Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-09
ACTIVITY.

1NAt A4eI
classes of business, here and there ;
-four maybe /" slow" land it ought 10
be a, present igures) in Gotham ana
corn "dowu" in Liverpool but tue
AGE is pre-eminently active. Specially
40 in our nations manifestations,
through all the departments Of life.
Iatea,, is the word that describes best
the American life. Energy is charac-
,~eris,ic of our people. The best phrases
Of modern American coinage, elegant or
slang, demonstrate this to the keen
critics Of the old world. French jour
nalists are attempting to import and
completely translate Yankee terms,
which they say are uuapproachable as
suggestive of American activity. It is
curious to see how they polish up, in
Partisan dialect, such every day re-
marks as " never let up" "go it with
a rush." "put her through" etc.
"Talk about u being a nervous, ex-
citesble, go ahead people," says Cir
alden ; the Americans 'beat US all
hollow in enterprise and sudacity and
rigor Of execution" (He could not
translate beat US all hollow ! though
he tried to do SOY
But the "ac,ivity" Of the civilized
world, and OF the inhabisant, of portions
Of the globe we are not wont to desig-
nate as enlightened portions" is
largely manifested Of late. The great
Exposition, at Paris, is the scene Of
such manifestations, in full force. Aud
il is discovered that the English are the
s'slowest coaches"-another Yankeeism
that Crapeau admires-in the train of
material progress.
The Exposition has not proved a fail
ure, as British correspondents predicted
it would, and now assert it has proved.
On the contrary; as we have indicated.
SAYS a New York Times correspondent Z:
"If you do not sincerely believe that
the world is wide awake and rivalry
rushing is the order Of the day, take a
ferry across the Atlantic and drop into
the worlds show" A theatrical re-
viewer, in the London Post, lately,
speaking of a circus performance in
which the "Ac,ive Boy" dance and
soug were introduced, said that "here
is a correct representation Of the aver
age activity Of the American youth u
And vassesu, a correspondent in New
York for a Paris journal, says: "0ur
lthe French national bird may be the
frog, but it more appropriately belongs
to the Americans, who are always 'on
the jump" The same correspondent
a Y you cannot stop even a proverbi-
ally polite Boston acquaintance, for a
short morning Interchange Of ciyilities,
but be will quickly tell you, "Good day,
| must be going"
We were riding down to Carson, last
Winter, with an English visitor to Ne.
vada, when he exclaimed At the long
line Of quartz teams blowing through
the mud: None but Americans would
ever think Of hauling such loads, 10
such a condition Of the roads" We
then passed a team, the driver of which
was yelling ''Get up, ge-e.et; y~ou'vegos
TO &c, up and get or break something"
That's it," said the Englishman,
'tha,'s it; things must move in this
country"
Fowler says Hope is big bump in
the American head. And there is more
Ego ahead" quality from that organ
than in combativeness aud acquisitive-
ness combined without it. Here almost
every q hopes, hopes largely, gener-
ously, intensely for the good time COM
ing, realizing that he is q part Of the
motive powers that concert for grand
achievements.