smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

REJECTION OF FoRcE.-The force em-
ployed at the Old Dominion quarry in the
preparation of granite for the Philad eipbaa
post office was on yesterday reduced from
It's to 100 meD, on account OF the failure OF
Congress TO make an appropriation.
Year: 1876

tion is agitated the more it becomes evident that
there are but two lawful solutions of the difficulty
Either the Senate must assent to the theory that the
power of rejection resides in the two Houses jointly
and then both must agree as 10 how it shall be exer
cised, in default of any such agreement the Pres
dent of the Senate acting upon the Interpretation of
the Constitution of the convention that framed the
instrument, must himself open and count the votes
That Interpretation is found in the resolution of the
convention of Sept. IT, 1887 passed to give effect
to the first election of President 1t decares:


That the Senators and Representatives should con-
at the time and place assigned that the Senators
should appoint President of the Senate for the sole
purpose Of receiving opening and counting the votes
for President aud that after he shall be chosen the Con-
gress, together with the President should without de-
lay, proceed to execute this Constitution.


This resolution was signed by George Washington,
President of the Convention. E.v. 8.
Year: 1876

There are few things more productive
of evil in domestic life than thoroughly
bad temper. 1t does not matter what
form that temper may assume, whether
it is of sulky kind that maintains per-
feet silence for many days, or the madly
passionate, which vents itself in absolute
violence. Ill-temper at any age is a bad
thing; it never does anybody any good,
and those who indulge in it feel no bet
ter for it. After the passion has passed
away one sees that he had been very fool
ish, and knows that others see it too.
Bad temper in the aged is, perhaps, the
most trying of all it is indeed pitiable
sight to see the wrinkled cheek of an old
person ahame with the fires of anger and
passion. Since anger is useless, and an
unspeakable misery to its victims, why
should it be INDUCED in at all


No trait of character is more valuable
in wife than the possession of sweet
temper. Home can never be made happy
without it. 1t is like the flowers that
spring up in our pathway, reviving and
cheering us. Let man 60 home at
night, weary and worn out by the tolls
of the day, and how soothing is word
dictated by sweet disposition 1t is
sunshine falling on his heart. He ishappy
and the cares of life are forgotten. A
sweet temper has soothing influence
over the mind of the Whole family. When
it is found in the wife and mother, you
find kindness and love predominating
over the natural feelings of bad heart
Smiles, kind words and looks, character.
ize the children, and peace and love
have their dwelling there.


True happiness is of retired nature
and an enemy to pomp and noise il
arises, in the first place, from the enjoy,
ment of ones self, and in the next, from
the conversation and friendship of few
select companions. False happiness loves
to be in a crowd, and to draw the eye
of the world upon her. She does not re-
ceive any satisfaction from the applause
which she gives herself, but from the ad
miration which she raises in others.


The greatest man is he who chooses
right with the most invincible resolu
tion; who resists the sorest temptation
from within and without; who bears th'
heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calm
est in the storms, and the most fearles
under menaces and frowns; whose reli
ance on truth, on virtue and on God, j
most unfaltering.
Year: 1876

The only satisfactory detective Of
blood-stains, and the animal from which


they have been derived, is the micro
scope. When avery thin film of human
blood is pressed between two plates of
glass, as in ordinary microscopic work,
and examined under tolerably high
power of the instrument, the well knewn


red fluid is seen in reality to consist of a
perfectly colorless liquid, known as the
serum, and of an immense number of
minute solid particles floating in this
LIQUID. These latter particles are the
blood-corpuscles; the vast majority of
these bodies appearing of a reddish
yellow hue, while few are seen to be OF
white color. Thus, the color of the
blood is entirely due to the presence OF
these little globules, which exists in such
numbers that the fluid presents to the
unassisted sight uniformly red appear
ance. The blood of all animals contains
corpuscles or globules of one kind OF
another; and IL is from the different
characters presented by the blood


globules of different animals that ths
microscopic is enabled TO distinguish the
! vital fluid of one from that of another
Year: 1876

