smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

BY the news from Japan it is reported
that General Grant will sail for the United
States about the end of this current month
which statement may imply either that the
chronicler is not well informed as to the
Generals intentions, or that the General
himself has changed his mind and decided
not to defer his return until April next.
However the truth may be on that point it
is pleasant to hear that the enthusiastic
welcome which our distinguished traveller
has found in so many climes and countries
is continued down to the Pacific edge of the
Old World. The dispatches seem to give
undue prominence to the cavalier demeanor
of the British Minister. There was no lack
of good will in England, nor in any place
where British authorities were under the
direct influence Of the home sentiment,
and this exception does not, therefore, repre-
sent any official purpose, but only the casual
impertinence of an individual.
Year: 1879

improvements are inviting investment in
real estate, that our public burdens be
made as light as possible. If we can sue
ceed III reducing taxation as well as IN
steadily decreasing the public debt We shall
give timely impetus to the growth OF the
city. A vigorous. capable municipal gov
ernment would be of great value at this
time, for the reason that under its influence
the tax levy of next year might be kept
within reasonable limits. and with the i'm
proved value of real estate our tax rate
might be made SO unusually low as to
tempt building on large scale. especially
in the upper parts OF the city. With an
economical but at the same time an enter
prising and liberal city administration, and
with an earnest determination to secure
rapid transit in the annexed territory, the
progress OF New York will take rapid strides
within the next few years.
Year: 1879

We are glad to have another contest for
the famo0s Ashley Belt in this city, in the
latter part OF next month. The contest
ants will comprise little Rowell. Weston
and Blower" Brown-celebrities all-and
no doubt the excitement that was created
by the match won here by Rowell will be
repeated and probably exceeded in this
new trial Of speed and endurance.
1t is very certain that the pc
destrians will have more profitable
engagement here than they had in London
recently. Weston's victory secured him
paltry amount. while Rowell trotted away
from US with many thousands of dollars in
his pockets Our English cousins have
always had reputation as encouragers of
manly sports, but they certainly are not as
liberal i'll their patronage of sportsmen as
we are ON this side OF the Atlantic. People
surmise that the little wonder, Rowell,
acted with shrewd Judgment in declining to
strive for share of the London gate money
and in reserving his strength for the more
profitable New York contest.
Year: 1879

Last Sunday we took our readers and adj
vertisers into our confidence. showing them
the increased circulation of the HERALD
during the'past year. In doing this we
took occasion to point out that this in
crease, slow and constant, is marked sign
and proof of that general, but also slow
and steady and therefore sound, revival
of the business OF the country, which
makes men everywhere more hopeful and
enterprising than they have been for
six years past The circulation oil
great journal like the HERALD, as
we'll as its advertising patronage, Keeps
pace with the growth of the country, and is
one of the landmarks by which that growth
may be measured with some degree OF ac-
curacy. We reprint here the comparative
table from last Sundays HERALD, showing
the average daily circulation of the HERALD
during the first six months of this year and
last
Year: 1879

1t is not very pleasant weather for the
work of the inspectors whose duty it is to
examine the condition of all the tenement
ing in what respects they are in conflict
with the new Tenement House law. Never
theless their labors have commenced, and
it is to be hoped they will be prosecuted
with vigor. II it is bad for them to make
their visits to some of the worst buildings
great deal worse for the poor creatures, in
cluding thousands of suffering children,
who have to live in them. 1t is not credit
able to the Health Department that the
preliminary work has been delayed until
it is hopeless that any great improvement


By the provisions Of the new law the
Health Board authorities are empowered to
act summarily in case they find building
so overcrowded as not to allow six hundred
cubic feet of air to each person. 1t can
easily be ascertained and reported by the
statute is violated; and there is nothing to
prevent Immediate action in such cases by
the Health Board. Where alterations in
buildings are necessary, in order to make
them conform to the new law in
the matter of light, height, ventilation,
&C., it will of course be necessary to allow
time for the purpose. But there is no good
reason why the illegal overcrowding, which
is one of the main causes Of disease and
death, should not be remedied at once.
There seems to be some disposition, as
usual with the Health Board, to move
slowly and with great deal of red tape
nonsense in this matter of tenement house
reconstruction and reform; but it is matter
in which the heart of the people is en-
listed and in which they are resolved to
hold the authorities up to prompt and full
performance Of their duties.
Year: 1879




