but honest statement concusively
shows the quick and thorough cleansing effects of the
VEGETINE in Scrofula.


VEGETINE is acknowledged by all classes of people
to be the best and most reliable blood purifier in the
world.


Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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