smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

rather attract attention Tan1iestly tne
ONLY way was to shut closely the doors. In
getting in the car his attention was so much
taken up with the messenger and the WORK
directly before him that this careiulness
would not so forcibly impress upon
him; but in getting out it would,
for all danger from the interior beinlg
over, the sense Of selfpreseryation would
strongly advance itself. If this. rca-
soning is correct, the man left the car
ut the north door somewhere between
the centre of the bridge and its eastern end.
The Importance Of this can be readily seen
when upon it rests the certainty of whether
the murderer came back to Albany or con-
tinued over the bridge into Rensselaer,
county. 1t narrows down the circle OF ac-
tion for the detectives hundred per cent.
This point the officers have not considered,
not believing that the object of the murder
could have been accomplished in so short 4
time. 1t narrowing down the distance tray
cllcd by the cars while the man was in the
car to twelve hundred feet {; but the cars go
slowly over the draw, and the attack having
been immediate, and the shots fired i'll so
quick succession that the men under the
bridge at one time heard them all, 1t is not
unworthy of consideration.


Mr.. TIalpine was confident this morning
that he could identify the man if he should
see him, but before the detectives could
bring photographs, he had become blind
and unable to see anything. This last
chance. therefore, is gone, and it will be a
lucky circumstance if this most daring vii
lain is ever arrested for this crime. 1t is
stated that man whose appearance is
similar to the man described by Halpne
bought Smith & Wesson pistol at gun
store in this city yesterday, and that it was
loaded in the store; this, in connection
with Halpine's statement, gives an impor-
tant clue. The express company offer Il
reward of $1,000, and the detectives arc
marYeOusly busy.
Year: 1871

PROF. HoLcoMBE's GRAFTON on Lee is to
be delivered ut the Second Baptist Church
tonight, for the benefit of the Lee Monu-
mcnt Association. The object to which the
proceeds are to be applied, no less than the
subject of the Grafton and the fame of the
orator, should ensure large attendance.
Year: 1871

CAUGHT ON THE WING yesterday morn
ing Detective Dan. WreEn found negro
named Henry Jackson, who recently de
serted from the chain-sang, in the act O
stealing iron. The fellow ran off, and it wa:
necessary to fire L couple of pistol shots al
his back; but he was presently caught ant
sent TO the police station.
Year: 1871

The murderer jumped upon the car on
the south side of the train, the door being
open but an inch or two. He must have
been acquainted with railroad lille and used
to entering express cars, for the stirrup
upon which he found support while he
opened the Cur door is very small, and re-
quires care and knowledge to enable Il per-
son to safely hold to it. Once here, TO open
the door is no mean exercise of skill, and
the fact that he did this skillfully was pro-
baby the reason that Mr.. Halpine was SO
careless in his treatment of him, thinking
him to he a railroad man. This door WIS
not entirely shut when Mr.. II. was found,
but the other door was. The man who at.
tends the draw in the centre of the bridge
says that, as the train passed him, the north
door OF the express car was partially


open. while the man at the east end
Of the bridge states that, while he
saw the light in the express car, the
north door was shut; both say that they
expressly noticed what they state. In
drawing any conclusion from this, it is
necessary to enter iuLo the murderer's
thoughts and see what he would try TO do
in the case. He was told by Mr. Haipine
that the car would not stop short of Pitts
field. 1t was then his business to so fix the
car door that attention would not be called
to itltntiI its arrival ut its destination. To put
out the light would not do this-it would
Year: 1871

BUSY They are awful busy at Child e.
Bros selling the new spring stock. Morgan
stands at the door with a club to keep customers
from rushing in too promiscuously. The fact is
there is a tremendous rush at Child s Bros for
new boots, &c. lfyou don't believe it, 60 there
Yourself
Year: 1871

A FAcT'-1t is next to impossible for any gen
tleman to go into good society here, or "amount
to shucks' any place. who does not wear one of
Prescott's spring hats


Go at once to Presco,t's and provide yourself
with nice silk hat if you have not already
done 60
Year: 1871

AILLINERY.-Mrs. Wilson has fitted up neat
and eosy room in the rear Of billiards store, and
filled it with new and fashionable millinery
goods OF the latest and prettie.t styles. She in.
vitss her old friends and every ono else needing
anything in her line to call and sec her new stock.
Year: 1871

