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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30
Te0slnOnlals.

TesslnOnlals.
HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Pa,
writes
Philadelphia, March IL, 1857.
g! find .Hooa. nd's German Bit.
benefit in Gases Of debility ana want
ofnervoas scsien in the system. Yours truly.
"0RO. w. " GOD WARD"
HON. JAMES THOMPSON
Judge Of The Supreme Court IT Pssnsy lvanisl
Philadelphia. April ss. 1855.
"I consider "IIscfand's 0erman Bissers'' .
valuable medicine in cases Of sttacks 81 Indieee.
tion or Dyspepsia. l can certify this ffsm ny
Youra, with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON"
From Rev. Jos. n. kendlG. y. o..
Pastor Of the Tenth Baptiss oUhursh. PhilsAsl-
phia.
Ds. JAcxsox-Dear Sir: l have bees iss
que lily requested 10 connect ny name With ~
ON mendaaions Of different kinds Of melisisss
Gases declined b ut with . clear
proofin various instances ond particularly in
nv own family, Of the usefulness Of DR.. Hoof
lands German lIitters. depart once from my
usual course, TO express my full conviction that
for general debility OF the system. end espec-
is.ly for Liver Complaint, II l. safe and value
BILE preparation. In some cases II may failj bat
usually. doubt not. IL win be very beneficial 70
shoss who suffer from the shove causes.
Yours. very respectfully.
J. H. kENNARD,
Eieth, bslow Ceasss b.
FROM REV. +. D. FENUALL
Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle. Philadel
phia:
have derived decided benefit ifen he use Of
Hoonand's German Bittsrs, and feel II my priv
hege to recommend them = . most vsluehls
tonic, TO oil who are suffering from senefel a.
mont Of the liver.
Yours truly.
ED. FExpALL
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30
JAS. A. HIGh.

SHoSsrByoa OF I'm
Harrison Street Livery Stable
a2SR. HARRISON STREET, BETWEEN
Front and SECOND. Horses 4
C0rrlaGes, Of the best quality, TO let q d
hours. Funerals furnished on short notice.
HORSES BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30
HMA MANHOOD

31V How Lost! How Restored
Just Ps5lieA<x, in a staled Enrelcps. Prices Es.
ALECTURE on the Nature, Treatment, and
Radical cure Of Spcrmatorhaa, or Seminal Weak
ness, Involuntary Eminissi ,ns. Sexual Debility,
and impsd.menss to Marriage generally; Ncrv.
business, Consumption, Epilepsy. and Fits Men,
tai cad Physical 1ncapacity, resulting from Sci.
Abuse; &C., by Rosf; }. cuIv.swaL, ~ D.. su-
n Boon to Thousands Of Sufferer. we e.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to any sd-
dress, rosr PAID, on receipt Of six cents, or tive
postage stamps, by DR.. J. G. KLINE, 127 Bow
ery. n. r. P. q. box l.5s8. ma4-d&w8m
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30
- r ID I HI r Y.


And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily
upon thsm. with all its attendant Ills will find
in the use Of these BiTrERS, or the Tonic. an
elixir that will iustil new life into their veins
restore in measure tho energy and ardor Of
more youthful DAYS. build up their shrunksn
forms. and give health and Dhappinsss to- their
remaining years.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30


CAUTION. M
Hooasnd's German Remedies are countsrssit-
;3os 81 M !. 's '', s.:p S'S, i
erfeit.
Principal Office and Manufactory at the 0ermaa
Medicine Store. No. ss, AROH etssst, Phils
delphia.
CHARLES NJ. EVANS
German Druggist. Proprietor.
Formerly Q. n. JACKSON , %
PRICES
hooaand's German Bitters. per bottle. ...el q
Hocaaod's German Tonic. put up 10 SuAss
Vosties ! u
Per bettlc, or half dozen for. .......... q
DO not forget TO examine we'll ~ sftiell
yoabuy. IN order 70 get the genuine.
Fer Sale ~ Yall Draggaoes 90
DoonoP0 ~ mo01o1m0e
a1G3dwsaAeotAweon.M ra@
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30
OINTMENT.

