The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-21

Iarmv. much L. into ne navy. SEEING
thia. lthers6ors, the question naturally
arisek are women to b ~ mefs drudgsa,
az hslots Of our civilintionf Arc "
only 10 employ thsm in such humble ealls
ings . exclude all ideas 81 future distinc.
toni A very sssioss q1sstioa Ills, -
one over which poadsrsd for moro than
half "a hour last night. q l lay under the,
influence Of some very strong Tee, and. .
slight menace Of gout."
How shall We employ our women!-
This il was that puzzled 0'Dowd - hs
was lying upon his bed thinking about Il.
vainly endeasoring to solve lhe problem.
II thought Of making them missionaries,
lighthouse keepers, lunaey commission
ers, Garter Kings-at-Arns, and such like,
when ! brilliant thought passed across
my brain. and, with the instinct Of : great
success. / said l had triumphed." Cor
nehus had discovered the true mission Of
woman. The field least adapted for the
exercise Of woman's peculiar (alents-that
field is diplomacy. We credit it to her
"finer, higher. subtler organization . and
also TO her "fusssness. He says: 1--WE
don't engage ladies in diplomacy, bat We
employ all the old women of our own sax
Whenever We find well-m. IN ,red, soft
spoken, fussy old soul, with a taste fol
6ne clothes and fine dinners" there
O'Dowd says, We have an ambassador. r.
, 1t may be so with Johnny Bull. W.
don't know as it is SO in our country
But France has given the world se--s Gel
ebrated female diplon,isrs. Uncle San
might do ~ we'll. Wonder if We Won
}, live to see Mrs. John Jones Minister resi-
L. dent at the Court of ST. James, and Mis-
I. Anminta Blank Envoy Extraordinary t,
70 the government of the Russian Bear
Not unlikely.
~ Oar friend "Blink" writes us from
Monroe county, enclosing subscription
+" and adds that the general opinion up il
ID bis locality is that Monroe and Wayn
L counties are sound on the goose in III
III event of Fremonfs election They hav
10 made careful calculation and diseove
- that John c. will probably get one vot
NC in each county, and AS that is better tina
~ any other counties in the State will dc
AZ they think it will entitls one or the othe
of them to member of the Cabinet. Dill
ficulty is likely to arise as to which 9
ng them shall have the honor.
ur But Blink" don't write muchly lk
- he would vote for the crest Pathfinde
himself. 1t must be "some other man.
e. s. ID. l. Ii. w. SxITHs AMERICA
ORGAN.-Among the different inven
% tons originated and perfected by Amer
lean ingenuity during the past twent
years, few are more surprising than th
Improvements in musical instruments
:" especially in reed instruments known a
at "Reed Organs" Harmonious and Melo
ut deons. European taste has long SCENE,
to have been satisfied with the Organ
:, OF Alexandra and Pleyel, although neithe
- OF those instruments afford much real va
e riety OF tone, notwithstanding the maker
% have multiplied stops and sets of reeds
to and BY consequence the cost, to an ex
il traordinary degree. The American o,
" gan made by s. b. Il FL. w. Smith, Bo:
ton, may safely challenge comp arson Wit
either Of them, whether as regards Va
Sc riety, power and sweetness of tone, or COS,
st All reed instruments made BY the bes
is. manufacturers in this country are con
\ structed on the same principle, viz: {
!, drawing the air through the reeds BY a
no exhaustive bellows, Instead of forcing
IS. through them BY powerful pressure an
irl the american Organ" diffen from i,
ey competitors mainly in three points: Is
Il, Ihe great care and thoroughnees excl
cised In manufacture ed, in The skilfv
ay voicIng, giving as many different qual
30. ties OF tone as there are sets of reeds
nd and Sd, in the use of a reverber,
ting box, which adds materially
the power of the instrument withor
49, detriment to its delicacy and sweetness !
/, ANY person possessing musical box ca
ne readily appreciate this Improvement b
re- setting II while in operation on . mant,
is. Or table, and then on large empty DO
nd or barrel, and observing its vastly-ir
creased power and richness whe
10 the latter position. In these thre
ng points-And they are certainly materi,
10, ones--is superiority claimed for til
ed American Organs OF Nessrs. S. d. &
w. Smith over the reed instruments {
other makers. The Messrs. Smith, bein
the most experienced Reed Organ maker
in Boston (having established themselve
y's 10 1859, and having at least equal facil
on ties With any other makers, have alway
kept themselves familiar with all improv,
ments and inventions in their department
u and they confidently assert their "Amer
- can Organs" to be unequaled in voicine
nd and unsurpassed by any, At home 9
dy abroad, 10 purity, sweetness and power /