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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-07-15
A Few Smiles.

The Oldest cup on record-the hic-
cup.
Annapolis must be a nice town if it
An-apple-is.
When is a man out of date? When
he's a weak back.
If flour is in fact "wheat ground"
why should it not be entered as real
estate
The oil trade has been justly called a
light business. 1t is especially SO just
now. -t
When is a young lady like part Of
a word ! When she is silly belle
(syllable.) 'isE
Why is the letter of more value
than cream to a dairy maid Because
it makes "better" butter.
A philosopher says that if anything
will make. woman swear, it is looking
for her night-cap after the candle is out.
Never run in debt-especially with
shoemakers, for then you can't say your
sole is your own.
A Wisconsin paper having exulted
over the fact its coming out in new
dress, a rival sheet remarks: "In this,
as in everything else, they are an age
behind our office, which was supplied
with new material years ago.
The editor ofthe Willimantic Conn.,
Sentinel is not quite Is years old, yet,
with the assistance of a younger broth
err, he does the type setting, making
up and press work. The sheet is 9x14
inches, and contains ~ columns.
The Gloucester Telegraph states that
fish dealer ordered box of haddock
from Boston, and it came marked c.
o. D., whereat he INDUCED in extreme
profanity, because he had ordered had
dock and not Goldfish
Out West an editor has been sued
for libel in having Published that GER
tain Mr.. Harrison was well-known
house bpeaker. The defense OF the
editor is, that he wrote horse breaker,
which the plaintiff is by occupation,
A Leavenworth paper thinks it can
evidence of the Westward march of civ
ilation,' that the Kansas Legislature
has appropriated 81, 400 for tobacco for
the penitentiary prisoners, and only
$500 for preaching the gospel to them.
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WHOLE NO. 1856.
Communicated,

Communicated.
jackson CO6nfy-as n County I'M
the Production Of SGraEaOniuIn.
Stranionium, = Gympsun; - or the
ThornApple, is an annual of vigorous
! growth, about three to FIVE feet high.
Stein much branched, d,chotonlous above,
bushy, feted, smooth. Root large;
white, and fbrous. Leaves from the
forks of the stem, large, unequal at the
base, oVate, unequally sinaatedentate;
smooth, variously and acutely sinuated
and toothed, simply vined, and of q
light dull-green color.
Flowers axillary, erect, white, msst4
scented, especially at night, about three
inches long.
Calyx oblong, tubular, vehtricose, s.
angled, 5-toothed, dropping off and
leaving circular mark round the bass
Of the ovary.
Corolla, funnel-shaped, regular, ang-
u!ar, plated with mucronate lobes. -
Stamens 3. Stigma thick, obtuse q
lobed. Ovary 4-celled. Capsules as
large as walnut, dry, very prickly,
4-valved, with two partially bipartite
cells, containing many brownish or
black fattened uniform seeds Flow
ers in July. A native Of all parts of
Europe and North America.
AS this wonderful plant is now a
county institution, l have thought it
well to be thus minute in describing it.
Familiarity in the wonderful things
in nature, as well as in art, often cause
us to pass them by without giving them
any special attention, or of investiga-
ting their real merits. But let any Of
those familiar everyday sights, which
have caused no sensation, be brought
prominently before the people, then
everybody can see beauty, elegance, and
something to admire.
The Commissioners of this county
last spring spent some four thousand
dollars in erecting a substantial iron
fence around the beautiful public square
and some two hundred dollars more
in leveling and cultivating the grounds,
1t was then their intention to SOW
the grounds in grass to form sod, and
to plant ornamental trees. But being
economical gentlemen in their views,
they came to the conclusion to raise 9
crop of Gympsum. They sowed the
seed, and they will reap full crop. I
have never seen a finer prospect, and
! would call the attention of our citi-
zens from the country and elsewhere,
TO this wonderful crop. 1t is now in
full bloom, and presents a lovely ap-
pearance to look upon.
What the Commissioners intend to-
do with this crop is as yet only specu-
lation Whether or no they intend to
engage in the manufacture of Stramo-
mum, or whether they view this won
derful weed as highly ornamental, is as
yet a secret only known to themselves.
AS soon as l can learn their intention
in this regard, I will inform the citizens
of the county, as they are all equally
interested in this new and novel Hor-
tcultural experiment. 1t is well to
know that Gympsum weed is an ''Anti-
spasmodio." .-
A CITIZEN WHO OBSERVES.
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LOST.
BY JOSEPH L. BUTLER.

