smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

1dN raw. MICH.


Dear D.-Why did You not come over to
our house last night looked for you and
was very sorry you did not come. l stood at
the gate watching for you long time. Mother
was gone and we would have had good time.
Oh dear D., L wish Won would never DIS
appoint me, it makes me feel so bad to be dis
appointed If you will cine tonight 1 Will
meet you down at the Mineral Spring, as
Mother will be at home. l will be there as soon
as dark any how, If not sooner lie sure and
don't dsappolnt me. - had beau last
night while was standing at the gate waiting
for you. Well, | will not write any more this
time. will tell all the news when ! see you.


Yours affectionatelv, .
We have substituted dashes IN place of the
names otherwise the above is an exact copy
of the original
Year: 1875

From Arseps Houssaye's Letter to New York


Tribune.l


Meanwhile America is building up the
world, or rather she says that her house
is the universe. There is one thing we
are trying to borrow from America, and
that is the art of making a newspaper
In Paris we are mere school-boys, and
dlers as we'll When we have read the
papers, we know no more than before
We must 60 into society, on Change, or
on the boulevard to learn the news, while
the reporters OF the daily papers are
playing dominoes in the cafes. Do you
want to know how paper is made here2
1t is very simple: the journals make
themselves out Of one another. The
scissors do far more than the pen.
Paragraphs out of the evening papers
become articles in the morning papers,
and the reverse You discuss with your
opponent political question already
discussed a thousand times, and thou.
sand times more muddled at the end than
the beginning. Darkness instead of
light is thrown upon it. A Prefect of
the Fourth of September, who was as
good a Prefect as he had been a jour
nalist, recounted while dining with me
at the Chateau de Breuil-for it was the
Prefect of Laon-how, one morning,
seeing that all his associates had gone
off to civil funeral, he decided to make
the paper by himself. He scissored
away at other papers so much and so
we'll, that he needed only line of in
vention here and there to reduce to har-
mony these heterogeneous ideas gath
cred from every side The paper came
out at four o'clock, and at five his editor.
in-chief, who had been to make speech
at the civil funeral, came to congratu-
late him, saying the paper had never
been so complete or so interesting. Since
that time the editor in chief has followed
no other system.


Perhaps you imagine in reading our
papers that all those fine things leap
alive from the brain of Minerva They
have usually existed at least hundred
times the life of the rose, and are taken
up and turned inside out for the oc-
cssion, For instance, Emile de Girardin
has always a highly interrogative article
ready for any possible event. We call
this reserved wit.


For several months the Figaro has
been taking on a Franco-American
character. 1t has started a page Of
/ advertisements which is amusing to
Frenchmen and especially to French
Year: 1875

From recent letter from Constanti-
nople to the Providence Journal we
quote: The accounts which are given
of the riches which are boarded in the
palace have the SAVIOR of the tales Of the
Arabian Nights. Beyond doubt, a vast
deal Of wealth, in the form Of diamonds
and precious stones, is accumulated
there. The ostentatious display By the
Shah of Persia of his wealth in this di-
rection, on the recent tour Of visitation
with which he favored Europe, is well
known. Among profusion of Jewels on
his person, he was accustomed to wear a
cap heavily embroidered with diamonds
and fastened at the front with a brilliant
OF enormous size On the occasion when
the Sultan was to receive him as his
guest, the grand staircase and the corri-
dor leading to the audience-room were,
in anticipation of the arrival Of the Shah,
ordered to be laid with heavy Smyrna
rugs, studded all over with diamonds,
emeralds and sapphires, so that the royal
visitor was obliged to tread under his
feet the evidence of greatness which he
wore on his head. The Sultan received
him, as he stepped upon the staircase, in
a plain dress, wearing his usual simple
tez OF scarlet cloth, and without personal
ornament of any kind. A neat bit of
sarcasm for barbarian. Any visitor at
Constantinople can procure a frman
from the Sublime Porte to visit the i'm
perial treasure house at the old Seraglio,
where he will see more wealth in Jewel
studded trinklets, diamond.mouhted
sword-hilts, belts, scabbards, horse furni-
ture and caparisons, cups, vases, articles
OF Eastern workmanship, and single
stones Of immense value, than would buy
the crown jewels in the tower of London
twice over. A specimen of the contents
Of this repository in the form of golden
throne set with precious stones, and
which were formerly a present from Per
sia, is to be sent to our Centennial exhi-
bition. 1t was one of the contributions
of Turkey to' the Vienna Exposition.
just now it is the fashion for the women
Of the harem to make costly presents to
the Sultan. These presents are usually
something in the direction of the nation
al armament. The motherof the Sultan,
who seems to have head for business,
has the credit of inventing this substan-
tial form of feminine Establishment.
Some fine pieces of artillery have been
thus contributed to wake up the royal
favor - 80 ..r--r
Year: 1875

