davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1880-01-01
TOTAL WHOLESALE SALES,

llFs tuA1N hfifkEfAtE&
Tile totnl wholesale sales noted above foot
lip total Of s3iI o., 900, which includes esti-
mates In few cnscs where It WINS not possi-
ble to closely approximate, Oh account of the
difficulty Of separating the different depart
nlcnts. Tie following figures about repre-
sent the aggregate business Of the past three
years:
saies q s'.'.".'....... sS' '9o ,tHM ano
oA4es ul ..-+.. -tVsuVu.uuU
Tho increase Of Inst year over 1878 Is s50,.
5000; or Fl per cent.
The above figures arc the total selling yaluo
of gnods from first hands, and 10 not include
second sales, which would largely swell tho
aggregate.
THE CAPITAL EMPLOYED
In the conduct of the wholesale business Is
This would give total nf SCI COO 900. or 81 4
per cent Of the business donc.. I,hIs, how.
ever: includes. rs al,n.c stated, the capital
employed it, manufacturing In several
BRANCHES, rs in boots md sllnes aud clothing.
Making sutnhfc allowance for this fact, tho
capital employed strictly III handling Is about
II per cent Of the total business transacted.
, 1880-01-01
LITNfBER.


THE nECE1t,TR AND SHIPMENTS
Of lumber and shingles In this city for tho
two past years were:
, 1880-01-01
JEWELRY.

A MATERIAL. ADVANCE
In the volume Of goods sold is reported for
1879, and the aggregate OF values was fully
10 bper cent greater than the previous year;
, 1880-01-01
OILS, PAINTS, AND GLASS.

the past year has been 4 fairly prosperous
one, the volume of business showing all In.
crease OF fully 20 per cent While ln values
, 1880-01-01

Tile aggregate annual Wages Paid was'
'25, iaf 800; lSainst t4,5S9,7W ID ISIS; a1d
S4,3Bl 600 In 1877. "a y ,>'.'
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
The Smart Turtle,

One damp afternoon the turtle came
waddling out into the big room 10 b0r.
row little sand TO lay his eggs in. NV
friend" the elephant said, yours is :
very hard case"
Yes" replied the turtle, "but while
there's life there's soup"
The elephant was greatly astonished
for he didn't know the turtle was giyer
TO that sort of thing at all, and al, the
other animals grinned, because, YOU see
il wasn't often the elephant met any.
body in the menagerie who could ,ak
10 him.
We'll" said he, after pause
" it's a good thing your back is 50
broad"
Yes, ii is," replied the turtle, "be.
cause there's no telling what make
comb of it."
The animals cheered soitlyand thce,e.
phant looked amazed.
We'll, old go-as-you-p please, = he said
presently. you pay as you 60, don,
you?"
"Oh. yes" the turtle said, Il har,
TO shell out every once in while. How.
hidesg" he asked. cheerfully.
"Oh. they're easy" the elephant said:
"a little loose. may be, but nothing 10
worry over. Housc-moving busines,
keeps up. Ireckon?'
Yes, sir,n the turtle said. nothing
rushing particularly, but I'm in and on.
all day. Nothing unusual in shaw.
straps. is there?"
The animals cheered at this delicate
allusion to the trunk business, and for
the first time in his life the elephant
looked as though he was going 70
lose his temper, but he rallied anc
said
"Oh. no; much the same n usual
By the way, didn't ! see your fathers
old overcoat up in front of the restaursr,
yesterday"
~ guess you did," said the turtle;
" he wasn't the kind of man 10 dieard
make no sign. Going down into the
billiard room pretty soonP"
The elephant said: No. they'd have
TO excuse him, but il they'd wait till the
hyena came along he'd have some native
whine with them" And then the iur.
tie said: "Ail right. he'd drop in about
tusk."
And the mgnagerie went 10 supper
that night with The greatest enthusiasm.
But the elephant was very quiet and
only spoke once. and that was TO ask
the ostrich where he supposed the turtle
grew to be so cute? And the foolish
bird of the desert tossed an iron bolt
head down its throat and replied:
Picked ii up. reckon
And then. children, the elephant
grinned and said there seemed TO be an
epidemic in the menagerie. and be leaned
up against the center-pole and went TO
bed.-Btsriin0ton Hawkeye.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
Longevity Notes.

