smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

THURSDAY, Now 30-6 NJ.


An old-fashioned "grace before meatn commends TO
us the prayer. "For what we have received make us
truly thankful The topic one which in Its general
should be left TO the consideration OF teachers OF
religion and morality tho inward consciousness
of mems own minds and cannot be treated within the
scope money article and with direct reference to
money matters without assuming shape more or less
sordid and material


Nevertheless rcgrcttablc as may be, human nature
ls so constituted that the condition OF mans purse is
spt to the OF his thanks and good credit
Il bank worthy OF grateful recognition than the
thousand and blessings that fall, ike the gentle
rain from heaven, unobservcd and nnapprcciated.
Brokers' than other branches OF the community,
supposed to be affected with ins moral obquity;
are sligmatzed followers OF Mammon and worship
pcrs OF the Golden CALI and being thus clothed with the
garments ofa quasi pagansm, 1t is wonder III the
theory be true that they should PROSTATE themselves
before the idols Of pe and ucrc and be chiefly thank
ful for the gifts those gods may svc them. While
under the worlds code OF morality mankind is broadly
avided into the good and the bad tho stock jobbng
fraternity is moro narrowly separated into bulls and
BEARS and It by the proportion Of thanks that cach
may render that iair estimate can be made OF the
OF each. There is doubt that the bears
the libaton pourers to-day, having filed their cups
with the generous product Of steadily declining
ket, rs from profitable vineyard where clusters
plenty and in which they had full control
Of the wlncpress II any questions the
TACT that the bears have had the best OF the past
twelve months speculation It is only necessary
for MIN TO glance at tho list of quotations of this day
year TO discover that there scarcely active stock
that does show falling of OF from IS TO SIS per
share the present time ct during this period there
has occurred no panic no momcn,ous political disturb
ancc, failures OF importance IN stock circles. but
simply shrinking back to true values and original
dimensions as they prevailed before the evil days Of
imitation set IN. Although great losses have been
made the bulk OF them havo fallen shoulders that
could most easily bear them, and 1t is surely matter
Of thanksgiving that, after ALL matters have been let
down easily that any widespread and disastrous
financial convulsion has been entirely avoided.


"For this relief mnch thanks '-lismlct


Tho closing prices at p n. on Wcdne day as
Year: 1876

From tie Huntington Long Islander.


Captain Bunce, of the Leonida, is the
owner Of a large Spitz dog named Jack,
that was picked up in the middle Of the
Sound, several years ago, as he was swim
ming about several miles from land. On
Tuesday the captain left the faithful crea-
ture on the East Neck wharf by some mis-
hap, and Jack, seeing the vessel some dis
tance out in the bay, decided to follow. As
the vessel was under good headway little
notice was taken of his jumping of, the
wharf, as it was supposed that he would
soon return. The vessel reached New York
that night. Nothing was seen of the dog
about here during the following day, but
what was the astonishment of the captain
and crew, on going up to the deck while
the vessel lay in her dock in New York on
the morning of the second day, to find the
faithful creature at his post watching over
the vessel in his usual manner. He was
thoroughly exhausted by his long swim of
over forty miles, however, and could do
nothing but lie about and recruit his strength
for two or three days.
Year: 1876

Confidence men are always inventing
some new scheme to swindle the unwary
granger. Every day at the second class
hotels, where grangers and drovers make
their headquarters the clerk is appealed to
to show some unfortunate the way to the
police station to recover his lost wallet
The latest device is for one of these sharp
ers to get himself up to look as much like
a granger as possible, and then stand around
the hotel until he can make the acquaint-
ance of his victim. After doing so, he in
vites the victim to take walk, and tells
him that there are so many sharpers about
that he had better leave his pocket book
with the clerk of the hotel The sharper
takes out his pocket book, shows large
amount Of bills, and the victim hands him
his. He ties a string around them both,
takes them to the desk and receives
check for them. They stroll off together,
and finally the thief leaves the granger
standing in some saloon, while he goes out
to see friend. The granger waits, and
while he is looking for the return of his
friend, the thief presents his check and gets
both of the pocket books. This trick has
been played number of times Of late in
the city, Chicago Journal
Year: 1876

General Colquitt of Georgia, in recent
address gives the following two ways of do
ing this


The remove stumps from field, all that
is necessary is to have one or more sheet iron
chimneys, some four or five feet high. Set
fire to the stump and place the chimney
over it, so as to give the requisite draught
at the bottom. 1t will draw like stove.
The stump will be soon consumed. With
several such chimneys, of different sizes,
the removal of stumps may be accomplished
at merely nominal labor and expense.


