smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

deal of patience to overtake it. When
captured, it soon becomes familiar and do
cile, and will suffer itself to be mounted
and ridden like horse. In the desert
they live together in large herds, and seve-
raj females often contribute the eggs to
furnish one nest, though it can hardly be
called nest, as the eggs are laid on the
warm sand, and left by the unnatural
mother to be hatched by the heat of the
sun, without any further trouble or care
to herself; though it is said that in more
temperate regions the female ostrich sits
like other birds, and that it is only amid
the hot sands of the desert she lie eaves her
eggs with such unconcern. Its eggs are as
large as a child's head, and have hard
shell, but are wholesome and mild in taste
each bird lays from eight to ten; one of
them we should think would furnish quite
a hearty meal for family.


The food of the ostrich consists of vege-
table substances, such as seeds, grains, &C.,
but it has very obtuse taste, and will swal-
low stones, minerals, or anything of the
kind which falls in its way. The Jews
were forbidden to eat the flesh of the
ostrich, and the Arabs now consider it un-
clean, but it was favorite dish with the
Romans, and in the interior of Africa some
of the native tribes delight to feast upon it
when it can be procured by them.


We cannot better close this account of
the ostrich, than by transcribing Mrs.
Howitt's beautiful lines to this bird of the
desert:


Not in the land of thousand flowers
Not IN the glorious spice-wood bowers,
not 1 IN M ir l;I IsIands by bright seas emoraced;
Come on to the desert, his dwelling is there,
w here the breathiof the simeon is hot in the air;
To the desert, where never a green blade grew,
Where never its shadow broad tree threw,
By the winds of the desert, like hosts in the held
Where the wild ass sends forth lone, dissonant
And the herds of the wild horse speed on through


the day


The creatures unbroken with names flowing free.
Like the steeds of the whlrlwinds, If such there
Yes there in the desert like armies of war
The nocks of the ostrich are seen from afar,
Speeding on, speeding ON DER the desslate plain,
While the fleet mounted Arab pursueth IN vain
But It's JOY 10 the traveller who tolls through that
The egg OF the ostrich to find in the sand:
IT'S sustenance for him when his store is low,
And weary with travel he journeyeth slow
To the well of the desert and finds it AT last
Seven days journey from that he has passed.
or go to the Cafre Iand.-what if you meet
4 print in the sand of the strong lions feet!
lie is down in the thicket, asleep in his lair;
Tome on 10 tne desert, llle ostflcn Is there-
There there where the zebras are flying in


haste,


The herd of the ostrich comes down Ger the


waste


Half running, half nyng-what progress they


make,


Twang the bow. not the arrow their flight can


oertaket


strong bird of the wild thou art gone like the


wind,


And thou leavest the cloud of thy speeding be-


hind;


Fare thee well in thy desolate region farewell
W th the giraffe and lion We leave thee to dwell!
Year: 1867

II We knew the wo and heariache
Waiting for us down the road,
If onr lips could taste the wormwood,
If our backs could feel the load;
ould we waste to-day in wishing
For a time that ne'er can be:
Would we wait in such impatience
For our ships TO come from sea j:
If we knew the baby fingers


Pressed against the window pane
Would be cold and stiff tomorrow
Never trouble US again;
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow;
Would the prints of rosy fingers


NeN us then as they do now?
Year: 1867

The Providence Journal says g when you
tread on a lady's train in the streets you are
not required to apologize You must go into
the street, you have right there, and you
have a right to step on the side walk, and if
any foolish woman chooses to lay five yards
of satin between your feet and the flags, it
is at her risk, not yours.
Year: 1867

THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTIONAL CeNvKN-
TIoN.-The proceedings of the Convention at
Annapolis was relieved on Saturday of their
usual dullness by debate on q motion to
Withhold the per diem OF members absent
without leave. Some of the members very
bluntly expressed the opinion that it was long
speech making and not the absence OF mem
bers that retarded the business of the Con ven-
ton. The order was not adopted. The COM
mittee on those parts of the Constitution which
had not been referred to any other committee,
submitted report providing, among other
things, that ali general elections shall be held
on the Tuesday after the first Monday in No.
yember, the election for officers under the ne W
Constitution to take place on that day In 1867.
The time for voting on the Constitution is not
fixed In the report. The report providing fer
the election Of q Superintendent OF Labor and
Agriculture, to serve four years with q salary
OF $4,000 per annum. was adopted with an
amendment giving the Legislature power to
abolish the office. An order was adopted
directing the COMMITTEES on the Legislature to
report as TO the expediency OF terminating the
existence OF the offices Of the Commissioner of
Immigration and of immigration Agent on the
adoption of the Constitution. The report on
militia, which provides that the existing
militia law shali expire at the end of the next
session Of the Legislature, and abolishes the
office Of Inspector General, was passed to .
third reading.
Year: 1867

