smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

The human eye always attempts TO sup
ply the complement color. Thus, if the
eye rests for any time on any one COLOR


say green which is composed of blue
and yellow--on shutting the eyes faint


repetition of the object WILDE seen in redyt
which is the third of the primarycolors aud
Complementary to the other two. s.. d,...
The laws Of acoustics are hitherto but


little known, but it would seem that SIM
liar effect is produced two notes Of the


mujor triad when struck calling forth u
faint impression on the ear of other notes
being supplied. 1t is curious fact and
one which quite upholds this law, that on
striking any chord on the piano forte, all
the strings of.the same chord throughout


the instrument which are in unison with


the notes struck, are in. vibration, while the
other notes are not agitated. btEhis can be


ocularly demonstrated by placing on these
strings little saddles Of paper which will
be seen to vibrate violently, while. when


placed on other strings which are foreign


to tie chord, they rest undisturbed.. 80.
Year: 1865

rzrMr. Gripes, the usurer, to whom a
sixpence always looked as large as a cart
Wheel is in the habit Of holding his breath
while the tailor measures him, so that his
garments will require less cloth.
Year: 1865

The body is to die. No one who passed
the charmed boundary comes back to tell. The
imagination visits the realms of shadows--
sent out from somA window in the soul over
lifes restless waters, but brings its way wearilJ
back, with no olive leaf in its beak as token
OF emerging life, beyond the closely bending
horizon. The great sun comes and goes in
the heaven, yet breathes no secret Of the ethc


rial wilderness The crescent moon cleaves
her nightly passage across the upper deep,
but losses overheard no signals. The sentinel
stars challenge each other rs they walk their
nightly rounds but we catch no syllable of
their eonntersgn which gives passage to the
heavenly camp between this and and the
other life there is a great gulf fixed, across
which neither foot nor eye can travel The
gentle friend whose eyes we closed in their
last sleep long years ago, died with rapture
in her wonder-stricken eyes, smile Of inef
fable Joy upon her lips, and hands folded over
a triumphant heart, but her lips were past
speech, and intimated nothing Of the vision
that enthralled her. O. Holland
Year: 1865




Comxa Dows. The Albany Argus has tn
following a
"The Albany Iron Works Corning, Wins
low 4 Coz have issued a notice to their men,
saying that it will be necessary to close their
works for several months--probably till the
standard of wages is materially reduced, So
the mills have stopped, and about six hundred
men are idle. The employers say that in the
unsettled state of the market, and the low
rates OF manufactured articles, they can not
afford TO run the works on the basis Of the
past year" Assgar.


In the transition from state ofwar to q
condition of peace, labor, and all the products
of labor, mnst receive new valuation The
change is becoming more apparent from day
to day, as shown BY the paragraph copied
above.-NetO York Journal Of CoDsmeree
Year: 1865

MINERALS OUTSIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA.


Large as these values appear, they will bear
the most rigid scrutiny as to qualities and
prices assigned. IL has been thought wonder
lul that the mines OF California yield fifty
millions yearly of the precious metals, and
results to the country has been sgnally ad-
vantageous But the mineral wealth of the
new States is by no means the sole reliance
for such resources. Years will yet eaps be-
fore the gold silver, or all the minerals of
any State of the interior or Pacific coast will
equal sthe production of Pennsylvania in
1864. Coal and petroleum are much beyond
gold and silver in the business OF the last year.
as regards the profits paid to those who pro-
duce and handle them, and the districts con-
cerned in both producing and marketing
them have gained in wealth far more than
the best gold fields of the Pacific States.


