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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
The Great Walls of China.

The most stupendous work of this
country is the great wall that divides it
from Northern Tartary. 1t is built
exactly upon the same plan as the walls
of Pekin, being mound of earth cased
on each side with bricks or stone.
The astonishing magnitude of the fab
ric consists not so much in the plan of
the work as in the immense distance of
fifteen hundred miles over which it is
extended, over mountains of two>and
three thousand feet in height and
across deep valleys and rivers. The
materials of all the dwelling houses of
England and Scotland, supposing them
to amount to one million eight hundred
thousand, are barely equivalent to the
bulk or solid contents of the great wall
of China. Nor are the projecting
massy towers of stone and brick in
cludedin this calculation. These alone,
supposing them to continue throughout
at bow-shot distance, were calculated
to contain as much masonry and brick
work as all London. To give another
idea of the mass of matter in this stu
pendous fabric, it may be observed
that it is more than sufficient to sur
round the circumference of the earth
on two of its great circles with two
walls each six feet high and two feet
thick! 1t is to be understood, how
ever, that in this calculation is included
the earthly part in the middle of the
wall.-Barr0g' Travels an China.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

The MAN IN LovE.-Thackery says
that when a man is in love with any
woman in a family, it is astonishing how
fond he becomes of every person con-
nected with it. He ingratiates himself
with the maids; he is bland with the
butler; he interests himself with the
footman; he runs on errands for the
daughters; he gives and lends money
to the youngest son at college (; he pats
little dogs that he would kick other
wise; he smiles at old stories which
would make him break out in yawns
were they uttered by any one but papa;
he bears with the old maiden aunt; he
beats time when darling little Fanny
performs her piece on the piano; and
smiles when wicked lively little Bobby
upset the coffee over his shirt"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22


Few readers can be aware, until they
have had occasion to test the fact, how
much labor is often saved by such a
table as the following-the work of one
now in the grave. If history is poe
try" as one who is true poet himself
forcibly remarks, then here is poetry
personifed:
1907 Virginia first settled by the
English.
1914 New York first settled by the
Dutch.
1920 Massachusetts, settled by the
Puritans.
1924 New Jersey settled by the
Dutch.
| 1927 Delaware settled by Sweeds
and Fins.
1885 Maryland settled by Irish Cath
ones. s-s~sfe st-sE.
1885 Connecticut settled by Puritans.
1885 Rhode Island settled by Roger
Williams.
1850 North Carolina settled by Eng
lish.
1870 South Carolina settled by HUI
genots.
1852 Pennsylvania settled by VIM.
Penn.
1888 Georgia settled by General Og-
ethorp.
l79l Vermont admitted into the
Union.
1892 Kentucky admitted into the
| Union. -
1906 Tennessee admitted into the
| Union.
1905 Ohio admitted into the Union
| 1911 Louisiana admitted into the
Union.
1916 Indiana admitted into the
Union.
1917 Mississippi admitted into the
Union.
1918 Illinois admitted into the Union.
1919 Alabama admitted into the
Union.
1920 Maine admitted into the Union.
1921 Missouri admitted into the
Union. $50
1886 Michigan admitted into the
Union.
1886 Arkansas admitted into the
Union.
lS45 Florida admittedinto the Union.
1S45 Texas admitted into the Union.
1916 Iowa admitted into the Union.
1949 Wisconsin admitted into the
Union.
1850 California admitted into the
Union. r-, --7
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
Attention! FarmersI

