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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-07

His Compound of Wild Cherry has become a
household word throughout the West
and South. His Worm Loz-
enges, In less than q year
after their introduction at
tanned reputation as wide spread
as the continent Of NORTH AMERICA
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-07
COmpOundC CedrOn Bitters
Latest and Most important discovery
NINETEENTH CENTURYtiI

MO mans name il more intimately connected with
IN the history of MATERIA MEDIOA Of the United
States, or more ayorably known pioneer in Med
ioal Discovery, than that OF
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-07

Bay- Go to Johh W. DArst's, corner Second
and Jefferson streets for your Fall and Win
er Dress Goods; also, Cloaks, Shswls, Car
pets, &c, just received. diff
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GIVE THE
CEDRoN BITTERs !s
ONE TRIAL AND YOU WILL NEVER USE ANY
OTHERS.

II is not necessary to publish long list Of diseases
all diseases OF the
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-07

JOHN BULL, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
His inlmitable preparation OF isARsAPARILLA
has long stood al the head Of the various compounds
Of that valuable drug
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him, hastened to explain her

emotion. .H. 81 =.
"You look so pale you frightened me-"
she said, brsathlessly, and still trem,
bling, but holding out her hand. And
she added, II hear you are going back
soon. Surely, your friends should keep
you here till you are better" ,s..... !.
any friends y he answered, little
bitterly, 81 once counted you among
them. But you. at least, have done lit
tie to keep me at home, not. l believe,
remembering old times sufficiently to
send, even once, to ask if l was dead or
living" ..t.s..
He little knew what she had suffered,
or he would have spared her these words.
He little suspected that only the reme,n.
brauce of her foolish speech, and her
fear of his contempt, had kept her away.
She sat silent, with quivering lips, and
fast filling eyes, while be continued:
IL called to say 'Good.by' again per.
haps, this time, forever. BY the BY
he added, as if suddenly remembering
the interview in this same room, "have
you found your hero yet, Clara?"
But her face was hidden in her hands,
her voico was choked with sobs.
"God forgive me-" he said, all his
bitterness melting away at tho sight Of
her emotion, "what have l done? have
been brute"
II have deserved it ALL" she murmur
ed W-I-didn't mean-'
A sudden light broke over him. There
was something in her tone, her manner,
that flashed hope into his heart. lie
stopped down and bent over her.
"What would you answer now, Clara:'
he said, his voice shaking.
She looked up at him; it was enough !;
in another moment she was weeping glad
tears on his shoulder.
When Charley went back to the army,
he went as Clara's husband: she had
found HER HERO.
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CuR,srMAs.-Tho celebration Of tho
festival of the nativity of our Lord wss
fret ordered, it is said, by Pope Toles-
phorus. 10 the year 1877, though long be-
fore that December was regarded a. ths
month iu which Christ was born. Dur.
ing the hc1t two centuries 1t was one of
the most movable Of the Christian fee.
sival days, and celebrated by the eastern
churches iu tho months Of April snd
May. In the fourth century St. Cyril
Of Jerusalem obtained from Pope Julisn
I. On order for an investigation to Be
made concerning the day Of Christ's M.
tivity. The result Of the inquiry by the
theologians at the East and West Was
an agreement upon the 25th Of Decem-
Der The chief reasons for the division,
it is said, we're the tables of the ccusors
in the archives Of Rome, and although
in the opinion Of some of tho fathers,
there vas not authentic proof Of tho
Identification Of the day, the decision
was uniformly accepted, and from that
the nativity has been celebtated through.
out Christtndom OF the sam day. II
has also been a common tradition that
Christ was bora in the night. Hence
the midnight masses in the Catholic
church.
The custom Of decorating churches
and houses with evergreens is derived
from ancient Druid practices I. was an
old belief that sylvan spirits might Aock
to the cvergreens and temain unnipped
by frost till a mildet season.
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How to make Pencil Writing Indelible.

A correspondent Of an agricultural pa.
per gives the following information,
which may be Of service to some Of our
readers
A great many valuable letters and 9th.
er writings are written in pencil. This
is particularly the case with the letters
our brave soldiers send homo from tho
army The following simple process will
make lead penc; writing or drawing ~
iudellible as if done with ink: Lay the
writing 10 a shallow dish and pour skim.
med milk upon it. Any spots not vet At
first may have the milk placed upon them
lightly with feather. When the paper
is wet all over with the milk, take it up
and let the milk drain of, and whip od
with y feather the drops which collect 90
the lower edge. Dry it carefully, aud il
will be found to be perfectly ipdeib'e.
1t cannot be removed even with India
rubber. 1t is an old recipe and good
one
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Rejected Gems.

