smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

reply. A genuine surprise was in
store for him. Arriving at Paris
last night, he found that his spouse
had employed the lightning against
him and was a day ahead in legal
proceedings. He had no sooner
left the train than he received a
summons to appear on Tuesday
next before the tribunal of the
Seine to show cause why his wife
should not be granted q legal Sepa-
ration from him. This puts the
boot on the other foot. The sum
mons was issued at the direct re-
quest of Nine Patti, addressed to
one OF the most prominent members
of the cabinet. Adelina is expected
to arrive before Tuesday.


1t is said that she will offer the
marquis 100000 francs ($20,O0O)
to get rid of him, and it is pretty
generally thought that he will ac-
cept the terms and sign the papers
at once. In that way the scandal
of a public inquiry may be covered
up but if the marquis declines to
settle on these terms the gay capt.
tai will certainly be treated to a
trial which will be exceedingly rich
in ordinations and recriminations.
1t is also reported that the above
offer has already been made to Caux
and that he has declined it. We
shall know more when Nine Patti
reaches Paris.
Year: 1877

@AeO1e


New York World.


Rose Massimino, the italian girl
who was so severely injured by her
father last Thursday, is still at the
Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, and recovering rapidly.
To u reporter she said yesterday
that when living with her mother
in Charleston four years ago, her
father returned one day from a sea
voyage, and finding her mother in
toxicated he beat her-the mother
Into insonsibility, and then took
her-ROse-to a distant part of the
city and outraged her, She was
then only thirteen years old, she
said. She went to her mother the
next day and told what had hap
pened. The mother was an habit
nal drunkard, and when under the
influence of liquor she threatened
to expose her husbands crime. The
neighbors in this way heard of it,
and in consequence they left the
city, going to Baltimore first and
afterward coming to New York,
where the father and his brother
obtained positions in the city hall.


Shortly after her marriage, she
continued, two months ago, she
made a confession to her husband,
and, as a consequence, a quarrel
between her and her father ensued
the latter accusing her Of SIAN
Year: 1877

Mr. Kelley will give the world prac.
teal test Of the efficiency OF his motor
within the next six months. The same
statement was made two years ogo and
IS just as trustworthy now as then.
Year: 1877

Collar and elbow wrestling is the latest
amusement in the sporting world. 1t is
rather 40 improvement on the old style
collar and back hair wrestling so univer-
sally INDUCED in by married couples.
Year: 1877

Our Charleston correspondent refers
TO the agitation in Kanswha Of the rail
road enterprise Of building road from
Psrkersburg to Charleston. We hope
our Ksnawha friends will not let it end
in talk. We are gratited to see notice
in the Courier that public meeting has
been called to consider the matter. Just
such a road is needed more than any
hing else in this State. 1t will be the
means of bringing the people of the two
sections of the State into a more intimate
relationship, and as they get TO know each
other better they will be better friends
There has always been rivalry and
jealousy between the Northern and
Southern sections of the State, and it has
all been because the people were stran-
gers to each other. They had no inter
ests in common, and when move was
made in the interest of one section, the
other was suspicious that harm was In
tended TO 1t. The result has been bick-
erings, suspicious and jealousies for which
there were no real causes.


Now is the opportunity to do away
with such An unhappy state of affairs
The people of kanawha should feel
very deep interest in this. The people
of the State have been liberal towards
Kanawha, and in their liberslity given
them the permanent seat Of government.
Now Is Ksnawha's opportunity to make
it really permanent. Wood county is
doing good part in the enterprise by
proposing to take one-third of the stock,
and surely the other counties interested
in the project will not let it tall through
for want of support.
Year: 1877