The fine marble bust Of Sir Walter Scott by Francis
Chsntrey. II. A.. atterward Sir Francis. which
exhibited at the English Royal Academy in 1871. has
been lately received from Europe and now on ex-
hibtion in the gallery at Schaus Co.'s. At the
time Of the busts appearance at the Royal Academy
the novelist was in his tieth and the SCULPTOR who
was made member of the Royal Academy
in 1913, in his thirty-ninth year. The bust.
which 10 of life size. is lifelike and simply
yet powerfully modelled The head is turned to
the left. and the half smling reflective expression
is admirable and eminently pleasing The eyes and
mouth especially good. and the model
ling of the neck very fine. Over the shoulders is .
plaid. arranged in large and effective folds and
secured by buckle. The squares of the simple
pattern indicsted Tho neck is entirely bare.
There s of the tendency to exaggeration Of the
features in the extraordinary bronze statues in
the Central Park and the forehead Is high and dome
like, but not abnormally
Year: 1879

There appears to be grave doubt whether
the charges formulated by Mayor Cooper
against Police Commissioner Wheeler, even
if sustained, can be made a cause OF re-
moval from Office. The Commissioner is
arraigned for having converted to his own
use, or taken, withheld, appropriated or
made use of the moneys collected of men,
bers of the police force in payment for
cloth for uniforms; for having neglected to
promptly pay the bills for such cloth to the
persons furnishing the same to the depart
ment when he had the money in his pos
session, thereby depicting the funds in his
hands through the needless allowance of
interest; that he retained a portion Of the
money SO due for cloth until on and after
the 2Sth of July last, and that the cloth was
sold to members of the police force at an
advance or profit, which was not ac-
counted for, but was retained by the Com
missioner While this appears to be con-
duct unbecoming a public officer, the
answer Of the Commissioners friends is
that the cloth was purchased and sold in
accordance with a rule or order Of the
Board, for the purpose of securing uni
formity in the material for police uniforms;
that the advanced price charged was for the
purpose of raising fund to provide against
losses; that the city has nothing to do with
the money, which could not have been paid
into the city treasury. and that Mr..
Wheeler, as custodian OF the fund, holds
the balance in his hands, and is prepared
to pay 1t out as losses are incurred or to
hand it over to any other custodian the
Police Board may designate.


However this muddle may result there
can be no doubt that the practice of buying
cloth at one price and selling it to the
police force at another is one which ought
never to have been adopted by the Police
Board and which cannot too soon be dis
continued. The men are entitled to pur-
chase their uniforms at the lowest cost, and
while uniformity in the material is essen
tial, this can be fully secured by contract
ing for the supply Of the cloth to the men
direct at first price by responsible firms.
So far as the charges against MIR. Wheeler
are concerned Mayor Cooper is un-
fortunate in always blundering on wrong
methods Of doing what he is de-
sirous of accomplishing Mr.. Wheeler's
term of office has long since expired. He
holds over only at Mayor Coopers pleasure.
Yet the Mayor has never attempted to fill
his place by sending the name OF his sue
cessor to the Board Of Aldermen, as the
charter imperatively requires him to do.
1t may be said that the Aldermen might not
confirm the nominee; but this remains to
be seen. At all events, if the Mayor per-
formed his own duty in straightforward
business manner, without bargains or in
trigues, there would be less probability of
bargains and intrigues against him in the
Board of Aldermen.
Year: 1879

By way of Stockholm and London we get
the good news that Professor Nordenskj0ld
is at last safely out OF the ice, through Beh-
ring Strait and in the open water of the
Pacific Ocean. This intelligence came, we
must suppose, by the same route through
Russia as that which informed US some time
since of the discovery of the adventurous
man of science in his winter refuge and of
his entire safety. We shall next hear Of
Professor Nordenskj0ld in the news from
Japan. which will give us an outline OF all
the experiences of his extremely interesting
and important voyage.
Year: 1879

