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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-13
The Holidays are Coming,

The hOIlaays are tOmlng'
Yer
YER
Coats
Costs.
Cos's.
Coats.
LuatE.
0gcIcodls,
Overcl4lt-,
0yercuafs
o. rc3ais,
Ovefcoats.
Uys.coa;s, Oyetcnatr,
Ugeicosts, Ugcrcosts,
Nv rros's, 0y.rcnat-,
0verc.ats, Overcaas,
Overcisis 0yeicsais,
Dverc att, oyercos's, Ovescoais,
Oyrrrna's, Over@sts, o. ercoats,
Ocercosts Overco9;s, OytFroas.,
oycrnats Oreiccais Oycr,osis,
Ovrrcoats, 0seIcoats, oyert oats,
overccat-, o. re, as ov-roea,s' oys.sos,s'
Ovcrcoais, Oiercoais, 0vrcsats, Ogercoats,
overcoats, oseroats 0vereoais, ov-reos!.,
Oysvoa;s Oyfrcaa's, Ovcrco.ts, OveTco y,
A Drske & Cos. Main street,
Al Drake Co.'S, Main street,
A. Drake 4 Co.'S, Man. street,
At Drake Cos, Main street,
AZ Drake 4 Co.'S, Maln street,
West side, between Eroat aad SECOND.
The amount Of Overcoats,
Cheap and Pine Dress frock Coefs.
On, W ami Rich vetvet Vests,
ChsGp and Fine Cashmere Pants,
ooutainsd In this extensive establishment 10 i'm
.ncnse Not one uaaD In . hundred falls 70 b
nited and suited In every respect; fci ~
rseards price, DRAgE 3 Co. fatter thern-
Elves that they can knd 10 undererll
every other Cioshier Ia the City OF
Davenport. We sorld cal! afsen-
,icn 70 the !oEywing, sfn0nR the
great saSifty " qualities and
styies " Clothing, 70 o. fogpd
at cur sales-roou.s.--
Hsnascn4a black cloth FsgIans and Sur.
tut; beautiful beaver aurtouts and
Rasisns: excellent pilot OvercoAts Pc
tershAm 0yerooats; CsnAda gray Oyer
coats; Eisgerhsad aud Lionskie EagaLs;
Whirlpool, kerseymere. nixsd beavsfs, -,
black fancy cloth rrocks, vel. made and iriri.
med; the nnsst custocl-mad@ Dress FsoeSs; elAeS
doeskin. doth and cashmere Pautsi any nn.noef
OF fancy Cashmere Pants; rich moire sntiaae sns
Vests, three Thousand velve.,. Cloth, csssinsse
and other Vests; black Cloth Suits lvesy eepteel)
J. .. DRAKE \ CO., eest s.lc q MAIN sIkkkI,
hs,wean Yso. 81 aeoaEd, dsr92dn
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-13

Mattress Of e..try SRA y ath ~ lst,. sn pisas.
plsnk,t~, Quilts. {, ZION shs eijrrs ata P.ll-N
Casting
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PRIME LIVE GEES feathers.

Particular tNnti9n is Invited te the fast thai So
hste may u the besr sfys and tsalitiss " g94d,
that ennroI he obtained isrv hsse an r.. now
ofIefiue cur entire stock Al treatls T. !utsd T. .c
Reoc!,er Ea!lister 4 Mullins
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FBCTI0NERY /

ID. = II III q o * ~
sgHOlcsnir y Retail
CONFECTIONERY STORE.
CORNER or BRADY G SEcOND .sTELTS,
A WONDERFUL Cob c.ian OF all that Il raf 40
"A b"antiiEl 1T h. iisH of Christmas Presents eyu
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CIDER, CIDER.
TUsr Revived eheics VT Il Sweet caasr. Aad fer
u sale d
dcc0odtm bUo2OWD = pBo1tIWAN.
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WINDOW SHADES.
House furnishing a. Upholstery Coed,

Bea atiful painted ard rich ',"d Shadf> whit run
G.t'r and Blue Iiollauas
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GENT.aE.s' GOODS,

f. Til. DEPARTMENT shall dey Il irrrea ci aiken
iion. Echave now in store and aye daily I'c '.ins
tict Emb, oidtred C'oN Curtains.
Freact BrocdffR s--ia I,tteiu- AND hylsia:
Magnificent .Seitts--A III ". eat IL b ri'ts.
Becpttf4i .Sdt! DeLdMes.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-13

Always On hand iarre stock OF Canton Natihr-
Also. sure Tor Cocoa Mattings, IN Al. ~!ih~ SUIT
able for Offices saloons &c
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OiICsOshS.