In the autumn, bore hole one to two
inches in diameter, according to the girth
of the stump, vertically in the centre of the
latter, and about, eighteen inches deep
Put into it from one to two ounces of salt
petere fill the hole with water, and plug
it up close La the ensuing spring, take
out the plug, and pour IN about two gills
of kerosene oil and ignite it. The stump
win shoulder away, without blazing to the
very extremity of the roots, leaving nothing
but ashes.
Year: 1876

An immense mass meeting of Republ-
cans was held in Lewiston, Maine. r last
week, when speeches were made bv Gov


Connor and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll of
illinois There was great curiosity to hear
the latter gentleman, and his appearance
was greeted with loud applause. 1t is safe
to say no one was disappointed He kept
the audience IN perpetual roar of laughter
for nearly two hours. The main portions
OF his speech are given below taken from
full report in the LelCjston Journal:


THE REPUBLICAN PART AND THE SLAVES.


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN II belong
to the Republican party, and | am glad of
1t, and will give you "a few reasons why [
am glad of it. The Republican party is
the conscience of the nineteenth century.


What was the condition of the country
when the Republican party came into
power? know there are those with
enyenomed tongue who denounce this party:
men who, If they had their own way, would
not have allowed us to have a country to-
day. The Democratic party made it the
duty of citizens to hunt fugitives seeking
liberty. Such law would disgrace the
statute books of he'll. Laughter No
man ever voted for such law who was not
rascal. | intend to tell the truth. if [
am strong enough, and | tell You have an
excellent constitution. Laughter This
crime crept into the Supreme Court. That
court was farce. | know all about it. In
1861, if a negro had planted corn and the
crop was ready for harvest and a Demo
crat had come along to steal it, the Supreme
Court would have decided with their spec
taces pushed back on their bald pates, that
the corn belonged to the Democrat Loud
applause This was the spirit of the good
old party Of reform. Loud applause.
Imagine the condition we were in when
the Republicans came Into power. Justice
and mercy were vagrants. 1t the North
the Democrats were ready to give anything
for an office. The Southern States took
mp arms-tOok up arms for what ? Why,
for the right to steal from four millions of
people of different color | believe | am
superior to the black man-and so superior
that / can get my living without robbing
him. Laughter. The Democratic party
commenced the war against the Union The
question was, Are you for or against the
Union? The Republican party offered all
that it could-it almost got into the dirt.
but the South rushed to war. The great
Republican party and every Union-loving
Democrat in the North struck hands to
fight for the Union. Are YOU sorry the
Republican party won in 1860? Are you
sorry the great Lincoln was elected Presi-
dent? He Was almost the only man who, !
having absolute power, never abused it
except on the side of mercy.
Year: 1876

It was on last Saturday night that the
gallant General John l.. marched his valiant
army of serenaders to Claymont, to sere-
made the Rev. Mr.. NJ. As soon as they ar
rived they at once marched to the boarding
house of the reverend gentleman, but found
him and his lady out. A council Of war was
held upon which the general resigned and
the command was given to General H.
They went to house where the object of
their search was found, and with old tin
pans, tin wash boilers, fsh-horns, land near
ly all the old instruments which the Lin
wood Band threw away, they kept up their
dreadful din until long after midnight.


