Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-17

lralian b,ack'S motivA II you tDei"e. Ae
lays, you find yourself very much puzzled
By the motives Of your own children; but
their motives for acti n are the hardest CON-
mon sense. If you compare them With those
Of IN Austs allan black. And in illustration
he tells the following anecdotes: n
was staying in the Australian country
house once. in the far wcst-a real Austria.
liam country, where the Kangaroo came
skipping, and staring, and gandering past
sums held high jioxs and muir iered sleep
in the strawberries cverv night; where the
native cats slowed themselves under Jour
bed until you bad gene to SLEEP. and then
proclaimed their case against IN u"gratctul
world in noise whi n might he achieved
In an inferior der gree Ivy . wicked old tom
cat, carefully trained ny . h"wlirg ape ana
a hyena: a house with flower garden. ut
the bottom OF which was like on which
no one was allowed to fire u shot, AID which
swarrnsd all through the b. rnng LAY with
teal. widgcnn, great cranes. pelicans, black
s~sns. and purple water hens; q house IN
which the scorpions came title, title, title.
. org Il . passage, looked III at the library
door ,oscc hos " u were getting on. NJ u then
pack cd themselves away und, the door ina;
where enormous ccntipedcs came from un-
der the fender at terrific pace, eight in. h.
rs long, 20 legs n side. struck with sud
den nirolsblc impulse TO walk M the
leg Of your trousers and see what that was
like: u house where soiEc one was always
g"ing to bed after breakfast. and
&C nning down as fresh MS p int, just out
Of his bath, to an 8 clock dinner; wherr
you slept all day. and went out fishing as
soon as the nj lit was dark enough where
your papers we're the Spectators and the
illustrate, d London News, ami ones drink.
weak clarct ard water, a rcal old lOO.OOO
acre, e 500 year. Australian country
house, in sho't.
In such house as this, it once befel
that had TO stay for an indefinite time
On the first morning when | came down
(,herc was only one story. but will con
tnuc the ticiion) TO breakfast, | found
very smart looking native girl, dressed
inu h as our own house maid Is dressed.
busting he room. She looked 81 much
smarter and brighter than any nat wo-
man had ever seen before, that | asked
Mrs. l., tho Scotch Eonsckecper, about
her antccedcnts.
There was n queer story about her. Her
brother, native, was one groom. an"
another young native was another groom
an | one dav, not two months before, these
two young rascais had agreed TO murder
her. There was no more cause for 1t than
there is for your numbering me-, but thy
thought they would like to do ii; they had
not tasted blood lately, and although they
were sell off. hal plenty 10 cat, worked
no more than they chose. and so on. yet
things were rather slow in these parts; so
they they thought they would murder
this young woman. They procc d.d to do
so they had got her down. her brother
was throtting hcr-hope was lost was
a matter Of moments when Mrs. L.. a very
strong and opinionated Scotch woman. came
in aud caught them at it, Not only caught
them at it, but nnght the principal often
der across the back Of the head with the
caroct broom, stopped the whole business,
and routed the enemy single handed.
Pork DISEASE. The Dixon Republican
states that on Sunday last man by the
name Of the E-gert living IN Palmyra
township, sod n ures, ed hog To man liv
.ng in the Shabona House. \ piece Of the
meat coming cilentally under the eye OF
Dr. II. j. Dctmcrs he ut ono. detected in
the mus lie an nnnmerablc number OF N.
scctS, of the genus Entoson, OF whi~h the
tape worm is species. and which has
proved fatal in thousands Of instances IN
Europe and America. The man E,gcri
was not SAT- sei to lose hi, pork, but sold
1t ut John Scots m at market on Monday.
for general Distribution, bu; thc sac was
STOPPED, and Dr. y. W. ABBOTT AMI Other
uhy~icianS, on examining the insect
through microscope. pronounce I the
same from which $" many deaths occurred
in Western New Ioik last season 1t pas
scS from the stomach 10 the muscles, wien
from it's rapid natural increase. the unsns
pcrting victim of accident or viilalny, like
that Of E.nert. is soon beyond the reach
Of medical skill II is SAID that the insect
j. often communicated to the human svs
tenn through the eating Of hams. shoulders
and sausage. WI ether cooking destroys
the vitality Of the insect does not appear /"
BE- explained in medical works though nc
cording 10 the weight OF authority it does
not.
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Tue farmers and producers in the Rock
River valley will hold grand mass con
'cnlrn ut Dixon, on Tu $ lay. Feb. 81, tol
the purpose drvising WAYS and means
Tor additional transit facilities to The lakes
and 10 discuss and report upon the practi
ability of making Rock river navigabl
from its mouth to It's source, by means Of
dams and locks, Ms we'll as to appoint dc G
"a Is 10 attend general corvcn ion to DC
held at Rm kford on the 22d INST, upon the
same subject.
How To MA1EA PAnAD,sE Buy one acre
Of ground. Fence it. Build n at cottage
on it. Marry an asel in hoops and take her
to the cottage. Go home to the cottage
your self Abs,ail from all villainous drinks.
Join the church and become a good chris
tan, live upright before God and man, and
you have gained all the iginal happiness
that has survived the fall
EACH dwelling house in New York con
tains on an average 10 inhabitants. Tier,
are three hundred and fif'y places Of wor
ship, with sittings for 100000. The Nv.
erase attendance on Sunday schools is ST..
pt'. WI WIN aVOut IVAN
10 900 prostitutes and $50 ,0u0. 0CO invest
ell in this nefarious calling
TnE rent" question is the present c,ca,
tribulation IN New York After many mex,
the advance. from present appearances
will average 80 per cent. Dwellings in
rhirty-thlrd aud Thir,y-fou, tn streets. are
now held At $3.000-and the advance can
be obtained.
A YOUNG married man named Albert Eel
lows, living in Amboy. H., committed sui
eide N that place hast week. lie had ia-
len in love with young lady, could no,
marry her. Of course, anu hence he took n
d"sc Of opium and slept his unhappy life
away.
An act passed. the Mss 'uri House Of
Representatives fnr lilo sale of number cl
dciau't'n. railroads, among the Platte C"un-
" X H.. and two or three other roa,'s in
that vicinity. al Of which arc to be known
under the general name OF he p ate Cuun-
~ Railroad. The purchaser is required t.
build The road from Savannah, Andrew
countv.M the present terminus, to the
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