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Year: 1866

The Gravel ensues from neglect OF improper treat
mcnt Of the kidneys These organs being weak, the
water Is expelled from the bladder but allowed to
remain; It becomes feverish and sediment FORMS It
nom this deposit that the stone is formed and gravel
ensues
Year: 1866

OIL CITY, Feb. 24.-There is heavy ice gorge
in the creek at Oil City and above. The flats
are overhowed, with FIVE feet OF water in Main
street, west side, and rising fast Damage great
and worst TO come.
Year: 1866




A child beginning to read becomes de.
lighted with newspaper, because he reads


of names and things which are very fa mil
lar, and he will make progress according
ly. A newspaper in one year, (says an


eminent teacher) is worth a quarters
schooling to child, and every father must


consider that substantial Information is
connected with his advancement. The
mother of the family, being one of its
heads and having a more immediate
charge of children, should herself be in
structed. A mind occupied becomes forti-
fled against the ills of life, and is braced
for any emergency. Children amused by
reading or study are, of course, considerate
and more easily governed. How many
thoughtless young men have spent theil
earnings in tavern or grog-shop, who
ought to have been reading How many
parents, who never spent twenty dollars
for books for their families, would gladly
have given thousands to reclaim son or
daughter, who had ignorantly and thought,
lessly fallen into temptation.
Year: 1866

Condemn no man for not thinking
as you think. Let every one enjoy the
fun and free liberty oflthinliug for
himself. Let every man use his own
Judgment, since every man must give
an account of himself to God. Abhor
every approach, in any kind of de-
gree, to the spirit of persecution. IL
YOU cannot reason or persuade man
into the truth, never attempt to force
bin inH it, rsa..aay Im
Year: 1866

have fallen in love, precisely as they
would be said to have fallen into fever
or an ague fit, and the worst of this
mode Of expression is, that amongst
young people, it has led to a general
yielding up Of the heart to the first i'm
preston, as if it possessed Of itself no
power Of resistance. 1t is from general
notions such as these, that the idea, and
the name Of love have been vulgarized
and degraded; and in connection with
this degradation, a food of evil has
poured in upon that Eden of woman's
life, where the virtues Of her domestic
character are exercised. What, then.
is love in its highest, holiest character
1t is woman's al-her wealth, her pow
er, her very being. Man, let him love
as he may, has ever an existence distinct
from that of his affections. He has his
worldly interests, his public character,
his ambition, his competition with other
men-but woman centres all in that one
feeling.


In woman's love is mingled the trus-
ty dependence Of a child, for she ever
looks up to a man as her protector and
her guide; the frankuess, the social
feeling, and the tenderness of sister
for isnot man her friend the solicitude,
the anxiety, the careful watching Of the
mother-for would she not suffer to
preserve him from harm? Such is love
in nob.e mind, and especially in its
first commencement, when it is almost
invariably elevated, and pure, trusting
and disinterested. Indeed, the woman
who could minge low views and selfish
calculations with her first attachment,
would scarcely be worthy Of the name


WILLIAM.
Year: 1866

There are beauties of nature, and
beauties Of art, and every well managed
farm should be combination of both.
But am sorry to be obliged to say that
few farmers seem to appreciate, or care
for either 1t should be the ambition
of every farmer to make his farm ap-
pear as beautiful as possible, and beauty
may be cultivated in a cheap, as well as
costly manner, SO that no one can ex-
cuse himself by pleading poverty. Ma
ture is constantly occupied in creating
beautiful things, and does her best to
cover up deformities and unsightly OBJ
jects of every kind II there is an ugly
hedge, rough place, pile of stone, stesp
bank, or unsightly hole about the farm,
nature will cover it with a beautiful
growth of bushes, brambles and briars,
making it both ornamental and useful;
and if the untidy farmer erects crook
ed ,unsightly fence, nature will soon hide
its detormity by covering it with beau
tiful, living, waving hedge. But too
many farmers have so little appreciation
Of what is both beautiful and useful, that
they wage continual warfare against
nature. They go out armed with ak
aud bush-hooks, and cut and slash, and
waste their time and strength in des-
troying "a thing of beauty" with no
possible object in view, but doing mis-
chief aud injury to themselves and the
world. .'


