smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

There is an old saying to the effect that
'slow and sure travels far in day." and in
reverence for the wisdom of our ancestors
we are bound to believe in the doctrine
whose motto is "Fsstina Ie7ste." Inspired by
this faith the people of New York are entitled
to cherish the hope that they may one day
enjoy reformed and efficient government in
their city under the auspices of its demo-
cratic rulers. A year ago they were promised
real municipal reform in exchange for their
votes for the Tammany candidates, and the
result of last November's election proved
their confidence in the pledges Governor
Tilden and Mayor Wickham have now been
at the head of the State and municipal gov
ernments less than nine months, and they
have already commenced the great work to
which they are committed. With profound
wisdom they are making haste slowly" The
Corporation Counsel who was at the head of
the Law Department under Mayor Have
meyers imbecile administration has already
been removed, and the expediency of displac-
is under consideration. Recent develop
ments seem to make it probable that the de-
sirableness of change in the Police Com
mission may one day claim the attention
of the Governor and Mayor, and it is not
unlikely that the arraignment of the Build
ing Department by Coroners jury at the
time of the Duane street church disaster,
some eight months ago, may also in due
time be considered by the same authorities.


When these matters shall have been
settled we may expect some effort to revive
the real estate market and business generally
from the depression consequent upon four
years policy of sufocation. We may even
hope, some time after the Centennial for
well matured reform in our financial man
agement and a decrease of the heavy bur-
den of annual taxation. But Rome was
not built in a.day. Our present municipal
reformers are certainly slow. Let US hope
they are sure. Meanwhile the people of
New York must possess their souls in pa
tience, and adopting the pious Bishops
motto, "serve God and be cheerful"
Year: 1875

GENERAL BUTLER Has ACCEPTED an invita-
ton from the New York Board Of Trade to
deliver an address on currency and finance
in this city on the 14th of October. The day
is adroitly selected for securing public atten-
ton TO General Buffers views. The Ohio
election takes place October II, and by the
18th the returns will have been received and
be the great topic of the hour. If imitation
triumphs General Butler will cast his lot
with the initiation party, and perhaps aspire
10 its leadership. His patent is as old as
that Of Mr.. Pendleton, and his record is
more consistent. If there should be a reor-
ranization of parties in consequence of a
yreat imitation victory in Ohio General But
iers natural place will be with the imitation
lists. and the vigor Of his character will give
him high position among their chiefs He
will make noteworthy speech II the mia
aion tide shall seem to be rising; but II Gov
sr16r Allen is defeated General Butler vii
cQpent that he made the Appointments
Year: 1875

How TO KEEP ArPLEs. -" At the last
State Fair meeting in Utica," says the
Herald Of that city, "some russet apples
grown a year before attracted attention
These apples were plump, fresh and OF q
good flavor; quite as good as the same
kind of apples are ordinarily on the ap
proach Of spring. The apples had been
put up in refuse boxes obtained At the
groceries, and in the following manner:
A layer of dry saw dust was sprinkled at
the bottom OF the box, and then a layer
Of apples placed in il so that they did not
touch each other. Upon this was placed
layer OF saw.dust, and so on until the
box was 6lled. The boxes, after being
packed in this way, were placed on the
wall in the cellar, up from the ground,
where they kept perfectly. retaining their
freshness and flavor until brought out
and exhibited at the fair
Year: 1875

Fay as you 60.


Never fool in business matters.


Advertise!


Do not kick every one in your path.
Kcer ahead rather than behind the
times.


Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.


Have order, system, regularity aud al
so promptness


Do not medllc with business you
know nothing Of


Use your own brains rather than those
of others.


A man of honor respects his word rs
he does bis bond.


No man can get rich sitting around
stores and saloons


Ifyou have place of business, be
found there when wanted.


More miles can be made In one day
by going steadily than by stopping.


Help others when you can. but never
give what you cannot afford because it
is fashionable.


