smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

We find in the Irish World the follow.
ing significant article:


"No country can flourish long unless
its laws are framed in the interest Of
productive industry. Our laws of f.
nance in this country are entirely in the
interest of a class OF rich money lenders.
and inimical to every kind of productive
labor, and as consequence we have
hard times. We have no gold, and can
not have any tor ages according to our
present system. Yet the privileged money
power wishes to sustain the present
ruinous system Of basing our currency
on gold which we have not, and the can
didates of the money power are sup
ported by the very workingmen who are
pinched and robbed by the swindle.
Were the Government to loan money at
one per cent to the people, as it does to
class. many would borrow at the low
interest, and business would revive ;but,
according to the Shylocks, the Govern.
ment having no gold for basis, should
Issue no more paper money. Thus bus
mess must be paralvzed, production must
cease, fields must lie uncultivated, fac
tories must be idle, and families must
starve. because the Government prefcrs
gold to real wealth as basis for the
currency. This deplorable state Of
things has existed for over three years.
During last year no less than 9,O92 fail.
ures were reported in the United States.
The greatest number in any preceding
year was 7,740 in 1875. and the next
6,993 in 1861. In the following, the
number of failures, the amount of liabil-
tiles, and the average of liabilities for
each failure, are given for twentyyears: |:
Year: 1877

The Legislature Of Massachusetts has
under consideration bill the Ostensible
object of which is the disfranchisement
OF paupers. There would be nothing in
this little act of legislation out of the
usual course in such matters, as nearly
all the eastern States have long ago dis
franchised all paupers, but the Massa.
chusetts solons now propose TO extend
the act of disfranchisement to all those
who have received aid temporarily at
their homes during the year preceding
the election. This sweeping enactment
is excused on the,ground that these pt or
men sell their votes to the party who
will pay the highest price. All this
may be true, but the justice Of disfran>
chising poor man for the reason that
he has been compelled TO accept aims
in consequence OF the pressure of hard
times is unjust and violent destruction
of the right and privileges Of the citizen.
1t is virtually declaration that q poor
man is unfit to be voter, and that none
are fit to exercise the right of suffrage
but the owner vf broad acres and stately
palaces. Massachusetts, claims the almost
exclusive honor of having originated the
principles and doctrine of the republican
party, and it is q fit conclusion of the pol
icies of Massachusetts after the long and
persistent effort to free the negro and
place in his hands the free ballot,
that she should disfranchisc her poor
white men and make them the slave oil
the money aristocracy.


This is another illustration the truth
of Jefferson's great maxim,-"the price
Of liberty is eternal vigilance"


It works in 3 circle: bad laws i'm,
poverish the people: the impoverished
people are to be disfanchised; once dis
fanchised the laws are made to still far
ther degrade them an aristocracy grow
up and they require strong govern


ment to hold down the degraded classes


And so it goes.
Year: 1877

JuDoE CocHRAN.-We publish this
morning the complimentary resolutions
passed by the Bar OF this city in teslimo.
ny OF their eateem for Judge Cochran,
whose iour years term Of service on the
bench Of this county expired with the
close OF the year 1875. Judge Cochran
will now resume his old position as a
practising lawyer at the Wheeling bar,
and will no doubt speedily command that
share Of business which his requirements,
abilities and experience entitle him to
ANIMAL
Year: 1877

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE sE.-


ond Judicial District of the State OF Nevada in and for
the county OF Ormsby. Roger Crow plaintiff, VS. J. L.
Clerg and Florence Cegg and A W. Pray defendants
Action brought in the Court OF the Second Judicial
District of the State Nevada in and for the county OF


rnsby and the complaint filed in said county OF Omsby
in the Office of the Clerk of said District CouTThe State
of Nevada sends greeting to j. l. Cegg and Florence C


and W PRAY defendants: You are hereby required to
appear in an action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court OF the Second judicial
District OF the State of Nevada and for the county OF
Osbv and to answer the complaint filed therein "a copy
of which accompanies this summons within ten days tex
elusive the day of serve) after the service on you OF
This smmons-f served within this county or II served
ont of this county, but in this district within twenty days
otherwise within forty days-or Judgment by default VIII
be taken against you Tie said action is brou Eht to fore
close q certain mortgage executed BY defendants j. L.
and Florence Ciegg said plaintiff on of No one } IN
block No six co. in Rice Peters addition to the city OF
Carson in Ornsby county, Nevada; which sad mortgage
was given the payment OF promlSsory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Cerg the goth
day of Nav A. D. 1876 to plaintiff, for the sum OF SIX
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three 0 per cent
par month all in gold coin of the United SataS, And
naint asks decree of foreclosure OF sad mortgage and
that the orgaged premises he daGTeed to be sold and the
proceeds applied payment OF costs, attorneys fees,
taxes insurance and the principal sum and in crest on
said note in cold coin of the United States and found
Insufficient that Judgment be docketed against the prop
erty of defendants L. and Florance Clegg for any bal
once found remaining due plaintiff. All of which Is more
fIIIv set forth in plaintiff complaint file in my Office.
And YOU are hereby notified that ii you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint, above required, the sad
plaintiff will apply the Court for the reif demanded


