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nuSSOlUTlON.

DISSOLUTION.
The Partnership of l.. l.. Mcbride 70,
Miners and Dealers in Coal, has been dsssoiNea
by mutual consent, to take effect from August
lst 1880. The business will be continued W
Fix L Postlewait, successors. Parties baSlns
claims against the old firm Will please leaVs
them al the Office of the American Express
w. "'>'' - L.R.FIN,
JOHN PoSrLEWAtT,
l.. l.. MCBRIDE,
aug 2l-dwit
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T.JsT or LETTERS

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Iowa, on the 18th day of September, 1859.
Persons calling for these letters will say they
are advertised, and give date of advertising.
II not called for within thirty days they will
be sent to Washington as dead letters.
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UNAVAILABLE LIST.
John Horton, Eden, Erie Co., n. Y.
John Small, Farley, Dubuque Co.. Iowa,
Mrs. Ann Morgan, Eldora, Hardin Co., Iowa
Sep. 2sth 1869. j. NJ. HEDRICK. r. NJ.
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Girls, too, are awfully Jealous Of each
other. 1 should call.this the girls dis
tinctive fault. See them when they are
introduced, or when they first meet at
ball or eroquet party see how eOldly
critical they look at each other, how in
solently their eyes rove over every Por-
ton Of their rivals dress; read in their
faces the outspoken scorn as the result
Of their scrutiny; You think you have
done it verify well, but you have made
fright of yourself, and I am much better
than vour' Watch their disdain Of
the more admired among them and
how excessively naughty for attracting
so mucb attention they think that Ada
or Amv about whom the young men
eI,,gter How bold she is how over
dressed she is how affected she is -
and. oh how ugly she is Sometimes,
if they are deep, they viii overpraise her
enthusiastically but the ruse Is gener-
ally too transparent to deceive any one,
and simply count for what it is-a
clever feint that doesn't answer. 1t IS
quite a study to watch the way in which
girls shake ha.nds together, OF take hands
in dances. The limp, cool, impertinens
wav IN whicla they just touch palms,
tbep let their arms fall as if paralyzed,
teVs a volume to those able to read the
lettering.-Egsry Saturday
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Crystal Printing.

The following metfod has been de-
vised by Kuhimann, of Lille, for fixing
and utilizing as well as reprinting the
beautiful crystalization figures brought
of late years into fashion for ornament
ing visiting cards and other articles.
When hot saturated solution Of sugar
Of lead is combined with dextrine, gum
or glue, and brushed quickly on strong.
smooth paper, placed oa heated plate,
the salt, in cooling crystalizes in radi-
ated concenTic groups Of beautiful
luster. The relative position Of these
CRYSTALS, their size and number, can
easily be regulated at will. To obtain
the same crystals on glass, the saline
solution is placed, by means of brush,
on a glass plate, previously well cleaned
with soda I've, and the excess allowed to
drain off The glass is then laid hori-
zontally, and after a time the crystals
make their appearance. The figures
NAV be fixed on the glass by means of
an alcoholic solution of shellac, or they
may be etched in by exposure for a time
to the vapor Of hydroAuosilicic acid.
A great variety of beautiful Ornamental
tio4s may readily be obtained in this
way.
To reproduce these figures as patterns
for calico printing, Kuhlmann develops
them on iron or steel plate, laying on
this a plate of lead, and subjects the two
at a heavy hydraulic or roller pressure,
BY which means the figures are transfer
red. even to the minutest detail, to tao
lead, as in the " Nature printing pro-
cess One electrotype will give plate
for printing from raised lines, as in
wood cut, and second one from the
first will furnish the ordinary copper
plate. To obtain the latter more readily
a ..gutta percha mould may be made
from the original crystalization, either
on paper or metal, and an electrotype
taken from that. A practical applica-
tion Of this process has been suggested,
if not already made, in the use Of the
self-engraved natural crystal figures as
ornaments for bank bills, of such com
plexity and variety as to be entirely in
/ imitable by the eounterfeiter's graver,
and when printed in properly-colOred
ink (as blue tint on yellow ground)
they cannot be photographed,
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josh BiIIiags en Frogs.