American farmers seem determined
to do all they possibly can, to make q
barren desert of our beautiful land.
They remove every thing that will tend
to check the raging wind, and this bad
management has already done much
towards drying up our springs and wa
ter. courses Trees and bushes, brisrs
and brambles should be allowed to grow
upon every spot and in every place
achere the land cat be spared, and they
should not be looked upon as enemies;
but every farmer should understand that
they are bis best friends, and that be
will not be the loser if be allows them TO
occupy little strip of good soil around
the border OF his fields.


Our good old fathers, who hewed
their log houses and farms out Of the
dense forests, were naturally led to con-
slider trees and bushes as enemies TO
their progress, and we have inherited
far too much Of the same feeling.


! might speak Of many other things
about the farm, wherein beauty might
be cultivated without expense, such rs
plowing straight furrows, planting
straight rows, aud doing everything in
a neat and tasty manner, which is no
more expensive than a slovenish, waste
full method. To keep everything neat
and in order about the buildings, is
cheaper than to let them go out OF order.
1t is pleasure to see beautiful farm.
and every farmer can make his farm
beautiful if he will, and in doing so be
will increase its value in dollars and
cents, as well as in the pleasure and hap
piness it will give himself, his family and
all who see it. GEo. ]. Colby.
Year: 1866

A good many orchardists have prAc-
ticed pruning in the winter with as good
or better success, than at any other sea-
son. The sap not circulating in winter,
the wound dries, and the cementis more
readily applied, No harm will come to
the tree if the application should not be
made till spring A hot mixture of tar
and brick dust, or fine sand, is often
used; also a mixture of COW droppings
and dry clay; but a thick solution of
shellac in alcohol, or collodion, is better
and more easily applied Scrape the
trees free from moss and dead bark,
and give the top a good balance by re-
moving an equal amount of wood irom
each side, not allowing the top to shoot
up too high. A thoroughly spread, low
top is desirable, not only for convent
ence in gathering, but better yield Of
fruit is thereby obtained. Orchards
should be so trimmed as to preserve an
equilibrium between top and bottom.
If the top is too heavy for the root, q
sufficient quantity of sap will not be
supplied to the top, and if the top is too
light, too much sap will be put in cir
enlation for proper development of 2
fruit tree For many reasons, the fail
and winter are best for transplanting,
as the tree is in a state of torp0r, and
does not receive the shock it would at
another time of year, and when spring
opens its vital energies will be but
slightly impaired, and its growth scarce
| ly retarded. E.P.v.
Year: 1866

The demands of Fashion are inexora-
bic, and the followers of the tickle Queen
obey her behests with the utmost alb
iectness, no matter how ridiculous they
may be. A Saratoga letter says:


"The fashionable walk for young la
dies this season is the most comical thing
imaginable. 1t is sort of hobble, as
if they had a very sore toe on each foot.
AT first | thought the ladies were slight
ly lame, and expressed my regret that
such elegant ladies should be so
unfortunately aAlictedi but it became
soon apparent that it was only fash
ionabIe laneness, for every lady who al
fected any style was afflicted with it Sc
verely. A few years ago it was the
Jenny Lind hop that all the young, and
would be young, ladiee were seized with,
and sprightliness was considered ele-
giant; but now, just the other extreme
is the ton"
Year: 1866

All animals fatten better in the dark
than in the light, and this can only be
accounted for by the increased quiet.
In the dark the animal remains perfect
ly quiet, while in the light the reverse
is often the case Some kinds of stock
which are the most irritable in confne-
ment, as turkeys and geese, are found
to lay on fat best when confined in the
dark, and fed only at stated periods,
There is no surer proof that a pig is
doing we'll than to see him eat bis meal
quickly, and go to bed to sleep till
feeding again. -Germaatoscs Telegraph.
Year: 1866

This expression has done an incalcula-
BILE amount Of mischief in the world by
conveying an idea that it is a thing
which cannot be resisted, and which
must be given way to, either with or
without reason. Persons are said 10
Year: 1866

ODEoS HALL CLOTHING Rooms, corner Az
street and Pennsylvania avenue.-Immense
stock of clothing of every variety and style
we offer for sale at ten per cent. lower than
any other House in this city Don't fail to call
AZ Odeon Hall o4s
Year: 1866

lege, and not Congress in which the South
is unrepresented We believe that by adop-
ting negro suffrage both the whites and black
will be greatly injured.


