smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

n @NASA SASS S~1 ~ A~SA a ~~SSSJ
At all times and at all sea
sons of the year, the streets OF
) every city and town are infes
. ted with men looking for worl
J but unable to obtain it. Witt


a few the old story of looking
! for work, and not getting it
being homeless and starving il
unfortunately true, but with {
large majority is only humbug
True they have no work, but
that is generally theirown fault
They aye. not lazy, but have q
Discrimination to work, always
finding some trivial excuse for


not earning their own living


when the means are offered


them. This was foreibly illus


trated in Allegheny City, Penn,


recently, where about fifty
tramps had sought shelter from
the cold by appealing to the
sympathies of the captain of
police, who provided them with
at least warm quarters for a
night. A gentleman of the
neighborhood wanted a num-
| ber of men to cut ice for him,
and applied to the captain to
know if he could send him a
lot of able-bodied men who wan
ted work.


the captain as he opened the
door leading to the tramp de-
partment. gHk


81 want to get a lot of men to
cut ice, and 1 will pay good
wages. If 1 can get some of
those poor fellows who have no
place to 90, / would sooner take
them. It would be a benefit to
them, and / know they would
like to have the job"


"We have about fifty ofthem
in here tonight, all are COM
planning that they could get no
work, and apparently greatly
Inundated because they had to
beg lodgings from us. Here
they are" -. -.
stout, hearty fellows, any of
whom were able to do a good
davis work. Captain Wilson
announced to them that there
was a good chance for all of
them to work at good wages
the next day.


"Now, boys" said the ice
man, 81 heard there were SO
many men out Of work and
starving that l thought the best
thing | could do would be to
give my work to such fellows as
are really needy. Now how
many will be on hand to-mor-
row? Just step here and give
me your names. Good wages,
cash down every night"


Imagine his surprise when
not a man stirred.


'If you fellows don't like
this Job you need not come back
here any more,' said the cap
tain in his usual impressive
way. o,,


t:How much viii you give9"
Iazily inquired a big, hearty
man.


GA dollar and a-half a day
cash every night if you need
it,


"What sort of wages is that
for a man to freeze himself to
death for?" remarked another
fellow, tugging vehemently at a
short-stemmed clay pipe.


Another gave the ice man
regular setting down for grind
ing the poor. Another never
did work for less than two doll
lars a day, and he didn't pro
pose to allow any man to take
advantage of him. Thus 1t
went, and after a deal of talk
ing, eight out of the fifty went
to work, the remaining forty
two positively refusing to be
ground down by the heartless
capitalist. Some of them acted
as though they were insulted,
while others had bad colds,
pains in the back, subject to
rheumatism, threatened with
typhoid fever OF just getting
over a severe attack Of neural
gia. u


A Iorro man ubo cot IN the
Year: 1876

The ideas of that class Of indl-
viduals who devise spring cos
tunes seem affected by a strange
perversity. Thus in order to be
stylish one must wear garments
that seem TO he twisted out of
their proper place. One side must
be different from the other; if one
side is long, the other must be
short if one hangs straight, the
other must be rounded off; and,
to sum up the whole matter, eve
rything must be crooked, twisted
and pulled out of place. One cir
cumstance saves US from absolute
confusion, land that is the necessity
for the wearing of wash fabrics du-
ring the summer season. They
must be "done up" therefore they
must be comparatively simple, yet
even here we find many crooked
ideas, and where an over-skirt
may be OF equal proportion, the
trimming is often placed in such a
way as to produce an effect of dis.
proportion. POlonaises are worn,
yet basques and over skirts are in
the ascendancy, and even in wash
materials have obtained the pref
erence. / have said that
Year: 1876

save US from absolute confusion !;
so also do some rich materials. =
Thus extremes do meet and while
we find comparative simplicity in
suits of linen, percale, lawn and
pique; we also observe some few
rich dresses which bang in long
Year: 1876




