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leeations ~ which year committee have
adopted. 4th. The roa,s from ST Paul to
Psgss Soeod, which rams between ths 45sh
and 49th deEs-, verJ near our norshess
!boundary. Ths section Of oar country
] shsosgh which all these I,nes run lies manly
| ketusea the sl.t Aad 49,h degs. North lal-
tude, and is therefore Is degrees vide. The
! bi-secting or nidd!s line would be the 10th
/ degree 0f lstitsde, which corresponds near.
y With the boundary between Missouri and
Ievs. Southern and Northern State
| Without defining passes 10 the mountains,
! o. prescribing the exact points OF termini,
kyssr committee recommend this a. the
psoximate parallel spon uh ch eensrali,y
asd ihs largest amount Of local interest can
BE- concentrated. It is central a. 30 the
West, central as to the numerous lines Of
| railroads traversing the Western States,
central and prolonged eastward to our great
eisiess it being the parallel Of Paiiadelphia
asd csn.ral ~ il passes through the ceutre
al our whole population. All other things
being equal, on the plan Of one road, such
= loostion, Your committee suppose, all
would consider most likely to accommodate
The greatsst number of our people.
TIE sHoRTEsr RoUrx. &
Before stating the comparative length Of
the different Ssuses, is 10 necessary 10 sec
shat they start and end fairly. Radical
error has been fastened upon the public
mind by false presea,asion Of the starting
and ending of . Pacific railroad. Our rail-
road system 10 compisss beyond the Missis-
| sippi rissr, and at many points lines are
DOW Progressing hundreds of miles west Of
the Father Of Waters, one point to St. Jo-
seph, Mo. This system of iron network has
extended . line beyond the Missouri, now
two hundred and fifty miles west Of the
Mississippi, and rail are nov being laid on
the way to Fort Kessney, Considering a
Pacific railroad, We should either start from
permanent nnvigable waters, or from these
exterior points Of the railroad svs,ern. This,
oil willcabcede, is the only fair way Of COM
pairing lines, yet such has not heretofore
been the manner Of stating comparative
lengths. IN considering the Western ter
minus We must look TO a safe, direct con-
nectIon with San Francisco, or to the navi
gable interior rivers, leading by steamboat
directly to San Francisco. A terminus at
San Diego or at Puget Sound is, like the
lsinmus routes, unsafe being too far from
the great Pacific emporium, to which We
should seek to have a safe communication
in time OF war. From either Of these points
to San Francisco several hundred miles Of
ocean steam line is required. All lines
should, therefore, be terminated at the Bay
Of San Francisbo, or What shall be substan-
italy the same, on the Sacramento or San
joaquin river, where steamers can always
transport two hund ed tons Of freight. Ta-
king this fair and only sensible way Of
starting and ending lines to compare the
relative length of these lines, MS starting
distances from the map which compares with
the surveys, We hsve,he following result:
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,asioa Il mach sAesI

porsasioa q mach eAea
lpaid,
lour eommittes has / y
nature at the wosk, the =
mode BY which eoserus
capital may unite ia tAa "
tho Psciac issjiroad. Ise
views OF many, and m,
mode of accomplish.nk
comMittes has tried to ~
] nature of eur govsrnms1|
| win. The sun required J
sixty millions, seems iarf9
he advanced IL yearly ineti
in boads which are sccaesl
gage on the road. The ! -
twe bundrei miliions, an
payment. Ths cons.suo
! Railroad will aoco,nplssN
win add more TO our MATES
would therefore be ius,st
Ne seak double the $6QsN T
estimated ~ the coss Of sk1
meut. The ancient raada 1
AZ A-s ~ n - ~
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CHARLES DICK Ems on oUGfS} [li1ii ~
DINNER AT AllznMl1