The DEATH SENTENcE.-The following is
the sentence pronounced upon the Fenian pris-
oners who have been on trial for the crime OF
high treason. The Lord Chief Justice assumed
the black cap and said:


The sentence is, that you and each of you
shall be taken from where you now stand, to the
place from whence you came, and that on We'd
nesday, the 18th of May, you be drawn on a
hurdle to the place of execution, and that there
you and each of you shall be hanged by the
neck until you are dead; and that afterwards
your head be severed from your bodies, and the
body of each of you divided into four quarters,
shall be disposed of as her Majesty or ber Exc
cutive shall think fit and proper. And may
the Lord have mercy on your souls!


This sentence was afterwards commuted to
imprisonment for life. .---.--
Year: 1867

An interesting pamphlet, embodying some
curious facts in reference to the internal reye-
nue., has just been published, from which we
learn that out of the whole population of the
United States only 100000 persons paid tax
upon ineomes-in other words, that out o. the
thirty FIVE millions of our people, less than bali
million have incomes OF more than S6Uu
year Those who have less than that evidently
need it all to live on, and thus spend all they
earn. The great mass of the people, therefore,
are taxed only indirectly, through the duties of
the imposts imposed on the articles they con-
sumo; and if these are increased, their wages
must be increased also, else they cannot live
1t is stated in the same connection, that one of
the largest railroads in the country has adopted
the principle Of paying to its common laborers
the price of barrel of -four per week, fading
this to be more just and satisfactorily mode of
measuring the value of labor than the price of
paper money, as it is assumed that the price of
the necessaries of life are more likely to follow
the price of -four than the fluctuations of the
currency. This, to certain extent, may be a
very good test of the value of labor; but as the
price of -four must 0e higher or lower, accord
ing to the extent of the grain crops, and the
prices of otLer articles be regulated by the
amount of taxes put upon them through the
agency of tariffs and excise, the rise or fall in
the -four market cannot always secure CORES.
ponding rise or fall 10 other commodities. If
the crops shall be very abundant, bread
stuffs may decline below the comparative stan,
dard for many other articles, aud if they be
short and the supply limited, then prices will
be higher in proportion than the prices OF other
articles. The restoration of the whole country
to wanted prosperity by the encouragement of
production throughout ali its borders, by the
cutting off of every possible source of expendi-
ture so as to reduce taxation, and oy cutting off
also the politicians and setting them aside in
every quarter while the people white and black,
may labor undisturbed!y, are the things that are
needed-are the things that are imperative, for
the relief of all.-Balttnaore Sun.
Year: 1867

Being about to make important changes in The
construction of my store, which when completed
will make it of the attractive Store rooms
in the city, and in order to prepare for the work
men to be employed he same, now offer to the
Public my entire Stock of G Goeds, originally bought
low,


Amazingly Reduced Prices.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers will find it to their
interest to me before purchasing elsewhere.


A SINCLAIR,
May l3, 1867. Springs Corner.
Year: 1867

PROPOSED NEW POLITICAL PARTY IN PHIL
ADHLPHIA.-An important political movement
is on foot in this city, looking 10 the establish
ment Of new party. The matter Is in the
hands OF active Conservative Republicans.
who propose to commence active operations
and to enter the next campaign prepared TO
battle vigorously in support of principles that,
It ID thought, will bring the masses to them
Several gentlemen who have heretofore acted
with the Radicals but who do not endorse the
negro equality platform, were waited upon
to-day and asked to give the New Citizens
Party, which is the name proposed their sup
port. II is the intention OF the inaugurators
to exclude fanatics like Kelley, and to place
before the public for their support those VINO
nave not been extremists on either side. TIE
soldiers will not be forgotten, and a cardinal
plank will be the recognition of their CLAIMS.
which the Radicals have ignored.-Cor. " y
Herald. October TO-
Year: 1867