Oe1 Arch street. Philadelphia.
Sold ct Wholesale In Chicago. by Fuller, Finch
Fuller. Lord 4 Smith. Darnhams 4 Van setback J
u. Reed Co.. Smith, Cutler = Co.. Dsitnseh
1loekf . Co.. and tAfoush out the country By al
DeugRista. fehk 1iv
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30

II "A RRPCTABLE AND INTENSIVE PRACTICE
Of - ysars IL jast basis for elsia 10 the eonA-
dsnes OF the community, n. y. can present this
elain 70 the people u Davenport md Vicinity. aad
as0, any ether svideace Of proper Qualification Do.
QseA.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-30

w. l.. CARROLL.

A RCHIrECr-ALsO, SOLICITOR OF PAT.
IA ENTS, with Dodge Mum, Of Washing.
tea, D. Q. 60. =.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-03

of knowledge of the business Of steam
boating
1t IS stated that within the last
month the losses sustained by insur-
ance companies of Cincinnati have
been about 100000, nearly all Of the
amount by the sinking Of steamers
insured there. They were all old
crafts.
The Journal of Saturday says:
The dullest time within the memory
Of the Oldest inhabitant is the state
o affairs at present on our wharf.
With the exception of the regular
business of the mail boats, nothing
of importance is doing in the freight
line.
VIcKsBURG. The Times of the
25th says of the Great Republic:
She touched at the Merchants
wharf boart exactly at six o'clock yes
terday morning, having left New Or
leans Saturday evening shortly after
five. Flying light, this would be con
sidered very good run, but when we
state that she had seven or eight hun
dred tons of freight aboard, the per-
Torrance assumes the character of
something extraordinary. We have
one more fact in her favor: she did
this against a rising river, which all
steam boatmen know is a serious
drawback to a fast trip.
We have been one of the last to ac-
knowledge the justice of the Great
Republics claims to superiority, but
have always said that whenever she
proved herself worthy of praise, we
would be the first to bestow it. Had
she been halfway managed, instead
of plunging up and down the river,
sometimes half loaded, at other times
overloaded, first ahead of time, then
behind, never leaving as advertised.
and scarcely ever making two consec-
utive trips between the same points,
her owners would have had their
books Tighten ned of a large portion of
that building account, and the Great
Republic would bear something like
the reputation of the Robert E. Lee.
Put good steamboatmen on her, and
give the boat 8. chance.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-03
THIS EXCELLENT MEDICINAL

THIS EXCELLENT MEDICINAL
= Compound was first prepared by DR..
J. W. POLAND. in lS47, and was then em-
ployed with great success in expelling hui
mors from the blood; but in 1S4S medical
friend, who was quite celebrated as ply
slcian, especially in the treatment of hu-
mors, suggested some i'm portant improve
ments, which were ado tied. and which
has made 1t $50 the PEG le say the very
pest remedy for all kinds Of humors
known to 1.-THE faculty"
This preparation is composed entirely OF
Yegeta bles, among W ich are Sarsa par1 Ia /,
Yellow Dock, Noble Pine, Mandrake, and
BlOOdroOt.
When the originator lived in New
Ham pshire, at GOd'stoWn Centre, for the
space of thirty or forty miles around, and
In Manchester particularly, the Humor Doc
tor was well known and highly valued for
the numerous and wonderful cures which
II enected. Though manufactured in large
quantities, the supply was frequently ex-
hausted, and purchasers had 10 wait for
more TO be made. In that region, some
very severe cases of ErysipeIas W. re treat
ed W1th-and they were cured! Erysipelas
sores, or caTbuncleS-thOse ugly, painful
ulcers-Were entirely removed wherever
this medicine was faithfully used. So it
was with ScrOiula and Salt Rheum. The
Humor Doctor cured them.
II IS Jree from any dangerous drugs, is
enectlve IN its action.
Prepared at the
NEW ENGLAND BOTANIC DEPOT.
and for sale by all dealers in medicine.
c. DAMON & CO.. Proprietors.
CLOUD & AKIN,
Wholesale Agents.
For sale at retail By all druggists.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-03
Err EW S
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assOrt-
rnent of Job Type. though very large and
our lob department is under the personal
So pervision OF one of the best job printers
in the United States. We are prepared 70
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
sc, &C. Orders left with either OF the
wharf boats will be promptly attended tc.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-03
INVALUABLE MEDICINE
FOR THE
Purifying of the Blood.
Or. J. W. POLANB'S
HUmOK' Doctor.
A Positive Remedy for all kinds
of HumOrS,

Scurvy, salt Rheum, Carbuncles
and Boils, Ulcers, and all Obstinate
AffeC lions of the Skin, Infiammatory
or Chronic Rheumatism, Piles Cirouic
Diarrhoea, MercuriaI Diseases, and every
faint of the System; Dyspepsia, and
these Affections originating in the De-
rangement of the Digestive Organs,
viz, Bilious Complaints, Neuralgia, and
Nervous Affections, Headache, Lam
gour, and Depression of Spirits, Loss of
Appetite, Consti patton.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08
t.iving Away the Baby.
MOTHERS STORY.