Given under hand and the seal OF the District


Court Of the Secon Judicial District OF the state


L.s of Nevada in and for IL county Of Orm5by this


+ oath day OF August, in the year OF our Lord one
su95IaW6w ALFRED HELM, Clerk.
Year: 1877

Tell them to port two points said
the lad quietly


The old man placed the trumpet to his
| lips. and through the brazen tube hi:
voice poured steady and strong:
The boy says; Tell EN- to port two
pints.7


The vessel suddenly swayed 10 port
and as she lept away the lad said:


Tell them to hold her steady as she
is"


Again the old man lifted the trumpet
and called:


The boy says: Tell them to hold her
steady as she is


For a minute not word was spoken
The steamer tore on through the gloom
lighting her path with the flames. The
roof of the pilot house dropped in, and
the smoke and cinders hid the two men
from the sight Of those who. with pray
ers ON their lips and with agonized faces,
were gazing at them from behind.


Suddenly out of the smoke and FIRE
came the tones of the trumpet;


The lad says: Tell EN- hear the
surf on the beach,"


Then the smoke suddenly lifted, split
by gust that tore through the air, and
those behind saw three men instead of
two standing on the deck. The trapper
and the lad still at their station, and
thirty feet farther aft Herbert, hose in
hand, flooding with water the blazing
deck on which they stood. But what
could the power Of man do against the
rush OF such flames? The young man
did his best. With hands blistered by the
awful heat he stood heroically at his post;
but the garments of the lad we're ON fire
and the hair of the trapper was burnt to
the scalp.


Suddenly the starboard half of the up
per deck fell with crash As it fell
those behind saw the lad turn to the trap
per-saw him totter-saw him steady
himself,-saw his companion catch him
BY the arm-saw the old hero with the
sleeve of his coat, that was itself smoking,
wipe the cinders from his lips as he lift
ed the trumpet to his mouth; and out of
the black eddying smoke as it swept over
the three and hid them from sight, BEL
lowed the words, strong as trumpet could
send them:


"The lad says: Tell them l see the surf
on the beach, Hold her steady as she is,'
God"


The sentence was never completed
The flat bottom Of the vessel touched the
sand-slid along it-and was driven by
momentum of her movement half her
length on the beach. Then she rolled
over with a great lurch; her smoke stack
went down with a crash, carrying the up
per deck ON which they stood with them
and the three men sank from sight in the
smoke and fire.-N,TTuy's Ne1c Book.
Year: 1877

One charming morning during our
stay in Quebec we made the excursion
to Montmorenci Falls, seven miles from
town. From Durham Terrace We had
already seen line of cottages leading in
zig-zag direction across the plain, and
were told it was the way TO the Falls.
This one long street of miles is called
the village Of Bouport. The houses
which are built closely together are set
at an angle with the street. for better
protection from the severe winter winds.
The most exposed end never has more
than one window in it, and often none
at all. The French windows are gener


ally lined with gay colored paper, that is
the inner ones, for double ones are ne
cessary for comfort in winter. The day
we drove through the outer windows
were thrown up and the seats were fill


ed, many of them, with beautiful bloom


ing plants. Carnations in particular
seemed to flourish in profusion, ard |
never saw such fine ones any where
else. II was saturday and all BEAUFORT
was putting itself in order for Sunday,
Every where girls in short skirts we're
scrubbing floors, front steps and even
the walks which led down to the tiny
yards. Through the open doors We had
many glimpses of Canadian interiors,
and we soon learned by observation that
the hugh three or four storied stove is a
fixture in each household for summer as
well as winter. Sometimes 1t is set in
the middle of the house, and the parti-
iion walls are built up to it, so that part
of it is in each of the four rooms into
which the cottage is divided. Besides
the stove there queer old wooden chairs
and dressers with stores of family "cera-
mics" and often a wooden cradle which
looked as if it might be an heir loom.
Our party consisted of five, and we were
somewhat dismayed when our carter"
appeared with his three seated carriage
and only one horse, but we were assured
that Tom" was capable of taking US all
with perfect ease. Tom" more than
kept up the reputation his master had
given him, and we bowled along over the
smooth road at a good pace. About a
quarter Of a mile from the fall We left
the carriage and walked over a well
kept foot path to the brink of the cas-
cade, which is one of the most beautiful
/ have ever seen. 1t is small, but very
high, although itfs impossible TO realize
this until one goes down the flight Of
steps, and looks up from beneath. We
stayed some time time gazing on Its
beauty, but felt unsatisfed when at last
we were obliged to go and leave the IA
cination of falling water. Some little dis
lance from here are some natural steps,
several hundred, which are about as
wonderful as the water fall On our way
back to town we passed through the
suburbs of St Rock, which is much more
modern than anything in Quebec 1t
has just been rebuilt, as it was entirely
burned two years ago. with the excep-
ton of the Church and Convent of the
Good Shepherd which were saved, mi
raculously, as the devout Catholic driver
thought. TRAVELLER
Year: 1877

