smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

of the beet-root are good for nothing except
for the manufacture of alcohol. The whole
net profit in France is derived from this pro.
duct; but in England alcohol is so heavily
taxed that this manufacture would yield
nothing For many reasons, it is not at all
likely that the English will succeed in the
attempt to any encouraging extent


We need not argue the feasibility of tho
beet-root sugar culture in this country. We
certainly have the soil and climate somewhere,
and the capital and enterprise ready for the
undertaking. It is sufficiently well understood
to be started in Illinois, Indiana and Califor-
mia, for instances and bids fair to succeed in
these States, and thence to spread to whatever
regions shall be found adapted. We need not
depend upon the annexation of Cuba TO
naturalize the domestic supply, nor upon the
cane or the maple, in or out of the Union as
sole resources If France has become self
supplying, and able, after the next half-dOzen
wears, to raise as much as Great Britain or the
United States consume, it will not be long
before the beet-root, helping our cane and
maple product, will make us self-supplyine
and independent. The three sources thus
united, with such differences of cendi-
tions as may obtain among them. will
also be a good defense against the
unfriendliness of the seasons, the beet-reot
being in fact the best security against fail
ure of crops. Our maple sugar is not capable
of any considerable extension, nor 10 the cane,
In the decade 1S5o-1SG0 they increased only IS
per cent, and left us to buy S35,0OO,eOO worth
abroad every year. Ten years of well ad-
dressed efforts could probably be made to cover
our whole demand, keep pace with its growth
afterward, and yield beside larger and
steader revenue than our wheat in foreign
markets. One thing certainly is demonstrated
by the experience of France and Belgium-it
can be sold in the worlds markets in the flce
of all other sugars wherever produced; and
another thing, of no less importance-the pro-
digious rapidity of growth in product of which
it is capable. Moreover, both as nutriment and
luxury, its abundance and superabundance is
to be hailed as one of the best blessings which
the earth has been made to yield under modern
agriculture.
Year: 1869

A subject of great social Importance has
been characteristically taken up and disposed
of by the British House of Peers. Lord
HoughtOn, fresh from his encounter with Mr..
Dickens at Liverpool, and perhaps anxious to
vindicate in his own person the sighted repu-
tatiOn of the legislative body of which he is
one of the few active members, called atten-
ton, fortnight ago, to the omnous increase
of pauperism in England and suggested new
form of an old remedy, with the apparent pur-
pose of showing that propositions involving
a little humanity and little craftsmanship
may at least be originated in the Upper
Chamber, even though they can be
carried to no practical fulfllment. The
result was not very encouraging. Lord
Houghton laid down his cause of complaint.
which was strong, and proposed his plan of
treatment, which was weak. Lord Granville,
the Colonial Secretary. admitted tho evil, but
denied the possibility of putting an end to it
by the means suggested. Another noble lord
doubted its existence altogether fourth was
conscious of its enormity but was prepared to
prove it incurable by any process and fifth
went so far as to question the right of the
Government to take any step at all in the
matter. Lord Houghton closed the debate by
cautiously agreeing with everybody to begin
with, and then Teaflirming his original propo-
sition, after which the subject dropped Until
the House of Commons shall see fit to bring ii
up again, we shall hear of it no more.


The question is certainly difficult one to
deal with effectively, even by body less dis
posed to shirk decisive action. The pauper
population of Great Britain is increasing at the
rate of five per cent year, and the total num-
Der is now at least million. With the great
bulk of these Lord Houghton's scheme did not
concern itself, but only with some 10000 adults
who constitute class known as the "able-bOdied
"poor.p although the term is in no strict sense
justified by their condition. The best That can
be said of them is that they are not wholly
helpless and incapable. and might. under ex-
Year: 1869




