smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

other low for balls and receptohs-accompanied each
dress The evening wraps were made ia the new long
shapes OF the rarest brucaded velvets trimmed Win
deep fringes, laces. or fnrs. -,


The display OF yesterday kept up the reputation OF TINS
house for its handsome wraps of every Kind Here
were long cOaks Of black silk trimmed Witn 1ur
of cloth trimmed with braid and or seal skin bOrdered
with other fur-sea in which gray hairs are sewn at IN
teryals according the caprice Seal skin hats are
among the novelties at this house, also fancy feather
muffs. The India shawls also attractive, as the
new dark coorngs render these Oriental treasures more
handsome than ever In the large salesrooms on the


first the display of silks showed artists hands IN
Dark brocaded ycves and ddmaSSe silks are here shown
for costumes in all the stylish invisible shades such as
these are plain velvet plain silk and satin OF correspond


ing shade combine with them The dainty lingerie In THIS
room delight TO ladies Of refined taste and the neck
ties are OF finest ddaaSse silk with duehesSe lace ends
The household department repete with bed and table
linen with which housewives like to see their shelves


filed The prices Tor all cotton and linen goods Of ms
description are remarkably low and the variety Is
large enough to suit all needs.
Year: 1876

threatened The Of s Is Indicated
OF the fluctuations its violence by the the











to points unni,taka ably pleasant weather
The depression OF the barometrc column that has pre-
vailed oyer the Middle and Eastern States, continues
with little notable change. The hight at this locality
s4 very nearly the over the erory
above named. With winds prevailing from point west
OF SOUTH there consequently not present dampness
necessary TO Justify expectation OF any notable rain
fall. Hence clear, warm weather may he expected to
prevail the major parts Of this area with few IL any
EXCEPTIONS for several days to The prediction Of
THE TRIBUNE in its issue OF the 29th ut respecting the
probable weather during the Fourth of July celebration
will be fully realized


For this city and 100 miles around, clear, warm
weather, mtigated by occasional clOudiness with SLIGHT
if any chance for rainfall, will prevail to-day and to-
morrow,
Year: 1876

NETWORKS ASSESSED VALUATION.


The Common Council met yesterday as
Board OF Supervisors receive the tax books of the
county The following schedule Of the assessed valua-
tion Of real personal estate in the City and County
of New York for 1875 and 1876 was received and re-
ferred 10 the Finance Committee OF the Common Council:
Year: 1876

QUITE an excitement occurred in a
neigbboring village, not long since, over
au attempt by an African buck, to entice
respectable white serving girl from her
home. To accomplish this purpose, the
negro wrote letter, signing the name of
white man, requesting an interview,
and stating that he could not see her at
the house, on account OF some unpleas-
antness that existed between the sup
posed writer and her employer. TIE
girl showed the note to some OF
her friends, and young man of
fered himself as substitute, and said he
would 60 to the appointed place and
meet the writer Disgusting himself as
woman, he went TO the rendezvous
that night The negro was on time
also, and supposing that the girl had re.
sponded to his invitation, he proceeded
to show the purpose OF. the meeting as
he understood it. He was saluted with a
pistol shot, which, though not aimed
at him, brought him to the ground.
Another one "brought him up
standing" and he scampered Oft as fast as
his legs could carry him. The next morn
ing it was intimsted TO him that it would
be healthy Tor him to step down and ont,
and he consequently stood not upon the
order of his going, but went at once. He
is we'll known hereabouts, and there
would not have been much mourning, if
one OF those pistol balls had went right
TO the mark and done its appropriate
work BGynesriLie Enterprise
Year: 1876

SHREVEPORT, July 2l.-Many planta-
tions on the west side of Red River are
overflowed, and fears are entertained that
all on that side will be submerged: A
heavy rise here has alarmed the planters
along the river Immediately below here.
The upper river, at Fulton, fell thirteen
inches. The impression here is that every
plantation between here and the head of
the Raft is under water, though not a
word has been heard from any Of them
since the high water cut them of from
the hills.
Year: 1876