The Banner alludes to our proposition to
abolish the offices of State Geologist and Ad-
jutant General We are still in favor of dis,
pensing with the services of those officers
because they are unnecessary in the present
condition Of affairs, and are an expense TO the
State treasury. We hear great deal about
the Importance of practising economy, but
when we suggest how saving of money to
the State might be effected, our friends of the
Salisbury Banner and Raleigh Sentinel OBJ
ject, and will not agree to cooperate with
US. We respectfully call upon them, Gov.
Worth. and the Legislature, to suggest some
mode to lessen public expenditures. What
is the use ofpreaching what is not practised


We are not wrong, but we fear the Rane'
is rather imprudent if not wrong Charlott'
D3e0crat
Year: 1866

An At to divide the State of Michigan into two


Judicial Districts, and to provide for holding


the District and Circuit Courts therein.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the State of Michigan
be- and the same is hereby divided into two judi
ciaI districts, in the following manner, namely:


THE EASTERN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS.


The western district shall embrace all the ter
ritory and waters within the following bounda-
ries to-wlt: Commencing at the southwest cor
ner of Hillsdale county, in the State OF Michigan
and running from thence north, on the west line
OF said county, to the south line of Calhoun coun-
ty: thence east on the south line thereof, to the
southeast corner of the said last-nained county;
thence north on the east boundary of said coun-
ty to the south line of Eaton county; thence east
on said south line to the southeast corner OF Ea-
ton county thence north on the east boundary
of Eaton county, to the south line OF Clinton
county; thence west on the south boundary OF
said county to the southwest corner thereof;
thence north, on the west boundary OF Clinton
and Gratiot counties to the south boundary OF
Isabella county; thence west on its south boun-
ary to the sout Invest corner of said last-named
county; thence north on the west line OF Isabel
la and Glare counties, to the south boundary of
Missaukee county; thence east on its south
boundary to the Southeast corner of Missaukee
county; thence north on the east line OF Missau
Year: 1866

CHAP. Ii.


An Act to annex Part of the State of New Jer
sey TO the Collection District of New York,
and to appoint an Assistant Collector, to reside
at Jersey City.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That all that part of the
State of New Jersey which lies north and east of
Elizabethtown and Staten Island, comprising the
counties of Hudson and Bergen, be, and the same
is hereby, annexed to the collection district of
New York; that an assistant collector, to be ap-
pointed by the President of the United States,
shall reside at Jersey City, who shall have power
to enter and clear vessels in like manner as the
collector of New York is authorized by law to do,
but such assistant collector SHALL nevertheless,
act i'll conformity to such Instructions and regula
tions as he shall from time to time receive from
the collector of New York and that the said as
sstant collector shall receive for his annual salary
two thousand dollars in full for all services to be
by him performed, and in lieu of commissions
and fees.


Approved, February 81, 1868.
Year: 1866

Hon. G. P. HAIL, Probate Judge of Deer
Lodge county, paid US visit this week. He
is on his way from Virginia to mis- home in
Deer Lodge. He has been attending the sit
ting of the Legislature at Virginia From
him we learn that the Legislature propo-
ses to adjourn the c. ming week. He al o
informs us that the passage Of the law
has been procured, extending the jurisdiction
of the Probate courts of this Territory. 1t
provides that they shall have concurrent civil
jurisdiction with the District courts. APP
peals will now lie, not to the District from
the Probate court, but directly to the Su-
preme court of the Territory. This law will
have the eject of making the District court
hereafter as it has been heretofore, useless
and cumbrous machine. Stern necessity ap
pears to have compelled this action OF the
Legislature. The absence of tribunals of
competent jurisdiction to which litigants
could resort for redress of grievances would
seem to demand something of the sort. II
will also necessitate on the part of the peo-
pie the selection of the best legal talent Of
the country to fill the positions of Probate
Judges. Thus making up as far as possible
tor the absence of State Government
Montana Radiator.