At four o'clock yesterday afternoon gas pipe sS.
plodcd on the third floor Of the Seventh Regiment Ar
mory carrying away portion Of an iron window sash
and otherwise damaging the building TO the amount
$500 Luckily, however, one was Injured
Year: 1875

them for general work. So far as my ex-
perience goes, they are never vicious. but
gentle and tractable.


Thus we find they are good, and almost
equal to the best as dairy cattle, excel
ling the Attorneys and Ayrshires for
beef, about equal to the short-horns ac-
cording to the amount Of feed consumed,
and excelling them all as working cattle.
They become, therefore, the most profit
able cattle to breed and raise in this
country. While they are not breachy as
a rule, they are the best foragers Of the
cattle kind, and will find living if it is
within reach Of them. It has been DEM
onstrated in the last few years that they
will live and thrive among the rough
lands Of Colorado with the hardy Texas
cattle. They must undoubtedly be .
profitable cattle to raise in this northern
climate, where we have to feed SO many
months in the year.
Year: 1875

OAKwooD MEMORIAL AsSoCIATloN.-T he
Board of Managers Of this Association will
bold meeting at the residence of DR.. R. S.
Vest at o'clock tomorrow night. AS the
time for the annual decoration of the graves
in the cemetery under their charge is rapidly
approaching, and as much has 10 he done in
the preliminary arrangements for the day, it
is requested that every memoer will be pre-
cent
Year: 1875

TAKEN TO THE ALMsHoUsE.-By direction
of the Council the Committee for the Relief
Of the Poor yesterday removed from the city
Jail TO the almshouse Molle Collins "a white
lunatic), whose physical as we'll as mental
condition demanded better treatment than
was in the power of the officers of the Jail
to give her.
Year: 1875

THE FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH TO
BE REBUlLT.-The members Of the First At
ricau church, and large number of the at
tendants of that church, held special meet
ing in the old church on Monday night for
the purpose of raising the necessary amount
to erect a spacious and handsome church
edifice on the present site, on Broad street.
The pastor, Rev. j. Ii. Holmes, called the
meeting to order and stated its object. A
list was then opened, and the cburch-mem-
bers and members of the congregation re-
queSted to come forward and subscribe what
they could afford TO the Object in view. The
sum of S4,059.50 was speedily raised, or
promised, and those who subscribed, and
those who might hereafter signify willing
ness to subscribe, were requested to come
forward at another called meeting TO be held
on the fourth Monday in May and pay over
their respective amounts. The committee
having charge Of the matter were Instructed
to have prepared plan for the new church
to cost $4,000. The meeting then adjourned
until the fourth Monday in May.
Year: 1875

REMOVING LEAD Guns aud rifles NAV
be easily cleaned from lead by the fol-
lowing: If a muzzle. loader. stop up the
nipple or communication hole with ai.t
tie wax. or if breech loader insert a
cork in the breach rather tightly; next
pour some quicksilver into the barrel, and
put another cork in the muzzle. then pro-
ceed to roll it up and down the barrel,
shaking it up every few minutes. The
mercury and lead will form An am 'lgam,
and leave the barrel as free from lead as
the first day it came out Of the shop.
The same quicksilver can be used re-
pcatedly by straining it through wash
leather, for the lead will be left behind in
the leather, and the quicksilver Will DC
again fit for use.


