smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Charles Warren 6toddard writes ::


There are forty tunnels between Pisa and


Genoa the railroad threads the coast so
closely that but for Its fortunate eleva-
ti0n above high water-mark it would in
crust with the salt crystals that plunge
shoreward in the spray of many a gale.
So frequent are these tunnels between
Pisa and Genoa and 80 long the galleries


which are, in other words, tunnels
with rows of large windows or arches
hewn Oft Of the wall against the sea-
that it seems almost as if this picturesque
and stupendous chiseling were the work
of the sea and the storm. The coast is
vefy abrupt; cliff after cliff just out over
the water like the wings in theater, all
looking very much alike, and a half
dozen of them usually being visible at
one tii.ie, The cliffs are hung with creep
ing vines and dscked with ferns and
aloes. They are each one picture, and
from each got some pleasant little SUR
prises, for as the train emerged from the
tunnel was sure to find a kind of toy
city, exceeding small but complete in
ITSELF clinging to the bluff ahead of us,
and not very many rods distant. In
some cases we had scarcely time to get
used to the daylight blazing all along the
coast before we were dragged into the
pitchy blackness of the next tunnel.
Sometimes we stopped in the midst of
tunnel or gallery and were amazed to
find passengers alightirg~-at least was,
for it was all novelty to me-and when
l looked out of the car-window / found
that the bluff above us was split in two,
and through the chasm very narrow and
very steep stairs cut in the rock led up
to the summit where edges of the houses
were visible, with their blank walls
glowing in the sunshine. The next
moment we were rushing on from cliff to
cliff, above smooth stretches of sea-sand
as yellow as gold, and below long slope
of the hills inland, sprinkled, where the
clouds leaned heavily and threatened
rain.
Year: 1875

1t is evident that the report of the


discovery Of malleable glass" was


founded in fact, although not so literally


true, or in SO radical sense, as was first
anticipated by many. The toughened,


although not malleable, glass, which the


ingenious Frenchman, M. de la Bastie,
has learned to make has actually made
its appearance in this country: and if all
that is said of it is true, it should not be
long ere it becomes an article of ordinary


trade and common use. Samples of glass
ware made by the Bastie process have
been submitted by M. Bastie's American
agents to the Cooper Institute in New


York for test, and it is understood that
they fully confirm the accounts already
given. The new glass is claimed to be
from eighty to one hundred times as
strong as common glass, while costing
only five per cent. more-the matter OF
price being very important one, if the
Improvement is to be of general benefit.
The proofs of the extraordinary tough
ness of the glass have been of various
kinds, but always highly convincing. 1t
can be broken, but not without applying
unusual force. For instance, it required
a half pound weight falling from hight
of six feet to break a piece of the
strengthened glass six inches square, set
loosely in wooden frame like a school
boys slate, while piece of plate glass
OF the same size was easily broken by a
twO-ounce weight falling two feet. One
popularity of the new glass is that when
it does break it goes utterly to atoms, the
whole mass crumbling at once; but as
this can occur only from blows or shocks
which it is not likely to receive in prac-
tical use, the point is one of scientific
interest chiefly. A thin plate of this
glass can be thrown across large room
without breaking; and in one instance
small tube of thin twisted glass, placed
in vice, was broken with pincers only
after several attempts and much muscu-
lar exertion.


M. de Ia Bastie, however, is not des.
tined to a peaceful enjoyment of his
triumph. One Charles Pieper has found
a way of tOughening glass which the
German papers say is superior to the
Bastie process, making equally streng
and much purer and clearer glass.
TIE association of German Glass Makers
have been negotiating with M. de la
Bastie for the right to use his invention,
his price being the modest sum of $s,-
OOO, 900; but report was lately circu.
lated that having heard of Mr.. Pieper,
they turned cold shoulder to the French
inventor, hoping to make an easier bar.
gain with his rival. NJ. de la Bastie's
agents, however, deny the
truth of this story, and state that the
sale of the Bastie process to the German
Glass Makers was consummated on the
9th of May-on what terms we are not
Informed. The development of the new
idea will be watched with interest by all
civilized communities.-Lefers Mechan-
icol Ne,cs.
Year: 1875