John Battle died in Montreal the other
day, aged liz.
Robert Kidd. los years old, is the
Oldest man in Texas.
Mary Fernay died in Little Valley,
n. T., at the age OF lO5.
= Samuel Losey recently died in Pike
township, Pa, aged l07.
MARGARET Mcmahon died in Durham,
England, in her 18th year.
Aunt Sarah Hicks, in the county hos
pital in Flatbush, l.. l., is I04.
Clara Clairs, of New Orleans, was
burned TO death at the age OF 1903.
Luke Courvil!e, IO2 years old, hanged
himself in pig-pen on n poor farm.
Thurlow Weed saw the first steam
boat and rode in the first steam railway
train.
A pupil in the Carsonville (Ga.)
school is eighty-two years old. She is \
negress.
After living more than n century, n
Michigan man committed suicide by
hanging.
Andrew Jung, ninety-three years old.
of Columbia, Pa, served under the first
Napoleon.
Lucy Kurncy, OF Lansing. Mich, was
iifty-hve years slave and over sixty
years free.
Rouns Kemp. ninnty-six years old. of
Galloway. KY, married Mary Bridges,
aged sixteen.
Over century ago Ann Collins. of
Paris. KY, was born. She remembers
Washington.
Diana Dorsey.'of Springfield, Florida.
was supposed TO be lis years of age
when she died.
Mary Donohue. whose grandfather
died in his l2lst year. recently died in
New York aged liz.
Peleg Sprague. of Maine, Is ninety
years old, and blind. He was United
States Senator in 1929.
james Smith, of Somerset county, n.
j.. now 100 years old. was sold as a
slave thirty years ago for fifty cents.
Thomas Howe, of Darlington, N. H.,
lately made n marriage proposal to a
lady eighty-five years old and fifteen
years his junior.
a negro died not long age in New
Haven, Conn, leaving n family OF
orphans from sixty to eighty years cid.
The father was los.
The eleven daughters of the late
Robert johnson, of Middletown, Conn,
are alive, the youngest over fifty years
old. the oldest over eighty.
Armstrong Porter, of Luzerne, Pa,
died last month aged ninety-eight. lie
voted for Thomas Jefferson for Presi-
dent, and for Samuel j. Tilden for the
same Office.
Although l03 years of age, Jane Gil
bert. who Is living Mt 90 Vine street.
Baltimore. Is in excellent health. She
remembers the bombardment of Fort
McHenry, and saw George Washington
once.
A North Carolina couple, who are
each over ninety years of age. desire tG
die at the same hour. They have com
pleted their funeral outfit even to their
tombstones. They live in Iredell
county.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
Washington's Market Cart.

On the twentieth of April Braddock
left Alexandria On the ninth of July
he fell. Washington filed the noun.
tain passes with troops. and kept of the
French and Indians from the town that
trembled and grew. When the French
power in Virginia was broken, he mar
ried. and society" was chagrined at il
early experiences of his married life.
Parson Weems tell us that "Alexandria
though small. was lovely. but had no
charms for the palate. By tobacco It's
neighhUrs had made money. They be-
gan to look down on the poorer sort-
and to talk about families. OF course
such great people could not run maTke
carts. Hence the Belhavenites often sai
down to eat salt meat and johnny cake.
But when Washington brough. the
wealthy widow Gusts TO Mount Yer
non, market cart was constructed
and twice n week sent TO Belhaven with
TAT things that amazed the lean market
Country gentleman dining in town won
dered at the change of fare. and thus Il
was discovered, TO the modification oi
some OF the little great ones. that Colonel
Washington ran a market cart" So
ciety then. If proud, was often plain
for Washington writes in his diary OF
ball In Alexandria in I760 where pocket
handkerchiefs served as table-clothf
and bread and butter with tea, (which
the drinkers could not distinguish from
hot water sweetened." made the bill oi
fare, and in his disgust he writes il down
"a bread-and-butter ball."-HdTpeTS
Mdaasise.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
Chocolates.