It is matter of history that some of
the finest poetry ever written has had
narrow escape from the "limbo of things
lost on earth The greatest poet that
ever lived came within an ace If being
the "mute, inglorious Milton" for his
almost divine epic found little favor With
the booksellers of his day, and was fiusf
" sold for about the sum which a irst
class poet of the present day would ex-
pect for poem Of forty or fifty lines In
that day, as in ours, overy leading pub
fishing house except Critic" on whose
fat the fate of an authors manuscript
depended; and then, as now, the "read.
ers' of such establishments sometimes
made terrible mistakes. Il is our delib
crate opinion that had the "Psradise
Lost" been submitted to certain regular.
ly employed critics of the present time,
instead of to the Grub street gentlemen
of the Seventeenth Century, it would
have been pronounced as "dull and
tedious production" Byron, as We all
know, was mercilessly snubbed by the
literary Jupiter of the Edinburg Review;
and the Rev. Charles Wolfe's exquisite
lode on tho Burial of Sir John Moore"
was so scornfuIIy rejected by leading
periodical of the time, that the author,
in sending it to a provincial Irish news
paper, timidly withheld his name, lest he
should be cauterized by the press. But
the public, better critic than any cynic
in '.foolscap uniform turned up Within"
unexpectedly fraoked him for immortal
ity. There is an enormous amount OF
humbug in modern criticism-quite IS
much as in the criticism Of days gone BY.
The fact is that the ability to decide in
telligeutly whether work will succeed
or fail, is not m art but q gift, and very
few possess it. Mere book men know
very little about the tastes of the com
munity. If you want an "opinion as is
an opinion" on what you have written,
90 to . uan who understands human
nature, aud though hs may never bs"e
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Important Discovery-su~., o. 49,

p.'~.' D''e'Vefy-S"sar f1oa Csriis \
1t the following aunouucemeu, 5, =. ]
Buffalo Commercial proves all il nu,no,,.
to be, then indeed may every man %
mao aud child in the land sm,cL ,hs;,
lips Chesp sugar and plenty Of isS.ill
become the order Of the d.y, 4 cou,uu,.
nation mos. devou.ly to be wished. Tha
Comm ercial states that after , v.., a.
patient and laborions cxperimsp,iee.
Prof. Frederick W. Goe.slinv, , ,ermss
chemist Of Buffalo, ha, .uccc, d.d in nro.
duciog an article equal to pure srss.
cane from corn. The Commercial sIeo
states that company has JUS. been form.
cd, embracing many of the we,I,hirst
men in the city Of New York, .ud .moor
them several Of the principal sugar re6e.
ers, with capital Of a million Of doll,rs.
which has purchased Prof. Goe.slius's
patent, paying therefor, to him and bic
associate proprictors, six huudred thou
sand dollars. They propose to enter 4.
once upon the Manufacture Of fsyrups and
sugar from corn BY the new process, up-
on large scale, and to Introduce ito
manufacture throughout the country a
fast as expedient. Experiments have al.
ready succeeded in the production of a
least three and half gallons Of syrup
from a bushel Of corn, and of . QUALITY
which is pronounced BY the mos. critical
judges to be equal 10 every re.pec. to
the best syrups heretofore produced Il
the New York re6neries from sugar caoc.
An equivalent amour: of gran ulated, srss
quality sugar, it is also claimed, can be
produced, but We understand that for
the present the company will cou6ue ito
efforts to the production Of syrup Act.
i've preparations ore being made, however.
to enter upon tho extensive msnufse,ure
Of sugar, and it iscxpec'.d that the com.
paoy will be prepared to put the new
staple Into market during the present
winter.
This important discovery will mos.
likely mark . new era in the manufacture m
of sugar. The total production Of cane
sugar throughout the world iu 1859
was estimated At l ,307 500 tons, Of which
the United States produced l05, 900
The discovery will tend TO absorb tn,
slmost limitless crops Of msize OF Iudial
corn in the Northwest, and the crops o
corn OF the great West; the latter Q
which alone amounts to one thoaeau,
millions Of bushels in . year. The We
will uow most likely become great 81
gar producing As we'll as great cor
growing region.
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From the 9th Iowa Cavalry.
CAMP 9TH Iowa CAVALRY, BROWNSVILLE
ARK, Dec. 18th, 1884.