Joseph Foorwood was accidently shot in
the leg near the knee. by pistol, supposed
to have been in the hands Of Albert Ed
wards, on last Saturday night. The ball
was extracted by physician in Chester.
Year: 1876

An officer tolerably well known in this
city, last week sent several anonymous let.
ters to certain fair one also of this city, land
although she declined to answer them, he
attempted to make an appointment last
Thursday night at Ninth and Market
streets. The fair one who lives in the
nighborhood, was aware that the writer
kept the engagement, and from curiosity
walked by at the time, and was accosted by
him with an invitation to take walk. He
was hardly prepared for the result, for
turning in second she indignantly rebuked
the solicitous official in the most emphatic
language, in which "puppy," and ''rascal''
were frequent, and bade him take himself
off, threatening that if he insulted her fur
ther to thrash him with cowhide. The
crest fallen intriguer attempted an apology,
but was not listened to, and crowd threat
ening to gather, he skunk off down the
street and the lady walked on.
Year: 1876




WASHINGTON, March This morning
Representatives Clymer, Blackburn, and
Robbins, of North Carolina, members ofthe
Committee on Expenditures in the War
Department, appeared before the Criminal
Court, and stated that they had been sub
penaed to appear before the Grand Jury
They denied the authority Of the court to
interrogate them as to the testimony oi any
witness before Committee of Congress
Besides, they are constantly engaged in
their duties as members of the committee,
which would make it inconvenient for them
to be present. They did not wish to plead
their privileges, but to enter their protest,
not only here, but in the records of Con-
gress, for the country. District Attorney
Wells said he thought he could remove the
difficulty presented. In the first place there
was no motive or desire to ask any member
of the committee anything as to any matter
testified to by any witness before the COM
mittee; and in the second place, while ap-
preciating the duties and engagements OF
the distinguished gentlemen, be thought
the Grand Jury would fix such time as
would subject the gentlemen to the least
Inconvenience.


To this they replied that if they were re-
quired to 20 before the Grand Jury and
testify in relation to any matter it would be
impossible for them as members of the
committee to give due attention to the OK
animation of thr matters with which they
were specially entrusted. Judge Macarthur
remarked that it would not be competent
for them to testify as to what witness
said before the committee, because that
would be only hearsay evidence. lie would
consider the subject and confer with the
District Attoreoy, so THAT when these
gentlemen were wanted they could he so in
formed. The gentlemen then left the court.
The District Attorney to-day sent one wit
ness before the Grand Jury. who were con-
sidering the charges againgt Belknap,
and will send others. Belknap had not,
at l O'Clock, been brought into the Police
Court to give bail.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Humes, Superintendent Of the Bell
vue quarry, where the recent fatal blasting
accident occurred, writes to say that the af-
fair Was not caused by any negligence or
hasty action on the part of the workmen,
and they took all the necessary precaution
possible to avoid an explosion. 1t was s
O'Clock in the morning when the men first
att empted to put off the blast, but it having
failed, they waited nearly two hours before
they took any steps to bore out the hole;
then they first soaked it with water, after
which they removed about two feet of the
earth that had been packed upon the pow
der, and it was during the process of drill
ing it out that the explosion occurred,
probably caused by sparks falling from the
drill. The remains Of the men have been
sent to their homes in Richmond, Va.
Year: 1876

IT seems there is Cabinet cancer per-
sistently eating its way in !, and no one can
tell where it will develope itself next. If
the skirts Of of the Dolly Warden Of the Cab
met are tainted, and that faint can be ex-
posed to view fairly, let it come, and the
sooner the better.
Year: 1876

Yesterday morning Coroner Groves held
an inquest over the unknown remains of the
infant which was found on Monday in the
cesspool on French Street. The verdict of
the jury was that the child had come to It's
death from unknown causes.
Year: 1876

THE American Dairymen are about to
erect model cheese and butter factory on
the Centennial grounds, large enough to
comprehend all sairy products from all
quarters. New York alone can make big
display in the dairy line. The counties OF
Chenango and Franklin in that State have
forty extensive Cheese and Butter Fac
torief.
Year: 1876

manv millions of silver out OF circuia-
ton. and at the same time the enormous


nroductiou of the Nevada mines has


thrown immense quantities of silver bul.