To DESTROY WAsrs "A very simple
and easy plan of doing this is, to saturate
q piece Of wooden rag with spirits of tur-
penline. and put it into the entrance OF
the nest. leave it there for the night, and
the next morning every wasp will be dead.
A wasp's nest, when removed unbroken,
is very extraordinary and beautiful in its
construction. and curiosity quite worthy
of preservation.


rE Postmaster General Jewell is go
ing to head off the designs Of mail con
tractors by having law enacted provid
ing for the publication Of the contractors
names, with their routes and the price
paid by the government. The contract
ors have hitherto obtained a large mum
Der of contracts and sub let them at low.
cr rates than they are paid by the gov.
crnment, thus making large amounts OF
money
Year: 1875

There is occasionally a compla int made
against protesting christians Of pride-pride
in dress, and pride in demeanor especially
towards those in humber walks of life than
themselves. 1t must be confessed there is
some ground for the charge. The habit Of
dressing for church as you would for gay
party, is extremely Objectionable. and in bad
taste. to say the least. When human beings.
imperfect and sinful. come into the presence
Of the Almighty to offer up their devotions
it would seem that they should appear in plain
and modest attire clean and tidy as becomes
us at all times, but especially when in the
presence Of a superior being When gay
dressing Is associated with the contemplate
habit of making disparaging remarks about
those more plainly dressed. it simply indicates
a mind of so small calbrc that an elevated
thought cannot find room therein for en-
trance. While this is true to some extent, Of
professors does 1t argue that non professors.
who make the complaint. are free from pride,
themselye' Arc they certain tiat wounded
pride is not the ground of complaint? Would
they make any complaint. were the same
to occur In ball room? The fact is, the OBJ
jectionable remarks referred to are. In nine
cases out Of ten. made by non professors, and
because they display their folly in the church
it Is made the occasion of a charge against
protesting christians. When a man or woman
connect themselves with the church, they do
not reinquish their right to select their own
intimate friends and acquaintances. They
will. Of course treat all persons courteously
and kindly. and. IN all sickness and distress
afford them assistance as far rs lies in their
power; but. further than this cannet con-
ceive that church relationship can give any
claim


The object Of any protesting christian. in
seeking church relation is that he may have
the benefit of the experience and sympathy
of his fellow christians and the stated means
OF grace of the church, to help him in the
spiritual warfare that every christian must
wage for himself Social position. social
equality or pecuniary advantages are no part
of church relationship: and further than
that an honest. pure and holy life, may com
mend man to the favorable consideration of
his fellow men. The Savior nowhere promi-
scs his followers any earthly advantage eX
ccpt that they shall be supplied with the nee
cssarcs of life. No comforts or luXurics ex-
cept o. spiritual nature are promised.
Year: 1875

SAD DEPRIVATION "A large frowsy
woman called at the Third Ward School
yesterday and tackled the lady teacher
as follows: Ave come to tell you tha,
| think it's about time my hoy Pete
learned something useful Here he is nine
years old and cant even read ncwspa.
per He is losing every bit of the Beech.
er trial I've half mind to send him
up to the Second Ward!" The teacher
mildly demonstrating, venturcd to say
that II Pete kept up in his studies he
stood a good chance OF getting interested
in the wind.up of the trial somewhcr,
about the centennial anniversary. The
old lady left contented and happy. .-Tro,
Times.
Year: 1875

The Catholic Church is one Uf the most
thoroughly organized and disciplined In.
stitutions the world has ever seer. It's
hierarchy are noted for their worldly
wisdom. In no net Of The "Powers that be-
is this worldly wisdom more clearly seen
than in the selection Of Bishop. Their
aim ia always to select The right man for
the right place, and II must he confessed
that they generally succeed In realizing
this aim. Take, for instance, the late
Bishop Nvhelan. Everybody admits that
he was peculiarly fitted for the work that
was and still is pecullat to this diocese.
It WA and sill "A . missionary tliocese.
II has a wide extent Of territory and n
compafatiyelyspatse Catholic population


II therefore feqdites an energetic worker
and administrator, II also requires n
theologian OF good scholastic abilities. In
other words Il requires an aggressive man
oiall work, who can either resolve hlmsclf
into a COMMITTEES Of Ways ahd Means Of
take a tilt in q theological controversy, as
occasion may require Such a man waSthc
late Bishop Whelan. lie was not by any


means one Oft great men Of the church,
but he was one Of It's most energetic and
self sacrificing workers. lie could do
many things very creditably, and
hO was especially good at using the
means at his command for the
Year: 1875