ble for certain kinds of labor, LORD housn-
tons idea in brief, was to transfer
this burdensome element to the provinces OIL
Australia and Canada, one of which Is aireauy
in serious need of agricultural and other
laborers and the other, it is suppose > VIII.
soon be, in consequence of the annexation oi
the Hudson's Bay Territory. de proposed
that the Poor Law authorities should OBTAIN
by local taxes the funds to accomplish thlS
wholesale transportation, under the sanction
and guarantee of the Imperial Government,
and that the Colonies should bind themselves
TO provide fitting employment for the emil
grants before their departure. The problem
according to Lord HoughtOn, is the simplest
in the world. England suffers from an
excess of population, and the Colonies
suffer, or will presently suffer, from
deficiency Let them take England's surplus,
and be thankful. Setting aside the objections
that would be raised against England's share
in such a proceeding, it is certain that the
provinces would have nothing to do with 1t.
Their present want is not of kind that can be
supplied by paupers, even of the able-bodled"
class. especlally as the proportion of men to
women among them is more than three to one
a fact which was not brought forward IN the
debate. Moreover, the futility of Government
schemes of emigration has moro than once
been demonstrated. Canada discovered long
ago that the vast majority OF persons
freely transported from England Immediately
made their way to the United States
and that those who were wiling 10
remain were of character calculated to
jDiure rather than improve the laboring pop
ulation. Australia, too, has plainly slgnlhed
its determination to receive no more OF the
home stock of human rubbish. THIS being the
case, the proposition could have come TO noun
ing under any circumstances; but 1t may new
ertheless be the means of calling public atten-
ton to the necessity of some efectual move
ment toward checking tho pauper overgrowth.
The charity that deals practically with
this subject must not only Degln,
but must end, at home. The Poor
Laws afford no remedy, but actually serve to
encourage the increase Lord Houghton only
repeats n well-established fact, when he de-
clares that their present administration has had
the effect of instilling into the popular mind
notion that all who are unable or unwilling to
worl, must be maintained at the public cost.
So imbued is this principle" he says, that
"to attempt in any degree to cOntravene
/" il would almost provoke physical resistance"
In the face of this, and of the VIGOROUSLY
degrading defects of the entire system
of pauper treatment, it is hardly worth
while to assume, with Conservative political
economists like Lord OverstOne, that, since
England's prosperity is now greater than ever
before, and as wages are higher to-day than at
any previous period, therefore the opportunities
for labor must be abundant, and pauperism may
safely be left to take care of itself. The ques-
ton is too large for the House of Lords to
settle. and forced emigration is not its solution;
but 1t contains seeds of too much future dis
order to be nconsderately set aside.
Year: 1869

President Grant acts with sagacity in avoid
ing any complications with either of the parties
now struggling for the control of reconstruct
ing Virginia. In so far as the "new move
mentn in Virginia looks to the participation
in public affairs of the men who have long
commanded the confidence of the State and
are still recognized as its leaders it is already
known to have his sympathy as well as that
of the better elements of his party. But when
it comes to a question of whether one ticket
or another ticket under the same reconstruc-
ton shall be supported, the President wisely
declines to be involved.
Year: 1869

Among the measures which yesterday passed
their final stage in the Legislature and went
to the Governor, were Sheriff's bill, shorn Oh
some of its iniquities, but still believed to be
Objectionable bill in the interest OF the
present Directories of the Central,
Hudson, and Erie Railroads, which
is hardly the same as being in the
interest of the communities dependent upon
those roads, and bill abandoning the sepa-
rate December city election here, and remand
ing us to the old plan.-Altogether, perhaps
we ought to be thankful it was no worse; but
we wait for the remaining days of the session
with more anxiety.
Year: 1869

The st. Louis grain merchants are working
in such practical way to divert the great
Western shipping business from Chicago to
their own city, that we shall not be surprised
if they soon win fair share of success. They
have set about proving that grain can be
shipped to New-York by the Mississippi
cheaper than by the lakes and canal, not by
writing letters and making speeches, but by
purchasing cargo and trying the experiment
They have bought No. Spring wheat at
81 25, and expect to be able to deliver it in
this city at 81 4Oi. Similar grades are quoted
in our markets now at about 81 so, which
certainly leaves the enterprising shippers
handsome profit.
Year: 1869

Chicago will read with wrath that the New
York Legislature, in spite of its well-known
capacity for, splendid schemes, has refused to
attempt amending the Constitution so as to
borrow ten millions for the enlargement OF the
Canals. Doubtless an enlargement is practical
and desirable; but our people are just now IN
no mood for such outlays of hard cash; and
even the Legislature has been enabled to COM
prehend this phase of the popular temper.
Year: 1869

John Bright, though now Minister, is as
bold an advocate of reforms as ever. SOmo of
the Tory papers regard the speech which he
delivered in favor of repeating the prohibition
to marry a deceased wifes sister as one of his
worst. The bill was carried by the large ma
jo-ity of co. The Solicitor General, Mr.. Cole
ridge, was the only prominent Liberal who
smoke against the BILL
Year: 1869

