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"Fresh as a Maiden's Blush"

y the pure peachy Complexion which follows
the use of Hagan's Magnolia ,}alm. IL is the
True Secret of Beauty. Fashionable Ladies' in
Society understand this.
The Magnolia Balm changes the rustic Coun-
try Girl into a City Belle more rapidly than
amy other one thing.
Richness, Sunburn, Tan, Freclkles, Bloichcs
and all effects of the Summer Sun disappear
where II is used, and q genial, cultivated, fresh
expression Is obtained which rivals the Bloom
Of Youth. Beauty is possible to all who Will
invest IS cents ut any respectable store and
insist on getting the Magnolia Balm
Use nothing but Lyons Katharion TO Dress
the Hair.
Aug. lO-tleou- WIN
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Edward Bayer, Esq, Horton,
Kings Co., MS, writes that an ss-
tonishing cure has been effected on
mis- daughter, by he use of Johnson's
Anodyne Ltn0ment. The whole spine
became diseased, she lost tho use of
her limbs, and her back was rounded
up like a bow, in consequence of tax
ing cold after having boon inoculated
for tho kino Pook. She ia now well,
We pledge our reputation on the
assertion that any educated physi-
clan, after careful examination OF
the recipe, will say that Parsons
Pargdtiue Pills possess more merit
than any other pill now offered for
sale.
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The undersigned il prepared 70 pam
Portraits In oil Colcrs, in the fstest styles
LifeSize, or any size desirable, at low Nc.
ures. Persons having small pictures Of
deceased friends, wishing 70 have Thorn
enlarged and colored Ifs like, give mo .
Gall and not entertain the absurd notion
that nothing can b dOss right unle1. Il
n done in the East. Give me . chance
and can do It we'll and much cheaper.
Card Photographic, AmbrUeypes and
Gems taken on short notice.
Main st. Ottumwa Iowa.
d3mwlv. 81. NUNAMAKERs
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WHIsKEY vs.. SNAKEs.-A young
man, while engaged in binding, last
week, was bitten by SAUCER, on the
hand. A speedy resort to whiskey
gave immediate relief. Since then
most workmen III the harvest field
have come to the conclusion that it is
necessary to have little Of "the crit
ter" in the field, and take doses regu-
larly, every half hour, as an antitode
against snake bite Nashua Post.
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How A Fortune Was Made.

HOW "A fortune Was Made.
The Cininnati Commercial thus tells
how q keen business made, and is still
adding to, . colossal fortune through
liberal use Of the newspaper press.
A Long Branch correspondent wri-
tes: "That magnificent fourth. hand
double team Of darkbrown horses
which you see proudly prancing be-
fore an elegant open barouche, or
dashing along with q hanson phaeton
drag, belnogs to II T Helmbold, ESQ.,,
one of the most remarkable men of
the day, and, at this moment the lead.
ing druggist of the United States, and
the most courageous advertiser in the
world. That is Mr.. Helmbold him
self on the drivers seat, as keenly en-.
joying the relaxation of the moment
as if cares of business were unknown
to him and his necessarily active
mind were free from the least con-
seriousness Of responsibility. Yet
there are few mon living whose trans
actions are so extensive, or, in Ger.
tain wayt, more complicated, but no
has his affairs as thoroughly in hand
as his horses, and controls them with
equal ease and dexterity. 1t seems
scarcely credible that less than eigh.
teen Year, ago Mr.. Helmbold virtual
" inflated the plan ofbusiness which
has brought him fame and fortune.
with q cash capital of $4,000. he
spends five times that amount now
each week in advertising alone. That
is the keynote to the unparalleled tri-
umph by which his exertions have
been crowned. Mr.. Helmbold advcr-
tlses in more than half of all the pa
pers published in tho United States.
His books show current transactions
with more than 1000 of them. He
has paid to several of the leading
journals as much as from fifteen hun.
dred to three thousand dollars for a
single insertion of one of his colossal
pronunciamentos. On one occasion
the day the news arrived of the fal!
Of Richmond-he offered the Now
York Herald five thousand dollars for
a page Of that issue; but tho pressure
OF stirring news was so great us to
preclude the possibility Of accmmo-
dating him. A man that conducts
campaigns on such scale |
and with such resources mustshave q |
powerful strain of the Napoleonic in
his nature. He is fully impressed
With the fnnoJoj -.
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J. M. Dixon tho "blind editor" and
nominally one of the editors of the
temperance STANDARD IN an address to
the Republicans OF Marshall county
published in the Tines, takes strong
ground against the third party move.
ment in that county.-Er.
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Township Convention.

