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Year: 1864


YOungster, school-boy, clerk or ap-
prentice, word or two in your ear.
/ Ifyou desire success In any matter


pertaining to this life you must have


a purpose, a determination that, God


helping you, you will achieve success.


You may be poor, friendless, unknown.
Your clothing seant your stomach halt
hlled, your place may be at the foot


OF the ladder, no matter. What ever
your position may be, do your duty in
it, stOutly, and perseveringly, with
your eyes fixed far ahead and upward.
Keeping the purpose before you that
you viii rise, be obedient to your en-
ployer, attentive to your business,
obhging to your schoolmates and eour-
teous to strangers and seize every
opportunity to improve your heart,
your mind, and your workmanship.
Do everything well, no sighting, no
hiding defects, aiming always at per-
fectiOn. Watch those who are skillful,
and strive to equal and excel then.
Secure the friendship of all BY deserv-
ing it. Allow no opportunity of rend-
ering a service to pass without improV-
ing 1t, even ifit costs you some labor
or self denial. Be of use to others,
sven in a smaller way for time may
come when they may be of service to
you. A selfish man may get ahead
faster than you, but sel6shness is CON
temtible, and you need not envy his
success; when you achieve your OBJ
ject nObly, you viii enjoy it and be
respected. Always bear it in mind
that character is capital. To gain this,
you must be SO serupulOusly honest,
thatyOu would be as willing to put a live
cOalin your pocket as a penny that is
not yours. Never run in debt, even
though you should suffer somewhat.
No matter what the amount of your
earning may be, save a portion every
week, and invest it in the hands of
man of good standing, it viii grow,
and VIII stand you IN good stead some
day. Better temporary abstinence and
constant plenty afterward, than IN
earned present comfort and future
perpetual want. Never lie openly or
coVertly, by word or action. A liar
may deceive his fellows, God and him
self never. Conscious of falsity, a
liar can have no self-respect; without
self-respect, reputation can not be
achieved.


With noble purpose as to the end
of all your actions, and with action
becoming your purpose, your success
is only question of time, always pro
vided you have some brain and abund-
ant common sense.
Year: 1864

The sad of this world need your smiles;
and the world itself may be better for
them. They do not cost much, and often
times bring their own sweet reward and
none but the Infinite One can estimate
the amount of good one little smile may
do. For aught that you or may know,
the gentle, sympathizing smile, that you
gratuitously bestoW upon some unfortun-
ate soul, laboring beneath a weight of
doubt and grief, may tell upon countless
generations yet unborn.-Oh, if the peo-
pie only better realized the inestimable
influence that even so little an act as a
smile may exert upon one or a thousand
of their fellow beings, they would not be
SO penurious of them as they are often
prone to be.


Some people never smile. Selfish be-
ingsl Yet, perhaps, if you should accuse
these same individuals Of selfshness, they
would deny the charge with a "gustO"
truly worthy of a better cause. But it is
selfish never to smile. BY withholding
smiles We refuse oftentime an opportunity
Of manifesting thankful and happy
spirit for the good we receive from others,
and from our GOd--tU say nothing Of the
opportunity we may lose of cheering and
comforting some less fortunate one. How
many times have I heard the expression,
1 know she is a good woman, or that
he is a good man, for he smiles SO sweet
ly ; and, in my oppiDion, it is even poss-
ible for the soul to be brought to Christ
through the influence Of a holy smile, IL
radiating the face of true Christian. l
do not love to see a sober faced Christian;
one, whose visage is always extended to
lis utmost capacity, and never Illuminated
by a heaysn-ht smile. To such I would
say, ''smilo when you can. ',-RuraI Ne,0
Yorker. - YoUNo.
Year: 1864




The Anti-Slavery feeling is spread
ing so rapidly, throughout the country,
that in a short time very few wi be
found in yaYOr Of the iniquitous sys-
tom, The absolute necessity for It's
extinction before anything can be ae-
complished for the repose Of the ma
ton, has taken hold Of the minds and
heart Of the people, and any attempt
to retard the popular viii must end in
disaster. We are particularly pleased
with the change which is taking place
in Catholic sentiment on this sub.
ject. Those who, within a few months,
would not think on the subieet Of
abolition, because they have eommenc-
ed examining the question apart from
party feeling or prejudice, and their
good sense is convinced, that the worst
use you can put a human being to, is
to make him slave. We hope that
the day is near when a clause in the
Constitution viii proclaim liberty to
all men within the limits ofthe United
States Catholic Telegraph,
Year: 1864