The Captain stood another instant in
profound thought, during which his
quick and fearless mind had considered
all the contingencies, and, without a
word to the three men that were with
him, ne started for the deck and the
pilot-house. He summoned his chief
engineer and his officers around him.
and stated what he had discovered-laid
the whole subject in few ierse words
before them, and said:


Gentlemen, in five minutes the sa-
looms will be like an oven, and the win
dows of this pilot house will be cracking
Have you anything to suggest


The first offieera sailor from boyhood
whose head and beard were already
gray, said promptly:


Captain, we must beach her. The
others looked their assent.


'Its our only course" said the Cap
tain. pilot" said he, turning to the
man whose eyes were on the look out
'can you beach herr" The other delib-
Grated a moment, and said:


Captain, am ready to take any re-
sponsibility that man in my position
should take. lam ready to execute any
order you give; but will not take the
responsibility of running this steamer
with 600 passengers aboard, on toa coast
that l know nothing of beyond the
knowledge have of the lights, the reef
and the harbors 1t would be mere
chance if got her within halfa mile oi
the shore"


The Captain actually groaned. He saw
and admitted the force of the pilots as
,sertion. For moment not word wa:
spoken, while the ship went tearing on
through the water, and the premonition:
of rising tumult came to their ears from
below, showing that the passengers were
already on the move. He looked an in
slant into each face before him, lifted
his hand and wiped the great drops o.
sweat from his forehead, and said:


Gentlemen, what shall We do? | fee
the floor under my feet heating, The
passengers are moving out of the saloon
What we 90 must be done quickly. We
are overloaded, Our boats wouldn't &C
comodate half, and besides a boa
couldn't live in that sea. What shall We
do?"


Not man spoke. They felt as if the
horrors of death we're shutting dowr
around them. They showed no evidence
of fear. They could meet death as mer
should meet it, but they could not tel
how to escape it. Suddenly the Captains
face lighted with light that was the
reflection of hope, Of a conjecture, O
possibility. He darted out ofthe pilot
house, swung himself down among the
crew, who were busy with the pump:
and the hose, and shouted, with a con
centration of voice that penetrated the
roar of the storm like knife:


is there man here who knows thi:
coast?7


When the Captain dropped among
them the men stopped their work and
stock staring at him. Only the old trap
Year: 1877

A Hint to our Dry Goods MeTcha"ts.


Philadelphia merchants are Offering great
inducements to the people at large, in op'
position to the Wanamaker monopoly
Why not call q meeting in this city and de-
termine on some line of action to keep money
here. Our people are worried because OF
the want of employment in this little city.
spend your money at home and 1t will soon
be larger. Philadelphia was not always
what It is to-day.
Year: 1877

From the sGalaxy'' for Marcel.


The popular belief that the moons
rays will cause madness i'm any person
who sleeps exposed to them has long
been felt to be absurd, aud yet it has
appeared to have its source in un-
doubted facts. Some deleterious in
fluence 10 experienced by those who
rashly court slumber in full NOON
shine, and probably there is no super
stition to which the well-to-do pay
more attention. Windows are often
carefully covered to keep the moon
beams from entering sleeping apart
ments. A gentlemen living in India
furnishes Nature with an explanation
of this phenomenon which is at least
plausible. He says: at has often
been observed that when the moon is
full, or near its full time, there are
rarely any clouds about; ann if there
be clouds before the full moon rises.
they are soon dissipated aud there
fore perfectly clear sky with bright
full moon is frequently observed. A
clear sky admits of rapid radiation of
heat from the surface of the earth. and
any person exposed to such radiation
is sure to be chilled by rapid loss of
heat. There is reason to believe that,
under the circumstances, paralysis of
side Of the face is sometimes likely to
occur from chill, az one eide of the
face Is more likely be exposed to rapid
radiation, and consequent loss of its
heat. This chill is more likely TO oc-
cur when the sky 10 perfectly clear. I
have often slept in the open air in In
dia on a clear summer night when
! there was no moon; and although
the fret part of the night may have
been hot, yet towards two or three
O'Clock in the morning the chill has
been SO great that have often been
awakened by an ache in my forehead,
which have as often couEteracted by
wrapping a handkerchief round my
head and drawing the blanket over my
face. AS the chill il likely to be great
est on very clear night, and the
clearest nights are likely TO be those