The (cacao) tree Is about as long in
attaining its growth as the orange tree I;
IL may produce in the third year from
the seed, hut does not reach its full
bearing period until at the age of seven
or eight. II Is a tender plant during
the first stages Of its growth. and. like
the coffee, must be shaded by some broad
leavediplant like the plantain or banana,
which, Of quicker growth, are set out
near the seed Mt time OF planting, Heat
and moisture are Indispensable TO It's
existence, but one without the other
proves fatal 10 its growth. Once started
In life with an acre or so of cacao trees.
the negro asks for nothing more; his
wife and children gather the harvest.
and he enjoys an idle existence. The
fruit Of the cacao resembles somewhat
an overripe cucumber about six inches
in length, oval md pointed. Many of
the pods grow right out of the trunk
the tree, hanging by short stems, and
remind ore of tailless rats. Some are
green, some yellow, crimson or purple,
some variegated by veins of different
colors. Each pod Is divided into five
longitudinal cells. containing sweetisl,
agreeable pulp, In which are enveloped
the seeds, from twenty to thirty in
numbers white, pulpy substance. in n
thin shell. When the fruit Ii mature it
Is gathered, and the seeds removed and
dried. Sometimes they are buried in
sand or dry earth, for the purpose Of
absorbing the moisture and pulp. Great
care Is necessary in curing them, ~
they mold easily. and the planters gen
orally provide large platforms on wheels
on which the seeds are spread. which
they run out from under shelter on
sunshiny days. The native
method Of preparing chocolate from the
seeds Is to roast them and grind finely
on a warm smooth stone. When well
kneaded 1t forms y tenacious paste
which. with the addition Of : little
sugar, Is made Into small rolls or sticks.
--Oa1sps IN tas Caribbees.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19

some. BY accident ] rode between oro
cow and her calf In q narrow place onS
the cow rushed at me and was inst 80.
ting her big horns under the horse VI
he reared, and sprung dextrougly asidd
This kind OF thing happened Continn
ally. There was one very handsmrs-
red COW which became quite mad she
had calf with her nearly her own s;an ,ne
and thought every one It's enemy sn1
though It's horns were well deveIopaSI I
and 1t was quite able To take carp
itself, she insisted on protecting /, fro.n VI
all fancied dangers. One of the d,oa
n young foolish thing, seeing thai r.,
COW was excited, took foolish pleasnrs
in barking at her, and she was eviden,is
quite infuriated. She turned tn h.JJ
forty times at least; tore up the gronnS
with her horns, tossed the great bnn,;ra.
dogs, tossed and killed the calves of t,s t,vt,
other cows, and finally became so ds,'
gerous TO the rest Of the herd that ius, a.
the drive was ending, Evans drew his
revolver and shot her, and the calf ,nr
which she had fought 50 blindlv -
mented her piteously. She rushed =,
me several times, mad with rage I'm;
these trained cattle horses keep perfect,
cool, and nearly without will ON nv
part, mine jumped aside at the rich;
moment, and foiled the assailant. .Jns;
at dusk we reached the corral-an acyt
of grass enclosed by stout post and rail
fences seven feet high, and by murb
patience and some subtlety, lodged the
whole herd within its shelter without =
blow, shout, or even crack Of awhir,
wild rs the cattle were II was fcarflI'y
cold. We galloped the last mile and 4
half in four and half minutes, reached
the cabin Just as snow began 70 fall, and
found strong. bot tea ready
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19

treat you SOP You never, never can
forgive me or love me againl"
"As If could help loving you as long
as live, Helen! And you shall be 80
happy after this. have found good
place, shall have n good salary, and
tomorrow, If you are well enough. we
will take a trip into the country to-
gether and find some pretty little cot
tage, where you can amuse yourself all
through this beautiful summer among
the birds and flowers"
81 don't want n cottage. want
nothing but.you, Charles, and now God
has given you back to me, that will be
enough to make me happy" said his
wife, giving him the tender kiss which
she had refused him that morning.
Nevertheless the cottage was taken,
and the summer was as happy q time
as mortals may ever hope to enjoy this
side of Paradise.
Once, on their journey thither, after a
shopping excursion in the city, they
chanced TO be overtaken by the magnifi-
cent carriage of Paul Hayden, million
aire. Mrs. Hayden, resplendent in n
toilet fresh from the dtelter of Worth,
set therein. She was brown-eyed and
pink-cheeked and very handsome. Yet
her face looked worn and wearied. IL
lacked the look of true and perfect hap
piness that Helen's wore.
Helen caught the somewhat anxious
look that her husband turned upon her,
as the great lady drove slowly by.
She smiled. Under cover OF her
pretty silken shawl her hand stole into
his.
Never for one moment had she for
gotten the lesson of that long past sum-
mer's day! Never had she ceased from
thanking God that it had been given,
although it came Almost too Late"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
nv Loss.


