smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

From the San Francisco Alta.l


[The following Is copied from the original
letter in Mrs. Shermans handwriting which
we have seem Eds. Alta.


FoRT LEAyESwoBrH, Kan, Aug. 81, 1877.
MY Dear Mr.. Rulofson Il have read your
book, The Dance of Death, and l must say
| admire your courage. | have always given
this miserable dance a silent condemnation
by refusing to allow any of my daughters to
participate IN it under any circumstances I;
but have avoided the evil as something at
the sight Of which my soul revolted, without
being able to say anything against it either
from experience or any absolute knowledge
of its most direct and pernicious effects.


am reioiced that you have spoken boldly
and told all you know about it. The advo-
Gates of this dance have had their own way
long enough-a absorbing all entertainments,
sneering upon and ndiculing those who
quietly decline to participate-openl and
constantly insinuating of those who decline
it that they are therefore evil minded, ETC.. or
quoting impudently and insultingly their
only weapon, "HoHi Siot qtd ma! y peI,Se, and
then throwing themselves IN mems arms to
prove their own purity of mind i never
would have imagined the half which you de-
clare TO be true, but | believe every word
you write. as ii explains many things which
had observed without attempting to under
stand. One thing alone | shall mention |
have observed that those who enjoy this
dance enjoy 10 other that they are exhaust
ed and miserable after indulging in it, and
at the end Of the season" they are "broken
down III health. All who have participated
in it must feel greatly mortified and humilia-
ted on reading your book, and many will be
angry and bitterly denounce you therefore
| Say ] admire your courage, your heroism
in defence Of virtue, which is in danger Of
being entirely lost to society by reason Of
this bold dance Let them suffer mortiiica-
ton They have been ndiculing and scorning
and sighting every modest and obedient girl
who failed to participate with them for
these many years. | am sorry you could not
give the name OF the lady whom you quote
against the dance because others will be ac-
cused and ladies whose families for genera
tions have strictly avoided such dances
would be sorry 70 be supposed to have had
any experience, even at the price Of being
considered eminent and renowned | re-
spect the lady as | do You for being willing
to denouuce this from her own experience.


ELLEN L. SHERMAN.
Year: 1877

The ornamental little handkerchieis intro
duced last season have now become an insti-
tuition. They are mere bits of sheer cam
bric or batiste, scolloped or vandyke1 upon
the edge and worked in colors; they are
usually pinned in the outside pocket of the
dress or pOlonaiSc with one corner sticking
out, the handkerchief for use occupying a
place as usual in the inside pocket. nov
city in lingerie has already obtained great
favor with the artistic and literary class. 1t
consists of deep turn-down linen collars. and
cuffs cut close to the wrist and extending up
on the arm to which they are shaped. They
are considered particularly stylish for morn
ing or indoor wear with dresses of black or
invisible green cashmere, which, of course,
must have sleeves cut close to the wrist, bare
ly leaving room for the hand to pass through.
The handsomest of these sets have an cdging
of fine embroidery and are fastened with
pearl buttons.


The newest "dos collars consist of black
lace ruches thickly on a strip Of black silk,
or ribbon, and tied close to the throat under
the chin with narrow ribbon. A ribbon
doubled, sewed together and the lace mount
ed upon it in full shells or cascades, make Il
thicker ruche which is very becoming.
These are worn exclusively in the street, and
are the best recipe in the world for neuralgia.


The colored embroideres promise to be
great rage. The iavorite combinations are
dark olive and moss shades of green combin-
ed with blue, with little slashes of yellow or
red
Year: 1877

Mr.. Gadstone-having thought. to use his own
phrase once, twice thrcc-fnally pronounce for as
establishment Nobody can pretend to say whetller
he will, nor when he will But this may be SAID
with confidence. that his adherence To the pro-
gramme of the Liberator Society would be taken as


signal for an agitation in the country such as TINS
generation has not seen, aud in presence of which
existing party names would cease TO have any prac-
tical significance. There have already been grave
shang5 Of the head over the closeness of the rea-
tons quite recently established between Mr.. Glad-
stone and Mr. Chamberlain, who is known to regard
Church questions rs among the most pressing, II not
the most pressing of all.


