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The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-10-30

as extravagant, and receive them with q
"leetls grain Of allowance" II your read
era are satisfied with wages under that
sum. let them 70 there and they will make
it. There is room enough for twenty thous-
and mining claims. The gold is all "wash
gold," and in the opinion of our wisest
heads in the mountains, but the beginning
of next years discoveries. Every man there
that has had any experience in mining, is
satisfied with the prospect for next season,
and some Of them extremely enthusiastic.
THE TINE TO co TO THE MINES.
Iwould advise no person to start for the
mines after this date until spring. think
some have gone two or three weeks too late
already to escape hardships. But this will
do for the present. will soon furnish your
readers with further information in regard
to the mines, routes, &c. may be permit
ted to remark, that have heard that some
of those who havo come in from the mines
have received hundreds of letters daily, in
curing in regard to details, camping places
&c. No person can afford to answer all the
inquiries of that kind for nothing, however
much he may wish to accommodate the pub
lie, for it would take all his own time and
two or three assistants besides. have kept
an accurate journal of the route up the Ar
kansas, along the mountains and down the
Platte creeks, camping places, &C., and shall
be happy to accommodate any person to a
reasonable extent with the information in
my possession, if they will address me (for
the presently at Lawrence, X. Z.
In haste, &c., WILLIAM B. PARSONS.
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ColOnV,

all being in one body in the forks Of the West NA
nahotany River. This land lies sectpns g. 4, aniD
II, SO in Pottawatamie county; and in sections H.
Is 81 o. IS, %, IS 90 81. So a. and IS, IS, 81
in Shelby county, mile north of Cusinsers mill lneh
Newtown. miles south of the location Of the N. u
r: miles north of the State Road 10 Des MoEes
and 35 miles from Council Bluffs. About i Of il
bottom and Il slope and upland, with sufaciency 0.
timber well-watered, mulaito soil, and all arabic with
the exception Of some 30 acres.
This land is deserving the ateatOn Of those seeking
settlement for Colony and will be only sold In .
body. Terms easy. Iv2-nlSu
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-10-30

The Kansas Weekly Press of Saturday
last, the sd inst, has the following addi-
tional cheering intelligence from the new
Eldorado.
After the recent conflicting reports, We
take pleasure in laying before the readers Of
the Press undoubted evidence Of the cxs-
tence of gold in large quantities on our
western border. On Friday, Mr.. A. NJ
Smith, a gentleman known to Mr.. Brace.
our Postmaster, and to other parties here
and in St. Joseph, as a man whose testimo.
nv can be relied upon-arrived in Elwood
from Nemaha county. Mr.. Smith has late.
ly seen kettle of gold uust brought by his
friend, Mr.. Robinson, from Cherry Creek
valued at from $4,000 to $1,000. Mr.
Robinson only left Pottowattomie County
in May for the gold region. He was thirty
DAYS only in going there, and has returned
in twenty eight DAYS although he had to
make road for himself some portion of the
way. He went we'll prepared for working
in the mines and had two men to assist him.
The three were about two months in obtain.
inc the dust which he has brought back
He found good feed for his CATTLE on both
trips, and says there are plenty of grass at
Cherry Creek in summer. 1t had not snow
ed there when he left, but the weather was
cold and the mines could not be worked tC
good advantages. No trouble was expert
enced from the Indians. Mr.. Robinson will
return in season for the opening of spring
Mr.. Smith lives in Richmond he says thai
all those who have returned from the mines
bring favorable reports-that the cries of
"humbug," invariably come from parties
who have been to Salt Lake only and nevc,
from the Cherry Creek parties. He has
seen considerable gold brought from there
but in no other instance so large Il quantity
rs that brought by Mr.. Robinson and Bis
friends.
We have given this report in full, becausc
there is no doubt about its authenticity, and
because it is the largest amount of dus,
which has vet arrived. Larger stories have
been told, but we have not been able to be.
lieve them.
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MINES AS THEY REALLY ARE.