Day after day. while OF my window sitting,
see the children at their play near by;
Like butterflies in summer gardens fitting,
Thev hover round beneath my watchiul eye.
The little girls, with flushed and merry faces,
Glance at mo shyly for my answering smile,
And tempt me with their most alluring graces
To put sad thoughts away whilo they be-
guile.
blonde hair and brown in soft confusion blend
Black eyes and blue upturned to meet my
Roses both white and PINK their contrast
lending,
To add new beauty TO the 'wildoring maze.
But when they one by one, tired out with
playing,
Steal slowly homeward through the sunset
light,
siomOry goes back beyond the dark years,
straying
Among the days OF yore that seem so bright
I turn my head. radiant, golden splendor
Shines from the west across the pictured
wall,
And giorifes face divinely tender,
With bronze-brown hair waved round it
fall on iall;
With violet eyes SO winsome in their sweet
ness,
That mine grow smiling spite OF grief and
pain,
With curved lips, the seal oi loves complete
ness:
oh, Heaven could l but press them once
again.
In vain l watch and wait, she will come only
When night has cast her spell on sea and
shore;
Then when sleep and dream, no longer
lonely,
She comes to teed my hungry heart once
more.
Tis then and only then that behold her;
Her dear voice floats around me colt and
low;
lis then, and only then, my arms eniold her,
The little girl lost SO long ago.
Boston Transcript.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
weras Of Wisdom.

Hope Il such bait. Il covers any
hook.
Conscience Il the voice Of the soul;
the passions arc the voice of the body.
All other knowledge Ia hurtful to
him who has not honesty and good
nature.
Hatred Is so durable and obstinate
that reconciliation on sick bed isA sign
of death.
4 merry heart doeth good Ike =
medicine; but = broken spirit driem
the bones.
Circumstances form the character;
hnl Ike petrifying matters. they bar
den while they form.
When one he's no design bat to speak
plain truth. he may say great deal IN
: very narrow compass.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19
She Renewed.

One Of the sanitary police was the
other day wandering over box full of
dead cats in an alley off Seventh street,
when he heard yells and the sounds of
conflict In house near by. As he en-
tered the yard man and woman burst
open the side door and rolled down the
steps In heap, kicking and clawing
with right good will.
"What is the trouble here7n asked
the officer as he pulled them apart.
There, I'm glad you happened
alongw exclaimed the man rs he jumped
up. 1.-The old woman and me have had
a dispue for the last ten or fifteen years
as to when Christopher Columbus dis
covered America. Maybe you knowp"
cit was In 1884," replied the officer.
Just what said-just the date |
hadf" cried the husband as he danced
around. Now then, old woman, will
you give upP"
"Neverl"
"You wonte"
"Not an inchi I said 1890. and Lad
your neck across the edge OF the step.
We agreed not TO bite nor scratch, and
prefer to renew the conflict rather than
take a strangers figuresi Come into the
houser
The officer waited At the gate until he
heard two chairs smashed down and q
dozen yclls, and he resumed his rounds
with q growing conviction that Colum-
bus would ultimately be two years
ahead Ia thas house. Detroit Free Press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19

Texas has I, 900 schools, and h. school
fund is apportioned equally among tie
children Of scholastic sxe. regardless Of
color.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-07-07
A perfect Home.

The most perfect home ever saw was
little house into the sweet incense of whose
fires went no costly things. A thousand dol
lars served as years living for father,
mother and three children. But the mother
was the creator of home; her relations with
the children were the most beautiful have
ever seen; even the dull and common place
man was lifted up and enabled to do good
work for souls by the atmosphere which this
woman created; every inmate of the house
nvoluntarily looked into her face for the key
note of the day, and it always rang clear.
From the rosebud or clover leaf, which in
spite of her hard homework she always found
time to put by our plates at breakfast, down
to the story she had on hand to be read in the
evening, there was no intermission of her inhu-
ence. She has always been and always will
be my ideal of mother, wife and home-lnaker.
If to her quick brain, loving heart and exqui-
site face had been added the appliances of
wealth and engagements of wide culture,
hers would have been absolutely the ideal
home As it was the best have ever SEEM
Helen Hunt
The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-07-07
The Latest 1Ian-KiIIer.

