smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

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GERS to watch the Fences houses"


Fences" explains the Detective, in re
ply to your innocent wife's inquiry, are
purchasers Of stolen goods. Your jewels will
soon be forced out Of their settings, and the
gold melted" @


A suppressed scream.


"We shall see, If, at this unusual hour Of
the night, there is any hustle in or near any
Of these places; if any smoke is coming out
of any one Of their furnaces, where the melt
ing takes place. shall go and seek out the
precise 'garretteer' another name
these plundcrers give Reconsideration
suspect. BY his trying to SELL your do
mestics by placing the ring and toothpick in
their bed, think khbw The iian."


The next morning, you find all these sup
positions verified. The Detective calls, and
obliges you, at breakfast (after . sleepless
night with complete list of the stolen ar
ticles, and produces some of them for linden.
tiication. in three months, your wife gets
nearly every article back, except some of the
gold her damsels' innocence is fully estab.
lishcd; and the thief is taken from his
school to spend long holiday in . penal
colony. .s,


Sometimes they are called upon to investi-
gate robberies SO executed, that no human
ingenuity appears, to ordinary observers,
capable Of finding the thief The robber has
left no trail not trace. Every clue seems
cut off; but tho experience Of Detective
guides him into tracks invisible to other eyes.
Not long since, q trunk was rifed at fash
ionable hotel. The theft was so managed,
that no suspicion could rest on any one.-
The Detective sergeant who had been sent
for, fairly owned, after making q minute cx-
animation, that he could afford no hope Of
calculating the mystery. AS he was leaving
the bedroom, however, in which the plum
dercd portmanteau stood, he picked up an
ordinary shirt button from the carpet. He
silently compared it with those on the shirts
which the thief had left behind in the trunk
It did not match them. He said nothing,
but hung about the hotel for the rest of the
day. Had he been narrowly watched, he
would have been set down for an eccentric
critic of linen. He was looking out for q
shirt-front or wristband without button.-
His search was long and patient; but al
length it was rewarded. One Of the inmates
in the house showed deficiency in his dress,
which no one but Detective would have no.
ticed. He looked as narrowly as he dared
at the pattern Of the remaining buttons. II
corresponded with that of the little tell-tale
he had picked up. He went deeper into the
subject, got trace of some of the stolen
property, ascertained connection between
it and the suspected person, confronted him
with the owner Of the trunk, and finally s,1c.
ceeded in convicting him of the theft. A,
another hotel robbery, the blade Of knife
broken in the lock of q portmanteau, formed
the clue The Detective employed in thai
case was for Some time indefatigable in seek
ing out knives with broken blades. A,
length he found one belonging to an under
waiter, who proved to be the thief.
Year: 1860




Adrertiseg your Basiae~ Do not hide your Light under
bushel Whatever your calling occupation may be- u
needs support from the public advertise thoroughly
and efficiently p shape other that viii arrest pub
Nc attention. freely confess that what success have
had In life may fairly be attributed more to the public
than to all other combined There may possibly
be occupations that do not require advertising hut
not we'll conceive what they are-P. +. BARxUn.


Adoetise! ADVERTISE! This il the nte Of trade, and
standing advertisements you win nd will prove the
remunerative, at least have found during my bus-
thus far-for should you withdraw but single
week fto the paper in which accustomed to Cd
vertse, ten to that would be the time when some
woud-be customers will look into the paper for your
busness address, and not finding IT, You VIII lose several
profitable sales.-WiLLIAM GRAY.