AN IDIOT GIRL BURNED TO DEATH About
II O'Clock on Monday morning, an idiot girl
named Wood, aged about IA years, residing in
Gold Spring, was burned to death under the
following circumstances: Her mother kindled
. wood fire in the corner Of the hearth and
placed the girl In a chair, while she went to
The store on some errand. On her return. she
found the girl in the middle OF tho room
burned to crisp. 1t 10 supposed she must
have fallen from her chair Into the fire, and
her clothes catching, she was burned to death
in q short time ROkeepsie Eaqie.
Year: 1867

AN lNPIDBL CANNOT ACT AS A JURoR-A
person who had been summoned to the Sn.
preme Court as q juror came before Justtce
ingraham on Thursday and said that he had
NO objection to serve, but he understood his
want of religious belief was an objection in
the mind OF the Court TO his serving as Juror.
He could, Of course, take no oath, though he
would act in accordance with his conscien ce
The judges, after come questions, rejected him
as q Juror on this Eround-N T. Post
Year: 1867

BURNING OIL WBLL.-The burning oil we'll


Lima, and fourteen from Canandaigua The
well was bored to q depth of 500 feet; q pips
projects above the ground ten feet The gas
escaping from this pipe was set on fire On the
I'd of July last ana has burned fiercely ever
since. The flame leaps fifteen or twenty feet
into the air, lighting the country for miles
around. The owner of the well has built a
At the last ball over Ave hundred people were
present. 1t has become such q popular resort
that the ministers say young people had rather
go and dance by the light OF hell than attend
meetings.
Year: 1867

ONE PHASE OF THE RRvENUR FRAUps-
Several months ago person applied 10 tn.
president of an insurance company in New
York, with the req nest that he would insure,
in the sum OF $4,000. his schooner, her tackle
and machinery. "What machinery does your
schooner carry" asked the insurer. The ap-
pIicant for insurance hesitated for a little, but
finally said ~ may as well tell You the whole
story: have schooner load Of molasses:
have also still on board; want you to in
sure my vessel for voyage between here and
Boston, with the understanding that she may
anchor in the Sound long enough TO turn the
stuff into whisky" OF course he does not
mean TO pay any revenue duties Oh the whisky
Year: 1867

Is"A Reader ASKS WI ny shoulu
there be so great difference between
prices in Canada and in the United States,
and how long is it likely to continue 2


The questions are simple ones, and such
as every adult ought to be able to answer
for himself. Some Of the reasons why
his "friend was enabled to buy a suit OF
clothes in Montreal, fifty per cent cheap
er than he could in New Haven are
these the duties at the Custom House
on imported clothes are thirty per cent
higher in this country than in Canada;
paper money there is on an equality with
gold-whilst ours is worth only about G9
cent on the dollar and will not buy as
many yards of cloth as the Canadian dol,
lar; the manufactures of clothing in this
country are also taxed on every garment
they SELL to help pay the interest on the
war debt they have to pay their work
men more than is paid in Canada, because
our paper money will not buy rs much
as the same amount in Canada money
These are some of the reasons why ten
dollar. in Montreal will buy as much as
fifteen in the United States; and this
state of things will continue, to a greater
or less degree, until the resumption of
specie payments in the commercial world
takes pace-of which there is no imme-
diate prospect. Until then, the back of
labor must bear the burdens of our vita
ted CURRENCY IT, Con. Register.
Year: 1867

risk and odum which might accompany any controversy
here public With the view take the liberty


TO hand you this note in person, and am Sir your most
obedient servant, Jos. II. BRADLEY.


Since then have not heard from him. and now feel
myself at liberty 10 make 10 public have only further


