Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-17


a Rclul1c fsrom indianapolis.
The people Of indianapolis, where the
resident and Gen. Grant barely escaped
cath from tic hands Of a radical mob, have
Unified their view Of the riotous proceed
,gs by decreasing the radical majority to
which viii particularly astonish
hose who suppose that homes, elections are
he rule there
| Pnlbcr-In-lmw In spite OF Him.
self.
The London correspondent q the New
Orleans Delta writes the following to dat
A good sell II related Of . wealthy banker
here. who Is very good.naturcd, but inclined
10 be . triflc fast In his views Of life. he
had Z favorite clerk, . young man 81 abou!
twenty one, aud remsrksbly handsome mod
ct and highly intellectual. For thsse queh
tiles no vas liked by every one, end b
did not escape the general feeling Of
coed will. lie was - poor - his salary
snd had no connections to push him After
and %, like most English clWks,he
would rise 70 one hundred and twenty
pounds n year, 20 on for eight years at ten
pounds q year rise, and marty when be gets
No hsadIed pounds yeas. hencefosah y
vcgetste aud find that the additional ten
pounds . year rise only kspf p>cs 9Th the
additional babies in the household.
The banker, on Saturday afternoon, when
no me vas expected, &o,dd oe~cesssnally ask
q. - $3.50 III ~n.~m Gas~.lw -
his Suburban wills: as the cesversatOnaue
Of the young man Vas so correct s0d clever
Il conid M, In. he Of advantage to his chill
dren. 1iAa wsss mistake, EVIDENTLY. but il
was . good. astured enor. and ws can only
wish. I'll OF W, that there wcre inore COM
United. ! have not mentioned that there
~as = beautiful Young daughter 81 niecteen.
but that may always be understood u any
English family that has known welded life
long enough. But there were, u course, 20
attentions on the part Of The young suaa
other than extremely delicate, veeesvedArd
proper. This will most alwaya be the 60
with English youths AZ Americans we'll
know. Don't chem" after this. The youth,
in spite of two or three days insitaAion 10
the bankers country seat, TO breath fresh
ali and clear his lungs Of London smoke. vas
evidently very i'll, and though he declared
himself we'll aud robust. the banker shock
his head.
II cannot make out what Is tho matter
with my young elcrk." sAid the bunker to .
confrere Who VA In the back Office with him,
after tho youth had just brought ID some
papers.
"Weil, you ore green, I shosld say, fos Q
man of our time OF life and experience" said
banker number two. "Don't you see CHATS
tho mattesf He's in love-"
"fn love! bah! He i mcdsstv and pro.
priety itself"
II tell you Il is a fact, and with . rich old
fellows daughter whs would 90 moro think
Of having him fsr . 500 .inlaw than you
would yeuraslf."
"Oh, the naughty old fool; my clerk ia 10
COED - HE daughter. end be hanged TO him.
Thank you for the hint"
AZ soon % banker number two had gone,
the clerk was called in.
$50 sir; you arc in love and pining away
for ehe object Of your aHections-that's the
secre', Is III Why did you not tell me be-
fore, sir 7"
The youth was silent.
"weil, my boy, I pity you; but I willgive
yOu . WIN VI 8uvNOs ~ ttbS OuUkOtCt -
isir, she il worth making n risk for. Look
here, ,hcrc are E500 and two month"; leave
Of absence. Run away with the girl. lIahi
don't look so stupid. | did the came before
you, aud il did't hurt 0e.'
The clerk fell upon his marrow bones and
was upon the point 81 making . full breast
OF il, WHOM the old mnn rose and left prccip-
itAteiy, TO avoid the scene. The young mar
considered and acted. and the consequences
WIS that the next day week there was nc
young daughter at the dinner table Of III,
bank.r at the country house. The hous,
was in CONSERVATION, uird n search mato ici
her in all directions. A note, however, was
found ON her dressing table, conveying til,
customary prayer Of forgiveness, and one IN
closed fiom the young clerk stating that, be
licving the banker had meant 10 give him 4
hint ia regard 10 his daughter, and was not
ablo to give his public consent, owing 10 ap,
pcaranccs, he had acted on the Suggestion,
and that ere his 'fathsr. -iaw" had received
the letter, he would be his son-in>law. The
pill was n bitter one. and the joke = terrible
one against him, so it wa hushed up, and
has only got to the ears Of the p%urveyors o.
scandal and e. your correspondent, who re-
cords il as . trait ot London life.
Coal-lss lDrag1n and Noussr~.
There CA Ne no reasonable doubt hat . i
Goals, bituMinous and anthracite. are Of 70 :
ctablc origin. BY = powerful microscope
the vegetable texture Of the mass can 10
distinguished, not oaly in the softer quail.
ties, but even in the hardest anthracite
We have sccn specimens Of indubitsAle ieI
yield 20 the power Of the microscope and re-
veal the original grain Of the wood Or vegc.
table tibcr. Pea, il the first c0mbustibls
form 81 coal, and if our peat beds, now
sought after with SO much av,dity, ant
judged to be such mines Of wealth, were
suffered TO remain undi disturbed, they would
At some future period, become beds Of coal
for warming aud lighting The wiutess and
nights OF future generations.
Coal is not . material belonging exclu
sively to past geological periods, but is in
process OF formation now, - MAJ be proved
by an examination of the ''brown COAL
we'll known in Europe and frequently me,
With hire. Thin slices, which allow the
light to pass through them, show to the no
kcd eye the original vegetable structure. L
ia universally acknswlcdged that thi.
''brown coal," q liguits, b an un1svslopct
coal. not yet subjected 70 the changes d
years which would srsnsform it into pure
bituminous or anthracite ccal. To be sure,
timc is required TO change tho d~isintsgrated
porous mass Of vegetable ibsrs. roots, and
tendrils, leaves aud lSaass 70 hard, I'm.
liant, ANIMATED. or crystaIized coal. But
nature works slowly. We find il din cult
to understand her processes or to coopre-
bend her infinite patisaec, which watches
through uunumbsrsd years end countless
ages for tho slow and ersdual ~prosreeoior
81 her agencies. Nut Il Is osrtain that her
transforming processes haze not sutFsed q
abatement u their original power By tn,
discoveries Of msn. They still 70 on, ans
viii - long as this globe and the univers'
endure. 80,
1t il possible that the present farors abo6
peat viii lead to the discovery Of aceslera-
ting the action Of unaidsd natural forces, .,
that this material may be msds 10 give gu,
~ much heat power as the concentrated
coal, but We much doubt it. The principal
fault with our coal 10, that il combines with
Il elements dc'cterous 70 iron, whether in 4
state OF fustion or merely subjected temper
arily to is heat Stoves. for instance,
which are CONSTRUCTED TO burn wood only
will last . life time or longer but burn am
thracitc coal and the parts wsrr, and crack
aud oxidize, until the stove. or that portion
exposed to the direct action Of the heat,
must he renewed yearly, if not oftcner.-
With thc bi,uminous coal it is worse still.