smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

orders of tho Lord ChnmberIain


Concerning their safety.
New York Times:l


The Brooklyn disaster has natu-
rally caused much alarm in London
as to the state of the theaters, and
the Lord Chamberlain has been
stirred into giving the managers a
very plain and decided warning as
to their duty in the matter, and the
consequences Of neglecting it. He
insists on I" the absolute necessity +"
of the following first rules being at
tended to-;


/. All doors and barriers to open
outward, or to be fixed back during
the time when the public are with
in the theaters.


9. All gangways, passages, and
staircases intended for the exit of
the audience to be kept entirely
free from distractions, whether
permanent or temporary.


5. No part Of the auditorium to
be without at least two means Of
exit in case of need.


4. All doors not habitually used
for exit, but available as additional
means of escape in case of alarm,
to be indicated by printed placards
in plain characters.


The Lord Chamberlain also init
mates that he has given orders to
be specially informed from time to
time as to how far extra chairs and
seats are placed SO as to block up
the gangways, and that if any flag
rant case is detected he will at once
put in force the powers given him
by statute to refuse or cancel the
license of the offending manager.
And, "finally, he confidently leaves
it to each manager to do his best to
guard against accidents of all kinds,
and especially against the conse-
quences of such panics as may be
liable to occur at any time without
any reasonable cause, and without
any blame to the management of
the theater, from a mere act of NAL
ice, mischief or folly on the part of
some one present. "
Year: 1877

.


A well-known banker Of this CITY
had a valuable cow, which gave a
large quantity of rich milk, and
was held in high esteem for general
good qualities. All at once the
supply of the lacteal fluid grew
smaller BY degrees and beautifully
less, until the yield was scarcely
worth having, The family were
greatly surprised at this, as the ami
NAL was in perfect health, aud in
the height Of her season, II was
hintod that some person whose love
for milk oyercame his scruples
against stealing was at the bottom
Of the mischief, and that, like q
thief in the night, he entered the
stable where Rossy was kept and
relieved her of the milk. The hired
man was accordingly instructed to
watch for the thief, and bis vigil
ance was rewarded by a most singu-
Jar discovery. Just after daylight
in the morning, he saw a very large
rat come forth from its hiding place,
and going to where lhe COW was
Year: 1877

A Wesleyan missionary, Rev. Geo.
Brown, has returned in safety from
an exploration Of tWepty months on


the unknown coasts Of New Britain
and New Ireland. He crossed the
latter island, which he found well
populated. "Ne white man was
sYer seen inland before, but no op-
position was offered to the explor-
ers. A difficulty was experienced
in getting the natives to 60 gpy
distance from their villages, as they
are so often at war with one an
other Plenty Of the proofs Of can
nibalism we're found. One of the
party, on going into one house to
light his pipe, saw a woman roast-
ing the thigh and leg of o man who
was killed the day before The
exploring party were interested in
Year: 1877

den almost too grievous to be
borne, yet his inherent love of ex-
istence induces a desire to still
preserve it, if it can be saved with
out a task upon bodily exertiOn.
The mind wanders. AT one mo-
ment he thinks his weary limbs
cannot sustain him mile; the
next he is endowed with unnatural
strength, and if there be a certainty
of relief before him he dashes
bravely and strongly forward, won
dering whence proceeds his new
and sudden impulse. Pro pA.
Year: 1877

lying, it stood on its hind feet, with
its forepaws on the cows udder,
and applying its mouth to one of
her dugs, sucked its ill of milk.
When it was satisfied another rodent
took its place, and so on, until the
supply was exhausted and the fam
lily swindled BY the cunning rat out
of their mornings supply of the
much-coveted fluid. The story is
we'll vouehed for.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the star.