e"Assss Slasss n'ss 81 sss I sc;I, 81 : Z ss
The following ia frass ~ Iha
Dickens go sAf 3HE - S
You arc going oG hy reil6 y Issay
dinner before yougo. Yoh.1 .1f1 lip.
ner, and. Ike Dr. Johnsds ~ r = y \
dine. You present TO yurf Nv q -
Of the Refreshments tnbt4sk kSk n 7 fflinn,. J.
The conventional, shaAhS AsGl q 5ePeS
supper accepted as thu i t6Ps
mini md all refrcshm~st Id 1f1 No
il ia the last rcpast knpoo 80 ~ !,
existence Of which aYsh1e y nlseo {
would partake but in the ~ ~
sickcn. your eon,omp atle ofds
are these: 81 cannot ~ t1v6S 80 4
cakes that turn 10 sand fSS ~ Y
cannot dine on hining bteSp 1pule !
posed Of unknown snIn114 x1tl 81
Offering to my view the dsSi6S u O. III.
BILE star fish in leadeu rts s1tnsssd Uk I \
cannot dine on y sandwis&s ah14 k 1eaR. 4
been pining under an eSAsaae61 = /
canno. dine on barley sugsN II disc
on Tonec." You repair - IN no.
tel, and arrive, asisatsd lqpsAS s@eosn, i
1t 10 . most Aston1 ~ ~. |.
wniter 10 very cold to yes ~ ,iss
how you may, smooth Nfttx r. Will
you cannot deny that hs SDJ9& ns
10 not glad to see yas, ~ ~ teasz;
you, be would much raihas Snm u 4 11ana.s
lie opposes to your 1ashe NJ . !
imnovabls composurs. Am ~ ]fe5s net
enough, another waifeSs t&(02 eelA
seem, expressly to loukak 80 ~ e -. Il
sage Of your life, stands y 3 Inn Ineoe !
with his napkin under hielsn ~ |and6
folded. looking at you NiekAtl
You impress on your waitoe t)kAs - SAso
ten minutes for dnnets MI x1 eo66
that you shall begin with y w teso 4
will DO ready in tweakys nl esa3
declined, be suggests--ee nlit1
Ia veal or common ~ = nIoios
with either outlet, any - ~
goes, leisnrely, bchin1S r. N1otss
down an unseen shaft. ~ lSGs 1
ioguc ensues, tending t4 tea 1
that veal only is ayail3 NJ nj q y
tho moment. You aB1l f vi. &
"yeal tben" Your sei1 lsls1 4
tbat point, returns to as1e9111 o}eshts
with table. napkin foll1 slIjooA u
tslowly, for something 90 eees I
his eye.) white wine- o. & 4
glass, a tumhler, ard q 9 oo II
fourteen cas,ors with gG1c ~ sa
at oil events which SooR
purposes--wilh nothing tz3 M 4
come out. All this tt NM
iooxs at you--witt an X leS
pasison and curiosity 6141S II
occurred to him that yonAl1 Il,
Hall your time gone, g. q q
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j. r. OLIVER,

Nt.R CHAN Il T. l. . X,
Aud Dealer In Gentleman's Furnishing foods,
HEEp~ on HAND CHOICE >EIECreoN
n "a CLOTHS GAslMERsS yKSTiNas, IA
sa4sa be siu aissc Sp g. order, an the latest ana ~
ua,sI approved styles TUxe,rer vita eeautlsa'
ss-ft,anut u GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. -A
q = u tttNsa
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A. COlH R AN,

GENERAL. LAND AG ENI
COUNCIL pLCfrs. IOWA.
MILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO THE Lo-
w CATION aud safe st Land warrants w h"h-
-pslsisas. the gsytaeRt at Taxes AUD Tue FafNase ave-
-slc Real EstsIs generally viii also eatet Janus
Tor settlers saa ave time for symeiiss la--a.
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PIONEER BOOK BINDERY.

vyra KiTgR. Book BINDER AND bLANk
w a1sk Maaatsssafsr, COUNCIL bLpFfs, IOWA u
prruase 10 sate Aay ib his department oil bus-
ness promptly ia Substantial sna ~eT Tknhahiike a.ah-
usf, sbt sf how ptises Nss~a
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VOL. V.-NO. 1.
Chr aBffklg Aonparfll.
rrsLssnrs EvEAs sArssoASs d
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up,ros Asp paoYaIEToa
patcs OF Advertising:


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as Il tsuss. cy less, 81 Ssnpsreii ~ for
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.s,si.ss IA gyssf savsrtssrsnsnts psics aod
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,A.ssss 10 aesscsign VII BE Haaae ''s 'S'se S'-
tr.tsef 20. .s ass orzDlei q, , s,s-
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- 80. !. 3, - .ey-idas Will be oDnstaceS TFhhh
xosras- !. iss.t. sn@ss soonsf dison''naea'
mai essefsS seeorssH5is.
,rrsE asorE TEAMS AND hpLEs "'HH ~
.raserlY ApnKnED TO ~ AL cASEs. st
CT sex,yGs, q Dssssorn Stres<. and Rousps . !.
fseaee1 a66 Bsn1es1a oasosss Ghssnss, sfs tse ees
-ts.a x~uf. in shat city - fecssye Adveftsse-
-, 80 sap,er tor tho NonesvsA, aud receipt
fer shs same.
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's~s's fS'eNN' - -~-|1
Total length Of this line. .......... 80. ,Iu
3. Platte Valley. or Central Raure. From
. Council Bluffs on the Missouri (neariy
the same as st. Joseph to San Francisco.
according {. measurement shown on the
same map. ,ss7 miles.
Add hity miles Ia exuate the starting point ..
from ST Joseph Missouri. where the
railroa.s now termlnate... 30 "
eo37
Deduct the navgahle waters Of tho Sacra-
mento, as stated by Lieut.. Albert, OF tho
Typographical Ensineess. ss............... 200
Total length Of the Central line..... |, ,7s2 9"
4. The Northern Route via 81. Paul and
Puget sound From ST Paul to vanceu- 49,.
yer, shown on the map..... ........ 500 "
From vancouver TO Fort Keding on the Sac
ramento, BY survey..........-......... 60S -
T,,. lam oft fbo ", tberu gOS /"
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JOSEPH MUELLER,

