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miraculous Fcrn1in DESTROYER.


Rats, ntcc, Tole*. lsu&s. Ho*1u1tocss
Ikoachcs, Flcas, Moths, Garden
1urccts, Ants, 1c.
THE CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS
L. k-owa under the above Title frr Tie fAat , yesrs
trou3nout tcznp". WacEe tkey hav- E5et With iriSEi
ph7t success. have acquired for tl-!r 1ast3tor ani
MAnafac:ure: vo.vde celebrity a'ts4ttd by ~ E.s'
reurs nj Russia France. AustEts the llteu o! Lax
lad tie klrs5 u lie Elua- uri +ad, NaS.:a.
Saroay. Ac-: nuu ta America ie!r Ell seaey has been
endorsed hY thu Directors a Publ c lnsntnls III!
tue approval Of private ctzs sn ths, they Az
tie only remedies the world to e1te.sa1Ate al
KIN Is Of vessn!a.
Meyers Miraculnus pze;ara..ons destroy the u7us!-
COME iEtsudeEs with 1ut merry -I nave; fall H1s at
rr1axt death rllio1s Ct tec7 =! LIE world AID
from tbs day tie wAt.aEol Of a hnu>e<se?trs
caaa:A ship oHacsA aaI tusb baadn=n will BE- ''co
TeEtan. .
tNHeta1 pacxa1s froc1 y c.nts 10 41.c1 TxaXs-Slx
Csotu.s i've cent oil for cash tsu ageaa. Depot
OF tie ilyeat,s an PROPRIETOR.
JOSEPH MEYER. Practical Chemist
CT Bsoau1ay, tcoz. HoE.son-s~.}Sew York.
General As:as for tue Cnitel states xad Caaadss
FKtDGtlCk \. R,'5i1:iS: DSuxxs:- ~ !" A.tos
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LEATHER, .tSD HIDE STORE.
2Ol md 1O3 South Water Street, .

CHICAGO ILLINOIS.
We a:e c,:.asa 1t: u !scs!v: o.. T.a:eE staet Of
FRENCH KIP AND CALF
Which has htsn selected ,rcc1 - MsnrActuFesa Stack
i: Paris by &E. l. T. Blackburn TIE GEa!it7 Is
perto.. and VI. be s1ld LOW FOX the QUALITY. Asc-
Ptuad-iphi2 K2.
eis k:p 'or Back.
s!Acx:.te.ed LEATHER, h.st quality.
traE!ih do do do
ulE s.a%ehte' Sole.
Eecalock A.t Ok G. pe-.
Ee2lock. k.p ea1 Cali bklcs.
G:t2gs Kaaas. All Fin 3toss
Lasts Cg4ret.3s Aacaa:A Dc.
R.T. BIichBrRN l. ggo.,
2ol l. xoQ3,...........,.....SOU WATER-ST-
t1WASTED-G.een a1d pr7 Hides. tcr v1ich tas
h'k-ett nlrEe: price = Il bc BAD oc!t oh4-ly
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4 WELL IMPROVED FARM OF ONE
a anrtEsd and TEeive screa, With m abundance OF
mea AL Fa: H1;er. caa b bou1at al vsfJ low price
lA's 1An within mile aat b III Of the GA!eas Ri
cat ~! ihr saae distance r. Datays "a ihe Ru-.
u :ton Ac.d. aoou' Ais<5.aTo rles nom Chteaso
;aeefl ;isa-nenl c. p.'h-
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Tatat .23 1o555o3 s+9zGss q e5d a1
The amount Of Flour manufactured in St.
Louis during the past year compares as fol-
Iowa:
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ing:
OF those sold at the cattle market il Forty
fourth street, the great Bulls Head Of America,
We hare over thousand week from Illinois,
which is the greatest beef producing State in
the Unioa.
1t has furnished apparently almost twice as
much as the State OF New York, and in reality
mora than double, beeruse many reported from
this State actually came from the West, stop
ping only long enough to gain residence. Some
Of the States nearest to the city, have furnished
only very smalI portion of the whole number.
The receipts from tho Western States compare
~ GtEi-,WS.
, 1859-01-06