We need young man to stir the people
And lead them to the fold"
The deacons said :: We ask your resignation,
Because you're growing eld."
The pastor bowed his deacoRs out In silence,
And tenderly the gloom
OF twilight hid him and his bitter anguish
Within the lonely room.
Above the violet hills the sunlight's glory
Hung like crown OF gold,
And from the great church spire the bells sweet


anthem
Adown the stiffness rolled.
Assembled were the people for Ged's worship;
But In his study chair
The pastor sat unheeding, while the south wind
Caressed his snow-white hair.
smile lay on his lips. His was the secret
OF sorrows glad surcease,
Upon his forehead shone the benediction
OF everlasting peace.
Z" The ways Of Providence are most mysterious"
The deacons gravely said,
AS wondering eyes, and scared, the people crowded
About their pastor-dead.
" We loved him I" wrote the people on the coffin,
In words of shining gold
And 'bove the broken heart they set statue
OF marble, white and cold.
The end 2 All, ne-the undiscovered country
Somewhere In brightness lies
Though only space and stars may be discerned
BY mans shortsighted eyes.


Home Journal.
Year: 1876

1t is a fact, which tens of thousands
who sing what are known as the Moody
and Sankey hymns perhaps never
thought of, that many Of them have no
particular religion in them at all, and
that they can be sung and are, in fact,
sung by Jews as we'll as Christians, and
by outside worldings as well rs both:
Let any one examine the text of Hold
the Fort" "Only an Armor Bearer" "
or " Pull for the Shore" and he will at
once see that they are quite as fit for a
tabernacle as for Presbyterian meeting
house, ,,or for Mohammedan mosque as
either. Indeed, there are those who,
hearing some Of them sang for the first
time in theaters, like "The Sweet by
and By" never imagine that they were
written as hymns or intended TO be used
as part of the church services at all.


The most sublime illustration of con
fidence in your fellow-man is going into
| a restaurant and ordering hash,
Year: 1876

A SUBSTITUTE for gunpowder has been
invented in England, in the shape of
paper impregnated with chemical COM
bination of chlorate of potash, nitrate of
potash, prussiste ofpotash, and chromate
of potash, coupled with little powdered
charcoal and tinder. The paper is rolled
around these latter in the desired sizes
for cartridges. The advantages offered
are that no danger ofexplosion exists ex
cept from actual contact with fire, the
interior of the arm is not soiled, less
smoke and less rebound are made than
with gunpowder, and less damage takes
place from humanity. Very satisfactory
trials have been male of the new
material.
Year: 1876

A LONDON Times dispatch from Bel
grade says that there is much reason to
fear that Prince Milan and his Ministers
are no longer their own masters in the
question OF peace or war. If the war is
continued, and everything points in that
direction, it will be a Russian war in
Servia until it becomes something more
1t is stated on Turkish authority, that
the Porte is averse to formal armistice
because that would infame the fanatic
element, with which it would be unabl,
to cope. For the same reason the Port,
may be affected to consent to the condi
tions of peace submitted by the Powers
but the crisis admits of no hesitation
1t is believed that the only chance lie
in Turkeys prompt acceptance of all tn,
conditions of the Powers; that also i
her own best policy, for in week Their
may be different army in the Servial
field. Hundreds of Russians are arriv
ing daily. For one officer at Belgrade
in Servian uniform, you meet twenty il
Russian. The situation is most alarm
ing for the peace of Europe. The SAM
correspondent, referring to the note O
M. Ristics, siys: cit is my conviction
that the proposal of any armistice vii
scarcely afford even n chance of stavin
off larger war than has been bithert
waged between the Turks and Servian,
and then the defeat Of Turkey is NOR
than probable. The delay of single da
may prove vital to Turkey and the ger
eral peace Of Europe"
Year: 1876

"a penny saved a penny Eained''-
Be prudent and discerning;
No matter what your wants may be,
Don't spend all you are earning.
Yes lad! we know the will is strong,
Temptations come in plenty,
Let fifteen dollars meet your needs
If you are earning twenty.
Pay ~ you buy; don't run in debt
Great comfort Is in knowing
That you are free from suits and duns,
That you are no man owing.
10 many things you'd d like to ha,sl
Next month your pay increases,
Look out my lad! What will you do
II then your income ceases?
Be generous, be always just;-


This life that we are living
Would lose much pleasure, with the rest
We feel in joy Of giving.
How can you save, you'd lik. to knewf
Tell and you'll gladly hear it
Your pocket Is dangerous place,


Your hand is always near it.
Put in the bank all that you save,


And then you will have reason
To thank us, for our good advice,


When comes your cloudy season.
You may have sunshine all your lifsf


We hope you'll have no otherI
Then, with your savings in the bank


Just LIT some fallen brother.
Year: 1876

While there is no doubt that Secretary
Robson could be successfully impeached,
congress is SO busily employed attending
to the election matter, that it is thought
there will be no impeachment. If the
presidential election muddle is quietly
settled, the secretary will certainly bS
brought before the bar Of the senate,
Year: 1876

not A PATTY TO m REMOVAL OF PosTMAsTIE-


GENERAL JEWELL.


