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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14
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Esq. Of dialogue.

Esq. OF Dubuque.
- DusueuB, Oct. 2s, 1868
Or. a. p Liss'sia. caieseo !:
plAa sls The remedies and treatment yoa
$3.50 'or my daughters Cs,arrh, have ale
ss .a. .used great benefit, and l have no
S NV ~ s''i effect an entire cure in due time.
go s1.nafd considers herself permanently
~ A.. a'.'rn Of twenty years annoyance.
" ,oe means ofyour Invaluable treatment.
...m :. : apparatus for applying your remedies
,onr m.s;s az noVe'. simple, and effective. and
49,, ~. ~.e,e'nes 80 generally successful that
'',. ma may o' said to be specifies.
.ou'a certainly advise my friends suasrise
rom an! o. the disease, treated a specislties
sionsl care. a'PS" ysu' Ps0'ss-
. oar city.
Ian veryitrslv ysurs.
GEO. 4. DLANOnAR .
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14
Toledo Market.

By Telegraph Sept. IA.
Flour-Sales Of -four from spring wheat At
600
WheAt--Choics grades shade frmer. Sales
of hite Wabash At 630255; White Mich g. =
at Q. os; Amber Michigan. 7o0G3. 0OK No. 2
bed l IS No. spring. 1 SO.
Corn-lc lower 1.03 for Mel.
Oats---l01ke bsster. Sales Of No q 80
SIX.
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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

From ,. .. WallIker. Of West Davs
onport.
This may certify that DR.. Lighinil opsrssse
upon me for the cure Of Deafness. with the osss
OF success. | was deaf in my LEI, ear for sev
eral years. l can now hear whispering. dis
unc'iy. The operation was entirely painless.
Us. WlLLlkER.
corner Of Third and Cedar streets,
West Davenport.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14
statement OF ID. Il. yTheeaoek, 81
Moline. Illinois.

Through the influence Of my friend. the Rsv.
onaries L. BAlch, of Galesburg, H., (whs him.
SEX - under DR.. LighthilPs cars.) called on
Dr. Lighthiil at the Burus House and had IN
opsla'ion performed on my ear for the cure Of
aeainess OF 70 years standing, caused BY Ca
''rrh' ana am happy to state the operation was
: success and my hearing is restored.
DAHL. l.. W1ssLoE.
Moline, Ill.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

NEWCOM Ii HOUSE.
(LArE IL CLAIRE HousI)
uDAVGm .kO"
THIS HOTEL SITUATED IN TuR CENTRE or
i the business portion OF this city. and but one
block from the Ferry and Steam BOAT Landing, will
be open for the reception Of gussts on
Wednesday. April 10Th. lS0a.
II has recently undergone thorough repairs and ex
tensive additions, among which Is . dining hall 4ox
70 feet, an once e4x40. Large pleasant Parlcrs,
sample rooms for Agents. and ample aceommoda
tions for over 200 guests. II being furnished com
plete with new modern styled Furniture. and Steam
Cooking ksnges. the Propric,ors feel warranted in
Offering 70 Families, Tourists and the travelling pub
lie. attractive desirable stopping place. ofths
Seot In the West.
PRNNIMAN. sfGLEY . CO..
aprlS6Awtf Proprietor
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

Refter from esastavWs schnitger
ESQ. ShcriGof acoss 90 IOWA
DAvsSroar July 2s.
Having been s3,,.ea with partial deafness
ard sch.rre fran tao ear. ard Aaying been
cured By DR.. Ls- LII, take grea. pleasure
recommending hir' 20 those similarly aaec.
ed rs a medical gentleman in whom the highes
confidence can bs placed.
GUSTAvUS SCHylTGER,
Sh.rs OF Scot. County, Iowa.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14
CURE or Ce4T.1RRH.
Attended with disagreeable dis
charges and an offensive breath.

