smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

SETTLING A KNoTTY PoNT.-A mer-
chant once had a dispute with Qua
ker respecting the settlement of an ac-
count. The merchant was determined
to bring the matter into court, a pro-
ceeding which the Quaker very earn
estly deprecated, using every argument
in his power to convince him of his er-
ror; but he was inhexible. DESTROYS to
make last effort, the Quaker called at
his house one morning, and enquired
Of the servant If his master was at home
The merchant, hearing the enquiry and
knowing the voice, called out from the
top of the stairs


"Tell the rascal am not at home"


The Quaker, quietly looking up at
him, calmly said


"Well, friend. the Lord put thee in a
better mind"


The merchant, afterward struck with
the meakness of the reply, and having
more deliberately investigated the mat
ter, became convinced that the Quaker
was right and himself wrong. He re-
quested to see him, and after acknowl-
edging his error, he said


"I have one question to ask you
how were you able, with such patience.
on various occasions, to bear my abuse?"


Friend, replied TIE Quaker, 81 will
tell thee. was naturally as hot and
violent as thou art. knew that to in
dulge that temper was sinful, and 1 also
found it was improbable. observed
that men in q passion always speak loud.
and l thought that if 1 could control
my voice 1 should repress lay passion.
l have, therefore, made it q rule never
TO let my voice rise above q certain key,
and by a careful observance Of the rule
1 have. by the blessing Of God, entirely
mastered my natural tongue.


such good, frank philosophy was not
lost upon the merchant in many years.
Year: 1876

The senate resolutions ,nstrueting
the committee on judiciary-to inquire
into the expediency Of providing a
reasonable statute OF limitations, bar
ring all rights on the part Of the Uni
ted States to sue on official bonds;
with leave TO report by bill or other
wise was agreed to.
Year: 1876

tuation is unchanged. The re-
bted in The HERALD yesterday
democracy have carried Louisiana
majority are confirmed by dis
printed below. New Orleans is
tranquil. Indications now point


punt, the presence ofleading men
rites and of the military power
vernment tending to repress law.


1t is believed that the Warmoth-
Returning Board will not dare to
le6ance the will Of the people by


a false count. Warmoth is a


young man. Sufficiently des-


take almost any chance. But
b know him best say that he will
Hare to embark in an enterprise
practically result in stealing the
Samuel J. Tilden is President
he United States by the popular
the people. 1t will be danger


to attempt to subvert this result
at the instance of carpet-bag seal


Let US possess our souls in pa.
All the news that reaches US is
to our choice. There is, there
lecessity for undue excitement or
Year: 1876

bblish to-day the invitation Of
b Democrats At New Orleans, sent
y National Democratic E1ecu-
uittee to Republicans sent by
beet them to supervise and make


count Of the vote Of the State Of
and to give an honest return Of


The time of this meeting has
en fixed, although 1t was expect
ID be done yesterday.
Year: 1876

The gas lamp corner Of Harrison street
and Shsllcross avenue has, for the last week,
given light abont the size Of three cent
piece. Something is wrong.


The election excitement - IN excuse to
wives for remaining out late 1t nights, Is
beginning to get thin.


Last evening the afternoon school Of Grace
M. e, Church gave . musical and literary
entertainment in the chapel Of the Church.
The attendance was large and the entertain
meut WAS successful.
Year: 1876

is every reason to believe that


will be thrown in the way Of the


in South Carolina to prevent as
bible an honest count of the bal.


Chamberlain and Patterson


engaged doing all within their
Influence the Canvassing Board.
|ght that if the vote is honestly
bat Hampton will certainly have
! Of over. FIVE thousand, and that
3 not run behind him five hum
Year: 1876

For the benefit of our readers we keep
the ELECTORAL table, as we claim 1t ought to
be, where it can be seen by all, and are GER
tain by fair dealing In the returning boards
of the three doubtful States II will be
unchanged. STA.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, May 9.-The magazine on
Jersey City Heights, which exploded Sat
urday night, contained about three hun
dred barrels of rend rock powder and
seven kegs of common blasting powder.
A witness saw twelve or thirteen tunnel
men come from the direction of Hoboken
and 60 up the hundred steps. After they
reached the top Of the hill he heard the
report Of pistol and soon after the explo-
sion occurred. The iron door of the mag
azine was found two miles distant.