Lost--many sunless years
Upon the road of life;
Old, faded relies, stained with tears,
And Scared by fruitless strife.
Lost. never to be found
Gone, gone for evermore
Swept on the ebbing stream Of time,
To an eternal shore.
They vanished one by one,
Each bearing on its breast
A life not lived, work undone,
A treasure not possessed;
Something for which, it seems,
My soul has vainly sought,
The waking truth Of happy dreams,
The time has never brought.
Alas the weary days,
Unwelcome In the past,
Are with me yet my skies are dark,
And night Is gathering fast.
! strain my fearless eyes,
To pierce the thickening gloom,
And, mid the shadows, seems to rise
A vision of the tomb.
And this is all-is there
Beyond life's troubled wave
No healing balm for broken hearts,
No hope beyond the grave?
No haven of repose,
No bright abode Of rest,
No land of promise for the soul
By earthly cares oppressed1
Oh! yes, poor fainting heart,
By stormy billows tossed,
There is better world than this
Whose years are never lost.
Believe In Him who babe
The raging tempest cease,
And while eternal ages roll
Thou shalt abide in peace.
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Old maids are described as "embers
from which the sparks have fed
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From the Toledo Blade. I
N A = B ".

MIR. Nasby at Last Loses his POST
Office, and to add to his HumiIia-
tiOm am Abolition Administra-
tiOn Appoints a Negro i'm His
PIace-I'rOubIe at the Corners.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-16
Special Notices.
TABLE TALK WITH VICTIM OF IN

AhDAc 1tAhfA "1At n t1C1IM OF IN
Observation-Disclosures, We will suppose you
martyr to dyspepsia. If you not. 80 much the
better for you. II you are, perhaps you may pro-
fit by this paragraph. You have just finished
your dinner, we will say, and feel as if you had
swallowed lead, instea1 of wholesome food. You
have sensation of tigh.ness round the upper
part of the diaphragm, as if somc snake of the
constructor tribe held you in it's embrace and had
knotted its coils over the pit OF your stomach.
You feel supremely miserable; and such is the pc
nalty which your complaint exacts after every
meal What do you desire2 Ease, of course An
exemption from the incubus that robs you of all
enjoyment during the day, and disturbs your rest
at night. Take, then, this piece of information !:
You suffer needlessly. HOSTETTERS STOMACH
BITTERS will as certainly cure all your agonizng
SYMPTOMS the day on which you read this article
will be succeeded by another Perhaps you are
incredulous; but if you have read the testimony
of the eminent citizens, in every walk of life who
have tested tho preparation, and submitted the
results OF their experience to the public through
the press, you ought at least to have sufficient
faith to mako trial of it in your own case. It is
n pure vegetable tonic and alterative-the only
medicine in the world entirely adapted to YOUR
complaint. IT you are in the habit Of taking any
alcoholic excitant palliative, abandon it, and
try this wholesome medicated stimulant. II it
does you good, say so; but you will not do that
for it has never yet failed, il single instance, to
cure dyspepsia, biousness, and their various
comltants. May 16 t6
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DENTISTRY

nR. D. L. BOOZER, grateful for the liberal
~ patronage he has received from the citizens
OF OF this city and the surrounding District, during
permanently establishes himself in Columbia. All
operations on the natural Teeth faithfully pt r
formed. ARTIFICIAL. GASES, in every approved
among which he would call special attention to
that known as reynolds Patent; and of his src-
cess in constructing Artificial Cases by this beau
fdence, to refer to his patients and to the
patentee Office on Main street, over First Ma
tional Bank. Jane
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Charleston Advertisements.

For Gang and Circular Sa,o Nils.
HAVING purchased the Patent Right for the
Ill State of South Carolina, for the above, we
are now prepared to fill orders for the same.
The advantages of this Machine arc economy
despatch and perfection in keeping all kinds of
Saws in perfect order.
By its use, the teeth Of the Saw arc kept at
uniform depth, angle and size.
Fully one'fourth Cd and better lumber can be
cnt per day where this Machine is used, the Saws
-. A Saw can be sharpened in i've minutes, and in
the most perfect manner. The price Of the Ma
chine can be saved in few months in the cost of
hles and labor. For further information apply to
CHISHOLM BROTHERS.
May II fm0 Charleston. s.. G..
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-16
Gp- PHILOSOPHY OF nIARRIAGE.-A

New COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at the
New York Museum Of Anatomy, embracing the
subjects: How to Live and What to Live for;
Youth, Maturity and Old Age; Manhood Generally
Reviewed; The Cause of Indigestion; Flatulence
and Nervous Diseases accounted for Marriage
Philosophically Considered, &c. These lectures
will be forwarded on receipt Of four stamps, by adj
dressing Secy Baltimore Museum of Anatomy
"a West Baltimore street, baltimore, Md.
Mav6 1y
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DR.. T. T. MOORE.
Dental SURGEON.