HILLIARDs.-The Captain tells US that he is
satisfied with his experiment of low prices, and
he will adhere to them in future. He has
very complete stock, and has gone after a new
stock
Year: 1871

PLAIN FACTs-And now comes HUGH Gillian


OF the well known house of Reddick & t;il)er


and states, to tho best Of his belief, that they
have the largest and best regulated dry goods
and dress goods establishment i, this city. II
Is full in each department, and complete in gen.
eral and perfect in DETAIL while the prices are s,
!ow that no one can complain On that score The
same uniform, polite attention is shown to all,
great and small, rich and poor. and every Gus.
toner is guaranteed to be we'll treated and to get
his or her moneys worth to the last cent. Red.
dick q Gillen have purchased with view to
satisfying the wants Of every customer and all
CLASSES of people, and selling st bottom prices
Year: 1871

We are always going to have
something stronger pur;er and ho-
.ier. Somewhere in the future
there always hangs in the air Il
golden idea OLA higher life hen
we are going to reach: bat as We
move on, the dream OF better
things moves on before us also.
Year: 1871

We publish to-day couple Of letters de-
scribing Mr. Stewards adventures in Stamboul.
He has been received by the Sultan with the
most marked honor. Indeed, he has been
treated with practically the same consideration
as a royal visitor, if we except the nonsensical
forms Of etiquette which make such courtesiea
sometimes rather embarrassing than pleasant
The Sultan granted him long audience, placed
his own private carriages and government
steamer at his disposal, and personally saw
that nothing was wanting to make his visit to
ConstantinOple one Of the most pleasant epi-
sodes in long and eventful life


Nothing can show more strikingly than this
the growing importance of the Americas
republic in the estimation of the outsidol
world And American notabiIities on their,
travels, while they enjoy all the respect thae
is yielded to power, are spared the dssagrf-
mems that are involved In fear lest that
power should ever be used to bully our inter-
national sisters in the grand family Of States
Our republic is indeed ''peace, not merely
in pretension, but in fact. No shadow of dis
trust bligbts the ceremonies of welcome into
mere formal insincerities, that but badly hidc
the jealousy, hcartburning and suspicion that
lurk beneath.


Mr.. Seward invited the Sultan to pay rs d
visit. but the imperial Osmanli said in reply
that the sea greatly affected him, and that
further public cares would never allow him to
be absent for so long time from his people,
But II he can't come himself he might send
one of his brothers or his children. He has
plenty of both, and such of them as are Of
adult age are kept Gagged up in a splendid
prison-palace, lest they should conspire against
him. He ought TO give one of them holiday
and let him cross the Atlantic. We would
take good care of him and send him back saf,s
aud sound.
Year: 1871

The PRoLoNGATIoN OF M. THEIRS powera
came up in the National Assembly yesterday
An excited debate took place. One member
Of the Lett Centre proposed that M. Thiers
should be made President Of the republic for
three Yera while another Deputy Of the eKA
Year: 1871

diac pains, intermittent pulse, habitnally
cold hands and feet, or chronic languor.


Lastly, there is reason for believing
that the habitual use Of tobacco is likely
to retard the due growth and develop
ment ofthe body. Ifso, one should not be-
come smoker till he is well past the
period Of puberty. Boys, moreover, have
no excuse for smoking, for they are spared
the hard wear and tear of adults life.


Now, after eliminating those who from
idiosyncracy cannot, and those who from
bodily ailment or from tender years should
not smoke, there will still always be a
large residuum of happy folk who can
smoke, enjoy smoking, and are indeed the
better for it. These are they who use
tobacco without abusing it-use it, that
is to say, in moderate quantity, in due
season, and honestly for the sake of the
comfort which it gives them-a comfort
every bit as legitimate as that which
drinkers of tea, coffee, or wine extract in
each case from their favorite beverage.
Year: 1871

A Naples correspondent writes a letter
describing his ascent of Vesuyius. We
quote these paragraphs


The cone Of Vesuvius is certainly not
easy walking. 1t is almost perpendicu-
lar, and as it is mainly made up of ashes,
one slips back two steps for every three
that one takes. Each time Louisa stopp-
ed for moment to rest, the chair Was in
vitingly thrust before her, while at every
false step which 1 made e strap was dan
gled before ME, and 1 was invited to take
hold of it. Women have more pluck
than men, and conft IS that several times
1 should have grasped the strap had not
had before me the example of Louisa, ev-
cry few minutes sternly declining the
chair.


