smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

Preservation Tooth. Pouder.- - Tooth Pow
ders, regarded as means merely of cleans
ing the teeth, are most commonly placed
among cosmetic: but this should not be, as
they assist greatly in preserving healthy
condition Of the dental machinery, and so aid
in pe1fecting as much as possible the act of
mystication. In this manner they may be
considered as most useful, although they are
subordinate medicinal agents. By careful
use of the following tooth-powder frequent
causes Of early loss of teeth will be prevented.
Take four ounces of burnt horn. two ounces
of orrs root powder, one ounce of powdered
myrrh, half an ounce Of powdered borax, and
half an ounce Of cochineal. In mixing the
ingredients, it is very necessary that the
cochneal be thoroughly tri,urated with the
burnt horn prior to the addition of the other
ingredients. This will require nearly an
hours careful rubbing in a mortar, and it is
only complete when the color of the mixture
assumes lavender hue, which color is the
best criterion of perfect blending. Finally,
mix in the other powders, together with
one dachm of otto of cloves; then preserve
for use in stoppered bottles. The proportions
given in this recipe may of course be divided
into any quantity desired-Septimus P'esse


How 10 Cook EGG Plant We have recent
ly come across the two following receipts for
cooking Egg Plant, and as we follow both
methods in this culinary department of our
own household, we print them thus seasona.
bly, as this vegetable makes its appearance


FRIED EGG PLANT.-Cut the plant in thin
slices, sprinkle with salt. and let them stand
half an hour, pour off the water that the salt
extracts, and dry the plant with towel;
beat an egg, dip the plant in it, then roll in
crasker, and fry brown in butter. Some pre-
fer simply dipped in egg without the cracker,
or rolling them in the flour without the egg.
Season highly and cook slowly.


BAKED EGG PLANT Paiboi it until it is
sof, enough to stick straw into the meat
then cut just in half; scoop oat the inside,
leaving the hull chop it very fine. and sea-
son very highly with pepper and salt, good
deal Of butter, very little onion, and add
crumbs of bread. Mix all well together and
return it into the hull then strew crumbs of
bread on the top, and bake it for about an
hour If carefully cooked, this is the best
way to eat egg plant at dinner. Tel.


Ho,c 10 Cook Peach Bio1r Potatoes.
many persons have experienced difficulty in
cooking this variety of the potato, | submit
the following method, which has proved per-
fectly successful with me:


Select your potatoes, all of the sarre size.
Pare them three quarters of an inch around
the middle, leaving the skin on each end
Put them in cold water with q little salt ;
when they come to boil, let them cook gen.
tly for bout twenty minutes; (if tine pota-
toes be large, few minutes longer will be
required y then remove the cover, pour the
water from them, place cloth over the top
of the boiler, and let them steam for few
minutes, when take off the skins and send
immediately to the table. NJ.


Germantown 7elegrph.


Picking Eges-Bol them hard. say, ten
minutes. and then divest them of their shells; ;
Year: 1861

,n "The Slavery question is mere excuse
Ihe election Of Mr. Lincoln is a mere pretext
Ihe present secession movement is the result
OF an enormous conspiracy formed more than
year since, formed by the leaders of the
Southern Confederacy more than twelve
months ago."
Year: 1861

Pickling Eges.-Boil them hard, say, ten
minutes. and then divest them of their Shells
when quite cool, put them in jars and pour
over them vinegar sufficient to quite cover
them, in which has been previously boiled
the usual spices for picking. Tie the jars
down tight with bladder and keep them till
they begin to change color.
Year: 1861

Washington city on the 4th of March
last. We regard it as admitting the right
of secession, and we cannot therefore en-
|dorse it, Is it treason to dissent from
those views of the President?
Year: 1861

ing to her assistance were swamped. We
shall hear from her in day or two again.


