smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

A new device for getting money from
the unwary has been hit upon by some
unprincipled schemer in New York city.
A Autographed letter has been sent
throughout the West, which is designed


to lead the reader to suppose that it has
been issued by the Fourth National
Rank of that city. The circular rep
ressnts that it is probable that the in.
stitution will fail in the spring, and il
is desirable to circulate large amount
of the bills before the first of May. In
order to do this, it is proposed to sell
them at fifty cents on the dollar After
the word FOURTH" the circular has
the letters "st." in very small type, so
as to make il read Fourth Street Ma
tional Banking House Of New York
City, Correspondents are requested
to forward the sum of $40, when, OF
osurse, they win hear, nothing further
from theinstitution- rgfgsI
Year: 1870

A French paper gives the following
account of the origin of the expression
."to make a complete tlasco." A Ger
man one day, seeing glass blower at
his occupation, thought nothing could
be easier than glass blowing, and that
he could soon do it as well as the other.
He accordingly commenced operations
by blowing vigorously, but could only
produce sort of pear-shaped balloon or
little flask (lasco). The second at
tempt had a similar result, and SO until
hasco after flasCo had been made. Hence
arose the expression which we not un-
frequently have occasion to use when
describing the result of our private and
public undertakings.
Year: 1870




I should not like to be girl. Because
when got old l should have to wear long
dresses, and hoops, aud things, which would
he always tripping me up. Also. because,
should have to be eighteen so long. could
not so out nights alone. could not hire a
horse and buggy unless some one hired it for
me. l could not 80 about the streets to this
store or that, and set around on door-steps
and dry good boxes, and talk and take il
easy. should have to hurry by, and pre-
tend was about some business, or going to
see somebody, when all wanted was to be
out in the street to see what was going on.
When it came twilight, l should have to loll
and wish for somebody TO come or something
to happen. it would be so lonesome. should
also be always afraid that no one would
marry me, and vet oil the time be afraid that
some one might marry me whom might not
like so we'll as somebody else. I could not
60 to the theatre or circus without having
some BOBBY of man to ask rue, and, Of
course, I'd have to go with him, because il !
dido't I'd never get there any way. lshould
never see the inside of lots of other places,
which now see because am boy. ! am
thankful / was created like boy.


at would be woman.


For couldn't if l would


n And couldn't be womaa,


For / coaldat f would"
Year: 1870

Twas to good to be true. The U. S. Sen.
ate deemed it too great JOY to thrust all at
once on the people. So they voted not to dis
continue the income tax. 1t shall remain in
force two years longer at two and one hall
per cent, the amount to be exempted remain
ing at two thousand dollars, as fixed by the
House.
Year: 1870

The editor and proprietor Of the DExocRAr
has returned from his trip East. As to shape,
the exercise Of travel has toned him down to
. beautiful aud symmetrical bodily proper
sior. lie Gays he staid just long enough to
desire to stay longer. He says California is
not so good place as Providence to live in.
lie says of the East " Great is their pro-
gressiveness SIS to wealth, business, capt.
tai and enterprise lie says they evince
an amazing ignorance as to California and
Caliiornians, deeming Us not much more than
human. He says the heat there is horrid,
distressing and prostrating, and that he per-
spired with recklessnes and prodiga.ity
ruinous as to shirts. He says that they say
East, that we have before US q great future,
but that we must mend many of our ways
ere we shall realize it, and that the price of
single meals, drinks, washing, shaving AND
hair-cutting, as exacted in the mines. must
come down, ere we become great, happy
and prosperous people He says that the
rising generation EaN are fast, and fast
loosening themselves from Puritanical shack
ledom.


