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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19

MISCELLANEOUS.
J. WILSON GUITEAU,
.aITDR.VEf 1T Law,
Notary Isssbltc = COssrev :sssces,
VXyILL attend TO all business relating to Rial Es-
w tate; Collecting OF Debts, Losning " Na-y, &c.
| PARTICULAR and prompt attention given To making
Abstract. of Title Real Estate, Convey ysnciny.
Also,
Commissioner Of Deeds
vor the Stat r Maine, V rnloni NV frampsh re,
| Massachusetts New York, New Jersey, P.ni,syiv D.
| IiA, Virginia. ONO, Tenn sac, kentutky, Illinois.
Once .t The Court Mouse. with Ii. County yudse
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Ladies' store.
MRS. M. X. SPAULDING.
DEALER IN
c SILKS, Rbbsns,
Embroideries, and Fancy Goods,
.VgjSlissss-v 0ssd lDrsss-. Making,
Ne. .. LeCiaire Rev. secesd street.
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BrattOm House,
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sINnIS hossc hsinv the largest, s,ost oonvenien,
snA sniy erst cass ho,e In IS C,aivs, hosds Sut
IN greatest indnccments ~ the travelling public and
70 those who want quiet and co,uiortabie home II
b fuTntshed In the Gst style, and no pains will be
spared u satisfy the wants OF all snesis.
~ 0ad ststiinx attached j"siswu
s. LOEBEks
Importer and Dealer In
A II.sirds Of choice C16@x-O and all lind'
4 1IxR OUT rOBAcoO.
PIPES, IANCY GOODS. tc.. 80. &c.
Store % south a,ie u "a street bet Main 4 Brsdy
DaAenport Aug i1ah '66diy
NTELLxG E.v'CE
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VINHE undersigned would most resyretfuily recon-
i mend their In egence Oolce h. the pubic with
the that all orders entrusted TO them viii
be punctnaily attea'ied To.
We have const snt!y good situations for ehe male
OF hmale helps.
We UNDERTAKE al tnsiRcss IN this line. such as ih
Renting Of Houses,
tc promising cheap and spccdy services.
~ Or;srs from tn. country promptly filed.
SMALlFlELD HOLM
Oorner u 2sst AMI Scott s;..
N;s. W. viii par attention e lgene,e' Of All
mis- w. AVID
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19
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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19
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psossrs II CAoaee panlly Groceries and Provisions,
Alse . esssssl assortmeut Of Dry Goods, Boots and
9ASe. usss md caps, Hardware. crocksry, wood
veS1os1 Avsass. Davenport. lovs. octib II
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19

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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19

z 900 BOXES New Ro / Glass tn stor~ and FOR sale
a. At t~ No loAoD
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19

JAMES. r. hO0ANE,
oVeety Osssty Surveyor. Pssns and Drawinss ofsm
Elaxs neatly executed. Orders len at the Office OF
4, u. Miller. VII be promptly attended TO. api
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19

Attorney snA Counsellor at Law. Oliee Northwest
corner Msin and Sscond srertA, Desenpof =, Iowa
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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19

WuLIAA ALLDa '"-
ALLEN 4 CLARK,
AStorasys and Counseiiors at Law. aud Notnr,c-
Pub.ls, Daven0ort, Iowa. aWtsl
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

