Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-23

This. That and the Other.
The January thav in New York city
brought into view the sometime discarded Bal
morol skirt In great numbers.
-Nagnstixins Locomotives are about to DO
made in Conn sticnt They ought TO be attach
ed to sleeping cars.
ALI law officers in France, have been order
cd to dress in black with white cravats, and to
stop smoking in the streets
"A successful case Of TRANSMISSION Of blood
into the veins . woman was performed lately
| in kilmarnoek, Ayrshire. Scotland.
The New London Star says that Neal
Dow Of Portland, the father Of the Maine Law
has become enslavsd by the terrible habit
which it has been Of late the effort Of his life
publicly to reform.
An animal called the laughing jsekass.
| found owhsre but on the AstraliAn continent.
has been brought to Saa Francisco. 1t belongs
to the feathered tribe, has wings and . long
beak. 1t laughs like an old woman, and In the
Australian forset at night it has led many
wayiarer in search Of IN old lady in such . lone
| ~ condil ion.
"A massive buckhorn knife and fork. man
| ufsctursd by Mr.. Samuel Bullsn Of Bradl y.
Me- was presented TO the President one day last
week, by request of the maker. BY Mr.. Wash>
burn, member of the Houss from Maine. The
President was much LEASED with the present,
and said as they were rather too heavy for ia
bic use, he would attach them to his buckhorn
chair.
Pro-. Wharton Jones has made an import
! ant discovery, which, while especially advan-
tsgeous to persons Of weak eyes, will be priced
by all who appreciate eyesight 1t is . form
OF spectacle glasses, whereby paintings and en-
cravings appear as stsreoscopie pictures; that
IL, the figures and objects are seen In full 70
lief. and reughnsss. The GASES may be fitted
and worn az ordinary spsctacles, or used in
an opera-glass, and with an effect - surpris.
ing as it is delightful.
More cider 10 said TO ue made in Connect
lieut. than In any other State In the town OF
Cheshire alone four establishments have made
the past season from 1860 to 1000 barrels each.
When clarified, this cider is ~ pure 90 wine,
aud sells readily in New York At - per bar
rel. 1t 10 then bottled and sold to the Southern
States at IS per dozen. The business is said to
| bs.rapidly increasing.
Last week verdict for 100000 was ren.
dsred in Philadelphia Court, in the case Of
ODonnell ys. Reading Railroad. The plain
tiff took a seat in the car, and rendered the
whish was pronounced counterfeit. He Dor
rowsd the amount OF his fare from friend and
paid it, but was, n, withdrawing, elected from
| the cars and compelled to walk home some
distance in a snow storm, keeping him from his
| business
The rscent suspension OF John n Genin,
the celebrated New York halter, is attributed
to bad debts and endorsing for other people.
His liabilities are said to be large Genin
gained considerable sclat when Jenny Lind
made her singing tour through the country,
by purchasing the first ticket Tor seat at her
fret concert in New York, paying for it the
extravsgant sum of 1925.
We have had almost enough Of tho brand Of
badly spelled poetry, but the fun Of the following
sonnet shall save it from tho waste paper basket
The author evidently knows where the shoe pinch
SONNIT-2 A kORN.
on TIE LITTLE TOE w MI RITE FOOT, WHICH
| uEz oBsrINATELY RESISTED MEpIKLg
| TREKTMRNr.
Destroyer of my pesse ole folly isyure dad
lite boots your mother. Agony and pain,
| delight ful oph spring is yure children twain
And hanging on their skirts a 1000 ills ez bad,
On Sunday Lite, drest up, to Hammer auns 60
Two opposin sentiments my sole divides,
siak in agony-on joys hi ho.s rides,
Heven in mi hart, deth in that little toe
/ . korn what woes We bring upon ourselves,
By folly. Viii wuz not content hav
Feet Nv the same size that nacher, l-wise
gave.
Viii did try on IS instid Nv lis.
Thowst taughtest me lesson. What nachers
Man cant improov and better let alone
"A res tuition has been introduced into the
| IS n.
the propristy OF taxing bachelors past thirty
year. Of age, $40 per annum, for the education
Of poor children.
Hero is what may be taken IS life picture
OF the honest, truly just man:
'They are not just because they do no wrong,
But he who will not wrong mo while he may
He is truly just. praise not them
Who in their petty dealings plfer not;
But he whose conscience spurIs a secret fraud
When he might plumber and defy surprise,
His be the praise, who, locking down with scorn
On the false Judgement of the partial herd,
| Consults his own clear heart, and boldly dares
To BE, and not to be THOUGHT, an honest man"
From nature a man derives everything.
The spider taught him weaving; the fish fur
nishsd the idea Of boat the swan the pleas
ing model Of the sail; the palm led to the erec
tion Of pillar ; the skin Of the bru,es gave
the beer Jug The tax on wood alone appears
to be purely human invention.
| THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.
| Sweet gentle, kind and loving words
Although but spoke in jest,
God knows are deeply stored within
The glad receivers breast;
Like childhood ssweet and simple rhymes
Deep in the heart they lie
| Yes, words Of kindness and Of love,
Are things that never die.
Sweet, gentle fancies die
| They always leave behind.
Some we'll beloved legacy
Storen deep within the mind
Some happy thought, or pleasant dream
Which, though they may pass by,
Yet leave an impress the heart,
That they never die.
| From the Philadelphia Pennsylvania