Learn to say No. No necessity of
swapping it out dog fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.
Year: 1875

Show us the man who is ever ready
to pity and help the deformed; show ~
the man who covers the faults of others
with mantle of charity show us the man
who bows as politely and gives the street
as free to the poor sewing girl as to the
millionaire; who values virtue. not
clothes; who shuns the company Of such
as gather at public places to gaze at the
fair sex. or make unkind remarks on the
passing girl; show us u man who abhors
q libertine; who scorns the ridicule OF his
mothers sex, and the exposure Of wO-
manly reputation; shsw us the maa who
never forgets for an instant the delicacy
due women, in any condition or class
and you show us gentleman.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, March PA warm snow i.
prevailing here this morning, and generally
north. The apprehension from floods and
gorges are general. Throughout the North
the late severe weather having massed the
ice. and the present snow in many localities
melting as it falls and elsewhere drifting, as
sures general flood.


Twenty thousand people who subsist from
the lumber trade will lose their all.
Year: 1875

The epizootlc is sweeping over the State again. Many horses in this and adjoining towns are down with it. It is prevalent in Hartford and New Haven, and about everywhere in. fact. though lighter in character than ct its former visitation.
Year: 1875

The Cohoes Bulletin says there is resid
ing on Harmony street, Cohoes, man
aged seventy-five years, who has not spoken
to his wife in twelve years. He has been
married fifty years, has an amiable wife
and several children and grand children,
and considerable property. The old man
and his wife lived together happily until
about twelve years ago, when one morn
ing the wife came down stairs and saluted
her husband in gentle manner as was her
wont to do but to her astonishment he
made no reply. So she spoke to him again
and again, bat always with the same effect,
and eyer since that July morning in 1868
the husband has never opened his lips to
his wife. He always speaks familiarly
with the rest Of his family and friends, but
on no occasion or under any consideration
would he speak one word to his wife. He
always treats her with gentleness and kind
ness, always providing for her wants with
the most scrupulous care, but not one
word can be coaxed out of his lips to refer
to his strange way of treating her. His
wife and himself eat at the same table,
walk to church side by side, yet not one
word has escaped that mans lips for the
past twelve years to that woman. His lit
tie grand daughter lives with him, and
through her he knows his wife's wants, and
no request of hers is left unheeded. Sew
eral friends of the family have tried repeat
edly to fathom his strange action, but they
found it impossible TO do so.
Year: 1875

On the afternoon of the 4th inst, says the


Portland Oregonida, as the steamer Maria
Wilken, was on her way from Freeport to
Kalama, size sighted a deer in the river about
mile below the lower place. When first
seen he was about one-third of the way
across, and striking out boldly for the nr-
egon shore. The steamer was headed fer
him with all haste, and there being no fire.
arms on board except a small pocket pistol,
it was decided to try and capture him alive.
A moose was made in rope and thrown as
the boat approached, but missed the game.
The deer whirled and made for the Wash
ington Territory side, which was the near
est, but Captain Huntington turned the


little steamer in fine style and headed him
off. The chase now became exciting. A
second time the ropes were thrown unsuc-
cessfnlly, and the deer, though making
prodigious efforts to reach the shore, was
a third time oyerhauled. This time both
ropes caught on his horns, and after a
desperate struggle he was hauled ON board
and securely fastened, but one horn was
broken off in the struggle. He proved to
be four-year-old buck, and in fine condi-
fi0n
Year: 1875

Across the rapid stream of seventy years,
The slender bridge of human life is thrown
The past and future form its moldering piers:
The presens moment is its fral keystone.
From "dust thou art . the arch begins to rise,
To dust " the fashion OF its form descends,
Shalt thou return the higher curve implies,
In which the first to the last lowness bends
Seen by youths magic light upon that arch,
How lovely does each far off scene appear!
But ah +! how changed when Oh the onward march,
Our weary footsteps bring the vision near!
IT was tabled that beneath the rainbow'e foot
treasure lay, the dreamer to bewitch;
And many vested in the vain pursuit
The golden years that would have made them ricf
So where life's arch of many color leads,
The heart expects rich wealth of joy to find;
But in the distance the bright hope recedes,
And leaves a cold gray waste Of care behind.
A sunlit stream upon its bosom takes
TIL inverted shadow of bridge on high,
And thus the arch in air and water makes
One perfect title to the gazer's eye.
So t is with life the things that do appear
Are feeting shadows on times passing tide
Cast by the sunshine of a higher sphere
From viewless things that changelessly abide.
The real is but the half of lite it needs
The idea to make perfect whole;
The sphere of sense is incomplete, and pleads
For closer union with the sphere OF soul,
All things of use are bridges that conduct
To things of faith that give them truer worth;
And Christ's own parallels do US instruct
That heaven is but the counterpart of earth,
The pier that rests upon this shores the same
AS that which rests upon the further bank;
And fitness for our duties here will frame
A fitness for the joys of higher rank
Oh dark were life without heavens sun TO show
The likeness of the other world in this
And bare and poor wonld be our lot below
without the shadow of world of bliss.
Then let us passing Ger lfes fragile arch,
Regard it as a means and not an end;
As but the path of faith on which we march,
To where all glories of our being tend.