The republicans of Centre TowL.
ship will mcet in Mass Convention at
the Court House, in Ottumwa, on
Saturday the 18th prox., at , o'clock
?. m, for the purpose Of nominating
Township ticket to be voted for at
the annual election in October next.
Byorder of Com.
~af's, J. G. HINSEY, Chm.
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IL AZ 11ANSUN,
Editor Newton Sentinel.
Treatment of Kicking Cows

| ~-eOe~SA9
A writer in the New England Far
mer recommends the following meth.
cd for curing COW of kicking:
Take o small strap long enough for
the purpose, bend the foreleg so as to
bring the foot up to the body. Then
put the strap round the, arm and
small part Of the leg, near the hoof,
crossing between so as not to slip off
over the knee and buckle. In this
condition it is an impossibility for a
cow to kick they may come to the
knee a few times, but are soon quiet,
In combining tho hind legs, either
singly or together, there is danger of
spelling the animal. A spirited COW
will struggle and sometimes is thrown,
when the hip, stiflo or some other
part is injured, perhaps for life.
We have used this method occa-
sionally in our own dairy for several
years, and find it a very good way
when kind treatment will not prevail.
Long finger nails are fruitful source
OF kicking COWS. The udder and teats
ofsome COWS are extremely sensitive,
and great care should be taken to
handle them SO as to cause no pain or
uneasiness. Some mixers go to work
as II they were operating on piece
OF leather, wringing tho teat and
pressing their sharp finger nails into
it. Then if tho COW attempts to re-
licve herself of tho pain inflicted, she
is straightway pounded and other
wise abused until she becomes a con-:
firmed kicker. Generally COWS that
are treated kindly, and are not hurt
while milking, will not kick but oc-
COW is found that, like
some men, has bad, ungovernable
temper that flies at mere Imaginary
offences. We once owned o cow of
this kind that was extremely vicious,
and would kick and attempt to hook
those who were milking her, but by
laying rod upon her back she would
stand perfectly quiet. chewing her
cud and manifesting not the slightest
Mixers should study the temper OF
COWS they milk, and find out whether
y COW kicks on account of pain or |
If it is from bad temper, |
the strap applied to the foot is a very |
good way To subdue her, but avoid |
and beating in all cases.
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Important.


GEN. j. M. HEDRIcK, s,
The Surveyors chain
exhibited to Us by Mr.. John Grant,
Of your place, is great improve
n,cnt upon the rude and unreliable
instrument in common use, and if
generally adopted will do away with
those vexatious corrections and bal
ancings necessary in the present
usage.
AS means of verifying measure.
ments by trlangulation in the different
stages OF tho work; for engineering
purposes as well as for tho moro gen.
ieral purpose of common surveying
it is a dissidcratum.
N. NoaRIs HALsTED,
STEPHEN ALEXANDER,
I. L. GRAHAM, G. E.
CnAs. II. MORE
OF the party detailed to observe the
Aug. Eclipse ut Ottumwa. w3m-lO
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Iowa Patents.

The following arc tho latest patents
granted to Iowa men.
Water Wheels. Sherwood, indc
pendence.
Stonc Drilling Machinc-J. p. Fri
zcll, Keokuk.
flaming Mill and Gram Separator
D.. Wilcox, Charlton.
Floor Catch for Table Legs. NJ.
Lemon, Polk City.
Wagon Tire. Doddcr, Washing
ton.
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The Advance sensibly advises par
ents who "would not train up child
to idiocy" to give 1t some stronger
meat than the "good-little-boy who
loves his teacher" stories got up by
the religious publication societies for
Sunday School.
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BALM In GILEAp.

Hearts Ease for Young Men, who have
violated the laws of life, and desire TO lie
restored to a better MANHOOD Essays
by beneyolen mt physicians, senrin senlad
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box p, Phln-
delphia, Pa, junel -daw3m.
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For The Courier.
OrTUMwA, Aug. 3Oth 1869.