The largest and most expensive as- sortmcnt in Litclfield county, embracing the best quality and latest styles in

 market, worth from $10 to s30 a set also a good assortment of Jewelry, not quite as fashionable, yet considerably worn. which was bought previous to the advance of material and labor, which now sell even less than former ly also 5000 pieces of Dried and Plated Jewelry, which 1 will sell very cheap. 50 per cent. premium paid for gold or silver in exchange for Jewelry
Year: 1864

The scarcity of material for manufac-
turing paper and the consequent high
price of the manufactured article, is tell
lug seriously on the publishing interests
in this country. Several of the smaller
newspapers have succumbed to pressure
and gone out of existence, and there is
not a newspaper in the land
that is not straitened in circumstances
by the enormous increase in cost of ma
terial


The scarcity and high price of paper
will also bear heavily on book publishers
and threaten to put stop to their opera
tiOns. A large number of works an
nouuced for immediate issue months since
have not yet seen the light, and the pub
licatiou Of them is indefinitely postponed
from the certainty that they can only be
issued at loss, even if the paper can be
obtained on which to print them.


Numerous attempts to supply the place
of rags in the manufacture Of paper have
been made with but partial success. The
Commissioner Of Agriculture at Wash
ington, now announces the receipt of
handsome specimens Of paper manufac-
tured in Australia from corn husks, and
invites the examination Of the article
Should this substitute for rags be found
practicable, there is an endless f.ld Of
supply in the vast corn land of the West


Misery loves company, and it may af-
ford the sufferers by the rag famine in
this country a miserable consolation to
know that our English cousins are also
suffering from a similar cause. The pa
PER manufacture Of Great Britain en-
ploys about thirty-fve millions of dollars,
and gives work to about one hundred
persons. The whole trade is languish-
ing from the scarcity Of rags, the supply
of which is far inadequate to the de-
mand, Nearly all the rags used in the
British mills are brought from the conti-
nent. The countries from which the
supplies have hitherto been mainly OBJ
tanned have imposed heavy export duties
on rags, the effect cf which has been to
lessen the supply to the British market,
and increase the price of British made
paper. But the import duties on foreign
paper having been removed by the Brit
ish Government, the market is supplied
with cheap French and Belaing paper,
to the ruin of the paper manufacturing
interests of Great Britain, though to the
partial relief Of tue consumers.-E ECleve-
land Herald.
Year: 1864

Ladies will sooner pardon want of sense
than want of manners


Bare walls make gadding housewives.


You may know foolish woman by her f.
merry.


Women arc wise on a sudden, fools on pre-
meditation.


Beauty will buy no beef


Many blame their wife for their own thrift
less life.


Prettiness makes no pOttage.


While the tall maid is stopping the little
one has swept the house.


Women laugh when they can, and weep
when they will.
Beauty in woman is like the flower in spring
but virtue is like the star Of heaven.


Women grown bad are worse than men; be-
cause the corruption of the best turns to the
worst


Beauties without fortunes have sweet-hearts
plenty, but husbands not at all.


Beauty is no inheritance.


Fire dresses the meat, and not smart
lass


Far-fetohed, and dear-bought, is good for
the ladies.


Three women and goose make market.
There is many good wife that can't sing
and dance we'll.


The society ofladies is school of polite
ness.


The rich widow cries with one eye and re-
jOices with the other.
? He that tells his wife news is but newly
married.


Next to no wife good wife is best.
No woman is ugly when she is dressed.
She that is born beauty is half married
She that hath an i'll husband shows it in her
dress


Saith Solomon the Wise, "a good wife is a
good prize"


She who is born handsome is born marri-
ed.


Who has bad wife has purgatOry for
neighbOr.


The cunning wife makes her husband her
apron.


The more women look in their glasses, the
less they look to their houses.


He who wishes to cbastise a fool, get him a
wife


All are good lassesi but where come the i'll
wives from?


Choose wife rather by your ear than your
eye.


There is one good wife in the country and
every man thinks he hath her.