Ihave always considered Advertising -nberaly and long
ITO be the great medium Of success in business and the
prelude 70 wealth. And have made II an nvarabe rule
too 10 advertise IN the dullcst tines, long experience
having taught that money thus spent is well laid out
as keeping business constantly before the public has
secured ne many sales would otherwise have lost
SrEPHEx GIRARD:


Whatever success may have had in buslness owe
mainly 70 long continuous advertising in the papers,
From close observation, fully convinced that u h
impossible to make much headway In any branch Of com.
merce without the facilities that the Pre alone can give
-JAcoB RfDoEwAY.
Year: 1860

VEsUvIUs TO M QUEScED.-1n cur day
utilitarianism is the basis of all projects.
For thousands Of years--far beyond the
dawn of history, vesuvius has bleched forth
fire and smoke. But population is becoming
more den Sc. Vesuvius would open up
field for enterprise. il the glowing fires with
in could be qusnced. Its sides could be
planted with vineyards. and thousands upon
thousands could there raise " happy homes"
So Vesuvius is to be extinguished, and Vul-
can and the Cyclop are to be forced to quit
their ancient workshop. The German jour
nails announce that company of English
capitalist have made an application TO the
King OF Naples for concession for the ex-
tinction of Vesuvius. The principal seat Of
the fire OF that volcano is situated several
thousands feet below the level Of the sea.
Cutting canal which would carry the wa
ter into the crater, the fire would be com
pletely extinguished. and the operation,
which would only cost two millions Of francs
would restore to cultivation land Of ten
times that value.
Year: 1860

ORGANIZATION OF JEFFERSON TERrroRY.-
The Senate Committee on Territories. at
their meeting March rst, had under consider
alton the organization Of Jefferson Terri
tory, Or Pixies Peak. DR.. Willing delegate
from that Territory, was before them, and
stated that there were from thirty 10 forty
thousand people already there, and that by
the first OF June next there would be upwards
of hundred thousand. lie said there was
eight thousand square miles of gold region
and some ten thousand square miles in the
vicinity adapted to agricultural purposes.
No action was taken on the subject OF organ
lzing Territorial government.
Year: 1860

Doc LAw.-The Legislature has passed
law making dog stealing punishable by fine
and imprisonment. The law provides that
any person who shall take, carry. lead or
drive away any dog belonging to another.
shall be deemed guilty Of petit larceny. and
punishable by imprisonment in the County
Jail not more than six months, or by fine
not exceeding slOO nor less than $50. If
the fine is not paid the defendant shall serve
iu the County Jail at the rate Of two dollars
per day unlil it is discharged.
Year: 1860

MAN WANTS But LITTLE HERE BELOW


The citizens of San Francisco seem to
have Just appreciation of the above idea (;
at least we should judge SO from the fact
they have let the contract to supply rations
for prisoners confined in the County jail
and City Prison. to Michael Conway, who
agrees to furnish such supplies at the rate
OF twelve and half cents per diem for ssch
person for three months.
Year: 1860

ED- Provisions are very scarce in Was
hoe, and can hardly be procured at any
price. 1t is difficult to get freight taken
over from Placerville, even at the price of
sixty cents pound. Parties leaving for
that region at the present time. should take
a sufficient quantity OF provisions with them
TO last at least two months.
Year: 1860

ED- A building for new woolen factory
has been crmmenced in San Francisco. The
are now in operation is said to be doing a
good business. We look forward, conhden-
tly to the time when the busy hum of manu-
featuring industry will be heard through
every part of the State.
Year: 1860

A PooR MARKsMAx.-A resident Of No
kelumne Hill having recently become thor =
oughy disgusted with life attempted to put
an end to his existence by shooting at him
self. He pointed the pistol at his head, bus
entirely missed his mark.
Year: 1860

I This Was the exclamation Of a stout, hearty,
but lazy young man, the other day.
Now, suppose YOU had capital-what would
/ yon do with it 4! Let me tell you, YOU have
capital. Haven't you got hands and feet, and


body and MUSCLE and bone and brains and
don't You call them capital? Oh but they
are not money, say YOU. But they are moro
than money. Ii You will use them they will
make money, and nobody can take them from
YOU. Don't yoU know how to use thcml If
You don't, it is time You Were learning. Take
mold OF the first plough, or hoe or jack plane,
OF broad axe that you can find, and 60 to work.
Your capital will soon yicl1 you large inter
est Aye, but there's the rub YOU don't want
to work. You want money or credit, that yon
may play the gentleman and speculate, and
end by playing the yagabond or, you want
plantation OF negroes, that YOU may hire an
ovcr>ecr to attend to them while you run about
over the country and dssi pate and get in debt;
or, you want to marry some very rich girl, who
may be foolish enough to take You for your
line clothes and good looks, that she may sup
port yon.


