smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

brewer took his hat and hurried out
of the house.


To the south of this mansion lay
a little collection of houses, the
abodes Of the poor. In one lived
an Irishman and his wife, the latter
a worthy woman. The man was
shiftless, drinker and worthless.
Into the squalid home that very
day had come a baby. The mother
lay on miserable bed, child baby
by her, attended by one of the
neighbors. The father sat by the
cold stove and thought moodily of
the extra mouth as he reflected how
poorly he had provided when there
we're only two. The door was push
ed open and the brewer appeared.
He beckoned the Irishman out, and
in the dark, chill night they talked
in undertones for few moments.
Then the man went in, and on
pretext the attendant was induced
to go to her home. The brewer
took the place she vacated.


Then the poor Irishman and the
rich German told between them
what had happened at the mansion.


Madame" said the brewer, al
want your baby, will take him
and make him my own son. He
shall take the place of the dead
child. No one shall ever know the
change. He shall have education
and everything, and when he grows
up he shall be my heir. | will take
the child and what transpires this
night shall be buried between us.
The dead baby shall be brought here
and buried as yours. You and your
husband shall be paid $4,000"


The mother strained her baby to
her and groaned in anguish. The
men stood and waited. She sobbed
a little and looked around upon the
desolate surroundings. Then she
wrapped the little form in almost
the only piece of bed clothing, and
pressing it once more to her breast
put it in the brewers arms, said
"Take it," and buried her face in
her hands.


"Come," said the brewer, and
| he hurried over the then unim,
proved commons, up Eighteenth
street and into his house. Tht
Irishman followed him. In thu
outer room to the sick chamber tht
infant was hastily transferred tt
dainty wraps which had been pre-
pared for the dead baby. The lat
ter was given the ragged counter
pane for a winding sheet, and a
the midwife, with beaming face
passed into the sick room bearin!
the little stranger, the Irishmal
passed out the other door carryin,
the little corpse.


The pledge made at the mother
bedside was kept. The Irishmal
and his wife received $4,000 an,
preserved their silence. The pric
that the birthrigbt brought disap
peared finally through bad manage
ment, and the mother died. TIL
man lived on, alternating between
low haunts and the work-houst
The brewer befriended him tim
and again, and finally died. On
night in a work-house cell the maj
died also, and the coroner was tn
only mourner at the brief obsequie
the next day.


The transplanted baby has grow
almost to manhood since then, anC
he bears his adopted name righ
worthily. If the foster mothe
learned in after years loves decep
ton, she has never shown by act
that it is not her flesh and blood
she nourished. By and by th'
young heir will step into fortune
and take his position among th,
solid young men of st. Louis.
| IpT IIQ PVAnC
Year: 1877




most plainly that we have men in
this city who would not hesitate to
walk up to a lady in the parlor and
spit in her face. They have done
worse. AS offensive a thing as a
rotten egg has been thrown at them.
Not one, but dozens.


Both Mr.. Forester and his cour-
ageous wife came before the cur
tain, but their appearance seemed
only to intensity the motive Of the
ruffians who were intrenched in
the gallery. The eggs fell and
burst all around and about them.
He attempted to speak, but was
hooted at. Here, however, his
friends came to the rescue, aud a
burst Of applause came forth that
completely drowned the obnoxious
sounds. Mr.. Forester was told to
proceed with his play. Several
gentlemen stood and addressed the
crowd. Mr.. Forester implored
those who were ladies and gentle
men to keep their seats. People
ran up and down the steps. Sew
eral of the attaches of the theater
rushed into the gallery. They
were thoroughly egged. One man
is said to have drawn a brick on
Mr.. Alonzo Forester, but Mr..
Joseph Frank caught the rascaPs
arm and prevented his carrying into
effect his hellish project. Three or
four messengers were sent out to
find a policeman, but no one was
to be found fo- fully fifteen min
utes. When the police arrived the
excitement had about died out,
There was at least no further dis.
turbance. The play proceeded tc
the end, and not even a hiss was
heard.