The mineral harvest of other States is not
so easy of statement in definite terms but
each of the three--coal, iron and petroleum.
has added millions to the wealth of several
other States during 1864 West Virginia and
Ohio are beginning to supply petroleum in
large quantities Scarcely State west of
the Al!eg fails to furnish coal and iron
in considerable quantities, under the strong
inducements now afforded by the prevailing
prices. Michigan produces copper to the
value of several millions in addition. 1t
would not be excessive to estme the addition
al mineral yield Of all the old States, at the
value of sixty millions of dollars in 1864, in
addition to the above summary for Pennsylva-.
MIA, making two hundred millions of dollars
in all The precious metals of the interior
and Pacific coast have been estimated at one
hundred millions but the best evidence re-
duces this assumed total very much since all
the surplus is easily taken into account when
sentf San Francisco The sum so sent
out has been ffty-sx millions, to which FIVE
millions may be added coming East by in
land routes and FIVE millions, perhaps, Of ac-
cumulation. The production is, therefore,
sixty-six millions. 1t must be said however,
that the currency" in which these precious
metals are stated, is at some premium over
that in which we have connted coal and oil,
so that we must at least raise this sixty-six
millions to hundred, when we put it in the
lawful money of account Undoubtedly the
entire mineral product OF the year has been
nearly three hundred millions in value,
Iron Age.
Year: 1865

The Union men of Kentucky made gallant
fight in the recent political campaign in that State
The only State officer to be elected was n Treas.
urer. and the majority for the Democratic candi
date is but l5S. The Senate is tie, but tie ma
jority against the Constitutional Amendment. in
the lower House, is said to be sixteen. We should
have been rejOiced had Kentucky placed herself
on the side of freedom. but the amendment can
fortunately be carried by the votes of South Caro-
lima, Mississippi and other States lately in armed
rebellion, without the aid Of Kentucky The
Unionsts of that State, notwithstanding they have
net achieved complete success, have shown a
strength that gives good promise for the future
In November last the majority against Mr.. Lin
coin was 36,5l5, and every Congressional district
but one, voted against him. Now We elect four
of the nine members of Congress, largely increase
obliterated the heavy adverse majority of lSGi
Year: 1865

Herschel v. Johnson was recently talking very
blatant treason in the presence OF sundry gentle
men. One Of them finally interrupted him, and
to Id him he could not talk SO in Washington. Mr..
Johnson said he had been pardoned by the Presi-
dent, and he knew no power which could prevent
him from expressing his sentiments. Tire gentle
man replied that he did know Of power which
could prevent him, namely: the presence and
strength of loyal man who would not tolerate the
u,terance of treason in his presence. Shortly af-
terwards Mr. johnson privately inquired the name
of the person who had so abruptly silenced him,
and was told that it was Major General John w.
Geary.
Year: 1865

surethe perfect RAT cation meeting have ever
attended Every Rat that get it, properly prepared
will it, and one that eat
it will die generally at place distant al possible
from where the medicine taken.-Laks Shore MseAs
Mirror.
Year: 1865

THIEVES. The city watchman have re-
Gently been kept constantly on the quj Uive
for thieves The town and vicinity is said
to be infested by this class of gentry. Sew
eral attempts have been made by them
within the past two months to break open
houses, but thus far they haye been foied,
and have failed to get hold of anything ex-
cept few articles that have been left out
O. nights AS the watchmen cannot be ev-
erywhere present, it would be well for those
having articles that the thieving fraternity
would be likely to covet, to keep close
watch upon them themselves
Year: 1865

THE SPECIAL TAX.-Thc special tax
which the City Council of Walla Walla has
been authorized to levy is for the purpose Of
building an Engine House This is tax
which every citizen interested ia the securi-
ty of the town against fire will cheerfully
pay. The place in which the Engine has
been kept is little better than no house at all,
and if kept there much longer, it would from
exposure to the weather, be rendered entire
ly useless The Fire Company, (who alone
have seemed to take proper interest in the
preservation of the engiDe) seeing the ina
bility of the City Government to assist them
in building an engine house, and having ex-
bausted all other expedients to raise the
funds for that purpose, requested Mr. Brown,
previous to his departure for the Legisla-
ture, to procure the passage of a special tax
bill, and it is in obedience to that request that
the bill has been passed. The funds that
have been raised by the company heretofore,
by balls, dues &C., have been mainly EN-
ployed in paying a balance of Indebtedness
upon the purchase of the engine, the buying
of lot and building the "apology for a
house" in which the engine is kept, the pur-
chase of new hose, and defraying the ex-
penses of keeping the engine in order.
Year: 1865

KILLED.-A man, whose name we could
not learn, was killed at Idaho City week be-
fore last by one of the seds of the Idaho
Sliding Club. He was standing in the
street, engaged in conversation, with his
back toward the hill, when on of the
sleds, coming down with :great speed,
took sheer from the track and ran against
his legs, tripped him up and threw him back
wards against the ground with such force as
to split his head open He never breathed
after the fall.
Year: 1865