1t was the th'r day af,er my husbands
funeral said the widow and L was so
much stunned by his sudden death that [
could do nothing but sit and think over 1t,
and try to realize how 1t could be So On
+ lv the Sunday before he had been sitting
with me, watching the baby as he sat in
the sunshine, laughing and clapping his
little hands as the shadows of the tree
were flung across the bare floor and moved
by the passing breeze. Now the child was
sitting in the same place, the warm Octo-
Der sun streaming in on his bright curls
and making him look so pretty-So like
picture but his father had gone from us
forever.
1t seemed to me [ must see his dear
face once more that he would surely lift
the latch and come in, and take our child
up, and say, as he often did: Mother,
what would you take for this little
brother"
Even the baby missed him, and would
come and stand at my knee, calling, Pa
pa papa until thought my heart would
break. The two oldest children were at
1 school, the rest were cut playing, so that L
was quite alone By and by the baby was
tired of his play and came and got into my
lap.
Mama cry-mama mustn't, he lisped
out, and wiped my wet face with his lit
tie chubby hands but [ could only hold
him closer to me and cry more bitterly
Just then Mr. and Mrs. Lorlmer drove
up in their handsome carriage. They liv-
/ ed not far off, and were our richest neigh
I ,,,-,+aI th nd
dried my tears little, they seemed at a
loss how to begin the conversation; but
Charlie had slid away from my side and
went and stood at the lady's knee, and
pointing at her heavy gold bracelets, said
Pretty, pretty in his childish way. She
took it off and gave it to him, saying:
Won't you come to be my little boy,
Charlie p
Ny heart took fright at once. They
had no children, and | seemed to feel as
plainly as if they told me that they had
come for one Of mine.
No, no, mother couldn't spare him. |
said, quickly snatching him away-almost
rudely, | fear.
My dear woman began Mr.. Lorrlmer,
have you thought seriously of the impos-
Slbil'y vi your SottiHS "io'S WIN "A ' y
children under twelve years OF age? 1t
has required all your husbands efforts to
make living for you-how can you hope
to do without him? p
We offer, Joined in his wife, to
take the most helpless of your little ones,
to give it all the advantage we would our
own child and surely you must see Gods
; hand in it, that through US He intends to
help you
L need not tell how long L withstood
their argument, but at last overcome by
their entreaties, | consented to consider
the matter. | never mentioned their visit
to any of the children, and [ had changed
my mind almost every hour since L had
seen them. At last, convinced that it wa
for the child's good l consented to giv'
him up. When went to dress him to go
, my resolution almost failed me. 1 fingered
! over every article put on him, and made
every curl over and over before could ge
it to suit me, and l kissed his whit
shoulders until they were all rosy. A
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08
Chinese Modes of Torture.

The torture of the bedstead is resorted
to in order to extort money. The victim
is put on wooden rack-hat on his back,
and his neck, wrists and ankles are fast
ened down by boards having curves large
enough for the purpose. The instruments
are passed down on the parts of the body
to which they are fitted, and are then tied
under the bedstead Besides all this,
sometimes a pole is fastened at right angles
to bar of wood placed across his ankles
the pole extending to his chin and press
ing against it; so that his head will be
thrown backward and upward. In this
position he is made to pass the night, un-
less the jailors relent OF he comes to their
terms. No one is willing to sleep the
second night on such bedstead, If ne can
arrange matters with his keepers.
The torture of the frame of the fowery
eyebrow require the aid of pencil for an
Ineligible description. One mode Is to
tie up the victim by one wrist and one
ankle-his head turned upward; another
is to tie both wrists and both ankles, with
the head downward by either method the
entire weight of the body is brought to
bear upon these delicate portions of the
human frame. This punishment occasion:
intense agony.
The torture called monkey grasping
peach," is employed by mandarins to com
pei prisoner to confess his guilt. Tht
weight of the body is wholly sustained BY
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08
tn Interesting Leaf from MIR. Gree
Ipy'S EXperience as a Congressman.