Good Words.
Year: 1875

Notwithstanding SO much has recently
been said upon the subject of the Bastie
(tonghened) glass, the general reader seems
to be still eager to scan every new para
graph that finds it's way into the public
prints. Yielding to this general desire we
note that another series of experiments
with regard to the character of this glass
has recently been tried in New York by
Prof. Egleston of Columbia College before
the New York Academy Of Sciences.


The most wonderful characteristic of this
glass, as developed By the Professor, was
it's marvellous power Of resisting heat. In
several Of his experiments two thousand
degrees of heat were directed on the center
of plate Of prepared glass eight inches
square, until at the point of contact with
the flame the glass became red hot. The
first plate was poor one, and broke after
being subjected to this heat for three
minutes. The others were not broken by
it. Ordinary glass stood such tests only
eight seconds. The practical application
of this was, that if fire was started in a
room with windows of this glass, the frame
work of the window would burn out and
allow the glass to fall before draft would
be created.


Lamp chimneys were then tested by
using kerosene lamps with a combination
of Bunsen burners, which threw blue
fame, showing that the heat was intense
along the whole length Of the tube and SIX
or eight inches above it. Water was boiled
| in vessel Of this glass, the water boiled
out and the vessel remained uninjured.
The temperature Of the vessel was then
raised to $50 or 100 degrees and cold water
was poured in with the. expectation that i
would crack the glass, but the water began
Immediately to boil, and the glass wa'
! unhurt.
Year: 1875

By HENRY ABBEY.
had vision of mankind to be;


saw no grated windows, heard NO roar
From iron mouths of war on land or sea;


Ambition broke the sway of peace no more.
Out of the chaos of i'll will had come
Cosmos, the Age Of Good, Millennium!
The lowly hero had of praise his need


And loving kindnesses Joined roof to roof;
The poor were few and to their daily need


Abundance ministered, Men bore reproof--
On crags of self denial sought to Gull
Rare flowers to deck their doors hospitable.
The very bells rang out the Golden Rule,


For hearts were loathe to give their fellows pain.
The man was chosen chief, who brave and cool,


Was king in act and thought. Real power is


plain,
Despising pomp and show. He seemed to be
The least in all that true democracy
o Thou the Christ, the Sower of the seed!


Pluck out the narrowness, the greed for pelf
Pluck out all tares the time let come, and speed.


When each will love his neighbor as himself.
The hopes of man, our dreams of higher good,
Are based on Thee; we are Thy brotherhood.
Year: 1875

YESTERDAY we overheard voter
FROM the rural districts say that he
chad voted every darned ticket eN-
cent the constitutional commandments,
but be let them alone, as he never
did know much about commandments
Year: 1875

When l go to the country TO visit my
| relatives writes NJ. Quad, the spare bed
| rises up before my imagi nation days be-


tore l start, and shiver as / remember


how cold and gravelike the sheets are.


put off the visit as long as possible, solely
on account of that spare bed. Idon't like
| to tell them that had rather sleep on Q
picket fence than to enter that spare bed,
and SO they know nothing of my suffer-
ings.


The spare bed is always as near q mile
and half from the rest of the beds as il
can be located. It's either up stairs at the
head of the hall, or over the parlor. The
parlor curtains have not been raised for
weeks; everything is as prim as an old
maids bonnet. and the bed is as square
and true as if it had been made up to
carpenters rule.