During our first pastorate at New
Brighton in 1923, fine-looking young
man from New Castle used to come down
occasionally and sing with our choir.
He always brought sunshine in his face
and made music in the souls of all with
whom he mingled. He sang like a
Christian; and he seemed entirely free
from the petty envies which too common
ly crop out in chOirs, and thrust discord
over into the communion of the Church.
There was a lronkness in this young
mans cOuntenance, and a zeal in his
tones and manner, which enlisted the
confidence of all with whom he associ-
ated. Our Choir were always glad when
he dropped in among them. That was
the beginning of an acquaintance which
we have cherished ever since. After
ward we met our friend in New Castle
and elsewhere, and always found him the
same warm-souled and radiant Christian
man. He was not a professional singer.
He loved music for its own sweet sake,
and used it as he moved among the peo-
pie, simply, religiously, and as Gospel
gift. His power in the Church to which
he belonged was equal to that of the pas
tor, and his life was one of harmony and
peace. He bore about with him an un-
conscious influence which was positive,
practical and irresistible. The children
clustered around him when he sang, and
tears of joy attested the spirit which ac-
companied the service.


And, so, we do not wonder that this
same young man, now in the maturity
of middle life, developed Christian,
endowed with special gift from heaven,
is so blessed in singing salvation to the
in Great Britain. We feel hon.
ored to number Brother Sankey, who is
the fellow worker with Brother Moody,
as our personal and beloved friend. He
is genuine evangelist, and the multi
tudes are moved by his voice, as never
by the pomp and liturgy of the Success
sion !-1ethodist Recorder, Pittsbmg.
Year: 1875

events; and her return, timely as IL was,


had been purely accidental. She was


horri6ed when confronted with the re-


suits of her thoughtless freak, and, al


though she made no noisy demonstrations


OF regret, and was not profuse in promises


ofamendment in the future, it is pleasant


to know that this terrible experience was


not without fruit. Buckson was, of
course, Immediately released from prison,


the legal proceedings against him at
once dismissed, and thereafter he found


in his home haven of rest that was a


recompense for the suffering by which it
had been purchased.


But mystery has always brooded over
the cottage, and the murder always re-
mained an insoluble enigma. Eighteen
years have elapsed without any second
Identification of the body unearthed by
the little dog, and, as a consequence,
without any detection Of the murderer.
The clothes in which the body was
dressed, and the earrings and articles of
Jewelry upon it, were Undoubtedly the
property of Mrs. Buckson, for, upon her
return, she found these articles missing
from the house. A close scrutiny of the
cottage showed that the woman had not
only been there, but had probably been
murdered there during the night, after
Buckson and his wife had left. The
cord found in the room had fitted the
neck, and the chloride of lime in the
cellar had evidently been disturbed.
Many articles of value, too, were gone,
and the house generally disarranged.
Upon these circumstances a theory was
founded that the woman was one of
party of burglars that had entered the
cottage, and finding it deserted had
leisurely ransacked it. The woman had
arrayed herself in the property of the
absent mistress, and afterward some
quarrel had arisen, and she had been
murdered by the other members of the
party. Subsequently this theory was,
in part, thoroughly established, when
complete female outfit, of coarse materi-
al, was accidently fished out of an old
and unused well in the cottage garden.


Detectives are apt to attach the names
of noted criminals to extraordinary
crimes, and, many years after the events
narrated, rumOr was prevalent among
the police of Providence that the MUIR
dered woman had been the wife of an
English burglar named Collins, then
living in Providence, and celebrated all
over the Union for his success and reck-
lessness. The rumor had no better
than that Collins and his |
wife disappeared at about the time of
the murder, and it only lived because
theories always thrive when facts are
impossible to obtain.