Gen. Butler and aid came by special
train to the city tonight, and immediate
ly called on the Secretaries of the Navy
and War. .a - rs 5at
Year: 1861

have been Overbearlng and dlctat0rlal, ana
men fit only to rule in bar.rooms have borne
supreme sway by the mere force of oluster
in either House of Congress. Whether
there really existed peculiar charm in the
home circle of the Southern gentleman is a
problem we cannot decide, but there is no
doubt that it seemed charmed to many Il
Northern man and woman, who under It's
influence we're transformed as if by magic.
And so it has been that both in public and
in private life the South has been supreme.
Shall we not admit the true reason of this
Southern success? Shall we not own that
| it was due to force of character, to will, de-
termination, and skill, on the one hand
and to an utter want of tone, self.respect,
and proper sectional zeal, on the other p
Such is the truth The spirit of domina-
tion engendered and nourished on the
plantation, amid real slaves, was boldly
transplanted to the social circle, and ezer-
ted against the Northern men who served
the State. Within these few years, certain
practical Southern arguments, of the true
plantation stamp, have somewhat stiffened
the Northern backbone, and we are not so
utterly subservient as we have been Still
there is long interval, in point Of tone,
dash, pluck, character, between the people
of the two sections. We at the North have
yet to realize the full extent of our past
degradation, and We have yet much to un.
learn before we acknowledge, as men and
as citizens, that "Southerner" is not name
to copjure with We do not even now be-
lieye how completely the Southern soul is
absorbed in the love of domination. Even
so lately as last December, Mr.. Seward, in
addressing the New England Society, found
hope for the Union in Senatorial salaries
paid by the United States, without taxing
the South to raise the money! Politician
as he is of long standing, he did not know
that, to the Southern mind, bonds like this
were as ropes of sand when opposed to the
lust of power. AS the things which are
seen are temporal, while those which are
unseen are eternal, so material things stand
no chance as against that absorbing sen'i-
ment of the Southern soul which knows no
middle ground between rule and ruin, and
is willing to endure all things rather than
yield up dominion. But since that speech
was made, even Benjamin and Yulee have
given up their comfortable chairs, their
eminent positions, and, save the mark
their handsome salaries, in obedience to
the demands of passion swollen by long
indulgence, and irritated by defeat. Let
US not, then, undervalue he Southern
character. Itpursues its great aim through
all difficulties, and literally at all hazards,
and nothing but sense of our own dignity,
a sedulous cultivation of self.respect, if we
have it not, can ever prevent the yielding,
couciliating, trading, deferential North
from again falling prey to the bold, defiant
dictatorial, domineering South.
Year: 1861

cures to the citizen of each State the right
of transit and sojourn in any State Of the
Confederacy with their Slares and other
property, and that the right of property in
said slaves shall not be thereby impaired.
The third clause of the same section pro-
vides for the rendition of fugitive slares.-
There is in this direct and palpable desig-
nation of slares as property, which the old
Constitution very prudishly avoided. 1t
also provides that in all territory of the Co.
vernment, "the institution of negro slavery,
as it now exists in the Confederate States,
shall be recognized and protected by Con.
gress and the Territorial Government"


The admission of other States is provided
for; but by a vote Of two-thirds of the cho(e
House, and two-thirds of the Senate-the
Senate voting by States. But no new
States shall be formed within the jurisdic.
ton of any other State; nor any State be
formed by the junction of two or more
States, or parts of States, without the con-
sent of the Legislatures of the States con.
cerned, as we'll as of the Congress.


Article fifth, section first, provides that
upon the demand of three States, through
their conventions, Congress shall summon a
convention of all the States.


In the above We have given our readers
the distinctive features of the Constitution
of the Confederate States. The observation
of every attentive reader of the history of
the United States will detect the reasons
which prompted the above changes, and
will recognize them as improvements. The
old constitution threw every obstacle in the
way of improvement, and left minority
without redress. It left to revolution to
make corrections which wisdom and justice
should have accorded spontaneously. What
the experience or the exigencles of the Sou.
thern States will require in the future, we
of this generation cannot see. But, be they
what they may, this revolution and this
Constitution sets an example which, if fol-
lowed by the whole world, will give to eve.
ry nationality redress of grievances without
recourse to bloodshed.
Year: 1861

