smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

Tho nrst Of the series Of soundings over the shat.
tered rect At Hallett's Point made yesterday by
Mr. William Prsuss, surveyor Of tho works No less
than eight feet OF clear water at low tide found In
any place, over tho old Golfer dam. Captain Mer-
Cur. General Nowtons assistant starts for the West
this morning n visit Of . few Gays to his family
During his absence Bernard Boyle, ovcrseer OF tho
miners Will get every thing In readiness the prose-
cuton Of work upon Flood Rock Immediately upon his
return. Meanwhile General Newton is making all nee
essary calculations for tho successful destruction OF
that seven acre submarine terror.
Year: 1876

When man is splitting wood and stick
flies up and blacks his eyes, he must prepare
to endure all the taunts and jeeIs which the
world intlicts on pirate. Social standing
counts for nothing, and dignity can't be made
a mantle Of. The other day, when COM
postor on this paper took up his little ak and
broke stick in two and one end flew into
his eye, he knew that he must either remain
in the house for two weeks or go out and
face the worlds sneers He decided to face
the sneers, and during one short halliday he
noted down the following expressions:


'lt's all right Of course it was stick of
wood. Oh, yes"


:'Been fighting again, eh 2


"Well, who knocked you down this timer"


ooh, I've had the same thing all my eye,
and always laid it to stick Of wood


Ha, ha. The policeman struck hard,
didn't he p


''Of course it was stick of wood-ye-
he-he!"


Then there were some people who pointed
him out as the abductor Of Charlie Ross, and
people who thought he was one of the Gad's
Hill robbers, and over fifty respectable men
asked him why he didn't get the other one
BACKED SO as to have pair.
Year: 1876

An exchange says: IAN English writer
has been engaged in estimating the amount
of gold in the bulk in the world. He says
that it could, if melted in a lump, be con-
tanned in cellar twenty-four feet square by
sixteen deep. A small lump, indeed, to cause
SO much crime and sin and misery 1t may
seem singular that such recklessness should
really exist, and yet we think that we could
lay our hand on man who would be per-
fectly willing to have that lump slowed away
in his cellar and stand his chances with the
sin and misery. It is strange how men will
consent to sacrifice themselves, but we be-
lieve this friend of ours would do it. His
address may be procured by writing to us
and inclosing sample Of gold"
Year: 1876

THE latest project in telegraph extension is
the construction of line over the entire
length Of Africa, from Egypt to the Cape Of
Good Hope. The Egyptian Government will
superintend its construction at one end, and
the colonial authorities of the Cape at the
other. Expeditions from various points on
the coast will effect junction. 1t is to be
built on cheap plan, by merely stretching
wire from tree to tree in the wooded regions
while elsewhere rough poles will be set up.
The maine difficulty seems to lie in the for
nation of the connections. Iron wire is a
precious commodity with many of the tribes,
and the telegraph lines are very likely to be
transferred from the trees and poles to the
ankles and wrists of African bellies.
Year: 1876

The following advice from the New York
Evens"g Post is very important. Let every
mother remember it,


''Life long discomfort and sudden death
often come to children through the inatten-
ton or care|essness Of the parents. A child
should never be allowed to go to sleep with
cold feet; the thing to be last attended to is
to see that the feet are dry and warm. Neg
lect of this has often resulted in dangerous
attack Of Group, diptheria or fatal sore
throat. Always on coming from school, on
entering the house from visit or errand in
rainy, muddy or thawy weather, the child
should remove its shoes, and the mother
should herself ascertain whether the stockings
are the least damp. If they are, they should
be taken off, the feet held before the fire and
rubbed with the hands until perfectly dry,
and another pair of stockings and another
pair of shoes put on. The reserve shoes and
should be kept where they are
good and dry, so as to be ready on minutes
notice. "
Year: 1876