The case yet remains among unfinished
police business. No human effort has
ever learned more than was discovered |
BY the brute instincts of the dog when he
paved the secret of the murder from the
shallow grave in the dark forest.
Year: 1875

The failure of the British Government
telegraph system to pay expenses will,
we hope, discourage great deal of the
unwise clamor made in our own country
for railways, telegraph lines, and other
conveniences UNDER public control. There
is well founded impression in England
that the government telegraph operators
were severely worked and poorly paid,
and the official records show that the
business done was enormous, yet the es-
Inmates for the current twelve-month
show deficit of more than a million
dollars.
Year: 1875

4 recent number of the Jefferson
county. Wisconsin Union, contains
the following remarks on The pursuit
Of dairy farming as business:


The great objection to dairying with
most farmers, is, that it is too confn-
ing. They say it oblises them to stick
close to their business three hundred
and sixty.fiye days in the year. They
admit it IS not hard work that, IN
fact, it Is largely relieved from that
everlasting hurry which characterZes
grain growing, when at q certain sea
son Of the year a weeks work is crowd
ed into a single day.


Now a man who looks at the ques-
ton in the light Of good business
sense, instead Of being an objection,
such fact would be its strongest re-
commendation. The grain growing
farmers in Wisconsin are not making
any money. Indeed they arc growing
pooref in cash and land every year.
One great reason for this Is that wheat
farming does not keep them employed
profitable the whole year. They and
their teams eat up IN the Winter what
they had earned in the Summer and
with nothing to replenish the farm,
theV raise less and less each succeed,
ing year.


Now the tradesman and mechanic
knows he cannot succeed unless he at
tends right to his business every work
ing day in the year, and no farmer
can make money that does not pursue
such a system Of farming that he can
put in the whole time Winter AMI
Summer. Men in other kinds OF buNl
ness, in order to succeed, have TO bend
their undivided energies to their 6usl
ness every day i'll the year. Time Is
money. With them As with farmer,
their principal capital Is labor, and
they try TO keep IN active service all
the while.


The business of the farmer Is reduced
TO the same law Of success As any
other. Ifhe wants to get rich, he must
pay the price for It. Ifhe wants profit
on his whole time he must put in
his whole time. He should study
to invest his labor in the most irritable
way ; in way that calls out skilled
labor. for that is the kind of labor
that is always the best paid. Let any
unprejudiced man compare the farms
anu buildings of those farmers who
for the last five years have pursued
dairying, with those who have follow
ed grain raising principally and the
difference between business and un
business like methods can be seen at a
glance. We must be confined to our
business if We would succeed in it, and
we must select a business which will
keep US at work all the time.
Year: 1875

II was surprised" said Mr.. Merton
..at the broad and liberal views you
expressed Of men and their actions gen
orally. supposed l had greatly the
advantage over you in means, educa-
ton and culture; yet how cramped and
uarrow-minded have been my, views
beside yours! That wife Of yours is
an estimable woman, and that boy OF
yours will be an honor to any man. l
tell you, Bishop" said the lawyer, be-
coming animated. ''you are rich-rich
beyond what money can make you.
You have treasures that gold will not
buy. | tell you, you owe me no thanks
Somehow, | seem to have lived years
since yesterday morning | have got
into a new world. What learned at
YOUR house is worth more than you owe
me and l am your debtor yet Here
after. I shall take the motto, "Put
yourself in his place" and try to regu-
late my actions by it .
Year: 1875

The following beautiful allegory is
translated from the German :-Sophro-
MUS, a wise teacher, would not suffer
his daughter to associate with those
whose conduct was not pure and up
right. dear father" said the gentle
Eulalia to him one day, when he for
bade her, in company with her brother,
to visit the volatile Lucinda "you must
think US very childish if you imagine
we should be exposed to danger by it. .
The father took in silence dead Goa
from the hearth, and reached it to hi,
daughter. ut will not burn you my
child; take it." Eulalia did so, ano
behold the beautiful white hand wal
soiled and blackened; and as it chanced
her white dress also. 1--WE cannot b.
too careful ip handling GOALS" sale
Eulalir, in vexation. Eyes, truly
said her father "you see, my child
that Goals, even if they do not burr
will blacken; so it is with the company
Of the vicious"
Year: 1875

Oouuoo "oAs "ny A"o5e''
have money, and if you cannot pay it,
| must foreclose the mortgage ana sell
the place. said Mr.. Merton.


ssIn that CASE said Mr.. Bishop,
lit will, Of course, be sold at great
sacrifice, and after all the struggles |
have made. my family will again be
homeless. 1t is very hard | only
wish you had to earn yoor money as |
do mine: you might then know some
thing Of the hard life Of poor man.
If you could only in imagination put
yourself in my place, I think you would
have little mercy on me"


1T is useless talking; l extended
this one year, and can do SO no longer
replied Mr.. Merton, as he turned to his
desk and discontinued writing.