ANOTHER EsCAPE.-Emil Bordeneuf-
who has been confined in the county jail
since last fall, awiting trial for the murder
of John Selbie-escaped on Sunday night
He cut hole through the floor of his cell,
and made his way under the floor and passed
out through the hole in the west wall, made
by Crow in his escape year ago. An au-
CUR and file, whith which he had cut the
hole through the floor, were found in his cell
after his departure. These had, of course,
been furnished him by some one from the
outside. In imitation of Porter in his first
attempt to csc e, he wrete farewell ad-
dress" to the Deputy Sheriff, and left it in
his cell Here it is, UerJatim


Seitez, Deputy Sheriff,


"This with pain trace these some words
in therefore of Lugubre abode whom God
Destine moor or less the maefaetors. l am
not in front no any man in this low world
not att all to this number yet whom Provi-
dence Protect to my for not CONNIE at this
not.


In the mean time haved that life in hor-
ror since whom have trouble whit this (Man)
the more hdeous of the Earth at my regard,
he to must whom and dirty, at become his
involuntary murder, am sorrow to not can
not whaitn my trial. That catastrophe
whom God infict for me is agains my nature
annoue never have my heart Adre if y
was guilty long time goo l attend at my last
days since my captivity.


Thanks American Autoritys the respect
wihce haved towards me in spite whom was
stranger in this community.


remains your humble
Year: 1865

That such a town as Stratford should
afford anything in the-#ay of r0matiC
personal histories was hardly to be ex-
pected, but the subjoined story is au-
thentic as we'll as interesting. At the
commencement of the present century a
young man made his appearance in the
village, and spent few weeks at a tavern
stage coath travellers. Whence he came
and what his business, none could guess.
Directly opposite the tavern stood the
small cottage and the forge of a black
smith named Folsom. He had daugh-
ter who was the beauty of the village, and
it was her fortune to captivate the heart
of the young stranger. He told his love,
said that he was from Scotland, that he
was travelling tncog., but in confidence
gave her his real name, claiming that
be was heir to large fortune She re-
turned his love, and they were married.
A few weeks thereafter the stranger told
his wife that he must visit New Orleans;
he did so, and the gossips of the town
made the Young wife unhappy by their
disagreeable hints and jeers. In a few
months the husband returned, but before
a week had elapsed he received a large
budget of letters, and told his wife that
he must at once return to England, and
must go alone He took his departure,
and the gossipps had another glorious
opportunity to make a confding woman
wretched To all but herself it was a
clear case of desertion; the wife became
mother, and for two years lived on in
silence and in hope. At the end of that
time a letter was received by the Stratford
beauty from her husband. directing hel
to go at once to New York with hel
child, taking nothing with her but the
clothes she wo1e, and emba1 K in {
ship for her home in England. On hel
arrival in New York she found shiI
splendidly furnished with every eonven
| fence and luxury for her comfort, ano
two servants ready to obey every wish
that she might express The ship duly
arrived in England, and the Stratford CIR
became the mistress of a superb mansion


and, as the wife of baronet. was salutec
! by the aristocracy as Lady Samuel Ster
| ling On the death of her husband man!
years ago, the Stratford boy succeeded tC
| the title and wealth of his father and il
/ the last edition of the "Peerage and Bar
onetage,' he Is spoken of as the issue o


Miss Folsom, of Stratford, North Amer


ica. When the late Professor SillimaI
visited England some years since, he hao


the pleasure of meeting Lady Sterling al


dinner party, and was delighted to an


swer her many questions about her birth
/ place In Connecticut The Nation.
Year: 1865

the whole superstructure. [ have not yet
seen a rainy day market, when every man
and woman stands in his or her place with
a huge umbrella over, watching each his
own tub, so that of a truth, while I keep
In mind the favorite German vegetables,
a German market will ever be green Ca
sis in my memory RUTH.
Year: 1865

hlSh"oA>bJ ~ '|OP'' W. i~''
EDITORS OF THE REGISTER


Business is fast reviving here. The
bnrnt district is being rapidly built up,
mostly with substantial business houses
The Circuit Court for this city is now
fully organized Sheriff Wright, who
was elected some time since, has AT last
been permitted by the consent of the
military authorities to take the oath of
office | presume all the officers will
gradually be permitted to enter on the
duties of their offices. My own opinion
has from the first been that it was better
for the city not to have yet a full organ
lied city government. There has been
so many soldiers and such an influx of
negroes here from the country, that an
ordinary city police could not control
these elements and keep order in the city
as we'll as the military, therefore for the
present, it is better they should exercise
this power


