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New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1866-01-12
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txrLuENcE OF NEWSPAPERS.

INFLUENCES OF NE" SfAEhNs'
4 school teacher, who has been
engaged along time i'll his pro-
fession, and witnessed the iutiu'
ence of a newspaper upon the
minds of a family Of children
writes as follows:
I have found it to be unlver'
sal fact without exception, that
those pupils Of both sexes, and OF
all aces. who have had access to
newspapers at home, when COM
pared to those who have not,
are:
lst Better readers, excellent
in pronunciation, and conse.
quently, read more understands
ingly.
2nd. They are better spoilers,
and define words with ease and
accuracy. --~ .....--
Ord. They obtain practical
knowledge topography in almost
half the time it requires others,
as the newspapers have made
them acquainted with the loca.
ton of the important places, ma
tons, their governments and the
doings on the globe. 60 a. =.
4th. They are better gramma-
rians, for, having become so famil.
lar With every variety Of style in
the newspaper, from the common
place adve, tisenent to the finish
ed and classical Grafton of tn
statesman, they more readily
comprehend the meaning of the
text, and consequently anal! re its
construction with accuracy.
5th. They write better compo.
sitions, using better language,
containing more thoughts, more
clearly and more connectedly ex-
pressed.
9th. Those young men who
have for years been readers OF
the newspapers are always taking
the lead in the debating societies
exhibiting a more extensive
knowledge upon g great va.
riety Of subjects, and expressing
their V ews with greater Auency,
clearness and correctness in their
use Of language.
Ga fence in Berkshire county
is painted in glazing capitals,
Use Dr.. Prior's Cough Bllsam."
and just below, BUY Your grave
stones in Pittsfeld.'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22. 1866

adhere in thirty minutes, After three
hours Of faithful application it failed 10
take hold, and Mrs Taylor announced,
as the Doctor had thought from the first,
and as all the circumstances indicated,
that he had not been bitten by rabI8
dog While there, however, the Doctl
witnessed an operation of the mad
stone" and CLEANED such facts regarding
it, from reliable citizens Of Terre Haute,
as to dissipate the skepticism which he
confessed he had always held regarding
the efficacy of this stone as an antidote
for hydrophobis. He met at Mrs. Tay-
lor' s man from Illinois, who had been
bitten by mad calf, and TO whom the
stone adheared for thirteen hours, draw
ing from the wounded part greenish
colored matter, which it failed to extract
from the Doctor arm. When the stone
became filled with this fluid it was soaked
in warm water for time, when 1t would
again adhere and absorb with original
force.
DIR. Layman also conversed with gen
tleman in Indianapolis who had been
bitten by an unmistakably rabid dog,
and used this stone with success Mrs
Taylor, who is an old resident of Terre
Haute, and known by the citizens of
that place as lady of worth aud good
standing, states that the stone has been
used in thousand cases, and has never
failed. She further says it was applied
to man who had already gone mad
from the effects of bite, and while the
| fit was on him. He was entirely cured
OF the history of this stone we are
not fully informed 1t has been in the
Taylor families for eighty years past,
and the account of its cures are familiar
to most of our readers The stone is
white, smooth and hard, is about two
inches in length, half or three-quarters
of an inch in thickness 1t is porous,
the pores being star-shaped and running
across the stone in lines of perfect regu-
larity. The operation with it is per-
formed by scarifying the flesh near the
bite, and laying the stone on. 1t never
absorbs matter from the wounded part
unless the bite be that of rabid animal,
In the process Of absorption, the matter
frequently passes entirely through the
| stone. ,t.
We are indebted for these facts to DR..
Leyman, who is well known as physi-
clan of many years practice, and gen
tIeman of unquestioned veracity The
Doctor very truly says that the stories
about this stone seem incredible, but
facts are stubborn things and he is no
longer among the skeptcs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22