8 now prepared to execute, in the mos scientific
Il manner, all branches of his profession Teeth
extracted without pain by use of NITROUS
do well to engage an hour Offce over Mcssrs
Bryan McCarter's Bookstore, Main street Co
iumbia, S. c. April II 3n,o
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-16
VOLUME V-NO. 40.
Needles and Fishing Tackle.

Needles and Fishing Tackle.
A NDREW CLERK & CO. respectfully inform
n the public and their old customers tn at they
still continue business il their old store No As
Maiden Lane New York. Their assortment Of
of any in the United States. They are also Sole
Agents for the Warrn Needle, which, for the last
thirty years, has enjoyed reputation for quality
March 81 Snlo
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04

the man.
will give only one more illustra-
ton of this character, Roe wishes to
study law with Doe, aad offers to pay
the customary fee when he shall have
won his first suit at law. To this Doe
agrees, and Roe bcomcs student =
Doe gets tired of waiting for his fee
and determines to sue Roe for the
amount. Doe reasons; 'If | gain the
case, Roe Will be compelled to pay me
by the decision of the Court; if | lose
it, he will have to pay me by the con
dition of our contract, as he will have
won his first lawsuit" But Roe also
reasons: "If succeed, and the award
of the Court is inmy favor, of course |
shall not have TO pay the money; if the
court decides against me l shall not
have to pay it, according to the terms
of our contract, for I shall not then
have gained my first suit at law"
The discerning reader will easily
perceive that great many of the
metaphysical, political and doctrinal
discussions which are gong on in the
earth get their principal fuel in the diff
ieren sense OF wordsand phrases. l will
not moralize extensively or this prop
osition, though there is abundant op
portunty to do 50. | deem lllustra-
ton more entertaining than disscrta-
ton The Galaxy.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04
Ages of Authors.

Appletons' Journal gives the follow
ing as the ages of living American
authors, announcing that the list has
been compiled with great care; Julian
c. Nerplanck, 81; Richard IL Dana, 80;
George Ticknor and Charles Sprague,
rs; John Neal, 76; John p, Ken
nedy, IS; Sarah J. Hale; n; Wm. Cul-
len Bryant, 73; Stephen II. Tying,
Fransis Lieber, and George Bancroft,
20; VIM. II. Seward, and Catherine
+. Bcechcr, 60; Lydia M. Child and
Leonard W. Bacon, 6S; William IL,
Furness, and Ralph Waldo Emerson,
CT; Horace Bushnell and George ID.
Prentice,66; William Gilmore Simms
and NJ. +. Maury, Ga; Theodore S.
Fay, John G. Whittier, Louis ACsssiz,
and II. w. Longfe!low, 81; James
Freeman Clarke, Isaac Mcclellan, and
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 60; Charles
Sumner, Horace Greeley, and Alfred
B. Street, 50; Harriet Beecher Stowe
and Samuel Osgood, 58; G. X. Cranch
and John S Dwight 81; J. I Headley,
w. H. G. Hosmer II. r. Tuckerman,
Henry w. Bellows, Henry Ward
Beechcr, +. H. Chapin, 56, Richard
II. Dana, jr., and John Lothrop Mot
ley, 81; John G.. SAKE and Epes Sar
gent, 81; L. \. Duyckinck and Parke
Goodwin, So; James I. Fields, John
Bleelow, and Arthur Cleveland Coke,
81; William f. Channing, Henry Giles,
Mrs. L. ID. Soutl.wor.h, Mrs. +. +. Ell
let, u. $. Cozzcns, L. =. Whipple. and
James Russell Lowell, 81; Julia Ward
Howe, Thomas w. Parsons, c. A Bris-
ted, and Herman Melville, 30; L. B.
Read, Samuel Eliot. J. G. Holland. and
Edward Everett Hale, 4S; Alice Cary,
William Il. Alger, James Parton, and
Donald e. Mitchell, II; Francis Park
man aud George W. Curtis, 46; Rich
ard III. Stoddard George IL. Boxer.
Bayard Taylor, aud Charles e. Leland,
Is; Mary A. Denison and Charles j..
Brace .43; Paul II. lIayne, Mary l..
Booth, andWiliam Croswell Doane,
3s William Swinton, 3G; Ellen Louise
Chandler and james Grant Wilson, 30;
Thomas B. Allrich and +. 5. Rand, j..
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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04
'H'Egs. lgossAgbD EegTa:gs,
Report of :, Tom Eca.s' CxpE0r;.
lraya.

