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keokuk, Ft Des Moines and MINI.
2lEsl
RAILROAD.
Open to Independence, 50 mls.
CHANGE or TIME.
TWO TRAINS EACH WAY.

nN and after MONDAY, SEPT. f7th 1890,
~ aud until further natlce, daily sratns
will run each way (sundays exceptedl ~ follows:
MAIL TRAIN.
VIII leave KEOKUK at $40 a. m, arriving
at INDEPENDENCE. at o n. m.
Returning INDEPENDENCE at s p. ma.
and arrives at KE0Kuk at s:35 p. IN.
FREIGHT 4 ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leaves INDEPENDENCE at 5:4o M M,
arriving in kEokUK alto u. m.
Returning--Leaves KE0EUK Mt A:f0 p. ma, and
arrives at INDEPENDENCE at s:eo p. nm.
VS.. Passengers taking the Mail Train from keo-
kuk at $40 make connections with
Stages running directly through 10
0ttumwa--aFriving there at l2 M. the same day.
HR0IGH TECK ETS. low an
lowest, may be had at the Office for all points
in Middle, Western and Southern Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, &c, DC.
TICKET 0FfICE-At the Depot, foot of
johnson street. ". III. HIGGINS,
sept. ii, 'o0.d1w Superintendent.
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flHEK KysURAN1E.
Missouri State Mutual
FIRE AND MAXINE INSURANCE toMPANY
OF ST. LOUIS.
DIRECTORS.
J.s. Mocune, s. NJ. Edgell, C.s. ireely,
Nymsn, 9. Ii. Peck, D.W.Alexander.
amos smith, a. b. .Pemeroy, d. ID. Page
RS ELLIOTT, ,See'y. s.M. EDGELL PRESS
soExTRA-EAzAEpoUs Risks YAKEr
F.B. HOLMES, asneral Agent.
dso2 dly A. .BRIDHhAk, As't, keokuk.
Nk- THokFeof. D. VI. BAILEY
MN. THOmPsON co.,
BANKERS,
Corner OF Main ana second Sta.
KEOKU IOWA
Nov. I'D
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THE PENNSYLVANIA
@ K N T r AL r ALL r q A y i.
eco mites Doubae Track

3 EHA F7zE .
7ae Capacity Of thss Road ts now Eqxalte any II
the Cowstrg.
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w. II. BARRETT,
SUCCESSOR TO q. A. DuKE.)
MANUFACTURES AND DEALER IN
ROOTS AND SHOES

~ I.2b to So ,2J. Ladies Kid Slippers, so
cts t0N rs. Ladies Caters Of all kinds. Eng
glish French, and Italian silk Lasting Of all col
ors Congress aud Side Lace With and without
heels cheaper than
Misses and Ghildren's Kid Arcle Ties and ship
pers Boots and Caters, al! sizes, With without
heels cheaper than the cheapest Mems and Boy's
Boots, aud shoes, and Caters: Patent Leather,
Calf, and Kip, sewed and pegged, Home made and
Eastern, cheap for cash. Heenan shoes, Plow
Shoes, AMI farmers Caters, and oxford Ties
French Calf, and sewed, and pcgged, always on
hand, and made to order on short notice.
DO not forget the place. No. ID Main street
Sign of the Mammoth Boot.
keokuk, June Is, 1860. w. III. BARNETT.
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rR LIVERY STABLE! IN

ON Esrst-sI., bet. Main g. Johnson
LIORSES, BUGGIEs and CARRIAGES Of the
Il best class always ready for hire. 4
Horses boarded by the day or week at prices to
suit the times.
Tran sient custonlers accomm odated.
Orders for the Omnibus to run TO and from The
Rairo lus and Staamboa left at the Stable or the
81. Cha rles Hotel, will be promptly attended to.
decl0d V.VAsUkSDAL.
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INNS. suEPHsERD.

FIsAYL0R BROS superior London Mustard
aplSd CoLLIEkS a R0RKRTSoS.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

The Splendor of Damascus.