OH which there is bright mooushine,
it is very possible that neuralgia, par
alysis, or other similar injury, caused
by sleeping in the open air, has been
attributed to the moon, when the
proximate cause may really have been
the chill, and the moon only remote
cause acting by dissipating the clouds
and haze (if it do SOY. and leaving q
perfectly clear sky for the play of ra-
diation into space.
Year: 1877

Tho editor of the Litchfeld Enquirer should now be happy man. In season and out of season. he has been contend

 Ing for a minority representation on Boards of Selectmen, and now Senator H0nston has introduced bill which pro. vides that where three selectmen are 10 be chosen no one shall vote for more .han two; where five are to be chosen. no one shall vote for more than three, and 90 on.

 Thus the minority in every town will al- ways be represented on the Board. Fur
Year: 1877

GAIL HAMILTON in her last letter to the
New York Tribune leaves the Nation and at
tacks the Springfield Republican for its as
sault on Judge Henry French. She will now
40 well to turn her attention to the Tribune
,'seil, brand but lately plucked from the
burning and still rather sooty. That journal
with great coolness approvingly quotes her
condemnation of the independent journals:
"they faunt the banner of virtue while
holding the carnival of vice. Under thin
veil OF Pharisaism one dscerns the judgment
'of the infant. the conscience OF the assassin,
the tactics of the Thug" The Tribune as it
prints this condemnation of itself smiles un-
der its broadened plylacteries and trusts for
oblivion of its misdeeds to the short lived
memories of men.
Year: 1877

The Shoe and Leather Reporter has the
following words of comfort for the tanners !:
We had our panic before the rest of the
country had theirs, The Chicago file of 1871
ushered it in, and the Boston fire of 1872 in
tensfied it. We had right to expect an
earlier recovery, and we have had and are
having it. We are not so firmly on our feet
again that we can venture to ignore the
admonitions Of experience, or to neglect the
application of all the resources of skill and
all the suggestions of economy to the busi-
ness. 1t is not desirable that any industrial
pursuit should reach that pinnacle of adven-
titious prosperity. But the tanners may
telicitate themselves on having passed that
point of aggravation and danger at which,
no matter how wisely and well they did thdir
work, they were sure to be losers by it. They
were very patient and very plucky to endure
that state of things as calmly as they did,
and it is full time they were extricated
from difficulties that would have exhausted
them long age if they had not been ex-
ceedingly strong in means as well as hope
fulnesS.
Year: 1877

A significant editorial paragraph appears
In the Philadelphia Press of Saturday, in
which the hope is expressed that the Hon.
Samuel ]. Randall will be reelected Speaker
OF the House of Representatives. The rea-
son for the support of Mr.. Randall is that
'being an unsectional man be cannot close
his eyes to the fact that there is no surer
rescue and relief for the South than to build
trans-continental line from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific ocean," In other words
Mr.. Randall should be reelected Speaker be-
cause he favors the Texas & Pacific railroad.


This is precisely the reason why Mr.. Ran
dali should not be reelected Speaker. A
pacification of the South which must be Sc
cured by plundering the country is not worth
securing. A. friendship which must be bought
by land grants and money appropriations is
not worth the purchase. 1t is safe to say
that bargain of this character by which the
great American economist is to be promoted
to office in order to further land.grabbing
scheme will not be ratified by the Northern
people. The fact that the scheme comes
from Pennsylvania will not help it. There is
already widespread distrust of Pennsylva-
mia political methods, and the proposal TO
make them national in application will be
anything but heartily welcomed.


Indications are multiplying that the Texas
Pacific and kindred schemes of plunder are
to be made basis for new party. The
plan may seem absurd but the danger is not
a slight one. The South of course will be a
unit for measures of this character, and the
new assault of the solid South on the Treas
ury is quite as much to be feared as any pre-
vious assaults made by that section. An at
tempt is made to dignity the raid by styling it
revival of the Whig party; but revival in
which Tom Scott is to appear as the original
old Whig viii not commend itself 10 the sur
vving silver-greys and is certain to find no
welcomers among the friends of honest and
economical administration.
Year: 1877

The small number of negroes killed in the
South of late is accounted for by the fact
that the season for outdoor sports has not
fairly opened yet. Wait until the hunting
time begins,
Year: 1877

IHE government is determined to make
the Indian earn his rations by hard work. 1t
will do well to bear in mind the celebrated
rule OF Mrs. Glasse in regard to the cooking
of a hare.
Year: 1877

we 10 not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu.
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

/ THE members of the British cabinet find
themselves in a quandary. They are thor
oughly united in opinion as to the necessity
of protecting British interests, but no two of
them can bring themselves to agree as to
what those interests are.