The poor man rose from bis seat and
walked sadly out Of Mr.. Merton's
office; his last hope was gone. He
had Just recovered from long illness.
which had swallowed up the means
with which he had intended to make
the last payment on his house True,
that gentleman had waited one year,
when he had failed to meet the demand
owing to illness in his family, and be
had felt very much obliged to him for
doing so. This year he had been laid
up for several months, during which
be could earn nothing and his savings
were then needed for the support Of
himself and family Again he failed,
and now be would again be homeless,
and have to begin the world anew.
Had heaven forsaken him and given
him over to the tender mercies Of the
wicked?


After he had left the Office, Mr..
Merton could not drive away from his
thought that remark to which the poor
man in bis grief had given utterance,
II wish you had to earn your money
Is do mine. II the midst Of row
Of 6gures-''Put yourself in my place
intruded.


Once after it had crossed his mind
he laid down bis pen, saying, "Well
l think | should find it rather hard
| have a mind to drop in there thil
afternoon, and see how it fares with hi.
family; that man has reused my curl
osity


About FIVE o'clock be put on a gray
wig aud some old cast-off clothes, walk
ed to the residence Of Mr.. Bishop, ant
Knocked at the door. Mrs. Bishop,
pale, weary looking woman, opened it
the posr old man requested permission
to enter and rest awhile, saying be wa
very tired with his long journey, for b
had walked many miles that day.


Mrs Bishop cordially invited him i
and gave him the best seat the roor
afforded. She then began to make pre-
parations for tea. The old gentlema
watched her attentively. He saw ther
was no elasticity in her step. no hop
in her movements and pity for be
began to steal into his heart. Whe
her husband entered her features RI
laxed into a smile, and she forced
cheerfulness into her manner. Th
traveller noted it all and he felt hin
self forced to admire this woman, VII
could assume cheerfulness she did NJ
feel for her husbands sake. After th
table was prepared. there was nothin
upon it but bread, butter and tea. The
invited the stranger to eat with thel
saying-"We have not much to offt
you, but cup Of tea will refresh 70
after your long journey


He accepted their hospitality, and !
they discussed their frugal meal, be le
them, without seeming to do 50, to tai
Of their affairs.


II bought this piece Of land, sol
Year: 1875

WARNERs.-A story is told of little
child who, having slipped on the side
walk one frosty morning, stood and
kept guard over the spot, warning all
passers-by Of the danger; and doubt
much if there were any who did not
heed his advice.


And yet there are thousands Of good
men standing by every dangerous spot
in the pathway Of life, warning the in
experienced Of the dangers Of the way,
and many are they who with self
conceit almost unimaginable, pass on
with scornful laugh, and repent too
late.


Or perhaps, although the danger Of
the place be great, they may not fall !;
they pass on to where another Good
Samaritan is waiting to advise them ;
having gathered bravado. they pass on
with sneer as much as to say, "Oh
how weak are they who have fallen! l
am strong, l can keep my balance, y
but sooner or later they will fall. 1t is
inevitable; and the longer they con-
tinue this course the greater will be the
shock and the more complete the de-
struction.


The little boy had his reward in see.
ing people act upon his advice; but
those whole-soul generous men who are
laboring for the good of unappreciatine
fellow-beings, seldom have this salts
faction. Yet let them work patiently
and we'll !; for they shall have their re-
ward in the great hereafter as surely al
those who heed them not shall be pun
ished.
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fall and coming Winter
and are furnishing the bes


paying and most easily worked
agency in the world. Our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we nave
lately added ne " and exceed


ing,y taking inducements, re


qufnng only intelligence and
application for any one,young
or old, of ether sex, to make
really first-class paying bust
Year: 1875

very impressive. Business was entirely
suspended in the city during the after


noon, and the inhabitants united by their
presence at the services and by public ex-
pressions of sorrow, to show their respect
tor the memory of the deceased. ~
Year: 1875

Dress Makers recommend it as being the best
Corset to tit dress over, because it is cut i
such manner that the front and buck seams lit
like seams to dress


And it is superior t. any other Corset now in
use. because its peculiar style of cutting gives
sufficient flu lness at the bosom, without folding
at the top; gradually and closely lifting to- ana
over the hips, is longer front and back Than or
dn:.ry Corsets, and in fact is the only Corset cut
in this form.