TO add that the alteration TO which lie refers In his judg
ment eXpelng from the bar. did not take place until
after the Court had adjourned he had left the court
roOm and, as believe, the Court House, when he re-
turned and we met casually. OF this fact have in
dispntabe proof. Nor did offer him any insult or


ndlgnity in approaching HIM; did he make any ex
pandon offer any, or say that he did not intend TO
insult did threaten, think Of offering
him any personal indgnity or chastisenent He COM
planned OF being sick and no man who knows me VIII
believe that l would have touched him l believe he
sick, for he challenged me to ont and fight him,
and repeated IT, lie certainly would not have done
if he had been well. lie seems TO have acted under q
strange delusiOn misapprehensiOn of the facts. and
still abcrs under it, The bar having, without my nOw


edge and against my WILL taken charge OF the inyesga
tiOn of the facts, shall await their report before
present my statement TO the public or the proofs by
which II can be supported In the meanwhile know my
friends will take my word for it, that have neither said
nor done ANYTHING which have TO regret, and request
those who do not know me TO suspend leIr Judgment
until the facts are known Jos. II. BRADLEY.
Year: 1867

Ia LberN gives the following Incident IN the career OF
the betrayer of Macmillan of Mexico: Lopez one day
fell ambush of the enemy. He at once commanded
"A retreat during which his horse shot under him.
One Of his men then took his colonel up behind him, but
the mans horse proving unable 20 carry the double
weight Stacked its speed. Lopez perccving that they
must both be captured, drew pistol from his belt shot


s preserver through the head rolled him out OF the sad
die and ESCAPED alone .. So at least, says La Lbere.
Year: 1867

THE SLAVE TRADE.
The King of Portugal received on the 2Jth,
In Paris deputatlon from the French and English So
cietes for the Abolition Of the Slave Traffic His Majesty
and Queen Maria Pa will take their departure on the oh
~
Year: 1867

An ACT IN relation to suits against Nonedents in certain


cases.


SEcTEoS l. BE II enacted by the General Assembly
Of the State of Tennessee That in ell eases where
any suit shall have been commenced at Law, or in
equity during the time that this Ssate or the por-
ton of it in which said suit was begun, was within
the occupancy or control Of the forces or Govern
ment Of the late se-caed Confederate States agains
any person party not resident of the State nor
residing within the lines of the said so-caed Con-
'ederate Government by attachment against the
property or estate of such person or party; then
and in that the defendant defendants to such
suit may and shall have SIX months from the pas
sage of this Act to appear and make defense to
such suit; and shall not be preeluded from making
sny defense in such suit by reason of any default
order Judgment or decree which may have been
entered in the same; and all defaults, orders udg
ments and DEGREES, entered made in such suit
affecting the right of the defendant to appear are
hereby declared null and void, except when so far
the rights of third parties shall have intervened
after final judgment is entered, and before the pas
ssge of this Act. Provided, however, that before
any defense shall be permitted to be made ii such
suit the defendant therein his, her. or its agent
shal Ale with the Clerk of the Court in which such
suit is brought, or is pending affidavit, stating
that at the time of the commencement Of such suit
the said court the place where thesame was held
within the occupancy or control Of the so-eaed
Confederate Government; that it was impossible,
because of the occupancy or control for the defen-
Qa0E 10 appear ana ueleDQ ealQ sGt as requlfeu "
the laws Of this State and the practice of said court
and that the defendant has good legal or equita-
bic defense TO such suit. And unless such affidavit
shall be fled and defense made, within the said six
months after the passage of this Act such suit shall
remain in the same condition it would have been in
before the passage of this Act.


SEC. q Be il further enacted, That all judgments
by default which have heretofore, or shall hereaf
ter, be pronounced final against non- residents or
absconding defendants, npon publication made to
pecisl term of any of the in this State shall
be, and hereby declared, as valid as though the
same bad been pronounced at regular term of any
Of the courts Of this State


SEC 3. Be it further enacted That an account on
which action is brought, coming from any other
county of this State with the affidavit of the plain
tiff to its correctness and the certificate of Nota
ry Public with his official seal annexed thereto
shall have the Same force and effect as evidence as
# the account were sworn TO before Justice Of the
Peace in bis official character certified to by the
Clerk of the County Court according TO- section
!, ,7s0 Of the Code of Tennessee.


SEC. Be IL further enacted That this Act shall
take effect from and after its passa ge.