CAMP 9TH Iowa CAVALRY, BROWNSVILLE,
ARK, Dee. lSth 1854
Mr.. CLARK-Dear Sir:
Taking it for granted that you are still
running the advertiser, and that some
of your readers might be interested in
the whereabouts and doings of the 9th
cavalry, l thought | would spend an idle
hour in writing you letter. We have
just finished building winter quarters at
this place, and are quite comfortably fix
ed. Brownsville was thriving little
place before tho war;it is the county seat
of Prairie county, and is situated mid
way between the Arkansas and White
rivers, on the U. s. Military Railroad
running from Little Rock to Duvalps
Bluff. This road is fifty FIVE miles in
length. From its importance as the
only means of transportation to Little
Rock and other posts on the Arkansas, it
is kept heavily guarded. Our regiment
landed at Duyal's Bluff about the middle
of May, and was soon after ordered to
do outpost duty to the north of the rail.
road. This duty, while it has kept us
in the saddle most Of the time, has also
kept US divided into detachments so that
We have seldom been together since we
took the field One battalion is now at
Dover, $50 miles from here, on the road
to Ft. Smith. The rest of US returned
short time ago from a scout up the Ar
kansas, for the purpose of interccpting
Price on his return from Missouri Gen.
| West, commander of the cavalry division
of this department, had his whole force,
numbering 5000, scattered along the
river from Louisburg (l5o miles above
Little Rock) to Fort Smith, but Price
crossed above the Fort thus eluding them
all. Gen. Steele passed through here
yesterday on his way to Washington,
being relieved from command by Gen.
Reynolds. There are few regrets at bis
departure, unless they come from the
rebels. If he is not q sympathizer with
them the soldiers and Union men in
Arkansas have certainly wropged him
There was an effort made to raise a col
lection to buy him sword, but in our
regiment it was an entire failure.
This portion of the State bears some
resemblance to Iowa, being succession
Of timber land and prairie. The prairies
afford good grazing, but are utterly
worthless for farming purposes. Owing
to tho large bodies of cavalry that have
been through the country there is little
left for tho citizens to live on through
the winter; large numbers of the citi
zcns arc coming into our lines as refugees;
they are nearly all women and children,
and moro Goe forsaken set the sun
never shone upon. Their husbands and
sons are either in the rebel army or in
the brush bushwhacking US every oppor.
tuuity they can get.
The rebel Gen. Shelby is reported be-
tween here and Memphis, with three OF
four thousand men; these are all the
troops) except few bands Of bushwhack
ers) they have north of the Arkansas.
Their stronghold is at Camden.
But I must close, with greeting to
all my friends. -
l remain, truly yours,
B. II. wIGGINS,
.lHmr..... Co. I, 9th Iowa Cav.
4 IT,, -onH ~ L:od1o tho 4r.o,. sc Low
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fruit dealers. He answered .h.t IL -.
1lety vas not known 10 tbs. market, ~
sold chesp-s4 per Dbl. In due ,ine r.
had calls 70, further supply, which eoli
At 20 per Dbl: Red June has this ye.e
for the hrst time been duly 10 our -
ket, which seems to indie,,o ,h.. -
public will not always continue 70 .se.s
apples with their eyes."-JXs WsxD.
M1scatine lo,oa. =,
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~A high private Of extraordinary
dimensions numbered into the presence
or Gen. Thomas, and asked for fur
lough, adding, "General, l wish to 60
homo aud see my wife p "Hov long !"
it since you have seen your wife 7! H.
auired the General. "Wby," hc 80
swered," II haven't seen my wife tor
over three months" "Three months.
remarked Gen. Thomas, "why, ! havent
seen my wife for over three years -
"Well that may be-" reJoiued the other
"but you see General. me and my we
amt Of that sort" OF course, the high
private got bis furlough after that rub.
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EXCHANGE OFFICE.

eight DRAFTS ON NEW YORK CAN RE
= had of the Subscriber in sums to suit pur-
6hasers. Certificates of Deposit. and Drafts on
Eastern Cities, eashed. American gold furnish.
ed at snall premium.
Es,- Office over Holtslanders store
WIN. H. TUTHILL.
Upton, Iowa: July lst, 1860
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Why is . tight shoe like hne sum
mer? Because il makes the corn grow.
Why is . lawyers profession not only
legal but religious? Because II invoivss
. knowledge Of the law and the pfosss
(prophets.)
A young lsdy should take heed When
N .dmjrer bends low before her. Ths
1ert 5.ay 10 dangerous.
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No. Tom Clarke Of St. Johns desired

