smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

A writer in Old and New gathers many
facts to shows that the lower animals,
especially our dogs and birds, have de.
gree of intelligence and an ability of
talking together for which most people
do not give them credit. His article is
entitled The Language OF Brutes," and
he certainly does present many proofs to
show that there is such language, and
that it serves 10 enable the lower animals
to confabulatc to their entire satisfaction.
Here are some of his curious fact:


Among several species OF animals there
are occasional assemblies which in their
proceedings are suggestive Of courts of
justice; and therefore this name has been
given to them, These courts supply
some very curious illustrations of our
present subject. The most regular and
notable of these assemblies take place
among species of crow termed the
corVnS cor1lir. 1t is said that deputation,
come from distant quarters, and that,
until the convocation is complete, no
business is transacted, the first comers
waiting the arrival Of the others even for
day or two. A particular field or hill,
BETTING the Importance OF the occasion,
is selected; and when all the deputies
have made their appearance the court
opens. There appear to be criminals at
the bar; but what laws of their commu-
nifty have been broken, or what crimes
committed, il would be difficult TO deter
Year: 1871

LegisIature-Impe Of Chi


Justice Mcclure.


MEMPHIS, March 20.-The Avalaach
Little Rock Special Of tonight say
The Senate passed the House resoluti
fixing Saturday as the day Of adjour
ment.


The House joint resolution memoir,
izing Congress for the removal of di;
bilities, was referred to the Jndicia
committee.


The Senate met as a High Court
impeachment and took up the case
Chief Justice Mcclure. The respo
dent was permitted to read his sta
ment OF the case, which was We
elaborate, OCCUPYING an hour. He Civ
q complete history Of the late strugg
and his document seems to be intend
merely as a defense of Clayton. An
this the Senate took recess.


On reassembling Judge Wilsbi
opened the argument on the demurI
OF the respondent He argued til
the articles of impeachment were fat
ly defective in not alleging the corrut
interest in issuing writ Of quo oarrai
against the Lieutenant Governor.
then assumed the position that und
the Constitution officers can only be i;
peached for misconduct or malfeasan
in office and a judge is not amenabIe
impeachment for a mere error or m
take in judgment.


The Court took recess to half pa
seven, and is now in session.


1t is now generally conceded that o
a single measure for the relief Of b
people in the way Of taxation will
passed by the present Legislature, OWL
to the Serate, which body refuses
pass any measure having such an d
ject in view.


The Clayton men all say they ha
accomplished their end ..and are NJ
ready to 90 home.
Year: 1871

city, her life was one round OF gayetics !;
for her cousin was one ofthose city bellies,
who live in the giddy whirl Of fashionable
amu.ements aud she had not time to
think Of her quandam lover. One even
ing as she was sitting thinking OF him
and how strange that she had not met
him, her cousin entered the room.


"Not homesick, i pray9 / thought
you were dressed ready for going down
this evening; / shall have company.


II guess not to night who comingT'


"A gentleman friend Of mine, who has
been absent from the city. she replied,
and with this she left sans ceremonial.
Genie was bieathless with curiosity TO
know ir this was not her Alpheus. After
sitting for one hour as her cousin had
left her, she suddenly sprang up, her Gu
riosity getting the better of her Judgment
saying "Yes, I'll do IL; it will be nc
harm, and besides, no ono will never
know" and with this she stole noiseless-
ly down the long stairs-through the
long hall, to the large glass-door of the
parlor, and slipping the curtain little.
she peeped in, and beheld what she ex
pected to see--Alpheus Waldron reclin-
ing lazly graceful on the luxuriant sofa,
and directly opposite her cousin Helen.
She did not hear what they were saying,
for she had not come to play eavesdrop-
per. but to satisfy her curiosity, and she
was turning to leave, when she heard a
movement. and looking back she beheld
Alpheus knecling-yes kneeling to her
cousin Helen, as he had to her These
words came clear and distinct to where
she was standing:


II lore you and you only, my peerless
Helenr'


1t was as ifa thuuderbolt had burst at
her feet. She grew faint and dizzy--and
turned and fed. not daring to remain
longer. After gaining her room, the wild
fight up the steps had brought the young
blood surging and throbbing back to her
icy cold temples, and with it came re-
verse of feelings instead of weeping, be-
cause all her supposed happiness was
crushed out of her young heart forever,
her better nature asserted itself, and she
looked with contempt and scorn upon
her ickle suitor, and her only regret was
for her folly and waywardncss.