J. s. MUtLoY,
SpeakerpT tenn. Of the House of Representatives.


JOSHUA B. FRIERsoN,


Speaker of the Senate
Passed Mereh 1857
Year: 1867

~ A fashionable young lady OF Louisy Vile
and noted beauty, suddenly faded 10 a pale
sad spectre other former self. No cause could
be assigned and IL length she was watched
narrowly. and Was observed 10 rise in the nigh :
and IN her night dress proceed TO The arbor in
The garden and sit for a long time Her father
becoming alarmed approached and spoke TO
her. when he discovered that che was IN a
somnHmbufic statp. She is now under rnedi-
cal treatment and W III probably be cured
Year: 1867

Henry ?. Tiffany OF Pittsford has been partl,
blind and withou, the use Of legs and rghtarm from
birth by husking corn he first gained st03l
which be invested 10 irats and candy and with the
profits Of this business he ia few years built a
store and now he is one Of the most extensive and
successful wholesale dealers Of country produce in
Rutland county Recently be sent 10000 dozen
eggs to market His brain and heart are whole,
and these have made him successful man in spite
OF a very defective body.
Year: 1867

MEDICAL ADVICE-Dr. VIM. X. Doherty's
Medical and Surgical Institute is becoming sine
qua non to the welfare of our State and health
OF our citizens; and his rapidly spreading reputa
ton, although it may excite surprise, is but the
signal of skill. and follows as the natural effect
of such a cause. We are personally acquainted
with gentlemen who had suffered for years under
chronic disease, and who had taken advantage Of
every available means that promised relief, but
without success until they called upon Dr. Do
herty, who in an incredibly short space of time,
has given them entire relief. 1t is gratifying to
announce this fact, because the Doctor is gen.
tlcman who seeks. not by defamation Of others,
to establish his reputation or to rear the super
structure OF his own upon the ruin Of another's
fame. The Doctor conducts his Institute in snch
manner that must be gratifying to all his pa
tients. He examines, advises and recommends
without charge, and the patient after hearing
his terms for treatment. can accept or reject at
pleasure. In no case does the Doctor make
charge unless he effects cure This, he is able
to do. because he feels the confidence which long
experience has given. and no doubt the consola


ton which appcrtains to that confidence. Per.
sons afflicted with either acute or chronic disease
would do well TO consult the Doctor, at al events
it can do no harm, as for consultation he asks no
fee: nor does he insist on obedience TO his advice
unless the patient places himself under his care.
His Offices ire on Sacramento street, opposite the
Pacific Mail Steamship Offices. F. News.
Year: 1867

Will continue the practice of his profession in
Lincoln and vicinity. He may be found at all
hours of the day. at his office in the N. f. corner
OF Rood's building opposite the Logan House
and at night at his residence, first house west of
depot.


Lincoln June Jth. 1861
Year: 1867

ERBA SALE OF ATCHES,


On the popular one p, ice PLAN giving every pstrea
handsome and reliable watch for the low price Of
Ten Dollars! Without regard to value, and not "a
be paid for unless perfectly satisfactory!
Year: 1867

INSTRUCTIONS TO DEPUTIES.


L. When you desire to establish Council of
the .. L. A at any point, go there or send an
explain to them the objects, and, as far as you
think proper, the principles of the Union League
OF America. If they consent to become mem
bers, initiate them. After you have given them
the secret work, take the Chair, state to them
the number and names of the officers they have
to elect You will then have them proceed to an
election to fill the different offices from among
the men initiated.


2. After the officers are elected, you will re-
quest eight more of the members to sign an
application for Charter, This application and
the fee of-you will forward to the Cores
ponding Secretary of the State League, who will
send Charter and the necessary books, blanks,
&C., to the President of the new Council.


3. If you are unable to attend the organization
of Council, you may deputize and send an as
sistant, being responsible for his prompt report.


4. Instruct the Councils that they should hold
meetings once in each week, and that they
should follow the ceremony as nearly as possible.
Advise them to enlist all the loyal talent in their
neighborhood, and that they have speaking when
ever they can.


5. You will perceive that the success of the
Councils which you establish will depend in a
great measure upon the men who are its founders,
and who may be elected to fill the offices. They
should not only be prudent, vigilant, energetic,
and loyal, but they should be men who possess
the confidence of their fellow citizens.


&. You should establish Councils in each cleo
ton precinct. These Councils should not only
have distinctive names, but be regularly number
ed.


Z. It is important that each Council be at once
put in communication with the State and Ma
tional Councils. Through these sources the
members of the League will be supplied with
documents. Each Council of the Union League
shonld, as soon as organized subscribe for The
GREAT REPUBLIC, the national organ of the
order, which contains each week matters of in
terest and Importance to members of the League.
Great Republic.