smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

The party of Sacramentans who re-
Gently left for Mendocino county on a
hunting trip, and of whose fit out we
gave brief description, were yesterday
heard from through brief letter re-
ceived here. They reached their hunt
ing-ground without more than ordinary
trouble, but had On adventure the first
day they got into their permanent camp,
which was Immediately adjoining the
farmhouse of a gentleman who used to
reside in Sacramento. Shortly after
they arrived, the ranchman intimated to
them that he had discovered that bear,
supposed to have been the cause of the
disappearance from the ranch of sundry
young pigs and goats, had secreted him
self in crevice in ledge of rocks not
more than 100 yards from the house, and
they could kill him easily if they
"meant hunting" We doubt whether
a bear had ever been killed by these
hunters, but what could they do2 Of
course they declared, with more or less
emphasis, that if there was anything
they wanted it was chance at bear.
The ranchman volunteered to show them
Bruins headquarters, and after thorough
preparation, they started out to do bat
tie. Arrived at the rocks, it was deter
mined after careful survey that the bear
had crswled through narrow opening
into a cave, which might be large or
small, there was no way of Judging.
George G., the quie.est man of the par
ty, now showed the most pluck. Ev-
identity he had heard of Israel Putnam g
exploit, for, after careful reconnois-
sance, he announced that he would
crawl in with his gun after the bear,
previously affixing rope to his ankles,
and when the parties outside heard him
shoot, they were to pull on the rope and
help him to crawl out, as the bear might
institute vigorous pursuit. Once out
side, the other members of the party
could cover his retreat with their guns.
That was excellent. He carefully made
his way through the hole until he caught
sight of Bruin, then took good aim and
fired.


Meanwhile the remainder of the party
had been standing outside, nervously
clinging to the rope, and when the shot
was fired, giving loud and very pecu-
liar sound, to which the bear responded
with a terrible roar, which, rushing to
them through the narrow opening,
seemed to indicate that the animal was
making terrific charge, they started on
rush for camp, and, though uncon-
scious of the fact, dropped their guns
but clung to the rope. The result was
that George found himself snaked out
of the hole like creased lightning, and
bumped along the ground at a famous
pace. The more he yelled the faster his
friends ran, believing that the ferocivus
beast had made short work of him and
soon would operate upon them. They
never stopped until they reached their
wagon, and then, hearing large amount
of fragmentary catechism at the end of
the rope, they investigated and found
George barer than the bear had ever
been, and with every bit of sun-burn
skinned off his face, while his hands
were lacerated and full of slivers. 1t
took long time to explain to his salts
faction. Afterward some one thought
about the other bear, and he was found
to be dead in the hole.-Sdcran,ento
Record
Year: 1876

The work has been begun after long and careful preliminary labor and with the most ample resources for carrying it on to successful termination.

 None of the original stereotype plates have been used, but every page has been
Year: 1876

Have been made by the indefatigable explorers of Africa.

 The great political revolutions of the last decade with the natural result of the lapse of time have brought into public vIew a multitude of new men lives every one is curious to know the particnIars Great battles have been fought and important sieges maintained, of which the details yet preserved only in the newspapers in the transient publications of the day which ought to take their place
Year: 1876

New York sgnl


Probably an actor never adj
dressed more attentive assembly
than that which filled the basement
of st. AIMS Church last night.
while Mr., G. W. Jones told tho
story Of the Merchant Of Venice
in a very quaint way. Mr. Jones
is short and stout, his face is round
and brimming over with good hu-
NOR, and his whole appearance be-
speaks the COMIC lecturer. After
the applause that greeted his first
appearance upon the platform had
.di{d away, no other sound except
the noise made by his own feet aud
hands disturbed the stiffness of the
room. His humorous points, for
he rather caricatured Shakspsare's
drama. elected marked, but silent
approval, and even the lecturers
own voice was unheard, aud would
have been unheard if he had spoken,
for his congregation could neither
hear nor speak lie is also a deaf
mute, and teacher in the New
York institute for the deaf and
dumb. He recently graduated.
after four years Of study, in the
Washington College for Deaf Mutes,
and in addition to his skill in COM
municating by the established digi-
tai signs With persons afflicted like
himself, he possesses wonderful
power of mimicry, His mother was
IN actress in the Old Bowery Thea
ter, and, under more fortunate cir
cumstances, he would unquestion-
ably have risen to eminence in the
same profession. His gestures are
so illustrative that it is not difficult
for q person ignaFsnt Of the sign
language used by deaf mutes to in.
terpret much Of his meaning.
Year: 1876