ner, she perceived Sir Frederick
stretched upon the Captain's bed. Tears
came to her eyes at the sight Of the poor
young man, about TO die without hope OF
relief She Immediately proposed by
gesture to take the young man with her,
and to nurse him at her own house The
officers eagerly accepted this chance of
relief for their companion, improbable,
as his cure seemed to be, aiding ToOkoo-
lita (this was her name) to remove Fred
erick TO the sleigh of the kind-hearted
girl. t.q H
: She gave the signal for starting to
the dogs by a peculiar slapping of the
tongue against the roof Of the mouth
and drove rapidly away with the ensign
Having arrived at her home, after two
hours ride she entered few minutes af-
ter with a wooden vase filled with the
blood of the sea calf To her great sur
prise Frederick refused this singular
drink. However he soon overcome his
repugnance, and found it excellent y
This is his own expression in the volume
he has published of his voyage. he
partook every day, not only without dis
taste, but even with avidity, of this medl,
camenl, and be felt his strength return
so fastthat, in three months after, dressed
in the costume of the natives, he rivaled
them in daring and address, in driving a
sleigh, chasing the sea calves, sealing
the rocks and carrying away bird s nests
across shoals and broken ice, not to men
ton that he managed in the most intrep
i'd manner, with single oar, his long,
narrow bark, made ofskins, and called q
Kias Tookoolita accompanied him In
all these excursions and did not quit him
for a moment Endowed with the mar
velous facility of the North in acquiring
foreign languages, she not ouly spoke
English purely, but thanks to the lessons
of Frederick she read and wrote IT.
About the month Of April following, the
George Henry was disengaged from the
ice which environed her, and began to
prepare for weighing anchor and return
ing to England When Tookoolita
learned this news she retired to her tupic
of reindeer skins, pitched on the sea,
shore. Frederick came to her and
found her bathed in tears. Sister,
said he, for he called her habitually BY
this name, Sister, my mother expects
Won in England-come.
Tookoolita dried her tears, gave him
her hand and accompanied him without
hesitation on board the George Henry,
which arrived unexpectedly three months
after in England.
Some time after that, Lady Fitz
who did not quit the young stranger for
moment, still prsttier with the Euro
pean than in her native costume, pre-.
sented her to Queen Victoria as her fa.
ture daughter-in-law.
The Queen declared that she would
sign with her own hands the marriage
contract between the officer of marines
and Tookoolita. In the meantime,
added She smiling, as this name is a
little strange, I ask my young friend to
renounce it and take that of Victoria.
Tookoolita, new Lady Fitz may
be seen every day promenading in the
Palais Royal, offering the singular spec
tacle of an Esquimaux becoming an
English lady Of distinction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
In the Wrong Pew.

An old gentleman from Kentucky left
his hotel to attend the meeting of the Old
School Presbyterian General Assembly,
AT the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets
By mistake be found himself in the
Olympic Theatre, few doors below the
church. Taking seat in one Of the
elegantly cushioned "pews he inquired
of a gentleman sitting near if t" old Bob
was expected to speak "Oh, yes, was
the reply, "he will be out in minute.
In a short time Amyor, the clown, made
his appearance, and commenced a politi-
cal speech That's the man YOU are
looking for, said the stranger to the
Kentuckian. Who, is that old Bob ?
Well, he's little more ring streaked and
striped than supposed he had got to be,
but his speech reminded me of old times
in Kentuck Mile Brigg next came
out on horseback, snd the Kentuckiau
seized his hat and made rapid strides for
the Southern Hotel, where he locked
himself up for the night-St Louis Re
publican t lu
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
CONDENSED History of steam.

About $50 years B. c., Nero, of Alex
andria, formed toy which exhibited
some Of the powers Of steam, and was
moved by its power.
A. d. $40, Antheminus, an architect,
arranged several cauldrons Of water, each
covered with the wide bottom of leath-
ern tube, which rose to narrow top,
with pipes extended to the rafters Of the
adjoining building. A fire was kinded
beneath the cauldrons, and the house was
shaken with the efforts Of the steam as
cending the tubes This is the first mo-
tice of the power of steam recorded.
In l543, June 18th, Brasco de Garay
tried steamboat of 200 tons, with toler-
able success, at Barcelona, Spain. 1t
consisted of a cauldron of boiling water,
and movable wheel on each side Of the
ship. 1t WAS laid aside as impracticabIe,
A present, however, was made TO Garay
In 1850, the first railroad was con,
structed at Newcastle on the Tyne. rs
The first idea Of steam engine in
England was in the Marquis OF Worces-
ter's History of Invention A. ID. 1863
In l70l, Newmermen made the first
steam engine in England. H.
In l7l8 patents were granted to Savary
for the first application of the steam en-
CINE. Ht u.
In 1864 James Watt made the first per-
feet steam engine in England.
In 1866 Jonathan Hulls first set forth
the idea of steam navigation.
In 1878 Thomas Payne first proposed
the application in America D.
In 1881 Marquis Jouffrey constructed
a steamboat on the Saone. ..
In 1885 two Americans published a
work on it.
In 1889 William Smyington made a
voyage in one, on the Forth and Clyde
canal l .-I
In 1902 this experiment was repeated.
In 1882 Ramsey propelled boat by
steam at New York .al II
In 1899 John Fitch, of Connecticut,
navigated boat by u steam engine on
the Delaware 5000 ..u.s.
In 1894 Robert Fulton first began to
apply his attention to steam r.I
In 1888 Oliver Evans, native of Phil
adelphia, constructed q steam engine to
travel on a turnpike road. #tI ...
The first steam vessel that ever crossed
the Atlantic was the Savannah, in the
month of June, 1910, from Charleston to
Liverpool HuRfs Merchants Mdgd-
zine fr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
Bits Of Wisdom.

