smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

1t is good thing for young man to be
'knocked about in the world though his soft
hearted parents may not think So All youths,
or if not ALL certainly nneteen-twenticthssa 81 the
sum total, onter life with surplusage of self
conceit. The sooner they are relieved of it the
better If in measuring themselves, with wiser
and older men than themselves, they discover
that it is unwarranted, and get rid of it grace
fully of their own accord well and good if not
it is desirable for their own sakes, that it be
stknocked out of them"


A boy who is sent to large school soon finds
his level. His will may have been paramount at
home; but school boys are democratic in their
ideas, and, ifarrogant he is sure to be thrashed
into recognition of the golden rule.


The world is great public sch COL, and it soon
teaches new pupil his proper place. If he has
the attributes that belong to q leader; he will be
installed into the position of a leader; if not,
whatever his own opinion of his abil tics may be
he will be compelled to fall in with the rank and
fe IF not destined to greatness;the Eext bestthiae
to which he can aspire is respcctability man
can either be truly great or truly respectable who
is vain, pompous and ovcrbearing.


BY the time the novice has found his Legitimate
social position, be the same high or low. tht
probability is that the disagrecable traits of his
character will be softencd down or worn away
Most likely the process of abrasion will be rough
perhaps.very rough; but when itis."ll overland h'
begins to see himselfas others see him, and moi
as rejected in the mirror of selfconceit, he WI
i -I.c tI,ot Lo has tha 0auntlef and
arrived, though by IL rough road, at selfknowl
edge. Upon the whole, whatever loving mothers
may think to the contrary, it is good thing 70
youths to be knocked about in the world--i
makes msu of them.
Year: 1867

It is maxim with our Quaker friends to
"Think twice before thee speaks once, and
thee will speak twice the better for it," This
wise prudence has often saved QUE pious friends
from oversbooting themselves.


A Quaker having lost quarter of mutton by
lawyers dog, repaired to the Office of the latter
and said:


IL have come to ask piece of thy advice
Suppose dog carried off leg of mutton from
me, where do I look for pay, to the dog or his
owner?'


tt0h," said the man of the quill ITO the own
er of the dog; he is responsible for any damage
his dog does thee.''


Said Broadbrim "Thee owes me seventv-fi
cents"


"Ah!" said the lawyer; 'then my dog did the
mischief Well here is your money!


The face of the Quaker expanded with smile
at his shrewdncss in forestalling the opinion o,
the lawyer, and was about making his exit from
the office, when he was brought to a halt by the
lawyer saying: 81 have small bill against you
nay friend"


"Ah for what?" said the Quaker.


"For advice in the dog case-two dollars,'
was thereby.


This was poser. 1t being strictly legal, and
the lowest fee in the calendar for advice there
was no lodging, so the money was forkcd over
and with elongated phiz Shadbelly departed, mi
nus one dollar aad a quarter worse than when
he came, and wisr elf not a better man.
Year: 1867

va Coal ashes in England have been found to
be an excellent top dressing, for clover and grass
lands, especially on dry, sandy, soils. The
quantity used is from fifty to sixty bushels per
acre, spread Immediately after harvest, or dur
ing the winter or early spring. The quality OF
coal ashes is said to be improved by covering up
in.every cart load of ashes one bushe of lime in
its hottest state, for about ten or twelve hours,
when the lime will he entirelv fallen. The
whole is then mixed together, and turned over
three times, when the cinders or half burned
pieces of coal, which otherwise would be of no
use, will be found reduced to as fine powder as
the lime itself. The coal ashes should be kept
perfectly dry, and when thus prepared with lime
and applied to swampy soils, is said to improve
them very materially. Dry coal iashes applied
to night soil, from time to time, frees it from
Unpleasant oder, and forms highly coucentra-
ted manure, which is in proper condition to be
carted away.


Muchiof fhe coal used for fuel lin England is
the soft COAL but we have no doubt good results
would follow..frem the use of the ashes of Amer
lean Goals. Indeed, in proof thatthey have con-
siderable manurial value, we have often seen
squashes and other vegetables growing in great
luxuriance upon heap of coal ashes which had
been thrown out of the CRATES, and entirely free
from a mixture of earth or manures. The con-
sumption of coal IN the inland cities and villages
is becoming every day more extensive, and the
ashes for the most part are thrown away as use.
less material.


