smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

On another page will be found the statisti.
cal evidence of this city's progressive loss OIL
the grain trade. 1t is melancholy exhibit,
and all the more so because it results IN great
part from the failure to do their duty
of those who should have protected
the citys interests. Nothing is more GER
tain than that the greatest strides In
the prosperity of this city resulted from tne
spirited enterprise which made it the focus OF
the grain trade from the West. Nothing
seems more evident than that now
with the loss of that trade the prosperity
of the city must dwindle. The freight tariffs
discriminating against this city will tend more
and more with every month to divert our
trade to other cities. When once the channels
of commerce are thus changed and new con-
nections in business are formed with merchants
elsewhere, it will prove difficult, almost
hopeless task, to turn back the tide.
Year: 1876




The readers of the HERALD will remem-
ber the case of abduction, reported In Tues
days edition, the parties being Mr.. VIM.
Stoops and his two children, whom Esquire
Frazer had given to the custody of the
mother on account of the cruelty of their
father. A warrant was issued for the ar
rest Of Stoops on Monday night but the Off.
GERS have SO far failed to come up with him,
for the very good reason that he has left the
city with hts two girls, after advertising in
city paper that he warned all persons from
trusting his wife. Where he has, gone
is not known, but before leaving
he gathered together some $500, all the
money he could command and announced
his intention of never returning to Whining
ton. The poor mother bereft Of her child
rem is disconsolate, and she ID making efforts
to have the two girls returned to her, The
case is attracting considerable attention
among those who are acquainted with the
~o mi IN thu affair
Year: 1876

For the Middle and East Atlantic coast
northwest winds, stationary barometer
and temperature, partly cloudy weather
and light rains. Cautionary signals are
ordered for the Middle Atlantic coast.
Year: 1876

the Funding act Of July, 1870, without refer
ence to the date Of their actual issue by the
Treasury. AL these bonds recite on their
face that they are payable and must be paid
in any coin Of the United States lega[-teu-
der on that 18th Of July, 1870.


It was wholly unnecessary for the argu'
ment Of the Nation to mis1epresent the
facts Of the silver coinage by asserting that
'sit was only subsidiary coin when it was
demonetized, and had been so for twenty
years, and was not in circulation This
silver dollar was, by law, the standard unit
Of value in American coinage from l793 to
1873. By reference to the tables OF annual
coinage, it will be seen that, during the last
five years preceding the act of 1873, the CON-
age Of the American silver dollar was greater
than at any like period in the history OF the
country. That it was not in circulation was
due to the fact that its commercial value was
greater than that Of gold, and was worth less
as coin than as bullion. It was, however,
the American dollar, and, whether it was
coined or not, it should never have been
abolished.
Year: 1876




During the present week the Republican
Conventions will meet to make nominations
Of Candidates to represent the seven Legis-
lative Districts in this county. The candi-
dates to be selected are three Senators, one
each from the Second, Fourth, and Sixth
Dist1icts; and two Representatives from each
Of the seven districts. The Republicans
have an opportunity to win the respect and
confidence Of the people Of the city by max
ing creditable nominations. The Republic
an Congressional Conventions have present
ed candidates who enjoy the confidence and
respect Of the whole people, and who, IN ad-
dition to their party vote, will have the sup
port of that portion Of the Democratic party
who are disguised with the disgraceful nom-
nations made by their own Conventions,
The Congressional nominations Of the Re-
publican party in this county have won. the
commendations of the press including the
Democratic-of the country. There is no
reason why the Republicans should
not make equally good nomina-
hons for the State Legislature. In
point Of fact, At this especial juncture Of our
Year: 1876

lamps can be made as effective in the stormy
and winry season as the gas lamps.


Another consideration urged by West
Side residents and property owners is that 1t
is possible that the abrogation OF the con-
tract with the Gas Company and the making
of contract with the oil companies may re-
suit in litigation, in which the new contract
would be enjoined, and between the two the
West Division would be left unlighted
altogether.


