smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

railroads amounted TO 100000 tons.
Of the So counties of this State p con-
tam no coal whatever, and in but four
counties is anthracite coal mined, which
supplies the whole United States, the
production being 100000 annually
Practically our Goals have not yet been
developed, but there is no reason to doubt
the existence ofanthrsciteh here, and it can
be readily seen how valuable such beds
may become to the State when it is known
that the Pennsylvania mines
are owned by monopoly. There are
many other matters connected with this
subject that might be mentioned, but we
believe enough has been said to show the
Importance of survey to the State, and
We trust the members of this Legislature
are sufficiently intelligent and awake to
the interests Of their constituencies to
make a commencement without unneceS-
sary delay.


There is still another point in connec-
ton with the subject that is worthy ot
consideration. a geological survey will
be exceedingly important to the State
along with the proposed exhibition of
her resources at the Centennial, We
are very glad to soc 50 much interest
manifested on this latter subject, and that
it is likely the Legislature Will make II
good appropriation for it. Liberality
can well be afforded, for the results
will be: attention called to
the resources of the State; the
almost certain influx of capital To- dcvel-
ope the same and a thousand dollarS for
every hundred 50 expended, rcallzed,
But how much more readily will this
wealth and development be secured when
by means OF geological survey, every
farmer will know perfectly the true
value OF every acre Of his land,
and can give correct and thorough
information to any capitalist seek
ing investment for his means. Then
when, together with this, a thorough topo'
graphical survey and map shall be made,
and thus the very locality and descrip-
tion of the mineral wealth can be pointed
out to any one in smoment the immense
advantages to be derived are at once ap.
parent. In short, the value of the Cen
tennial Exhibition and these proposed
surveys to the State may be truthiu!ly
and truly summed up in the single eH-
preston, There's millions in Them
Year: 1875

clearly within his powers under the sew
eral acts of Congress; that even If It
we're not it had been acted upon so long,
and all parties had expended such large
sums Of money upon the faith OF it, and
the government had reaped all its bene-
fits, that the government was now eqult-
ably estopped from claiming the right
of way thus granted; that the decree OF
the Circuit Conrt Of West Virginia
was bar to all the plaintiffs except the
government, and that as the land sold TO
Adams would be OF little value for man
ufacturing or other purposes without the
railroad in its present location, and would
sell for much more with the railroad on
It than without it, it would therefore be
an injury,to the government to grant the
relief asked for in the BILL because If the
premises were sold without the railroad
they would realize much less to pay the
government claims than If sold with all
the railroad rights unimpaired.


The railroad company also made a
claim to a part of the right OF way which
was originally in the Potomac river
under deed from Patrick Byrne. who
had patent for an island and the river
bed from the State OF Maryland, and 1t
was claimed that the jurisdiction of
MARYLAND extended to the South branch
of the Potomac,


The court decides that the agreement
made with the Secretary of War was
within the scope Of his authority, and
even if it were not so the doctrine OF
equitable estoppal would prevent the
United States, after receiving all the
benefits of the arrangement, and recog-
nizing the arrangement as valid for near
forty years, from now iiSputing its valid .
itv, and especially is this the case, when
it would be to the manifest disadvantage
of the government to do 50, as upon n
resale of the property n less sum would
be obtained to satisfy the claims against
Adams and his suretics.


The title of the railroad company is
thus finally and definitely settled, as it Is
not thought there will be any appeals
from Judge JackSon's decision, supported
as it is by clear and able opinion
Correspondence Baltimore SIN.
Year: 1875

Some one, who has taken the trouble
to post himself on the law governing
railroad passenger travel, says that extra
charges for failure to buy tickets are
universally sustained by the courts, but
there must be full opportunity to buy
afforded by the ticket seller. Passen-
gers must show tickets when asked for.
AS to stopping off, there is only one de-
cision, which is that passenger cannot
stop of, land resume his journey, with
out the previous assent of the company.
AS to the obligation of the road to fur
nish a seat to passenger, decision
says: CA passenger who exhibits his
ticket need not surrender it until he has
been furnished with seat" A railroad
is not liable for things stolen out of a
passengers seat, there being no previ-
GUS delivery to the company's servants ;
for the same reason the company is not
liable for baggage in the passengers
own care. Passengers who neglect to
look after their own baggage on arrival
at their destination cannot recover it if
it is lost without fault of the carrier.
Baggage left in station houses for the
passengers convenience, after it has
reached its destination, comes under a
new class of rights and duties, the bag
gage master assuming the position of q
gratuitous bailee, who only becomes
liable in cases of gross negligence. The
obligation of the railroad as carrier
ceases when it has delivered to its owner
at the place of destination, or when he
has had reasonable opportunity of re-
ceiving and removing it. Tt will inter
est sportsmen to know that they may re-
cover for the value of dogs when they
intrust them to baggage masters for hire
because of their exclusion from the pas
senger cars.
Year: 1875

The Rochester IN. ~ Democrat tells
the following story, and seems to take
delight in it: They tell of widow of
Leesport, Pa, who got the best
Heaven bless herl-of sewing machine
agent. Her husband some time previ-
GUS to his death had purchased ma
chine, promising to pay for it in month
ly installments. He had paid nearly the
entire sum when he died, and the widow
was unable to make up the balance. The
agent called for the machine, and the
widow demanded portion of the money
that had been paid. This was refused
in surly way.


