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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-14

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THIS Is AN ACE OF ENQUIRY. PEO-
PIE want to know the Why and wherefore Of oil
far Is this great Protective and Invigersnt 10
concerned, it 10 proposed to crafty them. All
the ply sicians admit that the greatest difficulty
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A REMARKABLE CURE

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Corrosive 5ubu0ste. from six TO one dosen bottlee
nay % required to make permanent cure.
remarkable instance Of personal bsauty Restored
e Lady disasussd By the savasu Of ftightful
disease.
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called
The New York herald., 1868-02-24
FRENCH ADVERTIsEMENTs.

JINB FlLLE FRANcAtsE DESIRE SIS PLACER DAMS
dc bonnss references s'adrssser b. B. Dubos ~ <pa
The New York herald., 1868-02-24

DwkLLINa HOUsi 8 TO LET.

T,O LEAsE-THE PREMISES NOS 26 AND u LIsPE-
nard street. for the term OF twenty years, with
the amount OF cost Of building Will be and
mortgage Apply 70 A. o. KINGSLAND SONS. IS Brosd
The New York herald., 1868-02-24

RIO LET OR LEAsE-THAr FIVE STORY BUILDING,
No. Az broome street, whole part.
HALL j. HOW, l2 Pine street
The New York herald., 1868-02-24

FgNO LIE r FURNISiiED-FOUR STORY HIGH STOoP
brown House, Thirty eighth street. BETH cen
Fifth and sixth Several others.
CALLENDER, LAURENCE Il co, 80 Pine street
The New York herald., 1868-02-24

T,O LET ON ST TEN ISLAND FIVE MINUTES FROM
landing two villa Residences with use Of " private
attached commanding beautiful Of the karbor;
$50 and 500
CALLESDEK, LAURENCE CO., 30 Pine street
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That East Wind"

Why should the wind coming from the
East over an ocean Of water depress the
human body, while that which comes from
the West across continent enlivens the
the spirits and gives courage and vigor?
Be this as it may, it seems as if some
people never felt any wind that was not
east. They are always "out of sorts. !"
The weather is always just what they
don't want. | met one of these men
awhile ago, farmer, who raised all man
ner of crops. 1t was wet day, and J.
said,
"Mr. Nayling, this rain will be fine
for your grass crops"
Eyes, perhaps; but it is bad for the
corn, and will keep it back. | don't be-
lieve We shall have crops"
A few days after this, when the sun
was shining hot, | said,
Zine sun for your corn, sir.
eyes, pretty fair, but it's awful for
the rye, rye wants cold weather. :"
Again, on cold morning, | met my
neighbor and said,
This must be capital for your rye,
Mr.. Nayling.'
Eyes, but it is the very worst weather
for the corn and grass. They want heat
to bring them forward"
So the man lives in perpetual east
wind. Nothing suits him, and it would
be impossible for Providence to give him
weather about which he could not grum-
BILE. | know one man who feels that our
country is on the very brink of ruin, the
government curse, and every thing to
be destroyed. And he has felt and talked
thus for at least thirty years, and yet
his property has been increasing in value
all this time amid this gathering ruin.
The fact is, the man lives in an unchang-
ing east wind. And there is Mr.. Slow,
who lives in the hollow under the Long
Hill He has been mourning for many
years over the degeneracy of the times,
and always telling what wonderful law
yers, doctors, and ministers there were
when he was young. He can sleep un-
der any preaching he hears now, and the
lawyers seem to be young upstairs, or
too old to practice. He longs for the
good old times. All, Mr.. Slow, does
your weather-vane ever point anywhere
but the east ?-John Todd, d. ID.
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II uasehula atnras.
Somebody
BY WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER.