Under all the circumstances, the Gas Com
pany proposing, according to the figures, to
light the street lamps at less than the price
asked for oil lamps, it is probably advisable
that the city close the contract at the offer
until April. In the meantime, while enjoy
ing the gas lights at the rate OF S18 per
lamp per year, the city should have the
efficiency Of the oil lamps in the winter sea-
son practically tested by experience. With
this experience, and with the results Of si1
months trial of the oil lamps in the streets,
the Council, in April, will be in position to
act for the succeeding year intelligently. It
is possible by that time the price Of oil Will
have fallen from its present e1traVagant
rates. TO extinguish the gas lamps in the
West Division without any previous trial or
test of their efficiency will provoke universal
complaint and protest, particularly If the gas
can be had until April at as low cost to the
Year: 1876

There hare been desperate and persistent
efforts on TIE part of the Tildenites to fafsify
the result Of the election in Colorado until
after the elections in Ohio and Indiana next
Tuesday. Bold and mendscious attempts
have been made to compel the Denver Agent
Of the Associated Press to falsify the
actual returns as they came in. He has re-
fused to transmit untrue reports, and is de-
nounced therefor in the most savage man
ner. The Press Agent has sent forth the
actual returns from the different parts Of the
State as they have come in from day to day.
It is no matter to him who is ahead or be-
hind, or which side wins, or how the result
in Colorado may affect the minds of voters in
Indiana or Ohio. To all these considerations
lie is perfectly Indifferent. The only orders
he has received are to send the truth, and to
report the election precisely as it went, with
out regard to party necessities or considers
tons. This he has done but it gives grave
offense in TnpEs quarters to hare the facts
known until after the elections in Ohio and
Indiena
Year: 1876

In the present unsettled state of affairs in
the Republic of Mexico, the Congress, now
in session. deem it unadvisable to hold the
election which is soon in order for the
choice Of members OF that body They have,
however, deemed it necessary that the peo-
pie should be represented in Congress as
semtled, and will therefore adopt the simple
and unique method Of perpetuatng their
terms Of service by electing themselves to
continue in Office until such time as the
nation may be in proper condition to risk
tho ordinary mode of chosing Congressman.
Year: 1876

The evident determination Of the Confed-
crates Of South Carolina to overcome by
force and intimidation the heavy Republican
majority in that State has compelled Gov.
CHAMBERLAIN to resort to the only remedy
left him, and he has appealed to the Presi-
dent for aid to put down insurrecionary
movements which he is unable to mas
ter. The organization Of rihe-clubs. the
murder of the colored men at Aiken
and other points, and the persistent break
ing up Of Republican meetings, have fully
convinced the Governor that help is needed
to secure fair election in November. He
has found that the civil authorities cannot
hold the White-Liners under and maintain
the supremacy of the law, and is therefore
compelled to request the President to per-
form his constitutional duty in the premises
Year: 1876

Mr.. Editor -


1t seems to US, that q general Indian
war is imminent. and may be averted
only by prompt action on the part of the
U. S. Government. When one considers
that the Indians in the northern country
and along the Black Hills region can bring
10000 warriors into the field; that they
roam over region exceedingly difficult
for regular troops to operate in; that the
country is all but unknown; and that the
Indians are wonderfully good horsemen,
it is not strange that the settlers through
out the country are alarmed. Government
has really been in very difficult position
in regard 10 the Black Hills. Young
America pouring into the new FL Dorado
by every available avenue, and the In
dians either openly hostile at the outset.
or demanding sevenlJ-iive millions in
money and horses, cattle. sheep and other
things thrown in, for their reservation.
II was confidently expected that the rush
To the new gold country would soon
Year: 1876

A lady in jamestown suspected her
husband was in the habit .. Ai'-lng Katy.
the cook, and resolved to do'ec, aim in
the act. After watchiog lar days she
heard him come in one evening, and
quietly pass into the kitchen. NJ" Katie
was out that evening, and the kitchen
was dark Burning with jealousy, the
wife took some matches in her hand and
hastily placing the shawl over her head,
as Katie sometimes did, entered the
kitchen by the back door and was a.


most Immediately seized and embraced
in the most ardent manner. With her
head almost bursting with rage and
Jealous J, the injured wife proposed to ad-
minister terrible rebuke to her faithless
spouse. Tearing herself from his fond en-
brace she struck a match and stood face
to face with-the hired man. Her hus-
band says his wife never treated him so
well since the first month they were mar
ried as she has for the past few days.
Year: 1876

