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MEDICAL.

To the Afflicted.
A Safe L. Sure Cure for the Gravel.
HAVE In my possession . Recipe which I will
l. warrant to especially cure the GRAVEL even In
Its worst stages the medicines are uurely vegetable
-even within the reach Of any and eve.y one with
ont trou' lie and expense, after obtaining the Recipe.
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with full and complete itr ections for using.
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Davenport,
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Prejudice Against Color.

In recent speech in parliament,
Lord Broughman told the following
anecdote in illustration Of the folly of
prejudice against color:
Lord Lyndhurst gave me short
time since an anecdote of a gentle
man who had connected with the
Hague, and who, on one occasion,
received an invitation to the house of
q Cuban gentleman, negro proprie-
tor OF large estate, where he was
received with the utmost hospitality
and treated elegantly. He said he
was rather entertained, when, after
dinner was over, his colored host
said that he was man without any
prejudice whatever, and that when
ever he found person, honest, hon
orable and respectable in every point
Of view, he held out the hand of fel-
lowShip to him even though his col
or were as white as that table cloth"
In other words, the Sable Cuban
considers "a white man as good as q
negro, if he only behaves himself. "
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Free VS.. Slave Labor.

lord BFpugham, in his speech at a
meeting ofthe Anti-Slavery Society,
addpced afact, upon undeniable au-
thority, which completely explodes
the statements put forth by the op-
ponents Of the West India emanoipa-
tion, that sugar cannot be cultivated
ata rem ratiyeproft without slave
labor The authority ,wssea letter
from the Hon. f, Hincks, formerly
Prime Minister'of Canada, and now
Governor General Of the Windward
Islands, and thefact referred to was
that an estate iu the Island of Barba.
does, which was sold in 1888, under
the impression that sugar-growing
could no longer be successfully pros
ecuted, is now producing by free la
Dor three times as much sugar as it
did then, and has lately been sold at
anenormously enhanced price. Such
facts as these are held by his lord
ship to prove that the results Of free
labor are as beneficial to the proprie-
tor of the soil as to the laborer, the
greatly increased value of the estate
sufficiently showing that the augment.
ed productiveness Of the estate had
not been brought about by an ex-
penditure which left no profit.
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Gasping, Dying.

We observe reluctantly the melan.
choly fact, that many newspapers
now published in Nebraska and
Western Iowa are now gaSping for
breath, in short dying. We sym
pathize with them and with them
feel disposed to come down on the
people who induced their establish
ment and then have refused or neg
lected their support. Newspapers
cannot be published without the dai-
ly expenditure Of cash-not credit
money, and Editors and proprietors
are unfortunately SO near human that
they are obliged to wear clothes and
consume food, thereby entailing per-
sonal expenses upon their journal.
Its altogether q mistaken notion
that type, paper, ink, press and jour
neymen can be procured, worked up,
worn out, and used up without the
consumption Of any money whatever,
and the people who entertain it are
generally either fools Or knaves.
Good newspapers build up towns,
and whenever we see paper die out
from want OF support we shall know
that the town is u failure and a hum
bug.--Mbraska City Mws.
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
"You've 0ut.traveled Me-"

You have often heard, but perhaps
never ventured to publish good yarn
on Dr.. Thompson, OF Atlanta, u gem
erous, good man, tip'top landlord and
wit; but he certainly caught it once.
A traveller called very late for break
fast i; the meal was hurriedly prepared.
Thompson, feeling that the "leel"
was not quite up to the mark, made
all sorts Of apologies all around the
eater, who worked ON in silence, new
er raising his head beyond the atiini-
tive influence Of his fork, or by any
act ackno sledged even the presence
OF mine host. This sulky demeanor
rather Aea'd' the Doctor, who chang
ing the range Of his battery, stuck
his thumbs IN his vest arm noles, ex-
panded his chest by robbing the
room OF halfits air, aud said "Now,
Mister, dod DUN me ii | hain't made
all the apology necessary, an more
too, considering the breakfast and
who gets it, and now | tell you, l have
seen dirtier, worse cooked, worse taSt-
led, worse looking, and a h--ll Of a
sight smaller breakfast than this is,
several times" The weary, hungry
one meekly laid down his tools,
swallowed the bite in transitu, placed
the palms Of his hands together, and
modestly looking up at the vexed
and fuming landlord, shot him dead
with the following words, viz els
-what--you- u-Say-true ?" eyes,
sir" came with promptness. "Well,
then, iii be d--d, yhoss, il you haint
out-traveled me-" There was posted
In the front door'a small nigger, es-
pecially to tell the wayfarng man
"dat he didn't owe nothin dar, sar-
tin sure, After he was fairly under
way, Thompson was observed creep
ing from an attic window, taking a
prolonged rear view Of the steed and
his rider, witha four foot telescope,
Ithas been intimated that the Doctor
hesitated many seconds between the
choice Of glass and a double bar
relied shot gpn, hog n gsoH wA
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Questions Answered.