The SPHYNx.-Near the Pyramids, more
wonderous and more awful than oil else IN the
land Of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphynx
Comelv the creature is but its comeliness is
not OF this world the once wOr>hIpped beast
is deiDrmty, aud monster TO this genera
ton and yet you can see that those lips, SO
thick and heavy, We're fashioned according TO
some ancient mould Of beauty--some mould
of beauty now forgOtten-forg0tten because
that Greece drew forth Cythera from the
flashing foam Of the Aegean aud in her image
created new forms Of beauty, and made it a
law among men that the short and proudly
wrcathcd lip shoald stand for the sign and
the main condition Of lovelinesS, through all
generations to come. Yet still there lives on
the race of those who were beautiful in the
fashion of the older world and Christian girls
OF Coptic blood, will look on You with the sad,
serious gaze, and kiss your charitable hand
with the big, pouting lips of the very Sphyx.
Laugh and mock if You will at the worship
of stone idols, but mark We this, We breakers
Of images, that in one regard, the stone idO'
bears awful semblance of Deity-unchange
fulncSs in the midst of change---the samt
seeming will and intent forever and ever mex
orabIc ! Upon ancient drnasties OF Ethiopian
and Egyptian kingS-upoG Greek and Roman.
npon Arab and Ottoman 'onqueFcrs--upon
Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern Empire
upon battle aud pestiIence-upon the cease
less misery Of the Egyptian race--upon keen
eyed travelers-Iierotolus yesterday, and
Warburton to-day-upon all, aud more, this
unworldIy sphynx has watched and watched
like Providence with the same earnest eyes,
and the same sad tranquil mien. And we, we
shall die, and Islam will wither away and the
EngliShman, leaning far over 10 hold his loved
India will plant firm foot on the banks Of
the Nile, and sit in the seats Of the faithful
and still that s'eepless rock will lie watching
and watching the work of the new, busy race.
with those same sad, earnest eyes, and the
same tranquil men everlasting. You dare not
mock at the Sphynx.-Eothsa.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

DISTANCE OF TIE Sun FROM THE EARrH-
The German journals have given some tables
which prove that the distance between the
earth and the sun is increasing annually, and
argues from it that the increasing humidity of
our summers and loss Of fertility Of the earth,
are to be attributed to this circumstance
No credit has heretofore been given to the trl-
ditioE of Ancient Egyptians and Chinese, ac-
cording to which these people have formerly
said the suns disc was about four times rs
large as we now see it ; for they estimate the
apparent diameter of the sun as double that
which it is seen in our day. If, however We
pay attention to the continual dmnution Of
the apparent diameter of the sun according to
the best observations for several centuries, we
must suppose that the ancients were not msta-
ken in the estimates they have transmitted to
US. In the course of six thousand years from
the present time they assume that the distance
will be so great that only one-cight part of the
warmth that we now enjoy from the sun will
be communicated to the earth and it Will
then be covered with eternal ice, in the manner
as we now see the plains of the north ; where
the elephant formerly lived and have neither
spring nor autumn.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

DEATH IN LIFE.-The, following is from an
article by Oliver Holmes, in the last number of
the North American Review:
" If the reader of this paper live another
year, his selfconScious principle will have mi
grated from one tenement to another, the raw
materials of which even are not yet put to-
gether. A portion Of that body of his which
is to be will ripen in the corn of his next har-
vest Another portion of his future person he
will purchase for him, headed up in the form
of certain barrels of potatoes. A third frac-
ton is yet to be gathered in the Southern rice
field. The limbs with which he is then to
walk, will be clad with flesh borrowed from
the tenants of many stalls and pastures now
unconscious of their DOOM The very organs
of speech, with which he is to talk SO wisely
plead so eloquentlv, or speak so effectively,
must first serve his humble brethren to bleat
to below, and for all the various utterances
of baru-yard life"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

MARRIED LIFE has its trials and sorrows-
Temper may prove Incompatible, and call for
forDcarance. Fortune may be chary Of ITS
favors, and enforce self denial Children nay
be ungrateful, and sting the poor heart that
has pilowed them Sickness may come and
haunt household for years. But ask the
poor man, struggling along with his debts, and
the weary woman, to;ling early and late, ac-
complishing the ruin of all her beauty and
buoyancy, if they would be placed apart could
competence be given them, and all their trials
brought to an end. The answer would be
"There is something sweeter in this compan-
ionship of suffering than anything the world
can offer from its storehonse of Joys outside of
it, and something which would make even Sc
vercr trials than ours only iron bands to draw
us more firmly together"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