No york has yet been done there-no
claims to any extent have been made--lhe
time has been spent in prospecting with pans
IA half day here and half day there. No
man has found piece weighing ''twenty-
three ounces,' or one ounce, or Ito my
knowledge one pennyceight. "Tu the best
of my knowledge, information and behef;''
no man made sixteen dollars in one day.
The men who were there when left, were
working with pans, carried their dirt from
from four to seventy rods, and made from
50 so to So 90 per day.
The better way for your readers to Judge
Of the yield of the mines, is to know the
"prospect of the pam" have seen 81 80
in single pan few times-40 to 60 cents
frequently, and hardly ever less than eight
to ten cents. Californians will tell you that
with three cents to the painful they can make
good wages. The Californians in our party
say, that when they get sluices arranged,
they can make every day they work $I5.-
There, then, you have the whole story. I'm
less some new 'sdiggings" have been discov-
ed since September 10th, you can put it
down oil reports Of wages higher than $40,
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The following, from communication to
the st. Louis Democrat, dated Lawrence.
Oct. 10, bears the impress of reliability
We should have been glad to have given
the article entire, but owing to the late hour
at which we received it, we are unable to do
so. Mr.. Parsons says there is no gold at
Pixies Peak. Cherry Greek and the smaller
tributaries Of the South Platte are where
the yellow dust doth most abound.
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Third Judicial District.

Those marked with an are oihcIilI'-
Col. CuRrIs' majority will be about sou.
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and everything usually found in general assortment
store. Persons who in the habit purchasing for
Cash, will find here excellent bargains. As am de-
termined to sell
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-06
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BREAD Ma
KING.

The following remarks on the phileso-
ply of bread making are from Johnson's
aChemistry Of Common Life" a work
which contains much useful and inter-
esting information in regard to the food,
beverages and narcotics in common
use.-
"When the grain Of wheat is crushed
between the stones of the mill, and Is
then sifted, it is separated into two
parts-the outside, harder part of the
grain, which does not crush so readily,
and when il does crush, darkens the co.
Tor of the -four. It is, therefore, gener-
ally sifted out by the miller, and is
used for feeding horses, pigs and other
animals, or even for applying to the
land as q manure
If the -four be mixed with a quantity
ofwater sufficient to moisten it thorough.
~, the particles cohere and form q
smooth elastie and tenacious dough,
which admits of being drawn out to
some extent, and of being moulded into
. variety Of forms. IF this dough be
nlaced spen : sieve or N 49, se
muslin, and worked with the hand un.
aer = stream of v,.er :. lon. a..
uater na,.ea tbrougb milk IT, Ill
r.ma;p =. Last mon The sieve
.tioEv substa.es' vs,y mnsh ,...mh,;as
b;rd.iime. This !. tse sub.t.nes wh;.s
gives its tenacity to the dough. From
its efuti.eus character i. has obtained
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Your Personal Appearance.
HoWARD ASSOCIATION