The best possible thing for a man to
do when be feels too weak to carry any
thing through is to 60 to bed and sleep
for week il he can. This is the only
recuperation of brain power, the only
actual recuperation OF brain force; be-
cause during sleep, the brain is 10 state
of rest. in condition TO receive and ap-
propriate particles OF nutriment from the
blood. which take the place OF those
which have been consumed in previous
labor, since the very act OF thinking con-
sumes or burns up solid PARTICLES, as
every turn of the wheel or screw OF the
splendid steamer is the result OF con-
sumption by fire OF the fuel in the fur
mace. The supply OF consumed brain
substance can only be had from the nu-
tritive particles in the blood, which were
obtained from the food eaten previously;
and the brain is so constituted that it can
best receive and appropriate TO itself
those nutritiye particles during state OF
rest, of quiet, and stiffness OF sleep.
Mere s,imulants supply nothing in them
selves; they goad the brain, and force il
to greater consumption of its substance,
until that substance has been so exhaust
ed that there is not power enough LETT to
receive supply, Just as men are so near
death by thirst and starvation that there
is not power enough left to swallow any
thing, and all is over.
Year: 1876

"A woman was about 10 move, and con-
yinced her husband that they couldn't do
better than to sell off their goods at auc-
ton and buy some more at aution, main
tanning thus the apparently irreconcilable
theses that( you can always get thing
at an auction for less than their worth,
and (2) that you can always get more at
an auction for things than they are worth.
Accordingly she disposed Ct her household
effects on Friday. Saturday she went
to another auction and brought back Tor
Sl9. IS the gir'5 bedroom set that on
the preceding day sold for 80 Less
charges and commission. When her
husband reminded her oil it, she burst in
to a flood of tears. and asked him il this
was all the thanks she got for trying to
save his money.
Year: 1876

WHAT A SHARK HAD SWALLOWED A
Captain Williams and the assistant keep
er OF lighthouse on the coast ol Louis
lana captured shark on the 9Th OF May
which was nine feet, eight inches in
length. On cutting him open there
were found in his stomach several arti-
cles, among which were a watch, two
metal buttons and buckle. The captors
argue that the fish must have swallowed
some unfortunate man, but the supposi-
lion is not necessarily correct one,
especially as nothing is said about the
boots and other articles OF clothing.
Year: 1876

An old story contains lesson which
many married couples have not ye,
learned When Jonathan Trumbull
was Governor of Connecticut, a gen.
tleman called at bis house one day,
requesting private interview He
said I: Il have called upon very un
pleasant errand. sir, and want your
advice. My wife and l do not live
happily together, and am thinking Of
getting divorce. What do you advise
me to do :"


The Governor sat few moments in
thought; then turning to his visitor.
said, How did you treat Mrs. w.
when courting her? And how did you
feel toward her at the time of your
marriage p


Squire W replied :: Il treated her
as kindly as l could, for l loved her
dearly at that time


"Well, sir" said the Governor, "go
home and court her just as you did
then, and love her as when you married
her! Do this In the fear Of God, for
one year. and then tell me the result


The Governor then said. 'tLet us
pray"


They bowed in prayer and separated.
When year passed away, Squire w.,
called again to see the Governor, aud
said; II have called to thank you for
the good advice you gave me, and to
tell you that my wife and are as
happy as when we we're first married
1 cannot be grateful enough for your
good counsel" /" Il am glad to hear it
Mr.. w." said the Governor. "and l
hope you will continue to court your
wife as long as you live"
Year: 1876

1t is not what we make that enriches
US, but what we save Nor is it what
we read that adds to our wisdom, but
what the head retains. and our own
genius enables US to make practical use
Of, just as it is not what we eat that
makes US fat, but what our digestive
organs assimilate. These facts should
teach us to study our calling. whatever
it may be, and if we lnd that our per-
manent material property is not in
creasing 10 proportion to our daily
wages, We must ascertain the cause.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, May At was :
strange scene which the Senate wit.
messed yesterday when the War Gov.
ernor of Indiana rose to answer as te
his manner of helping carry on the
war tor the Union, both in the field
and against the Sons of Liberty al
Home, and stranger still that this an
swer was called out by Springer, a
former member of this order The
spectacle Of the Sons of Liberty in
vestigating the conduct Of the War is
now on exhibition at the National
Capitol. The grossness of this attack
on Governor Morton has been the
source of great disgust and annoyance
among many Democrats, and all re.
cognizs in it a most serious blunder.
The full sympathy of every Union
man and every fair man has been ex.
tended to Gov. Morton.