MEssus. ED,ToRs:-
Having little biz, to-
wards the setting sun, l took the cars
on the d. V. II. r. OH the 23d at m.
After leaving here l found the crops
somewhat injured by tho very heavy
rains that have visited us during the
season, as far west as Pella. From
that point there appeared to DO an
Improvement until we reached Des
Moines. Westward on the G. r. l. l.
p. Il. r., after leaving Des Moines as
far as atlantic" (S2 miles) I found
the crops as good or better than 1
ever saw before
The town of "Atlantlc" has been
built inside of eleven mouths. The
first house being raised on the last
day of Sept. 1863. 1t numbers now
about 400 houses, business and dwell
lngs, two Churches, Congregational.
and Methodist, and Baptist now be-
ing erected, Agricultural Imule-
ments, Hardware, Dry Goods, Gro
ceries, Lumber Yards, Blacksmith
shops, can be seen on every hand,
and the eternal whack! whack! of the
Carpenters hammer, and chaw /!
chaw! of the hand saw is heard on
every hand. The town has out Choy.
enned Cheyenne in growth. This
town lies near river named the
Nishnabotna, for short called Botna,
the name in the Indian language
signifying Crossed in q Boat"
From friend "Dick" Gaylord l got
a horse, ami passed south down the
Botna to Lewis the county seat Of
Cass county, some ten miles (and by
the way this Lewis died about elev-
on months since) staying over night.
Took to horse in the merning and
Travelled through thickly populs-
ted county up and not far from Tur-
key Greek. Travelling slow and calling
at many farm houses, 1 found plenty
and contentment everywhere. The
crops through this region cannot be
surpassed in quantity or quality
Fruit is scarce for tho want of trees
to grow on. Timber is also scarce
but many farmers have some plant
cd, and are planting more every
year. Cass co. is nearly all Prairie,
beautifully undulating, very produc-
tive, with soil that will bear equally
well a wet or dry season. In pass.
ing over some of the higher portions
Of the Prairie, I could not avoid being |
struck with awe. Moditating upon |
The goodness of an all wise God for |
creating for mans use, such beauti-
Jul, and grand Country.
From the higher points, one can
'ee for miles in every directions vast
,reen, velvetcd Prairie, dotted with
N occasional tuft Of green trees, set,
md grown for shading the neat and
comfortable dwellings,, and as far as
he eye can reach the shocks Of
wheat, oats, and other cereals, and
no great fields of corn standing,
nay be seen, and the whole being
omprehcnded in ono extended view.
PRODUCES such an effect upon the
mind such as l never before expert
need. No work Of Art can COM
are with the great grand work of
lature here exhibited. l.
l have spun longer yarn than l
ltended, and with these few re.
larks | will close" yet the halt is
OF told. "OTTUMWA."
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The London Telegraph of the 10th
says: "The statement to which we
referred yesterday, that the British
Governments had refused an exequa-
tor to Mr.. James Haggerty, recently
appointed Consul for the United
States at Glasgow, is perfectly cor
rect. Apparently in utter ignorance
of that gentleman's Fenian sympa-
thies and exertions, the Washington
Administration appointed him to the
post; but when made aware by our
Government that the former conduct
OF Mr.. Haggerty had been such al to
preclude the possibility of his being
accepted in any official capacity, the
Uni3ed States authorities in the
frankest manner acknowledged the
propriety of the objection, and can
celed the appointment.-N r. 7rib-
uhe.
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Advertising

AQV0fC16lng
Has created many a new business,
Has enlarged many an old business,
Has revived many a dull business,
Has rescued many lost business,
Has saved many a falling business,
Has preserved many a large business,
And insures success in any business.
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Agricultural Fairs.

The season for holding State and
county fairs is at hand, and every
farmer should make arrangements for
patronizing these usefu! reunions in
one way or another. Tho articles for
which premiums are offered are nu.
merous and take 80 wide arrange that
almost any farmer can contribute
something TO keep up the interest Of
these institutions. Competition en-
courages and nccessitates improve
ment. The unsuccessful exhibitor Of
this year may carry of the coveted
prizes next year. 1t a man has moth
ing worthy Of exhibition, it is still
worth his while to 60 and see what
others are doing, and to put himself
in the right path for keeping up with
the times, by contrasting his own live
stock, grain, roots, dairy products or
fruits, with the best Of those articles
which are entered for competition ut
the fair. Once year is not often
enough for farmers to meet and talk
over agricultural and horticultural
matters, see new or improved ma
chimes tried, and ascertain which are
the most profitable kindsoflive stock,
and the best varieties of grain, ETC.
Merchants have the advantages which
their "boards oftrade meetings" af:
ford for holding daily intarroursaan and
becoming posted in everything con-
necsed with their business farmers
should have their reunions, and, At
the close of the harvest every year, is
the most suitable time for them TO
come together to talk over the agri-
cultural events of tho past, and take
counsel for the future.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Remember
ESQrJEBAUGE
OLD SETTLERS B[TERS,
Is WARRANTED.