There is no mischief in the world done
buta woman is always one.
Year: 1864

The number ofidle and useless girls in
all our large cities seems to be steadily
increasing. They lounge or sleep through
the morning, parade the streets during the
afternoon and assemble in frivolous com
panies of their own and other sex to pass
away their evenings. What a store Of
unhappincss for themselves and others are
they laying up for the coming time, when
real responsibilities shall be thOughtlessly
assumed They are skilled in no domestic
duties-nay, they dispise them; have no
habit of industry, nor taste for the useful.
What will they be as wives and mothers ?
Alas for the husband and children,
and alas for themselves. Who can wonder
if domestic unhappiness or domestic ruin
follows. It is one of the worlds Oldest
mqxims that idleness is the mother of all
evil and wretchedness.
Year: 1864

The success of individuals in life is
greatly owing to their early learning to
depend upon their own resources. Mon
ey, or the expectation of it by inheritance,
has ruined more men than the want Of 1t
ever did. Teach yonng men to rely upon
their own efforts, to be frugal aud indus
trious, aud you have furnished them with
a productive capital which no man can
ever Wrest from them.
Year: 1864

7


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 25, 1864.


SlE-Haying had fifteen years expe.
rience as veterinarian, and for the
last year at the .corraIls of Knoxville
and being a warm friend of the noble
animal, the horse, / would like to pub
lish few useful hints in your valuabl,
paper, ii agreeable to you, for the ben
eft of both the horse and our Govern
ment. We must admit that it is a diff
heult matter 10 do the horse justice in
the army, but we can improve then
condition, and if I can with your per-
mission, do anything towards accom-
plishing that object by occasionally
making few practical suggestions, ]
shall be pleased to do so.


How is it that the noble animal, the
horse, whoi is doing his share in putting
down the rebellion, has to endure so
much unnecessary suffering? Is it a
military necessity that compels soldiers
and government employees to ride at
their top speed2 Even in going from
camp to water, they are made to go as
fast as possible, at the risk of bruising
their feet on the paved streets, If Off
GERS understood the anatomical struc-
ture of the feet they would forbid such
cruel riding. BEING a close observer of
the wants of the horse as well as the
usage hssreceives, will venture to say
that out of the quantity of horses rem
dered unfit for service, nine-tenths are
made so by want of feet to stand upon.
They are, from necessity, shod rough
and all done the same as though there
was no difference in them, when, in
fact, there is vast difference If they
were used as they ought to be, there
would be fifty per cent less unservicea-
bic horses belonging to the Govern
ment.


Being a practical Eeterinerian-and
no man can say as much, unless he
thoroughly understands the structure
of the feet, and the best mode of shoe.
ing horses-I would recommend little
improvement in one particular: that is,
either to leave no cslkers at all, or toe
as well as heel calks The horse, like
the man, can travel better on the level,
than with heels raised higher than the
toe. 1t does not matter so much with
the hind feet as with the fore ones, as
there is deal more weight thrown on
the latter than on the former The
quarters of the fore feet are the weak.
est, while of the hind parts the quarters
are the strongest.


| would also suggest that much inn
proVement can be made In the manage
ment and treatment of our horses just
as we'll as not, and with discretionary
use while on the march and in camp,
there will be noticeable difference in
very short time.


There can be no particular rule laid
down by any one for properly shoeing
all feet, and more particularly those of
army horses, but keeping horses shod
on the level, will be 3 safe method that
can be applied to all horses feet no
matter what may be their peculiarities.


Yours, IL w. K.


V. s., 10Th O. L. A.
Year: 1864

tenuated to the last degree consistent


with safety. When be decides 10 divide


his army he in fact decides to abandon


some portion of this line; and the pO-


sition is such that the abandonment Of


sny part Decessitstes the evacuation Of


Petersburg and the surrender Of al
those military advantages for the sake


Of which that otherwise worthless town


has been so obstinately defended.


Since, therefore, we have not yet heard


of the occupation of Petersburg By cur


forces, we may conclude that the whole


of Lees troops are still in the trenches


near Richmond.


1t is stated, again, that Early has


finally abandoned the Shenandoah 10


Sheridan, and that the latter, no longer


needing large army has. despatched


two corps to The James. On the latter


point we express no opinion, but We


deem the report about Early so far


wrong as this: that he cannot and will
not withdraw from the Valley the forces
necessary to defend Lynchburg That
he has wholly given over any purpose
Of attacking Sheridan IS probable
enough But the very dilemma shows
how even the inactive army of Sheridan
is Strengthening the hands of Sherman,
IN his far away march through Georgia.
Early can 90 neither to Richmond nor
to oppose Sherman.


