smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

remarkable feature Of Saturdays occasional rains
was the continued high pressure OF the air shown In
the upper diagram. On Sunday morning steady de-
cline of the curve began, which not finished at mid
night Temperature ia very slighy reduced. There is
mo- near prospect OF an improvement In the weather


Eor this city continuance OF clouds and rain Ia TO be
ernected to-day, with little change OF temperature.
Year: 1876

two gentlemen, but he could not consent thst
they should make decisions for the commit. ee
The letter must decide for itself what was rele-
want ard what was not so, or whether tbsy bore
upon the inquiry or not


M FRYE
Year: 1876

TEN YEARS OF FAITHFUL LOVE-
Ten years ago a young man was
sent to the penitentiary from Marshall
county, Iowa. He was engaged to a
wealthy young woman, and when he
went TO prison she made the journey
with him He was intoxicated when
the crime was committed, otherwise
he would not nave committed it. The
woman has kept her faith all these
years. She has constantly visited him,
and for the past few years has made
every effort To procure his release but
the executive has turned deaf ear to
her entrcaties. until short time ago
she appealed to Governor Kirkwood
with such devoted zeal that he grant.
ed her request, and with the pardon in
her possession she FASTENED to the pen
iten,iary and presented her papers
The doors swung open. and leaning on
the arm of him she had lost and won
she made her exit, a happy smile Of
victory wreathing her face. Chaplain
Williams courteously rendered his SER
vices TO complete the fruition of their
hopes, but the patient maiden replied
that after ten years waiting . few
hours delay could DO endured so that
her friends might share with her the
joys of loves labor won.
Year: 1876

THIN CLoTHlN:-Ourc climate is so
variable, so liable To sudden changes
from heat to cold, that even in summer
people should wear thin gauze flannels
This is especially true of all localities
bordering on the sea. An easterly or
southeasterly wind comes from mid At
lantic laden with moisture and suggests
an immediate increase of clothing.
Those who watch the weather vane sud
thermometer closely enough may dress
as they feel like dressing without any
inconvenience, but those who put on in
the morning what they intend to wear
till night, will wisely provide against u
change of atmospheric conditions. A
grea, deal Of suffering and disease is
caused by cold-far more than by heat
even In the summer time. Sudden
changes Of temperature are always to
be guarded against, and as far as possi-
ble provided for. In tropical India the
British soldiers wear flannel during all
the summer season. and statistics show
that since this has been AL army regula-
ton morality Chiefly from bowel COM
plants has been very largely dimin-
ished. In malarious districts If one
keeps dry and warm he is in slight dan
ger Of having chills. The hunter in the
India jungles. abounding in malaria.
wraps himself warmly, kindles fire to
drive away dampness and deties the fe-
YER successfully. These hints, it is
hoped, may be Of benefit to young
mothers, in clothing their children, and
10 others in to great haste to throw aside
their warm clothing for lighter fabrics
and summer costumes.
Year: 1876

Omana herald.


Down at the place where the workmen
are digging the foundation Of the Third
Ward school house. the workmen dug
up, yesterday, the skeleton of an Indian.
Among the bones were found parts OF the
buffalo robe in which he was buried, and
the scalp.rings of fourteen warriors that
he had taken in battle. The skeleton
was sitting IN an upright position, and
the rude jewelry of his race and time
WAS found on the wrist, finger and arm
bones. MIR. Patrick Welch, the conlrac
tor for the digging job, gave our re-
porter some oi the teeth, beads and other
parlphernalia OF the grave, which are
on exhibition in our local room. Several
women were on the scene taking away
finger and other bones Of the departed
warrior.
Year: 1876

From the California Spirit OF the Times.


A merchant going home elevated, stag.
gered against q telegraph, pole.


"Beg your pardon" said he, 81 hope
no offeLse. It's rather dark. and the
street is very narrow, you see."


In few minutes he came in contact
with another pole.


Couldn't help it, sir" said he lifting
his hat. II never saw such crooked
lanes as we have here IN this city,


Again he ran afoul of the pole, this time
with force that sent him backward to
the ground.