Let the coming novelist make note of it.
In 1912 the estate of Woodlands in the Eng
lish village of Clapham was purchased by
John Thomas Dawson, Mayor of Bedford.
He died intestate, but a rumor went abroad
that he had made will under which the
property was entailed on the principle of
primogeniture. The Rev. j. F. Dawson,
who succeeded to the estate, was twice mar
ried. BY his first wife he had son, who
still survives. On her death he married his
housemaid, by whom he had son and
daughter, and by his will ne left the estate
under trustees, to this son, making ample
provision for the widow The rumor that
the grandfather of these children had left a
will entalling the estate was based upon
statement that some documents were placed
in the coffin just before its removal for inter-
ment. The carpenter who had screwed down
the lid averred that the nurse placed bundle
under the body just before the coffin was
closed. The son by the first marriage or
dered the exhumation of the remains about
the middle of September, and bundle of
letters, fastened with red tape, was discov-
cred. Was it the secret will that had been
buried so surreptitiously No; it was only
a bundle of love letters, addressed either to
the first wife or to the housemaid, or possibly
to dearer one still than either.
Year: 1876

IT'S hard thing to be christian and walk
in the straight and narrow way. The young
Thakore of Bhownugger, one of the chief
Bajahs: :of Kittiowur, in Western India, three
years ago married four wives in one day,
and now having renounced paganism and
being about to become christian, he must
give up all the wives but one, and that's what
is troubling him. The missionaries tell him
he must keep the one he married first. which
is impossible, because he married them all at
once. How the case will be settled is a
mystery and meanwhile probably the four
wives will make it lively for him while he is
deciding who has the best claim.
Year: 1876

The peculiar misfortune of woman thus
gifted is that she is separated by her genius


from general society. This is penalty
which all such persons feel keenly. There
are few men who are sufficiently her equals
in talent to command her respect. Then as
for love matters, it may be asked, who is
there that would fall in love with such lion
ess? Let none envy that degree Of talent
which must cause perpetual isolation. If
Miss Dickinson ever marries, it must be the
act of condescension. Women Of talent,
when they take a husband, must view him as
the ''weaker vessel" Mrs. Sigourney was in
her day a noted poet, but who ever heard Of
Sigourney? He was merely Hartford car
pet dealer, unknown beyond the limits of the
trade. Jenny Lind threw herself away upon
an inferior fellow, whose name she has been
compelled to wear, and Mrs Stowe has al
ways ranked above her excellent husband,
the professor. And Mrs. Siddons, too, that
famous trage0ienne. There must have been
Mr.. Siddons, but though he was clever
player he was lost IN the grandeur of his
wife. Nobody ever heard of Siddons except
as a small piece Of masculinity attached to
wonderful WOman-7r0u Times.
Year: 1876

The heirs of William Penn still receive
from the British Government the snug sum
of $40, GOO per annum in compensation for
their proprietary rights to Pennsylvania


The London Echo considers that as the
great Quaker never had many rights in
Pennsylvania any way, and that as what few
he had became the property Of the United
States by conquest more. than hundred
years ago, it would be only fair for this
Government to assume the annual payment
of that little sum to the descendants of the
late William. Upon mature deliberation we
are inclined to favor the project. Should the
next Congress be Democratic this little item
of $4,000 might be added to the So 900, ,OO0,-
600 of Southern claims for rail fences burned
to keep our soldiers warm, and for sweet
potatoes which they dug and eat during the
late war. 1t would look magnanimous, even
if it did not smatter strongly of economy.
Year: 1876

[From the Sioux City Journal


Council Bluffs is just now delirious with ex.
citement consequent upon social sensation
in the shape of double elopement of lovers
of very tender age, none of the parties ex.
ceeding eighteen years. The names of the
boys are Willie Haggerty and Johnny Co.
hoon, but the names of the girls are Withheld
on account of the hitherto very prominent
positions which they held in society. The
elopement, it appears, has been under con-
sideration by at least one of the couples for
the past three weeks, and as soon as they
fully decided upon the step they drew into
the snare the second couple, for company's
sake. One of the girls managed before
leaving home to possess herself of about
$500 belonging to her mother, and which
she drew from bank. The young couples
crossed to Omaha and took the train for San
Francisco, after having purchased four
through tickets. Steps were at once taken
by their parents to have the young elopers
intercepted, and they were arrested at Chey-
enne, and in day or two will be returned to
the place whence they started. 1t is hardly
probable that these young people were aware
Of the very foolish step they were taking
when they left home, and it is to be hoped
the mantle Of charity may be thrown over
them, otherwise the future of their lives will
be a blight.
Year: 1876