FREEMAsoHRY IN RUssIA-The Berlin cor
respondent of the London Iimrs says
" The last striking innovation that has been
made on Russian prejudicea and religious feel
ingS by the reforming spirit of the present En-
peror, is the liberation accorded by him TO
Freemasonry in Russia. The society of Free
masons has hitherto been strictly prohibited
from constituting itself on the soil of Holy
Russia the employees Of the state were al
ways required to bind themselves never to be
long to it ; and the Greek Church has an
anathema upon it, For more than half a year
however, lodges have been forming in the
interior Of the empire, and entering into cor
respondence with other lodges in foreign conn
tries, and there are indications Of different
kinds that this phenomenon in the Russian
State is far from unwelcome to the powers
that be. Two results are, as it would seem.
expected from the benevolent working of this
society, VIA better spirit on the part of the
various government functionaries, and grea-
ter willingness to cooperate in the gigantic
task the government has entered upon of COM
muting serfdOm into Il free relation of land
owner and tenant | believe ! shall not be
far wrong in imputing this change of tactics
toward the Society of the Free and Accept
ed MaSons " on the part Of the Emperor Alex
ander, to the influence Of his uncle, the Prince
of Prussia who has for many years belonged
to it, in spite of the Discrimination of the King,
his brother, towards it.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10
TOWANDA:
Ghursnap alorninp, Desembsr 10. 1852.
seIettea Yoetru.
[From The Atlantic Monthly.)
THE WIND AND THE STREAM.

A brook came stealing from the ground
You scarcely saw its silvery gleam
Among the herbs that hung around
The borders of that winding stream
pretty stream placid stream,
softly gliding, bashful stream.
4 breeze came wandering from the sky,
Light as the whispers of dream
lie put the o'erhanging grasses by,
And gaily stopped to kiss the stream
The pretty stream, the flattered stream,
The shy, yet unreluctant stream.
The water as the wind passed DER,
Shot upward many glancing beam,
Dimpled and quivered more and more,
And trpped along lvelier stream,-
The hattered stream, the simpering stream,
The fond, delighted silly stream.
Away the airy wanderer flew
To where the fields with blossoms TEEN,
To sparkling springs and rivers blue,
And left alone that little stream
The lattered stream, the cheated stream,
The sad, forsaken, lonely stream.
That careless wind no more came back;
He wanders yet the fields, deem
But on its melancholy track
Complaining went that little stream,-
The cheated stream, the hopeless stream,
The ever murmuring, moaning stream
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

edict, the compression of the feet of female in
fants down to this imperial standard. Others
are of opinion that the detestble custom arose
l ZOO years after her, or A. D. 600. Accord,
ing to them the then regnng monarch Yang
te, ordered a pet concubine to bandage her
foot On the sole of her shoe be had stamp
ed the Lotus flower and each step this royal
mistress took, she left on the grounds print
of the Lotus or waterily On this account,
to the present day, the bandaged feet of Chi
neSe ladies are compmented as golden Ill
lies" But another account maintains that
the fashion owes its existence to whm of
Le-yuh, licentious and tyrannical prince of
the Tang dynasty, who held his court at Nan
king about A. D. GIG. 1t seems that one day
as he was amusing himself, the thought struck
him he might improve the. appearance of the
feet of choice favorite in his harem by bend
| ing the instep, and raising it into an arch, in
| his imagery something resembling the new
moon How a resemblance was effected it is
difficult to imagine. Nevertheless, the cour-
tiers were SO taken with admiration of this
contortiOn, that the novel form was immediate
ly introduced into their families.
During the anarchy that prevailed at the
opening Of the present dynasty notorious
rODOeF-cHlel, VINO Hdu IL paftlCuldf ueIeSJauOn
of the cIub-fect of Chinese women, chopped off
the feet of a large number of females and rails
ed vast pile of them. But the names of
those injured women are described not as cry
ing for vengeance upon the bandit chief but
upon the head of that unpopular and unlucky
Prince Le-yuh, whom they regard as the real
occasion OF their sufferings. Heaven is repre-
sented as responding to the appeal of these
uafortunates by sentencing the tyrant to- make
! l.OO0, 900 pair of shoes for the women OF Chi
na with his own fingers.
Generally, the result of such binding is that
| four of the toes are bent under the sole, the
| big toe only being left free, and the iustcp is
| forced up into bulge Accordingly the walk
| of " the ittle-fOoted celestials is short and
| quick step, with swinging of the arms-pre-
cisely as in walking on ones heels. The Chi
nese compare this to the waving Of willow
before a gentle breeze =! Frequently, to sup
port themselves in walking these waving
willows " use an umbrella make a walking
stick of an attendant, or lean upon the shout
der Of a respectful grandson. 1t cannot be
doubted that cases of gangrene have occurred
from such severe compression OF the foot and
loss of both feet, or of life, and other evils,
might be detailed as arising out of this perni
couS rule of fashion. But, from all | have
seen, incline to the opinion that the injur
ious effects of life and health from this tortu-
Gus position, are not so certain as has been
imagined-Life IN China.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