All the most terrible and deadly weapons of
war have been thrown completely in the shade
by the new Calling gun which was exhibited
on the 9th Of March at the Offices of Sir W.
Armstrong. the manufacturer, in st. Georges
Westminster, before number ofexperts. This
fearful weapon is capable of firing a thousand
shots per minute and killing man on horse
at mile range 1t has a compact appear
ance, can be taken to pieces and easily car
ried about, can be applied to military and
naval use, and the mechanism of it is simpli-
city itself; the revolving band has two COM
partments, into which, as they whirl round,
metal cartridges drop from tall, oblong
case fixed over the center of the barrel. At
each turn of the handle ten shots are fired,
and their dispersion is accomplished by a
sliding apparatus The size shot in different
calibre guns of this class ranges from musket
balls to half Founders. By the use of this
implement three men can do the work of three
hundred single men. A quarter of million
of dollars is said to have been spent on expert
ments necessary to perfect the gun, which is
now declared by every military expert to be q
complete success.-N p Mail
The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-07-07

THE POET UAMoENs. Great preparations
are being made to celebrate the third centen-
NAL of the death of the Portuguese poet Ca
moens. Tie International Literary Congress
will meet at Lisbon and government vessel
will be sent to the French ports to convey to
Portugal all men of letters who desire to
attend the jubilee. The most prominent
results of the celebration will be the publica-
ton of new and very complete editions OF the
poets works. with critical commentaries.
Lectures, dramatic representations and the
unwilling of several statues will re-awaken
popular interest in the national poet. The
national Mint will strike off a handsome COM
memorative modal of bronze and gold. The
Biaziiaus will commemorate the event by a
new library building at Rio Janeiro, designed
by New York architect, and by the publica-
ton of centenary edirion of the Lusiad. AL
together the occasion promises to be one of
great interest and will probably bring to light
much valuable matter.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-07-07

soil on the plantation was the clay common on
the hills in Alameda county, and we do not
believe it could have been rented for seven
years in succession at IS per acre for grain,
nastIlra or any ordinary farming cron.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-07-07
KNOWLES STEAM
va cuum PUN p >.

TWyHE UNDERsEGNED HAVE IUBE he
CETvED per Amy Turner, from RcatQn. n f11 -
srtu,enl on these celebrated Pznps W1icn ru4fln
ed to be cheaper aud better than afr otz1f lt1a o
pnrp iu ported We cal he sftenton o. ra1lers par
nlarlv 70 the Vacuum Pump, wuicd i less fl1A11e
and more ssrvlreabis han Other gEmp1
so5 an o. bREWER a co
The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-07-07
General Mrrfliandisr.
DIR. Z. n. TEACHER,

WU0ULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE
w public that he has located in Honolulu and will
practice his profession in all its branches ZINE
Gold Filling specially, while gold and piauna,
silver and enamel Filings each have their place IN the
preservation Of those valuable agcntE-fhe teeth
In Artificial Work, the teeth viii be selected win
much While in addition to the usual materials for
plates Is that Of CeIIuIoid, article. and the
most natural In color Of any material now used All
work Thorough. and as reasonable as possible 10
do frst-class work.
once and residence, Beretania street, between fort
and Nuuanu SITS. 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
STATE LEGISLATION.

IMPORTANT BILLS SIGNED BY THE GoVERNOR-A
GREAT INCREASE OF RAILROAD CAPITAL
ALBANY, May 31.-The Governor has signed
the following bills:
To regulate the licensing Of physicians and surgeons
To provide ways and means for the support Of gov
ernmept
To reduce and fix the rate OF interest on bonds and
mortgages held by the Commissioners Of the United
States Deposit Fund.
Supplemental to the Civil Code.
To create Board Of Estimate in Brooklyn, and to
prescribe the in which appropriations shall be
made for tho good Of said city.
Making appropriations tor the payment OF certain
awards made by the State Board OF Audit.
To provide for the appointment OF Board OF Election
and Of registers, canyassera inspectors and poll clerks
fn Brooklyn. and to hx their compensation.
TOE directors OF the New.York, Ontario and Western
Railroad Company have fled notice with the secre-
larry Of State 70 the following effect The company
formed upon the sale OF the NewYcRk and OsWego Mid
land Railroad COMPANY and that their present capital
--@500O0 000-fs insufficient to carry the plan OF
and thai the additional required
e16.0o0Ooo thus making the capital stock
f86. 100000.