Tho receipts Of High~tnes at St. Louis sho1
falling of as compared With 1857. The follow
ing are the receipts for serles Of years:
, 1859-01-06

Tic total imports Of foreign dry gools at New
York, from ls49 to 1858, inclusive, were a. fol-
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WAy Orr .ctnt to Neu york-J1e game for Tie
Sueeession-Lord Napitr's Rtcah-Orerturts
from tie Fire Eaters to the British Gorern-
rn<nt-IariV dnd i'leiGc Hril-oad-John Nu.
gents Nissioa to Frazer Kirtr.
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The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
Soap Plant.


The California soap plant is described in
that excellent little paper, the Placerville'
Observer:
We know very little about botany, and
we are quite ignorant of the classification
and name of this singular plant, which is So
abundant in our foot hills. There is one
peculiarly about it, which is very singular.
The plant at first shoots up into a perpendc-
uar stalk, which attains usually about five
feet in height From this stalk, side branch
es spring out to the length Of eighteen in
ches or two feet. These branches are thick.
ly studded with buds, which, in shape, re-
semble tiny dumb BELLS There is nothing
very remarkable in the shape or appearance
of the plant, but the popularity to which we
have alluded consists in its odd manner of,
blooming The blossoms open during the
night time, and never open but once-yet,
this is not the novelty which we are endeav-
.oring to get at. If any one will take the
trouble to watch the plant for few nights
consecutively after it begins to bloom, he
will perceive that on the first night, about
four inches of the root Of each branch "wias
be covered with open blossoms; the next,
night these will all be found closed, aud four
inches higher on the branches will be in full
bloom; and so on until the buds are exhauat-
ed. In word, the plant blossoms in Sec
tions of four inches at a time.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
From Arizona.

The Ay;zonian of the I'd of June came to
hand by the southern mail stage. We ex-
tract the following:
Mr.. Zepeta, an cnterprising merchant of
Altar, Sonora, has lately opened wagon
road from Altar to Port Lobos, on the Gulf,
and erected warehouse there. lie is now
occupied in connecting Altar by wagon road
with the settled portion of Arizona. Should
the Mexican Government permit the opening
of this port, and allow free transit through
the country, Lobos will become the seaport
of Arizona, being distant from Tubac and
Tucson about two hundred miles. We have
no doubt but the port would be opened, and
free transit guaranteed, were proper steps
taken by our Government. The greater
portion of the new road to Port Lobos is
owe, level country with good pasturage.
Signors Escalante and Retas, dispatched
as Commissioners by the Sonorians of Cali
fornia, were in Mazatan, lately. They had
an interview with Gov. Pesquiera, and OBJ
taned large concessions Of land on the rivers
Yaqui and Mayo, for the Colony to Settle
They would return to San Francisco in the
course of month to complete their arrange,
mentS Tor the emparkatlon OF the 'hatlve
Sonoranans" from California.
lartes who had lately visited the Papago
country ha pronounced it one of the richest
mineral regions in the world. Some speci,
mems of silver ore were brought to Tubec
that Welded on assay sxty-fve per cent Of
silver. One great drawbackto mining opera
tions in the region is the want of sufficient
water. Artesian wells will be needed.
There was a rnmor that the Yaqu Indians
of Sonora had "revoutionized," and were
causing considerable alarm.
Gov. Pesquiera had issued peremptory
otder fer the confscation of the vast estates
of Don Manuel Gandara, in Sonora. They
will be sold for the benefit of the Govern
ment and to replenish the treasury of the
successful party.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
View from Mount Diablo.