A SIBERIAN WINTER-A traveller in Sibe-
ria during the winter, is so envel0ped in furs
that he can scarcely move and under the
thick fur hood, which is fastened to the bear
skin collar and covers the whole face, one can
only draw in as it were by stealth q little of
the external air, which is so keen that it caus-
es very peculiar and painful feeling in the
throat and lungs. The distance from one
hating place to another takes about ten hours,
during which time the traveller must continue
on horseback, as the cumbrous dress makes it
insupportable to wade through the snow
The poor horses suffer at least as much as
their riders, for besides the general effect OF
the cold they are tormented by the ice, form
ing in their nostris and stopping their breath
ing. When the icy ground is not covered by
snow their hoofs often burst from the effects
of the cold The caravan is also surrounded
by thick cloud Of vapor a; it is not onl ly living
bodies which produce this effect, but even the
snow smokes. The evaporatOns are instantly
changed into millions of needles of ice, which
fill the air and cause a constant slight noise,
resembling the sound of torn satin or silk
Even the reindeer seeks the forest to protect
himself from the intensity of the cold. In
the Tundras, where there is no shelter to be
found the whole herd crowd together as close
as possible to gain little warmth from each
other, and may be seen standing in this way
quite motioness Only the darB bird of win
ter, the raven, still cleaves the icy air with
slow and heavy wing, leaving behind him a
lone line of thin vapor marking the trace of
its solitary flight The thckest trunks of trees
are rent asunder with loud sound, which in
these deserts, fall on the ear like the signal
gun at sea large masses of rocks are torn from
their ancient sites the ground in the Tundras
and in the Rocky valleys crack, forming wide
yawning assures, from which the waters, which
were beneath the surface, rise giving off
cloud of vapor and become Immediately chang
ed into ice. The effect of this degree of cold
extends beyond the earth. The beauty OF the
deep solar star, so often and SO justly praised,
disappears in the dense atmosphere which the
intensity of the cold produces The stars still
glisten in the armament, but their brlllIancy
is dimmed- Travels in the North.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