Improved firearms are in the number of
the products Of our national industry for
which the market is always open, and a
great war on the Chinese border would be
an event of interest to all the gunsmiths.
If Russia is as resolute to pacify the doubt
full provinces on her Asiatic frontier by the
simple process of absorption as she is re-
ment is so determined to resist as the news
of movements at Pekin would indicate,
then there will be some obstinate and long
continued hostilities in that part of the
world there will be guns and cartridges
needed, and some likely fellows may make
their fortunes in instructing the Chinese in
the use of arms of the latest patterns.
Year: 1879

The doctrine of exterritoriality is some
times useful, sometimes indispensable
even in the relations between representa-
tives of civilized States and barbarous
or semi-barbarous Oriental Powers; but
oitener it IS ridiculous anomaly, an absurd
ity and an abuse that puts the pretended
superior spirit of justice of Western nations
in very unfavorable contrast with the JUS
tice of Eastern governments. If there ever
was an extremely ridiculous application of
this principle of immunity from local laws
it is that made by the British Minister in
Japan, as shown by the Oriental news in our
San Francisco dispatches. The Japanese
government has made quarantine at
Yokohama against ships that might import
thither the cholera which is raging in the
southern part of that country. But Her
Britannia Majesty's representative says that
ships which carry the colors Of England are
not subject in any way whatever to Japan
ese rules or laws, and consequently are not
subject to this quarantine, and shall, if he
shall be protected therein by British
men-of-war. This is probably the first
time it was ever pretended in the interest
OF civilized government that merchant
ships, while within the jurisdiction Of
foreign country, were not subject to the
proper and reasonable police regulations of
it's ports. To pretend that extra territorial
jurisdiction should give immunity from
quarantine regulations is SO absurd as to
give rise to suspicion in the case that the
Minister must have supposed the story of
the prevalence OF the cholera was only
ruse to trouble trade; but the American
and Russian Ministers would in that case
have resisted as we'll as the Briton, and
they have instructed their ships to obey
the law.
Year: 1879

columns mark so accurately the condition
of industry and commerce. As the country
is now floating once more on a rising tide,
we think it useful to repeat warning
to our readers everywhere against
the only thing which can set it
back-a rage for speculation, new
fever to get suddenly rich. This was
the curse of the years before 1878, and for
their imprudence, their reckless confidence
in speculative values, their vain hope to
secure solid wealth without fair return
of labor and patient industry. large part
of the citizens have been suffering ever
since. There are already abundant signs
that before long we shall be launched upon
speculativetide. A considerable and
increasing number Of new and hazardous
enterprises are already tempting the gen.
OF extraordinary profits. We advise every
body to steer clear of such adventures.
They are no better than gambling, but
more r.sky. because those who venture
their money play with men who hold the
cards in their own hands. There are
doubtless. tor instance, many profitable
mines, but when mine is very profitable
its owners do not sell it. It's stock is not to
be bought by strangers; tits divided among
friends


There are securities yielding a constant
but moderate return, the representatives of
real values, in which it is perfectly safe to
invest. They can no longer be bought
cheap, because confidence in the future
has been restored, and all such securities,
too low in price last year, have now gone
up to their natural and proper place. There
is room also for the safe and profitable in
demanded by the growth of the country;
and there will be an increasing demand for
money for such legitimate ventures. Fin
ally there is land, the last to feel the
stimulus of new rise in values and which
is still cheap because there are great num-
Der of sellers and as yet comparatively few
ready to take advantage of the market.
But real estate begins to attract the atten-
ton of investors once more {; and these are
right in the belief that no such favorable
time will return in many years for the ac-
QUESTION of well selected and favorably To-
Gated real estate.