T HAVE ENTIRE CONTROL OF A VERY SU-
Il perior quality of Russian Winter Seed Wheat,
ian article introduced into the Wheat growing
districts of Russia, which has been found to
l. succeed better than any Winter Wheat ever
cultivated in that country. From Russia it
- was introduced into Canada, Michigan, Minnie
sofa and Illinois, in each of which it has with
inf stood the most severe winters and the wettest
- springs, to the satisfaction of the farmer. 1t
r produces from 20 to 80 bushels to one when
- sown on good land, and from its hardy nature
- will not winter-kill or drown-out fromthe ef-
- fects of a wet spring. 1t may be sown any time
between the first of July and the first of No
vember.
~ PACKAGES sufficient to produce from to
: 10 bushels the first year, put up in strong sacks
III will be sent to any address, on the receipt of
One Dollar, by mail Address,
- G. w. YERBY, p. o. Box 1887,
81 Dearborn ST., Chicago, Ill
y Dealer in Farming Lands and City Property.
= Also, Lands located at all the Government
Land Offices, with Warrants Cash. Those
having Farms or Farming Lands for sale, will
- find my Office one of the best mediums to dis
pose of the same
REFER TO
- Hon. Jno. Wilson, Com'r l. q. Land Dept,
Chicago.
q Col. r. J. Hamilton, Chicago.
Rev. H. N. Bishop {"
Hon. Henry A. WISE Gov. of Va.
% Messrs Sweeney, Rittenhouse, FAINT 4 Co.,
90 Bankers, Washington, ID. G.
W Hon. George Briggs, New York
- Hon. VIM. II. Ross Gov. of Delaware.
- Robt. Forsythe, Esq, Gen'l Ft. Ag't, LC.R.R.
~ n. B. In ordering give your name post Office,
u county and State, and the name of the nearest
Express Office julyS-11m3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

No SCoLDING.-If you wish to make
your neighbors and family happy-if
you would see calmness and evenness
of temper developed in your children
if you would tighten the cares, and
smooth the path of the companion Of
your bosom-do not irritate or scold,
or be in passion when your humor is
crossed, but remember that others have
hearts as soft as yours, and let the sun
shine of christian meekness and gen.
tleness always beam from your eyes.
How happy will be a circle in such a
case! All, this christian temper is
about the only requisite to make fire
sides happy-places which husbands
and children will regret to leave, and
be glad to return to. Let the husband
be indulgent to the annoyances OF his
ever-working, and often over-working
wife; and let the wife always meet him
with smiles when he comes perplexed
with the cares of business and let
both be forbearing under their mutual
imperfections, and home will be more
as God intended it.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

az Matrimony is said to consist of
hot buckwheat cakes, warm beds, COM
Portable slippers, smoking coffee, round
arms, red lips, &C., &C., shirts exulting
in buttons, redeemed stockings, boot
jacks, happiness, ETC., while single
blessedness is made up of sheet-iron
quilts, blue noses, frosty rooms, ice in
the pitcher, unregenerated linen, heel
less socks, coffee sweetened with icic-
Giles, gutta-percha biscuits, fiabby steaks,
dull razors, corns, coughs and cholics,
rhubarb, aloes, misery, &c.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22


One summer morn, in musings lost,
sat before my window,
And watched how oft the wood was crossed
By sunshine and by shadow.
Then suddenly little maid, .oa .ff~
Some three years old or under,
Come tripping up the silent glade,
With looks Of joy and wonder =
She seemed very fay methought
Her silky golden tresses
Cleaned here and there, as they had cacght
sunbeam midst their meshes.
Her softly rounded cheeks were pale,
Her eyes were dark and lustrous;
1 felt that they could tell tale
For mortal ears too wondrous.
An clad in purest white, she seemed
So free from earthly leaven.
No wonder that at first deemed
Her newly come from Heaven.
She paused awhile, and then her feet
Trod deity midst the daises,
Till soon she bowed her head to greet
The lilies and the praises.
Then wandering on, she came before
The queen of woodland posies,
And smiling, curtised Ger and Ger
To all the sweet white roses
At last she faded like a dream,
The trees her form concealing;
Now Heaven be praised for this CLEAN,
True fairy land revealingi
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