AHECDo?E OF TIE ELECTEICAL TELEGRAPH.
i think the most curious fact, taken alto
gether that | ever heard Of the electric tele-
graph, was told NE 10y a cashier OF the Bank Of
England. 0nce npon time, then on GER
tain Saturday night, the folks at the bank
coud not make the balance come right by Just
4lO0. This is a serious matter in thai little
establishment do not mean the cash, but
the mistake in arithmetic for it occasions
world of scrutiny An error in balancing has
been known, | am told, to keep a delegation of
clerks from each Office at work sometimes
through the whole night. A hue and cry was
Of course made after this 2100, as if the old
lady of ThrcadneedIe street would be in the
Gazette for waht of it. Luckily on the Sun
day morning q clerk felt a suspicion of the
truth dart through his mind quicker than any
fash of the telegraph itself. He told the chief
cashier Oh Monday morning that perhaps the
mistake might have occurred in packing some
boxes Of specie for the West Indies, which had
been sent to southampton for shipment. The
suggestion was Immediately acted upon. Hero
was a roce-lightnng against steam and
steam with forty-eight hours start given
Instantly the wires asked, whether such
vessel had left the harbor ~ just weigh
ing anchor" was the answer. Stop her"
frantically shouted the electric telegraph. It
was done. " Have upon deck certain box
cs marked so and so weigh them carefully"
They were weighed and one-the delinquent
was found heavier by just one packet OF q
hundred sovereiSns than it ought to be. Let
her 60 said the mysterious telegraph. Tie
West India folks were debited with inst
4l00 more and the error was corrected with
ont ever looking into the boxes or delaying
the voyage by an hour. Now that is what
may be called doing business '-Letters Of
Il. z. r. Greyson.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

PEcULIARITIEs OF GUrrA PERcHA. In its
crude state or in combination with other ma
terialS gutta percha may he heated and re-
heated to the consistency of thin paste, with
ont injury to its future manufacture, while tn
dia rubber, if but once treated in the same
manner will be destroyed and unfit for further
use. Gutta perclla is not dissolved by fatty
Substances indeed one application of it is for
oil vessels, while India rubber is soon dis
solved by coming in contact with fatty sub
Stances as is well known. Gutta percha is a
non-conductor of cold, heat and electricity,
and its natural state is non-elastic and with
little or no fleXibity !; India rubber, on the
contrary, is a conductor of heat, cold, and
electricity, and by nature highly elastic and
flexible. The specific gravity of gutta percha
is much less than that of India rubber--in
proportion as 100 of gutta percha is to l50 of
India rubber, and is of much finer quality, and
a far better conductor of sound Fabrics
wrought Of India rubber require separate
varnish to give them polish, but the gutta
percha possesses a nature of inherent polish,
equal in lustre to rarnish When it is quite
pure the color of gutta percha is OF graysh
white. 1t has greasy feel with a peculiar
leathery smell 1t is not affected by boiling
alcohol, but dissolves readily in boiling spirits
of turpentine, also in naptha and coal tar
The gutta is highly inaammabIe strip cut
off takes light and burns with bright fame,
emitting sparks and dropping black residum
in the manner Of sealing wax, which in its com
bustiOn it very much resembles But the spe-
cial popularity Of this substance is the effect
of boiling water upon it. When immerseCtfor
a few minutes in water above $50 degrees.
Fahrenheit, 1t becomes soft and plastic so as
to be capable of being moulded to any requir-
ed shape or form which it retains upon cool
ing. If strip Of it be cut off and plunged
into boiling water, it contracts in size both in
length and BREADTH This is very anomalous
and remarkable phenomenon.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10

LORENZO Dow-On one occasion he took
the liberty while preaching to denounce a
rich man in the community, recently deceased.
The result was an arrest, a trial for slander,
and an imprisonment in the county Jail. AT
ter Lorenzo got ont of limbo, he announced
that, in spite of his Gin his opnion) unjust
punishment, he shonld preach, at given time
a sermon about " another rich man. The pop
uIace were greatly excited, and crowded
house greeted his appearance With great
soemnity he opened the Bible, and read
" And there was another rich man who died
and went to" Then stopped short, and
seemed to be suddenly impressed. He con
tnued-" Brethren, shall not mention the
place which this man went to, for fear he has
relatives in this congregation. who will sne me
for defamation of character" The effect On
the assembled multitude was irresistible, and
he made the impression permanent by taking
another text, and never alluding to the sunleet
again.