To those living within the reach of cities and
villages, it woulG besworth while to collect
this rubbish, and experiment with it.upon grasi
lands with view of determining its real value
1t is mine which may be well worth workings
and which the practical farmers should not over
Iook-U Utica HruLd
Year: 1867




The New Orleans papers bring us the let
ter of General Longstreet, brief allusion
to which has already appeared in our tele-
graphic column. The letter IS addressed to
J. M G. Parker, of New Orleans. In it the
General says:


shall be happy to work in any harness
that promises relief to our distressed people,
and harmony to the nation. 1t matters not
whether bear the mantle of Mr.. Davis or
the mantle Of MIR. Sumner, so that I may
help to bring the glory of peace and good
will toward men,"


The sword has decided in favor of the
North, and what they claimed as principles
cease to be principles and are become law.
The views that we hold cease to be princi-
Piles because they are opposed to law. 1t
is, therefore, our duty to abandon ideas that
are obsolete and conform to the requirements
of law.


The military bill and amendments are
peace offerings. We should accept them as
such, and place ourselves upon them as the
starting point from which to meet future po-
litical issues as they arise.


Like other Southern men, I naturally
sought alliance with the Democratic party,
merely because it was opposed to the Re
publican party. But as far as [ can judge,
CutTe is uolHlIlS IdHSloIc dUouC II, OAS0Pt
the issues that were staked upon the war
and there lost. Finding nothing to take
hold of except prejudice, which cannot be
worked into good for any one, it is proper
and right that 1 should seek some stand
point from which good may be done.


If appreciate the principles of the De-
mocratic party, its prominent features op
pose the enfranchisement of the colored man,
and deny the right to legislate upon the
subject of suffrage, except by the States, in
dividually.


These two features have tendency to ex-
clude Southern men from that party; for
the colored man is already entranchised here
and we cannot seek alliance with party
that would restrict his rights. The exclu-
sive right of the States to legislate upon suf-
frage will make the enfranchisement of the
blacks, whether for better or for worse, a fix
ture amongst US. 1t appears, therefore, that
those who cry loudest against this new order
of things as a public calamity, are those
whose principles would fix it upon us without
a remedy. Hence it becomes us to insist
that suffrage should be extended in all of the
States, and fully tested. The people of the
North should adopt what they have forced
upon us and if it be proved to be mistake
they should remove it by the remedy under
republican principles of uniform laws upon
suffrage.
Year: 1867

will follow appetite at the precise mo-
ment when enough of food has been
taken, and good digestion will follow


both. But rapidly boiling halfmasti-
Gated food fills the stomach long before
it satisfies the appetite, and shortly af-
ter eating comes the anaconda like feel.
ing of tullness and torpor, in which
men appear as animals, and to very
poor advantage even as such. If the
greatest epicure, the man with the
most prodigious appetite, and the man
who lives to eat, would but follow this
simple rule Of abstemiousness, they
would in the end be able to eat far
greater quantity of food by being able
to live longer to eat.-N Y. Gazette.
Year: 1867

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,


New ORLEANS, June 4.
To HIS ErceZzency, Andrea0 Johnson, President
Of the United States:


SIR: The incosed order from Gen. Sher-
idan removing me from office, is respectfully
submitted for your consideration, as to the
question of his power to do so.


As to the reasons assigned by him for ia
king this step, viz: that I have impeded
him in the execution of the law of Congress,
I enter respectful but emphatic denial to
the accusation. / am prepared to establish
the truth of this assertion.


1t is evidently a mere pretext on the part
of the General to give the color of cause for
an act which originated i'll personal malice
toward me, because | dared defend myself
from his personal attacks.


Had the general stated that was an impe-
diment in the way to the qualification of his
inordinate ambition to make himself gcater
man he would have come much nearer the
truth than he did.


His abuse of me personally do not conde-
scend to notice. His eminent skill in that
line is well known to this community.