A little girl came into our office and


IN = beseeching tone requested that we


should buy from her the privilege to cast


vote for pair of gold bracelets to be


presented by some Temperance Associs-
tiOn to the youkg lady receiving the
largest number of votes. Her grown SIS
ter was candidate, and the little ten


year Old child WAS making canvass in
her behalf. A friend was standing by


who pronounced this practice OF can
vassing as nuisance, and sug-
gested that it WAS the duty of
the press to publicly rebuke it. We
half promised to do so, and thought


we would, but how can WEI Just ss we
had prepared our bill OF indictment the
appealing face of that little child stole
across the page and entered plea OF
excusable earnestness, and sitting rs an
impartial court we were compelled TO
admit the soundness OF the pleading. If


it had been man who approached US
thus we could have told him that he wss
engaged in very small business ard
have dismissed his presence. Or if 1t had
even been woman, we could have sug-
gestcd that she might have found more
suitable employment. Bat as 1t WAS
only q sweet, earnest, pleading child we
felt that to her the WORK WAS Us important
and as real as that which the business nan
finds IN his world. To the banker, the
merchant, the manufacturer, or the pro-
fessionsl man with his world of business
before and around him, the work OF the
little girl may have seemed insignificant
and when interrupted in his work 10
listen to her little request, may have pro
nounced her NUISANCE. But did he stop
TO reflect that the child world is as real to
the child as the mans world is TO the
man, he would listen to her with more
consideration What if these grave little
mer and women with their puggy ie4tur,s
smeared with dirt and molssses do come
to us with their childish plans, are
we to crush them out2 Their
world ministers to their pleasures and to
their necessities. In their world
all the riches of the greatest milliOnaires
do not represent to them what the SUD-
shine, the flowers, doll u, jack knife, u
mothers kiss mean to these small atoms
of humanity. "P.ease sir, give me ten
cents for vote" was said with just as
much earnestness rs the merchant betrsys
in an effort to sell his goods to Gus
toner, and the bank president about to
embark in some business speculation
could not feel more anxiety than that
which played upon the face OF the child
csnvssser. 1t may be a nuisance, but II
not iustifable is at least so excusable that
instead of cOndemning, we have been
constrained to advocate the cause of the
children.
Year: 1877

HAVANA, November "a decree
lust issued declares that al estates ruined
during the war and in way of recon-
struction shall be free from contributions
for five years; also every new estate and
all the new property acquired in the
Central and Oriental Departments, and
all the industries and commerce in those
newly established will be
exempt Tor three years. All cattle i'm
ported with the exclusive object of
raising stock shsll be duty free tor two
wears
Year: 1877

"My friends,n said a returned mis-
sionary, at an anniversary meeting
'let US avoid sectarian bitterness. The
inhabitants of Hindustan, where I
have been laboring for many years,
have proverb that, though you bathe
a dogs tail In oiland bind it in splints
you cannot get the crook out of it.
Now a mans seotarian bias is simply
the crook in dogs tail. which can
not be eradicated and / hold that ev-
cry one should be allowed to wag his
own popularity In peace"


The political kink is just as strong
as the sectarian crook and whoever
attempts to kill old parties or to make
new ones will do well to bear in mind
the crooked dogs tail of Hindustan.-
st. Joe Herald.
Year: 1877

A Georgia paper relates that In one
of the interior counties of that State a
white man charged with stealing O
hog was fined 500 while colored man
and his two sons were sent to the pen
itentiary for three years for altering
the marks on a neighbours hog. One
law for the white man and another
for the negro.-Lnter-O Ocean.
Year: 1877

Have opened a new Millinery store ut this
well-known stand, and are prepared to sup
ply the ladies Of BrOwnYille and vicinity
with oil the latest style goods In their line.
Dress Making and Hair Work n speciality,
Year: 1877

A LII PERSONS WHO WANT TO BUY REAL
"A estate rent houses rooms furnished or uii
furnished will do well To the list of At the
Intelligence office. Third and streets northwest,
Hpecal attention TO property OF all Kinds east OF
Fuurth street west nuiiu
Year: 1877

The Jacksonville Sentinel is furnished
the following decription of Crater Lake,
IN Southern Oregon, bya reliable gentle.
men who recently visited il:


This lake is situated on tho summit Of
the Cascade mountains, about eighty
miles east Of Jacksonville. and is known
by the different names OF Lake Majesty.
Mystic, Sunken and Crater lake, the lat.
ter being the name most generally used.
In its shape it is Oblong, being about
fifteen miles in length and eight in
width, and is at an altitude OF 5000 feet
above the level of the sea. Tie noun
tains surrounding it rise from one to two
thousand feet above the surface of the
lake, and in many places arc nearly per-
pendicular. A person can conceive no
idea of the lake while standing on the
mountains above 1.-THE lake lying be-
fore you in its silent, placid


sPLENDoR AND MIkRoR-LTKE BEAUTY,
Reminds one more of picture than a
reality. and is so deceptive in its appear
ancc that YOU Imagine that it is but a
few hundred feet below YOU; but when
you descend to the waters edge and find
the bosom of the lake that but few
moments before looked so smooth, GOV.
Year: 1877

One does not desire to be personal, but if
the young man who sat in the chair where
a lady had left dish of maple sugar to
cool at the Tea Party last Wednesday
evening, will return the saucer he will save
himself further trouble.--New England
paper.
Year: 1877

THE New LIQgOR LAW OF VIRGINIA.-The
Richmond liquor dealers are threatening to
test the constitutionality of the Moffett
Bell Punch law. They collected q little
money last Monday, listened to lawyers
speech, agreed that it would be wise to
convoke trade convention, and passed as
many as five resolutions. This law is one
of the curiosities of American legislation.
To collect liquor tax a machine re-
sembling a gas meter, combined with
registering dial like that used on some of
the New York street-cars, has been inven-
ted by Senator. 1t is to be put up in
every barroom, and for every drink sold
the barkeeper is required to work q lever
which operates the hands on the dial.
When liquor is sold by measure in quanti-
ties of less than five gallons the lever is to
be pulled once for every half pint. The
machines are to be locked and the key
kept by the tax collector, who is to make
his rounds among the saloons once month
and gather in the harvest. Heavy penal
ties are imposed for failing to work the
register and for tampering with it. The
tax on glass of whisky is q cents; on q
glass of beer, cent. The lawmakers ex-
pect great things from this BILL If only
100000 gallons of whisky are registered
by the punch the revenue derived will be
over $l,2OOOOO, which with the revenue
from other sources would enable the State
to meet its current expenses and pay the
interest on its debt. But Virginia drinks
more than 100000 gallons of whisky an
nually; it slows away over 100000 gallons
very comfortably; and, hence, if the Bell
Punch act be enforced scrupulously, there
will be millions in the treasury. These
lawmakers run up as big scores on the
tablets of their Imagination as did honest
John Willet of the Maypole on the slate
behind the door when his three cronies
were not looking.
Year: 1877

One of the strange incidents of the tenn
perance revival in Western Pennsylvania
has been the holding of meeting in
distillery upon the invitation of the owner,
Mr.. Thomas Moore. Being asked to speak
to the people, Mr.. Moore said at looks
strange to see the owner of a distillery
making a temperance speech in his still
house. But for his large investment in
the business he would quit. He would
make the temperance people present of
$50,000, if they would buy him out and put
the establishment to better use. Every
man should sign the pledge, especially the
young men," His hearers took his advice,
and large number signed the pledge
Year: 1877

A FAMILIAR FACE.-An intellectual young
man, a promising student just back from
Brown University, was met at the Union
depot by an elderly man, who made
grasp at the young mans hands, and even
essayed to clasp him in his arms. The
young man shook hands with the en-
thusiastc native in a non-committal sort of
way, and said, in not unfriendly tones,
We'll, indeed, my dear fellah--I really
your face is rather familiar; it seems to me
have met with you somewhere, and yet
cahn't exactly place you" And as the
father gazed at his distinguished son in
dumb amazement, and thought how only
five years ago he had distributed thorough
bred welts and orthodox blsters all around
his youthful back with a piece Of lath, for
taking the old mans razor to trim off a
shinny club, he sighed, and went back to
the office with unalterable determination
to bind out his other sons to shoemakers
and blacksmiths.- Bmiagton Ha,ckeye
Year: 1877

