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Year: 1866

Home Life.


Even as the sunbeam Is composed Of milli-
ons of minute rays, the home light must DO
constituted Of little tenderncsses, kindly looks,
sweet laughter, gentle words, loving counsels;
IL must not be like the torch blaze Of unnat-
ural excitement, which is easily quenched, but
like the serene light which burns as safely IN
the dry east wind as in the stillest atmosphere.


Let each bear tho others burden the while !;
let each cultivate the mutual confidence which
is a gift capable Of increase and improvement,
aud soon it will be found that kindness will
spring up on every side, displacing constitution
al unsuit.bilty, want Of mutual knowledge
even as we have seen sweet violets and prim-
roses dispelling the gloom of the gray sea
rocks
Year: 1866

Cows


Give more or less milk, according TO tho
prussian Agricultural animals in proportion
to the quantity Of water taken by them.-
A COW which produces little or no milk is sat
isfcd with eight or ten quarts Of water, or less,
per day as soon, however, as she begins to
give milk, she will consume twenty or moro
quarts per day. Tie quantity Of milk produ-
ced is said to be in proportion to the quantity
of water swallowed BY the COW. When cows
are kept in the open air, pasturing, it has been
observed that those which most frequently 60
to the water are those which yield the most
milk. Stall-fed COWS produce nearly twenty
five per cent. less milk than others, because
dry forage contains not the same large propor-
tions OF water as pasture feed.
Year: 1866

The Richmond Wing says that the Virginia
tobacco crop has turned ont well, the quantity
being considerable and Inequality good. Near
ly every farmer whose land admitted of it has
raised tobacco, and as this is the great money
crop of Virginia, the Whig anticipates that by
the sale of their tobacco the farmers will be
placed in good financial position, and can be-
gin their agricultural labors next year under
better prospects.
Year: 1866

I, is not in accordance with our rule to dun
our patrons through the columns of our paper
but we feel constrained at the present time to
suy that with the opening OF the New Year il
would be very agreeable to us. as we'll as impor-
tant. hat those indebted TO us should make set
tlcment. Newspaper accounts are generally
small, (and ours af that kindly and easily paid
If patrons would only think of it, but if we are
compelled to travel over an extensive country to
collect. them. the expense of SO doing becomes a
serious item. five had in hand what is due us
upon our books, it would be su m sufficient to
make us feel very amiablc towards our patrons
and all the rest Of mankind. but as we expect no
such wind fall, we will be content with less and
only ask of those who are in arrears to us. and
are able, to "come and see US. for we want
money 'muchly.'
Year: 1866

A Coop IIr.-Sherman. in late reply to
the Mayor of Boston, who had invited him
to visit that city, said: "Should the acci.
dents and chances of life ever bring me near
to you, shall take the especial pride in be.
ing the guest of your great city, and while
you rej'ice in the possession OF wealth, com.
merce and all the advantages of finished so.
ciely, beg of you to make due allowance
to us of your own race who must struggle
with nature and human passions and pr+ju-
dices before we can hope to enjoy the peace
and stability you now enjoy" These lines
contain a neat sarcasm, which deserves to be
well appreciated in the locality to which it is
SENT Boston ego'isn and Boston prefer.
ence of the negro over the white, are SO no,
torous that Sherman has to put in kind
word for the latter. whom he bpgs New Eng,
land to make some allowances for when
they are inclined to be severe upon him for
not rising to their subnatpd humanity!


La Crosse Democrot.
Year: 1866

MACMILLAN TO BE RECoGNlzEp.-A late
eastern telegram says:-


A Washington special says the statement
with reference to the exact meaning of the
reiterated rumors concerning the withdrawal
of the French troops will be likely to receive
official confirmation in few days. When
these rum"rs first appeared they came orig.
inaIly from France. There was a condition
attending the withdrawal and that condition
was the assurance from this Government to
Napoleon that his Empire and Emperor in
Mexico should not be disturbed. Report
SAYS the pledge has been given by our Gov
ernment that no Interference would be al
lowed, and the reason of the Administration
guaranteeing this non-int erference is no
doubt the result of the belief that the Liber,
ais will be able to make short work of Maxi.
milan when once the French bayoneis are
Withdrawn, but we should not be too sure of
this. Macmillan will have good number
of Austrian and belgian troops to fall back
upon, besides these he has a contingent to
draw upon yearly for several years to come.
With these he may-the United States pur.
suing hands-off poicy-be able to esah,
lish his sway. II he does. there will be no
other course left than to recognize him. The
Government is committed in its diplomatic
correspondence to this recognition when it is
shown that the Mexican people have accept.
ed the new order of things and Napoleon
counts confidently on recognition taking
place
Year: 1866