We extract the subjoned from letter to
the Alta:
The view from the summit is uninterrupt-
ed in every direction, and with good glass
on a clear day, the streets and houses of San
Francisco are very perceptible; sufficiently
so to distinguish particular buildings Stock
ton and Sacramento may be seen under sim
liar conditions. Those who are fond of
watching the gliding of the earth when Sol
rises or sets, may here indulge themselves
to their hearts content, but there is much
grander sight than even that, for those who
are enthusiastic enough to encamp at night
on the summit, that they may see the morn
ing glories. You will be surprised when
tell you that dense fog, so unacceptable to
the denseness of the lower regions, affords
this grander sight have seen several such
and think them the most impressive and
grandest of natures wonders, throwing the
suns rising or setting completely into insig
nifcance. Far as the eye could reach a
slowly moving mass of gigantic translucent
vapors, travelling in statel ly grandeur, were
spread out hundreds of feet below us, utterly
obscuring hill and valley, as much so as
though they had been what they much re-
sembled, the gigantic pillows raised by a
mighty storm; and then as the power Of the
suns rays dispersed their force, might be
seen peepng through the ocean of foam first
one and then another hill top, until an archi-
pelago of islands was exposed, and the
vopors following the various inequalities of
the land might be seen tumbling over the
hillsdes grand as Niagara's mighty cataract.
None who have once seen this sight are like
ly to forget it.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
HOTELS.
HOTELS.
METROPOLITAN HOTEL,
(LATE RASSETTE HOUSE)

Corner of Bush s. SaMSOme streets,
S.4.N FRANCISCO.
SAMUEL TODD, E. ARMSTRONG.
TENHlS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, having been
Il recently completed and furnished in the most
sumptuous manner, presents now superior induce
ments to any hotel on the Pacific coast for con-
venience, comfort and luxury.
The house is never closed, and strangers can
rely on receiving every attention that will con-
duce to their comfort.
THE TABLE will at all times be furnished with
every delicacy the market affords. The SLEEP
NC APARTMENTS having been thoroughly re-
newed, patrons of the heuse can rely on being
well accommodated
This house being conveniently situated presents
all the advantages Of private home with the
best requisites of public hotel. Families ac-
commodatcd with board at the most reasonable
rates. TODD ~ ARMSTRONG.
August 9TH, 1855
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

KossUTH IN SARDIN1A.-A letter from
Turin says; Kossuth, of whom nobody has
heard in England for some timo, or even
bere is secretly at work in Sardinia, where
he is incognito. and holding communication
bv means of emisssries with the Hungarian
portion of the army-one-third of the
whole, and the very troops which formerly
defeated the Austrians under his authority
and which have been removed to Italy, in
order to keep them as far as possible from
their native land. Here they have been fra
ternizing with the Italians through the in.
strumentalty Of Kossuth, and probably will
revolt in body at last. Already there is
division and dissension between the Austrian
and Hungarian commanders, and that is an.
other reason which accounts for the tardy
movements of the Austrian troops.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

HEAVY SUIT.-A Miss Effie Cantang, an
old maid, Of St. Louis. has sued Mr.. Hen
ry Shaw, of the same city, for the sum of
100000 for breach Of marriage, we sup
pose. Shaw is said to be worth 81, ,20O,O 900.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
Taste the Spring Of Water Flowing.

Taste the spring of water flowing
Clearly from the green-hill side,
Tints of heavens blue azure glowing,
Smile upon the sparkling tide;-
Quench your thirst with stream life-giving,
Blooming health they ever bring,
Drink oh! drink those waters living,
Bubbling up from Natures spring.
Who would drink full draughts of sorrow
From the cups of maddening joy?
Shun the pleasure, for the morrow
Bring curse of dire alloy
For the monster Vice alluring,
With his false, deceitful charms,
Still would lead to woe enduring
Mercy shields us from his arms
Ladies, in your cause uniting,
Join to put intemperance down,
And the glorious warfare fighting,
Will at last receive crown.
Young and old the pledge receiving,
Shun the drunkards sinful joy;
And the precious truth believing,
All escape from runs decoy.
Taste this spring of joy and gladness,
Natures pure and simple stream
Woe shall flee, and pining sadness
Be like some forgotten dream
Ouench your thirst with streams life-giving
Blooming health and joy they bring;
Drink and love those waters living,
Gushing from the mountain spring.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