That he should so far degrade the office he
holds as to make his official order the vehicle
of his malice, may surprise you, but not me,
who know his reckless habits.


tits not my purpose, however, in this COM
munication. to make your Excellency party
to the quarrel of Gen. Sheridan and myself.
1t is toreig On to the question at issue, which is,
simply. if Military Commanders, under the
law of Congress, have the light to remove CIV
il officers, under the provisional governments
of the States established thereby; or, in other
words, if they possess any powers beyond
those delegated in said act, and definitely
expressed?


Knowing that this question touching
the general powers of the Military Comman-
ders, under particulars growing out of the
frequent exercise of the removing power by
General Sheridan, is now under considera-
tion by the Attorney General, respectfully
submit the case of my removal in connection
Herewith as another instance of the illegal
exercise of power by Gen. Sheridan.


Believing the Importance of the question
involved will call forth an early decision.
have the honor to be your obedient servant.


J. NJ. WELLS,


Governor of State of Louisiana.
Year: 1867

How TO TAKE CARE OF a PrANo.-We
copy the following plain and simple dirsc
tions for the proper care of pianos from a
cotemporary. II should be remembered that
the pianoforte is susceptible to the change
Of temperature, and when tuned in one
temperature will be out of tune in another.
Good and well made pianofortes will stand
n tune if they are tuned at proper periods
Many people, as they wish to avoid expense,
will let their instruments remain long out
of tune, which is great detriment to them,
as they are less likely to stand we'll after
having been 80 left. We will offer few
hints in reference to the matter. piano
forte ought justly to be tuned twice alyear,
at least. First, when you commence with.s
fire in the room; second, when fiEis dis
continued. By following this course YOU
have the best guarantee that the instrument
will remain in tune for tic longest period OF
time. Again, the Instrument should not be
suffered to rehain below concert pitchi II 1t
is ior years tuned below, it will never ai'eI
sta96 IN to tho pitch without great deal o.
labt,r if indeed, it ever stand at all. Many
otherwise beautiful instruments arc nearly
or qlu,ts ruined for want OF proper atentioh
to these simple facts Yet it will never
answex for professional tuner to recon-


mend t1rzsr- tlA,;s.,sss se -he does. the people
will suspect him Immediately of selfish


motives, and say that he Is planning for his
own advantage Owners of pianotortes
who are not acquainted with the nature OF
the instrument ought to bear these facts in


mind when, by yearly outlay of trifing


sum they might save themselves infinitely


more than they really expend, by the preser-


vation Of their instrument, in which they
have invested so much
Year: 1867

We clip the following from a Sacra- mento paper. It was sent to newly fedged California editor, by one of his friends, who very evidently understood the subject:

 ''I am rather sorry to see that you have assumed the thankless task of an edi- tor. If you do your duty, you may expect a Aoggin once month; If you don't, you will deserve it, Somebody's big brother will call upon you severely for an explanation of what you intimated about his sister, and the county officials will con- bine and get you challenged for revealing their rascality. Ifyou fight, you will be sure to be killed if you don't they will post you as coward, and get some old hog to horsewhip you on the plaza. If you say anything about politics, your enemis will, of course call you liar, and your friends fool The fist will con- demn your honesty, and the last your indiscretion. An editor is poor devil, stuck up for all classes of the community to boot and toot at. If he gets mad and foams, they vote his paper sarcastic i piece ofvituperative wretchedness. If he feels funny, and smiles, all refuse to see his wit except his wife, and all the prudes will christen his sheet loose and licentious. Honesty makes everybody else your enemy, dishonesty begets reproach. One leads inevitably to murder, and the other to suicide. In ancient times, Juvenal tells us, that when the gods entirely de- serted man, they made him school master. In ours, they turn him into an editor. Of all classes in community, he is the worst clothed, fed and lodged He is the poorest paid for his labor, waits longer for it. and then never fails to get small shinplasters. You can tell him quarter of mile up the street, by his gait, shape and costume; he shambles along like romantic baboon before he is trained to be come biped he gets round shouldered before his time, and cross eyed, from the habit of guarding against attack in ambuscade; his clothing don't fit him, because he bought them of Jew round the corner, at second hand :; he lives the life of hog, and generally dies maniac. Ifyou are fully prepared for such fate, go ahead; if not, sell out, or swop out, but get out as soon as possi- ble."
Year: 1867