From Recollections of BusytLife, i'll the New York
Ledger.
Sundrv attempts at reforming what were
considered abuses were made that winter,
but without brilliant success. We tried
to abolish fogging in the navy, but were
beaten. | think it was Mr.. (now General)
Schenck who raised laugh against us by
proposing so to amend that the commander
ofa ship of war should notorder sail spead
or reefed without calling all hands and ta-
king a vote of his crew on the question:
We were temporarily successful in voting
in committee to stop dealing out strong
drink to the suilv,o aud mIaIinos in our ma
w; though this, too, was ultimately de-
feated but in the first flush of our delu-
sive triumph, member sitting near me,
who had voted to stop the grog ration,
said to friend who Il believe) had voted
the same way Gid, that was a glorious
vote we have Just taken. Yes,-glori-
Gus, was the ready response. Gid, re-
sumed the elated rcformer, let US 90 and
take drink on the strength of it.
Agreed, was the willing echo; and they
went.
| had been but few days on the floor
when leading member on our side came
along canvassing in behalf of an embryo
proposition that the House should pay
from its contingent fund 81 80 per column
each to the Union and the National Intel
Hgencer respectively, for reporting and
printing our debates. You can't pass
that scheme here [ said, somewhat
abruptly Well, sir, [ believe you have
been member of this House some four
or FIVE days he retorted, and you seem
to begin early to decide what measures
can and what cannot pass No matter,
l rejoined, you can't pass that measure
here Nevertheless he tried, but couldn't
Up to this period | had been favorably
regarded and kindly treated by Messrs
Gales and Seaton, the excellent but un-
thrifty editors of the National Intelligen
Ger, but they wasted no more civilities mol
smiles on me so long as they lived re.
spectively. They evidently could not re-
alize that any one could oppose such q
proposition from any impulse other thar
one of personal hostility or general malign
ity.
An abuse had crept in, few years be-
fore, at the close of a long, exhausting ses
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08

BREAD on THE WATERS. \ California
adventurer was trying to get back to San
Francisco from the mines, where he had
worked and searched without success, until
his means were exhausted. He came TO a
river but the ferryman asked dollar to
take him across. The adventurer said :
Then | must walk up the stream until L
can find it for | have not a dollar In the
world If that is so, said the ferryman, /,
lump in | never refuse to take clever
man across because he is broke When
they had reached the opposite shore, the
ferryman, who had eyed the adventurer
vory closely on tho way, said E: Is not
your name Jones?' 1t is replied the
adventurer. And your father used to
live in - street, New York ? He
did, replied the adventurer with astonish-
ment to find himself recognized. Ihereupon
the ferryman drew from his pocket bag
and commenced counting out gold pieces,
/ have made five hundred dollars by fer
rying passengers here are three hundred
of them for YOU You can pay me when
YOU are flush, or if that don't happen, all
right. When | was little boy and my
mother was a poor widow, many time
has YOUR father visited our home, ,and when
he had gone, somewhere about the room we
would find money for barrel of flour, or
to paw the rent when we knew not before
where it was to come from; and as long
as live, if l have crust when [ find one
of his sons in want, he shall get the biggest
half The loan was gratefully accepted ;
by its aid the traveller was able to reach
San Francisco, earn enough to repay his
benefactor, and return safely to his home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08

INITIATING CANDIDATE.-The method
of initiating candidate into the Good
Templars is but slight improvement upon
the same programme so long IN vogue by
the ancient and honorable fraternity OF the
- Sons of Malta"
A chap who was token from a lager beer
saloon, where he got tight without know
ing that lager beer would intoxicate, was
put thro' course of cold water treatment
by the Good Templars a few evenings since
He peaches on the templars, and gives the
following expose of their initiation cermony,
for which, no doubt, he will be put through
another course of cold water sprouts at
the next meeting of the lodge. In the first
place. the victim for initiation is blindfold-
ed, bound hand and foot, and thrown into
a cider press and pressed for five or ten
minutes. This is done for the purpose OF
clearing his system of "old drinks he
is then taken out of the cider press, and by
means of force pump gorged with clstern
water, after which a sealing plaster is put
over his mouth, and he rolled in barrel
four or five times across the room. the choir
at the same time singing the cold water
song.
He is now taken out of the barrel and
hung up by the heels till the water runs
out through his ears. He is then cut down.
and beautiful young lady hands him a
glass of cistern water. A cold-water bath
is then furnished him, after which he is
showered with cistern water. He is then
made to read the water works act ten times
drinking glass of cistern water between
each reading, after which the old oaken
bucket is hung around his neck, and fifteen
sisters with squirt guns deluge him with
cistern water. He is then forced to eat a
peck of snow. while the brothers stick his
ears full of icicles He is then run through
clothes-wringer after which he is handed
glass of water by young lady. He is
then again gorged with cistern water, and
his boots filled with the same. and he is
laid away in refrigerator. The initiation
is now almost concluded. After remaining
in the refrigerator for the space of ha'f an
hour, he is taken out and given glass OF
cistern water, run through clothes-wrlng-
er, and becomes good Templar.-Er-
change.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08