The next day she left for nome sad
Grand we think wiser woman At
the station she was met by one, of whom
she was noc thinking, Fred. Wilson. She
did not this time leave him, hut allowed
him to lead her gently homo, while she
told him all and asked his forgiveness,
which he freely forgave.


We hobc this little story may be a
warning to all who are addicted to judg.
ing from "appearance only.
Year: 1871

put up for winter use; extra farm help
to provide for with no extra house help,
beside the ordinary cooking, washing
and ironing for the family. In the city
it is very easy to procure anything for
the table at very few minutes notice !;
but it is not easy to do so in the country.
Hence persons with appetites so dainty
that they can not eat baked beans, corned
beef and bread and milk, should not
crowed themselves on their country
friends at time when every hour is en-
ployed in necessary work, and every
minute has its care. They should not
want farmers wives and daughters to
make themselves uncomfortable that they
may enjoy some extra comforts. Country
cousins may be old-fashioned, ungenteel
in the eyes of their city relatives, but
after all they have some rights, that the
latter are bound in reason to respect. If
it is pleasant to escape from the close air
of the city into the open fields, they
should be content to put up with country
fare, and to receive little attention from
the persons they visit during the most
busy season Of the year.-.Colenan's Ru-
raj
Year: 1871

1t is wise and well for city people to
visit their friends and relations in the
country. In order for them to have
good time, and to enjoy what the city
does not afford-green fields, wild flow
ers, the song OF birds-these visits should
bs made in summer. City people, how
ever, who go to the country to enjoy out
door pleasures, should be content to make
the most of them without taking up the
time or interfering with the duties of the
people they visit. If they wish to share
the society of their country friends, they
should visit them in winter; at least they
should defer their visit till after haying
and harvest. During the winter, there
is plenty of time to talk and be social
but when there is field of lodged clover,
of full grown timothy, or of over ripe
wheat to be cut, there is no time to enter
tain company. The farmer has no choice
in the time to do his work. Seed time
and harvest are ordained at particular
seasons, and their duties must be at
tended to then or never. Many load of
clover has been blackened or ruined be-
cause the team had to go to the depot, a
dozen miles away, to bring the Saratoga
trunks of some city girl, who was pining
to see her country aunt during the straw
berry and cherry season. Many a country
cousin has had to mandrake the morn
ing moving of timothy, because the gen.
tie horse that was used on the horse-rake
had to go to the distant post office to
carry letters for his pretty but trouble
some city cousin.


Country people are ordinarily glad to
see their city friends, even in haying and
harvest time, providing they "will make
themselves at home;" and will be satis-
fed with the enjoyment they can find in
orchard, field, pasture and forest. Boys
who can rake after the cart, get the cows
and carry luncheon into the field; and
girls who will pick and prepare berries
for the table, make beds and wash dishes
will always be welcome to farmers
homes even in the season of hay and grain
cutting. Genteel misses, however, who
do not wish to rise till nine O'Clock in the
morning, who require an escort when
crossing pasture for fear of az attack
from some pet COW; who wish company
from the house or field to assist in game
of croquet, in the middle of the afternoon,
and who insist in humping piano or
singing airs from the last opera at mid
night, had better defer their visits till a
time more convenient to their hosts. The
same remark will apply to dyspeptic in
dividuals, of all ages and of both sexes,
who can not eat farmers fare at the hours
they have it ready, but who require a
great variety of foreign dainties served
UP in the latest city style.