The nerve displayed by the mem.
bers of the troupe was something
to command the highest commen
dation. The ladies are especially
to be commended. The siege wal
one to try the strongest. They
were all a quiver behind the scenes
but when they came before the au
dience they seemed as cool and col
lected as if nothing had transpired
| The last scenes were enacted will
as much precision as any of tbC
preceding ones had been. Wher
the curtain fell some one proposed
three cheers for Mr.. Forester, ant
the whole house rang with cheer
and hand-clapping. Loud call
were made for him, and when h
came before the footlights he wa
given a reception that must hav
made his heart bound with Joy
notwithstanding the affront whicl
had been offered him.


The play closed at a few minute
pastreleyen, and the audience wen
out as quietly as it would have gon
out of church. 1t is safe to sa,
that not a half-dozen persons wen
away because of the difficulty.


Two of the men said to hay,
been identified with the disgracefu
affair were arrested, but the polio
lin their wisdom refused to Civ
their names. The men say tha
they took no part in the egging
| but that they know whodid. Their
are said to have been about six o
the men who lent themselves t,
active participation in the egg bust
| ness.


1t is said that the affair grew ou
of the dislike Of the Irish citizen
of Denver to the play. If it did
all we have to say is that this doe
not palliate the crime. If they dis
like the play they might hay,
stayed away from it. They nigh
have Missed the piece, but no us,
to basely insult not only Mr.. For
rester but hundreds of respectable
citizens. Threats were made agaius
the play for tonight. Let the city
authorities and the citizens see thai
| they are not carried into execution
Year: 1877

Under the provisions of the resumption act
the Secretary of the Treasury is required to
retire each month legal tenders amounting to
eighty per cent. of the new bank circulation
issued during that month. 1t is within his
discretion to retire large notes or small notes.
Heretofore large notes mainly have been
withdrawn. 1t is to be hoped that the new
Secretary will adopt another policy. The ex-
perience of nations suffering from the evils of
an inflated paper currency like ours teaches
us that the wise course is to withdraw at
first the small notes: for it is the small notes
which are most generally used which fix the
purchasing power of the paper issue, which
are the first to depreciate and the last to re-
cover value, Their withdrawal creates de.
mand for coin for use in the ordinary trans
actions of business, the daily exchanges of
trade. The example of France is the most
recent case in point. That country promptly
retired its small notes at the conclusion of
the war with Germany, and so has main
tanned, in spite of the suspension of specie
payments, its paper currency at par. Of
course the general volume of the currency has
been much reduced, thus rendering the task
Of maintaining its value much less difficult !;
but high monetary authorities hold that the
good effect is due as much to the manner as
to the amount of the reduction.


The United States has in use about sixty
millions dollars in one and two dollar notes,
and about fifty millions in five dollar notes.
Let these be withdrawn in preference to the
large notes. If the necessary amount of
small notes is not in the Treasury, directions
may be given to the officials in charge of de-
positories all over the country to collect the
smaller denominations. Then as in France,
the money used in retail dealings, the money
which fixes prices, will be coin; a consumma-
tion devoutly to be wished.
Year: 1877

NOTHING like leather is an old proverb,
but one that is likely to be often recalled by
those who will attend the International Ex-
position of the Leather Trade" to be held in
Berlin next September. All nations have
been invited to participate, and most Of them
that have anything at all to do in the manu-
facture Of leather will doubtless do so. For
the exhibition of special branch of industry
it gives promise of being one of the most
successful of the day.
Year: 1877

THERE are about $4,000 native and half
white inhabitants at present in the Sandwich
Islands. The natives are rapidly disappear
ing, the yearly deaths among them exceeding
the births about 1000. This disparity dates
from the introduction of Christian civiliza-
ton. The half-whites on the contrary in-
crease. Many of the most prominent white
men have married native women and have a
numerous offspring. The marriages between
whites are also very prolific and the children
are strong and healthy. The natives in gen.
eral have small families, and rarely more than
three children. Most Of, the latter kings have
died childless. The present king has no
children. To all appearances the Chinese
will be the dominant race on the island as
they increase faster than all the others put
together. During the. last year several hum
dred Chinese were shipped to the island from
California and China, there being now there
several thousand, the Hawaiian government
giving the captains of vessels thirty dollars
for every Chinaman they bring. When tht
coolies first arrive they work patiently on thu
plantations, but they seize every available op
portunity to set up in business for themselves
Two of the first merchants in Honolulu were
formerly of this class, one of whom recently
married a handsome native after she had re
fnsed the hand of a leading white man, al
incident which is not uncommon. The
Chinese have at the present time possession
of the small trade in all its branches, ani
are cordially welcomed at the palace of Kal
akaua, where they are treated the same a
the whites. To them Hawaii is indebted fo
the introduction of one of the most loath
some infectious diseases that atfiicts humani
ty. The extinction of the native race in tn
near future and their substitution by Chin
ese population seems to be the inevitable fat
of the islands. This will lead necessarily Il
the undoing of all the good works of the mis-


sionaries, and to the reversion of the island


to paganism and idolatry.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith


We cannot undertake TO return or reserve commu-
nicatiOns that are not used
Year: 1877

All accounts agree that the peach
crop will be larger this year than ever
before. Not one third of the immense
yield IN Delaware will be sent to mar
ket 10 the natural state. owing TO the
lack OF means Of transportation. and
the great excess Of the supply over the
demaud. Last year experiments were
made in drying the fruit by intense
heat, aud this year that branch of the
business will be prosecuted extensive
iy, expensive machinery being used
A bushel OF peaches contains two gal
Ions Of water, which can be driven
out In few hours by evaporation; and
the slices. when brought into contact
with water again. are found TO be not
materially altered in taste. Europe is
the market to which the dried peaches
are to be sent-N. Y. Sun.
Year: 1877

The State Treasury Ring are likely
to injure the reputation Of a reputed
good man, Mr. Tate, by whipping him
over the course, contrary to Democratic
custom. This drowning out all chance
of opposition is giving grounds for
suspicion that there is a State Treasu


rv Ring s
Year: 1877

THE State Treasury Ring may choke
off free expression Of Democratic
sentiment this time, aud carry the
day, but individual Democrats may
hold aloof from it. TATE has had the
Office ten years, and yet they are not
satisfied.
Year: 1877

THuF SudJ TsUS"S "E'-'
for the purpose OF nominating candidate for Gov
amor. TO be supported at the September election
ana to attend to such other business as may
properly come before the convention.


The basis of representation will be as follows
Each city town and plantation is entitled TO one
delegate and one additional delegate for every sew
enty i've votes given for the Republican candidate
for Governor in 1876. fraction OF forty votes
over the number which is entitled to one delegate,
will be accorded delegate. Substitutes can serve
only for towns of the county in which they reside
The Republican state Committee will be in ses'
sion in the ante room of the Hall at 10 O'Clock The
incoming of the Convention.


By order OF the Republican State Committee.
- JAMES u, BLAINE,


Chan man.
Year: 1877

ton for my sister. Of my suiferings ..
seeing her suffer. and 6rally of the
heart wringing scene OF tie morning
"And this is why preferred to pass
for thief rather than have it known
that my father's daughter was dying
from hunger" I concluded, drawing
from my pocket the portion of the
fowl / bad contrived to slip from my
plate during the sumptuous repast OF
which / had just partaken- The
tesrs fell from the eyes of the good
lawyer as be listened to me, and
when / bad ceased speaking be once
more seized my hands and exclaimed:


"Good lad l! The sister you love
so well shall never know want again."
and. with nv hands still clasped in
his own, he threw open the door Of the
drawing room drew me in after him,
and. laying his hand on my shoulder
with fatherly affection. be said. in a
voice Of deep emotion:


Gentlemen, I present to you the
most honorable and worthy fellow |
know. my private secretary"


There were two happy, thankful
hearts that night in our humble,apart-
ment.
Year: 1877


Is there autbi1g more distrcssia-
than sleeplesness when you want 20
60 70 sleep,..and feel that you ought 70
go TO sleep anyway. and vet caEuo,


You toss about from one side 10
the other. drawing your feet up ssd
stretching them down-puttiug your
arms under the quilts, and outside
them, lying first on your right side
then on your left, changing occasion
ally to your back.


The moro you tarn and twist aud
Toe harder you try 10 go to sleep, the
wider awake you become.
lou fancy there is some tronble
about the pillow, and you turn il
over, and beat il up, and tuck he
case smoothly under. and put vour
head down carefully. but sleep does
not come.


Then you think perhaps the bed
is too hard. aud get up and pat II
aud smooth out imaginary wrinkles
and shake sheets, add 20 TO bed
again feeling sure that you can sleep
now.