NEW HAVEN, CONN, Nov. 8 The fast
express train from Boston due here at
$3.50 yesterday afternoon ran into a
switch engine at the Wooster-street
Viaduot, about half mile east of the
new depot. IN this city. The engine OF
the express train was thrown into the
ditch, and the track was TORN up con-
oiderably. No lives were lost. The
passengers were transferred to cars in
waiting, and travel was not interrupted.
Year: 1877

Especial to the Democrat


OTTAWA, Aug. T7.-It is now claimed that it
was no part Of the arrangement that the Ca
madam commissioner should be appointed to
act conformity with those from the United
States to meet with Sitting Bull.
Year: 1877

The most important political
organization in Pennsylvania,
the Philadelphia Union League,
thus strongly indorses the poll
cy Of President Hayes:


There are indeed, there neces-
sariIy must be, differences Of
opinion among us, but it must be
admitted by the candid and
thoughtful that so long as the
opposition controlled the popu
lar branch of our national Veg
islature, and so had control o.
the appropriations necessary te
the support of the army and ma
Wy, no use could be made Of the
forces Of the United States moi
sanctioned by them, and that
consequently, no other course
than the one pursued was posi-
bic, and that the recognition Of
Governors Hampton and Mich
oils ceased to be matter Of dis
cretion and became a necessity
Tho consummation Of the reform
of the civil service not only
commends itself to the good
judgment and patriotism Of our
citizens, but has become a matter
of direct personal pecuniary in.
terest to all our tax-burdened
communities. The struggle will
be bitter and may be prolonged
Many Senators of both partie;
will struggle to retain theil
usurped prerogative, and this
Union League should see to il
that nothing it can properly dc
shall be left undone to aid in the
success of those principles OF
action which we have already
publicly indorsed.
Year: 1877

A Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer as
serts that a southern Democratic
Senator said to him recently:


Hayes course since he be-
came President has satisfied the
people that the success OF Mr..
Tilden would have been a loss to
the country. But aside from
that we of the Democracy &C
cept the finding of the Electoral
Commission confirmed by Con-
gress as final. To disturb it
now would be to convulse the
whole country and shake the
foundations of our government.
We have only a little over three
years to wait for another trial.
1t reminds me of an old story OF
two lovers who applied to a
magistrate in the country to
unite them IN marriage; but the
squire's commission had just ex-
pired, and he said they must go
on through a rather lonely road
to town. AS they were about
leaving the old fellow called
them back. II believe" he said,
81 can marry you enough to get
you through woods, but when
you get to town you must have
it reinforced for life" | think
we have title enough to reach
the next election, and then if
Hayes goes on as he has begun
it is more than likely his title
will be reinforced.
Year: 1877

If Mr.. Moody would just drop
his work in New England for
sixty days and spend the time
in converting the baggage
smashers of America. he would
do a vast deal toward rendering
profane language unnecessary.
When a good Christian sees his
new trunk leaking in every pore,
so to speak, the iron protectors
and the corners gone, the hinges
wabbllng like the wheels of a
farmers wagon, and half a dozen
holes in the side, through which
he could draw his overcoat if
some fellow traveller hadn't al
ready done it for him-well, the
strictly religious vocabulary
doesn't afford any language that
can begin to express his feelings,
and he is compelled either to
burst or to forget for five min
utes that he is a Christians.
Year: 1877

The Orsgonian constantly reit-
crates the assertion that the
company will not accept the ex-
tension of the grant under the
provisions of the Mitchell bill,
hence there will be no railroad
to Oregon if it is not defeated.
The bill amply provides for that
contingency by the alternative
Of the Salt Lake road, which
is certain to be built if the N. P.
is abandoned; in fact that was a
chief argument against the bill
of Mr.. Mitchell a short time
since; that it was playing into
the hands of Jay Gould and the
Union Pacific. Very well; that
would be better, that would ne
cessitate the building of the road
to tide water, when if the N. P.
has exclusive control, no such
guarantee would be assured.


If the Oregonian would devote
the same ability and zeal to the
advocacy of the Mitchell bill
which it now gives to the rail
road managers, it would much
better serve the interests of the
public, though perhaps with less
profit to itself.
Year: 1877

Gambetta goes to address his
Belleville constituents in one
horse cab and dressed in a shabby
old coat. At Versailles he goes to
the parliament house in handsome
landau, drawn by a stylish team of
horses, and fashionably attired.
Year: 1877