The rank assigned to a younE
lady in the scale of Fashion is a
present in proportion to the dis
tance between the end of her nose
and her new Spring bonnet; the
honors accorded her increasing
rapidly as she nears the last round
On the ladder of ambition, and
she whose hat hangs on in an alb
solutely impossible way, is regar.
ded with the same sort of admira-
tion by her feminine compeers as
the acrobat who performs super
human feats of agility. Other
acrobats of inferior degree are
ready to treak their necks in imi-
tation; and SO other young la
dies buy hand glasses and will
go and stand before their looking
glasses, where with saint. like pa
tience they spend hours in imita
ting the wonderful performances
they have seen. What the hu-
man mind, when strongly bent in
one direction, may accomplish, is
wonderful, indeed, and thus it
comes to pass, as the result of
such determined competition, that
hats do hang on in a very Won
derful sort of way, and were l a
spiritualist, ] would have no
doubt that uDearthly hands held
them in their place, since OF earth
ly power l beheld none, unless it
be a chat pin," which, provided
expressly for the needs of the
hour, is made long enough to be
run through and through, and fas-
TENT to the coil. Yeteven such an
ingenious coutrivance appears to
me insufficient to account for what
| see, and therefore | resign my
self, if not to admiration, yet to
wondering amazement. Why
such very pretty hats should be
removed so far out of sight, is a
mystery likewise, for charming
they really are.


IVORY TINTED CHIPS


are trimmed with softly woven
silks in faint, yellow shades, and
finished with delicate flowers,
which in graceful sprays or rich
moutures almost cover the outside
characterization of all kinds is law
ishly employed, but both fabrics
and flowers are so refined that the
effect produced is of similar charac-
ter. Very light tints prevail, and
although pale yellow shades come
first, yet we see beautiful bonnetS
in pure white, or trimmed with
faint blue. pink or lilac. Very
dark brown is constantly used as
an effective contrast, and the bril-
liant Cardinal red is as fashionable
as it has ever been. Contrasts be-
tween very dark and very light
hues is indeed an idea of the time.
and as dark colors are placed as
points of effect on hats in which
very light colors prevail, SO on
the other hand, we observed dark
straws lightened with pale silks
and delicately tinted flowers, and
white or creamy blossoms are u
nited with sombre foliage.


COSTUMES.


The ideas of that class of indt.
Year: 1876

Ii Is rather difficult for an Ignorant
man TO understand the ways Of doing
business at bank. II, like the colored
citizen Of this story, told by the De-
troit Free Press. he cannot write. and is
asked to endorse a check, he is apt to be
disguised.


colored resident Of Detroit, who is
the owner Of cast-iron horse and an
old wagon, was hired TO draw some dirt
Tor a yard on Beaubien street, and when
his work was completed the owner of
the premises handed him a check for
81 30.


is dat a seven dollar and half bill?''
asked the colored man, turning the
check over and over, and regarding il
with great curiosity.


That is a check on a bank, was the
reply. Take it down there and get
your money


de feller at de bank owes you, does
he?" was the next query.


II have money there, and he will
hand you 81 So"


81 dunno bout dat, slowly remarked
the colored citizen. 'Sposen go down
dar an he says dis yere document is an
order on hardware store"


"Oh, it will be all right" replied the
citizen, and he started down town, and
lett the negro looking at'the back of the
check. When he reached home at night
his creditor was there and waiting.
Holding out the check, the negro said


~Dis yere paper doesn't seem to be
wort a cent. I took it down dar, and
de feller in de bank looked at it and
looked at it, and den looked at me, and
den he stuck up his nose and yelled out,
What's yer name an whar you live?' I
tole him mighty straight, an den he
wanted me to write my name on de
back, an fool around, an fool around,
an I iist picked up de manuscript an
walked out De family is out of 'taters
an meat, an I'd like to settle+aat ac-
count for postage stamps or shinplas-
tara
Year: 1876

HIRING HoRsEs.-Ithas been decided
that when a horse or carriage is let out
for hire, for the purpose of performing
particular journey, the party letting
warrants the horse and carriage fit and
competent for such journey. If the
hirer treats the horse or carriage as any
prudent man would do, he is not an
swerable for any damage either may re-
ceive; but he must use the horse for the
purpose for which he hired him. For
instance, horse hired for saddle must
not be used in harness. If the hirer
violates this express condition of the
contract, he is liable for any damage
that may occur. If the horse is stolen
through the hirer's negligence, such as
leaving the stable door open all night.
he must answer for it. But if he is
robbed of it by highwaymen, when
travelling the usual road at usual hours.
he cannot be held for damages. As these
questions are frequently in dispute, it is
not out of place to shed little light
upon them.-TttrT, Field and Fzrma.
Year: 1876