[From the Philadelphia Bulletin, October 1871


Those unhappy people who did not sub
scribe for Centennial stock, and who have
been miserable over the fear of q financial
failure may be comforted. The Exhibition
is the greatest success. financially as well as
in all other ways. All debts are paid. The
current daily expenses are paid. And big
balance is piling up in bank to pay the stock
holders-probably not less than fifty or sixty
per centum of their subscriptions. And all
this in spite of frightfully hot summer.
Philadelphia must be pardoned if she in
dulges in little self-cong graduation over re-
suits like these, which come from the good,
honest management of the Centennial au-
thorities and from the patriotic enthusiasm of
her people.
Year: 1876

COUNTESS Hadich has been received as a
Freemason in Hungarian lodge under the
Grand Orient of Hungary The Countess
is a highly educated lady, and having studied
and become well versed in Masonic literature
she was regularly proposed and seconded in
open lodge, balloted for, and in due course
was duly initiated. The Grand Orient of
Hungary, however, declare the initiation to
be null aud void, on the ground that woman
is disqualified from being Freemason; and
the curious question now arises whether, as
the Countess was actually iniated, she canbe
refused admission to her lodge. The Lon
don Freemason is authority for the state
ment
Year: 1876

POPULAR E.TINATE OF IFS AMoUST-THE ESTIMATE


OF A COMPETENT JUDGE-FRoM $4,000, coo TO


100000 OOO-TAXED PERSONAL AND REAL


ESTATE FOR 1876


In conversation with q reporter OF HE
TRIBUNE recently, gentleman well acquainted from
ms official duties with tie real estate and stock MARKERS
OF this city, and having large acquaintance among
business men, said current IuInOrs Tor several years
have aacribed fabulous wealth to William b. Astor A.
T. Stewart and Cornelius Vanderbilt" Their fortunes
were said to exceed Ss0o0OOOo eaeh and were
popularly supposed 10 reach SlOoOOO,OOo But
this is a very large sum OF money very ie"
neople stop to think what is meant by S1O0,O000O0
Persons unacQuaiuted with the ways of making money
and Gre incidental losses Of business men, have
no idea Of the error Of the popular belief to the wealth
pfour rich men Mr. Astor worth in AL not noIe than
trouI 600 900 10 $50 100000 Mr.. Stewarts fortune
did not exceed 800 600. Those acquainted with s
business affairs that lie constantly carrying y
heavy margin Of Indebtedness ION his purchases-not
beyond his ability to carry, and not sufficient TO embaI-
rass lim-bu materially lessening the aggregate worth
Of his estate on final settlement and winding up 0i h'
afalrs Mr. Vanderbilt has not needed to own maJoHy
fthe stock Of the Sew-YOrk Central and hudson
River Railroads 1t has been sufficient for him and hs
sons with few chosen friends to control SiOOO00oO
of the stock Had his death not been so long anticipated
this valuable property would probably be subject To the
fluctuations OF the market for time after ms dcniSe
and forced sale OF the stock would not yeld the ghes
at present quoted the market but his best friends do
not anticipate anything like CONFUSION In view OF
this contingency Il Is understood in the inner circle OF
the Conodores acquaintance that 'he has disposed OF
his immense interest in the stock TO his SONS which will
eGectualy prevent panic and keep the control of the
road in the hands Of those who have so long
managed them. MIR. Vanderbilt Will not let
the pubic into the secret OF his fortune
He is willing enough be considered worth 100000
600 but the exact figures never will be known outside
- Bo. avoid
estate cannot even be estimated with any certainty To
saw that he IS worth from forty sixty millions Of dol
lars is as near as any outsider get at it, The market
value Of the stock owned by him must be taken into ac
count together with the general depreciation in all
kinds OF business which must necessarily affect the
property and real estate OF these railroads ana depie
ciate the worth OF the franchise"


Follow is list MI vanderbits real and personal
estates on which he paid for the s7, taken
from the official records:
Year: 1876