REMEDY FOR PEACH BoRERs.-Take
about half pint Of common salt, and sew
it up in small bag of strong cotton cloth,
such as common osnaburg, will answer all
purposes; tie this in the fork of the tree,
where let it remain until the salt is dissol.
we'd by the rains that fall, which will be in
the course Of two years, and the work is
done The brine that runs down the trunk
of the trees will kill both worms and eggs
as they are deposited; besides, it proves
benefit to the tree. Should there have ac-
cumulated hardening of gum at the sur.
face of the ground, as is sometimes the
case, it should be removed, so that the So
luton may reach the worms Its equally
as applicable for the apple-tree borer and
aphis at the roots Correspondence Gard
ener's Monthly.
Year: 1861

tom house officers "We have a cargo, 3"
they will naturally say, son which we do
not care to pay duties just at present; we
must deposit it in the warehouses for the
term during which we are permitted to do
so by law" What will the officers of the
customs do in that case? The Government
has no louger any warehouses in the sece
ding ports The hold of an armed vessel
would neither be proper mr. sufficiently
spacious repository for the goods. The du'
ties in that case cannot be collected; and
the collector will be puzzled to know whe.
ther to let the ship proceed to port or tc
detan her.


We happen TO know that there are i'm
porting houses at this moment preparing tc
take advantage Of this opening for an unen
cur,bered trade. They are getting ready
to convey their cargos to Charleston or Sa'
vaunah the goods will be landed there,
and then brought coastwise to New York.
where, being iuportations from port with
in the Union, they will be subject to nc
duty. The new tariff, with its strange for
malities and ingeniously devised delays
forms an additional inducement with them
to take this course.


What, then, is left for our government
Shall we let the seeding States repeal the
revenue laws for the whole Union in this
manner? Or will the government choose
to consider all foreign commerce destined
for those ports where we have no custom
houses and no collectors, as contraband
and stop it, when offering to enter the col
lection districts from which our authorities
have been expelled ? Or will the President
call special session of Congress to do what
the last unwisely failed to do-to abolish
all ports of entry in the seeding States?
Year: 1861

How THE JAPANESE RESTORE FADED
FLowERs.-A Nagasaki correspondent Of
the N. Y. Herald writes:


After bouquet is dropping beyond all
remedies of fresh water, the japanese can
bring it back to all its first glory by very
simple and seemingly most destructive ope
ration. I had received some days ago a
delightful bunch of flowers from Japan.
ese acquaintance. They continued to live
in all their beauty for nearly two weeks,
when at last they faded. Just as 1 was a.
bout to have them thrown away, the same
gentleman Japanese genteman) came to
see me. showed him the faded flowers,
and told that, though lasting long time,
they had now become useless. "Oh, no, !"
said he; only put the ends of the stems in
to the fire, and they will be as good as be-
FORE" l was incredulous; so he took them
himself and held the stems ends in the
fire until they were completely charred.-
This was in The morning; at evening they
were sgain looking fresh and vigorous,
and have continued so for another week.
What may be the true agent in this re.
viving process, am unable to determine
fully; whether it be the heat driving once
more the last juices into every leaaet and
vein, or whether it be the bountiful supply
of carbon furnished by the charring-
| am inclined, however, to the latter cause,
as the full effect was not produced until
some eight hours afterward, and as it seems
that, If the heat was the principal agent, i,
must have been sooner followed by visible
changes.
Year: 1861

this comical manner when they are dispiri'
ted or angry, or tired Of ants and snakes,
and longing for unknown food. The Do
kos seem to come nearest of all people yel
discovered, to that terrible cousin of hu
manity-the ape.
Year: 1861

CONFESSIONS OF THE TRIBUNE.-Be-
fore last November threats of disunion were
common enough, but no one supposed they
were anything more than electioneeriog
tricks. Indeed, so frequently had these
threats been made before, that no one had
any reason to regard them as of any prac.
tical importance They were accordingly
received either with Indifference, or with
m:rthful remarks; and the general opinion
seemed to be that the South could not be
forced out of the Union. 1t was argued by
those who cared to argue at. all about it,,
that the very existence Of slavery depended
upon tho Union that no slave State would
dare to have Canada carried down to its bor-
ders; that slave Instructions would occur
as soon as the heavy hand of the Federal
government was withdrawn from the insti-
tuition and that the dread Of John Brown
raids would alone prove sufficient to keep
the slave States in the Union. 1t would
seem now that great ignorance prevailed at
the North as to the situation Of the slave
States.
Year: 1861