CALIFoRSIA STYLE A few weeks ago a
marriage was sol-muzed in Nevada COUNTY,
in which the parties sci AT naught the old
fashioned notions In one column Of the pa
per appeared. among the Court news. an
item: BLANK vs. Bank-Decree of divorce
ordered "anh under the head of "Mar,iag-s. y
in the same paper, was notice announcing Q
that The female portion of the late firm had
embarked in another matrimonial enterprise
Divorce and marriage in one day is quick
work, even for fast country.
Year: 1866

DEMOCRATIC GA1N.-The Democrat tic gain
in five States is about one hundred thousand
votes last year. This will do to begin with.
Another hundred thousand gain this year
will elect conservative Congress and place
the country "all right"
Year: 1866

NEW BRIDaE.-The bridge over the
Dock connection at the Richmond and Dam
Vile Railroad depot Is being rapidly COM
pleted. The piers and upper work have been
completed, and the track Is about to bc
Year: 1866

accuracy ARE to be found in the paper
this morning These reports are pub


lished IN ahe TRTs syVEEKLYsJ JoURNAL,l
which make it invaluable to country
dealers who have not the mail facili7


ties to receive the Daily.
Year: 1866

TOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


# yon Advertise in your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If vou Advertise in yoJr County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


IF you advertise in your County Paper.
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If YOU Advertise IN your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II Won Advertise iii vour County Papel.
YOUR BUSINESS WILL, INCREASE


If you Advertise III your County Paper.
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


e you Advertise in your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If You Advertise in your County Paper
TOCR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE
If YOU Advertise II your County PapeI
Year: 1866

The revised Constitution of the State, as
adopted by the late Convention and ordered
to be submitted to the people, has been
laid before our readers We doubt not but
that it has met general appreciation.


We are for it. 1t was critically considered
and thoroughly discussed in Convention,
and adopted as compromise between the
East and West.


We expect TO publish series of able ar
ticles upon it. Meanwhile we invite all to
perusal it carefully. The extra Standards,
which are sent out with each number of the
paper, containing the Constitution, are in
tended for circulation. The Secretary of
State has ordered their publication, and this
method is taken for their circulation Scat
ter them freely. Let the people be thoroughly
informed before they vote.
Year: 1866

The attention of persons of color, formerly
slaves, who lived together as man and wife
prior to the 10th of March, 1866, and WHO
live in the same relation now and intend to
continue the relation, is called to the fact
that unless they appear before the County
Court Clerk and record themselves as mar
ried, they will be liable to Indictment at the
next Fall Term of the Superior Court


1t would be a kindness, as it is a duty, for
all employers to inform their servants of this
requirement of the law, as it will no doubt
save the colored people much trouble and
expense
Year: 1866

The government of the United States is
composed of three coordinate Departments:
Executive Legislative and Judicial. We
receive the protection of all these Depart
ments and owe our allegiance to them, for
ming, as they do, the government of the
United States


Why is it that the rebel papers of the
South denounce and villify the Legislative
anG Judicial Departments of government and
alone praise the Executive? Do they owe
no allegiance to the Legislative and Judi
cial Departments Do they consider them
unlawfully organizeda Do they wish to edu-
cate the public mind for another rerozutione
Weowe cur allegiance to the whole-the gov
ernment. What do they mean by constant
ly abusing Congress and the Judiciary? Are
they striving to divide the departments of
government, and break it up9 Whittier
do the present teachings OF the Southern
press tend To the restoration of the Union,
or to its destruction?
Year: 1866

Slow WoRK.-Aaronomer have
discovered that the noon Is drawing
gradually nearer to the earth by about
an inch every year. They have also
discovered that the day is about one
hundredth of second longer than it
was two thousand years ago.
Year: 1866