Not only the men, but the women on
the farm are busy during the summer.
They have the dairy to see to; fruit to
Year: 1871

A man may be addicted to many vices,
and yet there may be hope of reclaim
ing him. But the moment he loses all
sense of character, and all consciousness
of a superior nature-that is, the moment
he begins to look upon himself and his
vices as worthy of one another-that
moment all hope of reclaiming him per-
ishes; for the last ground is surrendered
ON which it is possible for his remaining
good principles to rally and make a
stand. We have often known men who
have retained their self-respect long after
they had lost their regard for principle;
but never one who retained his regard
for principle after he had lost his self-re-
spect. Destroy this, and you destroy
everything; for man who does not re-
spect himself, respects nothing.
Year: 1871

OMAHA, February SIT Is reported
thattWO or three thousand Indians are
wintering around Forts Laramie and
Fetterman, and are being subsisted BY
the Government. They could procure
plenty OF game il they chose, but they
prefer being fed in idleness. They
decline going upon the reservation
ana working. They win not permit
any whites to 60 north Of the Platte,
OF permit a line Of communication
Wltb Montana to be established
through their country. They insist
on being fed, that they may not
murder and steal.
Year: 1871

Believe in travelling on ster
by step; don't expect to be ricf
lin a jump. Slow and sure is
better than fast and ffnYsy,
Perseverance by its daily gains
enliches a man far more than
fits and starts OF fortunate
speculation. Little fishes are
sweet. A thread every day
makes a skein in year. Brick
Fby Brick houses are built. We
should creep before we walk,


walk before we run, and run
before we ride. In getting
rich, the more haste the less
speed. Haste trips up its own
heels Don't give Up a small
business till you see that a
large one will pay better.
Even crumbs are bread Bet.
ter a little furniture than an
empty house. I'm these hard
times, he who can sit on a stone
and feed himself had better not
move. From bad to worse is
poor Improvement. A crust is
hard fare but none at all is
harder. Don't jump out Of
the frying pan into the fire.
Remember many MEN have
done well in small shops. A
little trade With profit is bet
ter than a great concern at a
loss. A small fire that warns
you is better than a large fire
that burns you. Great deal of
water can be got from a small
pipe if the bucket rs always
there to catch it. Large
hares may be caught in small
woods. A sheep may get fat
in o small meadow, and starve
in a great desert. He who
undertakes to much succeeds
but little.
Year: 1871

AIR AND CHfLDREN.-Chil-
ldren soon become puny and
diseased if confined to impure
air. Few things serve so much
to impart heath and 7igof to
lsickl5 and puny children as free
access to the pure, open air of
Heaven. Nurseries should be
kept sweet, clean and well ven
itilated, the afr in them not con-
'sumed BY too many lungs.
Even infants should be carried
abroad as early and as freely
as prudence will allow. 1t is


becoming a common thing in
the cities for nurse girls to


spend d large share Of all the


pleasant days in the open air


with the children.
Year: 1871

The man whose first bet at a
race course, whose first deal at
a card table, whose first risk at


faro, or whose maiden lottery
ticket, brings much money into
his pocket, is a ruined man at
the very instant that the world
calls him 'lucky. Any man,
especially any young man, who
starts out in life with the con.
lviction' that money can. be
better made than by earning it,
is a lost man already to society,
lost to his family and to HIM
self.
Year: 1871

WARMERS VINUM VTTlE or WINE OF LIFE, is free from any poisonous drugs or impurities being prepared for those who require stimulant. It is

 splendid appetizer and tonic, and the finest thing the word TOT dPTyg tne blood s the the pubic, far superior to brandy whiskey wine, bitters, or any other article It is more healthy, and cheaper. Both male or female, young or old, can take the Wine of Life. It is, in fact, & life preserver. Those who wish to enjoy good health and free flow of lively spirits, will do well to take the Wine of Life It is different from anything ever before in use. It is sold by all druggists. Price $1, in quart bottles.
Year: 1871

Respectfully announce that, for the accommoda- for whom our uptown store, corners of Broadway and Twentieth Street. is inconveniently distant we have completely re-stocked the Store corner of
Year: 1871