A Washington dispatch. dated yes
terday, says:
Colonel Samuel Adams, who spent
the better part OF tolr years iii eyplo-
rations up the Colorado river aad
through the widest portions OF the TAI
South west, has Just returned from an
other expedition, the most dangerous
and difficult yet undertaken. lie ar.
rived last night, and will submit an
extended report OF his discoveries to
the government in few days. HIS
party consisted of eleven men besides
himself, and all the expenses OF the ex-
pedition, including the cost of boats,
conveyances, Instruments, provisions,
and other necessary articles Of outfit,
were borne by himself, and The under
taking was purely of private charac-
ter, without aid from the government,
or from any State or association. The
explorations were confined to the up
per Colorado ana its tributaries, and
the country adjacent, and embraced
sections never before penetrated by
modern explorers. The party started
at the summit of the Rocky Mountains,
near Brcckinridge, Summit County,
Colorado, where ftty-two hydraulic
mines are in opperaton, and where
much gold is taken out during six
months of theyear. Col .AeamS repre-
scnts that he found localities equally
in mines that can be worked during all
the months OF the year, and that IN
orth-westcrn and central portions OF
Arizona and New Mexico, he found the
richest country he had ever seen.-
He says he saw wild wheat, rye, oats
and barley growing to the height OF
six feet, and that he also discovered
ruins OF cities built OF stone, fortiiics
TONS, canals abandonded, mines sever
al hundred years old, and he gives it
rs his belief that the cities, the runs OF
which he discovered, were inhabited
centuries before San Augustine, Fla,
which is believed to have been the
first settlement embraced in this pres
eut territory OF the United States
The party also discovered oil wells,
tar wells. and salt and coal in abnnd-
ancc. Alter starting the explorers
descended 5000 feet during the first
hundred miles, following the river, aud
Col. Adams states that the growth OF
timber, very limited at first, increased
as they descended, aud that an mex
haustible supply was found, which
would supply the whole southern conn-
try in that region where now the sup
ply is brought from the country about
Puget Sound, and reaches its destina-
ton only by being shipped along the
coast in the Pacific waters, UP to the
gult Of California and thence up
through the navigable waters OF the
Colorado.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04

Few people realize the importance
of the great stream of immigration
flowing into cur country During the
year ending on the last day Of June,
there were recorded nearly $4,000
arrivals, OF which about 53,0oe
were real immigrants. OF these. 253,-
75f landed in New York CRY, almost
TOO per day the year through The
nationality OF these newcomers is
rapidly changing. \ few years ago.
two thirds OF them were from ireland;
now Germany ana the Scandinavian
countries furnish lsa,.3l; Ireland, G4,-
93S. Great Britain. Go,2SG; and France,
Italy and Span mere traetien. We
presume that these immigrants bring
III average OF SlGo each into tie couR-
try, which makes an aggregate OF over
SIS, ,00o, geo in gold. Bat aside from
their money, they bring the best ma
terlal for the country IN the form oi
stout young men and " omen, able aHd
anxious to work their way in the
worla. And we observe, with much
satista action, that there is a growing
tendency TO avoid the crowded cities
and find homes and opportunities in
the roomy West, Since the War the
current Of immigration from Canala has
greatly increased Nearly Il 900 per-
sons abandoned that country for the
United States last year, and tho work
is still going on with increasing activ
ity The only way to prevent us from
absorbing the entire population is to
make clean job OF il and annex the
New Dominion.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04
Selett NNoetrp. .
OccihcMt .alld Orient.