drums of the windlass. The men
who lower or raise it have therefore
only few pounds weight to deal
with, and hence that smooth, even
motion always to be seen in stage
changes. In fact, the counterpoises
being slightly heavier raise the ma
chine itself, and have only to be
controlled or checked by the meu at
the drum. So, too, is the heavy
drop scene made to ascend or de-
scend, and with such smooth mo-
ton thabit can be mala slow or
rapid; so figures ascend through
trap-doors. Even the great chan
delier that lights the hall is thus


balanced.
Year: 1876

Editors Dispatch: Can you give the his
tory of the large oil-paintiBgs which now
adorn the walls of the Council chamber? II
you cannot, probably some one Of our old
citizens can. A READER.
Year: 1876

~ Tue EuttoF W Ue TTeSS.


Allow me to urge those of your readers who


can possibly do so to visit the great exposition


at Philadelphia. One can not realize the great


ness and completeness of this affair from any


description it is possible to make. Take sim


gle building, the main one, ard there you will


find an immense bazaar to which all the civil


lied nations of the world have contributed;


and If you look at the entire display Of goods,


walking up one side of an ally and down the


other you will travel miles. Think of it; all


the nations of the earth are shop-keeping in


that building, and there you can shop in China,


or India, or Japan, or any nation of Europe,


and do it without being sea-sick or employing


an interpreter, or sxpending good many hun
dreds of dollars for travelling. There is no


mercantile establishment in the world where
you will find SO complete display Of any par
ticuar fabric, as you will find in the main
building. ...t ;.s
Then if you 60 over to Machinery Hall you
will have ocular demonstration of the fact that
American mechanics take the lead of the citi-
zeus of the world. Just think of printing
press that in one hour will print on both sides
thirty thousand (3O,OOO) copies Of the paper you
are reading this article in, and fold it twice.
That press made by Hoe of New York you can
see ia motion in that hall. In Memorial Hall
and its annex, you will see a very large collec-
tion of works of art in sculpture, paintings and
mosalc-a larger collection than you will ever
again have the opportunity of seeing in this
| country.


The Government building is an immense
| kindergarten, where are collected objects that
| teach the progress of our country during tho
l last hundred years; and there you VIII see
/ specimens of what the soil and the sea, the
/ brain and the muscle Of the United States can
/ produce. On the walls of that building hang
i the portraits of many of the men who have
/ been famous in the history of our nation for the
last century. The memorials OF ksne's expe-
| dition will give you vivid idea OF the expert
ence of Arctic explorers.


| / have spoken of only four buildings there
are near two hundred on the exhibition grounds
| and have given scarcely hint of what may be
/ seen in them. To see this exhibition with
| pleasure and profit, one should give o fort
| night to it. Board can be obtained In good
private houses at from ten to fourteen dollars q
| week. If you have no friend to attend to this
business for you, there is an agency at North
18th street cor. Beck And be sure to to secure q
| location near steam cars. The Reading rail-
/ road spreads out into three branches in the
| northern part of Philadelphia, and on each
l branch are half a dozen stations. 1t is folly
/ to rely on the horse cars.


| Respectfully, j. s. of Maine
Year: 1876

THE Democrats, Notwithstanding their alb
horrence of the "bloody shirt" are Haunting
it very vigorously in South Carolina. Til
denites are living there in mortal agony of the
black man, and these white lambs lay them =
selves down at night and fervently pray to be
delivered from the black Republican wolf, so
the Democratic journals give us to under
stand. Their prayer for deliverance has
been remarkably efectual so far, and the
proportion of slain wolves to slain lambs is
about six to one.
Year: 1876

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley I.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to our
Year: 1876