Penny trains are now fully established in Lon
don, England. They run entirely under ground,
late and early. They will take a person to his
neighborhood for two cents in ten minutes, while
if he took bus above ground an hour would be
consumed in reaching his destination, and he
would have to pay twelve cents.
Year: 1866

A stray coniraband from down South was lately
inspecting horse power in operation when he
things in my life, but / never saw anything whar
horse could do his own work and ride HIMSELF too.
Year: 1866

A POLITE INyITATIoH.--The following from the
shelbyvile Union, will, no doubt, meet with a
prompt response from the man that cleft the
knife"


than few nights ago and took Il watch there
from, and left his pocket knife, can have the knife
by returning the watch. Call and get your knife
Year: 1866

vite the skilled artisans Of the Old World
to the comfort and competence to be found


in the New. The question of our national
independence and readiness to meet any
domestic war or foreign invasion leave
to be decided by the following selection,
which needs no comment, being both a fl
nancial lesson and political caution and
Year: 1866

10th OF April was placed on trial appeared from the
officers statement that tho Was creating dis.
turbanee ON the Tenth avenue and that he hit him
gently with his club aud that subsequently, pistol
shot fired from the door OF tho In which the
prisoner secretod. Ho could not swear that il was
Calvin who fired II, and there other men N tho
house. which raised doubt Ia the csc Jury gave
the accused the benefit OF II and acquitted him
Year: 1866

Great truths are dearly bought. The COM


mon truth,


Such as men give and take from day to day,
Comes in the common walk of easy life.
Blown by the careless wind across our way.
Bought in the market at the current price,
Bred ofthe smile, the jest, perchance the bowl
Ittells no tales Of daring or of worth,
Nor even pieces the surfaces of the soul.
Great truths are greatly won. Not formed


by chance,


Nor waited on the breath of summer dream
But grasped in the great struggle Of the SOUL
handwriting with adverse wind and stream,
Not in the general mart, mid corn and wine;
Nor in the merchandise Of gold and gems;
Not in the worlds gay hail of midnight mirth
Not mid the blaze of regal diadems.
Butn the day of conflict fear and grief,
When the srrong hand of Cod put forth in


might,


Ploughs up the subsoil of the stagnant heart,
And brings the imprisoned truth seed to the


light.


Wrung from the troubled spirit, in hard hour.
Ofweakness, solitude, perchancc of pain;
Truth springs, like harvest, from the plough'C


fields,


And the soul feels it has not wept in vain.
Year: 1866

evil. and that continually. All that
is required of them is to let them
alone severely, whatever may be done


or not done. with other things. The
Temperance cause will never make


any further progress until the Tenn
perance men are willing to let alco-
hol stand or fall on its o,cn merits


Herald of Health.
Year: 1866




Homes are more often darkened by
the continual recurrence of small faults,
than by the actual presence of any de-
cided vice. These evils are apparently
of very dissimilar magnitude; yet it is
easier to grapple with the one than the
other. The eastern traveller can com
bine his force and hunt down the tiger
that prowls upon his path; but he
scarcely can escape the 1nusquitoes that
infest the air he breathes, or the -fieas
that swarm the earth he treads. The
drunkard has been known to renounce
his darling vice the slave to dress and
extravaganza, her besetting sin, but
the waspish temper, the irritating tone,
rude, dogmatic manners, and the hun
dred nameless negligences that spoil
the beauty Of association, have rarely
done other than proceed till the action
of disgust and gradual alienation has
turned all the currents Of affection from
their course, leaving nothing but q bar
rem track, over which the mere skeleton
of the7companionship stalks along.
Year: 1866

+ There is not in theyocabulary of the
language a word more deeply impress
ed of deselateness than this. How Of
ten we pass it carelessly by; how often
do we hear it spoken without even
sigh Of sympathy! ! Alas ! it is not
until the bitter cup of bereavement
has been given US to drink the dregs :,
it is. not until we have seen. the grave
close over the object Of our affection
cur hope-our stay-our only guide
on earth; not until we have stood by
the mound covering the form we SO
priced, the heart in which we were so
sacredly and tenderly enshrined, that
we can realize the full misery that one
little word conveys to the sorrow-strick=