The Nebraska Post, under the
above caption, says:
A few days since, we received a
letter from a friend at the East, ma
king inquiries in regard to our Ter
ritory, from which we clip the fol-
lowing questions, and append the
answers. -
What kind OF country do you
live IMP .t.''
Mixed and extensive. tits made
up principally of land and water
I" What kind OF weather?'
Long spells Of weather are fire.
quent. Our sunshine comes off prin-
cipalIy in the day time 80
Have you plenty ofwater and how
is it got?' o ....
"A good deal of water scattered
about, and generally got in pals and
whisky
Is it hard p .t'. !...
Rather so when you have to so
half mile, and wade in mud knee
deep to get at it,
what kind Of buildings 2
'Allegoric, Ionic, Anti-caloric,
Log and Slabs. The buildings are
chiefly out doors, and so low between
joints that the chimneys all stick out
through the roof
'Wnat kind Of society 2
Good, bad, hateful, indifferent
and mixed .uD ...g..
Any aristocracy p
Nary onei
'What do your people do for q
living, mostly p
Some work, some laze around,
ones shrewd business manager, and
several drink whisky
Is it cheap living there 2
Only five cents glass, and the
| water tnrOWn ln'
Any taste for music 2
Strong, Buzz and buck saws in
in the day time, and woli-howling
and cat-ighting nights,
ANY Pianos there 2
NO; but we have several cow
bells, and attn pan in every family
Any manufactures 2
Every household, Our children
are all home productions
'What could genteel family in
moderate circumstances do there to
obtain living? 2 ..
Work, shave notes, fish, hunt.
steal, or, if hard pinched, buy and
sell town property
Are your people intelligent ? ID
Some know everything that hap
pens and some things that do not
Would they appreciate well
bred family Of sons and daughters 2
Certainly. Great on blooded
stock would take them to our rext
Territorial Fair, and exhibit them.
Dear friend, your questions are
answered. Bring on your well bred
stock, and make your home with us,
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Curtain Quarrels.

The Hartford Free Press gives the
following synopsis Of q case which
occurred at Bristol, Connecticut;
GA man-call him Smith-went
TO bed, and wanted his bedroom door
left open. His wife thought the
weather cool enough to shut it. She
went to bed about an hour after, but
before the dispute was settled he
pinched her. They both went to
sleep, and the next day she went
home TO her father. She complained
TO the grand jury, and Smith was
fined six dollars and costs. Smith
eppoaledto the Superior Court. His
defense was, that she threw her leg
tbis way and hit a boil from which
he was suffering, and that he merely
struck out to save himself, Two law
yers on each side were engaged. 49,
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Tomb Whitewashing.

Now that Virginia has ceased toll
produce any great men, and has subj
stituted the demon OF Slavery as her
tutelary saint IN place of the goddess
of Liberty, she takes as naturally as
the Pharisees and Sadducees Of old to.
the business of whitewashing rhe
tombs Of her dead, prophets. While
the Court of Appeals is busy in upsett
ting the law OF the State as estab-
lished by their predecessors, on the
avowed ground that it has become
the policy Of Virginia to make slay
very perpetual, her Legislature is en-
gagged in erecting costly monument
to the man who avowed to all his
correspondents that it was among
his first wishes to see some plan
adopted by which slavery might be
abolished by law" The removal of
the bones OF Monroe from their rest
ing place in this city is another trib-
ute Of honor paid to the dead relics
OF man whose living sentiments on
theSubect Of slavery would sub ect
nybody bold enough nowadays to
avow and maintain them, to coat
OF tar and feathers, or at least to ex-
pulsion from the Ancient Dominion.
While the Virglnians drive the liv-
ing Underwoods from their State,
they bring back the dead Monroes.
Monroe was educated in the same
school with Washington, Patrick
Henry, Jefferson and Madison, and,
like them, was decided AbolitioniSt,
1t was while he was Governor of Vir-
ginia that the project Of the Coloni-
zation Society was first started, and
the Society, put into operation while
he was President, was warmly aided
and supported by him on the express
ground OF opening door to the abo'
lltion OF slavery in Virginia. 1t is
perhaps only natural in the Virgin
lans to bring back the bones Of theil
illuStrious dead but it would be
better if they would revive little o.
their spirit.-N. Y Tribune. .
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19

