smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

also remembered that this letter from
my agent I had opened Furthermore ]
remembered that ON that occasion l had
pot of varnish with me; it was with
daub of varnish that the two letters had
been stuck together When ] picked up
those two private letters, and put them
away in the pigeon hole, had unwit-
tingly laid the remittance from Gibson
away with them, and ia my hurry, as /
placed the remaining letters beneath the
ruler upon the desk, i did not notice
what had done, b
"What should be my next step2 l
knew now that George Sayers was inno-
cent, and that / had wronged him. I
must see him aud acknowledge the error,
and the sooner it was done the better
] arose and pntsaway the useless letters,
and having locked up the store went
directly to the widows dwelling. The
family had retired, bet called them up !;
and when they admitted me, I told
George what had discovered, There
was fash in his eyes, but Idid not yet
allow him to speak. l caught his hand
aad acknowledged that had done him
wrong; and then asked him to forgive
me. / told him l would make the same
acknowledgment to all his friends and
that if he would come once more into my
employ / would make ample amends for
the mistake of the past. ara uai]


"The youth did not resist my appeal
He gladly accepted my terms; he forgave
me what l had done,and the mother and
sister sank down upon their knees in
happy thanksgiving. nee


"On the following day George appear
ed at my store and helped me arrange
my affairs; and before another night it
was known ali through the town that the
dark cloud had been lifted. My brother
in law entered into partnership with me,
and at the end of two years retiredlto
my mill and gave up my interest in the
store to George Sayers He married
the daughter of his partner, and is to-
day one of the most honored men of
our State. l tremble, even now, when l
think how very near mistake of mine
came to consigning that fair youth to
destruetion,and bringing his mother and
sister down to mortal sorrow There is
lesson in the story which every en-
ployer should heed and understand"
Year: 1876

They were sitting together, he and she,
and he was arduously thinking what to
say. Finally he burst out with ''In this
land of noble achievements and undying
glory, why is il that women do not come
to the front; why is it that they do not
climb the ladder of fame - Il suppose,
said she, putting her finger in her mouth.
lit is all on account of the puH-backs -
And then she sighed and he sighed, side
by side.
Year: 1876

The Galveston News scoffs at the Hart
ford Courant's learned articles on raising
chickens by hand. Ii says an untutored
freedman can raise more chickens by hand
on his way home from prayer meeting
than the editor of the COurant could raise
with all his science.
Year: 1876

CIxcIssATI, April IA horrible
infanticide and suicide occurred a. Ger
man boarding house, corner oi Tveliin
and Walnut streets, IN this city this
morning. Mary sherman, German
chanbermaid complained OF feeling siel
and retired 10 her small room An hour
Later she was found with her throat cut
The seor of the room WA slippery VIII
blood and the newly born body OF
female child with It's bead nearly sever
A from the body under her bed.
Year: 1876

eSSS@SsSs


thing of the doctrines of this religion


school. His subject was whore "Hav'


our Children and our Fore


fathers gone" While it nigh


be Of moro practical interest 10 US x


know where we are going; yet there il


q natural disposition in man, when trav


elling to q new place and having friend.


who have preceded him from whom be


has heard nothing since their arrival. to
speculate, ss he journeys, about what they
are doing IN that unknown land. What
kind of a reception they met with and


what kind OF one he will receive on his
arrival. Therefore it is natural for all
net only to speculate, but also to hear the
speculstions of others, rs to the condition
of friends in the spirit world.


DR.. BRICKMAN who is q fine classical
scholar and graduate of the German
Universities, as we'll as for time q pro-
fessor in one of them, was we'll
fitted to do full justice TO his subject.
Born among the lovely scenery of north
ern Germany and raised and educated on
the banks of the Rhine, he has enough Of
sentiment and poetical temperament to
cordislly embrace the SwEDENBoRaIAN
doctrine, and by aid of his classic edu-
cation and fine mental powers to bring
out what beauties there may be in the
religion of which he is a minister. He
gave::his theory of the self-conscious ex-
istence of man after death;
as also .his explanation
OF what the soul is as to substance and
form, aad what and where is the spiritual
world. We would not in an article like
this, to attempt to give even synopsis
of the lecture, nor do we think it appro-
pirate 10 make comments, as it is not the
province of secular journal to enter
into theological discussions. 1t is sufi-
cient to say that the lecturer maintain ed
according TO the belief of the church,
that the soul has q spiritual form like
unto the body, and that the body, which
is alone made of what we feed on, losing
and renewing itself periodically, is only
a shell or cask to conceal the soul, and that
death is only dropping the shell, and the
immortal part retains its original form
which Is clearly disclosed to the spiritual
eye; and that the spirit world is not away
beyond space as is commonly believed,
but that it is around and about us, that
we are now living in it, unconscious of
the fact, and that the spiritual and mate
rial world occupy the same relations that
the body and soul do; he denied the res
direction of our mortal bodies, and re-
garded death as only closing the mortal
vision and opening the spiritual sight.