The remains of the CHRISTIAN hero Have
lock, lie in a dirty kitchen garden, at Luck
now, India, the only mark to designate the
spot being his name rudely cut in the bark
Of a neighboring tree.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

De Quincy tells an anecdote Of . man,
who, on being threatened by an assault by
dozen aud half Of tailors, cried out
"Come on, both Of you.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

STRANGER THAN FIcrIoS.-Itis Is said that
Lola Montez has embraced religion, and is
now leading retired and devotional life,
having quietly settled down in Piccadlly,
London.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

The opposition steamer which will leave
on the 5th Of July for Panamais the Cortez,
which has been recently refitted at cost Of
100000. She is said to be a fine sea boat.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

Cyrus w. Field was al last accounts
about leaving for London, to renew his At
lantc Telegraph labors. He will superin-
tend the making Of new cable.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

The Hannibal (Mo) Gazette says that
Richard Golden has joined Mr.. Greeley in
his Journey 10 California.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
American County Convention.

The Members Of the American Party are re-
quested to send Delegates to attend County
Convention, to be held at Auburn, on
Tuesday, the 18th day Of July, A. d. 1850.
The basis established by the County Central
Committee gives the following representation:
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

WE have on hand. and are receiving by every
w clipper from the Atlantic States, additions
to our large stock of assorted merchandise, which
is purchased entirely for cash. We are enabled to
sell to the Country Trade at as low prices as the
Jobbers at San Francisco. Our stock consists in
part of
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
apples, dried !; and kits; Soda;


do fresh, ,inMustard, Eng'h, ,Shovels;
tins; Eastern Cal;Sugar. bbls, hfs
Axe handles; Matches; and boxes;
Beef, dried; Maccaroni; do Crushed;
Bacon; Mince meat; do Powdered
Butter; Nails spikes; do Ground;
Beans; Nutmegs; do Granulatd
Buckets Oysters; do N. Orleans
BrOOms; Onions; DO China;
Barley; Ol,Olive, Polar do Batavia;
Candles, asst'd.; Lard sperm; do Manila;
Currents, dried;Peaches, dried; do S. F. refd
Coffee, ground; fresh, in tins; bbls. his.
do Java; Paper; Tobacco, Grape;
do Rio; Pie Fruit, Eng. do Sun;
Cheese; American; do Peach;
Cream Tartar; Pepper; do Fruit;
Corn, green, tins, Pickles; do Strawberry
Cards; Peas, do Apricot;
Goldfish; Pipes; do Spanish;
Cramberries; Pencils; do Watscr's
Chicken roast; Flick handles; Smoking;
Corn meal Pork clear and do Goodwin's
Camphene; mess; Smoking;
Candy; Pepper sauce do Natl leaf;
CLANS; Potatoes; Tomato Catsup;
Caps. percussion ;Raisins, i, and Turkey, in tins;
Crackers, soda; whole boxes; Twine, cotton;
do sugar; Rice, Carolina, Tacks, assorted;
do boston; China, Bata-Tea. green, i'm
Flour, Haxall Il via, Manila perial, gun
Gallego; Patna; powder, black;
do CAL; Soap Hills pallet omatos, in tins
do Buckw't; do Chem, Olive; ;Tapioca;
do Rye; Syrup, Boston inVermicill;
Hams, various; kegs and bbls.Vinegar;
Hominy; do San Fran-Y east Powders;
Honey, in tins; cisco, kegs do; Preston Merr-
Jelles; Starch; ills;
Jams Salt A great variety
Lobsters; Strawberries, in of Spices and
Lard. tin kegs; tins; Case goods,
Mackerel hf bblsSardnes, i & boxes;
LIQ U O r S!
English Ale and Porter, SaLterne;
in casks and bottles; Choice French Brandes;
San Francisco Ale, bbls American do
and half. Holland Gin;
Stoughton Bitters; American Gin;
Hostetter's do Club House Gin;
Boxers do New England Rum;
Woolfs Schnapps; Jamaica Rum;
Voldner's do Scotch Whisky;
Turner's Ginger Wine; Bourbon Whisky;
Gordon 8 raspbe'y syrup; Monon gahela Whisky;
Barbeir's do do Lemon Syrnp;
Shey, port clar't winelA genl assor't Of Liquor
Orders for goods not in our line will receive
prompt attention.
All goods shipped to our care will be forwarded
with dispatch to all parts of the mines
Febl9-3m SHEATH & ARNOLD.
sws ~ ROBERTFISHER,
Undertaker.--Allo orders as Un-
dertaker, promptly attended to.
JOB PRINTING.
nF all kinds, neatly executed atthe PLACER
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02
SACRAMENTO.
SACRAMENTO.
SHEATH & ARNOLD,
NO. 1913 J STREET, CORNER OF Eth,
Sacramento.
Sacramento.