We have been blamed by we'll
meaning friends for our forbear-
ance in not retaliating upon the
anonymous but well known edit
or of the Democratic Press, by
giving a few Of the incidents of
his private history in return for
the vile defamation he has heap
ed upon us and other respecta-
BILE citizens. We have only to
say in explanation, that we can


better afford to suffer his abuse,


which all our acquaintances
know to be utterly destitute of
truth, than to sink our own self
respect and degrade ourself to
his level by publishing personal
acts Of his which would make
our paper an indecent publica-
ton, and which we cannot even
allude to without a feeling of
shame for our common humani-
ty. AS public journalist we
have nothing to do with, and the
public generally have no interest
in, the social infidelitles and con-
sequent domestic infelicities of
DR.. Williston. If the communi-
ty in which he lives can tolerate
him asa practising physician and
newspaper scandal ,monger, with
a full knowledge of his private
character, we have nothing to
say. Ifany desire further knowl-
edge on that subject, We would
refer them to Hill Harmon, Gen.
Milroy, or any others who had
intimate personal relations with
him at Steilacoom, Olympia or
the Chehalis Indian reservation.
We have but dealt with the pub
lie manifestations of his mali
clous and degraded propensities
as we would have treated any
other public nuisance chief
of which is public journal de-
voted exclusively to the malig-
nant purpose Of assailing private
reputation; and all conn ected
with, or who contribute to the
support of, such an institution,
do a greater wrong to society
than the keeper Of the most in
famous den Of vice; for it's infu-
ence is broader, no degree Of
social respectability is exempt
from its malign power, and the
law affords no adequate protec-
ton from the venom which it
may infuse into every social cir
Gle.


An agent of the Press recently
entered the Office of a gentleman
in this city and asked him to
subscribe for a Democrat paper.
81 am a Republican," was the
"Oh, well," said the
agent, I" I am a Republican, too;
but our paper pitches into DEM
ocrats as much as it does into
Republicans. I want you to see
what we say about old Brown,
Sheriff Miller, Joe Kuhn and
Morris Haller; all Democrats.
Why, more Republicans than
Democrats take the paper. Some
leading Republicans in Town
send take two copies apiece just
for the fun of the thing
" WE'LL" said the disgusted Re-
publican, when I want to hire
a blaclguard to abuse a gentle
man, 1 will draw upon the lava
beds for a professional who, for
a glass Of whiskey, would dupli-
cate your editor


The above IS a specimen of the
manner in which the vile thing
is commended to public support,
solely as a medium of personal
vituperation and defamation,
which is very attractive to the
Year: 1877

The wife of General Sherman has
written another letter in condemna-
ton of round dances, in which she
says:


It is not to be expected that young
girls, who are unconscious of evil
in the beginning, should reflect long
enough to summon the moral cour
age to resist the allurements of the
dance, unless with encouragement
and support of their parents. To
the honor of pure maidenhood be
it said, however, that there are
young girls who decline from in
stinctive delicaey, even when their
parents would have them join the
throng who dance down the broad
road of worldly pleasure.


On the day of the last fight Of the
United States troops with Chief Jo-
seph, his little daughter. ten years
old, finding that her father was oc-
cupied with his rife, ran to the po-
MES and made an heroic effort to
herd them in. The cavalry, how
ever. cut her off, and seeing that she
wauld be captured if she remained
with the ponies, she took to the
hills. After the fight and the sur
render Joseph's first question was
regarding his child. Every effort
was made to find her, bnt at last re-
ports no trace of her had been
found. Chief Joseph believes that
she is dead, and is greatly affected
nv his loss.
Year: 1877

It is vain thing for you to stick your
finger in the water, and pulling it out look
for hole; it is equally vain to suppose
that, however large a space you occupy, the
world will miss you when you die.
Year: 1877

On last Friday evening the schooner


Mary Louise came down the river with


load of lum Der, aud the wind being


very strong from the south. and the TIDE
running ont very rapidly lJ-causing the
flver to he very rough-sle laid above
the bridge till about 5 O'Clock, waiting
for the wind TO lay, at which time she
came through the draw, and IN so dong
hung on the timbers and was blown
against the bridge. Three Of the crew


were ordered to get in boat and carry
the anchor down the river and drop it.


with the view OF preventing the scaooaer
from being Injured by chaflng against
the bridge. After they had Cotton about
25 yards bslow the bridge the boat up
set aud the men were plunged into the
water, which was very rough aud qnte
cold. They yelled Justify for boar,
and hearing their cries we, with the
as.istauce Of Mr.. Wilkes. uuiastened
our ysvl aud started to their reliet,
when the captain OF the schooner came
20 the wharf and We turned the yawi
ovrr 10 him, who went TO the rescne of
the men and brou ght item safely to
shore. Their situation was rendered
more perilous from the fact that one of
the sailors could not swim the other
two having to support him to keep him
from drJsning-the night Was very
dark and the waves running hish. They
were Ia the water fifteen or twenty
miLnt,s before assistance reached them.
Year: 1877