SIiam* upon yoH, youNg inau. Go to work
with the capita! you have You'll soon make
interest upon 1t, an! witt! TO give YOU as
much money as you want, and make YOU feel
like a man. II you cant make money upon
what capital Won have, YOU couldn't make it if
You had a million Of dollars in money. If you
don't know how to Use bone, muScle'and brains
You would not know now to use gold. If you
Lex the capital you have lie idle and waste and
rust out, it would be the Very same thing with
You if You had gold; You would only know
how 70 waste.


Then don't stand about like great helpless
clil,, waiting for omebody to come and feed
You, but go to work. Take the first work you
cau lind, 10 matter what it is, so that you be
sire to do it like Billy Gray did his drumming
well. Yes, manage the capital You already
have ; YOU vii! soon have plenty more to man
age: if YOU can't Or won't manage the capital
Cod has given you y0n will never have any
more TO manage. Do YOU hear.
Year: 1860

SUMMARY OF WoMAN.-The Boston Courier
gives the following spicy "Summary Of Woman,"
as analyzed by Miohelet in his new book


"a pair OF rosy lips is chiefly significant as
the natural barrier of Il set of bones which are in
constant need of a dentists care; and the hus-
bands kiss must be bestowed with caution, lest
pcrChance some disorder incident to the feeding
of very small children may render it unpleasant
or painful A beautiful woman is bundle Of
feminine diseases, in mysterious complication
combined beneath fair exterior. Her progress
from infancy to maturity is described as jockey
describes the growth Of horse. She is an ami
NAL of one texture, which, tho gifted with
speech, usually remains silent, uncompaining,
suffering, in the presence of the great rough,
coarse, tyranical creature, man, who uses her to
abuse her, and then throws her away like u
squeezed orange
Year: 1860

THE LIBERTY PoLE.-An exultant Virginian
sends us piece of the Lincoln pole cut down
and chopped up recently at Ocooquam, and says:


This is the way we do things down South.
You can erect as many Lincoln poles North as
you please but you cannot como down into our
sunny South and erect one"


Our correspondent is mistaken. We shall erect
a trst-rate one in the White House at Washington
on the 4th of March neXt-quite tall, though
only few inches over six eet--and it will stand
there at least four years and not be cut down
even then. Wait and see.-N Y. Tribune.
Year: 1860

SKILL OF JAPANESE GARDENERS.--Th botany
of the Island of Japan is more varied than that
Of any country of the same area as it comprises


the fora of the tropics and Of the antarctic re-
gions. The japanese possess the art Of dwarhng
and of magnifying vegetable products in an ex-
traordinary manner. A recent traveller states
that he saw plum tree, cEerry-tree, and fig
tree growing in a small box not more than six
inches long, the plum-tree being in blossom /;
while, on the other hand, eabbages are grown Of
such n size that one is as much as a man can lift
The japanese hortcultursts also have the power
of concentrating the vigor Of ffuittree in a
single branch, which will thus bear blossoms
and fruit much greater than the common size
Life illustrated.
Year: 1860

He KNEW.-A drunken fellow was blowing
his horn ut the corner, talking loud and long
about whipping any masculine progeny of u
female canine that didn't like him. phlan-
thropic individual stood by, putting in, at each
pause for breath, this solitary ejaculation ::
Say" Drunky paid no attention, but went
right on with his war talk-till, seeming tired of
the mild gentleman, he suddenly turned TO him
and remarked You can git! know what
you want-you want to ask me where bury my
dead. You can go to hell I" and the mild gen
tleman went
Year: 1860

The following odd yet beautiful lines, by
Henry St John Tucker, of Va, are from a copy
o! the Boston Patriot and Daily Mercantile
.4dVeriiser, dated Monday, Dec. l3. 1910:
Days of my youth ye have glded away;
Hairs of my youth ye are frosted and gray
Eyes of my youth your keen sight is no more
Cheeks of my youth ye are furrowed all DER;
Strength Of my youth all your vigor is gone
Thought ofmy youth! your gay visionshave flown.
Days of my youth I wish not your recall