Our City is 80 corruptly governed with such
glaring contempt of economy, integrity, and
even decency. that we do not marvel that des-
perate remedies are often suggested. The
Erening Post advocates complete surrender
of the supervisory control now exercised over
City Expenditures by the Legislature. Here is
its line Of argument


Suppose the people OF New York were allowed TO
mauuee-or ml.nlnage, II you choOse-heir own munich
pal affairs suppose they were empowered 70 select q
Mayor with proper executive functions and responsible


te. and with the appointment of hs subOrdiuaes and
their control in his hands there might at first be exrav
ngance though IL could not be than now but II
not easy to see that the arguments the exposures, the
vigilance OF a society like the Citizens Association would
far more thcnl than they ever he under
The present system N the Mayor responsible for
the cos, OF the City Government he could be easily made
Year: 1869

SPANISH BEEF SrEAK.-Take the tender
lOin of beef, have ready some finely chopped
onions in frying pan, with hot butter !;
when quite soft, draw to the back part Of the
pan; having seasoned well the steak with
pepper and salt, put it in the pan, and rath-
er boil than fry it when cooked. put the
onions over it, and as much boiling water
as will make gravy stew for few minutes,
and serve hot.
Year: 1869




About two years: ago correspondent
writing from New York made the statement
that babies were frequently burned out of
the way in an establishment uptown. The
asserti' n was Indignantly cried down by
New York papers and the writer denoun-
ced q assnsationalist. Probably he was,
but the finding Of the calcined skeletons Of
three infaEts in the chimney ofa house in
Twenty-eighth street few days ago, is
striking confirmation of his statement:
The coroner has not yet found ont how the
skeletons came to be there, or whether the
were burned before they died, but the fact
80 called respectable house, revSves the
BY fire in New York ? haven't the
slightest doubt that great many are.


do not say that infants are cast alive
into red-hot furnaces, but have good rea-
son to believe that scores of illegitimate
children, born at the private lying-in asy-
lums scattered all over New York, are doc
tored to death and then got rid of for good
without the expense of cof6nsa and funerals.
For there cannot be an interment without
a permit from the officer of tho Board of
Health. and permit will not. be given
without a satisfactory certificate as to the
cause of death. And it is not always con-
venient for the murderer of an infant to
furnish this. So, to prevent bother and
save expense, first the poor little innocent
is killed in an entirely unobjectionable
manner-as with laudanum for instance
and then burned up. TIE authorities now
investigating the Twenty-eighth street
mystery could find much more of the same
sort of work by going few blocks further
up-particularly to magnificent mansion
on Fifth avenue. If what people living in
the neighborhood of that mansion say, is
true. its-oWner aud occupants ought to
lave been hung great many years ago.
Year: 1869

-Advices from the interior of Cuba are
that hunger and misery prevail to an alarm
ing extent. The column under Col. Hidal.
go lately found hut in the vicinity Of Pal
ma Sorano containing the lifeless bodies Of
eight persons who had died of starvation.
Year: 1869

A Brazilian wears the head OF another
man who was beheaded at the same time
with himself The surgeon in his hurry to
replace the head made a mistake, from
which the survivor finds some ineonveni,
ence. He scarcely knows himself
Year: 1869

The people of New Hampshire voted yes.
terday on the question whether they would
drink liquor under law or against law. One
editor has been found in the State who pre-.
fers taking his without the law.
Year: 1869

The Bufalos found In the telegraph
poles Ofthe overland line new source
of delight on the treeless prairie-the
novelty of having something to scratch
against. BUTT was expensivescratch-
ing for the telegraph company; and
there, indeed was therub, for the bisons
shook down miles of wire daily. A
bright idea struck somebody to send
to st. Louis and Chicago for all the
brad avis that could be purchased,
and these driven into the poles, with
a view to wound the animals and
check their rubbing propensity.
Never was o greater mistake. The
buffalOes were delighted. For the first
time they came so the scratch was sure
of a sensation in their thick hides that
thrilled them from horn to tail. They
would go fifteen miles to find a brad
awl. They fought huge battles around
the poles containing them, and the
victor would proudly climb the noun
famous heap of rump and hump Of the
fallen, and scratch himself into bliss
until the brad avis broke or ehe pole
came down There has been no de-
mand for brad avis from the Kansas
region since the first invoice.
Year: 1869

A gentleman who had carefully trained
up his servant in the way be SHOULD 60, SO
that when bis wife was present he might not
depart from it. sent him with box ticket
for the theatre to young lady. The SER
want returned when the gentleman and his
wife we're at dinner. He had. of course,
been told. in giving answers to certain kinds
of questions, to substitute the masculine for
the feminine pronoun in speaking of the
lady


:" Did you sea him :" said the gentleman
giving him the cue.