In relation to the terrible car accident at
the same place, last night, the engineer 5
theory is that the explosion of Saturday
night caused disarraugement of the bat
terry, and the jar of the car being driven on
the platform caused vibration of the
wire and RUG the alarm.
Year: 1876

Our board of highway commissioners at
its meeting, yesterday, concluded to build
the new proposed read to Pleasant Valley
at once, if possible, and for that purpose
Commissioner Grencll was appointed Il
committee to inquire iuto the status of the
case and report at meeting to be held on
Saturday next This road is an important
one to Moline and ought to have been put
through long ago, but was opposed by a
certain clique who seemed to control the
action of the highway commissioners and
defeat it. The ARGUS has earnestly ad
vocated this measure from its inception,
believing that it was for the best interests
of the public to haye the road built The
river road Is at present impassable, and
has been for some time, aud since the re-
cent rains it is flooded so that farmers
cannot get to the city without danger to
life and property. Had the Pleasant Val


ley road been built last year, as it should
have been, the public would now have a
good road to the Dosha. 1t is hoped that
there will be no further delay in the mat
ter by the board of highway commission
ers. The road is public necessity and
should be built at once. The commercial
interests of Moline would be materially
benefited, and our merchants be able to
control the trade of the rich farming coun-
try through which it passes. Let the con
summation of this important measure be
effected at once
Year: 1876

every inch of the way, Cleveland fighting
hard all the time, compelling Teller to use
the butt of his revolver pretty freely. He
was finally locked up, but was badly beaten.
DIR. Piper was sent for, and, on examina-
ton, it was found that Cleveland's jaw was
broken, his nose battered and his face
pretty we'll cut. This negro is one of the
worst cases in Moline aud there are few
who will interfere with him. He is in
fact regular desperate. and has been
warned out of two places, Caillicothe, Ohio,
and Peoria, Ills. Officer Teller deserves
the thanks of all law abiding citizens for
his plucky conduct 1t was clear grit.
Barney did not appear for trial this morn
ing as he was unable to do so-at least he
claimed that he was, He will probably be
tried tomorrow before Police Magistrate
Swander who knows how to handle such
cases satisfactorily
Year: 1876

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL EOl
! Rust or crack and costs only trifc more than
common iron pipe Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. haYc The exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS


Store in Star Block
Year: 1876

ARCHBISHOP PURCELL 9 DECLARATION ON THE


ATTITUDE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO-


WARD THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


For years the attitude of the Catholic
Church toward the public schools has
been either knowingly or ignorantly
misrepresented. By the press and on
the forum in the halls of legislation,
and in the puipits of Professionalism,
the Catholic church has been falsely
and foully accused of designing the
destruction of the common school sys-
tenn. With the faint hope of making
our voice heard above the loud din of
slander which meets us on every side
when the school question is discussed,
we beg leave to state categoricallv the
position of the Catholic church in re-
lation to the common schools:
DECLARATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED


STATES.


Enemies of the Catholic church assert
that the bishops and clergy of that
church are hostile to the public schools
of the country, and are leagued togeth-
er to destroy them. Americans, read
our declaration, and learn our true sem
timents.


l. The Catholic bishops and clergy
have no intention whatever to interfere
with your public school system. Build
as many schools as you wish; we will
never say a word against it, and
we will leave to yourselves the care of
your own children.


2. You wish your schools to be free
from all religious influence; in other
words, you wish them lot to be sec
tional or sectarian in any sense. The
Episcopate of the Catholic church says
in this regard: Do with your children
as you please.


8. We Catholics on the other hand,
are under the conviction that children
are sent to school not only to be formed
into citizens, but also, and especially,
to be educated into good men and good
Christians, and our church believes, in
all earnest, with Guizot, the celebrated
Protestant statesman OF France, that
education can by no means be separ-
ated from religious influence. There
fore, while leaving your schools and
their management peacefully in your
own hands, we claim the right of hav-
ing schools of our own, from which re-
ligion shall not be excluded, but be al.
lowed to exercise influence on ou,
youth.