Then the widow locked the doors of
the house, putting the key in her
pocket, and told the agent he could have
the machine when he returned the
money, and not before. She took hold
of him and q severe and prolonged
tussle ensued, while the children scream
ed and cried. The widow threw the
agent over the hot kitchen stove, and
finally succeeded in setting him down
on top of it, and held him while he
begged piteously for mercy. For
Gods sake, let me go, and I'll pay you
back every cent your husband paid me. y
Being satisfied that he was severely
scorched, she pulled him of the stove,
but held on to him until he had paid
back every one of the installments, and
then she gave him two minutes time
to take the machine and clear out with
it.


All sewing machine agents are moi
heartless men, but some of them are
the agent spoken of was probably one o.
these men.
Year: 1875

The experience of the Findlay Cour-
ier man is sad and mournful. He has
lost faith in the profession of his fellow
men. Hear how he talks:


Last week man stepped up to usand
said he would pay us every centhe owed
if he lived till Saturday night. We
presume that man died. Another said
he would pay us in a day or two, as sure
as we were born. Query-Did the man
lie, or were we born2 Another said he
would settle his bill as sure as shooting.
We are led to the conclusion that shoot
ing is decidedly uncertain. Quite a
number said they would see us to-mor-
row. Those men have been blind ever
since, or else tomorrow has not come.
One man told us six months ago that he
would pay Us as soon as he got some
money. That man would not lie, and
of course has not had cent since.


But the experience of editors is about
the same all over, says the Fremont
Journal. Last year we stopped one
mans paper who owed six dollars, He
was serving the public, and we met him
while in discharge of his duties. He
averred that as soon as he got through
and received his pay, he would make it
all right, he would, indeed. He told us
the same story this spring, and we per-
sumo hs is still assessing. Another came
all the way, five miles, to town to as
sure us that he was all right, and that
we need not be afraid. He would have
some money soon, and would pay-yes,
he would. Some time later we " saw :"
his money at distance. He was put
ting it in bank. It was the last and
only glimpse we had of it. He never
had hatchet and ran round hacking
CHEEKY trees, or they would have died
without anybody knowing who killed
them. Another would pay us after sheep
shearing. His sheep are long woods, and
it takes long while for the wool to ma
ture. Another would pay after wheat
harvest, but his wheat, like the century
plant, is of slow growth and don't ripen
often. Another had poor health but
was improving. He would get round
soon and raise some money and pay us.
He has had a relapse, for though he eats
hearty and works hard, he don't gel
Ground" worth a cent. We would
have some hopes of getting even with
such folks some day, when an administer
is appointed, if they had anything to ad
minister on, but they haven't, and, and
well we sympathize with the Courie
man,
Year: 1875

If we had house with a bedroom on
the first floor, we would at once abolish
the use of that room as sleeping apart
ment, because we are satisfied that it is
wrong custom, it being much healthier
to sleep up stairs. Many q family of
which the members were suffering and
weak in general, have been restored to
a vigorous and healthy condition by fol-
lowing our advice, which was to remove
their bedrooms up stairs, to have their
beds, summer and winter, exposed the
whole day to the fresh air from open
windows Except of course when there
is rain or mist), and also to have during
the whole night one window partially
open, even in winter, SO as always to in
hale the fresh cool air from the outside,
but using at the same time the precau-
Year: 1875

There is nothing more absurd than to
pretend it is unhealthy to sleep after the
days last meal. Is not man an animal2
Do not animals, without exception,
sleep Immediately after eating3 Do we
not feel like sleeping after each days
last meal2 and is it not by an effort that
we shake off sleep? Evidently the
body yearns for sleep. Exercise immedi-
ately after every meal is pernicious.
Rest is healthful. What rest can COM
pare with sleep, which reposes the
mind, the lungs, even the heart9 See
the peasants. No persons enjoy better
health than they do. Supper is the best
meal of their day. No sooner have they
supped than they go to bed. Look at the
actors. There was Rubini. He dined
at three, went to his dressing room in
the italian opera house, and slept till
the theater opened its doors. At mid
night he supped heartily and straight to
bed he went. He died of sheer old age.
You know Mons. Theirs habit ? The
moment dinner ends he stretches him
self out to sleep and sleeps an hour.
The truth is, if you look around you
there will be found that this great ma
jority of men go to sleep Immediately
after making their best meal and you
certainly never saw anything in the
world healthier, stronger women than
those of the great markets. What is
their rule Of hfe2 Dinner and to bed.
Take another, the very opposite class
astronomers. They keep late hours.
Their best meal is taken when the stars
say "Good night" Then they go to
sleep. Did you ever hear of an astrono-
mer dying under hundred2 The ma
jority of servants and mechanics go to
sleep Immediately after taking their best
meal. They are right. They obey ma
lures voice, which always gives judicious
counsel.
Year: 1875