Agents for the New Idrfa Quicksilver,
(The purest and best article in the State y
Agents for the Imperial Insurance Co.,
and Northern Insurance Company,
for Fire and Life.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-02

ROBERTFISHER,
.--All orders as Un-
dertaker, promptly attended to. So
[n.v344] F..s..tt r. J.FlSHER.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
Census Abstract.

The following is an abstract of the census
Of Muscatins county, (not including the city,
by townships. We are indebted to Judge
Thayer, who has taken the trouble to compile
the abstract from returns just received at his
office, for the privilege of publishingit. The
census Of tho city will not be completed till
about the middle Of next month. The County
Judge is about publishing pamphlet con.
tanning the road, revenue and other laws, for
gratuitous circulation among the citizens of
the county, in which this census table will
also appear.
From this report, it will be seen that the
population of the county, without the city, is
lO,675. The number of males exceeds the
number Of females 677. great many inter.
estlng facts will be found set forth in the table
Among them we call attention to the
number Of acres Of land cultivated with sor-
ghum, last year, (129a,) and the number of
gallons of molasses (9seD produced there. |
from. This new crop promises to become |
staple product with us. But we give tn.
report without further comment.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
A CHAPTER ON RTIoUETrE.-Ws

A CHAPTER ON RTIoUETrE.-Ws
have sometimes heard it asked, "1n tho
case Of lady and gentleman meet
ing each other on tho street, who should
speak frstl" We clip the following
for the benefit of those who have not
before had the question satisfactorily
answered:
Nothing is so lily understood in our
country as those conventional laws Of
society so we'll understood and practic-
ed in Europe. Ladies complain that
gentlemen pass them on the street un-
noticed, when in fact the fault arises
from their own breach of politeness.-
1t is their duty to do the amisble first ;
for it is the privilege Of ladies to choose
their associates or acquaintances. No
gentleman will like to risk the "cut"
in the street by . lady through = pre-
mature salute. Too many ladies, it
would seem, do not know or understand
this feature of true politeness. Meet
ing ladies in the street, whom one has
casually met in company, they seldom
bow unless the gentleman bows first;
and when gentleman ever departs
from the rule Of good breeding, except
occasionally, by way Of experiment.,
his acquaintances do not multiply, but
he stands, probably, charged with rude
ness. A lady must be civil to gen.
tleman in whose company she is casu-
ally placed but 6 ntleman is not,
upon this, to presume upon an acquaint-
anoeship the first time he meets her af-
terwards on the street. If it be her
will, she should give the first token Of
recognition, when the gentleman may
bow; otherwise he must pass on and
consider himself . stran ger. No lady
need hesitate to bow to a gentleman
for he will promptly and politely an
swer, even if he has forgotten his fair
salutor. No one but q brute can do
otherwise. Should he pass on rudely,
his character is declared, and there is
cheap riddalee. Politsness and
good breeding is like law-':the reason
Of things"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