As for Hood and Beauregard, they
can hardly be mentioned without q
laugh. Never was an army so ludio-
rously out of place as that which these
mad cap leaders hurried off to the
West, while the scene of danger was
with equal rapidity shifted to the East.
1t Is limited that Beauregard has sent
his main body to Corinth, and thence
down the railway in order 70 get it
once more transported into Georgia and
toward Macon; but the plan is too
hopeless. A stern chase is q long
chase, and no remaining railway help
could bring these forces within
three days march of Shermans
columns. On the other hand, Gen
Beauregard finds his projected invasion
Of Tennessee impossible in the face Of
a large and Watchful army under
Thomas; and in fact can neither fight
no run with safety.


Three great armies, therefore, are
seen TO be actively helping Sherman
he armies under Grant near Richmond,
lnder Sheridan in the Shenandoah, and
IndeF Thomas on the northern bank Of
he Tennessee. They together occupy
md control the total forces of the Re-
0ellion, and they insure to Sherman an.
open country for his advance, or they
tand waiting to seize the first point
which his movement shall cause TO bo
The truth Is that the Rebel
ion at last finds itself confronted by an
Enemy too strong to bemet all points,
md the only question now is at which
,oint it shall first surrender-N y.
TFiJlme 23d
Year: 1864

Do you see that group of Ladies go
ingup or down Cedar at 2 Nine chances
out of ten they are going or have been
to Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland,
% Cedar st, opposite Commercial Hotel


Oct27-tf
Year: 1864

MoRsE is the first to introduce this
new style of Pictures. Every body that
see them are delighted with them
. Call at the Gallery of the Cumber-
land" and Judge for yourself ol4,tf
Year: 1864

Items from the CnattanOOga 6aAette.


UNFoRTUNATE-It requires considera-
BILE courage for an individual to make
the trip between here and Nashville
Only few days ago we chronicled a
disaster which occurred to the passen~
ger train from that city while on its way
here. To-day we have to note a series
of mishaps which delayed the train
which left that city at 2l5 P. M., on
Tuesday. On reaching Cowan it was
compelled to wait from eleven o clock
that night till eight yesterday morning,
until the wreck of freight train which
had ran off the track, while coming this
side of the mountain, could be cleared
away. After crossing the bridge at
Bridgeport, the axle of one of the cars
gave way. 1t was fixed and the train
started, but run only short distance,
when it gave way second time, and
those in charge of the train were com
PEELED to leave the car on a side track,
after moving the passengers out of it,
The train finally got in at halfpast four
o'clock yesterday. The passengers on
it had cold and freezing ride. The
freight train had to leave two cars on
the side of the track. No other dam
age was done.
Year: 1864

DRAFT IN CALIFoRsIA A report has been
IN circulation that the Government Intends to
raise several regiments of troops in this state.
This statement has been denied b. several Of
our contemporaries. whether on good authority
or not We are unable to say, We recently had
a conversation with gentleman who lately
arrived from the army of the Potomac, and be
stated that before be left Washington the Gov
eTnment bad ordered draft of FIVE regiments
OF infantry and two of cavalry in California.
He expected that the order would Have been
received previous to his arrival, and was aston
shed to End that such was not the case. This
gentleman spoke apparently BY authority. and
we have ne doubt from the book We are in-
ohned TO tbe opIciou that the order has been
issued, and that the next steamer will place it
in ,be hands Of the proper officers. So the
Copperheads and Peace Democrats may pre-
pare themselves for the turn of the fatal wheel
Year: 1864

HORRIBLE ACADEMIA woman in Heads
burgh, few days ago, while taking piece of
bacon down from the smoke house, got on a
box, which gave away, and she fell She had
butcher knife in her hand at the time, which
penetrated her neck in the fall, severing an ar
terry, from which she died in few hours
Year: 1864

ELECTRICITY, AS A CURATIVE
~ agent, is admitted BY the scientific world to
be the best agent yet discovered, Tor reaches
body takes with it all deposits of foreign
the sam, time imparts that vitality requisite TO the
perfectly healthy state Under these considerations
it is entirely unnecessary 10 cnumerate the diseases
which il will cure, disease whatever escape
its all searching power for reaches every fibre of the
human body.