Bui yo1 were never more mistaken
in yourlife


After you have had your ewes
tightly shut for ten minutes. aud have
been growing more and more wakeful
each moment, You bethink yourself
OF the numerous recipes" yoa have
read in the papers for promoting the
performance Of going to sleep


fou begin TO count six hundred
No success. Then you repeat the
multiplication table ss far as you
know, bot the result is the same
Then you go through with the Ten
Commandments, and the burial ser
vices from tbe book of common pray.
er, and thirty days bath September
aud still you are just as far from
the wished-fos result.


Then you begin to repeat what
poetry you remember, beginning with
Longfellow's sPsaIm Of Life and
ending With Mother GoOse's
Year: 1877

William Wallace who was sent to The
Penitentiary last Spring for committing a
rape upon Mrs. Pettegrew and was par
doned few weeks ago by the Governor,
died last Saturday night of Asthma soon
after reaching Olathe. He has been IN
fortunate indeed. He was first convicted
of crime, that good many of our citi-
zens, could not believe that he was guilty
of, and not long after he was imprisoned at
Leavenworth caught one of his hands in
some portion of the machinery and had it
torn off, the result of which was long and
painful sickness-gangrene having set in
several times, and then after being reduced
to the lowest ebb of life, he was attacked
with Asthma, and as We are now informed,
choked to death.
Year: 1877

Manhattan Nationalist.


A correspondent from Louisville says
.This town used to support three or four
ministers and must be getting pretty rough
if a preacher will not live here. Rev. Mr..
Myers, of Wabanusee county, was to have
occupied the Congregational pulpit at night
on Sunday, but after large audience had
gathered and waited over half an hour and
no preacher came, they went home. This
is a good town for any kind of a minister
now, as we haven't heard one for some time
it would be quite novelty to sit and listen
AGAIN ~
Year: 1877

Fred Felix's saloon on Fifth street, was
broken open night before last by burglars,
who got in by lifting a rear door from its
hinges. The cash drawer, containing about


five dollars in change, Was taken out and left
outside, Mr.. Felix yesterday morning found
six silver quarter dollar, lying near the door.
Nothing else in the building seemed to have
been disturbed. As this robbery occurred
right under the shadow of the police station,
il is Certainly one OF the boidest on record,
there is An officer in charge of the station all
night.
Year: 1877

There are few in this city who do not re-
member Henry or "Hank" O'Neil as he was
familiarly called. They knew him TO he al
though a rude Irishman, a man with good
heart and kind word for all. His jokes were
rough, but the intent was good, and every
body felt it. The death of this kind of a man
always causes a more sincere feeling of regret
among those who know him best than else
where. After an illness OF about two weeks
during which he suffered terribly Of q ma
larial disease, in "A laborers camp, near Cir
cleviIle, Hank died night before last, al
tended only by his loving family, and the
ers, he having had n contract u board rail-
road laborers on the Kansas Central road.
His remains will be brought here for inter-
manf
Year: 1877

10. Raw fell from the front part of the
hand-car on which we're four men besides
himself, on Saturday morning Of last week,
and the car ran over his body and left leg,
bruising him severely but breaking no
bones. His leg was badly hurt and is ter
rib,y swelled. He has laid of since, but
expects to be able to resume work in day
or two.
Year: 1877

A COW belonging to W. o. Wiley, was
found dead near his store this morning, with
a cash cut in her back and side, seven or
eight inches long. The perpetrator of such
vandalism should suffer the severest penalty
of the law.
Year: 1877

sufrages of the virtuous and in
telligent.


Everybody knows that the negro,
left to himself, would not get the
mastery until he had acquired some
of the qualifications for it. Even
where he had a numerical majority
Of the population and was perfectly
free to vote as he pleased, he would
naturally take a subordinate posi-.
tion so long as he had neither
money, nor education, nor habits Of
thrift and foresight, nor compre-
hensionOf the art Of government.
And it is proper that he should.
Universal suffrage would be an alb
surdity except upon the theory that
it generally results in the advance
ment of the intelligent and respect
able. A majority Of the voters,
whether virtuous or not, are sup
posed to understand that self-inte-
rest requires them to intrust the
government only to those who are
able to control it. But the Grant
policy was based upon a different
principle. 1t assumed that the
great secret of reconstruction was
to take the negro out of the cotton
field and put him in the State
house, send him a company Of
soldiers to hold him fast in his seat
and trust to luck for the rest. The
natural results have followed. ThC
negro has learned nothing good in
his elevation, and is no better able
to carry on a State government to-
day than he was six years ago.


