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A PICTURE TRUE TO NATURE.

The following graphic description of q
"good fellow" ''on BENDER" is so true to
nature, that We cannot refrain from giving
it place in our columns. Who has not
seen many similar amusing, or rather Ia
mentable, exhibition? We clip it from the
Philadelphia Evening Journal:
full. We saw yesterday an individual who
afforded a living exemplifcation of this fact.
He was preparing for the holiday, and to
use the words Of a cotemporary, was on a
grand sublime bust. Feaful were the efforts
Of Thomas Maize to enjoy himself. Ever
and anon, over his illustrious head did he
flourish bag of gold, small bag, and then
he asked everybody up to drink, which every
body did, and fell back to allow everybody
else to come up and do likewise. Everybody
else invited their friends, and Thomas
Maize, ESQ.,, whirled the little bag Of gold,
and produced the 'tin,' and paid the expense
in the most cheerful manner. Every voice
proclaimed him good fellow, and so of
course he was, for at 10 P. II. we saw him
generously and munifcently spilling himself
miscellaneously about the streets and alleys,
and we are perfectly satisfied that, if he had
not been q very good fellow he would not
have done so.
We saw him at II O'Clock P. ~, and some
body had stolen his new boots and given him
an old pair of pumps. Under the influence
of two glasses Of soda water he had slightly
recovered. At IL O'Clock he had relapse
he was on sublime drunk. Everybody
was present, in company with everybody
else and number of invited guests. Thos.
Maize, ESQ.,, still fourished his bag-now
considerably reduced-and every now and
then the whole crowd walked up and took
sugar in their'n. .'
'" We saw him after that,
49, He had kinky hat
On his head
. ..s His pumps were worn away, =.
And his pockets seemed to say
ENary
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A REAL NATIVE.

The ignorance of this country among
otherwise well informed English folks is Gu
riously illustrated in the case of General
W, "a good fellow, but bogus gener-
al,) who visited England few years ago.
Having occasion to pass few days in apro-
yinciaI town, which boasted its literary CO.
terie, he received an invitation through an
acquaintance, from Miss Blue Stocking to
attend soiree. The general OF course,
went, and being fine, handsome, agreea-
BILE fellow, he was quite lion. In the
course of the evening, Miss Blue, who had
managed to secure his undivided attention,
tapped him playfully with the fan, and said:
"Do you know that you are naughty man2'
sHow SO madam?' asked the general. sWhy
for deceiving US oil so; but l shan't tell on
you, Of course; only, every one in the room
has not seen as much as L. The general be-
came nervous, and thought Of course, that
he must have committed some terrible faux
pas; but as the lady seemed kind and for
giving, he determined to probe the matter.
my dear lady, am very sorry if l have
been guilty Of any dereliction; do tell me,
that may apologize. sOhP said Miss Blue,
sits only "pretending" to be an Americana
pretending to be an American! But am
an American, madam Yes, perhaps you
live there; but you are not o native, you
know. sOn my honor madam, real live
native of the great State of New York.
sThat will do for the company to think,
general said the literary lady, sand of
course shall not undeceive them; but you
must know l had a very distinguished Amer
ican gentleman, who swas' a native, to lunch
with me this morning, and ] was SO sorry l
could not have him to meet you tonight;
but he was not all like you. HIS raren
hair curled in such beautiful little ring
lets all around his head, and has COM
plerion ,oas dark-verg dork-o perfect
Othello of a, feiIou.' "a Niger! BY George!
thought the general; and begging our lady
not 70 expose his little ruse, in trying to pass
of for an American, he got into corner
and enjoyed his laugh. 80
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w[Lady reads Legislative proceedings.]
"On motion Of Mr.. Smith, the ladies were
admitted to seat on the floor OF the
House, Indignant lady hearer ]--"A seat
ON the floor, indeed! The brutes! should
think the State had better buy chairs, in
stead of treating the Legislature to WINE
parties on Blackwell's Island. Iwoald mot
sit on the Hooe 10 obiigs the Legislatnfe,
nor even the Governor nlbssf, Ifnow."
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LOOK OUT FOR the CArKar,LLAR.