Josh Billings replies to oorrespon-
dent in this wise
Benvolio, in writing for you an
analysis of the frog, must confess that
l have copied the whole thing vergatus
ad Hberating, from the work ov a eele-
brated French writer ov the 18th cen
tury.
The frog is, in the first place, tad
pole, aul body and tail, without coming
to head.
He travels in pond holes, by the side
of the turnpike, and is accelerated by
the activity Of his tale, which wiggles
with uncommon limberness and vivacity.
By-and-by, before long, pretty soon, in
few days, his tale is no more, and legs
begin to emerge from the south end Of
the animal, and from the north end at
the same time may be seen a disposition
to head out,
In this curious way the frog is built,
and then for the first time in his life he
begins to git his head above water.
His success is now certain, and soon,
in about Eve days more, he may be seen
sitting down on himself by the side ov
the pond hole,and looking at the dinner
baskets ov the children on their way to
the district school.
As the children cum more nearer with
a club or a chunk or brick in his hand
to swott him with, he rares up his behind
legs and enters the water head fust,
without opening the door.
Thus the frog does business for a spell
ov a time, till he gifts to be twenty-One,
and then his life is more ramifed.
Frogs have two natures, ground and
water, and as free from sin as an oyster.
never knew a frog to hert anybody
who paid his honest dues.
don't reoollect now whether a frog
has any before legs or not, and if he
don't it amt anybOdys business but the
frogs.
Their hind legs are used for refresh
ments, but the rest oy him won't pay for
eating.
a frog is the only person who can
live in a we'll and not get tired.
The bull frog is the boss Of the pud-
die, and has log to sit on, over on the
other side oy the puddle, and talks to the
rest Of the frogs, way down in his throat,
so that you can't understand more than
half what he ses he is generally cross
and lazy old devil, all over warts.
This is all there is worth knowing
now about the frog, except that they
ketch hize in fly time, and winter oy
freezing up solid.
P 81 have endeavored to translate
m; autbor cloos, but it is tuff to render
ali its beauties into our tung without
! bursting the sense,
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Modern Inventions for lhe IIIl-
Hons.

Among the ingenious and eonvenient
inventions that New York can furnish,
the following may be enumerated
TIE BGchel0rs Kettle, fiat in structure
and capable Of boiling quart Of water
over a farthing wheel Of frewOod, ready
for shaving, ETC., before the owner Is cut
of bed.
Spirit .StoUes and Spirit Kettles, very
portable and compact, using spirits Of
wine or q methylated' spirit for fuel
The asbestos Fireplace, in which the
asbestos CLOVIS like the sun itself in
little Jet Of gas, lights up and warns an
apartment with all the effects of an open
fireplace and cooks food, the asbestos re
naming unconsUmed and ready for use,
again and again.
asbestos Boilers, gas conservatory
boilers gas kettle stands; ar and gas
broilers, and water dish heaters, the ap-
plieation Of which Is indicated by the
names, all come under the same category
of nsatness, expedition and eheapness.
The Norlregiaa Kitchen, lined with
felt, which cooks or keeps icy cold all
things consigned to it, as may be de-
sired.
The BaeAeler's Orea enables the lonely
ledger to bake, fry and boil, at pleasure,
in tidy space and with penny worth
of fuel
The RiE1ic Cou1droR, an English in
vention, is no bigger than a lady's retir-
cule, yet viii cook anything not too
bulky for it, in any way.
The SalamaHder is applicable chiefly
where there is gas, and Is a first rate
portable kitchen.
The Etaa lights its own fire, bOils
water, makes both tea and coffee at the
same time, and keeps them hot with less
than a cents worth of methylated
spirits.
The Tea PercoEator and Tea Float are
familiar They suspend the tea in the
pot or even IN the cup, and as boiling
water is poured over the herb, almost in
stantly give you a delicious cup Of tea
free from sediment.
The Ladies Tea 1faEer Is a little wire
gauze silver cup to hold the tea which
Is put into a teapot fall of cold water.
A tiny spirit lamp under the pot does
the boiling, and when the beverage is
ready it pours out Of itself, into a tea
cup placed beneath the spout.
With this self-adjusting tea apparatus
we suspend our list, for the present, to
resume it and add many curious things,
in an ensuing number Of our paper.
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LUCIFER MATCHES.
From tha clneinnati ohronIele.l