OF tin hst Foreign and Dom6 Tx NsnuiI.t are ,fr.m
enc yaid t, twenty -four fe; v Idle
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

The spelling of words changes but slow
ly-hut neither their photography nor
meaning is Interchangeable. Previous to
the seventeenth century, the word Dutch
was applied to Germans, while the Dutch
were termed Hollanders. 1t is necessary,
to understand an ancient writer, to know
the meaning which is attached to the
terms used at the time they were written.
Thus, when Shakespeare, in Henry VI,
makes the noble Talbot address Joan of
Arc as "miscreant," how coarse piece
of invective does this sound how unlike
to that which the chivalrouS soldier would
have uttered, or that which Shakespeare,
even with his unworthy estimate of the
noble warrior maid. would have put iuto
Talbot's MONTH But "miScreant," in
Shakspeare's time, had nothing of the
meaning which it now has. a ''miscre-
ant" in agreement with its etymolo5y,
was misbeliever, one who did not be-
lieve rightly in the articles Of the Catholic
faith; and this was the constant charge
which the English brought against Joan
namely, that she was a dealer in hidden
magical arts, witch, and as such, had
fallen from the faith 1t is this which
Talbot means, when he calls her mis-
creant," and not what we should intend
by the same.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
APretty Good Story.

The CALF's TAIL AND THE AUGER
HoLE.-The North Carolina Argns tells
the following capital story, for which 1t
is indebted to the stump speech Of Nlr-
GINA r4eraber Of Congress. We have
.read nothing that has called our cachina-
tory muscles more Violently into play, for
long while:
The proprietor Of lanyard adjacent
to a certain town in Virginia, concluded
to build stand, or a sort of a store on
one of the main streets, for the purpose
of vending his leather, buying raw hides
and the like. After completing his
bnilding, he began to consider. what sort
of sign It would be best to put up for
the purpose Of attracting attention to his
new establishment and for days and
weeks he was sorely puzzled on this sub
iect. Several devices were adopted, and
on further consideration rejected. AT
last happy idea struck him. He bored
an auger-hole through the door post, and
stuck Calls tail into it with the bushy
end Haunting ou.. After a while, he
noticed grave looking parsonage stand
ing near the door, with his spectacles,
gazing intently on the sign. And there
he continued to stand, gazing and gazing,
until the curiosity of the tanner was
greatly excited in turn. He stepped out
and addressed the individual
"Good morning." said he.
Morning" said the other, without
moving his eyes from the sign.
"You want to buy any leather ?" said
the store keeper.
"No."
''DO You wish to sell hides ?"
mo"
care you a farmer ?"
mo"
care You a merchant %
"No."
care you lawyer ?"
mo"
care you Doctor ~
mo"
"What are you then ?"
/ "I'm Philosopher. / have been
standing here for an hour, trying to see
| if could ascertain how that calf got
through the anger hole. and can't make
it out, to save my life"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

A good joke, says the Syracuse Stan
dard, is related of Miss c., laughter low
ing, good natured lass, who was spending
an afternoon with a neighbor, and during
supper, the conversation turned on hens,
eggs. &c. During which Miss G. OBJ
served "that their hens did not lay scarce
ly any eggs, and she could not give any
reason for it"
"Why,' observed Mr.. P, my hens lay
very well l go out among them almost
every day and get eggs"
'My gracious was the instant reioin-
der; l wish you would come over to our
house. and run with our hens spell, I'm
sure father would pay you well for your
trouble" She'll do.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
GBe fun Of tBe Ching.
A MUsoUITo STORY.