BUTLER proposes taking hand in the
centennial fight. He hungers for the
election of Hayes and will sacrifice HIM
self on q congressional nomination to add
strength to the ticket. He will be needed
TO uphold civil service reform in Wssh-
ington if Hayes is elected.
Year: 1876

s"Do NOT GET COOL" IS the Scientific
Americans hot weather advice, the mean
ing being that sudden cooling OF the
body is likely 20 induce bad colds, which
are harder to cure in summer than IN


winter. 1t also says that ice water should
he drank slowly, with pause after each
swallow. Hot tea is recommended be-
cause "the debility and downward pro-
gress of the system is arrested by the
warmth Of tho water and the stimu.
lating quality OF the tea, until strength
begins to be impaired 70 the sys-
tenn" Gauze worn next the body a5-
serbs perspiration, and prevents colds
but should be often thoroughly aired and
dried. Persons who allow mental over
work to exhaust them are particularly
liable TO sunstroke. at is foolish pop.
ular idea that this terrible malady is due
10 the concentration of the suns rays
on the head. Persons are fire.
quently struck. ss it is termed, in
the night, but are more apt to be
so late in the afternoon, when the system
is depressed by the heat a>d nervous ex-
haustion. The way to avoid sunstroke is
TO order ones doings so that vitality shall
not be lowered, and the conditions favor
able to the disease superinduced. A sun
stroke, if not fatal, leaves the patient less
able to endure mental or physical work
ever after, and requires from him con.
slant care against pulmonary diseases or
q second visitation
Year: 1876

yielded only when it could fight nc


longer. 1t yielded, and turned from the


battlefield to find It's social and indus.


trial system subserved, itB industry par


alyzed, Its former slaves, whom to keeu


enslaved it had degraded and dehuman-


lied, now become fellow citizens and


equal voters. The barbarism which it


mad fostered had terribly recoiled


upon itself This is not an an
tale of yesterday and the day before. The
North and the South of the fiery quar-


rel and Of the war are the living, acting


North and South Of to-day. And the
great question Of the Centennial wear js
whether that North or that South shall
control the Government. We yield to
none in our sympathy with every sin
cere desire and effort to heal the wounds
OF civil war. We hear with pleasure the
eloquent tribute of Mr.. Lamar over the
dead body Of Charles Sumner. We hail
the generous words spoken at Bunker
Hill, and the pretty chivalry Of South
ern soldiers in Boston. We can under
stand the South Carolinian who said to
the Bostonion II we had known what
you really were, we should not
have wished to fight YOU Every such
friendly token Of better understanding
everyhonorable man gladly receives and
reciprooates. But the question remains.
The South again is unit for the Demo.
cratic party. The North Is virtually
Republican. It is vain to deplore sec
tionalism. 1t is often unfortunate, but
the sectional divisions Of our politics
are evident, and they cannot be winked
out OF sight. The Democratic party,
whoever may be Its candidate, Is the
party OF those whom we have described
n q hD fs. IL
pie bred under the conditions that we
have mentioned, then beaten in war,
and at its end encountering the situa.
tiOn which we all know have essentially
changed? Have we at the North essen
tally changed? IT we had been beaten.
and the South had decided to maintain
the Union upon Its own conditions,
would it have been wise for IL to intrust
the Government to us 2"
Year: 1876

Some wise wag has summed up th'
changes that have taken place during ;
century, in this way:


One hundred years ago wedding tours
were not fashionable.


One hundred years ago farmers did
not cut their legs off with moving ma
chimes.


One hundred years ago our mothers
did not worry over disordered sewing
machines. +'f


One hundred years ago horses which
c0uid not trot mile in 2 IA were some
what scarce.


