The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-08

made ind -lible By passing the tongue over i.
Even breathing slcsly oyIe the liass uvoeects
,hem from ensure .... A hot eiAsid ovse
varnished furniture will take out white spots.
49,. A Bit Of glue dissolved in shia milk md
water will restore crApe......A fsw more days
Of the present iemperatars will seal the ms
issippi. $780,. Il made several attempts to
snos YESTERDAY, bu. failed each tine.....,...
The ferry had ! bard Struggle yesterday 20
make her regular trips, the river being 20 fall
Of floating ice.
Tns ExpRkss PEacE.--In regard to the
con,olids lion of the Expresa Companies, Fs-
Gently entered into, the New York Tiaes Of
Tuesday RAYS:
We understand thst the three old Express
cempanies-United States. American and
Adams-h have entered into ! permanen, treaty
Of arrang. ments with the new Merchants
Union for the mutual conduct Of their busi>
ness in eli .ha, relates TO the tariff Of rates.,
adiastrneni of territory and exchange Of
packages on routes not nov occupied IN com
mon. lLe tariff agreed upon 10 said TO We =
remuneratfe one, but not deaFer TO the btsas
ness people OF New York and the interior OF
the coonffy than the scale upon which the
Merchants Union was originally startled.
There is TO be no consolidation OF capital or
earnings 81 nd u the same time the treaty 10
pledged against all future rivalry or cutting
q rates The documents TO these agreeable
snds. We understand, we're signed By the fur
Presidents on Saturday.
The Ades,ti.sr and Union, of Auburn, n.
T.. 10 connection with the same, in an arti>
Gle of the spsh nit, says:
The cutting oil rates ceases. and the origi-
nal tariff al the Merchants Union is to be
Tie basis ti a general tariff OF rates for trans
portaiion. y h,ie this will undoubtedly be
satisfactory 10 the stockholders OF the Mer
chants Union, We see no reason Why II should
not be sasi factory to the business public gem
orally, who certaicfy ought not to object 10 the
stockholders receiving reasonable ufvieends
on their stess.
! Since the war has ceased, some non paying
routes Of The several companies will OF
&c rse, be abandoned and expenses reduced,
/ inas sllovinx The business to be done With
IN 70 econGmy and equal dfspnsch. R.t mn.
der the arr ngement as perfected, the Mer-
chants' ui ion retains full control of its lines
and routes and Vi the question Of rates OF
; transportation.
.GRoaGx Suykgaax's EXPLANATION \ is
the name Ct the story that Charles Dickens
l. writing for The I" Atlantic. and the OPEN
/ / chapter Of which is in the January NJ M
b r. Here is the wsy the story b-gius;
Ny parents we're in = miserable condition
III, lite. and my infant home was cellar ia
Preston. tecpllect the sound OF fathers
! Lancashire clogs on the street pavement
sb,ye. as being different IL my young hearing
from the sound of ali other clogs; and | rec
oil, ct thHt, when mother came down the GEL
lsr strps, used irsmblinely to speculate on
her feet having good or m ill., lem peFed l4ok
- n her kness-0n her waist-until finally
her lace came into view and settled The qsjes-
aien. From. this iLwili. hs sses ihse / .tss
3titnid, and that the cellar steps were sieep,
All 1 that The doorway WAS very low. Mother
had the sfip sid clutch Of poverty upcn her
face, upon her figure, and, not least Of hi.
upon her scfte. tier sharp and high pilcAsd
xsfds we're squeezed out Of her, IS by The
compression u bony fingers ON lealhers
bag; and sbs had ~ay OF rolling her eyes
ab ,ut and about The cellar, as she scolded,
that vas ganat and hungry. Father, withhis
ID pniders rounded. would lit quiet on three
legged stool, looking AT the empty CRATE, I'M
tiishe xouE pinck fhe stool trom under him.
and bid hin, 20 brig some money home.
Then he would dismaIly ascend the steps, and
!, holding my Ragged shirt and trowsers To-
gesher with hsnd imy only braces), would
iesat and dodxsfrom mothers pursuing grasp
n my hsir. A toridiy little devil Vas moth
er'a usual name FOR me. Whether cried for
thssi was in the aart, or for that il WIS Geld.
~ far hut 1 - Z
squesxed N. self into y warm corner when
theirs was y IRE, or ate vo.sciously when
there was food she would still ssy,"O you
woridl iiiltle DEVIL" Andthe sling Of il was,
thst quite we'll knew myself to b~ q world,
iy little devil
Worldly as TO wanting to be housed and
sarmeds WORTHY ~ to wanting to be fed,
worldly rs To Lie greed with wnsch iiuvardly
compared how much Tot OF those rood
thiags with tos miich father and mother rot,
when, nfcly, those good things we're gong.
S,,nsiimes they both vent away seeking
work, AAd thu d i,soaid be locked IN in de
cedar for = day Ot two Il Z time. was at
my worldliest then. Lsft alone, yielded
myself up worldly yearnine for enough OF
any thing Except mlstry J, and forethe death
Of mother sf.iiier who was = machine-n,ak-
e. At Birninsh and on whose deceasA /
had heard mother say she would come into a
whole eourtful Of houses IF she had her
right" Worldly little desil, would stand
absu,, musiagi; fitting ms cold bare feet into
cracked brick md creyices Of the damp eel.
lsr 6oor-wAEk;nf over my gFandfalher's
BODY. 70 to speak .ihto.the coartful OF houses.
ard selling shem tsr meat aad drink, aaA
cios hesto vesr, .
Al last chAs&t came down into our ceiiar.
The ausserssi ehnage came down sven - iow
= thaf--so will q mount 10 any height on
which hpnAa creature can pesch--snd
brought other ehaases With Il. w Aad !
hsa.. Of | don's tdew wkaa foul litter il the
dartest corner, which ~ called s.ths bed. !,
Tor tArse dsys motpsf lay upoa Il without
gesssax up, and theA beRan q tlmas 10 iansh