There's meddlesome Somebody going about
Andplaying his pranks, but we can't find him out
He's up stairs and down stairs from morning till
night,
And always IN mischief, but never in sight.
The rogues have read of in song or in tale
Are caught at the end, and conducted to Jail;
But Somebody's" tracks are all covered so well
He never has seen the inside of cell.
Ouryoung folks at home, atall seasons and times,
Are rehearsing the roll of Somebody's" crimes;
Or, fast as their feet and their tongues can well
run,
Come TO tell the last deed the sly scamp has done.
'''Somebody has taken my knife, one will say;
'''SomebOdy' has carried my pencil away
'''Somebody has gone and thrown down all the
blocks
"'SomebOdy' ate up all the cakes in the box"
1t is SOMEBODY" breaks all the pitchers and
plates,
And hides the boys sleds, and runs off with their
skates,
And turns on the water, and tumbles the beds,
And steals all the pins, and melts all the dolls
heads.
One night dull sound, like the thump of head
Announced that one youngster was out of his bed
And he said, half asleep, when asked what it
meant,
- Somebody is pushing me out of the tentr'
Now, if these high crimes of Somebody don't
cease
We must summon in the detective police;
And they, in their wisdom, at once will make
known
The eulprit belongs to no house but our own.
Then should it turn out, after all, to be true,
That our young folks themselves are "Some
body too,
How queer it would look, if we saw them all go
Marched off to the station house, six in row
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CENTRAL PRESB TERI A n

ter was about locking the door and hap
PLY got in.
Good said Charles, looking as glad
as he could be; good l have made my
escape-this time | have. Goodbye,
MIR. Thief, you and have, hope, done
having dealings together
Charlie was as good as his word III
stead of being boy always behind, he
became the soul Of promptness.
Hereafter, "procrastination" which the
proverb calls the thief of time, kept at
a distance, and at least ceased to trouble
him altogether.
Now, do our young readers know what
a bad thing this procrastination is? Pro-
crastination is the spirit of delaying-of
being behind hand in our undertakings,
and engagements, and duties. 1t is aptly
called thief, for it robs US of our best
treasure-time.
Did you notice how it was trying to
steal Charles time on the bridget
Avoid this thief, say, Hands off, when
ever he tempts you to daily in your du-
ties; and do resOlutely and promptly
aohatever you haze to do, or as the Bible
expresses it, Whatsoever you do, do 1t
heartily, as to the Lord" Such course
will certainly rid you of the troublesome
and dangerous presence of this thief
Try IT.-Children's Friend, London.
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The SUGAR LANDS OF LOUISIANA
NEARLY 1000 PLANTATIONS LYING IDLE.
These lands, the richest, the most pro-
ductive in the world, and priceless in true
value, are now worthless to the owners,
in consequence of the ruin and desolation
brought upon them by the war, and the
merciless taxation and disorganization
of labor since imposed upon them. I'm
mense tracts, with princely dwellings,
extensive and comfortable negro quarters,
massive sugar houses, mills, barns, stab
les, ware: houses, costly machinery, and
all the arrangements for the culture and
manufacture of sugar on the most ex-
tensive scale, are being sold for less than
the original cost of the bitches that drain
them, because the owners, often those
who rescued them from river, the swamp,
and the forest, are positively unable to
pay the taxes and other civil burdens
levied upon them. Nearly one thousand
sugar plantations throughout the State
are lying idle, the fences down, the
fields and canals growing up into dense
brakes" the unfortunate inhabitants
too often, alas limited to the gray-haired
old sire, the pale and delicate widow, and
the emaciated, helpless orphans, strug-
Cling for bare subsistence, cultivating
small patches of corn, rice, sweet potatoes
and peas, just enough to stave off the
cravings of hunger and keep gaunt famine
away.-New Orleans Star.
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What 1t Cost Him.


"What is the value of this estate?' said
gentleman to another with whom he
was riding, as they passed fine mansion
surrounded by fair and fertile fields.
Il don't know what it is valued at;
know what is cost its late possessor, -
How much 2"
Ills soul
A solemn pause followed this brief an
swer, for the inquirer had not sought
first the kingdom of God and his right
eousness.
The person referred to was the son of
a pious laboring man. Early in life he
protested faith in Christ, and he soon
obtained a subordinate position in
mercantile establishment in the city. He
continued to maintain reputable religi-
Gus profession till he became a partner
in the firm. Labor then Increased. He
gave less attention to religion, and more
and more to his business, and the cares
of the world choked the Word. Ere he
become old, he was exceedingly rich in
money, but so poor and misery in soul,
that none who knew him would have
suspected that he had ever borne the sacred
name of Him who said, 1T is more blessed
to give than to receive"
At length he purchased the large land
ed estate referred to, built costly man.
sion, sickened and died Just before he
died, he remarked, my prosperity has
been my ruin.
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Committees of Education and Publication.

