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The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-07-29
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From the Conservative.
THE LOVE OF TIE BEAUTIFUL.

The stern philosopher never uttered a
more pertinent truth than did the poet
Keats, when in the cxuberanec of fancy
md fulness of ceiling, he exclaimed: &" A
Thing of beauty is JOY forever" What
Though the stole may sneer at the en-
bhemeral nature Of the Beautiful and the
matter-of-fact moralist speak of it IS a
leeting phantom, yet, though it perish in
) few brief moments, the fancies it en-
Jokes are as lasting as the eternal hills ;
md the bright recollections it garners in
(nemory's store-house are as enduring as
bur hold on time.
We envy not that cold philosophy
which is not moved by the Beautiful it
5 contrary to nature. God has implan-
led in our hearts love for the Beautiful,
Eith the powers for its full development ;
md He has surrounded us with the means
bf its qualification. He has spread above
BIS cernleap dome, lighted by day with
&he golden sunlight apd variegated with
lepcy clouds, and decked by night with
of bright stars. He has placed
all around us forms of light and life and
beauty, to fix our gaze and to gladden.
bur hearts. At home and abroad, on
land and on sea. above, below. all around
JUS are scattered types Of the beautiful
pll for our pleasure, edifcation and re-
6nement.
So far from the fleeting character OF
the Beautiful, being matter Of regret,
i but adds to our enjoyment We should
become surfeited with the flowers Of an
Everlasting spring; the gorgeous beau
Ties of an eternal summer would cease to
delight us; we would tire Of the golden
sunsets and many colored forests Of an
ever during Autumn; the snowy mantle
pf never ending winter would soon
cease to delight us ourselves creatures
pf change, we delight in variety, II the
rainbow perpetually spanped the heav-
lens. time would rob it Of its splepdors
II Niagara continually leaped before oul
eyes and thundered in our ears, its foam
Ing fall and misty spray would cease to
delight our vision, and the thunders o.
ts diApason would be no music to u.s.
Il is to that Infinite variety that nature
bwes her greatest charms--the inter
ningling Of bill and valley; Of sunshine
md shade of land and water; of giant
rees and little shrubs, Of many shapet
Nd msny colored flowers, If each Bill
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EHE PRAIRIE NEWS,
lGhL,sHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING by
y. EE. KNOX,
Z AT ~ PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE.
pOBssTsRY.e .


[wRIrTES FOR THE PHAIRENEws
LINES,
titfen upon the authors Return Home, after an
absence Of Three Years.
Blow gently, light zephys-
Come play on my check,
As l Journey toward home,
There loved ones to meet,
Whose absence have pained me
For many long years,
Since left them in sorrow. os
And sadness and tears.
As travel across
The mountains proud dome,
And pass through the valley
Where ia youth have roamed.
Ny heart leaps with joy
As draw near the. place,
Wbere soon will meet #l.
With mothers embrace.
Yes, there I'll strike hands
With kind father, too,
And meet there a brothers
Fond how-do-you-do!
And q sisters sweet kisses, -
From her lips Of truth,
Shall welcome me back
10 the home Of my youth.
Yes, the home Of my youth,
On the mountain fair,
Where the whippoor-will sings
His melancholy air.
Where the music
OF birds, mid leafy shades,
Make glad the hearts
OF the mountain maids
But still there is one
= Whose nam ", .".t ", 81 sen. 4.
who surpasses in beauty 1
Your city's proud bell.
Whose home is in the mountain,
Mid flowers SO fair
Where nature has stamped
All with beauty that's there.
Yes, soon she will welcome me
Back to my home,
And bid me no longer
From her beauty to roam.
RANDOLPH W.
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A Physicians Diary Of Busiaess.-A

A Physicians Diary Of Basiaess.--A
pocket diary has been picked up on the
street, and is now in the finders posses
sion, awaiting its owner. From the fol-
lowing extracts it appears the loser was
"medikul man." #T
Kase 500, Mary An Perkine, Bisnes,
wash-woman. Siknes in her bed. Fisk
sum blue pills soaperitik; aged 52.--
Ped me one dollar, l kuarter boges.--
Mind get good kuarter and make her tax
mo fisk.
Kase 23I, Tummes Kinks, Bisnes.
Nirishman. Lives with Pady Molony-
whot keeps dray. Siknes, dig in ribs
and tow blak eyes. Fisk to drink my
mixter twict day of sasipcrly bere and
iollop, and fish lie, with asifdety to make
it taste fsiky. RUBBED his face with kart
grese liniment, aged 80 years of age.
Drinkd the mixter and wuddn't pay me
kause it tasted nasty, but the mixterll
work his ianards, reckon.
Kase 232, Old Misses Boggs. Amt
got no bisnes, but plenty of money. Six
mes awl a humbugg. Gave her sum of
my celebrated "Dipsefiorikon," which
she sed drank like cold tce--wbich 1t was
too. Must put something in it to max
her feel six and bad. The old wommen
has got the roks.-Bostoa Irarster.
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: Love soweth here with toll and care,
But the heayen-tiine Of love is there
A Maideu's First Lore.-Human ma