"Look here, neighbor, you needn't push
q fellow down because he happens to
touch you; the road is as much mine as
yours, and l have as much right here as
you have, old stick-in-the-mud."


He picked himself up and made an
other effort to reach home, but he sOOn
came plump against another pole.


"Shan't make any more apologies"
said he; 'if you get into the middle Of
the street and stand in my way, that's
your lookout, not mine."


Proceeding Oh his journey again, and
becoming angry ana oiZZy, ne seemeu 10
BE- entangled in an inextricable labyrinth
OF telegraph poles, which led him 10
make q general speech.


Gentlemen, you are not doing the
fair thing. You do not give man a
tair chance. You run from one side OF
the street to the other, rightin my way"


Just then he met friend, and taking
him by the band, he said:


"There is procession going along this
street, and every man is drunk; they
have been running agains. me all the
way from the club. l knocked one OF
the fellows down, one of the fellows
knocked me down, and tLen lot OF them
got around me, and 1 believe they would
have licked me within an inch OF my life
if you had not come to the rescue. Let
us go out of this street before the pro.
cession comes back, for they are all
drunk
Year: 1876

From the White Hall IN. W Times.


A lady of this place was quitely sitting
at her sewing, one day last week, when
she observed neighbor approaching the
house, whom she did not care to see
She quickly dropped her work and
stepped into closet, 20 as not to be 'at
home" to her caller. The closet door
closed with spring, and imprisoned the
lady. The caller finding the lady absent,
did not stop, but when the lady
tried to open the door, she dis
covered, alas! that she was q
prisoner, The lady realized that
she was consuming the air very fast, yet
she was powerless TO release herself from
her prison. She remained in the closet
about four hours, and when her husband
returned home at supper time he missed
his wife, but thought nothing about It,
Having occasion to look into the closet,
he discovered his wife lying iEsensible on
the floor He quickly drew her inani-
mate form out, when the air revived her,
and thus WAS prevented what few hours
longer might have proven sad catas.
irophe'
Year: 1876

Already are the damning effects OF the
order of Attorney General TAFT, bolster
ed up by the approval of U. S. GRANT,
being felt in the South, and as result
the negroes are arming at all points, and
dealing death and destruction to all who
oppose them, looking to GRANT and his
horde of hirelings to uphold them in
their acts Of rape, rapine and murder.
The news comes flashing over the wires
OF deeds of violence that would put to
shame the atrocities of the Kuklux in
its palmieSt days. Two negroes attack a
white woman near Augusta, Ca, for the
avowed purpose OF rape,and are supported
in the hellish deed by an armed mob OF
some two hundred or more black
devils, instigated by the famous
order OF TAFT and protected
from the authorities. But the trouble
does not stop here, the authorities are
smbushed and fired upon, a railroad Is
taken possession OF, the track torn up, and
other deeds of violence committed un-
heard of and unequalled in the history
of the nation. And yet the cry is, 'troops
are wanted in the South to protect the
poor negro from the fury of the ex.rebel
element
Year: 1876

A WARNING TO DEMoCRATs.-Some
of the weaker and more unscrupulous
candidates on the Rsdical ticket are al
ready throwing out bats to the unwary
and testing the chances for making bar
gains and sales so that by a series OF
sharp tricks they can suCs ssfAlly run the
gauntlet into office. Already y report
reaches us that . Radical candidate for
the Legislature has made his boasts
that he had SO set up the pins in that d.
rection that his chances for sue
cess have materially increased.
In other words hs has gerry
wandered a Democrat over there who Is
a candidate for municipal office in be-
Iieving that by supporting the aforesaid
Radical, and trading votes for his par
ticular benefit, that he, the candidate
for legislative honors, will at the NUM-
cipal election make good the debt
that is, selling some of his party friends
to satisfy the obligation. We have little
belief that any Democrat is so gullible,
or can be taken in by any such soft sol
der. A political bargain and sale was
never yet made good, and we doubt if it
is in the power of this identical gentle
man to alter the rule by handing over
the merchandise, even If he succeeds IN
making the purchase. To all Democrats
who are, or are not, seeking polt-
ical preferment, we tender the
advice to steer clear of all such sunken
rocks. They are about the nearest route
to political disgrace and destruction that
we know of.
Year: 1876