EEerywhere thare is death. Ii il not a
remarkable fact that there is nothing that you
can plant, or build, Or lay aside, that death in
some Of his formulas does not Instantly set
upon Build walls of granite, and they dee
cay the breath of death will instantly begin
to act npon them. Build yonr Houses of
Parlinent of stone selected by the best judges,
and deatb With its fangs is already gnaWing
into dust the fabric that cost millions Of the
nations wealth The sweetest flowers that
burst into bloom will no sooner reach their
fall bloom AID beauty than death will breathe
upon them, and they will wither and be re-
solved into earth again All that man builds,
ell that nature throws up from her bosom, all
thas is beautiful in the heights, all that IS
fragrant in the depths, all are under the
regime Of decay, disease, aud death.
Year: 1861

In your discourse take heed what you speak,
and to whom yoa speak, how you speak, and
when you speak; when you speak, speak
wisely fool's heart is in his tongue, but a
visa mans tongue Is in bis heart.
Year: 1861

FANNY FERN ON SHoPPISG.-Fauny Fern
has been discoursing upon the Affections of
shopping. She hates being compelled to buy
anything against her will, but sometimes has
to submit. She says: Enter the door, and
three clerks Immediately leap from the scab-
bard and ask :" what is it ?' OF course you
Immediately forget any intentions you might
have had of buying anything, and before you
have time to recall your senses, you find your
self listening to running inventory of every
thing in the shop, with the prices from cotton
handkerchief to silken velvet cloak or dress.
If you are not a lunatic by that time, you make
feeble attempt to got out into the open air,
which praisworthy effort is frustrated by pro-
cession of clerks who accompany you down the
store, each with piece Of goods over one arm,
which they pat and stroke with caressing 6n-
gers, and would be happy to know "if it is
eleven or twelve yards you viii want for your
dress"
Year: 1861

The following nice little son dit is not
fresh, but is nevertheless good A millionaire
of Paris wrote to Scribe I" My dear sir,
have great desire to be associated with you
in some dramatic composition. Will you do
me the favor to write comedy and permit
me to add to it few lines of my own? will
then have it produced in the most costly and
splendid style upon the stage, at my own ex-
pense, and We will share the gloryl" To
which Scribe answers !: s My dear sir, must
decline your fiattering proposal, because relig
ion teaches me it is not proper that horse
and an ass should be yoked together" To
which the millionaire replies @Sir, have
received your impertinent epistle. By what
authority do you call me a horse ?"
Year: 1861

MIND Your Own BUSINESS. The first
piece of Continental money coined in this
country bore the terse but suggestive motto
Mind your own Business and, as North
ern Journal very truly remarks, if the people of
the different sections of the country had fol-
lowed its advice, the best government ever de-
vised by man would not now be on the verge
of destruction
Year: 1861

A SHIRITUALIsT's s SHAM EXPOSED. - Mr..
$, prominent banker of St. Johns,
somewhat skeptieal on the subject Of spiritual
ism, prevailed upon a female "test medium 10
give an entertainment at his residence One
of the miraculous" performances was to cause
the spirits TO beat upon a drum suspended from
the ceiling about six feet from the floor The
medium sat upon the floor directly under the
drum, two stout men sitting upon her dress to
prevent her from ascending The drumstcks
were laid upon the floor in a remote corner of
the room, and everything being in readiness,
the lights were eXtinguished, when, sure enough
a violent beating was commenced upon the
drum, and but for the curiosity of certain de-
signing persons, the "test" would have been
unauswerable. AT this period of the perform
ance the door was burst open and light was
quickly thrust into the room, and surprising as
it may appear, the medium was standing upon
her feet and beating the drum at furious rate.
1t is needless to remark that the lady tainted,
and was carried out"
Year: 1861

Our special dispatches from Washing.
ton are indicative of one OF two things
81 advance upon the enemy, or row
among our friends We trust that our
correspondent is not mistaken in his facts.
If he is not, the do-nothing policy will be
soon brought to an end, and our brave
boys will get chance to Try the mette
Of The enemy. Advance is the word!
Year: 1861

Upon the writer of this article, perhaps,
the tidings of his loss fell with more start
ling effect than upon any prison else. 1t
was our good fortune 10 know Col. Baker
MS our guest at dinner on an afternoon in
the month Of August hast. On that orca-
recent disaster AT Mauassas) natural con-
ce,n as to the department cf his troops, he
said: Wilkes, have some peculiar no.
tions as TO the part | am to play in this ex-
traor,linary war and ] want YOU to bear
in mind that what | now say to you is not
the result Of any idle fancy or vague inn
preston. 1t is doubtful if hall ever again
take my seat in the Senate To the look
of surprise which | turned upon him at this
expression he replied, I" am certain shall
not live through this war, and if my troops
should show any want of resolution, shall
fall in the first battle. cannot afford, after
my career in Mexico, and as Senator Of
the United States, TO turn my face from the
enemy ! There was no gloom or depres-
sion in his manner, but it was character
lied by a temperate earnestness which made
a deep impression ON my mind.