Not to pursue speculations Of this kind add that
what is called harmony is for the moment restored
The Radicals would gladly have seized on Mr. Glad
stones resolutions as occasion for widening the
breach between the conservative and liberal wings
of the party. They counted confidently on carrying
Mr. Gladstone with them. They have been diSap-
pointed. There are cool heads among them, and
good tacticians and instead Of breaking out into
useless complaints, or allowing their hand to be
forced they wait quietly for the next turn in the
game. Meanwhile, they still follow Lord Harting-
toms flag The session may well enough pass with
out another demonstration Tesolute enough to COM
pei their nominal commander to offer his resignation
afresh But they count Justly on his high spirit ana
sense of honor They know they have only to chal-
cnge his leadership to see him ling it up. And he
knows that about half his followers follow him only
till they can see their way TO promoting somebody
more to their mind. The appeasing influence just
now is Lord Granvic's. He-which seems to be
often forgotten-s head Of the party, with Lord
Harrington for lieutenant IN the House of Commons.
lie is an oasy-going clever man of the world. an ac-
complished politician, a dplomatist profound be-


lever in the timc-honored doctrine that half loaf
is better than no bread. So long as certain objects
dear to the politician can be accomplished by the
maintenance of the Liberal party it is all Lord
Granyilles uudouDted powers Of Cancellation will be
employed TO keep the peace. G. W. ;.
Year: 1877

mans sepulcher is unknown, and the me-
mortal stone that once marked his last rest
ing place lies broken in the door yard of
his descendants; though perhaps few of
them know ought of the last provision of
his will, the one in reference to the charity
school and house of entertainment, still his
name and nationality have been perpetuated
by being applied to Bohemia river Bohe-
mia Manor, St. Augustine Church, and the
pretty little town of Port Herman.


OUILP.
Year: 1877

1t is such frequent thing to hear per
sons make the remark that things are not
as they used to be when l was young"
and to sigh that "the former days were
better than these that the republication
of the last century may be of interest to
some readers of this, who are not familiar
with all the writings of that age, and those
who are will not take any offence at it.
Where there are none to whom the scath-
ing rebuke will reach, the remark will not
seem personal.
Year: 1877

Persons at a distance will be amply repaid bv visit
Philadelphia and store, if they wish buy but
small amount of goods We are in constant communica
tion only with houses in this country but with those
of Europe, and having buyer for each of the ten
departments of store, who purchase only of their
special goods, they excel. The purchases too
being made for prompt cash, every extra discount is
allowed, that the price at which retail goods is
often less than the goods sold at Wholesale
The important auctions attended, prices noted with
much care and purchases made when sold below prevail
ing market prices.


In the selection of goods the interest of the
is kept constantly in view avoiding fabrics that
believe will give satisfaction the wearer knowing
that taking of those who buy of is equivalent
taking of ourselves that is, winning customers
confidence and their continued patronage.
Year: 1877

Next to imposing architecture there is hard
ly any one thing that strikes the eye of
stranger quicker or gives more pleasure in q
city than to see its thoroughfares lined with
shade trees. The relief to the eye given by
the different shades of green in long avenue
of trees Is something most every one has felt.
and the softening effect it gives to the back
ground Of bricks and mortar, make 1t estheti-
cally necessity. Notwithstanding the fact
that we have many varieties Of oaks that grow
rapidly and stretch their branches sometimes
fifty and sixty feet, It seems singular that we
have so few streets adorned by them.


In midsummer they become almost neces-
sity, and the grateful feelings of pedestrian
who has to thread his way beneath the rays
of MONDAY sun are sufficient recompense
for the small expense required to give him
the boon Of refreshing relief.


In Europe and at the North there are many
tree planting societies whose object is to in
culcate taste for tree culture as well az to
beautify neighborhoods. Here these are not
necessary, for saplings can be obtained al
most without cost, and it only needs few
examples on a street to induce neighbors to
follow in the wake. Let us beautify our
streets
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, May A.-Certain New York
capitalists and politicians are actively at
work to control the policy of the Administra-
tion on all business and fiscal questions.
They are organizing influences hostile to the
extension of Government aid to the Mssis-
sippi levees, and the completion of ne Texas
Presidents recent visit to New York was
adroitly improved by these persons, in order
to prejudice the Administration against these
measures. Some impression was probably
made, but / am informed that, in the main,
capitalists are not the sort OF men to give up
easily their purpose of capturing the Presi-
dent on these questions, or at least toning
down any recommendation he might make to
Congress on the subject, so that it will have
no practical value.
Year: 1877