ROFESS StR OF Nj u lC
uusttustion givenis Vocal Music aud en the Piano,
/ PIANOS CAREFULLY TUNED AND REPAlHEp'
Fyt further particulars enquire 81 this oniSe'
ara
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u. TEMPLE

A rroRSEY AT LAW. LEWIS. CAsS COUNTY
n ts~s. unias With the Recorder ana l,easN,s''
J.a 10 1899. ffheo,i
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House Carpenters and builders.
cot NclL RGuFFS. IOWA.
AsE FRxrARkp ro MAKx yuSrR ACrS rcH THE
"a ssstsa a RHsanxx the nssst reasonable sesmss
Ftsnss ssevstas sssi sseetass eas dfsue VITA
reg lSsssas u Al lind gtsnrsiy a'scnsiea 10,
SfCoFsINs easstaaliy 90 hsFst. ara ms.e 10 sf.er,
81 sns 8ssite .syis and saish S2e<ia ssertiea six'
% te tstias sAAsss ss fsHesa!s
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nish 'laborers, provisions and other advsp-
tages, to aid the progrsss Of the work.
There are four general items in the csst
Of = railroad. These are the road bed, the
ties, the iron and the rolling stock. Iron
and rolling stock, following the constructed
road, would cost very little moro than on
other Western roads. The extra cost would
mainly relate 10 the other two items, road
bed sod tiss. The grade 10 very easy on .
great portion Of the Central route, a. the
Platte valey, Salt Lake Valley, md the
Humboldt Valley are extremely smooth and
level. All the rivers can be easily bridged.
The country 10 healthy the climate 10 nei-
ther too hot nor too cold; misers are busy
on oil sides Of il 10 search Of gold and oil.
yer, and the moving emigration on this
route, together with the mails already -
tablishsd, will nil help to relieve Il Of .
portion Of the loneliness and desolation
which exists on al the overland routes. By
adopting . Temporary grade, which can b
improved Afterwards, the track laying may
commence ss each end, aDd proceed With
grest activity toward the nountsins, vhsvs
men in advance should prepare the noss
difficult passes. Il 10 mot within The Prev.
incs Of your committee 70 present items Of
estimates, bat By thus ohowjaR that the
extra cost mainly reiates 70 ths 9radA asd
fies, they cannot perceive how it 10 possible
for such . road - eoSg . vast dssi nsse
per mile than other railroads. The cost u
the Westesn roads does NOT s1sesd forty
Thousand doliaFs per mile, ard soas sfs
tails for mash Isss. Add, II yes plssse,
tvaty thousand dellarS PER nils fof e1tsA
cost 81 grading. ssd prsessisE sseSSs .
Psci6c road, and yoa hsvs sotat u si1ty
thossasd doIiars n'is. e yos -
with two cooverEink 6sssekes, SsNeb arses
unite ui,his tvo bpsefed ni3ss se Ne No
sosSi, The entire IerRtB Sfshss5gss,s fsIs6s
une brsa a61ss v0s31 -, say sve sbssuas1
ailss, - ~ stsivt sasssr hsu1ss1 ~
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pHN sIGtAN d So i.G l.. . y.
tstBts. b.,a,3. wa.
Particular attention paid 10 the trsiimeht OF the
ssss. @ the kJe and sAs. ..
efflge st Store OF House '"s'''
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Freights will divide; some will 60 round
by water, but very large portion will 20
by rail. The distance from Boston to ST.
Joseph is nearly as great a. from ST. Joseph
to San Francisco. It ID obvious, therefore,
that freight transported between the Mis-
sis.ippi valley and San Francisco would no.,
90 or come by ous Eastern cities, but it
would travel directly across by rail.
Where the distance to San Francisco by
rail is 1900 miles (say from Missouri and
lowa) ut two cents per ton per n,.e, frcights
to and f.om San Francisco would be a.
follows: -f .-. r.
The new era., 1860-10-25
FLOWERS AGAINST WALLS.

