smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

And its attendant train ofsylnptons it acts more like q charm than medicine. There is nothing in the range of Matcria iMedica that can for moment bear comparison with it in this disease

 A full account of this wonderful plant ,nay be found in the 11tli edition of the U. S. Dis pensatory, on pages 1887 and 1888.

 A series of experiments in which Dr. BULL has been for years engaged, has just been brought to successful termination, and hc is now enabled to offer to the public combina- lion of CEDRoN with other pproscdltonics, the whole preserved in the best quality of cop per distilled Bourbon Whiskey, which he is confident has
Year: 1866

He might furnish volume of certificates, but the public have long since learned to esti- mate such things at their true value. The safest plan is for every one to'test for himself the virtue of Q new medicine.
Year: 1866

The usual practice among farmers Il
to let wheat stand, before il IS cut, until
he straw is entirely changed from green
TO yellow, and the grain has become hard
and nearly or quite dry. Numerous ex.
periments have been made iu this coun-
ry, but more particularly in England, to
determine at what period Of ripening il
is best to cut wheat, having in view the
greatest yield of grain, and that Of the
best quality. 1t is well known to those
who have investigated the object, thai
The ripening of the seeds cons SIS entire
y of certain chemical processes which
we cannot here attempt to explain, thai
are of Impotence to be considered in or
der to make the most of the crop after il
has been grown. The immature grain
of wheat, in It's early stage, is found to
be filled with milky fluid, which grad
ullly changes in consistence. from this
milky state, TO one more firm and solid.


These experiments have been insIitu-
ted to determine with accuracy at what
period of this change the grain should be
harvested to secure the gratest adyanla.
ses. The unanimous opinion appears tc
pc, that if grain is cut soon after the
straw fellow the head has turned yellow
while the lower part Of stem is still
green, and the seed yet remains in q
# and dOughey state, the grain will
W Ugh more to the bushel and yield q
crater amount from a given space Ol
grCund, that more and better -four il
made from it, and where The straw is tC
be fed TO stock it is rellished better and
is more nutritious than if the grain wa;
allowed to stand until it became fully
ripe.


These experiments have been so FIRE.
quently made and with such uniform re.
suits, that we feel unwilling to Jet the
coming harvest pass without reminding
our readers Of The fact. A very careful
series Of experiments Rete made Of ihi:
character, some years since, IN Yorksh.
ire, England, by Mr. John Hannah
and he sums up the loss BY shelling, ant
in the weigh! and quality Of the grain
fran letting it stand until fully ripe
equal to S6 per acre; this sum, or ever
half of it, should not be lost sight of By
the farmer CoIman's Rural World
Year: 1866

To show the tallacy Of the proposition
claiming that there has been any estab-
lished Congregational precedent as to
population, we make the following ex-
hibit of the condition of a number Of
States al the time of their admission, as
indicated BY the next proceeding United
States census:
Year: 1866

This showing is conclusive on that
point and reiterates the opinion that
Nebraska with her $4,000 to 10000 in.
habitants will be admitted ifs the prop
er men are sent 10 press her application
we are still for State and for reasons
which we give in good faith before elec
ton Omaha Republicae.
Year: 1866

Henry A. Wise delivered violent
speech at Alexandra on last Saturday
He declared that he was not 8 traitor.
that he had made no confession, that he
would never take the test-oath and that
no power could make him leave Virginia
these and many other declarations he
made in the real old Southern style. fiery,
ranty. insane. The war ended too soon
for the case of Wise. During the whole
four year. OF the beating process not a
grain of sense was pounded into his
crazy old head At home quiet or noisy
in Brazil he wouldn't be worth consider
alton: but as the original Henry A. Wise
in Virginia, spouting treason as briskly
as ever he ought to be choked off, sup
pressed without benefit OF clergy or ha-
beas corpus. He is too crazy to hang
and too reasonable to keep at large
confine him in an insane asylum.
Year: 1866

The following farewell address Of a
Western editor to his readers, though
not new, is q good hits not bad hit
at what Is called freedom Of the press
Each Individual freeman will give you
perfect liberty to contradict and contro
vert the nations and opinions Of every
body but himself:


"The undersigned retires from the ed
itorial chair with . complete conviction
that all is vanity. From the hour he
started his paper to the present time he
has been solicited to lie upon every Civ
en- subject, and can't remember ever hay
ing told wholesome truth without dim
inishiag his subscription list, or making
an enemy Under these circumstances
of trial, and having q thorough contempt
for himself, he retires in order 70 recruit
his moral constitution"
Year: 1866

friend of ours recently travelling tie Ten
nessee ANA Alabama Railroad. On the seat BET, re
him sat Mississippi planter ami Tennessee rebel
soldier. Fac Misssssippian abusing the Tennes-
see Legislature like Nashville Memphis rebel
newspaper for passing the Franchise bill. Where
upon the rebel soldier replied: i can't blame the
Legislature for acting il did. II did nothing but
what we intended to had we won the fight, in place
of the Yankees five had held Tennessee would not
have allowed Union or hold office and there
IS sense in my abusing others for doing what
| had fully determined to do to them had circum-
stances been different. don't DENY that it is pretty
rough To be denied vote, but still its fate war
and know that Contederates were determined TO
disfrnnchise all who against as We have no
business at all TO complain. Nashville Press and
Times.
Year: 1866

WHEN TO BEGIN That you may
find success said Rev. Charles Brooks,
in an address to boys, ''let me tell you
how to proceed Tonight begin Your
great plan of life. You have but one
life to live, and it is immeasuraolv i'm
portant that yeu do not make a mistake.
To night begin carefully. Fix your eye
on the fortieth year Of your age and
then say to yourself: AT the age of for
ty will he n temperate man. will be an
Industrious man, an economical man, q
benevolent man, a well read man. re-
ligious man, and a useful man. | will
be such a one. L resolve aud | will
stand 10 it, Ny young friends. let Z is
resolution be as firm as adamant; let 1t
stand like the oak which cannot be wind
shaken
Year: 1866

BEAUTIFUL ExrRACT.-The loved ones
whose loss | lament are still IN exis ence;
they are living with me at this very time;
they are like myself dwelling in the great
parental mansion Of God they still be-
long to me as / to them. As they are
ever in my thonghts. so perhaps am IN
theirs As / mourn for their loss, per
haps they rejoice in anticipation OF our
reunion What to me is still dark, they
see clearly. Why do | grieve because l
can no longer enjoy their pleasant socl-
etv? During their lifetime l was not
discontented because | could not always
have them around me. II journey took
them from me, I was not therefore un-
happv. And why is it different now
They have gone on q journey Whether
they are living on earth in far distant
city, or in some higher world in the IN
finite universe of God, what difference
is there? Are we not still IN the same
house of our Father. like loving brothers
who inhabit separate rooms Have we
therefore ceased TO be brothers ITO
tc0H.
Year: 1866

PsTRIFACrroN OF BoDY.-A few days
since Mr. Edwin H. King, as under
taker, took up the body Of the late VIM.
b. TalIey, buried in the old Foundry
burial ground, and reinterred It in the
Congressional Cemetery. The body had
been inferred in low ground, and the
grave was half full Of water. Notwith-
standing it has been sixteen years since
the interment Was made, the pine case
and mahogany coffin we're found in q
perfect state OF preservation. Some
curiosity being expressed - to the state
of the body, the coffin Was opened. The
body and shrond were found TO be in q
perfect state of preservation. On furth-
or examination the body was found to
have almost the hardness and consisten-
cy of stone, showing that petrifaction
was rapidly going on--(Star.
Year: 1866

A NICE COMMENT ON DIvoRCEs.-Some
parts of the country, as is known, do
wholesale business in divorces, and with
ont much rhyme or reason. The loose
manner in which they are granted Is of
ten the subject of much comment, but
the strangeSt case we ever heard OF is
the following reported in the Louisville
Courier of the 9th inst; the divorce
took place at New Albany, Indiana:


:. A divorce was granted. among many
others, in the case of Mccartney vs..
Mccartney. but neither Of the parties
knew anything of the pendency of the
suit: neither of them were present when
the decree was rendered, and only learn
ed through their friends that their mari
tai bonds were sundered. They are,
and have been, living together most hap
PLY. entirely satisfied with each other.
and are strongly disposed to demur to
the singular and summary process by
which their happy relations were dis
solved How the case got into court is
entirely unknown TO the parties, but it IS
supposed TO be the work OF some mad
Joker or envious Benedict. OF course
the parties will have to get married
again or procure a reversal OF the de
cree This is another and forcible IL
iustration of the loose manner in which
the divorce business is managed in In
diana
Year: 1866