The only way to reform Southern
society is to stand aside and leave
the voters free and unembarrasssd
Then if these communities are no
utterly corrupt, all things will soor
find their natural level, and the rule
of the majority will act as it act
elsewhere.
Year: 1877

makers boys and apprentices IN
what seemed a dirty muslin dress
ing gown; artisans in their blue
working blouses; the ordinary town
peasant in his red shirt and high
boots, and the muzhik, fresh from
the country with coat of undyed
homespun cloths wound round his
legs in lieu of stockings and san
dals made of plated linden bark ;
here and there a student with dirty
shirt and long hair and most foul
finger nails, evidently of the idea
that neatness is incompatible with
learning; there will probably be a
priest or two, and a few soldiers.


Eugene Schuyler, in Scribncr for
April.
Year: 1877

Englishmen seek redress in the
courts for every private grievance,
however petty. A fortnight ago a
gentleman arrived at Kings Gross
station, London, at 4 o'clock in the
morning, and got into the third
cab which he found at the stand,
the first two being unattended.
The driver refused to carry him to
his destination, and insisted upon
his calling the first cab. The Eng
lishman procured the arrest of the
driver later in the day, and a mag
istrate overruled the defense, which
was that it was the practice of cab
men, who were often at the stand
all night without getting a fare,
that when a train arrived the first
cab in the line should 60 off first,
and the Others in their order. The
cabman was informed that he had
no right to enter into a combination
with his associates, and was fined
thirty shillingS. Imagine a New
York cabman's declining to take q
fare on the ground that another fel-
low was ahead Of him in the line!
Imagine, too, a New Workers. re.
senting SO small an lndlgnity as
this, and taking time and trouble
to prosecute the offender New
York Tribune.
Year: 1877




The true inwardness of the late
Southern policy of the Republican
party was a belief that the good of
the country required the elevation
of the colored voter to the control
of the reconstructed States. Dis
guiSed perhaps under cover of a
demand for race equality, for free
elections, for the protection of the
wards of the nation, and the ratifi-
cation of the result of the war,
there was a sincere conviction in
the mind of the average Northern
Republican that it was essential to
the prosperity of his party and the
peace Of the South to make the
freedman uppermost in politics ;
rebels could not be trusted; the ne.
gro would be remanded to slavery
unless he controlled the legisla-
lures, the courts, and the executive
Offices. So for eight years the car
pet-bag governors and the admin
iStration party in congress tried to
make the pyramid stand on its
apex.


The result is before the world
In one way or another, by fair
means or foul, the control of several
Of the States has been secured to
the colored race. They have occu.
pied the bench and the jury box
made the laws, collected the reve.
nue., voted the appropriations, han
died the money-done everything
except pay the taxes. They have
had ample opportunity to develop
their own latent capacities, to gel
an education, to make fortunes, to
acquire land, to rise in society.
What have they done of all these
things7 Our correspondent in
Charleston drew . picture of the
condition of the col6red people O.
South Carolina, and it is about the
same in every State where the negro
has held sway. AS a race they art
idle, ignorant, and vicious. They
neither learn nor save. They wert
fond Of their books in the first
novelty of freedom, but they care
for them no longer. They were
eager to get their little farms, bp
they have let them fall to ruin
Why should a man go to school
asks the usual type Of South Caro-
lima freedman, when it is 80 mucl
nicer to 60 to the legislature or get
elected Justice Of the peace? WI,
should a man work whom he cal
make a living by stealing chickens
and sit on the fence for amusement
Let US face the truth. Our South
ern policy has not only been a ours
to the whites, but it has been
curse to the freed people for who's
benefit it was adopted. 1t has no
made them good citizens. 1t ha
not taught them how to use tn
ballot. 1t has introduced anon.
them a Generalization more dan
gerous to the country than the vic
lence of the White League, for n


republican government can stan
which is not founded upon th