A NAN in Kilkenny recently saw n
statement Of his own death in q news
paper. lie wrote TO the editor: ''Sir. l
notice few errors in the obituary OF
myself. which appears in your paper Of
Wednesday last. Twas born in Dublin.
not Cork. and my retirement from busi'
ness in 1850 was not owing to i'll health.
but TO little trouble bad with 4
horse. The cause Of my death was not
small.p Please make corrections"
Year: 1875

The Je,Oish Messenger, says the Jews
will ever be distinct people, and holds
out no hope to the Protestant Society for
the conversion of that people


"In no single thing do We consider
ourselves apart from the citizens of other
creeds, except in our religious belief and
worship, but in this we have remained,
and we have Gods word for it that we
shall ever remain distinct and as far as
those who, for some worldly reason,
hold in allegiance some of the commands,
it is MAXIM Although he sins, he is
still JeM.' Let us hope that pur re-
mark may influences those WHO may i'm
agine they are absolved from the dis
charge of the duties commanded them !;
to give better tone to their feelings, to
act as Jews, to obey the will of their
Heavenly Father, to place their reliance
on Him, and to do good. Thus they
will be happy themselves, and confer
happiness on others.
Year: 1875

Printed matter not fully prepared can
not be sent Through the mails.


Anything whatever attached or pasted
to postal card renders it unavailable as
a postal card.


1t is a violation of the postal laws for
publishers of newspaper to inclose
handbills or advertisements in their reg
ular issue to subscribers.


A book having the name of the giver,
or any writing inscribed therein, cannot
be sent by mail, except on prepayment
of postage OF letter rates.


A letter dropped in the Postoffice not
prepaid one full rate, three cents, cannot
be sent by mail, but must be sent to the
Dead Letter Office.


The postage on drop or local letters is
two cents the half ounce, or fraction
thereof, at Letter carriers offices, and one
cent the half ounce or fraction thereof
at all other offices.


Manuscript designed for publication
in newspapers, magazines or periodicals,
can pass by mail only at letter rates of
postage, three cents the half ounce OF
fraction thereof.
Year: 1875

THERE does not at present seem to be
a notable prediction for military life in
the ranks of our regular army. Accord
ing to recent report from army head
quarters, over 1,7o0 men have deserted
within the last ten months, being pro-
portion of l in IA.
Year: 1875

Observation-Disclosures are bust
ness establishments. Each is more or
less necessarily the rival of the others.


Each is dependent upon the goodwill
and support of the public for an exist
ence. All it says is in public and not in
secret. 1t lives and performs all its
functions in a glass house, visible to
everybody. 1t cannot defend wrong
without an injury to itself. 1t cannot
hire itself out, as the lawyers do, to de-
fend the guilty or prosecute the inno-
Year: 1875

z THE Indianapolis Sentinel is the
happy defendant in two libel suits, dam
ages being laid in each at the respectable
sum of $4,000. The suits are based
upon the publication by the Sentinel of
certain alleged facts which came to light
in the course of an investigation into the
management of the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum.
Year: 1875

1t is a striking comment on our Con-
gressional enactments for the benefit of
the postal service, that after the LIST of
July a newspaper can be sent from
Brooklyn to Constantinople for two cents
which would require four cents to carry
it from Brooklyn TO New York. The
rate of postage on newspapers sent
abroad after July 1 will be two cents on
papers that do not weigh more than four
ounces, while at home the rate is one
cent on every ounce.
Year: 1875