LOOK OUT FOR TINE CATERPILLAR.
Much damage has been done BY them to
fruit trees in this region within the last ten.
years. am not q scientific entomologist,
but my friend, Ferdinand, 10 thorough
bred horticulturist from Germany. He has
been working with rs three years, and ann
trying to learn something from him. 4.y.g,
II On some trees We find good m: ny limbs
half an nch or less in diameter, surrounded
by black ring quarter of san inch thick
and one inch long. On breaking ons of
these open, we found it contained many eslls.
each of which will send forth what will be-
come one species Of caterpillar. The rings
should all be taken of now. =at q E9ta- y
70 On almost every tree are many leaves roll
ed up, one in a place. On uurollisg ths
leaves, we find what appears, to be ,thes
and within that a little one. Ten days ago
the young one was so small that my clear
eyes could not see II withou: microscope.
Ii the weatheD continued. warm q Few days
longer, il will leave its present abode and
enter one Of the opening buds, which Lbe-,
ieye it always .destfoys. st. passes from
appear. Then they gather at some fork
sort of web, which turns water: within this
web they remain nights and when it rains,
issuing forth at other times to prey upon
the foliage Of the tree. To avoid injury
from this species, these rolled leaves s'tould,
As much As possible, be pulled from the tree
and thrown upon the ground, where the em-,
bryo caterpillar will die. But al! cannot
be Killed in this way. As soon as they as ?
semble in their web house, Il take four
quarts Of ley, and four quarts common sosp,
and heat them till they will mix; have .
woolen cloth wrapped around the end Of =
stiff pole and securely tied; 60 early 10 tho
morning, while they are oil IN their aest,s
rub the nest and all in it and Ill asoued
with the mixture of soap. 4 also rub some
of the mixture around. the upper part Of tho
trunk uf the tree. The rains viii swssh this
down the body Of tho tree, killing oil little
insects and giving the tree . fine and healthy
appearance. sstssa
Some new cassrpillass' nests will - fssneas
from time TO. time Tor . month. The
orchards should be examined once q week.
and every nest well rubbed into and around
with the sodped pole. After going ovefstbs'
orchard once, | take two children with -
to look fur snests, with thsis help / sor
through with Eve husdseA trees in from three
10 ave huurs. This Aeek paSM sOnskaaien
Of soap il enough for oee Inn S1reA keess sfor.
the season, ! try. 70 mash tAe asterpsllarS
as much as possible. TSkaS06, llf., March
1853 Emery Y JSsrHsEe "a ghflcul1gsssesa
j eT When is Z nutneg Ike 4 nrison Vim.
dow? When it's ssHrated.,u 4' 500
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@ Ex-Gov. Pollock, Of Pennsylvania,
has been elected o School Director in the
town where he resides. he need not Be
ashamed OF II. Washington served AZ 1
grand juror, after having boon President,
and Monroe left the Presidensial chair to
become the elsrt Of . county court. y,;s -
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]. 7. OLIVER,
NOTICE.


nr Time Of Church Service.
WI. Inv vcaURCH-REy. Nh. GOODFEL-
ssso. ). = ra''0r--'eH =. n, TX ?. r.; sabosA
hssse;siaa hssse-;ess Chsrch.-1ev. Jozx HANCOCK,
tor-i6E sssseaG CAareh.-Rey. g. G. RICE, Pas-
Epi.c.A; a; n, 7k, ?. n; sabbath SchooE9K =. =.
D-Ss,ssaC CAofcA.-ney. IN, WAfson-S >, II,
., attending any & the above eavEeAes.
"P'ossdcd with seats.
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young man is not ft for life until he is
clean-clean and healthy, body and soul,
with no tobacco in his mouth, no liquor in
his stomach, no oath on his tongue, no snuff
in bis nose, an6 no thought in his heart
which if exposed would send him sneaking
into darkness from the presence of all
good women. know man who believes
that the regeneration Of the world is to be
brought about BY change of diet. If he
will add the policy of utter cleanliness to
his scheme, will agree not to quarrel with
him. T,xorHy TIrcoxB.
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PORTER 4 CARTER,
(Saccessors to r. P. SNow,)
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,