Damascus is the oldest city in the world.
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the
shore Baalbec is q ruin Palmyra is bur.
ried in the sand of the desert Nineveh
and Babylon have disappeared from the
Tigris and Euphrates; Damascus remains
what it was before the days of Abraham
"a centre of trade and travel, an island of
verdure in desert, "a predcstined capital
with martial and sacred associations OK.
tending through more than thirty centuries.
1t was "ncar Damascus" that Saul of Tar.
sus saw the 'light from heaven above the
brightness of the sum" the street which is
called Strait, in which it is said "he pray.
eth, still runs through the city. The car
avan comes and goes as it did thousand
years ago there are still the sheik the ass,
and the water-w wheel the merchants of the
Euphratcs aud of the Mediterranean, still
occupy these "with the multitude of
their wares" The City which Mohammcd
surveyed from ncighboring height, and
was afraid to enter because it is given to
have but one Paradise, and for his part he
was resolved not to have it in this world is
to this day, what Julian called the eye OF
the East, as it was in the time of Isaiah
''tho head of Syria" From Damascus
came the DamsoR or blue plum, and the
delicious apricot of portugal, called Da.
masco damask, our beautiful fabric oi
cotton and silk, with vines and flowers
raised upon smoothc, bright ground the
dama'k rose, introduced into England in
the time of Henry VIII; the Damascu,
blade, SO famous the world over for it.
keen edge and wonderful elasticity, Tho
secret Of whose manufacture was lost wher
Tamerlane carried off the arts into Persia
and the beautiful art Of inlaying wood ant
steel with silver and gold, a kind of mosa
ic-cngraving and sculpture unitcd-call
! ed Damaskcouiug, with which boxes anc
bureaus, and guns are oruamcntcd. 1t i
still a city of flowers and bright water
the streams of Lebanon, the "rivcrs 0
Damascus" the "rivcrs of gold" still mur
muir and sparkle in the wilderness of "Sy
rian gardens
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
A NARROW ESCAPE.

"Comc, Joe, tell us what made you turn
pale awhile ago when Jack told us that he
had seen grave, and asked whose it |
wasp
"Bah, boys. turn pale, dill T. There
are circumstances in the lives of most men
who live on the frontier, which, to have
them recalled, will make them turn pale.
And mentioning that grave, and asking
whose it was, recalled fearful event in
my experience. But as the night is young
yet, will tell you about it; and perhaps
it will be warning to you never to trust
too much to stranger, or throw tcmpta-
tion in his way"
Thus spoke your humble servant some
months ago, to party of prospectors, of
whom he was one. Tho following is the
story 10 which | alluded above:
Several years ago, was out with a
patty prospecting for silver, high up the
ella River. We had been some time with
out meeting with any success, and were
returning to Fort Yuma, disgustod with
the country. We had left the Pines vii
lage days journey behind us, when we
fell in with man travelling the same way
that we were. lie was without grub or
blankets, and said he was going to Califor-
MIA. AS We had some spare mules, we
told him that if he could ride pack sad
die he could go with us as far as Fort
Yuma. None of US liked the looks of the
fellow. He had such thoroughly villain
Gus expression. But as he seemed so bad
ly used up, we took pity on him and made
him the offer that we did. He accepted
without any hesitation. We found him
taciturn, never speaking unless he was
spoken to. When we campcd he would
take the saddle Of his mule and 90 of by
himself,ueyer helping to get the grub ready
and when it was ready he would come and
pitch in with the rest of US.
However, though we did not like him
or his actions, We said nothing, thinking
he might have some secret sorrow that We
had no right to pry into. We had tray
eled two days when what l am about to
tell you occurred. We had campcd at
noon, and as the weather was very warm
some one proposed that we should all take
bath. All had felt that it would be a
delicious cool amusement, bathing in the
shade of the cottonwood trees which hung
over the banks of the river, We stripped
instanter, and were soon enjoying our
selves gloriously- L had belt around me
with several twenties in it, and took it off
to give me free play in the water. l laid
it down on my clothes carelessly, never
thinking of hiding it from any of the com
pany, as they all knew that had the
money, and l had no idea that the stran-
ger would be tempted TO take it. As came
out of the wafer, noticed the stranger
looking very longing at my belt, but
thought no more about it.
That night, from some cause, could
not sleep well, and when | would fall into
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
He Died Poor.