SENATOR DAVIS great speech deliver
ed at Keyser, on the ID inst. is receiving
deserved praise from many quarters. A.
the mass meeting at Baltimore, the other
night, which is described rs being the
greatest meeting ever convened in the
Monumental City, Hon. MONTGOMERY
BLAIR delivered speech in which he
used the facts, figures and tables furnish
ed by the indefstigable sbor Of
Senator DAVIS and used in
his Keyser speech. The clear and con-
vincing demonstration by actual figures
OF the corruption and extravaganza of
of the Administration, Is sufficient to de-
termine any voter determined upon re-
form as to his putty. The party that is
thus prodigsl Of the public money cannot
be safe or an honest party. In time
of depression and high taxation the peo-
pie find such a party impossible to be
borne. The plain showing from these
tables ofexpenditure, that GRANTS seven
years of administration have already
cost almost as much Ms was expended
for all purposes during the sew
enty-one years prior to the advent of
the Republican party, and that GRANTS
expenditures in branches of the service
that have no relation to the war are
more than three times greater than the
same service cost in 1861, constitutes a
staggering fact from which no stump
orators eloquence on the Republican
side can bring any relief. Then
again, the falling of of the in
ternal revenue by the enormous amount
of $33, 100000 in a single Presidential
election year, with its recovery immedi-
ately after, is convincingly suggestive OF
the corrupt ways in which Grantism was
first fastened upon the country and has
since managed to retain its grip. The
speech OF Senator DAVIS supplies solid
nutriment, and it should be
forced upon the Republican stomach FOR
digestion. We are glad to see that sew
eral OF our West Virginia exchanges
have issued this admirable document in
the shape of supplement. That's right.
Let the people see the facts.
Year: 1876

The Brooklyn Eagle processes to know
all the facts in the Tilden income tax
hubbub, and says when given to the
public "they will produce for Mr. Tilden
more sympathy and admiration than any
American or any other man ever received
in the civilized world during the memory
Of any person now living" e.
Year: 1876

upon the 'pretext of repairing govern
ment ships, but really to vote the Repub.
lican ticket; that in the collection
of internal revenues, officers are multi
piled in many places to such an extent
that the cost Of collections are much
more than the amount of money col
lected. ,.r- "af..


HIS remarks on the


CURRENCY QUESTION
are very interesting and instructive, but
too lengthy to be noticed at length. He
contends that the act of 1873 destroying
the legal tender value Of the silver dol
lar is a great hardship upon the debtor
class, since silver has been introduced
into the country as currency, while this
act has hsd the effect to reduce its rate
one-htth or twenty cents on the dollar,
while the same legislation has had the ef'
feet to increase the value of gold, SO that
gold being made the only legal tender
for the payment of debts after that act
goes into effect in 1879, the creditor gains
largely in wealth as the result sf this
legislation, while


TIE DEBTOR is MADE CoRREsPoNDINGLY


POOR.


That the effect OF the three acts, the first
to require the bonds to be paid in coin,
the act to demonitize silver, and make
gold the only tender, and the act to force
the resumption Of specie psymentin 1879,
is legislsting millions OF dollars into the
hands of the creditor and out Of the
hands Of the debtor.


would be glad to give more extend
ed synopsis OF his speech, but time will
not permit, suffice it to say that he
made


FIRST RATE SPEECH,
one that more than satisfied his friends
here, as we understand from others,
he has done all along the line ever since
he has been in this part of the district.
He stands up under the great strain
on mind and body much better than we
expected to see him able to do so early
after bis severe illness last spring. Col
Wilson will poll the full Democratic
vote with slight sprinkling of liberal
Republicans.


MEssRs. TURNER AND MAXWELL
made short speeches, the time having
been occupied chiefly by Hutchinson and
Wilson. Mr.. Maxwell's speech was
such rs to merit little comment, and Mr..
Turner's has been sufficiently alluded to
already. Mr.. Turner is highly educated
young man, of fine promise, and will
make his mark. He is well worthy of
the position which he seeks, and no doubt
he will be elected by handsome
majority.