A man may have great deal of man
ner and no manners.
AS a general rule, age makes the good
better, and the bad worse.
He who has ceased to enjoy the supe-
riority of his friend, has ceased to love
him.
Hot water satis6eth no thirst, angry
words mend no broken cups and saucers,
Don't have too many friends. He
who cant count his friends can count
upon them.
Keep carefully out of a quarrelsome
persons way, and still more carefully
out of his ways.
People pei 'orm the greater part of
their voyage of life before taking on
their ballast; hence so many shipWreeks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
Minority Report,

WASHINGTON, June l9.-Ihe minority
of the Joint Committee on ReconstPuc-
ton, Democrat johnson, and Republi-
cans Grider and Rogers, have presented
their resolutions in order to have cor
rect apprehension of this subject, and
having direct bearing upon it, they
think Il all important clearly to ascertain
what was the effect of the late insurrec-
ton upon the relations of the States
where it prevailed to the General
Government, and Of the people col
lectively and Individually of such States
To this inquiry they therefore first ad-
dress hemselves-did the insurrection at
its commencement or at any subsequent
time legally dissolve the connection be-
TWEEN those States and the General Gov
ernment2 They then set forth their views
of the nature of the government, as one
of equal States with equality Of rights,
and State once in the Union must abide
there forever; they can neither be
withdrawn nor expelled from it; for
this reason insurrectionary States
are consulted in amending the Con-
stitution their relations are unchanged
by the war They add there is moth
ing in the country to justify their ex-
clusion. These and other points are ar
gued at length, and the minority say in
conclusion The undersigned have not
thought it necessary to examine into the
legality of the measures adopted either
by the late or the present President for
the restoration of the Southern States
1t is sufficient for their purpose to say
that if those of President johnson were
not justified by the Constitution, the
same may at least be said of those of his
predecessor. We deem such an exami-
nation to be unnecessary, because how
ever it might result, the people OF the
several States who possessed, as we have
before said, the exclusive right to decide
for themselves what constitutions they
should adopt, have adopted those under
which they respectively live. The mo-
tives of neither President, however,
whether the measures were legal or not,
are liable TO eonsure The sole object
of each was to effect complete and
early union of all the States, TO make
the general government as it did at first
embrace all and to extend its authority
aud secure its privileges and blessings to
all alike. The purity of the morals of
President johnson in this particular as
was to have been expected is admitted
by a majority of the committee to be be-
yond doubt They tell US that they do
not for q moment impute to him any de-
sign, but cheerfully concede to him most
patriotic motives.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22

4 EATHLK, E.FINDINGSAND PLAS-
IL terer's hair by Scheibler X Co.. No; 100
Main street. mylz lm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
Greatest Invention of the Age.
Being o Protection against Fire. and
Will not Rot on.

1T COMBINES STRENTH WITH RAPID
/ ity of adjustment TO bales of any size, re-
quiring only one-third Of a minute TO tie up
bale of cotton. f...
1t being now well known to all the dealers in
rope for bailing cotton, that only very small
crop of hemp was made the past year, and that
in consequence the price will rule very high,
and that supply cannot be relied on at any
price In consideration Of these facts, all deal
ers and those requiring ties. will do well to put
in their orders for this tie soOn, thereby securing
a supply for the season. The indications now,
so far as we have learned, are, that the demand
for this tie will be very large, hence the neees-
sity of making early orders, which, addressed
'"N BEARD & BRO, ST. Louis.
STONE a MURPHY. or
M. j. SMITH 4 CO., New Orleans.
LACY A McGHBE. Memphis.
Win meet with prompt attention. .I.
Beard 4 Co. are also manufacturers Of the
Excelsior Fire and Burglar-pr Safes.
Price lists and circulars furnished on appli-
cation my3l-3m
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
How an Esquimaux Woman Became the
Wife of an Enlish Nobleman.