A great number of plants flower we'll
against walls, and people are generally
very careful 70 nat than, as preseI,a-
tive from frost; but il is almost, .f not
quite, as necessary TO mat them when
the sun shines hot and bright The
camelia japonica will do admirably
against a wall out of doors, and will
stand even without a covering; but Of
ten all the flowers are seen killed in a
single night Of hard (rost-at least all
the blooms that are expanded-whereas
a mat would have saved them. But two
things should be provided for that are
not often noticed In the first place, d
ledge or coping should he so placed that
the cove ing may be fastened under it
so that no vacancy shall appear at the
top, but all shall run off, and next, that
pegs or stops should stick out from the
wall few inches, to keep the covering
from touching the plant. Then, again,
there is another point to be attended to
the mat must be placed over them ia
the hot sun as well as the cold frost
and the same must be observed in heavy
showers and cold winds--all alike in
imical to flowers, and TO the young
growth Of plants. The Magnolia pur-
purea, consplcua, and some others, show
their flowers very early in the spring,
and very frequently have all the expan-
ded blooms killed off by cold winds or
frosts. In the open air, and when the
plants attained considerable magnitude,
this cannot be helped; but when trained
against wall, they may be saved, and
the plant preserved in all its beauty for
many weeks, by means Of covering. to
put up Or take down as required. accord
ing to the state Of the wea. her-but es-
pecialy at evening. --.1
The new era., 1860-10-25
sAUK RAPIDS, MIN. THURSDAY. OCT, 25, 1850
Physical Training.

One of the most hopeful things we
see for Young America is, the revival of
physical life and activity. A nation of
Puny dyspeptics is. of little worth. Now
we have gone to ribing, rowing, playing
ball, and drilling, with an earnest cf-
fort for military superiority, there is
hope. We shall have physical man
hood, at all events, which is basis for
intellectual and moral excellence.
Our boys are doing WE'LL Every
town has its gymnasium--eyery village
its ball club. Our military companies,
instead Of meeting once year, drill
several hours every week Some of
them have achieved prodigies ofstreng,h
activity, and precision. If they never
come into active service against an ene-
my, these accomplishments arc invalua-
BILE. The man who goes through
course of lessons in boxing, or fencing,
does not expect to fight: but he feels
himself just SO much more man for
having developed his latent powers -
And this manliness comes out in all his
thoughts, words actions. The real en-
eft of all these exercises, then, is not
to make good riders, dancers, ro~ers,.
ball players, or soldiers; but to develop
manhood In all its faculties.
But more is wanting. If men have
all the physical development, what is to
become of the future' Our women
have far less opportunities for physical
culture than men. They form no ball
clubs or military companies. A few
ride, and fewer swim There must be
more exercise proper for ladies'
Let recommend, first of all strong
serviceable shoes, good for an hours
ramble over the toughest mountain side.
Secondly, strong, and not too ! ng or
cumbrous dresses, with less length Of
skirt, less amplitude Of crlnoline, and
more freedom of waist. No lady can
take useful exercise unless her limbs
are allowed to expend 10 their full cap
acity. Let the hat be light, airy, pro-
tectiye from the sun, not easily spoiled
by the rain and as becoming as you
please.
fThen'walk, ride, hunt fish. swim, 90
sketching, swim, play at battledore and
shuttlecock; play ball, which is very
graceful exercise; form boat clubs
where there is water; battle every day; /;
and live out doors as much as possible.
Pretty dolls, with pretty bonnets,
small waists, delicate shoes, and pearly
complexion, whose utmost exertion TO
shopping-tour or dance, are very fas-
cinating creatures; but not quite the
mothers we require for the America Of
the Future.
The new era., 1860-10-25
TIE MARCH OF GARiBALDI.