at was sad funeral to me-" said the
speaker "the saddcst / have attended for
years"
"That Of Edmondscn ?"
eyes"
GLOW did he die ~
"Poor-poor as poverty his life was
one long struggle with the world, and at
every disadvantage. Fortune mocked him
all the while with gilded promises that
were destined never to know fulfllment."
"Iet he was patient and enduring" re-
marked one of the company.
"Patieut as a Christian-onduring as a
martyr" was the answer. "Poor man,
he was worthy of better fate. He ought
to have succeeded, for he deserved sues
cess"
"Did he not :uccced - questioned the
one who had spoken Of his perseverance
and endurance.
"No, sir; he died poor, as 7 have just
said. Nothing that he put his hands to
ever succeeded a strange fatality scemed
to attend every enterprise
II was with him in his last moments "
said another, "and thought he died rich. :"
"No, he has left nothing behind" was
replied. The heirs will have no concern
as to the administration of the estate"
''EIc left good name,' said ono, "and
that is something
"Aud legacy of noble deeds that were
done in the name of humanity" remarked
another.
"Lessons of patience in suffering, oI
hope in adversely, of heavenly confidence
when no sunbcams fell upon his bcwildcr'
ing path," was the testimony Of another
"And high trust, manly courage, heroit
fortitudc."
"Thon he died rich ~ was the cmphati,
declaration; ''richcr than the millionaire
who went to his long home the same day
a miserable pauper in all but gold =
sad funeral, did you say! No, my friend
it was rather 4 triumphal procession No
the burial of a human clod, but the ccrc
monial attendant of translation of an an
gel Did not succeed Why, his whole lif
was a series of success. In every conAic
he came off the victor, and now the vic
tors crown is OH his brow. Any grasping
soulless, selfish man, with share of brain:
may gather in money, and learn the art c
keeping it; but not one in a hundred ca
bravely conquer in the battle of life a
Edmonston has conquered, and step fort
from the ranks of men Christian hero.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
p R A l S E.

1.-THE following hymn is by Robson. the author o
'Jne, thou Foint of every blessing -
Mighty God while angels bless thee,
May mortal lisp thy namel
Lord Of men, as well as angels!
Thou art every creatures theme
Lord of every land and nation,
Ancient of eternal daysl
Sounded through the wide creation,
Be thy just and awful praise,
For the grandeur Of thy nature,
Grand beyond srr1ph's thought;
For the wonders of creation,
Works with skill and Kindness wrought;
For thy providence that governs
Through thine empires wide domain,
Wings an angel, guides sparrow,
Blessed be thy gentle reign.
But thy rich, thy free redemption,
Bright through darkncss all along
Thought is poor. and poor expressions
Who can sing that woudcrous song
Brightness 0fthe Fathers ploryl
Shall thy praise unutter,d liz!
sIreak my tongue such guilty silence
Sing the Lord who came to die
From the highest throne uf glory
To the cross Of deepest woe,
All TO ransom guilty captivcs
Flow my praise. forever flow
Come, and OH to Lave never,
Come, Lord Jesus, take thy thrope
Quickly come, aud reign forever
De the Kingdom all thine own
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
Orangeville, Oct. 9Th 1860.

We once heard fellow, famous all over
the country for his tough yarns, tell the
following. lie was telling what heavy
wheat, he had seen in New York;
MY father said he, 'once had a field of
wheat, the heads of which were so close
together that the wild turkeys when they
came to eat could walk around on the top
Of it anywhere.
We suggested that the turkeys must
have been small ones.
no sir continued he 'they were worry
large ones, l shot one of them, one day,
and when l took hold of his legs to carry
him his head dragged in the snow behind.
"A curious country you must have had
to snow in harvest time =
well declare said he looking little
foolish, \ reckon Tve got part Of tsco stO-
yieS mired!
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
How a Child may do Good.