One by one our friends tailed off, and
after climbing, scambling and slipping for
an honr we triumphantly stood upon the
summit. My notion of volcano-a most
unscientifc one, no doubt-has always
been of vast lake of molten lava perpet-
ually seething and boiling. 1 was awak-
ened from this delusion by the guide point
ing to a small hole, about sixty feet in di-
ameter, and saying, That is the small
CRATER A few steps further on we came
upon the edge of a basin of ashes, with a
hole about thirty feet in diameter at the
bottom that, he said, lis the large era
ter


sat down disgusted. 1t was now get
ting dark. Come this way said the
guide, 'and you will see the fame did
see through the mist aud smoke lurlid
light, which I was told was the hole from
which the lava is now flowing. By this
this time it was quite dark, and we were
most choked with the fumes of sulphur.
The guide began explaining that he had
seven children, all of whom he observed,
were twins. Louisa became interested in
these domestic details, and would have
sat listening to them for half an hour, but
it seemed to me about time to think of
getting down.


The guide took Louisa by the arm and
said, Take long steps, and stick your
heels well into the cinders. He then dis
appeared from my view into the darkness
with the wife of my bosom. ] followed as
we'll as 1 could. Never, no never, did 1
experienced a more disagreeable sensation
than going down that mountain of cin-
ders. Every step / took, although I dug
my heels into the cinders, thought was
going head over heels down some fearful
abyss. Every few minutes the mountain
was lit up bya flash of lightning, which
enabled me vaguely to distinguish the
guide and Louisa far below me, sticking
their heels, too, into the cinders. At last
we reached the bottom.


The boy who had been left with the
horses had lit small lantern, otherwise
we never should have found them. we
had BETTER said the guide, take a short
cut, as it will rain soOn.' The short cut
seemed to me a perpendicular cut. Why
Year: 1871

Only to listen-listen and wait
For his Slow firm step down the gravel Walk:
To hear the click, click, of his hand at the gate
And feel every heartbeat through careless talk;
An, love is sweet when life is young,
And life and love are both so long.
Only to watch him about the room,
Lighting it up with his quiet smile,
That seems to lift the world out Of gloom,
And bring heaven nearer me-for while,
A little while-since love is young,
And life is beautiful as long.
Only to love him-nothing more;
Never thought of his loving me:
Proud Of him, glad in him. though he bore
Ny heart in shipwreck on this smooth sea-
Loves faith sees only grief not wrong
AND life is daring, when tits young.
All me! what matterf The world goes round,
And bliss and bale are but outside things;
/ never can lose what in him found,
Though love be sorrow with half-srown wings:
And if love flies when we are young,
Why life is still not long-nOt long.


Miss MULoCH
Year: 1871

A Norwich authority tells pathetic


little story about a pigeon which became
fastened by long string hanging from its
leg to telegraph wire. Two or three
boys wanted to throw stones at it; but a
kind gentleman, telling them not to hurt
the poor bird, got a ladder and carefully
upwound the string, and put the fright
ened, futteriug little creature tenderly
into his bosom while he descended. The
next evening he remarked that it had
made much nicer pie than he expected.
Year: 1871

Saratoga girls organized an anti kissing
society, recently, the rules of the society
imposing fine of 81 for every kiss be-
slowed upon the masculine gender. At
the end of the first week some oe those
girls were actually indebted to the society
in sums ranging from IS to so. The as
sociation has disbandcd.
Year: 1871

RUNAwAY.-About a quarter before


eight o'clock, yesterday morning, The
team attached to the Cadlz hack started


TO run away from the post.offlce yard,
while the driver was delivering the mail.
One Of the horses seemed moro willing to
stand than TO run, and was thereby forced
against the gate post. In emerging from
the yard the wagon also caught and was
turned over, landing in the gutter bottom
side up. The horses were halted OF the
postoffice corner and found TO be all
right, save tue loss Of little hair. The
wagon was not very seriously damaged.
Everything was made right again in time
to start for Cadiz about tho regular hour.
Year: 1871