Aue'AoA and Commission Merchants
ron THE SALE OF ....
'""""'Ae' 1a"oses' Lots, Lands, &c, Middle
Broadway. Cssaeil Bluffs. Iowa.
C'0NSIGNMENTs SOLICITED FROM uour ANN
patch. ~Au us
Jerome Porter. Edv,,
....- REFER TO S-N -
aon Thomas n Benton. Jr, r Snow. G. A. Robin
, wm H Robinson Council Bluffs; s. Drullzrd Buf-
@ IL Keeer, 4lbany, NY. (nl3-u
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LOOKING INro THE WELL.


n
..a I'm IN The naples the robins smea sa5 D. ess
The winds blew over the locusts high, ~ esE
And along the path by their boughs o,erhung
We wandered gaily-Lulu and T.
Wandered along in pleasant talk, a''i-7r~ Fl
Pausing our nursery tales to tell 7--sr.s--" .--'-
Till we came to the end ol the shaded walk,
And sat, At last BY the moss-grown well.
Sue was a child, and 80 was I, .}& &If& ="
II mattered not that We told our love- -.s-.s
Whispered it there, with no one nigh
Save the birds that sang IN the trees above.
Hook down into her shy blue eyes, F1a p n
She at nv face in the shaded well;
Law the glow to her fair chsek rise & n.y.
Like red in the heart Of an ocean sAell~ -
..,-.E .....5s .azssz IT. Rsss q ezsessesv4s saz.
Aeain in the trees the robins sung aEas.asa
The gold had deepened upon her hair
The Eocusts over the pathway hung, %s4
TO look at her face so still and fair ~ u
I said no word-I sat by her side, ias-s -
Contented to hold her hand in mine,
Dreaming Of love and a fair young BRIDE
visions that truth had made divine,
The robins song took aclearer tane, s'T
4 The sky was o teniorer, deepetbluej s=sA1s -
Her face in the limpid waters shsne, = EtaTss
Ithought her eyes were holy and true.
walked alone to the shaded well, s.-r--assl 49,
when locusts bloomed in the next years. June
The shadows along my pathway fell q,
The wild birds sang sorrowfui tune.
She had given her shining hairs young gold,
Her holy brow and her eyes Of blue,
The form had scarcely dared 70 fold, ,.s 81 t.FEE
I 2 10 wealthy suitor who came to WOO = sf's ,
Sold for jewels, and land and name,
Youth and beauty, and love and grace
Alone cursed the sin and shame,
And started to see my own dark face,
Mrrored there in the well below, go, 4 s--.rrSgss
fFfwith its haggard cheek and f0 lines q cafes 3
wher0 once had seen girIish broW, - "e' -
And shy blue eyes and golden hair.
Years have passed since that summer day
went the hills with its silent tread;
walked alone where its glory lay. .-- .-. 80.
am lonely, and Lulu Is dead. e = ~ IS -
Dust is thick on her shining hair, asgA &S-#
shroud 1t folded across her breast,
The winds blow over the lOcusts where
She lies at last, alone and at rest.
Youth and beauty, and love and grace, .@'
Wealth and station, Joy and pain;
II she dreams at all in that lonely place.
She will know, at length, that her life was vain.
81 4 ~ 49, #S* 81
r do not think OF her hearts disgrace, - 81
Looking into the waters there,
For seem to once more face
With shy blue eyes and golden hair.
Out among men she walks by my side
- For me she lives whom the world calls dead r-
i talk, at n ight, ), to my shadow bride, th7ft
And pillow, in Dreams her golden head
They broke her heart-so the gossips tell
Who sold her hand for wealth and name;
But see her face in the c,ol deep well,
And its virginia. beauty is still the same.
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J. P. WILLIAMS. E,F. DEWEY.
WILLIAMS + DEWEY,
House. Carpenters & Builders,

A RE PREPARED TO MAKE CONTRACTS FOR THE
IA erection OF Buildings the most reasOnab terms
Plans Elevations and Specifications drawn with accu-
racy.q Jobbins OF all kind promptly attended to.
z. Shop on the Corner Of Jenson and Centre sts
fu43-Iy
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EDWIN j. FRASER.
Real Estate Broker 4 General Ag't
lower broadway opposite Pacific House,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
RUiN SELLS RENTS, AND EXCHANGES
AL Kinds OF Real Estate TOR distant dealers or per-
n,~, AZ me CITY,. Loans money, makes collections
n; es and draws abstracts Of title. Gives reliable
c1snn.s respecting the prices of Real Estate and
Agency. ''N "i'" "o"A Hs'@'e
al, variety o. the most desirable Real Estate for
~ - "i times on the most reasonable terms nl-u
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ii I When i 9 nut.eg IKE 3 psisoa, Vim.
doWs When il q . s.rssed g - = 80
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A. COCHRAN,