The FALL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIv.
ER.-TLe rate of descent necessary to
produce rapid current in river il
very slight. A fall of 10 inches to the
mile is sufficient to obstruct navigation.
1t is owing to the very slight descent
in the Mississippi river that it is navi-
gable to SO great an extent. We learn
from an article in the Journal Of the
Geographical and Statistical Socie-
ty, that the rate of descent in this riv-
er below its junction with the Ohio, is
but 2.6 inches to the mile, and from
the mouth Of the Minnesota to tho
Ohio 5.76 inches. The total fall,
from the mouth Of the Minnesota to the
Gulf of Mexico, 1892 miles, is 744
feet ; or at the rate Of 4.07 inches t,
tho mile. The greatest fall is between
the Rock Island Rapids and the Ohio
ga inches 10 the mile.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

FASHIONABLE WOMEN. Fashion
kills more women than toll and sorrow.
Obedience to fashion is greater trans
gression of the laws Of woman's nature,
a greater injury to her physical and
mental constitution, than the hardships
Of poverty and neglect. The slavewo-
man at her tasks will live ard grow old,
and see two or three generations of her
mistresses fade and pass away. The
washerwoman, with scarce ray OF
hope to cheer her in her tolls, will live to
see her fashionable sisters die all around
her. The kitchen maid is hearty and
strong, when her lady has to be nursed
like sick baby. 1t is sad truth
that fashion-pampered women are al
most worthless for all the good ends Of
life. They have but little force of
character they have still less power
of moral will, and quite as little phys
ical energy. They live for no great
purpose in life-they accomplish no
great ends. They are only doll forms
in the hands of milliners and servants,
to be dressed and fei to order. They
dress nobody; they bless nobody, and
save nobody. They write no books !,
they set no rich example Of womanly
life and virtue. If they rear children;
servants and nurses do all, save give
them birth. And when reared, what
are they? What do they ever amount
to, but weaker scions of the old stock ?
Who ever heard of fashionable wo-
mans child exhibiting any virtue and
power Of mind for which it became
eminent? !? Read the biographies of
our great and good men and women.
Not one of them had q fashionable
mother. They nearly all sprung from
women Of strong hands and minds
women who had about as little to do
with fashion as with the changing
clouds.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
~-There are at least 10000, 900 acres

There are at least 20, 900, 600 acres Of
land in Iowa owned by spectators owned
by men who do not now and never expect to
cultivate it. In Northwestern Iowa there
are good many millions of acres of land
belonging to the Government, besides con-
siderable quantity in the Western and North
ern part OF the State. Should the State con-
tinue to increase as rapidly as heretofore in
population--say at the rate of 2OO,O per
annum--actual settlers will be likely to need
from 5000, 900 to 100000 acres yearly.
But they will buy the largest part from the
Government, and Epeculators will not be likely
to sell more than 100000 acres yearly, at
the outside. Consequently, ten years will be
required to realize upon their investments.
And if some of them who expected to make
fortunes don't get sick of their Iowa prairie
lands before that period rolls round, we are
much mistaken. The interest upon the
original investment and taxes will bring the
cost up to round sum-nearly enough per
acre to pay for an improved farm.
We see no remedy for this except in owners
Immediately taking possession, improving
and cultivating their quarter-sections, and
becoming useful and producing citizens of
Iowa, thus developing the resources of our
State, and improving their own condition and
prospects in life.-Burlington Hawkeye.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

TGen. Lane has issued an address to
the people of Kansas, in which he gives an
account of the killingof Jenkins. He declares
that, when he received notice of the coming
of Jenkins into his inclosure, he earnestly
dissuadsd him; that, when the entrance WAS
made, he was fired at three times before he
returned the fire; that, when he did, he only
used shot; and he "appeals to Almighty God
for the truth of his statement that he had no
intention Of killing Jenkins, but expected
only to knock him down and disable him.
He reiterates his determination of remaining
in private life, and, referring to the charges
brought against him by his enemies, says:
$50 long as it affords those indulging in them
either pleasure or profit, let them howl, until
their very throats crack. My history is
before the people of Kansas, and to their
judgment will cheerfully submit"