One of the "broad style of western
men said recently, on his way home from
Boston, that nothing had surprised him so
much as to see the New England farmers
" boring holes in the rocks with gimlets to
put in their grain" why, out West" he
added, ave put the grain on table and
fan it, and it comes up all around
When Sallie's arms her dog imprison, L
always wish my neck was hisen; how often
would stop and turn, to get pat from
hand like hern; and when she kisses Tow
ser's nose, o don't wish that were those
Josh Billings says never knew very
hansum woman engaged in the " woman's
rights - business-they kan play the kards
they alreddy hold to better advantage.
A reader writes that he takes no stock in
the "new woman's Club" He says the
:. old woman's club is enough for him,
and frequently too much.
The sip most liked by the ladies gossip.
The best maiden speech" yes.
The New York Mail says that Fl. G
has experienced change of hat.
The most fashionable costume for even
ing wear-Neck, or nothing.
A pound on mans nose is supposed to
be rather more than sixteen ounces.
The seat of civilization-a chair.
An unclassical monster-the Fenian
Head Centaur.
To the clerk Of the weather-who bor-
rows the season when it is Lent?
1t will never do to abolish the cat IN the
army. What will the soldiers do for kits
The more woman's waist is shaped like
an hour glass the quicker will the sands of
her life run out.
A bald publisher wants sensational
story that will make his hair stand on his
head.
1t is asserted that persons with weak
digestion will do well to prefer female fowls
in their eating; as hens are more likely to
set well on the stomach
An ungallant New York paper, noticing
the departure of Madame Parepa Rosa for
California, adds, !" the steamer took out six
tons of other freight"
It was pretty conceit Of . romantic
father whose name was Rose, and who
named his daughter "Wild." But the ro-
nance of the thing was sadly spoiled when
she grew up and married q man by the
name of Z" Bull"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-08

minister. "Only (h-i-c) five miles" an
swered the pitable object. Oshkosh Is
live town. I've been up having some fun
with the boys With sad heart the min
ster drove on, falling into revery on the
iepravity of man in general and the Osh-
koshians in particular, when he suddenly
came upon a man sitting by the side of the
road. One arm was sprained, one ear had
been bitten off, and. seated by the side of
a puddle of water, he was seeking relief by
bathing the part affected. The minister
was perfectly awe-stricken. Stopping his
horse, he inquired of the man what terrible
accident had befalen him.
90, not any at ALL" family responded
the bleeding wreck I've only been up to
Oshkosh, having a little fun with the
boys" .
!" | suppose you mean by that you have
been engaged in some brutal fight" SAID
the minister. Yes" said the man, d" L
have heard that's what they call it down at
Fon Du Lac, where they are civilized but
they don't call it by that name up at Osh-
'<osh. There they call it having little
fun with the boys" g What do you sup
pose your wife will say when she sees you ?"
asked the reverend gentleman.
At this the man looked up with sardon-
ic smile Putting his remaining well hand
in his pocket. he pulled out piece OF nose,
a large lock of hair, to which part OF the
scalp was attached, and piece of flesh he
had bitten from the cheek of his opponent.
and holding them out for the minister's IN
spection, growled out, There, what do
you suppose his wife will say when she
sees him? ?" This was squelcher. As
anxious as the minister was to overcome
sin and do good, he was not yet prepared
to invade the devils stronghold: and, turn
ng round, he returned home. The next
time he starts on a missionary enterprise
to the frontier of Oshkosh, he will take
good care not to 90 alone. He likes lit
tie fun now and then, but he don't care
about having it with the boys."-W'S,
paper.