smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

A POLICY OF CANCELLATION is in order. Un-
Gle Sammy should come down to New York
and send for all the boys to come to Gram.
ercy Park and conciliate. There was some
hard and heavy hitting at st. Louis. But
now let us have peace.
Year: 1876

One hundred years ago not a pound Of
coal or cubic foot of Illuminating Gas had
been burned in the country. No iron
stoves were used and contrivances for econ
Omizing heat were employed until DIR.
Franklin invented the iron framed fire place
which still bears his name All the cook
ing and warming in town and country were
done by the aid of fire kindled upon the
brick hearth or oven Pine knots or tallow
candles furnished the light for the long
winter nights, and sanded floors supplied
the places of rugs and carpets. The water
used for household purposes was drawn
from the deep wells by the crank and
"sweep. No form Of a pump was used in
this country, so far as we can learn, until
after the commencement of the present cen
tury. There were no friction matches in
those days, by the aid of which fire could
be speedily kindled; and if the fire 'wente
out, upon the hearth over night, and the
timber was damp so that the spark would
not catch, the alternative remained of wad-
ing through the snow mile or so, to bor-
row brand of neighbor. Only one room
in any house was warm, unless some of the
family was i'll in all the rest the tempera-
ture was at zero during the nights in win
ter. The men and women Of hundred
years ago undressed and went to their beds
in temperature colder than that of our
modern barns and wooden sheds, and thew
never complained.
Year: 1876

The Supreme Court Judge Sharswood
delivering the opinion) has just decided
that national banks cannot charge usurious
interest. Following is an abstract of the
opinion -


1t is very clear, we think, that Congress
intended that the national banks should be
effectively prevented, as far as legislation
could prevent it, from either charging or
receiving more than the legal rate of inter
est in the State in which they might be To-
Gated and carry on their business. Ex-
perience had abundantly shown that to do
this it would not be sufficient to provide
that the excess over the lawful rate only
should be illegal


These institutions of large capital would
naturally exercise great power over those who
should stand in need of their assistance
for 1t is as true now as it was in the days
of Solomon 1.-The rich ruleth over the
poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender. 1t was considered no doubt, that
it would be too hard a measure to provide
that the debt itself should be forfeited, or
the security given for it declared void That,
too, had been tried in England, and some
Of the United States, but was found not to
arrest the practice, but only to increase the
unjust gain of the usurer, who required to
be indemnifed by the needy borrower fer
the risk he ran by much increased rate.


1t was deemed a sufficiently effective pre-
yentive to enact that whenever the bank
violated the law, by knowingly receiving,
reserving or charging" more than the lawful
interest, they should recover none, and that
when the unlawful interest had been volun-
tarily paid the debtor should be entitled to
recover, as penalty, double the whole in
terest paid, provided suit were brought
within two years. Whenever the bank
must resort to a suit, then the forfeiture Of
Year: 1876

Among the many curious things we find
everywhere, it may be interesting to notice
a few Of them. Suppose we inquire into
the origin Of certain words, customs, etc.
Take, for instance, the word humbug. 1t is
a corruption of Hamburg. At one time dur
ing the war on the continent Of Europe, so
many false reports were fabricated Ham
burg, that finally, when any one wished to
show his disbelief Of statement, he would
say, THAT came from Hamburg" or, ''That
is Hamburg, or IIumbug, which thus
came to imply unbelief or incredulity.


The word lady is derived from an An
glo-Saxon word, and signifies giver of
bread. 1t originated from the custom
which prevailed among the wealthy Eng
lish people of early times of distributing
money and food to the poor. Certain days
were set apart for this distribution, which
were called lady-days, or gif-days. The
word purse meant a receptacle for arms,
and was not invented to mean simply a
place of safety for money.


Gloves were introduced into England In
the tenth century, but were only used by
the wealthy people, and were considered
very valuable. As New Years gifts they
were quite popular, or sometimes 'gl love
money" in place Of them. ''Pin money
originated in somewhat the same manner.
Pins were so costly that money spent or
laid aside for them was called ''pin-money,'
and it became so important that it grew
into the name Of dover, which was settled
upon the lady at her marriage.