az Green, of the Boston Post, says
a gentleman tells him the following sto-
ry of one of his domestics: "Having
employed new female servant, he sat
down in the parlor, the evening after,
to civil game of whist with his wife
and couple of neighbors. The next
morning, my lady, the help observed
that card-playing must be put a stop
to- or she should be obliged to leave !;
she didn't approve of the practice and
never allowed it in families where she
lived"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
a YANKEE SH1PMAsTER.-Lord

a YANKEE SHIPMAsTER.-Lord By
ron told the following story
&c Tn that same frigate, near the OAR
danelles, we nearly ran down an Amer
lean trader with his cargo of notions.
Our captain, old Bathurst, hailed, and
with the dignity of Lord asked him
where he came from and the name of
the ship The Yankee captain bel
lowed:
You copper-bottomed sarpent, I
guess you'll know when I've reported
5-atn Congress"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
From Mexico.

The Barque Bailliant from Vera
Cruz, brings papers of the 26thl.
Business was PROSTATE. Vomite pre-
vailed among the soldiers. The citi-
zens were healthy.
An Earthquake on the 18th, killed
SO persons. j.
News from the city of Mexico state
that the British and French Ministers
advise the payment of the force loan:
Forsyth appears and demands his
passport. He is awaiting instructions.
Vidaurri and CARA were marching
upon the Capital.
Echeagaray had retreated to Jalapa.
Yucatan dates are to the 3Oth. The
government imposes duty of so cent
per bbl., on foreign and home flour
from August 1st.
Shocks of an earthquake had been
felt at Minititlan.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of
IN license granted by Clifford Shanahan, Judge
ofthe Probate Court in and for the County Of Cass
in the State of Michigan, shall offer for sale at
public auction, the following real estate, to wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner of section
twenyone, in township six south of range thirteen
west, in Cass County, Michigan, and running
thence east eighty rods, thence north one hundred
and ten rods, thence west fifteen and half rods,
thence north two hundred and ten rods, thence
west sixty-four and half rods thence south three
hundred and twenty rods to the place of beginning
containing one hundred and forty acres of land,
more or less, on Saturday, the 2lst day of August
noon and the setting of the sun the same day, on
the premises above described, for the payment of
the debts of Rulef ID. Gregg, deceased.
JOSEPH JONES, Administrator Debonus non.
July 2, 1858. julyS-1lw6
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

A lawyer at Lowell, Mass, found sos
and returned it to the owner, and one
of the papers says the act may be hon
est and honorable, but it is unprofes-
sional.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
GUARDIAN SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of a IL
IN cense granted by Clifford Shanahan, Judge of
the Probate Court for the County of Cass, in the
auction the north part of the west half of the SOUTH
west quarter of section twenty-seven, containing
fifty acres. The north part of the west half of the
southeast quarter of section twentyeight contain
ing twenty acres The northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of sec
ton thirty -four, containing ten acres. And the
undivided one-fourth part of thirty acres on the
south end of the west half of the northeast quarter
dissection twenty all in township seven south
of range fifteen west, in Cass County, Michigan on
Saturday the fourteenth day of August next, be-
tween the hour of nine o'clock in the forenoon and
the setting of the sun the same day, on the prem
ses above described as the property of Lucetta j.
Crawford deceased. June 81, 1853
ie24-9w6 WILLIAM COTTON Guardian
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

INTERESTING TO DAIRY-MAIDs.-
Hon. A. B. Dickinson, of Steuben
county, N. Y, gives some information
in relation to making butter, which if
true, ought to be observed by butter
makers. He says no hard water ought
to be used in washing butter, and that
without soft water, the milk cannot be
got out of the butter without injuring
the grain.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