Warren Ward & Co. declare that, in the mat
Ter OF furniture Eastlake designs rule the market For
the past two years other style of goods has sold to
any extent and although their extensive warero0ms at
spring and Crosbysts. are filled with beautiful
furniture Of the standard patterns, the Eastlake
and the old English Norman styles receive all
the favor. A passion has lately prevailed Tor
ashen goods-ash being a wood until WITHIN
short time much looked down upon. Now every enc
seems TO want ash black walnut finished III the East
lake STYLE In their now are many beautiful
speeinens that meet all tastes In dinngroom and bed
room furniture the stock especially varied novelty
which they just brought out and which has proved
very popular s secondary sideboard of ash OF black
walnut In Eastake STYLE very useful addition to the
dinIng-room as supplementary 10 the usual sdeboard
This Is not an expensive article although very pretty
one the price for those on exhibition being only $50 II
wOuld make excellent holiday present Among tnelt
bedroom sets s beautiful Eastlake set OF SIX pieces
cneap at $780, and another, little more expensive In
mirror is valued at $4O0. pretty little article Is
bOudor dressing table for lady, which has an
attractive counter part in gentleman's shaving
stand. A curious piece OF furniture TO be seen
one constructed in such way that at nrst III LOOKS
like a simple mirror, but can be openeli, disclosing
closet for coats and shoes Among the more elegant
pieces are some specimens Of French wrDg-desks With


ngeniousy Nged secret drawers The marble used
10y this firm for marble tops comes from Knoxville
Tenn has proved popular The stone Is not so
red that OF East Tennessee, yet contains slightly
Ralli
Year: 1876

GENTLEMEN: "A crime is defined to
be an act committed or omitted, in vi
olation of a public law, either forbidding
or commanding it,


1t is cardinal doctrine of criminal
jurisprudence declared in the Consti-
tuition OF the United States that persons
accused of crime have the right to be
informed Of the nature and cause of the
accusation against them. This accusa-
ton must be in writing, and must
contain description of the oifensc
charged. Such written accusation
is called an Indictment, and can
only be found and presented by a
Grand Jury. The Office and duties of
Grand Jurors, are OF the utmost i'm
portance both to the public and the IN
diyidual important to the public, that
the laws be enforced and the criminal
punished; important to the citizen, that
he be not wrongly accused-an that he
have fair and impartial trial before a
Jury of his citizens.


You have been selected, gentlemen
from the different parts of the county
as men of integrity, competent and will
ing to discharge your duties as Jurors
with malice towards none, and an earn
est desire to do justice to all. You are
not here to listen to or investigate the
petty and malicious charges of neighbor
against neighbor, hence you will make
no inquiries touching any matters or
complaints unless they are laid before
you in the mode pointed out by this
charge.


In the investigation Of all causes and
matters submitted to you, you will con,
suit only the law and the testimony; the
Year: 1876

In his speech at the opening Of the
John Hopkins University at Baltimore,
Sept. 10, Professor Huxley, after refer
ring to the material resources OF the
United States, said


To what purpose will you put this
great store Of material wealth and this
VAST amount Of human intelligence and
capacity which is among you to deal
with The question is one which, it
seems to me, no man has chance of an
swering with the remotest probability
at the present moment. You are under.
taking the greatest political experiment
that has ever been performed by any peo,
pie whatever You are at this present
centenary nation Of forty millions OF
people. At your next centenary rational
and probable expectation may look to
see you two hundred millions, and you
have before you the problem whether
two hundred millions of En2lish.speak-
ing, strong wiled people will be able to
hold together under the form of Repub-
lican institutions and under the real des.
potism of universal suffrage "a burst OF
laughter whether State rights will
hold their own against the necessary cen
traIization Of the great nation if it is TO
act as whole, or whether Capitalization
will gain the day without beating down
Year: 1876

'
The Paris correspondent of The Times says
Is ght that the site Of the Unvera Exhibition OF
1873 will he on the Champ de Mars The undertaking
will probably he carried out by private company, the
interest Of which will bo guaranteed by the State so II
will not DO necessary to ask any credit from the Cham
bers
Year: 1876

SAN Francisco, April 6.-The Pacific Mail
steamer City of Panama was attached yesterday Mt the
instance OF the Panama Railroad Company. Tie Gra-
NADIA nov de here from sydney will be attached her
arrival and prob ably the Montana and Dakota, which
ara ON their Way from Panama ana Oregon
Year: 1876

despotism; it is the customary weapon by which
free governments are destroyed"


But repeat, that if the people remain true to
themselves and their institutions in the future
as in the past, they shall continue to be the safe
guards of their own liberty, then will Centraliza-
tion, the twin vampire upon the body polite,
with Dissolution, sleep with him the sleep of ever
lasting death; and then indeed with the full hopes
of the sres of 76 be realized and our Union, like
the Universe of God-harmonious forever, shall
live as States, and live as Nation.