"Oh dear if L were only u boy, and
could earn money as Willie does, might
do some good in the world" says some
little longing spirit that wants to be of
" some use to somcbody,"- but | am only
little girl, and 1 can not do any thing
Oh dear. :"
We can all do more good than we think
dear children, if we only try, and if we
are willing to do little things instead of
waiting to do some great thing. | will
tell you how one little girl did grea
deal of good without knowing it. Her
mother sat one morning busy at her work
feeling very sadly. Her husband had
lost his property apd was out Of business,
and the future looked dark, as she thought
of the many, many dollars it would take
to feed, aud clothe, and educate her little
ones, so that they could take care of
themselves, and be useful to others. The
cloud was growing thick about her, and
her eyes were binding with tears, when
dear little child, at her play, broke out
in singing the single line.
What ever we want he will kindly provide
and then the play went on as before. The
little girl, only five years old, knew not
how much good she had done by that one
line of comfort. Her mothers heart was
chccred. She felt rcprovcd, too, for she
had been thinking all the time there was
no one but the parents to plan and do for
their children, when it was the Lord who
was going to do it all, and they were only
to carry out his plans SO far as he should
make them known.
That was II very little thing to do, and
yet it made the mother happy many days.
Another time, when in trouble, very
soothing were the words Of the same chill
dish voice
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

A BAD CHARAcTER.-Wo always were
aware of the Importance of preserving n
good reputation for truth and honesty, but
we have met with nothing lately, so well
calculated to impress the disadvantages, of
having bad character upon the mind, as
the following anecdotc:
4 mortal fever prevailed on board Il
ship at sea, and negro man was appoint
ed to throw the bodies of those who died
from time to time overheard. One day
when the Captain was on deck, he saw the
negro dragging out of the forecastlc a sick
man who was struggling violently to eXtri-
cate himself from :he negro's grasp, and
demonstrating very bitterly against the
cruelty of being buried alive.
"What are yon going to do with that
man, you black rascal - said the captain
"Going to throw him overheard, massa,
cause he dead =
"Dead you scoundrol," said the cap
tain, "dont you see he moves and speaks :
"Yes, massa, know he says he no dead
but he always lie SO, nobody never kna'c
mhcm 10, 6cLieUe linn !"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

A PoRTLANDER travelling towards Man
chester, n. H., arrived at the fork of n
road where their stood sign board which
read thus; "Manchester four miles,
"Man chased her four miles !" cried Pat,
"Be the houly poker, and it's mosilf u
like to know what's the maneing Of post
schript like that"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

A YOUNG lady has discovered the rea-
son why married man, from the age of
thirty years and upwards, are more or less
bald they scratch the hair off in dismay
at their wives long milliner bills
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

EXTRAORDINARILY most extraor-
binary event that we have lately heard of
was, that gentleman having had bor-
rowed book in his possession only tea
years, returned it uninjurcd and unsolici-
ted, although the owners name was not
written on the title page. Is not such a
circumstance worthy of honorable men
ton?
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
Why He Emigrated.

It is well known that old Abe Lincoln, !
the Northern Disunion candidate for the
Presidency, cmigrated from Kentucky to
Illinoise in early life But the reason why
he emigrated is not generally understood.
We have found it out.
Old Abc's extreme uglincss has been re-
marked by all who have seen him or his
picture. We are reliably informed that it
was his frightful phiz that led to his exodus
from his native State. His father was
stakeholder, and he got along finely with
his slaves before Abe was born. He treat
ed them we'll, as Southern gentlemen gen.
orally treat their negroes, and they were
happy and contcnted, and never thought
of going off the plantation. But when
Abe came into the world and the house
servants saw him pucker his mouth for an
assault on the maternal bosom, they all
got scared and run away. When he grew
old enough to walk out, and the field hands
got glimpse of him, they went after the
house servants and never came back. And
I when he became young man and got to
riding around the ncighborbood, the mig
gers decamped from every plantation he
visited. 1t was the first time in their lives
that they had seen Il living thing uglier
than themselves, and the apparation was
too much for them. They imagined that
the day of Judgment was near at hand,
and that "the old boy was going around
to pick his men in advance.
At length the Shareholders resolved that
they would no longer submit to the scar
ing away of their servants, and they ap-
pointed committee to wait on Abe and
request him to leave lie was advised to
30 to Illinois, where his ugliness might
be turned to good account in soaring away
the wolves with which that region was
infested. He took the advice of his old
ncighbors and turned his ugly face west
ward, and the wolves fled before him a,
he made his way into the interior of the
! Prairie State. 1t is supposed that the
idea Of taking to splitting rails after he go
there was suggested to him by his success
in making niggcrs "sp'it' before he went
This is the true history Of old Abe.
emigration from Kentucky. And this i.
why the Aboitionists nominated him fol
President, They confidently expect to rit
the country of slavery through the instru
mentality of his frightful face if they ge
him elected. They argue that if, in hi
carly infancy, he could make a face ugly
enough to scare off his fathers house ser
wants when he puckercd his mouth to TAX
f hold of the private tcat, he could not fai
to scare away all the niggors in the Unite
, States when he came to take hold Of tn
great public teat.-Va0ey SpdH.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