Four of the elements,


Here We assemble 'em;
Each of mans life


And existence an emblem.
Press from the lemon


The slow-tiowinS Juices;
Bitter is life IN Its


Lessons and uses.
Crush the fiue sugar humps
Nature intended
Her sweet and severe


To be everywhere blended.
Pour the still water


Cnwarniug by sound,
Eternity's ocean


Is hemmiDg Us round.
Add now the spirit


Tie life of the bowl;
Man is an eaI th-elOd


Unwarmed By a soul.
Drink of the cup


Ere lis potency goes;
No bath Is refreshing


Except while it Slows.
Year: 1877

A citizen wearing a sickly smile turned
in at gate on Randolph street, yesterday,
and fifteen minutes later he appeared in
the back yard with his old clothes on. He
backed out of the woodshed, pulling and
hauling and tugging at big roll of carpet
ing, and the voice of his wife was heard
calling OUT


"Do you want to tear that carpet all to
pieces %


He didn't answer her until he had drag
ged it under the clothes line. Then he
run tack into his hand, jumped over the
roll, he shouted:


eyes do and I'll do it to?''


He didn't though. The pain subsidized
after few minutes, and the man almost
whistled as he began spreading out the car
pet. His wife came out and suggested that
it wouldn't do it any good to draw it over
the wood pile and through the heap of old
ashes, and he chuckled with satisfaction
when she stuck big tack into her foot and
limped into the house. Then he was ready
to elevate the carpet and get it over the
clothes lines, and be set to work. One end
went up very easy, but when it slipped
down very easy the man tried to put the
centre up first. He boosted it over the line;
looking red in the face, held it there for a
minute and then yelled out:


"Mary-somebody-hello-help" No
one appeared, and after struggle of half
a minute more he let go and got out of the
way of all but fifteen tacks. He sat down
and growled, stood up and muttered, and
then slanted board over the line and tried
to draw the carpet up the incline.


"Genius triumphant" be chuckled, as
the plan seemed to prove successful. But
the weight snapped the line and the long
end of the board struck the painting man
on top of the head and mashed him fiat.
When he got out from under the carpet
and could spit out the dust, he kicked the
mass of carpet seven or eight times as hard
as he could, and swore several of the big
gest kind of oaths in rapid succession. He


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Year: 1877

We get the following account of a
pleasant call made on an editor in the
great State OF the Southwest: A man
who was seen coming out of a Texas
newspaper, Office with his nose split
open, one eye gouged out, and an ear
chawed tl, explained to policeman
!hs, he was no, a subscriber TO the pa
per, be Lad simply entered the Office to
sacertain II the editor was in. "And
be was in" lie mournfully added.
Year: 1877

Is another column we print q list OF
appointments that will be filled by
some Of our best Democratic speakers.
We hope the people will turn out en-
mAsse 10 meet them at the places
named. While there is little or no op.
position TO the regular ticket, it is ad.
visable that the speakers be given full
opportunity to express their views on
all public questions. Vicksburg, we
feel convinced, will give the speakers a
rousing reception, for she must remem'
Der that she is the leading city in the
State.
Year: 1877

WHEN the editor of daily newspa.
per has not sense enough to know that
it is q matter of perfect indifference
whether the State ticket is or is not
placed at the head of the columns he
controls, it is useless to discuss the
question with him.
Year: 1877

A successful raiser of squashes says he
manages in this way: | dig holes as deep
as conveniently can with hoe, six feet
apart, close by the side of early peas or
potatoes. As soon as the weather will
permit stamp wheelbarrow Of unfer-
mented manure in each hole, pour in a
pail of water. and haul over the manure
six inches of earth, being careful that the
hill is no higher than the surrounding
surface. Plant ten or twelve seeds in
each hill, when they begin to run, thin to
two vines in each hill. The potatoes will
be fit for family use before the squashes
begin to run, and can be dug ahead OF
them, leaving the ground mellow so that
the squash vines will run at every joint.
This is great saving of ground in a
small garden. Train them all one
way.
Year: 1877