Hairs Of my youth am content you should fall ;
Eyes of my youth ye much evil have seen;
Cheeks of my youth! bathed in tears ye have been,
Strength of my youth! why lament your decay ?
Thoughts of my youth! ye have led me astray.
Days of my age! ye will shortly be past


Pains of my age! yet while ye can last
Joys of my age in wisdom delight;


Eyes of my age! be religion your light;
Thoughts of my age dread ye not the cold clod
Hopes of my age be ye fixed on your God
Year: 1860

Working Throxgh.-Thc contractor for tho
completion of the Richmond and York River
Railroad from Pamunkey river TO West Point.
expects to get the rails laid by the middle OF
June, SO that the cars will run from Rich.
mond to the Point during the latter part Of
that month. The bridge over the Pamunkey
promises to be n most substantial one, and the
road will no doubt bring vast amount Of
trade to this city that now seeks a mar ket at
Baltimore
Year: 1860

THE GREAT BuGBEAR;-The mighty argu-
ment which Twenty One Office Holders, in
their late address, used, the great argument
used before by James Buchanan, and the
great argument, lastly, used by the boiling
portion Of the State Central Committee, to


Justify the support of Breckenridge and Lane,
is that the miH rule was adopted at the Ma
tional Convention. The Seceders complain
that this rule was unfair. We have rep at
edly shown that it was not unfair, but Just
and equitable. Instructed delegates voted
as instructed and had no business to vote in
any other way. Uninstructed delegates
voted according to their own discretion, as
they had an undoubted right to do


Right or wrong, though, the rule was
voted for 10y nearly all the Seceders, it being
almost unanimously adopted by the Conven-
tion, Had it worked we'll for the Seceders.
YOU would never have heard a syllable of
complaint. But, it having worked against
them, it is horrible-the rule Of their own
adoption is monstrous iniquity. Sensible
men will know how to value such shifting
around as this.
Year: 1860

TnE SMALL Pox-The San Mateo Gazette
of the 28th ult., says that the small pox at
Redwood City has proved fatal in one case
1t says it is to be regretted that on accoun,
of some rivalry or misunderstanding among
the doctors, whatever may have been the
cause, that timely notice has not been given
SO that the most stringent means could have
been adopted to prevent the spread of this
horrible disease, and the necessary sanitary
regulations be enforced. As it now is, no
one can tell where it will stop.
Year: 1860

A LETTER from New York says that the
President and Cabinet have had under con-
Sideration the proposition of the Mormons to
sell to the Government their improvements
IN Utah and remove beyond the limits of our
territories and have decided against it. They
will not entertain it SO far as to submit it to
Congress
Year: 1860

DAN RIcE's CIRcus.-The Pavilion was
again crowded. last night, to its utmost ca
pacity, vast throng of ladies being present
Monday night a complimentary benefit will
be rendered to the Pioneer Engine Co. No. S.
This is gallant Company. and we hope their
benefit will be largely attended Dan Rice's
Show is no humbug,a as the thousands who
have witnessed it are ready to testify.
Year: 1860

ACCORDING to an eastern dispatch, the Irish
volunteers in the service of the Pope do not
agree with the Austrians or the French, and
the Pope regrets that he accepted the proffer
of their assistance.
Year: 1860

Francis IT. has now but little more
than the ground on which he stands to
call his own, and even that will be his
but a short time longer As for any
help, he will look for it in vain, except
a little to help him fly the country which
he has so wickedly governed His last
hope-Russia, Austria and Prussia, in
conference at Warsaw-has deserted
him, for, as we learn by the Wander
bilt, a circular note on the Warsaw
interview has been addressed by Count
Rechberg to the representatives Of Aus
tria abroad, in which it is stated that
in the Conference non-intervcntion in
the affairs of Italy was agreed upon


and that, although anxious to support
the principles of order and the balance
Of power in Europe, the three Northern
Courts would do nothing which might
provoke n war. And so, with Russia