Ell heart This is an exacting world
too-and there is often but little time
given the widow and mourI1er to in
dulge the g luxury of Woe" Her cares
and responsibilities increase; her chill
dren call for her energy, her sef-reli-
a1lce, the tears she would fain shed
must be forced back upon her already
o'ercharged heart-she must smile
when she would gladly weep, and go
forth alone to the Battle of Life to
strive hopefully and patiently for those
whom death has left fatherless No,
not alone! God is@kind-''a very
present help in time of troubles" His
love will guide her, His kindness
smooths her path on earth and gently
draws her to Himself in Heaven. sar
Year: 1866

Apractical man relates his experience
as follows: In the fall Of 1868 had a
great many apples, mostly Rambows,
and thought 1 would try an expert
ment with them, SO 1 buried part of
them the same as farmers generally bury
their potatoes, by piling them up in q
nice cone shaped pile and covering
them first, with plenty ofgood dry straw,
and then with dirt sufficient to keep the
frost out. They kept pretty we'll. /
put another lot in box with chaff, first
q layer of chaff, and then layer Of ap-
ples, until the box was full. They heat
ed, and nearly all took the bitter rot,
and were worthless. 1put another lot
in the screenings of wheat, mostly chess,
in barrels. Il don't raise quite so much
chess now as then.) These kept pretty
well, but wilted very much, which is a
very great injury to the taste of them.
Another lot Iput upin barrels, in leaves
from the woods, layer of leaves, then
layer of apples, until the barrel or box
was full These kept the best and re-
tanned their taste the best of any. l
had some of those Rambows until the
last of April, as sound and nice as wheu
put up, and 1 had them in an old log
house loft the whole winter, and not a
very tight loft either. If they freeze
the leaves draw the frost out again, but
care should be taken to keep plenty of
leaves between the apples and the bar
rel or box. have been keeping my ap-
pies in the last named way ever since,
and have had no trouble about freezing.
believe they could be kept in barrels
put up in this way, and lay in the or
chard all winter, and come out al right
in the spring. si.,zs - z 4
Year: 1866

furious effect upon the interest of these
companies, and excited just indigna-
tion samOng the stockholders. They
would not encourage further outlay of
their money when rights already grant
ed to them were so seriously interfered
with, and ia such manner. Capitalists
objected to large investments where
their interests were so unceremoniously
trifed with by the Legislature of the
State" -


What influences were brought to bear
upon the members to secure such hasty
legislation, / know not; but it is very
certain it has had a very depressing
effect upon all internal improvements
in West Virginia, and especially upon
the success, thus, far, of this particular
enterprise. 1t strikes me that the MEM
bers of the Legislature of 1866 did not
take much time, if any, to consider the
subject, or they would not have voted
as they did upon the subject. Here was
company fnlly organized, stock enough
subscribed to begin the work auspicious-
ly, and abundant capital to invest, and
pledged, but now held back on account
of the rider upon the charters to these
companies, in the shape of the uncon-
stitutional bill raising the commission
to dispose of these State improvements
again!


But it is not this particular enterprise
alone that is affected; no enterprise
calling for capital from other States can
be initiated in this State, with the dan
ger of such legislation before them,
with any sort of show of success. We
have strong hopes that our next Legis-
lature will have more consideration for
the public welfare. Yours, NAT.
Year: 1866