linn into the market. The combined


.Tsc, of these two causes has SO depressed


,he priee OF silver as to bring the value
of,bs standard silver coin below that OF
our present deprecated paper, and render
possible the experiment that is about to
be tried. The alteration in the value
OF silver is probably Of sufficient
permanence to make it unlikely that
it will rise above the present value of
our paper money. But still the cir
culation i4 not without difficulties and
anomalies. For instance, in the East the
new coin will pass as halves and quarters
Of paper dollar worth only about eigh-
ty.eight cents in gold, whereas in Califor-
MIA the same coins will be found to be
halves and quarters OF the gold dollar IL
self. The tendency of course will be to
food the Pacific coast with silver in ex-
change for dollar wor.h thirteen per
cent. more than the dollar Of the East.
This evidently is one cause which will
operate to drain the East OF silver and
the West Of gold, and ii any cause should
arise to occasion an advance in the price
of silver, or further depreciation of the
paper money to such m extent as to re-
verse the present relative value OF the
two currencies, just as surely as such a
condition occurs will the silver wholly
disappear from circulation.
Year: 1876

FIVE candidates are announced for
sheriff in MonOngalia county. Before any
voting is done, writer in the Post wants
the coming man. to pledge himself to
to meet the taxpayers las he was obliged
to do under Republican rule) in their
several townships, "for the collection OF
nxcs and levies due the sheriff" and then
and there make deduction Of two-and-
a.hulf per cent to all who are on time
With their payments.
Year: 1876

THE advance guard OF "Silyer resump-
ton" has reached Wheeling, in the shape
oi 81 900 in coin received at the Exchange
Bank Yesterday. This silver is sent to
the bank in exchange for fractional cur
rency and will be paid out only in the
way Of change. A further supply will be
received in few days at that bank, and
no doubt also at the other banks. This
coin has no greater value than the frac-
tonaI currency as purchasing medium.
No merchant iu Wheeling who under
stands the case will give any more goods
Tor ii. 1t is a legal tender for debts
to the amount of i've dollars only. An
attempt was made to make 1t tender for
SO, but the Senate amendment defeated
the House bill to that effect. The substi.
'HIion OF silver for fractional currency is
simply in the nature of a .sRsidiTy
Coinage. In order to maintain currency
Of that sort it is necessary that it should
be made more valuable as coin token
than as mere metal, and this has been
done II this were not the case it would
not circulate, as a matter OF course, but
~ boarded awayo melted down. In the
AE liking the standard fneness OF coin,


silver FAs intentionally overlooked 10
value as compared with the gold stand.


l'd' Since the adoption of the standard


Ae German Empire has reconstructed


Us circulation, and adopted gold as the
"aNdaFd of value in place OF the old sill.
'e' standard. This change has thrown
Year: 1876

IT is worth while to take notice
that the three great Republican party
papers of the country, the New York
Times, the Cincinnati Gazette and the Chi
caro Tti6une-,here is no fourth thai
ranks with them for character and for in
auence, are all on the BristoW track.
Year: 1876

THE New York Times-now the Re-
publican organ par excellence in the
mctropolis-displays a sense not only oil
the fitness of things but also OF coming
events, by refusing to smile on C"HSilns
and looking blandly on Bristow.
Year: 1876

lines at one dollar per thousand.
Now of oranges A fifteen year old
tree will yield from twelve hundred
to two thousand oranges each season.
Suppose the average yield Is but five
hundred per tree; at the present
wholesale price of three dollars per
hundred, five hundred oranges are
worth fifteen dollars, and an acre of
eighty trees will give n return of
twelve hundred dollars per year. 1t
is true that one must plant five year
old trees and then wait ten years for
this return, but it is enormous when
it does come. Oranges of good quality
and fair size now retail on the streets
at five cents apiece. If they could be
had for one dollar per hundred, the
consumption would be ten times
greater than at present, and the owner
of fifteen year old grove would real
ize four hundred dollars per acre from
his trees. We predict that the day
will come when oranges will sell at
from fifty cents to one dollar per hun
dred, and when that time comes our
net receipts for this fruit will be three
times greater than at, present.
Year: 1876