Porers Spirit Of the Times tells a, length tAs SCR
which The Missionary told bis ehnfsh brsthrsa'-
Said he, awhile travelling in Distant State,
witnessed scenes which vii hers relate:
Twas in dssp, unsultivated wild,
Where Boontide gioEy scarcely ever sniledi
Where wolves In horr Of midnight darkness hoWled;
Where bears isqaen,sa and where panshers provided;
And. on my worl, anszHifoss there were found,
Many Of which, l trisk, would wsigh DOEAdi
hfofs fierce and rsysnoui than the hungry shark
They OF were known to climb tie trees and ba-kf'
How b. WA ehur.hsd for Ibis msasou, story. /, toa
AID hi, dessnses-
"lEaHv said, sir-snd The sory's good
Indeed, think that zanB ofthem would"
The deacon that be was caught,
Yet deems himself relieved, on second thought.
"Bui then the barking--think offhst, good mani
Zach monsirous Hesi Explain il, II you eaa!"
"IThy, that, ny friend, can explain with esse-
Tz5 climb thu bark. Sfr, rhsa thy climb tie trsss'"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

How TO CATCH HAwKs.-The follow
ing ingenious method for destroying these
pests to the farmer. is given by s. Webb,
Esq, of Waldo County, Maine, In the
Belfast Republican:
Erect pole, twelve or fifteen feet
high. in a place where there will not be
anything else near for them to light upon,
and upon it set a common fox-trap, on
which they will light A strong rat trap
will answer the purpose, by tying it to
the pole lengthwise. with the jaws raised
above the end, the pole being a little lea
ming, so that the jaws will not fall toge-
;her. When one hawk is taken, tie it on
the ground. near the pole, and its mate
will be in the trap in a short time. The
season is here for the hawks to re-appear,
anu if farmers do not wish to have their
chickens destroyed by them, they will do
well to adopt this method of putting a
stop to their depredations. Printers in
the United States, by giving this an in
sertion, will circulate valuable informa-
ton"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

CANE LAws.-Game. accordingto law,
includes hares, pheasants and few others /;
but there is an old case Of hackney
coach horse who died game, or, at all
events. carried but the gallant resolve of
Macbeth, to die with harness on his
back" No person can kill game with
out a certificate, which proves that he is
an individual Of ''some mark :" but he
is nevertheless often very wide of the
mark on these occasions. If the animals
shot at were aware Of this provision for
their security. they would have the right
to call upon the sportsman to produce his
certificate before proceeding to make game
of them. A certificate must be taken
out annually and expires in July; but il
hare were shot on the last day of that
month, and not to expire until August,
tine certificate having expired before the
hare, very nice question would arise as
to the legality of killing him. The land
lord who lets his land, usually reserves
the right of killing the game, the tenant
having the privilege of feeding it. 1t has
been said by Coke, that the landlord has
all the best of the game, which is. for
the tenant, very losing one. The Jaws
against poaching are very severe, and ex-
tend even to the protection of the eggs OF
birds Of game so that poaching an egg
is highly criminal. The preserving OF
game is carried to an extent that is often
destructive to the tenant; he is not al
lowed to regard self-preServatiOn as the
first law of nature. for game pre-
servation is paramount Obligation
Punch.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
Health of CATTLE.

The American Veterinarian contains
the following good advice towards pro
noting health in cattle. There is a good
deal in the following paragraphs express
ed in few words:
Mix occasionally, one part Of salt in
four, FIVE or six parts of wood ashes, and
give the mixture to different kinds Of
stock summer and winter. 1t promotes
their appetite, and tends to keep them
in a healthy condition.
1t is said to be good against bots in
horses, murrain in cattle and rot in
sheep.
Horse-radish root is valuable for cattle
1t creates an appetite, and is good for
various diseases. Some give it to any
animal that is unwell. 1t is good for
oxen troubled with heat If animals will
not eat voluntarily. cut it up fine and mix
it with potatoes and meal.
Feed all animals regularly. They moi
only look for their food at the usual time,
but the stomach indicates the want at the
stated period. Therefore, feed morning,
noon and evening. as near the same time
each day as possible.
Guard against the wind and injurious
extremes of satiating with excess, and
starving with want. Food should be o.
a suitable quality, and proportional tc
the growth and fattening of the animals
to their production in young and milk
and to their labor and exercise. Ami
mails that labor need far more food, and
that which is far more nutritious, than
those that are idle.
Guard all descriptions of stock against
cold and exposure, especially against cold
storms of rain, sleet, and damp snow, and
against lying out on the cold ground ii
cold nights, in the Spring and Fall
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