Those who feel an interest in these
matters will have an opportunity of hear
ing them further discussed, as DR.. BRICK
NAN will lecture tonight at the same
place on the Separation of body and
soul; and the judgment that follows"
and will preach on Sunday morning.
Year: 1876

ROME, April q. The representatives
of some of the great powers were re-
Gently in conference with several iDfiu-
ential Cardinals with view oil ascer-
tanning the best msans of bring
ing 10 an end the conflict be-
tween State and Churchc. The
Cardinals unanimously declared that
peace was impossible unless the
spiritual Independence OF the church was
acknowledged. The alliance and agree
ment bet ween the Church and State was
regulated by the Concoidat without
either party being made subordinate.
Year: 1876

Or late, SAYS the World, there has been
so much lightning striking all around
the sky of our Republican friends that
they haven't thought Of tsanting the
Democrats Of their failure to deal with
the currency question, neither have We
heard the yell "e1-Gonfederate Briga-
dier" as loud as it used to be when Blaine
was altogether as he is now, except those
bonds
Year: 1876

Gov. TIlDEN's New York delegation
will carry him into the st. Louis Con.
vsnlion with strong force, and if be
does no, secure the nomination will al
least be in position to name the man who
Year: 1876

Special to the Gazette.


WASHINGTON, April 25.-The extent
to which President Grant is disgusted
with the revelations made before the IN
vestigsting committees of Congress, is
best illustrated by his twice declining to
attend the play of Julius Caesar. The
text of the play so vividly recalls the
acts OF his own administration, especially
in the part where Brutus chides Cassius
for selling Offices for gain, that he deem
I'd it best not to accept the compliment
of the private box rendered him BY the
owner Of the theatre where the perform
ance was to night rendered by the New
York company in the presence Of nearly
every Senator and Congressman and to
crowded house.
Year: 1876

Charles Dudley Warner writes to the
Hartford Courant from Munich: At
present, you will hear, the only place


where good beer can be had is at the


cellar Of the court brewery, and there is
not enough of that to satisfy the thirsty
public only. few days at a time.
Enough must always be reserved for
the royal drinkers, and what is over is
given to the public. The last brewing
was opened only couple of weeks ago,
and it is expected to last only few
days longer. Having learned of this
impending destitution stepped round


there to-day. 1t is a democratic place.
The highest and the lowest mingle there
.together in struggle for the precious
fluid. There are no decent accommo-
dations for any one, and no one is wait
ed on. The keller is entered from the
rougll-paved alley which is full of beer
barrels and trucks. Within are some
low vaulted rooms; in one of them the
beer is dispensed over the counter. In
the other are rude benches and tables,
and every seat is filled, You can dimly
see through the tobacco smoke in these
low vaults that there are three or four
hundred men sitting there, each with
his mass Of beer in a stone mug. 1t Is
nearly noon The outer room is crowd
ed with servants and with gentlemen
striving to get their mugs into the hands
of the drawers Behind the counter are
half dozen men and women filling the
mugs as fast as they can draw. On the
counter is a great platter, with severa


compartments, into which the various
sorts of money received are
east. To get mug of beer is
ueritable struggle. You have first tt
find mtg, a not always easy task whel
nearly all who, have them hold on t.
them for second or third filling. Hav
ing caught mug, you 60 to a trough o
running water in the court and wash it
you then struggle up to the counter an
Year: 1876

Congressman Piper of San Francis co has introduced bill for the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War De partment. The most adverse critic of the military branch of government, could not wish for the passage of a bill more damaging to both army and Indians, than just such an one.

 December I, Maj " K. Hart, Fifth Cavalry, was ordered to report for duty in connection with the International Exhibition of 1876, to Major s. c. Lyford, Ordnance Department, chair man of board on behalf of the United States Executive Departments.

 December l, Captain G. c. Smith, assistant quartermaster, was relieved from duty in the Department of Texas and ordered to report to the command ing officer department of Arizona for assignment to duty as Post Quarter master at Camp Grant, Arizona

 A New York correspondent of The San Francisco Post got off this: When General Sherman was here recently he delivered himself forcibly on the prop osition to cut down the army. "Its not the rank and file that should be cut down." he cried "if they want to ec0nomize let tbem cut down me and the rest of us at the top of the army who cost so much and tax the country so heavily. What does a little army like ours need with such a mob of high and heavy commanders, all going around with shoulder straps and draw. ing big salaries? Why, a Major Gen eral ought to be able to take charge of our army, and yet it has enough high officers to command a million of men. Let them cut us down; let them cut me down." cried Sherman, if they want to do the correct thing"

