smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

An election with only one light
thrown in to mark the interest may
perhaps deserve to be called quiet.
At least we will thus designate the
proceedings of yesterday, with one ex-
ception, which we note elsewhere, the
day passed off smoothly with only the
slightest ripple of enthusiasm upon
the municipal frog-pond. Ostensibly
the saloons were all closed, but it is
safe to say that few of the back
doors were left ajar The appearance
of several men ON the street would
lead one to think that they had made
few observations through the bot
tom of tumbler. A little over one
third of the vote in the last State elec-
ton was polled, the entire city scoring
1858 ballots. The lists showed the fol-
lowing figures in the several wards:


FIRST WARD.
Year: 1875

A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION. She
was his only daughter, the apple of his
eye. the pride of his heart, and the old
gentleman coming unexpectedly down
stairs, Saturday evening, discovered her
with her head in young Mr. Mortimer s
lap. There was no bushes. no tears of
modification; it was easy enough to ex-
plain it, and SO she spoke up like truth
full woman, saying that she had been cast
for the roll Of Mary Queen of SCOTS, in
an amatuer theatrical performance to
come off that week, and was only prac-
ticlng the execution scene on chip of
the old block
Year: 1875

A CORRESPONDENT soiourning at the
Gait House in Louisville was surprised
to have the bell answered by young girl
very plainly dressed, without even rib
bon at her throat. 'She did not speak,
and after moment said, I rang for
the bell-boy.. We have no bell-boys
Here. We are all girls, was the answer,
spoken with the soft cadence peculiar to
the sex in the South. I am glad of it,
I answered with that feeling of rest which
one has in the care of woman" The
correspondent was rejoiced to find an
other kind of employment for women.
But how about the poor boys p Chicago
Tribune.
Year: 1875

this policy. 1t will necessarily absorb more
money, and whether that will have to be found
by foregoing dividends or by procuring more
capital is not question for discussion here.


r WIN
Year: 1875

HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUNG MAN. In


sAvINa TWO BOTS.


The Republican, of yesterday, relates
the Following thrilling incident:


A little boy was taking a bath at
Giants Rock near Riddles Mills on the
Brandywine. on Tuesday afternoon.
when another little fellow jumped in
and not being able to swim, he immedi,
ately sank. The first boy struck out
for him, with the intention Of trying to
save him, but he grabbed hold Of him
and locked in each others arms, they
sank once or twice, and were going down
The third time, when Geo. Fisher saw
them, and Immediately jumped in, and
caught them as they were ON the eve OF
disappearing. After being taken from
tne creek, they were rolled to get the
water from them, and at last accounts
they. were doing well. Fishers strength
was mere OF great service to him in res
euing the boys from a watery grave.


AT the time the boys went into the
creek, on tho upper side, MIR. Fisher
was on tho lower bank, preparing for a
bath. He hastily pulled off his clothes
ana swan across the creek, arriving to
where the boys were just as they sank
IN about twelve feet OF water.


He instantly dived to the bottom
and grasped one by the foot, and, as
they were locked in fast embrace
he drew them both to the surface
After very hard struggle he reached
the shore and both both boys were
resuscitated.


MIR. Fishers promprand heroic con.
Duct was highly commendablc, and
worthy OF the highest praise. By his
courage he saved two human lives.
and performed an action which will
ever be regarded with pride and salts.
faction by himself and friends.
Year: 1875

The ATLANTIC CITy ExcuRsIoN.-The
excursion to Atlantic City promises to be
the most popular one of the season land
will be a trip OF great enjoyment varied
by ride on the steamboat and cars, to-
gether with a plunge in old ocean a stroll
on the beach and many other places sure
TO De enjoyed during seven hour visit
20 the city by the sea.
Year: 1875

TIE SMALL Pox.-The small pox 10
quite prevalent in thiscity, and several
deaths have resulted from it within
the past few days. The Board of
Health are doing all in their power to
prevent the spread of the dread dis.
ease, and people will adopt rt 80 aable
precautions no great danger need be
feared.
Year: 1875

AidHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AID


AUDITORS REPORT.