From the Cincinnati Chronielel
If Adam and Eve, that first pair in
eorporated flesh and bone, had been SO
unfortunate as to have found themselves
in Chicago, and it had been necessary to
90 through their marriage preparations in
the proper Chicago fashion, how long
their fond offspring would have had to
wait unborn How would the first fam
ily OF all first families have got start
in the world? Adam was, so far as we
have been informed, poor young man,
and Eve, it may be pretty confidently af-
frmed, (history viii bear us out in this
assertion), had no indulgent, money
made papa to afford her bridal troHs-
seaa. We fear there would have been
one long, original divorce, to dam Eve
believe that Is the gentle way of spelling
IT'D effectually the course of true love,
no matter how smoothly and regularly it
might run,
And fre re the genial current OF the SOUL"
But, luckily, Eden, although a gar
den. was not one of the Garden City,
and tailors and milliners, which were, it
seems, not at the service of that primeyal
couple, we're not even demanded by the
customs Of their best society. Satan,
we may here observe, seems to have put
the first suggestion Of millinery into the
foolish turned head of Eve, and set her
to thinking of something to wear, which
has been the one mighty and prevailing
thought of her and her interesting
daughters ever afterwards. Consequent
ly, marriages are not so easy to manage
anywhere that we are aware of as in that
good old time, and in Chicago
Well, the Tribune tells US they are
next to impossible there
For, according to the above authority,
a respectable marriage (fair to middling,
we should say in the local commercial or
market language) costs some eight thous-
and dollars, making the calculations no
farther than the full of the honeymoon.
In the first place, however, and not
counted in this reckoning, Is the long
labor Of love in seeking the one Just
suited to your mind, and the equally
long, but more expensive labor, after
finding the same, Of prevailing on her to
think yourself the one just suited to her
mind. 1t is to be hoped you will not
keep an account of the minor expenses
over this latter hill Of difficulty. But
the season Of bills in earnest begins with
the bethrothal ring and the approach Of
the happy day. The ring must take $500
at least. An outfit for yourself, good but
not extravagant, is itemized as follows
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q Has the time ever been when you
III not fova mo 9'i

Has the time ever been when you
did not love me p
F" Never"
"TReD, will you accept the love Of an
old man like me? own that it is bent
and battered heart I have to offer you,
but not one atom of its morale has been
lost by the wear of time. 1t IS yours by
a right that cannot be questioned and
here l must disclose to you fact that
may seem strange and improbable, but
which, nevertheless, is true. l have
loved before, and yet 1 offer you my first
love"
I" Loved before, and yet offer me your
first Lowell How is that, Uncle Archie?
simply in this way: the first and
only one | ever loved was your mother,
and since then, 1 have continued that
love in you. l loved your mother,
Donia, with the full vigor Of the entirety
of my heart. l was her senior by one
month only we had played together in
childhood, learned our first lessons to
gether, and alas in later years, eontin-
ued to learn lessons of sorrow from the
same book, though separated forver. l
entered college in my sixteenth year,
man in size and appearance, when she
seemed still child During my vaca-
tions we we're constantly together, but
she seemed even yet too young to bind
with a promise Of marriage; however, /
daDended mueh upon the understanding
which [ imagined existed between Us,
and determined, as soon as my college
course was ended, to declare my long
pent devotion. l returned to find her
betrothed to your father. Oh ! what an
interminable midnight life appeared to
me thenl But still I loved her on, and
when [ stood above her grave, instead of
burying my heart with her there, | trans
ferred it to her child, and it has been
yours, my darling, ever since. Do you
disclaim your right to it2 viii you
keep it, and, as my first and last love,
give me your best 2"
Donia sprang up, and throwing her
arms around his neck, as she had often
done when a child, exclaimed through
her tears You have always had my
best love, even when l knew it not, I'm
Gle Adair, and it shall be yours for all
hereafter"
There were tears in the splendid grey
eyes Of Archie Adair as he folded to his
heart the noble child Of his first love.
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Suspension Bridg 5.