Since communicating the above, he and
Whirple have been dispntirg whether n water
hogshead stood on the east or west corner of
one Of the principal streets in Providence.
Year: 1870

MORAL CowARplcE.-A man may stand be-
fore pistol muzzle and flying bullets. bnt
how many dare face the entire truth concern
inp themselves. How many of us can with
out wincipg stand behind the curtain and
hear ourselves talked about? There may be
some injustice mingled with this criticism
behind the back, yet the few grains of truth
therein contained are pretty sure to sting.
Even our best friend has q certain signed and
scaled verdict of us, our character, our mo-
tives and our faults. lie may weigh us DAT
ly in the balance and End us wanting. We
know it. But it is more pleasant to stlue
such knowledge. We might have his opin-
ion by asking for it. We do not want 1t, at
least for the present. We fear it.
Year: 1870

nation for Governor has been in the way,
because the Bribe- taker might control some
Of tho delegates in the Convention; but that
is now oil over. Now let the British mission
be disposed of, and Mr.. GREELEY will no
longer he afraid of the Brbe-taker, but will
be free TO take hold and help rid his party
Of an incubus 10 shameful and 10 fatal.
Year: 1870

A SEVERE TEsT.-ThOse who were present
at the recent fire at the sugar refinery Crown and Race
sts will remember the intense heat incident 10 the de-
strIction of the building. Firemen and spectators
were driven away to considerable distance in order
avoid the scOrch ng and the of flames met with no
impedment either from the Fire Department or the ma
teTia in the building until il had exhausted ITSELF be-
cause there nothing left to feed the fire. In
the very midst of this seethng, burning bsterDg and
destroying mass was of Herring Co.'S fre-proOf
safes Early in the progress of the fire 1t covered
BY the burning embers and remained In the furnace from
Tuesday until Friday, when it was extricated and
brought TO the sidewalk In its outward appearance it
subected The iron surface was blistered and warped
out shape but when the door opened ecery book
,dDer account and document OF the firm found in
tact Neither fire water had reached the interior,
and the contents Of the SAFE Uere in as good condition as
IL theu had not been pitin mile OF fire. Few fire.
proof safes have been subjected TO such test
ths and succeeded admirably Philadelphia Bule-
Tin
Year: 1870

Yesterday afternoon, as train on the Nor
ris and Essex Railroad approaching Orange. the
body Of "a on the ground near the track
The train was stopped, and investigation the body
proved to be that of David Oakley, conductor one
of the freight trnns that run on that road
His head was covered with blood and his skull was frac
tured An inquiry of the officers at the depot in Newark
elected additional facts. No one on his train knew OF
the accident till missed from his post, and Is
proiabe that passing from TO another he fell be-
tween the and received his wounds. He II young


man about Is wars OF age and lives in Chatham, where
he has a father, mother brothers and sisters living.
Year: 1870

the suspicion that in the hour OF
war its sympathies were not actively
on the side of the country. How
much more deserving of reproach
and condemnation is the Democratic
party which, through its Southern
wing, actually made war Upon the
Government, while the Northern
wing was divided between active
sympathy with the rebels and tardv
support of the National authorities.
1t is not wise, know, to keep alive
animosities or inflame rcsentments,
and 1 do not recall these painful
facts with any such desire or any
such purpose But am persuaded
that great evils would result to this
country by restoring to power the
men who attempted to destroy it,
and l believe it is an imperative and
patriotic duty to keep the people
aroused to the necessity of avertirg
even the possibility of such a disas
ter. Very truly yours,


J. G.. BLAINE.
Year: 1870

For the first time in twenty-four years. our
imports and exports have risen above two millions,
while the latter have exceeded the former by
ly three hundred thousand dollars. If the theory
of political economists is true that an excess of
exports is the only true indication of commercial
prosperity, then the Hawaiian kingdom has arrived
at that position. But the picture may be a
deceptive after all, if we look into the details
The large gain in the value ofexports given above
is fictitious more than real, and is owing in part
to the fact that sugar is invoiced at higher value
than in previous years, and probably above it's
real value i. G., above what it would bring, if it
had to be sold here. But as the duty in the
United States, is not collected on an ad uaIorem
but specific basis, invoices are made out here.
regardless Of the actual cost and the tendency is
to overvalue the article when shipped. 1t may
be questioned whether the exports, valued in the
table at $2,356, 1858 83, have returned to the
producers and shippers over two millions. Ifso,
then our mode of invoice valuation is unsound.


Nationality of Merchant Vessels.