To do you more good than any other medicine,
tonic or bitters that IL recommended for bill
iIousiiess, cOstiyeness, dyspepsia, all COM
ianruor. general debility, loss Of appetite diar.
rhoea cholera norbas the usquebaugh HAS
NO EQUAL in the vide world. Its great eel.
he last two hundred years, Is sufficient proof
that It's virtues and extraordinary com6ina-
Known has the precedence OF Usquebaugil.
No one that Has tried II fol above and relative
complaints will be without It, as y is far pleas
aIlter and acts nlilder than any other cathar.
liz combined with tonics known. II Is '.just
the things for business men; that cannot give
time to slow and weakening effects Of the or
selves while pursuing their vOcatiOns with
more alacTfty every day Of its use Until the
system Is properly restored:
MCFARLAND, ECKHART Il SCHAFER.
sole PROTECTORS, Fl. Madison, Iowa
SOLE. w I'LL ttcuiers IN medicines. Az whole
sale t,y TAYLOR BLAKE W.
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Special to the State Register.
Ackley, Iowa, Aug. %.
George p. Knapp, Of Algona, Kos
suth county, was killed by the cars
running over him at Iowa Falls last
evening. The body was taken to
Fort Dodge to-day.
Hon. John d. Hunter, of Webster
City, was to-day nominated for Rep.
res sntative from tho District compo.
sed of Hamilton, Wright, and Frank
lin. A, r, +.
Special to the Register.
During the heavy rain yesterday
afternoon, lightning struck an unfin-
ished house. Three men had taken
shelter there. One man named Geo.
Wheeler. killed, and two severely
injured. The lightning struck store
occupied by Mr.. Noodle, demolishing
the chimney and tearing up things
generally. OPERATOR.
Saturdays N. \. dispatches say:
Coils. Ryan and Currier, leaders in
the late Cuban expedition have been
held TO bail, having returned here
from Canada.
The Fcnian Congress continued its
session to-day. Two delegates from
Ireland were introduced, and made
favorable reports.
Deacon Jasper Morgan, father of
ex-Gov. Morgan, of Now York, died
at Windsor, Conn, to-day, in his 87th
year.
The right TO uso the fence surroun.
ding the new Post Office site, was
leased to-day at SIS, 900, for ADVERT.
sing purposes for two years.
The plate printers strike has not
yet ended.
Tho Government has not released
it's surveillance of tho Spanish gun
boats building in this city, still the
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September 8, at7P. Ms

Sheuld an afternoons' appointment he
Loughridge Is willing fol, the chanSe TO be
made. If change Is made, he should be motif
ned. By order of
The STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
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l hoW OITU MWA LOST HER SOUTH
ERN TRADE.-It is u we'll known fact
that for several years Ottumwa on
joyed a large and prosperous whole.
sale tlade from the country south Of
hor and from northern Missouri. az
well as from the tier of counties now
threaded by the B. & NJ. R. r. on the
west. But the extension Of the
thoroughfare named, cut off her Yves.
torn custom (; and the Missouri and
Cedar Rapids r. r. in stopping at
bloomfield, annlhilated the heavy
traffic which she formerly controlled
to the southwark. Bloomfield now
enjoys what Ottumwa has lost, and
OF course secretly hopes that a spec
dy extension of the Cedar Rapids line
may not DO brought about. But it
was edo or die" and Ottumwa has
patched up some sort of bargain
with the North Missouri r. r. Co..
whereby the latter have agreed to
put the Cedar Rapids plug through
to Ottumwa. Albeit the imbrogiio
has created Affecting Of terrible Bit
terncss on the part Of the Ottumwa-
ties toward the Bloomfield people,
who, by the way, pay the same at.
tention to it that the OK did to the
fly on his horn. Meantime the
wholesale trade Of our feeble rival.
to nothing !; it is irretrieva.
ply ruined.-Oskalooso Citizen.
We have no disposition to gu ariel
with the Oskaloosa C;ti-en for it's
constant abuse Of Ottumwa, and it's
citizens, for the reason that it affords
the belligerent editor, who presidcs
)ver the brilliant columns Of that
sheet, congenial pastimc, and does
lot injure us in the least, but if he
honestly thinks Ottumwa has gone
INTO a permanent decline, we will |
make him little wager that We
ave built more houses in 1860, cost
ne more money, than has been cree
ed in Oskaloosa or expended in that
Erection, since the war broke out.
nd that we can name / Dry Goods,
Grocery, l Drug, ! Furniture,
! Hardware, Boot &
hoe, Crockery, Rectifying, Hat
Cap, Stove and Tinwarc, and
Wagon manufacturing establishment
4 Ottumwa, which make and sell in
he aggregate, more goods in value
,r 1869, than the entire trade of Us
aloosa put together, for the same
me amounts to.
Will the Oskaloosa Cti-en put up
+ shut up?
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REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