The General Assembly resolved that the Chair
man of the Presbyterial Committees on Educa
ton and Publication should be regarded rs
corresponding member of the Assembly's Com.
mittees on these subjects. We give below the
names of such members as have been appointed
by the Presbyteries.
EDUCATION.
Synod of Alabama
East Alabama-G. R. Foster, Wetumpka, Ala
South ALabdmd-J. r. Burgett, d. D., Mobile,
Ala.
Tuscaloosa--D. D. Sanderson, Eutaw, Ala.
Synod of Arkansas.
ArkansaS-I. j. Long, Batesvile, Ark
hididn-C. c. Copeland, Wheelock, C. Nation.
Ouachita-Geo. Z. Eagleton, Mt. Holly, Ark.
Synod of Georgia
Ahanta-J. s. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
AuguSta-C. W. Lane. Greensboro Ga.
Cherokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Florida-W j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-W. A. Hall, Columbus, GA.
Sdvannah-D. II. Porter, Savannah GA.
Synod of Memphis.
Memphis-D. H. Cummins, Covington, Tenn.
North MiSsiSsippi-E. NJ Richardson, Grens.
da, Miss.
Iuscum6ad-W IL. Mitchell, Florence, Ala
Western District
Synod of Mississippi.
Central Mississippi
Louisiana-J. E. c. Doremus, d. D., New Or
leans La.
Mississippi-R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
New Orteans-R. Q. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red Rirer-J. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeck6ee-
Synod of Nashville.
HolstOn-J. D. Tadlock, Bristol, Tenn.
Kno1riLle- lanes Park, Knoxville, Tenn.
Nashville-D. o. Davies, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
North Alaboma-W. E. Caldwell, Elkton, Tenn.
Synod of North Carolina.
Concord-G. Wilson McPhail, Davidson Col.
lege, N. G.
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INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICERS
byterlan Church in the United States.

.
uLEpKs or THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rev. Joseph K. Wilson, D. D., Stated Cler".
Augusta, Georgia
Rev. VIM Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk,
Richmond, Virginia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF sUsTENTATION.
Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, d. D., Secretary
Columbia South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow. Treasurer, Co.
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, d. D., Secretary,
Columbia, South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow. Treasurer, Co
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES or PUBLICATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
C. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond. Va.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
c.. Gennet, ESQ.,, Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Thomas C. Perrin, President.
Joseph a. Wilson. Vice President.
Jesse Lindsay, Secretary and Treasurer.
FOR ONE YEAR.
Hon. Thomas c. Perrin, Abbeville, S. G.
Joseph H. Wilson. Charlotte, n. G.
Jesse H. Lindsay, Greensboro N. G.
James Hemphill, Chester. S. c.
Rev. George Howe, D. D., Columbia, 5. Z.
FOR TWO YEARS.
Robert Adger, Charleston, S. c.
Hon. j. A. Inglis, Cheraw, S. G.
j. A. Ansley, Augusta, Ga.
John Whiting, Montgomery Ala.
Rev. B. NJ. Palmer, d. D., New Orleans, La.
FOR THREE YEARS.
j. Hartman Brown, Baltimore, Md.
T. J. Kirkpatrick, Lynchburg, Va.
D. w. Kennedy, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
John Handy, Canton, Miss.
Rev. Samuel Mckinney, D. D., Austin, Texas
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Charley on the Bridge.