In June and Julya large number of
negroes docked into this city from all
parts of the State You know they
desire above all things to live in
towns and cities. They seemed
to labor under the impression that while
they remained in the country their free
dom was not perfected, and particularly
if they were required to work. They
have great adherence to hoeing corn
and tobacco; indeed they seem to think
that no person can be free except he is
at liberty to go at large without the ne
cessity to labor in the fields but these
people found that they could not live in
this city and be supported by other peo
pie, without labor on their part, and in
the last two months they have been reg
lularly disappearing, so that now they
are not much in the way. | cannot say
where they havelgone to; suppose some
have returned to the country, while ma
nv others have gone to the northern ci-
ties A good many, l am told, have gone
to Boston. ! hope Boston will have a
large share of that population The mil
itary force is said to be not more here
now, than three thousand men. and a
farther reduction will be made shortly.
so that we are gradually getting rid of
the military.


There is much larger amount of to-
bacco in the country than was supposed.
was told yesterday by the President of
one of the old banks here, that the far
mers were bringing in an average daily
of twenty thousand dollars worth of to-
bacco. and have been for some time /
have no doubt it is the same case with
cotton, and that there is much more in
the country than was thought to be
Governor Peirpoint is getting along very
we'll with the people here, they have
given up slavery forever, and are fast re,
gulating their affairs to quiet the chang.
ed state of things,


Very respectfully, A. B,
Year: 1865

SAD Many of our citizens
were acquainted with Willie Symes, lad
about eleven years Of age, son of Mr.. John
Symes well known resident. About
two weeks ago Willie was playing with
some comrades in the barn, when they
found an old gun which had the wjper
still in it, and vas loaded. Of which they
were ignorant. One Of the boys was
handling the gun while Willie was s,oop-
ING do#n to pick up some caps that were
scattered on the floor Jus, then The
piece vas fred off with the ram rod still
in il. This struck Willie in the leg and
siIe Of tie face, nj0ring him severely,
bat j: was not thought dangerously, and
only when it was too late did the phvsi
clan in charge discover that there was a
ball in the leg This poisoned the whole
system and after a few days OF great
suffering the little fellow died Willie
was smar! boy and well advanced in his
studies. He falls another victim to the
careless use of ff:earms-Iribune
Year: 1865

About fifty thousand dollars worth
of fractional currency, defaced or worn,
is redeemed per day, and an equal
quantity of new issued IN ITS place
The entire amount OF fractional currency
being upwards OF S2l 100000, the re
issue at such rate of new notes for the
whole amount, occurs once only in four
teen months. This period Is entirely
too protracted, for the notes in that time
get dirty. greasy and repulsive to use
Convenience OF the public and a sure
preventive of successful counterfeiting
could be effected by devising method
of redemption and reissue that wouid
renew the outstanding fractional cur
rencv once i'm every six months or
oftener. The expense of this to the
Government would be inconsiderable.
proper standard OF cleanliness could
be established, and all notes below II
paid for taxes or for postage might be
retained. and new ones supplied. Inter
nal ReVenue Record
Year: 1865

1t has now become an established fact,
that there is coal oil in our county.
The Lafayette Company who have been
sinking a well on the farm of Mr. Nathan
Babcocs about three and half miles
south east of this place, began pumping
last Friday, and we are informed by
many of our most reliable citizens who
have visited the well, that the oil comes
up in large quantities. and will no doubt
pay the company well as soon as they
get their machinery arranged to separate
II from the water This well is about
one hundred feet deep.


The Jasper or home J Company We
learn also intends to begin pumping
within a short time. Their prospects
are good although their well is not more
than fifteen feet deep.