What we urge is that men shall buy real
things things which have an actual and
substantive value-hat they shall be con-
tent with moderate profits and that the
country shall not tumble headlong into an
other era Of speculation, which would be as
disastrous to it as the feverish period from
1866 to 1873.
Year: 1879

The WEATHER.-The influence of the area of
high barometer that was over the South Atlantic
States, stated in yesterdays HERALD has
caused the depression advancing from the North
west To change its course and move in a north
easterly direction. The pressure within the low
area has increased considerably, but il is likely
to decrease again when the disturbance reaches
the coast districts, which will be this evening
general rise in barometer occurred throughout
the Northwest and West when the western mar
gin of the depression passed to the eastward of
the Mississippi Valley. 1t is probable, however,
that the rise will cease and another fall take
place within the next forty eight hours, proceed
ing the approach of another disturbance from
the vicinity of Montana and Idaho Very little
rain fell east of the Rocky Mountains yester-
day, mainly in light showers on the
South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The
weather was fair in the other districts, except
the Middle Atlantic States, where cloudincss in
creased toward night. The temperature rose
decidedly throughout the country east of the
Mississippi; west of that river it fell rapidly,
particularly in the northwestern sections. The
winds have been from fresh to brisk over the
lakes and in some portions of the Middle Attain
tic States fresh ON the South Atlantic and Gulf
coasts and generally light elsewhere. Condi-
tions favorable to the development of tornadoes
continue over the central valleys. The weather
over the British lsandss unsettled. The weather
in New York and its vicinity today will be warm
and fair or partly cloudy in the morning, fol-
lowed by falling temperature. Tomorrow it
will be cooler and fair. Thunder storms will
probably pass over during the next twcnty-iour
hours.
Year: 1879

THE OLD SUPERSTITION that if there are thir-
teen in party disaster must necessarily result
to some person present before the year goes out,
will lose nothing by the occurrence at Engle-
wood yesterday. If a hundred people had been
present, however, the result would have been
the same. II was only an accident
Year: 1879

From the facts presented in an article
which we give in another column it seems
to follow that one Of the reasons why the
police often seem delinquent in the protec-
ton of property and preservation of the
peace is simply that there are not enough
of them. With the full force of the police
under pay the average number of men for
each precinct is q little below a hundred,
some running over that number, some de-
cidedly under it. But as one-quarter of the
men on the payrolls are actually always on
detailed service other service, that is to
say. than the ordinary and regular per-
formance of duty as policemen--t at
a stroke reduces the average number for
precincts to few points below seventy-fve
Sickness and various occasional disabilities
reduce the number still more, and finally
the insuficiency is such that in some pre-
cincts a single mans patrol is of such o
length that he can only go over it once in
four hours. Diagrams OF some OF these
poorly guarded beats are given in our arti-
Gle, and they tend to inspire wonder, not
why policeman Is not on the spot when q
crime is afoot, but how or by what hazard
it is that he ever happens to be at the right
place ut any critical moment.
Year: 1879

THAT THERE ARE Two SIDES to every ques-
ton is shown by the dismissal of the charges
against Lieutenant Carey, who was present
with the expedition in which the Prince In
perial lost his life. Few young men were ever
SO bounded by the English press.
Year: 1879

THE Polo SEASON at Newport was inaugu-
rated yesterday in the presence Of q large and
fashionable assembly. The sport is becoming
popular throughout the country, and even in
the South is beginning to take the place Of the
old fashioned tournament.
Year: 1879

We have not space to-day for further
comparisons, but we may return to the sub
ject on another occasion. II pleases u.s.


and we trust it will please also our readers
and advertisers, to find that the HERALD
partakes of the fortunes Of the country,
and that its circulation and its advertising
Year: 1879

OUR QUARANTINE SYsTEMis already so perfect
that it seems impossible for yellow fever to Sc
cure foothold in our midst and yet no one will
blame officials for extraordinary vigilance.
Year: 1879

The CONTINUED EXPLOITATION of live cattle
and fresh meat to Europe is one of the signif-
cant signs of the times. Quick steamers and
good refrigerators will open new fields of wealth
to our producers on land and water.
Year: 1879

ANOTHER POPULAR PREACHER is in the sham
bles. This time it is a case of divorce, with
80 called revolving ordinations on both sides.
Why will gentlemen of the white necktie persist
III setting such bad examples
Year: 1879

For many years the eccentric Thomas
Carlyle has been afflicted with dyseep-
sia. How he acquired id, he thus de-
scribed in conversation with an Amer
lean clergyman.