70 me Edit0r Of me TTtbUne.


SIR: The statement published as a Washing
ton special in The EcHHg POST of today, to The effect
that was concerned IN, had knowledge OF, the re-


oyal OF Postmascr-Gcneral Jewell Is absolutely false
Mr Jewell and myself were personal friends long
before he became POstmaster-Gencr ami nothing has
occurred that of during his Official term to
disturb our relations in tine slightest degree.


Itls rladc by iaw the duty 81 the PosmastcrGtnera
once year 10 x the rates which tbc Government shall
nav upon rs telcgIaphc business This is usually done
at the end OF Juno in each year and since Mr Jewell has
been he has gwen LIE notice OF the
time when he would consider the subject in order
that I might be heard il l should so desire.
Some three weeks ago he called my auauton to the
matter az he had done year before about the
tine aud In communication TO me- on the subject spoke
OF reduction OF rates. We had correspondence
about the matter during which he stated That ho pro-
posed TO bring mp the subject 10 Cabinet Ineeung.
Thereupon / sent the President communication by
telegraph 90 be considered at the same tme giving
briefly the reasons why thought the Government rates,
which are considerably below the average rates pad by
the public should be further reduced This message
vasnot sent IN time To- be considered at the meeting.
few days later went 10 Washington for tho purpose OF
conferng with the Postmaster General this subject
and the result OF the conference arrangement of
the substantially on the basis OF last year. which
was entirely satisfactory 10 NE.


have not only not been party directly or indirectly.
TO any movement looking To the removal OF Mr. Jewell
lat | have had knowledge whatever THAI any such
movement was on foot OF course an not competent
witness concerning what is done al Cabinet meetings,
bat as the telegraph for the current fiscal year were
xcd by the iusnasterGeneral voluntarily. there was
no occasion appeal to the Cabinet to Oyerc hisn
and 40 such appeal was made to nv knowledge and Il
may be assumed therefore that he "as not overrued


Eeie- York, July Il, 1876. WILLIAM OgfOS.
Year: 1876

The following occurrence to which my
friend was an eyewitness will illustrate
the prevailing tone of German men to
women as women: A young girl entered
street car in one of the best streets in
Berlin. The car had its usual compile
ment of eighteen people, ten men and
eight women. She quietly took her
standing position. A man near her,
slapping his hand ON his knee, said
" See here, Fraulein, you may sit here"
She drew near the ladies present and
said not word. This he repeated twice,
with some other insulting words, until
the poor girl trembled and crimsoned
with shame. A married lady sitting
near with her daughter, rose to her feet,
and said: :" Is there not man in this
car gentleman enough Ito protect this
young girl from the insult of this man,
who has not only insulted her but every
lady in the carr" Profound silence.
(" Then will see what can do,' and
forcing open the car door, she called the
conductor, and stating the case, asked 10
have the man put out. With the usual
feeling that womans opinion is not
worth anything, the conductor turned to
the men for an answer and some said
Oh, it is not bad enough for that"
When the lady insisted, one single man
at the other end of the car rose and said:
" The lady is right; the fellow should
be put out | regret to say for the last
ten years | have not lived In Germany
and return to my native land to blush
over the rude, i'll manners Of my coun-
trymen. The fellow was silenced, but
the conductor had not the moral courage
to put him out. The lady reported the
conductor to the authorities. Whether
he will be reprimanded or not remains
to be seen. Now / do not believe there
was single man in that car who would
not have resented the insult had the girl
been a relation, or even an acquaintance,
for as such it would have touched his
honor, but as simply woman he acted
on the principle, every one must look out
for himself. Such is the chivalrous at
tention of Germans to women.-Be Berlia
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
Year: 1876