The following table shows the nationality of
the various merchant vessels visiting and trading
with our Islands the past year:
Year: 1870

We gave in paper for November 27, full
report of the last seasons whaling at the North,
showing large decline in the number of vessels
engaged (46,) but handsome average in the
amount of oil and bone taken. We insert the
table for reference in this connection
Year: 1870

The following will give comparison of the
catchings of the whaling fleet since 1852:



Showing the number Of Oil and lbs of Bone taken by
the North Pacific Whaling Fleet for the years 1852 to
1863, (includng only vessels that have
turned to the Hawaiian Islands) and


giving the average for each
Year: 1870

a steady gain viii be observed in our exports
of produce from year to year, which is probably
the best sign of healthy condition of our agri-
cultural interests that can be furnished. The
figures for the past three years are as follows:
Year: 1870

cultivation of this plant, the more liable it is to
be attacked with the blight. The natives now
let it grow almost wild, which, while it preserves
it from blight, may tend to produce an inferior
quality of coffee.
Year: 1870

It wilbe observed that the variation in the value
of the different articles imported is very little
though a steady gain may be seen in the whole list


The sources from which our supplies are OBJ
tained will be seen in the following exhibit:
Year: 1870

The Pekin Gazette of July contains
some interesting matter IN cOnnec-
ton with Chinese civilization gener-
ally, and more particularly with the
theory of the treatment OF disease by
means Of portions Of the. human body
cut off for the purpose. This, you


will see, has some bearing on the Iient-


sin affair. the immediate cause Of


which was the belief that the mis-


siOnaries used children's eyes as a


medicine Maksin-yi, the Governor
General of the two Klang tklang-nan
and klang-se), memcEiaiizes the
throne to the effect that q young girl
of Klang-nung-fu cut OF two joints OF
OneOf her fingers and put it into the


medicine which her mother was Ia


king for a disease which the physi-
clans had pronounced incurabie. The
traditional and orthodox Chinese Gus
tom, for which las the memorable
says) there are numerous precedents
even in recent years, is to cut Off a
portion of the flesh Of the thigh
This, the young girl, aged only fif
teen, at first actually attempted to do,
but had not either strength or courage
enough to complete the operation
The Governor General indulges in
bOundless laudatiOns of this most COM
mendable act of filial piety which had
Of course, its reward in the immedi-
ate recovery Of the mother. He begs
that the Emperor will bestOw some
exemplary reward on the child, such
as the erection of a triumphal arch in
the neighbOrhOOd to commemorate the
act. By this means, he says, tilial
piety all over the world will receive
The Emperor, in his
reply, refers the matter to the Li-Pu
for consideration. The family of the
girl are respectable, her father being
an expectant TaOtai. It is to be hoped
an abstract of this interesting memo
rial will appear as part of the precis
of the Pekin Gazette in the next
Cycle, and surely the editor cannot
allow such a touching instance of
Chinese filial piety and such con-
vincing proof Of Chinese civilization
to pass without its need of praise.


The American missionaries had a
meeting on the 5th, to consider the
unsatisfactory information furnished
by the American Consul at Tientsin
to the Minister, and if necessary to
memorable Mr.. Low, and, possibly,
the home government on the subject.
DR.. Williams and Mr.. Low" we
are told, "Only err from defective in
formation. DR.. Martin is all right.
He feels disappointed and ehagrined
at the conduct of the Chinese govern
ment." The President of the Pekin
University is further understood to
have expressed himself favorable to a
war which would awake the Chinese
out of their rOttenness. This is in
deed a reaction from Burlingamism Of
which the Professor of Hermeneutics
has been so conspicuous partisan; (;
but we have no doubt he Is as sincere
now as on previous occasions when
he has changed his opiniOn-prObably
more so, as the present utterances be
speaks tendency to return to his first
love.
Year: 1870

Angels bless them! They are fra
grant flowers strewn on each side OF
life's uneven pathway, and when we
feel like famishing by the way-side
their odor revives and gives US
strength TO move on, conquering and
to conquer the evils which beset us
on every hand.