The Iroquois Company whose well i:
now near five hundred feet in depth
have very fattering indications. 1t /:
thought that if oil is struck at this depti
it will no doubt be in abundance.-Rens
sellqer, { Ind Signal, Aug. Is.
Year: 1865

Working as an ordinary hand in Phil
adelphia ship yard. until very recently,
was a man named John L. knowiton-
His popularity was that, while others oil
his class were at the ale house. or lnuulg-
ing in jollitication, he was incessentiv
engaged in studying upon meehanicai
combinations One of his companions
secured a poodle dog. and spent SIX
months in teaching the quadruped to eX-
ecute Jig upon his hind legs hnowi-
ton spent the same period in discovering
some method bv which he could saw shlp
timber in beveled form The hrst man
taught his dog to dance; knowlton. IN tue
same time. discovered mechanical com
bination that enabled him TO do IN two
hours the work that would occupy dozen
men. hy slow and laborious process, an
entire day. That saw is now in use IN
all the ship yards in the country. II
euts n beam to a curved shape as quick
" as an ordinary saw mill rips up a
straight plank Knowlton continued his
experiment He took no part In the pa
rades or target shootings. and In a short
/ time afterward he secured patent Tor
machine that turns any material whateV'
~er into perfectly spherical form lie
sold a portion of his patent for sum
/ that is equivalent to fortune


The machine is in operation IN TINS
city cleaning off cannon balls Tor the
Government. When the ball comes from
the mould its surface is incrnsted, ano
the ordinary process of smoothing was
slow and wearisome This machine, al
most in an instant and with mathematic
al accuracy. pee,s it to the surface OF the
metal. at the same time smoothing ou'
any deviations from the perfect spheric
al form. Within few days the same
plain. unassuming man has invented
boring machine that was tested IN the
presence of number of scientihc gen
llemen q few days ago. 1t bored at th'
rate of twenty two inches per hour
through block Of granite, with pres
sure of but three hundred pounds upor
the dill A gentleman present Offered
him ten thousand dollars upon the spo
for part interest in the invention II
Europe and the offer was accepted I'm
mediatelv. The moral of all this Is
that people who keep on studying ar
sure to achieve something. Mr.. knowl
ton does not consider himself by an,
means brilliant but il once inspired Will
an idea he pursues it until he forces 1t INT
tangible shape If everybody woui'
follow copy, the world would be less hll
ed with idlers, and the streets VIII
prumblers and malcontents.
Year: 1865

Unwise above many is the man who
considers every hour lost which is not
spent in reading, writing or IN study,
and not more rational is she who thinks
every moment of her time lost which
does not find her sewing. We once
heard a man advise that a book OF some
kind he carried in the pocket, to be used
in case of an unoccupied moment-such
was his practice. He died early and
fatuous. There are women who, after a
hard dav's work. will sit and sew by gas
or candle light until their eyes are al
most blinded, or until certain pains about
the shoulders come on, which are almost
insupportable, and are only driven to
bed by physical incapacity to work any
longer The sleep of the over worked,
like that of those who do not work At all,
is uusatisfying and both alike wake up
in weariuess sadness, and languor, with
an inevitable result, both dying prema-


turely.


Let no one work in pain or WEAKNESS.


When a man is tired, he ought to lie


down until he is fully rested, when, with
renovated strength, the work will be bet


ter done, done the sooner, and done with
a self sus tanned alacrity. The time tax
en- from seven to eight hours sleep out
of each twenty four is not time gained
I but time much more than lost; we car
[ cheat ourselves, but we cannot chea


Nature A certain amount OF food !:
necessary to q healthy body, but II les:
/ than that amount be furnished, decay
/ commences the very hour. 1t Is the
same with sleep: any one who persist:
I in allowing himself less than nature re
/ ouires will only hasten his arrival to th'


madhouse or the praye.-Tne -Kordlik
Year: 1865

On the day of the Presidents funeral,
q bronzed and weather beaten soldier,
ANXIOUS to obtain better view of the
PROCESSION, happened to stop before q
nary of ladies and gentlemen. One OF
the gentlemen nudged him on the elbow
a. the same time observing:


Excuse me, sir, you are right in
front of US.


Bowing handsomely in return, the sol
dier replied =


That is nothing remarkable for me
sir: / have been in front of you for foui
years.