People need not bo long troubled
with disorder so generally prevalent
at this season, commonly known as
the Summer or Bowel Complaint,
when the certain remedy therefore is
TO be found OH every mans dinner ta-
bio in the shape oil salt and vinegar.
Two teaspoonsiul Of the former dis
solved in half gill Of the latter, and
swallowed at . draught, will in most
cases effect an instant cure. The sec
ond dose, il needed, will assuredly
accomplish ii. We are ready to
give our certificate to DR.. Pickle, iu
the premises, for wo witnessed the
proof Quod crat dcmoastradum
which Is 80 much as to say, in Dutch,
II hash been tried Tho recipe
should DO published aauualIy--overy
snmnler,UhH nlum lHt ptB., ,kEUANID
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
IQe ErecMcp's Champion
LIBERTY OR DEATH"
PRAIRIE CITY, K. T., AUG. 10, 1888.
From the Minneola Statesman.]
DR.. Charles Lieb.

" This scape grace came into Kanzas
and squatted at Leavenworth City,
in the fall Of '55 or early in '56, pur-
porting to have originated in Penn :
sylvanla. His pretended devotion to
the Free State party was boundlesS
in extent, and he seemed willing to
60 farther than the most ultra Abo-
litioniSts In not only making Kanzas
free, but in bitter invectives against
Frank Pierce's Administration and
the patent Democracy Of the day.
His fruitful Imagination projected
divers and sundly y methods of ridding
ourselves Of Border Ruflians from
Missouri, and the Southern States, as
= also obnoxious appointees Of the Fed
eral Government.
After setting on foot numerous pro-
grauimeS, portion Of which have
become subject matter Of expose in
the Halls OF Congress, he left kanzas,
as he averred, to canvass Pennsylva-
mia and other States, to right the peo-
pile thereof, as to this intricate, com
plicated plot or imbrioglio which had
been gotten up against an innocent
and almost delenceless people.
We soon hear OF this scape- grace,
neis-repreSentihg our citizens, their
cause and their purposes. Failing to
receive the nomination for Delegate
to Congress from kanzas, he becomes
our enemy as far as brains and OBJ
scenity would permit him, and as
sumed the paternal guardianship of a
little 9 by 8 coffee bag campaign sheet
: in Chicago, called the Bugle, through
& which he assisted in blowing into
power the greatest of all Slavery
Administrations.
For this disinterested benevolence
on the part Of Charles Leib, M. D..
Mr.. Buchanan gives him the appoint
nent OF Mail Agent for the State oI
Illinois.
With a free ".pasS" over all the
Railroads Of the State, he goes from
point to point, threatening Post Mas
ters, aud other office holders, with
political decapitation if they refuse
to swallow Leconpton," the "Eng.
lish Bribe," anu all other abomina.
.tions Of an abominable, corrupt and
! disgraceful Administration. Heclalms
to speak from authority, and in this
light is looked upon as u special EN-,
issary OF old Buck, to assist in the
crushing out" Of every prominent
man in Illinois, who in the least ia,
vofs the doctrine "that tie people Of
Ransas Shalt be permitted TO mould Aei,
domestic Institutions IN their osOn way.''
Tnis NJ. ID. should be passed
around and we hope our brethren
OF the Press will see to it that oul
hands are washed Of this twitching,
snutling, nervous, Busle-hora blus'
terer OF the Democratic Slaveocracy
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
A Model Letter.

A returned Californian recently
told us an amusing story Of letter
writing. He said many Of the mi
ners are very illiterate, and to write q
letter is quite formidable task. On
one occasion ayoung man, in cross
ing mountain, had become lost and
perished in the snow. The cayota,
an animal Of that vicinity, attacked
the body, and when found, the head
had been entirely eaten of. A friend
Of the young man, who knew his fam
lily, was told by the other miners that
it was his duty to write to the father
Of the deceased an account Of his
death. After some objections for
want ofpractice in such undertakings,
no concluded to devote the next after
noon to it. AT night he produced
his letter, saying he had done the
best he could, and thought it told the
story. His letter was as follows:
"DEAR MAJoR.--Tho kiotas heve
eat your sons head off.
Yours, HENRY BoooHER,"
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Cure for a Burn.

The French ,Gasstts Ned;caIe states
that by an accident, charcoal has been
discovered to be q cure fer burns.
By laying a peace of charcoal upon
a'burn, the pain subsidies Immediate
ly. By laying tho charcoal on one
hour the wound is healed, as has beon
demonstrated on several OCcasion6.
The remedy is cheap and simple. and
certainly demands a trial. r.iG9,j
There is nothing new in it, though.
There is not negro at the south who
has not known all his life, that pow
dered charcoal mixed with a little
lard is a most soothing application
to a burn.-ES. -IHa
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Anecdote.