2

 The year 1871 bids fair to be one of the most important and fruitful in our political history. In it win be shaped the great is. sues on which the Presidential election oi 1872 must turn. It will be an era of new political energy in the South, which, for the first time in twelve years, comes un- fettered into a national canvass; and an era ofaconfident hope to the Democratic party everywhere. The superannuated is- sues on which the Radical party have stood are passing. out of politics, and the blun- dering imbecility and prohigate extrava- gance of General Grants administration need only to be faithfully exposed to turn the tide of public feeling strongly against it. In this, the great work of the coming year.. TIE WORLD will act no secondary part. It's location in the great focus of na- tional commerce and intelligence, the fresh- ness and abundance of it's news. and its recognized position as the leading organ of the Democratic party, lay upon it a mis- sion and apostleship which it will discharge with unhinching boldness, vigor, fidelity, and zeal It will be in constant counsel and communion with the tried leaders and sagacioug statesmen of the party in all the Statesao the Union, cordially cooperating with them, and they with it, in building up the party in order and unity; healing differences, infusing confidence, inviting and encouraging new proselytes, and lead- ing on the party as bold and unbroken phalanx to the great triumph which awaits 1t in 1872.

 The share allotted to THE WORLD in this combined and disciplined movement of the Democracy, in their onward march to vic- 'ory, in the dissemination of political truth; work which can be faithful only in pro- portion to the extent of it's circulation. 1 We ask Democrats everywhere to aid us in the good seed broadcast over the l whole land, during the period which is 50 important in reference to the coming har-
Year: 1871

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1O.-1n the Wharton
trial to-day, after the argument, the court
decided that the books and papers Of
Gen. Ketchum, containing his entries Of
interest received from Mrs. Wharton,
could not be admitted. Mrs. Chubb was
again called to the stand and corrected
the question in her former testimony as
to the conversation between herself and
the prisoner in regard TO the purchase Of
tartar emetic for the prisoner, and to
which she then replied that there was no
undue misapprehension Of the question
that the prisoner desired witness TO testify
that the man from whom witness had pur.
chased the tartar emetic was the same
person who sold Il to the prisoner. Ad.
IOurned to Monday.
Year: 1871

THERE is fresh CommOtion among the
rascals in New York, and much excite.
ment there among all classes. The Grand
Jury has got up q sort Of lottery and arc
having "a drawing" TwERD and Con.
MOLLY have drawn prizes, and the belief
Is that twenty or thirty other eminent
thieves will do likewise.
Year: 1871

The Jackson Pilot has learned of
the robbery of the safe of the Southern
Express Company, on board OF a
Southwark bound train on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad, last Sundy morn
ing, when within a short distance of
Meridian. The Pilot says:


It appears that the train from the
North, and due at Meridian at about
2 am, had an express safe OF the
Southern Express Company on board,
containing about $4,000 in currency,
for different parties. When within
short distance OF Meridian two men
were seen to jump from the train, but
no attention was paid to the fact until
the express messenger aWoke and
went to assOrt his packages. Then he
says he discovered the loss of his
money, envelopes, safe and all. He
says he had been asleep during the
last run OF about eighteen miles, and
denies all knowledge of the transac-
ton.


As soon as possible search was made
for the missing safe by the messenger
and officers Of the Express Company.
After some hours had elapsed the
broken and empty safe was found in
the woods. 1t had evidently been
thrown off the car, then dragged to
some underbrush and there forced
open with the head of an axe. The
occupants OF a cabin near by stated
that two men had come to their place
in the night and borrowed their axe,
giving some excuse, and it was this in
strument with which the iron chest
had been broken in.