We like to sec q man refuse to tako
his local paper and all tho time sponge
on his neighbor for tho reading oft.
We like to hear man complain that
he takes more papers than he reads
now, and then go around aud borrow
bis neighbors, or loaf about until 10
has gathered all the news fromit. We
like to see mechanic or merchant re-
fuse to advertise in bis homo paper,
and then try to get share of tho
trade which the newspaper brings to
town. But above all, We like to SEQ
one Of our rich, miSerly mon, who eau
not pay So 00 year for his local pa.
per, always DO around in timo to read
tue papers o: tue expense of q friend
not worth tenth part of what he is
himself. 1t looks SO economical, thrift.
ty aud progrcssivc.-Er.
Year: 1877

So admirably hath God disposed Of
the ways Of man that even the sight Of
vice in others is like warning arrow
shot for US to take heed. We should
correct our own faults by seeing how
uucOmOly they appear in others.
Who will not abhor a cAolcric passion
and u saucy pride in himself, that secs
how ridiculous and contemplate they
render those who arc infested With
them.
Year: 1877

The undersigned successor To and a part
ner in the late firm of e. B'inghurst & 20.
holesale and Retail Druggists, will CON
tinue the business at the old stand. and
while returning his sincere thanks that the
previous efforts OF the firm have met with
such gratifying appreciation, will, with the
AID of full corps OF competent and skill
training In this establishment in their ex-
perience respectively, of from fve to ten
years each, and three of whom are Gradil
dtes Of the Philadelphia College OF Pharmacy,
endeavor by faithful and careful attention
o the highly responsible duties of the
Apothecary in his manifold dealings with
life and health, to merit and receive the lib
eral patronage so long extended to this house


q. JAMES BELT, Apothecary, =
c5-tf Cor Sixth and Market Streets
Year: 1877

[From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser


In the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the
mystery of God should be finished, as He
hath declared to His servants, the prophets.
--ReY x1
Year: 1877

They speak of it now as the Plan, with a
big P.


The adoption of the Plan will be especially
valuable as cork for the Democratic mouth


1t is observed that some of the most violent
objectors to the bill are edging round in res
ponse to the voice of public opinion.


The Massachusetts delegation in Congress
is counted solid for the bill with the exception
of Banks.


1t is reassuring of the wisdom of the Plan
that the party organs at Washington on both
sides denounce it. 1t is pretty safe for the
country to go for whatever Murtagh and
Montgomery Blair oppose.


Secretary Fish is heartily in favor of the
settlement, as was to be expected.


The fact that Mr.. Hoar was elected to the
Senate after it was known that he had signed
the Electoral Vote Committees report, it is
thought will strengthen his influence as an
advocate of the bill. He will be its foremost
advocate in the House, and will be supported
by Mr.. Lamar, whom many regard as the
ablest Democratic member of the House.


The principal argument iu favor of the
bill is that, in the presence of excited passions
and em5it' ared partisanship, some measure
adapted to conciliate and unite moderate and
fair men of all parties is necessary to avert
the dangers which might attend disputed
count.


The report will bring out another shower
of pamphlets from the constitutional ex-
Founders.


The only plan of counting which will be
universally popular, is double barreled one,
which will secure the election of both Hayes
and Tilden.


Montgomery Blair is stirring up the Demo-
cratic bad blood by intimating, in his new
organ at Washington, hat Senators Thur
man and Bayard may have more willingly
acquiesced in the plan for counting the votes
from the tact that they were unsuccessful as
pirants for the st. Louis nomination.
The plan from which Mr.. Morton now dis
sents "abollshes the constitutions in Just the
same way and just to the same extent that
Mr. Morton's bill, which he has been almost
frantically urging upon Congress and the
country for the last three years, does.