.s Il am sure I can hardly tell, sir;
only know that for one, or two. or three
and twenty years of my mortal existence
I was not conscious of the ownership OF
that diabolical arrangement called a
stomach. ..-


II had grown up the healthy and
hardy son of hardy and healthy
Scotch daIesman, and he was the des-
cendant of long line of such; men
that had titled their paternal acres, and
gained their threescore years and ten
or. even mayhap, by reason OF
strength, their fourscore years-and
mad gone down to their graves never
mas of them the wiser for the posses
sion of this Internal apparatus.


And the voice came to me, saying,
Arise and settle the problem OF thy
ifep And SO I entered into my cham
ber and closed the door, and around me
there came trooping throng OF phan-.
tasms dire from the abysmal depths OF
nethermost perdition. Doubt, Fear,


Unbelief, Mockery and Scorn were


there, and arose and wrestled Win


them in travail and agony of spirit.
whether I ate know not; whether
I slept I know not; I only know that
when came forth again it was with
the direful persuasion that l was the
miserable owner of a diabolical arrange
| ment called stomach, and have new


er been free from that knowledge from


that hour to this, and I suppose l never


shall be until I am laid away In my
|
Year: 1879

The memory of man extendeth to the
day when the boys on the farm were
proud to ride a fine young horse to
Church br to see the girls. He took
pride in colts and taught them to move
freely under the saddle, and
above all when the colt was
broken be was taught to walk. Now
the boy must have a fine buggy
and harness, and the colt must show his
style and speed all the time. The boy
is in too great hurry to allow the colt
to walk. The colt, buggy and boy are
seon d used up set by fest driving. The
whole business Of buggy fiding by
farmers boys is expensive, extravagant
and dembraizing Not one farmer in
ten can afford stich q tutnent for the
lad Many of them buy buggy afid
let it stand in the sun and storm. They
are too poor to have a house for We
hicles. Such h1eh catines affovd the
luxury of buggy. If we could return
to the fashion of riding more on horse
back, we would save millions to the
farmers, and the boys and girls would
develop better forms, and have better
health: ANY lazy lout can ride in q
buggy, bit to be graceful rider on
horseback one must have come energy
and get-up in his nature. There is life
and health in riding on horseback. The
whole system feels the effect of it. The
rider and horse catch the fire of sym
pathy and excitement in the run, OF
fast PAGES, and every nerve and muscle
of the body is brought into healthful
invigorating play. The mania for trot-
ting horses has been felt on every farm
in the land. The country is full of road
horses that some man or boy loves to
pull the strings on. They are usually
poor saddle horses, slow walkers, and
rough. We need reform. The place
to begin is in breeding class of horses
of good size, style and action, that car
move freely in more than one gait
The English market is open for suct
horses. The well-knit horse OF good
size, style and action, suitable for the
hunter or carriage, will bring better
prices than our average horse. The
farmer will find it to his interest te
raise class of colts that the boys vii
like to ride. He can raise three or foal
fine saddle colts for what one bugg,
and harness will cost, and fair saddle
horse will bring more money than th'
average roadster.


Here is chance for saving and i'm
proving the horses and the boys.
Year: 1879

or tn the merchant who supplies him on
ere iit with seed corn and corn for his
household, to tie paid with exorbitant
interest when his crops are ripe. The
merchants, for the most part, are Euro
peans and are always ready to make ad-
vances to the needy peasant, provided
the interest is high enough; the fellah,
called upon to pay his taxes at a moment
when his crops are still unripe, is COM
pelled to borrow and is not in a position
to wrangle about interest.
Year: 1879

A kerosene lamp is not suitable
light for the sick-room, for it should
never be turned down low, on account
of the disagreeable odor which results.
A scientific man once said: There is
nothing in the would that will produce
diphtheria sooner than a bad kerosene
lamp" Be that as it may, If your kero,
sene lamp emits disagreeable smell 1T
shows that something is wrong-the OIL
may be of an inferior quality, the burner
may be poor, or it is clogged up, or the
wisk needs to be evenly trimmed.
Year: 1879

The latest old thing which every
fashionable London lady thinks she
must have, if she is to remain anybody
at all, is an old watch. 1t is not for the
hands, or face, or works, that these are
priced, but for the case. These are
taken off their hinges and converted
into shoppers for the glass bottles on
the dressing table. .