The Wheeling Intelligenoer compares
the Southern people to the Bourbons, OF
whom the great Napoleon said: "They
learned nothing and forgot nothing"
The Intelligemcer thinks We are incapa-
BILE of discerning our true interests, and
that we allow ourselves to be governed
by "rebellious egotism and conceit,"
which naturally "begets resentment
in the feelings of the Northern people
because it evinces that same old impla-
cable contempt for them that contribut-
ed so largely in 1860 to sectionalize the
North.n The Intelligencer is pleased to
nav its respects to us in this connection,
and while it acquits the Wing
of being "one of the extreme
papers of the South" it alleges
that ats editorials are nearly always
Objectionable because of that constant
air of pretension and egotism in respect
to all things Virginian and Southern"
The differences between the Wheeling
Intelligeacer and the Wing are so radical
that we can hardly expect that paper to
approye our editorials. There is one,
and but one characteristic common to
us. We are both of Southern nativity.
This fact ace have not forgotten-but it
appears to have escaped the memory Of
our Wheeling contemporary. Its pre-
possessions, its wishes, its affections
are all with the North. 1t does not like
even to hear Southern journal speak
kindly of the South. Its sensibilities
are wounded thereby, and its Gre
sentiment" is excited. The Intelligen-
Ger belongs to West Virginia, and
West Virginia abandoned old Vir-
gia, the mother who bore her, and from
whom she "drew suck" She also aban-
doned the South, and cast in her for
tunes with the North. She does not
like anything Southern, neither does
the Wheeling Intelligencer. 1t appears
to be matter of regret to the Intetli-
gencer that any Southern man should
think or speak well of the section in
which he was born and reared. While
we neither understand nor envy the
man, or the State that can, in war or
in peace, turn against the people and
the section, in the midst Of which COP
placed them-we are not disposed to
quarrel with them. All men are not
alike. Some have touches of nature,
and would rather die than turn against
their kith aud kin; others would be-
tray them for a mess of pOttage. We
belong to the former.
Year: 1866

A plain farmer says: 1t is now over
twenty years since learned that sweet
oil would cure the bite of a rattlesnake,
not knowing it would cure other kinds
of poison of any kind, both on man and
beast. l think no farmer should be
without bottle of it in his house. The
patient must take spoonful of it inter
nally, and bathe the wound for cure.
To cure horse it requires eight times
as much as it does for man. Here let
me say of one of the most extreme cases
of snake bites in this neighborhood:
Eleven years ago this summer, where
the case had been thirty days standing,
and the patient had been given up by
his physicians, / heard of it, carried the
oil and gave him ono spoonful, which
effected cure. 1t is an antidote for
arsenic and strychnine. 1t will cure
bloat in cattle by eating too freely Of
fresh clover, it will cure the sting Of
bees, spiders OF other insects, and will
cure persons who have been poisoned by
low running vine, growing in the
meadows, called ivy.
Year: 1866

Tue ENGLISH H.-There used to be q
good English clergyman connected with
the Providence Conference who had q
carpet-bag marked with the single ini-
tial l.. On one occasion in those times
the annual sitting Of the Conference
finished its business and reached the
final adjournment in the afternoon, but
. few minutes before the hour when the
members were to leave town. Many of
them, anticipating such state of
things, had taken their baggage TO the
church where the sessions were held,
and as soon as the benediction was pro-
nounced there was a rush for the pile
of valises and bags in the entry. Our
English friend was at the last end of
the crowd, and not being able to get to
the pile, stood at the outside of the cir
Gle, calling ont, "Has any brother seen
a carpet-bag marked Hellr
Year: 1866

WHAT DOES IT MEANf-The South is
at this moment in the most profound
quiet and repose. There is not rebel
in arms; there is not Union soldier nee
essary to preserve order in any part of
the Southern States: there is absolutely
not ripple left to show where the great
ship of the Confederacy sunk, and sunk
forever. Yet, at Radical meetings, the
proposition to march slaughtering, burn
ing and con6scating columns into this
peaceful and unresisting South Is re-
ceIved with uproarious applause. In the
name of humanity, justice, civilization,
what does all this meanf-Baitimore
Transcript. = hr1
Year: 1866

DRIVEN TO DEsPKRATioN.-The Bos-
ton Voice says Benedict whohas taken
a wife re emily was driven to the ex-
treme measure by the treatment he re-
ceived in a boarding house where he
was sick recently. He said he ordered
the servants to bring him some Cruel on
Monday morning, but which he never
got till Wednesday afternoon. During
his confinement not . single soul visit
ed him save the young gentleman who
cleaned the knives; he come not for the
purpose of consolation, hut to inform
him that "Missus would be much oblig-
ed if Mr.. - would do his shaking on
q chair, 80 as not to get the bedstead
apart This was the feather that broke
the back of his bzchelorship. From
that moment he resolved TO connect his
fortunes with 0 piece Of dimity.