General Land Agent,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
WILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO THE LO-
w CATION and Sale VI Land Warrants for nom
redents the payment Of Taxes and the purchase and
sale Of Real Estate generally Will also enter lands
for settlers and give time for payments (n2-u.
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!. t. Fo9p6Fi TooTiE. :. j. W. v roorIE. SNah'"
TOOTLES f. FAIRLEIGH,

sLNXCLUSIvELY WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DRY
IL GOODS Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Clothing Liquors,
QueenswaTe, Ac., &c, and
FORW WARDING l. COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Ia, Street, st, Joseph, Mo.
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:. d. TEST.
CASADY g. TEST

.1V0rNeys ana (OWNseI7OrS ~ Law, IN"
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
MILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO LAND
w Agencies, Coicctio ions, Investing Money Loeat-
ing and Selling Land Warrants, and all other business
pertaining their profession in Western Iowa and Ne
braska. hlu
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regulars, reported that there were no signs
of their approach. A watch was therefore
set, and the company dismissed with orders
to come together at the beat of the drum.
Some went to their own homes some went
to the tavern, near the southeast corner Of
the Common. a I'd. = s--...-.. .....s.. ...;s,
Adams and Hancock, whose prescription
had already been diyulged, and whose seiz-
urc was believed to be intended, were COM
PEELED BY persuasion to retire towards Wo-
burn. ..:t - =
The last stars we're vanishing from night
when the foremost party, led by Pitcairn, q
major of marines, was discoy cred advancing
quickly and in silence: ala m guns were
fred and the drums beat, not a call to VII
lage her husbandmen only, but the reveille
Of humanity. Less than seventy perhaps
less than sixty ty-obeyed the summons, and,
in sight Of half as many boys and unsrmed
men, were paraded in two ranks, q few rods
north Of the meeting house. .a'Sesss.. ~
How often in that building had they,with
renewed professions of their faith, looked
up to God as the stay of their fathers, and
the protector Of their liberties! How often
on that village green, hard by the burial
place Of their forefathers, had they pledged
themselves to each other q, combat manfully
for their birthright inheritance 70 fresdoml
There they now stood side BY side, under
the provincial banner, with arms i thsit
hands, silent and fearless, willing 70 Eight
for their privilege, serupulods mot to begin
civil war, and as yet unsuspicious Of inme-
diate dangQ. The ground on which they
trod was; The altar Of freedom, and they
were to fsrnish it. Victims. RI. Z ~
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4NOi tubb WuS iOEmoTly Iue CuStou, INV
ever. We used to make great bonfres Of
them, but aside from that. bits Of written
papers would always escape from the flames
thus destroying all privacy in the letters, it
was found that many people made it a bu-
siness to seek among the ashes for the gold
jewels, dollars, ETC., which often escape our
notice here, and 20 out in the opened let
ters. So now they IRE all sent to paper
mill and remanufactured as writing paper
We passed another room, where we're ma.
ny mementoes Of the good old days before
the laws Of pre-paying postage went into
effect. There were two or three huge stones
which had been sent for"s joke y involving
an immense amount of postage to be paid by
some unfortunate, who luckily never receiv-
ed the ponderous packages-a gigantic rag
baby said to have been sent to some viDe-
gar faced old maid-a neatly manufactured
ntght-cap, which some indignant old bache-
lor-name not recorded-refused, in high
dudgeon, to receive, and which consequent
ly, found ito way here, and daguerreotype
OF young man, which had been cracked
across the nose, and wrathfully sent back
by some fair damsel with whom he had
quarreled. rr ~. IN .., s.,.....sz
We asked the Postmaster General, to
whom We were introduced, how it happened
that all the employees of the Dead Letter
Office were gray-haired old men. ass gsrs.
"Because they have more discretion and
less curiosity" he said, smiling. "Young.
er men could not be depended upon; they
would probably read the letters oftener." :.
Sand why don't you employ lddies2
ana sure they would discharge the duties ad-
mirably." :, a..sfssgafss', ...s.-.. -.
"Indeed," said the Postmaster General,
mischievously, 81 am afraid their curiosity
would be so extreme, that the department
would fall into inexplicabls confusion, to
say nothing Of the number OF aecrets they
would ferret out of the dead Letters" a
We were 20 indignant at this horrible and
heretical opinion that We asked no further
questions, but took our leave, much grstif-
ed With our novel and iptsres.ing experience
in the Dead Letter Oflcs at Washington.
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pass by this, say, to come to habit more
destructive than any have contemplated.
Young man You who are so modest in the
presence of women-so polite and amiable;
you who are invited into families where there
are pure and virtuous girls; you who 90 to
church, and seem to be such pattern young
man; you who very possibly neither smoke,
nor chew, nor snuff, nor swear, nor drink
you have one habit ten times worse than all
these put together-a habit that makes you
q whited sepulcher, fair without, but within
full of dead mems bones and all uncleanness.
You have habit of impure thought, that
poisons the very springs of your life. It
may lead you into lawless indulgences, or it
may not. So far as your character is con-
cerned, it makes little difference. A young
man who cherishes impure images, and in
dulges in impure conversations, with his
associates, is poisoned. There is rottenness
in him. Heis not to be trusted. Hundreds
Of thousands of men are living in degrade
ton day who owe their unhappy lives to
an early habit of impure thought. To .
young man who has become poisoned in
this way, women all appear to be vicious or
weak; and when young man loses his
respect for the sex made sacred by the rela-
tions Of mother and sister, he stands upon
the crumbling edge Of ruin. His sensibili-
ties are killed, and his moral nature almost
beyond the reach Of regeneration. Ibelieve
it to be true that man who has lost his
belief in woman has, as general thing, lost
his faith in God. - Z. .......... -
The only proper way to treat such habit
as this is to fly from it-discard it-e1pel
tight it to the death. Impure thought il
q moral drug quite a. seductive and poison
Gus to the soul as tobacco is to the body
It perverts the tone Of every. fiber Of the
soul. One should have more respect for his
body than to make it the abode Of toads and
isasds and unclean reptiles Of all sorts. The
whole matter resolves itself into this A
The Nevada Democrat., 1858-03-03
READ A ND REFLECT.