In addition to the DOLLAR CORSET will
he found large assortment OF other makes at
the following rrlccs-Sl25, Sl.5O, SLID, $3.50
S3 30 and S.
Year: 1875

MARSHAL SERRANo is credited with an
ingenious explanation of the reason why he
went over the frontier into France so hastily
when he heard of the proclamation of Al
fonzo as King. When sent for to return he
declined, because he said, his presence at
Madrid might embarrass the new govern
ment. To the looker-on it appears as though
the presence of the new government at
Madrid might have slightly embarrassed Ser
rano had he remained
Year: 1875

DISPATCHES from San Francisco indicate
probable collapse of the great bonanza bub-
BILE. There has been decline of over one
hundred dollars share, and people are has
tening to sell stocks. Those who sold out
while the speculative fever was at its height
have made fortunes. Those who hold much


stock stand very good chance of losing for
Year: 1875

THE New York Post suggests that it is
likely to become a matter of some interest
before July 4th 1876, to know the precise
hour and minute when the Declaration o1
Independence was signed. Perhaps some Of
the old inhabitants of Maine who are gifted
with prodigous memories, can give informa-
ton Oh this point, and at least tell the tale as
twas told to them
Year: 1875

GEN. Sherman's daughter, Mrs. Fitch, is
In token of his regard for her father tho Khe-
dive of Egypt has sent to her diamond
necklace and earrings not unworthy to be
the dowry of princess. The diamonds are
of Brobdignagian proportions, and are valued
at a quarter of million of dollars. The
young lady doesn't know what in the world
to do with such stupendous ornament. She
can of course only wear it when in full dress,
and even then it looks out of place on the
neck of any but queen. She must feel
much as though she was in possession of a
white elephant. f
Year: 1875

THE reactionists of Missouri have intro
duced a bill into the Legislature which pro-
vides that the entire fund raised for the sup.
port of the free schools of the state shall be
apportioned to all the children of school age
enumerated, and that every parent shall be
entitled TO draw the full amount due each
child on proof of having sent such child to
any school. This blow at the free school sys-
tenn and move in favor of sectarian schools
is an excellent instance of the crab-like pro-
gress of the Bourbon Democracy.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable, not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nieations that are not used.
Year: 1875

THE stockholders of the great Western


Telegraph Company do not dwell together in
unity. At the last meeting they accused
each other of all sorts of things. They con-
fined themselves to verbal abuse, however,
until one stockholder accused another of be-
ing an ''insect." What manner of insect
was meant is not stated, but very likely it
was humbug. ''Some very desultory con-
versatien followed" the report says, and the
"insect' stung his opponent right under the
eye. Upon this some one Immediately an
nounced an adjournment, anG the meeting
broke up in confusion which does not seem
to be much admired by the Chicago papers.
Year: 1875

THE debate in the French Assembly on
the constitutional bill continues to be very
lively. 1t is thought that the position taken
by Louis Blanc in denunciation of chief of
the executive power will cause division in
the Republican ranks, which may result in
the passage of the bill. As the bill now
reads it provides for the creation of second
Chamber, for the responsibility of the Minis
try to the Assembly, and for the establish
ment of definite form of government by
the two Chambers in joint convention on the
expiration of President McMahon's term.
The power of dssolving the Assembly is
vested in the President. The bill is strongly
opposed by Legitimists and Republicans; by
the former because it provides tribunal to
settle the form of government, and thereby
fails to recognize The divine right OF the legit-
innate succession; by the latter because it
Year: 1875

The common wear' is said to be no
over weeks old.
High wines arc still the order Of the
day in st. Louis.


Literary woman live long. Literary
men are very apt to be short" all their
lives.