Respect for the requirements of the law, and ODE
dence to its authority, as matter of principle, Is
one of the proud characteristics of the American
people, and distinguishes them from the people of
other nations, where fear is the source of obedi-
ence. To this fact, this education. do we largely
owe prosperity; and if we shall but continue 1t,
what grandeur, and increased power still await US.


With the beautiful machinery of our government,
moving smoothly on, furnishing the finest fruits of
the conquests of liberty 10 its forty millions of peo
pie; its great lakes and mighty rivers bearing on
their bosoms its commerce and its trade; the be-
wildering network of endless railroads and tele-
graphs, destroying distance, and binding US still
more closely together as people; With our grand
forests, teeming soil and exhaustless resources
who can set boundary to our future expanse, or
dream of the day our sun shall set?


The sneering predictions of the crowned heads of
Europe have failed; the great experiment of our
fathers is established reality, and to the trust
is given to deliver with all its blessings and excel
lence to those who succeed us.


Let every true American gladly sustain his part
in this great enterprise of life and join with the
mutitudes, from whom the music of our national
hymns ascending, kiss the breezes of heaven and
are waited back to echo through the verdant woods


"Great God, we thank the for this home,


This bounteOus birthland of the free;


Where wanderers from afar may come


And breathe the air of liberty.


Still may her flowers untrammeled spring,


Her harvest wave her cities rise,


And yet while Time shall fold his wing,


Remain earths loveliest paradise"
Year: 1876

charge of being partner in the profits OF
an Illicit distilery while acting as assessor
of internal revenue, agreeing with the dis
tillers that they should pay no tax. Ever
since Hamilton, one of the committee
clerks, was compelled to drop out on &C
count of the indignation excited against
him for naming his son after John Wilkes
Booth, the officials of the House have
been stepping down and out, one after
the other, as the records and regulations
which they thought they had left far be-
hind, have caught up to them.


The committee on foreign affairs have
reported adversely on the resolution to
give public reception to Dom Pedro, on
his arrival in Washington. They put it
on the ground of his expressed wish to
travel inc0g, but it is probable that his
rather ungraciouS snub of secretary Fish
and his party, in New York harbor, is at
the bottom of it.


The Emma mine investigation, which
was supposed TO be drawing to a close,
has taken on new phrase. Parke was
asked the other day what he had made out
Of his Emma mine speculations, and re-
fused to answer. The committee will in
Sist, and there is a prospect OF more i'm
prisonment for contempt, habeas corpus
writs, and all that sort Of thing.


BY sort of natural law Of gravitation
and affinity the House committee on the
District Of Columbia, has got down to
the cess pools Of Washington, and are
now investigating the oderless excavating
company, in regard to a contract awarded
to them by the Board of Health for the
removal of night soil. The prospects for
for stirring up smell are unusually good.


Members of Congress are beginning to
weary Of the long session, and are anX-
ious to get home. 1t will soou be time
for the Democrats to be setting up their
Presidential pins, and nearly every men,
Der thinks that his presence will be neceS-
sary in his district, to keep things straight.
Accordingly the advisability of fixing a
time for the adjournment of Congress-, is
being discussed, and an effort will be
made to have the 10th or 18th day of June
named as the day. This programme will
necessitate night sessions and close at
tention to work, more systematic meth
cd of doing business, less talk and more
of the spirit of conciliation than has yet
been exhibited. But even under the most
favorable circumstances it would seem to
be impossible for them to finish up the
business of Congress within the time des-
ignated. The legislation appropriation
bill has now been before the House for
thirty-three days, and up to this time,
only thirty-seven out of sixty-seven pages
have been acted upon. At this rate it
will take another month to dispose of it
and send it over to the Senate, where it is
certain to be loaded down with amend
ments that will require cammittees of con
ference and consume great deal of time.
If the Senate should decide that it has
jurisdiction in the Belknap case, and pro-
ceedS to a trial, it will render an early
adjournment still more improbable. TAX
ing all these things into consideration, ii
looks as though the session might be pro-
tracted until the latter part Of July, OF
even into August. MALAYSIA.