Tho eighth annual meeting Of Aid
Loan Association was held last evening
when the report of tho Auditors was
submitted and read. From il we make
the following extracts.
Year: 1875

The severity Of the late extremely cold
weather is said to have played havoc
with the birds of the air and water fowl
Thousands of crows have been starved
and frozen to death. They have also
been found blind, unable to navigate
from loss of sight and helpless from cold
and want of food. This blindness is
caused by the starved birds picking each
others eyes out at night on their roosts,
where in their reduced state from hunger
they fight with desperation, and practice
in extremity sort of fierce cannibalism
on each other. Many wild ducks have
been captured, stupified and starving.
The Baltimore Sun mentions a gentleman
in that city who reports that the robins
in great numbers, having exhausted the
food available in the up country or cut
off from supplies by the ice and snow, are
driven to the borders of the city to salts.
fly their hunger. In some places they
have stripped the holly trees of all the
berries and eaten all the food they could
find. In one instance there was robin
on a holly tree for almost every berry it
bore, and the tree being within few
yards of one of the windows of the house,
they could all have been shot within
few hours The humane master of the
house, however, fed them, and the con-
sequence was that not only the robins,
but the English sparrows and other poor
little birds found hospitable resting
place and secure harbor, compensating
the family by their songs of thanks and
presence. The crows, however, have been
reduced to the greatest extremity there,
and hundreds Of them are to be seen dali
ly in the streets of Baltimore picking up
whatever droppings they can find, and
the boys have caught many of them,
helpless, sightless and starving in the
snow. The pigeons have also suffered
very much from the cold. 1t is not un-
common to see score of gulls and twice
as many crows together upon the ice in
localities where some choice morsels are
to be found, which have been cast over
board from vessels, and the cawing OF
the crows, commingled with the shrill
notes of their white friends, the gulls,
makes rather discordant music.
Year: 1875

'Send me word to comfort me for
the death of my baby" writes broken
hearted mother to me-


Ny dear friend, might tell you that
there are thousands of childless mothers
all over the land, who, likeyou, are look
ing for comfort here and there, and find
none but that would not help you. /
might tell you, too, that if you knew all
the histories that have been told me by
tongue and pen, for many years, you
would be glad that your baby has gone
where there is no more pain; but that
would not cause you to shed one tear
the less, or keep you from telling that
your sorrows was harder than theirs. |
could tell you that God was good, even
in this afhiction but your vision is so
dimmed, that time only can enable you
to see it. 1t is because know that ma
ture must have her own way, or you
could not live and bear it, that / cau
only say to you now, that | am so sorry
for you. | know just how you go about
listening for the little appealing cry that
you may never hear more touching
listlessly the little clothes that you fash
ioned with your heart so full of love and
hope. l, too, have doneall this. | have
lain with my cheek close to the grass
upon my baby's grave, lest she should
be lonely without me, though | knew
she was not there. And yet / have tried
to thank Him who took her so early, that
the storms of life which afterwards over
took me, did not burst over her little
head. So, as | say, / shall not reason
with you now, for that were worse than
useless. | only reach out my woman's
hand and clasp yours in sympathy, al
though we may never meet in the world
/, But one thing know, that in the 9TH
er world your baby and mine will know
US, their mothers, else God were not God.
BY the strong love that came with them,
this must be; we could not be so cruelty
mocked if this were to be the end.


Now, do not sit down and brood over
your grief, if you can help it. Do not
close your blinds and shut out the sun.
shine. Let it warm you, though your
baby is cold You would rather have
felt its little warm clasp even for that
brief time, than not to have known the
bliss Of motherhood, would you not
Well, then warm your poor heart with
that bit of comfort Now, there is lad
der reaching to heaven, only seen by
you, only used by you. Heaven is moi
now to you the misty land it used to be
You see it clearly. By and by you will
hear its music, and one little voice your
mothers ear will detect; and none who
see the peace which illumines your face
will know wherefore, save "He who
doeth all things we'll" And so, with
my love, | leave you.
Year: 1875

The glare of a bright light at night
tends 10 keep an invalid from sleeping
and yet, in many cases, it is not desira-
BILE to be in total darkness. If burn
ing candle has common salt put on the
melted part of the candle, until it reach
es the black part of the wick, it will not
only cause the candle to burn very slow,
but make it give dim, mild, and mel
low light, proving very agreeable to the
invalid.