 Senator Mitchell of Oregon has in troduced a bill to make Alaska a coun- ty of Washington Territory; says the military rule has been oppressive, and that General Howard approves the bill
Year: 1876

lAucSOA kNONs -SJ OofIespOlCence Stock

 ton IndependentJ

 Arising early the following morning went forth to visit the valley at the head Of the Santa Cruz river. Here again, as in almost all the mountain valleys, or mesas, I found an almost limitless country, even more. beautiful than any had yet seen. I crossed the valley from the Patagonia on the west to the Huachuca mountains on the east, distance of about ten miles. Fine oak, with DO chaparrel, no mes quite, no Underbrush of any kind skirted the Patagonia The oak is not unlike that which formerly bedecked the valley in the immediate vicinity of 1 Stockton. Here are

 MOUNTAIN QUAIL AND WILD TURKEY In great abundance, and very large. Deer and antelope are here in focks that in the distance remind one of sheep, for which they are often mis- taken. A pair of deer sprung up from the deep grass not fifty feet from my side, and mountain quail crouched in the meadow close under my horses feet. As I proceeded nearer the river or stream the oak timber lessened and beautiful prairie manifested itself. Here the grass in many places stood higher than the horses back, and as thick as wheat in Calaveras valley. On the banks of the stream cottonwood grows in prolusion. Here, as in other places of the Territory, living water is scarce, only few springs at distances of from five to ten miles are to be found. This makes it peculiarly desir. able for stock-raising purposes on ! large scale. Here 1 discovered fine spring of water, and as this is the dry est season of the year l knew this to be permanent. This seemed to me to be the

 VERY EDEN OF THE sTOCK-RAIsER. | dismounted, watered my horse, took out my journal, wrote upon it a notice of location, cut the leaf from my book, split the limb of tree and inserted 1t as notice to all subsequent visitors. 1 shall send man out in short time To build a small house and live in 1t until 1 can make arrangements to do something with it for myself or my friends. This point is about twenty miles from the town of Santa Cruz in I Mexico, which is on the route of the railroad from Tucson to Guaymas. If the impoverished stock-raisers of Cal f ifornia could behold the thousands Of acres of grass upon which hOOf never trod, I think they would remain in Cal ifOrnia with their excessive f1Ocks but short time. Flock after flock, herd after herd, immigrant after immigrant, arc on their way to this Territory. I When came we overlook several large tiocks of many thousands each on their way hither, and in fine condition. l have yet to see the first poor sheep or cattle in this Territory. Proceeding on across the valley I again entered fine oaks upon the foothills of Hua- chucas, and nowhere dId l see any thing but grassy valleys, plains and

 hillsides
Year: 1876

MoHAMMED MURAD EFFENDI, who is now
the Sultan of Turkey, was born in September,
1910, and is therefore in the thirty-sixth year
of his age. Little is known as to how he shall
succeed in bringing order out of the confusion
that reigns in Turkey, but things could not be
much worse than they are, and the fact that
the rightful heir to the throne, according to
the law of succession, has been proclaimed
Emperor by the people, augurs well for the
future; still we believe a religious war must
come before long. One thing, however, is
observation-disclosures from different parts of
the Turkish Empire announce that the change
in the government was received with general
satisfaction. The people are no doubt glad
that the oldest son of the dethroned Emperor
could not, according to the present law, sue
osed to the government of the Empire.
Year: 1876

THOUGH GOD's humble children may
both breakfast and dine on bread of ad-
versity and water of affliction they will
be sure to supsweetly and plentifully.
And the believing expectation of the
latter might serve to qualify the form
er, and make them easy under it.
Year: 1876

The survey Of the Bellaire and South
Beallsville was finally completed last
Saturday afternoon. The surveying
party started the first of the week at
the foot of the hill east of town and fin
ished the survey up the run on DR..
Armstrong; farm, formerly s. p.
jones', to near the Presbyterian
Church. They then went down Stand
ing Stone run to Keepers school house,
and surveyed from there to Sunfish
creek, down the creek to Piney and up
that run to Beallsville; thence West to
Thomas Nelson's, thence along the
Ozark ridge and down Cedar to Peter
Kuhn's where they connected wi h
the line previously run from Sunfish
creek. They returned from there to
Mr.. Nelson's where they took up the
line and surveyed down Death Fork TO
Sunfish creek, up that stream to Clin-
gan's run and followed that to Woods
field. We presume the route from
here to Beallsville will be decided upon
at the next meeting of the Directors.