Here is a warning for Secretary Evarts
from the New York World: "If there
really are communities in the Union
which will not punish riot, massacre and
murder, the Federal Government, which
steps in and discrimlnates against one
particular species of murder because II
intimidates voters, will only make the
last estate of those communities worse
than the first, and expose itself and the
American name to just derision through
out the civilized world"
Year: 1877

The Chicago miracle of the woman
whose paralyzed mouth was released
while she was praying is reviewed by
Prof. Swing, who says that its character
does not involve any but physical causes
"There is no known reason why paraly-
sis, descending as it does from the brain,
might not instantly depart, when from
anT cause the brain had become intensely
excited" Since Swings article, several
Chicago physicians pronounce Mrs. Rob
inson a humbug, having never had any
variety of paralysis but the hysteric, and
Stimulating the disease when she was
free from it.
Year: 1877

A STRANGE UNION CHECKED JERSEY
CRY, Feb. 13.-Early yesterday
morning Justice Mccoy, of this city,
was awakened and asked to go aud
perform a marriage ceremony. The
Justice consented and was driven off
in a hack long distance, in which
direction he does not know, as the
night was yet dark. When the car
risge stopped he was taken 10 the &C.
cond floor of a frame house and into
a room where six persons were gather
ed about bed, on which lay a youth
of about 16, apparently at the point Of
death. A girl of about IA was usher
ed into the room, and the Justice wal
requested to marry her to the dying
man. The girl burst into tears anc
protested, whereupon the Justice re
fused to perform the ceremony ant
left the house. He was unable to as
certain the names of the parties or fl,
the location of the house.
Year: 1877

No language is expressive enough to
convey correct idea of the rugged
grandeur of the mountain scenery that
surrounds us here at Sunshine. No pen
can picture the sublime beauty of the
broad and varied panorama that presents
itself to the eye of the beholder as he
stands ON the summit of Lee hill and
takes in q full view of the mountain
ranges, piled one upon the other, with
peak after peak. After feasting our
eyes on the most magnificent mountain
scenery we turn our gaze upon the far
reaching plains which spread out before
us. There we can see the Platte wind
ing its way through the desert with its
many tributaries, dotted with a sparse
growth of willows and cotton woods,
which marks its course across the broad
plain. Many of the thriving Colorado
towns are also brought SO close to the
beholder as to be plainly recognizable.
Among them are Greeley, Evens, Erie,
Longmont, Denver, and many others.
No American need go abroad to feast
upon famous mountain scenery, for we
believe the Rocky mountains afford the
grandest and widest scenery the most
vivid imagination can picture, besides
the most magnificent natural curiosities
in the world.-Bouldcr (Cat.) Courier.
Year: 1877

Some ten years ago, says an exchange,
the writer purchased of nnrseryman
at Detroit 1000 little white cedars, the
ar5or vitg the plants were one year
old from the seel about six inches high,
and cost one and half cents each-$15
per thousand. Besides planting many
of them in groups or singly about the
house and grounds, sufficient number
we're used to make hedge or screen on
the westerly and northerly sides of a
large garden which had been very much
exposed to the sweep of blasting winds,
sometimes to the destruction of nearly all
the early plants that it contained. These
cedars, set out some two OF three feet
apart, all grew luxuriantly, and they now
form living wall about twelve feet high,
as impervious to the winds as if built Of
brick Or stone, affording complete pro-
tectior to the garden, and more than
doubling its value for the purposes of its
use. Delicate plants, that one blast of
cold wind in May morning would chill
and destroy, now, no matter how bleak
the gusty day, seem to nestle in the warm
unconscious of harm.
Year: 1877