The ladies of Warwick, England, have organized Boating Club, and propose hereafter to compete with the sterner sex up the picturesque and classic Avon. There Is no reason why the English women, who are fond of the chase, and delight in fishing and pedestrian tours, and other outdoor exercise, should not aspire to skillful use of the oar. We shall not be sur prised, theref fore, to see them generally taking like ducks to the water, and, in time, challenging the world for a wherry race or a regatta contest.

 It is a matter of congratulation that the out door sports which impart TO- bust constitutions and ruddy counte- nances to the gentler sex of England, are becoming yearly more popular among our American women. The ef- feminate customs of other years are giving way to a fondness for horseman- ship, skating, crequet, etc., and, as re- suit, we witness decided improvement in the constitutions of our women.- They are becoming more and more convinced that physical delicacy, ener- vation, effeminancy, and hot-house drawing room confinement do not im- part genuine beauty and attraction to them. They are learning that pretty lace is, in mans estimation, no com pensation for frail constitution and numberless doctors bills.

 We have strong, active men, and we want strong, active women, who are not always complaining of excessive fatigue, and lack of vitality; women who do not keep running account with physicians, and have to be patched up" and dosed year in and year out; women who are not afraid to shoulder responsibility, and bear their share of flife's burdens; women, in short, who are fitted by physical as we'll as mental training and development to become what their Maker intended them to be--helpmates for man. And to this end it is to be hoped that the spirit of reform will continue to grow and prevail among them. Those who exercise an influence in molding and shaping the customs of society should foster and develop this spirit. The managers of female educational insti- tutes should initiate the example now being set by the New England colleges and provide liberal means for physical training and development. Preachers and teachers have it in their power to achieve a vast amount of good to hu- manity in this respect. Said an emi- nent Methodist divine of this city not long since: "If could have my way, would have a ten pin alley attached to every church in the country, where boys and girls might develop them- selves physically during week days, and thus become the better prepared to receive spiritual training on the Sab bath"

 This suggestion will strike most peo- pie as being decidedly novel, to say the least. It however reveals an apprecia- ton of the importance of devoting more attention to physical culture and development, which we should be glad to find prevailing generally among educators and holders of public opin- ion.-[N. Y. Commercial Adv
Year: 1867



 We notice that the Southern papers generally are advising the people to register as a preparatory step toward voting on the reconstruction scheme. This is unquestionably the true policy. Those who decline to register on the ground that the negroes arc permitted to do so. and stand back sullen and in- active, are untrue to their people and their States. They can only defeat the infamous scheme of reconstruction by voting it down at the polls. They can only vote when they have been regis tered. After they arc registered, they are accorded the option of voting for or against convention to form a State Constitution. If they can muster strength to defeat convention, the re- construction scheme falls right there, and is dead. Surely this is much bet ter than by not registering to be ex- cluded from the polls, and thus aid in carrying the convention. It must be borne in mind that these conventions are to make such constitutions as suit them, and it is impossible to tell what sort of constitutions they may make. Their power over those who were in Confederate cause will be unlimited. Any disabilities which revenge and malignity can invent may be incorpo- rated into them.

 But the answer and the only answer to this argument is, that to defeat the convention will be to perpetuate mili- tary rule. This is true, but is not the rule of white men. soldiers though they be, preferable to that of negroes and tories, and is it not probable, that if these two classes are permitted to make the constitutions, that more grinding disabilities will be imposed than any they have to dread from mili- tary rule? This is matter of import- ance which should receive the serious consideration of our Southern friends, for it strikes us that it involves their future condition to vital extent, and may bring upon them calamities not now dreamed of. To be in condition to vote is not to surrender anything, and implies not the slightest assent to the reconstruction scheme, but to re- fuse to register is voluntary dislran- chisement, which cannot be justified on any ground of social or of private duty. Let every man, therefore, who is permitted to register do it without delay, and be prepared to deal death blow to the outrage sought to be per- petrated upon him and his fellow-citi- zens whom he can only in this way protect.- Louisville Courier.
Year: 1867