"Now," said Charles Piper's mother
to him as he went out of the door to 90
to school, don't you harbor that thief
to-day, remember
mo, mother l will not, answered
Charley deliberately and emphatically.
What boy of Charlie Piper's age
harbor thief? One would think that
ne could have nothing to do with thieves {?
Yes, one would suppose so, and, yet there
was one thief so sly that he used to in
sinuate himselfinto Charles good graces,
and Charlie used to go with him; and
although he well knew that it grieved his
mother, and certainly hurt his character
vet it was some time before he had firm
ness enoug b to take manly stand against
MIN.
As he pushes off to school, his mother
bids him Remembers
On he goes until he gets almost over
the bridge, when he stops "a minute to
watch the little fishes darting about i'll
the water below.
He almost wished he were fish, that
he had no grammar to learn or copy to
write; he was sure fishes must be very
happy, with nothing to do the livelong
day but play in the water. Charlie well
knew that he had not moment to spare
on the bridge; he knew that precisely
five minutes after nine the master fas
tened the door for prayers, and no tardy
boy could get in; he knew it was too bad
to lose whole half-day's school; but for
all that he kept stopping and delaying.
In fact his old companion, the thief, was
by his side, ready to steal his precious
moments, so the boy kept stopping, think
ing about the fishes, and saying, "Oh,.i
is not pleasant to be cooped up in that
old school-room, until all at once, that
mother word, REMEMBER, " rushed into
his mind. 1t seemed as if she spoke
again in his ear.
He started up from his longing atti-
tude, threw back his arms as much as to
say, Hands off, Mr.. Thief" and took
to his heels in the direction Of the school
room. Charlie ran with all his might.
He arrived just at the moment the mas
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For the Children.
LETTER FROM MRS. INSLEE.

HANoHoU, CHINA, April 80, 1858.
Dear Young Friends:
Perhaps some of you would like to
read something about this far away coun-
try and this very strange people, al
though, no doubt, you have read some
very wonderful stories about the Chinese,
and | suppose you as firmly believe as !
did in my childish days, that they eat
cats, rats, and puppies, and that the girls
are compelled to wear iron shoes to keep
their feet small. Although personal OBJ
servatiOn has overturned the ideas of
the Chinese which | had obtained from
old ''Peter Farley and some other
equally authentic persOnages, | still see
many strange things. We live in what
was once fine and apparently very
ancient city, but now-owing to terri
bic war which has devastated some parts
of China even more than the war at
home did our own dear country-some
portions of Hanchou are but ruins. The
Manchurians, who are at present the
real masters of China, and in token of
vassalage to whom the Chinese wear the
long plat of hair Spiced with silk cord,
hanging down the back,-had separate
city within the same wall, and were about
as distinct from the Chinese as the Jews
from the Genules, considering themselves
a superior race; but now there remains
nothing to tell of their wealth and pride
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Ansbaadrp.
Honing Razors.

Few can hone rozor. Some BARRIERS have
the happy faculty. but generally it is an art
little understood. The stone should be fine
Turkish stone perfectly clean, and the oil used
should be purified porpoSe, or nice sperm oil /;
pure olive oil is good. The blade of razor
is concave. The wedge like extends in its
level but little way back In honing a razor
the fingers should feel the back as well as the
edge of the blade bearing; the back protects
the edge The motion should be the same as
in honing knife blade, circular. Few can
hone razor properly in the first trial.
STRoPPING
In stropping razors most people fail They
will use too yielding medium which rises sud-
what has just been done. Many turn the razor
or knife blade on its edge. Unless the blade
is lifted clear from the strop, just before turn
ing, the tendency is to strop off the edge al
ready on. A blade should be drawn from heel
to point, starting at the heel and drawing it
diagonally to the point, and should be always
turned on its back
OILSTONES.
Oilstones, as seen in the shops, are fire.
quently worn concave 1t is unnecessary to
say that stones in this form will not produce
true edge If the workman has not acquired
skill enough TO wear the stone evenly, as much
on the ends as in the middle, he should occa
sionally grind the oil stone and reduce its sur.
face to level.
In the machine shop and the carpenter 5
shop-wherever edge tools are used-the oil
stone is invaluable. 1t should, however, be
used with discretion
If the tool is soft, short beve should be
given to the edge; if hard, it will stand very
thin edge, but the practice of producing
temporary edge by honing or whetting will
not give even the best present result and will
necessitate a frequent resort to the grindstone,
the office of which is only preparatory to the
production of a good cutting edge.
The use of rapidly abrading substances, as
fine quartz, emery, etc., is ruinous to good
tools; and the continual employment of the
grindstone not less So while a judicious use of
a good oil stone will keep tools in order until
they are worn out.-Scientifc american.
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The Present Heather World.