One hundred years ago it took several
days to procure a divorce and find a
congenial spirit.
one hundred years ago there were nc
disputes about the impoliteness Of street
car drivers.
One hundred years ago every young
man was not an applicant for position
as clerk or bookkeeper.
One hundred years ago kerosene lamps
did not explode and assist women to
Ishuffie off this mortal coil
One hundred years ago men did not
commit suicide by going up in balloons
and coming down without them,
third term millionaire bishops to stir up





One hundred years ago there were no
Turkish harems at Salt Lake, and no
Ann Elias suing for the nineteenth part
OF a divorce


One hundred years ago England was
not very far behind the United States In
all that goes to make nation powerful
and progressive,


One hundred years ago the Dutch had
taken Holland, but they had not made
France come down " with handsome
pile OF smart money"


One hundred years ago q young woman
did not lose caste by wettfng her hands
IN dish water or rubbing the skin off her
knuckles on n washboard


One hundred years ago q physician
who could not draw every form of dis
ease from the system by tapping % large
vein in the arm was not much Of
doctor,


One hundred years ago men were not
running about over the country with
millions Of fish eggs to be hatched to
order. Fish superintended their own
Matching In those days.


One hundred years ago the condition
of the weather on the 1st Of January was
not telegraphed all over the continent
on the evening Of December 81, Things
have changed.


One hundred years ago people did not
worry about rapid transit and cheap
transportation, but threw their grain
crops across the backs Of their horses
and duncomplainingly "went to the mill. :"


One hundred years ago every man cut
his coat according to his cloth, every
man was estimated at his real value,
shoddy was not known, nobody had
struck Gle" and true merit and honest
worth were the only grounds for pro-
motion.
Year: 1876

As the life of our first Centennial year
slowly GIBBS away we. find ourselves as a
nation full of forebodings and fear. Business
from Maine to the Pacific lies PROSTATE at the
feet of hard times: labor is without employ
meut; our industries are paralyzed; capital Is
idle; our commercial interests are shrinking,
and amidst this unhappy condition of affairs
we find two great political parties struggling
for the mastery and the glittering prize of
national power. Samuel j. Ttlden in his
letter of acceptance said that the wolf gaunt
and hungry is at the threshold of every home
in the land. Whose wolf is 1t that non
threatens the peace of the country? Whose
wolf is it that nor fastens its fangs into the
throat of the nation and portends to drag us
into civil war9 1t is the Democratic wolf,
which for sixteen years has been bowling
sayapely for power and Office and supremacy,
and which has been welding the weapons of
slarder and yilifcation and mud TO carry out
its purposes and secure its wicked ends! It
wasthe spirit of this gaunt pilferer, embodied
in the White Line element of the South, that
nullihed law and order, destroyed the elective
franchise, made personal liberty and indiyid-
ual security guaranteed by State laws and the
Constitution worthless thingf, while it made
murder the price of Repub icauisn and proscrip-
ton the reeompense for loyalty. twas this
Democratic wolf which by force, fraud and In
timidatioD, by lawlessDess unparalleled in the
annals of history, by mobocracy established
through armed military organization in oppos-
tion to the provision of law that reVolutionized
the Commonwealth of Mississippi, overturned
the State government, overcame Republican
majority OF forty thousand and made the State
Democratic by the enormous majority of fifty


eight thousand. 1t was the ruling passion of
this gaunt and hungry wolf that took posses
sion of the Democracy in Alabama and wrested
that Republican State from those who held 1t
by the will Of an honestlY-expressed majority,
turning an overwhelming Republican vote
into a monstrous Democratic success. 1t was
the spirit Of this prowling Bourbon creature
that attempted to seize Louisiana, Florida and
South Carolina through instrumentalities
which were q disgrace to free nation and q
paIpable outrage on the constitutional rights
of the American citizen. Again, it was this
same creature, in Oregon, which violated
State and Federal law and disgraced the high
est Office of the Commonwealth in a tricky and
foolish attempt to make President; aud to-
day this identical wolf, gauut and hungry,
Eoaded on by fierce passion for party sg-
grandizement, stands growing and conten-
tious between the country and peace, as un-
willing as 1t was in 1861 to abide by the will of
the people, expressed according to the forms
of law and the Constitution. This is q picture
of the situation, as will be readily perceived,
in which the Democratic wolf, devoid Of its
Sleeps clothing, is as conspicuous in the fore
ground as q wart on the nose of public man !;
hut it is true, and that makes 1t interesting.
Year: 1876