No matter if it be Summer or Winter,
the bed is like ice, and it sinks down in q
way to make one shiver. The sheets are
slippery clean, the pillow slips rustic like
shrouds, and one dare not stretch his leg
down for fear of kicking against tomb
stone.


One sinks down until he is lost In the
hollow. and foot by foot the prin bedposts
vanish from sight. He is worn out and
sleepy, but he knows that the rest OF the
| family are so far away that no one could
hear him if he should shout Tor an hour,
| and this makes him nervous. He won


ders if anyone ever died in that room, and
straightway lie sees faces Of dead persons.


hears strange noises. and presently feels
chill galloping up and down his back.
Did anyone ever pass q comfortable
night in a spare bed p-no matter how ma
ny quilts and spreads covered him he
could not get warm, and if he accidentally
fell asleep it was to awake with . start
under the impression that dead man was
pulling his nose. It will be days and
weeks before he RECEIVERS from the I'M
preston. and yet he must suffer in silence,
because the spare bed was assigned him
in token of esteem and affection.
Year: 1875




THE following, concerning opera
tions in the North Carson mine, we
extract from the Carson Tribune of
the 10th instant: The tunnel is now
in the hills about 600 feet, and is q
credit to Mr.. Joy and the men in his
employ. A stratum of granite has
been passed through that is worthy
the attention of the people of this
State and California, for better stone
was never quarried, even in Scot
land, and should the company fail
in discovering mine, they have a
mass of granite from which enough
stone can be Quarried to last the
Pacific Coast for century. The
miners have had some fearfully
hard rock to contend with, but are
now in easy-working rock. Quartz
feeders have been struck for several
days past, and the head of the tun-
mel now indicates a near approach
to the ledge. The new rock is now
softer, and veins of soft red clay in
tersect the face of the tunnel. In
the clay is gritty substance, which
compares with that found in the
upper tunnel. A streak of ore,
about eight inches wide, was struck
yesterday, which, although bearing
no appearance of mineral, is, to the
superintendent, sure indication of
a body of quartz.
Year: 1875

FROM THE VERDE.--Lieut. W. C. Roundy was in town Tuesday, and gave us some items about the new road he has been building from Verde to Prescott through Copper Caion. This road is about completed and is represented to be not only a number one road, but much shorter in distance than the old way. The lieutenant met with quite an accident while blasting rock on the road, and had several fragments of rock blown into his face but nothing serious. His appearance would indi- cate that he had been holding "discussion with fists~ with some muscular fellow.
Year: 1875

SAM. WEIR is in from the Cougar mine. He lived on beans straight through the late storm not even salt to season them. He left Black Jack at the mine, and is sending him some grub, but thinks be will wait awhile before he returns him.
Year: 1875

GAME-A wagon load of antelope, raecoon and Verde fish was in our streets on Wednesday last The fish were all gobbied up in hurry the ante lope found ready sale, but the market for coon seemed little dull.
Year: 1875

To the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand are to he distributed on the 27th February by the Public Library of Kentucky upon the occasion of their Fifth and and Last Concert.
Year: 1875

Pod Pierce and John Reese have discov- cred gold ledge four miles from Green wood, on the Date Creek trail, that they believe to be equal to the McCrackcn. We shall hear more from it in time for our next issue.
Year: 1875

thirty days, Capt. BUCKLEY, If so authorized anu
directed, can discover every gambling-house
in the South Division, can arrest the Propr-
etors and inmates thereof in the act OF
gambling, and can furnish the proof of the
crime in such strength that not even
pa~4sd jury will ventura to acquit any person
presented by him. We have the Court and
the Grand Jury, and the Public Prosecutor.
What is wanted is the cooperation OF the po-
lice. That cooperation is now confessedly
withheld, by whom and for what reason
should be and is known to the Police Com
missioners. The public have, therefore. the
right to expect that, at the next meeting OF
that Board, the Commissioners will order
that the police Of the several divisions at
once put the several gambling houses under
surveillance that, whenever they have res
son to believe gambling is going on
they enter such houses and arrest the IN
mates; and that they appear before the
Grand Jury and the Court and furnish eVl-
dence of tho guilt Of the prisoners. The DIS
graceful federation of the faro and bunko
establishments has lasted long enough, and
the Police Commissioners must either break
it up or assume the responsibility of its con-
tinunnca
Year: 1875