PRESSED FOR CoPY.-The following story is told of
an Irish newspaper editor The foreman called down
to him from the printing Office:


"We want six lines TO fill a column"


XIII child at Waterford - was the reply
Soon after came a second message 1--WE have kill
ed the child and still want two lines"


Contradict the same
Year: 1866

The following advertisement appeared
in the Syracuse Courier recently:


Manure wanted-stable manure. Any
person having from five to fifty loads to
dispose of viii send word or drop it
through the post Office"
Year: 1866

the rebels, we compelled the traitors, ii
you please, TO lay down their arms and
yield obedienet-to the Senator from
Michigan, or anybodyf Not at all, sir.
1t is not oy any especial virtue of his or
mine; it was not on account of any su-
periority that We might assume over the
Southern people that we claim the right
TO compel their surrender. We did it
in the name of the Constitution, and
standing under the shadow of the ma
jesty of the law. They surrendered to
the law
Year: 1866

The killing on the Canal street Car.


The coroner yesterday held an inquest on the
body of the gentleman, who, while riding in the
Canal street on Wednesday night, was killed
by shots fired in the vicinity of the Marine Hospi-
tai. The testimony of Frank Smith, the driver Of
the car was that he left the station at the Gene
terry at about 10 o'clock and the deceased was the
only passenger. When within about two squares
of Broad street. the witness heard gun-shot, and,
turning round, he saw the deceased, who was
seated in the back part Of the car, fall. Witness
drove on to the next station fast as possible,
and, when he arrived there, the passenger was
lying dead in the Papers found in his pockets
discovered that he was Capt. Charles Reynolds
formerly of the steamer Starlight.


A negro named Morgan Allynn has been arrested
on suspicion of being concerned in the assassina-
ton He denies being concerned in it, and says
the shot fred by negro named Stephen
Camp, who has not yet been arrested.
Year: 1866

At half past seven last evening discharged
United States soldier informed officer Lepage, of
the Third District police that there was gather
ing Of about two hundred armed negroes assembled
some two miles below the barracks. Lieut.. Jacobs,


in command Of the police in the Third District re-
ported to the chief that he had sent patrol down
to ascertain if the statement was true. at ii
O'Clock last night nothing additional had been
heard from Lieut. Jacobs in relation to the matter
Year: 1866

A lady who edits newspaper in one OF the
Western States says that the popularity OF her
journal is due to the fact that people are al
ways expecting she will say something she
ought not 10. t~7 .-st =
Year: 1866

tions. II in that examination it be found
there remain anything unsatisfed, 1t is the
duty Of the government 10 lmmedlately
hand him TO The civil authorities, that he
and the Others accused may have opportuni-
ty TO show to the world the malice and false
hood Of these wicked accusations. The dis
covery Of the doings Of the Bureau OF Mill
tary iustice renders il a duty that whatever
be- done in this matter hereafter, be done in
a less suspicious locality, and free from Sc
cresv. Evil motives alone fear the light.
The government Of this country should have
in this matter nothing 10 hide or iabricate
in darkness. As regards the charge Of trea-
son. that is already before the proper tribu-
nal, and / have only TO express surprise that
the Judicial branch Of the government should
so long have deferred the trial, and that a
could be ready for trial so long, ask
for it so persistently, and yet in defiance OF
law and usage. be so long denied It.
Year: 1866

In one-fourth Of the time that it takes with the
old mode of treatment In this treatment no
medicine is taken internally. You receive the
baths seated on your chair, with no Inconvenience
whatever.
Year: 1866

Young married ladies whose misfortune it has
been not to bring forth in due season, remember
God has said you should multiply and replenish.
If this is your desire, you can consult mo either
by letter or in person. No lady over thirty-fve
years of age need make application. All commu-
nications by letter or person strictly confidential
Year: 1866

All affections Of the Womb treated with sue
cess. Those married ladies who have been so un-
fortunate to miscarry, or prove abortlye, can
be carried to their full time, if found pregnant,
by giving me call.
Year: 1866