A discussion is going on in the COL
umns Of the HERALD on the value of
lines, and whether it will pay to grow
them. We give place to these articles
because they are written by practical
men, and because We think the time
is at hand when the fruit growers of
Los Angeles valley should realize that
the high prices heretofore received for
their products cannot be great while
longer commanded. We must not re-
ly on the San Francisco market for
the sale of our lines. The demand
does not now equal the supply, and a
few years hence more of this fruit will
be grown in a half dozen Los Angeles
valley groves than will supply the en-
tire California market during the fruit
season. What should and ultimately
must be done, is the conversion of the
lines into lime juice. When this in
dustry is established we shall have a
market for al the lines the groves
now planted or that may hereafter be
planted, will produce. And when this
is done, those who use lime juice will
not be compelled to pay three dollars
per hundred for imported lines dur
ing that portion of the year that our
native lines are out of the market.
A ten year old tree will bear four
thousand lines each season. Now
suppose these lines are sold at two
dollars and half per thousand, a fig
ure long ways below the present
market rate, we have an income of
ten dollars per tree. Eighty trees may
be planted on an acre of ground.
This gives return of $500 per acre for
lines at quarter of cent apiece.
Money may be made from growing
Year: 1876

The New York Herald is discussing
the Chinese problem from an Eastern
standpoint, and the result of its in
vestigations is rather favorable than
otherwise to the Chinaman as a cheap
labor chattel. In this State, and in
fact throughout the Pacific coast, the
opinion of the white labOring masses
is not of a nature to induce Chinese
immigration. And so it will be when
the Mongolians spread, as they now
seem inclined, over the Eastern side
of the continent. Our people do not
believe that Chinese labor coming in
competition with that of the white
masses will aid in the development
and advance the prosperity of coun-
try. 1t seems to us that the question
has two sides. In the prosecution Of
a great work where many thousand
toilers are required, and the success of
the undertaking depends on obtain
ing vast amount of labor for COM
paratively small amount of money, the
Chinaman becomes an object of inter-
est, and his services are both desira-
BILE and essential. His habits are not
what we would call civilized. Fifty
Cinnamon will live comfortably in
the space required by a white laborer
and his family. AS class they come
here without families, and from the
earning of each only himselfi is support
ed. Their clothing costs less than


half that of the white laborer, and the


common class subsist on food that the
farmers pigs would only eat when
very hungry. Hence the Chinaman
can work for wages that would not
purchase the meat for white mans
family and still make money. The
Chinaman built the Central Pacific
Railroad, and but for him, the Compa-
ny would not have been able to prose-
cute the work as cheaply and rapidly as
they did. This is the side of the ques-
ton that places Chinese labor in fa-
vorable light. But the other and by
far the most important side presents
nothing encouraging. On the farm,
in the workshop, and in dozens of
other occupations in which we find
the Chinaman, he is doing no good for
the community or the country. His
presence prevents the coming of those
of our own color, habits and religion.
Laboring men and women of the East
and of Europe hesitate about seeking
homes in country when they know
that labor must come in competition
with class who neither build homes,
wear good clothes nor eat such food as
is consumed by Christian people.
If the truth could be got at we should
find that our white population is
many thousands short OH account of
the presence of the Chinese. Then
our boys and girls are kept out of en-
ployment by the Chinese. Labor that
should be performed by the rising gen.
Grafton is done by the Chinese, and
for want of employment these boys
and girls become male and female
hoodlums. AS a whole the country
is not benefited by the Chlnaman,
and would be better off without him.
Year: 1876

AN article in yesterday mornings
HERALD on the contest relative to the
San Fernando oil claims, was written
under misapprehension of the facts.
The oil mines did not enter into the
contest. The defendants in the case
were parties in the employ of the rail
road company, and the dispute was as
to the ownership of the timber on
land held as oil claims. The ruling of
high courts is that railroad compa-
ny has the right to use so muchof the
timber on public land as may be nec-
essary for the prosecution Of the work.
The railroad company cut timber
from land which parties claimed as
oil land for use in the San Fernando
tunnel. The right to do this was dis
puted by the oil land claimants and
hence the litigation. There was also
some dispute as to boundaries, but the
result did not hinge so much on metes
and bounds as upon vested rights.
Both parties were heard by Commits
sioner WHITING, who, yesterday af-
ternoon decided that the railroad COM
pany had right to cut so much of the
timber as is needed in the tunnel and
for other work on the road. Thus the
matter ends and the oil prospectors
will continue their operations as if
nothing had happened.