TNR CHARLES L. TOZER'S CARD 10 the afflicted Of Cali
~ fornia In approaching any Of systemat-
c inquiry there certain points concerning which the
inquirer should always be careful to satisfy himef He
should comprehend distinctly what tho subject Of nq uiry
is-Health and Diseases.
five can form and fx in minds clear conception
Of the state OF Health shall have difficulty In under
standing what meant BY Disease But beyond, though
above these objects Of investigation Of the human
body we have another and still nober end II Is to lay
before you in such plain terms that you cannot be msta
ken and win know where to apply for relief
use the word disease generally and before speak OF
the signs Of particular diseases II will be proper to take
general view Of symptoms When person Is troubled or
afflicted with disease which weakness of the back
and limbs pain in the head dimness Of sight loss OF mus
cular power papitation of the heart irraby,
ness dyspepsia arrangement Of the digestive functions
general debility symptoms OF consumption and many 9TH
which better explained than put on paper and
quire Medical Surgical attendance II would be well for
them to inquire II there Is physician who Is competent
To attend them and who understands the application of
medicine and whose Scientific Attanmens in his profess
iOn and whose age and experience entte him to your
confidence. Considering these things DR.. Chas H. Tozer
has concluded to inform that afflicted Advertising
his place Of business stating that he has been successful
practitioner for over twenty five years, and has
Attended and Cured Hundrcds,
when they have been considered by other physicians and
have been them past recovery Thereore
you may rely upon him in whom secresy and the
utmost confidence can be placed.
DR.. c. II. 7. would invite all that afflicted to call
him and he does not administer for them there will be
charge made. let false decacy prevent you but ap
sequences which must follow those who neglect to receive
attendance.
Dr. c. H. Tozer's Office Is on 9Th street. near the Belv
dere Hotel; between and streets His
ranged that the Doctor be consulted without the fear
Of molestation.
AS- Office hours. from in the morning until in the
evening c. II. TOZER N. ID.
lily 9Th st., between and X, Sacramento.