preme Council, many weighty debates and
DEGREES have already Through the pipe
bearers been diyulged. Consequently
the tschibuktschi is, next to the servant
of the harem, the most valuable reporter
who journalists and ambassadorial drago-
mans can find How often have / seen
proud Leyantine, who, in his contempt
for the rest Of the world, seemed as if he
would strike the stars with his nose, ering-
ing and crawling in the most abject fash
ion before a tschibuktschi, in order to
entice him to communicate some impor-
tant secret, or to furnish n glance into
some valuable document. That this play
ing the part Of the go-between is for the
pipe bearer a lucrative affair needs not
be said What alone, what exclusively,
makes the tschibnktschi the alter ego Of
his master is the boundless love Of smoking
which distinguishes the Turks. Tobacco
and pipes are thus not merely the distinc.
tive tokens Of the different ranks, but Of
the gradations Of particular ranks. A
Musehir (marshal) would think it alto
gether unsuitable to smoke with a pipe
shorter than two ellis, while the handi-
craftsman, or the official of lower order,
would be deemed presumptuouSa pipe-stem
if his transcribed the measure ofthat habit
ual with his class The grandee, in contact
or contrast with the man of low degree,
can parade his pipe to its full length; but
the man Of low degree, modestly thrusting
aside or concealing the instrument, must
not show more Of it than the mouthpieco
which he holds in his hand. The pascha
can, like the chimney of a steamer, throw
forth clouds Of smoke, but the subordinate
must only allow small circles Of smoke,
light as zephyrs, to flow from his lips, and


he must so in his humility contrive it that
the smoke does not 90 in front of him,
but turns backwards. In the pres.
ence Of a grandee, not to smoke is regard
ed us a testimony Of respect. This sign
of respect a son is likewise expected to
show towards father; and well-trained
and well-mannered son is he regarded who


spite of the repeated request of his father,
refuses to smoke.-Cope's ToJacco Plant.
Year: 1877

APT REPLY.--A gentleman was once
riding in Scotland by bleaching ground,
whore poor woman was at work water
ing her webs of linen cloth. He asked
her where she went to church, what she
had heard the preceding day, and how
much she remembered She could not
even tell the text of the last sermon. sand
what good can the preaching do you, said
he, s'if you forget il allg" "Ah sir,,p re-
Piled the poor woman, aIf you will look at
this web on this grass, you will see as fast
as ever l put the water on it the sun dries
1t all up, and yet, sir, sec it gets winter
and whittier p
Year: 1877

People who contend that the country
must return to the simplicity of our fore.
fathers had better lead the way by eating
johnycake aud wearing patches on the
knees of their trousers.
Year: 1877

To the Editor Of the Haioaiian Gazette:


SIR,-A communica ton on the above subject sign
ed Maui. in last Saturdays Advertiser, has led me
to inquire into what is being done by the Govern.
ment to preserve the health and save the lives of ths
native population the island of Oahu. find
upon investigation that with the exception of the
patients provided for in the Hospital and limited
to be prescribed for by the Hospital Physician there
is absolutely no provision made by the Governmen
for the medical wants Of natives or this Island. I
also find il stated in late report of Mr. Brown the
agent of the Board of Health, that sixty per
cent. Of those dying. here in Honolulu, die
without any medical attendance whatever. Under
these circumstances it me to be the duty
the government to provide some means by which
those who too sick to visit the Physician at the
Hospital, can be attended az their own homes. 1t
seems to me also that some physician might be en-
ployed who should at stated times make the tour of
the island and prescribe for the sick he finds on his
way. 1t might be said that natives who are too sick
to visit the physician ought to become inmates of the
Hospital. but we all know that in majority Of in
stances they either unable or unwilling to do So
and could they all be induced GO, it would be i'm
possible for the Hospital to accommodate them. 1t
is evident therefore that unless arrangement
made by which sick and INDECENT natives can be at
tended at their own homes, they must in a large
proportion of cases be deprived of the benefits of
medical attendance altogether. OAHU.