Lo before October has shed its leaves
his sword lies upon his pulseless breast, and
his toga has become the ccrements of the
grave.


GOOD friend brave heart gallant lead
er hail and farewell =" G. w.
Year: 1861

Ho Southron we're coming-youve reused us


at last,
And the chains that once bound us together Sc


fast
Shall clank at your feet meath the Palmetto


tree, a.t.E
Ere you; treason shall shatter the Home OF


the Free ,
From the White Hampshire hills where the Bald


Eagles rest,
To the prairies that sweep through the Land


of the West,
A voice has awakened our slumberng souls
And it gathers in strength to itself us it rolls
Tis the voice of the nation your sins have be-


trayed:
In the balance of Justice your sins have been


weighed
By the hsna name you diShOn0r-your time is at
When the cry of the mighty goes up for their


land.
Do you think in your vanity, pride and concet,
You can force the stern Northron to basely re-


treat?
All. pause in your blindness awake from


your sleep!
Ere you meet us i'll enmity earnest and deep.
From the Father of Waters" whose valleys


are wide,
From the great Northern Lakes to the Great


Mountain side
Shall pour down in myriads constant and true,
The men who still stand by the Red, VIII ite


and Blue.
That old flag shall blind with one CLEAN of its


stars,
Your paltry abortion of prison house =" bars. y
Your laws upon paper your forts upon sand ;
In the light of that banner they never can


stand.
And when you shall see it float high in the air,
With all its old memories vibrating there,
All your heart will turn back by the Pal.


metto tree,
With fealty and truth to the Home of the


Free 2"
Year: 1861

A story is told of this distinguished
man for the hour, who has for many
years been one of the most prominent
lawyers in Massachusetts, and it is said
has tried more jury cases within the last
ten years than any other lawyer in the
United States.


A young girl employed in one of the
factories In Lowell, where Mr.. Butler re
sides, had been discharged, and the cor
poration refusing to pay her. she sought
legal redress, and retained Mr.. Il. as
counsel. He listened to her case with
much interest, and afterwards presented
the claim to the proper agent Of the cor
poration, who still refused to pay the
girl her honest dues. Butler issued a
writ, and attached the main water wheel
Of the factory, aud by bringing the whole
concern TO a dead stand, soon convinced
them that it was worth while to attend to
these little matters rs they 30 along
That is the kind of man who now is ar
guing the case of T. 5. as. c. s. in the
neig hborhood Of Fort Monroe and Rich :
mond, and We rather suspect that before
Captain Davis, the defendant of Steal.
ocracy, fairly gets the hang of things he
viii find that Lawyer Butler has attached
his main wheel, and will bring the trait
or machinery to dead halt


In due season Gen. Butler will speak
again, but this time with the grim lips OF
brass, and although somewhat in iron
ieal mood, yet We think the arguments
he uses will fall with some weight upon
his animated advance ! We feel author
lied to announce that he will speak with
force. Dub Times
Year: 1861

CLEANING Gun BARRELS. We see i'm
the Se'enfhc Imericdn and other papers
receipts for cleaning gun barrels. They
are all open TO the objection. that they
involve the use of water, thus requirinr
time TO dry the barrels, and ueurring the
danger OF rust. We give a method
used by scientific sportsmen in Eng
with success Gel quantity OF quick
silver. which can be kept in small pill
box. and when the barrel is foul. place
the thumb on the nipple, pour the quick.
silver IN at the mouth, and then run il
up and down few times. Turn il back
into tbs box and the barrel will be per
tectly clean. The mercury forms an
amalgam with the lead and removes it
The lead can be taken from the mercury
by straining.
Year: 1861

The Government has information that
powder and caps are in great demand
among the rebels, and that for want oil
powder they can gain but liule by the
immense number of guns they have slo
len.