The best exposition of the policy of the
Southern Democrats is furnished by the Col
umbia, S. c., Union Herald. ''The Demo-
Gratis" says that journal, "are willing to let the
negro vote and to have his rights as long as
they do not practically amount to anything.
But whenever they avail against anything
they insist that they must be prevented"
This is saying in effect that the negro if he
will vote as his late masters dictate, will be
protected in his citizenship, but if he stands
in the way of the designs of the ex-confeder-
ates by carrying a Republican ballot, che
must be prevented" This is the kind of
freedom which Gov. Tilden's supporters south
of Mason and Dxon's line are willing to guar
antee to the black man, and this alone.
Year: 1876

we 90 not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1876

Yesterday the Fire Department of the Seventh
Distric: tn nod out In full force with their re-
spectiye engines. The day opened cloudy. put
by the time the procession was ready to start the
sun came out and the day was rs pretty as the
gallant lremen could have wished for. Several
THAR delegates. The parade was splendid dis
play. and after the march the department were
dlsmissed to their respective houses.
Year: 1876

"learned," aaid one eminent preacher. "tbat
my work in the pulpit is not literary effort.
"but by whatever means to compel them to
"cOme in."


If this effect be lasting, if ministers and lay
men of whatever sect will cease to waste both
zeal and faith in the outside organisms of minor
doctrines and church government, and present
religion as did their Master, in the simple
shape of love to God and to their brother
man, it will be as in HIS day, a real living
force to revOlutiOnize the everyday world.
The secular press for years has protested
against the burial of Christianity under secta,
rlanism. 1t is not one powerful preacher or
sweet singer that can roll away the stone from
the sepulcher. Every village clergyman, every
humble believer can do his part. and We trust
in God the day will soon come when they will
do IL
Year: 1876

tion. or letters, or some other documentary
proof of the agreement, and he certainly 0ught
to be able to show how he came to make
report so grossly at variance with what we
now know to be the facts and with the con-
clusions at which two other geOloglsts hau ar
rived before him. There is no reason why
Prof. Silliman should wait for Park, OF Stew
art. or Schenck, OF Albert Grant. whatever
those persons may have to say it is clear that
"the proper time" for him has already come
if 1t has not passed


In the course of FORTNIGHT there will be
very pretty little party in Washington. Gen'
Schenck will be there, explaining why Mr'
Park gave him shares and made hm director
without bona fide Investment of any money,
and why interest was secretly guaranteed on
his stock, to the injury of the other share
holders. He will be required to meet the
statement of Mr. Lyon that the notes which
he gave Park for the purchase money were
not made until public complaint was heard OF
his connection with the mine, and that they
were then ante-dated. He will be asked
whether it is true that his associates in the
company, dissatisfied with his original
letter of resignation, induced him TO
write "better" one and perhaps he
will be laboring to convince Mr.. Fish that 1t
was quite right, after his Government had re-
quested him to resign, to keep the resignation
secret until the directors had sold more stock.
Mr. Park will be there, we hope, denying and
explaining an array of charges so long that we
have no space to recapitulate them. Mr. Stew
art will be fully occupied in task OF the
same character. Both gentlemen will have an
opportunity to renew their intimacy with their
old friend SChenck under most interesting cir
cumstances, and the public will watch Their
meeting with the liyeliest curiosity. Finally
Mr.. Lyon promises to go back at the same time
and supplement his budget of disclosures with
whatever additional facts and documents
may be in his possession. The Investigating
Committee seems to have several very lively
sessions in prospect. We do not pretend to
say where bouts in the mass OF contradictory
testimony the truth may lie; but in the little
company of witnesses whose attendance Is ex-
pected there are certainly one or two dis
tinguished rascals and the Committee must
not rest until they find out which they are.
Year: 1876

will have better chance of election than Boss
Tweed himself.


There is q candidate who, though stanch
Republican, has been foe of thieves. In
rotten administration he has been Abdiel
faithful found among the faithless. Such
man, because his fight against corruption has
been unsparing, and known to all men, the
Republican party can still elect. But it cannot
elect any man whose very nomination Is not
conclusive proof that the Republican party has
declared war against those whose conduct has
disgTaced the nation.
Year: 1876

We give up all the space wo can spare in
THE TRIBUNE to-day to an abstract of the Re-
port of the Board of Advice which, at the re-
quest of Lieut.-GOv. DOrsheimer, the Chair
man of the new Capitol Commission appointed
by the Legislature of 1875, has been
examining the plans of the new Capitol build
ing and looking into the questions of how the
plans and elevations may be improved, and
the expenses of the undertaking reduced.