Col. Byrne was present to day, but on
account of the fact that the time was all
taken up by the candidates, he had no
opportunity to speak We would have
been much pleased to hear him. We
learn from others that his speeches have
been well received wherever he has had
an oppOrtunity to speak, y.
Year: 1876

Meeting OF the Board of Supervisors.
A meeting of the Board Of Supervisors OF
the county of Chesterfield was held In the
Office Of the clerk of the County Court yes.
terday morning. No business OF special
interest was transacted.
Year: 1876

INHUMANITY OF A MOTHER. mid
night Of Monday, as Policeman Hulce was
meandering along his beat on north Sc
cond street. he came across two little
half-clad white girls, aged respectively
about four and six years old. The
night was cold and dark, and driz-
zling rain falling at the time, caused
him to stop in astonishment and in
quire who the little wanderers were, and
what they were doing in the streets on such
o dreary, dismal night. The oldest OF the
children, whose name was Alice, with chat
tering teeth and shaking as with an ague,
informed the officer that they were daugh.
tiers Of James Melton, who lives on Second
they had been driven out of the house by
their mother, who was drunk.


He took the little girls to lamp-light, and
found they were very fair, delicate, and
handsome, but nearly half naked and fam
ished. Pushing his inquiries further, he
found from some OF Mrs. Melton's neigh
bors that this was no uncommon occur
renee; that she was an habitual drunkard,
was a nuisance in the neighborhood, and
that night after night these little unfortu-
mates had slept in q coal-shed with their two
little brothers. One OF these nights the rain
poured through the roof OF the shed, and in
the morning the little outcasts were wet,
cold, and filthy with coal-dust. The father
seems to be MS much an object OF this vira-
go's temper, tongue, and heavy hand Us the
children; for he, too, has often to wander
about the streets at night when his wife is
drunk. The good-natured officer at once
procured warrant and arrested the inhu-
man mother, installing the little girls in
the house when she was taken to the
Third station. Witnesses. were summoned,
and yesterday morning Mrs. Melton had a
hearing before the Police Justice. All OF
the above facts were testified to rather un-
willingly by the parties summoned, who
seemed to be either afraid to tell all they
knew or were averse to having the mother
punished. The Justice, however, as she
was an old offender, sent her to jail for q
brief period in the hope that she will reform.
In the mean time, cannot something be done
for the children? Can't they be placed
under the protection Of some institution
where they can have the benefit OF shelter,
food, and some instruction in the Christian
religion!
Year: 1876

The women wore on their heads red
kerchiefs with the ends hanging down
their backs, and bound on their heads
by a velvet fillet, embroidered with
coins, in which were often stuck flow
ers, chiefly of red and white. They
were generally dressed in white, but in
variably with The brilliant apron sewed
down to the skirt, and often with a
gaudily embroidered stomacher, or
perhaps breast-plate would be the more
descriptive term, studded with coins on
black velvet. The working dress of the
women in the fields is a short jacket,
braided and slashed in the fashion and
of the cut of that worn by the men,
red and yellow kerchief crossed over
the bosom, petticOat striped mostly
in the parallel stripes of Moorish pat
tern, but occasionally in checkers,
which make the pattern tartan,a tap
estry-like apron of brighter colors than
the petticoat, and bare legs and feet.
The men are a fine race, tall, with a
a certain stateliness and self-respect in
every gesture; their faces are almost
always good, and often quite intellect
lldi anu CulNdllCS DuL III HuSouAdl
development the peasant wom-
en- of Servia can give their
husbands stone and beating. / took
the trouble to-day to measure the waist
of lass who was lOunging against the
pillar of tavern where we were hav-
ing some refreshment. Her waist was
a good inch more in circumference than
mine, and am by no means small
boned man. l noticed, as we came
further south, how the ruddy complex


ion and fair hair, bleached almost to
the hue of shabby brick, were being
left behind and giving place to faces of
an Oriental type-a blending OF the
Greek and Arab, with clean-cut profile,
straight nose, black hair and eyes and
a noble carriage. Occasionally among
the women a face of pure Egyptian
type was to be noticed-a trace proba-
bly, of the infusion of gypsy blood,
which is far from uncommon in East
ern Europe. One woman l noticed
leaning dreamily over garden fence
with face cast in the very mold of the