4. We claim the right on the ples
that we are religious body in this fret
country. Whose eQns itution mast sol'
Year: 1876

The sails of water and slop pals
around the barn often get loosened or
come off, by the breaking of the ears,
and the pail has to be carried between
the two hands, because the owner has
no sheet or hoop iron to repair with.
Leather for pail ears answer a good
purpose. Take strip of harness or
boot lather, one inch wide and three
inches long, punch bail hole through
neat the top and tack it on with small
na5ls. e the leather is good a pair of
e2rs Will last . yeaEs0x more p;onoo
OF old boot tops answer we'll. z ->' -
Year: 1876

book. About 43o appears to be the most favorable
the central part of the mound is uncovered ana
from 45 to 75 bushels are taken out The cause OF
the heating is generally found TO be some decaylhg
potatoes.
Year: 1876

PREPARATION OF PERFECTLY PURE BiCARnoNATE
or PoTAsH.-Pcsci recommends for the preparation
of perfectly pure bcarbonate Of potash the passage
OF current Of carbonic acid through solution, in
so per cent alcohol Of caustic potash, purified 10y
alcohol and separating the bcarbOnate thus formed,
and washing it with alcohol ChlOrideS and nitTates
remain i'm solution.
Year: 1876

s~A large man, who sat on the wharf, fish
ing, recently gave his opinion with regard to
the hard times. He said the trouble was that
capital was opposed to labor, and no matter
make no concession. He wanted work himself
he said, and once he thought of giving up,
but now his wife was able to take in washing,
and he would never yield. He intended to say
more but he was obliged to 60 off to attend a
ball match.
Year: 1876

SINGULAR OccURRENcE.-One day last week,
while the denizens of Pylesville and vicinity


WIRE quietly pursuing their farm work, with
The sun shining brightly and not cloud to be
SEN anywhere, they were suddenly surprised
By loud peals of thunder and playful pranks Of
lightning Plow teams and plowmen, old men
ard maidens, sought the shelter of house and
b,rn more hastily than graceful. About the
same time deep toned sound was heard like
tie roaring of whirlwind.-Harford Democrat
Year: 1876

Gg-A thirsty topper, in barroom, flung
down his sixpence and then filled his glass to
the brim with whisky. "Hold on !" exclaimed
the bartender, in apparent establishment,
"there is a chrome goes with that drink" and
tearing off a portion of the end of cigar box,
be politely handed it across the counter.
Year: 1876

of better class are equally curious in their
way. One such is the residence of Captain
Caulk, an ex-Delawarean, frame structure OF
hexagon shape in front of which is collection
of immense bones, relics of an enormous whale
that was stranded upon the beach in storm.


The Island of Chincoteague claims to have
besn, during the late war,
Year: 1876

OUR PUBLIC CREDIT.-The Democratic plat
form demands reform in order TO restore the
public credit. The promptness with which
the capitalists of this and other countries take
the proffered loan of $500, 900, 900 at four and
a half per cent. looks as if our public credit
was in most excellent condition. AS it stands
better than ever before in our history 1t is not
likely that q term OF Democracy could im-
prove it.
Year: 1876

TIE cAMP-FIREs OF patriotism are lighting
up everywhere. The loyal people are awake
to the necessities of the hour, and are rallying
to the defense of the old flag as never before:
Keep it upl Put forth every effort to make
the victory the completest in our history.
Democracy is already on the retreat. If our
friends work energeticallY we shall make the
defeat an utter rout
Year: 1876

The exposure OF Une doings of the ring be-
gan in the New York Times in 1869, but it
was not until October, 1871, a month after
the grand reform demonstration at the Cooper
institute, which lie declined TO attend-not
until the ring was tottering to its downfall,
and is complete overthrow was but a question
of hoGrs. that Tildcp became convert to the
cause of reform.
Year: 1876