Yes, sir" replied the servant, he said
he'd 60 with great deal Of pleasure. and
that bed wait for you. sir.'s


What was be doing?" asked the wife
carelessly.


He was putting on his bonnet, was the
reply.


There was " fat in the fre' Immediately.
Year: 1869

HEBREW MEMORIAL DAY.-Ths is the day
set apart by the Hebrew Ladies' Memorial
Association for the decoration Of the graves
ofthe young men oftheir nationality who fell
in the Confederate struggle. They cordially
invite the people of Richmond to unite with
them in the sad but pleasin" exercises, and
contributions Of flowers will he thankfully
received. The Hebrew cemetery is in the
northern part of the city-a pleasant walk
or ride
Year: 1869

and enlarged with biographical sketch by
his distinguished son, the President Of Wash
ington College. Last to be mentioned in the
list of great names associated with Straford is
that OF the commander of the Southern army
in the late struggle Here he was born and
lived until his filth year. Your readers are
familiar with his subsequent history. We were
gratifed to find, contrary to our expectation,
that the buildings here are in an excellent state
Of preservation.
Year: 1869

NEW WAY OF Dome BUsINHsS.-Hollan-
der Bros. will commence from this day to sell
all their Gents Furnishing Goods al Ave per
cent. above cost. We ask all who are in need
OF the above goods TO patronze US as It Will
save considerable money to the buyer and ena-
BILE Us To continue selling goods at these rates


HoLLANDRR Bios. 2I0 Pepna. avenue,


abb between Iith and 18th SIS
Year: 1869

There is nothing which adds SO
mnch to the beauty and power of
man as good moral character. It
is his wcalth-his infuence-his
life. It dignifies him in every sta
tion, exalts him in every condition,
and glorifes him at every period Of
life. Such q character is more to
be desired than everything else on
Garth. It makes . man free and
Independent. No scrvile tool, no
crouching sycoPhant, no treacberoas
honor-scekcr, ever bore such q
character. The pure joys of truth
and righteousness never spring in
such person. If young men but
knew how much a good character
would dignity and exalt them, how
glorious it would make their pros
poets, even in this life, never should
we find them, yielding to the gro-
yelling and base-horn purposes Of
human nature, which destroy body
and soul.
Year: 1869

When man of sense comes to
marry, it is companion be wants,
and not an artist; it is not merely
a creature who can paint and play
and sing and dance. It is = being
who can comfort and counsel him;
on who can reason and reflect, and
feel and judge, and discourse and
discriminate; one who can assist
him in bis affairs, tighten his sor-
rows, purify his joys, strengthen his
principles, and educate his children.
Such is the woman who is ft for a
mother and the mistress of a family.
A woman Of the former description
may occasionally figure in a draw
ing.room, and excite the admiration
of the company; but is entirely uu-
fit for helpmeet to man, and to
train up q child in tho way he
should 60.
Year: 1869

A parson was reused from bis
sleep at FIVE o'clock in the morning
by loud talking at the side Of u
fshpond in bis grounds. His rever-
ence put his nightcapped head out
Of the window, and saw three men
standing by the side Of his pond.


"What are you doing there p
he said.


"Fishing," said they.