Daynamite, or giant powder. may be
transported by all ordinary means of
conveyance in every climate and temper
ature without danger of explosion
Several European Governments allow it
to pass as common freight. The secret
of its safety lies in the fact that the alb
sorbent is soft, compressible and elastic,
and is no more effected by blow than
is cushion. It has been subject to the
severest tests by scientific men and ex-
perts of every sort, and has proved by
its conduct that the only means of ex-
plodlng it is by large and powerful
percussion cap. In contact with fire it
burns to ashes like saltpeter paper. A
lot of 5000 pounds has been burned at
once without exploding. It may be
poured upon a red-hot plate, or a red
hot poker may be thrust into it box
of it may be thrown upon rocks from any
height, SO that the box is shattered !;
heavy weights may be thrown upon it !;
it may be-beaten with sledge- hammer; !;
it may be held in the hand and set on
fire, and when half consumed be extin-
guished with water all this may be
done and the powder will refuse to ex-
plode. There are two kinds of dynam-
ite. One is composed of Is per cent Of
nitro -glycerine and 25 per cent Of infus-
orial earth. The other has much less
nitro -glycerine, the deficiency being sup
piled by nitre, saltpeter and rosin. The
second is not SO strong as the first and
is only half as costly. The substance
has the look of dirty corn meal. ''Its
explosion does not take place like gun
powder, burning from point to point,
but the entire mass, however large, bursts
at once, as if the band that held it were
cut and the recojl of each grain took
place at the same instant. It skaters
the hardest rock as if it were the most
fragile of things, and reDds wrought
iron and solid steel as if they were rags.
The hghtest charge Of it in the heaviest
rifle or cannon tears the gun into a
thousand pieces. 1t is as good in water
as out. If turned loose into bofe-hole
filled with water, it sinks to the bottom
is tamped by the water and explodes
with full effect AS dynamite contains
1tro-giycerine, it is supposed to be dan
gerous to transport, yet it is in truth
quite otherwise. Congress has made it
misdemeanor punishable by heavy
fine or imprisonment to ship highly
inhammable or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
substances without disclosing their char
acter by 1ables on the boxes OF vessels
containing them. A late trial before q
United States Court established the fact
that dynamite cannot be reckoned one of
these substances.
Year: 1875

A SINGULAR ELoPEMENT. romance
in real life is reported from Halifax. in
Yorkshire, England, namely, the e1ope-
ment of bride on her wedding day
with the gentlemen who officiates as
''best man at the ceremony, and who
was, moreover engaged to be married to
her sister. After the marriage had taken
place, the wedding party adjourned to
the house Of the brides mother. One
by one they left the room where they
were assembled, until the bridegroom
found himself sitting alone with his
mother-in-law. Some time having
elapsed without the reappearance of the
bride, and the bridegroom having ex-
hausted his conversational powers, he
went in search of her, and was rewarded
by finding her in a public house with
the chest man." The bridegroom him
self being teetotaler, was given to un-
derstand that his presence was de trop
in that establishment. This led to an
argument, during the course of which
the bride and the "best man" slipped
out of the public house, and have not
since been heard Of
Year: 1875

The Detroit Tribune says: We have received
the following with a request 10 totify the writer
whether we would accept or reject II. We
couldn't think of rejecting it:


ASKING TOO MUCH.
Twas on the river Ohio
4 steam boat with = full cargo
The downward trip she was making
Not far from the town OF Wheeling
Three hundred on the dec k - more
Who saw Il woman on the shore
Making hailin9 signs with her hard
For the boat u come to land
The captain ordered boat ashore
TO take on one passenger more
The boat hove to plank run out
Now mann please step upon the boat
Tile captain sir / wish to see
If he would do turn for
No sooner call'd than forth he came
What's this you wish from me now nam
To New Orleans wish TO send
One Dozen of Eggs with you my Friend
Twelve cents here is all they bring
While at Orleans we get Thirteen
Some things from there like have brought
We get them there at first cost
Here is the bill that you can see
One skein of silk three cents in snuff the rest


i'll tea


You'll find them all at Jason's firm
Please stop with them on your return
Here is the basket eleven in it
The Hen is in her nest please wait minute,
Year: 1875

KAHAKAUA's COMMEMORATE forth
coming contribution to the harmony of
the occasion is thus described by an ex
change:


king Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Is
lands, will send his feather cloak to the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia
This article will represent more labor
than any other that will be on exhibi-
ton. Its manufacture was commenced
over a hundred years ago, under the
auspices of some of the ancestors of
Kamehaha, the first king of the Islands,
and upward of fifty years of time were
required for its completion. It is made
of the feathers of a peculiar species of
bird, each bird only furnishing two
feathers, one from under each wing.
In size the cloak is little over a square
yard, and It's color is golden yellow
1t used to be worn by the King on State
occasions, but of late years it served
only to-adorn the reception room of the
palace"