If American women would settle it in
their minds that happy face gives bet
ter welcome than the finest china and da-
mask that a dinner of two courses, which
could be well and easily cooked and serv-
ed, is more satisfactory to the guests than
an elaborate entertainment which has
cost too much labor, and is given with too
evident effort that which we can do
easily and naturally is the best that can be
possibly done for friend whom chance or
invitation has brought under our roOf-a
new era would dawn for both guests and
entertainers. The company of our friends,
instead of being had seldom, and at the
risk of WEAKNESS and mpOverishment,
would be continually sought, and for no
unworthy ends of display, but for those
higher motives which alone deserves to
bring together men and women. Nor
would there be less, but more, enjoyment
of those luXuries which the rich can pro-
perly command; because the endeavor for,
and the envy of them on the part of 9TH
ers would be discountenanced by healthy
tone of feeling, prescribing the noblest OBJ
ject of ambition, and a better classification
than can depend upon the possession or
want of wealth. Is such a state Of things
UtOpian dream, or shall the miseries of
housekeeping on the present plan drive
us to an effort, to which the contempla-
ton of an ideal, however excellent, might
fail to incite us?
Year: 1871

Mr.. J. B. Van Dyne, general agent of tho
Babcock Fire Extinguisher, gave an exhibition
of the power of his machine yesterday after
noon on the base ball grounds. a number of
barrels were filled with shavings and other COM
bustible materials and lighted, but was easily
extinguished.


The principles on which the Extinguisber puts
out fire is that carbonc-acid gas is heavier than
the atmosphere. Fire is the combustion of oxy-
gon, and cannot burn q second without oxygen.
The contents of the Extinguisher-a liquid gas
many times more dense than air-shut off the
supply of oxygen and instantly smother the fire.
Fire goes out instantly in an atmosphere con-
tanning five per cent. of carbonic-acid gas.


This machine has lately been improved and is
now considered the beStOf the kind made. Mr..
McCorke is the local agent for the sale of the
Extinguisher, and will take pleasure IN showing
its working to customers.
Year: 1871

PUMPKIN INDIAN CAKES.-Take equal
portion of Indian meal, and stewed pump
kin that has been well mashed and drain
ed very dry in a sieve or cullender. Put
the stewed pumpkin in a pan, and stir the
meal gradually into it, a spoonful at a
time, adding little butter as you proceed.
Mix the whole thoroughly, stirring it very
hard. If not thick enough to form stiff
dough, add little more Indian meal.
Make it into round fiat cakes, about the
size of a mullins, and bake over the fire OH
a hot griddle creased with butter. Or lay
them in square iron pan, and bake them
in an oven.


Send them to table hot, and eat them
with butter.
Year: 1871

The poorest farmer in the country is, /
believe, as general thing, to be seen just
outside the limits of our interior cities;
just as the best farming, or at any rate
the most snowy and expensive, is to be
observed just beyond the limits of great
cities. 1t seems that when farmer Of the
west lives just near enough to an interior
city, town or railroad station to be able to
visit them and return the same day, say
within five mile limit, he is pretty apt
to do so and his farm suffers accordingly.
Beyond the five mile limit daily getting
into town becomes more difficult, but still
may be achieved, and consequently better
improvements and neater farms are to be
seen between the sixth and NTH mile linn
it than between the first and the fifth,
though the maximum of neglect occurs
between the third and fourth mile while
the maximum of neatness and order and
thrift may be best seen between the ninth
and the fifteenth mile. l state these facts
as curious and amusing examples of how
much we are all of us creatures of circum-
stances and situations, and as way of
warning travellers and sight-seers that they
cannot well judge of country unless they
go beyond the third or fourth mile limit,
and even to the tenth or fifteenth.-COr
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1871

New COUNTY.-We understand there is
move on foot to establish a new county
out of portions of Monroe, McMinn and
Polk, to border OH the North Carolina line
for thirty miles. If made, it will take in
Turtle Town district, and also Spring Town
district of Polk county, if no more. The
proposed new county would no doubt be
the richest mineral county in East Ten
that it will not injure our county, we do
not favor the movement. Monroe should
remain just where she is, unless she could
be placed in better conditiOn.-StOeettOd-
ter Enterprise.
Year: 1871

To DRY PUN1PKINs.-Peel and cut as for
cooking; then slice them very then, spread
OH tin or other driers and expose to mod
crate heat in the stove oven. Thus dried
the pumpkin will retain its natural flavor.
To prepare it for cooking, soak it in water
q few hours
Year: 1871

TUESDAY, Dec. 12.-The House was
called to order at 10 O'Clock, Speaker
Richardson in the chair.