Altar of roses was discovered by ac-
cident The wife of an Eastern mogul had
a small canal of rose-water, and as she was
walking one day upon its banks, she noticed
a thin film upon the water, which proved
to be an oil made by the heat Of the sun.
The Egyptians were vesy famous IN the
manufacture of perfumes, and at the
museum in Alnwick there is some ointment
preserved in an alabaster ware which still
has a very powerful odor, Notwithstanding
it must be between two and three thousand
years old. The word hermit comes from
a Greek word meaning a desert place, be-
cause desert were generally sought in order
to avoid persecution.


Sandwiches were named from Lord
Sandwich. 1t is related of him, that one
day in gambling house, being very much
fascinated by play, for twenty-five hours
he was unconscious of fatigue and hunger,
when suddenly, becoming aware of them,
he ordered some food to be brought, which
proved to be some beef and two slices of
bread Placing them together he ate them
His friends gave them the name of sand
wiches, and in his memeto he declared this
act to be the most important one of his
administration.


The origin of electing members by ballots
came from the Grecians' When member
was to be elected, each member threw /
small erumb of bread into basket, carried
by servant on his head, and whoever diff
fered, fattened the pellet at one side
Fortnight comes from the Angl glo-Saxons
who counted time by night, and means
fourtcen-night.


Merry pin means merry mood, anC
originated in the custom of dividing tank
ards from each other by pegs or pins, ant
Year: 1876

seriously interfered with the prompt an
nouncement of the result To cut off such
debate the twenty joint rule of the
two houses was adopted in 1865, and re-
adopted by each succeeding Congress ex-
cept the present. The following is the text
Of the rule =


"lf, upon the reading of any such certi-
ticate by the tellers any question shall arise
IN regard to the counting Of the votes there
in certified, the same having been stated by
the presiding officer, the Senate shall there
upon withdraw, and said question shall be
submitted to that body for It's decision and
the Speaker of the House shall in like man
ner submit the said question to the House
for Its decision, and no question shall be
decided afirmatively, and no votes objected
to shall be counted except by the concur
rent votes Of the two houses, which being
obtained, the two houses shall reassemble,
and the presiding officer shall then an
nounce the decision of the question sub
mltted and upon such question there shall
be no debate in either House, and any
other question to this object for which the
two houses are assembled may be submit
ted and determined in like manner"


In 1873 electoral votes were rejected
from several States under this rule, but its
operation was so unsatisfactory that the
sentiment at the time was almost unani-
nous not only for its repeal, but also for an
entire change in the mode of elccting Presi-
dent. 1t was repealed at the last sessions
Of Congress by failure of the Senate to
adopt it.


From this hasty review it appears q
that the President of the Senate has never
assumed to determine any question as to
the validity Of the vote received from any
State, but that when such questions have
arisen, they have invariably been referred
to the two houses Of Congress for their de-
cision


(2) That neither house of Congress by
itself has ever claimed the right to reject
the vote of any State, or to determine, in
case two sets of returns from a single State
appear, which of them shall be counted ex-
cept by authority of the twenty y-second joint
rule, which no longer exists.


(3.) That while neither the Constitution
nor the laws Of the United States ex pressly
provide the means of determining contro-
versics that may arise in regard to the
counting Of the electoral vote Of any State,
that power has been exercised by the con-
current action Of two houses of Congress.
Year: 1876

John Shattucl,, noted butter dairvman
Of Chenango County, \. Y, said, at the
late convention of the New York State
Dairyman's Association, shat he had found
the color on the inside the ear to be an
infallible guide in the selection of good
butter COW. If the skin on the inside the
ear is of rich yellow color, the COW was
sure to give Il good quantity OF milk that
is, milk rich in butter He said in all his
experience he had never known this SIGN
to fail. j. W. North, in the .Naiae Far
mer, gives some further information con-
corning the subject. He observes that
COWS producing very high-calored butter
have large amount Of the ear secretion,
in many instances the whole internal surface
being covered with thick orange-calored,
oily matter on the other hand, the light
colored butter makers present scanty, thin
and pale yellow secretion in some eases found
only at the bottom of the ear. His theory
Is that every animal has the power of
sccreting a certain amount Of this yellow
pigment. If the quantity be sufficiently
large, secretion will take place freely in the
mammary glands, the ear aud skin
Year: 1876