A similar statute was passed in this Ter
ritory at the second session Of the Legisla
ture, but the District court knocked it in the
head. Unless the Organic Act of Montana
contains different provision from that of
Idaho, The statute of Montana will have a
perilous ordeal to pass.
Year: 1866

AN AMERICAN was asked by naughty
Englishman to bound his country, and thus
complied I" America is bounded north by
the aurora borealis, east by the rising sun,
west by the procession Of the eqnincxes, and
south by the day of judgment"
Year: 1866

The BEAUTY OF A WoMAN's ARM. Who has
not telt the beauty Of woman's arm-the
unspeakable suggestion of tenderness that
lie in the dimpled elbow and all the varied
gently lessening curves down to the delicate
wrist, with its tiuiest, almost imperceptibIe
hicks in the firm softness? A woman's arm
touched the soul of great sculp ptor two thou
sand years ago, so that he wrought an image
oft for the Parthenon which moves US still
as it clasps lovingly the time worn marble of
a headless trunk.
Year: 1866

= GEN FoREEsT,-We had the pleasure Of
meeting this distinguished gentleman yester-
day says the Memphis Appeal of the 18th,
and was glad to see him looking in fine
health and spirits. The General in reply to
an aIlusion to the canard of his having gone
to Mexico, requested US to say, that he has
not been nor has he the remotest idea Of go
inc, anywhere else than back to his planta-
ton, where he and a g0odly number Of black
men are hard at work trying to make enough
to live on, pay taxes, and help the Govern
ment to get out Of debt lie advises every
body else to do the same thing. lie is as
earnest and sincere a supporter Of the Gov
ernment as he was a good fighter, and thinks
the right way to get out Of troubles is for
every body to be at work, and in the dis
charge Of al his duties resting upon him.
Year: 1866

ADVICE FOR THE SKAsox.-Appropriat to
this part of the country is the following from
a contemporary: Nothing contributes more to
make an ordinary structure elegant than the
evergreen climbers gracefully wound around
and about it. Even rough e1teriors can be
made to look charmingy by these beauti6ers,
when properly distributed and trained by
skilIful bands. With Spring should commence
general system of repairs. Outhouses are to
be cleaused, fences adjusted, walks repaired,
with view to giving all things corresponding
appearance in freshness and vigor TO that
of nature. Fit up in accordance with your
means. There is no reason why the humble
cottager should pot put on his decorations.
He can grow shrubbery. and peitber his
habitation or fence need lack in genteel
appearance, when cheap substitute for white
lead and oil is at hand 10 abundance.
Year: 1866

A MECHANIC of our acquaintance, over the
way, says that cheerfulness is the best paying
commodity that can be brought into shop.
In bis opinion, Q man who whistles or sings
will do as much work in an hour as grumbler
will do 10 . day.
Year: 1866




silver with them is but a commodity, which
they purchase whenever they have need of it,
jus, as one buys any other chattle that be
requires. The idea Of treasuriug up gold for
the acquisition of wealth, never enters their
thoughts.