Letter from 7yr. y. -. Lens. or
vsciinc. MI
Dr. iisuraiIi
Dear sir:-The remedies prescribed ~ You for
my Catsrrh have lsa no desired eject. am no
longer troubled WI nose dissg-ee.ble discharges.
my bre 18th 10 nov perfectly pare tie hacking cough
has entirely lcft ne and consider myself perfectly
we'll Yours
JOHN II. LEAs.
Rs.so House, Moline. H., Sept l.' 1863
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

HARTWELL & SMITH,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
NO. ~ BRADY STkEET.
Mutual Benefit Life lns. Csn'y,
Assets, Assoc. 10000.
Continental Fire Ins. Company,
Assess. eS.ol3. s2e.So.
Insurance Co. or North America,
Assets. e0.Ol0, 10000
Lsriilard Fire Ins. ConaDy,
Assets. el.60O.ooo. 90.
Security Fire Ins. CempaBy,
Assets. ol.A60. Ooo. 90.
Enterprise Fire ms. Company,
Assets. 81. 80 zoe. %.
North American Fire lns. Comply,
Assess. e766.S7O 90.
Commerce Fire Insurance Go.
Assets, $3.50. OOe 90.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

Once llours from . o'clock a. N
10 IL M, aud from r. N. - 8 r.
NJ.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

arising from the decomposition OF the dead
The towns OF PeruchC and San Antonio also
disappeared
A Valparaiso dispatch Aug. OF Ii saws ed
vices from Ialcahuala state on the night of
Aug. IA three earthquakes occurred, The
second caused an immense tidal wave which
swept away fully oue-half Of the town and
rendered the other half almost uninhabi,a-
bic; tour lives only lost, the inhabitants
fleeing to the hills. And Of Tome the same
occurred, but the buildings being higher,
little was done. Port Cons,ceun suffered
from the waves but not much damaged.
several small vessels were driven ashore
and several men drowned. The town of
Conception was also damaged by the same
cause. The Cobijs Meilanez islands. fisa-
qua. and all the cities and towns 10 fact from
cape Francisco in EQua Tor, TO Magellan
Straits, suffered moro or less from toe terri
BILE visitation. II was thought at Quito that
the volcano Of Co.opaxi was at work, but
nothing definite 10 stated TO that effect.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Other accounts state that terror, hunger
aud deso.ation reign. Where africa was, nc.
even q tree is left: the town of lauuera was
destroyed, and Tecca lost sixty houses and
one hundred and fifty lives, mostly chil-
dren who were returning trAn school. The
town OF Mia was swept away only twenty
cut OF five hundred escaping. ali the IL
habliants at Silo were Destroyed.
Twenty lives were lost there vessels with
ali their crews were else lost. All the nj
tra.e works al Iq1iq6s were destroyed, as
we'll as those Ia the suburbs, entailihg q
great loss. Among the killed at lquique
were the British Consul, Billinghurst. The
American bs;que London was lost at Ele-
geiiaD, Int her crew vas saved TIE British
bafque Henrietta was also lost; crew
saved. Tie losses at Iquique are over - Co.,
AT the Chincha Islands there was first .
hurricane. next an earthquake, and the u.
dal waves Destroyed l.Oo4 tor Of silver ore,
and I'll The expensive. works of the Pssuvia1
ninersl Company
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02

LITTLE TH1NGs.-The preciousness Of
little things was never more beautifully
expressed than by B. F. Taylor in the
following: a.a. -
Little words are the sweetest to hear
little charities fly furthest, and stay long
est on the wing; little lakes are the still
est, little hearts the fullest, and little
farms best titled. Little books are the
most read, and little songs the most loved.
And when nature would make any thing
especially rare and beautiful, she makes
it little, little pearls, little diamonds,
little dews. ." h'as" -
Everybody calls that little. which be
loves best on earth. We once heard a
good sort of man speak of his little wife.
We saw her, and she weighed two hun
dred pounds! We were surprised! But
then it was no joke; the man meant it:
He could put his wife in his heart, and
Ihave room for other things besides; and
what was she but precious, and what was
she but little?
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02

pray Becky to tell her what she would
like best, and Becky confessed that to
have her wedding-ring back was the hope
of her life; and this led to the cause of its
pawning and all the story of poverty and
sorrow. Then the dark hours ended and
day broke; and there was food and fire ;
and as it happened, that baby, Minnie's ia
ther needed just such an honest man for
work as poor Nick could do. he gave the
place to the cobbler; and from that day
there was enough and to spare in the
little home, because of the simple good
ness shown to baby Minnie.
$50 it's never time thrown away to do
Ia kindness to any one," says Becky, Of
ten; somehow you are always rewarded
for it. If I'd left the little lost beggar's
child, as I thought it, in the street, and
never stopped to care for it-as I might
have done in such trouble-where would
Nick have been and the children and me
this night? Not that I did anything but
what Christian ought, but see how we
were paid for it,"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02
Can't Rub it Out.