No where in the country has real estate
decreased in value so materially as in the
city of New York. a journal of that city
says that prices, value and rents of property
have collapsed to such an extent that the
depreciation amounts to a fall Of from forty
to fifty per cent that few Of the costly
business structures erected during the iu-
fiation period, would now be valued at six
ty per cent. of their actual cost, and some
of them would not bring even that This
is accounted for from the fact that New
York was the center of the imitation bub-
bic, and that speculation run to greater
hight in that city than anywhere else vet
1t is said that what will apply to costly bust
ness structures in that city will apply with
equal force to the same elsewhere. Money
was spent upon this class of buildings much
more lavishly than upon the more moderate
class, and the latter, consequently, are now
paying the best in proportion to the less
cost. The buildings themselves are an orna-
ment to the cities in which they are loca-
ted, and no one will regret their erection
except those who fail to realize from them
as much as was expected.
Year: 1876

When people feel tho need of an acid, if they would let vinegar alone, and use lemons or sour apples, they would feel just as we'll satisfied, and receive no in- jury. And suggestion may not como amiss as good plan when lemons arc cheap in the market. A person should, in those times, purchase several dozen at once and prepare them for use ill the warm days of spring and summer, when acids, especially citric and .malic, or the acids of lemons and ripe fruits, are so grateful and useful. Press your hand on the lemon and roll it back and forth briskIy on the table to make it squeeze more readily; then press the juice into a bowl or tumbler-never into tin; strain out all the seeds, as they give bad taste. Remove all the pulp from tho peels and boil in water-a pint to dozen pulps- to extract the acids. A few minutes bo ling is enough, then strain the water with the juice of the lemons; put a pound of white sugar to 8 pint of the juice; boil ten minutes; bottle it, and your lemonade is ready. Put table spoonful or two of this lemon syrup in Q glass of water, and you have @ cooling, healthful drink.
Year: 1876

President Porter, in his sermon be- fore the senior class of Yale College, gave theyoung men the following advice:

 The last Step must soon be taken, and you will find yourself each fighting his battle, no longer a mimic, but stern struggle for what are called the prizes of life. You will stand upon the threshold and wistfully inquire whither will life take me and what will life give me I hear voice replying in the distance to each of you, gentle but clear, tender but firm, loving in it's accents yet capable of Life will bring back to you what you only with ampler returns. It is & good time for an honest and earnest man to begin life. It would seem that there has never been time, for a generation, which is so full of hope to a young man who is willing to make full proof of an earnest, intelligent, courageous and lov- ing Christian life. The country has been chastened. If it brings wealth and power and culture and freedom as the fruits of the first century of it's inde- pendent life, it begins the second with some just convictions that the manhood of the people aud their rulers are it's only security; that truth and honor are the only reliance of free common wealth which hopes to remain. Go forth, then, in this time of fear and of hope, of thankfulness and of christening, go forth in the name of the Master, to labor in His service and to live for His kingdom. Yield to no fear. Remem- Der that you are not brought to this open door by your own hand. No man is self commissioned except he cuts him self off from God. He who has brought you to this place will guide you to the end. May we now and then hear of each one of you that he is high-toned and intelligent servant of his country and his time, and that She world is daily the better fo1 his living in it, that his life is guided and blest by tue living God. With these wishes aud this prayer l bid you an affectionate farewell"
Year: 1876

