Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-15

An eccentric friend OF ours, somewhss
| known TO the world - the inventor Of .
process for the manufacturing of "resin oil,''
by which be has made several fortunes, was
seriously troubled With dyspepsia. lie was
very thin. and had no appetite whatever,
and was gro sing worse. lie always inauir.
cd into the why's AMI whereforcs'' Of
everything very carefully, as all inventors
do; and, having resolved 10 get web, he
looked about him to decide upon u plan OF
action Ills FIRST observation was that he
could find no safe guide among the human
race, md he resolved TO be his own physi.
clan. His immediate object was TO gain
ilcsh, not for i,s own sake, but because il
was the natural concoIpitaot Of returning
health. Hogs. he noticed, were particularly
successful in this direction. and he detesm
ined 70 study their habits OF life with a
view 20 making them his own. a few
weeks observation gave him tie key; the
score. Of their luxurisnce of adispo-e liz.
sue lay in the fact that they ate and slept
BY turps. lie adopted the "hos SYSTEM"
IS hs called il. and at every meal. after
uibbliog . little, he would 20 to q sofa, take
q newspapers and read. Neither sleeping
nor eating was IL sy to accomplish al first.
BY the end OF the week he began 10 doze .
little after hia meals In "A few weeks he
found he could go TO sleep without a paper.
and soon ate h hearty meal and went right
to sleep after IL. and slept soandly. The
hog system was . success. He gained 30
pounds that ummer, and has held his own
ever since.
lsood Templnrs On - fendcr.
From the Jopesboro' (ill.j Gazette, Aug. H..
We are informed by Deputy 5 erif An
derson, who was in search OF the mule thici
on Monday last in johnson county, tina,
| great excitement existed in thu. neighbcr-
| hood from the following cause
On that day, (Mondsy), John laird. J.
johnson, and . negro in the employ Of y.
A. Childs, ioit Anna in pursuit Of ths
mules that wssc stolen. When they .artiv-
ed 10 johnson county, on che Vienna road
the party had undoubtedly INDUCED ficel,
in "tust.hesd' whisky, and were, in mill
tarv paslancc, ION . raid'. They sho
farmcrs' dogs in their yard, among children
regardless Of human life they halted PEG
pie 10 the Highway. with pistols drawn
compelling them to marA time, or kneel be
fore them they drove families from thei
houses, and committed other outrages whic|
terrified the inhabstants. The country Va
aroused the people turned out with gunl
pistols and pitchforks. asd captured the in
vaders. johnson gave bail. Tho gentle
men from Africa gave "leg bail" We hav
not heard what became Of Laird, who ]
said TO have proclaimed upon this occasion
that be was sheriff Of Union county. Tn
sssangest part Of this affair Is that Lair
and johnson are leading officials in III
Good Tsmplar Order At Anna.
4 STORY Of n New York Womamu
In the American Department at Pari.
there ia on exhibition some geld embroidss
which attracts universal admiration. Tn
richness Of the material, aud the eleganc
Of the workmanship 10 une. uslled. Il |
from an American lady. Her husband is
Now York publisher. He lives ia grea
sly 10. lie has his fine house, dashin
teams. and is ~emphAtically fast. lis viii
is not allowed 10 dwell under his roof. Sh
- Al elegant and accomplished lady, Of
whose fame not . breath Of suspicion Ia
rested. But deserted, and with no proyis
ion made for her maintenance, she resolve,
to turn her accomplishments to . good &C
count. This lady called on Nine. Demores
and told her story-exhibited her skill, az
found full employ ment and fair compensa
ton. For years she has earned a comfort
able subsistence, ard il esteemed by a
who know her. Kings and queens ben
over her handlwork in Paris with admiration
by little and little her story has leaked on
and great interest is attached 10 it. Wit
her needle aud patient endurance she VI
make a name IN tho world.-Neu Tor