11- Tom Clarke Of St. Johns desired
fellow of tho. same college to lend him
Burpetes History Of the Reformation;
the other told him he could not spare it
out Of his chamber, but If he pleased he
might eome there and read il oil day
eng; some time after the same gentleman
sends TO Tom to borrow his bellows; Tom
sent him word that ho could not possibly
spare them out Of his chamber, but he
n'ght como there and use them all day
long If be wished.
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If you want to kindle the flame of love
10 lsdy's breast, you must spark her
till she il eager for q match.
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WM. ELLIOTT,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and General Col.
q lccting Agent. Applications made for
Back Pay, Bounty and Pensions
Of discharged soldiers, or for the heirs of de.
ceased soldiers. No charge made unless the
application il successful. Office in the base
mcnt of the Court House, TIrToN, Iowa May II
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Millinery.

I wish to inform the Ladies that have again
entered the Millinery busncss, expecting to
give it my entire attantion-therehy hoping to
please all who may favor me with their parton.
age. - @x@6. MRS. r. +. CARTER.
Tipton Oct. l3, 1864. I'm
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JOHN =. TUTIIILI.,

TUSTICE OF THE PEACE, NOTARY PrRr1c
- and Insurance AGENT. Participating Poll
cies issued on reasonable terms. Office with
the County Treasurer. in the court house.
Upton. Iowa, Sept. 10th, 1853. [n3Gvloy+l
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He would respect
fully inform his
friends and Gus
toners that he has
on hand a very
large assortment of
Carriage, Buggy,
ard Wagon Har-
ness; Ladies and
Mems Saddles: bri
dies of all kinds:
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buggy sni team whips; a good assortment Of
Collars NC . which will be sold at price. to suit
he times. Gsr CASH PAID FOR HIDES.
Upton, January 18th, 1861.
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l. Il. KENNEDY.

NHySIcIAN AND SURGEON, TrproN, Iowa.
i Office. first door west of Reigart Il MeNa-
mayapd drug store; Residence, two doors north
ofthc ste am mill flonlsl
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t@ay'ssYLVANUS YATES,
THOS. HANNA,

.a5ues ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ri MUscATETE :: IoWA.
Onace, No. ell Second street. Particular atten.
ion given to collections in Muscatine Louisa.
Cedar, johnson aud Scott counties-titles exam
lped taxes paid, &c.
n4Su &s
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A. 4. PERRY,
HAS OPENED A
Grocery, Flour and Feed Store,

In the Building formerly occupied
ssmar by J. l.. Hay Il Co.
NyHERE he will sell oil kinds of Family Gro.
vVaceries, cheap for cash, or country produce
The highest price will be paid for Butter,
Eggs, Potatoes. Lard, Taliow, Beans, &c.
Upton, Jan. 81, 1863.
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nR. II. SMITH.

DNe Fe +. SMIGI
@ URGEON DENTIST. Artificial 0fY$A
y Teeth on yu,eanizcd RnLber: IlD
also Hunters or Aliens Continuous Gum and
Block Work, If desired Office over Childs
store, Tfpton, Iowa. 9nel
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=. +. M U z q Y.
atas Manufacturer and dealer in
q SAD LES, HARM s s,
BUGGY TRIM innings, &C.,

westofsthe Court House sqaare, Trrros Iowa.
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!. II. KoTHRoCK, w. Il
.ROthrOck & Wolf,

A ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
rIpTON, CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA. 4
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-18
The Lifetime of Man. !.