REsIGNAroN.-Some years since, Mr..
. of Roxbury, Mass, very covetou'
man. lost his only son james, an event
which overwhelmed him with sorrow
The minister came to comfort him, and
in the eourse'of conversation remarked
that such chastisements of Providence
were mercies in disguise-that although
in the death of his son he had suffered ar
irreparable misfortune. yet undoubtedl,
his own reflections had already suggested
some source of consolation. Eyes" ex
claimed the weeping but still providen
father; "Jim was a monstrous eater"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
PREVENTION OF Primo IN SMALL Pc,

PREVENTION OF PITTISG IN SMALL Pox.
Mr.. Startin, the senior surgeon to the
Quincy hospital for diseases of the skin
has communicated to the Medical Times
very important plan. which he has
adopted during the last fourteen years, foI
preventing pitting in small pox. and
which, he states. has always proved sue
cessful. The plan consists in applying
the aoetuuu oontkaridis, or any vesicatiAg
find, by means of camel hair brush. to
the apex of each spot or pustule OF the
disease, on all the exposed surfaces of the
body, until blistering is evineed by ths
whiteness of the skin in the parts subject
ed to the application. when the fluid pro-
ducing it is to be washed of with water,
or thin arrow-root Cruel. The pain at
tending the application Of the vesicatinn
auid, Is prTy SfIgus .-s.-r1ti@
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
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Making a Needle.

I wonder If any little girl who may
read this, ever thought how many peo-
pie are all the time at work in making
the things which they every day use
What can be more common, and, you
NAV think more simple than a needle {?
Yet if YOU do not know it. / can tell you
that It takes a great many persons to
make a needle; and it takes q great deal
of time, too. Let US take peep into a
needle factors. In going over the prem
ises, we must pass hithSr and thither, and
walk into the next street and back again,
and take drive to a mill in order to see
the whole process. We find one cham
Der of the shop is hung round with coils
of bright wire, of all thieknesses, from
the stout kinds used for Goldfish hooks to
that for the finest cambria needles. In a
room below, bits of wire, the length Of
two needles. are cut by vast pair Of
shears fixed in the wall A bundle has
been cut off. the bits need straightning,
for they come off from coils.
The bundle is thrown into a red-hot
furnace then taken out, and ROLES. back
ward and forward on a table until the
wires are straight This process is called
rubbing straight" We now see a mill
for grinding needles. We go down into
the basement and find needle pointer
seated on his bench. He takes up two
dozen or so of the wires, and rolls them
between his thumb and fingers, with their
ends on the grind stone. tirSt one end and
then the other We have now the wires
straight and pointed on both ends. Next
is a machine that Aattens ami cutters the
heads of ten thousand needles an hour
Observe the little gutter at the head Of
yonr neeile. Next comes the punching
of the eyes, and the boy that does it
punches eight thousand in an hour, and
he does it so fast that your eyes can har,l-
" keep pace with him. The splitting
follows which is running a fine wirt
through dozen, pc haps, of these twin
needles.
A woman, with a little anvil before
her, files between the heads and separates
them. They are now completed needles
/ Out rough anu iuHt anu "h"' 10 "NA'Si
they easily bend. A poor needle, you
would say. Bot the hardening come:
next. They are heated in patches in a
furnace. and, when red hot, are thrown
into pan of cold water Next they
must be tempered. and this is done by
rolling them backward and forward OF
hot metal plate. The polishing still re-
mains to be done. On very coarse
cloth NEEDLES are spread to the number o
forty or fifty thousand. Emery dust il
strewed over them, oil is sprinkled, and
soft soap daubed by spoonfuls over the
cloth the cloth is then rolled up hard
and with several others Of the same kind
thrown into a sort of wash-pot, to roll tc
and fro for twelve hours or more. They
come ont dirty enough, but after rims
ing in clean water. and tossing in san
dust. they look as bright as can be, an
are ready to be assorted and put up fo
sale. But the sorting and doing mp ii
papers, you may immagine, is quite I
swork by itself.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
dstfllI aab Curious.
a Great City IN Central Afriea.