Another expedient in this connection
room can be very well ventilated in
the hotter nights, by lighting candle
and placing it on the hearth in the fire
place; this causes a draught upwards,
which is promoted by the fresh air COM
ing in at an open window or door. In
the winter, fire should be always burn
ing in the CRATE or fire place, more nee
essary at night than in the daytime; it
not only keeps the air of the room pure
and good, but it prevents the room get
ting too cool, thus endangering pneumo-
MIA or lung fever, in proportion as the
invalid is debilitated.
Year: 1875

In the range of the mountains in
Western North Carolina known as the
Fox Range" most singular phenom-
enon exists. 1t is breathing cave"
In the summer months a current of air
comes from it so strongly that person
can't walk against it, while in the win
ter the suction is just as great. The
cool air from the mountains in Summer
is felt for miles in direct line from the
cave. At times most unpleasant oder
is emitted upon the current from dead
carcasses of animals sucked in and kill
ed by the violence. The loss of cattle
and stock in that section in winter is ac-
counted for in this way. They range
too near the mouth of the cave, and the
current carries them in. AT times, when
the change from inhalation begins, the
air is filled with various hairs of ami
mails; not unfrequently bones and whole
carcasses are found miles from the place


The air has been known to change ma
terially in temperature during exhala-
tion from quite cool to unpleasantly hot,
withering vegetation within reach, and
accompanied by terrible roaring, gurg-
ling sound, as of apot boiling. Itisuuac-
counted for by scientific men who have
examined, though no exploration can
take place. 1t is feared by many that
volcanic eruption may break forth
there sometime. Such things have oc-
Cured in places as little unexpected.
Year: 1875

Gerrit Smith was i'll receipt of an an
nual income of, say, hundred thousand
dollars; he died in the city of New
York his family placed his remains in
"a plain black walnut case, utterly de-
void of ornament" Here is a family
possessing wealth and refined taste. If
there is ever in this absurd and ridicu-
lous world an occasion when propriety
and the fitness of things forbid display,
show, sham, it is when we are about to
part forever, in this world, with one we
have loved and esteemed. Yet how few
of our village people would feel satisfied
with the simple posies placed upon the
coffin of deceased child by the hands
of sincere affection. IF there be not
wreaths, and crosses and crowns, in all
the most expensive flowers of the season,
there is a suspicion of slight to say
nothing of the account in the newspa-
pers which cost so much wear and tear
of conscience to the tolerably honest re-
porter A few such examples as this
exhibited by the family of Gerrit Smith
will do something to repress fashion
which has immeasurably outgrown all
warrant for its being.
Year: 1875

There are many fruits which never
turn sweet until the frost has lain upon
them-there are many nuts that never
fall from the boughs of the forest trees
till the frost has opened and ripened
them. And there are many elements of
life that never grow sweet and beautiful
until sorrow comes.
Year: 1875

From the st. Louis Republican we get
the details of casualty SO singular in
some of its features that no one would
have believed beforehand that such
thing was possible. The subject was
Mr. j. j. Kelley, nursery man, who for
the past twenty years has lived near
Webster, on the Pacific railroad. Mr..
Kelley is large, heavy man, about fif-
ty-eight years of age. On the day mem
toned he was riding, and to keep his
feet warm, had put lot of hot bricks
in the bottom of the wagon and covered
them with straw. When about midway
in his journey the straw burst into a
blaze, and set fire to the wagon. Mr..
Kelley's size and weight prevented him
from getting out speedily, unless by the
dangerous feat of jumping out, and he
attempted to put out the flames without
leaving the wagon, and in doing SO his
clothing caught fire. He then got out,
and instead of attending to putting the
fire out on his burning clothing, ran to
the horses head and seized the bride to
prevent his running away. He stood in
that position, apparently dumbfounded,
until he was SO badly burned that it is
considered impossible for him to recover.
A neighbor passing on the road found
him. and after extinguishing his burning
clothing, conveyed him to his home.
Year: 1875

Of the corset itself, impossible Of detec.
ton when the skirt OF the dress was
placed over it.