| When the world was created, and all
| creatures assembled TO have their lifetime
| appointed the ass first advanced aud asked
bow long he would have to live ? ilo''s ~
Thirty years." replied Nature; twill
! that he agreeable to thee ?r bgfaa
| Alas !" answered the ass, "it is a long
while. Remember what q wearisOme exis-
tence will be mine; from morning until
night | shall have to bear heavy burdens
dragging cornsacks to the MILL that Others
| may eat bread, while | shall have no en-
| cOuragement. nor. be refreshed by anything
| but blows and kicks. Give me but por-
/ tion Of that time, pray r .la... l.sfI
Nature was moved with compassion, and
presented but eighteen years The ass
went away comfortable, and the dog came
forward. noiia jae aa ioi
"IIow long dost thou require to live ?"
asked Nature. Thirty years are to many
for the ass, but wilt thou be contented with
| them e. ..e,s.
| lis it thy will that | should p replied
the dog. "rhink how much shall have
to run about my feet will not last for so
| long time, and when shall haveAost my
voice for barking and my teeth for biting,
what else shaII be fit for but to lie in the
corner aud growl." ' .a'H
Nature thought he was right and gave
twelve years. .aof oaaea a $500
The ape then appeared .e,
"Thou wilt, doubtless willingly, live the
thirty years" said Nature "thou wilt not
have to labor as the ass and the dog. Life
will be pleasant TO thee."
"Ah mol" cried he so it may seem 10
others but it will not be Should pudjngs
ever rain down, should excite laughter
by my, grimaces, and then be rewarded by
sour apple. How often sorrow lies con
cealed behind jest ! shall not be able to
endure for thirty years"
Nature was gracious and he received but
ten. 3api4 u a.t aHa4 H
At last come man, healthy and strong,
and asked the measure of his days.
will thirty years content thee ?"
"How short a time !" exclaimed the man.
WHEN shall have built my house, and
kindled a fire upon my own hearth-When
the trees l shall have planted are about to
bloom and bear fruit-wheu life shall seem
10 me most desirable, shall die. Oh Ma
tuIe. grant me "a longer period"
Then shalt thou have the eighteen years
Of the ass besides.
"This is not enough" replied the man.
"Take likewise the twelve years of the
dog" l1s o
1T is not yet sufficient" reiterated man;
"giye me more" a iou4 ~
Twill give thee, then, the ten years of
the ape; and in vain wilt thou claim more"
Man departed unsatisfed.
Thus man lives seventy years. The first
thirty are his human years, and pass swift
ly by he is then healthy and happy
He labors carefully. and rejoces in his ex-
istence. The eighteen Of the ass comes
next burden upon burden is heaped upon
him-he carries the corn that is to feed
others; blows and kicks are the reward OF
his faithful service. The twelve years of
the dog follow, and he loses his teeth, and
lies down in the corner and growls. When
these are gone the apes ten years from a
conclusion. Then men, weak and silly, be-
comes the sport of Children. Translated
from the German.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-18
a Great Work-A Spiral Railroad to
sEsrrsr the Tor, of a Mountain.


The Lebanon papers announce that one
Of the greatest engineering scientific aud
mechanical feats in the country, is now be-
ing performed at Cornwall. in that county.
1t is no less than the bnlding Of spiral
railway around and to the top Of great
Iron ore mountain. 1t starts from the lev
el Of the Cornwall railroad, and revolves
around the mountain, at some places over
trussel work, at others over high embank-
ments. and again at others through ponder
Gus cuts in the solid bodies of iron ore, un-
til it reaches the very top of the mountain.
A great part of the way is completed, a
greater part is ready for the sills, whilethe
rest is progressing actively. A powerful
loromotive has been obtained to do thes
work of moving the trains. whiehs already
at Cornwall ready for work The spiral
road proper, when completed. will be over
two miles in length, and work the equal
Of which cannot be found probably in the
world. 9sH @2ha 500 eHh non
The great improvements now going on at
Cornwall are nnder the superintendence Of
A. Wilhelm, Esq, the manager of the Corn,
wall Furnaces aud Estates for the heirs of
Robept w and William Coleman, decd,
and the other parties Interested = Ldncas-
ter IntetLigencer. HiA lH' lAs3oa
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-18
Hints about Health

Intense thirsuis satiated by wading in wa
ter, or by keeping the clothing saturated
with water, even if it is taken from the sea.
Water cannot satisfy the thirst which at
tends cholera, dysentery, diarrhna and some
other forms of disease; in fact, drinking
cold water seems TO increase the thirst, and
induce other disagreeable sensations; but
this thirst will be perfectly and pleasantly
subdned by eating comparatively small
amount of ice. swallowing it in as large pie
ces as practicable. and as much as is wanted,
InAamalions are more safely and far more
agreeabIy subduvd by the application of
warm water than OF cold.
No one can possibly sink if the head is
thrust entirely under water, and in this po-
sition novice can swim as easily as walk,
and get to shore readily by lifting the head
at intervals for breath. y
Hartshorn-the common sprts-is a. good
and convenient remedy for poisonous bites.
Always take it with you in travelling.