The Republican State Central Committee
has made the following appointments:
az HON. WIN. LoUGHRIDGE,
Member of Congress, Fourth District will atl.
pointed: -9sI-l 'p
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LIST OF LETTERS

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining In the Post ONCE at Ottumwa.
Iowa, on the 3lst, day o august, 1883.
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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IsIT not a little queer that all the
Copperhead candidates arc million
aires? There's Packer, of Pennsyl-
vania; Pendleton, of Ohio; and Gillas-
Ply, Of Iowa, all rich men and great
aristocrats. Gillaspy was once drink
ing horn of whisky out of silver
goblet lined with gold, and asked his
host what made the tipple so good
was it the strawberry at the bottom
of the cup? On being assured that
there was no strawberry atall in tho
liquor, he was equally positive that
there was. A close investigation
showed that it was only the reflec-
of his own red nose that produced the
dcception.-Ha,ckeye.
We take occasion to defend our
Fat Boy from the above aspcrsions
OF the Ha,okeye. He has sins enough
Of a political character to answer for,
without being charged with drunk
oness. He is, in this respect, q man
ofabstemious habits, which makes him
an abnormal sort ola democrat.
Iftho HaOkeye will correc,its state.
ment, and let the democratic party
only know that their candidate is a
gentleman in his personal habits, and
eschews tanglefootism altogether, it
will be the most damaging lick it can
mako at their candidate for governor.
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UNAVAILABLE LIST A
Mrs n + Fairbanks, Augusta, Iowa.
pr. Hasty, Springfield, Iowa.
Lizzie Murphy, Tallyrand, Iowa.
Beckie Ulrtch, Centerville, Iowa.
Aug. 81. 1850. J. NJ. HEDRICK, =. NJ.
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work upon them is progressing rap
idly and one of them is named Eeric-
sion. They can be put In readiness for
sea IN four days. Marshal Barlow has
informed the builders that no attempt
must be made to send these vessels to
sea.
The trot today on Prospect Park
course was won by Lady Thorne in
three stright heats, and well con-
tested race most of the distance
Time 2:2Oa, 2:2Oa, 2:2Ol. "Goldsmith
haid,' q bad second, "American Grip
. worse third.
Madrid; Aug. a8.
There will b. no H.s:her trials by
the Council Of War for conspiracy
against the life of Prim at Barcelona.
A movement is on foot to make
Ssrrdno Ring IF Spain.
Gen. Carlo has boon appointed
Lieut.. Governor Of Cuba.
Escalante is dead.
There is much speculation hero US
to Gen. Prim's journey to Paris. It
is supposed the object is 70 correct
Olozagas deficiencies, and confer with
Napoleon on the situation.
The Epico Of today says tho most
probable candidate tor the Spanish
throne is Augustus of Portugal.
Paris, Aug. %.
The alarming rumors recently set
ahoat concerning the Emperor's
health are 6fici&uy deniod. This
morning the symptoms are he has
rheumatic affection, which grows
more favorable daily. An investi-
CATION has been ordered to discover
the author of these false reports.
Nashville dispatches ofSaturday
say:
The Republican meeting mentioned
in yesterdays dispatches, reason.
bled to day, Hon. Jno. Trymball in
the cbaif.
Resolutions were adopted Ealing up.
on Gov. Senter, to convene in extra
session, the old or existing legislature
for the purpose of taking action upon
tho 18th Amenment, there being no
question in opinion of the meeting Of
the constitutional election, and valid.
ity Of that body.
These resolutions will be submitted
to Gov Senter Immediately, in q writ
ten tiUts BY Horace Maynard, Chair
man of the Convention, appointed by
the meeting.
A committee of eight, one from
each Congressional District, was ap-
pointed to prepare q report aud mem
orial to the people Of the State, and