Then the nesh.colored silk stockiu gs;
the short cambric skirt with myriad
tucks, insertions, and hntings of lace;
the delicate bottines OF black satin; the
white muslin dress, without assistance OF
color except a rose at the throat, and
made so extremely short in front as to
display the entire foot; the one long hair
pin with its head une crosse perle fine,
and the careless drawing up Of the drap-
ing at one side to display the underskirt
OF raw silk; this and the toilet were an
accomplished feat and fact


Let me not omit to say that the mus
lin sleeve was so extremely tightto the
arm that il seemed like a second skin.
1t terminated two inches above the well
rounded ye. delicate waist, where a
quaint bracelet of West Indian beetles,
the cadeau of a lady admirer from Cuba,
completed the ornsmentstion of so much
studied simplicity.


1t was really very pretty, and the lady
looked charming-let us say thirty years
old. Her age2 Oh well, fifty.
Year: 1875




Rome Correspondence of the New York Tri-


bune.


SO delightful is the sweet, cool breath
of the autumn night, so infinitely prefer
able is the roofing of the serene star
spangled sky to that of the wretcbed,
fetid, hot homes from which the poor
classes of Roman citizens have come
forth, that it is difficult to make up ones
mind to return to the latter. Many ac-
cordinsly cannot make up their minds
to do so, but remain to pass the night on
the cool marble steps of some church, or
by the side of some plashing fountain
murmuring its pleasant lullaby. Such
sleepers may be seen any autumn night
by the dozen in many parts of the city.
But they are taking their pleasant nap
at the risk Of shortly resting in longer
sleep. For it is specially by night that
fever prowls abroad in the streets Of
Rome; and the malaria, which mingles
with the air, that seems to all senses 80
balsamic, is particularly wont to seize its
victims during sleep The police do
what they can-in the inefficient half
hearted way in which such things are
done at ROme-to prevent this al fresco
sleeping; and the municipality has pro-
vided dormitories, into which those may
be driven who have no homes of their
own to be taken to. But the marble
slabs, white and cool in the starlight,
offer attractions as couches too great to
be resisted; and the Roman hospitals,
overcrowded ever at this season, owe an.
nually large number of their cases to
this cause.


a little incident which occurred to
me the other day struck me as very
characteristic Of the commonness at
Rome Of all connected with this terrible
subject. | had occasion to ask in a
druggists shop what was the quantity Of
quinine given for certain purpose.
There was laboring man Of the poor
est class standing by the counter wait
ing for something, who, not caring or
paying the slightest attention to what
the occasion for quinine was Of which |
was speaking, answered quick and sharp
before the druggist had time to speak to
me, Sixteen grains in eight hoursl"
the dose ordinarily given in bad case
of Roman fever
Year: 1875

Scribner for October.


While giving lesson, he walks up and
down the room, rarely approaching the
piano, never sitting; but so quick is his
ear to detect, not an inaccurate note,
for that speaks for itself, but the slight
est want of smoothness, that be knows,
without seeing, what finger you have
used on any particular note, and pounces
upon you at once, He will call from the
other end OF the room, Why did you
put your third finger on such a note?"
and it would be entirely useless to try to
deceive him. he would know it to be
the third finger and no other. Before
beginning my lessons with him, | had a
tolerable amount of vanity, and thought
| was something of musician; but after
my first lesson |, was very humble, and
left his room feeling meek and lowly.
And this is the case with all his pupils.
An Italian lady of high musical repute
as an amateur pianist said to me: ut is
not a lesson that he gives; it is rev.
elation." And revelation expresses
most accurately his teaching. You
feel a sudden waking-up, and bewil-
dered sstonishment at the idea that you
have been living on quite eontentedly in
in your mediocrity. 1t is not that he
wishes you to adopt any particular style,
or to follow his own especial feeling; for
then when your lesson had ended with
him, your capability Of progressing with
out him would end at the same time. He
simply tries to make you render music
literally as it is given in the minutest de-
tail. Not the most insignificant sign is
overlooked, nor can you by any strategy
pass it over carelessly without an instant
discovery, and the incurring of his dis
pleasure. Then there can be no com
promising. Away you have to 90, re-
tracing your steps, doing it over and over
again, uHtil he is satisfied l think this
is the great art of his teaching-his ex-
treme conscientiousness and unhagging
attention. Inthis way he insures a clear
firm touch in a marvellous short time.
Year: 1875