Daniel Webster used to tell an
anecdote of old Father Scarf, the min
lister Of his boyhood, which is too
good to be lost. 1t was customary
to wear buck skin breeches in cool
weather. One Sunday morning, in
the Autumn, Father Scarl brought
his down from the garret but the
wasps had taken possession during
the Summer, and were having o nice
time of it in them. By dint Of effort
he got out the intrudcrs, and dressed
for meeting. But while reading the
Scriptures to the congregation, he
felt dagger from one OF the enraged
small-walSted fellows, and jumped
around the pulpit, slapping his thighs.
But the more he slapped and danced
the more they stung. The people
thought him crazy, and were in com
motion what to do; but he explained
the matter by saying: Brethren,
don't bo alarmed the Word of the
Lord iS in my mouth, and tho Dcvil
IL in my breeehes !" N0u.."p
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Western Etiquette.

A Yankee traveller, who saw the
live Hoosier, wrote as follows to his
mother: 91
" !" Western peopls.gcto their death
on etiquette. Vcuscan't tell a man
here that he lies, IA you can down
East, without fahRng A few days
'agosa man was teNipg his neighbor,
in my hearing, pretty large story.
Says \ Stranger, that's q whop-
per I Says he, Lay there, Stran-
ger.!' and in, the twiikling Of an eye
| found myself in ditch, the worse
for wear and tear.
"Upon another occasion, says l to
man never saw before, as woman
passed: That isn't specimen Of
your Western women, | sh ould
think?' Says he, you are afraid
of fever and ague, stranger, ain't
you% Very much, saidI. well,
replied he, that lady is my wife,
and if you don't apologize in two
minutes, by the honor of gentle
man, | swear that these two pistols
| (Which he held cooked in his hands
shall cure you of that disagreeablt
disorder entirely--so don't fear, stran
ger, So | knelt down and politely
apologized.
81 admire this Westerh country
much, but curse me if | can stand 81
much etiquette it always takes me
so. unaware" ,u..
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
A Haying Hint.

A writer in the Maine Farmer says
it is we'll known by all hay. aksrs,
that the soles of boots and shoes, in
the hot, dry weather, during hayine,
become smooth as glass, and fully as
uncertain for foot hold, as we'll as
dangerous Of the top of a load or in
ascending or descending the mows.
Now, to remedy this evil, I take the
soles from a pair Of cast-off rubber
shoes, and tack them to the bottoms
Of my boots. Since this has been
my practice, | have at all times
known whore to find my feet when 1
put them down.--Er, .0., .o.
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19

Y Look TO THE SENATE. The Albany
Evening Journal argues that there is
reason for well-grounded hope of an
anti-administration majority in the
United States Senate by 1860, Tho
Republicans have now twenty out of
the sixty-four members, with ono
elected for Rhode Island and one for
Iowa, in place of the present Demo-
cratic incumbents whose terms will
shortly expire. '''''
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19

Tom CoRwM AGAIN A POLITICIAN.
Late Cincinnati papers say that
the Hon. Thomas Corwin has con-
sented to allow his name to go before
the Republican Congressional Con-
vention Of the 7th District, which
meets at Morrow on the 10Th Of Au-
gust. His willingness thus expressed
to return to public life, is hailed with
much qualification by his admirers.
Freeman's champion., 1858-08-19
Valuable Information.

The width Of the United States is
1850 miles. Its length is 1900.
Area Of square miles 2,936, los.
Coast, line Of rivers and lakes,
15,2O4.
1t has 32 States, of which II are
free and 10 slave States, and seven
Territories. gie.., f.mn..I l..U
Its population is 23,lSO,S76, ol
which there are 13,349,74O free at
the North ; and in the South, 6,22l,
5l8, and 3,2O4,3l3 slaves there
are also AT 800 free persons of color
The area OF square miles Of the st.
Lawrence basin is l3O, 200.
Atlantic slope, basin Of square
miles is 100000.
Pacific slope, basin Of square miles
is 6UO,OO0 Ih,. ...
Mississippi Valley, basin of square
miles is LOO, 900.
Texas slope, basin of square miles
is 2S0, 900.
Utan slope, basin of square miles
is $780, 900. u...... u. o
Red river Of the North, basin OIL
square miles is 10000.
Area OF the North in square miles
is 6l,897. .''f a''
Area Of the Territories in square
miles is l,5OO,025. ..I.
Mum mberot miles Of railroad, %, ,000
River and lake navigation, 1920
miles. N "