A Maidea's First Lore.-Human ma
ture has no essence more pure-the world
knows nothing more chaste-heaven has
endowed the mortal heart with no feeling
more holy, than the nascent affection OF
young virgins soul. The warmest Ian
guage of the sunny South is too cold to
shadow forth even faint outline of that
enthusiastic sentiment. And God has
made the richest language poor in that
same respect, because the depths of hearts
that thrill with loves emotions are too
sacred for the common contemplation
The musical voice of Love stirs the
source of the sweetest thought within
the human breast, and steals into the
most profound recesses of the soul, touch
ing chords that never vibrated before,
and calling into general companionship
delicious hopes till then unknown
Yes-the light of young Maiden's
first love breaks dimly but beautifully
upon her as the silver lustre of a star
glimmers through a thicklywoven bow
er: and the first blush that mantles her
cheek, as she feels the primal influence,
is faint and pure as that which rose leaf
might cast upon marble. But how rap
idly does that light grow stronger and
that flush deeper-until the powerful ef-.
fulgenee of the one irradiates every cor
ner of her heart and the crimson glow Of
the other sufluses every feature of her
countenance.-M Mysteries Of London.
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VOL. Vino. 40.
Reverence for old Maids.--I have al.
yavs felt a revereht tenderness for old

Reverence for old Maids.--l have al
WAYS felt a revereht tenderness for old
ma&s. They are, in nine cases out OF
ten, women who are too true, too con-
stant, too wise TO marry. In the early
spring time, they have dreamed of loye,
aishwhiIe their young affections were just
unfolding to the ineffable sunshine, the
cloud, the storm, the frost has nipt the
sweet flower Of their hearts in the bud.
Then under the subduing shadow of Sor-
rows wing, the faithful yestal makes her
secret sacrifices upon the altar OF her love
and performs her pious pilgrimage
alone. Her fidelity her suffering, her
martyrdom, made her sacred. Too proud,
too true, too honest to become party
to the hollow mockery Of mercenary mat
rimony, or to enslaye herself BY a love-
less tie self-denial makes her sanity;
and what she misses here, we feel assured
will be hers hereafter. The eternal JUS
ticc of God will strike the balance even
yet.
love sOweth here with toll and care,
But the heayen-tine OF love is there"
Tender mothers to motherless chill
dren; affectionate sisters to sisterless
men, gentle companions, angels and min
listers of grace to all devoted sisters of
sympathy, mercy and charity, whose life
long worship of love is in the sacred nun
merry of the lonely heart--I salute you
BELLE BRTTAN-
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Flossers.--How gentle and refining are
the influences of flowers They shed
around our pathway sweet and bahny
fragrance, that imparts to us fresh life
and irrepressible pleasure. Bright, beau
tiful flowers, bow blessed is their mission
to man! What is our world with flowers 4
What would it be without flowers
Flowers are the bright and resplendentl
stars in the green frmament.of earth!--
They are the joyous adoring ofa finished
creation. The great hand that framed
the universe has made the lovely flowers,
and made them too fos our pleasure, profit
and instruction. Wbas heart Is SO call
Gus as not to dearly cherish the lovely
flowerl They have language that Is
full Of poetry and music, life and pleasure,
and refined enjoyment! Who does not
love flowers Y -
.Flowers beautiful flowers
How sweet r. this dim world Of ours =
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rOf one hundred and seyenty-tvo
recorded British dneis, sixty-three Of the
combatants were killed, and ninety-six
wounded; In three cases both combat
ants fell and In eighteen, the survivors
we're hanged, ~ a. 10il
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-05-15
GREAT CLOCK.