1t is pleasant TO be assured that the popular
rumors Of fraud in the estimates, and of o
carelessness in superintendent amounting al
most to criminality, appear after the thorough
examination of these experts to be baseless
Nor do these gentlemen think it obligatory
upon them to say severe things about the
architect personally, nor too cruelty to expose
his multtudinous mistakes. They take the
more charitable and yet equally effective way
of simply stating the facts, and leave the reader
Of the Report to draw his own conclusions.
Year: 1876

The examination in the Third Avenue
savings Bank case reveals some ugly facts,
according to the accountants testimony. From
this it appears that utterly false entries were
made in the books to increase the apparent
amount Of the assets. IL proof can be brought
to bear on the bank officials tnat they directed
OF took a hand in this swindlinG performance,
their plight is serious.
Year: 1876

We wonder whether it occurs 10 Gen. Grant that
he could have faced this terrible Bclknap affair
much more comfortably if he had relieved Gen.
Babcock from duty at the White House. These arc
times when the President needs all the reputation
ne con Qet.
Year: 1876

The fall of the Secretary Of War has stung 80
many scared consciences in Washington that there
is prospect of revival of certain old fashioned
customs which have latterly been looked upon at
the Capitol in the light Of curosities. Senator
Spencer is said to have declared with deep feeling,
that there is nothing like being honest"
Year: 1876

The Mayor has done a sensible thing in yetoing
the ordinance which gave the hackmen high rates
and relieved them of responsibility. There has
been no time when the public hackmen were under
better regulation than now, and yet the powers Of
the City Marshal to punish violations Of ordinances
ought rather to be increased than decreased. Tho
rates are far too high double treble those of any
other metropolitan city, and ought to be lowered.
Year: 1876

Dstrict-Attoney Phelps asserts that he knows
nothing of the disappearance of the important evil
dence of the forged bonds in the Williamson case.
We can readily believe this to be unaffected igno-
rance on Mr.. Phelps's part. But only as late as
Thursday a clerk of the District-Attorneys Office
was searching for them in the Office of Clerk Sparks
of the General Sessions Court. OF course they were
never there. Possibly Ar. Henry c. Allen, who was
at one time an Assistant Dstrict-Attorney, can give
information Of their whereabouts Will hef
Year: 1876

The President seems to share the mistaken opinion
Of a great many Americans that the Centennial Tx
position is to be show of curOsties rather than Of
the best products of American culture. He has
assigned to duty there Major Lewis Merrill of the
9TH Cavalry. There will be much curiosity TO SEQ
tbsremarkabe officer whose operations in Louisiana
during the political campaign Of 1874 were tho
theme Of general comment all over the country that
we trust he will be given conspicuous place in tho
United States Government building. Ii would not
be q bad idea to exhibit with him copy of Lieut.
Col. Morrow's report to Gen. Emory on Major Mer-
riils behavior in "mpairing the reputation of the
service for fair and impartial conduct in the delicate
and responsible duties it is required to perform in
conjunction with the civil authorities in the South
ern States"
Year: 1876

II is evident from tho letter of DR.. Derby which
appears elsewhere in our columns that a grave
social danger exists IN New-YOrk, the nature Of
which has been imperfectly apprehended. Tho
Doctor IA an efficient member of the State Charities
Aid Association, and as a result of his invest-
cations he shows that there are from 500 to
LOCO persons one-quarter of them women