So Z
''Don't write there said father to his
son, who was writing with diamond on
the window -
- ,"Why not :" ~f<as -f.1 80
Because you can't rub it out" tr.
Did it ever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing that which yoa'
cant rub out?
! You made cruel speech to your moth
er the other day. I It wrote itself on her
loving heart, and gave her great pain.
It is there now, and hurts her every. time
she thinks of it. You can't rub it out.
You whispered wicked thought one
day in the ear Of your. playmate. 1t
wrote itself on bis mind, and led him to
do wicked act. Itis there now; you
can't rub it out. 3" n. - etg7e
All your thoughts, all your words. all
your acts are written in the book Of God.
The record is very sad one. You can't
rub it out. ....s ,..o....,
Mind me! What you write on the
minds of others will stay there. It can't
be rubbed out anyhow. But, glorious
news! what is written in Gods book can
be blotted out. You can't rub it out. but
the precious blood of Jesus can blot it out
if you are sorry. and will ask him. -'..
Go, then, o my child, and ask Jesus
to blot out the bad things you have writ
ten in the book of God. Frs
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02
ssGOOD-FOR-NOTHING., :,

What are you good for, my brave little man? /?
Answer that question for me, if you can
You, with your fingers as white as nun,
You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
All the day long with your busy contriving,
Into all mischief and fun you are driving:
See if your wise little noddle can tell
What you are good for-now ponder it WELL
Over the carpet, the dear little feet
Came with patter to climb on my seat; (
Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
Under their lashes looked up unto me;
Two little hands, pressing soft on my face
Drew me down close in loving embrace;
Two rosy lips gave the answer so true
"Good to love you, mamma good to lore you.
The fervid summer swellS and beats
Through everg pulse of air,
And life, and light, and labor are
! Around us everywhere.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02
~A curious case Of somnambulism

f. ~A curious case Of somnambulism
occurred at Richford, Yt.sa few nights
ago. Alvin Goff, of that village, got up
in his sleep, dressed himself, spoke to his
son law and obtained permission to take
his horse to 60 after bis (Gof' COW,
which be said had broken out Of the pas
tura.s He then harnessed the horse. and
after driving a mile hitched It to fence
while he started on an imaginary pursuit
after the COW. But she was terribly Oh.
stinate, he thought, and after, chasing her
a long distance, he sat down to rest, and
then came to himself. He found his horse
hitched, and his COW, which had caused
him so much anxiety and fatigue, safe in
the pasture = = il3ss esff1o7t:s ~ q -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02
geletteh pnetry.
From the Home Journal.
SAPPHO,S DYING SONG.

SAPPHOS DYING SONG.
BY W. H.K.
I.
I am kneeling all alone
At affections altar-stone.
While 1 strike my harp again
Half in joy and half in pain,
Ere break its golden strands
With my weak and weary hands.
II.
Kneeling dreamily alone
At affections altar-stone,
Starry eyes and nut-brown hair
Haunt my vision everywhere,
And dear voice drifts to me
Over waves of memory.
had quaffed the cup of hate
And my life was desolate.
Only in my dreams I knew
Aught Of tender hearts and true;
Oft yearned to be at rest
With my harp across my breast,
And beyond the sunset skies,
In the wales of Paradise,
Realize my golden dreams
Where eternal morning CLEANS
w.
Suddenly across my way
Shone affections sunny ray,
AS thy starry eyes divine
Gazed with tenderness in mine,
Till perfect, perfect rest
Nestled in my aching breast.
Every day was consecrate
To affection born of fate,
While our heart-beats for time
syllabled joyous rhyme,
And felt no more oppressed ..7-
With the burden of unrest. l.ris -
.-7tsa..--.. 4Tta ". E.-3
Came our parting morn at last, =
And my sunny dream went past
With the waves Of destiny r,-
Waiting thy frail barque from me,
AS knelt me all alone
At affections altar-stone. ,-oa.
s.. vi. s.a -
Starry eyes and nut-brown hair. t..
Haunt my vision everywhere. cz
And dear voice drifts to me
Over waves of memory,
AS strike my harp again
Half in joy and half in pain, .s5.
Ere I break its golden strands =
With my weak and weary hands,
Kneeling dreamily alone .t.s.
At affections altar-stone.
f.s-
.GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.o
L e.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02

