Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-12

F:EIp.--These goods are fast earning that
onviable and substantial reputation that
they so honestly des.rvs. Our wide>Awaks
friend, Capt. n N. Tyner, travelling agent
for Shields Davenport Wooden Mills. has
jus, been out into the State on short tris,
With roll Of samples. lie reports strong
preference among country merchants for
these goods. As . substantial proof Of this,
we have only to say that during the six
days be was among the dealers his orders
amounted to the handsome sum Of four
Aousand doilovi In his travels he came
in direct competition with other agents
from mile in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
and il 10 q pleasure TO be able to state that
in no instance where Shields goods were
laid out side BY side with those Of other
-factories, did they fail to take the prefers
encc. This Is triumph worth boas,ing
about. The honesty of fabric. the perfec'
ton Of style aud finish, the general adapta>
ton OF Shields goods to the demands o' he
public, and the reasonable figure ct which
they are offered, renders their sale sure and
certain. No matter how many yards Of
these goods may be produced. they are as
staple az gold dollars, and can never range
below par.
We understand that Mr.. Shields is run.
ming righ. up to the full capacity Of his ma
chinery, and hnds no accumulation oi
stock. Orders are coming in from al quar-
tcrs. The goods have been thoroughly
tested, aad the people viii have them. The
people are right-let their wants ba sup.
piled
lltSay VIScESr.-THs kxaLIsu LIBERAL.
speaks to night at Metropolitan Hall He
is n perfect master Of eloquence and under
standing, lie subjec: "Cromwelr' thorough
", and han iles it in . mastery manner.
His powers of description and illustration
are TO him, what Coughs power ofimitstion
is to him, his own peculiar forte. HE SEM
tences although comprising many ideas
have unity of meaning that 10 truly sur>
prising. In describing Csomwelrs battles
he holds up TO his audience the living, NOV.
ing picture Of war, painting in glowing
words the smoke Of war-Athc surges af the
.field-even the laundering Of artil-
lsry. With him his subject is living re-
ality, thoroughly conversan: with il ia oil
its bearings, ne presents it ~ he only can
Who has lived and had the whole eur
rent of his life governed by il.
He paints no idle dream, gives no fine
spun thsories, but presents to bis audience
a real, living Cromwell. He faithfully de-
linsates tho influences Of tho Cromwellian
period, reaching down to, and sven past the
present time. His is . mighty subject, the
agitation of which causes the Crowned
Heads Of Europe TO look we'll to the founda-
tiens upon which their power rosts.-
Presented with that eArnestnsss, which life
purpose gives, TO him whose head has been
silvered BY the passage Of years spent in les
defence, aud whose brow has been furrowcd
BY its cares, it cannot fail efinterestirg any
audience. Let none fail Of heasing thin pow
erful defender of popular rights speaker
celebrated the world over
Parents. Provide Homes
Gradually as our population and business
increases, the value Of real estate and rents al
50 increase. Accompanying the ncreas,, there
is also an increase Of pauperism. want and
misery; sevsn>eigh,hs Of which grows 81
Of the neglect OF husbands and fathers to
use that amount of forethoughs aud knowl>
edge that 10 possessed and acted on By
beasts, birds and insects. in providing for
the comfort and safety Of their efspring.-
This neglect is without doubt one Of the
greatest sins that can be committed by man.
Thousands and tens Of thousands Of wives
and children are annually thrown upon the
world homeless. to be driven from house to
house, and from hotel 10 hovel, and virtual
ly driven 10 theft, vagrancv, prostitution
and un,ime'y graves.
Statistics bear witness that this greatest
of sins is not confined to the population OF
atiicS and cellars,as the wives and offspring,
legitimate and otherwise. Of our clergy,
elders ard professional men are largely rep
resented.
Does it not then become the duty of
every man to say to his neignbor. secure to
those you may leave permanent home.
if i. should be but a single room, but secure
beyond . doubt.
Had the large number Of widows that
applied to our Overseers the past winter
for aid possessed a roof TO shelter them, is
there even . shadow Of . doubt that the
number would have been reduced full one
half? Rents absorbed all their small earnings,
leaving them destitute. Food in country
of plenty is more readily procured in small
quantities from day TO day, than dwellings.
Let every minister Of TIE Gospel through.
out the union appropriate but thirty min>
utes annually in pointing out the enor
nifty Of this great sin TO his congreg alton.
such advice properly and universally given
would spread abroad, and the result would
be to decrease destitution and vagrar cy, at
least one third
Forty building lots, twenty-five minutes
walk from the Post Office. TO lease for Eve
years free Of rent. with the privilege Of pur-
chssing at the market value At any time
during the lease. A. C. FuLroN.
RBVE0 NEWS.
The 1pbuqus Heratd, in speaking Of the
opouinfH the river a that noint save -