This explanation was not needed,
except to complete the record again st
those who assailed him. There was a
general and hearty indignation, how
ever. over the fact that man who
had contributed so much to suppress
the Rebellion, and did it honestly, as
everybody knows, should be thus ar
raigned by men who, though despe-
rately disloyal, had not the courage to
fight for their belief. Few men in
Washington have ever been so cor
daily congratulated over the manner
in which they have met attacks of this
fort as has Gov. Morton to-day and
tonight.


Senator Anthony followed with the
first pronounced utterance on the floor
of either House in denunciat;on of the
methods pursued by the Democratic
committees. The universal response
to his words showed plainly how keen
ly the gross unfairness of these invcs-
LEGATIONS has taken hold of all classes
here, and how great the disgrace is
deemed to be which they have brought
upon the majority which controls
them.
Year: 1876

How RATS AND Nice USE THEIR
TAILS 10 test the correctness OF the
popular belief that rats and mice use
their tales for feeding purposes when
the food 80 be eaten is contained ia
vessels too narrow to admit the entire
body OF the animal a writer Ia nature
made the following experiments: Into
a couple of preserve bottles vita mar
row necks he put as much semi-lieuld
fruit jelly as filled them within three
inches OF the top. The bottles were
then covered with bladder and set in
a place frequented by rats. Next
morning the covering of each bottle
had small hole gnawed in it, and the
level of the jelly was lowered to an
extent about equal to the length of a
rats tail if inserted in the hole. The
next~experiment was still more deci-
sive. The bottles were reGlled to the
extent of half an inch above the level
left by the rats, disk of moist paper
laid upon the surface, and the bottles
covered as before. The bottles were
row laid aside in place unfrequent-
ed by rats, until good crop of mould
had grown upon one of the moist disks
of paper. The bottle was then trans
ferred to the place infested by the
rats. Next morning the bladder had
again been eaten through at the edge,
and upon the mould were numerous
and distinct tracings of the rats sweep
ing their tails about in the endeavor
to find a hole in the paper.-El-
change.
Year: 1876

A RIVER OF INK.-In Algeria there
is river of genuine ink. It is form
ed by the union of two streams, ore
coming from region Of ferrugincus
soil, the other draining peat-swamp.
The water of the former is strongly
impregnated with iron, that of the lat
ter with gallic acid. When the two
waters mingle, the acid of the one un-
ties with the iron of the other. form
ing true ink. We are familiar with
stream called Black Brook, in the
northern part Of New York, the inky
color Of whose water is evidently due
to like conditions.-Er.
Year: 1876

WATER AND DISEASE. The Jour.
nal Of Chemistry warns the drinkers
of water from wells near dwellings to
beware of typhoid poison, sure to be
found sooner or later in those reser-
voirs, if any of the house drainage
can percolate to them The gelatin.
Gus matter often found upon the stones
of a we'll is a poison to the human
system, probably causing by its spores
fermentation of the blood with alb.
normal heat or fever. Wholesome un-
tainted water is always free from all
color or odor. To test it thoroughly,
place half pint in clear bottle,
with few grains of lump sugar, and
expose it, stoppered, to sunlight in a
window. If, even after an exposure
of eight or ten days, the water be-
comes turbid, it is sure indication
that the water has been contaminated
by sewage of some kind; if it remains
perfectly clear, it is pure and safe.
Year: 1876