PHIIA DELPhlA. -
a BensuoIent Institution, established By special en-
afflicted Nth YiraIsnt and Epidemic diseases.
i such as S p K RE- G A, SEMINAL
WEAKNESS, IMPOTENCE, GO A,
FLEET the Vice of OF
SELF ABUSE &C., &c.
The HOwARD ASSOCIATION, in view of the
aw full q estru ctior of human life, caused by Sex
ual diseases, and the receptions practised upon
the unfortun ate victims of suchdiseases byQuaeks,
geon, as ACT worthy of their
name, to open a Dispensary for the treatment of
this class of diseases, in all their forms, and to
give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS, to all who
apply by letter, with a description of their con-
dition, lagc. occupation, habits of life, Gel and
in cases Of extreme poverty to FURNISH MEDI-
CINES FREE OF II is needless to
add that the Association commands the highest
Medical skill OF the age, and will furnish the
most approved modern treatment.
The Directors, on a review OF the past, feel as
sured that their labors in this sphere of benevo-
lent effort, have been of great beneht to the al
ficted, especially to the young, and they have
resolved to devote themselves, with renewed
zeal. to this very important but much despised
cause
Just Published by the Association, a Report on
SpermatorrhRa or Seminal Weakness, the V1cu
of Onauism, Masturbation or aned
sother Diseases of the Sexual Organs, by the Con
ulting Surgeon, which will be sent by mail, Qn
a sealed letter envelope9 FREE OF CHARGE
on receipt of w STAMPS for postage
Address, for Report or treatment, DR.. GEORGE
X. CALHOUN, Consulting Surgeon, Howard AS
ISOLATION, No. Q South Ninth Street. Philadelphia
Pa. By order Of the Directors
ERR ID. TWELL President.
GEO. Secretary. 1y2l
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The quantities of any or all may be increased
or diminished as the service may hereafter re-
quire. The contracts will therefore be made,
not for specific quantities, but for such guam
titles as the service may require to be delivered
at those n~avy-yards respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where
deliveries are required must establish agencies
at such places, that no delay may arise in fur
nlshlng what may be required; and when q
contractor fails promptlyt to comply with a req
%uisition, the Chief of the Bureau Of Provisions
and Clothing shall be authorized to direct pur-
chase to be made to supply the deficiency. un-
der the penalty to be expressed in the contract;
the record of a requisition, or a duplicate copy
thereof, at the Bureau of Provisions and Clio
thing, or at either of the ~navy-yards aforesaid,
shall be evidence that such requisition ha,
been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each arti-
Gle ut each of 1.-THE aforesaid navy-yards; and in
case more than one article is contained in the
offer, the Chief of the Bureau will have The
right to accept one or more of the articles con-
tanned in such offer, and reject the remainder;
and bidders whose proposals are accepted land
none others) will be forthwith notified, and
as early as practicable a contract will be trans
mitted to them for execution, which contract
must be returnedto the bureau within ten DAYS,
exclusive of the time required for the regular
transmission of the mail.
Two or more approved securities in O sum
equal to the estimated amount Of the respec-
tive contracts will be required, and twenty
per centum in addition will be withheld from
the amount of all payments on accouet thereof
as.collateral security, in addition, to secure its
performance, and not in any event to be paid
until it is in all respects complied with eigh-
ty per centum of the amount of all deliveries
made viii be paid by the navy agent within
thirty days after bills, duly authenticated,
shall have been presented to him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained
ON application to the navy agents at PORTS
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mouth. New Hampshire; Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk,
Pensacola, and at this bureau.
A record, or duplicate of the letter inform.
ing a bidder of the acceptance of his proposal,
will be deemed a notification thereof within
the meaning of the act of Is46, and his bid
will be madeand accepted in conformity with
this understanding.
Every offer made must be accompanied (as
directed in the act of Congress making nppro-
priations for the naval service for l646-41,
approved 10th August, 1e46,) by o written
guarantee, signed by one or more responsible
persons, to the effect that he or they undertake
that the bidder or bidders will, if his or their
bid be accepted. enter into an obligation with
in five days, with good and sufficient s~ureties,
to furnish the supplies proposed. The bureau
will not be obligated to consider any proposal
unless accompanied by the guarantee required
by law; the competency of the guarantee to be
certified by the navy agent, district attorney,
or collector of the customs.
TAc attention of bidders is eRued to the samples
and description Of articles required, as, IN the insPee.
ti0n for reception, a just bHt rigid eomPGrisoR riH
be made betpeeN IKE articles offered and the sample
and contract, reeeiUing none that fail beLoio them; and
their attention IS also particularly directed TO tks
joint resolution of 27th March, 1854, and TO the act
Of the l0th august, 1896
March 30. 4w43
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wayland. Mass. Feb. S. 1ss7