The OUerld1ad Chia1d MdiI gives ar account of & strange suicide that was lately committed at Fun Chow Foo. A young lady, who had the misfortune to be left widow while yet in Ter teens, was urged by some injudicious relatives to enter again into the bouds of we'd lock. The thought thus suggested of supplying the place of her late husband was so repugnant to her feelings that, in order to escape from the persecution of her advisers, she determined to Gas cend to heaven on the back of a stork, '' or, in other words, publicly to commit suicide. Having arrived at this deter imitation day was fixed for the cere- mony. Early on the fatal morning the lady, dressed as the "queen of heaven, '' and surrounded by large following of admiring relatives and friends, started from her late husbands house in an open sedan chair for the scene of her .self-infiicted death. By the way, she visited her parents, to bid them fare we'll, and stopped occasionally en route to taste the viands which were placed at intervals by the side of the road, as at funeral. On arriving at an open space at the back of the Hai-chaou temple, she mounted on scaffolding which had been erected for tho purpose, and, hay ing bowed to the vast crowd which had assembled to witness the proceedings, she cried with loud voice: " Heaven and earth and my friends am quite satisfied to die in this manner" Have ing said this, she stepped on to Q chair on the platform, and thrust her head through moose of red cord, which hung suspended from 0 cross-beam above her. At the same moment a red cloth was placed over her head and face, and then, without the least hesitation, she jumped off the chair. Death was almost Instantaneous, and she expired without the least apparent struggle. Unfortunately. the effects of this young lady's self-devotion did not end with her life, for so deep an impression did her conduct make on some boys who had witnessed the spectacle that they amused themselves on tho following day by making believe to follow her example. By misadventure, while one of them was adjusting the ropo round his neck, his playmates ran off, and ou their re- turn they found that he likewise had ascended to heaven on the back of Q stOrk" "
Year: 1876

Why turn, faint spirit to the vanished past? Why grieve that some vain longing might have been?

 Why brood OCT broken hours no longer thine, Or sigh for conquests thou mays never win Leave the poor faded hope and trust long dead, And nurse the hearts unfolding bloom instead Fling your misgivings to the idle wind Fruition is the patient souls reward Thy path through trouble to the good mans

 goal

 Let not these petty weaknesses retard- Tread with unfaltering step the rugged way That leads this trial to the perfect day! Press not thy bosom, like the imprisoned bird, In sad repinings gainst the bars of fate; What though the skies are sometimes hung in

 cloud,

 Deem not, therefore, thy whole life desolate ; Mako tiny own destiny, though dangers throng- Fearless advance, with every step grow strong Turn not thy minds eye inward, where waste Spreads heath the spirits sky of doubtful

 gloom,

 But look thou rather to the scenes without, Where all Gods fairest holiest treasures

 bloom;

 Forget thyself-cast each dull clog aside And look inGrust above whateer betide! Fold not thy hands in weary, dull despair, Whatever shadows thy fair hopes enshroud- Sleep not thy life away in idle dreams; Nerve thee for Gods own work-nor heed

 the cloud That breaks above thee toll will bring release, Care fade away and struggle end in peacel
Year: 1876

l A correspc ndent with Gen. Crooks army gives the following sad incidents

 of tho battle at Rosebud creek, the first 6ght with the Sioux Looking be- hind I saw dozen Sioux surrounding | a group of soldiers who had struggled 1 behind the retreat. Six were killed at one spot. A recruit surrendered his carbine to pair ted warrior, who flung 1 it to tho ground, and cleft his head with one stroke of tho tomahawk. William w. Allen, brave old soldier, who had

 been twenty years ill the army, fought

 with magnificent courage, and was kill ed. The Sioux rode so closely to their victims that they shot them in the face with revolvers and the powder blacken- ed the flesh. Captains Burrows and Burt's companies of infantry by this time were firing we'll directed volleys from position half way down the west side of the high bluff, and just after my escape the Snake Indians, gallantly led by their chiefs, Louissant and Cosgrove,

 dashed with thrilling shouts into the hollow, among the Sioux who were in tho rear of the cavalry, aud drove them back. Captain Henry, weak from the bleeding of his wound. had been unable to keep up with the retreat and had sunk on the ground. Louissant put himself astride the body and for five minutes kept the Sioux off, when some soldiers of his company rushed back and rescued him.