A Doc SrosY.--A lady residing in Camp.
ton, New Jersey, recently owned dog, which,
because OF age and in6rmity, had ceased so
be Of use. One day she remarked to labor
ing man connected with the Amiiy that d.
would give halfa dollar il he would take the
old fellow Of cat Of the vaJ, and kill him
The servant promised to do so if he nigh,
have the dogs skin TO make therefrom for hi,
own use shd benefit, pair Of gloves. Al
this stage in the conversation, the old dog.
Who had been lying quietly on the hearth,
arose, and giving the conspirators q look,
more in sorrow than in anger, left the house
On . rise Of ground not far away he stopped
and gave lingering gaze at the house and
vicinity, then plunged into the woods, never
to return. He was never seen OF heard O
afterward.
Year: 1866

GoD A CONFORT.-De you know
what comforting power there is in


God Have YOU never seen times
when IN your own affairs you would


have given all you had if there was
one perfectly wise man that YOU


could go to and ascertain what was


duty, what was the right way?


Have you never seen those hours


that hung as il ensphered globes,


when the flickering life Of a child


seemed suspended, and vou knew


not whether it should live or die


Have you never had in those hours
the thought. ''Oh, if there were but
one of intallible skill that | might


go to, the whole earth. even If it
were golden should be his for my


child's life certainly rest tored y
Have there never been hours OF re-
morse; have You never had hours of
disquiet and tears inwardly, as ifeach


thought were a spear and each feel
ing crown which yor wore not on
the head but the heart, and ofthorns!
And have you never felt, ""Oli, were
there hut one teacher, Of sympathy


and depth and knowledge. that (
might 90 to, who had the power to
take me up ont OF my circumstances
and bring me back to comfort and


assurance p Is there not some one


here that has departed from the
mothers house that to day thinks.


II would give The globe ii | might
but find my way back to the purity
of childhood :" Is there 10 one to
say to-day son if | might work my
lite clean and whibe IN honesty gain?
God knows that there is nothing to
leave that | wohM not give to go
back again. Do YOU know the re-
suit Of these fluctuations of earthly
experience ! Then you know the
conditions III which God presents
himself Is the comforting G. d.
where all the treasures OF wisdom.


OF patience, OF love, Of grace, and ct
goodness in him are not boarded,


but YET kept in an unfailing supply


that is poured out forever and lorev.
er ineXhaustibly. and they that have
gone wrong, done wrong. that all
the children OF want and sorrow in


this world may find in Him n Re
I deemen a comforting God.-Beecter.
Year: 1866

Ihere Will be but one inconsistency In lt,
when the lieutenants and disciples OF JefE
Davis sit down in. council with Northern
Democrats, there Is no reason why their
GREAT MAsTER should not be in their


The prisoner at Fortress Monroe should not
be excluded from the society and conncil OF
his friends, but should be permitted to be
present at the last surrender that he may
with dignity, as he did before, cast around Il
the encircllng folds OF his ample skirts.
Year: 1866

UNDER the amended revenue law, says the
San Jose Mercury. the tax is removed from
native wines, and tax of 90 cents per gallon
laid upon cheap foreign wines. We regard
the taxing of foreign wines as cminently just.
but while nearly every other branch of in
dusty is taxed to pay the national debt and
Neet the expenses of the Government, we
cannot see by what rule of justice our wines
should go scot free. Wine at best is but a
luxury. Its production, in California, is re-


markably profitable. We would gladly see
the tax removed from all manufactures, but
from none sooner than the necessaries of life.
Wine is not a necessary, and should be taxed
SO long as the Government finds it necessary
to tax any class of our home productions. In
the expression of these opinions we are aware
that the wine growers of California will not
concur; but then are their interests any mere
entitled to special privileges and ,immunities
than those of other manufacturers Fair
play is jewel" but there is nothing fair. OF
equitable in this new feature of the revenue
law 1t would be more creditable to Cali
fornia if her wine growers were less selfish,
for 1t is wholly at their option that this spec
ial favor has been granted. .,eof1j...
Year: 1866

so that no ono need hesitate to buy watch
now from the e. pectation that it will be
cheaper at some future time The test of ten
years, and the manufacture and sale of


More Than 100000 Watches
Year: 1866

The Nashville Dispatch speaks as
follows of the operations of the
"Franklin Oil Company" who have
their machinery at work on the Lasater
farm in this county, two miles from
Estill Springs:


They have now reached depth Of
two hundred and fifty feet. The sur
face indications were very good, and
the company are greatly encouraged
with the prospect so far. Two dis
tnct veins Of gas have been struck.
The lower one, which is one hundred
and seventy-iivc feet deep, sends up
gas at the rate of at least 5000 cubic
feet per hour, and forces the water
some eight or nine feet above the
ground The water was exhausted
from the well below this strong flow of
gas a few days ago, and the result was
that salt water and oil were pumped up,
when the flow of gas became too strong
to work the pump. The gas is hydro
carbon, Illuminating as brilliantly as
that produced by the city gas works
The company think they have but to 20
. littlc, deeper to secure flowing well.
They are very sanguinc. The oil in
dicates that it is illuminating. This
company is composed of ten or twelve
gentlemen of Nashville, with an ample
capital to develop the oil resources of
that region.
Year: 1866

private vengeance to pilot the ship OF


State, instead of public virtue. He


then will become the spoiler of the


hopes of millions who are looking to
him for returning peace, justice and
prosperity. But if, unmindgu of fac
ton and party revenge, he continue as
he has commenced, to manifest ability
commensurate with the high duties that
pertain to his position, his fame will
rival that Of Chatham, and both will
travel down the highway of ages with
the noblest Of all regulations, firm in
the might Of q generous hardihood Of
soul, mcrcitul even when they had the
legal power to be severe, ever gazing
serenely on the dangers that frighten
feeble hearts, and vindicating the rights
of patriotism with that intrepid earnest
ness which conscience can inspire,
with that strong devotionto the solemn
oaths of office that caioles not, nor is
cajolen, by the imperious leaders of
Senates, or the demagogues of eau
cuses.-Propidcnce Post.
Year: 1866

The following is the concluding par
agraph from a forcible article in the
Clarksville Tenn, Chronicle of the 3Oth
instant, on the situation Of public af-
fairs in this State:


The cry of disloyalty will not much
longer serve as apreteXt for cnslaving
. people who have honestly complied
with all the conditions eXacted; who
are yielding a prompt and willing obe-
dience to law, and give II Jealous sup
port to the Constitution and the Union.
These are the only true tests of loyal
ty, and fortunate would it be for the
country, if every Radical in it could
show u similar record, and would act
upon the same principles that guide the
hated and oppressed rebels. For one,
we would not exchange the conscious
ness Of having acted honestly in the
past, and of being honest now, in our
professions of allegiance, for the scar
red and scared conscience of every
Radical in the State. High positions
that entail contempt, because contempt
ably filled, and salaries garnered at
the expense of principle and political
justice, may satisfy the ambition Of
those who look upon Office and money
as synonyms of honor and virtue: but
he is the man to be honored and trust
ed, in these times, who fought bravely
for the cause he believed to be right
cous, and, when beaten, is as honest in
his submission to inevitable fate, as he
had been conscientious in his resist
ance. Such men may, fora while, be
reviled and oppressed, but there is II
power in enlightened public sentiment
which will eventually set them free, and
wipe off the foul aspersions hurled at
them by sordid scllishness and malig-
nant hate. So will it be, and the day
is not distant-no Radical Legislation
can long defer it. So confident are we
of this result, that we can almost laugh
at the antic tricks Of our rulers. intoXi-
Gated by inhaling the eXhilirating gas
of little brief authority, who will
soon learn that armed rebellion against
those in authority, is less Il crime than
insidious treason against the Constitu-
ton, and the rights guaranteed by it to
the States and the people.
Year: 1866

The New York Express succinctly
and correctly sums up the issues upon
wlich the American people are called
upon to divide: {.


|. Restoration or no restoration.


=. Union or disunion.


B. Taxation and representation, or
taxation without representation.


These are the practical questions be-
tween the President and Congress--bc-
tween the conservatives and radicals
between real peace and u prolonged
war--bctwccn prosperity in trade and
in busincss--between civil
liberty and public order, and legislative
and confusion.


The present Congress and State Leg
islaturcs were not elected with any idea
that u war was going on to keep eleven
States and eight millions Of people
practically out of the Union, nor will
the majority of the people North and
West, upon any fair issue, consent to
any such misuse of power. The war
started with the idea that States and
people should not go out of the Union,
and was fought for four years on that
platform. Now, when it is all over. we
are told that they are out of the Union.