The history of the venerable trotter,
Flora Temple, now somewhere in the
twenty-oddth year of her age, affords
splendid example to the two-legged
youth of our country. Born of poor
though hardly respectable parents, her
early advantages were extremely limited,
and she gave SO little promise of useful
ness in her colthood that she seemed
scarcely worth the niggardly supply of
corn and fodder they allowed her. Some
idea of her apparent value at that period
of her existence may be formed from the
fact that she was once sold for the CON
temptible sum of three dollars, and at
another time for the not less contempti-
bic bagatelle of single-barreled shot
gun. But the quantity Of come-out in
her was perfectly marvellous. And now
mark where she stands Ia world wide
wonder on the measureless disc of Frame
True, other trotters have beaten her
time, but then she is hardly more than
half the size Of some other horses, and
none of them knew how to trot until
she showed them.
Year: 1875

The Commercial Advertiser tells an


interesting story in relation to the old


Water Witch house, on the Highlands of


Neversink. near Sandy Hook, that was
burned lately-a mansion that is men
toned by Fenimore Cooper in the we'll
known novel, "The Water Witch. +"
The Commercial says The site was
on the bluff that faces the Raritan bay
and at the entrance to the Shrewsbury
river. 1t was originally purchased by
Hartshorne from the Indians, and many
years after was sold to Nimrod Wood
ward, at whose death it passed to his
son Edward. 1t was then purchased by
Mr.. Stewart, O bachelor, who lived
there in seelusion. A strange story is
told of this hermit. After he left college
he fell in love with beautiful young
lady, and as a consequence was engaged
to be married to her. She was stricken
down and died, which so overcame his
nature that the world and society had nc
further charm, and being q man Of
wealth he buried himself in this lonely
retreat, to brood over his irreparablt
loss His mind wandered, and he was
frequently seen carrying an anatomica


skeleton, which he seemed to believe
was the image of his lost one. Deatl
soon came, leaving only a surviving
brother and sister, whereupon his effects


was sold. A physician bought the skele
ton he had so long cherished, and upol
examining the bones, there was fount
stuffed into the eyeless sockets and in
terstices of the skull large amount Ii
Year: 1875

Young men should be deeply i'm
pressed with the vast importance of
cherishing those principles and of cul-
tivating those habits which will secure
them the confidence and the esteem of
the wise and the good.


A yeung man may be unfortunate,
he may be poor and penniless, but if
he possesses unbending integrity and
unwaverng purpose to do what is
honest and just, be will have friends
and patrons, whatever may be the
embarrasments and exigencies into
which he is thrown. The young may
thus possess a capital of which none
of the misfortunes and calamities of
life can deprive them.


We have known men who have sud
denly been reduced from affiuence to
penury by some overwbe lining mis-
fortune, which they could neither fore
see nor prevent. To-day they were
prosperous; tomorrow, every earthly
prospect was blighted, aud everything
in their future aspect of life was dark
and dismal. Their business was gone,
OiSitr n hoSPOlity GObSj anu they lCel
that all is lost; but they have rich
treasure that nothing can take away.
They have integrity of character; and
this gives them influence, raises up
friends, furnishes them with pecuniary
aid, with which to commence once
more, under auspicious circumstances.
We cannot too strongly impress up
on our young men the Importance of
abstaining from everything which
shocks their moral sensibilities, wounds
their conscience and has a tendency
to weaken that nice sense of honor SO
indispensable to good character.
Integrity of character Who ever
possessed it, that did not derive untold
advantage from it? It is better than
riches; it is of more value than dia-
monds and all precious stones; and
yet every man may possess it. The
poorest may have it, and no power on
earth can wrest it from them. Young
men, prize integrity of character above
all other earthly gifts.
Year: 1875

A fireless stove, as it is called, is
now being tried by street.oar com
pany in Columbus, Ohio. 1t is de-
scribed as small iron box, placed
under the car seat. The box contains
the necessary pipes and valves, and is
filled with water. The heat is sup
piled at the depot. A small upright
boiler, not higher than a man of ordi-
nary stature, and consuming no more
coal than a large heating stove, sup
plies the steam. BY means Of rubber
hose, the steam is introduced into the
stove through a pipe which projects
from the outside of the ear. Ia q
short time the eoudepsed steam heats
the water to 2l2 degrees, and the car
is heated and ready for travel In
trip Of one mile and return, occupying
about forty minutes, the stove only
loses about thirty degrees of heat.
Then another charge of steam is given,
and the temperature Of the car is kept
pleasant constantly.