From Paris Paper.l LG -. w..
Amid these specimens OF feminine
archaeology, grouped, as we have said,
before the windows of the shops, you can
not fail to remark pale young woman,
of small stature, and expressing herself
in English with a silent accent, which
gives to this language charm hitherto
unknown. A lady of a certain age, and
a gentle man who accompanies her, do
not C. ase to regard her, and, according
to popular expression, ITO drink her
words. r""
This young woman, who has borne,
for six moths only, one OF the most arls-
tocratic names of the three kingdoms
was called a short time ago, Tookoolita.
Three years ago she inhabited with the
Esouamaux; her countrymen, the Bay
of Ookovlear, called by the English
Grinuelfs Bay, and which is situated
about the sixtieth degree Of north latl-
tude. In the place of the elegant cos
tune which she now wears with such
ease and grace, her attire in her native
land consisted of vest OF seal skin, en-
broidered on the seams with red and
white worsted 10 arabesque !. a pantaloon,
made of the same thick material, con
fined her small waist and descended to
the knee, leaving to be seen, in all their
exquisite proportions, her legs and di-
minutiye feet, cased in boots of plant
red leather Finally, her abundant head
Of hair, of a jet black, was tied at the
top Of the head by broad blue band,
made of the skin of the lsatis, and col
ored by the unctuous juice of certain
kind Of lichn. fsi"9 s.
An adopted orphan ofone of the wo-
men of her tribe, she passed the short
summer under n ttfu, or tent, made OF
the skins ofth reindeer, and nine months
of the year in an igiOe, that is to say, in
a house built of blocks of snow, soldered
together by the cold, and capped by a
dome ofthe same material In the cen
ter of this strange dwelling, a stone lamp,
supplied with the fat of the seal, burned
uninterruptedly during nine months OF
the year-a long and dreary night
The light, among other things, served
in lieu Of fireplace for drying her
clothes, penetrated by the humid atmos-
phere, and for warming her hands, be-
numbed by sewing in a cold twenty
degrees below zero. with needles made
of hone and thread composed of the sin
ews of animals .6.l'lI
The Esouimaux have no other means
of comba,tinr the rirors ofa winter. com.
nared 10 which ours is summer. The
debr;s cast upon these.shores hy the too
freapert sb;nwreck of Enropean vessels.
are never burned bv the natives for the
nnrnose of warning themselves. bur are
enonlnved bv them in making sleighs
Tn Eci tbey laave nnmolested The nume-
rens baons of coal vbicb Lady Franklin
~ i,os Sa%o sanpod l. 90 hs nIaced AZ difFerent
no;n,s in the hone that they might be of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22

+ LLOYD, DIR. c. s., OFFICE Az MAIN ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22
Bitten by Dog The Wonderful Mad
Stone.

From the Attica Ledger.l
One night the latter part of last week,
as DR.. W. L. Leyman, Of this place, was
making a professional call al the house
of Mr.. Holmes, in Warren county, he
was attacked by two dogs belonging to
the place, and while endeavoring to de-
fend himself fell, when one of the dogs
bit him severely on the right arm On
the Doctors arriving at home in. this
condition, bis family became uneasy, and
thinking perhaps the dog that bit, him
was rabid, urged him to 20 to Terre
Haute and apply the mad stone in the
possession Of Mrs Taylor, of that place
The Doctor had no fears whatever, and
had always regarded this stone as hum
bug. but finally consented TO go to satisfy
his family.
On his arrival at Terre Haute he pro-
ceeded TO the house Of Mrs. Taylor and
had the application Of the same made.
The lady Informed him that If he was
bitten By rabid animal the stone would
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22

An average annual cash dividend TO Stock
holders of fourteen per cent. upon IL, capital
stock since its incorporation, portrays the great
success and stability Of this eminent lnstitn,
ton. the superior financial accuracy displayed
In its Investments, and the important trnth that
the MANAGEMENT of the PHGNIX is IA the
hands of those who know how. successfully, 10
conducts
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
PUBLISHED
EVERY AFTERNOON. EXCEPT SUNDAY
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Under the firm style of
WHITMORE BROTHERS,
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Communications upon subjects OF general IN
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S4IO.6I3 81

LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID durins the
year 1865, in a very marked and striking man
service rendered patrons by the Phoenix as well
as its ability to pass through seasons prolific Of
confagrations., with honor and profit to those
most interested. l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22

I EWIS1 FINNIE, ATTORNEYS ATLAw
| A and Solicitors in Chancery, NO. ZS0 Second
str.ef tStlhnan's Block J Memphis. ml1-ln
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-22

METROPOLITAN HOTEL, lO9 AND III
MI Adams street, Memphis. z. IL. Wnlte-
Inore prODrietor. mylO-lm
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-05
Parity Of Character

Over the beauty of the plum and APP
ricot there grows q bloom and beauty
more exquisite than the fruit itself-a
soft delicious flush, that overspreads its
blushing cheek. Now, if you strike
your hand over that, and it is once
gone, it is gone forever, for it never
grows but once. The flower that hangs
in the morning, impearled with dew
arrayed asno queenly woman ever was
arrayed with iewcls-once shake it, SO
that the beads roll off, and you may
sprinlls water over it rs you please,
yet it can never be made again what
it was when the dow fell silently upon
it from heavenl On a frosty morning
you may see the panes ofgless covered
with landscapes. mountains, lakes
and trees, blending in beauti-
full, fantastic picture.
Now lay your hand upon the glass,
and by the scratch of your finger, OF
the warmth of the palm, all the deli
cate tracery win be obliterated. So
there is in youth a beauty and purity
of character which, when once touched
and de6led, can never be restored; q
fringe more delicate than frostwork,
and which; when torn and broken,
will never-abe re-embroidered, A man
who has spotted and soiled his gar