The Niagra suspension bridge, which
was opened to the public on January 1st,
1859, Is reported to have the longest
single span In the world. The width Of
the chasm from cliff to cliff, over the
Niagara river, is 1890 feet. The span
between centcrs of towers Is 1868 feet.
The length Of the suspended portion Of
the roadway is 1910 feet. The hight
of the center Of the roadway above the
water varies at IS feet at high water to
81 CT 90 feet at low water. The hight
Of the water Is much affected by the d.
rection and force Of the wind. The floor
is suspended from two cables, formed Of
twisted wire ropes, seven to each cable,
laid one in the center and the others
around it. The cables are seven inches
in diameter, contain nine hundred and
thirty-one single wires in each cable, and
weigh sixty-three pounds per lineal foot.
The cables are anchored in solid lime
stone rock on the Canadian side, and in
solid masonry on the New York side.
The suspension bridge over the Ohio
river, between Cincinnati and Covington,
KY, is 1910 feet long between the abut-
ments, but is composed of three spans.
one in the center 1867 feet, between
granite towers built at low water mark on
the Ohio and Kentucky shores respec-
lively, and side span on each side Of
2S1 feet between the tower and the abUt-
ment. The elevation of the floor above
loR water mark is 81 feet at the tower,
and lO3 feet at the center of the bridge.
The total length of the bridge, inelud-
ing the approaches, is 2252 feet. The
bridge floor IS suspended from two cables.
Each cable is composed of 5l8O single
wires, No. guage, and forms cylinder
twelve and one third inches in diameter.
Eighteen feet of this wire weigh one
pound, and so wires have an aggregate
metal section Of one square inch. The
wires composing the cables are laid par
allel to each other, and are divided into
seven strands Of 740 wires each, one
strand occupying the center Of the cable
and being surrounded by the other six.
The cables are wrapped from end to end
with No 10 wire, and altogether weigh
1850, 183 pounds. The two bridges
above mentioned are suspended on the
American system of two cables only, as
sisted by stays. The French system
consists in hanging the floor from a num-
Der of small cables, a method which, it
is asserted, is defective. Thus the
Wheeling bridge, which was blown
down May 18th, 1854, was constructed
On the French plan. This bridge, form
ing a span of 1910 from center to center
Of the towers, with floor $50 feet long
and "a feet wide, was supported by
twelve cables, six on each side, with an
aggregate number Of wires of $500, of
No. 10 guage. The floor was torn by
the gale into three sections, and all the
cables but two broke loose, one after the
other, from their anchorage,
The spans of the suspension bridges
given above far exceed those of similar
structures in the old world, the longest
span in Europe being that at Freidburg,
over the valley Of the Sarina, In 6witzer-
land, which measures 270 feet.
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sOHETHIsG neg Lii MEDIoIsF.
sShe8matis1a ard other EsiseaeC 5
Cured by iiae sting Of Easects.

From the Providence Jsurna4l
DR.. Desmartis, Of Bordeaux, France,
has introduced into his practice an ez-
traordinary medical remedy for the cure
of certain diseases, which is attracting
much attention from those who have
heard Of it for the first time. 1t is a
weH established fact IN medicine that
one disease may be cured or prevented
by inoeulation with the virus OF another.
Its not equally well known that pain
ful uaEadies may be cured by causing
insects to sting the parts affected. DR..
Dcsmartis has carried en- his experiments
on yen0m0us iEocuiati0n for fifteen
years, and therefore does not speak
without experiences. he has tried his
system on plants and animals with simi
lar results. Plants inoeulated with the
virus of a certain animal poison produce
some crypt0gamia on different parts Of
their surface and a second In0culation
With another animal poison cleared the
plants Of these parasitic growth, and Of
the insects or animalcule which they
had attracted. It has long been a tradi-
ton in medicine that ieDrosy can be
cured by the poison of certain serpents;
and It Is well known that poisonous
DRUGS are freely administered as power
full alternatives in certain diseases. Or.
Humboldt, nephew Of the great natur-
alist, in his practice at Havana, found
that the poison Of the scorpion was a
remedy for yellow fever. He inoculated
over two thousand men Of the military
and naval garrison more than SIX hun
dred afterwards were attacked with the
fever. of whom not more than sixteen
died.
A distinguished Frenehman, n de
Gasparin, related the following incident
to Dr. Desmartis: He had long been
affected with rheumatism, which was
attended with great suffering. One day
while picking handful Of weeds Ia bis
garden he was stung by wasp On his
wrist. The arm sWelled, but the
rheumatic pain disappeared. The next
day he caused tho new remedy to be ap-
/ piled to the seat Of pain IN his leg, and
| he was again freed from suffering, and
/ could walk with case. at every sub
sequent temperance Of the malady fer
/ the last three years he has been cured
By similar means. Other cases are also
recorded where a hopeless case Of
cholera in a man, and an epiiepti-form
disease in a child were cured by the
sting Of a scorpion; and it Is said that
certain diseases of the eye can be cured
by the sting Of wasp or bee. Dead
insects and live leeehes have long been
used In pharmacy and We are told that
Mucianus, an Important commander
under Vespasian, used to carry about
with him, enveloped in white cloth q
certain insect to cure him Of the eye
disease to which he was subject
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lThe foregoing fgures not ineIudiDl