Which of the several routes the lOca-
tion will be made upon is something
no one knows at this time; but the
drawings and calculations from the
surveys will be prepared by Chief En-
gineer Robinson Immediately and he
will describe the different routes, point
ing out the advantages and disadvant-
ages of all of them, calculate the cost
per mile on each and then the location
will be decided by the Board Woods
field Spirit 30th.
Year: 1876

mine. Ours is the shame, for ours has


been and is the power to cure such


wrong. II lingering paralysis still
desdens our industries and checks our
reviving trade and commerce, then


with US, the people, rests large share oil
blame, for we have not insisted that in
National affairs the same laws of com.
mon honesty should prevail that rule
in our daily dealings between man and
man.


flour methods of the public civil SER
uice still continue to be helps to parti-
san control rather than means for the
prompt, economical and efficient per-
formance of public duty, it is simply
and mainly because we, the people,
have either deliberately preferred that
this should be so, or have indolently
neglected practical efforts towards es-
tablisbing the civil service upon the
ordinary business principles and usages
of the factory and the counting reOm.
Whenever we, the people, pledge our
candidates fer Congress and the Senate
to neither ask nor recommend appoint
ments, and whenever we, the people,
ourselves cease to torment our repre-
sentatives and senators to secure posi-
tions for US, they will naturally aban-
don any anxious attempts to control
official patronage. But so long as we,
the people, insist upon being rewarded
by political place for our political SER
vice, ] fear that we shall mot change
the system which we ourselves practi-
cally insist upon perpetuating. Trees
usually grow from the roots up; and not
from the top downward.


Any failure to have good government
under our system is as much our fault
as that of our rulers. Nay, tits main
ly our fault. For with us lies the final
power. When we deliberately resolve,
they must either execute our purpose,
or give place to such as will.


This is the lesson would press home
this day upon each brain and con.
science-the personal performance by
each citizen of his Individual duty to
the State.


. We stand in the Centennial time of
the Republic. The good deeds, the
brave deeds OF many true men have
made this year possible. Broad and
full harvest fields lie before before us.
Are we wise enough, faithful enough,
unselfish enough to cross the river and
enter the promised land?


To us, to all, these dead speak as liv-
ing man may not. Let US heed their
teaching. Let US here and now, as at
altars of sacrifice, dedicate ourselves
anew to the duties of our citizenship.
Thus shall we turn back to our daily
living. better, more hopeful, more res
olute because we have been here to
scatter these flowers upon the graves
where our comrades sleep.
Year: 1876

A slim gentleman of rather
seedy appearance, with q bag in
his hand, called at DAnbury
Bank on Saturday, and asked for
the cashier. The boy took good
look at the party, whom he saw
to be a travelling agent of some
kind, and then went into the back
room with information. He turn
ed and said the cashier was very
busy just now. The stranger set
his bag down, and, leaning against
the wall, prepared to wait. ]


"He'll have q good time if lie
waits till Mr.. c. comes out
here" whispered the boy to the
teller.


"You bet," replied the teller
with jocular wink.


But the man waited. Years OF
experience, perhaps, had taught
him the wonderful sublimiiy Of
waiting. Once the cashier APP
peared in the door, but seeing the
bore still there he precipitately
retreated. Shortly he fed over to
the other bank to tell the cashier
of the way he had outwitted the
book fiend. He had been there
but q minute or two when the
slim man appeared and asked for
the cashier. The official of that
bank vas obliged to admit his
presence.


81 want TO make deposit of
$5,O0O," said the slim man. 81
was going to take it to the other
bank, but | got tired waiting for
the cashier to come in"


The cashier for whom he had
been waiting shot back to his own
institution, and when he got hold
of that, boy he gave him a clearer
idea of singing sounds sthan he
ever had before or will, perhaps,
have again! s,ii"ii I & !tVi 81.
Year: 1876

A few years before his death,
the Emperor Nicholas, Of Rus
sia, sent looking-glass Of rare
size to the Empress Of China
1t had to be carried all the way
from St. Petersburg to Pekin
by human hands. IN the mean
time, difficulties had broken out
between Russia and China
The Son of Heaven would not
accept the present. In the end
the Emperor Nicholas sent
word it should be carried back
by the same route. When he
gave the order the Grand Duke
Michael made q wager with the
Emperor that the looking-glass
received would be broken on
the way. The bearers of the
looking-glass received orders to
be as careful as possible. They
carried it back with the most
incredible care, forty men bear
ing it by turns.


The Emperor stood with his
brothers at the window Of the
palace, and laughed at having
won the bet. But on the stair
case of the palace oneof the car
riers slipped his foot and fell
down, dragging several of his
companions after him, and the
precious looking-glass was bro
ken into a thousand pieces
The Grand Duke, therefore,
won his bet.
Year: 1876

1t is understood that some Of
the ablest Democrats in the House
are engaged in summarizing the
result Of the investigations, and
that before the session closes these
results will be presented to the
country in one or two speeches
which will show in ineligible and
readable form what the congress
sioual inquiries have developed
But the Committees are by no
means done. Some of them, as
that appointed to inquire into the
management OF the New Orleans
custom house, have scarcely be-
gun. A good deal Of work re-
mains, and there is no disposition
to leave anything undone.