CANCELLATION OF BONDS.


Mr.. Dick, from the Committee appointed
to cancel bonds in the Comptroller's otlce;
submitted a report that the Senate part OF
the committee failed to come to time, thus
rendering it necessary to relinquish the job.
The report was accepted and the committee
discharged.


LET Us HAVE PEACE.


Mr.. Martin, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, submitted the following report, indOrsed
by every member of the committee. 1t
was adopted uiud uOce, without dissen-
ting vote:


Mr.. Speaker: The Judiciary Committee
has had under consideration House joint
resolution No. 103, and respectfully return
the same and ask that the following report
be adopted in lieu thereof:


Your committee is of opinion that the
resolution is well drawn, and, in literary
pOint of view, it is a success. Your COM
mistee deeply regret that the resolution was
not introduced at an earlier day in the ses-
sion. so that it might have been referred
with others of a similar character. II is EN-
barrassing to be called upon to make sec
ond report upon the same matter when, in
the meantime, no features in the case are
disclosed. The subject gets little thread
bare, and to be entertaining under such
circumstances requires versatility Oftalent
that but few committees are possessed OF.
The views Of your committee upon the sub
iect matter of the resolution were fully ex-
pressed to the House in a former report, and
it is respectfully Suggested that if any
trembling soul needs reinsurance, he had
better call for the reading of that report
again. Your committee has heard nothing
additional that would disturb the public
peace nor increase the apprehensiOns Of fear
full men. unless such might be expected az
the result of the rumored apparition Of the
tabled mermaid leaning from the classic
waters of the Forlzy Dee The coincidence
that the locality Of this mysterious vista
ton is within the representative bounds OF
the gentleman from Madison, the author OF
the resolution under consideration, suggests
a thought. 1t is this is there not concate-
nation here? We pause for reply. But
in the meantime it gives your committee
Measure to report that even IN that region
order is restored, and a calm and partial
consideration of all The circumstances Of
the case convinces your committee that this
unfortunate event was nO5 superinduccd by
political considerations, Tor is it believed to
be the result Of political bias or prejudice OF
race, or Of any unholy or wicked purpose,
Year: 1871

The Republican Senators had caucus
this evening on the subject of revival Of
J tde committee on retrenchment and civil
service reform. The debate was free and
unconstrained both in a nltional and party
view. The question was not disposed Of.


The entire expenses of the census is $3,
2S7, 900.


The Committee on Foreign affairs won't
| act on Gen. Banks resolution % carry into
effect the treaty of Washington, relative to
the fisheries until after the holidays, but an
effort will be made previously to pass In
appropriation of a quarter of million for
the expenses of the tribunal Of arbitra-
! lion at Geneva.
Year: 1871

The Southern States have gradually
thrown of the Radical yoke. Texas was
the last State to 90 this, and now Missis-
sippi is ready. One more effort and she
will be free. The Jackson Clarion of the
18th inst. says: at is impossible to state
with precision how the popular vote of the
State stOOdin the late election. There was no
candidate to be voted for by the people at
large, and in many Of the counties there
was no organized opposition TO the party
which happened to be clearly in the ascend
ant. Thus, in some Of the northern and
eastern counties there was no organization
against the Conservatives by the Radicals I;
as in some of the River counties there was
no organized opposition by the for
mer to the latter. But, In so far as
conclusion may be drawn from the
immense gains in the election of members
Of the popular branch Of the Legislature,
it may be safely assumed that the opposers
of Radical misrule are in the ascendant in
this State, by from FIVE to ten thousand
majority. The way is open to a sweeping
triumph at the next election, which will
place Mississippi alongside of Virginia, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina and Texas
Year: 1871

is much more difficult TO extract a similar
quality from Louisiana cane, whose saccha-
rine matter is four degrees below that Of
Cuba in richness. 1t is foolish to have
1,50O sugar houses in order to make 10000
hhds. of sugar, if dozen large establish
ments, furnished with the cream of COM
pleteness of modern machinery on a large
scale, win do the same work, on basis Of
concentration here sketched out.


As soon as the planters of Louisiana,
catch the spirit Of similar principles, that
admirable State will be able TO turn
out a million of hogsheads, and they will
then be able to step into the position Of
which unforeseen events may deprive the
Island Of Cuba,