Look first at India. 1t is nearly as
large as Europe, and is almost as dense
ly peopled. 1t contains twenty great
cities, with over an hundred thousand
people each. Cities with over thirty
thousand are spread all over the empire.
Towns with few thousands may be
numbered by hundreds, and the villages
are all but innumerable. Except the
three capitals and seaports, no city has
more than ten missionaries. Widely as
truth has been read, millions upon
millions have never seen missionary.
Till ten years ago, no missionary had
ever settled in Rajpootana, no mission
airy in the province of Dude. Yet two
hundred millions of souls, with all their
errors, the work of centuries, with all
their vices, all their tendencies to evil
cultivated, INDUCED, and transmitted for
centuries, people that favored Empire.
Pass on to the fields of China, full of life
and activity, of patient industry and
well applied skill. Over its fertile pro-
vinces are spread four hundred millions
of human beings. A few great cities,
like Canton, contain half million or,
like Hangkow and Pekin, a complete
million of souls. Huge towns may be
counted by hundreds, walled and well
built, with narrow streets, the shops filled
with goods. The rivers swarm with boats,
and trade fourishes on every side. The
family affections have taught the people
law for centuries. Philosophy has abound
ed; learned men have sought to find
truth, and the way to heaven. Taonist,
Confucian, and Buddhist have combined
to lead China upward; but China has
not discovered the secret of happiness.
The land is full of idols; the respect for
elders has produced the worship of an
cestors, and no people are more destitute
of real hope in death.
Pass on to Tartary, with its wander
ing tribes; to Siberia, with its scattered
few. Look at Japan, with its active
millions; pass on to Borneo, and Java,
and the Celebes, rich in material wealth,
and filled with men needing light, and
truth, and mercy. Return to civilized
Europe, with its vast cities, provinces,
and nations, bound fast in Greek and
Popish errors, longing for liberty, and
waking up to it; but priest-ridden, un
taught, filled with evildoing, still wan
dering far from God. Pass over to the
vast continent of South America, to
which the free gospel is all but unknown.
Look to Africa, given up to Mussulman
bigotry and tyranny, to the crushing
cruelty of the slave dealer, to depth of
debasement, and of wrong and misery,
that cannot be surpassed elsewhere.-Dr.
Mullins.
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The Religious Paper.

The Liberal Christian holds up the
religious journal as the colleague and
helper of the faithful pastor. We quote
paragraph or two:
1t seems to US that ministers overlook
the Importance of the religious paper as
an auxiliary force helping forward the
objects they have most at heart. 1t does
this, both directly and indirectly. Often
times the lesson set forth from the pulpit
on Sunday is reiterated with new argu-
ments and fresh illustrations in the reli
gious paper at the close of the week.
Very frequently the cause in which a
minister labors to interest his people is
explained with added felicity and advo-
Gated by weightier considerations in the
religious paper which circulates through
his parish. There is subtle, strange
sympathy pervading the air. Ideas are
contagious and simultaneously take pos
session of different minds. More than
once have we found the very topic treated
in the morning discourse discussed in the
columns of one Of our papers, its argu-
ment throwing additional light on the
theme and increasing the force of the
conclusions we had half-haltingly put
forth. The religious paper, so often
tossed away as of no importance, at best
bore, only fit from its dryness to kin
die the study fire, was all the while
mute but invaluable colleague, and by
far the better preacher of the two.
The indirect assistance which reli-
gous paper renders to minister is very
great 1t contains a vast amount of in.
formation which he has neither time nor
strength to impart. 1t touches upon
great variety of subjects which he con
siders out of the line of pulpit discourse.
1t acquaints his people with contemporary
thoughts and movements, with the action
of his own denomination in particular,
with the deeper currents of public opin
ion and the tendencies of the age in which
they live. We have found that
families who read religious papers are
more constant in their attendance upon
public worship, more interested in relig-
ious services and movements of all kinds,
than those who do not read than.
Ministers often complain that their
people read so many poor books, and
novels that are worthless, to say the
least; and that they read so few stand
ard works, especially works of serious,
devotional character. As general
thing our people are so absorbed in the
all-engrossing activities of the world that
they have little time, and less inclina-
ton, to sit down aud pore over labored
treatise and dull chapters of works
which do not touch their experience nor
minister to their wants, They will read
Of serious things, read the best thoughts,
the most kindling sentiments which have
been put into our poor human speech, if
to them in instalments, week