GREAT commercial depression is reported
in the Dominion. The benighted people of
that country should at once send for relief to
the Democratic financiers of Ohio, do away
with the antiquated metallic currency, and
issue millions of demand notes. The paper
trade industry will at once feel the beneficial
effects of the step.
Year: 1875

An earnest desire TO JUSTIFY your generous conf
dence and strong regard for the honor and aoel-
fare of our State inspire asth the firm reSolUe to
spare no effort and to consider other consequences
in the endearor to lIy discharge the duties that
a1iV be incumbent on me If your choice shall prOce
to be the choice of the people also pledge you and
for whom you oct in that event an honest
purpose and fred determination to make the public
good my single aim and constant care.


Gen. Connor's Acceptance.
Year: 1875

THE two Democrats whom thirty voters in
Hart's Location sent to the New Hampshire
Legislature to represent the four hundred
nonresident workmen have been sent home.
They voted at the organization and for gov
ernor, but when the sitting came they were
given leave to Withdraw.
Year: 1875

TWENTY millions of dollars capital are en-
gagged in the canned goods trade, of which
Maine furnishes great share. The pros
poets for the coming canning season are said
to be excellent. The demand for the goods
shows steady increase from year to wear.
Year: 1875

SOME of the Democratic papers have dis
covered that the Ohio Democratic financial
resolution is in the nature of compromise
between the hard and the soft money men.
The compromise is much like that one be-
tween the lion and the fox when they settled
their conflicting claims to a fat buck. The
lion took the whole.
Year: 1875

Mr.. CARRUTH, the editor who was shot by
the Vineland patriarch, is fast recovering,
though he still carries bullet in his brain.
The shot has peculiarly affected his eyesight,
surgeons. His vision has been twisted, and
he can only see one side of thing. 1t is a
little strange that the faculty see anything
extraordinary in this imperfection of sight,
for it is one to which many editors are sub
ject
Year: 1875

IT is reported that the delay in the moving
OF the procession on Boston's centennial day
was due to question of precedence which
arose between Gen. Butler and Gen. Osborn,
the Chief Marshal. The hero of Fort Fisher
asserted that he had received verbal instruc-
tions from the Secretary of War to assume
the command of the United States troops on
the occasion, but that he had no written Or
der. His word was not disputed, and Gen.
Osborn yielded.
Year: 1875


TIE IMPROVEMENT IN sTOCKS-TiE INTENTIONS of


TIE SECRETARY OF TIE TREAsURY-rHE MOVE


MENT IN GOLD.


Wall-st. was decidedly buoyant yesterday,
prices ON the Stock Exchange advancing from II to 2,
Der cent. with heavy transactions The business done
was very generally distributed among the active
stocks Pacific Mail and Union Pacino being the
most favored The explanation given Tor the advance
was based on the improved feeling In financial crcos
and the prospects OF good Spring trade The improve
mani IN nrces was largely aided by the following dis
patch from Washington


Tho Secretary of the Treasury will issue call this
week for $50 600 bonds account OF the SINKING
Ennd nndcr the act OF March 1876 Interest on called
bonds will cease at the end Of 90 days put 1t Is under
stood that bonds with accrued interest Will be paid on
presentation Mt any time after the call


No information concerning this matter was obtainable
IN Was but the members OF the Syndicate seemed to
think that the tenor OF the dispatch would probably be
horne ont BY the action OF Secretary Bristow.


The movement in gold continues to attract atten-
tion I'm financial circles, and 1t Is now sup
posed that the persons who orc trying to advance
the price ana squeeze the bear" opera
tors have Withdrawn about t0,CO0OOo from
the market Yesterday about 900 900 which had been
sold was delivered irregular lots the scarcity OF gold
making the delivery matter OF trouble to those
who had sold the amount. The events OF the day were
varied by the failure OF small operator named Rode
bush who had been specuating the bear side Of the
market few hundred shares OF stock we're bought In
for his account.