(The foregoing figures not including
many and-so-forths unlimited)
Then come the wedding properties
h5use and church decorations, flowers,
cakes, wines, music, and SO forth, and,
last dissolying scene of this first act Of
the drama, the wedding tour, costing
$1,000 additional more or less. All III
all, we use the TriJuae's fgure-work, the
beginning of the end costs upwards Of
$4,000, as we said before.
Does it cost more than it comes to?
The question to be first determined is a
very momenteas ona-in Chicago what
does wedding come tor And, in this
process of coming to," perhaps We
shall discover that the first costs are put
in the background by the lawyers fees
afterward. eve are speaking Of a we'd
ding in Chicago.)
But let the Lord of Love, yclept Dan
Cupid. who still exists in mythology, be
thanked that if ali matches are not made
IN Heaven, neither are all matches of the
order of Lucifer Suggestive Of fall
from pride Of place and grace) made in
Chicago.
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How TO RECOVER A KNIFE BY
LEGAL PROcEss.-The Baton Rouge
Gazette and Comet relates as follows ::
During the present term of the District
court. a gentleman from the upper por-
ton of the parish, while engaged in
conversation with certain amiable and
we'll known attorney, chanced to borrow
his pen knife, and at its conclusion
pocketed the chattel and left for his
home. Later, our legal friend missed
his pen knife, remembered to whom 1t
had been loaned, and not to be deprived
of his property by the forgetfulness of
his friend, Immediately issued a sub
pena to the sheriff for his appearance to
testify on behalf of the defendant in a
certain case in which the "peace and
dignity of the State" had been infringed.
Service was made, the day Of trial came,
and with it the aforesaid witness, who
sought his friend and attorney for the
defence. and told him, " 1 know moth
inc about this case" 81 know that, I"
answered the attorney. " Well, why in
the ID did you make me ride twenty
miles to testify in case that you knew
that knew nothing about?" His legal
friend coony replied, "Giye me my
knifel" The knife was produced, and
our friend started soon after on his long
ride for home, being convinced that g he
who matches lawyer has only one
move"
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EST ABLISHED 1910.
THE WELCOME.

hrftbfr bafrn cam bRme-
Hane to mither aud me;
II was yestreeu in the g.oamin',
Wien scarce was nght 10 see
The wee bit face o the dariin',
That its greetiu' cTy was head,
AID our crowded nestle made place
To hold anither bird
sax little bonnie mouths,
Alb, me tex muckie 20 H.
But to erudge the bit T. the = Venth'
For HiiIer and me were III!
Ohi nestle up closer, desriel
Lie SAT- on tie snawy bre3si,
KVnere fast life fountain uOWeiA
Wben thy tva warm lips are presl.
The rich man c0unteth his cares
Nv the snluin' EOEd In S hand
RV shfus that sail on The sea,
shsrvest that Whlten tne land.
rr5e mir man cOuateth his blessings
Bvths ring o. voices sweet,
Rv lie hope that elints IN baifnles' Gen.
5y the sound O. bairnies feet.
An it's welcome hGme, my darln't
Hame 60 mitheT acd me;
An it's reVFr may ye md le : G love
Than the love Se srOusht vi ye.
r,sni1 are the blasts o. the wild wind,
AM rough the ward may be-
13uf waraa : tire ham5 O. the wee one
In he hearts o. Eli-her and me!
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Making the unmentionable trife Of 1851,
to which add $3.50 for your invited best
friend and second. Then follow a fare
well supper to bachelor friends, gift of
consolation to your servants, the clergy
man $ fee, wedding ring and cards, and
your bill is footed up to $1,000. Mean
while. the bride is under orders 4" For
Sail, and her little personal belongings
are mentioned as follows:
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LEAE HARD.

Child Of my love, lean hard"
And let Me feel the pressure or thy care.
1 know thy burden, child. i shaped It;
Poised it IN mine own hand made no proper
ton
IN its weight to thine uuaited strengths
For even as l laid IL on, I said,
- 1 shall be near, and while she leans O1 Me-
This burden shall be miua not hersi
So shall keep my child within the cIeAns
arms
OF mine own love" Here lay It down, Edr lear
To impose on q shoulder which uphoids
The soyeFnInsnt of WOr ds. Yet closer Gomez
Thou art not near enough would embrace
thy care,
30 might feel my child repoStng on my prestsi.
Thou lowest me2 1 know 10. Doubt not, tnen !
But, loving Ne. LEAN HAED.