WOULD Nor CHANGE.-A New Hamp-
shire boy, now resident of Wisconsin,
was fine scholar, a graduate of Dart
mouth College, and law student. Just
previous to his admission to the bar, he
took a severe cold, which rendered him
very deaf, and no medical skill was able
to restore his hearing. This afliction
compelled him to give up his chosen
profession, and he went West, very
much broken down in spirits. For ten
years he has been farming, cultivating
about two hundred acres of prairie, and, /,
as he expressed it, making a good hv-
ing, and sailing down something every
year. And he declared that if, knowing
what he now knows, he was to begin his
active life over again, he would do just
as he was compelled to do ten years
ago; that is, he would throw aside his
profession, and settle down on farm.
Said he: "There isn't much glory on
farm, but you get good, sure living.
You are your MASTER you can't starve,
nor be turned out 0of business; and as
far as the work is concerned, in these
days Of horsepower a man needn't kill
himself farming, any more than at any
other business. It's brains that win on
farm, as well as everywhere else; and
the smart man is going to ride, while
the stupid one goes afoot, in the corn
field as well as in the bar or pulpit. l
should like to have my hearing again,
but 1 wouldn't leaye'my farm If 1 had
it."
Year: 1876

Naturalists have made many curious
discoveries during the geological inycs-
LEGATIONS. but n discovery was made on
Madison street tins forenoon which calls
for the attention and investigation Of
scientists. The city street force was re-
moving paving rock from the levee at
the foot Of Madison street. Que Of the
bOulders had to be broken in half, and
on applying the hammer it burst open.
One half appeared an oval cavity some
six inches in diameter, and this cavity
was half full of water. Assistant City
Engineer Murray put his finger down
in the water and withdrew it suddenly,
as il he felt something move at the bot
tom. Making the orifce larger, a live
frog leaped out Of the little lake that
had for so many years lain entombed in
the rock-ribbed cave. The rock is Of
blue limestone, brought from the Ohio
river, and il has been in use as q paving
stone on the landing for nearly fifteen
years. The upper face Of the rock has
been worn smooth from the constant
wear of dray wheels.


The questions are, how long was that
frog in that rock tomb? and was it pos
sibIe that it could live and grow therein
without light, and only such air as
could pass through the rock. all rock
supposed to be more or less porous? 1t
must have been hundreds of years ago
when the frog lay in the little lakelet
which formed in the mud on the bank
of the Ohio river, and lay there until
the mud covered it in, rendering escape
impossible. Then the chemistry of ma
ture set to work, and year by year the
mud became harder and harder, until
after centuries of ages it became rock,
known as blue limestone. Fifteen years
ago the rock was dug out and boated
down to Memphis, where it has been
used as a paving-stone on the levee. All
these long, weary years the frog has
listened to the rolling of wagons and
drays over its tomb, and it heard the
rumbling of the artillery during the
gunboat fight of 1862. When the day
of its delivery came, it hoped out and
away as lively as any other frog.


How old is that frog? 1t must be
Centurion" as Mrs. Partington said,
and it may be two, three, five hundred,
or thousand years old. Long live old
Sitting Bull-frog, because it comes down
to us with the glamor of antiquity
around it, and old age should be re-
spected, even though not in itself re-
spectacle. Memphis Ledger.
Year: 1876

A huge tower is being built upon the
top of new brick building in Virginia
Chy.Nev upon which large dial is to be
placed with the names of the leading min
ing stocks upon tito which hand points as
the stock goes up or down, all being done
by electricity over wire running from the
San Francisco stock board room to the
tower.
Year: 1876

ADvERsITY.-It takes touch OF adversi-
" to show whether man is a man at all


just as it needs the touch of frost to bring
out the glorie> of the trees. Even on a
dark day in October, how royalty the woods
flame out! Under what glorious banners
they march to meet the winter. What un-


matched splendors, rich as sunset skies.


tender as the rainbow, shine out over the
whole earth! Those splendors are the
treasures that the trees were silently laying
up when the summers sun flooded them
all day long. And shall in his time
of prosperity, lay up no store of sunshine
in his inner-selt, whereby, when darker
days come on. he shall be luminous with
courage and good cheer?
Year: 1876