~ The whole number of Land
Warrants issued in June was 9O3, to
satisfy which will require over $4,000
acres.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MICHIGAN, Cass County Probate
y Court.-Notice is hereby given, that appIica-
ton has been made to said Court by Rodney c.
Paine, for proving the last will and testament of
Anna Hussey, deceased.
1t is therefore hereby ordered that the Second
Saturday in July next be and the same is hereby
appointed for hearing said application and for prov
ing said will and testament, at the Probate Office
in Cassapolis, in said County of Cass, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon
1t is also ordered that all persons interested Ia
the estate of said deceased appear before the Judge
OF said Court, at the time and place above mem
toned, to contest the probate of said will
1t is further ordered that the above notice and
orders be published in the Cass County Republic
can, newspaper published in said County of Cass,
once in each week for three weeks in succession
Immediately preceding said day of hearing
G. SHANAHAN, Judge of Probate.
June 10th, 1858. june17-3w
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

Revenge-Bitter sweets plucked
from the Devils garden. Quenching
your thirst with brandy.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

1t is said that man who is hung
does not pay the debt Of nature, but
simply gets an extension.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of Cass, So
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office in
Cassapolis, on Saturday, the twelfth day Of june,
eight Present-Clifford Shanahan, Judge of
Probate. In the matter of the estate of Moses
Robbins, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition, duly verified,
Of Elizabeth Robbins, praying for letters of Ad-
minlstration on the estate of said deceased
Thereupon it is ordered that Saturday the tenth
day OF July next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for the hearing of said petition, and that
the heirs at law of said deceased, and all other
persons interested in said estate, are required to
appear at session of said court then to be holden
at the Probate Office in Cassapolis, and show
cause if any there be, why the prayer of the petit
toner should not be granted
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate,
Of the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
three successive weeks previous to said day Of
hearing. q G. SHANAHAN,
IA true copy Judge of Probate.
June 18th, 1858. june17-3w
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

Boys are like vinegar; when there is
much mother in them they are always
sharp.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

Difficulty of attainment is commonly
proportional to excellency of object.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

"a Moving for new trial-court-
ing a second wife.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
AN ELEcTRoTYPE FOUNDRY

Is connected with the establishment, and work of
this kind is executed in very superior manner.
a A new Specimen Book is now ready for de-
livery, and viii be sent to parties wishing to order
ID. L. DODGE, Treasurer.
The Type on which this paper is printed, is from
the Chicago Type Foundry. maysO- 3m
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
HORSE POWERS AND SEpARATORS
H. I'd. BECKWITH,

HAS made valuable improvement in Horse
Il Powers, and is manufacturing the same at
his Foundry, in Dowagac, Cass County, Mich
This Horse Power is designed for eight horses.
1t is Simple and Compact On its Construction!
And is so arranged that the working parts of its
gearing perform their labor with one-half the
heavy strain that is required in other Powers, and
therefore being subject to one-haf the wear and
tear, and half the liability of breaking both of
which is very essential to every person connected
with threshing.
1t is warranted to drive Thresher and Separator
with less team than any other Power in this sec
ton of country. 1t is lighter than most of ma
chimes, and easily moved from place to place.
And finally, III Is HARD TO BEAT.
The undersigned is also agent for
r. 7. MERRILL'S IMPROVED
Double NEilied Separator!
This Separator drew the FIRST PREMIUM at
the Michigan State Fair of 1857 and from the rep
utation it has at home and abroad it recommends
itself
- Call at the Foundry and examine before
going away from home after MACHINES--A
Dowagiac, April 9sth, 1858. apr2s-1y
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22
HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
Philado1Dhia.