WHAT do the police mean by permitting
three gambling houses to reopen their doors 2
Do they expect our reporters to do police
duty also in addition to their regular busI-
Dessi What policeman was on post in the
vicinity of the Exchange. of "Parker's"
and of Teel's gambling bells last evening!
Do the police expect the public to believe that
there is no collusion between them and the
gamblers, in the face of such barcfaced neglect
of duty! The air is filed with all sorts of
rumors about the vcnality of certain officials,
and, from the evidence in ous possession, we
regret TO say that there is more truth tn N
fiction in them. If the police don't lake care
of the gamblers, we propose to take cara of
the police
Year: 1876

The hundreds Of needy and deserving women
who were thrown out Of employment in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing will have
the sympathy Of the entire community. To
be dependent upon the paltry salary paid the
employees ofthat bureauis simply to ske out a
pinched and comfortless existence; still, even
such condition is far preferable to idleness
in mid-winter, with no possible means of sup
port. It is hoped that material assistance
will be Immediately given to those of the un-
fortunate ones who are in distress, and that
Congress will take action to relieve the suf-
fering which must necessarily result from
this wholesale discharge of helpless women.
Year: 1876

THE Nation, periodical which favored
Tilden's election, now comes boldly forward
and says: "The wisest course for the Demo
Gratis and everybody is to allow Hayes to take
the Presidency quietly and without further
dispute on the Ah of March next. This will
doubtless be a very uDpalatable course to
those who cannot afford to wait four years
more for another such chance as apparently
now offers itself to them; but the country de-
sires law and order and certainty, and does
not now particularly care who is President,
provided there is general acquiescence in his
accession
Year: 1876

The Bourbon Mortimer, up to within a few
days, intended armed opposition to the in
auguration of President Hayes. Their steeds
of war now stop pranciDg, and they virtually
abandon the mutinous scheme. After an ex-
summation, they find the Southern wing in no
mood for hostilities, and that, should they in
augurate insurrectioD, it would be solely their
own fight, in which no aid will come from
Southern men. The developments of the
past few days have convinced them that the
dregs of the party North must be separated
from Southern chivalry, which proposes no
further alliance TO men who do not value
their own character. They have discovered
that Southern manhood and craftsmanship is
going to stand by Hayes if the Senate elects
h.Ir, and aid General Grant in consummating
his Inauguration according to the forms of law
prescribed by the Constitution. Men of the
South abhor war. They have tasted its
bitter fruits through the seditious in
fuencc of the rump D, mocracy North,
and will not trust the knaves who de-


serted them IN the conflict they iustigated.
They have discovered what we have been
telling them for ten years-that. this Northern
faction is nothing but the refuse of the Jack
sonian party, and not its iron will and manly
character. Between this political scum and
the manhood of the South they propose no
future sffliation. 1t has placed the bitter
cup to their lips once too often. Under its
guidance they forced the Mississippi plan In
the South, and 1t broug ght'disgrace and threat
ened war upon the country, and left turmoil
and business prostration and bitterness as its
legitimate fruit. 1t made another conflict
possible, and shadowed the prospects of peace
and good will. The truth Of these things
has at last flashed upon the Southern mind,
and, they now despise their treacherous
Northern allies. They at last realize
that this rif-raf element has been
to them what the devastating plaques wereto
the Egyptians. Even more destructive have
they proven than is..the Asiatic scourge to the
multitude OF heather humanity on the bor-
ders of the GGnges and along the shores of
the Arabian sea. And now, in the fullness OF
this knowledge, they begin to loathe them, as
an injured woman loathes her seducer, and
discover that they have only tolerated them
since their cowardice in the rebellion as a ne
cessary evil. 1t appears now that the South
erD leaders since the election have been con-
sultIng their constituency and holding recent
meetings throughout the South, and have
fully determined on q summary separation
from the Northern doughtaces, who have
proven only inyincible in peace and invisible
in war. If, therefore, this rump faction stir
up strife, It will have the responsibility and
all the sorrow. They will SOW to the wind
and have a monopoly in reaping the whirlwind.
Year: 1876

THE CALM utterances Of President elect
HAYES are full of earnest meaning. They
show firm and decided belief in his honest
election, and determination to stand up for
the right, and nothing but the right, In this
perilous crisis. He did not seek the nomina.
ton, nor did he evince undue anxiety to fill
the place, but now that he is elected, he shows
no inclination to be deprived of the results of
the victory by the bluster and hostile demon
strations of the Democracy.
Year: 1876