A poor family in Green Bay had TO
mortgage their six dogs to get a bar
rel Of -four. The case is pitiable.
Year: 1875

London Correspondence New York Tines


The upper circles are agitated just
now rather by great social scandal
than by any political representations.
The Times startled its readers by printing
a very solemn leading article on the
evils Of gambling; and even those who
were not in the secret must have sus.
pected that there was more serious
reason for the article than the vague
generalities on which it appeared to be
based. 1t pointed out that the passion
for play was becoming daily more furious,
and consequently more ruinous; that
stakes were continually rising, and that,
in fact, reckless gambling had become
one of the scandals of the age, and
would if not checked by the voice Of
public opinion, sap the morals of the
country. Nothing was said Of any par
tlcular event, but many people
had already heard that an En-.
gish military officer, who was also
the brother Of an English peer,
had been detected cheating at cards at
Monaco--the game was not whist, but
baccaret-had been called thief to his
face and openly denounced, and had not
been able caught as he was in the very
act--to deny his guilt. He bad, however,
the presence of mind-so the story ran
when kicked out OF Monaco, to hasten
straight to London, drive from the rail.
way station to the War Office, and ten.
der the resignation Of his commission in
the army, with a demand for compensa.
tion under the recent act. 1t was at first
thought that the matter had been com.
promised by the authorities, but in last
nights official Gazette appears the fol-
lowing significant announcement:
Major the Hon. Walter Harboard, of
the Seventh Hussars is removed from
the army, her Majesty having no further
occasion for his services"


The painful impression produced by
this scandal has naturally been increased
by the fact that it is only one of several
incidents Of similar kind which have
recently occurred Only few months
ago well-known member of the Prince
of Wales club, the Marlborough who is
the son of one Duke and the son.in law
Of another, and who held a high place
in the public service, was exposed as a
habitual cheat, He had long been sus-
rected, and the talk about his singular
luck at play had become so loud, that
for the honor Of the club it was deemed
necessary to appoint four gentlemen to
watch him, and thus the trickery was
detected and exposed. There can be no
doubt that the London clubs have done a
great deal to foster gambling in its worst
forms. The card table forms the chief
attraction in most of them, and it is said
that at one house in Pail Mall through
out the whole twenty.four hours the
sacred game is kept up by relays of
players, However that may be, there
can be no questions as to the notorious
prevalence Of the doubtful amusement
and of the consequences which flow from
it. Wherever gambling is carried to a
high pitch, q certain amount of fraud
inevitably creeps in, and the stakes are
now so high that they offer dangerous
temptation to poor men who are either
keen for gain or desperate to retrieve
losses.
Year: 1875

TINE NOTICES


The Treasury Department has received cory Of public
published by the German government, saying I'm
Of navigation IL has been decided
erect ne-ba the German coast NAMELY
Neufahrwasser Swinemunde, Cuxhayen and Bremen
haven The stations will be in telegraphic
communication with the observaories and will give
the ships sailing past regular and reliable time signals The
will consist In dropping ball visible long dis.
The dropping will occur twice day at the first in
stance indicating the time the place Of
signalling and in the second instance the mean time at
Greonwich Special notice will be given of the
mode Of conducting the service at the
eral stations
Year: 1875


Long hath the earth in icy fetters lain,


And still remorselessly the hard-set cold
Throttles the brooks and stiles hill and Main
Within its iron hold !;
And yet strange, sweet, blind emotion thrills
FROM somewhere out those frozen wastes he.


yond, 0o-
Where the last flush of sunset tins the bil1s
That seems to whisper to the Spring-time fond
With that sweet, nameless thrill upon INV heart
close my eyelids dreamily, and see
Green life and beauty from their trance-sleen


start, '-0e1'
And brooks gush forth in glee
blent with the soft and mellow hum of bees
hear the cheep and twitter of small birds
Inc oxen : low, the rustling of green trees.
In sounds that breathe more eloquence than


words. '--'''-
hundred households stir with life new found
The grass peeps out from underneath the snow.
/ breathe fragrance from the teeming ground
More than you, friend can know
You deem me mad for 10 | as fades the dream
Once more the wintry landscape sweens afar'
Crushed by the icy rigor just the same.


And sadly lit by one cold Northern star.
But still feel that thrill of utter faith


Stir In my being, and there strong abide.
That hints Of JOY to come, of life in death.
Whatever i'll betide.


The winds blow not so bitter but hear


Above their moaning, like glad refrain,
The trust and beauty OF the promise clear.
AS gwen OIL Old shall arise again r.