| WASHINGTON, April 3v.-The of
hcers of the Treasury Department ar,
anxious to do anything possible to re
lieve the stringency in fraetiona
money in New York and other place,
from which stringency has been re
ported. The trouble is that they are
completely tied by law, which re-
quires that no silver shall be paio
out except in exchange for fractiona
currency. The difficulty has been
that scrip has not come in SO rapidly
as usual for redemption, and the sill.
yer has therefore been paid out much
slower than. was expeo ed. The entire
disbursements to the end Of last wee
had been within few thousands of. a
million and half of dollars. All the
currency that was 10 the department
awaiting redemption at the time the
Silver bill, so-called, became law
has been redeemed, and silver is i'm
mediatel y issued for all the fractional
currency received. There has been an
increase in the last few days Of The re-
celpts of currency for redemption TO
about 200 packages daily, contains an
average amount of $1,000 each.
Treasurer New is of the opinion thai
the current is now fairly started, and
that a few days will solve all the diff
ficulties. There is no boarding Of
fractional currency for speculative
purposes known to exist, except in
the case of two or three Individual
banks. The silver coins, however,
are supposed to be generally retained
by those who receive them as long as
possible, people for the most part pay
ing out fractional currency and offer
ing bills to be changed rather than
part with their silver coins. On the
other Land. many business men or
consumers that were in the habit of
paying out freely fractional currency
as fast as received, are now keeping it
over, from day to day. as much as pos
s'ble fearing lest by some accident the
next days supplies may, be short.
l. thus happens that IN some lar e
cities, chiefly in New York and Bos-
ION both currency and silver are
largely retained from circulation.


his condition of affairs it is supposed
will not be long continued, and the
indications of the past week point to "a
more rapid exchange of coin for cur
rency. The Treasury had on hand at
the end of last month several millions
OF dollars of fractional currency, but it
was used in the regular course Of bus
mess, SO that when the Silver bill be-
came law there was in the Treasury
Department less than 100000. The
department is compelled to retain as
much as possible of this for its own
operations, and even if it were not,
the issue of silver for the whole
amount would not relieve the difficulty
to an appreciable extent.
Year: 1876

Clasp the hands of those who are going,
kiss the lips that are raised to be kissed,
For the life of the Old Year is flowing


And melting away in the mist.
Greet the New Year with music and laughter
Let the Old pass away with tear,
For we shall remember. hereafter.


The many who die with the Year.
And the songs of the children of Sorrow,
Shall unite with the echoes of mirth,
Ere the sweet, glad sun Of tomorrow


Smiles down on the night-smitten earth.
And the meek, stricken daughters of Anguish,
Shall lift their sharp burthens of pain,
And long, as they linger and anguish,


For Christ's blessed presence again.
For Time has struck down the hearts idols
The fairest, the dearest have died
And death hath gone grimly to bridalS


And claimed the first kiss of the bride.
But the glory of noon and gray-hght


Are gathered and mingled in one,
And the darkness of dawn and the daylight,
Precede the approach OF the sun.
A poor mother-bird is oft lifted


From the storm-shakcn bough where Sh


cung,


And cruelty driven and driitcd


Far away from her nest-tull of young.
But the wild storm that buttetS and hurrics


This lone bird about in the West
Lifts up its bosom and carries


1ROther bird safe to her nest
All the span of the heaven is spacious


Clear sight is vouchsated to the blind
The btterest griets are made gracious


The rruellest fate rendered kind.
Clasp the hands of those who are going.


Kiss the lips that are raised to be kissed.
For the life of the Old Year is flowing


And melting away in the mist
Year: 1876

Mangolds and sugar beets are said to
be only equalled by skim milk as win
ter feed for swine. Beets boiled and mashed
with little milk added, will be found an
excellent feed by most of our farmers


1t is said that some counties in New
Jersey, which have been accustomed to
export several thousand bushels of pota-
toes, are now obliged to purchase that
important esculent, so great were the
ravages of the potato bug last season.
Year: 1876

hWith all the hue and cry about the i'll
iealth of American women, the statement


made by the president of q lite nsur-
ancc company that it is fact that women
live longer in this country than in any
other. They are less robust and mascu-
lar than the women of other nations, but
their tenacity of life is strong, and their
constitutions are sufficiently enduring to
keep them alive considerably longer than
their appearance, as general thing
would Warrant.