ing folks from our shabby basement, even
for the mending of their old shoes. I'm
crushed down. Why, you are as thin
and white as a ghost. You haven't tasted
meat this week, Becky"
..No more have you," said Becky
"But la, why, there is folks thinks meat
unhulsome; wegetarians, Nick, they call
'em where I lived out once, saw one of
them"
Ibid you say bread was unhulsome
too?" asked Nick. 'Oh, gal, I wish I'd
left ye living out at service. Rosy and
bright and happy; but I meant to do bet
ter, said. If I was an able. bodied man,
I'd work somehow and somewhere, but
its the last or nothing with me. Becky,
why didn't you take Tim Rolf, the wheel
wright, and send the little limping cob
bier about his business %
81 didn't like Tim," said Becky. "and
I just knew how nice and cozy we'd be TO-
gether. Never q quarrel, Nick. And
how we used to 60 to Hoboken and have
lemonade in the garden, and come home
after dark an afternoon, and how we used
to go to church on Sunday morning in
clothes as good as any one."
''Used," sighed poor Nick.
"Why, it can't be all up hill," said
Becky. Il haven't time to 60 out gal
wanting now, but la, I don't miss it.
We're steady married folks now, you
know"
''Oh, Becky" said the cobbler. ''you
try to keep up heart, but you know it's
come to starving"
They looked at each other, and then
Becky put her arms about her husband.
She did not weep upon his bosom; she
was SO big and so strong, and he so small
and frail, that it only seemed natural to
reverse matters. She hugged him up to
her shoulder and covered his head over
with her apron, and put her cheek down
outside the bundle thus made. and sooth-
ed and patted him as if he had been ba-
by. But she cried, too, and the apron
was wet through in no time.
It was bad state of things No mo.
ney, no food, no fire, and water at it,
coolest. The children sent to schoo
breakfastless for the sake of the warmth
and comfort of the school house. M
work to be had the little cobbler as help
less as man could be, except at his trade
and Becky's washing stopped, for Heaver
only knows how long, by great felon il
the palm in her right hand. But Beck,
loved the queer little mortal-she stoppet
crying first, and kissed him between tn
eyes-great, frightened blue eyes, tha
seemed made for crying.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02

81 ~ Plough or not plough, you must
pay your rent. aae4 su III
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02

STRIKE THE KseT,L..Strike the knot!','
said gentleman one day to his son, who,
tired and weary, was leaning on his axe
over log which he had in vain been try
ing toacleave.s Then, looking at the log,
the gentleman saw how the boy had hack
ed and clipped all around the knot With
out hitting it,. Taking the axe. he struck
few sharp blows on the knot. and split
the log without difficulty. Smiling, he
returned the axe to his son, saying4- 10
always strike the knot. ~ as$sev
That was good advice, It is . capital
maxim to follow when you are in trouble.
Have you hard sum to do at school p
Have you got to face difficulty : Are
you leaving home to live for the first time
Famong strangers? Strike the, knott
Look your trouble in the eye. as a bold
Hon hunter looks in the face of the lion.
Never shrink from, . painful duty. but
step right up and do it.. Yes. strike the
knot, boys and girls, and you will always
conquer your difhcnlties. Strike the
knot, and crack it goes. s, ,5ie + ali 15
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02
THE PORT TOBACCO TIMES,
And Charles County Advertiser,
is PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
BY E. WELLS.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
TERMS:
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ADVERTISING RATES.-For plain matter,
one dollar per square for the first insertion.
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of annual advertisers extends only to their inn
mediate business.
Obituaries, tributes sof respect, calls upon per-
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Communications, the effect of which is to pro-
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Of charge, and to be paid for atthe rate of so
cents per square.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-02
an Gnteresting gtury.
THE DARK HOUR BEFORE DAY.

''Ifs no use, Becky" said the little
lame cobbler. dropping his head upon his
hands and looking as be felt, the person
i6cation of despair. 1--WE offended the
Lord somehow, and he won't let me have
a chance to keep home over your heads
know I'm not all I ought to be, and I'm
punished.
Becky went across the room and patted
her husband on the back:
CHOW, don't take on, Nick, DON'T" she
said. "that can't be, for He that knows
all, knows how good you are. Better
times III come. They're sure to; and
you'll be rewarded for all your patience
yet. The darkest hour is just before
day"
The cobbler shook his head.
1--WE gin up hope" he said. "What
with the rent and the bill for the medi-
cine 1t was like me to get sick just at
the worst, and nc. work coming in-and
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-24
ASLEEP OR AWAKE.