influenza And mo Com COId.eLlke
thieves in the silince of the night, have carried
many to the silent grave They are caused by 4
sudden check of perspiration. by which the STAN
achis rendered inactive, and the lungs become
loaded with corrupted matter, which enters the
blood, and disease is the result. For all colds,
coughs, and chills. succeeded by heat, and all
fevers of every form, hoarseoess and rawness of
the throat, lungs and stomach, and fer all weak
ofthese Pills on going to bed tor q few days, will
be all that you require to restore you to yerfsct
health 1t has been admitted and claimed all
over Europe, that there never ''was a medicine,
tn at will extirpate all manner of disease from
the system, equal is DR.. Morse's Indian Root
Pills - that the more you take them the stranger
gou grow. They are founded upon the principle
that the human body is subject TO but one disease,
namely co.ruyt humurs. These Pills not only
cfeansd the-bowels, but also follow the blood
through every vein and artery, and SO purif yit
from all morbid Ind corrupt humors, that dis
ease OF every name is driven from the body.
GreatEemale NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ho
value health should never be witho out these Pills.
1t has been admitted by a number of physiciaus,
thai females cannot too highly value them. They
have given health and spirits to hundreds OF To-
males who without them would have been In
their graves. They purify the blood remove OBJ
structions, and give skin a beautiful. the clear.
healthy. and interesting appearance A box of
these Pills is q great medical companion at GER
tain periods. From one 10 three should be taken
every cay until relic Is ATTAINED. q doses OCCASION
Iy, when well. keey The system Unhealthy con-
diiiou. DR. .Morse's indian Roo Pills are sold By
For sale by CLARK & POTTER.
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LARGE BREED OF Hoes.-The Hoo
stock of the west, requires amendment.
It may be we'll enough for towns people
and amateurs, to supply themselves
with Suffolks, Essex, and other like
quick growing, small breeds, but the
solid farmers, who have corn and clover
pasture by the hundreds of acres, desire
something that will tell better in the
scales. There are a good many local
sorts of hogs, that have been we'll bred,
IN particular neighberhoods, and as far
as they go, are as good as need be-
Capital specimens of these we have
seen and heard of in Huron, Greene,
Warren, Adams, and elsewhere, gener-
ally taking name from the persons who
produce them; but while the Hog stock
is the most profitable, quick turning, OF
all u animal products, there is no &C
knowledged ruling breed which men
lock to as a standard, and we do not
know that this is any way essential, il
they only get some of the sorts that are
right.
OF all the modern made-up breeds,
those known a. tho Chester County
Hogs" seems to come nearest to being
ciassed as a distinct breed. This breed
has been forming in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, for more than thirty years,
building upon a favorite pair of hogs
imported from England. They are long
bodied, square built, fne boned, and in
color pure white, average weight at l6
or ls months old, 500 to 600 Ibs.-Ohio
Cnhirator.
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heated NEARLY to the temperature of
boiling water, the fermentation is sud
denly arrested, and the mass is fixed by
the after baking in the form it has then
attained. The formation of hard trusts
may be prevented by rubbing a little
melted lard over it after it is shaped,
and before it is set down to rise, or by
baking it in q covered tin.
at is now newly baked bread, and if
it be cut across it will appear light and
spoDgy, being regularly sprinkled over
with little cavities, which were produced
in the soft dough by the bubbles Of gas
given off during the fermentation
This Presentation is the consequence of
9 peeuliars action, which yeast exercises
upon the moist -four. 1t first changes
a part of the starch of the -four into
sugar, and then converts this sugar into
alcohol and carbonic acid, and in the
same way as it does when it is added to
the worst of the brewer or the distiller.
As the gas cannot escape from the
glutinous dough, it collects within it
large bubbles, and makes it swell, till
the heat of tho ovep kills the yeast
plant, and causes the fermentation to
cease. The alcohol escapes, for the
most part, during the baking of the loaf,
and is ~dissipated in the oven.
baked bread possesses a pecu.
liar seftness and tenacity which is ia
miliar to most people, and though gen.
eTaly considered less digestible, is a ia
Yorite with many. After two or three
days it loses its s~oftness, becomes free
and crumbly, and apparently drier. In
common language, the bread becomes
stale, or it il stale bread. It is gener-
ally supposed that this change arises
from the bread becoming actually drier
by the gradual loss of water; but this
is not the case. Stale bread contains
exactly the same proportion of
as new bread after it has become
cold. The change is merely
in the internal arrangement of the
molecules of the bread. A proof of
is, that if we put q stale loaf into a
covered tin, expose it for half
an hour or an hour to q heat not exceed
ing that Of boiling water, and then re-
move the tin, and allow it to cool, the
loaf, when taken out, will be restored in
appearance and properties to the state
Of new bread.
"The quantity of water which well
baked wheaton bread contains, amounts
an average to about forty-Hve per
cent. The bread We eat. therefore, is
half H%ater;--it is, in fact, both
meat and drink together"
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