Henry c. Wright, in letter to the Liber-
ator, thus describes the great clock in the
Cathedral of Strasburg:
''The priests and military have retired,
3. and am sitting in q chair facing the gigan-
tic clock-fron the bottom to the top not
less than 100 feet and about thirty feet
wide and fifteen deep. Around me are
many strangers, waiting to see the working
of this clock as it strikes the hour of noon.
Every eyeis upon the clock. 1t now wants
five minutes of twelve. The clock has
struck, and the people are gone, except
few whom the sexton, or head man with a
wand and sword is conducting round the
building. The clock has struck in this way;
the dial is some 20 feet from the Door, on
each side of which is a cherub, or little boy
with a mallct, and over the dial small bell.
The cherub on the left strikes the first quar-
ter, that on the right the second quarter.
Some fifty feet over the dial, in large niche,
is huge figure of Time, bell in his left,
a scythe in his right hand. In front stands
n figure of young man with mallet, who
strikes the third quarter, on the bell in the
hand of Time, and then turns and glides,
with slow step, round behind Time, then
comes out an old man, with mallet and
places himself in front Of him. - q
As the hour of twelve comes, the old man
raises his mallet, and deliberately strikes
twelve on the bell, the echoes through the
building, and is heard all around the region
of the church. The old man glides slowly
behind Father Time, and the young man
comes on readily to perform his part, as the
time comes round again. Soon rs the old
man has struck twelve and disappeared,
and another set Of machinery is put in mo-
ton soma twenty feet higher still. 1t is
thus: there is q high cross, with the image
OF Christ on it. The instant twelve has
struck, one of the apostles walks out from
behind; comes in front, turns, facing the
cross, bows and walks on around to his
place. , .......--
q As he does so, another comes out in front,
& turns, bows, and passes in. So twelve
apostles figures, rs large as life, walk round,
bow and pass on. AS the last appears, an
enormous cock, perched on the pinnacle eff
the clock, slowly flaps its wings, stretches
forth its neck, and crows three times, so
loud rs to be heard outside the church to
some distance, and SO naturally as to be
mistaken for real cock. Then all is silent
rs death. No wonder this clock is the ad-
miration Of Europe. 1t was made in ISL,
and has performed these mechanic cal wonders
ever since, except about fifty years, when it
? stood out of repair.z- -ra ..
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DEcIDERkseSoL ]

DISsDk<ASng3 HEAH AEl
The truth Of he fslls3ing story is youch-
ed for By ne Missouri correspondent of
..N0k hundred miles fpoMs shsre, asoAaI
aiah0nt6s ago nyed fair widow, possess
LOT those sEQA qualities that most daz-
zle and charmShe baohelor. She was yUunga
handsome and very wealthy. Mrs. Jackson
took an Eaetefn stour last summer and was |
besst by many suitors-ardent and anxious
lovers-among whom was a Kentucky law |
Yer, quite apEomising man; but 50 euamoE-s
I'd did 10 become of this fair widow, thathe |
left alocratiys practice ct home, and follow
ed her through the entire route Of fashiona-
Bile travel. He met her at Baltimore, Phila-
dolphin and New York; he danced with her
at Saratoga and Newport; and when the
season was drawing to close, he happened
to be with her At Niagafa, md nths Ohio
river, and even at st. Louis when she was
almost home. He was always pleading pro-
fessional business as the reason for his ex-
cursions here and there; but he managed to
plead his own suit out Of court when court
ing the widow, though he saw no evidence
of verdict coming Ia his favor. Atlength
Mrs. Jackson stepped on board the boat at
St. Louis; to 60 up the Missouri to her own
residence, when, to her surprise, the indie
fstigable adv ocate presented himself as fresh
as a May morning. The widow exclaimed
rs she met him:
'Why, Mr.. Jones, thought you were
going to return to Louisville?'
'Mrs. Jackson, my dear madam replied
the lawyer, Il am here to renew the offer Of
my hand and beg your acceptance"
'Really, sir, think have been sufficient
lyexplicit. and that you had no encourage
sInent to parsue the natter St-&-&-5- II.
sBut I hoped, madam, that my devotion
and perseverance would be finally reward
ed.'
DO you mean them said the widow, evil
IDENTIFY softened, shat you really had no
other business in going this journey with me
than to prosecute this suit?' ...r
None in the world, but the hopes of win
ming you.'
Then YOU shall be rewarded she replied
with merry twinkle in her roguish, beau
tiful eyes, which the lawyer mistook for a
swceter passion; 'then, my dear sir, you
shall be rewarded. Tell me now, as a gen.
,temen how much money have you spent on
this tour?' TfaF
sDo you really wish to know?'
Il sCertainly do 80 E5a-& z +l@ =
Mr.. Jones took out his note book, and
soon reported that he had spent nearly five
hundred dollars. p iffrE = Il
sWeIl, said the lovely widow, Il do not
wish any one to lose by me- extending her
purse to the lawyer. 4. ~
'Why, what do you mean, Mrs. Jackson?'
Il mean what say; take it, and pay your
self for your summers work on my account.
and let US be quits
And he did take it; and the widow had to
borrow money to get home. The widow
was taken all aback by the lawyers cool ac-
ceptance of the gold; but he consoled him
self with the idea that if she would not be
his bride, shcwas at least fair game.
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LUMBER.