had been in India little more than two
years when | was sent to frontier station
to take charge of half a company of native
artillerymen and two guns. 1t was about
the smallest command that an officer could
hold but it was, to q great extent, an in
dependent one, with very little to do except
to attend muster on the first of every
month; and both the independence and
leisure had great charms for young sub
who, having been early snubbed for
zeal" had made up his mind to let mill
tary duties interfere as little as possible
with his amusements. To keep the guns
in repair was allowed an establishment of
native smiths and csrpenters--some eight
or ten men; but as the guns were only
used On parade, and at other times were
kept under cover, they never wanted re.
pair; and | employed the carpenters in
making chairs, tables, and all sorts of fur
niture; and the smiths in making brass
work, bits, stirrup-rons, and, amongst
other things, the steel heads of spears for
Pig sticking. But that one Of these last
plays part in my story, should not have
entered into all these details. A choice
specimen had just been finished sfter q
ne" aesign OF my oWn--a modification Of
,he laurel leaf pattern--aud nv hsarar
had placed 1t on small table or tennou hr
the side of my bed; where l must laasye =
for the present. 1'a'e II
The house next to mine four compounds
OF enclosures surrounding the houses. beinn
separated by a mud wall) was occupied bS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-24
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Christmas.

BOWLING GREEN, December %, 1868.
The store of I. S. Davis, in this place,
was burglariously entered last night. The
contents Of the money-drawer-only some
fifteen dollars-were carried off, and con-
siderable amount of goods of all sorts-the
quantity not yet known, as the stock Oh
hand was very large. An entrance was
effected by pricing open a window shutter
in the back part Of the store and go noise
less was the thief or thieves that two
youths who were sleeping in the store were
not awakened. Mr.. Davis had q conside-
rable sum of money in large iron safe,
but no efforts were made to get that. The
postofice, which is in the same building,
was not disturbed. There is no clue as yet
TO the party who committed the deed, but
it is thought that it WAS one or more of q
regularly organized band of negro thieves
in this county.
Christmas is almost here, and the negroes
are making efforts to have jolly time, as of
old, By selling what little corn and tobacco
they have made during the past year and
disposing of the fruits of their raids upon
hen-coops and turkey-roosts. QUILL.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-24
For the Dispatch.

For the Dispatch.
Terrible Tragedy I'm East Tennessee.
A sad affair occurred near Sale creek,
Hamilton county, Tenn, about ten days
ago, which resulted in the death of several
persons.
The main points that can be gathered
amid conflicting accounts are as follows: A
young man named Hutchinson was attend
ing the Sale Creek Academy, kept by the
Messrs. Beene. He was reproved by the
older one of the teachers, and finally dis
missed for insulting conduct. Refusing to
leave the room, he was probably treated a
little roughly and expelled by force, which
created further Difficult Y between them
after school.
The affair was taken up by the brothers
and neighbors Of the boy, and they de-
termined on securing revenge for such treat
ment. Their threats came to the ears of
the Beenes, who prepared themselves for
any attack on them. A few days after,
an older brother of Hutchinson and man
named Smith procured q warrant, and going
to their house, demanded their arrest
They refused to give themselves up on al
order which they did not deem legal, and tc
parties interested in the affair. Firing ther
commenced between the parties, which re-
suited in the immediate killing of Hutchin
son and the fatal wounding of man nance
Moore, living in the family as shoemaker
and who was trying to escape from the con
tict. He died in about two hours after
wards. The older Beene was shot through
the body, and his wound will probably
prove fatal if he is not already dead, as re
ported. Smith was shot three times-i1
the mouth, hip, and leg.
Thus has occurred the death of probably
three persons, and serious wounding o
another. If it ends here it would be bat
enough, but more evil is apprehended By
friends Of the parties.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-24
BY Wellington Godfin,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer.

HANDSOME BUILDING. LOT ON
1 CHURCH HILL. OF THE MOTH SIDE
OF GRACE BETWEEN TWENTY-TH1RD
AND TWENTY FOURTH STREETS, FOB
SALE AT AUC11ON.-Will be sold at auction
Der. 1855 at half.past O'Clock P. NJ, that beau
tiful LOT located as above, adjoining the brick
tenement owned by Mr.. Thomas amsor, fronting
ifty-nine ard one-third feet and trimming back
ore hundred and fifty feet to a wide alley.
TERMS One-third cash; balance ut four and
eight months for neg table notes, Interest added
secured by trust deed.
deoo w, GODDIS, Auctloneer.