Record ofthe Democratic Candidates.
, The past record of the Democratic candi-
dates for President and Vice President is not


such as to attract to them the sympathies or


support of the people. A few facts only are
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, May 9.-The magazine
on Jersey City Heights, which e1Ploi-
ed Saturday night contained about 800
bsrre's of rock powder and and kegs Of
commsn blast powder. An eve witness
saws he saw twelve or thirteen tunnel
men come from the direction Of Ho-
boken and 90 up the "hundred steps
and after they reached the top OF the bill
he heard the report OF pistol and
soon alter the explosion occurred. The
iron door OF the magazine was found two
miles distant yesterday. In re ntion TO
the terrible car accident at the same
place last night the engineers theory Is
that the explosion of Saturday night
caused the arrangement of the battery
ard the jar of the car being driven on
the platform caused the vibration OF the
wire and rang the alarm
Year: 1876

SAN FRANCISCO, May "a dispatch
from Victoria says in the House yester
day Premier Elliot announced the in
tention of the government a. as early n
day as business would admit to move
the House into "A committee ot the whole
for the purpose of further considering
the matter ut issue between the pro-
vincial and dominion government in re.
lation to the non-iuliillment of railroad
obligations towards British Columbia.
Year: 1876

The way in which Mary Knight. of New
York, met her death, one day last week. is
a strong temperance lecture. TIE woman
was hard drinker and there were frequent
quarrels between her and her husband.
Knight came home from work and found
bis wife drunk. and the miserable apart
ments they occupied in confusion, the fur
niture overturned, and no fire in the stove.
Knight abused his vic and went out to
get his supper in an oyster saloon. She fol-
lowed him 10 the sidewalk, and struck at
him with bottle containing kerosene oil,
which few from her hand aud was broken
on the sidewalk. knight walked ON and
was followed by his wife. who again struck
at him with dinner can. lie tten turned
about and struck her in the face. She stay
gered and fell into basement. her head
crashing through the window OF the door.
The broken glass cut her neck in terrible
manner. severing hecsrotd artery Knight
e. once ran for doctor. but on his return
his wife was dead.
Year: 1876

Prof Seelye. of Amherst, says our public
schools are in danger, on the one hand, of
slipping into the hands of the RJman
Catholic priesthood, and, on the other, of
being deprived of the Bible and becoming
secular He thinks one extreme should be
avoided as much as the other, and that it
would be as easy to pursue midile course
in this respect as TO preserve mean be-
tween unresisted despotism and unbridled
license. Prof Seelye, as Representative in
Congress, will doubtless have opportunity
to give expression to his views, and if he
does we shall expect light will be shed on
subject which seems needlessly mixed in
the minds of many good citisens.-Chacago
Adpance.
Year: 1876

Fresh interest in the departed author of
the terrible dynamite explosion at Bremen
haven has been created in New York By the
discovery in the custom house store-room at
the White Star lines wharf OF mysterious
box which Thomassen, or Thompson, shipped
at Liverpool on the Celtic, last October. and
on which he tried to get full insurance, as
containing $50, 900 in coin, but was baked
by demand for inspection. Failing to get
it insured, Thompson, evidently to allay
suspicion, came over with it. On arrival
in New York he represented to the custom
house inspector that it contained cartridges,
which he had brought to this country for
his own use, as he was going on an exten-
siye hunting tour through the Western
States. lie asked leave to place the box in
the store-room on the wharf, and he would
call for il in few days. He left it but
never called for it, and it remained there
undisturbed until Wednesday, when, the
curiosity of the officials OF the steamship
line having been aroused by the report of
the Mosel catastrophe, they opened the box
and it was found to contain bags of large bird
shot. The box was lined with steel about
Of an inch thick, and was nailed securely
and fastened with strap of iron. There
was no address or mark on the box. IL has
been ascertsined that Thompson took
room at the Fifth Avenue hotel on Octo-
Der 9th, and remained there three DAYS
when he left, and is supposed to have sailed
for Europe, his project for the destruction of
the Celtic having failed The box Is now
in the hands of the police.