II we have to eat artificial butter II is
gratifying to know that it can now be
made equal in flavor, texture and odor to
the best butter made from cream. There
are several manufactures in New York
and Brooklyn which turn out many tons
Of this product weekly, and well known
chemist of this city recently declared
that, while he had no doubt that more
than half the butter consumed in New
FORK was artifically made, he conscien-
tiously believed that it was quite rs good
as butter made in the dairy, and often
,much better. The imitation is made of
ssuet, which after being thoroughly


nsfed, is reduced to oil at n low tempera-
70; to each one hundred pounds Of oil
twenty pounds of sour milk are added
and the two substances are churned, half
an ounce of bicarbonate of soda and two
or three tablespoonfuls of solution of
annotto being thrown into the mixture.
The product of this churning is allowed
to como in contact with ice, and is again
churned with more sour milk. After
fifteen minutes, agitation the solidified
oil takes up certain percentage of the
milk, as well as its flavor and odor,
and the butter is ready for the market.
An analytical chemist of this city, who
has prepared and published pamphlet
on the manufacture of artificial butter,
furnishes number of analyses, includ-
ing those of artificial and genuine butter.
OF the fats, including olein, palmitine,
stearine, butyrine, ETC., artificial butter
contains eighty-two per cent, cream
butter cighty-six per cent. The most
perceptible difference in the constituents
Of the two products is in the matter of salt,
of which artificial butter contains 5.225
per cent. and the genuine article 1.51
per cent. OF coloring matter there is a
trace in the artificially prepared COM
pound. The percentage of salt, it is
said, may be Augmented Or reduced to
suit the taste and requirements of the
public. 1t is claimed for the counter
felt butter that it does not become rancid
SO quickly as dairy butter, and that it
can be made much more cheaply. 1t is a
fact that more than nine -tenths of the
liquors sold here are artiicially made,
thanks to chemistry, which is now able
to reproduce the exact constituents of the
various kinds of ardent spirits. Let lis
hope that before long chemists will be
able to SO combine the requisite amounts
Of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxy-
gen as to give us artificial quinine and
the other alkaloids at prices considerably
less than they sell for at present.-Ne,o
York World.
Year: 1877

They were sitting around upon barrels and
chairs,
Discussing their own and their neighbours
affairs,
And the look of content that is seen on each
Seems to say ~ have found my appropriate
place."


Sitting around.
In bar-rooms and groceries calmly they sit
And serenely chew borrowed tobacco and spit,
While the stories they tell and the jokes that
they crack,
Show their hearts have grown hard and un-
doubtly black


While sitting around.
Tho I" sitter around is q man Of no means,
And his face wouldn't pass for nquart of white
beans,
Yet he somehow or other contrives to exist
And is frequently seen with drink in his fist


While sitting around.
The loungers they toll not nor yet do they spin,
Unless it be yarns while enjoying their gin.
They are people of leisure, yet often, It's true,
They allude to the work they're intending to do


While sitting around.
They've habit Of talking of other mems wives
As they whittle up sticks with their horn
handled knives
They're scaly old set, and wherever you go
You will find them in groups or strung out in q
row,


Sitting around


Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1877

1t is related of Mayor-elect Moore of
Cincinnati that during the war when he
was a colonel he was placed in command
of a detachment guarding a body of
one hundred prisoners, and one day one
of them, a great favorite, died, and his
body was sent to his family, who lived
only few miles distant, but inside the
enemies lines. On the morning of the
funeral Colonel Moore drew the prisoners
up in line and offered to take them all to
attend it, under no escort but himself,
provided they would pledge him. their
honor not to attempt to escape. They
all accepted the offer, and he marched
them into the lines, took part with them
in tue funeral exercises and returned at
night without the loss OF man. This
proceeding. though humane, was so con-
trary to the rules of war that he was
with court martial,
Year: 1877

A sudden outbreak of typhoid fever
occurred in the town of Motherwell, in
England, short time ago, and within a
very small area twelve cases appeared
nearly simultaneously. Inquiries made
by the sanitary inspector showed that
woman suffering from fever was lying in
q back room in a milk dealers shop in
the street where the cases occurred, and
that nearly all the families affected had
got their milk from this shop.
Year: 1877

THE TENNESSEE CONFERENCE METHODIST
Episcopal CnURCu.-Tbo Tennessee is one Of
the few mixed Conferences 10 tho Methodist
Episcopal Church. Under authority Of the
last General Conference the coorcd and white
preachers of Georgi. and Alabama have been
organized into separate Conferences on the c''
or line. At the recent session of tue tennessee
Conference the white preachers voted Tor
division Of tho Conference on the ground that
the presence Of the coored people in the Con
ference embarrassed the work among the whites.
The negroes silently acquiesced in the division.
though preferriug to meet with tho White
brethren.