There has been no trace of the rob-
bers discovered. No suspicion seems
to attach to the messenger or the men
connected with the train.
Year: 1871

London correspondence June g. Of the


New York World


There was a terrible scene in the
court Of the Queens Bench this NOR
ming. The Tichborne case-Of which
I have already sent you a full account
50 far AS il had progressed up to Satur-
day tast-hss already been crowded
with sensations and surprises; but ten
words pronounced by the plaintiff
this morning in his cross examination
gave such a shock to the sristOcratic
crowd which filed every inch of the
court room that for once they forgot
their good breeding. You will re-
member that Sir Roger TichbOrne,
when an officer in the army, and be-
fore he set forth on his Wanderings, fell
in love with his cousin, Kate Doughty.
Their attachment was disapprOved Of
by the father of the young lady, and
the engagement between them broken
of. Sir Roger then made up MS mind
to leave England; but before he went
he made will and also wrote q GER
tain paper Of private instructions" +"
These two papers he sealed up IN an
envelope, and gave to an attOr-
ney named GOtsfOrd. When the
claimant in this suit (whO claims to
be Sir Roger returned to England,
be demanded this packet of GOtsfOrd; /;
the latter refused to deliver it; and
the claimant then said he could tell
what the packet contained. When
this suit came on the claimants
counsel subpCenaed GOtsfOrd 10 pro-
duce the packet; he again refused to
do so. Little more was said about
the packet until to day. The plaintiff
was evidently disinclined to say
much about it, and his counsel in his
direct examination did not ask him
many questions concerning 1t. To
understand the scene which 1 am
about to describe, remember that Miss
Kate Doughty is now married and is
Mrs. Radcliffe; that she is one Of the
strongest opponents Of the plaintiffs
claim; and that to day she was in
court with her husband. Imagine,
then, the effect when the plaintiff,
crOss-eXamined by the opposing cOun-
sci, and compelled to say, against his
own repeated and Garnet protests,
were the contents Of the paper accom-
panying the viii in the mysteriOusly
sealed packet, at last announced that
he had seduced his cousin Kate, and
that the paper contained instruction
as to what was to be done in case,
after his departure, she should prove
to be ellceiHteF This disclosure was
like a bombshel exploding in the
court room. 1t must have been uneX-
pected by every one except the par
ties most nearly concerned, and the
effect was startling.
Year: 1871

has been in tenement houses, where
at times three to four hundred people,
chiefly Italians Of the poorer class, OF
which we have a great many here, are
congregated. 1t is often necessary to
resort to fOrcible measures TO make
these people remove to better quarters.
Through fear Of being taken to the
public hospitals, they often conceal
the fact Of their illness, in its first
stages, and when help comes the pa
tient is beyond cure. The picture /
have given is q gloomy one. The
great London plague was not nearly
so fatal in proportion to the number
Of people exposed to it as this fever
which is now affecting BUenOs Ayres.
The disease must soon die out for
want of victims, il in no other way.
As yet, however, no success has at
tended the fight against its spreading,
although the physicians have done
much to conquer it in individual
pasag
Year: 1871

New YORK, June 23.-The Metho-
dist Book Committee the present
session passed a resolution inviting
DR.. Lanahan TO bring before them
whatever proof ne had of fraud. This
he has not yet done. The Committee
confined the present investigation
strictly TO the cause of suspension.
Whether L4anahan is depOsed by the
verdict or not, he win be allowed to
bring all charges whatever on the new
trial before the Committee, &s they
are determined to give him a full and
fair opportunity to prove his state
ment.
Year: 1871

WASHINGTON, June 22.--Horace +.
Clark, Director Of the New York Gem
trail railroad, has written to Commits
siOner PleasantOn, saying that the
statement Of Colonel Thompson, or
any other person connected with the
Internal Revenue Bureau, who gave
the information of the decision Of the
Central tax case in advance of its
PRONUNCIATION through the press is
entirely without foundation. In fact,
the first knowledge or intimation of
the decision was received through the
daily journals. The charge against
Colonel Thompson is known by the


directors and officers Of the New York
Central Railroad Company to be un-
J true.
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, June 28.-Several
large owners Of real estate have been
having private meeting. Since last
month"; with the aid of an experienced
book-keeper, they have been anRlyz-
ing the municipal account, as pub
lisbed during the last ten or twelve
years. On next Monday evening they
viii be prepared to report at a special
meeting Of the Council for a political
reform.