"But you arc trespassing on my
land; you must 60 away


"Go to bed again." was the re-
joinder; 'your Master was NOT 10
the habit of sending away poor
fishermen"


The clergyman could, Of course
only turn in again.
Year: 1869

is a little thing to put q tool up in
its place when not in use. Yet not
many have a tool house, or place of
shester for any implement or vehicle
Things are left where they were last
used, the plow in the field, tho cart
in the yard, the chains in the sta
bic, the harness in the wood hous c ,
the axe In the wood-pile, and the
rake in the corn-,rib. Many do not
even house the expensive implc-
ments they have bought, and reap
ers and threshers are treated like
plows and harrows. The parts made
of iron and steel grow rusty, and
t he wood decays. A machine that
is good for thirty years with proper
care. is used up in FIVE by abuse.
1t is very little thing in them to
turn . nut where it is loose. Yet
for want Of Tightening the nut i.
lost, the bolt comes out, and the
loaded wagon breaks down on the
way to market, and a whole day
for man and team is lost. It is a
little thing to keep a horse properly
groomed, yet for the want Of clean
fetlocks the skin cracks and the
horse is lame, and the owner loses
the use of him for weeks or months.
Ventilation is small affair, yet for
the want of it the health of stock
in stables suffers severely and dis
ease sets in.


1t is a small affair to provide
good seed at the beginning of the
year; but the whole success of the
season depends upon it. 1t is an
easy thing to deal fairly with your
neighbors, and make q name that is
better than precious ointment.
Many cheat on small occasions, do
not deliver what they sell, and get
a reputation for meanness that
stands in the way of their success.
Year: 1869

omani is a gentleman, who with
out provocation, would treat With
incivility the humblest of his specics.
1t is q vulgarity for which no
accomplishments Of dress or address
can ever atone. Show me the man
who desires to make every one around
him happy. and whose greatest
solicitude is never to give cause Of
offence to any one, and I will show
you . gentleman by nature and
practice. though he may never haxA
worn q suit of broadclotb, nor ev3t
heard Of . lexicon. am proud to
say for the honor of our species, there
are men in every throb Of whose
heart there is q solicitude for tho
welfare Of mankind, and whose
every breath is perfu med With
kindness.
Year: 1869

on moral suasion to put down taste
for stimulants. Sumptuary laws
never did and never will succeed,
especially with free people. They
WILL drink from sheer obstinancy if
forbidden to do it, and, ~ in Maine,
if debarred from getting drink they
will crafty rebellious spirit BY
resor ting to opium. Why will not
the real friends Of temperance look
these facts fairly in the face?-Ex.
Year: 1869

Of all the noble works of God, that
Of the human mind has ever been
considered the grandest. 1t is, how
ever, like all else created, capable
Of cultivation; and just in that de.
gree as the mind is improved and
rendered pure, is man fitted for
rational enjoyment and pure happi-
ness. That person who spends q
whole existence without q realiza-
tioa of the great ends for which be
was designed; without feeling soar
ing of the soul above mere mercena-
ry motives and desires;not knowing
that he is portion. as it were, Of
one vast machine, in which each
piece has part to perform, having
no heart beating in common with
those Of his fellow men, no feelings
in which selfis not the beginning and
the end. may we'll be said not to live.
His mind is shut in by a moral
darkness, and he merely exists a
blank in the world, and goes to the
tomb with scarcely regret. Such
beings We have seen and wondered
wondered that mortal, endowed
with so many noble qualities, and
capable of the highest attainment
Of intellectually, should slumbcr on
through q world like ours, in which
is everything beautiful and sublime,
to call forth his energies and excite
his admiration-a world which af-
fords subjects for exercising every
lively attribute with which we are
gifted, and opens = scene of the
richest variety to the eye, the mind,
and the heart, and of such diver
si6ed character, that we may never
grow weary. If. then, you wish to
live, in tho true sense Of the term,
cultivate the mind, give vent to pure
affections and noble feelings, and
pen not every thought and desire in
self. Live more for the good of your
fellow-men, and in seeking their
happiness you will promote your
own.
Year: 1869

A vcrdant young man entered q
fancy store the other day.
while the lady proprietor was ar
ranging lot of perfumery. She
inquired Of him if he would not like
to have some musk bags to put in
his drawers. After an examinatien
of tho article, he told the young LADY
that he did not wear drawers.
Year: 1869

GREAT EXCITEMENT


All about the new Meat Market on Mar
ket street. You will get meats put up in the
neatest possible manner as men Of exper-
ience, and skill are running the machine.
Call and see them ono and all, ana give
them share Of your patronage. 34m6-9
Year: 1869

The St. Louis Republican one day this
week contained three hundred new adver'
tisements This is an evidence that the
business men of that city are waking up
to the future that may be before them
Well might Mrs. PartiDgton say "Sweet
are the uses of Advertisements