A young American under treatment
by DR.. Brown-Sequard, of Paris, writes
home an account of that physicians IA
verite method of treatment by the burn
ing of the flesh over. the spine, which Is
interesting in itself, and also as tending
to correct or modify greatly the preva.
lent conception of extreme physical tor
ture as a necessity Of the operation. In
the frst week of his undergoing the actual
cautery, there were four applications, the
first in seven places along the back, the
second and third on the head aRd the
back, the fourth on the head only. In
connection with this he took (separately)
iodide of potassium aAd arsenic, and sub
cutaneus injections of atrophine and
morphine. The burning he proceeds to
say, is not burning at all. "The instru.
ment is ofplstlnum(i. 4. C., as to the tip, land
is heated to white heat in q coal fire;
then it is applied two or three times
and Immediately put back in the fire for
the next application. While red
hot iron or platinum would make ter
rible burn, there is almost no pain what
ever when il is at white heat. l can't
say there is no pain, for at the moment
of application there is sensation almost
like that Of q burn; but the in
slant the instrument is removed the
feeling is gone, and there is no sensation
whatever after ward. There is, of course,
a scar at each point, with dry scab,
which wears of, leaving the skin in its
original state. So that it is really only
a drying of the outer layer of the skin;
there is no rawness Of the flesh. One has
only to guard against the rubbing
of the collar on one OF these
spots otherwise there isn't
the least Inconvenience. The skin Of the
bead heals still more quickly, though it
is rather more sensitive; and, in tact, the
sensitiveness increases somewhat after
the first application, both on the head
and on the back. 1t is rather worse than
a mosquito bite. to which Brown-Sequard
compared 1t, but stood it without yell
ing or groaning, and even without
without clenching my hands. The
severity OF the treatment has been very
much exaggerated in popular estimation,
and the above account is as near the
truth as words will allow.
Year: 1876

LONDON. January 1.-THE English
National Rife Association have accepted
the challenge of the Rife Association
of America to compete for the champion
ship Of the world during the Centennial.
Year: 1876

Representation having been made to
the President that the laws of the United
States are obstructed in several parishes
in LOUISIANA, United States District
Attorney Beckwith has been instructed
through the Department of Justice to
bring the illegal combinations, as we'll as
individual offenders to trial under the
enforcement act. The President eI-
presses the determination to preserve
public order to the extent Of his consti.
tutional power. There are three COM
panies OF cavalry and one of infantry in
Louisiana, but no probability of the use
of the military to aid the civil authorities.
Mr.. Pinchback will again be in Wash
ington this week to urge action by the
Senate on his claim to a seat.
Year: 1876

Considerable distress would ofsen be pre-
vented to parties who meet with misfortune
through the loss of their all by fire if they en-
acted the necessary prudence of insuring their
real estate or personal property. When the
modest percentage necessary for the amount
so insured is taken into consideration, (the
saving of few dimes now and then will pay
it, the person who is neglectful or haz lrdous
certainly has little claims to sympathy in case
of loss. That we have reliable hre insurance
companies in our midst none can deny, and
we have no hesitation in saying to those who
have not as yet insured to call at the Arling-
ton Fire Insurance Company for the District of
Columbia, No. 1905 Pennsylvania avenue,
north Of United States Treasury, where poll
cies can be obtained at equitable rates, and
prompt payment of losses guaranteed.
Year: 1876

The newest thing out for advertising has
just been patented by VIM. Prince, 1909 F
street-being east-iron carrisge-step for the
curbstone, having glass panels on the sides
and ends, upon which is painted your name or
business; easily read by day and elegantly
Illuminated at night by lighting small lamp
securely fixed on the inside of the step. Our
way of thinking is that Prince will sell one to
every business man here. Already orders are
pouring in upon him from this and other cities.
Business men, look to your interest and give
Prince an order. 1t will be high old dodge
for our coming Carnival.
Year: 1876