NOTICE!
To Charles G. Cunningham:
CIR-YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, That
- there file in the office Of the Clerk of the
District Court in Pottawattamie County Iowa. Petition
of Henry H. Pomeroy and Andrew J. Smith, claiming
of the sum of and twenty hundredth dol
lars, money due account, and also praying fer
attachment against property; and that unless
appear and answer thereto before the morning Of
the Second day Of the Term Of said Court to be
holden on the third Monday of May next judgment will
be rendered against you thereon. Dated, March 10,
1855, ROBERT L. DOUGLASS
- ~ s- e- Atty for Plaintiffs.
hereby certify, that upon proper afdavit flied in my
ONCE, ID. 3. NYE, County Judge Of Pottawattamie
County, Iowa. ordered the foregoing original notice
the above entitled Cause to be published a week,
for four successive weeks in the NonpGreil weekly
newspaper, published in Council Bluffs City. said
County. c. P. KELLOGG c. D. c.
April 10-n5O-4w
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PINE LUMBER.
FOR SALE.


~ g. Lots in Howard Addition.
q g r. good Lots in Mullins Subdivision.
100 Lots in the Railroad Addition = - = 10
10 choice Lots in Halls Addition
Several fine lots in central portions of the City very
desirable for residences. Several fine tracts of land
within hours ride Of the City with timber and water
10 Also lots and shares in Omaha City Bellev ne
DeSotO Tekamah, Logan, N. T. and Junction City loya
II Also l6O acres Of choice land two miles east OF
Sioux City on which is about 40 acres timber nj
. v-.rr.--~~ esp EDWIN J. FRASER, Ian AGENT
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VDayId Constable says there is one
advantage about old fashioned frigates.-
They drag so much dead water behind, that
if a man falls over board on Monday, you
need not stop till Friday to pick him up.
lie never gets beyond few yards from the
sternpost. In confirmation Of this opinion,
he refers US to a well known anecdote con
nected with Captain Pompnus, of the frig-
ate "Wash Tub" One evening while run
,nIng up the Mediterranean under a one-horse
SUM- down, he came on deck and entered into
the following conversation with Mr.. Smile.
the first Lieutenant:
:" heard a little noise on deck Just now,
Mr.. Smile; what was the cause Of it?
"a man feb overheard from the fore
yard"
Without saying another word Capt. Pomp-
Gus entered the cabin, and was not seen
again till next morning after breakfast,
when he once more refreshed the deck with
shis presence, and entered into COW ersation
with the first lieutenant.
81 think you told me, Mr.. Smile, that
man fell over board from the fore yard last
evening""
81 did sr.'
"Have you picked him up yet"
"well, you had better do it sometime
during the morning, or the poor fellow will
begin to starved" fF @&
The lieutenant obeyed orders, lowered
boat, about noon, and found the gentleman
who disappeared from the force yard, but
eighteen inches furthur from the stern post
than, he was fourteen hours before. He
was lying on his back, fast aslesp!"
O. The following sample of "darkey''
talk is characteristic and amusing.
$50 you had bad susancide at your
house, lass night, SAM said the ''colored
geinman," on meeting his colored ony,
waiter at the hotel. TO.
ooh, yes, Lemuel, dat we had-it almos'
scarf me into takin' drink. He was lis
from California, wild heaps of newspapers.
He cum sober de Jerecipelus by de Niger
ruge route, and put up at our house prebi-
Gus to his tribal. l tort de man was out oh
his head, kase he CUB me shillin' as soon
rs he laid, eyes on me. From dat mint
stuck, bv him, fur fear dat some interest pus-
son might git hole of him. De next mornin'
as de chamberma;d was agwane up stairs
wild o SHUTTLE oh coal for her breakfus, she
smelt lodium passin' de mans doo'--soon
as she smelt dat she smslt rat. She knock
ed to de mans doo', but no answer come.
Den She broke de doo' down, and dar laid
Dc man wid de boots IN, and in he troat was
stickin' in bottle OBJ lodlum. She holler-
ed, and we all kotched hole OBJ de bottle to
pull it out, but it wasn't no use. We had
70 sen for de sturgeon. De sturgeon come,
and made decision hero in de neck, nigh
de borax, which reached fur as de equilibrium
reached into de sarafogus, and putin q
cortven 10 de decision, CUB it poke wid a
out few de bottle, and all was
"What was safe, Sam, de man % ra
"No, de bottle-de man was dead aforel
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NOTICE!
To H. ". Hargis:
CIR-YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED M