There arrived here on Friday even
ing's Kansas Pacific train party of
three persons, direct from Deadwood
City, the new mining town in the Black
Hills. Learning that one of the party,
Herman Ganzio of Milwaukee, had been
shot and scalped by Indians, we took
from his lips the story of his experiences
as follows You see we were coming
down into the valley of Hot Creek, on
our way to Fort Laramie. | had gone
on ahead of the wagons, when, looking
down ravine to the right | saw FIVE
mounted Indians ride across the valley.
| started to go back to the train, when
at least a dozen Indians ran at me out
of the brush, and you bet | ran and hol-
lered for help. In a minute more two
or three shot at me. | felt a sharp.
singing pain in my left leg and another
in my left shoulder, and | fell. Then
they were upon me in minute, and one
of them put his knee in my back, while
another hit me clip with club or a
butt end of gun. | don't know which,
as l had no time to think. All know
| was being scalped my hair was held
tight. / felt hot, red hot, stinging sort
of pain all around the top of my head,
as if my hair was being torn out by the
roots 1t was too much couldn't
stand it. i died-at least | thought |
did. But my scalp was saved just as it
was being torn off The boys at the
wagons had seen me running saw the
Indians, and came on, thirteen of them,
and got up just in time to prevent the
red devils finishing their work. The
Indians, as well as my friends, thought
| was dead But came to again, and
my scalp was laid back again. 1t was
only half torn of, as you will see, and
is growing again nicely" The poor fel-
low was taken to Fort Laramie and re-
ceived every attention, and, as soon as
he was able, started for his parents home
in Milwaukee. He is the first white
man who has felt the " Injun's hand
in his hair this year, who has lived to
come home and tell how it feels.
Year: 1876

Ole of the saddest records we have
ever made in these columns, says a
Colorado paper, is the following : Some
time since gentleman from this county,
who is one of our most prominent bust
ness men, was united in marriage with a
charming and accomplished young lady
from one of the cities of the bay. The
couple went to San Jose to spend few
days of that usually blssful period, the
first of married life. The union took
place on Sunday, and very early Thurs
day morning the bridegroom was
awakei. ed by hearing the young bride at
prayers. Suddenly her praying was
changed to singing, and this was follow
ed by loud laughter, until the awful fear
took hold of the gentleman's mind that
bis beloved wife had lost her reason.
Thinking that change and the quiet OF
a country home would be beneficial, the
couple started at once for home. The
lady's malady grew steadily worse dur,
ing the Journey, and no benefit was de-
rived at their new home, and few days
since it vas found necessary to take her
back to her parental associations in the
hopes that mothers care would prove
the panacea. Tho spectacle as the party
passed down the road was one of the
most pitiful and saddest that could be
imagined. The bride of q week had be-
como raying maniao, wild and violent,
requiring the strength of several persons
to hold her. Her husbands grief was
terrible beyond expression.
Year: 1876

The retirement of Miss Jeanette Ben
nett, daughter of the late James Gordon
Bennett, of the New York Herald, to q
convent, has been closely discussed
with a view of learning whether it
could be explained by any special disap-
pointment. There is. however, says q
New York correspondent, not the
slightest probability of this character.
The fact is that of the two children OF
the once famous editor, the son bears a
strong resemblance to bis mother, and
the daughter is very much like her
father. I do not refer so much to the
features as to the character. It is evi-
dent that the dashing, sporting, drlv-
ing, yachting proprietor of the Herald
shows little LIKENESS to his father, who
never drove horse, and never was on a
yacht, and had no care for those active
sports in which his son delights.


The senior Bennett was very pecu-
liar man, and was little understood out.
sido of his own editorial rooms. Not
withstanding the boldness OF his col
umns, he was very timid, and was con-
stitutionally SHY of the public. he
never attended any festal occasion, and
never made a speech, even in reply to a
toast, for he avoided all such occasions.
AS m editor, he kept himself in his
little Office. he rarely appeared IN the
street, coming and going in his carriage,
and never went to church. His only
place of public resort was the theater.
In later years he abandoned this habit,
and became q very close recluse. This
was a natural tendency which his daugh-
ter has Inherited. Were she forced by
circumstances to battle with the world,
rs her father did, there can be no doubt
of her success, but being left to pursue
her own inclinations, she INDUCES her
natural love of retirement. Young Ben
nett, however, inherits from his mother
q love of society.
Year: 1876

A few days ago young man was ar
rested at the instance of the saloon
keepers in the Tribune building, New
York, for carrying banner before their
establishment, inscribed: "Rum and
Iobacco-the Devil and his Wife
Shame on You p His employer was
MIR. Himan G. Dexter, house and sign
painter, at 40 Broad street, after whose
name in the city directory is printed the
same injunction. BE was announced to
speak before the American Temperance
Union in Bleecker Hall.