Sphinx. Cor. London NeS1s.
Year: 1876

Early on Friday morning Mr.. Hall, a
butcher of Franklin, Mass, went into
his ice-chest to inspect the premises,
when the door accidentally swung back,
operating the spring lock, and the man
was prisoner in very small room of
.cy temperature, and without means of
escape. A speedy and frightful death
stared him in the face. He shouted
and thumped upon what promised to
be his coffin, but all in vain. Now comes
the marvellous part of the circum-
stances. When Mr.. Halls son arose on
that morning he was deeply impressed
with dream which he had during the
previous night. He dreamed that his
father had been caught and suffocated
in the ice-chest. Not finding his father
on inquiring for him, the son at once
proceeded to the ice-chest and found it
locked. On opening it the apparently
dead body of his father was discovered
and rescued. So near death had the
unfortunate prisoner come that it was
hours before he came to a state of con-
sciousness, and is still in an enfeebled
condition. To those yourselves among
the number) who have no faith in
dreams and visions, it may be difficult
to account for the connection between
the sons dream and the fathers acci-
dent WoonSocket X. ~ Patriot.
Year: 1876




For several days past, says the Balti-
more Gazette, tall and thin young
girl, apparently about eighteen years
of age, has appeared on Baltimore
street, attracting as much attention by
her gay get-up as DR.. Mary Walker
ever did in her trousers. She was at
tired in black skirt, with superfiu-
ity of fiuting; over this lilac colored
overiress, with large flowers of dark
er shade of the same color; the over
dress trimmed at the wrists and waist
with long and wide cherry ribbons,
and puffed outward and upward with
hustle that evidently would measure
more than the wearer in circumference
On her hands she wore corn-colored
kids, with number of diamond rings
outside; in her ears plain gold rings
about two inches in length and of mas
sive construction, while at her neck
there was a breastpin as big round as
an ordinary saucer. She also had on
heavy gold chain and large locket,
while at her side hung a silver chate-
laine with feather fan swinging to it.
On her head, in the most jaunty man
ner, she wore a tasteful hat of dark
material, with gold and green plumes,
that swept over her shoulder and half
way down her back. The plumes
were numerous and evidently OF the
most expensive kind, and the effect of
them was that her head gear resembled
the head-dress of an Indian warrior on
the war path.


The effect of this strange attire, all of
the most costly description, was most
grotesque, and was not much relieved
by the appearance of the wearer, who
had quite pretty face spoiled by the
inartistic application of rouge and light
brown hair, so unnaturally light as to
indicate at once that it was wig. As
she walked along in a mincing gait,
turning rich lace parasol over her
head, she wore pleasant smile, which
enabled her to show beautiful set of
teeth to every passer-by. Her feet
were apparent beneath the dress, con-
venientiy arranged for that purpose
short in front, and it seemed miracu-
lous how such tiny affairs could sup
port so much paint, furbelows and
feathers. A constraint in her gait,
however, suggested that she had No.
foot in a No. 1-3 shoe. She seemed
unconscious OF the sensation she was
creating, and evidently by her self
satisfied air was as proud of her APP
pearance as the Cleopatra on the river
of Cydnus.
Year: 1876

The most powerfully armored ship
afioat is the Thunderer, which met with
such terrible accident recently, but
two gunboats have just been finished
on the Tyne which will be fitted up by
the Armstrong firm with hydraulic ma
chinery working a SS-ton gun. Com
pared with the Thunderer, the gunboats,
built for foreign government, are di-
minutive, yet each little vessel will car
ry gun capable of piercing the thick
est armor now on the seas. The small
ness of these marine wasps will be their
greatest protection, and the steam pow
er will be so applied that not only the
gun, but alse the vessel, will be under
the complete control of the artillerist.
Year: 1876

"The times are hard, my dear" said a
man to his better half, "and find it diff
cult to keep my nose above water "You
could easily keep it above water" returned
the lady, 'if you didn't keep it so of5en
above brandy"