The Bremen papers continue to be full OF
statements regarding Thompson's move
ments. II is stated that letters have been
found, which, even if he had not confessed,
would have been convincing proof of his
guilt. In letter dated Strehlen, near
Dresden, his wife begs him to give up his
projected scheme and to turn back from the
dangerous path hs was treading. She did
not wish such blood-money. The Bremen
haven ZNtung asserts that Thompson re-
turned last time from America to Ger
many in the Rhen, with Capt. Brickenstein
and brought with him cask of exactly the
same shape as the one which recently ex-
ploded also that, few DAYS before the
time for the sailing of the Deutschland, he
went 10 the clockmaker TO whom he had
given his machine for cleaning. and asked
that he should hasten on the work. The
clock was ready and the clockmaker handed
it to him. The same dav he returned to the
cleaner, with the remark. My God, you
have wound it up. The clockmaker nodded,
saying be had done it to try it. The next
day Thompson called again. asking how
many times he had turned the key and how
long time it would take TO run down.
The clockmaker could give him no definite
answer, and he went away. If the clock
maker had not wound it up, it was doubt
less his intention to make the Deutschland
the object of his diaboiical plans
Year: 1876

Nobody is ever SO happy or so unhappy
as he imagines.


1t requires greater virtue to sustain
good fortune than bad.


Our passions are the only orators who
are certain to persuade us.


If we had no faults ourselves, we should
not have so much pleasure in discovering
the faults of others.


Philosophy triumphs easily over past
evils and evils to come, but present evils
triumph over philosophy.


The evil which we do does not draw
upon us so many prosecutions and so
much hatred as our good qualities.


Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head
of the man, but falls like dew on tne
head Of the woman, and brings forth
gems of strength of which she herself had
no conscious possession.


Man is the highest product of his own
history. The discovery finds nothing so
valuable to him. The greatest star il
at the little end of the telescope
that is looking, not looked for, mol
looked at.


God has fixed upon the earth two gates
which lead to heaven. He has placed
them at the two extremities of life; one
at the beginning, the other at its end.
The first is that Of innocence, the second
that of repentance.


Love is indeed heaven upon earth
since heaven above would not be heaven
without it; for, where is not love, there
is fear; but "perfect love casteth out
fear" And yet we naturally fear most
IN ofIend what we most love


The only way is to hang, kill, cruelty
your gods, and execrate and trample
them under your stupid hoofs for cen
tury or two, Till you discover that they
are gods; aud then take to Dragging
over them, still in very iong-eared
manner.
Year: 1876

There is nothing too little for so little
creature rs man. 1t is by studying
little things that we attain the great art
of having less misery and as much hap
piness as possible.


A man has no more right to say an un-
civil thing than to act one; no more
right to say rude thing than to knock
one down.


Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck
only at one end of the room it will soon
fall to the ground. To kept up it must
be struck at both ends.
No money is better spent than what is
laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man
is pleased that his wife is as well dressed
as other people; and wife is happy that
she is we'll dressed.


AdventitiOus accomplishments may be
possessed by all ranks; but one may dis
tinguish the born gentlewoman.


Sunday should be different from other
days. People may walk but not throw
stones at birds. There may be relaxation
bnt no levity.


have always considered clergyman
as the father of a larger family than he is
able to maintain. l would rather have
chancery suits upon my hands than the
cure of souls. ] do not envy clergyman's
life as an easy life, nor do / envy the
clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Year: 1876


Oh, say, can you see by the eawn's early light
What so proudly We hailed at the twilights last
Whose broad stffipes and bright stars through the
Der the ra@parts we watched were SO gallantly
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still
Oh, say, does the star-spanged banner still wave
O'er the land OF the free and the home OF the


brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the
Where the foes naughty host In dread silence re.
What is that which the breeze DER the towerin.
As it tiuily blows, half conceals, half discloses
Now 1t catches the CLEAN of the mornings first
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream; :.
It's the star-spangled banner, oh, long may II
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of the


brave.


And where is the band who so vauntlngly swore
That the havoc OF war, and the battles confusion,
home and a country would leave us no more
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps


pollution.
No refuge could cave the hireling and slave
From the Of fight or the gloom OF the grave;
And the star-spanged banner In triumph doth
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of the


brave.


Oh, thus be II ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and wars desolation
Blessed with victory and peace may the heaven-res-


cued land


Praise the power that hath made and preserved us


a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause 1t is just,
And this be our motto" In God Is our trust! !" -
And the star-spaDglcd banner In triumph shall


wave


Der the land Of the free and the home Of the


brave.