who night after night seek and obtain
lodgings in tho police precincts of this city. The
experience Of those who brought in contact with
the stationhouse dodgers shows that heres nothing
to be hoped for from persuasion or from preaching
the nobility of labor. Facts are stubborn things
and if men and women can be found who when
wholesome work is offered to them actually prefer
the miserable routine of nights spent in the filthy
atmosphere Of the statiOn-houses and days of mem
delaney from door to door-some having led this life
for fourteen years-why then the law must be in
vOked to protect society in one OF its fundamental
principles Z" IL any man will not work, neither let
him eat,' is q precept as old as Christianity
and it is of universal application. 1t is more
than probable that any labor test would
act as n twO-edged sword. 1t would have
q deterrent effect upon the large number who dread
the very thought of work, and who have no higher
ambition than TO live in filth and idlencss at tho
expense of Others. But it would also prove the
worth and ability of those who may have beentorced
by evil fortune to seek free quarters, but who would
welcome any opportunity of returning TO the re-
spectacle ranks of society. We glad that the evil
has now been clearly exposed; and our citizens have
a right TO demand that on the lowest ground OF mo-
ralty decency, health, andpubic security the atten


ton Of our political economists should be devoted to
its abatement The question is pertinent at a time
like this, when the Yapant laws of tl.is State are
being revised and modified, with the probable result
of driving the tramps in still larger numbers into
New-York City; and when strong feeling exists
throughout the community that all who are relieved
at the public expense should also contribute them
selves by their labor to the public benefit
Year: 1876

The following beautiful sketch was writ
ten by the late Thurlow Weed Brown, in
1869 80 Waiting for the evening train
The speaker was the oldest of a crowd of
people moving restlessly about the depot.
His form was bowed with years and hard
toll his hair was white and his hand tremu-
lous. There was that in his countenance
and manner which always wins confidence
and respect, and brings up a pleasant dream
Of a substantial farmhouse, a worthy family,
and life teaching of the principles OF in-
dustry, integrity aud honor. And the old
man will not wait long, for the train Is
sweeping in on the down grade. The hours
wear away The sun is going down, and
the shadows are already thickening over the
track beyond. Aud there is but one change
in the route-and 10y the river which rolls
between this and the other shore. More
than eighty years ago he received through
ticket over the straight aud narrow way
whose terminus is in the eternal city. Death
is the mighty engine, and for thousands Of
years it has swept this down grade hourly
with loaded trains. 1t stops at every sta
ton. We are all waiting for the train.
There are the morning and the noon trains
those filled with children those with the
pleasure seeking and sorrow-stricken. We
know not the time when due, but with
noseless speed these are coming. All
aboard = has startling thrill, and the
gentle goodnight is spoken not again, foT
no passenger returneth.'
Year: 1876

they have considered that they failed Now
no man fails so long as he himself does not
believe the fact. But let him once consider
himself unsuccessful, and 10 all about him
stamp his own verdict on him. II man
will not be slaughtered he cannot be slaugh-
tered but woe to him If he becomes walk
ing grievance aud goes about talking Of his
troubles. Aud still more woe be 10 him ii
he puts this grievance into his ntst-like
the devils nestegg that it is-to a,cumu-
late TO itself other Unmatched miseries The
Joys may sometimes be added but the sor-
rows invariably break the shell If thtra
is gloom and darkness in the mind, then is
the time when the enemy comes and sows
tarcs. In daylight and under the rays OF
the sun he will not dare 10 scatter the evil
seed. So that the first thing for every
down-hearted soul to- do is TO get healthy
light upon his spirits. The lake aud the
prairie are free to the poorest Of us. Our
natures are so constituted that TO allow our
selves to be stung and pricked and poisoned
by the petty annoy yances OF life, is decidedly
wrong. We must come In contact with
trouble, Of course but then we must learn
and teach the lesson of trust. Like the tne
old aristocracy Of the better Italy. we will
not talk to each other Of disagreeable things.
We will rather put the best side out and
the best foot foremost. For he who makes
another feel better and brighter has done
his own soul good We must make times OF
darkness and gloom times OF rest-some-
times Of actual as well as moral rest in
sleep. There are moments when we can
do nothing. Let Us then employ these ia
reoupsraiing aud growing strong for what
Is ahead. The Lord jesus took His fol
lowers aside TO rest awhile--and Himself
slept through great storm. Elijah had
gloomy time under that juniper tree. but 1t
was the reaction after Carmel and pres
emily being fed from Gods hand, he was led
on to see Gods glory. Northeastern Chris-
han idC0caic