WILL BUY A QUARTER BOND OF THE
wv Industrial Exhibition Company of New
York.


Each Quarter Bond participates in Four
series allotments every year, until II is re-
deemed.


The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter Of the below named pre-
min
Year: 1875

THE NEW SECOND STREET WATER MAIN
TO BE TESTED BY THE ENTIRE FIRE


DEPARTMENT.


This evening Chief Engineer Mccall
will bring out the entire Fire Depart
nent for the purpose of trying all the
st Gamers at the new water main on Sec
ond street, and giving it thorough
test. His object is to see If the main
has the capacity to supply all the stea-
mers while In operation at the same
time, and also what amount of water
pressure each can get. The steamers
will be stationed along Second street
as follows:


Tho Reliance Mt Walnut street,


The Phoenix at French street.


The Delaware at King street


The Washington at Market street


The Fame at Orange street.


The Friendship at Tatnell street.


The Water Witch at West street.


The Weccacoe at Washington street,


The trial will commence at $50 o.
clock, and will doubtless prove inter
esting.


The Chief Engineer has issued an
order dividing the city into two Fire
districts, with Market street as the di-
viding line on the fifth of July.
Year: 1875

The New York Graphic says: An earnest effort is making ill Massachusetts to procure the communication of the Pomeroy boys sentence from hanging to custody for life. He Is only fourteen years old, and has been subject to head aches of remarkable intensity from ence has acted strangely; ho displayed at times a most revolting cruelty, and without motive, and his fiendish murder of an inoffensive child was without cause. Skillfll physicians agree that he is men tally defective if not congenitally insane, and recommend his commitment to the lunatic asylum, and judges and lawyers and clergymen plead for communication of his sentence. On the other hand several hundred women have petitioned for his hanging, and all the stock argu- ments are displayed in the usual way. There is little doubt that the boy is ire sponsible and will be committed to the asylum. One of the interesting com munications to the governor is letter from Henry James, the distinguished author and father of the novelist, who urges that if the boys life is to be taken it shall be by means of chloroform, or in some other painless and human way, in stead of strangulation by the barbarous rope. It will be remembered that we urged the adoption of this method two years ago, and it is gratifying to find our view meets with general favor from dis tinguished scholars and humanitarians. It is bad enough to take poor creature s life in the easiest possible way, without murdering him on tho gallows.
Year: 1875

The PaU Null Gazette says: The story about the King of Burmah which has for some time past been going the round of the papers is an old one re- furbished. His majesty, it is said, in tends shortly to publish a newspaper, and those of his subjects who decline to subscribe to it are to be beheaded. The facts of the case, as we understand them, are comical enough. About four years ago the King of Burmah wished to start weekly newspaper, in the vernacular and in English, and forthwith consulted an eminent British official then ill Bur nah about the matter. His majesty said there need be no trouble about minor details; he would see to them himself what he wanted was competent Eng

 fish editor, with Anglo-Indian experience of journalism, to whom thousand ru- pees month would be paid His maj esty added that he would only make one stipulation, namely-that the editor should pledge himself to follow with constant approval the line of policy adopted by the court, that nothing dis pleasing to his majesty should ever ap- pear in the journal, and that in the case of these rules being infringed, the editor should beforehand sanction his liability to receive immediately five hundred strokes on the sole of the foot with the "sluckkak wllkk "-whatever that may mean The capital of the Burmah em- pire is still in want of newspaper.