Mr.. J. B. Gibbs, the president, said
that Mr.. Dexter had planted his banner
before a very bad place. Passing by
the same saloon, he saw woman stand
ing before it, tattered, and evidently
ruined by rum. She repeatedly yelled
bitter oaths to the proprietor inside.
The speaker felt that it was an invoca-
tion honestly offered. Tho woman had
been wrecked by liquor, and felt from
the bottom of her soul the ills that the
traffic was casting upon society.


Mr.. Hunter said that the saloon did q
big business, and his heart burned to
think that Horace Greeley's memory
was 80 outraged. He had often almost
shed tears in dwelling upon the fact.
He would like to give little informa-
ton regarding this saloon. A young man
whom he once met was invited by a
friend to take drink in the place, but
said he preferred taking n bath. His
friend told him that he would take him
to bathing establishment and took him
to the top OF a four story building where
baths of wine could be had at dollar
each. On objecting to the price, the
young man was told that the baths on
the story below were fifty cents each,
but that the wine there had been bathed
in by customers on the top floor. On
being used in that story it was carried
by pipes to the one below, where twen-
ty-fve cents was charged, and after
being there used, was conducted to the
floor below, where, the young man was
told, it was bottled for the saloon. The
young man subsequently took occasion
to visit the building, one night between
twelve and one o'clock, when it was
closed, and when the bottling took place.
He found, the speaker said, men stand
ing naked in the wine butts. The wine,
the men said, was I'll intended for the
saloon York Sun.
Year: 1876

It is about time, says the Boston Ad
vertiser, that the newspapers and the
readers of newspapers should cease e1
pressing wonder that shower at the
end of a very hot day "did not cool the
air." The idea that the weather Is us
nally rendered more bearable by such
showers is contradicted by experience,
andisopposed to common sense. In very
rare cases a permanent change OF wind
begins at the same time rs an evening
shower, and then we have cooler wealth.
er. But il nine cases out of ten dead
calm follows the shower. The ground
is both heated and soaked with water,
which rises in the form of steam and
charges the atmosphere. A dry air is
not very oppressive even at high tenn
perature, but add an excess Of moisture
to an already heated atmosphere, which
is at the same time disturbed by scarce
ly puff of wind, and their effect is al
most intolerable. This is the condition
a summer shower usually leaves behind
it. The wonder should therefore be ex'
pressed when thunder storm does mod
crate the temperature Or improve the
quality of the atmosphere.
Year: 1876

By boldly executed series of opera.
tions, the Turks have possessed them
selves of the Timok valley, the ridges
overlooking which form the natural
fortress Of Servia on the northeast. To
make this advance of use to the Turks
requires, however, the prompt use OF
large bodies of troops-more than they
seem able to command at present. The
advance, however, proves Servia to be
thrown entirely on the defensive, and
with little chance just now of being able
able to bring into play that branch OF
military science known as the offensive


defensive. This is sad change from
the confident advance of Tchernayeff
month ago, who started out on an easy
march for Adrianople via Sofa. We are
likely to see better lighting on the Ser
Wan side now that the Servians are on
their own soil, unless the great powers
can stop the war altogether. Events,
however, are hardly ripe enough for that
Year: 1876

What ais this nation is want of conf
dence; and it suggests train of painful
reflections to see a mother Of family OF
religious boys so scrupulollsly particular
in locking the pantry door after her.
Year: 1876

Reading, Pa, is bad place for
tramps. An old maid recently mar
ried one who applied for aid.


A woman of forty applied to the
Chicago County Clerk for a license to
marry boy of sixteen, and didn't get
it.
Year: 1876

Through the center Of the town, each way,
are laid out avenues one hundred feet wide,
at the intersection of which, in the center OF
the town, is block set apart for the erection
OF the hotel. On either side of the town
are avenues ofthe same width. All six ave-
nues will be graded by the Association, and
set out to shade trees, making q six mile
drive without leaving the town.