 About the same time corporal of F company, of tho Third cavalry, made a last charge, with three men. and cap tured from the enemy the bodies of their comrades, thus saving them from fho olripc Ipifo Tha Gnolyoc toolx two scalps from the Sioux whom they killed in the hollow, and swung them, fresh and bleeding, with gleeful triumph above their heads as they returned. The infantry under Captains Burrows and Burt executed their part admirably. Captain Henry's battalion of the Thir1 cavalry and Captain Andrews company of the Second cavalry, with all their officers. displayed most honorable de- gree of fortitude and bravery. They had more arduous duty and suffered more severely than any other portion of the command. Colonel Royal was circumscribed by orders in every one of his movements, and the disaster attend ing the retreat would have been much greater had it not been so skillfully di- rected by him. On the left of his line was lofty crescent shaped palisade, toward which, early in the morning, he deploy ed skirmishers. Had the order to fall back been little later this would have been occupied. It would then have been impossible for the Sioux to have circled around to the rear, and fire could have been turned upon the last high point held by them, which would have compelled them to hide be- hind it, while the cavalry could have charged up the hollow and reached them before they could realize th"ir predicament Then the soldiers could have dismounted and fired such volleys as would have ended the fight and made a chase. @ 'st s'
Year: 1876

A young lady abruptly turned the corner of street, and very rudely ran against 8 small boy, hatless and shoeless. Stopping as soon as she could, she turned to him and said "I beg your pardon indeed I am very sorry"

 The small, ragged boy looked up in blank astonishment for an instant, then, taking off about three-fourths of hat, he bowed very low, smiled until his face became lost in the smile, and an swered: "Yer can hev my parding, an welcome, miss an yer may run agin me an knock me clean down, an I won't say word."

 After the young lady passed on he turned to comrade and said, half apologeticalIy: ''I never had any one ask my parding, an it kind O took me off my feet"
Year: 1876

The Register says We are desirous to
have the Democratic candidates for
County Commissioners elected, and for
once the Rsgisteratells the truth. The
Register says further that the
Silver State has fat thing on county
printing because the Commissioners
are Democratic, and in that the Re.
gister lies. The County printing cost
less since the Silver State has been
doing the work than it ever did before,
and for proof of this we refer to the
records in the County Clerks Office,
and the bills on file in the Auditor g
office.
Year: 1876

The pay of officers is small as
yet, but few of the captains getting
more than one hundred dollars per
month. Indeed the pay of engi-
neers generally equals that OF mas
ters. But the day is coming when
steamboating will be conducted on
a larger and more liberal scale as
the trade grows more extensive !;
and then the pay Of steamboat pilots
and engineers will be as liberal
here as it is elsewhere. Large boats
will be required, and they need
such skillful handling that low
wages will be no object. Our
Sound is the most beautiful sheet
of water in the world, and one day
will boast the most elegant steamers.
Year: 1876

AN ABSURD PRoJECT-A PUBLIC LIBRARY INSTEAD


OF RIDICULOUS STRUCTURE.


To the FdttOr OF The TrfbUHe.


SIR On Thursday evening. Feb. II, meet
ing was held the house OF senator Morrill, of Vermont
10 take into consideration by which the Washing
ton Monument may be finished With proper respect for
Mr. Morrill, of intelligence and the holder Of a
responsible office, be 1t said that his time and talents
could have been more proftably occupied. statue or
pctdro Of great man, far either s likeness "a
always acceptable to the public for it satisfies that
desire which every has To know what was the personal
appearance of whose name and fame have become
tho property of the world Could we know certainly
that of Shakespeare In the church at sratord Is
q perfect likeness of the great dramatls with What
interest would IL be visited and studied But II the sole
visible attraction TO tho poets birthplace were O
memorial shaft 500 feet high, the sensible part or
mankind would scarcely make, 10 now, this little place
their literary Mecca.


Congress. has just appropriated million and half OF
tho peoples money help out tho Centennial Exposition,
which is TO show the world that We have sd-
vanced far beyond the age of barbarism, Into that
OF civilization and refinement Congress will be asked
appropriate largo sum for completing the Washing
ton Monument which marble horror will show that We
arc st in the stone age, or at most that our sshstcs