AS memory fingers lovingly over
the past and present, and enumer-
ates all the autographs hidden away
in the heart-chamber Of the soul, not
one ever played me false, or proved
treacherous to a trust repOsed. 4
thoTny road has been illumed and
made pleasant by those who hover
nearer when bitter blasts sweep ath-
wart our life-path and threaten to EN-
gulf us as the angry waves dash by
And in receiving 60 much, I hope l
may have given something in return
impaired little strength to some
poor waDderer on their weary jour
ney; and hope, to Others who were
even weaker than myself, which may
have helped them to avoid the many
pitfalls over which we all have to
clamor, whether willing or not, in
our meanderings here.


Life would not be worth the trial II
we lived only to a selfish end. This
self-gOd is the source of an infinite
amount Of misery in this world OF
ours; and they who live for self alone
will taste much of the bitter and little
of the sweets of life. Why is there
notmore happiness when itisso cheap:
Because so many wrap themselves IN
their self hood, and refuse to give even
a smile or kind word to those who are
hungering and thirsting for the same.
Real happiness does not always grow
out of mere worldly possessions. Al
fection, radiant as the sparkling sun
beam, brings US q satisfaction which
nothing else can. We often 60 gro
ping about in darkness seeking and
finding not, because we do not seek
Alright.


There is one thing of which every
one should be proud and that is good
heart" The fortunate possessOr Is
forever throwing an atmosphere
around him, making every one who
comes within its genial influence,
happy. Sympathy is sweet, and we
should give more freely to those who
are in need. It is easy to give that
which costs US nothing, and it is GER
tainly much pleasanter for those with
whom we may come in cOntact-yet
how little we realize this in our daily
intercourse with the world; but I find
myself switching off, so 1 will say
good bye to those who know me only
through my pen.


To my friends all q smile, and loving word,


For out OF the depths Of my soul Is stirred
A thanksgiving prayer, and hope TO meet,
II not on earth. in a land Of love,


Where the angels live in their home above.


MERCIA BoYNTON LANE
Year: 1870

Let all bashful people, and tAei'
are a great many Of them, take COM
fort and consolation from the remarks
Of a writer touching their class.


We seldom see a genuine bashiu-
man who is not the soul OF honof--
Though such blush and stammerr AN,
appear awkward, shrug their shoul
ders, and are unable to throw out VIII
ease the thoughts to which they would
give expression, yet commend Us U'
bashful men for real friends-


There are fine touches on Ihe4t
character, that time will mellow anu
bring out; perceptions as delicate as
the faintest tint Of the unfOlded rose,
and their thoughts are none the les
refined and beautiful that they do not
flow with the impetuOsity Of the sla.-
low streamlet-


1t is a wonder that such men are
not more appreciated ; that young
women, with really good hearts and
cultivated intellects, will regard the
gallant Sir MustachiO Braiuless with
smiles and attentions, because he can
fold a shawl gracefully, and has q
dandy cOuntenance with a Partisan
elegance, while they will scarcely
cOndescend to look upon the wOrthier
man, who feels for them . reverence
50 great that his very glance is a wor-
ship.


The man who is bashful in the pres
enee Of women is their defender, when
the loose tongue Of the bold slanderer
would defame them; it is not he who
boasts of his eOnquests, or dares talk
glibly Of failings that exist only in
his Imagination; his cheek will flush
with resentment, his eyes flash with
anger to hear the name Of woman
coupled with an oath and yet he who
would die to defend them, is the least
hOnOred by the majority Of the sex.


Ladies, a word in your ear. Have
you lovers? Would you possess a
worthy husband? Choose, then, the
man whose delieacy Of department,
whose sense Of your worth leads him
to stand alOOf, while others, with less
modesty and no feeling, crowd around
you. If he bushes, if he stammers
even, at your approach; consider
these things so many signs of his
opinion of your sex. If he is retiring
and modest, let a thousand fortunes
weigh him down, in a balance; for
depend upon it, with him your life
will be happier, even with cOmpar-
ative poverty, than with many that
are surrounded by the splendOr Of
palaces.
Year: 1870