Open the gate, o Land Of Ancient Story,
To thy Sisters greeting
They have waited long to look at thine inner
glory:
Come forth to the meeting.
Open to us the traditions of former days
That thy wise men held;
Let us look back from our ever changing ways
To thy works of Ed.
"Come.' says Albion, girding her armor on
(Great Isle Of the Sea,
over whose children tho bright sun never
goes DOWN.
''Smile first on mel
.sCome to me- says sunny-featured France,
Across the waters:
"Let thy children's eyes first glance
On my sons and daughters.
And the Monarch Of the North, and each dis
tantlanp,
Seeing the stir
OF the ancient Chinese Empire, stretch forth
the hand,
And call to her.
But the Youngest of them all, she too has
heard,
With beating heart:
She too looks longing yet utters not word,
Sitting apart.
Slow she arises--the Celestial Land
At her Sisters call;
XV;tb ,n,;l ,,,on cLo oh forth her ha n ii
TO the youngest Of all.
Tie East and the West are met. The word is
spoken.
China is riseu
The ancient wall that kept her SO long is broken
She steps from her prison.
She looks with awe on the changes Time has
wrought
Old forms o'erpast.
The last OF the nations first unto Libc rty
brought:
And the Tivst is Last.
Fling wide the gates, 0 Land os Ancient
Story!
And it may be
Thou shalt behold the dawn of a brighter glory
Break over thee!
When the light Of Freedom, flashing from
shore to shore.
On ths soil shall burst,
1t may he he First shall become the Last once
more,
And the Las. he first.
i -TSusAN T. ADAMS, in lIarpers Magazine 9
for November.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04
Historical Sketch OF WS.as;sE:' 3
NOsisag.

In the Agltator, we find interesting
briefs in regard to woman's voting.
In Manchester, England, eight wo
men, whose names were by accident
left on the registry, voted at the last
election. Eight others, fleeholders
voted in Southeast Lancashire. Ii
Ashford, East Kent, fifteen, out O
thirty five, who wereregistere.l, record
ed their votes. In Finsbury, the
same number also went to the polls.--
In Dublin, one woman; and III Lei
ccster, three woman voted.
In Canada, as in several of our OWE
States, woman are allowed to vote
for and serve as school trustees,
In Pitcailn's Island--which is inhabit-
ed by mutineers of the country-the
government, which is based on writ
ten Constitution is shared on equal
terms by men and women alike.
Ladies OF title occupied seats in the
House of Lords, where they were en-
titled as peeresses in their own right
or when their Lords were dead aud
the heirs were in the homage. They
also held the office of High Sheriff
which must be held by one possessed
Of the electoral qualification and other
dignities.
1t has also been stated that late in
vesligations tend to show that the
Parliament was originally found on
the idea OF universal suffrage, the
manifestation of which was the "show
ing of hands,
In the British Australian colony Of
Australia, women universally assumed
the right to vote some tour years ago
having found that the law had, proba-
ly inadvertently, been SO framed as to
permit them 1t works admirably
according to al reports.
In Sweden, chiefly though the exer-
tions Of Fredcrika Bremen, an indirect
right of voting was, in 1862, granted
to all women possessing specified prop
erty qualifications.
BY the Italian code, a widow; or
wife separated from her husband, who
PAYS taxes, is allowed to vote through
such child or other relative as she
may designate.
In Holland, widows and single wo-
men possessed OF property are enti.lcd
to vote on all questions of taxation,
etc, likely to affect its value.
In 1867, Moravia granted tho fran
chisc to all widows who pay taxes.
In many towns of France, women
possess and exercise the right to vote
in municipal affairs, and in one OF them
it is said that the connc,l was recently
composed wholly OF women.
In Austria, women can vote as no
bes; in their corporate capacity as
nuns, and as taxpayers.
In Hungary, up to 1913, widows and
single women, who were landed pro-
prietors, possessed the right to vote.
They were deprived of it by the rero-
lutionary government, and they are
now petitioning in large numbers tor
the restoration Of this right.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-04
Keeping Ones Word.

Sir William Napier was one day
taking long country walk near
Frcshiord, when he met little girl
about five years old, sobbing over
broken bowl she bad dropped and
broken it in bringing it back from the
field to which she had taken her faith
er's dinner in it, and she would be
beaten on her return home tor having
broken it; then with sudden CLEAN
of hope, she irnocently looked into
his face and said: "But We can mend
it, can't ye:a My father explained
that he could not mend the bowl, but
he could by the gift OF sixpcnce, buy
another. However, on opening his
purse il Was empty Of silver, and he
had to make amends by promising to
meet his little friend IN the same spot
at the same hour next day, and to
bring the sixpence with him, bidding
hcrmeanwhile to tell hermothershe had
seen a gentleman who would bring
her money for the bowl next day
The child entirely trusting hlm, went
her way comtorted. On his return
home, he found an invitation await
ing him to dine in Bath the following
evening to meet with some one he
especially wished to see. He hesitated
for sene little time, trying to ca,cu-
late the possibility OF giving the meet
ing to his little friend of the broken
bowl, and OF still being IN time for
the dinner party in Bath, but finding
this could not be- he wrote to decline
accepting the invitation OH the plea OF
a "preengagemcnt," saying to US: IL
cannot disappoint her, she trusted me
so implicitly. - Bruce's life OF Ma
pier.