Austria and Prussia folding their hand,
before all his troubles, and with the
sympathy Of England in favor of tho
progress Of freedom in Italy so plainly
and nobly expressed in Lord John Rus


sell dispatch to the English Minister
at Turin, naught remains for Francis


II. hut to rid Sicily OF his presence az


quickly as possible, and leave tha


Kingdom and all Southern Italy to th,
freedom which now certainly awaits it,
Year: 1860

The anxious mother was sitting in her par
lor, ON the afternoon of the day on which Au-
pusta had returned from his visit to the Bran
DIVINE. She was absorbed in deep thought
The change that had recently came over her
son had been observed by her for some time,
but she could divine no reason for it. To be
sure, he had always been of melancholy dis
position, but she could not see why his mind
should take such a sudden change. She little
dreamed that such being as Peggy Drew
even existed or that any person could have so
much influence over another. There was one
thing she was pretty well convinced of that
was, her son was fast losing his reason; that
he had proposed to sell his property at very
short notice, which would be great sacrifice
of the same if persisted in. She would use
her utmost endeavours to avert such disaster.
While she was ruminating over the best plan
to pursue, her son enteredi his face was florid,
and his eyes sank deep in his head and blood
shot. She had never seen him look so before.
His eyes had fiery fierceness about them that
was something new to her. She looked with
surprise at her son. He needed not the gaze
of his mother, but took seat beside her His
apitated manner betrayed too plainly the ner-
yous excitement that reigned within that frail
form.


1t was evident that the young man had some-
thing of Importance to impart to his parent
She saw too plainly that their was something
preying upon his mind, and that he had re-
paired to her apartment to tell her his deter
mination. However, he was not long in in
forming his mother of his intention. He COM
mcnced;


"Once moro | come to get your permission
to dispose of my effects. | have weighed the
matter well, and am determined to leave Del
aware. Under the circumstances, cannotre-
main here My mind is not contented long
for other scenes where my mind can be en-
ployed, and where can make myself useful.
know that the life lead is preying upon my
mind long for activity. The South has as
sociations more congenial with my feelings
than anything can possibly be here"


The mother listened with surprise to the
project of her son. After deliberating in her
mind, she ulu NOT hhoW WhaI W lhihh VI WV
intention of Augusta. She reasoned moment
as If to come to some conclusion what reply to
make to her son. and then replied;


at is something singular to me, what has
put such an idea into your head. have OBJ
served great change in your department.
You have become unusually thin and emaciated.
At first thought you might not be well, but
after observing you closely for some time, |
find it is purely disease of the mind. Ifyou
were to take a trip to Europe, would it not be
better than to sacrifice your property, and to
run after wild chmera that you know moth
ing about"


The young man replied in the negative.
She insisted on being obeyed. She thought
Year: 1860

CONSTANT EMPLoYMENT.-The man who is
obliged to be constantly employed to earn the
necessaries of life and support his family,
knows not the unhappiness he prays for when
he desires health and holiness. To be con-
stantly busy is to be always happy. Persons
who have suddenly acquired wealth, broken
up their active pursuits, and begun to live at
their ease waste away and die in a very short
time Thousands would have been blessings
to the world, and added to the common stock
of happiness, if they had been content to re-
main in humble sphere, and earned every
mouthful OF food that nourished their bodies.
But no fashion and wealth took possession of
them, and they were completely ruined.


They ran away from peace and pleasure, and
embraced lingering death. Ycwho are sigh
ing for the pomp and splendor of life, beware !
Ye know not what you wish. No situation,
however exalted; no wealth, however magnif-
cent; no honors, however glorious, can yield
you solid enjoyment, while discomfort turks in
your bosom. The secret of happiness lies in
this-to be always contented with your lot,
and never sigh for the spiendor of riches, or
the magnifcence of fashion and power. Per-
sons who are always busy, and go cheerfully
to their daily tasks, are the least disturbed by
the fluctuations of business, and at night sleep
with perfect composure.