The only place u San Francisco where a correct and
scientiic application can be had is at the
Year: 1864

A MoSsrER.-A gentleman from Napa in
forms the Sacramento Bee that jenkins. who
is to be hung there, Friday next, for the murder
of a man who refused TO let him marry his
daughter, is writing a confession which is not
TO be made public until after his death. 1t is
said. though it is hoped this report is exagger-
ated. that be confesses TO twelve or fourteen
murders among others that of an Indian boy
aged about nine years, of whose murder he had
previously been suspected. The only reason he
gives for this murder is that he thought the
poor little fellow must be tired of herding sheep,
aud SO he sent him TO place where he would
have DO work 10 do. When be committed the
murder for which be is TO be executed. he
buried the body. and it was several days before
it was found. The murderer is not over twenty
four years of age, and his employment has been
working on a thrashiug machine
Year: 1864

How MINES ARE MANAGED.-Late proceed
ings of the stockholders in the Real del Monte
mine, Esmeralda, (says the Bee,) have brought
10 light some facts that are interesting to
stockholders generally as they go to show how
mines are doctored money squaudered, and
innocent stockholders feeced The Real del
Monte at one time stood high at the Board
selling for as much as S400 per share at which
price several of the managing officers and trus-
tees managed to get rid Of most of their stock
1t is now down to fifty dollars per share. But
the most interesting part of the matter is the
expense of working the mine. The stockholders
have paid assessments amounting to Sl0l 1873;
the mine has yielded S5l9,024 10 bullion, and
the company is now in debt S270,74S Thus
to produce little over a half million in silver
has cost the company very near S900,000-to
get out one dollar has cost nearly two To
make the condition of affairs more pleasant, the
rock taken from the mine now does not pay
over 50 per ton. The Real del Monte is fair
sample of many other mines whose stock is now
on the market, and for which people have to
pay roundly in the shape of assessments.
Year: 1864

The citizens of Downlevile are busily
engaged rebuilding the town; one building
was put up and occupied on the morning after
the fire. The proprietor of the Sierra Standard
has purchased the material formerly used by the
Quincy Standard, and will Immediately resume
the publication Of his paper.
Year: 1864

JOHN MoRGAN's HoRsEs-The Columbia
South Caroiinian says that shortly after the
arrival of John Morgan in the Confederacy
from his Northern prison, Benjamin Nor
decai, Esq Of that city. authorized him to
purchase, without regard to cost, the finest
horse he could fad in the country A let
ter has Just been received in reply, which
announces the purchase, aud the intention
of the gallant soldier to ride the animal on
the next expedition. We learn from an
other source that the aforesaid expedition
promises to be one Of the boldest yet at
smpted, and that, if successful. 1t will be
productive of great good to our cause.
Year: 1864

EEvER SoGspALIzE If you happen to
fall into had company where toe talk runs
into party, scandal folly, or vice ofany kind
van had better pass for morose or unsocial
among people whose good opinion is not
worth having. than shock your own c>n-
science BY jiining in conversation which
you must disapprove Of.
Year: 1864

5 You have no doubt seen the report Of
such an invitation having been. extended,
which has this much Of truth, that while
prominent citizen was driving with
Sherman one day, the gentleman remark
ed, al wish, General, that Governor
Brown could see and talk with YOU
& Let him come" replied the General; aI
have no objection to his coming within my
lines. He shall pass safely in and out
There sre valuable records here which he
would no doubt like TO get and preserve
Let him come; 1 would Ike to see him" q


1 presume the invitation wasduly deliv-
cred to the Governor. question, how
ever, if he was prepared just st that mo-
ment 70 accept it. Perhaps we shall have
the pleasure Of seeing him when We arrive
at Macon or Augusta.
Year: 1864

The State Of Minnesota, to the above named
Frederick Mccormick.
In the name of the State of Minnesota you
arc hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint Of the above named plaintiff
which is filed ii. the Office Of the Clerk Of the
aforesaid court at the City Of Red Wing in said
to said complaint on the Subscriber at his office
in the city Of Red Wing in said county within
thirty days after the service hereof upon you
exclusive Of the day Of such service; and if
you fail to answer the said complaint within
the time aioresaid the plaintiff will apply tc
complaint.


Da!ed June 9th 1864.


FRANK IVES,


Plaintiffs Attorney


Red Wing, Mimi.