Brooklyn Eagle Milan Correspondence.l


The Milanese ladies do not promenade
the streets singly, save in rare cases.
they are generally accompanied by a
companion of their own sex--mother or
sister, or if with gentleman he is gen.
orally husband, father or brother. 1t
is not considered the proper thing for a
Milanese lady to promenade the street
With gentleman not relation. Certain
It Is that when one is seen alone she is
apt to be accosted by every Italian she
meets. American and English ladies,
and particularly the former, are subject
to insult and annoyance from the Milan
ese gentleman (2), who think nothing
of walking up to and sccosting them as
familiarly as they would member of
the demi-monde on Broadway. This is
the result of the action Of some American
girls who have been students of music
here at divers times, and who, away from
home, acted in such a manner as to
bring disgrace and contumely on the
name OF American womanhood. An
Italian does not think he insults an
American lady by inviting her to become
his mistress, even if he has not had the
slightest encouragement TO make such a
proposition. American ladies who come
here to study music seem to them to be
fair game, and il they are without pro-
teetor they are pursued remorselessly,
until they either spccumb or are glad to
flee from the city to save their reputa-
tions. A case in point was related to
me few days ago, where an estimable
and handsome young American lady was
persecuted by wealthy baron here, who,
finding that bis advances we're treated
with scorn, used to send his carriage, a
well-known equipage, to stand in front
of the lady's housefor two or three hours
after midnight. the lady was eventually
obliged to fee FROM the city to escape his
prosecutions. That is a sample Of what
o young American woman, unprotected,
has TO expect in Milan,
Year: 1876

France is to have two thousand exhibitors
at Philadelphia. This shows in practicaI
form what the French people think of our
great display. The effect of such an inter.
change of thought as must result from the
presence OF two thousand French worknen
IN TINS country cannot well be exaggerated.
especially when we remember what France
mas aone to elevate the taste of the genera.
ton IN all branches of art and industry
Year: 1876

kIssIxG GOES By FAyORs.-Dr. Mereno
and his wife of San Francisco had quarrel
led and he was anxious to make up. He
told her to kiss him in token of reconcilia-
ton, and she refused. He knocked her
down, and commanded her again to kiss
I'm. She still refused and received
another blow. He continued to beat her
until she could not have kissed him if she
would, and her injuries are such that she is
expected to recover.
Year: 1876

1t IS stated from Washington that the dis
play of everything connected with fish and
the fisheries to be made at the Centennial
Exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution
Will be "the largest OF the kind in the
world
Year: 1876

AT the late session of the MARYLAND
legislature an act was passed allowing per.
sons on trial for crimes to testify in their
own behalf. As general rule evidence of
TINS character cannot have much weight.
out obviously it is better to admit it and
let the jury say what it is worth.
Year: 1876

TwEED's CONVICTION ONLY SECURED By IMMENSE


LABoR--IHE WAY IN WHICH AN HONEST JURY


WAS sECURED-HIs MOVEMENTS AFTER HIS Is


CAPE-GENEr RECENTLY N THE CITY.


Many Democratic papers have repeatedly as
Republican campaign plot Is concealed
under the capture and this country OF William
Il Tweed at this particular time; and doubtless sus
Year: 1876

WOODWARD'S POSITION IN THE RING.
HIS APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE AND RISE To FAVOR


WITH TWEED AND OTHER LEADERS LIVING IN
LUXURY IN NoRwALK-TnE DIVISION or THE


UING PLUMBER,


The first Office which Woodward held under
the city government that OF assist mt cerk TO Tie
old Board OF Supervisors. He was appointed to tins
position In lSGO. His father prominent Methodist
preacher in The West and delegate 10 tie General Con
ference a few years before Wccdward's entry into
public life. As delegate he had considerable
influence end succeeded IN having his ap-
roiuted one Of the junior clerks Of the Methodist
Book Concern in this city Woodward subsequently, pro-
fessed conversion in Of the Methodist churchee and
through his church acquaintance was introduced into the
family Of WE'LL known municipal officer, whose siserin
law he afterwaTd married He lost his position IN the
Book Concern by misconduct, and then sought public
place. He became a constant visitor IN the super
visors' off ,e and finally received appointment
as as istant clerk. Al this time he Republican
III pOtics hut found 1t his interest 10 change
his views and allied himself closely to W. NJ Tweed and
other Democrats in the Board Of Supervisors. His scr
Year: 1876

EDGEwATER.-Adrian Post, treasurer and col
lector OF the village has finished his sngs for the col
lection the assessment the Canast. sewer. The
amount collected is $4,000


CAsTLEroS-It Is stated that large number OF liquor
dealers are doing business in the town thou heenses
AT the last meeting of the Board of Excise the Rev. g.
Parsons appeared before the board and made objection to
the licensing OF the persons who had been selling during
the past month contrary 10 law.