EVERY year wo should become more
and more painfully sensible of the desola-
ton made around us by death, if sleep
the antechamble of the grave-woro not
hung by dreams with the busts of those
who live in the other world.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13
There II hn nc more sorrow THERE
In heaven above,
Where all rs love,
There u he no more sorrow there,

50 you can all do so much. You can
make home pleasant and cheerful for your
dear mother, who is often tired, and some
times sad. Never 90 about with a sour,
cross face, or whining, fretting voice.
Try it, and you will find you are doing a
great deal of good in very easy way
Child al Homc.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

He that gives good advice builds with
one hand; he that gives good counsel, and
example builds with both; but he that
gives good admontion and bad example,
builds with one hand and pulls down with
the other.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

A WORD TO BoYs.-God puts the oak
in the forest, and the pine on its sand and
rocks, and says to mon, "Thero are your
houses; 20 hcw, saw, frame, build, make" I"
God builds the trees; men must build the
houses. God aupplics the timber; men
must construct the ship. God buries iron
in the heart of the earth; men must dig it,
and smelt it, and fashion it, What is use
full for the body, and still more, what is
useful for the mind, is to be had only by
exertion- exertion that will work men
more than iron is wrought that will shape
men more than timber is shaped Clay
and rock are given us, not brick and
square stones, God gives us no cloths
he gives us flax, and cotton, and sheep. II
we would have coats on our backs, we
must take them off our hocks, and spin
them and weave them. If We would have
any thing good or useful, we must ea'n it
- s-------
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

RESOURCES OF SICILY.-Ihc present
population of Sicily scarcely reaches two
mil ions. This number might be rapidly
increased, under good government, to five
times the amount and the. land would sus-
tain even more, No ove can doubt this
who remembers that, ace ordiug to the most
authentic chror cles, Syracuse alone con-
taned 500 900 inhabitants when bcsicg-
ed by the Romans under Marccllus, b. c.,
2l5. The siege lasted three years, being
protracted to that unusual length princi
pally throught the mechanical contrivancos
Of Archimcdes. At that time the circum-
ference of the city exceeded twenty-five
English miles but it is now confined to
the small island of Ortygia, while the in
habitants have dwindled down to eighteen
thousand within the walls Agrigentum,
also, at the period of its greatest prosper
ity, numbered eight hundred thousand
souls. Its descendant, the modern Girgcnti
can with difficulty cnumcratc seventeen
thousand. In ancient days, Cicero and
other writer's called Sicily the granary of
Rome aud so she proved herself in more
than one season Of dearth. Corn is not now
the staple commosity of the island, but it
might be cultivated to any extent with lit
tie labor and less outlay. Notwithstanding
the ravages of Etna, it cannot be doubted
that to this same volcano, and to the min
oral and suphureous water existing in
many localities, much of the natural fer
tlity of the land is to be attributed. Since
the days Dodorus, the facility with which
the corn grows, in the absence of almost
any sort of culture, has ever been proven
bial,-DuJlin University Mogass'1e.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-13

THE most direct method of determining
horse power, is to stand near and tickle hi,
hind legs with briar.