Il n1laOOIDn1a.
Il Benerolent Institution established By special En-
doaOment for the Relief Of the Sick and Dis
tressed, afflicted scitk VruIent and
Epidemic Diseases.
TNHE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view of the
Il awful destruction of human life, caused by
Sexual diseases, and the receptions practiced upon
the unfortunate victims of such diseases by Quacks
several years ago directed their Consulting Sur
geon, as a CHARITABLE ACT worthy of their
name to open Dspensary 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 description of their condition. (age
occupation habits of life, &C. y and in cases of ex-
treme poverty, to FURNISH MEDICINES FREE
OF CHARGE. 1t is needless to add that the As
ISOLATION commands the highest Medical skill of
the age and will furnish the most approved mod
ern treatment
The Directors of the Association, in their Annu-
al Report upon the treatment of Sexual Diseases,
for the year ending January LIST, 1885, express the
highest satisfaction with the success which has at
tended the labors of the Consulting Surgeon in the
cure of Spermatorrhea, Seminal Weakness, Impo-
tence, Gonorrhea, elect, Syphilis, the vice of
Onanism or Selfabuse, &C., and order continn-
ance of the same plan for the ensuing year.
The Directors, on review of the past, feel as
sured that their labors in this sphere of benevolent
effort have been of great benefit to the afflicted,
especially to the young, and they have resolved to
devote themselves, with renewed ZEAL to this very
important and much despised cause.
An admirable Report on SpermatorrhGa, or
Seminal Weakness, the vice of Onanism Mastur-
bation or Selfabuse, and other diseases of the
sexual organs, by the Consulting Surgeon, will be
sent by mail (in a sealed envelope( FREE OF
CHARGE, on the receipt of TWO STAMPS fol
postage Other Reports and Tracts on the nature
and treatment of sexual diseases, diet, &C., are
constantly being published for gratuitous distribu
ton, and will be sent to the afflicted Some of the
new remedies and methods of treatment discovered
during the last year, are of great value
| Address, for Report or treatment, Dr. GEORGE
R. CALHOUN, Consulting Surgeon, Howard As
ISOLATION No. 2 South Ninth Street, PHILADELPHIA
Pa. BY order of the Directors.
| EZRA ID. HEARTWEL, President
GEO. FAIRcHILD, Secretary. my27-5y1
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-08
The Indian Tribes.

or the vast numbers Of red men who once called
this continent their own, it is said that only
35O000 now remain, exclusive Of few VINO nave
lost their tribal character, or amaigamated Win
whites More than 100000 of those who remain
are settled in California, Texas, Kansas, and our
other Western and Northwestern territories
These, with few exceptions, are said to be IN
frinndIy and unreliable. Indeed, there are those
who think that a general Indian war is imminent,
a war which, from the diminished number OF tue
gavages could not be dangerous except to our al
ready depleted treasury. In view, however. Of
the cost Of an Indian war, the threatening aspect
Of Indian affairs is matter Of serious concern.
The war with the few Seminoles in Florida lasted
twenty five years. and cost about fifty millions OF
dollars At that rate, there is no calculating how
big hole the sappers aud miners Of general In
dian war would knock in the bottom OF the trea-
sury.
The Indians of America have not derived much
benefit from contact with white civilization. Their
rugged and infiexbe natures are not easily
moulded even by good influences, and, unfortu-
nately. those to which they have been chiefly ez-
po.ed have been of demoralizing and debasiu E
character They have found, in dealing with the
whites, dupliclty and fraud equal to that which
thew themselves exercise in time of war upon their
enemies, but which they incapable Of employ
ing at any time upon their friends. The firewater
of their civilized neighbors has made worse havoc
among them than the sword. Northern jour /.
nal observes that the three greatest obstacles to
the civilization of our Western tribes have been
the large anuuties paid them by the Government,
the wide limits of the lands allotted to them, and
the intercourse of traders aud emigrants, with all
their schemng and viciousness. Our contemporary
adds that it was suggested by Mr.. Douglas. at the
session of Congress preceding the last. that the In
dams should be gathered into one Territory, where
they could be better controlled and governed, and
the lands parcelled out to them in seveTaltes fur
ever, of a sufficient number of acres for each to
cultivate, whereby their nouadc life might be re-
formed. and the tribes who now roaming rest
iessly over our frontier prairies, almost without
boundary TO their domain, might have an opportu-
nifty o. settling down into agriculturists George
Conway suggested scheme somewhat similar,
and many of those who have had the best facii
ties for studying the subject, in favor Of some
such plan.