Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-20

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4 humilis,iRg confession Of party rotten
ness. indeed, when men resort to such dr.
" MEASURES to overcome the popular WI.
Little need is there to spend time to DE-
nounce such an outrage. 10 and Of itseli
Il 10 eosssssion ofjsdgmsnt--a confession |
Of dsepair end poverty Of manhood. Such
a. tb.s. are crying out, I" Let W have
pe.c.." and while they cry out, challenge
| riot.
The Tear 81 che World.
When the Paci6c Railroad 10 finished the
tour Of the world ean b made in two
months and half From New York to
San Francisco will take seven days from
San Francisco to Hong Kong. BY way Of
Yokohama, twenty days; from Hong Kong
By stssmss 70 susz, thirty-two days froa
Sues 10 Paris. six days from Paris 70
New Yesk. ~ dsys In oil. seventy I've
days. This ca ealy ~ dose. however. By
coatinuoas travelling asd successful con-
ssetisn svsrywhsss; asd tbs adventurous
vsyagsr who undertake. TO accomplish the
vhole distance In the time ~ have mon
toned will b. pretty veil used up whom be
gsts back y Nee Yssk again. We sdvias
him rat1sr - sake bic arssngsnsnts -
that he can stop awils at the chief points Of
interest On bic way. such - Yokohama.
Hoag Keoe. Masla, Bombay, Cairo. Malta,
Lsgtsm. Mawsillss. PsriA nd Lsnden.-
| fhis wjl ssquirs twice - nush tine ~ hs
will spsnd in actual travelling, and ten times
% much money but he will b we'll repaid
for his outlay, and can tell his children Of
che wendrsus sights and strange people be
saw in bic famous journey around ths
globe.
A plsrAscs frem Vienna states that the
prospects Of the harvest 10 both halves Of
the Austse-H Hungarian empire ore brilliant.
The Dsasbiaa granary will probably yield
an unusually iins supply this year. The
complaints Of drought. % audible in Eng
land and France. have not yet made thsa-
selves heard here. So abundant 10 the har-
vest likely to Be iu Hungary that several
members Of the Diet have addressed joint
Interpolation TO the Hungarian Minister Of
Agriculture praying him to use his In
huencs With the Imperial government with
. view to obtain lsavs that thirty thousand
Of tho troops stationed in Hungary b 81.
lowed 10 help gather In the harvest. The
intsrpsllants add that il this measure be not
adopted il viii be impossible to house the
crops. The Minister has promised TO act
in the sense desired by the intsrpsllants.
A LAaGr delegation Of oil mon have been
In Washington for some time trying 10 get
the tax removed from refined petroleum..
II 10 nov ten cents per gallon. but the deal
en in the article complain that even this
small amount takes . large slice Oh their
profits. The failure Of the first tai bill was
. serious blow TO their hopss, for the bill
now before the House does not include Pc
troleum. The delegation. however, have so
far prevailed on the Ways and Means Com
mittce - to get from them q promise that
the thing will be fixed in the House in the
shape Of an amendment to the bill They
profess to have procured enough members
to pu: the thing through, and thus get rid
Of the tax.
DR. JoaN Bull, OF l. ouisvills, returns an
income Of over . hundred thousand dollars,
the largest income returned in that State.
This is pretty good, when It il considered
that bu. few years ago he was worth
scarcely . cent. His Tonic Syrup, Csdron
Bittsrs, Sarssparila, &c, b%ked by In
domisabls perseverance,. has reached high
round. Mr.. R. B. Kent, his financial man.
should not DO overlooked while speaking
Of the Doctors success. Mr. Kent's excel.
lent business qualifications and upright
dealing 10 no small source Of revenue. Not.
withstanding that DR.. John Bull 10 fast
becoming uillioaaire. be 10 generous,
noble and good nan.
Tas gross sarniugs Of an the railroads Of
the United States, the past year, amountsd
to es4o. O0o. 600, Or squsling about u PCT
cent. Of their total cost. This sum averages
Go per head for our entire population. The
The ratio Of sxpsnsss to earnings is fully 20
per cent. and The net earning Of the nsrth-
srn roads 10 said to hs 81 pr cent. Of their
total cost In 1870, there was one mile Of
railway for every 7.4e5 people in the csuu-
try in 1850, there WAS one mile 10 $500
ishabitants. and IL 1860. enc mile 70 every
se6 ososr popslation. NJ. Peer thinks that
By 1870 ~ shall have ~, 900 miles Of road
spsssd, o. enc mile for every ss7 inhasis-
ants.
Two wealthy. sstsrpriaiag gsallsnA ~
Hssrissa county, OAisy havs puraAassl :
tssnsa1p =. oiIss sqsass y Nstsa6Aa, q
0ssumns hs1. sad prspsos . esevsst
ths vo1oo ~ ens ssand 1Arn Of $4,000
scsuA 4Aey istssd y isslsss n Win .
hsiss seths onss sssses ~ aiIss + q.
tsa1 - will pat y srsss.As1sss ~ nilse
il lsaeth. Thy VIII hits IN thsis labsr
ard No. ~ nesl iapsovsa agricultural
msseisssys iaesadisg y put The vhsls
Earn iats uAsat - - = posribls. II VIII
rsquhs seeut $1,000 basAsls fox The sesd
Of such farm.
Hnnns 1aaeos. Of San Fraaeises, has
1870 soatssst With ths Peruvian govern.
nssses build railroad ftsn Islsy y Ar.
squipa, . distance Of enc huoarod mileo. lee
che large sum Of el1.ooo, 900, - elsa, ~