Mr.. Bowen, Baptist Missionary, sent
out from Florida. in his journal mentions
visit made last April. to Horrin, the
caEital Of tile Kingdom of Yoraba. He
speaks Of it as about the largest town,
with the exception of London, that he has
ever visited. He describes the inhabit-
ants as peculiar people, with whom be
was much pleased-mostly black, and
some nearly white; hair between that Of
a negro and white mans beard; good
European features-some Of their noses
would even be considered sharp in Anne
RIGA. Again. he speaks of them as THAT
superior class or race of men who have
Jet black skins, with European features,
and large beard. They are sometimes
called white black men,
Mr.. Bowen adds 81 never saw an
honorable man nor modest woman in
Africa, till reached Horrin. The num-
Der of people who can read or write. sur
prised me. Many of them have no idols.
They are generally serious, solemn, SEN
sible people, and profess to believe in
God. They have no tincture of Moham-
edanism."
The existence of such a people in a re-
gion hitherto unknown, but supposed to
be the abode of utter barbarism, is fact
of no little interest 1t would seem, from
Mr.. Bowen's statements, Unfortunately
his Journal is too brief to be satisfactory,
that they are willing listeners to the prea-
ching of the gospel. True, he was, Oh
arriving at Horrin, subjected to nomi-
nal confinement for few days, but very
soon was received with honor bv the
King, who gave him a valuable horse,
presents for his wife, land to build on.
and also for a house of worship. We
note it as not little curious, that Swe-
denborg, in one of his strange publica-
tions, written between eighty and ninety
years since, speaks of meeting in the
world of spirits, individuals from the in
terror of Africa, whom he describes as
being, in moral characteristics, much in
advance of other heathens. He speaks,
especially, of their readiness to receive the
truth, when communicated to them.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
DYor'nr A 'PnrvrIcE. 30. YOUR

"You'RE PRENTICE 20. you're
q prentice - said a'little boy the other
day, tauntingly to his companion. The
addressed turned proudly round, and
while the fire of injured pride, and the
look of pity were strongly blended in his
conntenance. coolly answered, $50 trGs
Franklin p
That hoy has a mans heart beating be-
meath his wai<tcoat, and Just so sure as
he lives to manhood he will show the sig
nifcance Of the reply. Remember. boys,
while toiling in the work shop, that the
greatest minis of the nation have first
received the inspiration of genius in the
workshop. and heed not the taunts Of
those less favored.-Elmira Gazette.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

FLowERs.-All these elegant and deli
cate textnred beings possess a mysterious
life of their own. with feelings akin to
ours. How the leaves fade away beneath
the burning influence Of the sun How
languishes thu hower-bell after the re-
freshing dews of night How proudly
it shows itself to the rising day. adorned
with pearls clearer than purest crystals
how elatel it is when the wanton bee
dares to suek It's treasured sweets how
quickly it dies when torn from its native
soil Is there not here a human type
wilson.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

Paddy McShanc was annoyed exceed
ingly By a strange dog. On a cold win.
ter night, the wind cutting like knife
after the dog had been turned out of doors
no less than three times, Pat was awak
ened by the noise of rather an extensive
fracture of glass. Paddy waited upor
him out. and both were absent some fif
teen minutes, so that his old woman be-
coming alarmed at his prolonged alb.
senee, rose and went to the window.
"What are yees doing out there, Paddy
acushla ?" said she.
There was such chattering of teetl
that the answer, for some time, was IN.
Ineligible; at last it came
al am thrying to fraze the devilisl
haste to death p