The people in the East are not ignorant
of the state of things in California. Our genial
climate and beautiful valleys incline those
desiring to emigrste, TO cast their lot among US.
But the rule which excludes a currency like
theirs from circulation here, has turned the tide
OF emigration to the Territories lying east of u.s.
The farmer with his Eve thousand dollars, good,
lawful money of the United States, wishing to
come here can see no reason why he should be
compelled TO exchange it for another kind
of Government money, on landing at San
Francisco; nor can be be convinced that be is
TO realize any profit in submitting to a discount
OF fifteen hundred dollars, for the sake of con-
verting bis money into the circulating medium
J of this State. You may urge on him the
advantages of our soil snd climate, you may
argue to him that the thirty FIVE hundred
dollars be will receive in exchange will accrue
to bis benefit that, instead of losing, be will
gain BY the transaction yet he remains
unconvinced BY all such arguments. He will
tell you and in truth, too, that bis FIVE thousand
dollars will purchase more of the necessares
aud even the luxuries of life, at his present
home, than the same smount of gold will pro-
cure in California and that it is to bis interest
TO remain in one of the Atlantic States and,
to illustrate further the ruinous effects OF our
legislative action, he will tell you that his
neighbor, for several years miner, in Califor-
nia. has just returned that be left San Fran
cisco with five Thousand dollars 10 gold, and on
arriving at New York, after having paid his
passage and all expenses. be found himself in
possession of more money than when be left the
Golden Gate ths. be made some two thousand
Year: 1866

Seminal w eakneSS OF SpermatOrrn5ea.


The young man wao experiences that growing
weakness in his muscular and mental organization,
should stop to consider whence it arises. He will
find in the weakness of the back, trembling of the
limbs, dsordered digestion, unaccountabe failing
of the powers of The mind, distaste for society,
dread Of impending trouble, forebodings of evil,
seeplessness, troubled and lascivious dreams, ac-
eompanied by growing deafness, loss of muscular
power and numerous other symptoms of dsorgan-
izaton the positive traces of that most terrible and
destructive of all diseases, Seminal Weakness
wasting away his powers, destroying his hope of
life and manhood and dragging him all the broken
path of his existence toward premature and loath
some grave To him who finds his life dribhling
out in the discharge of the vital principle of exist
ence in nocturnal and diurnal emissions. the mere
cessation of the of its appearance brings
assurance of relief


Marriage that holy Office, tn: safeguard and
hope of manhood, brings to such an one no hope of
cure but adds to his misery in the knowledge that
the one who looks to him for much of her bappi-
ness, is victim of his evil, and an innocent com
panion of his punishment. He adds TO his misery
and disorder until hope leaves him. Consul then,
at once, physician whom long practice and care
full research has made thoroughly conyersant with
every phase of the disease. Those who have be-
come the victims of solitary vices, that dreadful,
fascinating and destructive habit, which fills thou
sands of sick with paralytios and consump-
tives, and hundreds of untime y graves with its
misguided victims, should consult without a mo-
ment's delay. one who win sympathize with their
sufferings. To such the Doctor would especially
address himself, giving TO each and all assurance
of PERFECT and PERMANENT CURE, with
out hindrance from business, change of diet, or
fear of exposure


Do not forget the address. See below.
Year: 1866

That leave the poison to crawl through the system,
eating its way into the tissues and organs beneath
the apparently smooth surface, to burst out in the
future with vrulence that will battle the effects of
medicine, when PERFECT CURES can be OBJ
tanned by consulting ply sician whom long prac
tice and thorough investigation into the causes of
DISEASES of the URINARY ORGANS enables
to determine at once the nature of the disease


In all diseases entrusted to the Doctors care,
PERFECT, SPEEDY and PERMANENT
Year: 1866

displayment of one sympathy to give room for
another. What they before shared in common
the old fellowship, the old memories, the
mutual interest, and the unfeigned good.wishes of
each for the others welfare-all these, at least,
remain TO them still. Thus, mari. ge builds up
no wall of partition between them, and, however
il may change the toward the world at
large, as to the friend who was of our mess u
be continues the same.


God be praised for the return of peace to our
troubled land Months ago the surviving mem
bers of our mess separated and returned each 10
his own home. Their vocations are no more the
same, but each in his own way pursues the cal
ling of his choice. They already are scattered,
far apart-all the way from Texas to the Cana-
das. But kinsbip of sympathy always will exist
between those whose uncertain, humble fortunes
so long were bound together by the same strong
ties. Near to every one of US, nearest of all are
those between whom and us interposes but a
barrier invisib!e-they who fell at Stone River,
and Chickamauga, and he who afterwnrd died in
hospital. In the Farther Land whittier they
have preceded, may there be happy reunion ere
long of all who once-made up "our mess