or-,or mr. THE PrrrsBuReH. FIT. w. & g. Il.
o PIrTsBuKGH. March list. 1858. 5
THE first annual meeting otthe sIoekhol9sIs oi
Il the Fl. WAYNE d CHICA
GO R. 4. Company win be held at the Rooms Of
the Board of Trade in the City OF pittsbureh on
O'Clock p. M. at which time thereport of the Di-
rectors and Ofhcers ofthe operations of the Co.,
tot fhe 6rst seventeen months of the Consolida-
don Will be presented and read.
The election for q new Board ofDirectore viii
he held at the same place on 3lst
inst. between the hours of9 A. M. ard 6 p. N.
Stockholders, and the representatives of counties
hnlding stick will secure special free tickets to
and from Pittsburgh for this occasions, on aPpli-
cation to the different Ststion Agnts-
Proxies may beodtained at The General of1celn
Pittsburgh, or at the office in New York No. 81
william St, stockholders ofether of there com
panies merged by the consolidation who have
not converted their stock will not be entitled to
any votes atthe above'election.
The transfer books will be closed rom the 2Otn
inst. 10 est prox.
March ,. 1853. 4y&e
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To PsEsEnyr IRon AND STEEL KNrv

To PRESERVE IRON AND STEEL KNIVES
FROM Rusr.-Procure some melted yir-
gin wax-the purer the better-and rub
it thoroughly over the blades of the
knives. After it has dried, warm the
knives, and having carefully removed
the wax from the surface, rub them
briskly with a dry cloth, until the origi-
nal polish is fully restored. This will
Fill all the pores with the FUNCTIONS and
minute particles of wax, which will ad-
here firmly, and prevent the intrusion of
water OF moisture, which is the cause of
rust. They will retain their briIliancy
for weeks, If used.
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~A gentleman vr;t;no 70 ~

3A gentleman writing to the
American AgyicuAuyist, states that he
thoroughly cured a fine young mare af-
aieted with the hsaves, by feeding her
on corn stalks, and since than the dis
ease has returned. The writer
4aotes Judge Buel's opinion as 10 corn
stake being a remedy, that distinguish
ed agricuiturist haviag a horse afflicted
With that disorder which disappeared
after being so fed.
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BRowN BREAD. Take three quarts
of corn meal and wet it up with boiling
water, letting it stand twenty minutes
to swell, then add one quart rye meal,
or, if that is not convenient, add one
pint of wheat -four, and one tea cup Of
molasscs, and wet the whole up with
milk or cold water; then bake two hours,
or until done.
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An EMETlc.-Many lives might be
saved by q knowledge of this receipt
A large tea-spoonful of mustard, mixed
in a tumbler of warm water, and swal.
lowed as soon as possible, acts as an In
slant emetic, sufficient to remove all
that is lodged in the stomach.