B,-S-A German recently invented a very cheap and easily made barometer. Take q common glass wide mouthed pickle-bottle, and fill ito within three inches of the mouth with water. Then take common sweet oil flask, cleanse it thoroughly, and plunge the neck into the pickle bottle as far as it will go. This completes the barometer, and in fine weather the water will rise in the neck of the flask, descending again in wet windy weather. Before a heavy gale of wind the water has been known to leave the flask altogeth- CT, at least eight hours before the gale was at its height.
Year: 1867

TRUE RELIGIoN.-lt consists not in a nice orthodoxy, but in sincere love of truth; in hearty appreciation of and compliance with, the doctrines Fundamentally good; not in vain four ishes of outward performance, but in an inward good complexion of mind 1; not in furious zeal for or against trivial circumstances, but in con scionablc practising the substantial parts of religion.
Year: 1867

dollars by a failure and had several times
threatened TO kill himself


A German, fifty-two years old named T. Blel,
hanged himself to q bedpost with two SILK
handkerchiefs last night at his house on Find
lay street, breaking his neck. Difficulty with
his vile Is supposed to have led to the suicide.
Year: 1867

HAVING THE LAEGE EST CIRCULATION. i
HS To obtain any of these letters the applicant
must call for Advertised Letters give the date
OF the iist, land pay one cent for advertising


~ If not called for within one month they win he
sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Year: 1867

A New MOVEMENT IN LIFE INsURANcR-A
large meeting OF Germans was held in New
York last Tuesday evening to form a society
for the mutual benefit and protection of life
insurers. The society will assist its members
In sustaining the payment OF premiums, Will
advise non insured parties how and where to
effect insurance, will aid In the collection OF
policies falling due, and will guard the in
tereets OF all VINO may unite with IL, by care
full and constant observation OF the operations
OF insurance companies. Although designed
especially for the good Of It's members, the in
direct influence Of this organization will be
TO increase life insurance business.
Year: 1867

ANOTHER CANDIDATE 5 Smith the veteran
editor of the Marysvillc -inpeal, says he will be
a candidate for State Printer. Smith has done
the Union party valuable service, and will con-
time to do so, whether he succeeds in his aspi
rations or not. There are plenty of men desery-
ing of the position, and we take pleasure in ex-
pressing the opinion that brother Smith is one
nf than
Year: 1867

on other means of living but the earnings Of
labor And because our opinion is that, by
thus securing our Individual independent COM
pe,ency we will become more useful to our ma
tive land, in case of need, than we would be
should we chooie to earn our bread in exile as
simply daily laborers for hire - Fredericksburg
Herald
Year: 1867

IHE PREVAILING COMMERCIAL DEpREss1oN-The
following statements regarding the present CONNER
cal depression are from the New York Financial
Chronicle journal which the London Economist Just
ly praises as "a most admirable financial Journal
which all persons interested in American finances
should beedfuly study"


Complaints universal of the stagnation and the
appropriateness ofbusiness A spring season so de-
pressed and generally unsatisfactory as the present is
hardly within the memory of our city merchants The
trade of the interior is generally reported dull and u
promising. Although the South has realised upon a
large portion OF its cotton crop is found devoid ot
trading spirit, and even unable to quidate much of
its Indebtedness on account of last years purchases
In the Western States merchants complain of unusual
difficulty in making their collections and have on hand
heavy balance of fall stock the result being that
their obligations to the Atlantic ees in many cases
have to be renewed for thirty to sixty days The New
England cotton mills fud the demand for their goods
SO limited compared with their production that at the
beginning OF this month some of the manufacturers
made still further curaiment of their time of run
ming The woolen trade, now one of our most exten-
sve industries although it recently diminished its ag
gregate production quite 90 per cent, finds little re-


lief from the reduced supply goods and n,anufacta-
rers have to sell alarge amount Of their products at
discount from cost. In the leather and iron trades
similar complaints prevail; and indeed it would bo
difficult TO find an important exception the common
stagnaton.