Hogs intended for fattening this fall
should have a liberal supply of food.
1t is well known that a much smaller
amount of food will fatten animals in
mild, open weather than during the
rigOrs of winter. On this account the
fattening of hogs should be COM
menced sufficiently early to admit of
their being slaughtered before very
cold weather renders fattening diff
cult ana expensive. a very great
economy of food may be made by
grinding and cooking corn instead of
giving it in its natural state. A bush
ell Of corn ground and cooked will
make about twice as much pork as a
bushel given raw. Many intelligent
farmers are beginning to see this, and
have erected mills for grinding corn,
ETC., and boilers or steamers for cook
ing the meal. Comfortable pens and
good beds, and planked or paved yards
for feeding them must be provided
a very successful fattener of hogs in
England says that after many expert
meDts he has discovered the "hog
secret" which is that sleep is the
greatest assistance to the fattening
process. He also says that next to
sleep, grease in the food is the best
material for fattening. Of course, in
order to produce sleep plenty of food
must be given and a good bed pro-
vided. A hog never goes to sleep
with ms stomach empty.
Year: 1870

deprecated in its value" Our an


swer is that such a result is by no


means surprising considering the Der-


sistent and organized attacks to which


il has so long been subjected. The


wonder rather is that a very large


portion Of the bonds and debentures


are not now altogether worthless and


wiped out Of existence by the efforts


Of one or other Of the various parties


who, imagining that the creditors


were a mere rope of sand, void Of


anything like cohesion, and incapa-


bic Of acting together for their own


protection, hoped to find in the dis
sensiOn which they created, and the


want of confidence which they en-


gendered, the. means of securing the


railway at a merely nominal sum, or


by the cOnfiscatiOnOf the rights Of all


the inferior class Of securities. For


tunately the disgraceful conduct Of


the Erie directors in the management
Of their own property, and the utter
disregard which they have shown Of
the rights of foreign shareholders,


have at length awakened investors in
American railways to a sense Of their
danger, and the necessity Of union for
the protection of their interests. At
a time when confidence in this prop
erty was at its lowest ebb MessTs.
BischofIsheim and GOldschmidt had
the good sense to examine for them
selves the merits of this undertaking,
and, having satisfied themselves that
a great wrong was about to be inflct-
ed, had the courage to give support
to the plan proposed for releasing the
company from the apparently mex
tricable entanglements which had
been woven around it. The high
in which this firm is so de-
servedly held, both here and on the
Continent, and the business-like man
ner in which they have put the
scheme before the creditors, have Sc
cured the confidence Of bond and de-
benture holders, completely disarm-
ed all opposition, and brought the
scheme Of reorganization to a point
at which a triumphant success may
now be speedily anticipated. The
history of railway or jOint-stOck en-
terprise does not present a more re-
display Of public confidence
than has been afforded by the deposit
with Alessrs. BischOffsheim and Gold
schmidt, including the assents, a little
short Of 10000, 900 sterling of the
bonds and debentures Of the Atlantic
and Great Western Company; and
the besi possible evidence Of the fair
ness and justice Of the scheme of re-
organization proposed is to be found
in the fact that during the whole time
that the arrangements for the cOnver-
sion have been going on not a credit
or Of the company has expressed his
dissent from the scheme, with the eX-
of course, of the small sec
ton whose representatives were
working more or less under the intlu-
ence Of hostile and interested parties.
After what has been so successfully
accomplished in the present case, even
in the Erie Railway may
look forward with confidence to ulti-
mate success in their endeavOrs to OBJ
tain justice.
Year: 1870

CHRISTIAN PATIENCE. Il could
write down twenty cases wherein
wished God had done otherwise than
he did; but which, now see, had /
my own will, would have led to eX-
tensive mischief. The life of a Chris
tian IS a life Of ParadOxes. He must
lay hold of God; he must follow hard
after him; he must determine not to
let him go. And yet he must learn to
let God alone. Quietness before God
is the most difficult of all Christian
graees-tO sit where He places US: to
be what He would have US be, and
this as long as he pleases. 1t may
seem a harsh, but il is a wise and gra-
ciOus dispensatiOn toward a man,
when, the instant he stretches out his
hand to order his affairs, God forces
him to withdraw it. Concerning what
is morally good or evil we are suffi-
eiently informed for our direction:
but concerning what Is naturally good
or evil we are Ignorance itself. Rest
lessness anu self-will are opposed to
our will in these eases.-CeciL.