Louis j. Jennings, formerly editor of the
New York Times, telegraphed from London
Friday: "The news received here to-day of
the proposed Congressional compromise
measure for settling the Presidential question
has had the effect of streDgthning all classes
of American securities"
The New York Herald regards the Senate
as much ADLER body than the House, and it
is convinced that the discussion and passage
of the bill will sweep away all the obstacles
to its easy success in the House, because the
arguments OF Senators will be so powerful
and SO well put that public sentiment will be
Year: 1877

In the course of an interesting lecture on
"The Analogy of Sound and Light" recently
delivered by Professor Barrett, F. G. S., at
the London Institution, he remarked:
"There was striking analogy between music
and color; the rate of vibration in sounds
gave rise to the gamut, and in colors the rate
OF vibration in like manner gave rise to the
notes forming the spectrum. The coIors of
the spectrum showed sequence analogous
to the sequence of pitch in the gamut.
Newton thought that there might be cor
respondence between the length of the spec
trum colors and the vibrations of musical
sounds, but the true relationship was between
the vibrating pitch of color and the vibrating
pitch of sound. The extreme limits of the
spectrum embraced an octave in music,
Calling red 100, the proportionate vibration
OF orange was 80, that of yellow 81, that of
green 70, that OF blue 50, that of indigo GA,
that of violet go, that of ultra violet SO, and
and an obscure or extreme violet so. The
vibration of c in music corresponded to that
of red in color, and taking G as 100, the vibra-
tion of d was SO, that of E so, that Of F IA.
that of G 81, that of A go, that of B So, and
that of c so. The vibration of unison, rem
dered visible. produced on screen the figure
of circle, that of an octave formed figure
resembling s, and combinations of figures
formed by the visible reflection of intervals
OF fourth, sixth, &C., were proportionate


y complicated. By means of tuning-forks
and sensitive flames the Professor proved the
correctness of his theory and it was note
worthy, says an observer, that the figure of
dscord was as perplexing to the eye as the
sound was Objectionable to the ear.
Year: 1877

whether or not they are willing to let the
lives of five hundred of their fellow citizens
be sacrificed, and nearly three millions Of
dollars be utterly lost every year for the sake
of saving the four thousand dollars which is
required to put the proposed Board in work.
ing condition. If they will but look at the
subject in the light of the highest economy,
we are confident that the appropriation will
be made
Year: 1877

fixed in favor of the bill before the House
comes to act upon it.


Congressman Chittenden of New York
stated in the House Saturday that the elec-
ton in at least three of the Southern States
had been an absolute farce and that there
had been so much cheating on both sides that
1t was absolutely impossible to tell where the
truth lay. He therefore favored the compro-
misc hill
Year: 1877

THE important statement is made that
Commodore Vanderbilt was accustomed to
take twelve Jumps of sugar in his tea and six
lumpsiin his gin. He was friend of "the
free breakfast table,
Year: 1877

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


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

In Kundebye, in the bailiwick of H ol- beck, an elf had his habitation in the high ridge on which the church stands {; but after the people in that quarter be- gan to be assiduous in their attendance at church, the elf was kept in continual torment by the unceasing chatter of the bells in the church steeple. At last he could stand it no longer, and left the place; for nothing has tended SO much to clear the country of elves as the ring ing of consecrated bells. After leaving Kundebye, the elf went to Even, where he resided for some time, and it so fell out that man who bad lately taken up his, residence in Kundebye came to Even, and met the elf on the road. 'Where may you be, when at homer" said the elf. ''I am from Kundebye," 1" said the man, little suspecting what kind of person it was by whom he was accosted. "Ah, indeedl'' said the elf: s'I thought I knew everybody in Kunde- bye, but know nothing of you. Will you carry letter to Kundebye for me ?" 'sWith all my heart!' said the man, and the elf put it into his pocket, and enjoined him strictly not to take it from thence till he came to Kundebye Kirk, and then throw it over the churchyard wall, and the person to whom it was addressed would be sure to find it.. On this they parted, and the man thought no more of the letter. But after he re. turned to Zealand, as he sat on the meadow where the Tiis Lake now is, all at once he recollected the elf's letter, and was seized with an irresistible de- sire to see it. Accordingly, he took it out of his pocket, and after he had sat some time with it in his hand, water began to bubble out of the seal; the letter unfolded itself, and it was with great difficulty that the peasant escaped with his life; for the elf had enclosed a whole lake in the letter, which was in- tended to drown Kundebye Kirk and its bells, for the trouble they had given him.