Honolulu, Oct. l. 1877.
Year: 1877

Bien Public. 1t is to be hoped that the Re-
publicans of France will not allow the provo
cations to which they are subjected to drive
them into measures illegal or revolutionary,
and thus afford their enemies the handle against
them which they SO much desire. Since the
close of the war they have conducted them
selves in general with great moderation and
discretion, and we feel a strong hope, amount
ing to confidence that they will continue to do
SO in the future, feeling sure that with the
exercise of due degree of moderation, com
bined with firmness, their future triumph is
certain
Year: 1877

To the men whom fortune has placed at the
head of affairs in to so-called French Re-
public" nothing seems SO obnoxious as Re
publicanism and Republicans. In their des-
perate determination to suppress free speech
and prevent fair expression of the popular
will, they have gone on from bad to worse
until their policy of suppression has culmi-
mated in the prosecution and conviction of the
man who may be fairly considered the most
conspicuous representative of the Republicans
of France. Gambetta, though man of ad-
vanced views and pronounced Republican,
is by no means Red" and is not to be con-
founded with the crazy fanatics of the Com
mune.


His speech at Lille, the publication of which
was the pretext for his prosecution, was a
forcible but temperate statement of the doct-
rine that the will of the nation expressed in
legal and constitutional manner was supreme.
and when thus expressed must be respected
and obeyed. The men at the head Of affairs
must carry out the will of the nation or make
room for those who would. This doctrine
which may be said to lie at the very founda-
tion of responsible parliamentary government,
and which scarcely any Englishman-much
less any American would think of calling in
question-is considered by the President of
the French Republic" and his advisers, SO
dangerous and revolutionary as to entitle its
advocates to fine and Imprisonment. By the
same mail which brings the account of Gam
betta's trial, we have an account of the seizure
Of ne less than five Republican newspapers in
Paris, including LIE Temps, LIE France, and LIE
Year: 1877

We understand that a man named John Ka-
paoa was hung at the Jail last Friday morning
about o'clock, and that the crime for which
he suffered the extreme penalty of the law
was murder.
Year: 1877




We have noticed that whenever anyone feels
agrieved at anything which appears, editori-
ally or otherwise, in the columns of either of
our papers, or whenever anything appears
therein to which he feels disposed to reply,
he Immediately rushes off to the oLhea- paper
with his communication, thus implying that in
his opinion our papers are unwilling to give
fair hearing in their own columns to any one
who may happen to differ with them. For
our own part we desire to disclaim any such
purpose or spirit in the conduct of the GA
zETTE. If any one wishes to reply to any
thing contained in this journal, we will en-
deavor to give him an opportunity to do so in
our columns, provided his communication is
of reasonable length, and is neither abusive on
the one hand or stupid on the other


The subject of firing Royal salutes on Sun
days having been somewhat commented upon
of late, we trust we shall not be considered
deficient in due and proper respect for the
Head of the State when we say that we see no
good reason why the custom may not be dis
pensed with. That the firing of cannon on
Sunday, for purely complimentary purposes, is
contrary 10 the letter of our Sunday Laws, we
are very much inclined to believe and that it
is in violation of the spirit of those laws we
consider certain.


European Sovereigns are accustomed at
times TO lay aside their Royal State, and to
move about among their subjects with the
freedom and simplicity of other men, and
there is no reason why the Ruler of this King
dom may not, if he see fit, do the same In
fact he does so. We have met His Majesty on
foot in the streets of Honolulu, and have had
the pleasure at such times of exchanging
saluations with him as with any. other gentle
man. On the occasion of His Majesty's de-
parture for Kauai a short time since, although
it was not on Sunday, the customary salute
was omitted, doubtless in accordance with
His Majesty's wishes Whenever, therefore,
it suits His Majesty's convenience or pleasure,
in travelling, to arrive or depart on Sunday, it
seems to us entirely practicable, as well as
eminently desirable, that he should cause ii
to be understood that he lays aside for the
time being His Royal State, and valves the
formal and official recognition of his rank.
Such course it seems to us would be fit
ing mark of respect for the day, for the laws
providing for its observance as well as for the
opinions and feelings of large number of His
Majesty's most devoted and loyal subjects