CIR-YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED M Z
~ there is now on file in the office of the CLERK Of tie
District Court Of Pottawattame County Iowa pet.
ton OF William Case, claiming Of you the forecsR
Of mortgage on Lots No. ten 40 and eleven m d
Block No six 10y in Jackson's Addition to the
Council Bluffs, IN Pottawattamie County, Iowa wha Z
you gave the said Case the 6th day of June 1857
secure the payment Of two promisory notes. beth dae
June 9Th, 1857 each calling for the sum Of seven hun
dred and Fifty dollars one due December 6th 1851 MI
the other due March 6h 1885, that unless you
pear and answer said petition or before the r,or
of the second day of the May Term Of the District E
OF Pottswattamie County, to be begun and held in
city OF Council Bluffs, the ID Monday in NAY, ls
said mortgage will be foreclosed and judgment rens
cd against You for the amount therein claimed.
April 9Th, 1855. FRANK STREET. sE3
Atty for PIE
1t having been made satisfactorily appear to net
affidavit that william Case has good cause ac,iN
existing against W. Hsrgis, and that said Hareiss
nonresident Of the State of Iowa. hereby order Asi
the above original notice be published weeks the
Council Bluffs NonporeH, weekly newspaper p5insei
in Council Bluffs.
April 9th, lS5S-n50-4w. Ds ME-.
County Judge.
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1857 JUNE 1857
U. s. N. & Express Route,

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49, {" DAAIS = OA
DAV en- DOrt Rock Island G,hicaxn
2 =. > - - =
And all Prints ~ tho Eoe<
M;ssissinni and Missouri; Ra;I,on2 "a, ron,
Ii or. ~ " w
Hectton Utn ue SficdyO ana ROCK IS
rr.;, r,, ,,uo,,,, S., ,a... ,.
"' chanas ~ r.,s ny 70 s Without
..r e " ' loss'"e 'Ao
Great Mississippi River Bridget
Re,w.en Davennort and Roc. Island Tins ,vd;ng tho
.nnnysnc. =, rarr;.s ard $500" h ~ m. , n'
Is Miles Distance Saved!
BY THIS Route travellers from Council Bluffs
and Fort Des Nones will save TWENTY-FIVE Miles dis
tanse: Fare Lower than by any other Route
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.asis1dr96on oosae; but he had to do somefn
to earn q feeler.o III
Wus dore anything found y, DO pockets,
|66n4ss sN
CHOW yDa sspose know? Doyoo think
I'd put my hand in to feel? What youuean
Ito insinewate r., 1850. ....3ss,. "a.
col, nnHfnL only Isneber seed you hab
sch good clo'es on afore, OATS ALL"
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PACIFIC HOUSE.

CUSNCiL BLuf ....sIVWAs
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY
i call the attention Of the travelling public, and 9th.
ers, to the superior accommodations provided at the
above House. The large four story addition Is 49,
now completed and thoroughly furnished with E1MI
good new furniture, thus affording nfty-nine III
additional rooms for the accommodation Of -
guests. The Table will always be supplied with VA
very best that be obtained in this
thing about the House. will be arranged with view 70
making guests comfortable and at home Thankful far
past favors generously bestowed the undersigned
would assure the public, that by liberal prices, aM
careful attention the wants Of his guests receive
q continuance Of public patronage. JOHN JONES,
Council Bluffs, June 20-n8-6m. Proprietes
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-24

AUCIHUN q WCUlIMI9sIUN NUIHDIas
BENZ. r. SHIELDS
UTILL confuse make sales asa only d1ring ea
w season. All sales made payable within three days
Liberal advances made consiznmeut All persons HAVING
balances IN hands u favpE hg ealing and eaTe rcePl
for proceeds. No goods bought on cur oWn account.
Ere. lle1 BENI p. SHrnED6.
P s-Country merchants Vl please s wiz keep com
stantly h0nd variety Of FREE g00dS.
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