TEE Tilden literary bureau is flooding the
Western press with seditious articles claiming
Tilden's election, and calling upon the people
to secure bis Inauguration at the point of the
bayonet. The point of the bayonet is, how
ever. very uncomfortable object to secure
anything at, especially when the point is
towards ono
Year: 1876

NFSsFS y


The late unfortunate OF this firm, Commodore
Garner, was said TO have run moro spndes than
nglc manufacturer IA the word. The business now
carried by his IN Worth street The re.
porter was Informed oy Representative OF the house
that thor mills at Havcrstraw, Wharnngcrs Falls, and
their cotton manufactures at Cohocs had all been
operation. and when they were not u cunt
OF the scarcity OF water from which nearly Nil the
mill owners were suffering. lie confirmed tho state
mens OF the dcacrs regard TO the bright outlook Tor
general business


LYMAN n FRrizg


is cotton goods broker at No 335 broadway fMonats
Buldingl. lie told the reporter that the PRINT cloths
market was nOmenthrhy quiet Cloths which wcro
held W Boston on speculation few days have
nearly all been sold; there some lots yet held
IN Providence by SPECTATORS The manufacturers
themselves hold bat few, and indeed many
OF the mills have sold ahead under con-
tract Prints continue In active demand Nearly
nj the mills aud print works In Ehodo Island depend
Year: 1876

"And who is the woman with you"


MY poor blind mother, lady"
"And what is her name?"
amelia Steninger," lady.
amelia Steininger, |" exclaimed Sontag
in great surprise.


"Yes, lady; my mother was great singer
in Vienna long ago, but she lost her voice,
and then she wept so much that the light
went out of her eyes then our friends turned
away from us, and when that was slso gone
we were obliged to beg our way or die of
hunger.


Tears sweled down from the kind and
| generous heart of the fortunate woman as
she listened to tho pathetic story of the lit
tie one--tears Of genuine sympathy. She
turned to the gallant gentlemen who gath
cred 'about her like satellites around their
| star.


Gentlemen" said she, the pearling drops
of heart dew glistenng in her beautiful eyes,
| permit me here on this public place to take
up collection for an unhappy sister from
whom God has seen fit to take his greatest
gift-the gift of sight. Here is my purse /;
do not allow it to remain companionless in
| the hands Of this poor child"


In an instant the gold and silver coin
rained upon the overjoyed little girl, who
imagined an angel had come to relieve her
mother from poverty and care


Snow tell me. Mamie, where do you
live ?"


The child gave the address.


"Gvc your mother my love, and tell her
that her old friend Henrictte Sontag will
do herself the pleasure of hunting her up
this afternoon and having little chat with
her."


Crying for joy the child ran to her mother
with her good luck, and repeated Sontag's
words, but she could not understand the
impetuous burst of tears that fell from the
blind eyes, to be followed by remorseful
sobbing of her who once drove this benefac-
tress from her native city with Kisses.
Sontag came according to promise, bring
ing skilliul occulist, who after an exami-
nation shook his grey head. He had no re-
lief for the black cataract that had up to
that time obstinately resisted skill.


With delicate consideration the converse
ton was led from the subject that would re-
call those days in Vienna With heartfelt
expressions OF good will Sontag left her
former enemy and rival. The following
week rousing benefit for a distressed artist
was given, Sontag's Lphigenie filling the
house, and also the purse of the blind woman.
Until her death Henrietta Sontag cared for
her, then her daughter became her graceful
protege, and received liberal education
that fitted her for an independent future.
The slumbering nightingale left many
mourning hearts, but none who loved her
better or more gratefully than this girl
Gartenlau6.
Year: 1876

There would be no doubt where gentle
man of Mr.. SamuelJ. Tilden's character
would be found in such contest as this. He
tried every argument and every expedent
10 induce the Convention to come before the
people with clean hands. No portion of the
blame for the suicidal course of the Conven-
ton attaches to him. He did all that an
honest and high-minded man could do to
save his PARTY from wallowing in Twoeds
sty.