- :
1t is true that the progress of the He
70 of Italy has in it somcting of the
moral sublime The other day, he
made his eniree into Naples, the. capital
of the kingdom Of the Two Sicilies, ac-
companied only by his staff. and receiv-
cd by the acclamations ofthe people
A city of FIVE hundred thousand inhab-
itants taken without firing gun. The
capital of a nation of nine millions. with
It's fleet and army, abandoned 10 him by
a flying king and court 1t is one of
the most remarkable events in all histo-
~. -v~-
We are not yet at the end. Victor
EmanLei, in whose name Garibaldi cts
as Dictator, feels himself overshadowed
by his general. And it would not be
very strange were the people of Italy to
say: What have we to do with Victor
Emanuel Garihald has freed rs. let
Garlbaldi be cur king The Americans
made Washington President; will not
the Italians do as much for Garibaldi 2
Southern Italy and Sicily are annex
sd to Sardinia. There remain but the
Papal States and Venitia. Rome il pio-
tccted by France; the States of the
Church are guarded hy thirty thousand
soldiers under Lamourciere, a general
of the highest ability, with soldiers who
will fight; and six hundred thousand
Austrlans are behind the Gortresses that
guard Venitia.
Most portentious OF all, Russia shakes
hands with Austria.
Europe apprehends general war
If LOUIS Napoleon, with England for his
| ally, declares for peace, there will be
peace. Providence places the destnies
Of millions in the keeping Of one human
Will.
The new era., 1860-10-25
The rich and the Poor.

Mr.. Ruskin, after many years Of de-
votion to art, has betaken himself to
political economy. where he is likely t.
make as much ofa sensation as hereto
fore. Not that his views are altogeth-
er novel, but his way Of putting them
IS sure TO attract attention.
For example, Mr.. Ruskin, curiously
illustrates the principle Of the depen-
dence eff wealth upen poverty. The
only value Of dollar lies in the fact
that some man is so in want of it, that
he is willing to give his labor in ex-
change for it, Otherwise, a million Of
dollars would not be Of the slightest
use. The greater the poverty, the more
pressing the wants of people around you
the greater is the value Of your dollar
the more service will it briug you
But suppose a whole community rich;
what will you do with your dollar:
You might as well land on an unhahit-
ed island No man can be rich, unless
somebody else is poor.
Where there is no poverty, labor
must be universal. | may have the for
ty millions Of an Astor, and yet be com
PEELED to black my own boots, and boil
my own potatoes. ifthere is no one about
me who wants my money enough TO be-
come my servant II is clear that one
might possess million acres Of land,
and houses, and property Of all kinds,
with more money than there is ia Wall
street, and still be obliged to work day
by day unless there were people around
him who. from choice or necessity,
would sell their labor '-a. & -8naiH
The real element Of all wealth, then,
is poverty The rich are dependent on
the poor. England is rich because
some millions her people are 80 poor
as to be obliged to sell their daily labor
for daily bread. ao 9a sH
To wish to be rich, then, is to wish
that others may be poor. To wish to
be rich is 10 wish for the power ofcom-
pelIing a certain number Of people to
labor for our benefit; and this is true,
without respect to latitude or longitude
true in Europe in .America-true in
the North as in the South
The new era., 1860-10-25
Do You Want A Piano?

Can you go into any dwelling, in
these times-a dwelling above the ac-
tual presence of want-and not see a
piano' Can you tread your way through
any New York street not exactly inclu-
ded within the well-known limits of
downright poverty, and not hear the
sounding chords of this omnirre sent in
strument, Did you ever happen to
meet young woman at home, or at a
eighbor's, without expecting her to
perform the "Anvil Chorus" or "Do l
not prov" thee:" Do you hope to be
considered civilized creature, yourself,
fit for something besides paying lady S
millinery bills, or carrying her French
poodle to its lunch, if you cannot finger
the keys of piano with more celebrity
than you can count over pile of bank
notes, and edo" the latest Ethiopian
thanson with the most hearl-rending pa
thos you can conjure up into naturally
pathetic vocal organ?
We put these questions because they
are timely, Read the newspapers, and
you will fine pianos advertised for sale
at prices which quite forbid the idea that
any house should be destitute of such
aff1ic-we mean-ornament. We have
one advertisement before our eyes as
we pen this paragraph, which says:
zone 6-12 octave rosewood piano for
$50, and one for $50; three mahogany
pianos fer $l6. $50, and S45, and
twenty others at bargains. Pianos tun-
ed, Second hand pianos taken in ex-
change. /" Now, who could resist a
piano at sixteen dollars-particularly il
another secondhand one were to be
accepted at fifteen, in exchange? No
body, ofcourse: and hence every fam
lily keeps its piano just as i! keeps its
cat, and the community becomes, per-
force, most musical. Perhaps your
daughter cannot sew button on a shirt
but then she can play an overture al
sight Perhaps she knows nothing OF
baking bread. and cannot discriminate
between saleratus and corrosive subli-
mate but then she can distinguish foul
flats from three sharps, and make glor.
| ious discord in any key. major or ninor
| ISM that q consolation? Isn't it enough
to make home a paradise, and convert
women into angels' Aheml do you
J want q pianoi q '''1i Pr