Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-30

A Deserved Com plInaeat - shc
IlnwksEye State.

rPrcm Tie New York Eyening Post, May 10 =
Ia the year 1887 bill was reported to
congress for the organization Of . territory
west Of the Mississippi river and north Of
Missouri, TO be called Iowa. II WAS op-
posed by Mr.. Calhoun. on the ground
that all the region covered BY the Missouri
Compromise Was designed fer the Indiana.
The next year however, the bill was csrri-
ed in spite o! this objection. In eight
years (lsA6) Iowa became = State. In 1860
ct bad nearly seven hundred thcusand in
babitasts. and nov has over million. 1t
bee q - Of six respectable esllsgss. thor
sugh systsm Of common scheele. gsolo'
eical survey. IN agricultural college usder
the act Of congress, institutions for the In
sane and the deaf aad dumb. and nost eth
o. appliances Of highly aasnaOd oconu.
nifty. Ne State fafalshed - msey 6sops
10 proportion 10 it. population, or sent ito
quotas mere promptly.
No State has dons more for its returned
soldiers, nor 20 veil for the orphan chill
dren Of those who laid down their lives 'ot
their country. Its SOLDIER orphans
Homes are thus described in rsptrt
q 1.-The State has three such Hcmes-one
I Davenport, ono At Cedar Falls, and
third at Glen eod. During the years $50
and 1867 there have been supported .
monthly average OF T3S orphans, At cost
TO the State Treasury Of nearly el02,ooo.
The design 10 to furnish these orphans net
merely : home but thorough Instruction.,
10 fit them for some business. In this. -
iu other respects, the State has dsne her
self great credit, and in this most nsbls
charity places the most graceful eapstonetcu
the tsmpls which her patriotism built while
quelling the rebellion"
Iews bas - large cities. bet l. spreading
IN industrious pepulstioa al eves it, sof-
face. The incrsass IN value oflAad - ssttls-
msste sxtsnd, II its aggregate eeuld Do tsu-
" stated would show how light burden
eur public debt 10 - - BY the time il 70
PAYABLE. The whole Of these wondsSful r.
suits may b atasibuted = ~ pshlie spirit
which sbasastsvissd ito easiy sstiless, and.
above oil. 70 the general sprssd and literal
n6autensacs q the i.stitigi6rD ~ rsligisn.
nCeA NQasllns fer Summer.
A Meutsssl paper ssys: IL 80 deplt.
lsss occurred to many. while admirisO ths
bsautieol eAsess pssdues1 By lrsst. e. via
dowa, = ioeeisg hsW 4olightlal Il eosh
DO Y 3 esnsAiios Il spolnesa seuld y pro
| dussd 10 the sultry days Of summer By ths
sspect Of thsss effects. artiAsially sbtainsd
The imagination has been realized. Il II
known that, BY means Of almost any eFdin
~ alt rsduced to liquid, AID spilled with
. bfush to window psnss, those fairy-li
forms OF cryssa line foliage may be success
fuiIy reproduced, asd that, with little
chemical ingenuity, any tone Of color may
be given to them from snowy white TO ricf
est purple or coolest green. That process
10 known; but another step in advance hN
recently been taken BY means Of which
muslins may be similarly iced for snmms
wear.
"fhs line which ssperatss . prstty ex
pertinent from = commercial product i
that which may 10 drawn between result
obtainsd BY an original manipulation
which can only be reproduced by . repst
ition Of the same original msans,an Ties
results which. once perfected, lean BE- r.
produced al infnitum by mere mechan
cal process. Dagucrrsotypc was only
pretty toy till NJ. Talbot discovered th
means Of producing the Same effects o
paper, and process for multplyin ing III
image when once produced. An anal'
gous method has been discovered by N
Bert sch. and practically applied BY y
Huffman, for multiply Ing. - from an ei
: graved plate, the exquisits effects Of Il
! crystalline, from which any number os in
pressions can be taken, iu any tone Of iC
grsye, or pale silver greens. or any oth'
eoot tint In order to secure continuity ,
design, without stop or iutsrssptisn. II
frst manipulation takes place upon . pa
ished cylinder. BY means Of which . col
tinueas pattern. never ending, still begiI
niug,'is impaired 70 - snsny thousan
: yards Of textile fabrics = wy b requires
SO that, for Tia arst time IN fanciful st'
~ of fashion, iced muslin for the SUNNI
season may b. had in any qusntity"